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THE BEE : OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918.
MESSAGE OF HOPE
DROUGHT TOAUTO
OTDYE.E.PEAIIE
Motor Industry Will Survive
; Crisis, National Executive
v Secretary Tells Omaha
Automobile Dealers.
X E. Peake of Kansas City, execu
. tive ecretary of the National Auto-
mobile Dealers' association, addressed
a large audience of Omaha automobile
dealers yesterday noon at the Cham
' ber of Commerce. AH the deafers
present joined the. national associa
lion and arrangements will be made
to hold a meeting of) all automobile
dealers in the state in Omaha soon
at which many more members will be
. suueht.
' Mr. Peake brought a message of
hope for the automobile industry.
' "We have already released 10,000
mechanics for the mechanical work
of the array " he said, "and we have
- done this by cutting out the free sery
ice idea. There is no such thing as
tree service. Either you or your pa
trons Day for it in the Ion run. -
"Closing fillingx stations on Sunday
- is another good measure. If a man
can't get enough gasoline in his tank
. on Saturday to last him over Sua
u,. day, let him stay home nart of Su&
4 day. If people could be persuaded to
fill their tanks to capacity when they
buy, instead , of takirfg three or five
gallons, an enormous quantity of gas
oline would oe saved. Much is lost
, by dnppage. In this country 10,000,'
000 gallons of gasoline more than
- is required by - the government a i
wasted annually in drippage, in poor
ly adjusted carburetors and in wasn-
. mg engine and hands. , .
j V No Tax on Gas,
"They are talking about a tax on
Kasolinet but our best advices Are
that no . such tax measure will be
passed, because it would have to be
taxed at the source and therefore
lax wouia iaii on jarm tractors, on
fishing boats and on other things that
are essential to war, as well aa on
pleasure cars.
.4 a' a .
congress talked about a 10 per
cent (ax on tne manufacture of auto
mobiles. In. place of that we have
proposed to the congressional com
mittee a license tax, varying from $5
un ccn car now in use. mil
tax would yield about $65,000,000.
"This industry in which you ire
engaged is enormous. The automo-
ce industry in this country has 830,
000 employes, half as many aa all the
railroads. It paya annually wages of
,wwuuu. it nas a capital Invested
of $1,297,000,000, which is $230,000,000
greater than the capita! of all the na
' tional banks. , '-; v '
t'The ateel situation 4 is one with
which, the industry! must cope. The
government has proposed to give man
ufacturers 25 per cent of their former
.. crfi sumption of steel, ' The manufac
turers have proposed SO per cent and
it Is likelv that a romnrnmli, will ka
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rescued between these two. Another
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By Daddy THE STOLEN BRIDE ttiuloTilt''narturTr f
V . .CHAPTER IV. .
In the Tree Dungeon.
(Psggy U Invited to General Swallow's
weddlof to Mlse Purple Swallow, but when
tht guest arrive they find that the brldo
bu been stolen br Bin Jar and gang. Billy
Belgium laada a rescue party to Blue Jay'a
hiding dace. The Jara ara captured, but
th missing brlda cannot ba found.) .
B
LUE JAY, though held a prison
er by King lusher, shrieked ex
uttingly as he heard General
i ,'" Swallow's frantic cry that Miss
Purple Swallow was not in the hollow
tree. ,
,. "You'll never find her." he scream
ed. "We've hidden her safely away."
"We will find her. answered Peggy
determinedly.
"Even if we have to cut the whole
tree?" taunted Blue Jay. Then he
"How do you know she is in that
tree?" taunted Blue Jay. then he
Juickly changed his tune to "Ouch!
hl Ouch I" as King Fisher grimly
squeezed him. '
General Swallow and his com
panions kept up an excited search
through the tree while f eggy and
Billy Belgium tried to figure out what
had become of Miss rurole swallow.
"I . don't think Blue Jay had 'any
other hiding place around here," de
clared Billy Belgium, "and he hasn't
bad time to travel very far since be
stole her."
yrm going to take a look in the
tree" said Peggy. She put her eye
to tne hole made by the woodpeckers,
cut all was black within. - '
'111 kick a bi hole for you." of
fered Balky Sam, He went right to
work and his sharp, iron-clad hoofs,
tearing at the rotten ' wood, went
through it like an axe. Soon he had
made a good-sized opening.
