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THS OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1918.
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OMAHA. LIVE STOCK T
Cattle Run for Week 58.90C
Head, with Prices 25 Cents
Lower; Hogs 20 Cents
Higher.
SOUTH SIDE
Brief City News
Omaha,
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Sftlmata Saturday.
8tptmbr t, 1111.
Cattla. Hons. Shp.
1I.10 I.HT (4,611
11.412 ,401 42.S1T
1 1.273 6.478 S4.J3S
1.757 1,7(7 14.IST
4.000 4 tOl 34 441
13S 1 100 1,000
Ik dsys thlt wfk.5l.sl
8am daya laat week. 1. 1 10
Bam 1 wks. sra...415SS
Bam 1 wks. ao...65,S84
Bam daya yar ago. 61. 150
Cattla Rtcclpts were
mornlnt. only five cars of
29,366 213,732
14,716 ll( (21
S9.T93 U1.6R8
39,906 162.177
22.388 167.207
nominal this
cattle, or 126
head, brlna; reported In maklnf supplies
for th week 69,900 head, soma 1.900
short of last weeks run of 61,806 head.
Tradlnf on practically everything ciosod
with a very weak undertone, especially
on the heavy beef steers and choirs heavy
cows. Steers wore anywhere lrom 25 to
Tl cents lower than Imt week; best kinds
wers quotable at 814.50 and 116.50, me
dium grades from 612.00 to 314.60. Butcher
stock has been dracay all weak and sales
clos'd from 25 to 60 rents lower than a
week o. the bulk of the trades selling
at 67 59 and 19.60. Storkers and feeders
closed from 26 cents to 61.00 lower than a
week aa-o with the largest decllns on th
plain, light steers.
Quotations on cattle: Choice to prima
beevts. 317. 64)19. 00; good to choice
besves, 6160091?. 25: fair to good beevss,
113 60016.76; common to fair besves,
IK. 00413 00; good to choirs yearlings.,
116 00OI8.00; fair to good yearlings. 112.00
U.MIj Common to fair yearlings, IS .50
11.00; choirs to prim grass steers 616 00
17. 16; fair to good grass beevts, 612 00
14.60; common to fair grass besves, 18.16
11.15; Mexican beeves, $6 OUnjll.00; good
to choice heifers, 69.7691!. 00; good to
choice Cows, (9.00(111.50; fair to good
rows, IT.fO 1.66; common to air cows,
t.356.25; prime feeders, 13.25
16.60; good to choice feeders, 10.9U.OO;
fair to good feeders, 69.0010.25; common
to fair feeders, S.007.60; good to choice
tockcrt, 116.60011.(16; stock heifers, 66.60
Cj6.Q; stork rows, 86.0097.60; stock
Calves, 16.50010.60; veal calves, $6.00
11 60; hulls, stags, etc., 18.009.60.
Hogs There was a very light ran of
hog her today even for a Saturday, es
timated at 3.306 head, which bring th
f receipt for th week to 29,300 head. To
41ay' light . aupply was soon disposed of,
with shippers paying 1020c higher than
.. yesterday at a rang of 618.60 to 111. IS.
Packer wers strong and In some cases
1010a higher, with the good end of the
market toward th close. Counting In
few, early sales at the low and the bulk
today 1 $11.71 to 116 86 to packer. Th
genera) market will probably average lSc
higher than yesterday.
Th market ha bean a down affair
nearly all week, with the last two days of
th week shewing a little strength, with
a alight tendency upward. The week
clones with hog 160660 lower than a
week ago.
Sheep There were 1,060 sheep and
lamb reported In today, bringing the to
tal up to the record figures of 111,700
, head, the heaviest receipt for any on
wok In the history of the yards. The
market the fore part of the week was
Inclined to be saggy, Tuesday reaching
th lowest levels In prices for this sea
son, at la ml have gradually worked
downward until the close of the week
find prices fully 11.00 under a week ago.
Quotations on sheep: Lambs, good to
choice, 116.00016.60; lambs, fair to
good, 114.00016.00; lamb feeders, $13.50
f 15.40; yearlings, good to choice. $12.50
6911.00; yearlinga, fair to good. $12 00
11.60; yearlings feeders. $10.0012.26;
wethers, fat, $10.76018.26; wether feed
r, II 1.76 12.35; ewes, good to choice,
19.1601,60; ewes, fair to good, $9.00
''1.18; ewe feeders, $6.0008.50.
Carrier Pigeon With
Puzz!ing Message Is
Captured by Boy
A carrier ; ' von bearing a mes-
sage in a tiny envelope tied about
it neck, flew to Omaha and was
caught early Saturday morning by
, Robert McCormick, son of Mrs.
