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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 23. 1918.
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LAST RITES FOR
DR. C. C. ALLISON,
FAMOUS SURGEON
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Hundreds Attend Funeral Serv
ices at St. Cecilia's Cathe
dral; Faculties of Two
Colleges Pay Respects.
several nunarea persons, including
prominent business and professional
men of Omaha, doctors from cities in
- Dther states and members of the fac
culties of the college of medicine of
Creighton university and the Univer
sity of Nebraska, attended funeral ser
vices for Dr. Charles C. Allison at
St Cecilia's cathedral at 9 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Dr. Allison, prominent Omaha sur
geon, died Wednesday.
- faculties ot the two colleges of
mHicine attended the services in a
u 1 Archbishop at Services.
)' Requiem mass was read and Father
T d ij .. t c r.
a. nai i jiiiuii, pdsiui ui Ce
cilia's cathedral, delivered the funeral
sermon. He paid a high tribute to
the memnrv rtf Dr. Allison and nnV
of his great work among the citizens
of Omaha.
' Archbishop Harty was present in
the sanctuary. V
A long funeral procession accom
panied the body to the grave.
Burial was m Holy bepulcher ceme
tery.
Act
Active oaltbearers were
7oMpb Btrkar . W. D. Hoifort.
A. B. WrrB I JL C. Smith ,
C. T. Kounta Ocoiv Tunlaom
Ylotor RoMWfttar I r. Crofpot
Honorary pallbearers . were
I. H. MUlu-d John A. McShUM
U. m. Braoa W. r. Onrity
Xoha L. Wttr CharlM Ptekeo
Jvdtt W. A. IUtak Lathtr Drak
Mf IrM BltMl H. 0. Ptn
W. A, BrtM Frank T. Bamlltam
German Intrigue Hard
On the Russian Officers
Peking, June 22. More German
Intrigue, in this instance with the ob
ject in view of removing from little
Russia Russian army officers of pro
ally sympathes, has come to light
through what appears to be far-reaching
propaganda. Such officers are
led to believe that the American gov
ernment is holding out flattering in-
rfneementa to them tn on to Amirir
and ioin the armv nrovidinir to that
end passports, steamer tickets and
funds and guaranteeing them a commission.
Several trusting officers have staked
wvcfwujg uu buv.1i icpicscmauuns
and got as far as Changchun, Man
ehuria, where they arrived at the end
were victims of a hoax.
. . . t t . .
ine maiicr nas oecn Drongni io ne
attention of the American minisu. in
Peking for action, if seemed advisa
ble, to combat the propaganda
through Ambassador Francis and
American consuls in Russia.
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lafrii Lauder
in tfte Wat? Zone
c7 JTtnsre? ttt France" Tetfs fits &ersona?
experiences on Ae Western tFigttn JPfont- .
CHAPTER XXIII.
My Most Strenuous Day.
Now it was time to take the mo
tor cars again, and I was glad of
the thought that we would have a
bracing ride. ' I needed something tf
the sort, I thougnt. My emotions
had been deeply stirred, in many
ways, that day. I felt tired and quite
exhausted. This was by all odds the
most strenuous day the Rev. Harry
Lauder, M. P., Tour had put in yet
in France. So welcomed the idea
of sitting back comfortably in the
car and feeling the cool wind against
my cheeks.
First, however, the entertainers
were to be entertained. They took
us, the officers of the divisional staff,
to a hut, where we were offered our
choice of tea or a wee hauf yin. There
was good Scots whisky there, but it
was the tea I wanted. It was very
hot in the sun, and I had done a deal
of clambering about. So I was glad,
after all, to stay in the shade a while
and rest my limbs.
Getting out through Arras turned
out to be a ticklish business. The
Germans were verra wasteful o' their
shells that day, considering how much
siller they costl They were pound
ing away, and more shells, by a good
many, were falling in Arras than had
been the case when we arrived at
noon. So I got a chance to see how
the ruin that had been wrought had
beeen accomplished.
Arras is a wonderful sight, noble
and impressive even in its destruc
tion. But it was a aight that de
pressed me. It had angered me, at
first, but now I began to think, at
each ruined house that I saw: "Sup
pose this were at hame in Scotland 1"
And when such thoughts came to
me I thanked God for the brave lads
I had seen that day who stood, out
here, holding the line, and so formed
a bulwark between Scotland and such
black ruin as this.
