THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917.
WAR GIVES CHANGE
TO BEPRESIDENT
Most of the Country's Chief
Executives Have Won Re
nown on Battlefields.
1920 MAY BE EEPEATEE
By A. R. GROH.
Do you want to be elected presi
dent of the United States? Then you
can add greatly to your chance by
going into the army.
It is likely, providing we get ae.
tively into the war, that the candi
dates for president in 1920 will be
men shining with military glory.
The history of our country shows
that every war we have had has pro
duced a president and some of them
have produced two or three. Some
soldier's star is probably leading him
to the White House now. Glance
over our history.
George Washington was a colonel
of volunteers at the beginning of the
revolution.
The battle of New Orleans brought
fame to "Old Hickory" Jackson and
landed him in the White House.
"Rough and Ready" General Taylor
made himself president in the Mexi
can war. The casting of the ballots
was a mere formality that came later
Civil War Hit Opportunity.
When the civil war started there
was a modest little man in St. Louis
in the leather business. He also used
to haul loads of wood in to town and
sell them. The civil war was hit op
portunity and this modest little coun
try man, whose name was Ulysses S.
Grant, occupied the White House for
eight years. He was received with
highest honor in the courts of the
world when he made a globe-circling
trip. The most splendid tomb on this
continent marks his resting place. .
Theodore Roosevelt, with the aid of
his Rough Riders in the Spanish
American war, gained the popular
fame that made him president,
A young man enlisted as a private
in an Ohio regiment at the beginning
of the civil war. He gained distinc
tion for bravery and rose through all
the ranks to be assistant adjutant
general. He was elected president
thirty years after the war closed. His
name was William McKinley.
In that very same Ohio regiment
was another soldier, an officer named
Rutherford B. Hayes, who also be
came president.
At Battle of Tippecanoe.
James A. Garfield was a colonel
and later a major general in the civil
war. William Henry Harrison gained
his pre-presidential fame when he won
the battle of Tippecanoe. Franklin
Pierce served in the Mexican war as
a colonel and brigadier general.
Abraham Lincoln had a short ca
reer as a soldier in the Black Hawk
Indian war. James Monroe wai in
the revolution for a short period.
Men who rendered important serv
ice as civilians in war time haye
gained the presidency. , John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson were among
these. .
So in 1920, if we may judge the fu
ture by the past, the two great politi
cal parties will have as their standard
bearers men who won fanje in the
great war. They may be men of whom
we have not yet heard, "John Doe,
hero of the battle of X ," and
"Richard Roe, the man who won the
battle of Y 1 I
War is an unequaled maker of
' great names, you see.
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Omaha War News
Young women who would be yeo
manettes continue to flutter into the
offices of Lieutenant Waddell of the
naval recruiting station, but there is
little, if any, chance for them to get
into this arm of the government serv
, ice.
' The naval rules under which Lieu
tenant Waddell is working makes pro
visions for two yeomanettes and no
more. These two enlisted , several
days ago and there are no places
available for others unless the ranks
should become depleted.
The government order to cease
enlistments for service in the Officers'
Reserve corps has brought some re
lief to the officers around the Army
building. Applicants for positions
were numerous Thursday, but soon
the words "No more men wanted"
had been passed around and the rush
was over. .1
Enlistments1 for regular service
continue, but there is a letup and not
so many men are filing applications
as a few days ago. Captain McKin
ley, nowever, does not consider this
a bad omen, going on the theory that
the desire to go to war runs in waves.
I'e says that while there is no appar
ent reason, for a few days there may
not be a man who will offer his serv
ices and immediately thereafter he
may be swamped with applications. -
The war spirit has hit the general
offices of the Woodmen of the World
and within the last two weeks twenty-
five of the clerks have cast their lot
with Uncle Sam. They have gone
into the several arms of the service,
the number in each being divided
about equally.
Though the clerks from the general
offices of the Woodmen of the World
will be replaced by women while the
men are away, these women will not be
. given permanent 'positions. The rule
with the general offices is that when
the men return from war service they
wilt be given their old positions, or
others equally as remunerative.
John Raley', yeoman connected with
the naval recruiting -station and who
is out with the Union Pacific silo spe
cial, instead of talking crop, is bend
ing his energies to secure enlistments
in the navy. His efforts are being
attended with results, for since Mon
day he has sent in ten young Ne
braskans to take the ph. sical exami
nation. Raley is loaded down with applica
tions for enlistment and also carries
a quantity of literature pertaining to
naval service. When the train stops
at stations where the lecturers tell the
farmers what they should do to in
crease the number of bushels of grain
per acre, Raley gets out and tells the
men of the younger set how they can
, increase the strength of Uncle Sam's
navy.
