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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

to college, but who has the natural
ability to command and lead men.
Only boys whose parents, in the
past, have had the money to give
them a special education can enter
college at the present time, and it
is unfair to the other boys to give
these a special advantage. Let all
go into the ranks together and after
six months or year of service the
best men to be chosen out. OF
course it was different with
Older men and at the begin
ming we had to take those al
ready available. But when we come
to need the young fellows under q
let every man enter the ranks and
stand on fair footing with everyone
else. and be given promotion on his
merits. Hitherto the men who came
in under Il came in as volunteers.
and they were entitled to try for any
position they could get, but now we
have at last done what we ought to
have done in the beginning. Now let
them all stand alike.
"The teaching in the schools
should be only in English; in this
country there is room for but one
flag and for but one language. l be-
lieve in education. l believe in CIV
ing it free to every man and every
woman, because I don't think we can
have a successful democracy unless
it is an educated one. l believe in
making it obligatory so far as pri-
mary education is concerned: and ]
believe in making il possible for
every man or woman who really de-
sires it to have a higher education.
but that this shall be permissive and
not obligatory. Moreover. l believe
that the education shall be an edu-
cation not only of the mind but also
of the soul. and the body. I think
we should educate men and women
toward and not away from what is to
be their life work, toward the home.
toward the farm. toward the shop
and not away from them. I would
use the introduction of system OF
universal training and service as a
means for securing this education.
".As for the needs of the moment.
let US act with drastic severity. much
greater severity than at present,
against German spies and pro-Ger-
man, traitors. There is room for no
halfand-half loyalty in this country;
every man who has the slightest
feeling in favor Of Germany should
be interned or sent out of the coun-
try, and if he is guilty Of serious dis
loyalty he should be shot or hung.
Let us 60 to the limit against every
pro- German and in uncompromising
insistence that we speed up the war
and fight it through until we beat
Germany to her knees and impose
our own peace on her. But save in
the case of spies and traitors and
preachers of sedition, let US insist
on free press and free speech, for
a free press and free speech are the
foundation stones of self-govern-
ment by free people. Let US make
our belated intervention in Russia
more effective both as regards mill
tary measures against the Germans
and pro-German Russians and as re-
CARDS friendly economic relief and aid
for the mass of the Russian people.
Now is the time to accomplish con-
structive work which will make US
strong for the conflict and able to
deal with the aftermath of the con-
fict, and the step to be taken at this
moment is to back up the Fourth
J iherfn lnan"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Federal Var Board, VIII
Investigate City Unions

T. P. Reynolds, president OF Cen
trail Labor union, has received in
formation that c. T. Shows, repr>-
senting the National War Labor
board, will come to Omaha to ad-
just the difficulties, which !.nve
arisen between the city officials and
police and fire departments.
Wis refers TO Inflammation of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

these departments and particularly
concerns the fire department, mas
much as the policemen agreed not
to affiliate with any other organi-
zation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Explosion Kills Twenty-Five

Murphysboro. =. ILL.,, Sept. Is
Twenty-Five men are reported to
have been killed at S o'clock this
morning in an explosion in the
worth mine of the Franklin Coal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Former Bee Man Wins Rapid
Promotion in Navy Service

John Kennebeck. former reporter
on The Bee, has been commissioned
ensign in the navy. following his at
tendance at the officers training
school at Puget Sound, Wash. En-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

Col. I4cA. , =. S;;lnsoli, 40 was
secretary of war under President
Taft and answered the call to arms
when the United States entered the
world war, has been assigned to
command tie 3lst field artillery at
Camp Meade, Md. When Colonel.
Stimson held the war portfolio, Maj
Gen. Jesse Carter, commander of the
division, was a member of the gen.
eral staff. Now the former secre-
tary is prepared to go to France
under command of General Carter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

and Coke company at Royalton. III.
The dead include tie superintendent
and general manager of the mine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
HEATER

We are exclusive agents Tor
this wonderful fuel saving
stove. Win pay for itself In
the saving OF your coal bill.
VIII burn anything and hole
fire for a longer period thai
any any s other u, stove to, coo IN
s Me lo aavs ss them ..9AZ.cU
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
REMOVE Restrictions
ON CHRISTMAS TRADE

