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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

cious. from filling the world with their
children. Can we prevent this Mis-
souri of ignorance and vice from
emptying into the Mississippi OF civil
lization? Must the world forever re-
main the victim of ignorant passion?
why should men and women nave
children that they cannot take care
of. Children that are burdens and
curses? Why? Because they have
more passion than conscience, more
passion than reason.
you cannot reform these people
with tracts and talks. You cannot
reform these people with preach and
creed. Passion is, and always has
been deaf.
There is but one hope. Ignorance
poverty and vice must stop populating
the world. This cannot be done by
moral suasion. This cannot be done
by talk or example. This cannot be
done by religion or by law, by priest
or by hangman. This cannot be done
by force, physical or moral. To ac-
complish this there is but one way.
Science must make woman the owner,
the mistress of herself Science, the
only possible savior of mankind, must
put 1t in the power of woman to decide
for herself whether she will or will not
become a mother. This is the solu-
ton of the whole question. This frees
woman. The babes that are then born
will be welcome. They will be clasped
with glad hands to happy breasts
They will fill homes with light and
Joy.
II look forward to the time when
men and women by reason of their
knowledge of consequences Of the
morality born Of intelligence will re-
fuse to perpetuate disease and pain,
will refuse to fill the world with fail
ures. When that time comes the pris-
on walls will fall, the dungeon will be
flooded with light, and the shadow Of
the scaffold will cease to curse the
earth. Poverty and crime will be
childless. The withered hands of
want will not be stretched for aims.
They will be dust. The whole world
will be intelligent virtuous and free.
DIR. ]. F. STEVENS.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
Belgium Paying the Price

Brave little Belgium seems fated to suffer
whatever turn Is taken by the tide of war events
For France directly, and possibly for the civilized
world more remotely, she was the shock absorber
~ the early days Of the conflict, taking such pun
ishmcnt as no other people in modern times has
been called on to endure.
Since the trying days two and a half vears
ago the Belgians have had to depend for their
very lives on the mercy and charity Of neufrals
and allied belligerents, Through It all thew have
held steadfastly to their ideals of right Justice
and honor. Starvation and cruel deporta tion
have had their terrors for the stricken little
kingdom, but there is no wavering in the Belpi,n
loyalty to principle History does not Offer a
more striking example Of peoples forttude.
" this great sacrifice Great Britain and
France have been particularly appreciatiye They
have shown their gratefulness and acknowledged
their debt to Belgium with liberal outpourings
q material and, and they proving their friend
snip by lighting to the end that Belgium never
may suffer so wrongfully again. In this country
there has been much admring talk about BELGIAN
pluck and the stability of Belgian national char.
actcr. but little Of this talk has been Translated
into deeds,
American genius has been drawn upon with
singularly successful results TO distribute the aid
extended manly BY other peoples. So far Sc
good, but not even today does the average Ameri
can realize or try to understand how great ma;
have been the service Of the buffeted Belgian,
to this country
Whether or not the United States is to beeom,
belligerent as the sequel of recent develop
ments, Belgium seems doomed now to endur,
eyen greater sacrifices than hitherto German
su marine activities as outlined in the recent NOT,
70 the neutral powers will be directed agains
ships carrying food for hungry Belgians III,
same as against other ships. hence the little mar
Tyr must go on paying the price which ruthless
( ness exacts.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

witter Bynner. in Poetry Journal.
Poor as l am in what men count
As fortune, lacking in the goods
And gains that make men paramount:
When l inquire Of fields and woods
For happiness, they tell me true
How rich I am in only you.
Far as I am from you this day,
Impatient of the distance, fain
To lessen it and ease the way
With lesser loves: l learn through pain
The comprehension, old and new,
OF being near to only you.
Dumb as l was when l would tell
My gratitude and voice my love:
Your voice was in me like a bell
At mass when congregations prove
Their soul in silence. I could do
No better than be dumb to you
Brief as I am in my essay
OF life and love: l importune
No more and I have put away
Impatience. / have had my boon,
My proof, my vision through the blue,
Touching eternity-in you.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
People and Events

Once more the courts of Missouri show the
world that they occasionally forego the happiness
Three members of the Macon county court as
solemn as owls in tall timber voted, to to,
to sustain the record making February IA the
legal grounding day, Other groundhogs may
celebrate February 2 as usual.
writer in Law Notes pulls the nation back
to the main point by showing how utterly useless
cats are as boosters of legal business, horses,
cattle, sheep, dogs, even canaries bring grist to
the legal mills, but cats are nonproducers. In
the whole history OF American and English
jurisprudence the writer says there is not more
than a dozen cases where pussy was the cause or
object of litigation ivy
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
05e BeesdA
sGMgsBoaT
Was Suffrage .Counted out?''

