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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917. BEE CORRESPONDENTS WRITE OF EVENTS IN NEBRASKA Nebraska ENLISTED MEN MUST SENDAFFIDAVITS Etate Exemption Boards Are Entitled to Know Officially Whether They Are in the Country's Army. (From a 8taff Co -espondent.) Lincoln, Oct. 26. (Special.) When drafted man fails to appear before the exemption board of his district, it becomes evidence that he is an en listed man and is under the same pro visions that an enlisted man would be and failure to obey orders of the War department places him in the desertion class and he will be thus dealt with. This is the instructions received this morning at "the office of the govern nor from the War department. When a man tans to appear nis name is placed in a list with others under the same head and sent to the district board. If nothing is heard from these men the list is then sent to the office of the governor. It is then up to the adjutant general and the governor to locate the parties. It the men on this list do not report personally or by letter or telegram they will be dealt with according to military rules, Some of the men whose names may be on the list are legitimately in the service by reason of having enlisted before the draft was called. These, ,of course, have a good excuse. How ever, they must report with an affi davit fronf their commanding officer that they are in the service so that the board can check them off. This is the only way the list can be checked up and every man located. It is said that there are about 2,000 in Nebraska who have not reported and ch of these is being sent the followt.-fc' notice: "Your name has been reported to this office as one who- has been noti fied to appear for physical examina tion by your local board. Because of your failure to report to your local board you have been notified by the district board as one accepted for military service. In accordance with Section 3, of Form No. 25, issued by the provost marshal general's depart ment you are herewith ordered to re port to the adjutant general, Lincoln, Neb., cither in' person, by mail .c by telegram not later than five days from the mailing pf this notice, date of which appears above. There is no con dition which will excuse you from complying with this order. "From the fifth day after maTling this notice you will be in the military service ot the United States and if you have f?iled to report in person or to communicate with the adjutant gen eral, advising him of your present status, you will then be held as a de serter and subject to all of the mili tary rules and laws governing the dis position of s jch men." Wymore Library Board's v Action Upheld by Court Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special.) Judge Pembertonof the district court yesterday dismissed the injunc tion suit filed against the library board of Wymore to prevent it from erecting the new library on the Whit son site, which was recently chosen by the board. The court held that the board had the cower in i-Wt th ; nd dissolved the injunction. The case will be appealed to the supreme court Al Brick, for more than 50 yeara a resident of Beatrice, died it the tuber icu!ar hospital a Kearney f ..Hps 'day, aged 67 years. He wai tinmar- nea. me body was brought here yes terday and the funeral was held today. ' Margaret, the 9 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn of this city, died yesterday afternoon after an illness of two weeks with typhoid fever - Will Mason, a member of Company C of this city, now stationed at Camp Cody, states that the company sub scribed $5,000 in Liberty bonds and that the camp purchased $1,000,000 worth of the bonds. The funeral of Charles F. Gale, who died here yesterday morning, will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Methodist church. Intern ment will be in Adams. The Blue Springs Elevator com pany yesterday shipped a carload of white oats to the Kansas City mar kets, a record breaking quantity. Tie car was loaded to