Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 15, 1910, Page 20

4 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY I 'Y German Veterans Journey Back to Fatherland as Honor Guests, ‘ A Landstrur v milit and are residents of Omaha and vieln - - wn o ind members of the Landwehr 3 i <= e Vereln of Omahn, safled from . 3 ) ‘ posed it o New York on Friday an board y 7 » | ctive miltary : he Hamburg linor Pent - - k 8w nst resort, Nelther o) for Germany, to participate in on of the German Landwehr in The party consists of Fritz Stacke Max Ge Fritz Zetzman of Omaha eumayer of Councll Blutfs, Wil Raschke of South Omaha and A eman of Papillion, the latter being ac anfed by Mrs. Linneman. The de art the veterans for the Fatherland was made & memorable occasion the : Amerfean organized milita, : W institution peculiar to the Ger ' mdition institutions. They are a al tinet milita n some localitios clo resemble st the American fraternal societi \surance bene fits The Landwe « a ng inst) tution in the Uni ex, and is governed naha Landwehr Verein, which acc penied the veterans to the train in a body vith the German and American flags fly g and the organization in uniform. by the Central with headquarters in New York 1 into two or three branches | the German soldler who has seen o servicd In the The veterans wore their badges, the badge of distine nost highly reverenced by the German oldier, as it is the evidence of his having erved In the wars that brought about the nifieation of the German empire The Iron Cross # in the form of the Maltese and s suspended from a bronze pen ant resing on the German colors German wars, and . A member of the Iron Cross branc Landwehr and Landstrum, men who ha arance papers from the Gorman Landwehr or German Landstrum for having completed the full term of compulsory serv and still an other branch (hat left Germany befora completing the term of f¥empulsory service n instance fs related o Omaha Ger Two of the veterans served in the Ger ) i R Tt 1 et oy omaha G & Austrian war of the early 'i0s, and smpulsory service in Germany, wantin thers were s of the Franco but a few months of its completion. H dan war of The Landwehr Am been specially in ited to attend the decennary reunion of he German war veterans by Emperor Wil liam, and about 200 of the American Ger- man veterans have accepted the Invitation The trip across the wate has been ar 1anged for by the Central Bund of the German soldiers of the United States. In this they have been materiully assisted b L ! e . fea without hindrance. He is one of tha nost loyal and enthusiastic of the Omaha the Hamburg steamship line, which has R\\ Lok ] et Ll given the veterans a much reduced rate .\\\‘.\ MEMBERS Of THE LANDWEHRVEREIN Travathens b df.dood Yo Holl: \h B SOP'tRY £HID oo o nual convention of the Central Bund, or The German-Americans will be recclved National Landwehr Verein in Omaha in W v : R S thatad Teh citliatit AT nd, and National Lan at Hamburg by their comrades of (he The veterans will be specially honored by they may vist. The American travelers clizens capable of bearing arms, and fs der this service to the emperor, but should have returned e u’» Wot 1911 It will mean one of the grandest German Landwehr with imposing cere- the German army in a grand review given will not all return home together. reo exempt from duty in time of peace, except he lack any par: of it, though he leave when it w O O o i Fatherings of ‘Gerun' soldieré Jever HMIA monfes, at which a special representative in thelr honor. and they Wil be lavishly or four of the Omaha party will visit in that members may be occasionally called the country and become naturalized else- completed their e LT IN re R allieta of the emperor will be present. The great entertained at the natlon's expense while Germany for three or four months S £ dell, - iPhly compUINDIY: Aeties, whkth Andireclin 1o hla native ‘I, el thty deétvel they ware foroed back lnto ‘& SSteRe, S SEON VLS R To reunion will take place in Berlin July 4, in Berlin. The German-Americans will also The Landwehr Is that part of the Ger- covers a period of from three to five years is n..mv} to arrest and may be compelled the arr sen e E ind will be one of the most elaborate af- be made the reciplents of special attention man army which has completed the usual in periods of a few to several months of to complete his compulso thilio, falre of its kind ever held in Germany. and honor In all the German communities military service exacted of all German each year. Every male German must ren- have n cases where German young voluntarily returned to Germany and s vendered himself to the local —military authortdles, and notwithstanding the fact that he was a naturalized Ainecican citizen, he renounced his American allegiance fo the time, served out his uncompleted term in the German army, was honorably dis