Till-) HKK: OMAHA. M()XIAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1914 THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUXDED BT EDWARD ROoEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Tha Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. PEB BinLDIXO, FARNAM AND PKVF.NTKENT1I. Kntcred at Omaha pofofflc as aecond-clasa matter. TERMS or SCBSCRITTinN. By errlr By mall per month. per year. ijny and Sunday 4Sc t ) rslly without Sunday....' 4 OS f?venlng anil Punilay...1. 4i- no Kvenlng without 8unday.... V9 4.0S Sunday Be only... J go Kend notice of change of address or complaints of trregalnrtty In delivery to Omaha Be. Circulation I epertrnr.t- REMITTANCE. Remtt hr draft, nprrii or postal erder. Only two rent stamps received In payment of amall ae counts. Personal chfrVi, ciocpt on Omaha and eastern xrhange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. outh Omaha 31 N street. Council Bluffs 14 North Maltl Street. 1-lncoln-i Mttla Building. rhlcgn-401 Hearst HutMIng New York Room IKK. K Fifth avenue. Bt. Ix)iil-80J New Hank of Commerce. Waahlnirton 7 Fourteenth et.. N. W. corresponpench. " Address rommunlratlona relating to newa and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee. Tentorial Department. SEPTEMBER CIHCl lATlON. 56,519 State e.f Nehraaka, County of Douglas, aa. Dwlght Wllllama, circulation manaiier of Tha Be Publishing company, being duly aworn. says that tha average daily circulation for tha month of Sep tember. 1814. waa 6,61. DWKttiT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed tn my presence and aworn to before me. thla Id Cay of October, 114. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publfcv Subscribers tearing tha city temporarily bo old bay Ttio Bee mailed to them. Ad drees will be changed as often aa requested. Tomorrow's the day for the voting. Campaign manager' last word: "Vote-er-straight." Grit Is more abundant than grain just now In several European countries. It's up to the weather man to fix the size of the total number of votes cast. French Go Through Headline. Evidently led by a good center rush. Very naturally the thirteenth week of tha war must prove unlucky for some of the com batants. - The candidate who Is not sure that he Is as good as elected Is woefully lacking In self-confidence. Mexico shows signs of coming to Its senses in tha vote at Aguas Callentes to eliminate both Villa aod-Carransa. A crossmark for university consolidation Is a crossmark for a greater and grander atate uni versity, for Nebraska. Now that Turkey Is in the thick of it, per haps the Hon. A. Rustem Bey will get a chance to let off more steam. Mr. Bryan aaya be Is now tha lawyer for tha defense of the Wilson administration. What does it need defending? As far as we have observed, William of Wled has interposed no objection to anyone's taking Albania away from htm. A correspondent writes to a Chicago paper to ask if It can tell of a successful hair remover. How about old Father Timet Belgium's king and queen are bo quittera; they are both in tha field, Inspiring their 'men, who likewise have proved to be no dulttars. Sherman's march to the sea will hereafter em like a merry little appetizer as compared with some of those devastating drives in the present war. On the school board ticket, on which all the entries are by petition without party labels, con alder them on their Individual merits, and sup- A General Burden. Speaking for numerous shipper, Ftste Kali way Commissioner Clifford Thome Iowa says the railroads offered but one new argument the effect of the wr In their plea to the In terstate Commerce commission for the right to advance freight rates. If so, and If tbe old ar guments were previously rejected as falling to justify the Increases, then It would seem as If the roads had lost their case. For the burdens of the war are entailed upon all business Inter ests, so that the problem la a general one. The merchant, tbe manufacturer, the wage worker, might with equal justification, demand larger margins of profit because of the hardships en tailed by the war, if subject to the commission's regulaUons. The merits of the case surely will not be allowed to rest entirely on that plea. One significance of the railroads' position in this connection is the assumption of prolonged fighting abroad, yet this ran be nothing more than guesswork. The railroads, naturally, would give themseles the benefit of the, doubt. Un less