Huron, s. D., Nov. 29.-Following is
a copy Of a telegram from the national
council of defense removing restric-
tons on the sales of Christmas goods,
Christmas season delivery, etc., which
will explain itself:
Before the armistice the council of
national defense, composed of the Sec
%.retaries Of war, navy. interior, agricul-
ture, and labor, entered into
an agreement with representatives Of
leading industries and retail interests
to h effect that the sale Of Christmas
goods should undergo certain restric-
tons. with regard to the employment
OF labor during the Christmas cas-
and he conservation Of labor and de-
livery facilities. The council of de-
tense nov believes that. as one of the
steps essential to the rapid establish
ment of normal after the war condi-
tons. it should. M it hereby does. lift
it's ban in connection with holidays
business in the desire to give a nat
ural impetus to the employment of
their normal engaged in the pro-
duction OF soldiers material and in the
holiday trade. The council is further
called to this decision by reason of the
necessity now confronting us to get our
military forces and munition factory
workers back to the ordinary pursuits
of life with the least possible work in
making the n
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
VOTE ON AMENDMENTS
UNoFFIClALLY COMPILED

Pierre. S. D.. Nov. 2S.-The secretary
OF state has at last received unofficial
returns from all counties upon the con-
stitutional amendments voted upon in
South Dakota at the recent election.
All were approved executing the one
providing for higher salaries for state
officials. The unofficial totals for the
state are as follows:
Amendment Ajax reform, AZ. 999 M.674
Amendment decentralization
Judges .40,SO2 A,410
lands ...................:.....:.45,757 21,5s9
aries Increased e,424 41,e5S
Amendment Fright of suf-
.frage .4s,s73 2S.41o
Amendment Estate coal
Amendment G-Internai i'm
p~rovements, state ............. Al. 159 24,820
Amendment H-State develop
1853 27.4So
water powers .........e...... 4o,5s7 24,1es
Amendment J-Sales of cement
products 25,2s2
Amendment K-Hail insurance
on crops ..41,O13 $3.50
elevators .4o,4oe 25,1o7
election law .47.o4s s4.2o7
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
SOUTH DAkOTABREAKS
ANOTHER war RECORD
Sends Largest Per Capita OF
Men Into the Service-Ari-
zona's Record Distanced.

Redfield. s. D., Nov. 2S.-south Da-
kota has broken another record during
the raj Beside it's tremendous crop
yields and the way it went over the
top on Liberty loans and all the other
big drives, it now appears that this
state has furnished more men for serv-
ice per capita Of its population than
any state in the union.
Arizona laid claim to this honor by
giving 10000 men out of it's $780, 900
people. which includes the reservation
Indians not subject to draft. But South
Dakota did better than that. for with
Its soc. 900 population. including some
$4,000 Indians (part of whom are res
ervation charges), it gave nearly $4,000
men to the nation. BY using the basis
of Arizona, South Dakota would be re-
CURED to furnish only 10000 men for
$4,000 people to match Arizona's
10000 for her 100000, so that this state
exceeds h record Of It's southern sis
ter by a wide margin and gave better
than one for every 20 Of its population.
men, women and children.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
HOSPITAL ENGINEER
IN ROLE OF HERO
Prevented Boiler Explosion
Only BY Being Seriously
Burned By Hot Water.

Mitchell, S. D., Nov. Outstanding in
hot water up to his knees and fighting
to rake the Goals from the firebox CT
the furnace, L. E. Baker, engineer at a
local hospital, prevented an explosion
Monday evening which might have
killed or injured IS patients, besides
the attendants.
EARLY in h evening Mr.. Baker made
ms regular visit to the boiler room to
look at the water gauge. While climb
ing a short ladder his foot accidentally
released the globe valve on the boiler.
This opened the pipes and a flood of
boiling water poured into the engine
room. Ignoring his own danger Baker
descended into the scalding lake on
The floor. He realized that If the fire
were not put out Immediately the heat
of h furnace would cause an explo-
sion.
Blinded by steam, he managed to find
the door Of the furnace and. with a
rake, dragged most of the burning coal
into the water on the floor. While
Baker was fighting to prevent a pos
sible explosion the city fire department
was called, but it's assistance was not
needed. None Of the patients in the
building were disturbed by the Incl
dent.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
POP CORN RAlsERs
REAP BIG PROFITS

