THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917.
ASTOUNDING END
OF THEGREAT WAR
A. Man of Gentleness Visits
Mysteriously With Rulers
of All Warring Nations.
HIS MISSION IS PEACE
By A. R. GROH.
I hid a glorious vision, friends
In mid-April, 1917, a man appeared
in London, wearing strange oriental
robes. A bearded man' he was and
from his eyes shone a gentleness that
snrpasseth description. It was said
he talked with the king and with
Lloyd George.
His presence in the city caused a
curious feeling. People talked of it
, in hushed voices.
Why did the presence of this one
man have such an effect?
No one knew. No one even knew
his name.
Then from Berlin came news that
the strange man was there. He had
been to the palace and the kaiser had
received himl
Again came word that he was in
Petrograd. People shook their heads
He could not travel from Berlin to
Petrograd, they said.
But the news was authentic He
was there and he had seen the czar I
The next day it was announced in
the dispatches he was in Rome I And
then in Paris! He had been received
by the king of Italy and the president
of France.
'Impossible!" They Say.
People said it was impossible. He
was in Rome,- they pointed out, the
day after he was in Petrograd.. This
was clearly impossible.
One night a ship left Dover and
headed for Amsterdam. It was said
that King George was on board. The
same night a mysterious train de luxe
ran through Germany. It was whis
pered that it had come from Petro
gradl Soldiers told how they had laic!
rails across the trenches to carry the
train from the Russian tracks to the
German.
Another train, the same night, came
up through Austria. People said thai
one car bore the royal arms of Italv
Still another train ran from Paris up
through Brussels and on into Hol
land. How could a train run from Pari'
to Brussels? the people asked Or
from Petrograd through Germanv?
Of from Rome through Austria? It
was ridiculous. Only another of those
war rumors which, like all the world,
seemed to hang by the nose.
Peace is Here.
And then came the great denou
'Bent, the astounding answer to all
these strange events. The tele
graph wires buzzed with it. It was
sent humming alung the cables in the
ocean's bed. It was hurled through
the air on the wings of the wireless.
The papers told it in six-inch Jet
ters. The newsbovs shouted it: nco.
pie read the headlines; they rubbed
ineir,eyes; tney read them again.
It couldn't be, they said. No.
They had gone mad. Those head
lines weren't there. It was impossi
ble. It was some cieantic hnax
Others there were who believed:
j , , . . . . . v
iney canceu aDout; tney waved their
newspapers; they cheered .till. they
were hoarse. " '
; "Unbelievable?" they said. "Per
haps. Fastastic? Unheard of? Possi
bly. But this whole war was unique
in the world's history. Why shouldn't
its ending be as startling, as amazing,
as its beginning and its prosecution?"
These are the astounding words
they read in the newspapers:
"THE WAR IS OVERII1
"Entente and Central Power Rulers
Meet at The Hague and End
. Great Conflict.
"HURRAH! HURRAH! HURRAH!
"King George, the Kaiser, the Czar,
King of Italy and President of
France Make Peace."
For Humanity's 'Sake.
Then followed a detailed account
of how the rulers had met, how the
kaiser, with tears' in his eyes, had
embraced King George and the czar;
how they had kissed and called each
other "cousin;" how the king of. Italy
and the president of France had
joined in the glorious meeting.
Leading generals and government
officials accompanied the sovereigns.
A remarkable thing was that none
of the rulers had a guard. They
came as friends and brothers, trust
ful, unsuspicious. There in that room
they met. There, after the first
greetings, they sat down to a simple
meal, and there they pledged eternal
fealty to the cause of humanity.
Fear and distrust were gone. En
mity and envy had departed with
them. There was only peace and
good will.
The effect of this on the world can
be imagined.
Men and women sobbed and
laughed by turns. In Berlin a great
mass meeting was called and speak
ers lauded the English and the
French and the Russians. In Lon
don a vast crowd gathered in Hyde
park and sang "Die Wacht am
Rhein."
Soldiers Embrace. i
The news ran along the trenches
like fire. English apd French and
German troops jumped up from theiK
burrows, unarmed. They charged
each other. But not, with weapons.
They embraced; they patted each
other on the back; they sat down and
ate together. "Hoch der kaiser!"
the tommies shouted. "Viva la France"
and "Rule Brittania" the Germans
sang.
