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.1 THE BEl: OMAHA, MONDAY. AUGUST 12. 1918. MOVING AND STORAGE. IVPlVl? RENTAL FIDELITY SERVICE. ItTH AND JACKSON DOUG 288. STORAGE. MOVING. PACKING. REASONABLE RATK8 fRS RENTAL SERVICE complete: list op all vacani HOUSES AND APARTMENTS. Metropolitan van a , storach X) Owned and operated b Central furni ture etore; office on Howard St., between litb and 16tb. "Phone Tyler 140. Have your moving handled Juat aa yon would n order tor Dew furniture. That's lL wa we dn It. Aak to see our dally rental Met FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE. Separata locked rooma (or hnuaebold goods and planoa: moving, parking and hipping OMAHA VAN AND STORAGE CO. 801 8 :8th Douglaa ! OMAHA EXPRESS CO. VAROB moving vans; careful men For ntiure park . atnrsR MIT Chilean D 33( Jp PCLTi Eziiivaa Co.. Moving . Kj. nCjLjlt Packing and storage 1307 Parnam St Web Hit: Douglaa 14 Globe Van and Storage Co. For real eervlceMn moving, packing and Marine -all TvjwJjjnr PoualaH 43l REAL ESTATE IMPROVED. West 3 ACRES, NEW 5-ROOM Cottage Krug Park Road. $4,000. J acres on Krug Park road. Improved with a good 6-room cottage barn, pump nri nil nncAscarv nnthtillriinro : alfalfa. fruit, etc. Land lies fine, 2 block to, good chool. Several fine homes now being erected In this district, coating from 16.500 to 11.000. If you are looking for a comfortable little home and a good in vestment let us show you this, aa acreage In thia district Is nure to increase in value J. L. HIATT CO., fWI FIRST NAT L. FHONEftQ TYLER aVV BK BK. BLDO. FINE HOME A new stucoo home In the Field club diitrtct; large living room, dining room, kitchen, veatlbule and butler'a pantry on first floor; four bed rooms and .bath on econd floor; oak finish and floora; up-to-date in every way; very best vaccuum heating plant; large lot. Located 3308 Walnut St. AH new homes In this addi tion. Price 3T.T50. Terms. NORRIS & NftRRIS. S502 Dodge St. Phone Douglas 4870. HANSCOM PARK BUNGALOW, l-room all modern, nicely furnished throughout, good furnace, large basement, large attic east front, terraced lot, 60x 1(0, one block to car, two blocks to park. Bear school, good location, 13,200. Terms. F. D. WEAD, 310'S. 18th St. Tyler 161. FOR SALE 7-roorn modern house located on Military Ave. Car line. Lot la sufficiently large for erection of another dwelling If desired. Priced for quick turn 13,250. $300 cash, balance easy payments. For complete details call Douglas 2928; aak for Mr. Moore. , WEST FARNAM DISTRICT, t-room. all modern, good sightly loca tion, 2 blocks to car, close to achool, a dandy home. Price only 12,600. -Easy terms. F. D. WEAD, 310 8. tSth St. Tyler 151. ' FOR SALE. Seven-room modern house In Cathedral district, very deairable; price and terms right. Call owner. Webster 1819 LOT with all Improvements; on paved street: good district: 8396 to 8495; 85 down: 85 per month. Doug. 6074. NEW ap-tn-date 7 rooms, oak finish, large lot, fine location; price 86.260: terme 6137 N 24th, St. Knrrls & Norrla D 4270 North 1457 PINKNEY STREET. GOING TO WAR, MUST SELL AT ONCE. This house has throe large rooms : nd reception hall on first floor, 3 bedrooms, biith'and linen closet on 2d floor: nicely finished arfd In A-l condition; 8400 down and balance monthly: must sell by Au gust 24th. Call Web. 2671. Sunday or evenlnrs. Price rlpht. 2024-40 NORTH tiOTH. New bungalows. 4-r. and bath with 1-3 acre. mod. except furnace. Full cement basement. Cement walks to car. 8100 cash. 825 per mo. PAYNE & SLATER CO.. Douclas 1016. 25TH AND MANDERSON (-room all modern cottage, large lot. shade and fruit trees, cement walks and paved street paid for. Only $2,800, on good terms. P. J. TEBBENS CO. 805 Omaha Nat'l Bank Bldg, P. 2182. ir you ar aoiua iu uuy uumc, tm first; a fine five-room house; electiic lights, gas and water. Price 82.000. See owner at 8330 Manderson YOUNG A DOHERTY, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT. 221 BRANDEI3 THEATER. DO. 1571. tlD IVH . All' OrVHil rlU lurcru corner lot, $250 cash, bal. like rent, near car. $3,600. Call daya. Doug. 3140. South. FIELD CLUB DISTRICT, 7-R. modern house, .garage, lot 70x165; price $4,250. C. A. Grimmel. Phona Douglas 1615. Miscellaneous. (-ROOM oottage, twu blocka from car. full lot, (2.000. Terms. $300 cash. balance 820 per month. BENSON & CARMICHAEL. 642 Paxton Block. WE sell, rent, incurs and make loans on city property, north. MITCHELL INVESTMENT CO., 14th and Ames Col. 217. OWING to sickness, I must sell my new 7 room houses in Mtnne Lusa. Will make bargain price. Call Col. 80, ask for Con don, FOR quick sale or rent of your property call A. J. DAVI9 CO., Doug. 7150. 220 & 13tn St., Real Estate and Insurance. FOR RENT AND SALE. HOUSES. COTTAGES AND APARTMENTS PORTER A 8HOTWELL, 202 8. 17th 8t Douglas B011. W. FARNAM SMITH A CO.. Real Estate and Insurance. 