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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY" ' 13, .1918. DEMOCRATS CLOG WHEELS OF RACE ; FOR U. SENATOR Many in Contest for Toga Be fore W. B. Price Came Out, and Now Ex-Mayor Jim May Try Another Whirl (From m Staft Correspondent.) Lincoln, May 11 (Special.) The democratic race for the nomination T iur u. o. ncnaior uccomes more in 4 IT . 1 volved every day. It is more than probable that William B. Trice t,f Omaha and Lincoln may file, and Ex : mayor Jim Dahlman now is credite with trtp ctatpment that rt will filp The scrambie will be anybody's raceJJ, . No one but a candidate will venture! a prediction, except that tiie man who gets the largest number of . democratic votes will win. Lieutenant, uovernor tagar mow ard will not be sidetracked. Self styled leaders cannot convince him that there is any other political road on the face of the earth for him to travel but the one which leads to the national capitol. To Be Hard Picking. With former Governor Morehead Of Falls City, Attorney Genera! . Willis Reed, Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard. Mayor Tames C. Dahlman and William B. Price of Lincoln avowed candidates and with Governor Neville taking a squint at the political highway which leads to Washington, it will be hard picking for the democrats. On such a line-up the political sports seem to favor Mr. Howard from the fac that none of the others can command the Bryan support They point to the fact that it will be Howard against the field and with the field so hopelessly split up none of the others can hope to win out if the Bryan vote is as strong as it was in the last primary. Figures in the 1916 primary where the Bryan vote was lined up solidly for Charles W- Bryan for governor and the anti-vote for Keith Neville for the same nomination, show that : Bryan received 33,022 votes while Neville received 46,662. In the same primary Mr. Howard running for the nomination for lieutenant governor . received 35,206, more than 2,000 ' better than Mr. Bryan, while his op ponents, James Pearson and William Banning received 20,066 and 18,900 respectively. If Mr. Howard can command the same strength for senator that he did for governor, the opposition will have to get together if it expects to land anywhere. Where Will Bryan Go? William B. Price can count little on Bryan votes. It was Mr. Price who claimed the distinction of putting the fixings to William J. Bryan m the democratic contest for delegates- convention in 1916, Mr. Price re ceived 41.159 votes to 37,793 for Mr, Bryan. Hence he can hope tor no assistance from that quarter- The Bryan forces are not supposed to be particularly strong for Attorney General Reed. Mr. Reed knows this and is putting up a fight solely on his record as attorney general which he believes will bear the closest scrutiny from friend or foe alike. Governor Morehead is not worry mg, however. He views with a great deal of satisfaction the big vote he used to get when running for gover nor both in primary and the regular elections and he sees no reason to worry over the matter. just wnat ice mniman win cut is a poser. He is known to be especially strong in some parts or the state, 'Wayne County Petitions Change in Defense Council Wayne, Neb., Mav-42. (Special.) Because of the alleged lack of action on the part of one of the members of the Wayne County Council of De fense, residents of the county have prepared a petition, asking a reor ganization of that body, and will pre sent it to Governor Neville soon signed by 100 Wayne residents and .200 Carroll people, is as follows rio Keith Neville, Governor of Ne braska: "We, the undepsigned, residents, taxpayers and 1 citizens of Wayne county, Nebraska, earnestly petition -you to reorganize the Wayne County Council of Defense. And we recom mend to you J. H. Kemp, Wayne, as chairman; Dr. Andrew Texley, Carroll, vice chairman, and G. A. .Pestal, Winside, as treasurer." The petitioners declare that the ac tion is not directed against all mem .bers of the council, but that they feel it necessary that a change be made in tne ooay. i ne petitioners say that the lack of action is based on several cases; the lack of taking the public into confidence; the lack of giving open hearing to cases and neanng to Dotn sides, and not per mitting the public to know something of what has been or is being done. There are causes of discontent, say the petitioners. . The men recommended in the peti tion nave been chosen in order to give a more general representation of the county, say the petitioners. Pioneer Nebraska Woman - i Is Dead at Plattsmouth t Flattsmouth, Neb., May 12. (Spe cial Telegram.)