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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1917.
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FOOD BILLS WILL
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Senate Passes Control and Sur
vey Measures and Appro
priates Funds to Stim
ulate Production.
(Br AMKN-iatcd Frma.)
Washington, Aug. 9. All is in
readiness today for putting the ad--miniitration's
food control and food
survey bills into effect as soon as they
become law with President Wilson's
signature. The president will sign
the bills tomorrow after the presiding
officers of the senate and house affix
their signatures to the measures. This
could not be done today because
neither Iiojsc was in session.
Final congressional action came
late yesterday when the senate ap
proved the conference reports on
.both bills. They already had been ap
proved by the house.
The first step in putting the new
legislation into operation probably
will be the appointment by the presi
dent of Herbert C Hoover as food
administrator.
Nebraska Troops
Are Ordered Off to
' : :' Deming At Once
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tind rest and' comfort awaiting them
in their new home.
The railroads are finding their ca
pacities strained to the breaking point
pr months they have been prepar
ing for the great migration, when
the Nebraska Guards', 6,000 of them
now guards no longer, but soldiers
of the United States army leave for
the training camp.
From Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Minnesdta will come 24,
000 more of the boys in khaki till
there are 30,000 soldiers in Deming.
Balloon Men May Go.
Car after car has been comman
deered, many of them have been new
ly built and many purchased, till 150
wait on the side tracks at the main
station along the lines ready for the
troops. For weeks freight trains and
express cars by the dozens have been
passing, laden with supplies and camp
equipment enroute to Deming.
' Along with the infantry will go, if
plans of some of the most far-seeing
officers are carried out, a picked hand
ful of balloon man. Once in the camp
at Deming these will teach the officers
of the infantry some things they
have learned at the balloon school in
Qniaha as to receiving news from
balloon observers. Down at Deming
there will be a far range of sight that
should make balloon observing in
tensely practical work.
Men at the Fort Omaha school
would be glad of an opportunity to
oriel ice their work there and manv
y)ol them would jump at the chance
Vrgorofr along with the boys troru
Nebraska. . - '
Another Army Coming. ;.
When the Nebraska brigade leaves
Omai1 a streets will seem strangely
desmoid. But not for long. Already
new a pies are makiAg ready and a
new saNsf soldiers will swing along
the ..stfeetsV and gather on .the cor
ners to cxcWange bits of camp gossip
or read the pikers for the latest news
I from the front. . ; : j
. Chief of all, course, will be the
new Mtional am y made up of the
draftad men. Foi them the call will
come September and few days
tllthey, too, wilj be going through
-nneeame, process of examination and
; innocutotion and the rest of the army
loutine." Soon they will be drilling
at, Fort Crook or even on the down
! town atreets of Omaha.
r, Then there is the reserve militia
, ' now forming. The men in this will
I follow their usual occupations during
tt.e da and drill at night. There will
,bc a few regular army men at Fort
Srook to help the quartermaster in his
' wprk, likewise at the central supply
' depot, ;
The army balloon school at Fort
s Omaha probably will number a thous
: and men by that time, at its present
rate of growth, Omaha still will wear
a military aspect alter the guards are
gone. -
Denison at Deming.
E. F. Denison, formerly general sec
retary of the Omaha Young Men's
Christian association, is now at Dem
ing where he will have general charge
of the Young Men's Christian associ--,!
atioh work among the Nebraska,
.Iowa, Minnesota and DakoUs troops.
v In a letter Denison says the Young
- Men's Christian association will erect
( . six buildings at Deming with thirty
1 secretaries in charge.
He says Deming is an ideal location
' for a training camp. "It has 3,500 in
habitants," he writes, "the altitude is
almost that of Denver,, the warter is
. pure, the government test is 99.99 and
te moral conditions, so far as I have
been able to learn are the very best,
' and plans have been made by the city
council to keep them so."
Allied Prisoners Forced
; In Open During Air Raid
Paris, ' Aug. - 9. The French au
thorities learn that during the nights
of July when French airplanes bom-
- barded Treves and Essen, the Ger
mans forced French and nghsh pris
oners, both officers and men, interned
at Karlsruhe, to leave their quarters
and remain in the open, where they
most probably would be hit in case
Karlsruhe was raided. The men were
compelled to remain in these places
t until all danger had passed.
Suicide Verdict Returned
: In St. Louis Millionaire's Case
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 9. A verdict
. of micide was returned today by the
j coroner's jury that investigated the
' death of Jordan Wheat Lambert, who
; shot himself early Toesday morning.
