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OMAHA "TANK" MOVED
TO $4,000,000 MARK IN
GREAT LIBERTY DRIVE
Nine Counties Charge Over Top as State Subscriptions
Reach $10,000,000; 62 Members in Woman's
$1,000 Club; Waterloo is First Douglas
County Point to Oversubscribe.
Omaha subscriptions to the third Liberty loan reported up till Saturday
noon by the Liberty loan headquarters, are:
Special committee $1,250,000
Woman's committee i 1,?,X
Liberty bank . WOOO ,
" General committee 1,258,000
total $4,000,000
Nine Nebraska counties are already over the top in the
Third Liberty load, and Omaha is fast approaching the mark
set as the quota. Subscriptions are being brought to the com
mittee by the sales forces faster than they can be tabulated.
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At noon the war "tanks" showed
that the subscriptions from the state
had reached $10,000,000, and those
from the city of Omaha $7,000,000.
The nine counties already over the
quota are Buffalo,. Butler, Burt, Da
kota, Stanton, Thurston, Deuel, Cedar
and Adams.
PASS $1,000,000 MARK.
Past the $1,000,000 mark is the -women's
Liberty loan committee's rec
ord for the first week of the drive.
Jubilation reigned in the women's
headquarters when the announcement
'was made by Mrs. E. M. Fairfield,
chairman.. Mrs. Fairfield will make a
public accounting of subscriptions at
DISPLAY YOUR FLAG.
The Nebraska Liberty loan com
mittee has issued an appeal to all
patriotic Omahans to display the
American flag, at least during the
balance of the Liberty loan drive.
E. F. Folda, secretary of the com
mittee, reports that he saw only
one flag on Farnam street Satur
day morning, and that was on the
Updike home.
the luncheon and rally Wednesday at
the Chamber of Commerce when Mrs.
Antoinette Funk of Washington, D.
C, member of the national committee,
will be the guest of honor.
Two days of house-to-house can
vassing netted $75,000. Church com
mittees report more than $250,000,
and the women's club workers the
.same amount. The Scottish Rite Wo
man's club bought a $1,000 bond Fri
day. This club bought a bond of the
same denomination , on the second
drive.
$1,000 Club Grows.
There are 62 members in the "$1,000
club." The latest additions to the
club membership are Master J. It.
Wright, 3d, 8 years old; Mesdames T,
H. McWilliams, Harry Wilinsky,
Dorothy Mach, H. F. Hamilton, H. C.
""Sumney, A. L. Sutton. George Mr
.Smith, George .Ribbell, H.White,
. John T. White, C. F. Wejler, Daitiel
i. Bautn, jr., E. F. Rile John R. Web
ster, H. H. Fish and Miss lone C
:' Duffy. ,
t Friday's record for sales at the Lib
erty bank amounted to 158 Liberty
. bonds. ,
Swift and Company'. plant on the
South Side reported 1,454 employes
had shared in the drive conducted by
; that company. , At 10 o'oclock Satur-
day morning $83,250 worth of bonds
1 had been taken by the packing house
workers of the Swift plant.
Sell Bonds at Theaters. .
During an intermission in the per-
' formance of Jewish play by Madame
Fannie Reinhardt at the Boycf theater,
Friday night, Harry Monsky and
Harry Wolf made ' a' plea for. the
tale of Liberty bonds, and when they
were through with their talks and the
taking of subscriptions, it was found
they had received a total of more
than $15,000. 'The same play will be
presented tonight, when other speak
ers will sell bonds.
Eustis Patriotism. . -C
E. Crist of the Eustis, tfeb.,
News writes the following acknowl
edgement of an advertising order
from the Nebraska Liberty loan com
mittee: "The price for insertion will be $3,
000,000,000, payable 500 years after the
United States has licked" h out of
Germany.
The Sinclair Oil and Refining com
pany of New York has sent a sub
. scription for $10,000.
The state tank will be moved next
week by the following organizations
Monday D. T. A. (Death to Autoc
racy) squad, Young Women's Chris
tian association.
Tuesday Associated Retailers of
Omaha.
. Wednesday Real Estate exchange.
Thursday Mrs. E. S. Westbrook's
ambulance drivers.
. Friday Omaha Grain exchange.
The organization for Saturday has
not been selected. Volunteers are
wanted.
