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THE BEE:" OMAHA, SATURDAY, (ffiTOBER 2D, 1917.
dadc umnn di at
vmL IlllfUU TLUI
v TO MURDER tOOK.
ARCTIC EXPLORER
m.iT : a. r- i i: n.u:.u
ocneme xo romeru hiui-omu&ii
Revolution in India Included
Wholesale Assassinations;
Money From von Papen.
, " (Br Awoelated Preu.)
Chicago, Oct. 19. Dr. Frederick A.
v Cook, the Arctic explorer,' and a crew
of 19 sailors were among those
narked for assassination by the lead
ers directing the plot, to foment a
revolution in India jo embarrass
Great Brita:n during the war, accord
ing to testimony given by Sukumar
Chatterji, a Hindu priest, in Judge
Landis' cou't at today's session of the
trial of Gustav H. Jacobsen, Chicago
real estate dealer, and his three co
defendants, charged with conspiracy.
The plot against Dr. Cook and his
party, Chatterji said, was revealed to
him in Manila by George Paul
Boehm, one of the defendants.
Thomas J. Tuney of the New York
police department testified to an al
leged confession made to him by
Gupta, one of the defendants, in New
York, March 10, 1917, and his testi
mony was corroborated by George C,
Barnett, New York detective ser
geant. '
' Received Money From Von Papen.
"He. told me that Captain von
Papen, the military attache of the
German embassy in the United States,
... tiA.ti.niAM XL 1 S II II I 1.1(1 1 I ft I H II I '
Jjaiu mill jjt.nvcvu auu H"Vtln,ui
caid Tuney.' "He said he received the
monev in six or seven payments and
it was'to be ifted in making a trip to
the orient. He said later he went to
China and Japan and purchased fire
arms and ammunition for use in the
' revolution in India. Gupta told me
that Von Papti. said he would buy
additional firearms and ammunition in
the United States and ship to the
orient by way of the South Seas.
Gupta, said he returned to this country
in June, 1916, after having, been fol-
t -j i j.i...: ii ri J
iuwcu oy uciccuvcs an uvcr 1.11111a aim
Japan. He said that while in Japan
e was on one occasion given pro
tection in the home of a high public
official . '
"He said the headquarters of the
conspiracy was in Berlin."
."Four-Minute Men"
; Organize at Dunbar
' Dunbar, Neb., ; Oct. 18. Prof.
!. M. Fogg of University of Nebras
ka, state chairman of the "Four-Minute-Men"
sneakers of Nebraska, who
I , j i i ; .
wnrx ann Kneaic miner inHiriiciHiiis
, from VVashington, D. C has perfected
a "Four-Minute-Men'' oraranization at
Dunbar, with the following officers I
and tnrxM: -Wilbpr V. Anness. Packages
chairman; Thomas Murray, James P.
Baker, M. T. Harrison, Rev. A. L.
Godfrey, A. Weiler, Rev. W. A. Crea
son, C. J. Mullis, H. S. Vestbrook.
, ,V. S. Ashton, Dr. V. D. Gibbon and
Lieutenant Viscount A. Francis, of
Company C.of the "Lucky Seventh."
"Eilertv BondY has teen the- sub-
Ject for the past three-. wcek.for the
"Four-Minute-Men" speakers. ..Dun
bar is raising $40,000 in the camriafign.
William H, Pitzer, Judge Jesscn,
Judge W. W. Wilson and Honorable
JJan Livingston, an ot JNeorasica uy,
have given Liberty bond talks in Otoe
county the last .two weeks. ' Otoe
crmntv is exoected to subscribe for
$1,000,000 worth of the bonds by Oc
tober a. , -
Pan You Pick 'Em? Try It! They Are All Well-Known ,
Omaha Architects, But They Look Different Now
ff h id rl m ? pes-
BOYS IN KHAKI
AID LOAN- DRIVE
Give More Than- Thirty-Jwo
Million Dollars in Subscrip
tions for LibeTtBonds at '
Cantonments- '
Photo group will be printed again Sunday with names and present day pictures.
EARLY. CHRISTMAS
SHIPPINORGED
Railroads Confronted With Se
rious Problem With Forces
Cut Down by Draft; Pack;
ages More Numerous.
Chicago, Oct. 19. A campaign for
early shipment of Christmas pack
ages was inaugurated at a joint meet
ing of the American Railway associa
tion's car service committees of Chi
cago, Milwaukee and South Bendi Co
operation in this campaign was prom
ised by representatives of the Nation
al industrial Traffic league and the
Chicago Association of Commerce.
