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12 THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 191. WAR. PUZZLES STRICKEN POLAND CORPORAL SENDS WAR LETTER TO CONCORD CLUB -Robert Wicksham Describes Scenes When Americans Retake Chateau Thierry. Describing a "red-lettter day" and vivid scenes on the fighting front in France, Corp. Robert Wickham of Headquarters company, district of Paris, and a brother of Paul Wick ham, Farnam street cigar merchant, writes to the Omaha Concord club as follows: "Last week I had a red-letter day and it was the first one in some time. A red-letter day in our life over here is either a pay day or a bunch of letters and the latter was my good fortune. Now if Uncle Samuel will only try and remember that he owes me for four months' pay, I will feel that my cup of joy has been filled. "Paul wrote me, that I have been honored by a membership in your splendid club and to be frank I can't terms for relief of stricken Poland just figure out why I should merit two years ago today, October 17, 1916 such an honor when you already Find another sufferer. PRESIDENT' WILSON ANNOUNCED Failure of his efforts to Induce Eu ropean Governments to agree upot have the champion eater of the Wickham clan in your fold. How ever, Mr. Tyler, and all you bulj froggers, I'll do my best to be worthy and most assuredly I am - more than grateful. t Praises Con Jflessage. "Your message from home in the July 25 Con was a masterpiece and if Paul would only stop writing all over them they would reach the Stars, and Stripes for publication over here. You sounded every note of a real, true American. I wish every man in the A. E. F. could read that message. It's of the type they all like to read and it helps them to be better man when !hey receive such sentiments from :he folks back home. " . "In the early part of July I was sent to the hospital for an opera tion. My first stopping place was in a French hospital and there I met some of the finest young men in France some with arms and legs , off, some blind, and a poor lad who slept next to me was full of shrapnel. Pie was carrying a sack of grenades when a piece of shell hit the bag and tore him in 35 dif ferent places. I'll never forget the txpression on that man's face. In Heavy Fighting. "From July 14 on our division was in some of the heaviest fighting in the history of the war, the second battle of the Marne, and retaking Chateau-Thierry. You never wou'.d dream of such fighting unless ac tually in it. "One place in the woods had noth ing but machine guns in it, and the boys had them fairly well cleaned out when Pat O'Brien, a buck private in our outfit, found another. It took some time for Pat and his two buddies to reach it. Finally they charged and Fritz and his pals gave them the old Kamerad stuff, and Pat with his .45 barking killed the four of them and turned the gun around on the retreating Huns and got another bunch. Brothers Fall Together. "Out of the woods and over in a ' field lay two brothers who had - fought side by side since we went into the line m t eoruary. com ' had been hit by shrapnel. The stretcher bearers carried them back a ways and placed them side by side. The youngest knew that the Great Commander had given him his last command, and reaching - over, he took his brother's hand, then turnini his battered face towards him, he uttered his last words, 'Goodby, brother, God bless you.' A few hours later they were takeivbaok, one unconscious, - and the other dad, but their hands were still clasped. " "Mr. Tyler, there is one sample of how real the American lads are, even unto death they are brave, and how they hold, out on the field, in jured, without'water, or a thing to help them, and when they are brought in and a K. of C. of Y. M. C. A. man gives them a cigarette, they brighten up and smile in spite of thsir wounds. Cigaret Brings Relief. "One lad had his legs blown off and was suffering the most a man ' could suffer, but that one little ' cigaret came at the opportune time; and there he lay with his cig aret,, and told the fellows, 'Well, it's a pretty good old army at. that boys, when they slip you a real tmoke.' . . . "At present I am stationed in Pans for light duty because I am unfit for the trenches since my opera tion,, and in the large railway sta- - lions you see some mighty pitiful sights, old men, women and chil dren returning from the shelled dis- ' tricts and carrying with them every thing' they could before a shell T5uld destroy it all. Those at home can't realize it until they see just . what these good people are going through. You certainly have to - admire them for their courage and certainly the 'Yanks' are going to heU finish it as soon as they can "Paris is a wonderful city, so many places to see and every one inter esting. Every one thinks that an American carries a First .National bank on his person. If it isn't money, it's cigarets, and I'll say 4 there are more snipe-sh6oters here ; than anvwhere in No Man's Land. J They .certainly are proficient in the art, and it ii not restricted to any .age. Taxis are thicker than cooties, - and you can simply run the wheels off of one for just a few francs. Well, Mr. Tylers I must desists I am in debted to you for your time, but I . felt that, being your A. E. F. Bull frogger or Conner, it was my duty to give you a few incidents that hap- pen every day over here in the land of the lily "I wouldn't take a fortune