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MILK AND ICE
FUND BRINGS
)0Y TO MANY
Money Raised by The Bee and
Used for Suffering Ones .
by Visiting Nursas a
Great Boon.
' "The contributors to the ice
and milk fund of The Bee
would be thrilled if they could
see in the faces of children and
parents the new happiness
which has been brought into
their lives by this fund," said
Miss McCabe, the superinten
dent of the Visiting Nurses' as
sociation, in response to a ques
tion as to whether the money is
actually accomplishing helpful
results.
Miss McCabe feels that lives are
being saved and homes blessed by
this fund, and that in this indirect
wiy it is a real contribution to the
cause of America in the present world
crisis.
A number of typical cases, out of
many, were cited by Miss McCabe,
who stated that appeals have come
practically every day for help, even
during the comparatively cool weather
cf the past week.
Brings Ruddy Cheeks.
There was the case of a mother
whose husband had died, and who
had the entire burden of caring for
her little family, consisting of a 14-year-old
girl and two babies, one
6 months and the other 18 months
old. t The mother had been able to
provide for many of the needs of
the family, but could not get enough
milk nor ice to care for it, to keep
her babies well and strong.
The fund has come to her aid, and
In 'the short time that the milkman
has been making his regular stops,
4he children are already showing the
beneficial results in ruddy cheeks and
sparkling eyes. Two babies are be
coming well and strong because of
the kind, hearts of the Nebraska peo
ple who have teefl providing the ice
and milk. fund. -t- .. rv "rsv
? In; another home is f prerhaitirely
hom bbv, ... She has not had :au very
good thance in life, and at the age
of. 8 months, weighs only six pounds.
It is quite probable that, without the
aid of jhe fund this baby would have
died before this. -' As it is, she is be
coming a little stronger each day,
and has afighting chance, at least,
to live. '
Wards Off Plague.
In another family the father was
stricken with pulmonary tuberculosis
soiie time since, and a short time
ago was compelled to give up all
work. In a short time the little sav
ings were all gone. The relief so?
ciety gave aid, but not enough to
provide milk for the 2-year-old baby,
the youngest of seven children.
Again the fund was called on for
aid and, the babjr is showing the
result in an altogether unaccustomed
happiness and playfulness. This child
has not contracted tuberculosis, and
the nurses believe that with the pow
ers of resistance created by the food
which she is receiving, she will be
able to resist the attacks of the
disease, and another little life will
be. saved.
rhe government counts every life
saved as being worth to the country
$3,700 in money," said Miss McCabe.
"If this is a correct estimate, the milk
and ice fund is a most profitable in
vestment from the standpoint of
patriotism."
Dad's Heart Glad.
A fourth case cited was that of
a laboring man who is trying to care
for a family of 10 children. The
youngfst are twins, 8 months old.
Little Jack was always a frail young
ster, and because of that, perhaps, the
apple of his father's eye.
The food which Jack ate did not
seem to agree with him. The doctor
said he ought to have good milk,
kept cool and sweet. But it was
. hard, on the slender earnings of the
father, to secure the needed food.
The fund was asked to help, and now
when dad come-s home from work
at night his heart is made glad by
the health and happiness that he sees
in the face of Jack.
And so it goes. Here and there
over the city are families in which
there is new joy because the babies
are growing strong through the min
istrations of the ice and milk fund.
This fund is particularly acceptable,
according to Miss McCabe, at the
present time, because this has been
set apart as "Baby Year" in the
United Stafes. That those who con
tribute to the fund are materially aid
ing in achieving the goal set by the
government, of saving the lives of
100.000 babies this year, is the firm
belief of the visitinjr nurses who have
beerr connected with the distribution
of the milk and ice. "
Austro-Hungarian Peace
Rumors Declared Unfounded
Amsterdam, July 13. A semi-official
telegram received here today
from Vienna says:
"There have been many rumors
lately that Austro-Hungarian agents
in Spain and Switzerland have been
seeking to establish contact with
entente emissaries with a view to
making overtures for peace. All such
tumors are" unfounded.'" -
Three Men Sail 900 Miles
In Small Boat to Obtain
Help for Marooned Crew
Honolulu, T. H., July 13. After
mailing 900 miles with two of his
seamen in a small boat, in search
of . help. Captain Vaughan of the
wrecked British bark John Mur
ray arrived here aboard an incom
ing steamer from Fanning island. -
Captain Vaughan reported that 40
persons from his vessel and the
schooner Annie Larsen, which was
wrecked' in attempting to rescue the
survivors of the British ship June 9,
were marooned on Maiden island.
The John Murray went down May
22, he said.
