THIS BKE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1918.
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FOE property
GREAT CARD IN
HANDSOF U. S.
Harry E. O'Neill, Assistant to
Custodian Palmer in Omaha
for Time, Tells cf His
Duties.
' When the great war is over and the
representatives of the nations gather
at the conference table to readjust
the world's affairs one of the trump
cards of the United States will be the
vast amount of alien enemy property
held by the enemy alien custodian,
which already has mounted to many
millions of dollars, according to
Harry E. O'Neill, special assistant
of A. Mltchel Palmer, enemy alien
custodian, who is in Omaha for 10
davs.
Since the trading with the enemy
act went into effect last October, the
department has received more than
17,500 reports and more are coming
in daily. Mr. O'Neill said.
Property Not Confiscated.
The common impression that en
emy alien property is confiscated is
erroneous, he said. This property is
simply taken in hand and adminis
tered during the war, and when the
var is over it will be held subject
to congressional action.
Most Of the fortunes taken over are
invested in Liberty bonds and other
safe investments of benefit to the
government, Mr. O'Neill said.
More than 350 people are employed
in this department, which he termed
the "largest trust company in the
world," and this number will be
doubled in a short time. ,
Balance Favors U. S.
For every American dollar invested
in the enemy countries, O'Neill de
clared, there is, $1,000 worth of enemy
k ahen property in the United States.
It is believed that only about one
; half of the enemy alien property in
this country has been reported, al
though the time for filing expired De
cember 20. The penalty for those
who have not reported is a fine of
$10,000. imprisonment for ten ,ears,
or both.
"The duty of reporting and locating
enemy-owned property is placed by
law upon the individual having cus
tody or control of such property, and
not upon the custodian. A searching
investigation is being carried on to
locate all unreported enemy property,
and the full penalty will be inlticted
"The bureau has called many
prominent men as assistants, and co
operates with the War Trade board
the army intelligence, Department of
Justice and the like, and with the
war intelligence bureaus of the
French and British governments.
. "The bureau invites information
regarding enemy-owned property and
treats all communications confidential
"Many people have the erroneous
impression that loyalty to the United
states is the test of the enemy ailen
This is not the case at all. An Amer
ican citizen temporarily residing with
in the boundaries ,- of-any .country
with which the United States is at
war. or in any country that is an
ally of that country, or in territory
occupied by the enemy, is by the act
an enemy, and his property is sub
ject to sequestration and administra
tion. Mr. O'Neill declared that those
who have not reported their pro
perty are not only jeopardizing such
property but their personal freedom
as well.
Census of Chickens of
State Now Being Taken
Hoyt M. Wells of the United S,tates
Department of Agriculture had charge
of the poultry meeting held at the
court house last evenfng. Although a
previous understanding has decreased
the attendance at some of the late
meetings a large number were present
to reorganize under the direction of
the new leader.
Mr. Wells has been busy doing a
1 )y:eat deal of work in getting poultry
statistics in the state. He says that
he has -sent about 2,000 letters and
cards, by means of which he will find
out how many hens and roosters there
are in the state of Nebraska. The
cards also ask how many chickens the
raiser expects to have and how many
he will be able to sell. When all the
cards are returned the government
will have a complete report of the
chicken industry.
Mr. Wells, 'with the assistance of
the Douglas county agricultural agent.
E. G- Maxwell, and 0. C. Ufford and
M. C. Peters is arranging a poultry
contest for boys and girls in Dquglas
county. It is expected that mucn in.
lerest will be shown in the contest.
Wells wishes to remind the people
of Omaha that on April 27 Edward
Brown of London, England, Will de
f liver two lectures at the University of
" Nebraska on poultry raising. As many
, as can should attend this meeting, as
Mr. Brown is an authority on the
subject.
' Federal Men Get Eiaht
Barrels of "Hard" Cider
Federal authorities in Omaha seized
eight barrels of apple cider Friday
night. The lider tested almost 5 per
cent alcohol and some of it had fer
mented so that the barrels were
bulged out cf shape.
The shipment had been sent from
the national Fruit Products com
pany, Memphis, Tenn. Three barrels
were addressed to the National Bot
tling works, Omaha, and five barrels
were addressed to -A. S. Lhnstensen
South Omaha.
Federal authorities say that an en
tire carload of the cider has been
shipped to Omaha and will be seized.