charged and permitted to return to Amer sory e. There thont Freut erity as de- the representatives of the German royal Some Light and Sunny Views of World Wide Noted Personages 1 ty and de » was always able to “She had the heart-free laugh of a girl . HE late Mark Twain's fondness though, for they sure delivered to him the would ‘have unquestionably been a break for some uf the country’s largest corporate in the following December. She was slender poverty and debt, she was alwa ble t had the he ree tor all things English was well senatorship in the cabinet interests, has a very pretty wit which is and beautiful and girlish, and she was both known, relates the London M " ready with repartee even in A. P. When he visited this How Gage Was Spar Twal humor country on one occasion he paid The stories of ruptures In the cabine \ cigar shop man for MAny years was ju & charming compliment to her Which are belng much circulated lately employed in New York not'so far from ag majesty, Queen Alexandra. “I think it {s bring to mind the fact that Lyman J. Mark Twain's home in Fifth avenue. Talk- reagon me out of my despair, and find a It came seldom, but when it broke upon cases where girl and woman. She remained both girl bright side to the clouds, and make me see the ear it was as |rmpn»nu: l.w nn'.i‘.’ 1, might well be expected not to flour- and woman to the last of her life it. In all that time I never knew her to ut- heard-it for the last time when she had i . o been occupying her sickbed for more than Under a grave and gentle exterior ter a word of regret concerning our altered 4 . ritten note of It at an instance of Mr. Beck's aptness IS pyineq inextinguichable fires of sympathy, circumstances, nor did I know her children @ year, and I made a written nc a e time ote not to be repeated. leted what occurred wlhen he was croi srgy. devotldn, enthusiasm and absolutely to do the like. For she taught them and the time—a mote not to be repeated. not an exaggeration to say that the queen Gage was nearly driven out of the Mc- ing of the humorist—for Twaln used (o ing the Atlantic last fali in company with —pe looks as young and beautiful as she dia Kinley cabinet by newspaper reporis Visit the w York store aimost dail a distingulshed member of the bench. Mr thirty-tive years ago, When 1 saw After Mr. Gage had been in the cabinet the man said i Deck s rather ceptible to seasicknes: first,” wrote the famous humorlst. “I aia for & time, reports the Washington Tim He uged te a ‘ren smoker not say this to her, hecause I learned long &n Influential paper appeared with per- but I don't think he had any taste t Ag0 never to say the obyious thing, but Sistent reports that President McKinley enjoy the best tobacco. Again and agan leave the obylous thing to commonplace Wanted to get rid of Gage, but had found I have scen him buy some of the most ana incxperienced people to say. That she N0 Way to let him know the fact dell- villainous cigars that were ever buill. we less_affe e was always frail they drew their fortitude from her. The 3 in body and she lived upon her spirit, whose love which she bestowed upon those whom Kitehgnae & Meio Nesreit. ; hopefulness and courage we lostructi- she loved took the form of worship, and ir i ust it “fln'mv‘!\ ¥ {I age —lyxe \n:f."s and on the second day out traveling WA* pio - perfect truth, perfect hone that form it was returned—returned by rel- Of @ host to a guest—when Governor Gil- somewhat rough. As he leaned over the cunqor were qualltios of her character atives, friends.and the servants of the el spoke of Geenral Kitchener at the re- amship rail disconsolately, his friend Ul ... were born with her. Her judgment household. 1t was a strange combination C°PUon in San Francisco s the greatest ge approachcd and asked in Ui SUPETIOr Ge poonie and things were sure and accu- Which wrought into one individual. so to IVIng gencral in the world,” says a corres- asgumed by those immune of mal-de- o " e jntultions almost nev ved #peak, by marriage—her dlsposition and Pondent of the Los Angeles Times still looks to me as young and beautiful cately did stop him once though with some goods Any day you can see on the streets of . her. In her judgments of the cha character and mine. el e o it aa she looked thirty-tive years ago Is good ONe story after another of that sort ap- with which we had been stuck. ‘These bad, e, Jimmy? Can 1do &0¥- .14 oty of both friendk and strangers there “She poured out her prodigal atfections 108 Angeles a sturd .’m rooper whose Syidicise that. cRENHIIRRIG DIGple MAVE(AL ' PRERL: Until Sinally. Ghge. one morn i olgars had attractive |Iabsia.and 4 Spknsithing for yout. was always room for charl ind this in Kis<es and caresses, and in a vocabulary “W&F record throws Kitchener back in the ready noticed this, and have mentioned it Picked up a clipping telling how MeKinley