Nothing lias been learned as to
the identity of the woman who called
Lambert's apartment on the telephone
and asked the maid to see if he was
all right t
People Speak Well of Chamberlain's
Tablets.
- Thave been telling Chamberlain's
' Tablets for about two years and heard
such good reports from my custo
mers that I concluded to give them a
trial myself, and say that I do not
believe there i another preparation
. of the kind equal to them, writes G.
A. McBride,' Headford, Ont.. If you
are troubled with indigestion or con
stipation give them a trial. They will
f k you good. Advertisement.
AMERICA'S WORK
TO HELP RUSSIA
STAND UP IS ON
(tonlinurd Yrom Pe One.)
ilar perhaps to the British system
than to ours. While I was in Pttro
grad a meeting of twenty-nine trades
was held-lor the purpose of organiz
ing, and the men listened with ap
parently keen interest to my explana
tion of how labor operated its organ
izations in this country. I do not
know what the results of that meet
ing have been, but when we left the
outlook for effective organization was
splendid.
Freedom a Handicap,
"Russian workingmen still are daz
zled by their freedom to organize.
Of course, under the czar they had no
lahor organizations, because such
bodies were regarded as revolution
ary and its members were subject to
the severest penalties. Now that
they have organizations, they scarcely
know how to operate them. It is
not unusual for the workers to leave
their benches in the middle of the
day, call a meeting and advise their
employer that they are displeased
with conditions.
"Their street meetings are pecul
iar. Guaranteed the liberty of free
speech, they are making the most of
it. The military guards permit them
wide latitude and they have some
heated wrangles on street corners.
At the close of the debates, however,
it 19 customary for the leading bel
ligerents to exchange cigarets, shake
hands and proceed to other meetings.
Eight-Hour Day.
"The eight-hour day, enforced soon
after the revolution, has greatly
pleased the workers. It is a won
derful sight to see workers who have
been tyrannized for years coming out
of factories at 4 o'clock in the aft
ernoon with nothing to do until to
morrow. "In many cases wages have been
raised 100 per cent. This seems large,
but when it is remembered that wages
in Russia always were low and it
was not unusual for manufacturers
to make from 50 to 200 per cent the
increase does not seem exorbitant.
The workingmen are just beginning
to realize that their employers have
been waxing rich off them and that
heretofore they have been taking va
cations of from two to three months
during the summer with large sums
in their pockets.
"I look for very close affiliation
between the government and labor.
Activities of the workingmen in the
council now presages this and the
laboring classes are bright enough to
maintain , their present honi on the
situation." . ...
' White Collars Scarce.
Describing the sessions of the
workmen's council, in which heasat
almost daily for a month, Charles Ed
ward Russell said it compared very
favorable with other similar legisla
tive bodies. The greater apparent dif
ference, he said, was in the absence of
laundered collars. Ouly the newspa
per reporters wore them, he said.
"The council is very well regulated,"
he said: "There is no such disorder as
might be expected. While there are
more than f ,t)00 members, 830 with
voles and 200, without votes, they are
under good control,
"AH members may tpeak on any
proposition, if they desiret but
speeches are limited to ten minutes,
except in the cases of ministers and
visitors. 1 recall that one minister
occupied two hours in explaning the
proposed railroad rehabiliation plan
of the United States commission. I
addressed the council for about an
hour and a half. Ministers are given
seats on the floor, but no votes."
' The mission took lunch today with
Secretary Lansing. Mr. Root prob
ably will leave for New York tomor
row. Others have not decided when
they will leave Washington.
CIVILIAN B0ADRS
TO HAVE CHARGE
OF M0MLIZATI0N
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trainment and the exact time of de
parture. Orders to the men will be posted
and also be sent them by mail. They
will be directed to report to the, local
board at its headquarters not less than
twelve hours or more than twenty
four hours befpre the time of depar
ture for camp.
Service Begins With Notice.
"From the time specified for report
ing to the local board for military
duty" the regulations state "each man
in respect of wljom notice to report
has been posted or mailed shall be in
the military service of the United
States."
Prior to the arrival of the men at
the board headquarters board mem
bers are instructed to make arrange
ments for their accommodation, to
find clean and sanitary sleeping places
at hotels and lodging houses, to ar
range for their meals and to provide
lodging and meal tickets to be taken
in payment and redeemed for cash
later by a government disbursing offi
cer. In its discretion the board may
grant permission for the men to re
main at their homes.
