Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 28, 1919, Page 3, Image 3
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1919. NOTHING GOULD STOP THE YANKS. SAYSJIIELDOli Secretary of State Historical Society Returns from Visit to French Battlefields. By a Staff Correspondent. V Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 27. (Special) The Yanks fought with a spirit which was invincible, said A. E. Sheldon, director of the Nebraska legislative reference bureau and secretary of the State Historical so ciety, who returned today from the battlefields of France where he has been collecting material on Ne braska's part in the world war for the archives of the state. Mr. Sheldon reached General Pershing's headquarters about No vember 1, after numerous, delays in company with a party of French, American and Australian newspa permen, and was privileged to sec the final 11 days fighting of the 'var BREAK A CHILD'S COLD BY GIVING SYRUP OF FIGS Cleanses the little liver and bowels and they get well t quick. When your child suffers from a ;old don't wait; give the little atom ch, liver and bowels a pentle, thor ough cleansing at once. When cross, peevish, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, sat or act naturally; if breath is bad, stomach sour, give a teaspoon ful of "California Syrup of Figs," nd in a few hours all ttie clogged ip, constipated waste, sour bile and indigested food will gently move )Ut of the bowels, and you have a veil, playful child again. If your child coughs, snuffles and has caught cold or is feverish or has a sore throat give a good dose of "California Syrup of Figs," to evac uate the bowels, no difference what jther treatment is given. Sick children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless "fruit laxative " Millions' of mothers keep it handy because they know its action on the stomach, liver and bowels is prompt and sure. They also know a little given today saves a sick child to morrow. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "'California Syrup of Figs," which contains directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of :ounterfeits sold here. Get the gen uine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Adv. This announcement is of great importance to the people of Omaha, in view of the fact that government v shipping restrictions on this coal (undoubtedly the Jbest soft coal sold in Oma ha) will be removed February 1. He was in the capacity of a newspa per correspondent, which accorde; nim all the courtesies of the pro fession and enabled him to collect some exceedingly valuable mater ial. Proceeding directly from General Pershing's headquarters to the head quarters of the Seventy-seventh di vision, fighting its way through the rough, flooded country on both sides of the Meuse river, he witnessed some of the hardest fighting just a few days before the signing of the armistice. Doughboys Swim iver. The capture of Dun, an important stronghold on the east bank of the river, was effected while he was there. American doughboys swam the river at night, climbed the bank and drove the German pickets, but a heavily fortified hill bristling with machine guns still remained to be taken. It was not attacked directly, but other troops were sent across the river outflanking it on both sides and the Germans were forced to withdraw from their strategic stronghpld. "The best tribute to the American soldiers' prowess," said Mr. Shel don, "is that the ttoops went for ward day by daf under such condi tions and with German artillery fire covering all of their movements. Nothing could stop the Yanks." The American infantry not only braved the German artillery, he said, but also had to advance against innumerable machine guns con cealed behind trees or in holes. The losses were so heavy that they were not given out officially. Some of the names of men killed in the Meuse river fighting are now being published for the first time, he said. Visted All Fronts. Mr. Sheldon visited practically all of the famous battlefields and picked up a large amount of ma terial from the Somme battle grounds and at Ypres. He spent eight days traveling from Ypres, Dixmude and Passchendale, to Ar mentieres, La Basse, Bapaume, Lens, Arras, Douai. Lille, Cambrai, San Quentin and Peronne. Most of this country is still de serted he said, and hardly recog nizable as having ever been inhab ited by human beings. The city of Lens, with 100,000 people, is in ruins, with scracely a building standing. In front of Ypres for a distance of 20 miles long and seven or eight miles wide the entire area, Mr. Sheldon said, looked as though some giant golf player with a mam moth putting stick had chopped up the soil until one could not find a space large enough to sit down upon which did not show the effects of high explosives. The British lost an average of 500 men per day on this, sector for the two years which they held it. Christmas with Nebraskans. Mr. Sheldon did not get to spend as much time with the Nebraska boys as he desired. He found them well and happy. He was present at the Nebraskans Christmas day celebration at Saarburg, where the Huskers were with the army