WILSON ASKS POWER
TO DEALIN CRISIS
Executive Bequests Authority
of Congress to Declare
Armed Neutrality.
TALKS TO JOINT SESSION
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theirs," said he, "will lead to war.
War can come only by the willful
acts and aggressions of others."
Text of Address.
The president said:
"Gentlemen of the congress: I have
, again asked the privilege of address
ing you because we are moving
through critical times during, which
it seems to me to be my duty to
keep in close touch with the houses
nor action shall run at cross purposes
between us. t
"On the 3d of February I offi
cially informed you of the sudden and
unexpected action of the imperial gov
ernment in declaring its intention to
disregard the promises it had made
to this government in April last
and undertake immediate submarine
operations against . all :ommerce,
whether of belligerents or of reutrals,
that should seek to approach Great
Britain and Ireland, the Atlantic
' coasts of Europe or the harbors of the
eastern Mediterranean and to conduct
those operations without Regard to the
established restrictions of interna
tional practice, without regard to any
rnnaiderations of humanity which
might interfere with their object That
policy was forthwith put into prac
tice. It has now been in active exe
cution for nearly four weeks.
''Its practical results are not fully
disclosed. The commerce of other
neutral nations Is suffering severely,
but not, perhaps, very much more se
verely than it was already suffering
before the 1-t of February, when the
new policy of the imperial German
snvernment wai out into operation.
We have asked the co-operation of
the other neutral governments to pre
vent these depredations, but I fear
none ot them thought it wise to join
11a In inv common course of action.
Our own commerce has suffered. Is
suffering, rather in apprehension than
in fact, rather because so many of our
ships ere timidly keeping to their
home porta than because American
, snips nave been tunic
Two American Vtssala Sunk.
Two American vessels have been
sunk the Housatonic and the Lyman
M. Law. The case of the Housa
tonic, which wai carrying foodstuffs
rnnsizned to London, was essentially
like the case of the Frye, in which, it
will be recalled, the German govern
ment admitted Its liability for dam
ages, and the lives ot tne crew, as in
the case of the Frye, were safeguarded
with reasonable care.
"the ease of the Law, which wai
carrying box staves to Palermo, dis
closed a ruthleasness of method which
deserves grave condemnation, but was
accompanied by no circumstances
which might not have been expected
. ' at anv time in connection with the
use of the submarine against mer-
CUailUncn MIC wi.imh uiiimui
has used it i .
"In sum. therefore, the situation we
find ourselves in with regard to the ac
tual conduct of the German submarine
' warfare against commerce and its ef
fects upon our own ships and people
is substantially the same as it was
when I addressed yon on the 3d of
- February except for the tying up of
our shipping in our own ports be
cause ot the unwillingness of our ship
owners to risk their vessels at sea
without insurance or sdeauate protec
tioa and the very serious congestion
of our commerce which hss resulted,
a congestion which is growing rap
idly more and more serious every
day. '
Blockade in Fact
This in Itself might presently ac
complish, in effect, what the new Ger
man suomarine orders were meant to
cerned. We can only say, therefore,
that the overt act which I have ven
tured to hope the German command'
ers would in fact avoid has not oo
curred,
"But while this is happily true it
must be admitted that there have been
certain additional Indications and ex
pressions of purpose on the part of the
German press and the German author
ities which have increased rather than
lessened the Impression that If our
ships and our people are spared it
will be because of fortunate circum
stances or because the commanders
of the German submarines which they
may happen to encounter exercise an
unexpected discretion and restraint
rather than because of the instructions
under which those commanders are
acting.
Situation Most Critical.
"It would be foolish to deny that
the situation is fraught with the grav-
rst possibilities and dangers. No
thoughtful man can fail to see that
the necessity for definite action may
come at any time, if we are in fact,
and not m word merely, to defend our
elementary rignis as a neutral nation.
it would be most imprudent to be un
prepared. .
"I cannot in such circumstances bi
unmindful of the fact that the expira
tion ot the term ot the present con.
gress is immediately at hand, by con'
stitutional limitations, and that it
would in all likelihood require an un
usual length of time to assemble and
organize the congress which is to suc
ceed it.
