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u J ! 1 1 if si I "1 ! f I . 4 8 BRINGING UP FATHER AREfH'T Copyright. , MIT, International Nesm Service. Drawn for The Bee George McManus MINISTERS. HELD BY QUARANTINE. I CANNOT PLAY NOW jCreighton Basket Ball Game S .With Nebraska Wesleyan Off and Match Arranged With Cotner's Strong Team. The Creighton. 'varsity quintet will tangle on the basket ball floor Friday Tiight at' the Creighton gymnasium with the Cotner five, instead of Ne braska Vesleyan, because of an epi demic of scarlet fever at University Place. ? Cotner has a strong five this year and basket ball sharps are looking for the teachers to make a weighty bid for the state championship' for the 1918 season. Coach Mills also has some regard for the basket shooting abilities of the Cotner speed mer chants and has been running his pro teges through stiff practices on the floor this week. Last night the Blue and White team scrimmaged with the Fort Omaha squad and at the end of two 20-minute halves the Creighton five had annexed over 25 baskets to six for the soldiers. The 'varsity five was in excellent con dition. . To Play Papillion. v "Chuck" Kearney dropped in more than his share of the baskets and his fellow forward, Ed Haley, closelv fol lowed him. Big Vic Spittler darted around with his usual speed and non chalantly tossed a few baskets him self. Mully and Vandever on the guards were quite up to snuff. Preliminary to the Creighton-Cot-ner game Friday, the Creighton High chool team will play Papillion. Although the farmer boys are re ported to have a good team, the Creighton High cage men expect to beat them. The forwards for Creigh ton High will be Mahoney and Mur phy.' ! Mullen will play center and Kin rey and Maloney the guards. White, Fraier, - Kerbcr, Norris, Rossiter, Beacomb and Daly will also receive try-outs.-.; Omaha to Meet Doane At Basket Ball Friday C A. Newman, basket ball man ager of the Doane Tigers, has written to the University of Omaha, saying that his boys are ready to come to meet the local tossers who claim to be the fastest team in their class. The University of Omaha and the Cretan team will meet next Friday evening at the local gymnasium, 24th and Pratt streets. The game will be called at 8:15. Lineup: OMAHA. DOANE. ....... Andrwi Dredla McDonald Newman E11U Clay n.r.R. F. Burdlck UK ur. Marab C. Cohtn .........R. a. Clark e) .10. c. .. R.O, L. G. George Redick Will Head Omaha Gun Club This Year George Redick was elected presi dent of the Omaha Gun club at the annual meeting of the club Wednes day night. B. W. Barnes was made vice president, F.: E. Ellison, secretary-treasurer, and Henry McDonald corresponding secretary. John Ragan, L. E. Adams, J. D. Vcrmerher, W. J. McCaffrey and Charles E. Reese were named as a board of directors. A new sit for the club will soon be bought and a commute of three named to confer with the real estate men regarding such a purchase. Ministers Roar at Boxing Show for Funston Soldiers .Kansas City, "Mo., Jan. 9. The wrestling and boxing tournamoit be tween men picked by elimination con tests at Camp Funston,' Kan., and Camp Doniphan,- Okl., planned to be held in Kansas City January 25 and 26, may be called off, the promoters said tonight The ministerial alliance of this city today addressed a com munication to Camp Funston author ities, threatening to take the matter up with Washington unless the event was canceled Def ore Friday. Jockey Johnson Injured On New Orleans Track Uew Orleans, La., Jan. 10. Jockey Arthur Johnson, considered one of the country's star riders, was injured and his mount, Poppee was killed, in the second race today at the fair grounds. The horse fell at the half mite post and. most of the 10 