, THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1918.
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"Big Jeff" for congress.
Today's the day. Be sure to vote, and vote
right
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Tomorrow we will still have the war to talk
about.
- Yes, and don't forget that "Wilson kept us
out of war."
You're not a 100 per cent citizen if you do
not do your duty at the polls.
'Hit the line hardl Don't let the force of
your vote be diverted by minor side issues.
One thing the president's letter did do it
aroused a lot of old-time republicans from their
apathy.
Look out for fakes and roorbacks I They're
- always the camouflage part of the democratic
v political offensive.
The "bootleggers' bund" is squandering a lot
of money trying to replace Mike Clark with
Hofeldt. Can you imagine why?
Poor "Bill" Smith! The republicans actu
ally are trying to keep him from going to con
gress from the Fourth district. 'Snoutragel
Who balled up the official ballot with refer
ence to the alien-voting amendment? Was it
unintentional, or only accidentally on purpose?
As for "Jim" Dahlman he is "sitting on the
world" with a $5,000 job and no chance of being
blamed for anything that is going to happen to
the democrats today.
The NewXork World does not, agree with
the president in his political ambition, realizing
i that loyal republican is far more to be de
sired than a disloyal democrat.
Vote "yes" on the constitutional amend
ment making full citizenship a condition of vot
ji.ing for the foreign-born, and also vote "yes"
iliok the constitutional convention.
( Don't waste sympathy on our messenger boy
4 congressman. He's had a juicy job of one sort
or another at the pje counter for a quarter of a
century-and hasn't anything more coming to
. him.
Could it be the clerk who "inadvertly" put
Charlie Pool's campaign literature into the offi-
'cial entelopes is the same one whose "over
sight" neglected to certify the constitutional
amendments to the county clerks?
Our present reform nonpartisan mayor is as
up to his eari in democratic politics as ever was
his predecessor, Mayor "Jim," with -whom he is
working in' close cahoots. Guess the change
there was only a swap of one brand of democ
racy for another.
The little Germany payroll colony in county
" treasurer's office have been sending out per
sonal letters to friends to please vote for Herr
. Endres. The letters have been neatly typewrit
' ten for their signature, otherwise they might
; have been written in the German language.
"' Americans have accomplished the great task
of closing the door to retreat east from the
Champagne district and forcing the Germans to
retire northward. This has been the important
undertaking in France for several weeks and
J Pershing's boys have made good on the assignment.
The Blow That Killed Kultur
' The blow that told with the German people
and opened their eyes to the evils of war and
' the greater evil of autocracy was no verbal
dialectics, but the presence of 2,000,000 Ameri
can troops in France under the general leader-
' ship of General Foch. This was the great les
son, Wilson's real answer, that they first learn
! ed last July, which has deepened as the weeks
' have gone fey. For a careful study of the ut
. iterances of such German newspapers as are or
were supposed to represent the people in Ger
u many shows that up to the allied drive of July
the people were still under the delusion that
5 Germany "could win and dictate terms," and
.they were absolutely and wholly unrepentant.
Indeed, they not only gloried in the incredible
Russian terms of peace by which Germany got
$1,500,000,000 among the loot, but the Vor
; waerts, now singing so sad a tune, actuallyde
i clared that the" kind of economic and physical
dratronnade that Germany had set up in Russia
was the kind of economic and political determi
nation that German arms would demand of the
allies when they admitted they were conquered.
- Moreover, despite me ease wun wmtn me opin
inn of the socialist and union workmen's move
ments in the allied countries had been presented
to the German socialists from the first day of
the war in-1914, they were deaf to any appeal
. to reason or humanitx or to their supposed
principles so long as Germany was on top and
the kaiser loudly claiming that he would dictate
' peace when he was good and ready. But the
2.000,000 Americans, incomparable fighters all,
who nave won the admiration of all the allied
commanders, who helped Foch turn the tables,
settled the kaiser, and eventually the German
people began to see things in a new light; or,
at least, they say they are in process of seeing
things somewhat differently. Philadelphia
Ledger.
WHEN YOU VOTE TODAY.
