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THK KW. OlBAMA, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917, SMALL TOWN BANKS CHARTEDBY STATE Board Authorizes Them in - Places of Few Inhabitants inSeveral Instances. ' ONE OF TWO OOZEH (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., May 6. (Special.) Since the Nebraska supreme court opinion that the State Banking board has no authority Jo deny applications for charters for state banks, Feb. 21, forty-three banks have been chartered and more applications are on the way. According to board records, banks have been authorized in towns of few oersens and in one town ot only twen tv-four inhabitants two charters have been granted. In several towns of ! than 400 where one bank had for merly done the community business two additional Dan KS nave Dccn cnar tered. Under the ruling the board must grant n charter if the rules are fol lowed in maKing ine application ami it cannot take into consideration the needs of the community. German Woman Starls War In Quilting Society Callaway, Neb., May 6. ((Special.) "War. is Hell," said Gencrar Sher-i man. So think the members of he Callaway Quilting sociMy who have customarily and habitually congre gated once each week for so long a period that. the memory of man run neth not to the contrary. Until the present week these meetings were always of the most harmonious na ture. But there is peace no longer in the Callaway Quilting society. Thtre hasn't been for a week and there probably won't be for many weeks to cdme, maybe never again. . .The society held its last meeting it the home of a German family, that was apparently more German than American. In days past questions of religion and nationality were never discussed in these meetings. At the close of an afternoon of quilting, one ot the women suggested that the society turn its attention to the making of bandages for the sol diers. Another women patriotically inspired, thought the society should undertake to place the American flag in every home in the town. Right here was where the trouble began. "I guess you won't hang any Ameri can flag in-my home," spoke up the hostess. . t'lf there is any flag in my home it will be the German flag." "I would like to see you put up a German, flag," indignantly spoke one of the members. , ."Yes, we i would like to see you," cried out three other members to gether. And the debate that followed waxed so hot that the members tof the society wer either invited to leave or else acted upon their own volition. No bricks were thrown; no hair was pulled; no black eyes sus- rained. But it will be a long;, long ' time before the Callaway Quilting so city meets again-f-at least with its full membership present. ,- ,, , Iowa State Fair Offers $87,000 in Cash Prizes Des Moines, la., May 0. More than $87,000 in cash prizes are offered in the various departments of the Iowa state fair, to be held here August 22 to 31, according to an announcement of the State Board of Agriculture in - the 1917 premium list, which is being mailed to prospective exhibitors. Prominent among the items making up the total of $87,130.75 are the fol lowing: Horses, $15,000; speed events, 118,150; cattle, $19,617.25; swine, $6, 841; sheep, $4,705; agriculture, $7,522; horticulture, $2,407; poultry, $2,349, and national draft horse breeders' fu turity (estimated), $2,500. The amount 'offered for Shorthorn cattle, $4,400, is said to be the largest. . of its kind in the country, and is $750 more than was awarded in this di vision last year. The premiums for Herefords aggregate $4,200, also $750 more than the 1916 list ' Among the special prizes is $100 offered by the Iowa Chester White Breeders' association to boys and girls of the state under 16 years of age ex hibiting the best Chester White pigs. A feature of this year's exposition will be an Iowa boys' calf-breeding contest in which $450 Aill be awarded. i - ' i Particular emphasis is placed on the educational department, conducted by Saperintendent E. C Bishop of Ames, Premiums will be given in this di vision for work done by the boys' and girls duns throughout the state, Thirty-Four Boys of Callaway Enlist Callaway. Neb., May 6. (Soec'al.) S-Thjrtj-four bos of this town have lain asiuchejursuita of civil life in answer to the cklo arms. Of this number twenty-nine ooysv have joined the National Guard and five have joined the United States navy. " .A number of other voune men. in. eluding Willis Haycock, son of Frank L. Haycock, president ot trie lallaway I Milling and Manufacturing company, ' will attend the officers' training school i which begins in a few weeks ! The women of Calawar arc also doing their bit. 1 he Kcd Cross so ciety and the local branch of the Na. tion Surgical Dressing society, under the direction of Mrs. rrank L. Hay. cock, are preparing bandages and surgical dressings. Ctriking Street Carmen of v Lincoln Would Arbitrate ' (From a Staff Corrtapoadtut.) , Lincoln, Neb., May 6. (Special.) The strike on the Lincoln street car lines appears at an end. All cars are running on full schedule time. While the strikers made a demonstration last night on the mail? streets doing some damage, they have sent a com munication asking certain concessions and expressing willingness to ar nitrate. Big Hammer Ends Life Of Mad Dog Down Town Pedestrians on" Farnam. street got a mad dog scare Saturday morning. A black, mongrel cur was snapping at men, women and children. His wild career ended near Twenty-second and l-arnam streets, where a garage tin ploye hit him over the head with hammer, Want More Room in the Nebraska State House (From a Staff Correipondent.) Lincoln, Neb., May 6. (Special.) Hardly has the echo of the last re ceding footstep of legislators return ing to their homes died away wnen agitation is begun for mere room in the state house. The complaint as to inadequate room comes from Victor Wilson, domocratic member of the State Rail way commission. Because of additional duties heaped upon thj Railway commission by the recent legislature Mr. Wilson says that it will be necessary to have thir teen new clerks and additional clerks. AULS CAPTURE ' 5300' TEUTONS Crown Prince Sacrifices Re- serves in Bootless Attempt to Win Back Ground. NEW FIGHT ON THE AISNE Berlin (Via London), May 5. "A new battle is in progress on the heights north ofShe Aisne," says the supplementary 'official statement from the Germai. war office tonight. v ny Aitorlated Press.) Paris, May 5, French troops have captured all, the plateau in the neigh borhood of Ccrny and Craonne and the hills dominating the valley of the Ailette river. The number of prisoners captured tcday was 4,300, in addition to the 1,000 taken yesterday, a total of 5,300 n two days. The brilliant success for the French arms is recorded in the official com munication tonight. An important French advance has been made against powerful opposition along the road from Soissons to Laon, over an ex tent of nearly four miles. German Losses High. The battle continues with fury and the German losses are officially char acterized as "exceptionally high." The German crown prince did not hesitate tb sacrifice his reserves and he repeated his desperate counter at tacks in an extended endeavor to neu tralize the French gain, but all efforts to retake the ground were in vain. The assaulting waves of the' Uer man forces were everywhere broken and the principal line of the erjemy defense was thrown back. The obstacles confronting the French armies were in many cases natural and it would seem insur mountable, and the French accom plished magnificent exploits in scal ing them in the face of the enemy, who had accumulated divisions and uaucrica, Counter Attacks Violent. News from the front tells of the extreme violence of the counter at tacks that the Germans are making in a most determined effort to gain an advantage whicH might become de cisive, but nowhere have they made headway, according to the French war office. ' - There was no lessening in the heavy German onslaughts in the neighbor hood of Rheims, where the German positions between Beine and Sapig neul form a pronounced salient which includes 'Fort Brimont and Forts Witry, Berru and Nogeant. -The operations that the French have begun in this region have for their object the reduction of this sa lient and the unofficial reports say that some progress has been made in the vicinity of Brimont. French Carry Salient. In the operations the French car ried a salient in the Hindenburg line, of which Laon, twelve miles to the northeast, is the strongest point in this territory. From Cerny to the Ailette river, is three miles, and Laon ' liesabout six miles directly north, of the Ailette. The French-off ensive. north of the Aisne, began, April 16, and after days of desperate fighting and an advance of from two to five miles against strong German resistance, the French reached the line of the Chemin-Des-Dames, and captured more than 23, 000 prisoners. The German losses in the first week of the Fretum offensive on the Aisne ana mampagnc were estimated ai 220,000 killed, wounded and prisoners. 1 lie advances fridaytand Saturday continue the work begun in mid- April and give the French a grin on the Siegfried position of the Hinden burg line in the Laon region. In northern trance, near Arras, in tensive fighting has occurred around Bullecourt, but for the most part the British and Germans have been en gaged in artillery duel. Premier Ribot of France told the international allied congress that the Germans are becoming exhausted, tie said more than 40.000 prisoners and 300 cannon had been taken by the allies in the last Sew weeks. He said the entry of the United States in the war assures final victory for the .allies. T A complete accord was reached by all the representatives at tne con ference. . Fighting on the Aisne, Berlin fVia London), May 5. French troops penetrated German po sitions east ot Neuville yesterday. but were subsequently driven out, the war omce announces.1 Ihe Germans captured 500- French. The number of British prisoners, the statement says, has been increased to 1,225. On the Aisne front the artillery fiffhtintr continues with a tremendous expenditure ot ammunition. Obituary Notes i FRANK M'CBEARY, a resident of Omaha alf his life, died Saturday at the Lord Lister hospital after an ill ness of three months. He was 63 years old He la survived by hie wife. three eons, John, Gerald ana James, and four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Lynch, Blanche, Lucille and Agnes McCreary. The funeral will be held from the family residence, 2416 Man- derson street, TuewJay morning. THOMAS 1. WARREN, aired 69 died Sunday morning at 11:40. Funeral services will Da held at the residence, 4727 South Thirty-ninth street. Mon day evening at 7:30. Interment will be made at Atlantic, la., leaving On us xueeaay morning at o clock. SUBSCRIBE HALF - MILLION A MINUTE Treasury Officials Buried Un der Ever-Growing Ava - lanche of Buying. ALL U. S. PARTS RESPOND Washington, May 6. The treasury was buried beneath an avalanche of subscriptions to the liberty loan to day Yesterday's pace' of $20,000,000 an hour was quickened to almost $500,000 a second, and it became ap parent' that the $2,000,000,000 offering would be over-subscribed beyond all previous estimates. Subscriptions listed yesterday and today represent the offerings of less than 6 per cent of the total number of financial institutions before which the offering was pjaced. At the rate $6, 500,000,000 would be subscribed, an oversubscription of more than 200 per cent. - . Nebraska banks subscribed $1,274,- 000. - "Katinka" Gives - Omaha Taste of .Friml's New Music "Katinka" came capering into town yesterday afternoon and will slip away again tonight, after a short stay at the Boyd, where the tinkling notes of. Rudolf Friml's latest scores soothed the ears of a considerable portion of the multitude at matinee and evening performances. "Katinka" has several high spots, jiotably "In Vienna," "Racketty Coo," "Allah's Holiday and the dance song in the last act. This latter terminates in a waltz movement that is alluring, as most waltzes are, with the addition of certain strains of sweetness that recall Lehar or Strauss. "Allah's Holiday" has a melody that lingers, and wilt be listened to many times with pleasure. All through the music has a quality of indefinable charm, characteristic of Friml's work. Mr. Hauerbach s book is well fitted to the music; it tells a connected story, produces its ends without especial , strain and never lets the main point get crowded off the map by an interpolated jest. Arid t that, it affords quite a bit of humor as modern as the composition. Miss Margaret Owen, in the role of Katinka, hasa fresh sweet voice of pure tone, but only now and then did she show sufficient volume to meet the reauirements. She won sev eral recalls with her '"Racketty Coo" song and did her best work in the second act, -when she repeated the chorus of this number. Miss Jaqe Castle easily won the vocal honors of the evening with her singing of "Allah's Holiday? Mr. S. Paul Veron's good bass tones sound well in the music set down for the part of Boris, and Mr. John Roberts, who sings Ivan, got his highest mark in a duo with Mr. Veron in the first act. Miss Mae Phelps gets quite a little out of Iter soubrette role, and caused quite a stir with her song about wed ding i male quarter. Will Reappraise School Lands In 47 Counties (From a Staff Comipoadont.) Lincoln, Neb., May 6. (Special.) Reappraisement of school lands in forty-seven Nebraska counties will be made this summer, according to 'no tices sent out by Land Commissioner Shumway. Most of it has not been appraised