other racers rat. over Johnson, but physi cians said he suffered only minor 'bruises. - , ' ,". Joe Eaan Boxes Downey i , -1 To No-Decision Finish f;tn-i,t Tan -10 Tne Etran. Jweltcrweigllt-of Boston, tonight had t shade the better .Bryan Downey t fhlforrn in 9 lft-rnim1 nn ripfi&inn boxing bout, according' to a majority of critics at' the ringside. Some writers called " it a draw. Downey m . t . t I.. .A appeared tne more ciever ooxer, oui Egan's blows more than balanced -" ssseasssss f W W. rf wrsr- X. tat Uucago boy c points. VOU MO- I HAD f TO OlNTY HA-RiBE 6ETTER HOME FQK ftMAHCE MOTHERS GIVE BOYS, PAY FLAG BONDS Reavis of Nebraska Bitterly Scores Profiteer Who Has Patented Service Emblem; Lobeck for Suffrage. Washington Sanaa of Tbe Omaha Bee, 1311 G Street. Washington, Jan. 10. (Special Tel egram.) Representative Reavis, who introduced a house resolution yester day providing for a committee of three representatives to select some suitable design for a service flag and to present to the house legislation de claring such design to be the na tional service flag and prohibiting the patenting of the same, told the house todav an interesting story of profiteer ing in a service flag now largely used throughout the nation. Mr. Reavis said in the course of his remarks that the service flag now in general use was patented by Captain R. L. Queisser of Cleveland, O., and in a pretended assignment he trans ferred his interest to the Service company of Cleveland. Mr. Reavis said this enterprising gentleman is charging a royalty of from 5 to 10 per cent of the whole sale price tor the use ot tins nag. con tinuing, he said, "1 had hoped that there was something in our connec tion with this war so altogether wor thy that the profiteer would keep his hands off. It seems that my hope is to be unrequited. "The mothers of America hang this flagsin their windows as a sort of holy sacrament, indicating as it docs, their ?rid in contributing their sons to de end the republic. That they must pay a royalty to some captain to use this nag is iuiic snore 01 contempiiDie. The judiciary committee, to which the Reavis resolution was referred, made a favorable report on i. today. State Solid for Stiff rage. Nebraska will present a solid dele gation for the woman suffrage amend ment tomorrow. Representative Lo beck having capitulated after receiving a telegram from several of the 1917 delegation from Douglas county in the state legislature. The telegram sent to Mr. Lobeck is as follows: "Believing that the women of the United States Have more than proven themselves equal to the crisis which has 'arisen in our country and believing that the vast majority of Americans are con vinced that American women are en titled to equal suffrage, we the repre sentatives of Douglas county, Ne braska, at the 1917 session of the legis lature, earnestly and sincerely ask your heartfelt and whole souled sup port for woman suffrage." The mes sage was signed by James II. Bulla, James Craddock, Josepl Lovely, Jens Nielson, t-rank 1. Negan, Jerry Howard and Francis Goodall. Shan non and Hopkins were out of the city at the time of sending this telegram. Of course Mr. Lobeck has been the recipient of many telegrams in favor of the amendment notably from Mayor. Dahlnian and other leading democrats, but the Bulla telegram could -not be resisted. Chicago Recovering From , Effects of Big Snowstorm Chicasro. Jan. 10. After nearly three days, during which thousands o" men, women and children have labored to clear the streets of snow, Chicago to day still was struggling to free itself of the great drifts, left by Sunday's blizzard. Although many side streets are im passable, the situation appears brighter and by nightfall it is thought the