they have stronger ground than this on which to urge the desired Increases, the public will be disposed to doubt the validity of their claims. Those Final Appeals. There is a peculiar sameness about tbe final appeals always made by the campaign managers on tho eve of election, as anyone may easily satisfy himself by running back over the news paper files of previous years. The reversal of the relative situation is the most noticeable change, the- democrats being now the ones to "point with pride," and to ask for an endorse ment In the nature of a vote of confidence, while the republicans, at present in the minority In the national halls or legislation, are doing the "denouncing" and "condemning." Tbe waning progressives, qn the other hand, are anathematis ing both the old parties with equal virulence and vehemence, trying to convince people that noth ing good In government ran come until their new party is enthroned. But now, more than at any time heretofore, the people have refused to become wildly ex cited over the campaign exhortations, their minds being distracted and diverted by the great war drama being enacted across the water. This does not mean, however, that our cltlsens have not been paying thoughtful attention to vital questions of their own. Internal affairs. Tbe main difficulty confronting the voter, especially In Nebraska, is the interminable length of the ballot, and tha confusing number of offices to be filled, making individual selection very diffi cult. It la tho duty of every citizen, however, to exercise his suffrage Intelligently according to his best Information and honest judgment. Let party considerations govern only where political issues are Involved. Thus far we have noticed. only a few revivals of that old saw about General Da Wet needing gum' shoes to keep his feet dry, which did. such valiant service during the last Boer revolt. What a difference it makea whose ox is 'gored t When republicans . used to ask the peo ple to uphold the hands of the president, re member how the democrats attempted to belittle and ridicule? t . vvnaiever eise us purpose, the nonpartisan 4uuiiiij taw m not inienaea to pun down from the bench any Judge honestly and con scientiously performing his duty to the satisfac tion of the public. Make your vote count against the jail feed ing grafters and the fee grabbers who have been trying to loot the county treasury; and also make It count for the officials who stopped the steal, and thus saved the taxpayers of this county from being robbed of many thousands of dollars. iM4i.AB rmtm fiLkj Rev. fcherrlll began tils sixteenth year as pastor of tha Omaha congregation, and in his honor tha pulpit of the Congregational church waa adorned by floral decorations made by lira. Clark Woodman and aire, ai. G. Cola, displaying tha figure "IMS" and "Ma." In tha evening- a young peoples' service waa held, ad dressed by George T. Houser. long Identified with tha Young Men's Christian association here, and now general secretary In Cincinnati, and by General O. O. .Howard, who told of tha International Young Men's Christian association convention which ha had at- . tended in Berlin. v' a The committee tn chares of tha forthcoming ball of tha DuraM Engine eompeey consist cf Bert Heney, Peter tandell, Tbomaa McMllllaa and J. Van Plew. Rev. 15. A. Fogelstrom ' of tha Swedish Lutheran church waa glvea a aurprtsa party and a gold watch l,y his cons rt gat Ion. . . County Clerk Ltavttt and his clerks have be0 put ti'.K in extra time getting ready for election. Ms. J. N. Finns-wood. 112S North Seventeenth Mr. (. is offering her aervlcea aa nurse. 1o German theater players put on "ler Meineld ' . e ' which Introduced a m comedian, Herr Julius i ..!.., for hia first appearance. A Tip to the South. After all the demonstration made over the crisis in cotton in the south, It Is most gratifying to learn through governmental reports of the enlarged activity of cotton ginning. From Sep tember 25, to October 18, of this year, far more cotton was ginned than during the aame period a year ago, and In Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis sissippi and Oklahoma the mills turned out the largest volume In their history. 