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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1917.
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NEW LIABILITY LAW
AFFECTSEMPLOYERS
New Statute, Operative in Two
Weeks, Fixes Price for the
Loss or Injury of Every
Part of Body.
Two weeks from today every em
ployer of labor in Nebraska except
farmers and thosr employing domes
tics only, will have to carry liability
insurance to covtt all possibilities ot
injuries occurring to those employes.
The workmen'-! compensation and
employers !iabiliy law of Nebraska
with its new amendments adopted at
the last session oi the legislature, will
become effective July 24.
The former law made only those
responsible who employed five or
more persons in their business. Un
der the amendments all those employ
ing one or more persons come undet
the law's provisions.
This will take in a much larger
field than the old law, for the reason
that under the old provision a large
1 percentage of th. small retailors In
the country towns escaped w the
grounds' of not employing five per
sons. . - .
Keep Employes Insured.
Under one of the amendments em
ploy ;rs are now required to keep in
jured sufficiently to cover damages for
personal injury or death to their em
ployes; or to furnish to the compen
tatioiv commissioner satisfactory proof
( financial ability to pay direct the
;o!npensation in the amount and inan
ler, and when due as provided for in
,Jic act. ,
Not only docs the revised statute
-r a larger field of employers in
V ' "Ve, but it shortens the time
elapftfrtg between the accident and
when the liability begins to run from
two weeks to one.
The new law further increases the
amount of liability from 50 per cent
of the injured one's salary, to 66 2-3
per cent.
Price Fixed by Law.
Under the old law there was a
schedule of liability fixed for the loss
ot a hand, a foot, a leg, or an eye.
Under the new law there is a long
and detailed schedule of liability for
dismemberment. Every joint of the
finger, is here listed with its price.
Every finger of the hand is evaluated.
Every toe and every joint of the toe
is listed with its price. This is con
tinued down through a long list.
This detailing' of the schedule is
considered to be an advantage in
that it eliminates all possibility of dis
pute as to liability m minor injuries
and makes law definite and certain.
FOUR NEBRASKA '
' DEMOCRATS ARE
OUT FOR SENATE
(Coiithturd From Pf On.)
own candidacy more seriously, though
lie has not yet openly avowed it.
Shallenberger on Fence.
Congressman A. C. Shallenberger
is believed by his friends in Omaha
and out in the state to be only luke
warm on the senatorial candidacy.
Shallenberger had a hard time to get
a seat in congress at all and some of
his friends say that while he has his
ear to the ground on the matter of
running for the senate he is undecided
whether to let well enough alone add
try for another two years in the
house or whether to throw the whole
pot into the balance and take his
chances in seeking a scat in the up
per house. Most of those closest to
him, however, believe that he will
vicld to the larger ambition and toss
iiis derby v into the senatorial ring
when the time comes for the primary
fight. ' .
- Shallenberger made the race against
Norris in 191 2, The vote then stood
120,022 for Norris and 111,940 for
Shallenberger, The congressman lost
by 14,076. and Norris went into the
senate. Shallenberger was governor
of the state prior to the Aldrich ad
ministration. ,
V Fell Out With Bryan.
Willis E. Reed tried to beat Sella,
tor Hitchcock in the primaries in
1910 for the nomination for senator,
but failed.
J. H. Morehead rode into the guber
natorial chair in Nebraska on the
wave of Wilsonism that swept the
state when the republicans were so
busy dividing their presidential votes
between Taft and Roosevelt as not to
notice what was happening in the
ranks of such minor offices as gov
ernor. Metcalfe was for many years a
brave lancer in the ranks of the silver-tongued
Bryan, and during the
years that he was associate editor of
the Commoner penned many beautiful
eulogies of that peerless leader. There
was a sudden falling out, however,
when Metcalfe returned from the
Panama Canal zone and since that
time Metcalfe has sought the Hitch
cock camp and been more closely al
lied with that wing of the Nebraska
democracy. .
Ninety-Six From Dakota
In Second Officers' Reserve
Pierre, S. D - July 9. (Special
Telegram.) Governor Norbeck has
received information from Washing
ton that up to date there have been
but ninety-six applicants from South
Dakota for entrance into the second
officers' training camp at Fort Riley,
while the state is entitled to 100 to
109 men in the list which would mean
that many more are needed for the
opening of the camp to allow for
those who ' cannot make the final
examinations.
Applications must be in by the fif
teenth of this month. While no defi
nite daje is fixed for the mobilization
of the South Dakota guards at their
home stations, all captains and ser
geants were ordered to go on duty
today and tre under orders to take up
the detailed work of mobilization at
any time. 1 "
CalUEntente Conference
; - Concerning Balkans
London. July 9. The entente allies
have decided to hold a conference in
Paris for the consideration of ques
tions of military and political inter
ests in connection with the Balkans.
