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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16
Death of Joseph Stremich

aaInThis forenoon the funeral is being
held from St .Alphonsus church of
Joseph Stremich, for many years n
of the better known and highly re
spected residents south of Langdon.
Mr.. STRENGTHS death on Monday came
quite unlocked fur to most of the
people of this community as he had
only, been i'll for about a week, the
end being FASTENED by the presence
of pneumonia in the patients condi.
tion. The immediate family consists
of a widow and family of young chill
dren. Deceased was in the fifties
and made his home on a fine farm,
which only a few years ago he pur.
chased of Mr.. Thomas Sheehan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16

neys with Doan's Kidney Pills. A
remedy especially for sick kidneys.
Endorsed in Langdon by your friends
and neighbors.
Frank Schwartz, Main St. Lang
don, says: II have used Doan's
Kidney Pills off and on for several
years. Sometimes l have had attacks
oflbacksche. The kidney secretions
have passed too freely and they nave
been highly colored and burning ia
passage. Doan's Kidney Pills have
never failed to regulate my kidneys
and correct the trouble. I'have great
faith in them"
Price 6Oc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Schwartz had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16
BEWARE
OF OPTICAL
|CANYASSERS

Reliable men in the OPP
tical profession are not com.
PEELED to go from door to
door and solicit business.
Canvasers talk for their
own pocket. Reliable men
furnish glasses for your
eye interests.
When you feel the need
of glasses 60 to A. O.
WOLD CO., Of some one
who has a permanent 10.
cation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16
116,492 YANKs DEAD IN WAR
2o5,69o Americans Wounded According
to Official Figures.

Washington, Sept. 24.-The cost of
the war to the United States. in man.
power is now estimated officially as
116,492 dead and 2O5,69O wounded, a
total of 322,1S2. These figures include
losses to army and marine units on all
fronts to September 1. Killed in &C
ton totaled 1855, or II per cent of
the entire list; died of wounds, 14,742;
died of disease, 5S,073; died of acct
dents and other causes, 1902. Under
the head of missing" the announce
ment records a zero with the nota.
tion, "All corrected"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16
DOES BACK ACHE WORRY YOU
Some Langdon People Have Learned
How to Get Relief

How many people suffer from an
aching back? How few know the
cause? If it hurts to stoop OF lift.
If you suffer sudden, darting pains.
If you are weak, lame and tired
Suspect your kidneys. Watch : : for
natures signal. The first sign may
be a headache or dizziness. Scanty,
painful, or too frequent urination.
Nervousness or a constant, dead-tired
feeling. Avert the serious kidney
diseases. Treat the weakened kid.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16
konze-Lothspeich Nup tials

The wedding occurred yesterday
forenoon in st. Alphonsus church of
two we'll known and popular young
people of the immediate vicinity of
Langdon when the vows of wedlock
were taken following the celebration
of mass by Miss Minnie Konze and
Mr.. Albert Lothspeich, both of whom
have grown up in their parental
homes here. They start in married
life on the HermanArnes farm north
of Langdon and have extended to
them the we'll wishes of a large num-.
her of friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16
Double eader Sale at Mazda

Thursday, October Both is the date
that has been reserved for a big
double-header auction sale TO be held
at Mazda, when Auctioneer j.. Yves.
Mahon. will dispose of the farm per-
sonal property Of r. P. Shelp and
VIM. Davidson, who have rented
their farms. The list on the print
ed bills shows a large number of
desirable work horses and a line of
farm machinery that should prove
attractive to buyers of that section
of the country. The sale is to be
held on the Shelp farm. half a mile
south of Mazda and will start prompt.
ly at one O'Clock in the afternoon.
Farewell Party to Mrs Orion
Mrs. Moran opened her home on
Thursday afternoon for the gathering
of a number of the friends of Mrs.
C. Orton among the old time resi-
dents of Langdon. The after
noon had been planned by the hostess
as u going away event for Mrs. Or
ton, who left the city Monday and
will make her home in Southern Cali
fornia. The guests invited included
all Of Mrs. Orton's friends among
the early day residents of Langdon,
An extremely pleasant social after
noon was enjoyed. refreshments being
served by the hostess before the
guests Of the afternoon dispersed at
about six o'clock.
SHORT TERN INSURANCE
Short term insurance on grain in
shocks, stacks, bins or anywhere on
your farms at a cost less than elevator
storage rates.
40 cents per 500 for 3 months
sc cants per 500 for 4 moths
70 cents per 500 for 6 months
In the old reliable Connecticut Fire
Insurance Company. T. e. Burke,
Agent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-10-16

