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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Farmer Seriously Injured
In Accident at Louisville

Louisville, Neb., Sept. 7.-(Special.)
John Thomas, a farmer living
southeast of here met with serious
accident at his home Friday. He was
found in a demented condition with
his right arm and his left leg broken.
1t is not known how he received his
injuries. 1t is believed he was I'M
loading hay, as there was load
standing at the barn, and fell from the
load. When found he was trying to
crawl to the house. His condition
is considered serious.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Nebraska War Workers
Will Hold Joint Drive
AT Presidents Request

The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation, Young Women's Christian
association, Knights of Columbus,
Salvation Army, Hebrew Welfare as
ISOLATION, War Camp Community
Service and American Library asso-
tiation war fund workers in Nebras-
ka are busy laying plans to comply
with President Wilson's request that
these organizations unite in one war
fund drive November II.
Next Wednesday, in Lincoln, two
representatives from each organiza-
ton will meet, called together by
Charles A. Mussellman, state secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian
association. On September IS, in
Omaha, the state committee of each
organization will meet in Omaha to
complete plans for cooperative
drive.
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation and Young Women's Chris1
tian association had practically COM
pleted state organization for the drive
when the request came, for the pres
ident, A. w. Smith, representing the
national finance committee of the
War Camp Community service and
personal agent from Myron T. Her
rick, chairman OF that committee, has
about completed the w. c. c. S. or
ganization in Nebraska.
Word was received here yesterday
that John R. Mott, chairman of the
national war work council of the
Young Mems Christian association.
has been elected director general OF
the combined drive, which will be
held during the week of November
IL
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
SOUTH SIDE
Joy Higgins Will Speak on
Labor and War Needs TODAY

An address by Miss Joy Higgins,
who has recently returned from
visit to the trenches in France, will
be the feature OF mass meeting to
be held Sunday at $50 o'clock at the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
hall. Twenty-fifth and NJ streets. All
packing house employees and women
especially are invited to attend
Miss Higgins, who is an Omaha
girl. will speak on Labor VIII Win
the War" A talk will be given by
Robert Cowell and others. +. =.
Reynolds, president of the Nebraska
Federation of Labor, will introduce
the speakers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Miss Mona CoWeIl Arrives
Safely on the Other Side

Robert Cowell, head of the firm of
Thomas Fitzpatrick & Co., received
word last night that his daughter,
Miss Mona Cowell, who recently
sailed as Red Cross nurse, had ar
rived safely on the other side. Mr.,
Cowell was in New York at the time
she sailed.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Newspapers Render Aid to
Retail GrocerS' Association

That Omaha papers have contrib
uted much towards the success of the
Retail Grocers association by print
ing frequent articles of a nature
boosting" the grocers and all their
connections, is the assertion in an
editorial published last week by the
Grocery Reporter. 1t reads in part:
The favorable publicity given the
Retail Grocers' association bv all our
daily newspapers the past two or
three years has been worth many
hundreds of dollars to them and
should be very much appreciated by
them. These articles were published
as news items, but secured principally
through the medium of this paper, and
proved to be, an educational feature
OF very great value for the grocer as
well as the consumer"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
GaIlagher Buy Land
to Double Plant Capacity

Paxton & Gallagher have bought
the block east of them which will
eventually practically double the size
of their plant. The block is on the
east side of Ninth street, and the east
half consists of three-story brick
block with basement, occupied by O..
w. Butts company, a commission
firm. This will give Paxton & Gal
lagher two blocks frontage on Jones
street. The property will be I'M
proved after the war by remodeling
the newly purchased building and
building on the vacant lot. The prop
erty to the east of Ninth street will
be used as a manufacturing plant. =
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Hold Funeral Services for
Miss Elizabeth MobJey

Funeral services for Miss Eliza
beth Mobley, % years old, who died
Friday night at her rooming place,
l9l5 Capital avenue. were held Satur-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Stack & Falconer chapel. The body
was sent to Fairbury, her former
home, for burial. She had no relatives
in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
FINAL SHOW OF
SEASON MONDAY
AT King Ak DEN
Preparations for Annual Fall
Carnival to Start With
Windup of Den Show
Season.

