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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1918.'
FOUR BALLOTS -CERTIFIED
FOR
FALLELECTIOH
Election Commissioner's Office
Open Nights for Those Who
Wish to Change Registration.
Election Commissioner' Moor-
jead has received from the secre
tary of state the latter's official list
of state- candidates to be voted on in
this county, and is preparing a copy
of the official ballots for the printer.
There are to be four ballots, the
main ballot, one for the nonpartisan
judiciary, another for the school
district and a fourth for the water
district.
The democratic county commit
tee has named E. M. Rohrbotigh of
Benson to take the place of Edward
- J. Krigbaum, who withdrew from
the race for county surveyor. It is
generally conceded that LouisJE.
Adams, present surveyor, will be
re-elected, but the democratic mech
.' anicians induced Mr. Rohrbough to
let them" use his name rather than
to have the place blank on the bal
lot. George W. Marsh, republican can
didate for state auditor, is spending
the week with his son, Wayne
Marsh, 2217 Harney street. Mr.
Marsh served as secretary of state
from 1901 to 1905. His home is in
Lincoln. He reports having heard
many favorable expressions for
Albert W. Jefferis for congress dur
ing his travels in this county.
The election commissioner's of
fice will be open until 9 o'clock to-
.-night and on Friday night for re
vision of registration. The regis-
,. trtion books will be closed then
for this election.
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Field Secretary of the Navy
League Tells of Problem
to Be Met at Close
of the War.
. Abel V. Shotwell, republican
nominee for county attorney, who
has been on the sick list, is on thefajrs committee of the Chamber of
mend and expects to be out within
a few days. In the meantime friends
, are loomng aner nis campaign in
terests. Chairman Baker and Secretary
Ilollister of the republican county
central committee headquarters on
Thursday morning received the first
lot of pa.nphlets containing cuts and
personal references to the republican
'county candidates and Albert W.
, Jefferis, candidate for congress from
tbeecond district. The little book
let is of convenient size for the
pocket and on the cover appears a
picture of Gen. John J. Pershing.
P. A. Barrows of Lincoln, repub
lican candidate for lieutenant gover
nor, came up to the metropolis on
Thursday to spend the week-end
looking around. He stated that
Omahans would le surprised if they
really appreciated what a strong
sentiment has been' developed
throughout the state for Samuel R.
McKelvie, candidate for governor.
D. B. Cropsey, republican candi
date for state , treasurer, .was ob
. served on Farnam street Thursday
morning.
H. P, Stoddart of the state su-,--
preme court staff is visiting in
Omaha, his former home.
Contract Canceled.
Washington, Oct. 24. Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board to
night announced that contracts for
SO wooden barges and for SO wood
and steel tugs, aggregating $25,250,-
000, have been canceled. The craft
are not now needed.
Army Orders.
Washlnirten, Oct. 24. (Special Tele
tram.) The following appointments have
been made In the army:
Donald L. - Ohdykes, Camp Dodge, sec
ond lieutenant, Infantry; Arthur R. Wells,
; Omaha, captain, army service corps; Al
phonse R. DesJardlen, Lincoln, Neb,
1. Hwrence P. Desmond, Cheyenne, Wyo.;
William Oleach, Huron, S. IX, . captains,
medical corps; Anthony Cauley. Hum
phrey, Neb.; Frank N. Cliff, MUlbank, S.
D.; William A. Cooper, Bayard, la.; James
Dunna, Devenport, la.; John M. Power,
Laramie; Wyo., tint lleeutenantn, medi
cal corps; John D. Oarbutt, Sheridan,
Wyo.; Clyde E. Seymour, Lincoln, Neb.,
second lieutenants, air service; Thomas J.
Dorsey, Clara, la.; Elmer Lampe, Belle
ville, la., second lieutenants medical
A corps; Edward Henly, Nort Spring, la.,
captain, medical corps.
First Lt. Judson Hayden, .quartermaster
corps, la relieved from duty aL Camp Jo
seph E. Johnston. Fla., and will proceed
to Camp Dodge, la., and report.