The Democrat is headquarters for
school tablets, pencil, pens, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Fremont Clergyman
One Of Presbyterian
New Era 6O-Day Men

Nathaniel McGiffin of Fremont
Neb., formerly of Omaha, has en-
listed with the Presbyterian new era
sixty-day men, as a result of con
ference with other leading Presby-
terians at l56 Fifth avenue, New
York City. where he Joined a strong
group of ministers and laymen to
push the new era victory fund of
the church for $13,000000
These men have taken up head
quarters in various parts of the
United States to direct unremitting
field service toward putting every
individual Presbyterian church "over
the top" Their campaign will ex-
tend through February and March
and will be devoted to convincing
all Presbyterians Of the great need
that the world has for the church's
spending this amount of money on
reconstruction work.
The fund will take care Of return
ing soldiers and sailors, stricken
Protestant churches in the war zone,
the increasing of underpaid pastors
salaries, and various other forms OF
benevolent and educational work.
The campaign will be directed by
the Presbyterian new era, move
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
OMAHA AIRMAN
THOUGHT DEAD
TO RETURN SOON
Lost Track of in Hospitals, He
Will Come Back to Claim
the Girl He Left
Behind.

Another case of a dead man re-
turning to life was revealed by Miss
Honora Cusiek, 1910 Grace street,
who has just received q letter from
ner fiance in Germany with the First
Army OF Occupation, He was previ-
ously reported dead.
]. w. Osborne, the man reported
dead, is a resident Of Kansas City,
Kan. He was trained in the balloon
school at Fort Omaha and went
overseas with Company B Of the
Second balloon squadron in Decem-
Der, 1917. In the Chateau Thierry
engagement he was badly wounded
and his comrades, believing him
dead, took a photograph of some
letters of Miss Cusiek which he
carried with him and returned them
TO her with a letter stating that he
had been killed in action.
He was not reported as dead or
missing by the casualty lists. Many
efforts to ascertain his death were
made by Miss Cusiek, but all of
LneH cMaEu Au' 4dtAutE.
He Pulls Through.
A letter has arrived from the sup
posedly dead man stating that. he
had been badly wounded by a high
explosive shell, but had fully recov-
cred and was as much alive as ever.
He had spent nearly three months
in the hospitals OF France on the
verge of death, but had finally
pulled through. A hand-embroid-
cred scarf valued at over 500 &C
companied the letter.
Mr.. Osborne is now stationed at
Trier, Germany, and writes that he
was the first man in the Second
Balloon company to be wounded.
Many relics of the great war have
been sent by Mr.. Osborne to A.
Cusick. A German helmet, hol-
ster and a revolver, mouth harp
found in the German trenches,
poems written by American dough-
boys in the trenches and post cards
taken from dead Germans compose
part of the collection.
It is expected that the return of
Mr.. Osborne to this country will
terminate in marriage, romance
Of three. years duration. Mr.. Os-
borne and Miss Cusick are at pres
ent engaged and their marriage is
to take place as soon after
the return of Mr.. Osborne as posi-
Bile. - l..
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Dempsey, Fahey, Haney and
ByrneS Still in the Harness
After Many Years on
Force.

In the phraseology of Mr., Dooley,
"the Irish are tenashus lot, Hin
nissey and vance on the polls
force, there they .a-areP
And Omaha has four of them
four who have worn the blue and
brass" for more than 80 consecu-
tive years, and still are in active
service.
They have seen the police force
in Omaha gradually expand from a
village constabulary to its present
metropolitan dimensions.
All of them are, of course, long
past the voluntary retirement age
and are eligible to cease active duty
and receive a half-pay pension the
balance Of their years.
Dempsey Reduced.
One of their number, Michael
Dempsey, considered the idol of the
force, attained the rank of chief, but
a political upheaval caused his re-
duction to the Office of assistant
chief.
Cap" Dempsey, as nearly every
policeman on the department calls
him, was appointed patrolman 50
years ago, the date of his appoint
ment being October 81, 1885. lie
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
LATENSER and
TOWLE COMING
FROM SHIP YARD
Latter Represented the Emer.
genCy Fleet Corporation at
Wilmington, N. c.; Lat
enSer With Him.