The Ak-Sar-Ben den show season
will come to a grand climax Monday
evening with the last performance of
the 1918 season. Despite adverse CON
ditions arising from the loss at actors
III the cast through enlistments and
the draft, opinion is unanimous that
this years show has been the best in
the history of Samson's order.
All strangers in the city, all sol
dicrs at Fort Omaha or Fort Crook
who have not seen the show yet and a
delegation of soldiers stationed at the
quartermasters supply depot, will be
guests at Monday evenings perform
ance. Major John g. Maher will be in
charge of the contingent from the
supply depot. All soldiers and sail
ors on leave in Omaha or on their
way through the city are especially
invited as well.
Erection OF the entrance arch and
carnival booths will begin Monday
morning under the direction of Lee
McGreer. for the last 20 years official
Ak-Sar-Ben carpenter The electric
light company will also begin its
work this week in putting up the
carnival lights down town. e,
Next to the electrical parade We'd
nesday evening, October 2, the big
gest feature will be the daylight mill
tary parade the afternoon OF Thurs
day, October 3. Both parades will be
patriotic in theme, although the title
OF the electrical parade still reposes
secret with Gus RENEE. Ak-Sar- Ben
artifcer. The military parade will be
made up of all the soldiers who can
be spared from the two Omaha posts
and the companies of high school and
college cadets at Central high school
andCreighton university.
Advertising the carnival season has
been begun. Advertising matter has
been sent out to Nebraska and Iowa
newspapers. This week a band of
bill posters will begin putting up
posters in Omaha and in the sur
rounding country within radius of
rs miles.
Allied War Exhibit.
Whether or not the Allied War
exhibit will come to Omaha the week
of September 80 is still undecided. Al
though contract to bring the exhibit
to Omaha has already been signed,
Secretary McAdoo has not yet made
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Line of March Announced
For Pershinu Day Parade

Major Firth, grand marshal of the
Pershing day parade, has announced
the following line of march: Form
ing at Twentieth and Harvey streets,
it will march east to Twelfth. north
to Farnam and west to Twentieth and
Farnam streets, where it will disband.
In front OF the court house the IL
Illuminated float bearing the gigantic
cake with its So electric candles will
leave the parade and be drawn to a
position in front of the court house
steps. where it will remain through
out the ceremonies.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Philip Has Lead Of 1852
On Full Wisconsin Returns

Milwaukee, Sept. With unoffi-
cial returns reported from every pre-
cinct in the state. Governor Philip
tonight is leading Roy Wilcox for the
republican gubernator.al nomination
by l62 votes. Official returns have
been received from ~ of the II coun-
tics. Supporters of Wilcox are hope
full that the official canvass on the
vote, which will be made ecn.ember
2, will reveal errors sufficient to
nominate their candidate.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Tommy McAvoy camoufIages
Wedding, but Not for Long

Tommy McAvoy, room clerk at the
Fontenelle hotel, has for two weeks
been practicing camoufage on the
other employees, but at last he has
been discovered.
A quiet little wedding at Papillion
was McAvoy's secret, but he was un-
able to cope with the house detective
and a host OF volunteer sleuths who
have been on his trail.
Maxine Denwidde. of Wolyern, Ia,
was his accomplice i'll the plot.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Want Riders to, Enter Fall
Army Endurance Contest

The army horse endurance contest
committee needs few men who can
ride horse 50 miles day. They are
wanted to ride in the contest from
Kansas City to Omaha. September
30 to October 5. Expenses will be
paid and a salary if necessary. Sew
,eral horsemen who want to enter
horses have no riders for them.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
New Year Celebration Ends
Today for Orthodox Jews

The Jewish New Year. Rosh Ha-
shana, ends Sunday evening at sun
down for the orthodox Jews. For
the reformed Jews the holiday was
over Saturday evening at shutdown.
This year marks the beginning of the
year 500. Services were held Friday
evening and Saturday morning at
Temple Israel by Rabbi Frederick
Cohn
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Red Cross Auxiliary Will
Start Glasses Next Tuesday

