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I THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1918. - MA ekT i mill VACANT LOTS IN OMAHA, IS THE SLOGAN Local Organizations to Co operate With State University in Making Waste Places - Productive. SOUTH SIDE FRENCH GIVES HEIRLOOM TO UNCLE SAMUEL C. VV. Watson, state leader of junior agricultural extension work for the University of Nebraska, confered with representatives of the Board of Puolic Welfare, Chamber of Commerce and -Boy Scouts, Wednesday, relative to ah extensive and intensive garden;ng campaign m Omaha this year. "Co-operative efforts among the various organizations is what we seek, that the best results may be obtained," said Mr. Watson. He explained :nat the department he represents will as sign Prof. G. W. Hood, a subject mat ter specialist on gardening, to Omaha. The university extension depart- Banker Turns Over Telescope That. Was .Gjven to His Father. Years Ago by British Of ficer. That it may be lised in searching for submarines John C French, vice president of the Stock Yards National bank, he navy. . British ment will send salaried supervisor I 0f the navy." has given a telescope to The glass was the gift of th government to his lather. sea captain, for" bravery in rescuing .1. - ... - , 1 , . me new vi a sinKinK niD aurine tlx civil war, and is suitably eneravtrl Naval officials value it ut $300 and say that it will be of great service as "eyes START DRIVE TO RAISE FUNDS TO SAVE ARMENIANS Forty-Five Thousand Dollars Asked From Omaha to Go to the Countries Looted by . the Turks. for work among boys and girls and will give the city home demonstration agent, already here, an assistan to work particularly among women's or ionizations. The Board of Public Welfare .was asked to employ a supervisor to aro' mote community drying plants 'and garden clubs among adults. Vacant Lota to Be Cultivated. "The vacant tots should be cult! vated and the people need instruction and direction. We must have the right kind of local support., We propose to make a survey of every vacant Jot and tract in the city. Children s garden clubs will be organized and 'he children will be given a lesson during the season. They will be instructed in what, when and how to plant Com munity garden clubs for tracts will be1 promoted," Mr. Watson told, the conferees. .... Mr. Watson explained that the Omaha Board of Education 'had not fallen in line with other towns by en gaging a regular garden supervisor, out notwithstanding that situation. the extension department of the Uni- When questioned about the irift. Mr. French said, "when I learned tnat the navy needed telescopes, I sent the one wnicn was presented to my father, to the assistant secretary of the navy and told him to use it until tht war is over or. if he wished keep it." H. C.Bostwick. president of the Stock Yards National bank, also has given a valuable telescope to the gov ernmcne jor use in ine navy, Smith Commended for Pep Put Into Hog Prices Men at the stock vards are loud in their praises of Art Smith, of the Lee Live Stock Commission comoanv. who waj one of the principal in stigators oi pep ana patriotism at the auction tale of the Tekamah Red Cross Tuesday. Smith paid $17.05 for a lot of hogs when the top price for the day was $16.50; which, in reality, meant a gut oi several hundred do! lars to the Red Cross. he unt-i. r- i i !, versity of Nebraska will pay the sal- gar rOUnCl NOT Utility ary of a supervisor to work with the ooys ana gins, Ready to Co-Operate. Byron L, Hastings, Thomas F. Sturgess, Ben F. Mart! and Stanley Rosewater of the civic and conserva tion committee of the Chamber of Commerce were at the meeting. Mr. Hastings bespoke hearty co operation by the Real Estate ex change, He. stated that his 12-vear-old son last year cultivated half an acre of popcorn and sold the yield for $11$ and this season he expects to cultivate five acres with assistance of a few boys. , Mr. Sturgess asserted that super vision and technical advice is neces sary. He said there had been too much hit-and-miss gardening. Volun teer work in supervision he regarded as essential, but maintained that regu larly paid supervisors are necessary if the best results are to be obtained. On Illegal Possession Charge Stanley Zacar. oronrietor of a nf