Each railroad is to do; everything
possible to promotl ea.rly shipment
of Christmas packages, whether by
mail or express, according to a reso
lution adopted by the car service
committees.
The railway mail service of the gov
ernment has expressed its apprecia
tion of the plan , of the railroads to
handle promptly the unusually large
amount of Christmas packages ex
pected this year, but this cannot be
donetiriless the public will ship sufch
in advance ot the usual
Packages for Million Sowiers.
I There will be approximately mil
lion soldiers in the various canton
ments and training camps who will
receive Christmas packages of an
average weight estimated at five
pounds, or one-foiy;th of the maxi
mum allowance for parcel post pack
ages. .To handle all thes,e packages
in a few days .before Christmas will
be physically impossible for the rail
ways, expresa companies and the pos
tal department, i he , Y ostohice de
partment' has fixed November 15 as
the last day tor mailing Umstmas
packages to our soldiers and sailors
abroad.
"There is at the present time a
shortage of baggage car equipment
that affects the handling; of mails,
said P, J. Schardt, superintendent of
raitwaf jitail service, "and this short-
-Til v- r.ii , ..'i. ,1.
age win uc leu more Keenly wun me
approach of the holiday period, when
the now cf mau increases far above
normal. v '
"The selective afiy law has made
serious inroads on our clerical force.
Unless the public will take, into con
America May Eat Potatoes While
Meat and WheatGo to Allies
(Uy Associated I'reia.)
New York, Oct. 19. The govern
ment forecast of the first war crop of
potatoes is 452,000,000 bushels, an in
crease of 100,000,00(1 bushels over last
year, according to an announcement
by L. D. Sweet, head of the potato
division of the .United States food ad
ministration, tonight'
"Hotels and 'restaurants are in a
particularly favorable .position", said
Mrf Sweet, "now that meatless and
wheatless days are at hand, by shov
ing . potatoes prominently to the
fronts
The government, Mr. Sweet said,
looked forward eargerly to an in
crease in the potato crop because it
was only through such a happy result
that the shipment of meat and what
to the entente allies qould be accelerated.-
,
May Send Coal Mining Units , ;
For War Service in France
Washington,- Oct. .Organization
of coal mining regiments" fronr miners
already in the national army for serv
ice in France is under consideration
by Secretary Parker. To ascertain
whether uch units would be accept;
able in view of France's. delicate labor
problems, informal , negotiations are
being conducted , between American
government officials and members of
the French high commission.
I National -army men would.' be , as
signed to the mining regiments only
on a volunteer basis, but government
officials 'in toubh with' the unions be
lieve most of ttre 15,000 miners taken
on thte first draft call' would fK"r
themselves for the', 'special service:
Many fields in southern France are
not being worked because ,labvr is not
available. .;'.:' ' '
Homestake' Mining Interests. ;
V Buy QUaftfeWIiilibn B6rtdd
Mitchell, S. Dak.. Oct 19.r(SpQial
Tclearram.i The Homestake . mining
interests UVKffitMl
bonds to the amount' $230018
paid 2 percent : of "the. purchase.
money with 'the application. Law
rence County will exceed 'its appor
tionment by ?5U,VW.; J. he HpmstaKc
War Strikes Hard Blow '
; 2t Purse of "Old Eli"
i New Haven, Conn, Oct. 19.--The
report of the treasurer of Yale uni
versity for-thelast fiscal year, just ,
made public, shows heavy financial
losses caused by the war and
heayier . deficits are predicted . for
' the current year. A deficit of
$13Q00 1 for the university hall is
. attributed to the increased cost of
foodstuffs and the small registration.-
' - ' '
The net deficit of the university is
' shown to have been over $115,000.
: Gifts from 6,000 alumni reduced this,
' to $15,318:" The total gifts to Yale
..'in (he year amounted to $1,749,192,
making the endowment on June 30,
s $19,823,646, as compared with Har
vard, $32,434,736, and Princeton,
$6,248,675, ,
contribution Is the largest one of the
campaign and is probably the biggest
individual donation ' ever made in
-South Dakota to any cause. , ,
iMryi,WiHi.i . J I'"
I. Department Orden.
. Washington, Oct. 19. (Special Telegram.)
fit-Mrs, Katta; K. Foster ha been appointed
postmlstrcms at Elwell, Story county, Iowa,
yke-llfcwfaitt, resigned. , f .