-rMrs. Kate Oliver, died here this evening, aged 79 years. sne was Dorn in lipperary, County Cork, Ireland, March 17, 1839, and came to America, locating at St. Louis in 1847. She came to Nebraska, locat ing in Bellevue in 1856, coming on a boat when river navigation was the only way- She moved td Plattsmouth in 1886. The funeral will be held in Plattsmouth Monday afternoon, May 13. She leaves five daughters. High School Dedicated. Crete, 'Neb., May -12. (Special.) Crete's new $60,000 high school build ing was appropriately dedicated last evening. The building has been under construction for the last year and has recently been completed. W. S. Col lett.president of the school board presided. Gifts were presented to the building, a drop curtain for the stage of the auditorium by the class of 1916, an electric clock by the class of 1917 and stage settings by the High School Dramatic club. Banker Williams -Pays $25 for Single Brushing of His Hat Kearney, Neb., May 12. (Spe cial.) Banker Elmer Williams of Grand Island, while in attendance at the fifth group meeting of Ne braska bankers here, was emphati cally impressed that the war has something to do with the high cost of living. It is believed that $25 he paid for service, a new record in cost was fixed. Williams, with the Grand Island bankers' delegation, made the trip to Kearney in an auto, driving up in face of a dust storm. Arrived at convention headquarters he pro ceeded to register at the d-sk in charge of Esther Stock Kroger. He doffed his grimy headgear and laid it on the table with the casual re mark that he would like to have the hat brushed up. The registrar promptly laid aside tier pen, took up the hat and gave it a thorough brushing after which was returned to the owner. . But with the hat came a memo randum bill for $25 for services rendered "dusting one hat" and paid, but he had to forego having his suit brushed and shoes shined for fear of -straining his bank bal ance. News From West Point And Cuming County West Point, Neb., May 12. (Spe cial.) The Cuming county Farm Bureau is now fully organized. Fre quent meetings are held, both cen trally at West Point and locally ir cacn township. J. lie organization is in close touch at" all times with the county agent and is devoted to all kinds of farm interests. Charles Y Thompson is the secretary. The township vice-presidents are: Ban croft, Bert Graff; Cleveland, Roy Pil grim; Grant, Henry Grelheer; Blaine, A. rulrodt; Beemer, Clarence res ler; Garfield, Frank Flores; Sher man, Robert Fenske; Elkhorn, August Loewe; Bismarck, J. F. Bor gelt; Lincoln, F. Wisneski; Monterey, August Mandel; St. Charles, John S. Kloke; Luming, boren Nelson. John Koerber of Wisner has en listed in the special service depart. ment of the army. Having had rail road experience he has been sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., for training as a brakeman. Edwin Henry, a young man living 10 miles northeast of West Point, committed suicide by hanging. He was 21 years of age and had become despondent. No inquest was held, the facts being apparent. He was a newly married man, his body being discovered hanging between two corn cribs on his farm, by his wife. A week ago he unsuccessfully at tempted suicide. A farmers union local branch has been organized at St. Charles pre cinct. Henry Grewe was elected president and William Oligmueller secretary-treasurer. William Kappius is vice-president. News has reached the city of the death, at Visalia, Cal., of Benjamin F. Brown, a former resident of this county. Big Wheat Crop Growing- In Western Nebraska Kimball, Neb., May' 12. (Special.) "The wheat acreage of Kimball, Deuel and Banner counties is not less than 50 per cent greater than in iyi, said Senator Bushee this morn ing when asked about crop conditions by the director of the Nebraska Bu reau of Publicity. ".More than $300,000 worth of tractors have been sold in Kimball county during the last 12 months, and at least that many more in Deuel and Banner counties. And the increased acreage this year will be exceeded by the lyiv increase. .thousands of acres are being broken out now, and j tne Dreaking win continue all sum mer, preparatory to fall sowing. Im proved methods of farming and a bet ter knowledge of conditions are re sulting in making western Nebraska wonderful wheat producing coun try." " Fremont to Entertain Pythians This Week Fremont, Neb., Mav 12. (Special.) The annual convention of the Ne braska Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters will be held in Fre mont Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day. The local committee plans to entertain 300 delegates. A reception will be given the delegates at Hotel Pathfinder Monday evening. ihe body ot Private Char es T. Kirchman, who died at Camp Merritt, Central High To Present Civil War Play at Gayety 1 fjjrffc- " "J , r . "Secret Service," a civil' war play, will be given by the graduatingclass of the Central High school at the Gayety theater Saturday night, May 25.