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    THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1918.
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LINCOLN DEMO
PAPER WANTS TO'
GIVE G 0. P. IDEAS
Fearful Lest Republican State
Committee Is Going to
1 Make Some Mis
takes. From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Sept. 1. (Special.)--The
local democratic paper is very much
worried for fear the republican state
, coin'mittee i? going to make some mis
takes in the running of the campaign
and makes some . suggestions which
it would like to see Chairman Beach
carry out in its idea of what would
be the best thing o do.
It even suggests speakers ' who
ought to be brought in to assist in
the campaign and is also fearful that
-the chairman is making a mistake
in the selection of his heads of de
partments. Chairman Beach has gone to Chi
cago to confer with republican party
leaders and it is not known whether
he will follow the ideas set forth in
tin suggestions or not. However it
is presumed that he will accept ad
vice from, this source in the same
maimer he has usually 'done. The
state, chairman somehow never has
been prone, to accept democratic sug
gestions as to how the republican
campaign should be run and it is
just barely possible that he may not
do so this year.
However he will not object to the
suggestions being made for it gives
the opposition a chance to unbosom
themselves and prepare for the great
I'isappointment which will come to
them A. D. November S, 1918,' be
sides giving material for the paper's
humorous column and joke depart
ment. Union Evangelical Meeting
Hears Reports of Officers
Blue Springs, Neb., Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) After the opening devotional
service the third day's session of -the
Union EvaNgelical conference, the
ways and means committee reported a
recommendation fo'r the building and
improvement of certain parsonages
and churches and the transfer o'f other
properties.
Rev. B. H. Niebel, corresponding
secretary of the mission board, re
ported the moving of the publishing
house to the new building in Harris
burg, Pa. .
The ministry of the Platte River
conference was mentioned in com
mendatory terms.
The speaker mentioned the strides
of missionary work in foreign fields,
and pleaded for at least 50 per cent
increase in foreign collections. He
commended the Platte River confer
ence as holding among the confer
ences of the nation for gain in con
versions in the last three years sixth
place, for accessions of church mem
bership, fifth place, and in net gain on
all points, fourth placfc.
Rev. M: O. Maze, field secretary of
Western Union college, LeMars, la.,
complimented the church in changing
it? financial condition from a deficit
to one of a net gain in the,, endow
ment fund.
Rev. Mr. Maze is very optimistic
in regard to the spiritual condition of
the church, and made it plain that the
financial contributions open men's
hearts to the gospel they support. He
painted a vivid word picture of the
new building planned in the $75,000
campaign for the Rudolph Dubs me
morial in LeMars, and which is to be
cpunterparted by a building, the con
ribution of the Commercial club of
LeMars and the citizens of Plymouth
county.
Auto Stolen at Table Rock
Is Located in Kansas
Table Rock, Neb., Sept. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Lew Hunzeker car. which
was stolen from a garage in DuBois
several days ago, was located in a
garage in Cuba, Kan., the first of the
week, where it was left in storage
by a party unknown. Mr. Hunzeker
went down and drove the car home.
Sparks from the threshing machine
engine of Luther Burrow and Fred
Burrow ignited the straw while
threshing at the E. D. Potter home in
the Bunker Hill neighborhood, some
six miles northeast, the middle of the
week, and the flames spread so rapid
ly !. ...4a In.nA.nlkU A n A U A ...
iy u vv as iiiipvaaiuic iu save ma
chine, which,' together with all the
grain, with the exception of about 21
bushels of oats which had been
threshed, was entirely consumed.
L. J. Surface, for several years en
gaged in educational work, the last
. four years being superintendent of
the public schols at St. Edward, Neb.,
has been elected superintendent of the
Pawnee City public schools. The
Pawnee City schools will open Sep
tember 9.
Dodge County Farm Inmate
Thought He Owned Farm
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 1. (Speci
al Telegram.) John J. McNaught,
for 34 years , an inmate of the
Dodge county home, dfed at the
county farm north of Fremont,
at, the 'age of 74 years.. Although
McNaught served three years in
the Civil we as a member of a
s Wisconsin regiment, he persistently
refused to sign an application for a
pension and died . without receiving
a cent of the nearly $5,000 to which
lie was entitled. McNaught was ob
sessed with the idea that he owned
the farm and since entering the home
had Worked as 1 dligently as his
strength would permit.
Lincoln to Celebrate .