Peggy struck her head into this, but
still she couldn't see a thing. The
smoke from Billy Belgium's smudge
still clung inside the tree and made
her cough. , The swallows fluttering
around above in their desperate
search also raised a lot of dust
Tm going to make myself) small
again so I can get a better look," an
nounced Peggy, nibbling a blade of
the. fairy ring grass. Instantly she
shrank to tiny size. The swallow who
acted as her flying horse had remain
ed beside her; now he was ready to
help her explore the tree. The soace
was so narrow there that the swallow
could not fly freely as he did in the
open, and Peggy had a lot of trouble
Ranging on. particularly when the
swallow had to stand right up
straight.
Peggy found the inside of the tree
very dark and stuffy. It was like a
tunnel that had been stood up on one
end. '. , , .
My, I wouldn't like to live in
No Shortage of Grain Cars
for the Shipment of Graii
Whether or not it it due to federal
operation, ' railroad officials will, tot
state, but all admit that there has no
been t time at' this season of the year
when freight cars for gram ship
ments , were as cicninui as now.
Umaha and all points in its trade
here," she said to her swallow horse.
"It Isn't at all bad, particularly when
it is wet, blowy and cold outside," he
answered. "For myself, however, I
prefer a chimney or a barn."
Peggy quickly learned that she
couldn't expect to find the missing
bride in the tree. She couldn't even
see, although she could fiel occasional
perches and nests along the walls.
She wished that she had an electric
flashlight.
"Can you see in here?" she asked
the swallow. - , l
"No, it's too dark for me," he an
swered, dropping to the bottom of the
tree. V " ,
Outside Judge Owl was waiting.
"You're the very bird I want!" ex
claimed Peggy. "You owls can see
in the dark and you ought to find
Miss Purple Swallow if she is hidden
in any nook or cranny."
"I never .thought of that," hooted
Judge Owl "Of course, we are the
ones to make the search. Come on,
all you owls, get busy."
The owls obeyedquickly explor
ing every bit of the tree. They had
the advantage of the other birds both
because they could see in the dark
and because they were used to living
in hollow, trees. , But soon the owls
came trooping ont again. They
hadn't been able to find a trace of the
missing bride. Blue Jay s laughed
shrilly at them. ; , '
"As blind as an owl," he taunted.
"If she is there, why -don't you find
her?" ;- ' - T
Peggy had a feeling that Miss Pur
ple Swallow was actually in the-tree,
even if they couldn't find her. She
decided to make one more search.
"Have you any more matches?" she
called up to Billy Belgium. He showed
her a whole handful. . Light them
one at a time at the bottom of the
tree, so I can take a good look," she
said to him. Billy Belgium did as she
asked, and by the flickering light of
the matches he held in the opening
she looked up and down and all
around. No trace of Miss Purple
in the wood near the floor? A
feather! . A purple feather! Peggy
held it up quickly to General Swal
low. ' .
"MyJtfidel" he shrilled. "I'll knrw
her feather among a thousand! Where
is she? Wherejs she?" 7! K v f
Peggy bent over to examine .thj:
place where the feather had caught
The wall here wasn't like the rest of
the tree. '.It looked like a hole had
been plugged up with chips and bits
of bark. Peggy ran out to see what
was on the outside. At the point
where the hole would tome through
she found a big root leading down
into the ground. Peggy looked at it
a moment and then the solution of
the mystery flashed to her.
"Reddy Woodpecker," com? quick,"
she cried. "See if you can open this
closed-up holl" . : v. ; .
Reddy Woodpecker went to work
with a?Vim and soonjhe had knocked
Swallow. But what Was that caught
a tiny opening in the barrier. Peggy
helped -with fier hands and quickly
cleared away a mass of broken wood
that had concealed a door into a cav
ern beneath the tree.. The cavern
looked very dark and'tnysterious t9
reggy. remaps some animal lived
there,' She listened anxiously. Yes,
mere wasa sound I w.A tiny little
moan!, "... ' '
That settled the matter for Peggy.
