1 REV. TITUS LOWE WRITES FROM BATTLE FRONT TO OMAHA CONGREGATION Past or of Methodist Church "Somewhere in France' Preaches the Gospel to Soldier Boys; Conducting Religious Services Under Difficulties Amidst Great World War's larms. , At the services in the First Methodist 'church Sunday meni ing, a letter from the pastor, Rev. Titus Lowe, written "Some where in France," was read. It was addressed to the members and friends of the church. Rev Mr. Lowe some six months ago was granted a leave of absence and soon thereafter sailed for the war tone of Eu rope, where he has since been with the American soldiers, ad ministering to their social welfare. ' ' ! The letter, which was dated December 27, last, follows : GETS PAST CENSOR. 0 "There are so many thing that one may sot write about, and the subjects ' one may write about are so limited in extent that 'it is rather difficult to know just what will past the eagle eye of the censor. But, Indeed, the time left fot writing is so very scarce that possibly it is just as well that the cen sor is rather rigid. "However, some few things I have experienced lately I think will interest you and I think will pass the eagle eyed critic of all epistolary effusions. "Ten days ago, on Sunday after noon, I went with the chaplain to visit s section of this regiment some miles east of where we are now. That carried us appreciably nearer the ac tual battle front We visited with the jOfficers for a little while in a rather fine chateau, then went to a well con structed glass bottle factory for a service, ft was a bitterly cold day and the factory floor was of cement. There were no chairs of any kind. We improvised & sort of pulpit out of a coup e of boxes and draped it with the church .flag and the 'stars and ( stripes. The soldiers and officers '' stood up during the service in the form of a hollow square. But it was so bitterly cold that it was an act of mercy to cut te . service to the short est possible time. . . -, Religion Under Difficulties. "I suspect it is possible to be re ligious very much easier in churches like the first church with its organ, choir, comfortable seats, sad satis factory temperature, and ha hallow ed surwmndings and memories that it is under the circumstances I have been recounting, "Of course we gave a short word of good cheef and tried to show the b)yt that the life of the spirit was after all, the. really vital thing. The next Sunday morning I went to an other community to conduct a ser i vice The hut where the tcrvice.wai to be held was stone cold, only one small tove which seemed only to cmphasiw the coldness ot the rest of the hut. Possibly. ISO men were present.' ihe pianist was not pres ent, so I officiated at that cut-cf-tune instrument - The choir master was not present, for there Is ao such be ing there, so I led the singing. One man was intending to lead in prayer, but beffsed to be excused, aavinsr he did not feel like it, ao I led in prayer, Some boys in the Tear stopped smok ing cigarettes at my requeft and we continued with the service. . Hold Real Service. ' "Notwithstanding these untoward surroundings, we had a real service. . I preached for s few minutes on "God's Choicest Gift" You see it was the Sunday before Christmas and preaching was not difficut to men who were thinking tenderly of the folks back home and all the blessed associ ations which circle around Christ mas time. We had a tender cheer in?, even melting time, and almost forgot the bitter cold. 1 1 "Religion, to be worth anything at ( all out here under these circum stances, must be absolutely real and wonderfully vital.' Those who have merely a formal religion are badly off anywhere, and here they must be desolate. "When I think of the beautiful Ira oressive service' you must have had on Christmas Sunday morning, and the splendid musical program, pre : pared by Mr., Carnal for both morn I ing "and evening, I feel devoutfy V thankful that the dread hand of war has not touched our own -beloved land. But in another way, it has touched our land, for after all a coun try is made up not of geographical divisions, but of the people. Have Paid the Price. ' . "And already some of our people have paid the supremest price have laid down life itself. No man can do moie and none of us dare offer . less when we are called on "I watched recently a triple fun eral wending its way to the little cemetery in a near-by town. 1 stood at the salute as the cortege went by and uttered an earnest prayer for the three desolated homes somewhere in America. Then in thought I gath ered in the whole of these war-swept countries and prayed that the pity ing All-Father might be exceedingly merciful to all stricken hearts even in the lands of our enemies. This , war will