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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1910)
German Warriors, Grizzled and Stern, Triumph in Peaceful r. I--; 15?-1 Adam Hclldar EncEwnrcv EIS 11EEAL CHAS.EPPEN fc, desire every mumtH-r or oi.r tfryanlralH-a t xb feag:.rn 'iJTi Bm m4 te like w in u tr wA l fisil n4 tOltEsmn, cr iTte Ihom tfcai tntr cuffatalun ! tcr Mil) Gr nanr In AuaarkA." Tk ,mi tli iwr cmmtm raimcarlm of A. P. Mrtjj. pmriOnot of Iho Wetnlpr Kr1cer-Uuflt. vltidi bM 1j crranal re raloo ta CneJtt Srrrxy, ftamtey anrl Mmidar laL na auttetr ta a ax9i of. Um OialraJ-'Foj-lmDa, "Oer te-wtaeter Vct raiien uud KrtfMrvrbujids von "orl Amniiua." (Uuliard Huellnr or titrw Xurk faiy ta naUoiial prmiidvnt and Cumrada Mrtna li national tcrretary. Gsnrap K. Htratmoji of Omaha Is a member of the national executive committee. Next year the national convention of (he oranltatlon li to be hld In Omaha, in September. Secretary Mertena announces that preparations for It will be beirun just a aoon as the afterrrath of Die recent re union Is cleaned up. The Omaha Commer clai club and Its publicity bureau will ci operitn with the German snokUftn to make the next convention the greatest ever held. . Thene national conventions are called bien nially, the last one having been held In' ew York, and at that time, when M Mertens was made secretary, Omaha was selected to entertain the nex.t meeting. Besides the delegates who will come to. represent the 40,000 members of the Central- veroana. many or the sooletlea usually st tend In a body, and Secretary Mertens be- lleves the trip to Omaha "will appeal to the. member-ship and draw thousands here from all parts f the oountry. Eleven subordlnata branches are com prised In the national organisation, scat tered from Atlantic coast to San Francisco, The Westllcher Kiieger-Bundes has a mem bership of 1.400.- in twenty-six locals. Three others are soon to be organised, at McCook and Hastings in Nebraska, and at Parkera burg. la. Towns in this district at present having locals are Omaha. Bennington, Pa pllllon, Hartlngton,' West Point, Hlldreth, Janaen, Grand Island. Columbus, Howells, Clatonla, Seward, Auburn, Norfolk, Sheri dan county, Stanton, Falls City, Lincoln and Leigh, in Nebraska; Manning, Denlson, Boden and New Hampton, In Iowa; .Mc Cook county, Salem, South Dakota; Marlon and Dickinson county, Kansas; Fulda, Min nesota. Membership is confined to veterans df the . Uernuin wars and ex-soldlers of the Ger man armies, whose papers show honorable service and clean papers of discharge. A great many entitled to membership are not, yet enrolled in the ranks, bat steady prog ress Is being made In enrollment. The western division, for lnvtance, started with but three locals in . and by the clue of the present year t.ul have thirty locals In floniislilng condition. The membership ranges as to age from the young man who has within very re cent years completed his army service in the fatherland to such veterans as George E. Stratman of SK4 North Twenty-fifth avenue. Omaha, who has long ago retired from active business, aid had seen much service long before the day when France and Germany met In the struggle which . lost Alsace and Loralne to the French nation, besides costing 6,0110,000,000 of war indemnity; in fact, the greatest Indemnity ever paid by one nation to another. Some of these men were present In the army, at least, when old Kaiser Wilhelm's iron chancellor, Bismarck, placed the Imperial ( crown on his head in the palace of Ver sailles. It will be recalled that in March, 1671, the Germans had on French soil more than 600,000 Infantry and over (W.0U0 cavalry, with nearly 2,000 guns. Of the men who were in that vast mili tary array about 300 at present belong to this western division, which recently marched through the streets of Omaha. Among them was Charles tivharlow, now living at 1SU3 Martha street, who holds the Iron Cross o Prussia, a decoration for which many a rich man of his blood would give half his fortune. And in the famous bodyguard of tae old kaiser was Gtlward Gurskl, holding the rank of cap tain. The spirit of this solid Germany soldiery was exhibited In the old age of many of Its members when they refused to ride in carriages lu the parade of lat Monday. Only four were so far Incapacited physi cally that they . could nut march; and, trudging sturdily along behind their com rades In the carriages, were dozens of men with white hair and bray beards who had followed the blaxk eagles of Prince Fred erick Charles and other generals through many a tedious march and many a skir n lib and engagement. Home were present at the decisive right of Sedan and the . capitulation or MeU. when Marshal Ha aln gained Ills unenviable fame. It was July, JS.3. before the hist Ger man aoldler left French soil, although the definite treaty of peace had been con-' eluded at Frankfort-on-the-Maln May 10, 1K71. to addition to the money Indemnity and the two rich 'provinces mentioned, Germany also took over the cities of Mets and Strasburg and the fortress of Belfort. In the list of membership of the Deutscher Landwehr Verein of Omaha are to be found the names of men who served in the Infantry, artllb-ry. f iwilerra. dia gnosis. huaajre. gremlaiers, uhlans, pioneer ' "f,k ;r-.v Earn w X 2 .