THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1917.
Nebraska
RED CROSS DRIVE
GREAT SUCCESS
THROUGH STATE
Burt County Enrolls 66 Per
Cent of Its Inhabitants;
Some Towns Even
Better.
Burt county chapter ot the Red
Cross, Mrs. E. C. Houston, chairman,
with headquarters at Tekamah, Neb.,
reports a total membership of 8,198 or
66 per cent of the population of the
county. This is an excellent showing
and one of the best. Nine school dis
tricts out of 18 in Burt county have
made 100 per cent showing.
The town of Thurston in Thurston
county, reports that they expect to
have 100 per cent membership within
the next 24 hours, having nearly all of
them enrolled so far.
Pender, in that county, has already
reported 100 per cent and other points
in that county are still to be heard
from.
Christmas membership reports are
still coming in from the country dis
tricts. Many are reporting from 80
to 100 per cent and the general re
sult will show a total membership on
January 1 of over 45 per cent.
Iowa expects to get a 42 per cent
membership and it is expected that
Nebraska will beat this record. Full
and complete returns, however, will
not be in our hands until between
January 5 and 10.
The Brown county chapter at Ains
worth, Neb., reports new member
ships up to date of practically 1,000,
with more to follow.
Attorney General Smith of
England Coming to Nebraska
Lincoln, Dec. .'0. (Special.) The j
attorney general of England, Sir Fred- j
erick E. Smith, will be a second
speaker at the mass meeting Friday'
night, January 18, the first day of the
two-day Nebraska war conference.-ac-cording
to announcement today by the
Prof. Fogg of the State Council of
Defense. The acceptance of Franklin
K. Lane,' secretary of the interior, to
speak at this meeting was announced
vesterday.
Sir Frederick E. Smith has arrived
in the United States with the British
v-ar message. He is to address the
American Bar association.
President Arthur E. Bestor of the
Chautauqua institution, New York,
director of the speakers division of the
committee on public .information, and
a representative of the National Coun
cil of Defense, will be the principal
speaker at the Saturday meeting.
At the conference of the Nebraska
four-minute men, also held here
January 18-19, one or two speakers
representing the division of four-minute
men of the United States commit
tee on public information will be
present.
Table Rock Teacher Resigns
Position to Join the Army
Table Rock, Neb., Dec, 30. (Spe
cial.) Arthur Davis, principal of the
school at Armour, recently resigned
in answer to his country's call. The
vacancy has been filled by the election
of Miss Donnie Thompson of Beatrice,
who was born and grew to woman
hood in Table Rock.
Frank Heer of Table Rock, who
registered and was drafted at Mc
Donald, Kan., while working in that
vicinity and who was sent to Fort
Pike, Ark., arrived in Table Rock in
time for the holidays. He was sub
jected to an examination by army
physicians and was discharged owing
to defective eyesight.
At the annual election held by Table
Rock lodge No. 33, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Aubray C. Duncan, noble grand; John
N. Ilkenhons. vice grand; M. H. Mar
ble, secretary; R. A. Kovanda, treas
urer. These officers will be installed
next Thursday night. M. H. Marble,
the secretary-elect, has filled this posi
tion for the last 24 years.
Churches Join in Big
Revivals :t Dunbar
Dunbar. Neb., Dec. 30. (Special.)
The United Presbyterian and First
Presbyterian churches of Dunbar have
unanimously joined hands in holding
a series of union revival meetings here
at Dunbar for the next three weeks,
beginning today.
Rev. Elmer P. Loose of Waukesha,
Wis., is the evangelist who will con
duct these meetings, assisted by Prof,
and Mrs.' A. P. Shaw, evangelistic
singers and workers. The meetings
will be held in the F"irst Presbyterian
church. The pastors of the two
churches are Rev. A. L. Godfrey of
the United Presbyterian and Rev.
Walter A. Treason of the First Pres
byterian. Rev. Mr. Loose is classed
with the leading evangelists of the
day, and great results are expected
of his work.
Private Clyde G. Seiver Is
Buried Sunday at Broken Bow
Broken Bow, Neb., Dec. 30. (Spe
cial.) Private Clyde G. Seiver, who
died of pneumonia at Fort Worden,
Wash., was burned Sunday at Broken
Bow. This is the first Broken Bow
Careful Observer Runs Into Some
Funny Superstitions in His Rounds
Men may come and men may go,
but their superstitions go on forever.
