THE BEE i OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 191ft"
GOOCII BREAKS
RELATION WITH
" DEM. MACHINE
Lincoln Star Now Lining Up
- Against Hitchcock-Mullen
Organization; Criticises
! Senator's Explanation.
From a Stiff Correspondent. ,
; Lincoln, Dec 3. (Special.) Evi
dence that the , Hitchcock-Mullen-i
Hooch political machine is in a bad
way is indicated today -when the
Lincoln Daily Star, official ortran
If vof the Lincoln end of the democra
tic machine, a naner owned bv H. E.
Gooch, comes - out in an editorial
Criticizing Senator Hitchcock's ex
planation of his attitude on war
measures and indicating that his ex
planation is a long way from satis-
- factorv.
' Coming zrit does on Friday the
thirteenth day of the month,.is sug
gestive and lends color to the idea
. that the Star will now be the mouth-'.-
piece of the "free democrats," under
' the leadership of Lieutenant Giver
uor Howards.
This may be a strange combina
tion, but politics makes strange bed
tellowi sometimes and with Mr.
Gooch flaying the head of the ma
chine of which he was once a lead
ing member, there is no other place
s for the Star to go.
May Be New Machine.
"There are but two kinds of demo
crats; there can be but two kiird of
democrats," according to Mr. How
ard, and if Mr. Gooch has cut loose
from the Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch
taction of "slave" democrat-he and'
his paper must naturally, under the
f edict of Mr. Howard, go over to the
"free" democraticcrovd, and a new
machine, the Howard-Gooch or the
Gooch-Howard, as the case may be,
will be the new factor in democratic
politics. The Star editorial says:
Under caption "Hitchcock's Ex
planation": "Nebraska is quite will
ing to accept a large part of Senator
Hitchcock's ttatement in relation to
the mention of his name among the
advocates of a munitions embargo
in documents captured from German
agents and now being made public.
The Nebraska senator says he.
passed through v three stages, first
he was for peaceful neutrality, then
for armed neutrality and then for
war. After America entered the
war Mr. Hitchcock's official actions
were certainly loyal in intent.
? People Resent Statement.
"But the people of Nebraska will
resent Senator Hitchcock's recent
statement that the part he took in
- advocating a munitions embargo was
endorsed by them, and particularly
so in 1916, when he was re-elected
' to the senate at the general presi
dential elections
: "The elections of 1916 an of
1918, have shown a peculiar political
1 situation in this state. Speaking
roughly, the total number of votes
in Nebraska may be divided as 40
; per cent loyal, republicans, 40 per
cent lova! democrats and 20 per'cent
disloyalists, both republican and
democratic. The pas two elections
have v shown that this 20 per cent
has held the balance of power.
: "In 1916, when Nebraska was
wept by a Wilson landslide, this 20
"er cent disloyal element, pleased by
Senator Hitchcock's embargo ac-
Britain Will Demand
Abolition of Conscript
Armies in All Lands
London, Dec. 13. Premier
Lloyd George, in a statement to
' Reuter'a Limited, tonight on cpn
scription, said: ,
"On the eve of this important
election which means so much to.
the country, I wish to make it
clear beyond all doubt trfat I stand
for the. abolition of conscript
armies in all lands. Without that
the peace conference would be a
failure and a sham. These great
military machines are responsible,
for the agony the world has pass
ed through, and it would be a poor
ending to any peace conference
that allowed them to continue.
Any delegate that represents
Great Britain at that conference
must labor to the end I have
started."
tivities. cast its ballot for him and
he was re-elected, but by a much
smaller majority than President
-Vilson. In fact, without this small
disloyal vote he would have un
doubtedly been defeated, so wide
was the difference between his vote
and the president's vote.
"The strength of this 20 per cent
disloyal vote was again manifest in
the elections last month. The re
turn of Senato-Norris to the
United States senate in no way in
dicates that Nebraska endorses his
war record.
For Americanization.
"The unwise appeal of President
Wilson resulted in a solid republi
can vote and the country witnessed
a G. O. P. landslide. Added to
this, vSenator Norris also received
the 20 per cent disloyal vote, be
cause, of his un-American record and
was reinstated, much against the
wishes of many republicans and
democrats.
"Just as Senator Hitchcock has
admitted that he was wrong in his
position on the munitions embargo,
question, so must the loyal majority
of Nebraska admit that within Hie
state is an element directly opposed
to the best interests of the natioa
But in admitting so, Nebraska
pledges itself to the work of erad
icating or Americanizing this ele
ment. And in the meantime, the
majority of Nebraska's citzens will
take exception to any statement by
Senator Hitchcock or Senator Noiv
ris or anyone that the state endorses
their un-American acts in congress."
Third Bank to Be Ready for
Business in Laurel Soon
Laurel, eb., Dec. 13. (Special.)
Arrangements arc about completed
tor the opening of a third bank in
Laurel, to be known as the Laurel
National bank, Adolph Urwiler will
be president, F. J. Morten, first vice
president; Paul Stewart, second vice
president and manager, and Elmer
Henry, cashier. These four men,
with A. C. Goltz, will comprise the
beard of directors.
