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Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
By ROBERT ]. HORTON.

What did you do with your extra
hour this morning?
We thought so. Most people did
the same thing, there being no
church and everything.
For 2l0 days - nearly seven
monthS-old Wage Slave has been
getting up at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing on week days and at 7 o'clock
or loon Sundays. But today, when
he awokc he reached out turned
the hands of the day and night watch
back whole hour, struggled down
beneath the covers, yawned, and
went on with the dream.
"A great deal of sleep can be ac-
complished in an hour.
Kaiser Is Responsible.
Napoleon slept but an hour be-
fore the battle of Austerlitz. He
won the battle. By the theory OF
opposites the kaiser must have
slept a week before he started for
Paris the last time!
But at that, the kaiser gave us this
grateful extra hour of sleep this
morning. Why? Because it was
to get an early start sounding his
death knell that we turned the clocks
aheaa last spring.
The extra hour of daylight has
saved 100000 worth of coal.
That's the lowest estimate. 1t pro-
duced hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth of foodstuffs by CIV
ing the Tired Business Man and the
Old Wage Garner a chance to work
an extra hour in the war garden at
night.
Chickings Are Wise.
1t proved to many of US that get
ting up early in the morning is
healthfui. even if it is irksome. 1t
shortened the working hours of the
burglars and bootleggers. but the
farmers didn't have half as much
trouble with their tired men-we
should have said hired men. With
their hired men!
seven my chickings knew the time
was changed this morning" boosted
the poultry hound in the office.
They've been restless this sum-
r-Fdef., 50 I put an old alarm clock
in the coop. The ticking seemed to
soothe them and put them to sleep.
They always crowed at S o'clock.
/ forgot to change the time last
night, but thew didn't crow this
morning until or
Tin Tickers Not Affected.
Jewelers. likely will be besieged
today by those thoughtless persons
who turned at backwards" They
will get mostly Howards and Lord
Elgins, and super-Walthams, and
Swiss watches to repair, however.
The boys with the tin tickers-the
lind you can't wind in trench for
fear of arousine the enemv-have
long since found out that they can
be turned backwards or forwards or
sideways without any appreciable
I change in time-keeping quality:
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
THIS rs 10 RE EXPECTED

matter thoroughly and when his plan
had been mapped out he suddenly
found, to his dismay, that he had
used up an hour of yesterday hgur-
ing out what he should do with this
extra hour today. Thus demonstrate
ing to his own satisfaction the prin-
ciple of fifty-ffty, something he had
been trying to do for fifteen years,
Rockefeller Richer By 1t.
Rockefeller is a great many thou
sands of dollars ahead today because
he gets an extra hour of income.
But the boys in the penitentiary are
losers, for they have an extra hour
to serve. And tomorrow no one is
in or out anything. So what's the
use?
Of course it doesn't affect animals
and sun dials, because they are run
strictly by the sun.
Pooh" jeered the poultry hound.
1T affected my chickings."
And he spent his hour explaining
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Sergeant Kimmel Describes
"Omaha Day" at St. Mihiel

1t was Omaha day" in at least
one portion of the American line
when the Yankees went over the top
and wiped out the St. Mihiel sector
early in September.
That hundreds of Omaha and Ne
braska boys who trained at Camp
Funston were participants in this
first important offensive by the
American army overseas is shown
by the letter received by Mrs.
George NJ. Kimmel, 2423 Binney
street, from her son. Sergeant Gus
A. Kimmel, of machine gun battal-
ion, who was il. the thick of it.
Sergeant Kimmel not only de-
scribes the action but tells of other
Omaha boys with whom he fought.
The zero hour for the artillery
was / a. m. on the 18TH" he writes
in telling of the beginning of the Of
fensive. They sure opened up on
time. We thought the heavens had
broke loose in one big thunder
storm. This kept up all night until
we were about deaf and just as it
was getting daylight the infantry
went over the top with us alongside
as support.
I'VE had very little opposition at
first for the artillery had done its
work we'll. The towns and woods
around us were full of holes. The
only thing we had to bother with
was German she'll fire and few ma
chine guns that were still left in their
trenches.
"They must have thought that it
was just to be an artillery lombard
ment, and the infantry attack came
as a complete surprise, for in places
in the woods we found hundreds of
dugouts that had been prepared tor
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27