The trii of this was demonstrated
when thCareful Observer strolled
around town for a few minutes and
made inquiry. He called on Otto, the
barber.
He learned from this tonsorial im
presario that a barber is supersti
tious when the first patron on Satur
day morning asks to have his work
charged. Invariably the barber who
meets such an unlucky situation will
pay the amount himself rather than be
the victim of the hoodoo.
Then he went over and spoke to
Ralph, the veteran theater doorman.
He asked Ralph about theater super
stitions and learned that to whistle in
a theater is about as bad an omen as
could be imagined. To whistle in a
temple of Thespis means that the box
CORN IMPROVERS'
ANNUAL MEETING
Association Will Hold Yearly
Meeting at Lincoln January
14 to 19 ; Good program
Offered
Lincoln, Dec. 30. (Special.) The
Nebraska Corn Improvers' association
will hold its annual meeting Tuesday
and Wednesday ot Organized Agricul
ture week. January 14 to 19. Part of
the program will be given oer to a
discussion of the war as it affects the
iarmer.
Tuesday morning, "Field Crops in
Relation to War Problems," will be
discussed. J. Warren Smith of the
United States weather bureau will be
one of the speakers from outside the
state. He will speak Wednesday aft
ernoon on "Relation of Climate to
Crops."
The winter corn show will be held
during the week. A new premium list
has been arranged. The honorary,
amateur and junior classes have been
consolidated into one general class
open to all.. The state, however, will
be divided into eastern and western
sections and exhibits from the two
sections will not compete. Charles
Grau of Bennington is chairman of
the corn show committee. R. Hogue
of Crete is president and Frof. T. A.
Kiesselbach of Lincoln, secretary of
the Corn Improvers' association.
The program of the meeting fol
lows: Tuesday Morning, January 15
"Field Crops in Relation to War Prob
lems." "Live Stock as a Factor in
Food Production During the War."
"Steers and Hogs," 11. L Gramlich,
Lincoln: "The Dairy Cow," J. H.
Frandsen, Lincoln; "Food Problems
From the Chemist's Viewpoint," F.
W, Upson, Lincoln; "Cost of Pro
duction and Food Prices During the
War," Dean E. A. Burnett, Univer
sity Farm, Lincoln. General discus
sion led by E. P. Brown, Davey.
Tuesday Afternoon Corn and corn
shows. "Factors Influencing the
Yield of Corn," C. G. Williams, Agri
cultural Experiment station, Wooster,
O.; "The Seed Corn Situation," T. A.
Kiesselbach, University Farm, Lin
coln. Discussion of future corn shows.
"The Value of Continuing Competi
tive Corn Exhibits." F. J. Rist, Hum
boldt; "The Futility of the 'Pretty
Ear' Corn Show," Erwin Hopt, Lin
coln. Discussion led by Charles Grau,
Bennington; J. O. Shroyer, Humboldt.
Election of ofiicers.
Wednesday Morning The land
problem. "Is There a Land Prob
lem?" H. C. Filley. Lincoln; "A Pro
posed Solution of the Land Problem,"
L. S. Herron, Omaha. General dis
cussion led by C. Y. Thompson, West
Point; C. H. Gustafson, Mead. "Com
mon Ground in the Land Problem,"
G. O. Virtue, Lincoln.
Wednesday Afternoon Crops, soil
and climate. "Relation of Climate to
Crops," J. Warren Smith, United
States Weather Bureau, Washington,
D. G: "Size of Farm as Related to
Climate and Soil," K. R. Spafford.
Lincoln; "Emergency and Special
Purpose Crops." L. L. Zook, North
Platte; "Corn as a Factor in the De
velopment of Agriculture in Ne
braska," S. C. Bassett, Gibbon.
Packers Freeze Out
The Small Dealers
(By Associated Fress.)
Boston, Dec. 30. Troubles encoun
tered by independent firms in com
petition with big packing interests
formed the burden of stories related
by witnesses at the concluding ses
sion of the Federal Trade commis
sion's inquiry yesterday,
W. M. McDonald, who started a
slaughtering and rendering business
at Concord Junction, told of transac
tions with Boston bankers through
which he was finally forced to give
up the plant. His recital led Francis
J. Heney, special counsel for the com
mission, to refer to the manner in
which the witness Tiad been dealt willi
"as high finance." The testimony of
Mr. McDonald as far as it concerned
the Exchange Trust company of this
city was denied in a public statement
after the hearing by President John
J. Martin of the trust company.
In bringing the hearing to a close
Mr. Heney extended an invitation to
any small market men or storekeepers
who believed they had been unfairly
dealt with by wholesalers or thought
they had been victims of a com
bination of packers to write to the
commission at Washington. If the
facts were found to bear out the
claims, he said, they would be turned
over to the Department of Justice for
action in the federal courts.
