.m.JJJSK: OMAnA MTUKPAY, SErTEMBER
USE OF CARD SYSTEM IN WAR
Germ&ny Has FUa for Keeping1
Track ef Prisoner Takea and of
Enemies Ita Soldien Bury.
CHWE3IN WORKS OUT SCHEME
fCm Tepwv of th Asewrlated Presa.)
BERLIN, July 1C The mrac re:1t m
11 on of the huge horde of over l,000,O4
nlaur of war In Oermany, so t list
rank. t tu. division and place of con
ftnamaBt of each ni ran he Instantly
determined, haa been perfected to an
astonishing dear by Count flohwerin.
a. fd-ya&r-old oaptain of cavalry. Today
tha relative of any French, Russian,
Bngllsh, Canadian. Ttallan, Herblan,
Montenegrin, Belgian or Japan prla
wiar la Oermany oaa eeoartam within
twenty -for hours where thai soldier la
and what hla condition la.
Thla la made poaelbl through a card
tjatalofu that all but berg-ars deecrlp
tlon: It la probably tha nitit perfect thing'
of Ita at and kind to existence. In Ita
creation tw other ayiUma have bad to
b discarded aa Inadequate, and tha work
and palm lavished on them duplicated.
In It matotemano eighty person ara
nnM whU Ita Inventor, Oount
Bchwerta, work twelve hour a day,
saratnT thing.
Reee-rd of Eeh Mam.
Bach day doaana and score of list of
Mjxm poor hit Oount Kchwaiin'a de
partment of th war ministry In tha Dor.
othean etrassa, her tn Bwlln. These
llata give th neneesary Information for
fllltng eat th earda, so that each ahall
contain th nam and forename of th
prisoner, hla ervto branch, regiment
and ompaay, th place and data of his
aaptora, and tha place where h la held,
if b la woundad, th natur of hla
weamd and th hospital whar h la ar
added.
Soar of young women fill ont tha
, aerd. which then fro to sorter, under tha
, Inspection of a man who In peace time
as a head Instructor In on of Berlin's
' higher aohooli. Bafor th aortera atand
wooden eaaea built after tha fashion of
typ eaaea, but deeper. It waa tha eight
of eompoeltor "throwing In" typ that
led Count Bohwerin to adopt theae eaaea.
Method of sortie.
Th ftmt aet of aortera tak tha earda
Joet aa thay eoro. In alphabetical eon
fusion, from Uv writing room, and di
vide them according to th Initial latter
from A to Z. Other aortera then take
tha Aa and eubdMde them eratematloally
Into Aa. A a. Ab, Aba. Abb, and ao on.
Thouaanda of oarda ar aorted and filed
dally for th lint of prlaonara never atop
growing.-
Tha name alao ar divided according
to nationality, and put away In tha oases
that flank alt four walla of three rooma.
Thar ara between J6.000 and SO, 000 Bel
gien names, from 18,000 to 1S.00U EnglUh.
names, and hundred of thouaanda ot
French and Russian. With but ona ex
ception tha Serbian, Montenegrin and
Japanese who ar prlaonara In Uermany
ara ctvlllana of military ag Interned
hara, ,
- Haadred of Letter Dally.
Approximately KO lettera eom to Oust
Bchwerln'a "Kartothek" daily requeet
for Information about relative or friend a.
It la tha boaat and pride of thla offloec
that no requeat remain unanawered
longer than twenty-four hour forty
eight at tha very outald whan tha letter
or Inquiry la In difficult Russian.
To farllttat rai&tlve la getting In
formation about th foreign soldiers.
however, C ount uncwenn na ktwu-un
tha complete data about prlaonara, aa
fatt aa received at th war mlnlatry and
filed In th card catalogu. to th govt,
ernmant at London, Part and St.
Petersburg, and to th Red Ooaa head
quarters at Oanartra, Bruaamla, 'Copea
hagan and Oerlln. '
On of th moat InUraatlng feature
of th oard oataJogua work la th faot
that many man give fale name and
data beoaoe thay ar aahamed of being
tn aapUvlty and do not want any on
tn their native land to know that thay
har been takea priaonar.
Aa Eiaatlt Cited.
An axampi of thla cam to light re
cently In a oaa concerning D-year-old
Pruao Chimay of Belgium. It had n
lleted under aa aaaumad nam and wa
captured. 11 waa put In a prieoa camp
am a private . aoldlar. In due tiro la
qulrta about th young man cam In.