the roof and con tained 2,656 bushels. State Officers Keep Busy Selling Liberty Bonds (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Oct 26. (Special.) Nearly all of the state officers have been busy this week in the interests of the sale of Liberty bonds. State Audi tor Smith, Secretary of State Pool and Attorney General Reed have been out in the county and today the lat ter was in St. Edwards and tomorrow will be..in Madison in the interest of the sale of the bonds. State Treasurer Hall was at his old home in Franklin this week with Judge Dungan, addressed a large meeting-at that point. The result was subscriptions amounting to about $60. 00ft v v Bookkeeper Zimmerman of the land commissioner' nfnr fist K n.k. - v vw - vW.l j in IT the state limit writ), eh ...!' that between $25,000 and $30 000 wft suoscrioea oy tne denizens of the old ruins. - ... Fourth Congressional District Gives 4 Millions (From a Staff Correspondent.) York.' Neb., Oct. 26. (Special Tele gram.) C A. McCloud, chairman, Fourth Congressional district. Liberty loan committee says: Subscriptions to Liberty loan, Fourth Congressional district, so far as reported were: But ler connttf $575,000; Gage county, 706,000; Polk county, $270,000; Saline county, $411,000; Thayer county, $300, 000; York county, $400,000; getimate for entire district $4,000,000. y ) , Four-Minute Men, ... ' . ... Weeping Water, Neb, Oct 26. (Special.) The Four-minute Men or ganization of this city has -.en pit ting h a strenuous week speaking on the Second Liberty loan. The speak ers are M. L. Hunt, chairman; W. M. Eliedge, C E. Butler and E. E. Stone. Sergeant Hartley to Tell of His Experiences on the French Front CANADIAN OVERSEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES Stecfjarge Certificate ' 21 & b vjfrfifj tni NJ5? (Rvy-sustain . j 'rt-ui-l-m CtraU virt w.-i-j. T-flittiMn I p " f Ti I f Ovr rra-rfi!i.rv Fe. Ih. loth "fl'1tt 1M- -t-.it h. ft I -- h,--l It . d-uT- n t --A. - fHinifttg tttttrt -ptH-h mAmitvr i Using . - . - - W41call Unfit tor Fufth-j. - to Iw DESCRIPTION ON DISCHARGE r a "w Pir-pn-I Scsrs on hm ' Spin. , and Ut. j ft- 0rw : ' nrswi . . ., , , t Tln. . , 8tonstur t Mm , ... 4tttH) SHOULD THIS OMOMAKW COTTVKATt K tOTT. NO DUTUCATI OF 11 CAN M OsTAlftHX mmj0$ff!$ljJ P"1"1 - s - rnnttm - ft" Secretary, Wounded soldiers and convales cents are given the best of treatment and accorded the highest curtesies by the people in England. "The girls give their seats in the street cars to wounded men," says Sergeant Han ley, who was in London after receiv ing his wounds on the front in Flan ders during the first years of the war. There are many cases where men suffer from severe nervous disorders under constant bombardment in the trenches. In these cases of "shell shock," Sergeant Hanley says the men are given a doped "cigaret which puts them to leep and enables the ambulance men who are constantly patrolling the trenches to remove them to the base hospitals. When a Tommy receives a bad "blighty," that is, a serious wound, he is sent to one of the convalescent hos pitals in England as soon as he can be moved from the front. There they command the highest respect and are entertained and feted by th society women. "The society women of England are doing their bit in this, way," Ser geant Hanley said. "The base hos pital ward to which I was consigned in London contained 36 beds and it was scrubbed and disinfected every morning by the daughter of the earl of Derby and another society lady who could not do nurse work on ac count of lack of special training." A wounded soldier in the Canadian army receives 160 acres of land from the government and $2,000 with which to improve it is loaned to him for 20 years at 4 per cent. Sergeant Hanley served 23 months in the trenches before he received a wound which caused disability and on account of which he received his dis charge at .Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1916. He will lecture on his expriences at the front at the Auditorium next Tuesday evening, October 30, for the benefit of the Lucky Seventh Nebraska regiment. Western Citizens Subscribe , Full Quota After Meeting Western Neb., Oct. 26. (Special.) Wednesday, October 24 was ob served in Western as Liberty day, by the closing of all the business houses, and the public schools in the after noon. A patriotic meeting was held in tne opera house in the evening. Hon. Charles Denny of Fairbury was principal speaker. The minimum amount asked of Western in the sec ond Liberty loan was $24,300. The committee had made a preliminary canvass in the afternoon and had ob tained more than $4,000 of the amount. George F. Sawyer of the Saline County bank was chairman of the meeting. After a "program of vocal music and patriotic airs, played by the Western cornet band, the chairman in troduced the following local speakers for three-minute speeches: Rev. E .E. Shafer of the Methodist church, J. F. Blandin of the Western Lumber company, Prof. A. J. Hill, superin tendent of . the city schools, and Rev. Mr. Fischer of the Evangelical Lutheran church. Mr. Denny then made the principal address. Subscriptions to a little mqre than covering the minimum amount asked of Western, $24,300, were obtained. Many Visitors Expected At Lutheran Celebration Fremont, Neb., Oct 26. Prepara tions for the entertainment of 2,000 visitors who will attend Ue celebra tion of the QuadricenteniaTof the Re formation at Fremont, November 4, are being made by Trinfty Lutheran church. The meetings will be h,eld in a big tent on the grounds of the Luth theran Orphans' home, east of Fre mont. Rev. Hilgendorf of Omaha, Rev. G. Weller of Seward and Rev. H. H. Hartman of Fort Dodge, la., will; be the speakers. Will Owen Jones Goes . South to Recuperate (From a 8Ufr Correipondcnt.) Lincoln,1 Oct 26.-(Special.)-Will Owen Jones, editor of the Nebraska State Journal, who for weeks was dangerously ill with typhoid fever, has so far recovered as to be able to go to Excelsior Springs. He left to day for that place and expects to stay until he has sufficiently recovered so it, will be safe for him to spend the winter in Lincoln. Talk Cv:d ".oads. C" , Fremont, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special.) Burton A. George, president of the Lincoln Commercial club, and A. W. Smyther, assistant secretary of the Omaha Automobile club, were the out of town speakers at the semi-annual meeting of the Fremont Commercial club, when good roads was the topic. C E. Abbot outlined the federal and state aid road laws. Club members are enthusiastic and promised their support in a campaign for improved highways in the county. President George F. Wolz was instructed to name a committee to confer with State Engineer Johnson with regard to the method of procedure. Phelp Farmer's Buy Bonds. Holdredgs, Neb., Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) Congressman Shallenberger will speak here Friday afternoon on "Liberty Bonds and War." This is the closing work of publicity for the second bond sale which already has reached -$180,000 and by . Saturday night is expected to pass $250,000. The banks are taking their share, but farmers and small investors are tak ing the bulk of the bonds. One farm er, Tuesday, bought $8,000 worth of bonds. Every township is being can vassed this week. G. H. -Titus has charge of the bond sale in the county. NEW PRINTING FIRM OBTAINSCONTRACTS Er.ters Competition for State House Work and Figures Price Down to Give Some Bidders the Shivers. NEBRASKA TROOPS BOY LIBERTY, BONDS Colonel Phil Hall Reports That State Soldiers Are Taking Their Share of National War Loan. (From a 8Uf( Correipondcnt.) Camp Cody,' Deming, N. Oct. 26. (Special Telegram.) Colonel .Phil L. Hall, jr., chairman of the Liberty bond sellers, reported that $1,897,650 had been subscribed, and said he was sure the total would be $2,000,000 by Saturday. Colonel Hall's Report Lincoln, Neb., Oct 26. (Special.) The last report, under date of October 23, issued by Colonel Phil L. Hall, jr., in charge of the Liberty loan collec tion at JFort Deming, shows that the soldiers there