" Capt. Norris B. Oliver, Infantry, Is re
lieved from duty at Central college, Pella,
la., and at Orlnnell college, la., and will
proceed to Ohio state university, Colum
bus, O.
i Lt. Col. William Brooke, Infantry. Is
relieved from his present assignment with
. the 157th depot brigade. Camp McClellan,
Ala., and la ordered to proceed to Camp
Dodge,
The appointment of John Martin Brad
ley as captain, medical corps; Frank Earl
13. 8tlrkoras first lieutenant, medical
, corps; William Thompson Briggs as first
lieutenant, medical corps; Arthur Nelson
Cowlins ai captain, medical corps; Row
ley J. Clarke aa captain, engineers, IT. S.
. ., la announced. They will proceed to
- Camp Dodge.
Capt Harry K. Adams, Infantry. Is re
lieved from Polish National Alliance col
lege. Cambridge Springs, Pa., and will
' rooed to Central college, Pella, la.
Army Appointments.
Washington. D. C, Oct. !4. (Special
, Telegram. ) The following appointments
aade In the army:
Arthmur H. Bolleau, Red tOak, and
John Harrison, Iowa City, Ia second lleu-
tenants ordinance corps; DavteV A. Wal
lace, Waterloo, la., first lieutenant quar
termaster corps; Lee M. Coffey, Keokuk,
la., -William R. McGrew, Omaha, Harry
A." Human, Gregory. S, D., Joh P. Red
mond, Dysart, la., captains medical corps;
Georg Buol, Ravenna, Neb., Joseph H.
Doupe. Waubay, S. D.. Elmer B. Hadley,
Waterloo, la., Thomas D. Jacobs. Morley,
la., Elmer E. Klmmel, Iowa City, la.,
Floyd W. Newell, Ottumwa, la., Charles
. W. Patton. Laurel, la.. John D. Paul,
Anamoaa, la.;- Alvln A. Rose, Gilbert, la.,
Ingmer L. Vangsnes, Beresford, 8. D.
Fletche J, Vanmemter, x Clarlnda, . la.,
Joseph H. Wolfe. Iowa City. Ia., first lieu-
tenants medical cirps; Glen V. Conrad,
Burlington. Glfford K. Klrsch, Lincoln,
Berkeley 8. Michael, Sioux City. Ia.. Fred
8hrman. Danbury, la., second lieutenants,
air service.
Second Lt : Owen 8.. Brown, aviation
section signal corps. Is relieved from pres
eat duty at Le Hall. Va., and will pro
cd to Fort Omaha. Neb. First Lt. Mar
vin R, Robinson, Infantry, is relieved from
duty at Unlverelty of South Dakota, Ver
rnlllin. 8. D., end will proceed without
delay to Mount St. Charles college and
- Monuna Wesleyan college, Helena, Mont
U.4.. Vmll. T. Ttalann.v unMllral rorns.
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will proceed to Fort Des Motnea.
Second Lt Arthur P. Schubert ordnance
', department !s relieved from his present
duties at Camp Dodge, and will proceed
to Iowa, Fsdls, la. Capt William P. Scott
medical corpa. m relieved from duty at
Ellsworth collegl. Iowa Falls, la., and
' will proceed to Camp Dodge.
j First Lt John Mitchell, medical corps,
relieved from duty at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ha., and will proceed to Fort Dea Moines,
Ia. "
The .appointmeaf Harvey Alexander
Lindsay aa captain, medical corps. Is an.
vuced. ' Be wlU proceed 10 Dea Moines.
"The people of the United States
are today facing the most important
problem they have been called upon
to solVe in the history of the na
tion," said L. J. Smyth, Washing
ton, field secretary of the Navy
League of the United States, before
a luncneon given oy tne puonc ar
Commerce Thursday noon
"This is the problem of what to
do with the $8,000,000,000 worth of
ships we are building for war pur
poses. Other nations now at war
long ago began the consideration of
the reconstruction period that will
come with peace, and the Navy
League is ' urging business men
throughout the nation to begin at
once the study of conditions we
must meet when war is ended.
"At the outbreak of the world
war, the world had 60,000,000 tons
of shipping. Of this, America had
1,000,000 tons. .Since 1914 more
than half of the world's tonnage has
been destroyed, so that today the
total is about 29,000,000 tons. Amer
ica is breaking all world records in
shipbuilding, and if the present pro
gram is successfully completed, will
hnve about 29,000,000 tons at the
close of the war. What to do with
this 'huge tonnage; how to operate
it profitably in competition with the
shipping of other nations, is a prob
lem thaU should have the earnest
attention of all business men.