8o that while the south . and, Indeed,: tha entire , country, se verely feels the effect of the war on the hamper cotton crop of this year, things are not as bad as they might be so long aa the glas are more active than usual. ' . -j But the point we had. most in mind here waa Secretary - Houston's advice to ' the south that It should enlarge its cattle culture. With larger meat supplies as the supreme need in the line of food products and with the south in the grip, aa some of its own people have expressed it,' of a cotton-raising oligarchy, now is the time for its fanners to go to raising larger herds.' The last census shows as lamentable lack of cattle raising In the south as It does of the diver sity of crops. The country sympathies with the south in Its present predicament, which the south rightly Insists Is more or less of. a na tional disaster. All the more reason, then, for It yielding-to the advice of other sections in Its agricultural pursuits. Never worry about tbe votr getting the numerous "Halls" mixed up. They know that the T. L. Hall, who, with his associates on the state railway commission, has been standing on the firing line for the people against encroach ments of railroad and public aervlce corpora tions, i running for re-election as a republican, and they will be careful to put a vote for him in the right place. Lord Kitchener is quoted as saying the war will last three, years. .Judge Clary says if it lasts eighteen months it will cost 4,000,000 lives and $36,000,000,000 la .money. , Now multiply by two and allow for Incidental In creases and figure out' how long 'Europe will last if the war should last three years. Thst Indiana farmer who ba contrived a scheme for supplying bis customers with hot roast chicken ought to run J. Whltcomb Riley, the late Lew Wallace and George Ade a close race for the state's greatest son. Approach of Upward Turn Those Belgian Farmers. Large numbers of Belgian farmers of the better type, who bad the means to get away, are said to be arriving on American shores. They will seek employment on the farms in New Vork and other eastern states. They are but the forerunners, we may be sure, of yet larger atreams of refugees from not only Belgium, but other war-cursed countries abroad. It may be that many of these aturdy fellows may find places in Cansda, from which thousands of young men have gone to the aid of Mother Eng land in the present conflict. Be that as it may, ! tne united Btatet continues to hold out a cordial welcome to that type of manhood that loves liberty better than life, and will find, aa It al ways has found, plenty of room In its vast do main for the refugees of Belgium, Germany, France or any other of the great nations of Europe. And this heglra will not ceaae with the war; indeed, It probably will only then have well begun. Incidentally, what mingled emotions of joy and aorrow must fill the bosoms of these early comers, who have escaped the miseries of their people at homeJoy at their own blessing, sor row at their relatives' and countrymen's thrall-dom. Cam' Opportunities.' The organ of the textile Industries of this country. Tibet and Fabrlr. noundn a jubilant nota about tha trowing trade opportunities of the I'nlted Ktstea. "However much we n ay deplore the conflict abroad." ayt Fiber and Fabric, "we are compelled to consider Ita commercial Importance jto. us. Fifteen million men In tha field will us up .apparel necessities about three times aa fast aa when peace ieveile. Tht equipment of l.noO.cnr) horep ts rm amall Item, and. moreover. It means files fly iraulpment of "supplies ard food for this vait army. Kurope cannot, fisbt and meet these requiremente simultaneously. "The more one of eur Industries Is taxed, the sreater the activity . whloh will be reflected from others. It is tbe history of war,' the civil war, the Crimean, the Franco-Prussian, and others, that the first shock produced dullness, but upon recovery In dustry boomed and prices soared. ., There la . every reason to believe, that history will repeat Itself, and aa the waste and demolition exceed any prevlcus demonstrations, the sourcea of supply must be looked to to meet the inevitable demand "We are at peace, 'thei greatest Ind'Jatrtal nation; we have the mills, the farms'. In short, the equipment which la wanted. In spite of fear., we must be bury. Busy for ourselves and busy for others. Borne Im portant materials we may lack, but we will he' In genious enough to evolve adequate substitutes. With out excessive enthusiasm or optimism, we have rea son to expect tha greatest Industrial era we have yrt experienced. , This Is the opinion of our most en lightened thinkers and economists." rwelaeee for Middle West. . The leather Industries of the I'nlted States are In a fair way to be swamped by Kuropean demands, Ac cording to Information given H. H.