Nebraska Newspapers

    Ammunition on
Lusitania on Its
Ill-Fated Voyage
Liner Sunk by German Sub
marine in 1915 Had 5,400
Cat-es of Shells Aboard,
Report Shows.
New Vonk. Dec. 4.—(By A. !*.)—The
i unard liner Lusitania sunk hy a
German submarine in 1915 off the
Irish coast, carried neither guns,
troops nor explosives, but did carry
5.490 rases of ammunition, the official
report of the vessel's cargo made pub
lic J>y Dudley Field Malone, collector
■ if the port at the time, shows, accord
ing to a copyrighted story in the New
Voik World.
The cases of ammunition, the report
-ta’.ed, were carried by specific per
mission under rulings of the Depait
rnent of Commerce in force since 1911.
The Malone report, the newspapers
say, was made to Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo. It was dated June
I. 1915, and was called for after the
German reply of May 28 to President
Wilson's first Lusitania note of May
13. had set up tho contention the
Lusitania had lieen armed and that
its rapid sinking was due, not to the
torpedo, but to the explosion of am
munition. It was this report to whicli
President Wilson, in his second note
of June 9 referred, when he said;
"Fortunately, there are matters con
cerning which the government of the
United States Is in a position to give
the Imperial German government ofil
clal information.’’
Gives Out Full Keporl.
Mr. Malone said he had determined
to give out the text of the .report be
cause of still insistent appeals to him
for information regarding, its contents.
These appeals,” lie explained,
"come not only from the United States
lull from abroad: for instance from
uch organisations as the Central
Committee for Kstabllshing the Causes
of the War.
"When Senator La Follette's ->tti
tude toward the war was under inves
tigation tiie Treasury department was
culled on for the original of this re
port. 1 replied thut it had been turned
over to the State department. The
Slate department held that the re
port had become a state paper and
therefore secret, •
"So It has never lieen possible for
the public to know just what the re
port contained. For this reason and
because of the constant appeals to mo
for information regarding it, I have
decided to make it public.”
No duns on Ship.
The report states that when the
Lusitania sailed front New York on
May X, 1915, on its last trip to Kng
land, it did not have anv guns of any
caliber or description on any deck,
mounted jr unmounted, masked or
unmasked. Affidavits by various gov
ernment inspectors were affixed to
the report in substantiation.
It stated turther that the Lusitania
did not have Canadian troops or troops
of any nationality on board. More
over, the Lusitania carried no group
oi groups, no body or organization of
passengers as such, with or without
uniforms; and if any individual re
servists of any nationality sailed on
the Lusitania on this trip they did so
as individuals, paying their own pas j
sage and receiving their own Indivl '
dual tickets.
Referring to the presence of explo |
sives on the liner, the report said
that the ammunition set forth ub j
part of the cargo did not contain ex- j
Plosives within the interpretation of
Hie statues and regulations as inter
preted by the Department of Com
merce in the ruling previously quoted.
More than 1,000 lives were lost, in
eluding over 100 Americans, when
the Lusitania went down off Kinsale
Head, Ireland, six days after it had
left New York.
$8,000 Villiage Church
Destroyed by Flames
Lincoln, Dec. 4. — The Catholic
church at the village of Agnew, near
Lincoln, was burned yesterday.
Practically nothing was saved. The
loss is placed at $8,000. The fire
broke ouUshortly after the conclusion
of church services.
Buy Her
A “Happy Day” Electric ;
Washing Machine
'For Christmas
I $55.00 and Up i
Sold on Easy Terms
Value-Giving Bargains.
Used Washing Machines
918.50 Hand Power Washer
at .$3.75
$25.00 Hand Power Washer
at .$6.50
$35.00 Hand Power Washer
at .,$8.75
$50.00 Hand Power Washer
at .$9.75 :
$75.00 Electric Washer
at .$35.00 ‘
$115.00 Electric Washer
at .$65.00
8old on Easy Tsrms.
Trade Your Old Hand Power ;
Washer for «-N*w
!: “HAPPY DAY."