. Labor Day With Parade
Lincoln, Sept. 1. (Special.) Lin
coln will observe Labor day tomor
row with a big parade in which in
dustrial and patriotic organizations
wilt take part. Mayor , Miller has
issued a proclamation calling for a
suspension of business and ordering
all automobiles to get off the earth
so far as it, covers the line of parade.
.V i" . i i i i i. ss
Three Sons FalTiH Battle.
Beloit, Vis., Sept 1. Mr. and Mrs.
George , Gerard, who have had two
sons killed in action in France, tO-
tiajr ii.i.ttu nviu iiiai a tiiiiu sun,
Corp. Arno Gerard, has been severely i
mounded. . j
Hun Will be Driven From
France by October, Avers
London Man Visiting Here
-j;!5Bi.!
t&h&W'k ft twit
JUHHll,HMlimnW Hn"" llIMIIII lIIIIIHIIMW
"In England the general opinion!
is that by October of this year the
Germans will be driven from France
and that by June of next year the
kaiser will be ready to sue for peace,
accepting such terms as the a'lied
governments accord him," thus spake
Robert McCrum of London, Eng..
whri is in Omaha fnr a frw riavs
visiting his mother. Mrs. Margaret
McCrum. 711 South Thirtieth street
Mr. McCrum reached Nev Yorky"
August v!4, and was 10 days coming
across the Atlantic ocean, and ac
cording to his statement, about the
first thing he did after placing his
foot on American soil was to buy
two luscious peaches from a street
vender and immediately ear them.
Telling of the incident, he said:
"Those American-grown peaches
looked so tempting that I could not
resist the desire to buy them. They
cost 5 cents each, but in London,
during these war times, they would
have cost $2.
At home Mr. McCrum is in the
publishing business and consequently
has kept in touch with the war sit
uation. He expects to get "into the
fighting, as he is not beyond the
draft age. .He is listed for service,
but his number has no. been called.
With him optimism is his slogan and
his opinion is that the Germans are
to be licked to a finish, but not until
the allies have gone far beyond the
Rhine in their victorious march
toward Berlin.
Survives Air Raids.
In his London home Mr. McOum
has gone through 34 German bombing
raids, but has never been injured.
Soon after the Germai s made their
first air-raid over London he con
structed a bomb proof in the rear
of his residence properiy, and 'since
Oien it has been one of the most
popular places in the neighborhood.
It is of concrete and steel construc
tion, the ou.side dimensions being
11 feet 6 inches by 19 feet. U feet 6
inches high. The walls are 3 feet
thick and sufficiently large to accom
modate 14 adults and 6 children,
though on raid nights it is often filled
t6 standing room capacity.
Since its construction, the bomb
proof has been occupied 21 times by
Mr. McCrum, his family and neigh
bors, and while it has never been in
line with any Hun bomos, the pre
sumption is that none have ever been
dropped that would have sufficient
force to crumble its walls.
Speaking of the coming of the
American boys into the war, Mr. Mc
Crum said:
"While our man-power is not ex
State Fair Formally
Opens at Lincoln and
The Big Show All Set
Lincoln, -Sept. 1. (Special Tele
gram.) Attendance at the State
fair today was 9,155. Last
yeac on Sunday the at
tendance was 9,260. On account of
a heavy rain starting about 7 o'clock
attendance for the evening was cut
down considerably, or the attendance
record for Sunday would have prob
ably been broken. The rain has put
the grounds in excellent condition for
the weeks fair.
The state fairinformally opened today
with a band concert both afternoon
and evening., Hon. H. H. Wilson de
livered a patriotic address in the audi
torium at 3:45.
Tomorrow is the real opening day
and .ill be observed as Lincoln day.
Automobile races and a night enter
tainment will be the features of the
opening day.
Conditions surrounding the fair wi'.l
be generally about the same as usual.
The admission to the grounds has not
been changed, a 50-cent coin admitting
the bearer who is so fortunate as
to have it. Street car fare will
be 13 cents instead of five as form
erly, the extra fice cents going to
hejp pay for making the changes at
the grounds which included the tak
ing up of the street car and railroad
tracks and transferring them to the
new location "and putting in of the
loop and station. However these will
be owned by the fair association a:.d
witi not be the property of the street
car company as formerly.
Hundreds of Millions .