We were to start for Tramecourt
now, but on the way we were to make
a couple of stops. Our way was to
take us through St. Pol and Hesdin.
and, going so, we came to the town of
Le Quesnoy. Here some of the 11th
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
were stationed. My heart leaped at
the sight of them. That had been
my boy's regiment, although he had
belonged to a different battalion, and
it was with the best will in the world
that I called a halt and gave them a
concert.
I gave two more concerts, both
brief ones, on the rest of the journey,
and so it was quite dark when we ap
uproached the chateau at Trame
court As we came up I became
aware of a great stir and movement
that was quite out Of the ordinary
routine there. In the grounds I
could see tiny lights moving about,
COYRI&HT 1916
like fireflies lights that came, I
thought, from electric torches.
"Something extraordinary must be
going on here," I remarked to Cap
tain Godfrey "I wonder if General
Haig has arrived, by any chance?"
-iWe'll soon know what it's all
about," he said, philosophically. But
I expect he knew already.
Before the chateau there was a
brilliant spot of light, standing out
vividly against the surrounding dark
ness. I coiHd not account for that
lighted spot then. But we came into
it as the car stopped; it was a sort
of oasis of light in an inky desert of
surrounding gloom. And as we came
full into it and I stood up to descend
from the car, stretching my tied.
stiff legs, the silence and the darkness
were split by three tremendous
cheers.
It wasn't General Haig who was
arriving! It was Harry Lauderl
"What's the matter here?" I called,
as Joudly as I could.
"Been waitin' for ye a couple of
'ours, 'Arry," called a loud cockney
voice in answer., "Go it nowl Get
it off your chest!" Then came ex
planations. It seemed that a lot of
soldiers, about 400 strong, who were
working on a big road job about 10
miles from Tramecourt, had heard of
my being there, and had decided to
come over in a body and beg for a
concert. They got to the chateau
early, and were told it might be'll
o'clock before I got back. But they
didn't care they said they'd wait
all night, if they had to, to get a
chance to hear me. And they made
some use of the time they had to
wait.
They took three big acetylene head
lights from the motor cars, and con
nected them up. There was a little
porch at the entrance to the chateau,
with a; short flight of steps leading
up to it, and then we decided that
that would make an excellent make
shift theater. Since it would be dark
they decided they must have lights,
so that they could see me just as
in a regular theater at hame! That
was where the headlights they bor
rowed from motor cars came in.
They put one on each side of the
porch and off in front, so that all the
light was centered on the porch it
self, and it was bathed in as strong
a glare as ever I sang in on the stage.
It was almost blinding, indeed, as I
found when I turned to face them
and to sing for them. Needless to
say, late though it was and tired as I
was, I never thought of refusing to
give them the concert they wanted!
I should have liked to eat my din
ner first, but I couldn't think of sug
gesting it. These boys had done a
long, hard day's work. Then they
had marched 10 miles, and. on top of
all that, had waited two hours for
me and had fixed up a stage and a
lighting system. They were quite as
tired as I, I decided any they had
done a lot more. And so I told the
faithful Johnson to .bring wet. Tinkle
Tom along, and get him up to the lit
tle stage and I faced my audience
in the midst of a storm of the ghost
liest applause I ever hope to hearl
I could hear them, do you ken, but
I could no see a face before mel In
the theater, bright though the foot
light; are, and greatly as they dim
what lies beyond them, you can still
see the white faces of your audience.
At least, you do see something your
eyes help you to know the
audience is there, and, gradually, you
can see perfectly, and pick out a face,
maybe, and sing to some one person
in the audience, that you may be sure
of your effects.
It was utter, Stygian darkness that
lay beyond the pool of blinding lighr
in which I stood. Gradually I did
make out a little of what lay be
yond, very close to tne. 1 could see
dim outlines of human bodies moving
around. And now I was sure there
were fireflies about. But then they
stayed so still that I realized, sud
denly, with a smile, just what thev
were the glowing ends of cigarettes,
of coursel I
There .were manj tall poplar trees
around the chateau. I knew where to
look for them, but that night I could
scarcely see them. I triefl to find
them, for it was a strange, weird sen
sation to be there as I was. and I
wanted all the help fixed objects
could give me. I managed to pick out
their feathery lines in the black
distance the darkness made them
seem more remote than they were,
really. Their branches, when I found
them, waved like spirit arms, and I
could hear the wind whispering and
sighing among the topmost branches.
Now and then what we call in
Scotland a "batty bird" skimmed past
my face, attracted, I suppose, by the
bright light. I suppose that hats that
have not been disturbed before for
generations have been aroused by the
blast of war through all that region
and have come out of dark cavernous
hiding places, as those that night
have done, to see what it is all about
the tumult and the shouting!
