THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1917.
Nebraska
NEVILLE APPROVES
AGTIONOF COUNCIL
Governor, in Statement, Warm
I7 Commends Attitude of
Defense Organization in
Patriotic Stand.
(From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
Though absent from Nebraska when
the State Council of Defense pro
mulgated its celebrated letter on pa
triotism, Governor Keith Neville is
in hearty sympathy with its every ut
terance and in order to show just
where he stands in the matter issued
the following statements today:
"The statement issued by the de
fense council in my absence, made
necessary by the reports received by
that body was timely and has already
undoubtedly accomplished much good
and will be productive of further help
ful results.
To Curb Views.
"I am satisfied that professors of
the state university who were jealous
' of their independence and inclined to
- voice harmful sentiments under the
guise of academic license, will under
stand that the only purpose intended
, was, a the state council says, "To put
'Nebraska in fighting trim for Amer
ica" and will hold in abeyance such in
. dividual views as might not contribute
to this end. When the country is
at war there is,, of course, no such
thing as that covered by the phrase
'academic freedom.'
"The response made by clergy and
other representatives of the Lutheran
church, notably that of Rev. Jiode of
Kearney, indicates that the practices
complained of by the council of de
fense are to be cured by members of
the church itself, whose loyalty the
, council did not question on the con
trary it distinctly announced that it
depended upon that loyalty and ap
pealed to it.-
i Appeal to Patriotism.
"One W the best appeals to patriot
. ism 1 have ever read was made by a
distinguished American in Boston in
addressing a Massachusetts regiment.
I submit that appeal to every man in
Nebraska as a suggested rule of
action which every American may fol
low regardless of former war preju
dices. It follows:
"The air is rent with a thousand
strident voices shouting hysterically a
thousand different principles. All this
is poor service to this nation. Let us
have done once for all with those be
wildering orations; the one thing now
necessary and the only thing that will
stand firmly through all the varying
vicissitudes now before us will be this
principle ourcountry is at war and
we are bound before God to render it
our fullest service.'" i
Notes from Beatrice
' And Gage County
Beatrice, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
A small tornado passed through a
strip of country two miles wide north
west of FUley last evening. Two men
hauling hay had their loads overturned
by the wind and in some places tele
phone poles were blown down and
small tree uprooted.
Two more alleged slackers were ar
rested here yesterday and lodged in
jail. They will be held pending an in
vestigation by the authorities.
Lloyd Tilton has purchased the old
home place of his father northeast of
Filley for $135 per acre. The farm
consists of 160 acres and is well im
proved. , Clem Wilder has resigned as princi
, pal of the Cortland high school and
John W. Watson of Bethany has been
elected as his successor.
Miss May Ryan yesterday brought
suit in the district court against her
brother, N. M. Ryan, to collect a note
for $1,500 given by the defendant on
August 5, 1914, with interest at the
rate of 7 per cent.
Alleged Grand Island Slacker
Has Gone to Wisconsin
; Grand Island, Neb., July 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) It is learned from
the sheriff here that the alleged
slaker here referred to in the report
of Chairman Whitmore of the State
Council of Defense is Albert Smen
towski and that a brother of the man
wanted has gone to Wisconsin: to in-
. duce hiin to return to this city. He is
an American by birth and not Ger
man, but of Polish garents.. His
brother, John Smentowski, has been
) prominent in socialistic circles for
many years and was several years ago
a candidate for alderman. ;
Inquiry from other sources today
leads to the information that Albert
Smentowski made threats against Lou
Geer, his employer, up to the time he
disappeared in case the latter did not
get the sheriff off his trail. These
threats never were reported either to
the police or to the sheriff, neither of
t whom had ever been advised of them.
Mrs. Norwood of Grand
Island Dies Suddenly
",: Grand Island, Neb., July J3. (Spe
cial) Mrs. Elmer Norwood, residing
about eleven miles south of this city,
passed away at her home yesterday
suddenly. Apparently she had been
in good health and on yesterday
morning, ' her husband, being short
of help, assisted in cultivating the
corn. About 5:30 o'clock she finished
her end of the field and was about to
go to the house when she suddenly
fell from the cultivator in an uncon
scious condition. She never regained
consciousness and passed away early
the next morning. Her death is at
tributed by the attending physician to
heart trouble. The body was taken to
her former home at Nelson, Neb., for
interment. -
James Conger of Loup
t City Accidentally Shot
"Grand Island, Neb., July 13. (Spe
cial.) Word has been received in this
city of a shooting accident to James
Conger of Loup City, while on a fish
ing excursion. Mr. Conger, in com
pany with three others, went to the
river for the night in an auto, and in
some manner a small caliber gun fell
front the auto and was discharged.