have subscribed $1,361, 750. The average of the loans ran $65.62 per soldier. Nebraska boys had a hand in the (From Staff CorrripondentX . Lincoln, Oct. 26. (Special.) If there has been a printing combine in Lincoln which has been successful in getting most of the printing con tracts in the past from the state, as has been often charged, the combine got a severe jolt when a new firm stepped. Into the limelight and walked off with nearly all of the contacts at a price much lower than other bidders. Thexfirm of Kline & Smith were the winners and a few samples of the bids let will show the difference. The annual ' report of the state railway commission was awarded Kline & Smith for 1.63 a page, while the next lowest bid was $2.1 per page. There were six bids, the highest being $3.85 per page. Another job was 79,000 fish licenses, which went to the same firm for $375 for the job. The next lowest bid wasj$485. Other bids were along simitar tines. The winning firm insists that they figured the contracts on a 20 per cent profit and made the bids accordingly. Stockholder in Oil Company Must Resorf to Courts Lincoln, Oct 26. (Special.) The state raiway commission is in re ceipt of a communication from C W. Jones at Augo, Okla., stating that he is astock holder in the Farmers5 Oil and Gas company, which has head quarters in Omaha and that he would like to have the commission get his money back, that he paid Tor the stock. This company has been before the blue sky department of the railway commission for some time for a violation of the bluue sky law as re gards the sale of stocks in its com pany and the controversy is still on. Mr. Jones, however, will . have to use other means than the commission to kH back his money. The com mission has power only over issuing a license to a company and its duties do not extend to those of a civil na ture, Mr. Jones will have to resort to the courts. v Blue Sky Department Scores on Oil Salesman (From a Staff Corrwpondent) Lincoln, Oct 26. (Special.) Ac cording to a message received by the State Railway commission from Spe cial Agent Ripley of the blue sky de partment of the commission, Charles C. Worrell, a salesman Jor the North Texas Oil company, has pleaded guilty to selling securities contrary to law and in both the Stanton and Madison district courts was fined the sum of $10d. Money for Y.H. CA. Work. Fremont, Nsb., Oct 26. (Special Telegram.) The Seventh district, comprised of the counties of Dodge, Saunders, Cuming and Butler, will be expected to raise $11,500 of the fund for Young Men's Christian association war work. During the last campaign practically the same district raised $4,000. Frank Hammond is chairman and J. L. Kohler secretary of the com mittee, which will meet Tuesday eve ning to outline the campaign. camp to which Nebraska units belong being as follows with the subscrip tions made: Headquarter trala and military police, whlon Include! the First bat tlaion of the Sixth regiment....! 13.950 Headquarter! ttth field artillery bri gade, being General liarrlei and hla ataft 4,300 One hundred and twenty-sixth ma chine gun company Sixth Nebraska, Omaha J.250 One hundred and twenty-seventh gun battalion. Includes Omaha machine un company of the Fourth. 10,850 One hundred and twenty-aeventhfield artillery Fourth Nebraska 111,000 One hundred and ninth engineers, In cluding Company I of the Sixth.. 46,500 One hundred ninth field signal bat talion, Including Fremont signal corpa 13,00 One hundred ninth supply train- third battalion Sixth, less Company I ; 24,300 One hundred and thirty-sixth am bulance company, Company V, Sixth Nebraska 4,100 Of the above it will be observe that the units which comprise Nebraska troops wholly are General Harries and his staff, the 127th field artillery, the 109th supply tram and the 136th ambulance company. Pastor at Weeping Water. Weeping Water, Neb., Oct. 26 (Special.) "Rtv. C. H. Rogers of Lin coln, formerly pastor of the Plymouth f ongregational church, has been sec ured to serve temoorarly as pastor of the Congregational church