How (the cheering troops rode
back to their homes, how industry
began to hum, haw the great world
federation was formed, how com
merce soon, covered the seas again,
how the great awakening came that
abolished big guns and warships and
tilled the people all with love and
understanding for each other, there
is not room here to relate.
The gentle-faced Man Who visited
the capitals of Europe disappeared
as mysteriously as He came.
But the strange influence that He
spread among rulers and people con
tinued. It continues today. And
may it ever continue!
To Talk Here Monday On
Military Training League
, A talk is to be made at the Com
mercial club luncheon next Monday
by A. L. Fridstein, who is here as
field secretary of a universal miliary
training league, with main headquar
ters in Chicago. A brother of Mr.
Fridstein is married to a daughter of
Sol Bergman, the jeweler, of this city.
DR. PAUL RITTER, the
Swiss minister,- who has tak
en over the interests of Ger
many in the United States.
OR FAUlr RITXEI2
NEWSPAPER ADS
BOOMBUSIHESS
Publicity is Best Cure for All
Ailments Resulting from
Keen Competition.
LUMBERMEN GET ADVICE
Newspaper advertising fn which
price lists of lumber are definitely
quoted is what R. S. Kellog of Chi
cago believe in. Mr. Kellog is secre
tary of the National Lumber Manu
facturers' association. He spoke Fri
day morning before the convention at
the Rome hotel of the Nebraska Lum
bermen's association.
"It is said of John Wanamaker,"
said Mr. Kellog, "that the first day
in business he took in $24.65, and that
he saved the 65 cents and spent the
$24 for advertising the business the
next day. But it must be remembered
that he introduced through that ad
vertising two new principles of mer
chandising: 'Money back if not satis
fied' and 'One price to all.'
"Now we in the lumber business in
the United States have not yet learned
to apply these two princples. We
must come to them, however. There
are a few yards in the country that
advertise their stock in this way in
the newspapers, quoting their prices
and sticking to one price. And they
find it a good thing. When you do
that the customers will know what
they are going to pay for lumber and
that system will take a lot of the mys
tery out of the lumber business and a
lot of the suspicion, too..
Outworn Ideas.
"You must advertise your stock and
advertise in your papers the price
lists. The old idea was that when a
man wants lumber he will come to
your yard and get it. That is no
longer true. There are other build
ings materials now, and when a man
wants to build, what he really wants
is building material. It is then just
a question whether he will buy lum
ber or some other building material.
Your price lists on lumber must be
before his eyes in the newspapers."
The mutual insurance department
of the lumbermen's association held
its business meeting in the morning
and heard the report of the secretary,
E. E. Hall. The volume of insur
ance has increased since the last re
port by $230,000, which is more than
15 per cent, and some $70,000 has been
added since Jhe secretary wrote his re
port. Ten fire losses were paid by the
mutual insurance 'concern in the last
year. They totaled $8,765.20. Follow
ing are the items:
C. V. Whlfrin & Co., Lpwlstown,
Neb. 3.90
Nyn-Schnelder-Fowler Co., Albion,
Neb . . , , 2 40
Union .Lumber and Mercantile Co.,
Roca 20.00
Horsch Lumber and Coal Co., Uni
versity Place 7.20
J. Hhumway & Son. Lyons, Neb 4, 414.56
O. A. Galloway. Holdrefre, Neb J70.20
The Gllcrest Lumber Co., Kersey,
Colo j.8
Samueleon Lumber Co., Trumbell,
Neb 4,000.00
T. H. Foley Lumber Co., Pueblo,
Colo , 75,oo
Oeorge W. oss Co., Lincoln, Neb,. 6S.07vJ
Total 18,7116.20
Lecture Tuesday for the
Benefit of Belgian Refugees
Under the auspices of the War Re
lief society of Omaha and of the Bel
gian consul a lecture illustrated with
motion pictures will be given by Prof.
Albert G. van Hecke of Louvain uni
versity, Belgium, for the benefit of the
Belgian refugees' fund.
Tuesday, February 13, in the Black
stone hotel ballroom at 2 p. m., and at
the Creighton university auditorium,
Twenty-fifth and California streets, at
8:15 p. m.
This lecture, with moving pictures
to illustrate the life of hundreds of
thousands of Belgian refugees in Hol
land, will present life in the camps
where villages have been provided by
the Dutch government, each with its
church, city hall, postoffice, hospital,
schools, etc.
An admission fee of 50 cents is
charged and the entire proceeds will
be used to promote the benevolent
object which forms the subject of
these lectures. Admission tickets are
good for either lecture.
