THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUMS 7, 1917.
LIBERAL POLICY
TOWARDLATE MEN
General Orowder Says Those
Who Failed to Register
Yesterday May Do
So Today.
Washington, June 6. Provost
Marshal General Crowder today
notified all governor that he had
interpreted the law to permit any
who in good faith'failed to register
yesterday to do so today and an
nounced that a liberal policy would
be pursued to make the registration
complete.
Washington, June 6. America's
millions of the military age prescribed
by congress are registered for the war
against Germany. In every state in
the union today reports from the poll
ing places to which some 10,000,000
young men marched yesterday to
record their names were being as
sembled for transmission to the War
department. In many cities registra
tion exceeds estimates of the census
department.
The next step in the government's
plan will be the selection of those
who are to bear arms from others who
remain at home because of dependents
or to do the work on the farm or in
the factory.
Only four arrests were reported of
ficially to the Department of Justice
last night and it was pointed out to
day that even the sum of unofficial re
ports of trouble indicate that the day
was more peaceful than most general
elections.
Arrest at Deadwood.
, The first official report of an ar
est for failure to register received at
the Department of Justice came from
Deadwood, S. D., where Anto Maleta,
Slavonian, was placed in jail for
noncompliance with the law. An
other arrest was reported at Williams
town, Ky.
Kansas City, Mo., reported that the
registration had exceeded the esti
mates generally through the state
and in the city alone 30,000 has reg
istered, an excess of 50 per cent over
the estimated number.
New Jersey Reports First.
Complete returns from New Jersey,
the first to come in, show registra
tion of 302.S66. The estimate by the
census bureau was 309,563.
Wisconsin's total registration was
estimated by Governor Philipp at
218,700. Census estimates placed Wis
consin's estimated registration at
229.597.'
Few eleventh ' hour rulings were
found necessary. The system devised
by General Crowder of invoking the
political machinery of the nation in
the task, worked with a smoothness
that snoke of oerfect co-ooeration
, by state, county and municipal of
ficials.
t Registered Men May Enli-Jt.
. General Crowder made it clear,
however,, that registration acted as a
bar against no man who wished to
enlist in the army or navy. Any
man who enrolled himself today, but
whose patriotic impulse bids him
ateo into the ranks now and not
await selection day, will pass from
the registration lists automatically, -
A man may take his choice as to
the part of the great national army
in which he will serve, regular. Na
tional Guard or selective army.
Many cards mailed by men absent
from their home precincts, failed to
snow tnc present address ot tne mat
vidual.
"Governors of many states," ' Gen-
eral Crowder , said in a statement,
"report that the registration cards of
absentees, which are reaching home
precincts in many instances, .do not
carry the present address of the ab'
sentee who is mailing the card.
"It is impossible in these cases to
Mail registration certificates to such
absentees. An absentee who has made
this mistake should at once aend his
address to the registrar of his pre
cinct and request a certificate. The
request should be addressed as fol
lows;
lo the registrar precinct
tyour nome), care sheriff
county, state of. : if per
manent home is in a city of 30,000
or over, mail card in care of the
mayor ot your city.
Chittgo Exceeds Estimate.
.Chicago, June 6. Complete unoffi
' cial returns from the draft registra
' tion give Chicago 308.006 names. The
last name was, written down at 4
o'clock this morning.. To the names
already reported are to be added those
to be taken today at the emergency
registration at the city hall.
Chicago' registration exceeded all
estimates, and only twenty suspected
slackers were reported to Hinton G.
Clabaugh, local chief of the federal
' bureau Of investigation.
Many Aliens at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Juni 6. Virtually
complete returns from yesterday's
registration for war service shows the
number of enrollments in Philadel
phia exceeded preliminary estimates
by more than 2,000. With four scat
tered divisions out of a total of 1,336
in the city to be heard from, the of
ficial count was 170,764. Of this num
: ber 37,769 registered as aliens. 77,339
are married, 35,214 are single with de
, pendents, and 21,510 claimed exemp
tion on various grounds.
.Lincoln Shows Up Well.
Lincoln. Neb.. June 6. Comolete
unofficial returns from the draft reg
istration in Lincoln show a total reg
istration of 4,763 in the city proper,
' exceeding the War department esti
mate by 12 per cent. -The estimate
, wa i(vy.
Ute Indians Register When
Law is Explained to Them
Ignacio. Colo. Tune 6. All hnt
eleven of the Ute Indiana who yester
day refused to register under the se
lective aratt law came in today and
auominea to registration.
A posse, led by Sheriff John Alex,
ander, today was searching for the re
maining red men. If the sheriff is
able to locate them he will explain
the registration law to them.