' Loaned to Railroads
Washineton. Sent 1. Nearly half
of the $500,000,000 revolving fund
provided originally for the railroad
administration has been consumed in
loans and rental payments to indi
vidual roads, according to a railroad
administration financial report t
.-'More than half the funds advanced
in the last five months have gone1
to the New Haven, New York Cen
tral and Pennsylvania. Some of the
advances of more than one million
dollars above current earnings made
during August were to the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad, $1,
600,000; MfssouriX Pacific . railway,
$1,750,000; Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis-"and
Omaha $1,200,000; Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, SI,-!
000,000. ... . , ', '
I
i iiitr-
'TPoberfyffSPWnt
hausted, their landing on our shores
was attended with more prayers of
thankfulness than anyt ime that had
ever occurred in Inland. It meant
that there would be a much earlier
finish to the war.
"Without the American boys we
could have whipped Germany. Jt
would have taken yea's, but we would
have won. Perhaps France would
have been conquered, but even then,
we would have fought to the last
man and that last man, instead of
giving up, would have won the war.
No Hope for Kaiser.
"We have 7,000.000 men in the field
'and another 1,000,000 who right now
are fit for fighting and theiPthere
are more coming along each year, so
you sec the kaiser and his minions
could not have whipped us.
"As I said, Uncle San stepping in
when he did and sending hie boys
over seas and pouring out 'the con
tents of his treasury fcas hastened the
coming of peace.
"Right here I want to digress and
say that the American ooys are the
flower of the allied armies. -They
are a fine lot of fellows, always ready
for fun and just as ready for a fight
They are young fellows who restore
confidence to our men and raise the
morale. They are happy and on the
battlefield and in the hospitals they
are fine. Our people are iji 'ovc with
them and right now a plan is being
worked out in London by which
when the boys come to the city, they
are to be entertained. Each family
is to take two of the boys into their
home during 'their two weeks' fur
lough period ami in these homes
they are to be treated as members of
the families.
"I happened to be on the streets
of London when the first contingent
of wounded Americans arrived and
were taken to the hospitals. As the
auto ambulances 'moved along, there
were thousands of English girls
standing on the side lines, their arms
filled with flowers. Great bunches
of these flowers were thrown into
the ambulances and daily thereafter
these same cirls carried, or sent How
lers to the wounded boys."
Chicago Grand Jury.
Sees Bribery Behind
Traction Ordinance
Chicago, Aug. 31. The August
grand jury, which conducted an in
vestigation of charges of bribery in
connection with trie passage of the
traction unification ordinance over
Mayor Thompson's veto, concluded
its inquiry today without returning
any indictments.
In is report the grand jury ex
presses the opinion -that the ordi
nance' was passed, by "bribery, cor
ruption and undue influence." The
measure is described as "vicious and
ill-advised" -by the jury.
In conclusion the report states that
while the evidence might warrant the
return of indictments for conspiracy,
if not for actual bribery, conviction
would be difficult unless additional
proof was obtained.
The ordinance will be submitted to
the voters of the city,fr approval at
the November election.
Mrs. Strong and Child Burned
When Gasoline Stove Explodes
x Mrs. Eva Strong, Thirty-seventh
and Spaulding streets, and her 2-year-old
son were severely burned shortly
before noon Sunday when a gasoline
stove exploded and set fire to the
house, which was completely de
stroyed, with all its contents. The
child was playing near the stove when
the explosion occurred and was se
verely burned on the body and about
the face and hands. Neighbors heard
the screams of the '. child and at
tempted to beat out the flames, but
the fire was beyond control within a
few minutes.
Both mother and child were at
tended by a police surgeon and taken
to Immanuel hospital.
Four-Minute Men Will'
" Be in Lincoln Wednesday
. 'Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1. The pro
gram of the State Conference of the
Nebraska branch of the Division of
Four-Minute Men of the Committee
on Public Information, which will be
held in the Auditorium at the State
Fair grounds, Wednesday,1 Sept. 4,
which the manaeement of th fair has
designated as "Four-Minute Men
uay, was announced today by Prof.
M. M. Fogg, state director. The
Nebraska branch is now "organized
in 347 cities and towns with nearly
1,900. speakers. .
MANY LABOR DAY
FESTIVITIES IN
OMAHA MONDAY
(Contlaned From rf One.)
amusements all day, the principal
place of gathering being Krug park,
where besides the sports and amuse
ment features, there will be speaking
by Mayor Ed. P. Smith.
Besides the observance ,of the day
by organized labor there will be oth
er attractions for those not affiliated
with the unions and for the visitors
to Omaha who will be attracted here
because of its being a holiday.
