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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1923)
Baptist Union Elects Officers Dr. William Franklin Named President of Ministers and Deacons Group. Dr. William Franklin was named M president of the Ministers’ and Dea cons’ union of the New Era Baptist association of Nebraska, now in ses sion here. Tuesday morning. Othpr officers elected are A. N. Harold, assistant president; W. J. Andrews, secretary; H. C. Garner, corresponding secretary; Rev. J. D. Davis, treasurer; and Rev. J. Burt, board member. Present convention of the associa tion opened in Omaha Monday. The association is divided into three de partments: the Ministers’ and Dea cons' union, the women's auxiliary, whose sessions began Tuesday af ternoon at 1:30, and the Association of Churches, sessions of which will begin Thursday afternoon at 1:30 and close with services Sunday afternoon at 3. Dr. W. F. Botts is moderator of this organization, and H. L. An derson is secretary. Dr. H. F. Botts. pastor df Zion church. Omaha, preached Tuesday morning at 11. jWidow of Early Nebraska Minister Dies in Omaha Mrs. John Huston, widow of a pio neer Nebraska Presbyterian minister, died Tuesday morning at the home of her son, L. E Huston, 3325 North Fifty-ninth street. Mrs. Huston had lived at the House of Hope for the last four or five years, until two weeks ago when she suffered a nerv ous stroke and was removed to the home of her son. Rev. Mr. Huston, her husband, or ganized the First Presbyterian church at Atkinson. Neb., in 1SS2. He died 30 years ago. Besides L E Huston. Mrs Huston Is survived by two other sons. J. J. Houston of Omaha and T. R. Huston of Milwaukee. Funeral services will be held at the Kramer Undertaking establishment this afternoon at, 2. following which the body will be taken to Atkinson, where Mrs. Huston will be buried be side her husband. Man Wanted in Wyoming on Check Charge Held Here H V. Jones, living at 2120 Califor nia street under the name of Murphy, was arrested by Detective Franks Tuesday on information received from Sheridan. Wyo , where he is said to be wanted for passing worthless rhecks. He is held for investigation. ONE OF OURS By WILLA GATHER. Famous Nebraska Author. (Conturned from Yesterday.) synopsis. Claude Wheeler, son of s Nebraska rancher, is disappointed in wedded life with Enid Ruvee. religiously cold daugh ter of Jason Royce. Frankfort (Neb.I miller. After a year and a half together the goes to China to visit her younger sis ter Caroline, a missionary, who Is 111, and Claude goes to army officers' training camp and 1s commissioned a lieutenant. He had three years In a small denomina tional college In Lincoln, where he be came a friend of the Erlich family, motherly widow and five sons. He has friends in Ernest Havel and Leonard Dawscn, young farmers and neighbors of the Wheeler family. He has an elder brother, Bayllss, In buslneas In Frankfort, his father. Nat. and a younger brother, Ralph. While home on leave from camp he falls In love with Gladys Farmer, high school friend of his wtfe. Claude goes to France with hit company. He and Lieu tenant David Gerhardt, who gave up a musical career to enter the army, become friends o the transport. In capturing a machine gun nest Claude Is slightly wounded in the ankle by an exploding shell. While on 10 days' leave ho and Gerhardt visit Madame Mid KUO. Claire, French friends of Gerhardt’s while he was studying violin in France several years be fore. They rejoin their battalion and go to village of Beaufort. .An ambushed Ger man officer fire® into a crowd of eoldler® and civilians In the town square, killing several and wounding others, before he is dispatched by Claude's bayonet and a shot from Sergeant Hlek's revolver. Csp in in Maxey was shot. In the leg by the German and seriously wounded. The Yanks and French girls make merry In the town, pending, the time when the American* mufrt ihortly lwt®. Claude and (ierhardt utroll about the afreet® watching the merrymakers. BOOK FIVE—CHAPTER XVIII. “With us it's always a feast or a famine.'' the men groaned, when they sat down by the road to munch dry biscuit at noon. They had covered IS miles that morning, and had still seven more to go They were ordered to do the 25 miles in eight hours. No hodv had fallen out yet. but some of the boys looked pretty well wilted. Nifty Jones said he was done for. Sergeant Hicks was expostulating with the faint hearted. He knew that if one man fell out. a dozen would. “If I can do it. you can. It's worse on a fat man like me This is no march to make a fuss about. Why, at Arras I talked with a little Tommy from one of those Pal bat talions that got slaughtered on the Somme. His battalion marched 25 miles in six hours, in the heat