THE BEE; OMAHA. FRIDAY. MAY 31. 1918.
SOLDIERS GIVE
DECORATION DAY
TALKS IN STATE
Sergeant Havenstein and Pri
vafe Andrews Welcomed by
Large Crowds at Various
Nebraska Towns.
Lincoln, Neb., May 30. -(Special)
Six addresses on Decoration da
were made by the two rershmg front
trench soldiers who are touring Ne
braska under the auspices of the bu
reau of speakers and publicity of the
- State Council of Defense. Sergeant
FaurA. Havenstein spoke this morn
ing at Merna and this afternoon at
Ansley. Private John M. Andrews
of Alabama, who reached Nebraska
Tuesday to take the place of Sergeant
James L. Stephens, whom the War
department sent to Montana, his
home state, spoke at Callaway this
morning and at Oconto, Eddyville and
' MiJier this afternoon.
Professor M. M. Fogg this morning
announced that Private Andews will
speaK at upland, Bladen and JUinden
' Friday, . where the meetings are in
charge of the chairmen of the Four-
' Minute Men, Nels P. Hansen, H. G.
Wilcox and Charles A. Chappell, re
spectively, i he meeting at Minden
will be in the evening. Private An
drews will be at Sutton Saturday for
a noon meeting. i
Lincoln will welcome these Persh
ing soldiers Saturday evening in the
. Auditorium, preceding which meeting
... the soldiers will be at Miller & Paine s
, indoor frolick."
Private Andrews will speak at Be
atrice Sunday afternoon, . where the
meeting is being arranged by Super-
intendent A. J. Stoddard of the Four-
Minute Men and General L. W. Colby
of the Gage County Council of De-
iense. ,
Observance in Lincoln.'
Memorial day in Lincoln opened
y with a shower, but by 9 o'clock the
usual exercises were held. The Grand
. Army of the Republic, Sons of Veter
ans, Spanish-American War Veterans
and the auxiliary societies gathered
at the auditorium and went to the
cemetery,, where the usual exercises
were held at the Grand Army of the
Republic circle. The Grand Army of
' the Kepublic and auxiliaries decorated
the graves of the civil war veterans,
the Sons of Veterans decorated the
graves of the civil war nurses, while
. the Spanish-American War Veterans
performed a like service over the
graves of their dead comrades.
In the afternoon at the city audi
torium, John C. Cowin of Omaha was
the prator, his address being "Civil
War Veterans. Judge Harry b. Dim
r ?an. of Hastings delivered an address
i on "Yesterday, Today and Tomor-
. row. - v.
Give Kaiser Licking.
- Eustis, Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram). Former Governor More-
.. head gave a patriotic talk to a larce
ludience at the memorial services held
here today. "The war will end when
ive give the kaiser a damn good lick
ing," he said, and his audience ap-
olauded vigorously.
. "A man who doesn't like this coun
try, its laws and its institutions should
go back to the country from which
ie came," was another shot that re
vived applause.
One language, one people and a
united nation backing the administra
tion was agreed by Mr. Morehead.
Honor for Andrews.
Callaway, Neb., May 30. (Special
I elegram). Private John M. An
' --drews, a veteran of General Persh
ing's overseas army, addressed an im
mense crowd here .at the Memorial
iay exercises this morning. He wa?
met at the station by the Callaway
liome guards, Red Cross workers in
ijliformled by the Callaway Home
Guards band. The address was de
livered at the parade grounds of the
home guard company, the assemblage
being too large to be accommodated
in any building in the town. Private
Andrews' talk was enthusiasticallv re
ceived.
BOLT TEARS OFF
, SHOE OF FREMONT
'WOMAN TEACHER
Fremont, Neb., May 30. (Special
.1 elegram.WWhile looking out of the
window durfng af storm at Octavia,
Miss Frances Evans, a teacher in the
Octavia schools, suffered a severe
snocn trom lightning. Miss Evans was
knocked unconscious to the floor and
. . , 1 .' . J t A a . ...