"Two of the first three measures
passed by the first congress related
to the merchant marine. As a re
sult, our shipping steadily gained,
and for 40 years we carried from 90
to 95 per cent of our commerce in
our own bottoms. Then we tamp
ered with the laws and our shipping"
began to decline, until at the out
break of the world war in 1914, we
were carrying only 6 per cent of our
products in our own ships! With
such a small tonnage, we paid an
nually to foreign nations $3,000,000,
000 an average of $30 per person
in the United States. We lost mil
lions in canceled contracts due to
failure of delivery because we had
not the ships to reach the foreign
customer.
"A new situation will face us at
the close of the war. Foreign na
tions, having lost shipping so heav
ily, will need all that remains for
their own use. We will find it even
harder than ever before to employ
the foreign ship. We must there
fore operate our own shipping; but
in order to do this, must revise our
laws; repeal bad ones, pass good
ones, and interest our young men
ir. officering and mannings our
ships."
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Visiting Catholic Prelates
- Presented to President
Washington, Oct. 24. Bishop
Keating of North Hampton and the
bishop of Arras, Catholic prelates
who arrived recently in the United
States to attend the golden jubilee
celebration of Cardinal Gibbons,
were presented to -President Wil
son. Speaking at a luncheon at the
Catholic university today. Bishop
Keating declared, "The British pub
lic in general and British Catholics
in particular are determined that
the findings of the Irish convention
shall not remain a dead letter.
"Ascendency must end in Ireland
as it must end in Prussia and elsewhere."
Ukraine Ministry Demands
Overthrow of Bolshevism
London, Oct. 24. Before it re
signed, the ministry of Ukraine pre
sented to its' chairman demands that
the republic co-operate in future
with those parts of Russia striving
toward the resurrection of the coun
try and assist in every way toward
bringing about the fall of bolshvism.
HYMENEAL.
Young-Bryden.
Miss Mae Bryden, daughter of
John Bryden of Chicago, and David
L. Young, son of the late Erastus
Young, were married by Rev.
Charles W. Savidge at his residence
Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock.
Wood-Topping.
Edward W. Wood and Miss
Othelia Topping, both of Logan. Ia..
were married by Rev. Charles W.
Savidge Thursday morning at his
office.
; Deadlock" is Unbroken.
Washington, Oct. 24. House and
senate conferees on the emergency
agricultural appropriation bills with
its amendments for national war
time prohibition failed to break
their deadlock on the rent profiteer
ing section today andjdecided to re
port a "disagreement. ,
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Lt. Robert Fisher Wilbur, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wilbur, 2341
South Thirty-fourth street, who was
reported severely wounded in action
on August 20, while fighting near
Albert, France, has recovered and
expects to be back with his com
pany in the near future. He was
taken to the American Red Cross
hospital in London, England, where
he had a large piece of shrapnsl
taken from his left limb.
Word was just received that his'
brother Capt. LeRoy Wilbur, of
the 127th field artillery, has arrived
safely in France. -
Robert Lee Beverage, jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Beveridge, is
home on a 10-day furlough before
he enters the naval officers' training
school at Pelham Bay, New York.
He has just completed an intensive
course of training at Municipal Pier
in Chicago and aboard' the S. S.
Manchester, plying the Great Lakes.
Robert is the third son of this
family in the service. John is a
lieutenant with the I37th machine
gun company at Camp Lewis, Amer
ican Lake, Wash., and Bede is with
the 123rd field artillery, in France.
Arthur Wells, former Omaha at
torney, now in the service, has been
commissioned a captain in the army,
and will leave soon for a southern
camp.
Maj. P. C. Van Nostra 4 1, execu
tive officer at Fort Oma! does his
best to keep the army post cheerful
and recently made the ruling that
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the band must go to Miller park to
practice funeral dirges, so that the
quarantined soldiers will not be de
pressed by hearing the mourntul
melodies of funeral marches.
