AK-SAR-BEN DATES
Carnival September SS to October 6
Electrical Parade, Evening. . . .October 3
DajrUght Parade , October 4
Military Firework.. (...October 4
CoronatioB Ball October 5
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THE WEATHER
VOL. XLVILNO. 88.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. TEN PAGES.
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UNITED STATES GRAND JURY
INDICTS MANY IN RECORD
TIME; THREATS TO KILL WILSON
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Eighteen Held for Failure to Register; Dr. Butler Is Again
, Indicted; R. S. English Held for Using Mails to De
K. fraud and Four for Violation of the Mann
,v .White Slave Act. Few Indian Witnesses.
j. i Eighteen young Nebraska men were, indicted by. the fed
era! -grand jury for failure to register for the selective draft.
Three men were indicted for threatening the life of the presi-
dent -"';. . ,;v ' ' :
The grand jury reported at 11
o'clock Thursday, having made a rec
ord for swift action. It began work
last Monday afternoon. Judge Wood
rough complimented the sixteen men
on their work before he dismissed
, them. - ".-1 '
Henry Richmond, secretary of the
State Council, of Defense, and Mark
Perkins, chairman of the Dodge
County Council of Defense, were wit
nesses. "
THREATENED PRESIDENT. '
The three men "indicted for threatening-
the . life of the president are
.. Benjamin" Warbleton, Broken-Bow;
. Mark Denny, Antelope county, and
John-Donner, Crofton. . The language
mentioned in the indictment- as hav
ing been used by them is of the'most
, violent kind. '.
vThe men charged fvith' being "slack
ers" are . as .follows: George Welsh,
Grand Island; Grol Margines, Wash
ington 'county; John Henry, colored,
Omaha; Clayton Olson, Dakota
county; Jess. Adams, Buffalo county;
L.' S.- Sewlers, Scottsbluff county;
Valentine Bernard, Buffalo county; H.
T. Becker, Omaha; Demetrio Agilero,
Hall'-county;. G. .Rodreguas, Hall
county;. Fred Taylor, Sioux county;
' William Martin, .Cheyenne county;
Vito'A. Quogliato, Omaha; Harry O.
., Carpenter, , Custer county; Albert
Smentowsky, " Hall county; Frank
Wilkjns, Omaha;. Frank Kirby, Lin
coln county, John Kayalskyt Omaha.
rf'f:i?4. :Ih'dicte4 Second Time. -f -i
Dr Etcher, -JL Butler 46 Harvard
was; indicted for. perjury. He w4S a
witness in the! suit of John A. Moore
against the; Union Pacific railroad, in
which -Moore recovered $50,000 for
personal injuries which, ne alleged,
caused him to be subject to epileptic
fits.;. Dr. Butler: was indicted for per
jury together with five other wit
nesses in' the, Moqre case some time
ago and Butler was tried, in federal
court, last July,' when he was acquit
ted. ? He is now indicted on other
testimony, which he gave in the case.;
2-DrvThoms'.W,-tBrewer of Lawton,:
OkU- was "afso indicted "for perjury
in the Moore case. .. . ;
.-. Uses Mails to Defraud.
v Ri S. English was indicted for using
the mails for a scheme to defraud.
English was i arrested by federal
agent$ last July.- He was engaged in
iving- away lots in a place called
otfth Hilliard, Fla. He advertised in
two'lbcal moving picture houses. Pa
trons . wrote their names and ad
dresses on cards; and dropped them
into-idx.' It was, stated that ten
names -would be drawn each day and
theseVlucky. ones" would be pre
sented with a lot in the thriving town.
A large; number of patrons received
lett?rs informing them that they had
-drawn ;lots and they should call . at
the office.-. They were then required
. to pay $7.50 to $10 for each abstract
The government says there is no such
. town- as', was represented jhMhc "lit-
(ConUnoed on Face Two, Column Three)
- : Chilean Government Gets
. Entirely New Cabinet
Santiago, Chile, Sept 27,The Chil
ean xabinet resigned today.
-THe Weather
-.For Nebraska Fair.
; Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday.
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I p. m
' Comparative Local Beeord.