122 Farnam St. Douglas 10(4. F D WEAD 8BLIJI REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Business Property. WB WILL buy your home or business prop srty and pay cash. H. A. WOLFE CO- -Electric Bldg. Tyler 88 BUSINESS property and Investments. A, Y. TUaBI A SON. ' tt9 First National Bank Bldg. M'CAGUE INVESTMENT CO. Income, Business snd Trsckage Specialists. 16th and Dodge Sta rmualss 415 REAL ESTATE-EXCHANGES Holt Co. farm, good soil, fair Improvements, 360 'per a. Would conalder good bouse 1st pmt. Mr. Pease, 211 Brandels Tries' Bldg. REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT. LEAVENWORTH ST. CORNER, $11,500; INCOME, $1,200 88x100. improved with two exceptional, ly well built brick flats and modern resi dence. This is first time property offered at this price. This Is real value and ahould be investigated. GLOVER & SPAIN, Douglas 396. ; 919-20 City National. REAL ESTATE UNIMPROVED. South FOR SALE 8 lots. Just south of Elmwood Park In Overlook addition. Owner leaving City. Will sell cheap for cash. Address Box T 1181. Omaha Bee. REAL ESTATE SUBURBAN. Benson. .- 7 -room modern house, well heated, on paved street In Benson. X Has ground equal to 1 ordinary lots. Reduced for quick sal to 34 260. 8600 cash, balance easy payments. Will make further discount from above price to party who can pay equity of 11,780 In cash. For complete details call Douglas 2826; REAL ESTATE SUBURBAN Dundee. $5,000. DUNDEE; 31.000 CASH. Fine bungalow, finished mostly la oak; large living room with fireplace and four bedrooms; a very sightly location. JOHN W. ROBBINS, 1801 FARNAM 8T. FOR property in Dundee, Happy Hollow and Falracrea call GEORGE AND COM PANY, 803-12 City Nat. Bk. Doug. T6s. Miscellaneous. fOR SALE. Two beautiful lota south of Elm wood Park la Overland addition, full alt lota (OxlSO. Will take Liberty bond aa pay. ment. Owner going to camp, muat aell. Act quick. Addreaa Box T (31, Omaha Bee. REAL ESTATE WAN TED. WANTED RANCH OR FARM Presa brick buslneaa block and residence property: also 830,000 worth mortage pa per S S. & R. E. MONTGOMERY. 813 City Nat'l Bank Bldg HAVE customer for good improved farm In eastern or central Nebraska. SO to 200 acres. INTER-STATE REALTY CO.. 813-14 City National Bank Bldg. FINANCIAL. Real Estate. Loans and Mortgages. SIX PER CENT FIRST MORTGAGES. . Secured by Omaha residences are safe Investments. Let us show you the secur ity in the following loans: 8 700 Security valued at f 1,700 B00 Security valued at 2,000 1,000 Security valued at 2.600 1,200 Security valued at 2,800 1,300 .fecur'ty valued at 8,000 1,400 Security valued at..., S.600 2,200 Security valued at 8,000 2,600 Security valued at 6,760 4,000 Security valued at 10,000 E. H. LOUGEE, INC.. (38 Keellne Bldg. v LOANS ON CITY PROPERTT. W. H. Thomas & Son. Keelme Bldg. H. W BINDER. Money on band for mortgage loans City National Bank Bldg. QUICK ACTION ON LANDS. W. T. Q RAH AM, (04 Be Bldg. Douglas 1(88. OMAHA HOMES EAST NEB. FARMS. O'KEEFE REAL ESTATE CO., 10K Omaha Nat. Bank Bldg. Doug. 2711. CITY AND FARM LOANS. I. (H and Per Cent J. H. DUMONT CO.. Keellne Bldg. $100 to $10,000 MADE promptly. FTT Wead. Wead Bldg., 18th and Farnam Sta. Private Money. SHOPEN A COMPANY Douglas 4228. Miscellaneous LOW RATES. C O. Carlberg, 212 Brandels Theater Bldg.. Doug (HI FARM AND RANCH LANDS Arkansas Lands. AUGUST 20TH Our next excursion to MeGen. Ark. W. 8 FRANK. 201 NEVILLE BLK. I Colorado Lands. HOMESTEAD relinquishment of 240 acres by owner; my boys are going Into the army; am old and nearly blind; must sell 100 acres broke on the rises; all well fenced; all In fine crop; all kinds of machinery; 4 or ( head of horses; 8 double harness; 2 cows; will sell sll or just the relinquishment on land. Address Fort Morgan, Colo., R. F. D. Route No. 2, Box 59-D. Iowa Lands. 80 ACRES level land, 2 miles from Ham burg, la., old 4-room house and other farm buildings, none of which are vary good, but can be made to do for few years, orchard of 40 apple trees, 12 acres alfalfa, and about (0 acres of small grain land now being fall plowed. On good main road and rural mall route, school across the road. Splendid neighbors. I Price $150 per acre. HARRISON & MORTON, 916 Omaha National Bank Bldg. Maryland Lands Maryland water front farm. Mild clUial. Cat'g'e. Russell Realty Co. Baltimore. Md. Nebraska Lands. FARMS AND RANCHES We have several very atthactive prop erties for sale in Dawes, Keya Paha aad Brown counties. These are places that we have personally inspected, and .an recommend as being good buya. Send for list and photos stating as to your wants Kloke Inv. Co., Omaha. FOR SALE 1,604 -acre ranch land 14 miles from town, one half mile from achool; all fenced and cross fenced, three wells with large reservoir; 100 acres in cultiva tion, new house, good barn and sheds; large grove; 60 acres of good corn o go with place. Write owner, "W. L. Maya, Mullen, Neb. 160 Acres Dodge County Well Improved. 