HR'Bowvn (i
Tfio Value Giving Store
Howard M., Bctweru ISth and ISth
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Bandit Identified;
Caught With Tools
Norfolk. Neb.. Deo. 4 —(Special
Telegram !—James Halloway, 21. alias
Chester Buckles, claiming to live at
Omaha, was taken from a train here
and identified by George Waddell of
Sioux City, la,, as tlie bandit who
held him up and robbed him of $50.
Halloway carried a suitcase filled with
fuse, dynamite caps a bottle of nitro
glycerine loaded gun, flashlight,
masks, burglar tools, and a bottle of
moonshine whisky.
i
Naavy Radio Aids
m1
in Einstein Test
I ime Signals Broadcast to
Scientists in Indian Ocean
from Annapolis.
Special radio time-signals sent
from NSS. Annapolis, for' the benefit
of scientists in the Indian ocean work
ing on a test of the Einstein
theory of relativity during the
recent solar eclipse, were neauy
twice as-audible as those of a com
mercial station, the United States
navy has been advised.
At least their time signals reached'
Paris satisfactorily.
A radio station there reports that a
comparison of the time signals sent
out by the navy with those trans
mitted from Rocky Point, L. I.,
showed that the audibility of the navy
signals was 158.3 compared with 87.5
for Rocky Point on the audibility
settle.
Reports from Australia and the In
dian ocean have not yet been re
ceived.
Naval signals were seni out on
17.145 meters and those of the com
mercial station on lit,000.
Information About Detectors.
If you have a crystal detector you
should always break new crystals to
get a new surface; avoid touching
crystals with your bare lingers and
not allow dust to accunitnulate on
the mineral. Make sure that the end
of the cat whisker is not corroded.
Do not stllow any heavy currents to
pass through the crystal. Remember
that, although a crystal may seem
worthless, it may he pulverized and
used with good results.
Never mount a vacuum tube side
ways, as this allows the filament to
sag. Mount it in an upright posi
tion. Never turn the current on to
its maximum brightness quickly.
Take a little time. Do not use more
than 25 volts on the plate or more
than six volts on the filament. For
amplifying bulbs the plate voltage
may be much higher. Provide a
rheostat which will carry at least one
ampere without heating. Be sure
that the terminals all make good con
tact with the corresponding socket
contacts—Vernon Habelin, Genesco,
111.
Pieces of historic radio apparatus
used by the Marconi Wireless Tele
graph company during the last 25
years were among the exhibits at the
first all-British radio show and con
vention at the Horticultural Hall,
Westminster.
Among these exhibits were a New
ton coil, used in 1898 at the Needles
station at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight;
a coherer, made in 1899. of the type
which was used as a radio detector
from 1899 to 1908; an early type of
magnetic detector and a Fleming
thermionic valve, first used in 1904.
One of the best and at the same
time easiest ways of soldering wire
to springs of the ordinary telephone
lack is as follows; Put the packs in :
place ih fhe panel and bend the wire i
into the position it is to take after I
soldering. Then remove the leaves
and solder.
Be careful not to get too much I
acid flux on the metal for this causes 1
corrosion. When the springs are cool 1
put them back in place and connect
the free ends of the wires. ThiB pro
cedure saves much time ffTM patience
and at the same time produces a
beautiful and lasting job.—Loren C. !
Hurd. Northfield, Minn
I
Now Showing
GLORIA !
SWANSON
—in—
“The Impossible
Mrs. Eellew ’
The story of the woman who danced
and laughed through Europe's capitals
—even shocked Monte Carlo—wand al
ways with her own heart breaking.
ALSO
BEN TURPIN
in ‘Home Made Movies’
wmmmmaam
New Show Tomorrow
C3333 Sk
‘WHITE HANDS’
Robert MrKim—Hobart Bosworth
A woman alone—
On the edge of the Sahara—
In a nest of crime—
tvuks RODOLPH “Stolen
™cht VALENTINO loments” II
Omaha Youth
Is Victim of
Mystery Shot
y •
Boy, 17. in Tekamali Hospital
W i t li Dangerous Hip
Wound Inflicted on
Hunting Trip.
Walter Gibson, 1^, student In tlie
School of Individual Instruction, lies
in the hospital at Tekamali, Neb.,
with a dangerous bullet wound in his
i right hip—victim of a Sunday duck
hunting excursion.