Clifford ' Lunbeck, McCook, Neb.,
has tinned ud for the marine com
Members of The Bee Family Who'
Go to Fort Snelling Camp Saturday
1 at fi
Ralph S. Doud of the editorial de
partment, and Robert P. Kimball and
A. H. Major of the advertising de
partment of The Bee, will entrain
Saturday evening for the officers'
training camp at Fort Snelling.
Mrs. Kimball, a bride of four
months, announced ndr determination
to enter the Red Cross service when
she learned that her husband was
among those chosen to attend the
training camp, sue was jviiss Adrya
Locke of Stanton. Neb., and was mar
ried last January.
Mr. Kimball joined The Bee's ad
vertising staff last year. He left a
position with the Illinois Central rail
road. He was graduated from the
University of Nebraska in 1912 and,
has taken post-graduate work, which
entitles him to a scholarship in the
Columbia School of Journalism.
Mr. Doud. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert A. Doud, 144 North Forty
first .street, was born in Omaha. He
wai a member of Central Hizh school
class of 1908 and attended one tnd
one-half years at the State university.
I T , 1. 1 ....... .4 1 T AM nr
lie luim uu uuimsmu at 1115
Peak, Colo. 1
Mr. Major resides at 1457 finkney
street. He is unmarried and a son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Major of Kansas
City, where he lived before coming
to Omaha. He had military training
MS DOUD
AH. MAJORS
at the Colorado Agricultural college
at Fort Collins and attended Park
eollege, Missouri.
FUTURE OFFICERS
PROMINENT HERE
Young Met Who Go to Tort
Snelling Camp Come From
Some of Oldest Families
in Omaha.
Among Omaha young men selected
for reserve officer training at Fort
Snelling are those of prominence in
many varied lines of activity, as well
as some practically unknown outside
their immediate circle of friends.
The democracy and cosmopolitan
nature of the selection so far an
nounced it noted on all tides. Ndxt
to names of socially prominent youths
and sons of rich or pioneer families
the list carries names of poor lads
who have worked their own way to
recognition.
Come From Varied Lines.
Athletes, lawyers, students, clerks,
draftsmen, auto salesmen, insurance
men, business men and newspaper
men are all included, with here and
there an artist, a professor, a bond
dealer and a doctor.
Some of the prospective officers
come from families of foreign extrac
tion and various creeds are represent
ed! Some have had considerable mili
tary experience, while a few have had
tittle or none.
All have rallied to the call in the
national emergency and are candi
dates to be among the first 10,000 offi
cers for the army that will fight-for
democracy against autocracy.
Relative of Colonel Gorgai.
' Charles A. Gorgas, 2420 Cass street,
is a blood relative of the distinguished
army surgeon of that name. He lud
several years' training at a military
school. Since coming to Omaha from
his Minneapolis home a few months
ago he has worked as a clerk at the
Burlington railroad offices.
Prominent athletes selected from
Omaha include Mac Baldrige, Ells
worth Moser, A. C. Potter and others
The Bee Sends Three.
Newspaper men are numerous
They include Ralph S. Doud of The
Bee reportorisl staff and A. H. Major
and R. P. Kimball of the business of
fice staff of The Bee; Raymond Soat,
night telegraph editor of the World
Herald: J. C MacArthur, city editor
of the Daily News, and Mel Uhl, jr..
of the News advertising department.
Married men are included. One of
them, W. T. Loomis, ait insurance
man, will leave a bride of ten days to
take his military training.
From one of the city's prominent
pioneer families will go John H. and
Victor E. Caldwell, sons of the late
V. B. Caldwell, who was president of
th j United States National bank. John
ij married and a practicing attorney.
Victor is the only Omahan going to
Snelling who has had experience in
Europe in the war. He drove an
American ambulance in France.
Will F. Noble, a, Ford peace party
delegate, now becomes a war student.
' Those with National Guard experi
ence include Fred I. Hevn and Ed
ward Anderson. W. J. Cusick is an
ex-navy man and now leaves a posi
tion at the army quartermaster depot
to go to sneiung.
Many Are Students.
Many of the yjunger men going
there are students at the University
of Nebraska and Creighto - univer
sity. Creighton leads in number of
students and ex-students chosen, with
Nebraska second and Dartmouth
third. '
More Omalians will undoubtedly be
selected and ailed to the camp to
day or Saturday, as the full quota to
Wanted
. State Distributor
'
A large Increase in production enables us to appoint another
distributing agency for the Bullock "Creeping-Grip'' and we have
selected Nebraska as the best state in which we have not already
a distributor.
Our preference is for an
established house handling
agricultural lines and we
have no objection to those
already ' handling tractors,
as the "Creeping Grip" has
a distinct field.
Bullock Tractor Co.,
.Dept. C, 1801 to 1825.
Diverny Pkwy.
