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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Criminal Speed Mania.

The latest accounts Of the Titan
ties calamity, indicating that one OF
the owners OF the vessel. who was
aboard, was pushing the great ship
to its utmost capacity of travel to
make new speed records for the sea
OF this, it's initial trip, furnish an
ominous reminder of the appalling
penalty We are paying for this speed
mania on land and water. this crimi-
nal folly of sacrificing safety for
novelty and luxury, and our grue-
some habit OF laughing defiance in
the face OF death and the very teeth
OF the law designed TO protect hui
man life and define criminal negli-
gence.
No wonder the Carpathia held
back the truth IS long as II could.
For the truth was 4 terrible ana
lthema upon those responsible for the
mistakes in this appalling disaster
land 10 society which eountenaneea
land condones such havoc. First, in
1.-The case OF the Titanic. it was made
Iquateiy equipped with llfe-saying ap-
paratus. Second, il was warned OF
1.-THE deadly Ieebergs in its path. II
iuid not slaeken its speed; under or
lders OF its masters to break all rec
ords il unbolted the dynamos Of it:
powers and Numbered into death
under 4 full head of steam. Mr.
Ismay, the owner aboard, alas, i
saved, while 1000 OF his PASSENGER
lie trapped like so many rats in th'
lpi. OF fathomless sea. What per
lndious infidelity OF sacred tru:t
No need TO go TO London to rea'
what its Board OF Trade says on tn
Requirements of lifeooats. Here
, a provision from section 44sS Of tn
Revised Statutes OF the United State
Iamply clear on the subject.
Ever steamer navigating the ocean I
any lake. bay or sound Of the Unite
: states, shan Be provided with such nun
bers Of Hfeboats, floats. RATS. life pr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Twenty Years Ago

Dennis Patrick Maher. IS years Of age,
died at the family residence. liB South
Fifteen street
Dispatches received from New York an
nounced that Captain Charles somers
Hayes would be elected president OF the
Union Pacific, at the suggestion Of Gen.
erai Grenville NJ. Dodge, TO succeed SID
ney Dillon. Jay Gould and Russell Sage
were TO be dropped from the board Of
directors and Mr.. Dillon retained only In
concession to his long services for the
company. These ehsnges were said to
have the appreciation Of Mr., J. Pierpont
Morgan.
The Board OF Education met and au-
thorized the superintendent OF buildings
to have the plank walk at Kellom school
finished as per plans The board also
authorized the renting Of an additional
room for Pacific school at SIS a month.
J. II. Royce and Miss Nellie Morgan
Of chadron were guests Of +. P. Right
ley at the Dellone.
visiting at the home Of J. J. Mercer, esil
Hickory street. r
Bishop W. II. Hare OF the Episcopal
church at Sioux Falls. s. D.. was at thu
Paxton hotel.
pedestrian happened to pass Cady
g. Bradens store, 1877 81. Mary's av-
enue. about midnight when two burglars
within about TO crack the safe. took
fright at the person and dived out the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

servers. life carrying proiectlles and the
means Of propelling them, as will best Sc
cure the safety of ali persons on board
such vessel in case Of disaster.
Iroquois, the Triangular shirtWaist
factory. General Sloeum, the Titanic
and many other grim monsters OF
death rise before us now to haunt
our criminal negligence and We can
rot excuse ourselves with the win
ing plea of human infallibility." The
same law that says. Thou shalt not
kill, just as pungently points out to
steamships. to theaters, to large in
idustrial observation-disclosures hu-
man life may De placed in JEOPARDY
ways and means of terrifying and
protecting ii. But the catastrophe
Genes, hundreds OF lives perish, We
weep emotlonally and then when
s. income goes to reckon up the cost
aud fix the blame. 4 maudlin public
sentiment gushes out flimsy pallia-
ton for the living responsible ones,
with a pious smirk explaining that
punishment would not bring back
the irresponsible dead. And who shall
attempt to condone this craven. who
neglect OF the laws penalty? Who
shall say it is not very largely to
blame for the thing that can con-
s:stently be termed criminal negli-
gence?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Ths Nation. Hrs. step Il.

