THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 22,. 1917.
CHEERIM WORDS
FOR SOLDIER KIN
WOOD RIVER BOY GOES TO
ANNAPOLIS.
LODGE ROOM NEWS
OF GREATER OMAHA
Seymour Camp, Woodmen of
The World, Says Adieu to
Members of Drill Team,
Who Enlist.
TALKS TO PARROT
OVERTELEPHONE
Owner Conyerses With "Polly"
at Park Avenue. Hotel and
Wise Bird Seemed to
"Get It.'.'
Mrs. Alcott and I took him to see
'You're in Love,' whistled the first
lines of all the song hits before the
performance was over."
"You don't blame me for going 'in'
on that conversation, do you?" asked
the operator who made the connec
tion. "I thought it was guachos curs
ing in Spanish, but before they got
through it sounded like files grating
against each other."
Council Bluffs and
Cedar Rapids Escape
Late advices say noone will be
drafted from either Council Bluffs
or Cedar Rapids. Both of these
fwns have furnished their quota
of men to the army through en
listments in the regular army and
also in the organization of military
companies.
MISS CHRISTIE HARRINGTON
Of New York, boasts th. honor
of being the first woman in Amer
ica to act a a uniformed personal
bodyguard to another woman- She
has been accepted for that role by
Mr. Grace Humiiton, the attorney
who solved the Ruth Crujer mys
tery. figures Show Chances Over
whelmingly in Favor of
Young Men Returning
Alive and Well.
8 A
By A. R. GROH.
Little moth..-, is your tender heart
filled with apprehensL.. because j
son has marched off to war or is go
mg to march on to war: Do jtj
.awaken in the still watches of the
night with the fear that your boy may
not come back to you?
Let me speak words that shall com
fort the mother heart of you. I shall
not speak here about the honor that
rests upon your son and upon you be
cause he is a soldier of his country,
You know that without being: told.
I shall show you simply that the
chances are overwhelmingly in favor
of his coming back to your arms alive
and well.
There has been so much news of
great battles and wholesale destruc
tion that I think the dangers of sol
diering have been exaggerated in our
minds.
Let us look this question squarely
tn the face and consider it at its
worst Estimates of the number J
men killed in this war, so far, varv
from five to seven millions. The
smaller of these figures is probably
too high. The German official figures
up to July 1 reported only 1,032,800
Germans atii. Austrian killed and
died of woui. te in the whole war.
It is hardly likely that the other na
tions made up a grand total to live
or seven minions.
Only One In Seven.
But even if we take those high fig
ures and remember that about 40,000,
000 men are fighting it shows that
only about one man in seven has been
killed in these three years. Millions
of men who have been fighting ever
since the war started are just as fit
today as ever.
It means, good mother, that your
boy can be a soldier in the war for a
year and have twenty chances out of
twenty-one of coming out all right.
Even if the war should go on for
three years more he would have six
chances out of seven of being with
the boys that come marching ' ie
again. These are statistics.
Look at our own civil war. The
figures on that have been compiled ac
curately and they, show that only one
soldier in 100 was killed in a year of
fighting;. ' In the four, years 110,070
were killed or died of wounds in the
Union army of 2.773,000 men. Itt
other words, only one man in twenty,
five in the four years!
Disease Is Reduced.
. In that war, 199,720 died of disease.
But saniUry science has reduced dis
ease in the army to a mere tiny fraction-today.
Typhoid and . typhus
fevers which used to slay their thou
sands of soldiers are now practically
unknown in the army. '
The total number of deaths in the
Union army from the above-named
causes and from accidents, prison
camps, etc., totalled 349,944. This
means that, out of every eight men
who went into the army, seven came
out alive when the war was over. -
In other words, out of 1,000 soldiers
who were in the war, 875 were a'ive
when the war was over, ,
Why, little mother, the death rate
among soldiers isn't as high as the
death rate among babies under one
year of Jge. Not half so high. Your
boy was in much greater danger of
death when he was a tfhy baby than
he is now when he is a soldier. 1
Let us not forget that death comes
in times of peace, too. It must come
some tiro. Every day in this country
death takes its toll of 4,6o0 souls.
young and old. Every minute of ever
hour we are exposed to.it. ihc so
dier is only a little more exposed than
the civilian.
Do f you remember what Alan
Seeger, the young American soldier in
France, wrote to his mother? This
is a part of his letter:
"St ou must not feel anxious about
my coming back. The chances are
about ten to one that I shall. ' But if
I should not, you must be proud, litJe
a Spartan mother, and feel that it is
your contribution to a" cause whose
righteousness you feel so keenly.
Death is nothing terrible after all. It
may mean something more wonder
ful than life.? . ' ,
And so, good mother, be proud of
your boy. And rest secure in the
knowledge that in all probability he
will come marching back to you, cov
ered with glory and will be a better
man, because of his service for his
country in an armyr-where his moral
Daniel Q. Root. of Wood River,
Neb., has been named by Congress
man A. c Mialienbersrer as tne rep
resentative of the Fifth district of
Nebraska at the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis. Root has
passed the examinations and will re
port at the naval academy July 24.
rv
al
and physical welfare are safeguarded.
Be of good cheer, little mother. The
future is bright and the best is yet
" to be.
Sitka Spruce Will Be Used f
. In Making Airplanes
Seattle, July 11. A steamer that ar
rived in Seattle June 20 brought the
first shipment of Sitka spruce from
Alaska for use in making airplanes.
This wood is superior to i.ny other
for lightness and strength, and rods
sixty feet long without a knot or
blemish are easily obtained.
Much of this spruce has already
been shipped to "Europe from Brit
ish Columbia, Oregon and Washing
ton. Sitka spruce is the dominant tree
of the Alaska coast region and was
b for a long time regarded with con
tempt by lumbermen and used only
for fish boxes. Now it is the hope of
the United Mates for paper pillp
and airplane frames.
Russian botanists, with headquar
ters at Sitka, the old Russian 'capi
tal of Alaska, discovered the tree
and gave it the specific name sitchen
sis. after the town. Later the tree
was found to be identical with the'
colossal tideland spruce of the Wash
ington and Oregon coast hollow
trees which furnish room enough for
a family to live in. These large trees
are not valuable, for they are all brit
tle heartwood, whereas the white, new
wood is desired. The tree in Alas
ka is not long-lived, but the big spruce
trees of Oregon and Washington arc
500 "year old or more, v
Deported Man Draws
, . First Bisbee Number
Bisbee, ArU, July 21-The first
number drawn in the selective draft -today
in Chocise county was held
by Alexander Duarte, now in the
detention camp at CMumbus, N. M,
Duarte, a coal heaver employed by
the 1 Paso and Southwestern rail-
road, at Lowell, was deported July
12 with the band of alleged Indus.
z - trial Workers of the World mem
bers and sympathizers ,
MORE INFLATION IN
COST OF NEWSPRINT
Official Report of Canadian
Commission Discloses Ar
bitrary Basis of Large
Paper Manufacturers.
Toronto, Ont., July. The publi
cation of the' official report of the
proceedings of the Royal commission
on newsprint paper has brought to
ight further instances of the inflation
of cost figures by the paper manufac
turers on their returns to Commis
sioner Pringle.
The statement of the Donnaconna
Paper company, Ltd., showed a sud
den increase in the cost of newsprint
paper from" $29.21 a ton in 1915 to
$45.39,a ton in 1916 and $50.20 a ton
during the first four months of 1917.
George M. McKee, general manager
of this company, admitted that the re
turns for 1916 and the first four
months of 1917 were based on arbi
trary figures of $50 a ton for sulphite
and $25 a ton tor ground wood in
stead of the actual cost of production.
George Chahoon, jr., president of
the Laurentide company, limited, ad
mitted under cross-examination that
after the first session of the present
investigation some of the manufac
turers who make their own sulphite
had discussed among themselves the
prices at which sulphite and ground
wood should be entered in the replies
to Commissioner Pringle's question
aire and had decided upon $50 a ton
for sulphite and $25 a ton for ground
wood. On his return home Mr.
Chahoon had telegraphed to each of
the manufacturers his personal opin
ion that it would be satisfactory to
the comhiissioner if the statements
were made out along those lines.
George If. Milieu, president v and
general manager of E. B, Eddy com
pany, limited, admitted that in the
statement of that company for the
first four months of 191 sulphite had
been entered at $80 a ton and ground
wood has been entered at $30 a ton,
although the actual cost of production
during that period was $45.96 a ton
for sulphite and $18.84 a ton for
ground wood. With the use of these
arbitrary figures there was shown a
cost for roll news of $61.91 a ton.
The use of the figures of actual cost
given by Mr. Millen would reduce the
cost to $45.13 a ton.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Kief fner Dies at Home
Miss Rcgina Mary Kleffner, 17
years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Kleffner, 2218 South Thirty
first street, died at her home Saturday
noon of heart trouble. She had bien
ill five weeks.
Her father is superintendent of
mails in thi Omaha post office.
Funeral services will be held from
the re-' deuce at 8:30 o'clock Monday
morning to St. Peter's church at 9
o'clock. Interment will be in St.
Mary's cemetery. .
Score of Persons Injured
In Seattle Street Car Riot
Seattle, Wash.. July 21. -In a riot
today in the business district twenty
persons were injured by flying stones
and bricks, when an attempt was
made by the Puget Sound Traction,
Light and Power company to operate
cars through the streets. Sixteen hun
dred platform men struck Tuesday
tor recognition oi their union.
Omaha-Seymour Camp No. 16,
Woodmen of the World, gave'a fare
well stag party Tuesday evening, in
honor of the drill team, the champion
ship record of which dates back to
1898, the year of its organization
Owing to the fact that the majority
of the members of the team have en
listed, it was decided to disband and
Tuesday evening was the last oppor
tunity for the team , and the camp
members to get together in a final
evening of good fellowship. Dr. John
E. Simpson presided, delivering a
farewell address. Captain Charles M
Richards was presented with an em
blematic watch fob by the camp as an
expression of its appreciation of his
leadership during the last eight years,
Druid Camp No. 24 will cive a
reception and entertainment Monday
night for the members of the
Druid Guards that have enlisted
This team won the honors at the dis
trict encampment last year, which en
titled it to a trip to the national en
campment at Mobile, Ala. Captain
George Benjamin has been commis
sioned as lieutenant in the Dandy
Sixth," The reception will be the
last opportunity for the members of
the camp to bid the boys in the team
Godspeed. A bunch of new mem
bers have been added to the camp
in the last tew weeks.
Komenius Camp No; 76 added two
new members last week. The new
clerk, James Rebal, says there will
be many more to follow.
South Side Camp No. 211 will in
troduce several new members Wed
nesday evening. ,
Benson Camp No. 288 is making
reparations for a big time August
when Alpha camn will meet and
work on candidates.
Camp No. 523 is groin ahead with
its new hall. It will be ready for dedi
cation soon. The boys expect to have
a big time. .
Dante Camp No. 533 was organized
and instituted Wednesday night by
the citv manasrer and Deoutv Terrv
Jelen. The following officers were
elected: Consul commander. Louis
Noble; adviser lieutenant, Frank
Roberto; banker, Joe Moneta; clerk,
Carl Noble: escort. L. Sebastiano:
watchman, Sam Mattili; sentry,1 Tony
Longo. This camp promises to be one
of the live wires.
Alpha Camp No. 1 will confer the
protection degree on a class of candi
dates for Bens&n camp Tuesday eve
ning, August 7. (
B. & M. Camn No. 945. Modern
Woodmen of America, will give a stag
entertainment for the members of the
camp ball team Tuesday eveninar. in
the club rooms, 220 Bee building. All
members of the ball team and camp
are invited to attend. Refreshments
will be Berved. '
Nebraska Lina camn No. 183 held
a well attended meeting last Thurs
day, in spite of the warm weather.
Several applications for new members
were turned in by hustlers of the
camp, and after being ballotted on.
were accepted. Special business of
importance was transacted and after
being disposed of the. meeting ad
journed and was followed by a social
card party, , . '
Woodmen Circle. '
W. A. Fraser Grove No. 1 will give
an ice cream social in Crounse hall
Friday evening, July. 27.
f in r ' I
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Vk 'iU
lans for the big joint picnic to be
eld in the near future. Watch for
further announcement later.
