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VOL. XL VI. NO. 186.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1917.
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The Omaha
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TWO COMPANIES
OFNEBRASKAMEN
GET HOME ORDERS
Field Hospital No. 1 and Com
pany A, Signal Corps, Fifth
Infantry, to Return From
the Border.
MANY OTHERS TO COME
Twenty-Five Thousand Men
Will Be Moved North
at Once.
FUNSTON GIVES REASON
' Washington, Jan. 21 More than
25,000 National Guardsmen now on
the Mexican, border, have been desig
nated by Major General Funston fori
return home and muster out of the
federal service.
All these organizations will be
started homeward as soon as trans
portation facilities can be provided.
Their departure will leave between
45,000 and 50,000 men of the Guard
still in the federal service, doing
border patrol.
Nothing On Withdrawal.
War department officials continue
to withhold comment on reports that
tne movement ot uenerai rersnmgs
regulars out of Mexico soon will be
under' way and the statement an
nouncing the Guardsmen are desig
nated for relief does not connnect
'these orders with the withdrawal
- plans in any way.. The understand
ing has been, however, that with the
return of the expedition in Mexico
and readjustment of the border pa
trol, all of the state troops gradually
would be sent home.
, Follows Old Rule.
The department's statement said:
"General Funston has selected these
organizations chiefly in accordance
with the rule of returning first those
longest in service on the border. To
some extent, however, this rule could
not be followed without unequal
weakening of the border guard and
the, departures from it are so explain
' ed.' The total strength of the organi
zations selected is 25,243."
Those Comes Back.
The Guardsmen designated for re
turn and muster out follows:
Arkansas First infantry. i
Delaware Two battalions Infantry.
-Blstrict of Cotumbua Battery B, field ar
tillery. ,
UlinolsBrifade headquarters and Third
Infantry. '.
, Indiana Second Infantry, Ambulanoe
'Company No. 2, Brirade headauartera.
Iowa First qudron oavalry. Field Hos
-pJtal No. J. -AnbalMO(r4!omps.n3r .' ,
Brigade headquarters, Third Infantry,
. Kentucky Second Infantry. i
Louisiana First battalion field artillery,
Fle'S Hospital No. 1. p
' Maryland Fifth Infantry.
41assachuselts Ambulance Company No.
2. Field Hospital No. 1,
Minnesota First Infantry, First Field ar
tillery. .
Missouri Fourth infantry.
Montana Troop A, cavalry.
Nebraska Field Hospleal No. 1; Company
A, Signal corps; Fifth Infantry.
. New Hampshire First infantry.'
New York 8eventy-rourth infantry. Field
rtakery company, supply train. Ambulance
Company No. 4.
. North Carolina First infantry.
Ohio Four Infantry. Fifth Infantry;
Third Brigade headquarters, First Squadron
cavalry.
'Oklahoma First Infantry, Troops A and
ii cavalry, Field Hospital company. Company.
A, emgneers.
I Pennsylvania Second Field artillery;
Company C, engineers; Sixth Infantry,
Eighth Infantry, Third Brigade head
quarters. '
Houth Carolina Troop A. cavalry; Com
pany A, engineers; Field Hospital company,1
Utah Second Squadron, cavalry. '
Tonnessee Ambulance Company No. 1,
Field Hospital No. 1.
Virginia Second Infantry.
Wisconsin Second infantry.
Hungerford Sales Even
Exceed Expectations
Sales "of tracts of land in western
Nebraska by the, Hungerford Potato
Growers' association, have exceeded
expectations, according to Arah L.
Hungerford, president and general
manager, ' I find Omaha people are
taking an unusual interest in the as
sociation," he said, "and we have
made more sales than we expected.
We are really very gratified."'
- The Hungerford Potato Growers'
association sells the land tracts upon
easy payment plans and cultivates the
land for the purchaser.
