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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1917)
5 A SWITZERLAND Little Mountain Republic is Lending a Helping Hand to the Wounded and Needy of Neighboring Nations The Cradle of the Red Cross THE "OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNK 24, 1917. In tlie tarty days of August, 1914. when the furies of war descended upon Europe, Switzerland realized 'that it would be its lot to act as angel of mercy to the war sufferers and prisoners ot its belligerent neighbors. The' little Alpine republic was obliged itself to arm against possible violation of its territory; it was forced into an- economic neutrality which de mands ever-increasing sacrifices and which at thjs present time has become an issue ot utmost importance. But notwithstanding its) own heavy burdens and the serious food problems confronting it, Switzerland has not for one instance paused in its chari table activities on behalf of suffering mankind; for it is proud and grateful that such a high and noble task has been allotted to it. i Switzerland, the cradle of. true de mocracy, is moreover the land where" that most benevolent institution, the Red Cross, had its foundation. Where Hatred Is Banished and Charity Knows No Bounds Surgery and medicW did not come into use on the battlefields before the last decade of the eighteenth century. Before that time wounded soldiers were either carried to the rear by their comrades or left unattended to and exposed until the fighting was over. Surgical assistance did not reach the battlefields until the day after the en gagement or even later and for many of the wounded it was then too late. In 179,2 Baron Dominque Jean Lar rey of the French army introduced his system of "ambulance volantcs" or flying field liospitaIs.,"capable of mov ing rapidly from place to place. They gave primary surgical treatment and removed the wounded quickly from the field. Napoleon wamly supported LarfFy and the system was quickly brought to a high sate of efficiency in the grand army. Tlie actual founded of the Red Cross society was Jean Henri Dunant, a philanthropic citizw of Geneva, Switzerland. On June 14, 1859, he chanced to be present at the battle of Solterino and was an eye witness to the vast amount of unnecessary suf fering that resulted from the inability of the regular surgical corps for the thousands of wounded who lay upon the field. Three years later he published a book on his experiences at Solfcrino and advocated an international con vention to provide for the aiding of the wounded in war. This conven tion, which took place at Geneva in 1863, neutralized the surgical corps of hostile armies aud volunteer societies caring for the wounded. As a com pliment to Switzerland the Swiss flag in reversed colors, i. e., a red cross on a white field, wasto be adopted universally and worn on arm bands by all members of the neutral staffs. Geneva has been since that time the headquarters of the International Red Cross society. 'On account ol the immediate mo bilization of is army on August 1-3, 1914, Switzerland was unable to dis patch Red Cross ambulances to the belligerent countries as it had been wont to do in previous wars. How ever, the international committee of the Red Cross, under the brilliant chairmanship of its president, Gus tave Ador, one of Geneva's' foremost citizens, was not long in finding some other way to "become o service to suffering mankind. It founded the Agency for the Prls oners of War, whose main purpose it is to act as intermediary between the prisoners of war and their fami lies and friends. The undertaking was modestly started with six assistants, but as soon as its existence became known OMAHA STATE BANKS MAY JOIN RESERVE Amended Federal Law is Ex pected to Increase Number of Institutions in Be-1 serve Membership. "State banks in Omaha are not pre pared to say whether they will place themselves under the federal reserve system under the ameudmnts to the federal reserve law , now being adored. "We have not yet seen the law In its completed form," said- J. F. He cox, vice president of the American State bank, "and therefore