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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1918. 15 GLAD TO AVOID NOISY YANKEES, SAYS OMAHA BOY Frederic McConnell Prefers English to Americans, He Writes from a Hun Prison Camp. F. R McConnell, 1014 Park ave nue. lias received a letter from his son. FreJeric, who was captured lv the Germans July 13, and now i in a German prison camp in Baden. The letter is written on a lon strip of paper, with directions for writing in French. The letter was written on one side and censored in the camp. The strip of paper was folded and the outside -iJd served as an envelope. This was sealed and sent to London. The seal was broken and another seal plated on it, reading: "Opened by censor," indicating that letters from German prison camps are censored by the English in London. - The letter was written August 14. Since that letter was written Mc Connell has had word that his son has been transferred to Rastatt in Baden, near the Swiss border. "Before this, life was a sinecure," he writes. "The wound is to the spirit more than to the flesh. Amuse myself thinking of Bunyon and Lord Byron: though we are not in chains or in prison drkne?s. and I hope the imprint on my life will not be as serious as it was on theirs. Katurallv those of us who have any are thinking of careers. Am allow ing mvself 18 months here, but don't expect it to be ruined. I wonder how long Hume would wait, and if the theater in America still sur vives? "v. "Grouped here with some languid English, whose company in the present predicament is preferable to that of the noisy tribe of Americans. Glad to sav that I was selected for officers' training schol and would have left for Fris a few days after my capture. Your faith justified. Imsgine how different things mi-rht now be? Acfcnowledpi vour fine letter of Tune date. Sorry it was lost w;th the rest of rnv things. Am '!owed to write this much weekly. Don't worry if mail is irreguhr. T shall sandwich in a letter to a friend oeceionrllv. Best love to dear moi'ipr and Gretchen. I know you are having vour trials, but may yon A - -f- J prosper. Am wm ana saie ana wivot:t complaint." ! Heavens in November You May Buy an Orange Now if You Have a Lot of Money DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY "Sky Soldiers" "A word of good news comes from the local market 10 those who have been sick and wanted a taste cf orange to clear away that awful bitter taste from the mouth. Here tofore the price of the golden fruit has been prohibitive to any except the very wealthy $1.00 per dozen. Just think of it 1 But you need not draw thel1purse string tight and turn away with a sorrowful look now for a nice ship ment of the aforesaid fruit has been received which is being sold at 40c per dozen. True, oranges are small and the price is high at that, but nevertheless it offers a taste of the coveted article at a price which is within the reach of all. . And when the appetite is once restored to its normal condition, you are equal to any of the follow ing choice articles which are to be found at the market: Choice let tuce, both leaf and head, at three bunches for a dime or 7lt cents per head; fine fresh cranberries, 2Vi cents per quart; cauliflower and nice crisp wax beans, 2li cents per pound. Fresh California tomatoes, 10 cents, and green ones at 40 cents to 50 cents per basket. Then there is that fine juicy cabbage at 2 cents, endive two bunches for 5 cents, and carrots at S cents per bunch. And then, ohl glory! potatoes are down to 35 cents per peck and plenty of nice green peppers to season them at two for 5 cents. And some nice crisp cucumbers that would almost make one curl up to look at for 20 cents apiece. But, alas, the hens have struck, and cackle berries have jumped clear up to 60 cent; per dozen, for guaranteed fresh ones. Butter has remained stationary in price, the best package product bringing 62 cents per pound, while tub stuff sells a little less. Wiscon- I fin and New York cheese are still being sold at the same price, but New York cheese has jumped a nickel. , A few lemons are to be hal at prices ranging about 50 cents per dozen and bananas at 30 cents. T -kay grapes are offered at 10 cents per pound and apples ire quoted as not having ;hanged except for those delicious ones from Washington, which are down to $3.85 per box. BuT nuts are clear out of sight and going higher. The new crop of English walnuts are sellpg at from 40 cents to 50 cents per pound, and hard to get at that, while even those measley little old peanuts that we used to get all we could carry for a nickle are now being quoted at 25 cents per pound. New al monds and pecans are rbout the only ones that have remained sens ible. They are selling at 30 cents. CSHKOSH PRAISES WORE OF NEBRASKA CAPTAIN By WILLIAM F. RIGGE. ' During this month our clocks will come closer than at any other time during the year in agreeing with the natural time, as shown by a sun dial. There were three differences be tween our clocks and the sun, w hose united effect amounted last July to as much as .i hour and a half. The first was that our timepieces had to indicate mean time instead of ap parent time, which . might bring about a difference of nearly 16 minutes, for the double reason that the sun appears to move in the eclip tic which is considerably inclined to tht equator, and that the earth's orbit is really elliptical and not cir cular. The second was that our clocks did not show Omaha time, but central time, which is 23 minutes, 48 seconds fast of our