X THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1916. 4 so? 3 a ait a m -.1 4 bl ri ll si bi T tl el . s S j a d tj tl i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; - FOUNDED BY EDWARD HOSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. i Entesred at Omaha pMtofflc aa ateotid-elaaa -natter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fhilly anil Sunday. . . . . i T1lr without Hunday. By mall per year. .....11.00 .... 4.01 . .... .no .... ..... 2.00 By earrter Mr month tic... c... Rvenlnsr and ftiindnv 400.... Kvetittig without Sunday ,,.J6c.... ftunduv Bee only . 10c... lally and 8onday Bee, thrw year m advanee. llO.Oi. Send notice of change of addretts or Irregularity In da II vary to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only S-cent lUnvi taken In payment of imall account. Peraonal cheeks, xcept on Omaha and eastern exchange, wot accepted. OFFICES. ' Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha 2H N street. ,. .Council Bluffs 14 North Main itreet. Lincoln 52 Little Building, i Chicago All People Or Building. New York Boom I10, 34 Fifth avenue. Ht. Iute 603 New Bunk of Commerce. Washington TIS Fourteenth street. N. W. . CORRESPONDENCE. AMrea communication relating lo newa and editorial matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. MAY CIRCULATION. 57,852 Daily Sunday 52,748 Pwlrht Wllltama. circulation manaiar of Tha Be. Pvbh.hlnt company, bclnir duly .worn, .ays that tho avora. circulation for th. month of May, ltlft, waa IT,tl dally and Il,t4l Sunday. - DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Uanasar. 1 SubacrlbM In my praseno. and .worn to befor. ra. this Id day of June, ! ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public Sub.crib.ru leaving tha city temporarily shoeld have Th. B mailed to them. AJ stress will be changed ofUn requested. Ill I II1. tU " ' I1 ii I . ' -IT Jt li always in prder to boot for Omaha I No matter how the tcore stands, root for the home teaml " Still it it quite usual in a fight for each to accuse the other .fellow, of starting it. The latent fighting spirit of the United States needs but a just cause to spring into action. Give credit to whom credit is due. Carranza supplied the pep for American preparedness. The growing harmony among reunited Ne braska republicans is plainly distasteful to the democratic "pie-biters" and their spokesman. Wisconsin progressives are the latest recruits to the republican fold. Harmony grows with the hours, because national safety demand it. One Missouri militia company enrolls twelve preachers, all Baptists. Which goes to show that . Mexico is still attractive- as a missionary field. i l , After all, it is not the prospect of honor and glory that draws guardsmen to active service, Duty has the first call, others follow where duty leads. J ' 1 .y ...v. ' : , ' Once more the Japanese scare-crow rises above the cacti of Mexico for the amusement of Ameri cans. We can't lose it while the saving sense of humor abides. ' i , The latest word from Villa, pictures the elu sive bandit growing whiskers. - If the report be true, all hope of reconciling him with the Wilson administration must be abandoned. The greetings sent by the republican stats committee t6 the national standard-bearers of the party reflect the sentiment of the rank and file in Nebraska and no dissent ' ' ' A number of ambitious cities, Resides Omaha and Lincoln, have movements- tinder way to exert pressure on the railroads for new passen ger depots. : If Omaha cannot present as good i a case as any of them, th others must be in a bad way. v v .. ..".'.. . What is Governor Morehead going to do about his chief food and oil inspector brandishing his official club to make everybody subject to his displeasure "cme through" with a consti tutional amendment to insure him six more years on the payroll? '; ' ( It is evident from the facts in the case, that the weather man and the grocera and butchers agreed to an armistice enabling the latter to bring home the remains of the picnic before the rain tanks tilted. The incident insures a year 0 peaceful conversation. '.;-' v. : . ,-,; ' ' Did you notice that, when "called" for its "huckleberry" fake, the . World-Herald never peeped. That imaginary Omaha, republican re sorting to the columns of a