. ' "" '. '. ' - 1917. 11.
oHifhest ' yesterday... 72 Tl Ti
Lowest yesterday ... 4S H 63
Veen temperature... St (2 62
Precipitation 0 .02 .00
1114
81 6
8
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Temperature and precipitation departures
from-the normal:
Normal temperature ... 62
Deficiency tor the day...... (.,.... 4
Total- deficiency since March 1........204
Normal precipitation ............ . Inch
Deficiency for the day . inch
Total precipitation since Mar. 1..20.6 inches
Deficiency since March 1 3.92 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 181(1. .10.44 inches
Deficiency for corv period, 191S.. .27 Inches
. .Reports from Stations it 1 P. M.
Station and Stete Temp. High- Rain,
'of Weather. . 1 p. m. est. fall.
Thepenne. dopdy.. 64 70 .00
Davenport, clear..,.,. ..fS . 66 .06
Denver, clear T2 78 ' .00
.--Dee "Moines, clear 62- , 68 .00
Dodge City, clear ......64 72 .00
lender,-, part cloudy. ...66 , 72 .0
North Platte, clear.... 68 70
Omaha, clear. ... ....M 72 ; .06
Pueblo, clear .64 70 .00
I Rapid -City, cloudy. 62 . 76 . .00
Bait -Leke-dlty, lear....70 ' 72 . ..00
Santa Fe. part cloudy.,.. (8 70 . ' .00
I Sheridan, clear ........68 ' 74 .06
1 Kloux City, lear 66 . 74 .00
Valentlnet ejear, . 68 78 .00
i T Indicates trace of precipitation.
' ':..-r " f - A. WELSH, Meteorologist
KELLY JURY IN.
DEADLQCK;MAY
BE DISMISSED
After Twenty-Six Hours' De
liberation, Without Arriving
at Verdict, Members Go
' to Bed.
BY EDWARD BLACK.
(Staff Correspondent for The Bee.)
Red Oak, la, Sept. 27(Spedal
Telegram.) Jurors in the case in
which Rev, Lyn G. J. Kelly is charged
with the Villisca ax murders', stood at
at ei tonight after twenty-six and a
half hours of deliberation and went to
bed, taking the first rest since they
were given the case at' 5:05 o'clock
Wednesday. night. . ;
At 7:35 o'clock tonight they sent an
appeal to Judge Boies that they be
permitted this privelege,' after M-day"
in which they repeatedly indicated &a
apparent inability to' ejeree. There was
no indication of likelihood of break
ing the deadlock and the judge's
comment was that indications pointed
to a hung jury. . V , ' '
.; PASS NIGHT IN SLEEP.
Judge Boies'Stafed he should not be
awkened - tonight and: indicated' he
would not easily yield to the request
to discharge the jurors. That the jury
has stood eleven to one all day for ac
quittal has been the general report
Attorney Hess thought the division
more marked. ' .
lAfter taking' many ballots with the
same;result, thejurors late today de
clined to vote or even discuss the case,
calling for the judge.
Thrice has the judge been called and
thrice has he told the jurors he would
see them when they had a. verdict
ready to present ..This morning the
conversation in the jury room was
noisy at times, but this afternoon all
was quiet. , - : . , " "
HAVNER GOES HOME.
Attorney " General " Havn went
home this afternoon. County Attorney
Wenstrand'has received requests for
the ax which was one of the exhibits
of the trial. The ax will remain in
the archives of the court house.
' The little minister, sleepless
throughout the night from - anxiety
over the outcome of his ifight for free
dom, this morning expressed confi
dence that he would be acquitted.
He, was deeply concerned about the
future, and said that he feared he
might not be able to return to min
isterial work on account of the pub
licity that has been given the murder
trial.
Kelly declared his innocence today.
He said he expects to be acquitted.
This is what heejaid:,
"I can take up stenography even
(Continued on Pago Two, Column Five)
Nebraskans in Camp Cody Say Army Life
In Far Away Deming Has Much of Lively
Interest, But a Week Seems Like Years
Way Down South in the Land
of Sage Brush, Young Men
Have 'Good Times, But
Often Think of Home.
BY A MACHINE GUN MAN.
Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., Sept.
23. (Special.) It has been but a
week since we'arrived in camp and in
some ways it seems like years. It has
been long enough for us to realize
that we're in the army now. That
means more than the restrictions and
hard work, too.
Way down here, 1,500 miles from
the folks, the real army spirit has en
tered into the men. The fellows who
have been there will understand, but
those who haven't can never know
just what, it means. ..'
This camp is a real place. Today
was play day and we looked it over.
About thirty-two-square miles are in
cluded within its boundaries and the
vasthess of the whole thing would, in
ordinary times, be hard to realize. As
it is it seems perfectly natural.
There are literally thousands of
tents, all in perfect alignment. Each
company has a large dining hall and
kitchen. There are hundreds of giant
motor trucks busy all day long carry
ing supplies... Over by the entrance to
the camp are great piles of cordwood
for the fires. Nearby are thousands
of bales of -straw and hay. In-fact
everything imaginable is here in vast
quantities, for it takes an-undreamed
of amount, of supplies to care for the
30,000 men who will be here.
Along Cody Avenue.
Cody avenue Is the main thorough
fare and extends from the entrance
to the west end of the camp. We are
about two miles from the eastern en
trance and . the road seems to run'
Straight into the setting sun. ; Cook
avenue branches: off Cody avenue &
few blocks from the eastern entrance
and runs northwest past the Fourth
Nebraska and the Minnesota troops.
The streets are dragged daily and are
like mecadamfced roads, except that
they are kept in better condition
than roads usually are. v '. -
' The traffic make Sixteenth and
Farnam -streets-Took- like a - tmintry
townr-Th United States trucks 'Wve
back and f6rth continually. ; Then
there are ' hundreds of . contractors'
trucks and dump wagons. I noticed
one dump" wagon numbered 138. .The
contractors' trucks" . carrying the men
out to the .place Where construction is
going on, as well as hauling the ma
terjals used. One could hardly be
lieve that 'so many men could ride on
one of them. The very first one we
sav on ( our arrival, pujled, up, beside
our, train and f loaded up with lum
ber. There were thirty-four men on it.
They piled it full of boards and them
selves climbed aboard and drove mer
rily away over the sage brush. I've
seen others that I believe had more
than fifty men on them.
Life here has its ( hardships and
sometimes we're cussing every thing
(Continued on Page Four, Column Four.)
More Evidence '
In von Eckhardt s
Cable Scandal
: Mexico City,' Mex-j-vSept., 27. It is
stated on. good authority that an in
vestigation here shows that the pas
sage of messages in German code'be
tween the German legation and Berlin
by way of the Swedish legation and
Stockholm, as revealed recently by
Secretary of State Lansing, extended
as far back as the early part of 1916.
It is also stated that these messages
were not confined to dispatches from
Henrich von Eckhardt, German min
ister, to Berlin, but that they con
sisted in part of messages from the
Berlin foreign ? office, which were
transmitted through the Swedish le
gation to Von Eckhardt and were an
swered by the same route.
Russ Soldiers Refuse to Give
Up Korniloff's Aides for Trial
Petrograd, Sept $7. The military
organizations on the southwestern
front, in agreement with the-"-Kiev
group of the workmen's, and soldiers'
delegates, have refused to hand over
to the commission investigating the
Korniloff revolt Generals Denikine
and Murkof f, as well as others who
supported General Korniloff. It has
been decided to place these men on
trial before a revolutionary tribunal.
The committee of five in temporary
control of the government, at its final
meeting since the return of Premier
Serensky from the front, determined
day that the premier and General
Verkhovsky shali appear before the
democratic congress which convenes
tomorrow.. This action followed a
four-hour session of the committee at
the winter palace, at which the atti
tude of P.'emicr Kerensky is said to
have been substantially this:
"While the government is tot bound
to recognize the democratic congress
and is not conceding that it repre
sents the greatest part of Russia, it is
admi'ted that the congress represents
a large percentagt of 'ihe -eople
through elements which must be taken
into onsiueration. In government cir
cles it is understood that the con
gress will convene for a short time
and then adjourn over one day to be
gin it activities on Saturday."
On the ev of. the opening of con
gress a sensation has been created by
a report that Nikolai Lenine, the ex
tremist leader, has reached the capital
from Finland. It is said he intends to
appear -as the chief orator of the
Bolsheviki at the congress, which he
is confident will defend him.
The Bolshevikis continue to exert
influence over the representatives of
the provincial councils of workmen's
and soldier's delegates. The president
of the Moscow council of workmen
and soldiers has resigned as a result
of. the adoption by the council of a
resolution - unfriendly to the govern
ment. ' In elections of representatives
to the congress the Bolsheviki candi
dates received the highest votes.
The Bolsheviki faction proposes to
place the following tasks, upon the
cabinet: - .... ,
Settle the Korniloff affair; reabolish
capital punishment; strain efforts to
attain peace; to summon as' soon as
possible the constituent assembly; to
dissolve the Duma and the council of
the. empire; to transfer the land to
the peasants immediately; to establish
state control of production; to pass an
eight-hour labor law; to change radi
cally the command of the army. Re
ports of the .resignation of Foreign
Minister Terestchenko are officially
den'-1 r-
Wilkommen!
STRIP UNIFORM
FROM SOLDIER
AFTERVERDICT
Jury Deliberates Fifteen Min
utes and; Finds Soldier
Guilty of Statutory Of
fense Against Girl.
' Five minutes after a jury in crimJ
inal court, Judge Estelle presiding,
had returned a verdict of "guilty" in
the state case ; cf Perry Barkdoll,
charged with a statutory crime against
a 12-year-old girl, 1 deputy sheriffs
stripped his soldier's uniform from
him. - ' -' " - ' '.
Barkdoll was a private in Company
B, Fourth Nebraska National Guard.
He was charged with having mis
treated v little Nellie Vogan, 60S
North Fifteenth street,. in( a cottage
near Carter lake.
The jury that convicted him delib
erated only fifteen minutes.
Chief Deputy County Attorney Ab
bott, prosecuting the case, in his clos
ing statement tovthe twelve venire
men, declared th$ offense was the
most revolting he had ever urged a
jury to convict for.
Wears Uniform at Trial.
Barkdoll, who sat throughout the
trial wearing the soldier's - uniform,
squirmed and bowed his head when
the prosecuting attorney thundered to
the jury that i: was an insult to the
United States for a man charged with
such a crime to enter a court room
wearing regulation khaki. He de
manded that the uniform be stripped
from the soldier if the jury upheld
the state's charge
No sooner had the veniremen filed
back into the court room, and read
their verdict than deputies hustled
Barkdoll into an anteroom and strip
ped him of his uniform. '
"Under no consideration would I
allow Barkdoll to wear that uniform
after he was convicted of such a
crime," declared Sheriff Clark.
Several prominent Omaha women,
members of the morals committee of
the State Council of Defense, were in
the court room when the closing ar
guments were made to , the jury.
Among them were Mrs. Sarah H. Jos
lyn, Omaha's richest woman, and Dr.
Jennie Callfas, chairman of the com
mittee. ,r i.
Two-Day Par,ty Held.
The trial of Barkdoll brought out
facts of a shocking two days' "party"
staged in a lonely cottage near Car
ter lake last month, at whiph sol
diers and girls of tender years were
"guests." . ".-
The little Vogan girl testified that
another soldier, whojis now in camp
at Deming, N. M., also mistreated her.
The state produced evidence that the
men in the party had wjiisky and Bark
doll admitted he was drunk-during
part of the time he was with the
girls in the cottage.
Other girls and soldiers were ar
rested in the raid made on the place
early the next mornine. '
' The Vogan girl, who has bobbed !
hair and weighs about seventy
pounds, is under the care of the juve
nile court authorities,
SEASON OF FUN
AND FROLIC IS
IN FULL SWING
Minions of Old King Ak Start
Out on Their Annual Round
j of . Making Merry and
i1-1 Doing the Carnival.,
CARNIVAL ATTENDANCE.
Tuesday . ,
Wednesday
1917
(not open)
4,102
1916.
2,698
5,113
HAIG'S MEN SMASH
THROUGH TEUTONS'
LINE FOR BIG GAINS
i . ' t
Kaiser Resort to Old Tactics of Infantry Sacrifice m Vain
Endeavor to Recover Territory; Battle Is Featured .
. , ' by Small Casualties Despite - Machine
Gun Withering Fire.. C i : .. : V
front with great,ucces.
T.R. TELLS HOW HE
KEPT THf KAISER
FROM VENEZUELA
Relates Story of Secret Confer
. ences With Teuton Ambas
sador, in 1912r How
Kaiser Came Round.
Here 4ve go! " , , ...
Everybody forward and see the fun!
See the show early and avoid the
rush! ' '
King Ak-Sar-Ben offers his subjects
royal: entertainment: at the carnival
grounds".' ' . .''
See the sights now, so that you can
show your friends; go early and stay'
late. v- " .. - . :
"Hot dogs," hamburgers with, or
without onions, pop-corn, 1 cracker
jack, pink lemonade -and confetti y
on hand if you are having too good a
time to go home for meals. .
The Twins Are Back.
The Siamese Twins are back are
back to back, according to the illus
trations outside the tent on the car
nival grounds. Have a touch of "High
Life:" have your fortune told, and let
the Egyptian woman feel the bumps,
on your neaa sne can tell you
whether you quarrel with your wife
or eat eggs for breakfast. Take the
"Honeymoon Trail," or see the air
ships and the submarines in actiojr"on
the seas. There is no end to the mar
vels displayed upon the carnival high
ways. :
Are you "soggy"? Have you a sour
disposition? Do the evenings weigh
heavily on your fun faculty?- Shake
it loose. Spend a dime. Go to the
big show and tango down the mid
way with a bag of confetti in your
hand. Rub elbows with the crowd
and watch the pretty girls go by; see
the "Monkey Circus" and the'5malt
est Mother in the World." Get light
headed for once in your life. It will
do you good, the board of governors
say. N
v "Take a Whirl." ; V
If you have trouble in getting that
light-headed feeling, apparatus is pro
vided on the grounds. Take a whirl
at the Merry-Go-Round, the Centri
fugal Swing and the - Ferris Wheel.
Guaranteed to shake the blues out of
you in every known direction. :
, - (By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept 27.--Colonel Roose
velt, today gave his own version of
the secret conference he held with the
German ambassador in 1912, (elating
to the, occupation of Venezuela by
Germany, an incident that then threat
ened to bring on a war betweenGer
many and the United States. Colonel
Roopevelf told the story for the first
time, he. said, in an address at a
luncheon, , , i- ,
"It was about a year after. I took
office," Colonel Roosevelt began. "Ger
many was then engaged, as she had
been for; years, in striving jto extend
her dominion all over the. world. She
had- in view certain chosen positions
in South America. This was why
Germany was the strongest foe of
the' Monroe doctrine. She aimed to
turn South. America into' a German
appendage. Venezuela at that time had
a dictator named Castro, commonly
known as the 'Monkey of the Andes,'
Handles Matter Himself. ' .
I was determined that Venezuela
should not become a German, posses
sion. Germany said it was not to be
permanent and did not define what
was meant by permanency. I per
mitted John Hay to write a number
of notes and then decided to handle
the matter myself. I sent for the Ger
man ambassador and said to this.
" 'This Venezuela business has been
going on long enough and I cannot af
ford to let it get to the point where
it will cause trouble for this country.'
"At that time England was backing
Germany and, while I had both against
me, I paid little attention to England,
but kept my eye on Germany. It was
the last flicker of England's antagon
ism to the United States. .,
"I called the attention of the am
bassador to the fact that Germany had
a squadron of warships near Vene
zuela, threatening the mouth of-the
proposed Istmian cailal. ,1 "demanded
a statement of what1 Germany meant
by temporary possession, saying I did
not propose to have any ninety-nine-year
leases. ... - ' i
' Arbitrate or War. '
"The ambassador told me he did
not feel at liberty to discuss such an
important question. That conference
wound up with the foHowing ulti
matum:" "'Tell your government that in ten
days it must arbitrate the matter or
I will send Dewey down there! ' Thir
ty days before I had ordered Dew$y
to take our fleet into West Indian
waters just for a friendly cruise, you
know.
" 'I cannot sed such a message, Mr.
President. I do not think you realize
what it means,' the ambassador re
plied. '
" 'You think it means war?' I asked.
" 'I do not want to say what . I
think,' was the reply. ,
" 'If it means war, you1 have chosen
the one spot where you can not fight
(Bf Associated Frees.) ,
British Front in France and Belgium, Sept. 25. (De
layed.) Once more the British fighting machine has crushed
its way through the German trenches along the Ypres battle
0 STRONG POINTS CAPTURED.
The offensive begun in the gray
dawn of a misty , morning had
by noon accomplished virtually all
that had been planned for it and this
afternoon the men of Australia, Eng
land and Scotland were holding posi
tions which , represented a gain . of
from 1,000 to 1,300 yards over a large
part of the sector involved. y
They had secured the whole of,
the Tower Hamlets ridge, which the.
Germans had fought so bitterly to
retain; iney were wear oi uio lamoui
Polygon wood, whose eastern slopes
had been filled with concrete - re-,
doubts and sniping shelters; they had
battled half way through Zonnebeke
village of immortal - memory, and
north' of the Ypres-Roulers railway
they were holding . many German ,
strongholds in the valley of the Hane
beek river. Hard fighting still con
tinued, especially south - of the
Polygon wood, where the Germans
were trying determinedly to regain
the .'round lost, and further counter
attacks were not unexpected, u - V '
Field Marshal Haig's men again
are striking in Flanders and the force
of their blow, like those which have
preceded it, is meeting with good re
sults on a front of nearly six miles.