Your vote for a republican today will not be
a vote to discredit the president in his conduct
of the war. It will not cause any bonfires to be
lighted in Berlin. )
The republican party nationally stands, as it
has always stood, for the preservation of Amer
ican interests, American rights and privileges,
at home and abroad. Its record on this is clear
and clean; that of the democratic party is not.
A republican congress will guarantee that the
welfare of the whole country, and not ofa sec
tion, will be considered in the future. It will
also make sure that the tremendous powers now
yielded the executive will be restored to the
people when the war is closed.
A republican state administration will mean
the restoration of business management to pub
lic affairs. The republicans in Nebraska are
pledged to the adoption of a budget system for
state expenditures. The democrats have made
no pledge on this or on any other point relating
to state affairs.
In Douglas county republican success means
that the business of the county will be taken
from the hands of a gang that has squandered
public funds, shamelessly gerrymandered the
county and winked at the scandalous "gymna
sium," and for the perpetuation of which the
"bootleggers' bund" is putting forth its utmost
efforts.
In a word, a vote for the republican ticket
is a vote for honesty and decency in public ad
ministration. Republicans are quite as much
devoted to winning the war as the democrats,
and much more strongly pledged to efficiency
in government.
Vote right today.
Mischief That is Dangerous.
Somebody in the office of the secretary of
state has made a mischievous and probably dan
gerous blunder in connection with the official
ballot. The plain provision of the law in regard
to certification of the constitutional amendment
for insertion with its party endorsements has
not been carried out. Under the law of 1917 it
is obligatory on the secretary of state to so
certify all amendments that have been approved
at the primary.
This was not done. The effect is that
straight party votes may not be counted for the
amendments. This in turn may be the means
of defeating the "suffrage" amendment, so
called, and thus extend to aliens the right to
vote for president again in 1920.
When Governor Neville recommended to the
special session of the legislature last spring that
such privilege be granted to the "first paper"
voters he was actuated by the hope of the local
kaiserites that their strength would not be im
paired by shutting the ballot box to unnatural
ized aliens. The Bee exposed this then, and the
legislature declined to follow the wink from the
executive.
Now, by grace of negligence in the office of
the secretary of state, it is made possible that
what the kaiser-coddlers could not get through
the legislature they may in another way. If the
secretary of state had been in his office, attend
ing to his duty, instead of pursuing his chimer
ical plan of defeating "Uncle Most" Kinkaid for
congress, maybe the "blmwkr would not have
occurred.
Voters should be careful to mark the ballot
"yes" on both constitutional questions, and
make sure their choice is registered.
Acme of Imperial Hypocrisy.
Giving his august approval to the bill making
changes in the constitution of the German fed
eration, the kaiser attains a new depth in hy
pocrisy. After sanctimoniously expressing his
emotions at the change he goes on:
"Thus comes to a close a period which will
stand in honor before the eyes of future gen
erations. Despite all struggles between in
vested authority and aspiring forces, it has
rendered possible to our people that tremen
dous development which imperishably re
vealed itself in the wonderful achievements of
this war."
And of what achievements does the kaiser
thus boast himself? Four years of savage War
fare have drenched the world in blood at a time
when it might have been making" its greatest
progress. Civilization's name stained with a
record of such horrors that men scarcely dare
to whisper among themselves.' Misery, want,,
starvation, disease, all the horrid train of man's
.direst afflictions, have followed in the wake of
the kaiser's power, and constitute the "wonder
ful achievements of this warl"
And the man, above all others, who is re
sponsible for the woe, the heartache and the
physical suffering concludes his exportation
with an adjuration to his followers to persist
"and with a firm step win ( bright future from
the gloom of the present." Is comment neces
sary? Notice to the Kaiser.
Terms granted to Austria as a basis for un
conditional surrender are notice to the kaiser
of what he may look for. Austria gives up
everything and retires from the war, beaten.
Moreover, conditions exacted are such that the
Austrians cannot engage in war on an impor
tant scale for generations. Its army is to be
disbanded and mustered out, arms and equip
ment turned over to the victorious Allies; its
navy will be for the most part taken over by
the victors, the rest dismantled and interned;
its forts on the Danube and the Adriatic to be
disposed of as the Allies deem most useful.