The men who surrendered were
under the impression that registra
tion meant the Indians "would have
to go to France and fight," thev said.
Flagstaff, Aria., June 6. No further
, attempt will be made to register
, Navajo Indians, who caused registra
tion officials to depart in haste yester
day irom tne reservation luu miles
north of here until instructions come
. from Washington, according td Wal
ler Ktinxe, Indian agent at I uba City.
FARMER KILLED
BY LIGHTNING
DURING STORM
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iKht. has subsided, leaving only the
residue of thick oozy mud. Street
cars are not running down Fifth ave
nue, but Manawa cars run through
the mud as far as the Illinois Cen
tral, then passengers are obliged to
wade across the tracks, where other
cars run to Omaha. Automobiles are
stuck in various places along the
streets and the work of rescuing ill cm
has not yet begun. i
Burlington Track Out.
On the Burlington lines the most of
the trouble occurred a .short distance
west of Chalco, in the Pappio valley,
where 200 to 300 feet of track was
washed out. All trains from and to
the west are being routed over the old
line, by way of Plattsmouth and
Louisville.
East of Gretna a small washout is
reported, but nothing like as bad as
that through the valley in the vicin-
tv of Chalco. where it is reported
that in places the grade has been
washed to the level of the surrounding
country.
On the east side ot tne river tne
Rock Island and Milwaukee exper
ienced considerable trouble in getting
into Council Bluffs on account of the
high water in the vicinity of Neola.
The tracks of both roads were badly
washed and trains were not run over
them until after noon.'
An overflow of the Platte river in
the vicinity of LaPlatte covered the
tracks of the Missouri Pacific to a
depth of one to three feet and it was
not until noon that a train was
brought in from the south.
there were torrential rains up the
Platte and Republican river valleys,
but aside from softening the tracks,
there are no reports of damage.
Heavy ram extended over all west
ern Iowa, but nothing in the way of
cloudburst.
Lake Settlement Flooded.
Carter lake resident had to wade
water to get from their houses to the
car line yesterday. Basements in
the Carter lake settlement are full of
water and water surrounds many of
the homes. This is not an overflow
from the lake, but merely the water
that fell. Lee Smith had to impro
vise a bridge from hi porch to the
sidewalk. This he did by making
use of a long ladder and dry goods
boxes. His croquet set was floating,
but being an optimistic fellow he in
sists he wilt now use the balls to
play water polo. ,
Street Railway Hit
The street, railway company was
hart hit. A number of washout are
reported, the most serious on this side
of the river being at point where creek
flowing from Forest Lawn crosses
Thirtieth street. The grade there is
twenty-five feet above the bed of the
creek. A long stretch of this grade
was undermined and it carried away
one of the tracks. The break inter
fered with the aervice to and from
Florence until a switch was installed.
After that all traffic was routed over
a single track from the junction to the
north end ot the line.
In Fairmount Dark. Council Bluffs.
the street railway company had ex
pended several hundred dollar in
lloping back the side of a deep cut
just insiae ine east entrance to tne
park. As a result of the heavy rain,
the banks ot the cut sloughed oft, pre.
cipitating several hundred tons of mud
and rock onto the tracks. A stretch
of about 300Jeet of track is buried to
a depth of twenty feet.
Cadet Come Home.
Rain which drenched them to the
skin Tuesday night and fear of DOS'
sible sickness a the result was the
reason given by Commandant F. H.
Gulgard for ordering the Omaha High
school cadet regiment encamped at
Gilmore home Wednesday morning.
The cadets arrived at 11 o'clock by
special train consisting of eight
coaches and two baggage car. The
regiment marched up Farnam street
from the union depot to the high
school grounds, where it disbanded.
"We thought it impracticable and
unwise to keep the cadets longer at
Cjilmore, Commandant Gulgard said,
"They were drenched to the skin and
the camping ground was knee deep
with mud. Our camp doctor ad
vised that a number of the cadets
might take down with pneumonia if
they did not have , an immediate
change of clothing and dry bed
clothes.
Wind i Bad.
The rain and windstorm which
truck the camp shortly before mid'
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night -as the worst he bad experi
enced for some time, Prof, E. E. Mc
Millan, faculty advisor, who accom
panied the cadets, said. 'There hardly
was a tent standing and the boys
were wet through and through in run
ning out in the rain trying to et
them up."
Practically all the cadets were
against coming home. They will
have to attend school for the rest of
the week.
