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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1917.
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PRESBYTERIAN
s LEADERS ROUSE
WAR TIME FERVOR
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman Deliv
k ers Patriotic Address to
Large Gathering at
First Church.
. - Two thousand Presbyterians of
Omaha and the surrounding territory
gathered at the First church Friday
night to listen to Rev. T. Wilbur
. . Chapman, moderator of the general
v assembly; Rev. John F. Carson,
Brooklyn, and Rev. William Foulkes,
Philadelphia, all officers and members
of the national service commission,
who lined the church people up, urg
ing upon them loyalty and patriotism.
The services came after a day of
meetings. ,
The three leading lights in the
Upesbyterian church who have given
Jfy devoting their entire time to the
comm'ssion work, asserted that of
r the JO or more leading cities of the
United States visited, nowhere have
they found one where the spirit of
patriotism is more manifest than in
! Omaha. They also asserted that of
all the cities that they have visited,
only in Philadelphia have they
spoken to a larger audience than
gathered at the First Presbyterian
church last night
Filled Great Church.
Not only was the audience last
night one that filled the auditorium
and galleries, but it overflowed onto
the platform and into the side rooms
in such numbers that extra seatings
had to be provided. Utterances of
the speakers were loudly applauded
and frequently their remarks brought
forth cheers. Flags were waved and
patriotic songs were sung by choir
and audience.
4 The three men, who are recognized
is the official heads of the depart
ments, were given a most hearty wel
come during their stay in Omaha.
They arrived from Kansas City on
an early morning train and were met
at the station by the local commit
tee and escorted to the hotel.
At noon at the University club they
lunched with the general committee
and as the guests I N. H. Loomis.
vThen came an auto ride about the
citv. At 2 o'clock thev addressed
women's missionary meeting and at
4 talked to 100 Presbyterian clergy
ftnen from Omaha, out in the state
and Iowa.
At 6 o'clock they were honor
guests at a dinner at the First Pres
byterian church, where covers were
laid for 400 and at which Warren
,Switzler presided as toastmaster. And
wat 8 o'clock they were the chief
speakers at a mass meeting in the
church which was attended by 2,000
men 'and women, and which was
presided over by Mr. Loomis.
Respects to Kaiser.
At the mass meeting that was pa
triotic in tbeextreme, Dr. Carson paid
his respects to the head of the Ger
man government by asserting that
"the-4caiSer-dos. the devil's deeds-and
that then, to them he subscribes God's
name.
Dr. Carson" told ot having visited 27
camps and cantonments during the
last three months, asserting that no
where had he ever found a better
set of young men. He designated
them as the flower of the land and
insisted that it is the duty of the
church'to look after their spiritual wel
fare and not leave- everything to the
Young Men's Chrirtian association.
The speaker detailed the fact that
the churches of the country are pool
ing their interests at the camps and
that at Camp Upton, Long Island, a
$25,000 union church is being erected.
Commendation for Omaha.
Rev. Mr. Foulkes spoke briefly on
"How Must We Fight?" and then
Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman commended
Omaha upon the efforts that it had
put forth to make the Presbyterian
rally a success. To the church people
he confided that too many of them
are pushing God out of their houses
of worship and are giving their time
over to playing golf and automobile
riding on Sunday, forgetting that the
' Sabbath is the keystone to the arch
of saving grace. He insisted that -the
time is not far distant when people
are going to return to the church and
to Christ, getting back to prayer.
Relative to a report that he said
i canic to his ears "that the soldier
boys in the camps and cantonments
are impure," lie designated it as a
"German lie, circulated to cause un
rest and stir up feeling."
Bishop Stuntz of the Methodist
church, who occupied a seat on the
platform, spoke briefly, asserting that
the creation of the national service
commission to look after the welfare
of the soldiers and stir up patriotism
was conceived in the conference of
the church of which he is a member
and failed, only lacking three votes
of being organized. j
Support from Methodism.
The bishop pledged the support of
the Methodist church of Nebraska
to everything looking to the building
up of a righteous peace, insisting,
however, that there could be no peace
until the last vestige of militarism
and autocracy has been wiped off
the map of Europe. , ,
The Presbyterian leaders departed
k on a midnight train for Topeka, Kan.,
where tonight they will hold another
meeting of their campaign that is to
continue for an indefinite period and
until the Presbyterian church of the
United States is stirred to intensive ;
patriotism.
Congressman Kahn Advocates
Universal Military Training
San Francisco, Nov. 23. Congress
man Julius Kahn, in an address here
last night extolled President Wilson
as a stout-hearted diplomat and called
aim the "George Washington of today.-
..