local time. And the third was that be tween 2 a. m. of the fast Sundays of March and October our timepieces were advanced one hour. This last difference of an hour is no longer operative this month. The second one of 23 minutes, 48-seconds permanently sets ou clocks that much ahead. But the first, called the equation of time, now makes the sun about 16 minutes fast, or our clocks that much slow. So that from the 1st to the 6th of this month, when the difference Jias its smallest value of seven and a half minutes 23 minutes, 48 seconds minus about 16 minutes the sun will be due scuth and exactly on the meridian when our clocks show 12:07 p. m. By way of comparison it may be useful to know that during the sec ond half of July our clocks then showed 1:30 p. m. These times are always indicated in the column headed "Noon" in our monthly schedules. The days diminish in length by 1 hour during the month, being 10 hours, 5 minutes long on the 1' 9 hours, 53 minutes on the 15th, and ' 9 hours, 25 minutes on the 30th. Towards the end of the month the sun sets at 4:55, within 2 minutes of its earliest It may surprise us to remember that this time is more than four hours earlier than it was at the end of June. The moon is in conjunction with Jupiter on the 21st and with Saturn on the 24t' On the 23rd the sun enters Lagittarius. I i-A.!-"V.-, 1 Sirf" imif'iriithM ra mttiIi ii Jj CAPT. L. L. WALKER. The Daily North Western of Os kosh commends in the highest terms the work of Capt. Lowell L. Walker, who has charge of the stu dent army training corps at the Oskosh Normal school. Captain Walker is the son of Mrs O. M. Walker. 3840 Charles street He is a graduate of the Omaha High school and of the Nebraska State university, and at the time of his enlistment was an attorney at Columbus, Neb. After his enlistment he was sent to the officers' training camp at Fort Snelling where he received a commission as second lientenant, but upon being ordered to Oskosh he was given the unusual distinc tion of receiving two grades at one time by being promoted to a cap taincy. The official notice of the promo tion was received on his 24th birthday, and the young of- r.cer is justly proud cf what he calls his "birthday present from Uncle Sam." The' North Western daily, in commenting on the work of Captain Walker, mentioned espe cially the smoothness with which No Extra Hours for Sessions of School, Says Supt. Beveridge School business is on in full swing, with the lifting of the influ enza ban. A meeting of the executive com mittee of the State Teachers' asso ciation will be held in Superintend ent Beveridge office this morn ing at 9 o'clock. While no meeting of the association will be held at the regular time this year, plans may be made for a meeting at a later date. At 9:30 principals of the various schools will meet. School nurses will meet in Miss Townsend's of- f -. at 9 o'clock. Rumors that daily school sessions would be lengthened by one hour to make up for the long enforced vacation are denied by Superintend ent J. H. Beveridge. School hours will be the same as before. Governor of Illinois Will Attend State Bar Meeting Judge A. C. Wakeley, as president of the Nebraska State Bar associ ation, has received from Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois an ac ceptance to attend the annual meet ing of the association, December 28, in the Fontenelle hotel. The governor will be the guest of honor and will deliver an address. Governor Lowden formerly was a member of a Chicago law firm known as "Lowden, Estabrookand Davis," his associates at that .time having been the late Henry D. Esta brook and Herbert J. Davis, both of Omaha. U. S. to Analyze Beer Held by Sheriff; May Seize" It A representative of the govern ment has received from Sheriff Clark three bottles of beer which will be analyzed to determine whether there is sufficient alcohol salvage in the sheriffs stock of beer to warrant the government taking it over. The sheriff is holding nearly 25,000 bottles of confiscated beer. Pegy and General Swallow h!p Teddy Ro. an American aviator, in a battle with a squadron of German flyer. PectT it i made tiny and Invisible by meana of i leave, of the Gollcketjr Shrub.) " CHAPTER VI. Over the German Lines. PAR above her f eggy could s;e the airplane of Teddy Rose. The machine was wobbling a bit, but so far it was bearing its i wounded and unconcious driver safe i iy in the high heavens. How long it could keep us Daiance, nowever, was a question that wcVried Peggy. Peggy was determined to save him. It would never do to allow this glorious day to end in disaster. Up raced her own toy airplane, which was endowed with tremendous speed, thanks to the magie of the leaves of the Golickety Shrub. As she came up behind him, she saw in what a critical state he was, A bul let had evidently struck him in the head knocking him senseless. He had slumped back in his seat, but was held partly upright by his sup ports. His hands still gripped the octrois and it was due to this fact that the airplane was holding to its course in the air. If he should tum ble to one side, the shift in the con trols might send him plunging to the ground behind the German trenches far beneath. "Save him, Princess Peggy," shrieked General Swallow. "Don't let such a splendid fighter be killed I" Peggy didn't need to be urged. But the problem before was a mighty big one for i little girl to solve away up there 3,000 feet in the air. To add to her trouble little bursts of white smoke began ts appear in the air all about them. She