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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-11
FOR REN7

FOR RENT Four-room modern flat
with closet and pantry, heat and water
furnished. saith a Ames. Phone Web. 4l36,
7-R. APT. baths. sleeping porch. large
tO-date large porch In front, private; for
rent NOW. Clarinde Apis II. 1883.
room apartment In 81. Clare. Tsle-
phone liar. 64I.
ONE t-room and one Groom apt, The
Hamilton. Douglas &46.
FoUR-RooM, steam heated. close in.
q. p Stebbins
DOUBLE brick flat. rooms aud bath.
S23 Park Ave.
CONTINUED ON COLUMN SEVEN,
THIS PAGs.
The sun., 1915-11-08
Dementis Dltchlsns.

Our courts are surely not without
learning In the vagarics Of mental de.
rangement. Indeed. New York jurists
and jurles have participated in expert
expositions Of SO many and such VA.
ried forms Of cerebral afYlictlon that
in some Of the more trying instances
1t could hardly have been matter Of
surprise II Judge. Jury and advocates
had taken TO making cat cradles in
open court us preliminary to re-
moyal to padded cells.
So wide In fact has been the range
and so nice and minute the divisions
and subdivisions In the expert discus
Sons that It would seem the subject,
30 far at least as the courts are con-
cerned. must be Just about exhausted
What with "brainstorms' and de.
mentia Americana" and what not. q
popular impression might we'll prevail
that our learned tribunals had heard
rung about all the changes possible
to sweet bells Of thought tangled and
out of tune.
Yet we can never tell. Even now
quite new one appears to be fore
shadowed. Trench madness II is
called: possibly "dementia dltchiana'
when 1t gets into court after expert
scientific treatment. 1t seems that
one Of the enterprislng young Tcuton
gentlemen now in Jail under grave
charges Is afiicted with 1t.
The accumulation Of large stores Of
explosives together with equipment
for application Of the same to pur-
poses Of property destruction and in
cidentally to the murder and manning
Of the always obtrusive innocent by
stander, is one Of them. Slectacula- y
piano playing is another. especially
when introduced as an accompaniment
TO tales OF personal military prowess.
Having a peculiar sister Is still an.
other manifestation.
II is to a kinsman Of the afhicted
young gentleman that we are indebted
for these interesting details. But they
are bald and unconvincing compared
with what they might be after pass
ing through the hands of our profes-
sional insanity experts Of large court
experience and generous emolumcnty
therefrom.
The sun., 1915-11-08

on several OCCASIONS notably when
protest was entered before the Boar rd
OF Estimate against granting an ap.
preparation for spring waters to the
Office OF the Department of Water
Supply. Of this city and to other de.
partments. We showed at that time
that our city officials DETAINED their
own water supply. the purity Of which
was assured by diligent and watch.
ful supervision, while the so.ca lied
spring waters, processing to bubble
forth from rocky knolls and in sylvan
dells or issue In crystal purity from
mountain heights untrod by man, may.
granting their natural purity. be con.
taminated In the process Of handling.
We cited case In which husband
whose wife had been sickened with
typhoid discovered that his spring
water bottle had been tampered with.
whereupon he called the attention Of
the spring water company, whose rep
rescntative detected a small tradema n
In filling the original demijohn with
Croton water.
1t is hoped that the new Commits.
sioner may find all these waters as
free from pathogenic germs as Is the
Croton water. the occa sional turbllity
Of which is usually removed by simple
filtration through gauze.
The sun., 1915-11-08

tion would be the measure Of a dis.
count on the paper money Of the EN-.
Thre, but the necessities OF living know
no statute or edict. They have been
rejecting in great price advances fof
foodstuffs steadily increasing dis
count on German paper money. So
the Government undertakes now to
cover the facts from the eyes of the
German people by efforts to regulate
food prices and consumption.
All this must be very interesting
to our advocates Of cheap money.
They should be gratified with the OBJ
ject lesson which Germany furnishes.
German ingenuity has accomplished
wonders Of adjustment to the re-.
quirements Of war. but even German
science and efflclency are not equal to
suspension Of the inexorable oper.
ations Of economic law. II Germany
cannot do Il there is no reason for
thinking the United States csn d..
base It's monetary system and escape
disaster.
The sun., 1915-11-08
Com missioner Emerson on Our
Drinking Water.