The load entered the right arm. He
-was brought a distance of forty miles
to St Paul for medical attention.
About four weeks ago he had the mis
fortune to break his collarbone on
the right side, and already was minus
one leg, this loss bavmg occurred
years ago in a railroad accident
Large Red Cross Fund it Julian.
Stella, Neb July U-(SpeeiaL)
kThe little village of Julian in Ne
' rnaha county, through the efforts of
C L. Mesnet of the Bank of Julian,
has raised a Red Cross fund of snore
fci3 I7C0. '
LUTHERANS ARE
LOYAL, ASSERTS
LUTHER KDHNS
(ContiDart From Pate On.)
America, and which is a very con
siderable factor in the membership of
the Lutheran church in Nebraska.
This action should leave no doubt in
the minds of any as to what is the
exact position and attitude of the
Lutheran church as a denomination in
its attitude of supporting the govern?
ment in the war in which it is now
engaged with Germany.
Nebraska Lutherans' Pledge.
This same general synod to which
reference has been made, which is
the authoritative head of the English
churches and a large portion of the
German churches in Nebraska, took
the following action, in which the
delegates from the Lutheran churches
in Nebraska participated and con
curred. This action leaves no doubt
as to the attitude of the Lutheran
churches as a denomination in Ne
braska. Here it is:
The tftral synftd hereby pledges Its
unswerving loyally to our government and
country In the great war In which we are
or engaged for the purpose of defending
our national honor and re-eatalmehlng In
ternational law and order In the world.
This action of the general body 19
the expression of the attitude of the
English Lutheran churches in Ne
braska and of the churches connected
with the German Nebraska Synod,
that is an integral part of this general
body. No matter what may be the
statement by individuals here and
there to the contrary, this is the offi
cial declaration of the Lutheran
church as a church and is the voice
of loyalty to the government of the
United States. It is not the expres
sion of any one man, or any one
church, or any one institution it is
the united action of the whole church
officially assembled to legislate for
the denomination. v
I come from old colonial American
stock. My ancestors fought in the
colonial and revolutionary wars for
American independence. I am a Lu
theran and an American Lutheran and
I am not ashamed of my church for
its position in civil affairs, wherever
the authoritative official voice of the
church gives expression to its life, its
doctrines and its practices. Horn in
Nebraska. I am the son of the founder
of the Lutheran church in this state
and I have experienced the hardships
Of pioneer territorial days and l yield
to no one in my loyalty to my state,
in allegiance to my country and in fi
delity to my church. As an executive
official of one of the largest Lutheran
organizations, carrying on work
among all the synods of the Lutheran
church in America and Canada, I am
satisfied that what I have said -here
represents not only my own personal
views, but the attitude of the church
as a whole, and it is to be regretted
that isolated cases of incautious, ex
pressions by members of the Lutheran
church have led to the classifying of
the Lutheran church as an entire de
nomination as disloyal and open to
the suspicion of treason towards the
government of the United States.
Verdict for Plattsmouth Man
V Upheld by Supreme Court
I'lattsniouth, Neb., July 13. (Spe
cial.) The supreme court of Nebras
ka has upheld the judgment of $5,000
against the Burlington railroad
awarded to Gustav Johnson, formerly
foreman of the Burlington shops here.
Mr. Johnson, who had a leg broken
by a fall from tlie top of a box car
sued the company in the district
court for $20,000. He was awarded
$5,000 by the jury.
Plattsmouth School Man
- Goes to Nebraska City
Plattsmouth, Neb., 'July 13. (Spe
cial.) Superintendent W. G. Brooks,
of the Plattsmouth schools has been
elected superintendent of the schools
at Nthraska City at a large advance
in salary. Mr. Brooks came here
from Caldwele, Ida., three years ago
and lias made an'eviable record.
Stella Women Will Knit' and Sew.