Arrived at the board headquarters
at the hour fixed for reporting the
men will be drawn up, the roll called
and agents of the board will take them
personally to their quarters, remain,
ing with them until every arrange
ment for their comfort has been made.
Emphatic instructions are given that
the quality of food furnished shall be
good, and the board is held liable for
seeing that meals are adequate.
First Military Ceremony.
Retreat roll call at the board head
quarters, set for 5:30 p. m. on the day
of reporting to the board, will be the
first military, ceremony the drafted
men pass through ; The board mem
bers are directed to be present in per
son and to inform the men of their
military status, impressing on them
the fact that disobedience of orders is
the gravest military crime.' The light
hand baggage, containing toilet ar
ticles and a change of under clothing,
which the men are. permitted to take
with them to camp, will be inspected
by the board and the lists of men sent
forward made out and copies of orig
inal registration cards prepared.
For each district five alternates will
be summoned to the board headquar
ters in addition to the men actually
selected to fill the board quota. They
will be held at the assembling point
until train time to fill in vacancies
should any men of the levy fail to
report,
Ready for His Commission
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Billion Bushels of Wheat Program
Of Government for Next Year's Crop
(By Aniwtrlitted Press.)
Washington, Aug. 8. Foreseeing
that demands for wheat may exceed
the supply next year, the government
today announced a war agricultural
program calling fdr the production of
more than 1,000,000,000 bushels of
wheat and a crop of rye in excess of
83,000,000 bushels next year.
This vast wheat production, needed
in any case, will be essential, the gov
ernment experts believe, to prevent a
serious shortage of breadstuffs next
summer should the growing corn
crop, now behind the season, be
much damaged by early frosts.
It is the first time m history the
government has taken a hand in di
recting the planting of definite areas
to crop. The program, adopted pure
ly as a war measure, represents the
best thought of the Department of
Agriculture and state agriculture of
Exams for Drafted
Men Complete; To,
Report September 1
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details for maintaining office quarters.
The board of district No. 1 will go
into session immediately.
Many Exemption Claims.
Claims for exemption in the first
district are heavy, as over half of the
men passed have filed their claims.
There were 177 claims and they
were of every nature. Twenty-six
filed for 'support of wife, ninety-seven
for support of wife and children,
seven for support of wife and child,
thirty-four sons of widows or infirm
parents, two fathers of motherless
children, five in the service, four aliens
one mail service, and one in quarter
master's department,
i One man filed a claim for the sup
port of his wife. They were married
on July 14. The wife signed an affi
davit stating that she had had no
support for the last year beside what
her husband had given her. For
proof, a neighbor swore to the fact.
The first district is working hard on
the lists to see who has not reported
for examinations and they have
checked all but about a dozen.
i A man givingthe nama of Leslie
V. Clark, from out of the city, was
examined and did not give his home
address. The board will be very glad
if he will send the address. so that his
exmlnation may be mailed to the
home board.
Government Agents Appointed.
' The men have been appointed by
the governor to look into the govern
ment's side of the exemption cases,
and it will be the duty of these men
to trace all slackers and bring them to
justice. The men for the districts
are:
Division 1 W. H. Crary, 1622 Spen
cer street.
Division 2 J. E. Bednar, 2531 E
street.
. Division 3 William Simeral, Far
nani building.
Division 4 Lysle I. Abbott, 3210
Poppleton avenue.
Division 5 W. W. Carmichael, 3643
California.
Division 6-J. W. Welch, 1406
Douglas.
. When these cases are followed up
it is not expected that they will be as
heavy as at first claimed.
Pineapples Ordered in
Large Quantity for Navy
Washington, Aug. 9. The Navy de
partment today placed orders for
1,687,000 pounds of canned pineapple,
a years supply for the Atlantic fleet
and east coast navy yards and sta
tions. Five firms with canneries in
Honolulu received the order. Orders
for a similar supply for the west coast
yards will be placed later.
SAYS
Try a dish of
PostToasties
with cream
for lunch
All r Arm
ficials and slate councils of defense.
Planting of 47,337,000 acres to win
ter wheat Jhis autumn, an increase of
18 per cent over last year and more
than 2,000,000 acres more than ever
planted to that crop before, is ac
quirement of the program. Each state
is asked to plant as large an acreage
in wheat and rye as can be sown with
out upsetting proper farm practice.
Increase of almost 1,000,000 acres in
the rye acreage is called for, with a
total of 5,131,000 acres.
The experts drafting the program
foresee a possible shortage of ferti
lizer, but say that there will be no
general shortage of seed or farm ma
chinery and that facilities will be
ample. A fair price for wheat will be
established under the food legislation.
The assistance of successful growers
of wheat and rye the government be
lieves to be already assured. i
WEATHER IDEAL
P0R BIG TRACTOR
SHOW AT FREMONT
' (Continued From Ps( On.)
der the auspices of the state council,
at the tractor grounds. Geo. H. Cope
land, vice president of the Nebraska
Farmer's union, made short talks,
urging farmers to plant an increased
acreage of winter wheat. "L. C,
Schroyer of Humboldt, spoke Wed
nesday afternoon. Congressman Dan
V. Stephens, who is here on a vaca
tion visit, will talk today.
' Deere Plow Demonstration. .
One of the features of yesterday's
demonstration at the tractor show
was the work of seventy-two plow
bottoms, of the John Deere Plow
company, pulled by sixteen tractors
of different types. The capacity of the
plows was turning 200 acres of land.
Spectators regarded it as one of the
biggest tests of the meet. Though the
plowing was difficult in spots, owing
to the wet condition of the field, the
demonstration was made without a
hitch. The Deere people emphasized
the importance the plow plays in
tractor equipment.
Fawn Is Born.'
A birth occurred on the tractor
grounds yesterday. The John Deere
Plow company has two deer in a
tent on the grounds. The doe of the
pair gave birth to a fawn. The new
comer was named' Miss Fremont in
honor of the Nebraska city in which
the tractor meet is being held.
Army Officers
Trunks
$6.00, $8.50
and $11.50
Also PUttees, Hat Bands and
Fitalls Sot Toilet Articles.
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WORKING HARD TO
' LEARN WAR GAME
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ed through which the men are passed
smoothly and unendingly toward the
front.
Staggering Task Ahead.
The building of this machinery
the great engine of war which works
behind the lines is the staggering
task now being dealt with. It is a
task in a way greater than anything
France or. Great Britain have been
called upon to do, for America's
problems are those of France and
Great Britain multiplied by 3.Q00
miles of Atlantic ocean.
The army that is here realizes all
these difficulties, but it also has an
unshakeable faith in American genius
for accomplishment and, above all
others, in the American will. The
way to the trenches is long and hard.
The daily drills and tasks necessa
rily are much the same thing over
and over again, all of which means
a dearth of real news just now.
Troops' Morale is Fine.
, It is not known how much longer
the French instructional division will
remain with the Americans. The lat
ter are proving so apt and the train
ing camps are so well established that
undoubtedly it will be only a com
paratively short time when but a few
picked French officers and noncom
missioned officers will be retained to
assist in the training.
Students of the war, which has now
entered its fourth year, are convinced
that the morale of the troops and of
the nations of the entente will prove
to be the final factor in deciding the
titanic struggle. The morale of the
American soldiers in France can eas
ily be estimated by the avidity with
which they take up the training in of
fensive tactics as against defensive
work.
The latter is very essential, natural
ly, but it is a phase of training likely
to prove a bit irksome to troops im
bued with the offensive spirit, as are
the Americans. They are sincerely
anxious, most of them, for their turn
in the trenches, even if at first it is
only a temporary sojourn at the' front
for training purposes.
' Eager for Turn.
Tire men are eager for a glimpse
of war and there is no doubt that
it will add infinite zest to their future
training and to their ability to train
future divisions. The men still are far
enough from the line to hear or see
little that has to do with real fighting.
Some enthusiasts at the camps have
asserted that they could hear the
drumming of the big guns at the front
but there is little doubt that imagi
nation had something to do with the
acuteness of their ears. A brief tour
of duty in the trenches will explain
much to them, however, and it will
make them appreciate to the full the
great deal of training which they "now
do not wholly understand.