Mrs. II. e. Pike, secretary of the
South Side Red Cross auxiliary, has
called meeting of the South Omaha
surgical dressing class for Tuesday
morning from 9 to II o'clock, in Ii
brary hall. An urgent request is ex-
tended to all women to come and help
with the work.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Treaty RatifiCatIons Pre-
Exchanged by Russ ard Hun

Amsterdam. Sept. 1.-The instru-
ments of ratification of the Russo
German supplementary treaty were
exchanged Yesterday by Russian and
German representa:ve according to
an official dispatch from Berlin.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Len;na is Dead, According
to Travellers from Moscow

Stockholm, Sept. 7.-Contrary to re-
ports received from official bolshevik
sources, travellers who have arrived at
Haparanda. Sweden. from Moscow,
assert that Premier Lenine is dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-08
Allied War Exhibit.

Whether or not the Allied War
exhibit will come to Omaha the week
of September 80 is still undecided. Al
though contract to bring the exhibit
to Omaha has already been signed,
Secretary McAdoo has not yet made
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14

if we do not extirpate everywhere the
spirit that would not only conquer
other peoples lands as Germany con-
quered Belgium and Serbia and Italy
conquered Tripoli, but would enslave
their souls and bodies as well. As
long as it is left to few men any
where to decide whether nations shall
go to war, as long as there are men
abroad like Mr.. Taft to say that just
when we have crushed German mill
tarism we must war against the Rus
SLAMS and sGermans to see to it that
the revolutions there result in precise
ly the kind of governments that we
prefer, just so long is the war to end
war merely begun"
This is surely catching the spirit
that is abroad in the land waiting to
find voice. It is not socialism; but
it is surely the spirit of Americanism
as Americas great dead, Garrison,
Phillips, Brown, jefferson and the
rest felt it.
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14
Undismayed.

The Nonpartisan league of Idaho,
organized but few months ago, has
made its first campaign in this state.
Pitted against the League was not
only the Republican party, thorough
ly organized, but the leaders Of the
old-line Democratic party, together
with the power trust and big business,
which know no party lines. When
we come to look over the field it is
really surprising that the League has
won any victories in this, its first
contest. The League members are not
discouraged, but with united front
and growing ranks will keep on un-
til right and fair dealing are triumph
ant. The farmers have made their
influence felt even though their or
ganization was young. They will sur
render no vantage point gained and
at the next contest they will win
Nampa (Idaho) Record.
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14
COLORADO IN
TROUBLE TOO
Colorado Leader,

To the splendid, loyal farmers Of
the League: This may be farewell.
II it is, let it be one We will remem-
Der. Let us tell you the story Of the
Colorado Leader. It has been q child
OF pain. It was born from the womb
Of your desire. When you Joined the
League it was explained that some
day we hoped to have a Colorado pa
per all our own. The wish has been
realized, temporarily at least.
One day the state manager, r. ".
Morser, called the present editor, Mr..
Vance Monroe, to Denver and the pa
per was started. We at once found
that the national war board had de-
clared there should be no new papers
started. So the Haxtun Herald was
used as the state paper for a few
weeks. This was objected to BY the
postmaster at Haxtun, who is, was
and always shall be, an inveterate foe
Of the farmers Organization. He sent
in complaint to the United States
postoffice authorities that was a mis-
cradle Justification to say the least.
But, at any rate, he was successful
in barring us from the mails. Then
League headquarters made a stren-
uous effort to have the paper admit
ted to the mails as the Colorado Lead
to intercede with the war industries
board. He was partially successful,
for the board gave temporary per-
NIT up to the 5th Of December. So
the paper has gone on. Now the 5th
of December is approaching and the
end seems near. The war is over, but
| fho yuor snd,,o <rsn hoo So n0k Tl,r>
League is making mighty effort to
present time we have no way Of
has been. But we are still hoping.
Nevertheless, such a condition cannot
continue always, and as soon as the
board has been dissolved or as soon
as they have changed their minds, we
Perhaps it will not be discontinued at
all. All of it is conjecture with us at
the present time.
But we want to tell you, whether
the paper goes on or fails, that your
representatives here in Denver have
done our best. All Of us have given
our minds and hearts that the paper
might fill the present need in the
crisis of the world. Nothing has been
left undone that was in our power to
do. These men here in the office are
OF that temperament which permits Of
no camouflage or sloth. What they
believe they live and act, and the pa
per has been simply picture of their
real thoughts. It is their task on pa
per.
The paper has had no fear, for it
was armed with the truth. We made
no explanation, for truth needs no
flowers of speech to make it under
standable. Truth may wound, but
truth is the edict of God and has a
right to wound. But these words of
truth are sweet to many, for the
words of truth on the tongue of SIN
cerity are the words of love to those
who understand.
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14
minnesota Leader.)