--1 L Jl.i...,lls.,..u..lUlSMMl. 1. i. i uui.ai.... mZ, "S U : ' i t , - J- FyWTraWiMlaTiallTMW imnillimi WIMgfWPalssawaMBMa W, r: t SMtl) 1ULITAKY .SPIRIT 1& &TIX1, STRom 4 - E V "? ' I I" ' ' '-.V "1 - M b?4V-r;-1 V. r lit 'I . ' 1 ' ,4,- i f. , "II corps and In Hi cavalry. Some, too, were on, trie German warships, although the. German navy at that (tlrne was greatly inrerlof la strength and equipment to what 'l ha since become :'.' . Among themselves in camarederie and while the hours of visiting are on, these German veterana atid their later followers, ' will talk over again the days of heroic trial on the march and In the fight; but approach them for a story to put In print and they will seriously tell the Inquirer there Is nothing to talk about. In . the case of men like "Charley" Schartow the warning Is given that It la no use to try to get him to talk; and the warping proves true. " ' Mr. Schartow Is proud of his decoration. won on the field of battle, but he Js en- . tlrely satisfied in the consciousness that his own people and his old comrades know the value carried, In the soldier's eyes, by the possession of the cross. Budget of Interesting: Short Anecdotes Was the BUI Bad! KTEll M'KENZIE. the last of th -old Hudson Bay factors, had al ways t great hatred and fear of lawsuits. ', "I dined with Mr. McKenzle In :' Montreal not lona aim." said a mining enj;fTler of-New York, "and he reiterated his dread Of lawsuits, driving home his point with a story. "He Bald that a certain Smith won a case In the lower courts, the higher courts and the supreme court. . Smith was thus finally awarded, after- seven years of litigation, 600,000. "When Smith heard the glad news he Bped to his lawyers. " 'Hurrah!' he said. 'Gimme my imOOO.' " 'Yes. $000,000 was the award," . aald the lawyer, and at the same time he handed Smith a $1 bill. " 'But what's this forr Smith gasped. " That's all that's left, Mr. Smith,' ex plained the lawyer, 'after the deduction of my fee, the cost of the various sppeals and other expenses, which will be duly rendered you in an Itemized account.' . "Poor Smith studied the bill In his hand. " "Say. what's the matter with this?' he demanded. 'Is It bad?'" Philadelphia Ledger. (ireater Than Teddy. While ex-President Roosevelt was on his famous Louisiana bear-huntlug trip he passed by an old colored man's cabin and saw two fine hounds In the yard. Mr. Roosevelt made several offers for the hounds, each larger than the last; but the old man shook his head. Finally the presi dent said: "If you knew who I am you would sell me thoa dogs." "Sell you dem houn' dawgs If I kuowed who you Is!" exclaimed the old man. "Who is you. anyhow?" "I am President Roosevelt," was the reply, uttered in an Impressive tune. The old man looked at hlm'a moment, and then said: "Sea heali, 1 wouldn't care If you was Hookah T. Washington, you couldn't get dem dawga!"-Mack's National Monthly. A Joke In the Jarjr Haxtna. Here is a story told by a local lawyer, who swears it is an actual experience: A Jury had retired on a murder ease and had voted 11 to I for acquittal. The obstinate man was a small, led faced fellow, ap parently a heavy drinker. He held out for conviction and declared he. was reaoV to stay there aa long as the next one. Kvery now and then lie would lean over and suck the head of a small bamboo cane he car ried. Finally the Jurymen began to make ready for a night of It. The little man soon fell aaleep over his vane and when he dropped P EE III-: OMAHA ; - l 7;'. U XL 111 . ."Beligious' SB&vtCES.'nr. OpEiT'Anb - I vf HI 'Adam Huller of '2792 South Ninth street, now 74 years old; .could unfold a tale If he would, but he i tike unto, the others In bjs modesty as to achievements of bis young manhood. He holds' the distinction Of being the only man living of a company of 330 that Went. Into the battlo of Orleansi Of th whole company with which Huller went to battle that day but seven answered roll call. The rest were killed or wounded, And last Monday Charles Kpplen, president of the Omaha Landwehr verein, pinned onto - Adam Holler's breast a medal won on that gorjf day forty years ago. Schartow and Huller are mentioned here as belng'typlcal of the men who helped to conquer the armies of the third Napoleon. On the membership rolls of the different locals are many veterans of the Franco- Prussian struggle -who made names for themselves In, the days of glory, and. Ilk these two, a good many of them are In the humbler walks of life; but they ar men. jL further in the Land of Nod th stick fell to the' floor. Members of the Jury picked it up and were'about to return It when they discovered that It was filled with whlBky, and very good whisky, too. ' They passed It around, each taking a sip. Of a sudden the little man awakened and, reaching for : his cane,' attempted to suck more "Oil of Joy" from the head. He was very thirsty, but found the cane empty. After thinking some time, he said: "Boys, I believe I've changed my mind. I'M vote for acquittal. Lets hurry." Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. ' , lie Misread the sign. When Alphonse presented himself, breath less, at the ticket office of the steamship company, from behind a pair of large spectacles there gazed down at him two keen gray American eyes. The clerk, whom Alphonse knew, was away on his vacation, and for a moment Alphonse was embar rassed. Then he spoke confidentially. "Oh, monsieur," 1 wlsh state room on your next steamer sailing for Havre," he said, "and I wish above all to secure for my passage the room No. S3." The clerk shook his head. "Too bad yod've set your heart on it," he said, "for It's been engaged over a fort night by people thai wouldn't like to change. ,M'un't any other state room do you?'' "But, monsieur, it was in a dream I saw the number," said Alphonse, sadly. "My grandfather, dead now twenty years, ap peared to me, well and hearty, and on each cheek was a figure three, so" and Al phonse illustrated freely. The agent had not much regard for superstitions, but he knew his man. "Look here." he said, "was your grand father's mouth open or shut-when he ap peared to you?" "But, monsieur. It was open slightly, thus," and Alphonse again Illustrated. "You're all right, then." said the clerk, cheerfully. "Three hundred and three is w hat you want, and 1 have it light here for you. See?" Youth's Companion. I'ia Moaev for ,'lliutsrlf.' , At H table In the Manufacturers' club the other evening several manufacturers were gathered, discussing subjects with great Interest and with aa great Impartial ity. Tke talk switched in time to the ques tion of wages, and all had more orvjess to say on that point. One of the men who employs hundreds of workers was called upon to tell w hat he thought of the Increased cost of living. "Well," he said, "I know that my men are constantly asking for more wages and saying that they cannot live on what they earn, but on uf them gave the rich est excuse for a raise that I ever heard. "He cams Into the office a few weeks ago and aald that he had Just bveu married and SrT)AV HF,K: SKlTKMnKTl 11. 1010. every Inch of them. ..... : A thy were gec ' solrtters, tsctng tile routine luUea of th camp arxs the streuu-.. tue service of the field with stout hearts and eouls unafraid, so in civil life the sol fliers 6f Prussia and the other German states now banded toKether In the empire have always proved their -worth. Those of them who came to America have borne a man's part In every walk where duty has called therm- They have as a rule raised families that are a credit to themselves and of highest patriotic Impulse for the country under whose flag they live. Aside from the days given to the annual local re unl v.'S and the biennial meetings of the national bund the ways and the speech of peace are theirs. They can well be par dened, then. If on those occasions they toast th kaiser and renew old vows of love for childhood home and fatherland, and In this their A nerican fellow citizens wanted more money. In a spirit of Jest I euld 19 him: 'So you want to take home more money to little wlfle? That's w-hat you want the raise for, is It?" " 'Oh, no, sir," he replied. 'I want the raise for myself. The wife knows bow much I am vetting now, sir, and I can't knock down any of my present wages; she gets it all. I need the raise i for personal ex penses.' ' "Well, you men, can easily guess he got that raise; he' Is too blamed hones, to let get away." Philadelphia, Times. $ Only Clerk Would Do. "A woman Is a better talker than a man." said Harry Lehr at a dinner In Newport. "A woman can say in one neat, graceful phrase more than a man could pack Into a paragraph. "I stood In a railway station the other 'day, and on all sides wives about to start for the seashore and country were taking leave of . their husbands. I heard one really charming wife say as sh? held her husband's hand: . - " 'Good-bye, dear. Don't forget to write.' " 'No, no; I'll write often,' he replied, earnestly. Prize Package of Smuggled Jewels Captured UREK pearl necklaces, one pearl T collarette, other jewelry and laces, the whole valued at about $115,000, are inetaphoiically dang ling as trophies at the belt of Collector l.oeb of New York