WAR INSURANCE BILL
HOTLYCONTESTED
Underwriters and Devotees of
Present Pension System Take
Up Arms Against New
Measure.
Winners in Playground Pushmobile Race
And Red Cross Corps Ready for Service
Washington, Aug. 25. Hearings on
the administration soldiers- and sail
ors' war insurance bill were complet
ed by a house committee today and
an effort will he made to report it
next Tuesday for immediate consid
1 eration.
Vigorous attacks on the measure
are expected from two sources in
surance company interests who op
pose the optional insurance feature,
and . those who want no interference
with the existing pension system. De
bate may be prolonged several days
by the opposition, although ultimate
passage by the house in virtually its
present form is expected by leaders.
General commendation of the bill
marked the hearing today.
No Change in Existing Pensions.
The war insurance measure would
have no effect on pensions now being
paid, Secretary McAdoo explained to
day in response to an inquiry from
an old soldiers' home at Lafayette,
Ind.
"This bill does not affect the old
pensioners in any way," wrote the
secretary. "It leaves them undis
: turbed tit the enjoyment of the pen
sions they are receiving from the gov
ernment for services rendered in pre
vious wars. '
Uncertainty of Future Legislation.
"No one knows better than the old
soldiecs of the country how unfair it
is to leave the men who go to war
to the uncertainties and inequalities
of legislation enacted long after
wards for the compensation they
ought to receive for death and dis
abilities incurred in the service. No
one knows better than they how cruel
it is for the government to make no
provision for the support of depend
ent families of its soldiers and sail
ors when they are. called into the
service of their country.
"The pending bill is intended to
prevent these injustices and is so
.framed as to make unnecessary hap
hazard pension legislation in the fu
ture." Meat Regulation Next Object
Of Food Administration
Washington, Aug. 25. Early regu
lation of the meat industry was pre
dicted here tonight following the de
parture of Herbert Hoover, the food
administrator, for Chicago, to confer
with meat packers and with Federal
Trade Commission representatives,
who are investigating packing meth
ods. Government supervision of meat
packing and distributing concerns,
with the institution of a licensing sys
. tern, it is said, may be the next move
of the food administration after it
has completed plans for the control of
the wheat industry. .
iLVar Expenditures
Jump Sky-High During August
Washington, Aug. 25. War ex
penditures of the United States, in
cluding allied loans, have mounted
during August to more than $24,000,
000 every twenty-four hours. The fig
ures, minus $100,000,000, just loaned
to Russia, are contained, in today's
treasury statment.
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PEACE PROPOSAL
STIRSREICHSTAG
Michaelis Challenged to Take
Definite Stand; Socialist
Leader Charges Chancellor
With Rank Falsehood.
Red Cross pushmobile ambulance:
Max Caldwell of Gifford park, driver;
nurses, left to right, Marie Bogard,
Helen Caldwell, Margaret Cogan,
Anna Wyman, Susie Wyman and Ag
nes Ryan. Pusher is Tom Wilson
and the doctor is Charles Drummy.
Winners in city pushmobile cham
pionship: First Car No. 19, Elmwood park,
Thomas Knight and Walter Farwell.
Second Car No. 17, Miller park,
Leo Nestlebush and Harry Coppici. .
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i ter known as the "Lucky Seventh."
j One son is fighting in France, one is
in tne navy, one was arattea ana tins
last-will help guard Omaha while the
rest are away.
Up-to-the Minute Gossip About
Boys in Khaki at Omaha Gamps
N. O. Thompson, of the head-;
quarters company, Fourth 'Nebraska
at Fort Crook, has seen his co'untry
at war or near it three times and each
time has given his services. The
first was in 1898 when Spain was the
foe. Thompson was in Missourithen
and joined the Third regiment at Kan
sas City. The second time came while
he was in Minnesota in 1913, so'he
joined the First regiment of that
state during the Mexican trouble
The third foe was Germany in 1917
and Thompson put out at once'for
the nearest' recruitjng , station which'
happened to be' th'at of the Fourth'
Nebraska.