Most of them will be razed. The Danube be
comes an open highway. Italy regains the
"irredenta,"- or unredeemed portion of its ter
ritory, -and Prussia's treachery of 1866 is thus
at last brought to justice. And finally, Austria
is opened to the Allies for approach to Ger
many. Bulgaria and Turkey capitulated on similar
terms. Less will not be offered to Germany.
Now, next month, or next year, surrender is the
only way out for the kaiser and his gang.
Mr. Kitchin's well remembered remark that
"we .will make the north pay for the war." is
rising up to haunt his party. Figures gathered
trom the tax records show that Mr. Kitchin is
making good.
The president openly expresses preference
tor a socialist over a republican. And the social
ist is running on the unmodified St Louis plat
t . . . .... V
lorm inai aeciarea against tne war.
Abraham Lincoln did not ask whether a man
voted for him or not what he asked was
whether the man was loyal V
I TODAY I
Right in the Spotlight.
The Most Rev. T. T. Harty, head
of the Roman Catholic diocese of
Omaha and former archbishop of
Manila, celebrates his sixty-fifth
birthday today. Bishop Harty is a
native of St. Louis and received his
early education in that city, later
completing his divinity studies at
St. Vincents college, Cape Girar
deau, Mo. Following his ordina
tion to the priesthood in 1878 he
returned to St. Louis, which city
remained the scene of his labors
during the ensuing 5 years. In 1903
he was appointed archbishop of
Manila, in which position he ren
dered valuable services during the
early years of the American occu
pation of the Philippines. In 1916
he returned to the United States Ao
become bishop of Omaha, in suc
cession to the late Bishop Richard
Scannell.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Berlin claimed great victory over
the Italians on the Tagliamento.
American patrol boat Alcedo tor
pedoed and 21 lives lost.
German authorities in Belgium
imposed a tine of $2,500,000 on the
Province of East Flanders.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
A surprise party was given at the
Windsor hotel by Sol Prince and
Julius Furth to Mr. Samuel Drey
fus and family, who have lately
come to Omaha to make this city
thtir home.
After the paracftpg was over tha
Fremont Flambeau club, led by the
Fremont band and commanded by
wan"
Marshall Purcey, marched to the
Bee building. The band tendered
a serenade and the Flambeau club
went through a series of maneuvers
in their pretty drill.
County Treasurer Bolln sold
about 400 pieces of property for
delinquent taxes.
John A. Good of Chicago, arrived
in the city on Saturday and will
in future make his home here.
J. F. Glasgow left for the east to
begone for a fewweeks.
The Day We Celebrate.
William B. Weeks, president of
the Weeks Grain & Live Stock Co.,
born 1859.
John D. Ware, attorney-at-law,
born 1861.
' Alexander C. Reed of Reed Bros.,
real estate and abstractjj born 1871.
Lt.-Gen. George Francis Milne,
prominent British commander in
present war, bon 50 years ago.
- lruman H. Newberry, republican
candidate for United States senator
in today's election in Michigan, born
in Detroit, 54 years ago.
Brig.-Gen. Robert E. Noble, U. S.
A., director of military hospitals in
the United States,- born in Georgia,
48 years ago.
Ida Minerva Tarbell, noted au
thor and editor, born in Erie county,
Pa., 61 years ago.
This Day In History.
1854 Battle of Inkerman, in
which 50,000 Russians were defeat
ed by a force of 14,000 British and
French.
1862 General McClellan was re
lieved of the command of the Fed
eral army of the Potomac.
1900 The Boers, under General
De Wet, were defeated at Botha
ville by the British under Gen
eral Knox.
1914 Serbia severed "diplomatic
relations with Turkey.
1915- -Lord Kitchener left Eng
land on a mission to the Near East.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Fifteen hundred and fifty-eighth
day of the great war.
Centennial anniversary of the
birth of Gen. Benjamin F. But
ler, civil war commander, governor
of Massachusetts, and greenback
party 'candidate for president in
1884.
National election in the United
States, involving control of the
next congress, as well as the poli
tical complexion of numerous
state administrations.
A possibility that the "dry?' area
of the United States may be in
creased lends interest to the elec
tions in Missouri and Wyoming, in
both of which states a prohibition
amendment is to be passed upon
by the voters.
Storyette of the Day.