Madison, 8. D., Nov. 2s.-Last spring
q number of Lake county farmers were
induced to devote q part Of their farms
to the production Of pop corr as q sure
means of a return for big profits. The
farmers who needed the advice now
have sold their crops of pop corn and
are surprised at the amount per acre
which they secured in returns. A. b.
Fait, who had eight acres OF pop corn,
received an average price Of 1856 per
acre for the crop. Other farmers did
equally as well. w. H. Bergeson had
sc acres Of the corn. This has not yet.
been husked, but the Indications are
that the yield will be fully up to the
standard production. It is expected
that at least eight carloads Of this corn
will be shipped from Madison to the
Chicago market.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
seecher's oratory.

Kew. CHARLES Edward Jefferson, in the
Youths Companion.
At last the great Henry Ward Beecher
paid us a visit. l obtained a seat directly
In front of him.. l know my eyes were
open; l am not sure about my mouth.
From boyhocd l had heard about the
famous Brooklyn preacher and now at
last l was to be permitted to hear him!
I had always idolized HIM as the greatest
OF orators, and now l was to hear what
real oratory is.
He began his lecture in a quiet, con-
versational tone. That surprised me not
= little; for, II man was an orator, 1t
seemed to me he ought not to waste time
In being something else. But the speaker
was merely a quiet voiced gentleman say
Ing things In a calm and sensible way.
l iorgave him, however. for I knew that
after he once got Town to business he
would show us what he could do.
But he simply went os and on and on.
AFTER a while 1 forgot to pay attention -
Just how he was going on. I simply
crank In the words as they flowed from
HE lips. and then all at once he stopped
Just why ! did not understand. for surely
minutes-and I felt confident that he
would. after getting his breath. begin
again. But to my dismay he walked off
tho stage and the lecture was actually
ended. looked at my watch. Il said he
q spoken more tha an hour. I could
AOs OAHU IL. i compared my watch
with the watch, Of a friend. Thev hoth
said the same thing.
A new idea Of e~loquence began to dawn
on me. I had always supposed it was the
art Of saying things in such a dramatic
way that everyone would sit enraptured,
excLaiming: All. his Is eloQuence!" 1
now began to surmise that the hearer
forgets the clock and merges his soul into
the soul Of the speaker. That is what
had happened to. me.
On going home 1 realized that / had
not recognized the greatness Of the
speaker until the moment in which he
ceased. I did not know how high i was
until he left me-, and 1 was obliged 20
Chamber down to the Level of my ordinary
existence. I learned that night that elo-
quence is neither defamation nor any
sort OF verbal p~yrotechnics. but the art of
using words In such a way that the clock
stops and the forces of the spirit are set
free.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
NEGRO ANARCHIST
A BOSS IN RUSSIA

A New York business man who visit
ed bolshevist headquarters recently,
tells in the Worlds Work. Of finding a
New York negro helping govern $780,
100000 people. He says:
foreign Office. There was a great pa
laver going on What was being said
was not half so interesting az how 1t
was being said. These officials con-
versed almost exclusively In English
and German. They were not Russians.
Rnss,a mera ssT talked ah sov d.G not talk
while waiting my turn with the
secretary, in paraded an unmistakable
character-an American negro. Aban-
doning all business and decorum the
functionary sprang from his seat and
kelled:
Hello. Johnny. what can 1 do for
THE darkq wa nothing il not demo-
cratic. I ventured to hail him as a
fellow New Yorker, hoping thus to ex-
pedtte my business. He was delighted.
and assuming command agreed to
shove things through for me.
said /.
HE grinned. To all the ministries.
! am q member Of the military revolu-
tionary committee
Johnny was glad to tell me all about
his rise in the world. In New York he
had Joined the I. w. w. and had been
one Of their end men and agitators.
He was an associate of Max Eastman.
He would nave made an excellent
South Carolina senator under the car
pet Dagger regime. He confided to me
that he was for anarchy without n
frills. Since that time the bolshevists
have become too conservative to suit
him, and he ts now the recognized head
OF the anarchists OF Russia"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
FRANco-PRUsslAN WAR
VET DEAD At YANkToN