Stella, Neb., July 13. (Specials
Thirty women met at the " home of
Mrs. R, E. Tomlinson yesterday aft
ernoon and formed a Red Cross or
ganization to knit,' sew or do other
work for the benefit of the soldiers.
Mrs. I. L. Plasters was elected pres
ident; Mrs. A. R. McMulIen, vice
president; Mrs. R. E. Tomlinson, sec
retary; Mrs. Esburn Wheeler, treasurer.
"The Store ot Individual Shops"
MEN'S SHIRTS
Enter the July Clearance
Sale Saturday
Shirts that are made to fit no binding at the arm holes no
uncomfortableness at the neck. Three groups:
MEN'S SHIRTS,
Woven collars, guar
anteed fast, vera
11.50 and 2
$1.10
MEN'S SHIRTS,
Neat patterns, silk
and linen, were
13.50
. $2.65
One Big Rousing Clearance
Special sin Men's Straw Hats
METCALFE SCORES
L0BECnP0SITI0N
Secret Service Head of State
Defense Council Delivers Hot
Statement About Second
District Congressman.
Trom a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 13. (Special.) Rich
ard L. Metcalfe,, in charge of the se
cret work of the State Council of De
fense, is not at all pleased with state
ments coming from Washington, made
by some of the Nebnlka congress
men, and especially Representative
Lobeck of the Omaha district. He re
ferred in a passing way to Senator
Nqrris and Congressman Sloan, but
paid his compliments to his own dis
trict congressman .in a manner not to
be misunderstood.
"If Senator Norris, Congressman
Sloan and the other gentlemen at
Washington who have been quoted,
intend to discuss the situation intelli
gently," said Mr. Metcalfe with con
siderable fervor, "they should inform
themselves as to the facts. Judging
from the tenor of their interview they
do not know what they are talking
about.
Council Knows Situation. j
"The Sfate Council for Defense
knows and understands the situation
Its business is to know what is going
on in Nebraska, as its duty was to
present the facts to the public. '
"Mr. Lobeck's comment upon the
defense council's statement, calling it
a slander on the state, might well
have been omitted. All the members
of the council are Nebraskans. They
are proud of the patriotism of Ne
braskans generally, but they have a
sufficient sense of the seriousness and
sacredness of the duty resting upon
them to deal firmly and fearlesly with
the existing conditions.
"Instead of casting slurs upon men
who are performing their duty faith
fully, Mr. Lobeck would better be
doing something on his own account
to help this country won the war and
not spending so much of his time aid
ing its enemies. He might come out
here and explain to the people who
ejevcted him why he has given Vier
eck's Weekly reason to believe that
he will support a thoroughly un
American resolution introduced in the
house by Mr. Britton, providing for
the exemption from military service
of men of German birth or descent.
This resolution, by the way, has been
denounced by Congressman Kahn of
California, a patriotic member of Ger
man ancestry, as an insult to the peo
ple of his blood.
Lobeck Opposes Wilson.
"Upon nearly every proposition in
volving the safety of our country Mr.
Lobeck has voted against the presi
dent of the United States. In only
one instance that I know of that
being at a time when the whole coun
try was stirred up by the publication
of the Zimmerman note has he ever
voted right on a patriotic question.
His general course, with respect to
war matters, has been such as grossly
misrepresents the state of Nebraska
and the democratic oartv.
"The patriotic people of our state
know that they have nothing to fear
in the way of misrepresentation from
tne Mate Council of Defense. Mr.
Lobeck is among those who have ncr.
sistently misrepresented Nebraska and
maae it appear to tne rest ot the peo
ple of the United States that this state
is not loyally behind President Wil
son, when in truth the great majority
oi ACDrasKans are standing in sup
port of the president and government,
"During the last two vears Con-
gressman Lobeck seems to have been
imbued with just one idea in his
course in congress; that is, to cater
t othe German voe. He is famous
for his gumshoe methods b,ut we who
are dealing in a serious way with a
most serious situation will not tamely
submit to criticisms of this sort,
whether they come from a man in
Nebraska whose heart is seared with
treason, or from a member of con
gress who, because of his studied mis
representation of ,thi sstate, should
long ago have surrendered his com
mission to a patriotic people."
Condemns Preacher's Statement.
Mr. Metcalfe's attention was di
rected to a published interview with
a German Lutheran minister in Lin
coln who said:
"Our church cannot support the
government."