New York, Feb. 10.-To the Editor
of the Bee. A letter from Mr.. Grant
G. Martin is quoted as refuting my
statement that the attorney general
of Nebraska in 1915 had said that the
suffrage amendment was counted out
there" Mr.. Martin, in his letter, says:
II was the attorney general at the
time the amendment was voted upon.
| do not remember that the count on
the amendment was ever assailed in
my presence"
Mr.. Martin was, 1t seems, the retir-
ing attorney general in 1914. Mr.. Will
lis K. Reed was the incoming attorney
general, and it is on Mr.. Reeds state
ments that / based my statement
In speaking of errors in the count,
Mr.. Reed says:
They arose in election contests over
local offices and did not relate to the
count of the vote on amendments.
But while men were looking at the
vote on contests Of candidates there
was nothing to prevent those SO en-
gagged from keeping their eyes open
and seeing other things. / have been
told that in some such contests parties
took time to look over the ballots and
make an estimate for and against
amendments, and that gross errors in
the count on amendments were no.
ticed.
when the Legislature convened fol-
lowing the election in 1914, took the
Office Of attorney general, and it came
to my knowledge that some one
planned to introduce bill in the leg
islature calling for recount, but such
bill was not offered, nor passed. be-
cause the different interests would
hurt them. The fellows who did not
want the taxation amendment adopted
feared 1t might open the way to count
that in. The fellows opposed to wom-
an suffrage feared suffrage might car
ry by recount, and so no recount
was asked for
believe that it must be fairly evil
dent, even to an anti-suffragist, that
l am correct in quoting the attorney
general of Nebraska, in 1914, as hav-
ing challenged the count on the suf-
frage amendment in Nebraska.
CARRIE CHAPMAN GAIT,
President National American Woman
Suffrage Association.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
Quotes From Bob IngersoH.

Hancock, la, Feb. 14.-To the Edi-
tor of The Bee: l have delayed con-
tributing to the Letter Box on the
social evil till now and copy verbat-
i'm from the Medical Critic and Guide
something better, by that great and
noble man, Robert G. Ingersoll.
For thousands of years men and
women have been trying to reform the
world. They have created gods and
devils, heavens and hells; they have
written sacred books, performed mir
acles, built cathedrals and dungeons;
they have crowned and uncrowned
kings and queens; they have tortured
and imprisoned, fiayed alive and
burned; they have preached and
prayed; they have tried promises and
threats; they have coaxed and per-
suaded; they have preached and
taught, and in countless ways have en-
deavored to make people honest, tenn
perate, industrious and virtuous; they
have built hospitals and asylums, uni
versities and schools, and seem to
have done their very best to make
mankind better and happier; and yet
they have not succeeded.
why have the reformers failed :?
l will tell you why. Ignorance, pow
erty and vice are populating the
world, the gutter is the nursery, peo-
pie unable to support themselves fill
tenements, the huts and novels, with
children. They depend on the Lord,
on luck and charity. They are not in
telligent enough to think about con-
sequences or to feel responsibility At
the same time they do not want chill
dren, because the child is a curse, a
curse to them and to itself. The babe
is not welcome because it is a burden.
These unwelcome children fill the jails
and prisons, the asylums and hospi-
tails. And they crowd the, scaffold. A
few are rescued by chance or charity,
but the great majority are failures.
They become vicious, ferocious. They
live by fraud and violence and be-
queath the vices to their children.
Against this inundation of vice the
forces of reform are helpless and
charity itself becomes an unconscious
promoter of crime.
The real question is, Can we pre-
vent the ignorant, the poor, the vi
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
Timely Jottings and Reminders.

Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Maine Memorial day, the nineteenth
anniversary of the destruction of the
United States battleship Maine in
Havana harbor, will be observed to-
day by patriotic societies throughout
the country.
France, following the example of
England and Italy, today will put into
force new regulations restricting the
variety of meals served in restaurants
The several political parties in
Michigan hold their state conventions
today for the selection Of candidates
for the minor state Offices to be filled
at the spring election. The republicans
meet in Detroit and the democrats in
Grand Rapids,
Salesmanship, nursing, bacteriolog-
ical work, library work, business and
museum work are among the oppor-
tunities for young women that will be
discussed at the fifth annual confer
ence for women students that opens
today at the University of Wisconsin.
The new Pacific highway interstate
bridge, spanning the Columbia river
between Portland. Ore. and Vancouv-
err, Wash, is to be formally opened to
public traffic today.
Storyette Of the Day.
Its strange thing" remarked
Prof. X to friend of his, but I
was shaved this morning by man
who really is, / suppose, a little above
being barber. know positively
that he Is connected with one of our
leading universities, that he has con-
tributed scientific articles to the best
magazines, and yet. by George, I'll
be hanged II he can shave a man de-
Gently"
DO you mean to say that a man
with those accomplishments is a bar
ber?" exclaimed his frined.
''Oh, no. he isn't q barber returned
the professor. You see. shaved my
self this morning. Boston Tran
script
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
NEAR Mr.. khB,eHtE,
lpeseEMo M ElkAcEE AZ me
MAR 10 YOU IA,Ak Sne Will
EVER ToRGNE MEs
INGENIOUS
W5
SAE oxN lOsI YM -M HOW
AnoVI ntE AuSrTE Of TINE
PEACE WHO loN A FIVE SpoE
WW

Stage Manager--Our leading lady GER
tainly did make up horribly.
Critic-What did she do when you told
her?
Stage Manager-She changed countenance.
Baltimore American.
Dad. what was the labor Of Sisyphus?"
'Sisyphus rolled a stone up a hill, and as
fast as he rolled 1t up it rolled down again.
1t was NEUROLOGICAL episode. Nothing like
that today"
"oh, don't know interposed ma.
Washing dishes Is Just like that"--Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
1T the country is going dry I'd like
to store some supplies for personal use.
But I live In a flat and have no place"
Il can store some for you, old fellow"
''On what terms?"
We'll, I'll say nothing about the storage
and you say nothing about the leakage
Louisville Courier-JournaL
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
The Buffalo BiW' | Knew
: By William E. Smythe--
Editor Of Little Lands in Anerica."

= ,ooo It -. L... H. n:,oo.-; -;,.,
IN io'V inc region Detween inc Missouii i've.
ana me Rocky mountains was stricken se Dy
sreat aioutn ihousdHus oi set,ieio ~. eeL;ab
loI q iootnolu N tne se sem ni leeWSn .,v VII
uldIks INC weslerh nan Oh tie Dakoa9' es,
Kansas and Oklahoma were ruined "a. and &c. com
penea 10 give up tnef farms. NJ that tiine
was an euitorlai wirer on NC Gn' sh oo,,nt
IN tne course 0, my WORK mao iiaae .a,e Wn.th
a n Vi Soohe1 Iouy, WHOSE holie was q. ~ - -
I Tia.te, Nep. Eawara hosewa'eI, piop' e,o, ~
INC Dee hau fnstiueteu ne 70 oisenAe en- LII ~.
ment 70 raise Iunos 1000 ana pr9vis'ons 10. .h
stticken sufferers suegesteu tilat ln;s 'io ;
DC Ioln'inea WIN eahpa,sn 10, a. isch ~
settiers were snooung tneir nolses LOT .aIH =.
eed Oh .le paks 9 .ows Ia .ons co. III
% u'ver'eu anu 1laue 10 nsuie a.en ,p ~ a
.,lne 10 enhe. MI hosewaief teea ,ts ns aThsv
MI. MI "ou,u oe '' rti ''Uou anu - w $3.50.
WIN say hoei Oh tne sta'S we ~. ' t.s
Iqat Neoraska neeuS hrleauoh' was hs i:
however ne hnaiy consentGa 70 suGh ser Is %
a ar on conot'oh tnat i shouiu slsh .ae.i
30 the indignant e'tizens wiii hahe YOU ihs'eau
0, me "neh 'hey CONC Will 'ie iope' he eN
p'aiheo'
,
Among the prominent cltizens VINO agreed
wltn me ABOUT tne WISDOM OF aaoPtIng lne pohey
OF irrigation was Colonel ooay ne -. oherea 10
counties an oher winch assured pig audiences al
along the line see MIN now the nandsomes,
man ever knew, sn mn upon tne ulscouiase 80
setuefS ana saying Doys, haVe nLsatcu al
my iiie ana !, seems 10 nave agreed WIN r me. |
mink NEBRASKA had petter lfrlgate; Inc nloye-
ment was instantly successful. Wtnin tweNe
months Nepraska nad model irrleation Jaw so on
iss statute DOCKS Two Oh tnIee years ia.e w.
wv acres had been brought under ditch ana tne
work mas gone forward ever since. mo more
crop tailures-theg laugh al ue orou'h'
~
But the most important results OF that We
praska campaign occurred IN o %,uer heiu. ohe
bright February afternoon IN 1871 after most
enthusiastlc meeting az ogaiiaia Noiohei Cody
and with few other stood on the DIiage
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
SMILING LINES.