Bellevue for a rest while on their
historic expedition, authorized by
President Jefferson for the obtain
ment of knowledge of this region.
Equipped for Peace or War
: The following references are from
the journal of those intrepid ex-
plorers:
"The party consisted of nine
young men from Kentucky, IA SOL
diers of the United States army, who
volunteered their services; two
French watermen, an interpreter
and hunter, and black servant.
The necessary stores were clothing,
working utensils, locks, flints pow
der, ball and IA bales and one box
of presents for the Indians. the last
mentioned being considered as ar
ticles of great use. Richly laced
coats and other articles of dress,
medals, flags, knives and toma-
hawks for the chiefs; beads, hand
kerchiefs, looking glasses, paints
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27

a long stay and were shellproof, so
when the doughboys came up the
boche came out of these holes like
rats shouting "Kamerad" and
tickled to death that they were TAX
en- prisoners.
Claude Ellsworth (Omaha) got
the first prisoner for this company
on the first morning. He was a
German about IS that had been in
since the start OF the war.
Homer ('BumO Russell. the
North Twenty-fourth street car
conductor, sure was lucky at one
time. A big shell hit about six feet
from him and exploded and he never
got scratch. He never even had
time to hit the ground it came so
fast. He just turned around and saw
the hole and grinned. 1t was
comical!
1T was sure Omaha day in this
sector for there were hundreds OF
Omaha boys around everywhere
and believe me they made record
for themselves in this drive and
that won't be forgotten soon.
Harry Clark and Eddie Dodd
both send their regards, also Mark
Logsdon, Eddie Spellman, Pete Nc.
CURE, Sol Novitsky and several
other well-known ball tossers and
Bill Uvick, the fighting butcher"
from Omaha who were right in the
middle of all this row, with the rest
of our gang. .
"Ne had about IS men wounded
in the drive but none seriously. but
Frank Bressman had to be one OF
the number. We are about Is miles
west of Metz, Germany, in town
called Roullionyille."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Mothers of Men

By FLORENCE aoFT scHwAR7.
Mothers OF men, that the world 10
ahame,
War-swept and passion-rent take
you no .blames
You who were destined to mold
and to sway,
You are the potters and men are
your clay.
Plastic they came to you out of the
night;
Mothers of men, have you shaped
them Alright?
You, with your hands at the heart
of the world,
Answer newly is Hates banner
unfurled?
II men are evil or craven or great,
You were the builders who fashioned
their fate.
You are mans devil and you are his
god,
You re-created him out OF earth's
sod;
Mothers of men OF this age and this
day,
Answer mellow have you modelled
your clay?
Infancy, childhood and flexible
youth,
Have you not craved in them honor
and truth?
Man in Gods image was yours to
express,
Have you achieved-can you answer
me Yes?
Helpless they came to you out OF the
night,
Mothers of men have you given
them light?
Censure them not II In blindness
they plod;
You are mans devil and you are his
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
= Bellevue, Sarpy County

and other articles for the Indians.
There were three boats, one with a
keel IS feet long and drawing
three feet of water, and one with
large sail and p oars. The middle
was covered by lockers which
might be raised so as to form a
breastwork in time of attack. Two
plrogues. or open boats, one of
six and the other of seven oars.
Two horses were led along the bank
for the purpose of bringing back
game. Start was made on May IA,
1904, near the affluence of the Mis-
sissippi and the Missouri"
Among the notables who were
identified with Bellevue in the early
days were: Manuel de Lisa, Fran
els De Roin, Joseph Robideaux,
Stephen Decatur, Major Stephen H.
Long, Lucien Fontenelle and his
sons, Henry and Logan; Big Elk,
chief of the Omahas; Francis Burt,
first governor, who died there; Gov
ernor Cunning, who succeeded Burt
and who issued the proclamation
calling the first legislature to meet
in Omaha; Colonel Peter A. Sarpy,
John P. Cabanne, Major Joshua
Pitcher, John Pitcher, Andrew
Drips, and Lieut.. John c. Fremont.
Brigham Young, Mormon, leader,
visited there in 1847. Audubon,
famous naturalist, enjoyed a week.
end during l843.
First in Many Things
The first Masonic lodge, news
paper and Protestant church of Ne
braska were established in Bellevue,
which was the first organized town
site north of the Platte river. 1t
almost became the state capital in
1857 and was considered as a pro-
spective site for the terminus of the
Union Pacific railroad, which final
ly went to Omaha.
Among the pioneers of the gospel
were: Rev. Moses Merrill, Rev.
Samuel Pearce Merrill, Rev. Ed
ward Mckinney, Rev. John Dun
bar, Rev. Samuel Allis, Rev. Will
liam Hamilton, known as Father"
Hamilton, and Rev. Reuben Gay
lord, who established the First Con-
gregational church in Omaha, at
Sixteenth and Farnam streets.
Identified with the affairs of the
town, after its establishment as an
incorporated settlement. were: Hi
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
known in those days up and down
the river.
Sarpy Arrives on the Scene