The sailing boat made the 900
miles to Fanning island in 13 days,
Captain Vaughan said. Among the
marooned are the wife and children
of the Larsen's captain.
GUBERNATORIAL
BEE NOT BUZZING
IN HOWELL'S CAP
Wattr- District Manager Not
Foot Loose, Even if He
Were In a Receptive Mood
Tor Honors.
According to his own statement, R.
Beecher Howell, general manager of
the Metropolitan water district, is
having a hard time preventing horors
being thrust upon him.
When Mr. Howell went to Lincoln
Friday to protest before the State Rail
way commission against the abandon
nent of a track owned by the Omaha
railroad, which gives switching facili
ties to the water plant the State Jour
nal took it on itself to declare that Mr.
Howell had been approached by
prominent republicans and urged to
run for the nomination for governor
on the republican ticket in opposition
to S. R. McKelvie, now the only
candidate in the field. "If I were
footloose," said Mr. Howell, when
interrogated, "I would not object to
running for governor. I appreciate
the comoliment that was oaid me, but
1 1 have several other things to think
over which are rather pressing now
and which I consider of prime importance.""-
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Notin Receptive Mood.
r Asked it 4ve were Jn a receptive
mood he... said; . "N.o;,.I.:am'.riot, But
there might be conditions which
would' make me consider the matter
seriously."
If the political wiseacres are correct,
one of the conditions inspiring the
popular uprising at Lincoln for Mr.
Howell are traceable to the outspoken
opposition - of Mr. McKelvie to the
state socialism program of the Non
partisan' league, which; has been on
the carpet before the State Council o!
Defense for disloyalty.
Another condition is the candidacy
of Mr. Howell's political comrade. N.
P. Dodge, for congress threatened
with eclipse unless Howell's candi
dacy for the governorship might bol
ster it up. Dodge has been outspoken
ly antagonistic to McKelvie.
On the other hand the Nonpartisan
league is supposed to be for Senator
Norris for renomination, while the
Dodge . and Howell elements have
been giving aid and comfort to Ross
Hammond, which might make com
plications. On the democratic side the latest
political dope is that efforts are still
being made to get Richard L. Met
calfe intd the race for the senatorship
nomination, so far Metcalfe has
shown no signs of responding and a
powwow of the big ones ;s said to
have decided to go behind Morehead
as the only sure way to bea Edgar
Howard, whom they suspect of cater,
ing to the Nonpartisan league. Among
the democrats Governor Neville is
pitted against brother Charlie Bryan
for a two-man race, unless some free
lance breaks in,
s Wounded in icndon
London, July 13. American wound
ed are now -arriving in London in
considerable numbers from the sec
tions of France, where the Americans
are brigaded with the British.
Omahans to Observe Day
On Which Bastile Fell
Omaha's observance of the French
Fourth of July, the anniversary of
the fall of the Bastile, will be a
prolonged event, starting today and
extending to Tuesday night.
Programs will be given by children
at all of the city arks and play
grounds, under the direction of Super
intendent of Recreation Isaacson and
Miss Vlasta Sterba, director of
pageantry.
The programs will consist of
speeches, recitations, (dancing of the
French minuettes, singing of folk
songs and the playing of folk games
and patriotic readings.
The observance of the day will be
gin at Miller park Sunday at 7:30
p. m., with Madame Guerin is prin
cipal speaker.
At the same hour exercises will
be held at Kountze park, with Rev.
F. W. Leavitt as speaker. Miss Mil
lie Ryan has arranged for the Lib
erty octette to sing and Carl Seibert
will sing the "Marseilles."
Exercises will begin at Elmwood
park at 7:30 p. m. Sunday, also, with
Madame Goer in as the principal
FIRE AND BLAST
WRECK SPANISH
SHIPS IN HARBOR
Four Men Perish When Tanker
Loaded' With; Oil Burns at9
Nevv York ; Three
. - WliHfpnr Loss..
New York, .July' 13. Four men are
believed to have perished today in an
explosion and fire which destroyed the
Spanish steamship Serantes, of 3,000
gross tons, in New York harbor,
causing a loss of approximately
$3,000,000. The vessel, loaded with
oil, was under lease, to the Standard
Oil company and scheduled to sail
tomorrow for Spain. It now lies a
blackened hulk off Bay Ridge.
The men who lost their lives were
reported to have been trapped in the
hold. Members of the crew who
escaped said the decks became so hot
they were forced to jump into the
water. A United States coast guard
cutter hastened to the rescue when
officers noted a great volume of
smoke rising from the Serantes. Be
fore the cutter arrived there was a
tremendous explosion, apparently in
the hold of the Spanish shtp, and
most of its superstructure was torn
away.