"I feel that I ought, in view of that
lact. to obtain from you full and im
mediate assurance of the authority
1 may need at any moment to exer
cise. No doubt I already possess that
gwer without special warrant of war
by the plain implication of my con'
sdtutional limitations, and that it
pneter, in the present' circumstances,
not to act unon general imnlication.
f wish to feel that the authority and
the power of the congress are behind
me ui whatever it may become neces
sary for me to do. We are jointly
the servants of the people and must
act together and in their spirit, so far
as we can divine and interpret it,
Duty of Government Clear.
"No one doubts what it is our dutv
to do. IV'e must defend our commerce
and the lives of our people in the
midst ot the present trying circunv
stances, with discretion, but with clear
and steadfast purpose. Onjy the
method and the" extent remain to be
chosen, upon the occasion, if occa'
simi should indeed arise.
"Since it has unhappily proved itu-
possible to safeguard our neutral
rights by diplomatic means 'against
the unwarranted infringements they
are suffering at the hands of Ger
many there may be no recourse but
armed neutrality, which we snail
know how to maintain and for which
there is abundant American precedent.
It H devoutly to be hoped that
will not be necessary to put armed
forces anywhere into action. The
American people do not desire it and
our desire is not different from theirs.
I am sure that they will understand
the spirit in which I am now acting,
the purpose I hold nearest my heart
and would wish to exhibit in every
thing I do. I am anxious that the
people of the nations at war also
snouia understand ana not mistrust
I hone that I need give no fur
ther proofs and assurances -than I
have already given throughout the
nearly three years of anxious pa
tience that I am the friend of peace
d mean to preserve it for America
long as 1 am able. 1 am not now
Drooosinn or contemplating war, or
any steps that need lead to it. I
merely request -that you will accord
me by your own vote and definite be
stowal the means and the authority
safeguard in practice the right of
great people who are at peace and
who are desirous of exercising none
but the rights of peace to follow the
pursuit of peace in quietness and good
will rights recognized time out of
mind by all the civilized nations of
the world. No course of my choosing
or of theirs will lead to war. War can
come only by the wilful acts and ag
gressions of others.
Sinews of War Needed.
You will understand why I can
make no definite proposals or fore
casts of action now and must ask for
your supporting authority in the most
general terms. I he torm in which
action may become necessary cannot
yet be foreseen. I believe that the
people will be willing to trust me to
act with restraint, with prudence and
.1- - i -r T. i
tne true spirit 01 amity aim goou
ith that thev have themselves dis
played throughout these trying
months and it 'is in that belief that
request that you will authorize me
to supply our merchant ships with de
fensive arms should that become nec
essary and with the means of using
them and to employ any other instru
mentalities or methods that may be
necessary and adequate to protect our
ships and our people In their legiti
mate and peaceful pursuits on the
seas. I request also that you will
grant me at the same time, along
with the powers I ask, a sufficient
credit to enable me to provide ade
quate means of protection where they
are lacking, including adequate insur
ance against the present war risks.
Human Rights Paramount
'I have spoken of our commerce
and, of the legitimate errands of our
people on the seas, but you will not
be misled as to my main thought, the
thought that lies beneath these
phrases and gives them dignity and
weight It is not of material interest
merely that we are thinking. It is
rather of fundamental human rights,
chief of all the right of life itself.
I am thinking not only of the
rights of Americans to go and come
about their proper businesa by way
of the seas, but also of something
much deeper, much more fundamental
than that I am thinking ot those
rights ,of humanity without which
there Is no civilization. My theme is
of those great principles' of compas
sion and of protection which mankind
has sought to throw sbout human
lives, the lives of noneombatants, the
Uvea of men who are peacefully at
work keeping the industrial processes
of the world quick and vital, the lives
of women and children and of those
who supply the labor which ministers
to their sustenance. We are speaking
of no selfish, material rights, but of
ngnts wnicn our ncaria support anu
whose foundation is that righteous
passion for justice upon which all
law. alt structures alike of family of
state and of mankind, must rest, as
upon the ultimate base ot our exist
ence and our liberty. I cannot imag'
ine any man with American principles
at nis neart Hesitating to detenu these
things."
Mrs. Groverman Wins
Suit Against Omaha Concern
A Jury In Judge Redick's court re-
turned a verdict of $5,000 in favor of
Mrs. Jennie C Groverman against the
Omaha Alfalfa Milling company. She
sued for $20,000 damages for injuries
alleged to have been suffered when
she was struck by a motor car owned
by the milling company.