human progress is built on human
experience. Out of great disasters
comes improvement, if the lesson be
properly applied. The lesson OF the
Titanic is very plain, although its
application is not SO easy Of accom-
plishment. Out of all tle smother
0. fast and conjecture that surrounds
the awful disaster that has so pro-
foundly shocked the entire world,
one thing stands out clearly and
alone. That is that the regulations
governing the passing OF ships to and
fro across the seas OF the world are
still in the hands Of the owners Of
the vessels. 1t is profitless al this
time 10 talk of responsibility. or TO
hurl charges OF greed. cupidity and
carelessness.
What must be done is the formula
ton by the governments of the world
Of a code to control the movement OF
ocean shipping which will, as far as
lie humanity possible. eliminate the
dangers to which vessels are now ex-
posed because OF the ambition for
records or for profits. Such regula-
lions need not work hardship, but
may be made on reasonable grounds,
to the end that the safety of lives
and property for the time entrusted
10 the care Of the shipping owners
will be made as certain as foresight
can accomplish.
Such an understanding among the
nations OF the world will have an eff
feet much broader than Its immediate
aim. Every such convention has the
effect OF drawing the nations OF the
world closer together. and promoting
better feeling and deeper sense
OF common interest and responsible
ity. II the laws OF nations governing
shipping can be worked into an har-
monIous whole to safeguard ade-
quately oceanic transportation, II will
be long step forward. From agree
ment to safeguard human life on
the seas to agreement to protect hui
mainly against destruction In war il
not far. and the hope OF world peace
through arbitration and disarmament
will eventually triumph.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Nom

II Is also pointed out that the So
cialists lost the recent city election
only by the combining OF the other
forces. These figures show that
Seidel and his crowd polled 2,664
votes more this year than they did
In 1910, On this basis the socialists
are quite safe in claiming that Mil
wsukee is more socialist today than
ever. Milwaukee's total vote has
gone on increasing in these fourteen
years, but the non-socialist vote has
not. There is the serious aspect OF
the situation for those who believe
the best interests OF the country de-
mand a repression OF socialism, In
deed, there is much food for thought
in this array OF figures. OF course.
socialism may be defeated every year
in Milwaukee so long as the other
parties continue to- find common
ground on which to oppose it, but
tnat alone is an unsafe contingency
on which to depend.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Ten Years Ago

Ten Years Ago
]. NJ. Day sr., died at the home Of his
daughter Mrs. Drlscoll.
Woman is the center OF the home and
holds the key TO success or failure" de-
ciared Rev L. H. jerks In q sermon at
First Presbyterian church.
Local implement dealers expressed
fears Of inability to secure enough steel
made implements with which to supply
their orders. The steel mills were running
fun blast trying to keep up with general
demands OF this kind and the western
jobbers were suffering.
When man attempted to whip his
wife while the two were visiting at
the home OF another woman on Hickory
street, the hostess whipped out a re-.
volver and did a little chastising on her
own account. She fired the revolver nine
times, aiming at the man and hit him
twice. lie was hauled off to the clarkson
hospital for repairs.
w. J. c. KENYON. general manager Of
the South Omaha Stock Yards returned
from Miles City, Mont. where he at
tended the Montana stock Growers as
ISOLATION.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
CLARA BARTON.

In plsiu and fragile womans fofm I'll
she held a soul OF power;
A mind Of might heart ser Ss
with energy her dover.
sols motive was to start hers 90
In her was triple heraicing 2N
OF angle, soldier. martyr
Wherever men prayed God for aid -,
In terrible disaster, .,s
There was she. calm and unaHAia'
No matter where u cast hef'
She dressed the wounds OF msngled men.
With sweet, divinest pity; -.
She reused the sounded call OF nope
again
Ger battlefield or city.
She soothed the women's weeping woe,
And reused them from their sorrow,
She saved the children from fates oto"'
To greet a happier morrow.
she faced the fire, she dared the fooo'
She followed on field bloody
Where help was called, she danntiess
For SUFFERING was her study.
She gave her life to others need;
She gave her ease TO aid them:
She gave life's pleasures Tor their neeu
Her sacrifices stayed them. '
She poured her all In freest flow
Nor e'er her step did fslter:
Her womanhood. all II could know,
She laid on duty's altar.
No monument could tell her worth,
or nobler woman prove her.
! The Red Cross thanks God for her birth.
Perpetual standing DER her.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Socialism in Milwaukee