^ He Is the son of W. R. Gibson, 2447
| Crown Point avenue, manager of the
I city realty department of the Payne
Investment company.
Who shot nim is a mystery, accord
ing to his motheV, Mrs. W. R. Gibson,
interviewed at the Tekamali hospital
over long distance telephone by The
Omaha Bee.
"His cousin, George F. ‘Gillen, 15, a
high school youth, and three -other
men were in the party, Put vfre don't
khow whose shot hit Walter," said
Mrs. Gibson.
She said she does not know the
three men, hut praised them for their
heroic work in carrying her wounded
Son over a mile to the nearest farm
house, where he was bundled into a
truck nnd hurried to the hospital. An
operation was performed yesterday
morning and a .25 caliber bullet re
moved. Another shot still Is Imbedded
in his hip.
The accident occurred at 1:30 Sun I
day afternoon somewhere near Blair |
or Tekamah, she said. The party left |
Omaha shortly before noon.
Mrs. Gibson expressed concern lest
blame for the shooting attach to her
nephew, young Gillen.
"His mother is sick and I do not
want her to worry about it.” she said,
"especially as my son is getting along
nicely."
He can be moved in about five days,
according to hospital authorities.
Gillen is the son of Mrs. Queen Gil
len, 2519 North Fifteenth street.
Fugitive Identified
From Posted Picture1
As Detectives Killian and English
walked past the Model pool hall.
Fourteenth and Douglas streets yes
terday, they stopped short as they
saw a man whose picture had been
posted or, the central police head
quarters bulletin board.
They walked in, tapped him on the
shoulder and said:
"You're Mike Moore. Come with ;
us.”
He did. He is wanted at McCook,
Neb., $s one of two men who sawed
their way to freedom from the jail
there two weeks ago. He will be '
returned to McCook.
To Install Ad System.
John D. Miller lias been engaged by
the Omaha Retail Grocers’ association
to explain and install the Handy
Service Store Advertising system, of
which he Is the founder and for I
which he owns the copyright.
Public Now Prefers
Vegetable Laxatives
Dr. Caldwell's Syrap Pepiia affords
proaipt relief io a aataral way
THK-puliIir is constantly be
coming more discriminating
in its choice ftf things. Those
subject to constipation try to
learn what makes them const!
paled,, and then
avoid it. If con
stipation persists
in spite of all
their efforts they
take the mildest,
most easily tol
erated laxative
obtainable, and
not n drastic
physic that upsets
tnem lor nays alterwards. As
over 10 million bottles of Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin are sold
a year, n larpe proportion of the
people of this country must be
lieve that this mild vegetable
compound is the jirojier remedy
for them, and so it is. No need
to take salt waters and powders
that dry up the blood; coal-tar
drugs in candy form that produce
skin eruptions, or calomel that
salivates. These drugs are “heroic
measures", over-effective, weak
ening and griping.
The best constipation remedy
is the one that moves the bowels
without shtK-k fo your system,
and such a one is I)r. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin. It is a vegetable
ANY FAMILY MAY TRY IT FREE
Thousands of parents are asking
themselves, "Where ran I .find a trust
worthy laxative that anyone in the
family can use when constipated?’*
I urge you to try Syrup Pepsin.
I will gladly provide a libera l fm I
sample bottle, sufficient for an adequate
test. Write me where to send it.
Address I)r. W. P. Caldwell. 515
Washington St., Monticello, Illinois.
Do it now!
L
compound of Egyptian senna and
pepsin with pleasant-lasting aro
matics, and has been satisfac
torily sold for 30 years. Unlike
the harsher physics it does not
produce a habit., and increased
doses are not required; in fact, it
so trains the stomach muscles
that in time medicines of all kinds
can be dispensed with.
Many take a teaspoonful of
Syrup I’ensin once a week as a
health safeguard. Others use it
only when required, as, for exam
EK Mrs'. J. W. Burroughs of
ittle Bock, Ark., who f'nds it
equally valuable for herself and
the children, and Mr. Enas S.
Costa of AYatsonville, Cal., whose
family uses it regularly. _ Try
I)r. C.ajdwell’s Syrup Pepsin in
ronstipation, biliousness, piles,
headaches, sallow complexion, and
to break up fevers and colds'.
