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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1917)
MY Y. M. G. A. IS - AT WORK IN FRANCE Preparationi Well Under Way for Reception of First - United State Ex pedition. Kew York, May ' 28. Chairman William Sloane of the National Wtr Work Council of the Young Men'i Christian association today announced ' that plans for the reception of the first American expeditionary force to northern France are rapidly being perfected. Tents and buildings, fully equipped to carry on the association work, are being arranged for the American troops. They Will find the Young Mens Christian , association with its triangle emblem on the ground ahead gf them. ' , , Steps have been taken to utilize the services of twenty or more American ' secretaries, who have been waiting in Switzerland since the entrance of the United States into the war. These secretaries were former! engaged in , association- war1 -work in the central empires. . Workers Precede Troops. "It cannot be stated at this time when the first contingent of our ex ' neditionary forcr will arrive in France," said Mr. Sloane, "but the as sociation plans to go a step further than it did in establishing; the forty two buildings on the Mexican border. It has been a custom of the associa tion in ita army work heretofore l.jt to follow, but to go with the troops. In this case the association is actually i going ahead of the troops into north ern France. i . ! "Arrangement, hav been mad lor I 200 large huildings to be erected -at ! the thirty-two training camps in the ; United States as rapidly as they are 1 needed. Contracts have now been let for buildings in as many camps. Activity at Training Camps. "The association is co-operating ; with the federal commission on train ' ing camp activitiea. ; "Immediately around the camps will ! be tones to bar out vice and alcoholic : excess, but the aim will be to wlth 1 draw so far as possible the attention ' of the soldier from the rigid restric- tions of the aones by the organized presentation of better means of : recreation and entertainment. It is I to be a great affirmative system, in r stead o a merely, sterile,, .negative ! one." " - ' 1 From present indications it is ex ! pected tint the - entire amount of $3,000,000 with which to carry on this I work will be in sight by June !.. CROSS TIMAV0 RIVER; FORCES . NEARTHEGULF say today's official report on the Franco-Belgian front operations. "Successful raids were made by ns north of Armentieree and in the neighborhod of Wytschaete. Our troops reached- the German support line and captured between twenty and thirty prisoners." 1 ... Fighting in Roumania. Petrograd, May 28. (Vi London British Admiralty, -. per .Wireless Press.) "On the Rnsso-Callclan and Roumanian fronts rifle firing oc curred," says today's' official state . ment. "Two Turkish attacks were repulsed on the Caucasian front Enemy airplanes dropped bombs on our airdrome northwest of Luninsta. Berluv-May 28. (Via London. German troops yesterday aptred a line of French trenches on the Poehl berg and the Kenlberg, south of Mor onvilliers, in the Champagne region, together with more than 250 prison ers, army headquartera announced to day. American Beet Sugar Industry Grows Rapidly Washington. May 28. Growth of the American beet sugar tndustr) from 1870 to 1914 is traced in s re port made by the federal trade com mission -to congress toaay. : - In 1914 the country produced 700, 000 tons, of beet sugsr, 16 per cent nf ita eensnmntion. -At that time there were seventy-eight factories against three in 1870. "Ranid development of the '. in' dustry since 1897," says this report, "has been largely due to direct en couragement by the federal end state government, particularly the former." In the five yeara ending with 1913- 1914, manuiacturing companies, ac rnritins to the reoort. earned an aver age of U per cent on their capital. In 1913-14 V earnings were ' unusually small because of the low price of '"Seet srowlnar the reoorf sayl. has proved profitable to the farmer, al though growers complain tney no nui ' receive a price lor tneir prouuci com' i inenswrate with the price of sugar. German Air Raids - Approach invasion London. May 28. The newspapers in tbeir.edilorials today deal with Fri- day'a air raid, i They say that not only did it result in the. greatest number of casualties of. any raid yet made, but they consider it as a probable fore- rUIlflCIt yi-'MMII Blllltiai u, not,-.. .nay. in tuna 6e multiplied to tne ex' lrnt of amountitiff to invasion. The great speed and height at winch airolanes