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vs. THE BEE:' OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, , OCTOBER 16, 1918. - 3 BEAGH BRANDS DEMO GHARCF.S AS FALSEHOOD N Declares Claim That Repub licans Hired German Speak ers. Untruer Democrats t Guilty of Similar Act From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln. . Oct. 15. ( Soecial. Chairman E. D. Beach of the repub- 'on the Liberty loan, lie was denied Norri Barred From Giving Address to Railroad Employes From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln. Oct. 15. (Special.) Pol itics has "adjourned" again, accord ing to information coming to repub lican state headquarters from Vy more. where Senator George VV. N'orris went yesterday at the request of the Liberty loan committee at that place to talk for the Liberty loan. When the senator, who happens to be a candidate for re-election on the republican ticket, went to the railroad shops to talk to the men DEMQ HOWARD URGES GRATSTO BEAT MACHIN Columbus Editor Calls Upon Men Everywhsre m Party - to Pull Down Boss-Rid- den Candidates. From a Staff Correspondent Lincoln. Oct. IS (Special.) Telegrams are being sent out nu- lican state committee pretty effect- the chance to talk, because, so h" rnerously by Edgar Howard of Co- iually put the quietus on the charge was mrormea, .Mr. aic.ao.oo oojecie lumnus caning attention to inc neeus made by a democratic paper in Lin- : to candidates for ofhee talking-tor coin that the republican committee ' Hie Liberty loan, in the last campaign imported Ger- j Candidates for office on the re man speakers into the state to speak publican ticket have been talking for the committee bv pronouncing m tne interest ot tne LtDerty loan 0 r the -charge as deliberately false by the following statement" "The organ of the Hitchcock-Mullen-Neville political machine in this town seeks to cover up its own ques tionable acts, by charging that the republican state committee two years ago imported a German speak er and paid his campaign expenses. I denied the charge and they now come back with what they term "in disputable proof from the statement , of the republican treasurer of the ommittee" that we did do so and that we patronized German newspa- ' ;ers. f Statement Declared False. ' "I said in my former interview the tatement was false and 1 reiterate .-.hat staement. The gentleman to vhom they refer was not import ed into the state, but was a resi dent of Omaha. He applied to out committee for work and we turned him down. Later through other " influence; the national committee arranged with him to make some speeches. He came to Lincoln, but on his way here his pocket was picked of what money he had and on applying 'to the committee for issistance so he could make his ' lates the committee advanced him the amount he needed, which the national committee later made up. If it was a crime for the republi can committee to hire German speakers how about the work of "he democratic committee along that 'me? Democratic Record. ( "The financialreport of A. V. Johnson, treasurer of the demo , :ratic state committee, filed in Lan caster county, shows thai sAucfJst Lsser,- a German speaker, who a plied to the republican conynittei tor work and was refused, was paid n September 26, 1916, the sum ot 510: on October 7 Mr. Esser re-, - teied two checks, one for $6 an "lhe other for $14; on October 14 he was araJn given $20 for speaking ind on October 26, $40 for more ! speeches. November 10, after the ' ;ampa:gn closed the democratic state committee was so tickled over Esser's speeches that they gave him $50, making a total of $140 paid to the eloquent German orator. ; The treasurer's statement also shows one Hans Kieg on' October 30 was paid $50 for making speeches and on November 4 was given $41.90. Demos in Same Boat. ; "But in the eyes of that demi cratic paper the republican state committee committed an awful thing in 1916, when they paid G. F. Berschorner fcn advertising agent, $88 for advertising. The report of its treasurer shows the democratic committee paid Mr. Berschorner at one time $9373, and later $103.30 for advertising. If it was a crime' for the, republican committee to pay Mr. Berschorner $88 was it not two and one half times more of a crime for the democratic state committee to pay him $197. "The paper again declares it a horrible thing that the republican committee advertised in the Lincoln Echo, a German paper, published by Mr. Kuhl. The report of the treas urer of the democratic committee hows that Mr. Kuhl received $90.50 x for advertising for the democratic committee. - , "For some time the democratic . iheet has been lambasting Val Pe ters, and his German Omaha Trib une for disloyaL conduct and other things and now ra an effort to show that the republican state committee was in cahoots with Peters, shoe's that the committee paid Mr. Peters 4 ' , a small amount for advertising. The , report of the democraticreasurer shows that the democratic commit tee paid the Tribune a much larger . sum for advertising, first $33.60 and later on November 4, the sum of $150. -Big Papers Not