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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
NEARLY Drove
me- DISTRACTED
SHE DECLARES
Didn't See How She Could
Stand It Longer-Tan-
lac Brings Relief.

Thanks to Tanlac, | am today en-
joying most excellent health, said
Mrs~Louis P. Francis of l7l2 South
Eleventh street, Omaha, Neb., a few
days ago.
about two years ago. she con-
tinued, my stomach went back on
me completely and ever since then
| have suffered more than | can
tell you. When | tell you that | lost
50 pounds during those two years
you will form some idea as to how
much | suffered and also how very
little | ate. In fact, | never wanted
to eat very much as had no appe-
tite; besides | was really afraid to
eat very much for everything | ate
would just get into a solid lump in
my stomach and for hours after |
would suffer the most awful pains
imaginable and many times it got so
bad that | was almost distracted and
thought l just couldn't possibly
stand it a minute longer and when
! did get relief | was so weak and
exhausted that could hardly move.
This would often be followed by ter
rible spells of headache.
an addition to all | was then
suffering | began to have severe
cramps in my LETT leg, mostly around
the knee. This got so severe at times
that | could hardly get up and down.
Very often it would get so bad that
l would have to walk the floor for
hours, as ! was unable either to sit
down. or lie down. 1t seemed that
exercising it was the only thing that
would give relief. OF course | wor-
ried a great deal over my condition
and this, added to all my suffering,
simply wrecked my nerves and | got
to where l could sleep very little
and would often get up in the morn
ing feeling worse than | did when |
retired.
about this time, a great deal
was being said in the papers about
Tanlac, and the real good it was do
. ing so many people and just felt
like that it was the thing | needed
| bought bottle and | will always
rejoice that l did for my health is
better today than it has been for a
long time. ! have great appetite
and can eat just anything | want and
never have those awful spells of in.
digestion afterward. Those bat
headaches are thing of the past ant
| am entirely rid of that trouble il
my knee. Since the first day tool
Tanlac l have been getting better
and have gained several pounds, anc
I sleep like a child all night long
Tanlac has done wonders for me ano
/ gladly recommend it to everybody
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by al
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Com
pany's stores. Harvard Pharmac!
and West End Pharmacy under thu
personal direction of special Tan
lac representative. Also Forces
and Meany Drug Company in Soutl
Omaha and the leading druggist il
each city and town throughout tn
, state of ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
The Aband0nedR00n
BY Wadsworth Camp

that the court was full OF ghosts"
Silas Blackburn walked to the
fire, and stood with his back to the
smouldering logs. In this light he
had the pallor OF death-the lack of
colour Bobby remembered beneath
the glass of the coffin. The old
man, always so in.olerant and au-
thoritative, was no longer sure of
himself.
"Why do you talk about ghosts"
he whined. II wish | hadn' t
walked up"
Paroles sank back in his chair.
Walked up he echoed in an awe
struck voice.
Bobby took a trivial interest, as
one will turn to small things during
the most vital moments. in the re-
Fiction that twice within "a hours
the Panamanian had been startled
from his cold reserve.
"Waked up" Paroles repeated.
His voice rose.
"At that time? Do you remember
the time?"
Not exactly. Sometime after
noon"
Bobby guessed the object of Par
edes question. He knew it had
been about noon when they had seen
the coffin covered--in the restless,
wlnd-swept cemetery.
Paroles hurried on.
How long had you been asleep"
What makes you ask that?' the
other whined Il don't know
1T was long time"
Blackburn's voice rose complain
ingly.
How did you guess that? I never
slept so. dozed nearly three days,
but I'm tired now-tired as il |
hadn't slept at ALL
Paroles made a gesture of surren-
der. Bobby struggled against the
purpose of the mans questions,
against the suggestion of his grand
fathers unexpected answers.
Your idea is madness, Carlos"
he whispered.
This house is filled with it." Par
edes said. Il wish Groom were here.
Groom ought to be here.
Hes coming back" Bobby told
him. "He shouldn't be long now.
He said before dinner time
Paroles stirred.
q wish he would hurry"
The Panamanian said nothing
more as if he realized the futility Of
pressing the mattesr before Doctor
Groom should return, Necessary
questions surged in Bobby's brain.
The two that Paroles had put, how
ever, disturbed his logic
Katherine, who hadn't spoken
since entering, kept her eyes fixed
on her uncle. Her lips were slightly
parted. She had the appearance of
one afraid to break silence cover
ing impossible doubts.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16