Drowns In James River.
' Yankton, S, D., July 9. (Special
Telegram.) Sunday night Frank
Dralfe, aged 13, son of Fred Dralle,
yis drowned in James river.
GEORGE GOULD MARRIES QUIETLY George Gould, Jr.,
who is shown in the photograph with his bride, was married
in Philadelphia. Young Gould and Mia Laura M. Carter, of
Ardena, N. J., went to the Quaker City and were married by
a Methodist minister. Kingdon Gould was married only a
few days ago.
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of TJ. S. tov President Wil
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Indictments Against
' Miners Are Dismissed
Trinidad, Colo.,' July 9. All indict
ments pending as a result of the coal
miners strike in the southern part
of Colorado in 1913, were dismissed
in the district court of the Las Animas
county today. .
The dismissals were at the request
of Attorney General Hubbard. The
most important case dropped was that
of John R. Lawson, charged with
murder on four counts. Four indict
ments against Louis Zanacelli, con
victed of the murder of George W.
Belcher and given a life sentence
which was remanded by the, supreme
court also were dismissed.
Lawson, a prominent mine leader, was
convicted of the murder of a mine
guard as the result of the so-called
battle of Ludlow. He was sentenced
to life imprisonment. Upon appeal the
supreme court freed Lawson of the
charge on which he was convicted,
holding that ' the . lower court had
erred. , , . , '
E. H. R. Green Receives
Nine Thousand Proposals
Chicago, July 9. E. H. R. Green,
son of the late Hettie Green, holds
the long distance proposal record for
America, for, according to Mr. Green
himself, he has received more than
9,000 offers of marriage in the last
fifteen years..
Newspaper publicity is blamed by
Mr. Green for most of these pro
posals. It was rumored that Mr. Green's
present visit to Chicago was for the
purpose "of being married tomorrow.
He denied this, but refused to deny
or affirm statement that he was to
wed a Chicago girl.
Washington, July 9. A .3,000,000,-000-bushel
prospective crop of corn
this year is the answer returned by
farmers of the United States to Presi
dent Wilson's call for food for Amer
ica's allies in the war. Never before
has such a crop been grown
In its first forecast of corn produc
tion this year the Department of
Agriculture announced that July 1
conditions forecast a crop of 3,124,
000,000 bushels. Sixteen million more
acres this year were planted to corn
than last year and the acreage exceeds
the former record area planted in
1909 by-13,000,000 acres.
The wheat crop, responding to bet
ter weather conditions during June,
shows an increase of about 22,000,000
bushels in prospects with a total of
687,000,000 bushels or 38,000,000 larg
er than .last year's crop.
A record crop of white potatoes
also is forecast with a production of
452,000,000 bushels. That would ex
ceed the previous largest crop, grown
in 1912, by 32,000,000 bushels. Pros
pects of the rye crop show a slight
decrease from the June forecast, but
the production with a total of 56,100,
000 bushels.
Results of the campaign to stimu
late agricultural production in the
United States to aid in feeding the
country's allies in the war were dis
closed today in the Department of
Agriculture's July crop report. Fore
casts of the ultimate production of
the various important food crops,
based on the condition of the grow
ing crops on July 1 were issued and
the first announcement of the areas
planted to corn, the greatest of all
American agricultural crops, and po
tatoes was made. More definite idea
of the final production of the winter
and spring wheat crops was given
and improvement was shown over the
forecasts made a month ago.
i . Production in Bushels.
.Production forecasts of the various
crops made today, with comparative
figures giving the forecast of each
crop made last month and the final
production figures of last year with
the average production for the pre
vious five years (expressed in millions
of bushels, I t., 000,000's omitted),
follow:
Crop July Mil Ave.
' Forecast, Crop. H11-1S
Winter wheat ... 402 483 643 ,
Sprln wheat .... Sit 168 264 .
All wheat 7 40 80S .
Corn 1,124 2,683 1,764
Oat 1,453. 1,262 1,23 '
Barley ..... ..... 214 181 1T .
Rye 6.l 47.4 41.
White potatoes 453 285 363
Sweet potatoes .. 82,3 71.0 60.1
Tobacco, lbs 1,213 1,161 184
Flax 17 16. 18.
May, ton 103 110 86.0
Cotton, bales 11. t 11.4 14.1
Apples, bushels .. 200 202 214
Peaches 43.3 36. 41.1
Wheat remaining on farms July 1
is estimated at about 15.720.000 bush
els, as compared with 74,731,000 bush
els on July 1 last year, and JU,VJ4,wu
bushels, the average stocks on July X
for the five years, 1911-15. - . ,
Condition in Percentages.