of oc cupation. Nearly a thousand Ne braska boys were there with the 355th regiment from Camp Funs-ton. Abuse, Congratulations And Flowers Sent to Bill Admirers of Former Kaiser ' Send Birthday Presents Which Undergo Dou ble Censorship. By Associated Press. Amerongen, Sunday, Jan. 25. William Hohenzollern on his 60th birthday tomorrow morning, will have received many flowers sent by German admirers in Germany and Holland. Since Friday bouquets have been arriving in great quanti ties from school girls and former supporters in Germany. At the same time every mail brings piles of letters and telegrams, most of which are congratulatory. However, there are dozens of car icatures and letters of abuse. The letters undergo a double censorship. First the Dutch authorities look over them to prevent intrigues. Then a servant inspects the letters and permits only those communcations which he considers will please the former emperorf to Kach him. Concert Raises Criticism. Much adverse comment has been heard in Holland regarding the pro posed concert which was to Inve been given Saturday in the castle in the precinct of the former emperor by the Amerongen church choir. It was reported the concert would be given in honor of the emperor's birthday. ' The exact facts are as follows: The choir gave a concert in the vil lage church shortly after Christ mas, which was attended by several members of the former emperor's suite. The choir, under the patron age of the young Countess Von Bentinck, was invited to sing at the castle Saturday evening, the former emperor knowing nothing about the arrangement. The program, con trary to assertions in the press, was to contain Dutch folk songs, the Dutch national anthem, psalms and hymns. Lives Humdrum Life. The outcry was so great that the concert was abandoned. The former Nation's Boy Power to Be Organized to Meet Farm Labor Shortage To call in the "boy power" of the nation in- the coming spring ' labor shortaee is the, purpose of the pres ence in Omaha Tuesday of Edwin S. Shortess, national field director for the United States Boys' Working Reserve. A conference has been arranged at the University club at noon at which George Kleffner, federal la bor director, Lenord W. Trester, federal state director for the reserve; Thomas P. Curran, assistant, and Superintendent Beveridge of the public schools will attend. Appointment of a junior counsel i s e x r. 1 i i x e j a A- U v Uf Uj 1 I c P t fx Recognized the "Cream" of Franklin County, Illinois, Coal Will 1 " by LL 212 So. 17th Street, Ground emperor as yet knows nothing about the matter. The veil which up to this time has hidden William Hohenzollern's daily life from the public has been lifted sightly and shows that he employs his day in the humdrum fashion usual among country gentle men who do not frequent society. He rises a about 8 o'clock and fol lows an ordinary routine. His bath, however, is followed by a thorough massage to which he has been ac customed since his university days. After his bath he has an extremely simple breakfast, sometimes in his own rooms and sometimes with the Bentinck family. Always Has His Nap. After lunch the former German ruler occasionally takes a short nap, after which he gives himself to writ ing or dictating to his private sec retary, a former officer. Tea is serv ed in the English style at 5 o'clock and then the exile reads until dinner at 8 o'clock, after which there fre quently is music in the parlor. The former emperor never wear's uniforms nowadays, although many uniforms, including those of all the German guard regiments, and sever al general's outfits were brought across the frontier when he left Germany. The exile wears civilian clothes made by the local tailor at Zeist. No Use for Dinner Plate. Those who have not noted the gradual change in the former emper or's appearance scarcely recognize him in the elderly civilian with short, whitish Vandyke beard and some what thinned gray hair, which, how ever, still is in good .condition con sidering his age. Enormous quantities of baggage wer brought across the - frontier when the former emperor fled, but many trunks are still unopened. Little use is made of the silver din ner set for 25 covers which also was brought along. The former emperor, it is said, is beginning to realize the change in his position with the departure for Germany of many of the attendants who had been with him for long per iods and to whose presence he had become accustomed. lor for Nebraska will be made at this meeting He will handle all working reserve work for boys and girls under 21. "Our aim is to keep children in school as long as possible, but if it is no longer possible, to distribute them in industry in a manner best for them and industry," said Mr Trester. Public School Enrollment is Larger Than Ever Before Omaha public schools opened their new semester today with a very large enrollment, estimated to be larger than ever before. The fine weather brought out an especcially large attendance in the kindergar tens which received a large number of new 5-year-olds- mm The Bell & Zoller Coal Company MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF Announces that it