Arguments were presented be-
fore the Minnesota supreme court
Monday on the petition of Joseph
Gilbert, former manager Of Or
ganization work of the League,
and Sergeant Louis w. Martin,
U. S. A., former League organ
izer, for a new trial and on an ap-
peal from the judgment of the
district court of Go0dhue county,
juries Of business men in which
had convicted both men of trump
ed-up charges Of disloyalty.
Briefs were filed by the opposing
lawyers and after the oral arguments
the court took the joint case under
advisement. Thirty-eight assign
ments of error are to be considered
and a decision is not expected for
several weeks.
The chief point emphasized by
George Nordlin, attorney for Gilbert
and Sergeant Martin, was that even
had the accused men said the things
at Kenyon, August 18, 1917, attribut-
ed to them by prejudiced witnesses,
which was not admitted, their words
constituted no offense. They were
charged with uttering words which
were calculated to discourage enlist
ments in the army and navy and OBJ
structing the prosecution Of the war.
when we come to read the Ian
guage charged in the indictments and
compare it with that upon which the
prosecution in the Townley case was
based, and remember that Gilbert
testified that he quoted from the
some resolutions which the supreme
court held were without taint Of sedi-
ton, we are forced to the conclusion
that Gilbert's talk was nothing more
or less than an attempt to give orally
the same expressions and views con-
tanned in the resolutions" Mr.. Nord-
lin said.
Mr.. Nordlin referred at length
to the parrot-like chorus Of the
witnesses for the prosecution. all
Of whom repeated word for word
without variation the exact Ian.
guage of the indictment.
Our courts have always held"
Mr.. Nordlin said, ''that exact
similarity of statements is un-
true to human experience and
should be rejected
N&u0Sll SASEFeO 1Vs
The case Of N. S. Randall, former
League lecturer, who was convicted
of a similar offense in the Goodhue
county district court, in trial fea-
tured by intimidation Of witnesses
and mob violence, was brought into
the argument, because Sergeant Mar
tin was accused of having declared
that he approved Of what Gilbert and
Randall had said at the Kenyon meet
ing.
Randall's case will be brought be-
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14
GETTING OUT
To WORK ON
LEGISLATURE
FARMER INTERESTS TO HOLD
CONFERENCE IN THIS CITY
CITY WITHIN A FEW DAYS.

Within few days plans will be
completed for the conference in Great
Falls Of the heads of the Montana
Union Of the American Society of
Equity, the Montana Farmers Union
and the Montana State Grange, the
purpose being to agree on specific
legislative problems they will urge
upon the session of the legislature
which will convene next month at
Helena. The letters to the various
men interested have already been
mailed and the date will be fixed as
soon as some Of them can be heard
from, probably matter of only
few hours.
The organizations mentioned are
keenly interested in bringing about
certain actions by the legislature and
they propose to concentrate their
forces in favor of some measures
that appeal to all. The conference
will be held for the purpose Of COM
ing to an agreement on the things
that all may favor, and when that is
done it is understood to be the plan
to have bills embodying the proposed
legislation drafted and have them
ready to have submitted ut the COM
ing session.
It is disclosing no secret to state
that in this way the people back Of
that plan hope to embody measures
that will be so patiently wise in their
provision that legislators Of both
branches Of the assembly will be able
to support the measures because of
their fairness. The. purpose of the
conference which is to meet in Great
Falls is to get the interests together
on lines that will make possible a
popular appeal to the legislators for
the bills proposed.
The dates have also been named
for the annual Co-operators' congress
which is promoted by the Equity So
ciety. This year the congress will
open on January 20 and continue for
five days.
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14
.'E'{E(i PESG NIIf NHIH EE{|En| #$&E
CHANGING POLICY.

N0<AAN0xAN0 1OA1Nxs
The whole question of whether our
northwestern states and in time the
United States is going to have a
successful progressive movement de-
pends on whether we need q change
in policy. Do our farmers and wage
workers in the cities and small busin-
ess need an amended system or a diff
ferent system from that which en-.
ables large capitalists to govern mar
kets and industry? If the people can
live happily with the despotism of
plutocrats controlling their livlihood,
then We shall not see much change.
We shall go on devoting our polit-
ical energies to changes Of personnel
in the administering of the pluto
cratic system we now have. There
will be much ink spilled and oratory
poured out over the question as to
whether Wilson or Roosevelt, whether
democrats or republicans can the bet
ter administer the fundamental pol
icy we are now living under. Such
obviously is all that we can do under
the old two-party system.
We can not change policies with II
because each party is made up Of re-
actionaries and progressives who
might want a change Of policy. Both
of these elements have to agree on
what the party does, and compromise
as it may in nonessentials the reac.
tionary wing. which supplies the cam
paign funds, will never make a COM
promise that strikes special privilege
Thus the democrats in 1912 were go
ing to abolish the trusts, but all that
has been done in that direction has
been to change the name of the
beast to "large industrial unit" The
republicans were going to make the
trusts behave by regulation, but the
trusts flourished under their regula-
ton.
To change the fundamental policy
we must get all those who demand il
and would benefit by it in one camp.
This independent camp could then
proceed to capture the machinery Of
one of the old parties, as the nonpar-
tisan league does, or it could be made
a separate party. Until we succeed
in this we shall merely change ad-
ministrations and on our mighty po-
litical efforts will depend such ques-
tions as whether We shall have DEM
ocratic or republican postmasters.
The Montana nonpartisan., 1918-12-14
SUPREME COURT HEARS
|MPASS|0NED P|FF[E IN
'''' DEFENCE DEFENCE Of !" "PPRR(6FiiIT[EERS R( i


fore the supreme court within a few
weeks.
"Aside from the childish attempt
to fasten criminal effect to Martins
expression Of agreement to what Gil
bert and Randall are supposed to
have said, the only statement attrib-
uted to Martin in the indictment is
that he said he was pro- German -
Mr.. Nordlin declared. "If this were
not said in a purely joking manner
as testified to by him and used in the
particular way in which he testified,
how can it be considered as teaching
and advocating that citizens should
not aid the government in the carry
ing on of the war;" Mr.. Nordlin
asked. "Such an expression" he con-
tinued, eff truly indicative of the
speakers mental attitude, could pos
sibly subject him to internment or
other restrictions, under the federal
laws, but surely could never be con-
sidered as a teaching or advocating
of anything"
II am reminded of the 'Virginian's'
statement: when you say that, smile.
Martin smiled when he said he was
f.pro- German.
"Unless actual circumstances are
first proven showing the opportunity
of such language to commit a crime.
no foundation has been laid for in
Producing evidence Of what took place
month before, and in no wav con-
nected with the circumstances at the
date of the offense alleged in the in
dictment.
I'm other words" Mr.. Nordlin
said emphatically, ''the original
language used, when oral, is dead
Immediately after utterance, and
its ability to commit crime like
wise dead, and the only manner
in which said language can under
any consideration constitute the
basis Of a later criminal act is
when the language is brought to
life again by reiteration, and the
evidence in this case conclusively
shows that this did not occur"
Assistant Attorney General James
Martin and County Attorney Mohn Of
Goodhue county opposed the granting
of new trials for Gilbert and Martin
nd the reversal Of the Judgment Of
the lower court.
Martin Defends Rich Men.
Mr.. Martin put up a vigorous de-
tense for the wealthy men and fat
corporations Of the United States. and
said conscription Of wealth was mon
strous suggestion. He became elo-
quent in his defense of the 2 per cent
of the population who own SO per cent
Of the wealth and didn't mention
war profiteers once.
It was clear from his impassioned
argument that the advocacy Of con-
scription Of wealth was "traitorous"
in the extreme.