Condition of the various crops on
July l,vwith comparative figures for
the same date last year, the July l,tten-
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Isn't This Cool Way
The Sensible Way to Iron?
rp HE Electric way is more than quick and clean. It is the
f- delightfully pleasant, cool way to iron especially, in
summer. - ; .
Out on the porch where you get the benefit of every passing
breeze ory in fact, any cool spot about the house where electric light
is handy the family ironing can be done in cool comfort.
; It Costs Surprisingly Little
,to Iron by Electricity
Not only are electric irons now very low priced, but the
amount of electricity consumed costs very little. It becomes doubly eco
nomical when youonsider how much quicker it is to iron the electric
way how much wasted effort and wear on te clothes is saved.
Telephone Sales Department, Douglas 1062, today and our
representative will bring a new electric iron to your home for
free trial.
Nebraska Power Company
"Your Electric Service Company
Successor to Omaha Electric Light and Power Company
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NEW REAR ADMIRAL H. B.
Wilson, recently promoted te that
rank from a captaincy; It is
probabl that because of the war
a Bumber of other captains soon
will be raised to the rank of rear
admiral.
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year average condition and the June
1 condition this year, follows:
Crop. '. . H17. J916.10-jr.-av.
Winter wheat 15.9 . 75." 00.9
Spring wheat .....83.8 . 83.0 84.2
All wheat 78.9 79.9 82.0
Corn 81.1 82.0 83.6
Oats 89.4 SC. 3 83.6
Barley 85.4 87.9 84.6
Ry 79.4 87.0 89. 4
White potatoes ....90.1 87.8 87.3
Sweet potatoes ....81.9 90.4 86.1
Tobacco 86.8 87.6 82.6
Flax 84.0 90.3 86.6
Rice 92.7 89.1
Hay, all $4.3 93.5 81.3
Cotton 79.3 81.1 80.0
Apples 64.0 68.1 58.7
Peaches 55.2 52.3 56.4
Nebraska Corn Eighty-Six.
Condition of com and spring wheat
by important states:
Lorn: Unto, e5: Indiana, 8W: Illinois,
81; Iowa, 86; Missouri, 87; Nebraska,
86: Kansas, 77.
Snrine wheat: Minnesota. 87: North
Dakota, 73; South Diikota, 89.
First announcement of areas planted
(in thousands of acres) follows: Corn,
121,045: white potatoes, 4,384: sweet
potatoes, 904; tobacco, 1,148; flax,
1,939; rice, 968.
Shortstop Berger Is
Signed for Wichita
Rock Island, 111., July 9. President
E. W. Dickerson of the Western
league, acting for the Wichita club.
today signed Joe Berger, Rock Island
shortstop, as manager. Last year Ber
ger was in the coast league.
Manager Berger this morning
signed Pitchers Johnson and Marks
of the Islanders and Outfielder Clyde
McBrtde. . . .
PHOTOPLAYS.
NAVY ASKS MONEY
FORAIRPLANES
Secretary Daniels Wishes
Forty-Five Millions for Air
Craft for Use as Naval
Scouts.
Today and Wednesday
VIOLA DANA
in
"Lady Barnacle"
Thur. LITTLE JANE LEE
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Last Times Today
DOROTHY PHILLIPS
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"HELL MORGAN'S GIRL"
MUSE
MAE MURRAY
in
"AT FIRST SIGHT''
AMltEMETS.
Breezy Entertainment That Satisfies.
Royal TOKIO TROUPE
Quintette Kings of Harmony.
La Mont's "Western Days"
Wonders of the Orient.
ROSALIE ASHER
Singing Comedienne.
ALLMAN AND NEVINS
The Tenor and the Country Girl Fiddler.
Peggy
Hyland
and
Sir John
Hare
in
'Caste'
T. W. Rob
crtson's Fa
mous Play
that h
wen the
hearts of
t we conti
nent for
fifty years.
LAKEVIEW PARK
- July 11
Cook. Waitresses, Waiter Annual Picnic
SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE
EVERYONE COME .
EMPRESS GARDEN
OMAHA'S FINEST RESTAURANT
AND AMUSEMENT CENTER
' Dane and be entertained while you
enjoy Omaha's Beet Cooklnf.
TEA DAN SAN T. Wednesday and Sat
urday, 3:30 te 8:30 p. m.
ADAMS "So Different" JAZZ BAND
Washington, July 9. Congress was
asked by Secretary Daniels today to
appropriate $45,000,000 for naval aero
nautics in addition to the great $625,
000,000 military aircraft project of
the defense council.
"The navy is making efforts to
build up an air force of sufficient size
to operate as scouts from naval ves
sels, to patrol the waters off the
coast of the United States and our
insular possessions and also to co
operate with naval forces abroad in
anti-submarine warfare," Mr.' Daniels
said.
