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Bnej City News Maida t,ami nurEeM-Ormden Co. tiara BimiI Prlnl It N.w Bsicon Prw Platinum WVililing Rings Edholm. ekr. Murvt'l Aluniiiiuni 1'olWi at Morton . Sun's. N UIIuui L. Uniidnll. Att'y. has moved is offlce lo'437 I'maha Nut. Hk. Bids. nn t'otlim .In HoHiiltal Ben Cot- n la at the Ford hcwiiltal recovering uni an operation. McKinley to Scrk Promotlon-rCap- in Janua V. McKinley. Eleventh cav iry, United Ptatea army, In arge of rmy recruiting In tne iimana aranti, 111 aoun take examinations for pro otlon to the rank of major. fiocs to Fiini'ral of Sister John .'leholaon, deputy clerk of the fed ul court, went to Grand Island Sat-ii-nirKr lit nttndthe funeral f His slatw. Mrs. Cosh. She is thS wither of "Billy Cosh, Z65 camaen venue. Phw D.-imnirc House Fire of un nown origin partly destroyed the roof f the Josepn Houska resiaence, ihio street. Saturday afternoon. Mrs. u,tik, ma Hfiwn town shonulnar at he time. A neiglbor next door noticed" Its flame and turned In the tire alarm, nil rnnmnnv Make But The Sin- lair Refining company, which has bought out the Interests of the Cudahy Kenning coinpany, has bought a location, 93x320 at Eleventh and .(eward streets, 'for 111500. Benner Co., made the deal. The purchase was made from the IJrest-O-Lite company. Recommend Bonridiis for Consul Marinus Bouricius, muslo master, in ihe Arlington block, was recommended as consul from Holland in Omaha at a me'etlntr of members of the Holland olub held in his rooms ySaturda Fred Melschke was elected treasurer of the club. Mr. Bouricius is a native Hollander who has settled permanetly in Omaha. ' Taxi Company ued Fifteen thou sand dollars damages are asked by Jo seph Homan, administrator of the es tate of Julius Homan, who is suing the Blue Taxi company in district court He alleges that Julius Homan died as a result of injuries surteree: on October 8, 1915, when he was struck by a taxlcab at Twenty-fourth and Bancroft streets. Seeks Her Bister Miss Bffle Hat tery, last heard of in Omaha, Is being sought by her sister, Mrs. John Heel ing of Eldon, la. The latter writes The Bee.v asking that Miss Hattery com municate with her sister if sho can be located. They have been parted for years, and when Mrs. Seeling last heard from Miss Hattery, the latter was living in Omaha. Technical Club Meets Th Omaha Technical --elub will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Paxton hotel Monday evening. Dinner will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Edward Ahlskog of Chicago, chief engineer of the Stephens company, will , speakr on "Modern Concrete Elevators." J. W. Stickney of Schenectady, N. Y illumi nating engineer of the Oeneral Elec- trie company, will discuss, "Street Lighting and Building Illumination." , Try Marvel Metal Polish, best made, - at Morton & Son's. ' H. E. Reisman Heads New Advertising Agency The H. E. Reisman company is the new name for the Sales Service com pany of Chicagov and through the reorganization becomes one of the most important advertising agencies new doing business in this country. H E. Reisman, the chief executive of the organization, has traveled the road from printer's devil as a boy in knee pants to star reporter, editor and pub lisher and last to advertising agency work. In his organization, Mr. Reis man has brought around him a statt of high efficiency. Fred H. Gillespie, vice president, has eharge- of med iums,, nnanciai ana omce; nugn J. Gray, handles railroads, resorts and steamships; JohrA. Simpson, solici tation, investigation and general; E. F. Swan, merchandising counsel and sales organization; Sherman C, Ams den, investigation, plans and copy; George E. Anderson, rates, space buy ing and orders, and Herbert Deming, solicitation advisory and railroads. Ha May Be Old, But Captain i . Frith Has, Right Spirit f rAi , t? T? !, TT C A retired, applied to be again assigned to activcvduty, when the waf procla- .., :.,...! u .