be a tradgedy .eccnd only to Calvary, unless it mean? the end of all war and. the establishment of peace among men of good wilL Kenunaera oi ueaiu. "We are xonstaatly. reminded that death is not far from us. The buzt of a big aeroplane is always a mat ter of intense interest for it may ob tain the greatest possible ' menace. We move about our duties in the day and retire to oflr rest at n'ght with ' the thought that our times are in God's hands, and we are cm tent to have it so. Sometime smce, some enemy planes passed over us, but ev idently had ome other objective, for they did not drop amongst us any of their death dealing messages. Na turally we are devoutly diankfuL "I am glad to report that I am in - good health and spirits. In a few , days I shall have passed the middle point of my six months service abroad, and I shall more and more be thinking of resuming my service with my own people. v Will Pave Bed Cloud fced Cloud. Neb.. Jan. 27. ( Special Telegram.) District Judge Dorsey . today gave a decision dismissing the injunction suit by which a number d taxpayers soum w om mt najw and aty council restrained from levy, ing a tax against their property ta pay for paving in the business dis- ! trie. : . " COUNTY FOOD CHIEFS DISCDSSJPROBLEMS Administrator Wattles Outlines Work of Committee to Six. teen Members; Says Must Enforce Law. The first meeting of the Douglas county food administration commit tee under Chairman Oscar Allen was held Saturday when State Food Ad ministrator Wattles outlined the work to the members at the offices in the Union Pacific building. Sixteen of the members .were present for the first meeting. They were Oscar Allen, A. M. Jeffrey, David Cole, G. F. Beavers, Arthur Metz, J. C Robinson. Way land Magee, W, R. Wood, John Rosicky, Mrs. F. H. Cole, Martha Powell, Mrs. Charles Leslie, Mrs. F. J. Birss, Mrs. Rose Ohms, Mrs. Ids Hinchett and Mrs. J. C Dahlman. Mr Wattles told thu committee members that henceforth they are the direct representatives of the people of the United States in this food conser vation movement, and that they in dividually have as much authority as President Wilson himself in enforcing the law regarding the conservation of foods He urged them to make them selves individually feel responsible for the observance of the laws governing conservation of foods, and to report any breech of the law to the admini stration for immediate action. He urged them also to keep in touch with the situation as how closely the hotels and restaurants are observing ( the wheatless and meatless regulations and report these facts. "Food saving is the most serious question in the United States today in its relation to winning the war," said M IVittlot -anA It 1 nart nf tVi rfutv kf every tMttti t0 j0 ,n hj, power to brintr the general oublic to realise this, and to realize that every bit the individual saves adds to the sum: total conserved and thus available for the soldiers and the allies who are fight inpr our battles. "By November 1, last, we had ex ported all our available supply of ex portable wheat, and this means that any that we export between now and th harvesting of the next crop must be made available by saving ft. We are now trying to export 100,000,1)00 bushels to feed the soldiers of the al lies and make it possible for the allies to keep up the fight ; We cannot ex port this unless everyone denies his or herself some wheat all the time in order to make up the great total." , .in .1. .i. Packers1 Slush Fund Is Used to Stop Probe Of Big Meat Concerns (ConHnw tract ra OmJ tha nickers to control the nation's i-food supply, long have been charged oy inc iivb iocn givwcip in urai mands for governmental Inquiry into the business. E. C Lasater of Fat farrias, Tex., a leading figure in the American National Live, Stock asso ciation took the stand to tell of con ferences riaueste-1 bv the packers to promote better feeling between tne producing and purcnasing enqs oi tne business. . He said little was accomplished, as the packers were insistent first of all that the proposed inquiry should be side tracked entirely, or confined only to economic questions with all crim inal aspects eliminated. . "I told them that if conditions con tinued unchanged, my' holdings could go to any man who would pay tne re maininff indebtedness." he asserted, "for I did not want to leave my chil dren a heritage from! which they could obtain only what they were al lowed by five outsiders controlling the . Colin H. Livingstone, represents tive at Washington for Armour & Cnmnanv in handling Questions at fecting their foreign trade and a bus iness associate of the late Senator Elkina of West Virginia. Charles W. Morse and the Guggenhelms'wasjthe only, other witness during the