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A - ' THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER ' 13, 1918. TYNER TELLS OF ATROCITIES OF i HUNSJNFRANCE Lincoln Minister Describes '' Terrors of Battle Front to ; Members of the State, House Thrift Society. From a Staff Correspondent. ' Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12. (Special.-fc-The thrift society at the state house was especially well entertain ed at its weekly meeting today with an address by Rev. C. .R. Tyner, former rector of St. Luke's Episco pal church of this city, who has 're turned from work on the battle- front, where he spent nearly a year. ; ' i Dr. Tyner said that since the en-: trance of America into the fight and j ' especially during the past few months, France has been a new France. ' i. The inspiration which has come to the French people because of Amer ican entry into the cause has been wonderful and the French for some time have felt ihat the war could end in only one year that the Ger mans would be driven out of France and ultimately forced to surrender. He said that the Germans now were not the fighters of old. They will fight now, .but they need the ' inspiration of officers behind them who force them to fight. On the other hand American officers lead their men and as a consequence the men follow and follow with a vigor which means but one thing and that victory. Some of the atrocities committed by the German army are simply inconceivable and hard to believe unless one has seen it themselves, according to Dr. Tyner. He told of one incident where the .Germans were camped on a stream a few miles above a British camp. After a battle they built a dam across the stream just below their camp with the dead bodies of their .own men. As the bodies decayed the water became poluted and as a consequence the British soldiers us ing the water below, before they knew of the conditions, were poison ed and diseased by the awful con dition of the stream and many of them died. v Dr. Tyner had several relics pick ed up by himself on the battle fields, among ihem a German bayonet with a saw fclge, the teeth projecting to ward the point of the bayonet so that when used on the body of a soldier the wound would be a hor rible one. ., To Represent War Indus tries Board Paper Sec tion for Nebraska. Seward, Neb., Man Dies ;; At Camp Logan, Illinois Seward, Neb., Oct. 12.-(Special.) --Walter Chester Blacker, a well known Seward man, died at Camp Logan, 111., on October 3. death be ing due to bronchial pnumonia, and was buried" with full military honors here. He is survived by his father and mother, five sisters and five brothers. 1 News of the death in action in France of Fred Hennings of Beaver ttownship near here, was received by ats relatives recently. ' a . Utica, has been commissioned a major and in in charge of the dental infirmary with the Ninety-first divi sion in France, according to word received here recently. Sheriff Makes Big BoDze Haul at Sidney, Neb. "Sidney, Neb., Oct. ll.-(Special) Marcus Gumbert and William II. Holder, vboth of Denver, were . taken oetore united states Com missioner Oberfelder today, charged with unlawful transportation of liquor, and were bound over to the federal court on bonds of $1,500 each. These men were ar rested by Sheriff Forsling at Kim ball last Monday and 628 pints of liquor were taken from them, and they were fined $200 and costs by the local authorities. ; Sheriff Forsling will offer for sale ..iflf the near future, 12 cars, mostly new, which have been taken from bootlegger during the past month. Beatrice Company to Build; f Town to Remain Closed Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) A contract was let yester day By the Beatrice Corn Meals Mills company for the erection of a fireproof plant in this city to cost about $10,000. The building will be of tile and concrete. Thirty-eight new cases of Spanish influenza were reported in the city yesterday The city Board of Health held a meeting and decided to keep the lid on the theaters public schools and churches for" an other week in order to properly handle the scourge. , Pioneer. Minister Dies - At Home in Kearney, Neb. Kearney. Neb., Oct. 12.