ish name. bul they —were unspeakable Mr. Beck drew himself up to the top of b &INAVS TOOM of endearments whose profusion was al. TECTuit class. General Chaffee knows more to her. I conid have said it and spoken Wanted him out and immediately thr & -I‘ when they mgnuK ) m.nl ey, M8 siature and said in n,.,..l.u tones the truth, but I have been too wise for INto an envelope with a note in which “One day Mr, Clemens bought a pocket- “Yes, your honor would like you to S i S e e T \_ and have saved her, majesty the vexation ~'Mr. President, it you want me to leave in I asked him what thought of the ) A 17 E N ekt W e e upon Kitchener ever saw piled up fn ammunition of hearing it the tén thousand and onth the:cabinet you need not go to the news- cigar—naming the brand Tewain's Tribute (o His Wife, acter I have eve ok I L e e i T oty - bakes, tite Batat o tall s a6 ‘Young man,’ he sald, ‘they smoked Mark Twain has thus spoken of his wife that she u’as:‘.lmilm;sl WL LR Urlh:x AT X wWaN‘reased Iu that €1mOspHete oy, giorious vidtory st Omdurman, The following, sent in raply to a letter Mr. Gage was about to seal up the en- liked a clergyman's discarded habits’'" in his autobiography person 1 have ever known. Her c of reserve about soldlering as I have compared and contrasted her with Ways an astonishment to me. SR gl AR LA RINA g nore 2Y4 08 Ly fights than Kitchener ever heard of. He has had more bullets shot at him than of eongratulation on an arniversary of his birth by an Fnglish school girl, is a charm- Ing and delightful illustration of the genlal attitude and never failing kindness of the world's greatest humorist toward children “Indeed, ves, Miss Nettie F ana 1 thapk you for thinking of it. An attention from @ school girl gratiffes me more than the like from any other source. ‘I am 7 and grandchildless, and so one would ex pect the whole left-hand compartment of my heart to be empty. cavernous and deso- late, «but It isn't—not by any means—b cause 1 fill it up with little school girls sueh as you The above was written on the back of & photo of Mark Twain's residence at Red dington and labeled “Innocence at Hom Squally Wenther Imminent. On one occasion, relates the Popula Mugazine, Prof. Willis Luther Moore, head of the United States weather bureau traveled from Washington to New York in ® smoking compartment with three men who, when he encountered them, were busily engaged in roasting the very bureau of which Moore was the chle Why, that fellow Moore,” said one of lg sirangers, “ought to be run out of the government service. He always predicts but he's generally wrong He's & dub, like all the rest of those fellows,” said the second, apparently in dicating with & sweep of his hand ths whole government seryles Look what he did last inwuguration dey!" chimed in the third. “Sald it would be clear, and we h2d enough spnow to tie up every railroad system fn the country Moore, who 2 sense of humor, got into the rousting bee ut this moment Rotten!” he sald, emphatically. “I'a like 10 meet that fellow and tell him what 1 really think of him, But he's got the farmers bluffed,” con ceded the second And so th 5 heaped on the professor for more than 100 miles, Mc himself helping fn the tirade. Beforc was over the weather bureau and all cor nected with it had been put in the pan and roasted to a rich dark brown When the party left the train Moore calld a taxicah, and so did the other Uiree. Just as the professor stepped into ils vehicle and left his companions stand Ing on the sidewalk he handed them his card, on which was engraved Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather burcau, U. 8. Bristow, & Man of Figure The recent attack made by United States Scnator Bristow, a Kanses insurgent, on the railroads. alleging freight rate dls- erimination in favor of Baltmore, recalls mething told me last winter in Kansas by one of Bristow's insurgent friends, re lates the Baltimore Sun “Do you know how Bristow got to be senator?" “I do mot,”” I replled, though I had met Joseph and found him an utterly immune person so far as humor is concerned. “Well, he got up on the sturp everywhero he appeared in Kansas and quoted figu Where on earth he got those figures nobody knows. I do not even know what they related to or what they meant. But they were figures, coplous figures, deluges of tigures—oodles of figures. And then more tigures. He quoted them as glibly as it he were saying the multiplication table, and he never cracked a smile when he did it His eyes showed the whites all around the puplls when he did it, that ond his bristling mustache and gay Prince Aivert and long arms glving him an alr of profound and incurable neatness. What chance had h oppenent? He couldn't dispute the figures. Nelther could anybody else, for nobody knew & thing about them. Things we cannot dispute are convineing. Therefore, Dristow's opponent went down in ignomini- cus defeat before the onslaught of that avalanche of figures. 