.Harry Steinberg Shot;
Attempts to Escape Officer
Harry Steinberg, Edna hotel, was
shot in the foot Saturday by Detec
tive John Holden while attempting to
escape. Holden had arrested Stein
berg and Jessie Fowler, 2420 Patrick
avenue, for investigation in connec
tion with a recent robbery. At Tenth
tnd Capitol avenue Steinberg broke
tway and .started to run, but was
stopped by a bullet fired by Holden.
ie was taken to the St. Joseph hos
tital. '
Reports Pocketbook Stolen.
Hiss Riggs? living in apartment 3,
Park Circle, Council Bluffs, reported
to the police that her pocketbook was
stolen while watching the Liberty pa
rade. The pocketbook contained $14.
Brie) City News
Towl, engineer, for commissioner.
Bars Boot 1'rlnt It New Beacon Press.
Lighting Ftxrures, Burgess-Qraden.
Attorney Gerald M. Drew has re
moved to 506 Security Bid. U. S837.
Fred Coserove Here Fred H. Cos-
grove of Minneapolis, formerly Oma
ha city comptroller, is here for a few
days.
Lincoln Improvement Club Meets
There will be a meeting of the Lincoln
Improvement club Monday evening,
April 8. at Lincoln school, Eleventh
and Lincoln avenue.
Prudent saving in war times la a
hostage for opportunities of peace
Play safe by starting an account with
Nebraska Savings & Loan Ass n. 211
& 18th St $1 to $5,000 received.
Striick by Car Cyril Lamphier,
chauffeur, 2512 Cass street, was struck
by an eastbound street car at Twen
ty-first and Leavenworth streets Sat
urday morning. He was slightly in
jured.
Coal Operator Dead J. E. Rut
ledge, president of the Rutledge-Tay-lor
Coal company of Chicago, which
maintained a branch in Omaha, under
John A. Johnson, died Saturday at his
home In that city.
Tiieutenant Tancock Here! Lieu
tenant Montague Tancock is home on
a 10-day funlough, visiting his par
ents, Dean Tancock of Trinity cath
edral and Mrs. Tancock. Lieutenant
Tancock is stationed at Toronto,
where he is a member of the Royal
British flying corps.
Contribute to Scot Fund Clan C r-
don No. 63, Order of Scottish Clans,
has contributed J76 toward the Cap
tain John Lauder Memorial fund for
maimed and injured soldiers in Great
Britain. This was in response to a
personal appeal made by Harry
Lauder when he was in Omaha last
month.
Appointed Piano Inspector Thom
as H. Ensor of Detroit, son of Dr.
Ensor, former mayor of South Omaha,
has been appointed inspector or aero
planes and plane engines in the avia
tion section of the War department.
He has been specializing in motor and
engine work with the Continental
Motor company of Detroit.
Held for Violating Drug Law I
McGarry, white, and Herman Bow
man and Joel Evans, negroes, are held
by federal authorities, charged with
violation of the Harrison drug law.
It is alleged they sold cocaine and
morphine on fhe streets. Federal au
thorities say they will use every possi
ble effort to stop the drug traffic in
Omaha.
Three Years for Harris United
States Deputy Marshal Quinley re
turned to Omaha Friday night. He
had taken Louis Harris, 19-year-old
bandit, to St. Louis, where he was sen
tenced to the reformatory in Wash
ington' for three years. He robbed a
postofflce in Missouri, fled to Denver,'
where he was captured and later es
caped, but was recaptured in Grand
Island.
Fine fireplace goods at Sunderlands.
Hoover Will Accept Wheat,
But Will Pay (Market Price
Food Administrator Hoover has
wired G. W. Wattles, food adminis
trator for Nebraska, accepting the of
fer of a number of hotel men of the
state of their entire stock of wheat
to forward to the allies.
Mr. Hoover offers to take all this
wheat, but he wants to pay the mar
ket price for it, and he has so in
structed in the following telegram,
which is self-explanatory:
Ssveral admltilBtr&torg advUs voluntary
tenders of stocks of flour by hotels, dealers
and consumers for use In the army, navy
and for the allies. This patriotic action Is
very oommemiible and we suggest as the
most practical method of handling; that all
flour be accepted regard lea of size M
package, at fair price. Same is to be de
termined by you In consultation with your
merchants and representatives of milling
division and Brain corporation, your zone.
