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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 5, 1915.
OMAHA ELKS VfILL
HONOR THEIR DEAD
Kemorial Service! to Be Held Thii
Korninj at Orpheum Theater
ty Local Order.
MATTHEW GEE.INQ THE SPEAKEE.
Omaha Elk will hold their annual
memorial services this morning at 10:J9
at the Orpl.eum theater when they will
honor th twenty-thre member of the
ordrr who have died during the lat
year. Thin tn the grestest number of any
one year since the chapter wn secured
for Omaha. About one-half of those who
died joined the lodge prior to V.r.
The ritual will be conducted by Payr
mond O. Toung. exalted ruler, and
oiher ffi?er of the order. The princi
pal rpeaker will be Mathew Gerlng of
l'lattsoiouth. Following la the program:
PART 1.
Prr-'- The A"""nptlon Massenet
Henry Cox and Members ot the
Omaha fctring Orchestra.
Opening cerrmotuVa
Kxaltrd Hu!er and Officer 1-fwlse.
Opening Ode
Brother.
Invocation
Art in Chaplain Lyle I. Abbott.
Crossing the liar Hhya Herbert
Omnha Klks' Glee flub.
God Shall Wipe Awav All Tear. .llarker
Beulah Dale Turner.
Thanatopsls Bryant
E. C. Pm.
PART II.
Interlude In Memorinm Grieg
Henry Cox and Members of the
Omaha String Orchestra,
Not Aahamed of Clirirt Dank J
Grace Poole.
Address ....
Mathew Oerin, Tlattsmnuth tnds.
Elegy (Dedicated to Omaha l4lixe
of Elks) Cecil W. Berryman
Cecil W. Berryman.
Teach Ma to Pray Jewltt
Mrs. Turner and Miss Poole.
Closing ceremonies
Kxalted Kuler and Offlcere of Lodge.
Doxolosv ,
Brothers and Audience.
Great Good is Done
' by Fund Raised by-
Sale of Xmas Seals
Never before hare aj many questions,
whys and what, put to Mrs. K. R. J.
Rdholm, state airent for the Bed Cross
. Christmas seal, as have come to her this
year, " .
Mrs. Edhotnt now puts these questions
to the public:
Do you know that Red Cross Christ
mas seals sell for 1 cent each?
Do you know that tl.JOO from the sale
.if the Red Cross Chrtstmes eals In
Dmaha In the last few years has been
' ised by the Visiting- Nurses' association
' n their work with tuberculosis cases?
'. Vo you know that $25 from the sale
. if last season's Christmas seals was the
'Irst money to be used toward the penny
mup lunch at the Train school?
; Do you know that bubbling fountains
have been placed In scores of small
owns throughout the state by the sale
i,,t the Red Cross Christmas seats.
Do you know that Red Cross seals
,3uy pure clean milk for the pre-tuber-,
iular children T
! Do you know that the Red Cross
bhrlstma seal has provided many a
Mi-son afflicted with tuberculosis with
i window sleeping tent? .
MENOMA, CHORUS WILL :
! MEET MONDAY NIGHT
: i
; Permanent arrangement hav been
'ned to hold the regular Monday night
rehearsals of the recently organised mala
- home In the Lyric building, Nlneteentn
ind Farnam streets,
j The Menoma churus Is the name by
Ahlch this body of singers will be known,
iccordlng to action takon at the last re
learsaL j This is a contraction of "Men of
Dmaha." and la distinctive, easy to pro
nounce and not difficult to remember,
i Under Director Carnal splendid pro
!Tree la being made In the preparation
A songs for the first concert to be given
o the winter.
j New members wUl be received half an
lour before each regular rehearsal.
NEBRASKA FARMERS MAKE
j NEAT PROFIT ON HAY CROP
Nebraska'! annual wild hay crop haa
ii train begun to move eastward and from
ground Newport and Baasett the North
Western Is routing one and two t rain
ed s of balod hay dally. As In former
.ears, this bay Is going to Chicago and
jyond. It Is asserted that farmers and
J.thera) who are shipping are making from
i to S2.W per ton net
t Owing to the frequent summer rains
? he Nebraska bay crop In the north-cen-i
ral counties was unusually heavy. Con
siderable, however, was damaged by
! hesa rains, but the Quantity of market
ale hay Is ease d to be much greater
nan during previous year.