Bushmen painim ourns about the head
and chest. One shoe was torn from
'her foot. j
Memorial day was observed as a
holiday in Fremont, practically all
business was suspended, nearly all
the factories closing. The graves of
me temeieries were dec
orated in the forenoon, Grand Army
ok, the Republic, Boy Scouts, home
. guards and other organizations taking
" pan.' in me auernoon a public meet
ing was held at the high school, with
JudgejLee Estelle of Omaha making
the address. A parade was held pre
ceding the meeting, in which several
hundred persons took part, including
the school children and teachers. In
the evening the first of a series of
band concerts scheduled for this sum
mer was given.
Denney Delivers Memorial'
Day Address at Fairbury
aiur& Neb-' May 30. (Special.)
U H. Denny of Fairbury. repub
lican candidate for congress frorrfthe
I'Ourth consrressinnat rtictt-.Vf a.
livererj the memorial address at the
auditorium in this city today.
MOB THREATENS
TO HANG MAN ON
ISLE IN PLATTE
- Lincoln, Neb.. May 30. B. A. Fel
ver of Carrington, N. D., an organizer
for the Nonpartisan league; on his
arrival in Lincoln yesterday said he
had been badly treated by a mob of
According to the story told by Fel
ver, the mob took him onto an island
in the Platte river, placed a rope
around his neck, threatening his life.
He said (he was saved only because
part of the men in the crowd changed
their minds about hanging him when
he asked them if they considered it
loyal to "commit murder in the name
of patriotism." ;
AVERY TIRED OF
FACULTY VIEWS
ABOUT THE WAR
Testimony at Lincoln Hearing
That Chancellor Commented
on Rejection of Sympathetic
Attitude to Conflict
(From a Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, May 30. Special). That
Chancellor Avery .of "the University
of Nebraska had told him he was
"tired" of the attitude of some of the
members of the university faculty
who persistently refused to adopt
sympathetic policy toward the war,
was the testimony of James E. Law'
rence, city editor of a local paper b
fore the board of regents late Ves
terday afternoon before-the hearing
was adjourned until rnday.
Mr. Lawrence has been called to
verify statements appearing in his pa
per relative to the conduct of certain
professors and regarding a meeting
which he termed a "pacifist" meeting
at the home of Professor H. W. Cald
well in which the war had been dis
cussed.
Mr. Lawrence said Dr. R. A. Waite.
a local minister, was the only one at
the meeting who favored military
preparation at the time, which was
in the fall of 1915.
The meeting was attended bv sev
eral university professors, A. E. Shel
don, director of the legislative refer
ence bureau; Mr. Locke, editorial
writer on the State Journal; Rev. Mr.
Wetherly who had been across the
seas with Henry Ford to bring about
peace, and half a dozen well kuown
Lincoln pacifists.
Helena Allen a student from Schuv-
ler, testified that Miss Mary Fossler
of the chemistry department, had
taught the principles of international-
isrruto a class of vounsr women out
side the institution and during a dis
cussion a short time ago had said that
she had rather be a woman sweep
ing tne streets ot Jtierlin than some
women in America." Later she said
that she thought Miss Fossler favored
the war, but that she was not "az-
FREMONT SOLVES
DR AINAGEPR OBLEM
following: Defeat of $75,000
Sewer Bond Proposition, It Is
Proposed to Straighten
Rawhide's Course.
Obituary Notes
SEBASTIAN DILETTE, three-
TimlVr ,,aoUghter ot - Sebastian
Dinette. 1102 South Thirteenth street,
it P!?'ter afternoon. .The funeral
tvas held at o'clock Wednesday
stternoor.- interment was in Holy
fcepulcher cemetery.