Mike McCormick, 3200 Poppleton
itreet.
The little bird was taken to feder
al authorities in the postoffice
building, who will try to find the
j,, owner. They believe that it is a car
rier pigeon that has been trained to
, j carry messages for war purposes,
'' k.. ha nnta inrlirQfpS that It WIS
written by a young boy to his chum.
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I imiciais maintain, nowever,
It may be a clever cipher note sent
by pro-Germans and insist that the
seeming simplicity of it causes them
to regard it with suspicion.
The note says. "Hello, Ned; I
hope you get this message I am
sending by my pigeon. If he gets
there we can send messages back
and forth all the time. So long,
I'll see you Saturday. Phil."
If the pigeon is "Phil's" pet, the
federal agents hope he will call and
r make Clear nis ciaim ana mcy win
give the. pigeon to mm.
Deputy United States Marshal
uinley has the little messenger in
j cuargc aiiu io eiiiwiia ww. ......
ing It. .... .'
AtMelic Club Starts
Membership Drive for
1,500 Active Members
A membership drive now being
promoted by a committee of the
Omaha Athletic club, led by W. B.
T. Belt, indicates that it will not be
long before the objective of 1,500
will have been attained and a wait
ing membership list started.
A year ago the club enlisted a
membership of 1,200 before excava
tion of the building had been start
ed. The furitunre -nd kitchen equip
ment has nearly all been installed
and the tile and decorations will be
forthcoming within a few weeks.
During the last few day's many
Ak-Sar-Ben visitors were shown
through the building and were sur
urised that Omaha could boast of
such an agreeable club house
Omaha women . have been inter
ested in the recent membership
drive -id when the club shall have
been opened r ny women will grace
its comfortable interior.
The building and equipment repre
sent an investment of $800,000.
' Richard L. Metcalfe Will
Enter War Work in N. Y.
, Richard L. Metcalfe, who some
time ago accepted the Nebraska
chairmanship for the war camp
community service, has been sum
moned to the rational headquarters
it New York by Myron T. Herrick,
former ambassador to France, who
ts the head of the service.
Mr. Metralfe will spend several
weeks in New York, assisting Mr.
Herrick in perfecting war camp
.community service throughout the
trountry.
V During Ms absence Henry u
chmond will have charge of the
ttonai work on bis newspaper.
Nebraskan.
CORONER'S JURY
FINDS GILBRETH
WAS NOT SUICIDE
Verdict at Inquest That Man
Met Death by Means of
Knife Wound Inflicted
by Unknown.
James Robert Gilbreth, com
monly known as Gilbert, whose
body was found near a ravine in
South Omaha Thursday, with a
deep knife wound through the
breast, did not commit suicide, ac
cording to the verdict of the cor
oner's jury at an inquest held in the
Brewer undertaking establishment
Saturday afternoon.
The inquest was conducted by
Assistant County Attorney Ray J.
Abbott.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
is that Gilbreth "came to his death
by reason of a knife wound in his
chest; that he died Thursday morn
ing September 26, 1918. The jury
further found that the wound was
not self inflicted, but was unable to
say from the evidence who inflicted
the same."
Gilbreth's body will lie in the
Brewer undertaking establishment,
4731 South Twenty-fourth street,
for several days to give the friends
or relatives, if any, a chance to
identify and bury the remains.
Horse Sales Brisk During
Last Week on South Side
About 1,000 horses were sold at
the stock yards this week at the sale
conducted by the Omaha Horse and
Mule Commission company, The
prices were good and there was an
extra good demand for gentle
southern mares. The outlook for
these prices to continue is good
and the dealers are urging horse
producers to ship and ship heavy
as the next few sales will De very
good. The same company will con
duct another sale on Thursday and
Friday, October 10 and 11, and ev
ery horseman in the west who has
anything in that line to sell is urged
to make immediate shipments.
Allen Lyle Smith Dies
On Battleship in East
Amos E. Smith, cattle buyer at
Swift's, has received a telegram
from the United States Bureau of
Navigation stating that his son, Al
ien Lyle Smith, had died of pneu
monia, September 27,
The young man was 23 years of
age and enlisted in the navy in
July, 1917. After the usual training
!ie was assigned to duty on a battle
ship and it is assumed he wsa a sea
man on that boat at the time of
his death.
He had written about two weeks
ago that he was in fine health and
looking forward with pleasure to a
furlough which he expected in a
few days when he would come
home for a visit.
-Burgess-Granden
It New Beacon
Women Injured in Stair
Collapse at Packing House
Mrs. Ed Fennell. 2612 Jeffereson
street, received injuries, which may
prove dangerous, according to at
tendants at the South Side hospital.
