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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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AMERICAN DESTROYER BLOWN UP BY GERMAN U-BOA T;
SUSPECT CONSPIRACY TO BURN OMAHA STOCK YARDS;
WETS TAKE IOWA, BEA T PROHIBITION BY 2,500 VOTES
MAJORITY AGAINST THE DRYS
IN HAWKEYE STATE MOUNTS
WITH ERRORS IN THE COUNT
J
J-atest Figures, With Twelve Precincts Missing, Show
Wets Have Lead of 2,509 Votes; Big Cities In
crease Majority for Wets as Corrected ,
Returns Come In.
All German WaitexM
Boston FT7
Boston. Mas r&er
man waiters aifatervants employed
at the Boston City club, numbering
about twenty, have been discharged
because of complaints made by
members of alleged "breaches of
discipline."
"AIG'S DEADLY TYPHOON FIRE if. S. JACKIE KILLED
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Des Moines, la., Oct. 17. (Special Telegram.) It is prob
able an official count wilt be necessary to determine the result
of the vote cast in Iowa Monday on the prohibitiory constitiw
tional amendment. Latest figures available, with twelve pre
cincts missing, show the wets have a lead of 2,509.
WETS' LEAD MORE.
Counties heard from today and cor
Motions in the vote added to the wet
Qd. A discrepancy of more than
1,000 vote j in returns from Clinton
county has been discovered in favor
of the wets.
A discrepancy in the Buena Vista
county vote added 500 votes to the
wet majority in that county.
SURPRISES FOR DRYS.
Woodbury county, which was one
of the later counties to be heard from,
reported majority of 1,000 for the
wets.
Johnson county, of which Iowa City
is the county seat, also one of the
late ones to come in, gave a wet lead
of 1,100, which was somewhat of a
surprise to the dry forces.
East Nebraska
Covered by Rain;
Big Help to Crops
- !
Following an unusually warm day
for this season of the year, early last
night, banks of clouds rolled in from
the west and;. soon thereafter, there
was a regular downipur.: In this .vt
unity the rairi continued only a short
time, but long enough to lay the
dust and cool off the atmosphere. t s
Reports from out in the state indi
cate that practically all the east half
of Nebraska was given a drenching,
the rain beginning to fall late in the
afternoon and continuing pretty well
"into the night.
Nearly all day "a storm of wind,
carrying immense clouds of dusf
swept over the state. Temperatures
run high and conditions seemed more
like July than like the middle of
October.
Over the winter wheat belt of Ne
braska, while the plant was not suf
fering on account of a lack of mois
ture, rain at this time is of great
benefit.
Around Beatrice, the rain was ac
companied by a considerable fall of
hail.
Baptists Assembled at
Hastings Elect Officers
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 17. (Special
Telegram.) The Baptist tate confer
ence, holding its golden jubilee con
venti&n here, today elected the follow
ing fr the new year: (President, A. B.
Newe?, Glenville; first vice president.
Rev. F. W. Benjamin, Norfolk; second
vice president. Rev. J. L. Barton,
Stromsbui3; third vice president, Dr.
H. R. Chapman, Lincoln; recording
secretary, Rev. C. J. Pope, Grand Isl
and; treasurer, W. E. Rhodes, Omaha;
historian. Rev. R. R. Coon, Grand
Island. One trustee was elected for an
unexpired term, R. M. Proudfit of
Friend.
The Weather
Nebraska Rain turning to snow.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Highest yesterday
Lowest jester clay .
Mean temperature
5 a. m
6 a. m
7 a. m
8 a. m
a. m
10 a, m
11 a. m
12 a. m
1 p. m
2 p. m
5 p. m
4 p. m
6 p. m
5 p. m
7 p. m
8 p. m
1917. 1916. 1915. 1914.
6 36 63 42
81 58 65 . 76
68 47 58 59
.yrecipltation 15 .00 .00 .00
f Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1st,
and compared with the past two years:
Normal temperature 54
Excess for the day . . . 14
Total deficiency since 'March 1," 19i7 .... 256
Normal precipitation 08 Inch
Excess for the day 07 Inch
Total precipitation since Mar. 1 20.86 Inches
Deficiency since March 1st 6.46 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 11. 90 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 1.08 Inches
Ke ports from Stations at 7 FM.
e77today..Tt;.st,1917....tn ngWh 6 r pdln
Station and State Temp. High- Rain
of Weather 7 p.m. est fall
Cheyenne, clear 26 42 T
Davenport, rain. ...... .. 68 1.76
Denver cloudy......... 40 60 .08
"-Des Moines, cloudy... 70 32 .04
. . c 1 n
VOOgQ t-lty. cier...... ...
