THE OMAHA SUNpAY; BEE: MAY 19, 1918.
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AK-SAR-BEN SENDS
OUT HURRY CALL;
HELP WANTED
More Men Needed to jComplete
Official List of Torturers
When Initiation Ceremo
nies Are Started.
War has created i condition which
forces King Ak-Sar-Ben to appeal
lor help.
The assistance particularly required
Is in the initiation ceremonies at
the den, where "The Land of Rum
i Bay" and kindred entertainment for
, Jhe betterment of new and old mem-
- fcers of Ak-Sar-Ben will be staged
weekly on Monday nights, beginning
with the night of June 3.
Many members of the initiation
crews of former years have answered
Uncle Sam's appeal for defenders and
King Ak-Sar-Ben has been left in the
"gravy," literally, truthfully and
realistically.
More than 100 men are required on
s. Initiation nights to properly ad
minister the "tortures" of the or
ganization. Thus far this season but
about 60 men have volunteered for
this work. Monday night at 8 o'clock
at the den a gathering of the initia
tion crew is scheduled and any and
"all volunteers for this work are re
j quested to be present,
f Campaign Picks Up Speed.
The campaign for securing new Ak-Sar-Ben
members has livened con
siderably during the last week. The
Walters-Cheek-Wafkins team con-
- tinues s leader of the hustling com
, mittee, having secured 159 new mem
ben. The team of Mahaffey-Tvler-
Dresher is second, with'a total of 139
new members. The total member
ship is now 1,101, a lead of 158 over
the same neriod.ln 1917. The com
mittee will cease work for Ak-Sar-
Ben during the next week .and will
devote its entire time to increasing
contributions to the Red Cross.
The reception committee was
named last week. "It includes F. W.
Fitch, chairman; James Allan, A. F,
McAdams, U. K. Burkett, James Coor,
- M. 0. Cunningham, Hugh T. Cutler.
J. T. Dysart, H. A. Foster, Harry
Hartry, Martin E. Larson, Louis
I.eppe, H. G. Moran, N. J. Sjolin,
James Stine and Charles H. Un
singer. -
DITCHES AUTO;
AVOIDS INJURY
- , TO TWO WOMEN
C W. Parker. 3125 Pacific street,
and daughter, Anna,; had a thrilling
experience and narrow escape from
injury last night when an automobile
in which they were driving over
turned in front of 2411 Harney street.
Miss Parker was driving the auto
mobile east on Harney street when
she observedjtwo women whom she
described as nurses' suddenly step
from the walk into the street at a
point between cross streets. She said
. . she blew her horn and the pedestrains
. mated, the warning.
Mr, 'Parker, to avert striking the
two women, grabbed the sterring
wheel and deliberately sent the ma
chine crashing over the walk and into
the brickwork of the steps in front of
2411 Harney, street. The rebound
from the steps sent the car. back to
the curb where it turned over. The
peculiar angle of the overturn saved
the occupants from what otherwise
might have been a serious ending.
Bystanders righted the car. Miss
Parker told the details of her ex
- perience and then re-entered the car,
which her father drove away.
Iowa University Athletes
Win Track and Field Meet
Des Moines, May 18. (Special.)
Jack Watson s Iowa university track
athletes won the 26th annual state
track and field meet held at th Drake
' stadium -this afternoon for the first
time since 1905. The summary shows
that the Hawkeyes placed in 14 of
the 15 events in the college section
of the classic, and as a result landed in
first place with 43 tallies.
Ames college was a close second,
running only two points behind, while
Grinnell came in for third honors
with 29$ points. Drake university of
Des Moines was fourth with
points. Other point winners were
Simpson, 11J4; Morningside, 8, and
. Coe.2. .-
In the high school section of the
affairs, Mason City high won first
place with 34 points. The northern
iowa athletes were pushed hard ty
north Des Moines athletes, who tin
ished "second ,with 25 tallies. West
Des Moines ifflj third with 19 points.
Real Estate Transfers Show
Big Increase Last Year
Honey involved in the transfer of
property during the past week as
"' against the same week in 1917 shows
' an increase of nearly $100,000 from
deeds filed in Registrar of Deeds
Harry Pearce's office.
In 1917 there were 178 deeds filed
and this week showed only 158, but
. .the total involved is far greater. The
Vecord for 1917 shows $26940 and
1918 total is $364,756. f
V The decrease in he number of in
struments cuts the receipts of the
office irom $530.75 in 1917 to $420.20
. this year. '
W. H. Creary Donates Wagon
To Red Cross of Omaha
A unique donation has been made
: to the Omaha Red Cross chapter by
W. H. Creary, 1622 Spencer street, in
the way of a mountain wagon. This
( special two-seated vehicle used in
mountainous regions and was built-to-erder
for Mr. Creary.
