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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917.
' FOURTEEN YOUTHS
OF CLARKSON ENLIST
Colfax County Town Gives
Young Men Great Fare
' well on Departure.
' SOME ABE rOEEIGN BORN
Clarkson, in Colfax county, a town
of only 800 people, sent fourteen of its
Ulwart sons to join the army Thurs.
day.
Under auspices of the Commercial
club there, the war volunteers were
accorded the greatest sendoff in the
history of the place, and every lad
was given a ?5 gold piece.
' One of the volunteers was born
in Russia, and another in Bohemia.
The other twelve, of Bohemian par
ents, are natives of the United States.
About fiftv other Bohemian-Ameri
cans have enlisted in Omaha since the
Caech rally Sunday at the Auditor
ium. When the Clarkson Tads left for
Omaha, nractically all the townspeO'
pie gathered at the Bohemian hail to
bid them farewell, tne Dana piayea
and all the school children, on holi
day, waved flags and sang patriotic
songs. Patriotic speeches were made
by Rev. B. F. Fillipi and President
v J. D. Wolf of the Farmers' State
bank. .
Ten relatives accompanied the vol
unteeers to Omaha, together with Mr.
Wolf, Joseph R. Vitek of the town
board and Secretary W. F.
Adamek of the Clarkson Commercial
club. . . '
The latter said tn'at Clarkson was
going to organize a Home Guard
' company, which would be trained in
warfare, while its members farmed
the rich lands around Clarkson and
helped win tHe war by feeding the
nation.
These are the Clarkson volunteers:
Ricard Karel, Albin Vraspir, Ed
Vitek, Joseph B. Makousky, George
Homala, Cyril Chrastek, Frank 'it-
lenda, A. J. Svaboda, Anton Luxa,
Bohumir Bukacek, Emit Lukl, Alais
Hanel, William Rozmarin and Frank
Palacek.
' Government Mules to Be
. Pressed Into Plow Service
(CotT.aponrt.no. of Th. Aaaoclated FrB..)
Fort Bliss, Tex., April 30. Long
cared, patient bid government mules,
which have been kept at the govern
ment corral here since General Persh
ing's expedition came out of Mexico,
may be used to plow lands on the
fort reservation and in the Rio
. Grande valley for war corps,
This suggestion has been made to
General George Bell, jr., by farmers
in the valley, who complain that they
cannot get stock enough to do the
necessary work of planting large
cropt of foodstuffs this year to carry
'. out the president's plan of agricul
' tttral preparedness, The suggested
plan is to loan these army mules to
the farmers at a small charge plus
iUii''1, keep, kond to be given for their
return, at any time In good condition.
This plan was used' m Austria for
cavalry and artillery horses, accord
. ing to an army officer stationed here.
END OF "A PERFECT DAY
' Happy Evening in i Suburban
HomeIdyl of Domestic'
. Peace. -
Wife (upstairs) Henr-ee 1 ,
Husband (downstairs) Yes, my
love. I
"Did jroo wind the dock?"
"Yes, m'love."
"Did you lock the front door?"
-Yes'm."
"Did you lock the back door?"
"YES."
"Did you fasten all the windows?"
"Yup-ee!"
"Did you pull down the shades?"
"Ynp'
"Did you look if the 'snow shovel
'a in?
"Yes, ma'am." '
' '"Did you put Willie's cart down
Hairs?"
"YESr ' . ' . '
"Did you , b;ing in the rubber
plant?" ' '
- "Yep ' ;w . . i j
"Did you cover it up with news
papers? "Yaw." .. .
"Did you put coke on the furnace
fire?"
"Yes'm." '.' : .
"Did you bank it with ashes?"
"Yup
' "Did you take the ashes out?"
"Yup.1'
"Did you, put the lid on the ash
barrel so they won't blow all over
the neighborhood?"
"Yes'm."
"Did you turn out the light in the
basement?"
"YES!" '
"Did you 'see if the lid was on the
garhage can?
"Yes, m'love."
. "Did you turn out (he light in the
garage? ;
"Yes." -
"Did you bolt the cellar door?
"Yup'ee." '
"Did yoU cover up the birds?"
"You know it."
"Did you move the goldfish into
the dining room where it is warmer?"
-ADSolutery.
"Did you bring in .the porch mat,
' to it won't be snowed on?
"Positively."
r "Did you put the milk bottle out?"
; "Certainly." . , .
