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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 7, 191ft
THIRTY DROWN
WHEN SIMMER
LAKE CITY SINKS
Vessel Cut Half in Two When
Rammed by "Tanker;"
Victims Trapped in
Thsir Bunks.
Self -Styled Laboring Men
Protest Towle Appointment
Several complaints have been
registered during the last "week with
George Kleffner. state director of
the war labor bureau, on his ap
pointment recently of C. E. Towle
tion board. The complaints have
come from Lincoln residents, who
style themselves as representing the
laboring class. According to word
from Mr. Kleffner's office, the com
plaints mark a misunderstanding of
the situation. It is said Mr. Towle
will perform his work without re-
as a member of the advisory board I nuneratiou and in a capable manner
to the tsouth 1'iatte district exemp-The position carns no salary,
Y. M. C. A. Pushing County
Organization for War Work
The Young Men's Christian as
sociation has commenced the organ
ization of the counties of Nebraska
for the war activity work. It is
the intention to push the organiza
tion until every county in the state
has a competent working torce,
each under direction of a county
secretary. Clay county is one of
the first counties where the plan will
be tried out.
It is figured by association offi
cials that a county can be organized
and the organization put on a firm
hire, and traveling expenses and of
fice rent. .
National Food Officials
Will. Speak Here Thursday
Two prominent officials of the
dill! 111C UldillidUUll pw. l.l 111 HdUlMldl iuvu dULiiuiisuaiiuii ..
working basis for $3,000 for the ; speak at the Chamber of Commerce
f" . T 1 - ill .1.. 1 U 'I'lnirc.
first vpar. This sum will oav the I af the noon luncheon next Thurs-
salary ot the secretary, nis cieru day. v
Nationwide Survey for -
Women Capable of Nursing
Frank judson, state" director of
the Red Cross, hr.s received a tele-
i gram from national headquarters
concerning the nation-wide survty
of nurses to record every American
woman, no matter where located,
Soldier Arrested Will Be
Held as Possible Deserter
Oscar , Elings, a soldier, was ar
rested by military police last night,
m l brought to police station and
charged with beingdrunk. He was
held for safe-keeping, and is thought
by military police to be a deserter
trom tort bill, OKI.
Key West, Fla., Oct. 6. Thirty
members of the crew of the Ameri
can cargo steamer Lake City lost
their lives in the sinking of the
steamer in a collision with the
tanker Janies McGee of this port
Thursday night. The Lake City
carried a crew of 35 men.
The McGee struck the Lake City
amidships and cut the steamer half
in two. The Lake City, which was
, owned by the United State? Ship
ping board, sank in three minutes.
Of the 30 members of the crew
who went down with their vessel, it
is believed that most were caught
vfhile asleep in their bunks and had
little or no chance to escape.
The McGee was disabled and
brought to this port. According to
officers of the tanker, her engines
were stopped immediately follow
ing the impact of the collision and
boats lowered to search for mem
bers of the crew of the Lake City.
These boats remained out all night,
making a complete search in an en
deavor to pick up survivors Tl '
succeeded however, in finding only
five men.
No cause has been assigned for
the accident, but it is generally be
lieved among seamen here that the
collision was due to the, two vessels
running without lights.
Newport, Oct. 6. The explosion
that sent the American cargo steam
er San Saba to the bottom off Bar
gate, N. J., was caused either by a
mine or a torpedo, in the opinion
of four survivors of the ship, who
were landed hee tonight. The body
of one seaman, a native of the West
Indies, also was brought here. The
rescued men were picked up from
the wreckage of the San Saba by a
passing steamer. Two of them were
merchant marine officers, one of
vhom was severely injured.
An Atlantic Tort, Oct. 6. The
United States patrol boat 397 was
rammed by another vessel off this
port in Lvng Lsland sound today
and sank within a few minutes. No
lives were lost.
, The 397 was struck amidships,
the other craft being unable to stop
or change its course. There was no
time to launch the life bos on the
39. Half of the crew wis asleep
below when the collision occurred
and they tumbled out quickly, many
of them jumping overboard , with
out clothing. The other vessel
stood by and took off' the officers
and men of the 397 and then picked
up all those in the water.
The officers and crew of the lost
vessel, numbering 51 men, were
brought into the harbor here and
landed. Many of them were wrap
ped only in blankets but only one,
the commanding officer was hurt,
his injuries being slight.
It was learned tonight that Rear
Admiral William A. Gill was on
board th 397 at the time it was
rammed. He j$ said to have been
inspecting submarines at this port.
New Omaha Lodge Degree of
Honor Formed Friday
A splendid meeting for the pur
pose of organizing the new Omaha
lodge No. 14, Degree of Honor, the
baby lodge of Nebraska, was held
Friday evening, October 4th. The
following were elected officers: Wm?4
J. Hot?, post chief of honor; Har
riet LT Cochran, chief of honor;
Brownie Rothke, lady of honor;
Bernice Parrott, chief of ceremonies;
Philip Strelllisher; Robert Sarkett,
recording financier; Charles Phelps,
treasurer; Eleanor Lambredt, inner
watch; Emily Barker, outer watch;
Gertrude Parker, musician; Dr.