What greater satisfaction can
helping the really worthy poor?
those to whom he gives. The Bee
cases today. They have been thor
Charities. These families have met r
byfheir own industry to overcome t
to them will be greatly appreciated
7. In this family the man is day
laborer and the mother is a tiny
little woman and tries to make the
best kind of a home for her chill
dren-hve of them, three girls, II
6 and 5, and two boys, 3 and lH
They have had great deal OF Hines:
for the past year. The father has
just come home from the hospital
because he had the pneumonia fol,
lowing the influenza, and he will not
be able to work right away. The
mother is doing janitress work, and
they have had to have help fire.
quently the last few weeks. A
Christmas basket would suit all
these little children, and would make
their father and mother happy, too
Yes, and clothes, and a ton of Goa
and some money to pay the rent
To get busy" on these cases,
Charities, SIG Farnam building,
George w. Doane, secretary, will tt
will take charge of your gifts Of mo
as you like. More cases will be p,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Who Will Help These?

,e bought with money than that OF
loney so spent helps the giver and
brings to your attention three more
lghly investigated by the Associated
verses, but all of them are struggling
e fell clutch OF circumstances" Help
Here are the descriptions:
the landlord says, You'll move
pretty soon if you don't pay up"
8. This family had the influenza
and the father is ill yet. There are
two children, a girl of 7 and a boy
of 5, perhaps just like you have in
your family. This is a place where
nice Christmas basket would meet
the need and maybe toy or two for
the children.
9. This family has five children
two little girls, s and 4, and three
little boys, I. 5 and ". They were
quarantined a long time with diph-
liberia and the father was out OF
work because of the quarantine.
They have ever so many bills to
pay and the father is working hard
to pay them. A Christmas dinner
would be acceptable here-coal, too,
and some groceries.
telephone or call at the Associated
thirteenth and Farnam street, Mrs.
/ you how to reach these families or
ey or supplies and deliver them-just
olished from day to day.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
HUN DOCTRINES
ADVOCATED BY
Church LEADERS
Lutheran Pastors Induced by
Propagandists to Preach
Love for FatherIand
and Its Cause.

Washington, Dee. l5.-The story
of how enemy propagandists used
German Lutheran pastors to preach
love for the fatherland and devotion
to its cause, and tried in vain to
stir up negroes in the United States
with reports that, if Germany won,
part of his country would be assigned
exclusively to them, told yesterday
to the senate committee investiga-
ting propaganda, by Capt. George
B. Lester of the army intelligence
service. The witness also continued
his testimony of yesterday, seeking
to show "proGerman, anti-English
and anti-American" policies of Will
liam R. Hearst's newspapers as di-
rected by William Bayard Hale
Hearst correspondent in Berlin, after
breaking of relations with Germany.
The hearing will be resumed Tues
day when several men whose names
have been mentioned by witnesses
during the inquiry, including Samuel
Urtermyer of New York, will be
heard.
Some German Lutheran preachers
spread the doctrines promoted by the
German government both before and
after this country entered the war,
Captain Lester declared, and a few
who continued these utterances after
joining the army are now in prison.
Many church leaders recognized the
pro- German tendencies of the minis
tiers and tried assiduously to have
them removed, the officer explained.
The efforts to stir up race troubles
among American negroes failed, said
Captain Lester, but it persisted until
a congress of negro leaders in July
last formally recognized the propa-
ganda and denounced the movement.
One cablegram from Hale at Ber-
lin to the New York American read
to the committee was interpreted by
Captain Lester as proving that the
German government did not regard
the notorious Zimmerman note,
disclosing a movement to involve
Mexico and the United States in
war, as a frame-up by the British"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
MCAdoo is Planning Three,
Months Coast Vacation

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 15..Sec-
rotary of the Treasury McAdoo has
taken a three months lease on the
Los Angeles mansion of the late
George w. Houck, wire wheel mag
nate, according to an announcement
made by a local real estate dealer.
The announcement stated that Mr..
McAdoo's lease starts January l..
The home is considered one of the
show places of Los Angels.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16