1t transpires that the tide Of So
cialism did not recede as much In
Milwaukee as the recent defeat of
Mayor Seidel and his ticket seemed
TO indicate. In fact. while the So
cialists lost in the election, they
gained in votes. The Chicago
Record Herald recently printed the
following figures, which show that
since 1895 the non-socialist vote in
Milwaukee has DIMINISHED and the
socialists have made steady gains:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
I[EookinS Backward
hisDS8 inOmahs.
? COMPILED FRoNs BEE FILES
- Aprn 20. -
April %.
Thirty Years Ago

Thirty Years Ago -
The completion Of the Missouri Pacific
yesterday to the junction Of the Union
Pacific near PapillIon was followed this
afternoon by the arrival Of the first
through train over the extension, carry
ing these distinguished passengers: Jay
Gould, president Of the Missouri Pacific,
accompanied by mis- wife and daughter :
Captain r. s. Hayes. vice president; a.
A Talmadge, general manager; II. l.
Sargent. general freight agent: J. L.
House, chief engineer; Mr. Harding. as
slstant superintendent Of the Nebraska
division. and J. ". Eddy. superintendent
Of the Kansas and Texas division. The
Could party were to leave early In the
morning over the Wabash. Mr.. Gould
and the officers Of the road agreed to
accept an invitation for banquet to De
given in about four weeks to celebrate
the completion OF the Missouri Pacific
into this city.
The case against the eight defendants
charged with stealing q house on Ninth
and Dodge was dismissed, 1t being shown
that the house was moved into the street
and there left standing; that II was rot.
ten and somebody knocked against II
and knocked it down. after which II
was carried off plecemeal by children In
the neighborhood.
The steamer Red Cloud Of the r. g.
Baker Company line, arrived this morn
ing, one month and four days out from
/ ST. Louis.
A correspondent calls attention to the
important work inaugurated by Messrs.
Frank Mccormick, John Kennard' Levi
Rennard, p. l.. Perine. s. II. II. Clark
and Mrs. Wilson in planting out double
rows OF trees on the north side Of Dodge
between Eighteenth and Twentieth.
Beefsteak as tough as old rubber sells
for IS cents a pound in Omaha.
Mr.. w. J. Mount. the Capital Hill man
celebrated his forty-seventh birthday yes
terday.
Little Ida May Carney. aged H. died
at the home Of her aunt. Mrs. Lzzit
Blstchley, 900 Nineteenth street
General Crook, commander Of the De
partment of the Platte, and his staff
were photographed by Eaton In full
uniform.
The standard club closed its season
with a calico ball last night Mr.. JuliuI
Meyer. vice president, ordered two ele
gantly hand painted programs to be pre-
scented to the best dressed ladies' in tn
fabric described, and they went to Mrs
George strattman and Mrs. M. Hell
man.
Police Judge Benecke had three wed
dings TO commit today.
The barber shop at the corner Of Six
teenth and Webster. under Roeder's druI
store, has been opened by II. L. Mead.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Arc Canuck. puiy scared |,

3, LOUIS GIobe-Democrat.
As the Champ Clark shadow grows and
spreads over the land as that of the COM
ing man for a presidential nomination.
viii the Csuark mothers Brighten their
naughty children by telling them Champ
Clark is coming across the border to
take them into Ysnkeeland2 or will the
Csnneks themselves begin throwing W
Qualifications along the fronuerZ
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
A Waste Of Time.
New York World.

II congress were TO cause the arrest OF
every blsthsrskite VINO said congressman
were crooks. 1t would have no time to
spare for public business There are al
ways people with personal grievances
who are best silenced by being ignored.
To take them seriously is waste Of
time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

The ex-mayor OF Kansas City. in
resuming his law practice, says;
but shall continue to have an
interest as citizen in the affairs OF
our city, state and nation" Yes,
there's the inallenable right no ma
jority OF voters can fitch from q
sovereign American.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

The White Star line had enough
in the actual tragedy Of the Titanic
10 explain without imposing on itself
the further burden OF refusing to
give out what information it could.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

We rise again to remark that pro-
vision should be made by law in this
state for prompt collection of cleo
tion returns through official ma
chinery instead of devolving that
duty on the newspapers to do all the
work at their own expense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
In Other Lands
Come Side lights On what IN
Tssnspiring Among the Near
and Far Nations Of the Es-.A.
Billions for Armaments.