Smith, physician; Eva Nelzenbaum,
Elmer Norstrom and Carrie Miller,
trusses.
, Post chief of honor Wm. J. Hotz
was elected as representative to the
Sjand lodge session at Hastings,
Neb., beginning October 9.
Omaha Soldier Killed With
Canadian Troops in France
Word has just been received that
. another Omaha boy, Joseph M.
Sears of the Canadian expeditionary
forces, was killed in action August
28, somewhere in France.
. Mr. Sears enlisted with the Ca
nadian forces when the war was first
started and has been "over seas"
continuously since then.
He was educated in the Omaha
schools, having attended Lake
school, and had lived in Omaha the
greater part of his life. He was a
Spanish war veteran, having -gone
through the entire Phillipine cani--aign.
Mr. Sears was a nephew of
, Mrs. A. N. Ferguson, Mrs. M. F.
Sears, and the late Mrs. A. J. Pop
pleton. Surviving him is a sister,
Mrs. H. B. Dixon, wife of Captain
Dixon,. Waukesha. Wis.
Public Invited to Visit
Qualo-Brald Mill Tuesday
The Qualo-Braid mill; 4010 Hamil
ton street, is so rushed with worTT
that it has started working day and
: night in ah effort to fill its orders.
It has extended an invitation
through the Chamber of Commerce
to the people of Omaha to visit the
v mill Tuesday evening between 7:30
and 10 o clock, to see how shoe laces
and braids are being turned out on
the seven electrical braiding ma
chines. This will be the first anni
versiry of the establishment of the
- mill which now turns out more tr.an
100,000 yards of these products a
' month. '
Broken Water Main Floods
Basements in Neighborhood
Av water main at Twenty-seventh
street and roppieton avenue, oursi
li.trrtav afternoon and could not be
shut off for three hours. Four mains
cross at the interesectioji and con
siderable trouble was experienced in
finding the one broken. Before the
- sewers could be opened -the base
ments in the homes of tOscar Carl
on, 1109 Sooth ' Twenty-seventh
street and Mrs. Marie Mekrendurg,
' 1007 South Tw.enty-seventh street,
r flooded." H3"
I t . There are many tales of heroism In f S ,' ,J I i V-A WJ I tJ f L rV J tJa Vfc J I vLfc -M, I M ! IL J I J I j 11 llfT I
the fighting In Franca One con- ) B 11 1 v 1 V3 (1 Ut VJ I ill IK. 1 L J UUUU
(J? cerns a number of boys, belonging to I I
1 jr nn artillery group, which as a result f i
r' of constant fire found Itself short of t I
I r ammunition. The lads had volun- ' . - I
1 l teered to maKe a inree-mue inp uowu
r the road, every Inch of which was T
shell-swept, in order to bring back a A
...esh supply. m
G Before the return was completed the SI
I horses attached to their caisson wagon if
were all killed. That circumstance, I
however, failed to deter the Americans
; from laboriously dragging the wagon aJ
JJie'nselves - t
; Aujpyultoewt community j
They are in the fight with every muscle,
every faculty of their minds, every
drop of their American blood
(From tht New York Ttmu. July 17, 1918s
We Must
Lend the
Way They
Fight
You have read in the daily hews the story of what one
detachment of American artillerymen did on the Marne
when their ammunition was running low.
Every shell in that caisson meant a speedier .winning of
the war all the horses were killed but the shells got
there just the same. And they got there in time.
We Must
Buy Bonds
to
Our Very
Utmost!
Where shall we draw the
limit when we read what they
are doing over there? Now
is the time to put our full
strength into it. Our strength,
coupled with the power of
our Allies, will win. Let us
not delay even a few months.
Let us get there in time to
hasten the victory to save
the lives of our sons.
How can any one of us,
back here at home, set any
limit to the help we ought to
givefor victory? And we
must get it there in time!
How to Buy
A LIBERTY
BOND
Subscriptions Open
Monday Morning:,
October 7.
Authorized salesmen
will take all subscrip
tions and will collect
the first payment of
10. Balance of pay
ments may be made
through Banks, Trust
Companies or Building,
Savings and Loan As
sociations. Salesmen will ex
plain how you can buy
a $50.00 bond for
$5.00 down and as lit
tle as $4.00 a month,
if necessary larger
denominations on like
payments.
The G o v e r nment
terms are 10 at time
of subscription, 20
on November 'Si, 20
on December 19, 20
on January 16, 1919,
and 30 on January
30, 1919.
BUY BONDS
AND
KEEP THEM
, Let's Subscribe Omaha sQuota T0DA Y-The First Day, and Make Oct. 7th, 1918,tke Proudest Day in Omaha sHistory-Ye Can ifWeWill
maha Liberty Loan Committee
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