Endeavor to have merchants finance the
proposition In every case without govern
ment funds. Otherwise payment to be
mad by grain corporation against ware
house receipts or bills of lading.
This flour to be stored at most convenient
points, for time being, releasing Immedi
ately equivalent amount .from mills to go
forward in the name of your state or
county In export sacks, at once. This ac
complishes all that is desired -, by those
making saorlflce, does away with expense
and delay In repacking, solves transporta
tion problem and makes for more efficient
service on our part In helping the critical
situation abroad The cost of resacklng for
export and duplication of transport' will be
very large and by the above means the
exact quantitios given will be released over
and above our present program of giving
them one-half of our total supplies.
Negroes Bound Over On
Charge of Selling Drugs
L. McGarry, white, and Herman
Bowman and Joel Evans, negroes,
charged with selling drugs on the
street, were bound over to the grand
jury by United States Commissioner
Neely Saturday morning. McGarry
and Bowman are held on $2,500
bonds. Evans is held on $500 bonds.
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THOMAS TOUCHES
POLITICS
Writes Open Letter to Senator
Hitchcock, in Which He
Says He Was Mis-
interpreted.
E. E. Thomas makes the following
answer to the editorial criticism of
himself and Mr. Carson in the World
Herald. Mr- Thomas says that Sena
tor Hitchcock needs the services of
an able editor to cover up his tracks
in respect to the war. Here is Mr.
Thomas' letter:
"Please do not try to hide behind
Governor Neville. You have misin
terpreted a statement in which I
joined in the State Journal into an at
tack upon the governor. If you had
quoted the context, that misrepresent
ation would have been apparent to
all. The whole quotation should
read: This endorsement of the German-American
alliance will explain
the anti-American action of Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska in opposing
President Wilson in his conduct- of
the war against Germany. This same
endorsement may throw some light
on the reason that the Seventh mili
tary regiment of Nebraska was dis
banded when it became certain that
all military units in the United States
would be required to tight against
Germany.
"It was commonly reported at the
time that Senator Hitchcock was re
sponsible for the disbanding of the
Seventh regiment, and that his reason
for so doing was that he did not want
Governor Neville to resign and did
not want Edgar Howard to hold the
office! of governor of Nebraska.
"The attitude of Governor Neville
is in striking contrast to that of
Senator Hitchcock. Governor Neville
is noted for his loyalty. Senator
Hitchcock is known as distinctly pro
German. "I understand that Governor Ne
ville even made a trip to Washing
ton to prevent the disbanding of the
Seventh regiment, but was unable to
prevent it.
"The attitude of Senator Hitchcock
in respect to this war and to the
democratic administration has- been
such that he needs the able services
of the editor of the World-Herald to
cover his tracks wherever it can be
done.
"I do not wonder that you are
peeved at the exposure of the fact
that Senator Hitchcock, Governor
Neville and the 18 senators who form
the Hindenburg line in our legislature,
had the support of the German
American alliance, and that they
probably would not have been elected
without that support is apparent to
the voters of Nebraska. That kind
of thing hurts, and the way in such
cases is to abuse the other fellow."
Prudential Life Gives
, Big Banquet and Dance
The Omaha branch of the Pru
dential Life Insurance company gave
a banquet and dance at the Omaha
Music hall Saturday evening, several
speakers making short talks.
E. E. Ritz acted as master of cere
monies, H. O. Palmer talked on
"Patriotism," L. E. Letrid, Des
Moines, spoke on insurance business,
J. E. Ferguson, George Mutyoc and
Owen Nesbit gave addresses.
Mrs. Rocheford's Funeral ,
.At St. Patrick's Monday
Funeral serivces for Mrs. Fred
Rocheford, who died Friday of
pneumdnia, will be held at St. Pat
rick's church Monday morning at 9
o'clock. Her husband and two daugh
ters, Anna and Lillian, survive. Mrs
Rocheford was organist at St. Pat
rick's church. he had been ill since
Sunday.
Omaha Boy Scouts Parade
To Be Shown at Sun Theater
The parade, of 100 Boy Scouts
through the streets of Omaha a 6hort
time ago has been recorded on film
and will be shown at the Sun theater
today and Monday. The pictures were
taken by Mr. Warren, a local camera
man, through the efforts .of S. R.
Valentine, manager of the local
branch of the Mutual Film corpora
tion, and Manager Goldberg of the
Sun theater. The head of the Omaha
Boy Scouts, Mr. English and all of
his scoutmasters, will attend this the
ater Monday as guests .of Manager
Goldberg.
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Sundblad
Now Clerk of County Court
FOR
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' Commissione:
For An Efficient Business
Administration
VOTE FOR
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COMMISSIONER
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LET GEORGE DOIT"
POLITICAL
Seventy-five Candidates All
Think Their Chances Good
SHRAPNEL
An interesting pastime for the po
litical dopesters is to pick the 14 win
ners out of 75 candidates whose
names will nppear on the ballots next
Tuesday.
Two or more may play the game
It is simple. Each participant takes
pencil and ;aper and inscribes the
names of those he thinks will be the
14 nominees. These slips are care
fully preserved until the day after
the primary and then the selections
are compared with the results. The
man who named the most of the nom
inees wins the game.
A canvass of the situation yester
day indicated that 75 will be nomi
nated, or at least that 75 think they
will be the lucky ones. The commis
sion plan of government law provides
that the highest 14 shall be the nom
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F. SHAFER
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Northeast Corner
F!7th and Webeter
Taxi-Meter Rates:
One Passenrer For the first half mile
or fraction thereof, 60c; for each quarter
mile or fraction thereafter, 10c.
Waiting For every four minutes, 10c.
Estra Passengers For each passenger
above one, for the entire trip, extra, 10c.
Limousine Taxicabs For calling or
shopping, per hour, $2. For each pas
senger above four, per hour, 6fc.
Omaha Taxicab Co.
Phono Douglas 90.
Main Office and Garage
2572 Harney Street.
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LEROT COKIJ8, FraMrat, OMAHA.
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inees, which makes it necessary thatJ
61 will be disappointed next Wednes
day morning.
The busy tittle slate makers are on
the job and working overtime. Some
of these combinations are fearfully,
and wonderfully made. On Saturday
morning letters appeared, bearing the
names of a group of more or less well
known citizens who indorsed five can
didates to whomsoever the letters
should be sent. It was noised around
that 15,000 letters were mailed.
Within a few hours aftcr these five
candidates Here announced, another
group of citizens sent broadcast
small slips bearing the names of the
selfsame five candidates with two
more tacked on to the end, making a
full ticket of sven. The purpose was
to gather strength for the two who
were added.
Many of the close observers of
politics believe that so many slates
will defeat their purpose and cause
the voters to ignore all of them by
voting for the men they believe to be
best fitted for the places.
"Remember the polls will be open
from 8 a. ni. to 8 p. m. and that not
Atlas Company Makes Tanks
Fram Giant Redwood Trees
Tanks made from the giant red
wood trees of California are sold by
the Atlas Tank Manufacturing com
pany, with offices at 1105 Woodmen
of the World building.
These trees are said to be "the
oldest living things on earth." Scien
tists who have examined them esti
mate that some of those now alive
began their growth long before the
Christian era. It is natural, then, that
with such .slow growth they should
produce an extremely durable wood.
This is the idea that started the
manufacture of them into tanks.
The Atlas company has its head
quarters in Omaha and its mill and
factory at Fort Bragg, Cal., right in
the heart of the redwood district. It
itiakes tanks ranging in size from
Vwo by three feet to tanks 30 feet
in diameter.
The company recently erected four
tanks for Armour & Co. at Kansas
City so large that two railroad cars
of redwood were required for the four
tanks. t
"We sell more wooden tanks than
all the other companies combined,"
said Manager Fred Boisen. "We claim
that a redwood tank will last longer
than a steel tank several times over,
The Union Pacific railroad has red
wood tanks which have been in use
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Journals, 2 to 24 columns, and figuring books, all sizes. Loose sheet
holders and post binders, , complete line of
Commercial Stationery. We Make Rubber Stamp.
OMAHA STATIONERY CO.
309 South 17th Stret.
Call Tyler 3-Hauling of All Kinds
COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE CALL TYLER 8S3.
Wa ar equipped to handle your hauling problems at low cost quick service,
courteous treatment. Council Bluffs and Omaha.
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16th and Farnam Sts. - - - - Douglas 2186
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1818 Harney St. Give Us a Trial Douglas 2122
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Whenever commerce goes marching on you will find the Electric
Motor turning the wheels of industry, constantly, quietly and efficiently.
Electrical Power I Dependable and Economical.
NEBRASKA POWER CO.
Epsten Lithographing Go.
Labels, Stationery, Color Work of All Kinds
417 South 12th. Tyler 1240
Nebraska's Only Purely Lithograph House
Omaha Ice & Cold Storage Company
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ICE
Plant Capacity, 200 Tons Daily Natural Ice, 40,000 Tons Storage.
Phone Douglas 654 107 McCague BIdg. 1502 Dodge St.
New. Up-to-Date Auto Invalid Coach
This car is of the very latest model, with electrical equipment, well
heated and lighted, has all necessary medical equipment Will he pleased
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WILLIS C. CROSBY. Undertaker
2509-11-13 North 24th St. Telephone Webster 47.
"STANDARD" Cleaners and Dyers
Our Dry Cleaning and
Dyeing System Is Perfect
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Office, 1445 South 13th St. Phone Red 8276
BEE PHOTO ENGRAVINGS
For Newspapers. Fine Job Work
Bee Engraving Department
103 Bee Building. Omaha
Nebraska & Iowa Steel Tank Co.
Steel Tanks, Watering Troughs, Oil
Drums, Grain Bins, Oil
Storage Tanks.
more than even candidate's may be
voted for on any one ballot," is a re
minder of the election commissioner.
Organizations working in behalf of
individual candidates and groups of
candidates will make an effort to get
the vote out on Tuesday.
Candidates for city commissioner
and their friends are invited to attend
a political meeting Sunday afternoon
in Socialist hall, Twenty-first and
Cuming strtets. Campaign issues
will be discussed.
A mass meeting and entertainment
will he given tonight in Wolk's hall,
Twenty-fourth and Charles streets.
Major Dah'man and others will
speak.
Two Qmaha Homes Sold
By Tukey Firm Saturday
The sales, through the A. P. Tukey
& Son real estate firm, of the R. C.
Howe residence, 114 South Thirty
third street, to George W. Carter,
and, the home of Mrs. George Palmer,
411 South Fortieth street, to Ben
Warren, were made Saturday.
for 50 years and are still giving good
service.
"If you put a steel tank and a red
wood tank into the same cattle yard,
you will find that the cattle will drink
out of the redwood tank. The red
wood tank keeps the water cooler in
the summer and warmer in the winter
than the steel tank." V
A feature of the Atlas Tank Manu
facturing company's tanks is the gal
vanizeu iron clip with which each
stave of the tank is held to the .ad
joining stive. So firm a hold does this
make that even if the hoops fall off
the tank staves do not fall apart.
This tank is coming into greater
and greater favor among the farmers
in this section of the country.
Dawson Has Service Flag.
Lexington, April 7.- (Special Tele
gram.) A -large service flag was on
display in the lohKy of the court house
yesterday. It carries 385 blue stars, rep
resenting the 385 boys that have gone
into the service from Dawson county.
Four gold stars adorn it, representing
the four boys that have died in the
service. Three Red Crosses represent
the women that have gone into the
service from here. The flag was made
by six young women of Lexington.
Taltphone Deuflee SOS.
A. N. EATON, Prop.
1301 SPRUCE STREET
Phone Webster 278.
Good Rains Throughout
Nebraska Friday Night
"It was one of the best rains sinca
early last summer and I believe that
the wealth that will he added to Ne
braska thereby will be much more
than the state's quota of the third
Liberty bond issue," was the way
General Manager Walter of the
Northwestern spoke of the downpour
that continued"" most of Friday night.'
Mr. Walters is 'in from a tour of
the Nebraska and most of the Wy
oming lines. He asserts that the ag "
ricultural condition of the state wai
never better.
"I never saw Nebraska look as
prosperous as at the present time,"
lie said. "In all the towns business il
good and everywhere the people seem
to be doing their bit to help win th
war."
Morning reports to the Burlington
indicate that after a rain that con
tinued a good part of Friday and Fri
day night, the weather has cleared.
Along the Union Pacific there wat
a steady, ail-night rain all the way
from Omaha into Wyoming. Meas
urements indicated one-half to one
and two inches.
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