Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 2, 1916, Page 6

1916. THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, v mm— a fan. During one stage of the gymkhana Meeker reached to his hip and drew forth a vial of stimulants which he offered to his drooping adversary, but Lowe reached over to Fred Wead, the noisy fans to restrain themselves |geese and snakes; whereupon the hiss- and let the principals do the chatting. | ¢S looked at each other and hissed no Several members of the crowd hissed Meeker when he made a face at Lowe and this prompted the St. Louis favorite son to remark that I notches. At one stage of the game | Lowe showed signs of mental pertur- L we and Meeker Mix in Four-Round GO; | bation, but after a raily he recovered . himself and finished on his feet. Battle With Words Before Large Crowd; | ‘ “We will have no more interrup- tions, and I meant it,” once more an- 2] Variety of Tactics. nounced the referee. Meeker, who had been through the Champions of Wet and Dry| Meet in Forensic Clash to | Uphold Their Respective | Views of Question. [ WEBSTER ACTS AS REFEREE Contest Carried on Under Strict Rules and Opponents | Give Each Other Close Attention, LOWE OPENS, MEEKER ENDS Each Has Two Qracks Other, Which Are Fully En- joyed by Huge Crowd. AUDITORIUM IS PACKED at (Continued from Page One.) time of his death, fought prohibition from an economic standpoint, but later admitted that the moral better- ment and influences in Washington were tremendous, according to Dr. we. Dr. Lowe read figures on the value of Nebraska's crops and live stock. “Are the business men of Omaha less in girth than those in other pros- perous cities where prohibition is in effect?” ) Reduces Efficiency. “The entrenched brewers are op- osed to a democratic government. zy want an oligarchy. The saloon is bipartisan and is ruled by avarice and greed. Liquor is the enemy of labor. It reduces the emflenC{ of the working man and robs him of the fruits of his toil.” That the breweries could be turned into tanneries, shoe factories and other lines of manufacture was sug- mted by Dr, Lowe. | ‘The large sum derived from saloon ‘ taxation each year for the Omaha school fund was termed ‘“blood money.” He averred that he would rather pay ten times as much in taxes ‘each yezr than t: hn}:'e the nchgor _system kept up by the money de- a'e'd from taxing saloons. The forty-five minute talk of the ker for the negative came to a with a scathing denunciation of brewers and saloon kegpers, He declared that the attitude of the brew- ers is to be regarded as a challenge to the sovereignty of the state, ad- ding that the voters had it within fi:xr power to crush the “octopus of uor.” Law Won't Prohibit, I rgument with ref- erence to his opponent’s openin, .\l_:;‘wlu:h the - latter tol ely life and school 'days. a couple of hot shots at the the negative, accusing him M% the defender of ( d* ed in Qregon and Washington has! proven a farce, averring that thou-| sands are now cager to have the amendment repealed. He told how Massachusetts had tried prohibition, but that finally the citizens hecame so disgusted with it that several famous Bostonians and | others went before the state legisla- | ture to urge its repeal. Scandal in Wichita. The recent police scandal in. Wich- | ita was mentioned by Congressman | Meeker, the speaker declaring that the police chief charged with selling liquor in the city hall was one of the “Billy” Sunday trail hitters. He defied | Rev, Dr. Lowe to show how the pro- | posed amendment will keep one drop | of liquor out of the state, declaring that the situation in Des Moines is | even worse than before the amend- | ment in the Hawkeye state went into | effect. | The speaker for the affirmative ! sprang a sensation when he advanced to the center of the stage and flour- ished the Bible above his head. “Here's a Bible and $10 bill. I defy | my opponent to show any word or sentence for prohibition.” “I'd rather see a free country with breweries in it than one without breweries, but run by a crowd of re- ligious fanaties.” Congressman Meeker then asked if | it was because of the so-called “blood money” that the German, French, Jewish and Italian housewives are so “bloody” good. Rev. Dr. Lowe wound up the argu- ment for the negative with a fifteen- minute talk. Kansas came in for dis- cussion again, the preacher asking why it is that if prohibition is such a bad thing for business thetwo major political