1t Is gratifying and reassuring to
the public to note that our new Health
Commlssd doner has signalized his ell
trance upon the duties Of his office by
the announcement that he will make
our water supply the subject Of imme.
diate attention. Certain citizens at
once began to send in unkind reflec-
tions upon the Croton water, demand
ing to know why IL needed attention
when we had been officially assured
OF its purity and potablllty. There,
upon DIR. EMERsON reiterated the Off
cial assurance concerning the pota.
bility Of Croton, and stated that the
various so-callcd spring waters which
are abundantly sold in this city were
To become objects Of solicitous invcs,
tigatlon.
This Is n subject which has been
brought TO the attention of our readers
The sun., 1915-11-08
Only the Smirk Survives.

The establishment Of q transpacitiC
steamship line under the American fiag
IS an incident which President VIII
son has sound reasons for welcoming
He would naturally welcome IL OF
general principles as patriotic Amer
lean citizen, and he might very well
welcome 1t for the further and more
intimate reason that temporarily al
least It's tendency would he to relieve
to some extent the dishcartenlng i'm.
preston left by the havoc of that
seamen's law which he was So unfor.
tunately advised as TO sign and make
his own.
If that deplorable measure can be
so interpreted" In its application a,
practically TO denature it there may
he some possibility of an American
shipping enterprise surviving its Grip
pling effects As matter of fact
indications are not wanting Of "A dis
position in official quarters in Wash
ington to adopt that not very ingenu
Gus form OF what amounts Ia a virtual
repeal Of the bill in some of its more
onerous Specifications. This disposi.
tion, moreover, would Seem to be d.
rected toward that particular feature
Of the mea sure which has been so e-f,
fective In driving the American nag
from the Pacific Ocean.
But above all the Presidents excel.
lent reasons for rejoicing at the for.
nation Of the new steamship line will
be the fact that 1t automatically re-
lieves him from the no doubt unpleas
ant task Of again urging the passage
Of that odious Government owsershir
shipping bin against which there Is
80 widespread popular revolt Mr.
McADoo's main argument in his pro-
motion Of this particular sociallstic
speculation has been that private
owners could not be induced to 20 into
the shipping business, business to
which, incidentally, existing lcglsla-
tion carried guaranty OF ultimate
If not immediate ruin.
But now all that Is changed. With
an important part Of that legislation
interpreted into impotence and pri-
vate company already launched, all
the excuses for the Government ship
ping bills existence seem to have
about vanished down to vague
Cheshire cat smirk behind which per-
haps turks the curious mystery Of its
origin. If the President rejoices at
the fact he may he sure he is very far
from being alone.
The sun., 1915-11-08
Buying for the City.

For year the city has been testing
the benefits Of centralized purchas sing
department. Practically all the con.
trnct purchasing Of the twenty-nine
departments under the Mayors juris-
diction has been informally consoli-
dated for the purpose OF buying in
large quantities, at advantageous
times and under carefully regulated
specifications.
The report on this experiment. which
Is published to-day. shows that even
as an unfamiliar agency and without
legal sanction the bureau has been able
to get better prices. TO reduce expenses
and to relieve the departments united
in 1t Of n mass OF previously dupii-
Gated work. 1t has proved economical!
directly and indirectly. II the plan
could be enforced In the buying Of oil
supplies the taxpayers might event
ually be protected against familiar
frauds, waste and improvidence.
Hut a central purchasing agency
will not be established without u
struggle. II would impair the busl.
ness of a number of active sellers who
find profit IN the present system. II
would be intelligent. simple in opera
tion and really progressive, but the
opposition TO 1t would be active, con-
centrated and personally interested.
Against such factors the public vel.
fare has difficulty In advancing.
The sun., 1915-11-08
Is There Hope for the Elder En-.
Clentsr
From an article by Theodore n Price in ne
"Outlook "

From an article 6y Theodore n. Price in tse
Outlook"
A correspondent who shall be name
less asks me to protest against the dis
elimination In favor of young men and
the difficulty that those who are over
.ifty find in getting employment
wish that ] might say something
that would convince those who habit
ually refuse TO employ u man because
he Is no longer young of the injustice
and shortsightedness of their policy.
] have often thought that II was the
expression Of q paternal desire 10 bring
up young men"
Certainly the men who bear the
heaviest responsibilities OF the world to-
day, from Wilson, Joffre. Asquith and
Kitchener down, are well over tifty.
The corporations are chiefly RESPONSE
BILE for the barrier which has been
erected against men over nifty years old ::
but, for the most part. the heads of
these corporations are themselves well
past tho meridian Of life, and their rule
Is a negaton OF their own efficiency.
| appeal TO them to give their con-
temporaries a chance, for there are
many men of fifty and over to-day out
ot work who are the supcriors oe youth
in accuracy. judgment and dependable
ity. For such unemployment IS de-
NAL of hope that hastens death and
makes existence, while it lasts. a hell
on earth
The sun., 1915-11-08
Prices and I. O. Us In Germany