day. His testimony naea abruptly wnen Mr Henev oroduced evidence of S letter he had written Armour & Com pany and which was not included in the correspondence Livingstone tar nished the commission. One . of the commissions agents accompanied Mr. Livingstone to his office to search I or me missing icucr. Seven Taken to Jail For Violating Liquor law Seven violators of the prohibition law who still harbor an unquenchable thirst foi J. Barleycorn, alias whisky, wines, beer or cordials, diluted or concentrated, failed to follow tne straight and narrow oath, and conse- auentlv were haled into the "hotel- de-bum" via the Black Maria yester dav.. the? are charged with unlawful Dosses.ion of intoxicating: liauor. The names and addresses of those arrested vesterdav for illeaal posses sion of intoxicating liquor, which were given 10 me ponce, are: jouis co stein. Sam Ebstein. both living at 2723 Cumins; street: Simon Ebstein 603 South Thirty-first street; Laura Hanley, 718 North Sixteenth street; Ella Perkins. 609 North Sixteenth street; C K. Cornell 123 North Tenth street and C, J. Graham, Ottnmwa, la. THE OTC: HEAVY PENALTY TO BE IMPOSED ON ARMY DOCTORS . Medical Officers at Camps Funston and Beauregard Dis missed; Secretary of War Recommends More Se vere Punishment. (Bf Aaoltc4 Fro.) Washington, Jan. 27. A heavier punishment than mere dismissal from the service was recommended by tne War department last night for two army medical officers recently con victed by courts martial of mistreat ing sick soldiers. After reviewing the records, Secre tary Baker returned them to the trial courts with the suggestion that! sen tences , of dismissal be reconsidered and that more severe penalties be im posed. One case was that of First Lieuten ant John G. Dwyer, medical corps, on hospital duty at Camp Funston. evidence brought out at his trial showed that a soldier in the advanced stages of pneumonia who reported for treatment was reprimanded for failure to salute and sent back to duty. In fact, it was shown that the doctor urged that the sick man, who died, a few days later, he given double duty. No Koom tor Men. The other case was . that of First Lieutenant Charles W. Cole, Camp Beauregard, in charge of the base hos pital. An ambulance loaded with sick men came to the hospital from the regimental infirmary, it was shown at the trial, and the officer kept the men waiting for nearly an hour outside in the cold tnd rain before he went out to look at them. Clancy Is Held As Prisoner at -' Camp in France (CeattniMd frara Fair Otw.) western front, in France and Belgium, when Wilhelmstrasse and Potsdam gave orders to "break through at any cost." First it was Calais and then Verdun, with hellfire the full length bf the line continually in an effort to find a weak spot in the allied front. Troops were poured in by thousands and the world's greatest battles were staged during that time and Clancy wis n the midst of it He was a Texan and a fighter and he never shirked his duty. . " . . . mrr: t. r 11 was at vimy riage, wnert von Hindenbunr made one of his most trying efforts, that Clancy attached a silk American flag to his bayonet and scampered "over the top", with thou sands of others, fighting for their very lives and for freedom of the entire world from militarism. ".!, Clancy does not speak of this in cident in his letters,' other than to in timate he was wounded "somewhere and put in some time 'at a hospital where Ambassador rage honored him with a visit, f But the boys who went over the top that morning all ld their bit and the Texan was one of .them. ' Hit By Bursting Shell , How far he advanced is not known. but a bursting shell cut him down in midst of the charge and he' was re moved to the rear and later to a base hosoita!. where he suffered three months from shell splinters and shock. The British authorities, in apprecia tion of the daring of Clancy, permitted him thereafter to wear a small Am erican flag on his left sleeve. This was mighty comforting to the American fighter, as indicated by the broad smile which he wore when pic tures were taken of hhnJater with the Stars and Stripes he carried over the top, fvur months before the United States entered the war. Shortly after Clancy was dismissed from the hospital the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany and began to spied up its program, ihe boys in khaki started across; men were being recruited here by thousands to fight under the Stars and Stripes and when congress realised that this country's needs in men could not be filled by voluntary enlistment the selective army bill was passed. i-oves wia uiory. The Texan appealed to his division commander for transfer to the Amer ican expeditionary forces, but was refused. He was advised