Yankton. 8. D., Nov. 2s.-Ferdinand
Reither, pioneer river man. veteran of
the civil war and of the Franco-Prus-
sian war Of 1901. is dead here, leav-
ing a wife and only son. Louis A. Rel
ther. Mr.. Reither. after serving in the
United States army. returned to
France to help his native land afainst
Germany. and at the close of the fun
equal struggle returned here. He
never lost his hatred Of the nation that
struck France so sorely, and lived long
enough to see revenge come. There
was no more ager visitor to the war
bulletin boards tha Mr.. Reither dur
ing the past four years. He carried
several bullet wounds from German
rifles on his person. He was also a
pioneer navigator Of the Missouri river
in the early eos.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
COL. e. j. WALLACE
DIED FROM WOUNDS

Vermilion. S. D., Nov. 29.-Col. z. j.
Wallace, who had a wide acquaintance
in southeastern South Dakota, died in
France November 6 from wounds re-
ceived in action. The news Of the
%colonel's death was received by his
wife, who has been living here sine
last April, when her husband went to
France.
Colonel Wallace was born in South
Dakota and a reared at Elk Point
and later lived at Vermilion. He grad
uated from the university at Vermilion
and at the outbreak of the Spanish
American war he went to Leavenworth,
where he passed m examination in an
officers school and was commissioned
a second lieutenant. Atfehe conclusion
of that val he attached himself to the
regular army, Of which he continued a
member until his death. He won grad
ual promotion and about a year ago
became a colonel. At the time of his
death he commanded the Goth artillery
regiment.
Besides his wife. Colonel Wallace is
survived by two daughters, aged 16
and 10. Mrs. Wallace is a sister Of Win
HI. Beede, mayor of Vermilion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
NEGROES STICK TO JOBS.
From the New York Tribune


A stand by the job" record deserve
OF recognition has been made by Frank
Harris. q negro employed by the Am
erican Rolling Mill Company, of Col
umbus. Ohio, who has worked every
DAY this year except " days In jan
"A total Of 239 days out Of 243. He
has been continuously employed BY the
company since October 1, 1904, and
wears . 10 year gold service button.
The four days he has taken off in
1918 nave been more than made up by
! Ia days Of overtime work.
Albert Jones. another negro, worked
III consecutive days. days q week
without losing any time. from March
30 TO August 10. He took Eve DAYS
Oh. begtnfhng August 20 to go hunt
Ing. but IL working every day now.
These men work on the pig casting
naachine and stuck to their jobs during
the hottest weather.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
annual CROW HUNT
MADE BIG EVENT
Hunters at Canton, s. D., Kill
223 of the Birds In
Single Day.

Canton. S. D.. Nov. 3O.-The annual
crow hunt of the Canton hunters re-
Gently took place and resulted in a
total of 22S crows being killed during
the roundup. A movement has been
i~naugurated to make the crow hunt a
national event. The crow hunt of the
local men has been an annual event for
years and the side which shoots the
fewest number of crows has had to
pay the cost OF "A banquet to all the
hunters, but this year the o was
donated to the Red Cross.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05

Don't say "comrade" to Joe Benz.
White Sox pitcher. II you are not up
on footwork. a y a message from Chi
cago. A fellow pig iron juggler in
1t. "See. nothing can stop us. COM
Irade." he gloated, showing Benz an
account of a big radical meeting. The
more 1 thought about it, the madden I
got" said Joe. II walks over to him
and says, I see you sang every song
there bat THE Star Spangled Banner
I've got a notion to make you sing 1t
now Then I beaned him. l don't
want any Of those %bolshevists pulling
that comrade stun on me, see?"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
GOVERNOR NoRsEcK
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE

Deadwood, s. D., Nov. 30.-Gov.
Peter Norbeck, Of South Dakota, i'll in
q hospital with influenza, is reported
improved. 1t is expected he will leave
the hospital within the next few days.
CANToN-At a term of state circuit
court held here a number of cases were
disposed of. Eugene Lee, charged with
working an old army game upon some
OF his companions. entered a plea of
guilty and was fined $50 and costs. VIM.
k~rayenbrink entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of selling liquor in violation of
the statewide prohibition law, and was
fined 500 and costs. which he paid. F.
S. Markham pleaded guilty to fraud and
was fined SIS.
HAVANA-No trace yet has been found
OF persons who burglarized the
local stores Of e. ID. Holmes and Earl
Palmerlee. From the Holmes store
seven gold watches were carried away
while Palmerlee lost silks to the value of
several hundred dollars.
BRITTON-Mr. and Mrs. P. F.. GILBERT
son. of this city. have been advised that
their son. Harry, who has been stationed
Mt an aviation camp near Montgomery,
Ala, for some time, had been severely
Wounded as the result of an accident,
having been shot in the thigh.
MADISON-Sergt. Ross Kelley, a Madi-
son boy serving in France, writes that his
ompany has a mascot, in the person of a
12-year-old French boy, whose mother
and three sisters and brothers have been
refugees during the greater part of the
war.
ONIDA-An important business trans
action here was the sale by p. j. Murphy
of his entire holdings in the Farmers
bank to A. r.. Mcconnell. of Mitchell. S.
ID. The new owner will give the bank his
personal attention.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05

An Irish major general writes to the
London Times: Amid all the stipu-
iations and demands which have been.
and will be. made upon Germany-for
the payment of indemnity. for COM
pensation, and for ~retributive Justice.
there is m all important point that
has been overlooked. There must be
an historical record of our victory.
This can only be accomplished by the
march Of a selected body of troops
from the allied forces through Inter
den Linden. Nothing short of this
will make the Berliner believe that he
has been beaten. There was no maui
vaise homie about Bismarck when he
signed the peace of 1870 at Versailles,
and WI do not Nee to feel h smallest
conjunction as to adopting the same
course of procedure.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
SOUTH DAKOTA

Tonopah. New. has decided that its
wartime rejoicing can no longer bs
done in a haphazard, inefficient man
ner. Hereafter. the gladness OF the
townfolk will display system. Tho
two local groups OF musicians, repre-
senting the business men drum corps
and the Musicians Union, have been
established on u fire department foot
ing. so that they are ready to turn
out for calls by day or night. at a
signal from the fire alarm gongs or
the mine whistles. Tonopah has long
had Qualifications every time the allies
won a victory. but it was sometimes
difficult to get the affair under way
promptly. On the last occasion. how
ever. the band. with 25 pieces. n the
drum corps with nine men turned out
in less than five minutes after the first
summons was issued. and inside OF 10
minutes the business district was as
.cOngested as any street in the vicinity
of n carnival during the annual coun-
ty fair. The county council of defense
has devoted some thought to perfect
ing these outpourings so that powder
monkeys appear promptly with red n
blue fire as the GROVE assemblies.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05
FUGITIVE CAPTURED
AFTER LONG CHASE

Mitchell. s. D.. Nov. 2s-Like, a chap
ter out Of a yellow back yarn with a
foiled detective, a long flight through
Nebraska and Illinois and then west
two years at Bismarck. N. d., where he
braved arrest to aid two children who
had been orphaned during the influenza
epidemic. is the tale revealed here by
the capture OF Dan Lilly, who is being
held to answer charges of defrauding
several South Dakota banks. Lilly was
brought to Mitchell from Bismarck,
N. d.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05

Homer l.. Ferguson, president of the
Shipbuilders' Association, says there is
urgent need Of an American merchant
marine, but it will not come unless
the people of the United States are
made to understand the necessity Of
1t. They know now, Mr.. Ferguson
said. that this country landed more
than 1900, 900 American soldiers in
Europe, but they ought to be informed
that 20 per cent Of these troops were
carried in British vessels; 20 per cent
In informed German vessels, and but
10 per cent in vessels built in this
country.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-12-05

The question Of what effect the
Presidents absence viii have on the
WORK Of congress IL being discussed
IN congregational circles. Many held
that the president could not approve
Of Setox legislation while absent, where
the signature OF the president 10 re-
CURED. Under the provisions of the
constitution II bills are not acted MON
by b chief executive within 10 days
after their passage they automatically
become executlv.