THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, -1918.
a-
CONTRACT FOR
SUPPLIES CAUSES
GENEVA DEFICIT
Tfitimony at Hearing of
Charges Against Miss Mc
; dahon Brings Out Reason
8 for High Expense.
. (From a 8tft Co its. pond en t.) ,
Lincoln, May 2. (Special Tele
grrji) That the State Board of Con-
. troF baa tailed to suDstanuaie us
chirge that Miss Lydia J. McMahon
wa" incompetent to co'ntinue as super
intlpdent of the Girls' Industrial
' school at Geneva appears a general
' opinion of many who attended the
heading of charges against her. The
hearing was adjourned tonight until
a liter date, to be fixed by agreement.
. Commissioner Mayfield, the last
witness called today by Miss Mc
Mahon, was reticent in his answers
in inmiiam nut bv Attorney Burke,
and, often insisted on explanations of
considerable length. - ; .
1$ was shown that eight other in
stifeitions beside the Geneva institu
: tioft had shown deficiencies, one of
the alleged reasons for Miss Mc
Ma&on'i dismissal. Among the de
ficiencies was one of the state Board
of Control itself. .
i" Cause of Deficiencies.
While the board has contended
through the whole hearing that Miss
McMahon had been extravagant and
' responsible for the present deficiency
of $11,000 at the institution, it finally
was: admitted that much of that deft
eieticy might be ascribed to contacts
made by the board itself, other pur
chases made at the suggestion of the
superintendent and the general rise in
prices of materials needed for the in-
' stitntion. -
It also was shown that, in one in
stance at least, the Geneva institution
v since the retirement Of Miss McMa
hon, had been made the dumping
ground for a carload or coal wtuch
. had been refused at Creston, la., re
hilled to Weston, Neb., refused there
and finally again rebilled to Geneva,
where it had been received; Charges
amounting to $17 had been assessed
to the state for demurrage at Creston
and demurrage at Weston with rebill
tng charges for the two places. The
bill has, however, not been received
hy the board.
Jolly Auto Ride.
1 Mrs. Dora Menking. .the "jolly wit
ness," this afternoon kept the crowd
In an uproar by her description of a
trip in an automobile chartered from
her husband's garage. She had been
drafted to drive the car.
v Mr, Frampton, the board's attorney,
who had endeavored to find out what
"billing ,and cooing" of lovers really
consisted of, was fully satisfied that
a good and sufficient explanation had
been given when Mm. Menking had
;iven a description of the l6ve-mak-ng
of Billy Saul and Grace Moore
on that trip, which had resulted in the
young man introducing Grace Moore
to his grandmother as his affianced
.wife, . -t '-...-v-V "
This ' was sometime . before the
"scandal" at the school and was in
tended to vindicate Miss McMahon of
.. . ' s. F
me cnarge ane naa engineered mar
riage between Grace Moore and Saul
to cover up the disgrace of the girl.
Spring Fanfi Work Promising,
State Crop Summary Reports
Lincoln. " Neb., May 2. Spring
farm work is much further advanced
than usual for this time of the year,
lays crop summary just issued by
. the state board of agriculture. March
was exceptionally warm and gave the
farmers an opportunity to complete
t large part of April work. Farmers
ares getting their corn ground pre
pared earlier tnd in better shape than
usual. : .
Winter wheat in the western and in
the 'southern counties is generally
roofl, and moat of it very promising.
The; remainder of the wheat north of
southern counties and west of Daw
son 'county is rather uneven, much
of it being thinned our badly and no
dout some will have to be entirely
abandoned., -The greatest damage ap-
J ears in the. counties of Colfax,
Mae, Dodge and Butler.' , 1 ,
Fcrteen Leave Saturday on
. Richardson County Draft
Stella, Neb., May 2. (Special.)
fourteen' dratted men will be sent
from Richardson county' Saturday to
Fort Logan, Colof They are- Jamei
Startiel. Edward A. West, Dan Al
brecbt, Herman Herling, Henry Her
ling, Roland Wkkham, Lawrence C.