servance of the rules of sanitation,
plenty of fresh air, wholesome food,
keeping the bodily functions active
these are things that are better than
any ban that can be applied"
Avoidance No Help.
Rev. Mr.. De Larme stated that
he had taken a census of his con-
gregation and had found that those
families which have gone regularly
to church, and who have sent their
children to school and have gone on
sanely about their business have in.
variably been free from any cases
of influenza. On the other hand, the
cases of influenza were found among
those people who have stayed away
from religious services, schools, etc.
in the hope of avoiding the disease
Many churches did not hold Sun.
day school yesterday on account OF
the epidemic. Many observed the
advice sent out by the Omaha
church federation that each alternate
pew be left unoccupied and that the
handshaking and visiting after the
service be omitted.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
BeIgians Occupy Western
Portion Of Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf, Rhenish Prussia, Dec.
15.-(By Associated Press)-That
portion of Dusseldorf lying on the
western bank of the Rhine has been
occupied by Belgian troops, who
also hold the great bridge across the
river. Machine guns, which control
the crossing and both banks of the
river, have been established on the
bridge, and have been reinforced
with barbed wire barriers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Three PuCCini Operas
Produced in New York

New York, Dec. 15-Puccini's new
one-act operas I'll Tabarro," Sieur
Angelica" and "Gianni Schicchi"
were presented at the Metropolitan
opera house tonight for the first
time on any stage and we're received
with enthusiasm by large audience.
The three casts had such artists
as Farrar, Muzio. Tiffany, Gentle,
DeLuca and Crimi. They provided
in III Tabarro" a tragedy of barge
life on the Seine; in "Sieur Angel
lea" a spiritual mystery play and
in "Gianna Schicchi" a comedy.
Muzio sang the leading role in I'll
Tabarro,' Farrar in "Sieur Angelica"
and De Luca in "Gianni Schicchi."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Death Sentence COMMITTED.

Carson City, New, Dec. l5.-The
sentence of death imposed on Ben
E. Kuhl, murderer of Fred Searcy,
Jarbidge stage driver, was conf
to life Imprisonment last
night by the state board of pardons
kuhl was to have been shot at the
state prison December 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
AirpIane Starts on Flight
from ENGLAND to India

London, Dec. l5.-(British Wire
less Service. IA giant Handley-
Page airplane, carrying six members
of the Royal air force, started from
the airdrome near Ipswich last
night and headed across the channel
for France on flight to Karachi,
India, and thence to Delhi. The
craft ran into a bank of thick fog,
and was compelled to make a landing
on the French coast.
The journey, it is announced, will
be continued. The distance to Delhi
is more than $500 miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Find Runaway Boy.

Upon receipt of letter from Mrs.
L. L. Jones, Randolph, Neb., her
son Paul, who ran away from home
December 8, 1918, was taken into
custody Saturday evening by Omaha
detectives. He was found at the
Salvation Army hotel and told the
police that he was working as dish
washer
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Secretary Long Favors
Prohibition in Britain

London, Dec. 15.-Walter Hume
Long, secretary for the colonies, in
a speech at Holloway last night,
said he would advise the govern
ment to prohibit the sale of liquor
in the UnitedKingdom, although it
would mean the loss of millions Of
pounds in revenue.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
MINISTER SAYS
BAN NO HELP TO
FLU SITUATION
DR.. De Larme Says People
Who Attend Church Regu-
larIy and Are Sane
Escape.

Rev. A. A. De Larme declared in
his sermon at the First Baptist
church last night that. from his OBJ
seryation, a ban on public gather
ngs is useless in preventing the
spread of Spanish influenza. He ad-
vised the people to Observe the
well-known laws of health, preserve
your mental poise and be unafraid."
His subject was How the Church
Prevents and Combats Disease" He
related what he had seen in a tour
of investigation of several moving
picture theaters Saturday evening.
"As to the effectiveness of a pub
lie ban in preventing the spread of
disease, the examples of New York
and Philadelphia speak emphatically.
New York City, which never has
put on ban has suffered much less
from influenza than Philadelphia,
where everything was closed up
tight.
Serious to Close Up.
1T is a serious thing to close up
churches, schools and stores, and |
believe does no good. The churches
and schools are we'll ventilated with
ample air space and the children in
the school are usually better pro-
tected than they would be at home.
The same is true in the churches.
Besides, the people who 60 to
church meet there to pray and to
hear prayers to higher power for
the prevention of the pestilence that
is sweeping the world. This is Of
great Importance. A calm mental
poise and reliance on God to pro-
tect from disease, together with OBJ
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16

ITO Be Continued Tomorrow
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
WHEN THE OUTDOORS CALLS
Spring RestIeness Only Manifesto
tion OF Mankind's Kinship With
Old Mother Nature.

