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Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
The Christmas Shin.

The Christmas ship typifies both the symbol
and spirit OF the work OF love that will shower
the far-away fatherless children OF war
enthralled Europe with Christmas gifts from
the children Of free and peaceful America
So let US hope that Uncle Sans great ocean
vessel that has been pressed into service for this
mission Of mercy and philanthropy will help
deepen in the minds Of not only the children OF
both continents but OF the grown-ups as well,
the true significance OF It all. For with all the
great practical good to be done. this enterprise
has yet larger meaning, which the men of Eu-
rope especially. need to catch and grip at this
time
When these gifts OF useful comforts, and
toys, too have served their material ends and
gladdened aching hearts, may the whole mag
nflcent scheme then stand forth in bold relief
against the dark, foreboding background Of
hideous war as a melancholy monument to this
crime Of the ages perpetrated by enlightened
nations. not one Of which is now, ever will be,
able TO satisfy It's own conscience for It's part in
the slaughter
Little short Of a miracle can now end hos
tilities before Christmas when again the ma
lions Of the earth will lift their voices in the
anthem of Peace on earth, good will toward
men" But TO what people, save Of the United
States, will this shepherd song bring the spirit
that II bore as II echoed from out against the
Judean hills on that first Christmas morningf
1t is not enough that we shall feel the depth OF
all this meaning; our prayer is that Europe may
feel It stronger, IL possible. than We do. And
feeling, shall some day, surely before another
Christmas rolls round, firing. With all
the strained constructions put upon His words,
the world, regardless OF creed, must come to be-
lieve surely that the One in whose name all this
is done meant, as He said to an impetuous dis
ciple on a crucial occasion. Put up thy sword"
that His kingdom was not to be propagated by
violence.
SO we OF America, whatever our religious
professions may be, are growing deeper IN the
doctrine OF peaceful abitrament. And we stand
as the good friend of all nations, ready to serve
any. The Bee is rejoiced to have had part in
furthering this superb mission of peace, Of al
trusm, OF stern, practical philanthropy. And
as II comes to its glorious climax We desire to
hail in a spirit OF genuine fellowship and appre-
citation all those fine little folks their elders,
who Joined so nobly in an enterprise whose Inn
mediate and future benefits are not for US to
estimate.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
As to Gruesome War Pictures.
Wouldn't that be awful2

The intense interest In the war that is wag-
ing on the other side of the Atlantic is notice
ably heightened by the adjunct of the camera
giving people at the remotest corners Of the
globe, vivid Photographic glimpses of what is
going on. Not only have we daily the almost
instantaneously transmitted chapters of the war
story, but within short time they are followed
up by visualized and graphic views Of the sue
cessive scenes in the war drama. Never before
in history have time and distance been COM
pletely annihilated for the onlooker, or the
panorama Of events spread so clearly before
our eyes.
AS all our readers are aware, The Bee has
been reproducing very promptly the best plct-
ures taken by all the war photographers, and
we have been enabled to do this by means Of
special arrangements entered into at no small
expense. Included among the pictures that come
to us are those which exhibit the gruesome side
OF battlefield slaughter-trenches filled with
dead bodies OF fallen soldiers horses and horse
men killed by exploding shells. spies being shot,
and ghouls footing corpses-but we have not
printed them In our columns We confess that
such pictures excite a degree Of interest; they
illustrate the unusual and narrowing side OF
war and appeal to the morbid curiosity. Our
hesitation to print them In The Bee comes from
the feeling that IL is not desirable to send such
ghastliness into the homes to be spread before
children OF impressionable age, upon whom their
influence cannot be for their good. We do not
believe our readers, though they may look at
such pictures In papers they do not want in
their homes, wish to have The Bee depict the
horrors OF the war in photographs OF headless
human corpses and mangled bodies Of men and
animals.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
The Prohibitive Price Of War.