, Caverzagie, Lloyd O. Johnson, Guy
Davis, Hiram G. Glasglow, William
B. Becker, Charles Watiek, George E.
Bliss and Hirry E. Carter.
Norman Smilie, for 46 years a resi-1
dent,, of this community,' died ;
Wednesday at the home of his '
daughter, Mr. Noah Allen. He was .
C2 years old In the civil war he en
listed in Company H, 77th Illinois in :
fantry, and served from August, 1862, i
ant il January, lo64. Mr. hnniie was
a farmer in this community 10 year?
before Stelia was ktarted or the rail
. road came.
Call Off Bond Probe When
Reluctant Ones Come Across
Beatrice'Neb., May 2. (Special)
All but six residents in Beatrice and
Gage county out of 5,000 who sub
scribed to the third Liberty loan
quota have paid their apportionments,
tnd the meeting called for Thursday
aight by the defense council to in
restigate some of those who previous
ly refused to buy bonds has been
called - off. Four - residents of the
Rockford vicinity who had been sum
moned to appear before the board,
;ame ' in yesterday and purchased
aondt,:v;. .
Twenty-two Burlington employes
. tf this city have purchased $2,250 in
Liberty bonds. - .
t!!I County Farmers Join
: Farm Bureau Organization
Grand Island, Neb., May 2. (Spe
cial.) Farmers in Hall county have
organised a farm bureau and will em
jloy a county agricultural agent, whq
t.;U direct the expenditure of money
impropriated by supervisors, and will
co-operate , with the government in
i evising means to assist farmers. Of-
. fcers elected include Leo B. Stuhr.
Crand v Island, president; . Henry
1 ouse. Alda, secretary, and W. L
OTates, Martin township, treasurer.
i SPEAKING ORDER
FOR STATE DEBATE
Representatives of Ten District
Championship Schools As
signed to Places or. Sat
urday's Program.
Lincoln, Neb., May 2. (Special)
The order of speaking by in
dividual representatives of the 10
district championship schools of
the Nebraska High School De
bating . league, in the. 11th annual
state debate, which starts at 10
o'clock Saftnday morning, "High
School Fet day," in Memorial hall,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, was
decided today by lots drawn by Prof.
M. M. Fogg, the president, and by
Prof. II. W Caldwell.
If it was not known which side the
school's repiesentative would take, a
place was drawn for it on both the
affirmative and negative These
schools are Beatrice and Wymore,
which hold their final district debate
Friday 'night; Eagar and Rd Cloud,
Madison and Wisner. The siue which
the representative of the Omaha Cen
tral High school, champion of the
eastern dist'ict, will take was not
known,
The order of speaking was de
cided, as follows: Affirmative, Min
den, Omaha (?), Alliance, Beatrice
(?), Ravenn. Madison or Wisner (?),
Edgar (?). Negative, Teachers' Col
lege High srhool, Omaha (?), Wy
more (f), Randolph, Mctook, Madi
son or Wisner (?), Red Cloud.
Although the official speaking in
the state co.nest will once more be
by individual representatives, three or
four schools are willing to send their
championship teams to compete in inter-district
"Tontebts. It was planned
to have the ctate debate this year a
contest between teams, but that ar
rangement vas postpone! until next
year on account of the expense. There
will probably bt two or three team
debates Friday or Saturday.
Judges are being selected by Pro
fessor Fogg and the competing
schools.
Two Honor Flags Will Be
'.. .Raised at Plattsmouth
; Plattsmouth, Neb., May 2. (Spe
cial.) Plattsmouth, and Cass county
are far "over the top" on the Liberty
loan, having subscribed $150,000 more
than was apportioned the county.
During the Red Cross fair, which
will be held here for the remainder of
the week at the Eagles' hall and Elks'
hall, at Sixth street, between Main
and Vine streets, the raising of the
honor flags for the city and county
will occur,
; There will be a bisr parade of the
school children, civic societies and the
business men, and all commercial in
dustries. Rev. M. A, Shile will de
liver an address at the raising of the
honor flag at the court house, and at
the city hall.
Clarence Beal, deputy clerk of the
district court, resigned and left for
the Great Lakes, where he wilt take
a course in radio service. Miss Es
telle Gies was appointed in his place.
Mr. end Mrs. A. M. Arries have
i, three sons in the service. Donald has
arrived in trance, iiyron is now on
his way across. They both are in the
aviation service. Major, the youngest,
endeavored to enlist three times, but
was unable to pass the physical ex
amination. - He was ooerated unon in
an Omaha hospital and after recover
ing, again applied, ;He was accepted
and Tuesday departed for Paris, S, C.,
where he goes into training as a ma
rine. . .- . , ;v .v... . ' ,
Daughter Born to Grandson
Of Late Col. William F. Cody
North Platte, Neb., May 2. (Spe
cial.) A daughter was born to Mr,
and Mrs. William Cody Boal Tuesday
night. Mr. Boal is a grandson of the
late Coloner.W. F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bill"). He was married to Miss Elva
Day, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Day, and left shortly after with Com.
piny E for Camp Cody, Deming,
N. M. He recently graduated from'
the officers' -training camp at Leon
Springs, Tex.,, and expects to receive
his commission soon. i,
Blair Boys Off to Camp,
'-. Blair, 'Neb., . May 2.-(Special.)-Washington
county men entrained
here yesterday for Fort Logan, Colo.
They included Otis Clarence Dennis,
Benjamin C. Maynard, William C.
Silvey, Stephen M. Murphy, Anders
Steensen, Albert Suverkrubbe, Rich
ard C. Melssner, Earl S.; Millikan,
James Marion Stricklett, and
Benjamin H. Kamarek.
Hello Fellow
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"Walk-Over" Ed S. Thonips.il. .
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THE SAME HIGH QUALITY
THE SAME CLASSY STYLES
That Have Made Walk-Overs Famous the World Over.
Come in Today I've Got a Good Story to Tell You.
Don't Forget the Place.
WALK-OVER BOOT SHOP
317 South
Nebraska Farmer Give
Three Carloads of Hogs
In Red Cross Campaign
Lyons, Neb, Ma7 2. (SpeciaL)
Farmers throughout this section
came to town yesterday, bringing
scores of hogs to contribute to the
war fund of the Red Cross. In ad
dition to subscribing $1,000 in cash
to the Red Cross, they donated
three carloads of Nebraska grown
hogs.
DODGE COUNTY MEN
, 60 TO FORT LOGAN
Third Contingent of Second
Draft Departs for Chmp to
Begin Training for
War.
Fremont, Neb., May 2. (Special
Telegram.) Dodgt county' third
contingent of the second draft left
this afternoor. for Fort Logan, Colo.,
to begin training. Seventeen of the
18 men rep-vied, John E. Busch of
Luseland, Canada, failing to appear.
The selects Doardcd a special train
over the Urion Pacific with delega
tions from counties from the eastern
part of the sttte and along the North
western from the northern part of the
state. J. L. Kohler, secretary of ths
Fremont Young Men's Christian as
sociation, accompanied the men, hav
ing been sent by the state associa
tion. The rr.en who went are: Ed
win L. Porta, Walter Hansen, Au
gust Moench, Frank J. Senpeck,
Charles W. Royer. Ben H. McHenry,
Ben F. Falk. Forest L. Adams, Ray.
mond Larison, Irving D. Frost, Bruce
Martin, Pel!jam McGee, Henry A.
Sayer, Arthur Mullon, John P. John
son, Alberl Christensen, Frank
Christensen.-
Sunday School,. Meet.
The annual convention of the
Dodge county Sunday school con
vention will be held at the Purple
Cane church Saturday and Sunday.
James R. Hanson of Fremont is
president, Rev. A. A. Smith of Pur
ple Cane is vice president and Miss
ophie Blaue of Fremont is secre-tary-treasurtr.
Miss Margaret
Brown of Lincoln and W. H. Kim
berly of Lincoln, state organizers, are
on the prog: am in addition to several
ministers of Fremont and towns
throughout the country. Delegates
from all over the county will be in
attendance.
Ninetieth Birthday.
William Barrett, one of the pioneer
residents of Fremont, celebrated his
ninetieth birthday anniversary with a
family gathering. E. O. Barrett, for
mer well known Fremont traveling
salesman, came from Cedar Rapids,
la., to take part in the festivities.
Form Rural Home Guards.
The Pohocco home guards were or
ganized at a meeting at the Carey
nigh school with a membership of 60.
Hans- Rasmussen, a veteran of the
civil war, was elected captain. Ray
Martin was named first lieutenant and
James McClean second lieutenant
The Saunders County Board of Super
visors probably will be asked to equip
the guards. This is said to be the first
rural home guard company organized
in the state.
Nebraska Farmers Oppose ?
Peace Parleys With Berlin
Lincoln, Neb., May 2. (Special.)
tu. v nr.- r :i -C mi
lie aiiiict9 war vvu!iiu vi a-
braska, recently organized to help in
the prosecution of the war, has gone
on record at a meeting held in Lin
coln, as opposed to any peace parleys
until Germna militarism is completely
crushed. A resolution to this effect
was adopted by the council with in
structions that a copy of it be for
warded to President Wilson.
Girl in Race for County .
Recorder in Jefferson
Fairbury, Neb., May 2. (Special.)
H. O. Nellis, recorder of deeds in
Jefferson county has announced his
candidacy for county treasurer on the
Republican ticket. Nellis was elected
four years ago for recorder and had
no opposition for re-election. Miss
Bessie Goff, deputy treasurer, is in the
race for recorder to succeed Nellis.
Ball Nets Red Cross $500.
North Platte, May 2. (Special Tel
egram) The 31st annual May ball
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers was held last evening at
''he Lloyd opera house. The proceeds,
amounting to $500, were donated to
the Red Cross society. Governor Ne
ville of Lincoln and Mrs. Jeffers of
Omaha led the grand march.
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Here I Am
Back Sellin'
Walk-Over
Shoes
again and believe me it
seems good to be able
once more to fit you in
a pair of these
MERIT SHOES
16th Street
Omaha Boy in France Serves ; as ,
Interpreter for General Pershing
fnrnnral Tohn Taliaferro, an Omaha
boy, is now serving as an aide to
General Fershmgr in trance, ne was
chosen for his ability to speak French.
Cnmnrzi Taliaffrm i the SOn of Mr.
and Mrs. J. N. Taliaferro. Omahans
of French extraction.
The Omaha boy is one of a num-
Kr r.f nirkrd trim rtinn for thlS
work. They e all college men and
their duties consists in acting as in
hftwrpn th French and
American officers guarding supplies
and recaptured towns. They are un
der the direct command of General
Pershing,
fnrnnral Taliaferro, who is a grad
uate of the Central High school, at
tnHr1 the Omaha university for a
year. Following his enlistment he was
sent to Camp Funston, where he was
a member ot a machine gun oattanon.
From there he was sent to Camp
r.n M r whrrc he studied under
French instructors for several months.
He is now with Company C, first
United States army, headquarters
regiment, A. E. F.
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS
CAPTURE ES-SALT
British Continue Operations in
Palestine Successfully After
Meeting Setback in Diffi
cult and Broken Country.
(Bf Anoelatcd Frets.)
London, May 2. The official state
ment dealing with military operations
in Palestine, .issued today by the war
office, reads:
On Wednesday morning while
our infantry moved to attack the
enefny in the foothills south and
southeast of Es-Salt, Australian
mounted troops entered Es-Salt, cap
turing 33 Germans and 317 Turkish
prisoners.
In the course ot these operations
a mounted brigade debouched to
watch the Jordan crossings, was at
tacked by a superior torce ot ane
enemy which had crossed the river
during the night and was compelled
to fall back. Horse artillery batter
ies, supporting this brigade in the
most difficult and broken 'country,
were obliged to abandon nine guns
which could not be saved, although
the detachments and horses were
Diluted patriotism is a thing of the past. We've banished
the hyphen with its 50-50 allegiance, we've wiped .out the Ma
son and Dixon line, united the East and West; watched the
banker's son, in khaki marching side by side with the boot
black; capital and labor have agreed to arbitrate their differ
ences in order that the safety of America need not be jeopar
dised by internal strife-and now a unified, united, liberty lov
ing people have but one thought BEAT THE HUN NOW
AND FOB ALL TIME.
Your business and mine are insignificant issues, while the
flower of-American Manhood is giving its life blood for Democ
racy and the Home.
Dollars hidden in vaults or hoarded in "stockings" are dis
loyal, selfish dollars and should call for the internment of their
owners.
Keep money circulating, but avoid extravagance.
Economize in foodstuffs, coal, metals, clothing because. ex-'
travagance jn these things interferes with the war needs of the
government, but don't neglect health, don't stint on necessities,
and above all don't pay a cent for reputation, prestige or graft
Do your bit by producing, do your bit by conserving, and do
your bit. by keeping, your money circulating, so that every
American home may not only own a Liberty Bond, but a bond
OF EVERY ISSUE, and thereby concentrate every ounce of
strength of the great American nation into one solid "punch"
that will remove Kaiserism from the face of the earth.
When you come her for your Dental Work, com wttli th idea that you are getting
Just as good work aa money can buy for less than you would pay elsewhere.
You are not doing me a favor nor doing yourself justice U you come to me with any
other ldeai and I would be unfair to you and to myaelf If I failed to make good in my .
office every promise made In my public announcement. ' .
Painless Withers Dental Co.
423-28 Securities Bldg. 16th and Farnam Sts.
OMAHA, NEB.
Office Hours: 8:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sunday, 9 to 1.
Corp. cJoJin Vatteferco
safely withdfawn. Necessary support
for this detached brigade was imme
diately forthcoming" and the opera
tions are continuing. ,
"West of the Jordan local enemy
.attacks at several points were re
pulsed during Tuesday night." ;
Governor at North Platte.
' North Platte, Neb., May 2. (Spe
cial Telegram) The Camp Funston
band gave a concert in the couit house
park last evening. The home guards
met the band at the depot and acted
as escort. , Governor.. Keith Neville
was given a place of honor on the
court house . balcony and after the
concert delivered an address on con
ditions in the camps which he had
visited. . .4 ...... .
1 ' Seneca in Line.
Seneca, Neb., May 2. (Special Tel
egram.) A patriotic meeting held at
Uhler's hall in behalf of the Liberty
loan, conservation of food and other
war issues was well attended. Dr.
Lay presided. The speakers were
Frank John of Grand Island, O. K.
Anderson of Broken Bow, and Judge
Evans of Thedford.
Nothing
Imp
But, ,Bi
p : v..1. :
Victory
This War is for "The World's
Championship" and is goin .o
be won by the great Ameri
can "Punch."
ENEMY'S LOSS r
IN GREAT DRIVE
FULLY1 350,000
Allied Armies Now So Closely
Welded There Is No Junction
Point at Which Germans
Can Strike.
(By AtMclated Ptcm.)
French Army Headquarters, May
2. Under the German blows, the
allied armies seems to be welded to
gether as never before. There is no
Doint of junction at which the Ger
mans can thrust. The process of
welding together the two armies is
comolete. but it will not stop there.
Franco-British divisions will be moved
about on a solidly knitted front at
the wish of the allied high commands
as freely as German divisions.
Against the enemy's territorial
gains must be set the fact that they
had to throw 140 divisions into battle
in five weeks. A considerable num
ber of these have been twice engaged
and some thrice. Adding these re
appearances together, there is a total
of 186 engagements of divisions,
equivalent to a mass of two and a
half million men whom the enemy has
already put into battle. As a German
division is never withdrawn until it
has sustained severe losses, on an
average of 2.500, it is reasonable to
reckon the enemy's loss since the be
ginning of the battle at not less than
350,000.
The Germans began the offensive
with a reserve of 650,000 in depots in
France and at home. Behind these
there is only the 1919-20 class, con
sisting of youths, half of whom, are
under 18. The enemy's genuine
fighting reserve is thus half exhaust
ed before he has covered anything
like half the distance to his goal. His
reckless employment of divisions has
left him with a total of 66 out of 206
in France which have not yet been
engaged. Of these 12 are landsturm
divisions which cannot be Used for
the purpose of an offensive. The Ger.
mans thus can have little hope that
the remaining 60 divisions can accom
plish what the first 140 failed to
achieve
Already the German staff is anx
iously realizing that their reserves of
fresh troops are not greater than those
under General Foch.
rtant
Sampl
Ballot
Candidates for Member of
Charter Convention of the City
of Omaha.
Vote for FIFTEEN
JOHN A. RINE
HARRY A. TUKEY
CHARLES W. MARTIN
IGNATIUS J. DUNN
WM. F. BAXTER
DR. E. C.HENRY
DAVID COLE
T.F.STROUD
J. P. PALMER
JOHN E.REGAN
W. B. CHEEK
VACLAV BURESCH
WILLIAM T. HAMAND .
P. T. BARBER -
SAM W. SCOTT
GEORGE S. COLLINS .
DONALD A. JOHNSON
C L. SHAMP
SAMUEL GRACE
B. C. FOLEY
C. A. MARTENSEN
CORNELIUS FARRELL
HARRY A. FOSTER '
DAN O. WHITNEY
W.W.COLE
u am pic uaiiui :
Candidates for Councilmen
of City of Omaha.
Omaha City Election, 1918
Vote for SEVEN
ROY N. TOWL
DAN B. BUTLER
ED. P. SMITH
JOSEPH B. HUMMEL
TOM P. REYNOLDS
J. DEAN RINGER
JAMES C. DAHLMAN
HENRY F. WULF
WALTER S! JARDINE
HARRY B. ZIMMAN
CHARLES H. WITHNELL
W. G. URE
GEORGE PARKS
THOMAS FALCONER
Sample Ballot
Proposition of Fire Engine
House Bonds. Vote "YES"
or "NO."
"Shall bonds of the City of
Omaha, in a sum not to ex
ceed $35,000, be issued for the
purpose of purchasinj? the
building located upon Lot 8,
Block 23, Florence, now OmaV
ha, together with said lot,, for.
the purpose of a fire engine
house; said bonds to run for
twenty years from the date
thereof and to bear interest
payable at a rate not to exceed
5 per annum, payable semi
annually, "with interest coupons
attached; said bonds to be
called "Fire Engine . House
Bonds, of the City of Omaha,
Series 1918," and not to be sold
for les3 than par. The pro
ceeds thereof to be used for no
other purpose than for.the pur
chase of Lot 8, Block 23, Flor
ence, now Omaha, together ,
with the building thereon, to
be used for a fire engine house
for the City of Omaha?" , ,
YES
NO
Sample Ballot
Proposition for Purchase oh
Gas.Plant. Vote "YES"
or "NO."
"Shall the City of Omaha
acquire and appropriate by
exercise of the Power of Emi
nent Domain, the Gas Plant of
Omaha Gas Company, tho
main part of which is located
within the City of O.naha?"
YES
NO .
The above are the SamnU
Ballots for the City Election,
Charter Convention Election,
Purchase of Gas Plant Election,
and FLre Engine House Bond
Election to be held May 7, 1918
HARLEY G. MOORHEAD,
Election Commissions