of July, into certain death. They were all kids out of school, not a man of them over five foot-three, called them the 'Bantams' You've got to hand it to them, fellows " 1 11 hand onything to anybody, but I ran t go no farther on these. " Jones muttered, nursing hia sore feet. “Oh. you’ We re going to have you onto the only horse in the company. The officers, they can walk!1' When they got into battalion lines there was food ready for them, but very few wanted it. They drank and lay down in the bushes. Claude went at once to headquarters and found Barclay Owens, of the Engineers, with the Colonel, who was smoking and studying his maps as usual “Glad to see you, Wheeler. Your men ought to be in good shape, after a week's rest. Let them sleep now. We've got to move out of here before KZ£ ■ midnight, to relieve two Texas bat talions at Moltke trench. They’ve taken the trench with heavy casual ties and are beat out; couldn't hold it in case of counter attack. As it's an Important point, the enemy 'will try to recover it. I want to get into po sition before daylight, so he wont know fresh troops are coming in. As ranking officer, you are in charge of the company." "Very well. sir. I’ll do my best.’’ "I’m sure you will. Two machine gun teams are going up with us, and some time tomorrow a Missouri bat talion cotnes up <o support. I’d have had you over here before, but I only got my orders to relieve yesterday. We may-have to advance under shell ftfre. The enemy has been putting a lot of big stuff over; he wants to cut off that trench." Claude and David got Into a fresh shell hole, under the half burned scrub, and fell asleep. They were awakened at dusk by heavy artillery fire from the north. At 10 o'clock the hattallon, after a hot meal, began to advance through almost impassable country. The guns must have been pounding away at the same range for a long while; the ground was worked and kneaded until it was soft as dough, though no rain had fallen for a week. Barclay Owens and his engineers were throw ing down a plank road to get food and the ammunition wagons across. Big shells were coming over at intervals of 12 minutes. The intervals were so regular that it was quite possible to get forward without damage. While B company was pulling through the shell area. Colonel Scott, overtook them, on foot, his orderly leading his horse. "Know anything ahout that Ugh* over there, Wheeler?" he asked. "Well, it oughtn’t to be there. Come along and see." The light was a mere match-head dhwn in the ground. Claude hadn’t noticed it before. He followed the colonel, and when they reached the spark they found three officers of A company crouching in a shell crater, covered with a piece of sheet-iron. "Put out that light," called the colbnel sharply. "What's the matter. Captain Brace?" A young man rose quickly. "I’m waiting for the water, sir. It's com ing up on mules, in petrol cates and I don't want to get separated from It. The ground s so bad here the drivers are likely to get lost." “Don't wait more than 20 minutes you must get up and take your posi tion on time, that’s the important thing, water or no water." As the colonel and Claude hurried back to overtake the company, five big ahells screamed over them in rapid succession. "Bun. sir," the or derly called "They're getting on to us; they've shortened the range.” "That light back there was Just enough to give them an idea,” the colonel muttered The bad ground continued for shout a mile, and then the advance reached headquarters, behind the eighth trench of the great system of trenches. It was an old farmhouse which the Herrgans had made over with reinforced concrete, lining it within and without, until the walls were six feet thick and almost shell proof, like a pillbox The colonel sent his orderly to enquire about A company A young Lieutenant came to the door of the farmhouse "Where is Captain Brae*, lieuten ant?” "He and both of our first lieuten ants were killed, colonel Back In that hole. A shell fell on them not five minutes after you were talking to them.” "That's bad Any other damage?" "Yes. sir. There was a cook wagon struck at the same time; the first one coming along Juliug Caesar's new road The driver was killed, and we had to shoot the horses. Captain Owens, he near got scalded with the stew.” The colonel called In the officers one after aother and discussed their positions with them. "Wheeler." he said when Claude's turn came, "you know your map? You've noticed that sharp loop in the front trench. In H 2.