democratic organ masked behind the name of "Berry" to proclaim bis intention to vote for Wilson coupled with the declaration that he knows "a lot of republi cans" of the same mind simply does not exist. If there were any such person, he would have been trotted out. , Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha " MM Front Mt fltaa. : The graduating exercises of the High school class of 1886 took Dlace at Bovd's opera house. Upon the stage, beautifully, set with a forest scene, was seated the class, and directly behind them sat Superintendent lames and Mr. S. D. Bcals, while on the left of the stage sat Profes sors Lewis and Henshaw, Samantha R. Davis and Frances E. Shelton. The following: were mem bers of the graduating class: Arthur Rose, Nel lie Rosewater, Ida M. Bruce, Annie J. Young, Mary Copeland, Helen H. Hall, Edward J. Streitz, Emma J. Wood, Minnie Collett, Alice , Avery, Clara Hutmaker, Blanche H. Benton, Louis Weymuller, Myra C. Hannan, Charles S. McConnell, Julia Kewcomb, Elizabeth Whitman and Jennie M. Wallace, ine diplomas were pre sented by Mrs. Long. C. S. Higgins. wife and children, and Dell Rudd and wife will spend several weeks at Lake Minnetonka, where a beautiful cottage has been olaced at their disposal by Mr, Barrows. . . Joseph H. Millard, wife and daughter, will sail for France on the magnificent new French Miss Ljzzie Can field has returned from Rock ford, 111., where for the past few months She has aeen attending school. F. J. Knapp, station agent of the B. & M. - here, reports a good time on his two weeks' trip to Michigan. . f The street car company, tinder, the direction of Superintendent Smith, is lavine double track m Farnam street, east from Twenty-eighth street, ana win run cars 10 mat point as soon as Ine track is nnisned. . H .A. Doud of the International revenue of. fire, has gone on a professional tour through ncDraiKa v.ny, nasiuigs ana Lincoln. Effect of the "War" on Congress. One result of the present war scare is shown in its effect on congress, where preparations for national defense have been speeded up very ma terially by reason of the likelihood of conflict. The Hay army bill, that was hailed by "deserving democrats" as perfect in all its details, is now being amended to embody provisions insisted upon by the republicans when it was going through. Principal of the amendments to the law will be a provision to "federalize" theNational Guard, which means that the "forty-eight little armies" are to be made into one great army for the nation's uses, and that the deadening pressure of state's rights will be removed from the service. The navy bill, fortunately not enacted into law, is being changed in the senate to embody the recommendations of the general board, and thus to give the country a program for building that promises adequacy instead of temporizing with a serious situation. The probability now is strong that circumstances will compel the democrats to redeem finally (their violated promises to provide for the reasonable defense of the nation. Bait for the Bull Moose In view of the proclaimed purpose of the democratic political yardmasters to spare no effort to round up and corral all the stray bull moose who can be brought into the Wilson fold, the prepared statement given out by "Brother Charley" Bryan, on his return from the St. Louis convention to assume his duties as mayor of Lin coln, is especially interesting. He says: "The democratic national platform and can didates offer the only logical resting place for the progressive republicans who were betrayed at Chicago by the man they looked to as their Moses, the late bull moose leader, Theodore Roosevelt." ' . v , This, doubtless, reflects the real attitude of the democrats, but is it the kind of bait on which the bull moose will bite? Will branding Colonel Roosevelt aa a "traitor" make his former follow ers enthusiastically embrace Woodrow Wilson and consort with the democratic donkey? Judg ing from the. manifestations, the suddea love of the democrats for the bull moosers is so intense that it is painful. ' Live Stock Growers Are Awake. Resolutions adopted by the Nebraska Live Stock Growers' association at its Alliance gather ing, indicate that the members of that organiza tion are keenly alive and progressively active in furthering the