THK BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, ' JUNE "'4, 1917.
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FIRST SHOW AT THE
DEN THIS EVENING
Largest Crew Which Was Ever
Used to Stage Performance
Will Be on Hand.
Foulard Comes Into Its Own Again
With King Ak-Sar-Een ready to
open' the doors of his mighty den
, Monday evening for the first show
and initiation of the season, the king
issued a proclamation, in view of the
extraordinary international situation
in which the nation finds itself at this
time. Following are the king's words:
HEAR YE! HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
A PROCLAMATION.
Ak-Sar-Ben XXIII, King of Qui
vera Overlord of the Seven Cities of
Cibola and Grand Master of the Corn
Belt.
To Whom These Presents Shall
Come, Greetings 1
Whereas, the United States of
America (at whose very heart is the
kingdom of Quivera), is at war. The
times are exceeding grave and
troublesome, and armed men go to
and fro, but know ye that our royal
line of Ak-Sar-Bcn kings was founded
many years ago -in a like troubled
period, amid scarceness, dullness and
woe. and
Whereas, prosperity, progress, and
even success i'l our present serious
undertaking may depend on our great
and varied activities; because the vast
and intricate machinery of today's so.
ciety and commerce, if once even
slowed up is exceeding hard and pre
carious to start again.
Therefore, it is adjudged and by us
ordered, that all ceremonies, initia
tions, parades, spectacles and pag
eants of our loyal knights of Ak-Sar-s
l!en be conducted in a grander, more
awe inspiring and dazzlingly gor
geous manner than my subjects have
ever heretofore beheld and it is
Furthermore ordered, that all out
court chaplains shall at some times
in season deliver public preachments
on Verse IX, Chapter VII of the Ak-Sar-Ben
Chronicles, which saith,
"Keep Ye a Stiff Upper Lip and Flay
the Game To the end Thereof."
By the King, '
v. SAMSOK. '
! t Lord High Chamberlain. '
Hundred In Crew.
Over ICO men are in the initiation
crew this year. The Kermess, which
broadly speaking embodies the whole
of the wide variety pf initiation fea
tures this year, requires more work
ers than any of the previous initia
tions. The various features are scat
tered all over the Den, and, necessarily
take a larger number of individual
squads of workers.
Fat sandwiches, "hot dog," cheese
and crackers, radishes and onions,
buttermilk and coffee, are to be on
the menu for the free lunches follow
ing the show each night this season.
A special initiation and show is to
be given Wednesday evening of this
week for the delegates to the funeral
directors' convention, when delegates
will be here from Iowa and Nebraska.
The membreship hustling commit
tee will hold a meeting Monday noon
, at the Hotel FontencTlc, after which
tlicy will spend the entire afternoon
nusuing.
New Shoe Institution ,
Is to Locate in Omaha
The G. R. Kinney company, incor
porated, who operate a chain of fifty
seven stores .throughout the United
Mates, will open their fifty-eighth!
store at 207-209 North Sixteenth
street; Hotel -Loyal building, in every
few days.
The G. R. Kinney company begaii
business twenty-four years ago in
Waverly, -N. Y and by adhering
closely to the plan of giving all they
possibly could in real shoe value at 'a
small margin of profit their business
has grown to such proportions that
they are now numbered among the
largest exclusive retail purveyors of
shoes for men, women and children.
The Omaha store will be one of
the largest shoe stores in the state.
' It is located on the ground floor, of
easy access, and stocks will be con-
, veiiiently arranged. , Only reliable,
low-priced footwear will be offered.
Prospectus of Athletic
Club Given to Public
The prospectus nf the Omaha Alh
ktic club has made its appearance. It
is w handiwork of the secretary,
John C. Wharton; The booklet if
printed on tintetj paper, with illumii
nated cover. There is shown half
tone picture of lire proposed ten-story
building to be erected on the north
side of Douglas, between Seventeenth
and tighteenth streets.
There is a history of the club and
the building company and a detailed
account of the methods employed in
raising the money to pav lor the con
itruction of the $400,000 brick and
stone structure that will house the or
ganization.
The booklet shows the architect's
drawings of the floor plans and Mr.
Wharton tells how the rooms will be
occupied. i
Ten Are Killed in Mine :
Explosion at Herrin, III.
Herrin, III., June 2. Sixteen men
were entombed by a mine explosion
here tonight Two were rescued. Ten
bodies were recovered. The fate of
the other four is unknown.
"' Officers Take Transients
, And Liquor Near Fremont
Officers while searching for thieves,
who entered the offices ot three turn-
ber and coal companies in Fremont,
broke up a merry little drink party
under a bridge on the Burlington
tracks south ot fremont at noon yes
terdav. Four transients and ten Dot
ties of whiskey were taken. The men
' said ther sot the booze on a North
western freight train near Boone, la.
Former Omahan Injured
On Visit After 15 Years
George W. Moore, a druggist of
Denver, en route to Clucaio bv auto,
received a fracture of both bones of
his right arm while trying ta crank his
machine Saturdav afternoon, at Fif
teenth and Douglas streets. He was
taken to the office of Dr. C. B. Foltz,
'who reduced the fracture. Mr, Moore
The laces on display in Orchard
Wilhelm's window are made and de
signed by Anne Knap Slater, pub
lisher end author of the Briar Rose
Lace Crochet Book, on sale at the
This summer we are
wisely revising our fond
ness for foulard A little
frock of blue, spotted in
white, is claiming en
thusiastic attention. The
surplice waist has a collar
of blue satin to match the
skirt of that material. The
long surplice crosses
around the waist twice
and goes through a little
eyelet to end in a long
sash end, faced in the
blue. The width of the
collar frames the face and
throat most becomingly
and the soft panierlike
fulness is so draped that
even a fairly stout woman
can wear it. The long
sleeves- button over
quaint, flat, silver discs
and have cuffs oforgan
die falling softly over the
wrist.
OMAHAN WRITES OF
WAR EXPERIENCES
Son of Prominent Family Re
lates first Impression of
Conflict in Letter to
Parents
News from Omaha hoys at the
front and training camps is of the
utmost interest to the "stay at homes."
The following extracts from a letter
written by the son of a prominent
Omaha family, who is in thai Ameri
can Ambulance rield Service . in
France, has just been received by his
mother. It Is dated April 15 and ad
dressed , from 21 Rue Roynouard,
Paris:
You should see the wav the Cana
dians jump and yell when they see
.pur flags. One of the -xrowd that
surrounded us in a village on our way
from Paris to Bordeaux, asked when
the rest of the American army was
coming. I told llmm there were sev
eral million on the way and he seemed
very much satisfied, i .-,
"Explaining who I am. where I am
oing and being in the center of an
inquiring throng doesn't seem to both
er me in the least any more. Every
body in the villages comes out to see
us as we go by, and to give us and
our flags a grand cheer.
Fighting Becomes Fierce.
"The fiKhtina. which has been Koine
on at the trout tor the last tew weeks
is fiercer, so they say, than any since
the beginning of the war. For the
first time since then the wounded arc
coming back with the mud of the
trenches on them. 1
The Paris service of the ambulance
is working day and night taking care
of all the train loads of wounded.
They tell horrible stories of wounded
not being taken care of for days. Arid
the hospitals at the Iront arc overflowing.
"The' Germans are irsing all their
dead 'bodies to make oil and grease
out of. They send train loads of dead
bodies back with corpses packed in
ike sardines. The French have not
found a grave' in the evacuated terri
tory. .;.
Everyone now has strict orders not
to touch any toys or pick up souve
nirs as there have been innumerable
deaths of children being killed and
wounded by hidden bombs. , They re
a great race all right. . - :
significant the need K;. , t
knitted garments is the following:
"About time to start in our 34 chas
sis it started to rain, but as I had on
well, I'll tell you if you will believe
me, one woolen shirt, one flannel shirt,
one corduroy vest,-one sweater, one
uniform coat, a pair of overalls, fleece-
lined raincoat, and over all this a rub
ber slicker, which I put over my head.
Oh, yes, and a muffler, and I was
perfectly comfortable.' Of course, I
had on two pairs of woolen socks and
my big shoes, to say nothing of a
pair of rubber leggings. You should
have seen some of the other fellows.
I should have thought they would
have died of penumonia." ,
Women Will Distribute i
President's Message Tuesday
Mrs. Fredrick H. Cole received a
letter from Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
last night, in which Dr. Shaw sug
gests the naming of a committee of
women to hand a copy of President
Wilson's address to congress and the
world to each man who registers on
Tuesday. This if in order that each
man may know exactly the reasons
that led the United States to enter
the war.
Dr. Shaw if taking this action with
the sanction of the Council for Na
tional Defense. It is suggested that
the detailed work be under the direc
tion of the chairman of the state
council Mrs. Cole -consulted with
Judge McHugh, and on ' his advice
has called a meeting of women whr
will assist to gather at the rooms of
the Commercial club on Monday aft
ernoon at 7 o'clock, when final plans
will be tail . .
Mrs. Cole wired to Dr. Shaw last
night her acceptance of the assign
ment, and also to Chicago headauar-
ters, from where the copies of the ad
Lack Proper Spirit;
Candidates Discharged
Fort Sheridan, 111, June 2. Dis
charge of about seventy-five candi
dates for commissions from the re
serve officers' training camp here
was recommended today because
their captains did not believe they
showed, in making out cards for
draft registration, proper spirit for
officers of the United States army.
Exemptions were - claimed , on
grounds that the men were mar
ried, were physically disabled or
were under military age.
The captain of one company told
the men one by one that unless they
were willing to serve as privates
they were not wanted as commis
sioned officers.
OMAHA YOUTH PLAYS
PART IN WORLD WAR
Irvington Postmaster
To, Fight for Old Glory
The duties nf nn-itmactor at Yr,Mriv
ton did not necessarilyt require the
services or a man, 'especially since
Uncle Sam needs men so badly.
Aftr 1-9f-tiitir tii rnnrliMM- If..
H. E. Scsnlon broached, the subject
to ner son, namond u. scanlon, post
master at Irvington.
said. Although exempt from mili
tary service, ne applied tor enlist
ment, passed the physical examina
tion anA ..nl in Xtnr I
Colo, for training for the light ar-
micry Drancn. ...
Another son, James F. Scanlon, is
now at Mare Island navy training station.
Joseph
Leaves
William Simmons
Canadian Overseas
Servfce to Enter U, S.
Navy.
No Pay for Legislators
Who Refuse to Pass Bill
Tallahassee, Fla, June 3. Be
cause the state legislature refused
to include a reapportionment pro
vision .in an appropriation bill
passed just before the session end-t
ed yesterday, Governor Cart yester
day ordered the state treasurer not
to issue salary warrants for the
legislature and stopped payment of
about $20,000 .rorth of warrants
previously issued, but not yet
cashed.
Tonight the -members were con
sulting legal authorities on what
steps might be taken to secure their
salaries.
SEEKS TO ENJOIN
TAX-COLLECTION
Mets Brewing Company files
Suit Against Treasurer from
Collecting 1917 Personal
: Property Tax.
Meti Bros. Brewing company has
brought suit in district court against
M. L. Endres, county' and city treas
urer, seeking to enjoin him from col
lecting the 1917 tax levied on the
brewery's personal property in1 1916.
The brewery alleges that the pro
tection of" the tax is denied for a
period of eight months, by -reason of
the prohibition law having gone into
effect May 1. The petition sets out
that to pay sji tax would be "inequit
able, unjust and confiscatory."
According to the brewing company,
when it returned its schedule of per
sonal property - for assessment for
1916 in the sum of $82,000, that
amount represented the reasonable
market value at the time of prepara
tion of the schedule.
The brewers allege that H. G.
Counsman, county assessor at that
time, "without notice, illegally, arbi
trarily and capriciously raised the
total valuation stated in the sched
ule to the $102,000, without changing
or raising valuations of the different
items listed." ,
Metz Bros, company' alleges that
complaint was- made to the Board of
Equalization and facts presented as to
the "greatly diminished value of the
property by reason of prohibition."
The petition says that the board en
tered in the minutes, "Referred until
other brewers are taken up and dis
posed of," but took no further action
m the matter. . , -
The court is asked to set aside the
tax, issue a restraining order enjoin
ing the treasurer from collecting or
attempting to collect the tax and also
hand down adecree reducing the
amount of the tax.
Nebraska to Have Best -'
Corn Crop In Its History
W. W. Johnson, assistant general
freight agent of the Burlington, is
back from a crop inspection tour oj
the company lines in the southern part
of the state.
While Mr. Johnson found that in
the territory visited a targe acreage
of the winter wheat had been winter
killed, farmers are not in the least
discouraged. . Instead of letting their
ground remain idle, they have plowed
it up ana seeded every available acre.
Most of the acreage is being planted
to corn and indications are, says John
son, if the season is favorable, the Ne
braska corn crop will be the largest
in the history of the state.
According to Mr. Johnson, the corn
planting has been finished, and in a
good many localities it has been cul
tivated the first time. The stand is al
most perfect, indicating that farmers
planted gooT seed.
Workmen Give Lodge Fund
TO Red Cross Before Dropping
Since the agitation over the pro. ,
posed increase in' rates the Ancient x
Order of United Workmen lodge o!
Nebraska voted to adopt over a year
ago 135 mercbeis of the North Bend
order have withdrawn, 100 of that
number droooinsr their policies a few
days ago. Before dropping out the
members voted to donate the lodge
fund of $500 to the Red Cross. The
lodge now has a membership of thir-
ty-nve. .
I
753
Residents of Ne
braska registered at
Hotel Astor during
the past year.
SingleRoom, without bath.
aaa cow
Double 3.50 snd t-4.00
Single Rooms, with bath,
f3.50toS6.00
Double . $4.50 to $7.00
Parlor, Bedroom and bath,
$10.00 to $14.00
Timet Square
At Broadway, 44th to 45th Streets'
the center of New York's social
and business activities. In close
proximity to sll railway terminals.
Mr. arid Mrs. Thrift
Know that better quality for the same -money
is Real Economy They, buy
5
t cups for a cen.
Awarded Gold Medal San Francisco ; 19 15
Grand Prize - - - - - - Sah Diego 1916 i
"Somewhere in France" there, is a
regulation Krag rifle, luch as is car
ried by members of the Canadian
overseas contingents. There are
thousands and thousands of rifles of
the same pattern doing duty in the
hands of hardy Canadian Infantrymen,
but this rifle is different. Cut deep
in its stock are eleven notches. Each
of these notches represents the life of
a "Boche ' and the total one day's
sniping by an Umaha man.
Joseph William Simmons, who, has
not yet reached his majority, carried
the rifle on the day when one by one
the eleven notches were cut in the
gun butt, as, "hiding out in no man's
land," he t.ountcd the Germans that
toppled from the crest of their trench
and plunged into the pit below.
Simmons, who worked in Omahl
until a month before leaving with the
Canadian forces for Europe in Febru
ary, 1916, passed a few days visiting
floyd tleskctt, banlord hotel, upon
his return home to enlist in the Unit
ed States navy. He left last night for
Chicago to enter the Great Lakes
training station.
Other Experiences.
But the day of the rifle was not
Simmons' only exciting experience,
according to the story he told in
Omaha.
At . Verdun he was overcome by
asphyxiating gas a thing blueMeath
fog from the German trenches, that
stifles the helpless soldier too slow
in throwing up his gas mask. He re
mained eight weeks in a field hospital
recovering from the effects.
On the Somme a flying bit of shrap.
nell struck him in the knee. It re
quired four weeks for the wound to
heal. -
'In a steel helmet, brought back
from Europe by Simmons, are two
dents. These represent how close he
twice came to death, while on snip
ing duty and when the aim of some
German sniper was exceptionally
good.
lwelve hundred officers and rrren
of the Forty-fifth battalion charged
the German trenches at Lens. Sim
mons was one of the forty-five mem
bers of the battalion to survive the
charge.
But harrowing expereuces have
failed to shake Simmons' nerve and he
hopes again, this time in the uniform
of the United States, to play still sn
otl.er part in the great world struggle
R. L. Metcalfe Talks ;
At Aurora Meeting
Richard L. Metcslft of Omaha and
Jesse B. Strode of Lincoln were the
speakers yesterday at a patriotic
meeting at the Hamilton countv court
house in Aurora under the auspices of
the Hamilton county council ot De
fense. Both speakers declared that
the war was being fought for demo
cratic principles. They called for en
t'.usiastic support of the administra
tion on the part of all. i
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