At the funeral services of an eld
erly darky of Richmond, Va., the
following colloquy was overheard
between two aged negroes:
"There ain't no use in talkin',"
said Mose Barker; "Dick Williams,
he was the .most charitable man
dis town ever seen."
"I reckon dat's so," said the darky
t whom Mr. Barker imparted this
information. And he paused as if
waiting for evidence on this point.
"Yessuh," continued Mr. Barker.
"Dick Williams, he always owned a
plug hat, and durin' my time I ain't
never heard that Dick ever refused
to lend dat hat to anybody." At
lanta Constitution.
WHITTLED TO A POINT
Baltimore American: In chal
lenging the republicans to contest,
itmust be there are a few democrats
the president wants to get rid of.
New York World: A vote of con
fidence by the Reichstag may hold
good until the kaiser finds occasion
to name a new imperial chancellor.
Detroit Free Press: The big dif
ference between the diplomatic and
the military sides of the war is that
the Hun doesn't waste, any time
dickering with the allied guns.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Sixty
years ago the republican party be
gan standing by the United States
was organized for tnat purpose; and
isn't likely to give up the practice.
Minneapolis Republican: Judge
Torrance, former commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Re
public, makes the pertinent sugges
tion that if only democrats are to
be trusted in Washington, as the
president contends, it is high time
that the men in the trenches were
looked over; there might be some
republicans among them too. In
deed, it Is strongly suspected that
J Pershing is a, dangerous republican.
Etchings of Battling Yanks
Stars and Stripes, France.
During the Germans' four years occupation
of one tiny hamlet in the St. Mihiel salient the
French population was forced o work for the
German officers, prepare their meals, wash their
clothes, clean their dirty boots and do various
other tasks that were imposed upon them, just
as it did in the other towns.
One toiler was an old, woman, much bent
with years and suffering with rheumatism. Her
daily task was to care for five rooms, wash and
scrub the floors, change the linen and look after
the officers' many petty wants. She was not
allowed out after 7:30 in the evening or per
mitted to visit her neighbors without first ob
taining permission.
During all those four years this old woman
kept, hidden away in a secret trunk, a silk waist
and tailored skirt, hoping against hope that a
brighter day would dawn for her.
The bright day dawned when the Americans
swept forward on the early morning of the 13th
of September, driving the Germans before them.
After the barrage had passed on and the streets
had filled with Yanks, she dusted off the trunk,
unlocked it, dressed up in her best, carefully
smoothed out the wrinkles, asked a doughboy
if it was bon, then went calling on her neigh
bors, and even paid a visit to the American com
mander. September 22 was a red letter day in the
army lives of the railroad engineers stationed
around a certain base, for on that date the first
ail-American trains set out from there for the
front.
The word "all-American" is used advisedly,
for the trains were made up in our own yards,
of our own cars, engines and all, and manned
throughout by our own crews. They were all
American but the rails and scenery.
Incidentally, the railroad engineers at Base
No. (the same place the first all-American
special started from, by the way) would have
you know that the dear old base now boasts
some. 200 miles of track. This, as they will
tell ydu without your asking, makes it one of
the biggest, if 'not the biggest, railroad yard in
augurated anywhere on earth. To the great dis
comfiture of their brother railroad workers
further up the line at X, they point out that X
is a mere piker, being unable to count only a
measly 90 miles of trackage around the entire
project.
A truck train was lined up on a dark road
running parallel with the front and only a few
kilometers back while a company of pioneers
mended a broken culvert.
A colonel, who was unfortunate enough to
be at the rear end of the jam and who was quite
anxious to be on the move, turned on the elec
tric lights of his limousine in hopes that the
light w ould enable the men toiling on the roads
to work faster. A pioneer private paused, pick
above his head, when he saw the sudden flare
of light.
"Hey, you rubel" he shouted. "What are
you trying to pull off. down there? Do you
want all the German artillery in the country
turned on us? Can that stuff or I'll come down
and kick a lung out just to pass the time."
There was no reply. But the light went out.
An interesting story of the "pep" which
Americans are putting into the conflict is told
of a certain colonel in command of a regiment
from Montana, which participated in the recent
drive in the Argonne-Meuse line. This
unit was working in liason with the French wing
in the Champagne. The Germans were fighting
rather savagely in this particular district when
the Americans came into line. The French
commander suggested to the colonel that it
might be advisable to withdraw a short distance.
