THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY,' OCTOBER 20, 1917
YEGGMEN FAIL IN
ROBBEM ATTEMPT
, Frightened Away Before They
Get Any Loot From the
Waterloo Bank Friday
Morning.
'
. Expert cracksmen attempted a
burglary of the Waterloo bank about
3 ; a. ni. yesterday. A complete
oxygen-acetyline apparatus worth
about $500, with a half-inch blow
pipe, capable of delivering a ; four
inch steel-cuttinsr flame for cutting
out the combination from the vault
door, was abandoned by the burglars
when they accidentally touched the
combination of the vault and set off
he alarm.
Miss Mary Mendehhal, a scftool
teacher rooming - aeross the street
from the bank, was the only .person
awakened by the alarm She saw
from her window a For! automobile
in front of the'hank and. rushed to
the phone to call Cashier E. L.-Lio-quist,
but could Ret no response from
central. . ,
See Men Drive Away.
She returned to the window and
saw two men ' run from behind the
bank to the auto and drive away.
"If I had had a gun I would have
fired at the machine to mark it for
Identification later the plucky school
mistress said.
After three-quarters of an hofr's
work with the phone she was able to
rouse the night man at the telephone
office and Cashier Linquist, the town
marshal, and Deputy Sheriff W. A
Foster of Omaha were notified. .
When Chief Deputy Foster and
Charles W. Hoye arrived in Water
loo about daylight they found tfie
rear window 'of the bank, had been
jimmied and the four-foot oxygen"
tank lying in the, bank in front of
the vault. The ac'etyline tank and. a
case, containing pressure gauges, tub
ing, blow-pipe, new cotton gloves and
smoked glass goggles were' found, in
the bushes outside the bank.
- Modern Apparatus.
The apparatus is of the type used
bv skilled metropolitan crooks atjd is
similar to the steel-cutting devices'
used w locomotive shops and steer
construction works. The oxygen tank
is number D-4375 and the acetylini
tank 446617.
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THE INDIAN DRUM- By William Mac , anf, thefe trjbnt
Ham ana cawin uaimer. Lime iirown
Company, i.tt.
The scenes of this story are laid
principally in present-day Chicago
and the novel is based on a legend
that near the northern end of Lake
Michigan a sound like the booming
of an .Indian drum is heard when
ever tie lake takes a life. But when
the steel freighter 'Miwaka" with
twenty-five sduIs on board went
to French
genius in painting, architecture, sculp
ture, surgery and medicine, and edu
cation by Edwin Howland Blashfield,
Cass Gilbert, Frederick MacMonnies,
Dr. Charles H. Mayo and Dr. John
Finley.
Woman's World, the, magazine of
the country, which has been owned
for a number of years by the West
Virginia Pulp and Paper company,' has
oeen bought outright by Walter W.
down in 1895 the drum beat only Manni ngho has been ,iwtj8ing
Wrong Bank Called;. Hill's ,
r Check Good, Friends Assert
Friends of Newell C Hill . of Shel
by, la., who, was bound over to the
district court on a charge of forgery
preferred by the Brandeis s.tores, and
held in $750 bonds, appeared at po
lice headquarters and 6aid that a mis
take had been made. ,
It was asserted Mr. Hill had money
. in the Farmers' bank of Shelby, artd
that whoever telephoned to ascertain
if the check for $32 .was good did not
get into communication with the right
bank.
The check was given in payment
tor clothing. Hill s tnendsjvere in
dignant. He will be releasee! by the
authorities immediately. '
Former King Constantine
In Critical Condition
Paris, Oct. 19. A Zurich disbafch
to. the Matin says the old wound of
former ,King Constantine of Greece
has- reopened and that an operation
wfs performed at the Sauerbjuith
clinic inZurich, yesterday, ; His con
dition- r said to be most graven
Two operations were pef formed on
Constantine in 1915; the first nUt hav
ing resulted in healing of the wound,
and for a time his life was despaired
of. Reports were current at thetime
that He had been stabbed, but they
were denied and it was said he. was
suffering from pleurisy. '
Bid for Construction of
Myny Ice Plant Accepted
Harry Kiewit was successful bid
der for erection of the municipal -ice
plant at Twentieth street and' Popnie
ton ,avenue . in connection with Mhe
metropolitan water plant. The ac
cepted bid was $23,259.
