TITC 1JKK: OMAHA, SATURDAY. MAY . 1015. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE j rOt'N'PEP BY EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. j T.s Bp Publishing Company, Proprietor. REG BllLDJNO. FARNAM AND BEVENTKENTH. yntered at Omaha poet office as second-class matter. TERM3 Or SUBSCRIPTION. By arnir Py mall per month. per year. l?y and "-iinda? e M Psilv without Sunday.... as 4 00 rTvenirg and Sunder Evening without Sunday........ V-e.. .......... 4.00 .under P only 1 00 Fend notice of char, of eddres or eomjplatnta of Irregularity la delivery to Omaha Ba, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft. prri or postal order. Only two-r-eot stamps reraived in payment of amall aa count. Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern Si.cbange. not accepted. offices. Omaha The P Building Mouth Omaha Si. N street Council Pluffa 14 North Main street. Lincoln V Lttrja rHjIldlng. Chlrapo 901 Hearst Hulidlnr. New Trrrk Room lim, Fifth mu Ft liOulo-W New Hank of Commerce. Whlngttn 72S Fourteenth Bt.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE). Address communications relating to new sad edl torlal matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department, AriUIi CIRCULATION, 53,406 Btat of Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa: Pwight Wlllinma, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company. bln duly sworn, says tliat the average circulation for tha month of April, 10u wn 18,41 . DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and rworn to bafora me. thla 1st day of May, 191.x ROBERT HUNTER, NoUry Public. Subscribers leaving trie city temporarily should have The Uee mailed to them. Ad dress will be changed aa often aa requested. Kay t Thought for the Day Smttcttd by Sarmk McCkmmnm Kontidrr tin pottagt stomp, my sort. Its use fulness Komisis of stickin' to on thing till it gets thst. Josh Billings. Tha frost that never came will not be missed. From wigwam to hotel palace It quite a jump (or one feneration. & Don't so to Mexico! Don't go to China! Don't go to Europe! Bee America flret! "Unanimity of purpoae" and "concert of ac tion" are Omaha's twin needs just now, and all the time. i ' Still, driving an automobile through a bail ment window Is not tha approved fashion for breaking Into a bank. . If Genera) Harries wants to get a rise, It would seem necessary for him to use language more emphatic than the "short and ugly." Still, If Omaha voters really wanted' to give the "cowboy mayor" a ticket of leave there was one way to do It, but the majority of tha ballot cast at the election did not count out that way. i,' Over in Chicago they are going after viola tors of the federal dope law.' It would be a wonder if some little fellows were not also edging up In Omaha. It tha recall of Judicial decisions were aver justified, it would be a recall of that decision just .rendered by a learned, district judge requiring the home plate to be moved to suit the convenience of tha neighbors Instead of tha spectators. Tha last of tha brilliant, group of statesmen who placed Maine In tha forefront of national affairs passed -away with the death of former Congressman Charles E. Uttlefleld. . In this group were Fessenden. Hamlin, Blaine, ' Fry, Hale, Din g ley and Roed: . ' There U but one genuine unadulterated and undiluted cowbo mayor in tha United Status, and his lariat circle's the horizon of Omaha: The claim' of Chicago's mayor , to that distinction cannot be admitted without aa impartial count of the notches on his gun. The much-heralded antl-tipplng law of Wis consin Is not a law at all. It was vetoed by tha governor on the ground that It would restrain human liberty. He might have added that stat ute books are already overloaded with lsws Im possible of enforcement. . Ten million dollars a day, of five trillion for a year. Is Oreat Britain's official figures of war cost. Multiply these figures by five, the number of principals, engaged, and a distant view can be had of the mighty load which sur vivors and posterity are doomed to carry. While the people have generously approved the spending of a million dollars on new school buildings for Omaha, their endorsement is no to be taken as invitation to real estate specula tion or license to buy school sites at fancy prices. Let us have full value for every dollar that may be spent out of' the million. 