THE ' BEE : OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY SO. 1918.
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DEMOCRATS TRY
-TO PULL WIRES
IN G. (LP. RANKS
'Art Mullen and His Henchmen
Dipping In on Both Sides
Fence to Influence Selec
, tion of Candidates.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Jan. 29. (Special.)".The
people are being camouflaged by At
thur Mullen, and if they aren't carefu
the greatest political tying up of Ne
braska the state has ever seen
result,'' watf the forcible expression o
a democrat today after discussing th
political -situation with another man
from out iuxthe state, who happened
to be a republican.
' The charge. is made by the demo
crat that not 4fy is Mr." Mullen en
deavorine to Bring about .an entire
primary nomination by men control
led by the Omaha- tnuniverater
Mullen-Hitchcock-Corey.-r-but he
diooine into the republic scrap hop
mz to obtain the nomination of repub
i lican candidates whom it witl'be easy
for the candidates of the trhmiverate
to defeat.
Would Enlarge Field.
Several men in the democratic par
ty have ben approached with the
proposition to run for governor. The
democratic Dartv must work Some
scheme to retain- the German vote in
this state and Co it in such a way
that the pcopleVwuT not detect the
camouflage. It is sai.d several men
ot German parentage or birth have
been approached with a view of run
ning for governor or senator'. Among
the number are Charles Graf and
Judge J. J. Thomas, both 100 per
cent American, but sufficiently popu
Jlar tP bring, into the fold the vote
wanted and badlv needed. Another
man who has been aporoached, ac
f cording- to Mr. Democrat, is Judge
Soial of David City. Mr. Sofal is
Bohemian, but iUwill be necessary to
hold the Uohemian vote and so judge
Sofal has been approached in order
that the Bohemians may be brought
intthe democratic camp. It is said,
however, that the judge has his weath
ereye open and is not likely to be de
rsived. -
This all brings to mind the scheme
which was practiced a few years ago
vvnen, alter uick ivieicane nau uu
persuaded that he had the bovine by
the taiT with a down hill pull ia$ the
democratic nomination and George
W. Berge had been given to under
stand at the last moment and a stamp
ede made which landed the, latter high
and drv as the democratic candidate
for governor, while Metcalfe and
r.erc were left holdinsr the oolitical
jack with not enough votes combined
tc indicate that tliey had ever been in
the battle.
Plenty of Tacy.
This is said to be the scheme now
Other candidates will be brought out
and nursed al6ng up to a short time
before the primary and then will be
fed enoutrh oolitical taffy so that
they will be satisfied with something
else, while during tne time ine wires
have been laid for , another onev of
those "public demands" for Gover
nor Neville or Merton L. Corey
which proved such a success the oth
er time. .
After havine won at the primary.
they are trying to fix things so that
weak candidates will be" nominated
by the republicans, insuring the e!ec
tion of the democrats. Right now
iiir or navirio- their attention to the
domination in the republican party of
a candidate for the United Mates sen
ate ,
They are sending men to or writing
letters to three wellcnown republi
cans who have been1 suspected of
having senatorial aspirations, urging
F them ?to- get into the fight. They
tell them that the .republican party
reedsa "100 per, cent American in
qrder to' win the nomination and that
such a man can go out and defeat
both Senator George W. Norriss and
H. Sloan for the re-
ntihlicm nomination for the United
States senate.
Slatt's Position.
It is well known EarlSlatt. organ
izer of the farmer's union is one of
the men for whom efforts are being
made to push mm into tne ngnt ior
the democratic nomination for gover
nor. He 13 yvery friendly to the candi
dacy or senator in orris aim ii
known to advocate his nomination in
rpmihliran oartv. although Mr.
life long democrat. . It is
believed that with Norris as the can
didate of the republicans in the gen
eral election, the dempcrats can raise
the "100 per cent American cry and
defeat him with some man wno is an
"If Another republican of the "100
per cont" brand is pushed into the
fight against Norris and Sloan, the
democrat wire puiiers uencvc mai
the' vote will be split between Sloah
r,A h nther man tlirt Norris will
slio in. The scheme is being worked,
so it is said, on the republican side
by one of the smoothest political
schemers in the state and with Mr.