-l(Spe-ctal Telegram.) Rev. Erastus Smith died here today at the age : of 78 years. He was, ordained in 1868 and has been an active preacher up to theTBay he suffered a paralytic stroke a week ago, officiating at a funeral sefvice the day before he died. Rev. Smith was presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years ana is widely known .throughout the. state, is 'the only survivor. Mrs. Smith ' 'km Aim Victor cTfesewafer' EDITOR THE BC By appointment of Thomas E. Donnelly, chief of the pulp and pa per section of the War Industries board, Victor Rosewater has Seen named as representative of that sec tion for the district of Nebraska and in that capacity will be expected to have charge of the enforcement of the paper conservation measures of the War Industries board iri this territory.. The position carries no salary and the service is rendered as part of the government war work Elk City, Neb., Goes ? - I "Over Top" in Hour's Time - fclk City, Neb., Oct 12. (Special.) Elk City, Neb., which includes r ichool district No. 8, and eight sec lions of land, went over the top in - the Fourth Liberty loan drive on October 10. The quota for the dis trict was $13,000, and in an hour's time the total of $83,000 was raised Nebraska Fighter , Gassed. Edgar, Neb., Oct. .-'Special.) MA ana Mrs. u cotue receivea w6jd from thejr son,Jwho is in the Fighting area in France, that heas in a church when shell fell in it STATE WORRY DERS ILEr) Emissaries Disclose Findings of Trip Over State and Dis please Heads of tate . Committee. From a Etaff Correspondent. Lincoln, Oct. 12. (Special.) The democratic state committee is having a hard time; so it is said, getting the right kind or reports from the emissaries sent out in search of evidence to show whether it is better to give up the fight now or worry along until after election. Of course they get reports from the army of food inspectors, bank examiners, county treasurer exam iners, fire commission deputies, and game warden deputies, appointed by the governor who while attending strictly to state business, would not imperil their jobs , if they oc casionally met a man and inter viewed him regarding the political situation in an effort to find out just what would be the best .thing to do to keep the republican majorities from mounting too high. It is said that one emissary sent out by the democratic committee has lost his job. It is seldom that a man is punished for telling the truth, but in this case the truth did not .fit the emergency which has arisen. This man was sent out into a certain senatorial district where a well-known democrat is a candidate for the state senate. He brought back word to the committee that un less the governor fired H. E. Gooch and Dr. Webber off the State Coun cil of Defense that the democrats wouldn't get enough votes out in that district to make crow pie. Again he was sent out with instructions to use a little camouflage in his next report. He came back a few. days later with the same sort of a re port. Emissary Out of Job. What; Chairman Sprague said to that emissary can only be expressed with exclamation points, dashes, ad jectives and explosions and the man now wanders about this mundane sphere wondering "what the Halifax that committee wanted anyway." Chairman Sprague is a mighty fine fellow under ordinary conditions with' a few slogans like "He kept us out of War," "Vote for Wilson and Peace or Hughes and War," Wilson Wisdom Wins Without War," and the like he could, win hands down, but this year the muni tion slogan factory has had hard work turning out slogans that will stand up alone and the oneTol itics has Adjourned," is the only one that has filled the requirements. This has become badly frazzled around the edges and shows signs of dissolution or dis'ipation or des solution or destitution or something of the kind and it is understoed has been sent back to the factory for re pairs and a new fuse, .t It is said that they are congratu lating themselves over the appear ance of Spanish influenza because they think it will keep the reptibl can candidates from getting th big crowds they have been speaking to out in the state, but even the "flu" so far has pot-been able to hold the people bak and the way the voters are flocking to the republican standard is simply a! forerunner of the great republican victory afi along the line in November. Wear Your Clothes If You Would Keep Them Safe From Theft If you don't want to loseyour clothes, wear 'em! A suit of clothes, an Overcoat and four bundles of laundry are among the articles re ported to police as missing up to a late hour Saturday night. Thieves heaved a brick through the window of A. F. Harlett's resi dence, 215 N. Twentieth street. Fri day night, in order to procure . the four bundles of laundered apparel; they boldly entered C. F. Macken brock's room at the Rome hotel and walked off with a perfectly good suit; and W. CD'onahey, 932 South Twenty-fourth street had the mis fortune to leave his overcoat, m his car at Seventeenth and Douglas streets yesterday afternoon, and as tr kmc it and fxnloded- His eves .. t ... i ; j r.i. V... rfrf lniurru witii iiic Kda uul umci- .' . a it. - f .uu t- :i A.I. k u ti..,. i. Flie was unjnjurea. nc is now in i rcsuu, n win met in- coia Diasts rtWital but is able to help with j of jvinier - -"overccaiMss," until V!t,Js"k.' , v. v- I another one "comes to baud." .... jr . - a . v-- ' j --. v...' , .. ,.