THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1918.
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South Side
INDEPENDENT
PACKING HOUSE
OPENSJFRIDAY
Midwest Company New Plant
Has Present Capacity of
One Hundred Head
Daily.
The new independent packing
house which was under construction
at South Twenty-sixth and P streets
is now completed and will begin
operations Friday. It will be known
as the Midwest Packing company
and is owned by Joseph V. Majland
er and J. S. Hoffman.
The plant is strictly modern and
sanitary and is up-to-date in ma
chinery and power. It has a present
capacity of 100 head a day.
The stock yards and exchange men
will inspect the plant in a body Fri
day when the plant is formally open
ed,
Large Quantity of Booze
Seized on South Side
Fete Pavalonis. 3323 Q street, and
John Dooney, 2112 S street, were
, arrested Monday, night charged with
the illegal possession and transpor
tation of intoxicating liquor;
The booze was spotted Monday
morning in two trunks at the depot
by north side detectives, who ar-
rested John Looney in the evening
, when he came for ihem. He said
he had been given the checks to
, the trunks and told to take them
to 3223 Q street. He agreed to take
the trunks to the address and let
the detectives follow him in order
to get the right party. When they
" reached the place Pete Pavalonis
came out, got cyi the truck and di
rected Looney to take the trunks
to another place. When they start
ed officers nude the arrest.
One trunk contained 59 pints and
thj other two cases of 48 pints.
The liquor is being held in the
South Side jail.
Looney was arrested August S
on the same charge, being crught
with a barrel of liquor, but was re
leased on a technicality.
South Side Draft Men to
Leave Monday Morning
.The 84 South Side men, who
.were called to leave for Camp Kear
ney, Linda Vista, Cal., on October
19, and then held here on account
of the influenza epidemic, have re
ceived another call to leave the
morning of November 11. The
, men will meet in the South Side
city hall at 6:30 on the morning of
November 11, and march to the Ex-
' change building where breakfast
will be served.
Selmar A. Johnson.Peter Meckna
and Joseph Kroki of the South Side
will leave for Fort Riley, Kansas, on
Saturday, November 9. They are
being sent by draft board No. 2.
William Alton, Formerly
Of South Side, Dies on Coast
William Alton died at a hospital
in' Lbs Angeles, Cal., Monday, He
was the son, of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Alton of South Omaha,
who were with him when he died.
He was born and lived here and
vent to Los Angeles 10 years ago.
He at one time held a pastorate in
a Methodist church in California.
He is survived by his wife and four
children, one sister and four brothers.
GERMANS RETREATING
FROM SCHELDT TO AISNE
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 5. The Germans are retreating on a 75
mile front from the River Scheldt to the River Aisne.
In the face of the German retreat the situation changes
so rapidly hour by hour that it is impossible to give a defi
nite idea of the allied advance.
Roughly the allies have crossed the Franco-Belgian
frontier between Valenciennes and Vavay, which is eight
miles wesf of the fortress of Maubeuge. The allies are with
in two miles of Bavay. They have captured the whole of
Mormal forest except the eastern edge.
The British armies in the sector ;
between the Sambre and the Scheldt
have defeated in the battle, which
began Monday, 25 German divis
ions, Field Marshal Haig reports
from headquarters tonight. In addi
tion to capturing many more vil
lages today, the British have passed
through the great Mormal forest.
Americans Driving On.
With the American Army in the
Meuse sector, Nov. 5. The Amer
ican forces have captured Liny-Devant-Dun
and Milly-Devant-Dun,
east of the Meuse river. They are
also occupying the hills on the east
bank of the river, despite a stiff
machine gun resistance by the Ger
mans. West of the Meuse the Americans
have occupied Letanne, Stonne,
Labeseace and Yoncq. and are push
ing their line beyond Raucourt for
est north of Stonne.
In Beaumont S00 French civilians
were freed after four years German
occupation if their town.
In their advance today the Amer
icans reached points within rive
miles of one of Germany's main
lines of communications between
Metz, Mezieres, Hirson and the
north.
Charles Gaffey Dies.
Charles Gaffey, South Twenty
third and N streets, who has been
a resident'of South Omaha for more
than a quarter of a century, died
Monday night at St. Joseph's hos
pital of influenza. The remains are
at the Heafey undertaking parlors
awaiting word from relatives in Am
sterdam, N. Y.
J. J. Mahoney Dies.
J. jr. Mahoney died Monday after
noon at an Omaha hospital of Span
ish influenza. Funeral services v.Ul
be held at 9 a. m., Wednesday
morning at St. Agnes church. In
terment will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
South Side Brevities
John Heafey. who hat been 111 with In
fluensa for the last three weeks. It now
able to attend to his business.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Melady expect
to leave Wednesday evening; for Excelsior
Springs. Mo., tor an outing of a week or
10 days.
