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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2$, 1918.
LUTHERANS ARE
INSTRUCTED TO
DROP GERMAN
State Council of Defense Di
rects Pastors to Adopt
" English Language and to
;iV Speak for Nation.
Lincoln, Neb., ay 21. The State
Council of Defense made public to
day a set of instructions sent out to
the ministers cf Lutheran Iowa syn
- od, western district, by the synod's
t committee on information, rcquest
" jng the pastors to take part in patri
otic work where requested to do so.
The Instructions, printed in Ger
man, together with a copy in Eng
lish, were filed with the state coun
cil under the terms of that part of
the sedition law which requires all
foreign lariguage matter of this kind
be submitted to the councilmeii. ,
The instructions, sent out from Mc
iook, Neb., were signed by Johannes
IJehmann. O. Floeckner and G. P.
Krebs. In part, they say:
"Hold patriotic speeches whenever
f they are required.
Contribute ' td War.
' "As to the raising of funds for war
activities experience has taught us
that it is best for all concerned if
members of our congregations would
. enroll under existing state or county
; organizations, created for the pur
pose of raising these funds.
"If a pastor is asked to act as
. chairman of meetings held in his pre
cinct or town for the purpose of
, raising any funds for the uV. and
especially when most of the people
are his congregation members, he
should not refuse to act. He should
"make it a point to invite all Ameri
cans of the English tongue, and use
the English language only.
"If a pastor is invited to attend
patriotic meetings he should attend
, unless duties of his office prevent him
from doing so.
Some Good Advice.
iV ''As far as sections 4 and 5 of the
j'kisting sedition law - concerned, no
I trouble should arise whatsoever, for
it is clear that it could not enter the
mind of a faithful Lutheran minister
to speak against his, own country, not
eveivby way of suggestion.
"Rather should he awaken his nieni
bership to real and true loyalty. One
; should not consider the language
question from the standpoint of one's
rights, but ratheras a war measure to
prevent mob spirit and mob rule, and,
therefore, all instructions to the
young should be given in the English
language; the Sunday school should
also be held in the language of the
country. If one does not wish to do
this, or cannot, because of lack of
volubility, then it would be advisable
tcr close the school entirely."
HAYWARD'S
FIGHTING THE HUN
IN FIRSTTRENCHES
: Continued From Pae On.)
places; also to protect against infec-
tion from long hairs in case of head
i-' wounds. That was Monday and Mon
day night. Tuesday noon I left the
battalion in camp and went on to
the trenches themselves. It was a
queer sensation, and yet the biggest
and most interesting thing I have
ever seen, and I am crazy about it.
"Excursion" to the Trenches.
"I finally got up to the post of
command of one of the French
. c6 onels. which was to be our start
ling point and he undertook to chap-
rone this seeing the trendies excur
sion.' He lives in a dugout, which in
a couole of week will be mine, and
is really most comfortable. Tons an
tons of steel rails, timbers and sand
bags constitute the roof of his tiny
mansion. He has map tables, bas
reliefs of his terrain, has a few pic
tures and to cap the climax, electric
lights. Running from the rear of his
dugout is a deep sap in which he
may take shelter if the -"big ones"
knock his roof off.
"I was accompanied by a French
captain, who is my aide-de-camp, and
the three of us struck out. We
'. sloshed through miles and miles of-
' trenches, passable only because ot Iit
? , tie board walks, which in most places,
were above water, but in some places
were floating. We went to observa
? tion post after observation post, and
" ,l actually began to comprehend the
' lntncatesystem of the labyrinth ot
;. trenches and shelters. As I have said
" before, the French are going to have
; ; to exercise a good deal of ingenuity
tp- use Captain Hamilton Fish, who
;': is six feet tall, and yours truly, in
' their trenches. There were many en
f trances to dugouts where it was a
tight squeeze, especially with my field
" glasses, Colt 45 and canteen. Then
I again there were many places along
Vjtbe trenches and bayoux, where the
'tenth was iust around five feet. This
sfwzs fn for said French colonel and
I said captain, both short, but it made
, me7 much more conspicuous than my
modest disposition would ordinarily
VALENTINE HERD
OF 900 CATTLE
BRINGSBIG SUM
Valentine. Neb.. Mav 21. (Special
Telegram.) Buyers from all parts of
the state attended the P. H. Young
cattle sale at his Gordon valley ranch
today. This was the largest in
dividual sale that has occurred in this
part of the state. Eight hundred
white-face cows and 100 bulls brought
$100,000. A feature of the sale was
a cow and a calf that sold for the
benefit of the Red Cross at $1,400.