drink place at 5213 South Thirtieth yircn, was iouna not guiity ot un lawful possession of liquor by Judge Madden in South Sirf inursaay morning, zagar was ar rested by members of the morals squaa Wednesday night South Side Brevities John X' Hlnchsy. South Bids trcaaurar. I wnunvu tu aim ovrni wiin lonstllUS. Telephone South S00 and ordar a a Oma or Laotonada. th healthful, refrashtni xionw oaveraga, aouvarea to your residence Omaha Boverat Co. Mrs. Thomas Irta-hram'a division f fc Ladlsa Aid society of Orar Methodist ehuroh will glva a luncheon la th basement of the ehuroh Friday noon. Marlon Crone, Thirteenth street and Mia. sourt avenue, reported to th colic th tr o M..M.. . . .. I' " - -'"'"" - ...-vnnirer lino VV. a. ailCKlon reDrCSentea tne JiOV from h i homejome tlma Wadneadav nlaht Scouts. He has entire charge of the Dr. DaLanney of Fort Crook will apeak Scout gardening activities this year. 'fw ' tha juin mw-i eiaaa at orae "This gardening work is educational ' t"S wcu as economical, ine Dig wont of modern surry In decreaalnf dlaeaa and must be done with the boys and girls, I ,u"wln- he said." "This is an ODDortunitr for I Albert H. Darnell and Mi Orae b. a great economic saving in Omaha," The Boy Scouts will maintain a stall at the market place this season for sale of their produce.' Rabbi Frederick Cohn, chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, de scribed the work as bringing the "lot less man and the manless lot to gether." , Mr. Watson added that the garden work among children should be a permanent feature of Omaha's civic E. A. Benson at a meeting1 of th Omaha 'Real Estate exchange Wed nesday, presented a call for aid from Armenia and Syria. He sa,id Omaha has started out to raise the last $45, 000 of its $60,000 quota and that he expects the response .will be generous if the people only know, "the saddest story of all history "Nearly every civilized nation has had its hosts of friends, but these people seem entirely cut off," said Mr. Benson. "When little Belgium's need arose, the response was most noble. For a year Armenians have been massacred by the orders of the Turks. They have been told they were to be deported. This was be cause they would surrender without resistance, lhey Jiave been driven to remote parts and told to dig trenches for fortifications, or. some such purpose. When they had dug a halt mile of trench they were beaten down with bludgeons or axes but never shot, because bullets cost money, and buried in the trenches they had been forced to dig. Their stores and houses have heen looted Stripped of Their Clothing. , "Sometimes these people Armeni ans, Syrians, Greeks and Jews, all but the Mohammedans have been strip ped of their clothing and left stark naked. Sometimes they have been allowed to hire conveyances and to take their goods with them, only to lose them when they reached some place where a massacre could be staged. . They were not allowed to get their families together. In one place Red Cross nurses found 700 orphans had been collected, driven to a lake and drowned. criminals released from prisons were set to guard lurks victims who were driven a journey of 200 days into a desert, where thev droooed. dvinz. along the wayside, until TurkislKsol- diers came along and pierced them with bayonets. , Young Armenian and Syrian wom en were carried off to Turkish harems or brothels. Dr. Aked told me some had been driven-in atband of J7.000 at the start, but when- they reached their destination, 300 miles away, only 170 survived. It. was equal to one person dropping every 100 feet of the journey. " - Worst oil Record. "There "is nothing like this in all history no language can describe it. Of 400.000 people there remain 250.. 000, left perishing day by day. "Two hundred doctors and nurses went among them to save them. One hundred of the doctora and nurses have died.: American teachers had educated a great many of these Syrians and Armenians. Of 500 tudents Condemned to death, onlv 10 escaped to come to this country. The missionaries had to select 70 out! of 250 people for whom they had Barker of Vllllsca, la., were married by Rev. C C Wllaon of Or.ace Methodist ehuroh Wednesday averring at th horn of th bride' alater on th South Side. Th young couple will mak their home In Vtlllaca. Illinois lump. 17.15: Zlealer lumo. SI. it: Cheroke nut, 17.60: Wyoming; amokeleai. It.li: Hock Sarlnta. Scad r a and baaeburner coke. Call B. (3. Bergqulst. ' Mrs. Doris Benck, Long Resident of Omaha, Dead Mr. ' TWi Bcnrlr tflit : Smith life; that gardening for children is Twenty-fourth street, died Wednes- jmyuiiaui in pcate umti, as wen as day morning at the home of her HI time of war.' ' ,. daughter. Mrs. Herbert Zii'sr 708 T.-r-ie t---j ?. , . ' . . ' uc tveuarc Doaru is cons aerintr a North nrtiith trr proposition to buy 40.000 oackaires Mr Rnrlr ram a ft mafia arltti l 9.17 dVhr?ugh Frank G- Koe1 her parents, 36 years ago, from Daven- ui Mtvvuitu diuuv ana comnanv. r i nnrt la whr hr - mn r;,ioti... vpiic wmcn win enaoie tne Doard to sell the packages at half the usual retail price. , Austrian in New York - ' Found With Disease Germs f"!"2 Si" JfSil !t 2! ?h wn ui ncuuurc ii uus, ajn Austrun, Rohlff, now resides. She is survived by seven children. Mrs. P. F. Ander son, Mrs. Herbert Zust, Mrs. Harry McYeay and Henry Rohlff, reside in umaha;- tmil Kohlff in Lincoln weekT said Mr. Benson, and that is only 30 cents per capita for this city." He cited an instance where St. Paul. Neb., a town of 1,000, gave at the rate of $2 per capita. "York, Neb," he said, "had pledged $6,000, and had just delivered a check for $5,000. with the statement that $2,9Q0 more was to come. Five Dollars Saves Life. "Five dollars a month will save a life," Mr. Benson asserted. 'These funds you will give are distributed by a national association from the United States, financed by Mr. Dodd of New York. Ten men finance the Nebraska campaign. Money is cablci to the Bank of Berne, Switzerland, and thence" to the Swedish consul iu Constantinople, where it is forwarded by him to the agents in the needy' dis tricis. "People are dying at the rate of 1,000 a day most of them children, While I have been talking here, sev eral babies in Armenia have died of starvation. And they can hope for no assistance except from America." LEGACY MAY BE TAKEN OYER BY THE GOVERNMENT Mrs. Frieda Kolm. Berlin, Germany. sister' of the late Elkan Seligsohn, president ot the Wolletem Mail Order liquor house, this city, receives a be quest of $6,000 in Seligsohn's will filed in orobate court WeHnetrlav. ' " The will provides for the distribu tion of an estate estimated at $85,000, the major portion of which will go to near relatives. I he bequest to Mrs. Kolm, . is given in trust to his son Frederick S. Seligsohn, Kansas City, with the provision that if her life is endangered, the money may be spent in extricating ner. Under the enemy alien act in force since the declaration of war it is probable the bequest will be seized by tne teaerai custodian ot enemy prop erty and invested in Liberty bonds. seligsohn s daughter Natalie receives bequest of $1,500: the Coneresra- tion of-Isreal, $200: Tewish Orohan asylum, Cleveland, $50, and Asso ciated Charities in Omaha, $100. The residue of the estate is to be divided equally' between Frederick S. Selig sohn, Leo Seligsohn, Mrs. William L. Harris and Mrs. Frederick S. Hadra, Omaha. . Families of Soldiers Are Warned Against Lawyers Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm. local chairman of civilian relief. Red Cross, has re ceived word from government head quarters, warning her against letters sent by pension lawyers in Washing ton to the families of men who have died doing war work.; 'These attor neys claim t6 repiesent the govern ment advising relatives about obtain ing iiisuisncc. , ; . , . , I The civilian Tf Mef ' cnmm'atr . lii. the services of legal talent free. , CARSON FLAYS LORD GEDDES FOR ACTION n Declares Dismissal of Jellicoe From Post of Sea Head Was ' National Calamity to k England. ' London, March 7. The dismissal of Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, from the post of first sea lord last December, was the subject of attacks on Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of th? ad miralty, in the House of Commons this afternoon. Sir Edward Caracn, the former first lord of the admiralty, termed it a national calamity. He asserted that the war cabinet winch he was at that time a member, was not responsible and said that naval officers protested against it. ' Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux de clared that Sir Eric Geddes had flouted the whole fleet . Andrew Bonar Law, spokesman for the government, explained how Pre mier Lloyd ueorge had summoned him to the cabinet room. Geddes was there and said he had come to the conclusion in the public initerest there should be this change. Bonar Law Agrees. Sir Edward Carson, interrupted Mr, Bonar Law, interjected: "If I had continued to be first lord, I would rertainlv have resisted the removal of Admiral Jellicoe. . Mr. Bonar Law, resuming, said Sir Eric told me at the same time that the subject had not been men tioned to him for two months by the premier, and that he had come to the "Gefs-lt"-2 Drops- Then to the Dance Goodnight to Corn Pains Corns Peel Off With "Geta-It." "Say, sh-le, you can laugh at tight ahoca, or damp, corn-pulling weather, big bumpy eorna, ealluaea on the aolea ot your feet, corn between the toe, hard and soft corns, if fon will just touch the corn or callus with food for a given time. The others were left to perish." Umaha is to raise $45,000 next Young Richard Skow Struck by Street Car Richard Skow. 8-vear-old son of H. Skow. 5612 Mason street, sustained a broken left leg Wednesday afternoon when struck by a west bound Leav enworth Car at Fifty-sixth and Leav enworth streets. According to his sister. Lucille, he was returning from school with other children in a carryall, and alighted at itty-8txtn street. He ran across the street, directly in the path of the car. UT . 1- 1 ' aic ia rcpuncu as resting rasuy, "It's AU Off With Thia Fierce Corn Now-J Cete-If la Mafic." a few drops of 'Gets-It. What blessed re lief it gives to cn pains 1 You won't limp any more: ou can enjoy tne dance every minute. Then to see how that corn or callus will come right off complete, like a banana peel and without the least nam. is just won derfuL 'Gets-It' is the biggest seller among corn removers in the world today, simply because it is so wonderfullg simple and al ways works. Be sure you get 'Gets-It" "Gets-It" ia aold at all druggists (yoa neea pay no more than zs cents a bottle). or sent on receipt of price by . Lawrence vo., vnicago. ill. i Sold in Omaha and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by Sherman & mcvonneii Drug vo. stores. Adv. in the Bellevue Medical college, where he is employed as a chemist, detectives tonight discovered several vials con taining disease germs. Army intelli gence officers were notified , im mediately. Erdos was detained onta charge of grand larceny in connection with the theft of a powerful miscro - scope. - .- i-. . . Erdos warned the detectives to be rareful with the vials. He told them they contained germs of measles, scar let fever, diphtheria and other dis eases. , v - The police say that In his capacity as a chemist he had no right to keen these germs. Erdos'denied he had the germs tor any criminal purpose. Erdos said he was born in Austria aim jiau ucca in mis country u : vears.'V v Gets Judgment Against Boy Who Shot Husband ; Anna Janda, widov of Joseph Jandawas awarded a judgment for $1,000 damages against Ladislav Cer venr for the accidental shooting of her husband, September 15, 1917. Cervenz, 18 years old, was hunting in the neighborhood of Child's Point, he testified, and shot at a flying bird. Immediately after the shot was fired, he said he heard a low moan coming from a vine covered tree some dis- - v .. j w i. v. owkTw m "mil iiiig tnrougn tne branches, he became frightened and ran. Janda is sup posed to have been picking cherries, of wild grapes in the tree and re ceived the full charge from the shot gun. : . - , The count seeking to recover dam agges from Cervenz a parents, who gave-him the gun for a birthday pres ent, was dismissed. ! f Sinn Fein Volunteers Take Possession of Irish Town . London, March 7.Six hundred ainn i-em volunteers have taken pos session of the town of Kiltamagh, County Mayo, Ireland, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company. This action followed the receipt of an order from tie Sina Fein leader for a general mobiliza : tioa i s mi Kim,.Ntw V" tttiicvl Attbut XNJ RY VQUAri EVERY MOTHER EVERY DAUGHTER NEEDS IRON AT TIMES To help ttrentfthan her mrvct and -' put color into her cheeks There trull t no beau tiful, healthy, roay-chfwked women with out iron. The trouble in the past has been that when women need ed Iron thejf generallytook ordinary me tallic iron, which often1 corroded the Ktomach end dlt more harm than good. .1 nlway Inalst that ruy pa tient btke only organic iron Mux- nted Iron. This) particular form of iron la easily assimilated, does not Miicken nor Injure the teeth noi upset the ntomuch. It will Increase the strength and endurance of -Xejtk. nervou. irritable, cure worn, huEnrurU-lnokirur women In ten dnya' time in many instances, i nave used It In my own practice with nfwt aurpilslnff resulu. Kcrdlruinti t NUXATCD IRON reeammai by Dr.. Ftrdmane Kla call Mn any geee Brueeitt auarante ol sueu i II is oiapwiaae in "i all fa4 dntayw. IT . j w a Jut Try This When Hairy Growtht Appear (Modes of Today) A smooth, hairless skin always fol lows the use of a paste made by mix in? soma water with plain powdered delatone. This paste is applied to the hairy surface 2 or 3 minuted, thpn robbed off and the skin washed, when every trace of hair will have vanished. No pain or discomfort attends the use of the delatone paste, but .-ant ion should be exercised to be sure that you get real delatone. Adv." W0NDERLIFT MARVELACE Especially deigo ed for women who dislike a baok-laeed eorset. The trew NemoMarvelaeeis adjusted at the ide-iront, but the front steels are in the exact center, herew they AIOTbe to give proper support and poise. PRICES $6.00 and $10.00 WONDERIIFT BACK-LACED Gives exactly the same hyfienic fashion eervioe ct the"MarveIece." Models for ell figures, from very slender to o vcr tout. All great values, and the price less health service costs you nothing extra.. PRICES $6, $10 and $12 WdnderliftHygienic-F A youlMuIapMaj-ajiceialarffelvVmatterof health and graceful lines. Nemo Wonderlift CorseU give you botlu The Wonderlift Bandlet uplifts arid holds in place the vital organs, gives comfortable support; reduces excess fat, produces the best lines of which your figure is capable. It is exactly adjustable to any figure, and has proved a godsend to many thousands of women, who now will wear no other corset. ; SOLD EVERYWHERE! ' The Nem. HygletdcJWiicn In.Htute. New York Gty BRASSIERES "FIT 'AS YOU FASTEN" Give You the Fitrure You Enw! Vnrioue Models for An Figures- l.OO and 9USO Mi icaeoc conclusion absolutely on his own initiative." "The first lord here interposed and said he thought :ht if the advice he gave was accepted by the premier it became the decision of the govern ment. He would like to say that from the day he accepted office until Ad miral Jellicoe left the admiralty no suggestion had been : made and no pressure had been put upon him to make any change at the admiralty." ' Steel Foundry Earnings. New York, March 7. The Ameri can Steel Foundry business in 1917 was by far the best in the history of the company, according to tlie an nual report made public today. Gro; sales lor tne year were -iy.JOf.oevi -compared with $31,461,006 in 1916. J The earnings from operations, after deducting all manufacturing, selling , and other charges, were $8,956,321. ; Fadrick Struck by Car ; : , While Crossing Street " D. Padrick, 219 Park avenue, sus tained a broken rib . Wednesday after. noon when he was struck y a north- r, bound Sherman avenue car at Four-", teenth and Farnam streeti. He was attended by police surgeons and sent -home. Padrick had bought a news paper and was running across the street when the accitknt occurred. The Japanese Way To Remove Corns Doesn't Hurt a Bit Easy and Simple S - , ' ' f V The Magic Touch of Ice-Mint Does It. . Just Touch Stops Soreness, Then the Corn or Callous Shrivels and Lifts -Off. Try It. Your Feet Will Feel Cool and Fine. Just a touch of. Ice-Mint and "Oh!" what relief. - Corns and callouses vanish, soreness disappears and yoa can dance all night or walk all day and your corns won't hurt a bit. No matter what yau have tried or how many times yon have been disappointed, here is a real help for you at last. From the very second that lee-Hint touches that sore, tender corn your poor tired, aching feet will feel so cool, easy and comfortable that you will just sigh with relief. Think of it: just a little touch of that delightful, cooling Ice-Mint and real foot joy . is yours. No matter how old or tough your pet corn is he will shrivel right up and you can pick him out after a touch ot Ice-Mint. No pain, not a bit "of soreness, either when applying it or afterwards, and it doesn't even irritate the skin. Ice-Mint is the real Japanese secret of fine healthy, little feet. Prevents foot odors and keeps them cool, sweet and comfortable. It is now selling like wild fire here. Just ask In any drug store for a title Ice-Mint and give your poor suffering, tired feet the treat of their lives. There is nothing beter, nor nothing "just as good." v'Pure Chewing Gum Would You Ivnest $30 With Opportunity of Making a Fortune? The majority of people to whom we hava, put this question have invested with us, after giving our proposition their thorough oonsid eration. believe nearly anyohe, barring confirmed skeptics, will want to join us in our great drilling campaign, when the safety and possibilities of enormous profits are realized. Brief Outline of Our Plan v We own what we consider the most valuable tract of prospective oil land in the Gusher Oil District of the Gulf Coast of Texas at High Island, Chambers county. High Island Geologically Approved T .The beiit geologists in the world,, those of the U. S. Government, say that High Island has indications similar to the famous old Spindletop, Northeast of our property, where wells came in at a reported rate of 75,000 barrels of oil per day. We firmly believe that the great Mother Field from which the Spindletop, Goose Creek," Humble and Sour Lake Oil fields all sprung, exists at High Island; and if we are successful in proving this, claim, it should mean mil lions to be divided equally between our company, and; the people who assist us. . ,, We Guarantee to Drill Two Big Wells - One to be drilled on this, wonderful prospective property, and one on our positively proven lease in Famous Humble Gusher Oil Field, already surrounded by producing wells, with oil positively proven to be on our .lease. 50 of Profits Goes to Tract Purchasers Each tract purchaser shares proportionately in 50 of the profits from the two wells we guarantee to drill, and also shares in the same ratio in the profits made from all other wells we may drill later. . i . . - You Receive 10 of Oil From Your Tract If your tract, or tracts, is selected upon which to drill, you would receive a royalty of 10 of all Oil produced and saved. , For instance, if we bring in a 2,000-barrel well on your tract at $2.00 per barrel, or $4,000 per day, your royalty' would be approximately $400.00 per day, and in addition you would receive your pro rata profits also. 1 ; .j.- ... - Our Humhle Lease Protects Your Investment We believe our proven Humble lease, regardless of the outcome at High Island, should enable the company to pay you big profits on your investment, and when we bring in oil on the High Island prop erty, proving up these tracts, we , believe every one of our tract purchasers will be able to make enormous profits by leasing or selling their holdings. One acre in the Humble Fieldvsold for $218,750.00 after Oil was brought in. You Are Not Risking a Fortune Please bear in mind that when you invest $30.00 for a quarter acre tract, you are not risking a great amount but are investing where we are reasonably certain of making you big profits, and with the best prospects in the world of making a fortune for you. Do You Want a Share of These Profits? As there are only a limited number of tracts to be sold, we would advise you to send a remittance immediately for the number of tracts you want, at $30.00 each, and we will then send you our bulletin covering our proposition in detail, and if, after Btudying our offer for a week, you are not entirely satisfied, we will cheer fully refund your money. ' FREE GUSHER OIL BULLETIN Showing Maps, Photographs, and Statistics, covering completely the Gusher Oil Fields of the Gulf Coast, will be sent FREE upon request SAVE TIME PHONE TYLER 398. THE OFFICERS OF THIS COMPANY WARRANT YOUR EN TIRE CONFIDENCE." - Gulf Coast Development Co. 740 Firat National jBank Bldj. Omaha, NeW 1 ft -1 FISTULA CURED' Kectai Diseases Cured, without a severe sm ica jperation . No Chloroform ot Ether used Cure guaranteed PAY WHEN CURED ' Wntt or llastrated book do Recta I Diseases, with k" names and testircmialsol more chan lOOOpromi. -y.- -u, uvrv oermanenuv lured. " 2R. E. R. TARRY - 40 Bee Bldg., Omaha. Mel?. 1