- The leading part, "Captain Thorne," will be taken bv Robert Buckingham, and the role of Edith will be played by Miss Clara McAdams. Miss Dor othy Arter and Herluf Olsen will take the second "leads." Veteran Russian Aviators Join Allied Air Forces j it 1 Vs! f il v tft?y i 1f Three veteran aviators of Russia, who saw active service on the east ern front, have joined the air forces of the allies. All three have won the North Platte Country Becomes Fine'Wheat By WILL North Platte. Neb., May 12. (Spe cial.) Live stock will always be a big factor in the prosperity of the section contguous to North Platte and the country further west, but the wheat raiser is also coming into his own. Last fall saw thousands of acres of table land in Lincoln, Chappel and Deuel counties broken and sowed to wheat. Huge traction engines are to be seen on every hand even now, plowing and discing the land and get ting it ready for wheat this fall. And last 'fall's sowing is lookng fine. In deed, the best wheat in Nebraska to day is to be found in this compara tively new wheat country. About five miles directly north of North Platte, upon the high table land, one may see the finest stands of wheat anywhere in Nebraska today. L. S. Smith is a young Illinoisan whos.e family owned two sections of this table land for more than 35 years. It never had a plow on it until last summer. Then Mr. Smith purchased N. J., passed through Fremont on its way to Wahoo, the young man's former home. Burial will be Monday at the Catholic church. Private Kirchman went to Camp Funston, March 6, with the Saunders countv draft contingent. He was 23 years of age. The Nickerson home guards has been organized with Rev. K. G. Spencer, captain, and E. C. Sexton, first lieutenant. Drills are held twice weekly. Registration of babies in Fremont under the direction of the Child's Welfare committee of the State Coun cil of Defense will begin Wednesday and continue until Friday. A $5 war savings stamp will be given the baby scoring the highest. Graduation Advanced. Washington, May 10. Secretary Baker has approved the proposal that the graduation of the 1919 class at West Point be again advanced, this time from August 29, to June 12. - '"19 Because of war conditions the price of admission has been lowered so as to provide merely for expenses. Ticket selling committees have been ap pointed and are canvassing the school. Miss Jessie Towne and Harold Mul ligan are coaching the play. Graduation festivities will be moder ated because of the national crisis. The annual banquet will be held as usual. The baccafaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. Titus Lowe at the First Methodist church Sunday morning, June 2. 1 Cross of St. 'George, the Russian "Croix dc Guerre." Ttiey are Cap lain Constantin AstaholT, Colonel Alexander Duklav and Lieutenant Nathal Rotlarcfsky. Growing Territory MAUPIN. it from the family and came out with tractors and a determination to try the country out. He had never worked on a farm a day in his life, and to this fact he attributes his sue cess to date. He approached the task with an open mind. His land adjoins the state experimental farm, and every day he is m consultation with Chief Snyder. He is following the advice of the state experts. He has nearly 700 acres of winter wheat that was seeded on sod plowing last fall, and today he has the finest prospects of anybody in western Nebraska. ,H expects to seed not less than 900 acres to wheat this fall. In addition to this he has three sections of raw land under lease south of Big Springs and is breaking it all out for seeding this fall. Around Chappell, Big Springs and Kimball, many big tractors are being shipped in, and every available man at work breaking sod and getting the land ready ior fall wheat. Father and Son Indicted On Draft Evasion Charge Santa Fe, N. M., May 12. James M. Baird of Otero county, senator in the third state legislature, and his son, Walter M. Baird, have been indicted by the federal grand jury, it was an- nouncii today, on the charge of con spiring to HKike a false claim to get a deferred classification for Walter M. Baird in the draft on the ground that young Baird was foreman of a cattle ranch. Their trial is set for May 22 Marble Goes Up Notch. Table Rock, Neb., May 12. (Spe cial.) H. P. Marble, born and reared in the vicinity of