cannot say just what- jf will do. No doubt it would be a good thing under the present conditions to have all the slate banks under the reserve system. The state banks and trust companies, I should judge, control upward of two-thirds of, the banking capital of the country." J. R. Cain, jr., vice president of the State Bank of Omaha, said: "it is too early to say as yet wheth er we will go in or not. When the law has been definitely enacted and we are able to analyze all its provis ions we will be in better position to, say whether we want to come under the federal reserve system. ' "As a matter of fact we don't need the reserve banks. The best feature (bout 'the reserve system, as I see it, is the rc-discount privilege, aaja we have no use for that. We are always long on money. Our deposi tors as a class are not large borrow ers. "Some of the big trust companies in Chicago and the east are going in. and 1 should not be surprised to see'many of the state banks join the j reserve systera after this amendment j becomes a law." The amendment, now before con- grcss, will make more specific the i terms upon which the state banks and trust companies may be admitted ! to membership. , j Williams to Be Swimming j Instructor at Lake Manawa i W. A. "Buddie" Kearns, has been called to Young Men's Christian asso ciation work in the army and Gus L. Williams, physical and swimmingln structor at Bellevue college, has suc ceeded him as swimming instructor at Manawa park. There throughout the summer Mr. Williams and a sorps of assistants will instruct swimmers and act as life guards. Hundreds went swimming at Man awa last Sunday tthe first day the bcachwas opened. With a continua tion of hot weather, all records are expected to be broken at this beach. -Picnics of all sizes, from family groups to hundreds of children, are visiting the park this'year. Friday evening, although it was no special occasion, over a score of picnic parties dotted Shady Grove,! the picnic grounds adjoining Manawa park. Tuesday this week the City Mission kiddies, 700 strong, will descend upon the park in the morning and will stay until the middle of the afternoon. Early in the evening the Brandeis stores' employes" will hold their an nual picnic there. Manager, Carl I. Palm announces that in accordance with President Wilson's request there will be no fire works at Manawa park this year. Spe cial decorations, 'band concerts" and other features will lend a strong pa triotic tendency to the day's celebra tionsthere. he said. Rain or shine, the crowds have been good thus far this season, as tne dance hall, bahd and other attrac tions do not cease for the weather. The following programs by George Green's parade band are announced "for today: AVTKnXOON. Mnrrh "Hand Aerotia lh Sea" Souaa Value "My liruam" . rr WalJtaufel Selection "(pcril Sybil" lacobl Overture '"I'he Barber of Seville" ... Bosalnl Intermezzo "Kntlnka" . . t.cc Orean Smith Swedish we,Idj,:c march Sodermauu Medley neieellyti popular tones, raes nnfl dlinrew. Kemlck Grand Barltouo Knlasia "Aurora" (Joe Plaelnti) Mom "AtlamK" a urltlr suite In four ports Safranck 31a -eh SleUley I'atriotie songs of I . .Calvin KVENl.Nti. Hart h "Mantiat Ian lleaeh" Siiumb Seleulon Cnink: oiiera. "Woodland" . Luderr l'alrol "Tha Blue and, Gray" ...... Dalbey Overture "The Land of tha Mountain and the Flood" Mutlunn Valao -The Blue Danube" Strauaa Med.y-8electl)ii of popular aonga. . . ,1'eiat Intermezzo From '"The Ballet Naile".. Dellbea Sons (For Cornet), "Love, Here Ie My Heart" (Dr. Laird) JSUeen Selection From opera "Kattnka"....Frlml Finale-National aire Lftmpe Omaha Continues to Lead Corn Markets of Country ; Omaha continues to lead the grain, markets of the country in corn re ceipts. Receipts were 139 carloads, as against 137 in Chicago, forty-five in St, Louis and fifteen in Kansas, City. Prices wer; '2 cent up, all the grade stuff selling at $1.66 a bushel. Prac tically all the offerings graded No. 2. ' Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. y 'Buy Your Summer Clothes at the UNION 16th and Jackson Sts. Where the "Out of the High Rent Location," enables you t buy better clothes at lees money. ' Pretty Summer Dresses - $4.95 to $18.00 ' New Wash Skirt. 