—the Boat's Head, I believe they call it. It's a sort of spear point that reaches out toward the enemy, and It will be a hot place to hold. If I put your com pany In there, do you think you can do the battalion credit in case of a counter attack?" Claude said he thought so. "It's the nastiest bit of the line to hold, and you ran tell your men I pay them a compliment when I put them there." "All right, sir. They'll appreciate It.” The colonel bit off the end of a fresh cigar. "They'd better, by thun All on One Ticket M I JiHf ZoliVf ^ new marve' at «v«ry turn. Leaping B 0 M geysers, belching mud volcanoes, splut* B tenng “paint pots.” Petrified trees stand* B ing a million years. Boiling springs and sapphire pools. B Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone—the world’s scenic B dimax in colors. Bear, buffalo, deer and elk. m / “1 |^%/Magic dty of the West, with its won ■ •uPfM m m wl ■ f derful Tabernacle and world-famous B • organ built by the Mormon pioneers. ■ Deseret Museum filled with relics of early days and ■ the cliff dwellers. 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Ryetam, from I4lt Dodge St, Onttba, Phone Jackion tin —^ m Coneolldeted Ticket OSIct Union station Ofnftnft l«i# Dod*e St, Phone Atlantic »n*or rotb and Huey Street* Union Pacific der! If they give way and let the Hun bombers in, it will let down the whole line. I'll give you two teams of Georgia machine guns to put in that point they call the Boar's Snout. When the Missourians come up to morrow, they'll go in to support you, but until then you’ll have to take care of the loop yourselves. I've got an awful lot of trench to hold, and I can't spare you any more men.” The Texas men whom the battalion came up to relieve had been living for 60 hours on their iron rations, and on what they could pick off the dead Huns. Their supplies had been shell ed on the way, and nothing had got through to them. When the colonel took Claude and Gerhardt forward to inspect the loop that B company was to hold, they found a wallow', more like a dump heap than a trench. The men who had taken the position were almost too weak to stand. All their officers had been killed and a ser geant was in command. He apologized for the condition of the loop. "Horry to leave a mess for you to clean up, sir, hut we got it bad in here. He's been shelling us every night since we drove him out. I couldn't ask the men to do anything but hold on.” "That's all right Ton beat It with your boys, quick! My men will hand you nut »)m» grub as you go back. ’ The nattered -defenders of the Boar's Head stumbled past them through the darkness Into the communication. When the last man had filed out, the colonel sent for Barclay Owens. Claude and David tried to feel their way about and get some Idea of the condition the place was In. The strench was the worst they had yet encountered, but it was less disgust ing than the flies; when they inad vertently touched a dead body, clouds of wet, buzzing flies flew up into their faces, Into their eyes and nostrils. Under their feet the earth worked and moved as if boa constrictors were wriggling down there—soft bodies, lightly covered. When they had found their way up to the Snout they came upon a pile of corpses, a dozen or more, thrown one on top of an other like sacks of flour, faintly dis cernible in the darkness. While the two officers stood there, rumbling, squirting sounds began to come from this heap, first from one body, then from another—gasses. The boys went back to the colonel, who was standing at the mouth of the communication, and told him there waa nothing much to report, except that, the burying squad was needed badly. I expect!” The colonel shook his NewYork City pmaha Salt Lake City Ogden 1417 Dsnglas Street Quality A Credit Store for All the People Style BUY ON PAYMENTS $4 DOWN 1 SALE A Special Purchase <0 Sport ats The quantities gave ns a very low price for a big lot of all new hats for sport wear in the best of materials and the most desirable colors and shades. 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"I've brought plenty of lime, but where'll you get your concrete?" "The Hun left about fifty sacks of it in the cellar, under your headquar ters. I can do better, of course, if I have a few hours more for my con crete to dry.” "Go ahead, captain.” The colonel told Claude and David to bring their men up to the communication before light, and get them ready. "Give Owens’ cement a otjance. but don't let the enemy put over any surprise on you." (Continued in The Momlnr Bee.) Butterfield Files Suit on Trade Mark Infringement Suit for an injunction and an ac counting of profits and damages has been brought by Fred Butterfield & Co.. Inc , against Stewart * Co., of New York city, for infringement of the trade mark "Normandy" as ap plied to dotted voiler. The case, is being handled for the Butterfield concern by Attorneys A P. Bachman and Charles G. Hensley. Man With Jewelry Held Eugen* Comby. 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