Obituary Notes
MTRTLK ROBERTS, seventh
grade teacher at Webster school, died
Sunday at 18(4 Dodge (treat ot heart
diseaao. Sha served throe years in
the t.maha Softools. Her home was
at Alexandria, S. O.
JAMES, 10-month-old son ot Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Manglv Luoa, 1322
Hickory, died Sunday evening of
double bronchial pneumonia. Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morn
Ing at i o'clock. Interment will be
in Holy Bopulnner cemetery.
ALSIO. 18-month-old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Va Cants, 1532 North
Seventeenth atreat. died Sunday even'
Ing ot bronchitis. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock from St, Phllomena, church.
Interment Swill be In Holy Sepulcher
oemetery.
THOMAS IIACOBS. 33 years old.
farmer near Pacific Junction, died at
a local hospital Sunday afternoon tol
lowing a month a sickness of heart
trouble. He Is survived by a wife and
four children. The body was sent
from swansons cnapel to pacific
Junction, where burial will taks place
J. R. POWERS, sued 6. a resident
of Omaha for the last ntteen yeara
died at the home of his son, Jack
Powers, IBs! JLeavenworth atruet.
Death waa due to paresis. Mr. Vom
ers was a widower. Funeral servioea
will be held Tuesday morning at 1:10
from the residence to St Phllomena
church at 9 o'clock. Interment will
be In Holy Sepulcher cemetery.
M. M. PERRI8H, aged 17, promt
nent newspaper man, died at his home,
SODS North Twenty-second afreet.
Death waa due to cancer. Ha had been
111 three years. Mr. Farrlsh waa born
In Ohio in 161, coming to Nebraska
in m. In 1881 he waa editor of
the Paplllion Time For th last
twenty-five years he practiced veterl
nary aurgery. tie waa orom nent
lodge circles, being a member of the
Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the
World. He la aurvlved by two sisters.
Mrs. J. Shipman of Red Cloud, Sarah
vroi-aen or cnaico. Kan., and
brother, P. Perrlah of Iowa. Besldee
hie wife by second marriage, the fol
lowing children survive him: Louis.
Bert of Seneca, (Jeorge of Canada
ana itaipn or umana.
THE bee, -.
ARROWDALE MEN
FINALLYRELEASED
S. Minister at Madrid Cables
Spanish Foreign Office
FULL DETAILSABE LACKING
Washington, Feb. 36. -Ambassador
Willard at Madrid cabled today that
the Spanish foreign office had notified
him that seventy-two American sail
ors taken on the prize ship Yarrow
dale into Germany had been released
by Germany on February 16. No other
details were given either as to the
whereabouts of the men now or tne
long delay in hearing from Berlin on
the many requests for their release.
The Yarrowdale prisoners, out of
whose detention has grown one of the
most serious collateral issues between
the United States and Germany, once
before were reported released and of
ficials were not satisfied with today's
cryptic announcement. An effort im
mediately was made to clear up the
details.
Delay Hard to Explain.
Amliiiiidnr Willard's dispatch was
sent from Madrid late yesterday. The
State department was at a loss to ex
plain the ten days' delay between the
time of the reported release and the
ambassador's notification.
On February 1, Ambassador Gerard
report that the men were in a prison
camp at Duelmen, Westfalen." Just
before the break with Germany on
February 3, a demand was sent for
their immediate release and four days
later an indirect dispatch was received
from Ambassador Gerard saying they
had been set free.
Anxious to Get Them Out.
This was followed on the 12th by a
communication through the Swiss
minister that they had been redetained
because of reports that the crews of
German ships in the United States had
bene imonsoned.. Information as to
the treatment of Germans and their
property here was forwarded and fol
lowed bv another demand for the re
leasee of the Americans. Officials
have been very anxious to get them
out of Germany, since they virtually
are being held as hostages.
LINER LACONIA .
SUNK BY SUBSEA
OPF IRISH COAST
(Cwsbuwst JTram Fill One,.)
office of the British shipping commis
sioner here contains the following
names:
W. Wrong. Baltimore; H. Smith,
Louisville, Ky.j M. Shugled, J. T.
Williams, B. Redrie, B. Cleveland, F,
Smith, J. Fumpines, J. D. Brail, J.
Lewar, J, Bowman, D. Adamaon, H,
Sheoherd. I. Johnson. H. Young. L.
