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ilOSEVELT SPEAKS ON WAR DUTIES K". . . , . , - Emphasizes Necessity of As similating Immigrants; Noth . ing But Americans Should i V Be Tolerated. I V ; "My fcllevr Americans, I have come Jbere tonight to speak first of our un mediate duty to win this war," Colone! Roosevelt said at the opening of hit speech to the throng that packed the Omaha auditorium last night, ''and our duty to tolerate in this country nothing but Americanism, and i also 5 intend to say a few words on the heed of preparedness as a permanent 'policy. j "Anybody can be excused from v miking a mistake, but not if he de nied having made it or if he makes it over again. We are fortunate in nav ing state councils of defense and one - of the fruits of their usefulness are the enemies thev make. "Directing his remarks particularly for a few moments to the members of the Grand Army, of the Republic in the front seats, he said: "I pay spe cial tribute of homage to the men who t50 odd years ago proved themselves wormy in inc great civu war. Fathers Men of Iron. ; "There were persons then who put peace above righteousness and they voted against Lincoln. Ihey wanted peace and you men of the Grand Army of the Republic could have had peace for a few years if you had stopped fighting and then you would have had -soother war. Thank heaven that our fathers had iron in their blood. We are here tonight because the best men in the country during the years of ISol to 1865 counted all things of no consequence when the national honor and existence were at stake. ' They fousfht for a high ideal . - v "There are two or hree things necessary . for a nation tf trwouid count for anything, and the first is , that it showd be a nation, we De lie ved that all emigrants should be as similated to become Americans. The events of the last four years have shown us that there is no room in this country for 50-50 Americans. If man is an American with a hyphen, he is only a 50-50 American and in that case he is not an American at an. in this connection one of the most strik ing instances was the German-Ameri-can alliance; and we had no dea what mischief it was doing until the war broke and then we were awakened 'to the fact that thousands were serving Grmany at the expense Of America. . I ! Kill the Snake. ' "We had branches of the alliance in Kew York that did really comic -things. In the state of New York, I am happy to say, that we 'repealed the charter of the German-American alliance and I wish to see 4ho con gress of the United States repeal the charter of that alliance. They have disbanded nationally, to be sure, but wt should kill the snake to be certain that it will not come to life again. We do not want any loyalty that is tem pattd by a loyalty to any other coun try. We must insist that there shall be only one loyalty in this land and that if any man has a feeling toward iry other land, he should go back to that land. We should have only one Ha"? and we should rule out the red nd black flags of anarchy. In every country the disorderly elements have been shown to be allies of Germany. The bolsheviki and the Industrial Workers of -the World have done what Germany wished . them 'to do. They took German money. Don't f or iel that the pro-German who thinks it is not safe to be so 6penly,attacks our allies and he should be made to feel that when he attacks our allies, he attacks us. Some of them jeer at those who are supporting the war and some were profiteers before the war. It was to the interest of profiteers be fit the war to keep us out of war. l.:.;e-tenths of the profiteering stepped with the war. i Only One Language. We can afford to tolerate in this 1 country permanently but one lang uage, the language of (he Declaration of Independence, the language of Washington's farewell address and the Iceguage of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech,-the English language. I un derstand that , you here in Nebraska have made a wise provision that only English, shall be taught in the pri mary public schools. ' "I am going to take the liberty of rpeaking of my ancestors. I repre sent many mixed strains and I repre sent the average American of the fu ture. My Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Ger rn and Welsh ancestors came here 2o) years ago and became Americans. - These ancestors intermarried or I would not be here tonight 'They all tecame Americans. We can not af tori to have communities growing tip n this country as communities of dif- - l:rcnt spirit and languages. If a man -s not come here to be an American (....