Guy Q. Ellts of the Vnlon Stock Yards
reported to the police that burglars broke
Into the tool house in the yards Saturday
night and stole 40 feet of one-inch rubber
hose, valued at 125.
Mrs. Joe Randolph, 5401 South Twenty
second street, will give a public card
party at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
for the benefit of St. Agnes church.
Everybody la Invited.
Clover Leaf'Camp, No. 3 of the Royal
Neighbors of America will hold Its regu
lar meeting Thursday afternoon, Novem
Dr .7. at Odd Fellows' hall.
Burglars entered the office building at
S008 South Twenty-sixth street Monday
night by removing ,the screen and prying
soen a window at the rear ana atiempiea
to blow the safe but did not succeed.
The Albright Red Cross auxiliary will
meet Wednesday. November 6. In the
home of Mrs. B. B. Hutchinson, 1503
Monroe street. Women who sew and knit
are Invited.
The South Side W. C. T. U. will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. K S. Ban
ner, 3608 South Thirty-third street. Re
ports of the state convention will be
given by Mrs. William Berry.
Joe Kopacky, 6519 South Thirty-sixth
street, reported to the police the loss of
two small Iron gates, which were tsken
from the fence In front of the dwelling at
2018 U street ome time during the night
of October 31.
Workingrrien to Form
Government in Poland
Amsterdam, Nov. 5. All the
members of the Polish cabinet have
signed a manifesto, according to a
dispatch from Warsaw, declaring
that a national government was to
be formed, its majority consisting
of representatives of the working
classes. The national government
will take over- undivided authority
until the convocation of a legislative
body, ;. -. -.v.
French Make Big GainsA
Paris, Nov. 5. The retreat of the
Germans between the Sambre canal
and the Argonne gained impetus to
day, according to the war office an
nouncement tonight. I he trench
troops cleared the enemy out of
large sections of territohy, making
an advance which at certain points
reached a depth of more than six
miles.
By Associated Press.
With the French Army in France,
Nov. S. After yesterday's defeat in
the region of the Oise with the loss
of 4,000 men made prisoner and 60
cannon captured, the Germans began
general retreat over the entire
front of the First army this morn
ing, ueneral ueDeneys men enterea
Guise at 6:30 o'clock and pushed on
six miles further east in close pur
suit of the German rear girards.
German artillery began a strong
re-action upon the French positions
southwest of the Foly-Seraincourt
road at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
tonight it continued very active
along the Aisne between Rethel and
Attigny.
Lay Siege to Ghent
With the Allied Armies in France
and Belgium, Nov. 5. Allied
trooops began today the siege of the
city of Ghent, already surrounded
virtually on three sides. The as
soult on the city was witnessed by
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and
hundreds of her noncombatant sub
jects. Belgian, French and American
soldiers this afternoon had pushed
up to the eastern outskirts of the
beleaguered city with comparatively
slight resistance from the enemy
who apparently has evacuated the
place.
Civilians Mingle With Soldiers.
As the allied troops advanced on
the city the setting was a most dra
matic one. Civilians mingled with
the soldiers at many points and as
the infantry moved forward, pleas
ure boats moved hither and thither
along the winding canals on the
western edge carrying civilians who
had gathered to see the restoration
of their beloved city. Within the
little white cottages along the banks
of the canal were German machine
gunners whose weapons dominated
the waterways and the roads.
For some reason most of the guns
were silent. Overhead Belgian air
planes swirled and dived like great
birds, but there was no challenge
from the German anti-aircraft guns.
Into this scene of mimic warfare
came the queen of Belgium, who
motored within two and one-half
miles of the city.
Queen Elizabeth looked across
the battle line upon the towering
spirals and red-roof buildings which
stood out like a painting in the
bright November sun. Even the
United States was represented
among the spectators of this extra
ordinary scene, for four officials sta
tioned in Holland, who happened to
be in Bruges on business, came on to
Ghent, as it had been wrongly re
ported that the city had been cap
tured from the Germans. The
American quartet was composed of
G. H. Krough, Ralph Runyon, a vice
council at Rotterdam, and A. W.
Bankert and Ensign Charles Moore,
attached to the legation at The
Hague.
During the day the advance guards
of the allied forces rushed forward
still closer about Ghent. As they
drove in, the civilians who had
flocked to the scene, joined the
troops at many places. Automobiles
approached within a mile of Ghent
in perfect safety.
War has little damaged the coun
tryside about Ghent. Yesterday the
German guns threw shells into ham
lets near the front, but this section
of Belgium shows little signs of
devastation.