"Retreat?" queried the surprised American
colonel. "Hell, we just got herd"
The Americans did not retreat, and when the
western shock troops got into action the Amer
ican and French wings went forward.
One artillery unit worked hard during the
afternoon of the second day of the Argonne at
tack to get its pieces into position. It had moved
up for the second time, and had not fired a shot
It was 4 o'clock when the lieutenant in com
mand gave orders for everyone to stand by. The
gunners were to fire their first volley into the
German lines.
Everyone stood waiting for the final word,
when the telephone rang and word came that
the infantry had advanced so far that it would
be necessary to move up again before going into
action.
"Oh, hell!" said a gunner; "those infantry
guys ain't got no respect for us at all I"
An American private spied a rooster prowl
ing around a farm house in No Man's Land
just after the Americans had captured Very.
Being hungry, and having an appetite for roast
chicken, this American private decided to crawl
up on the rooster and trap him in the building.
1 The American was about to lay his hands on
the astonished rooster, when a German entered
the rear door of the building bent on the same
mission. Both were so surprised that they
stood for a moment and glared at each other;
then the American motioned for the German to
do a right flank on the prey they were after and
both closed in on him. The rooster was cap
tured by the American, who later returned to
the American lines with both rooster and Ger
man in tow.
Later, at the regimental P. C, the German
roasted the chicken for his captor, who shared
it with him.
A Yankee truck driver's right forward wheel
had just sunk with an air of finality into a half
filled shell hole on the road near Avocourt, and
he was throwing over a terrific barrage of pro
fanity, when he suddenly stopped short and his
jaw dropped. Then it closed in a grin as broad
as the Sacramento, from whose distant shore he
had gone forth to war. He was contemplating
the approach along the roadside of four stalwart
and imposing officers of the famous Prussian
Guard. On their shoulders, as they marched
along in the drizzling rain, was a stretcher, and
on the stretcher lay a wounded doughboy smok
ing a cigaret.
A waiting column of infantry was watching
the aimless circlings of a French plane. Then
they began to realize that the circlings were not
aimless that the pilot, in all his voyagings hither
and yon, high and low, was looking for some
thing. Apparently he found it, for soon he
made off in a bee line for somewhere and dis
appeared. The waiting column could not see the end
of the adventure, did not know that the French
flyer, discovering at last the huge red cross that
marked an American hospital, finally glided
down, stopped a few feet from the hospital en
trance, got out and asked if he might have his
wounds dressed.
' Tottering Thrones
Tottering! The business of being a king is
getting to He unpopular. Constantine of Greece
was the first to tumble from his throne.
Nicholas, the world's greatest autocrat, was the
next to fall, and later lost not only his sceptre,
but also his life, through the treachery of the
bolsheviki. Now Ferdinand, the "Fox of the
Balkans," finds it healthful to retire from the
kingship of a country that he has led to ruin.
Kaiser Karl has not been sure of his Austrian
throne at any moment since he succeeded the
venerable Francis Joseph. Whether or not one
may accept the news dispatches which represent
Kaiser Wilhelm as having fallen into a sort of
religious mania in which "he spends most of his
time praying for the preservation of his
dynasty," there is no doubt he has seen the
handwriting on the wall. The wave of democ
racy has even reached Japan, the land of em
peror worship, where for the first time a 'min
istry has been organized on the basis of party
responsibility. In a "world made safe for de
mocracy" real kings will seem out of place, snd
a make-believe king will be an expensive luxury.
The days' of kings are numbered. Leslie's
Weekly. .
ZffSeJQ,
lees
Resents Dictation.