for my experiences and for the friends I have made. Surely this war has - been a lesson for us, to love every- thing that is good and to stamp out forever all that is bad. I want to Vhank the Concord club for the hon orary membership. It is- debt pit I can never pay, but 111 do my 5t to reciprocate over here ; in iieiping out the cause tor democracy, V.nd, I guess that s what you all ex istt a 'Con' to do. , - YESTERDAY'8 ANSWER Right side Sown helmet in coat. NATION FREN DETERMINED TO MAKEHUNS PAY Senate Resolution Authoriz ing Government to Ob tain Reparation for Damages., Paris, Oct. 16. (Havas) The French senate today unanimously adopted a resolution proposed by the government permitting the gov ernment to proceed actively in co operation with the allies with plans to obtain reparation for damage committed by the Germans. Stephen Pichon, the foreign min ister, declared that he should have more power to insist on the just claims against Germany. The atrocities which Germany had com mitted, he added, will have other atonement than moral condemna tion. The Germans must be pun ished sufficiently to prevent forever the possible recurrence of such crimes as the world recently has witnessed. The senate voted that the foreign minister's speech be posted over all the country. Postpone Dedication. Fremont, Neb., Oct. .(Spe cialsOwing to the influenza ep idemic the dedication of the new court house scheduled for next Saturday, has been indefinitely postponed. Governor Neville was to have made the dedicatory speech. AIRPLANES ARE ADDED TO FORT OMAHA SCHOOL Two Planes Will Be Used in Observation Work in Con nection with Balloon , School Training. Fort Omaha is to have air planes in connection with the balloon ob servation work, which is being car ried on at the balloon school. The first of the planes arrived in Omaha Tuesday, when Lt. Franklin W. Gledhill and Lt. Joseph W. Shimmon, flew to Omaha from the United States flying school at Ran- toul, 111. The officers used a large army bi-plane and made the trip from Illinois to Omaha in less than 10 hours. They landed near Flor ence field. I The officers will be stationed at Fort Crook indefinitely. Another aeroplane will be sent here soon and both planes will be kept at Fort Crook, which will be used as an aviation field. Omaha people hope that this will be the neucleus of an aviation school here, but army officials say that bringing the planes here to use in connection with the balloon ob servation work does not mean the establishment of an aviation school here,. Expected at Fort Omaha. The arrival of an airplane at Flor ence field yesterday was no surprise to the Fort Omaha officer. They have known for three months that airplanes were to be sent here for a special service in connection with the balloon observation work. This work, it is said by certain citizens who know, is to be the photographing of the terrain for several miles around where the ob servation balloons are stationed. It is impossible to take these photographs from a stationary bal loon. They must be taken in an airplane because it is necessary to fly about in order to get photo graphs of a large area of ground. These photographs are then fitted together and yield a photograph of all the surrounding ground. Brother of Art Mullen Gets Position in Canada John Mullen of Falls City, Neb., a brother of Arthur Mullen of this city, has been appointed United States consul to the province of On tario, Canada. He will leave in about two weeks for his new head quarters in Toronto. HYMENEAL Buskirk-Shrader. Miss Marie Shrader, daughter of Gerald D. Shrader, and Lawrence F. Buskirk were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge Tuesday eve ning at 8. They were accompanied by the birde's twin sister, Mjss Mar gie Shrader, and Richard Kearney. Waggoner-Delabar. Miss Frances F. Delabar of Lin coln, Neb., and William V. Wag-' goner of Firth, Neb., were niarried by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Tuesday at 6. Gives Joint Savings to Back Brother in France A $1,000 Liberty bond, represent ing the five years' savings of Carl and Michel Lewis, Russian Jewish immigrant tailors, stands out as one of the most patriotic sacrifices made to win the war. It is all they pos sess. Carl, 26, is now in France, having enlisted with Nebraska base hos pital unit No. 49, but Michel, to whom their little store on Twenty ninth and Farnam streets, was left in charge, has obligated himself so to invest their joint funds, in a bond subscribed through Judge A. L. Sutton and Charles A. Goss. "I do not regard this as an in vestment. I am glad to loan the gov- ernment what I can and if neces sary, give it to Uncle Sam to help win the war," Michel explained in well-nigh perfect English. He is only 20, an oldish-young man with a vivid remembrance of persecu-.. t,,tu.. ticciiti.v - and a Liberty bond ! if t n.,...i,..W8 tions endured in the little Russian Polish village of Pieterkov, near Warsaw, from whence he came five years, ago. "I am but a poor little tailor, but I will give my all. Then shall not others give as freely when the gov ernment of this free country asked for it?" questioned the ardent young patriot. Nine American flags, by actual count, a service flag of one star for a Red Cross window card create an atmposphere of patriot!' fervor in the little tailor's shop. Huns Shell Dunkirk. With the French Forces in Flan ders, Oct. 16. (Havas) "The Ger