odL ny SAllIFCo VA tllC SSSllC
Peter A. Sarpy came upon the
scene in 1925 and he gave soul
vivacity, and notoriety to that pic
turesque and beautiful spot for
more than 80 years" Sarpy began
his career in this territory as
clerk for Cabanne at the latter's
post near Calhoun, and he succeed
ed Cabaanne at Bellevue.
Lucien Fontenelle built the trad
ing post occupied by Sarpy. In 1928
the Indian agency was transferred
from Council Bluff (Fort Calhoun)
to Bellevue, this agency having to
do with the Omahas, Otoes, Paw
nees and the Pottawattomies. Belle
vue became a general fur and trad
ing station and was the starting
point for many overland trips. The
posts which had been established by
Lisa and Cabanne near Fort Cal
houn were removed to Bellevue.
Maj. Joshua Pitcher succeeded Lisa
as the head of the Missouri Fur
company. Andrew Drips was an
other prominent fur trader who was
associated with Lucien Fontenelle.
During the spring of 1864 Stephen
Decatur was in charge Of a trading
post.
Maj. Stephen H. Long, under or
ders issued by John c. Calhoun, sec
rotary of state, visited Bellevue in
1919 on the Western Engineer, the
first steamer that ever made an up
river trip as far as Bellevue. Longs
Peak, in Colorado, was named after
this explorer.
Naturalist Stops at Bellevue.
During 1843 Audubon, famous
naturalist, stopped at Bellevue while
making a river trip on the Omega.
SO the story goes, Audubon carried
government permit to have liquor
on his boat for himself and party.
The captain of the boat unloaded
some freight at Bellevue in the abb
sence of the agent at the dock, and
then he proceeded to steam away
without stopping for the usual cere-
mony of inspection. He was brought
to a stop by shots fred by soldiers
in charge OF a lieutenant, who in
sisted that the boat should be
searched. Bellevue was dry" at
that time on account Of trouble
which liquor had caused among the
Indians. Audubon landed and spent
several pleasant days, observing the
birds and flowers in the country
north of Bellevue and now known
as the "Fontenelle Forest reserve"
In this connection, with the incident.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
His "Gott" Hasn't Made Good.

The kaiser must be greatly disap-
pointed in "gott." He has been en-
trusting so much to this being of
blood and frightfulness that the
fall-down of "gott" on the job will.
perhaps, drive him to treat "gott"
like he did his mother and Bis
marck.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27

of Audubon and the whisky, it may
be stated that a shipment of II barr
rels of whisky was received at Belle
vue on March u, 1885. 1t probably
has been consumed ere this time.
St. Mary was a trading station, /,
established across the river from
Bellevue. Colonel Sarpy held fofth
there and ferry was. operated be-
tween that point and Bellevue. St. !
Mary formrly was known as Trad
er's Point" 1t was at St. Mary that
Colonel Sarpy succored Brigham
Young and his impoverished Mor7
mons on their overland journey 20
years ago.
(To be concluded next sunday.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
CITY HALL REPORTER GETS
SOME" STORY! HO, HO, HOi

