THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917.
BOYS MAY SERVE
BY JOINING II. S.
WORK RESERVE
President Wilson Exhorts All
Boys Under Fighting Age to
Prepare for Future Army
Service.
( Bj Free.)
Washington, Sept. 2. Young men
ef the country between the ages of
16 and 21, not now employed, are
called upon by President Wilson to
serve the nation by joining the United
states Bovs Work me Reserve.
In a letter made public today by
Secretary Wilson, the pres-dent says
it is the patriotic duty of these young
. men to help support the nation in the
preseirfc crisis. The president's letter
says :
I'ermit me to express my great
appreciation of the work undertaken
by the United States Boys Working
Reserve of the employment service of
the Department or Labor, to give
to the young men between the ajfes
of 16 and 21,- the privilege of spending
their spare time in productive enter
prise without interruption of their
studies at school, while their older
brothers are battling in the trenches
..i-.d on the seas, must ereatly increase
the means of providing for the forces
at the front.
Consider! it High Privilege.
"Tt ,5s a high privilege, no less than
a patriotic duty, to help support the
nation by devoted and intelligent
work in this ereat crisis.
. "Let me express the hope that the
young men of the country not now
permanently employed may eagerly
enter the Boys Working Reserve to
lit themselves by training and study
tor good citizenship' and productive
service. In this way they can show
themselves worthy of patriotic fathers
who have fought for democracy in the
past, sustain their patriotic brothers
who are fighting for it today, and
command the affectionate pride of the.
brave mothers who are silently bear
ing the burdens at home."
PresidentAsks
Workers to Help
Throttle Disloyalty
(Continued from Far One.)
later! whris citizens have been foully
murdered under their own flag, whose
neighbors have been invited to join in
making conquest of its territory,
whose patience in pressing the claims
of justice and humanity has been met
with the most shameful policy of
truculence and treachery, their insist
ence that a nation so outraged does
not know its own mind, that it has
no comprehensible reason for defend
ing itself, or for joining witfr all its
might-in maintaining a free future
for itself and its ideal, is of a piece
with their deafness to the oft-repeated
statement of our national purposes.
"It is perhaps that these forces of
antagonism have not yet learned to
know the voice of that America we
lovevad serve. It rnay welt be that
thostvamonf tis who stand ready to
forward the plans of aggression bred
in secret do not understand the ten
guage of democracy when it proclaims
the purpose of war in terms of a peace
for the peoples that shall be untrou
bled by those to whom men are but
the pawns in their struggle for power
and gain. But true Americans, those
who toil here for home and the hope
of better things, whose lifted eyes
have caught the vision of a liberated
world, have said that of the policy of
blood and iron there shall be an end,
and that equal justice, which is the
heart of democracy, shall rule in its
stead.
"May not those who toil and those
who have made common cause of the
larger hope for the masses of mankind
take renewed heart as they think on
those days when America has taken
its stand for the rights ot humanity
and the fellowship of social and inter
national justice?
"Sincerely yours.
"WOODROW WILSON.
Among the speakers at the confer
ence will be Samuel Gompers, John
Hall, president of the Minnesota
itt Federation of Labor: Charles
Edward Russell, John H. Walker,
nri(Unt of the Illinois. State Fed
eration of. Labor; Frank P. Walsh,
Governor Uurnquist of Minnesota,
lohn'Spargo, John Lind, Rose Pastor
Stokes, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. Will iam
English Walling, Hugh Frayne,
Xew York, eastern representative of
the- American Federation of Labor;
i.vir P Wolfe. W. I. Ghent. Prof.
Max Frederick Meyer, professor of
psychology at University of Missouri;
A. M. Simons, editor of a socialist
weekly, who has resigned from the
socialist oartv. and Winfield R. Gay-
tnrH. first socialist state senator
elected in Wisconsin, who has re
signed from the party.
Race Rioting in Kentucky
Between Negroes and Guards
Lexington, Ky.. Sept, 2. The
,treets of Lexineton last night were
natrolled bv Kentucky National
Guardsmen and the civil authorities
have augmented their night police
patrol as the result of a series of out
breaks in the principal streets here
today between negroes and soldiers
Tomzht the town is quiet, but sup
pressed excitement and ill feeling is
apparent and threats ot turtner iron
ble are heard.