Calling to Billy Belgium to light an
other mtch." she ventured into the
cavern. The flicker of the match
showed a huddled figure at one side.
Peggy cautiously crept to it. Yes, it
was poor Miss Purple Swallow or all
that "was left of her, for she was un
consciousperhaps dead. v
Ah, she's dead! She's dead!"
wailed the birds. V '
Billy Belgium didn't answer. He
gave a careful look at Miss Purple
Swallow and ran to the bank of the
river. When Peggy and, the others
got there, he was dashing water into
Miss Purple Swallow's face. Then
the leaned over . and f blew into her
l iL . T 1 . . .. ...
momn. - rie seemea to diow the lite
back into her, for she shivered, gasped
an? then opened her eyes. '
"My bride, she's alive!" . shrilled
General Swallow. v 1 j, :..
' "Yes, she is alive and we will have
her all right in a minute," answered
Billy Belgium.
DEPEW TO TELL
STORY OF PRISON
CAMPS OF liUNS
Only Story of the War from an
American Who Fought on
: Both Land and ,
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"Albert," said a prison comrade, "if
you have the God-giyen lucki to "get
but of Germany not for my sake, but
for the sake of us who are here in this
hell hole promise me you will tell
all the people wherever you go what
they are doing to us here."
Gunfler Albert N. Depew, dressed
in the uniform of the French navy,
lived to ftlfill that promise he made to
tell everyone. He will tell Omaha at
the Boyd theater Sundaynight not
a pretty but a true story of 4he cx-
periences of one who saw action in
many parts of the great war and of a
man who went through four months
of unbelievable cruelty at the hands
of German soldiers white a prisoner
and survived their brutality.
Gunner's lectures are free-to all no
admission will be charged. His ex
penses have been met by the Burgess
Nash company, and the Boyd manage
ment donates its house. V , v
For Sake of Babies.
"li it's "for the sake of babies, yon
can charge admission but I would
rather you would take up a collection
for them," he said, and so there will
be a voluntary collection made for the
Omaha Bee's Milk and Ice Fund.
Gumner Depew's story will stir the,
fight in every American.! It must be
told broadcast It is described as "the
most vivid picture ef German brutali
ty ever penned." Yet it is told in the
simplest fashion by this American
sailor boy, who saw service with the
foreign legion in the ' trenches in
Flanders, and at Gallipoli on the
French battleship "Cassard," was cap
tured by the German raider "Moewe;"
imprisoned in four German prison
camns. including the most infamous
of all camps, Brandenburg, "The Hell
Hole of Germany. 1 his is the only
story of the war told by an AncrieaaJ
who saw service on both land aaat
sea, who was wounded five times and
yet lives to tell the tale Tht storr
grips from start to finish. Big, blood
stirring and absolutely true.
The hero, of these exploits is aa
American-toyAlbert N. Depew. Ha
has been a gunner and chief petty
officer in the United States navy, a
member of the ..foreign , legion of
France and a captaia 7A a gun turret
on the French battleship Cadsard, .
Changes leg as Occasion
Demands; Police Catch On
Eldis Parks has a cork leg. When
he wants to beg he takes it off and
walks with great difficulty by means
of crutches. When Parks wants to
work, which is but seldom, according
to the police, he straps on the wooden
leg and looks like an entirely different
man. Parks made his home at the
Salvation Army citadel, where he can
live cheaply. .His surplus cash he
spends for booze, the police -ay. .
Parks, who is about 35, was ir
rested in a sadly befuddled condition
by Detective Knudsoa at Sixteenth
and Cass streets Tuesday afternoon. ,
(Tomorrow , will ba told how Blua
haa a narrow aacapa from lynching).