city virtually will be back in i'.s normal condition, if the weather man's prediction of more snow proves wrong Railroads are run ning their passenger trains practically on time and freight trains, though light, are moving regularly. Women of Western World Organize to Meet War Crisis Washington. Jan. 10. Women of 21 republics in North and South Amer ica have been called upon to or ganize an inter-American round table as a means of mutual aid in meeting unusual conditions created through out the hemisphere by the war. John Barrett., director general ot the ran- Amcrican union," is sponsor for the movement and among those interest ed in the movement here are Mrs. Robert Lansinir and Lady Aberdeen. president of the International Council of Women; Miss C. E. Mason of Tar- rytown-on-Hudson, N. Y has been named director general. Ashes From Nicaraguan Volcano Cover Big Area Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 10. The volcano Irazu, which became active on the night of January 7, continues erupting. The ashes-are falling over an area of many miles. ., Arizona Drouth Broken. Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 10. A record breaking drouth for Tucson and southern Arizona was broktn this aft ernoon when rain began falling. This is the first rainfall since September 10 and cattle ranges have been badly burned. A snowstorm is reported in the California mountains 30 miles itom Tucson. THE BEE: WELL" WHAT ARE XOU OOM m THE PARLOR? VTAr - $100,000,000 A MONTH TO UNCLE SAM'S FIGHTERS Army and Navy Pay Roll Mounts to Enormous Figure; Family Allowances In crease Total Cost. (By Associated Treu.) Washington, Jan. 10. The ptfyroll of the fighting forces of the United States is now nearly $100,000,000 a month. This includes salaries of officers and enlisted men in the army and navy serving both in this country and abroad, family allotments and com pensation for certain sevices ren dered. But it does not take into account family allowances paid "by the gov ernment toward the support of fam ilies of enlisted men, under specified conditions, nor does it include any of the special compensatory teatures of the military and naval insurance act Details of the pay received by sol diers and sailors and of the operation of the war risk insurance bureau have just been compiled by the several de partments for information of the house, and those relating to the navy were made public tonight by the committee on public information. Others will be made public later and separately. v Seventeen Million for Navy. The committee statement shows that in December $17,000,000 was dis bursed as monthly compensation for the services of 300,000 officers and men who constitute the uniformed force of the navy. This did not in clude any amounts that might have been paid under the war risk act as family allowance or other compen sation provided for by that law. The system of pay in the navy is complicated by a large number of ranks and ratings, as well a financial rewards for special merit and service and allowances made for quarters for officers serving on shore duty. The salaries range from the $32.60 per month paid mess attendants and ap prentice seamen to the $833 a month paid to an admiral commanding a With the T. M. O. A Leacne. NICHOLAS OIL. 1st. 2d. td. Tot. OMAHA TOWEL SUPPLY. 1st. 3d. 3d. Tot. Hansen 1(3 1(8 134 435 Jensen 114 114 1(( 383 Murphy ....143 95 123 3(8 Murray 113 106 160 378 Verdlgren ..131 1(0 180 4(1 Handicap ... (8 (8 (8 174 Johnson ....141 15S 210 (OS Joyce Ill 11! 138 372 Moore US 141 141 441 Taylor 144 131 1(4 431 Neville ..... ST II Knoll 143 121 264 Handicap .. 12 13 13 Totals Clan Gordon League. BOBBIE BURNS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Dunn 133 130 1(8 410 Scott 173 147 143 463 Forbs 126 171 133 430 Handicap .. 