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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1917)
10 THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 25, 1917. GERMAN AIR CHIEF SCOFFSAT AMERICA Commander of Aerial Forces -Declares United States is "Bluffing" Concerning: Aviation Power. (Bjr Associated Tress.) Copenhagen, July 24. The com manding general of the German aerial forces has issued an interview to the German newspapers in which he at tempts' to discount the prospective participation of American aviators in the war for mastery of the air. . Dis patches from the United States tell ing of hundreds of aviators who are to be graduated weekly, and of the thousands of airplanes to be con structed give the general an occasion to speak scoffingly of what he terms the usual anglo-American bluff and American weakness for big talk and tall figure Alamito Increases Its Stock to Half a Million The stockholders of the Alamito Dairy company have decided to in crease the capitalization from $300, 000 to $500,000. Starting fifteen years ago with sev enteen cows, this company has found it necessary in order to keep up with the growth of this city and the ex tra demand for its products to in crease its capitalization now to $500, 000. One hundred thousand dollars worth of 7 per cent preferred par ticipating stock is being sold. Twelve competitive milk routes have been taken over during the last three months and applications from a dozen more are on file. These milkmen, running one or two wagons, cannot afford to purchase the equipment necessary to deliver and handle milk in the modern way. This summer a cheese department has been established, which is turn ing out 500 pounds of cheese daily. A condensing department is also op erating, the product of which goes to ice cream men, bakers, confection- etc. REAL ESTATE SALES GOOD DESPITE WAR CLUB HOUSES TO BE FURNISHED FORTS Shuler & Cary Report a Good j Fort Crook and Fort Omaha to Sized Crowd Out Last Sun day and Many Sales Made. Drew's Dundee Heights is the new est addition to fashionable Dundee to be opened to the public. Shuler &? Cary, who are placing the addition on the market, are rapidly completing the laying of asphalt streets and con- Arnriran flifi c )ip v2nl nn i CTS, j lie luinpaiiy ng iminu 11 doubtcdly will tppcar at no distant date in incseasing numbers, but the American aviators thus far encoun tered have not been particularly dangerous opponents of the Ger mans. "The German people," says the general, "need not be disturbed by these foolish scare stories which show all the characteristics of American tongue valor." lie adds that America's present supply of army and navy airplanes is negligible. He cites the London Morn ing Post to prove that the Americans have not developed a practicable type of military plane and says therefore they must begin from the beginning. German Airmen Search For U. S. Army Headquarters American Training Camp in France, July 24. German aerial squadrillas apparently have persistently sought to locate the American troops since their arrival here, but without the slightest success to date. Counter-squadrillas have been so watchful and energetic that the Germans haveccn unable to apnroaclj the encampment and have been beaten off each time they crossed the French line. One of these aerial battles took place yesterday evening and another this morning. Both were at points a considerable distance apart and far removed from the American encamp ment. They were witnessed by chance by American olhcers who were touring the country in automobiles. Some fifteen planes were engaged in the first fight and a dozen in the .atter. - Airplanes daily pass over the head quarters, generally within a few hun dred feet, but sometimes so high as to be invisible, which invariably leads to rumors that the Germans have flown over the camp. The eye-witnesses' accounts of the two aerial battles is the first authentic proof that the Ger man! have been within a hundred miles of the American quarters. Siamese Prince Says Duty Drew Country Into War Boston, July 24. National necessity and moral pressure forced Siam into the war on the side of the entente, in the opinion of Mahidol, prince of Songkla, brother of the reigning King Vagiravudh. Neutarilty upon the part of this small but independent nation in the far east, has become increas ingly difficult and there has been a growing aentiment that freedom and justice for states not strong from a military standpoint were not to be se cured through the policy of the cen tral powers. Sympathy for Belgium, that began with the invasion of that country had taken strong hold on the Siamese and the poular aversion to Teutonic methods, solidified by Presi dent Wilson's message asking con gress to declare war, left no doubt as to the duty, as welt as the path of expediency of Siam. British Declare South African Waters Mined i .Atlanta, Port, July 24.A British steamer, which arrived here today from Calcutta, brought word of Ger man attempts to stop trade between the far east and English and Ameri man ports. The ship's officers said the waters off South Africa had been strewn with mines recently and that two steamers, one of 5,000 tons and another of 3,200 tons, which had not been reported since they left Cape town, were believed to have been lost from