Mrs. Fennell was injured when a
stairway she was descending in the
Morris Packing plant, collapsed.
Her hips were bruised and she sus
tained internal injuries.
Other women who sustained
slight injuries front the same acci
dent are: Daisy Chandler, 5220
South Twenty-fourth street; Mrs.
Minnie Ford, 5222 South Twenty
fourth street, and Margaret Gold.
South Side Brevities
F. Q. Wsllwsber went to Chirac this
week on a business mission.
M. Ruddy of Albion, Neb, I vlsltlnf
hls sister, Mrs. P. J. Corcoran.
New tour-room cottage for sale cheap.
Sam Bartlne, 22d and Washlnfton.
Mrs. James Harttgan of TJte. la., I th
guest of her mother, Mrs. Kate Kava
nauch. Mis Kste Hallam 1 seriously 111 st
the home of her lister, Mrs. T. E. Cress,
6606 J street.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sullivan hare
moved from Handan park to South
Twenty-second an U street.
Frsnk Goodtsh, 1624 B street, waa fined
tl and costs In police court Saturday
morntnt tor violation of rule of th road.
Th Ladle' Aid of th Hillsdale Bap
tist church will meet next Thursday at 1
o'clock with Mr. B. Mlttlemeyer, 4126
South Forty-first avenue,
William Clyde, 4626 South Twenty-sixth
street, reported to the police that a brown
suitcase containing men's wearing ap
parel valued at 615 was stolen from his
room at th abov address.
. Rev. Paul Calhoun of Omaha will
preach at the South Side United Presby
terian church Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. A special program ha been
prepared.
To Member of Local 602. A. M. C. A
B. W. of N. A.: Special meeting Monday
evening. Mattera of Importance concern
ing Chicago conference will be given out
Root. L. Rice, Secretary.
On account of the daylight parade the
kenslngton of Superior lodge 163. Degree
of Honor, will meet Tuesday, October 1,
at th horn of Mre. Potasky, 1030 Q
street. Mrs. Bob Hardesty will assist in
entertaining.
An evening service Will be held Sun
day at f o'rlnrk at the Hillsdale Baptist
church. Forty-third and I streets, when
Rev. C. F. Holler will deliver a sermon
on "The LorS s Supper." Communion
services will be held at this time.
Abraham Plutikln, 7 years of age, 6436
South Twenty-fourth street, wa struck
by a passing auto driven by a woman,
while he was playing In front of his
home. Friday night. Th woman stepped
out of the car, set th boy on the side
walk, told him not to cry and drov
ft.
Margaret Doody. SO yean of age. 4661
South Twenty-sixth street. attempted
suicide Friday night by drinking lysol.
She had an argument with her mother
and started to drink the liquid when it
wa taken from her by Martha McCart,
who wa In the roc n. She will recover.
Jams Sohretnak, :83f W Itreet. wa
fined 66 and cost tor taking six pounds
of fresh pork from th Armour plant,
where he wa employed. Schremak
claim he had been laid oft for torn
time and wa hard up and took th pork
so he could make a payment on hi Lib
erty bond.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mullln, (426 Booth
Twenty-second street, have received word
of th safe arrival in Franc of their eon.
William P. Mullln, who la In the quarter
master's department He left Omaha
May 24 for Jacksonville, Fla., where he
wa In th quartermaster's training unit
jntlt tt lft (or Franc la August
Lighting FUtures.
Have Root Print
Press.
Dr. J. P. Lord, suite sSO City Na
tional J lank lildg. Practice lenumed.
Congressman Lobeck's office,
I IT Karbach Clock. Phone Tyler
3384.
Socks Divorce -Morris W. Sher
man filed suit in district court Sat
urday morning asking divorce from
Augusta Sherman, whom he alleges
has been guilty or desertion.
In Student Army Training Corps.
Edin J. Benson of 2342. Sixty
third street, Benson, has enlisted in
the Students' Army Training; corps,
and is in training at Lincoln. He
was a graduate of Bemson High
Bchool, 1918 class.
Special Trains After the Ak-Sar-Ben
electrical parade Wednesday
nigrht the Northwestern will run
three special trains out of Omaha.
On will go as far east as Carroll,
It.; one as far west as Fremont and
another te Sioux City.
Quits Real Estate. Otto Nielson,
for years ticket clerk in the North
western city passenger office and
who last Spring quit to engage in
real estate Is back in the ticket sell
ing game, having taken a position in
the consolidated offices in Omaha.
Postpone Meeting The Ladles'
auxiliary of Clan Gordon lodge No.
