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OMAHA, SUNDai mukjniinu,
1918.
DEFY HURLED
INI!UN3rFAC
BY PRESIDENT
Force 'to i Utmost Without Stint
" or Limit; Wilson's Answer to
German Drivye and Kaiser
s Peace..
Germany has in this war from the j in the affair of men, -whethcrj right
Humus ui us wwii auuivcsiucn. Baa iu i m niuci ita untcivcs u. or QOmimon
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- 03y Aoclatd Pre.)
Baltimore, Md, April 6.President
Wilson at a great Liberty loan cele
. bratioo here tonight gave America's
v answer to the German drive on the
western battle front; to the renewed
propaganda for a - German-made
peace, to all proposals to end the
w?r before Germany is awakened
from her dream of world domination.
The president's answer was: y
"Force, force to the utmost, force
. without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumpht force which shall make
right the law of the world and cast
every selfish dominion down in the
dust."
REVIEWS SOLDIERS.
A few hours before the president
spoke, he had reyiewed a division of
citizen soldiers, called only a few
peace; now transformed into fighting
men to carry the ideals of Amerrta
ito the battle field of Europe. At the
moment a million more of their kind
iall over the land were celebrating
the opening of the third Liberty loan
land the' order for mobilizing the first
of the greatarmy of a second million
rwere going cut to tne country.
1 Those were some of the physical
facts which backed his words," jsihen
imention. reviewing briefly the evi
, vdence thai Germany seeks a -peace
sfor her world dominion, the president
Jdecured: 4 ;
f ' Accepts Kaisers Challenge'
1 "I accept the challenge. I know
that you accept it. All', the world
shall know you accept it, It shall
; appear in the utter sacrifice and self
. s,torgettulness with which we shall
i give all we love and all that we have
'to redeem the world and make it fit
for free men like ourselves to live in
IThis now is the meaning: of what we
V .do. Let everything that we say, my
.tenow country men, everything ,tat
ve henceforth plan and accomplish,
ring true to this response till the
majesty and might of our concen
trated power shall fill the thought
ana uiicny aeieai tne torce ounose
nvho llout and misprize 'what we
honor and hold dear.
' "Germany has once more said that
force and forde alone shall decide
. whether justice and peace shall regin
itx. the affairs of men; whether right
i as America conceives it or dominion
the destinies of mankinds
"There is therefore, but one tt
s spon se possible from us; force.orce
to the utmost, force without stint or
limit, the righteous force ,which shall
make right the law of the world, and
cast Neveryselfish dominion in the
dust." ' -v.
Warning anew that a triumph of
arms for Germany means ruin for all
the ideals' America has won and lived
for, the president reiterated he was
willing to discuss at any time a fajr,
just and honest sincerely proposed
"a peace in which the strong and weak
V shall fare alike.'v ,
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mil ine answer." ne saia. wnen i
proposed such a peace came from
. the German commanders-, in. Russia
' nd I cannot mistake the meaning of
the answer.
Russ Peace Shameful, i
"They are enjoying in Russia, the
president declared, "a cheap triumph
in which no bravor gallant nation can
long jrSke bride. A great people, help
less by their own act, lies (or the
time at their mercy. Their fair pro
v fessions are forgotten. They now
he set up justice, but everywhere
impose their power and exploit every
thing for their own use and ag
grandizement ajid the peoples pi con
quered, provinces are invited to be
free nnder theitdominion. f -
')Are we not justified n believing;
that they would do, the feame things
jk their western front if they" were
wbt there face to face with armies
whom their countless divisions cannot
' overcome?"
In full, the president's speech was.
as follows: ' A - -
fliow .citir-Ks; This is the an-
--r of our acceptance of Ger-
nany-'s challenge to fight for our
(light to live. and be free, and for the
sacred rights of free men everywhere.
The nation is awake.' There is no
i . ii t ?. in .
"u iv can 10 u. .we Know wnat
j the war must cost, our utmost stfacri
' fifice, th lives Of our fittest men, and,
- if need be, all )hat we possess. The
: loan w are met to discuss is one of
the lea'stparts of what we are called
upon to give and to fo, though in it
telf imperative. The peopMe of the
whole country are alive to the neces
. sity of it, and are ready -to lend to
me utmost, even wnere tt involves a
sharp skimping and daily sacrifice.