Officially 1t is explained in Berlin
that Germany's trouble with food
stuifs is not Il question Of food short.
age, but "A question Of prices This Is
interpreted To mean that the preya-
ence of high prices has caused an
unequal distribution. Ther fore the
Government steps in and proceeds TO
regulate distribution by seeking 20
regulate prices
Some Of this may be taken with re-
serves Of credulity, but after making
certain allowances the truth officially
proclaimed indicates that Germany Is
getting into grave economic difficult
ties on account Of its wartime finance.
Prices are only terms Of money, and
it Is the money which Germany has
manufactured for war purposes that
is largely the cause of Gerinany's =
high prices.
Other factors are unquestionably at
work. Germany Is shut IN by land
and sea from commercial intercourse
with neutral nations and source of
supply for foodstuffs available to the
Allies is closed. Whether or not there
has been n larger percentage of the
German population withdrawn from
productive enterprise including agri-
culture than in other belligercnt ma.
tions. the contact Of the Allies with
the outside world Offsets somewhat
their mobilization for war. Never.
theless, the principal influence In the
elevation of German prices can hardly
be anything else than the dcbased
money on which Germany Is trading
with itself.
All the belligerents have gone more
ar less on Il paper money basis and in
the markets Of Great Britain and
France effects similar in kind have
resulted. but they have not been car
rled TO the same extent as in Germany.
The maintenance Of business relations
with other countries has compelled a
less extreme British and French de-
parture from gold standards.
Germany's war finance is unique
The nation has watered its capital
enormously in accordance with the
original confident reliance on the ulti.
mate cxaction of colossal indemnltics
to absorb this water. The land has
been doodsa with ]. o. Us Of various
categorics. Loans have been piled on
loans and used as Il foundation for nd
ditional loans. Almost everything In
the classification of real or personal
property has been made convert ible
into form of currency.
Months ago the consequences began
to show when It was made practically
nm act OF treason to quote gold ut a
premium in Germany. Such q quota
The sun., 1915-11-08
that the judicial procedure offered a,

that the judicial procedure offered ~
means Of reparation for an interna.
tional Injury is inherently defective for
the purpose and that in many cases
Jurisdiction is asserted In violation OF
the law Of nations"
Secretary LANsINo's strong note
Is essentially document that must
he read in It's entirety for unde.,.
standing Of its processes and con.
cluslons Its design Is to reafirm
the rights Of American citizens, now
invaded by Great Britain. and to no.
tify the British Government that we
cannot tolerate the violations that
spring from a settled and determined
lawlcss policy adopted by IT.
One result Of this policy to which
Secretary LANSING directs attention
Is the favorable effect on Britisi,
trade Of the enforcement Of its terms
This subject Is receiving careful study
In the United States, as 1t must In
every neutral nation. It's menace Is
obvious, and II will he increa singly
apparent as time goes on. OF this
Secretary LANSING, havln, ,,l,osc.
the fallacy Of the British argumcn,
ba ID on statistics Of our exports,
says aointedly:
thus Great Britain concededlS !
shares in creating a condition which
Is relied upon as a sufYicient ground tc
Justify the tnterception OF American
goods destined to neutral European
ports.
"If British exports to those ports
should be still further increased. Il ID
obvious that. under tho rule of evl.
dence oontended for by the British Gov
ernment. tho presumption of enemy des-
tination could be applied to a greater
number Of American cargoes, and
American trade would suffer to the ex.
tent that British trade benefited by the
increase.
"0reat Britain cannot expect the
United States to submit to such mani.
fest injustice or to permit the rights
Of its citizens to BE- 90 seriously i'm.
paired"
The American note Of October 81
in the moderateness Of its tone. It's
logical progress and it's marshallng
of evidence and precedents. reflects
exactly American sentiment and de.
scribes accurately American purpose
We stand upon the law. and demand
that Great Britain shall obey tha,
law; and In this the Administration
only expresses the will Of the Ameri.
can people.
The sun., 1915-11-08
WHY NOT A STAMP TAxi
II Would Beneflt No One Social Glass
or Special Interest.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-sir: II
Mr.. Schiff is correctly quoted he mas
done a great public service In lending
tho forco Of his name to the advocacy
Of the stamp tax.
Due to familiar causes. too numerous
to be here discussed. purely fiscal con-
siderations. rather than economic ones.
are beginning to play the most urgent.
IL not the most important part In de-
termining the character OF taxation
There IL probably no form Of tax
which, for a given return. can be made
as free from economic or political ef-
feet as the stamp tax This certainly
Is not true of an income tax, however
levied. nor OF a tax on any form OF se-
curities or bank deposits, while "a tarin
for revenue only" Is nero contradic-
tion OF terms.
Whatever views may he entertained
as to his other economic theses. the
principles Of fiscal taxation 30 clearly
laid down by Adam Smith have never
been disputed, and are as good to-day
as ever. The stamp tax, properly levied.
complies moro nearly with those prin-
ciples than any other form OF taxation.
Such a tax can be made to be only OIL
personal expenditures rather than on
thrift or enterprise or both. as Is tho
case with most of the popular forms OF
taxation. Certainly no ono would feel
the burden OF. let us say, five cent tax
on the purchase of a SIS suit Of clothes.
a twenty-five cent tax or $50 suit OF
clothes and dollar tax on suits cost
ing over $50. or s. on a Ford automobile
and $25 on higher grade cars.
Let us not continue to corlplicate an
inherently complicated question. Let US
meet our budgets. national. State and
municipal. by taxes based ON purely
fiscal considerations OF the latest poss.-
BILE economic or political effect. and then.
10 any statesman or soothsaycr thinks
that some form OF tax, however
bizarre. !nquis!torial or otherwise. offers
the best way to accomplish some eco
nomlc effect he desires and can get an
"interested' or ignorant following large
enough to put II into effect, we can re-
duce our purely fiscal tax to 1T.
For perhaps tho first time In our his
tory We. as a people, are beginning to
feel tho burden OF taxation. but the
burden we feel is not because the total
tax per capita is relatively SO high. but
because fundamental principles are ig-
nored In determining methods OF its
distribution and collection. which ac-
tually are almost universally costly.
clumsy and politically unsound, n moth
ing more.
No special interest or social class IS
exclusively benefited by the stamp tax.
so that II necessarily gets scanty con-
s!deration In a state OF government:
largely controlled by fanatic rninorit!e..
HAYDEN EAMEs.
NEW YonK. November g.
The sun., 1915-11-08

