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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY JUNE 10, 1918. LIVE STOCK MEN OF NEBRASKA TO ; BE IN ALLIANCE Plans Completed for Elaborate Entertainment of All Who Gather for Conven- tion. J Alliance, Neb., June 9. (Special.) AH is in readiness and the chair man of the entertainment committee lias given the "come ahead" signal. The visitors to the 16th annual con tention of the Nebraska Stock growers' association to be held in Alliance this week. , The business session of the con vention will start Tuesday and the entertainment program, Wednesday, ending Friday. There will be ruiKl ning and harness racing in which the best horses in wester Nebraska, Wyoming and x South Dakota are entered, bronco busting, wild mules, etc A show company with six big feature acts, including Roman, char- . iot and standing races, high jumping and high school horses will be part of the program each day. The even ing entertainment will include a wrestling match between Charles Peters, Papillion and Bill Dristy, Omaha heavyweight. This will be proceeded by a six round boxing contest between the Pipher twins of Crawford, they are 7 years old. Governor Neville will be present and address the visitors on one day of the convention- as will also S. R. .McKclvie and Ross L. Hammond, re publican candidate. The Omaha, delegation will be here in one or more special cars. A spe cial train will run each day from Hyannis to Alliance to accomodate visitors of intermediate towns. Hotel and sleeping accomodations are being arranged by the Alliance community club and there will be ample rooms .lor all visitors. Former Jeweler of Tecumseh Drowns While ms !ng in South Tecumseh- Neb., June 9. (Spe cial. Word came to Tecumseh that Ed Drury. once in the jewelry bus iness in this city, has been drowned at Louisville. Ky. He was out hsli ing with a party of friends when the boat capsized. Mr. Drury was about 60 years of age, and, while a resident of Tecumseh. was married to Miss ' Ida Emmons. ;.- Elk Creek, in this county has had considerable notoriety of late be cause of dissention among its citizens over the posting of anti-German cards on the business streets of the town. Two or three hstic aicoun ters were engaged in and the sheriff was sent there to keen order. The case was brought before the Johnson County Council of Defense and two days were devoted to securing tes timony bearing on the case. The findintr. of the Defense Council was against A. F. Tracy and George Clark for assaulting T. H. Perry, findine that the assault was unwar ranted. The men and boys who posted the offensive cards were con demned. .., County Commissioners Bar Unpatriotic Gathering , West Toint, Neb., June 9. County commissioners have gone on record as being opposed to the holdinp of any meetings in Cuming county w! ich are calculated to promote discord and disorder and which are not in sympa thy with the war. They have adopted and published a resolution to this ef fect. The step is taken to bead off any attempt of the Nonpartisan kague and seditrous associations to obtain a foothold in the eounty. One attempt was made at a meeting some w:eks ago, but was quickly and effectually squelched, since which time this or ganization has not been heard from in this section. Nebraska City Lays Plans For Making Eagle Scream Nebraska City, Neb., June 9 (Special.) Arrangements have oeen made for a big patriotic demonstra tion and flag raising for ths fourth of July. The entire country side will be invited to participate. Six bands have been engaged. A patriotic parade will be one of the leading features, with decorations of the national col- ors- Nebraska Citv has accepted the in vitation to attend the Ak-Sar-Ben fes tivities in Omaha on the evening of June 24, and have been extended the courtesy of inviting all surrounding towns tcrjoin. - . ' Home Guards of Polk County Ordered Equipped With Rifles Osceola, Neb., June 9. (Special Telegram.) The . Polk county board of commissioners met here and or dered 270 Springfield rifles for the use of the home guards- Citizens have contributed liberally toward the pur chase of unforms and active drilling has been going on during the last month.x Afi four towns of this county will have companies of home guards, viz; Osceola, Stromsburg, Shelby and Polk. J, . Syracuse Awards Contract For Addition to Ugh: Plant ' Syracuse, Neb., June 9. (Special.) Bids were opened and the contract awarded ' for an additional unit for the municipal light plant. The con tract for the engine was awarded-to Fairbanks, Mors & Co for a 50 l.orse power oil engine