Roy Kinkle. a former flute player.
in the regimental band of the lourth.
Nebraska, whose time ot enlistment
was up and who had been absent for
a while, re-enlisted Friday in the band
in order to go to the front with his
old friends.
For the ball game Friday afternoon
for the benefit of the company fund
of Company A of the Sixth Nebraska,
more than 2,000 tickets. were sold., The
JteamajthoUghor'nirVd t less, than
.two week's, put.upjaKAoWga'rnefwith
fnra 'hiflf rrnuiri an L'Ati'hw aernrA
dfil5lto'9.- ' v
" "One "of, the. first things we will,
do2tli the:: money vjH be. to buy'
'equipment for the 'ball vteam," said
CantSin -. Brome. "This f u'nd -. will be
'used' to buyMittle extfas'fof;the;ijbys,
.e'itk mm tsur1a. anI "rn r nr i t Yt In rr&
not supplie'd' bytfie govrnjiicnt. ;
"Some of it'.mav be'transferred to
the'rijess fund and tKcreVsedfordcl-'
icaiesnot. onltlie. a'rmy b'ill of f'fare,
pany fundis a great cbmfoVtto4 the'
boys. :It .helps them cmtin' time of
jiieed. '.All 1the.compa4.jes'.ofl!theiSixth
are anxious to have gqpH.funds.beforc
they;ieavcfor Denring'as'lthVy.wish to
be prepared to meet aU'riee'ds.
Mrs.' Mollic SmajTey, 11.13. North
Eighteenth strectg'eithe'last oflfcr
four sons "to her country whejniei
Smalley enlisted "Friday in 'trTcf Nc;
braska National Guard Reserve, bet-
Companies D and li of the Fourth
regiment at Fort Crook Friday pur
chased a fine phonograph apiece The
one for company K was bought with
money sent the company by DuBois,
Neb., where some of members live.
Grew of Devonian Saved,
, Says State Department
Washington, Aug. 3. All mem-
.bers of the crew of the submarined
steamer Devonian were saved, ac
cording to today's advices to the
'State department. In the crew were
"sixty-five Americans.
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iSOLDIERS MASCOTS
ARE ALL llto
Fowl, K9g and II
s Jy&g the III
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Even Boy
Creatu
Every company of the Nebraska brl
cade has some tort of mascot. All
soldier companies have mascots. But
the Nebraska National Guard boys
bar the greatest collection of mas
cots of all. ,
Two companies have eagles. They
are the Machine Qun company ot the
Blxth Nebraska regiment and Com
pany K ot the Fourth Nebraska regi
ment They are both young eagles,
captured in the mountains.
Company B ot the Fourth has a Ken
tucky piccanlnni who smokes clgarets
and is otherwise ferocious. The ordi
nal mascot of Company B was a black
cat. One night the cat went to bed In
the first sergeant's box, full of clothes
and papers. When the sergeant awoke
there were six black kittens beside the
mascot. The boys Immediately voted
to change to a human black. .
The first black boy went to the
border with Company B. After the
eompany returned to Nebraska, he
asked for a furlough to go home. He
never returned. One day another coP
ored boy from Kentucky appeared at
Company' B's headquarters, and an
nounced he was a friend of the old
mascot, and produced a scrawled let
ter of Introduction. He Is the new
mascot
Company D of the Sixth has a little
white boy who was soldler-ciazy.
Most of the mascots are dogs, pre
ferably bull-dogs. Whatever they are,
they are not tame. Soldiers won't
have a tame animal or a "dear little
boy" for a mascot. They like wi
mascots,' who will fight no maty r
when or how. ,
The eagle of the Machine Gun com
pany of the Sixth Is called "Teddy."
because he shows and uses his teeth
so much. "Teddy" tears things up so
much that the boys have constructed
a private guardhouse for him. "Teddy"
is usually In the guardhouse.
