"AMERICA FIRST,"
SAYSYAL PETER
Editor of German Daily Paper
Believes Loyalty to Uncle
Sam is Duty.
VAC BURESH IS FOR U. S.
"Our. allegiance belongs to America
6rst, last and all the time," said Val
J. Peter, editor and publisher of the
Omaha Daily Tribune, a German pa
per which has for the last few years
taken frequent occasion to criticize
the administration's policy toward
Germany, 4
Mr. Peter had the following to say
on learning the diplomatic relations
had been severed:,
"On Thursday the Tribune ex
pressed the fear that the German
American citizens might be called to
endure the most severe trial in their
history and to empty the bitter cup to
the dregs. All too soon these fears
seem to be an actual realization. The
break with our old Fatherland is at
hand and on account of questions
whose handling by our government
sometimes seemed to us not entirely
just and in keeping with the best in
terests of the future of our country.
"WeU Do Our Duty."
"But we have duties toward our
adopted country. Our allegiance be
longs to America first, last and all
the time. These duties we must per
form and will perform above all con
siderations and regardless of what
the future may have in store for us."
Former United States Joseph H.
Millard said: "The mere sending
away of an ambassador does not nec
essarily mean war. We have dis
missed ambassadors of various coun
tries in the past and it has not nec
essarily resulted in war every time.
My opinion'would merely be the opin
ion of an individual and would not
count for much. Further than what
I have said I should not care to dis
cuss the situation."
Buresh for U. S. '
Vaclav Buresh,' president of the
local branch of the Bohemian Al
liance of America, expressed himself
in the following manner; "I think the
president did the wise thing under
the circumstances. In fact, this
ought to have been done at the time
when Count yon Bernstorff adver
tised a warning to American citizens
to not take passage on the Lusi
tania, . Had this been done at that
time we would have saved our na
tional honor and probably ended the
war long before this time. I think
every citizen of the United States,
regardless ot ms ancestry, should
support the president with all of his
real and might in his action today.
I, as a Bohemian, am for this coun
try, first, last and all of the time, re
gardless of who my friends are across
the waters. This is our country and
we should have enough patriotic
spirit to support the government in
a crisis of this kind. Any man who
would oppose the president in this
iction is not a gopd citizen."
Mr. Buresh is also president of the
Western Division of the Bohemian
Alliance of America, a jurisdiction
embracing Nebraska, North and
South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming,
' Kansas and Oklahoma, in which ter
ritory there are 225,000 Bohemians.
There are 15,000 in Omaha and
nearly 100,000 in this state.
Italians Aroused.
News of the break with Germany
stirred Omaha Italians, who are dis
cussing the situation with, consider
able interest.
L. J. Piatti offered this expression:
This is a time when every Ameri
can citizen, regardless of his ances
try or place of birth, should stand by
the president and uphold his hands
in whatever he may decide to do in
this grievous situation which con
fronts us."
Sebastian Sclerno' is head of the
Giovanni D'Ameglio society. He
spoke, however, for himself rather
than for the society, when he said:
"I say we should all stand by the
president and I believe he did right
in taking a stand to maintain our
national honor. I feel that Italians
will join others in standing by the
president."
Joseph Sesto is a leader of the
Christopher Columbus society. He,
too, made it understood that he pre
ferred to- speak his personal views
at this time rather than for the- so
ciety. He said: "War is hell. I have
two brothers now in the field against
the Austrians and I know what it
means, the way they are fighting
over there; still, as an American citi
zen, if I should be called, I ' would
Every express .brings us new creations in
Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Blouses,
Petticoats and Negligees
v A visit here will prove an education in "what what" for spring , '
axoMom iiin:i aii-aiiiaaaiiiM
School Lad Makes Record for the
Way that He Can Sell Advertising
Frank L. Sveska, the 16-year-old
son of Mrs. Marie Sveska, 1263 South
Fifteenth street, is known as the
champion salesman of the High
School of Commerce.
Frank is a senior at the business
schoo) and was appointed on the pro
gram committee to solicit advertise
ments for the Commercial's second
annual senior play, "The Amazon,"
to be given March 3 and 4. His chief
ambition was to beat the individual
ad soliciting record of $160, made
by John Fixa last year. - To date
Sveska has obtained seventv-fonr ads.
amounting to $295, with several pros
pects still in view. The total amount
solicited for the program is $600, of
wnicn tfte team captained by Frank
has secured nearly twice the total, of
the other four teams put together.
The young salesman, his teacher
says, has self-confidence, is courteous,
is neat, and will not take no for an
answer. A local typewritting con
cern gave him a contract for. a $12.50
ad, but Frank was not satisfied, so
he went back later and convinced
them that it was better for them if
they took a whole page at $15.
fjveska works after school for the
Travelers' Insurance company. He
reads books on salesmanship and is
an enthusiastic student on that sub
ject. He declares that in. the future
he is going to breaRVjnto 'the insur
ance game.
be one of thousands of Americans
to defend the Stars and Stripes."
Mayor Dahlman: "I still have hope
that this country won't get into it.
The situation is a serious one and
will take some fine management to
keep us out. I hope the president's
peace policy will yet prevail. We all
realize we are skating on thin ice.
I have the utmost confidence in
President Wilson and will back him
up in anything he does."
Another Cold Wave
To Hit Omaha Soon;
Not to Be Severe
Another cold wave is scheduled to
hit Omaha in the next twenty-four
hours. From present indications,
however, it will be a mild affair as
compared with the cold spell that
embraced Omaha for the last three
days.
From 23 degrees below zero 'at 8
o'clock Friday morning, the coldest
here in five year's, the thermometer
had climbed at 12 o'clock to 22 de
grees above, a jump of 45 degrees.
Beaton & Laier Elect '
Officers for the Year
At a postponed stockholders' meet
ing of the Beaton & Laier company
the following officers and directors
wert elected for the ensuing year:
George WV Laier, president; M. R.
Murphy, vice president; E. W. Mulli
gan, secretary and treasurer: O. H.
Johnson and H. H. Berger, directors.
O. H. Johnson and H. H. Berger
both become directors of the com
pany. These two young men have
been with the Beaton & Laier com
pany ever since it was organized and
the appointments they have received
is a justified recognition of their abil
ity. O. H. Johnson will have charge of
the furniture and advertising. This
work he has handled for some time
with marked success.
H. H. Berger will " continue in
charge of the carpet department. He
has been with the company ever since
its organization, and has been in the
carpet business in Omaha for the last
nineteen years.
Masons Will Have Charge
Of W. S. Haller's Funeral
The funeral of "Walfred S. Hallcr,
former Omahan, who died in : Chi
cago, will be held from the Hulse &
Riepen undertaking parlors Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'cloc! . The Masons
will have charge of the funeral. In
terment will be made at the r or est
Lawn cemetery.
Walfred Haller lived in Omaha from
1888 to 1902, after which he moved
to Chicago to go into the undertaking
business. Besides his wife and daugh
ter, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
E. O. Furen and Mrs. G Whitehill;
his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Haller, and
a brother, S. G. Haller, all of Omaha.
He was 40 years old.
Julius (Mail
v - FAMOUS FOR BLOUSES
1508-1510 Douflas St.
how strikingly attractive are the
new spring wearables
Smart, graceful lines, new colorings,
new fabrics, new style ideas ; you simply
can't help but admire them.
Our Mr. Orkin is now in New York
rushing to us the new creations as they
make their appearance in the east. Stop
in' any day this week for a few minutes
' to try on the new spring garments
which appeal to you most
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Grain Prices Up
And Down as the
War News Breaks
While the Omaha cash grain mar
ket was comparatively steady' to
higher, the option market was wild
enough to keep local men out of the
trading. On . May wheat, for in
stance, there was a range of 14 cents
between the high at $1.68j4, and the
low, $1.545, per bushel, and a range
of close to 5 cents between the high
and the low on May corn.1 The July
and September options were erratic,
but nothing as compared to the May.
May wheat opened at $1.611.61&
around the Friday night close, and on
war news sold down to $1.54. Then
came a bulletin that the German am
bassador had been handed his
passport and that it indicated a break
between the United States and Ger
many. With this the market went
up with a bound, prices sometimes
advancing half to three-quarters of a
cent between quotations. This con
tinued until there was a gain of some
10 cents per bushel, after which it
sagged 7 cents and quickly reacted,
closing at $1.68M, only one-eighth of
a cent under the high of the day.
