THE iifcte: OMAHA. TMUKSDAy, ' AUGUST 1, laitt.
WORK STOPS FOR
MINUTE PRAYER
AT 11 O'CLOCK
Heads Bow as Workers Unite
in Prayer for Successful
Termination of the World
Conflict. .
The whistle sounded promptly at 11
o'clock Tuesday morning. It was the
call t prayer for victory to the
allied arms.
In a certain office at the top of a
tall building on iarnam street tne
clicking of the stenographers' ma
chines stopped. One girl she wore
a pin with two service stars closed
her desk, folded her hands on it and
her lips moved in silent prayer. An
other leaned her liead on one hand
and prayed. Others merely sat quiet
The man in charge ofvthe office sat
withhis elbows resting on the arms
of his chair, his hands folded, his
head bowed. A paper was on his
desk and he might have been looking
at it, but he wasn't He was in a
sort of semi-camouflaged state, , but
those who know him know that he
was adding his prayer to all the
others.
In that office at least, the call to
one minute of daily prayer for victory
was being observed 100 per cent.
TTes, I make the daily prayer," said
this man later. "I certainly am not
ashamed of it. The Mohammedan
kneels five times a dav. wherever ha
may be, and prays. The Chinaman
makes his prayers in public. Why is it
that the majority of the 'most civil
ized' men are ashamed to pray in pub
lic? Are they moral cowards? They'll
spend any amount of money; they'll
give their sons to the cause or go
themselves. But when it comes to a
little prayer to Almighty God they
shrink back and are afraid. The
women aren't moral cowards, as you
can see by looking around this office
when the whistle blows for prayer
every morning. They instituted the
response to the prayer call themselves
and, so far as I know, each just prayed
on her own. account without any
previous agreement that they should
all do so."
It is, of course, impossible to even
approximate what proportion of peo
ple in Omaha, join in the daily prayer
for victory. Most people at work
make the prayer while keeping on
with whatever they are doing. The
motorman running his car, the team
ster driving his wagon, the dentist fill
ing a tooth, the judge hearing a case,
the street sweeper, the banker, the
clerk, the moving picture operator,
the shop worker and all the rest of
the great body of people can pray and
most of them probably are praying
for the victory for which all are long
ing. Estate of Twelve Thousand
I Left by Mrs. Carrie Ramge
The will of Mrs. Carrie E. Ramge,
who died last Saturday, was filed for
probate in county court Wednesday
morning. '
Her personal property and real
estate, valued at approximately $12,
000, is divided among six heirs, one
fourth to each of her two sisters. Em
ma Lane and Julietta M. Babbitt, and
brother, William G. Younger, and
one-twelfth to each of three nephews,
David, Herbert and Hugh Lytle.
Lysle I. Abbott was appointed exec
utor in the will, which was drawn
up on February 2, 1915. Mrs. Ramge
was the widow of Frank J. Ramge, a
prominent business man of Omaha in
the early days and at one ime owner
of the Rame block.
Life
Story
oj
EDWARD A. RUM ELY
Man Who Bought the New York Mail fox the Kaiser
(CteprrtsU. Mil, , a ea4 OiuU, O X. Y. Imli Ok AS itfMe MnU'
ilea .K.icoui in
. career of Dr. Edward A. Bomcly, who
haa been arrested oa a chare of hav-
In bought too iiw fork Erenlna Hall
with money famished by the Cierman
foTerament and of havlnf wed It for
Oermaa propaganda.)
By FRANK STOCKBRIDGE.
(Former Managing Editor of the Erenlng
Mail.) '
xDr. Ruraely had assured Mr. Mc
Clure and me that the paper was to
be neutral and we had joined the en
terprise on that representation. We
very quickly discovered that "neu
trality" was a word susceptible of
more than one interpretation. It
would be unneutral, for instance, to
accept the conclusions of the Bryce
report on German atrocities, but it
was perfectly neutral to denounce
Great Britain for that nation's "inter
ference" with American commerce I
Activities on Editorial Page.