A generous-si/e bottle can lie had
at any drug store, and it costs
only about a cent a dose*
I
N N
O O
W W
UOOTH TARKINGTON’S
y\ .loyess Stage Success
Qarence
Reid’s Best
Photoplay
Make Us Prove It
CHOP SUEY DEVOREY
LON CHANEY
Noah Beery—Ralph Lewis
DEWITT JENNINGS
.lack Mulhall—Edith Roberts
L_ln—
“FLESH AND BLOOD’*
Comedy—Pathe Newa
EMPRESS
NOW PLAYING
Viola Dana in “The $5 Baby/*
Leighton A
Du Ball
“Two Dark Clouds
With a Silver
Lining.**
Briscoe A
Austin
“Artistic Enter**
tamers.”
Mascot
“The Human Mind
Pony.”
BRAVO,
M1CHELINI
and
TRUJILLO
—in—
“Spanish Gypsy
Revue”
• “OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
^y/Wfrf/Tr/i mat. a nite today
y*«y^iy pre-war prices
Jacobs A Jermon (Inc.) Present
Flashlights ot 1923»>a
A Notable Interpreting Cast and a
Host ot EIAQIHr£0f Up-to-Dats
Pretty Girls in iLHsllbw Happenings
Lasts' Tickets. 13c er 25* at Dally Mat., 2:11
bat. Mat. & Wk.: '•Shorty*' McAllister and
•'Rib” Shannon
WINTER CONCERT
Association Male Chorus
of Omaha
Assisted by
DICIE HOWELL, Soprano.
BRANDEIS THEATER
Thursday Evening, Dec. 7 at 8:15
4 *
Admission 50c to $2.00—No War Ta*
NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS
GRAND .... 16th and Binney
WESLEY BARRY
* “RAGS TO RICHES.”
HAMILTON • • 40th and Hamilton
ANNA Q. NILLSON
"WITHOUT LIMIT.”
VICTORIA .... 24th and Fort
JOHN GILBERT
in "ARABIAN LOVE”
* and "LEATHERPUSHERS”
Matinee Daily 2:15. Every Night 8:15 |
DOC BARKER and CO
The Lightning Change Artist. i
_In "FLASHES.” !
Fisher A Gilmore. — Hector. 1
Jack Hanley. — Smith A Strong.
_ Herbert A Dare. _
YORKE & KING
In “The Old Family Tin Type.**
Topics of Day. — Aesop’s Fables.
Pathe News. _
The Talk of the Town.
Added Attraction--Tha Great Afterpiece
“Two More Poses from the Old Family
Album.“
Mats. 15c to 50c. Nights 15c to $1.
VAUDEVILLE — PHOTOPLAYS j ,
Everybody’* Verdict:
“It’. ■ Great Show”
“20 MINUTES
* IN
CHINATOWN”
With a Cast of 15 Is the Big Head
line Attraction.
ROSELAND
Twenty-fourth and O Sts.
NOW SHOWING.
“Ashamed of Parents.”
A True Heart Interest Story
See the Football Scenes—Taken io the
Yale Bowl. .
The
Grocery
and
v
Market
Offer More
Sensational
Specials for
Tuesday
Market
Our trrmrnilou* outlet enable*
na to buy In large quantltle*
—nml we nlwAjr* sell-for le*».
Quality Meats
at the LOWEST CASH
PRICES
Choice Round or Btrloln
Steak, per lb.15C
Choice Pork Chop*, lb. 1744
Rib Bolling Beef, lb. .. 64
Choice Flank Steak. a
lb.17’,44
Sugar Cured Beau Breakfast
Bacon, per lb.2444
Pure Rendered Bard. lb. 154
Fancy Summer Sausage,
per lb. 204
Butter and Egg
Department
Fancy Tub Creamery Butter,
per lb.464
Fancy Carton Creamery But
ter, per lb.474
Guaranteed Eggs, dozen 284
New Saner Kraut, <jt. ..104
Fancy Wisconsin Brick
Cheese, per lb.?'
