THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917.
TWO THOUSAND MEN MANCHO MOVE IS
SENT TO HAY FIELDS NEAR COLLAPSE
State and Government Depart- Attempt of Manchu General to
ments Send Large Number of Re-Kaiserize Oriental Be-
Them North to Take Care public Seems Doomed
of Crops. I to Failure.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 6. (Special.) As a
result of efforts by the government
department of the State Labor Bureau
to secure men for agricultural activi
ties in a systematic manner so that
each community may get what it
needed, about 2,000. men were sent
today to the hay country to assist in
putting up the hay crop.
Saunders a Little Slow.
Word has just been received by the
State Council of Defense that Saund
ers county is just beginning work on
subscription to the Red Cross fund.
All other counties have reported al
ready and the delay on the part of
Saunders is deeply regretted by the
board as it naturally keeps back the
reports from the state.
Some Fine Roundup.
Representative Beal of Keith county
was in Lincoln today and reported
that the annual roundup show given
at Onallala this week was the most
successful ever given, the largest
crowd ever tn the history of the show
being present.
Mr. Beat also "reported that wheat,
both fall and winter, was looking well
and that corn was good. It has been
just a little dry out there, the general
rains which have hit the rest ot the
state a little too severely if anything,
forgetting to pay a visit to the west'
em portion.
Net Revenue of Western
Railroads Shows Increase
Washington. July 6. May reports
of 130 of 186 railroads to the Inter
state Commerce commission show an
increase in net revenue of approxi
mately $1,500,000. The decrease in
earnings of eastern roads of $1,800,000
was more than onset in the total by a
slieht increase in southern roads earn
ings and a rise of more than $3,000,-
000 in net revenues of the western
roads.
POLICE ASKED
TO SAFEGUARD
IOWA MEETING
(Continued from Pgs Oo.
started by Attorney General Havner
last week, He win ten an ne Knows
at the Omaha meeting and contends
that the Thompson law of Iowa can
not abridge hit right of free speech
in iNebraska.
Montgomery county is aroused as
it never has been since the discovery
of the ax murders five years ago.
These Iowans are determined to hear
Wilkerson's story and are willing to
pay their railroad fare to Omaha and
expenses of the theater to accomplish
their purpose. They are determined
that the person or persons guilty of
the terrible tragedy the most cruel
that has blotted the history of Iowa
shall be brought to justice and they
are equally determined that a man
they declare is innocent shall not be
made the scapegoat.
The train bearing the Iowans to
Omaha will leave Red Oak at 8:30
a. m. Saturday and will arrive here
shortly after noon.
Circulars announcing the meeting
have been distributed throughout
Montgomery county. Many will drive
through in their automobiles.
The Boyd theater meeting will be
ooeri to all. but a section will be
served for iowans who are, especially
interested. f
Big Crowd Coming.
Rrt Oak. la.. Tulv 6. fSoeclal
Telegram.) Detective J. N. Wilker
son. arrested here Saturday on a
charge of conspiracy in connection
with the attempt to enter the F. F.
Jones store in Villisca last winter to
obtain written documents ot evi
dence, has been busy for the last few
days getting ready for the mass mcet
iusr which he will hold in the Boyd
theater in Omaha Saturday afternoon.
Judging from the number of telegrams
and telephone calls which have been
coming into his office here from those
who expect to attend the meeting, he
will have a big hearing,
i The detective has sent out hundreds
of posters for distribution in this
section of the state giving notice ot
Saturday's meeting.
It was exDected that a special train
would be run from Creston to Omaha
for the accommodation of those who
wished to attend the meeting, but the
plan has been abandoned on account
of the cost The railway company
asked for a guarantee of $530 for the
special train. However, extra coaches
will be attached to passenger No. 11.
which goes through Red Oak at 8:20
oclock in the morning.
Havner Was Plaintiff.
In the Detition to Judge E. B.
Woodruff asking that Detective J.
N. Wilkerson be restrained from
, sDeakine at the public meeting in
Red Oak last Saturday, Attorney
General H. M. Havner was the plain
tiff. The attorney general charges
that Wilkerson made a trip to Alta
Pass. I1L immediately after the Mont
comer county grand jury returned
an indictment against Rev. L. G. J.