Relative to this, Mr. Metcalfe made
the following comment:
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MEN'S SHIRTS.
Tub Silks, New
Patterns, were
15.00
$3.85
$1.95
It will be the thrift-wise man who
will be here tonight and early Sat
urday morning, for It Is seldom
that you bava tne opportunity ot
getting In on a "real straw hat
bargain like this. ' v -
PANAMAS, LEGHORNS 1
PORTO RICANS, MADAGASCAR
SENNETS AND OTHERS.
' We Advise Early Attendance.
BROKEN LOTS FROM THE ,
" SEASON'S SELLING
SIZES FROM 6 TO 7tf
Regularly 13.00, $4.00 and 15.00.
SSSStSaeis
"la the statement issued by the
council of defense, we did not attack
the loyalty of the membership of the
Lutheran church as a whole or of all
its ministers. What we did was to
express confidence in the loyalty of a
majority of the members and call
upon them to see that their organiza
tion is not put in a false light by
some of its spokesmen.
"This utterance by the Lincoln
preacher is fairly representative of
the sentiments coming trom similar
sources over the state, winch the
council of defense condemned."
Skinner Fails to Pass
Examination for Guard
(From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln. Neb., July 13. (Special
Telegram.) Paul B. Skinner of Oma
ha, selected to command the first bat
talion of the Dandy Sixth will not
be able to answer to the call of
"Major" having failed to pass the
physical examination taken here this
afternoon.
The cause of his failure was due to
the fact that he has not fully recov
ered from a severe illness of some
time ago and it worked against him.
However. Mr. bkinner, while great
ly disapDointed is still in the fight and
pledged Colonel Hall that he would
;o back to Omaha and raise a fund of
6,000 for the use of the regiment
while in the service and would start
the fund himself with $500. .
"Can -you use it?" he "asked of the
new colonel.
"We certainly can. answered Colo
nel Hall, and so without his shoulder
straps, but full of patriotic fervor,
Mr. Skinner went back to Omaha
this afternoon resolved that if; he
could not fight for Old Glory in
France he would make the lives of
those who do as pleasant as possible
while doing their duty, and if he has
his way the regiment will have a snug
little emergency tuna to nelp tnem
on the way.
Four French Merchant
Vessels Sunk in Week
Parle ThIw 1 1 Tlir FVpnrfi tncr-
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chantmen of more than 1,600 tons, and
ah nn1r mt wr nn If in the
week ending July 8 by mines or sub-
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marines, me aamirauy annuuntcu.
In May airplanes attacked fourteen
submarines and discovered three mine
fields.
FlisisnliwiiseiieiS
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down in this Ad.
Our policy of merchandising provides for a
strict censorship right through the process of selling
Men's Clothing, and we invite you, as a critic of Men's
Clothing, to investigate. ,
No other advertising and no other news mat
ter in this paper is more ' carefully investigated and
authenticated before being published han is out advertis
ing. Not only are valuations never exaggerated, but they
are habitually modified.
i Our advertising is believed implicity by all
who know the store and its policy. And when compari
sons of value and price are given, you may .rely absolutely
upon the fact that the valuations are authentic or that
you will find even greater values than named.
iWe have made some broad statements Here,
but you being acquainted with clothing values and the
present condition of the clothing market, it will require
but a few niinutes probably not more than ten or fifteen
to convince you of the truths of these statements.
We Will Expect You
;" . " Saturday
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$11.75
Regularly and
t $16.50
GROUP 3-
$18.75
Regularly and
NEBRASKA READY
TO DOER "BIT"
Sunday Wil See Companies of
State Mobilizing; Lincoln
Has Champion Military
Band.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 11 (Special.) Sun
day will see the companies of the
Fifth Nebraska National Guard mob
ilizing at their home stations. In
Lincoln, however, there will be, sev
eral units of that regiment encamped
with. Company A, the hospital corps,
the band and two other units.
And, speaking of the band, the
Ffith Nebraska will have a bunch of
musicians who will not have to take
a back step for any like organiza
tion, either here or in France. It is
composed of several of the leading
musicians of Lincoln and its leader
is Prof. Daniel G. Berry of the Uni
versity School of Music. It has
among its membership men who have
been foremost in musical lines in
not only Lincoln, but the state, one
man being a well known pipe organ
artist. And so on all down the line
are the men who have helped to make
music in Lincoln .what it is. Major
Hazel, adjutant of the regiment, is
sponsor for the band and says that
he will put it up against the Royal
Band of England, France or the
whole world. s
Sixth Delayed.