South Side
Motor Trucks Prove Big
Success in Stock Yards
The plan adopted about a month
ago by the Stock Yards company of
using auto trucks for the delivery
of hay and feed through the yards,
has been a success and the tour
trucks now in use are shortly to be
followed by more. It has been
found that a truck will deliver twice
as much hay as a team in the same
time and offer less obstruction to
the stock moving in the alleys and
pens.
While the feeding business in the
yards is to be motorized the teams
will still be used in hauling the
refuse from the yards. "Even tlvs
part of the work is likely to be mo
torized before a great while," said
Bruce McCulloch, "and the future
visitors to the yards will miss the
splendid big gray teams that have
long been a familiar sight here.
"A western stockman remarked the
other day that the buyers, sellers
and traders were not using as good
saddle horses as a few years ago
nor as many of them and wondered
if that part of the business would
not also be motorized before very
long."
South Side Brevities
John Whltten, clerk in Melady Brothers'
commission office, has been sick with the
Influenza for a week. He made a call at
the office Thursday but is not sufficiently
recovered to 'resume his work.
Elbrldge Hotchklss of Colorado Springs,
Colo., who has been the guest for a week
of his mother, Mrs. Jane Hotohklss. and
his sister, Mrs. W B. Home. 4435 South
Twentieth street, has returned to his home.
Julian Vermllllun and Miss Katherine
Sporl, both residents of South Omaha,
were united In marriage at noon Wednes
day at the parsonage of the Wheeler
Memorial church byt the pastor Rev. Rob
ert L. Wheeler.
Mrs. O. Benson, 4735 South Seventeenth
street, returned from Lincoln, where she
has been caring for her daughter, Florence
who has been ill. Her daughters, Helen
and Florence, returned home with her
and will remain until the university reopens.
Charge Former Policeman
With Holdup of Officer
South Side-police arrested Percy
R. Hiatt, 9709 South Twenty-fourth
street, and Emmett Lindsey, of the
O. K. garage, 4944 South Twenty
fourth street, about noon Thursday,
and are holding them as the men
who held up Patrol Driver Frank
Jackson on the morning of Octo
ber IS.
Hiatt had been on the police force
up to about two months ago when
he was suspended for not attending
to his duties. It is alleged that
Hiatt and Lindsey held up Patrol
Driver Jackson at Twenty-fourth
and Leavenworth streets, after his
car had broken down, on the morn
ing of October 15. They will be
arraigned in the South Side police
court Friday morning.
Charles Brown Identified
as South Side Stickup Man
Charles Brown, 2115 L street, was
arrested Wednesday afternoon
charged with .highway robbery.
He was identified by Hugh'Toner,
4911 S street, as the man who held
the gun while an accomplice robbed
him and Leo Krupski Saturday
night on the L street bridge.
Toner's wad amounted to" $46,
while Krupski lost only $2.
Brown is being held in the county
jail and a more serious charge may
be brought against him'
District Attorney
Asks for Rehearing
of White Slave Case
A motion for a rehearing in the
John C. Lynch white slave indict
ment was filed by the United States
district attorney. Thursday morning
following the decision handed down
by Judge Woodrough Wednesday
sustaining demurrer on three counts
related to the question of the fur
nishing of the transportation. He
held that the indictment should have
stated that Lynch procured or
assisted in procuring a ticket for
Florence Dean, the girl he is alleged
to have transported to Kansas City,
and that the indictment should have
used the word "ticket" instead of
"transportation."
In filing the motion for a rehear
ing the United States district attor
ney contended that the decision of
the court is contrary to the holding
of the circuit court of appeals for
this circuit, an insists that Judge
Woodrough is bound by the opinion
of the circuit court of appeals in a
similar case.
Allied Forces in Russia
Repulse Bolshevik Attack
Archangel, Oct. 24. American
and British forces yesterday re
pulsed heavy attacks by the Bol
shevik infantry against advanced al
lied positions on the Dvina frint.
Bolshevik gunboajs heavily shelled
the Americans and" the British for
six hours.
In counter-attacks the Anglo
American troops captured two ma
chine guns, inflicted heavy losses
on the enemy and captured prison
ers. They made, a slight advance
also. '
Mexican Federal Troops
In Battle With Villistas
El Paso. Tex., Oct. 24. Fighting
between Mexican federal troops and
Villa followers was in progress late
last night in the Ojinaga district, on
the American border, and a general
engagement is expected there to
night or tomorrow when federal and
Villa reinforcements arrive.