Jay
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WOMQjfiS
liopeful thing on the horizon is the territory has large numbers of freigl
' up of steer production so car neld an? when orders are place
speeding
that we may still get more than we
tvpect." -
L'zny Voung Women Enroll in
r.sd Cress Drive for Workers
It looks like another case of "Oma
f a over the top." according to the
Ked Cross workers who have been
enrolling young women for war and
civilian nursing work this week. The
ouota of Douglas county is 125. and
already 93 women meeting the re
quirements have applied. This is the
work of the first two days of a two
weeks' 'campaign. ,:-
There are stations located In the
court house lobby. Brandeis and Bur-ress-Nash
stores and the Young
Women's -Christian association. "An
exceptionally fine class of young
v omen have applied : today," said
Mrs. L. B. Van Camo. in charge of
rr gistering at the court house. , "All
who applied had the requisite high
sthoo! education," ' '
Among the applicants were Bertha
Klsasscr, teacher in the high school:
Jean and Margaret Woodruff. 3846
- Hamilton street, both college girls,
end Bess Gordon 'of Craig, a college
yiaduate.
Claim Agents Pleased by
. New Settlement Orders
Railroad claim agents are delighted
ttithf the McAdoo order, putting am
bulance chasing lawyers and doctors
out of business and turning the settle
ment of personal iniurv caaei over to
UlC VUVCIUIJICIII. v ,, . ..
tnder the old system, as a rule, a
soon as a railroad accident occurred,
outside lawyers and" doctors were the
drst persons on the ground, and about
the next thing Vaa the presentation
to the company of the claims,- this
quickly followed by suit in-court if
settlement was , not made.
Under the new plan, as understood
by the railway people, the claims for
damages will be proven as heretofore,
after which the matter will go to the
government for investigation, ap-
- proval, or rejection. They believe that
the new method will do away with an
endless number of lawsuits and at
the same time be beneficial in a finan
;! way to the claimants. . , -
t
ced
be
they , art quickly shunted in to
josaea. Business has been soeede
up to the extent whereby railroad men
assert that it an order for a dozen
cars is received they will be "tted
on elevator tracks within a few hours,
whereas last year it fre uenuv re
quired days in which to get the cars
in piece.
Even with the heavy grain receipts
that are far in excess of this time last
year, cars are plentiful for handling
shipments both in and out, and it is
not anticipated that there will be any
car shortage, no matter how heavy the
movement may be.
All the freight cars have gone into
the government pool. As a result
there is no holding back of cars on
account of previous ownership. If
cars are ordered from one railroad, the
party placing the order is quite as
likely to get a foreign line car as one
formerly belonging to the road tt
which the order is given.
Illinois Central Ticket Office
, is the First Ont to Close
After today the Illinois - Central
ticket office will cease to exist as a
separate unit. With the close of busi-i
ness today the tickets snd records wilt
be moved to the Northwestern city
ticket office, where District Passenger
Agent North and the city passenger
agent will remain nntil the joint of-
nee in tne union racitic building is
rcaqy ior occupancy.
ALUM WATER RESTORES
COLOR ; TO CRAY HAIR A
A. ploaaant. quick, laatinf. hamlaaa and
ura way ta brlnf back tha natural, original
okw to whlta, array or faded kalr. You tan
ha?, featr alwaya of youthful, natural color,
fluffy, cloatr, brilliant, alaaa and odorlaat.
with alma acalp. Beaa oaohantat . Ifa
Joy foraer. Simply dUaolvo ont hottlo of
ovalo powder ta two ouncta of water, raolit
n tha hair with aomt of tha solution, and
whilo yt damp, rinao tht hair well in tepid
aium waur (two nanptnt toaapoone of now.
derad alum to ont quart), than rinat wall
in piain wpw waver. That la all - It aeta
liko mania. Ovalo powder la mart, and ao
absolutely hamlest that n child touid drink
the ooluUon. Any dniffiat eaa anally ret
ovalo powder for yo tf he happana to not
Ly- h YpUEHmOvkkly md mfy DONS.
vFrJifco'a treeheatcolor waista, wash frock, lingerie, hosiery.
uu uueiii wen, cvb, uu mm qiucuy oe yours it
" aWMyanisnatofahriea. Tht nurvotooa colorn atay fact. Old XTZSl
Complete the letters of Simon's signthey will spell the name
of A famous author. Answer to previous puzzle BABOON
The Government recommends that all deKyeries be reduced to a xnlntmnm as a
patriotic duty. We are determined to comply with every such requirement of the
Government, aiding in every way possible to win the war.