No civilized nation today could afford TO attack
another not alone account OF the cost piled high
upon its crushing debts OF the past, but rather
OF shock TO civilization. the disocation OF
finance and commerce. the dislocatlon OF friendships
and OF common ideals, the reverson to the ape and
tiger morals OF medieval days, when the citizen
the prey OF the army we'll the slave OF the state
Thus wrote David Starr Jordan in his Amer
ica's Conquest OF Europe" put in book form only
last year. Someone is sure to smile at his
prophecy" when he has not attempted proph-
ecy at all; he has simply stated bald and patent
fact the full force OF which will be felt when the
final toll of this present war 10 taken. When,
Europe ends the slaughter of men and destruc1
ton OF mems material, social and POLITICAL
achievements perhaps II will agree that mo
civilized nation could afford to attack another"
Nations, like men, unfortunately. often do
what they never can afford ior fully pay for.
That is exactly what the warning nations Of
Europe are doing today. There is no possibility
of their realizing on the investments they are
making in this war. for II Is not within the
power OF war, as the arbitrament OF interna-
tonal disputes, to repair the damage and de-
vtruction the wrong and injustice It does to
civilization.
DR.. Jordan reminds us, in this little book OF
the Treaty OF Client, which put end forever
to armed strife among the English-speaking
races. At least that was Its mission, which It has
maintained for a century. It's sole content was
cease firing" uttered a rebuke to England
and young America. then engaged in the war of
1924, regarded by many as the complement
OF the revolution. DR.. Jordan observes that the
Treaty OF Client settled nothing but in this
very fact lies its significance. 1t decided nothing
because It registered merely the results of war.
The treaty marked the resolution Of two nations
to stop fighting. because by war nothing could be
decided" Now what this treaty has decided
and this lie the lesson OF the hour-|is that ma
lions can II they Will. live at peace and prosper.
It, therefore. stands as token to the futilty Of
war. Here these two great English-speaking ma
lions have lived side by side and waxed strong
in these 100 years OF unbroken peace and their
experience is the last word in the sentence on
the inercusable folly OF the present upheaval.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
People and Events

The bugs OF summer have been ban
ished to their winter cemeteries but the
bughouse does business ell the time
Charles W. Morse Of New York and At
lanta has been sued for $4,000. Re
member Charley? He is the iceman who
put a cool one over President Taft by
refusing to die as the doctors predicted.
Chief Justice Joseph Patrick Fallon
OF the municipal court OF New York
City, aged 20, suspended court one day
last week and hurried home TO welcome
the arrival OF his tenth child. Joseph
is some broth Of by"
New Engiands slogan. ''Buy-an-apple-
a-day," promises 10 outshine in popularity
the souths appeal. Buy a cotton bale"
The latter Is more difficult TO masticate.
But a most dangerous competitor for tho
blue ribbon il Boston which threatens
to enter the race with the war cry Buy
a goldfish"
A moving picture theater and private
dancing hall are the latest religious at
fractions installed in connection with
church in Hartford. Conn. The pastor
believes that clean recreation and in
structive diversion, mental and pedal,
are effective accessories in the modern
plan of soul uplift.
During the last fiscal year the Pull
man company earned 1872 per cent on
its capital When the traveller bumps
his head against the upper deck OF Pull
mans rolling boudoirs and wrenches his
spine in the act of robing, knowledge
that the company is able to provide
nourishment for the shareholders solaces
his feeling like an evening benediction.
People who harbor the notion that con-
gressmen are superior persons. free from
the sordid spirit Of the times. are entitled
to another guess. The way some OF them
screamed because their pay was locked
for loafing outside the reservation put
them on a dead level with those whose
gay envelope is flattened by illness. The
''holler" in both cases is pitched in the
same key.
A Portland. Ne, man who delighted In
giving women acquaintance friendly joy
rides in his automobile has had his
fount of human kindness frozen up by
a damage suit for $4,000 1t seemed the
auto bucked somewhere on the road to
happy hollow and dtched the pair.
Nothing less than $4,000 will soothe the
Jared feeling of the victim. The risk
OF ingratitude OF this brand IL what
makes autoists scoot by friends on tho
road without turning q lid
One Of the many useful philanthropies
of New York deals with the interests Of
seamen who flock to that port from all
quarters of the world. The American
Seaman's Friend society. now in its
thirty-second year. looks after their inter-
ests in many ways. maintaining a home
for destitute seamen and operates a cir
culating library, the books Of which go
hither and thither on the four seas. Rev.
George s. Webster. d. D.. formerly restor
Of the Church of the Covenant. has been
appointed active secretary Of the society
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
MUFFLED KNOCKS.