of the latest type, and the contract for fh genera tor was awarded to' the Columbia Electrical Co., of St. Joe, Mo. for a iVA K. V. A. General Electric gen- trator and excitor and work will be commenced on the installing of the additional unit at once. - Soldiers' Home Notes. Mrs. Vreeland nd daughter hv re turned from Juniata. Neb. Mr. Orln- Raahavr, for the paat slxvyears engaged in the- butcher business at the home, ha resigned hi poaltion to become effective a soon a a man can be aecured to fill the vacancy: ' Mr. and Mrs. Daly expect to leave soon for -Waco. Neb. Mr. James Wood, a membc of Burkett, has a daughter residing at Lincoln, who Is In a helpless condition and devoid of speech as the result, of a stroke of paralysis. Dr. and Mrs. Purt of Grand Island, are callers at Cottage No. 1. They took Grand ma Stone for a ride. The work undertaken by Engineer Cotton Is at present on the drag due to the (low arrival of supplies. - STATISTICS SHOW EAPID GROWTH OF MERCHANT MARINE Washington, June 9. The steady growth of the American merchant marine iri all classes of vessels is revealed for the first time since the war began in statistics from the de partment of commerce, showing that in the. first five months of this year there have been built in this country and officially numbered by the bureau of navigation a total of 629 vessels of 687,055 gross tons. The merchant fleet of the United States now amounts to approximate ly 10.000.000 gross tons, not including merchant craft under control of the army and navy as transports and sup ply ships- At the beginning of Tanuarv. 26.742 merchant vessels .of 9,343,224 gross tons' were flying the stars and stripes on trips across the Atlantic with food and munitions into the Caribbean and Pacific with American products for foreign cus tomers, and on the lakes and rivers of this country as part of the nation's domestic transportation system. This tremendous fleet is second only to the merchant tonnage of Great Britain.! It includes all the new-vessels built under the direction of the shipping board and thousands of 'other ships, smaller in individual tonnage, but greater in aggregate car rying capacity, which plays a large part in commerce and the mainte nance of a favorable balance cf trade. There has been a steat'y increase in new ships this year, the May tonnage being three times as great as the January output. In a single month this year the American merchant fleet has seen a growth almost as great as during the entire first year of the European war. LARRY DOYLE IS DISCOVERER OF MIRACLE SPRING Larry Dovlc's name ought to go down in history as one of the world's greatest discoverers. Larry spent a few weeks in Florida last winter and discovered the fountain of perpetual youth, while way back in the 16th cen tury Ponce de Leon spent several vacations in Florida looking for the same fountain and couldn't find it. The children in school read all about Ponce de Leon, who failed to locate the spring, and yet there isn't a word in any of the histories about tarry who executed a neat Sherlock Holmes somewhere in the everglades and came face to face with the mystic puddle. H(n. Tln.rla !!) Plnflfls lief 1-.. , t , t t i winter, ms uase oau nays were aDom over, and he had his ticket bought for a haven of rest for aged athletes. Larry didn't want to retire but wanted to come back to the Giants, so he hunted up the Florida pool that Ponce de Leon fell down on. And look at Larry today! Then imagine where De Leon is. Doyle's rejuvenation is easily the sensation of the base ball season. If the major leagues know anything, they will send all their players down to Doyle's spring in Florida next season. Some of the players really ought To be sent before next season. Cuban Quits Harbor Job To Play at San Francisco Jacinto Del Calvo, Cuban fly chaser, has finally decided to report to San Francisco, though he has to give up a job as a harbor official in Havana to do it. The plight of the Seals for air outfielder was such that Calvo's heart was moved. Atlanta Club Releases Munch Back to Athletics The Atlanta club' has released Jake Munch back to the Philadelphia Ath letics. He was sold to Connie. Mack last spring, refused to accept the sal ary offered and Mack then cancelled the deal. The latest move indicates he cither has come to terms with Mack or is out of base ball for a while. Lure of Game Too Strong , , .For Giant Who Turns Cop Louis Wendell, one. time Giant catcher, has resigned as member of the New York City police force after two months' services. He could not re sist the lure of the diamond and is going to backstop for