6$ have postponed their regular
meeting on account of the Ak-Sar-Ben
festivities. The ir eeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Nelson,
5348 North Twenty-fifth street, Wed
nesday afternoon, October , at 2
o'clock.
Visits Relatives H. E. Byram,
president of the Milwaukee railroad,
is in the city from Chicago to spend
Sunday with relatives. He has re
cently mde a trip over the Milwau
kee system and finds the property in
excellent condition and the business
good. Rr. Byrarr will return home
by way of Kansas City.
To Dedicate Service Fl;.g At the
Central United Presbyterian church
Sunday morning the sermon will be
by Rev. Paul Calhoun. At the even
ing service there will be the dedica
tion of a s ice flag on which there
are 20 stars for young men of th
church 1 . military service. Th
reading of the honor roll and the
address will be by John L. Mc
Cague. There will be a program of
patriotic music, vocal and instru
mental. Fine fireplace goods at Sunderland's.
Al Reeves' Beauty Show
Better Than Ever, Is
Great Hit at Gayety
A! Reeves' Beauty Show, which
cpened at the Gayety last night,
is all of that with a male quartet
added. And the quartet comes a
long way from being the least im
portant feature.
In the splendor of Its settings
and gorgeous costumes the "old
reliable" burlesque lives up to its
reputation, which is 27 years long,
and goes one better with a patrio
tic touch which is not overdone.
And from start to finish it is full
of fun; crammed with laughs and
snappy musical numbers.
Will Fox and Harry Marks Stew
art take the lead in the funmaking
as Jew comedians. They are good
Maybelle Gibson, Rene Cooper and
Eleanor Marshall furnish some
splendid vocal entertainment sup
ported by a well-trained chorui of
good voices.
The quartet is there all the wav
Hrom the barrier. Last night's au
dience couldn't get enough of Stan
hope, Drury, Frankel and Pickett.
Dave "Banjo" Wallace lived up to
his middle name with a pair of ex
cellent banjo solos, and Joe Simon
playing his own songs which are
sung by Rene Cooper, rounded out
the musical program, which is bet
ter than the average.
It's a good show and If one
doesn't believe it Al Reeves, him
self, will tell him so in a mono
logue address which forms a fea
ture of the second part. The piece
is a good attraction for the Ak-Sar-Ben
week because it lives up to the
high standard set by the festival.
Potato Inspection Will
Prove Benefit to Nebraska
Government inspection and grad
ing of Nebraska grown potatoes is
now in effect, and according to Food
Administrator Wattles it will resuljl
in tneir ranking with the potatoes
grown in Colorado, Wyoming and
Idaho, in quality and price.
"Owing to the fact that there was
no inspection, or grading, on all the
markets of the country, though the
quality was good, the reputation of
Nebraska grown potatoes was bad,"
said Mr. Wattles. The present sys
tem of handling them, he thinks,
puts them on a parity with the best.
Announcement is made of the ap
pointment of the following named
inspector!, who will work in the ter
ritory in which they reside, and will
be clothed with power to inspect,
grade and certify to the quality of
potatoes: G. A. Stannard, Gordon;
E. J. Furman, Hay Springs; C. F.
Howe, Ainsworth; Anton Jensen,
Rushville; H. H. Pierce. Heming
ford; Fay E. Abbott, Belmont; A. E.
Bennett, Marsland, and A. H. Grove,
Alliance.
There will be a charge of $2 a car
for inspection and grading, to pay
the inspecors for their time. After
being graded, a government tag will
be attached to the car and sealed.
No Special Trains Will
Bring Ak-Sar-Ben Visitors
This will be the first year since
Ak-Sar-Ben kings have been reign
ing that the Omaha roads have not
planned to run special trains into
the city bringing visitors to partici
pate in the festivities. This year
it is impossble for railroad officials
to do anything of the kind, Aa a re
sult, people coming to the city to
hobnob with royalty will have to
come on regular trains, ride in auto
mobiles or walk.
Trains on some of the lines op
era' ing into Omaha will carry extra
equipment if there is a rush of bus
iness next week, but special trains
are out of the question. Practically
all of the surplus passenger train
equipment, say the rai'road men, is
in use in goven ment service, mov
ing troops or impedimenta.
- Loses Silver Purse.
Miss Helen Howell, 4018 Izard
street, reported to police the loss
of a silver mesh purse, containing
$1.50 in silver and some keys, while
on, her way home. from Fourteenth
and Farnam streets last night
MANY NEEDED
FOR OVERSEAS
RED CROSS WORK
State Director Davidson, Back
From East, Points Out
Way for Applicants to
Get Into Service.