When the Nebraska boys sail for
France, the ship that carries them
will be like Noah's ark, with all man
ner of wild beast therein. And if a
sub appears, they'll just let loose the
eagles, who will fly down on the sub's
, periscope and bungle up Its aim.
The bull-does that are mascots, and
(there are lots of bull dog mastas, are
teeing trained, but not tamed. Til
being trained to fasten their te
a Bodie s shinbone..
The greatest ditficulty the boys
with eagles is to make them .stay
quiet An eagle likes to screech in
battle. In a battle with the Germans,
a screech might give the foe the lo
cation ot the company and that would
be fatal to both the mascot and the
soldiers.
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(By Associated Prtss.)
London, Aug. 25. Special dis
patches from Amsterdam represent
the scene in the R'eischtag main com
mittee Wednesday over Chancellor
Michaelis attitude on the peace reso
lution as a storm which would have
resulted in ousting him from office
in a democratic country.
According to these accounts, Dr.
Michaelis was challenged to explain
his real attitude toward the peace
resolution, because when he said July
19 he supported itwh; added: "As I
understand ;t." This apparent qualifi
cation, said Herr Michaelis' challeng
ers, had bee;: seized by the annexa
tionists, who claimed that the chan
cellor was teally on their side.
Socialists Charge Falsehood.
Dr. Michaelis, in replying, made a
laborious explanatior in which, while j
approving the generrl spirit of the !
resolution, he sai-1 differences of opin- j
ion were possible regarding the de-,
tails and he had in fact noted such ,
differences amoiiR the majority par-
ties. This provoked an outburst on j
the part ol the representatives of the
majority parties, in t.ie name oi wnicn
Herr Friedrich Ebert, socialist leader,
made a declaration practically charg
ing the chancellor with falsehood.
Herr Eberi said the majorities com
pletely agreed about the significance
of the resolution, which was unmis
takable, and they insisted that the
government prosecute a definite peace
policy.
The Tageblatt says the affair is not
merely of passing importance, nor can
it be glossed over by a few smooth
phrases. The paper contends it is
clear that Chancellor Michaelis has
not sufficient authority to control the
situation, chiefly because he was
chosen withou' the popular repre
sentatives having been consulted.
Chancellor Must Take Stand.
Copenhagen, Thursday, Aug. 23.
To the socialist and radical press in
Germany Wednesday's political crisis
is not altogether unwelcome, as it
tends to clear the intolerable situa
tion and to force Chancellor Michaelis
to show his colors in the campaign
which the pan-Germans, conservatives
and army and navy groups are wag
ing, ostensibly with his support.
against a posce without annexations
and indemnities.
The radical-socialiit. George LcJc
bour, declared tli.t. th : revelations re
garding peace conditions as published
by James W. Gerard, the former
American ambassador to Berlin, were
further proof of the duplicity oi the
German peace pcl:ty.
Count Friedridi von Westarp. con
servative, contended that the resolu
tion had only a harmful effect and
must be thrown overboard.
Frisco Car Lines Tied Up;
Police Can't Protect Workers
San Francisco, Aug. 25 Complete
tieup between 7 o'clock tonight and
daylight tomorrow of all the lines of
the United Railroads, 1,700 of whose
employes are on strike here, was or
dered late today by officials of the
company, who said the action was
taken because police protection was
inadequate to safeguard the carmen
after dark. This is the first time the
entire system has closed down.
Russian War Minister Quits
After Words With Kerensky
Petrograd, Aug. 25. M. Savinkoff,
acting minister of war, has resigned.
His resignation was the result of mili
tary and political differences with
Premier Kerensky.
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Men who are subject to draft,
and who have as yet not been
notified to appear before their
local exemption boards, may join
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Men outside of the draft age
who feel the country's call, who
want to get into a uniform and
do their bit, should apply at once.
Don't wait we need you now.
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this regiment on an equal foot
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