-. .,.ir;, -from bone trouble in one of his feet, but insisted upon rendering whatever active service was possible, when, the need of officers and men became ap parent. - In response to his application, he ".as assigned to assist Captain Mc Kinley here in army recruiting, and arrived from Chicago Saturday morn ing. It is believed that his assignment here may possibly be the forerunner of orders for Captain McKinley to return ' to active war service in the Eleventh cavalry, in which case Cap tain Frith would take charge of the Omaha recruiting district. Judge Tells Man He Can Go Right When He Gets Out William C. Conway made an elo itenr plea for his liberty after he ad pleaded guilty to forgery and had cen sentenced to three years in the rate penitentiary by Judge Scars of le district court. He told of his sick wife, of his ef irts to "go right".and of the elabor- e system he used to escape arrest i he could "make one more try and ay back all the money he obtained y forgery." Several in the big court com were moved to tears. "Hm," msed the judge. "A good talk, but I link, my friend, you're too smooth a 'an to be at large. The three-year ntence goes. 'Go right' when you ct out." ! ' Hew Athletic Club in Missouri Has Full List Omaha directors of the Athletic :iub are greatly encouraged by the progress Kansus City is making with its proposed new club. The following iclcgram came to John C. Wharton irom tne prescient: The KanHH iMly Athlftle rlub In four c'ay attiipuisn haj, eompleled ll.ono roller from TOO Hnd MUMIihod ,a- waiting .list preparatory 10 building new twelve-story home tfiual lo any rlub home in country, to fchlrh we eordelntly Invite a visit I&m your member when completed. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Highly Recommended. "I'm 'tbooughly convinced that if Utainbe rlain's Cough Remedy is given i fair trial it will cure the most severe cold. I cannot speak too highly of it as it always cures and is pleasant to Like." writes Mrs. Charles Saxby, Litchfield, 111. Adv. , Persistent Advertising Is 'the Road To Success. - 1 To Help Her Church She Earned Ten Dimes; Tells of It in Rhymes The Ladies Aid society of the Hill side Congregational church cleared ?44 Thursday evening at-an experi ence social, held in the church parlors, 'or the purpose of helping to defray the expense of repairing the parson age. - , The experience of Mrs. Gates, res id-, ing at Thirty-first and Maple streets was cleverly given in verse, telling how she earned her dollar, 1U cents at a time. It was as follows: Once our IdsdlM' Aid Put up in awful holler, Said they needed money. And ach should earn a dollar. I couldn't arn 10 much ' In one whcul at a Unm, go divided it In tn part J, Each one worth a dime. I AND tr. Twlf I naved my car far, When out on pleasur hent. And tuto a secret corner Two 10-cenl piecea went. nr. My aoldler brother went iwa, I had to mend his nooks; Another dime thua found tti way Into tha treaiura box. ' IV. Hi alio had to hava ft shirt And hava It right on time, Couldn't wait for tha laundry. So I earned another dime. OVER ONE THOUSAND ENLISTMENTS HERE Army Gets Over Half of Re cruits Wlio Join Colors in Omaha. GUARD IS MARKING TIME OMAHA MUSTER ROLL 1 - .. Saturday. Total. Army 74 537 National Guard 9 Navy '.. 29 ' Marine Corps 0 232 221 14 Totals 112 1,004 Over 1,000 war volunteers have joined military oganizations through Omaha recruiting stations since the call to the colors was issiud three weeks ago. All previous known records were 'smashed for both a day's and a week's recruiting, when a total of 112 men were enlisted Saturday, making the week's total 570 and the grand total for three weeks 1,004. During the first week of volunteer ing here, 298 men unlisted in all the branches. The second week brought a smaller number, 136, as the Guard was then not recruiting. But with all branches making strenuous efforts last week, the results reflected the urgent need of men apd the splen did response given by the patriotic lads. I , Army Gets Over Half. . More than half off the total number of recruits- have enlisted in the regu lar army. This branch of the service has now begun to receive the great rush of war volunteers, which were expected to follow the announcement that men could enlist just for the period of the war. The navy also is making a fine showing If its enlistments continue to be as good each day for