Donnell, B. Carter, T. Coffey, A.
Dwyer and C. Nesburg,. all of New
York Uty.
Sunk Without Warning.
London. Feb. 26. It is ststed offi
cislly that the Laconia was torpedoed
without warning.
Wesley Frost, American consul at
Uueenstown, teiegrapnco tne Aitier.
ican embassy here today:
' Cunardcr Laconia torpedoed 10:50
Sunday night Two hundred and sev
enty-eight survivors. Details lacking,
i - j j "
The Laconia was one of the largest
vessels of the Cunard fleet and the
largest thus far sunk since the new
German submarine warfare waa com
menced. It registered 18,099 tons, was
600 feet long, seventy-one-foot beam
and forty-foot depth. It was built in
lyil at new issue ana was com
manded by Captain W. R. D. Irvine.
List of Americans Aboard,
First csbin passengers aboard the
Laconia totalled thirty-three and sec
ond cabin forty-two. The crew num
bered 216. There were no steerage
passengers.
I h Amnram ahnarri were
A. T. Kirby, Bainbridge, N. J.; Mrs.
F. E. Harris. New York: r. f. Gib
bons of the Chicago Tribune; Mrs,
Mary E. Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy
of Chicago, and the Kev. James Ware
ing of New York.
Five Thousand Sacks of Mail.
Five thousand sacks of United
States mail were carried by the La'
conia, of which 1,300 were transferred
from the American liner at, i-ouis
when it was decide4, to hold the latter
vessel in port. Many valuable secur
ities snd documents sent by Ameri
can business firms were supposed to
be in the st. Louis man uigs.
I he Central News says it is feared
that the large amounto f mail which
the Laconia was bringing from Amer
ica has been lost.
Virtually All Saved.
Liverpool, Feb. 26. The Cunard
company announces that there is rea
son to believe that virtually all on
board the steamer Laconia were
saved. There were between 200 and
220 members of the crew snd from
seventy to eighty passengers, of
whom about one-half were in the first
cabine.
Fifteen Survivors Landed.
Oueenstown. Feb. 26. Fifteen of
tne Laconia i survivors are being
landed. Others numbering 267, it is
believed, are to land at about mid
night. Preparations are being made
to treat hospital cases.,
Recention for Guardsmen,
Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 26. (Special.
Telegram.) Three hundred peool
attended a reception and banquet
given litre tonight at the Christian
church for company u patriotic ad
dresses were made by Rev. B. F
Gaither. A. H. Kidd, Lieutenant Colo
nel Hollingworth, Captains Jones snd
t. L. Brewster.
No better food
for growing
kiddies can
be found than
Grape-Nuts
There a ReasonT
rmnTOAivi
Text of Bill Giving Wilson
The Authority He Requested
Washington, Feb. 26. The text of
the Flood bill giving President Wil
son power to deal with the situation
created by the U-boat warfare fol
lows: "Be it enacted by the senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in congress
assembled, that the president of the
United States be, and is hereby au
thorized and empowered to supply
merchant ships, the property of citi
zens of the United States and bearing
American registry with defensive arms
should it in his judgmen: become
necessary for him to do ao, and also
with the necessary ammunition and
means of making use of them in de
fense against unlawful attack; and
that he be and is hereby authorized
and empowered to employ such other
instrumentalities ana metnoas as may
in his judgment and discretion seem
necessary and adequate to protect
such ships and the citizens of the
United States in their lawful and
peaceful pursuits on the high sea;.
"Section 2 The sum of $100,000,000
hereby appropriated out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated to be expended by the
president of the United States for the
purpose herein stated, the said au
thority to be available until tne first
dav of January. 1918: and the presi
dent is authorized to transfer so
much thereof as he may deem neces
sary to the bureau of war risk insur
ance, created by act of congress, ap
proved September 2, 1914, for the pur
pose of insuring vessels, their freight,
passage moneys and cargoes against
loss or damage lor tne present risics
of war.
"Section 3 For the purpose of
meeting the expenditures herein au-
CTJT-EL-AMARA
TAKEN BY BRITISH
t
(CantlBucS lom Para One.)
Amaha has been secured. Kut itself
passes automatically into our hands.
As tne ngnting has become ot an
open character and our forces are dis
posed on a wide Jront, it has not yet
been possible to ascertain tuny tne
Turkish losses in men and materials.