City Commissioner Falconer
beckoned the city hall reporter mys-
teriously. He led the way into his
private office and closed the door.
Owe got a good story for you this
morning" he whispered. The repor-
ter had visions of some great ex-
pose, some STORY" that might shake
the city to its foundations.
He had never seen the park COM
missioner act so mysterious.
Mr.. Falconer sat down to his desk.
He took out a key and unlocked
drawer. He fumbled among some
papers in the drawer and finally
drew out a letter. He closed and
locked the drawer.
The reporter was getting excited
now. What was in the mysterious
letter? Something that would bare
the Vaccinations of wicked men,
that would show wolf masquerade
ing in sleeps clothing?
The park commissioner was draw
ing the paper from the envelope. He
opened it and read for a moment.
"I'll let you read it for yourself
he said.
All, the reporter had the paper in
his hand! Was it a Matchmaking
letter or a threat from the black
hand? Then the reporter wllted.
The letter was signed by promi-
nent business man and this is what
he wrote:
"Dear Mr.. Commissioner: Recover
ing from Illness, l took advantage OF
the beautiful weather yesterday to
take walk through the park. 1
wish to congratulate you on the
beauty of everything. The park 10
well kept and 1t is a great pleasure
to walk in 1t. I am, yours etc.
"Pretty good, chr" ventured the
park commissioner.
The reporter fixed him with
stern eye.
81 hope you know more about taxi
ing care of the parks than you do
about a good newspaper story" he
observed.
well, I thought. that was pretty
good" said the commissioner, rath-
er nonplussed or something.
when you get hold of another
big story let me know" scoffed
the reporter as he departed from
that office.
And the commissioner, being
stranger to the subtleties of humor,
said he would.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
HELP OH, HELP

"Why does the person looking at
that picture of the shoeless children
in The Bee resemble the kaiserl"
This one was sprung by DR.. Charles
Rosewater, who also gave the an
swer: Because he sees de feet
staring him in the face"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Beware the Huns When They
Come, Bearing Gifts.

The tricky Germans are produce
ing numerous scraps of paper
nowadays. If we are sheepish
enough to be taken in by the pro-
tests of the wolves we shall be de-
voured, and the Germans will only
laugh at US for fools, and we'd de-
serve to be laughed at. When all
the Huns are disarmed, when allied
armies are in possession of the
strongest western German forts.
when the German navy is held by
US, then we'll be safe in trusting
them. Them's our sentiments, and
we don't care if President Wilson
and Lloyd George and Clemenceau
know them.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
True Conservation.

Two potatoes were jolted from a
wagonload of spuds as it passed Fiji
teenth and Farnam streets. A we'll
known business man, passing,
picked them up. He started to
throw them on the wagon, but it
was already too far away. So he
put them in his pocket and pro-
ceeded on his way.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
TRY YOUR LUCKi

Doane Powell lands another one
this week. He came in and whis-
pered to US: Wouldn't it be more
correct If they called the German
propaganda 'impropaganda? It's
impropah, you know" You see,
gentle readers, it isn't hard to get
into The Bundle Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Oh, That's Different.

cardinal GIBBONS RE-
CEIVES COMMISSION" said the
headline. We thought the prelate
was too old for the army. But,
reading farther, we found he had
only received visiting commission
of gentlemen from England at his
home in Baltimore.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
PEDIGREEs,

Tho engagement Is announced be-
tween Maj Ashworth Clegg Butt,
Royal Marine Light Infantry, younger
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Butt OF
Pinhoe, near Exeter, and Anita, eld-
est daughter OF the late Francis Sey-
mour Weldon and Mrs Seymour Well
don, Of Sarandi. East Molesey, Sur
rey, and granddaughter of the late
William Simpson. NJ D., R. N.-Loh-
don Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27

fance Of Dame Fashion. there's a
reason"
Brass buttons and khaki uni
forms AREAS deadly to the female
of the species as are bullets to the
Hun.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Tres Facile.

This is day of wonders. Illinois
authorities have asked the churches
to prevent overcrowding during the
"hu" epidemic
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Is Belgium in Holland?

It's not only history that changes
the map of Europe. Some of the
local makers of war maps dis
played on downtown corners have
produced fearful and wonderful
maps of the French Belgian-Hol-
land German area.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
He MAY Be Irish, But He's All Right

Some men run for Office for profit.
others for power, others to ticl.lo
their own vanity, but Jerry Howard
runs for the pure love of the game.
Jerry is out with Bulletin No. l"
in his next campaign for the state
legislature. Nothing can keep him
from winning. When asked whether
he could get away from his job
long enough to sit in the legislative
halls, Jerry responded, Jaw, to yell
with the lob"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Bv Hugo Castberr.

when Dewey came in to Manila
20 years ago, the Spanish few"
You don't have to be influential
to get the Influenza
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
MAGGIE's MEDITATIONS.

The rolling-pin gets
more obedience than
a sermon of soft
words.
Every man has a
better wife than he
deserves.
For the woman who
persists in wearing
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
BOOZE AND FLUS.