this cause. During the voyage the officers also heard that a German raider ppcr ating in the Indian ocean, had been destroyed by the British warships. The raider was an oil tanker that had been changed into a cruiser. Award Contract for Many Motor Truck Bodies Washington. July 24. Contracts for 24,050 motor truck bodies have been awarded by the War department. The International Harvester company of Chicago will build more than one-i third, its contract being for 10,000. j Automobile Thieves Are j Caught Taking Machine"; Just a they were pushing an auto mobile out of the garage of Sam Ru ben, 2536 North Eighteenth street, officers swooped down upon George Ross, 1817 Charles street; John Mil ler, 2418 Elondo, and John Cohen, 2223 Seward, and caught them in the act. . I Officer Walker, seing them enter the garage and leave Cohen on the outside ftr a lookout, called the sta tion and Officers Coffee, Armstrong and Franks rushed out in a police emergency car. Rushing the garage! from all sides, they were unable to ! make their escape. Chicken Coop Opened Up - And Contents Are Taken i Thieves broke into the din-ken ' coop of Mrs. W, J. Faulkner. 1914 Ames avenue, Monday night and took fifteen Barred Rock spring chickens. E, J. Johnston, 2555 Fort street, says he left his grip at Barkalow Bros. cigar stand at Sixteenth and Farnam streets yesterday, and when he re turned for it. it was gone. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. ! The personal recommendation of j people who have been cured of coughs j and colds by Chamberlain's Cough I Remedy have done much towards making this preparation one of the" iost popular iu use-Adv. . . as touna it nec essary to increase its milk territory in the country, establishing or pur chasing two creameries for this pur pose. Some time in the near future it is expected that an additional build ing will be erected to take care of the increased volume of business, storage ; tor automobiles, etc. "Billy" Taylor Goes West To Join Aviation Corps i "Billy" Taylor, auto racer, who ap ! peared on the Omaha Speedway on July 4 in a Hudson, was in Omaha Monday night, stopping at the Hotel Fontenellc. He arrived with Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Smith, who drove from Chicago to Omaha in their machine. Taylor leaves today for San -Francisco, where he will enlist in the avia tion section and receive a lieutenant's commission as a finished aviator. Be sides being a successful auto racer and an aviator, Tajylor, who is only 30, is also a movie camera man, a world traveler, an ex-cow-puncher, a two-fisted fighter and an oil a"nd gold prospector. He qualified as an aviator several years ago and last year conducted an aviation school in southern California. He has already qualified and all he needs is to actually enlist and he will receive his commission. Asks that New Hospital Building Be Inspected That the city council should at once look into the construction of the Swedish Mission hospital building at xweniy-iourin ami rratt streets was the context of a letter read before the commissioners Tuesday morniiiir. TIip letter was sent by Ed Shanahan, pres ident oi me cunuers protective and Benevolent union. The letter stated that the building "it being constructed contrary to city building ordinances and is the general talk of all the building contractors. It adds that the "building is to be three stories high and basement, to be constructed of cement blocks faced with pressed brick, and the walls are to carry heavy cement floors." "For the sake of safety," the letter concludes, "the council should have the structure inspected." The mat ter was referred to the building de parthient. . Office Manager Files Petition in Bankruptcy John E. Marsh, 5111 Capitol ave nue, an office manager, filed a volun tary petition in bankruptcy iirfederal court. His assets are onlv $150 in. eluding $100 of wearing apparel on which he claims exemption, $25 in cash and $25 in "books and pictures." jus oeDts are given as $17122. These include $61 owed to Somcr Bros., grocers: $144.95 to Hursrcss-Nash: $86.15 to Thomas Kilpatrick & Co.; two dental bills amounting to $31; a laundry bill of unstated amount. Crete walks, the setting out of elm trees, laying of water mains, sewer pipes, telephone and electric lights conauits ana gas mains. The new addition is situated be tween Lockwood on the south. Evan ston on the west, Dundee Place on the east and Happy Hollow Circle on the north, thus placing it in one of the very best "neighborhoods" in the entire city. There are forty-eight lots ranging in sizes of fifty feet, seventy- nve icei ana iuu reet in widtn and a uniform depth of 135 feet. The prop erty extends from Farnam street on the north to Howard on the south and between Fifty-second street and Fifty-third avenue. It is just a short walk from the Farnam street car line, the same distance from the Leaven worth street car line and four blocks from the Happy Hollow club house. Building restrictions for Drew's Dundee Heights are the same as for the surrounding additions, thus insur ing the very best class of houses in Omaha. Nothing less than two full stories can be erected and no frame houses are permitted. Every house must be of brick, brick veneer, stone or stucco. The only outhouses per mitted are to he tor garage purposes. Already