- Clarver, Chicago agent of the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce, quoted by the Chlcaao Herald. According to these statements more than SO per cent of those Interested In the preparation and man ufacture of leather met a few days ago In Indian -spoils to discuss the . situation. FlndlnK many tan neries and factories running day and night. It whs decided to pool the foreign' business In order to fill the rush orders and ' secure this Opportunity for a similar trade when the war Is ended. Illinois, Missouri and Ohio factories, 'In particular, have received heavy orders for harness, bridles and saddles, and army wagons are still, being askod for In large quantities. ' . . .The business pooled Included 60,000 horse'. collars, 15,000 saddles, 30,ono sets .of , ordinary liarnexs, l.'i.OOJ sets of ambulance and a, like number of artillery harness. , ' A tremendous demand for American shoes Is ex pected shortly, as It la estimated that aoKilers In the field wear out a pair each month. England Is still able to manufacture some shoes, but cannot supply the demand of the allied troops. Pills) V Order. ' The Naw York Hun says that the amonnt of foreign business largely that of foreign governments which has been placed in our markets within three weeks amounts to no less than $300,000,000. A single financial Institution ssys It has dona a business of tli.OOD.'.l'O to 10,000,000 In foreign trade accounts since the first of this month. Cotton bills are being offered in the foreign exchang market in substantial quantities on slngla orders of 2,000 or S,000 bales. The "i-cnch gov ernment has 'already bought foodstuffs and. war ma terial In thla country to the extent of $30,000,000. Oiw of the small neutral countries has placed business aggregating $7,000,000 In thla country. A alngle order received on Monday from one of the belligerent na tions waa for 900,000 bushels of oats. One, of the con signments to England waa of $144,00i worth of bai-t-rldgta. An order for 100,000 pairs of shoes for tti-i Greek army haa just been, filled, and .ah order for 100,40 pairs for one of the nations at' war la being filled and haa already been 'paid ' for. An . order for 1,000,000 pairs of army boots for Prance Is now being placed. . , . i . Coal exports from England are declining, and from the United States are Increasing. Business js comlnv' frtm South America as well aa. from. Europe, qnd w are likely In tha (immediate future to' have the largest foreign trade "We vef had, partly a" tne direct, and partly aa tha Indirect, result of- the war. Mere Inapreveaaeats. "Evidence of real Improvement In tha financial situation," aays the Brooklyn Eagle, "are becvmtnif more and more numerous as each day passes, and at the moment there are abundant Indications of an early re-eatabltshment of normal conditions. "Possibly the most Important development of -the laat few days Is the decline Jn sterling exchange to a figure something less than $4 90 tha pound, or t within a few cents of the gold parity of $4.rH- Bade In tha early days of August.' when vast quantities of America! securities, formerly -held abroad, were Still being poured on New York, pounds sterling cost as much aa $s and V each. JUnce then, however, we have .paid off a large part of our Indebtedness gold, and now we are ending out our. grain and other commodities, and within a few daya we will ba exporting in quantity our cotton. A continuance of the downward movement In foreign exchange rates aaema assured. . - "There la nothing In the whole financial fabric, se nervous ss tbe foreign exchange market. Reflecting, aa It does, the entire commercial and flnanolal posi tion of nation's. It la more susceptible to quick changes than even the stock market, and It la abso lutely tha moat accurate Indicator of, where each country stands in tha International money market Thus, with the sterling rate moving In favor of us,, there la reason to believe that the United Btatea Is rapidly approaching tha enviable position to which the more optimistic have been assigning It Certainly, the dangers which have been threatening our gold aupply are rapidly disappearing and with our gold assured for credit purposes, there will be opportunities for trad expansion." People and Events A New Yorker advertlsea