Bank Cashier at Kamrar,
la., Victim of Apoplexy
Webster City, la., Jan. 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) While playing in
the town orchesta last night Fred
H. Alexander, cashier of the Farm
ers' State bank lat Kamrar. was
stricken with'apopiexy and died. Mr.
Alexander had spent most of his life
in various banks in Hamilton county
and was one of the strong men in
this community.
The Weather
For Nebraska Cold wave.
Temperature at Omaha I'Mtordar
E
Hour. De.
5 a. m.
a. m.,
7 a. m. ,
S a. m .
2.
COLD ,! m
li m it
.p. m .
2 p. m.
3 p. m .
4 p. m.
C a. m. ,
6 p. m.,
7 p. Hi.,
Comparative Local Beord.
1917. 1916. 1816
1914
27
11
19
Hlgheit yesterday. . .
J) west yesterday. . . .
II can temperature. , .
33
38
Precipitation
.00
.33
.00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal :
Normal tcm pent turn 20
Deficiency for tho day 2
Total exreaa ilnce March 1 ..246
Norma) precipitation...... 11 Inch
Kxeiu for the day 45 Inrh
Total rainfall Bine March i. ... 17.28 Inches
deficiency ilnca March 1. 12.44 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 191&. 1.74 inthcH
Deficiency for cor, period, 1914.. 2.8& Itu hen
L. A. WELSH. Meteorologist.
MANY OMAHAMS DO
GOODjSYMLTH
One Act of Charity Qualifies
for Membership in Society
' of Modest Samaritans.
WHAT ONE WOMAN DID
By A. R. GROH.
The Omaha Society for the Con
cealment of Good Deeds. There isn't
any such society, but it seems we arc
always running across people here
who would be qualified to belong to
It, people who "do good by stealth
and blush to find it fame."
A little girl came to a Sunday school
in the north part of the city recently
without air overcoat or mittens. The
day was bitter cold and the sight of
the child wrung the heart of her
teacher, Mrs. R.
She learned that the' girl s mother
is a widow and has four children.
When lshe arrived home Mrs. R.
couldn't eat her dinner for thinking
of the widow and her children.
She called up several friends on the
telephone and within a few minutes
had promises of some warm clothing
for the children. Next day, when the
clothing came, she set to work re
pairing it. She put new velvet cuffs
and collar on the little coat and there
was a nice-muff and several pairs of
mittens and some shoes almost as
good as new and other things.
Widow Weeps.
Down to the home of the widow
went Mrs. R. and another woman with
the clothes. "'The widow wept at the
sight of so much goodness and hu
man kindness while her children
danced with joy as they put on their
coats and mittens. -'
The widow s husband had formerly
been a prominent commission man.
He had been taken sick and all the
family savings had been used up in
caring for him and in making a trip
to Florida, where he died.
Then the widow and her brood re
turned to Omaha, where they took a
dilapidated little cottage. They rented
out threV rooms, which gave them
enough to pay the rent of 'he whole
house. The widow had been earning
about $4 a week and last summer the
oldest girl (who had attended a board
ing school before their misfortune)
worked in a bakery. .
Mrs. R. and the other woman
emptied their pocketbooks, leaving $6
in the widow's hands.
Kind Commission Men.
W1K" she came home Mrs. R. called
up a prominent commission man
whom slle knows on the South Side
and asked him whether he rememU
bered the widow s husband.
"Why, I should say I do," he ex
claimed,., "And do you, mean to tell
me that his family has come to such
strait!- .My, my, I must sec what we
can do for them." ,
The commission man took tip a col
lection among his fellow commission
men. It amounted to $112. He got
a bank Check for' this because he is
too modest to sign his own name to
the check.
When Mrs. R. called a few days
later the widow showed her a check
for $112.
"I just can't imagine where it came
from," she said. "Why, this will help
us out fine so that we will get through
the winter without any trouble."
Mrs. R. knew where it came from,
but she didn't tell. For those com
mission men at the stock yards are
so busy that they haven't time to re
ceive the thanks of widows and or
phans. All they've got time for is to
help them.
