fHE BEE: OMAH SATURDAY, MAY, 18, 1918.
11
CREEL PENITENT
FOR HOT SPEECH
SCORING SOLONS
Chairman of Committee of
- Public Information Declares
He Meant No Reflection
v on Congress.
" . Washington, May 17. George
Creel, chairman of the committee on
public information, has written Chair-
. man Pou of the house rules commit
tee hed no intention of reflecting
on congress in his much discussed
recent speech in New York, in which!
he. was quoted as saying that inas
much as he did not enjoy slumming
he would not explore the hearts of
congressmen.
The remarks attributed to Creel
-created a - furore in congress, with
demands for. investigation of his conv
mittee and declarations that if cor
rectly quoted he was unfit to hold his
office. ' . t
It was indicated yesterday by house
leaders that the matter probably
would be permitted to drop" and
Creel's letter to Pou probably assures
"such a disposition of the incident.
"I do not believe anyone could be
more severe on Mr.- Creel than Mr.
Creel was on himself when he talked
to me," Pou told the committee. "He
told me he never intended to renect
cn congress and was willing to repair
any blunder he may have maoe.
- Congressmen Score Creel.
"I would be willing to accept his
apology if he would tender his resig- This tremendous diving bell.newly
CM Sfioraffr Tam constructed, is to be used by the gov
surprised that the president has not eminent for extending and increasing
removed him trom omce. '
"I think that,-if he thought his
usefulness as chairman of the com
mittee "n public information was at
an end he would resign," replied Mr.
Pou.
''If he does not know that his use
fulness in that position is at an end,
he is the only one who does not know
it," interjected Representative Camp
bell" of Kansas, republican.
Mi. Pou ' further declared ' Mr
Creel had told him . in their conver
sation that he would be willing to be
used anywhere the government or the
president desired to place him if by
making a change he could serve tne
country to better advantage.
New Giant Diving Bell Now
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GIANT BJVtKS BI.
the availability of our docks and ports.
It is of the most improved type, and is
fitted with safety appliances and large
capacity air tanks.
Hope Is Aurora Borealis
That Makes Women Smile
Through Gloom in France
A people in mourning a whole na
tion shrouded in war's gloom, yet pa
tiently hopeful of the peace America
will surely bring this is the France
of today as seen by Mrs. Leroy King,
formerly of University Place, Neb.,
now of Bordeaux, who is visiting in
Omaha today. . '
"Everywhere you go it is the same,"
Tfi "RFfRTTTT MPTtf said Mrs- Kins- "Not hamlet. nl
1U AJjUQiUII 1V1JJJ a home but is bowed by the reign o
LAND FLEET IN
UNIQUE DRIVE
Great Lakes. 111., May 17. Three
daughters of naval officers are to act
as sponsors at the christening exer
cises today of the Great Lakes land-
going recruiting fleet. Ihey are the
Misses Moffett, Wilson and Childs,
..respectively, daughters of the com
mandant, inspector of recruiting and
a recruitme officer.
" .The fleet on wheels is ready to be
launched. It consists of a torpedo
boat destroyer, a submarine and a
submarine chaser, and they bear the
names "Great Lakes," "M4 No. 98"
and ; "Eagle,M respectively. - Each
vessel has mounted guns and the sub
marine carries torpedoes. Two stand
ard coaches, one for examining phy
sicians and the other for mess pur
poses, will be carried with the fleet.
A detachment of the Great Lakes
band will accompany toe fleet.
" Plans for the movement of the fleet
: include a trip over every traction line
in the middle west. The playing of
the band and the roaring of cannon
will announce the arrival of the fleet
at each "port" it visits. 1
War Makes U. S. World's
Silk Manufacturing Center
- Washington May 17. The United
States has beoome the silk manufac-J pretty razors. Can you get me one
like theirs f
"Five dollars for a safety 1" laughed
frightfulness. Every woman is in
mourning. Matron ana maid j alike
wear the crepe on the dress and thfc
dull, black veil.
Smiles Dispel Tears.
Never for one moment have the
French, in the depths of their sorrow,
suggested the posibility of defeat. But
now the French women smile through
their tears.
America, they say. is coming to
save their beloved country.
Meanwhile, fnadame and mademoi
selle are busy with their letters of
cheer to the brave poilus in the
trenches and their supplies of choco
late and coffee and cigarets and the
monthly "bien" or gift of money, for
the French private receives only five
sous a day from his government.