for aa office boy - who "must be red headed and freckle faced." Once in a while opportunity calls bright, mottled energy to Its place at tha front One of the Ironical curiosities of war Is tha French order to soldiers to observe the law against shooting game out of' season In the war sons. Thla la tha cloaed season for gam. The near approach of Novemlr t la worthy of a sigh of regret With political oonvarsatlon "banished there will not be an excuse for varying the query: "Who crossed the Yser laett" ., Perflrto Dlaa and King Albert ar alike la one re spect both were exiled by force. They differ In one vital essential Dies raa away . from a fight; Albert la putting up a fight to a finish. The annual dinner of the Car bo society In Wash ington will come oft In November,, lm view of what, happened to ragtime vocalists taat year the 'favorite muaical number for the coming event wl. be:. "W Cannot Slhg tha Old Songs Tonight." " Mr. Carman'a legal strategist blundered unaccount ably In failing to have the trial transferred to ChU cago. The lake city has a recrd of seventeen women tried end acquitted of homicide, instituting a stand ing invitation to womea guatolere te com In and lot a halo. ; ' t ' . A statesman with a serefi book patterns bis repiarka In the Congressional Record of OvUber li with a re print of a "eulogy of a dog." attributed to Senator Vest of Missouri. This Is the first appearance of the eulogy noticed this year, and Is probably a prelud to next year's golden anniversary pt . tta. appearance as a stock filler In tha ready prints.. ' A democretio candidal for judge' of 'the Juvenile court of Marlon county. Indiana, waa found to hav a. long, crooked record 1 the police card rndex' la 8t Iula. News of the discovery; and the coming putlk-atlon of photographic copies of the record tn the Indianapolis News prompted the shady politician to make the quickest get-away ever noted In th Indiana capital. Me didn't wait, to pay good-by to his political associate, but vanished Iron 'a'ght In the friendly darkneaa wf cugtit ' Protest anal mm Kadreet. HOVT1I OAfAHA, Oct. "Sl.-To ttie ESI tcr of Tbe Bee: ,1. for one. went to pro ten aftalnst the dirty political campalcn being carried on In South Omaha In bringing up the Blunt case against , the good name of John Brigs. Just tecauee he did his duty as an tf fleer of the law. 1. venture the assertion that the widow herself could not feel worse than the chief did over thin unfortunate ' affair. But Douglas county can rest assured that as sheriff he will bring criminals to Justice regardless of coiwtquenccs. He has In my experience of fifteen years ac riualntance made oim of the best chiefs In the United Stated, hence my voluntary defense of the next shctiff of Douglas county. 1 am glad to believe that Omaha with all Its rule or ruin power Sver the Magic City cannot beat what UI prove to be the best sheriff Douglas county has ever hsd. J O. BLESflNQ. ' "Women aa Jarors." OMAHA, Nov. 1. Te the Editor of" The Bee: Mr. F. A. Brogan, a lawyer, has mode a public statement to the effect "that tho tvemen of Nebraska would not be required to serv as jurors, because the Nebraska law now reads that Wome:t are exempt." John L. Kennedy,.' also a lawyer, tsys the anti-suf fragleU are try- Ibg to deceive the voters, and further said that It Is a "deliberate He," this statement that women may have U serve aa Jurors if equal suffrage became a law. rit.ll another lawyer, Mr.' Cornish, says "he believes that women should serv as jurors." Possibly a statement from a mere layman might not be out of order. As tha Nebraska law ' how reads wemen do not serve as Jurors, be cause we now have only a male elector ate, but not one of the brainy (?) law yer has explained tp the unsuspecting public that woman suffrage. If carried, changes the constitution of the state,' and, therefore, will change all . laws which now exempt women from state and civic duties. Women cannot be exempt from Jury duty under woman' suffrage, except Ay. special legislation. Name a alngle woman suffrage state where the women are exempt, from Jury service. ' The" suf fragists' slogan is "Equality before the Law.". Will some one . of, them please explain ' how they ' are going to have "eguality", and special privileges at the same time. ... S. E. SMITH. Speaklsisi f res . KXperlesJce. OMAHA, Oct. 31. To the Editor of The Be: The people of Omaha have been be sieged with tongue tales, letters of pro-, test