-en, let him stay way. He does r :t have to come, but when he does come, we have the right to lay down the terms on which he may come. - Instruct the Immigrant - 1 hope that we will place quality above quantity, to the end that any emigrant who comes here must learn tc speak our language. We have not always in the past seen that he be came Americanized. We should have night schools where every emigrant 'may learn to speak and read English within five years, and if he bas not learned the language in that time, then send him back to the country he came from, I hope you will work for 'the passage of such laws, not after the war, but now. Our people, are at "lite-heat of Americanism now. TV:rt wait for reaction after the war. ..a man who is not ah American, and '- ,ing else, has any right to be a t of our American life,- ..'-;; "If man is a straight American, f: an irafamy not to treat him as . X notwithstanding his creed or .re his ancestors came from. Be- e the war I had the acquaintance many Germans and to my amaze t some were not loyal, but the jority showed themselves to be as -1 as any in the land.1 Any Ameri i who discriminates against a Ger i who is a good' American is not ; 1 because he forces such a Ger- r back to those who are aliens in i land. We should not vent our '.imlhy ; on wrong (objects. . - t "I wish congress would pass a law against the publication of papers in any except the English language, I say that knowing well that some pa pers published in English are just as bad as they can be. If we read anti American newspapers, then we are to blame. We should see that we have laws which will force all foreign Ian euaee oaoers to be printed in Eng' Tish. If we dor not read and think the ame thouehts. we will turn our country into a Balkan peninsula where there are many conflicting languages. As to Pacifists. "In the oast many men ' of high ideals were pacifists who believed that by passing resolutions they couio make the meek men live unharmed by strong and cruel men. We must know that as the world is now. we can only win respect when we show that we are in the right. I don't care for a good man who is good be cause he is an anaemic; it is the same with a nation. If I could have my advice heeded, I would have a nation govern its conduct the same as a high-minded man would govern his conduct. I will not subscribe to the doctrine thalf there is one type of morality for a nation and another for a man. When I was president I tried to live up to, that doctrine. I hate a nation that is a bully. My feeling is, don't fight if you ean help it, but if you have to fight, then fight. To a -young man I would say, 'Don't hit if you can help it, but don't hit softly.' Nobody is gratetur for being hit sou ly. If you do hit him put-him to sleep 1 , "We are in the war. It is 16 months since Germany went to war with us and 14 months since we went to war with Germany. For two months we were in the twilight. Our troops are fighting abroad with the allies so that they won t have to fight at home without these allies. This War's, Sumnter.. "The sinking of the Lusitania was the firing on Fort Sumter in our case. We not only have our own grievances, but if there was ever a war demanded by every principle of justice, it was this war. It took us months to realize the hideous horror of Germany and its vassal states. If we allow Germany to escaoe with out punishment for itf misdeeds, we shall place a premium on internation al wrongdoing in the future. A more wanton outrage than the invasion of Belgium was never committed and the massacre of the Armenians was with German connivance. - ' I speak literally when I say life would not be worth living, for any man who had to bow the neck to German conquest. ' Let us be on our puard in this country lest we say that Germany can ,not hurt us. We can hot have a peace that will be n ac ceptable peace to all parties in this case,. Any man who tells you that he wishes to preserve the feeling! of Germany as well as of Belgium, is Breaching the gospel , of the devils. We must fight this war through; we have no alternative. We must make sacrifices. Must Put War Through. "If, when this war first broke, we had begun to prepare our strength . or even when the Lusitania was sunk Russia would not have broken and the war would have been over by this time and an era of peace dawned tor mankind. We must now insist that we put this war through. "T A't f .11 .1.. 