1 "Did you put some money in it
with I note saying we were out of
tenets r .
"Yes. dolling.
,' "Did yau lock the back door again
iftrr you put the milk bottle -out?"
"Did you put the cat out?"
, - "Ynp.
"Well, for heaven's 'sake come un
ftairs and go to bed. What have you
been doing down there all this time.
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' Th Sort iunww,
Sh. wu watting for him.,
Oath.rlnf h.r brow. Jlkc Ratherlne
t lorm. uralna her wrath to kep It warm.
una wn.n no .nwrea in. room ah. began:
"Tlila la nlc. tlma of night '
"I or know I'm lain." ha ha.tllr In
I torruptad. "but t couldn't halo It. ray daar.
Club had re-bti- dlBcuaaton on fetnal.
"And what had you to do with that
ilcmandd tba fretful wife.--
"Alor.'n anyona fhara. 1 -waa the one r
.who fcad tha moat beautiful wtf., an'
or coura. tha beat authority on female
. beauty, an"
'Why don't you take off your overcoat.
Hanry? het ma get your altppera for you.
It's awful cold outaldej 1 think rou muat be
nan iroaen. . . . .
Halt a. pUnu.te. a,tf -Henry waa enfly
laronced In Im eaay rhftlr with hM'wIf
, nt hia feet pnttlnc. bla ,aitDpra.on. .PhlJ
naaipBia isquirer.
YOUNG VOLUNTEERS JOIN ARMY Clarkson sends a number of its stalwart sons to Omaha to enter service, after a rous
ing demonstration in their honor in home town and a gift of gold to each one.
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PLENTY OF m$h
TO PLANT TUBERS
Pointeri Given by Stale
versity College of AgncuU ,
ture on Cultivation, '
PICK OUT BEST FOR SEED
By A. R. GROH. '
Thousands of people are growing
potatoes this year who never grew
them before. More than half of your
work is done when you have plowed
and planted the potatoes. But it is
most important to plant and cultivate
.ntelligcntly and industriously in or
der to reaD the bis results. Here are
a few pointers from the State Univer
sity College of Agriculture:
The soil should be well drained.
Potatoes grow well following a num
ber of crops as, for instance, a crop
of corn or spiall grain. Land on
which winter wheat was frozen out is
good for potatoes this spring.
The soil should be plowed to a fair
depth, and then harrowed or hoed to
compact the soil and prevent loss ot
moisture. On sandy soils the land
may be prepared with the disk. '
Pick Good Seed.,
"In selecting seed potatoes, tubers
free from evidence of disease should
be taken. . Experiment proves that
it is ooor practice to retain the small
and cull potatoes for seed. Medium
size tubers may De cut into tour seea
pieces.
"Planting should be done as soon as
all danger from frost is past, gener
ally from May 1 to June 15. according
to locality. , i . .
".Potatoes are placed 'n rows tar
enough apart to permit of cultivation.
The seed pieces are dropped in the
rows, from twelve to fifteen inches
apart and covered about four inches
deep.
Keep Down tne weeas,
"Potatoes should be given suffi
cient cultivation to keep the surface
mellow and free from weeds. A har
row or weeder is generally used while
the potatoes are young as a quick
means of getting over the field to
stir the surface and destroy young
weeds. The soil should be cultivated
level until the last cultivation, when
enough soil is worked toward the
vines to give a little ridging. Culti
vation should continue at least until
blooming time.
"Don't plant seed that is rotted,
bLck or slimy. Don't plant potatoes
with powdery dry rot until you have
cut the rotted part away.
Mo potatoes should be planted this
year without treatment against scab.
This will greatly improve the quality
of the crop. Soak for one and one-
halt hours in a solution r.t tour ounces
of corrosive sublimate and thirty gal
lons of water. Paris green applied to
the vines is a cure for potato bugs if
tney appear.
Dollars per Hour.
Cultivate very liberally whether you
use horse power or a hoe. You can
make dollars per hour in increased
yield. Use "elbow irease."a Keen the
ground worked up. Keep the weeds
worked down. If you do tins the oo
tatoes will wax big and fat and
healthy and great will be the har
vest. Make up your mind to do it
right.
Write to the Department ot Agri
culture at Washington or to the State
university College of Agriculture for
bulletins on the subject.
Potatoes yield as high as 500 bush'
els to the acre. But you must use
your muscles in cultivating and your
brains in guarding against disease to
get this result Keep hoeing.