2ITY MISSION KIDDIES
! TO STUDY THE VIOLIN
A clasa of twenty boys and girls has
n organized at the City Mission to
aise up the study of the violin, both
ha musical Instruction and the lnstru
nents to be given free.
On Thursday afternoon and evening the
uplls will get Individual Instruction, and
Monday evening will be called "orchestra
tight." when the children will take the
tudy of music la class and practice to
gether. A few have asked for piano In
unction.
Mia Madge West, assisted by. Mr. Fells
llrk, have donated their time and serr
- to the instruction of the class.
PATRICIAN CLU3 WILL
otur ri sv in iittiiinx
s uivc run i ir jkimuhtu
. John V. Brennan Is directing player
f the Patrician club, a young men's
, al and educational organisation of Bu
-utrlck's pariah in production of the
.Uy, "Never Again," to be presented
: i o early In January, at Crelghtoa unl
vr.iity auditorium. Tickets are already
M ng sold and the proceeds of the enter
i l.io will be used In providing a summer
'.uLhouse for the club at Carter lake.
SPECIAL TRAIN OF SAXON
CARS EfJRO'JTE TO COAST
The MUwaukee-Unlon Pacific are han
' 1 iiisf a train of Ha ion automobiles to
an Franrlsco. Ttiere are twenty-five
'. rs la the train, each carrying four
.ut.s. The train Is Wing run special,
ing ahead of regular freights.
t.uod far Stele Headaches.
Cunftlf.atU'n cauaes s!;k heartache and
f. Kliir's New Mfe I'llls will cure 't.
ke a O'ise tonight, ti-c. Ail drugg-lsts.
A i i;, t.jtieut
ORATOR AT ELKS' MEMORIAL!
SEEVICES TODAY.
CRUE HORRORS OF WAR
Scenes and Incident! of Battle of
Champagne Described in Letten
and in Diariei of Soldiers.
MEN OP BANKS CRY FOR PEACE
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
PARJS, Nov. 10.-Letters written by
German soldiers during the battle of
Champagne, found on prisoners and dead,
throw some light on the spirit of the
ttoops.
"The battle front has disappeared In a
cloud of smolce," wrote one. "Nothing
can be seen, for the French artillery fires
Almost as rapidly as the infantry. One
rrmored shelter was crushed In and not
one of the sixteen occupant escaped.
Mer are felling Ilk flies and the trenches
are nothing but debris."
"t-'hells are simply raining upon us,"an
olher wrote. "If the end wero only nearl
This Is the cry everyone should raise,
'Peace! peace!' "
"Cruel hours!" a captain noted In his
"lary. "It Is ss If the earth were crum
bling up. Our losses are very heavy.
One company of 259 men had sixty killed
Inst night and battery close by lost
sixteen dead. A shelter five yards deep,
protected by two rows of logs and two
and a half yards of earth, wss caved In
ox If It were only a match; that's a spect
rin of the force of the French shells."
Many of our men are useless" wrote
the captain of the Twenty-fourth infantry
in a report intended for his superior off-
rer. 'We must have reinforcements at
once. Our men are dying of fatigue,
privation and loss of sleep
Nothlasi to Est.
"Nothing to eat; heavy losses." noted
another. "The French haven't ceased
firing since the morning of October list:
It haa gone on sixty hours: how long
win ii laeiT Kvery spot of our noaltion
Is so bombarded that It is next to im
possible for human beings to hold out
any longer."
"KU of our men were killed by shells
yesterday morning," wrote a captain.
"Our trench has been nearly levelled.
The Eleventh battalion haa suffered heav.
uy."
How the reinforcements were rushed un
la revealed by another officer. "We were
crowded Into autos," he wrote, "and
rushed madly from Vouslera to Tahure.
After two hours rest In the rain and
sis hours march to our position under
constant shelf-fire, we reached the
trench, losing flfty-als of 80 men of the
Second company by the way. W never
US hours without food in a trench not
two feet deep. IUII couldn't be worse.
8lx hundred more men Just arrived; tuey
will only replace the killed and wounded
of the last few days."
Surprise and demoralisation of the
Oerman first Una troops by sustained
artillery fire have -both been given as
explaining the considerable number of
prisoners taksn. Orders of German com.
mandera' that fell into the hands of the
French indicate that the attack was not
a surprise and there haa been a natural
reluctance to believe that Oerman organ.
Uatlon and discipline were in d.r.i.it
Information obtained by the Associated
Press from eye-witnesses of the opera
tions is to the erroct that the Oerman
counter-attacks were neither spirited nor
wen planned.
'fasten in Haalta.
If the attack was no surprise the hi
of It was a revelation; it appears to have
thrown a certain confusion into the Oer
man ranks, resulting in preplcltate and
almost dUordorly engagement of reserves.
The men seemed both exhausted and de
moralised Incapable of properly under
taking a general counter-attack. Over
confidence in the solidity In the first
line trencne seemed to be general
among the officers, for many of them
were found in bed at Trou-Biioot a half
hour after the attack began. They were
Ignorant of the capture of the first line
of trenches because the telephone wires
naa peen ruptured.
In the counter-attacks divisions were
broken up and scattered, regiments even
were divided, battalions sent to rlrht and
left In absolute contradiction of the Oer
man spirit or organisation. There were
engaged between the Maiaon de Cham
pagne and 19 Hill thirty-two battalions
oeiongmg to twenty-one different regl
ments.
What acted most on the nerves of the
uerman troops, according to informs.
tl jn brought out by questioning prisoners,
was the continuity of the French artillery
ure, .n weaaness or their own reply,
the extent of their losees. lack of food
for several days and thirst Thev sue.
rendered In sections In many Instances
and in whole companies In some, AH
acknowledged they were tired of the
struggle.
A fact that is regarded as significant
Is that the reinforcements the Germans
sent up during the battle were mostly of
the contingent of 11S with some volun
teers of the contingent of 19U previously
held In reserve at their besea. The con
clusion drawn by some military critic
is that Germany U n earing the day when
she will no longer be able to maintain
her present force on all her lines.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Dr. F. If. Mlllener. superintendent of
the I'nlon l'acific bull'!ln, lias rnoovrrrd
fro nihts recent lllniva and la again able
to look after h'.s dutiea
Apartments, flats, bouses and cottages
can be rented quickly and cheaply by a
be "For Roat"
Gathering Coins to Help Clothe and
Feed the
Pefltn Claus' life Is no easy one.
Particularly bard Is the life of trios"
ten Santa Clauses who have taken their
positions on the streets beslle thlr
chimneys to gather money for the Volun
teers of America ChrlnUius dinners and
clothing for the poor.
All day long to stand in the cold,
ringing a beil and gathering coins from
those who have more than th y need, to
give to those ho have naught-.t Is no
essy life.
But are these Santa Clausrs sad?
Ha, ha, sad, you say? Why they're
the happiest old codgers, t-'top and talk
to them and they're all cheerful. There
may be Icicles in their whisker and
their feet may be numb, but they're
happy, for they're working to feed and
clothe hungry and shivering children and
mothers and old people.
On Klxteenth street, between Douglas
and Iodge streets, Arthur L Kymbail
stands beside his chimney in his red
coat bordered with white fur and rings
his bell to attract the passing throng.
Mr. Kymbail needs no artificial
whiskers, for be haa a set of gray ones,
all his own. "I am the original Santa
Claus," he says proudly. "I've been a
Santa Claus for sixteen years."
This Banta is right on the Job, for he
doesn't stop ringing his beil even to talk.
"Yea, you meet all kinds of folks," he
continued. "Sometimes a little newsboy
will come up and drop In a cent, and then
again, a man onre came up and stuck In
a 11 bill. It all helps to feed the hungry
that couldn't have nothing if we didn't
raise this money and buy things for 'em. '
Tne spirit of this veteran, "original
Santa Claus" runs through the ranks ot
II the Santas stationed about the holi
day-thronged streets. It's a part of the
spirit of Christmas.
Who gives of himself with his gift
feeds three.
Himself, bis hungering neighbor and
Me."
TROUBLE FOR THE AMERICANS
Traveler! in the European Nationi
at War Frequently Arrested
as Being Spies.
ENCOUNTER MANY DIFFICULTIES
(Correspondence of the Associated Prcsa)
PARIS, Dec. , Difficulties for Ameri
cans traveling on the continent are In
creasing. Walter Morse Hummel, the
American composer and pianist who has
been living for many years In Paris, and
hi wife, formerly Theresa Chalgneau, a
French pianist, were arrested at Dieppe
recently, suspected of being spies.
They were returning home from Lon
don where professional engagements
called them. They had submitted their
paper to the French consulate general
In London and had received a safe-conduct
to Pari. Ther had an American
passport and a personal letter from Mr.
Thackara, the consul general. They were
searched after their arrest at Dieppe.