bDeratc. as well as their virtual immunity from damage by ' anti-aircraft artillery, are regarded as , among the reasons why they have re placed the Vulnerable Zeppelins, and i are likely to become I more serious 1 1 menace - ' . sils Intoxicating Liquor t And is fjned $100 and Costs "Cbirles AltVaie, 1024 Dodge street, ,' ks fined $100 and costs for selling In- oaicating liquor to Bon Darouk. Da ' rouk is a Russian and it was neces r sary to secure an interpreter to find ' out from whom he had purchased it. I" Darouk alio was fined $100 and costs fqr having the liquor in his possession, but (he sentence was suspended when ' he told from 'whom the liquor had beta obtained. . - Creirjhton Uh1 Buys y " $40,000 Liberty Bonds t relghton University has invested in - $40,000 worth of Liberty bonds through the Merchants National bank. , This is the money left by the late Mrs. Cummings for' remodeling St. " lohn's church, but it has bten de- tided not to do this with the present high cost of building material. Spectacular Fire Which Destroyed Maney Mills Elevator, With Loss of $200,000 , ' ." 4- MORE CHANGES MADE . IN WARTAX BILL Senate Finance Committee Ex empts Motion Picture Films, Jewelry and Ohewinjf Gum. Washington, May 28. Involving further reduction of the house war tax bill by $15,500,000, the senate finance committee decided to exempt motion picture films, jewelry and chewing gum from taxation. A new confec tionary tax was considered. Instead of the house rates on man ufacturers' gross salca of athletic goods,- perfumes, cosmetics and oronrietarv medicines, the committee decided to keep them aa sources of revenue, but br stamp taxes instead of the 5 per cent gross sales tax. The committee also is considering a tax on tonnage of pleasure yachts instead of the house tax on their cost. The changes decided upon today followed the committee's decision to strike out the 5 per cent tax on all manufacturers sales. IHpartnttat Ordwa, Washington. May ST. fHpMlal Talaaranv) -Mri. Laura Rohwatha waa aspolntad poat- maatar at Orant, Platta county, Wyo., vlea ura. mint Roman, raairnoa. Rarnl lattar oarrlar aDDolntadt Nebraa- ka Niobrara, Nab., Oeorga W. Dvrkaa, Iowa Dacorah, Ho D. Hontaavlki DUton. Harbart J. Hauarl Quarnaajr, Hanry A. Cer- art. I-AX-yoa Aa Imatorad aaena. A dla-aatlva llould laiatlva. oalhartlo and llvar tonla. Comblnfa atronslh with pal' atablfl aromatto taata, loaa not srlpa or dU' turn atotnacn. aBs,-Advartlaament. Belgian Army Holds Section of Line and Makes Its Own Arms (Corraapoudtnoa at Tha Aaaootatad. Praaa.) Headquarters of the Belgian Artil lery Establishment, Behind the Al lies' Front, May 7. Here, where the Belgian army is making its own can non, its own rifles, its own shells, its own transport wagons, its own sad dles and harness, one can appreciate how other outstanding features of the war have unduly obscured the Belgian military effort since the battles of 1914. The Belgian army had six divisions of infantry and two divisions of cav alry left to hold a line of approxi mately eighteen miles, or Just about four men to the yard of front, on a front where particular vigilance is required. No part of the allies' line is more closely watched and explored by the enemy's patrols. A weak spot anywhere would provoke an Immedi ate offensive. Belgium lost all its manufacturing establishments and all its resources in raw materials in the defeat of the allies at Charleroi and in the retreat from Antwerp, yet Monsieur de Bro queville, minister of war, has built up artillery and munitions establish ments, that not only enable the Bel gian army to reply shot for shot to the Germans on the Yser front, but mAsafe.del(clou$ ff JJ . II beverage for Iff J J II thousands Hi ' ; 11 who find that jjf coffee disagrees it'L sr -. DncTi i mi Mr lim iajaaBBBaajajBBjBaaaaaaaf i ?" i' ;;v t sac p.r2 i i -4.. BEEF TO BE HIGHER SAY LIVESTOCK MEN Cattle Men Appearing in Kate Hearing; Protest That Higher Rate Would Make Meat More Expensive. Washington, May 28. Agricultural and livestock interests, protesting to the Interstate Commerce commission today against the railroads' proposal for a 15 per cent general increase in freight rates, declared not only would unjustly burden food producers, but would handicap seriously the whole food production campaign initiated by the government as a wear meas ure. Purin gthe day's hearing represen tatlves of the American - National Live Stock association and of the Na tional Council of the Farmers' Co onerative association submitted a 'mass of evidence calculated to show that stock rsisers and farmers al ready are bearing