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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1917. GOES TO JAIL FOR HAVINGWET GOODS Asbury Pollard Has No Money to Pay Fine, So Takes the Other Alternative. CHINAMAN PAYS HIS FINE Asbury Pollard was standing guard over six bottles of beer and five bot tles of whisky Thursday night when detectives entered the Midway res taurant at 207 North Twelttn street. In police avirt Friday Pollard had the choice of paying a fine of $100 on ine cnarge 01 navuig inioxicauug liquors in his possession or of go ine to iail for thirty days. "Well." he said. "I ain't tot the $100, so it appears that I ain't got much choice. M. W. King. Chinaman, who ex. plained to police officers that he used for flavoring; pies -the whisky which they found m his restaurant at 2032 Cuming street, was fined $100 and costs for violating the prohibtion law. He at first decided to appeal, but when he was asked to post a bond of lliu lor nis appearance in oisinci court he oaid his fine. " "Me never again," he said as he walked away. Police confiscated a quantity of booze in the Exchange drug store at Nineteenth and Harney streets, l-ioyo Marshall appeared in court Friday to explain its presence there. Hia trial was postponed till Tuesday. Harry Stem s problem is to ex. plain why he had beer in his grocery store at 1508 North Twenty-fourth street. His hearing is set for Sat urday. Telegrams Show German Cash Behind Conspiracy New York, May 4. A mass of tele grams, by which the government plans to prove the alleged plot to tie up the entente allies' munition traffic in. this country, was placed in evi dence today at- the conspiracy trial of Captain Franz Rintelen of the Ger man navy, Davhi Lami', former Rep resentative Frank Buchanan and H. Robert Fowler and' four others. The telegrams exchanged among the defendants for the most part dealt with the workings of labor's national I pace couiu.il, which, it is alleged, was financed by German money furnished through Rintelen, and sought to fo ment. strikes at munition factories and steamship piers.-.v - -. . Plans by the peace council to bnng about embargoes on the shipment of munitions and strikes in trades em ployed' in their manufacture, it was testified by Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Central Federated union, were proposed to him by Buchanan, Fow ier, -Jacob C. Taylor and Henry B. Martin, ;vlv said money for expenses would be supplied. Great Britain and Italy -; Are Now Short of Food Washington, May 4. Herbert C. Hoover, director of Belgian relief and new-., chairman of the food committee of thr Council for National Defense, arrived here today to report on the food situation abroad. He will present a comprehensive summary of condi tions iir.the allied countries as a basis for working out a plan apportioning American food shipments. N6. secret is made of tie serious ness; ot the food shortages ip ' both England and Italy. France is faring somewhat better, but is in need of coalf i ,," Up-to-the-Minute Allies No Oasis Shall Be Found in New Sahara of Nebraska, Decrees Reed Hark, all ye former disciples of the flowing bowll Be it known. Attorney General Reed has decreed you are living in a new Sahara, whose only distinction from the arid desert is that there you might expect to find an basis now and then. Even the hip-pocket oasis is barred in Nebraska. Any man in Nebraska who carries booze where his handker chief ought to be is liable to arrest and fine for violating the prohibition law. Moreover, any man whose breath savors of the outlawed liquids is lia ble to be summoned into court to ex plain where he "wet his whistle." bo says the law. announced Attor ney General Reed, after he had an swered 117 queries about the "ifs" and "why nots." of the dry statutes. Druggists cannot carry in stock any wines, whiskies, brandies, cord'als. beer or any other intoxicating liquor that is drinkable. Alllhey can carry is ethyl alcohol, and even this must be unfit for beverages and not taxed by the internal revenue collectors. -AH druggists must have state permits to possess even nondrinkablc alcohol. Wholesale druggists may carrv in stock wines for sacramental pur poses. But for every sale they must file with the county clerk a record of the transaction, naming the purchaser, the quantity sold and the sum paid for it. Attorney General Reed has received from local police authorities assurance of hearty support in enforcing the "dry" laws, "I'll go the limit on all eases that