OLADYS MAY BARDSLEY died
suddenly, before commencement ex
ercises at Nelson High school, antHier
classmates filled the chair she would
J,? "Pletf with a profusion of
white flowers. The diploma sie had
von with an average of 95 per cent
lay beside the others, and a touching
tnbuu was ald h- orr-
Fremont. Neb.. Mav 30 (S.
cial.) The citv council thinks it has
reached a solution of the sewer prob-
ems mat lias been under rnnsidpra.
ion for several vears. At the snrino
election the proposition to vote $7.5.-
000 bonds for the erection of a sew
age disposal plant lost by a big ma
jority. ' Now it is proposed to
straighten the Rawhide so that the
sewer ditch empties into the drain
age ditch and then into the Elkhorn
river. City officials have learnpH that
the drainage board officials are not op
posed to tne plant. Un complaint of
the farmery at the former outlet of
the sewer ditch in Douelas countv
suit was brought in the county court
iu uomin an injunction restraining
the city from emptying its sewage
in the old bed of the Elkhorn river.
Little School House Passing.
State Superintendent W. If. Clem
mons was in Fremont on his return
from a visit to Nance county, where
he spoke at a school dedication and
eighth grade graduation. Mr. Clem
mons says the number of consolidated
schools in the state are rapidly grow
ing and predicts that in the near fu
ture the little country school house
will be a thing of the past, except
in remote districts.. Superintendent
Llemmons delivered' the graduation
address at Cedtf . Bluffs Thursday
evening. ,. ; ......
In a petition signed by oyer 300
residents of the suburban districts of
the city operators of small grocery
stores in the outskirts asked ihe
city council to repeal the Gunday clos-
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NEWTON AGAIN
ELECTED LETTER
CARRIER CHIEF
Association Closes Annual Con
vention in Omaha and Names
Lincoln Place for 1919 ,
"v , Meeting.
Charles B. Newton of Omaha, was
fe-elected president of the Nebraska
Letter Carriers association which held
its annual convention in Omaha today.
Homer D. Clark of Lincoln was
chosen vice president, H. D. Shear of
Lincoln, secretary; J. F. Hansmier of
Lincoln, treasurer; Fred Jorgensen of
Omaha, Mutual Benefit association
collector. W. C.'Botrk of Omaha was
elected to a term of three years on
the executive committee. Lincoln was
chosen as the city for the 1919 con
vention. ,
About 40 delegates from eight or
10 postoffices came to the city today
for the convention. The memters re
affirmed their allegience to their coun
try and pledged themselves to buy
thrift stamps. i
Congressman Stephens Speaks.
At the afternoon session Congress
man Stephens made a patriotic ad
dress. He denounced people who go
about criticizing the government
ignorantly.
"I heard of two men who declared
that $350,000,000 had been squandered
and grafted in the airplane program
and only one airplane produced," he
said. "As a matter of fact only $210,
000.000 of the $640,000,000 appro
priated for airplanes has been, ex
pended and this has all been accounted
for. In a thousand avenues the ma
chinery of producing airplanes has
been started. Thousands of men are
being trained to fly the machines aud
soon the planes will be produced at a
rate that will astonish the world."
State President Charles B. Newton
presided at the meetings yesterday.
The convention closed at 6 o'clock
with election of new officers. Supper
was served it. the Swedish auditorium
building and in the evening there was
a program. ' .
George J. Kleffner, assistant super
intendent of mails at the Omaha of
fice; told of the immense postal busi
ness in Omaha.
"We will soon stablish a motor
truck parcel post service covering
territory in a radius of 100 miles of
Omaha," he said. "This will bring the
city people closer to the country folk
and the farmers will hav? a quick and
cheap way of marketing their produce.
"TJie Omaha office has sold $520,535
worth of thrift stamps and $431,206
worth of'war satings stamps. Omaha
letter carriers are now selling an
average of $1163 worth of these
stamps Haily."
A, drill by me women of the local
auxiliary No. 78 was a feature of the
afternoon session. : A number of little
girls presented a service flag to the
local branch . of the letter carriers'
association. , .