Brigadier General Squiers, chief
signal officer, and other army experts
appeared today before an executive
session ot the house military com
mittee to advocate immediate action
on the bill providing for the war de
partment's great aviation program.
General Squiers explained that the
22,625 aircraft desired and engines
for them would cost approximately
$363,000,000 and the rest of the $270,
000,000 would be necessary to man
the air fleets and provide for ammu
nition and supplies.
James W. Gerard Resigns
From Diplomatic Service
Washington. July 9. James W.
Gerard, former American ambassador
to Germany, has resigned frofn the
diplomatic service and returned to
private life. His resignation was ac
cepted some time ago, though the fact
was not allowed to become known
until today.
Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results. .
The Machinery
of the Body
By DR. I. W. SHORT.)
' The body is a highly organized
machine of complicated parts in which
the liver and the kidneys work for the
common good.- Damage to either one
of these organs interferes with man
as a motor mechanism. The automo
bile, expert knows how important it
is that the carburetor does not get
too much fuel, along with sufficient
air to burn or explode the gas. Too
much fuel in man's machine, such as
eating too much meat, or alcohol or
tea, and the liver cannot "turn over,"
nervous overwork and lack of exer
cise in outdoor air bring constipation
and bad health. Eat less meat, plenty
of vegetables, and with air and good
exercise you need little else." If the
liver needs rousing and most of us
need this once a week take a safe
vegetable extract of the leaves of
aloe, May-apple, root of jalap made
into a tiny sugar-coated pill, and sold
by almost every druggist as Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put
up nearly fifty years ago.
Most people die eventually of an
over-acid condition. If the blood can
be rendered more alkaline, the longer
we live. With regular hours, plenty
of water between meals, sensible
coarse food and a chance to get the
poisons out of the system, a man will
live to be a hundred. But, Unfortun
ately, our highly nervous way of liv
ing brings increased storage of uric
acid in the body. This acts as a poison
and we suffer from lumbago, aches
or pains, rheumatism, gout.
Get rid of this uric acid poison by -taking
a harmless medicine called
Anuric, which throws out the uric
acid by stimulating the kidneys. Drink
a pint of hot water before meals and
take Anuric (double strength), three
or four times a day. Anuric can be
obtained at almost any drug store.
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PHOTOPLAYS.
I'lIOTOPLAYS.
I'm So "Doggone" Anxious
That I Couldn't Sleep
Last Night .
For weeks past I have been flooding the town
with placards of all descriptions bearing the in
scription: "DO YOU BELIEVE IN ME,
H. M. THOMAS, Manager Strand"
This was the advance teaser on
Rex Beach's Barrier
which we present for a five-days' run commenc
ing today, and now if you don't come out and see
this picture, I willfknow you don't believe in me,
and think how my feelings will be hurt.
Furthermore, I'll lose a wager. I bet a certain
party that I could take this BARRIER picture to
my mind thevbest thing that has been, filmed this
season and, with the proper publicity,- put it
over.
Instead of running ads along old-fashioned
channels, I struck out on a new line, arousing your
curiosity, and then announcing the name of the
picture. Everything so far is satisfactory, but now
then IT'S UP TO YOU.
I tell you with every ounce of veracity that
"THE BARRIER" IS THE BEST PICTURE OF
THE SEASON, though instead of stars there are
types in this production.
Now then, help me win the bet by coming "'
down and seeing this picture, and it your views
don't agree with mine, look me up and say:
"Thomas, you are certainly a rotten judge of pic
tures." I could go along with a lot of adjectives, se-.
cured out of a book costing me $1.60, and which I
am inclined to think Ye Ed Killowatt must refer
to frequently, but what's the use "THE BAR
RIER" IS A PEACH OF A PICTURE laid up in
the Alaskan country, where the snow will make
you forget the heat of Omaha, and, besides, I want
to win that bet. , v -
Do I win or do I lose It's up to you.
Pictorially yours,
DO-YOU-BELIEVE-IN-ME THOMAS.
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AMISEMEM8. " AMUSEMENTS.
HAVE YOU BEEN
TO
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It is delightful these summer days, with the lake breezes?
music of the band and orchestras filling the air; crowds of gayly
dressed, laughing people all enjoying the great out-of-doors and
seeking a delightful, healthful rest from the heat and work of
the city.
Free band concerts afternoon and evening; Oleson s dandy
orchestra in the big lakeside dance pavilion; boating; launch ex
cursions; bathing; giant roller coaster; lakeside cafeteria, wth
reasonable prices; roller rink; merry-go-'round; miniature railway;
skee ball; bowling; free playground for kiddies and many others,
besides the
DELIGHTFUL PICNIC GROUNDS
ADMISSION TO PARK FREE
Car Far From Omaha, 10c Children' Round Trip, 15c.
' From Council Bluffs, 5c.
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