3 t,mmt a S eao-w '. Judja and Mr a. Jaroe W. harage antartaiuad aa agreeable company at their residence at Twenty, seventh and Chicago streets in honor of Judfe David Hrewer. The others praaent were Juo- Dundy, O. M. Lambrrtaon, Gaorge E. Burchard, Judge Neville. Judge Wekttlry, Gorse A. Grant, C. 8. Mootfomary and N. a. Harwood of Lincoln. ' In celebration of her eleventh birthday, Mlaa NellM fcmlUi save an enjoyable party to her youns frlenda laat evening at her home. MU Dodge atrect. Among tboae preaent ware the Mlaaua Mamie Morse, May Bums. Birdie lUc harda. Edltb Jonea. Mabel Tay lor. Jennie Moore, Lulu Dolaa aad Maatera Tyler Ik-lt, Ralph Richarilaon, Jeaae Rlrharda, George Miner. XV Her Miner, Ed Moraman, Joseph Moraniaa and Wood Allen. Senator Mandtreon arrived In Omaha and haa taken tuartera at the Millard, z ' Mits Grace Parrtne la to Fort Lea van worth vlaltlag with the family of General Wilaon, - Mlue Mary Lake has gore to Chicago to anrnd the aummer Willi her alater, Mrs. Joy M or urn. Tluimaa Brennaa la atunding Lha national conven tion of the Catholtca In America aa the state CeU-1,-tfte from break a. m . - -i - la raaa -aa The Lusitania. The details of the sinking of the Lusitania by German subsea torpedo srt still too rnennpr to afford basis for comment. The destruction of this palatial passenRrr sleamer Is to most people like a lightning flapb out of a clear sky, yet by almost mtrseUlous Intuition It was pre dicted several dsys ao In this remsrkahle pars grsph, presumsbly from the pen of Henry Wat terson. in lsst Wednesday's Issue of the Louis ville Courier-Journal: Even In the fleehllirht of the (iulfltght may see what a torchlight would m. an Suppose, Instead of an ohacure tank steamer find fhrre unknown Americana. It had been the Lusitania with three, or thirteen hundred representative Americana making another Titanic dlaaeter what then? Thte, Indeed, may happen at any time. True, the Item also predicts, In thst event, a popular explosion that would make thst fol lowing the blowing up of the Maine seem like a popgun which Is, of course, decidedly, far fetched. That the incident, however, is preg nant with poBHlbllltlos of complications, avoid able only by the most cautious handling, is plain, and the necessity Is morn urgent than ever for the continued exercise of self-restraint by the people of this country. Hughes and the Presidency. The announcement made for Justice Charles E. Hughes that under no condition will he, even by acquiescence, permit his name to be used as a candidate for the republican presidential nom ination, is eliciting general comment which is agreed on the one conclusion that no one on the bench of the supreme court can seek the presi dency. As to whether this declaration will have the effect of completely eliminating Hughes from consideration as a White House possibility opinions must differ, and nothing short of an emphatic notice from Mr. Hughes himself that he would not accept if nominated will take his name out of the list of last-resort avallables. As a matter of practical politics, it gets down to this, which was obvious all the time, that without resigning from the bench to become an avowed candidate. Justice Hughes can never be nominated except as a compromise choice of a convention first convinced that none of the active aspirants meet the demand of tha hour. What Kind of Financiering t In overwrought teal to anticipate consolida tion our neighboring town of Dundee has voted and sold 125,000 of twenty-year 6 per cent bonds at a premium of 91,350. The bonds which we in Omaha have Just voted for schools and Auditorium are to bear 4 per cent inter est, and cannot legally be sold for legs than par, so that by waiting a few weeks this money could have been borrowed for Dundee, if it had to be borrowed at all, on an interest charge of not mora than H per cent. Now, take your pencil and do a little figur ing. A $25,000 bond Issue running twenty years at 6 per cent with a f 1,350 premium sub tracted, will cost the taxpayers for interest and principal S6S,660. A $25,000 bond Issue run ning twenty years at 4 Vs per cent, sold at par, would cost tha taxpayers $47,600., The differ ence la favor of tha bond brokers, and against tha taxpayers who foot 'the bills, on this . one mall transaction Is $6,160, or about 13 per cent. But who cares as long as someone else has to djg up the money? United States, Japan and China. 