the addition is surrounded by ciegant homes. Drew's Dundee Heights is one of the very highest pieces of ground In the city. From one point can be seen, eyery golf course in Omaha except that in Miller park. Far to the south can be seen the links of the Seymour Lake club. In the nearer southern foreground is the Field club course. The Happy Hollow links are just down at the foot of the hill, while players on the grounds at the Coun try club over to the northwest are easily distinguishable. The Elmwood park course is only a short distance in the southwest and practically every hole in this course can be seen from this point. Have All Conveniences for Their Soldier Boys Pro vided by Women. A club tent is to be erected at Fort Crook in lieu of the intended pcrma- i DANCE HALLS 0. L'D FOR YEAH LICENSE Charitable Institutions Show Good Record in Reports Be fore Board Members Are Now Taking Vacations. has had 103 free cases during the If I V D A WV D II DTP V year while the dispensary has tended ftjAfl I MNMUr 1 VI I 10 is,uw people wimout pay ior us ; work. The members are taking their va cations during the summer whenever their time from work can be spared most. Mrs. Ohaus and Victor Jor geuson are away at present. CASES IN LAST YEAR i At a meeting of the Welfare board n Monday night three dance halls nent club house which has been tern- j applied for licenses, as they are forced Police Are Looking for Woman Heir to Fortune Sarah McPhceters is the nam nf a lady that the police have been asked to look for. The last time she was heard from was thirty years ago in this city. Au uncle, Harold B. Kingsbury, re siding at Richland Center, Wis., died and left much property in her name. Heat Cuts Attendance At Y. M. C. A. Summer School Heat is affecting the attendance at the Young Men's Christian associa tion summer school. Although C. J. Shaw, educational secretary, has an enrollment of 105 pupils, only eighty five attended class Monday. Classes are held in English, math ematics, science, history, Latin and cfvics. Pupils are allowed to take either one or two subjects. The Eng lish and Latin classes are proving the most popular. The school wilt close August 10 and examinations will be held at the Central High school. The faculty is composed of teach ers from the public high schools. E. E. McMillan is principal and teaches mathematics and science. The follow ing compose the staff; Miss Susan Paxson, Latin: Miss Teanette Mc Donald and Miss Katherine Lowery, English; Miss Ada Atkinson and Miss M. Parker, history and civics; Frank Gulgard, mathematics and science. Merchant' is Arrested for Underweighing His Goods "Gimme two pounds of fish." said a prospective customer to J. Finken stcin, -a fishmonger at Thirteenth street and Capitol avenue yesterday. Officer Anderson overheard the re quest and saw Finkenstein put four little "bullheads" on the scales. His knowledge of size and proportionate weight tended him to examine the scale, and he found that though Fink enstein had already sold the fish and collected the money for "two pounds' worth," there was but a pound and a quarter sold. The scales were promptly confiscated by the city prosecutor and Finkenstein ordered to pay the minimum fine, $5 ' porarily' held up because of the offi cial red tape through which the proj ect must go. The furnishings which the National League for Women's Service collected at the time of the erection of the Fort Omaha club house will be moved in tomorrow. Chairs, tables for writ ing and game tables, a piano, vic trola, magazines and books, such games at quoits and checkers have been provided cither by purchase or by donation. Victrola records are badly needed aid it is hoped that Omahans who have large supplies of records, some of which they perhaps never use, will contribute to the collection at the forts. Writing paper is also needed. An exchange of records between the two forts is planned. - A circu lating library will also be established in order that every book will do its full duty. The first exchange will be made Thursday. A recent scene witnessed at Fort Omaha testifies to the enthusiastic use the men make of these facilities. Thirty soldiers were using the tables, writing home to mother. A dozen were lounging around the victrola, and suddenly somebody yelled. "Shut off that victrola. I want to olav the piano." j General Supervisor Lichty, who! has charge of the war work council for the central states, stated that the Omaha branch of the national league is the only one that has furnished the club houses completely. At other points Where the work has been un dertaken the league has donated only one or two articles. Omaha is to Help Supply Quota of the Army Cooks John F. Letton, manager of the Hotel Fontenelle, as president of the Omaha Hotel Men's association has been appointed a member of a com mittee to assist the quartermaster's department in obtaining cooks for cantonment camps. I he quartermaster general has been authorized to organize sixteen schools for the instruction of cooks for the army. The plan is to have a school at each national army can tonment on September 1 ftr when the national army is mobilized. The cooks for the organization of the national army will be anoointrrf after that army is organized. It is therefore apparent that preparation must be made for feedinsr these men of the national army when they are assembled at the cantonments.