Mullen pulling the ropes on the dem
ocratic side, there is cause to view
with alarm" the future, as the people
of the state, under Mhe shred gener
alship of the triurtvirate aided by the
republican political hamstringer, may
K ramnflaced into delivering the
state over to a political dynastyH
which growing desperate over tne loss
of its strong political alley, the brew
ers, will resort to any scheme to keep
itself in power. ,
South Dakota Man Held
Under the Espionage Act
Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 29. (Special.)
Late Monday . afternoon Walter
1 Hevnacher, prominent to the councils
of the German-American alliance, who,
' was arrested last Friday night with
Conrad Kornemann of Sioux Falls'
on a chlrge q violation of the espion
age act, was taken before United
States Commissioner William Wall
ice, where he waived preliminary ex
amination and was held tinder $10,-
000 bond for appearance before the
United Statts court next May.
v Dies of Injuries Said to Have
" " Been Sustained in Fight
Bloomfield,- Jan. 28. (Special.)
Jack Shevlin. a barber died Saturday
of concussion of the brain, said to
. have beeri .sustained in a fipht at the
' Firemen's I13JI in the city hall, Jan
uary. .
German Sympathizer
Given Sound Beating
By Patriotic Farma
A German sympathizer is' wear
ing, a couple of black eyes and a
generaly mussed-up countenances as
a result of a beating at the hands of
Let McCoy, a young farmer living
near Dustin, Neb., who recently
was placed in class 1 of the draft
r Xhe battle occurred on a passen
ger train near Scribner last Satur
day. McCoy went into the smok
ing car,. leaving his young bride in
another coach. He was enjoying a
cigar when he overheard a war dis
cussion between several Germans.
One of them expressed the wish
"he'd like to be in Germany, now."
, The next thing passengers knew
was a tangle of arms and legs.
McCoy wen. at the German ham
mer and tongs ; and gave him a
sound beating. Passengers stood
by ready to assist the young
patriot in case any one of the Ger
man's friends offered fight.
McCoy finished the job by mak
ing the German repeat several
times, "I am an American."
The conductor on the train pulled
the bell cord and let McCoy and his
wife off on the" outskirts of Scrib
ner so the authorities could not ar
rest him for fighting.
FARMERS ROUSED
TO NATldrrS NEED
FOR MORE PORK
State Well Organized and
Growers Alive to Need of
Increasing Number of
, Swine.
Normal Training Meet
w Is Called at Beatrice
Beatrice, Neb.; Jan. 29. (Special.)
State Superintendent Clemmons
has called a normal training confer
ence to be held in Beatrice February
8, ' for the comity and city superin
tendents of southeastern Nebraska.
Mrs. Eya Reeder died at her home
in this, city Sunday after a prolonged
illness,' aged 49 years. .She is survived
by her husband, John Reeder, and
three children, one daughter and two
sons.
Nell Steele yesterday filed juit for
divorce from Jay Steele.
Mary E. Doekle of Pickrell yester
day filed a $10,000 suit for alleged
damages v against Elizabeth Meints,
also a resident of that place. The
plaintiff charges slander. '
-Lou bteece, jor the last Jew months
agent for the Adams Express com
pany, yesterday tesigned his position,
and will assume charge of the ice
cr,eara department of the Beatrice
)LoId storage company on f eoruary I.
Funeral services for K. (.. Hemphill
were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock from the First Presbyterian
church, conducted by Rev. Edgar
Lucas of this city and Rev. L. D.
Young 0 Lincoln. As Mr. Hemphill
had served the county as assessor, the
offices at the court house were closed
during the services.
Black Bros., the millers, yesterday
refused to purchase any more corn
for the present because the bins at
the mill are full.
Mrs. J. Ed C. Fisher yesterday re
ceived a cablegram from her husband.
Lieutenant Fisher of this -city, stating
that he had arrived safely "somewhere
in England. a
W. F. Chambers, income inspector,
arrived in the city yesterday and will
remain m tne city ior tnree weetcs
answering 1 questions and explaining
the various methods 01 the tax.
Man Exonerated of Murder
Of Two Nebraska Boys'
Springfield, Mo.. Jan. 29. (Special
lelegram.) Charles Williams, - 23
years old, was exoneratec today; by
Judge Skinner at Marshfield of the
brutal murder of George Pletge and
Johnny Frederick, runaway boys from,
falls Uty, Web,
This action came when Judge Skin
ner, near the close of the state s case,
informed Prosecutor Blackburn he had
not proved to the satisfaction of the
court that the two boys were mur
dered before their bodies were placed
on the track. He said he was' not
satisfied that the train did not cause
the deaths. Five witnesses had-sworn
that Williams admitted stoning and
clubbing the boys to death and then
putting their bodies on the track.
