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THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. JUKE 7, 1917.
WHEN IS GREAT WAR
TO COME TO AN END?
Different Infallible Prognosti
cations Put the Qate for
Ending Conflict at
Various Times
By A. R. CBOH.
"When is the great war going to
end?"
L. V. Nicholas, head of the oil com
pany of that name, says it will end by
July 14, V'7. He has bet his money
-on the proposition, at the small' odds
of 1 to 2.
M asked him why he believes the
" war will end so soon.
"The German people are the most
practical people in the world," he
said. "As soon as tiiej- see it is im
possible to win the war they rt go
ing to demand peace. They are going
to propose cuch a peace as the conv
mun neoDle of all countries will in
sist on consummating. I don't say
peace will actually he declared by
July 14 .but that negotiations will be
.under way wlncn will eventuate in
peace." '
Says He is LucVy.
. Mr. Nicholas declares he is "the
luckiest fool you ever heard of in win'
ing bets." In the recent national elec-
tion he bet with the jolly chappies kt
the University club in i manner that
made them crowd around to take his
money. They declared it was like tak
ing candy from babies. After the elec
tion Mr. Nicholas collected from all
the chappies and they weren't so
jolly as when they made the, bets.
So his bet about the war may not
be so far off.
He has other beis on to "protect"
his July 14 bet. One of these is on
even terms. He is to supply certain
Omaha man with gasoline free for
two months if the war isn't ended by
September 1. If it is ended then, the
man is to pay double price lot his
Dumb Ctrl Speaks, i
Then there is the strange tale of
lie little girl, ''deaf and dumb since
lirth, who died the other day and just
efore dying spoke these words, 'The
ar will end in July.' " '
Many people are taking a mysteri
ous propliecy in the tlurteentli chapter
of Kevelations, which speaks of "the
beast," which shal! "reign for forty
and two months." Thrre is "mention
also of the number "606." Take the
word "kaiser" and put down, for each
letter, the number corresponding to
ta distance from the beginning of the
ilphabet, adding a six to the end of
:ach' number. ,
Work It Thii Way.
The first letter, "k," is the eleventh
in the alphabet. Put down 11 and 6,
that is 116. The second Jetter in the
word is the first in the alphabet.' Put
down 1 and 6, that is 16. The whole
iword then adds up as follows:
k .r....II
CREW OF A SUBMARINE TENDER Entire crew of the
United State Steamship Tonopah, submarine tender of
Division 6, stationed at the Charleston (Mass.) navy yard,
photographed on the turret and bridge of their vessel.
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"Forty and two months, from Aug
ust 1. 1914, will be February 1, 1918,
ineretorc, the war will end February
1, 1918. What more could you ask?
Colonel Welsh tells me of a certain-!
old woman, who .ived 101) years ago.
She predicted the present war, he
says, and she predicted also that it
would end in August, 1917.
Now, there you are. The prophecies
of the lucky better, Mr. Nicholas, the
deaf and dumb child, the Kevelations
prophecy,) and the mysterious old
woman.
Take your choice. '
Nebraska Guards Enlist
1 for Duration of War
Recruits to the Nebraska National
Guard will serve only during the war
emergency, according to an order
from the War department made pub
lic by Colonel William Baelir of the
Fourth Nebraska regiment. This is
the most sweeping and by far the
most important order pertaining to
the state militia that the War depart
ment has made in many years. The
effect of this order, according to
Colonel Baehr and other military au
thorities, will tend towards bringing
' the two Nebraska guards units to full
war strength within a very short time.
; Heretofore a recruit to the Nation
al Guard declared his intention of
serving three years with the colors
and three years in the reserve.
"It cannot help but stimulate re
cruiting of our two regiments," said
Colonel Baehr. V'This has been one
of our greatest handicaps, and we
have found it necessary to actually
compete with the federal conscription
law. No one can ever charge that the
Nebraska boys are not patriotic, but
they have been reluctant to join the
guards because of' the enlistment
period. I have no doubt but that Ne
braska will have at least two fi regi
ments when the regiments from the
various states in the Thirteenth divi
sion are ordered to concentrate."
Attacked and Beaten for
Refusing to Discard Butfon
Ole Mortensen, 3021 U street,
South Side, was badly Beaten by two
men in the old saloon building of Ed
Akromis, Thirty-sixth and U streets,
because he wore a button showing
that he had registered.
The men scoffed Mortensen for
registering and ordered him to throw
the button away. When he refused
they attacked him, took his button
away and threw him out of the build
ing. He was attended by Police Sur
geon R. R. Losey and taken to his
home.
Ed Akromis told police officers the
names of the men. Mortensen said
he would appear this morning to file
t complaint.
Captain Briggs says he does not
take much stock in the story, as the
men accused are Belgians and they
are with this country. ,
Rotary Club Subscribes
For $60,000 Liberty Bonds
The Rotary club decided to sub
scribe for $60,000 of Liberty loan
bonds through the Boy Scouts at its
luncheon at noon at the Henshaw
ratheskeller. , , "
Three directors to serve from a pe
. riod of three years were elected as
follows: James Allan, Dr. C B. Atierul
ana k. s. i rimbie.
Dr. E. C Henrv. eresident of the
club, presided. . In a shorttalk he re
viewed the activities of the organiza
OMAHA RAINFALL
HEAVIEST IN STATE
Keachei a Total of 2.31 Inches
for the Twenty. Four
j Hours Ending This
Morning.
Two and thirty-one,, hundredths
inches of rain fell in Omaha in the
twenty-four hours ending at 7 a.
Wednesday. i
It was the heaviest rainfall Omaha
has had since July 11. 1915, at which
time 2.34 inches of rain fell in twenty-
tour hours, ,
Exactly three years ago that is,
in the twenty-four hours ending at 7
a.. m. June 0, 1914 there was a rain
fall of 2.S6 inches in Omaha.
'In the rain of Tuesday night Omaha
had more than any other place in the
state. Hartington came next with
1.70 inches; Lincoln had 1.58 inches;
Ashland, 1.54 inches, and North Loup
had 1.10 inches. Other points in the
state received less than one inch and
in the extreme western part ,of the
state there was no rain.
Tlie heaviest rain ever seen in
Omaha occurred in the twenty-four
hours ending at 7 a. m. August 27,
1903, when the rainfall was 7.03
inches.
During the Trans-Mississippi expo
sition on July 7, 1898, there was a
rainfall of 1.1 inches in ten minutes,
which is the record for heavy rain.
It flooded the buildings of the ex
position, leaking through the roofs
in- hundreds of place i.
. The rain of Tuesday night was ex
tremely heavy ttl Iowa and east and
it was still raining in the morning
in eastern Iowa and the lake regions.
The Missouri river at Omaha rose
one-half foot and now stands at four
teen feet, which is five feet below the
flood stage.
Pickard Gets Judgment
For Expenses From Burns
Friends of Frank Pickard, Omaha
detective, heard today the district
court of Kansas City had given hint
a verdict against the William J. Burns
Detective bureau for $2,500. Pickard
was employed for a time by the Burns
agency, and alleges that the money for
which lie brought suit is due rum as
expense money.
Man With Suggestive Name
Attends Undertakers' Meet
Arthur Killam o Sioux City, at
tending the undertakers' convention,
has all sorts cf fun over the mori
bund suggestion of his name. He
represents a casket company. Mrs.
Kitlam is with her husband.
Triplets Arrive at
Home of Policeman
The arrival oi two girls and one
boy at his house at one time nearly
upset the aplomb of Thomas Keane,
South Side policeman. On four
other occasions the stork brought
one at a time to this home, and on
another occasion brought two, -but
this was the first time Mr. Keane
experienced the thrill of seeing the
nurse hold three fingers.
Mrs. Keane and the babies sre
well. The mother is 38 years of
age and the fathe: is 37. They now
have eight children. One of the
twins died two years ago. The
home is at 5713 South Thirtieth
street.
Wants to Force Money
Back to, the Donors
A suit, unique by reason of the
plaintiff wanting to give some money
to the defendants and not collect
any, was filed in district court
Wednesday morning by the House of
Hope, Florence, a home for aged
people. '
William Lane, Mary Lane, the
Omaha Daily News and Nellie Mc
Gee are defendants.
The House of Hope alleges that
November 10, 1916, the institution
made a contract with the Lanes to
accept them as inmates for life for
the sum of $500, which was paid, the
petition states, through subscriptions
raised by the News and Nellie Mc-
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it is antgea one ot int provisions
of the contract was that the old peo
ple should work. They refused, the
petition says.
The News and Nellie McGee re
fused to accept back $408.02, the un
used portion of "the money for the
Lanes care.
The court is asked to order dispo
sition of the money, now held in
trust. The Lanes are no longer in
mates of the home.
Omaha Officer Hears of '
Two Who Faileds to Register
Federal Investigator Eberstein has
received only two reports of men re.
fusing to register Tuesday. One is
of a Mexican at Mason City and
the other of a Greek at Trenton.
They will be arrested, and held for
the federal authorities.
Tree Struck by Easter ,
Tornado is Blown Down
A larare elm tree in Bemis nark was
blown over. This tree was struck by
the tornado four years ago. Commis
sioner Hummel was grieved when he
viewed the fallen tree, because he had
given it special attention since the
disaster of 1913.
Easter Egg Explodes
And Suffocates Joe
Joe Spiser, 14 years old, 5626
South Twenty-third street, pinched
a two-year-old Easter egg too hard.
It exploded and he was overcome
with the smell. He was unconcious
for more than two hours and it re-
Suired the work of Police Surgeon
hanahan with the pullmotor to
bring him to.
The report of the exploded egg
was heard by Some neighbors.
It has been the custom of the
Spiser family to save Easter eggs
from year to year. Monday night
oe was fondling one the collection.
e squeered it Joo hard
if
COOK DRUM CORPS
TO PLAY IN OMAHA
Famous Denver Organization
to Stop Off on Way Home
from the Ad Men's
Convention.
One of the most famous drum corps
in America will stir the atmosphere
of Omaha with patriot music all
day Thursday. It is Cook's Drum
corps of Denver. There arc forty
three pieces.
This drum corps will stop in
Omaha for the day on its return from
St. Louis, where, with the Denver
delegation to the convention of the
Associated Ad Clubs of the World, it
has been thrilling St. Louis.
The coi, s was organized by Gen
eral Cook twenty years ago in Den
ver. Since his death it has been
backed by others,, and at present the
Denver Ad club is sponsor for it. This
corps has traveled all over the United
States in .he last twenty years. It
went with the Denver delegation to
nationarElks' conventions on va
rious occasions.
Beside the big drum section, there
are cornet and trombone sections.
The boys wear thi Zouave uniforms
of scarlet and white.
The drum corps will play on the
streets, in front of the various recruit
ing stations and on the court house
lawn. The Omaha patriotic commit
tee is trying to arrange a concert.
George Turner of Denver is man
ager of the corps. Fathers and sons
march together and roll the drums
and play the cornets and trombones.
The retailers of yOinaha in their ad
vertisements are calling the attention
of the public to the coining of the
corps.
Gardens and Dairies in
East Omaha Are Flooded
Gardeners jn the market this
morning asserted" that fields and
market gardens on the lowlands in
East Omaha and to the north have
been ruined. They say that the en
tire country is covered with water to
a depth of one to three feet and that
before it can run off vegetation will
be drowned out.
While none of the milkmen of the
East Omaha territory lost any of
their stock, at several of the dairies
the cows stood in water up to their
sides all night. This morning they
were driven to higher ground. At
many of the places water attained
such a depth that it ran into the
barns and inta some of the houses.
This was particularly true at the
homes of the Miigards and the Soren-
sens.
UNDERTAKERS FOR
EACH ARMY UNITi
i
Funeral Directors Recommend
to War Department That j
Bodies of Men Killed in
War Be Sent Home.
"PAY AS YOU
WEAR"
"Dress Well Neve
Miss the Money"
Wheat PricesHigher
Following a Holiday
Following the holiday, wheat on
the Umaha market sold up i cents,
the prices ranging trom S2.77 to ilxs.
Receipts were fifty-one carloads and
the demand was strong.
Lorn was up iYi to iy3 cents a
bushel, selling at $1.61 to $1.62, with
122 carloads on the market.
Oats were unchanged from Mon
day, selling at 63 to 63', cents, with
receipts ot thirteen carloads.
,gfr L I
The Drink
for June, July and August
Iced Postum
Directions: Prepare Postum in tke usual way,1
let cool, serve vvilhcrsxked ice, sugar and lemon '
. OT- if mu rwfr- ancrar nnA rnwm.
Refreshing Satisfying!
Dr. Ferdinand King, New York
fhyticm and Mtdical Author Sayt:
EVERY WOMAN
EVERY MOTHER
EVERY DAUGHTER
NEEDS IRON
AT TIMES -
To put strength into her nerves end
i color into ier cheeks.
. There can be
no beautiful,
healthy roiy
cheeked women
without Iron.
The trouble In
the past has
been that when
women needed
iron they gen
erally took or
dinary metallic
Iron, which oft
en corroded the
stomach end
did far ttiore
harm than good. Today doefbr prescribe
organic iron Nuxated Iron. This particu
lar form of Iron ts easily assimilated, does
not blacken nor injure the teeth nor upset
the itemach. It will increase the strength
end endurance of weak, nervous, irritable,
careworn, haggard-looking women 100 per
cent in two weeks time in many instances.
I have used it in my own practice with
most surprising results. Ferdinand
King, M. D. V
NOTEi NUXATED IRON recommended
above by Dr. Ferdinand King can be obtained
from any good druggist with an absolute
tuarante of aucceaa or money refunded. It
i dispensed in this city by Sherman A Mc
Connell Drug Stores end all good drusglsta.
D
fF. King, M.q I
New and Wonderful
Hair Removing Secret
(Hew to Cat Ri of Roots and All)
The secret la outt Any woman bothered
with superfluous hair can now rid herself
of this trouble absolutely not only the
surface hairs, but the roots as well by
what Is known as the "phdactine process."
The new method does away with numerous
and expensive visits to the electrolysis ex
pert. Does away with depilatories or shaving
at frequent intervals. Nothing like it ever
known before. Get e stick of phelactioe, fol
low easy too instruction, and if not entirely
satisfied the druggist will rerund your
money.
You do the woHi in a few seconds in vnur
own home, without the least iniury. The Ratr-
roou come out before your very eyes, leaving
in sain son, smootn, names, 'rneiacttne m
ndnr-lu). nnn.iiipi t intr anil an hrml
The bodies of soldier bovs killed in
battle will be embalmed at the front
and returned to :heir homes with the
same service that one receives when
death is from natural causes at home,
according to the plan of the Nebraska
and Iowa Funeral Direetors' associa
tion, which is meeting here this week.
Resolutions were drawn up vesterdav
offering the government a plan for the
disposition of bodies at the battle
tronft, formerly the bodies of dead
soldiers wer placed in zinc-lined
caskets and coated with auicklimc
and when they arrived heije for burial
mey couia i. h dc openea.
it is planned to have the eovern
ment maintain a corps of undertakers
with each unit of the service and in
clude them in the medical staff. A
copy of the resolutions telegraphed to-
tne war department tollows:
Inasmuch an many liven will undoubtedly
be sacrificed In the case of -actual enga (ce
ment in the European war. and we, the Ne
braska and Iftwa Funqral Directors' associa
tion, believe that It would bo 'an object leu-
son 1n humanity and chrlaUanliy. and
furthermore believing that the efficiency of
the array and navy would be Increased ma
terially, by the addition to the health unit
of the service, unibulmers, who ure versed
In sanitary essence, bo It.
Resolved. That sur.-h el corns of em-
balmers ijc maintained for service at the
front for the purpose of taking care of bodies
mere ana properly preparing tticm ror re
turn to this country, thereby allevtatlnsr th-
tfrief of mothers who give up their sons to
this end. Wo- recommend that prorlslon be
made for the proper recognition of our pro
fusion and that means be provided whereby
our service may be most efficiently em
ployed. (Signed)
C. CfirGtensn. oresident: B. L. Mclntlre.
vice pnwident; Peter J. Morten, jr., secre
tary; Charles Emerson, secretary-treasurer.
Charles Emerson of Creston. Ia.. is
the originator of the idea.
Mrs. Ueorife U Wheeler, who was
scheduled to lecture on "Why the
Woman Assistant," was unable to be
present. Rabbi Frederick Cohn de-
ivered an address, which way fol
lowed by a lecture and demonstration
by Dr. Poynter of the Nebraska uni-1
versity.
Noonday -Club to Have
A Patriotic Meeting
The Noonday club- lias Dianned a.
patriotic meeting for Thursday noon
at the Commercial club. John L.
Kennedy will speak. Members will
respond to a roll call with little pa
triotic addresses, and declarations.
Choose Your SPRING and
Summer Clothing at Greatly
REDUCED PRICES
Spring Dresses Off Spring
Coats 13 Off Any Wool Suit
in Stock at Half Price
Pay $100
Only 1
or so
"Drtu Well New
Mise the Money"
PER WEEK
On th. Purchase You
Male.
lVpNI Choose Your Sprint Suits
I'l'L'l" " " From Thee. 3 Special Lots
Our entire stock divided into three
groups herey men, is an opportunity sel
dom equaled never surpassed. Included
are all of our highest priced Spring and
Summer Suits
$1075 $
-fi
1575 $22
50
IP
Ail -
Ml
Goods Marked in
Plain Figures.
Profit by These Specials
Sl.BO Ladies' White Corded Wash
Skirts, at Q86
$1.60 Ladies' Fancy Flounced
Satin Petticoats, at SVC
.50 Men's Trousers, new patterns and
'colors, at . : I SI. 75
35c Men's Onyx Silk Fibre Hose, 19
50c Ladies' Onyx Silk Fibre Hose, 25
fntn'S SHOES
$5.00 Values, at
$3.95
WOMEN'S SHOES
$7.50 Values, at
$5.95
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