1 milea from good town. Price 8205 per acre. This Is a bargain. Write quick. GRAHAM-PETERS CO. S29 Omaha Nat. Bank Bldg. WRITE me for pictures and prices of my farme and ranches in god old Dawes county. Arab L. Hungerford, Crawford. Neb. FOR SALE Best large body, high grade. medium priced land in Nebraska. Very little money required. C Bradley, Wol- baek. Neb. MERRICK COUNTY Improved corn and alfalfa farms at the right price. M. A. LARSON, Central City, Neb. 160 ACRES improved, close In, paved road. Nllson. 422 Securities Bldg. Oklahoma Lands. IMPROVED farms in a section that has never had a drought. Always lots of rain fall. Small cash payment; ten years tor the balance. Write W. H. Jones. Immi gration Agent, Texas. Oklahoma A East ern Railroad Co.. Broken Bow. Okl. Oregon Lands. IRRIGATION. "In the "Heart of the Range" The Jordan Valley Project, Malheur County, Oregon. An empire in the making, land ,21.00 per acr plus the cost of the water. You can file on grazing homestead entries nearby. Literature and full particulars and excursion date on request. HfcRLEY J. HOOKER, 940 First Nat'l Bank Bldg.. Omaha. Neb. South Dakota Lands. FOR SALE OR TRADE 680 acres farm and ranch combined. A snap at $20 per acre. Fall River, S. D. Walnut 1466. Wyoming Lands. WHEATLAND Wyoming farms, 360 per a.. Including paid up water rights. Henry L,evi u. ai. nyianqer. ibqv wmu iat i. DO you want a farm of your own, large or small! If so, writ Storm A Young, man. Hulett. Wyo FARM LAND WANTED. FARMS WANTED. Don't list your farm with us If you want to ieep It. E. P. SNOWDEN A SON, 110 Electr. Bldg. Douglaa 8371. . POULTRY AND PET ST0C3 BARLEY, 33.60 per cwL, delivered. Wag ner. 801 N. 16th. Phone Douglas 1142. FOR SALE Beautiful pedigreed Persian kittens. 1521 Grant St. Webster (881. Horses Live StockVehicles. AIREDALE pups, strictly pur bred out of famous stud dog Prince Pat Satisfaction guaranteed. Price $15 to $26. Get order In early. O. H. Werner Stock Farm, R. F. D. 2. York. Neb. For Sale. IMMUNE PIG8, IVi and 2 months old. $10 South 2484. FINE Shetland pony, saddle and bridle. Fred Carrlngton, 926 City Nat'l Bk. Bldg. MONEY TO LOAN. Organised by the Business Men of Omaha FURNITURE, planoa and notes as security (40. ( no, H. goods, total, 88.60. Emaller. larger am'ta. proportionate rat PROVIDENT LOAD BOCIJSTI. it tourUlM Bids Mta raroajo. Ty. III. Rw TorMw TUP Tlfirui'V WTXIIV ATJVfV omplst, "uJ ""J mivmi a iuuu num i( beginning Monday and ndlog Saturday. '('fr (In previous adventures Pt.ggy has been mad Princess of Rlrdland and baa been given the us of a wonderful aerial chariot The spell worked by grass from a fairy ring makes her small enough to ride through the air In the chariot.) CHAPTER I. The Mighty Whiw Army. -T)RlNCESS PEGGY, wake up! There's an army marching by!" Teggy blinked her eyes half open, then closed them drowsily igain. It was just dawn far too early to wake up for the day. "Princess Peggy, get up at once or you'll miss the wonderful sight." This time Peggy opened her eyes wide. Then slie hopped out of bed and to the window. General Swallow wa outside on the sill. -rOh, are the soldier boys starting for France?" cried Peggy. "This is a different kind of an army," shrilled General Swallow. "Make yourself small; your aerial chariot will be here directly." Peggy felt in the pockets of her pajamas to see if she had any fairy ring grass left. Yes, there were sev eral blades. A nibble at one of these and, presto! she was as tiny as Gen eral Swallow. Over the treetop came sailing her aerial chariot. The same eight Scar let Tanagers acted as its flying wheels, while 12 Bluebirds were its winged horses. The Yellow Warblers flew beside it as guard of honor and in the rear were the righting guard, the King Birds, who had whipped the Crows. The chariot landed on the roof of the porch and Peggy climbed into it. Then the Birds soared over the still sleeping city. It was a beautiful time for a ride in the air. The eastern sky was just putting on its prettiest col ors in honor of the rising sun and from gardens and parkways came the morning song of hundreds of town dwelling Birds. "There, can you hear the army?" shrilled General Swallow. Peggy listened intently. Above the music of the. birds swelled another melody: i 'My country, 'tis of thee. Sweet land of liberty. Of thee I sing." Accompanying the song was a clat tering, a banging and a drumming, all in perfect time with the tune. Peggy was eager with curiosity. She leaned over the side of the chariot to see whence the song was coming. Below her was the city street. It seemed deserted. But there was some thing moving something like water flowing along the pavement. "Why. the street is flooded.'" she exclaimed. "Yes, flooded with soldiers." shrilled General Swallow. Beneath a Boche Airplane! Nebraska Boy Tells How It Feels in Letter Back Home "We have plenty to eat, most of the time. No! we get plenty to eat all the time, but more at some times than