The street fighting today was the
culmination of a series of disorders
between soldiers camped at the edge
of the city and negroes who have been
flocking to Lexington during the
week from a fair nearby. One negro
was taken to the hospital in a serious
condition, while numerous other
blacks received lesser injuries. The
soldiers escaped with minor bruises,
Department Order.
"Washington. Bept. . (Special Telegram.)
Pensions (ranted for Nebraska: Llzsle
H. Black, til, West Point; Frank Douglass,
Omaha.
Iowa: Anna Lane. Sit, Cedar Rapid; Jan
E. Lett. t:o, Qreenfleld.
South Dakota: Ann! Eeeter, tit, Del
Rapid.
Wyomlnrt Mary B. Asher, tit; Cbeyenne,
Rural letter carrier appointed: Ravenna,
Neb., John C. Wallace, Kimball. B. D..
George E. Gould; Collin. I., Fred M. Mead;
Dunlap. Ia.. George A. Conrad; Odebolt, la.,
Andy T. Ward; Stratford, la.. Herbert H.
, Walter.
" Elsworth M. W. Broom ha been appointed
postmaster at Laurel, Marshall county,
Jowa, vice K. P. Redd, resigned; Mrs.
Mullle M. Sullivan at Athol, Spink, county,
fcouio Dakota, vie C. M. Sullivan, removed.
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'iLiT
I Go Ahead With Proceed-
ings Tuesday.
(Continual from race One.)
a fear that the blood-stains had been
noted. He at first denied the laundry
was his, and appeared very nervous
and excited. k
Preached On Blood Sacrifice.
Thereafter his mind continually
1 " r
dwelt upon the murder, and he
preached scores of times on the text,
"Slay Utterly," advocating the neces
sity for blood sacrifice, and declared it
must be human blood.
Kelly has confessed a number of
times since his first avowal, when ar
rested at Winner, S. D.. for sending
lewd letters to a Council Bluffs young
woman, who had answered his ad
vertisement for "artist's models." He
was then declared insane and sent to
the government hospital in Washin
ton, D. C, but was paroled after sev
eral months.
All that time witnesses say his one
ieme was the Villisca murders and
preached constantly from the
bloody text. In the last year he has
"confessed" to other crimes, among
these being that he had sunk the
Lusitania. He labored i for days to
convince Attorney Mitchell that he
placed a bomb aboard the ship that
caused its destruction, and gloated
over the great blood sacrifice it
brought about.
Havner Makes Statement.
Des Moines. Ia.. Sept. 2. Attorney
General 11. M. Havner told last night
for the first time the exact circum
stances surrounding Kelly's confes
sion, lie said:
"I went to Harrison county last
Thursday particularly to make a
speech at Magnolia. I took with me
statement ot additional evidence
gathered in the Kelly case, and which,
by law. we are required to serve upon
the dcfendlnt in advance of the trial.
"This statement of evidence was
read to Kelly by -Sheriff Meyers of
Harrison county . shortly after' 10
o'clock in the evening. I was not
present and had not planned to see
Kelly before catching my train to
Council Bluffs.
"Before the sheriff completed read
ing the statement Kelly stopped him,
declaring that he was guilty of 'the
murder and was ready to make a
statement. ,
Wanted to Confess.
"He told the sheriff that he wanted
to see me, and Meyers told him that
he was ready to make a clean breast
of the whole affair.
"Kelly then said that he wished to
confess, and Meyers sent word to me
not to take my train.
Kelly was then brought to the
court house, and in the presence of a
number of witnesses made a detailed
statement of the1 crime. I. J. Hess,
attorney, Council Bluffs; Sheriff Mey
ers, J. J. Rtsden and two other per
sons, both residents of Logan, whose
names I do not know, were present,
as well as two court reporters, who
were called in.
"So far as there being any intimida
tion is concerned, Kelly was anxious
to make the statement, and talked at
length upon the crime. He was in
formed by myself and others present
that anything he said would be used
against him, and that he need expect
no reward in the way of clemency or
otherwise.
Was Told Twenty Times.