the next three weeks as they jvere Saturday, the Omaha district's share of 800 men will be secured, to bring up the navy's strength to the riewly authorized complement. The marine corps needs compara tively few men, but needs those badly. Its efforts here are limited, because there is only bn marine corps re cruiter in the entire district. Guard Picks Men. National Guard recruiters are no longer making' special efforts to en list new- men, and are simply taking their pick of those who aoolv. This is in conformity with the Var1departj inent s desire to swing .all possible recruits to the regular army and navy for the time being. .The local Gtrard is. now within a ifn wen of the de sired number for each company. Traveling parties of recruiters for the army and navy are sending in many "up-state" boys to join thofe branches. Ten army recruits arrived from Carroll, la., Saturday, and small er groups came from Sioux-City, Co lumbus Beatrice, Lincoln and other points. Similar bunches of recruits have come in to enter naval service. Patriotic rallies have'been and arc being held in many towns, under au spices of the mayors and postmasters, j to Doost army ana navy rccnntnig. Rush Comes Late. Of the 537 men entering the regular army since the call for volunteers three weeks ago, only nincty-onc and seventy-nine were recruited during i le nrst and second week, respectively, while 367 enlisted during the thir I week, showing tlat as the call for men has become more insistent, the young nien of the district have volunteered in increasing numbers. The big rush to the army did not begin until last Tuesday. , Recruiting stations for the army, navy and Guard will be open today, to receive applicants and answe- in quiries. Officer's Presentiment of Evil Justified by Fact Although not a superstitious man, Cantain ilcKinlev of the armv re cruiting station had a peculiar experi ence on Friday, the 1 3th. While speeding toward Omaha from a re cruiting trip in the state, he became possessed with the notion that some thing unfortunate had happened in his family.. Half an hour after reaching home he received a telegram, stating that his aunt, fliss Helen ilcKinley, had fallen and broken a wrist at At lanta, Ga. She was qri her way here to visit Captain and' Mrs. McKinley and had to abandon her trip on ac- count of the accident. Paul Stanton Will Leave Merchants Alter ,14 Years After fourteen veari of service. Paul E. Stanton," clerk at the Merchants hotel, is to leave Omaha to go into business in Worland, Wyo. ' Last night co-workers and friends, of Stan ton gave a blowout at the hotel for him. Among those present were: Nellie Gorman, Emma Jensen, Gladys Warner, William Carraliinc, H. O. Gains and A. A. Gainesj . ; THE RFE: V. My Htief'ftn-t ils hfr mrndtrn. Mut T iHT'lfct thst nrl .Ihiic; 6n I l.ippltMl o'it lh nilfn, And mttided hlu ioftt this time. Vt. I ' rntM a hous fr my , alatr; Tln commiMltin. indppJ, was 8bn Bald ah wtulr pay my car And i aavod another dime f1n; fare, VI T. Tor a fllni, I orte an apron All trimmeil in rlek-racH grfn Thi iirpttltnt Ut tie npron That was tmt avr aen. VIII. 1 trimmed an KbptW bonnft. It whs so -hlc and say; In work was w. - h a dollar, But I took a dlme'for pay. IX. t'or half an hour 1 laborad hard To nutkt this llttt ryhm ( t the rate nf 20 rents an boor, Onu halt Is worth a dime. . ' X. Ilia tint dim waa thV blpttfreit ono, nd (ho hardest on to get. t couldn't (turn it any Way, And I began to fret, t walked the floor, and pulled ray hair And rackod my brain In wild daapatr. I talked of ona thing all tha tlm; I talked of how to get that dime, 'Till my huRband, who ll pall(tt And also good and hind. Said if I would koep still For ten short minutes He would give tho dim. FOURTH TO WART; FIFTH TAKES PLACE jl Officers Expect Orders in Thirty Days That Will Take Regiment Away. - BAEHR TO FORT CROOK Officers of the Fourth Nebraska National Gurd expect to get drders within thirty days for the regiment to leave the state for active war serv ice, either ofPthe Pacific coast or the Mexican border, probably the former. This fact was intimated Saturday night, upon receipt of orders from Washington, for Colonel Baehr