others." Thus does Corp. Leslie Stark, now with the engineers in France, clear up one cause for worry, in a letter to his parents at Holdrege, Neb. He tells what is on the bill-of-fare: , ,"We have white bread almost every meal and hard-tack is not so bad. But I know my table manners will all be gone when I get back and I'll have to learn all over gain. I'm in the army now, you know." A. C. Christensen, with the engi neers forestry section, A. E. F., re cently wrote a lengthy descriptive ar ticle concerning Paris and the coun try of France. The letter was written to his cousin, E. Z. Christensen at Mitchell, Neb., where Soldier Chris tensen formely lived. In the letter was1 a description of an air raid over Paris, while Christensen was there on a furlough. He wrote, in part, as fr'ows: "It was about 11 o'clock and I had iust eone into the hotel to write a letter when the 'alerte' sounded. This is a warning for an air raid and I wish I could describe just what that means. They have a number of si rens on the tallest buildings that shriek and scream in the most wierd way you can imagine. Added to this the fire engines tear madly through the streets, screaming and jangling bells, and auto taxis take up the call and even people take it up. In all the heavy doorways is a poster marked 'abri, 10 places,' or SO places, designat ing the number that may take shelter there. "The subway trains stop running and people may take shelter down the chutes which furnish room for hun dreds, others go to .their caves and cellars, and the French show their wis dom by scurrying to the places of safe ty immediately, which is the wise thing to do, but the American sol dier proves every now and then that his head is not altogether brain, nor bone, but that there is room for a lit tle of the substance that goes to make a fool, and I with others istead of do ing the wiser thing made & run for a good place to see the show. 'The 'alerte' keeps going for perhaps 20 minutes and bvthis time a barrage is put up. This barrage is very simi lar to that used on the front and con sists of cannon fire in the directions from which the aeroplanes are said to be coming. A curtain of fire in other words is kept up and it certainly is ex citing: to see the shells of shrapnel bursting way up in the air. You hear the boom of the cannon, next you see a bright star, appear and burst. This is the bursting shell, then in a hort time you hear the report. It looks al most impossible for a plane to come through and not get hit. If the plane gets over the city our own machines' get up there and mix it with them and the searchlights play long, "finger-like ttreaksof light here and there to spot the boche. This kept up for nearly an hour, then the same engine went through the streets giving the all clear, sig nal. This time it is a bugle call, not the terrifyingscream of the whistle or siren, and I want to tell you that MONEY TO LOAN. LOANS OR DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY 11,7 ensbbtn iajainb. q V7 10 W. C. FLATAD EST. 1882 4TH FLR. SECURITIES BLDO. XT. 8(0. Lowest rates. Private loan booths. Harry Halesnork. ltl Dodge D. 8811 Eat 1881 DIAUOSSI AHD TSWL&1 H I i li.it I H-H Teggy looked closer. Now she could ruake out that the stream was broken up into regular divisions. She could even see banners flying. But the sol dierswhat were they? Not men they were too tiny. Neither were they Birds or animals. Peggy was puzzled end amazed. Wliat could they be? Down to the edge of the pavement cropped the aerial chariot At the same moment a military automobile dashed up and came to a stop. Out of it popped the oldest looking officer Peggy had ever seen. His head was as round as a dollar piece, while his body was like a pocketbook. His uni form was green. On his head was a military helmet made of a half dol lar. His legs were thin spindles and his feet were nickels. In spite of his queerness he seemed very dashing and efficient. He saluted Peggy smartly. Gener al Swallow saluted in turn and intro duced the officer: "Princess Peggy, allow me to pre sent General Thrift, commander-in-chief of the W. S. S. Army." "Oh, now I know what the soldiers are," cried Peggy. "They are War Savings Stamps." "That's our official name." replied General Thrift, ."but we prefer to be called Whizzes. "Why Whizzes?" asked Peggy, "Because we're putting a lot of whiz into this war and we're going to end it with a whiz. I thank you for the splendid company you have given us." Peggy was puzzled. What could he mean? She didn't know that she had given any company. "Here it comes now," cried Gen eral Thrift. Out from Peggy's home poured a Complete the letters of Simon's of a ball player. Answer to bugle sounds sweet in the night after your nerves have been at high tension for awhile and you know it means all is safe again for a while. "And another feeling you have is of pride and power, pride for those fel iows who stand somewhere way up toward Germany with every sense alert and telegraph the city the minute they hear the motors of the enemy plane coming over. You can't help but thank those fellows. It may be the fellow that didn't pay you all he owes you, it may be the one that chops your wood, the -me that sold you groceries, or the one that wasn't very nice to you one time, or someone no one has ever heard of before, but vou realize that that chao didn't go to sleep when the country put your life in his hands and he didn't do anything else but wait and listen until they came. And you feel proud of those people who man the guns and keep at their posts all night long to reach out with their curtain of fire to shield you. Then you feel the power of the allies, because it is another victory over the boche every time he attempts to come over and fails. But even though it is your first time under fire, if it may be called that, and although it was a irnnA cVinui vnii are dad that it is over and you can feel that you can sleep gam. "?3ul Vnii nil orht to 'see the rail way system inaiEngland, if such you could call it," wrote Paul A. Hagelin, with the machine' gun battalion, "somewhere in England," to his n.nth.r in VrimnA Mch "Their larz- IllULIlWt 1 (VIU est freight car is of 10-ton ca pacity, an ordinary truck ioaa in me eturea Thev are rntinled together with chains and they never have be come acquainted witn tne luxury 01 an air hrnke Their onlv brake is one to be pulled from the side. Ihe passenger coaches are maae urifh xenarat rnmnartmpnts. SCatinS about 10 in each compartment, with . s 1 a run board on the siae. i wonaerea if it was purposely arranged so the dukes and lords could be shut off from the 'contamination' of the com mon folks. It does, indeed, seem comical to a democratic citizen of the good old U. S.,A. to be in the midst of old historic surroundings and sur rounded by staid 'old traditions." William J. Kallenbach, a former Hooper, Neb., boy, is also "somewhere in France" with a machine gun bat talion. In a recent letter to his par ents in Hooper, he wrote: "We are being fed British war ra tions, and they are a lot better than I expected. If they keep on feeding us this way, we will get along nicely, however, would like to get hold of some good old American Bull Dur ham tobacco. This tobacco we get here only makes a good fog. but I think we will be able to get real 'smokes' soon." Lord Mayor Wields Broom to Clean Streets in Wales Correspondence of Associated Press. Cardiff, Wales, July IS. Inhabi tants of Cardiff were surprised the other night to see the lord mayor, alderman, the city councillors and their friends turn, out armed with spades and brooms to clean two of the principal streets. Municipal employei have been on strike for several weeks and the ac cumulation of dirt made it necessary Simple Simon's Sfflts. Q0k for some one to lend a hand in the interests of health, new adventar aoti weak. trim body of soldiers. They joined the main army and swung down tht street As they marched past her the officer commanding them saluted and their standard-bearer turned his ban ner so she could read the words: "PEGGY'S COMPANY." "Why, I believe you are the War Savings Stamps I bought," cried Teg gy in delight. "Where are you going?" "We're going to whip the Kaiser, . We're going to beat the hun, We're going to make him wiser By the time this war is won." The answer rolled up to her from her company and was swelled by a chorus from the marching ranks. And the Whiitzes looked as though they meant it Each -was tiny in himself, much smaller than General Thrift, whom they somewhat resembled, but each stepped out strongly, vigorously, determinedly. And there were millions and millions of them. "My, they look like splendid fight ers," she said. "I'd like to see them in action." As if to answer her wish a courier came speeding down the street in a tiny airplane. "Hurry, hurry," he shouted to Gen eral Thrift. "German submarines are sinking ships off the American coast. We need airplanes to fight them." "Come on," shouted General Thrift, "we'll show you how we do battle." He leaped into his auto and started off briskly, while Peggy followed in her aerial chariot. She was keen to see what was going to happen in this strange adventure. (In tha next chapter Peggy discovers sn enemy of America at hla evil work.) Sign they will spell the name previous puzzle MEADE Commission is Named to Conduct Holland's Commercial Drive Correspondent of Associated Press. Amsterdam, July 3. An "Advisory Commission for Economic Informa tion Abroad-was inaugurated today at the Hague, to direct Holland's commercial offensive after the war. The chairman is, W. F. C. L. Van Rappard, former minister at Wash ington, and the directorate includes chairmen of the Chambers of Com merce of Amsterdam and Rotterdam; Van Aalst, president of the Nether lands Trading company; Kroeller. shipping magnate, and other