Palestine Battle Line
J. E. Davidson, state director, bu
reau of personnel, American Red
Cross, who has returned from the
cast, relative to the enrollment of
Red Cross applicants for overseas
service, says:
"The rule which prohibits any
one of draft age to enroll unless
classified in 5-G and then having
some apparent physical defect has
been changed so that all men are
eligible to enlist for service unless
in Class 1. Those coming in the
new draft who wish to apply for
Red Cross work need not wait until
questionnaires are sent to them,
hut may be immediately classified
by appearing before their local
exemption board. ' If placed in
Class No. 1, then the Red Cross
cannot accept their services and
they automatically resume their
place in the draft and wait until
their number is called."
Workeri are Needed.
Mr. Davidson states that the Red
Cross is still urgently in need of
physicians, dentists, auto drivers,
mechanics, men with hospital ex
perience and men who possess ex
ecutive ability. They prefer physi
cians who have specialized in tuber
culosis and pediatrics. Auto drivers,
mechanics, electricians, etc., are
urgently needed.
Appointees pay their traveling
expenses to New York, where they
receive complete outfits and are re
imbursed for their traveling ex
penses. They may, if they wish,
take along 150 pounds of bagape.
"On account of the change in al
titude and the strenuous nature of
the duties to be performed overseas
the Red Cross cannot accept the
services of men 50 years old except
in verv exceptional cases.
These Are Barred Out.
"I . the women's departments they
have changed the age of auto driv
ers from 35 to 40 years. A man
and wife cannot enlist for overseas
service. Women who have sons in
the service cannot be accepted."
Mr. Davidson says that the appli
cations are coming in regularly, he
having approved and sent in 16 Sat
urday. "All pariotic people who wish to
do something in this great cause
and who are unable to enlist in the
army on account of physical de
fects will have an opportunity to do
a great good by enlisting in the Red
Cross for overseas service, where
their assistance is so greatly
needed," adds Mr. Davidson.
Appoints An Assistant.
On account of the work in this
bureau increasing in the last few
months Mr. Davidson has found it
necessary to have additional assist
ance and has appointed D. E.
O'Brien as his assistant in handling
applicants.
Men wishing to obtain more spe
cific information may write or call
on Mr. Davidson, Room 411 Elec
tric building, and the women will
see Mrs. C. T. Kountze, assistant
director, Wead building, Eighteenth
and Farnam streets.
Former Omaha Man Dies
At Home in California
Thomas S. Boyd, formerly a resi
dent of Omaha, died in San Diego,
Cal., September 6th, News of his
death came in a letter to D. W. Mer
row. He came to Omaha from
Boone, la., in 1884, and resided here
until January, 1905, when he moved
to Sioux county, this state. While
in Omaha he was engaged in the
real estate business, and is remem
bered in a business and social way
by many now living here.
He conducted a large ranch in
Sioux county, and served two terms
as treasurer of that county. Owing
to failing health he left Sioux coun
ty early in 1917.
Mr. Boyd was a member of the
Masonic Blue lodge of Harrison,
Neb., and was a Knight Ter.iplar.
Saving Peach Pits for
Uncle Sam Now the Thing
Chicago, Sept. 28. The prune pit
and peach stone drive for greater
supplies of gas masks, as requested
by General Pershing, is making
splendid headway in the central
west, according to officials of the
Red Cross here. It is declared. that
500,00 tons of fruit stones, nut
shells and seeds are needed each
mftnth to make charcoal for soldiers'
gas masks. Only about 50,000 tons
were obtained before the drive
opened.
Along State street here are red,
white and blue barrels into which
are being placed large quantities of
pits and shells daily.
Fall Tints on Trees Call
Autoists to Country Route
The drive at Riverview park
now mat autumn is maitiug mc
leaves and trees blush with a thou
sand shades of pink and red, fur
nishes one'of the most bea tiful vis
t 3 in the country and members of
the Omaha Auto club, quick to se
lect the prettiest driveways, have
chosen this as their course for Sun
day's drive.
Huncl. -i ot cars win arive away
from the crowded streets of the city
out into what Seems like a different
world, a place of far reaches of
grass-covered hills and trees ana
lakes and crin i sumack.
Danish Mass Meeting in
Omaha Night of October 4
A parade followed by a mass
meeting in the Auditorium will be
given on the evening of October 4,
by the Jacob A. Riis learuie, a na
tional organization of citizens of
Danish descent, with headquarters
in" Omaha. t
The principal address will be
made by Dr. Max Hciners Of Chi
cago, president of the league. Other
speakers will be Mayor Smith, Rev.
