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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1918)
DAtiD CONCERTS FEATURE SECOND WAR FUND DRIVE Message From No Man's Land Heard in Open Air; Pro claimed in Pulpits oh Eve . of Campaign. (Conttnaed From Pafe Ona.) behind the men battling on the west ern front " over there." While $200,000 in 48 hours is the sentiment of the slogin in Douglas county, the drive will continue throug out the week when it is expected to to "over the top" in typical Nebraska fashion, with far more than the of ficial quota, v Not a Membership Campaign. The Douglas county campaign is aot a membership drive it is a vol untary gift affair, an opportunity to deraonstratejjie genorosity, as never before, of American people in Ameri ca. Three-fourths of the $200,000 raised here will be devoted to the war fund o? the American Red Cross in its first and supreme 'object the care of our own men in the army and navy. Twenty-five per cent will stay in Douglas county for the mainten ance of Red Cross activities here. . ni feature hout the srivintr-when you give $100 to the Red Cross, that amount actually means $102. Two per cent interest is added from the bank deposits. . in various churches yesterday, girls passed Red Cross envelopes to mem bers of the congregation as. a part of the morning program. The amouncollected will be turned in the coming week to swell the fund underway. . In Rivervlew Park. Exercises in the parks were opened with patriotic music by volunteer mu nt Omaha members of the union who contributed their talent to boost tne movement in men citv M. O. Cunningham presided in The sneaker was MnrrU Brown. The Fort Crook 41st infantry band played here. t war the American amy is the whole American people," the sen ator said. "Some ot tne army uniform, either in France or on the way. The rest of the armyvs at home, rot in uniform. But every American citizen is an American soldier. . "We -can no more escape the bur dens that belong to us in this war than ca. the soldier in France escape the dangers that confront him. The Soldier at the Front ' "The soldier at the front who dares to fight, to suffer and to die for us he has the right to know that every thing we possess is dedicated to hu service. Ii the soldier in uniform fails a tu 4tv. eourtmartial decree condemns him. If we fail in our duty zr jourtmartial decree snoum conucu... That the Red Cross in its merciful :.,:....,!, i fiffur of the charity that Christ preached on earth was the Aec aration of W. r. uuney open it address in Hanscom paric... 1 "The Red Cross is as broad in its ministrations and broader in its ad ministration than anyother organiza tionit has no creed except inn j service, no theology except that of tenderness, no law except that ot "In those simple words of Mase- field-r'Help thevKed woss ana you comfort a broken nun'-are epito mized all that Christ lived for, all that IT- Ai.A tnr- XmtrnAnemA fev Mr. FraSfT. Chairman W. C Fraser, in Intro ducting Mr. Gurley, referred to the Red Cross as the greatest humanitar ian organization in existence today. "The Red Cross is everywhere, be said, "and we need have no fear that one cent of money raised will not be spent for 'charitable and numanitar. ian purposes, even though the war end tomorrow." ' The exercises Uu Miller park were under the chairmanship of Yale C Holland. -- ' "Th oreatest activitv in connec tion with- the world war," said the speaker in Miller park, A. S. Ritchie, "is the Red Cross. I think we may also say, truthfully, that it is the only trrvice nerformed in war whose con sideration can give any satisfaction, any pleasure. I "It seeks to rebuild where the war Ka devasted. It seeks to stop the blood flowing from the wounds of war. It bathes those wounds and ties tbent up, and it is present when death calls the soldier, to render to him the comfort and consolation which only religion can give." Ah Opportunity fdr Omaha. Chairman Holland 1 asserted that the best a soldier can hope for in this war is that he have a chance to come back and start life over again. "Is it asking too, much that they be permitted and assisted to make the new start with a sound body, or a body as nearly sound and free from the ravages of wounds and disease as the best care and nursing that money can buy will accomplish? think not." I Some ceoole lav uo treasurers in Heaven, others rent safety deposit boxes, but the wise let the Red Cross ' act as their investment agent, ac cording to J. J. Boucher, who Spoke Sn Kountze nark. ' - "The boys who fight have every right To look to us to ray: They bear ' the brunt, so do your itunfr ' r.tscribe to the Red Cross today. Ur. Boucher's Admonition. Vith' this introductory rhyme, Mr. -cher told the hundreds in tilt s to "give to the Knights of rnbus, to the Young Men's 3tiafl association, and buy Liberty it and Was Savings stamps until -rts, and then subscribe ' ta the ' Crass until it quits hurting." . . LI. Cross, chairman, reminded oole that loyalty to the was more bv' financial f re e to the appeal of the Red Cross v ty publicly waving flags and the national anthem. ;- .Jeff cries spoke along similar i ii FontenelW park where W. A. 1 presided as chairman , ers in Elmwood park were i L. Cbrey and William Ross , lit. King told the crowd that , t' nA CrAt has always re- C s whole-hearted support pi the American people, few realized the magnitude of its undertaking. - Red Cross Achievements. In a nutshell, last year's Red Cross activities included the expenditure of $30,936,103 in war-ravaged France, $2,086,131 in down-Jtrodden Belgium, $4,588,826 in Italy, $1,206,906 in Russia, $2,676,368 in Roumania, $894,580 in Serbia, $3,260,230 in Great Britain, $4,476,300' for other foreign relief work, and $9,723,123 for American needs overseas and at home. American relief activities in Bel gium have attracted world-wide at tention since von Kluck's brutal hordes violated that country's lands and people. The work of caring for this civilian population, driven into northern France, is being continued from Havre, temoorarv seat of the exiled Belgian government The Red Cross, through donations ot tooa, clothing and comforts, here is en deavoring to alleviate the sufferings of countless men, . women and children. With General Pershing. Since the .first band of American workers went abroad last June, the Red Cross has built up a system ot relief that extends from the home stations of the destroyer fleets on the Irish coast, down to the battle lines in Northern Italy. Enormous sums have been entrusted to American commissions, but the expenditures have effected a full measure of relief. With General Pershing's exptdi- tionary forces in France, the Amer ican Red Cross is kept in, closest touch through divisional and regi mental medical officers, while rep resentatives pf the bureau of infor mation and the department of home service are in constant contact with the American soldiers, whether in hospitals, training camps or. field. Our Women in France. Rest stations and canteens are operated "over there" by American women who have been established along lines of communication. Emergency needs for hospital sup n1ii Hruci and comforts are bud- plied from warehouses maintaine&at strategic points along the line. The American Red Cross, headed by James H. Perkins, noted New York financier, has built uo in France for "our boys" an organization of 2,000 American men and women. A vast number are unpaid, while others of this organization" only receive enough to meet simple living ex penses, -i 1 Supplies for thousands of hospitals, rest and food for hundreds of soldiers at railroad junctions, food and cloth ing and transportation for refugees driven from their homes, and a help ing hand in fitting all these for a new start in life thse things are among the accomplishments of the American Red Cross for which America must pay. . i - ' U. S. CASUALTY LIST CONTAINS 59 NAMES Private Jake Levering of Mau rice, la., Dies of Wound; Lieut. R. B. Rhett Fris- oner in Germany. Washington, May 19. The army casualty list ' issued today contained 59 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 4; Died of wounds, 4; Died of ' accidents, 2; Died of disease, 3; Wounded severely, 36; Wounded slightly, 6; Missing in action, 4. Officers named in the list were Lieutenant Jefferson D. Vincent of Buffalo, N. Y., who died of an accident, and Lieutenant Robert B. Rhett of Summerville, S. C, who previously was reported missing and is now lounu 10 ok prisoner in Germany. The list follows: KtlUd in Aot Ion i Conor! Carl B. MtlUr. Hy worth. III.; Cook Hnry Blorikokl, SUrikckl 8Iumk, Ruult; PrtVktM Otorct Dovtn. FhlladalphI) John W. WhIU, Woburn, Mat.. Dlea of Wound! : I Brant William Ball, Jr., Atlanta, Oa.) Corporal! Harold AJaek on, Bryanta Pond, Main; Earl Tnoma. Booth Charleston, O.; PrlvaU Jak l4vrln(, Maurlca, la. , Dlad of niiaaaa: Private! Jaaa Chanay, Greenville,. C.i