here until a new regular pastor can be suecured to fill the vacancy caused by the res ignation of Rev. W. M. Elledge. Observe Golden Wedding. Fremont, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. Heriry Sievers, who came to Dodge county in 1869, and lo cated on a farm near Scribner, cele brated their golden wedding annivers ary at Scribner, when fifty relatives and frien Is assembled. Mr. an Mrs Sievers are natives of Germany. They have a large family. Youth Breaks Ankles. Fremont. Neb.. Oct. 26. (Special Telegram.) Harry Andrews, son of Air. ana Airs. Chris Andrews of Wen ster. sustained the fracture of both ankles when he fell from a windmill at the home of his parents. The lad was otherwise badly bruised, but his condition is not serious. , Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Lancaster County Comes Across Well in Bond Sales (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln Oct. 26. (Special.) Lan caster county has subscribed nearly $1,000,000 over the quota allotted to be subscribed by the people, here. Last night the sum subscribed amounted to $3,525,400, while the amount required i $2,614,000, making an excess of $911,400. , Lancaster county farmers are sub scribing with considerable alertness, very few turning down the proposi tion. Une solicitor Working through the Bohemian settlement near Crete reported that out of 26 families he sav. 23 responde'd with subscriptions. Pioneer Wood River Woman 'Dies After Long Illness Wood River. Neb!. Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) Mrs. A. M. Lapoint, who has lived in Wood River about 25 years. died this afternoon of cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Lapoint was 50 years old at the time Of her death and had been in poor health for several months. Of near, relatives she leaves a hus band, "a son, W. H. Lapoint of Port- Mr. Grant Diterding of Arnold, Neb. The couple were married by the county judge at Nebraska City. They will go to house-keeping on a ranch near Arnold, Neb. Colored Soldiers Leave. A North Platte, Neb., Oct. 26. "pe nal Telegram.) Greeley Jacobs, Frank Hughes and Lewis Hare (col ored) of the drafted men of Lincoln county will leave Saturday morning for Fort Riley. York High Trims Kearney Gridiron Squad, 14 to 6 York, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special Tel egram.) York High trimmed Kear ney High nere toda; 14 to 6, in a rather slow game. Creighton High Defeats Blair On Its Own Gridiron Creighton High defeated the Blair High school team at Blair yesterday, 7 to 0. Creighton received the ball on the kickoff and marched down the field, with Murphy, Kelley and Car- penteer tearing big gaps in the Blair line. Owens shot over the line on a play through center six minutes after the ball was put into play. Coyle kicked goal. Blair stiffened and offered a stubborn defense during the rest of thgame. Lineup:. CREIGHTON. I BLAIR. Bunn R.E.IR.E Lonergas rrt.r R.T.IR.T Ronayne Paulson R G. Mulher Lang . . Griffith Nead . . Myeos . . Wohlff . .C. L.G. , L.T. L.E.! Q. R.H. Carlton : L.H. Holmes F. r.G Van Ackren C Dorsey L.G Coyle LT McAleur L.B Schmtdl q . , Owens R.H Murphy L.H Kelley F Carpentei Boy Scouts Feast on Some Of the Beans They Raised Scoutmaster W. S. Sheldon har vested three and one-half bushels of navy beans Irom the vacant lot that he planted with the help cf Troop 6, Boy Scouts. At their regular meet ing this week Mr. Sheldon gave the scouts and scoutmaster a bean feast with trimmings. Scout Executive Eng lish was present and made an address. subscriptions, the divisions of the 1 land, Ore., a brother, Ed Curtis of Morrison, III., and a sister, Mrs. Charles Mitchell of Lexington, Neb. Navy Man Called Home ily Death of His Mother Fremont, Neb., Oct. 26. (Special Telegram.) Hugo Haubensak, a gun pointer on the cruiser Charleston, left Fremont for Boston to re'join the crew. Haubensak joined the navy last March and within three weeks was on the Charleston. In a competi ton he won an appointment as gun pointer. Haubensak was called home by the death of his mother. Dr. Finkle Appointed : To Norfolk Asylum (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Oct. 26.