to move his headquarters Monday from Omaha to Fort Crook. Before the expected order comes, for the Fourth regiment to assemble and go away on active war service, the Fifth Nebraska National -Guard will be ordered into federal service, to take up the scattered guard duty now being done by the Fourth, Prelimin.:ry Assembly. In the meantime, beginning Mon day, te preliminary assembly ot the Fourth regiment will take place at Fort Crook. Colonel Baehr and Lieutenant Colonel Elsasser, the regimental headquarters, Captain Rusland, Captain DeFratis, and their headquarters and supply companies, will go to Fort Crook tomorrow. Lieutenant and Commander Fellers and his machine gun company are already there. . Switching of eight carloads of sup plies and' equipment for the regiment to.Fort Crook, and unpacking of this, will begin tomorrow. Some of the stuff will be repacked and shipped to the. various comoanies still on guard duty at various points, but much of the equipment will be kept at Fort Crook until tne wnoie regiment is as sembled there for movement to war duty outside the state. Major Todd of the Omaha bat talion will continue to have his head quarters at the Sixteenth and Famam streets recruiting office, for a time at least. The four line companies of this battalion of the guard also will continue for a while at their present posts. - " r- Alleged "Bomb" Throwers At Central High in Trouble As the result of an investigation carried out by a self-appointed com mittee of" Central High students, five boys who have admitted their guilt in the recent stink-bomb throwing cam paign, have. been apprehended. This investigation fplldwed closely upon a campaign of "bmb" throwing about the halls of the school. The "bombs" are capsules containing a chemical having a very disagreeable odor.. This is not the first time that these bombs have been thrown about the halls since an epidemic of this sprt has broken out several tijnes in the last few years. , Three admitted, their guilt, one re fused to talk, and the fifth denied any connection with the matter. Four out of the five are members of the cadet battalion and will be dealt with by the military department. The fifth man will be taken care of by Princi pal J. G. Masters. The calets will b: dismissed from Uie regiment. Suffs Accept Offer of 0. A. R, to Use CJub Rooms At a meeting of tile Equal Fran chise board, held at the home of Mrs. J. M. Mctdiilf Saturday afternoon, the suffragists accepted the offer of the Daughters of the American Revo lution for the use of the room in the court house. Hereafter the suffra gists will meet every Tuesday after noon to do Red Cross work. Cards were sent requesting all members to co-operate in the work. ' Because Mrs. W. E. Barkley of Lincoln, state suffrage president, did not arrive as expected, no action was taken toward abandoning the suf frage, campaign in order to give un divided attention to war relief work. Two Brothers of Austrian ' Blood Enlist in the Navy Two brothers, whose parents were bom in Austria, with which country the United States may soon be at war, enlisted in the nayy here Satur day. They were Edward L. and Joe P. Mueller, 23 and ll years of age, from Seneca, Kan. John M. -Howard joined the navy Saturday. He' is,a nephew of "Bull dog" Kavanaugfc, a Nebraska bpy who is now a naval commander with a fighting reputation. Topeka Club Women Adopt Thirty-Five War Orphans Topeka, - Kan., April 15. Topeka club women today adopted thirty-five French war orphans following organ ization heTc of a branch of the Amer ican Society for the Relief of French Orphans. The children Here adopted by individuals and societies, who pledged themselves to contribute funds to pay for their maintenance. OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL HAPPENINGS IN . THE MAGIC CITY Oleanup Campaign Committee Notifies Many Residents Saturday. BOY SCOUTS GIVE HELP Schmcling, Parks, Worlcy & Co., which firm will handle the big clean up campaign on the South Side. April 20 and 21, has completed preliminary arrangements. The city healtl! and street cleaning departments, through their commissioner and local repre sentatives, are rcadv to pounce upon those who