Railroad Watchman
Shot to Death; His
MurdererUnknown
( Neil Cross, special detective for the?
Northwestern railroad, was found
shot to death early yesterday in
the railroad yards at the foot of Cum
ing street.
When found he was clutching his
flashlight, which was still burning, the
death pressure of his stiffened fingers
serving to hold down the push button.
His pistol was gone from his hol
ster, and so was his pocketbook.
The bullet that ended his life was
fired apparently from a range far
enough away to prevent his being
powder burned. It struck him
squarely in the the mouth. From the
position he was found in, apparently
he went to his death calmly. A cigar
which he was smoking was still
clutched firmly between his teeth.
Paul O'Leary, messenger boy with
the watchman, said the officer had just
arrested three men charged with
robbing a car. One of them shot the
officer. All three then
i tan.
Firi
Pair of Skates for First
Omaha Kid Who Sees Robin
Here is a good chance for Omaha
youngsters who belong to the Junior
Audubon society to get a pair of free
roller skates.
At the annual business meeting of
the society yesterday it was an
nounced that the first boy or girl to
see a robin from today on will be
given a pair of skates, providing a
witness to the red-breasted song bird
comes along too.
The society also announced a re
ward of $10 to anyone furnishing in
formation 'leading to the arrest and
conviction of anyone illegally de.
stroying song birds in Douglas
Sarpy counties.
,
Congressman Steele
T
; Takes Lead in Recount
Sioux City, la., Jan. 21. Congress
man Steele, democrat, made an im
portant gain in the contest, with
Congressman-elect George C. Scott,
republican, for the seat in congress
from the Eleventh Iowa district to
day. The unofficial recount in the
Second Sioux City precinct wiped out
Scott's lead of 151 in this precinct,
and gave Steele a lead, of fifty-four in
the precinct. This apparently gives
Steele a lead of fifty-four, in the
Eleventh district
NORTHWEST HIT
BY BLIZZARD; COLD
WAVE ON THE WAY
i :
Portion of Nebraska Covered
by Heavy Storm That Is Re
flected by Sleet Stem
Here.
TEMPERATURE DROPS FAST
Trains Running Behind Time,
With Storm Conditions
Crowing.
GLARE OF ICE OVER Ot.
While the wind blew a gale all yes
terday and snow fell at intervals, the
bad weather here was not a marker
to what was experienced to the north
and northwest, Advices received by
' - -ailroads late last night indicated
:ic storm that set in Saturday
continued over into Sunday
and that in northern Nebraska, port
ions of Iowa, Minesota and the Da
kotas, the worst blizzard of the win
ter was general.
Here the snow that fell Saturday
night, was held down by a heavy coafe
ot sieet tnat tell early Sunday morn
ing. This sleet was a full half-inch
in thickness and made streets and
sidewalks one sheet of ice.
All Sunday the light snowfall was
driven along, by a high wind, but
here there was not enough of the
snow so that it drifted and impeded
travel to any extent. During the day
the mercury ranged around 10 to 20
degrees above zero, but in the early
evening it commenced to drop and by
9 o'clock was down close to zero.
.Trains Running Late.
In Union Pacific-territory the storm
was not so severe as farther north.
There were flurries of snow during
the day, but not enough to drift badly.
The wind was high and during the
afternoon, all the way from Omaha
through to Odgden the temperature
commenced to fall. Last night, be
low zero was reported all the way
from Fermont to Cheyenne and be
yond. ,
Trains operating into Omaha were
all running late, due principally to the
strong wind, the engines being unable
to make steam.
St. Paul, Minn., reports the worst
blizzard in recent years, with all traf-
nc tiea up, or greatly delayed.
Sioux Citv reports the snow driftine
badly and local and train traffic in
bad shape.
Reports from Pierre, S. D., indicate
that most of the trains have been an
nulled and that the storm that started
Saturday night has reached the pro
portions of a blizzard,
Drifts in Northwest.
