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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUfra la,
HANY WOULD JOIN
AMBULANCE CORPS
One Hundred Already Have
Filed Applications for
Company Sponsored
by Omaha.
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The keenest interest is manifested
all over the state in the Omaha Red
Cross ambulance company, enlist
ments (or which are now being taken
by Dr. C. A. Hull, secretary of the
company, at 1200 First National Bank
building, between the hours of 2 and
4 p. m. Information concerning sal
aries will be given by Dr. Hull to ap
plicants. "First come, first served," said Dr.
' Hull, providing they meet the neces
sary requirements. "Applicants must
rot be more than 34 years of age and
they will be required to pass a physi
cal examination by a regular army
doctor. Marriage is not considered a
disqualification, and any man of the
proper age who can pass the physical
tests is eligible. The company offers
an opportunity for chums to enlist
and serve side by side during the
war."
A number of prominent business
men have tendered their services,
among them is "Billy" Leet, who not
only wishes to enlist, but will buy
an ambulance for the company, cost
ing not over $5,000.
Hundred Men Apply.
Approximately 100 men have al
ready applied for positions for the
company, but as many of themwill
not be qualified, new applications will
receive just consideration.
The cost of the ambulance company,
Vhich is sponsored by the Omaha
chapter, is $25,000.
All men enlisting for service in the
company will be drilled at home and
may bold their present positions until
tlae company is ready to drill in the
field. It is expected that the govern
ment will order it into service as soon
as the men are properly trained.
Personnel of the Company.
The personnel of the company is
as follows:
Five doctors, one of whom will rank
as captain, the other four holding the
rank of lieutenants; one first ser
geant and eleven sergeants, five me
chanics, two cooks, two assistant
cooks, twenty chauffeurs, two buglers
and forty-three private, who will act
as stretcher bearers, etc., bringing the
company to ninety-one men.
The physician's board in charge of
the organization is composed of Dr.
Jonas, chairman, and Drs. Leroy
Crummer, B. B. Davis, J. H. Vance,
W. O. Bridges, T. P. Lord, J. M. Ban
nister, O. S. Hoffman, E. C. Henry, A.
C. Stokes and C. A. Hull, the latter
being; secretary. I
City Council Puts Taboo
Mark on Moonlight Dance
What is a moonlight dance? City
Commissioner Hummel wanted to
know and he found out. City Attor
ney Kine. terpsichorean expert for the
city, explained.
"When you turn out the lights and
dance in the dark, that is a moon
light dance," explained the handsome
cilv attorney.
"Then that Is whv they ling, "If
you want to spread joy, just pray
for them lights to go out,' is it? in
quired Commissioner Jardine.
The city council committee or thn
whole recommended for passage air
ordinance intended to regulate pub
lic dance places in a better manner.
Shadow and moonlight dances are
prohibited; lights must be on at all
times; attendants under 16 years of
aae must be accompanied by parents
or guardians; undue familiarity, pro-
tan ity and smoking enjoined; tne city
council to approve applications for
' licenses and city clerk to issue,
licenses; Board of Public Welfare to
supervise.
Four Violators 6f Booze
Law Fined Hundred Bucks
. Four . violators of the prohibition"
law were lound guilty in police court
Monday morning.
Joe Coralies, European hotel, had
in his possession a quart of gin when
arrested. He was fined $100 and
costs. Joe, who is a loyal follower
of Villa, wanted to put on a little
revolution of his own, assisted by the
cuart, but officera interfered.
Charles Gilday, 3OI0 Avenue A,
Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty and was
fined $100 and costs.
John Borne, enroute to Council
; Bluffs to enlist in a company of en
gineers, had a small bottle in his
fiocket. in order to allow him to en
ist with a clear record his thirty-day
sentence was suspended.
W. J. Milster said th t he suffered
greatly in the morning from stomach
trouble. He had two pints of Jamaica
' ginger, diluted for drinking purposes,
to warm !iim up mornings. He was
hned iuu and costs. .
Orpaha War News
Emmett Chapman, a graduate phar
macist, was transferred by the Umaha
naval recruiting station to the re
ceiving ship Philadelphia.
The marines have reduced the age
limit of applicants -for that branch.
A man 19 years of age can now en
ter or a graduate of high school who
is 18 or over.
No more men are to be accepted for
the cavalry, coast artillery, signal
corps, engineers' corps or quarter
master's corps, according to Captain
McKinley. These arms of the serv
' ice are now filled and the only
branches left are the infantry, field
artillery and the, medical corps. ,
Fred L. Hevn of this city has been
advanced to a position in the field ar
tillery at Fort Snelling. Hey was for
merly a commandant of a platoon of
forty men in the infantry and he
qualified for his promotion by making
ninety-four effective ahots out of 100
attempts. The highest record made
in the trial was ninety-six out of 100.
Omaha still lacks 375 men to fill its
Quota in the armv. The Omaha dis
trict needs 661 more men to fill its
quota of 4,810.'
P. E. Moise. r.eohew of Rev. T. J.
. Mackay and who for a long time has
. been a stenographer on one of the
" Union Pacific's overland trains, has
cast his lot with Uncle Sam and has
r .i:.. A : u '
(iiiiilcu mi lilt wv.
It will be necessarv to recruit 25..
0. S. AGENT URGES
STRIKE AGREEMENT
Commissioner Nelson of De
partment of Labor Asks That
Work in Omaha Proceed
Until Settlement.
"The welfare of the country is at
stake." Oscar F. Nelson, federal com
missioner of conciliation of the De
partment h Labor, told employes and
employers at the Omaha strike hear
ing Tuesday afternoon.
"It is the duty of the two factions
to get together and adjust their diffi
culties.
'I hope , the federal investigator
added, "that both sides will be at
least in a conciliatory mood during
the hearing and try to get together at
the earliest time possible."
Nelson s talk was the only outstand
ing feautre of the brief afternoon ses
sion. Before urging the two factions
to settle their differences he told of
his investigation of the last two
weeks.
'The trouble dates back to Feb
ruary when the electrical workers de
manded an increase from $4.60 a day
to $5.50. They were offered 60 cents
per hour. On April 2 they quit work.
tne real nreaic came wnen tne
Hull teamsters quit work about May
15. From then on various locals have
been quitting with the result that the
labor situation has become acute."
Mr. Nelson closed his talk with the
hope "that during the course of the
war, employes and employers would
not take advantage of the situation as
to wages and union troubles."
Cowell Reiterates Flea.
Chairman Cowell. of the mediation
board again urged employes and em
ployers at least to compromise while
the hearing is in session and resume
work under former conditions.
"As you probably know I have no
authority to force a settlement, for if
I did the t.OOO men now out of work
would be back at their jobs in the
morninz. under their old conditions
pending the outcome. Omaha is los-
!.. i frtn mv ,ennn - J u..
ing irom 8iv,uuv 10 a tidy uy
the strike."
The session was adiourned until 10
o'clock this morning at which time
attorneys will present briefs of their
sides of the case.
Olive Myrtle Alden, Your
Mother Wants You Back
A Dlea from her heartbroken par
ents has been sent out tp Olive
Myrtle Alden to return to her home
in Papillion. Her mother continually
cries Out for her.
"You will be fully and freely for
given; your position awaits you and
your wages will be increased," says
the letter. She is implored to send
word at least of whereshe is, to allay
the fears of her mother.
Volunteers to Have
Their Picnic June 28
The Volunteers will give their an
nual picnic to mothers and children
at Elmwood park June 28. Street
cars have been chartered to carry the
party, which will consist of members
of 300 families. The usual good din
ner and plenty of music and amuse
ments will be provided.
Dean Williams to Talk -Before
Ornaha Press Club
Walter Williams, dean of the Col
lege of Journalism at the University
of Missouri, will talk before mem
bers of the Omaha Press club and
the Women's Press club at 5 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the Hotel
Rome.
Twenty-Two Girls
May Have Suffered.
Fate of Ruth Cruger
New York, June18. As a result of
the murder of Ruth Cruger, the 18-
year-old high school graduate whose
body was found buried in a cellar Sat
urday, police today began an investi
gation of charges that twenty-two
missing girls in this city might have
suffered a similar fate.
Evidence against Alfredo Cocchi,
proprietor of the bicycle repair shop
in the basement of which t'.ie body of
Ruth Cruger, the Wadleigh High
school student, was found on Satur
day was presented to the grand jury
today.
Word was received from Washing
ton that the Italian government had
been requested to hold Cocchi, who
fled to Italy soon after Ruth Cruger
disappeared four months ago.
As a war ally of this county, Italy
is expected to waive its policy of re
fusing to surrender a man charged
with murder except on the stipulation
that the death penalty would not be
imposed.
Later an indictment charging mur
der in the first degree was returned
against Cocchi.
Demand for New Political
Edifice in Spain Spreads
Madrid June 18.-(Via Paris.)-A
movement for a radical rebuilding of
the whole political edifice in Spain
is Raining adherence everywhere.