Mr.. Neverwed-Does your wife treat you
the same as she did before you were mar
ried?
Mr.. Peck-Not exactly. Before we were
married when l displeased her she refused
to speak to me.-Boston Globe.
1.-The man marry must be hero; Draw.
daring and gallant; he must have enough
to support me comfortable; must have
country home and, above all, be honest"
That's all very good; but this Is love-
not a department store."-Lehigh Burr.
Sympathetic Friend-How is your mother
this morning, my little girl?
Little Glrl-Much better thank you. She
is able to be upholstered in bed this morn
ing.-Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

The Omaha Clinical society met in
the parlors of the Willard hotel. There
were present Doctors o. S. Wood, c. G.
Sprague, C. M. Dinsmoor, w. H. Par
sons. e. T. Allen, G. W. Williams, G.
II. Parsell, Emma ]. Davies and A.
W. Montague.
Thieves broke into the residence of
r. B. McKelvie, carrying away a
pocket book and some small change.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

boost in prices of canned vegetables is
scheduled to come with the robins Killing frosts
in the south and farmers asking more money are
the main reasons for the canning advance. For
the first time the price boosters passed up the
war as a commodious escalator.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

What about all those automobiles parked on
our main business streets, obstructng traffic, and
sometimes completely blocking ingress to and
cgress from business Establishments Such abuse
Of street privileges is not tolerated in other pro-
grcssiye cities
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

II the oil inspection fees must be gagged to
the cost of the work. then any schedule based on
the number Of gallons or barrels inspected will
be questionable because the quantity tested at
one time may vary so greatly Revision of all
the fee schedules for different kinds of inspection
may be necessary as result of this supreme
court decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Has the Commercials club executive committee
gone on record in favor Of grabbing or against
it' Who, il any one, believes the rank and file
Of the club membership would sanction fee grab
bling, past, present or future?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Our grand jury is dreadful disappointment
II has been hotding daily sessions without fur
nishing US single thriller"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Une rear HgO IUuay III the war;
Germans took British front line
near Ypres.
Six persons killed by bombs dropped
by Austrian aviators at Schio, Italy.
British parliament heard Asquith's
announcement Of heavy increase in
war taxes
Conference between Secretary Lans-
ing and Ambassador Won Bernstorff
resulted in understanding that Ger
many would recognize" instead OF
assume" liability in Lusitania case.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

The peace propaganda stirred up by the war
crisis brings new windfall to the telegraph CON-
panies transmitting form messages to your con-
gressmcn." The telegraph people ought to put
in special wholesale rate for this class of busi-
ness
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

I Observe that the Office of coroner with rs ha
been dead now for six weeks without anyone GO
ling into mourning for the deceased
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
[IODAY]
Health Hint for the~Day.

One of the most important ways to
keep the kidneys in good condition is
to drink from six to eight glasses OF
fresh water per day as well as to eat
plenty of vegetables and fruit
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Wall street chuckes merrily over the grow
ing familiarity Of farmers with the language of
the street" Naturally those who take the plunge
acquire knowledge, il nothing more.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Our lawmakers at Lincoln will discover thai
the petition in boots" is all the more irresistible
if it also wears petticoats.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

The boost in newspaper postage rates has fal
len by the board but it went just far enough to
disclose to the newspapers the antagonistc atti-
tudc OF the democratic administration
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Democratic arrangements for financing huge
nationa! deficit appas the authors and the party.
Still the members manifest no unseemly haste to
restrict the output Of pork"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Peace in the base bali wohdi Impossible
for two months. A fierce ruction for outside
consumption plants the spotlight on the right
spot until the season opens.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