Nature and her noblest creature,
man, that blind them are often grossly
mutilated and obscured by mans per-
Bistent system of artificial living, but
there can be no escape from the kin
ship. We belong to the soil, and when
the old mother whispers of wldefung
spaces and the rebirth of living things
man answers with a restlessness that
Is acute and often mlslnterpreted. We
greet the first warm days Of spring
with q peculiar lassiture. We call 1t
"sprlng fever" Into our so-long-con-
tented souls comes a restlessness that
brings discomfort with the narrow llmi-
tations of the shut-in lifel The great
outdoors begins to call Its children, and
all the uncomfortable conditions of
mind and of body that ensue we vainly
hope TO cure with tonics and sassafras
tea. ..f..
There has not yet been compounded
the medicine that will cure the cause
Of what we call spring fever. The dis
ease lies deeper than the physical. The
nostalgia is a spiritual yearnlng for
the intimate companionship of nature.
Visions from we know not what source
come to us of wide fields and mist
covered hills.
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
MAKE CLEAN UP CONTINUOUS
Campaign Should Last as Long az
There Is Rubbish to Be Removed
or Painting to Be Done.

Don't call 1t a Clean Up and Paint
Up "week" or. worse yet day" so
redolent of the annual bath. 1t is
what its name implies-a campaign
for cleaning and painting; and cam
paigns be 1t noted, are continuous
things; they continue just as long as
there is anything worth campaigning
for; and in the Clean Up and Paint
Up line eternal vigilance and industry
are the price of liberty from dirt and
disorder.
A real Clean Up and Paint Up cam
paign does not stop in a week, month,
or a season unless the town or COM
munity has reached the point where
1t can clean up and keep clean.
Hardly any phase of the Clean Up
and Paint Up work except street and
alley cleaning, can be more than fairly
started In six days. Local campaign
leaders in many cities have the right
idea as shown In the name adopted in
st. Louis In which something is do
ing every month In the year under
the auspices Of the st. Louis "Continu-
Gus Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign
association"
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
WOMEN AS LOGICAL
CAMPAIGN LEADERS
American Matrons Have Keen
Sense of Necessity of Clean
Up and Paint Up.
POINTERS ON WHAT TO DO
Chairman Of Woman's National Bur
eau Offers Excellent Suggestions
on How to Obtain Desired
Renovation.

Here are some pointers for women
who would regenerate their commun-
ity with real Clean Up and Paint
Up campaign, as suggested by Mrs,
Clarence j. Baxter, State chairman
of civics and health, Missouri Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs and chair
man of the Women's committee Of the
National Clean Up and Paint Up cam
palgn bureau, st. Louis:
Ten Good Suggestions.
1. Take away all the ashes and
trash from your back yard immedl-
ately. Send your rubbish to the dump
Ing ground.
2. Suggest to several men with
teams that they drive through the
alleys with sign, "Clean Up Wagon"
on their wagons; also a bell calling
attention. People are only too glad
to pay such man for hauling their
trash away.
3. Burn all rubbish that will burn.
Clean your vacant lots and alley ways.
A. Make your street and parking
look as trim and well kept as possible.
5. Refrain from throwing old paper,
banana and orange skins into the
streets.
6. Plant some grass and flower seeds
to make your home beautiful.
Use Plenty Of Paint.
Z. II your store front Is dingy, paint
1t. Nothing will do more to improve
the appearance of a town than the
liberal use Of paint.
8. If there are unnecessary, insight
ly, sheds In your back yards; tear them
down. They detract from the beauty
of your home and the town. Open
spaces and fresh air are better.
8. If your walk is an eyesore to
those travelling over 1t, repair 1t or
build q new one.
10. Clean out the alleys back Of the
business houses at once.
BY all means do your part to help
make your town cleaner and more at
tractive.
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
And There Was His Wife.

An inexperienced speaker was pre-
facing his address with apologies to
his audience for the crudeness Of his
prospective remarks.
ITO be good speaker" said he, "a
man should be in constant practice.
He should appear before audiences fire.
Quently. He should learn to talk with
perfect freedom. i don't have chance
to do this. l spend my evenings at
home"
Everybody in the audience looked
around at his wife, who, unfortunately
for him, had come to hear the address.
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
CLEANNESS SAVES
FROM FIRE DANGER
Clean Up and Paint Up Cam
paignS Reduce Risks and In
Surance Rates.
SHOULD MOVE ALL RUBBISH
Greatest confiagrations, Which Start
From the Smallest Blazes Can
be Avoided by Preeaution-
DenveTs Don'ts.

