THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. JUNE SO. 1917. BUYING SUPPLIES' -: FOR MILLION MEN Forty-Nine Items on Ration (1st of Army and Twenty Vine on the Cloth ing List. .Washington, June 29. Supplies for a million men a year's needs of everything from beef to shoestrings, Sod from cots to candy is a measure of the task which Quartermaster General Sharpe's office has in provid ing for America's new armies. Nearly 200,000 tons of fresh beef (397.6J8.240 pounds) is one item, and besides that there is canned corned and canned roast beef, totaling nearly 8,000,000' pounds more, without in cluding the canned corned beef hash, also among the items. All told, 343 different items of sup plies appear in the quartermaster gcrf eral's list of rations for issue and sale of clothing and of equipage. The igures given here are on the basis of supplying soldiers located in the United States, so give no help in computing additional needs of this country resulting from military par ticipation in the war. Regular rationse of Uncle Sam's soldiers call for a ist of 49 items. In it are over 29,600.000 pounds of cof fee, four kinds of tea, and over 25.. 000 tons of granulated sugar; over 866,000 gallons of cuaimber pickles; over 3,800,000 cans of black pepper and cinamon, cloves, ginger, and nut meg, totalling 372,000 cans; over 480,. 700,000 pounds of potatoes; over 55,. 200.000 pounds of onions; over 300, 000,000 pounds of flour, besides hard bread; nearly 1,000,000 gallons of cane syrup; lemon and vanilla flavoring extracts; over eUO.UUU pounds ot lard, and over 7,300,000 pounds of but ter; canned and dried fish, canned vegetables, evaporated apples and ' peaches, etc. Variety of Fare Possible. The variety of fare possible in reg ular rations is increased by a list of items for sale to soldiers at cost. The sale list totals 165 items, largely food stuffs, but including also shaving mugs, pencils, pins, pens, shoe polish, letter paper (42,320 quires), 48,360 pipes, 22,320 razors, toilet articles (among which are 148,800 cans of fali-nm nnurAvr anrt t 7 'ft hMla nf toilet water), 11,160 spools of thread, etc. i ne roousiuns m rne sale nsi in clude canned mushrooms, a variptv nf canned fruits, vegetables, fish and meats, pickles, maple syrup, ginger ale, sauces, suasage, 305,000 pints of effervescent water, etc. Twenty-nine Articles of Clothing, i Regular articles of clothing are 29 in number. These are figured on initial requirements and upkeep for the first nine months. Here are a few of the items: Belts, 2,000,000; coats, cotton. 2,400,000: coats, woolen. M,270,000; service hats, 1,825,000; shoe laces, 7,20Q,000; overcoats, 1,675,000. - Equipage includes ninety articles. Among them, are 130,500 axes, 3,450, 000 blankets, 23,000 bugles, 1,900,000 cots, l,44U,iU tents ot seven kinds, over 1,000,000 gross of buttons, 39,- 000 yards of cotton cloth, etc. Estimating quantities needed is on ly a step inthe task of supplying an army. Things must be bought quality tested, contracts made, prices determined, delivery and then come the problems of transportation-, stor age, and distribution. This shows a part of the country's great war work, on which thousands of people are daily working "to make the world safe for democracy." FRENCH AIR HERO TO TEACH U. S. AVIATORS Lieutenant de Seyssel, of the French Atrial Corps, who. with a (roup of sea soned Fronch airman, has arrived In the United State, will be detailed to instruct American army aviators in the modern meth ods of aerial warfare. WJJWWW'f"IWWMMWlMMiALiMeiU.'lS X EPIDEMIC SWEEPING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Sixty-Eight Children Die From form of Summer Complaint: Hundreds Are Report ed 111. MAY COMBINE TO " INSURESOLDIERS Insurance Heads Enthusiastic Over Conference Called at Washington on Monday. ' (By Associated Press.) ' Washington, June .Officials of life insurance companies invited bv North Island May Be . Taken for Aviation School Washington, D. C, June 29. North Island, in San Diego harbor, may be taken over at a cost not to exceed $50,000 as a site for a gov ernment aviation school by a bill passed today iri the house. The bill goes to the senate. Secretary McAdoo to cpnfer with him next Monday on plans to insure om cerj and men in the naval and mili tary rorces -nave snown great en thusiasm in the project in letters and telegrams replying to the invitation. Although department officials re fuse