Waterloo Capitalist
Dies of Heart Disease
Waterloo, la., Dec. 30. (Special
Telegram.) Calvin L. Kingsley, Wa
terloo hotel man, capitalist banker
and active in fraternal organizations,
died suddenly Friday night at his
home of heart disease. He was sec
retary of the board of trustees of the
grand lodge of Elks and had a na
tional reputation in many orders. He
was 53 years old and is survived by
his widow. The funeral will be held
Sunday.
soldier to die in the service of his
country. The funeral was held at
the Methodist church. The Red Cross.
Council of Defense, Khaki Backers
and other patriotic organizations at
tended. Private Seiver was formerly in the
postoffice here, but when the call for
volunteers came a month ago he left
the service and enlisted.
offide receipts will be adversely af
fected or some other dire fate of equal
magnitude will befall the accursed
place. If one's health is good and he
wishes to preserve it, the advice is not
to whistle while in a theater.
The Careful Observer wandered
over to call on Frank, hotel clerk.
Placing his hands on the desk, he un
wittingly closed the register book.
Frank immediately went straight up.
He was almost speechless.
"Don't you know that closing a
book on a hotel desk means bad
luck?" he asked. Just what form of
misfortune follows in the wake of:
closing a hotel book was not divulged.
but it must be something terrible,!
judging by the deadly pallor which 1
covered Frank's face. By opening the;
bdok quickly and crossing his lingers
he believed he broke the curse.
Concrete Ship Is Launched Bottom
Upward; Marks New Era in Navigation
IAUNCH CONCRETE
WORKING GIRLS
ORGANIZEFOR WAR
Miss Clara Brewster of Y. W.
C. A. in Charge of Young
Women Known as
D. T. A.s.
Miss Clara Brewster, physical di
rector of the Young Woman's Chris
tian association, has just completed an
organization among the working girls
vf the city which lines up all the
business ability of that class for Uncle
;am's needs. The novel organization
is known as the D. T. A. It is a two
fold meaning: "Death to Autocracy
itid Democracy to All."
Miss Brewster has been working on
the organization for a number of
A-eeks, believing that the aid of the
'vorking girl is being overlooked.
'Just as tlie American boy of fight
i ig age," Miss Brewster says, "is ac
tive of mind and body, so the girls
' rho have been working side by side
vith them. These girls like the big
var feeling of the times as well as
lie boys. They want organization,
hey want to be doing something for
heir country.
"Now, the point is, these girls have
f:een buying uniforms, organizing
companies and doing a lot of un
conomic things. But such prepara
tions are wasteful, as the American
nan will never allow woman to go to
fight on the battlefield as long as one
f them is alive. Therefore such fool
:shness should be stopped. But the
girls must have something to do for
their country. I mean the working
?irl. They must do this by organiz
ing. "The woman at home is helping by
economizing and knitting. The work
ing girl, while she can help in the
same way, lias another powerful fac
tor in hand. She i.i earning money
with which Uncle Sam can
carry on war. And so that is the
working girl's biggest weapon in this
great war.
"Already I have 200 girls in the or
ganization who are putting from $1
to $5 per month in their little banks
used for the purpose. At this rate the
American working girls could save as
much as $20,000,000 a year. This
money they save by cutting out
luxuries. Their regular knitting nights
go on just the same."
At the last meeting of the Rotary
i lub the entire membership present
ndorsed Miss Brewster's movement,
'.'he fact that the Red Cross is domi
: ated by the rich society has led the
I iris to organize in such a way as will
) ivc them credit for their work.
Demand for Glass Eyes
Boosted by the War
The war is making an extraordinary
demand for glass eyes so many are
the fighting men who lose one or both
of their own eyes at the front.
When a man is totally blinded he
usually lets it go at that; but if one
eye be lost he gets an artificial one,
to avoid disfigurement.
We in this country do not know
WALK ERECT
AT EIGHTY
Bocaupe a man or woman Is old doea not
mean that thpy mu?t walk along bont over
and supportort with a cane. A man can
be as vigorous and healthy at 80 as at 20
if he aids tho organs of the body in per
forming their functions.
All diseases whether of a malignant or
weak character tend to tear away our vi
tality You must counteract disease In lti
Incipient stage If you would live a happy
and useful life.
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cleaning herbs. These capsules are a pre
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have proven their merit In relieving back
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all ailments arising from an excess of uric
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GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules are
sold at all reliable druggists. They are
guaranteed to do everything as claimed or
money refunded. Don't be misled by false
imitations. Look for GOLD MEDAL on
every box.
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SHIP..
Q An interesting
feature ot the newQ
concrete
ships
is the method of
launching the vessels bottom upward.
The photo shows the launching of the
Kenton 1, a motor .ship of '-'OO tons
dead weight and the first ferro-con-crete
lighter to be built in Norway.
The vessel was built at the yards of
the Forsgrund Cement Casting com
pany and a distinguished gathering,
including the premier, attended the
launching.
how to make artificial eyes. It is
really a fine art, and may be said to
represent the highest development of
the glassblowers' skill.
The beginning of an artificial eve
is a small glass tube with a bulb in
the middle. One end is cut off, and
the opening scaled with the blowpipe,
leaving a hollow bulb on the end of
a tube.
The workman, of course, can en
large the bulb as he please-, bv blow
ing into the tube. This he does gradu
ally and at intervals, while applying
melted glass of different colors to
the extermity of the bulb.
First he puts on a circular spot of
blue or brown for the iris, and in the
center adds a black dot for the puuil.
By artistic manipulation he counter-
'FigMkg Over the Empty
Blaming the
committee is "a mere adjunct ot the American
Claus A. Spreckels,
U. S. Senate Committee's inquiry into fuel and sugar conditions with somewhat of an explosion.
In reply to Mr. Spreckels' charges, Food Administrator Hoover issued a statement in which he
said that "it required no proof from me to establish that Mr. Spreckels, the leading sugar-refiner,
is sore at the Food Administration, and would like to see it destroyed. I realize that Mr.
Spreckels' -balance sheet will not look so good next year as last, for refiners' profits have been
regulated."
In THE LITERARY DIGEST for December 29th, there is a very enlightening article deal
ing with the sugar situation from various view-points, showing what has caused the shortage
and what the U. S. Food Administration has done to curtail the cost of sugar to the people.
Other articles that will awaken unusual interest in this number are:
Jews Look Askance At Restored Palestine
The Gift of Jerusalem to the Jews Does Not Imply Unconditional Acceptance, and Many of Them Do
Not Show a Feverish Haste to Emigrate.
Canada Pledges Her Sons
Battle Is On To Make U. S. Dry '
Ex-Premier of France Facing Treason
Trial
The Church and Sinn Fein
"Fabricated" Ships
To Dole Out Niagara Power
What Makes Us Tall Or Short
Remedy for Food Transportation Evils
(Specially Prepared b'y U. S. Food Adminittration.)
Troubling the Baptist Waters
An Urgent Duty and a Glorious
Privilege
Many Striking
Annual Motor Number-128 Pages
Motor Car, Truck, Tractor and Motor accessory buyers will save time and money by
consulting this week's "Digest." It is "The Digest's" Annual Automobile Issue and contains
announcements of the leading manufacturers in these lines. This number of "The Digest"
will give its readers throughout the nation information as to the latest models and newest
accessories, and they will get a wealth of information as to how manufacturers are meet
ing the transportation problems brought about by the war.
December
flllerdoryD
fUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of
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ieus mo delicate cue
ts of coloration
observed in the human eye.
The process cannot be more defi
nitely described because it is art work,
and not merely a mechanical perform
ance. A special glass is added to
imitate the peculiar whitish opacity of
the white part of the eye; and even
the little red veins in the latter are
reproduced.
During these processes the bulb and
tube arc kept hot and soft. Finally
the front half of the bulb is cut off
with sharp scissors, and this half is
the all-but-finished eye, requiring only
to have its edges made smooth.
Most glass eyes are made in Ger
many, and they cost only about $5
apiece. This source of supply has been
cut off by the war. But the finest ar
tificial eyes are of French manufac
ture, and are of porcelain. The proc
ess of making them is secret. Phila
delphia Ledger.
(ienlns.
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on his pap's co'nfleld "
"And It frightened away all the birds?"
'"SkeiM'ed 'em so that ono ol crow brought
back the co'n he stole Ihe year before."
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Illustrations, Including a Reproduction of a Lithograph by the
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29th Number on Sale To
LABOR'S ATTITUDE
TOWARDTHE WAR
That and Peace Will Be Chief
Subjects of Discussion at An
nual Conference of Inde
pendent Party in England.
I .imiiIoii, Dew 11 .--liritish labor's
Attitude toward war and peace will he
the chief Mibiect- nt diciisinn at the
ltli annual eiuiterence ol the labor
patn, beginning January
Among ihe resolutions lo be Mih
niitted is one by the liritish socialist
party, which sas, in effect, that
labor's participation in the K'U em
inent has not resulted in any tangible
benefits to the mass nf the people. The
resolution adds that "neither has the
association ot the labor party with the
government assured that the coining
peace will be made by the democracy
rather than by capitalistic diplomacy."
The document also refers to "the
methods
'11,1, 1 I IVI1!
to remove
Mr.
I Henderson from the war cabinet when
'acting in perleet accord with the fle
1 cisions of the labor parly prove that
' participation in ihe government and
hdelilv to the labor movement ,-re
'incompatible." It will, therefore, be
urged by the socialists that members
j of the labor party now holding office
j be withdraw n.
1 Regarding peace, the independent
j labor p.trty will submit a resolution
tor discussion which in part says:
Breakdown of Diplomacy.
"That it is the opinion of this con
lenncc the war marks the break
down of the old method of diplomacy,
which settled the international rela
tions of the peoples without consult
ing r even informing them; but with
statesmen whodiave used victories to
impose terms of peace which left sus
picion, hate and resentment behind
which were followed by military alli
ances and armaments and which vio
lated the principles of self-government
in order to satisfy military de
mands and imperialist appetites; it,
thereforeeallsi itpon the government,
To Break Up a Cold
Mrs. William Ackerman, Col
linsville, 111., writes: "Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy will break
up a cold on the lungs the quick
est of anything I know of."
B
owl
the sugar shortage, and charging that its sugar
Sugar Kenning company, me
ulent sugar-refiner of the country " started the
A War of Self-Defense
(By U. S. Secretary of State Laming.)
Canada's Ambassador at Washington
Four Bites of Our War-Cherry
Austrian Sheep and German Goats
Russia Under the Terror
A Drug-Controller Needed
Soap From a Tree
Psychology of the Woman Shopper
Our Literary President
Art a Martyr In War
Doubling the Army Chaplains
News of Finance and Investment
- day All News-dealers
the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary), NEW YORK
if the sacrifices of the war have not
been in vain, to provide for the direct
representation of the organized de
mocracy in every conference which
discusses the condition of peace, to
reject war aims which give the war
the character of an imperialistic ven
ture and to use its influence and au
thority in every possible way to re
move the causes of war; to this end
the conference declares that no ob
stacles should he put i.. the way of re
sponsible representatives of labor con
ferring together with a view to ar
riving at such an understanding upon
the problems of F.uropc as will re
ceive the co-operative support of all
the democracies, without which there
can he no lasting peace."
Perhaps the most revolutionary of
all the resolutions is one by the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers,
which says in pari:
"This conference, recognizing that
the present system of financing the
war has resulted in giving to the rich
not only excessive profits during the
war, but als . a constantly increasing
claim upon the national income after
the war in the form of interest, calls
upon the government to impose at
once a levy of 25 per cent on the
whole capital wealth of the country,
to be levied on all persons in posses
! sion of more than $1,000, to be fol
lowed by further levies for the purpose
of extinguishing the national debt
and compelling the rich classes to re
pay to the nation the wealth which
they have acquired not in return for
service rendered, hut as the result of
an injust and vicious economic sys
tem." Advocate Nationalization.
I A second resolution by the same
j organization advocates "the com
plete nationalization of shipping and
transport, as well as the tollowing:
"State purchase and control of all
essential raw materials and food
stuffs. "The fixing of maximum, but not
of minimum prices for all essential
commodities, both for the govern
ment and for the civilian consumer.
"The elimination of all unnecessary
middlemen's profits.
"The full utilization by the govern
ment of the resmrces of the co-operative
movement for the purpose of
distribution."
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