It will be a circus day and there
wilt be a parade by Hagenbcck &
Wallace's entourage, two circus per
formances, a baseball game between
the navy team and Armours base
ball club at Pa Rourke's lot on Vin
ton street in the auerncon, at which
the Great La'-es ' aid will p'- -d
the Liberty bazaar for the Czecho
slovak armies at the Auditorium.
A feature of the Labor day parade
this year will be the appearance in
the line of marchers of men of sev
eral new unions which have been or
agnized in Omhaa withit the year.
Parade Program.
The following is the parade pro
gram :
Organizations will get into line at
9:30. Parade will start promptly at
10 a. m.
Lead Off Great Lakes Naval Train
ing Station band. Marshals: T. P.
Reynolds, chief; Thomas A. Menzies,
C. J. Warren, S. C. Jackson, John M.
Gibb, J. David, John Lynn.
First Division Form on Capitol
avenue, head at 16th street, facing
east.
Band, Omaha Central Labor union,
theatrical stage employes, moving
picture operators, bill posters, print
ing pressmen, Typographical union,
lithographers, band, letter carriers,
photo engravers, cigar makers, broom
makers, coopers, stationary firemen
and engineers, iron moulders, sign
and pictorial painters, garment work
ers. barbers, teamsters, leather work
ers, beverage workers, bookbinders,
Bakers union, cooks and waitresses,
tailors.
Second Division Forms on. Capitol
avenue, with head of division at Six
teenth street facing west.
Band, Packing Trades council and
local 71, sheep butchers, beef butch
ers, pork butchers, beef boners, can
ning workers, casing workers, band,
Labor union 602, Mechanics local 41.
Third Division Forms on Daven
port street with head of division at
Sixteenth street facing east.
Band, Building Trades council, Car
penters District council, Carpenters
local No. 527. Local No. 279, Local
No. 1278. millmen, bridge carpenters
No. 2058, bricklayers, plasterers, ce
ment finishers, building laborers,
band, painters, electrical workers,
plumbers, steamfitters, sheet metal
workers, iron workers, elevator con
structors, Lathers union.
Fourth Division rorms on Daven
port street with head of division' at
Sixteenth street facing west.
Band, machinist, boilermakers. di
vision of street railway employes,
switchmen, car repairers, car carpen
ters, shopmen, railway clerks and
housemen and telegraphers, engine
men, conductors and trainmen.
Fifth Division forms on Chicago
street with head of division at Six
teenth street facing east.
Floats, automobiles and carriages.
Ladies auxiliaries, who intend- to
walk in the parade will march, imme
diately following the garment work
ers in the first division.
Prizes for Parade.
Prizes are offered for the best an-'
pearing union in the parade, as fol-j
lows: $15 in war savings stamps fori
the best, and $7.50 in war savings
stamps for the next best. This will
stimulate competition for attractive
ness in uniform. It is the purpose of
every union to show its 'greatest
strength of man power m the parade
J. J. Kerrigan is chairman of the
Labor Day committee; C. E. Clark,
vice-chairman; J. R. Wangberg, sec
retary; K J. Huller, secretary.
At Krug park, m the forenoon, the
following sports program will take
place1
union 1ftDei comm. First prize, 17.00
pair union made trousers; second, $3.00
union made straw bat. Winner will b
party who comes nearest to having every
mrtlcle with the union lsDel.
Tug of War between seven represents,-
Uvea from different unions; pulling fifteen
minutes. Winners receive $14 In wearing
apparel.
200-yard race, free-for-all. First. 18
union made shoes; second, $J bat; third.
12 box of box.
Fat men's race, 200 pounds or over. 100
yards. First, JS box or dress shirts; second!
$2.75 box of cigars; third. $1 necktie.
Fat Women's Race, 180 pounds or over.
bo yards. First, 8 pair of shoes; second.
$3 In merchandise; third, $2 concession
tickets.
Boys' Race. 10 to 12 veers. 50 vnrda.
first, 14 concession tickets; second, 12 con
cession tickets; third. $1 concession tickets.
Boys' Race, 13 to 17, 75 yards. First, $5
box. of shirts; second, 13.50 pair of trousers;
luiru. ij.ov necKiie.
Girls' Race, 10 to 13. 60 yards. First, tl:
second, $3; third $1 concession tickets.
Misses' Race. 13 to 17. 75 yards. First
$5 slippers: second S3 hand rmlntprf chin.
dish; third, $1 concession tickets.