Omaha, Nov. S. To the Editor of
The Bee: I have voted the- demo
cratic ticket since Cleveland's time,
over 26 years. But the demand
from the White House on my vote is
so un-American and undemocratic
that I will not stand for it, even if
I have to fight for it as the soldiers
in France do for democracy and
freedom. Wilson's demand on the
American voter is insulting to a free
people and a disgrace to the position
he holds as our chief executive. If
he had said, "Fellow Citizens, Voters
of America, I am the president of a
free people and I refrain from
dictating to you how to use your vote
as freemen, but as this election is
on while the greatest war for lib
erty ever waged is in progress, and
that we live in a reconstruction time,
when the incoming congress must
decide many far-reaching and im
portant questions dealing with our
country's and people's future wel
fare, I therefore ask you, whom
soever you vote for, democrats, re
publicans or others, to vote for 100
per cent Americans, that we may be
able to settle the war and America's
future welfare to the approval and
satisfaction of a free people to the
glory of our land and Institutions."
But President Wilson did not
speak to us as a tree people. There
fore I shall on election day cast my
vote for none but republicans, that
I for one may show that I have de
cided to vote as a free man.
JAMESON MARTIN.
Armies Won the War.
Omaha, Nov. 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: Contrary to the impres
sion that the democratic leaders are
seeking to create the breakdown of
the Teuton alliance has been caused
by the irresistible armies of the al
lies, and not by the skillful diploma
acy of President Wilson. The elec
tion of a democratic congress will
not make that breakdown one whit
more complete, and it will seriously
Interfere with the difficult work of
reconstruction after the war. If the
United States sure needed a repub
lican congress this is the time.
H. M. JAMES.
What Will Others Think.
Omaha; Nov. 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: Our president seems to
be deeply concerned about what the
people "on the other side of the
water" will think of us unless half
the people of this nation are de
prived of a voice in the government
and conduct of the war. I think the
vast majority of the American peo
ple are deeply concerned about what
the people "on the other side of the
water" will think of our president
when they read his letter. Is there
any reason why they should not
think of him as we would think of
the president of France (with apolo
gjes to the Frenchmen) had he ad
dressed such a letter to the French
people? TATRIOT.
Echo Answers.
Omaha, Nov. 3. To the Editor of
The Bee: Who is the man they call
Colonel House? The dispatches an
nounce that such a man from the
United States has arrived in Paris on
an "official mission of momentous
importance."
I supposed I knew something of
every man in America whose ability,
experience, character and achieve
ment would entitle him to represent
our nation in a world crisis in mat
ters of "momentous Importance," but
the man they call Colonel House is
one on me. I have made diligent in
quiry of the best posted men I know.
They all seem to have found out
that he once lived in Texas, but now
in New York. A congressman of
whom I inquired knew or thought he
knew, that he earned his title of
colonel by serving on the staff of a
Texas governor. None of them knew
what his trade, vocation, business or
profession was in Texas or is in New
York. None knew of a single thing
he ever did or said or was ever ac
cused of doing or saying until he
gum-shoed in on the seems at Wash
ington, two or three years ago. If
you know or can find out anything
further about this mysterious in
dividual who Is our representative
in Paris on an "official mission of
momentous importance," you will
perform a service by making it pub
lic. If our destinies are In his hands,
we ought to know more about him
than that he came from Texas and
earned his military title by services
on the staff of a Texas governor.
B. A. E.
, Questions for the Board.
Omaha, Nov. 3. To the Editor of
The Bee: I would like to ask the
present county commission board
the following questions:
1. Is it customary to award a
contract to the lowest bidder? Why
Is it Bower & Johnson, after being
the lowest bidder, had to go to court
to overrule the Callahan Construc
tion company.
2. Why is it. under the present
county board, that the tax commis
sioner's office has increased 100 per
cent, the county treasurer's oflice
50 per cent, the county store 65 per
cent the county poor farm 150 per
cent and the rest of the democratic
offices based om the same as the high
cost of living or the democratic ma
chine? 3. Are they paying Ed Agee $150
per month or Art Smith, the painter.
$100 a month for the work of the
interest of the taxpayers of
Douglas county and furnishing
Dave Copnpton with two automobiles
with the expense of $1,500 in the
last year arfd supporting Mikey Gib
son's pinochle game, and John Ho
feldt's candidacy for sheriff for the
benefit of the taxpayers?
On April 9, 1918, a man by the
name of Pinky bid on machine road
work at $35 a day and the noard
awarded a contract to John Hofeldt,
the present democratic candidate
for sheriff, for $45 a day.
JENKINS.
ry xtravtsant. talks a atrtak and 14
almost wholly lrrspoulbl.