Mr. Jenen and Rev. T. P. Nielsen
of Seattle. Sophus Neble will pre
side as chairman.
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Where the Allies Bagged the Turks in Palestine. Arrow
Show the General Direction of the British, French and
. Arab Advance Against the Turks North of Jerusalem.
MAYOR PRESENTS
NEW WHEEL TAX
PLAN TO COUNCIL
Believes He Has Ordinance
That Will Meet With Ap
proval of Owners and
Officials.
Mayor Smith will present to the
city council this week a wheel tax
ordinance, which he believes will
meet with approval of the members
and those who will be directly af
fected by the measure.
He estimates that the operation
of the ordinance will yield the city
approximately $50,000 a year, which
revenue would be applied to main
tenance of streets and boulevards.
It is not proposed to assess a tax
against horse drawn vehicles used
for other than commercial purposes,
but for those used in the commer
cial class the tentative tax is fixed
at $2 per year for each two-horse
vehicle and $4 per year for vehicles
drawn by more than two horses.
The ordinance provides for a tax
of $3 per year for pleasure automo
biles of five-passenger or less capa
city, and $4 per year for those of
more than five-passenger. In the
taxicab class it is proposed to assess
$5 per year of five-passenger or less
capacity and $7 per year for those
of more than five-passenger. Tax
on delivery auto trucks, $3, Vi ton
or less; $4, to 2y2 tons, and $7 for
those of more than 2!i tons capac
ity. Nail Lie Circulating,
About Disposition of
Clothing to Belgians
Rumors to the effect that cloth
ing now being collected throughout
the country for the Belgians will
eventually fall into the hands of
the Germans have been disturbing
the course of the present drive. Re
cently Gould Dietz, chairman of the
Omaha chapter of the American
Red Cross, wired to central division
for information on this matter and
has just received a reply:
The following telegram written
by Herbert Hoover answers the
charge now being circulated that the
clothinar now being collected by
American Red Cross for Belgium
civilians will ultimately fall into
hands of the Germans. "All clothing
collected in America for Belgium
is consigned to the Commission for
Belgian Relief in Rotterdam, placed
in sealed barges and sent into Bel
gium to the neutral Holland-Spanish
committee which, working under the
protection of Holland-Spanish min
ister in Brussels, controls final dis
tribution of this clothing among
Belgium civilians and accounts to
the commission for every article of
clothing sent to it. Absolutely none
of this clothing falls into German
hands."
J. W. Jardine, in charge of the
Omaha drive, reports that dona
tions now being received are in ex
cellent condition, and good quan
tities are coming in, but our quota
is a large one and much more good,
warm clotning can be used.
Arrest Man Alleged to
Be Implicated in Holdup
Al. Newton. 2019 N street, was ar
rested Saturday as a suspect in the
attempted holdup of L. J. Goodal.
a taxi driver. Goodal says he was
accosted by two men at Seventeenth
and Farnam streets, who asked him
to drive them to Twentieth and Wil
lis avenue. As they were getting out,
one of the men drew a gun and shot
Goodal in the left arm. Goodal
struck the revolver which was again
discharged, this time inflicting a
wound in the arm of the holdup
man. , Newton, who' is thought to
be one of the accomplices, is suf
fering from a revolver wound in
the arm.
Mrs. George Brandsis .
Loses $2,500 Diamond
Mrs. George Brandeis reported to
the police, the loss of a platnium
dinner ring, which she missed from
her car, while on the way to a the
ater last night. The ring is de
scribed as being set with a five
karat diamond in the center, which
is surrounded with smaller stones,
and is valued at $2,500.
BRITISH FORD
CANAL M NORD
UNDER
BARRAG
E
Difficult and Dangerous Task
Accomplished in Advance
Against Germans at
Cambrai.
London, Sept. 28. English and
Canadian troops faced a most for
midable problem at the first step of
their assault this morning, says the
correspondent of the Mail, tele
graphing from the front and de
scribing the passage over the Canal
Du Nord, west of Cambrai.
Only between Inchy and Moeu
vres was it possible to cross the
canal. Even in this restricted sector
there was only a small frontage over
which the British could fling their
columns to come in direct touch
with the enemy. A great part of
the British troops participating in
the attack had to pass through this
r.arrow doorway. Along this front
the Germans had not withdrawn
their field guns as they had further
south.
The passagi was accomplished
under British artillery fire, described
by prisoners as "murderous."
Once across the canal the British
troops carried out a most compli
cated scheme of development with
wonderful success. A number of
divisions were seen moving for
ward in different directions. Some
troops that crossed the canal near
Inchy swung toward Bourlon from
the northeast. Some which crossed
near Moeuvres, -which had been
wiped off the map, swung to the
southeast. They had outflanked
and were behind the Hindenburg
support line and now moved along
and behind it where, there was no
barbed wire and no parapets be
fore them.