ut Is OF the utmost importauo,. tae:c.
fore. that the state University Ma.nl.a
"A force of trained specialists !u each
group of subjects so as 10 be ahl 10
carry 10 Individual schools the yuMI'a-
tive eNper, nee Of trained teachers To
country over and the collectN. Ns
dom which a large central Office, Inst
tuted upon "A professional has mus
possess If II Is to justify i's ,N.-''"',.
There must bc a group OF cSpcr't ,.'s
charged with immediate r., poas...'..'
In limited field and propar,4 pu. oa't
to present to teachers sound methods -
teaching. but also by the dop'a no. i.c-
scholarship. the force Of taoir ,'a-s.' 30
and the breadth Of thor lu... s.r.
pathy to Inspire teachers aud Iup l.
WITH new zral IL their Gaty w".. 81.
Il faculty will take large luI' u. o..
existence aud tho udu.la-trat... ..
examination sysi,ln and 90 4 g.
able and necessary vu!Itlnuh..e. ..t W.-
at the same time hold CLEARLY h,io.e
the teachers OF tho entire stat :,
patent fact. which many .! tA'n q.
times strangely overlook. that 'No rf-
mary business Of the schools Is ''ita-
ing, and not examining"
The sun., 1915-11-08
THE NATIONS NEEDS.
How Much Longer Must We Depend
Upon the English Navy?