4 tU- wvn i yy,vvv vii ,i mi MIC ven- sor has done but I would like to see him censor the boasters. Let us not boast until we have something to boast of. If the Gettysburg: soeech had been delivered a year in advance. it would have meant much. "Let us quit boasting. An engineer over in France wrote to me that the United States boasted last year that this country would have 20,000 airplanes over by spring. , "I hope we will now not after the war put oursejyes beyond the pale of being surprised as we were this time. The! experiences' of the last Why Does Every Regular Foot SlntPlr because ronr tTnela Bam in. not afford to have men in hit army that are going to fall down whenever the test comet end there it nothing that wtll knock the soldier out as , quickly at bad feet It Is a matter of plain common sens (dollars and cents with Uncle 8am. It It not just at important to yon and your children? 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Nat Opm COLONEL LAUGHS AT STORY T. R. Declares lias Enough Ginger Left to Help Lick Hun If He Had Chance. NOT-SO FEEBLE AS SOME WISH Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is not ready for the grave yet. He laughed heartily Saturday night at a pub lished story which pictured him as old and feeble. , "I think that paper which said I am feeble wishes I were more feeble than I am," he chuckled. "I still have enough ginger to help lick the hun. if only they would give me a chance," he added. Then he pointed to the five-star service flag on the lapel of his coat, "Four sons and a son-in-law are doing their part in the war. I would like to bevwith them." ar and a quarter has shown us how hard it is to prepare for wan when war comes. VVe have not yet built any modern artillery. As yet if it had not been for our allies we would have been unable to make any head way against the enemy. I doubt not that a year hence we will bt strong. Let us never again expose ourselves to such humiliation and danger. Let us prepare; don t let George do it For Universal Training. "The law of service should be tfTe law of life. We should prepare in peace, not for war. but against war. Two years ago our pacifists said that the way to keep out ot war was to De unprepared for war. We tried the experiment ana now we are in war. Some nice, worthy pacifist people tell us that this will be the last great war. Four years ago they told us there would be no more wars. David Starr Jordan told us one month. there would e no war and in the next month the world blew up, but I don't think that he damaged his reputation very much. We have found out in this war how a brutal nation can Wok 'at a treaty as a scrap of paper. ' ' y ' . "I would have every man between 19 and 21 spend some time training under the colors. I believe that our national cantonments are great uni versities. -I believe that the training of the young even in time of peace would make for better citizenship and for stronger loyalty, to flag and coun try. That would neither invite war nor interfere with the pursuits of peace. I sm asking only that we adopt what Switzerland has had for 70 years. "While I was president for seven and. one-half years not a shot was fired by an American soldier nor was an offense committed against an American citizen, because it was un derstood that1 it would be unhealthy to start anything. The surest way for the mothers of this 'country ti push their sons against the cannon is to assure other countries that, they can wage war against us. . This an Exclusive War. . "Let the young men fight Some of us old men would like to fight. I did get into the Spanish war, but that was not as exclusive as the present war. ; "I read signs about food winning the war. It will be the men in khaki that will win the war and it will be easiet for you young men to. explain why you went to war than it will be; to explain why you did not go. The men who go to the front will make Americans forever their debtors. ! "When we have gotten through with this war, let us take to heart the lessons of the war. Let us remember our refusal to see the truth when the truth looked us in the face. Let us never again be caught as we have been caught Let us say with Wash ington that every American shall do his part tinder arms and make that service a prerequisite to vote.' , "We have a country with a glorious past and a future such as no other Soldier Have Inspection? BIB STBYKEB Opposite the Postoffice TEETH We Please You or ; Refund , Your Money of the scarcity of all kinds ! , . in right now. &A I Hri..t Brid,. 4 Work, per tooth. $4 O $8 $10 DENTISTS m Praa Csaaaiaatam . tada Attaaaaata Na . Stmlaata Asked N about his grandchildren, Roosevelt smiled happily and de clared, MI nave eight grandchildren, the dearest" youngsters v in the world? When Colonel Roosevelt left, his apartments at the Fontenelle he laughed again at the unusual picture of himself as a feeble old man, and repeated, "I am not so feeble as some wish I were" He is pep plus. I He vibrates per sonality. Saturday while he was in Omaha the sun itself, waseclipsed. country has. Let us take a giant stride for the future by steeling ourselves for the purpose of crushing down for ever Hohenzollern Prussianism and removing the danger of German dominion over the world." ROOSEVELT SAYS FIRST DUTY TO PUT (r THE HON TO SLEEP (Continued From Ff One.) the space reserved for them while the audience rose and the band played "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." Then the Council Bluffs Elks' quar tet sang "He Will Come Back From Somewhere," a song that some thought, at first, referred to the colo nel, but really was about a soldier "over there.'1 The auartet was in the midst of another song when a cheer from the crowd at the stage door in terrupted them and turned all eyes in that direction. Though it wasn't vet 8 o'clock the colonel was coming. Quartet From Bluffs. The auartet made, its exit and the colonel entered the stage with Francis A. Brogan and C. C. George. The audi ence arose, waved thousands of little nags and cheered while the colonel bowed and smiled. The band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner" and the audience sang. Mr. Bronan. president of the Omaha branch of the National Secur ity league, presided in the absence of Mayor Smith, who was to have pre sided, but who was called out of the city on business. Mr. Brogan read a letter of regret from him and one from Governor Neville. Rev. Titus Lowe pronounced the in vocation and Mr. Brogan made a brief introductory speech, stating the aims of the National Security league, under whose auspices Colonel Roose velt came here. j Mr. Brogan's Speech. "When an emoire becomes a crimi nal it must be hunted down and pun ished just as an individual criminal must be hunted down and punished," said Mr. Brogan. "This league stands Foulard's the Best Silks for General Wear They make frocks that are always admired for their distinctive ness, and better still, they are certain to give the best of serv-. ice. An excellent selection of yii eit . i . I inency onowerprooi romaras, I S2.S0 a vard. White Skirtings ' Of Wash Silks (Attractive and practical for ever so many summer occasions. Vari ous weights and qualities of Sat ins, Crepes and Tussahs that can be depended upon to launder perfectly; $1.75 to $3.50 a yard. Pretty Wash Goods Many striking effects in voiles, tissue and other lightweight summery fabrics. ' In spite of existing conditions, prices are very reasonable. ' ; I , Opposite t ha Silk. New Boudoir Caps r New boudoir caps, combinations of lace, ribbons, crepe de chine and , Georgette; white, cream' and dainty colors, Sc to $3.50.. Crepe DeChine Linage ene v Beautiful gowns of crepe de :hine, plain or trimmed styles as you desire; flesh color and white, $6.75, $8.50, $9.50 and more. . Crepe de chine envelope chemise with lace or ribbon shoulder striped and trimmings of lace and Georgette . crepe, $3.50, $4.25, $6.50 up. Flesh colored bloomers of silk and cotton,' $1.50 to $5.50. - , !! : t '1 . - T' ; : . . .. l ri w l .ft,. -f I . , ii ' wvtw rmr ' for loyalty to the president of the United States and for preparedness in time of peace against war. The great American citizen whose name and ca reer stand as a symbol of high en deavor and sturdy patriotism is our speaker tonight" Colonel Roosevelt talked1' with ease during most ef his address. At times he hesitated a little, but he still has the power to sway an audience, the power to inspire patriotism, the gift of putting a proposition tersely, and a very happy sense of humor. He referred at one point" in his speech to "a sort of twilight zone between the time Germany declared war, on us 16 months ago and the time we declared war on Germany 14 mcnths ago." kV ' . .."..', rs Leave For South. . Mrs. Roosevelt remained at the hotel during the 'meeting- The colonel hurried back there after his speech. There was some more hand shaking and then the colonel pre pared for departure. He and Mrs. Roosevelt left the hotel soon after 10 o'clock for the station. A large crowd saw them off both at the hotel and at the Burling ton station. They went via the Bur lington route to St. Louis, where Colonel Roosevelt will speak Monday night He will speak at Indianapolis, Ind., Tuesday; Bloomington, Ind., Wednesday and from there will go back to Oyster Bay and the simple, country life that he loves. Notes of Meeting Detective John Pszanowski was'de tailed from the city force as the colo- nel s bodyguard during his stay here. In the past John has acted in the same capacity for Wilson and Taft. The colonel was late getting to hi University clib- luncheon because his suit, which had tccn sent out to be pressed, did not come back on sched ule time. A l.andsome bouquet of orchids grown in the Hanscom park green house ornamented the speaker's table. They were sent by City Commission er Falconer. After the meeting th?y were presented to Mrs. Roosevelt, who was delighted and declared she would carry them with her with hap piest memories of Omaha. Frank Hamilton walked on the stage a few minutes before Colonel Roosevelt appeared and was mistaken by some for the colonel. A ripple of applause started before the mistake was discovered. ' Soviet Abolishes Titles Washington, June 8. Swedish re ports to the State department an nounce that the Russia soviet repub lic haf abolished all titles of ambas sadors and ministers. Both their own and foreign representatives are called without distinction "Representatives plenipotentiaries.' Bed Cross Egg Brings $154. Ellsworth, Neb., Jime 8. (Special.) At the big Red Cross sale here an egg was knocked down to the highest bidder at $154. The sale realized $1,365. Cfhe fashion Cer JorcQ A Sale of New Shopping Baskets Nowadays, when so many women find it both patriotic and con venient to carry home many things heretofore delivered, the need of a suitable basket for' small parcels is evident. To meet this situation, we have secured a number of very at tractive styles in straw, with colored straws worked in as pat terns. They are about the size of a. regular market basket, a trifle smaller, but so good look ing that it will be a pleasure to, carry them.! " No doubt many will use them on picnics. They are just the right size. Monday's Sale Prices 45c, 65c and 75c i Art Dept. Third Floor . A Fashion Expert From New York Will ha la onr Pattern Dept. June 10 to 13. We shall be pleased to have you call and consult her on matters pertaining to your tewing, your dresses, lingerie, coats, every thing that you and any member of your family wears. The McCall Book of Fashions is ' now on sale. ' In the Basement Milady's Silk , Gloves Are best if they be Kayser't or Fowne's. We are offering these two makes in black, white, gray (and mastic; with self and con ' trasting embroideries, for 85c, $1.15, $1.25. f v Lisle Union Suits $ I -.". Thesfl fine, ribbed lisle garment! offer a world of comfort for summer weathen Knees are wide or fitted as preferred. The quality is verj good for $1 a suit. Sale Bath Mats Turkish ' bath mats In Oriental -designs of blue and pink with, white, brocaded weaves: regu-. larly selling for $2.25 and $2.50, Monday, $1,75. . j . .... .. . Linen S action. SIX ACCUSED UNIPEOFESSOES GET. CLEARANCE Lincoln, Neb., June 8. All Evi dence in the hearing conducted by the board of regents of the Univer sity of Nebraska into charges by the State Council of Defense that some of the university's instructors have not "been aggressively American in their attityde on the war, was com pleter late today. Final arrangements by attorneys for ad against the accused professors will be heard by the board next Monday. Complete exoneration of any sus picion of lack of aggressive support to the government was given By the regents today to six persons, in cluding several professors whose names were mentioned during the investigation. They were "Prof essor t. .u- tiinman, jonn f. Penning, A. E. Sheldon. A. D. Srhrair Marv Fossler and Annis Chalkin, secretary of the Nebraska Alumni association. Thf cases . of thi fnttnwinor nrn. fessors now remain before-the board for action after final arangements are heard: rt. K. Wolfe, C E. Per sinirer. Ci. W. A. l.iirlriv T. F Aylsworth, L B. Tuckerman, Henry Biumoerg, n. vv. Caldwell, , .rwm Hopt and nm H. drummann- This Omaha Family Made Bia1 Hit With Former President Ex-President Roosevelt's visit , to Omaha is reminicn nf an h given one Omaha family during a tour or towa maae by him in 1904. . Because of the nrpsiripnt' nr.ffr ence for laree families. Inwa riti held contests for the most interesting lamiiy groups, ihe seven sons and one dauchter nf Mr and fr TaVi Kennebeck, then living in Carroll, la., was given nrst prize by Des Moines. If enthusiast for