Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1910, Page 21

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eterans . (@bserve [fjemorial HIP ahoy,” exclalmed a stalwart “hearty” as he swung gracefully through the densely packed 6 o'clock crowds at Sixteenth and Farnam, - whereat there c¢ame back by way of answer from somewhere In the throng a cheery “Aye, aye, sir,” and that, too, In a city as remote from salt water as 1t is possible to find remote- ness within United States boundary lines. It was merely an exchange of hailing ‘sig- nals between two ex-sallors now anchored in Omaha—a little incident common enough —which brings the fact out that although Omaha Is far inland as to location, its cos- mopolitan texture includes a touch of the nautical not ordinarily found in cities of the Omahe Jass. Take a map of the United States, place a, tack on Omaha, then measure the distance from that tack 1o the nearést point on the Gulf of Mexlco, the Atlantic and the Pa- citic ocedns, and you will find that Omaha is just about as far from salt water as it ie possible to get, on the North American continent. And_yet, despite Omaha's remotencss frora shipyards and ship channels, there is & large representation of sea-going men hereabouts, which fact gives supplemental attest to Omaha's clalm of cosmopolitan- ism. Recrulting Officer Willlam T. ‘Coptes of the United States naval recruiting sta- tion, headquarters in the federal buflding, this city, estimates that at least 200 ex-navy men are now living in Omaha. Of these, sixty have Jolned an ovganization known as the Naval Veterans, which has been or- ginized recently In Omaha by Officer Coates and his assoclate, Officer Benson. Many others have signified their intention of Joining and Mesers Coates and Benson hope eventually to bring every ex-navy man in town Jnto the assoclation. Just now there Is no Apparent practical side of the naval véterans' organization, but the old adage, “In time of peace prepare for war,” 18 ever the slogan of Uncle Sam, and i the event that some troublesome natlon across the waters should in the course of time need chastizing, the naval veterans would come handy as a supplement to the regular naval forces What are these naval veterans doing in Omaha now? Have, they lost thelr sea legs so that they can walk like a land Tubber ought to walk? Do they find con- tentment from the rocking motion of the shin? These come of the -questions that naturally come to mind in connection with these 200 ex-cailors who now pllot them- selves through crowded down town streets, dodging automobiles and other vehicles of death that defy spced lmits and cheaper human 1’ What they are doing now In clvil life, would make a story too long for avallable space In this log book; for thelr occupations ure varled. Some of them have made records in the commercial world. Others, more inclined to the happy-go-lucky side of lite, ate content to plod along with a daily wage coming due at week's end. As to contentment on terra firma, the answer 1 mixed—some ~are contented, others are not. But one fact does stand well established, and that is that every member. of, the veteran. organization, no matter how “firmly’ he fin#‘h .anchored in Omaha, finds keen' delight in living over again his seagoing days, and meet- ings of the veterans hre always well at- tended. The estimated 200 former seamen does not include, it must be remembered, the ordi- nary sallor. Ounly men who were once en- listed in Uncle Sam's navy are taken into account by the estimate herein given. It seamen of all classes counted, the total would urdoubtedly be matertally in- creased. It 1s generally supposed by those Who have not properly informed then lves that getting into the navy is easy. When a bad boy becomes so Incorrigible that home re- straint is uo longer effective, the chances are were Thu;bv’ijnnt Benson-WT(oates, thought ‘e release. be wa UNDAY of responsibility glad of the ushed that the young man be put in the navy Thereupon the r In & gnn nav figurative sense turned upon prospective [ lad, naval honors Identificabioro ] for the navy, should are nine out of ten that the ne'ghbor across the