Omaha Daily
PART TWO
EDITORIAL SECTION
PAGES 11 TO 18
VOL. XLVIL NO. 137.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1917.
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. HOPES KAISER IS
BADLYBEATEN
Arrested Here Because He Was
Former Officer; Says Only
. Thing United States
Could Do.
"It is impossible for Germany to
win this war and most of the in
telligent people in Germany realize
it by this time," said : Lieutenant
Walter Krohnert, late of the Prus
sian Dragoons, as he sat in United
Site's Marshal Flynn's office wait
0g to be taken to Fort Douglas,
V'tah, for internment.
The former lieutenant is a young
man of pleasing appearance and
manner. He was arrested here while
on his way from San Francisco to
Chicago.
"My arrest was largely my own
fault," he said with a smile. "I re
ceived a letter from a friend in San
Francisco telling me I Hfcd been
drawn in the first draft. I went to
the registration board here to inquire
whether I could be put in the army
here without going back to San Fran-
Cisco, men i was arresiea. .inc
fact that I had been an officer in the
German army, I supposed cast sus
picion on me. I can see how it is.
This country cannot afford to take
any chances. They would do the
same to an American officer in Ger
many." i . Foolish Question.
"Are you loyal to this country?"
je was asked.
He laughed as though , the ques
tion was, foolish:
"I am perfectly loyal, more so than
some Americans," he said. "I am
for the allies, heart and soul. I would
eladlv ko into the American army,
but I can easily see why I would
be looked on with suspicion.
'"What do you think about Ger
many deposing the kaiser and be
eominfi' a renublic?" he was asked.
"I believe that very thing- will be
done. I sincerely hope so."
"But isn't it true that the Germans
almost worship the kaiser?"
"No," he replied. "It is only the
ignorant classes who do that."
"How about the army officers"
f Loyal for Pay.
"Thev are loyal to iunkerdom for
the reasou that they 'are getting
plenty of money out of it. Also tneir
social position as officers is the
highest. They get the best of every
thing and naturally want to continue
the present regime. But it is crumb
ling away rapidly."
"How did you come to leave Ger-
Pinched For Transporting
Booze to Omaha From K. C.
Fred Willie of Omaha and Thomas
M. King, a Pullman porter running
between Omaha and Kansas Citv,
wee taken in charge by federal offi
cers on the charge of transporting
liquor from Kansas City to Omaha.
In their possession were two suit
cases containing seven and a half gal
Ions of whisky. In default of bail
they were placed in the county jail.
OMAHA GLASS FIRM
MADE BIG BRANCH
Midland Glass and Faint Com
pany to Be Operated as
Branch of Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co.
Frank W. Judson announces that
the Midland Glass and Paint company
will be operated after December 1 as
a branch of the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass company. Details of the trans
fer were completed while Mr. Judson
was m Pittsburgh last vek.
The Midland company has been in
business here 18 years, purchasing: the
business of the Kennard Glass and
Paint company in 1899. In 1902 the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass company
bought controlling interest in the
company, Messrs. Frank W. Judson
and H. H. Baldrige remaining in the
new organization. The business has
grown to be the largest elass and
paint establishment in the west and
ranks as one of the largest distribu
tors of glass and paints in the United
Mates.
lAr. Judson remains with the com
pany as general manager in charge of
the territory, which comprises west
ern Iowa, Nebraska, Black Hills. S.
D.; Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and
Idaho, with branch distributing points
at Denver and Salt Lake. There will
be no. changes whatever in the gen
eral conduct of the business, T. B.
Loleman remaining as assistant man
ager and E. li. Ward as office man
ager, with Jame3,,Ebersole as resident
manager in Colorado.
DRAFT AGE MEN
CANNOT ENLIST
AFTER SET DATE
Those Falling Under First Clas
sification Must Join Colors
By December 15 or
Await Call.
many . . .
-" "I attended a'socialtsf meeting in
Koenigsburg, East Prussia. ,1 am
not a socialist but I went to this
meeting where the kaiser was at
tacked by the speakers. It became
known "that I was there and I was
told by my superiors to resign or I
would be ousted. Of course, I re
signed. I took ship for America,
landing at Galvestonf Tex. There
I took the train to Los Angeles and
three days later I took out my first
papers as an American citizen, j
nave no 'ove for Germany because I
know .he hollow foundation on which
, the whole seemingly sound structure
' is built."
Hopes War Will End Soon.
t Krohnert is highly edu-
;ated. He studied Latin and Greek,
speaks fluent frrencn ana Russian
and almost perfect English. Two of
his brothers, one a lawyer and the
nttipr a doctor, were ki lea on tne
Rfian front earlv in war.