I.n Why not let hir run for eem
gress? Ufa.
meant tr th thatr A
Champ Clark's Compliments.
Omaha, Nov. 3. To the Editor of
The Bee All you who have drafted
sons or brothers or relatives or
friends and you women who have
drafted husbands in the army, take
this from Champ Clark, democratic
leader and speaker of the house of
representatves, "There is precious
little difference between a conscript
and a convict." If you want the
man who said this to remain speak
er of the house of representatives,
then follow the president's instruc
tions and work and vote for the
democratc candidate for congress
and whlen you have thus performed
your patriotic duty, write to your
boys and tell them honestly and
frankly what you have done. If you
want to retain Mr. Clark as speaker,
it Is necessary that you get in your
work, for the republican leaders in
Washington have given it out cold
that if they control the house they
will replace him with a speaker who
regards the conscripted or drafted
man the peer of any soldier who
ever wore a uniform or carried a
gun. A VOTER.
Likes the Slogan.
Gothenburg, Neb., Nov. 3. To the
Editor of The Bee: The title given
"Vote the Republican Ticket." Mr.
Agnew's article in this column a few
days ago would be an extra good
motto and principle to be promin
ently displayed in the columns of
The Bee on election day morning
and practiced by the voters all over
the union that day.
The reasons for "voting republi
can" are numerous.
Every wheat raiser and hog rais
er in all the land ought to "vote re
publican" because of the sectional
faction existing in democracy that
will fix a price on wheat and hogs
and not on cotton; and all because
the south and its allies of the north
are in control of the present con
gress. Let the slogan be "unconditional
surrender" for the Hunnish horde,
and "vote republican" for American
and the world's best interest.
YAN KEE.
MIRTHFUL MOMENTS.
for
Patience la Fred gsttlnr ready
winter?
Patrice Ob, yes. He's broken off his
engagement with that girl he met at the
beach last summer. Tonkers Statesman.
Yeast They say water will make peo
ple fat.
Crimson beak I don't doubt It. Why,
In the state of Maine nearly every man
you meet Is thin. Yonkers Statesman.
Parke I can't make up my mind what
to do with that girl of mine. She Is
TopT"
"Well, enn
"What la
war?"
The theater cf war. my son, Is where
we are now playing; moat of our "tank"
Ira mas." Youngalown jrlejtrariK
WASN'T ABLE 10
WALK WITHOUT
USE A STICK
Takes Tanlac and Can Now Go.
Up and Down Stairs Almost
Like a Girl; Gains 15
Pounds.
"Today I'm feeling fine, but fot
a long time before I took Tanlac I
couldn't get about without the use
of a walking cane," said Mrs. Cath
erine Rhodes, residing at 509 North
18th street, Omaha, Nebraska, in a
recent statement regarding the re
markable benefits Bbe- has derived
from the use of the medicine.
"For the past six years," contin
ued Mrs. Rhodes, "my health hat
been going from bad to worse. I
had no appetite, simply had to force
down what little I did eat and was
nauseated after every meal. The
pains in my left side were almost
unbearaV'e at times and my nerve
werd completely shattered, i was
so dizAy that I always felt like I
would fall when I tried to walk. One
time I was taken down with nervous
prostration and for three or four
days no one thought I would live.
I lost forty pounds in weight and
had to give up all thoughts- of
housework for several weeks. I had
a raging headache all the time and
many a night I havt-'had such , aw
ful sinking spells that those who
waited on me thought I could not
live till morning. Besides all this, I
bad , rheumatism in my hands, feet
and knees from which I just suf
fered agony. I havj gone day in and
day out worrying about my condi
tion and wandering if there was
rothing that w.uld help me.
"When I saw Tanlac so highly
recommended in the papers I some
how felt .that it might do me some
good. Well, it has not only helped
me, but has made a new woman of
me. Before my first bottle was
gone I had a good appetite and my
nerves began to quiet down, and
every day from then on I could see
more improvement. I can eat all I
want now and my food agrees with
me so well that I have already
gained fifteen pounds in weight I
donft have any more headaches or
dizzy 'spells and my nerves have
improved until I can sleep splen
didly. I am so much stronger and
better in every way that I can go
up and down the stairs almost like a
girl. I don't need my cane any
more and am doing all my house
work, besides cooking and taking
care of five boarders. It really
seems wonderful to me that I have
gotton so strong and well after go
through all I have, and the only
way I can account for it is that
Tanlac is such a fine medicine. Just
lots of people know what it has done)
for me because I have told them
about it." -
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by all
Sherman & McConnell Drug Com
pany's stores. Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy under the
personal direction of a special Tan
lac representative. Also Forrest
and Meany Drug Company in South
Omaha and the leading druggist in
each city and town throughout the
state of Nebraska. Adv.