Letton Says Hotels
Welcome Grand Jury
Probe Into Affairs
"Keeper of first-class hotels in
Omaha welcome the grand jury probe
into certain shady conditions alleged
to exist in local hotels," declares John
F. Letton of the Hotel Fontenelle,
and, president of the Omaha Hotel
Men's association.
. "While the investigation, as re
ported, is unjust in a certain degree
to hotels of the first class, yet we are
glad to have the attention of the
grand jury turned, toward us for sev
eral reasons.
"Insofar as the 'social evil' is con
cerned, no one is eager as the
keeper of a first-class hotel to stamp
ft out It is difficult, however, watch
ful as we are, for we. not only have to
contend continually with impositions
from the public, but with possible
corruption of minor employes as well.
"The situation, however, is not so
black; as it has been painted. One
direction, however, in which drastic
measures might properly be directed
would be toward those places display
ing .'hotel' signs to mask ulterior pur
poses. If there were tome line of de
marcation the situation would be
cleared up, greatly to the relief pf
every first-class hotel keeper in
Omaha who is doing his best to main
tain the morals of his place."
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 4, 1917.
G. A. JOSLYN LEFT
OVER SJXjllLLIONS
Late President of Western
Newspaper Union Had Big
gest Fottme in Omaha.
BIG HOLDINGS IN LAND
The late George A. Joslyn, presi
dent of the Western Newspaper union,
and generally regarded as Nebraska's
wealthiest citizen at the time of his
death on October 4, 1916. left the
largest estate by far that has ever
been appraised in Omaha. His wealth
totaled nearly $7,000,000, almost twice
as large as the estate of the late John
A. Creighton, who died in 1907, leav
ing the record estate up to that time.
The report of Benjamin S. Baker,
appointed to appraise the holdings of
the late multi-millionaire, filed with
the county court, shows that Mr, Jos
lyn's estate totals to the huge figure
of $6,706,850.41. Besides being re
quired to turn into the county the
largest inheritance tax in the history
of Omaha, the estate wilt pay a fed
eral inheritance tax of more than half
a million dollars $511,685.04 to be
exact. The county inheritance tax has
not as yet been computed by Clyde
Sundblad, clerk of the county court.
The real estate included in the es
tate was appraised as follows:
Ninth and Howard tttreel $ 25,000
1303-1306-1307 Farnam mrrnt
(Omaha Printtn company).... 31 ,000
Fourteenth and Howard atrMta.. IT. 600
Fifteenth and Howard ntrete
Soott building) 771800
fifteenth and June afreets (West
ern Newspaper union) 15,000
Sixteenth and Harney ntreeta
(HchJIti blork) 600,00ft
Seventeenth and Farnam ttreets
(Pntternon block) 40,000
Twenty -fifth and Douglaa street,. 60,000
Thirty-eighth avenue and Chicago
street 2,000
Thirty-ninth and Davenport streets
("Joslyn Cm Lie," the family
home) ICO.OOO
Property In Poppleton park....,,, 10,000
Forty-seventh and Iaard streets... 900
Forest Lawn cemetery lot 2.&00
Property In Chicago, Cripple Creek,
Colo.; Detroit, Kansas City, Mo.;
Oklahoma City, Sioux City and
Wichita, plants of the' Western
Newspaper union 294,370
Total....' 11,874, 470
Personal Property.
The personal property, notes, au
tomobiles and money on deposit in
various banks amounted to $366,
890.41. The stocks included in the estate
were appraised as follows:
700 ahares American Smelter and
Refining company $ $2,160
2,000 shares Northwestern rail
way 2W, W0
70 shares Wyoming Power and
Reclamation company, value not 1
riven.
92 ahares Co-operative Leasing
company, value not given.
B0 shares Merchants National bank. 15,100
500 ahares National Lead company. 57,7 SO
One share Omaha Country club... 400
Twenty shares Omaha Maternity
and Oeneral Hospital (now
Lord Lister) 600
2,(00 shares Sytranlta Deep Min
ing and Tunnel company, no
value given.
44,663 shares common frtock of
Western Newspaper union, at 8fi. S,T7I,606
2,047 ahares preferred stock of
Western Newspaper anion, at M. 178,985
Total stocks I4.3CMI0
Grand total $6,706,860.41
Million in Bequests.