do nottake part. Boy Scouts will have a prominent role. All day Saturday a corps of these hustled from one house to an other with pamphlets notifying resi dents of the coming clean-up day. In the message the rules of the game were announced. All rubbish, tin cans, ashes, etc.t must be piled iiM separate-piles, city wagons win pass through all alleyways and gather up such refuse. Every alley in the city is to be inspected under the super vision of Mr. Schmeling and plans made for their clearance. Hitherto the campaign, as far as this part of the city has been con cerned, was confined only to a few of the sections that were deemed in1 the most need of cleaning. This year the campaign will extend over the entire city. Commissioner .Parks hsj an nounced that residents should co operate and keep their back yards and alleys clean throughout the entire year. City garbage wagons will gather rubbish during the summer months wherever it is let aside so that it can be reached. John Fitrgerald Dead. John Fitzgerald, aged 79 years, who settled in 'Nebraska, in Washington county, in 1854, died Saturday morn ing at his residence, 4013 South Twen-ty-eighth street. He had resided for fourteen years on he South Side, liv ing with-his son. Three sons, Daniel and Thomas, both of Omalir 'iid John of Calhoun, Neb., and threi davghters, Mrs. John Leely, Mrs. T. P. Kelley of Calhoun and Mrs. James Fitzgerald, survive. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock from the home to St. Bridget's church. Burial will be' in St. Mary's cemetery. Odecker Under Arrest. 1 Charles Odecker, the man who jumped three stories several weeks ago to escape a raid on a private apartment on lower N street, walked into jail Saturday. Odecker appeared at Clerk of the Police Court Perry Wheeler's office to get warrants for three men whom he alleged assaulted him. When he came into the police station he was placed under arrest, charged as a vagrant. Police have been hunting him since he escaped the raid by jumping. He said he had soent several davs in the hospital as a result of .the leap and. was still under a doctor's care. i Magic City Gossip. Tor Rsnt Store, houses, cottsses snd flats. SOUTH OMAHA INVESTMENT CO. - 3. Harris, taltor, ts being hold by th police tor alleged receiving of stolen property at his place oC business. 2613 N street. , FIRB INSURANCE, choice ot 11 leading companies: prompt service, lowest ratee. v SOUTH OMAHA INVESTMENT CO. An advertisement social will bs glvsn at the Grace Methodist church at Twenty-fifth and E streets by members of tha Epworth league neat Thursday evening. Mrs. Jean Howard, aged 47 years, wife of William Howard, 230 Vinton street, died Friday noon at the South Omaha hospital. Her husband only survives. The body Is being held at the Heafey undertaking par lors ponding funeral arrangements.. Navy Recruiting Officer ' i ' Figures Time Tables Asleep These are trying times for the re cruiting officers. Take the navy sta tion. Every day last wcelc it was open from 8 a. in,, 'until after, 10 p. m., and once until 1 a. m. 1 As a natural result the bluejackets on duty there" were just about "all in" from loss of sleep. They epjoyed a hearty laugh, however, when Chief Yeoman Guy Stoner told a joke on himself when he opened up the of fices one morning recently. "I woke up several times during the night," he explained, "and each time discovered that I had been racking my brain in a dream, trying to figure out the best railroad schedule by which to send a recruit 'from San Francisco to Honolulu." Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. to Give Concert Next Sunday Evening The first concert of the Choral so ciety of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew associations, will he given next Sunday evening, April 22, at the Boyd theater. Harry Dis brpw and Mr. Swanson, Paul Sicvers, Jcanette Spigle, Sadyc Holland- and Mojlic Oland, are the principal sing ers, Beautiful tableaux will be given. Tlircc dances will be presented under the direction of Dorctte Adler, who will give the solo darlccs. Hugo Nor den's orchestra will accompany the singers and dancers. Many reserva tions have already been made. There