The institution will start with a
paid up capital of $25,000. The
directors have purchased the Goltz
building.
Eggs Reach High Mark of 75
Cents a Dozen in Fremont
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 13. (Spe
cial Telegram). Eggs reached- a
new high mark in price on the lo
cal market when the barnyard pro
duct brought 75 cents a' dozen in
trade. The prevailing price' is 69
Cents a dozen. This is the highest
price ever paid for eggs in Fre-""
mont.
SAY DETECTIVE
KILLED WOMAN
VITHOUTINTENT
Morrill Woman Shot by Den
ver Officer; Mistakes Auto
for One Which Had
Been Stolen, s
Scottsbluff, Neb. Dec. 13. A cor
oner's jury today returned a verdict
finding that Clifford . LandTy, a de
tective employed by a Denver de
tective agency, killed, without fe
lonious intent, Miss Sylvia Kelley, a
former Fremont college student of
Fremont, Neb., Wednesday night at
Henry, Neb., near the "Wyoming
border.
Miss Kelley was fatally shot when
the detective and Jame9 Sherman,
sheriff of Goshencounty, Wyoming,
fired their revolvers at an automo
bile in which she and her uncle.
James Nolan of Torrington, Wyo
were riding. The officers mistook
the automobile for one that had
been stolen, it was paid.
Miss Kelley was employed in a
bank at Morrill, Neb., having gone
to that place recently from Fre
mont. Political Returns
Show 17 Democrats
in Coming Legislature
,
Lincoln,1 Dec. 13. (Special Tele
gram). Enough official returns
have come in from close counties to
decide the status of the next legisla
ture and today Secretary of Sta,te
Pool is checking up the list prepara
tory to printing the official legisla
tive roster.
There will be just fourteen demo
crats in the house as follows:
Jerry Howard, Omaha: Watson L.
Purdy, Madison; John O. Schmidt,
Wahoo; George A. Birdsall, Alex
andria; George A. Hunt, Crete;
George W. Fuller, Seward; W. F.
Lrozier, Osceola; Theo. M. Oster
man, Central City; John Carstensen,
Nance; Soren M. Fries. Dannebrog;
A. O. Smith, Bassett; H. W. Long,
Litchfield; Emerson Percell, Broken
Bow; John E. Jacobson, Lexington.
Democratic members of the sen
ate will be John M. Tanner of
Omaha; C. A. Chappell of Minden
and W. J. Taylor of Merna.
McAdoD's Right to Boost
Freight Rates Challenged
Lincoln, Neb., pec. 13. The right
of Director General Win. G. McAdoo
of the. federal railroad administra
tion arbitrarily to increase intrastate
freight rates without first submit
ting such increases to the state rail
way commission for approval, is
challenged' ill a test suit fileloday
by the conlmission in district court
at Cohnnbns, Neb. The commis
sion's suit asks for an injunction
lestrajning the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad company from
charging increased freight rates put
into effect last September.
Quinine That Doe Not Affect Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect,
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets)
can be taken by anyone without causing
nervousness or ringing in the head. There
!i only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W.
GROVE'S signature on the box 30c.
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WILSON'S SHIP
JOINED AT SEA
, BY 0. S. FLEET
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Vessels- Maneuvered . With
Lights as They Approach
in Night; French ShipsY '
Fire Salute.
By the Associated Press. '
On Board the U. S. S. George
Washington, Dec. 3. The Amer
ican battleship division joined Presi
dent Wilson's ship at S o'clock this
morning, providing one of tffe itw
naval spectacles in marfy months.
The vessel maneuvered with lights
and the sight was an inspiring-one.
Long bifore daylight the battle
ship Pennsylvania, leading the presi
dential convoy, picked up by wire
less the vessels approaching from
the north. The night was partly
cloudy with the moon visible now
and then. Sunddenly the Pennsyl
vania got a series of rapid signals
from a destroyer, hovering off on
the skyline, and egan signalling.
As the searchilghts pointed long
iilunTinated figures into the sky, it
wrote amessage in flashes on the
big black clouds. la a few seconds
the answer, written on the sky by
a battleship away overbite horizon,
began to come back.
Surrounded by Battleships.
Then the top lights of the fleet
came over the, curve one by one
and stood by the president's ship,
v.hich proceeded, on its way until
daylight, when all the ships in the
convoy spread out and fell into their
appointed places on the right of the
line of formation.
The Pennsylvania was at the head
of the center column, having' on
either side a line of "destroyers, then
a line of four battleships, then a line
cf destroyers on the extreme out
side. The battleship Wyoming,
with Vice Admiral Sims on board,
l eaded the line on the left, followed
by the Utah, the Oklahoma, . '-the
Nevada and the Arizona in that
order. The line on the right was
headed by the New York, followed
by the Texas, the Arkansas and the
Florida. J
French Fleet Acts as Escort
At 11 o'clock, a French fleet began
to come up from the south. There
were 12 cruisers steaming in one
column. The French warships fired
: salute slowly as they approached
the George Washington to the lee
ward artd puffs of black smoke could
be seen all along the line, but only
a few reports were heard. The
American battleships moved ahead
to make room for the French escort.
