THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917,
ANNS BIG
TRENCHES AMID
STORMOf SHELLS
Win High Praise for Coolness
and Bravery, Doing Excel
lent Service on the
Firing Line.
(By Associated Press.)
With tire- American Army in
France, Wednesday, Dec. 5. How
American railway engineers gallantly
fought and died with their British
comrades in arms on the British front
Nbefore Cambrai last week was told to
day in a semi-official statement.
"Two and one-half companies of
railway engineers" the statement
says, "with a strength of eight offi
cers and 365 men were encamped at
Fins on November 30, having com
pleted their work in the neighbor
hood. At 6:30 four officers and 280
men went to Gouzeaucourt, arriving
at V o'clock and starting work with
Canadian engineers. The entire con
tingent was under a Canadian major
and an American captain. The area
was three miles in the r$ar of the line
. and none of the troops were armed.
Cut Off By Germans.
"At 7:15 German barrage fire
moved on Gouzeaucourt after heavy
shelling to the east. At 7:30 a gen
eral retirement was ordered and it
was effected with some difficulty, due
to the artillery, machine gun and air
plane fire, A number of losses were
sustained at this time and also among
the men, whocut off by the German
advance, had taken refuge, in dugouts.
Some of these men who had been cut
off succeeded in joining British com
batant units and fought with them
during the day. Meantime there was
activ shelling against tins and the
men there were ordered to scatter in
the fields.
""As the men returned to camp they
were assembled under arms and in
structions were asked from British
headquarters. At 3 o'clock they were
instructed to dig ' and hold the
trenches and the 'men moved up and
started work shortly afterward. At
6 o'clock the trenches were finished
sufficiently for the entire command
and division headquarters directed a
withdrawal to camp and that the men
be held in readiness to man the
trenches. Two small details were
sent out to repair a distant break in
the new track and to assist in trans
ferring ammunition to another point.
"The list of casualties is relatively
small and will be issued tomorrow. It
is stated by British officers that the
conduct of the regiment was most
satisfactory. They praise its coolness
under fire and the ability of the men
v to work under fire without interrup
tion is most commendable."
American Aviators at Work.
American army aviators are now
working with the artillery and ths re
sults so far have been most satis
factory to both branches of the serv
ice. Yesterday American airmen
flew over a certain section of the
American zone and took photographs.
-: The artillery today started firing at
k five separate targets located from the
photographs. The aviators took . to
the air and the observers watched the
results of the firing, which was at a
considerable range.
The .first shells felt wide of the
mark, but within four minutes the ob
servers were able to correct this with
wireless messages to the batteries so
that the shells began to hit the' loca
tion. Later the observers had prac
tice in locating the other ".enemy"
with more or less success.
U. S. Army Recruiting Women
For Telephone Operators
Washington, Dec. 6. A unit of 150
telephone operators, able to speak
both French and English, for immedi
ate service in France, will be formed
under the direction of the army sig
nal corps, it was announced today.
The- operators, enlisted Morthe
duration of the war, will be given
allowances of quarters and rations
accordedarmy nurses, in addition to
their pay, and alsorvill wear the same
uniform.
In seeking recruits for the new
service, the announcement of the
chief signal office, says:
"Young ladies, physically fit, with
command of the French and English
language, desiro'us of obtaining these
positions, should apply by mail to
Room 826, Mills Building Annex,
Washington."
Million to Eradicate
:', Diseases of Cattle
Chicago, Dec. 6. One million dol
lars for the eradication and suppres
sion of contagious cattle diseases and
especially tuberculosis will be asked
of congress in a bill to be introduced
by Representative Charles H. Sloan
; or Nebraska, according to a resolu
tion adopted at the closing session, of
the twenty-first annual meeting of
the United Live Stock Sanitary asso-
: ciation.
The association pledged its support
to President Wilson's war policies.
Child Burned to Death
V During Mother's Absence
Webster City, la., Dec. 6. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The 8-month-old
baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Rocker was burned to" death hi their
litle home here today. -The mother
went- to a neighbor's house to bor
row a tub. When she returned the
interior of the house was a mass of
flames. She wrapped the child in'
quilt and left it on the' floor near a
heating stove. The father, a laborer,
was at work. The house was badly
damaged and the contents destroyed.
Celebrates Sinking of
Lusitania; Is Arrested
Boston, Mass., Dec. 6. Clemens A.
Haass, treasurer of a cordage manu
facturing company, who, federal au
thorities charged, gave a dinner in
Boston to celebrate the sinking of the
Lsitania, was arrested here today as
an alien enemy and held without bail
pending advices from Washington. -
Live Stock Zone System
; Success at Kansas City
Washington, Dec. 6. AJter success
ful operation at Kansas City since
November 12, the zone system for
live stock shipments will be instituted
at Chicago, the food administration
announced tonight, beginning Decem
ber 10.
president's Great Message
' And the World Opinion of It
London, Dec. 6. The Standard
says:
"President Wilson's speech means
'the doom of Prussianism and all it
stands for."
The Tall Mall Gazette says:
"The president's recommendation
to declare war on Austria for the pur
pose of breaking the vassalage to the
German government, his declaration
that peace must give freedom to the
peoples of the Balkans and Turkey, is
the most direct approach to a prac
tical handling of the muddle of the
eastern question yet made by any
allied statesman."
The evening newspapers, almost
without exception, regard as the most
important parts of a practical nature
in President Wilson's speech his de
sire to declare war against Austria
Hungary and the aim of the United
States to free the people of the Bal
kans and other states from Prussian
ism. '
"The intention of the United States
to free the peoples from Prussian
military- and commercial autocracy,"
says the Westminster Gazette, "is a
timely "intimation to the politicians in
Berlin, who are speculating on the
possibility of a deliverance in the east
and west which shall give them a free
hand over Russia and eastern Europe
on condition that they renounce their
. t,f
aggressions in ine west, we snouia
WAR ON AUSTRIA TO
ADD 700,000 ALIENS
One-Fourth of Subjects of Dual
Monarchy Here Have Be
' come Subjects of
U. S.
Washington, Dec. 6. Declaration
of war on Austria-Hungary will add
700,000 men over 21 years of age to
the alien enemies within the borders
of the United States.
Figures compiled to the census bu
re'au showed that in 1910 there were
678,667 male, subjects of the dual
monarchy in this country and 186,
524 former subjects who had taken
the oath of allegiance to the United
States and were becoming natural
ized. The number of alien women
brings the total'to more than 1,000,
000. .Half Million Poles..
Polish-speaking residents in 1910
numbered 943,781, of whom more than
one-half, 522,151, came from lands of
the former kingdom now under the
foreign domination of Germany and
Austria-Hungary. Almost all the
others came from Russian Poland.
Austrian Poles numbered 329,418;
German Poles, 190,096, and Hungarian
Poles, 2,637.
Statistics on the Austrian men in
the United States show that of a tofal
of 609,347 approximately one-fourth
have become citizens of this country.
There we.e 149,914 naturalized Aus
trians, 58,636 who had taken out their
first papers, 349,341 who remained
aliens and 51,456 whose citizenship
was not ascertained, but the major
ity of whom probably remain sub
jects of the foreign power. Of the
255,844 Hungarians resident here only
36,610 had become citizens in 1910;
25,756 had signified their intention to
become citizens by taking out first
papers; 174,518 remained aliens and
18,960 were of unidentified allegiance,
but are presumed to have retained
their Hungarian citizenship.
New Type of Leggint,
For Marines in Field
Washington, Dec. 6. Following-
the suggestions of allied and Amerir
can officers who have recently served
on the western front, the United
States marines are experimenting
with a new type of legging to be worn
with their new wintertield uniform.
It will replace' the present type of leg
ging, made of canvas.
A puttee with bound edges and sim
ple wrap that may be easily adjusted
has been suggested and is now under
consideration of jiiarine corps offi
cials. It will embody all the good
points of the several dinerent kinds
of leggings used by the allied armies
m the field. I he new puttee is as
nearly perfect as mJdern ingenuity
can makcsjt and, if adopted, will make
the marines wmterlield a most dis
tinctive uniform.
War Measure to Help
Homesteaders Raise Crops
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) A bill of considerable interest
to homesteaders, in consideration of
which Judge Kinkaid and Representa
tive Sloan took a prominent part,
passed the house today. The bill gives
the right to homesteaders, not subject
to the drat, after the required work
on their own homesteads has been
performed, to do farm work in other
sections. The bill is a war measure
designed to give homesteaders every
opportunity to help win the war by
raising increased crops and giving
them permission to leave their home
steads for that purpose.
y
600,000 Xmas Packages
Dispatched to Sammies
New York, Dec. 6. Approximately
600,000 Christmas packages have been
dispatched to American soldiers
abroad as a result of the public's re
sponse to the country-wide campaign
urging early mailing of gifts.
1,500 Jackies at Naval
Station Quarantined
Chicago, Dec. 6. Fifteen hundred
jackies at the Great Lakes naval train
ing station are in quarantine as a re
sult of six cases "of spinal meningitis
which have developed there.
' J M
like to see this intimation put in the
form of a joint declaration by the al
lies and issued in the name of them
all."
The Globe says President Wilson's
address "comes as a purifying breeze
from the new world to the old. No
more direct utterances have been
vouchsafed to the belligerents since
the war began."
The Daily Mail says:
"For all the allies President Wil
son's address makes very satisfac
tory reading. His ringing sentences,
not less than the- measures'proposed
to give effect to them, will do some
thing in Europe as wetl as in Amer
ica to clear the air of the fumes of
pacifism. They set things, as Lans
downc's letter did not, in their proper
light and proper order."
Referring to President Wilson's
persoiial position, the Mail says:
"No autocrat in history ever en
joyed the power and authority freely
yielded to President Wilson by the
American people. His voice is their
voice. His thoughts their thoughts
to a degree that no comparison with
any European country canquite par
allel. Whenever he. speaks it is as
though America, with its 100,000,000
people, blew a blast on a single trum
pet. 'To read his latest address to
congress is to know immediately
what are the ideals and purposes ef
the entire nation.", '
Xmas Cake 4 Feet Wide .
Completed in New York
New York, Dec. 6. rA Christmas
fruit cake four feet in diameter, one
foot high and weighing 360 pounds,
was completed in the kitchen of the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel here today
and will be sent to France as part
of trie dessert for the Christmas din
ner to be served by the Young
Men's Christian association to Am
erican soldiers and sailors in and
about Paris.
f It is surmounted with a gilded
statue of liberty which holds 100.
tri-colored ribbons attached to tri-
- colored silk candy Bags. The cake
is the gift of a wealthy guest of the
hotel. It is big enough to serve
2,400 men. An esccrt will be pro
vided to see the confection safely to
France.
Death Rate in Army
Camps on the Increase
Washington, Dec. 6. Although
health conditions generally in tho na
tioiial army and National Guard camps
snowed improvement during the
week ending November 30, the num
ber of deaths materially increased.
The report of the division of field
sanitation, made public today, shows
that there were 164 deaths among the
guardsmen as compared with 97 the
previous week and 79 among the draft
men as against 60 the preceding week.
One hundred and thirty-four of the
guardsmen and 39 of the draft men
died from pneumonia and nine of the
former and 15 of the latter died from
meningitis.
Reports from all butane of the
divisions in which pneumonia has
been prevalent show a decrease in
the number of cases.
Defendants Plead Guilty
"In Hindu Conspiracy Case
San Francisco, Dec. 6. Three of
the most prominent of the 34 defend
ants dn trial charged with conspiring
to foment revolution against British
rule in 'India pleaded guilty today in
the United States dfstrict court.
They were: Lieutenant Wilhelm
von Brincken, former military attache
of the German consulate general here;
George Rodiek, former German con
sul at Honolulu and at one time presi
dent of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters'
association, and H. A. Schroeder. who
succeeded Rodiek as consul at Hono
lulu. Von Brincken will be sentenced De
cember 10 and the others De
cember 15
Brazil Gives Permission
To Use German Ships
. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 6. A decree
authorizing the-signing of an agree
ment with the French government for
the use of 0 former German ships is
published by the newspapers. A state
ment issued by the finance minister
places the total tonnage of these ships
r. 249,500.
Slight Chill in Dawson.
Dawson, Y. T., Dec' 6. Dawson
thermometers today dropped to 50
degrees below zero as a result of the;
first cold spell or the winter.
That extra room will pay your coal
bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad.
American Aviators
Picked Up at Sea
An Atlantic Port, Dec. 6. Two
American aviators who had lost
their compass and their bearings
during a flight in search of sub
marines fronua station somewhere
in Europe, were encountered 650
miles off the Irish coast by a steam
ship which arrived today. The fly
ers started on the return trip to
their station after being supplied
with provisions and a new compass.
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AIRPLANES RAID
ENGLAND: TWO
AREMPTURED
Six Out of 25 Machines Reach
London and Cause Several
Fires, But Not Many
Casualties.
London, Dec 6. About 25 air
planes raided England today, it is an
nounced officially.' Of these six
reached London.
Two of the raiders were brought
down, the crew of three men on each
machine being captured.
Bombs dropped by the raiders
caused a number of fires in London,
but all of them were quickly brought
under control. The casualties are be
lieved to be light.
The text of the reoort by Field
Marsha Lord French, commander of
the British home forces, regarding
the air raid is as follows:
"A raid by about 25 enemy air
planes took place early this morning,
The first group of raiders came in
over Kent at 1:30 a. m. and dropped
bombs in various places on and near
the coast. The second group made
land shortly after 3 a. m.
This is the first German air raid
over England in more than a montb.
The last previous raid occurred on
the night of October 31, being made
by about thirty airplanes in seven
groups. Eight persons were killed
and 22 injured. Bad weather condi
tions prSbably have been responsible
for the pause in the German opera
tions.
Butcher, Boy Is Arrested
As German Secret Agent
New York, Dec. 6. AlthougH he
was a German subject, Eric Hoecker,
a butcher boy, possessed an air of
such profound stupidity that he was
permitted to call daily at fort lotten
in his rounds. Today he was interned
on Ellis island afjer army intelligence
omcers discovered mat ne naa im
portant papers among his effects and
that he was an expert telegrapher
and map maker.
Bed Cross Entertainment.
Nelson. Neb.. Dec. 6. (Special.)
Last evening the Woman's club of
Nelson gave a home talent entertain
ment for the benefit of the Red Cross,
consisting of living pictures. Some
of the most important subjects repre
sented were "Red Cross Nurses,"
"Yesterday," "Goddess of Liberty,"
"Peace," "Victory." "The Indian,"
"Artists' Model," "His First Letter."
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Others up to ,000.
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WARTIME RECIPE
, FOR GRAY HAIR
How to Make an Inexpensive Mixture
That Will Darken Streaked or
Faded Cray Hair.
Gray, streaked or faded hair can
be immediately made black, brown or
light brown, whichever shade you de
sire, by the use of the following rem
edy that you can make at home :
Merely get a small box of Orlex
powder at any drug store. It costs
onlv 25 cents and no extras to buy.
Dissolve it in one ounce of water and
comb it through the hair. Full direc
tions for use come in. each box.
You need not hesitate to use Orlex,
as a $100.00 gold bond comes in each
box guaranteeing the user that Urlex
powder does not contain silver, lead,
zinc, sulphur, mercury, aniline, coal
tar products or their derivatives.
It does not rub off, is not t.'"'-v r
gummy and leaves the hair fluffy. It
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THEATERS CURTAIL
WAR BENEFITS JAN. 1
Will Be Discontinued Because
Small Returns in Some Oases
Brought Discredit on
Certain Houses.
New York, Dec. 6. The United
Managers' Protective association has
adopted a resolution ordering the dis
continuance after January 1 of war
mil
STGaftS
Ever Witnessed in Omaha
The Balance of Hayden Bros.' $100,000 stock
of Pianos, Player Pianos and Musical Mer
chandise Bought by SCHMOLLER & MUEL
LER PIANO CO. for Spot Cash at 33c on the Dol
lar, must be closed out in the next 30 days regard
less 6f prof it. . .
This ifl a moner-Ravintr offer with snprinl rrprllf term that
makes the purchase of your Christmas Piano, Player Piano
or monograph easy.
WE ACCEPT LIBERTY
Upright Pianos
25 different
makes
$100 to $400
Grand Pianos
15 makes to
select from
210 to '1000
READ THIS PROPOSITION CAREFULLY
Cometo our Wareroomsanow and select the Piano
Player you want to be delivered on nhristmna Eva. A small
WAnneif nnur than Aaav fAvma r - 4Ka knlM .r11 U M.
rangea to buic your convenience.
Notice the Wonderful
$225 Cilfc.rt Upright S 68
$300 Price A TeepU Upr. -8118
$325 J. ft C FUcher Upr. .8155
$325 Ad.m Sch.ff Upr... $158
$350 Smith St Nixop Upr. .8178
Waste no time and especially
ancmpiea rivalry, opena your money where it will buy
Remember, you can choose from the world's best makes Stein way, Knabe, Sohmer, Mchlin, Ererett,
J. & C. FUcher, ScHaeffer, Smith & Nixon, Price St Teeple and many ether.
IMP APT A uT Our small goods department offers many suggestions to Christmas Shoppers. The
I nil VII I Hill great price reductions apply also to Hayden Bros.' stock of Sheet Music, Violins,
Ukuleles, Banjos, Drums and Band Instruments. Every artie'e will be closed out regardless of cost Free
catalogues and information furnished on request.
OLDEST AND LARGEST
Music Home in the West
AMUSEMENTS.
A Timely
Spectacle.
SHOWING' AEROPLANES,
v SUBMARINES and
DREADNAUCHTS
in ACTION.
Entlra Receipts Co to
RED CROSS BENEFIT
TODAY'S MATINEE.
TOM LINDSAY
AND LADY BUGS
Miniature Mimical Comedy.
HOWARD & GRAF
COLUMBIA CITY FOUR
MAIDIE DE LONG.
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BABY MARIE OSBORNE
in "THE LITTLE PATRIOT"
Sunday NORMA TALMADGE
in "THE MOTH-
Dandruff .Surely
Destroys The Hair
Girls if you want plenty of thick,
beautiful, elossy. silky hair, do by all
means get rid of dandruff, for it will
starve your hair and ruin it if you
don't.
It doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it out. The only sure
way to get rid of dandruff is to fls
solve it, then you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get about four ounces of
ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at
nieht when retiring: Use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it in gently
with the finger tips.
By morning, most, u not all, of
your dandruff will be gone, and three
or four more applications will com
pletely dissolve and entirely destroy
every single sign and trace of it. '
You will find, too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop,
and your hair will look and feel a
hundred times better. You can get
liquid arvon at any drug store. It is
inexpensive and four ounces is all
you will need, no matter how much
dandruff you have. This simple rem
edy never fails. Advertisement,
benefits and other charities which
brinff together actors and acts from
various theaters.
The action was decided upon in
view the recent disclosures that
"many of the benefits given for war
and other charities brought discredit
on the theater owing to the small
returns."
Mysterious Fire Ruins
Salt Lake Mormon Temple
Salt Lake City, Dec. S. A mysteri
ous lire which broke out this morning
in the Logan temple of the Mormon
church, caused a loss of more than
$250,000.
The Most Stupendous
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Player Pianos
10 High Grade
makes
W1000
vkoj ivtjua uii hid uaiaiivc will un al
New and Used Piano Values to be Closed Out
During This Christmas Sale
$500 Chick.rin, Uprif hi . . 8188
$450 Emarion Uprifht. . .275
$500 Everett Uprifht. . . .$360
$500 Smith it Nixon Gr. . .8310
$1,000 SUinw.y Grand ... 8365
no money at any other sale. Our prices dwarf into insignificance any
the most
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AMUSEMENT.
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BOYD Week Start Dec. 9.
Mats, and Nights.
Adm. Mats., All Scats, 2Sc.
Nights, Lower rioor, 80c
Balcony, 28c.
OMAHA'S FUN CENTER
tCn t tdrffi D"ily M,u- "-M-aoc.
-y.A2X'Evtnlni, 2S-50-78c-l.
LAST TIMES TODAY !;3300
MILLION DOLLAR DOLLS buh.
Tomorrow (Saturday), Matinee and Week
SOLLY WARD
and Jas. E. Coooer's
"ROSELAND GIRLS"
IA0IES' DIME , MATINEE WEEK DAYS.
BOYD
TONIGHT v
SAT. AND v
Mat. Today BENEFIT RED CROSS.
Busby's Celebrated
Colored Minstrels
Tonite Prizo Buck and Wine Contest.
DDflHIlElft Tnrlav Mat. 2:30
u n h ii u 1. 1 a ..J ;2
Sat. Mat. and Ev'nf.
Mats. 50c, 78c, $1.00; Ni(bts, SOc to $1.80.
Ccortes Marck's Jungle Players; Mrs.
Gene Hughea Co.; Captain Adrian C
"Pop" Anson; Leo Beers; Harry Norwood
A Alpha Hall; Tom Kerr 4 Edith Enaignf
Colonel I'iamond 4 Grand Daughter;
Orpheum Travel Weekly. , .
rHOTOFl,AYS.
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Today No. 9 "THE FIGHTING TRAIL
Saturday "Tanks at Battle of Ancre"
First Tims at 10c and 20c.
LOTHROP
24th and
Lothrop
Today VIOLA DANA, m
THE COSSACK WHIP
HAMILTON u'l-i
Today GEORGE M. COHAN
in "SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE"
When Buying Advertised Goods
Say You Read of Them in The Bee
Ford Directors Ordered
To Divide Surplus Profit
Detroit, Dec. 6. Directors of thf
Ford Motor company were ordered
in a final decree today in the Dodge
Ford suit to declare within 30 days
a dividend of $19,275,385.96 from ac
cumulated cash surplus on hand July
31. 1916. - '
John and Horace Dodge, holders
of 30 per cent of the Ford stock, won
their suit recently for a division. of
the profits of the Ford company, in
stead of diverting thenj for construc
tion of a huge .smelter plant at River
Rouge, a suburb.
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$800 Knabe Grand 8600
$450 Angelas Player. . . . .8200
$450 Price & Teeple PI. . .8212
$1350 White Player. ...... 8468
$1,050 Knabe Player 8754
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nioTorivs.
Today and Saturday
FRANCIS CARPENTER
VIRGINIA LEE CORBIN
In
"BABES OF THE WOOD"
Children's Mat. Sat. 11-1 5c
Geraldine Farrar
in
"The Woman God Forgot"
Mack Sennet t Comedy '
"An International Sneak"
With Chester Conklin
STRAND
Special Children's Performance
Saturday Morning at 10 o'Clock
'Thomas Jefferson Morgan,
P. J. G.
The stoy of the "TeTciub" .
USE
, Clara Kimball
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Today MARY MILES MINTER, la
"CHARITY CASTLE"..