Buffalo County Pioneer
Dies From Blood Poisoning
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.)
Z. A. Weldon. age 78. died here
yesterday from blood poisoning.
Last week Friday, while working
about the house, he ran a sliver of
wood into the finger of his right hand.
Weldon was a resident of Buffalo
county for nearly 40 years and home
steaded near Buckeye valley. Nile is
survived by four daughters and three
sons. ,
Two record sales were held here
during the last week. Asile ofhogs,
at the H. A. Deets farm north of the
city, netted a total of $11,700.
Federal Home Agent to
Give Demonstration Today
Miss.Nellie Farnsworth will give a
rice and cheese saTtce demonstration
at the social settlement of the Cal
vary Baptist church, iwenty-htth
and Hamilton streets, this afternoon.
Miss Farnsworth is-"lederal home
demonstration agents
Miss Mary Mann of the Mothers
club of tnesettlement has the ar
rangements in charge. ,
Miss Farnsworth will address a
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meeting: at the home of Mrs.
William Berry, February 7.
County Assessors of State
A Hold Meeting at Lincoln
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Jan. 29. (Special.) More
than 60 jf the 93 county assessors of
the state were present at the meeting
of the state association this after
noon. ' '
O. C. Bell of Lancaster, and B. T.
Winchell of Holt were re-elected
president and secretary.
becretary O. A. Bernecker, of the
State Board of Assessment, gave the
meeting his ideas on the methods cov
ering new problems for this year and
genera! discussion) of the points
brought out by the secretary.
LincblnNeb., Jan. 29 (Special.)
Nebraska has gone over the top in its
pork producing campaign well on to
j fifty per cent. .Not content with giv
ing uncle sam wnat ne askta tor, at
least 4,000 Nebraska farmers have
agreed to a third to a half bigger in
crease than Was originally planned.
Records complied by the agricultural
extension service show that farmers
in this state have rallied to the colors
by agreeing to raise on an average
nearly'thirty per cent more hogs in
stead of the twenty per cent that the
government requested.
The eighteen special workers which
the government appointed sixty days
ago to start the campaign went off
the road Friday and' called their part
of the work done. The office in Lin
coln, in charge of Prof. Kenneth War
ner, will remain open during the
spring, however, and the remainder of
the campaign will be concentrate in
work accomplished by the Lincoln
office.
Farmers Take Hold
Definite answers have been received
from 4,000 farmers in Nebraska, who
will bread on an aggregate 34,000
more sows this winter. Each man
who replied n the card gave the
number of sows bred last year and
the number he will breed thjf year.
These cards show an average increase
of nearly thirty per cent over last
year. The national significance of the
announcement is realized when one
recalls that the government asked for
an average increase of only fifteen
per cent in the entire country and
Nebraska has nearly doubled that,
Every farmer was asked to send in his
card whether he would agree to breed
more hogs or not. The1 fact that the
farmers filled out the blanks furn
ished them and plainly indicated even
when they did not inteil tn increase
their breeding herds is thoughtto
make'the figures reliable for, the en
tire state. The ' eighteen special
workers covered every section of the
state. Most of the report! take into
account' the farmers with 'a small
number of hogs, rather than the few
big farmers, which makes the figures
representative of conditions.
Mark on Gatepost
Every farmer who agreed to raise
more hogs has been honored "with
suitable insignia. It consists of a card
board placard printed in red and blue
with a hog's head eclipsing the state
of Nebraska in the center. The pla
card is designed to be hung on the
gate post or on the family car as an
indication that the holder enlisted in
the Prk campaign. The card was
designed by W. J. Loeffcl of the
The extension service is also keep
ing a bred sow exchange, to facilitate
rTady sates by the farmers throughout
the state. The owners of the hogs
are listed in a directory and any
farmer can correspond directly with
those having tne sows tor sale.
Te work from nowon will be
Kconcentrated in saving The largest
number of pigs this spring and in
keeping down the losses from disease,
Democrats of State
Want Some of Sagl's Jobs
Lmcoln, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.)