OBITUARY.
VIRGINIA SAVAGE, 2 years of
age, died in a local hospital Thurs
day morning of Spanish influenza.
She is survived by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Savage, and one sis
ter. MR3. CHARLES E. CARLSEN, 57
years of age, died Sunday. The fu
neral will be held Friday afternoon
at 2 o'elock in Johnson & Swanson's
chapel, with interment in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
"WESLEY LETT, 36 years of age,
died in the University hospital Wed
nesday morning of Spanish influenza.
The body will be taken to Maryviile,
Miss., for burial. Mr. Lett is sur
vived by his widow and an 11-year-old
son, who reside at 2530 Chicago
street.
GEORGE RIEY, 65 years of age,
died in a local hospital Tuesday of
Spanish influenza. Tle funeral was
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in
Stack & Falconer's chapel, with in
terment in Forest Lawn cemetery.
Mr. Riley is survived by one daught
er, Mrs. G. Sickle.
MRS. ELIZABETH ASHER, 42
years of age, died in the University
hospital Tuesday night of Spanish
influenza. The funeral was held
Thursday afternon at 2 o'clock in
Stackf & Falconer's chapel, with in
terment in Holy Sepulcher cemetery.
Mrs. Asher is survived by her daugh
ter, Mrs. A. Nelson.
ARRANGEMENTS
MADE FOR THREE
GAMES IN OMAHA
Fort Omaha to Play Chicago
Naval Reserve, Camp Grant
and Camp Dodge in
November.
Omaha will have the opportunity
of seeing three of the biggest army
football games of the season next
month. The first game will be be
tween Fort Omaha team and the
Chicago Naval Reserve, on Novem
ber 2, that is, if the influenza re
stricions are withdrawn. The second
game will be held on November 16
with the Camp Grant team from
Rockford, 111. This is expected to
be the biggest game of the season
for the Omaha boys, so we all want
to be on hand to cheer them to vic
tory. The third game will be on
November 30, when th,e Camp
Dodge team will, at this time, come
up for their "trimmings."
The games will be played at
Rourke park and the proceeds will
be divided between the teams play
ing. The Fort Omaha team is going
to use its winning, in enlarging the
gymnasium.
Arrangements for the securing of
Rourke park, appointment of com
mittees, and handling of the pub
licity were completed at a meeting
of the bureau of publicity Thursday
noon, and at a special meeting called
later in the afternoon by Chairman
C. O. Talmage.
Columbus D. Behan of Chicago,
representing the Camp Grant per
manent athletic fund, composed of
influential business men, appeared
before the bureau of publicity and
gave it the benefit of the Chicago
plans, and helped to arrange the de
tails of the Omaha series.
Randall K. Brown, chairman of
the war activities committee of
the Chamber of Commerce;
Major P. E. Van Ostrand,
the recently appointed executive of
ficer of Fort Omaha, and Col. J. W.
Wuest, commanding officer of the
fort, are actively behind the project.
The Fort Omaha arrangements
are under the direcion of Lieut. J.
G. McKay athletic director; Lieut.
E. G. Hotchkiss, team manager;
Lieut. J. P. Spang jr., coach, and
Lieut. T. E. Falk, coach Spang
played with Harvard, Falk with
Washington University, and McKay
with Pittsburgh University
A downtown office of the civilian
committee will be locatedv the
Chamber of Commerce in charge of
Joe McGlynn, a member of the
chamber and now a private at the
fort
the united 'war work campaign in
a telegram received here tonight by
the sports committee. The mes
sage, dated Wichita Falls, Tex.,
read:
"Will gladly box for war work
campaign."
It was announced that the sports
committee would select Willard's
opponent and the date and place of
match, which probably would le
staged at one of the large army
cantonments.
Lincoln and Cambridge
Scrap Over Expenses
Regarding the football game to
be played between Lincoln and
Cambridge 'on Thanksgiving day,
there seems to be some hitch in the
proceedings regarding expenses.
The Lincoln State Journal says
that there is a difference of some
$200 in the way the expenses are
figured, and goes-on to say that
Cambridge has figured one night at
thc-hotel and four meals for the
players while in reality it should
be two night's lodging and at least
six meals.