Married Women's Race, 75 yards. First
J ": secona, id merchandise: third,
li-wv uuiun maae Droom.
Running Broad Jump. First. ! sho..
second, 12.76 box of cigars; ' third, $1.50
uuncvpsion 11CKST8.
High Jump. First, $8 shoes; second, 13.76
uu wm; inira. si concession tickets.
Standing Broad Jump. First, $8 shoes
second $3 hat; third, $1 concession tickets.
British Labor Party OoDOses
Any Compromise to End War
Jlirminarham. F.ncfanit im, 11
Arthur HendM-snn UaArr i,
bor party in the House of Commons,
sdiu in. a speecn today labor s inter
national nolirv was nnt nn r.(
, r wiv V Will'
promise with the militarist rulers of
ucrmany, or or surrender to the
predatory aims of the Genan im
perialists. Jt was not a policy of
weagness ana disunion, such as led
the Russian nennl tn U. k-,,-U ,.f
. r -r- x w tit ubiBLid v
Brest-Litovsk, but a policy to win the
war for democracy and freedom.
Mr. TTenHrni c-',A , u . ti .
be an international socialist confer
ence until tne parties in the central
empires accented th in ,-- ti;.,t t,
bor memorandum as the basis of dis
cussion.
Tacoma Papers Raise Price.
Tacoma, Wash, Sent 1. All the
Tacoma newspapers today announced
an increase in price due to the rising
cost of publication. The Morning
Ledger and Evening News Tribune
increased from 2c to 3c per copy, and
the Tacoma Times from lc to 2c.
The Sunday Ledger will be 7c after
September 8.
CZECHO-SLOVAK
BAZAR OPENS AT
THE AUDITORIUM
(CttOllnued Front Fage One.)
tial music and a large -troop of color
bearers bore scores of beautiful silken
American flags and the banners of
the allied nations fighting the battle
for world democracy. All along the
line of march citizens of both scs
and of all ages bared their heads and
stood at attention while the colors
were passing by.
Human Flag In Parade.
" One of the nrettiert featu.. of the
parade was the human flas, formed
by 400 little girls, pupils of the vari
ous parochial schools of the city.
T" i children marched in perfect lines
and the perfect symetry and contour
of the great banner was preserved
the entire length of the line of march.
The doors of the auditorium were
opened at 3:30 o'clock and the huge
building was packed with humanity1 in
a short time. It is estimated more
than 7,000 persotjs participated in the
opening exercises'.
i The Liberty band and the Omaha
Musicians' association band played
patriotic airs until . the huge crowd
had assembled.
Dr. F. A. Sedlacelc-presided at the
meeting and made the address of wel
come. Mayor Ed. P. Smith, Gover
nor Neville, Dr. Olga Statsny, Lieu
tenant Oldrich Spaniel, and Attorney
Joseph T. Votava gave addresses in
which they extolled the age long
spirit of patriotism of the Bohemian
and Polish elements of the Czech and
Slovak races, of their ready adapti
bility to American ideals of liberty
and justice and of their readiness to
make the supreme sacrifice of life,
blood and treasure, to perpetuate the
same and extend its blessings to all
of the nations of the earth.
Musical Theme Patriotism.
Patriotism was .'the theme? of the
musical program that was interspers
ed Deiweensine speeches and every
person stood reverently when "Amer
ica" was Suns bv the choir. anH Ihe
"Star Spangled Banner' was render
ed by the band.
Miss Agnes Knoflickova, accompa
nied by Miss Eleanore Leare, gave a
violin solo, a Slavonic Dance, by
Dvorak, which was brilliant in its
technique and interpretation. She re
sponded to an enthusiastic encore
with one of Fibich's tone poems.
Miss Sylvia Sarto sang a parody
on "Marching Through Georgia," of
her own comoosition. and which Am.
picted what the Czecho-Slovak army
wouia cio to the imperial beast of
Berlin, when it arrived at its fiml i,.
jective. It was a clever composition
very cieveny sung.
iwo banners on the stage attracted
considerable attention. They were
the service flags that had been borne
in the parade. One of them repre
sented the 504 men of Bohemian birth
and antecedents as well as those
of Slovak blood, who had gone from
Douglas county to join the army and
navy of the United States in the
tight for human liberty. Already one
gold cross is emblazoned on the white
field.