When the will of the late Western
Newspaper Union magnate was filed
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When the stomach becomes
weak, the liver inactive and the
bowels clogged, your appetite is
quickly affected. Consequently,
you soon feel rundown. '
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for probate on October 9 the estate
was estimated to be worth in the
neighborhood of $5.000,IKX). The ap
praisal figures shows that it exceeds
that amount by nearly $2.0K),000. The
estate of the late Count Creighton
was appraised at $3,893,166.66.
Bequests totaling approximately
Sl.OW.OOO were left to charity and to
nieces and nephews and brothers and
sislers by the Joslyn will. The re
mainder of the vast estate was left
to the widow, Sarah 11. Joslyn.
Teachers and the
Pupils All Skate
Out at Miller Park
Out at Miller park mothers and
children, teachers and pupils are en
joying the ice these cold days.
An Eighth grade teacher asked one
of her pupils, a boy, to teach her to
cut the figure eight. The boy did his
best, but dear teacher couldn't learn.
"Gee! teacher," said the boy. finally,
"I can't teach you to cut the figure
eight any more'n you can teach me
'rithmetic."
The 'story is related also that a
certain matron was standing precar
iously on her skates watching a boy
gliding gracefully about. Finally she
said:
"Boy, will you please go away and
let me try on that piece of ice. It
seems to he so easy to skate there."
Omaha Bartender Nabbed
In Alaska(for Mann Act
The long arm of the law is shown
in the case ofEugcne J. Nemes, Oma
ha bartender who was arrested in
Alaska on a charge preferred against
him here for the violation of the
Mann act. Nemes is accused of de
serting his wife with five children here
last summer and leaving with another
man's wife. He was arrested in
Alaska and will be brought back for
trial.
I Beginning I . . Contlnulnt I
U Ul6 W 000CE19D0UQLAS STREETS TT
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An Interesting Display and Sale of Pure Food
Products and House Furnishings
Demonstrating the High Quality of Merchandise Offered for Sale
in Our Mammoth Grocery Department, at a Saving of '
25 to 50 on the High Cost of Living ,
EVERYBODY IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
FREE INSTRUCTIONS AND SAMPLES AT ALL BOOTHS f, ; ' A
PURE FOOD SPECIALS
Put FooJ Exhibit nd Sala lor S Waaka
We will dnonatnit to tha paopla tha
high quality of marehandUa aold in our
Mammoth Grocery Department at a sav
ing of 26 to 60 on tha Hlrh Coat of
LWinjt. Free liutruetione and aamplei
at all bootha. We extend to all a rordlal
invitation. HAYDEN BROS.
48-1b. aaeka beat Hlrh Grade Diamond
H Flour; pre food apeciai price, per
Back S2.0B
14 lb, beat pure Cane Granulated Butrar
for ....Me
8k inner famone Macaroni or Spaghetti,
pkir V3c
Delft Peanut Oil for aaladn, per bottle,
at 2&c, 40c, 60c
Baker"i Shredded Cocoanat, ean .... 10c
Looae-Wilea' Faraoni Cookie and Cekei,
lb......... lftc and 20c
A most comprehensive display and demonstration of Electrical
Appliances: Chafing Dishes, Percolators. Toasters, Grills. Wash
ing Machines arid Sewing Machine Motors. Heaters. Massage Vi
brators. Water Heaters, Hot' Disks and many other practical appli
ances, fully demonstrated to visitors to our House Furnishing Dept.
Until you have seen this display you can scarcely, realize the real
pleasure derived from "Doing Things Electrically." C v
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It Pays.
H'
DEMANDS RELEASE
OF ILMITMS
Immediate freedom of Sixty
Men Taken by Raider is
Called For.
NOW IN PRISON CAMP
Washington, i Feb. 3. The United
States has formally demanded of Ger
many the immediate release of the
Americans who' were taken prisoners
on prise ships by the raiders in the
south Atlantic. In all there were sixty-four
Americans taken from the
sioamers Georgic, Mount Temple and
Voltaire. Sixty of the prisoners are
confined in the prison camp at Duel
men in West Falcn. ,
Warmer Weather in the
West and Tracks Are Cleared
With the return of warmer weather
and the cessation of storms in the
north and west, the Union Pacific
and other Omaha roads have lifted
the blockade and are again running
their trains.