alley whispers to the neighbor ity across the next alley, that Mrs boy ought to be put in the nav Omaha not long ago a boy acquitted of a erime, alhough th to be & preponderance of evidence against Despite the fact that he quitted, and admitting his.innocence of the him. specific charge upon which he the evidence established beyond he is what ihe world at large catalogues as a “young tough.” Friends and relatives trembled oandso’s y. Here in amo was tried and b, ere seemed was ac- was tried, doubt that but at the ust in 3 be because a is no reason landsmen. the the “battered down their hatches the kind on high and Of cour rescue local boy why 1a ofri remembered not a reformatory the navy navy do mindcd young best families in navy through our reeruit- after 1 acquittal dive forebodings as to what the fut whereat with sea—in RE incident - to se they were In vet the the family the representatives 4 thirte candidate s ih disrepute RUITING OEFICERS the had held lawyer suggestion of anc h for he is a fit subject cer Coates that the wav: fact, most not invite ar men. So; have told as high as s gone le of Nebraska these and it The standard of moral and the integrity golng people in general is fully Of course in da there was such a thing as pirate craft and we could hardly expcet a high ¢ morals from pirates, but time has eliminate the pirate the pirates in ex'stence nowadays are iand pirates and the clean, of some of the have jolned the ing office, of sea- mothers the advantages their n navy sistent to admit the sole reason that (hey a keep out of v} n on land “The standerd of the navy lift rather than otherwise service, it for us of recruits. to witness a finer young fellows than the Roster of Omaha Naval Veterans C. C. Dodd, R. H. Chapman, C. F. Long, J. J. White, G. F. Gear, J. C. Kelm, J. G. Balsch, Thomas Moore, A. C. Hays, Gus S G. H.. Norenson, Luegenberger, T. Murphy, C. J. Carlto J. B, J. 8. La W. T. Coate G. E &0 G. H. Allw) C. F. Wells, M. Smiles, Joseph € L B Nell g3 Smith n, s. Selander, Pitman, ne, haus, Strayer Emery Zimmerman, E. A i P aC. R V. € C L. A Chambers, Haze, Savage, Leaming, Jensen, Talbert, E. L. Denson, R. H. B shop, Charles Sadelik, G. R. Bal C. A. Brot J. Borghoff, John A. Joyee M. Roberts, R, Stefan, Thomas Wegworth, H. B. Heustis, H. B. Ableson, W. A. Bell, R. McKaman, W. M. Peterson, A. Kempel F. R AR W. L. Shavrer, Hackett sons are 1o would hardly youths are too tough to the penitentiary If allowed to 1s on the nd each ye s sces marked improvement in the charact It has never been my pleasure aggregation ones we of bright Retired Group of Naval Vekera.ns,wifh\(')ficers Coakes-and Benson in Foreground < o = listed here. As proud that I am a part of navy, and I belleve every other wears the uniform is patriotic feeling. Then it naturaily for me that we wish to keep the navy clear of bad material.” Getting back to the subject of the in the navy, it my and that it Is not lert hoy now either boy or hix parents or the pull of his political Uncle friends to do the ‘‘putting.” has trusted employes attend If the boy put’ in the representatives of the they have who is to be ment satisfied aftey as to the fitness of rules of entry vigid. 1t only the for are for fixtu that Uncle fcal preliminari navy much generally presumed, and a ches his boys. ineldent to more sam te up- L claborate are he ever deserts there caping detection. For print system is nuve en- © thumb used, in the entire world are discipline ls strict, vet not Once a sailor alwa that isn’t borne out by sailors now in Omaha. There is, a large percentage of young men who re- fod of service, and their members of enlist after thelr first p men spend as enlisted instances the navy in =ome lives in the crew Theve is an indescribable something about had ent has airge walk of a man who that marks him as and once this remains the training others, \ acquired, it forever, but personally Uncle Sam’s man who imbued with the same am more practical putting’* t be noted here navy thems candidate i diffieult get in, and even more difficult to get out, of purpose is one of the lessons The cler- Joining pscription the applicant is so closely recorded that