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' THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918. m DEMOCRATS IN PLIGHT TO F GOOD ARGUMENT Increased Expense Matter of Record and All Talk in World Will Not Alter Cold Facts. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Oct. 2. (Special.) Democratic submarines sailing be neath the political ocean are find ing plenty of trouble locating re , publican arguments which their tor pedoes have any chance to pene trate. They are discharging plenty of high explosives, hut somehow they miss the mark. Republican destroy ers are keeping the gateway to po litical success pretty well clear of the underseas craft of the opposition. Charging S. R. McKelvie, republi can candidate lor the governorship with saying and doing things, only to find that his statements were ab solutely founded on fact, .or that such statements never were made, is about all the satisfaction they lir.ve received so far in the cam paign. Arguments Fall Down. The opposition is having a hard time trying to convince the voter that when Mr. McKelvie charged that the tax burdens of the state had increased from $4,367,257.31 to $9,594,189.04, he misrepresented the facts. Mr. McKelvie quoted figures"from the republican state platform of the last state convention, which are shown to be true by the records of the state arebives kept by demo cratic state otftsers. However the democrats attempt to prove that Mr. McKelvie "gross ly misrepresented and misled the voter" by giving out yearly figures furnished by the same rtcords- The facts in the matter are that Mr. McKelvie quoted the appropri ations for state expenses passed by the different legislatures for the bi enniuai or two year period. They show how fair they can be by quot ing yearly expense figures of the state in comparison to those of the republican candidate for governor, saying nothing about the latter being biennial appropriations. The whole matter becomes a huge joke when one takes the figures of the demo cratic statesmen for the two years and adds them together. Take One Example. t For instance take the appropria tion of the legislature for the last biennium as quoted by Mr. McKelvie as $9,594,189.04, which covers the years 1917 and 1918. Then take the yearly figures furnished from the democratic records and thty are shown as follows: . 1917 $.44,!99 27 191 4.361,839.40 Add these together and the amount is found to be not so very far away from the figures of Mr. McKelvie, and surelv shows that the latter's figures are not "more than 100 per cent greater than the true figures," as charged that Mr. Mc Kelvie quoted. - Property Values Higher. Then the democrats again seek . to justify their position on the finan cial condition of the state by show . ing that the tax levy for the four last years the republicans controlled the state board of assessment, which fixes the levy, was 3.58 mills more than the total for the four years the democrats have controlled the board, J, which according to the records is doubtless true. But there is a reason for the lower levy and the demo cratic board is not entitled to any credit unless it be for doing its duty. The board, with all the effort it is making to claim everything in sight, will probably not insist that the in crease in the value of land, or crops, or stock, or grain, or houses or lots, is the result of its great wisdom, but the reason of th lowering of the levy is due to the increased value of property of all kinds in Nebras ka. Since the change in the political complexion of the state real estate and other values have been steadily increasing Ad each year the board of .assessment has found a greater PIMPLY? WELL, DON'T BE! People Notice it. Drive Them Off With Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets A pimply face will not embarrass you much longer if you get a pack age of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. The skin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets a few nights. Cleanse the blood, the bowels and the liver with Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the successful substitute for calomel; there's never any sick ness or pain after taking them. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do that which calomel does, and just as effectively, but their action is gentle and safe instead of severe and irri tating. . No one who takes Olive Tablets is ever cursed with a "dark brown taste" a bad breath, a dull, listless, "no good" feeling, constipation, tor pid liver, bad disposition or pimply lace. . Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are t purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Dr. Edwards spent years among patients afflicted with liver and bowel complaints, and Olive Tablets are the immensely effective result. Take one or two nightly for a week. See how much better you feel and look. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. Ad. Seyen Yankee Veterans of the Trenches Here to Help Uncle Sam Raise Loan - Dfflite Stores Left to right: G. C. Combs, T, C. Clements, H. A. McCormick, Sergeant W. Quimby, Clarence C. Hill. Allen, Eugene Hoffer, Thomas FIGHTER SAYS IN LECTURE THE WAR SOON ENDS Omaha Lieutenant in British Army Predicts Kaiser Will Never Be Taken Alive. Fremont, Neb., Oct. 2. (Special Telegram.) Lieutenant Stephens of the British army addressed a crowd of 500 persons at the high school auditorium last evening on condi tions in Europe as seen by a sol dier who has been in action on all fronts except the Russian. Lieutenant Stephens came to Fre mont under the auspices of a com mittee of prominent business men. He flayed the kaiser and his sol diers, calling them barbarians. He predicted an early end of the war, and said that the kaiser would never be captured. When the German army is routed and the allied soldiers are march ing triumphantly to Berlin, the rul er of the German people will take his own life, the speaker predicted. Lieutenant Stephens will return to England in two weeks. He made a strong plea for support of the Liberty loan. Lieutenant Stephens came here from Omaha, where he has been visiting his parents. America's Best Patriotic Emblem Hwl WiS U m mk ma AS STICK Ml a. HAT FIN AS CHAIN 1A T EAK MOTS AS SIGNET RING FOB END AS CUFF BUTTON CHALET IS FINER THAN U.S. A. nnKTD A MTIXTD IT Harvey F. Pope TOBCNEBK. valuation, hence a lower levy could be made. The fact that valuations have increased more rapidly t'.'