Losses of British.
Berlin. Feb. 26. fBv Wireless to
Sayville.) According to the official
news agency at Constantinople, the
losses of the British in the recent
ghting along the Tigris exceeded
30,000 men. Several- steamships
crowded with wounded British sol
diers have been sent away, the news
agency says.
Announced by Turkey.
Constantinople (Via London). Feb.
26. The war office today announced
withdrawal of the forces at Kut-hl-
Amara. The announcement follows:
"According to a prearranged plan
and in order to effect a junction with
reinforcements which have arrived,
our troops which have held for a
year advanced positions at Kut-El-
Amana, as wen as positions to tne
east and west of the town, have been
withdrawn to the rear in an easterly
direction. The movement' was en
tirely unnoticed by the enemy."
K.ut-,l-Amara, a strategic military
position on the Tigris river leading
to Bagdad, was surrendered to the
Turks April 28, 1916, after General
lownshend with a British force of
some 9,000 troops hed withstood s
siege since the previous December,
Four Years in Prison
For Misuse of Mails
Lincoln, Fets, 26. In federal court
tqday A. L. Baker, alias Charles Davis,
was sentenced to serve tour years
in the government prison at Fort
Leavenworth. Baker pleaded guiltv
to the charge of misuse of the mails
in inviting people to buy chickens
from the "Sunflower Paultry farm"
at Falls City, Neb. The government
alleged no such farm existed, but that
Baker secured several hundred dollars
from would-be buyers.
The Quinine that Dom Not AkTeet the Head.
Because or its tonio ana laxative eneci,
Laxative Bromo Quinine can be -taken with
out eauelnr nervouanene or ringing; In the
head. There la onlr one "Bromo Quinine." h.
W. OROVS'S signature on box. lie. Adv.
A Good Trunk
Bag or Suit Case
should come from
Freling&Steinle
"Omaha's Beat Baggage ulMera"
1803 Farnam St
Plan now to-attendth
OMAHA
MILLION DOLLAR
AUTO SHOW
For parlKtiiaTS, addrta
$0S1 farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
thorized, the secretary of the treasury,
under the direction of the president
is hereby authorized to borrow on the
credit of the United States and to
issue therefor bonds of the United
States not exceeding in the aggregate
$100,000,000, said bonds to be in such
form and subject to such terms and
conditions, as the secretary of the
treasury may prescribe, and to bear
interest at the rate not exceeding 3
per centum per annum; provided, that
such bonds shall be sold at not less
than par, shall not carry the circulat
ing privilege, and that all citizens of
the United States shall be given an
equal opportunity to subscribe there
for, but no commission shall be al
lowed or paid thereon; that both prin
cipal and interest shall be payable in
United States gold coin of the present
standard of value, and be exempt from
all taxation and duties of the United
States as well as from taxation in any
form of all state, municipal, or local
authorities; that any bonds issued
hereunder may, under such conditions
as the secretary of the treasury may
prescribe, be convertible into bonds
bearing a higher rate of interest than
3 per centum per annum if my bonds
shall be issued by the United States
at a higher rate than 3 per centum per
annum by virtue of any act passed
on or before December 31, 1918.
"Section 4 In order to pay the
necessary expenses connected with
said issue of bonds, or any conversions
theerof, a sum not exceeding one-fifth
of 1 per centum of the amount of
bonds herein authorized to be issued
or which may be converted, is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated
to, be expended as the secretary of the
treasury may direct."
Five Liners Will
Sail Soon as Guns .
Are Given Them
New York Feb. 26. If President
Wilson is authorized by tongress to
arm ships to protect American mer
chantmen on the high seas, the Amer
ican line steamships tied up here will
resume sailings as soon as guns can
be provided, it was stated by the
line's officials here today.
The St. Louis, St. Paul, Philadel
phia, New York ana Kroonland are
at their New York docks, the line
having declined to send them out un
til the government furnished arma
ment as defense against attack in the
German submarine lone. The Fin
land of the same line is on its way
from Europe to this port.
All the ships are passenger vessels,
but the Kroonland is to be turned
into a freighter.