parties swear by it. Some of the statistics offered by Congressman Meeker were: disputed in innuendos by Rev. Dr, Lowe. “It's just a question of which group of sta- tistics the public will believe.” He read a letter from the Denver chief of police saying that prohibition is a good thing for Colorado’s capital, He closed his rebuttal with a rhetorical denunciation of the breweries and sa- loons. Congressman Meeker in his fifteen- minute talk declared that the Omaha preacher had passed the whole eve- ning without mentioning the amend- ment. He said that Rev, Dr. Lowe had absolutely failed to point out how the amendment would keep liquor out of the state. That the speaker for the negative hadn’t come within one mile of prophesying what would hap- en .in Nebraska with prohibition in orce was a statement by the St. Louis man. Asks Cause of Repeal, “If prohibition is such a good thing, why does a number of states try it out and then repeal it?" He deelared that President Wilson has twice gone on record as favoring local option and as being against state prohibition. ; The big fight to come in this coun- i ernment of the domina- ion by rnhlo%m fanaticism., ' “This is the first time in the history of the country that a chiirch has made a'bid to get control of the state.” L The speakers indulged in personali- ties' at different times during‘ their atguments, Congressman ecker averred that had the preacher, when try will not be the liquor question, but L:o rid the g one into a saloon and “hit the free he was a student in the theological | seminary and nearly starved once, | o Full Details of Red Hot Verbal Encounter Heavyweights Enter Arena to Pummel One Another With Phrases Without Mercy Over Prohibition. NEITHER ONE EVEN WINCES Verbal Knockouts Land Right and Left Until Meeker Seems to Have His Opponent Groggy. UP AND 7JOMING AT FINISH Both Principals Going Strong When Referee Ends the Match. HOW AFFAIR PROCEEDED logical boxer of the middle west, and Congressman Jacob E. Meeker, cham- pion mitt mixer of St. Louis, piit on'a recherche four-round go at the Audi- torium Tuesday night before an inter- ested and excited audience of 8,000 tans, The principals weighed in at the ringside and both were in the pink of condition. Referee John L. Web- ster was not permitted to render a decision ~and announced» the match was a drlvy._al!hough there were di- vergent opinions among the audience as to who won the bloodless battle. Lowe was seconded by Fred Wead and Elmer Thomas, while Rector T. J. Mackay of All Saints' church, occu- pied Meeker's corner. Rules of the Match, At the beginning of the melee Ref- eree Webster announced the terms of the match, explaining that the first and second rounds would be forty- five minutes each and the third and fourth rounds of fifteen minutes each. He added that Lowe and Meeker would not need any assistance from the audience and that order would be insisted upon. The referee further ex- ‘plamcd that t]\crc would be no fight- ing in the clinches and that kicking in the shins was barred. Warning the principals against unrestrained ac- tivities, the referee turned them loose into the arena. . The crowd cheered its favorites lus- tily and urged them on to the work, A large American fln, offered an-in- spiring background for the pitiless publicity which the warriors inflicted upon each other, " Lowe Trains Hard. Lowe came up smiling and an elder- ly woman offered to pass him a bou- yuet of forget-me-nots. He explained that he had been in training in the steel ;mills of Pennsylvania and a wholesale grocery house of the west, juggling barrels of sugar and sacks. of beans in the latter place, and was ready 4o challcn%zc any aspirants for the ‘belt. In the preliminaries he showed considerable endurance. and took all sorts of punishment, but he lacked the agility and finesse of his more experienced adversary, When the bell tapped at the close of the sec- ond round the ministerial favorite was rather _groggy, while the betting on the issourian went up several Rev. Titus Lowe, champion theo- | mill in the house of representatives, showed himself a master of every oint of the game. What he lacked in grute strength he made up in skill. The mill was interesting because the contestants showed such a variety of tactics. When Lowe suffered a blow upon his mental processes he looked serious; when Meeker was given a right-arm jab over his accelerator he | smiled and rolled his eyes, as if