Another service flag, with 137 stars,
was lonresentxtive of h rAh. . j
- , - w Vfc.VH3 IIU
uovenes who have gone from Ne
braska to join the Czecho-Slovak
armies now fighting in France.
Bohemian National Hymn.
One of the most beautiful and im
pressive features, of th afrnnnn
- - .v ..- in;viii
program was the singing by the
Bazaar choir, accompanied by the
uduu, oi tne eonemian national
hymn. "Kde Domov Mni" A it.
solemn cadences, freighted with the
yearnings and national aspirations of
the Czechs for ages, rose and fell in
beautiful harmony, there was a
solemn andreverential hush in every
part or the auditorium and ther were
tears in many eyes. It is one of the
most ancient of national hymns and
is symbolic because of its antiquity
and sentiment of the hunger of Czech
and Slav for national autonomy.
Charles E. Stenicka, manager of
the bazaar, explained its purpose. He
told his audience the funds that
would be raised during the week
would be devoted to the relief of the
soldiers who are serving in the
Czecho-Slovak armies and their de
pendents. These funds will be turned
over to the Czecho-Slovak national
council, of which Prof. Thomas
Garigue Masafyk, provisional presi
dent of the Czecho-Slovak republic,
is the head, with headquarters in
Washington, D. C. The money will
be used for the purchase of material
for sweaters, hospital supplies, com
fort kits, etc., in the United States,
and for the relief of dependents and
soldiers, such as is given American
soldiers by the Red Cross. It will alsb
be expended to pay the expenses of
the Czecho-Slovak armies in France
and-Siberia.
Many Buttons' Sold.
Over 20,000 buttons were disposed
of by the corps of young ladies who
conducted the tag day campaign for
funds for the Czecho-Slovak armies
in the downtown districts. The but
tons were, all disnosed of hefnr
o'clock in the evening. Sums rang
ing trom IU cents to $1 were realized
in the disposal of each button.
The bazaar wilt onen dailv .it 2
0 clock, at the auditorium and last
until midnight.
Mondav eveninc there will be an
unveiling of the statue of the greatest
The Lanpher hat is do
ing its bit by maintain
ing its "always right"
quality. Do your hat
bit by buying
the Lanpher kat
monster in the world, the "peaceful"
Will.ilm, beast of Berlin. Something
awful will be done to the statue .nJ
everybody should be on hand to see.
The concert will be by the Midwest
band, directed by J. Mongel. There
will be dancing.
Special attractions consist of a dis
play of Bohemian art, the kaiser's
headquarters, fortune tellers, museum
and submarine periscope, captured
Gerraan balloon, show for ladies only,
show for men only, archery shooting
gallery, a sensational tragedy given
by shadow play, demonstration by
Rasso brothers, strong men, wrest
ling match, circus of wild and tame
animals, Hindenburg's shooting gal
lery, barber, shop with sensational
shaves and haircuts.
There will be a grocery store and
meat market doing business all oj
the time, as well as a dry cleaning
establishment. The proceeds of these
departments all go into the fund.
Young Men Come Out of
Frozen North to Answer
Gill of their Country
Draft calls for men in the remote
and far away sections of Alaska have
brought youths out over many hard
miles to report for service.
Hunters, trappers, traders and pros
pectors, in answer to the draft calls,
have come from the tundra country
up along the Arctic, the hills and val
leys along the Yukon river and the
remote mountain' sections of south
eastern and southwestern Alaska.
They have been mobilized at Alaska
forts and later sent to the states for
training.
One young man, Claude Harrison,
received his draft questionnaire as he
was making plans for spending the
coming winter hunting and trapping
in the Lake Minchumina country,
about sixty miles northwest of Mount
McKinley.
Harrison immediately dropped his
plans and set out on a 125-mile
"mush" to the office of the United
States commissioner at Kantishna.
When he arrived he found the com
missioner had gone to Nenana. near
ly 100 miles farther, so the long hike
was continued on until the official was
found. )
Twelve other young men, who
gathered at Marshall, Alaska, to board
a steamer for Nome, in answer to
their calls, found, on their arrival that
on account of the slowness of the
mails, they had failed to receive their
notification in time and were classed
as delinquents. They were" cleared of
the charges when they explained the
delay.
Children's Pageant at
Riverview Park Today
"Pageant of Children's Year" is the
title of the big festival and pageant
which will be staged this afternoon
at Riverview park under the auspices
of the playground authorities of Om
aha. More than 500 children will take
part and these have been training for
some time, so that an immense
amount of interest has been aroused
in the affair. .NoneTiut Omaha talent
will be used in presenting this huge
spectacle. The start is set for 3 p. m.
