THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918.
GOVERNOR GIVES
ANOTHER REBUFF
TO NONPARTISANS
Answers Petition Seeking Re
moval of R. L Metcalfe;
Talks to Men Who Went
' to Wahoo.
(From a Staff Correapond.nt.)
Lincoln, June 17. (Special.) An
swering petitions from members of
the Nonpartisan league requesting the
removal' of Richard L. Metcalfe of
Omaha from his position as a mem
ber of the Nebraska State Council of
Defense, Governor Keith Neville to
day issued a statement in which he
reiterated the recent request of the
council of defense that the league
cease operations in Nebraska for the
period of the war.
"Your request that I remove Mr.
Metcalfe because of his denunciation
of the league's disloyal literature is
an insult to my honor, patriotism and
love of country," the governor's state
ment said.
N Incident at Wahoo.
A committee composed of several
members of the Nonpartisan league,
survivors of the "Second Battle of
Wahoo," also called on the governor
today to state their side of the con
troversy and enlist his assistance in
obtaining the removal of Dr. E. O.
Webber and Senator E. C. Ptocek
from the County Council of Defense of
Saunders county.
There has been considerable wran
gling in Saunders county between
members of the Nonpartisan league
and the County Council of Defense,
which resulted in a near riot last
spring when members of the special
Nonpartisan league meeting adver
tised in Wahoo and were run out by
the citizens of that 'town. The inci
clent has bee called the "Battle of
Wahoo," but last week another bat
tle took place caused by another
meeting in which members of the
Nonpartisan league called a meeting
to organize a stock company to start
a new nonpartisan paper in Saunders
county.
Statement By Dech.
' According to the committee, which
was headed, by W. H. Dech, the old
populist warnorse, ana c. ueauic,
while Henry Long. Philip Neese, J.
if. Hanson, Aaron Hanson, A. P. Ol
son and John Smith, composed the
remainder of the committee, the meet
ing had not been called as a Nonpar
tisan league affair. They exhibited
handbills which made it c'xar that
the meeting was not a league meet
ing, but called to organize a news
paper stock company, although it was
admitted the stock for the company
had been solicited by Mr. Quigley, a
Nonpartisan league organizer.
They stated that as soon as the men
had gathered in the building they
understood objections would be made
t l. kolner VikM nnH tn avoid trouble.
-adjourned. At this point Dr. E. O.
Webber appeared and ordered, them
out of the building, saying that no-
knilv hnf Anirirans could hold meet-
" ings in that hall now. The crowd
then went out in front and sang
"America" and dispersed.
Neville Talks.
Governor Neville talked to the com
mittee in a fatherly way and endeav
ored to impress upon them the im
portance of being very careful. He
, told them they had a right to hold
meetings if they desired, but that non
partisan meetings would not be con
doned. "Yojj are all right in your
own hearts, personally," said the gov
ernor, "but your national leaders have
been convicted of sedition and the
literature sent out by the league has
been found to be of a seditious char
acter and while it is true that it has
been withdrawn, yet at the same time
the statement has teen made that it
had served its purpose. It has been
withdrawn, but none of your local
organizations have taken any step
toward repudiating your national of
ficer nor have you condemned the
character of the literature with
drawn." The governor told the committee
ilt4t Via yiis4a c r m a tniroctirroiiMia
on his own hook and had discovered
- that 12 of the Nonpartisan league
organizers working out in the west
ern part of the state were socialists
and pool hall loafers.
The governor was pressed by the
committee to make some statement
as to what he would do toward the
removal of Placek arid Webber, but
lie told the committee that he would
first have to hear both sides of the
question before giving any answer to
that.
, nan uuumy car uiscusses
- ' Prosecution of Sedition
Grand Island, Neb., June 17. (Spe
cial.) Chairman Abbott of the Hall
County Council of Defense called a
" meeting of the Hall county bar to
consider presentation of cases of dis-
, loyalty and sedition to the council and
in the courts. There has been a gen-
, eral feeling, especially since there has
been qne case of compromise by a
man steadfastly maintaining his inno-
. cence, because he could not present
his own case and was not allowed
counsel, and one case of suicide by an
accused and an assault growing out of
misunderstanding and misinterpreta
tion, that unhealthy conditions were
arising and that there should e re
tained more of the American spirit of
justice and fair play typical of the
American courts. The matter after
a discussion of several hours was re
ferred to, a committee of three to
draft resolutions, and further action
, will be taken later.
I Sues for Breach of Promise.
Columbus, Neb., June 17. (Spe
' cial.) Charging that on December IS.
, 1917, he promised to marry her, and
that though a reasonable time has
since elapsed, he has failed to do so,
Mary Cielocha has started a breach
- of promise suit against Frank Kaipust
in district court She alleges in her
petition that she asked him several
. times during the 'month of January
. to make good the alleged promise,
. but that he refused to do so, and she
asks for $5,000 heart balm.