Be. Sold in Omaha - Wsfc.) m 1 T " 1 ' One Dealer Only R. C. GODDARD, President PHONE TYLER 3424 ETKENNA BOUfiD OVER FOR THIRD TIME 111 MONTH Confessed Auto Thief is Held to the District Court Under ' Bail of Two Thousand" Dollars. William McKenna, confessed au tomobile thief, was bound over Mon day morning for the third time this month ofi a charge of grand larceny. He waived the preliminary hearing in police court and was held for the district court on a bond of $2,000. L. C. Jones, said by the police to be one of the ring-leaders in a gang of automobile thieves was named in the same complaint. He also waived and was held under bond of $2,000. Jones was arrested Saturday by Police Chief Eberstein. Both men were alleged to have stolen a car owned by C. J. Tumulcwicz Sep tember 28, 1918. Police are making an effort to have McKenna held in the city jail despite the state law which requires that prisoners awaiting trial on a state complaint be taken to the county jail. A mittimus commanding McKen na's removal from the city prison and his delivery at the county jail was made out. Chief of Police Eberstein, who was present at both hearings asked Judge Fitzgerald to order the de tention of both men at the police station. Judge Fitzgerald said he had no right to make such an or der. . McKenna has been held incom- 1 the new FORMrFIT 25 CENTS EACH "LUETT.PZABODYfrCaArcvftaOTf 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief 1ELL-ANS 'for indigestion Floor Brandeis A MMROW (D ua o. (S inra eh ft I municado at the city jail. His mother and Chief Briggs are the only persons allowed to see him. It is feared if he is taken to the county jail and others allowed to interview him he might explain the reason for his release when he signed the "mysterious" affidavit now in the hands of the county at torney. Mother May Talk. Mrs. M. McKenna, mother of William McKenna, intimated she would have something to say about the mysterious affidavit her son signed in Captain John Briggs' of fice a month ago. She would neither deny nor ad mit that her son had been promised immunity if he would incriminate "higher-ups" in the theft of automo biles. "I will have something to say after I see what happens to my boy," was her only remark about the affair. She admitted having been in con ference with -police officials. She is a daily visitor at Chief Briggs' office. Victor Rosewater to Speak on the League of Nations Victor Rosewater, editor of The Bee, went to Sioux City yesterday to present the subject of the "League of Nations" with the So ciological club, which is the princi pal discussion club-of that city. On Sale Wednesday Hand Made, Hand Embroidered f V Philippmo ouses No woman with a keen understanding of deft handiwork, quality and style, would look at these most dainty and thrill of pleasure and appreciation over the nrosnect of such an onoortunitv and the selling price will prove a surprise, boo! See Them in Our Windows Now See the Ad in Tuesday Papers C?0c)l...-:7 Bright Shiny Clean "Quality Soft Coal" Theatre Bldg. MAYOR SMITH WILL TALK 0F NOME FOR GIRLS To Address Ministerial Union Following Sermon in Which Rev. Leavens Criticises Attitude. Following the sermon delivered Sunday morning to the congrega tion of the First Unitarian church on. the women's detention home by the Rev. Robert F. Leavens chiti cizing Mayor Ed P. Smith's antago nistic attitude towards the manage ment of the women's detention home, the mayor has agreed to ad dress the Omaha Ministerial union next month. While the invitation extended the city's chief executive did not desig nate a subect, Mayor Smjth de clared that among other things he would talk on the detention home. "I am going to tell the Omaha ministers some things they do not know," he said. "I shall bring to their attention some things which by all means they should know." landeis Ste Mayor Smth had no comment to make on the sermon of Rev. Mr. Leavens. Asked if Police Conttm'ssionet Ringer had made a report on th investigation of the charges impli cating several policemen in accept ing bribes in connection with theit duties at the detention home, Mayot Smith declared that Commissioner Ringer had failed to comply with the arrangement to advise him ol the results of his probe. "I am still waiting to hear from Mr. Ringer," said the mayor. "I assume he will let me know what has been done in the matter, as he has agreed to do. Mr. Ringer's de lay has not dampened my intense interest in the situation at the De tention home. The cloud which has been hanging over that institu tion absolutely must lift sooner or later." 7 T have nothing to say t this time," Commissioner Ringer replied to the question as to what has been revealed by his investigation be gun some time ago pursuant to the charges of Wilma Rice and pub lished in The Bee. "I may have something to say later." he continued. "There is nothing to talk about at this time, however. I nave learned mat ine Bee did not quote Miss Rice cor rectly. She did not make all the statements which were credited to her." There has never been any doubt about the QUALITY OF ZEIGLER COAL BUT there has been doubt as to where you could GET THE GENUINE PS'iEL 7