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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER ' 16, 1917.
YANDERLIP URGES
ALL T0EC0N0MIZEI
Persons Buying Luxuries at
This Time Come in Direct
Competition With the
Government.
FOURTH DRAFT
CONTINGENT TO
GO ONNEXTCALL
Frank A. Vanderlip delivered a
straight-from-the-shoulder, thrift ad
dress Friday in the Eoyd theater.
- He poured out the vials of contempt
upon people who still selfishly insist
on having their luxuries. He appeal
ed to them to "do without" now in
order that the government may have
a clear track to produce the things
needed to win the war. And he gave
reasons why war saving stamps are
the best investment on earth.
After he was through Mrs. Vander
lip made a short speech in which she
appealed to the women to become
stllers of war saving stamps and buy
ers' of them, too.
Personal Desires to Yield.
me uiuicuit imiie is iiui 10 uuitui
money to conduct this war," said Mr.
Vanderlip. "The hard thing is to pro
duce the things necessary to conduct
the war. The government has plenty
of credit. But because you have not
been willinir to cct along without un
necessary things, the shops and fac
tories have not been able to turn out
Kansas City, Mo. Dec. 15. The
fourth contingent of the first draft
quota the IS per cent that has never
been called will not go until the
next draft, Adjutant General James
H. McCord of Jefferson City, late
today notified the local appeal board.
Men certified for the fourth con
tingent of the first draw will go in
the 'first or second contingents of the
next draw, according to the adjutant
general's notice, regardless of
whether they answer the question
aires and will be classified theoretical
ly the same as other registrants.
all the goods the government needs.pe(j0C( anj November 25, died
you are in direct companion wuu
the government. You are getting in
its way.
"Last month our government ex
pected to spend a billion dollars for
war material. It had the money.
Cut it couldn't get the labor and the
shop room for the simple reason that
the people were making too great
demands on labor and shops for their
own desires.
United In Sacrifice.
"Yc pride ourselves on being self
governing. Hut I tell you, if we don't
learn to govern ourselves and do
w;lhout things during this time, when
our gover .mem needs every possible
means of producing war material, we
will be compelled to go without. Coal
will be withheld from the luxury-producing
factory and luxWiqS wiM be
refused transportation.
, "We need to become a nation, not
only united, but united for sacrifice.
It is no longer a question of whether
we can alTord a thing, hut whether
the government can afford it.
.: "The way you spend a dollar can
help swing the scale toward or away
frbm victory. A dollar can be hoard
ed, .spent or invested. A hoarded dol
lar is a slacker. But there is some
thing worse than that, namely a
traitor dollar and a traitor dollar is a
dollar that is spent for something
you can get along without nowadays.
Nation Is Rich.
"But you say, what is this going
to do my business? I tell you we
arevengaged in something biggerihau
our personal businesses. You'd bet
ter have a receiver than an executor.
But, as a matter of fact, things won't
be as bad as that. In fact, we will
do well if we get the people educated
to .thrift so that luxury buying in
war-time does not actually increase.
We are so rich. We have just har
vested a $21,000,000,000 crop, which
is SO per cent bigger than that of
last year. Workmen have never be
fore received such big wages as now.
We have money, money.
To Teach Thrift.
"Now here? is where the -thrift
stamps and war saving stamps come
in. . I expect to, self $2,000,000,000
worth of them fo 30,000,000 people.
But that isn't the biggest thing 1 ex
pect to do. There arc easier ways of
raising this sum. The big tiling we
will accomplish will be to teach the
good old-fashioned virtue of thrift to
these people so theywill go on sav
intr after the war. And a still bigger
thing than that will be accomplished!
namely teaching each inuivmuai tnai
he is a part of this government and
that he must do well Ins part it the
,rr,'riiiii,Mif ifi trt'1iv anil nrrmncr.
i 'Thcse thrift stamps and war saving
stamps have a feature that I never
heard of on any other security. That
feature is that they cannot decrease
in value. They incrci.se every month.
The government stands ready to buy
them back every month at an increase
ocr what the buyer paid for them.
' Bonds Replace Luxuries.
"Another strong reason for buying
them instead of spending money for
luxuries is this: Luxuries now cost
about 200 per cent more than they did
Iwinr ihf war Cnvrrnment securi
ties now pay a higher rate of interest
hin they have for a generation. Why
not get along without he luxuries
for a few years and buy government
bonds? If you do that you will be able
'io afford twice as many luxuries a
tew years hence.
.' ''I don't believe there are many men
in this theater who can't afford to
buy SI, 000 worth of the stamps. Don't
"ouy.the 25-cent stamps. Thos. are for
the -children and the poorest people.
Buy $1,000 worth fnd then keep them.
Tliejiabit of Sav ing you learn and the
unnccessarics you do without will be
'A more alue to you ..nd the govern
ment than the mere money.
Take Broad View. j
Vr- Vanderlip called upon the au-'
dience to "think nationally" on great
problems. One of these problems, he
ieclared, is now the railroads which,
le said, the government may solve by
"aking over control of them "within
.he next few days."
Another problem which he men
tioned ii that of government credit.
Some unthinking people, he said, are
already looking to the printing press,
as a means of producing money. "A
printing press can't produce things
and things are what the government
iceds." he said. N
Mrs. Vanderlip Talks.
' Mrs. Vanderlip spoke for only a
few moments.
. "Women . everywhere are doing
-hings to help," she said. "On the
. railroads and in many other places
hey are learning to do7 things which
jefore we thought they could not do.
"I believe that the selltns of these
namps is peculiarly a woman's work.
A woman can get out during the day.
She is not tied down so that she never
has a moment of leisurf and I believe
'the women can do a wonderful work
hi this direction.",
-''Ward Burgess presided at the meet
ing and Mr. Vanderlip was Introduced
by John L. Kennedy. N -
The military band from Fort Crook
gave a half hour, concert preceding
the speaking. . 7 ' ;
JMr. and Mrs. Vanderlip left late last
night for Kansas City, . , - t
TWO DEAD, 2 MISSING
ON U. SJHIP ACTON
Thirty-Six Men Saved When
American Steamer Sunk
by Torpedo Novem
ber 25.
Washington, Dec. 15 Seaman
John Thomas Moran and Chester
Theodore Berry of the naval guard
on the American steamer Acton, tor-
from exposure, and two others, Gun
ners' Mate Leonard Richard Kabke
and Seaman Howard S. Piatt, still are
unaccounted for, the Navy department
announced tonight in a statement add
ing details to the meager reports of
the torpedoing received last month.
Sixteen men of the armed guard
were saved and all of the civilian
crew except two, John Fitzgerald and
a seaman named Downey, who dit .1
in open boats from exposure and
thirst. Berry also died in a small
boat from the same causes while
Moran succumbed in a hospital. News
of his death was cabled the depart
ment today by the American naval
attache at Madrid.
Armed Guard Saved.
Berry's mother, Mrs. Minnie Trigg,
lives in Rochester, N. Y. Moran's
aunt, Margaret Moran, at Providence,
R. I.; Kabke's father at Winneconne,
Wis., and Piatt's father at East Bos
ton, Mass. .
The men of the armed guard who
were saved are:
Alexander J. Brindist, seaman, New
Haven, Conn.; John A. Boyce, sea
man, Dravosburg, Pa.; John H. Ben
son, seaman, South Portland Me.;
Joseph Bothc, seaman, Grand Rapids,
Mich.; Ralph R. Bailey, coxswain,
Davis City, la., John A. Carroll, sea
man, Brooklyn, N. Y., James F.
Church, seaman, Lee, Mass.; Henry
Earl, seaman, Hopedalc, Mass.; Os
mond P. Erskine, seaman, Bath,
Me.; Claire W. Gravel, seaman, Mill
Hall, Clinton county, Pennsylvania;
Arthur .W. Harre), seaman, Black
well, Colo.; Adam Poson, chief gun
ner's mate, Gevefand, O., Albert F.
Samuclson, seaman, South Minne
apolis, Minn., Robert J. Wingate, sea
man, Sumter, S. C; James O. Rabal,
seaman, Detroit, Mich.; -William J.
Hennessey, coxswain, Cambridge,
Mass.
Civilian Crew Rescued.
Twenty members of the civilian
crew were rescued soon after . the
ship went down and now are bound
for the United States, but five were
unaccounted for. They got away in
an open boat and reached Spain, De
cember 6, but Fitzgerald died before
the boat made land. The four saved
were: J. Murphy, first assistant en
gineer; H. McGilroy, cadet; Thomas
Carrer, sailor, and James Crowley,
third cook. The other 20 are: Wed
dclsted, Niculand, Lyon, Wolcot, Wal
lace (messman), Hartwig, Tarafunga,
Rotman, Dyckmau, Brown, , Jensen
(Farndalc, Cal.), Carsoni Deibe, Magi,
Milley, Bcaly (probably Hcafy), Ihjrd
assistant engineer, Fallon (deck boy),
Occaffray, Caballero.
Car Situation Better,
Says Railroad Report
Chicago, Dec. IS. Unfilled orders
for cars on December 1, amount to
117.132 cars as compared with 140,012
cars on November 1, according to a
statement by the railroad war board.
The decrease was a surprise as it was
feared the situation had become
worse. The railroads are handling
currently 20 per cent more freight and
passenger traffic than a year ago.
The Red Rash
of Dyspepsia
Stomach TroubU May Ruin a Most
B.autifal Complexion. Prevent
Such Diaaat.r With Stuart's v
Dyipepsia Tablets.
"It Un't E&trtm Car That Pr.rvs My
Bsauty. It la a Coed Stomach Kapt Seund
by Stuart' Dyapepsla Tabids.
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Hundreds of otherwise rrtly girl haa
a regular stomaeh face. Little pimple break
out. Then bigger one, all the mult of nn
direited food in a weak digestive system. If
tbete fir! would take a Stuart'a Dyspepsia
Tablet after meal the pimple would to
away, the . kin would b clearer and ilia
pinched, haggard expression would give way
tov -smiles. It isn't wht you eat nor the
quantity, it ia the ability of the digestive
organ to turn food into pure blood. When
food lays ' in the stomach and sours, fer
ments, becomes gassy, causes rumblings and
belching, there is trouble ahead unl...
Stuart' Dyspepsia Tablet are relied upon.
Get a S0-eent box todax at any druggist and
aroid spoiling your complexion. Adv.
GOTHAM FREEZES;
COAUCEBOOND
Dealers Besieged by Poor Seek
ing Small Quantities of Pre
cious Fuel; Industrial Tie
up is Threatened.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. IS. Homes and
industries in New York were con
fronted tonight with the most serious
coal shortage in the city's history
because of inability to get supplies
across the river on barges from New
Jersey tide water points, where thou
sands of tons are ice bound. The
situation which was already bad, was
greatly aggravated by last night's
storm.
An investigation by the fuel admin
istration today disclosed that nearly
one-half of the city's coal yards are
empty, while others have only a few
tons on hand. Thousands of families
have no coal to heat their homes and
scores of the city's manufacturing
plants are said to be on the verge of
shutting down. It may be necessary
to close many of the public schools
unless fresh supplies are received at
once.
Poor Besiege Dealers.
Dealers throughout the city were
besieged by poor persons seeking
coal in small quantities.
The coal has frozen solid in dumps
and coal cars and it can be shoveled
only with the aic of live steam. Fuel
administrators held out hope that the
shortage would be relieved in 24
hours. Extra 'ighters, barges and
stevedores have been engaged, it was
said.
Two blocks of model tenement
houses on the East Side occupied by1
9,000 persons ran out of coal today.
The owners announced that until suf
ficient fuel can be obtained to heat
the apartments; tenants would be al
lowed 10 cents day on their weekly
rents to pay fo- extra gas.
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Omaha Workers Make Pads, i
Five thousand large first-aid
pads and heel and elbow pads are
ready as a result of the activities of
the Red Cross workers of the Oma
ha district.
METHODIST DRIVE
TO GET BIG SUM FOR ,
THE AGED SUCCEEDS
Lincoln, Dec. IS. (Special.) The
big drive for $300,000 to care for re
tired ministers in Nebraska Methodist
Episcopal churches is practically as
sured of success, it was announced a
the meeting of trustees of the Confer
ence Claimants' society in Lincoln
today.
Dr. J. R. Gettys reported that $350,
000 had been subscribed and ISO
churches were in the midst of the
campaign and had not reported. The
trustees endorsed the campaign and
pledged support for its full co-operation
to secure the $500,000 necessary.
Rev. J. T. B. Smith and Rev. J. F.
Ponchcr. Chicago, of the National
Board of Conference Claimants, are
assisting Dr. Gettys in the campaign.
Dr. Smith is at Pawnee City and
Table Rock making the canvass. He
said today, "This intensive campagn
will succeed and it will be a big boost
to Nebraska Methodism. To raise
a fund of $500,000 in a big five-weeks
drive is a man-el and it shows the
generosity of the people.
"All classes have given to the
fund," said Dr. Smith, "and in several
cities Catholics and members of other
churches have contributed to this
fund for the aged preachers who have
receiving only 542-3 cents a
been
day."
New York Coal Yards Empty;
Thousands of Tons Tied Up
New York, Dec. 15. With half of
New York's coal yards empty and
suffering increasing in the unhealed '
homes of the poor, the fuel adminis
trators today exerted all their efforts
to release thousands of tons of coal
tied up at tidewater. r
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The Store of Useful Gifts
Come and look over our fine line
You can find something here for
any member of the family
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Pocket afyiives
assortment, up from 35 1
FOR MOTHER
Roaster, Pyrex Glassware, Scales.
Large size Oil Mop, regular 11.25.
Special, at 894
Electric Irona S5.00
Electric Cleaner 832.00
Electric Heaters $3.75
Casserole, 8-inch, with nickel
holder, special 82.95
Casseroles, with Pyrex Glass in
set, at $6.75
Ramikin Sets $8.00
Crumb Tray and Scraper,
at ..; $2.25
Nut Picks and Crackers. .2Sr
:.J ax I
75o TM-k '
Fancy Pie Dishes
$2.05
HEADQUARTERS' for SKATES
CARVING SETS
3-Piece Set with silver handles,
at $3.37
Game Shears .... ....$2.78
Nut Bowl with Picks, mahogany
finish, at $1.50
Silver Plated Knives and Forks,
per set '. $3.50
Manicure Sets .........$1.25
Safety Razor Sets, all makes, up
from $1.00
Scissors Sets, at $2.50
Flash Lights
Flash Lights, all sizes, up from
AUTO ACCESSORIES.
Auto Wrench Set $1.25
Driving Gloves, Auto Jacks, Tool Boxes,
Tire Chains, Tire Covers, Speedometers.
Pull-Out Cables.
FOR THE BOY 1 Electric Toasters $5.00
Flexible Flyer Sled ..$1.75
Skates, up front $1.25
Skiis, up from $2.50
Tool Benches, at $10.50
Tool Cabinets, at 89.50
Roller Skates, at ..."...$1.50
Footballs, at $1.00
Boy Scout Axes 85
Boy Scout Knives, at.. $1.75
wrist "Watches
Electric Iron
FOR THE HOME.
Electric Washer.
Fireless Gas Range.
Vacuum Cleaner . .$5.95
FIREPLACE FIXTURES
Fire Screens
Basket Grates
Wood Baskets.
Andirons
Fire Sets
.... $4.50
FOR THE HOME
AB New Idea Gas Range.
Fireless Cooker.
Bissell Carpet Sweeper.
Electric Grills $7.1
Electric Percolator .... $8J
Tea Ball Tea Pots ....$3.50
Nickel Plated Coffee Pots, large
size $2.35
Vacuum Bottles $1.75
Universal Lunch Boxes. $3.75
Percolators, up from... $2.00
Aluminum Tea Kettles. $3.95
HWl UaUall
Electric Toaster
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Mr. Hoover's Right Ide&
MR. HERBERT HOOVER Natioml FSSd AdiSife
istrator, had the right idea when he recently said in an
official statement: "Those who wish brewing entirely
suppressed should bear in mind that if such a course
were pursued THE COUNTRY WOULD BE PLACED
UPON A WHISKEY BASIS entirely:,
That is the crux of the True Temperance question
which Prohibitionists in their over-zealousness fail to see.
Mr. Hoover's statement was made in connection with
his recommendation that, as a food conservation measure,
the alcoholic content of beer be reduced to 23A per cent.
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In the brewing "of beer, alcohol is not sought by
the brewer, but is an incident to the process through
natural fermentation.
The new 23A percent. Americarf beers will be similar
to'those so popular in Norway, Denmark and Sweden,
where, on account of their low percentage of alcohol, they
are classed among the True Temperance drinks, and, ro en
courage their consumption, ARE MADE TAX FREK
i The United States Brewers Association.