'Mr. Bryan's note, stating the position of the United Slates In relation to tha affairs of China and Japan, is clear on one point only. ' That Is that the United States Is not. to remain passive while Japan works Its will on its weaker neigh bor. Much or little may He behind this state ment of Mr. Bryan's. The demands made upon China by Japan seem to transcend the territorial Integrity of the empire, which Mr. Bryan says must ba respected. The "open door," to which tha United States is committed, is pledged by Japan. - The historic course of the United States In dealing with China Is unique In many particu lars. Notably lenient and helpful in many ways to the great empire in Its many complications with tha world In Uter yesrs, the United 8tates has looked on, while England, France, Germany and Russia have seized and occupied portions of Chinese territory. Just now the Japanese claim Is based on Its having driven Germany out of i nma, ana a consequent ciaim to some territory lai rignts, woicu are Deing aipioiusucauy ex tended to occupy a field somewhat beyond that of Germany or any other nation lu relation to Chinese affairs, both Internal and external. Grave doubt may be entertained as to whether Japan will stay its hand, unless under pressure of stronger representations than have been made. In Europe some suspicion is ex pressed as to Inspiration for the exceedingly, au tocratic and arbitrary course pursued by the mikado's government. Is China to be made the door throngh which the United States will be dragged into the world-war? Lafe Young- on the Firing Line. The srrest of the noted Iowa editor and statesman as a spy in Austria is but an incident In a career that has been well packed with ex citement and full of activity. -Lafe" Young commenced bis real career forty-odd years ago by making republican speeches In one of the very few democratic strongholds over In Iowa, and he has been at It ever since. He never low ered his colors, and the democrats of Cass county finally sent him to the legislature as a radical republican. He eventually carried his stand-pat ideas into the senate of the I'nlted States, and went rwn In a primary fight under a wave of ."progresslvelsm." but without leasen lng his loyalty to the principles he had advo cated, lowans. sro not worried over "Lafe" Young in Europe, for they know It will take something more than the combined military forces of the continent to daunt him. Who said peace? There is no peace. No coun try is Immune to strife, not even the I'nlted States. The embattled warriors of the diamond brand as false the rumors of peace, and Insist on warring to a finish. In the uildst of trouble and tragedy at home and abroad It behooves Americans to tske a freth flrlp on the culm front. The campaign for the freedom of the seas proceeds on the theory that freedom cau be achieved by bending everything afloat to the bottom. Transatlantic Cables and Their Control T. T. McOrath la erlew of BeTtews ONE of the outatand'ng features of the war now being waiceri in Europe la the advantage which the poaacReion of the transatlantic telegraph rablea given to the contestant who controls these, a fact Illustrated by Germany's protent to the t'nlted ritatea against Uio refusal of Britain to tranemlt code meaeagea either by wire or wireless across the At lantic. A ae ond feature of this- situation Is the primacy poHmaaed ly Newfoundland in regard to the Atlantic cable eituatlr.n. ."he enjoys the distinction of being the birthplace of transoceanic telegraphy, both by wire and ' wlreleaa. In An gum, lXW, ov r fiftyaix y-nra ago, Cyrus field laid the first submarine ahle between Kerry, Ireland, and Trinity bay. Newfound land, end In terember, 1UM, Qugltelmo Marconi re reived at St. John's the first electric signals through his wireless medium, transmitted acroee 1.000 miles of npsce from his station at Poldhu, England. The reason why both these pioneers In the field of electrical research chose Newfoundland as the theater of thrlr wonder-working experiments la that It la the nearest point In America to Europe, the half-way house of tha continents. Owing to the short atretch of ocean to be bridged here, aa com pared with New York (lltUe more than half the dis tance), the prospects of aucoess for such testa were better than elaewbera, and when an aviator proposed an airship fl grit across the Atlantic, ha planned to proceed from Ft, John's to the Asorea and thence to Spain for the same reason. Rapid Growth of Camaaerelal Telegraphy. Prior to Field's advocacy of a line under the At lantic, one across tha British channel waa tha most that science had compassed, and Field waa regarded aa outstepping all bounds of reason when ha launched hia larger project. Ills Initial venture failed prac tically, though succeeding theoretically, and it was not until