as the result of the work of John J. Raczkle wlcz. acting deputy surveyor, on the pier of the White Star line on Sunday, when he and his men Intercepted Mrs. I. Rey nolds Adrlance of' Pnughftccpsie as she stepped down the gangplank from the steamship Baltic. Mrs. Ad'iance gave bail before I'nlud Slates Commissioner Alexander III the sum of 17.500 on the Initial charge of attempting to smuggle the pearl necklace, which In spectors found In the convolutions of her great straw turban, a gold mesh bag and laces. When It was learned of the fiuiiing of the other Jewelry, which, excepting a pearl necklace found on the peisun uf Miss Marian C. Adriante, the daughter, and an other on Mrs. Mary II. Doughty, the com panion, waa stowed'away In the hand bag gage, the mystery of the raid on the state rooms of the steamship Mauritania last week was cleared up. Customs officials had heard of the pur chase by Mrs. Adrians of the pearl neck lace found In her hat. They had also heard of a display of other Jewelry, and 4u the end got a minute story ul the poaeajiou ; pyyy. .lib J ..v.--. - . llEK of other nationalities do Join with them most heartily, much to their Joy, In the Teutonlo nature Is a deep-seated love of home, and few. Indeed, amnnfr these German veterans and ex-soldlers are the ones who do not own their own homes, either In city, village or In the country. They are the mainstay of the religious, fraternal and political organizations with which they affiliate in numbers. Lacking in frlllH, they have common sense and solidity of thought and a never-falling faith Selected from the Story Yes, do, if It's only a check,' said she." tVashlngton Star. ot n Kit. The authorship of j "Little Breeches," written by the late 'Secretary of State John Hay, was frequently attributed to the late Bret Harte. A young woman once said to him: "I am highly pleased to meet you, Mr. Harte. 1 have read all your poerr., but I have enjoyed 'Little Breeches' the most" "Pardon me, rrmdam,' replied Harte, "but you have put the 'Little Breeches' on the wrong man." New York: Gkbe. l ne Chance to Lose, "Now that the democrats are crowing over their prospects of winning the con gressional election," said Representative Butler of Pennsylvania t'lie other day, "I am reminded of what good old Ike Hill, assistant seigeant-at-arms of the house,, used to say on the eve of an election. Ike was a democrat through and through, but he waa a' philosophical democrat. "When anybody asked him how he thought the vote would go, he ' would In variably reply: of the Adrlance parly. Through some mis understanding It was supposed that passage had heen taken fn the Mauretunla, but a scrutiny of the passenger list showed no one uf the name. TP be on the safe side an unusually searching examination nf the empty state rooms was made, and the Identity of those In the occupied rooms established. There was no disturbance, but when the Inspec tors were through Inspecting there was n doubt of who was and who was not on the big Cunarder. Then came the tip of the passage on the steamship Baltic and the desperate hut courteous1 fight of Mr. Raczklcwlcz to win a confession from Mrs. Adrlance. If the pearl necklace In the hat. which was valued alone at 17.000. liaj not been revealed, the customs officials believe they would not have been able to clean up the case. Mrs. Adrlance declaied that she had bought the pearl collarette, valued at 115,0(10, and the other jewelry not Incljded In the charge., In this city. She will have an op portunity to submit proof. The charges will be submitted to the federal grand Jury at once. 'The necklace found in the possession or the daughter It Is believed was bought In th s country. Miss Adrlance said she took it abroad to niaic.li the pearls to. have the necklace lengthened. She had purchased eight pearls, and tliebe were loose. She WHO FOLLOWED in the essentials of American citizenship. Their patriotism as Americans has been well proven no less In the days of civil strife than la the loi.g years of peace. Warrior hearts are theirs, and theirs alxo In large measure are the virtues that make a country great. Their children are taught to love God and truth and to cherish th Stars and Stripes as they In their youth cherished the flag of their king and home land. The officers of the Westllcher Krleger- " 'By- gosh! I think we've got 'em, if they dont' buy us off!' "Popular Maga zine. The Hlwht Way. William Muldoon, the noted trainer, was talking, apropos of the Jefflres-Johnson fight, of training. "In training," he said, "the strictest obedience Is reqlured. Whenever I think of the theory of training I think or Dash, who, after eighteen years of married life, la one of the best and happiest husbands In the world. " 'Dash,' I once said to him, 'well, Dash, old man, how do you like married life?' 1 " 'According to directions,' he replied." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mllpper Wins lluslmnd. home time tills fall a dainty slipper will be thrown after Mildred Mermelstein of 215 IGast One Hundred and Thirteenth street. New York, for double good luck. It won her a rich husbund, and Samuel Newman got a wife In a way, that makes the bride-to-be a real up-to-date Cinder ella. Except for . the slipper, Newman mlyht have livtd for years a lonely buch- will have to pay duty on the eight pearls at least, It was said that Mrs. Doughty declared she had bought the necklace in her posses sion in this city. She will liave an op portunity to prove It. Miss Advance's necklace was valued ut 3,0.W, and Mrs. lWughiy s at 12,500. On a table in the commissioner's room was the exhibit on which the complulnl was mHde. the most Interesting to the spectators being the straw turban, with its blue feathers and general mussed up ap pearance since Its seizure by the Inspectors. The velvet hag In which the necklace was hidden had been placed under velvet trim mings In the folds of the straw. The bulk of the Jewelry, which Mrs. Adrlance will have to piove she purchased In this coun try, was stowed away In the safe of Sur veyor Henry, at the customs house. ' If purchase In New York City of the lluS.ooo worth of jewelry, outside the pearl necklace and laces arid gol.l mesh bag. which are valued at lli.OOo, is not proved, a fine may be Imposed equal to the foreign value of the Jewelry, plus the duty, a toul uf at least lltiO.oiio. In addition, the Jewelry would be forfeited. It would prove an expensive effort to evade the payment of customs duties, one or the must, exiensive In the history of smuggling by passengers In the port of New York. New York Tribune. V Pursuits JFRITZ numl are, besides President Martens: Vie president, II. C. Hinrlchs, Jansen, Neb.; secretary, Rrnst Koenlg, South' Omaha; financial secretary, J. F. Harthun, Denlson, la.; treasurer. Hans C. Wlesfl, Bennington. Officers of the Omaha verein are; Charles Epplen, president; Jacob Hulioeasler, vice prepldcnt; Ernst Koenlg, swrotary: Ludwlg Rispler, financial secretary; John Waller, treasurer; Otto Kletke, doorkeeper; George Klene, Charles Schartow, Edward Stoekert, executive committee. Tellers' Pack elor In his home In 510 Wendover avenue, the Bronx. Three weeks ago, relates the New York Press, Miss Mermelstein went to a dance with several girl friends. The strain of dancing broke the strap on one of her lit tle satin slippers, and she waa forced to use a common, unromantlc pin to repair the break. Afterward the girls returned home In a trolley car, which Miss Mermel fctcln was the last to leave, she had Just placed one foot oil the pavement when ah felt the pin snap, and the satin slipper gave way again. Sha called to the con ductor to stop the car, but too late. He already hud given the signal to the mo torman, and the car sped on, carrying th slipper and leaving Miss Mermelstein standing in the road blushing with dis may. With her friends shielding her from the gaze of curious persons, an managed to get home, deeply grieved at the loss of the slipper and not suspecting the Incident would prove a turning point in her life. in the car wua Samuel Newman, 24 years old, but already tiling of a Bronx bachel orhood, lie noticed the tiny slipper as he was abou.t to leave the car and remem bered the young woman who got off the car a few segunds 'before. Putting the slipper In his pocket, he hurried to the block where Miss Mermelstein alighted, only to find sha and her companions had gune away. Then he decided to take th slipper home, and the next day he put an advertisement in several newspapers, of fering to return the slipper to Its original wearer. Miss Mermelstein read the advertise ment and answered with a brief note to Newman, giving her address. The man did not stop to send an answer by mail, but hurried to the young woman's home. There, as tile slipper fitted Miss Mermel steln's foot, and she hud the mate, he was assuied he had found the rightful owner, i.ut that is only the beginning of the story. , New n, an fell that tus acquaintance with the yotiiiK woman ought not to end there, lie followed the usual method In such cases of ilndint an excuse to cal) again, uud tin i carter he found ma iy muie ex cuses for toe same purpose. The acquaint ance ripened .peedlly into friendship, and then came news of the engagement. The marriage . of the couple will take place early In the rail. A Keairlcted Sphere. . Judge Hancruft Cox, iu a recent speech In Cleveland against universal suffrage, concludkU with this smiling peroration: ".Hall, then, to woman woman, the morn ing star of our youth, the day star of our maturity, the evening star of our old ag. Bless our stars, and may they ever con tinue shining In tiielr proper aphar," Washington Stsjr. - J