chiefs of departments trade, industry and agri culture. J. J. Loudon, minister of foreign affairs, addressing the commission at his department, said that in view of increasing impediments in the world's traffic only preparatory projectssjpould be made for post-bellum trade offen sive. The chief object would be to assist the producer, whose patriotism and initiative he appealed to in order to find fresh markets, especially with regard to the colonies. The government foresees, said Mr. Loudon, the immense economic dif ficulties which will have to be en countered after the war. Dutch consuls will be increased in number and given additional facilities to travel about, visit colonies and in form themselves more thoroughly of affairs within their jurisdiction, while a number of consuls at large will be appointed and experts sent out for special purposes, Mr. Loudon added: "My days of office are numbered, but it will remain a source of satis faction to me to have installed this commission before departing from of fice." Unique Drive Against the Washington's Profiteers Since living in Washington has be come a battle against high prices, lots of schemes to outwit the enemy have been invented and tried. Here is one that worked for a while. A certain traveling salesman who makes this city every few weeks and remains for a week or two at a time, did not like the hotel rates for rooms and meals. So he had a brilliant idea one morning, which led him to pay a call on a friend who is a physician. That afternoon the salesman reported at one of the local hospitals, with a certificate to the effect that he needed certain treatment He engaged a fine room in the southwest corner of the building, from wliich he had a beau tiful view of the Potomac. Most of the day he spent outside the hospital, for he was not a bed patient. But he had his breakfast there, and his dinner, and he slept in the fine big room, where any vagrant breeze was sure to find its way through the windows. When he left Washington, he expressed himself as greatly pleased with his treatment. On his next trip here he repeated the performance. v , Olfe day a nurse happened to notice that the patient" never took any of the medicine prescribed for him; she found the pills and the bottles in the waste basket. The physicians had been somewhat puzzled for some time, because the salesman didn't appear to be at all sick. So they gave him the third degree and got tJie story out of him. That ended his stay at the hospital; it was too much of a good thing to last long. He had been getting lodg ing and meals for $15 a week. It would have cost him $S0 or more for the same accommodations at any first class hotel. Incidentally, the physi cian who gave him a certificate tha enabled him to beat the hotel rates heard from the hospital people Brooklyn Eagle, - HOME SERVICE OF RED CROSS IS NOW IN LONDON Relatives of Wounded Sammies Furnished Accurate Infor mation by American Organization. Correspondence of Associated Press. London, July 15. The "Home Communication Service" branch of the American Red Cross work, which has already become well known in the United States, now has its own de partment at the American Red Cross headquarters in London, occupying an entire floor at 40 Grosvenor Gar dens, under Captain Herbert Eden borough. He commands a large staff of workers and "searchers," who are stationed at various points through out Great Britain where they are in constant touch with camps and hospi tals where American soldiers are to be found. Relatives at home of American soldiers in Europe desire 'information of many kinds about the men, The aim of the Red Cross Home Com munication Service is to see that all these inquiries are promptly and ade quately answered. This work has itianv nhases. but the most important is that which deals with inquiries! about men who have been wounded or taken sick. The Red Cross aims to keep in constant touch with every American hospital case and to see that the fullest reports on each case go forward promptly to the anxious relatives in America. The soldier in hospital is followed carefully through out his stay there and throughout his convalescence, and everything pos sible is done to see that he is kept. in touch with home. Information Correct Emphasis is placed particularly' on one point that information gathered by the Home Communication Service shall be absolutely correct and clear, and shall be transmitted with the greatest possible promptitude. It must be borne in mind, of course, that all lines of communication be tween Europe and America are at present overburdened, and military use of those lines of communication must not be interfered with; but, aside from this consideration, the Home Communication work of the Red Cross takes precedence ovef everything else, and no unnecessary delays are permitted. The work of the Home Communi cation Service in England is just starting, but already nearly 200 re ports weekly are being made to Washington, and, through Washing ton, to the families in America of men in England. In all the camps the soldiers are informed that this free Home Communication Service is available. They are told where they can find the special representa tive charged with the work in their district, and are" encouraged to make the fullest use of his services. In the hospitals, the representatives of the department are in daily touch with every American patient sick or wounded, and trequent reports on nis progress are made to headquarters. Records of All Wounded. Captain Edenborough came to the Red Cross from a great business house in New York, where he was a recognized expert on filing systems and business methods. For the sta tistical branch of his London office he has developed a comprehensive system will be expanded indefinitely which will enable instant reference to the hospital history of any one of thousands of American soldiers. The system will be expanded indeTnitely as need arises, and inquiries from relatives or official departments re garding soldiers in this country can often be answered from these records within a few minutes of receipt. If necessary this first report can be supplemented by the department's "searchers" and if possible by an in terview with the man himself. The work in the hospitals in Great Britain is complicated by the fact that a large proportion of the Ameri can hospital cases must necessarily go to British hospitals, scattered all over the British Isles. For instance, American troops are taken ill in transit or at points where they are brigaded in small bodies with Brit ish troops, as in the case of numerous aviation units. These men are taken to the nearest available military hos pital, whether it is British or Ameri can. But even if they are in a Brit ish hospital, Captain Edenborough's representative is at hand, and follows their case just as carefully and com prehensively as if they were in a purely American institution. On a recetft day, for example, the Red Cross records showed that there were about 1,000 American soldiers in hospital, in Great Britain, a large number of whom were in British hos pitals. In each of the cases the de partment has a complete record, with a description of the patient's illness or wounds, and the address of his nearest relative in the States. Japanese Marines Are Withdrawn from China Correspondence of Associated Press. Tokio, July 1.- Japanese marines who recently landed at Swatow, Chi na, to protect Japanese interests, have been withdrawn, according to official advises. The landing was oc casioned by the fact that the south ern troops retreating before the north erners left Swatow without protec tion. Later, the northerners' advance being held, the southern forces re turned to guard the city, and the Jap anese embarked in their ships. Children Strip Trees in Munich to Make Fodder Zurich, July 2. Children in Munich were last week employed in stripping the leaves from trees and bushes in the public parks for conversion into hay, according to the Munich Post, which says this is necessary owing to lack of fodder for army horses. Why H Qnlt. "And have you always bean a tramp T" aaked the strong-faced woman at tb back door. "No, no, ma'am," was ths seedy one's re ply. "I used to be a druf clerk op In Main." "And why did yon ilv up that occupa tion, prsyl" "Well, you see. ma'am, sine woman's rights have been ettabllshed I couldn't Bland the women coming up to th soda fountain and winking at me Tonkers Statesman, I MORALS OF HUNS LOWERED WITH DTAU nc OTCn Ulfljl Ur Ol LLL Crime and Depravity Among Germans Increasing Since War Started, Says Ber lin Vorwaerts. . War has caused an increase of crime and depravity among the Ger man people, according to an analysis published by the Berlin Vorwaerts. The paper recalls that at the begin ning of the war, prophets spoke of a "steel bath" in the waters of which the morals of the German people would recuperate. "Since. August 4, 1914," says the Vorwaerts, "we have allowed the blessings of this bath to act on us with steadily increasing vigor and . the result is a moral condition of health of the German people of which J the compilations of criminal statis tics give convincing reports. These tell us of the steadily increasing num ber of crimes of brutality, and serious crimes against property, and a glance at any newspaper confirms the horri bly increasing number of robberies', and burglaries in the cities as well as in the rural districts. Systematically organized and methodically operating bands of robbers menace continually life and property of 'respectable' citi zens. All Break Laws. "Also honesty of the latter has suf fered a perceptible "crack" and here the influence of the steel bath is di rectly proved. We do not fear that we are disclosing any state-endanger ing secret when we announce the fact that at present there