"He was told this at least twenty
times during the night. He began to
make his statement at about 12:30
and finished it about 3:30.
"Three or four hours after he had
Lreturned to the jail he again called
tor the sheriff, this being shortly after
7 o'clock Friday morning. I had Jcft
the city and was in Council Bluffs.
Kelly told the sheriff that he desired
to dictate an account of the crime.
This he did, in the presence of the
sheriff, county attorney and clerk of
the court, making his statement while
it was written down directly upon a
typewriter.
inis statement ne read over,
signed and swore to entirely of his
own free will and without the slight
est pressure being used."
England Will Depend Upon t '
America Entirely for, Meat
Washington. Sept. 2."As a war
time conservation measure, England
and Wales plan to use more than
2,000,000 acres of grazing land for the
planting of grain, an official state
ment received here today by the food
administration said.
-The agricultural program indicates
that cattle are to be sacrificed for
grain in the present emergency and
that the end of the war will find Eng
land almost entirely dependent on
America for solution of the meat
problem.
Passengers Rescued
From Sinking Steamer
Paris, Sept. 2. Five hundred pas
sengers were rescued from the French
steamer Natal, which was sunk in a
collision with another steamer five
miles from Marseilles Thursdav eve
ning. The Natal of 4,500 tons had
just left Marseilles when the accident
occurred. Tugs responded quickly
to calls for helo.'
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With the Boys in Khaki Stationed
At Balloon School at Fort Omaha
Philip Chase, of Omaha, a student
at the army balloon school at Fort
Omaha, made his solo flight Satur
day. The student must make seven
flights in a free balloon, one of which
jmust be made alone. His solo flight
: is the most important of the series
. ; and after this the student may present
! himsclt for a pilots license,
t
A balloon which made a freeight
from Fort Omaha Saturday morning
contained Lieutenant Goodale as pilot
with Lieutenant Scholle and Private
Hammond as passengers.
Leo Stevens made a night flight in
a free balloon Saturday.
Twenty students passed the exam
inations given Friday at the balloon
school. These men, who come from
all parts of the country, have been
studying in the Fort Omaha school
all summer. They will receive com
missions in about ten days. After
that they will await orders.
If possible, Captain Davidson will
make a parachute jump while adrift
in the kite balloon Monday.' He has
been promised that he may make the
first parachute leap and he is hoping
the opportunity will come soon.
The international male quartet of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion will visit Omaha Sunday on the
return from the Pacific coast, where
it has ban entertaining the men at
army camps.
The quartet will sing at an Omaha
church Sunday morning and will en
tertain the soldiers 'in the association
tent at Fort Omaha in the evening.
The Yountf Men's Christian asso
ciation at Fort Omaha will move into
their new building the middle of the
week. A special program will be
given to celebrate the event. The
THREATENED TIEDP
IN ROSS RAILROAD
t
American Railway Commission
Will Repair Kola Road, Pro
viding Outlet When Arch
angel Is Icebonnd.
New York, Sept. 2. In an address
before the American-Russian . Cham
ber of Commerce made public today
by that body, S. R. Bertron, financial
expert with the recent American mis
sion to Russia, outlines some of the
transportation problems of that coun
try. He said the Trans-Siberian rail
road, although in excellent condition,
is only giving bout 30 per cent effi
ciency, owing to failure to utilize
available facilities. As a result about
700,000 tons of material has accumu
lated at Vladivostok. The United
States government expecd this year
to provide for the road 75 locomo
tives and 18,000 cars.
Only one other road during the
winter months will be available for
importation of supplies, he said, being
the new line known as thd. Kola rail
road, which connects the Bay of Kola
with Petrograd. . Plans are being
made byrthe American Railway com
mission in Russia to place the line in
working order, and when this is ac
complished about 2,000 tons of ma
terial a day can reach Russia by way
of the Atlantic during the period that
the port of Archangel is closed.
Lack of equipment for the railroad
connecting the chief coal fields of
Russia, in the Donet valley, has com
pelled the country, Mr. Bertron as
serted, to import large quantities of
coat, and this has placed a serious
strain on the allied shipping facilities.