More than sixty-three of our force have lately gone to the service, in tha '
amy and navy, which number is nearly all the eligible men in our employ for that
purpose. We are, therefore, compelled to reduce the delivery, as we find it impos
sible to get sufficient, capable help,lto do the work. At present, we haye lesa than,
half the help required in this Depatfment and are, therefore, determined to do 'tha .
best possible under the conditions. This reduction in expense will be given to the
customers who take away their goods, and we would ask that our prices be compared
"now with the past, or any prices quoted on the same class of merchandise, and we art
satisfied that our friends and customers will agree that it will pay them to earrfs.
away, at least, a portion of their purchases. '
On and after the first of the month, we will not make any deliveries on a fm
' chase for iess than $2, but we will place all goods purchased in your smt or on : tta
street car for customers and give them aid in any other way possible. , . ' , v
1 We will sell all vegetables at prices positively less than you can raise theflla
your own garden, but we will have to abandon the delivery of those goods In tha
future.. '' ' ... ," .
We would respectfully ask the aid of all of our customers in thil direction, as
a patriotic duy to do their part. Very truly yours, - ,
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YOUR BRISCOE BACKS UP
' . THE NATION'S -THRIFT
You were never.so keen lot Economy in yiour car asnow, and if
you select the Briscoe there are four great economies in store for
: you that are not matched by any other car in its class. . - -'
1 "B,riscoes gasoline econppy with the average driver js ' ;
.. 25 to 30 miles to the gallon. .One dealer in a test secured T
.39 miles to the gotu:A:y,'' : r';- '-
The light weight and strategic rlance of the
car resuns in exiraoramary urc nuicagc
You must see the car that backs up :
; the' nation's thrift -sIt is the friend of
your pocket-book. Come today.
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FOSKIER sv20S. & C3TT09I
OMAHA, NEB.
CUTICUR4
HEALED
ECZEMA
On head of eleven-year-old daughter
Even went down back of neck. Was
in a red rash and formed a hard crust.
Suffered day and night Itching and
burning terrible and she scratched
awfully. Also lost rest. Bought a
box Cutkura Ointment and two cakes
Cuticura Soap and in two weeks she
was Healed.
From signed statement of Mrs. C.
Jerranl, 1614 Winnemache Ave.,
Chicago, I1L
For every purpose of the toilet Cotl
cura Soap and Ointment an supreme.
lural, Imb hM to BM!. Ah
"Oitlnra, Wpt K, iMtoa." Bold mnvt
Soap 2Sc OintitMnt St end ita, laleooi fee.
YOUR .
HAY FEVER
WILL ,
YIELD T0-
iniiALATur.1
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' A few breathe from tha Inhaler,
which contains few drops of In
halatum, soothe tha inflamed
areaa and protects from Infection.
That'a all too seed ta do to re
lieve yonraelf of this summer
tima miaery. ( .
Complete Outfit, $1.10
t leading drnf atom or wa will
. end it by mail a poo receipt of
rice. .:,-.'
fhe Inhalatnm Chemical Company.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
To Have Perfect Skin
Throughout the Summer
This la the aeaaoa when aha who wonld
have a lily-white complexion should Urn
her thoughts to mercolized . wax, the Arm
friend of the summer girl. Nothing ao ef
fectually overcomes the s'l'ng effect! of
eon. wind, dust and dirt ' The wax literal.
if absorba the scorched, discolored, with,
ered or coarsened scarf skin, bringing forth
a brand new akin, clear, soft and girlishly
beautiful. It also oneloga the pores, re.
moving blaekheada and increasing the akin'a
Dreaming capacity. v ,
An ounce pf mercolized wax. obtainabU
at any drugstore, annlied nle-htl 1 Ire caM
cream, and washed off mornings, will grad- '
nally improve even the wont complexion.
There is nothing better for the removal of
tan, freckles or blotches. Adv.
' Albert W. Jefferis
FOR CONGRESS ,
See card in 'all street cart
until election day, Aug. 20.
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