Potatoes planted on Ooori Friday
are now out of the ground.
Figures on the Cost of
' Maintaining British Army
(Comipondenc. of Th. AnocUtwl Pren.)
London, April . It cost Great
Britain $2,628,063,320 to maintain the
British army during the financial year
of 1915-16, according to the accounts
iust made public. The pay of the sol
diers . aggregated. $490,000,000: the
medical establishment cost nearly $40,-
uuu.wu: transport, remounts, and
quartering cost $480,000,000; supplies
and clothing. $1,065,000,000; ordnance
and general stores, $245,000,000; arma
ments, engineers' stores and aviation,
$115,000,000, and payments on account
of prisoners of war totaled $6,104,970.
Gifts of money included $1,850,420
from India. From the national egg
collection 14,000,000 eggs were re
ceived. The general public contributed
to the army 114.000 razors.
A SIlKht Mljun.
A. tlrl from a tmalt town wai th. I.t
..t arrival at a .iM.t't hoarding school in
Ma.Barhna.tlB. Bns prrtty and wll
dr.Bsed. ah. twt'ain. vary popular,
' Ph. waa .ttrttd lo ba an uah.r for th.
monthly niunlal. and, b.ln painfully ahy.
ah., waa inurh wrought up ovar It. Sh.
n.ver could do no. there 'Waa no drawtna
out. Tha .v.nlna found h.r a perfect tint,
t.r of pink frtllB. walllna to receive the
early comer.. Kach of 'th. other vounf
women who wer. action tn thla-capacltv
hore fnrwiirit an Impoalna- auditor, and
Kiel, found heraelf Inqulrlna of ' rery old
and .levant gentleman tn a volca scarcely
audible: ,
"Sir. ahall I ahnw you to a eoal?"
"What. what, what" demanded the aua
lr. old fellow, holdlnir hi. hand to h!e
ear.
"r " " "'-'" ' -d In ' ilatewt' -nice.
"ahaJl I aew you U a atU" Soatlla Tlmci.
Colonel C. L. Mather Plans
Omaha Volunteer Regiment
A regiment of trained men, to be
raised here and offered to the govern
ment for service in France, is planned
by Colonel C. L. Mather of the
Woodmen of the World. He an
nounces that recruiting and drill will
begin next week.
The Greater Omaha Rifle club, of
which; Mather is president, will be
the nucleus. It uses rifles and am
munition furnished by the govern
ment and its qualified marksmen are
listed with the War department.
Many Woodmen and other Omahans,
experienced in handling army rifles,
are expected to join the regiment.
Colonel Mather will try to raise
1,800 men, in twelve companies.
"Plans are for going to France as
soon as we are organized," he said.
"We will have no trouble in filling
the regiment. The chance to get into
action promptly in France will cause
hundreds to volunteer.
Dave Rowden Loses His
Voice at Soldiers' Home
Commandant Dave Rowden of the
Soldiers' Home at Millard, Neb., who
suffered a stroke of apoplexy, is well
known in Omaha, having lived here
for many years after the war. Mr.
Kowden was prominent m city and
county politics, having served as a
member of the police force, as tax
collector, as assessor and in many
other capacities in the county and the
municipality. H,e was always a
prominent Grand Army of the Re
public man and a staunch booster for
that organization of old civil war vet
erans, l '
Although Mr. Rowden has suffered
the partial loss of his speech, his
limbs are not affected to any extent,
it is reported, and his condition is
said to be not particularly danger
ous. -
Pro-German Minister in
Brazil Cabinet Resigns
Rio Janeiro, May 3. Dr. Lauro
Muller has tendered President Braz
his resignation as minister of foreign
affairs.
The government has received In
formation that the Brazilian minister
to Germany has been ordered de
tained in Berlin and has ordered the
detention of Adolf Pauli, German
minister to E azil, who is on his way
to Uruguay.
Dr. Lanro Muller has been criticized
in Brazil since the relations between
the republic and Germany first be
came acute on the ground that he
was pro-German in his sympathies.
Nettie B. Stewart Given
Divorce After Long Suit
Nettie B. Stewart was given her
freedom by Judge Sears, sitting in
divorce court, from Louis L. E. Stew
art, well-known Omaha business man,
after a bitterly fought suit that lasted
several months. An alimony settle
ment was made out of court. Mrs,
Stewart is said to have received a
large amount. '
Mr. Stewart is president of trie
Stewart Investment company. The
family home is at 3009 Marcy street.