and criticisms against the present school board ami their disposition Of the Prof. Runinlael Commercial High school episode, to, 1 Judge, a point of confusion. If not disgust, but I hope I may hav the privilege and space to express a few words of commendation and appreciation. My three years bt recent service on the Board of Eduoatlon gave m a thorough acquaintance with the members of the board and Prof. Rusmlaet, and my obser tions, based upon duties and experiences on practically all committees, impels me to take isauc with the malcontent, ac cuse! and tale-bearers. I have been thrown into frequent contact and asso ciation with Prof. Rusmlsel from his very arrival. In Oman's, have keenly observed his organisation and development of the Commercial r High , school ,and always found. him on proper duty and tl gentle manly' god. thorough: business deporttnent. I Ijnow thst in coming to' Omaha he sac riflced emolument for a field of larger opportunity. He , left a' clean record be hind hire and has, I believe, mad a clean and manly -record among us. In thorough respect for the other citl-' sens of our city who seek election at our Lands, I would say let us not retire or humiliate 'our ' praaant school board member with a vote ct Unjustified cen sure or with a lack of justified apprecia tion, as Is at present Indies ted, for to-be rlvlciUy unappreclatlv Is to be clvically un-American, Let the papers and th people "square themselves" with our re tiring Board of Education members. , J. L. JACOBSEN. 3W Lafayette Avenue. Fur the Sfcevi Ballet. OMAHA, Oct Sl.-To the Editor et The Bee: I am an advocate of the "Short Ballot" and have been for a number of years, n has be my observation that Lut few of the voter can leant enough about candidate for office te vote In telligently under condition, aa they ar at present The direct primary haa put the duty of selecting candidates upon the Individual voter and If th voter does not acquaint himself with the merits, of the many candidates -there Is no one but himself to blame' if the wrong men are put Into office. It la not right, how ever, to put an unreasonable burden, upon th voter and I think that It la entirely unreasonable to expect th average voter to Inveattgat th qualifications of a hun dred or more candidates. - The average I voter does not have , time and I can truthfully say that thor la no way In which he could Investigate thoroughly If he had th time.' But If we rerluee' the number of elective office and leave It to those elected to fill th other offi ce by appointment w will be abl to Investigate fully the merit of the' candi dates. . There .Will b fewer In number for there will be fewer offloes to fill by lection. Instead of bung confused by the great multitude of .names, on the bal lot a Is th case now. the voter will know that ther will he tut a fw of f res to yot on and will be more lnc!lne to take an Interest in looking Into th quali fications of .those pppeahpg for his -ote . RICHARD q. HUNTER. .COLLEGE WIT. ERE STARS WERE SET. Margaret Wilson.- la New , York limes. Before in sky grew warm, my dear, And ere the stare were set. Befor th blossoming of dawn. When dawn aad daylight met. My soul went out to si-an h for thee , With vaaranl dim desire. My oul went out to aeart-h for song ' And Uvea great word et fir! . Through soft-blowo forests' breaking buJa My soul, awaking, aped Above Ike curlv frunded ferns. Arross their mossv bed: My soul went out to search for thee And I waa very young , Mv lip mere all untaught of song. For speoch 1 had no league! Through wild wood and through a llder- IM Era yet th eun was seen. To lands of fountains wonderful. In valleys glad and green. My soul went out to search for thet. Till iet above th around Dawn bloasoired Ilk n apnl tree 1 sought and I had found I e ' In land of fountains wonderful Krh tnutelv Hung to erh: Thre ws no need of pielodv? There was no need of soeevb! Math. Prof.-Ho equal X? do you make V Hporty Stude If I only knew t wouldn't be broke an often. Hobart Herald. "What kind of a fellow Is her' "Oh,' he's the kind of a fellow who gees out fnr a walk with yr. and thn tell you how defr.orrtl re fa: nt airaM of telng seen with anybody. '-Vale Record. Mrs. A. Se your son Is home from college? Mrs. H Tee; and he has th strangest lilnitsl He says he' descended from a monkey, but I'm Bute I don't see how thst can be tinlees. of course. 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