to discuss the proposals to be laid before the conference, it is known the' administration is determined that some form of insurance be given to an or Americas fighting men. It is believed the companies may be given an opportunity to form a combination for war insurance, with the co-opera tion or backing ot the government. Rates for soldiers and sailors under present conditions of private insurance are generally regarded by officials as too heavy. Liabilities Would Be Heavy. More than three and a half billions of dollars in extreme liabilities would have to be assumed if insurance were granted to the 2.500,000 men the United States may have in the service within two vears with a minimum pol icy of $1,500? There have been sug gestions that the maximum policy be $4,i00 or $5,000. Men in the merchant marine are now insured by the fed eral war risk bureau for amounts from $1,500 to $5,000. What effect a general insurance program may have on the pension system is impossible to determine. It is pointed out that federal insur ance would be tantamount to a war period pension system and that it would eliminate many of the admitted evils of the pension. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. , (Br Associated Press.) St. Louis, June 28. Sixty-eight children have died from a severe form of summer complaint in southeastern Missouri during the last few weeks, according" to information telephoned here today. More than 200 persons, mostly chil dren, now are ill with the disease and about a fourth of these are in a seri ous condition. Dr. Harrison reported fifty child deaths in Dunklin county in the last six weeks and Dr. Tate reported eighteen in Scott county. Epidemics Are Similar. According to the reports from the physicians the epidemics that have struck the two counties are similar, rjut are not. identical. Dr. Harrison said the deaths in Dunklin county were due to enterocolitis, an infection of the intestines. Dr. Tate said the disease in Scott county was iliocolitis, a summer complaint similar to entero colitis. The disease is attributed to abnor mal weather conditions in southeast ern Missouri a late cold spring quickly followed by warm weather, which caused, excessive vaporization from the sandy soil. Flies are be lieved to have been carriers of the disease. Four deaths from cholera infantum are reported irom senatn, Dunklin county, by Dr. HUKhes. Sixteen oer. sons there are under treatment for that disease. Roumanian Mission Arrives at Capital Washington, Tune 29. Roumania1 mission to the United States reached Washington today unannounced and sought quarters at a hotel. Dr. Vasile Lucaci is the head of the party and accompanied by Johan Mota and Lieutenant Moica. The mission not strictly of a diplomatic character and will devote itself largely to ef forts to stimulate recruiting for the Roumanian army among their fellow countrymen in America. Pennsylvania Lines 'to' Take Off JWanv Trains Philadelphia, June 29. In order to provide increased facilities for the movement of troons. government nun. plies and foodstuffs, the Pennsylvania Railroad company announced tonight that effective July 1 a total of 102 passenger trains will be eliminated from its lines. In addition, a number ot parlor cars, restaurant cars, siren. ers, club and observation cars will be discontinued. Herman Cohen Elected Head of B'nai Ami Club Herman Cohen was elected presi dent ot tne a nai Ami club Wednes day night Other officers were elect ed as follows: Dave Greenberg, vice president; Abe Priesman, recording secretary; Ed Snayder, financial secre tary; Mike Marawitz, treasurer, and cam lousem, sergeant-at-arms. The following were elected mem- uers ot the executive committee William Pearlman, Joe Greenberg, izraei scnianer, Max Aully and Ju lius Arkin. The new officers will be installed at a smoker to be held Monday night. Personal Mention C. F. Bobertion, foirasr Omtha man, who some year ago launched a successful Ir rigation project tn the Biff Horn Basin courury u tn umiina for a lew days. Mr. naaenon sayi mat at wortiand, wyo. th Uta Sugar company Is completing i 1,50,0 bet sunrar factory. It will be In operable In time to handle th crop of bins iBuon, I:." ... sALTUKEorr, I JAN FBANCISCO Q OMAHA f ' Hiv M - fYUSS H f C, WASHINGTON E3t Kb . fUlr Kansas crrrvf C0AST I j Effective July 1st? V j II We announce the inauguration of our Transcontinental Servicte from Massachu. setts to