if is but little chance of identification and agreed by experts that 1o two thumb prints tly alike. severe. food is wholesome and the training adl the way (hrough inclines to make a self- man out of an awkward shambling boy. s a saflor is @ saying the number. of ex- however, raceful sea swing alue thanthis gracetul walle i8 (he hablf of method which is instilled. Trere is, a veriain time to arrive in the morning, a cartain time to eat, a certain time to g0 to. bed—a certain time for everything, and every- thing must be dome in time. Thus shipshod habits so common among land- lubbers, are hroken and the ex-navy man, when he retires from the sea and goes back to business life, has a valuable asset in the training he has taken on. More- over, the average attache, no matter if e be @ mere private, acquives a knowledge of the world, both from reading and travel which he probably would never acquire in any other way. In the half-ione photographs of Omaha naval-veterans, which are herewith repro- duced, it will be observed that although these men are not now in the navy, they are garbed in sea toggery. Fact is, when they quit the navy they carried ‘their raiment with them, for Uncle Sam eclasses it af the personal property of the wearer. As a general rule, the clothing i3 kept as souvenirs of sea-going days, thus when Omaha naval veterans were called out on parade last Decoration day, they found it easy to again take on navy uniforms. The word eteran’” is usually supposed to suggest age, bmt that definition is ere romeous in this instance, for many of the naval veterans-<g majority, im fact—are vourg men who'went to sea as 9o vetived to civil life in their early twenties, So, even' though.Omaha is an inland' eity, the corn crib of the nation, a live stock market of international importance, & place where there i3 more plows and cultivaters s0ld than any. other section of the World— yes, in spite. of all that goes to make Omaba the entrepot of the landlubber, there ix none the less a cosmopolitan side, and the chances are that in any large crowd @ “ship ahoy” will bring back at least cue “aye, aye, sir.”* Short Stories and Summertime Jobs. T WAS a hot evening following a regular old ecorcher of a duy and Casey and thé family wero sitting out on the front porch trylpg to keep cool. Sure 't was an awful day In said Mrs. Cascy ‘L have t' smile when I hear y plainin’ about the heat, for as a matther iv fact yo don't know what heat is,” sald Casey. Oh, don't T now?" said Mrs. Casey. ure, I'd_change places wid you anny day, for while I'm workin' over a hot cook stove all day I'm thinkin' iv th' fine pic- nic yow're havin' workin' down there In thot nlee sewer."—Mack's National Monthly. . — Nothing in a Name. “Did you ever hear the story about the Irishman who was caught in a crap game rald with some Chine sald Caplain Carroll of the Newark (N. J.) detective bu- reau. “It happened not so ve In the Wirst precizet The plain clothcs men had been seut o to investigate a crup gume somewhere In Market street. They Lroust five Cal- nese and Mike Kelley, an ot 80 they were all Lned up in court the morning in front of a rovmful of the Kitchen, cool Ivishm cou nest specta * ‘What's your name the first of tac *One ‘Lung, One Lung name ‘Ong “The oth Zave thelr n Sing Ho, W and Fou Gee I ticed §1¢. Then ¥ Irishman’ e ¢ wdoup o desk ked the judge of prisoners. suid (he you're f man 1eG §10. ume t Charity de contiadictions of life are many. An an recently that be ts Liow b & certain square foustain inscripions. foun- The olbet vant remarked clty which One, th cdine drinking contlictiog viginul insc bore two from le And will, let him the water of win, was whoso- ever lite freely Above this hung not waste ard: “Please do the wates Bloruson's Wit and “Bjornsijerne Bjornson, In his hotel fronts ing Tuilieries gardons, reccived a tew friends up to the lust in Pa suid the continental agent of a typewriter tirm. 1 had the honor to be those friends and I aried of the great Norseman's wit and wisdom. “The last thing he sald Wisdom, he among never w 0 me, in cau- toning me nit to give wn lmportant pro- vencal age. cy to an easy-going man of the world, was this: “CBéware O the easy-geing man. An easy-g man, you know, is one who makes the path of life very rough and d ficuly for somebody else.”