The Northwestern offices last night
reported a foot to eighteen inches of
snow all the way from a little this
side of Sioux City well up toward St.
Paul and out over South Dakota. It
was still snowing and below zero
weather was reported from the entire
section.
Along the' Northwestern's Nebraska
line there was a heavy fall of snow
from a point 100 miles northwest of
Omaha all the way through into the
Black Hills and Wyoming. The wind
was blowing a gale and a regular old
fashioned blizzard was raging. Tem
peratures were below zero and still
going down.
The Burlington reported heavy
snow all along its northwest Ne
braska and Wyoming lines, the fall
being estimated at three to eight
inches and still falling. Tempera
tures were at zei;o and below. In the
storm belt train service was all shot
to pieces and freights were heading
in at stations and being tied up for
the night.
Fear For Stock.
While no reports were received last
night from the range country, fears
were expressed that there might be
considerable stock loss on account of
the heavy fall of snow and the known
shortage of feed. However, one
thing favoring that section was the
fact ,Vhat the sleetstonn did not ex
tend that far to the west and north
west. Advices were to the effect that
the sleetstorm did not extent to ex
ceed seventy-five to 100 miles back
from the river. Beyond that it was
snow that fell a greater portion of
Saturday night and most of yesterday.'
lowa was in tne patn ot the sleet
storm, and according to NorthweW
ern and Burlington reports, a sheet of
ice covered the state from the Mi
souri to the Mississippi rivers. '
Reports to the railroads last night
indicated that there was little fear
of the blizzard striking this section.
It appeared working east, its south
line extending through South Dakota
and southern Minnesota.
Zero Weather Coming.
The cold wave flag was hoisted on
the Federal building yesterday after
noon. Zero weather this morning was the
prediction of the local weather office
with severe cold tonight.
The sleet storm that followed the
snow Saturday night, advices indicate,
pretty well covered the state. It was
anywhere from a quarter to an inch
in thickness and held the snow down
so that it did not blow, notwithstand
ing there was a strong northwest
wind all Sunday.
Theater Watchman,
Bound and Robbed,
Gets to Telephone
After over two hours of maneuver
ing to get to a telephone, a few feet
away, George Baker, watchman at the
Krug theater, who had been bound
hand and foot by robbers who took
several flnllars frnm htm finall., .,,.
' aged to remove the receiver with his
irciu aim can ponce neaaquartcrs lor
help.
Police found him still helpless, the
ropes which the two robbers had
placed on him si til holding.
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"Change Your Name Yourself When You Get Big
Enough," Says Salem; Mass., to Salem, Oregon
Salem, Ore., Jan. 21. Salem, Mass, hat refused to change its name
at the request ot Salem, Ore. Today negative answer was received
from Henry P. Benson, mayor of the New England city, to the request
for the change sent recently by Ivan G. McDaniel, manager of the Com
mercial club of this city.
"I have heard of Salem, Ore.,1 read the answer, "When your little
community reaches population of 50,000 and a valuation placing it in
the same class as small eastern cities, in short, when it reaches the size
your manager's nerve has already reported, we will advise him to change
your name, for there might be some confusion in having the same name
and surely you wouldn't ask the venerable mother bf all the Salems to
change her name, even at the beheati of an enterprising and hustling
youngster." , -
In the request McDaniel said Salem, .Ore. was spending Urge sums,
for advertising and requested the xhange to avoid confusion. '
BUILD RIGHT LIFE,
IS WORD TO 'GRADS'
" 4
Rev. Titus Lowe, to Com
merce High Class, Tells What
1 Their Aims Should Be.
MUST PRESS ON AND UP
Easily-attained ambitions are will 'o
the wisps; youth's dream are usually
mirages, and the real business of the
young man or woman, is not to make
a fortune, keep out of the poor house
or gain a name, but to build a life,
Rev. Titus Lowe, pastor of the First
Methodist church, told members of
the mid-year graduating class of the
Omaha High School of Commerce
when he preached the baccalaureate
sermon yesterday morning.