Obituary Notes
v MRS. EMMA ABRAHAM, a resident
i of Fremont for 40 years, died at her
home here at the age of 69 years.
Mrs. Abraham came to Fremont with
i her husband from Germany.
' MRS A. A. ROSBOUGH Hed sud
denly at De "Witt, Neb., Sunday, aged
: 72 years. Funeral services were held,
- after which the body was taken to
; her old Tiome at Mason City, 111., for
- interment.
. JOHN COLEMON, a resident of Blue
Springs since 1S7S, died suddenly,
aged 86 years. He is survived by
; seven children, his wife having died
soma years ago. Interment was in
Blue Springs cemetery.
' TOSEPH KASNER, 56 years old.
' 1171 nortti Twenty-fourth street, died
Monday tight. He had been ill several
'. -years. A sister lives in Chicago. Fu
neral services are awaiting her arrival.
. He lived alone in Omaha since his ar
rival here several years ago.
lineer, 46 years old, 1015 south Forty-
4irst street, died Monday night at his
name, jjemn aue to a spina) injury.
Mr. Schomerus had been a resident of
Omaha for the last nine years. He is
surviveu vy mo wiuuw, mm iwu uuugrt-
ters. Funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, at
Stack and Falconer's new mortuary.
Thirty-third .and Faranam streets. In
terment Will be in West Lawn cemc-
a'spire to be. .In fact it did not re
quite a very vivid imagination to see
that mv round head encased m a
helmet moving along must have look
ed to Friend Bosche a good deal like
those ducks that slide along- in the
shooting galleries at Coney Island and
fall down when you hit them amid
ships. Everybody knows how much
fun those things are to shoot at. I
think I compressed several vertebra
in my neck beyond the point of pos
sible normal expansion again, but did
not duck and am selfishly pleased to
relate that I did not get my tin hat
even dented.
Looking From Observation Posts.
"We went everywhere and from
each observation post looked out
through a slit. I got hold of the en
tire situation and was satisfied that
my full duty had been discharged,
when lo and behold, the French
colonel allowed thee were some
points we could ttt better if we got
up on the parapet. So up he climbed
and I wejit along and the French cap
tain followed me. There we stood, he
pointing out points of interest with
his cane, while I was showing the
greatest interest in said points of in
terest, at least on the surface. To
be sure, we were at long rile range,
but the artillery was firing over our
heads constantly. Thinks I, 'my
F ench friend, I can stay out here
just as long as you can!' and I did,
and a little longer for good measure,
but he stayed out an awfully long
time. As we progressed I finally got
wise to the shell firing so that I could
tell which was they and which were
ours, and was gratified to learn that
those which had been making the
most noises traveling through the air,
that is those which screamed the loud
est, were French. shells, and we could
see then break on the German line,
see the big puff of smoke, and the
dirt they kicked up and then hear
the exposion. With the Bosche shells,
however, which came our way, the
explosion was about concurrent with
the visual observation and the whine
came afterwards. They call them, re
spectively, 'departures' and 'arrivals.'
Our boys call them, 'going' and 'com
ing.' They are really not nice things
at all.
"The front lines were very quiet
when I was there first, not much do
ing except the artillery. Occasion
ally a movement detected, or a light
or shade seen in a loophole on one
side or the other, would bring forth
the rat-tat-tat-tat of the machine guns,
but it wa-much quieter, except for
tiie artillery, and the men were much v
more composed man tne women are
at a quilting party. I found the com
mand posts of the majors and cap
tains to be fairlv comfortable, but of
course not suitable for drying clothes
in. Water drips constantly through,
but most of them have electric lights
also and are certainly better than I
expected to find. Some of the shel
ters and bombproofs for the men are
very wet and muddy and terribly
dark, but others are not so bad. I
think our sector is probably a partic
ularly clean one. At that I saw places
where a subway builder might im
prove the situation, which of course
we will proceed to try to do.
Birds Only Signs of Life.
"When w were standing outside,
as I have tried to describe, the thing
that impressed me most during the
brief periods when I could close my
mental and physical ears to the terri
ble screaming and detonations of the
shells was the fact that over miles
and miles of hideously scarred earth
where churches, houses, "cemeteries
and groves of trees had been literally
shelled into powder and splinters,
there was not visible one single liv
ing being, man or beast, except the
birds which flew around and occa
sionally lit and hopped here and there.
But I knew that within the range of
my vision were many thousand cut
throats watching for a chance to get
at each other. I think I have never
seen so large "a surface entirely de
serted except on the ocean or the
Egyptian desert.