The building and equipment will
cost $125,000 and a storage house will
cost $60,000. The capacity of the
plant will be 100 tons per twenty
four hours.
' The metropolitan water board , ex
pects to have the plant in operation
in time to serve consumers next sea
son. Food Robbers Loot
Stores and Leave Cash
Aurora, 111., Oct 19. The cry for
food was brought home to well fed
farming folk in striking fashion last
night by automobile robbers who
raced from one Kendall county vil
lage to another, plundering grocery
stores, while passing up cash regis
ters. The robbers drove a big truck
and made stops at general" stores in
Millington, Newark, Lisbon and
Helma, about twenty miles south of
here. Sheriffs of Jialf a dozen coun
ties are scouring the countryside, for
the food robbers.
twenty-four. Years after there came
to Chicago Alan Conrad wno nad
grown up to manhood in ignorance
of his birth and parenthood. He was
told that he was the son of Benjamin
Corvet, head of the big Chicago firm
of Corvet, Sherriil & Spearman, but
Corvet had mysteriously disappeared,
following a quarrej with his junior
partner ji'st befote Conrad's arrival.
There is a conflicting love interest
which adds to the romantic' features
of this narrative.
THE CASE OP MARY SHERMAN. By
Jasper Ewlng Brady. Brjtlon Publishing
company. SI. 35.
.This is a story of immense signif
icance in which two men of strong
character battle for and against the
public welfare Both lose, both win,
through "The Girl of Mystery." The
author, himself a man of action, has
kept his big story moving from be-
g inning to end.
THE BLUE STREAK. By Jack Hlnes.
George H. Doran company. $1.35.
There are two kinds of heroes in
these spirited stories of the ,Yukon
these and hogs Those sp'endid
thoroughbreds descendents of the
gray timber wolf are almost human
jn their sympathy and are shown in
many grave and critical crises in
which -their courage and resourceful
ness match and often surpass that of
their manly owners and friends.
"Betcher Boots," is the story of an
Indian-of-ajl-work, of a villain, Laduc,
and of . a legal tangle in which a
string of sleek roving malamutes are
concerned. "This Aims to be a Dog
Country, is the story of a disagree
ment between sheep 'and dogmen. In
"Scar Face," Mr. Hines tells of a
race for, life across Puget Sound and
of the exploits or the famous wolf
bred malamute, "Brandy."
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL. By 5.
W. Borcham. The Abingdon Press, pub
lisher. II. Ji.
It is always worth while to see the
other sideof the hill and the other
side of things, even if that side were
windswept, bleak anl bar, to Re
turn at least contented and with
fresh views. The ideas are suggestive,
stimulating, original and striking.
director since 1914. Before becom
ing associatetd with this publication,
Mr. Manning was advertising direc
tor of McClure Publications, Inc., and
previous to that had spent sixteen
years in mercantile life, where he had
every opportunity , to stuiy the manu
facturer's problems of distribution..
Miscellaneous.,
NEWS WRITING. By M. LyU Speneer. t.
V. Heath & 'Co., publishers. 11.25,
This bock deals tvith the gathering,
handling and writing of news stories.
It contains the sort of definite and
explicit directions' and advice that the
young reporter needs in order to do
satisfactory work. The book is of
value also to newspaper correspond
ents and to all who have any part in
the gathering of news and putting it
into shape tor publication. V
Women Workers Wear Feminalls
j1
fir.
DOWN THE ANDES.
Ob..
Century
pub-
VAGABONDING
By Hairy A. Franck.
Ushers. (1. 00,
This book is the result of four
years of exploring In South America,
traveling alone, on foot, from village
to village down the terrible length of
the Andes'. The book might be called
a footnote to Pan-Americanism, for it
is a significant ' study, of the human
nature of half a continent. But above
all it is a book of adventure and color
and incident as entertaining, as the
Arabian Nights. I
Secretary Lane Cancels
Liberty Loan Speaking
Washington, Oct. 19. Secretary
Lane, forced to cancel his Liberty
loan speaking trip yesterday because
of a heavy cold, was reported much
better today and probably will be at
his desk in a few days.
Holland Will Not 'Supply
Coal to Foreign Vessels"
Rotterdam, Oct. 19. Foreign
steamships will not be supplied with
bunker coal in Dutch ports, accord
ing to the Maasbode. This measure,
it adds, will be taken owing to the
scarcity of coal in Holland.
the White Christmas and othr
MERRY CHRISTMAS PLAYS. By Walter
Ben llaru. DenUon, publisher. 76 cents.
Six charming plays for children of
all ages, for young folks in the teens
and for grownups. Complete de
scriptions, for producing. Costumes
fully described; alsx an illustration of
each character, showing exactly" how
the part should, be made up.
New Bfshops of Protestant
Episcopal Church Named
Chicago, Oct. 19. Rev. John C.
Sage of St. James church, Keokuk,
la., wis chosen missionary bj'shop of
the Salina (Kan.) district of the
Protestant Episcopal church today,
'and Rev. W..P. Remongton xof St.
Paul church, Minneapolis, was chosen
suffragan bishop of Soilth Dakota.
The choice was made at a meeting
of bishops of the church three days
ago. . ,
Guy Leach, Alleged Holdup
Wanted Here, Taken in.K. C,
Police Sergeant Frank Murphy
went 'to Kansas City Friday to get
Guy Leach, alleged to have been im
plicated in a holdup here at Elev
enth and Harnev streets last May
and who was taken by the Kansas
City police. Authorities' have been
searchif? for Leach for months. He
waived extradition.
A. Mitchell Palmer is
Named Alien Custodian
Washington, Oct. 19. A. Mitchell
Palmer of Swarthmore, Pa., former
representative ;in congress, was today
Vpoinfed alien property custodian
under the trading-wilh-the-enemy
law. v
IntiSr-american ACQUAINTANCES,' by
Charles Lion Chandler, the Unl. Press of
. Eswaneo, Tenn., S1.25.
, A book tha. does much to
strengthen Pan-Americanism. It 'ex
ercises an exceedingly bei.eficial and
powerful force for forwarding tfie
development of Pan-American solid
arity and for attaining the ideal ' of
fraternity amog the peoples of the
new world. It contains much out of
the way information about our S,outh
American neighbors, . . .
.... .,, i ' -
Harper's Magazine for September
features the article, "How Battles are
Fought Today," in which Gene'ral
Malleterre of the French aj-my tells
of new conditions (of offensive war
fare, while another is ."Portugal's
Object Lesson to the United States,"
how a small country raised a. power
ful army in on.e year. Very interest
ing is Wilbur Steel's "At the Ocean
Crossroads," in which he "gives a
very clear description' . of the islands
rfo'w belonging 'to the United Sta'tes,
the lofty mountains, the vegetation,
the peculiar inhabitants and their, old
costume's and livfng.
St Nicholas for October contains
many features of exceptional value,
both (to young and their "parents. The
novel' series of adventure stories
which Mrs. Florence Partello Stuart
has been contributing for the past few
months under the " title, "Pangs." the
Moro Jungle Boy," ends in this num
ber. Other articles appearing in this
number are "The" Home of Two
Neighbors, Poet and Blacksmith," by
Vlyn (Jdhnson: "The Watch) Tower,"
by Dr. S.; E. Forman, avreview of cur
rent affairs; "Nature and Science for
Young Folks," "The Letter Box," etc.
"Author s Rights and Wrongs." are
discussed in the leading article in
the October number of "TlMi Writer,"
by Edward Smythe. F. D. Stickney
gives rules for "Practical Index
making." .There is an interesting and
suggestive article on "Selling Ideas"
and an account of the methods of
Henry James is given by his secre
tary. -'
Everybody's i for October: .'The
Killing of Rasputin," by Lincoln Stef-
fens, is the first, full account, to -be;
fuuiiaiicu in una ivuiiu,y, ui uic iiiciii-
ner in which Gregory Rasputin met
his death at the hands of a lew Rus
sian nobles under the leadership of
a grand duchess. Under 'the caption.