Anton Sagl, chief clerk in the office
of the governor, who recently was
placedJn Uie enviable position of hav
ing three political jobs thrust upon
him all at one time, is receiving let
ters asking that he turn over, those
he 4ot not want to some other derft
ocrat who wants a state house posi
tion". ' It has brought Mr. Sagl So strongly
in the limelight, .that it is expected
most any day Arthur Mullen will drop
in and ask him to become a candidate
for the governorship or the United
States senate. j
State's Labor Bureau
-Head Called to Conference
Lincoln, Jan. 29-(Special.) State
Labor Commissioner George E. Nor
man has received an urgent message
from Washington toattend a meeting
of the federal state directors tovtake
no the matters which now confront
thj government on the question of ob
taining competent neip ior tne ieaerai
shin building program. .
Mr. Norman will either attend tnel
meeting himself, February 1, or will
send a man to represent the state bu
reau.
Church Near Stella Makes
Good Showing in War Work
Stella. Neb.. Tan.29. (Special.)
Hickory Grove church, several mile's
northeast of Stella, is one of the
strong Lutheran churches in Nemaha
county.' The congregationvnas dem
onstrated its patriotism by making
large contributions to various war
funds. The pastor, Rev. Theo Streng,
has been active in promoting war
work
Women's Clubs Increase; ; .
Men's Closed During War
'London, Jan. 29. There are now
26 recognized clubs for women irt the
city. ,
Nearly half of the men's clubs
whjch were in existence before the
war have closed, but women's clubs
have nearly doubled.
None Equal to Chamberlain's -
"I have tried most of the cough medi
cines and find that there is hone that
equal Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
has never failed to give me prompt re
lief." writesvW. V. Harner. Montpelier
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REGISTER WOMEN
for farm Work
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U. S. Flans Big Campaign to
Obtain Agricultural Labor;
, Declares Farmers Must
Pay Higher .Wages.
;;v(By AMMtatrd Pre.)'
Washington, Jan." 29. National reg
istration of women available for work
on farms is planned by the Depart
ment of Labor as one of , the advance
steps in a campaign to obtain a suffi
ciency of farm labor for every section
of the country during the coming
season.'
. A. L. Berkman, chief of the division
of farm service, announced tonight
that every effort will be made to meet
the expected shortage of farm labor
by a plan to mobilize tVe available
men and women in every community
in tke country. Heavy snows in the
middlewest, he said, should mean a
large wheat crop, and if the favorable
wcathei continues, one of the biggest
yields on record may be expected.
special (arm service man will be
stationed in most of the 94 federal
employment agencies fo the country
Mr. Berkman said, and in addition
postoffices in the small farming com
munities will be used as recruiting sta
tions, the postmaster or some othc
representative citizen acting as com
munity labor agent.
, .Must Boost Wages. 1
"The most serious farm labor short-
age last year was in the,east," said
Mr. Berkman. "The industries there
filling war orders took men who oth
erwise would haje been available for
farm work by the offer of attractive
wages. The farmers will have to in
crease wages more than they have to
get men to come from the cities. They
have not raised wages anywhere in
proportion to their increase m profits."
Women, Mr. Berkman continued,
will be needed for truck gardening,
fruit gardening, dairying and other
light forms of labor, but they will not
be called upon for the heavy work so
long as men , are available.
"The college girls and women of
the leisure classes who are ready to
respond to a call for workers as a
mattejof patrioic service," Mr. Berk
man said, . "must be depended upon
chiefly for'the woman labor that will
be needed."
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Vow CUt Tloiio Cuttrih
syrup oy naKtng
it at Home Z
OTiat'f more, yon fare ahont 3 by
It. Easily mad and coat little
Wfc
ile Winter
Holds Outdoors
Spr ing- Styles
Begin to Show- in the Store
TVEN. though the "Lord of the North" still
s- sends chilly blasts to discourage the idea of
the near approach of Spring, sighs of the times
are multiplied throughout the store, and fore
runners of sunny days and bright skies show
in the displays of new Apparel, Millinery, etc.
The first peep at Fashion's fairest
edicts for Spring is always extremely
interesting to the well-dressed woman.
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The Keynote
of Fashion's
Fancies
Echoes from the Southland are .'.true ;
indexes of thefavored styles for the
coming Spring. While we are still in,
the midst of Winter, the modes worn
at the. Winter Resorts give the first authentic idea oL-,
, what the styles for the coining season will be and abid
ing by the edict, we are showing some of the advance
models. f : ,v
New Arrivals
Daily
You'll never really know what a flno
cough syrup you can mak$ until you
firepans this famous home-made remedy.