The Clean Up and Paint Up cam
palgn reduces fire insurance rates and
fire losses. In one year the campaign
reduced Cincinnau's annual fire insur-
ance premiums over 100000. In his
proclamation of last year, John L.
Wlnshlp. Michigan State Fire Marshal,
said: "The average annual American
dre loss for the last ten years period
vas $230,000,000. This Is $63O,OOO
each day, $4,000 each hour, or $500
each minute"
The annual loss through lack Of
painting Is greater than the annual
loss by fire. Cleaning up and paint
Ing Is long step toward fire preven-
ton. This rids homes and business
houses of accumulations Of rubbish
that nre liable to start fires and are
menaces to a community. Remember
that all fires are the same size at the
start. At the same time, the alleys
should be cleaned; fences and sheds
should be repaired; vacant lots should
be cleaned and tin cans, paper and
dead weeds removed.
Denver's List Of Don'ts.
Hartford, Conn.,, instituted a clean
up and paint up campaign and then
1t stayed clean. The following year
the fire loss was reduced $4,000 and
the death rate was reduced per cent.
The result In Boston was that the
following year there were 1,003 fewer
fire alarms and, from q health stand
point, 1t was declared to be the best
year in the history of the city.
The Denver Clean Up and Paint Up
campaign committee distributed an
effective fire prevention circular; the
'dont's" can well be followed by every
citizen In every community
"Do not permit rubbish, greasy rags,
paper and useless waste to accumulate
In or around buildings.
"Do not allow matches kept In your
homes, offices and stores in other than
metal boxes. Use safety matches.
"Do not allow children under ten
SSuIS vi uee W use uulSuSo'
"Do not use lamps and lamp burners
that are not clean.
"Do not forget to clean your chin
ney and stove pipes occasionally.
do not tamper with or extend cleo
trio" wires; employ an electrician.
'Do not keep gasoline in other than
alright cans painted red.
do not fill tank Of gasoline stove
when lighted and by daylight only.
Rubber Gas Tube Dangerous.
"Do not permit a rubber tube con-
nectlon to gas stove.
"Do not empty ashes in other than
metal cans.
do not carelessly throw cigar and
cigarette stubs where they could cause
a fire.
do not permit the use of wood Gus
pidors.
"Do not fail to warn your children
# the dangerous bOntires."
Most preventable fires originate in
neglected rubbish, in back yards, at
tics, cellars, etc. Clean Up and Paint
Up-make your home and community
sanitary, beautiful and safe.
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
CLEAN UP PAINT UP ON FARM
WeIl-kept Rural Home Is Appraised
at Higher Value and Adds to At
tractiveness Of the Community.

The incentive to Clean Up and Paint
UP which is stirred In the breasts Of
the townspeople is shared by the sur
rounding rural districts. The Ohio
board of agriculture issued bulletin
urging the removal of ramshackle
farm buildings, the painting Of those
that remain, trimming hedges and
trees, spraying shrubbery and clean
ing and painting tools and machinery,
Secretary w. w. Flanagan, of the
federal farm loan board, says: ut
hardly needs any argument to con-
vince anyone that well-painted, we'll
kept home or barn would naturally be
appraised at a higher value than one
not so renovated"
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
Paint UP Goes Hand in
Hand With a Clean Up

because a clean up with
out a paint up Is useless and
absurd. Houses that are un-
painted eyesores are made ug-
lier and more conspicuous when
only streets and grounds are
cleaned up.
2-Because the painted sur
face, inside and outside, is wash
able and therefore can be kept
clean and sanitary. paint
paint your walls, floors and cell
ings often" says DR.. Leonard
Keene Hirshberg, A. B., NJ. A.,
NJ. d. (Johns Hopkins univer-
slty), in his "Why It's Cheaper
to Keep Well-PreventlDu the
Way"
3-Because, as Prof. III. II.
King, of the Kansas State Ag-
rlcultural college declares, af-
ter several years experience in
conducting painting tests for that
state: "The annual loss through
lack Of painting is greater than
the annual loss by fire."
Many cities in Europe and
South America require regu-
lar painting, In prescribed col
ors, by city ordinance.-Augusta,
Ga. Herald.
Meade County news., 1918-04-25
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly influ'
enced by constitutional conditions. II
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys.
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature ir
doing its work. $4,000 for any case o.
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRE
MEDIOdNB fails to cure.
Druggists 76c. Testimonials free.
r. ]. Cheney q Co., Toledo, Ohio.