Table Rock, founder and publisher of the Humboldt Lead er, who has been assistant superin tendent in the Indian service at Keshena, Wis., for several years, has been promoted to the position of superintendent of the Crow Creek tribe of Indians, with headquarters on the Indian reservation near Chamber lain, South Dakota. ! REST AT THE CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE Where the windows frame million dollar pictures of peaks, lakes and glaciers. "In the Lake, ever changing, is Beauty herself, as nearly visible to the mortal eyes as she may ever be." In the heart of the Canadian Pacific Rockies Alpine climbing with Swiss guides trails to Lakes in the Clouds metropolitan cuisine. Get to know Canada better your nearest ally. ASK FOR RESORT TOUR NO. S-14 Thoa. J. Wall, Cen. Aj't Paii'r uepi. Canadian Pacific Railway, 140 So. Clark St. Chicago, III. il SHELLPROOF MACK !4 Common Soldier's Recital of Thrilling Adventures in the Terrific Struggle for World Democracy By ARTHUR JAMES M'KAY. (Copyright. 1913, by Small. Maynard i, Co., Inc.) Arthur Jumfn McKay, who won the mibrl-qiH-t of ".shrllirMf .Mark" when ha Joined llritUh rrRlmrnt after the linking of the .iiaiinnta and when the I nlteu Mates had fulled to declare war immediately, reached the front and trai wounded leveral time ana (aiwed once, lie withdrew an application for dUcharge, arcount of belnir an American eltlien, when told of hi need by the Knallah. The l antie hattle of Meulnea Kldge was related ny .Hack in connection with the plan to blow up Hill mi. Mack and comrade (o over the top when l.OOO.tMIO pounila of am nion are exploded. They reach the enemy trenchea through a heavy machine and rifle tire. Tho Ilrltixh casualties were 30 per cent of them men when who went over. The Tommle were pacing a large white rnateau with Kerf f'niaa aitna painted on roof and aide, Indicating a hiMpltal, when they face tremrnrioua gunfire? They Morin me irearneroua rhauteau and cap ture the Ormana therein concealed. Muck rclutes the aevere dlwlpline of the Kngllah army and refera to an Inntance when a man faeeil the firing aquad becalm he re- funed to divulge Identity of romradea who aided him In getting away to vlr.lt lib iiimlly. After a brief rent In the rear Mark and 111 comrade aturt m to take over the first line trenche., During the tint five dam there are fix attack made by the (ermaiia, each leaving windrow of dead In no man' land. All attack were repulsed in KiMMi i. vie by the Hrtllnh. After the hut attack Mack and hi )'hatt were ordered to the rear for U week' rent. Two week of total ret were had by ne iireu men, alter wnirn they were or dered up to the front to take over the line near raerhnendale ridge. The find air raid experienced by Murk and hi comrade wax ataged while they were enron I e to the front. Safely quartered In billet they awaited the order to take over the line from a Scot (Mi regiment. While trying to ccne from the Cerman "linipnrl Mack found hlmelf In a (lernian trench where he waited until the hoinb arumeni wa over, mack' whole company wa aimont wiped out by thl bombardment. After a two day' rent Mack wa aligned to a biitalllnn ordered to capture a number of tiermnn pill bnvr. The order wn ei ecuted. Nhnrtly after the rapture of the pill boxes Mnrk experienced hi first cm attack. CHAPTER XVII. Gassed. 'Lucky devil," I heard someone say. tic d a copped it in another hour when it got light." "Lucky?" says another chap. "I'd say d done better to go west wit a souvenir in is napper. It'll be .'ell for 'im wif all that gas in 'im." ' It was. During the next few davs I agreed with the second fellow and wished that I had copped a bullet in stead of the gas. I fainted again. When I came out of that one I was at a first-aid sta tion and someone was forcing a bit ter drink through my teeth. I was fighting for every breath. Two stretcher-bearers loaded me on a stretcher and started down the road towards Ypres to the field dressing station. This was the same road where we had been shelled coming up, and as daylight came on we caught it again. Two or three big ones hit right in the road ahead of us, and they lugged me over to an old trench, the same one where I had met my platoon officer in the nigh t. While here I suffered so terribly that I wanted to die. I prayed for a shell to do me in. The strangling, drowning sensation and the racking effect for every burning lungful of oxygen was simply tearing me to pieces. I tried to stop breathing, but nature fought against my will, and I kept on the painful gasping. My eyes- were burning and the water was running from them and my nose. I begged the bearers to take nie down to the dressing