Senator Romeo, editor of the Corre
spondencia de Espana, recently wrote:
"The whole of Spain, with the ex
ception of a thousand families, who
monopolize the sweets of office, is
sick to death of the favoritism which
condemns the country to eternal stag
nation and is only waging for the
signal to rise like one man and do
away with it forever. Favoritism is
the canker which is killing Spain
and will put an end to the nation
unless we put an end to it."
At Cordova a number of engineers,
university professors, manufacturers,
workmen and priests have published
a manifesto demanding a new political
system totally different from that
hitherto in existence and during the
formation of defense comtfiHteees,
similar to the officers' organizations,
throughout the country. In the mean
while, there is a growing movement
in favor of the reopening of Parlia-
Government May Control
Print Paper Business
Washington, June 18. Senator
Owen introduced a joint resolution
today providing for government reg
ulation of the manufacture, sale and
distribution of print paper.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
To Success.
City Minister Needs Heroism Equal
To That of Martyr
"A man who accepts a city pas
torate needs heroism equal to that
of a martyr," declared Rev. J. F.
Poucher in a paper before the Omaha
Ministerial union Monday morning.
"The advantage is really on the side
of the martyr because his troubles
don't last as long.
"At eve. hour of the day and night
the city pastor is at the beck and call
of everybody. His hours are filled
and when Saturday night comes he is
lucky indeed if he has a sermon pre
pared. He is expected to be pastor,
preacher7 financial secretary, organ
izer and a dozen other things. He
is called on for all sorts of outside
activities. In return for this he Lets
a salary that keeps hi i in continual
anxiety for the welfare of his fam-
iiy- . .
Now preaching is the great respon
sibility of the pastor. It is more im
portant than any of his other func
tions. If a man is weal: in the pulpit
his success as a minister of Christ
will not e great. What sort of
preaching should a minister do? In
the first place, he must preach Jesus
FARMER GETS NEW
CHANCEFOR LIFE
Fred Meyer, Convicted of Wif
Murder in Madison County,
Wins Reversal in Su
preme Court.
Des Moines, la., June 18. (Special
Telegram.) Fred Meyer, a father liv
ing near Winterset, found guilty in
Madison county on a charge of wife
murder, will get a new trial. The su
preme court today reversed the case
on the grounds ot improper instruc
tions to the jury and admission of
improper evidence and remanded the
case for a new trial.
Four Drown in River.
r. a r r r, i.h
aiiu .viia, vjcuigc v. auiiJucu
and Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Phelps,
young married people, lost their lives
in the Des Moines river Friday night
when a motor boat in which they were
riding capsized. Campbell called to
a National Guardsman as he passed
the Interurban bridge that he was out
of gasoline- and was being carried
about by the current. There ap
peared to be no immediate danger,
however. Later it is thought the
boat struck a piling. Campbell was
receiving teller in the De Moines
National bank and Phelps was with
the Western Newspaper Union.
Loses Prisoner. 1
Beputy Sheriff S. M. Henderson of
Des Moines lost both his prisoner and
his baggage at St. Louis Friday
night. He was returning fromShreve
port, La., with C. O. Perkins, who
lie was bringing back to face a charge
of forgery. He asked Perkins to
watch his baggage in the station at
St, Louis while he purchased tickets
to Des Moines. When the officer re
turned from the ticket window his
prisoner and baggage were gone. Per
kins deposited $75 in a Des Moines
bank and two days later drew it out.
He then drew a check for $125 and
the bank refused to honor it.
Yeomen Will Increase Rates.
The Brotherhood of American Yeo
men will increase their rates it was
decided at the business ' session of
the order yesterday. The order will
also organize a juvenile department
and taje in the children of the mem
bers. This was made possible by the
last general assembly.
French Steamships Are
Attacked in Spanish Waters
Paris, June 17. Two French
steamers arriving at Gibraltar,- one
from the Mediterranean and the other
from the Atlantic) report that they
were attacked in sight of the Spanish
coast and outside the zone blockade
declared by Germany by submarines
of the largest type, says an official
statement issued today. Roth ves
sels engaged the submarines and
obliged them to abandon the com
bat. ; !
Argentine May Not Treat
U. S. Cruisers as Belligerents
Buenos Aires, June 18. In view of
the expected arrival of a squadron of
American warships the cabinet today
took up the question of their status
white in Argentine waters. No def
inite decision was reached but it is
probabuvflie war ships will not be
treated as belligerents.
PARENTS
who love to gratify t
children s desire for
the same articles of
food and drink that
grown-ups use. find
Instant
Postum
just the thing.
"There's a Reason
1 7 ' .P.