Billions for Armaments.
Germany replies TO the British program
Of naval development announced BY
Winston Churchill month ago by draft
ing a bill for the increase of both the
army and navy II the Relchstag ap-
proves the bill the peace footing OF the
German army will be raised TO So"
officers and men, and there Will be an
equally rapid increase both in the fleet
and its personnel. Last year Germany
appropriated Sis. IS 90 for the army and
navy and Great Britain Ssii.seo,ooe. En-
Iargements fer the current budget year
will add s5590,oos TO the former and So
0os,ooO 10 the latter total The intense
rivalry OF these leading nations aceeier-
ates the military pace Of all European
nations. each stFaining its productive re-
sources 10 increase and maintain army
camps i'm times of peace. How long can
the taxpayers of Europe carry the load!
The cost Of militarism is increasing
faster than population and wealth. The
civilized world today spends about s22oO. :
600 600 annually on armies and navies, OF
which amount Great Britain and Europe
contribute s1,7ooooo.Ooe. The ten military
nations-which include Austria-Hungary'
France. Germany. Great Britain. taly'
Japan, Russia, spain. Turkey and the
United States-expend more than A,so-
600 90 a year. maintaining $4,000 men
under arms at an average cost per man
of Sos. omitting Japan. Spain and iur-
key from the computation. II Is tound
that the remaining seven nations, thirty
years ago. spent for armies and navies
about ssss,O0o, Coz: their present annual eX-
penditures is about sl.7i2, 900, an excess
in annual expenditure of si.osS,oooo or
ls per cent. All this, 1t must be remem-
bered, was not for war expenses. but Tor
the maintenance of ornaments on peace
basis.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

II the energy that has been ex-
pended in teaching the people how
to rule In Nebraska had been put in
at spring blowing the state would
be far ahead on the agricultural
score board.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

We're those three men who called
on the then president in the dead OF
night for permission to seize the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company
standpatiers or progressIYes?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Don't be impatient over election
returns. Nebraska Is a big state,
with approximately 1880 voting dis
triets. many of them miles from
railroads, and some Of them even
detached from telephone lines.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

A dispatch to the Kansas City Star
says many Kansas farmers spent last
Sunday at the pillow, being too busy
70 observe the Sabbath. 1t must
have been some other state; II
could not have been Kansas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
shrinlas- Notlcesble Vow.

The secretary Of the treasury wants
the size OF our currency reduced about
one-third. II he WIN be patient tbs
trusts and middlemen viii do what they
can to see that Il buys less and thus
make Il seem smaller.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Houston Post
We read With much SORROW that a
democratic official in the Bronx dropped
dead just after reoeiving his pay. our
view Of an ideal death is for a democrat
to hold office for sixty-six years and fan
asleep about the day before pay day when
aRticipative bliss is at full tide.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

The saving OF the managing direc-
tor when hundreds were going down
is a triumph Of which the steamship
company may be proud. but the YER
dict of the world may read other
wise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

The question sim confronts both
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Hitchcock
whether "a question of honesty as
between them can be settled by pop
ular vote.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

One OF our enterprising magazines
Is out with the story OF why Bis
marck resigned. AS matter of
news II is hardly worth an extra.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

In the case of Emil Brandeis. as
SO often happens. the community
wakes up to a realization OF his real
value after he is lost.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Governor Wilson's suitcase was
finally found with the name scraped
off That is the way Colonel Bryan
viii probably find his old political
gripsack some day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Z Mrs. Hetty Green's desertion of
New York for Hoboken does not
seem TO have precipitated any great
hegira In that direction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
Variation. In the MIA Noise.