probably are " few German subjects left who have not in some more or less serious man ner violated the existing government decrees and laws and made themselves liable to punishment." The Vorwaerts then cites the in stances of the citizen, who on Sundays goes to the country to buy food for hoarding purposes, of the proud wife of the owner of a large estate, whosn chickens "lay eggs only for a mark aoiece. oi tne wue oi me urst lieu tenant who sells the food articles re ceived from her husband at the front at fancy prices, and the army usurers, secret traders and forgers. The Vorwaerts then dwells on the effects of the steel bath on the grow ing generation and cites complaints by the clergy and teachers to show that depravity is one of its results, " The paper calls attention to what it describes as the "fruits of the best education as shown during the Ra-deck-Bernstorff libel case." It adds "When refined cavaliers of the most prominent society apply the most common names to each other and box each other's ears, then no one has the right to claim for one certain class, decency andwell-behav'tor. "The steel bath exerts its effects on everyone and splashes over the home of the proletariat as well as over the playroom ot the family of the count, concludes the Berlin pub lication. ... - . Turning Jewelry Into Cola.. Tt Is not generally known tha the United States mint will buy precious metal - In lota of 8100 or more, but such Is the fact. A report just Issued shows that the Phila delphia 'mint has reduced Jewelry and other articles gathered in melting pots Into bul lion valued at 87,000, Much mora la yet to be aiiayed and valued. The gma was paid ror by in government. at the rat of 820.(7 an ounce, and th silver at th prevailing rata of 11 an ounce. There Is a slight charg for melting th metal. New Tork World. OMAHA GENERAL MARKET Fish Catfish, odd alses. iarr. tlo lb.: halibut. Ila lb.; black nod, large tzes, 15c lb.; trout, sis to suit. !8o lb.: Royal Whit Chinook salmon, too lb.; whlteflah, 18o lb.; yellow pike, tlo lb. pickerel, 18o lb.; Red Clnook salmon. 25e lb.: blood-red bullheads. large, llo lb.; medium, 18o lb.; rock bass. id. eacn, zoo in.; yellow ring perch. b. each, 18o lb.; herring, 11a lb.; haddock, tne lb.; steak ood, eastern, 1(0 lb.; crap lies. 20O83o lb.; buffalo, large. 14o Ib.l whit perch, llo lb.; carp, larg. 120 lb.; stesk cod, western, lip lb.; gulf red snapper. 2?o lb.froen large bass, 20o lb; frosen skinned whiting, odd sizes, flaky, almost boneless 18-lb. baskets, per basket. 81.86; round, 7o lb.; frozen round pink salmon. 14o lb.; frosen red salmon, 22o lb. t frosen pink salmon, 20o lb.; frosen sturgeon, 18c lb,; frosen Spanish mackered, 17o lb.; fosea native fall mackerel, 21a lb. i frosen floun ders, 12o lb.; frosen soles, llo lb.; frosen western red snspper, 10o lb.: frozen sliver smelts, 12o lb.: frozen No. 1 whit mullete 8o lb.: frosen Canadian Tulllbe whlteflah, ' average lb., loo lb.; frozen Canadian whlteflsh, larg, dressed or round, 18o lb. ( frosen Csnadlan dressed pickerel, 18a lb.j frozen Canadian round pickerel, 10c lb.; frosen dressed herring, larg. i lb.; round. 8o lb.) baracuda. Ho lb.: aea rock bass. 14o lb.; ro shad. 24o lb. Catfish, large fancy, fresh, I8o; halibut, 23o; trout, 23c; black cod, 15c; white parch, 12c; fancy frozan black bass, medium and large, ISci fancy frozen buffalo-carp, c; salmon, pink, whit, ehlnooks. falls, 18c; red, sockeyes, csjnooks. 24c; white, 18c; pike. t2o; croppies, 20o, 22c; frogs, genuine Loui siana black bulls. Jumbo. 84.00; large, 83.50. Fruits Oranges: 80s. 18s. 118s. 388s. 824a, 17.(0; 120s. 176s. 21a, 200s; 280s, 88.. Lemons: Sunklst. 810.(0: Red Balls. 310.0. Bananas, To to. TVtO lb. Pesehea: Califor nia, 81.18 box; Elbertas. 83.18 bu. ; Georgia Elbertss, C-baaket crate, 13.15 erat. Plums, California: Tragedy, Santa Roaas, 82. "0; Climax and Burtmnka, 82.21. Apricots. Washington. 12.25. Cantaloupes1 fltandard. 46a, 84.00; ponys. 54s, 38.(0; flats, 12 to .,, 11.50. Watermelons, to lb., orates extra. Vegetables Lettuce:, Read, 4.00 err'; head, 31.25 dos. ; leaf, too doz. Cabbag. . 80-lb. crates, 4H lb. Onions: Tallow Call tornla In 100-lb, sacks, mo lb.; homa grown, 20e dos. Radishes, toe dos. Pota toes, new, IVto lb. Asparagus, 50o ,. Michigan celery, (Oo dos. Talephon peas. l(o lb. Cucumbers, 12.00 box. Beans, -a and green, 81.60 basket Summer, squash, 11.00 dos. Beets, 40c dos. Carrots. 0o doz. Artichokes, 11.50. Green peppers, market basket, 11.60. Tomatoes, 4-basket crate, 31. B0. Limes, 15.00. Garlic. 17c Egg plants, 32.00 box. Beef Cuts Loins: No. 1. 87Hc: No. Z, SSVic: No. 1. 18 c. Ribs: No. 1, ilo; No. 2. 82Ho: No. S. Httc Rounds: No. 1. 28c; No. 1. 28o; No. S. lHc Chucks: No. 1, 23o; No. t, 22c; No. t, 16He. Flstaat No. 1. istto: No. 1. 16c: No. I. 14s. SKINNER PACKING OMMNY OULTflY ;v; 19 w i i bit TMADI MAM 1116-1118 Doudlas Sir Tel-Douglas 1521 - . juk as MA Moor. 1 1