: lhey wilWook with reprobation and
contempt upon those who can and
will not, upon those who, demand'a
- higher rate of interest, upon those
who think of it as ,a mere commer
cial transaction. I have jiw come,
therefore, Jin urge the loan. I have
come only to give you if I can, a
more vivid conception of what it is
for. t ' ,
Issues Now Clear. j
The-reasons for this treat warthe
reason why it had td come, the need
to fight it througli, and the issues that
hang upon its outcome, are . more
clearly disclosed now then ever be
fore, ilt is easy to see just what this
cause -we are fifighting for stands
more sharply revealed than at any
i previous cricis xA . the momentous
struggle. The man who knows least
can now see plainly how the cause
of justice stands, and what the im
perishable thing isjhe is asked to in
vest in. Men fn America may be
more sure than they ,eer . were be
focr that the cause is their own, and
j that, if it should be lost, their own
i great nation's place and mission in
the world would be lost witlr itJ -1
I call you Jo witnessmy fellow
x countrymtn, that at no stage of this
terrible business have I judged tlve
purposes fii Germany intemperatefy.
I should be ashamed, in the presence
of affairs S3 grave, so draught with
the deslinies of mankind throughout
' all the wortdlo , speak with trucu
Jence. to use the weak language , of
hatred or vindictive purpose. We
must judge as we would be judged.1
I havjt sought to learn the objects i
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I deal as frankly with them as I wished
them to deal with tne. I have laid
bare our own ideals, our own pur
j poses without reserve or doubtful
; phrase, and have asked hem to say
as plainly what it is that they seek.
Ve have ourselves proposed o in-
junin, no aKrcssion vve are reaay
whenever the final' reckoning is
made, to be just to Uie German peo-
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picucai winy wnn me uerman pow
er, as wiin.au otners . mere can
be no difference between peoples in
the final judgment, if Jt is indeed to
be a righteous' judgment. To pro
pose anyrning out justice, even-handed
and dispassiopate justice, to Ger
many, at any time, whatever the out
come of the war, would be to re
nounce and dishonor our own cause,
T" - a
ror we asK notning that We are not
willing to accord. y
' Germans Seek Domination.
It has been with this thought that
I have soujrht to learn from thns
who spoke for Germany whether it
was justice or aominion and the ex
ecution of their own will upon the
other, nations of the world that the
German leaders were seeking. They
nave answered, ana answered in un
mistakable terms. They have avowed
that it was not justice, but dominion
and the unhindered execution ,of their
own win. . ,
The avowal hast not mm (nrS
Germany's! statesmen. It. has cbme
trom her military leaders. wh sm
her real rulers. Her statesmen have
said that they wished .peace, and were
ready to discuss .its terms whenever
their opponents were willing to sit
aown at the conference tabty with
them. Her present chancellor has
said in definite and uncertain term
indeed, and in phrases that dYten
seem to deny their own meaning, bait
wun as mucn plainness as he thought
prudentVfbat he believed that peace
should be based upon the principles
which we had declared would be our
own in the final settlement. At
crest-Litovsk her civilian delegates
spoke in similar terms; professed
their desire to conclude a fair peace
and accord to the peoples with whose
fortunes they wace dealing the right
JO choose their own allegiances. But
action accompanied and-lOllowed the
jkrofession. .heir military masters,
the men who act for" German and
exhibit her purpose In execution, pro
claimed a very .amerent conclusion
We cannot mistake what they have
done-iia Russia, in Finland, in the
Ukraine, in Roumania. The real test
of their justice and fair play -has
come. From this we may judge tlie
rest. , They are enjoying in Russia a
cheap triumph. In which no brav nr
gallant nation can long take ride. A.
act, lies for the time at their-mercy,
inciriair proiessions are torgotten.
They nowhere set up ; justice, but
everywhere impose their power and
exploit everything for their own use
and aggrandizement: and the nenn1
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oi conquered provinces are inwtcd to
iv iiw uuuci lycir uuiiunioi.
Do Same Over World
Are we not mstified
that they would do the same things at
their western front if they were not
mere tace to taceWith armies: whom
even their countless divisions cannot
overcome? If. when thev hava felt
their check to be final, they should
propose favorable and equitable
terms with regard to Belgium and
T-. v i. .
r ranee and Jtaiv cou d thrv h am
if we Concluded that they did so only
iu assure incmseives oi a iree-Jiand in
icussia and the east? ; . , v
Iheir ntiroose undouhtedlv in
make all the Slavic peoples, all the
free and ambitious natibns Of the Bal
tic peninsula, all the land that Tur
key has dominated, and misruled, sub-
i mcir wyi ana amoition and
build upon that dominion an cmpirt
of force noon which thev fancv thev
catTthen erect an empire of gain and
commercial supremacy an empire as
hostile to the Americas as to the
Europe which it will overawe an cm.
pire which will ultimately master Per
sia, India and the peoples of the far
east.: In such a program our ideals.
the ideals of justice and hiimanitv
and liberty, the people of the free
self-determination - of nation iinnn
which all the modern wbrlcj insists, f
tn may no pari, x ney are rejected
for the ideals of power; for the prin
ciple that th strong, must rule the
weak, that tride mus? follow the flag,
whether those to whom it is taken
welcome it or not,, that the peoples
of the world are to" be maHV .iih;
to the patronage and overlordship of
those who have the power to en
force it. ' ' ..