The Sixth regiment will be some
what delayed in mobilization, owing
to the fact that all its officers have
not yet been selected, but the delay
will not interfere with the original
plans of he War department and the
f'Dandy Sixth" will be not far be
hind the "Fighting Fifth" and the
"Furious Fourth," when the time
comes to form the brigade with Gen
eral Harries as its commander.
Adjutant Geneial Phil Hall, who
now bears the double title of colonel
and general, is.very anxious that the
people shall take a great deal of in
terest in the home companies. The
army regulations when promulgated
did not take into consideration the
SMEN'S
A
"The Store of Individual Shops"
a busy man you'll be
straight business talk set
These Prices in Force
f
$22.50
and
$25.00
present high prices of food and so in
consequence the allotment for each
man will not be sufficient to feed them
sufficiently, and until that is changed
a deficiency will have to be made in
the company funds or some other way
provided.
Citizens Can Help.
. The citizens of the town sending
out the soldier boys can help im
mensely in this situation by providing
the boys with garden stuff and other
things needed by the soldier. A sub
scription, such as was provided by
the Chadron company, "home folks
would be the proper method and a
purse could be raised which the boys
could make use of after they have left
the home station. i
Every man who has not enlisted
will still have a way of "doing his bit"
by subscribing to this fund and every
town that has . company can help
along this line. Many of the boy
going to the front have left jobs pay
ing many more times the salary they
will get as soldiers. If you happen
to have a friend among them a letter
with one of those little green pictures
which are good for a dollar or five
dollars, as the case may be, would
look mighty good to a soldier boy
after he gets away from mother's din
ner fable. ' '
Officers of the companies of the
Sixth regiment will be selected very
soon. It is probable that some of the
places will be filled by taking men of
experience from the Fifth in ordei
that the regiment may be put in effi
cient shape as soon as possible.
May Require Examination
Health Board Secretaries
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 13. (Special.) If
State Treasurer Hall can have things
the way he wants them, when the
state board of health meets next time
to select a member for the position of
one of the secretaries of the state
board, he will require that such can
didate take an examination in order
to find out if they are competent to
pass upon the men who come before
them for examination.
"I believe the examiners should be
competent men," said Mr. Hall this
mornisg, "and competent in every
way for the job. I shall endeavor to
have the board, of which I am a mem
ber, incorporate such a ruling in their
affairs."
Bee Want Ads produce results.
SHOP
Business ha& to do with making money,
and you can't make it any faster than in getting
in on this sale of suits.
GROUP 2-
$13.75
( $18.00
Regularly! and
I $20.00
GROUP 4
$24.75
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JEWISH CONGRESS
POSTPONED BY WAR
At President's Suggestion Date
of Washington Meeting is
Sef for Eighteenth of
November.
New York, July 13. The American
Jewish congress has been postponed
until November 18, partly in defer
ence to the wish of the President
Wilson that preference be given to
public business at this time by all
patriotic citizens. ,
Dr. Stephen S. Wise attended a
meeting of the congress administra
tive committee in the office of Nathan
Strauss, chairman of the executive
committee, and repeated what the
president had told him. The rabbi and
the others present agreed that it
would be unwise to hold any meet
ing that might detract from the in
terest in American affairs and the
prime necessity of making effective
arrangements to carry on the war,
and the following resolution, offered
by Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago,
was adopted:
"Resolved, That in view of the ur
gency of public business at this time,
the administrative committee deems
it wise and needful in the interests of
American affairs that the American
Jewish congress be postponed from
September 2 to November 18, 1917.
Nebraska delegates to the congress
are: Henry Monsky of Omaha, and
Rabbi Singer of Lincoln.
HYMENEAL
Murphy-Copple.
Beatrice, Neb., July 13. (Special.)
Will Murphy of aKnsas City, and
Miss Nellie Copple of Council Bluffs,
la., were married here today.
Beatrice Home Burned.
York, Neb., July 13. (Special Tele
gramsFire this afternoon destroyed
the residence and barn of Edgar
Thompson with a loss of $6,000. in
surance KOOO. 1
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