' THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918.
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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
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Seyen Yankee Veterans of the Trenches
Here to Help Uncle Sam Raise Loan
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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.
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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
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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. Mrs.
Funk has resided here for 35 years.
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mounted machine gun battalion and
"got his" in gas at Chateau Thierry.
G. C. Combs, who hails from Akron,
O., was a regular army man of the
23d infantry and saw hard service
ill' the Toul and Nancy sectors.
And there is Sergeant Quimby of
the National Guard of Maine, who,
in response to a question as to how
it feels to "bayonet a German, said
laconically and with a laugh: "I
felt good!"
Thomas McCormick of Connecti
cut was a National Guardsman and
he has the distinction of beiTig the
first National Guardsman to bring
in a German prisoner.
All in GojkI Spirits.
Eugene Hoffer, whose home town
is Houston, Tex., completes the
septet. He was in the signal corps.
All of the men wear two-peaked
"overseas caps." The helmet is worn
over this cap, which, then, serves
as a cushion for the "tin derby."
All the boys are in the best of
spirits. The effects of the gas are
felt in some kinds of weather, par
ticularly in the way of a rawness
in the throat and lungs. Otherwise
they are in perfect health. They
have been permanently discharged
from the service and, though they
they have little hop6 that they will
have all applied to be sent back.
They have little hope that they will
be permitted to do so.
Beatrice Soldier Dies at
Camp of Sandstorm Division
Ileatrice, Neb., Oct. 2. (Special.)
B. B. Allison, formerly of Vir
ginia, this county, died last week in
Camp Dix, N. J., of pneumonia. The
remains were taken to Rockport,
Mo., his home, for interment.
He was a member of Cosipany C,
this1 city, and left with the company
last summer from Camp Cody, N.
M., to Camp Dix.
of age.
He was 22 years
Windolph Jurors Unable
To Arrive at Agreement
Norfolk, Neb.. Oct. 2. The jury
which heard the case of the Rev.
William Windolph, pastor of the
Catholic church at Creighton, Neb.,
who was charged with making dis
loyal statements, disagreed in federal
court here last night and was dis
charged after deliberating for five
hours.
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