In Marshal Flynn's office he was
shown a newspaper telling of the big
British victory at camDrai. ine neu
"That is fine, fine," he said. "I
thev will keep it up. I
fcnn ennn to see the end of this war.
That will mean the 'end of the kaiser
md the junkers in Germany and the
beginning ot tne uerman peopica
. freedom."
f Lieutenant Krohnert was anxious
to know whether there are laciuues
for study at Fort Douglas. "I was
studying law when I was arrested,
he said, "and I would like to keep that
up."
Rev. C. E. Cobbey to Talk
On Boys at Deming Sunday
Rev. Charles E. Cobbey, who was
called to Fort Deming by the
Young Men's Christian association as
religious work director and who has
been there since the 1st of August,
has returned and will preach at the
First Christian church Sunday morn
ing, where he is pastor. About 30 of
the members of his congregation have
entered the service of their country,
among thtm Major Todd and Louis
R. Smith, .ho is in 'he city and soon
goes to France i.i Young Men's Chris
tian association work, and the church
is providing a large service flag to be
jiung '.n the church, on which will
be placed a star representing each
soldier from its congregation.
Rev. Mr. Cobbey' s large class of
young men will give him a rousing
reception. From now on he will be
busy at his old pastorate. Monday
night he officiates at a wedding of one
of his church members. Wednesday
oight at the annual church meeting
i reception will be tendered h;m.
His subject Sanday morning will be
'Our 3oys at Denting;" evening.
The War's Challenge to the Church."
J. M. Robinson Dies After
Collapse in Street Car
J. M. Robinson, 41S0 Erskine street,
esterday died in a doctor's office
at Fortieth and Cuming streets, where
he was taken after he had thrown up
his hands and collapsed in a street
car.
He was 72 years old. He died be
fore Tom Reidy, his son-in-law, desk
.sergeant at the police station, could
tach his side.
T Passengers in the street car saw
Xobinson . throw up his hands and
-hen sink to the floor. He was taken
nto a doctor's office which the street
.-ar was nassine. i
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Union Oufitting Company
Employes Enjoy Dance
A dance was given Wednesday
evening by the Union Outfitting
company for 200 employes, on tne
second floor of its building. Elab
orate arrangements had been made in
advance foi this dance and the entire
floor was beautifully decorated. Mu
sic was furnished by a jazz band and
there was an abundance of refresh
ments. This is one of a series of
dances that have been given. Prizes
were given to the best dancers. From
the youngest to the oldest the em
ployes had the "time of their lives."
South Side Home Robbed
Of Money and Jewelry
'Aouantity of jewelry and $10 in
pfcsh'werft stolen irfitn the home of
J. H. Kirfenbrink, 6605 South Thir
teenth'street, South Side, according to
report made to police. Burglars
obtained entrance to the house by
jimmvinjr a window sash.
After Decemt..- 15 men of draft
age who are placed under the first
classification in the new order of call
ing men to the colors will not be
permitted to enlist in any branch of
military service.,
Whether this new ruling means that
men expertly qualified for other
branches of the services, but who have
not enlisted, will be forced to serve
in the infantry is not clear to local
exemption board members. The
chances of a drafted man in the in
fantry being transferring to another
branch of the service are not overly
bright. So many of these requests
are received that military, authorities
frown on the system, it is declared.
Un.der certain conditions, however,
men subject to conscription in . the
four other classes will be accepted.
What these conditions are and what
the requirements may be have not
been made public.
Should Consult Attorney.
The new questionaires, a sample
copy of which has been received by
the local board, consists of 16 pages
to be tilled out. Drafted men are
urged to seek the assistance of their
attorneys or other experienced per
sons when filling them out. Mis
takes cannot be erased on the qucs
tionaire. '
The ,)lan of the local board is to
begin the mailing of the copies the
latter part of December, 5 per cent
being sent out each day. At this rate
20 days will be consumed in the undertaking.
six Nebraska men who appealed to
the president for exemption in the
first draft were denied their claims.
They were John C. Bull, Henry C.
Grebe, Herman Henninger, Fred
Villwok, Al S. Doll, William G. Klenk
and Walter Welmeyer.
Other statistics for the state show
that in the 57 districts of this section,
of which six are in Douglas county,
3,906 men filed exemption appeals,
1,764 were discharged and 817 dis
charged on appeal.
Mare Island Lads Want
Nice Girls to Write Them
"Three jolly sailors," V. H. Vance,
K. B. Riley and O. A. Kampschmidt
of the United States naval wireless
school, Mare Island, Cal., want let
ters from young woman readers of
The Bee.
"We would derive much pleasure
from the letters, as we are expecting
to leave for 'somewhere in France
in the near future," they say.