98c to $4.50 Silhv Jersey Coats $8.50 to $14.50 s 'EXTRA! V Final Cleanup Ladle' Spring Suit. ' Value up to $45.00 Monday, your choice For Just HALF Pay only $1 or so per week on any purchase you make. Men's Suits Reduced ; Values up to $27.50 $16.75 Values up to $32.50 $24.75 Boys' Soring and Summer Suits, from $3.50 to $7.50 Men's Trousers, light weight, from $1.50 to $6.45 Boys' Shoes $1.50 to $4.50, Men's Oxfords, $4.00 A splendid assortment of Men's Oxfords, in black, tan or white colors. New English last and boxed toe styles, A MA Monday, $6.50 jral- L (III ues, for , tT All Goods Marked ia Plain Figures. ' UNION its activity assumed such gigantic proportions that the citv of Geneva permitted it to establish itself in the spacious, newly renovated Musee Rath, where some 1,200 voluntary workers, belonging to all stations of lite, have since been assisting in sort ing and forwarding the mail of pris oners of war of all nationalities and in answering the multitude of inquir ies as to tneir whereabouts, the agency receives lists of casualties and of prisoners taken from all the com batant countries and these lists are indexed and the information made available for future inquiries. From October 15, 1914, to June 30. 1916, the agency sent over 470,399 letters with information to families of prisoners; it received more than 78,713 callers who came personally to ask for information; it transmitted more than 1,994,000 francs and 30, 665,331 packages, to which 776,505 packages must yet be added which were dispatched directly from Geneva.' Soon after the outbreakof the great conflict came those pitiful armies of war sufferers; homeless French and Belgian refugees and interned civil ians, when an exchange had been finally arranged for the Utter. Red Cross workers took charge of these unfortunate traveler within the Swiss boundaries; they were welcomed, fed, clothed and cheered up upon their ar rival at Geneva or Scharihausen. At Zurich, Berne and Lausanne and many smaller stations enroute the .Swiss vied with each other in bring ing loou anu clouting lor inosc pass rug through. In the depth of winter there were kindly Swiss women at the railroad stations in the middle of the night, just to comfort the miser able travelers with hot coffee and bread. Railroad fare for war sufferers was paid by the French and German gov ernments. Every other expense in- ' volved with their transport was borne by the Swiss people, whose chanty has never drawn any distinction, be tween the nationality of these un fortunates. In Schaffhatisen, immedi ately adjoining the German border, there have been German-Swiss moth ers who practically stripped their own children at the railroad station to alleviate the suffering of some half starved, insufficiently clad French and Belgian children, anil in Geneva, where the German interned civilians arrived, there was just the same indiscrinilnal- ing display of loving sympathy. "Vive la Suisse and Hoch die Schweiz has ever teen the enthusiastic fare well of these travelers when they left Swiss sojl. The next phase of the melancholy procession was the passage of the fcf: I- ui i- i. uiauua uicasca, ucuiiau aim rrcitcti prisoners of war so seriously maimed and injured as to be of no further military lise. An exchange of such men was agreed upon early in 1915 and at irftervals ever since have the splendidly equipped Swiss hospital trains traveled between Constance and Lyons, loaded with dying, perma nently crippled or insane prisoners. Swiss physicians"auf Red Cross nurses superintend the loading and unloading of the patients and accom pany the trains and the generous populace is ever on the lookout for these and transports in order that they may cheer those most unfor tunate ot all war victims with floral greetings and various little Rifts. Suit able refreshments are also provided on these trains. oners and interned civilians and the individual requirements are duly in vestigated and reported by a man of confidence nominated by each camp. Relief bureaus for the prisoners of war were also established soon after the outbreak of the great conflict and, while separate funds were created for each, country, the committees in charge are guided by charity only. natables and articles ot clolhintr are forwarded to different camps for pris- Another huge charitable work is performed by the Swiss postal author ities. The little mountain republic al lows free postage not only to letters, packages and money orders destined tor prisoners ot war, but also fb all correspondence addressed by the pris oners and the interned civilians to their relatives and friends in some of the most thickly numilatcd countries of Kuropc. 1 The mail matter which has thus been transmitted gratuitously since the outbreak of the war mounts into many millions and statistics covering the' period from September, 1914, to March. 1917, indicate that through the mediation of the Swiss federal post ollices at Berne and Basle nearly .'50, 000.000 letters and postal cards and 13.000,000 small parcels have been taken over and ixfoiwsrdtd to the countries at war. Anolner1 benevolent orgmisation is the Swiss Academic Relief association whose purpose it is to furnish students who are now prisoners of war with scientific books and periodicals, so as to enable them to continue their studies during-captivity. A further humane act has to be credited: fo some 300 Swiss hotel keepers, who, in spite of bad business, were generous enough to ofl'er a gra tuitous sojourn of three weeks to more tian 2,00,0 war nurses. It may not be generally known that Switzerland has also had the privilege sandyof Americans who were staying there or had fled to the little Alpine republic at tne outbreak ot tne war. Americans who found themselves .,. .,.. pvoi.iuo i in., iiiuv ii.tc auric often enthusiastically related how the ! c...:..., i t .i .twb uuici Kevpers inicw open uicir l doors, welcomed and fed them with out any question as to payment. They accepted post-dated checks and prom isory notes which were not regarded if value brother countries, simply re lying on the good faith of their guests and they even went as far as to ac commodate some of these travelers with a small loan. Ami when the thinly-clad, hungry members of the crew of the Yarrow dale sot their feet upon the soil of little Switzerland they were royally fed. feted and pelted with flowers. Re membering their biltcr experiences with German military authorities, SOHH1 of these hardened' seamen were moved to tears of gratitude. A Swiss Relief Commission for War Hostages was also founded in the City of Basle as early as October 19I4. This commission undertakes to locate the hostages and to fh.it them into communication with their fami lies aud friends; it also makes con sunt efforts to alleviate their suffer ings. , Invalid Prisoners Recuperating. But among all the numerous charit able undertakings which Switzerland maintains on behalf of the war suf ferers, none lias claimed the world's attention as much as the hospitaliza tion of invalid prisoners of- war in the various' health resorts of that coun try. While it scented .'niprohablc at first that the bclligrent countries would permit any of their men to stay in a foreign liealth resort during the war. the conlinned and combined efforts of the Swiss Federal Council and the pope on hjrtialf of the sick and dis abled prisoners of war resulted in an agreement to the effect that sick German prisoners held in France and sick French prisoners held in Ger many could be transferred to SwitzeN land for a cure. A successful start was thus made in the' spring of 19 16 and the arrange ment has since -been extended to Brit ish invalid prisoners held. in Germany and sick German prisoners held in ICugland. Pretty Curls and Waves Acquired Over Night! Here'a a hair curling aecret that la de cidedly "worth whila." At bedtime apply a. littia liquid sllaierin with a . clean tooth brunh, drawing thii down the hair front . root to tip. In the morning when yon loon In your mirror you will be aatoniahed. ane delighted to find your hair has dried-in as, beautiful curia aa you've ever worn. The. wavineas will look ao natural no one. wuV' gueia It waa artificially acquired. You can obtain liquid silmerine at any drug atere end a few ouaaee will last a lonf time. It ia neither aticky nor greasy and ia4 pleaeant to use. It ia doubly uaetal beceuae ol alao aerving aa a beneficial dreaainc, keep ing the hair aoft, ailky aad luatroua. After, one trial you will never go back to the bar? baroua curling iron. Advertiaement. SAVE MONEY! Have Yeur Clothee, Hata, Curtaina, Ruga, Fura, Glovea and Plumea CLEANED BY DRESHER BROTHERS Dyere, Cleanare. Hattera, Fnrrtera, Tailertf. 