THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 29, 1917. 1
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HOW OMAHANS LOOK
. UPON -PROHIBITION
Are Greatly Interested In Wed
nesday Meeting of U. S.
Senate on Outcome of
Liquor Vote.
Omaha anti-saloon men ind wom
en are much interested m the press
dispatches announcing that the United
States senate is to vote next Wednes
day on the national, prohibition
amendment. -. -;-
Attorney Elmer ;E. Thomas, who
lias long been identified with the fight
against saloons, and who last fall
managed the prohibition campaign in
Douglas county, said:
"In my judgment, if they can get
the amendment through c6ngress it
probably will be ratified by three
fourths of the state legislatures neces
sary to make it .effective.
"If they had got around to it soon
er and had passed it last year, we
might be well on the way to having it
ratified. Last winter we had thirty
two dry legislatures in the country,
and we needed only - thirty-six. We
might have worked hard enough to
bring the necessary four over, at least
in the next few -years.,
Expects a Joker.
"As I understand it no wV though,
they have a rider of some kind at
tached, which makes it necessary that
the three-fourths of the states ratify
it within six years, or it falls of its
own weight Ordinarily the ratifica
tion of a constitutional amendment by
the states is not limited as to time.
"Of course, this means that we will
have to work hard to get dry legisla
tures in the various states for the next
.session and for several sessions, prob
ably until we obtain the necessary
three-fourths . ratification.. The " Na
tional Anti-Saloon league undoubtedly
will work hard all over the country to
accomplish this. We will certainly
make a fight here for a dry legislature
in Nebraska in 'order to get the resolu
tion ratified in .this state." .
Billy Crutchfieldy manager of the
Crutchfield & Bloomfield place. 1122
Capitol avenue, said with reference to
the proposed national prohibition
amendment.-'" , . '
- Crutchfield Is Doubtful
"1 am not well enough informed on
national politics to give an opinion as
to whether they can get away with it.
I do feel, though, that if they don't
pass that law soon and if they make
it good and bone dry in Nebraska, it
will be only a. matter oi a short time
when Nebraska will be a wet state
again. ' ' '
"A lot of people are in favor of beer
and light wines and if they continue
to tighten up, these fellows will begin
to squawk. .
"As for us fellows, of course we will
work hard to. get a wet legislature
t here, and they will do the same in
other states to keep this national
amendment from passing. . We cer
tainly will work hard here.
"1: they do pass it, though, and
tighten up all over, there will be noth
ing to do but live up to the new regu
lations. It's no good going to Canada
or Mexico, for it is getting dry in
some of those places, too. There are
lots of places in Canada how where
you can t get a drink of any descrip
tion. No. I've never" been in Canada
or Mexico, but I've got lots of boys
'here who have been, and I'm pretty
well informed as to conditions there."
British Wheat Acreage
Increased Six Per Cent
London, July 28.In England and
Wales the increased acreage in wheat,
barley, oats and potatoes this year is
347,000 acres, or about 6 per cent ac
cording to the dfficial returns publish
ed today, These figures' do not include
any allowance for the enormous
efforts made by small growers regard
ing the results where of it is impos
sible to collect accurate 'figures.
The' official estimate is y that "the
area of $mall cultivation has been
quadrupled and this estimate probably
is below the mark it the number of
small vegetables gardeners in England
and Wales has been .increased by
more than half a million and the dis
placement of flowers by , vegetables
has been general." ' ! :
The figures published today con
stitute the first authoritative evidence
of the trcmenduous agricultural efforts
which have been made throughout
Great Britain. - :
The remarkable showing is attri
buted largely to the efforts of the war
office in lending soldiers to work the
' land., ''.-. ..." ' v
. Chandler Wants Many Aviators
, . -Trained at Fort Omaha
(Fcora a Buff Correspondent.) .
Washington, July 26V( Special Tel
egram.) Colonel .Chandler, known
in Omaha, when in charge of the
signal corps at Fort Omaha, said to
Congressman Lobeck today that he
hoped Fort Omaha would be a great
training camp for aviators, that con
tract had been let for housing 1,200
and possibly , 1,500 men, and new
plants were going to be built to solve
the problem of the air.-,.
As a result of investigations on
both the eastern and western fronts
in Europe by trained officers. Colonel
Chandler, said the hydrogen gas plant
would be very largely augmented
Parts for the new plant being as
aembled in New York. . . .
Bakers Object to $2 '
Minimum Price, for Wheat
Washington. Tulv 28. In a com
munication to congressional confer
ees on the iooi bill -the war emer
gency council of the baking nidus
try today gave notice that the $2 mini
mum for wheat proposed by the bill
will permit of no reduction the pres
ent price of bread. .
The council urged that the price of
wheat be left to the food administra
tion and pointed out that only 5 per
cent of the population of the United
btates was interested in a high price
for wheat; 95 per cent was interested
in a reasonable price for bread.
The council sees no immediate pros
peer, for reduction in bread prices.
Washington Youth First
. . Accepted in New , Army
'Washington, J a Ijr 27. Harry
Chapman Gilbert, 21 years old, ion
of a White. House police, guard, is
the first matt in the country to be
accepted for service in the new na
tional army, having passed his phy
sical test and waived all claims for
. exemption. .