Mrs. King has mon filleul sev
eral of him and the requests she re
ceives from her proteges are funny
and often pathetic.
Those American Razors.
"You must know, ma marraine (my
godmother), that ever since I have
been in the war I have had no razor
with which to shave myself." reads
one quaint letter, which Mrs. King
prizes. I have always To , borrow
from a comrade, and he gets very
tired of it. The Americans have such
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MRS. LEROY KING.
delighted the joyous French heart
are suspended for the duration of
the war. The beautiful casino at
Pau, near Bordeaux,, is transformed
into a hospital.
I he cry of the croupier is heard
no more and the sweet-toned accents
of the Red Cross nurse echo through
.1. . ? 1,, mi . . . r .
me spacious nans, ine dizzy whirl
of the roulette wheel is supplanted
Dy ine quiet movements ot the unsel
' turing center of fhe world as a result
of he war, which has simulated the
manufacture of silk here and in the
far east at the expense of Europe
A study of the silk industry, the
first official inquiry of the kind, has
just been completed by the tariff com.
mission.
Japan continues to lead the world
in the production of silk, while the
United Staes, first among the nations
in its manufacture, does not produce
a single pound of the material.
France continues the chief European
- manufacturer of silk and the principal
source of American imports, Japan
ranking second.
The annual requirements of the
American silk industry are 20.000 tons
: of silk and silk waste, 10,000 tons of
cotton and other yarns, and 1,000 tons
of metallic tin for weighting. Most
' striking of all the developments due
to the war has been the expansion of
the spun-silk industry, lhe govern
ment is requiring vast amounts of
Mrs. King, "but it was worth while
if the poor boy enjoyed it."
tor months this young American
woman has supplied coffee to a Cana
dian boy, who craved this delicacy
more than anything else.
bend us chocolate, cisrarets. books.
magazines and papers," say the sol
diers1 letters, "but, 'toujours le tabac'
(always the tobacco), adds the naive
poilu.
Poilus Last Request.
One "filleul" asked for a Docket
flashlight. His work, he said, was to
carry munitions at night, and he often
stumbled over the rough ground in
the dark.' Mrs. King; sent the coveted
article, but before it reached its desti
nation the poor poilu was hit by a
Hun shell and killed.
The eternal war grind wears on the
temperamental Frenchman.
t Je vous assure, chere marraine, ca
'of ... j,; .: tr ....... .....
coarse silk cloth made from milt noil. e P oien gal (i assure you
for making powder bags for the big dea.r fodmother, it is not very gay),
guns . sighed 'one boy, writing to his Amer-
ican sponsor. "Mais, c'est la guerre"
Huns Advance Like Locusts "gjjy- ahealrF?e-nJhemaedndsrepmhi:ok;
In FrightfUl MaSS AttaCKS with the characteristic shrug of the
Liverpool, May 17. A Liverpool snouiacrs.
officer, in a .letter from the front,
writes of the German mass attack
recently:
"I have watched several of these
attacks through my field glasses, and
have been filled with horror each time.
They ploughed forward in serried
ranks. , The majority did not even
trouble to. fix bayonets. Many had
tflir riflc cfltnff mip ttiif chnMr'
and they advanced apparently with shrapnel-proof steel helmet.
profound indifference over the bodies . x;l "iRSer, wnar a ja git dat iron
of their comrades. hat? inquired Rastus from across the
"Mv first thoueht was that thev ocean
must be drugged, they advanced with .Je ne comprends pas, monsieur,"
such callousness and utter unconcern. ,aia ,ne frenchman, and turned
lhe simile of the locust has often wfY . 10 tn nexpressible surprise
been applied to ' the . German hosts, ?nd disgust pf the black gentleman
and it would seem to be well justi- irom Alabama,
Our Negro in France.
One of the funnv siarhtf of the war
is the blank" astonishment of the
American negro in the service when
he meets a Frenchman of his own
race and finds they are unable to con
verse. -
Recently a negro from the states
met a black poilu just back from the
trenches. The latter wore the usual
Like Being Hit
By Rattle Snake
Says that every time you cut
or pick at a corn you
invite lockjaw
You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once a week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood noison
are now told by a Cincinnati author
ity to use a drug called freezone
which the moment a few drops are
applied to any corn, the soreness is
relieved and soon the entire corn,
root and all, lifts right out with the
ringers without one particle of pain.
