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.
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