a team in the Eastern association this summer. Record Price for Trophy. Another record price has been paid for a sport relic. A'polo stick used in the international match between Eng land and America in 1911 at Meadow Brook, L. I., was sold the other day for $6,500. Gen. Mills Publishes Memoirs For Circulation Among Friends El Paso, Tex., June 9. How a young West Point cadet who failed in mathematics and resigned from the academy became a brigadier gen eral, made a fortune by inventing the Mills cartridge belt and became known as "the grand old man. of El Paso," is told in a book just pub lished ,by Brigadier General Anson Mills," retired, for private circulation as gifts to his friends throughout the United States. The book is entitled "My Story" and is the memoirs of General Mills' long career jn the army and in public life. It will not be offered for salevand each copy was autographed by the author. As a boy the author worked at a loom when clothing was made by hand. He applied the knowledge he learned tending , the. crude loom to the problem of furnishing the Amer ican soldier,an , ammunition carrier which would be more comfortable and convenient than the old leather cartridge box. The Mills belt was finally adopted by the United States army at the beginning of the Spanish-American war, was later used by both Boers and British in. South Af rica and by many of the armies of the world. The American army uses the f Mills belt and equipment, although General Mills retired from the com pany manufacturing these belts in 190a. The book also furnishes the first permanent record of El Paso's early history when this city was a frontier town. General Mills, as the surveyor who laid out the little border town. tellshow the name of Franklin was $28,000 LOSS IN FIRE IN BARNS AT GRAND ISLAND A. Darling Among Heaviest Losers; Besides Building, 400 Tons of Hay and Seven Mules Are Burned. Grand Island. Neb., June 9. (Spe cial Telegram.) Fire believed to have been accidental in origin de stroyed $28,000 worth of property early today when the A. Darling horse barn- leased to the Grand Is land Horse and Mule company was destroyed. Estimated individual losses are: A. Darling on building. $12,000. Horse and Mule company, M00 tons of hav and seven head of fine mules. $9,700. Tom Williams, 1$ head of horses, S2.500. Bradstreet and Clemens company, damage to adjacent barn, $1,000. A. Darling, adjacent residence and outer buildings, $2,500. All losses are partially or wholly covered by insurance. Spread in All Directions. Billy Miner and Billy Schoemaker were men in cliartte during the night. They could given no account of the fire further than that it appeared to have originated about in the center cf the barn which is 200x166 feet in dimension' and that it spread rapidly in all directions. The destroyed barn and property is not part of the big sales business, but is a subsidiary concern with the exception of the Bradstreet and Clemens company's loss, whose main buildings, covering four blocks, are such a direction that no other barns such a direction that nootherbarns were in the path of the sparks. It was, however, the fiercest fire the city has had for many years. A strange coincident is related by a government agent in the city. To. gether with a Burlington official he went through the properties yester day, and the official remarked that it was onlv a question of time when "some o'f this will go" it is declared that the rules as to smoking are such as to be a source of danger. Miller Wanted to Know All About F. Snodgrass Miller Huggins and Clarence Row land use similar methods in instilling ronfirlence in their timid players. They tell the athletes how good they are, not what their faults are. Lack of confidence was Elmer Mil ler's chief fault when he began play ing with the Yankees under Bill Don ovan. Naturally a splendid outfielder. Miller could not hit'big league pitch ing in spite of his high batting aver ages in the minors. "Did you ever hear of Fred Snod grass of the Giants?" Huggins asked Miller one day when the Yankees were down south. "Whv, ves," replied Miller. "Well, vou are a better outfielder and hitter," said the little manager, "onlv you don't know it!" "Thanks." said Miller, "but isn't he the giiy that dropped a fly ball and lost a worlds' series?" U-Boat Base at Zeebrugge Rapidly Filling With Silt London, June 9. The plight of the Germans at the Belgian submarine base of Zeebrugge, in consequenceof the measures taken by the British navy to blockade the port,' is even more serious than has been believed heretofore. Photographs just taken from air planes