John w. Towle, representative Of
the Emergency Fleet corporation Of
Wilmington, N. C., has resigned and
will return to. Omaha February IS.
He will be followed shortly by John
Latenser, jro who assisted him both
in the Carolina yards and at Hog Is
land.
In accepting Mr.. Towle's resigna-
ton, Charles Piez, director general
of the fleet corporations paid him a
very high compliment in saying that
the Carolina yards had never given
him moments worry and that it
was the only plant erected by the
government that cost less than the
estimated outlay.
Messrs. Towle and Latenser after
investigating conditions at Hog Is
land where expenditures were 100
per cent more than estimated, made
their report to the corporation and
the senate investigating committee,
which was accepted and the yard
freed from incompetence. Mr.. Towle
was resident engineer at Hog Is
land at the time. The two Omaha
men were later transferred and
placed in charge of the Carolina
yards.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

Paris, Feb. g8.-(By Associated
Press. )-He was spluttering with
the helpless indignation of the
man who wants to tell folks what
he thinks of them and can't pro-
nounce the words, when he came
into the Y. NJ. c. A. headquarters.
Two gendarmes with ferocious mus
taches and friendly eyes shepherded
him into the room.
"L'Americainep they announced,
simply, and turned away with the
air Of those who have done their
duty. They had learned that the
Y. M. c. A. would always look after
the American soldier in France.
whats the matter| asked the
secretary.
"Matterl There amt anything the
matter with me-" said the American
soldier angrily. "You better ask
them policemen what's the matter
with theml Say, they couldn't hold
down a job 10 minutes in New York;
They can't even talk-iust make
noises"
What did you want to talk to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Jim Gillian Almost
Forced to Believe That
Ghosts Walk Around

Il never was much for believing
in ghosts, but Oh, BoyP It was
]. NJ. Gillian, industrial commission
er Of the Chamber of Commerce
speaking, his actions still register
ing a state fof hewilderment and ex-
element
Mr.. Gillian kept the secret several
days, then ne just had to tell some
body. Here it is.
Out at his home the door bell got
into the habit of putting in false
alarms, and announcing the arrival
Of callers at unholy hours of the
night when there wasn't a caller
within ten blocks of the house.
Many times in the middle o! he
night the blamed bell burst forth
with all lis might, and Mr.. Gillian
would get up, put on smile, ex-
peeting to meet at the door some
bloated millionaire coming TO Oma-
ha to start factory, or. a poker
game or something, but the only
greeting the commissioner received
was from the midnight air and few
twinkling stars
Eventually Mr.. Doorbell got bold
enough to ring out in the middle of
the day, which eventually resulted
in the downfall Of the tricky instru-
ment.
Mr.. Gillian made an investigation,
but Great Gunsl he found the bait
teries dead and in that condition the
bell had no business ringing at all.
Right then several new gray hairs
developed AROUND Mr.. Gillan's ears.
The commissioner didn't want TO
move in the middle Of the winter so
he called an electrician, and Oh ioyl
No more sleepless nights. The
electrical man found that MIR. Gillian
has a furnace, the furnace has a
thermostadt, and the thermostadt is
operated by batteries, and when the
room reached a certain tempeTa-
tire the thermostadt raised up and
connected its electrical juice with
the door bell wiring.
"No, / don't believe in ghosts" 1t
was the commissioner talking.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Paris Experiences Catch in Her Throat
II At Memory Of Frances Dead When
Seeking to Resume Pre-War Gayety