I cannot say that I was surprised
to discover that Dr. Rumely's concep
tion of neutrality was made in Ger
many. His disclosure to me of his
German viewpoint had been so com
plete that I had expected nothing
else; I was surprised only at his ap
parent lack of fineness in his efforts to
Germanize the Evening Mail. To Mr.
McClure, however, the situation as it
quickly developed came as a surprise
and a shock. His regard for Dr.
Rumely was affectionate, almost pa
ternal. It grieved him to the heart
to see a dozen letters to the editor
justifying the sinking of the Lusi
tania, for example, printed on the same
page with one of his own decidedly
un-German editorial articles. For very
early, within a few days after control
of the paper passed, Dr. Rumely as
serted his personal control of the edi
torial page and began to dictate not
only the subjects and tenor of edi
torial articles, but the character of
other matters appearing on the page.
Mr. McClure protested to the doc
tor again and again, and I was not
silent. More than once Mr. McClure
threatened to take his name down
from the head of the editorial page.
This usually brought Dr. Rumely into
line for a few days, for the McClure
name was a valuable asset in the ef
fort to establish in the public mind
the impression that the paper was ac
tually neutral in intent and purpose. I
gave Mr. McClure such help and co
cperation as I was able to render,
although the editorial page was in
theory entirely outside the limits that
had been set for my personal activi
ties. In the beginning, however, it
was on the editorial page alone that
Dr. Rumely focussed his attention.
One of the surest means of keep
ing the paper on the straight course. I
belieyed, was to man it as far as pos
sible with men whose Americanism
could not be questioned; men, too,
when I could get them, who would
take a vigorous stand in opposition to
any effort to pervert their viewpoint.
There were many such, I soon found,
already on the staff of the Mail.
Staff as Whole Good Men,
It was not a large staff, but except
for a few "pensioners" such as every
newspaper that has been long under
one management accumulates, it was
a good staff of capable craftsmen in
the arts and trades that enter into the
manufacture of a modern newspaper.
A few who did not fit into the scheme
of things were let put, with regret.
These places were filled, so far as I
was able to get the m, with newspaper
men 'whom I had known and worked
with for years. I was trying to build
up a tight, fighting organization of
pure Americans that could, if neces
sary, present a united front against
any German assault. Whatever the
source of Dr. Rumely's money, what
ever that interest to be served. I be
lived that the best possible way to
DENTAL
CUTTLE
FISH
Sinister Purposes Are
Best Accomplished Under
the Cover of Darkness
The cuttle fish is not able to fight its enemies, so na
ture provided it with an unique weapon of defense and
upon the approach of danger it throws out an inky fluid
which beclouds the water and allows it to escape.
It is mucl like the "gas attacks" of the Huns or the
smoke screen used at sea. Some people (who I am not
going to name or identify) are using cuttle fish methods
and considerable "inky fluid" lately in an effort to be
cloud the issue and distract attention from the fact that
this dental office is giving the people of Omaha high
class dentistry at prices within the reach of the average
man. Others also try to belittle (by imitation) the sys
tem of Painless Dentistry, I introduced to the people of
Omaha.
It is rather amusing to watch the ostrich bury its,
head in the sand and imagine it is hidden from view
but no less amusing than to watch the antics of people
who do not "enthuse" over the idea of having "Painless
Withers" as a competitor. N
Calumny may persecute, intolerance may prosecute
but justice passes the final judgment and justice is
with the people. " (
"My cards are all upon 'the. table" af ten the
"show down" there'll be a new deal and thbse who
hoped to win with "four clubs and a (weak) heart" will
be among the missing. '
Painless Withers Dental Co.
423-425 Securities BIdg., 16th and Farnam Sts.
; ' omaha; neb.
defeat German progaganda toaa, to
make it as difficult as possible for it
to accomplish its ends.
Naturally, it was not always easy to
get good newspaper men to work on
a paper that was publicly under sus
picion of pro-Germanism. It would
have defeated the very purpose I was
trying to serve to reveal it I was
of course under suspicion among
those who did not know me, having
come into the organization with Dr.
Rumely. It soon became apparent
that men whom I brought into the
organization were suspected by Dr.