show that the entrance to the harbor is rapidly silting uo, and that accordingly the British effort to close the channel is being reinforced bv nature. ' .. I ' The sunken vessel insuMthe break water, at first believed to be an enemy destroyer, now appears to be alarge dredger. ' , , Morals Squad Pulls' Mrs.' Feans' Douglas Street Place Mrs. W. A. Feans, 2212 :3oglas street, was arrested Sunday by the morals squad and -charged with be ing the keeper of a common ill-governed house. Katherine Karlkotter, Lillian Swan, Laura Amons, T. E. Moore, Henry Schutte, all giving tfie same . address, Harvey Cline, 307 Elder street. Council Bluffs, and R. E. Hoye, 3042 South -Eighteenth street, were arrested and charged with being inmates. changed by him to El Paso (The Pass) because of ' the pass in the mountain chain near here through which the Rio Grande flowed to the gulf. His experiences in the wild frontier settlement, as told in his me moirs, are stirring. The author's story also includes much of the early history of the civil war as it related to the southwest. After casting the 'only vote polled here against the withdrawal of Texas from the union General Mills was forced to leave the border and was reinstated with his class and given a commission in the army at the begin ning of the civil war. He was pro moted until he held the rank of Dijg adier general at the time of his re tirement. After the close of the war General Mills was stationed in the west. The pursuit and capture of old Geronimo, the Apache leader; the- Indian fights of the old west and revolutionary events in Mexico are related by the author in a personal way, as he par ticipated in many of these stirring events of the frontier days. ' As American commissioner on the international boundary commission for adjudicating disputes arising over the boundary line between Mexico and the United States; as General Nelson A. Miles' companion on a trip through Europe and as the personal friend of national and international characters in Washington, General Mills observed keenly national and international affairs and includes many of his personal observations in his published memoirs. Nemaha County Pro-German Forced to Pay Red Cross $1000 Lincoln, Neb.,. June 9. Reports have been received here telling of the appearance before the Nchama county council of defense of Ben Casper, wealthy resident of the Brock, Neb., neighborhood, who, after a hearing, was conipelted to pay $1,000 to the Red Cross and retract sleuderous utterances he is alleged to have made. Evidence was. introduced to show that Camper had said the American flag should be torn down and burned and that spades should be sent to sol diers in training camps so they could dig their own graves if they wanted decent burials. AK-SAR-BEN DEN REAL LIBERTY THEATER HERE Only Difference Is That Sol diers and Sailors Don't Need Smileage Books to See Show. "Our deh show is serving the same purpose for soldiers at Fort Crook and Fort Omaha as the shows at the regular cantonments," said "Dad" Weaver of Ak-Sar-Ben Saturday. "We are nutting on a military show this year, one that will especially ap peal to soldier boys. I heretore. we are inviting every man in a uniionn to be our guest any and every Mon day that he can get leave. 1 lie only difference between our show and the cantonment shows is that ours is free to soldiers. No smileage books arc necessary. So beginning with tomorrow night s show at the Den, it is expected that many soldiers from the two Omaha posts will attend the performance of bamson s actors. During the last week many changes have been made in the show. New songs and lines have been added; others have been cut out. The re hearsal Friday night went off in fine fashion and now every feature of the attraction is running smoothly. Stock Yards Night. Monday evening will be "Stock Yard's Night," and a large delegation will attend from the South Side, A week from Monday evening, June 17, the delegation from Seward and the surrounding territory will be entertained. Samson has made ex tensive preparations for Seward night. The visitors will arrive at 6:10 o'clock in the evening. They will be met by the reception committee and conduct ed to the Den. Extra Show. An extra show will be staged on Thursday evening. June 20, for the benefit of the editors of state news papers who will be atending the an nual convention of the Nebraska Press association. Arrangements 'have also been made to conduct the editors through the balloon school at Forf Omaha. Colonel Hersey had agreed to sec that the visitors are shown all the sights and demonstrations of the