Thirty-one officers and members of
the crew were picked up. They said
the fire started in the afterpirt of the
Serantes and spread so rapidly they
were forced to flee.
Holland, Protests Against
Blunder of British Airman
The Hague, July 13. The Dutch
government has charged The Nether
lands minister at London to protest
against the violation of Dutch ter
ritory by an airplane on June 22,
when the "machine dropped two
bombs near Ouderschans, wounding
one person and causing material dam
age. The government also asks com
pensation for the damage done by
the explosion.
speaker, her address to be given at
8 p. nr.
Programs will take place at the
following parks at 7:30 p. m. Sunday:
Riverview, Clearview, Mandan, Fonte
nelle, Spring Lake and at James
Walsh playground in Benson. The
Sunday program will be held at Flor
ence park at 4 p. m.
Program at Hanscom park at 7:30
p. m. Monday, with Madame Guerin
as speaker, and -at the same hour
Tuesday at Gifford park.
Washington, July 13. President
Wilson today issued an order that
the French flag be flown from all
public buildings and vessels tomor
row, July 14, m honor of the holiday
commemorating the falj of the Bas-
A second flagpole was erected on
the White House, from which the
French tri-color will be flown along
side th American flag.
Greetings of the American people
to the French people were extended
in a resolution adopted by the house,
Governor Neville has issuer! a nrnr.
lamation asking all Nebraskans to pay"
nu ng iriDute to I-ranee through a
celebration of this da"
Sister!
IOWA MAN SEEKS
EX-WIFE HERE TO
HELP SAVE HOME
J. R. Thomas Professes to Be
lieve WpmanJieMIn Dur-
'ess; Desires - to Renevy .
v . Mortgage. " '
For many weary hours Saturday a
man held silent vigil in the lobby of
the postoffice- waiting for someone
who did not come.
The man was James T. Thompson,
a carpenter of Des Moines, la., who
was waiting, for his divorced wife to
come and call for mail that has been
waiting there for her for some days,
Thompson is anxious to have his
former wife come out from hiding so
that he can discuss a business matter
with her which, he says, will protect
her interest and that of their 13-year-old
daughter, who is living with her
sister at Mount Pleasant, la.
A mortgage on his home, in which
his wife and child have an equity, is
about to become due, and he is
anxious to have her sign an applica
tion for a renewal of the loan so that
foreclosure proceedings will not be
brought and the home saved to the
child.
The couple were divorced about a
ear ago. He says his former wife
left Mount Pleasant, la., Juty 5 for
Omaha. She came to this city on a
train. On the same date F. M. Arm
strong, who lives in Des Moines, and
who has a wife and two grown children-
one of them a son in the United
States army, he alleges, left Des
Moines for Omaha, making the trip
by automobile.
Suspected an Agreement.
Thompson says he suspected there
was an agreement on the part of the
couple to meet in this city. Friday, at
noon, he had Armstrong placed under
arrest on a white slavery charge at
Blair, Neb. The town marshal took
the man in custody and notified
United States Marshal Eberstein, who
ordered Armstrong released on his
own recognizance and to appear Mon
day to answer the charge preferred
against him by Thompson.
In the meantime Thompson alleges
that his former wife is kept in hiding
in this city and he is anxious to find
her, that she may join in an effort to
secure the renewal of the mortgage
on the property in which all have an
equity, for the sake of the little
daughter, and he is beside himself
with anxiety.
"If she still has a mother's feeling
for the child," said he, "she will meet
me and help me sign the proper pa
pers for the renewal of the mortgage.
It is to her interest and to the interest
of the littV girl. I cannot help but
think she -s being kept hid under
duress and because of this I may be
prevented from getting my papers in
time to save the property, in which
she and her daughter are interested
from foreclosure."
New Star Now Fading.
Washington, July 13. Nova, the
ne wstar which suddenly appeared in
the eastern skies in June, now is fad
ing, the naval observatory announced
today and as yet shows no indica
tions of bursting out again as a star
of the first magnitude. Astronomical
observers, who have been watching
the visitor nightly, say it is the
brightest star that has appeared since
Keppler's star in the constellation
Ophiuchus, first seen on October 10,
1604, and which vanished in March
the next year after reaching a bril
liancy equalling that of Jupiter.
TWO FORT OMAHA
ARMY OFFICERS
INJURED BY AUTO
Capt. L. W. Osborne's Collar
; bone Broken and Lieut M.T.
Hayes Arm Fractured;
Women Escape. . .
Capt. Leonard W. Osborne and Lt.
M. T. Hayes, both of the signal corps
of the Omaha quartermaster's depot,
were .injured late Saturday afternoon
when the automobile in which they
were riding upset near Elkhorn.
Captain Osborne's collar bone was
broken and Lieutenant Hayes suffered
a broken arm and three broken ribs
The men were rushd to the Fort Oma
ha hospital in an ambulance which
was called out from the army post.'
The officers, in company with the
Misses Josephine Murray, Isabelle
Lanning and Martha Craig, were en
route to Valley to join a number of
other guests of the Flatiron hotel at
their annual picnic.
The car skidded and turned com
pletely over, pinning the occupants
beneath. The women escaped injury,
but were badly shaken up.
Guests at the Flatiron hotel had
made extensive plans for a gala day
at Valley. About 50 of the picnickers
motored to Val!ey early in the after
noon. The automobile load of belated
guests planned to join the others In
time for a chicken supper at Valley
and left Omaha about 5 o'clock. They
had been on their way but a short
distance when the accident happened.
Both Captain Osborne and Lieuten
ant Hayes have been in Omaha only
a short time Captain Osborne re
lieved Captian Kerfoot, who was re
cently transferred to Washington, lie
came to Omaha from New York. 'He
formerly was a newspaper man in
Boston. Lieutenant Hayes just re
turned to Omaha Friday night after
spending a short leave of absence at
his home in Indiana.
COMING SOON!
THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NEW YORK
NEWSPAPER FOR THE KAISER
The amazing story of the life of the Ameri
can who placed German institutions and
"KULTUIT.above the traditions of his na
tive land willbe published in The Omaha Bee
in conjunction with the New York Herald.
"EDWARD A. RUMELY SUPERMAN"
By Frank Parker Stockbridge, late managing editor of
the New York Evening Mail.
Within a few days Rumely's magnificent
dreams, including the revolutionizing of
American agriculture and industry, the
preaching, of the insidiouB- doctrine that
might makes right. America gave this man's
grandfather refuge when he fled German
oppressors, gave his father wealth and him
self millions, yet he devoted himself to a
dream of converting America to the German
ideal and carrying the kaiser's propaganda
into every corner of the United States. The
life of Rumely is a most fascinating story
which every AmericanshouJdreadatthistime
Watch for the First Installment in The Bee.
King George Decorates
Sea Captain Who Sunk
Submarine' Deutschland
New York, July 13. Capt. John
Thompson of the British mercan
tile marine, has been awarded the
distinguished service order by King
George for. sinking a giant subma
rine in the Mediterranean, thought
to be the Deutschland. The mari
ner, who is stopping at a hotel here,
said tonight he rammed the sub
mersible after an hour's maneuver
ing in which the U-boat tried un
successfully to destroy his craft With
shell fire.
The submarine's huge size, Cap
tain Thompson said, convinced him
that it was the former merchant
submarine, a belief which was
strengthened when a life belt with
that name upon it floated to the sur
face after the vessel was rammed. .
TO
HAVE VOICE IN
MAKING PEACE
All
Parts of British Empire
Participate in Confer
ence to Determine Condi
tions, Says Premier.
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 13. The gov
ernments of British dominions
will have a voice in determin
ing the terms of peace, ac
cording to Mr. Lloyd George.
The prime minister made
this statement in a speech at
a dinner given in honor of the
Canadian editors, who are
visiting England, at which
Lord Beaverbrook was the
host.
"This is a war in which we en
gaged the empire," said the premier,
"when we had no time to consult the
dominions as to policy, and it is per
fectly true that the policy which we
adopted td protect-small nations in
Europe.; was. 4 jpolicy .embarked 4ipen
without any consultation with the do
minions. But you approved . it
Henceforth yot have the right to be
consulted as to the policy before
hand, and this is the change which
has been effected as a result of the
war.
Imperial Cabinet a Reality.
"The contributions which you have
made to enforce these treaties have
given you the undeniable right to
a voice in fashioning the policy which
may commit you, and for that reason
an imperial war cabinet is a reality.
"Another point in which you must
have a voice is in the settlement of
conditions of peace. We have dis
cussed war aims and the conditions
under which we are prepared to make
peace at the war cabinet. We ar
rived at an agreement on the sub
ject last year with the representatives
of the dominions and we shall recon
sider the same problems in the light
of events which have occurred since
and we shall reconsider the whole of
these problems, I have no doubt in
the course of the next few weeks.
"Canada and Australia and New
Zealand, yes,, and Newfoundland,
they have all contributed their share
of sacrifice and they are entitled to
an equal voice with the represent-
(Contlnurd on rage Two, Column Four.)
Building Owners Blamed
For Disaster in Sioux City
Sioux City, la., July 13. The Sioux
City public safety department of the
city council and the owners of the
Oscar Ruff building were held pri
marily responsible by a coroner's jur
here today for the collapse of the
Ruff structure Tune 29. 'when 39 per
sons lost their lives. The verdict says
failure of the walls of the building
caused the collapse. Both of the F
X. Babut & Son and Ruff Drug com
pany contributed to the cause of the
accident, the jury said.
DOMINIONS
DEFER DRIVE
WHILE AIRING
AIMS IN VJ
More Definite Peace Feelers
Expected at Washington;
Huns Turn Eyes to East; '
Belgium Is Pawn.
By Associated Press.
Rainy weather in northern
France has caused thorough
soaking of the ground, particu
larly in the low lying portions
of the. battle front, and per
haps has had something to do
with the delay of the German
offensive.
It is a month now since the
last offensive died down,
swamped by the tide of - a
French success north of Com
piegne, and there is no sign of
the enemy's being ready to
strike again.
The allies have been repeatedly
pushing back the German lines little
by little at various important points.
These have gained valuable defensive
ground an(L,brought in thousands of
prisoners.
Belgium Held as Pawn.
German diplomatists are again air
ing war aims programs and engag
ing in peace discussions among them
selves. The chancellor has touched
the vital question of Belgium in the
relation of the status of that nation
to peace, and has declared Germany
does not intend to retain that coun
try in any form whatever.
She is holding it as a .pawn in the
negotiations, he says, and the Ger
man government finds it expedient to
explain this utterance in an official
statement in which it is declared that
the holder of a pawn does not intend
to keep it "if the negotiations bring
a satisfactory result." , y
Bolaht vH Rule Tottera. V . ,
. . Germany also -iv exercised rat the
situation, i Jtussia, if the utterances
of lief newspapers go for anything.
The idea : that the bolsheviki are re
taining power by a thread is reflected
in advices to some of the German
Arcyan TTao tit it.. "-... . i i- .
organs.
. wi mot me ucuiidn eoince
erected oy me crest-JLitovsk , tifcaty
will fill ia nninf avn.....J
Disquietude over the hold -tin"
Czecho-Slovaks have secured upon
Siberia, and at the prospect of an
allied descent into interior Russia
"from the north," the Murman coast
evidently being meant, is likewise
voiced.
In this connection it mav be noted
it was announced in Washington yes
tcrday that British reinforcements
have been sent to Siberia to assist
the Russians and Czecho-Slovaks in .
protecting the allied stores at VJad- '
ivostok.
Washington advices reflect the view '
there that further and more definite :
peace feelers may be expected. Ger- i
many is thought to have her eyes
turned to the -east, the gaining of j
control in Russia outweighing, in her -estimation,
all that she might have i
been inclined to make an effort t
retain upon the western front " ' i
1,100,000 Men in France.
It is announced ' at WashingtM
that the number of troops dispatched
to France has grown to 1,100,000,
some 90,000 men having left in the
past week. The formation of three,
army corps from the troops in France,
each corps comprising from 225.00(J
to 250,000 men, was also made knowrti
The Albanian campaign although'
entirely subsidiary to the operations
on the western front, has continued
to be the most active theater, of the
war, so far as extensive gains of
ground are involved. The advance,
made mainly by the Italians with the
French on the right flank, has already
reached a maximum depth of 22 miles
on a front of some 80 miles, straight
ening the allied line as it runs from
the Adriatic and links up with the
Macedonian front.
Five Fires Devastating ' ;
Large Areas of Timber
San Francisco, July K.-Five un
controlled forest fires were consum
ing large areas of pine and fir tim
ber m the Klamath National forest '
and in the Onion valley, Plumas
county, the United States forestry
service announced here today.
Sixteen thousand acres have been
burned over already in the Onion
valley. The forestry service has been '
advised that there is no chance of
controlling this fire for five days or
more.
The other fires are in Siskiyou r
county, and are baffling the best
efforts of scores of fighters.
(German-American Alliance
Incorporation Act Repealed
Washington, July 13. The house
today passed the senate bill repealing
the act incorporating the National
German-American alliance after a de- ,
bate of only a few minutes. Th,-e "
was no record vote.
Senate to Delay Vote on
Prohibition Until Aug. 26.-
Washington, July 13. The senate.1,
today formally agreed, by unaaimous
consent, to postpone a vote on the .
national prohibition legislation untile
after the proposed, three-day ret ess
period ends August 26