Glass Jars Will Be Plentiful
For Fruit Canners This Year
Washington. Aug. 9. Reports
reaching the Department of Agricul
ture indicate ' that v4here will - be.
enough glass Jars, new and (old to
gether, to. care for the bulk of the
season's perishable fruits and vege
tables. , . ; ', ' " ' ' '
Manufacturers state that of one
Money Saved Is Money Earned
and when such money is like wide drawing seren per cent interest, it is
saved indeed! , i
. To the small consumer of current we feel that the opportunity to be
come an -active partner in TOUR EU5CTRI0 SERVICE COMPANY by the
purchase of Jts 7 cumulative preferred stock at par, in blocks commensur
ate with the amount that can be spared from bis or her income, must appear
attractive.. This handsome return, payable quarterly on the money thus laid
by, is a feature of the partnership that should, we judge, strike a respon
siye chord. ' (
s There are thousands of customers on our lines who can, by owning a
share or two of our stock, pay their entirs electric, current bill f6r the year
with the interest upon this stock and the principal still i&fe and isred! The
following simple and progressive table shows what can be done in that direc
tion By becoming an active partner in YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE
COMPANY
The dividend earned annually on one share of stock is $7.00, and s
will pay for almost 117 kilowatt hours.
' The dividend earned annually on two shares of stock is $14.00,
and will pay for 233 kilowatt hours. '
The dividend earned annually on three shares of stock is $21.00,
and will pay for almost 350 kilowatt hours.
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A glance at your electric current bill? for the pant year will show you,
after an instant's calculation, how your fiscal partnership with us will settle,
wholly or in part, your annual account with this Company.
Putting it still more concisely1 any consumer using an average of ten
kilowatt hours of current a month can, through the ownership of one share of
this stock, pay his or her monthly bill for the service by means of the interest
accumulating upon, this saving.
Hasn't this the earmarks of a pretty sound business and economical
proposition!
YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY reiterates that this is a sin
cere and earnest endeavor to make active partners of its patrons. Immediate
response followed the first announcement of this opportunity and it is be-v
lieved that all of the stock allotted will soon be taken up. It is offered by
Burns, Blinker &. Company, 449 Omaha National Bank Building.
Small consumers who would simultaneously save and earn by taking
advantage of the opportunity previously described have the proverb of The
Early Bird for their guidance.
NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY
fYonr Electric Service Company
type of jar alone 900,000 gross have
been distributed. The manufactur
ing capacity for this type it approxi
mately 6,900 gross per day, or more
than 8. ,000,000 jar during the next
lO') days. v
Manufacturers o;' other types of
glass containers are prepared, it is
stated, to turn out many .thousand
gro$ a day.
The new jars, it is estimated, will
enable housewives to put up over
2,000,000 peel $ of beans, corn, peas,
tomatoes, peaches, plums, peari and
apples.
'These figures da not take into ac
count the great quantities of jars in
stores and on housewives' shelves.
; THOMPSON, BELDEN
COMPANY
Every Tub Skirt in Stock
T6 Be Sold Friday
In Three Groups, Priced
$2.50, $3.05, $5
Tub Skirts priced up to $o - - $2.50
Tub Skirts priced $5 to $7.50 - - $3.95
.Tub Skirts priced $7.50 to $10.50 - $5
No Approvals, C. O. D.'a, Alterations. AH Sales Final.
House and Porch
DRESSES
ARE REDUCED
93c, $1.19, $1.49, $1.98
are the present prices, nil of
which are much less than regu
lar. Basement
Women's Gauze
Underwear
Less Than Usual
Gauze vests, low neck, sleeve
less styles: ,
15c vests, 10c; 20c vests, 15c;
35c vests, Friday, 19e.
Gauze union suits, low neck,
Knee lengthy mostly small, sites,
sold regularly for 60c and f 5c'
Friday, all, at 3. :..H
Germans Aiming to Capture
Odessa and Russian Harvest
London. Aug. 9. Recent reports
that the present German offensive m
southwest Russia is aimed at the cap
ture of Odessa are strengthened by
a dispatch to the Times from that
city saying the belief it growing, there
that the port is Germany's mam ob
jective and that Bessarabia will aoon
become the principal theater of oper
ations as the enemy presses toward
Odessa. The correspondent adds that
the harvest is now being reaped in
southern Russia and the enemy
doubtless will try to secure it before
it can be removed.
New Fall Hats,
Priced, $2.50-$3.75
BASEMENT
White satin and black velvet
combinations are very good for
the coming season. Black vel
vet tarns are also much favored.
These styles are all new and
moderately priced from $2.50
to $3.75.
Special Prices On
White Skirtings
.A sale Friday of 65c white
novelty striped skirtings, for
50e a yard. '
$1.00 white novelty skirt
ings, 75c a yard. .
Linn Section
Inexpensive, But
Good Hosiery
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Black silk boot hose with lisle,
tops and double soles, 69c pr.
fibre hose, in white and black,
lisle tops, 59c a pair: ;