New Manager for General
Film Company in Omaha
FRED SOLOMON
Mr, Fred Solomon is now installed
as the manager of the local branch of
the General film company. He is not
a newcomer to the ranks of the mo
tion picture industry, as he has been
in it for the last six years. His first
experience was as a booker with the
General Film company of this city,
when E. R. Pierson was manager. He
went to Denver as a salesman for the
George Kline company, and then
traveled out of the Vitagraph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay
Kansas City branch.
He then returned to Omaha, being
connected with the Mutual Film cor
poration and then returned to the Gen
eral Film company. He is well liked
among.-, exhibitors. '
RED CROSS BOXES
AWAITSHIPMENJ
Local Mercy Workers Pack
,Twenty-Three Boxes 'With
Hospital Supplies Ready
' tor Sending. ' -
1 Twenty-three big carefully made,
tightly packed boxes stand in the
Red Cross packing room at the
Baird Building. , These boxes rep
resent the work of scores of Omaha
women since beginning of Red Cross
work here in "( May. They contain
thousands of articles ranging in size
from bandages no larger that a box
of tacks, to large woolen convales
cent robes. All are neatly made, ac
curately folded, firmly wrapped and
packed away so solidly that there
is no room for even a mouse to
crawl in any box.
'By. the first of the week enough
boxes will have been packed to make
the number at least thirty, and then
the whole lot will be shipped. This
shipment will be momentous one,
the first sent from the Omaha Red
Cross chapter since its inception in
May. After much pondering on the
part of the women in charge it was
decided that it should go for United
States military relief in care of the.
Ked Cross supply service, Chicago.
The Omaha chapter is in the west
ern division of the Red Cross which
receives orders from the Chicago
headquarters, hence the choice.
V, For "Allied Relief
The alternative was that the hos
pital dressings and garments might
go to the department known as "Al
lied Kelier with, headquarters in the
east. :,
No infdrmation has come to work
ers here in regard to the disposition
of either class of relief. The boxes
will be sent to the Chicago headquar
ters, since Omaha is in the western
division. Mrs. O. C. Redick and Mrs.
C. L. Burdick have worked until late
at night last week and Friday to com
plete the packing.
.. One interesting box contains the
contribution of the girls at M. E.
Smith & Co. to the Red Cross fund.
Among them they raised $144 out of
which the Ked Cross society pur
chased nine complete outhts for in
jured men. ' These outfits include
pajamas,, hospital robes, a convales
cent robe, handkerchiefs, a shoulder
scarf and similar articles. The eon
valescent robes are made of soft
blankets with light striped collars.
Vaterland Ready for
0. S. Transport Service
Washington. July 28. The big Ger
man steamer Vaterland, seized at New
York; by the American government
when war was declared on Germany,
will be ready for service shortly. Re
pairs to the "ship 'have cost slightly
less than $1,000,000.. More than half
the German vessels taken over by the
United States have been repaired and
put on the seas. AH those taken in
American continental ports ,will have
been repaired in a lew weeks.
Minneapolis Hotels Will
Have Meatless Days
Minneapolis. July 28'. Managers of
twelve local hotels announced today
that they will begin "next week a pol
icy of serving no meat on two days
each' week. Veal and fresh pork also
will be stricken from the menus.
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Mr. W. H. Edgar, '49 "Cooper St, At
lanta, Georgia, writes;
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rheumatic symptoms. . Peruna cured
me and I think it is the bt all around
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publish this letter for the benefit of
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HAPPENINGS ON
THE SOUTH SIDE
i ii
Government Agents Purchase
Large Number of Horses for
Artillery and Cavalry
Work.
The South Side Mule and Horsa
company has sold 460 horses to the
United States government. Fifty
two of these have been sent to El
Paso, Tex., where they will be used
for the heavy artillery and eighty
nine to Sparta, Wis., for the light
artillery, forty-six horses were shipp
ed to Fort Riley, Kan., to be used in
the cavalry.
Government agents will take only
perfect animals. No gray horses and
no mares are accepted. They must
pass an examination as to weight,
strength, height and endurance.
The horses are all branded with
the United States mark before they
are shipped.
Class in Telegraphy at
Armour's Well Under Way
The class in telegraphy which Ar
mour's Packing company has started
so that their employes who go to
fo war may serve their country in
that capacity is now well under way.
The instruments have arrived and
excellent instructors have been ob
tained. -
Some of the girls, anxious to re
ceive instruction, have joined the
class.
R. C. Howe, general manager ot
Armour's said, "We mean to get
right to work. It won't take long
for a student to knew enough about
telegraphy to be of great service to
the country. How quickly one mas
ters the work depends entirely on
the individual."
Police Captain H. Car$y
Has Long Service Record
Serjeant Carev. who will be cap
tain of the South Side police force
when Captain Bnggs is called to
serve in the machine gun company of
the "Dandy Sixth," has been a mem
ber of the South Side force since
1902. He was off duty for a short
time, but he has been on the force
continuously since 1906. He has a
son, Leo, who ha enlisted in the
army. .
G. W. Allen, who will be sergeant
in Carey's place, has been a member
of the police force since 1908. He was
transferred to the bouth Mae at tne
time of the annexation.
Flag-Raising at Wheeler
Memorial Church Sunday
Patriotic services will be held at
the Wheeler Memorial church Sun-
dav. The text will be Psalms xx:5, "In
the name of Our Lord We Will Set
Up Our Banner."
There will be a flag presentation and
raising' of 'the flag, Grand Army vet
erans and Boy Scouts will be seated
near the flagstaff. W. B. Cheek and
C. E. Scarr will present the flag. G.
F, Beavers will give an address. The
flag will be raised by Major Gilmore
and members of the Grand Army of
thfe Republic.
Feed Prices Too High to
Raise Stock, Farmer Says
Shippers at the Omah market Fri
day from Pierce, Thurston and Buf
falo counties reported that the corn
crop in their sections of the state is
good, but that rain was needed.
Charles Rutledge of Thurston county
said:
. "Prospects for cattle feeding the
coming season are not good. Hay and
grain prices are too high."
D. 5. Pleak, who shipped from Oak
land, la., says that crops around there
are exceptionally good.
Mf lo City Gomip.
For Rent 5-roorri modern cottace, new
shades. Md end H Bt. Telephone 8. 2977.
II. O. Edward, manager of Swift & Co..
who haa been very III at the Nloholae Semi
hoitptal. Ii recuperating.
Telephone South 190 and order a case of
Oma or Lectonadf, the healthful, refreshing
Horn Beveragee delivered to your reeldence.
Omaha Beverege Co.
While John and Pt! Oaughan. Mil Q
street, were at work Thursday, eome one
entered their reeldence and etole aeveral
thing from their bedroom, Pet Oaughan
had 111 taken and John la mtnua four pint
bottle of whisky and a watch and chain.
The South Bide Red Creel rooma at Library
hall. Twenty-third and M etreete. will open
Monday, July 0. All women not already
registered for Red Croa work are urged
to Identify themeelvea with eome unit Any
Information desired can be obtained by call
ing South 15(7 or South 1ST 7.
Card of Thank We wlh to thank our
kind friend and relative, employe of
Mnrrl A Co. and the Omaha Fibre and
Corrugated Box Co., th teacher and class
mate of the Jungman chool, for their
beautiful floral offering at the lost of our
beloved ion and brother, William. Mr. and
Mr. Jo. Prueha nd family.
"Get Knocked Cold," Advises
Boy to Perspiring Comrade
Little Barney Drevich, the page boy
at the Hotel'Fontenelle, was talking
to a "bell-hop" who was stealing a
quiet rest in the hotel's service depart
ment, near an electric fan.
"Gosh, I'm so darn hot, I could sit
here under this fan all day, if I didn't
have to work," grbaned the "bell
hop. "I sure am hot." -
"Veil," answered Barney. "Better
you should get up and did some of
that work, or the boss'll come along
an' knock you cold."
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Mr. John Hooker, Proprietor of Ma
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Ohio, writes:
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Tbosa who object to liquid medi
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Here's a Man Who Likes
Sizzling Hot Weather
There's at least one Omahan
who likes the heat. The hotter it
gets the happier he is. When the
rest of Omaha swelters and prays
for a cool spell, this individual
smiles and says he hopes it gets
hotter still.
He is County Attorney Magney.
"Give me heat and lots of ' it," he
said, at noon, when the thermome
ter threatened to burst.
"I can do more and better work
and I feel real, comfortable when
it's ,about 106 in the shade. Give
me real sizzling weather, say, like
they have on the equator, and I
feel like getting out and running
hundred yard dashes."
Magney is built like a cigaret,
is long and rangy and looks like
yon "hungry Cassius."
Firemen Water Highest
Priced Field of Potatoes
Two hundred persons last night
watched the watering of the highest-
priced potatoes in the United States.
Members of the hre department sta
tioned in engine house No. 4 have be
come interested in the Fontenelle ho
tel garden and when they noticed that
the excessive heat and hot winds of
yesterday were burning the $9 pota
toes resoonded with first aid. A line
of hose was brought into action by
the hre laddies and, the potato patch
watered. '
Armetrong to Meet WlnterMe.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 28. Joseph J.
Armstrong, St. Paul, will meet William Win
terble, Primgar, la., for the singles cham
pionship In the Northwestern Tennis associ
ation's tournament at Deeph&ven court to
morrow. Armstrong defeated Henry Adams,
(-3, (-4 and 6-3 In the semi-finals today,
while Wlnterble won from Trafford Jayne,
Minneapolis veteran, by default.
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The Metropolitan Water district
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will have a capacity of 100 tons a day.
According to a bulletin issued by that
department Friday plans are well
under way for the construction of the
building. The manufacture of ice,
however, probably will not begin this
year.
The power of the Water board to
make ice was granted the board by
the last legislature.
"The cost of ice delivered in Oma
ha is now 45 cents per 100 pounds,"
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reason to believe that a material re
duction in this charge can be ob
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It is said that it will compete with
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