Some of these troops stormed
Graincourt from the southeast and
found themselves almost behind the
German garrisons in thet neighbor
hood of Flesquieres. These enemy
forces had expected a frontal at
tack. As soon as these tactical maneu
vers were well under way other
troops, starting late in the day,
stormed the line and in spite of op
position from the troops holding
it went clean across it. This series
of successes brought the British
troops from Ribecourt on the south
to Bourlon wood, on the north, into
a more or less straight and simple
formation, and the initial phase of
the battle was over.
Boys' Working Reserve
Rioir.
For Physical Fitness
Boys between the ages of 15 years
and 7 months and 18 years, who
must register in the United States
Boys' working reserve November
14, will be subjected to a rigid phys
ical examination and parents will be
urged to give immediate attention
to physical ' defects which can be
remedied. An effort will be made
to arrange for free treatments for
boys whose parents can not afford
them.
Some time early in the spring,
training camps will he held at which
registrants will receive actual ex
perience in handling horses and
farm implements. Three or four
such camps are planned for Ne
braska. Food Administrators Plan
To Regulate Ice Deliveries
Plans to systematize the delivery
of ice this winter and next summer
will be worked out by representa
tives of ice companies and the fed
eral food administration for Ne
braska. The United States food adminis
tration has asked all ice concerns in
various communities to appoint
committees to confer with the food
administration and the fuel adminis
tration with the purpose of adapt
ing plans which will avoid, during
the war, all duplication in deliv
eries. In congested districts it may even
be suggested that ice companies
adopt cash and carry stations.
French Submarine Sunk.
Paris, Sept. 28. The French sub
marine Circe was sunk by an Aus
trian sea boat September 20, ac
cording to an official statement is
sued tonight.
HUN STRONGHOLD
NEAR LAON TAKEN
BY (SI MEN
Fort Malma'son Falls and En
tire Line From Vailly to
Vauxaillon Moves
Forward.
Paris, Sept. 28. General Mangln
has captured Fort Malmaison, one
of the strongholds southwest of
Laon, according to the war office
announcement tonight. He now
holds this position strongly.
With the French Army on the
Aisne Front, Sept. 28. General
Mangin's troops advanced today to
Fort Malmaison. The Germans re
acted violently at certain points,
giving the impression that they
were protecting a retirement else
where. The entire French line from
Vailly to Vauxaillon moved forward
in the direction of the Aisne canal.
This evening the French occupy
a line south of Brancourt, north of
Pinon, Vaudesson, Fort De La Mal
maison, Hamerel farm and Rouge
Maison.
The Germans had prepared a trap
at Fort Malmaison, but the explo
sion did no damage to the French
troops, thanks to precautions that
had been taken.
Latest reports from the Cham
pagne front say that the battle con
tinues with the utmost violence.
The Germans are making a desper
ate stand there to enable the retire
ment of forces gravely threatened at
other points along the front The
impression this evening it that the
enemy is making great efforts to
withdraw his forces to the second
ary position on the Hindenburg
line.
The enemy ts fighting with the
energy of despair in front of Gen
eral Gourauro's army. Although
the number of his guns and ma
chine guns continues to multiply,
our advance has passed beyond
Somme-Py, the Grateruil plateau
and Fontaine-En-Dormois.
The Germans are evacuating the
ravine between Vailly and the
Chemin Des Dames. The French
have occupied Touy and Aizy and
are advancing. Numerous fires have'
been observed behind the German
lines in that region and further
south along the north bank of the
Aisne.
British Get Behind
Germans, So Swifth
Is Picardy Advance
British Headquarters in France,
Sept. 28. (Reuter's.) The results
of yesterday's battle were seen to
day to be greater than they appeared
last night, both in material and tac
tical achievements.
From the moment when the front
line advanced at dawn yesterday
the great forward movement began
to extend miles in depth. The
irresistible momentum of the well
ordered masses streaming along the
roads seemed to carry a pressure
which the Germans could not stem.
It was not surprisig, therefore, to
hear that all the objectives of the
day were obtained, which meant that
the British had gone forward to an
extreme depth of about five miles
through a most formidable and in
tricate network of defenses. So re
markable was the British progress
that not only field batteries, but
heavy 60-pounders, were brought up
to the western fringe of Bourlon
wood and were raking it before the
enemy had completed the withdraw
al of his hear guard.