Kelly, charging him with the Villisca
murder, and intormed neiiy that an
indictment had been returned against
him: that on that trip YYilkerson rep
resented himself to be F. F. Jones
and under that name he shipped the
. coods of Kelly to Kansas City, then
took Kelly and his wife to Chicago
and kept them there several days.
Charges Against Detective.
Other chffges in the petition are
, that Wilkerson broke into the office
of County Attorney Wenstrand and
took certain files and records; that he
conspired with certain parties, who
attempted to break into the Jones
store at Villisca to obtain certain
papers, and that the coconspirators
made an assault upon one Mrs. De
weiss at Corning and then circulated
false reports of the assault for the
purpose of intimidating those who
. have been drawn as jurors in Mont
aromenr county.
The public meetings which Wilker
son has held, the petition states, have
been for the purpose of prejudicing
the minds or the people ot Montgom
ery county, intimidating witnesses
and officers and to obstruct the ad
ministration of justice in connection
with the trial of the case of state of
Iowa against Kelly.
London, July 5. A dispatcn to the
Post from Tien Tsin says the Man
chu restoration seems on the verge
of collapse. Fifty thousand republi
can troops are converging on Peking,
where General Chang Hsun has only
about 3,000 men. Members of the
northern military party do not expect
fighting. They believe Chang Hsun's
troops will desert when they realize
the strength of the republican forces.
Fifteen provinces now support Tuan
Chi-Jui, who has been made premier
of the new provisional government
established at Nanking.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail says
that General Chang Hsun, realizing
his mistake in attempting to restore
the emperor, threatens to sack Peking,
burn the Manchu palace and take the
emperor to Mongolia.
May Loot Peking.
Peking. July 6. (Via Tien Tsin.)
The position of General Chang Hsun,
the leader of the royalist movement,
apparently is hopeless. It is feared
that when this is realized his troops
will loot Peking. The legations are
prepared for all eventualities.
luan Chi-Jui, commander-in-chtet
of the republican forces, has issued a
lengthy manifesto denouncing Chang
Hsun, saying that his action is vil
lainous and declaring he is using the
Manchus to further his own ambi
tions. Tuan Chi-Jui promises gener
ous treatment for the Manchus after
the republic is restored.
Ihree thousand imperialist troops
and 1,000 of Chang Hsun's soldiers
have taken position astride the Pek
ing-Hankow railway, four miles from
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troops, commanded by Tsao-Kun,
which have reached a point twenty
five miles from Peking.
The diplomatic representatives have
warned the government that the pro
tocol of 1901 requires maintenance of
and free passage on the Peking-
Shanghai railway.
Fighting at Lang Fang.
Peking, July 6. Fighting began
yesterday at Lang Fang, about thirty
five miles southeast of Peking, be
tween the troops of General Chang
Hsun, supporter of the monarchy, and
the forces of the republicans.
NEGRO EXODUS HAS
TIED UPINDDSTRY
East St, Louis Chamber of
Commerce Offers Protection
to Blacks Who Return
to Work.
TIRED NERVES NEED
' Horsford's Aeld Phosphate
Beneficial to ths nsrvea and brain. Re
lieve! the atraln of over-work and mental
worry. Buy a bottle. Advertisement.
East St. Louis, 111.. July 6. The in
terruption to the industrial life of this
city and to the commercial life of
St Louis as a result of the
exodus of negro labor that followed
the race riots Monday, arrested the
attention of business men of the two
cities today.
The Chamber of Commerce of East
St. Louis adopted a resolution urging
the negro workmen who fled from
East St Louis to return, promising
protection of life and property.
Traffic commissioner of the East
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce took
up with the railway and terminal of
ficials the interruption to freight
movement that has resulted from the
exodus of negroes employed in the
freight and switching yards.
Most of the St Louis railroads
have their freight terminals in East
St. Louis and anything that inter
feres with labor in the railway yards
of East St. Louis affects St. Louis
commerce directly.
Troops On Guard.
About 1,500 Illinois Guardsmen now
are on duty here and the resolution
adopted by the East St. Louis Cham
ber of Commerce today assure the
railroads that these troops can pre
serve order.