Stock Losses On the Range
To Be Normal This Year
W. D. Clifton, assistant general
freight agent of the Union Pacific's
Wyoming division, is at headquarters,
his first visit since his promotion sev
eral months ago. Mr. Clifton asserts
that while the Wyoming winter has
been unsually severe, with more than
the normal fall of snow, the live stock
losses, unless the spring is very late,
will be only about normal.
Funeral of Former Judge
Button to Be Held Today
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 26. (Special
Telegram.) Funeral services for for
mer County Judge Button, who died
in Kansas City .Saturday afternoon,
will be held at the. family residence
here at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
DESKS
CHAIRS
and a complete lino, of
Office .Equipment.
Globe-Wernicke Co.
Steal and Wood Film.
Sanitary Offica Desk, Solid
Oak, as low as $25.00.
We invito you
to sea our line
Orchard & Wilhelm Co.
414-416-41S South 16th St.
AUDITORIUM. FsAee Men. 3
Five Clergymen Will
Help Honor Noted Negro
At the Frederick Douglass memor
ial exercises in Zion Baptist church
Tuesdav evening the following will
participate in the program: Rev. M.
rl.a Wilkinson, JJr. vv. w. reemes,
Misses Cochran and Stewart. Rev.
W.' T. Osborne, M. F. Singleton, Mrs.
Alphonzo Wilson, Dr. J. H. Hutten,
Will N. Johnson, Amos P. Scruggs,
Mrs. iJewey Allan, oeorge wens
Parker, Mrs. J. Alice Stewart, Rev
G. G. Logan, Rev. W. F. Botts and
Rev. Thomas Taggart.
Sells 4,000 Bushels of
Potatoes at $2 Per Bushel
Alliance, Neb., Feb. 26. Adolph
Brost, a farmer living northeast of
Alliance, sold 4,000 bushels of pota
toes last week to Oscar O'Bannon for
$2 a bushel. The tubers were sold
m the Brost cellar and the buyer will
bring them to town at his own ex
Dense. Sneculators are offering to
contract the Box Butte crop for 1917
at 75 cents a bushel, but few, if any,
contracts are being made on this
basis.
ii-.ais)i,ji u.
THOMPSON, BELDEN
COMPANY
Notice To Those Having Charge Accounts
Purchases charged Tuesday and Wednesday
appear on your statement of April first.
Sport Skirts in Fashions
Favorite Spring Styles
The fabrics offer a
startling array of
newness in weave,
pattern and color
silk jersey, khaki
kool, la jerz, yo san,
poplins, fairaway
silks, striped taffetas,-
white satin
shantung, flannel,
wool jersey, serge,
cotton, gabardines
and novelty cloths.
The whole rang
of fashion's fancieg
haa baan covered.
Prices are reasonable.
l t,rTmT I
"How Do You Do It?"
Mr. Business Man Asked His Wife
"Here's the cost of everything gone up sky
high and you keep the table on the same old
allowance."
"Why, I buy HARD ROLL BREAD.
"It costs 10c, but it's a great big loaf that
tastes good and takes the place of other thinga
that cost more.
"I can fix it in those sandwiches you like
so well, put the end of it in a bread pudding and
serve it in a hundred and one ways that satis
fies everybody and keeps down expenses.
"It's a Godsend these days."
That's just what it is. ItV 'e best aud
biggest value in food you can buy.
Try HARD ROLL BREAD 10c. ' Baked
electrically.
It's Bigger and Better
Petersen & Pegau Baking Co.
FORMERLY
U. P. Steam Baking Co.
"3 !
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TWELFTH ANNUAL J
AUTO SHOW GETS
WELL UNDER WAY
(Continued From Page One.)
basement. And, for that matter, it
isn't. It's a real Palm room and a very
pretty one, one worth visiting.
The truck display is in an annex
built on Fourteenth street from How
ard south to the alley. Sixty trucks, in
cluding every manner of commercial
vehicle from saucy little half-ton
crafts to huge five-ton trucks, are
exhibited. It is the most complete
display of trucks ever assembled in
Omaha.
George Green's band of thirty
pieces provides music on the main
floor. Green's orchestra makes the
syncopation in the Palm room.
Truly m Genius.
"Our Tommy," eaid the boy'j mother,
"ought to make a aucceaa In Hie. He enowa
great determination to stick to anything be
undertakes.
"Doee he?" queried the proud father.
Teas" she replied. "Why. ha put In the
whole day making aoap bubbles and trying
to tie strings to them." New York Times.
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