4 4 4 13 Totals ...43S 442 438 1315 KILTIES. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Brydon .,..1U2 104 92 328 Dunan 136 162 1(7 4(4 Hlalop .....103 141 168 411 Totsls ...369 407 417 1193 TAM O'BHANTERS -1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Watson ....193 168 160 (01 Murray .... 98 1(6 1(3 406 Mulr ......112 164 134 410 Handicap .. 4 4 4 13 ! Totals ....397 491 441 1329 ST. ANDREWS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Blis-tt ....148 136 181 466 Totals .,. 700 774 2113 M'CORD BRADY let 3d. 3d. Tot JTartman ...17T 1(1 143 471 Kru 1(0 123 173 441 Feltman, 8. .141 13 133 437 Feltman, C..108 lit 1SS 3(0 Foltnmn. n. .!( 12 16S 4(8 Total 740 (83 74( 2171 SWIFT miDES. let 2d. 3d. Tot. Wilson 166 148 143 445 Finch 130 139 15 423 Neleon 171 ISO 188 (07 Hay ISO 130 130 880 Andersen... 200 188 1(3 (38 HanUlcap ,. 30 30 30 80 Totals.... 818 783 788 3838 BROOKF1ELDS. let 3d. 3d. Tot. Roben 1(8 1(4 188 480 Nuhl 161 144 181 4(8 Ikhn ......128 190 187 (03 Crow 178 144 137 447 Lonng 187 233 220 819 Lowdon ....130 Totals.... 778 84 (33 2481 I'KEMIUMS. ' 1st. 3d. 3d. Tot. tvom m Total 410 Ciate City BESBL1N'8 1st Williams ...180 171 184 (!( Oapton 130 130 130 890 GasnIK .I...130 130 130 390 Ekdahl 108 131 127 364 Perdue 146 156 134 45 Chandler ...1(8 Beselln 171 Klanck 199 Totals.... 672 717 70( 2094 WOOL 80AP. 1st. 3d. 3d. Tot. Wymlller ...1(8 Voea 161 Pelsle 188 183 188 6(8 Total ....8(3 831 735 2419 PEASE BLACKS. 1st. 3d. 3d. Tot. Hortman ...161 144 144 449 Rapp 130 130 130 390 Murray 130 130 130 890 Johnston ...IK 1(8 150 433 Moyna 151 Straw 156 Burke 140 Totals.... 724" 744 742 2310 tdlea' Iue. Oernandt ...148 Rles ....... .1(5 AMERICAN STATE BANK. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Total ...750 807 733 3289 RYLAN TAILORS. 1st 3d. 3d. Tot Heine 137 116 135 38 Karls 141 117 125 384 Byrce 106 103 97 307 Gldson 316 Sehupp 133 103 171 40k Koran 1(1 Sdple 197 118 119 431 Uanteap . . 68 (8 (8 174 Crane 178 Norgand ....1(4 Kuhn 132 Totals ...773 812 705 2090 1IEYN STUDIO. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. Total ....871 Mcquillan 1st. Wlleg 130 Malloy 167 Huff 116 14S 118 379 Thompson ..169 145 134 433 Thompson ..140 160 160 460 Crow 127 138 lit 407 Suchy 234 Rauber 163 113 117 433 Rathke 185 Shaw 139 Totals ...69( 700 731 3116 Total SAM'S HERZBERG TOOOERT Hausman .117 137 1(3 406 .131 148 104 383 Beeson .. .Board 136 Jameson . ..188 130 164 472 ..139 166 134 438 ..163 168 14S 462 Rsdford ... .177 Stanton .... Flltlnf .... Totals ... MARSH Nslson Davidson ... 8-raiison ... Collins (Jetty Handicap .. Schulta 140 Younger ....163 173 139 (30 Fits 203 177 179 ((( Total 823 878 89( 2598 LOCH'S ALLEYS. 1st 2d. 3d. Tot Kehm ......170 1(9 205 S34 Stover 1(1 164) 146 463 Loch ...... .134 93 171 397 Doner 313 161 1(3 (36 Heya 143 16S 223 (33 Total ....800 716 897 2443 T. M. C. A. , EVANS LAUNDRY. 733 728 700 21(1 OAKLAND. ,141 113 134 120 136 147 ,138 179 94 .141 127 161 165 379 165 , 60 60 377 403 348 429 499 180 Totals ...7(3 743 741 22.38 A. B. SWEET BHUr. Nesbit 3oeme ....1(8 311 136 (o: 418 ...120 138 170 ....148 108 lit Blcrman Bruch . , Hughes 267 ....140 133 1(5 42s ....173 160 148 487 Eh' Peterson Lalble .. Elsasae.r Totals ....T43 735 730 2197 t 'WWUfa'--.