JEFF W. BEDFORD,
'PIONEER OF CITY
AND STATE, DEAD
(Continued from Face One.)
rector of the Board of Trade from
1884 to 1900.
He was a member of the Masonic
lodge, thirty-second degree, Royal
Arch, Knights Templar, Scottish
Rite aftd Mystic Shrine. He was for
merly vice president of the Sons of
the American Revolution, Nebraska;
commander for George Crook post,
Grand Army of the Republic, and
was a territorial member of the Doug
las County Pioneers.
The Name an Old One.
The Bedford name is an old one,
the first of the line having been De
Bedford, sheriff of Hull, England, in
1735. A member of the family was
knighted by King George. He was
especially proud of his forefathers,
among whom was Thomas Jefferson.
Ancestors of the Bedford family
have fought in every war since the
Revolution, Jefferson W. Bedford
having been a civil war veteran.
Mr. Bedford served one term in the
house of representatives and one in
the senate of the Nebraska legisla
ture. He was the originator, of and
introduced to the senate the bill pro
viding for a pipe line between Caspar,
! Wyo., and Omaha. A committee, un
I der the direction of Mr. Bedford, was
working on this when he died.
. Mr. Bedford is survived by his
' widow, two sons. E. W. Bedford and
Le Sueur Bedford, and four daugh
ters, Mrs. Stella B. Wilson, Mrs. Jen
nie B. Gluck. Omaha, and Mrs. R. V.
Montague, Rochester, N. Y., and Mrs.
J. L. White, Alton. 111.
The funeral will be held at 2:30
Tuesday afternoon from the Scottish
Rite cathedral to Forest Lawn ceme
tery. Rev. T. J. Mackey will conduct
the services. .The body will lie in
state in the cathedral Tuesday from
10 in the morning until 2-o'clock in
the afternoon.
Senators Must Forego Big ,
Parade; LaFoIlette Objects
Washington, Sept. 2. Efforts to
get an unanimous consent agreement
so that the senate could adjourn
Tuesday to permit senators to join
President Wilson in the parade in
honor of the men drafted from the
District of Columbia, were blocked
today by Senator La Follette, who
contended that a recess would result
in the loss of about three hours, un
less Chairman Simmons of the finance
committee agreed to make it up in
some way.
tent now used will be removed and
the space used for volley ball and
basket ball courts.
The soldiers of the Sixth Nebraska
are viewing with interest the seats
being erected on the stage of ti e Au
ditorium, their present home. These
seats will be ready for the wrestling
match to be held Labor day and the
soldiers exp"ect to see it, living in the
auditorium as they do. The Sixth
Nebraska band, which has gone to
Lincoln, may be back in time to play
for the audience before and after the
match. i
There will be another review of the
Omaha battalion of the Sixth regi
ment Sunday. The review will take
place about 4 o'clock on the streets
near the auditorium. Major Harries,
battalion commander, will review the
troops.
William Young, representative of
the Goodyear Rubber company at
Akron, O., is at Fort Omaha, investi
gating the efficiency of the balloons
manufactured by the company and
now in use there. Mr. Young spent
Saturday on the balloon field with
Leo Stevenson, chief instructor at the
fort.
"The Goodyear company is em
ploying 500 men to make balloons, for
the government," said Mr. Young.
"We have a hundred orders on ' and
now for balloons. Some of these
will be used for the Fort Omaha
school. Each battleship will carry
one or more. Many will be used at
the front."
Any ideas for improvement in the
balloons at Fort Omaha discovered
by the men in training there will be
reported to the Goodyear company,
for use in their new products. Any
mistakes will be remedied and all
possible improvements -will be made
in the new balloons turned out, to
make them as efficient as possible.
WILSON'S REPLY IS
PRINTEDIN BERLIN
"Coldly Calculating Mathema
tician," Says German Paper;
Resent Distinction of "Na
tion" and "Masters."
Berlin (Via London), Sept. 2.
President Wilson' reply to the pope's
peace note was published generally
by the newspapers this morning and
in the editorial comment Mr. Wilson
is bitterly denounced on the score of
the note's tone and tendency.
The Lokal Anzciger says:
"President Wilson declines the
pope's mediation with the same mass
of swollen phrases with which he has
already satiated the German peoples.
We are told that the war is not being
waged against the German nation, but
against their 'masters.'
"The absolute mendacity of Mr.
Wilson's phraseology becomes appar
ent when his dictum as to the rights
of nations who are capable of shaping
their own destinies is opposed to the
wish of the German people to be
governed by these very 'masters.' Mr.
Wilson, therefore, does not intend to
give us our liberty, but to deprive us
of liberty to arrive at our own de
cisions. "For that matter this whole mass
of words has as its purpose the ex
pression of the intention to prolong
the war at any price. In this resolve
Mr. Wilson, who is fighting for the
freedom of mankind, orders peace
meetings dispersed and pacifists ar
rested. .
"This war has exposed in its naked
ness much that is low and contempt
ible; its remaining task was to exhibit
a hero like this coldly calculating
mathematician, whom a singular fate
in a momentous hour has given the
power over 100,000.000 people."
PEACE TALKERS
ACT, TOO QUICK
FORSOLDIERS
(Continued from Pare One.)
police the delegates gathered shortly
after noon at the West Side auditor
ium in the heart of a cosmopolitan
quarter. A score of patrolmen were
ou guard inside and outside the build
ing and fifty more were held nearby
to suppress any disorder. Near by
streets were utterly deserted as the
delegates took their places and were
called to order by Seymour Stedman,
former socialist candidate for gov
ernor of Illinois, as temporary chair
man. Governor Notified.
In the meantime Governor Lowden
has been notified of the defiance of
his orders and immediately called
Adjutant General Dickson of Illinois
into conference.
As Governor Lowden considered
immediate action necessary, four com
panies of the Ninth regiment of the
Illinois National Guard, who had not
been federalized, were assembled at
Springfield and started for Chicago on
a special train, with orders to make
the run in four hours. Adjutant Gen
eral Dickson, who accompanied the
troops, had orders to break up the
meeting at once on his arrival in Chi
cago, despite the action of the police
and mayor.
Beat Out Soldiers.
With the soldiers rushing toward i
Uucago to prevent their meeting, the
pacifists were called to order by Sey
mour Stedman and a national execu
tive committee appointed; as follows:
Seymour Stedman, Chicago; J. D.
Works, former United States senator,
Los Angeles; James H. Manerer,
Pittsburgh, member of the Pennsyl
vania legislature; Prof. Scott Nearing,
Toledo; Jacob Pankin. New York;
oM rris Hillquit, New York; Prof. H.
W. L. Denna, Columbia university;
M. A. Toohy, Toledo; Mrs. W. I.
Thomas, Chicago, national secretary
of the woman's peace party; George
Roewen, Boston; Frank Stevens Ar
den, Delaware; Lela Faye Secor, New
York; Rebecca Shelly, New York:
Elizabeth Freeman, New York, arid
Dr. H. W. Watz, Cleveland.
Later committees were appointed
on American liberties, economic con
ditions, resolutions and peace terms.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
SHELL FIRE AND
GAS RUSH DOWN
ONWARCAPTIVES
Germans Force Prisoners to
Work Behind Firing tines in
Squalor and Death-Dealing
Disease.
(By Associated rres.)
Washington, Sept. 2. Further evi
dence of the disregard of the Ger
mans for the rights of prisoners of
war and of subjugated peoples has
reached the State department in the
story of an escaped Belgian. Ex
posed to shellfire and gas attacks and
unprovided with protective masks,
the enslaved natives are being com
pelled to work just behind the Ger
man fighting lines, he asserted, and
sanitary conditions have brought dis
ease to those who escaped death or
injury incident to battle.
Because relatives of the fugitives
are yet within the acquired German
territory, the State department has
eliminated from his report all names
of individuals and the localities. '
No Good to Protest.
"It was no use to protest, one of
them is reported as saying. "It only
meant prison and blows. The Ger
mans are only too glad if you do re
sist. They have made a rule to send
to Germany any man or woman who
gets more than three months' im
prisonment. And none of those who
has been deported has come back
aiter his time. Six months ago one
of my neighbors, a widow, who had
to protect her daughter against a Ger
man officer, received four months for
having said on this occasion that all
Germans were pigs. She was sent to
Germany and we have heard since
that she is obliged to work in a kem
mando and has no hope of returning
before the end of the war. This is
only a case among a hundred."
Booth Will Remain at
Head of School for Deaf
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Sept. 2. (Special.) The
Board of Control of state institutions
has decided that Frank W. Booth will
remain at the head of the School for
the Deaf in Omaha. It has also been
decided that Miss Lina Hendershot
will be relieved of her position as
teacher. The board' has made public
its findings at the institution where an
investigation was made following dif
ferences that threatened the school's
effectiveness. P. E. Seeley, athletic
director, has resigned because charges
he made were not sustained.
Prof. W. H. Rothert has resigned
his place on the faculty. Mrs .Rothert
recently inherited a large sum of
money and he acts on her request.
Mexico Assures U. S. of
Continued Neutrality
Mexico City, Sept. 2. Renewed as
surances that Mexico would remain
neutral in the world war were given
by President Carranza tonight in his
message at the opening of the regular
session of the Mexican congress.
The president reviewed efforts the
Mexican government has made toward
peace, mentioning the note in' which
it proposed that all neutrals cease
shipping supplies to the belligerents.
He said that probably as a result of
this Argentina had proposed a con
ference to discuss the attitude of neu
trals, but after many countries had
agreed to attend it, had decided to
postpone the conference indefinitely.
President Carranza said that while its
efforts for peace had not as yet been
successful, Mexico would still strive
toward that end.
Eleven Soldiers in a
Thousand Die on Front
Washington, Sept. 2. About eleven
soldiers are killed in action or die1
of wounds in each 1,000 of mobilized
strength on the western Europen
front, according to figures compiled
by the committee on public informa
tion, based on the report of M. Tar
dieu, French high commissioner, that
during the Marne and Charleroi bat
tles, casualties were 5.41 per cent of
the mobilized strength and estimates
of military experts in this country
that fatalities have never exceeded
20 per cent of the casualties. This ap
plies only to British, French and Bel
gian troops.
Belgium Wholly Deprived
Of Milk, Butter and Eggs
Havre, Sept. 2. Milk, butter,
eggs and vegetables are not ob
tainable in Ostend, Belgium, ac- ,
cording to a deserter from the Ger- '
man army, who has arrived here.
Meat is scarce arid when obtainable
the administration of the commune
distributes seventy grammes weekly
to each person. Coffee, he said,
brings 25 francs a kilogram and
sugar is not obtainable. Three hun-
dred grammes of bread is distri
buted daily to each person by the
American Relief commission.
The residents of Ostend, he adds, !
ways hopeful of victory. The gen
eral morale of the population is
good.
"P17M Saturday Evanbir,
Jl J-ill 6 to 8:30 o'clock
To Serv Those Who Dtairo to Save.
Nebraska Savings and
Loan Ass'n.
211 S. 18th Street, City Hall Block
BACKACHE KILLS!
Don't make tha fatal mistake of ncglect
Inc wtiat may seem to be a "simple little
backache." There Isn't any such thing. It
may be the first warning that your kid
neys are not working properly, and throw
ing off the poisons as they should. It this
Is the case, go after the cause of that
backache and do it quickly, or you may
find yourself In the grip ot aa incurable
disease.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules will
give almost immediate relief from kidney
and bladder troubles, which may be the un
suspected cause cf general ill health. ' GOLD
MEDAL Haarlem CM Capsules are import
ed direct from tha laboratories in Holland.
They are prepared in correct quantity and
convenient form to take, and are positively
Ruarantesd to give prompt relief, or your
money will be refunded. Get them at any
drug store, but be sure to Insist on the
GOLD MEDAL brand,' and take no other.
In boxes, three sizes.
WAR TAX FACTIONS
CLASHIN SENATE
Johnson's High Levy Rejected
by Large Majority; Advocates
Coming Down Hard on
"Swollen Fortunes."
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 2. Voting be
gan yesterday in the senate's contest
over war profits taxation in the reve
nue bill and in the initial clash the so
called radicals met decisive defeat.
The senate 'rejected, 62 to 17, the
amendment of Senator Johnson of
California, leader of the high tax
group, for a msximum levy of 80 per
cent of this year's war profits, esti
mated between $3,000,000,000 and $4,
000,000,000, instead of $1,268,000,000
provided in the bill.
Senator La Follette promptly en
tered the fray with an amendment
proposing a total war profits tax of
76 per cent. He made a vigorous
three hours' speech in its support, but
did not conclude and the senate re
cessed until Monday, prepared to
work through the holiday upon the
Wisconsin's senator's amendment and
his others for levies, ranging down to
52 per cent.
Would Tax "Swollen Fortunes."
Senator Johnson opened the fight
with an empassioned plea for increas
ing tax levies on "swollen fortunes."
He advocated taking the largest per
centage possible of war profits, leav
ing normal peace time profits un
touched. If not taxed this year, the
California senator said, millions
would go untaxed
"We do not hesitate to break
hearts, to break bodies," he said, "but
we he.sitate to take profits made out
of our blood and bone."
Senator La Follette said at least
$2,000,000,000 of distinctive war profits
should be taken by the government.
Baked Beans Must Stand
Alone; Not to Be Protected
San Francisco, Sept. 2. "The Na
tional Food Administration will not
fix prices for beans unless' hoarding
or speculation make this necessary,"
said H. Clay Miller, president of the
California Bean Dealers' association,
today. Mr. Miller has just returned
from Washington, where he spent
several days in conferences with ad
ministrators over the food control
act.
Russian Consul Sues
For Children in Russia
Antoine Volkoff, Russian consul
general, has filed suit for $2,100 in
district court against L. G. Doup com
pany on behalf of Poligia Karotchuk,
widow of the late Faday Karolchuk,
Russian subject, and their children.
The Russian was injured in an ac
cident June 7 and died June 28. The
widow and children are ki Russia
The suit is brought under the work
men's compensation act.
VHOTOrTATR.
MUSE
WILLIAM DESMOND
"Master o7 His Home."
He wanted a hone and a
wife not a house with a
woman in it.
"HIS COOL NERVE"
Comedy.
NEWS WEEKLY.
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Last Times Today
"PRIDE
AND THE '
DEVIL"
Tues. EMMY WEHLEN
JACK PICKFORD
LOUISE HUFF
-in-
"THE VARMINT"
Tues. Marguerite Clark
Last Times Today
DOROTHY PHILLIPS
in "TRIUMPH."
AMISFMENT9.
Phone
Doug. 494.
. THE BEST OF VAUDEVILLE
' Matlnei Dally. 2:15; Night. 8:18. This Week.
KARL JORN: JEAN ADAIR t CO.: DEIRO: GAL
LAGHER A MARTIN: McCarty A Fay; The F lew
ding,: Gallon: Orpheum Travel Weekly.
Prleet: Matinee, gallery. 10c: Beit Seati (except
Saturday ana Sunday), 25c; Nlihti, 10c, 25c. 50c
and 75c. ,
BASE BALL
OMAHA VS. ST. JOSEPH
September 3345
ROURKE PARK
Monday, Sept. 3, Two games; 1st called 2:15
Sept. A S, games called 3:15
Bex Seats at Barkalow Bros.
Turpin's School of Dancing
Announcing the New Season.
Opening September 10. 1917. Adult Beginners' Class. Mondays and Thursdays, 8 p. m.
Adult Advance Class, Tuesday, September 11, 8 p. m. Pupils should join the first leeeon.
Phone Harney 5143 or call personally, 28th and Farnam Sts. Terms most reasonable. High
School Class, Saturday. September 22. 8 p. m. (Age 14 to 17.) Children's Class beiinr
Saturday. October 23, at 2:30 p. m.
OBTAIN FDPS FOR
JEWISH WAR RELIEF
Rapid Strides Being Made in
Campaign to Raise $60,000
for the Relief of Jewish
War Sufferers.
Thirty-six thousand dollars is the
splendid result up until Friday eve
ning last of the campaign of the teams
representing the Omaha Jewish Relief
Committee for War Sufferers. This
is a gratifying showing in view of
the fact that it represents a total of
only 110 subscribers.
The highest subscription yet re
ceived is that of $5,000 from George
Brandeis in behalf of J. L. Brandeis
& Co. Morris Levy, who has al
ready given $3,000 and promised 10
per cent of the sum total raised, is
thus to date scheduled for $3,600.
Subscriptions oi $1,000 each have
been received from H. Horn, H. J.
Abrahams. I. Gluck has given $1,250,
$750 has been received from Harrv
Wolf and $500 each from the fol
lowing: Dave Sherman, Reuben
Kulafcofsky, Dr. Philip Sher, N. P.
Feil, A. B. Alpirn, Morris Roseu
blatt, Jacob Slosburg, Sol Brodkey,
Morris Goldenberg and William Holz
maiK The highest subscription re
ceived from any woman is that of
$1,000 from Mrs. Herman Cohn.
Many On the List.
Gratifying subscriptions of large
amounts considering the financial
standing of the givers have been re
ceived. For example, a snall grocery
man gave $25 for him ' a large
amount. Miss Malvina Newman, a
stenographer, has given $25, while a
number of young men of salaries
ranging from $10 to $12 per week,
have given $25 each. These donations
are larger in proportion than the
sums indicated above.
Rabbi Kopald of Buffalo, who has
been in touch with the local commit
tee, is certain that Omaha will raise
$60,000 and the state more than $75,
000. He believes that Omaha is mak
ing a better .showing than many cities
and as good as any in the country.
Jacob Billikopf, executive director
of the national campaign, will address
a meeting tomorrow morning at 10:30
o'clock in the rooms of the B'nai Ami
club, third floor, Lyric building. All
are cordially invited.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
AMUSEMENTS.
Devoted to
BRILLIANT MUSICAL BURLESQUE
Twice-Daily WEEK Mat. Today
final Parformanea Friday Nlte
GRAND HOLIDAY MAT. TODAY
Bostonian Rummers
WITH
fmi fmm fmm
In a Brand New Ludicrous Farce
"LI'L OLD N'YORK"
By MR. FINNEY
Magnificent Scenically
Georjeous Coatumically
AND ALL CLEAN.
Beauty Chorus of Bean-Eatinf Boston
Girls.
Drar Header:
Here's a truly grot show worthy ef an
advance in prices. Tha Beauty Chorus will
giro many the CupiU fever: I'd hate to be
a blind man when they're on the stage.
I'm regretting the show won't be here two
OLD MAN JOHNSON. Mgr. Gayety.
Evenings and Sun. Mats., 2Sc, 50c, 73c, i.
Tar Mats. IS and 25c
Chaw Gum If Yen Like. But Ne Smoking.
LADIES' 4 flo AT ANY WEEK
TICKETS AUv DAY MATINEE
Baby Carriage Garage In tha Lobby
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OMAHA'S POPULAR THEATER
DOROTHY SHERMAN
and 6 SOUTHERN SERENADERS
"IN THE DAYS OF 1860"
HALEY and HALEY
Snappy Mixed Songs
RODWAY and EDWARDS
Two Funny Fellow
JESSIE BAKER and CO.
"Twin Beds at 3 A. M."
PHOTOPLAYS SUPREME
EARLE WILLIAMS
"TRANSGRESSION"
mm
Dorothy Shoemaker, Harry M in turn
W. M. Mortimer, Director
ALL THIS WEEK
SPECIAL MATINEE TODAY, 2:30
Edward Sheldon's Novelty Drama
"Romance"
SEATS NOW ON SALE
Evenings: 25c-35c-50c-75c. Boxes, $1.00.
Mat.: Sun., Wed., Sat., 25c-35c-50c
Baft f W Special Mat. Today
II 1 11 Tonite, Tues., Wed.
w Mat. Wed.
The Millionaire's Son
and the Shop Girl
Matinees, All Seats, Q C
NigL'.s, 2Se, 35c, 50c, 75c&JjC
NOT A PICTURE
Brandeis'
Sunday and Monday
Sept. 9 and 10
Matinee Monday
Irving Berlin's Syncopated Musical Success
"Watch Your Step"
A Rag Time Riot With 75 People.
Nights, 50c to $2.00; Matinee, BOc to $140.
Note Brandeis Players Lay Off Above Date
to success.
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