Lander, cloudy 80 .36 .02
North Platte, rain 46 66 T
Omaha, cloudy 61 81 .16
Pueblo, cloudy ... 42 72 .00
Kansas City, part cloudy 72 76 T
Bait Lake, part cloudy 42 44 T
Santa Fe, part cloudy.. 58 64 .00
' Bheridan, snow 28 36 .08
Sioux City, clear , 48 70 T
St. Louis, cloudy 78 82 .00
. T Indicates trace ct precipitation.
t . L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
PA ELECTION
RETURNS BRING
HOPETO WETS
Some Hearts Thump Merrily
Over Prospect of Thirst Em
poriums Flourishing in
Close Proximity.
Gloom turned to joy In certafn re
mote sections of Omaha yesterday
sections especially remote since May
1 last. -
Tuesday gloom so thick it could
be cut with a knife penetrated the at
mosphere of the removed and seclud
ed localities. Hopeful hearts turned
heavy, longing eyes became blank
and tursting souls became black..
For the telegraph stories presaged'
a victory.-fcu:-tli6- dries i the Iowa
prohibition campaign.
But Wednesday ah, Wednesday,
all was changed; a transformation
came. Expectant hearts thumped mer
rily, foreseeing eyes gleamed exultant
ly and happy souls shone triumph
antly. Life was worth living once
more.
For defeat had been turned to vic
tory, loss had been turned to gain,
liabilities had been changed to assets,
the wets had championed a forlorn
hope and conquered- The despised
and detested reformer had been baf
fled, routed and vanquished avnd given
a parting kick in the shins to boot.
Omaha is within the borders of Ne
braska, it is the metropolis of the
Goldenrod state, its citizens are corn
huskers and Nebraska is dry. Then,
of course, Omaha should be dry and
its inhabitants dry. Why rejoice over
Iowa's good fortune?
This Is the Reason.
Ah, there's a reason. For all of
Omaha is not in Nebraska. Officially
all of Omaha is in Nebraska, but un
officially that's the dark-skinned gen
tleman in the timber.
Between the Missouri river and the
Belt line tracks on the east side of
the city, near Locust street, is a nar
row strip of land. Years ago the Big
Muddy tumbled its waters along to
the east of this narrow strip of land
and the strip was part of Iowa. One
day the river decided to change its
channel and moved eastward to its
present bed.
But Iowa refused to part with that
strip of land, even though it is sur
rounded by Goldenrod soil and its in
habitants areTornhuskers rather than
Hawkeyes. It still belongs to Iowa.
Yet it is practically a part of Omaha.
Jurisdiction over it belongs to Iowa
authorities, although it is more acces
sible to Omaha. - ,
This narrow strip of land has never
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Dedicate Monument v
To Hooker's Division
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 17. The
Ohio state monument erected on
Lookout mountain near the Cravens
house, in commemoration of the part
Ohio troops in Hooker's division took
in the battle rf Lookout mountain,
was dedicated today. ,
" Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 16. Dedi
cation of Missouri and New York
monuments in the National Military
park here today were features of the
national memorial reunion of confed
erate and union veterans.
FIRES AMONG
PENS FOUND
BY WATCHERS
Blaze Starts in Cattle Section
Shortly After Departments
Are Called to Other Side
. of City.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 17. Two ar
rests were made today, by detectives
and government agents following in
timations that the $750,000 fire, which
partially destroyed the Kansas City
stock yards yesterday morning was of
incendiary origin.
A former emple of the yards was
taken into custody by detectives in
this city and a second man was ar
rested by government agents in Okla
homa City.
The suspect arrested here is said to
have revealed the names of two other
persons who are believed by the police
to have been implicated in the fire.
The arrested man is said to have
been discharged by his employers at
the stock yards. '
Think Fire Incendiary.
Captain John Cbyle of the South
Side fire department and Fire War
den Edward Morris ' believe that a
fire discovered at 11:40 o'clock Tues
day night in a two-story frame build
ing at 4630 South Twenty-fourth
street, and a fire twenty-five minutes
later in the ' cattle pen of the stock
yards at Thirty-third and L streets,
were both of incendiary origin.
The stock yards Are was reported
while the department was still work
ing at the South Twenty;foutthatet
house and, according to Captain
Coyle, who attended both fifes, prompt
action and luck was the combination
which prevented a serious fire at the
yards. .
STRENGTHEN GUARD.
An investigation is in progress, but
there is little for the authorities to
work on. The guard at the yards has
been strengthened.
The fire at 4630 South Twenty
fourth street broke out on an outside
stairway landing leading to the sec
ond floor. The downstairs of the
house is vacant and the upstairs is
occupied by John W. Wilson and
family, colored people. Captain
Coyle was unable to trace any or
dinary cause for this fire, as there
was no wires', nor stove or other
usual source in proximity to the scene
of the blaze. The fact that the down
stairs of the house was vacant and
the people upstairs asleep, lends color,
the authorities state, to the theory of
incendiarism.
Find No Cause for Fire. -
The fire at the cattle pens was in a
place where no evident cause other
than incendiarism could be ascribed.
The lumber was dry, but the fire had
gained only a slight headway when
checked.
"Taking all of the circumstances of
both fires into carefuj consideration,
there is little doubt in my mind that
these fires were o; incendiary origin.
Every detaij fits into the theory.
While the department was at the first
fire the second was reported, but
prompt action prevented what might
nave been something serious. One of
the stock yards watchmen passed the
scene of the cattle pen fire a short
time before the fire was discovered,"
stated Fire Warden MonVis.
Captain Coyle holds the same opin
ion as that of the fire warden. The
officials are somewhat reticent re
garding hte line of investigation they
are pursuing,' but they hint that de
velopments may be expected.
FirstBlizzard of
, Season'Hits Montana
Butte, Mont., Oct. 17. Butte was
experiencing today its first blizzard
of the season. There was a slight
fall of snow and at 9 o'clock this
morning the temperature was 26
above zero.
AGAIN SWEEPS GERMAN LINES
IN ADVANCE OF NEW ATTACK
Rupprecht's Forces Wither Before Hurricane of Shells
Northeast of Ypres; Favorable Weather Gives Air
men a Chance to Find Range; Bulgarians
"Cede" Saloniki Villages.
WHEN ENEMY LETS
ILY BIG TORPEDO
Helena, Mont., Oct. 17r- Four
inches of snow which fell during the
night in many parts of the state gave
Montana today its first touch of real
winter weather. Clear and colder is
the prediction for tonight.
American Prisoners Starve r
Except tor Red Cross Work
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. . 17. Minister
Morris at Stockholm cabled the- State
department today news of the arrival
Of Willot Charles Smith of Norwalk,'
Conn., who escaped from a German
internmnet camp at 'Kiel and brought
word that American prisoners in Ger
many would starve, but for food sent
them Ly the Red Cross anaYoung
Men's Christian association.
Smith was a horseman qn the Brit
ish steanic: Esmeralda, captured by
the German raider Moewe,, and was
United States broke diplomatic rela
tions. No .details concerning his es
cape were given by the minister. .
"Smith stated," said a State depart
ment statement announcing the es
cape, "that without the food packages
sent by the Young Men's Christian
assoiation and the Red Cross, prison
ers would not be able to live as the
daily food ration consists of a chunk
of black, sour bread and a drink of
cold coffee for breakfast and for din
ner and supper about a pint and a
lAif r . 1
nair oi warm soup, apparently cun-
(By Associated Press.)
All the important infantry fighting last night in the west
ern war theater was confined to the French front, where at
tacks by the Germans in the Aisne and Champagne sectors, as
well as in the Verdun region, were repulsed by General Petain's
troops. '
VPROMISE SPEEDY RENEWAL.
There is promise of a speedy re
newal of the activity in Flanders, how
ever. Field Marshal Haig, for instance,
sends from British headquarters to
day one of those laconic reports ,tht
so frequently have preceded the peri
odic attacks on that front.
"Nothing of special interest to re
port" has meant in several of these
cases that the British guns had
opened their terrific drum fire prepar
atory to an attack. ,
Germans Anticipate Attack.
The German high command- appar
ently is anticipating a renewal of the
British drive, as the latest Berlin
statement jn reporting the intense ar
tillery activity in Flanders said no
infantry attacks had taken place "up
to the present."
There has been a spell of compara
tively good weather in the area east
of Yprcs, where the British steam
roller, is pushing its way through the
German lines, 'flius the British avia
tors apparently have been able to col
lect sufficient information to enable
their artillery to pursue its work with
its usual precision and telling effect,
while the mud fields presumably have
Ldried lout ' somewhat with the ccssa-
TWO DESERTERS
ARE CAUGHT BY
OMAHA OFFICERS
Rode Sumajia and Jan Jackin,
Both Natives of Austria,
Charged With Failure to
Answer Draft Summons.
the Omaha
Certified for
Two' deserters have been caught in
the federal drag net in
district Both are men
the first draft of" the national army
who failed to report.
Rode Sumajia, 5309 South Thirtieth
street, was arrested in Kansas City.
He says he was Born in Veseria, Aus
tria. He wil be brought to Omaha
and turned over to ' the military
authorities, as the civil courts have no
i'urisdiction over men after they have
leen. certified. for th national army.
.Jan Jackim, 4211 Soutlf Thirty-ninth
street, Omaha, was" arrested by the
federal authorities. Jackim registered
June 5. Then he applied for exemp
tion. His application was denied and
he was notified to report for service,
which he failed to do. He says he
was born in Tornone, Galiclia, Austria,
and has been in this country four
years. He was turned over to . the
military authorities at Fort Crook.
Victor Anderson, charged with fail
ure to register for the Selective draft,
had a hearing before United states
Commissioner Ncely, who ordered
him to be registered. -Anderson was
arrested at Fremont. He says he is
a native of Finland and has been in
this country four years. He declared
he could not read English and did not
know anything fibout the draft law.
Military Funeral
Fot Omaha Boy Who
, Died at Camp Taylor
A military funeral will be given
Private Harry G. Fern of the Omaha
ambulance company, who died Sun
day at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
Services will be held Thursday.
The body of the Omaha boy will be
borne to the cemetery on a gun cais
son under the escort of a military
guard, where a firing squad will de
liver the last salute of three volleys
over the soldier's grave. The cere
mony, both at the church and at the
cemetery, will be marked by the dig:
nity and simplicity of a military fu
neral. The funeral cortege will pass up
Farnam street Thursday morning on
the way to Holy Sepulcher cemetery
frofn St. Philomena church at Tenth
and William streets, where the serv
ices will be held at 9 o'clock.
Colonel Hershey at -fort Omaha
granted the request of Gould Deitz,
who recruited the ambulance com
pany 'to which Fern belonged, that
the boy should be accorded regular
military honors. Major Paigelow will
have charge of the military arrangements.
Vessel, Although Severely Damaged, Manages to Make
Port; Five Men Wounded; No Fight Apparent; Sub
marine Makes Escape After Launching Deadly
Messenger; Place Not Revealed.
American Officer tnjured
While On British Firing Line
Washington, Oct 17. First Lieutenant A. Graham, medical officers
reserve corps, attached to the British forces has been severely wounded
in the thigh by gunshot General Pershing so advised the War department
today without giving details. Lieutenant Graham's next of kin is Mrs.
William J. Graham, Paterson, N.J. Y
If Lieutenant Graham was shot while serving at the front as is as
sumed here, he was the first American of the expeditionary forces to be
wounded o nthe firing line.
Korniloff's Generals
Barely Escape Mob
Petrograd, Oct. 17. The generals
arrested for participation in the
Korniloff uprising on their departure
from Berditchev, province of Kiev,
on October 10, were compelled to
watk three miles to the railroad sta
tion, while they were jeered, pelted
with missiles and threatened by a mob
of several thousand persons. The
officers barely escaped alive through
the strategy of a member of the cadet
guard, who started the train out of
the station as it was being' fired upon
by the mob, according to reports
which have just arrived here.
General Arloff was struck in the
eve by a missileT while General Vaouf
sky's spine was injured seriously.
carried into Germany just before the) sistih;; of v.ater and turnips."
Indian Buys $412,000
( Worth of Liberty Bonds
Okmulgee, - Okl., Oct. 17,Ja'ck.
son Barnett, an incompetent Creek
Indian, today was the' possessor
9412,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
He subscribed for $162,000 of the
first issue and yesterday his guard
ian, Carl J. Hernett, secured a court
order permitting his charge to buy
a quarter of a million dollars worth
of the latest issue.'
PEACE LEAGUE IS
A REAL FIGHTING
ORGANIZATION
W. R. Boyd, Campaign Man
v ager, Tells of Work Being
Done By Mr. Taft and
i ; i'-Atsnfttfltes...'
tion of the rain. - . : . " '. v
fighting organization, despite its name,
There' U not a pacifist or obstruc
tionist among us. We do not believe
peace should, be declared until Old
Glory floats over the palace at Pots
dam, declared W. R. Boyd, jr.,- of
Chicago, campaign manager of the
league, who is in Omaha to arrange
for the formation of a Nebraska
branch, following William Howard
Taft's Iectuft for the Fine Arts', so
ciety Friday at 4 o'ejpek at the Boyd
theater. Mr. Taft is president of the
league.
Last Hope of Civilization. '
"The League to .Enforce Peace' be
licves with all its organized soul that
the entrance of the United States into
this war was the last hope of civiliza
tion and democracy. The league is
co-operating in every possible way in
prosecuting the war. It is heartily en-,
dorsed by the government. ' Its pur
poses shoMld not be confused with
pacifist organizations," said Mr.
Boyd.
After the war the league will work
to accomplish a league of nations to
guarantee and enforce permanent
peace. t '
ExrSenator Norris Brown and
Lysle Abbott are acting as temporary
chairman and secretary of the League
to Enforce Peace. Permanent offi
cers will be named at Friday's meet
ing. Following Mr. Taft's talk an
I open conference on issues of the war
and a discussion ot the aims ot the
league will be held. ,
An effort is being made to secure
ex-President Taft to officiate at the
laying of the cornerstone for the new
Unitarian church at Harney street and
the boulevard Friday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. If this plan fails, how
ever, the ceremonies will be conducted
as originally planned.
Mr Taft will review the Omaha
High school cadets Friday noon.
Commander Sparrow
Becomes Daniels' Aide
Washington, Oct. 17. Commander
H. G. Sparrow, formerly executive of
ficer of the battleship Pennsylvania,
today began his duties as aid; to Sec
retary Daniels, succeeding Lieutenant
Commander Byron McCandless, as
signed to sea duty at his own request.
(By Associated Press.) .
Washington, D. C, Oct 17. An American destroyer on
patrol duty in the war zone was torpedoed by an. enemy sub
marine yesterday and one man was killed and five wounded.
It managed to make port inftpite of severe damage.
O NO FIGHT STAGED.
Vice Admiral Sims cabled a brief
report of the incident to the Navy
department late today. He gave few
details, but it is assumed that there
was no fight and that the U-boat made
good its escape after launching its
torpedo, without showing itself. . f
KELLY INGRAM . KILLED. x
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly In
gram was the man killed. He was
blown overboard and his body was
not recovered, Ingram's mother, Mrs.
Betty Ingram, lives at Pratt City, Ala.
, In, accordance with the policy of
secrecy concerning American naval
operations; the ' department did not
divulge the name of the destroyer or
the exact. latc..oi.th-encounter. - -
Injuries Only Slight.
statement: on the "Macedonian front
situation, received late last night. Sev
eral villages in the Struma region on
the right flank of the allied lines
northeast of Saloniki have been
"ceded" -by the Bulgarians to: the
British, Berlin announces.
There has been notable, pa
trol activity by the entente armies in
Macedonia recently and it seems pos
sible that some aggressive use is fi
nally to be made of the huge force the
allies have had assembled there for
many months. ' .
Success for British Airmen.
London, 0t. 17.-Thc British ad
miralty today issued the following
statement: ' , .
"Naval aircraft dropped many tons
of bombs on the Bruges docks Mon
day night. Tuesday one of our fighter
patrols downed a double-seater enemy
machine in the vicinityVf Zarren. The
observer fell out and the machine
turned over and fell in flames. All
our machines returned.''
Out of Touch with Oesel.
Petrograd, Oct. 17. The Russian
war office has completely lost touch
with the Russian forces on the island
of Oesel, it was officially announced
today.
Naval skirmishing 4s continuing in
the waters around Oesel: island, off
the Gulf of Riga, Russian patrot ships
having had encounters with German
torpedo craft. .
A fleet of Zeppelins Is reported
over Moon sound, northeast of Oesel
island. ,
One German dreadnaught which
ran intn th 'Piiasian minp fiplrf de
fending Oesel isiand on October 12,i
strucK a mine, me siaicmeiu auus.
After the explosion the warship made
for the coast and its ultimate fate is
not known) . '
" Violent Fighting at Verdun.
Paris, Oct. 17. Violent artillery
fighting is in progress on the Verdun
front east of the Meuse, the war of
fice reports. A German attack in this
sector near Chaume wood, and other
trlrusts near Juvincourt, cn the Aisne
front, and in the vicinity of Mont
Carnillct, in the Champagne, were re
pulsed. -
A successful attack was made on a
German trench at the foot of the
heights of the Meuse.
Union Pacific Divides the Work
Of Its Big Operating Officials
The Union Pacific will break up its
division system as it now exists and
the main lines will be thrown into
what will be known as districts.
The Union Pacific mam, line from
Omaha to Ogdcn will be known as
the Northern district and will be
under the jurisdiction of F. H. Ham
mill, now assistant general of the
Iowa lines of the Northwestern, with
headquarters in Boone, la. . He will
have his headquarters in Omaha and
will have the title of general superin
tendent. The Southern district will include
the main and branch lines in Kansas
and Colorado and will be under the
direction of Ernest Stenger, with
headquarters in Kansas . City. Mr.
Stenger is now general superinten
dent of all the lines of the system, a
position that is regarded as too stren
uous for any om man. On the South
ern district he will have the title of
general superintendent.
The reason for the rearrangement
of the superintendency of the road is
asserted to be for the purpose of be
ing able to better handle the increased
activities, both freight and passenger,
growing oiit of war conditions.
Ernest Stenger having formerly
been manager p' the St. Joseph &
Grand Island road, one of the Union
Pacific subsidiaries and familiar with
all the traffic and operating condi
tions in Kansas, is said to be emi
nently" fitted fo- the new position
created and of which he has been
made chief.
It is asserted that the official im
portance of the positions of Mr. Sten
ger and Mr. Hammill are concerned,
they will be on a par. Each will be
None of the woundetf was serious
ly hurt. Ther'-are Herman H. Pan
kratz, gunnersmate, St. Louis; Wil- '
li'am E.-Merritt, seaman. New York
City;' Frank W. Kruse, fireman, To-
ledo; Patrick -Rutledge,"- oiler, New
York City, and William Seimer, fire- ;
man, 'Dundas, Minn.
American Killed By . j '
Shell Fired By Sub
' Upon an Open Boat
London, Oct. 17. James Tringor of
Roalioke, Va., according to a dispatch
to the Daily Chronicle, was killed by
shrapnel fired by a German submarine .
upon the open ooats of a torpedoed
British steamer cn which the Amer
ican was employed. Another member
of the crew in Tfingor's boat, a fire
man, was wounded by a shell from the
submarine and died as he was being
placed upon a rescuing ship. There
were twelve Americans among the
forty-nine survivors landed at a Brit
ish port. v
Crossing Blocked, Autoistsr .
Drive On Railroad Tracks
Guy Miller, Alden Walker and Ken
neth Walker appeared in police court,
to.answer a chargeof reckless driv
ing. The arresting" officer testified
the car had been driven some distance
on the railroad track: near east Dav
enport street to avoid waiting for a
train which was blocking the crossing
at this point, and said that Miller
jumped frpm the car and fled when lie .
approached to arrest them. Walker
was fined $5 arid costs and the other
two discharged.
Woman Doctor Increases ; 7
. In Numbers in England
London, Oct. 17. The woman doc
tor is increasing in numbers very:
rapidly in England. At present one
of every three medical students in'
the country is a woman. , . .
The minimum course of jrtudy at .
present required in England is , five
years. The prospectus of a leading
London medical school estimates the
minimum cost for this period' at
$5,000. . '
x Keeping It Up : ;
First Half of October
Record of Display Advertising'
In The Bee
(WarfiaM Agency MeMuremmti)
Fifteen Days
In October, 1917,,
12,781 m (
,i Inches ,t
Same Days" "
In October, 191G,
10,098 t
Inches " '
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independent of the other and the of- j Keep Your Eye On The Bee '
ficial doings of each will be reported i 1 " " '
IMPROVING EVERY DAY,
to the general manager in Omaha