Although nothing suspicious wa found
they were detained In a hotel overnight.
The next morning Itummel wa taken
by gendarmes through the street, fol
lowed by children calling out that he
wa a German. Both he and hi wife
were locked up In prison until the next
morning. Rumme!' cell companion wero
two person accused of theft.
Mr. and Mrs. Rummel were transferred
by train to Rouen, imprisoned there in
cells, the floor of which were covered
with filth and the wall with obscene
drawing. They wero thero sis hour be
fore being able to buy a pteo of tale
bread and a piece of ckeese. Rummel'
fellow prisoner wa an Apache who con
fided to him that he had Just stabbed a
woman. Rummel had at every stage of
his experience explained who he was and
demanded that; the authorities should
Inquire at the American embassy In
Pari. Luckily he had been able to send
a telegram to the consul general In Paris
before being Interned. He and his wife
were released therefor after forty-eight
hour detention altogether, upon repre
sentation of the American consul in
Rouen.
Mr. Rummel' father and gradfather
were British. Ill mother was tn
daughter of 8. F. B. Morse, the Inventor
of the telegraph; Rummel happened to
have been born in Berlin during a period
when hi father was ther on business.
Ho wa registered as Brltlsh-born at the
British consulate. HI parent went to
America when he was three years old.
Aftor the death of hi father hi mother
resumed American cltlsenshlp. Toung
Rummel wa entitled to take his
mother nationality and did so. The cir
cumstance that he wa born in Berlin
appear to have drawn upon htm the
suspicion that he was German.
The American embassy has gone fully
Into the affair and ha mad representa
tions to the foreign office upon the In
dignities Mr. and Mrs. Rummel suffered.
They have spent most of their time since
the war. began in hospital and other
charitable work tn France, particularly
tn organizing funds for musicians,
cp
NOT YOUNG GOVERNMENT
Halted State Classed aa One ( the
Oldest Natioaa 1-a the
World.
The United Bute or America I on of
the oldest nations on earth. With the
exception of England and Kussla it
Is, as an existing nation, older than any
country In Europe. And alone in the
Western world It has stood for the last
12& years with an unchanged government.
Its boundaries have expanded and Us
constitution has been amended and It
has gone through civil war, but the
T'nltrd States is "ruled" today a It was
ruled in 1739. and Is the only western
nation that Is.
The constitution of the United States
of America was adopted In the year the
French revolution began. Since 17SS
Europe has been remade. Among the
nations four stand out as "ancient"
England. Russia, Denmark and Spain.
Yet tn the last century and a quarter
these countries have lived through gov
ernmental changes that show beside
the stability of the United States rule
aa exceedingly significant "shifts."
The ohangea that have taken place
in the English regime are the most In
tereetlng. because they are the least
known to the world at large. It is in
evitable with us all that the mention
of an "ancient nation," a "stable gov
eminent." the "oldest country on earth'
should bring the thought of England to
our minds.
But the government of England,
we know It today, dates Its t-eglnnlng
from the year 1S3L That is the date of
the passage of Uie first reform bill.
Poor and Hungry in Omaha
r-
i .avar' tJ a .
VOLUNTEER'S
or AMERICA W,,; I
HUNDREDSrBASKET
orFcoaToTHE Pom-OA aha I
CHRISMAS DAY
PLEASE HELP. :
These bills the first in 1832, the sec
ond In 1867 and the last in 18M shifted
the government of England from Lords
to Commons, from nobles and men of
great property to the people themselves,
changed the "limitation" of England'
monarchy from a feudal to a popular
right. Without revolution the govern
ment of the country was effectively rev
olutionised. The striking evolution which began
In 1S33 with the granting of the ballot
to the merchant and men of small
property In the realm, moved on Its
final step In the Parliament bill of 1912,
which took away aU but "suspensive
veto power" from the House of Lords
and left the Commons ruler of BnRland.
France began It revolution a all the
world knows, in 1789. Since then it
has had two empire, three kinds of
kingdoms and three republic; It ha ex
ecuted one king and deposed two other,
and it haa forced each of Its two em-
porers to abdicate. Since the final form
ation of the third French republlo it
cabinet has been changed very nearly on
an average of once a year.