Congressman Kahn's appearance
was in explanation of the Universal
military training movement, which he
championed. He pledged himself to
work hard on his return to congress
to secure the passage of such a bill.
Such a law, he said, would lead to the
true democratic feeling the country
now is striving for. The weight of
directing the present war, the con
gressman observed, will fall to
' America.
'Someone would like to rent just
the kind of room you have vacant.
Tell them about it in the next issue
of The Bet
James Stephenson, Nebraska
Pioneer, Dies at Salt Lake City
James Stephenson, pioneer horse
man and stage coach driver of Ne
braska, died yesterday afternoon in
a hospital at Salt Lake City, accord
ing to word received from there. No
further details of his death were
given.
He left Omal.a 18 years ago
and had returned here several times,
only on visits. He was a great lover
of horses and soon after his early ar
rival here in 1870 conducted a livery
business at Tenth and Harney streets.
Shortly before he left Nebraska he
drove stage coaches throughout the
state and into the Black Hills.
He also was a member of the city
council for two terms. "Jim," as he
was known, was the owner of the
first hansom cabs introduced into
Omaha.
He had the contract to care for the
thoroughfares of the city for a num
ber of years. He engaged extensively
in the business of general contract
ing and his experiences with stage
lines in the early days were thrilling
in the extreme. He owned stage
CODNTY AGENTS
CONCLUDE MEET
Telegram Is Received From
Secretary Houston Congratu
lating Workers on Their
Success With Farmers.
County agents, -working under the
supervision of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, represent
ing seven states, concluded their ses
sions Thursday night, after adopting
resolutions urging farmers to do
their utmost to aid the government.
The states represented were: Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri.
The county agents, who also work
under supervision of the State Agri
culture board, were addressed by Dr.
A. C. True, Washington representa
tive at the conference. Prof. W. A.
Lloyd, Washington, D. C, represent
ing the Department of Agriculture,
also was in attendance.
Charles E. Gunnels. Lincoln, and
John Coverdale, Ames, la., are leaders
of the agents in their respective states.
Just as the conference was closing,
a telegram was received by Prof. W.
A. Lloyd from the Secretary of Agri
culture David Houston, which reads
as follows:
' "The county agent system as de
veloped by the Federal Department
of Agriculture in co-operating with
the agriculture colleges, has demon
strated its great usefulness as a
means of promoting the full develop
ment of the agricultural resources of
the country. ,
"Working in intimate and sympa
thetic relation with, rural people, the
county agent is able to secure the
appphcation of scientific knowledge
and discovery to the business of the
farmer and the home life of country
people. In the present war he has
been ready to meet the emergency
and to concentrate all rural forces and
organizations in working out the great
problems of food production and food
conservation. In recognition of his
value as the local leader, congress.has .
provided funds for the immediate ex
tension of this system to every agri
culture college in the United States.
"State and County Councils of De
fense and all rural organizations can
do a patriotic public service by as
sisting the government and the state
in accomplishing this end."
Crowder Urges Exemption
Board Members to Stick
Washington, Nov. 23. Man power
exerted on the field of France will
bring victory in this war, Provost
Marshal General Crowder declared
in a statement ot the aims, accom
plishments and future of the selective
draft system, addressed to members
of the local boards and made public
here tonight. Alter reviewing present
conditions and necessities General
Crowder predicted that the selective
system would become a permanent
part of America's governmental sys
tem tor war.
Every precaution possible has been
taken with the new draft regulations,
General Lrowder said, to conserve
economic interest, but the paramount
duty of the country is to raise an ef
fective fighting force.
He expressed an urgent hope that
the present members would remain
at their tasks as a patriotic duty. The
board members, he said, are as es
sential in their places as the army
itself.
lines before there were any railroads
in this part of the west.
During the Pine Ridge Indian up
rising in 1891, Stephenson had the
contract to convey government sup
plies and food to the soldiers, and
every vehicle and mule he had was
used on the overland trips to the
Pine Ridge country.
His wife and child are buried
here. Stephenson's body will be
brought here and the funeral will
take place Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Hoffman's . undertaking
parlors.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
OPERATING AT LOSS
Figures Presented to Interstate
Commerce Commission
Show Decrease of
Millions.
Washington, No. 23. Express
companies at the hearings of their ap
plication for a 10 per cent rate increase
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission December 7 will cite figures
to show that the eight leading com
panies operated tat an actual aggre
gate loss of $369,000 in July, as com
pared with an operating income of
$o7,UUU the same month last year.
During the seven months, ending
with July, they recorded aggregate
income of $1,192,000 as compared with
$5,161,000 the corresponding period of
1V16.
These figures were shown todav bv
the Interstate Commerce commis
sion's compilations, based on reports
of the express companies, and given
out a few hours after announcement
of the date set for hearing the rate
increase case. Shippers at that time
will be given full opportunity for pre
senting objections to the proposed
higher rates.
The Adams Express company re
ported the greatest loss of income
in July, $370,000. The American com
pany's loss was $106,000 and the
Southern's $23,000. Other companies
showed positive net incomes as fol
lows: Canadian, $14,000; Great
Northern, $33,000; Northern, $52,000;
Wells Fargo, $18,000, and Western,
$12,000. The decrease in income is
attributed by the express companies
to the rapid rise in cost of materials
and wages.
Gorgas Will Probe
Food Waste in Camps
Washington, Nov. 23. The ap
pointment of William C. Gorgas, sur
geon general of the army, as head
of a committee selected by the War
department to investigate food con
ditions at army camps, was made
known tonight in a joint statement
by Secretary Baker and Food Admin
istrator Hoover, answering complaints
of waste at army camps.
The most of these complaints
came during the time when the camps
still were in the hands of the con
tractors. The committee is co-operating
with the quartermaster general's
department and the food administra
tion in efforts to eliminate whatever
waste there may be.
TWO NEARLY DROWN
IN PLATTE RIVER
W. W. Scott and Frank Nip
pert, Omahans, Have Nar
row Escapes When Boat
Capsizes.
A harrowing struggle for their lives
during a period of two hours in the
treacherous Platte river and a miracu
lous escape from drowning was the
experience early yesterday morning
of W. W. Scott, photographer, 1622
Vinton street, and Frank Nippert, 3034
South Nineteenth street, when a boat
in which they were crossing the river
while on a hunting trip overturned.
The men were using a steel boat at
a point near the Holdfeld farm, five
miles south of Waterloo, when it
overturned.
Total darkness, supplemented with
the high waves in the river and a
strong gale, made it difficult to gain
steady headway. The men had rowed
into some thick rushes, about a quar
ter way across the river, and were
trying to find their way out when the
boat lurched sideward and over
turned, throwing the two occupants
into the swift current.
Battle With Cold Waters.
Scott and Nippert came up immedi
ately and battled through the choppy
waves in an attempt to get to the
boat, which had righted itself and was
floating swiftly down stream, partly
filled with water.
Nippert sank three times in an ef
fort to swim to the boat and was com
pletely exhausted when he finally
reached Scott, who was clinging to
the drifting boat.
"Hang on till we strike a sandbar,"
Scott encouraged Nippert. Both were
too exhausted to say anything further.
Clinging to the side of the boat and
floating down stream, they used their
hats to bail out the water which had
partly filled the boat.
Once Scott unconsciously released
his hold and went under the swirling
current, but he rose again and was
lucky enough to grasp the stern of
the boat.
Both Reach Sandbar.
Their hope of being rescued wa
strengthened vhn they struck a sand
bar several feet below the water and
held the boat there while they rested
Nippert tired a shot for help from one
of the Kims which was saved.
Nippert rowed the unsafe boat back
across the river to get aid for Scott,
who was stranded on the sandbar in
three feet of icy water.
When he reached shore he climbed
out of the boat and fell down, com
pletely exhausted.
He was found by E. True, who had
started on the hunting trip with the
party and had heard the shot.
Nippert was taken to the Barlow
farm near by, where he was given
medical aid. True and a rescuing
party consisting of several farmers
got a boat from the Elkhorn river,
four miles north, and launched it into
the river in hope of rescuing Scott.
Scott Is Rescued.
They tried three times to get to the
sandbar and each time the strong cur
rent carried them out of their course.
Scott was nearly exhausted when
the rescuing party finally reached him.
He was taken to the Holdfeld farm
and given medical attention.
Both men are in bed at their homes
suffering from the shock.
Military Authorities Round Up
American Slackers in Paris
Paris, Nov. 23. The Paris Herald
reports that more than 200 youncr
Americans, wearing the uniforms of
ambulance drivers, have been
rounded up recently by the American
military authorities, ihe numbers
of their passports were taken and
they were told to call at headquar
ters, where all but five appeared.
There they were informed again that
they must enlist in some branch of
the active service overseas or they
would be sent back to America, where
they would be dealt with as the cir
cumstances warrant.
As for the five who did not appear
at headquarters, the Herald says it
is reported that when they are found
harsh measures against them will be
taken. "
Omaha Insurance. Man
To Confer With McAdoo
W. A. Fraser, sovereign comman
der of the Woodmen of the World,
left last night for Washington in an
swer to a call from Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo for a meeting of
the advisory board on the soldiers'
and sailors' insurance.
Signal Corps Needs Mechanics.
Washington, Nov. 23. The signal
corps needs thousands of chauffeurs
and mechanicians, not only to drive
cars, but for mechanical work on air
plane engines. It was announced to
day that as quickly as possible squad
rons of such men will be organized
and sent overseas. Men of draft age
can enlist in the air service until De
cember 15,
APOLLO
Reproducing Piano Demonstration Daily
A. HOSPE CO.
1513-15 Douglas St.
The Apollo Recital at Hotel Fontenelle is Friday
Evening, November 30, in place of Tuesday.
BERNSTEIN'S FOR VALUES"
j Wonderful Sale of Coats I
! SATURDAY !
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that will make every woman in this town who wants
to spend $15 for a fine winter coat come
to this store tomorrow.
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Values like thete
bare never before
been equaled by
ut or any other
tore. The coat
in -this tale con
sut of velours,
pluth, pebble
cheviot and vel
vet all richly
trimmed with fur
collar and cuff,
wme Kirtmi
trimmed; all are
positively $25.00
value.
Elevator Service,
Second Floor.
j COATS
Worth up to $32.50, of velour,
I burella, plush and broadcloth-!
lllSo.lGthSt
See Our Window Dis
play of These Coats.
COATS
Worth up to $39.50, of fine f
plushes, velours, pom poms,
broadcloth I
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$24.75
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U. S. Transports Reach
France; Chased by Subs
A French Port, Nov. 23. The
latest transports to reach here had
an exciting trip through the sub
marine zone. The first night in the
zone two transports collided. One
was slightly damaged, while the
other had a small hole torn in its
bow and a few projecting guns
damaged. Temporary repairs were
made and the ships proceeded.
The following night a submarine
attacked the transports. The wake
of a torpedo was seen off the bow
of one of the vessels, but no con
ning tower or periscope was visible.
The transports raced ahead and suc
ceeded in reaching port safely,
where the collision damage was repaired.
MRS. INNES ENDS HER
LIFE BECAUSE TOO ILL
TO MOTHER HER CHILD
Denver, Colo., Nov. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Welcoming death as the
fittinff close to a life wherein she
was unable to care for her little girl,
Mrs. Frances Edna I lines, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Barber of
Omaha, committed suicide in a hos
pital here today by drinking lysol.
Mrs. Innes became an invalid soon
after her carriage, 10 years ago, to
Albert E. Innes, a Denver optician.
formerly with the Columbian Optical
company in Omaha. Early last July
she was sent to Mercy hospital for
treatment of an aggravated nervous
ailment.
In a farewell letter to her husband
Mrs. Innes said she had decided to
end her life because she never would
be able to give a mother's care to her
young daughter, Wilva, and asked thai
the latter's custody be given to her
parents.
She asked that her body be sent
to Omaha for cremation and burial in
Forest Lawn cemetery.
MY
Clothes'
ABOUT'
YOURS?
THE STORE
OF THE TOWN
Browing, King &Co,
Men, Young Men
and Boys will find
here the most
beautiful display
off urnishings, in
cludingnewest patterns in Neck
wear, Manhattan
Shirts and Fancy
Hosiery, Vassar
and Duofold
Underwear,warm
Sweater Coats.
There is no more
complete showing
in the city.
Hats and Furnishings
for Boys and Children
EVERYTHING FOR
THE SOLDIER
All the accessories
and comforts of mili
tary life.
Send Your Gifts
For Soldiers Early
Browning, King
, & Company
GEO. T. WILSON, Mgr. J
ly.how that
Resinol
stops the itching!
Only those who have themselves suf
fered with ectema or similar itching,
burning skin-trouble can appreciate the
relief that tiitfirst touch of Resinol Oint
ment brings. Usually the suffering stops
at once, the skin becomes cool and com
fortable, and the trouble soon disappears.
From the very first you can ut that it
is going to get well I
KmimI Oiatmmt U a ncllsnt (inline drtiiinr,
too, lor binu, scald, cut. u4 ttubbora littl. ton.
Sold brill dnifirlitt.
Hens'y Field
lias
seed corn
til a 4 will grow
both new and old
Not plenty, but some
Better talk fast
Shenandoah, Iowa.
SATURDAY'S NEW ITEMS
for the Drug and Toilet Goods
At Sherman & McConnell
Our Fire Sale is ncaring its end. Each clay,
dozens of articles arc closed out, and many are dis
appointed because they came too late to get their
favorite Toilet Powder, Cream or Medicine. Of
course, this could not he avoided. We had a sub
stantial amount of every item advertised. Each
day at least one-half dozen truck loads of goods are
moved from our temporary warehouse at 1315 How
ard Street, and from our old warehouse, 509-11
South 12th Street and placed on sale, but, as we
have said before, $46,000 worth of items, most of
which sell for less than $1.00 is "some bunch of
goods." '
, Today's list will be found full of staple items,
on which just' half the regular price can be saved,
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30o Kolynos Tooth Paste
for
15c
18c
25c
50c
25c
J5o West Baden Sprudel
Cathartic Water, for .
50c Milk Emulsion,
for
$1 size Seven Sisters
Hair Tonic
50c sire Seven Sisters
Scalp Cleanser
25o and 60c sizes Maaon'a Magic
Shampoo, at Just half price.
A big assortment of Tooth, Nail,
Hair and Hand Brushes, at Just
half price.
25c 4711 Rhino Violet
Talcum for
25o Packers' Tar Soap
for
35o Holllsters Rocky
Mountain Tea for ..
50c Hind's Honey and
Almond Cream for....
Again, we say, If you do not
find the Item desired at the first
13c
13c
18c
25c
one ot our stores you visit, please
go on to another, as tho detail of
grttlng these goods out and dis
tributed Is Indeed distracting.
50o and $1.00 Wernet's Powder,
ror raise leetn, at Just half price.
10c Requa Charcoal
Tabets, per box
25c Pond's Tooth Powder,
at
50c Stlllman's Freclilo
Cream, at
2So Satin Skin Powder,
at
91.00 Zoa Phora.
Cream for
25c and 50c Putnam's Dry Clean
er at Just half price.
Several hundred Jars Vlolot Dulcc
Cold Cream and Vanishing
Cream, 50c size, at Just half
price.
25c Spiro Powder,
Cream, for ,
for
25c Wright's Silver
5c
13c
25c
13c
50c
13c
13c
mm
RUBBER GOODS
Our Stock of Rubber Goods
Was an Unusually Heavv
One and the Exactly Vz Price
Figure we ire making to
close out every item seems
almost foolish and vet wa
ay again we want to close
out every Item that had even'
the smell of fire or the trace
of water.
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Pine Talcums, a dozen kinds, at
Just half price.
25c, GOo and $1 sizes Woodbury's
Hair Tonic, at just half prloe.
10c Camphor Ice,
for
5c
25c and 50c Petrollne Hair Oil, at
Just half price.
A big lot of fine, Hard Rubber
Dressing Combs, at just half
prloe.
10c, 15o and 25c size Shamo
Polishing Cloths at just half
price.
A few dozen bottles
Furniture Polish,
25c size, at
75c Kirk's Hair Tonic,
at
25c Sandholm's Eczema
Remedy, at
25c Bingo Corn Remedy,
at
50c Saxon Salve,
at
25c Burnham's Hair and
Scalp Tonic, at
25c, 50c and $1.00 Nature's Rem
edy, at Just half price.
10c Nichol'g Toothache
Wax, at ,
25c Bucklcn's Arnica
Salve, at
Reflccto
13c
38c
13c
13c
25c
13c
5c
13c
10c
13c
Williams' 15o Violet and q
Carnation Talcum, at.. OC
Williams' 19c La Tosca
and Karsi Talc, can.
25c Jess Trailing Arbutus
Talcum, at
There is still a big lot of Hair,
Nail and Tooth Brushes at Just
half price.
A lot of Grape Juice and Logan
berry Juice at just half price.
50c Q-Ban Hair Restorer, nr
at ;.. ,OC
50c Graham's Kosmeo np
Cream, for oC
All Madame Yale's Remedies
and Toilet Preparations, about
30 In all, at Just half price.
50c Halter's Barbwire
Liniment, for
50c Make Man Tablets,
for
50c Harmony Cocoa But
ter Cream, for
10c Mathews' Castor Oil
Tablets, for
35c Nestle's Milk f q
Food, for IOC
50c and $1.00 Sulpho-Sage and
Compound Sulphur Lotion for
the Hair, at just half price.
25c
25c
25c
5c
These Goods Sold for Cash No Deliveries.
Come and See.
Sherman&r.7cConne!l DrugCo.
Corner 16ih and Farnam (The OwL)
Corner 16th and Dodge (The Original.)
Corner 19th and Farnam,
"The Big Commodious Store."
When Buying Advertised Goods
Say You Read of Them in The Bee