school. July 15 will be Sarpy county night. An attendance of 1,000 is promised by .the Sarpy county boosters. Membership in Ak-Sar-Ben has jumped to 1714, as compared with 1680 at this time a year ago. Taller. Mrs. C. K. Huyars and Mario wore In Omlia Saturday. W. S. Kcldy and. liurvpy IVlrrsnn left Monday for u business trip to Colorado. MIrs Orpha Cialne and lier mothnr visited relatives and friends here this week. Itev. 8. N. Horton and a number of the Boy Hcouts had a short camping trip at Fllkln's Lake this week. Mrs. John Frlent of Lincoln Is a visitor at the Mons Johnson home. Alex Hmltli and family of Benson visited relatives hero la.st week. Miss Kinily King left londay for Peru to attend summer siliool: Q. S. Kopp returned to Akron, Colo., Sun day. MrB. Kopp accompanied him (u Omaha. A second baby registration was held last Saturday at the school house. F. M. UuttK and son, Ddtiovan, of Hay ard, Neb., vlnlted relatives and friends here last week. IJonavan left . Thursday for Fort Logan, Colo. He enlisted in the hos pital corrs. Avoca. Miss Gladys Ralston Is at Lincoln. Albert Johnston was here from Weeping Water. John Dunkak of Fairfax, S. P., was here. Jllss Paulina Kaufman of Lincoln Is hero. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harmon were here from Ralston. The It. 17. A. Circle met with Mrs. Henry Franzn Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cutter were here from Bethany. Mrs. John Weover and daughter, Vera of Bird City, Kana.,. visited Avoca. Miss Ester Witzke visited Gram) and Hamlet, Neb. Miss Minnie Inglls of Omaha, was here over Sunday. The Avoca Woman's club met with Mrs. John Nutaman, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Stoffer and daughter, and Mrs. Amy Hobson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper visited at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. L. J". Marquardt and children, Mrs. H. H. Marquardt and Miss Marguerite Francis were Omaha visitor. rnpillion. There were 71 registrations in Sarpy County, June 5. Miss Marlon Brown Is home from Nash ville, Tenn., where she has been attending the Ward-Belmont School. Mrs. Ray Lamb has returned from Camp Funston whero she visited her husband. Private Lamb lias been transferred to an eastern camp. Misses Alice Bossard, Agnes Spearman, Anna Zwlchcl. Mae and Marie Wixon left Monday fr Teru, Neb., to attend summer school. M - Misses Elsie Zwelbel and Klsle 8elbsHr re attending summer school at State University. Sergeant Ralston Spearman of Camp Dodge, la., Is spending a furlough at his home here. Ho Is recovering rapidly from his recent nines. Edward J. Muelllgan, has acured a permit from the local board and will join the navy. Mrs. A. C'atherwood, Is visiting relations at Schuyler and North Bend. Springfield. Mrs. Guy Fish and daughter, Edna,ywent to Belden for an extended visit. Miss Mabel Hrlslcy has been visiting Mrs. L. A. Bates. Lloyd iiickey of Gretna visited In Springr field. Mrs. Nartcy McCandless visited her son near Gretna. The churches will observe Children's day. Miss Chelsa Besack finished her school at La Platte and is at home with her parents for the summer. Miss Gertie Smith, who has been teaching the past year at Nellgh, Is home for the summer. Miss Genevieve Lovell who has been In tianlng at an Omaha hospital, Is visiting her parents. Mrs. James Cahlll and daughter of Chey enne Wells, Colo., visited Mr. and Mrs. M. Liotorff. - Elkhorn. 'Mm. FA. -P. Ely visited brother and family, at David City, Neb. Albert Anderson has enlisted in the army at Omaha. Miss Lavlfa Chambcrlln has returned from a visit at Fairbury, Neb. Peter Hofeldt Is here from Pender, Neb. Mr. August Blerbach entertained a num ber at cards Wednesday. ' Mrs. Thomas Patrick visited friends In Elkhorn. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick are ar ranging to go to the state 9( Washington EMPTY BOTTLES LINE ON 'OASES' AT Twenty-Nine Empty Flasks in House Office Building Photo graphed as Evidence of Solons' Inconsistency. Washington llureau of , Th Omaha lire, 1311 U Street. By EDGAR C. SNYDER. Washington, June 8.