California. Operating from Coast to Coast, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, we offer the shipper Universal Service ADaMS EXPRESS COMPANY frfl5rfr(rV-fr?r.I,5 R 1 I HI New Type German Submarine Has Device for Cutting Away Wire Nets (Br Associate Pms.) " British Waters, June 29. The captain British Waters, June 28. The captain of a torpedoed merchantman has turned over to the naval authorities here a sketch of a new type of Ger man submarine equipped with a wire cutting device designed to release it from nets. The sketch shows several strands of stout steel hawsers stretched from the bow through the conning tower to the stern. Attached to these is a series of heavy circular knives, a foot in diameter and placed about a yard apart. The captain made a drawing while in a small boat, after his ship had been torpedoed. He had been shelled and torpedoed in two other ahips, but on neither of those occasions had he noticed anything new in the type of the German diving boats. While he was not close enough to the last sub marine to examine minutely the addi tion to its upper works, he was able to see plainly enough to make a good sketch. The theory of the captain is that a boat so equipped would have hope of being able to cut its way through any steel nets in which it might become entangled. Barber Quarrel Said to Have Caused Loop Explosion Chinas Ttin 90 P -f ... 1 f nAn union barbershops to cli.;e at night, was said by Chief of Police Schutler tn 1 -...a. k- . 1. - I 1. Af - dynamite explosion" that shook the uismci lomgni. u tore me fronts out of several stores adjoining a harhershnn nn Mnrtl. Dk-H street.-but did not injure any of the occupants or tne buildings Gates of Big Federal Dam Close, Forming 5-Mile Lake Minneapolis, June 29. The gates in the new $2,000,000 federal dam near Fort Snelling were closed late today, forming a five mile "lake" which will make Minneapolis the head of sjlississippi river navigation. Electricians are connecting up -the power by which the Bates nf the InrW are to be operated and it will'be pos- Citlzen8 Pledge $100,000 Help Cantonment Camp Rockford, 111., June 29. One hun dred thousand dollars was pledged today by citizens of Rockford to help toward the success of the army camp which is under construction here. sible for Mississippi boats to make lockage by the first of the week, ac cording to Captain George W. Free man, in charge of the work at the dam. Army Recruiting Drive Is Still Ineffective Washington June 29. Regular army recruiting fell off heavily again yesterday despite the great drive be ing made to fill regiments to war strength. Unless a better showing is made during the next three days it seems certain that the reserve for the regular army will have to be taken from men drafted for the national army. It was again said today that men who join the regulars for the dura tion of the war can be certain of early action at the American front soon to be established in France. More Than Two Miles of Blouses In Sale What is believed to be the great est assemblage of blouse ever mada by any Omaha store is involved in, the Annual Before-the-Fourth Blouse Sale at Julius Orkin's. Considerable more than 9,500 blouses form the substance ot this sale. Were these blouses laid side by side they would extend for more than two miles. This great exhibit contains sizes from 34 to 52 bust i Georgettes, Crepe de Chines, Taf fetas, Wash Silks, Voiles, Organdies, Batistes, Dimities, Madras and Flaxon cloths. Dressy blouses, tail, ored blouses and sport blouses every color and combination of col. ors one might desire. The entire front of windows contain exhibits of these remarkable blouses. This im. mense lot of blouses has been divid ed into six great groups and priced at 79c, $1.19, J1.45, $1.95, $3.95 and fS.OO. These prices represent about one-half of the true value of the blouses. The Julius Orkin store, at 1508 1510 Douglas street, has long been famoua for blouses, and this sale promises to make that fame far mora reaching. Advertisement. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. I : s One-Minute ' Store Talk The rise of this Greater Store to its position as the largest clothing house in the west is one of the important triumphs of western retailing. A success based on giving value for the money. The foresight that is shaping Its destiny rose to the emerg ency of anticipating war f rices, made contracts to fore- s t a 1 1 the advance, thereby protecting its customers, with the re sult that here are to day Suprama Clotklnj V.lu... Whr b. ssllsfM with Isss? JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.' M. L. HOLZMAN, Trees." ' (111 True V &Jf Blue Vi jkjr Jja Uk Serge st ' for the Glorious .f tjy "Fourth" . L $35 fMWK Men't and Young tjywjHj Men't Cloth inf -5c- ' NygJl ond Floor, - Superb Summer Suits A Wonderful Value Demonstration. $ 15-$20-$25-$30 LIKE swinging wide the doors of a national exposi tion of New Summer Clothes Styles for men and young men. The clothes you want are here in this vast selection. Smart, stylish, diversified cool, com fortable and designed to insure your lasting satisfac tion because made by the. greatest journeymen tailor ing organizations in AmericaThe best that Roches ter, N. Y., world's best clothes designers have ever produced. Rid Colorings Latest Models All Sizes Suits for Men of Every Proportion Belted auita with the "pep' live wirea want. Soft ' roll styles, cleverly atyled sacks, double breasted models, military, sport and Norfolk auita; one-quarter, one-eighth, half or full lined; patriotic bluea, seaside greens, illum inated shades, ailk stripes, hair-line stripes, plaids, ahep. herd checks, homespuns, flannels, serges, rich worsteds, r t $15, $20. $25, $30, $35, $40 jpP Cool Featherweight Clothesf or Hot Days ' " Never before such wonderfully attractive selections extraordinary Val nes. Tropical worsteds, featherweight flannels, tweeds, serges, Dixie weaves, mohairs, gabardines, Palm Beach, cool crash, shape retaining clothes, made of the genuine fabrics. Unhned, well tailored, perfect fitting All sizes $5.00, $7.50, $9.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $25.00 JMotorists' Comfort Apparel Thoughtful automobile owners are equipping, their and rain-proof garinents, not only for themselves, but Big selection here at lowest-in-the-city prices. Man's Tan or Cray Auto iOustars S1.50 to $3.50 Man's Unionalli, Real Protectors at $2.50 Man's KhaU Suits, Pinch-back Stylus $4. $5. -6 Men's Palm Beach Trousers at $2.50 cars with necessary dust for their guests as well Man's Khaki Pants, Special Values ' 81.25 to $2.25 Men's Raincoats, Wide Vari.tr $5 to $25 Men's Straw Hats Style and Value OUR greater hat section of fers you the right straw 'hat and the supreme oppor tunity to buy it RIGHT. You're not asked to pay all the traf y f ic will bear. You're not shown imitations at the price of the genuine your hat satisfaction is our pride. Lowest-in-the-city prices and worthy quality alone is sold. Genuine South American Panamas $4 to $10 (Not Jap or Rice Paper Hats) Our Famous Porta An I Extra Special, Real $1.50 Riean Hats, at Madagascar!, Fancy I ' Look Like Panamas, i Bands, at T Bangkok Hats, $4 to $6 Leghorn Hats, $3 to $5 Split and Sennit Yacht Hats, $1.50 to $4 Java Hats, $1.50 White Duck and Felt Hats, 50 Largest showing silk and cloth caps and hats in city, 50 to $2 Patriotic Hat Cords Free With Every Hat. Traveling Goods Values No time like Now to buy your vacation luggage. Values not to be duplicated later. Suit Cases, $1.25 to $20' Traveling Bags, $1.80 to $35 Standard and Steamer Trunks, $5 to $25 Neverbreak Wardrobe Trunks, $16.50 Others at $22 to $60 BOY SCOUT SHOES, TAN, BLACK, SMOKE, 82 TO $3.25 Cool Underwear We 're Headquarters The largest furnishing goods store naturally presents the most complete underwear selections, better values, too, a Greater Ne braska feature. See the new cool comfort ideas from Vasaar, Superior, B.. V. D., knitted ' or nainsook, athletic or in any sleeve or let length you can imagine. All siaea at $1.00lo$3.00 Men'a Shirts or Drawers, 50c and up. Bathing Suits for Men California one-piece styles in great variety of colors and combine- f "I (( J tions at B 1 ,J) lo Boys' Bathing Suits, 55c to $1.50 Shirt Store Supreme Supreme because of unlimited assortments of America's best shirts made. Manhattans, Bates Street, Yorke and other leaders. An other big lot of special patterns iS crepe stripe shirts for Saturday, A rg Special sPl.OU 00 Sport and Negligee ShirU ii!r ., NEWEST OF NEW SILK SHIRTS $3.50 to $7 1 CORRF.flT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN. ssssssssssssssssssstMslsslsM fsTisTfiTarririrj- r mm. Wal Soft1, ill tnrftoA Atlffai flat as -s.1 collars. Wide range of neat stripes and cuiurs at one aonar. MEN'S FABRIC OXFORDS, WHITE AND PALM BEACH, $2 TO S4.50 ( . 1 1 ' ' is i v