Ui that regular transatlantic cabling was really begun effectively. Yet we find that the com mercial use of telegraphy, by land and sea, has grown so rapidly In the fifty year since then that there are now 1.7SI corporation and government cables, with a length altogether or IM.hZl nautical miles, while on tand there are 6.044,300 miles of telegraph lines, over which land lines L 400,00) telegrams and over which cable 16 000 mesaagee are sent dally, an annual total of 478.220.000 telegrams and 14.140,000 cable gram. Nor Is there any apparent relaxing of activity In these directions. New telegraph tinea are being built daily, and the cable-making factories of Eturope are conatantly employed producing tnesa electric nerves, by means of which to bring Into direct and responsible contact with the great centers of the world Its most remote regions. The telephone la a close connection of the telegraph, and. although little over thirty year hare elapsed since the first ex periment was made by Qraham Hell, which proved the possibilities of electrical transmission of speech, the telephone has now become an almost Indispensable factor not alone to commercial, but also to domestlo existence. Control by America Capital. Tbs situation Is of exceptional Importance to the United State because today American capitalists control all the cable acres the Atlantic operated by English-speaking agencies. In order to under stand this It I necessary to remember that there are now seventeen working cables across the At lantic. The Anglo-American Cable company enjoyed a fifty-year monopoly In Newfoundland, which, made It Impossible for any. other cable company to effect a landing there until 1904, but aa soon a this pro hibition waa removed, all the other cable companies at once began to seek terms of entry, and today every one of them has some cable landing on its shores and la maturing plans whereby the remainder may be brought In. Borne have cut the existing cables from tha British coast .to tha Canadian or American littoral to land them on tha Newfoundland seaboard, and tha landing place of these cables is as follow: Trinity Bay, four Anglo-American cables. - Conception Bay, two Western, Union and one Di rect cable. . Bt John's, two Commercial Cable company cables. " Early In J!12 all the British telegraph cable In the North Atlantic, those of the Anglo-American Telegraph company, were secured by the Western Union Telegrarh company of New York, under a nlnety-nlne-year lease, the one cable owned by the Direct United States Cable company being also, se cured on similar terms. The result of this wa that the control of every cable submerged in this section of the ocean, except the two French cables and th two German cables, passed under American control, and even the German cables may be virtually said to be so controlled also as to their western ends, be cause the Commercial Cable company has an alli ance with them. Thla brought about the astonish ing situation that, although , the United States haa never manufactured a cable, all thla work being done either In England or In Germany, American capital ist are absolute master of this whole system of Intercommunication acmes the Atlantic, wtta, all the advantage appertaining thereto. Kaelaud's fable Systems. Kxcept on the North Atlantic, however. Britain enjoy very largely a monopoly of the rontrol of the world' cables. Through the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea. and all over the far east, through the West Indlee to South America nd over tha African continent, most of the cable are hers, and she also own one of the two cable systems of the Pacific ocean, extending to Australia and from there to Borneo, Sumatra, and China. Thl give her a great advantage commercially and also la of lmT menee benefit to her. when a great war Is being waged, aa now. It Is of Interest at the preaent junc ture to note that In 1JS, when the first congratula tory message was sent by the then president of the t'nlted Statea to Queen Victoria over the newly suh rnerged Atlantic, cable, he asked "that all clvllired nations should declare, spontaneously, and as the reault of a general agreement, that thu electric tele graph shall be forever neutral; that tha messages to be entrusted to It shall be regarded a secret, even In the middle of hostilities." In the fifty-sis year that have sine,- elapsed. In spite of civilising advance made otherwise, thla pious desire has remained untranslated Into a reality, and one of the first developmenta after the outbreak of the