best interests of their industry. The subjects treated of in the resolutions pertain exclusively to the live stock industry, and only touch the public indirectly, but they serve as an illustration of the change that has come over the business of cattle raising and the producing of meat animals within a few years. The cowboy followed the buffalo into limbo, and the home steader made a checkerboard of the range with his barbed wire, but the "cattle baron" met the situation and readjusted his methods to the end that his business, while not so extensive as to landscape or "book count," is far more stable because it is on a more substantial basis. Con ditions that threatened have been turned to serv ice, skid intelligent direction has given to the live stock industry such standing .as it never could have attained under the bygone regime. Ne braska's interests in the business is far greater than is generally understood. On the first of January last, 'the value of the cattle in the state, exclusive of milch cows, was more than $85,000, 000, while the swine then on the farms of the state were valued at above $42,000,000. This shows what an important factor in the state's wealth and prosperity cattle and hogs have be-, come. Wilson's Undivided Beiponsibility. In another column of this page The Bee gives space to a most interesting review of the Mexican situation ' written for the Louisville Courier- Journal by Colonel Henry Watterson in his characteristically forceful language. Not that We want to be understood as approving or con curring in his interpretation of the succession of events in Mexico, or the conclusions he draws from them, but his survey takes a broad aweep that is certainly invigorating. One assertion, in particular, however, calls for contradition, being repetition of the groundless charge that Wilson "inherited" his Mexican troubles from Taft when the truth is that the revolution that deposed Madero took place on February 18 and the Ma- dero assassination on February 23, 1913, but ten days before President Wilson assumed his office and President Taft was particular to hold every thing growing out of ths situation in abeyance in order not to forestall or complicate any policy which President Wilson might purpose to adopt. What Wilson inherited from Taft, therefore, was a perfectly free hand in Mexico and by no per version of the facts can blame for Wilson's blunders be unloaded upon his republican prede cessor. Whatever anyone else might or might not have done under the same circumstances, President Wilson must take the full responsibility for his conduct, or rather misconduct, of our Mexican affair. 'Double Tracks and Double Depots. f ' ' The traveling men are now agitating a ques tion that is bound to become vexatious for the railroads before it is settled unless the transpor tation companies beat the public to it and give the relief sought because it has been suggested. It is a matter of safety first, and has to do with depots at stations where double track lines are used. The traveling men would like to have mat ters so arranged that passengers will not be com pelled to cross tracks to get on trains. Several methods by which this may be accomplished, have been suggested, and one of them will doubtless be forced upon the railroads in time. The prob lem applies to all the stations where trains are stopped on more than one track, and has in it elements that appeal for support The railroad companies have given much attention to the pre vention of accidents in other ways, and it is not unreasonable to expect that they wilt safeguard life around their passengerstations as far as is humanly possible. The Music Publishers' Association of the United States in solemn convention lament the inhumanity of the war, which forces them to strike high notes in the price list No matter in what direction ears are turned it is impossible to detect a note' of discord in the swelling uplift chorus, or vision the quiver of a lid aa producers berate the war while extending their reach. . Russia's 1916 model gas motors possess a trwjecting range of three miles and one whiff spells death. The inventors of gas as a weapon of war stand a first-class chance of testing their own treatment, t . . Watterson on Mexico LMl.rlll. Courier -Journal. It is not true, as in