Rush of Landseekers
To the West Unprecedented
R. A. Lovelace, assistant emigration
agent of the Burlington, who Monday
took a party of seventy-five land seek
ers out into western Nebraska and
eastern Wyoming, telegraphs head
quarters that he has locate J all of his
men upon western homesteads and
that the rush of people out there to
file on land is unprecedented. Mr.
Lovelace adds that the weather is de
lightfully pleasanalmost rpring-like.
3Ttnlgta and Hbootina Palna.
Sloan'a Liniment a wonderful medicine
for neuralala and sharp, ihooUnff pains,
applied to pslnfnl spot It stopa tbe acho.
Only lie. All dnwlats. Advertisement.
ALIENS MAKE RUSH
TO OBTAIN PAPERS
Thirty-Two Take Out First
Papers and Twenty-One Be
come Full Citizens.
WILLING TO DEFEND FLAG
There won't be an unnaturalized
German or Austrian left in Omaha in
a few days if the present rush for citi
zenship papers continues. The word
apparently has been passed around
that in case of war aliens originally
hailing from countries in the central
powers will be regarded as foreign
enemies.
Omaha Teutons and former sub
jects of the dual monarchy are mak
ing the greatest rush in the history of
the local district court to enroll under
Uncle Sam's banner and break all
bonds between themselves and foreign
rulers. Hundreds of Germans and
Austrians have taken out first and sec
ond papers since the first of the week,
when the stampede started.
AH records for a single day were
broken Thursday when thirty-two
aliens took out first papers and twen-tv-one
near-Americans became full
fledged citizens of the United States
by obtaining their second papers.
Eligible for Army.
An interesting sidelight on the
large number of aliens who declared
their intentions of becoming citizens
of this country was that twenty of
them are eligible for service in the
army, being between the aces of 18
And 35. These twenty were questioned 1
and nineteen ot them were willing
yea, anxious to fight for the United
States. Gustav Karl Schmidt said he
would uphold the constitution of the
United States and fight under our flag
against any country in the world
except Germany.
"I'll stay home and help make
clothes for American soldiers, and I'll
loan what money I have to this coun
try, but I wouldn't, unless I absolutely
had to, fight against the country
where I now have four brothers fight
ing for their life, an old father heart
broken and a mother in her grave,
killed by the shock of the death of
another son at Verdun."
He was told he would have to
change his mind in this respect before
he took out his second papers.
The following record day's business
was transacted over "naturalization
desk" at the court house Thursday:
Applicants for first papers:
Natives of Germany Carl Strass
burger, Gustav Karl Schmidt. Joseph
Harbinger, Hans Stolley. Max Her
mann Johannes Klauss, Henry Dicrks,
Peter Wagencr, Max Bombrosky,
Minno Martin Harms, Edward Julius
Westphal, Albert I'arakeninegi and
Reinhold Hanrichs.
Natives of Austro-Hungary and Bo
hemia Anton Franz Yanovski, Johan
Spall, Mates Novacic, Andrew Sperl,
Louis Ghrivanek, Joseph Novacck,
Wenzel Tanush, Joseph Stodola. Jo
seph Drdlik, Martin Sharnn, Wincenc
Plachy, John F. Prochazka, Thomas
Zadak, Alexander Szekely Schalcr.
Frantisek M, Sedsma, Cyrill Strasak,
Matef Havluj. Joseph Chaloupka and
Ludwig Lomp.
Natives of Other European Coun
triesBen Palmer, Russia; A. Oscar
Anderson, Sweden. '
Applicants for second papers:
Simon Grace, Ireland: Samuel Sam
Hclphancl, Belgium; Kmil Sachs, Ger
many; William Dcnms. Germany;
Stephan Joseph Schmidt. Hungary;
Saleian Baracat, Turkey; Edward
Black, Scotland; Charles Julius Leiu,
Germany; August Kaiser, Germany;
Peter Ault, Gcrnianv; Fred Kahl, Ger
many; William Hugo, Max Brenner,
Germany; Michael Osherowitz, Rus
sia; Norman Lervis, Germanv; Fred
Wills, Germany; Joseph Halacka,
Germany; Richard Car! Gudath, Ger
many; Joseph Novotny, Germany;
Anton Novotny, Germany; Cyrill M.
Oocckal, Germany; David Kohn. Germany.
LANE SAYS THE EAST
PREPARjSJORIAR
People All With President and
Activity Noticeable On
All Sides.