- 364 AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIE IN STEAMER WRECK More Than 203 Bodies Recov , ered in North Channel,. Where Otranto Sank After Collision. i An Irish Port, Oct. 12. American soldiers to the number of 364 per ished when the British armed mer cantile cruiser Otranto and the transport Kashmir collided in the North channel between Scotland and Ireland last Sunday. "Three hundred American soldiers and 30 French sailors and 266 mem bers of the crew of the Otranto have been picked up at Islay. Twelve American soldiers were buried with British military honors today after impressive public cere monies, witnessed by hundreds of sympathetic citizens. The dead in cluded Private Raymond Simpson, an Otrantovictim whose home ad dress is unknown, and 11 men from Jnother ship of the convoy who had been transferred at sea to another vessel while suffering from pneu monia. kThey were: Charles Kaysser, Seattle; Alois P. Groska, Diefz, Wyo.; Floyd S. and James Evans, brothefs, Douglas, Wyo.; Theodore G. Garner, Athens, Tex.; Philip M. Simon, Mason, Tex.; James A. Conery, Fargo, N. D.; Ed ward G. Kuehl. Riesel, Tex., Henry G. Koehler, Yoakum, Tex.; Oscar McDonald, Sweetwater, Tex.; Ed mund C. Keller, Lenox, Mich. A British Port, Oct. 12. The fol lowing privates, all attached to the coast artillery corps, are in hospitals suffering from shock and sprains: Elvin Beagle, V. E. Connsr, James E. Casey, James A. Fulwood, Conner C. Smith, Lonnie W. White, Henry Delaney, L. . Holmes Wells, George Halter, Joseph Hess, Cor bett Williams, Charles Wethering ton, Joseph Hewell, Sidney W. End erfield, Arthur Land, also Corporal Ralph bbner. Private J. Jackson is suffering from bruises of the body and leg, J. Love, right foot seriously injured; McKinley, cook; J. Flint and B. Abernathy, from the effects of the explosion. Other survivors include L. Lyons, compound fracture left arm; Cor poral J. Kerns Prauns; Privates W. R. Bagley, H. U. Willis, shock? Ralph Lambert, fractured rib. The injuries to the following sur vivors are not specified: Sergeant Emory Hall; Sergeant John Rauber; Sergeant J. S. Mille; Privates Eugene Turro; H. B. Tay lor; A. P. Chrisman; Perry Hand ley; H. Steiner; H. Boagay, medical, department; John Lee; James Eloach: James Wright; J. Harman; Harry Wagner, field artillery. Other survivors were Sergeant H. G. Redmond; Corporals Gi E. Ogles by; King Angals and Privates K. Scott; F. P. Scott; H. Spyre; V. Ro'sier, J. II. Horndon; Hos- kins, D. G. Greenlear; J. T. Ford and E. W Bell Anything to Aid P. S. Slogan of Red Gross In Fight Against Flu "Anything to Help-the Govern ment" is the slogan of the Red Cross. Hence the thousand and one thing's which are being done by the "Greatest Mother in the World." I It is not surprising, therefore, that this band of ever ready workers caught the spirit of helpfulness when the country became imperiled by the Spanish Flu and set about to do its part in stamping out the dread disease. The Omaha chapter of the Red Cross has already made more than 5,000 "flu" masks out of med icated gauze and have them for free distribution wherever they are needed. Nurses are also in great demand to take care of cases of influenza. Graduate nurses and those who have taken the Course in first aid are urged to offer their services, as are all who are in any way equipped to take care of the sick room. The Red Cross Motor corps, under the direction Mrs. W. E. Martin, is also greatly in need of volunteers to offer their services. It is said that if each woman in Omaha who has axear at her dis posal, would offer her services two afternoons per week of two hours each, the work of the department would be amply provided for. And then they add: PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR PEACH STONES AND NUT SHELLS. Youth Receives Hurts When Automobile t Strikes Their Wagon Joe' Carnmarata,' age 11 " years, 1434 1-2 South Thirteenth street, Jim Robetto, 8, same address, and a third lad, whose name, was not learned, were badly shaken up when the wagon in which they Tere driv ing south in Thirteenth street was struck by a touring car at Thir teenth and Pierce streets Saturday evening. Carnmarata, the only one injured, received a slight abrasion on the scalp. After being attended by the police surgeon, he was able to go home. The wagon was' completely overturned. The car, which was a rented one, managed to escape before the po lice arrived, but was pursued and later captured at Seventeenth and Martha streets, where it was stalled in the mud. Morris E. Hansen, driver. 2145 South Forty-ninth street, Mark A. Hotz, 2430 Vinton street, and Harry Burbower,- 2403 South Thirteenth street, occupants of the car, were arrested and brought to the police station where they were held for reckless driving and being drunk. i Edgar Youth Dies. Edgar, Neb.. Oct. 12. (Special.) The body of John P. Ficken, son of Mr. and Mrs. J H Ficken. who lives six miles southeast of Edgar, was brought here for burial yesterday e-ening f rora Camp Grant. 