The first report for Douglas coun
ty, outside of Omaha, comes from
Waterloo. For the third time they
report -200 per cent oversubscrip
tion. Waterloo's quota in the present
. campaign was $12,300. The local com
mittee received its supplies on Mon
lav night. Their quota was reached
ay Tuesday noon. Up to Friday
- night the subscriptions were $30,000,
A. Tully, formerly of Loup City
Neb., was the first man to purchase
a bond in Sarf Diego. Cal., and it was
for the largest individual subscnp
- tion, $50,000. ,
Almost Bird.
Bozeman Bulger mad a trip back to
his
childhood' bappy home In DadevJIlo, Ala.,
and when ho returned to New York he
brought thf on with htm:
A negro was on the stand In an Alabama
' ' eourt bouse testifying to tn oetatts of a
ihooting scrape. The wltnesa told how the
f orlsoner at tha bar drew a revolver and
began firing at on Jim Henry, and how
Jim Henry ran to save himself.
"Tou ay Henry -ran?" Interjected the
awyer for th defense.
"Daf. whut I ald."
"tou are sure h ran?".
"sho ir
"Well, 'did he run fast?".
"Did he run fa? Kay. ' bos, ef dt
nigger had 'a' had one father in hi hand
h d a flew." Saturday Evening Post.
Th Limit of Praise.
S "Devoted to hi wlf, 1 ho not?"
"Oh yes! Why, he alway pak as
Jilghlr of her a if she were a motor car
(feat b wu trying to dispose of." Judge.
86 SAMMIES ON
CASUALTY LIST
FROM PERSHING
Five Americans Killed in Ac
tion on Western Front; Two
Officers Named in
Report.
Washington, April 13. General
Pershing today reported 86 casualties,
divided as follows:
Killed in action, 5.
Died of wounds, 1.
Died of accident, 4. 1
Died of disease, 7.
Wounded severely, 9.
Wounded slightly, 60,
Two officers are named in the list.
Lieutenant Wilmer E. Hcrr was killed
in action and Captain John 'B. Pitney
was wounded slightly.
The list follows:
Killed in Action Lieutenant Wil
mer E. Herr, Corporal Harry t A.
Miller, Corporal Altnon R. I'mgree,
Privates Tony Monize, Vincent Y.
Williczki.
Died of Wounds Private George
W. Kifford.
Died of Disease Sergeant George
A. Lumb, pneumonia; Privates Wal
ter Davis, meningitis; Samuel J. Kline,
pneumonia; Marion Alger Penning
ton; pneumonia; Richard Woods,
pneumonia; Einier M. Frederick,
pffeumonia; John Clinton Hurd,
pneumonia.
Died of Accident Corporal Larry
Cornell, Corporal Harry L. Goodpas
ture, Privates Sidney H. Durkee,
Samuel J. Smith. y ' , ,
Wounded .Severely Corporals
frank K. Miles, Thomas H. Wether
spoon; Privates John Collins How
ard P. Fitzgerald, Arthur H. Glode,
William Lebiz, Peter Levcndowski,
William P. Renney, Foster V. Rix.
Wounded Slightly Captain John B.
Pitney, Sergeants Frank Doughney,
John Kaiser, Bernard J. McElroy,
Robert E. Quinn. Stonis Zukowski.
Corporals Edmund Cassidy, Theodore
In. Cottrell, Henry L. hdwards.
ames J. Flynn, Arthur J. Hall. Ed
ward Thomas Harren, Joseph A.
Lynch. James T. Slamon, Wagoner
Carl C, Duncan, Privates Harry E.
Bailey, Harold E. Beckwith, Samuel
D. Buchannan. Henry T. Byrnes,
James W. Cassel, John Tetcr Christy,
John J. Conefry, Archibald L. Cook,
George E. Conners, Os,car Coy, Pat
rick Dowling Edwin E. Erickson,
Alexis J. Gaonette, Ralph P. Gates,
Edward R. Grever, Joseph Gully, WiU
liam R. Henion, Robert H. Hix, Hu
bert L. Horton, ToTm M. Hovance,
Alfred Leudesdorf, Henry NS. Long,
Thomas F. McEnelly, Walter Piekaez,
Woycek Polonka, William H. Pope,
Carlton W. Potts, Charles A. Rice,
Alfred M. Ricker, Harry Rozdilcki,
Clarence H. Schryer, Earl D. Scott,
Ralph W. Simpson, Alfred R. Smith,
John Smith, Raymond F. Spayd,
Frank A. Spooner, Ldmond W. Sut
ton, Harvey F. Swem, Ernest W.