.Chicago, III.
Wh
en Will the Stars and Stripes
Be Unfurled in F
ranee:
?
When it comes to the question of an immediate expenditionary force to France, there seems to
be a division of public opinion. Opponents of the idea argue that our trained soldiers are at present
more needed here to train the new armies we are raising, and that for the moment our ships can
accomplish more by taking food to our Allies. But the other view finds eloquent advocates among
our press, and Washington dispatches seem to indicate that the administration has been converted
to it by the arguments of the French Commission. Marshal Joffre addressing the American peo
ple through the-correspondents urges us to "let the American soldier come now.."'
In THE LITERARY DIGEST for May I2th, you will find all phases of the Government's
war activity at Washington covered in an intelligible comprehensive way. The full force of pub- .
lie opinion as indicated by the newspaper press is presented in all its shades. .
Other articles of immediate interest in this number of THE DIGEST are: f
"What Can I Do To Serve My Country?"
This Article Antwen the Question For .
The Cash-Register of Patriotism
Rainbow Visions of the War's End
Feeling the Mailed Fist
Ireland a War Factor
Mr. Root As a Friend of Revolution 4
England Hard Hit By Submarines
Russia's Greatest Danger
What Will Latin-America Do?
What One Charge of Gunpowder
Means
All, No Matter What Your Age or Condition
Birth-Control for Flier
Why Drinkers Drink
Modern Shoes a Menace to Health
Ourselves As Posterity Will See Us
The American "Camouflage" .
German Crimes Against Art
Too Dangerous for Us to Read
Steps In Russia's Religious Emanci
pation War-Perils for the Children
The Best Illustrations, Including Cartoons
"The Digest" the Busy Man's Bible, the Doubting Man's Dictionary
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in these superstrenuous times, frequently sigh over
the arid wilderness of irrelevant information
through which we have to struggle in our. daily
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latter's viewpoint, but from a weekly gleaning of
all the worth-while publications of the world, re
cording the result without comment or partiality,
adhering to no viewpoint, but reporting all. The
facts of the day, focused from all points, are yours
in "The Digest."
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kDlfleit
ake (ho training has not ; ct been
lilki.. 1'hc ca p opens Monti.-.
A numher selected from Oman .
have already Rone to the camp.
John Roble, graduate of the Omaha
High school in 1913, is pne of the
lucky young men to be selected to
attend the Fort Snelling training
camp. His name did not appear in
the list yesterday.
Critics of the Colors Get
Blows From Gua-dsmen
, Several questionable patriots, wear
ing the Ked, White and Blue on their
cnat IanU t.. i;
"T --- wAMiia uiilu 111 jj i j men
taiy remarks ahoit uniformed aUilicrs .
of the K-urth Guard, hid sudden and
forcefm collisions with the big. hard
fists-of Home guardsmen this week.
Lieuterant Stacy 13. Hall, surgeon
if the Omaha battalion, says he has
bandaged up a number of such fists,
which were slightly mussed up bj
zuardsmen beating up slackers who
wore the nation s colors but made fun
of its uniform.
Kennedy to Speak at ;
Thrift Supper Saturday
John L. Kennedy will be one of the
speakers at the 'thrift supper."'
rpHIS store wins the young
men's patronage oy its
strenuous efforts to provide
all that's best in young men's
wearables at every stage of
the game. You get the new
things here first.
The real test
of a clothes shop
is the character
of its young
men's clothes
and the sort of
c r i t i c al trade
it pulls. You
clothes - buying
men have found
that our
Frat Clothes
are giving you more
for your, money in
good style; .hand
tailoring; in actual
worth than any
other clothes you
could find under
the high price limit.
Season's Leaders
in highest grade
suits
$18-$20-$22.50
The models show
custom tailor ele
gance to a marked
ipegree. So much
(Clever style origin
1 ality ; so great care
paid to detail. And,
far better cloth val
ues than you would
t h i n k possible at
these figures. ' i
OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT HERE
War or no war, I am not going to refuse any honest man
or woman the privilege of credit here. On the contrary, I am
going, to be even mora liberal My customers know that I
treat them on the square that'a why theycome back season
after season. Here's all there's to It; yon select what yon de
sire, pay something down the balance you pay in regular
weekly, semi-monthly or monthly amounts.
ELMER BEDDEO. '
BEDDEO
1417 Douglas Street
"SEE HOW SHE ANSWERS
THE THROTTLE" ,
It's the good Red Crown in
the tank that does It"
Your engine picks up eagerly
pulls smoothly when throt
tled down. Look for the Red
Crown siga
Polarlne OQ stops power leaks.
Lubricates efficiently
tt all times.
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6 OSL I .brrtJ Omaha fljto
BED , jr P-& :
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and it ready to do hit bit for Uncle
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