Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 29,' 1918.
NEBRASKA MAN 1
HAS METEORIC
CAREER TO FAME
Charles E. Gunnels of Crete is
Named Assistant Chief in
- the Department of
'. V Agriculture.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28. Charles E.
Gunnels, who has resigned as di
rector of the extension service of
the University of Nebraska college
of agriculture, to become assistant
chief of the States Relation service
for the northern and western states,
United Statea Department of Agri
cultidVhas had a meteoric career.
Graduating from the university but
a few years ago, he now goes to one
of the highest positions in the Unit
ed States, Department of. Agricul
ture. ;'He is, 30 years old. .
Has Charge of 33 States.
Mr. Gunnels' new work will be ad
ministrative, dealing with all types
of agricultural and home economics
activities in 33 states, carried on in
co-operation - by the state agricul
tural colleges and the United States
Department of Agriculture. Under
this jurisdiction will be county
agent work, boys' and girls' club
work,' farm management demonstra
tions, extension work with women,
extension specialists and co-operative
relationships' and projects.
These duties ill require Mr. Gun
nels 'to travel in the northern ans
western states about three m.mths
in the year. . ;
Mr. Gunnels was born and reared
at Crete, Neb. He graduated
from the Crete High school and
after attending the Doane college
ind the University of Nebraska, he
taught one year in the High school
sat that place. Mr. and Mrs. Gun-
Half I . T 1 1 1 4a Wm ah ... .1 ...
I January 1, where they will make
their permanent home.
President Receives
Birthday Gift of Books
from King of England
London, Dec. 28. President Wil
son celebrated today his 62d birth
day by a round of official activities.
King George presented him with a
magnificent set of books and at the
same time gave gifts to every mem
ber of the president's offic'al party
Th women of the party received
brooches and tha men stick pins, set
with diamonds forming the letters
, "G. R." ' ' ;
The president also received tokens
from Mrs. Wilson and his famiiy. He
declared he considered it the great
est birthady of his life.
Spanish Influenza Claims
Two Victims at West Point
West Point, Neb., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) The influenza is still claim-
v ing victims in Cuming county., Sun
day morning Mr. and Mrs. George
Gerch of the east side died about
three minutes apart. ' Mrs. Gerch
wai a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Buchholi. Both husband and
wife were young people.
Word has reached here of the
. death of Mrs. Frank G'vens at Ama-
; rillo, Tex She is survived by two
children and her husband. They
iad been married about eight years.
Two deaths occurred in the same
family in Monterey on Christmas
day. The two daughters of Mr.
and Mm. Henry Timmerman died
; on that day at the family home.
Anna wai aged 23 years and Rosa
aged 21 year .UBotlr died of in-
. Suenza. ;
Mrs. Lloyd Beorge Gives
Tea In Honor, of Mrs: Wilson
London, Dec. 28. An event not
on the prepared program was a tea
given at 5 o'clock this afternoon by
Mr. Llovd George in honor of Mrs:
f Wilson, at hich the president was
"present. . .
ine tea was arranged informally
by telephone,, the .premier's, wife in
riting the wiv?s of .the head of
government departments to meet
i Mra. Wilson.' Tea was served In
the "big' 'drawing room. Mr. and
Mm. Wilson arrived shortly before
; J o'clock and returned to Bucking
f ham palace a half hour later. Pre
mier Lloyd George, the earl of
Reading and Chancellor Bonar Law
, llso were present.
Mayor of Columbus to Ask
for Release of Physicians
t Columbus, Neb., Dec. 28. (Spe-
cial.) An appeal to the War de
partment to release Capt. Dr. F. H.
Morrow and Capt. Dr. W. S. Evans
; from army service in order thai
they may return home and assist in
conducting the fight against the
"flu" in Columbus and the sur
rounding territory will be made by
Mayor Kertenbrock, his official ca
pacity, .and chairman of the local
Board of Health.
Captains Morrow and Evam are
j the only two Columbus physicians
in Uncle Sam's service who are sta
tioned in the United States, the oth
ers all being in France.
Dodge County Pioneer
Dies fn Homeof Daughter
Fremont, Neb, Dec. 28. (Special
- Telegram.) Anton Svaboda, pio-
- aeer settler of tbe Linwood vicin
l tty, died at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Charles Hooper of Fre
mont, at the age of 90 years. Mr.