unusual heavy ex pense and could not make a Support ing 'profit if a freight increase were added. ' Fourth Increase for Beef. Speakihg for the live stock associa tion, T. W. Tomlinson told the com mission that western cattle raisers will have to get 25 per cent more than last year for their product even under present conditions in order to make a living. Even then, he said, many cattlemen doubtless would have to go out of business, and with tn increased freight rate to market the effect was also contribute to the supplies of the allied armies. Fourteen thousand workmen are employed in these es tablishments, which are using Ameri can machines and tools. The invasion found the Belgian army in the midst of an entire re organiiation of its artillery. Siege cannon, ordered from the Krupp works in Germany, had not been fur nished. Millions of cartridges or dered from the same source also had been held up. It was with a disor ganised armament and insufficient ma terial that the Belgians held the Ger mans in the retreat to the Yser. The reorganisation waa ' difficult Unable to call a session of parlia ment to revise recruiting laws to ac cord with the new situstion, the gov ernment could only appeal to the pat riotism of refugees in England and France. The response was such as to reconstitute an army of six di visions of infantry and two divisions of csvslry, while 14.000 men were de tached for the manufacture of muni tions in France and 600 sent to Rus sia for the same purpose. About 30. 000 more nn were raised by decree calling up all Belgians eligible for service between 18 and 40 yeara of age. i " - . . sure to be (ett In a decrease in meat oroduction. Botn Mr. jomunson ana umora Thome, who appeared for the farm' era' association1, pointed out in detail how the price of everything entering into grain and meat production had increased. The middle western farm er, said Mr. Thorne, would would have to pay much of the proposed rate increase, now has an average yearly income of only about $480. Mr. Thorne and other shippers' representatives urged that rates be readjusted rather than increased by IS per cent. i "When I keep house," said The Little Bride of Mystery, "I certainly will hare Alamito Paateurixed milk because it is safe and their dairy is 'Milk' White.' " Wardrobe Trunks For Your Vacation ' A thoroughly well made wardrobe trunk, fibre-covered, good corners, locks and hinges. Large room; drawers arranged for ladies or men. Regular price $30.00, while they 5 Freling&Steinle "OMAHA'S BEST. BACCAftE BUILDERS". : 1803 Faroam St D DREXEL'S ARCH PRESERVER F0RW0MEN A Shoe That Comes Up end Stays Up To the Feet Areh This is an ideal shoe for nurses. Don't fill your shoe with a heavy bungtesome ' metal arch support, only adding to the bur dens of your overworked feet Tha weight of the body should rest on the entire foot This shoe is so constructed that the arch receives the support it needs) it is neat in appearance, attractive In style, light on the foot, Is made of fine glased kid In lace , ' PARCEL POST PAID AAA t EC S to 10 DREXEL SHOE CO. 141 Panaam n RAPP-SCHROEDER CASE BEFORE JURY Widow Sues Former Saloon Keeper for Damages; May Be Reopened in Lynch Ouster Case. A $25,000 damage suit, arising out of the Rapp-Schoeder murder, triple killing, which shocked Omaha three years ago, and which, it is persistently rumored, will be reopened as an issue of Sheriff Clark's ouster proceedings against Johnny Lynch and Police Chief Dunn's charges against Captain of Detectives Maloney and Detective Sutton, was begun before Judge Sears in law court Monday. Mrs. Marguerite Kapp, widow ot William Raoo. one of the victims of the tragedy, is suing Peter Moscrey, formerly a saloon keeper at iau South Twentieth street, on behalf of herself and her four voung daughters. The widow alleees that liouor pro cured in Moscrey s place on the nignt of the murder, July IS, 1914, caused her husband, frred Schoeder ana reter Schoeder to "loiter and delay on their wav home and to become boisterous. noisy, careless, reckless, annoying and quarrelsome to persons unxnown. The Schroeder brothers and Rapp were shot down in the street in the neighborhood of Twenty-fourth and Pecifii streets between 10 and 11 o'clock at night, according to Mrs. Rapps petition. Kapp died the next day. Could Not Protect Self. His widow says that as a result of THOMPSON BELDEN &CQ sAz6tsAfd AS06 Two Hosiery Specials Tuesday Women's pure dye Silk Hose, in white and black with lisle tops and double soles, $1.25 quality for $1 a pair. Children's Cotton Hose black and white, double knees; 35c quality, 25c pr. It's