' ' ril'dtea tt. Reachey- of Ames and Hoea A.
FN nth e Burlington, lowa, have been ap
pointed clerks In igar department
, First, lieutenant John E. Wilson, medtcal
reserve! Corps,: Is assigned to Dei Motneav .
GRAND OLD MAN
OF Y. M. C. A. IS HERE
Work of Organization Started
by Eobert Weidensall Forty
Nine Yeais Ago in Omaha;
" Data of Early Days. x .
Robert Weidensall, "the grand old
man of the Young Men's Christian
association' is In the city for a few
.days. '
. '.'It is just 49 years ago today since
I started in association work," he
said. "I started in Omaha. Tomor
row I begin the year that completes
a half-century df 1 work." ,
Mr. Weidensall started the Young
Men's Christian association work in
Omaha in 1868 for railroad men. It
hrdadened put until there were many
organizations scattered .about the
United' States foi . young rrren gen
erally. Later the national organiza
tion came into Ifeing.-'
During the coming year a memorial
huilding to Mr. Weidensall will be
built at Gettysburg college Gettys
burg, Pa., his alma mater. It will be
calld Weiaensal. half. In the new,
building at the-Young Men's Chris-tiarf-Association
collescv Chicago, a
large room has been set aside as an
historical room and Mr.. Weidensall
is gathering into it papers and other
objects of the greatest value in Young
Men's Christian association history.
No Work for October Jurors,
Aurora, Judge pismisses Them
Aurora, Neb., Oct. 19. The jury
which had been tentatively called. for
October 22 has f been dismissed by
Judge,, Corcoran. Few cases wlpre
ready-1foitrial arid tlie! judge- did not
believe the jurymen should be called
from their-work unless the amount of
work ready for, them justified it. '
Washington, - Oct. 19. American
soldiers and the army civilian em
ployes have purchased more than
$32,000,000 of Liberty, bonds.
Of this amount, men in the 16 na
tional army camps have subscribed
$10,600,000 and those in the IS Na
tional Guard camps $9,200,000. The
national army soldiers have averaged
$24.52 each, while the record of the
National Guardsmen is $33.36 per
capita and the average for. the entire
31 camps is $29.97.
Three camps- have received "sub
scriptions at latest report in excess of
$1,000,000. The National Guard camp,
Camp Sheridan, at Montgomery, Ala.,
leads with subscriptions of ,Jli229.95p
for its 22,500 men. Second honors
are held by Camp Shelby, "also a Na
tional Guard command, at Hattiesburg;
Miss., where 17,800 men have bouglit
bonds to the amount df -$1,152,000.
The only national army camp which
has brokm into the $1,000,000 classlto
date is Camp Grant at Rockford, Ilf.,
containing 27,000 men, -whose Liberty
bond subscriptions standat $1,096,800.
Persistent Advertising Is the-Road
to Success . -
Blow by Omaha Man
, Results in Death of Kansan
Kansas City, Oct 19. (Special Tel.
cgram.) In a fist fight which grew
out of an argument in a saloon it
Twelfth street at 6 o'clotk this morn
ing Charles Ryan, 35 years old, at
interior decorator of Salina, Kan., was
killed by Fred Keep,, 29 years old, a
painter, of 4012 North Seventeenth
street, Omaha. Both men had been
drinking.
.The argument arose over the negro -porter,
John Fipkins. One had ac
cused the porter of being slow; the
other had deferlded him. After several
rounds Keep knocked Ryan over a
table. The latter died instantly. VJ
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The Building and Loan Associations of Omaha
Will Sell You Liberty Bonds
On Weekly or Monthly Payments
One Dollar 'a week for a ?50 Bond.
Two Dollars a week for a $100 Bond.
Do. your bit!
Let everyone own at least one Liberty
-Bond. " , ' ; ' ,
We will help yfiur , . -
' Ask anjr one of us for full information. .
THE CONSERVATIVE SAVINGS ANDLOAN ASS'N,
. , 1614 Harney Street.
, OMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
Northwest Corner 16th and Dodge.
OCCIDENTAL BUILDING "AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
. , 322 South 18th, .
NEBRASKA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
- '211 South 18th
PRUDENTIAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
' . 120 South, 17th.
COMMERCIAL SAVINGS' AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
' 4931 South 24th .
HOME SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, .
; . ... , -4724 Sputh 24th. ,. . . ,
BANKERS SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
1505 Farnam.
- STAE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
1623 Harney St,
Grand Island Gets' AwaV to
Good Start in Bond Campaign
Grand Island, Neb., X)ct. 19.-(Spe
'ciil.) Organization has oecn perfect
d for the Liberty loan drive for $678,
200. the tountv's allotment on the basis
of $5,000,000,000. The Grand Island
ricarins House association's first sub
t cription of $100,000 was followed by sideration the shortage of equipment
a subscription of 2 per cent of the de- and of labor that the railway mail
posits tt all the batiks of the county service will be confronted with dur-
on their deposits", or fHAUW more, mg the holiday period, serious conees
Confmittces were organized for each tion and consequent delays to Christ
district in the city and county, and mas mails will result, to say nothinsr
' efforts will toe made to have former 1 0f the disappointments to both send-
) Congressman nooson, wno wii au- ers and receivers of belated pack-
dress tne puouc nere on cnaay B,KV, ages, -devote
a part of his timj to an ex-
&r"l8vftrmitof L,:er,y Government Orders Delayed
( . vaa
Saturday will be a real
'day of vajues at Orkin Bros.'
The discriminating -woman "
will appreciate' this remark--able
sale. ' ' . '
Aft Rectilt nf Npnrn Rintj
Robert Miller, a Founder " , East St. Louis, 111., Oct. 19. Wan-
m. Aurora Buried SundaY ton hootlK.at negroes by soldiers
-ttUIUId, DUIICU JUIIU(J oatrol-dutv durirnr thari. riot
here last May was testified to before
'Aurora. Neb." Oct. 18. Robert Mil
ler. one of' the founder of Aurora.
was buried from the Methodist, church
here Sunday afternoon. Delegations
attended from all Darts of the county,
Mr Miller had been'SoendinK his time
in California. He left Aurora last fall.
He was one of the four men who
-,m hen. in the seventies and secured
land from the government and laid
th town site of Aurora. The
lather four died long ago.
the congressional committee investi
gating tne riots today, uiaries Koger.
president of a large chemical company
here told the committee that he saw
a uniformed soldier shoot a negro
who was standing with a group of
his fellows a block away, merely to
show some white men who were twit
ting him that he-could not shoot.
17 t. A IIT1.. . 1 V
I'liiiit r. Jiuiucr, kciicisi manager
of the Swift and company packing
rl;tit teliftrf that thft rmU nan rinv
Stonnor tfl nnerTMeaaauarieiS en m per cent ot their negro em-
A. . o.i m Ji...! I... I nlnv. frnm M,-ArV-. anft th.it crnvm.
U.F. in Kansas Uliy aiUruay --H are being delaVel ":
Kansas City, Oct. 19. (Special Tel
irnm F.mist Steneer of Omaha,
geuerkl superintendent of the south
ern district of the Union Tacil'ic Tail
xoad, will open headquarters m Kan
aaa CAtv Saturday. This is the first
: . M.MAt r.rinti.nr1fit fnr this
uuic m ;"r-"v" r-u.. was orcani
'fl?".tL,","aSr Hans, national president
" referred to the Omaha . offices for eaf
settlement can now be handled oy me
' local office.
Eats Lunch; Misses Auto;
Wilcox Charged With Theft
Aurora, Neb., Oct. 18. W. D. Wil-
Public Welfare League
Gets Under Way at Aurora
Aurora. Neb.. Oct 18. During the
nast week, a Public Welfare league
l.t Aurora oy i neouore
of the
Meetings Aere' held in
churches and a board selected to take
harg. of the wprk.
Nebraskans In Washington
(From a Staff CorrMWndtit.)
Washincton. Oct. 18, (Special Tel
egram.)--S. B. Howard, immigration
cox of Grand Island was arrested agent of the Burlington with head
charged with stealing an auiomooyciquaricta m yi", "b"'"i
r- i. d 1. t rirmA Id-inil I u ,r r9nitil viitnr tnnav.
Thfe latte claims that1 Wilcox Jured J. C Harphani and wife ol Lincoln
him to bring him from urana isiana aer guests at me contraenwu
to Aurora. While Kouscn was ear
ning his supper, .his automobile was
taken several blocks and left under
& tree 'near the hisrh school Later
Wilcox was placed under arrest.
Hindu Revolution
Trial vis Near End
Chicago, Oct 19. Testimony for
ti onvrrnmrnt in the case auainst
Gustav H.; Jacobsen, et'al., charged
,-ith atteiriDthiB' , to foment rebellion
in India, nears the end. United States
District Attorney Clyne , announced
that Richard Herrman, who resumed
his testimony this morning, would be
last of bis witness
Cuba Pensions Famous ,
Billiard Expert, De Oro
New York, Oct. 19. Alfred De.
Oro, the three-cushion and pocket
billiard expert, received notice from
the secretary of state of Cuba to
day that the government ot tne is
land republic had voted h'm a pen
sion of $150 a month tor tne re
mainder o! hi life. The actidn,
the secretary explained, was taken
because of the credit reflected by
De Oro on his native country, both
through skill as a player and by the
high standard of personal conduct
be had maintained ia his profession.
(Gr
1519-1521 Douglas Street
BlaeSerg?DiessesHQ50
InVD'lfereiiriloaelu'!11
Spirited new modes that "get away
from those now seen everywhere. Giv
ing a new Impetus to4he great vogue
tor the serge frock their success is a
foregone conclusion.
. Amazing A&soptment
mil
Suite
Wonderful ' Valties
7 1 . , p
I 1 (
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Wool Velours
' Bgrellas
Pompom '
j Cloths
Broadcloths
Sllvertones
Taupe
,.' Green :
Brown
Navy Blue
Black
i
1000 luxurious, Fashionable
V y -; New Coia t
- Think; of high-class, stylish, ftir-trimmdd
coats at this price ! Offering- a tremendous
and evident savings-bright-now when you mps need
:& new coat; Be among the first in the great crowds
here tomorrow. Positively, the coat sensation' of the
year. Miss jj; and you H-always be sorry , when you
see and hear about the wonderful bargains other
DRAWN KOM, MODELS
w
women obtafijed. -' "
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.- .' Many, full. 50-inch models.
Wide army-coat belts, won
. dertul pocket effects, big but
tons, .spruce youthful silhou
ettes clean-cut and well
defined. Sure to hold their
jshape and hang in good, easy
'llaes, v ,
f
Lovely linings, great col
lars of submarine or criss
cross Apache type that muf
fle' up snugly about the neck.
Soft, downy, warm-without-weight
snappy as anything
you'll 'see elsewhere at f 50.
All colors. ... : ' -
Qecisiv5 Value - Proving
ale of Soils
(Q) .anq
Fastidiously
Tailopcd
Proving again that Orkin Bros, suits are absolnjt the standard. Spiritedly smart
turn-outs that make one wonder why others seem so reluefant In putting high-class
styles into popular suits. without extra charge - ; -
WOSE?FUltT SOFT TELOITIS, MESS SERGES, UJSTBOtS ITSTISH BEOl!
, CLOTHS, 5EW GBAl OXFORD CLOTHS. . .
" Orkin Bros, puta'the utmost in Stylo, and Authoritatlvenesa Into every "gannent
- Irrespective. t price. ' N - . . " ' 1
Richly Finished, $J) Ch SO and
Fur Trimmed 03
There isaiv unimpeachable correctness about-these new suita an elusive, indefin
able something a fine understanding, repression and expression that wins highest re
gard where there is taste and discernment . '. .
ENGLISH TWEED lOXTrjBES, HOME gprjs BROADCMTHES, TBICO CLOTHS,
r . f.7. POIRET TW ILLS, ETC. -
They represent the flower of the present Paris season snrpasslfeg- the custom 4
tailor at' his best. Slender. Aristocratic lines, tight fitting sleeves of the eighties,
smart skirts, long coats, submarine collars. .
i: lOO : New Models, S4.9S;
. f Beautiful arrivals : Saturday. Chiffons, Georgettes
and Satins and Georgettes .combined. Paris butterfly
Jabots colorful bead . trimmings hand embroideries-
odd French buttons Bayadere tucks and frills. Fall cos
tume colors plaid effects and stripes.
SILK ..WAISTS
; Ever so inany new styles and. types each one"
separate and adorable little work of art and all-in--
all, composing the most wonderful and most popular
lijie of blouses in Omaha. - ;
Our Leaders, 52.95 and $3.95
-.. Very sweet, vety simple, very unusual! Two great
and unusual groups that day-in-and-day-out play havoc
with all previous records for value-giving. All those little
marks that "make" the "difference." Every new atyle,
fabric and embellishment ' :S