Svaboda is a native of Austria and
cam to Saunders county in 1872.
i Three sons and three daughters are
the surviving relatives. .
Fremont Newspaper Woman
t- to- Enter Canteen Service
v Fremont, Neb.. Dee, 28. (Spe
tial.) Miss" Marcia Perkins, daugh
ter of Editor and Mrs. Marc G. Per
? kins, has been notified to report at
New York January 15 for the Y. M.
r C. A."canteen service overseas. Miss
. Perkins Ur society editor of the Her-
aid, Fremont's weekly paper, and
has been prominent in Red Cross
actiyitka, ..
Regular He-Men Compare
Our West and Australia
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Bill Hart and Snowy Baker
Bill Hart Swaps Vernacu
lar and Customs with
Celebrated Snowy
Baker.
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By Paul Hubert Conlon.
Two regular he-men Bill Hart
and Snowy Baker.
Both are famous the world over,
one as the greatest actor in West
ern drama screen or stage, and
the other as Australia's leading
sportsman and all-around athlete.
Bill Hart is the spirit of the west;
Snowy Baker is the prince of
sportsmen. Both are strong cliar
a c t e r s v i r i l e, outdoor-loving,
square-shooting men of action.
Naturally, each man has (long
cherished high admiration for the
other. Their meeting became a
reality when Snowy found time to
make a flying visit to the Pacific
coast from the far-off Antipodes.
Whenever Snowy had come a-visit-ing
before, his departure meant an
exodus of American athletes. This
time, however, he had other things
uf'ttiind.
"';VV' Gentleman of Action..
The sporting activities of, the Aus
tralians being confined strictly to
the Europena battlefields for the
past four years, Snowy turned over
his two huge stadiums to the gov
ernment at the inception of the war
for the storage of wheat and wool,
likewise his own daily life. With
the dawn of peace great develop
ments are stirring in Australia. The
government looks kindly upon the
making of motion pictures. Being a
gentleman of action Snowy Baker
is the man of tht hour.
Forthwith, he tame to the Pacific
Coast to start the ball rolling for
the future production of photoplays
of real Ausraliaft life dramatic and
educational.
And, he achieved another desire.
He met and became the bosom
companion and good friend of Bill
Hart, for whom the Australians
have the greatest admiration be
cause he represents the spirit of the
American west which compares to
to the life of the Antipodes. Re
member, Australia is still in its
frontier days, for there are only
5,000,000 people inhabiting a coun
try larger in area than the United
States.
When Snowy first went out on
location in the California moun
tains with Bill Hart he Was a ten
derfoot. Before the first day had
passed the Australian had been ac
cepted by Bill and the cowpunchers
as one of them a man of the out
doors who thrills with the joy of
living that comes only to those who
have gone to the school where na
ture is the teacher.
Cowboys are suspicious souls
where tenderfeet are concerned.
Therefore, when "the boss" first
presented his visitor to the boys
they viewed him with frank sus
picion although they had heard tales
of his athletic prowess. He had to
prove himself. Not only did . the
Australian live up to his advance
notices but he won their unstinted
praise a half hour after he got into
action.
His First Shoes.
It is not generally known that
William S. Hart was 15 years
old before he wore a pair of shoes
and these he purchased in St. Paul.
Until that turning point in his life
Bill had worn moccasins which
brings about the fact that he did
not gain his knowledge of the west
in motion pictures. It also serves
to reveal that Bill knows much of
I the actual life of our frontier da,s
Having been brought up in the Da
kota territory. In fact, most of
Bill's boyhood playmates were
Sioux Indians. With them he
learned how to ride, shoot, hunt
and track; how to play the rugged,
body-building games of the native
Americans which M called for 4he
greatest endurance Bid best sports
manship. From them he learned to
speak the "silent tongue" the sign
language of the Sioux which is uni
versally understood by all Indian
tribes.
"The aboriginals or blacks of Aus
tralia are not to be compared with
the American Indian," said Snowy
Baker, "because they represent
about the lowest order of human
intelligence.
"They are extremely ugly people
low foreheads, very beetle
browed, eyes close together, noses
spread flat on the face, huge mouths,
good teeth, nice physique, marvel
ous endurance and laziness. They
are gradually dying out, however,
there being only about 100,000 left.
Consumption and blood diseases
brought by the Asiatics are the
causes.