That v nroeram onr nrr'A ' nut
America and all who care of dare to
stand vwith Ker must arm and prepare
themselves to contest the master of
the world, a mastery in which tlft
rights of common .men, the rightsof
wnmM an A .11 L . ,
..v...v.., .u ui an who are weaK,
must, fdr the time being. beLJrodden
under foot and disrerardMl
old age-long struggle for freedom
and right begin 'again at its beffin-
ninfc. Evertthing that America has
wed for and loved and crnwn err of
to .vindicate and bring to a glorious
realization will have fallen in utter
ruin and the gates of mercy once more
shut upon mankind. . ..
Everything at Stake. ,'-'
The thintfis preposterous anH 5m.
possible. And yet is not that what
the whole course and action of the
German armies has meant wherever
they havemovedX I do not wish,
even m this, moment of utter disillu
sionment, to judge vharsRly or un
righteously. I judge only what the
German arms have accomplished with
unpitying thoroughness throughout
every fair region they have touched, v
wnat then, are we to do?
For myself. I am readv. readv still
ready even $ow, to discuss a fair and
just ana honest peace at -any time
that s it Is .sincerely 'purposed a
peace in which the strong and the
weak shall fare alike, but the answer
when I proposed ;such a peace, came
from the German commanders in'
Russia and I cannoj ,v mistake ' the
meaning of the anslr.
I accept the challenge. ' f i .
I know thar vou accept.it. All the
world' shall know that you accept it.
It shall appear in the, utter sacrifice
Ind self-forgetfulncss with which we
shall 'give all hat we love and all
that we have to redeem the wprld,
and make it fit for ree men like bur
selves to live in. ' This now is the
meaning of al that we do.
Let everything that we say my
fellow countrymen, everything that
we henceforth plan and accomplish,
ring true to this response, until, the
imajesty and might of ouf concerted
power shall nlljhe thought and ait
terly, defeat the force of those who
flout and misprize what we honor
and hold dear.. V
Germany has once more said that
fojrce, and force alone, shall decide
whether justice and peace shall reign
she conceives it, shall determine
destinies of mankind. .
There' is, therefore, but one response-
poss;lle from us: ;
Force, force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit, tfie rjghteous
and triumphant force which shall
make right jhe law of the world, and
tast every selfish "dominion dowa in
the dust., i . ...
L C. Thiemke Re-elected
Mayor of Wisner
Wisner. Neb.. April oVWSoeciat'l
L. C. Thiemke was re-elected mavor
Tuesday. There were no changes in
the city council nor the Board oP
Education. t ,
Kinzel Brothers, hardware and fur
niture dealers who .have been in bus-
iness in Wisner for the last 34 years,
are closing out their entire stock of
merchandise and store fixtures. '
A Mr. Clarrv. who travels for the
Lee Xive Stock company, was badlv
injured . Thursday, when the car in
which he was riding was overturned.
Mr. Uarry s nose ..was, nearly . torn
from his face, and he received other
injuries. ,
Curtis Rules Out Poor '
Halls by Two to One Vote
Cuttis. Neb.. April 6. fSoecial.')
At the recent election Curtis voted.
by a ratio of twovto one, closinn pool
billiard halls and bowling ay- f
rouncAi. ADvxBnsixG.
POLITICAL ADVERTlSrXG.
" Notice ! Men Women qnd Children
I'OLITICAI. ADVEKTISING.
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I shall, if nominated and elect
ed, demand:
That the Nebraska Telephone
Company shall equalize their
, . - rates, charging the same rates
for the same service in every
V - ' x '' district of Greater Omah, that
: ; they shall readjust their1 rates
' ' ' ' . on an equitable basis with their
profits, and abolish their pres
, ' ent toll charge on calls from
Omaha proper to South Omaha.
"' That the Omaha and Council
i Bluffs Street Railway Company
. be compelled to give to the peo-
. 1 pie of Omaha the service for
' which they pay. Street car serv
ice in the city of Omaha is-the
most deplorable of any city in
' ' the United States. ,
, That "the city of Omaha shall
own its own gas plant. But I
8hall oppose the movement on
feot to take over the plant of
H the Omaha Gas Company at in-
i flated war-time prices for their
, old, worn out equipment. I
favor buying it on the basis of what it is worth.
Lhave been fearless in advocating these reforms, and if elected
I shall be' just as fearless in getting them enacted into law. Itlis
up to the voters of Greater Omaha.
ALFRED C. McGLONE V
Candidate for City Commissioner
j v Primaries April 9th. . t y
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i mim II n i ii ii 1I1T-H1TI r VOTE FOR
j & JUYB AIL
Ii fT-T-f h jSj&V V3V$ Primaries April 9th.
' ,4. Election May 7th
' L : OfpM "LET GEORGE DO IT"
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DISBURSEMENT OF
PUBLIC FUNDS
Annual Report Issued by Street Commissioner'
GEORGE PARKS
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Showing; work done and cos. of same, by. his Department
goring year 1917, as compared with like work and cost for
year 1916, s
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DRT. CLEANING DEPARTMENT
1916 With Teams 2,024 miles dry cleaned re- .
v quired 8 gangs and teams at cost of 198.00
per day, or per mile, $7.00. .
- 1917 With Trucks S",lll miles dry cleaned re- .
Quired 4 gangs with trucks at cost of
$46.40 per day, 'or per mile, $164. ,
NOTE Saving of $51.60 "'per day or $2.36 per
1VHITE WINGS((lX8ing nand Carts).
lOlC-r-34.960 blocks cleaned: 191743.400 blocks
cleaned. I , -
' , FLISHING DEPAET31ENT - ,
1916- pTeams, 2,592 mile's flushed, requiring' (12
i ; teams, and broomers days) (8 teams and
; broomers nights) x;ost per day and nights, .
, - .$144.96 or $12.00 per mile. (
1917 Auto trucks, 4,120 miles flushed, requiring
. (5 flushers and broomers days) -(4 flush-
. - ers.-and broomers nights) cost per day and
1 A nlghts.jeO or $3.60 per mile. ?
NOTE Saving of $76.56 per day and night or
j $3.40 per mile. - , .
STREET REPAIR GRADE '
1916156 miles jounded up;
rounded up. ,
WEEDS CUT
S16-6.677 blocks
1017302
miles
1917-8,792 blocks.
CIXDERS HAULED FOR REPAIRS (Wasnonts)
1916-271 loads' 917-976 liads. v . i
7 SNOW REHOTED .EROX STREETS A
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-208 miles cleaned. 1917 208 miles cleaned.
REPAIRS id PAYED STREETS
1916
41,980 square yards asphalt laid.
9,082 square yardsx concrete laid. '
' 8,786 square yards brick laid. - -
4,307 square yards stone pavement laid.
The total appropriation for 917 was f
approximately $155,000
The total appropriation for 1916 was
approximately ' 156,000
.
OutTT)f the appropriation for 1917 the amount
, paid for trucks and flushing autos, $30,-
etfO.OO (an asset).
, Out of the appropriation for 1917 the amount
"ild for ' asphalt plant Improvements,
T j.OOQ.OO (an asset). .
Suburban territory merged with Omaha 13
square miles, entailing expense for makin
needed repairs. .
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Increased cost of laborfor 1917 over that of
1916-was approximately $20,000. .
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No deficit shown by any branch of my" DE-
PARTMENT December 31st, 1917.
, I invite7 examination of office records' for yerifl
cation of above report. . -
GEORGE ARKS. '
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City Commissioner :
MR. STOfcCKER'S candidacy is based upon his records
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as a private citizen, a businessman, a public servant,
.and a man who recognizes his dutyas a patriot '
W. F. STOECKER came to Omaha thirty
five years ago, when a young man, and by
frugality and strict attention to business
built up a successful wholesale and retail
cigar and tobacco business, under the style
name of W. F. Stacker Cigar Co., operating
fivelof the principal retail stores in the city
and I employing a large sales force on the
road covering Omaha's tratie territory in the
wholesaling of cigars Nine years aga he
sold his business. -
In 1909 he was honored by the electorate
of Douglas county by being elected a mem
ber of the House of Representatives ojf this
state, where he served wih honorable dis
tinction. '-
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He asserted his force and rafsed his voice
; ' His oath of allegiance to America was un
derstood by hiih to mean AMERICA FIRST'
--and upon this "understanding he is doing
his bit injetter and in spirit. 1 -
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. He has advocated for rnany years and
now more earnestly than ever it being ap
parent a war time necessity the, elimination
of the German press. This he regards as a
necessity to bring about the Americanization
; of the German speaking people, and for the
destruction, 61 the-vip'er-that is serving to
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uiiaecjnine American meais ana American
Institutions. . '; t
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' -He has already undertaken to secure a
large petition signed by LOYAL AMERI-
in opposition to the domination, of the brew- "CANSof German birth, or ancestry, urging
ery mieresis in pontics, aiaed m the emanci
pation of the people from the brewers' dicta
tion and points to his part in bringing about
state-wide prohibition as one of the proudest
acts of his lief. '
1 He has volunteered his services and they
have been accepted by the committee, to
take the platform throughout the state and
aid in making a great success of the Third
.Liberty Loan drive. This he does as a patri
. otic duty-anti regards it asan honor and a
privilege,! in thus being of service to his
country.
congress to act at once on this most import
ant issue. , ' ' .. '
v In all these long years' residence in
Omaha he was never known to do a dishon-'
orable act 'or failed teTionor an agreement
he ever entered into with another. ,
Your Vote Will Help
For City
' W. F. Stoecker is a man of action, a leader
in thought, and hisgreat ability is with
Omaha and for Omaha, if placed on the City ;
Commission to 'aid' in administering to its
manyeeds. . , "
Help With Your Vote "
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My 1917 Legislative Record
: I was instrumental in patting the ion btl!T
I worked and voted for the public com- .
fort stations bill. I worked and voted for
the municipal coal bill. I worked and
helped pass a bill which gave the city of
Omaha the power, by; vote of the people,
to take over all public utilities, and muck
other legislation for the direct benefit
of Omaha.
FRANK GOODALL
For City Commissioner
Primaries April 9th.
'lection May 7th.
Resident of Omaha
Thirty Years.
Intelligence! Honesty!
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Lourag
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Three qualities must be in Any Man toJ
make that man a Good City Official. - v"
A man, to SERVE THE PUBLIC WELL,
must be INTELLIGENT, he must be HONEST,
he, must be COURAGEOUS. ,
No one of these-.qualities . alone no two
of them --will fill the bill. No man can be a com
. plete SUCCESS as YOUR City Servant unless he
-has' ALL THREE. - V
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. iou must nave'JUMtininu MUKb than
the mere Good Fellow City Official. These are'
dayssf or te Men wljp Workn the Battlefield,
in Business and no less in Government. This
. is no time for Slacker or a Misfit. .. . '. .
, HARRY B. ZIMMAN, with his admitted
experience and qualifications, is fitted by THIS
TEST to be one of Your City Commissioners.
s ZIMMAN, by, his Public Record, has
shown himself able JLo withstand the wiles and
pressure of self-seeking corporation and to serve
only fhe People's BEST INTEREST. He is
HONEST V t. V ,x
. Zimman's COURAGE is PROVED by his
many Fights against Odds in the Public Behalf.
He is NOT a Dodger. v
You KNOW what you are Getting m Harry
B. Zimman.
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Zimman Boosters
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COMMISSIONER W.F.Stoecker
VOTE FOR
HENRY ROHLFF
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For City Commissioner
Born Fifty-one (51) Years Ago in Davenport, Iowa.
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Thirty-four (34) Years in O'maha a Successful
" Business Man. v .
His Slogan : 'A Dollar in Service for Every Dollar in Taxes
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s Mr. Rohlff has lived twenty-seven (27) years on
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; jjeavenwonn ocreei. i or over xweniy u; years nasneen
a live wire andvbooster of the Southwest, Improvement
4 .club. 4 Treasurer of the Lion Bonding & Surety Company
. for. tefi years, which corporation has the reputation of
being one of the strongest and most creditable ift the-:
middle west. Present treasurer of the Investors' Guarv
amy Lurporauun, aie iuw eiccuiiK a large ouiituog
at 20th and Farnam Streets'." Is a member of the U. C.
t T.'s, T. P. As ancl Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hasthe
' honor of being' colonel on Governor Neville's staff, which
honor he also held daring the two terms of, Governor
Morehead. Is the owner of the Rohlff Theatet on Leaven
worth Street, managed by his sdn Oscar, until enlisting
in the army. Mr. Rohlff has the reputation bf making
good in anything he has undertaken, and has the ability
of assisting in' making Greater Omaha one of the best
cities in the United States, w ' 1
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