erican uniforms. Besides the army
there is the Red Cross, the Y. M.
c. A., the Y. w. c. A., the Saliva
ton Army, the Knights of Column
bus, and a long list of lesser char
titles, each one of which has its
special insignia and cut. The only
people here do good who are not in
uniform are the Christian Scientists
and the Quakers. They find glory
enough for non-eombatants in an
arm band.
In addition to this large person.
mel, passing through Paris to vari-
GUS fields, there are the permanent
American administrations, for which
several hotels have been requisi-
toned. The army has taken the
Hotel Elysee Palace, one Of the
largest in Paris, as an Office building,
and the Red Cross has hired the en-
tire Hotel Regina, which for years
has accommodated a large number
of American travellers. The army
also has used for over a year the
Hotel de la Mediterranee as an of
flee building as we'll as the Hotel
Sainte Anne. The army, moreover,
used the Hotel Alexandra III as a
dormitory, and the American peace
delegation has laid hands on the
Hotel Crillon. The British delegates
are taking the Hotel Majestic and
also the Astoria, while the Belgians
occupy the Lutetia. the largest hotel
on the left bank of the Seine. When
one considers in addition that many
hotels have been used as hospitals
since the war started, and that the
various Young Mems Christian as
sociations, British and American,
occupy fourteen hotels, il is no won
der there is a shortage. Even the
American embassy has had to take
over almost an entire apartment
house, instead of one floor, on ac-
count of enlarged services.
No Building for Years
The trouble is that Paris has
grown in population, without doing
any building for the past few years,
and also that there are available no
Office buildings, properly speaking.
When you look for an office space
in Paris, no matter for what pur-
pose, you have a choice among a
ground floor store, a hotel room or
suite, or a private apartment. Paris
has never learned to construct any
thing else. When a business con-
Germ instslls itself in Paris apart
ment the visitors are received in the
hallway, the directors meet in the
dining room, the president sits in
the parlor, and the clerks do the
work either in the bedrooms, the
buffers pantry, the kitchen or in the
bathroom. Many a stenographer
have / seen with the typewriter on
a board bridging the bathtub.
It is not only the Americans that
have to install themselves like that.
The French ministry of armament
occupies large hotel on the Avenue
des Champs Elysees, the aviation
ministry is installed in an apartment
house on. Boulevard St. German,
and the Franco-Ameriesn High
Commissioner has taken over fam
lily hotel, making one less available
for visitors. The Maison de Ia
Presse occupies a modern apart
ment house, and its directors receive
visitors in what was built to be
bedrooms.
Cost Prices Soar.
The influx Of outsiders eontrib-
utes 70 filing hotels, boarding hous-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Rather Be a Wart in U. S. :.
Than Whole EiffeI Tower

them aboutf" inquired the Y. M. c.
A. man.
"Oh, just want to ask the way
back to the station, that's all. l
left my rife and my pack in the
corner and came up to see Paris.
Now | got to go back to catch my
train"
Where do you live back homer"
asked the Y. NJ. c. A. man.
Brooklyn" said the American
soldier. ...
"I'll just telephone and find out
where you left your rife and your
pack" said the Y. M. c. A. man.
A few minutes later he was ready
with the desired information, and
with directions for getting back to
the station"
"Thanks" said the American boy.
II sure am much obliged. But, say,
Paris is a funny place, amt it? A
little cleaner than New York, maybe
but, say, I'd rather be wart on the
nose of the Goddess of Liberty than
the whole Eiffel Tower!"
He turned abruptly and went out.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Alleged to Have Broken
i Contract, Suit Follows

H. M. Scott or the Scott Automo-
bile company, has brought an action
in district court to recover Sill ,l01.24
from Charles Wagner on account of
an alleged attempt to cancel a con-
tract entered into between the liti-
giants. Scott states that he held a
contract for the saIe Of automobile
accessories in a certain territory
and at an agreed commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
War Cripples Will Find
Jobs With Film Companies
Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Film Manu-
featuring Co., Says That Legless Men Can Well Be
Employed in the Motion Picture Industry.

New York, Feb. s.-(Speciai to
The Bee. jim answer to the plea for
Jobs for soldiers" Carl Laemmlc,
president of the Universal Film
Manufacturing Co., has made the
FIRST step in the film industry to 60
further than providing positions for
returning heroes--he has pointed
out that the film industry can offer
thousands Of positions to wounded
men, men even who have lost one
or both of their legs in the war.
Mr.. Laemmle says that although
there will be plenty of work for
returning soldiers, physically fit for
any kind Of labor, jobs for wounded
men will be scarce indeed and
through the Universal employment
bureau he has written the surgeon
general and the adjutant general
also the Red Cross and reeonstruc-
ton hospitals of the country that
his company stands ready to give
crippled soldiers positions in its
film inspection where the use of
feet or legs is not essential.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

''I am in hopes that other film
companies will follow our lead in
providing these crippled heroes
with jobs" Mr.. Laemmle said. THE
boys who return from France with
arm or slight body wounds can get
around to look for positions after a
time, but for the fellows who have
lost one or both legs or feet this
will not be so easy.
"In Universal exchanges and lab
oratories we have several hundred
Jobs that these crippled boys can
fill, Inspecting film does not tax
ones physical or mental strength
and we can afford to pay salaries to
these boys that undoubtedly would
be in excess of those in many other
lines of work, and If other produe-
ers and exchange men will ascer-
tain how many jobs they can offer
crippled soldiers and let the gov
eminent know of them they will not
only be doing a great service to
their country but also to them
selves" ..t
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
BY NABoTH HEDIN
Universal Service Staff Correspond