"Never trust an aboriginal. Never
walk in front of them. In the Aus
tralian bush we never let a black
walk behind us. Why? Simply
because you never can tell when
they are going to Split your head
with a tomahawk or a 'mulla
mulla." "
Hastings Couple Get
Letter from Son Who
Was Thought Killed
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 28 (Special.)
Paul Holder, formerly a resident
cf Diller, who was given up by his
parents as dead, has written from a
1" -h port that he is well. Holder.
ves in the aviation service, was
captured back of the Hun lines and
placed in a prison where he re
mained for eight months. He writes
his parents, who reside at Hastings,
that the treatment he received was
almost unendurable. He is 19 years
of age and expects soon to arrive
home.
Grand Pacific Dining Rooms
Closed as Waiters Walk Out
Chicago, Dec. 28. Another hotel
was added today to the list affected
by the struggle by the waitresses'
and cooks' unions and. the big
downtown hostelries here. When
the waiters and cooks at the Grand
Pacific quit work shortly after noon
their departure left the place so
short-handed that the restaurant
and dining rooms were closed and
they were not reopened for dinner
tonight.
At the La Salle and Sherman,
women cooks and waitresses have
been employed.
Dodge County Men Plan
Wolf Hunt New YearYDay
Fremont, Neb., Dec 28. (Spe
cial.) A wolf hunt tfi cover 25
square miles of country has been
planned for New Year's day in Saun
ders county; Twer hundred . men
from Fremont and surrounding
country will take part Wolves are
J unusually numerous this winter.
F. C. Ayers Appointed
Deputy Collector of
- Internal Revenues
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28 (Special.)
F. C. Ayers, deputy state auditor,
has been appointed as a deputy col
lector by Internal Revenue Collector
Giorge , L. Loomis of Fremont.
Ayres will accept trie appointment
and start working for the govern
ment when the change in state ad
ministration takes place.
State Actuary Ralph R. Louns
bury of the insurance department
has been made secretary and gen
eral manager of the Union Acci
dent Insurance company of Lincoln,
at a salary of $3,600 per year This
is a 50 per cent increase over the
salary he received from the State.
Fifteen Fremont Homei
Are Quarantined for Flu
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.1 Only IS homes were quaran
tined for influenza today when the
new rule of state health board went
into effect. Local physicias are
divided whether the isolation of
pttients suffering with the ailment
will be of benefit. Total number
of deaths in Fremont from influenza
to date is 17. Deaths of five other
person from out of town brings
the total to 22.
Board of Health Reports
Show Flu on Wane in State
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 28 (Special.)
The influenza epidemic is appar
ently on the wane in Nebraska. The
state health department on Friday
had reports of 578 new cases of the
disease and seven deaths due to the
flu.
REPORT OF LAND
COMMISSIONER
BEING SENT OUT
Makes Several Recommenda
tions for Coming Legisla
ture; Wants New State
Historical Building.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28. (Special)
The annual report of Land Com
missioner G. L. Shumway, which has
been submitted, recommends a num
ber of improvements among which
s an independent water supply for
the state capitol grounds.
Each year, according to the re
port, about $3,000 is spent in furnish
ing water for the state house and
grounds. There is a well near the
engine house that would, if fitted
with a pump, furnish an abundance
of water for these purposes. It is
also recommended that a .few dol-.
lars be spent e'ach year to give the
trees, lawns, and f lowers proper at
tention. r '
The extraordinary sess on passed
resolutions directing the commis
sioner of public lands and build ngs
to secure data relative to the cost
of building a state-owned sugar fac
tory, the cost 6f 'raising beets, man
ufacturing sugar, etc.
Near the state house, -are some
lots and a foundation which was or
iginally intended for the state his
torical home. -Inasmuch as .a new
statehouse will undoubtedly be-erect
ed within a few years it is recommen
ded that a permanent building be
built on this foundation,- Which can
be used to house a number of the
state departments until the new cap
itol building is erected, and after
wards devoted to the conservation
of historical records, etc., as" well as
a museum.
Attention is called to the fact that
the defalcation of Treasurer Bart
ley and the failure of the Capital
National bank took from the educa
tional fund of the state the amount
of $293,680.03 which has never been
paid back to that fund. It is sug
gested that interest at the rate of
5 per cent from 1893 be added, and
the amount paid back by levying a
one-fourth mill tax, until the amount
is made up.