- (Special.) Dr. Beverly A. Finkle of Faribault, Minn.-, has been appointed first assistant ! physician of the Norfolk insane asy lum to nil the vacancy caused oy tne resignation of Dr. Carson, who enlist ed in the medical corps and is now at Camp Cody, Demingy N. M. Food Canvass in Phelps County. ' Holdredge,' Neb.",' Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) The Phelps county drive to obtain members for the United States food administration opened yesterday through the co-operation of the schools of the county. Ten speakers in autos visited 68 rural schools and briefly explained the reasons for ask ing for signatures of the volunteer food card pledge. Each teacher and the pupils will canvas their respective districts. Organzing the Boys. Weeping Water, Neb., Oct 26. (Special.) The work of organizing the boys of the community in the United States Boys' Working Reserve has been started. Dr. M. U. Thomas is the enrolling officer and Superinten dent E. E. Stone of the public schools is assisting him. HYMENEAL. i , Diterding-Philpot Weeping Water, Oct 25. Yester day afternoon occurred the marriage of Miss Elva Philpot, eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Philpot to BAKER'S C0C0A! IS PURE Purity in cocoa means carefully selected, scrupulously cleaned cocoa beans, scien tifically blended, skilfully roasted, and with the excess of fat removed, reduced to an extremely fine powder by a strictly mechanical process, no chemicals being used, the finished product containing no added mineral matter. V AND IT HAS A DELICIOUS FLAVOR Trade-mark on every genuine package Booklet of choice recipes tent free Made only by WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. MO. u. a. PAT. OFF. Established 1780 PHOTOF1AY8. 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' f Omaha Directory Co. Tel. Doug. 5888 317 Ramge Bldg. If your business is not properly, classified in the directory Telephone Douglas 5888. USE Kpaxixixixixixix DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in "THE LAMB" All Next Week WILLIAM FARNUM, in "THE CONQUEROR" "7 7ft MWffl Last Time Today DONNA DREW, in ''49-'ir LOTHROP Today EMMY WEHLEN, in "SOWERS AND REAPERS" SUBURBAN' 24th sV Ames Col. 2841. Today WILLIAM DESMOND, in "THE FOOD GAMBLERS" AMtSKMELNTS. Phone Doug. 494 The Beit of Vaudeville Last Two Times. LEW BRICE and The Ban Twin; DUNBAR'S MARYLAND SINGERS and Current Bill. MATINEE TODAY, 2:15 EARLY CURTAIN TONIGHT, 8 Sharp, Next Week In addition to the usual excellent vaudeville, Martin Beck present the third and last episode of "The Retreat of the German at the Battle of Arras." AMUSEMENTS. AUDITORIUM Tues. Oct. 30, 1917 6,0u0 Feet of Official War Pictures Lectured By SERGEANT HANLEY One of the thirteen sur vivors of the Princess Pat's Canadian Regiment From Actual Experiences Other Features. Benefit Lucky 7th Mess Fund. Tickets on Sale at 1612 Farnam Street. N LAST TIMES TODAY OLD TIME DARKIES South.ni Entertainer DUVAL & SIMONDS "Their First Quarrel" THREE TASMANIANS Versatile Entertainers. BACK TO ELMIRA A Somewhat Different Playlet. Photoplay Attraction EMMY LYNN TORTURE OF SILENCE" . Every Saturday and Sunday Extra Vaudeville Show at 6:30 - Cominr LES MISERABLEsT Pi PHVn TODAY, 2:30; Dv I U Tonight, Until Wed. America' Oldest and Best Play The Old Homestead ' Mats., Sat., Sun., 25c and 80c Mt, Tues., Wed, 25c Nov. 1. 2. 3 BLANCHE RING. mm BRANDEIS THEATER Last Times Today Matinee at 2:30 Utile Peggy 0'Moore Tonight at 8:25 A $50 Liberty Bond will be given away after the first act. Secure ticket early. iliERTY LOAM OM A ! FUN CENTER" aily Mats.. 15-25-800 Evenings, 25-50-75c-$l R. .1 of Season's Big Hit JAS. E. iirUTfrCDe' Muakal . uiii i.kn COOPER'S Burlesque Cast include Thoae TUran Item Fool. Coottabl Will 1. Kennrdy, Jack Mtlltr and Harry Kallj; The ramital Four': Beauty cbonis ot Bed Heads. Blondes and Brunette. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS