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Brie) City News Platinum Wedding King Edholin. Lighting FUturee Burgesa-erandeo Co. Ht Boot TrlBt It Ntw Beat, en Press. Metal Dies, rrtMWork-Jubilee. Ufg Co. 55c Luncheon at L'mpfess Garden. t W. C Flatau has opened his new jewelry and loan shop at 601 (Rose) Securities Bldg.. Sixteenth and Far nam. Tyler 950. Learn the New Popular Dances at the De Luxe School of Dancing, 111 S. ISth St. Every Monday at 8 p. m- be ginning Sept. 10. Mrs. Jewell Simp son, instructor. Kebokah Lodirc Dance The Social clul of Ivy RebekAh lodjre No. 33 will hold a card party and dance Friday evening in their lodge rooms at the Swedish Auditorium. . Buys Lot on Farnani Strcct-i-GouId Diets has bought the K. E. Peyton property on the south side of Farnam street near Twenty-second street. The ground is vacant, has a forty-four-foot frontage and brought J31.8S0. Mrs. Hayden and DaiiRhter Go to Washington Mrs. "Lawrence Hayilen and daughter, Miss Loittse, leave Mon day night for Washington, D. C, -where Mrs, Hayden will remain for the winter and Miss Louise will attend the Georgetown school. lotvan's Motor Car Stolen Thomas Jefferson of Silver City, la., left his automobile standing in front of the Hen shaw hotel yesterday afternoon and when he returned at 5:80 dis covered it had been stolen. It Is a Qve-passenger Chevrolet. Seld for Theft or Auto Supplies rge H. Smith, 1315 Pierce street, who was arrested Thursday4 On a charge of grand larceny for stealing 145 worth of automobile supplies from the United States Automobile Supply company, pleaded not guilty and was bound over to district court. He was released on $750 bonds. To Meet Husband in Salt Lake City Mrs. J. A. Henske and baby daugh ter, Katheryn Elizabeth, have left Omaha for Salt Lake City, Vhere they will join Captain Henske, who has been on duty at Fort Douglas since July. They will remain there with ! Captain Henske till he is ordered to France. Held for Stealing Harness Gilbert Bryant, alias Henry Tilman,- of Coun cil Bluffs, appeared in police court to answer to a charge of grand larceny. He was charged with stealing $35 worth of harness from Heine Sorine, 2044 North Twenty-first street. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to district court and released cm $500 bonds. Tire Company Incorporates The Sprague Tire and Rubber company has just beeh-t incorporated in Omaha to manufacture and sell tires and rubber Roods. The president is E. H. Sprague, liead of the E. H. Sprague Manufacturing-company, 606 South Fourteenth street., The vice president of the new concern is Francis Ferns, and the secretary-treasurer, E. E. Harding. Stops Over in Omaha Francis L. Meredith of Des Moines, la., stopped over In Omaha a few days on his re-, turn from .Crawford, where he yisited his mother, Mrs. J. A. Meredith, and his sisters, Mrs. J. E. Porter and Mrs.. C E. Masters. His vacatidn Nwas spent in an automobile trip to Black Hills mines with his sisters, and families. They camped in the open on the trip. i THE BEE: OMAHA.' MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1017. NEW INSTRUCTOR FOR UNI VERSITY OF OMAHA. AMUSEMENT PARKS EXEMPT INWAR LEVY Tariff on Sugar, Cocoa and Coffee Vigorously Opposed; Progressive Inheritance Levies Are Urged. (By AM)iated Pre.) Washington, Sept. 9. Amusement parks, the main gates, shows and "rides" where charges are 25 cents I or less were added by the senate yes terday to the list of exemntions from i tne amusement tax section of the war revenue bill. More than 500 open air parks in cities throughoiJ the country are affected. The amendment also strikes out V provision levying a 5-cent taf'on each free admission to amusements,''which would - have reached resorts which open their gates to women and chil dren during certain hours of the clay, and in all reduces the total lew of the bill by about $3,000,000. An ex emption for moving picture shows f charging 25 cents or less already had ; been adopted. j Passage of the $2,500,000,000 tax! bill is set for next Monday by unani mous agreement. Half a dozen senators spoke today against the consumption taxes on S lt!;S w&h! American Women toXonduct - f. . Prof. P. R. Stevens, who will be head of the department of political science of the University of Omaha. Red Cross Activities Bed Cross Work in Schools Plans are now under way for Red Cross work in the public schools of Omaha. The sixtn, seventh ana eighth grades will devote the usual sewing period to the .preparation of Red Cross hospital supplies and knit-, ted garments. The , pupils are now practicing the stitches used in making the gar ments and will be gin actual work in two weeks, when the necessary ma terial arrives. An auxiliary will be formed in each grade school with the manual training instructor as chair man, ped socks, hot water bcrttle covers and simpler garments will be made. Knitting will be taught the first semester so that the students Will be able to work at home on the muf flers, sweaters and wristlets. Miss Helen Thompson, head of the. manual training department, la organizing the work in Omaha. . . Aid for RussiaAs a part of Its pro gram for rendering effective assistance to Russia, the American Red Cross will ship to the Red Cross- commission in Russia,, headed by Dr. Frank Billings, 125 motor ambulances and automo biles. This is the third shipment sent to Russia by the Red Cross since the arrival of' the commission less than two month ago. A total of nearly $400,000 of - drags and surgjcal ap paratus haa been aent. . . .Ambulances are needed more than ' any otheV forrii of relief, as there are only 6,000 vehicles for transportation of the wounded on tlra eastern front. Ofl the French front, which is only one-third the length of the, eastern, there are 76,000 ambulanges. The machines will be operated by Russian drivers under the direction of the Red Cross. ', stablish Supply Serrice A hos pital supply service under the Red Cross commission in France has Just been established. Major Grayson M. P. Murphy is at the head of the work. n appropriation of 1600,000 has been voted by the War council to establish '.his service and provide its stock of lupplles. This step marks the further cen tralization of relief activities in France under the Red Cross. The Red Cross is sending to France as director of the new hospital supply lervice Stanley Field of Chicago, son of ,the late Marshall Field. Business and professional men who volunteer their service will assist Mr. Field. , Relief In Near East The Red Cross War council has appropriated $300,000 for. relief work In the Hear east through the American committee of the -Armenian and Syrian relief. Owing to the position takn by the Turkish sovernrrtfent, the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief is the only American organization authorized to carVy on any kind of relief activity in the Ottoman empire. People In Armenia, Palestine and the Caucasus are said to have suffered more than in any other region of the war zone. The Red Cross is lending its support tu the training.of women and children a..ons th refugees to be self-supporting. According to estimates laid tiefore :he Red Cross, more than 2,000,000 people can be saved from death by di rect apd continued help from Amer ca. Ten cents a day is the minimum , )n which life can be sustained in the refugee camps .-tiy groups. Beii An. lteeistratlon fur i..rj In first aid and notne nursing Is now being mad at Red Cross headquarters by Mrs. A. L. Reed, i hair man. o( the commutes on Instruction tor women. York, County rhapter has lust sent word .o Mrs.' Z. T, IJndsey at the stataVhead tufrters that 1hy havo -sent garments nough to supply fjrty-flve complete equip ments for an army base hospital. Eleven bop hare been sent to the supply service of the Centre I division In tJilcago, contain ing 2,130 acticlrs. Mr. A. E,Mad la chair man of the chapter; le wilt Le. vice chairman, and W. t). McCloud. treasurer. Fersistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. ; Sen ators Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana especially criticised the proposed sugar and coffee taxes. They asserted that producers would be injured in the first instances and the taxes later passed on to the con sumer. Senators Lodge and Smoot declared that the taxes would fall lightly on consumers with a large part probably absorbed by middle men. Progressive inheritance taxes were urged by Senators Owen and Curtis. Senator Owen has; pending an amend ment to levy a graduated scale of taxes on inheritances, ranging from 1 per cent on $100,000 up to 100 per cent on those exceeding $95,000,000. His purpose in introducing it, the Oklahoma senator said, was to cor rect "the results of long abuse of or ganized monopolies in the United States which has terminated in the establishment of a financial, commer cial and business overlordship." , Elimination from the bill Monday of the consumption taxes', the provi sion increasing second class postage rates and possibly the 3 pc cent charge proposed on freight trans portation was generally predicted. Military Training