- The quartermaster general has aD- pealed to the hotel men throughout the country for their co-operation In this emergency. Man Threatens President, Second Fails to Register The "thirteen slackers" who were reported from Wavne countv dwin dled to one after United States Mar shal Flynn had investigated. Some nad registered and others were not within the age limits. The one ar rested Avas Robert Burkett of Madir son. John Warbelson. a blacksmith, was arrested at Broken Bow by United States Deputy Marshal Carroll and Hugh Mills of the secret service. He is charged with threatening the pres ident. He will have a hearing hefore United States Commissioner Clcary at Grand Island. One Cent Will Take a Magazine to a Soldier Whe n you have finished reading a magazine, place a 1 cent stamp on it and deliver it to any postoffice-or hand it to a postal employe and it will be delivered to one oi our soldiers or sailors. It doesn't matter how much the magazine weighs and you need not put on a wrapper or any address, A.J... . . 1. " rr , . wiucrs 10 ims erreci nave Deen re ceived by the local postoffice. to do under the new city ordinance. The halls were the Hibbler at 4334 Leavenworth street, tfie Alamo at 2416 Grant street and the Mecca hall at 2415 Grant street. Under the new ordinance if a row starts in the dance hall the owner is held responsible and his license can be revoked. The dances also have to close at 12 o'clock unless they have the mayor's permission to stay open longer. Read Reports of Instsitutions. Reports were read of the institu tions that do any charity work in the city. One of the most interesting of these institutions is the Child Saving insti tute. Two hundred and seventy-four children have been taken in during the year, but Omaha people want them so badly tha( they cannot be supplied. Twenty-four are in waiting now for little girls. The two institutions showing the greatest amount of charitable work are lc Immanuel hospital and the Creighton. -dispensary. The hospital Parks Shows Profit on Work Done for Railroad Commissioner Parks of the street cleaning and maintenance department introduced a tabulated report to the city council in which he showed that the paving work done by his depart ment for the Union Pacific netted the city a profit of $760.65. "If Parks made that much money," Commissioner Btrtler said, comment ing on the matter, "he deliberately held up the union Pacific company. I Two Hundred and Sixteen Filed, in Which Creditors Average About Ten Cents on the Dollar. Two hundred . and sixteen bank- ruptcy cases were settled in Nebraska in the year ending July 1, 1917, as shown by the report just completed by R. C. Hoyt, clerk of the federal court. During the year 211 new ones were filed. Of the 216 settled 187 were tiled voluntarily and twenty-nine wereon noticed in his report that he itemized! petition of creditors. Of .the 187 vo!- the cost of the large city trucks per hour at only 60 cents. If a private firm had to hire those trucks it would have to pay at least $2 an hour. Parks' is either kidding himself or trying to kid the city." In his report Parks stated the asphalt work cost the city $441.95 and that his department got $1,202.60. Bride-to-Be Balks When They Reach the Preacher Anton Gejst, jr., of N'eligh. Neb.. 34 years old. "who obtained a license to wed Miss Sarah McCarter, 20 years old, has returned the certificate un used to county court. He says the bride-to-be "backed out" when they got to the home of the preacher who was to marry them. untary bankrupts twenty were farm ers, qjghty-nine wage earners, forty four merchants, two "manufacturers, two professional men and thirty in other occupations. Of the twenty nine involuntary bankrupts eighteen were merchants, seven manufactur ers and four in other occupations. The total liabilities of the 187 vol untary bankrupts were $944,293 and the amount realized for their credit- tors was $117,107, about 13 cents on the dollar. The total liabilities of the twenty nine involuntary bankrupts were $2, 502,918 and the amount realized for their creditors was $211,675, about cents on the dollar. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. The illustration shews an officer hurrying to the telephone for important military business and a civilian cheerfully according him the right-of-way. 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Private needs for equipment and for service must give way to the government's requirements. , As the nation's military strength grows, and we become larger participants in the great war, the demands of the govern ment upon the telephone service will continue to increase, and must always be met. In addition to the government's needs, the unprecedented eorn mercial and industrial activity incident to the war will doubtless continue; nor does there appear to be any relief from the shortage of metals and other telephone materials. At the same time many of our best men are donning army uniforms to go into the signal service, where they are best fitted to do efficient work for the nation. Won't you patriotically eo-operate with us and ask for no unnecessary equipment and make no unnecessary local or long distance calls? 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