his recent vociferous cam paign for the presidential nomination Theodore Roosevelt insisted, that Woodrow Wilson is re sponsible for all the evils that have come to pass in Mexico. Some of them he inherited from Taft Others were unescapable. But it is true that the policy of "watchful waiting," whatever may be said in its favor, bred first and last many misad ventures. It was a blunder in the first place. It was pursued too long. The trouble was that the Wilsonian altruism had bit off "mor'n it could chaw." It was a verv orettv Quarrel as it stood when we sent a fleet to Tampico and an army to Vera Cruz. As tor provocation there was even tnen a-plenty. Had the president been more a warrior and less an academician he would have gone on to the City of Mexico, disavowing any subjugat ing purpose, but making it clear to an men mat we should not come out again until we had estab lished law and order in Mexico, as we had estab lished them in Cuba. We might have done this without firing a gun. Instead we tucked tail and came away, leaving first Villa to arm himself and then Carranza, so that now what was a com paratively easy job is beset by multiplied dithcul ties and dangers. It is too bad, but the best of men will make mistakes. There is no good crying over spilled milk. Nor has the Courier-Journal a disposition to twit the president with "I told you so." Its one aim now is to strengthen his hand and support his better-tate-than-never change of policy from one of indecision to one of thorough. 1 here will never be stability of government in Mexico and Rood neighborhood on the border until the government of the United States takes the bull by the horns and addresses itself to the work of setting up the one and revising the other. The Rio Grande has never been a fit line of frontier. We must go to the mountains. Arizona and New Mexico must be extended across Sonora to the sea. We need Lower California and Magdalena bay in our business, and they are of small, if any, value to the Mexicans, whose ter ritory is far too large for them to govern, even if they had the capacity for self-government. In snort, not before we take over the country, as we took over the Philippines, with a view to its complete recreation and future development, will Mexico be worth living in. we do not mean or wish to rob the Mexicans. We are willing to pay for whatever we acquire. The sum would put Mexico out of debt, and, if meanwhile we sup pressed .brigandage and established order, the new regime, could start on its way rejoicing, happy at home and trusted abroad, no longer a land of political volcanoes, steeped in ignorance and degradation. Truly we look upon the war before us with solicitude and sorrow. It is lamentable that we must go to war. But even the pacifists at any price are bound to see that it is not only inevitable as to Mexico, but that the rule of the survival of the mightiest has not yet ceased to play its part in mundane affairs. Every where it is still force against force. The mil lennium is nowhere in sight. Nothing is left us to do but make the war so vigorous that it will be short. We should send an army to Vera Cruz at once. Whilst Funston, Pershing & Co., are blazing the way along the old Zachary Taylor line, Wood, Scott, Bell & Co., should take up the old Win field Scott line, repeating in 1910 the history of 1848. The president can only make good the, shortcomings of his "watchful waiting" by get ting a move on now and showing that he is neither a "mollycoddle" nor a "pussyfoot," but a leader of men, and brave men, equal to a momentous situation, and also a mighty duty and transcendent opportunity. so, the Courier-Journal, neither in wrath nor in glee, but in solemn earnest, cries up with the flag, sound the bold anthem, and may the God of battles decide the wisdom and the justice of the issue of life or death) Twice Told Tales . One en the Surgeon, This scene is staged 3,000 miles away, but it can be performed anywhere with modern cos tumes: Velpeau, the great French surgeon, success fully performed a serious operation on a little child. The mother, overjoyed, called at the sur geon's office and said: "Monsieur, my child's life is saved, and I do not know how to express my gratitude to you. Allow me, however, to present to you this pocket book embroidered