' The case is a senuel to a eomnlamf
filed by the girl in county court sev
eral weeks ago charging Kaipust with
3) serious offense. He was bound over
.. to the district court and was released
under bond pending his hearing at
the next term of court
NEBRASKA WOMAN
LEADS DRIVE TO
".TEACH ENGLISH"
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Conscript foreigners and teach
them the English language and
knowledge of the constitution of the
United States by compulsory attend
ance at night schools.
This is th doctrine of Mrs. Edwin
Arnold, former Nebraska girl, and
former president of the Daughters of
Nebraska society of New York City,
who, with her husband arrived in
Omaha Friday evening in their trans
continental trip, from New -York to
Pasadena, Cal., where they will make
their new home.
As the journey toward the sunset
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, who are special
representatives of the "America
First" movement, confer with local
authorities, educationists and social
workers of the different communities
they encounter for the purpose of
organizing local forces to American
ize the foreigners.
Mrs. Arnold, who formerly lived
at Fremont, Neb., where she has two
brothers, E C. and F. J. Diers. is a
special representative of the National
Committee of One Hundred, the ad
visory council on Americanization, to
the United States Bureau of Educa
tion. Mrs. Arnold has conferred with Dr.
Olga Stastiny of Omaha, who is local
representative, and the latter will
make arrangements for future lec
tures to be eiven foreigners and so
cial workers in different sections of
Omaha and various towns in Ne
braska.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, in their
cross-continent tour from New
York to Omaha, encountered very
bad roads and had some thrilling ad
ventures in the flood district of Iowa.
They will visit friends and relatives
at Fremont for a few days.
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Frank Wilson Dislocates
Spine Diving in Lake; Dies
Fremont, Neb., June 17. (Special
Telegram.) Frank H. Wilson, 22
years old, wire chief for the Nebraska
lelephone company, died at a local
hospital while undergoing an opera
tion for the disclocation of his spine.
Mr. Wilson received the injury when
he dove into a lake at a local resort
Saturday evening. His head struck
the bottom. He remained uncon
scious until, the operation was ,begtfn.
Mrs. Wilson and a party of friends
were in the lake when the accident
happened. He had been in the em
ploy of the' company for over three
years, starting as messenger boy in
Fremont. He was transferred to
Central City and three months ago
came to Fremont. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson ' were married nearly two
years ago at Council Bluffs. Mrs.
Wilson was Miss Ruth Campbell.
Lobeck Completes Filing
For Congress in Second
From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, June 17. (Special.) Con
gressman C. O. Lobeck of Omaha will
be a candidate for the democratic
renomination for congress from the
second district, his filing having
reached the office of the secretary of
state this morning. . 4
Cuming Sends Men. '
West Point, Neb., June 17. (Spe
cial.) Fifty-one of Cuming county's
young men will leave on the draft
call soon after June 24.
The following nine young men of
this county left West Point today for
Lincoln to take a two months' course
in general mechanics at the Univer
sity1 of Nebraska, for emergency
work: Walter Adams, Leigh Butter
field. Frank Brazda, Walter Ericksen,
Clark Johnson, Hilmer Lofgren, An
drew Lauritsen, Arthur McGill and
William Yotter.
Wayne Wells, son of Lt. H. L.
Wells, was graduated this week from
the United States Military academy
at West Point, N. Y.
Seize Much Liquor.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, June 17. (Special.) Ac
cording to a message received ' lay
by one of the governor's ' law en
forcers, 240 pints of liquor have 1 ecn
seized in an automobile in a garage
at Sidney and at Kearney a large
amount was taken at the Windsor
hotel and the proprietor and hotel
each was assessed a fine of
$200 and costs.
Alber at Minden.
Mjnden, Neb., June 17. (Special.)
John G. Albert, compaign secretary
tor Corner university at .Bethany,
spoke at the Methodist church here
last nignt. He exposed the German
university system and the doctrines
or JNietzsene as being responsible for
this present world war. He showed
the responsibility of the Christian col
leges m this war.
Heat Record Broken
Fremont Neb., June 17. (Special
Telegram.) All heat records for so
early m June were broken Sunday
when the mercury in the government
thermometer here registered 103. At
wU p. m. u was an even 100. Street
indicators recorded temperatures as
high as 105. There were no heat
prostrations.-
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Exams for "Dentals."
(From a Staff Correspondent.) '
Lincoln, June 17. (Special.) One
hundred and one dental students of
the junior grade took their examina
tions before the State Dental boaid
today. Nearly all were from the Lin
coln and Creighton dental schools.
Tomorrow. 62 seniors will take the
examinations, an of whom will go in
to the service of the United States.
Intense Heat in West.
Ravenna, Neb., June 17. (Special.)
Saturday the mercury climbed to
107. Crop conditions are good and
the farmers are" keeping up well with
their work.
ASehsibleTable
BEVERAGE
For War-Time
INSTANT
POSTUM
No boillrtgf
Each cup strong
or mild as desired
rsiO WASTE
Judge Westover's Wife III,
Chadron Court Adjourned
Chadron, Xeb., June 17. With all
reports in from Dawes county, the
000, its quota being $9,000. Out of
cnaaron tias been sold $oU,juu worth
of war savings stamps.
District rmirt in epecirtn inr rn
day only. Judge Westover only
short sessions owing to the condi
tibn of his wife, who is suffering irom
a paralytic stroke, from which she
has entirely lost the use of one side
of her body. , . '
Some Sweater Record Made .
By This Columbus Girl
Columbus, Neb., June 17. (Spe
cial.) Miss Rose Kingsley, who is in
charge of knitting for the local chap
ter of the Red Cross, has herself
knitted 20 sweaters at her home in ad
dition to working not less than five
hours each day at the Red Cross
rooms upon other work.
Miss Kingsley says she can knit
two sweaters a day when she does
no other Red Cross work.
Mrs. George B. Eddy Dies.
Fremont, Neb., June 17. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. George B. Eddy,
wife of the well known merchant,
died at the family home in Fremont
following an illness of a month. Mrs.
Eddy had been in failing health for
the last three years. She was 51
years of age and was born in and
had resided in Fremont all her life.
Her husband and two daughters are
the close surviving relatives.
City Charter Commission
Goes Over Old Document
The City Charter convention met
last night in the city hall to go over
the existing charter provisions with a
view of preparing themfor submis
sion to the voters.
Chairman Cole announced that no
new subject matter would be intro
duced, but that some slight changes
will be made in the text. 11
New Store Hours
8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M.
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ON THE SQUARE
AT THE ELEVATOR TUESDAY
Plain, and Fancij Silks
$1.19
Consisting of striped taffeta, striped satin, sport
silk and plain poplin, suitable for waists, skirts and
dresses. 36 inches wide. A variety of styles to seledt from,
specially priced at $1.19 a yard.
. BurfeM-Nath Co. Main Floor. -
PLANS CHANGES
OF SYSTEM IN
GRAINJCONTROL
Grain Corporation to Work
'Out New Scheme After
1 Mill Contracts Expire
on June 29.
Charles T. Neal, vice president of
the Food Administration Grain cor
poration, has returned from a general
meeting of the corporation in New
York. The meeting was held with
the advisory committee of the grain
trade to discuss possible changes to
be made in grain control as a result
of the larger wheat crop which is now
in prospect
The aim of the food administration
has always been to restore to the
grain business its opportunity for
initiative and enterprise wh.never that
opportunity will not retard or defeat
the orovisions made for our allies and
"cur own people and on a fair price
basis.
The meeting in New York de
veloped a belief that by some system
of limiting the manufacturing profit
on flour and yet allowing the mills to
use their judgment in buying the raw
product there could be restored to the
grain trade a fair range of opportunity
in buying and marketing, the whole
structure being supported by a rela
tive market buying basis at which the
grain corporation would stand ready
to absorb any surplus offerings of
wheat.
New Freight Rates.
An important feature of such a plan
would be the new freight structure
which becomes effective June 25. A
T7? . A lt . F
Jhe Kind That Are Real Ice
Sanitary, Free From Germs and Very
Economically Priced for
Illinois Ice Chests
$11.95
Hardwood Frames, galvan
ized steel lining, golden oak
finish, two galvanized iron
shelves and wood rack for ice.
Illinois Refrigerator
$14.95
Ash case, top icer, 45-lb.
capacity; white enamel food
1 rriamher. ret.inner! wirfi shel
ves; patent spring fastener.
Illinois Refrigerators
$19.50
Ash case, top icer, 75-lb.
ice capacity, white enameled
food chamber, retinned wire
shelves.
meeting of the traffic representatives
of all interested markets has been
called for June 20 to discuss the
freight relation between markets. This
will be followed on June 24 by a
meeting of the commercial representa
tives of these markets to see whether
the freight relations can be reflected
into the commercial relations of these
markets.
One June 24 the advisory commit
tee fif the drain Trade wil again meet
to go over further details of the plan,
along with representatives of the Pa
cific coast and the Inter-Mountain
country, in which their peculiar com
plications in trying to reflect the gov
ernment guaranteed price will be con
sidered. Until June 29, when the mill con
tracts with the grain corporation ex
pire, the grain corporation will require
all grain dealers under contract with
it, and all mills under contract with it,
to operate under the present regula
tions and the present market relation
prices.
The market relations when worked
out (and which would be the basis 'for
a permissible flour maximum all over
the -country) will be submitted to
Washington and approved by execu
tive order of the president; and, of
course, until this approval is formally
given all plans are more or less tenta
tive. Member of Chamber of
Commerce Dies in Service
Lucien Muriat died at Clarkson
hospital Sunday following injuries in
a fall. He was a native of France.
He enlisted inthe aviation section of
the United States army in January
and was sent to Rockwell field, San
Diego, Cal.
In April he was discharged for
physical disability and returned to this
city. He has no relatives in America.
He has been cared for by the Red
Cross civilian relief workers, who
are arranging for ft military funeral
for hitn. He was the first member
of the Chamber of Commerce to die
in army service.
EYERYBODYS STORE
I'H
Illinois Refrigerator
1 $23.50
Ash case, golden ash finish,
side icer, white enamel lined;
75-lb. capacity, round corners,
large provision chamber.
Illinois Refrigerator
$25.00
Ash case, 90-Jb. capacity,
front-top icer, white enamel
lined food chamber, retinned
wire shelves.
Automatic Refrigerators
$35.00
Eight wall construction,
mineral wool insulated, re
movable parts for cleaning,
white enameled inside, 60-lb.
ice capacity. Side icer.
Burfcs-Nuh Co. Down Stain Stor
Electric Fans
$5.85
piTTSBURG
electric fans, 6
inch size; special
Tuesday, at $5.85
Pittsburg elec
tric fans, 4 blades, 8-inch
size; special Tuesday at
$7.95.
Eight-inch oscillating fans $12.95
Emerson electric fans, guaran
teed for 5 years.
9-inch oscillating $22.00
12-inch oscillating $27.20
Zimmer Takes Training
for Merchant Marine
Boston, June 17. (Special.) Wal
ter J. Zimmer of 5223 North Twenty
third street, Omaha, was one of 38
Americans, between 21 and 30, yes
terday accepted for training for the
new American merchant marine, and
Zimmer will be ready to go on deep
water voyages on one of the new mer
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Pine White Canvas ..$6.60 pleasure. There is no need
A" Black :Kid W.00 of a heavy bunglesome .
Black Kid, cloth tops t7.50 . , . . '
AAAA to E; sizes 3 to 10. 11.00 metal arch prop when you -xtra
for sites above 9. wear these neat shoes. .
MAIL ORDERS 80UCITED
Drexel Shoe Go.
1419 FARNAM ST.
Don't fail to see the
"WAKE UP AMERICA"
filmed at the Auditorium June 19 and 20
Savers, Strictly
Tuesday
Automatic Refrigerators
$42.50
Eight-wall constructed Re
frigerator, mineral wool insu
lated, removable parts for
cleaning, white-enamel lined
front side ice, 100-lb. capac
ity. Automatic Refrigerators
(With Water Cooler)
$42.50
With built-in water cooler,
75-lb. ice capacity, automatic
trap, solid brass nickel plat
ed hardware, white enamel
food chamber.
Illinois Refrigerators
$27.50
Ash case, golden oak finish,
side icer, ice capacity 90 lbs.,
white enameled food cham
ber with , retinned wire
shelves.
50-Foot Garden Hose
$4.45
"D EST Quality guaranteed garden hose, 50-foot
lengths,. 12-inch size; special Tuesday or $4.45.
Molded garden hose, guaranteed, Y&- J
inch size, at 17c a foot.
Hose Reels. $1.19
Hardwood hose reels, hold 100-foo
hose, at $1.19.
Lawn Sprays. 85c ' 'x
Fountain lawn sprays, made of brass, at 8$c.;. 1 "
Grass Catchers. 59c
Canvas grass catchers, adjustable to fit several sizes
of mowers 59c each. -
Lawn Mower,, $8.95 ,
Four blades, 10-inch drive wheel, easy running, guar
anteed, $8.95. -
Burg.as-ria.h Co. Down Stairs Stor .
chant ships controlled by the' United
States shmoinflr board. , .
Money for Home Guards, j
Columbus, Neb., June 17. (Spe
cial.) The County Board of Supervi
sors on record at their last meeting
allowed the home guards of the coun
ty $2,500, which sum will be distribut
ed to all of the towns throughout
the county.
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Preserver for ;
Women '
The woman who weaw this
hoe does not use nine
tenths of her energy to bal-
ance herself on her shoe
heels. The heels on these s
scientific shoes balance the
mi a - 1 . 1 r A
wearer, iney ihk.c uer icci,
off her mind and make
standing and walking a
"Wak Up Anwricar
Moving Picture at Aud-,
itorium Wed. and Thurs,
Tickets free here for th
asking.
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