Rumely of being unfriendly to him.
Quite naturally, too, I suspected every
man whom he proposed 4s a member
of the staff of being pro-German.
Not all of these suspicions, I have
since learned, were well founded. But
nobody who saw the procession of
unmistakably Teutonic journalists and
near-journalists thai marched in and
out of Dr. Rumely's private office
daily could have had any doubt that
every pro-German newspaper man on
this side of the Atlantic had got the
tip that the Mail had passed into Ger
man hands.
No Subtlety at First.
There was at first none of the sub
tlety that was later displayed, as pub
lic sentiment grew more and more bit
ter against Germany, in slipping the
pro-German thought on the editorial
page of the Mail. There are two ways
of influencing public opinion; one is
the direct method, the other by means
of suggestion and innuendo. Propa
ganda with a brass band is not es
pecially dangerous; it is the sort of
propaganda that emulates the porch
climber or second story worker that
does the mischief. You can't impair
the public morale to any appreciable
extent if you label your message "This
is German propaganda." It may please
the Germans, but it doesn't harm the
Americans. So, as far as I was able
to do so I saw that the "Made in Ger
many" tag was attached to everything
of an openly pro-German character
that could not be kept out of the pa
per., Dr. Rumely was continually produc
ing documents of huge volume, trans
lations of books and essays by Ger
man scholars and handing them to me
for publication in the Mjail. Some of
them I was able to shelve; others, I
convinced him, were of no value.
Once in a while there swas something
that could not be suppressed by either
method.
First Bulky Hun Propaganda.
Dr. Rumely handed me one day a
bulky manuscript written by his
friend, Dr. von Schulze-Gaevernttz,
the man whom the socialists ot Frei
burg helped to put into the Reichstag
during Dr. Rumely's student days. It
was entitled, I believe. "The Freedom
of the Seas. It was the sort of Ger
man argument that Germans love,
voluminous, detailed and intermina
bly dry. I read it carefully. I could
not imagine it influencing a single
American except adversely to the
German claims. Indeed, it was hard
to imagine an American reading it,
anyway. It might please the Ger
mans; at any rate, it could injure no
body. But before it went into the
paper I put the "Made in Germany"
tag on it in an introduction which
was calculated to warn Americans
that it was merely propaganda stuff.
It was an awful waste of white pa
per, and it pleased Dr. Rumely so
much that he had several thousand
copies of it printed in pamphlet form.
They were to be sold on the news
stands for 10 cents a copy. I never
saw them after the Mail moved into
its new building, a year and more
later, but the piles and bundles of Dr.
von Schulze-Gaevnitz's essay clut
tered the passageways leading to Dr.
Rumely's office for a year.
I never heard of an American
reading the essay, but a few nights
later Louis, the Bavarian head waiter
in my favorite restaurant, compli
mented me on the wonderfully "neu
tral" articles in the Mail!
Much that was printed in the Mail
at that time would have passed un
noticed in any other newspapej. The
German tax had been tied to the pa
ner. and German -nronaeanda was
read into some o the most anti-German,
or at least genuinely neutral,
things that were pubjished. Some
editors apparently had made up their
Irish name, must be pro-German, and
saw in articles that he had written
with exactly the opposite intent evi
dence of his hatred of Great Britain.
And as time went on it became in
creasingly difficult to keep even the
news pages of the Mail free from the
insidious efforts to Germanize the
whole publication.
Mr. McClure Goes to Europe.
By the end of 1915, six months
after the Mail had changed hands,
Mr. McClure had given up the fight
and was on his wayto Europe with
Henry Ford and the peace party in
the Oscar II, and Dr. Rumely had ar
ranged a nice little chute, carefully
greased, down which he proposed to
slide me. I didn't want to slide. It
was not that F valued or enjoyed my
job particularly a job as a job has
never appealed to me very strongly
and I have gone along nicely for
years at a time without any job. But
to step out at that time didn't appeal
to me as a sporting thing to do.
(In the next article Mr. Stock
bridge tells how Dr. Rumely's activi
ties began to arouse the interest of
the Secref Service).
Slacker Thieves Get ',
Away With 600 Pounds
of Sugar From Grocer
"Slacker thieves" Tuesday night
broke into the grocery store of Joe
Morgan, 2801 Spruce street They
threw a rock through a front window
to gain entrance.
No regards were paid to the ad
monitions of Mr. Hoovei in regard
to a limit on sugar, and flour was
taken without substitutes. Their un
patriotic actions have roused the ire
of police, who promise to have them
in custody instantcr, even if it is
necessary to call in the assistance of
food administration officials.
The work of the gang compares
with the work of the 'auto gang"
which made several substantial hauls
the last year. A conveyance of some
kind was used to haul away the loot.
The loot taken includes 600 pounds
of sugar, 48 pounds of flour 92
pounds of cheese, 50 pounds of bacon,
one ham. five pounds of butter, 15
boxes of socks, 250 cans of smoking
tobacco,i 450 cigars, 24 pounds of
chewing tobacco and a carton of
cigarets.
A. Bromberg, 307 South Eighth
street, reported to police that thieves
stole his horse and wagon from the
market square early Wednesday
morning,
6 BCLL-ANS
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N. P. Dodge Endorse Univer
sal Training.
The administration by the ;
appointment of a commission -to
study and report on univer
sal military training has shown
signs of changing its former ;
opposition. The scare' of mili
tarism that affected theorists
and near socialists is harmless
if the military element in this
training is subordinated to the
element of efficient education
and technical or trade training.
When we consider the miracles .
performed upon the officers .
and men by three" months in -the
training camp, it Is folly
to object to this training on .
theoretical rears of militarism
in a democracy.
Vote for N. P. DODGE for'
Congress. .
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AN ANNUAL EVENT
AUGUST CLEAR
IMG
SALE
Unusual this year in many particulars. Its most striking feature is to
Focus This Sale Into Three Days' Selling
THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Thursday it begins, and Thursday buyers, of course, will secure the early bird's
prize. Reductions this year mean greater savings than ever.
RpftAv-tckm'Woar Clearincr , Rndirnl
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Of all the popular and dainty summer materials-Ginghams, Voiles, Tissues,
Pongees-colors that exhaust the shade card-Plain, Printed, Striped, Plaided-trim-med
and embellished, designed and executed with all the art and skill; of most
modern makers. Priced up to $25 each. In two groups, at. . . . ... . ... ...
Wash
Dresses
$6.50
AND
$9.50
EACH
Coats, Suits
a:: a Dresses
COATS-SUITS-DRESSES
All we've left of spring and summer outer garments.
COATS of light and medium weight materials, suitable for summer evenings or the chill of early autumn.
SUITS that are triumphs of the tailor's art. Many of them sold too far above Thursday price to mention.
DRESSES of Serge, of Silk, of Satin, of Taffeta, combination of Georgette and Crepe: Street Dresses and
Afternoon Frocks. Entire lot grouped together for quick selling, at
....... j
$14.50
AND
$24.50
Separate Skirts
An exceptionally interesting collection of
both wool and silk. Materials of various
weights, all season's supplied Plaids, Plains,
Stripes, Serges, Satins, Silks. Splendid style
opportunity and the handiest garment to have
around the house. Can't have too many.
Grouped at
$4.95, S6.95. $9.75 and $14.75
' $35.00 Would Be the Price of Some
Blouses I
At Kilpatrick's require no comment. Suffice
it is to say that we're cleaning up summer
stock at price reductions. Tables at
$1.95, $3.95 and $4.95
Wash Skirts; all white, 82.95 and $4.95
Bathing Suits on sale, $1.98 and .$2.98
Children's and Junior Section
Children's Dresses of Gingham, Galatea, Per
cales, Striped Madras Lawn, Voiles; also
White Dresses of Organdie and Voile, neatly
edged or with lace insertion. Dresses selling
up to $6 each included in this big lot, $1.95
One Dollar and Ninety-Five Cents.
Handsome Junior Dresses of the better sort of
fabrics; in fact, all sizes of the better Dresses,
from 4 to 18 years, assembled into three
groups, at, $3.90, $8.90 and $12.50.
The Latter Price Includes the Silk Dresses.
Junior sizes are for big girls, but women of
small stature often find, a more accurate fit
than in full grown sizes.
COATS and SUITS, the season's stock offered
in two groups, at these prices ,
$14.50 and $24.50
Separate Skirts, silks and wool? '
$7.90 and $16.50
Wash Skirts $1.50
Children's Straw Hats, final clean up $1 each
Children's Lingerie Hats, final Clean up, $2
Middies 50 and $1; Worth $1 .and $2
Many a day will pass before you see White
Rompers, 50; worth $1.
Undermuslins and Corsets
Prices dropped like aerial bombs.
Lace Trimmed Envelopes .$1.29 .
Corset Covers 49
Brassieres ;.19t'
Nitrht Gowns, fine lace trimmed lonsrcloth . end j,
nainsook 31.39 each
A group of beautiful garments. Some of them ex
pensive, handsome, wide lace trimmed Night Gowns;
full ruffled petticoats and tailored models of closer fit.
All these in one group, at ..$1,89 each
Hand-Made and Hand-Embroidered Gowns and En
velopes; imported from Philippine Islands, $2.69 e&:
Corsets Notice this explosion. Models selling op to
$3.50 81.39 each
Corsets The annual bargain event. Models selling up
to $7.50 $2.69
Colored Cotton Petticoats, Heatherbloom Cotton Taf
feta, etc $1.89 each
House Dresses Prior $3.00 sale . ...f $1.59
Bungalow Aprons .98
House Dresses of fine gingham in a full assortment
of sizes up to 46 V S1.98 each
Red Cross Aprons $1.49
In Fabric section Silks and Wash Goods gef the
pressure.
Silk Section Special
Satin Tussah, i white, tan, gray and blue; regular
$3.00 J. 81.98 yard
La Jerz, pink, green, navy, gray, purple, white;
regular $2.50 $1.98 yard ,
4C-Inch Washable Satin, white, flesh, pink; regular
$2.25 $1.89
Wash Good Selling 50c Printed Voiles. .. .39
$1.00 a yard Cotton and Linen Skirting ....62
Odd lots of various fine cloths at Half Price.
August Sale for Men
Garments owned under present market and now
very slow of delivery, are here offered, becausa of
broken assortments, at usual August reductions.
Men's Union Suits, knit and nainsook, $1.50 and $2.00
lines M.... $1.00 each
Athletic Union Suits, checked or striped nainsook,
at 65
Mercerized Union Suits, price $2.50 $1.65
Soft Shirts Some have cuffs laundered, others soft;
priced at $1.50 and $2.00, sale .81.19 each
Madras Shuts, soft turn back cuffs; price $2.60,
at $1.49
75c Wash Neckties. ' 50
60c Wash and Silk Neckties ;....35
35c Wash Neckties 25
This is a clean up you know Lot of odds and ends
of Neckwear 15 each
60c Fiber Socks, plain and fancy .39
Bathing Suits, 65 each How's that?
Prices While We Can in the
Linen Section ?
$1.00 64-inch Mercerized Damask ....79
$1.60 72-lnch Mercerized Damask ...,.$1.19
$2.00 72-inch Union Damask $1.37 H
$3.00 72-irich Union Damask Cloths ......$2.49
$1.25 Bath Mats 98
$2.50 Bath Mats ...$1.98
$3.60 Mercerized Lunch Sets $2.98
85c Fancy Bath Towels 69
$1.25 Fancy Bath Towels ......89
$1.50 Fancy Bath Towels 98
$4.75 Sheer Nainsook, per bolt .(..$3.98
65c Lace Trimmed Dresser Scarfs ....49
$3.75 Jap Embroidered Cloth .$2.98
Embroideries
r St. Gall, Switzerland produced them. Very hard to
get more. Ours are to be sold 45-inch widths in pat
tern lengths and less; sold up to $8.50; all Half Price.
Two special lots of Embroidery for underwear, 16 '
and 38 yard
August Clearing Sale Begins Thursday
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Office Hours : 8:30 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Sunday: 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
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