-, ; . n,.,t . , Ht i . ;,T JqWfrMJtiWftt pii-&t& .'HMi! OMAHA', FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918. m oin TO TAT IN TONtfrf fleet. Added to the officers' regular pay is graduated compensation for length of service and 10 per cent ad ditional for duty beyoni the conti nental limits of the United States. Officers who are retired receive three-fourths of their regular pay. En listed, men are retired after 30 years' service and are paid three-fcurths.of the total pay and allowances they re ceived at the date of retirement and cash in lieu of quarters and subsist ence. Army in France Beady to Fight, Says Sec, Baker (Continued From Pate One. in France under General Pershing and our allies are entitled to have the benefit resulting from the depression of the morale of their enemies which must come when, the Germans realize that the American democracy has neither blundered nor hesitated, but actually brought the full power of its men and resources into completely organized strength against their mili tary machine. "No army of similar size in the his tory of the world has ever been raised, equipped or trained so quick ly. No Such provision has ever been made for the comfort, health and gen eral well being of an army. Nation Is Organized.. "By the co-operation of all inter ests and all people in the country, the nation is now organized and set to its task with unanimity of spirit and con fidence in its powers. More has been done than anybody dared to believe possible. That there have been here and there errors of judgment and de lays goes without saying; but I should be wanting in frankness were I to omit my own estimate of .the real unselfishness and intelligence with which my associates, military and civilian, have applied themselves to this undertaking, and the results dem onstrate the success of their efforts." The secretary gave the co'minittee an outline of the work of the depart ment and its various bureaus. Regular Army. "On April, 1917, the regular army," he said, "comprised 5,791 officers and 121,797 enlisted men; he National Guard in federal service, approxi mately 3,733 officers and 76.713 en listed men; and the reserve, 4,000 en listed men. There were also at that time approximately 2,573 officers in the reserve, but as these were on in active duty they cannot properly be Bowlers Kahe 123 KS 133 Totals .879 730 706 BURGESS-NASH CO. 1st 2d. 3d. Coleman 183 133 171 McNeil 143 173 133 Fleming 123 109 187 Fausland 113 149 1(( Brighara ........145 132 161 Totals. 709 674 807 GREATER OMAHA. COREY & M'KENZIB. 1st. 2d. 3d. Tot. .700 681 799 3180 Kent. ......145 210 1(2 607 398 476 (29 (48 Halllday ...124 1(4 120 McCormick .143 167 176 Zarp 169 170 190 Scboeman ..167 201 180 Totals ...748 892 818 246S BEVO. 1st 2d. Sd. Tot Shaw 176 223 174 572 Maurer 146 14 174 469 Wiley 160 123 233 615 Fits 169 M9 193 (41 Huntington .193 174 148 (IS , Totals ...844 846 923 2612 ' SCOTTS TENTS. 1st. 3d. 3d. Tot Martin 1(7 164 189 (10 Senger ......209 1(9 1(7 628 Terrell 166 204 166 636 Koran 187 184 1SS (59 Stuns 146 190 ... 336 Kuhry 220 220 Totals...., 86( 901 930 2688 MURPHY-DID-ITS. 1st. 3d. 3d. Tot. Hathaway ..212 173 183 567 Brannan ....146 1(9 157 463 Swoboda ....163 169 161 493 Mitchell ....161 17S 188 (34 Wartchow ..1(9 191 158 649 Totals 881 868 846 2595 COMMONWEALTH LIFE. 1st 2d. 3d. Tot Larson 315 233 170 618 Johnson 163 187 178 (27 Van Ess 183 180 141 484 Brodahl ....165 1(3 147 4(5 139 208 467 io 111 -a- 444 (60 1414. League. KIDS. 2d. 3d. Tot 165 140 463 1(0 140 469 183 136 (18 1(S 130 441 178 189 (38 149 169 469 1(0 130 436 149 135 444 Ooff 173 177 180 (29 233 1(2 (23 136 136 417 Totals 887 910 816 2613 POWELL SUPPLY. 1st. 2d id. Tot- Baker 200 160 188 648 Bland 176 183 210 (68 178 1(8 (41 138 165 483 Crowder ....168 171 203 (43 213 153 (49 Dober 1(3 195 172 (30 McCoy 177 203 234 614 ' Totals.... 884 911 1007 2802 BANKERS REALTY. -1st 2d. 3d. Tot. R. Sclpl....164 188 214 (46 Harrison ...213 178 176 ((7 Howard ....1(2 234 149 (38 Plunkett ....199 139 166 (35 K. Sclple....200 15S 1(1 648 147 137 438 131 164 427 800 773 2442 hats. 3d. 3d. Tot 133 1(8 420 181 161 (19 220 178 633 149 161 496 149 193 471 Totals, ....9C8 SOS 896 272 O'BRIENS. 