since 1904 ant! it is expected that reappraisement. will add con siderably to the school tunds. Cherry county has the greatest acreage, 236,391 acres, while Sheridan county comes next with acres. The smallest acreage is in Hamilton county, more than seven and one-half acres of Burlington railroad right of way. There is still 181 acres left inH Douglas county subject to reappraise ment. - Edgar Minus Mayor. ' -. Edgar, Neb., May 5. (Special.! Mayor Shively finding conditions in Edgar, which are not to his liking, has tendered his resignation; The board at first refused to accept it, but as Mr. Shively insisted that he be lieved it to the interest of all con cerned, they finally did so, and Edgar is tor tne second tune without a mayor. , vYou can make for yourself, with your ownhandsfcthe mildest, most fragrant cigarette in the world and the most economical. Ma chines can't imitate it OGNUINI 'Bull" Durham SMOKING TOBACCO A Suggestion to Pip Smokers. Just try mixing a little genu ine "Bull" Durham tobac co with your favorite pipe tobacco it't like tugar in your coffee. N Bell-ans Absolutely! Removes inuigesuon. une package proves it 25c at alldniggists., Join the Fly-Swatting Brigade And Make Omaha a Flyless City Health Commissioner Connell wants to mobilize an army of 200,000 Omahans, whom he will lead in a great spring drive against the house fly, which he denounces m the most dangerous menace to human life and health. The doctor issues the following in dictment against the fly: "The com ing of warm weather already has brought out the big flies thaf have hidden in warm corners during the winter. The fly is without doubt the greatest menace to human health and life at this time, other agency can compete with it as a ccrrier of diseases. If the fly were exterminated from anrcommunity, the death rate. especially among infants, would im mediately fall at least 50 per cent. VTo say that Omaha is a flyless town would be a valuable advertis ing. It would reflect a hustling, pro gressive American Spirit and every body would be impressed. Picks Up Germs. "The housefly is probably the most common species and is easily disting uished. Upon its "haisy, stick legs are found the: majority of the germs of the fly's collection, although there are many to be found all over its body, even to the eye. As the fly s food consists almost entirely of the most putrid, disease-reeking filth, its disgusting method of eating effectu ally ruins foodstuffs it may attack. Any food upon which flies are seen to be "walking should' be rejected. Stores where flies are permitted to swarnm about foodstuffs should be boycotted until their methods are changed, and screens and fly-catching devices are installed for the protec tion or ineir goods. The enumeration and classification of the different germs to be found on a single fly would afford material tor a good-sized book. -The caoacitv of the fly for getting into filthy and diseased environments is almost limit less. It is difficult to imagine where so many loathesmoe and virulent diseases can be found for a fly to visit, om u ,s true peyonq every possible "Gas ' this "week. Mr plies during this sale.- V doubt that flies carry representatives from almost every germ classification. There are no innocent flies,- Every fly is as bad as every other fly and is capable of producing a million other flies, every one of which will be as bad as all of the rest It is true that fly is very small, and that a germ is infinitesimally smaller. Preventive Measures. "The importance of eliminating flies as a sanitary precaution-is fully brought out by the provisions made for fly-prevention by the War depart ment. , Every regulation governing the cqnduct of military camps, bar racks, hospitals, hospital camps or ambulance companies includes a spe cial reference to flies and the diseases for which they are responsible. In the manuals soldiers are cautioned against prmitting flies or frequenting places where flies are permitted. Dr. Connell has statistics from recognized authorities, showing that one fly killed now is equivalent-to killing millions a month or two month hence. "Swat the early fly," is the slogan of the health commis sioner. An authority of the United States government states that single fly, at the end of the ninth generation,-will have produced billions of flies and that happens in a compara tively short time af this season of the year. - S . A yearbook of the Department of Agriculture reads: "When people realize clearly that babies can be killed with fly-infected food as well as with an axe, they ought to be. willing to work as hard to exterminate the flfly as they would to exterminate a gang of murderers woh went about killing baties with axes." "Just consider yourself conscripted into my fly-swatting brigade and your reward will be a flyless city,'1 said the health commissioner in con clusion News Notes of West Point. ,We?t Point, NSb., May 5. (Spe cial.) The city council has reorgan Get Aboard the Range Week" Special MAY 7th--12th Saive $3.00 on the purchase of any Cabinet Gas Range Our regular convenient payment Special demonstrations at our .showrooms all week. , Omaha Gas Company 159 HOWARD STREET . DOUGLAS 605 ized for the coming municipal year. The personnel of the council remains the same with the exception of the representation from the Third ward, in which A. S. Einger takes the place of Alderman I, E. Gehris, whose term has expired. Mayor Howarth still oc cupies the civic chair. The officens appointed by the mayor and confirmed by -.he council are: 'City attorney, John H: Lindalc; cfiief of police, Henry Discher; night marshal, Frank Hachmeier, and water, commissioner, Kimball Dill. v The funeral of John McLolighlin, a pioneer settler, took place yesterday at St. Mary's church, Rev. Mr. Petiz, officiating. '-"he marriage of John R. Hall to Miss Phyllis R. Neligh was solemn ized at the home of her ujarcnts, by Rev. W. H. Atcheson, pastor of the Congregational church. Cutting out of the salons at West Point has resulted in vacancies in only two buildings formerly used for that purpose. Four former saloonkeepers remain in their former locations. The bre-very is closed. , Sutton School Children -'Honor Flag in Rair Sutton. Neb., May 6. (Special.) Flag-raising exercises in Sutton took place .in a' drizzling rain while over 500 ixhool -ildren, led by Superin tendent Opp id the band, under Mr. Von Prosky's leadership, carrying flags, marched to the city library and were grouped on the walks with 500 men and women, while a short pro gram w,as given by members of Butler-Johnson chapter, Daughters 'of the American Revolutroiu The large flag and staff on thekity library building ;erc the gii of the chapter. Mayor Wieland welcomed th asscmbled-and introduced the chapter regent, Mrs. C. M. Brown, wJio. took charge of the exercises. v V Young Man of Red Clouds - Meets Death in Cavein Red Cloud, Neb., May 6. (Special Telegram.) Tartus. Sherman was killed early yesterday by the cavr ing in of a sewer ditch in the alley in the rear of the Turnure business block. He was working in the trench just back of a ditching machine when the side of the ditch, although appar- plan ap- tan nTirT0 iuwiWs.Aa r I H V - ,M lin ently well braced, gave way and al lowed the dirt piied along the ditch to fall with little warning. Sherman was a son of Mr. and Mrr. L. Sherman of Red Coud. was 22 -years old an unmarried,' The sewer is being put in by the Etkhorn Con struction company of Fremont. t Would Extend Right of Suffrage to Young Soldiers (Corresrundenca ot TIm Auoclated Freis.) Budapest, March 6. There has leen a great deal of , discussion in Parliament about suRgestcd reforms in the qaulifications of a voter. ' .unts Andrasay, Apponyi and Ka rolyi, leaders of ihe opposition par ties, urge that the suffrage should be extended to all soldiers over 2(1 years of age; now or formerly in the firing lines, as a token of the country's gratitude. ' Count Tisza, Iht premier, in a Ions speech in the Diet declared hat he considered the graining of ihe vole to men under 30 years of age as a national danger, and that as long as he had strength ' to oppose the sug gestion, he would oppose it "tooth and nail." The speech created a great sensation in the Diet and, was continu ally interrupted by. opposition mem bers. ' ' Allies Holding Ground. London, May 5. After repulsing German counter attacks from Fras ney southward to, the southern cor ner of the Hindenburg line at Laon and farther eastward, to vard the Champagne district, the British and French troops in France are holding the majority of the positions gained last week and are making some small progress against desperate resistance.' Some of the German attacks were broken up by artillery- and others were driven of; after hand to hand infantry fighting, pne of the most violent German attempts was an as sault on Craonne and the positions near it, taken by the French on the previous day, bnt the assault broke down with great losses. Progress was made by the French east of Mont Carnillet and by the British north of Havrincourt wood. ( Persistent Advertising Is the Road To Suceess. '