call- in%more, uring the second round, when Lowe was in distress, some of the members of the Methodist church of- fered to help him out, whereupon the referee exclaimed in lusty tones, “Re- member each is amply able to take care of himself.” Then the Metho- dists returned to their seats and the match was resumed. In the third round Meeker offered to make a side bet of $10 that Lowe could not tap him on the head. Lowe spurned the challenge. “Take the bet!” exclaimed several of the Methodists. The referee once more admonished | DRINK A GLASS OF REAL HOT WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST. [ |/l 8ays we will both look and feel | clean, sweet and fresh and avold lliness, PR | Sanitary science has of late made rapid strides with tesults that are of untold blessing to humanity. The latest application of its untiring*re- search is the recommendation that it is as necessary to attend to internal sanitation of the drainage system of the human body as it is to the drains of the house. Those. of us who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when we arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices! of the system each morning and flushing out the whole of the internal poison- ous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each “morning -before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of lime- stone phosphate in it to wash. from the stomach, liver and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before put- ting more food into the stomach, The action. of hot water and limestone phesphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully invigorating. It cleanses out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appctitc for breakfast. While you are enjoying your breakfast the phosphated hot water is quietly ex- tracting a large volume of water from the blood ‘and getting ready for a thorough flushing of all the “inside organs. . The millions of people who are bothered with = constipation, bilious spells, < stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness; others who have. sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly com- plexions are urged to get a quarter pound’ of limestone phosphate from the drug store. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyone |a pronouncéd crank on the subject of internal sanitation.—Advertisement. e = there are two kinds of hisses, namely, (Continued on Page Seven, Column One.) e “I've only got one ear,” responded The Wonderful Exhibit OF WAR TROPHIES Now Being Shown on the Third Floor of This Store is Attracting EVERYONE Widespread Interest. SHOULD SEE THE THOUSAND AND ONE ITEMS SHOWN HERE. And Listen to the Lectures That Are Given Each Day From 10 to 12 and 2 to 4. Greater and Greater Crowds Are Coming Here Every Day Do Not Miss This Opportunity To Actually See the Military Appliances and Appurtenances Used in this Terrific Struggle These exhibits from the battlefields of Europe, , and the mute; majority bear the ire. marks of gun IT IS A LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE All Lectures Are Free were all lnthena What has the Saloon ever done for you? Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in his annual report to the Seattle convention, reported FORTY-ONE STRIKES IN BREWERIES of the United States for the year. i unch counter he could probably have | gotten all he wanted to eat. Also,| the chances are that the bartender ! would have slipped him a five to keep him in school.” y At several \different times during the debate Mr, Webster was forced to | call for order because of disturbers in | the audience { ». e o Got Ridof Piles at Home It costs $1.40 to make a barrel of beer that retails for about $28.50. Yes, the workingman gets part of the $1.40. Orchard & Wilhelm' Co. 414-416-418 South 16th St. This Chair, $48 It’s genuine Morocco leather, ; soft brown in color and most | luxurious. The spring seat is " deep with a loose cushion over ] and the back is sufficiently If the saloon had to pay for Ihe\ care of its victims, instead of the taxpayers, no one could afford to run a saloon. What is the use of you worrying ahout getting an gducation for your children, only to see the saloon undo your work? - : of an amend- t that 't' prohibit.” The St. Louisan said that the de- was not upon drink or the evil of king, and that the state wasn’t ] vote on' that question-—it going to vote upon an amend- nt that wouldn’t p_rnhibitbund that ldn't keep people from buying all liquor they wanted to. ted a Nebraska law . that s anyone from selling rotten _but which stipulates that the himself can eat it if he wishes, this to the proj osed ndment as far as the prohibiting is concerned. He remarked that amendment does not at- t to deal with the habits or ap- ites of the people. | Dbn't Stop Drinking. Congressman Meeker mentioned . e q,fo g.'