BY NAbOIH HEDIN
Universal Service Staff Correspond
ent.
Paris, Feb. 8.-(By Mail.)-
Though peace is yet far from signed,
Paris is trying hard to drop her
widows weeds and be gay, but after
four years of mourning it is not
easy Every little outbreak of light
heartedness seems a little forced.
There was considerable champagne
drunk when the armistice was
signed, mostly because of previous
vows, but the effervescence soon
dubbed of, and two days later Paris
was back at work.
This daily grind has been kept up
necessarily for the entire war and
has contributed not a little toward
keeping the enemy at bay. Paris is
a big industrial center. as we'll as an
amusement resort. 1t is Weehaw-
ken, Bayonne and Williamsburg, as
we'll as Broadway and Coney Island.
And for four years It has had the
war in its front yard Cat times in its
vestibule), which is too close to be
forgotten in few weeks. In time
Paris will again be light, crowded
and enticing, but / do not think it
will ever be the same. It has had
too close a cali, and it will always
think of its dead.
When / speak of Paris this way
mean the real city-the people liv-
ing here permanently and not the
city that changes each day. The
people that come here for short
stays live in hotels. They try to
get what new sensations they can
for their money and then move else
where. The real Paris is an indus
trial, Woodworking city. To make
its acquaintance one has to travel in
the subway or the suburban trains
between 5 and 2 in the morning.
Paris is Brain Center.
In addition to being a city of
manifold industries. it is the brain
center of the nation. ! know a
professor at the Sorbonne who has
not set foot on the grande boule-
wards for twenty years, and a fenc-
ing master, also living on the left
bank, who has never been in the
Paris subway. Yet among the for
mer pupils of each are the am
bassadors and ministers that now
rule the nation. Entertaining peo-
pie is also laborious profession,
and the things Of Paris that seem
so light and gay and trivial mean
hard work for somebody.
Never before, except perhaps dur
ing worlds expositions, were the
Paris hotels so crowded as they are
today, and when the peace confer
ence begins it is certain that they
will be still more so. To make mat
tiers worse, the peace delegates have
requis.tioned several hotels and an
nounce they will take more. The
tenants have simply been dis
possessed, which is not trivial mat
ter in these cold, rainy days, even
for people with money. Without
making reservations in advance Il is
practically impossible to get a room
in any Paris hotel. Soldiers and
officers often find the greatest diff
ficulty in getting decent place in
which to sleep
It's The Americans
When you make inquiries as to
the cause Of this congestion ycu are
usually told II is the Americans,
and certainly Il seems as though
the city was nevsr 60 full Of An
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
U. S. Treasury Establishes
New Credits for Allies

Washington, Feb. 8.-New credits
of $75,OOO,0OO for Italy and $4,000
600 for Belgium were established to-
lay by the treasury. This raised the
total credits for ali the allies to
$8.674,824,O0O, including 81, 1885, 100000
Tor Italy and $296,l45,OOO for Bel
gium. -.,. .......
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09

has been successfully sergeant, as
sistant chief Of detectives, detective
chief, assistant to the chief and the
highest rank in the department, that
of chief. He has won a reputation
for sagacity, and many of the cap
lures Of noted criminals in Omaha
can at least be partly attributed to
his knowledge of their ways and
methods.
Andrew Fahey, whose service
record is eclipsed only by that of
Gap" Dempsey, has put in 81
years, part of the time as pa
trolman. patrol conductor, and turn
key. The latter post he has filled
at the Central police station for the
last decade.
sandy" was born in ireland. "Too
long by a quarther of a cinchury,"
he exclaimed when asked about his
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
Honduran Minister Killed
in Riotinu at TequCiuaIpa

San Salvador, Feb. 8.-Serious
rioting has occurred in Tegucigalpa,
the capital of Honduras, and the
minister of the interior, Francisco ].
Mejia, has been killed, according to
a dispatch from Tegucigalpa.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-09
British Soldiers Are Not to
Be Finally Discharged Yet

London, Feb. sylvia Montreal.)
The soldiers now being released
from the British army under the de-
mobilization plan are not being fu-
ally discharged, the process of dis
charge not being completed until
after ne peace is signed,