They wee verra disconcertin'. those
batsl They bothered me almost as
much as the whizz bangs had done,
earlier in the day. They swishet'
suddenly out of darkness against my
face, and I would start back, and
hear a ripple of laughter run through
that unseen audience of mine. Aye.
it was verra funny fdY them, but I did
not like that part of it a bit! No
man likes to have a bat touch his skin.
And I had to duck quickly to evade
those winged cousins of the mouse
and then hear a soft guffaw arising as
I did it.
I have appeared, sometimes, in
theaters in which it was pretty diffi
cult to find the audience. And such
audiences have been nearly impossi
ble to trace, later, in the box office re
ports. But that is the first time in
my life, and, up to now, the last, that
I ever sang to a totally invisible au
diencel 1 did not know then how
many men there were there miRht
have been 40, or 400, or 4.000. And.
save for the titters that greeted my
encounters with the hats, they were
amazingly quiet as they waited for
me to sing.
It was just about 10 minutes be
fore 11 when I began to sing, and the
concert wasn't over until after mid
night. I was distinctly nervous as
I began the verse of my first song.
It was a great relief when there was
a round of applause; that helped to
place my audience and gave me its
measure, at once.
But I was almost as disconcerted
a bit later as I had been by the first
incursion of the bats. I came to the
chorus, and suddenly, out of the dark
ness, there came a perfect gale of
sound.' It was the men taking up the
chorus, thundering it out. They took
the song clean away from me I
could only gasp and listen. The roar
from that unseen chorus almost took
my feet from under me, so amazing
was it, and so unexpected, somehow,
used as I was to having soldiers join
in a chorus with me, and disappointed
as I should have been had they ever
failed to do so.
But after that first song, when I
knew what to expect, I soon grew
used to the'strange surroundings. The
weirduess and the mystery wore off,
and I began to enjoy myself tre
mendously. The conditions were
simply ideal; indeed, they were per
fect, for the sentimental songs that
soldiers always like best. Imagine
how "Roamin' in the Gloamin' " went
that nichtl
I had meant to sing three or four
songs. But instead 1 sang nearly
every song I knew. It was one of the
longest programs I gave during
the whole tour, and I enjoyed the con
cert, myself, better than any I had
yet given.
My audience was growing all the
time, although I did not know that.
The singing brought up crowds from
the French village, who gathered' in
the outskirts of the throng to listen
and, I make no doubt, to pass amazed
comments on these queer Englishl
At last I was too tired to go on.
And so I bade the lads good-nicht,
and they gave me a great cheer and
faded away into the blackness. And
I went inside, rubbing my eyes, and
wondering if it was no all a dream I
"It wasn't Sir Douglas Haig who
arrived, was it, Harry?" "odfrey said,
slyly.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
Trench Mouth Puzzles
British Army Doctors
London,' June 21, "Trench mouth"
is one of the war diseases which is
engaging the attention of British
army doctors. Cases of the disease
have been for some time under ob
servation and treatment in both the
British and French armies. It ap
peared first in the German army,
where the experts attributed it for
a long time to their war bread. Later
observers thought it arose from a
prolonged diet of canned food.
Bavarian Soldier
Puts Guilt of War - ;
On Emperor William
Paris, June 21. French aviators
are dropping behind the German line;
and upon German cities and towns
thousands of copies of an appeal writ
ten by a Bavarian urging his conn'
patriots to protest against Prussian
tyranny and autocracy.
The document was found recently
on a Bavarian prisoner of war cap
tured by the French. In it the writ
er places upon Emperor William the
guilt of the war and expresses other
sentiments against Prussian militar
ism well known to exist in Bavaria,
despite frequent official testimonials
of alleged solidarity and unity be
tween both two German states.
As its circulation in Germany is,
of course, prohibited, the French au
thorities undertook its distribution
by air route. Some copies accidental
ly have fallen on the French lines.
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restaurant, operated here by the
British government, supplies a satisfy
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evening, for about 25 cents. There
Lis seating accommodation for 200. In
the evening the dinners are served to
outside customers if a deposit is made
for the tins containing the three
course meal, which is delivered by
messenger. t.
Amateur
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Go to the
Auditorium
June 24th
and 25th
The Paulist
Choristers,
100 Men and
Boys,
Will Sing.
You must come in person., Mails Orders cannot be filled on sale good.
The Paulist
Chorister
100 Men and
Boys,
Sing at the
Auditorium
June 24th and
25th.
For Stricken
France. You
Should Go!