(Special Tele gram) The discovery of 29 empty whisky bottles in the House office building last week, which have been photographed as Exhibit A, is an tnaieuucnt ot congress lor incon sistency in not drinking as they vote on prohibition, and yet it has long nceu Known mat mere was more liquor being drunk in the house of fice building now than at any time when Washington was "wet." The conscience of the house has been greatly shocked over this discovery and there are rumors of an investi gation in the air and that is about all it will amount to. for some of the prohibitionist members of the nouse are going to have their tip- pie, even it they are torccd to buy it by the case, This "tempest in a teapot" over the discovery of empty whisky and gin bottles in the waste paper baskets in the halls, in the fountain, in the court, and other hiding places, re calls Uif palmy days when liquor was sold in the restaurants at both ends of the capitol, and when the afore said liquor was voted out of the capitol as an amendment to an ap propriation bill. Away back in 1866 Honorable Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, in troduced a resolution "prohibiting the sale of spirituous and other liciuors in the capitol building and grounds." it was the neginninir of the "cold tea" era. Mr. Kevcrdy Johnson in quired if it included liquors found in committee rooms. Mr. Wilson, who was very radical, said he would like to prevent its being brought into the building, but saw no power extend ing thus far. It was on this occasion that Senator McDougall of Califor nia, delivered one of those speeches so replete with classical allusions that always gained him an attentive senate. McDougall Speech In 1866. He made a speech of spine length from whiclu I exhume some extracts for it is 'buried in that mausoleum of eloquence, the "Congressional Globe." He said: ''I had occasion some years since to discourse with a reverend doctor of divinity from the state which has the honor to be the birthplace of the present president of this body. While I was discussing with him, a lot of vile rapscallians invited me to join them at the bar. I declined out of respect to the reverend gentleman, in whose presence I then was. As soon as the occasion had. passed I re marked to the reverend doctor: "Do not understand that I declined to go and join those young men at the bar because I 'have any objection to that thing, for it is my habit to drink always in the front and not be hind the door." "He looked at me with a certain de grec of interrogation. I then askdd him: 'Doctor, '.what was the first mira cle worked by our Divine Master?' He hesitated, and I said to him: 'Was it not at Cana, in Galilee, where he converted the water into wine at a marriage feast?' He assented. I then asked him: 'After the ark had floated on the tempestuous seas for 40 days and nights, and as it descend ed, upon the dry land, what was the tirst thing done by Father Noah? He did not know that exactly. "Well, said I, "did he not plant a vine?' Yes he remembered that. I asked, him: 'Do you remember any great poet that ever illustrated the higher fields of humanity that did not dignify the use of wine, from old Homer down?' He did not. I asked: 'Do you know any great philosopher that did not use if for the exaltation of his intel ligence? Do you think, doctor, that a man who lived upon pork and beef and corn bread could get up into the superior regions into the ethereal? No; he must. " -Take nectar on high Olympus And mighty' mead in Valhalla.' I said' to him again, "Doctor, you are a scholarly man, of course a doctor of divinity a graduate of Yale; do you remember Plato's symposium?' Yes, he remembered that. I referred him to the occasion when Agatho having won the prize of tragedy at the Olympic games at Corinth, on coming back to Athens, was feted by the nobility and .aristocracy of that city, for it was a proud triumph to Ahrnes to win the prize of tragedy. They got together at the house of Phoedras, and they said: 'Now we have been every night for these last six nights drunk, let us be sober to night; we will start a theme,' whicU they passed arojnd the table as the sun goes rouncf; or as they drank wine, or as men tell a story. , Drinking Ability of Socrates. "They started a theme, and the theme was love not love in the WASHINGTON HUNGER THE BEST SAUCE Sauce is used to create an appetite or relish for the food. The right way is to look to the digestion. When you have good digestion you are certain to relish your food. , Chamberlain's Tablets im prove the digestion and create a healthy appetite. ' Will party who witnessed th automobiU accident at 29th and Jackion Sts., Monday, June 3, and offered services to th injured, kindly communicate at once with E. E. Huntley, Grain Exchange, Phone Harney 1673. , people who nave been permanent! cured. DR. E. R. TARRY -240 Bee Building. Omaha Net vulgar sense, but in its high sense love of all that is beautiful. After they had gone through and after So crates had pronounced judgment upon the true and beautiful, in came Al cihiades with a drunken body of Athenian boys, with garlands around