Captains of the different companies
decided that they did not want a holi
day Thursday, but would rather go
to their classes. They had been given
the choi-e of holding a picnic at Elm
wood park to take the place of vis
itors' day. ,
Cadets will be given a small re
fund because of the curtailed en
campment. Commandant Gulgard an
nounced. He said, however, that they
would not have another camp this
year.
U.S. MIDDIES VIE
WITH BRITISH IN
CHASEFOR DIVER
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herself being escorted to port by
American and British destroyers, side
by side, circling about her like twin
sisters, a visible sign of the new al
liance. The American boats were ready
for duty the minute they arrived.
This was something of a pleasant
surprise for the British naval men.
It has been expected that some time
would be necessary for certain in
stallations and fittings, but the Amer
icans had everything in readiness and
were at once assigned to work.
Shore Leave Generou.
Shore leave is generous on the
American ships and the American
sailors are constantly in evidence in
this village, in the country side
roundabout and in a nearby city,
where more metropolitan pleasures
are available than in the restricted
limits of this little place. The people
ot the towns have taken the Amen
can sailor and he straightway wins
into the heart
The American sailor seems always
to have money, which is not so
strange when it is considered that
bis rate ot pay is considerably high
er than that of the British tar.
The American gets a dollar every
time we get a shilling" is a common
expression among the admiring Brit
ish seamen.
One of the American sailors favor
it waya of showing his opulence is
his habit of always traveling first
class on the railway which takes him
from the village up to the city.
trip ot a few miles, ihe extra cost
is only a few pence but the unheard-
of idea of a common sailor travelling
hrst clas strikes the populace as a
startling and audacious meneuver
worthy the best traditions of Ameri
can extravagance.
' Jack No Easy Mark. .
Local tradesmen who expected to
nnd the visitor an easy mark soon
learned their mistake, however, for
he is seldom fooled twice and quickly
learns to demand value tor his money.
FOR BEAT ENERVATION
I'm, Horsford'a Aetd Phosphate
Kxcsllent (or the relief of eihsustlon.
nervousness and Impaired digestion, due to
the effects of heat. Advertisement.
Recruiting of Britons .
. Begins at New. York
New York, June 6. Recruiting of
British subjects for the British army
began here, today at the headquarters
ot General W. A. White. Previous
to the opening of the headquarters
(nore than 500 applications had been
received for details of enlistment.
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$350
Walnut or Oak Case.
(SjI Per
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PAPILL10N FLOODED
BYCLOUDBURST
Middle of Business District Un
der Water for 3everal
Hours; Damage to
Property is Heavy.
The middle uf the business section
of Papillion was flooded Tuesday
night by a cloudburst which swelled
Papio creek from a small stream into
raging torrent, quarter of a mile
wide, within a few mlnutes.i
The flood subsided nearly as rapidly
as it rose and by 10 o'clock yesterday
mornintr the creek was nearly back in
its banks. It was at first feared that
several persons had been drowned,
but isolated families were taken from
their homes safely after a night of
terror and anxiety.
Property "Los Heavy.
The nroDertv loss will amount to
many thousand dollars. Several hun
dred feet of Union Pacific track are
washed out and for several hour not
a wire into town was working.
A large warehouse near the TOill of
Fred Grabe. which stood just south
of Main street, was carried away and
lodged on the bank of the stream
about three blocks below. The post
office, Pike's general store, Emil
Grothe s furniture store. Henry Beer
lines implement store flooded and
tnanv cellars were filled with water.
The garage of Walter Voss, along
with his automobile, was washed down
the creek and his restaurant was
flooded.
The shoe shop of Jim Spearman
was washed across the street and
toppled over.' A paint shop was
washed thirty feet' from its founda
tion and was saved from floating down
the creek by becoming lodged against
a tree.
Alfalfa Seed Soaked.
In another warehouse A. W. Clarke
the banker, has $12,000 worth of alfal
fa seed stored and the morning found
a foot and a half of water all over
the floor, covering a counle of tiers
of sacks of the seed. The seed was
taken out the first thing and an effort
made to dry it before it swelled and
thus save part ot it.
Water filled the basement and cov
ered the first floor of the harness shop
of M. J. Fieberg. The feed store of
A. H. Fricke was under water.
Other places under water were the
general merchandise store of Charles
McManany. livery barn of Tom
Doolev. W. M. Eaton, garage. A. A,
Horn, tin shop and the line Manu
facturing company.
Several Families Marooned.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cook and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Voss and
children, Guy Home and wife and
Mrs. Pella, who live near the creek,
were marooned and attempts to res
cue them last night were unavailing.
A scene as spectacular and as thrill
ing as any staged by the movies was
enacted when "Blondy" Ruff made a
daring attempt to rescue the three
Voss children, imprisoned with their
parents. Tying a rope around his
waist, and attaching the other end to
a tree, he started to swim to the Voss
home.