-n the expenses of the state is the reason of lower tax levy and not because a democratic board is pos sessed of any greater degree of busi ness acumen then their republican predecessors. From time to time legislatures have made new laws increasing the income to the state in connection with the different departments and this has had a tendency to keep the state treasury in a much better con dition. What Hall Has Done. Another reason for the lower tax levy is State Treasurer George Hall. Mr. Hall inaugurated a system soon after taking charge of the financial department 6f the state requiring county treasurers to pay to the state each month the amount due instead of holding it for six months or a year. , Of course Treasurer Hall was roundly scored by his brother demo cratic members on the board for his financial ideas as to state finances and has been unanimously voted down several times because he wanted to inject business principles into the board's business, but just the ssme he went ahead all alone and the state has benefited thereby. It is probable now that the much despised ideas of Mr. Hall before the campaign begun will now be fondled with love and affection and given as great democratic states manship and for which the mem bers of the board who opposed them should be elected again to office. Slatt Called to Colors Following Enlistment From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Oct. '2. (Special.) Carl E. Slatt, candidate in the primary for the democratic .nomination for lieutenant-governor, has been called to the colors, following an applica tion for service. Mr. Slatt was just outside the draft in the first call and has for some time been arrang ing matters on his farm so that he could get away. "Flu Kills Avoca Sailor. Avoca. Keb., Oct. 2. (Special.) ; Arthur Trudeau, died at the Great ; Lakes Naval Training station Fri day. He was the victim of influenza. Mr. Trudeau was reared in this ,vi-' cinity. He was the onlv son of i Peter Trudeau. The body arrived j Monday and the funeral services i were held Tuesday morning, and in-! terment made in the Catholic cem-1 . .1 . r . . 'T 1- - A . . 1 eiery souincasi oi town, inc nvuw home guards assisted in Trie services. Lineman Injured. Fairbury, Xeo., Ua. I. (Special Telegram.) J. C. GearT lineman for. the Lincoln Telegraph company, while stringing a telephone wire ever an electric wire lead, came in ' contact with' a live wire this after-.' noon, sustaining injuries which mayj prove fatal Seven young veterans of the great war arrived in Omaha Wednesday morning and are at the Conant ho tel. The are typical specimens of that splendid young manhood of which America is so proud; intelli gent, jolly and hearty looking. In spite of their looks, they have all been invalided home; Hun gas did it. They are helping to win the war just the same, though, by making speeches for the Fourth Liberty luau. They will speak in Omaha and throughout Nebraska, telling their actual experiences at the bat tle front. They come from various units. T. C. Clements, whose home town is Eastman, Ga., spent seven months at the front with the medi cal corps in first aid work on the field and health work in camps. Salvation Army Praised. H. A. Allen has the distinction of having gone over with the Rain bow division just two weeks after Pershing. He was with the 17th en gineers for 10;i months and saw severe service at Cambrai and other parts of the line. He, like Clem ents, talks with a pleasing southern drawl. ' "We paraded before the king and queen in London," he said. "At Cambrai we went four months without a bath and we were never dry. "And, say, I want you to say something about the Salvation Army. They're the people that do most for the boys. Why, those men and women come right up in the front line trenches and give us hot coffee and cookies and dough nuts and pies. They give it to us. The Young Men's Christian associa tion and Knights of Columbus are farther back and they sell you things. The Red Cross does a great work, too, in giving little comforts to the men.' But the Salvation Army is doing the most over there and getting the least money in this country." s The other soldiers chimed in on these sentiments. The Salvation Army seems to occupy the warmest place in their hearts. Clarence C. Hill was in the 14th Spanish Influenza in Lincoln Gives Doctors Concern Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2. (Special Telegram. Whether it is the Span ish "flu" or some other sort of "flu," there are about 300 casis of some disease in Lincoln and niversity Place that gives the doctors con cern. About 100 of the cases are at University Place, but none of a serious nature as yet. The situation in Lincoln is not alarming, although two persons have died. These, however, con tracted the malady in Chicago. Three men dying from the disease in the traning camps have been brought here for burial. Wife of Buffalo County Sheriff Found Dead Kearney, Neb., Oct. 2. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. S. I. Funk, wife of the county sheriff, and a pioneer of this county, died suddenly at the family home today. Sheriff Funk was called away in the early morning and upon re- I turning shortly belore noon totind his wife dead of heart disease. 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