Pioneer Beatrice Merchant
Dies at Age .of 72 Years
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 28. (Special
Telegram.) Jacob Klein, pioneer
Beatrice merchant, founder of
Klein's Mercantile company, died at
his home in this city today, aged 72
years. The deceased had been in
the mercantile business in Beatrice
continuously since 1873. H served
at county treasurer for one term,
and represented Gage county in the
state senate in the sessions of 1909
and 1913.
He is survived by his widow, one
daughter, Ktiss Ida Klein,- and three
sons,. Jacob A., Frederick K; and
Frank E. Klein. He also leaves on?
sister, Mrs. Katherine Moschel, atui
one brother, Charles Klein residing
in Montana.
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Dodge County Physicians .
Condemn Quarantine Rules
Fremont, Neb.. Dec. 28 (Special
Telegram.) Quarantine measures as
means of combating influenza are
worthless, in the opinion of mem
bers of the Dodge Ccufity Med;cal
association, who met ;n annual siv
sion here. A resolution that
effect t was passed, although the
physicians voted to enforce the
quarantine rules. Dr. L. A Dcr
mody of Omaha read a paper, "Per
forating Duodenal Ulcers." The ,ol
lowing officers were elected: Presi
dent A, F. Buchanan, Fremont- vice
president,, A. E. Hoff, North Bern!;
secretary and treasurer, Charlotte P.
Seiver, Fremont; delegate to state
association meeting, Andrew Har
vey, Fremont.
Conductor John Furst
Appointed Trainmaster
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 28. (Special
Telegram.) Conductor John Furst
has been appointed trainmaster of
the eastern division of the North
western road, succeeding M. E.
Pangle, who becomes superintend
ent during the absence in California
of W. D. Beck.
According to officers of the Ne
braska State Volunteer Firemen's
association, who are located here,
indications point to the postpone
ment of the convention of that or
ganization because of Spanish in
fluenza. The meeting is scheduled
to be held in January.
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Some New Year's Resolutions
Suggested by Frank E. Mayer,
Executive Secretary Omaha Church Federation.
That I will keep my good resolutions.
That I will pray more, and more definitely..
That I will read my Bible more, and more systematically.
That I will love and revere old people and little children.
That I will be an unafraid fighter for right and against wnvig.
That I will live more in the affirmative and less in the negative.
That I will cultivate my confidences and discourage my doubts.
That I will never again write and mail a letter when I am
angry.
That habitually I will be a graveyard for useless or hurtful
gossip.
That I will try to spend less than I earn, honestly earning all that
I spend.
That I will put right and duty above loyalty to friend or party
or church.
That I will vote as I pray and both Vote and pray for only righteous
men and measures.
That I will work enough and play adequately and will neither
work nor play helf-heartedly. .
That 1 will not play the coward of silence when I ought to speak
nor the fool by speaking when I ought to be still.
That I will believe terribly the few vital things of Christianity,
allowing myself and my neighbors the utmost liberty regarding non
essentials. That I will estrange no more true friends and will if possible win
back worthy ones lost, making a host of new ones if I can, so dire
is my need of friendship and so short is the life we live.
T1EE IDEE HUTS
THEMiNEW YEAR;
(Continued From Tage One.)
Hon, to my tasks is my New Year's
resolution for. 1919."
An investment of $2,700 in a get-ri$l"quick-scheme
centered On an
unperfected gas engine magneto first
brought failure toGe6fge Brandeis
His later investment? were more
carefully made and marked with suc
cess, as his business enterprises
show.
"I don't believe in harum-scarum,
get-rich-quick schemes of in
vestments," George Brandeis de
clared. "Truly my success has been
due largely to safe and sane invest
ments. My first capital was attained
through stiff work at $2 a week in
my father's store. Four thousand
clerks working in the store at the
time had the same chance as I. 1
knew then that if I worked hard and
took intense interest in what I was
doing that I would be rewarded with
financial success. I won."
Now comes the story of T. F.
Quinlan. When a boy, he managed
through courageous thrift and self
denial to save the snug amount of
$25. He invested (the money in a
physically broken-down horse in
hopes of fattening the animal for a
sale Of gain.
And the Horse Died.
"But the old nag died two days
later, and I lost niv first invest
ment," chuckled T. F.