RAILROADS PUT ON GUARDS
Would Make 1918 Class
Subject to French Call
Paris, Feb. 8. Alexander Ribot,
minister of finance, introduced a bill
in the i Chamber of Deputies today
empowering the government to call
up the 1918 class.
General Freight Agent Lane of the
Union Pacific is back from Washing
ton, where he went to look alter mat
ters before the Interstate Commerce
commission. He was there at the
time when tlic break between the
United States and Germany occurred,
and relative to it he says:
"Regardless of whether or not peo
ple had been with President Wilson
before, they immediately lined up ith
him and the sentiment in support
of his war and peace policy was al
most unanimous." '
Mr. Lane asserts that while people
in Washington, public and private, are
calm generally they arc expecting w ar
and preparations looking to this end
are going ahead with great rapidity.
Around the government ollices that
have to do with the army and navy
plans arc being pushed and so far
as publicity relative to what is being
done the lid has been clamped down
until there is not a suggestion of a
leak.
Everywhere throughout the cast,
while ihey arc not anticipating the
commission of any overt act, railroad
people have taken every precaution
necessary for the protection of their
property. At the terminals guards
have been located and unauthorized
people are kept out of the yards. Out
on the lines guards have been placed
on and around the bridges and the
crossing by footmen has been prohibited.
ler charged with stealing canned
goods from the commissary, con
fessed in the police court and was
fined $20 and costs. He admitted
that he had been taking canned goods
for some time. When arrested offi
cers said he had all the canned goods
in his possession that he could carry.
Morning Fire Does Six
Hundred Dollars Damage
Damage to the extent of $600 was
done Friday morning at 4:45 o'clock
when fire gutted tho blacksmith shop
of the Omaha Ice and Storage com
pany at Fourteenth and Paul streets.
All of the wagons were saved the
damage being confined to the build
ing. An overheated stove caused the
'fire.
Benson Girl Dies
Of Dread Disease; '
Is Fifth Victim
Kathrvn Boees. 15-vear-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Boggs,
2723 North "Sixtieth street, Benson,
died Thursday evening at 10:3U tol
lowmir an attack of infantile paraly
sis. .Miss Bogg was sick for a week
and it was just several hours before
she died that .doctors were able to
diagnose her case. Miss Boggs was
to have graduated from the Benson
public grammer school this semester.
The funeral will be held from Dod
der's chapel Saturday morning at
10:30. Interment will be in the Mt.
Hope cemetery.
A Laxative for Babies
Good for Everybody
Laden With Canned Goods,
Thieving Janitor Caught
Roy Clayton, for seven years a
janitor at the Union Pacific commis
sary, who was arrested Thursday by
Special Officers Cashman and Heiz-
Dr. Caldwell' t Syrup Pepsin
a Safe and Efficient Fam
ily Remedy
livery member of the family is
more or less subject to constipation
and every' home should always be
supplied with a dependable remedy to
promptly relieve this condition.
Whenever the bowels become
clogged and the natural process of
elimination thereby disturbed, the en
tire system ' is affected and readily
subject to attack by disease, Con
stipation is a condition that should
never be neglected.
Mrs. E. R. Gilbert of Millhro, Ya
says that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
fin is a splendid laxative for chil
dren because they like its pleasant
taste, and it acts so easily and natur
ally, wilhout griping or strain, and
she 'finds it equally effective for the
rest of the family.
' Dr. Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin is a
combination of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin that contains no opiate
or narcotic drug. It is mild and gen
tle in its action, and does not cause
pain or discomfort. Druggists every
where sell this excellent remedy for
fifty cents a bottle.
To avoid imitations and ineffective
substitutes be sure you get Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin. See that a fac
simile of Dr. Caldwell's signature and
his portrait appear on the yellow car
ton in which the bottle is packed. A
trial bottle, fret of charge, can be ob
tained by writing to Dr. W. B. Cald
well, 455 Washington St., Monticello,
Illinois.
The Duty of This All-Important
em oval,
Is to Clean the Store in 20 Days
Clean It to the Last Garment Regardless of Its Cost, Value or New
ness, Pursuing This Policy to the Letter Is Bringing Out the Most
Enthusiastic Buying Crowds Ever Entertained by
ORKIN BROTHERS
U. S. Nat'I Bank Bldg. 16th and Farnam Sts.
Owing to the extraordi
nary low prices in effect
no merchandise bought
will be subject to return
for exchange, credit or
refund.