their heads, to crown Agatho and to crown old Socrates, and they said to those assembled: 'This will not do: we hac been drinking and you have not,' and after Alcibiadcs had made his talk In pursuance of his argument, in which he undertook to dignify So crates, as I remember it, they re qired (after the party had agreed to drink, it being quite late, in the eve ning, and they had finished their busi ness in the way of discussion) that Socrates should drink two measures for every other man's one, because he was bettcf able to stand it. And so. one after another, they were laid down on the lounges, in the Athenian style, except an old physician named Aristodenius, and Plato makes him the hardest-headed fellow except So crates. He and Socrates stuck at it until the gray of the morning, and then Socrates took his bath and went down to the groves and talked aca demic knowledge. "After citing this incident I said to this divine: 'Do you remember that Lord Baron said that a man should get drunk at least once month, and that Montaigne, the French philosopher, indorsed the proposition? these exaltants that bring us above the common measure of the brute wine and oil elevat- u s and enable us to seize great facts, inspirations which once possessed are ours forever, and those who never sro bevond the mere beastly means of animal support never live in hith planes of life and never achieve them.' l ie doctor said to me: Well, gen eral, you are right, but I cannot af ford to say so. Opposes "Bourbon" Inspiration. Mr. Wilson in reply said he was content to have the bil1 passed in the form he had offered it and then ad ded: "I understand there are two shops for the sale of whisky in the capitol now, but not at this end of it. I think it is bad enough to have liquor here in any form, whether it comes into the committc rooms or conies in the form suggested by the senator from Oregon (Mr. Nesmith) when he spoke of some persons who had great capacity to throw themselves on the outside of a quart of whisky. We all know, Mr. President, that in our day old bourbon has about as much in spiration as gin had in the days of Byron. I am content for one that we should not have the mighty inspiration of old bourbon or gin or wine or any of those things that take mortals to the skies. Let us be content to legislate as plain, practica1 public business men and leave the in spiration to others." . One uf the oldest doorkeepers of the house, a man who has been, con tinued in office for nearly SO years, no matter what party had the house, talking the other day about the pro pensity for drink among the "legisla tors of the last century, told nie an interesting story of a visit a New England friend of his paid to congress in 1850. This friend had a position in the gal'ery over the scat of Mr. W Ul ster, who was to make his great speech on the compromise question. Before Mr. Webster began his ad dress a page put upon his desk a pitcher and tumbler, from which he refreshed himself several times in the course of the long speech he made, and at its conclusion Mr. Isaac P, Walker, democratic senator from Wis- cousin, arose to reply, and as his scat was next to Mr. Webster he reached over and, pouring out a glass of water, as lie supposed, drank it. Such a spluttering and gasping as followed disclosed the fact that the Massachu setts senator liad been inspired in his great effort by Byron's source of in spirationgin! The shouts of laugh ter which fo'lowed, in which Mr. Webster joined most heartily, and the confusion and loss of breath en tailed on Mr. Walker, caused him to yied the floor to someone else. Silus V.'riRht was another of those statesmen who needed a stimulant and found it before' beginning an impor tant speech in the cloak room, where a supply could always be obtained in those days. We have measurably progressed since those far-off times, although liquor is sti'l to be had by those "wise" to conditions in both senate and house office buildings, as witness Exhibit A, consisting of 29 empty whisky bottles found by the janitor of the house office building one morning last week. Contracts to Be Placed For Many Concete Vessels Washington, June. Evidence that the government regards the concrete ship as having passed beyond the stage of experiment to become a practfeal and efficient aid in thtj country's transportation system was given today ii a statement by the shipping board, showing that no less than five different branches of the government contemplate luilding concrete vessels. Chairman Hurley soon will place contracts for 24 more concrete ves sels, in addition to the 18 already let, making