"I'm wiser now in safer invest
ments," he said. "The rules of suc
cess today is, first to select a busi
ness or profession one will be in
terested in; secondly, apply oneself
closely to that business or profes
sion. F.ncourace others about you.
Be straightforward in manners and
Speech; be honest in dealings; make
no promises one caimot keep and
have the same consideration for
others as one has for himself."
An investment fjf $75 in a second
hand piano 33 years ago from a
pi minent Omaha physician taught
the lesson of safe investment and
thrift to W. H. Schmoller, 3402
Woolworth avenue.
, "That investment netted a small
gain and I continued in more re
munerative investments," W. H.
Schmoller said. "Firm determina
tion and hard work have been the
foundation of my success. I learned
to save at least one-half of my
earnings and I inherited that virtue
from boyhood. I am a firm be
liever in economy."
F. H. Davis, banker, who has aris
en from a subordinate position of
collector to that of prominence in
an Omaha bank, lays his success to
cloe application to work, together
with thrift and investment.
"My New Year resolution is that
which I chose when a boy: To take
interest in my work,' " he said.
The decisive words of "Yes" and
"No" at the right times earned fi
nancial gucccss for Walter W. Head
Omaha financier.
t "Confidence in my fellowmen to
gether with a decisiveness to be
able to say 'Yes' or 'No' at the right
times has spelled 'Success' for me,"
he said,
His life in the business world be
gan in DeKalb. 111., where he held a
position in a bank M $30 a month,
after working the first month for
nothing.
"Save, .save, save," is the lesson
taught by Albert L. Schantz, banker.
"Thus by accumulating a small cap
ital every young man has good
chances for investment. The New
Year will see labor and capital
brought closer together through bus
iness dealings. Without the mu
tual co-operation of labor and cap
ital, business enterprises will not
progress."
Byron Hastings, real estate man.
invested a small amount of monev
in, Omaha real estate 30 years ago
He has been doing so since on a
larger scale, which has been tbe
means of his financial success.
Now comes the New Year with
its many opportunities for success.
Just as the ' generation, emeritus,
gained financial attainment through
hard work, safe investment and
courageous thrift, so will their sons
through present possibilities in the
business world follow their fathers'
staunch examples, overcoming ob
stacles along the road of life and
filially reaching the pyramid of per
sonal success.
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Two Fremont Physicians
Return from Army Service
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 28.(Spe'
cial.WDrs.A. E. Buchanan and G.
H. ftathbun returned home from
Camp Meade, Maryland and Camjt
Greenlcaf, Georgia, respectively,
where they have been serving in the
army. Both physicians were given
the rank of captain. Dr. Buchanan
was assistant chief of staff at the
base hospital of the Maryland camp.
Theobald Lungwitz of West
Point Is Killed in Action
West Point, Dec. 28. (Special.)
News has reached the city of the
death of Theobald Lungwitz, ,whO
fell in action in France. He was a
member of the second Contingent of
men from West Point, receiving his
training at Camp Cody. He has
been in France since July and was
one of three brothers in the army.
Happy
New
ear
It's not the number of
Resolutions you make, but
the strength of your reso
'ution, that counts.
v Remember how you used
to keep a diary? Recall
how you made memoranda
of everything that hap
pened during the first
week in January part of
what happened the second
week an occasional note
the third week and then forgot it entirely?
Remember your friend who swore off smoking New Year's Day
bragged about it for a day or so spoke of the "principle involved''
the third or fourth, day weakened the second week and then
"sneaked off by himself for just one puff" and is puffing still?
And the occasional drinker and periodical reformer his story
is too well known and too demoralizing to repeat.
Take a Lesson From John Chinaman -
Chinese New Year is the one great joy day in the Chinese cal
endar, All enemies are forgiven, strife and jealousy are forgotten and
instead of making resolutions, John "makes good."
The sword has been sheathed the greatest and most terrible
conflict that ever raged or ever will in history, has come to a glor
ious end.
Let's bury the hatchet let's drown the din of the anvil chorus
with the song of the plowboy the whirr of the mills, the hummin?
of factories.
Foriret your differences, lend a hand and a heart and let's make
the old world a place worth while.
My "boys" are coming back. The "stars" on the office service
flag are back at their chairs and laboratories. We are ready for a
prosperous year with our force again complete and at your
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