Out of the Franco-Prussian war grew,
a every one know, th present German
empire. In 1789 there stilt existed In
central Europe that "Holy Roman Em
pire." which was. as Mr. Bryre has
pointed out, "neither holy nor Roman,
nor an empire." It consisted at that
time of between 3S0 and 400 separate and
practically Independent state. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Press of China Is
Charging Misuse
Of Salvation Fund
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
kmamuhai, Nov. 80.-Charges and
counter-charges are mad dally in the
Chinese press concerning the use of th
Salvation fund, which was started at
the height of the boycott against the
Japanese, In an effort to provide money
for the strengtenlng of China. There
have been many statement made aa to
the sums subscribed. Th promoter. Ma
Tsau-son. set IbO.OUO.OOO as th goal which
the fund should reach within six month.
l8ome of the contributors understood that
their fund war to be returned if thta
goal were not reached In th specified
time. i
With the appearance of the monarchi
cal movement, contribution clumped
and disgruntled contributor demanded
their money back, saying that they did
not care to continue their support of
the fund on deposit In government banks.
No exact statement ha been mad
a to the exact amount of money con
tributed, although It Is generally reported
that at least $5,000,000 Mexican, were
actually paid In. Some large subscribers
refused to pay contributions, when It
became clear that the monarchy Is to
be re-established.
There is difference of opinion a to
what disposition shall be made of It
A Han Hay
Eat Any f.lcal
And Digest It Easily It He WUl But
Try.
rosa DiorgTiTB tablets. .
Don't be afraid of your meals. The
reason you have dyspepsia Is that some
thing Is lacking In your digestive appa
ratus necessary to the stomach's work.
A perfect stomach loves to work. Per
fect digestion 1 not afraid of any meal
and benefit by It consumption of food
th whole machine of man.
Btuart's Dyspepsia Tablet make easy
the work of digestion, because they com
bine active fruit and vegetable essences
which are needed by the stomach.
These essences are so powerful they
digest food without aid from the stom
ach. They have done this with a meal
encased In a glass tube.
We will send a trial package to any one
free for hi name and address.
Eat what you will or when you will
then take a Stuart Dyspepsia Tablet and
see how you will digest that meal. In a
short time your stomach will have
natural supply of gastric Juice and your
whole system will be able to take care
of digestion easily. 1
Ask sny druggist about Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets. Hi answer will tell more
than we can say. Ask him how they
sell. If you want to buy them give him
Wc But If you want to test them writ
us and you will reoelv a trUl package
by mall without cost. Addresa F. A.
Stuart Co., 213 Stuart Bldg.. Marshall.
Mich.
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Some members say that the fund must
be kept going and devoted to the ex
tension of Chinese Industries. Ma Tsau
son recently printed a letter in all the
Chinese papers saying that the fund
wa started with a good object, which
has been defeated by the recent , up
heaval In politics and that the money
given to the fund must be returned to
the donors. He also says that he will
take legal steps, if necessary, to protect
contributors. - -
To Ta-chlng, the chairman of the com
mittee, which Is handling the fund, and
Ma Tsau-son have had much correspond
ence concerning the matter, most of
which ha been published. The chair
man la seeking delay for further con
sideration of the demands made by sub
scribers,- who gave their money to help
to strengthen the republlo and have no
ympathy with the movement to re
publish the monarchy.
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CROSS SWISS FRONTIER
WITH MESSAGES ON BACKS
(Correspondence of the Associated Press)
LAV8ANNE. Swltserland. Dec. J
Women are always more closely ex
amined than men at the Swiss-Austrian
frontier, writes a correspondent on the
Austrian side to the Gaxette Ie Lausanne.
Read The Bee Want Ads It ray.
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required in the spinning of the two Cable-Cords their
g;rcolation under enormous pressure with Hyper
ubber, the cross laving of the two layers of Cable
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Machine Shop in America, at present, for War-Materials,
we are unable yet to have these newly invented Silver
town Machines built in large enough quantities to make
more than one "Silvertown" Tire for every four the
Country now clamors for.
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That it practically withdrew the first genuine
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LINES WILL MAKE THREE
TALKS AT FREMONT TODAY
I. R. Lines, religious work secretary of
the Toung Men's christian association,
will make three addresses today at Fre
mont during a session of the annual state
convention of college Toung Men' and
Toung Women's Christian ssoclatlon
representatives. About 1B0 men and
women of various Nebraska colleges will
attend.
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nor the honor of its name. The
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Its exclusive expression devices give
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$550 to $1,250
$1,350 to $2,350
E eant produce "Silvertown" Tires as
fast as the Market now calls for them.
This because the intricate Machinery
than 20 years since the R F.
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