—Detroit Press, PSP nsall's Enjoyed The late John J. Ingalls, Uniied States cenator trom Kansas, once told with great glee the story of a joke at his own expense, the humor of which, however, he enjoycd as keenly ss If he had not been the vic- tin o 1L N “I went one evening,’ ‘to make a political speech in a small town. 1 presume the people thougit I would have difficulty in filling an’hour; at any rate, they called upon the village choir to askist. “f trust Before my be sure. chotr and You Thix One. sald Mr, Ingalls, that the hymns were selected arrival, but of that 1 cannot I know that before the tulk the sang ‘What Shall the Harvest Be? after it, ‘Nothing But Leaves. Compunion Left Behind, John Q. A. Ward, the noted was in his youth a famous rider. At tile Century elub in New York & brother sculptor sald the other day: Ward once undeitook to teich Blank, the etcher, to ride. Ulank was game, and Ward th st week had him taking low fences. “Then im The late sculptor, Blank's concelt got the better of and he went at a- high, dangerous jump. Of course he was shot out of the saddle. He somersaulted over the fence d landed In the next field on his head. “Ward, hurrying up, sald, to 0ol Blank's feelings did Jump, old m: way I do it myaelf. O “Here Ward smiled —~" "only, you know, wit sple just the I always manage to i the horse ov me. New York Times. What the Old Veteran Die. The ould veteran had his n- an Vas mepping & brow while his audlence vaited Impetic thinking he had left oft “[ . recollect,” he continued dreaming, A at the battle of Alma 1 bad & very time. DMullets were peltin us like rain, men foll right aad. i« rosred lke thunder itself, and, ‘1w\4l of all the enemy Had managed to get within a hundred yards of our position. I was mad excitement and wasn't thinkin' of any: except just fightin' for all 1 was worth, All of & sudden I turned and found that my regiment had changea its position and I was cut off—left to the mercy of the enemy, sir!” The veteran peused; he always does ag the most exciting part; he fluds It amnusi exe Coincidences Concerning People of Prominence “Weil, what did you do?" a patient listener. “Do?" said the old fellow sleepily. I reckon 1 did a mille in three st. Paul Dispateh Sum Blythe's Wierd * One has often heard of famous examples genluses whose handwriiing has of noted been as enigmaiic as a rebus, remained ton, to establish typewriting. in literature, a similar rep: relates the Amerl zine, Blythe is famed throughout the land ked an Im- for Samuel G. Blythe, known political correspondent at Washing- Apart from his achievements penmanship. “Well, minute: whe “Cep but it has the well utation for can Maga- ing genesis n he Lut from safe to of foolscap in position on the top of his desk,and then falls on the machine, in Buffalo was learning on the Buffalo Express. his type lis about his as one whose typewriting is worse than his The machine he uses had its seventeen years to pot small g manuseript it adjusts a writer, climbs to she His office iy In the Home Life buildin not far from the treasury, heard writing as far away asylum across the Potomac. impressionistic but as the he can Ao me No living man has ever solved his method of producing copy, a page of conclude that he be from the contest insane There is noth- He writes with Loeb, jr. firm toueh, Ing Roosev Blythe letter able to read. perts in the patent offic passed it up. Next it correspondents In the #e They quit to a man to anybody who could decipher Sam's immediate family , the Saturday Evening P which he is ot a Then after way of a solution the invited to get in, When was bossng the White House dur- s term he recelved from Mr. quite to the ex- where all hands before the e press .gallery Loeb then offered $109 the the belng wis Loeb took It over was set Nothing happened in the family which the were let down to the editor of the Saturday William ening Pos he mystery mystery still ireka! Sam tried. Don't laugh exhibition In the Wirite fang declared it to be a fr House. un- There to H