The historic lamb Of song and story no longer
hikes to school. The road to market exerts ~
cent pull with the wool on. Business before
pleasure
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Omaha, Feb. 14.-To the Editor of
The Bee: The executive committee
of the vocation bureau wishes to ex-
press its appreciation of your assist
ance in making the first year a success
The enclosed annual report will give
some idea of the ground that has been
covered. We hope that the facts tab
ulated there may be interesting to ALL
MYRTLE FTTZ. ROBERTS,
Director vocation bureau,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Every time division of sentiment develops j
the cabinet up goes the sign: LET Woodrow d
it,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

The country is reasonably safe. Minneapoli
refuses to secede from the union.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

The next morning Mrs. McKelvey
found on the front porch a massive
gold ring Of foreign make. =.
The Parnell Social club entertained
100 couples at ball which was under
the management of the following: b.
Maher, T. J. Fitzmorris, Louis Con-
molly, W. H. Franklin, ]. ]. Lloyd, I.
]. Conway, S. E. Collins, ]. M. White
and E. Flynn.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Odell Of Wis
consin are visiting at the residence OF
their sister, Mrs. E. F. Seaver.
Gustave Kroeger, clerk in Judge
Berka's court, was admitted to citizen
ship, having just attained his majority
Mr.. Kelley, Of the firm of Kelley
Stiger & Co, has gone to New York
on a purchasing tour.
A pleasant entertainment was given
at the CASTELAR, Street Presbyterian
church by the Young Peoples union
under the direction Of the pastor, Rev.
J. M. Wilson. The program was rem
dered by the following: Misses Paff,
Rich, johnson, Case and Banker.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15

Do you remember the Manner This is the
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-15
This Day In History.

1blV-fabI Nlht M O. oioASA ~
the Declaration of Independence, born
at Elizabethtown, N. ]. Died at Rah-
way, N. j., September Is, 1884.
1764-Laclede established the chief
post of the Louisiana Fur company
and named it st. Louis.
1797-John Bell. speaker of the ma
tional house of representatives, secre-
tary of war, United States senator and
candidate for president born near
Nashville, Tenn. Died in Tennessee,
September 10, 1863.
1S20-Susan B. Anthony, famous
pioneer of the equal suffrage move
ment in America, born at South
Adams, Mass. Died at Rochester, N.
Y, March IS, 1906.
1S33-Joseph Pease, first Quaker
to be admitted to the British House
of Commons, took his seat
1S46-Two thousand Mormons, the
van of the general exodus. crossed the
Mississippi on the ice.
1S56-United States forces in Kan
sas, by order of the secretary of war,
put under requisition of the governor.
1892-Great public demonstration at
Lincoln in honor of the Inauguration
of James e. Boyd as governor of
Nebraska.
1S9S-United States battleship
Maine, which had gone to Havana to
protect American residents, destroyed
by an explosion; 270 lives lost.
1909-Theater fire at Acapulco,
Mexico; $50 persons burned to death.
The Day We Celebrate.
William H. Gates was born Febru-
airy Is, 1858. He has been in the real
estate business since 1887.
DR.. William Curry, physician and
optician, was born February Is, at
GAINESVILLE. Ind. He is graduate Of
Rush Medical college.
Robert Sanderson picked Gainsbor-
ough, England, for his birthplace if
ty-four years ago today. He is head
of the Sanderson Iron company here
in Omaha and glad he came over.
Senator Albert B. Cummins of
Iowa, who has been prominent of late
as a critic of the presidents policy for
an international alliance to enforce
peace, born at Carmichaels, Pa. sixty
seven years ago today.
Captain Charles P. Piunkett, direc-
tor Of gunnery exercises Of the United
States navy, born in the District of
Columbia, fffty-three years ago today.
Elihu Root, former secretary of
state and late United States senator
| from New York, born at Clinton, N. Y,
seventy-two years ago today.
Nine Marcella Sembrich, famous
operate soprano, born at Lemberg,
| Austria, fifty-nine years ago today
Roy ELAN, well known Southern
league base ball player, last season
with the Nashville team, born at Cors-
holocken, Pa, twenty-eight years age
today.