To THE EDITOR or TIE SvN--Sir: Does
II mean nothing TO the people Of this
country that 40 many Germans and Ger
man American citizens have been en-
gagged in forming peace societies and
ciamoring against any attempt at pre-
paredness? Why this anxiety lest we
should have an adequate defensive army
and navy?
These people come from the greatest
military nation in the world Their SYM
pathies arc all with the l'athcrland.
Most Of them have served in tn. German
army and are therefore trained soldiers,
and yet their voices are raised every
where against any attempt on the pa ri
Of the United States to arm. not for WaT
but against war. Can il he puss !ble that
Germany hopes some time, maybe
soon. 10 invade our fair land for con-
quest and loot? II so. the less VIC are
prepared the easier II will be to lay
waste our cities and levy tribute in
billions.
Germany's navy has suffered no serious
loss in the great contest raging IN Eu-
rope and II may easily come out OF the
war superior to our own. Must we hc
eternally depending upon the British
navy to protect us in the future as il
has manifestly been doing in the past
and is doing now?
We may not need "A navy equal to that
OF Great Britain, as We are IN 10 dan
ger of attack from that source. But
We do need and should have as soon as
1t can be constructed navy complete
in every detail. superior to that OF
every nation except England. We need
also trained army of at least 100000
men aside from the state militia. which
can never bc In a condition 10 match
veteran European soldiers.
VIII Congress at the forthcoming ses.
sion rise TO the emergency or will the
peace at any price" aud the too proud
TO fiSht' advocates carry the day and
leave US prey to the Power Of all
others which is looking at us with
envious eyes and hostile intentions?
NEN Yong NaNennAnr p
The sun., 1915-11-08
THE FATAL THUMB.
An Incorrect Popular Opinion Set
Right.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SrN--Sir: IN
THE SUS cartoon shows "A large hand
with thumb turned down TO represent the
peoples diet upon the figure below OF
female suffrage. When a gladiator was
wounded tho populace cried 'Habct -
Gle has no thereupon he threw down
his glad!us and appealed for his life.
Contrary 70 the popular idea on this
subject. the people turned their thumbs
upward II they demanded 'ferrum reel
pere," the gladia;or's death at the hand
of his adversary (Juvenal H.. 66 also
elsewhere).
The celebrated picture Of Ger6me's In
this country In which the thumbs are
turned down with the evident intent of
insisting upon the death of the wounded
gladiator Is therefore historically incor-
rect. To have made Il otherwise would
have marrcd It's dramatic force: hence
the painter adopted the popular idea OK
tho subject. l.. STERLING STYNGLEE.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. November 6.
The sun., 1915-11-08
MONTEFI0RE HOME ELECTION
DtrectOra selected for hr'Ai
Charitable institution

Tho annual meeting OF tie "
utogs 10 the Montefiurc Hon
plial for Chronic Invalids Wu. ...#
tcrday morning az tho
jerome avenue and Gun lllli rul
Bronx. Jacob H. SGlI!'f, L., ....'.
OF tho home, presided. Comm 't
Charities Kinssbury auI IN, -t.s'4s
jacob OF tie New York A,l-,a.
Medicine MADE addrosscS p.Ht.-. '-'
work OF the institute.
The report OF the treiSarc- Nc
that durins tho past yca4. $50 l
spent and that the contr! u,.S.h ."''.>
1896, 900.
Directors elected were: T.I'- '"H'
Martin Erdmalu, Aaron ''o -
Adolph liohmaun, iicruiu
Samuel Sachs. Henry Sulou,"I, s.t! .'
stein, Leopold stern. L. Ju'cr,S;s arr
Arthur i, Wolf. two ;odr,, Ioe.h II.
Robertson and Sol c. kcsc.rtuL En'
year, MaA J. Sulzbergsy.
The sun., 1915-11-08
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE.
Apostle Of Psychology as q Job GetteI
AdmIres His Theory.

To THE EpIroE OF THE SuN---Sir. With
regard to your cynical editorial article
in reference to our new vocational
guidance self-analysis application may
| say that the nonsensical expense OF
which you complain amounts to about
one cent a blank. No extra clerks are
needed.
Probably you are not aware OF the
fact that by proved scientific methods
n persons fitness for certain kinds OF
work may be determined. or II you are
aware of that fact you do not believe
It worth while TO consider the matter.
1t may be that K would be better to
let the boy find out for himself or per-
haps let George do 1t. rather than place
the duty upon organized society,
/ regret that you passed Judgment
without obtaining the facts first.
New York, November q. SEARS.
The sun., 1915-11-08

Let some share in the glores OF
football go to the players of the Asso-
citation game. soccer Of unstarched
speech. They do not draw the crowds,
the modest expenses of their sport are
betrayed by the big game that piles
up the gate money. But there is fun
in the side show Soccer resembles
tennis in its elasticity OF requirement,
II can lie played most enjoyably by
"A herd OF unskilled but earnest young
sters in an empty lot, or can be as
scientific. as searching test OF mind
and wit, muscle, speed and endurance
as hardened athletes can wish for. A
genuine sport in that It Is more fun
TO play than TO watch.
The sun., 1915-11-08
Mica in the United states.

From the Z. =, Geological! Surrey Bulletin.
Mica mining in tho lnited States com.
mencod In 1908 with the opening OF the
Ruggles mno In Grafton county. y. H..
and until mica mining began IN North
Carolina. about 1867. New Hampshire fur
ished tho mica output OF tho United
states. In 1914 North Carolina ranked
FIRST IN the value OF it's mlca output, and
Scw lIampsh're second, In New lialnp-
shire mica IL still obtained In conslder rab!o
quantity from tho dumps OF the Old mines
at which material suitable for small sheets
was thrown away thirty years ago. and the
dumps still to be worked over are large.