A Word About Our New Home
We want you to become acquainted with our new
location before we move into it About March 1 we
will occupy the former home of the Guarantee Cloth- "
ing Company at 16th and Douglas a new home that
will stand alone as the one dominant Apparel Store
in the Middle West. Get acquainted.
I'd rather sell our entire present Spring stock
of Apparel without a cent of profit than to
move a dollar's worth into our new home.
. ,. . J. L. ORKlN
That's the merchandising spirit that marks this as a sale extraordinary. That's the
spirit that is causing the most active buying in many a day. Every garment must
go and today 90 per cent of our immense stock is fresh, new Spring goods. Think
what an opportunity this sale affords you.
Clean-Out The
New Spring Coats
' Reserve nothing that's the order of the
hour that's the cause for such wonderful
values.
All our New Spring Coats, bought to sell
at $22.50 and $25.00,
Removal Sala Price, v
All niir Mow finrinff Pnafa hnunlit frt anil
at $27.50 and $29.50, ' ' k
Removal Sal Price ' I
All our New Spring Coats, bought to sell
at jan.iju and ;)i.uu,
Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Coats, bought to sell
at. sav.ou ana ssu.DU,
Removal Sale Price i
All our New Spring Coats, bought to sell
at $45.00 and $50.00,
Removal Sale Price
85
22?
265
Clean-Out The
New Spring Suits
More than 150 clever New Spring Suits must,
be disposed of before moving. The shrewd
buyer will take advantage of these savings.
All our New Spring Suits, bought to sell
at XZD.UU and 2.60,
Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Suits, bought to sell
at xaz.bu and :s.st.uy,
Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Suits, bought to sell
at ?37.6U and X.39.&0,
Removal Sala Price
AH our New Spring Suits, bought to sell
at f4Z.ou and 4b.uu,
Removal Sale Price
All our New Sprirc; Suits, bought to sell
at 47.r0 and iiU.uu,
Removal Sale Price
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Not a Spring Dress Reserved
All the beautiful New Dresses
and Men's Wear Serges, including
Removal Sale without an exception.
All our New Spring Dresses,
bought to sell at $19.50 and
$22.50, Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Dresses,
bought to sell at $25.00 and
$27.50, Removal Sala Price
All our New Spring Dresses,
bought to sell at $29.50 and
$32.50, Removal Sala Price
in Georgette, Cfepe de Chines. Taffetas
every new coloring and style, go in this
97J
All our New Spring Dresses,
bought to sell at $35.00 and
$37.60, Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Dresses,
bought to sell at $39.60 and
$42.60, Removal Sala Price
All our New Spring Dresses,
bought to sell at $46.00 and
$47.50, Removal Sala Price
ffls
We've Sacrificed the Spring Skirts
Buy Sports Skirts now. Our complete and extensive showing- him fnlt
the full effect of the price cutting made necessary by our decision to move.
Every saving is genuine.
I I All our New Spring Skirts,
nought to sell at $12.50,
All our New Spring Skirts,
bought to sell at $6.75,
Removal Sale Price.
All our New Spring Skirts,
bought to selrat $8.75,
Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Skirts,
bought to sell at $9.76,
Removal Sale Price
49
6?
Removal Sale Price,
All our New Spring Skirts,
bought to sell at $16.00, '
Removal Sale Price
All our New Spring Skirts,
bought to sell at $17.60,
Removal Sala Price
All Remaining Winter Apparel at Almost Give-Away Prices
Don't judge qualities by these prices in manv
instances they represent just about one-third the
actual value of the garment
Buy now for next vear'a needs. Never will vou
have a similar opportunity for such wonderful
bargains.
winter stocks are limited in size, so we suggest
11 yo
-Out Go All Winter Suits
an early visit to this sale
purchase of a winter garment,
you contemplate the
$25 and
$29.50
SUITS
In Sale
$35 and
$37.50
SUITS
In Sale
$39.50
and $45
SUITS
In Sale
2IS
$49.50
and $55
SUITS
In Sale
$59.50
and $65
SUITS
In Sale
FURS
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
To Be Closed Out at
LESS THAN COST
-Winter Coats Must Go
$25 and.
$27.50
COATS '
In Sale
$29.50
and $35
COATS
In Sale
195
$39.50
and $45
COATS
In Sale
26.50:
$49.50 &
$59.50
COATS
In Sale
345
$69.50
and $75
COATS
In Sale
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