a Long Ways to Better Silk Shirts for Men To find a selection so good as this one would be rather diffi cult. Styles and qualities are tip-top, Prices are below the average. To, match your shirte with wash neckwear, ask for Dalpark'a wide ends or tubulars colors t that stand the tub. - M Just In Time for the Holiday Outing Hats A selection of the best variety of attractive styles it has been our pleasure to show, especially at such low prices. Hats to match your sweater or costume, 65c, 95c, $1.25 Bfttement jL,- -r- j ) t ii ' '"' V ' ' -- mr- y THE MAGNIFICENT M08IAC CHAPEL at FOREST LAWN CEMETERY will be open for inspection Memorial Day. There will be extra street car service on Forest Lawn and Florence lines. There are 820 acres in Forest Lawn, north of the city limits, sufficient to accommodate the people of Doug las county for hundreds of yeara. There are only a few larger cemeteries in the country none in this vicinity. . f " A lew of the manr adrantaeaa of Foraat Lawn! Fmpr Location. Hlth Rollins Ground. Salt from DlsturbMM. BaantlTul Ludaeajw, So Proitta to Anyone, Perpetoal Care. Street Car Terminal. his condition on the night of the mur. der. following slleged drinking in Moscrey's saloon, he was unable to protect himself. The murdered man, according to his widow, was an expert mechanic earning $150 a month at the time of hia riratll. Sitting beside their mother in the court room were tne lour uuie giria, Audrey Rapp, 11 years old; Marguer ite. Rapp, 6 years old; Josephine Rapp, 8 years old, and Madeline Rapp, 4 years old. Joe Rapp, brother of the murdered man, and W. W. Slabaugh, are attor neys for Mrs. Rapp. The former saloon keeper is repre sented by Arthur Mullen and A. S. Ritchie. Training Camp Vacancies Not to Be Filled. Now Washington, May 28. The War de partment announced today that vacan cies in the officers' training camps, re sulting from the withdrawal of candl dates for commission or from sny nthr rraann. will not be filled. A considerable number at each of the thirteen camps have dropped out hraua thev nroved unsuited to mili- i tary lite, and there Has Deen a rusn oi , r. ----- - applicants to nil tne gaps, ine oe partment holds, however that the first two weeks of the training course are essential, and will delay the entrance of all applicants until the second series of companies to be started when the first series has completed its work. Applicants for the negro officers' training camp at Fort Des Moines were examined today in all the mili tary departments. Officials do not doubt that more than the 1.000 civilians who can be admitted have enrolled. Fashions for the Bathing Beach Styles and kinds of Bathing Dresses are varied, but there is quite as much fashion in these garments as in the more formal summer appareL Women of refine-: ., ment will approve of these styles. For Women and Children One and two-piece Knitted Suits, in colors of black or navy, with, trimmings of white, green and red. . Also gray and mustard colors with trimmings of purple. Suits of plain black and blue mohair, either with or without bloomers. Prices to suit all. Bathing Caps, Shoes and Floater Wings all that goos toward a successful beach costume are also shown. Third Floor The Season's Sale of Pumps and Oxfords About' 300 pairs, formerly priced at $5 to $7. Tuesday $3.95 Patent leather, dull kid, white buck-skin and a few colored and bronze kid. Both high and low heel styles. All Sales Final. GRAIN III STORAGE HERE IS AT LOW EBB Smallest Amount in the Ele vators for any Time cur in the Last Ten Tears. .' For the first time in ten years grain stocks in storage in Omaha elevator! have fallen below 1,000,000 bushels The report of the inspection bureau of the Omaha Grain exchange for the week ending last Saturday shows an aggregate storage of 625,000 bushels. Storage figures now and one year ago, in bushels, toiiow: Now. VhMt ....1I3.QOS Year Ago. 1,414.0(10 105,000 442.00O 1,000 21,000 Corn 08,0(0 Oata IST.eoo Ry !. Barley Totala SiS,o0 8,Sll,0(i0 . The decrease is 1,753,000 bushels. It will be noted that the greatest de crease is in wheat This cereal, in stead of having been allowed to re main in Ktoratrf. has been resold al most as rapidly as bought from first hands and country elevators and has gone out to the millers of Omaha trade territory, or else has been ex ported. . Two Lads and Pony Are Enroute to Idaho Two young boys, John Zeber and Paul Rodin, with a pony, are in Omaha on their way to Idaho to join their parents. They are working their way. One is bell-hopping at a hotel and the other works in a biscuit factory. Most Attractive