This freezone is a sticky substance
which dries the moment it is applied
and just loosens the corn without in
flaming or even irritating the sur
rounding tissue or skin. He sava a
quarter of an ounce will cost very
little at any of the drug stores, but
whs is sumcieni 10 rid one S ieet of
every hard or soft corn or callus.
You are positively warned that cut
ting or picking at a corn is a suicidal
naoit. Advertisement
hed, for m all the recent attacks
there is the suggestion of the insen
sate soldier being absolutely indiffer
ent to what happens to himself or his
comrades, and obeying only one over
mastering force and impulse."
Age Limit
War Falls Heavy on Poor.
War is particularly cruel to the
poorer classes the peasants and
lower bourgeoisie. Some food are
prohibitive in price and many supplies
have been exhausted altogether.
Sugar is doled out at the rat f
ttlf-M r.nJ. It A.
Tt,:. t ii I v f uiuma to person,
ngnt, said Plodding Peter, "but it Mn i.r -o.a. T
itopsjoo quick." and now t U nnt ,t H Tl..
meres notnm to look forward tirnmi, .v . .i. .
w iT.F fZ11' t0,fiPht' hn and many babies die daily for the
OUt ne 8 never too nM tn wnrlr llnrtv t 1
.Wisningtoa StaS All the peace-time diversions that
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ENRAGED DUTCH
FARMERS PLOW
UP SOWN FIELDS
Hollanders ' Exasperated by
Government's Extreme Steps
; to Ascertain Hidden Food;
, Shortage Acute.
Amsterdam, May 17. Extreme
steps taken by the. Dutch authorities
in sending troops to search farms for
the ' purpose of - seizing wrongfully
withheld stocks of grain has aroused
such indignation among the farmers
affected that they threaten to plow up
sown fields. In some cases they are
alleged to have taken this unpatriotic
course.
To justify military action, the au
thorities have, issued statistics show
ing that in the Haarlem lake district
it is estimated that 39 per cent of the
wheat crop, 43 per cent of the barley,
60 per cent of the beans and 83 per
cent of the green peas have been with
held.
" The food shortage in Holland is
becoming serious. Not only is wheat
scarce, but other foodstuffs as well.
It has been decided that on June 13
butter and other fats will be added
to the ration list Tea stocks have
long been exhausted and the available
supply of coffee is dwindling rapidly.
Anti-Semitic Campaign
, Launched in Germany
Stockholm, May 17. A new anti
Semitic campaign has begun in Ger
many, announces the German Asso
ciation of Combatting of Anti-Semit-
which has issued an appeal for
Lost, Strayed or Stolen!
A Three-Story Building
Chicago, May 17. Chicago po
licemen who think nothing of
searching for lost children, dogs,
cats, pigeons, and almost every kind
of human animal, or article, were
mystified tonight when they re
ceived a request to search for a,
"lost" three-story brick building.
According to the owner, Joseph
Johan, of Spring Lake, Mich., the
building "mysteriously vanished"
after February 15, 1917," when he
purchased it from his mother-in-law.
A broken leg, Johan declared,
kept him from coming to inspect
his property until today, and when
he arrived he found the building
had disappeared.
Failure of Johan to have the
transfer of the sale recorded, the
police believe, resulted in the build
ing being wrecked when the ap
praisers could not locate the
owner.
Gould, Nw Vineyard, Ms.; Dw7 W.
tngroa, WhltcfUld. N. Wafoner Lulc
Reynard. Detroit, Mich.; Privates Martlno
QlroUmo, Oneida, N. T.; Talmaaa T. Rag
land, Sunny Lane, Ky. ; William H. Stone,
Norway, Me. .
Died of Dlaeaae Sergeant Cecil O Tor
mey. Thorp. Wis.: Cook John i. Corcoran,
Brantord. Conn. ; Privates Joseph L. Becker.
Rochester. N. T.; Fred U Harshaw, Mur
phy, N. c
Died of Gas Polsonlnf Private Clement
W. Oravelle, Nashua, N H.
Severely Wounded Sergeant William A.
Metater, Elgin. 111.; Corporals Elner T.
Helinan, Kvannton, 111 ; Otto Tothers, St.
Joseph, Mo.; Privates Howard A. Bowman,
Clyde. N. T.; Amos P. BrlgM. 8outh
Charleston, O.; Joseph Cully, Cleveland. O.-.
Clarem L. Graham, Lynn. Mais.; Krnest
F. Blekey. Hertford, , Conn ; William
Kreutter, Newport, Ky.; Edwin O. Hosts,
Mount Ollead, O.; Bert L. Stewart, Ida
vllle, Ind.; Ferdinand Wan tele t, Osceola
Mills. Pa.
(MlKhtly Wounded Emll O. Henkel. Du
buque. Ia.; David V. Hemlett, MoQregor, la.;
Damea ,i. nay, Mouiton. ia.
Missing In Action Lieutenant Charles W.
Maxson, Baltimore, Md.f Corporals Robert
Walksr, Jersey Cite-, N. J ; Lee H. 'White
head. Jeffrey. Ky.; Privates Rnssell - B.
Dodaon. Wlntondale, Pa.; Fred C. Hickman,
Loogootee, Ind.; George Korraan. Newark,
N. 3. ; Alexander Krakusaeakt, Dobre, Po
land; William C Sweeney, South Boston,
Mass. v .. .
Prisoners (Previously Reported MlisIng-
Lieutenants Harold A. Goodrich, New
Pa.: Private Sidney C. Klneh, Clayvlllo,
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Killed In Action Previously Reported
Missing in Action) Privets John M. Jen
nings. Bella Plalne, Ia. (list of May 16).
A Monotonous Existence '
And your daughter has left he,
husband?"
''Yes. He had no consideration
whatever for the dear girL He
neither smokes nor plays cards, and
he always wants to stay home at
night." Washington Star '
ism,
support in opposing this new propa
ganda against Jews,
"All indications point to the fact
that this anti-Semitic movement will
be carried oh in more intensive form
after the end of the war," asserted the
German association. Extensive prep
arations have been made therefor and
pecuniary resources have been as-
The appeal defends the Jews against
charges of usury and profiteering dur
ing the war, and declares that the
anti-Semites "desire to use hatred for
Jews as a means of upholding the
strongly threatened and unjustified
privileges of a small caste against the
inevitable new orientation "of Ger
many's internal conditions."
fish girls, who are working day arid
night to relieve pain,
i The clink of heaped-up gold has
given way to the rattle of operating
instruments, as men are helped across
the slender borderland that separates
life from death.
Mrs. King, formerly Laura
Beecher. attended the Nebraska Wes-
leyan university at University Place,
and later taught kindergarten in St.
Edward, Neb. She has been living in
France for the last four years.
Her husband is manager of the
Bordeaux branch of the International
Harvester company. She expects to
return to her adopted home in July.
2 mm KILLED
BY HUN FIRE ON
WEST WAR FRONT
William R. Lyon, Indianolo, la.,
and John M. Jennings, Belle
Plaine, la., on Pershing's
Casualty List.
Washington, May 17. The casualty
list today contained'106 names, divid
ed as follows:
Killed in action, 15; died of
wounds, 6; died of disease, 4; died of
-gas poisoning, 1; wounded severely,
12; wounded slightly, 60; missing in
action, 8.
Officers named include:
Lieutenant Averill Baxion Pfiifer,
Cleveland, O., slightly wounded.
Lieutenant Charles W. Maxson,
Baltimore, Md., missing in action.
Lieutenants Harold A. Goodrich,
New Haven, Mo., and M. S. Redmond.
Pittsburgh, ra., previously reported
missing, now reported prisoners.
The list follows:
Killed In Action Corporal Walter 'O.
Moore, Fltsdale. Vt.; Privates Vernon
Balled, Alden, Minn.; Vincent J. Blahovee.
St Louts, Mo.; Thomas W. Cleary, Portage,
Mich.; Henry L. Danforth, Danville, Vt.;
John W. Low, Dallas, Tex.; William R.
Lyon, Indlanols, Ia. ; George F. Martin,
Fort Kent, Me.; Wyvll L. Mathts, Johns
town, O. ; Clarence L Perkins, Manchester,
N. H. ; Joseph T. Poultn, Augusta, Me.; Glno
Robertl, Lucca, Tuscans., Italy; Emmet D,
Sullivan, Fine, N. Tf.; Charles R. Thomp.
son, Kingman, Me.
Six Dead of Wounds.
Died ot Wounds Coroorals Daniel B.
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