Causes I
M mi
tl
Many people seem to think that acid-stomach
or superacidity is of little importance; that
it merely causes some slight trouble such as
belching, heartburn, sour, gassy stomach, food
repeating, bloat, etc.
If those same people would only realize the
real truth about acid-stomach and when these
first symptoms appear would at once start to
rid themselves of the excess acid, what a crush
ing load of awful suffering, misery and ill
health would be lifted from mankind!
Do you realize that the ill effects of an acid
stomach extend throughout the entire system
and more or less affect practically every organ
and tissue of the human body from the crown
1 of the head to the soles of the feet? Well, it's
a fact. For instance, probably few people
would ever think that there could be any con
nection between an acid-stomach and dandruff
and falling hair; or between an acid-stomach
and a gouty foot. Nevertheless there is a
direct connection.
Now you know what acid mouth does to the
teeth. The acid eats right through the hard
enamel causing them to decay. What chance,
then, do you think the delicate organization of
the stomach has against excess acid?
The excess acid interferes with digestion and
assimilation. It causes the food to ferment.
Makes the sour stomach and creates gases.
That's what causes those acute stomach pains
of indigestion, that miserable bloated feeling
after eating, heartburn, belching, food-repeating,
etc.
Moreover, that sour mass of fermenting food
becomes a breeding place for countless millions
of deadly germs toxic poisons they are called.
They are absorbed into the system, impoverish
the blood, make it thin and weak. That is why
so many people you see are weak and emaciat
ed; thin, bloodless and look bad; not down
right sick but always ailing, lacking in vitality,
vim and vigor. They've lost their punch; are
listless in both their work and pleasures
they're run down and seem "all in."
Now of course the right thing to do is to get
rid of trie excess acid, give the stomach a chance
to digest the fod properly and Nature will do
the rest. There is a quick and easy way to do
this. A wonderful new discovery makes it pos
sible to remove excess acid without the slightest
discomfort. It is called EATONIC, made in the
form of tablets they are good to eat just like .
a bit of candy. Their action in the stomach
is a good deal like a piece of blotting paper
taking up a drop of ink they literally absorb
the injurious excess acid and carry it away
through the intestines. They also drive the
bloat out of the body in fact you can fairly
feel them work.
Try EATONIC and see how quickly' it ban
ishes the immediate effects of acid-stomach
bloat, heartburn, belching, food-repeating, indi
gestion, etc. See too, how. quickly your gen
eral health improves how much more relish
you take in eating how much more easily your
food is digested how soundly you sleep how
nervousness and irritability disappear.
It is so easy to get this help and it costs so
little. So why suffer another hour when sure,
quick relief is at hand? Everywhere people who
have used EATONIC testify to its power to
bring quick relief. The testimonials of some of
these people are so enthusiastic and tell of such
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able. If you are one of those who have "tried
everything," but in spite of it are still lacking
in physical strength and vigor, begin at once
to take EATONIC. Don't put it off. Get back
your physical and mental punch. Have the
power and energy to work with vim. Enjoy
the good things of life. Larn what it means to
fairly bubble over with health. Like thousands
of others, you will say that you never dreamed
it possible that such a wonderful change for
the better could be brought about so quickly.
So get a big box of EATONIC from your
druggist today. We authorize him to guarantee
EATONIC to please you and you can trust your
druggist to make this guarantee good. If it
fails in any way, take it back he will refund
yeur money. If your druggist does not keep
EATONIC write to us and we will send vou
a big 50c box. You can send us the 50c after
you receive it. Address H. L. Kramer, Presi.
dent, EATONIC Remedy Company, Cor. Wa
bash Ave. and 11th St., Chicago, 111.