You not only save $2 as compared with
the ready-mad kind, but vou will also
have a more effective and dependable
icukuj in oil ! wV. lb uverUUWCH lOO
usual coughs, throa and chest colds in
24 hours relieves even whooping cough
quickly. .
Get ZYj ounces of Piner (60 cents
worth) from any good drug store, pour
it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle
with plain granulated sugar syrup.
Here you have a full pint a familv
supply-Jof the most effective cough
syrup that money can' buy at a cost of
only 65 cents or less. It never bdoiIs.
The prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant lasting cough syrup
have caused it to be used in more homes
than any other remedy. It quickly
loosens a ' drv. hoarse or tichfc couirh.
heals the inflamed membranes that lino
the throat and bronchial tubes, and rc-
411:1 vuwco aiuiunu juiiiwuuibeiy. --upieu-
lid for throat tickjc hoarseness, bron
chitis, croup and bronchial asthma.
Pinei is a highly concentrated com
pound of genuine Norway pine extract,
and has been used for generations for
throat and chest ailments. 1 ,
yonr
with.
mt ' anv-
thine else. A guarantee of absolute sat
isfaction or money promptly refunded,
wno tnis preparation, xno i'lnex
Ft. Wayne. lad,"
Conservative Fashions there are, but
the fancy for morex elaborate' wear
will also be well taken care of. It is
a season replete with bright and cheerful color notes,-
welcoming the return of Spring; ,
Anticipating Within a few days, we shall have on
Styles to "s. vew the verv newest ideas, "in Eton
Cnme Suits in Bolero Coat effects, showing
. the new blouses, are very effective v -
particularly becoming to the women of smaller stature
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Materials Tricotines, Poiret Twills, Serges, Gabar- '
forSnrind mes an the new.Silks, are the materials
loryPB most favored for these newer Spring Suits
, -arid they lend thernselves in a very; fascinating way- r :
to the new modes. ' . ' '
The Sleeve
less Coat
e new
The Sleeveless Coat is one of tli
features, also worn with a harmonizing ;
skirt or a contrasting novelty material.
Particularly fine for sport wear. In some instances the
coat is made of velvet in bright shades, which is a de
cidedly new feature . ,
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SALE
The Sensation j
of the Season I
MORE LINES ADDED
FOR WEDNESDAY
Get in early Wednesday and
ee for yourself.
Bargains"
for Women
. $1.00 1
. pairs Women's Kida, Cray
Tana and
$1.95 j
j Fry Shoe Co. j
' 467 pairs Women's Patents,
'Satins. Velvets, Kid and Tans,
$5 and
for.
,361
and Brown Suedes, Tans and
Patentst values up
to $7.00.
16TH AND DOUGLAS.
Tailored In tne Tailored Style Suits are founcTbelted
Suite ni6dels with long rolling open revers. . The
ouiib bustle-like ripple effects, the broad mannish
effects on the military type, with large military pockets;
Made of fine Tweeds, Covert Cloths; etc. Green and :
( rookie shades, the new tan and sand shades, and infant
ry blue, with a novel touch of militaryred showing,
around the pockets asa piping. Of course, navy blue
is extremely popular. : (
' 1 Mil grim 99 Suits and Dresses Have A r rived
Fascinating Models for Misses and Small Women
We are the sole Omaha representa&ves for these justly cele
brated "Milgrim" make garments, worn by the most stylish, wo
men in the Eastern Fashion centersf We are showing these gar-.,
ments in Velours, Tricotines, Gabardines and Serges. , '
Of equal importance are the happenings in the realm of
the new Frocks for Spring, and the newer models are
extremely fascinating.
The Lovely
Materials
The new materialsindicate that Serges
are prime favorites, with Gabardines,
Tricotines, Jerseys, Satins, Taffetas
and the very smart new stripes and dots combined with
Georgette following in. order, making lovely combina
tions, n y
Tri'mmings . Beading, Cording, Stitching, Braiding,
sn-l ColnrQ Embroidery, all lend charm in the
Ll. liiliillllgo. XllC ouauVLi) vwv, atv iuiy-
ly and Spnng-like. -Navy is a prime favorite in cloth
and silk, followed closely by beige, rookie) brown,; sil-
ver gray, violet, cadet blue, arid rose. Prices are ex
tremely modest. - .
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