Wagner, James Widdecombe, Martin
Wininger, Carl U Worden, irank
Zika and Czeslow Zwitrosky.
FREDERICK THE
GREAT PUT AWAY
IN SAFE KEEPING
Washington, April 13. The bronze
statue of Frederick the Great, which
has ornamented' the western facade
of the War College building on the
banks of the Potomac here, was re
moved in sections today and packed
away for safe keeping.
it is understood the statue was re
moved at the instance of President
Wilsoh, who has taken notice of bit
ter criticisms expressed in congress
and elsewhere over permitting the
statue to remain.
The statue, which is of heroic size,
was a personal gift of the German
emperor, William II, to the American
nation during President Roosevelt's
administration
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KAISER ANXIOUS
OVER SAFETY OF
FORMER CZARINA
First Demand at Brest-Litovsk
Is for Her Safe Conduct to
Germar.y; Hoffman
Peevish.
Petrograd, April 13. One of the
first requests put before the Russian
delegates at Brest-Litovsk, according
to the Petrograd newspapers, was a
demand from Emperor William for
the safeguarding of the former Rus
sian Empress Alexandria Alix.- The
following account of this incident is
taken from the Wogyn Courier:
At the first meeting, after the
representatives of the bolsheviki gov
ernment and the delegates of the
Russian army had assembled in the
large room which had been devoted
to the meeting, General von Hoffman,
with his staff came in. The two
parties bowed to one another and the
Russians sat down at the table. -
General Hoffman remained standing
and addressed them. "I speak to
you," he said, in a stern voice, "not
as the representative of the German
army, nor of General Hindenburg. I
speak to you as the representative
of the four central powers. I request
you therefore to stand while you hear
what I have to say."
The members of the Russian dele
gation looked at one another, there
was a little hesitation, and they stood
up.
Hoffman Peevish.
General von Hoffman continued:
"Before proceeding to any negotia
tions respecting an armistice, I think
it necessary to make the following
statement: Within the area of Russia,
in circumstances threatening her per
sonal safety, is living a most august
relative of my sovereign master, the
Emperor William, namely Princess
Alix, your Empress Alexandra, with
all her family.
, "I demand that most decided meas
ures be instantly taken for the safe
guarding of her person and for her
transfer to Germany under a reliable
guard. I request your immediate re
ply." The members of the delegation did
not know how to reply, and asked
that they should be given time for
consideration, and for consultation
with Petrograd over their direct wire.
Scarcely had aii interpreter trans
lated these words than General von
Hoffman said, with a great show of
temper, "I demand an instant reply,'
and struck the table with his fist.
"This demand," he continued, "is in the
nature of an ultimatum. In the event
of your not accepting it, the negotia
tions will cease forthwith and hos
tilities will be at once recommenced
by us."
There remained nothing for the
members of the Russian delegation
to do but to give their consent to the
demands made.
POLITICAL
All Sorts of Negotiation! or
Pending on Political Line-up.
SHRAPNEL
No hard and fast lineup has yet
been formed by either side of the
contending forces, but all sorts of ne
gotiations are pending and rumors are
as variant as April weather.
"I can tell you this, that there
will be seven candidates on the. citi
zens' ticket," remarked a leader of
the crowd, while discussing the sit
uation. It is believed that Ed P. Smith, W.
G. Ure, Roy N. Towl, J. Dean Ringer
and Henry Wulf, who ma-e.the pri
mary race together, will retain their
solidarity for the election campaign
and will be the nucleus around which
a ticket will be completed. That fea
ture has not been definitely deter
mined, but indications point that way.
As to who the other two will be, one
guess just now is almost as good as
another.
A disappointed candidate whose
primary vote was nearly 600 came
out of hiding yesterday and was able
to articulate these words: "All I have
to say is that there are at least 5,000
first-class liars in Omaha. I know that
more than 5,500 promised to vote for
me, but the returns, do not show 600,
What is the answer? 1
politics."
The possibility of one or more
nominees making the race independ
ent of any combinations also looms
up in the political horizon.
The Tom Falconer organization has
been doing some prayerful consider
ing and up to theshour has not ar
rived at a conclusion. The members
want to do what they believe will
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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL
RED CROSS TENDS
VICTIMSOF FLOOD
American Relief Organization
Cares for Five Thousand
Chinese Sufferers at
Tientsin.
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Tientsin, April , 13. Five thousand
Chinese victims of last autumn's
floods are being cared for by the
American Red Cross flood relief com
mittee, under the chairmanship of the
American minister, Dr. Paul S.
Reinsch, aided by the American
troops stationed here, in an im
provised camp in the edge of the Ger
man concession. . Protests by certain
residents of Tientsin- against the
dumping of these refugees here have
be;u rendered pointless by th ef
ficient administration of the camp by
Colonel W. P. Wilder, which has
prevented its becoming a menace to
the health of the community.
Within a tract perhaps five acres
in extent, hundreds of huts have been
constructed out of reeds and mud for
the housing of the unfortunates. R.
Allen White, civil engineer from Iowa,
designed the huts, using only material
at hand or which could be gathered
without cost. They are arranged in
regular series all facing south, spaces
between constituting the streets of a
miniature village.
Street Leaders.
One Chinese man, head of a family,
is designated in each street as a sort
of police to look after the residents
in his jurisdiction, and he is responsi
ble to army officets, who inspect the
quarters each morning. A cook house,
school room, bath house, hospitals,
work shop and latrines, all sanitarily
constructed out of rough lumber and
kept scrupulously clean, complete the
refugee village. A careful census is
kept and families are rationed from
the cook house per capita with plain,
nourishing food.
In the school room the Associated
Press correspondent counted 110 boys
from 6 to 10 years of age, ranged
along plank counters answering the
purpose of desks, poring dver
Chinese primers. The teacher was a
young Chinese man of perhaps 25.
Crude and primitive as it all is,
only a normal number of cases of ill
ness have occurred in the six months'
life of the camp and the refugees ap
pear extremely contented with their
lot.
The daily inspection is quite an
event in the "village' and all the in- j
habitants gather in the streets and
watch proceedings with evident inter
es. Babies scarcely able to walk stand
at attention and salute the officers in
imitation of their elders.
be for the best interests of Thomas
Falconer, whom they put in tenth
place in the primary and xpect to
put over on May 7.
The city hall situation h as vague
as ever. The, mayor is still out of the
city and the other city hall nominees
declare that nothing has been done
toward forming a slate. That the best
of harmony does not exist among the
administration nominees is evident
to those close to the situation.
Pity the Blind.
"T was standing in front of the Tutwller
waiting for a ffjand the other day," said
Ernest W. " House, "and Just across the
street a number of pretty girls were wait
Ins; for a street car. "It was windy and
thrre was quite a display of hosiery. Now,
this In Itself would not have been ao very
unusual, hut a fellow standln?ny me spied
the exhibition, and then saw a blind man
sitting; only about 100 feet away with a
sign, 'Pity the blind."
"! do not know who he was, but his
sympathies were aroused; for he turned to
me and said: 'I never was 10 sorry for a
blind man in my life. I am going across
and drop a quarter In his cap,' and he did."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Hard on the Ktork.
One Sunday afternoon when Jones, who
had been visiting, the zoo, came home, he
announced to the family:
"They've got a new baby hippopota
mus." Whereupon his daughter, about 15, burst
Into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. When
she had subsided somewhat the father
growled:
"What are you laughing at?"
''I was Just thinking," giggled the girl,
"that that rather kills the stork story."
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14, 1918.
VETERAN OF '61,
WHO FOUGHT WITH
FARRAGUT, DIES
Vicjtor Landergren, Seventy
; Four Years Old, Succumbs to
Age; Leading Member of
Grand Army of Republic.
Victor Landergren, 74 years old,'
civil war veteran, died Friday morn
ing of infirmities due to old age. He
had been a resident of Omaha for 35
years, during which time he was em
ployed in the railway mail service.
Mr. Landergren was a prominent
member of the U. S. Granf post of
the Grand Army of the Republic. He
saw service in the navy during the
civil war under Admiral Farragut. He
was on the ships Vanderbilt, Ala
bama and Chippewa, and participated
in the capture of Fort risher, N. L.
He is survived by his widow and
son, Louis Landergren, of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at the
Hulse & Riepen chapel, 701 South
Sixteenth street, at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, under the direction of U.
S. Grant post of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
Members of the army and navy will
attend the funeral.
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