the-ormt rrm suicide enemy were presenting facts at present, tne Kennebeck family could be made even more interesting because since that time another son has been added t& the family, and this one is worthy of special mention be cause ne was awarded a prize at a re cent baby show. . British Balloon Instructor s Meets Colonel Roosevelt Colonel Roosevelt's acouaintance had been desired for many years by Captain Edlund, a balloon instructor of the British royal flying corps now stationed at Omaha, but had never been made until the two shook hands at the University club luncheon Sat urday noon. The two men are interested in Af rica and came near meeting: in Khar tum in 1910. At this time Captain &diund made a special effort to meet Colonel Roosevelt, but was orevented from doing so by a late train. Captain Edlund has seen service in France and stopped some Hun lead while lying in a shell hole. ' New Knighthood Created London. June 8. Sixty leaders in wan work of various kinds are made knights of the newly established Order of the British emoire as oart of the king's birthday honors. ON, Interesting Summer Frocks The subject of summer wear has received care ful study by our New York representative, Mr. Robert Nicoll. His first hand knowledge of what fashions meet with greatest favor along Fifth avenue is of distinct advantage to Omaha women. They will find in the Thomp son, Belden store hundreds of effective dress styles de veloped in the coolest and daintiest4of 1 Warm Weather Material Dresses that will command admira . tion because of their beauty of line and skill in design and dress making. Such dresses sound alluring, ex cept that their cost would probably be prohibitive. Therein is the surprise. in store for you. The most comprehensive selections are shown for $15, $17.50, $210, $25, $31.50 No extra charge for alterations. I . By Express-New Sorosis Oxfords Such models as wU be a distinctive part of ; well ( dressed women's summer .wardrobes. Shaped lasts in brown, vkid, patent leather - anH gray patent leather. - Priced $8. a S Si IS Mill ROOSEVELT ) nnAicrc Mimoro NUUOCO HUUOLO FOR BRAVE WORK Says Needle Work Guild Does Greatest Amount of.Good to Greatest Number of. Persons. Just on the eve of the nation-wide drive for 25,000 nurses for Red Cross work, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. speaking informally at the miniature base hospital1 Saturday afternoon gave the cause the best endorsement possible. "It. is my greatest comfort that there are American nurses to care for my boys if they should be woun ded 'over there.' The American nutses are the best trained nurses in the world and they are so very sympa thetic." ' t ; One of the four sons in active ser vice has been injured. A fifth star ornaments the service pins which both Colonel and Mrsv Roosevelt wear. It is for Dr. Derby, Ethel Roosevelt's husband. 1 Before calling at the little hospital where a group of Omaha nurses and society women greeted her, the dis tinguished guest stopped at the Red Cross rooms at the Masonic Temple where she cordially inspected every branch of the war work, going from the basement where the packing is done to the third floor cutting and, supply department One of the workers who especially interested the former mistress of the White House was Mrs. M, B. New man, who is president of the needle work guild. "It is one of my pet works," she confided to the hospital garment workers. She inquired how the work was carried on here and quoted her husband as saying! . " "The needle workguild does the greatest amount of good to the great est number of people with the small-) est amount of effort." The guild, members work . continually making garments. Once each year the work is assembled and distributed among all local charitable organizations. : Mrs. Roosevelt was delighted with her trip to Fort .Omaha. Following luncheon she was the gues-t of the of ficers of the National League for Woman's Service, who showed her the army post and drove her to Flor ence field, where she saw several bal loons making flights. t After her tour of inspection Mrs. Roosevelt was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Dietz. where she rested until dinner time. This is her first visit to Omaha. - War Cabinet to Meet London. June 8. It is officially an- ' nounced that meeting of the imperial war cabinet and the imperial confer ence are expected to commence with in a lew pays. Fine Embroideries , Collar iedges of dainty organdy and mull in white and colors. 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