111. He" vc9 in the officers' training camp il- iff and .was ta!:en with the grip which was followed by pneumonia. FINE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW READY FOR USE Plattsmouth Dedicates- New Building, Which is Finest in That Part of the State. Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 12. (Spe cial). The recent opening of a fine, modern gunior-senior high school building, at a cost of $85,000, marks a new epoch in educational affairs in the seat of Cass county. The building, designed of a pleasing !type, with harmonious arrange I merit of windows and piers, is trimmed with Bedford stone. It is ; practically fire-proof, and is heated, lighted and ventilated according to the most improved methods. The commercial department is equipped to provide 'for typewriting, stenog raphy and bookkeeping. The do mestic acience department' has sew ing and cooking rooms, eath fully equipped. This high school has a gymnasium for the first time. The room is 70x40 feet, and galleries with seating ca pacity fcr 500. Locker and shower rooms are connected to the gym. The auditorium u.; be used for study purposes and also for enter tainments. The main flc Nieats 500 and the gallery, 150. The stage, large enough for plays and entertain ments, is used for library purposes during school hours. A lantern booth for educational purposes has been installed in the balcony. School Better Than Usual The courses offered are college preparatory, normal training and "commercial. The Plattsmouth city schools are endeavoring more this year than to "carry on school as usual;" they are attempting to do more and better than usual, to ren der to the community greater and better service than ever before, and to instill in the lives of their pupils the blessings and ideals of true American citizenship, i The school system of Plattsmouth enrolls annually about 1.200 pupils and employs a force of 32 teachers. Penmanship, music and art are taught in both the grades and the high schol. Plattsmouth schools have made an excellent record in all war activities, the teachers and pupils giving cheerfully and liberally of their time, labor and money. Patri otic songs, exercises, flag raisings and salutes are practiced regularly jn all ward buildings and high school. The high school service flag contains 76 stars. George E. DeWolf is superintend ent of the Plattsmouth schools, and K. H. Wescott is secretary of the Board of Education. Women's Loan Committees Do Good Work in State The women's Liberty loan com mittees of the state report sub scriptions from the following towns: North Platte, $50,000; 259 women of Grand Island have subscribed $45,775; Hastings. $26,250; Central City, $15,000; Crawford, $15,000; Clay Center, $12,000; Wymore wo men have subscribed $9,900; Palm er women have subscribed $3,850; Clarks women have subscribed $2, 850; Silver Creek women have sub scribed $400. .( The women of Harlan county, who are responsible for raising one half of the $342,500 quota of the county, have raised $48,100; Mrs. R. L. Keester is county chairman. The women of Merrick county have subscribed $22,100. Mrs. Geo. Freeborn is county chairman. The woman's committee of Schuy ler had charge of the Liberty Day parade IMorePiles A Free Trial of Pyramid Pile Treat ment la One of the Graadeat Events You Eve Experienced. Yoti are suffering something awful with itching;, bleeding, protruding piles oc hemorrhoids. 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Two Deaths at York Friday; Schools Ordered Closed York. Neb., Oct. 12. (Specials Mrs. Elizabeth Richey of Morgan town W. Va., who was here on a visit, died Thursday night of pneu monia contracted from influenza. She was 62 years of age. All public schools, churches, theaters, etc., have been ordered closed by the board of health in an endeavor to check the spread of the epidemic thoughout. the county. West Point Farmer Is Killed on Battle Front West Point, Neb., Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) Arthur C. Mack, son of Wil liam Mack, a farmer living east of the city limits, is reported killed in action in France. He is the first West Point loldier to lose his life In action. HeTeft here for Camp Funston, Kansas, on October 7. and made the supreme sacrifice of his life for his country on September 12. , ' Well Known Speakers To Be at York Convention York, Neb., Oct. 12.-(SreciaI.)-Five hundred Christian Endcavorers ."rom all over the state art expected to attend the Nebraska r cbrivention " at York; November 7-10. Paul Brown of Los Angeles and other nationally ' known C. E workers will, apeak. 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