, Continuous. and Sanguinary. I
TJie" advance oh tne extreme right
was not deep, but was in accord with
the plan to drive the Germans from
Tojver gambits, ridge.,, The battle for
"this position really began yesterday
when the Germans,, in an endeavor, to
push back the British flank, launched
a series of fierce counter attacks-on
both sides of .the .Ypres-Menin high
way. ,'v -. wr ' . '.
vThe fighting here yesterday , was
continuous and sanguinary for the
Germans kept throwing infantry in
waves agains the British position. The
defenders , were forced, to give way
slightly, but with undaunted courage
hurled themselves on the enemy with
such fierceness that they were able to
re-establish themselves ' before the
hour for the new- advance arrived.
British troops in this sector began:
inc new pusii in is morning uuuer mc
fatigue of many hours battling against
a determined foe, but they did their
work today and did it well. The fight
ing about Tower Hamlets was very
severe and the Germans were able to
get heavy machine gun fire on the
British from positions to the south. .
; ' ' Face Withering Fire.' , -. '
Along the Menin road the English
made the-slight advance v called for
under. a withering machine gun and
and artillery fire. North of the Ypres
Menin road , the line of -advance
swung out much further into enemy
territory to include ': the" polygon
wood and other important positions.
The. Australians, . who - negotiated
most of the territory between the
Ypres-Roulers railways' and -Ypres-Menin
road, appear to Have had com
paratively little trouble in getting
through, with the exception of a nar
row stretch just south of the. Polygon
(Continued on Fare Two, Column Four)
'
Conferees Finish Labors
On Huge War Tax Bill
Washington, Sept. 27. Complete
agreement on "the war fax bill was
reached by the house and senate con
ferees late " today and ' the revised
measure was sent to the printer.
Taxes aggregating between. $250,
000,000 and 30O,O0O,OOO were added by
the conferees to the $2,41 ,000,000 levy
proposed by the bill as it left'the sen
ate. Most of the increase was laid on
war increase profits, (DetaiIed an
nouncement of the conferees' revision
was postponed until tomorrow."
URUGUAYAN SENATORS LEAD LINE OF
MARCH IN ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION
Buenos Aires, Sept 25. (Delayed.) The greatest demonstration that
Buenos Aires has ever seen took place today as an evidence of the almost
unanimous feeling of the people against .Germany.
There were 200,000 marchers in line, led by a commission of Uru
guayan senators and deputies, while thousands lined the thoroughfares as
spectators. The populace threw flowers and tiny flags on the marchers
and cheered the Uruguayan congressmen, for their presence gave evidence
of the solidarity of Uruguay with the Argentine republic. -
wood, where the uermans held on
tenaciously for a time. They had to
fight their way through a more or less
intricate trench, system to Polygon
wood and encountered a great num-
(Continued on Pee J wo. Column Foot)
Ambulance Men -
. Leave for Campp i
V Bousing Setoff
Omaha Ambulance company,; the
last ennsiea military unit to leave, en
trained for Fort .Taylor, near. Louis
ville, Ky., at $2$ o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Several thousand 'people
assembled at. the Union station be
fore train time to bid the field ambu
lance workers "God speed." The of
ficers and men in the ambulance unit
will go into. training at Fort Taylor
preparatory to leaving for European
battlefields. . - . t
The men scrambled aboard the train
joyously,- for orders ,to: leave had
been' countermanded several times
within the last few weeks. Some of
them even were afraid a "stop order"
might come at the last minute and
they all breathed sighs of relief as the
train pulled out of the station on the
hrst . lap j.ot their journey. The trip
will be made by way of St. Louis. .
Three Men Claiming to Be v
' .! From Fourth Leave Cody
; Deming;, N! M.;' Sept 27. (Special ,
Telegram.) News has been received
here of the arrest at Carricoco-, N. M,
a division point on the Rock Island
railroad system, of William Sullivan,
Forest Hazellon and H. G. Peters, alt
claiming to be soldiers in Company I
of the Fourth Nebraska infantry. The
officer who sent them to jail reported
that the men said they had left Camp
Cody. They were found in a car load
ed with machinery-