- Rev. J. F.Pducher
Christ. Nothing else will do. The
man who tries to preach to please a
congregation when that congregation
doesn't 'want the 'old-fashioned'
preaching will never make a great
preacher. The successful preacher
need not be learned . mucn as ne
needs to be sincere. He must be
lieve absolutely in the message he
Nhas to bring.
This has been a characteristic of
all great preachers. Spurgeon, Moody,
Billy Sunday, all preached the theol
ogy of Christ ai.d therein lay
their power. Sincerity, deep-seated
belief is the first requisite for the
great preacher. And the message
must be .elivered with alrstrength
of sincerily, not in the wishy-washy,
effeminate, namby-pamby style.
"The minister must have ample
time for study and meditation. There
is too much organization in the
church. There are too many meet
ings that are draining the minister's
time. Under such circumstances he
cannot prepare great sermons, nor can
he gain the strength and power to
deliver them with the strength that
convinces."
I. W.W. IS CHARGED,
AS ALIEN ENEMY
South Side Industrial Worker
Held in Jail by Federal Offi
cers Fending Advices
from Washington.
Charles Grebert, one of half a
dozen Industrial Workers Vf the
World men arrested on the South Side
for failure to register, has been placed
in the city jail charged with being
an alien enemy and with distributing-)
literature of a treasonable nature. He
will be held pending advices from
Washington. It is said he wilt be
placed in a detention camp if the
charges against him are sustained.
"Lonnie" White, colored, at the ex
piration of a ten-days' term in the
county jail was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Yates on a
charge of not registering. "Lonnie"
said he wanted to register, but that
the registration man said he didn't
need to register because he has a sore
leg. He is being held.
United States Marshal Flynn re
ceived complaint of a new scheme to'
avoid draft. He was informed of a
young man who stated on the regis
tration card that he has a wife depend
ent on him, whereas he is not married.
The complainant stated that the young
man boasted that he was going to
avoid being drafted by this scheme.
The marshal investigated and found
that he is registered as married. 'It
remains to be proved whether he is
married or not. If not he will be
arrested.
Five warrants were sent out Mon
day by Marshal Flynn for the arrest
of alleged registration evaders, three
at Aurora, one at Seward and one
at Harrison. .
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WANT CHANGE MADE
IN DRAFT RECORDS
Bohemians Ask Court to Com
pel Moorhead to Strike Out
"Austria" as Birthplace
On Registration Cards.
Stanley Scrpan, 2230 South Four
teenth street, editor of Bratrsky
Vestnik, a Bohemian publication, and
Anton Benda, 1722 South Fifteenth
street, employed by the Pokrok Pub
lishing company, have, begun ex rei
suits in district court against Election
Commissioner Moorhead, asking the
court to issue a writ of mandamus
compelling him to. strike out "Aus
tria" on their registration cards and
substitute "Bohemia."
They allege1 when they registered
for selective army conscription June
5 they answered "Bohemia" when
asked where they were born, but say
registration officials, against their ob
jections and over their protests, wrote
in 'Austria.'"
Mr. Serpan and Mr. Benda in their
petitions contend registration officials
violated the provisions of the selec
tive draft act, which makes it a mis
demeanor for registration officials to
"be a party to false or incorrect reg
istrations." Allege Cards Injured.
They allege their registration cards
as they now stand "damage them,
making it appear they belonged to a
nation inimical to the United States,
while the contrary is true."
Bohemia is in full sympathy with
the United States and its allies, ac
cording to Mr. Serpan and Mr. Ben
da, who, in several pages of their pe
titions, set out the distinctions be
tween the nations of the dual mon
archy. "By unjust election systems," the
petitions state, "Magyars are the rul
ing class, while the Bohemians are
opposed to all militaristic German
schemes for conquest."
They say since the beginning of
the war 120,000 Bohemians have sur
rendered and enlisted in the armies
of the allies o fight the central pow
ers. The court is asked to issue a per
emptory writ compelling the election
commissioner to "correct the regis
tration records."
Dr. Brewer on Trial for
Perjury ir. Moore Case
Dr. Thomas Brewer, Ringland, Okl.,
is on trial in federal court on a charge
of perjury. Brewer was a witness
for the defense in the suit of JShn
A. Moore, Omaha attorney, against
the Uniorf Pacific railroad for per
sonal injuries, in which he secured a
verdict of $68,500 a little more than
a year ago
Moore s tase lunged on tne tact
that the injuries he sustained while
riding on a Union Pacific train caused
him to be subject to epileptic fits and
prevented him from continuing prac
icing his profession. Brewer testi
fied that Moore had had epileptic fits
before the accident. Moore denied
this and upon this testimony hinges
the prosecution for perjury.
Lower Tire Cost
Than Ever-NOW
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