will be a chorus of sixty singers un der direction of Jessie Kruger. War relief fund will participate in proceeds. Socialists of Russia and 1 Germany to Assemble Later Stockholm, April IS, (Via bbiidon.) Recent reports concerning a meet-" ing of Russian and German socialists in Stockholm to further agitation for peace now appear to have been an ticioatorv. Such a meeting, how ever, may be held in the near future. The fact thot Russian peace agi tators have been, permitted to cross Germany from Switzerland seems also to indicate that the German gov ernment at least docs not desire to throw any obstacles in the way of such a movement. Some Hole in the Ground!- , Will Cost Only About $18,000 An $18,000 hole in the uround is what is being prepared on the site of ihe new telephone building at Nine teenth and Douglas streets. The ex cavation for this mammoth structure is now under ,way and it is to go down for two sub-basements, the contract calling for the removal of some 18.U0U cubic yards of earth, and it is the big lilt, ana tne long nam mat is iii;ikhik it so costlv. In the meanwhile the contractors have also begun boring to test the character of the soil for supporting foundations.' 16, 1917. Officials Gasp as They Read False Report of Omaha A story in a local afternoon news paper i Saturday afternoon, stating that I)oy Scout had found JO.(HH) un s.initary homos in Omaha, caused in dignation among those who knew the lads. "Twenty thousand 'homes found insanitary" was the caption, the last word being used as spelled in the Mory as well as in Ihe heading and probably meant for "unsanitary." Executive F.nglish of the Omaha Council of Hoy Scoutjs of America was surprised and provoked when he read the article with the misleading information and heading.- "It it absurd to think that there are 20.000 unsanitary homes in , Omaha. What we told the reporter of this paper was that the Hoy Scouts ex pected to visit 20,(KXI homes of Oma ha and distribute clcan-im campaign circulars and make note of unsanitary conditions. I made myself very clear to this newspaper and yet they come cut with such an absurd article," said Mr. English. He said he told this newspaper that its article was absolutely incorrect, to say nothing of its. absurdity. Health Commissioner Connell like wise was surprised that such a pal pable mistake should find its way into the columns of a metropolitan news paper. "Just think of it 20,000 unsanitary home) in Omaha," exclaimed the health commissioner, gasping for breath. " Pretty Girl Gives -Recruits Kisses as Prize for Patriotism Besides experiencing the happiness of being accepted as recruits in Uncle Sam's navy Saturday, two lads won kisses from a fair maidenfor volun teering to go to war for Old Glory. As they went down the elevator, after making inauirv about the navy, H. E. Van de Walker of Waterloo) and George Eaton of Grand Island were accosted by a pretty girl, whom they had never met before. "I hope you fellows are going to join the navy," she said shyly. "Yes, we were thinking of it," they responded. "Well, if you do, I'll give each of you . a kiss," the lovely recruiter promised. "If you enlist, meet me at the Union depot at 5 o'clock and I'll keep my promise." Needless to say Eaton and Vau de Walker enlisted, and they collected the reward, too. They did not learn the young wom en's name, but (he took their names and promised to write each lad at the training station. They said she bought a railroad ticket to Sweet water, Neb., right after she rewarded their patriotism. South Dakota and Y Wyoming Farmers Ready to 'Borrow The first land to be appraised by the Federal Land baifk of Omaha, pre paratory to making loans, is to be that in Spink county, South Dakota. Appraiser Lloyd K. Brown of Hart ford, S. D., is to. go to Spink county early next week to begin the appraise ment. The association formed in Spink county with a view to getting some loans is the largest yet formed in the Eighth district, which the Omaha bank serves." This local as sociation has forty-six farmets ask ing for loans aggregating $26,000. Another big application for loans lias just come in from Wheatland, Wyo., where an association was