at , . University of Omaha The1 University of Omaha will, in clude military drill in its curriclum this .fall'. Although the board of trustees as a whole .have uot taken a vote itprti the question, Dr. Jenkins, president of the school, says that every member has expressed 'himself in favor of the addition. A good miljtary instructor .has also been chosen, but his name is with held until the board meets. - The drilling "will be conducted in the same manner as in the University of -Nebraska. Every oiie will be com peUed to .drill, a certain number of times each week. College credit will be given for the work. It will not be a -hard matter to of ficer the recruits, as a number of Cen tral high school cadet graduates arc attending the . university. Among them are Rded Zimmerman, John Talia ferro, John Jenkins and Fred Hen ningcr. - ; Elks' Annual Clam Bake At Krug Park Friday The annua! outing of the Omaha Elks will take place at Krug park next Friday with the usual' sea food bill of fare cooked in the regular old fashioned Rhode Island clam-bake style, which has been so popular with the Omaha Elks for six years past. A new feature this year will be a corn roast such as tnany of the Penn sylvania Elk lodges have every Sep tember. This promises green corn with a flavor that has never been . at tained before in this part of the coun try. The usual program of entertain ment Will be provided. .There are a larg number of Elks from Nebraska and Iowa subordinate lodge's who come to this clambake every year and they will be on hand next Friday with new accessions to their ranks. Omaha Social Settlement Appoints Finance Committee . At a called meeting of the Settle ment board last , week, the civics committee, Mrs. E. V. Nash, Mrs. ,G. W. Holdrege and Mrs. J. H. Dumont, announced the personnel of the new finance committee. Arthur C. Smith, John A. Monroe, R. C. Howe, W. A. C. Johnson and Will Reed. This committee is to act as an ad visory committee and raise the $7,000 budget, leaving the women free to push their campaign for membership, to purchase the lots for the model building, which is to be a part of the comprehensive program mapped out with Mrs. Leff, the new hcad f the Omaha Social Settlement, when here three weeks ago. Government Will Sell Land ' In Big Horn Basin, Wyo. From September 15 to 20 the gov ernment is going to dispose of 184 tracts of irrigated land, ranging in size from forty to eighty acres, all situated in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming, close to Deaver, on the Burlington. " V The land that the government is putting onto the market comes under the provisions of the homestead law. It is expected that the land will sell at' a minimum price-of $66 an acre, tone-fifth to be paid at the time of en try nd the balance in equal pay ments after five years. If there are numerous applicants for any particu lar, tract the government agent will determine the successful applicant. John Bowen Here on Visit To Captain Phelps Paine John Bowin is In Omaha visiting his old army friend, Ca ttain Phelps Paine, before he goes i Toledo, la., where a reunion c the Crocker brigade of ciyil war veterans will be held this week. . Mr. Bowen formerly was city clerk of Lincoln and for three years has been visiting in Oregon. His two sons, Al Bown and Harry T. Boweh, are leading bankers of Scottsbluff, Mr. Bowen was adjutant in Farragut post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Lincoln twtnty-$even years ago, when Captain Paine was commander. Canteens for Sammies Abroad Washington, Sept. 9. One hundred "omen to take charge of the can teens and rest stations along the routes to be traveled by American sol diers in going to and from the trenches in France have been selected by the woman's bureau of the Red Cross. Women will serve without pay and bear their own 'expenses. They were chosen from hundreds of applicants because of their special qualifications. The Red Cross war council has ap propriated $700,000 for the establish ment of these canteens, which will be equipped with shower baths, laun dries, mending and disinfecting rooms and rest rooms, with reading and wrhing material, games, delica cies and tobacco: The women in this service will work under the direction of Major Gray son M. P. Murphy, Red Cross com missioner to Europe and a committee of American women in Paris, of which Mrs. William G. Sharp the wife of the American ambassador, is chairman. They include Miss Kath erine P. E. Lansing and Miss Emma Sterling Lansing of aWtertown N. Y sisters of Secretary of State Lans ing. Omaha Real Estate Board ' Objects to Water Main Tax Fifty cents per front foot as a water main tax does not always satisfy the Water board of the Metropolitan Water district of Omaha. Additions have frequently been platted which the board would not serve with water at this figure. Complaints have been frequent, and the latest complaint comes from C. G. Carlberg, who has platted an addition in the southwest part of the city. He found that when he wanted water mains laid the board -asked $1.75 per front foot as a tax to pay for laying of mains to give water service. He attempted to compro mise, but the board stood pat. At the weekly meeting of the Oma ha Real Estate board he complained bitterly about the treatment lie. had received. As many other real estate companies reported similar experi ences, a .committee was appointed to investigate and report advisable steps to take in the matter. HARDING PAYS " "TRIBUTETO THIRD Iowa's Governor Says Choice of Men to Go to Front Recogni tion of Their Worth and State's Preparedness. (Krom a Staff Correspondert.) Des Moines, Sept. 9. (Special Tel egram.) Governro Harding has is sued a statement in praise of Iowa's Third regiment, which is starting for an eastern point. He said: "Iowa can well be proud that the Third regi ment of its National Guard is among the first in the United States to go to the front to fight. This is a tribute to the men and through, them to the state. " . "The Guard made a record tor themselves on the border, where they were closely observed by the War de nartmeut. Every citizen of the state can take pride in this regiment. They are a tine body ot men, with courage and determination. They are officered by men trained and fully awake to the task that is before them. T am sure i speak the heart of every loyal citizen ot the state when I say that our pride is in this regi ment. And we know that every man will acauit himself a true soldier, and the fame of Iowa's manhood to fight for right will be given new luster. Visitors' Day at Camp. Visitors will be allowed in Camp Dodire Sunday and from that time on certain portions of the grounds will be opened to all those who wish to enter the camp. This announcement was made by Oeneral Plummcr to day. At present the camp is guarded and admission is bv pass only. However, visitors will !iot be per mitted to interfere with the work which is being done in the camp or the training of the men. Visiting dur ing working hours will be discour aged. The policy of the commanding general will be to make the camp as accessible as possible to those who wish to see the drafted men. " "There will be no fence entirely arxjund the camp nor unnecessary re strictions to prevent families visiting their boys," said General PluiAmer in announcing the camp would be open to visitors. Relatives Welcome. "On the contrary, I want it under stood that ,'omen members of fam ilies ...id i Natives will be more than welcome. We want the men to feel that they are near home and that their own people are not forgetting them but are looking to them proud ly and confidently. Until the men be come thoroughly accustomed to camp life we will make no unnecessary reg ulations and wish their relatives to visit them whenever they wish to do so." 1 The drafted men continue to arrive from the outside states. All of the Iowa men were in camp by Thurs day night and it is expected that the 2,250 men from the entire district will be in camp by Saturday night. Cooks and bakers are still in de mand at the. camp and Captain Ben W. Easton, in charge of the work, says he will use civilians as well as enlisted men for this service. Put German Editors on Record. The editors of German newspapers in Iowa are to be on record by the State Council of Defense. Letters arc .being addressed to jhem point blank what position they are taking with reference to the war. If the. letters sent out by the defense council are ignored the council will use a follow-up system, which may mean that some federal agent will follow tip the letter and find out why the editor didn't reply to the defense council's inquiries. Furthermore, the German newspapers will be carefully checked up every week. If any seditious or disloyal news or editorial matter ap pears and there is evidence to show that the editor is not loyal to the United States the publication may be suppressed. Read German Papers. Loyal Germans have told county defense council members in counties where there has been considerable pro-German sentiment that there are many Germans who read only the German newspapers and believe all they read in them, and therefore do not know anything except the Ger man side of this war. It is recog nized, however, that there are loyal German newspapers and German ed itors who are loyal to the United States. Gustav Donald, editor of Dcr Dcmokrat, published at Daven port, who was a German soldier irt the Franco-Prussian war of 1871, is now making public speeches urging German people to be loyal to the United States. "Every man of Ger man descent1 has a heavy heart when he " thinks that the country of his adoption should go to war with the land of his birth?' he declared in a recent speech. "But a man is either a good American or he is a cood Ger man, and he tmust observe his present auty. "Our duty belongs now to this country," he said. Claim School Law Defective. The law governing consolidation of school districts, passed by the last general assembly, which has been it- tacked m a number of instances as defective, wf'.l be passed upon for the first time in a case now being tried before Judge Applegate at In dianola. An application for an in junction to restrain the holding of a consolidated school election at Mar tinsdale, Warren county, has been made by W. H. Berry, representing the opponents of the consolidation. He declares that the new law does not state clearly which of the districts involved shall give notice of election. He says that the law is therefore in valid. Former Attorney General George Cosson anc Attorney F. P Henderson of IndianoSa represent the parties asking for consolidation. The election is called for next Tuesday, so a decision is looked for this week. If he rules the law is defective it is the contention of Attorney Cosson that there will be no more consoli dating of school districts until after the next legislature meets and cor rects the law. Want Coal Facts. Governor Harding has been asked for additional facts as to cost of coal production and distribution by the federal committee which, is-investi-gating coal prices. ( The governor says he understands the government now intends to fix the retail price of coal. The federal commission may ask the governor toname a commit tee, or possibly a commissioner, to dig up facts with reference to cost of production and distribution of coal and other products in Iowa. Other Government Jobs. Government work in other locali ties will probably be taken up by manv of te workmen now complet ing the big cantonment at Camp Dodge. A representative pf the gov ernment work at Kock Island has been visiting the camp the last few days. He wants men to work on the new buildings at the arsenal, state Labor Commissioner A. L. Urick has made arrangements' with the federal employment, bureau to send a gov ernment man here to co-operate in finding work for the men who will be released from the cantonment. From present prospects there will be plenty of work for the men in various parts of the country. Many local building jobs have been postponed until the cantonment is completed, and these will probably be finished yetthis fall j n me wormnen can be Had. Employment Bureau Active. The report of the state free employ ment bureau for the year ending July 1 shows that in the last year the bur eau placed 895 men in jobs as com pared Jo 402 the previous year. There were 1,509 persons referred to posi tions. The total number of persons asked for by employers was i,540 as tompared to 951 the vear before. Work for conlmon laborers and for farm handsjnade up the majority of tn jobs tound tor the men. COMMITTEE WILL PROBEMDNITIONV Shallenberger on Investigating Body That Will Examine De fective Cartridges Turned Out at Frankfort. Petrograd and Moscow Facing Food Crisis Stockholm, Sept. 9.A food crisis in Petrograd and Moscow is reported in adviceseccived liere from Hapa randa. M. Jurenew, Russian minister ot communications, is said to have asked M. Tlcschehonoff, minister of supplies, to take further extraordinary measures to save these cities trom famine, saying supplies on hand in Petrograd would suffice only for ten days and that conditions m Moscow were worse. All the bread in Moscow has been distributed and in order to provide a further amount arrangements have been made to keep continuous com munication by means of special trains between the supply centers and Pet rograd and Moscow. . Shower for Benefit of , Jewish Old People's Home The Daughters of Israel Aid so ciety will give an informal miscel laneous shower for the benefit of the Jewish Old People's home at the new building at 2504 Charles street Thursday afternoon, September 20. - Everyone is invited to this shower. The new home will be formally opened on Sunday, September 2i. President Is Greatest1 . Humanitarian in 1916 New York. Sent. 9. President Wil son has been awarded the Humanitar ian Cults gold medal for 1916, as the greatest humanitarian of that year. PERSONAL MENTION. . Dr. and Mrs. A. A. HoLtman har returned from a motoring trip to Minneapolis. J. A. Walker of the Alfalfa Butter com pany has gone tor a three weeks' stay at Nappa, Ida, Mrs. Eltiabeth O'LInn Smith, chairman of th Dawes Countychaptr, American Red Cross, -(s in tha city, stopping over a day to consult wl'.h Vranlt Judson. director forNe reka. She, with her two children, Frances and Motden. are returning to Chadron from the short summer vacation spent at Lake OkoboJI, Ia. SCHOOLS AM COIXCGM, (By Associated Frs.) Washington, Sept. 9. General in vestigation of army ordnance, and particularly, the defective small arms ammunition shipped to the troops in France, is provided for. in a resolu tion introduce by Representative Dent, adopted yesterday by the house. It provides for a special congressional committee of nine. Armed with broad power for inves tigating the ammunition situation, in cluding the sending of defective cart ridges to American troops in France, a hcTuse committee will begin bearings probably next week. The committee was namedtonight by Speaker Clark following unanimous adoption of the resolution. Five democrats and four repub lican members of the military commit tee were appointed. They are: Rep resentatives Dent, Alabama, chair man; Fields, Kentucky; Quinn, Mis sissippi; Gordon, Ohio, and Shallen berger, Nebraska, democrats; and Anthony, Kansas; McKenzie, Illi nois; Greene, Vermont, and Morin, Pennsylvania, republicans. Appointment of the committee came after a week of agitation ori the sub ject. There was no opposition except from Representative Cooper of Wis consin, who objected to members of the miiltary committee being named investigators., . ' Secretary Baker already has named Na board of two civilians and one army' omcer 10 investigate me aeiective am munition turned out by the Frank fort arsenal. He . explained to the honsc committee (hat chemical de terioration caused the trouble and that the formula had been changed to prevent repetition. '. T)oan College. Poana college will open its doors to morrow for the coming term and present Indications are for record attendanca. A new domestic science department has been Installed In the sclenca building and a coursa of instruction will ba taught by Miss .Helen Meston. A normal manual training Irours for advanced students has also been added, ' . Pref. A. O. Heyhoe. who hai been an leave of absenca for the last two years, will ba back this year, as will also Prof. Barrage. us jean &. jiucnta nils tne vacancy in tha piano department due to tha absenca of Mrs. Carlson and Miss Carolya Hosford takes charge of tha biology department In placa ot Prof. Carlson. Mlsa Iran Steidl will be college librarian. Hi IPS IX. want to ; TEACH?; Remarkable . Alumni Record. See Triennial "Catalogut" and "Twr Topics." : ; .fry Barley. Help Save the Wheat! Barley was the first grain turned to when wheat became scarce in Europe, for barley, like wheat, is one of Nature's wonder grains. Malted barley mixed with wheat produces a really superior food ','' Barley is famous for its high protein value, ex-J cellent flavor, and its self-digesting qualities. ' ' .'''''' Always in the making of the famous food , irape a considerable quantity of whole' barley flour has been blended with whole wheat. .-,. This constitutes a great saving of wheat for the Government and results, in a far more pleasing, nourishing and digestible food than if made of wheat alone t , , The wonderfully pleasant taste of Grape-Nuts is largely due to the processing of wheat with malted barley v America's War Bread Costs about the same as a full size Loaf of Breadand Every Atom Works tions All ingredient! neces sary for the development of the infant protein for build ing muscles, "ash" for mak- ' mg firm bones and suf ficient Jats . and carbohydrates. II iK .''aV V -s.TLiaTS. Ml AskYour ") ; Doctor About; Coors I I IT l "4 lm i r JT IB ti 1866 snmucz SCHOOL 1917 Aft Uf (. Recent graduates now in Yale. Ha r- vtrd, Princeton, other collegei. - AaJ&lfl AUKthBrtwgliwqrsst" f in maa fot huiiasN Ufa. Physical training for every boy , y Four eoachei, g mniiium, iwimminf pool, outdoor and indoor track; wide reputation for clean aporu. 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