quickly guessed what that meant the German anti craft guns far benetth were shooting ... the helpless American plane. And all the time the plane was dropping lower and lower, making an easier target to hit. Something had to be done at once. Peggy sped up behind and landed her tiny airplane on the wobbling American machine. Then she quick ly recited the verse. "Golickety tall, Golickety fast! Ch, when it comes fall, why summer is past." This time she had it right, and in a trice she was her usual size. Bal ancing herself cautiously on the air plane, she leaned over the uncon cious form of Teddy Rose. She had to be very careful, for if she should cause him to topple, the plane might go tumbling downward before she could stop it. She saw that his safe ty belt was loose and she tightened it so that he could not tumble about. Then placing her hands over his on the controls and pushing him back, she worked the rudders until the air plane began to rise and to swing around in a large circle. The shells from the anti-aircraft guns were now bursting very close. Peggy had come lo the rescue just in time. Indeed, before the airplane could climb out of range, Peggy felt several great jars, and looking out at the wings saw to her alarm tha great holes had been torn in them. These holes caused the airplane to. climb less rapidly, but still if forged upward. As it headed hack toward the American lines Peggy straight enued the controls and the machine sped straight ahead. .There was an other great jar as a shell exploded close by, and the machine wobbled and began to drop rapidly. At the same time it started to "circle back toward the German trenches. The shell had blown a particularly large affairs are moving in the school at Oshkosh, and the skillful manner in vhif h he has won the hearts of the men under his command. Choice of Any Ladies' SUIT in the house. Saturday at $27.75, worth up to $75.00. PARISIAN CLOAK CO. 1519-21 Douglas St. Sl'N H'Noon;Sef. ins. NOV. ( 14 1J 5 !J 51-Thtt. I 5MJ.07 5 ll 1-Frt. 1ST 11.07 5 !0' S-Sat I ! ' f Hl! ;51l l-Sun. T W'l'.7'5.1? 4-Mon n m TOTi:.07;5.1f, S-Tue. TM 1J 07 5.15 T4 12 OS 5.14 T vfllt.tSi5.il! totitos s is -Wed. T-Thu. i-Fri. t-SaL T M il TM 'It. T 1 1! T 11 1! Til 11 T It 12 T14 It I Til 11 TITilt Til 11. T It'll. T It It Tllllt T 11 11 IH I llil-iun. 0I5 1611-Mon. OS l.vt 11-Tu F.Q os mn u-Wed. 0S;5.7 14-Tlw. (U Ml U-rrL OS 5.05 11-SaL I 1 I 5 4'1 01 5 4'1T-Sun. MJ'lg-Mon. S: i-Tu r.M Ot l.tl'IO-Wed. 10)5 do 11-Tha. 1 4 l ll-Frt It .tl,:i-Sat T tlllt.lt'l.ll'll-Sim. T II It 11 4 17 H-Won L.Q i u u ii ii-. T:t:u 11 4 II IT-Wed. 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Dealers supplied by the OMAHA COLD STORAGE COMPANY Wholesale Distributors. A i i ii la i i FAR AWAY PEGGY SAW A . LARGE RED CROSS ON A BUILDING. hole in the left wing and had cut a wire leading to the rudder. Peggy was in despair. General Swallow saw her trouble 'Til fix it," he shrilled. Peggy couldn't imagine what he could do, but in a momont the airplane swung back toward the American lines and safety. General Swallow had grab bed the broken wire with one claw and the rudder with the other, and was hanging on so tightly that Peg gy could steer without trouble. Far ahead Peggy saw a large Red Crpss on a building. It was a hos pital and Teddy Rose needed quick attention. Could she make it? Down, down, sagged the airplane, while the hole ripped larger and larger. Finally there was a louder rip than ever and the machine bumped gently to earth right in the hospital yard. Soldiers, nurses and doctors an up. The chief surgeon looked Teddy hastily over. "He's weak from loss of blood, but thanks to the fact that he came down" right here we can save him," he said. , "It's marvelous that, he steered right here while unconcious," cried another doctor. "Maybe an angel guided him," spoke up a nurse in a hushed voice. "Never Mind, Dad; Getting Along Fine," Writes Omaha Soldier W. W. P. Horn, salesman at the Thompson-Belden company, has just received a letter from his son. Sergt. Howard Horn, who recently crossed the briny deep with the 335th ambulance corps. In his let ter he tells of havinsr been offered ! a promotion to second lieutenant. but that it would nave taKen mm away from his company and he re- lusvu. it oaf 9 mi. ..... i freight belonging to the corps was 1UJI vil v 14 v juui lav. j avivi7 "vuj, aa " that all his belongings, including woolen socks, sweater, helmet, etc., were among the missing baggage. But he says: "Never mind, Dad, we're getting long fine." British Drive Foe Back Upon Piave River; Front London, Nov. 1. The British troops on the Italian front have occupied the town of Sacile. on the Livenza IS miles west of the Piave, the war office announces. The en emy is falling back rapidly in the Grappa sector. War Time Decrease Noted in Marriage Licenses Issued A marked decrease in the number of marriage licenses issued is noted "No, it was Princess Peggy " shrilled General Swallow. Peggy thrilled through and through as she heard this talk. And as 6he thrilled, things began to grow hary, and all of a sudden she found herself back at tfit play ground with the last of the films just flickering off the screen. And her airplane was still in her arms just as if it had nev er gone to Europe and back in a wonderful lightning fast trip. (Next week Pep?'- attendi a funny achool aesslon and .Lea a Strang mystery.) for October and September. The total last month was 178, as against 256 for the same month of last year. 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