Rev. Mr. Lowe advised the young
people to emulate the Apostle, Paul,
and keep the upgrade by pressing on.
They could not do better, he said,
then to hold toward life the everlast
ing, winning attitude of Paul.
Should Prefer the Home.
The Methodist pastor took a rap
at women who seek careers, asserting
that, though he had no intention of
criticizing the type with bobbed hair,
skirts cut "not just right," whatever
way that is, he was glad that God
didn't make many of them. Most
women should and do prefer the home
Lcareer, he averred.
Rev. Mr. Lowe warned the gradu
ates of what he termed "moral pit
falls." The average young person, he
asserted, does not know of the long
reach of evil and its all powering grip.
"It is absolutely suicidal when young
people, let one hour of passion over
turn a whole life's building, of moral
character. You will never find real
joy in the heart of the manw ho turns
his back on the ten commandments."
The practice of complimenting
young people too much when they
start out in the world and achieve
their first successes was deplored by
Rev. Mr. Lowe.
One Dangerous Thing.
"It is a dangerous tiling to say to
young people that they're getting
along fiiw," he declared. "Don't make
them think that they've reached their
goals early in life. They should keep
striving and pressing on like Paul.
Life has little time for cowards and
bunglers."
Rev. Mr. Lowe expressed a hope
that a new generation will grow up
in the United States "that will make
impossible at Washington pork bar
rels and log-rollings. He asserted
that he was strong believer in the ef
ficiency of old age.
May Reject Printing Bid
If Same Is Not Reasonable
(From a Staff Correspond-nt.)
Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) Un
less a joint bid of all the newspapers
in a county is reasonable on county
prjnting, the board may readvertise
for bids, according to an opinion by
Attorney General Reed on a query
from County Attorney Kingsbury of
Wavne county,
Kingsbury asked what the county
board can do when all the newspapers
form themselves into an association
to bid jointly for the work and this
bid the maximum under the law.
ARTIST IDS HER:
LIFE BYOWN HAND
Young Woman Refuses to Be
Argued Out of Intention
by Friend.
SHOOTS SELF IN TEMPLE
San Francisco, Jan. 21. Miss Betty
De Jong, a prominent member of the
San Francisco art colony and a
painter' of international reputation,
Mied early today from a self-inflicted
bullet wound in the head. The police
said today they had virtually complet
ed their investigation of the case and
examination of Dr. William S. Porter,
a well known physician of Oakland,
who was in Miss I)e Jong's studio
when she shot hersflf. . After several
hours of questioning he was permitted
late last night to go to his home.
An autopsy was performed today,
revealing, the police said, no new
facts. An inquest will be held in a
few days.
Dr. Porter told the police that his
relations with the young woman were
nothing more than those of two per
sons mutually interested in art. He
is president of the Alameda County
Art association. He met Xfiss De
Jong, he said, last year during the
Panama-Pacific exposition, at which
she had several exhibits.
About three months ago, according
to .Dr. Porter, he began sitting for a
portrait by Miss Dc Jong. He said
lie was to have had a sitting yester
day afternoon, but was unable to ktep
the engagement and called at the
studio to so inform the artist. Miss
De Jong, he said, asked him to re
turn before going home. This he did
shortly after 6 o'clock. Almost im
mediately after his arrival, the physi
cian declares, Miss De Jong began
discussing suicide, all the while hold
ing a small revolver. For three hours,
the physician said, he tried to per
suade the young woman not to think
of such a thing and endeavored to
have her fix her mind on her art and
future. Finally when he was about to
leave, he said, Miss Dc Jong shot her
self in the temple.
John McAllister Killed
When Struck by Cleaver
John McAllister, Spirit Lake, la.,
working on the ice for the Cudahy
Packing company at Seymour lake,
was instantly killed Sunday morning
when he was struck by a cleaver and
his head split in two.
The duties of McAllister were to
stand on a platform near the top of
Ihe runway that carried the ice from
the lake to the storage house. There
he manipulated a huge knife, desig
nated as a cleaver. This cleaver when
working right, dropped and cut the
ice into cakes of the desired size. The
pulley that controlled its movements
this morning broke, and in some un
accountable manlier, the head -of Mc
Allister was raiiKht by the cleaver.
McAllister was 48 years of ogc and
had been working on the ice since
the beginning of the cutting season.
It is understood that he has friends
in Spirit Lake and the city officials
iherc have been asked for information
iclative to the disposition of the body.
TURKS POSH BACK
BRITISH ATTACK
Renewed Onslaught at Eut-El-Amara
Meets With No
Success.
MACKENSEN PUSHES ON
Berlin, Jan. 21 (By Wireless to
Sayville,). Renewed attacks by the
British east of jCut-El-Amar on, the
Tigris, have 'been repulsed, TurVish
army headquarters announced in its
statement of January 19, which reads
"East of Kut-El-Amart the enemy.
after several hours'- artillery prep.
ration, delivered three attacks against
a i portion of our position. All these
attacks were without success and the
enemy suffered heivy losses.
"Troops of our volunteer cavalry
attacked a brigade of hostile cavalry
on the march. The enemy's losses
were heavy. Our volunteer cavalry
men,' in addition captured three hos
tile machine guns and shot down one
airplane, the wrecked ' machine re
maining in our hands.
"On the right wing on the Caucasus
front we repulsed attacks undertaken
by a hostile company against our out
posts." The official statement today reads:
"Western Front Aside from lo
cally livlier artillery duels and suc
cessful patrol enterprises on our part
the day passed without important
events.
"Eastern Front Front of Prince
Leopold: East of Baranovichi Ger
man raiding detachments entered
Russian trenches and brought back
seventeen prisoners.
"Front of Archduke Joseph: In the
eastern Carpathians a hostile attack
on the Putna valley ,road that had
been planned was hindered in its de
velopment by our efficient artillery
fire. Minor advances by the Russians
were repulsed.
"Front of Field Marshal von Mack
ensen: Together with Nanesti on
January 19 the entire bridgehead
there, still tenaciously defended by
the Russians, fell into our hands.
Pomeranians, Altmarkians and West
Prussians stormed several hostile
lines which had strongly entrenched
points of support. The town itself
was taken in a violent struggle from
house to house. The Russians, stream
ing back across the Sereth bridge,
were caught by our outflanking bat
teries and machine guns and suffered
severe losses. One officer, 555 men,
two machine guns and four mine
throwers fell into our hands.
"Macedonian front: In the bend of
the Cerua, east of Paralovc, a German
reconnoitering detachment success
fully carried out an enterprise."
Tonight's supplementary statement
on war operations announces that
there have been no important events
on either the eastern or the western
fronts.
Omahans Interested in French
Language Organize Society
Le Groupe de l'Alliance Francaise
d'Omaha, was organized Saturday
afternoon at a meeting at the Black
stone hotel by about seventy-five per
sons interested in the French lan
guage. The following officers were
elected:
Pr. K. J. Despwhsr, president.
Mrs. A. M. Ilorglum. first vies president.
Mrs. Chsrlss A. Hull, second vice presi
dent. Miss May Mahoney, secretary.
C V. Martin, treasurer.
The hoard of directors will con
sist of Mrs. E. W. Nash, Mrs. A. C.
Smith. Mrs. Howard Baldrigc. Mrs.
S. S. Caldwell, Mrs. Frank T. Hamil
ton and Mrs. J. T. Stewart, 2d.
The first meeting will be held
Wednesday evening in the high
school auditorium. Louis Dclamarre,
general secretary of the Alliance
Francaise aux Etats-Unis, will come
from New York to deliver a lecture.