Love Is thing you can get over Rut
you can't make a girl believe IL when she
is engaged.
There may be lot Of heroes in the
world. but no woman will admit that sba
is married to one of them.
There is a difference betw.en can
revoir" and good bye" When vour
hair starts to go It says good bye
The hats the girls are wearing III their
heads 30 closely that a man wonders n
the millinery stores supply a shoe horn
with each bonnet.
What has become Of the oId-fasbiorod
man who used to carry an ivory dinRus
tnat had toothpick at one end and an
ear spoon on the other end?
Nobody has much use for a bully. But
II you go around with an olive branch
IN your beak all the time the other fell
low is going to grab the olive branch
az Dat you over the head with Il.
X man doesn't give a hang how much
tax they pile on his liquor and tobacco
because he figures that the manufacturer
has to pay It. But II you add two mills
per thousand 10 the tax rate on his
house he wants to fight.
One reason why the stork lodges thu
homes wherein he sees women kissing
poodles Is because he knows that IL he
left baby and the baby got sick the
mother would think 1t had the distemper
and would call In u veterinary surgeon
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
AROUND THE CITIES.

school of salesmanship Is the latest
annex to the educational facilities OF
New Orleans.
enough to accommodate the largest OF
ocean liners.
Portland, Me-, honks with much pride
over a record OF only one automobile acct
dent In nine months.
In preparation for Thanksgiving St
Louis hotels have been decorated with
900 bibles by the Gideons.
The gypsy moth army has advanced as
far south as Baltimore and the Monument
city has declared war on the tree-kill-
ing bug.
New York will cxpend $SoOo,ooO In the
construction OF a boulevard from Long
Island City 20 Jamaica, seven and one
half miles.
New Orleans negroes have organized a
company 20 build and operate a hotel in
the Crescent city for the exclusive use OF
colored people.
Chicago talks OF putting a third street
car track on State street and crowd shop
pers a little closer 20 the show windows.
The latter is some task.
New York admirers OF Joan OF Arc, the
warrior maid OF France, propose to rear
a monument 70 her memory which will be
out OF reach Of wartime Jack Johnsons."
Salt Lake City sits up and takes due
notice OF a report Of a prospective short
age OF the wool crop. Next to mines
and minerals Salt Lake City dotes on
wool
Ground has been purchased in Boston
and plans prepared for what will be the
largest hotel In New England" The build
ing will have frontage on fremont. Wash
ington and Mason streets.
Dunkirk. the town on the north coast
OF France which the Germans want TO
add to their collection. has been In turn
owned by England, spain and France.
A change OF bosses. n It comes. viii not
be q new experience
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
Prey to Petty Personalities.

Because Villa agrees to support ANY pro-
visionh president, cave Carranzh, who may be
selected at the Aguas Calientes convention. none
Is selected. Carranza agrees to step down and
out from this office provided Villa has no hand
in naming his successor
This is the spirit that has long governed the
course OF events in Mexico, but never more than
In the last three years and half. Mexico, in
deed, is the pitiful prey to petty personalities.
Men without the Iemotest capacity. so far as the
public has reason to believe, make the govern
ment merely a foot ball to be kicked from one
goal of sordid ambition to another. Mexican
people may become accustomed to successive
explorations by different sets of individuals,
but It is nevertheless distressing to any hope OF
the early rehabilitation OF the government to
note how completely 1t Is at the mercy of these
vindictive self-seekers. So long as this is the
case, Mexico's future must remain very uncer-
tain.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
Saved by Frssh Air.