Hla name did not appear la th oard
atalogu. and bafor th young man
waa found It had been neceeaary to
hunt out every aoldler of hla raglmant,
nattered In half a doaen oampa all over
Oarmaav, to take thena bfor a military
court and demand of them under oath
what they knew about hi oaa.
Catalegae of th Dead.
So much for tha catalogue about th
Irving aoldler of th lght countries
now at war with Germany. A entailer
eatalogu ountalna aa far aa available
th name of th dead uppl led In a
Variety of waya, but chiefly by mean
of th metal taga wont by th aoldlera
around their neck a.
Thta Hat la Incompleta for a variety
a otnrloua reaaona, but partly bacaua
many of th aoldlera, aaiclally th
Tench, take tha tag off, through ait
rtlitoa and throw them away. Even
at that there are. In the war mlnlatry
building, box and boxea full of tha
littl tin dlaka
Th rrench taga ar clearly atampd
with th oldler'a name, regiment and
feats statloa. Th Engllah taga ar far
lea ataar, and aometlmea cannot b
anad ut at aiL Th Iielglaa dlaka ar
fairly plain, and thoa of th Canadian,
tatad t laathar, ar g-od. Th Ruaalana
vareaiy wear any, and It la aa almoat
hopalae tuk to try to kerp track of
Oar Takea af Talaablrs.
I thousand of eaan of ooura th
man (alt la Mch place that th Ger
man eaa eearch their garments befor
burring th bodlea All valuables, keep
a&ke and posaeaalona are then tied up
and forwarded to Berlin, where th
treasury of tit war ministry takea
hart f them,
Aa exact llat of th content of each
paokag la made and forwarded to th
department which Count Bcherwtn beads,
and th poeseaaton ar than aent to
th war mlnSatrie la France, England
Russia, whlo ar beat able to see
ttat ti valuable eotn Into th poa-
eelo of th rightful relatlv of th
f;Wa auidiar.
Th eatalogu haa grown to be Count
gcbwsrwia pot, hla greatest pride and
r. Though past auddl age b gladly
rfvoai long hour and tnflnlt patieno
to it axwaoaloa and upkeep. Keoantly
I. deatrad to go Into to ftaid tor aotlv
orvtoa, but It wa tvuad that la th
tiraatbs he had been ta th war ministry
La had mad him If praotkaUly India
pvaenijla, aod that no on could b found
wu ouUd tak up th atalogu where
he would have to leave off.
A partraerits, f ale, huusea and cottage
eo be rented quickly and cUeaply by a
MONUMENT TO DANTE
MELTED INTO CAN
NON The monument, the
work of Zochi, stood In the
Piazza Dante, in Austrian
Trent, a square in front of
the station.
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Brother of South
Side Woman Loses
Life as Home Burns
Mra John. FIU Roberta of 10 North
Twenty-fourth afreet. South Sid, ha re
ceived a telegram from Loa Angela con
taining th information that har brother,
Plater Harris, and hla 1-year-old niece,
Margaret Caughrao. lost their Uvea In a
fir that destroyed th Caughran horn
Thursday night Mr. Harris waa a former
resident ef Ashland, Neb., but went to
California aom ten yeara ago from Colo
rado, and haa for aoma time back been
an Invalid. It waa afflicted with loco
motor ataxia and waa compelled to keep
a light burning In his room all night.
Th detail of th accident were not
given In th dispatch, further than that
hla lamp exploded, destroying th house.
Ii waa living with hla sister. Mrs. Ed
ward Caughran, who la alao a slater of
Mrs. Roberts and a former resident ot
Ashland. It was Mra. Caughran' daugh
ter who lost her life In th fir.
Asks Divorce When
She Finds There is
Wife No. 1 in Case
Mra Kathertn Read, formerly Miaa
Katherln O'Connor of Omaha. hn nue.
ried Ernest A. Read of Las Vegaa, N. M.,
February of this year, only to part
from htm two dava later when, aha as
sorts, aha discovered ha had another wlf.
naa orougni suit lor oivorc In district
court.
Wlf No. I. Mra Read allecea. waa
married to Read several Tears ago, but
th petition doe not Identify her. Aa
soon aa Mra Read discovered that aha
waa No. 1 Instead ef being a first and
only wife, ah left her husband, accord
ing to nr petition.
Read and Miss O'Connor war minHni
by Rev. Hugh B, Bpeer, pastor of tha
Central United Presbyterian church. Bha
la a daughter of Patrick O'Connor,
To Summon Federal
Grand Jury at Once
Summons ar being prepared by
United State Deputy Marshall McCaV
lura and Qulnley and will b mailed at
one to th twenty-thrr grand Juror
and seven altarnatea. who will aerva on
th federal grand jury to b Impaneled
here, October U at 19 a. m. An Investi
gation will b made la all caeca under
federal court Jurisdiction, arising In the
Omaha, Norfolk. Orand Island and Chad-
roa divMaona. known aa th North Piatt
half ef th Nebraaka district
Eight Postoff ice
Clerks Get Raise
Civil service nromltlous amonv the uit
Office clerks ar announced as follows
by Poe tin aster John C. Wharton, th
raises in pay being ffactlv October 1:
Axel W. Anderson. Oscar Anderson,
James M. Bart. Anthony A. Beck man.
Kugen A. Byrne. Harvey N. Eller, Joh
Jamaa, Edward E. Larson.
TWO mfn ARE FINED FOR
ATTACKING A CARRIER LAO
Roy Northern and Ed Nolan, Kit Burt
street, were each fined 11 and coat In
polle court for an attack mad on
MUton Harris, It-year-old Paper carrier.
who called to collect for the dally paper.
Hani called on Sunday Instead of Sat
urday, and la aa argument resulting
from hla oversight th attack wa pre-
cioitated.
THIRD SET OF RHODES
PAPERS SENT TO U. S.
LavDOIf. Sept. K-O. third set of pa
per for th annual examination tn th
United States for Rhode oholarahlpa
ha been forwarded In the hope that they
will arrive tn urn for the tests of the
appointed daya, October I aud e. Tha
original papera went down with the Ara
hla and a aecond aet waa lost wtth tha
From Our Near Neighbors
Weeplaa Water.
Mra. Ieeter Holack of Avtfca, waa
vleltlng In town Thureday.
Mra Ororro CI it he waa visit In Mra,
A. i. .ax'll at I'eJnora thla week.
Mrs. Fred Ua and Mra. C'larenoa Lau,
vlelted Tueaday at the Charlea lau home
at Mat ley.
Mra. Emms Parry la at Fs.Ha nty vut
itlng at the come of her daughter, Mra.
td MuflHT,
Mine Jennie Ciitchfleld la visiting thla
k at the 1. It. Ciitchf lold home, north
east of town.
Mis Mettle Redfleld of Uncoln haa
been vlmung thla wot-It at th horn of
Mr, tarl lowers.
Cecil Davla haa been very low for the
laat several daya with typhold'fever, but
Is mui-h Improved now.
Harry iJennla and Mlaa Emma Reh
latwl were niHrrtrd Wedneniay at Coun
cil Bluffa. They will reelde her.
Mr. and Mr. H K. Vandenburg of Mur
dock visited here Wednesday at th horn
or ineir aau-iiter, Mrs. Arthur Jonee.
I. W. Te-(tnrden took hla feanday school
elas to Omaha laat Bunday to attend
the "Hilly" Hunday servloea, Tha trip
waa mado by auto.
Rev. fJcorg Hed, Weeping Water
man who haa been doing missionary work
In Morocco, will occupy th pulpit at th
Methodist church ffcmday.
Th county romm!mkoera have apent
severnl days In thla vicinity planning
bridge repair work. Recent rafna have
done great dainnq to a number of the
bridge on tha main roads.
Bprlagfleld.
W. n. Falln etsrted Wedneaday for
the Panama exposition.
Mra. Marjory Braae of Omaha 1 vis
iting Mrs. Floyd la video n, .
Mr. Will lloyt of Omaha visited rela
tives here the for part of tha week.
Mra. Thurman FVana of Union la via
Itlna with her parents. Mr. and Mra WIN
Hum Mueller.
Henry Flegenhanm la entertaining two
aletprs this week. Mrs. Mt Fexauer of
Ankeney, la., and Mra. Krank Howard
of Hao City, la.
Mlsa Ella Btratman waa united In mar
riage to Mr. John Harder of Hennlngton
by Rev. EUeger of Plattamouth.
Richard rflug and Mlsa Helen Bprange
of l'n pill Inn were married by Rev. Chsrlrs
W, havldve In Omeha last week. They
will make their horn In Springfield.
Mlos l.ydla Johnson of thla place and
V. 1 1. Facklcr of Odar Rapids, la., were
msriled In llnwood la., last Friday.
They will make theJr home In Cedar
xaplds.
Mrs W TT TAvMan Vri.. tril w..k
Pavldson and! Mrs. U A. Ratea war
elected by the 'Women's dob aa delegates
1 th" convention at Norfolk, to b held
The Masons rtf h IaAm
ferred dvKrees last Saturday and gnve a
banquet afterward. MnaOns from Louis
ville, tlretna, Omaha, Paplllion and Elm
wood were present.
lr,l4n
Mra. John ITendrtckson visited relatives
i Fremont Sunday.
Mra Kllnttann nt Ctmati. ..4 -. ik-
In
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Sundall home Tueaday.
Ifarry Knight returned Monday from
alx weeks' atsv In Hmith TtairAi.
Mr. and Mra." John Farney of Dodge,
eh., vlsltpd at tha 'harlv V.-.l v.
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Sunday.
WealRV Wllllalna la lla -
. ' . J , .n.u ' ' mini m mil
foot, the result of being stepped on by a
horse that waa sharply shod.
Mr, and Mra. Carl Spring of Benson and
Mr. ii n.1 Mra Tt-1 - . . i .
the Henry Spring home Sunday.
Mra. Kiel Harrlfleld and datlxhter
the Hackman home a few days laat week.
Mr. and Mre. Carl Spring of Benson
and Mr. and Mra. Reals were entertained
"i me iienry npring nome for dinner
Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of F"alr
vlew and Mr. and Mra. Ixuls Hoyea ot
Omaha were entertained at the Wllllama
iiume ounuay,
. C. Brewster la very low. He had a
stroke of paralysis . week ago and la
not Improving. All the- relatlvea have
been called home.
Papllllo.
Mrs, C. J". Keenrd of Omaha la vlsltlne-
Paplllion friends this week.
Mlsa Katharine Pet ring visited friends
In IJnooln last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Marie Sanders returned to Omaha
the first of the week, where she will
resume her studies at Brownell Hall.
Mra. Clsyte Beadle and children will
leave next we-k for Wayside. Neb.,
where Mr. Beadle la employed on a ranoh.
Mr. and Mre A T Vanaa.1-1 4
A. J. Vanarsdal, ar., of Valalda," Mo.,
are guests of Mr. and Mra. U A, Thomp
aon thla week.
Mlaa Helen Bnranr nf thla ila
Rluhard Pflug of HurlnrflnM mm mar.
ried laat Friday In Omaha. Mr. and Mra
riiun win maxe their home In Spring
field, where Mr. Pflug la In bualness.
A very pleasant aurprtae waa riven Mr
and Mra Thomas Dooley. Jr., Monday
evening, when a number of their friends
motored out to their farm home to assUt
them In celebrating their fifth weddiug
anniversary.
Raletam.
Mra. H. Ledwlch entertained a nmvAm
Thureday.
A civil eervic examination will ha haM
October a for the ltalaton poatufflca
Ilah Orlswold of Pllger, Neb., ta vls
tng at the home of Rev. Seneff thla week.
Alta Haves entertained a nrnwif of
young people laat Thureday evening. It
being the occasion ot her nineteenth
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. W TT. ftnlaar f rvaa
Molnea visited at th Parratt home ev
ent! daya of last week on their return
inp rrom in xpoiuon and Canada.
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Valley.
Mlaa IJlllan Morrow went to Onuuha
Saturday.
Mlsa Mvrtla Lawler want to an Omaha
hoapllal Sunday.
Mra. Curtla of Ulnneanolas. Minn..
la vuutlng her Valley friends.
Or. W. H. Reed returned Thnrada
from a trip In the weatern cart of Ne
braaka.
Jack Butcher was annotated vfllan
marshal, to succeed Charlea Webb, who
rretgiira recenviy.
Mr. and Mrs. Murrman wont to Omaha
Say "CEDAR
To Be Sure"
TO b aur. that's th thing to Bay If you want to b
certain of a high-ball or on Mown' that to always
right. At all leading Dealers, Clubs, Bars, Rsetao
rants and Hotel. youOl find CEDAR BROOK In th lead,
Largest sailing bran of hlgh-grad Kentucky whiskey In
th world. Because It ha maintained th nam stirs,
u parlor quality aince IS 47.
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tVrttiadlallond 1'
Thureday to attend tha "Billy" Sunday
meetings for two daya.
Mra. A. O. Hldberg. who has been very
111 for a couple f weeka, la much im
proved and able to he up.
F. R Prnlth of Denver. Colo., arrived
Tuesday for a vIMt with his nieces, Mra
Monahan and Mra. Fitzgerald,
Charlea Webb, who has been at tho
stock yards at Orand island for two
we Kjs, returned Wednesday evening.
Mrs. A. Oardlner returned Saturday
evening from a short v11t with hor
daughter, Mrs. Noyea, of Dundee, Neb.
The Ice hou belonging to Oarver
brothers waa burned to the ground Fri
day evening. It Is not known how the
fire originated.
The rerular monthly meeting of the
Valley Women's fhrlatlan Temperance
union wae held Frldy afternoon at tn
home of Mrs. Nellie Fout.
Mr. end Mrs. F. C, Kennedy, Helen
and Esther, took Mrs. Eddy Htldreth
and Inle to Fremont Bunday, bringing
Mr. Eddy home with thorn.
Mra. Iilu Shepherd of Fait take City,
a national Women'a fhrlstian Temper
ance union lecturer, gave a splendid ad
dress In the Mcthodlot Episcopal church
Tuesday evening. She also gave ad
d recurs at th sohool houaa to the high
school, grammar and Intermediate atu
denta Klkhora.
Mr. Charlea Deerson entertained th
ladlea ken sing ton Wedneaday.
John Qulnn of Winnebago Neb., was
here last week visiting relatlvea.
Mra J. M. Rrimner of Fremont vlalted
here among friends acveral days this
week.
Mra T. MoCleneghan and children of
Omaha visited her last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. j, o. fVeefus visited Thursday and
Friday at Paplllion with her mother,
Mra. ZwteveL
Mr. Henry Blchel of Omaha visited
her father, A. H. iianaen, and other rela
tlvea Thursday.
Mlsse Lid and Tina Hofeldt of Omaha
visited their parent Saturday night and
attended th dance,
Vlaaee Uda and Tina Hofeldt of
Omaha vial ted their parent Saturday
niatii and attended tha danoa.
Meadame Charles Batimgardner and
Enill Parakenlnger left Thursday to Join
their huoh&nds at Les Moines, la.
The body of Mr. Pfleffer, father of the
Pfleffer brothers, waa brought here
fom Hastings, where he died and waa
burled Wunday at Prospect IU11 oeme
tory. Th plasterers have finished in the
Ernest Schuman residence and have com
menced on the J. N. Wyatt home. Th
carpentara have about completed Kd
Weatphal'a big barn and also William
Hopper'a garage. Fred Peets' new houee
la completed and the family la now oc
cupying It.
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Aveca.
Thomas Hobbs and wife have returned
from a visit at WulthllL
Otto Brook and family were at Dor
chester the first of the week.
John Weaver and wife riav returned
from a trip to Bird City, Kan.
Miss Elvlna Fransen of Arcadia,' I
visiting relatlvea here this week.
Mr. and Mra Pick Klrehheck of Chap
man, are spending the week hera
Mrs. W. U Glllin of Council Bluffa wag
visiting her parents here this week.
Gus Wltake sustained a badly sprained
ankle while playing ball liurt Svnday.
A voce was defeated by Plattamouth In
a fast game of ball Wednesday, t to 1.
W. H. Betfs and family of Stuart, ar
here for a few days' visit with relatives.
Mra Undeman and Mra Hagerman of
Lincoln, were vuiltlng relative.' hera thla
week.
Oeorge Maseman and Edward Mohr,
with their families, spent Hunday with
luiuuica iirar oyracuee.
Msr. K W. Fahneatock 1 spending the
week with her daughter, Mra Charltas
Wood eon, at Council Bluffa
Meedamea W 11 11am Maaeman and Qua
Ruhge left thla week for Elisabeth. I1L.
for a few daya' vlait with relaUvea.
Mr. and Mra. M. O. Keddv an,i nr.
and Mra. William Maseman were at Beth
any Tueeday evening attending th wed
ding of Mlsa Mabel Cutter, who formerly
raai.4a V. u -
Prizes Awarded
for Dainties at
the County Fair
Prises for th beat collection of Jelllea
pickles and home-made cakea wm
awarded at the Douglas County fair,
Thursday, Mra. F. X. Demleux won first
prise tor me pest jellies and Mra Es
tella Fead won second prise.
Mra F. A. Cresaev of fiouth kia )kui
th most toothsome angel food oak and
Mra F.. H. Berry won second prls for
the sam dainty.
Mra Lenileux alao carried off thai Ktna
ribbon for th best collection of plokle.
Socket IfciiUcf!
T 'OUNTAlNg. HOTCLn, M KLgCWHtNC
Dot
QilLIGEC'S
THE ORIGINAL
EilALTED EV3IL.IC
Th Food-drink for All lt,
Dclicioui, invigofatinff and uiUirung.
Keep it oa your Rtieboarr at home.
Doo't travel withotit X "
A quick luaca prepared ia a rnlnnta.
Unl&mm yon may m HO RUCK'S"
you may got m Submtttuta
BROOK,
j i iii In g of the Heaperlaa,