by my own hands." The great surgeon smiled sarcastically. "Madam,' he said, "my art is not merely a matter of feeling. My life has its necessities, like yours. Allow me, therefore, to decline your charming present and to request some more substantial remuneration." "But, monsieur," asked the woman, "what re muneration do you desire?" "Five thousand francs." ' , The woman quietly opened the pocketbook, which contained ten notes of 1,000 francs each, counted out five of them, and, politely handing them to the amazed physician, retired with the remainder. Pittsburgh Post - Hot Stuff. A clergyman was very fond of a particularly hot brand of pickles, and, finding great difficulty in procuring .the same sort at hotels when trav eling, always carried a bottle with him. One day, when dining at a restaurant with his pickles in front of him, a stranger sat down at the same table, and pretty soon asked the min ister to pass the pickles. The divine,-Who en joyed a joke, politely passed the pickles, and in a few seconds had the satisfaction of seeing the stranger watering at the eyes and gasping for breath. "I see by your dress," said the man, when he had recovered, "that you are a parson." , "I am, sir." , . ' "I suppose you preach?" ', .- "Yes, about twice a week usually." "Do you ever preach about hell fire?" inquired the stranger. "Why, yes. Sometimes I deem it my duty to remind my congregation of eternal punish ment." ' ' "I thought so said the stranger, "but you are the first of your class I have ever met who carried samples." Harper's Weekly. Silent but Eloquent ' Otto H. Kahn, who has given his estate in England aa a home for blind soldiers, was talking about the horrors of war. "The other day." he said, "two men -on a Hoboken pier saw a huge cargo of wooden legs being loaded on a steamer tor snipment to Eu rope. " 'Those wooden legs.' said the first man. 'are a mighty eloquent argument against war, are they not?r ' "'Yes,' the other man agreed, 'they're what you migbt call stump speeches.' "New York Sun. - : Suanieioua Parent C; J. Faulkner, counsel for Chicago meaV . 1 . :. .u- pacKcra m tucir cuiuist.uvu. nun .gains!, ins British government said at a recent dinner "Traders could get on better if the British were not so suspicious. They doubt everybody. Thev are like the father only more so. . A father,- in a deathlike silence, called down stairs to his daughter, aolemnly: " 'Hannah, what time is it?' , ,-. ; "A pause, and Hannah answered: "'Its just a quarter after 10, father.' " 'All right' the father said. 'and. Hannah rinn't foriret to stsrt the clock again after the voung man goes out to get his breakfast.'" Washington star. i Store Hour.: 8:30 A. M. to 5 P. M.-rSaturday till 9 P. M.i Burgess-Mash Company Friday, Jun. 23. 1916. "evcrybodVS store" STORE NEWS FOR SATURDAY Phon. D. 137. YES. SIR! Men's Smart "Pinch Back" NOR FOLK SUITS. Here Saturday at $16.50 That Were $20 and $22.50 YOU know the smartly stylish, belted back, snug fitting suits with the college air and the custom-tailored look. Yes, it's a fact, staid business men who stay young are wear ing them; there'll hardly be a young fellow who wants to be "it" this year that will do without, especially when Can be had at $16.50. The picture tells a style story. It will satisfy your sense of completeness to come hene and feast your eyes on a big, broad selection of suits in all the good styles, strictly hand tailored throughout, at $16.50. Men's Palm Beach Suits $7.50 to $10 Genuine Palm Beach, also cool cloth coats and pants, plain or pinch back, extra well tailored, per fect fitting and shape-retaining. BurgMS-Nuh C. Fourth Flow. Men's Straw Hats Saturday, $1.45 THEY'RE sample hats, securer! t from several of the best nat manufacturers in the country. Sennits, split braids, etc.; wide selection of styles ; hats that are usually priced to $3.00, for $1.45. Men's Panama Hats, $5 to $10 Genuine South American Pana mas, the most representative snowing m ine city. Men's Golf Hats Natural green u n d e r b a nd, very new, at $1.00. Men's Golf Caps Also for ten n i s , motoring and sports, 50c to $2.50. Burf.-Na.l C. Fourth FImt. Here, Boys, Are 20 More Photographs of Famous Ball Players FREE for the Asking Saturday Including famous players and managers. Saturday Specials Boya' ml suits, 2 to 8 y.ara, t $1.00. Boys' wash and straw hats for 50c Boys' suits, 2 pair knickerbockers, for $4.95. Boys' B. V. D. union suits, 6 to 14 y.ar., 50c Boya' waah pants, ag-.a 4 to 14 ' years, 50c to $1.00.' BurffMB-Naah Co. Fourth FImt. ilii Featuring a Group of MEN'S "IDEAL" SHIRTS Road Samples That Are the Usual Values at $1.50, for $1 You'll really be surprised at the splendid line and range of pat terns offered to you Saturday at this price. They are salesmen's samples from which they took their orders for shirts to retail to $1.50 each. These have been added to our regular line for Saturday at $1. Men's Silk Shirts, $3.45, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50. A most complete line from which to make your selection. You'll appreciate the display as well as the values. "President" Athletic Union Suite, 65c Made of good quality pajama check nainsook, closed crotch, sizes 34 to 46. Saturday, 65e. ', Genuine Poroaknit Union Suite, 69c Ecru and white, slightly imperfect, long and short sleeves, ankle length and three-quarter inseama. Saturday at 69c . ' Men's Linen Initial Handkerchief, 19c Entire cleanup of a large factory. ' Hardly any two alike, usually retail to 50c; not a handkerchief in the lot worth less than 25c. Saturday at 19c. , Men's Hose, Usually to 35c, for 12 c Saturday we will place on sale a quantity of men's half hose in lisles, fibre and silk; samples, odd lots and broken lines. Were to 85c, at pair, 12 He. Men's Waah Neckwear. 12V.C. 25c 33Vc and 50c Big lines to select from in tubulars and made bejomvilles, at 12), 25c, 33 l-3c and 50c. Men's Bathing Suits, 59c to $4.98 A remarkably well selected stock, including sizes for the smallest man to a size that would fit a man with a 54-inch chest. Mostly one-piece suits, also athletic style and those with a wing sleeve. BuriMt-Naah Co. Mala Flow Instd. Harnay St. Dear. - Burgess-Nash Special $3.50 Shoes for Men Are the Best Values to be found. You cannot duplicate them for les3 than $4.50. Four Different Lasts and Leathers in Low Shoes Fine velour calf-1 skin, English last, flexible welt soles. Black Russia calf skin, English last, white neolin soles and rubber heels. Tan Russia calfskin. Entr- lish last, tan, rubber soles and heeln. A white duck oxford with white ivory soles and rubber heels j NOTC W. carry a campbt. Iln. .1 th. Jam.. A. Banialar haoU an. In ih.M at SS.SO an. SS.0O. t BurgMa-Naah Co. Fourth Floor. DOWN-STAIRS STORE Boy's Wash SuiU, 49c . Romper, balkan and middy styles for ages 2 to 9 years, all colors, and combinations; all fast colors, this season's styles, 69c AQ to 11.50 values Men's $2.50 Pants, 69c Men's pants made of poplin, in tan, perfect fitting, size 32 to 42, all the newest and coolest summer styles made, regularly CQ $2.60, at "31. Men's $1.50 Overalls, 75c Odds Ind ends of blue and fancy stripe or check overalls and jump ers, nearly every size represented. Were to 1.60, Satur- '7Cr day at, garment J V 2-Piece Underwear, 25c Men's two-piece underwear, bal briggan shirts and drawers, well made an an exceptional OP value, Saturday, garment 6Jl Men's Sateen Shirts, 50c Genuine black sateen shirts. A selection tkat was bought before the advance in market pricer While a limited quantity PA. lasts, at JlC Men's Union Suits, 48c Eyelet mesh union suits, M sleeves inseams, good quel- AQ-, ity, at.. ...... ....... . . tOC BursM.-N.ah Co. Pawa-Stafar. Stora. ilriv II iii in LUw m Choice for $3.50 Here's Interesting News for the Golfer Who Needs a Club or Two For Saturday wt offor ths very special values in Golf Clubs, Drlveu-a and BrassiM: rcarularly 12.00. for iju. Flbejr faced Drivers and Brassies; revularlt 12.60 to 12.76, for $2. 'Mldirons, mashiM and putters, special at $1.00. TennU Racquets Reduced to $6.75 Wrtrht ana union ana Spalding tennis raequeta that were $8.00 redueed for Satur- day to 99.7 a. Ayres' Tennis Balls 8 for 91.00. Ooodrteh Tennis Balls, I for $1.00. Wright and DtUoa "Duce" taanU ball, Wc ; acn. SHnr Krntr, TSc. Worthinaton, es Complete Line of Golf Balis Spalding Honor, 7Sc Baby Dimple. ftSc. Glory DlmpU, SOc. KM Dot, 40. ,. B.-N. SPMial, 40c Spalding Bob, SSe, . Croquet Sets ' - S.ball sets at S1.00 t 4-ball sta at SSe to to $2 SO. -ball .eta at SI JS 11.50. : BurawNaek C Fourth Floor. to S2J0. ,- BURGESS-JYASH COMPANY