The wift current proved too much
for Ruff to combat He almost reach
ed the marooned restaurant in which
the children were imprisoned, but was
hurled back by the fury of the waters
each time. He attempted to hang
onto a telephone1 pole and thus pull
himself up to a position from which
he could climb into the restaurant, but
even this failed.
Then the men holding the rope
which was tied around his waist, tried
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TEETH
'without?
DR. McKENNEY Says.
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Be Careful In Using t
Soap On Your Hair
Most soaps and prepared shampoo
contain too much alkali, which is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use ia just plain
mulsified cocoaniit oil, for it ig pure
and entirely greaseless. It'a very
cheap, and beata the most expensive
soaps or anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store,
and a few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about a teaspoon ful is
all that is required. It makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather
cleanses thoroughly and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to
handle. Besides, it loosens and take
out every particle of dust, dirt and
to pull him back to safety. But when
they pulled on tne rope tney puncu
Ruff into the water and he could not
stand it. Seeing this the men released
the rope and Ruff started down stream
under the impetus ot tne wnirnng
waters.
Many persons witnessed his strug
gles, but none were able to reach
him. Ropes hurled at him failed to
reach.'
He floated almost to the creek
when his foot became entangled in
the machinery of a road scrapper.
This stopped his flight in the rushing
waters, but lie was still some dis
tance from help. For over an hour
Rulf clung to the road scraper and
struggled with the waters which were
climbing inch by inch. Finally,
Charles . Hutter, sheriff of Sarpy
county, managed to get a rope to
Ruff and the latter was pulled to
safety. '
Action Concerning Russ
Draft Dissenters Deferred
Phoenix. Ariz.. Tune 6. Action on
the refusal of members of the Russian
colony of Molokans, near Glendale,
to register yesterday was deferred to
day pending investigation. The Rus
sians hied an affidavit at the registra
tion booth stating their religious be
lief against taking life in any form.
Assistant United states Attorney
Langston said the law makes no ex
cuse for not registering.
LIBERTY BOND
DRIVE CONTINUES
UNABATED TODAY
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the bank wilt resell many of the bonds
they have taken, and will again buy
more, but just how many no one can
tell at this time.
Notes of Bond Sale.
The Union Stock Tarda company aub-
crlbed for 1100,000 worth.
Western union employes have taken about
$7,000 worth.
Reports from 'less than one -third ot tne
life Insurance men who worked Tuesday
showed $63,660 of bonds sold. This total Is
exoected to bo over 1160.000.
Employes of the T. O. Nortnwall company
have taken 11.200 worth.
Posters have ben sent to all industrial
plants explaining how employes may buy
bonds.
The electrlo Itg-ht company Is giving its
employee twenty montns in wmcn to pay
for the Liberty bonds.
B. E. Brando, manairer of the National
Lead company In Omaha, has been advised
by his New York office that arrangements
have, been made by his employes to take
bonds. '
The woodmen of the world lodge has
taken 1260,0000 of the bonds.
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The Crowd Which Attended the Opening of Our Linen Sale
Our Fire Sale of Linens
Continues
We still have some wonderful bargains in
fine table cloths and napkins some in
matched sets, others in odd cloths and nap
kins. v
Do not miss this opportunity of replenish
. ing your linen stock with really fine linens.
Savings in Woolens
Undoubtedly it will be a long
time before you will again have
the opportunity to get values
such as we offer at the present
time. )
All-Wool French Serge, 45 to
48-inch, $1.50 and $1.75 a yd.
Poiret Twill Suiting, 45-inch,
$1.50 and $1.75 a yard.
Novelty and Plaid Skirting, 48
inch, $1.76 a yard.
'Cretonne Cases
Rubber lined traveling
.cases and aprons, made of
figured cretonnes, pretty
designs, 50c, 75c, 1.00,
f 1.25, $1.50 and ?1.75 ea.
Toilet Goods
Amoline Toilet Powder,
at 17y2c.
Powder Puffs, 7c.
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We have them. Nos. 10
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for knitting scarfs, socks,
wristlets, etc., for soldiers.
There is a great scarcity
of these needles, so we
would advise an early se
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Muslin Underwear.
Corset Covers, embroidery trim
med, full sizes and well made,
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"Marcella" Drawers of fine,
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or embroidery trimmed, 50c,
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White Sateen Petticoats with
tucked flounce, takes the place
of the double panel skirt, $1.35
and $1.50.
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Are you helping to save humanity by
spending a few hours each day sewing
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to the front?
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