Cambridge comes back at Lincoln,
saying that there was nothing in
the agreement that calls for any
meals or lodging, but for a straight
guarantee of $300. They also state
that the money to pay the expenses
of the Lincoln team is in the hands
of the treasurer and ready to be
paid on the day of the game.
Regimental Team Trophy
Cup Exhibition at Funston
"Sports Week Events
Exempt From Taxation
New York, Oct. 24. Announce
ment that the government will exact
no tax on admissions to the events
of "sports week" which are to Le
held in connection with the united
war work campaign to raise $170,
500,000 the week of Neyember 11-18
was made tonight by William H. Ed
wards, internal revenue collector.
Sport Calendar for Today.
RACING: Autumn meeting of Empire
City Kaclncr association, Yoiikrrx, N. Y.
Autumn meeting of Ijitonlil Jockey dull,
I-atonia, Ky. Autumn meeting "f Mary
land Fair axMoriation, Ijiurel, Mil.
lSIl.I IXRDS: Ausle Klcekhefer against
Charlie McCourt, at Chicago, for three
cushinn championship.
HOXIMi: Dave Powers against Johnny
Veto, 10 rounds, at Marlboro, Mass.
Deputy Asks Reichstag
For Law to Control War
Basel, Oct. 24. After the speech
of Prince Maximilian, Deputy Karl
Herold, in the name of the centrist
party, read a statement in the
Reichstag asking that the reform of
the constitution of the empire be
extended so that war cannot be de
clared without the consent of the
Reichstag. He added that if peace
with the entente allies is not possi
ble, the government will have to
! call on the last man for the defense
of Germany.
Deputy Eberf, majority socialist,
declared the German people would
no longer permit themselves to be
without the right to decide their
own fate. Friedrich Nauman, radi
cal, said he considered peace im
possible by military means and that
Germany must use her diplomatic
resources to end the war.
Count von Westarp, conservative,
declared his party would not vote
for the constitutional reforms pro
posed by the chancellor, because it
considered them dangerous.
One Hundred Airplanes
To Participate in Exhibition
New York, Oct. 24. One hun
dred airplanes will participate at
Helmont Park Saturday in the
greatest aeronautic meet ever held
in America. The planes will be
manned by fliers who have seen
service at the front and will per
form various squadron evolutions.
Among other features will be ex
hibitions of bomb dropping and an
airplane race in which crack pilots
from the various training stations
will fly to the statue of liberty and
return. Efforts will be made o
lower the present record of 34 min
utes 38.8 seconds for the 34 miles.
The meet will be held under the
auspices of the first provisional
wing of the United States air ser
vice for the benefit of the national
aeronautic committee which sup
plies the various flying fields with
athletic equipment.
Two Colonels Promoted
Washington, Oct. 24. Brig. Gen.
Charles G. Long, holding that rank
temporarily in the marine corps,
was nominated by President Wilson
today for promotion from the grade
of colonel to brigadier general in
the regular establishment. Col.
Smedley D. Butler was nominated
brigadier general for the war period.
NEW INFLUENZA
GASES ARE NOT
VERYJERIOUS
Health Commissioner Manning
Says Germs Are Getting
Tired Out; Conditions
Better.
Only 16 deaths from Spanish in
fluenza were reported to the city
health commissioner in tha.4 hours
ending at 9 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. This is the smallest number
foi one day in the last two weeks.
Ninety new cases were reported.
But even fhese cases, Dr. Manning
says, are mild.
Many of the cases reported now
as Spanish influenza, I believe are
nothing more than bad colds,"
he says. "The germs are getting
tired out, as it were, and no
longer produce the violent sick
ness that they did at first."
Dr. Manning has issued a warning
to pool halls against allowing any
crowding. Many of these are filled
to suffocation with crowds and have-
little ventilation. Unless condit-ons
are improved, he says, the pool halls
will be closed up along with ot'ier
recreation resorts. He leaves i: to
the proprietors to limit the crowds
in their places and provide ven
tilation. Criticism is heard of the state
board of health which, it is said, has
done nothing to combat the epidemic
except to issue the state-wide clos
ing order.