The Union Pacific has its trains
through the drifts near Rock River,
Wyo., and as there has been a decided
rise in temperature out there no more
trouble is anticipated. Tomorrow it
is expected that all trains will be back
on schedule. ";
The Northwestern brought in a St
Paul and Minneapolis train this morn
ing, the first to arrive from the north
since Thursday morning. Since then
trains have been snowed in at St
James, Minn.
According to the railroads, the
weather is much warmer all through
the country east of the mountains.
Temperatures in Nebraska were 10
to 30 and in Colorado and Wyoming
20 to 40 degrees above zero, with
brisk wind from the south, generally.
18-ot. earn Elkhorn MDk ...10c
81-oa. Jars Pure Fruit Preserves . . . . SBc
28-ok. Jars Pure Strained Honey.. ..SO
Pure Comb Honey, rack I Be
MacLaren's Peannt Butter, 1d...,.12V,c
Fancy Queen Olives, quart.. .35c
Kara Soup, per can .IOc
The Beat Tea 8 if tin rs, lb llftc
Fancy Golden Ban to Coffee, lb SOc
Tha Best Creamery Buttery cartas er
bulk, lb 40e
Fancy No. 1 Country Creamery Bat
ter, lb. Sftc
Fancy Dairy Table Butter, lb. . ..... .34c
Feney Fall Cream New York White,
Wisconsin Cream or Yeunf America
Cheese, lb. SOc
Imported Roquefort Cheese, lb'. 60c
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In conditions of ill health, anything that supplies
strength quickly, will speed recovery. For over 60
years Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has ably fulfilled
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And because it helps to make weak stomachs
strong through gentle stimulation of the diges
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Offer the Very Best in '
SUNDAY DINNERS
Coma Down anel Bring tha Family.
Dinner from 12 M. to 3 P. M., BOo
Cream of Chicken Soup
Celery Hearts
CHOICE OP
Fried Spring Chicken,
Country Style
Broiled Tenderloin Steak .
Bordslaise
Roast Staffed Goose, Apple Sauce
Roast Young Turkey
Celery" Dressing, Cranberry Sauce
Prime Roast Beef, au Jus
Baked Spring Chicken, Stuffed ,
' Fruit Salad Mayonaise
Mashed Potatoes Boiled Potatoes
Green String Beans
Apple Pie Loganberry Pie ,
Pumpkin Pie
Fruit Jello Whipped Cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
Tea Coffee Milk, ;
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SURPRISES MANY HERE
This grocer's story surprises local
people. I had bad stomach trouble.
All food seemed to sour and form gas.
Was always constipated. Nothing
helped until I tried buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler4
ka. ONE SPOONFUL astonished ma
with its INSTANT action." Because
Adler-i-ka flushes the ENTIRE ali
mentary tract it relieves ANY CASE
of constipation, sour stomach or gas'
and prevents appendicitis. It has
QUICKEST action of anything we
ever sold. The Sherman A McCon
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and The Owl Drug Co., 16th and
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THE VEGETABLE MARKET OP
OMAHA FOR THE PEOPLE.
Freeh Southern Vejretablee Shipped fn
Fresh Beeta, CarroU, Turnips, ShaJoti,
Radishes er Parsley, per bunch. , 4c
Fancy Cauliflower, per lb
Fancy Head Lettuce, head. a 7c
S beads fresh Leaf Lettuce 10a
Old Beets, Cairo ta. Turnips, Parsnip,
or Rutabairaa, per lb ayc
Fancy Cucumbers, each.,, .7Vt to 10c
Fancy Tomatoes, per lb 20c
Fancy Brussels Sprouts, lb lSc
Fancy Cape Cod pranberr,ea. quart. ,tOe
8 larva Soup Bunches... IOc
The best Cookiat Potatoes, peek.,.. Sftc
Special Hleh land Naval Ornate Sal.
We have a carload of all SL siae, thai
retail at 10c and SKe doses l apeciai sale
price only, per dssan a.18c
This is Lactone. Fancy Fruit.
It Pays
from your local dnif
91 .00 par bottla. If
writ u. Sand for
Co, Rochaator, N.