A big hydro-airplane then appear
ed from the direction of Brest. It
circled and dipped over the fleet as
it exchanged signals wth the flag
ship. Later a big French dirigibk;
floated by, flying the American col
ors. When the French warships had
taken their places, more than 40
vessels were steaming in the line
of columns, the formation reaching
both ways as far as the eye could
see.
President Wilson and the mem
bers of his party stood on the bridge
of the George Washington to wit
ness the naval spectacle.
1 Balloons Shot-Down.
President WilsoiK.and his party
were interested spectators today of
in exhibition of anti-aircraft battery
work by Admiral Mayo's flagship,
the Pennsylvania. Balloons were
sent up from the superdreadnaught
and then destroyed by the shellfire
while Jhe president watched through
glasses fro ,the bridge bf the
George Washington.
The president last nighf-dined for
mally with members of the peace
mission and J. J. Jesserand, the
French ambassador, and Count
Macchi Di Cellere, the Italian am
bassador, i
Nebraska Power First' t
toRekhlOOPerCent
for Red Cross Drive
The Nebraska N Power company
will erect a statue of "The Greatest
Mother in the Work" and will il
luminate it Monday, the first day of
Red Cross roll call week and Iceep
it lighted every 'night during the
week of the bigx drive. The com
pany is the first one in the city to
report a 100 per cent membership
in the Red Cross for 1919. v '
A. D. Klink, who is in charge of
the building and trades section of
the. Red Cross drive, has two sons
in (he service and has taken out a
riiembcrship for both of the boys.
Red Cross leaders are enthusiastic
about this plan and are urging all
who have sons in the service to
send them a Red Cross membership
with their other Christmas gifts.
Mrs. W. B. Tagg has been ap
pointed in charge of Red Cross pub
licity for the 'South Side-daring the
drive. .
Norfolk Officials .V
Take Drastic Action .
to Stop Flu Epidemic
Norfolk, Neb.,' Dec. 13. (Spe
cial Telegram). The board of
health served notice on all doctors
Friday that arrests would follow
failures to report influenza cases for
quarantine. Dancing parlors have
been stopped and the board of health
has decided to fight the influenza
with strict quarantine rather than
putting back the closing ban. A
threat is made by the board 'to
close the entire city if proper 'co
operation in the quarantine schedule
is not forthcoming. The number of
quarantined houses jumced to 101
Friday. ( ...
First Laurel Man to Go in
Draft Is Wounded in France
Laurel, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special.)
Word has been received by rela
tives here that Sergeant Charles E.
Meeker is in va French hospital
suffering from wounds in the neck
and shoulder. The letter wa9 writ
ten -November 9. by the nurse at
tt tiding him and stated that -the
wounds were not serious.
Sergeant Meeker, first draft man
to gcirom here, is a brother of Mrs.
B. J. Hoile of Laurel.
Ex-Empress Stricken.
Amsterdam, Dec. J3. The former
German empress lias suffered an
other serious heart attack and a
doctor has been summoned from
Berlin, according to dispatches re
ceived here. ' ' .
Former Hastings. Boy,
Captured in March, Has
Reached Allied Lines
Hastings, Neb., Dec 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Faul Holder of
Hastings, a member of the Twenty
second aero- squadron, captured
March 27, in an ambush attack on a
cat he was driving for Colonel Boil
ing,' a relative tof Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, has 'returned to the Amer
ican lines. -In
a letter to his parents, Holder
says he lived I mere existence for
eight months, and will have a great,
story to tell when he conies home.
All attempts to communicate with
him failed and his letters were with
held. Colonel Boiling was killed
when Holder was captured.
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Petticoats $ 95
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the merchandise is here to back it up. Thethree groups men
tioned below include the widest variety 'oj styles and materials
l , and show frosts of handsomely Fur Trimmed t Models
The Coats at this price Broadcloths, Wool Ve- Bolivias,1 Silvertones,
include splendid values
in Mixtures, Wool Ve
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Silvertones, Pompoms, Laines, Silk Plushes,
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This Fact Is Most Emphatically Emphasized
In Saturday's Wonderful Showing of
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FURNISHINGS
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Clever Neckwear 50 to $1.50
New Shirts. S1.00 to SlO.OO
Silk Hose .50 to ,75 o
Gloves ...50 to $5.00 U
Union Suits .....$1.00 to $10.00 n
Fur Caps $4.50 to $12.50
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be in a suit that will hold its own and keep him
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II Corduroy Norfolk Suits . .
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Youths' Warm' Sty-,
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$5.98
$9.85
$7.85
Boys' Heavy All-
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Junior Overcoats, ex- (C OR
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strength and . to assure adequate nourishment to the
child. It is as unwise for the mother, as it is dangerous
no' the child, to place dependence upon alcoholic stimu
lation, for strength is not found m alcohol.
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mother s true mend, m that it performs a two-told
duty. Scott's is tonic-nourishment, particularly
fitted , fot. the trying period of motherhood.
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