Railway and packing house officials
said today that they needed the
negroes in their old jobs and if they
did not return a general curtailment
of business would be unavoidable.
At the Swift Packing company plant
559 men out of a total of 2,600 failed
to reoort for work today. Of the miss
ing men 400 are negroe.. Of the 600
emoloves of the Commercial Acid
company 500 are missing. Most of
fhese are blacks. More than 100 ne
Utoes were missing from the Alumi
num Ore company of America and
nearly all other plants employing
nearoes expressed a similar shortage,
The packing plants and the Com
mercial Acid company reported that
the negroes were slowly returning.
The Chamber of Commerce also in
structed a committee to demand the
reorganization of the police and fire
departments of East St. Louis and to
call on Attorney General Brundige
of Illinois to assist a committee on
Drosecutions in ferreting out and pun
ishing the ring leaders of Monday's
rioting.
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50c Durham Duplex Razor and
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25c Graves' Tooth Powder. . 14c
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All films developed FREE
when prints are ordered.
Cameras rented at 10c a day.
25c Photo Albums 15c
M. Q. Developer, 8 for. .25c
$22.60 Ansco Camera, Postal
site, Saturday only..,. $14.50
Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
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' 15th and Farnam
DECATUR TRIES TO
SAVEELEVATOR
Missouri Hirer Undermines the
Bank on North Side of Town
and Breaks Over Into
Mad Lake.
Hugh Gallup, proprietor of the
grain elevator at Decatur which had
to be moved back from the Missouri
river because the rushing stream cut
ting at the bank was threatening the
property, now is constructing a tram
way on which to haul his grain to the
boats.
Part of the oid foundation of the
former elevator has not yet been de
stroyed by the water, and the track
is being laid to the river near this
point. Mr. Gallup has bought the
steel rails, tram cars and other equip
ment for this little line. His shipping
is all done by boat.
Breaks Into Lake.
Though the river has undermined
the bank on the north side of Deca
tur, a distance of 190 feet inland, the
cutting was checked when the mad
stream broke over into Mud lake, two
miles from Decatur, and thus swung
some of the force of the main current
away from the town's shore.
Captain Davy Walters of the
steamboat Julius F. Silber, on a re
cent trip to Omaha, said, "if the river
don't stop acting up, there won't be
much shipping from Decatur pretty
soon, for there won't be any place to
load."
Gallup, however, solved that prob
lem for him by moving the elevator
back to a safe distance and then run
ning a tramway out.
Sections of the bank are stilt falling
every day after being undermined by
the current, but Decatur citizens feel
the danger to property is largely past
River Rising Little.
The river was rising a little this
morning owing to heavy rains, but
the rise is not considered enough to
augment the cutting of the banks to
any extent today. The river rose one
tenth of a foot at Sioux City in the
last twenty-four hours, two-tenths of
a foot at Blair and three-tenths of a
foot at Plattsmouth. At Bismarck, N.
D., however, the river was falling this
morning and the indication was that
the little rise this morning would soon
subside without doing any further
damage.
E. A. Hansen, cashier of the Na
tion Bank of Decatur said this morn
ing: "We admit that we moved the ele
vator, but the foundation on which it
stood is still intact and in no danger
apparently of being removed by the
river. All damage so far done by the
cutting of the banks is slight and we
do not look for anything of a seri
ous nature. I am having built a fine
new home and you may be sure I
would not put my money into it if
I thought the river was going to carry
the town away.
"Many have called us up from dif
ferent parts of the state and from
Iowa, asking about the situation here,
and we have done all we could to re
assure them. We would like to have
The Bee help us out in this."
Seven More Slackers
Sent to Prison for Year
Freeport, 111., July 6. Seven more
"slackers" who defied the federal reg
istration law in Rockford, 111., last
month wer sentenced to serve a year
and a day in the Chicago house of
correction by Federal Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis today.. Similar sen
tences were given 117 men yesterday.
All will serve at hard labor and be
subject to draft on their release
More Loans to Italian
And British Governments
Washington, July 6. Additional
loans of $100,000,000 to Great
Britain and $60,000,000 to Italy
brought the total war loans of the
United States to the allies to $1,-203,000,000.