The fresh air enthusiasts should find re-
inforced argument for their cause in the re-
ports OF the Smithsonian Institute hunters re-
turning from the far north, relating how an
abundance OF fresh air preserved their health
during the hong night OF an Arctic winter on the
northern shore Of Alaska. An accident COM
PEELED them TO lay up there for the winter.
Their food. OF course, consisted OF the heavier.
oily meats, with no fresh fruits or vegetables.
To offset the lack OF these. they lived out Of
doors as much as possible. and returned to the
states in normal physical condition.
Surely II extra amount OF fresh air will
take the place OF fruit and vegetables IN the pre-
servation OF health In the Arctcs II will work no
end OF benefits in the temperate zone. ordi-
narily one would never suppose that man unac-
eustomed to the rigors OF that latitude would
feel the need for more air than might filter
through the tightest-made hut. This Is a good
Illustration OF the Indispensable properties OF the
natural elements. Happily. our people are com
ing TO realize that good health depends the
utility Of natures forces, and no doubt the race
Will grow stronger in proportion TO the use II
makes OF these forces. Here we find how neees-
sity as the mother OF invention has served us
we'll Despite the increasing demands Of the
sedentary life and all the artificial modes OF
existence We are finding our way out OF the
labyrinth OF close confinement TO a wholesome
contact with the out-of-doors. even while we
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
Art Along the Highways.

The suggestion for harmonious architecture
of all structures. bridges or what not along the
Lincoln Highway Is a good one. Art has It's
place, even by the roadside. If we are to have
an enduring national boulevard linking the
oceans let us have beautiful one as we'll as
good one. A substantial bed with smooth
surface making a pike for excellent travel is
the first consideration, to be sure but the next
one, which comes up very close to it, is the
esthetic feature The Lincoln Highway should
be made the very acme OF the good roads propa-
ganda without an equal anywhere in the coun-
try. not alone for worth as a driveway, but for
the artistic taste. While the scenic effect reg
ulated by nature, will vary in different states
and sections, the architecture ought to be at
least harmonious from one end to the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
oh, Wouldn't It Be Awful

Most Of the candidates who are chasing state
offices in Nebraska doing in the belief that
when bagged the Jobs will carry the increased
salaries provided by the pending constitutional
amendment, which is as good adopted
Almost since Nebraska admitted TO the
union our governors have been drawing the
munificent salary Of $4,000 year, but the next
governor is counting on pulling down double
that sum, or $4,000 year. The attorney gen.
eral expects to draw $4,000, as against $4,000
now; the next treasurer hopes to draw $4,000,
as against $4,000, with similar raises OF $500
for the secretary OF state, commissioner of pub
lie land and state superintendent.
Now, these are not exorbitant salaries even
in war times, but question may be raised as to
when the new schedule goes into effect. The
amendment. which contains the salary boosts, is
made up OF two sections, the first one defining
the offices OF the executive department, but
limited by an express proviso that It is to apply
to the officers elected in 1916 and thereafter.
Obviously, II the whole amendment were to be-
come effective at the same time the higher sal
aries would not be available to this years crop
OF successful candidates, but would stay the
plum tree until their successors we're elected and
qualified
WouIdn't that be awful9
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
81 enEls AOky,4a emM~
sozsS1Ez6 Sso1 az T7Zz.S

Captain Jack oDOnahue. for some years In com
nAnd OF the police force has resigned to so into
business for himself
Miss Fannie Rau OF San Francisco was a guest OF
the Unique club az the residence Of Mrs Helman ON
ST Marys avenue Mise Rau. who Is a sister OF Sfrs
Holman. lie on her way TO California TO spend The
winter. ~
The Paxton bowling alley has been refitted and was
formally opened this evening.
The managers OF the ehildren's hospital over the
names OF Mrs clarkson. president, Mrs Kountze
secretary beg 10 acknowledge their gratitude for th
anm Of - for game OF base ball played BY Two
teams represented BY the boarders OF Mrs Oost
eheS and the young bankers OF the city
Dr. Dinsmore has returned from lincoln WHARF Ia
went 70 lecture before the homeopathic department
~ the University Medical school
Henry Estabrook and County Judge McCuuouoh
vert 10 Waterloo TO speak 70 the Blaine and Logan
Jiuh recently formed there
Music lovers looking forward 10 a concert %
b given at Boyds theater by Miss NellA Stevens as
sisted by Miss calderwood Mr.. Martin CAIN ana a
male quartet
Bell a shriver have taken the state agency for
TIE Remington typewriter.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
A PRAYER.

Judd NJ. Lewis in Houston Post
God of the warning nations,
God of the ways OF peace,
Hark to the pleas of women
And bid the warfare cease!
Hark to the prayers of children,
Their small hands lifted up,
And from the world forever
Remove this bitter cupl
In years of peaceful living
Thy servants have forgot
The grief that follows carnage,
And now their blood grown hot,
They challenge each the other,
And with no needing for
The necklaced arms of loved ones
They clatter forth to war.
Oh. God remove this madness,
And make Thy servants So rel
Remove the fields of carnage,
Where wounded and where slaia
Are tramped TO CORY remnants!
Our God, of war and peace,
Remove from men their blindness
And bid the warfare cease!
A wife stands all forsaken
And peers into the storm,
Above the smoke of battle
She marks the vultures swarm.
No love6 one hears her pleading
And to her succor files
Beside where she stands weeping
A baby starves and dies.
God, lift the burden from them
Who bear the burden mosti
God. touch the hearts of rulers!
God, turn each warning host
From ways that lead to slaughter
Back to the paths of peacei
God. hear the plants OF women
And bid this warning cease!
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Houston Post Omaha reports the APP
pearance Of Mrs. Billy Sunday, and she
said Billy was certain 10 hold a revival
there. We had no idea Omaha was so
strong financially.
thing novel in the subject OF that st.
Louis clergyman who preached on Safety
First" Warning the sinners against TAX
Ing chances is old stuff.
Atlanta Constitution; II Is announced
that the Southern Railway company has
elected DIT. John c. Kilgo. a bishop Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
director OF that company. This is a new
departure TO secure efficiency in the con-
troll OF the affairs OF a great railway. We
do not recall that the ranks OF episcopacy
were ever before invaded for that purpose
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A Catholic
cardinal, a Protestant bishop, a Jewish
rabbi and a university president are pro-
motors OF movement 10 induce the war
ring nations of Europe TO declare a truce
OF twenty-four hours on Christmas day.
The promoters are all Americans. and the
movement has not progressed far. but al
ready It has received favorable notice in
Great Britain. That II will be successfuI
is very doubtful.
New York World: Dr. Edward Lincoln
Smith, corresponding secretary OF the
American Board Of Commissioners for
Foreign missions, says the European war
is having a bad effect on missionaries all
over the world. 1t is difficult to see how
conditions could be otherwise. Aside from
the interruption of communications and
the lack OF money which Mr. Smith prin-
clpally mourns, the so called heather
world is receiving a lesson on the prec-
ucal working OF Christian civilization
"hich can scarcc'y encourage them To
emulation. No war OF barbarism was
ever more ruthless, more Indifferent to
the rules Of chivalrous warfare. mora
ooidbioodedly murderous, more careless OF
the welfare Of helpless non-combatants
than the present European conflict.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-25
sIGNPoSTs OF PROGRESS.

Folding rods, carrying wheels at their
lower ends, have been patented to help
bear the burden of hand baggage.
Simple, hand operated apparatus has
been patented for cutting large quantities
OF butter into regular sized cubes for
table use quickly.
To facilitate milking, there has been in
vented substantial can that also serves
az . stool. the milk being drawn into a
longnecked funnel.
An electric railroad In Pennsylvania
has adopted cars that may be used either
for freight or passengers, the seats fold
ing against the sides.
There has been invented q parachute
for aviators so carried in a knapsack on
a mans back as to open without any at
tention on his part, should he fall
Electrically operated machines for writ
ing messages in cipher codes and for
translating such messages have been in
vented by a Russian naval officer.
A California Sunday school teacher has
invented a map which flashes an electric
light whenever a pupil touches a place
which he is told to find with a pointer
At the end of last June there were /, $40
amateur wireless telegraph operators,
licensed by the United States government,
and the ranks have been materially In
creased since then
A fireproof cement to close cracks in
furnaces IL made Of seventy-five parts
of wet fireclay. three parts black oxide
of manganese. three parts white sand
and one part powdered asbestos.
The newest hattIeshp building for the
United States will be 1. 100 tons larger than
Japan's largest. 400 tons larger than
Germany's. $500 tons larger than Great
Britain's and $3.50 tons larger than any
thing France plans.