Forgotten. "However, the big papers were not Aholly forgotten. So anxious was the democratic state committee to circulate the German propaganda ':;unong the people of Nebraska that n ihey paid the Omaha World-Herald, owned by Senator Hitchcock, the nan in Nebraska who at that time was doing more for the kaiser than ny other single individual, the sum -s- 3f $"2,787.40 for 10,000 subscriptions ' to that paper during the campaign. -. "Oh, yes, the republican state com rpUtee may have done a very un patriotic thing in giving a poor speaker who had lost his ppeket book enough money to get out of .Own, or for advertising in German Mpers in 1916, but in the face of the iworn statement of the treasurer of the democratic state committee it would seem that very little more need be said." Open Air Funeral for Victim oflnfluenza , Minden, Neb., Oct. 15. (Special.) Open air funeral services were held on the court house square Sun ' day afternoon for Reuben Jensen, who died at Puget Sound, from , complications xof Spanish influenza. The deceased was a son of Rev. and Mrs. H. P. Jensen of Fredericks burg, and enlisted in the navy some time ago at Waterloo. Ia. The G. "A.R. post had charge of the fu , -neraL 1 for more than a week, leaving poli tics out of their addresses. Fremont Man Decorated With Croix de Guerre Fremont, Neb., Oct. 15. (Spe- Earl Liming, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Liming, formerly of Schuyler, has been decorated by the French government with the Croix de Guerre rand three times ci'ed for bravery in action. While supervising the installing of listening posts on the front h was attacked by a patrol of Ger mans, but, together with his com panions. Liming beat them off, kill ing several. At another time during one of the German raids. Liming and four signal corps men were cutff. but foufht their way out with bayo nets and fists. At another time. Lim ing was cauqht in a shell hole with three wounded men, "whose wounds he dressed. He was attacked by three Huns, all of whom he shot or killed in hand-to-hand fihtfng. Lim ing was in the hosnitaTfor several weeks, but is now back on dt again. The name of Otis E. Pearson of Arlington was among the casualties reported last week. He enlisted soon pfter the on''-e?'- of war ?nd was a member of the Twenty-third batta'ion. field artillery. Anton Trask, another" Arlington boy, is reported dead at a Vir ginia camp of influenza. Dewitt Submits Teuton Tongue Problem to Slate Lincoln, Oct. 15. (Special.) The attorney general has received a communication from Dewitt ask ing if the local Council of Detense has ,the authority to force a busi ness man to place in his store cards announcing that the American Ian guage must be spoken, lso if a merchant has any rip;ht to refuse to sell a customer goods for cash. The attorney general has answered the first question ,by saying that there is no law to compel the plac ing of cards of that description in any store, but feels that every in dividual ought to both speak and think in the American language at this time. There is no authority to force ajjy man to sell his goods it he does not want to for cash or in any other way. Roads Must Not Steal Men From Telegraph Jobs Lincoln, Oct. 15. (Special.) Complaints are coming to the gov ernment that on account of the high er,! salaries paid for railroad work, telephone companies are losing a great many of their most skilled em ployes, according to information sent to the State Railway Commis sion. ' A communication received today from government sources gives the information that all departments un der the control of the government should cease taking men from any other department under the con trol of the government and asks that such airordN: be given the widest publicity. Former Omaha Lawyer Is Promoted to Major Fremont, Neb., Oct. IS. (Spe cial.) Capt. Nye Morehouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Morehouse, has been promoted to a majority in the inspector general's department of the army at Camp Greene, South Carolina, according to word that reached Fremont. Major More house attended the officers' training school at Fort Snelling and received a commission of captain. He has been serving as judge advocate of the-camp. For the last two years before entering the service Major Morehoute was located at Omaha, where he was engaged in the prac tice of law. of democrats who oppose the dom inatinon of the Mullen-Hitchcock-Neyifle machine to line up solidly kor the '"free democrat" program. Mr. Howard says that iecause of the.epidemic of Spanish influenza, it will be impossible to hold a state convention between now and elec tion day, but he asks every demo crat in the state to stand firm and use his influence against those can didates who are receiving the back ing of the democratic machine. He says that if the1 democratic party is to he a factor in Nebraska in the future it must be, purged from the evil. influences of the Mul len-Hitchcock-Neville crowd an now is the time for democrats who want to be free hd independent to take a stand against the slavery of political partv machinery. Court