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DECLARE IT- POSSIBLE THAT
iitGRO SLEW TWO WOMEN AND
LOST ALL MEMORY OF CRIME
Detectives Working on Mystery Satisfied that Smith's
Nonchalance Is Due to Brain Disease; Dr. Foltz
Says First Case on Record of Serious
Crime Being
Omaha police are now working on the theory that Charles
Smith, suspected murderer of Mrs. Christine Anderson and Mrs.
C. L. Nethaway, is afflicted with amnesia, a disease of the brain,
which made it possible for him to commit the crimes attrib
uted to him, but left him a short while later unconscious of
having done anything out of the ordinary.
This disease renders its victim cao-?
able of committing a crime of which
he later has absolutely no recollec
tion.
Police say that Smith is probably
sincere in his ins;stent declarations of
innocence, but that he is subject to
this strange disease.
, SAY HE IS GUILTY.
s While he believes that he had noth
ing to jJo with the murders of Mrs.
Anderson and Mrs. Nethaway, ac
cording to the statement of detectives
working on the case, circumstances
clearly point to his guilt.
They declare that this is substan
tiated by the new light which ' has
been thro vn on the case in account
ing for Smith's calm behavior oh all
occasions after his capture.
" Dr. C B. Foltz says that there are
cases where persons have been known
to perform some act or other and
then completely forget about it, and
" even testify under oath that they did
- not do-it.
"However, never to my knowledge
has there been a case where a victim
of amnesia has been known to com
mit cold-blooded murder," said Dr.
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Belief of detectives is positive now
that Smith -is the guilty man. They
ha?e received his criminal record in
Kansas. In March, 1912, Smith was
convicted of burglary and rand lar
ceny and sentenced to Lansing prison,
Hutchison, Kan., for a term of from
: six to fifteen, years. In November,
1916, he was released. j , v.
. Inquest Monday.
, County Attorney Maney, ex-of-ficicr
coroner.ttff sVSet-i$e fQf the
inquest and investigation into the
murder of Mrs. C. L. Nethaway fof
tnis atternoon at i o clock at
the Stack & Falconer undertaking
...establishment. Sheriffs Clark and
Police Chief Dunn announced they
will be ready to submit all evidence
in the cite by that time. A coroner's
jury viewed the body of Mrs,;Netha
way. Wednesday.: '"-'V..-' "
.While both the police .and .Sheriff
Clark's -fcrces have been busy., since
Sunday "weaving" the proverbial "net
of evidence around" Charles, Smith,'
ne&ro suspect, invetigators of the
nyirdtr .horror are said to be prepar
ing' to rpring a big surprise and some
startling new evidence that will con
nect others with the crime.
.'Sheriff Clark said he and his men
will leave no stone unturned to get
to the . bottom of the mystery, "no
matter whose toes are stepped on."
Farmer Badly Kurt When Two
Attack Him With Pitchforks
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 30.-(Spe-e.ial.)
As the result of a fight as the
culmination qf a feud between Meade
county ranchmen, George McFarland,
an Elk .Creek rancher, is in a serious
condition, with a wound through the
lungs made- with a pitchfork, and
Frank Devers, a neighboring rancher
and his son" have been lodged in the
, county jail. - . 1
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threshing on the ranch of another
neighbor when the Devers are alleged
to have, attacked McFarland with
pitchforks. v
The Weather
For Nebraska Partly cloudy; cooler west
worm portions. ,
xemperaiurei at umani lea
7 p. in,........,
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Comparative Local Record.
ln 1916 1916
Highest , yesterday .. . SO 78 66
Lowest yesterday . ... Ef 63 44
Mean temperature .... 69 70 65
Precipitation .. 00 T. 00
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- Temperature and precipitation departure
from the normal at Omaha since MarcU- 1.
and compared with the last two years:
Normal temperature -. ..; .. 71
Deficiency for tha day 2
Total deficiency since March 1.. SIS
Normal precipitation 10 Inch
Deficiency for the day .10 Inch
Total ralnU.il since March 1...19.78 inches
Deficiency since. March 1...... g.Oi inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.10.31 Inches
Excess for .cor. period, 191!.... .36 Inch
. Keports From Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and Stat Temp- High- , Rain-
of Weather. 7 p. m. . est
tell.
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Cheyenne, clear......... 76 . 80
Davenport, clear.. 7.6 - 80
Ienver, cloudy 84 86
Oklahoma City., clear.. 78 " . 78 .