Troco Oleomargarine, lb. 234
Groceries
Buy for Cash and
Cut Your Grocery
Bills
10 lbs. Fine Granulated Sugar
f9r .75*
Large Far Omaha Family
Soap for .4*
Ten bar* for ... .38*
can Log Cabin Syrup.
per can . 50*
4 pkgs. Macaroni, Spaghetti or
Noodles at .25*
2% lbs. Del Monte Green Gage
or Egg Plums .30*
Fancy Pumpkins, 21i-lb. can
for .13*
2-lb. can for . .. .O*
S-lh. pkg. Argo Gloss Starch
for .23*
Fancy Red Salmon, 1-lb.
can for .21*
10 Bara White Borax Naptha
Soap .23*
48-lb. Sack Blue Bell Flour
at. .*1.65
48-lb. sack Hayden's Health
Flour at .81.85
Blatz Malt Extract, special,
per can .58*
The
Tea and Coffee
Market of Omaha
f
Specials
Our Famous Santo* Blend
Coffee, lb.250
4 lbs. for .950
Our Excello Coffee, lb. ..300
3 lbs. for .85
Fancy Uncolored Japan Tea,
per lb. 390
2 lbs. for .750
Fancy Breakfast Cocoa,
3 lbs. for .250
Vegetables and Fruit
Fancy Atwood Grape Fruit.
each . 50
Fancy Cooking Apples, lb. 50
3 bunches Leaf Lettuce 1O0
Carrots, Beets or Radishes.
per bunch ... 9. .8 1-30
Nuts
Fancy Mixed Nuts, lb...190
Fancy Washed Brazil Nuts,
per lb.lfl«
Imported Filberts, lb. ..160
Sambo Prepared Pancake
Flour, per pkg.8W0
Grape Nuts, per pkg.150
Shredded Wheat BlscUit,
per pkg.110
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Pure Fruit
Preserves
5,000 Jars On
Sale All Day
Raspberry, Blackberry
and Loganberry
1 Jar for..23£
2 Jars for.-42<‘
3 Jars for.60<?
The little tots like it and
urnwnups, too. Save the
butter bill—buy preserves.
I ■■1 ■■■■■■'■ ■— ' 111 k
Jus! a Word—V/e Thank You
The response to our Five-Day $100,000
. Stock Disposal was beyond h doubt the
most successful event of its kind Hayden
Bros, have ever held.
Our fjoal has been reached and passed
and still another two days before the sale
ends.
We’ve set another mark just double the
first one and we’ll put forth every effort
possible, likewise offer greater induce
ments to reach the extreme mark in 5
days of “cash merchandising.”
We again thank the buying publicfor the
unanimous response. We are ns greatly
pleased as the thousands of our custom
ers who shared in the remarkable bar
gains that are offered.
We’ve passed the mark and have set another. We
pow will convert from $50,000 to $100,000 more
stock into cash than originally planned
Just Two Days if
Dresses Worth to $25
Your Choice
the Lot
>102
Indies’ and misses’
dresses in Canton
crepes, satins, Jer
seys, Poiret twills
and wool velours.
These are not just
good $10 values, but
are dresses actually
made to sell to $25.
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Sample Lines of
Second Floor
Underwear
Half-Price
Vests and pants and knee length or
ankle length union suits, also bloomers
in this lot. Values
to $1.25, for .. OUt
Odd lots of women’s and misses’ un
derwear; not all sizes, but QQ/-»
values to $2.00 for. UOt
Children’s flannelette gowns and sleep
ers, sizes for children to 10
years. 98c values for !.tJvl'C/
25c
Towels
IRT 5EEDLE
WORK
.Stamped Glass
Towels, assorted
patterns, regular
S'.?":. 15c
Annex Sale for Tuesday
Blankets
trig neavy wool nap cotton
blankets in gray, tan and
white. Regular $5.00 values.
Special at .-.8 l.ii.'