Grants German' , Minister Permit to Preach Fremont, Neb.,Oct. 15. (Special.) Rev. Paul Weldschmidt of the Greman Lutheran church at How ells, was granted a permit to preich by Judge Button after a previous permit had been revoked on failure of the minister to comply with the ruling regarding preaching in Ger man. It was shown at the hear ing that Rev. Weldschmidt had lived up to the rules in regard to preaching in German. Miss Mary Dohse of Howells es caped with slight injuries when the automobile she was driving went into the ditch there yesterday. The apple-crop in Dodge and sur rounding counties is reported al rmst a complete failure, only a few orchards producing anything like a normal crop. Apples are selling for $2.50 a bushel. Influenza Claims Victim in Fremont Fremont, Neb., Oct 15. (Special Telegram.) The first death from influenza here occured last night when Mrs. Arthur F. Miller died at a local hospital. .Mrs. Miller con tracted the ailment while visiting her father, Charles A. E. Anderson, a mail carrier of Omaha, during the Ak-Sar-Ben! Mrs. Ernest Horn of Omaha, a sister who accompanied her to Fre mont on her return from Omaha, was taken back last Friday suffer ing with ht influenza. Her condi tion is serious. The epidemic continues to spread in Fremont. A total of 175 cases has been reported to Gty Physician Morrow. This is a gain of 50 cases in 3 days. Otoe County Goes "Over The Jop" in Liberty Loan Nebraska City, Neb., Oct. 15. Special.) Otoe county went over the top in the fourth Liberty loan by a good margin Saturday. The quota assigned for the county was $1,244, 000 and up to that time a total of $1,425,000 had been raised and sub scriptions were still coming. The Spanish "flu" situation is well under control and the number of cases reported show a decrease over a few days ago. The health order closing all public places will prob ably be lifted this week. Farmers report a strong demand or corn huskers in this section, and the crop is showing up better than expected. Addreses Must Be Left Off Printed Ballots Lincoln, Oct. 15. (Special.) A county clerk or other officer having in charge the printing of the ballots, either nonpartisan or otherwise, is prohibited from placing the resi dence of the candidate on the ballot, according to an opinion of the at torney general in answer to an in quiry coming to the county attor ney of Dawson bunty. "Peeing Tom" Is Taken By Fremont Police Fremont, Neb., Oct. 15. (Special Telegram.) In the arrest and sub sequent finding" of Ed Mattson, for 10 years clerk a the postoffice, po lice believe the Tom-the-Peeper problem that has been troubling ; them for several years is solved. Mattson was caught by Christ Ras mussen at the latter's home in the south part of Fremont last night. 109th Signal Battalion . Takes Ship for France Fremont, Neb., Oct. 15. (Special Telegram.) The 109th signal bat talion, composed of men from Dodge and surrounding counties, has sailed for France, according to word received by Henry Jess. Hi Bran , Aged Fremonter Dies. Fremont, Neb., Oct. 15. (Special Tejegram.) Christian A. Petersen, a veteran of the Danish-German war of the early 60s, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. J. Larsen, at the age of 91. Mr. Petersen was with General Demesa when the Dan ish army was driven back from Danekirk. INFLUENZA IS SPREADING OVER ENTIRE NATION Hammond Will Go With Norris on Speaking Tour Lincoln, Oct. lx (Special.) The tepublican state committee an nounces that beginning next Friday Ross L. Hammond of Fremont will accompany Senator George W. Nor ris on a speaking tour covering towns in Dodge, Colfax, Douglas and Sarpy counties. State Employes Buy i T Large Amount ot Bonds Lincoln Oct. 15. (Special) State officers and employes at the . state house subscribed $17,650 of the Fourth liberty loan1-the r-st wrr' ' Some hai -already tak?n amounts ? T?. i "Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the best remedy ive 'have found for constipation. We cannot say too much for it." (From a letter to Dr. Caldwell written by Mr. Win field S. Taylor, 342 Penn St., Burlington, N.J.) Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the best remedy for constipation because it acts gently and does not gripe and strain. Its freedom from a UTiabit -forming poperties and its posi tive effect make it the ideal remedy for the family melicine-chest. DR. CALDWELL'S Syrup Pepsin The Perfect Laxative Sold by Druggists Every where 50 as. (JS.) $100 A TRIAL BOTTLE CAN BE OBTAINED, FRE OF CHARGE. BY WRITING TO OR. W. B. CALDWELL, 459 WASHINGTON STREET, MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS Influenza Raging at Lyonsf 11 Barber Shops Closed Lyons, Neb., Oct. 15. (Special.) Mrs. W. S,' Sparks died at her home of influenza and the body was taken to Mecca, Mo. She leaves a husband and several children. . There are hundreds of cases of in fluenza here and this is the second" death, the first being the' wife of Rev. Lambrecht. Public meetings have been discontinued, also cjiurches, Sunday schools and public schools. 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