Converging tactics worked ad
mirably and in several places strong
bodies of Germans were reported
"facing the wrong way," which
meant that the British had worked
around behind them unnoticed.
Tanks played a very useful part in
cleaning out the' machine gun-infested
thickets of Quarry wood and
in putting down an attempt at street
fighting in Bourlon village. In the
region of Graincourt, west of Cam
brai, the Hindenburg line was most
heavily held.
Americans Assigned
Most Importnnt Post
In Advance by Foch
London, Sept. 28. The victory
of the American army in France
has evoked tributes, not only
from the British and French cor
respondent! with the American
army, but from all the English
papers. That Marshal Foch dele
gated it to the most important
post in his latest advance is sig
nificant of his estimate of the
quality of the Americans. The
military correspondent of the
Westminster Gazette says:
"The public need not be at all
concerned if the French advance,
for the moment, should not prove
to be deep. What matters is the
American squeeze. If that gets
home, and all present appear
ances are favorable, German op
position in the Champagne sector
will go to bits and the defense of
the Hindenburg quadrilateral will
fall through in turn."
Austria Desires Peace
Conference in Holland
The Hague. Sept. 28. The Aus-
tro-Hungarian government, accord
ing to an omcial statement issued
today, has suggested to Holland that
it would appreciate it if any con
ference of the belligerents arising
out of the recent Austrian peace
note could be conducted at The
Hague.
IIILIiUH uni luiikvrt
.somme-py after!
sharpstruggl
Intricate Defensive Works of
Trench and Labyrinths
Falls Into Hands of
Gouraud's Army.
A ( . 1 Ti. I J
uy Associated rico.
With the French Army on the
Champagne Front,. Sept. 28. Gen
d'. form are continuing
their operations in the Champagne
with the regularity ot a nneiy u-
inctod machine Snmnif-Pv. where
the enemy's defensive works com
prised a system of trench and
labyrinths five miles in depth, was
taken this morning after sharp
fighting in the streets and with
grenades and bayonets. The whole
intricate system fell into the hands
of the French and the line advanced,
now running half a mile north of
the town.
Further to the east a desperate
struggle is going on over most dif
ficult ground north of Gratreuil and
Fontaine-En-Dormois. The Ger
mans are defending the valleys with
the greatest energy, drawing up
their reserves and making profuse
use of machine guns in a deter
mined effort to stem the tide that
is throwing them steadily back.
Operations Methodical.
Perfect order reigns in the French
lines, the difficulties of the ground
notwithstanding. In the compli
cated networks of trenches the op
eration goes on methodically, as it
does above ground in the open. Th
calm, orderly, implacable advance re.
fleets in every detail the absolute
confidence the, poilus have in them
selves and their officers.
The situation is quite different ht
the ranks of the enemy. The ner
vousness that has been so apparent
during the last month has developed
into confusion. The methodical
Germans are losing their self-pos-sesios;
the officers are showing ner
vous haste and sometimes what is
considered questionable judgment in
their drafts on their reserves.
At one single point the French
took prisoners from four different
regiments. German reinforcements
brought up are immediately thrown
in to counter-attacks that develop
fierce fighting at close range, often
hand-to-hand, with no other result
than to decimate the fresh units be
fore they have been utilized to
strengthen the line of resistance.
Every counter-attack has been re
pulsed with severe losses to the
Germans and has been followed al
most immediately by a further ad
vance of Gouraud's men.
Germans Guessing Badly.
The German nervousness shows
also in the use of the artillery. Bar
rages are being laid down by the
Germans without conqeivable rea
nn snrl trroaf m:e rif ammuni
tion are being wasted, as at Moron-
villers, through bad guess worK a
Pnoiinn uihirri (he firman hV
held through enormous sacrifices-a
afterwards abandoned without any
apparent immediate reason or object
The Germans are now withdrawing
from the Jouy-Aizy-Ravine, after -having
used up some of their am
munition to hold the plateau to the
west of it.
General Mangin's troops are today
advancing where they were held up
a week ago by most determined op
position. Further north in the
region of Pinon forest to the east
of Anizy, fires are numerous.
Mrs. Esther Whitaker Hurt
By Auto Truck Saturday
Mrs. Esther Whitaker, daughter
of John A. Rylin, 2409 Davenport
street, suffered a severe abraision
on her head and other body bruises,
when she was knocked down and
dragged several feet by a Ford
truck at Twentieth and Douglas
streets Saturday afternoon. The
name of the driver of the truck is
not known to the police.
Home-Owner
Loans
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dences less than fivt years old.
Monthly payments.
Special privileges and terms,
also straight loans at semi'
annual interest.
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SEPTEMBER 33. MONDAY 2 P. M.
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