Whisky, as a cure for the "fu,"
has not made good. Two of our
most eminent bootleggers are re-
ported to be fiat on their backs with
the disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
n Little Bird Cold i've
Y JOHN II KEARNES

travelled extensively. After the war
Mrs. Porter plans to go to
France with her son to join
her soldier husband. They ex-
pect to do reconstruction work in
the devastated areas of that war.
stricken country.
Meanwhile, the plucky war-wife
is doing her bit in overalls, while
her husband does his in the uniform
of his country. And both happy!
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27

Don't set your clock ahead no
more because all the daylight you
save in the morning, you lose again
at night.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
abpr&bl8 a3$eGRjn|Hz5zin9s
ABIE'S ADVICE.

When you keep on
losing. stop playing
mitout waiting for
your luck to change.
The only way to
have a smooth run
ming business is to
have a partner who
let's you have your
own Way.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
Irish Lad Turns the Trick

DeSplte the duSteflty OF her lite
and calling, Mother Superior Cert
rude, of St. Berchman's. enjoys a
sense of humor and tells story we'll.
A favorite one concerns a certain
class of young Hibernians in a paro-
! chial school few years ago.
The children in the school were
all bright, but possessed of more
than the usual amount of animal
spirits and mischieviousness. They
were the terror of all the good sis
ter who tried to teach the young
idea how to shoot.
There was one sister who had a
great reputation as a disciplinarian
as we'll as for pedagogic efficiency.
The priest of the parish prevailed
upon her to take the class and see
what she could do with it.
Months passed and good reports
came of the behavior and progress
of the scholars and the priest was
anxious to show off the accomplish
ment of the sister.
1--WE will have an examination of
the class said he, and | will invite
some of the other priests to be pres
ent and see the reform you have &C
complished."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27

ShOe-tOp Skirts II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-26
PAID S78.67 FOR navy
Guns; ASKS $4,000
Having Bought Bargain in 1913,
New York Patriot Wants $780,
600 for His Pickup.
HOUSE DIsALLows THE ITEM
Now Senate Will Probe More Deeply
Into Contract Made by Ordnance
Department for Purchase OF Aban-
doned Cannon.
tBy Associated press.l

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Thc $4,000
100000 fertilization BILL passed by the
House yesterday, was referred to-day
to the Senate Appropriations Commit
tee. which will begin hearings on the
items in the measure before the end
of the week.
1t is expected that when the hear
ings begin the Senate committee will
probe more deeply into the terms of
the contract entered into by the ord
nance department for the purchase Of
abandoned navy guns from Francis
Bannerman, OF New York. dealer in
arms and equipment
The House refused to allow the item
of s450,O0o. which was to have been
paid to Bannerman for thirty-six inch
guns. according to the contract. 1t is
probable the Senate committee will at
tempt 10 find out something more
about the terms of this contract, and
the actual value of tile guns which
Bannerman rated at $4,000 each.
Further light on the interrupted deal
with Bannerman is given in the testi-
mony of Admiral Ralph Earle, chief
of the ordnance burea of the navy.
before the Notifications committee of
the House. The testimony has just
been made public. In this testimony it
is shown that Banncrman bought eiEh-
teen OF the guns in 1918 for s7S.67 each.
and the Others are believed to have
been acquired from Luria Brothers. OF
Reading. Ia, to whom they were sold
by the Navy Department for less than
$500 each.
General T. c. Dickson, chief of the
central bureau of the ordnenae depart
mcnt. told the committee that the guns
are in splendid condition. He recon-
mcnded the allowance of lc item OF
s450.0oo for the purchase of the guns
from Bannerman.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-26
U-B0AT ATLANTIC COAST
RAID PROVES FAILURE
Navy Department Admits Finally That
-Four Have Been. Destroyed
by Allies.

WASHINGTON. Junt 25.-Of six
great cruiser type subma rines. built
by Germany. four have been destroyed
by the allies. according 10 informa-
ton which has come TO the Navy Dc
partnent
Details concerning the manner in
which the craft were sent to the bot
tom were not disclosed. Department
officials were plainly pleased. however
II is understood that American DESTROY
ers were responsible in part for che
achievement.
Satisfaction is everywhere apparen:
among navy men in Washington over
the progress Of the light against the
enemy C-boats. They declare they
have reason to believe there has been
distinct disappointment in the German
Admiralty over the results attained in
the recent submarine raids along the
North Atlantic coast. and that Il is
questionable whether the operation
will be repeated.