that he might ask for a furlough, return to the United States and there enlist. But he could not get a furlough. Eng land needed men as never before and Clancy was admittedly 'some fighter.' But the American could see only one flag and he was persistent. The British officers were firm and Clancy, in a fit of desperation, finally de clared that under no circumstances woulu he again fight under the Eng lish fag as long as his own country was at war. That was In June of 1917 and for the act of insubordination the Texan was placed in orison to await court martial He. was tried and found guilty and sentenced to serve one year at hard labor. He writes that during the first three months as a prisoner he ".vorked from 6 a. m. tc 8 p. m., with one and one-half hours for lunch." ' Why He Is Prisoner. Clancv. in another letter says in part: "I think that every man should be put in a position where he can exercsise thj best of his ability. This Is the reason I asked for a transfer to the American army. It is where I rightfully belong and 'it is the only place where I can nut mv heart and sout into me remaining nomns- vi thus struggle. But I am a prisoner because of that "Yes. I have refused to do another Sroke until I am transferred to the American side of the fence. In con sequence of which I have been put under sward and remanded for court- martial. The writer concludes by TiacoirecDansDoa OMAHA, M UN DAT, JAINUAKT CT, 191c-. SUFFMPOLOGlZE TO WOMAN'S PARTY Beg Pardon for Former Denial of Alice Paul's Statement That Wilson Would Sup port Amendment. Bf Axoelatcd hm) Washington, Jan. 27. As a result of open support Riven by President Wilson to the federal suffrage amend ment resolution recently passed by the house, the national association for woman suffrage tonight made public an open letter of apology to Miss Alice Paul of the woman's par ty and to socialists for accusing them of circulating misleading reports as to the president s attitude on the question. The letter addressed to Miss Paul, chairman of the woman's party, said the association had publicly ques tioned the truth of the statement that an emissary of Prestden Wilson vis ited Miss Paul in the Occoquan jail and promised that the president would secretly assist the passage of the resolution and added: "That the president of the United States would, under cover, assist a proposition which he had publicly arid unqualifiedly repudiated, seemed to us unworthy of his high office and' we 'felt justified in defending him from what seemed an unwarranted .and unbelievable accusation. "However,, the president s subse quent public support of the federal suffrage amendment, his announce ment coming on the eve of the vote in the house of representatives, indi cates the truth of your original asser tion and we, therefore, deem it in cumbent i upon ourselves to apolo- " ... .... Copies ot tne letter were sent to the president and to members of con gress. Fritzies Flee in Terror Before Tommies' Tanks " i f1AilMMJ VMM Vrt AtuA There, on the hill. w don't you see?' It was quite true, i nere was a wnue trail of smoke on the slope of Bour- tnn Si ;it unit Incr a th dark outline- of a ship emerges from a fog at sea, here and there a dark crawling mon stcr was visible. "Then indeed even the most hard ened veterans were anxious. 'Good heavens I These are monsters 1' TTv,rvm 1nnVH rfnwn the street. The tanks would have to come down it if they wished to get through the village. At the barricade a aiirnal arm went up. Nobody spoke, everyone ViM tiir Ur-zth. 'Tanks in front. They are coming straight toward us,' was the next message. Their number was feverishly counted. 'Six,' flus tered one soldier; eight; nine, i. ,timm,rl lnnrhpr. with fixed CVCS. T-rtoU. there are more still: thev have overrun our forward position. . "The .Silesians duckea tneir neaaa, for German shells were firing straight their heads., riurranj une was and then another and another. nthr. fiffl, on without a nt nniu nn, hrard the rattle e snaffle thatkthey( made, and iin.' - nlffrt the sweetish of the sugar-white smoke which atures breathed, l tie toremost red like mad with flashes ot TV., riflemen tn (he barricade mniA i th nnt like a man who has caught his toot in tne rail way and aees the express approach- Wg . ' " scurry to tover. th fir.t tank is so close that one feels oneself already crushed and smashed into a pulp. But the Silesians they showed some smart- ness fled trom tnetr posts mio mc houses and gardens. One moment the village was like an ant's nest on which a man trod, ana tne next, wnen every man had touna nis retreat, everything looked like a place of the dead. rt r-t t1, tanlra rame atammnir Into the village. 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