Alleged desertion was the basis of
the suit,
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OMAHA SUPPORTS
EIGHTYORPHAHS
Mrs. A. M. Borglum Sends Gen
erous Sum to Care for
Fatherless Children in
France,
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS HELP
Omaha up to the present time has
given $4,280 for the suppprt of French
war orphans. Mrs. A. M. Borglum,
chairman of the work, sent $440
Thursday to J. P. Morgan & Co. in
New York City, which through the
Committee of the Fatherless French
Children there cares for their food
and clothing.
F-ighty orphans are now taken care
of by the Omaha branch and fortv
four people have renewed their
pledges for a second year.
In the past six weeks fourteen chil
dren have been adopted by Omahans,
three by students of Central High
school. The students are now sell
ing medals to raise enough money to
support another, and over $8 has
been subscribed to the sum already.
Five additional offers have been
made for the care of orphans.
A child can be clothed and fed for
a year under strict rations for $36.50.
The Camp Fire. Girls in Naples, S.
D., have just sent word to Mrs. Borg
lum that they have subscribed the
necessary sum and wish to care for a
fatherless child. '
Army Officers Qualify
Here as Balloon Pilots
Captain McElgin, in command at
Fort Omaha, will shortly be licensed
as a balloon pilot, having completed
the flights required to qualify. Cap
tain Prentice completed his qualify
ing flights Tuesday and will apply for
a license soon. Captain Muller will
qualify after making one more suc
cessful flight
Seven successful, flights are required
to qualify as a pilot, one of them
being at night and one being made
alone. In addition to the flights in
observation balloons released from
Fort Omaha and traveling free with
the wind, officers there also ascend
in the captive balloon or "kite," some
times as high as 3,000 feet ,
Dentist Will Appeal
From $20,000 Verdict
Dr. George L. Carey,, Bancroft,
Neb., dentist, over long distance tele
phone declared that he has instructed
his attorneys to appeal from the ver
dict of $20,000 registered against him
in federal court Miss ngelina Weis,
who declares Carey promised to
marry her, but who married another
girl, was awarded the amount by a
jury. Carey did not appear to de
fend the suit.
Dr. Evans of Omaha Visits
Former Home in New York
Buffalo, N. Y., May 3. (Special
Telegram.) For the first time in six
teen years, Dr. Edward B. Evans of
Omaha this afternoon visited his for
mer home in Rome, N. Y., being the
guest of his brother, Joseph B. Evans,
and sister, Miss Mary Evans.
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GAMBIA FEARS NOT H. C. L.
African Colony Waxes Rich and Pros
perous on Big Crops of
Peanuts.
An American tourist, recently re
turned from a circuit of the earth, is
loud in his praise of little Gambia,
which enjoys the distinction of being
the smallest and in a sense the richest
of the colonial possessions of Great
Britain. "Many other African col
onies," he says, "are rich in gold,
rich in diamonds, in rubber and in
copper, but in comparison with little
known Gambia they are poor. Gam
bia in extent covers about sixty-nine
square miles. In 1901 the population
was 13,500, of whom only 193 were
white. Its population now is less
than that of Worcester, Mass. Com
pared with other parts of equatorial
Africa, it is a paradise. It has good
roads, an up-to-date water system,
with filtration plant, water mains,
hydrants along the streets of Bat
hurst, the capital of the colony; pipes
in the houses and a fountain in the
city square.
The exports of Gambia are wax,
hides, cotton, rubber, rice, palm oil
and peanuts. It is the' latter product
that has made Gambia rich. Of all
the African colonies or governments,
Gambia alone owes not a penny. The
country and its inhabitants ere free
from debt, and there is upward of
$1,000,000 ih the public treasury. The
average annual export of peam.t is
about 70,000 tone, or more than 1,000
pounds of peanuts for every man,
woman and child in the colony. .The
money value of the peanuts exported
is more than $3,000,000 annually,. while
the total of imports does not exceed
$2,250,000, so that the country has
an annual profit on its peanuts of
$750,000.
i Life has few problems for the
Senegambians. They need few clothes,
and the fashions rarely change. The
great river from which the colony
takes its name yields abundance of
fish, and the peanuts bring them more
money than they require for all their
needs. Every day is a holiday ex
cept the time of planting and gath
ering the crop." Philadelphia Ledger.
THIS IS BABY WEEK
And for Friday we have planned a unique aud interest
ing event for mothers, children, and friends of the store
in the nature of a
Patriotic May Po'c Celebration
A twelve-foot May pole has been erected on our Seeond
Floor, where six little boys dressed as Uncle Sam aud six
little girls dressed as Miss Columbia will give the regular
May" pole dance Friday from 1 :30 to 4 p. m. -
We extend to you a very cordial invitation to attend this
celebration. It will be well worth your while. Each child
accompanied by an adult will be given a souvenir, among
which are clevJr Mr. pnd Mrs. Sam dolls.
'KEY TO HEAVEN'
APRNK fJTY JAIL!
Religious Zealot Tries Forci
bly to Convert a Married
Woman to His Belief.
HER ASSAILANT IS BEATEN
Here's the ttory of the "key to
heaven" as interpreted by Allen G.
Rutherford of Drake Court apart
ments, who btgan yesterday a ninety
day sentence tor asault and battery,
upon Mrs. Julittte Folker. wife of H,,
A. Folker, J5U8 Saratoga street.
Mr. Rutherford is a former clergy
man. He is married and has a wife
living in Omaha. ;.He searns $.)W a
week as a s.ilcMnan, 'according '.to
friends who interceded in his behalf.
Mrs. Folker, i a comely, - young
woman, told Police Judge Madden
uiat she received eight telephone
calls from Rutherford Wednesday
Each time he threatened to come to
her home and seven times she ordered
him to stay away. On the eighth she
gave him permission to come.
Rutherford was at her door shortly
"Is anybody horn.1?" he asked fur
tively as he ; cered-in from the thresh?
hold. ' - '-
"No." she answered.
Rutherford bounded into her home,
grappled with her and tried to kiss
her, she alleged. .
- Rutherford was. soon spraw!ingon
tne floor with Patrolman Morgan on
top of him. The officer, summoned
by Mrs. Folker, had hidden behind
portieres while Rutherford was stag
ing his caveman courtship in her
home.
"I called upon Mrs, Folker," Ruth
erford said, "because I was anxious
to know why she didn't attend the
same church I did."
Mrs. Folker said that Rutherford
had mentioned to her more than once
the "key to heaven" which he said
he claimed he had in his possession.
Rutherfcrd first called at the Folker
home, he told t.i court, because he
was teaching a young man, who lived
there, salesmanship. But Mrs. Folker
testified that Rutherford showed an
inclination to neglect his pupil when
ever she was at home.
A few. nights ago Rutherford, his
wife and Mrs. Folker attended a show
in a local tl. eater. While escorting
her home, Rutherford, Mrs. Folker
says, passionately declared his love
for her and said it was his ambition
to buy diamonds and fine clothes for
her. She said he indignantly spurned
the suggestion.
W d.iest!ay cam: the eight fcele-pho-e
calls and Rutherford's capture.
The prisoner was nursing a badly l
swollen lace in court I hursday. Mr.
Fclker's fist is said to be responsible
for the abrasions
Paint American Flags
All Over Dachshund's Body
A long1, submarin1shIooking dachs
hund, probably of royal extraction, is
owned by a patriotic American in
Omaha. His owner, loyal to Old
Glory, is apparently loth to part with
his German pet, so he took him to a
local artist, who with brush and red,
white and blue paints soon made
"Kaiser Bill" into a regular American.
Every inch of the animal's body is
painted and the scheme shows him as
an animated flag, no matter which
way he turns.
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"TOTS SHOP"
"Gets-!!," m
' Corn Rjht OH
ShrWaU, Looin nd It' Gontl
"Jurft Ilk taklnti the ILL vrf -tlil' how
iy you run lift a cirn nff your' to af'ei"
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wmiipetl j'ltur toe-si in rnnnlnge lo look llki
bundlea, who have ued ulvta that turni-d
your toe vnvf and sor, ajid used plitr
that would ahift from Uieir place and never i
"get" the corn, and who have du and pick
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and perhspa ymade them nleed-Hust quit
theae old-fashioned and -tminful ways and
try "GetB-lt"- juat ont;e. You put I or S
drops on, and tt driea at onoe. There'a rioth
my to atick. You can put your fhoe and
stocking right on afraiiu The pain la all gone. .
Then the corn dies a painless.. ahrtvaMnsr
death, it loosen a from your toe, and off it
come. "Geta-It" II the bifTKeat aellin- corn
remedy tn the world today. Thcra'a none
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