"I came back last night to move the
other two battalioits up closer to
await their turns, for they are going
to rotate successively a few days and
then we take over, instead of a bat
talion sector, our own regimental sec
tor. I will feel pretty smart when
that day comes.
"The boys who went in were in the
very highest spirits. Even the lame
and sick men begging to go, and the
officers o the two battalions whom
1 did not pick to go- first were very
disappointed and inclined to be sulky.
They need not worry, for I guess they
will get their fill of it, because I am
beginning to understand how serious
a quarrel I have with a man by the
name of Hohenzollern over here, a
quarrel which has already come to
blows and which must inevitably lead
to considerable bloodshed. However,
the Fifteenth Foot wears nobnail
boots, which from now on we expect
to be putting in his face pretty regularly."
BIG SUGAR BEET
CROP FORECAST;
PRICEJJPTO $10
Thousands of Acres of Land in
Chase County Held for Higher
Figure to Be Planted to
Wheat.
Lincoln, Xcb., May 21. Reports re
ceived by members of the special com
mission which investigated! the price
of sugar beets, indicate that general
satisfaction prevails among growers
and that a large crop will be grown in
western Nebraska this year, as a re
sult of the establishment of a price by
the government. '
A member of the sugar beet com
mission has just made public a gener
al survey of the situation.
Nebraska sugar beet growers will re
ceive a higher price for their crop this
year than ever before, $10 a ton. Last
year many growers lost money be
cause of low yield and high pioductive
cost.
In three areas situated some dis
tance from a sugar factory, beet cul
ture has developed because of lower
production costs. The average valui
of beet land in those areas is some
what less than the average value of
land in the North Platte area and the
cost of water considerably less. It
was therefore rcommended that in
these areas the grower received not
less than $9.50 a ton. In some in
stances these beets actually cost the
sucar company more than where the
higher rate is paid, because of the dif
ference in freight charges.
Approximately OH persons attend
ed the hearings held by the commis
sion and the testimony of about 100
growers was taken.
Wheat on Land Held For Increase.
Thousands of acres of Chase coun
ty land being held tor increase in
value will be planted to wheat while
its owners are waiting for the un
earned increment. Through the in
fluence of J. F. Purbaugh, county ag
ricultural agent, more than 3.000 acres,
ow"ned by Denver capitalists and other
out- of-the-state men, are being broke
up by tractors and will be sowed to
wheat this fall. Thousands of acres
of. land in this county are being
bought up by speculators who ex
pect a boom after the war. Pudbaugh
persuaded owners to allow him to ob
tain renters.
Fight Against Hog Cholera.
County agents of the North Platte
district, which includes western Ne
braska, are planning a campaign for
the eradiction and prevention of hog
cholera. This city has been selected
as the distributing point for cholera
serum. The serum will be distributed
through the county agents, who plan
the vaccination of practically every
herd in western Nebraska.
10,000 Bushels 1916 Corn.
Nearly 10,000 bushels of 1916 corn
fit for seed were found in Dakota
county by C. R. Young, county agri
cultural agent. Agitation on the sub
ject of seed corn was begun in the
winter at school house meetings. Forty-four
school house and street dem
onstrations were held. Two hundred
and thirty-nine tests, giving data on
6,470 bushels of corn, were made. Two
regular testing stations, at Homer and
Jackson, were established.
NATURE ENLISTS
IN FIGHTING HUN;
STATE DRENCHED
Much-Needed Rain Gives Big
Portion of Nebraska Gen
1 erous Soaking; Crops
Needed Moisture.
Nature attempted to make good the
abnormal deficiency in the rainfall for
the eastern part of the state with a
rain that could be called a "clod
soaker" and a "gully washer" early
Tuesday morning.
It was more than a "million dollar"
lain, for it came at an opportune time,
when the parched pastures, the wilting
heat, dropping oats and starving gar
den crops were thirsting for the life
giving fluid which descended from the
heavens, at the psychological mo
ment. Rain in General.
Reports received at the various rail
road headquarters of the city indicate
the rain was very general, the precip
itation varying from two inches at
Sioux City on the north, to one and
one-half inches at Table Rock on the
south, and two inches at Grand Is
land on the west.
A dispatch from Beatrice reports
that the rain came iust in time to
save the crops of Gage county and
was accompanied by terrific electrical
disturbances.
The heaviest rainfall in the state
was at and near Auburn, where 2. 83
inches was reported. From one-quarter
to two inches of rain fell on the
territory over which the Northwest
ern railroad runs. General rains were
reported on all three divisions of
the Rurlington, the Wymorc division
Congressman Stephens Begins
Speaking Tour at Fremont
Fremont. Neb.. May 21. (Special.)