Rig plaid, heavy lleece cot
ton blankets In blue, pink
and tan plaids. A regulai
$2.08 blanket. Special Tues
day. on sale at .82.10
I.allies* Flannelette How mm
Mot every size in the lot, but
a wonderful value. Special,
Tuesday at. . 70c
Hosiery
Radies’ heavy black cotton
hose in all sizes. A regular
2.8c value. Tuesday special,
6 pair for . 81.00
Children’* lfo«e
One number in children's
hose, all stzi s, in black ami
cordovan. A regular 25c
hose. Special Tuesday, 5
Pair for .#1.00
linillcM* I'lnk Snteen
II loonier*
A special buy of oil dozen
ladies’ eateen bloomers in
regular sizes. Full luster
sat* *n. special Tuesday 69c
Comfort*
Two specials in big heavy
white cotton filled comforts i
covered with heavy cretonne.
Ml knotted and tieoTsp rial
Tuesday $2.99 and $2.59
*52£.
Corsets
$322
Binner Corset,
fancy cloth elas
tic in bust, 2 pairs
hone supporters,
$3.00 values at
!
Cornet Dept.,
Second Floor
Two More Days of Rug Selling
Make the Best of It
>ix9-0 Palisade Velvet Rug, regular
.$19.50
6x9-0 Tapestry Brussels Rug, regu
$10.50
$-3x10-6 Tapestry Brussels Rug,
regular J27.00, spe- 50
7x12-0 best Wilton Rug, regular
T.6pec:al..$85.00
- Third Floor
6-3x19-6 best Wilton Rug, rcgulai
$95.00, special 0(
36x63 Roxbury Axminster Rug, reg
ular $15.00, special
at .. .
27x54 Turkana Axminsler Rug
regular $6.50, special (PpT f?r»
at,. ipO.Ov
Just received, the finest selection
of Hag Rugs in the city from Nile
each up.
Tuesday in the
Hardware
$5.00 New Polar Cab E|fo
$4.49
$3.00 Universal Luneh Kit
and Bottle $2.29
$6.50 Hot Point 6-lb. Elec
trie Sad Iron (JJpJ
at . «?«>•
Hosiery Sale Tuesday
WOOL AND SILK HOSE. $1.9»
Women's standard makes, In all wool and silk
and wool hose; plain and fancy QC
colors; all sizes; $2.50 values at... vl«i7t)
SILK HOSE, $1.10.
All Silk Hose with lisle garter tops, double
soles and heels, hemmed and fl»"| 1 n
ribbed tops; $1.75 values for.
CHILDREN'S l’ONY HOSE
Boys’ and Girls’ Pony Hose—In all the wanted
weights and colors at the new lower prices’
.50c..60c
CHILDREN’S ALL-WOOL HOSE, 7Ae
Children’s All-Wool Hose—In black and cor
dovan; first quality; all
sizes, at. I OC
Gift Specials in the Linen Section for Tuesday
Pure IJnen !\n|>kin*— (Mnch
damask styles, small pat
terns; special at, OPT
, per dozen . ISJr> rJJ)
Umbrolilerp- l.lnen—White scarf
ing. 18-lnoh width; f*f\
per yard .. ... foM(»
Rmbroldrrp l.lnen — Tan scarf
ing. 18-inch width;
per yard .
t'sntr Dresser Scarfs—A real
bargain assortment on sale Tues
day; 2,500 scarfs In the lot at
each—
81.25. 81.00. 691. 5»<*
and 49d*
If nn<tfc<*r<'hl<‘f Much Square*— 20
shades; best grade; aa
encl.£[}C
Fancy Dresner Sela—-T’ure linen,
18-inch ovalsand two 12-Inch cir
cular ptccrs; embroidered In
'olors; special, /t»< r\r\
.SI .98
1‘oirrl Sets In Hove*—Real, sub
stantial (rifts; per set —
98<S U1.09 and #1.98
Pillow C«*r*—Neatly boxed for
gifts; pair of lace 11 ini meet 45
Inch canes, /t»-| ha
special ‘it SI
MndHrii 1-tiM‘n Viipklnn—Highest
11 ! /»/»
work; '} dozen at .. JpOa^D
Spanish l.nre—13x:o oval hand j
made linen center,, rt»-«
"'■'h.81,50
Bi*p; '««*.83.25
Point lie Venice I,are_ir lnrl
circular piece,, linen center.; on
eflrh.87.95
Vow',r^i'n"1 n*"luck
special eacli ..