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THE BEE:' OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918. NAVY WEEK NEXT WEEK; SOUSA'S BAND EXPECTED -Martial Music and Patriotic Speeches to Feature Cam paign to Stimulate Enlistments. Next week will be "navy week" in Omaha. Bands and jackies and patriotic speeches will feature the week's cam paign to stimulate enlistment in the navy. - . Governor Neville and Mayor Smith have been asked to issue proclama tions endorsing the campaign and it is expected that the city and state will give whole-hearted support to the cause. The Great Lakes naval training sta tion band is expected to come to Omaha to participate in the recruit ing drive. The band is under the direction of Souza and is ranged as the best in the world. Jackies from the Great Lakes station already are in the city to do their bit to urge men to join them in their work of making the seas safe. Omaha Wide Awake. Business men of Omaha are awake to the need of more sailors and are co-operating with naval officers here. New ships are being launched so fast that the call for more sailors is more insistent than ever before. Navy men say," "First of all our sailors must make it possible for our soldiers to go 'over 'there.' " More than SO men a day have en listed in the navy in Omaha within the last few weeks.y Authorities hope to double the number. Drafted men will not be released from their exemption boards to join the navy if they wait until almost time to be called into service. If they de sire to enlist in the navy and ask for release for that purpose before their draft board is ready to call them, they will be allowed to enlist. The "war service station," which has been built by Gus Renz and which wuTbe placeh Saturday on the court house lawn, will be used as a sub-of-fice Jor recruiting men in any branch of the service. SHELIPROOF MACK 30 Buildings Razed by Big Fire Near Sioux Falls, S. D. Sioux Falls, S. D., May 17. Thirty business buildings were destroyed at Fulton, a small town near here; yes terday, when high winds swept the flames from Z' blaze in thf railroad yards into the business section of the town. The city hall, a church and two general stores were among the build ings destroyed. The loss is estimated at $250,000. Fire apparatus from nearby towns saved the residence district. Burglars "Pull" Three Jobs In One Night in Beaver City Beaver City, Neb., May 17. (Spe cial Telegram.) Burglars entered the store of D. W. Loar night before last through a rear window and stole 16 watches, 18 rings and other jew elry valued at $400. The office of the Sheets Lumber company was broken into and the safe cracked, but the cash box yielded only 7 cents. The Beaver City Lumber company's office was also visited and a revolver stolen. Committee to Round Up Steel for War Needs Washington, May 17. After a con ference today between the steel com mittee of the American Iron and Steel institute and the War Industries board, the appointment of a joint steel committee to investigate the entire steel industry with special reference to the government s requirements was announced. 3 Big Specials For Saturday Each a Value Unequalled " STRAW ' HATS (AAA It's time to put on aJUU the straws and dis- Wz card the felts Men' Odd Trou- (AAE en, in Worsteds, VaJ9v Ca ssi meres and Serges, $5 values Boys' $8.50 Suit All sizes, in Worsteds and I A K Cassimeres. Get the wil boy his new suit gi tomorrow at. . . . Women's Silk and Wool Skirt Made in many styles and of beautiful ma- (AJC terials. Values to "J,tw $7.50; Saturday, fj only Ladies' Whit Skirt Every lady wants one or two white skirts for F summer wear. Val- VI ues to $2; Satur- VVV aay only., Ladie' Blouse Saturday we offer Blouses in the latest styles and of the A newest materia la and mn nf U d A Blouses sell regular- VwV iy ai $z.5u Women's 12ft n... ti.. , iucoc dresses are made of sine and wool ma- & t.erin1 all v, All 9 ucn w T T sprmg stock; Satur- . ft uttjr at w Women's i2S XfmA - - t luaug VI the best mate rials and in the j AJE newest shades. f J "J 13 Biff values here I at"... " ... La A Common Soldier's Recital of Thrilling Adventures in the Terrific Struggle for World Democracy By ARTHUR JAMES M'KAY. (Copyright. 191 S, by Small. Msynard & Co.. - Inc.) Arthur Jams McKay, "Shellproof Hack," after the slnktaf of the Lusltaaia, enlisted In a British bantam regiment and was in the battle of Ypres. He was wounded several time and applied for a discharge from the army, but deliberately tore np his application and returned to the trenches. He was In the sector that went ever the top when the British blew up 1,000,000 pounds of ammonal. His company was al most wiped out while trying to hide in a German trench and in trying to capture a Hun "pill box" he was gassed. The field hospital in which he wat placed was bombed in an air raid by Teu tons and 2 were killed and 45 wounded, 14 of the dead being German wounded under treatment at the hospital. . , Mack got "Mighty" as a result of his mutlnr and was cared for while convales cent at Chatham by the Bed Cross, saying their ministrations made all the suffering worth whUe. He tells of many humorous experiences In camp and hospital and of the "slang" born of the war. London Is not an attractive place in war time Mack finds out after spending con siderable time watching the night life of that famous city Just "roaming" about. Mack's first experience In an air raid con fronts him when a policeman walks be fore him carrying a sign, reading "Take Cover." CHAPTER XIX. , Back to Blighty. (Continued.) - Down the road I saw a mass of peo ple pouring down into the Goodge street underground station and I lit out for that place fast. Just before I got there I heard the anti-craft guns begin to go off. I stopped for a minute and listened. Yap yap yap went the Archies. And the'n away off there on the edge of the town, Boo-o-o-om! Just like that A bomb, of course. I didn't waste any time. I ducked down into that underground station like a rabbit into a hole. I don't Captain Logan of Fort Omaha Not Involved, in Court Case In the addition to the fact that name of Lieutenant Logan, men tioned Wednesday in connection with a police court case concerning Mary Prawitz and Irene Johnson, was an alias, it has been discovered there is no Lieutenant Logan at Fort Omaha. There is a Captain Logan at the bal loon post, but he was not the officer involved in the case. Omaha Ranks Eleventh in Country in Bank Clearings Omaha ranks 11th among the cities of the country in bank clearings this week, according to the weekly -Brad-street report. fancy air raids. Thev eive me the fantods. I have written about be ing, bombed from airplanes at the front and in the hospital. I had the same feeling here that each bomb was going to seek me out as a per sonal victim; and the deeper I got down in the ground the better J liked it. On the platform, which was larger and deeper under ground than in the American subways, I found as many as 2.000 people. They were packed in and stood there patiently waiting for the trouble to be over. I stayed until 11 o'clock and then went up to the street. The anti-aircraft guns had stopped, and I sup posed that everything was all right. I strolled around for a while and was not far from Piccadilly circus about half-past 11 when the anti-aircraft guns began barking again, and before I had a chance to hunt cover two bombs fell in Piccadilly not 300 yards from where I stood. I'll take that back. I wasn't standing. I was hitting the high places one-fifth of a second after the first ear-splitting, earth-shaking crash. When the sec ond bomb lit I was making faster time than I ever did in the old days on the Bailey hose team or on the track. I didn't know where I was going, but I was on my way; and soon I found another tube entrance and went down it on my ear. I stayed there until the Boy Scouts sounded "All Clear" on the bugles. The first thing in the morning I visited Piccadilly circus to see what had happened. It was a plenty. The bombs which had been dropped from Zeps had hit the curbing. There were two holes that you could have put a street car into. All windows had been smashed for hundreds of yards around. It was reported that 14 people were killed. As a matter of fact there must have been scores of dead. I snooped around there all day, and that night I found a woman who had been one of the first on the scene who said that she knew that at least 30 had died. As showing the force of the explo sion of one of those 60-pound pear shaped bombs, here is what happened to the front of a hotel which vas directly opposite the landing place of one. The revolving door was torn out of its sockets and carried back a hundred feet along a corridor, sweeping up seven people who were in the way and killing them all. I can endorse the statement of anybody that a Zep raid in London is far from pleasant. I went through six while 1 was in London. On the day my discharge came I strolled into the Union Jack club, where I knew the clerk and was known by him to be a Yank. "Well," he said to me, "what do you think of London?" "I came here to see your sights," I told him. "Ever since I have been here the visibility has been low. I went out to have a look at the Nel son Column and can't see the top half of it for the smoke. I haven't been able to see across the Thames since I came. Nights , I can't see three feet ahead of me. "Somebody told me that Petticoat Lane was one of the sights of Lon don. The day I was there I saw three old Janes buying fish and a guy sell ing plate polish. Nothing more ex. citing than that. I've seen your Zoo logical gardens, and I find that the Bronx park has them faded. When you get your hair cut you never shave your neck and the hair hangs down your bac,k. Three minutes off the Strand and you can hear the spar rows talking on the roof. No. brother," says I, "I'll leave little old Lunnon for those that love it. Me for Boston, Mass." And with that I went out and bought my ticket for God's country. Blighty 'may be all right for some one who is used to it. To me it was a way-station to the United States of America, where I am going to stop until I get a chance, if they will let me, to go over there and fight under the Stare and Stripes. (THE END.) SHADE OF JULIAN ELTINGE, LOOK! MEN IN CHEMISE Female impersonators, beware I Two young men, who coyly ad mitted to masquerading in togs of the opposite sex, were sentenced Fri day to 60 days in jail. The embryo "Julian Eltinges" testi fied they came to Omaha in search' of employment. Dish-washing and other menial pecupations injured their aesthetic tastes and they decided to fare forth in female garb and "lift" a little loose change from the pockets of unsuspecting admirers, police testi fied. - Frequent reports of operations of female pickpockets led to the arrest of the young men. Both men have delicate features and gentle voices and walk with a strut which competent authorities assert is the very latest. ran Ml QURLITV first g NOT how soon ? BUT sea WW II AW GOOD! 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Some Maw Exclusive it V L styi.s and Qualities House or aVuppenneiiiier from the Famous $30.00, $32.50, $35.00, $40.00, $45.00 &v,V' Furnishings of Special Interest Our varieties of Summer Furnishings were never more complete than ever and never more worthy values. Beautiful Silk Shirt Tub silks, crepe de chine, broadcloth, Jersey, rumchunda, foulards, surrahs, etc., etc. $5.00 $6.50 $7.50 $8.50 $10.00 $12.00 Silk and Linen Shirt Silk and satin stripes, swell colorings and riast colors 93.00 $3.50 $4.00. Silk Fibre Shirt Fancy and plain colors $3.00 $4.00 $5.00. Fine Madras Shirt Soft and starched cuff $1.00 $1.15 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 Athletic and Full Length Underwear Knit, flat and lisle fabrics $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 to $6.00 Hosiery Fine grades of durable hose in stripes and solid colors 25c 35c 50c 60c 75c Extra Heavy Silk, colored silk embroidered, $1.25 and $1.50 Soft Collars Wash Ties Night Gowns and Paiamas 75c to $5.00 aV ' M' E-1 .W..WVS ' J I J N ' llj I E mh hi y If V H S 25c and 50e 25c and 50c Extra Trousers $2.50 to $7.50 1415 Farnam St. You won't have to think long over what Hat you want when you see the new spring models of Stet sons, Mallorys, Bergs, WitlaVWO) A4. Ml If V Dl Crofut-Knapp and' Italian ,Borsalinos, $3.00 to $6.00 H There Is No Place Like Home Like many of our patrons, TOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY, has long desired to have a home for its entire family under one roof, Now this ambition Has been realized, and we are awaiting callers. The Electric Buliding, 15th and Farnam Streets, is open to you, and we will be indeed disappointed if you do not come right in and get acquainted in the good old-fashioned way, ' It has been our endeavor to so arrange the Elecfric Buildings that the nsers of electricity may find real pleasure in a visit, and the best of service if that visit be of a business nature, The whole main floor, with entrance on Farnam Street close to 15th', h not only equipped, with every electrical device and appliance created to conserve time and labor, and ready for demonstration by competent I em ployes, but also includes the Service Department .Chiefs and Cashiers. Thus the patron who wishes to pay a bill, register a complaint, suggest Jtn im provement, or inspect special equipment of any sort, will find the proper Company representatives and the desired appliances within but a few steps of each other. As we have repeatedly asserted, the Electric Building Is located at 15tK and Farnam Streets for the reason that there it is within easy reach of all Omaha patrons of YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY. Each princi pal line transfers to this corner, and two main lines actually pass it. Should the business of our' visitor 1 be of a nature other than Sales or Service, it is no matter for each department head is under the same roof in the Electric Building I The elevator entrance is on 15tfa Street, and th'ert a eompteie indoK wU . guide yon to the officer or employe yon wish to see or eonsuH. Pardon the seeming egotism but we Dettevt the Efoctafc Building t be rather complete and fairly well arranged. ' Please come and see tm! 1 We are "at home" every day except Sunday, and are prepared to en tertain you with some new ideas in electric service. . . .' A, ' Our home address is new 15th and Feotmsbi Stfeetebut our-telephone h the same Tyler Three One Htrndred' - Nebraska Power Company YOUR ELECTRJC SJMWKS COMPANY ' " 1