form ed of fifty-five members, asking for loans aggregating $135,950. thirty Horses Burn to Death in Morning Fire Thirty horses were burned to death m a fire of unkown origin, .which de stroyed 'the-Americlit Trinsfer com pany barn at Fourteenth and Pacific streets early yesterday.' The fire was discovered by E. Seidell." The loss is estimated at $15,000. Fifty horses in an adjoining barn, also belonging to the company were sivcd by the watchman. Four Each year many dreds in one day are usnerea tnrougn uie spuuessiy clean modern factories of the Postum Cereal Company, ( and are made acquainted, through the famous "open door" policy, with the methods used in producing , ' Postum . . . Instant Postum 'Grape Nuts and Post Toasties 4 i ' - " ' No other food is quite so fine for building brain and , brawn as Grape-Nuts. No other drink quite so excel lent for the relief of harassed "coffee nerves" as Pos tum. No other cereal breakfast food quite so delicious and satisfying as Post Toasties. . ' The trip through the plant is interesting. You are in- t . vited to take it whep you come to Battle Creek. Jtcon- : veys an idea of the immensity of the pure-food '-move ment. Competent guides are always in attendance. MAY FORM HEW UN1TS0F GUARD Department Compelled to Re vise Previous Ruling and Hold States Have That Right. EXTENSION OF THE FORCE Washington, April 15. Against the judgment of military experts as to the wise course ,in the present emer gency, the War department today was compelled to reverse a previous ruling and announce that slates have the right w organize new units of the National Guard. This permits ex pansion of the existing Ruard force of about 125,(XX) men to 40(1.000 at peace strength, or more than 000,000 on war footing. The department planned to draft into federal service only existing units of the guard, plus such auxiliary troops as needed. Twenty states have asked to raise new regiments, how ever, and Secretary Baker ordered a new study of the national defense act to determine whether the acceptance of new units up to the limits set in the aet was mandatory. Judge Advo cate General Crowder took this view and his ruling was approved by the secretary. An effort to prevent immediate or ganization of new regiments was made simultaneously. The governors were asked to see that existing units were filled to peace 'strength before annew ones were organized. Short age of equipment prevents the im mediate acceptance of such new regi ments. There are not enough sup plies on hand to provide even for ex isting units at war strength. Secretary Baker made it plain that Ihe department would not recognize skeleton organizations. If thp state forces were raised to the full strength, the present total of more than 10,000 National Guard officers would have to be expanded to more than 30.000 to provide for the full twelve National Guard divisions con templated by the national defense act. The War department has felt disinclined to add in this way to its already heavy burrlen in finding and training officers for the wartime armies tliat are to be raised. "Answer Wilson," Is German Catchword Asking War Loan . 1 Via T nnlnnY Anril 15 ntllSlti uaiu -w..-v..,, - -, r--nn-A nnli ,r, heiiisf made ir. the German newspapers to the pub- l.c to stioscriDe to tno sixm i , v hich closes at 1 o'clock in the after toon on April 16. Some of the phrases used by the papers are: "Give a straight answer to Wilson, "America now an open instead of a secret enemy," "Pretext for the war is the unrestricted luDiunni wi- t iar:lAn ,u n, hesitate to endeavor, to split the German people ,',nn uerman govrrnincin, "" tie Wilson knows about the German nation and German character I" "Pay up I" - Risina Missouri Waters Give Guards Lively lime ..... MS National Guardsmen Saturday were almost "drowned out" of their quar ters ifl tents at various guard stations at the river near Omaha, A sudden rise of the Missouri of three feet Sat urday and almost twice that much .vlthin tu rlavs titrneri some of the s.'tAa 1.,,a tn,i,la BnH'lalr. ' Boats were necessary in order that men Ot company a co;ua rescue wn tents and property, some of which was damaged Dy tne rapmiy hbmi