“ that. Dr. Lowe. in his. talk It costs only 12 cents to make a gallon of whiskey that retails for didn't say anything about liquor be- ought into the:state in case pro- n was in effect here. “It's no about $8.50. Who gets the $8.38? Not the workingman. He gets part. of the 12 cents. l.l:'fe oj a Illix! to make boo‘li‘thln to Report Relief and Cures . high to insure comfort. The sell it,” tate- b . . . SO 87 o0 it," was one of his state | Through the uutovf’ : d :;’::O::‘:‘;"‘h::"?:;e n.t ::st?: Capital required to keep one person employed in the following in- “If the brewery is a menace, what | o Treatmen y teset Jook dustries: about the trusts and big corporations? Their Own Homes, | active to look at. You can e Iso we don't know anything about | 1o you sufter trom plles, you are | g — match it with a rocker at the Boots and Shoes........$ 770 Printing and Publishing. .$1,376 enehed employers of scab bor. | 433 508 put ‘o iuing the fumont | < e price v §48,00 Furniture . .. 550 Meat Packi 1,481 ed’ employers of scab labor. ay ¥ e s | ikt - R urniture . ... eat Packing .......... 1f a man réeeived his income from | Pyramid Bils Freatmen TR ke } Y * i Clothing Brick and Tile.......... Iron and Steel.......... 2,220 stock in a sweatshop cotton mill it .~ is ‘God bless him,' if he gets it from 5 k in wery or owns a saloon 's ‘blood money.'"” ‘That the advocates of prohibition | are more concerned with looking out for the welfare of the $1.85-a-day mkinfll men and seeing how they spend their ‘money than they are in ~ trying to get for them $2.50 a day was one of Congressman Meeker's points, o Challenges Lowe's Figures. _ He defiedsthe speaker for the nega- e prove his figures on the per 1 georle in the insane asylums caused by liquor, declaring that the 65 per cent was the invention of the d.r‘ crowd in Ohio. igures were then presented as to number of insane in Kansas and r prohibition states and in Ne- raska, there being fewer in this state, le%ovding to Congressman Meeker. . The St. Louis congressman declared that Dr. Lowe's statement that ‘a man zouldn't drink and see God' was an | insult to millions of men in this coun- try. The speaker for the affirmative ffed at the preacher's remarks as how prohibition was good for 1,720 A lot of five dining chairs; fumed oak, leather s back. Regularly $24.00 each—the lot of five $26.00 Upholstered Bedroom Chair......... $24.00 Fumed Oak Chair, cane back, leather $ 7.50 Bird's Eye Maple Stand Table. .. $32.00 Jacobean Oak Side Table It would take $77,000 of capital to keep ONE HUNDRED boot and shoe makers at work. If that amount of capital was turned into manu- facture of liquor, it would give em&loyment to ONLY EIGHT PERSONS, throwing out of work NINETY-TWO PERSONS. If the capital required to keep ONE HUNDRED PERSONS at work in the iron and steel busi- ness was turned into the manufacture of liquor, it would give employ- ment to only TWENTY-FOUR PERSONS, throwing SEVENTY-SIX PERSONS out of work. If the money now spent for liquor was spent in- stead for shoes, clothing, food, furniture and building of new homes, it would give employment to 600,000 MORE PERSONS than are engaged in the liquor traffic. Your case !s no worse than we | the cases of many who did try th remarkable treatmient and wha hay since written us lctters bubbling ove with Jo{ and thankfulness Test It at our expense by mallin the below coupon, or get a 50c bo from your druggist mow, An Announcement It gives us pleasure to announce that we have se- cured for our Gift Shop the products of the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York, exclusively for Omaha. The output of this community of artistic Craftsmen needs no introduction. PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY, 644 Pyramid Bldg., Marshall, Mich Kindly send me a Free samplo o Treatment, i plain wrappe: Vote for yourself and family! The Brewer is not worrying about you! Name ... Street City. Issued by ¢ The Trade Unionist Anti-Booze League of Nebraska I. J. Copenharve, President. 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