sta tion, and the brave fellows finally lifted me out and started down the road, disregarding shell-fire. When they landed me at the dress ing station, a good safe place in the basement of an old building, they pumped me full of oxygen, and after IHUIIlliniHllilUimiillllllIMIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIlll LLOOK FOJ miMiMiiiniiim RED 'CROWN mujuuuiLiiJiiiuJinHiniiiJijiiiiniHUfiiiniuiHuiniiiiuiiniJiJiiinjf that I was able to breathe. My lin ings still burned and smarted tcr nbly, but with the oxygen feeding the lungs the struggle for breath was less hard. The M. O. tagged me: "Gassed. Serious. Lying." That meant I was a stretcher case. After an hour they took me out and loaded me into an ambulance with three other stretcher cases. Sometime along in the fore noon we arrived at the C. C. S., out side of Popperringhe. The casualty clearing station is where they sort out the wounded. A complete record is made of each case and the Red Cross nurses at these stations have it hard. There are. of j course, a good many deaths and a lot ot tough cases that cannot be moved for a'considcrable time. This station at Popperringhe had about a hundred big marquee tents and some huts. Thousands of casu alties of all sorts went through every week, and all the wards were full, as a rule. This was mv fourth time un der the Red Cross flag and I had al ways telt sate there, but this iirst night at roppcrringhe gave nie a new experience that showed that there is no safety anywhere from the Hun. About 9.-.10, when I had become fairly coiiiioriaoie wtiu morpnme ana oxy gen, and was almost able to doze off, 1 heard the soft, punky "swish-pung" of the anti-aircraft guns and knew that there was a raid on. 1 remembered the bombing I had been tinder a few days beforehand was scared a-plenty. I was lying here helpless and they were no doubt getting ready to drop bombs on us. And yet it didn t seem possible. It wasn t human. A patient in the next cot called out to the nurse: . "Is it an air raid, Sister?" And she very coolly answered: "It is. But don't get excited. They may not hit us." She hardly had the words out of her mouth when "whang-bang," two heavy explosions, seemingly just out side the hut. The ground shook and the canvas sides of the hut bellied in with the shock. I was unable to get up and see the effect of the raid, but I heard all about it and a number of the wounded were brounht into mv hut. The Roche had deliberately bombed the station, and those two explosions naa Kinen m ana wounded 4i men. Of the 26 killed 14 were Germans who were being treated by our Red cross. iins crime was deliberate aivn no mistake, as the C. C. S. had been on this spot for three years, and the Red Cross Hag was flying on all sides and was painted on the top of every tent and hut. A wounded German officer said it was reprisal because the Eng lish had fired on a German Red Cross train a few davs before. This was true; they had, but only after the ob servers had discovered that the Huns were using the train to bring up re serves, i Ins reprisal illustrates. I think, the German view of fair nlav. Anything that is to their advantage is fair. Anything that is to their disad vantage is unfair. The will to win is (Continued Tomorrow.) C Order a Case Sent Home Omaha Beverage Co. OMAHA, NEB. Phone Doug. 4231. I'" ' iii iFiiTriiiiwiiiMii Dark or Light SPLITS 1 F RED Crown Gasoline :f . is giving unuoim sat isfaction. Those who use Red Crown often remark that it gives more miles per gallon and more comfort per mile. Because of its uniformity Red Crown can be depended upon for quick starting. Polarihe keeps the engine running right. Look for the Red Crown sign. 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"After trying all kinds of prepara tions without getting any relief, I got a bottle of Tanlac and began to im---prove almost from the first dose. I have taken four bottles so far and my troubles are now almost at an end. My food digests with hardly any after effects, the pain in my neck is about gone . and my shoulder feels pretty good. I would hardly expect that four bottles of any medicine would entirely relieve a trouble of 20 years standiug, but I am improving so steadily on Tanlac that I am sure it won't be long be fore I shall be completely well." , ' Tanlac is sold in Omaha by Sher man & McConnell Drug Company, corner 16th and Dodge streets; Owl Drug Co., 16th and Harney streets; Harvard Pharmacy, 24th. and Farnam streets; Northeast corner 19th and Farnam streets, and West End Phar macy, 49th and Dodge streets, under the personal direction of a special Tanlac representative. 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