come to my attention," said City Pros, ecutor McGuire. "And members of the police depart ment will haul into court any and all offenders," promised Chief of Police Dunn. "There will be no bootlegging in Omaha if I can help it." Since May 1 ten Omahans have been arrested on charges of violat ing the prohibition law. Seven have been fined $100 and costs, one was sent to jail and two were found not guilty. One lone "drttnlc has been arraigned in police court since the dawn of dryness. He was fined $10. The daily average of "drunks" dur ing the wet regime was from ten to fifteen. Omaha War News To meet increased war needs the naval training station at Great Lakes, III., is being enlarged, according to "Richard Metcalfe isAfter Subscriptions. That's the : Whole Sum and Substance." So Says a Repre sentative of Kountze Memorial Some Observations by Richard L. Metcalfe ' To be sure Richard Metcalfe is "after sub scriptions" subscriptions to the Omaha Ne Iraskan a paper that has the impudepce and . audacity to print old-fashioned American doc trine beneath the very folds of the American flag. (The subscription price continues to be $2.00 per year.) i But Richard Metcalfe Is also "after" treason in Nebraska; and while trying to earn a living rthrbugh the practice of his profession, that of a newspaper man without a muzile, he is try iing' also to render service to his country. '- In this connection here are a few comments h!eh Richard Metcalfe has to make: Mr. Harry Fischer, said to be a member of the church board, says: "Richard Metcalfe serves . "his. country poorly when he keeps, such things stirred up." But when the clergyman of-Mr. Fischer's church publicly and repeatedly sneered :at tAmerica's war as "Wilson's War," said he 'would not co-operate with the president and charged that the war was brought about by. American autocracy. Mr. Fischer had no word of "reproof for the unpatriotic utterances. : Dr. Baltzly himself says: "I reserve my Amer ican right to think for myself." But when the "country is at war the man whose thoughts are "against hia country's interests would better keep them to himself. When he puts them into words he gives comfort to the enemy. There are only -two classes of people now: Those who are for America and those who are against America. Dr. Baltzly says that I am making merchan dise of my patriotism because I am trying to obtain subscriptions for the Omaha Nebraskan. T'he newspaper business is my profession. I Avfi been trying to make a living through the practice of that profession. For more than a :yegr now the Kaiser sympathizers have, been carrying on a boycott against me, seeking to destroy my business for the reason that I have exercised an editor's right to speak plainly in behalf of my country and against the Kaiser. These people have been surprised that I have not tamely submitted to this boycott and abandoned 'my means of livelihood. .They began this fight. I have simply resisted, partly in behalf of my own right to Conduct a legitimate business and "partly in behalf of my country's welfare. In this connection stick a pin here: It doesn't cost Dr. Baltily or any other of my critics a penny to print their criticisms of my old fash ioned American article. But It did cost me ap proximately $45.00 to print that good old Amer ican article. : Here's another thought: For two years Omaha newspapers have been filled with articles attack ing our country, articles written by Kaiser sym pathizers. But there has been no criticism from ;those who are now so fearful lest Richard Met 'calfe "stirs up trouble." It seems to be all right :for those who do not agree with the president to. say whatever they want to say, but it is re- - garded as a crime to give utterance to a little - old fashioned American doctrine. Dr. Baltzly 'intimates that I am a "self ap pointed critic." I am "self appointed," just as every other American citizen is self appointed, to do everything he can do for the benefit of . his country in a crisis. IN THE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN UPON THESE MATTERS I AM REPRESENTING EVERY RED-BLOODED AMERICAN IN NEBRASKA. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT JUST ASK THEM AND YOU WILL FIND THAT, "SELF APPOINTED" THOUGH YOU CALL ME, I SPEAK FOR THE GREAT MASS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE WHO INTEND TO UPHOLD THE PRESIDENT'S ARMS IN THIS GREAT CRISIS. Here's a thought also for the patriotic mem bers of Kountze Memorial: You cannot afford to have your great church stand for your pas tor's treasonable utterances. He has repeated them, and only forty-eight hours ago reiterated them. The very life of your church depends upon the repudiation of these utterances. If the of ficial board does not repudiate them the mem bers of the church should do so. In conclusion I desire to say that I am not 'moved by any small motive in the work I am trying to do. No soldier upon the battlefield was ever more impressed with the importance of his duty than I am impressed with my duty at this moment. I am doing it without malice toward any man or prejudice against any race of men. One Omaha paper said that I demanded Dr. Baltzly's discharge. That is not true. I have simply asked that either his church board or the members of his church repudiate his utter ances. This is necessary for the reason that Dr. Baltzly has repeatedly boasted that he has been kept busy receiving congratulations for his un patriotic remarks. If these remarks were merely those of a thoughtless individual we could af ford to pass them by, but if they represent the views of a great church institution, then the Americans of Omaha want to know it and they must know it in order to protect their country. Forty-eight hours ago cabinet officials told us of the great danger confronting our country. Because the situation is so serious we must beat down treason and rebuke treasonable utterances in every community if we would aid in the great work in which every patriotic citizen must have a part. We all know where the pastor of Kountze Memorial does not stand. He does not stand with tha president of the United States in America's criti.l The question now is, when do th Official board and tha memb.rt of th. Konntsa Memorial tand? Do they it.nd with th.lr pastor er do thoy .tand with the Preildent? That if the ques tion which they must answer in unequivocal lan- ?uage, for their pastor has made this necessary or the reason that he has repeatedly flaunted the flag of disloyalty in the faces of Omaha Americans. RICHARD L. METCALFE. .:' The Omaha Nebraskan speaks straight from the shoulder. It prints old-fashioned Ameri can doctrine. It should be in the home of every American, native and foreign-born. For the reason that The Nebraskan is an attractive and interesting paper, its circulation is now en joying unprecedented growth. Subscribe for The Nebraskan today. Subscription price $2.00 per year. ' Pabliehed every Thursday.- i "d your subscription to Omaha Nebraskan, 256 Bran deis Theater BIdg., Omaha, Neb. information sent to local recruiters. For a short time ill n:en enlisting here as apprentice seamen will be held at their homes, while the im- Erovements at the training station are ring made. Men enlisti .g in other ratings, and apprentice seamen with out homes here, will continue to go there. Members of the Omaha Auto club and other local motorists have of fered the use of a number of autos for the naval parade to the Florence rally this evening. More cars are needed, however, and Ensign Rayley asks patriotic car cowners to help him out. New slides, showing life in the ma rine corps, have been received here by Sergeants Carpenter and Moore, who will display them at local mo tion picture theaters. In addition to a rush of Omaha applicants for the officers' reserve corps, Colonel Root has been in formed that there are many at nearby towns awaiting examination. He and Captain Bower will examine about sixty at Council Blutis Saturday. Eleven at Bridgeport, in western Ne braska have also applied. Individuals and small groups at distant points will have to come here for examina tion, the colonel says, as he has no facilities for meeting the situation in any -other way. Captain McKinley is examining large groups at Sioux City and Des Moines. ITaval Lieutenant Harold Keller of Oijiaha is at sea, instead of in charge of ia recruiting station. Another Lieu tenant Keller, with the same initials, is on recruiting duty. O. C. Redick has offered the use of a store room on Twenty-first and Cuming streets to the Colored Woman's Red Cross auxiliary. Mrs. Redick will explain how the work if carried on at tiie first meeting Tues day. Mrs. Philip Letcher. 3415 Nortb Twenty-eighth street, is In charge oi the -group. They have several plant for raising money to buy material. Bee Want Ads P-dure Results. rawR mm mmm LriUULLLiaJ mm Come to Hart man's for big values Floor upon floor of high-nrade Home-Furnlshlngs at bargain prices. 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