PriHnv ntirli, Cnmnanv Ii. guarding another bridge, was threat ened Dy we water, ana tjy oaiuruuy night men of that company had to move to higher ground. Captains Har ris and Hamilton of these two com panies reported that between the river and their guard duties, their men had a lively time, Nerves of Many Germans Reported to Be GivingrWay Amsterdam, April 15. (Via Lon don.) The military critic of the Vis sische Zeitung of Berlin writes that he' has received many letters which prove that "the nerves of many read ers are beginning to give way' of the Finest thousands of visitors Potivm Coref.l Company, Dan Coleman Wins Another Triumph At Gayety Theater Dan Coleman, the man of many grimaces, is it the Gayety theater w'tlO Harry Hastings' big burlesque kl.ow. Thanks to Dan and Frank Mallaliau and Gene Alvarez and about thirty girls, the show is a success. Fay Martell, a sprightly girl who dances and loolj good, and Alverex offer some winning specialties. Both ?re ffrareful- stenners and eood sing ers. Frank Mallahan is one of the best straight men seen at the Gayety. He swaggers through his many parts villi a dash that lends pep to the whole show. Coleman occupies the stage in every' tccne and the audience seems never to tire of him. He sings, dances and puts across some clever lines of com edy, his song, Are lou an Amer lean?" is probably the biggest song, hit of the Gavctv season. Coleman is the only comedian with the show, but he's enough. In the "school room" scene he scores with tome "kid" fun that tickled the audi ence. As a Spanish maiden, whose specialty is bull fighting, Coleman, whose moon face looks ridiculously feminine under a woman's wig, cuts some laugh-winning capers, including a toreador girl's dance. Farnam Property West of Twentieth Sold for $110,000 Eleven hundred dollars a front foot . . , j l , i. - r was ine price paiu uy uic iuygsiuib Realty company for 100 feet of Far nam street frontage just west of Twentieth street Saturday. The realty company bought trom Leonard Everett of Council Bluffs 100 feet iust west of the Creighton prop erty, which is on the southwest corner of Twentieth and Farnam. The price was $110,000. Calkins s Co. made tne deal, with Harrison & Morton look, ingsafter the Everett interests. Calkins & Co. turned a second big deal yesterday, when ,they sold 108 feereast from Twenty-seventh avenue running from Harney street clear to Dewey avenue to a syndicate for $35, C00. - . It is understood the Investors' Pealty company intends to improve the Farnam street property it bought while the syndicate which purchased the Harney street site will erect au tomobile buildings. Michael Lee Dead;! Former . Councilman and State Solon Michael Lee, aged1 69, a resident of Omaha for forty-four years, died early yesterday at his home, 2702 South Nineteenth street. Death was due to heart trouble. , Mr. Lee had been prominent in politics. He was a member of the .1 -. tost In IRAQ irrv. tJ IUUI11.I1 l.UIll w ing as president during his first tefin. He was twice elected to the legisla ture on the republican ticket, once in 1905 and the other in 1913. . est in church and social work. He came to Omaha from Ireland in 1873 and had lived here since. Be sides his widow he is survived by three sons, George, office manager of . i . f rt . T 1. - - .-.J fVal. lie iMLvaiiicji i.uiuui.1 " f company; James, teller at the Mer chants National bank, and John, en gaged at the postoffice. Fewer Delinquent Boys and -Girls in Omaha Last Week Judging by the delinquent and in corrigible "cases handled by Judge Leslie in juvenile court, Omaha's boys and girls have taken a decided 'turn for the better. . Yesterday; only four cases, came up, making it the lightest Saturday of the year. Former Saturdays the number has been from fourteen to twenty, y Army Men Prepare to Buy ' Horses for U. S. Cavalry Officers of the Fourth Nebraska National Guard are preparing td pur chase saddle horses for use in active war service. Major Todd looked over the South Side horse market Satur tay. Mounts will be bought by Colo nel Baehr, Lieutenant Colonel El' sasser and the three majors of ihe regiment. ... ) sometimes hun- V-'. Battle Creek, Mich.