Mobilization of Colorado
Guardsmen Begins Today
Denver, Colo., July 6 Governor
Gunter today issued an order direct
ing Adjutant General Baldwin to
mobilize the National Guard tomor
row morning. The order affects
3,952 men. Those engaged in farm
ing duty are allowed to wait until
August 1. ...
The object of the mobilizationfi the
governor said, is to have the Guards
men ready for service on August 5,
when they are to be mustered into
federal service.
350 Bright Light Motorists
Dismissed in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 6.
Three hundred and fifty autoists who
were arrested last night in the down
town district charged with failing to
provide dimmers for their cats were
released today on their recognizance,
when Police Judge Tobin decided that
there was a conflict between two of
the city's traffic ordinances and that
the men could not be fined.
Fire Breaks Out in
Steamship at Bordeaux
Bordeaux, July 6. A fire broke out
today among some moving picture
films in the forward part of a steam
ship in dock. The flames badly dam
aged the upper structure of the ship
and spread to the merchandise on
the wharf. The fire was extinguished
after considerable loss. An official
inquiry has been opened.
SEAMEN SEE DIVER
. OFF EAST COAST
Story of German Submarine
Causes Fort Commandant
to Delay Sailing of
Merchant Ships.
(Br Associated Press.)
Fort Monroe, Va., July 6. Hamp
ton Roads was given a submarine
scare tonight by a report brought to
the commandant of Fort Monroe that
two incoming vessels had sighted a
periscope in Cheasapeake Bay, five
miles off the fort.
Merchant vessels about to sail were
held up, and the Washington and
Baltimore steamers were escorted
from the roads and part of their way
up the bay by warships.
Colonel Foote, commandant of the
fort, would not comment upon the
scare beyond saying that while the
reports might not prove to be well
founded, no chances would be taken.
Navy Department Investigating.
Washington, July 6. The reported
sighting of a periscope of a submarine
in Hampton Roads caused the Navy
department today to send instructions
to the commandant to make a thor
ough investigation. According to the
report sent to the department today
the officers on one of the American
warships sighted an object which he
believed to be a periscope within the
waters of Hampton Roads, although
the exact location is withheld.
Norse Steamship Torpedoed.
Copenhagen, July 6. The sinking by a
German submarine of the Norwegian steamer
Benguela is reported by the Tldens Tegn of
Chrlstlania. It was on Its way from Eng
land for Philadelphia and was Insured for
4,000,-too Kroner. Tne crew was iransierreo
to a Spanish steamer.
o heTThompson TBelden Store
The Jualy Mg Wfith Their flmpeirtgiinit ?aiiirag8 Are Mw Ufare
$2.50 Chiffon Taffeta
Saturday, $1.89 Yd.
Haskell's best quality chif
fon taffeta, 36-inch, the
correct weight for summer
wear; regularly $2.50, Sat
urday, $1.89 a yard
Lockstitch Tea
Napkins. Scalloped
an.d Embroidered
They wear and launder
like real madeira hand
work, which they so closely
resemble. Plain scalloped
edges and attractive em
broidered corners.
Plain scalloped Napkins
12 1212 Vfc, $3.75 a dozen.
Scalloped and embroidered
Napkins, 12i2xl2i2. $3.95.
Linen Section
Front Lace Corsets
IN A SALE
Your clothes do not show corset
lines when a front lace model is
worn. That's one reason they are
preferred with summer dresses.
The July Clearance brings these
tavini.
Many hew models, some of which
we can't obtain again, go at re
ductions. If you so desire
they will be fitted.
$8.50, $10 and $12 Corsets for $6
$6 end $7.50 Corteta for $5
$5 Corsets for $4
$3.50 Corsets for - $2.50
All Sales Final.
Third Floor.
A Clearance of
Practically Every
Straw Hat for $1
Basement Millinery
There are many white hats,
Leghorns, Milans and fancy
lace braids, trimmed with
flowers and ribbons. Women
desiring something new and
inexpensive to wear the rest
of the summer will find an
excellent choice here Satur
day for $1.00.
Basement.
Those Who Seek
Variety in Neckwear
Ready now with especially
large selections of pique
coat sets, Georgette collars,
organdie collars, lace col
lars, vestees, stocks and
jabots. Constantly arriving
shipments keep our assort
ments in the best of condi
tion and provide a newness
that is very appealing.