8(S 831 831 2417 INDIANS. 1st 3d. 3d. Tot 1st 3d. 3d. ....167 168 123 ....180 184 174 ....176 208 144 Tot 4(8 (38 (28 (59 (08 Karls .. Wills .. Longley 179 164 478 178 196 til 171 167 478 Mayer 201 161 207 Zimmerman 181 176 1(1 Totals 905 887 799 2591 CENTRAL FURNITURE. 1st 2d. 3d. Tot Hansen 160 163 305 (27 Kleny ......179 347 211 637 SIdson 168 174 166 (08 Jarosh 189 1(1 19S 628 Learn 234 17S 211 621 Totals.. .928 90 983 3811 WASHINGTON H. 8. Leptnskl ....187 166 179 (SI H'merstrom 1(6 13S 165 (06 Olson 163 163 147 479 Kennedy ....160 lit 209 (45 Toman 1(6 1S9 247 (91 1st. 2d. 3d. ...1(9 122 135 ...131 li 152 ...181 133 105 ...131 176 181 Totals. .828 878 947 2651 ST fl -w Wpa)Wg-'W"aa iH.tfMr.,3lwiiM a w. -' i k. . . TOOlL DO NOTHING Or THE KIND I'M HAVING LADIES WWT-PARTY- Vftl) APE ONLX IN f 'J THE WAV considered in estimating the strength of the army of the United States at that time. On December 31, 1917, the regular army consisted of 10,250 officers and 475,000 enlisted men; the National Guard, of 16,031 officers and 400,900 enlisted men; the national army of 480,000 men; and the reserve of 84,575 officers and 72,750 enlisted men. sin other words, in nine ihonths the in crease has been from 9,524 officers to 110,856 officers and from 202,510 to 1,428,650 men. "During the war with Spain, the army of the United States at its maximum strength aggregate4 272, 000 men and officers. The army now in the field and in training is, there fore, roughly, six times as great as the maximum number under arms in the Spanish-American war. , Large Force Mobilized. "The total number alreadv in the military service is one and a half times as large as any force ever mobilized by this nation. "A substantial part of our military forces was selected by the operation of a draft law. the execution of which has demonstrated both the economi cal and the efficient way of selecting soldiers. 'The law itself was drawn, its execution carried to a successful conclusion, and the theory of the law, novel to our people, explained and made popular, because of its demonstrated fairness both in plan and execution. "For the training of officers two series of training camps were held, from which about 45,000 officers were commissioned from civil life. This number is nearly eight times as great as the number of officers in the regu lar army on April 1. , "For the training of these soldiers 16 cantonments have been built, cost ing $134,000,000, with an average profit to the contractors of 2.98 per cent. Death Rate. "The death rate ih our forces in the United States, from mid-Septeni-ber to the end of December, averaged 7.5 per thousand, and is slightly less than would have been the death rate of men of the same age at home. In 1898 the death rate per thousand was 20.14, or nearly three times as great. Our death rate in the army during the year 1916, just before the war, was five per thousand. Leaving out live deaths due to measles and its comolications. our rate among all troops in the United States since Sep tember 1 have been about two per thousand. "For the fiscal year 1915 congress appropriated for the War department $158,000,000; for the fiscal year 1916, $203,000,000; for the fiscal year 1917. $403,000,000; for the fiscal year 1918, $7,527,338,716. In other words, tak ing 1915 as a normal year, the ap propriations for 1918 are nearly 50 times as great. Big Appropriations. "The regular appropriation made by congress for all government pur poses for the fiscal year 1915 were S720.000.000. or nearly one-tenth the 1918 appropriations for the War de partment alone. "Of the total War department ap orooriations for 1918. $3,200,000,000 was for the ordnance