"She Tackles the Job " Edward Hun-
gertord writes an article that is a
wonderful eye-opener about American
women's work in war ime. Most im
portant among the fiction 'offerings.1
is the first installment of a Serial bv
Jackson Gregory. Other Very inter
esting stories are "John Mitchell, by
William Hard; "An Ounce of Loy
alty,"' by R. N. Wall, and "In the
Otfcland." by JameS Hendrvx. - " '
The World's Work for October is
an "Appreciation of France. - Ralph
W. Page tells of "Our Debt of Grati
tude to France' for the aid is ren
dered to us in the Revolutinary war,
AT .Tllff FRONT IN A FLTWER. By Wit
' Ham Yorke Stevenson. Houghton-illfnin
Co., publishers. S1.25-.
This latest ambulance book pos
sesses fire and flavor indicated in its
very title. It is written by William
Yorke ' Stevenson,the young Phila
delphia newspaper man, who took the
actual seat of Leslie. Buswell on the
authentic "Ambulance. No. 10. The
book gives a vivid, vital description of
the conditions of warfare under.whiclfl
our own troops are now fighting on
the western front. ;
The women employes of Morris &
Co., packers, of Chicago, have
adopted a new dress for women in
the industrial work. The new gar-
tfJW t W .,-, s NX wtt H w ww. N M
. CVVis.
ment is called the "feminalls and
was adopted as an economical and
"safety first" measure. There is less
danger for the worker around ma
chinery. ,
TO FIND COST OF
RAISING MR. HOG
Committee Nominated to Be
AppointecTby Hoover to
Compare Rrice With
Corn.
D03 AND DON'TS IN THE ARMT. By
Lieutenant Harold Hersey. . Brttton Pub.
Ushtng Co., publishers. 0 cents.
This book contains practically
everything which will be of use tov4he
recruit. It aims to supply much
needed concise information for men
who contemplate enlisting and for
those already enlisted officers and
privates. The author has endeavored
to help the beginner find his way
through the tortuous mass of detailed
knowledge he must acquire as well
as furnish ready reference for the
more experienced. s .
New High Prices for !
Foodstuffs Reached
In England This Fall
Ottawa, Ontario, Oct. - 19.-Beef
and mutton in England now exceed
their pre-war prices by 18 pince per
pound, says report published in the
government labor gazette. Butter
and bacon are now double their pre
war, level. Milk is 78 per cent higher
than in Jury, 1914. These figures and
the following table of per cent in
creases since . the war are contained
in a London dispatch to the Ottawa
agency of Renter's, Limited:
' Beef,, nearly 100; muttori, 97,- im
ported fceef, 132 imported mutton,
iS3; bacon, 110; fish, 150; sugar, 190;
butter, 99; cheese, 91; eggs, 160.
In the cost of all items usually (entering-
into the .working class family,
including food, rent, clothing, fuel
and light, tie increase has been nearly
80 per cent, allowing 5 per cent for
the advances due to increased taxa
tion. ' ' :
Thirty principal towns itt Australia
showed an increase in food prices 26
per cent higher than in July, 1914.
0 '
Jesse H. Jones Named -
Red Cross Director
Washington, Oct. 19. Appoint
ment of Jesse H. Jones, a Houston,
Tex., business man, as director gen
eral of military relief of the Ameri
can "Red Cross was announced today
by the Red Cross war council. He
succeeds John D. Ryan, recently ap
pointed by President Wilson to mem
bership on the war council, and, will
serve without compensation for the
duration of the wan He will super
vise tfye activties of the Red Cross in
rendering such service as it will be
called upon by the army to cive in t
connection with the camps and can
tonments and also the bureaus of
base hospitals and hospital units,
medical service, sanitary service, camp
service and canteen Service.
A commission to ascertain the cost
of production of 1(JQ pounds live hogs
in bushels of corn was named for
appointments by Food Administrator
Hoover by the hog committee of the
United States Live Stock industry at
Des Moines Thursday,
The hog committee, acting under
instructions from Administrator
Hoover, named seven men tp con
stitute the special production com
mittee. This committee has been in
structed to meet in Chicago as soon
as possibleand report its findings to
Hoover. The findings of this com
mittee will net as a basis for price
fixing, it is said, when the government
takes the packers under license.