1've often wondered sinee where Joe got them or what they reforrod to, but I've been afrald to ask nim. They were good, useful figures, pe and address it to the White House — when he showed it to a close friend, who told him not to send it and that President McKinley knew nothing of the storles of retirement. Gage took the advice, tore up the note and envelope and saved what Overruling ithe Motlon. James M. Beck, former federal district attorney for eastern Pennsyvania, later assistant attorney general of the United States, and now a tower of legal strength father's family it except once, and that w And our village was not a kissing commun- The kissing and caressing ended with courtehip—along with the deadly piano play- ing of that day to kiss another member of commands as at a deathbed, She was always cheerful; and she was al- ways able to communicate her Quaker City, summer of when she was in her 224 year. in the flesh for the fir: cheerfulness t itme in New York “During the nine years that Expert Impr AVE you noticed an improvement in tae Omaha city water? Not in its color or consistency, but its quality. An improvement uld be due about this time, Dr. John L. Leal now has hypochiorite of lime solution at work Dr. Leal 18 the expert from New J brought to Omalia by the water company n an effort to improve materlally the qual- fty of the city water. He has made good his claims in other citles where he has su- perintended the installation of his scheme of purification and & good many cities in the east and south now have chlorination plants in operation Preparatory to the experiment now being tried at the Florence and Burt street pump- ing stations, Dr. Leal came to Omaha and examined into the situation in March. He told the company he could purify the city water to a polnt where the number of bac- terla would be cut down to an almost in- finitessimal number per cubic centimeter which Is about twenty drops of water Ing back to his home in the east, Dr. Leal prepared and forwarded plans to the water company, which proceeded to construct two sets of tanks at the settling basins for the mixing 0f the chemicals and introducing it into the water At both the Florence and Burt street sta- tions temporary structures have been built to Inclose the mixing tanks. The latter are large boxes bullt of two-inch lumber, about as big as an ordinary dry goods box. One Is set above the other and in the upper box or tank the muich is made by dumping in a certain quantity of lime that has bees chemlcally treated. This materfal, called hypochlorite, comes from Wyandotte, Mich and Is now produced in quite large quanti ties for the use of cities and private water companies, In the mulehing tank enough hypochlo: ‘Ic\ is placed to make a sort of paste wh mixed with witer. Then the mixture is al- lowed to flow Into the lower tank, where it 1s thoroughly stirred with an increasing quantity of water until the proper solution results. The solution s then let out into strainers at the bottom and from this point is led through a pipe to & small tank di rectly over an intake welk This small tank, equipped with a very competent little valve and float contriv- ance, is the mechanical boss of the job. When set at the proper notch just so mueh of the solution is allowed to pass Into the settling basin every hour—and not one Arop more than is considered necessary can get through. At the Burt street station this quantity of solution put into the water is 317 gallons per hour, while at the Florénce station the quantity is 121 gallons per hour. The Burt street station has a capacity of 2500000 gallons per day and the Flarence station has a capacity of 16,000,000 gallons. Where the solution enters the general body of water it has a pale, limelike color and to the unitiated looks anything but im- pressive. It does the work planned fof it however, according to all reports Superintendent A. B. Hunt of the water company has glven his persoral supervi ion to the building and arrangement of the hypo" houses and tanks, and keeps close watch on thelr operation, with a clerk who keeps careful record of material used and sees 1o it that the quantity of lime used is correct and the solution Is aiways “just In the, records of the water company it will appear officially that the “hypo” was fist turned ioto the water at Florence 'WHEN THE CMEMICAL IS APPLIED CRAVENS, CROWLEY LEAL FAIRFIELD, LANGFELDT, the Burt street plant the solution was first connected with the water on Thursday, May 5, at 2:30 o'clock. From then on the Leal solution has been steadily flowing into the settling basine, day and night And as a result the city bacteriologist has bimitted to Health Commissioner Connell reports indicating that the bacteria army is being put to rout, s vanishing