department, of which contracts amounting to $1,677, 000,000 already have been placed. "On April 1, 1917, the ordnance de partment consisted of 97 commis sioned officers, while now it consists of 3,004 officers, and, in addition, has 26,120 enlisted personnel. "Many of the classes of ordnance material requiring to be designed, specifications drawn, and contracts let, were wholly unfamiliar to our normal military practices. The trench warfare material alone involves com mitments of $282,000,000. Ordnance Department. . "Many ol the ordnance department's1 contracts involve increase of plant facilities or the construction of new plants, and constant inspection by in spectors who have had to be trained in specially established schools. "For the quartermaster general's department in 1918, $3,018,000,000 was appropriated, or a sum more than four times as great as the 1915 appropria tions for all governmental purposes. "On April 1 there were 347 officers AMUSEMENTS. 15c and 25c From 11 to 11 VAUDEVILLE AND PHOTOPLAYS Presenting CLOVER LEAF TRIO " A Harvest of Fun and Melody. ' HECTOR PALS The Mind-Reading Dog. ' WRIGHT 4 EARLE The Acmo of Song, Mirth and Dance. MORGAN A STUART "A Jitney Banquet" Res Beach's Greatest Picture "The Auction Block" The Most Notable Film Play of the Year. The Boston. Post said: 'The Boston Theater has fne biggest screen attrac tion of the year in "Tbe Auction Block." The Life Drama of a Million Clrla in America's Big Cities and Small Towns. DON'T MISS THIS PICTURE OMAHA'S FUN CENTER Dly Mats., 1 Sc. 25,80c Ev'gs 25. 50. 75c. $1 LAST TIMES TODAY S;,3S Mawith 'tone & Pillard Tomorrow (Saturday). Matinea and Week A I V U A 1 I "Maids of America" ALm IV. llALt A BOBBY BARRY LADIES' DIME M ATTN EE WEEK DAYS. -u . , . -- iinn 'Bin h - fi t 1 ii. 'L KT..a f in the quartermaster corps. On Jan uary 1, 1918, there was a total of 6,431 officers. "On January 1, 1918, nearly $2,000, 000.000 of the appropriation had been obligated by contracts or disburse ments. "This business involved accounting, determinations of standards, prices, quantities and the creation of new manufacturing facilities. "In the woolen goods section alone, the co-operation of over 300 mills was involved and the following items give some idea of the extensive char acter of the operations: There have been purchased over 19,000,000 blan kets, 20,000,000 yards of overcoating and over 30,000,000 yards each of shirting flannel and suiting, involving an expenditure of over $345,000,000. In cotton goods the department has contracted for 250,000,000 yards of various cotton clothes. "The aviation section of the signal corps on April 1, 1917, consisted of 60 officers and 1,120 men. On January 1,1918, it consisted of 3,900 officers and 82,120 men. "This division of the War depart ment was charged by congress with the expenditure of an appropriation aggregating for 1918 $744,000,000, or five times the 1915 appropriation for the entire War department. "The engineer department, for which in 1917 $53,000,000 was appro priated, was charged by the 1918 ap propriation with the expenditure of $390,000,000, or about 700 per cent increase. Technical Troops. "There have been organized, trained and equipped technical troops of for esters', stevedores and railroad con struction and operation men, aggre gating about 120,000, many of whom have been' operating in France for some months. "I make this statement," continued the secretary, "fully aware that there have been produced before the mem bers of this committee some expres sions of doubt, difference of opinion, andx disapproval. The War depart ment has spent eight months hearing similar expressions, analyzing them, correcting the conditions out of which they grew, perfecting its