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THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1918.
WILSON POLICY
' !N WISCONSIN
STIRS POLITICS
Manner in Which He Stepped
Into Lenroot Election Rouses
Leaders and Brings !
Forth Comment. I
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VTashincton Bureau of Tbe i
Omaha IW. 1311 G Strett. i
By EDGAR C. SNYDER. !
1 W ashington, April 10. (Special ;
Te'esfram.) The election of Irvine;
I'-euroot' of Wisconsin to the senate j
was the commanding event of the !
A.;k, nest to the German drive. !
Few elections have been held in my j
memory that attracted as jftach nation-wide
interest or that seemingly,
"urried as much political significance, j
Many were concerned in the out
.'one of the Wisconsin balloting;
irsi, as to whether it would show the
tale loyal by the defeat of Rerger.
m in that result the country is most
ircnerally grateful; second, would the
republican party show itself strong
for its own success and integrity as
t us supporting the war, and third,
?.r.d perhaps the most important of all,
wlip.t effect would the recent tre
ueudous grants of powers, which
congress has conferred on the presi
dent, have upon the control of elec
;:'ons to the senate and house.
President Commends Davies.
That the president would use the
power thus conferred was shown in
the pointed tetter of the chief execu
tive wherein he commended Davies'
pre-war record and by implication &t-
tai.Kcd Lenroot s record of the same
period. Vice 'President Marshall was
sent into the state to speak, as was
also T. Ham Lewis, Hie senatorial
Viiip." So that all the force of ex
sctitive and official prestige was in
voked. From the result it would seem
that the people of Wisconsin resented
the presidential interference.
Many wonder why the president saw
fit to pitch the campaign on Lcnroot's
pre-war record rather than on what
was done after the declaration. One
tnswer'.to that is Lenroot's record in
support of all measures to win the war
was unassailable.
This record goes back to the del
'cate question of democratic records of
,var support after war had begun in
America and especially the last two
ars. , - .
Champ Clark s Tale.
We - hear frequently of . Champ
Clark's telling how the democrats took
McKinley by "the scruff of the neck"
and threw him into the Spanish
American war. The house library
bound- Congressional Record of 1898,
at those pages showing the vote on
the bill to raise revenue to support
that war, is thumbed black by mem
bers looking to that vote when every
democratic member of the house, with
the exception of five, voted against
that measure. Those five were J. J.
Fitzgerald, Driggs and Cumings of
Xew York. McAleer of Pennsylvania
and "Fighting Joe" Wheeler of Ala-
All are now dead, except ntz-
Babies Answer Call of Uncle Sam and
Accept Registration With Delight
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Little Miss Carolyn Collard was
one of the first babies to answer the
call of Uncle Sam to register all the
children under 5 years. She is being
weighed by Mrs. C. W. Tollard and
Mrs. Sam Rees, jr., two of the work
ers at the Dundee school. Carolyn,
who is above average in weight and
height, is the 4-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Collard, 623
North Fifty-first street.
The "save the babies'! campaign be
gan Wednesday morning with a rush.
Workers believe that a most enthusi
astic response will be'met in all parts
of the city. Up to noon 27 infants,
mostly between the ages of 3 and 5,
were taken to the Dundee school and
were registered.
Mrs. C. W. Pollard, in charge of the
clerical work, said that the babies
were average ones. The State Council
of Defense is promoting the work
as a war-time measure,
"Its wonderful the way the children
take to the idea," said Mrs. Pollard.
"We have had hardly any tears shed."
One small boy was among those
reported missing. A neighbor child
told him early Wednesday morning
that he would have to go to school
and be registered or Uncle Sam would
get him. He reported this to his moth
er and said he would rather she would
go to the school and tell Uncle Sam
she needed him at home today.
several lamines came lor me regis
tration, among them the three sons
of Mrs. Sam Rees, jr., one of the
workers. Masters Thomas, Sam and
Harding were weighed, measured and
examined .itist hetore l nomas, l-.liza-
beth and John Naughton arrived, the
second trio being children of Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Naughton.
Registration will be held Thursday
in the morning at the Saunders school
and in the afternoon at Columbia. On
rnday the workers will receive at
Walnut Hill. Saturday they will go to
Cass in the morning and to Bancroft
in the afternoon.
Works and others, the hour of noon.
March 4, came and no vote couldbe
had. Congress expired by limitation.
The president armed such ships as
he saw fit. None of these were sunk
until April 2, three weeks after war
had been declared on April 6, 1917.
The Pre-War Issues.