present war waa the cutting of the German cable, with the reault that the German empire was deprived of this aource or communication with the outside world. In the meantime. Enptand. "like a great overgrown spider." na a French writer put It soma years ago. "has enveloped the whole world In a network of submarine lines, so thet nothing can happen anywhere wUnout being immediately known In tjondon." Germany's t'neosafartakle Drpesdrirt. The dependence of ether countries on British sys tems is almost absolute. hen the Spanlah-Arnerlrun war broke out. Spain had no Independent and trust worthy communication between Madrid and Havana; she waa obliged to communicate with Cuba over Brit ish cables, aome of which possessed American con nection. In the aanie way, France, In conducting the bualnes of her colonies abroad, ha to mako use of British cable very largely. Germany, too, haa only poaaessed her own cablra to America within Ike laat ten year, and when the two cablea were de. stroyed a few week ago, she had no ether outlet except through line controlled by her most formid able antagonist. People and Events War scores another reform. Maine sardines hava discarded iho foreign label for oiw "Made In tl- i r. s. a." I Married last October after a whirlwind courtship, j the 19-yrar-old b il.lt. of a Granite City. III., preacher flrw away from the parsonage and told her beart- achra to St. sm rt portera bhe she ha been klsalass for most of the seven months of bllssler wedded lite- IVsldea, hubhy rrltlcUeu her atyle if walking, aniffed at her coif lure, wouldn't let her wear Jewelry and 111. nod her to a U-lephone pole. Evt dvntly two more pt-ople have coin out of the tiauce. Mrnnlna of the Klrrtlon. OMAHA, May . To the Editor of The Pee- Aa the election ia over and every body ahould le content with the result. It haa astonlrhed several people not par ticularly interer-te! In the "Square Seven" to hear that Hummel la to be urged for mayor. If memory serves ms right. Hummel gave aa hi reason why he ahould be re-elected that he wanted to continue what he had so ably begun aa park commissioner. Mr. Dahlman ran aa mayor and was elected for that position. Does any fair minded man believe that Mr. Kugel. for Instance, could have been elected had he announced that ha wanted to displace Dahlman as mayor? Or any other of tha "Square Seven?" Don't all speak at ones now. One hysterical newspaper suggest that to defeat Dahlman for mayor would work a change in our police administration. And here comes one of the strangs antics of publio thought a wltneased by tha big vote given Kugel for re-election. Many men refused to vote for the mayor, beca.ua of Kugel smooth exterior and reputation os a churchman and what-not, cast a vote for him. when, of all the commissioner, he la the on moat respon sible for what Omaha's police department is. ' But let. us ail be fair.' the election Is over and nothing la to be gained by creating friction and strife. .The present administration was continued In office and no fair-minded man on either side should allow himself now to use flattery or any other Inducement on the re-elected commissioners to make them forget who the man waa who really made the fight that landed them all. JOHN B. HANSEN. 7$ been double "So you Editorial'Viewpoint New York World: General Wood I flagrantly guilty of lese-jlngolsm when he announce on hia return from th Isthmus that the defenses at the Panama canal are "adequate for all purpose and In good condition." How can they ever b adequate for any purposes except those of agitation for larger armament? Indlanapoll New; Well. well. te the Lehigh Coal am! Navigation cotni any lies been Indicted for rebating? It's ntty late In the day for ti-at sort ,f riiinir, especially when V $ well known that (1) there never waa ary sueh, thing as rebating; and (2) the pretl" abandoned long ago. And these thin: we have lonfc been aware of from the pesfthe and re iterated statement of those most con cerned. Washington Poet: The dlplomatio skill exhibited by Japan in thu exerting pres sure upon China at a critical Juncture Is of the highest order. Japan bids fair to emerge from It brief and inexpensive war with Germany with the lion's share of the profits, all at the expense of the enemy and of China. Bo far as surface Indications go, the United States la per fectly willing that Japan should absorb Chin. Baltimore American: Publio opinion In New York, stoutly backed by the press, has killed the proposed law to establish a twelve-hour working day for women and