in very satistactory fashion. The lime is burning the life out of the small, but dangerous pin-oint atoms with the big name. There are much more elaborate chlorina tlon plants in operation that the two now working in Omaha, but Dr. Leal says in his quiet way that the temporary tanks built here will suffice to show that his process will do what he claims for it. The expert is more of the business man than the scientist In appearance, but a short con- versation with him ocenvinces one that he knows his work and is a master of it. He will talk chlorination until the cows come home, but aiways in the spirit of the care- ful person who wants no extraordinary at- tributes attached to himself or his achiev ments. During the heavy rain of Thurs day he was as busy as a bee, with Superin- tendent Hunt and his staff, at the river station, and turned on the solution when the first batch was mixed with a satisfac tion and assurance that was delightful to witness In a good many cities, notably Nashville Tenn., the conditions are practically similar {0 those existing in Omaha, the water being pumped from the Cumberland river, which Is turbid and the baclal content very high In the Nashville plant sulphate of alumina station on Tuesday, May 3, at 5 p. m. At was first used, and afterward the chlorina- tion process was added, ‘with distinetly satisfactory results. There, as n Omah the raw water showed & number of bac terla entirely too high for the peace of mind of the people in control. The treated water is very much better ever since the oves the City’s Supply of Water EXTERIOR O THE “LANT chlorination when Kltchener's troops cut down an army of dervishes who rushed headlong upon his machine guns with their crazy old water pipe rifles, may have been a great feat of arms; but you will have to show me. Genetal Chaffee has been in & dozen Tndian fights that the world at large never heard of, but which were fiercer by far than the victory over the dervishes, he- cause our Indians were trained and al- most indomitable fighting men. “Kitchener is the earl of Khartum and Kandahar, and then some; General Chaffes i a member of the Board of Publio Work ow Caruso “Ollx Up. An ex-super relates In Harper's weekly: Back of the throne we waited with palipl- tating hearts for our “debut” in opera Our attention was attracted by the en trance of the great Caruso, accompanied by his valet, carrying a towel, a glass of water and an atomizer. Then he began to “ofl up.” He “honked” the rubber bulb on the atomizer, and spraved his throat and nose repeatedly. Then *E—eh,” he snorted “Ah—ah, e—e,” as he tried his voice. After this a gargle. His attendant gave him & small phial, which he tucked away in his bosom. Surely, we thought, he must be ready now; but no—one more gargle, and then dipping his fingers into the glass of water he moistened his nostrils. “Now, gentlemen, ready!" ‘“‘One—two— three,” commanded the stage director, and we hoosted Radame's chair with the pr lous 1084, on 'to our shoulders s Jim looked at me and I looked at Jir It was appalingly heavy, and we two wern geiting all the welght; some of the othe “supes' were elther undersized, or were ducking under the burden, but we sallied forth, shaking and trembling in our knees f§ Caruso pounded on the floor of the cha with his staff and we halted. The king then rose on his throne and sang a few word of welcome. Another tap of the staff and we brought the hero down slowly; one two—three. Again lifting the pnoder but now empty chair to our shoulde marched offstage. Then, grabbir asro (Scott) by the arms, we restraining him in his rush stage As often as T have heard Ca in Alda I have never failed oo | ofl up.” Even while the act and turns in despair af p Amneris thrust upon him & » r, In raising his hands to ud, takes from his bosom the little phial and swallows its contents surreptitious ) far as the audi- ence is concerned, though in full sight of the ballet ar ' Then, turn- ng again, he Inging as fer vently as e while standing thus, he mad augh with his funny fac pa as Prime Minister. @ of & description of the { Westminster Abbey befor icographical soclety, Lord ited out that he not only nfleld site In the sacred » the epitaph. It read llaiment in memory of 1, twice prime minister.” I at the time that in one Beaconsfield had made he great pide o his having bec\ twice prime minister. When he showed the inseription to Mr. Gladstone the latte sald; “Twice prime minister; that's no t distinetion.” He (Lord Eversley) had of several who had ne minister, and one By way of finishing the on with Mr. Gladstone—it w & his second ministry—he prime minister: “I hope you .ord Derby's record.” Mr quickly retorted: “That's an imp this Is my last ministry. A ma mad to think 1 shall ever be prim er after t ministry is ove AT Glaa 1 v e, however, was prime minister (wic® witer that < w w—