First Standardized Steel
Cargo Vessel Launched
Newark. NI.' Mav 30. The Aa.
wan, the first 'of the new standardized quarantined
fabricated steel cargo vessels' built
by the Emergency Fleet corporation,
was successfully launched today at
the Newark bay yards' of the Sub
marine Boat company. - The vessel
has a capacity of 3.500 dead liieierht
tons, is 343 feet long and-is-expected
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Three New National Forests
Established in the East
Washington, May 30. President
Wilson, by proclamation announced
today, has established thtet new
national forests in the ' east the
White Mountain, about 391,000 acres
in Maine and New Hampshire; the
Shenandoah, about 165,000 acres in
Virginia and West Virginia; and the!
iaiurai Bridge, about 99,000 acres, in
Virginia. ' . i
Women File for Office.
Madison. Neb., May 30.-(S"pecial,.)
--Mrs. Ada Hodson, wife of Countv
Clerk D. T. Hodson, has. filed for the
nomination of register-of-4eeds on
the republican ticket. Mrs.-'Hbdson is
the first woman to seek political office
since Miss White contested the field
for the office of countysuperlhtend
ent with Frank Purdue. County Clerk
Hodson has enlisted in" the "army. F.
H. Taylor is the present register of
deeds and Mrs. Mabel Strother is tfie
present deputy. Mr. .Taylor has vol
unteered his services to the army and
is awaiting a call to the service, and
th present indications are(tlUt he
will no be a candidate to1 succeed
himself. - . '
SmaUpox in tfretna'.
Gretna, Neb., "May 3ft (Special.)
n. numner oi cases ot sma dox hav
developed here and many families are
NINE HURT NEAR
FAIRFIELD, NEB,
. IN-Bia TORNADO
Hastings, Neb., May 30. (Special
Telegram.) A tornado struck sev
eral farms in the neighborhod. of
Fairfield, Neb., shortly after v mid
night, demolishing buildings and se
riously injuring nine persons. All of
the injured were on the Roy Ridgway
farm.
The storm first struck the farm of
Peter Musick, three miles southwesP
of 1-airfield, and then tifted for three
miles, -descending agaiit and striking
the Winnifred Hiss property. ' .
e Buildings were damaged on Vhe
farms 6f Harm Busboom, Dan Smith,
Winnifred. Hiss. William Pywelk A.
E. Kurstman. William Dva. William
loyce," Henry Wolf and Martin Ho-
gan. -
Cozad, Neb., May 30.i-(Special
Telegram.)cA small tornado hit
Cozad this afternoon. The north
wmg of the alfalfa mill was complete
ly demolished fend' four box cars were
blown from the track. . One house
was carried half a mile, A heavy rain
followed. No one was injured. Loss
is fully covered by insurance..
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Students Aid Red Cross.
Benson, Neb May 30.-(Special.y
ocuson mgn school students
d,uri"& the past week raised $264 for
the Red Cross. The High school girls
nave uunaiea ten J.ivetta fnr Ro .
gian orpnans.
Soldiers' Home Notes
i oi:u lain ri (l mov in i nm .
rmi,. i.. . miner or
. . iiniicii wiin nta rn,.ni. - t i. -. .
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Mrs. Spurllnr. whn ha. ,1.. .
t - . - ----- -a wi c Vi i nw am-
!"5foor" the main building, expects to
Z.JT'n "er U'coratlon day for
. vunc" mutfs to spend the
Jtev. Mrs1. JaAnofi nt t. -d..i.. '..i. L
ofCrand Island, delivered h. .mnr,.t
rman at the home chapel on Sunday after-
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TrlnLt0hk "L80." Monda'r -""noon
aw the Trinity church in rnrt t.i.-
,1i",,,",he '"t west hospital, who
v.".cirngB. - ,,,8t-Week ' con
Mr. Madden, who attempted to resume
P M.l;gain.lake. to bi Partments.
Members of the home were grieved to
learn of the serious Illness of Mrs. D. W
Hoyt, at her home In Qrand Island. Mrs.
Hoyt formerly was matron of the Home.
Mrs. Johanna Lynch of the West hospital
is reported In s serious condition at 4he
present time. Rev. Father Helmes of
Grand Island, was called to administer the
last sacrament to her Saturday morning.
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