Seven kings formed, in the late ~ King Confucius. Weekly, E ing dress shut into a X Joings -and. princelets and such lock didn’t like this a bit, explain it satisfactorily. rode, each gorgec procession in latie, Edward, reports editor of barred -President Roosevelt and a pained closed landan was gates “I remember," d e camp MAINTAINED BY THE OMAHA VISITING bunch of cowboys Roosevelt's When 1 got the in the pi and some clubs hehind Klek uration, wo_were way bac Harvard students publican marching knew (he boys would weren't up with the band, o around to the White hou how T. R. guesses what's In you have a Well he here for about place parads was arranged for a Everybody Is in Wasbington to you were well up | reesh Janee 1o rigl betore head? wake any kick cowhoy it the people wouldn't stay to f the processlc You and the put where to hold the Tha explanation of th a4 Cay Bulld a Chink and mber—at ain Bedel procession—ju to hold the i Tark Booth Ta story of a his suceessf tscave to whom he tion of “and Indiana Pawpu less) ! prose W < Inigl Ane nEton's kington t nwpa A sfe other joke tell flat pla r talk with Ind what asks hav the said ought te average alti Yo takes ot being ev American #till hat when ho sees & policeman on it at the name of the the orlginal form that joke of fact re-enforetug it. “Jim I'm not absolutely of the that name—but, anyhow, Jim was o peliticlan of Peru, Ind Taris on ona oec the typical cza Tarkington In escountgred a ha the a made Use of In Stulesman told the Englishmar came from Peru, L Haw d that blandly dua. remuined Ask Sam to read it} It was placed on Wu Ting- gment from the odes of a Chinese poet who lived prior tae Crowd. aly honor in even expression, back of all the el but he “bringing program only the southern because You your ope But dou't t ke. had a sk Stutesman— spelling Stutesman a'as Down South America And what principle big game Incas sald My, Stutesman, without a blush. “We often go out Inea shooting. I have a ,000-acre Inca preserve in Peru.” “Incas,” said the Englishman, with in- terest, “Haw—ya'as. Tow very intereste ng, don't you kiow. I'd like te pot an Inca myself." Stutesman said the potted Incas wore never used cxcept at picnics, but that fell flat. Eventually he invited the noble lord to visit him on his Inca preserve, and go A Jnock over a couple of Incas be- fore breakfast. And Tarkington and Stutesman think he's down in Peru now, looking for Stutesman and Incas through a monoele. when Tarkington wrote the play, he introduced the Inca jolie, but it dian't go. No had ever heard of sn Inca, it appeared—and pawpaws were sub- stituted, ya'us. your - — Lack of Navy Made Roosevelt. tear Admiral Purnell F. Harrington, U, N., retired, tells a story in the Wash- ington Star which would indicate that Theodore Roosevelt was himself convinced of the fact that had there never been & between the United States and Spain the céloncl of the Rough Riders would ne ave heen presids of the United Sta Admiral Harrington, then & com- mander, was in command of the monitors Terror and Puritan in the Spanish war, and it was after he hecame & rear adnural sev- eral years later, and after Mr. Roosevelt lat the conversation wa beca president, that follows occurred I was the commaudant ard sald of the Norfolk Admiral Harrington, osevelt visited the yard, corted the president, and in tour he noticed that there a number of battleships in the yard. What dmiral” the yresident the names, en remarked Had we tiad s In esident, thel e 1 ar with Spal the course of th wer ships are those, asked. 1 told him 1897, have Mr, been rveplied had them President I would and had we e toda be hie Golng Seme. na wnd killed. The negro p was & witness a did Cineinnati hotel was shot who heard the the trial ter soting How many shots asked the lawyer Two shots, “Bout like dis wuy," explained the negre, clappin hands with an interval of about a second between them. Where were you when the first shol was fired?" . “Shinin’ a gemmai's shoe in de basement Where fived AL was Literary L sah,” he repiied. his were you when the second shot a-passin gest. de Big Fo' depot’'—

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