Whether the Germans actually
have withdrawn from Ghent or in
tend to hold on a little .longer was
not clearly apparent today. How
ever, it seemed only a matter of time
before Belgian troops would be
marching through the city, whose
streets have rung to the tramp of
German soldiers for four years.
Germans Hammered.
British Headquarters in France,
Nov. 5 (Reuter's, via Montreal)
The series of battles raging on the
western front from Valenciennes to
Stenay promise to prove the most
stupendous conflict of the war.
The Germans yesterday got the
worst hammering they have ever re
ceived. It has become a habit of
speech to say that the enemy is still
unbroken and unbeaten, but if things
continue much longer at the present
rate, this statement will cease to be
true.
It is a mistake to suppose that the
allies are engaged, only with the rear
guards of the enemy, retreating "ac
cording to plans." The opposite is
true. The Germans are being forced
to fight their hardest, by attacks
which threaten to achieve the
strategic collapse of the enemy. The
successes gained by the allies have
been won against immense concen
trations of strength which are striv
ing in a most determined manner to
hold vital points.
Marshal Foch, adhering to his
right angle front, is steadily reducing
the enemy's areas of maneuver,
squeezing him against the Ardennes
hills from the west and robbing him
of mobility in a fashion which seems
likely to prove disastrous to him be
fore long.
v Yanks Cross Meuse.
With the American Army on the
Sedan Front. Nov. 5, 6 p. m. (By
Associated Press.) The American
army has thrown a formidable force
across the Meuse to the east bank.
The enemy resistance here has been
broken to the point of demoraliza
tion and the Americans are pushing
northward toward Stenay.
By this afternoon the enemy was
in full retreat northward. He was
offering little opposition and the
roads toward the north were seen to
be full of the fleeing enemy.
The Americans pressed close upon
the heels of the Germans and made
their retirement as difficult as possi
ble. The American casualties were very
light despite the opposition to the
crossing of the river.
Clean Out Wood.
With the American Army on the
Sedan Front, Nov. 5. The Ameri
cans early today began clearing out
Jaulnay wood, in the bend of the
Meuse southeast of Pouilly, and this
afternoon the wood was in their
possession
German troops who had remained
west of the Meuse began to flee
across the river early today along
the line north and south of Stenay.
After destroying the bridge from
Stenay to Laneuville, the enemy
opened the locks of the canal and
flooded the river to a width of
about two-thirds of a mile.
Corp. Marius H. Christiansen of
Battery D, One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh field artillery, f
writes his motner, Mrs.,, nnstine
Christiansen, 516 North Twenty
third street, of his safe arrival in
England after a trip filled with un
usual dangers.
'Besides the danger of submar
ines," he writes, "we had one of
the worst storms near England's
coast that they have had the for
the last 25 years. We were in great
danger of being dashed to pieces
on the :ocks. One of the other
transports that went with us did
have a collision and about 300 rn
were lost.
Corporal Christiansen trained at
Fort Sill, Okl.
Wesley 3umel, son of Mr." and
Mrs. Samuel J. Rumel, 1320 South
Twenty-sixth avenue, left Omaha
Monday for Kelly Field, San An
tonio, Tex., where he will enter
the aviation mechanics department.
Lt. G. B. Thummel, formerly ad
jutant at Florence Field, Fort Oma
ha, has been ordered to Washing
ton and left Omaha Monday night.
Lt. W. S. Taylor of Fort Omaha
wrote the following wheezy little
poem which he calls, "L'Envoi," and
which appeared in the last issue of
the Gas Bag:
"A mannerless person named Lou
Never restrained .his "kerchoo,"
He sneesed when he pleased
And wheesed like the hreese.
So they nailed him for spreading the
i
Army men in Omaha preach this
little sermon:
Bobby came rushing Into his dad. "Oh
TnA .kn.a'a m mlllfnn Mtl In OUf hftrk
yard." "Now Bobby, not a million," said
Dad. well repnea xouuy, mere
a hundred thousand." "Now look here,
Bobby, you mustn't tell such stories."
"Wei lthen there Is fifty thousand."
"Bobby," said Dad, "you know there Isn't
fifty thousand." "There's ten then," said
Bobby. "Now Bobby, go count them."