Will some nice girls please write?
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I SHIPPED Ai
fine line of i
presents!
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Our stock of new clean merchandise for
the early Xmas shopper is complete, from
perfume for milady to razors for the soldier
boys. You can conveniently select your gift
for "her" or "him" at this popular store. t
Drug Specials
35c Castoria 24c
50c Hay's Hair Health. .26c
50c Orazin Tooth Paste. .34c
25c Nature's Remedy. . .16c
30c Mentholatum 19c
Ivory
We have a complete line
of Combs, Brushes, Mirrors,
Nail Files, Buffers, Talcum
Powder Boxes, Clocks, Cu
'ticle' Knives and other spe
cialties. Cigars
The boys at the front ap
preciate cigars. We have
them in boxes for mailing,
from $1.15 a box and up.
Perfumes
Large line of imported
and domestic perfumes in
fancy packages.
Candy
80c Melba Chocolates. .496
We are agents for Huyler's
and Allegretti Chocolates,
to 5-lb. boxes.
50c Nadine Powder ..29c
50c Syrup of Figs and Senna,
at 39c
1 lb. Peroxide Hydrogen, 21 e
'4 lb. Peroxide Hydrogen,
at 6c
Listerine, 10c, 18c, 36c
and 72c
50c Ice Mint, for corns, 34c
$1.50 Goutorbe Face Pow
der, all shades 98c
35c box Linen Stationery,
at ; 19c
Pure Epsom Salts, lb.... 7c
Castol's (a mild laxative),
at 25c
Fountain Pens
$2.50 Beaton Special Self-Filling Pens,
at $1.50
Conklin's and Waterman's Self-Filling
Pens, from $2.50 and up.
Edison Mazda Lamps
25, 40 and 50-Watt 27c
60-Watt Lamps 36e
We deliver, and install
Free of Charge.
Photo Dept.
Ansco Vest Pocket Camera,
at $7.50 and up.
Mail Orders Receive Ouf Prompt Attention.
Beaton Drug Co.
15th and Farnam.
Jewelers and Optical Men
To Hold Joint Convention
The Nebraska Retail Jewelers' as
sociation and the Nebraska Associa
tion oi Optometry will hold their
convention jointly February 20 to 23.
1918. This was decided by the execu
tive committees of the two bodies in
session at the Paxton hotel. Presi
dent Al Hastings and Secretary Ed
Fanske were here for the jewelers'
association, together with other mem
bers of the executive com.nittee.
The jewelers will hold their conven
tion February 20 and 21, while the op
tometrists will come on with theirs
February 22 and 23. A tentative pro
gram has been agreed upon. For" en
tertainment the traveling men will
give one of their famous Ku Ku cele
brations the night of Thursday, Feb
ruary 22. The initiations in this or
der of classy nonsense have become,
famous, and this vear it is whispered
the ladies are to be admitted and in
itiated as "Ku Kucttes."
That extra room will pay your coal
bill. Kent it through a Bee Want Ad
Mills- Forced to Move as
Revenue Business Expands
The expanding business of collect
ing United States taxes has neces
sitated larger quarters for the force
in the federal building in Omaha.
The internal revenue officers have
been enlarged by taking in the two
big rooms used by Hugh Mills, local
bVad of the secret service. Mr. Mills'
office has been moved to the fourth
floor of the federal building,' where
it occupies two large rooms in the
northwest corner.
Wrestling Match to Be Held
Under New City Ordinance
The first articles of agreement for a
wrestling match under provisions of
a recent city ordinance have been
filed with the city clerk in connection
with a contest to be held in the Audi
torium between Joseph Stecher and
Charles Peters. The city now has
complete control of wrestling matches,
even to the sale of tickets. The pur
pose of the new ordinance was to dis
courage fake matches.
One-Minute
Store Talk
This is your clean up, your
opportunity to realize on our
foresight.
AH savings represented be
tween the low prices at
which we acquired these su
perb clothes and the greatly
advanced price which they
are now worth is Yours.
Throughout our stocks we
could not duplicate the same
garment for within 25
to 334, but we regard it
good business to
sell as we bought
Get your share
Today.
JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.
WM. L. IIOLZMAN, Treas..
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able fashions. ff , iV
Overcoat Valines
That Challenge the World
NOT only the most wonderful fabric values in overcoats,
but the finest, most distinguished models; largest selec
tions Omaha or the west has ever known under one roof. A
combined exposition of all that's new; practical or ultra
fashionable models from a serviceable, warm (over
coat at $10 to the finest London Great Coat at $60,
or a Nutria Beaver collar dress overcoat at $100.
Here's every man's overcoat store, in every sense of
the word. Featuring tre- aa dnn
'mendous selections at pl) JpD'
Overcoat Assortments Five to Fifteen Times
Larger Than ElsewhereCompare
Persian Lamb, Beaver, Hudson
Seal and Astrachan Fur Col
lar Overcoats
Young men's special styles
Form-Fitting, Belted, Trench
or Box Coats at
$15 $20 S25 $30 $35
"Bonavestis," London, Eng
land's blue bloods of overcoat
making real style aristocrats,
$35 $40 $45 $50 $60
Silk-Lined Chesterfields, Im
ported Meltons, Beavers, Mon
te gnacs, Worumbo
$25 $30 $35 $40 $50
$25 $30 $35 $40
$50 to $10
Motor Ulsters, Storm Collar or
convertible. Greens, olives, nov
elty weaves
$15 $20 $25 $30 $35
Moleskin "trench" overcoats.
Real reproductions. Self or
beaver collars, interlined with
leatherette at $25
Fur and Fur-Lined Overcoats $50 to $125
These fur coat prices save you 25 to 33i3 on the present
market. " " '
Men's and Young Men's Winter Suits
Finest Expression of Ready for Service Tailoring
rn HERE'S a splendid example of this greater store's value-leader-ship
in the smart suits we offer today. Men's and young men's
models from the extreme, dashing Military belt style to the most con
servative models. Every size and proportion can be found here. We've
assembled thousands of suits where others show hundreds. Make your
Fall and Winter suit satisfaction a certainty, $15, $20, $25, $30, $35, $40
A Few of This Greater Clothing Store's Special Features.
Society Brand Clothes Hickey-Freeman Quality Clothes Fashion Park Clothes
Adler-Rochester Clothes Levy Bros.' Clothes
and a host of other fine lines. Most representative fine clothes display we've ever presented.
Thousands of Warm Sweater Coats
For Men, Women, Boys and Girls
Bought before the sharp advance in price, enab
ling us to offer values unequalled in the city.
Men's Heavy Knitted Sweater Coats sleeveless vests; Military styles;
Athletic sweaters with or without collars; V M CA tQ CA
neck coats and jerseys all practical colors.
Women's Zcpbjrr and Shet
land Sweaters, Rose, Salmon,
Sky, Pink, Nile, Copen, Ox
ford; Angora trimmed
37.45 to $9.95
Women' Heavy Knitted and
medium weight sweaters,
shawl or sailor collar, belted
all colors
$3.95 to 311.95
Girl' Sweaters, heavy and
medium weight, sailor and
shawl collar, belted contrast
trimmed, $1.50 to 80.95
Children's Sweater Sets $3.50 to $6.95
Finest Neckwear for Men
Elegant wide-flowing end four-in-hands from the finest neckwear makers in
America. Persian silks, inlaid silks, tapestry, rich satins, Oriental silks, Roman stripes,
shadow weaves, brocades. Nothing like it elsewhere 50c, 65c, $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50.
Men' Flannel Skirts
All wanted styles and colors
$1.50 to $4
CHIRT selections unparallellel! See them in our new all-under glass displays
a Metropolitan shirt stock, $1, S1.50, $2. $2:50. $3 to S7.50
Manhattan Shirts
Bates Street Shirts
Yorke Shirts v
Our Special Shirts
Arrow Dress Shirts
Finest Silk Shirts
New Rough Finish
Hats for Men
Are Here in Abundance
The new velours, new Ramours, new
silk finish htts the real winter hats.'
Clever new shapes and colors for men and
young men. All the new soft and stiff hats.
John B. Stetson, $4 to $10
Borsalino Hats, at $6.00
Crofut and Knapp Hats, $1 and $5
Nebraska De Luxe and Superior
$3 nd $3.50
Army Hats at $3 to $6.50
. Headquarters for
Fur and Cloth Caps
Most comprehensive se
lection of new styles
values not equalled in the
city.
Fur Caps
$3.50 to $25
Cloth Caps
$1 to $2.50
Better Values in
Traveling Goods
It pays tb buy quality luggage. Voull
find it here at lowent-in-the-city prices.
Suit Cases $1.25 to $25
Trarelin. Baas $1.95 to $25
Gladstone Bafs $12.50 to $25
Standard Dress
Trunks
$7.50 to $35
Steamer Trunks at,
$5.50 to $18
Army Trunks
$11 to $22
Wardrobe Trunks
$20 to $60
Swagger Sticks 50c to $1.00,
COMFY SLIPPERS FOR
MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN
65 to $2.25
JOHN A SWAN SON. erne.
HURLEY AND ARNOLD
CLOVE GRIP SHOES
FOR MEN
$9 and $10
.CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN.