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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1917. fi At WIRE WASHINGTON TO SAVE FARMERS Effort ise Being Made to Ex empt Tilers of the Soil from Training Camp Until Corn is Husked. 'The saving of Nebraska's corn croo lies with the people of Nebraska," say members of the state draft board. If the young farmers who have planted the corn and cultivated it are to be exempted from draft long enougn to allow them to harvest the crop, they must convince the powers that be at Washington that their presence in the fields is vitally neces sary now.' 1 hey and their friends must wire to Washington to anyone A-ith influence there. Telegrams 'to aeroert Hoover and Wilson are sue rested." Many messages have already been ent to Washington in an effort to ave the young farmers until the corn rop is husked. Drafted men can accomplish little oy protesting to the state board, for that body is helpless, its original plan to exempt farmers having been over ruled by Washington. . "Farmers and their friends, patriotic citizens of cities and towns in Nebras ka must appeal to Washington, and that ouickly. if the farmers are to be kept in the state long enough to har vest their crops, said frank A. Ken nedy of the board. Many Present Claims. The board has an enormous number of claims for exemption of (armers, who will be taken from their fields at a critical time for the corn crop, "Most of these are legitimate claims," said Frank A. Kennedy. "Personally, I aqi in favor xi exempt ing theie young larmers tiU JJecemDer 1, when the corn is safely husked. But the state board has been overruled in this matter and we cannot exempt farmers. The command must come from Washington. "Those wanting farmers exempted till at least December 1 must act auicklv. They must wire Washington at once. When once convinced, Wash ington can settle the matter m an hour, if necessary. There is still time to get the exemption of the farmers to be sent to Fort Riley this week if their friends waste no time." All Surface Tracks On The Belt Line Doomed f All surface tracks where the Mis souri Pacific belt line crosses Far nam, Douglas and Dodge streets are doomed. The city council passed a resolution ordering that all surface tracks be removed as soon as the elevated main line tracks are in opera tion. The resolution was drawn up fol low receipt of protests from west side property owners and residents. The protests resulted from the installation of temporary surface tracks by the railroad. The road installed the surface tracks without notifying the city coun cil. When Commissioner Jardine dis vered it, he tore up the tracks him self. Then the railroad requested permission to install them for 'serv ice purposes in erecting the eleva tions. ...-.. . This brought the protests from the west siders, who feared all might not be well in these new surface tracks. The resolution passed by the -city council eliminates any and all surface tracks. They must be removed by the railroad just as soon .as the ele vated main line tracks are in opera tion. Spur tracks for industries along the belt line are included. If the in dustries want spur tracks they, too, must be elevated. Start Trial of Liquor Cases in District Court The first liquor .appeal case the' state asrainst Tames Kahout was be gun Monday morning before a jury in district court. Judge Estelle, presid ing, is assigned to hear all appeals from lower court arising out of alleged violations of the liquorj laws. There are nearly twenty liquor ap peal cases to be tried before a jury. Special Prosecutor McGuire, appoint ed by Governor Neville to run down bootleggers in Omaha, represents the state in each case. Considerable trouble was encount ered by attorneys In selecting a jury to try the first case. Prosecutor Mc Guire and attorneys for Kahout plied prospective jurymen with scores of questions as to what their sentiments were regarding prohibition and its en forcement. . . "This first case-will test whether a jury will stand behind the state in ' r t-.A. t, n.nn1 vntrri fori eniorcing wuai uw yw". , declared Prosecutor McGuire. 300 Driven From Homes By Flodo; Three Drowned Raleigh, N. C, Sept 17Property damage reaching several hundred thousand dollars, heavy damage to xrops and drowning of three negroes ' resulted from the heavy rains of the last few days in eastern North Caro lina . . ... At Wallace a dam burst, driving ap- . proximately 300 people from their homes. Organization of Lucky Seventh Will Be Completed by Saturday The Omaha battalion of the Seventh Nebraska National Guard reserve is now at minimum war strength, hav ing passed the mark Saturday night, when every company in the battalion numbered seventy-eight men or over. Major Abbott and the other offi cers plan to make this a banner week forrecrtriting a.nd mustering in. Tues day Major Abbott will go to Spring field to muster in Company T. There will be a mass .meeting in the inter ests of recruiting every night this week. On Friday Company G, the last company in the Omaha battalion, will be mustered in. On Friday night the order of Stags will hold a recruiting rally in the Swedish auditorium. Saturday there will be a continuous all day recruiting rally at headquarters on Farnam. Piftv rrttnin.nt Omaha mpn havp nf- fered their services and voices, and"fof this false impression the Omaha all day there will be someone talking in front of the headquarters othce. Men of the second and third draft who have not yet received their no tices to appear for examination may enlist in the Seventh Nebraska re serve guards. Every day men who are ordered to appear before the examin ing board hurry up to the recruiting office to enlist, but are too late. The time to come is before the notices are received. Advantage of Volunteering The advantages of volunteering for the regular army or for the guards in stead of being drafted are well known, by now. The volunteer may choose his branch of the service and know just where he is going and what he is going to do. The drafted soldier must take what is given to him. Married men may enlist in certain branches of the army now, providing their wives are not dependent Orders to that effect came this morning to the army recruiting office in Omaha. They may enlist in the quartermast ers' division,, in the signal corps, id the ordnance, the medical department and the engineers' corps. This will let down the bars to a large number of men previously disqualified be cause they were married. If the wife will sign an affidavit that she is not dependent, the husband may then join any of the above divisions of the army. Twenty young men, the last ones on the list at the navy recruiting sta tion, were sent to the Great Lakes training station. "The navy needs more men and needs them badly," said Ensign Con ditt, recruiting officer. "In some way an impression has gone abroad throughout the state that the navy has more men than it knows what to do with. "That is entirely wrong and because office is fallinsr down on its recruit ing. Last week we had five less men to send than required of us, so this week we must make it up. We need men for every department of the navy and all who apply will be sent at once to a training school or to sea." SCHMOLLER BOYS , HAYDEN'S PIANOS Stock of Over 200 Pianos Sold for Cash; Also Buys Colum bia Graphonolas and Records. A group of five young men, all chums, applied for enlistment Satur day at the Seventh recruiting head quarters. The first four were ac cepted, but when the fifth took off his shirt for examination he disclosed a long scar on his shoulder. He had been cut by a scythe some years ago and, while perfect in every other way, had difficulty in raising his arm, so was rejected. When told he must sty. behind while his chums went out to , fight for their country, he broke down and cried in the recruiting office. "I thought what a lesson he was to slackers," said Captain Higginson. "I never saw anyone so disappointed as he when rejectetl. He was a perfect specimen of manhood otherwise and we all regretted his rejection." CORN BETTER AS HARVEST NEARS Condition is Greatly Improved in Sections of the State Where Majority of Crop is Grown. The Burlington railroad's crop re port for the week ending last Satur day night indicates' that corn is rap idly progressing toward maturity and that generally throughout the state it will be out of the way of frost by the last of this or the middle of next week. Company agents report that in many sections of southern and central Nebraska corn has passed the danger line and that a light frost would be beneficial, stopping the growth and hastening the ripening. With the exception of on the Mc- Cook division of the Burlington sys tem, the Nebraska corn crop is sat isfactory. Oft that division that covers the southwestern corner of the state there has been a lack of rain and consequently the crop' will fall below the average. Figures on the condition of corn at the end of last week as compared with the condition at the end of the previous on the basis of 100 per cent for a perfect crop are: Last Previous Division. Week. Week. Omaha ....................... 97 97 Lincoln 75 70 Wymore 88 75 McCook , 41 65 The report indicates 4hat in practi cally all localities where the corn will notjnake a licavy crop it is being cut andNput into silage for feeding to stock. Powell Brings Back Big Tennis Cup Won at Meeting Clarke G. Powell has returned from French Lick Springs, Ind., where he attended the convention of the Na tional Association of Automobile Ac cessory Jobbers. This particular meeting was of especial interest, as the association has "just been indicted by the New York -federal grand jury for restraint of trade. Mr. Powell reports that the indict ment was read at the meeting and that the jobbers' association feels that it has been innocent of evil and the fact that thirty-five, new members were taken in at this meeting was an indication that those outside of the association and who were , con versant with the history of the or ganization had the same feeling. Incidentally Mr. Powell brought back with him a big silver cup put up as a trophy in a tennis tournament pulled off at French; Lick. Omaha Seminary Opens For the Year Wednesday Omaha seminary will open for an other year of theological work f Wednesday. The special opening ex ercises will be held at Z o clock and the address of the occasion will be delivered by Prof. Charles A. Mitch ell on "The Keynote of Christianity." The new professor, Dr. Charles H. Ridgley, who has been called to suc ceed Dr. Joseph J. Lampe, retired, has arrived in the city and will take his place in the work of the seminary at once. Mrs. Charles S. Calkins, for several years an instructor in the Northwestern School of Expression, Chicago, will be at the head of the department of elocution this year. Various repairs have been made on the building during the summer and a new gymnasium and also a refectory are nearing completion and may be viewed by visitors on opening day. The outlook for a large attendance is very encouraging. Society Women Use New Wrinkle Remover ' Snec the discovery that a solution of or dinary saxolite and witch hazel has a pe culiar effect npon wrinkled skins, it has been learned that many prominent society women all over the country have used this simple home treatment with treat success. The formula? is : oowdered saxolite. . one ounce. dissolved in witch hazel, one-half pint. Us daily as 'wash lotion. V The beneficial action of this wash is felt at one. There s an agreeable refreshing sen sation and feeling of exhilaration. Flabbiness and all wrinkles are immediately affected. and the skin soon becomes firmer and mora youthful looking. No one need hesitate to get the Ingredients at the drug store and mak the remedy herself, for there are no harmful effects whatever. Adv. 17 Black Degrees and 2 Copying. For those who demand the best. I , I "Ml 1 j AfflTTicwUtdftaalCkllfwTsTM Look SORTW wain MAM The Schmoller & Mueller Piano company has purchased Hayden Bros.' entire stock of pianos, player pianos, band instruments, sheet mu sic, musical merchandise and Colum bia graphonolas and records. The deal is by far the largest transaction in the music business ever made in this part of the country. "Our purchase," said Mr. Schmol ler, "includes more than 200 pianos of the most celebrated makes, such as the worldwnowned Knabe, standard for more than sixty years; the cele brated Sohmer & Co. piano, the sweet-toned llehlen, the piano used more than any other in the public schools of New York, the J. & C Fischer, the time-honored Estey, the Price & Temple and many other in struments handled by the Hayden Bros, firm exclusively. "Hayden Bros, handled only the best instruments and the agencies thev represented will be transferred to us. With our present line of Steinway and other standard pianos we will now show the largest line of standard pianos in the United States. "The immense stock was bought for spot cash and will be removed to our establishment, 1311 to 1313 Farnam street. The goods will be placed on sale next Thursday morning at prices that lose sight of tost Piano buyers of Omaha will have the chance of a lifetime to own high-grade in struments at savings of from $150 to $250. Such bargains in pianos have never before been offered in Omaha." The Schmoller & Mueller company also bought Hayden's entire stock of Columbia graphonolas and records. The company is already the largest western dealer in this line, having more than 700 agencies in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. In addition to this wholesale business it has re tail stores in Lincoln and Sioux City. Hayden Bros. Sell to Keep Store on a Cash Basis "We found that wo could not well conduct our large piano department in conformance with our policy to run a strictly cash , store in 'all de partments," said Joseph Hayden. in commenting on the sale of the Hay den Bros, piano stock, "We hated to give up that branch of our business, because Hayden Bros, were the pio neers in the installation of a piano de partment in-connection with a depart ment store." The room now occupied by the piano department will immediately be used to extend and enlarge the furni ture department of Hayden Bros., giv ing a Douglas street entrance. Hayden Bros, also announce that the firm retains all obligations of the piano department and that all notes will be kept at the store, where pay ment may be made. Medicated Alcohol . Brings Six to Court "Medicated Alcohol" in various pre scription forms, and sold at certain drug stores under license, was found to have been the cause of the down fall of six out of the morning's class in police court. William Hallack said he suffered se vere stomach troubles Saturday and secured the antidote in this form at the California Drug store at Six teenth and California. Tames Gillan, colored, "felt queer" all night and said he felt queer this morning and couldn't remember any thing. He feared that he might have been "doped." He didn't remember whether it was medicated alcohol or not. The judge suggested that he might have been "camoflaged." Gil lan thought that that might be it and the judge fined him $10 and costs. illlllllllllllllllllllH Why This 1 Beverage is So Popular i The popularity of HeUeman's NEW STYLE is due first of all to its pronounced individuality of taste, quality and snappy flavor for which the GHeile man Company products are noted. Heileman's FJEW' Won-Alcoholic Beverage E Is"made from only the choicest materials obtain able, but it is not the material alone which makes NEW STYLE so palatable as it is the knack of our knowing how to blend the different materials to get that snappy and aromatic flavor. ' A trial today will convince you TilA P pirn OTA A Crystal White Bottle with a 111C r dliWlgC green label all the way around the bottle and a red triangular corner and diag onally across the bottle white on red Heileman NEW STYLE Don't accept a substitute. .' . ; , , For prices and terms address our nearest branch t OMAHA BOTTLING COMPANY Omaha, Nebraska IlllllllllllllllllllllH ONLY A THIRD OF JURYMEN REPORT Call to War Cuts Down Number Available When Fall Term of Court is Opened Here. Enlistments in the army and navy and the draft cut down appreciably the number of jurymen available for duty for the fall term of , district court, which opened yesterday. Out of the ISO veniremen drawn only ninety-six reported for duty. Several jurymen were excused for a day or so and several were told they woIld not have to report for duty until next week. Judge Sears, presiding judge, sent out jurymen to tour court rooms. If other district judges had asked for a jury on the opening day of the fall term they would have been disap pointed, for there were no more veniremen available after four panels had been sworn in. A couple of business men drawn for jury duty did not report. One of them left on his vacation after the notice summoning him for jury duty was received, according to -Election Commissioner Moorhead. The election commissioner said he would send a telegram notifying this particular business man to report at. once and declared he would send the sheriff after him if he failed to do so. "Unless they are excused by Judge Sears, citizens drawn for jury duty must report, no matter who they are," declared Mr. Moorhead. Omaha Ambulance Corps To Be Sent to Fort Taylor Orders have been received by the Omaha ambulance company to get ready to entrain for Fort Taylor, at Louisville, Ky. "As yet the time of leaving is un known, said Sergeant Mattson. "We will probably go tomorrow or the next day. We are waiting now for a special train. When we leave wi will go by way of St. Louis." New High Mark is Set For Lambs for Feeders Feeder lambs sold for $18.35 on the Omaha market, the highest price ever aid anywhere for Iambs for the feed tain Higginson! today. "I learned of his unusual history when I asked him whom to notify in cse of illness or death, as called for in the recruit ing blank." I have, no relatives," he said, "but I wish you would then notify the gov ernor of the state of Texas and ask him to try to find my parents." When two years old, Will Medlin, as he thinks his name is, was stolen from home. There are but two incidents of his baby life that he can recall now. One was thaf he had sonic defect in speech for which a doctor came and cut his tongue probably he was tongue-tied. The other is that his father, the day before he was stolen, was brought home on a stretcher. The next morning the little fellow woke up in a strange place and never, again saw his relatives. As soon as he could, he ran away and has knocked around the world alone most of his life. He has little education, though the home he remembers was one of refinement and prosperity. ' While he is not sure what his name is, he has got an idea in some way that his father's name was Press Medlin and that he was at one time, United States deputy marshal. ; "Although he has no home to fight for, he wants to help protect some other boy's home and" parents," said Captain Higginson. He has no one to write to him and no one except the governor of the state of 'Texas to notify if killed or wounded." Bee Want Ads Produce Results., f I St ots. No Home to Fight For; Will Fight for Humanity A vounsr man from Texas who had been stolen in childhood and knew nothing of his parents, a young man who had no home and no friends to notify if wounded, applied yesterday to Captain Fred Higginson of. the Lucky Seventh to enlist. "He is a fine young fellow and we were glad to take him in," said Cap- Expect Surprising Fall Clothes Values THE most powerful value demonstra tion you'll see anywhere awaits you at this greater store today. Tremendous contracts made many months ago enable us to offer super-quality fabrics. An in- spiring variety of styles and colors. The big things, the real style hits, from more than a score of America's finest quality clothes makers never before such a wonderfully at tractive showing of Men's and Young Men's Fall Sato;W25,'M,'35',40 Early buyers get the double advantage of choosing from complete stocks and values that Will be impossible to duplicate later. CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN 1 . .. t ' . 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