Brotherhood of American Yoemen.
Last Wednesday evening Omaha
Homestead No. 1404 held a regular
business meeting. Grand Foreman of
the Order Geojge N. Frink of Des
Moines was present. A large class was
initiated. Refreshments were served.
The next regular business meeting
will be August 1. The new district
manager, Edgar Michener, has started
a campaign for membership. i
Knights of Pythias.
Nebraska Lodge No. 1 will hold its
regular weekly meeting Monday at 8
p. ni. at Crounse hall. There will be
work in the rank of knight for the
benefit of a sojourning esquire from
Fremont. O., who is at present in the
United States army ana stationed in
Omaha. Council Bluffs boys will be
over in force to look and assist if
called on. The chef promis'es a real
watermelon itti. Every knight in the
city should be present at this meeting.
Brother George Westergaard, ser
geant in the quartermaster's corps,
United States reserves, has been or
dered to the colors and will report for
duty in the next few-days at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
Committees from St. Albans No. 17
and Nebraska ' No. 1 will meet in
secret' session after the meeting next
Monday night and arrange definite
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Order Daughters of St. George.
A public installation of the newly
elected officers will be held in the
lodge rooms, Lyric building, Wed
nesday at 8 p. m., and all friends are
cordially invited to be present At
the conclusion of the ceremony a so
cial evening will be spent in connec
tion with the Shakespeare Lodge.
The well known aviator. Senreant
Hill, who is detailed by the British
army to service at Fort Omaha, will
give a short address to the members.
His experiences in France, were he
allowed to tell of them in full, could
be found more thrilling than the wild
est imagination of fiction.
Otto Bridge, the gifted entertainer.
will be on deck, having now removed
to Omaha from Sioux City. His many
friends will give him a hearty wel
come. Will Send Guardsmen
To France This Winter
Washington,' July 21. In response
to protests against training of north
ern National Guardsmen in southern
state, a letter from Secretary Baker,
read today in the senate, said the ar
rangement had been made for climatic
reasons and that the guardsmen
probably cannot be sent to France
before cold weather.
Bigamist Sent to Prison
From Gage County
Beatrice, Neb., July 21. (Special
Teegram.) Grant Satterlee of Kansas
City who was married in this city
on June. 16, 1917,' to Pearl Catherine
Johnson, pleaded guilty in district
court today to the charge of bigamy
and was sentenced to from one to
ten years in the penitentiary. Sat
terlee was arrested at Fairbury and
was brought here for trial. He de
serted his wife and baby at Kansas
City about a week ago.
New York, July 11. Many necks
cuned in the Park Avenue hotel re
cently when a medley of squawks,
clucks and other shrill sounds pro
ceeded from a telephone booth, where
a man seemed to be in. the throes of
a new form of heat prostration. That
diagnosis proved to be wrong, how
ever, when a few minutes later Mr.
Edward Alcott, who lives at , the
hotel, emerged with the explanation
that his strange vocal efforts had
been made in behalf of his pet parrot,
Billy.
Billy was at the other end of the
telephone in White Plains, where he
and his playmate, Jerry, who long
have lived at the Park Avenue, had
been take for a sojourn by Mrs.
Alcott It was at Mrs. Alcott's sug
gestion that Billy had been induced
to hold a conversation with his
master. f
Billy is a parrot with a remarkable
capacity for fittjng his sayings to the
occasion. He gave proof of that on his
occasion and al. j of vividly associat
ing words and what they represent,
Mr. Alcott declares, by bawling out,
"Get off you're on a busy wire."
"Hurry up and pass that call." "Cut
that 'don't answer' stuff," by repeating
other words and sentences of human
language and by otherwise imitat
ing the alternating petulance and po
liteness of telephonic converse.
"I know Billy had the receiver in
his claw," asserted Mr. Alcot,t, "and
when he heard my voice he quickly
had his beak at the transmitter. But
that's nothing for a bird who, when
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