mans today resumed their Ion? range bombardment of the French seaport of Dunkirk, on the Strait of Dover. '"" Soldiers at Fort Omaha have a new slogan, "A gargle a day keeps the flu away." Harold T. Lamereaux, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lamoreaux, 817 South Thirty-sixth street, has been promoted from a second to a first lieutenant, according to word just received by his parents. The young officer is a member of the American expeditionary forces and is attend ing an officers' training school in France. Prescott Heald, 1009 Georgia ave nue, received word from the War de partmenrTuesday that his brother, Private Robert P. Heald, in France with the United States marines, was wounded, degree undetermined, Sep tember 15. The young marine en listed May 4 and went overseas in August, and upon his arrival in France went immediately into ac tion. ' I I. L. Beisel of the city clerk's office has received from his son, Clay, who is overseas, a fac simile copy of greetings written by King George of Great Britain to the American expeditionary forces last April. Information has been received that Potts Sandau, well known here in foot ball and base ball circles, has not been injured overseas, as was recently rumored. His parents re side at Ihirty-sixth and Jackson streets. Mrs. W. H. Pepper, 1221 South Eleventh street, has just received a letter from her husband, W. H. Pep per, of his safe arrival in France, Mr. Pepper enlisted on August 26 and sailed with the United btates navy forces on September 1, arriv ing in France September 22. He was an employe of the Union Pa cific before his enlistment. Women Who Fly Women's part in winning thi war is not so much in doing men's work in flying in front of the lines as it is in war service work here at home. You axe confronted now by graver and harder duties. You, as mothers, wives and sisters, are called upon to face the separation from all that it most dear to you. The war must be won not less by women than by the fighting men. The influence of women is felt everywhere on the battle field, in the hospital: and amongst the producers at home. Women rJl .ver the world realize more and more that their work at home will help the men at the Front. There is an important factor which has to be carefully ob served to make the great work ' women are doing success ful. Nobody, man or woman, can do good work when health is impaired. Tie greatest boon to woman kind is a tonic made up ol herbs, which Jiakes weak women strong and sick women weH This is the "Prescrip tion" of Dr. Pierce, used by bin in active practice many years' and now sold by almost every druggist in the land in tablet or liquid form. It has had'a half century of practical demonstration and successful results in most of the delicate derangmentB and weaknesses of women. If she's overworked, nervous, or "run-down," she finds new life and strength. It's a powerful, invigorating herbal tonic and nervine. For young girls just entering woman hood; for women at the critical time of life; in pains, inflammation and kindred ailments the "Favorite Prescription" has been favorably known far 50 yearsingredients on wrapper. The "Prescription" is sold-in tablet form for sixty cents. Send ten cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., for large trial package sad write for free confidential medical advice if there is need. Sometime Someone May Sell as Good a Shoe as the Shoe Market But at No Time Will Anyone Sell a Better One At Less Than $10.00 a Pair Brown kid vamp cloth top to match. Leather a Louis heels Pair Fall Boots $7.45 Grey kid vamp cloth top to match. Covered Louis heels .... Field Mouse Lace, French Grey Kid Lace, Fawn Kid Lace covered Louis and leather heels Black Kid Lace Boots, leather Louis heels and medium heels. . $8.75 a Pair $8.65 $995 a Pair 4.50 to $8.50 Pair Brown kid vamp cloth top to match, military heels $5.95 Pair $6.50 a Pair Brown Calf Lace Boots, low heels, for growing girls Grey Kid Boots, Brown Kid Boots, Field Mouse B 0 0 1 s, $Q 71! Pair $7.00 to military heels. Girls' School Shoes, Pat ents, plain leather, button and lace. English and military styles $3.50 to $7.95 No Charges. No Deliveries. No Discounts. SHOE MARKET Omaha's Popular Price Shoe Store. 16th and Harney New Conant Hotel BIdg. HAVE COLOR CHEEKS Be Better Looking Take Olive Tablets If your skin is yellow complexion pallid tongue coated appetite poor you have a bad taste in your mouth t a lazy, no-good feeling you should take Olive Tablets. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets a sub stitute for calomel were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 17 yars of study with his patients. Dr.Edwards'OliveTabletsare a purely vegetablecompoundmixedwitholiveoil. You will know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood daysyoumustgetatthecause. ; Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act on the I liver and bowels like calomel yet have ; no dangerous after effects. j They start the bile and overcome con stipation. That's why millions of boxes are sold annually at 10c and 25c pe&box. All druggists. Take one or two nightly and note the pleasing results. BIG EATERS GET KIDNEY TROUBLE mfeeluke lumps YflMJr of After each meal YOU e?t on ATONIC (FOR YOUR STOMACH'S SAKE) and get full food value and real stom acb comfort. Instantly relieves heart' bnrn, bloated, gassy feeling, STOPS acidity food repeating and stomach misery. AIDS digestion; keeps the stomach sweet and pure. EATONIG ia the bwt remedy and only coett eent or two day to dm it You will be de lighted with retulta Satisfaction guaranteed w money back. Please call and try it Sbannan A McCoontll Drue C, Busy Stores, Omaha. Take Salts at first sign Bladder irritation or Backache. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kid ney trouble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kid neys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, l"5comu sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the re sult is kidney trouble, bladder weak ness and a general decline In health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of .ediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather 1s bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a ta blesponful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This fam ous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus end ing bladder disorders. Jad Salts is Inexpensive; cannot in jure, makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water beverage, and belongs in every home, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any time. Adv. , Mac tame lies Nailed ! As Republican candidate for? Governor, I deem it my duty to call the attention of Nebraska voters to' the persistent use of falsehood and mis representation by the Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine in the present campaign. I warn the public to be on its guard against the lies being circulated by the Machine against every individual, political party and faction opposed to itscontrol ofNebraska politics. Lie Number 1 The Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine has twice made the false state nent that I had a secret conference with a committee from the Non partisan League a the Lindell Hotel some time ago. That statement is i lie. I have never had nor have I ever been invited to have such a con ference. I have never had a secret conference anywhere with any com mittee from any organization during this campaign. The only meetings that I have had with any committees were held in my office, which is and always will be open to any citizen of the State of Nebraska. Lie Number 2 The Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine recently published in its Machine newspapers The Omaha World Herald and The Lincoln Daily Star letters misquoting my public speeches, alleged to have been written from Grand Island, Kearney and Bridgeport. A thorough investigation has failed to locate the alleged writers. Telegrams could not be delivered, as the addressees are unknown. The supposed letter from Bridgeport repre sents that I made certain statements in a public address there. Th fact is "that I made no public address in Bridgeport. Lie Number 3 The Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine is now circulating lies about what took place at a meeting of Republican candidates for the state legislature held in Lincoln last week. More than two months ago, Hon. R. E. Weaverling, candidate for the state senate from the Fifth district, sug gested the holding of such a conference. I accordingly sent the following letter to all Republican candidates for the state legislature: "It has been suggested by one of the Repub lican candidates for the legislature that it would be a good thing to have a conference of the Republican candidates for the legisla ture some time soon. "I think that this is a splendid idea and I would like to meet all of the candidates at an early date so that we may discuss legislative questions and go forth in the campaign with a definite program. "I therefore invite you to such a meeting to be held in Lincoln, October 8, in the Club Room in The Nebraska Farmer building at 2 :00 P. M. I will greatly appreciate it if you can be present." In answer to this call, a goodly number of candidates from all parts of Nebraska met in conference last week. The resolutions that were adopted have been made public by C. Petrus Peterson, who was chairman of the conference and of the resolutions committee. The conference was not secret and it was not called to consider any other questions than those mentioned in the resolutions. The idea of thus taking time by the fore lock is naturally something new to the Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine, which neither anticipates a definite program of legislative procedure, nor makes good on its pUtform promises. Quite naturally, then, the Ma chine attempts to besmear with mud the forward-looking program of the Republican candidates. In Conclusion I entered this campaign determined to steer clear of all controversy with the mud-slinging Hiichcock-Mullen-Gcoch Machine. I am still so de termined. But when the Machine resorts to wholesale lieing about Republican candidates, I believe that it becomes a duty to place the voters of Nebraska on their guard against the Machine's policy of falsehood and deceit. I do not believe that it is necessary for candidates opposed to the Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine to waste the public's time in denial of all the mud-slinging statements that the Machine will doubtless fabricate between now and election day. I for my part shall continue to seek the support of Nebraska voters by methods of which the people of Nebraska will not be ashamed when the campaign is over. S.R.McKelvie Republican Candidate for Governor a