Saturday a Final Clearance
Of Spring and Early Summer Coats
There Are In All
39 Wool Coats, priced Saturday at $9.75 '
. 11 Silk Coats, priced Saturday at $24.50 :-
All Sales (Are Final No Alterations.
Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Blouses
All at Greatly Reduced Prices
The Blouse Store
Features in a fresh display Sat
urday the Wash Blouses of the
summer season. Literally every
style and material demanded by
the activities of warm weather is
to be found in groups priced
from 95c to $25.
Five Tables of Blouse Bargains
Saturday.
Models you'll wear , with the
greatest pleasure, especially when
the small, price is remembered.
Feather Fans
Beautiful creations in col
ors black and white
charming with summer cos
tumes. Hand painted and
spangled fans show many
new effects. Jap fans, too,
in great variety.
Tub Silks That
Launder Perfectly
A large selection of dis
tinctive patterns in fast col
ors. Styles that are differ
ent from the ordinary
$1, $1.25, $1.50, $2 a yard.
White Silk Hosiery
At whatever price you pay rest
assured that Thompson-Belden
Hose give the greatest satisfac
tion. White Silk Hose, lisle tops and
soles, $1.25.
Pure Thread White Silk Hose,
at $1.75.
Very Sheer White Silk Hose
double tops and soles, $2.25.
Heavy White Silk, $2.50.
Fine Wash Cottons
English Voile, in practically
every color. A quality usually
sold for 75c; 40 inches wide, Sat
urday, 59c a yard. . S
Dark Cotton and Mohair Mix
tures. 86-inch, for general wear;
skirting weights, specially priced
at 75c Many new light skirtings
at 60c, 75c and $1.
Ideas for Summer
Needlework
Spend many a pleasant hour mak
ing something for the home or
for your personal use. When ma
terials are purchased here your
instruction is without charge and
is under the supervision of Miss
Steenstrup, an expert in all
branches of needlework.
For the summer days you may
fancy making a luncheon cloth,
crochet or in embroidery. Card
table cloths and napkins, crochet
table mats and bed-spreads, knit
garments for the army Red
Cross work.
Monograms and initials, ready
when occasion demands. White
embroideries for the linen chest
Embroidered pieces for the
library, or a new sweater for
" yourself.
DAILY LESSONS
10 A. M. to 12 M.
3 P. M. to 5 P. M.
Third Floor
Direct from New York
New Summer Wash Appare
That will delight the woman who likes
a pleasing combination of beautiful de--signing
with the utmost of serviceability.
Dresses
So dainty and of such appealing coolness
for hot weather wear voiles, ginghams,
nets and linens are used in a most artistic
manner in the creation of these summer
time dresses that bid fair to make a new
. popularity record. Prices $7.50, $9.75,
$12.50 upwards in easy steps to $25.00.
Skirts
Well-fitting because they are correctly
tailored and finished in a style ofwork
manship that is irreproachable. Fabrics
that best serve the purpose have been
used in great variety. The prices
$5, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $9.50
The apparel section second floor
where everything is arranged with a
view toward choosing in comfort under
the most pleasant surroundings.
THE MOST PARTICULAR MEN
Will Be Well Pleased With These
Fine Stocks of Summer Furnishings
Presenting a few of the
many offerings of the Shop
for Men, which is rapidly
becoming the buying place
of men who know style and
quality and appreciate the
fairness of the prices.
Neckwear for Summer
Bat wings and four-in-hands,
in plain shades of
crepe de chine, fancy Eng
lish foulards, Italian Gren
adines, Rumchudas, in fact,
any summer silk you might
ask for. Delparks, the wash
neckwear, the best assort
ment of fast colored de
signs we have seen in years.
Washables, 25c to $1.
Silks, 50c Upwards.
New Manhattan Shirts
Many splendid patterns in
French and stiff cuff styles.
Fabrics are madras, silk
mixtures and all silk. The
coatless days are here. You
need good looking shirts
Here they are.
Cool Underwear
Superior in all qualities of
fabrics, made up in any
style you like.
B. V. D. and Mansco are
the two best liked athletic
styles; various materials;
all cool.
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