a total tonnage of 298,500 ordered by the shipping board. Most of the new ships will be 7,500-ton tankers and will be built in the five government yards announced several days ago. FISTULA CURED Rectal Diseases Cured without a severe eur Kical operation. No Chloroform or Ether used Cure guaranteed PAY WHEN CURED. Write lot illustrated book on Rectal Diseases, with names nd testimonial ot more than 1,000 prominent DOG DISCOVERS FIRE AND WARNS HOTELMANAGER Lives of Guests of Lyons Hos telry May Thank Cur That They Did Not Burn to Death. A watch dog at the Lyons hotel probably saved the lives of nine fruests early Sunday morninar when the building was on fire. The fire, thought to have started from defec tive wiring on the second floor, spread rapidly. Fred H. Anderson, manager of the hotel, was awakened when he heard the barking of the dog which was in the same room with him. While running from door to -door to awaken the guests, Anderson was burned severely about the arms and neck. He was attended by police sur Keons. The building is a four-story brick structure, and was gutted by the flames. Several of the guests were forced to descend from the burning hotel by the fire escape. N. Cummings, 4112 Farnam street, owner, said the building was damaged $6,000, which is covered by insurance. The interior furnishings, owned by Fred Anderson, were damaged $ 1,000. Military Dictatorship Denounced by Reichstag Amsterdam, June 9. The military dictatorship in Alsace-Lorraine was denounced in the reichstag yesterday by Hermann Wendel, socialist deputy, lie said four-fifths of the population was strongly pro-German when tko war began but that now. conditions were entirely reversed. i . ' Deputy Waldstein. progressive, corroborated Ilerr Wendel'atate; mcnt ? . ! ""-. .; .... . OMAHA MAN HAS GAINED 1 3 POUNDS BY TAKING TANLAC John Roddick Had Been Going Down Hill Four Years; . Troubles Ended. i "I actually gained 13 pounds ot three bottles of Tanlac and I feel better and stronger since I began talt. n man i nave in years, saia jonn C. Roddick, of 519J-1 Nbrth Sixteenth street, the other day. "Four year ago," he continued, "I started down hill and it wasn't long before I was in an awful condition. I had indigestion so bad that nearly everything I would eat soured on my stomach and formed so much gas that I would feel like I was chokinsr for breath. I was so restless at night that I would roll and toss from side to side of my bed, and many a night I would get up .and . walk- the, floor for hours before I could lay dowh and get any sleep.' My Hve'r ' fi4 -not act right and I was badly constipated. My kidneys gave me no end of trouble and my pack hurt like it would break in two. I , lost 20 pounds in weight, felt dull and lifeless and was getting worse all the , time inspite of all I could do. : "I kept hearing people tell about the good Tanlac was doing, so I got me a bottle ana began ,to improve almost from the first dose. X have taken three bottles so far and have such a fine appetite now and, have improved so much that I can eat any thing I want and never have a bit of trouble afterwards with gas or indi gestion. My kidneys are acting bet ter than they did before and I sleep like a log at night. ;My liver, too, 1 is in better condition and t am not so constipated as I was before I start ed taking Tanlac. I am gaining in weight right along and have almost made up what I lost when I was so rundown a few weeks ago." Tanlac ia sold in Omaha by Sher man & McConnell Drug Co., corner Sixteenth and Dodge streets; Six teenth and Harney, Owl Drug com pany, Sixteenth and Farnam sreets; Harvard Pharmacy, Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets; - northeast cor ner Nineteenth and Farnam streets, and West End Pharmacy, corner For- ty-ninh and Dodge streets, under the personal direction of a special Tanlac representative. Advertisements SPLITS Order a Case Sent Home Oinahi Beverage Co. OMAHA, NEB. Phone Doug. 4231. L for Burning Eczema Greasy salve and ointments should not oe applied w goon clear skin is wanted From any -Iruggist for 35c, or $1.00 for extra large size, get a bottle of remo. When applied as directed it effectively removes eczema, quickly stops itching, sndi " h'ale. elfin fmiihlM nlM . wounds and chafing. It penetrates, cleanses BuuBuuuies. gemots a aean,aepenaable and inexpensive, penetrating, antiseptic have ever used is as effective and aatisMno. i n e. w Rose col, Cleveland. (X Itching Rashes Soothed 7- With Cuticura AH Jrentrta: .Son S, Ofotnuht ff ft ft. Ttfam M. aampw eacn gr or wttemra, vet. Dark or Light , 1 M M exvsasassa' j 1- II .ii;.'
