THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917.
Nebraska
UPTO MR. MATTES
TO SHUDDER NOW
THINGS DO MOVE
Prospect Governor Neville Re
ally Will Resign Causes Dem
ocratic Politicians to Sit Up
and Do Some Figuring.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Dec. 21. (SpeciaL) It is
now up to CSenator John Mattes,
president of the senate, to do a little
"shuddering," people at the state
house are beginning to look upon the
matter of a successor to Governor
Neville with considerable anxiety, for
if the shuddering of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Howard is accompanied with a
like shuddering by Senator Mattes
over the prospect of being promoted
to governor, and both shudders should
happen to come at the same time
and when the two gentlemen should
happen to be in the state house, the
poor old shack of a building would
surely crumble.
The story in The Bee this morning
that Lieutenant Governor Howard
was willing to resign in order that the
Seventh regiment might go to the
front interests politicians. The governor-prospective
has made the charge
that a "political pirate from the south
west corner of political hell" was re
sponsible for the keeping of Governor
Neville in the executive chair in order
that the lieutenant governor, a Rryan
man, should not ascend the throne.
Legal Advisors Need Not
Act as Clerks for Selects
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Dec. 21. (Special.) The
duties of attorneys in assisting draft
men to make out questionaires is
bringing many inquiries to the gov
ernor's office and many of them have
been put up to the provost marshal
for answer. The bulletin issued this
morning as a result indicates:
Where a registrant can read and
write there is no good reason why he
should not fill in the answers himself.
Legal advisors are advisors only and
'it wasnot expected that they should
act as clerks, only in cases where the
applicant cannot read or write.
Postmasters who are returning
qucstionaires with the notation "some
where in France," should forward to
the registrant if he has his address or
can obtain it in any way. If he can
not secure the address and he knows
he is in the military service some
where he hould so state. ,
Two Pioneers of Edgar.
Are Called by Death
Edgar, Keb., Dec. 21. (Special.)
D. C. Mills died at his home south
west of Edgar Wednesday morning at
4:30 o'clock of uremic poisoning, aged
72 years. Mr. Mills was one of the
pioneers of this part of the country.
He has suffered considerably in the
last few years from kidney complica
tion! and his death has been expected
for some time. The funeral was held
this afternoon at the home. Mr, Mills
was veteran of the civil war.
Berry Hobbs died Wednesday morn
ing of heart disease. He had been
in his usual health and had gone out
a little west of the house to saw
some wood. His daughter, Miss
Anna, went out to see how he was
getting along and found him dead.
H was 80 years old and a veteran of
he civil war..
J. J. Boucher Speaks on
Thrift Stamps at West Point
. West . Point. Neb., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) J. J. Boucher of
"Omaha, representing the war savings
committee for Nebraska, spnxe in the
schools yesterday on the thrift
stamps. At night m spoke at the
meeting at the Auditorium. Mr.
Boucher urged the purchase of these
thrift stamps by all classes as one
way to lessen the demand for com
modities and allowing the government
the right of way in the markets for
equipping the army. These stamps
were urged as Christmas presents in
lieu ot other gilts.
Short Loan Record
As Shown by Reports
(From a Staff Correnpondent.)
Lincoln, Dec. 21. (Special.) Be
tween Nov. 22, 1916, and December
5, 1917, six loan companies Jn Omaha
operating under what is commonly
known as the "loan shark" law, made
short time loans amounting to $418,
696.59, while three companies in Lin
coln in the same period made'loans
of $10l,4.'4.43, a total of $520,121.04.
SHIP PROGRAM
CANG0F0RWARD,
S SAYS HVRLEY
Washington, .Dec. 21. The navy's
utilization of much of the country's
shipbuilding facilities was cited by
Chairman Hurley, of the shipping
board, before the senate investigating
committee today as one reason for
the alow progress of merchant shk
construction.
Mr. Hurley, in response to ques
tions, said he is now entirely respon
sible for the building program and
that if ships are not built, lie alone is
to blame. No additional legislation,
he said, is needed. The chairman of
the shipping board has obtained
through reorganization of the fleet
corporation, be said, all the authority
he needs.
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DON'T BE SLACKER SENATOR,
IS ADVICE OF FATHER JOHN
I Columbus, Neb., Dec. 21. Special
Telegram.) "Don't be a slacked,
: Mr. Senator," says Father John of
Fullcrton, noted for his parish work
and his celebrated lecture on "Pa
triotism" delivered before scores of
chautauqua audiences.
To Lieutenant Governor Edgar
Howard, Father John writes 'an open
letter not calculated to provoke
jubilancy on the part of Gilbert M.
Hitchcock. The letter is included in
an editorial written by the "governor
in waiting" in today's issue of his
newspaper, the Telegram. The whole
editorial appears under the caption
"The Lilliputian Spirit" as follows:
"What does Nebraska think of the
peanut political game which has pre
vented the men of the Seventh Ne
braska regiment from serving their
country in this time of war? From
a list of many severe letters of pro
test against the action of the small
minded politicians who have worked
the death of the Seventh, we present
the following as the keenest of them
all.
"The ways of politics, like those
of Bret Harte's heathen Chinee, are
peculiar, therefore all well meaning
men have at 'all times contneded that
for the successful prosecution of this
war politics and war sUould stand
divorced. War and petty politics
whose sole distinctive brand is utter
selfishness, never did co-operate
mutually for the highest good.
" 'For illustration we need not seek
further than the 'Unlucky Seventh' of
Nebraska. A whole regiment of 1,000
men, eager in spirit to lay down their
lives if necessary for the great cause
of humanity, are bounced and camou
flaged in the interests of home politics
simply because the political powers
JUDGE MORNING
WILL NOT REOPEN
. SIMMONS CASE
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 21. (Special.)
The divorce granted Dr. George
H. Simmons, editor of the American
Medical Journal 25 years ago was
lawful, according to judge W. M.
Morning of the Lancaster county
district.'
The case is one where his former
wife, Margaret E. Simmons was seek
ing to have the decree set aside on
the ground that because of her con
dition brought on by the excessive
use of morphine evidence in the case
had been given at the time of which
she was not responsible. The judge
made his findings without argument
on the part of the attorneys and was
given because he believed reopening
the case was inspired by men whom
Dr. .Simmons had antagonized by edi
torials in the medical journal of
which he is editor.
Dr. C. L. Loffler of Minneapolis
was scored by the court because of
his activities in working up the case
for Mrs. Simmons.
Stella Poultry Raiser
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Stella, Neb., Dec. 21.-(Special.)-
lirrctt Lroucn and Miss Ann
Franklin we re married at thr FranVU
farm southeast of Shubert Wednesda
niifhr. i
For the first time in the history of
Stella, poultry was transported from
here this week by motor truck loads,
when M. C. Mart, produce dealer, con
signed two truck loads to a big poul
try house in Falls City, the county
seat, 20 miles distant.
Fined for Shipping Aged Eggs
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 21 (Special.)
Olson & Company of Concord,
Dixon county! who shipped five cases
of aged eggs to an Omaha commis
sion house, paid a fine of $10 and
costs after admitting that the eggs
were decomposed and otherwise fit
for food, according to a report to the
state food commissioner this morn
ing. '
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htat be in Washington from Nebraska
have decided so. When people today
fired with the spirit of enthusiasm, are
sacrificing all for Americans ideals,
one is sorely tempted to question the
loyalty and love of some of our law
makers.
"'The voice of the constituents
rises in protest condemning the lilli
putian spirit of our worthy.democratic
senator, likewise reminding him that
in these days of plitical antipathy, sel
fishness and short sightedness have
no place. Men nowadays abhor the
Lilliputian spirit, because it ordinarily
dwells in a pinhole whose magnificent
arch of sky and view is only the size
of a pinhole, a drop of rain is a deluge,
a garm of sand a mighty boulder, and
a mosquito a mastadon.
"The senator's cohorts, viewing
Nebraska from their national pinhole,
coupled with a frightful case of
myopia, which away from the oculist's
we call short sightedness, think that
all the plagues of Egypt will befall
Nebraska if the 'other fellow' should
gain the day. Don't be a slacker, Mr.
Senator.
'FATHER JHON:
'Fullerton, Neb., Dec. 17. 1917.'
"Was the above letter written by an
agitator?
"The rather it was written by a
quiet gentleman.
"Was it written by an uninformed
peVson?
"The rather it was written by a man
of brilliant educational qualifications.
"The names of 'Father John as he
is affectionately hailed by his home
people in Nebraska and also by his
home people in Nebraska and also by
his associates in the pulpit and on the
speaking platforms of America, is a
good name to put forth aS spokesman
for the manhood of Nebraska in the
presence of a great shame."
HAMMOND HAS
ATTACK OF OLD
"SHUDDERITIS"
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Dec. 21. (Special.) The
shuddering business is a new political
disease or an old disease under a new
name, which at the present time ap
pears to prevail in Nebraska. Lieu
tenant Governor Howard was first at
tacked with the "shudders" over the
prospects of being promoted to gov
ernor, and now Ross Hammond is
likewise afflicted, although he calls it
Tearfulness."
Mr. Hammond while in Lincoln
spoke to a large crowd at St. Paul
Methodist church pn his observation
of the battlefield in France. His ad
dress was exceedingly interesting and
loudly applauded.
To The Bee today Mr. Hammond
stated when asked if he was going
to be a candidate for the United
States senate, he was not prepared
to say now. "The temptation has
been placed in my way," said the
Fremont editor, with a smile, "and I
admit that I am always fearful of
temptation, but I am awaiting devel
opments." Mr. Hammond said he had been
urged to come out for the nomina
tion, but he did not care to state at
this time definitely whether he wjuld
run. lie did not even know whether
he was in sympathy with the well
jown injunction "Lead us not into
ntation."
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Miss Schaerr, Native of Alsace,
Will Serve as Telephone
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War Zone.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 21. (Special
Telegram.) Miss Georgette Sdiaerr,
Omaha girl, who has been accepted
for service with the government in
France, for several years resided in
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Corey To Address Firemen.
Merton L. Corey, attorney for the
federal land bank at Omaha, will be
one of the speakers before the Ne
braska Volunteers' Firemen's conven
tion to be held in Fremont, January
15, 16 and 17. Patriotism will be an
important theme of the convention
sessions and Mr. Corey has been
asked to talk on that subject. Reser
vations from out in the state dele
gations are coming in rapidly and in
cations point to a large attendance.
Joy Under Fire.
Emit Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Johnson, a member of an en
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Drive Successful.
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Cross memberships indicate the drive
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county will be unusually successful,
the first day's drive netted 338 mem
bers. The campaign will be continued
till Monday evening. Booths are being
operated at the theaters where girls
take memberships. Of the 400 women
in Fremont who were asked to solicit,
only two refused to aid in the work.
A soliciting committee in Saunders
county, while canvassing a certain lo
cality, found the homes in one vicinity
all closed and the lights out. It is
believed that advance word of the
coming visit of the solicitors was sent
out with the result that the residents
who are said to have pro-German
leanings, arranged it so they would
not be at home.
Support of Knights of Columbus.
The Estina church vicinity, in
Saunders county, claims a record for
donations to the Knights of Columbus
war work fund. The parish has a
membership of 12 families and the
total subscriptions were $720. Some
of the non-Catholic families contri
buted to the fund.
Ex-Senator Tibbits
On Appellant Board
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Dec. 21. (Special.)
Former Senator George W. Tibbit
of Hastings has been appointed a
member of the South Platte appellant
board to fill the vacancy caused of
the resignation of Fred Ashton of
Grand Island, who has been commis
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