Jamaa J. Doonan. New Tork, N. T.; Thoroaa L. Walker, Crewe, Va. Died ot Accident; Lieutenant Jefferaon Da via Vincent, Buffalo, N. Y.J Private Louis W. UcManua, Salem, Maia, Wounded Severely. Bar leant a Clarence J. Callahan. New Britain, Conn.; Albert Hathon, Waterbury, Conn. Corporals J oaeph P. Donovan, New Britain. Conn.; William C. Qretfiu, Colwyn, Pa. Frederick I Jaokion, ' Doroheater, Mane, j Edward 8. Leblano, Nashua, N. U.; Earl O. Ludlam, South Windsor, Conn, Mechanics Ernest X Butler, Wllllmantic, Conn.; Elbert U Qraory, HOT Blondefcu St., Keokuk, la.l Charles Harris. Msrlden, Conn, Cooke Henry Clarke, Brldceport, Conn.; Francla J. Httrfna, Mertden, Conn. Privatee Lawrence R. Batea, Terryvllle, Conn.; Morlas J. Bourfeouae, Thompson vllle, Conn.; John I, Burke. Mertden, Conn.; William & Coffey. Maahua, N. H.; SUnyllus cornea, natoi, conn.) Harry o. crlseman, ITT Thirtieth straat. Ban. Francleeo; Martin I. Cummlnaa, New Tork: William Barker. Whit Ball, N. T.; Lawreno Dewey. Mart- dan. Conn.; Irvine M. HaWkaa, Maw Haven, Conn. I Max Herbert Hoffman, Rlpon. Wis.: William -Holmaa, Baraboo, Wla.: Charlea 4Brer Johnaon, Brooklyn, If. T.) Leelle M. Lan, New Haven ao atat flvan); John B. Latonr, Maahua, M. H. Joaaph L. Hardt. Brooklyn, N. T.rThaddeua T. Maahan, Cam- bridce, Maa.; Faoaoa oatapohuoa. Mart- ford, Conn.; William H. Sargent, S. Man chester, Conn.; Jullua 8eper New Tork; John Saraphln, Hartford, Conn.; Cheater Smith, Danbury, Conn.: Carroll Storey, New port. VI : Edward I,, wtlltama. Philadelphia. Mlsalns; In Aotlon Maatar engineer senior trade Oeorg Ju Maekay, Oeala, In a. Pri vatee Joaeph Z. Lacassey, BrltoL Conn.; William Lacaasaa, BrlatoL Conn.; Carl H. Nllson, Plalnvllla, Conn. Prlaoner (previously mlsslnt); Lieutenant Robert B. Rhett, Sum merville, B. C; Private Loula B. Patioldt, Plna City, Minn. Good (toads Enthusiasts Meet With County Commissioners At a good roads meeting of the county commissioners Saturday morn ing, reports from consulting commit tees of business men were read and a brief discussion of the proposed work entered into. 1 Committees from the Rotary club, Chamber of Commerce, Manufac turers' association and Automobile club gave thejr views on the question of where the $167,000 to be expended this year, should be pjaced and the recommendations were taken under advisement by the commissioners. Alumni Give Banquet. West Point. Neb.. May 19.-(Sne- ciaL) The annual alumni banquet for the graduating class of 1918 was Riven at the auditorium. One hundred and twenty members were present, among whom were two surviving members of tne nrst graduates ot the class o: 1887. Mrs. E. J. DeBell and Miss Emma R. Miller, county superintend ent vThe banquet was a great suc cess, th entertainment furnished be ing of a high order and all of a pa triotic; oaiuret fHE BEE: Harry Lauder in the War Zone (Continued fm Firit Pax.) neighbors. What of the German navy? Was it out? Were there Scattered ships, here and there, that might swoop down upon Australia's shores and bring death and destruc tion with them? But even before we sailed, next day, I could see that order was com ing out of that chaos. Everywhere recruiting offices were opening, and men were flocking to them. No one dreamed, really, of a long war though John laughed, sadly, when someone said it would be over in four months. But these Australians took no chances; they would offer them selves first, and let it be decided later whether thev were needed. So we sailed away. And when I took JofTn's hand, and kissed him good-by, I saw him fo. the last time in his civilian clothes. "Well, son " I sajd "you'r? going home to be a soldier, a fighting sol dier. You will soon be commanding men. Remember that you can never ask a man to do something you would no dare to do yourself 1" And, oh, the braw look in the eyes of the bonnie laddie as he tilted his chin up to me? "I will remember, mar ne saia. And so long as a bit of the dock was in sight we could see him waving to us. We were not to see him again until the next January, at Bedford, in England, where he was training the raw men of his company. Those were the first days of war. The British navy was on guard. From every quarter the whimpering wireless brought news of this German warship and that They were scattered far and wide, over the Seven Seas, you ken, when the war broke out. There was no time for them to make a home port They hai their choice, most of them, between being