MIKE CLARK PUTS
LID ON TIGHT III
DOUGLASJOUIiTY
New Sheriff Dry Cleans His
"Little Yard" and Says He
Keep It That
Way.
WEEK SPENT ON THE JOB
Places Outside of Omaha
Brought Under the Law
. and Owners Warned.
NO "MONKEY BUSINESS'!
Sheriff Clark is clamping the lid
down tight for all of Douglas county
outside of Omaha and he has gone on
record for absolute observance of the
law in the district under his special
jurisdiction.
If what he says goes, it will be the
tightest lid in the history, of the
county and he says it will, regardless
of who is involved in violations of the
law. '
"As sheriff I believe Douglas
county, outside of the city limits of
Omaha, is my little yard, I'm going to
keep it clean as long as I m in office.
There are no ifs, l-didn't-know-such-places-existed
excuses, nor any hem- '
ming and hawing on my part, ine nu
is on. It'll stay on. Anyone who thinks
he can defy the law and get awav
with it, had better investigate thor
oughly and find out whether he'd be
satisfied with living conditions in the
county jail."
Week Spent Cleaning Up. -
Sheriff Clark and his deputies spent
all last week on their lid-elamping ex
pedition. They visited every place in
his little back yard and explained to
the slot machine owners, saloon keep
ers and. amusement resort managers
what a real lid is."
"I believed in being fair and giving
everyone a square shake. "It's up to
them, now," remarked the new sheriff.
"I'll arrest anyone who does not ob
serve Ihe law to its letter.
Sheriff Clark declares be has had
information that some of the slot
machines operated at Millard before
he put on the lid paid their owners
aa hiffh as SflO a mnnrtl ' "
"They might as well use these for
kindling wood as far as their operat
ing them sgain while I'm in office is
Concerned," he added. . ,
Edict Is Comprehensive.'
The sheriff's edict is Sweeping and
takes id all forms of gambling, liquor
selling after hours and places of ques
tionable repute. .
There are in Douglas county, out
side the citv limits, seven licensed
saloons, several road houses, several
places where, up until last week, the
sports are said to have gathered
nightly to while away the hours shoot
ing craps and drawing to "bobtails"
and others classed as "divers and
sundry." I
The sheriff declares that when pro
hibition goes into effect May 1, boot
legers will starve to death if they try
to sell their wares in his territory.
"The lid will be on just as tight a
year from now as now," he said, "and
will stay on as long aa I am in
office." 1
Fries Would Close Season
On Skunks During Summer
(Prom a Staff .Correspondent. 1
Lincoln, Jan. . 21. (Special.) Rep
resentative Fries of Howard cqunty
would close the season on skunks be.
ween February IS and November K
Coons and 'possums come under the
same protection and can only be kilted
when they are destroying property.
Otherwise the present precautions
will be perfectly lawful, depending
upon the judgment of the individual
and the distance from the seat of at-
tart
House roll 217, introduced today by
Mr. Olson, makes procuring a pen!,
tentiary offense punishable with
five or ten years in the penitentiary
for the first offense and ten to twenty
years for subsequent offenses.
E. L. Rousseau, Former
Omahan Killed in Montana
Edward L. Rousseau of Twodot,
Mont., son of the late Napoleon Rous
seau of Omaha, who for many years
was connected with the American
smelters here, was killed in a auto
mobile accident Saturday morning at
TiiHith Han. fnnt Th mihin
which Mr. Rousseau was driving,
skidded and turned twice completely
over, instantly killing him.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at his home at the "G. L. Ranch
and a special train will carry the body
to White Sulphur Springs, Mont., for
intermept.
Mr. Rousseau is survived by his
widow and an infant son, and by two'
sisters, Marguerite and Minette of
Omaha, who have beei spending the
wi(iter with their brother.
Many more people
each week are dis
covering the great
value of Bee Want
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lc a Word
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Best Results, at the
Lowest Rate,
Call Tyler 1000
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The Bh Want Ad Dept.
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