St. Louis, dear 73 74
Lander, clear......'. SO S2
North Platte, cloudy.... 80 84
Omaha, dear. .V "6. 80
Pueblo, clear. 86 88
Rapid City, pt. cloudy.. 84 90
Salt Lake City, clear.. 84 8
Santa Fe. clear 74 76
Sheridan, part cloudy.. 78 86
Sioux City, part cloudy.. 76 80
Valentine, clear........ . a " ; 88
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fi' Temperature at Omaha Yesterday
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fW. AtXj 10 m 70
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KUGEL ASKS FOR
INVESTIGATORS
TO HELP POLICE
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Asks for Special Officers ,to
Combat Bootlegging,' Not
withstanding Suit in
District Court.
" One of the first official acts of Su
perintendent Kugel, upon, his return
from a vacation, was to summon the
city commissioners to , his private
office for an executive conference re
garding the bootlegging situation in
Omaha.
The commissioners agreed to stand
by the superintendent in any reason
able methods he may employ to get
results. . Special investigators will be
employed, in a similar manner that
Governor Neville sends his confiden
tial men to various parts of the state,
including Omaha.
It is the desire of the mayor and
commissioners . to avert a . repetition
of the necessity of the governor call-,
frig? Omaha officials to his office and
then reading to. them JisV of places
his agents discovered' ft "bootlegging
operations. : i f--', , t-yV-'-i,- .-':y-'.-''''
! : No Details Concerning Plans.; i
Superintendent' Kugel . -would hot
give. ailV . details regarding, bis plans.
It is understood that these' special in;
vestigators will work in the sattjt
manner used by investigators em
ployed by Kugel in connection with
the work of the-morals squad. . i
Suit has been started in district
court, against the superintendent of
police to require him to retiirnto the
public treasury $1,999 used by inves
tigators' during the last few yeirs.
Superintendent KugeJ and Chief
Dunn state that , they are determined
to stop bootlegging in Omaha.
Dynamite to Aid Police
To Take Payroll Bandits
Chicago, Aug. 30. Police planned
to dynamite a cottage on the north
west 6ide late today after three detec
tives had been wounded in a fight with
several men barricaded in the build
ing, who were believed to be some
of the bandits that figured in Tues
day's payroll robbery in which, two
men were killed and $8,100 stolen. In
today's fight the police attack was re
pulsed after fifty shots had been fired
into the , cottage.
Kansas Corn Crop Looks
Like Bumper, Says Mohler
Topeka, Kan.. Aug. 30. One hun
dred arid ten .trillion bushels of corn
will be produced by Kansas this year,
according to an estimate made pub
lic tonight by J. C. Mohler, secretary
of agriculture. There are 9,207,000
acres planted to corn arid, the estima
ted yield here will be twelve bushels
per acre. The year's estimated yield
js 8,000,000 bushels in excess of the
crop harvested in 1916.
Mentioned With Funston for
Distinguished Service in War
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U. S. SHIPS abconvoyed
BY FIF$$r VESSELS ON
TRJr TRIPS TO EUROPE
American Marine Sent to European Ports Under Protec
tion of Warships, Is Information Given Out at
Washington; How Navy Is Fighting the
Menace of the German U-Boat.
(By Astoulated Preti.)
.Washington, Aug. 30. American
naval forces are convoying merchant
craft across the Atlantic,' it was dis
closed officially today at the Navy de
partment and examination of the rec
ords show that the loss of convoyed
ships by submarines has averaged less
than zi of 1 per cent.
Details of the convoy system are
withheld It was stated, however,
that American war vessels are regu
larly escorting fleets of British,
French or other allied merchantmen
across ,the protection being supple
mented when the danger zone is
reached by the destroyers and other
patrol craft.
. American naval officials believe that
an effective system for checking the
submarine menace " is being built up
gradually, but certainly. Many de
vices and many methods enter into
the task. Among other things 'depth
bombs are proving effective. Officials
reports indicate that American -destroyers
have accounted for several
U-boats with these weapons. No an
nouncement of such incidents will be
made, however, unless absolute prooj
of the fact is available.
No Captures Reported.
No U-boat has been captured by
the Americans. It is the best judg
ment of high officials, however, that
FIRST FIVE PER
CENT STATE ARMY
SOONOFFTOVAR
Governor Issues Definiae In
.structiojij forEntrainmint of
"MeromSeaf State , ?
v;doricenration Points;y
' (From a 8f "Correspondent)
Lincoln, -Aug.? 30. (Special . 'Tele-;
gramO--povfernor Neville his issued
jnstnlctions, for the transportation of
the first S per cent of, drafted men to
Fort ,Riiey,. there , being, five con-
centratidh . points Oftiaha, Valley,.
Lincoln, 'Beatrice artd( -Blu i Springs.
The : special- train will Jf6 6ver the
Union, Pacific, leaving i Omaha at 3
p. m. September, 6, .Valley Aat 3:30,
Lincoln at 9, Beatrice at 10:45 and
Blue Springs at 11:45, arriving at
Fort Riley at 5 in the morning Sep
tember 7.
Men from Burt, Cedar,'' Dixon,
Thurston, Wayne and .Sarpy . counties
wilfr go to Omaha, from Boone, Col
fax, Madison and' Nance to Valley,
while those from the rest of the state
will gather mostly at Lincoln,, except
in the western part, from whence they
will go to Beatrice and Blue Springs.
Send Experienced Men.
In his. instructions to .the chairmen
of county exemption boards the gov
ernor: endeavors to impress upon
them the importance of having the
fir&t. 5 per cent composed of men who
have had Some previous military ex
perience if possible, or who have had
experience as cooks.
Each man must be supplied with a
perianal identification card and a
baseagc identification card, which
will be countersigned by the chairman
or secretary of the local exemption
board. These cards will be fur
nished.from this office.
Each man should be provided with
a sufficient number of meal tickets
to last from the time he leavei his
home station until he arrives at
(Contlnned on Fate Two, Colnmn Two.)
Colonel F.. A. Grant, now depot
quartermaster in Omaha and the rank
ing officer in the city, received as
many official mentions for distin
guished service in the Spanish-American
war as did the late General Fred
Funston. There is a whole list of
them in army records- commending
him for the gallant part he played in
that war.
Colonel Grant entered the Spanish
American war as a captain in com
mand of Battery B, Utah Light
artillery, and soon was promoted to
major in command of the battery and
was placed in command of the gun
boats. . " ' . f "
While Dewey was In " Philippine
waters Colonel Grant, commanded the
river gun boats, there. . He was a great
friend of Admiral Dewey and often
has been his guest
After the war Colonel Grant en
tered the quartermaster's department
and has held many important posts in
this work. He came to Omaha this
summer from Manillar where for four,
years he was in charge of all wa.ter
transportation and personnel. . He has
also been c-uartermaster at New York.
San Francisco and Seattle. "
several have been sunk; by Admiral
Sims' destroyers and they 4re confi
dent that the submarine menace will
be substantially abated as the number
of destroyers and other craft available
for the work is increased.
Reports from London that the sub
marines are working now farther at
sea than formerly, were confirmed by
the Navy department. It may be that
new. boats-of greater sire and bet
ter sea-keeping, qualities lend to this
extension of the zone of activities, but
it is regarded as more probable that
the increasing vigilance of the anti
submarine forces . is mainly respon
sible. '
U-Boats Freed Under.
The effect of the increasing patrol,
of the employment of airplanes and of
the addition of new. devices to the
anti-submarine weapons has been , to
force the U-boats under water to a
greater degre. Their effectiveness is
limited in proportion. They cannot
run down a merchant ship of average
speed if kept under water. They can
operate only against ships that almost
stumble upon them. And all the time
they are under water they are con
suming the stored power of their stor
age batteries, decreasing their range
of underwater action and compelling
them to come up at night and lie
idle on the surface while their- oil
(Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
OMAHA BOYS IN
AMBULANCE UNIT-
Governor Releases Them From
u Guard Wd U, S, Soon Will;
"Jit" Senct the Company to . J
Wftfthliiffton bnrenu. ' -'
of Tho Omalw Bre.
' 785 14th' St., N'.'-W.?
(From-a Staff Correspondent.)
.. Washihgton; Aug. 30.-(Special Tel
egram.) The' 'Omaha Atribulance
company will be ent to Camp Dodge
witHin a "few days, 'according ti . a
statement made by Gould Diet! today.
the hitch in 'the acceptance df -the
company as a ' unit :of ;the , national
army has grown out of a misconcep
tion oi its ,muster...i. .Officiate ; fthe i
regular army m cnarge ot ttea woss
work insisted - thai' as long- as the
Omaha company-was a part of the
National Guard it could not bcWoken
Over by the regular ; establishment.
This situation was communicated to
Governor Neville and . the adjutant
general of Nebraska
Today Governor Neville cut the
red tape that seemingly prevented
the Omaha company from active serv
ice by telegraphing Mr. Dietz that the
state of Nebraska had no authority
over the Omaha unit whereupon Sur
geon General 1 Gorgas said arrange
ment.' would be at once made, as soon
as the Omaha company was mustered
out to take it over intact, as a part
of : the national - army and that ,the
company would be sent to Camp
Dodge, where it 'is greatly needed.
Mr. Deitz is elated over the success
of his mission, aid with Mrs. Deitz,
will leave for Omaha tonight.
Wheat Price Fixing
Committee Agrees;
No. 1 Northern $2,20
BULLETIN.
, Washington, Aug. 30. The basic
wheat price has been fixed at $2.20
at Chicago on No. 1 northern spring.
" Washington, Aug..' 30. The wheat
price committee late today agreed
upon a price for the 1917 top of No.
I- soring northern wheat and asked
for an engagement with the president
to submit a report
The conference was granted imme
diately by the president After a brief
stay at the White House the commit
tee men met for a few minutes at the
food administration headquarters and
adjourned. It was rumored that a
minority report had bee submitted to
the president and would be considered
by him before announcing a price.
Ask $915,000,000 More for:
Ship Building Program
Washington', Aug. 30. Another
$915,000,000 for the shipping board's
building program was asked today of
congress. It would be used for, pur
chase and commandeering of ma
terials and plants and ship construc
tion. Gen. Ruckman in Command
Of Southern Department
San Antonio,' Tex., Aug. 30.
Major General John W. Ruckman
arrived in San Antonio this morn
ing and at once took up his duties
as commander of the southern de
partment, succeeding General James
Parker.-
WILL GO TO FRONT
WAR BREAD' WILL
NOT BE EATEN IN
U.S..SAYSABBOTT
Member of Hoover's Commit
tee Tells Nebraska Millecs
What Will Be Required Un
der FederaRegulations.
"War bread is recognized as an
economic fallacy and is neither neces
sary nor advisable," said Chauncey
Abbott,, jr., the Schuyler and Omaha
miller, who is one of the eighteen
men of the United States appointed
on- a millers' committee by Food Ad
min'strator Hoover.
Mr. Abbott va in Omaha yester
day meetmg.with forty millers of the
state at the Commercial club.
Mr, Abbott says it is known to Mr.
Hoover, who himself administered the
war relief for the Belgians, that war
bread, which contains a large per
centage of ground bran, is bad for
children and old people. It proved so
in Belgium, Mr. Abbott said.
. "Bran is great feed for a cow," he
continued, "but it seems it is not for
our stomachs'
These comments Mr. Abbott made
when asked what is the prospect for
war bread in America.
Tells of Regulations.
At the meetingiwith the millers at
the Commercial club Mr. Abbott, as
the federal representative, read to the
millers of -the state the federal regu
lations as the' food administration
has fixed them, and endeavored to ex
plain their meaning in detail.
'These rules are absolutely manda
tory," he said. "If a miller doesn't
like them, he has no recourse. He
would be foolish to try to buck the
administration. The millers, however,
have the greatest confidence in Mr.
Hoover and- the food administration.
Mr. Hoover ir unquestionably a big
man and has a wonderful grasp of
the food situation,"
Mr. Abbott explained that the gov
ernment regulation on'the milling in
dustry is to apply only to mills of 100
barrels or more capacity per day. He
explained tha tthese millers are to
be limited to a, profit df 25 cents per
barrel on the manufacture of . flour., or
about 64 cents -on the standard bag
of forty-eight pounds.
Will Be Pjenty of Wheat.
He- explained ao' thfjii fleas HM
be sold subject to- delivery within
thlrtyyytHOf thsfrntf!(5t'fl IS to be
sojd jfpt delivery Jater than thirty
day,s ahead -f ith sale At. the same
time hersajd,. no miller doming within
the" regulation! shall -be 'permitted (to
have inore than a . thirtyday ' supply
of wheat on hand."This. ii to' aid in
preventihg; the hoarding of wheat.
"J am,-confident" taidsMr. Abbott,
"that there' is going to be plenty of
wheat-if we area little i more eco
nomical in the use 'of it thanwevhavt
been. In- spite of the fact that the
year s ' crop is snort, ,tnere 4 wm oe
wheat enough for, ourselves and the
allies, if we use judgment."
. Mr, Abbott is vice resident of the
AVells-AbbottrNiemaa mill at Schuy
ler, the largest in the state, and also
vice president of the Omaha Roller
Mills company, soon to begin opera
tions in Omaha on a larger scale than
any other mill in the city. '
Wife of Montana Senator , .
Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Washington, Aug. 30. Mrs.
Thomas J. Walsh; wife of the sen
ator from Montana, died in a hospital
in Baltimore early today. Mrs. Walsh
had been in ill health for several
months. The body will be taken to
her home in Helena, Mont., where
the funeral will be held. Mrs. Walsh
during the last election was head of
a woman's organization working for
President Wilson's re-electifn.
Record Time Made in Ball
Game at Oklahoma City
McAlester, Okl., Aug. 30. McAl
ester and Ardmore, leaders and tail
enders. respectively, of the Western
association today played a nine-inning
championship game in thirty-six min
utes. The players raced from the
bench to the field between innings
and the pitchers worked as rapidly
as they could and retain control. In
most innings the batters went out in
order. McAlester won 2 to 0.
Married Second Time So Parents
May Be Witnesses to Ceremony
One young Omaha couple is mar
ried fast and firm, for their nuptial
knot has been tied not once, but
twice, within the last six months.
Miss Carrie WhitehilL and Mr. Roy
J. Mitchell were secretly married in
a smair town "somewhere in Iowa"
last March. A short time ago they
decided to share the secret with their
parents and a few friends. When the
6tory was told Miss Whitehill's par
ents demanded satisfaction, that is
they asked to be witnesses at the cer
emony. That is why Mr., and Mrs.
Mitchell were reunited jn marriage,
although ; they bad never been sepa
rated, last Saturday morning at the
Douglas county court house. Mr. and
Mrs. M. I. Whitehill,-261l Cass street,
the bride's parents, were witnesses at
the eeremonyr '
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City 'Appropriates FurirJ f '
' For Ak-Sar-Ben Lights
The city council approved an ap
propriation of $3,500 for decorative
street lighting in connection with the
Ak-Sar-Ben fall festivities ' '
FIRE WHICH DESTROYS BIG
LUMBER YARD THREATENS
THE WHOLESALE DISTRICT
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Cady Company's Plant at Foot of Harney Street Burns
With Loss of $125,000; Several Fire
men Injured in Spectacular 5 f
Afternoon Blaze.
Fire which originated in the sawmill of the plant partially
destroyed the Cady Lumber company yards at the foot of Har
ney street Thursday afternoon. The loss was estimated at $125,
000. The fire was discovered about 2:15 o'clock by Charles
Nelson, an employe, who was working in an adjoining building.
FIRST ISSUE OF
BONDS VOTED BY
THE LAND LjANK
Officials Turn Over Half Million
Dollars in Securities to Mer
ton L Corey, Registrar,
Representing Government.
The first bond issue of the Federal
Land bank of Omaha was voted yes
terday at a meeting of the board of
directors in the offices on the Twelfth
floor of the Woodmen of the World
building. This issue is for $500,000.
President D, P. Hogan, Treasurer
E. D. Moreom and Secretary Frank
G. Odell have turned over to Merton
L. Corey, registrar, acting as trustee
for the federal government, $500,000
in securities as required by law as a
basis for the issue.
The registrar's 'department has
transmitted these , securities to the
Federal Farm Loan board at Wash
ington for approval. The bonds will
be Issued jn a few days and the sub
scribers to the issue supplied.
From AU Classes. ,; :"..
' The subscriptions . now ' aggregate
aBoutv $450,000 and come, from all
classes of investors, including individ
uals,, banks and insurance companies.
The Omaha banks have 1 subscribed
for $100,000 and have agreed that in
case individual subscribers exhaust
the, first , issue, they will take their
bonds from succeeding issues. This
will. enable the.Fedsral Land bank to
supply additional investors who ad
vise , the officers that 'they wish to
participate in this' investment.
The .bonds will be 'issued in de
nominations of $25, $50, $100 $500
and $1;000. 'Th' interest Irate is AM
per cent, payable semi-annually. By
special enactment of the legislature
of Nebraska, insurance companies
are permitted to invest of their capi
tal and surplus in these bonds. The
legislature' has also authorized the
investment of ' school . funds. The
bonds are exempt from all taxes ex
cept inheritance taxes.
On August 13 the application for
farm loans from Clay county reached
the office of the Federal Land hank
of Omaha. Yesterday drafts for
$30,000 were sent out to these bor
rowers. Thus the application was
received, , the government appraiser
went over the ground, made his re
port, the legal department passed
upon the report, and the loan was
closed all in seventeen days.
Navy League Apologizes
For Attack on Daniels
Washington, Aug. 30. In a state
ment today the Navy league an
nounced its acceptance of the report
of the Naval board on the Mare
Island explosion and expresses regret
that in a former statement it gave
currency to an opinion that the in
vestigation was being hampered by
the Navy department under the in
fluence of powerful labor interests.
The former statement led to the bitter
controversy between the league and
scretary Daniels.
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MR. AND MRS. R. J. MITCHELL.
9 WIND FANS FLAMES.
The first companies to reach the
blaze were No. 1 and' 2. The blaie
jumped to other warehouses and soon
three other buildings were in flames.
Company No. 4 fought the fire from
the north and stood the main brount
of the work, driving the names back
in the face of a stiff south wind.
SEVERAL FIREMEN BURNED.
Several firemen in No. 4 company
were burned about the face and arms,
but none was seriously injured. On
the second and third calls companies
from "outlying districts reacheld the
bfaie, which for 1 time threatened the
wholesale district
Sparks from, switch engines alight
ing on the lumber sheds are, believed
to have started, the fire. Flames were
first discovered on the roof of the
mill. In a few moments black smoke
enveloped 'the. buildings. When the
first fire apparatus arrived tbe build
ings were a mass of flames. , ;
Bridge Endangered.
A detachment of chemical engines
ww statined on the. Douglas street
bridge for use if the Ifigh wind fanned
the flames that far north, ' ' f
One of the "destroyed warehouses
contained nearly 50,000 pounds of
binding twine, valued at 24 cents per
pound. This was, an: entire loss. An
other building Jn the, path of the
flames contained "sashes and mould
ings....,:. .. ; . . ,
One' of,; the' buildings ' contained
flooring ;1vamed.;aM20,D00...Thiii was
alsd a complete loss. Shipments of
oats audhay which arrived during the
day, were destroyed, !V 'V V;' -
''" Eight' Horse Rescued.
Eight horses, were rescued by An
drew .Grant, , superintendent' of' the
yards. Freight cars were-switched out
oHhe, danger zone by railroad crews.
Thousands 'of people -1 witched the
fire from the ;topsof freight cars and
from the tDooglas.,streetl)ridge. The
police .finally ordered all spectators Off
the' bridged.-.. 1 ", .: ; :. .
1 . Street ,car wires' were; destroyed
and traffic, between Omaha and Coun
cil,1 Bluffs was , tied' up for ; several
hours. : , ' ' ;. -t,
s P.' S..'Spe)!man,, ,vfc president of
the lumber company, could - furnish
no definite figures on the loss or in
surance. ' , ;
The fire was under control at 4
o'clock.
Final Payment ' : : '
. Of Liberty Loan
;.TpU.:S.eaSury
Washington, Aug. ' 30. Nearlv
$400,000,000 was pail into' the treas
ury today in the final installment
f JstxZpy . ,oan; Approximately
$1,615,000,000 already has been paid
in, representing principal and inter
est on the Liberty bonds.
Today's payment completes tho
financial transaction with the issue
of the bonds, and it is thought likely
that the bojrds themselves will be
ready for distribution within a short
time.''
Now that the first loan has been
fully disposed of, it is likely that an
announcement concerning the second ,
issue of ' bonds will be made shortly
by Secretary McAdoo. , t
Turk Commander Explains 1
Expatriation of Jews
Amsterdam, Aug. 30. Djemal
Pasha, commander of the TurkisH
forces in 'Syria, has given Germai
newspaper men his version of the rS
moval of the inhabitants of the Jeffs,
district. He said 40,000 of these peo
ple had been sent temporarily1 inland,
mainly to Haifa and Nazareth,
Among them were 5,000 Jews, who in
the last few years emigrated to
Jaffa. . -
"This small Jewish settlement about
which so much fuss is made," , said
Djemal, "is administered by a self
elected commission and maintained
by the Ottoman government, which
spends 7,000 Turkish pounds on it
monthly. Those who have taken up
agriculture receive additional advan
tages." ; ,
Djemal was unable to say how
long the expatriation would last', it de
pending, ' he asserted, upon military ,
developments.' .
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