The special production committee
was named as followsrN. H. Gentry,
Sedalia, Mo., prominent hog breeder
and farmer; W. A. Williams, Mar
low, Okl., one of the leading hog
Lbreeders of the south; Tait Butler,
r Birmingham, Ala., editor of Success
ful Farmer, graduate veterinarian and
hog man; E. W. Burdic, Herman,
Neb., raiser of 2,000 to 3,000 hogs a
year for fifteen years; John M." El
vard, Ames, la., head of swine de
partment of Iowa Agricultural col
lege; L. P. Funk, Bloomington, 111.;
seed corn man , ana extensive nog
grower J. H. Shinner, Purdue, Ihd.,
professor of animal husbandry of In
diana Agricultural college.
E. Z. Russell, editor of the Twen
tieth Century Farmer, .is an Omaha
min who is a member of the hog com
mittee which appointed the-special;
production committee.
but must pull out in the peace nego
tiates whatever could be obtained for
Germany.
Herr Hoch cited this as proof of the
ambiguous game the government is
playing with its various indefinite
peace declarations.
Want Soldiers to Eat ,
Storage Eggs to Save
Wholesalers' Big Loss
New York, Qct. 19. The use of
cold storage eggs as army rations will
be sugegsted to the government, it
was learned today, by representatives
of the butter and egg exchanges of
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago arid
New York, and the mercantile ex
change of New York.
Chicago packers are said to own
millions of, cold storage eggs for
which there is no demand because
the supply today greatly exceeds that
which existed at the time the eggs
were put aside.
The holdings are said to be 13.2
per cent greater than a year ago, and
tile market value is Considerably less
than when they were put in storage.
Wholesalers are said to be facing riiil-
lions ot dollars in losses.
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Bethmann-Hollweg's
Peace Policy 'Get All
You (fen for Germany' ,
Copenhagen, Oct. 19. The . key to
the policy of the German government
in refusing to make any definite state
ment of peace terrts is furnished by
Herr Hoch a socialist member of the
Reichstag. German newspapers re
port that the deputy told yesterday
how1 Dr. vonBethmann-Hollweg, be
fore his retirement as imperial chan
cellor, declared to the socialist mem
bers' of the Reichstag that as chan-cellor-he
could not commi himself,
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A Range, high closet
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I $25.00 and $29.50
A Range, high closet
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A Range, high closet
' style, 6-hole, 18-in.
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$37.50 and $39.50
A Range, high closet
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Gullen (Cigars) 721 Park Ave.
Dir.uzzo Pharmacy. 1223 S. 24th
Dcp'.er fears) 1339 Park Ave.
Goldman Pharmacy. 2401 Leavenworth
Graham (Groceries) 2353 S. 29th
Hanscom Park Pharmacy . 1501 Park Ave.
Huff Pharmacy. 2S24 Leavenworth
Karlquist (Cigars) 2719 Leavenworth
Kearney Pharmacy; 2502 Leavenworth
Kulha Pharmacy. . . i : 1101 Park Ave.
Lucke Pharmacy. 3524 Leavenworth
Myers Pharmacy . . . , 7 2S23 Leavenworth .
Nelscn Confectionery.. ...2581 Leavenworth ,
Patrick Pharmacy 203 Leavenworth
Pickard Grdfcery. . .- 58th and Center
Slutzky (Groceries) I .. . .3303 Leavenworth
Waples (Groceries) '. 3124 Leavenworth
West Side Pharmacy.. 4725 Leavenworth
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are conveniently arranged in a long
line, of the snappiest values we
have, ever shown at one time on our
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$9.00, $11.75, $12.75, $14.50, $16.75,
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Distinctly Mew Service
for Travelers
Next time you're at either of the. Omaha depots waiting to get tip town,
look for one of our big, handsome, roomy motor buses that will begin operating
tomorrow, Monday, October 15th. This is a service you will appreciate because
by it you will be carried quickly and comfortably to any point in the up-town
district , '
PASSENGER BUSES OPERATING BETWEEN DEPOTS AND H3TELS
These buses will go as far west as 20th street, as far north as Davenport
street, as far south as Leavenworth street.- They will run from 6 o'clock in the
morning until 2 o clock at night, in charge of careful, competent drivers
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