Congressman Dan V. Stephens ar
rived in Fremont from Washington to
make a tour over the state speaking
for Red Cross.
A number of Fremonters have fol
lowed the example of President Wil
son and are pasturing sheep on their
lawns.
Otto Schunnan, mesident of the
Commercial National bank and prom
inent Mason, is critically ill at his
home here with appendicitis.
Sergeant and Mrs Arthur Softley
arrived in Fremont from Camp Fun
ston. Mrs. Softlev has been at Man
hatten, where she has been in quar
antined for scarlet fever for the last
six months.
A service tlac with 17 s'ars was
dedicated at the Trinity Lutheran
church. The pastor. Rev. Phillip
Lange, and ls 1.. Hammond were
the speakers.
always form a society. The treas
urer of the society Jias turned over
$90 to the Crete bandage circle in
addition to purchasing the flag.
Boy Killed When Truck He
Was Driving Overturned
Blair, Neb., May 21. (Special.)
Clarence Newkirk. aged 15. son of
Mr. and Mrs. -lid Newkirk, was
killed' by the overturning of a truck
which he was driving. He was
thrown under the car and his skull
was crushed.
Omaha Man Makes Address
At Tabor College Closing
'labor, Neb., May 25. (Special.)
The 5.'d commenoemeut exercises of
Tabor college we're marked by un
usual interest. Dr. Iltilhrrt of Omaha,
was among those to deliver addrescs-
'athcr Rice, the aged divine of Coun
cil Bluhs, was unable to be present, A
as per program. Patriotic addresses
marked the proceedings.
Cambridge Graduating Class
I Of 1918 Includes 23 Pupils
! Cambridge, Neb., May 21. (Spe
I cial.) With the class sermon at the
Congregational church thr last exer
cise of the school vear for the grad
uating class of 1918 was completed.
Kev. West lake deliv ered the address.
The exercises began with the class
play "The Dream That Came True,"
at which $275 were the door receipts.
The auditorium was well tilled on this
occasion lo hear the address of Prof.
Fling, "What Are Wc Fighting For?"
There were 2.1 iji the graduating class.
l'.vervboflv reads Ree Want Ads.
Dunbar Hears Pershhg Man.
Dunbar. Neb., May 21. (Special.)
Sergeant James L. Stephens of
Montana, one of the group of 50
Pershing warrior-speakers, addressed
a large audience in the Dunbar opera
house.
Doane College Freshmen
Raise New Gifi Flag
Doane. Neb., May 21. (Special.)
The D. Y. B. freshman girls'
society of Doane College superin
tended the raising of the beautiful
tlag which the members have pre
sented to the college.
The freshman girls of the college
reporting an average of two inches.
From one to one and a half inches of
rain fell on the Union Pacific road
from Omaha to Grand Island, and
lighter rains fell still further west
The amount of rain that fell in
Omaha was .58 of an inch. The
weather bureau forecasts fair and
cooler weather for Wednesday for
Omaha and vicinity.
Relieve Your Indigestion
With A Laxative
Dyspeptics know thtt indigestion is accompanied by
constipation, and that until the bowels can be regulated ao
they will act freely and naturally every day at stated time;
swallowing dyspepsia tablets if of little use.
A great and growing number of sufferers from this
trouble find immediate and then permanent relief by the use
of a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin sold by
druggists under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
The laxative herbs act on the bowels and the pepein and ex
tracts on the digestive tract, forming an exceptionally effective
laxative-tonic.
It is a combination that has been found wonderfully
helpful in indigestion, constipation, biliousness, headaches,
bad breath, belching and gas on the stomach. A small dose
is all that is required.
The druggist will refund your money if it milt
to do s promised.
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their profit and absorb
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that thief amity laxative
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war price of 50c and $1
s large bottle. So sold
by drug giata for 26 years
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stomach, coated tongue
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Only About Half
the Steer is Beef
Live Weight 1200 pounda
100,
Dressed Weight 672 pounds of Beef
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When Swift & Company
buys a steer weighing
1200 pounds, only about
672 pounds goes to market
as beef; the other 528
pounds consists of hide,
fats, other by-products,
and waste.
When the packer pays 15
cents a pound for a steer, he sells
the meat to the retailer for about
24 cents. But the packer gets only
about 6 cents a pound for the
other 528 pounds.
This means that the packer
gets about 16 cents a pound
for all the products from a steer
for which he pays 15 cents.
The difference of 1 cent per
pound covers the cost of dress
ing, preparation of by-products,
freight on beef to all parts of the
United States, operation of dis
tributing houses, and leaves a
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