"The state board," said a physi
cian, "hasn't done a thing I know
of. There are communities out in
the state where most of the doctors
have entered the army and these
communities have had no med'eal
assistance from outside in fighting
the epidemic. The state board hasn't
even issued any bulletins for dis
tribution regarding the epidemic.
"There is an attempt in ra'tain
localities to blame the statJ-wide
epidemic on the Ak-Sar-Ben festivi
ties, or the obvious reason of try
ing to 'knock' Omaha. What, then,
is the reason for the epidermc
spreading over all the other states
where they have no Ak-Sar-Ben?
"It is a well-known fact that Ne
braska is fourth from the bottom on
the list of states in efficiency of
their state health regulations. The
national health registration service
doesn't even accept our state health
statistics because they are not suf
ficiently accurate."
WORRIES OVER
E ARLY CLOSING '
LAW IN BERLIN
Homer Lawson Writes That
Soldiers Expect a Few
Days' Vacation After
Reaching Capital. u
"I'll be home to help plant next
year's garden, "is the cheery mes
sage Homer C. Lawspn in France
with a medical detachment with the
341st machine gun company writes
to his parents, Mr. and MrsC. S.
Lawson, 3221 Harney street.
He writes, "Our greatest worry
now is whether they have an 8
o'clock law in- Berlin. We expect
to have a few days off there and
then we'll look up the trans-Atlantic
time tables and take the fast
est boat back. Order half a dozen
water-melons, nine gallons of ice
cream, a flock of ham and eggs and
a ton of angel food cake to be de
livered as soon as I arrive.
Enjoy Delicacies.
"The Salvation Army brought a
truckload of chocolate bars, .nuts,
sugar wafers, raisins ilnd canned
fruit yesterday and say, there was
a line of soldiers a mile long wait
ing to get them. They would only
sell 20 cents worth to each man.
"The Y. M. C. A.., Red Cross,
Knights of Columbus and the Sal
vation Army do wonderful service
for us. They hold religious and
song services whenever possible.
I often play for them and I some
times think some of our devout
friends at home would be shocked
at the pep we put into our songs.
But it is the real spirit and is sin
cere. "The Red Cross serves hot choc
olate here all night for those who
are on duty or going through here
at night.
"Our first night here was made
interesting by a visit from some aero
planes. They didn't try to do any
damage here but we took enough
precautions to prepare us for the
whole aerial force of the Huns.
"We have seen a few gassed men
and a few suffering from shell
shock. The gassed patients had en
countered some "tear gas" which
inflames the eyes and causes ab
normal flow of tears,
"I am anxious to get back home
but, as some famous person has said,
the shortest way back is straight
ahead."
iiie young soldier is a graduate
of the Omaha High school and at
tended the state university at Lin
coln and later was a student at
Creighton medical college.
Man Injured in Auto Smash
At Sixteenth and Farnam
Harry Ackerman, 614 South Sev
enteenth avenue, driving a truck,
collided with a car driven by Rob-
vii incuuougn, a Den ooy at the
Millard hotel, at the intersection of
Sixteenth and Farnam street Thurs
day night. Ackerman sustained a
severe cut on nose and right eye,
and body bruises. He was arrested
for violation of the road rules and
unlawful possession of intoxicating
liquor, a half full whisky bottle hav
ing been found on his person. Mc
Cullough was arrested for reckless
driving. He was uninjured. The
car driven by Ackerman was totally
demolished, and McCullough's car,
which he had rented frirn the Ford
livery, was badly damaged. Police
say there were three other occu
pants in the car driven by McCul
lough who escaped after the accident.
LetCuticuraBe
Camp Funston. Kan.. Oct. 24 VniUAA.illlAii(AM
The trophy cup for the regimental 1 UUI DCCHllY iSUtlUl
team championship in the Kansas
state trap shoot, held at Army City
July 30, has reached camp and has
been placed on exhibition in the of
fice of camp activities and amuse
ments. The cup was donated by a
Kansas City firm. The members of
the winning team were: Sergeant
Moravek, Corporal Highley, Pri
vates Van Alsdale, Dickinson and
Sergeant Barlow.
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Jess Willard to Appear
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New York, Oct. 24. Jess Willard.,
heavy-weight champion of the world.
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