' The wagon, before being auctioned
off next week, will be drawn through
the streets of Omaha by two snow
white horses in order that prospective
. buyers may give it the once over.
Ccmmancler Fraser
Hastens to Washington
W. A. Fraser, sovereign commander
sf the Woodmen of the World, and
member of he advisory board of the
bureau of war risks insurance, left for
Washington last night in response to
l message from Secretary McAdoo.
Mr. Fraser was excused to come to
Omasa and help in the third Liberty
Friends Plead Vainly
For Leniency to Banker
Who'Stole to Shield Son
, Lot Angeles, May 18. W. W.
Phelps, former president of the
National bank of Riverside. Cal.,
wai sentenced today to seven and a
half years' imprisonment for em
bexslement of 153,673 of the bank's
funds through forged notes.
Phelps pleaded guilty before Judge
Benjamin F. Bledsoe of the united
States district court, a friend for
many years.
"There are tome things a man
can't do," Judge Bledsoe said
brokenly, and turned the case over
to Judge Oscar A. Trippet, who
heard the pleas of prominent River
side citizens for leniency. Men and
women wept as counsel for Phelps
told how the prisoner took the funds
to save his son from what he aaid
would have been disgrace.
JAPAN AND CHINA
REACH AGREEMENT
TO PROTECT EAST
Joint Defensive to Counteract
German Aggression In Si-'
beria Approved by State
Department.
t (By Associated rim)
Washington, May 18. Information
reached the State department today
of the conclusion of an agreement be
tween Japan and China for the pro
tection of their common interests in
the far east against German ag
gression. Although giving few details,
the reports to the department were
said to make it clear that the agree
ment was only for the period of the
war and was solely for protective pur
poses. A joint defensive to counteract Ger
man aggression in Siberia is known to
be contemplated, but information was
lacking as to whether this would in
volve a movement in force into Siberia
by Japanese and Chinese troops. As
to the necessity for such action the
State department is not informd, but
it is assumed that because of their
proximity to Siberia, Japan and China,
with a much keener interest in that
country than any other powers, doubt
less were in better position to know
the extent of German infiunce there
and the necessity of curbing it by mili
tary force. "
No Change in Policy.
Regarding the agreement as of a
purely defensive nature, the State de
partment does not believe it directly
concerns the United States and con
sequently involves no change in the
policy of the department in the treat
ment of the far eastern question. That
policy, it is said, properly might be
subject to revision if in the future
Japan and China should find it neces
sary or advisable to can upon tne
United States or the entente alliea for
military or other substantial assistance
in carrying out their plans. As the
matter now stands, there is not the
slightest disposition to question the
motives that impel the two eastern na
tions to join hands to protect them
selves from any danger which they
may foresee.
Practical difficulty in the combina
tion of Japanese and Chinese interests
is suggested in diplomatic cldcles here
through the disaffection in southern
China, that this is founded entirely
upon the ambitions of Chinese leaders
without any relation to the situation
iu Siberia.
Would Promote Intimacy.
Tokio. May 18. Premier Terauch!,
in an address today, declared that
p-ace in the far east only would be
served by promoting intimacy be
tween Japan and China, in which lat
ter country Japan desired a speedy
termination of the internal disorders.
The premier gave warning of the
danger cf rumors calculated to
estrange the friendly relationi of
Japan with China, America, and other
nations. ' He announced his determi
nation, likewise, to continue as pre
mier as long as he enjoyed the confi
dence of the emperor.
0. H. Osborne Goes East to
Represent Burgcss-Nash Co.
O. H." Osborne, assistant mer
chandise manager of the Burgess
Nash company, left Saturday night for
New York, where he will become the
New York representative of the Bur-gess-Naih
company and M. E. Smith
& Co. He will have charge of the
New York office.
Mr.-Osborne was employed by the
Burgess-Nash company five years ago
as manager of the linen and white
goods department. He was promoted
(two years ago to the position he now
leaves. A dinner party and dance was
given in Mr. Osborne's honor lasf
week by the executive and managers
of the company and Saturday morning
employes in Mr. Osborne s depart-'
mini pttat-iiiiu unit nun i5&
bouquet.
Fly Your Flag During Week
Of Drive, Red Cross Asks
A call is being sent out by the Red
Cross headquarters for every person
in Omaha to display an American flag
during the week of the Red Cross
drive. Red Cross banners and em
blems may be displayed profusely, but
all are requested to show the Stars
and Stripes wherever possible.
Obituary Notes
LEWIS RILEY, killed In Manila,
March 17 lajt by the explosion of a
land mine, will be burled In his home
In Eeward, Neb., Monday. The body
arrived In Seward Saturday.
EDWARD HOFFMANN, 14-yeax-old
ion of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse
Hoffman, West Point sucoumbed to
pneumonia at the family home. Fu
neral services were held from St
Mary's church.
EDWARD- H. HARTWELL, for
over 0 years a resident of Fremont
and for over half a century a member
of the Masonlo lodge, died here at the
age of 73. Mr. Hartwell came to Fre
mont from Kansas.
MRS.vlpUISH LALLMAN died at
Fremont at the age of 88.
BERT SHIVELT, Laurel's first sol
dier to die, was paid great homage
by the people of Laurel. Twelve hun
dred attended the funeral services at
the rresbrterlan church. Ho was a
son of A. B. Shlvelv and died at Came
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FLOW OF TROOPS
TO BATTLE FRONT
RISINGJTEADILY
U. S. Forces Abroad Will Pass
Million by Midsummer; Will
Have Large Share in Vic
tory to Come.
(Bf Associated PreM.)
Washington, May 18. With every
indication pointing to t.he early re
sumption of the German drive in
France, officials here feel that all that
could be done to bring American
aid to the allied armies has been done.
Thev await the outcome with the
same supreme confidence that Ger
many's offensive p offer finally will
be repulsed, as do the French and
British leaders.
American troops are shoulder to
shoulder with the French and British
in Picardy, while inlanders Amer
ican units are training close behind
the battle lines, ready to go in im
mediately if necessary. In both
places the number of Americans is
being increased at a rate not hoped
for only a few months ago, and in
south the lines are being strength
ened and extended daily.
With more than 500,000 men over
seas the United States forces are oc-
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"Come and Get Me,"
I Nightly Message
' From Hans Rose
London, May 18. As a grim piece
of German humor, the Wireless Age
tells of a wireless message received
almost every night by a United
Staes destroyer in European waters.
The radiogram says:
"My position is degreea north
and degrees west. Come and get
me." I'm waiting fot you."
The message is always signed
Hans Rose," the name of the com
mander who took a German sub
marine into Newport, R. I, two
years ago.
TuiirA thm AmM-iran destrnver
f proceeded rapidly to the position in
dicated, but touna notmng. wo mat
ter where the destroyer may be the
cupying their full share of the fight
ing line. It was learned officially to
day that the actual frontage held is
third in extent at this time, having ex
ceeded the length of the Belgian sec
tor when American troops came into
line with the French in Picardy.
Officials here believe that the Ger
man high command is so heavily com
mitted to the Picardy and Flanders
sectors in its offensive plans that no
serious effort elsewhere along the
front is to be expected. It, therefore,
appears certain that when the new
blow is struck, Americans will shaTe
in increasing numbers from month to
month in the German defeat
Flow Increasing Daily.
Meanwhile events are moving swift
ly on this side to back up the army
now abroad with a steady and increas
ing flow of men and equipment
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There appears to be little doubt
now that the American forces abroad
will pass the 1,000,000 mark by mid- -summer,
although official statements
were lacking. The rate at which
troops are being sent overseas is ris
ing from week to week. Figures may
not be published under the rules of
voluntary t censorship, but Secretary
Baker's recent statement that 500,000
had been dispatched is regarded as al
ready out of date.
Orpheus Club of Benson High
School Presents 'Pocahontas'
The Orpheus club, comprising 40
boys and girls of Benson High school,
presented "Pocahontas," a comic
operetta, last night at the school in
an acceptable manner.
The net receipts will be given to
the Red Cross. Miss Mabel Shipherd,
music teacher at the school, re
hearsed the production.
The principal roles were played as
follows: Ethel Orcutt, "Poca
hontas;" Paul Kitler, "Powhaton;"
Haflo Wilcox, "John Smith;" Earl
Young, "John Rolfe." The young
players were well received by a large
audience.
German Women Pacifists
Given Prison Sentences
v Geneva, May 18. Six young women
were among the German independent
socialists condemned to long prison
terms by the military tribunal at
Dresden recently on charges of con
ducting "defeatist" and pacifist prop
ganda among German soldiers, tc '
cording to dispatches received here
from Constance.
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