2111 ta 2217 Karnam Street TYLER 34S. Weik Called For and Delivered. LEG COMFOR' Non-Elnatie Laced Stocking The Ideal Support fog . VARICOSE VEINS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, I SANITARY, WASHABLE. ADJUSTABLE, LACES, like a legging. 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Chiffonier with four-tray cupboard and two large drawers , $42.00 Dresser measures 44 inches, with 32x26-inch mirror $42.00 Triple Mirror Dressing Table, with three drawers' , .T . . $3750 Fu)l size Bed to match (you. will note the design is welf carried out) . $.17 50 Chairs or Dressing Table Stool can be had to match. m W $42.00 Gifts for the Bride Approiftriate and Unusual The tragedy of giving just that thing they need tha.i least, the thing a doten oth er friends have thought of, is averted if you make your selections from our really wonderful collection of un usual, bub charming art, goods. There is an exclusivcness bout every article in our gift shop, a real merit that will appeal and an assort ment so diversified that you are sure to find the gift appropriate In Our Gift Shop. The People's Store Oppoaite Hotel Rome. Cane and Mahogany r or Living Room First nd Third Floors We have several styles similar to illustration, upholstered in plain, figured and striped velours. As well as being ex ceedingly handsome this furniture is very restful. Any one of these suites now upon our floor will be a source of pride 10 wnoever is lucky enough to secure it. ., Cane and Solid Mahogany, in Chair and Rocker A VERY SPECIAL VALUE . Exactly-as illustrated. Very finely made and in very pop-' ular, beautiful styles. A most remarkable value. Chair or Rocker J rr Are You Equipped for Canning Time? It's HERE Kerr Self -Sealing Mason Jars: Pints, dozen . . .', 65 Quarts, dozen 704 ! Half Gallons, dozen 90t Six-Quart Aluminum Preserving Kettle With patent lock handle, QQ $1.50 value IOC "Don't Waste" Just Because It's Hot A Herick Refrigerator will pay its way by saving as well as making food more palatable. White, enamel-lined styles. G5-)b. ice capacity S24.0O 75-lb.ioe capacity $Z7.0O ! Ott-lb. ice capacity, for $33.50 Sold on. Terms $3.00 avowed on any old ice chest. J - 1 11 ' RUGS SECONP FLOOR Beautiful Rugs Are the foundation of room attractiveness ; they should be carefully selected. You will find a splendid collection of Domestic and Foreign Rugs here, in cluding many Oriental designs in do mestic weaves. All sizes are here and such a variety of colors and shades that you will have no trouble in choosing a. very handsome rug with which to fit your "room, scheme" at a very moderate cost. ' Crex Rush Rugs for Summer Sanitary, Washable Good Colorings 110x60 inches, from, S1.50 4x7 feet, from. $4.00 8x10 feet, from S.2r; 0x12 feet, from $6.50 Half the Charm of the Summer Home Lies in the Dainty Drapery of Your Windows A Splendid Time to Buy Is NOW and No Better Place Than HERE, for Many Spe cial Prices Prevail. 100 Pair of Filet Net Curtaina, in ivory and Egyp tian; 12 styles to choose from, 8 to 12 pairs of a style, plain and figured, cen ters, trimmed with lace on front edge and bottom; splen did special values, $2,50 per pair. Marquisette, specially priced, at and 25 per yard. Voiles, specially priced, at 12 Vid; and l8Vi6 Per yard. Curtain Neti, specially priced, t 10 12 ISttand 23 per yard. 300 Yards of Cretonne, in .va rious patterns, twenty to choose from. 10 to 20 vards of a tmt- tern, specially priced, at 18J, U.S. FLAGS WHeBavny,S,Dog 3x5 feet, each . . $4.50 5x8 feet, each . . $8.00 4x6 feet, each . .$6.00 6x10 feet, ea., $11.50, 8x12 feet, $16.50 I Th.y Stand tha Wind and Weather, I7m mm JWrVl,WlrWl''" m ivOrchard & Wilhelm Co.WlrWlWr V.inWl''' Vt-eml f