WV TUX Wst
Uncle Joe carried his congressional
district by two TO one. In the same dis
trict Roosevelt won by a large majority,
on the platform of opposition to all that
Uncle Joe stands for. Sometimes the
trumpet of the people gives an uncertain
sound.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

The man who tells you he rode all
night in a day coach purely from
choice has held back something on
YOU.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Harry Thaw's persistent eager
ness to leave Matteawan is not very
good advertising for the resort.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Anna Held insists there is no
scandal in divorce. Probably not
Tor Anna.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

( Never mind. 1t will all be finally
threshed out In the big conventions
Ia Chicago and Baltimore.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Berlin adyertises for 3 mayor.
China elects its president for ten
years. with no reelection. When
Z will our own United States catch upf
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

When the water works really
comes into possession Of the city,
wonder what sort of ~ issue the
Water board fakirs will invent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

And the postoffice and the printer
man also profit when the people are
getting lessons in how to rule.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

What is man that Thou art mind
Full Of him." was not asked in vain,
but the sentiment holds good to this
Iday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Within the last week the French
Moroccan ts~1y was signed at Fee. The
document is . reproduction Of the treaty
OF the Bardo of 1881. by which the hey
OF Tunis accepted French supremacy In
his realm. BY It France obtains instant
and complete control of the government
and the sultan became a pensioned nsure-
head. France can now proceed to repeat
in the shereefian empire the achievement
In Tunis. Risings among the mountain
tribes, isolated revolts in various prov
ines, ARE inevitable, but by this treaty
and It's physical consequences France
avoids the danger that the native ruler
in hls office might become the railyins
point II not the leader In national up
rising Of a Moroccan holy war. Actual
progress in Morocco will probably wait
upon the final partition OF territories be-
tween France and Spain, which will open
the way for railroads. But even this
delay cannot be long now. and the treaty
of Fez removes the possibility that
France might have to conquer its sphere
after II had been marked.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

At any rate, the colonel left the
fields for the farmer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

When the school board tabulation
Is made we may have another test
OF how badly women want votes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

Reports from the Dardanelles In
dictate that Italy Is meeting some
difficulty In keeping up the Turkey
trot.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

The proverblai locking the stable
door after the horse is stolen viii
now be again exemplified by that
steamship company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

VIII II 20 down in history as a
Titanic tragedy or a Titanic crime?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

In the pictures all steamships
look alike to the land lubbers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20

George Washington Perkins has
evidently been turned back as poor
drawing card.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
TLEc-Dy OF THE SrA.

Kansas City Star: The Carpathia IS
the ship Of shattered loves. Of vanished
hopes. Of broken hearts. Did ever any
vessel in history bear such a burden Of
misery into port:
Chicago Record-HeraId; The heart OF
humanity will thrill over the spirit that
sent women aud children into the boats
first. That has been the Law Of disasters
at sea since manly men sailed it, and II
should always be the law. Honor to the
dead who persisted that others might live.
New York Tribune: The Invasion Of the
sea lanes by floating fields and noun
tains OF ice from the Arctic glaciers can
never be prevented, and the security of
vessels must derend upon improved
methods Of detecting the approach Of tbs
peril and Of avoiding it. and. Of course.
Of resisting the impact as well as possible
when it cannot be averted.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Is there ans les
son In the disaster? We're I.soa souls sac
rificed because Of modern demands FOL
speed and quick transit across the Allan
tic? Was it due to the size of the great
vessel which. according to reports, had
trouble in leaving its berth in Europe
Is an express service across the Allan
tic a necessity?
Chicago Inter-Ocean: Women ani
children first" That is our patent ol
nobility as race. And whatever ant
wherever may have been the blame fol
the tragedy Of the Titanic. let US moi
forget that in the hour of death its mer
approved themselves men. and sent across
the dark waves the mighty word o.
honor:
Women and children first H#
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-20
MARCH CIRcULAIl
49,5O8

STATE of Nebraska. Cognly Of Douglas, s..
Dwight Williams. circulation manaseI
Of The Bee Publishing company, Delhs
duly sworn, says that the average JAZZ
Circulation, less spoiled. unused ana re-
turned copies, for the month ot AAEeH'
DWIGHT WILLIAMS.
Circulation Manager.
subscribed In my presence and sworn
10 before me this sth day Of April, lslS-
,sealJ ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Pubic.