interned in some neutral port and setting out to do as much mischief as they could to British commerce before they were caught. Caught they were sure to be. Thev must have knpwn it. And some there were o brave to issue and match themselves against England's great naval power. Perhaps they knew that few ports would long be neutral I Maybe they knew of the abominable war the Hun was to wage. But I think it was not such men as those who chose to take their one chance in a thousand who were sent out, later, in their subma rines, to send women and babies to their deaths with their torpedoes 1 Be that as it may, we sailed away from Melbourne. But it was in Sydney harbor that we anchored next not in Wellington, as we, on the ship, all .thought it would be I And the reason was that the navy, getting word that the German cruiser Emden was loose and .raiding, had ordered our captain to hue the shore, and to put in at Sydney until he was told it- was safe to proceed. We were not' much delayed, and came to Wellington safely. New Zea land was all ablaze with the war spirit There was no hesitation there. The New Zealand troops were mobilizing when we arrived, and every recruiting office was besieged with men. splen did laddies they were, who looked as if they would give a great account of themselves. As they did as they did. Their deeds at Gallipoli speak for them and will forever speak for them --the men. of Australia and ,New ea; land. ; - ' . V There the word Anzac was made made from the first letters of these words; Australian New Zealand army corps. It is a word that will never die. Even in the midst of war they had time to give me a welcome that warmed my heart. And there were pipers with them, too, skirling a tune as I stepped ashore. I here were tears in my eyes again, as there had been at Sydney. Every laddie in uni form made me think of my own boy, well off, by now, on his way home to Britain and the duty that had called him. They were gathering, all over the empirehose of British blood. They were answering the call old Britain had sent across the seven seas to the far corners of the earth. Even as the Scottish clans gathering now. It was a great thing to see that in the beginning; it has comforted me many lime since, in a Diacs nour, ,wucn news was bad and the nun was thundering at the line that was so thinly held in France. Here were free peoples, not held, not bound, free to choose their way. Britain could not, make their sons come to her aid. If they came they must come freely, joyously, knowing that it was a right cause, a holy cause, a good cause, that called them. I think of the way they came of the way-1 saw them rising to the sum mons, in New Zealarfcl.Jn Australia, later in Canada. Aye.'and I saw more I saw Americans slipping across the border, putting on Britain's khaki there in Canada, because. they knew that it was the fight of hu manity, of freedom, that they were entering. And that, too, gave me comfort later in dark times, for it made me knowHhat when the right time came America would take her place beside old Britain and brave France. . v . New Zealand is a bonnie land. It made me think, sometimes, of the Hie- lands of Scotland. A bonnie land, and braw are its people. They made me happy there, and they made much of me. . At Christchurch they did a strange thing. They were selling off, at auc tion, a Union Tack the flag of Britain. Such a thing had never been done be fore, or thought of. But here was a reason and a good one. Money was needed iot all sorts of things. To buy them small comforts, and tobacco, and such things as the government might not be supplying them. And so they asked me to be their auctioneer. I played a fine ' trick upon them there in Christchurch. But I was not ashamed of myself, and I think they have gorgren me those good bodies at Christchurch I Here was the way of it l was auc tioneer, you ken but that was not enoueh to keep me from bidding my self. And so I worked them up and on and then I bid in the flag for my self for a hundred pounds $500 of American money. I had my doots "about how they'd be taking it to have a stranger carry their flag away. And so 1 bided i wee. I staved that nieht in, Christ church, and was to stay longer. I could wait. Above yon town of Christchurch! stretch the Mermo hills. On them graze sheep by the thousand and it is front . those sheep that the "true Merino wool comes. And in the gutters, of Christchurch there , ' - .OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY flows, all day long, a stream of water as clear and pure as ever yon might hope to see. And it should be so, for it is from artesian wells that it is pumped. . , Aweel, I bided that night and by next day they were murmuruig in the town, ind their murmurs came to me. They thought it wasna richt for a Scotsman to be carrying off neir flag though he'd bought it and paid for it. And so at last they came to me, and wanted to be buying back the flag. And I was agreeable. "X Aye I'll sell it back to ye r I told them' "But at a nrice. ye ken at a price! Pay me twice what I paid for it ana it shall be yours i There was a Scots bargain for youl They must have thought me mean and grasping that day. But out they went. Ihey worked tor tne, money. It was but just a month after war had been declared, and money was still scarce and shy of p'eeping out and showing itself. But, bit by bit, thev cot the siller. A shilling at a. time they raised, by subscription. But they got it all, and brought it to roe, smilipg the while. "Here, Harry here's your money 1 they said. "Now give us back our flagr Back to them I gave it and with it the money they had brought to? be added to the fund for the soldier bovs. And scj-fhat one flag brought 300 sterling to the soldiers. I wonder did those folk at Christchurch think I would keep the money and make a profit on that flag? Had it beetl another time I'd have stayed in New Zealand gladly a long time. It was a friendly olace. and it gave us many'a new friend. But home was calling me. N There was more than the homebound tour that had been planned and laid out for me. I did not know how soon my boy might be going to France. And his mother and I wanted to see him again before he went, and to be as near him as might be. v So I was elad as well as sorry to sail away from New Zealand's friendly shores, to the strains of pipers softly skirling: "Will ye no come back again I" We sailed for Sydney on the Min nehaha, a fast boat -We were glad Start today to buy War Savings Stamps I 1 Wassra J . 41. t -1 msmBBfflmmmu vbssssp" wife, mmm Ml mm Willi wmilllll 1111 III I llllllllllllllllllliiiiHiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiHmiiinii 20, 1918. of her speed a day or so out, for there was smoke on the horizon t'.at gave some anxious hours to our officers. Some thought the German raider Emden was under that smoke. And it would not have berti surprising had a raider turned up ih our path. ' For just before we sailed it had been dis covered that the man in charge of the principal wireless station in New Zealand was a German, and he had been interned. Had he,, sent word to German warships of the plans and movements of British ships? No one could prove it, so he was only in terned Back we went to Sydney. A great change had come since our departure. TBe war ruled all deed and thought. Australia was bound now to do her part No less faithfully and splendidly than New Zealand (was she engaged upon the enterprise the Hun had thrust, upon 'the world. Everyone was eager for news, but it was woe fully scarce. Those were the black. early days, when the Oerman rush ipon Paris was beine stayed, after the disasters of the first fortnight of the war, at the Marne. ' Everywhere, though there vas no lack of determination to see he war through to a finish, ho matter how remote that might be, theleeling was that this war was too huge, too vast, to Jast long. Exhaustion would end it. War upon the modern scale could not last. So they said in September, 19141 So many of us believed and this is the spring of the fourth year of the war, and the end is not yet it not in sigit, I fear. Sydney turned out, almost as magni ficently as when .1 had first landed upon Australian soil, to bid me fare well. And we embarked again upon that same old Sonoma that had brought us to Australia. Again I saw Paga-Paga and the natural folk, who had ncynd to toil nor spin to live upon the fat of the land and be ar rayed in the garments that were al ways up to the minute in style. Again I saw Honolulu, and, this time, stayed longer, and gave a per formance. But, though we were there longer, it was not - long enough to make me yield to that temptation to cuddle one of the brown lassies 1 Aweel, I was not so young as I had a i niMif ii ii nssii .hih MAX Hfl fir 6ciri t tr WifM' HULL The world's best music for every home To hear the world's best music is a pleasure every one enjoys, and the artists who entertain you on the Victrola are the artists every one wants to hear the greatest artists of all the world. Caruso, Alda, Calve, Culp, de Gogorza, De Luca, Farrar, Galli-Curci, Gluck, Homer, Journet, Martinelli, McCormack, 1 Melba, Ruffo, Schumann-Heink, Scotti, Tetrazzini, and other famous singers of the opera and' concert stage. Elman, Jascha Heifetz, Powell, Zimbalist, and other noted instrumentalists. The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, -SousaY Band, Pryor's Band, and other bands and orchestras of world-wide renown. 