children in the canneries of the tats. But legislature which so mis represent the people of a state .ought to share the fate of sueh generally repro bated meaaurea. Publio opinion does not go far enough when It Interest Itself with effects only, considering It Is pri marily responsible for the cause. New York 'World: Frederick W. Sew ard, dead In Auburn, N. Y., was assist ant secretary of state In two administra tions and often ent upon delicate diplo matic errand. Yet such is the effect of a dramatlo and critical event upon pub lic imagination that he will be far longer and more vividly remembered a the faithful and valiant son who was wounded almost to death while seeking to protect his father. Secretary William a, bewara. on tne rateful night when Lincoln was assassinated. That w as the high light in a long, busy and uaeful private life and public career. Nebraska Editors Ths Dakota City Eagle celebrated Its thirty-ninth unnlverslty last week. Dr. C. G. Barnea recently celebrated his thirtieth anniversary as editor of the Albion Argue. B. F. Krler, proprietor "of the Daw. son County Pioneer of Lexington, has added a linotype to hi equipment. B. E. Leedom A Son, proprietors of the Gordon Journal, will begin the erection of a modern newspaper building within a few day. Editor A. B. Wood of the Gerlng Courier ddlcatsl the fine new home for his plant with a reception to hie subscribers and advertising patron last week. Oakland Independent: A eon was born on tne uth to Brother Heydon of the Lyons Sun nr.d hia good frau. A short time before Mr. Warner presented her husband with a plump little daughter. Now there la- competition for you. Mr. Heydon was not even to be outdone by hi competitor in strictly family matter. Gerlng Courier: It wao a sight for sore eye to see Don Van Dusen of the Flair Pilot and II. Gordon Croaa of the SL Edward Sun take part In a republi can i-aucua at the press convention last week. Notice that there ahould be equal cmphaata laid on earh word republican, as well a cauiu. While the tamp holds out to burn the vilest sinner, etc. Here and There Viewing the situation from the lawn standpoint. It Is clear that the home owner who doesn't dig dandelions, or cause them to be dug, ia bound to show the yellow streak. In breach-ot-promls as In other mod em comforts, Japan Is leaping to the front For the first time Japanese courts have decided that a common law mar riage, while pot a lawful one, I strong enough to pinch the gay deceiver for r.0.000 or SO.aU yen. It happened in Chl ago. Stanley tiurek was taking hia periodical exercise heat ing hi wife. Mlfi Isabella Carruthera. a member of tha Visiting Nurse' aavoct ation and a former court bailiff, heard fie racket and the scream and Jumped Into the row. She batted Surek around the room a few times, then dragged him to the patrol box. railed the wagon and gave hint the regulation ride. Moreover, aha followed him into court and got him a year in the bridewell. More power to the Carruther arms SUMY GEMS. nections te bear 4 with yeti for the sum mer? Why. sren't you on good U rmi with your relations? ' Oh. yea, but they're not en gwd rela tlnns with my term." Baltimore Ameri can. "I've bought an automobile.'' ' Have you?" . . "Yes Why don't you cengrmtulate me." Tm waiting tfl hear what make It is. so I'll know whether fo laugh or sym pathise." Washington Star. Bacon Where did he first meet . bis "I give mr wife half my salaiy every week to spend on the housekeeping and herself." "And what do yei do with the other hfllf of your salary?" " h, my wife borrow that." Houston Post. KABIBBIE. KABARET vi Egbert At a masquerade ball. "I suppose he thought he had found a Messing In disguise. Yonkerg States man. "Wltlcua doeen't reem to be at hi best. Ilka ome. when he's been drinking." "No: he is noted chiefly for his dry humor." Loulavllla Courier-Journal Hokus Why 1 he such an utter failure? Poe he Jump at conclusions? Pokus No; on the contrary, he seems to be quite methodical about making his mistakes. Life. jdJosuiX uoisog Tioq treats oi jo jton i a'Vm )aiRe air) s.ji aXAj. tin in.id Xja saooi no op Xq. X3 '-ip cuiiANrrsJitiW HE VltltS U,BuT HESTWRRjuW 1U3r iHOWxV AO. rV"JT Payton A bachelor 1 a man who ha been crossed in love. Psrker Yes, and a married man hss - crossed. Life. can't get your family con power in the Last inch as in the Flr&i 10 Uniformly power ful and qulclc-start-ing, whether your tank . Is nearly full or nearly empty. io Reduce repair costs . with Polarlne. 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