organization to prevent their recurrence, and all the while driving on to the accom plishment of the main task. "My military associates and I ap preciate the work which this com mittee has done, and will value sug gestions from the committee as a whole, from, its individual members and from every other patriotic citizen AMISEMENTS. Tonight and Saturday. Matinee Saturday. ey CATMiRim ckisholm oijhino . Sat. Mat. 25c to $1.00; Nights, 25c to $1.50 3 NIGHTS BEGINNING SUNDAY. JAN. 13 TUESDAY MATINEE Henrv W. Savage Offers THE SUPREME MUSICAL COMEDY, "Have a Heart' 77 Coming Direct from Illinois Theater. Chicaeo. Chicago News) "Biggest kind of a hit Beautiful gowns continually in parade." SEATS NOW SELLING ; n W r 4 Nights Begming I IS Sunday Mat. 25c-50c. Nights, ZSc to 7Sr. The Big Cartoon Musical Comedy ! Special Matineea for ' School Children, Tues.. Wed., 3 P. M. 25c RAT2EIUAr.ir.1ER KIDS FUN -GIRLS JOHN cGormack IRISH TENOR AUDITORIUM Friday Evg., Jan. 18 SEATS NOW ON SALE Price $1.00 to $2.50 BLOSSOM SEELY & CO. "Seeley's Syncopated Studio" AVELING LLOYD j Arthur Havel Co.; Libonate; Ann Ford and George Goodridge; Private Louis Hart; Hazel Moraa ; Orpheum Travel Weekly. Turpin School of Dancing New term for adult beginners, Monday, January 14th. Join the firat lesson. Terms nost reasonable. 28th and Farnam. Harney 5143. Claaa meets Mondays and Thursdays st IP.M fa tk which will enable us to carry on thi: work more effectively and more rap idly. "In the foregoing statement there are two exceedingly significant fig ures; namely, that on April 1 the ord nance department consisted of 91 officers and the quartermaster gen eral's department of 37 officers, whilt they now respectively comprise 3,00--and 6,431 officers. There was no read trained body of men in the country who could have been selected sud denly to assume the highly technical and specialized work of these two divisions. Men of somewhat similar training had to be chosen. As the work proceeded, subdivision and rc subdivision became possible. "On December 15 I was, therefore, in a position to announce a general re organization, accomplishing the fol lowing results: "1. Created a war council upon which General Crozier, General Sharpe, General Weaver, Ger.cral Crowder and the chief of staff have been designed to sit with the sec retary of war and the assistant sec retary of war. "2. Under General Wheeler, wilh the advice oi his military assistants and of industria! experts, the ma chinery of the crdnance department is being thoroughly reorganized in preparation for the new phase, of its work upon which it is now entering. Council of Defense. "3. The quartermaster general's de partment is in process of similar re organization and subdivisioning un der General Goethals. "A new view of the work of the Council of National Defense and of the war industries board is now pos sible. "The Council of National Defense is, of course, an advisory body with out executive power. Its members have severally the powers of their respec tive departments.. The purpose of the council, however, was a reconcilia tion of conflicts and a survey of the national needs and resources." PHOTOPLAYS. Today and Saturday Virginia Pearson in STOLEN HONOR MUSE ALICE BRADY in "HER SILENT SACRIFICE" Keystone Comedy j V teULuS TIM.'.. Mft ""JWAHK r-,iiiuiiiiMnsMmi." a ELSIE FERGUSON "THE RISE OF JENNIE CUSHING" BOYD TWICE DAILY 2:15 and 8:15 The World's Mightiest Spectacle 25c and 50c Todsy and Saturday HERBERT RAWLINSON in "THE HIGH SIGN" SUBURBAN Phone Col. 2841 Today ANN PENNINGTON in "THE ANTICS OF ANN" LOTHROPKStf FRANCES X. BUSHMAN In "THEIR COMPACT" HAMILTON 40th and Hamilton Today MARGUERITE CLARK in "BAB'S DIARY" LIBERTY &f.vSF Today ELLA HALL in "THE SPOTTED LILY"