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Bjapssassaai wsi SMHSHMIVSIM SHa ' m ttrw Vktor Racottfa JsQQarrstod Vktfola"!. tt RaeUWTimda-mrt ef tba Victor Taftte been.'1 and Mrs. Lauder yon ken that she was travelling wun mci In the harbor of Honolulu thel ; was a German gunboat the Geier, that had run there for shelter not long since, and had still left a day or two, under the orders from Washington, to decide whether she would let her self be interned or not. And outside, beynd the three-mile limit that marked the end of American ter ritorial waters, were two good reasons to make the German think well of being interned. They were two cruis ers, squat and ugly and vicious in their gray war paint that watched the entrance to the harbor as you have seen a cat watching a rat hole. It was not Britain's white ensign that they flew, those cruisers. It was the red sun , flag of Japan, one of Britain's allies against the Hun. They had their vigil in vain, did those iwo cruisers. It was valor's better part discretion, that the German captain chose. Aweel, you cpuld no blame himl. He and his ship would have been blown out of the water so soou as she poked her nose beyond Ameri can waters, had he chosen to go out and fight. I was glad indeed when we came in I sight of the Golden Gate once more, and wnen we were saie asnore in oau Francisco. It had been a nerve-rack- ina. voyage in many ways. My wife and I were torn with anxiety about our boy. And there were jerman raiders loose; one or two had, so far, eluded the cordon the British fleet had flune about the world. One night, -boon after we lf.ft Honolulu, we were stopped. We thought it was a Birtish cruiser that stopped us, but she would only ask questions answering those we asked was not for her I But we were ashore at last. There remained only the trip across the United State to New York and the voyage across the Atlantic home. (Continued Tomorrow.) Mai. J. C. Bradbury Honorably Discharged at Camp Cody Camp Cody, N. Mex. Via El Paso, Tex.) May 18. (Special Telegram.) Major John C. Bradbury, who came here with the old second Iowa in fantry, but who has been with the 136th infantry (second Minnesota) VIctrola XVI, $229 Vletrola XVI, electric, $282.80 Mahogany or Oak. . .1 -at fl- at J dlsrs m th Xatrf aac month Mad Cwpttf icPHut the products of I. 'A 1 ! if ENEMY AIRPLANE MASQUERADES AS FRENCH MACHINE . " ' v. German Aviator, Decorated as Friendly Flier, Escapes Amer ican Pursuers When Ruse ' Is Discovered. With the American . Army in France, May 19. A German airplane bearing French markings was dis- v covered flying over the American lines northwest of Toul. American abators tried to intercept him but he made his escape. The incident shows what cunning and deceit American airmen have to deal with and what caution thpy have to display in dealing with a sup posed friend. An enemy observation balloon op posite Toul broke away late yester day after its two occupants had para chuted from it, and it floated two kilometers-inside our lines. Our aviators were called out, but by the time they reached the locality the balloon had risen and floated . back toward Germany. American airmen qhased the craft 12 ; kilo meters until it went up so high that it was impracticable to pursue it further. v .Am. Via hn jinnnrahlv. iui sviue .t".v , .. w... j . f discharged, and has left for his home. in Oskaloosa, la. -Arizona draft men will begin arm-' rfig here May 27 for the training companies under command of Major Sheppard B., Philpot of Fort Dodge. Ia. Seven thousand selects will be sent, here from different states. General J. A. Johnston, who 'will come here to command this division from Boston, is said to have aban doned the management of commercial estates worth much money in Nef England to resume army service, from which he had resigned befora 'the war. -' " ! 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