Heavens in September
By WILLIAM F. RIGGE.
The days diminish 1 hour, 17 min
utes during the month, being 13 hours,
6 minutes long on the first, 12 hours,
29 minutes on the fifteenth, and 11
hours, 49 minutes on the thirtieth.
The sun is from I hour, 24 minutes,
to 1 hour, 14 minutes slow on stan
dard time. . ' ''
There is a very close conjunction
of Venus and Saturn in the morning
sky on the fourth and fifth the closest
approach actually occurring on the
fourth at 9 p. m., when the planets
are invisible to us. The beauty of
the spectacle will be enhanced by
the waning crescent of the moon.
Jupiter also will nos be' far away,
rising as it docs on the fifteenth at
1:13 a. m.
The moon is in conjunction with
Venus and Saturn, as mentioned, on
the fourth, and with Jupiter on the
BtJNi moon.
RlseNoon Bet Sept. RlselSo'tb Bet
S 511 1.241 7.1711 SuiT I 3 06)10 iol 6.46
S S3 1 .34 7.65 3 Mon. 4 0(1118 S.ll
5 63 1.33 7.64 J Tue. 6 13 13.08 S.4S
6 64 1.38 7.6314 Weil. 6 13 13.47 7.11
6 66 1.33 7.61 6 Thu.N.M. 7 12 1.38 7.36
( 66 1 32 7.4j Frl, 8 12 2.10 8.01
6 67 1.23 7.47 7 fiat. 13 1.63 S.37
68 1.33 7.4611 Bun. 10 08 3.83 8.63
6 69 1.31 7.44(9 Mou. II 06 4.17 1.33
7 00 1.31 7.43110 Tue. 13.06 6.03 9.60
7 01 1.31 7.40111 Wed. 1.04 6.61 10.36
7 02 1.20 7.39jl3 Thu. 1.69 6.41 11.31
7 03 1.30 7.8718 Fri.F.Q. 1.63 7.381Mldn
7 04 1.30 7.3614 Sat. 1.41 1.37 1116
I
7 06 1.19 7.34 15 Sun. .J3 t.20 1 20
7 06 1.19 7.32116 Mon. 6.03 10.14 123
7 07 1.19 7.30 17 Tue. 6.87 11.07 1 82
7 08 1.18 7.381S Wed. 6.10 13.00 4 46
7 09 1.18 7.27119 Thu. .43Mldn 00
7 10 1.17 7.220 Krl.F.M. 7.14112 64 7 16
7 11 1,17 7. 3421 Sat. 7.60 1 48 8 13
7 12 1.17 7 . SajlS Run. 1.57 3 46 61
7 13 1.1 7.21123 Mon. 9.13 3 43 11 06
7 14 1.16 l.;o!24 Tue. 10.02 4 4313.19
7 16 1.16 7.18126 Wed. 10.67 6 41 1.23
7 16 1.16 7.1713 Thu.L.Q. 11.66 ( 39 3.30
7 17L4.16 7.1627 Krl Mldn 7 34 1.07
7 18 l.fS 7.13i28 Sst. 1 00 8 27 3.46
7 19 1.14 J.ll': Sun. 2 14 t 26 4.81
7 20 1.14 2.09130 Mon. 1 04 10 03 4.60
7 21 1.14 7.07l Tue. 4 07110 45 6.18
7 22 1.13 7,06!2 Wed. 6 011 27 6.40
MOON'S PHASES.
Ts'ew Moon on the fifth, 6:44 a. m.
Kirnt Quarter on the thirteenth, 10:02 s. m.
Full Moon on the twentieth. 8:01 a.m.
Last Quarter on the twenty-sixth, 11:31 p.m.
NEW BASIS FOR
PURCHASE AND
USE FLOUR
Less Substitutes, With Nebras
ka on Ration Similar to
That of People of Al
lied Countries.
After months of purchasing on a
basis of one pound of wheat flour to
one pound of substitutes, Nebraska
housewives today will be able to buy
on the new basis, one pound of sub
stitutes to each four pounds of wheat
flour. Or, instead, they may buy the
regulation mixed flours if they desire
and thereby relieve themselves of buy
ing substitutes.
Lnder the new ruling, all breakfast
foods are eliminated and flours put in
their place. , - .
Bakers' bread will also contain
more wheat if bakers so desire, for ;
beginning today only 20 per cent sub
stitutes are required.
On Same Basis as Allies.
"The new regulations, making it
imperative to purchase one pound of
substitutes with each four pounds oi
wheat," put Nebraskans on the same
basis as that obtaining throughout the
allied world," says Gurdon W. Wat
tles, federal food administrator for Ne
braska. "It meaijs that we have gone
on the war footing to the last and that
we will furnish the -necessary foods
that must be sent across.
"The new regulations, less drastic
than the old, come because of the
great crops of the present year snd
the equitable system of feedinjr that
has been worked out for the allies.
The new wheat regulations will work
hardships on no one. It is a mighty
poor citizen who cannot live up 'to
these regulations to the last letter.
He who cannot is not worthy the
name of citizen nor is he entitled
to the protection of a land of free
dom." ,
There Are Substitutes.
The new substitutes, which may
be bought with wheat flour, today
and hereafter, are: , .
Com flour, corn meal, barley flour,
kaffir flour, milo flour, bean flour,
potato flour, sweet potato flour, buck
wheat flour, rice flour, oat flour', ?
fcterita flour and meals, peanut flour,
rye flour and meals. . ,
Rye flour and meats, however, tfif-
fer in ratios to the other substitutes. ,
For each three pounds of wheat flour,
two pounds of rye flour or meal must
be bought if rye is the substitute,
Court Overrules McAdoof
Jackson, Miss.. 5ept. J. An order of
Director General of Railroads McAdoo
providing that all' suits against rail
roads should be brought in the county
or district in which the plaintiff lives,,
has been held to be unconstitutional
in an opinion rendered in vacation by
Judge W. H. Potter of the Hands
county circuit court. 1
CAPTAIfJ M'CMTY
GAINS 15 POUNDS
TAKING TAN LAC
Missouri Pacific Conductor
Says He Can't Say Too .
Much , for Master
Medicine.
It is doubtful if there Is a better
known or more popular railroad man,
in Nebraska than Captain H. E. Mc-
Carty, conductor for twelve years on
the Missouri Pacffic 'and living at
2008 T street, Lincoln. Basing his
enthusiastic remarks about Tanlac on
the remarkable results he has derived
from its use, Capt McCarty said:
"We can't praise Tanlac too much
at my house, for it certainly is grand
medicine. Before I took it I was so
nervous, weak and dizzy as a result
of stomach and liver troubles and
constipation, that I 'was afraid at
times I would fall off the train while
it was moving. I had little, or no,
appetite and what I did manage to
eat seemed to give me no strength.
My sleep failed to rest me and I
would get up in the mornings more
tired and dull than on going to bed.
My legs ached and my kidneys bother
ed me, ana sometimes l would get so
dizzy that I would almost fall over.
My condition was a constant worry
to me and made it difficult for me .
to look after my work properly.
''I had fallen off ten pounds in
weight, but almost as soon as I
started on Tanlac I began tto eat and
pretty soon a great change came
about. The Tanlac Tablets also did
fine work in relieving me of consti
pation and my whole system seemed
to resoond to the Tanlac treatment
right from the start. My appetite is
so big now that it's hard for me to
'Hooverize' as I should. I simply
can't get enough to eat and the good
part of it is, nothing hurts me. Neith-
er my stomach, liver nor' kidneys
bother me now and my nervousness .
and dizziness are entirely gone. I
sleep like a child and get up morn
ings full of energy and anxious to
gei io my worK. 1 have not only
gotten back the ten pounds which I
lost, but have actually picked up
five pounds besides, making a total
gain of fifteen pounds on three bot
tles of Tanlac. I can now hop on my
train and look after my, duties with:
as much ease as I could when I first
got my run. My wife has been taking
Tanlac, too, and it gave her a won
derful appetite and she feels fine all
a 1 . a! mi i
me nme. mere s noinmg line ic
to drive away that tired feeling and
fill you with new ambition and
energy." v '
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by Sher
man & McConnell Drug Co., corner
i1. I TV A a
toin ana uoage streets; loin ana
Harney streets; Owl Drug Co., 16th
nnri Farnam Ktrepta Harvard PVior. -
macy, 24th and Farnam streets; north
east corner 19th and Farnam streets;
West End Pharmacy, 49th and Dodge v
streets, under the personal direction
of a Special Tanlac Representative,
and in South Omaha by Forrest t)
Meany Drug Co. Advertise! m8j .