Such is a brief statement of the
pre-war issues, around which discus
sion of numerous critics and editors
centered. The result would indicate
that the American test of loyalty is
not so much "What did you do to
Iget into or keep us out of the war?"
fruit "What are you doing and have
hania. Al
gerald. t
Now that the president has seen fit
to play politics it is interesting to re
call a lot of things connected with this
pre-war period. In chronological or
der let me recall them to you in order
to refresh your memory.
1. "Preparedness." The republicans
have allihe argument there. Wilson's
incoming was the signal for a letup
of preparation for war.
'Watchful Waiting."
2. "Watchful Waiting," a doctrine
adopted by the president in our rela
tions wjth Mexico. As a democrat
said to .tne the other day: "There is
one feature of this war which com
pensates for some others. It makes
us forgpt our handling of the Mexican
embroglio."
3. 'Too Proud to Fight.' That was
a statement made by the president in
a famus Fourth of lulv oration un
der the shadow of Independence hall
at Philadelphia. It seemed to be ac
cepted and acted upon by the world
cowers and especially Germany.
4; 'The McLemore Resolution
That was a resolution introduced by
T'onetessman Jeff McLemore, of
fexa$ the principaj feature of which
was (hat, recognizing the fact that
'.he president would not permit for
:ign ships carrying armed cargoes
md American passengers upon leav
ing fur shores to heavily arm to de-
:end themselves against submarine at
lacki, and it not appearing that the
president had notified Germany that
he tvould avenge American lives
taki tinder such circumstances, that
t would be the humane course to ask
'.htp resident to warn Americans from
takrg passage on such ships. The
president resented the pendency of
thi resolution and called upon the
actng chairman of the rules commit
tee to draft a rule summarily to dis
pone of this obnoxious measure.
The course followed was to table
tfie resolution, which meant that it
wts not to be debated on its merits.
A number of members, including Len
not, Cannon, Cooper Moore, Kahn
or California, Mann, Rodenberg,
longworth, Fitzgerald of New York,
esenting what they believed to be ex
ecutive interference in the conduct of
?he house, voted against tablng, 142
,ii all.
5. "Peace Without Victory." On a
momentous day, June 22, 1917, the
president unexpectedly appeared be
fore the senate and delivered a speech
in which h declared for a "world peace
without victory." This was the speech
that for about 30 days was referred
to as "The Sermon on the Mount."
"Armed Neutrality."
6. "Armed Neutrality." Germany
on February 1, 1917, began her
ruthless submarine policy. Many
able statesmen construe that as the
real beginning of war by Germany
against the United States. The ques
tion of resistance and to what extent
at once became the burning thought.
On February 26, 1917, President Wil
son asked for authority to arm our
ships to protect them against
the submarines. He urged thhat while
lie. had undoubted right without au
thority from congress, he wanted con
gress sanction. He believed with
that authoiity congress could go
liOrne until the following December
and he could thus keep clear the sea
and protect our rights. The house
ananimously voted him that author
ity. All the house, it would seem,
"avored protecting our rights-on the
sea. The measure went to the senate, i
doni to make it a winning fight?"
Lenroot showed he had voted for
all -the important measures to sup
port the war. Namely, voted for an
army; for a revenue bill to support
the army and an espionage act to
protect us against enemis at home.
It was in them that he, incurred the
enmity of La Follette, who with
Gronna and Norris, alone, of all the
senate, opposed these three great
measures. I may say in this connec
tion that all three Nebraska repub
lican members of the house voted for
every measure looking to the success
ful prosecution of the war, though
they did not. vote for the war resolu
tion itself.
New German War Boots
Bring Enormous Prices
Amsterdam, April 10. The new
German War boots and shoes which
have recently been on display at a
public exhibition in Berlin are thus
described by Vorwaerts:
"Heavy, clumsy boots, made out of
all "sorts of substitute materials with
paper uppers and wooden soles sev
eral centimeters in thickness, the
weight and bulk of them increased by
huge nails and protectors with which
they are studded. The price for these
monstrosities is enormously high.
While in peace times good, durable
leather boots could be purchased at
about 12 marks, this war footwear
for children costs 17 marks, for wo
men 22. marks and for men 24 marks.
"Moreover the purchaser is warned
that the soles of the war boots will
only last seven or eight weeks. As
each wooden sole costs from 5 to 6
marks to replace, each pair of men's
boots will cost the wearer at least 40
marks every six months. Whether the
paper will keep out the cold andwet
is more than.doubtfuf."
U. S. AIR PROGRAM
BRANDED FAILURE
IN SEtfATE PROBE
Washington, April 10. The gov
ernment's aircraft program is char
acterized as "gravely disappointing"
and a drastic reorganization of pro
duction machinery was recommended
in a report by the senate military
committee today, which 'barges gov
ernment officials with misrepresent
ing the situation and misleading the
public, and with "procrastination" and
"indecision."
One-man control of production is
proposed and the committee suggests
that building be taken entirely out
of the hands of the signal corps. De
lay is charged not only in the manu
facture of Liberty motors and ma
chine parts, but in the training of
fliers as well.
FIRST U.' S. FLIER
FALLS PREY TO
GERMAN FORCES
.
Amsterdam, April 10. The Ger
mans have made their first capture of
an American aviator, a semi-ofliciaj
Berlin dispatch reports. He is said to
have been shot down on the western
front on Sunday.
The American aviator is described
as an engineer, by profession, who
since September of last year has
served with the French forces.
GERMAN TERROR
IN
Teuton Agents Tell Desperate
People French Refuse to
Fight; Crime to Speak
Own Tongue.
French Front, April 10. Terror
and suffering show marked signs of
increasing among the population
of Alsace and Lorraine still under
the German yoke, acrordug to reports
reaching France through neutral
sources.
I otters from inhabitants of the two
provisions. F.ven people who occupy
conditions prevailing there. There
are many complaints of the lack of
provisions. Each people who occupy
comfortable positions are seen walk
ing about in Strasburg with bare feet
as they arc unable to get even foot
wear with wooden soles and paper
uppers.
So many German agents speaking
perfectly the provincial dialects are
about that iarly all intercourse has
ceased except between relatives and
sure friends. '
Large numbers of young women
and girls have been taken from their
homes by the Germans and sent to
the virinity of the French front,
where they are made to work by the
military authorities. Some of these
girls are below 17 years old. and their
deportation caused much disturbance,
which became so marked that the
German authorities promised to send
these children bark home.
It is a crime to have any French
connections or even to speak French,
the latter involving a fine of- 20 or
30 marks. Propertv belonging to
French persons or companies, who'
fled the country on the outbreak of
war is being sold to German pur
chasers. AM Alsatians and Lorrains aged
from 17 to (0 vears, the clergy in
cluded, have been called up to per
form civilian service for the Germans.
and in some instances they have been
obliged to go to the advanced posi
tions to build trenches, shelters and
tunnels.
Masses of German propaganda arc
spread among the population, who
is
are told that the city of Paris
suffering from famine, that there u
not coal and that the French troops
rciusc to obey when ordered to
march. This campaign of false news
has considerable effect among the
younger people, who have no other
means of learning what is going on
outside the country, but in general,
especially among the older people,
hope does not disappear that the two
provinces will, as a result of the war,
again become French.
Mrs. Caroline Gould Dies
Following an Operation
Mrs. Caroline Gould, "o vears old.
mother of Mrs. C. II. Wit hey. 121
Wirt street, died Tuesday night, fol
lowing an operation on her eyes.
Mrs. Gould lived here for IS years
with her son-in-law, C. H. Withcy,
manager of the Farmers' Union Live
Stock company. South Side.
I'uneral services were held at the
residence Wednesday afternoon. In
terment was in Forest Lawn cemetery.
American Troops Caught
In Fire of Mex Bandit!
Marfa, Tex., April 10. A patrol o;
American troops was fired upon latt
yesterday east of Fort Hancock. Th
firing came ftom the Mexican sid
of the Rio Grande, where a larg
force of armed Mexicans has beer
concentrating for the last week.
No American soldiers were hi.
when the firing occurred. Lrnitcc
States troops are being rushed there
from other points along the border
Fort Hancock is 75 miles cast oi
Kl Paso.
Ayiator Meets InstaLt, Death.
Sau Antonio, Tex., April 10.
Cadet Elatn A. Atikrum, 24 years old
of Champaign, 111., was instantly
killed, and Cadet George S. Doug
lass of Marysville, ' Kan., was pcrhap
fatally injured, when airplanes, which
they were driving collided at Kelly
field, an Ameriacn aviation camp, ai
a height of 250 feet at 9:30 o'clock
this morning.
Americans in Army
That Saved Amiens
London, April 10. But for the
gallant defense put up by General
Carey's improvised army, in which
American railway engineers played
a prominent part, says the corre
spondent on the western front of
the Daily Mail, the enemy might
have pushed through to Amiens in
the first few days of his great at
tack. The improvised force held an
important stretch of the front
against furious German onslaughts.
"There was no doubt in any
body's mind that they would hold
on grimly as long as - breath re
mained in their bodies," says the
correspondent.
"It was not until it had been in
the field for some time that the
force was able to get artillery. But
as soon as they had it they certain
ly used it to good advantage.
"In the beginning, however, it
was the men who held the enemy
back with their bodies."
The sector involved began at the
River Somme near Sailly-Laureate
and extended southwest to about
the Luce river.
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