And presently Bobby came back. ''How
man," asked Dad. "Well there's two, our
cat and another one." And the moral la
this that when, a fellow comes pussy
footing up to you and tells you confiden
tially about a hundred thousand of our
boys being killed, or fifty thousand sink
ing with some troopship, or ten thou
sand dying at one of the cantonment
camps well, Just tell him about Bobby ;
tell him to go count the cats In the back
yard. And If he Insists upon his story,
report him to the nearest agent of the
Department of Justice; for he'll bear
watching,
Lt. Clifford H. Bovles. U. S. A., is
in the city, enjoying a brief furlough,
visiting his father, H. B. Boyles,
president of Boyles college. The
lieutenant was formerly a member
of the college faculty. Lieutenant
Boyles is accompanied by Captain
Adams, U. S. A., the two officers
holding their commissions in the
same regiment, having been sta
tioned at Camp Funsto. for a num
ber of months, lney expect to
leave for France soon.
i
m
Thomas F. Swift, a son of Omaha,
formerly in the music department
nf RranHeU rimi un from Camn
Funston for a short visit to the
home folks. Private Swift is a menv
ber of Funston's brigade, band,
PIVOT OF FOE'S
RETREAT SHAKEN
BY AMERICANS
German Armies West of the
Meuse Practically Cut Off
From Direct Communi
cation With Metz.
With the French Army in France,
Nov. 5. The Franco-American op
erations west of the Meuse since
November 1 have shaken the pivot
upon which the entire German re
treat turns. The Germans are still
making a stout resistance without
modifying the salient feature of the
situation which is that their armies
west of the Meuse are practically
cut off from direct communication
with Metz.
The main reliance of the Germans
now is on the line of the Meuse
which they appear determined to de
fend, while west of the river their
principal resistance is along the
Ardennes canal. French troops have
reached this obstacle ifrom Killy-Aux-Oies,
at the bend of the Aisne,
to the river Bar. Here they have en
countered sustained artillery, ma
chine gun and musketry fire.
The Germans are still holding
along the Aisne between Rethel and
Chateau Porcierr, while further west
indications of a retreat were no
ticed last evening. The Fernch in
pursuit maintained contact with the
enemy's rear guards, and this morn
ing reached Herpy and the region
east of Recourvrance and Bannogne,
as well as height 98, southeast of
Montigny Le Court.
East of the Oise river, French
troops, on the heels of the retreat
ing enemy, have reached Oudigny
and La Herrie La Vieville.
With Peace Promised,
Inquiries for Land
Make New Record
Railroad officials, who in the past
Invo had tn do with locating set
tlers in Nebraska and other west
ern states and who are now known
as agricultural agents, say that since
it became appareent that peace is
near at hand, inquiries concerning
land are more numerous than at
anv time during the last 10 years.
The rai road land men take it to
mean that the numerous inquiries
indicate that there is to be a tre
mpnHnus movement back to the lana
and that, anticipating higher prices,
there is a desire to get in prior 10
the advance.
Tt is said that all out through
western and central Nebraska there
is a tendency upon the part ot oc
cupants of land to hang onto their
linlrlino-s and that in manv localities
where until a few weeks ago there
was a large acreage ot lana on tne
market, much of it has been withdrawn.
Influenza Conditions
in Western Nebraska
Worse, is Reported
Tnll,iin7i rMiditirine in the west
ern part of Nebraska are rapidly be
coming worse, according to reports
reaching the state Kea cross.
Miss Charlotte Townsend, state
director of Red Cross nurses, will
for Scotts-
bluff to direct the work of caring
for the sufferers tnere.
"riPtnanHs fnr nurses are coming
in much faster than we can supply
them," said Miss lownseno. "lney
will have to utilize the material they
have out there, as we can not send
them any more trainee nurses.
fic Trwnspnd exoects to organ
ize women who can help fight the
epidemic, giving them complete in
ctnirtinns fnr handling cases under
their charge, and placing the few
trained workers wnere tney can
superintend the volunteer assistants.
Dr. Manning is Sending
Out Anti-Pneumonia Vaccine
Citv Health Commissioner Man
ning began sending out the anti
pneumonia vaccine which has been
produced under his direction by
faculty members of Creighton uni
versity medical school and the Uni
versity of Nebraska medical college.
More than oU .Nebraska ana a iew
Iowa physicians have asked for it.
"The vaccine is furnished by this
office absolutely free," said Dr. Man
ning. "I want to emphasize the fact
that it is a preventive measure
only. It must not be administered
to persons who have pneumonia. It
operates on exactly the same prin
ciple as the anti-typhoid vaccine in
the army and navy."
The vaccine has been developed
from cultures obtained from persons
who had the pneumonia during the
: a i ( v;
strains of pneumococci isolated in
pure culture.
City Commissioner Towl Will
Investigate Paving Material
City Commissioner Towl will go
to Minneapolis and St. Paul to in
vestigate paving materials used there
with a view to adopting some of
them here. Mr. Towl is trying to
find the rnpst satisfactory material
for paving here, and especially has
under experment three or four ma
terials for surfacing worn-out pav
ings so as to make them serviceable
at small cost. He introduced a res
olution to use $1,500 to resurface
Twenty-fifth street between L and
Q streets with a material which he
has developed. Other short spaces
will be resurfaced with other ma
terials, and then the one that wears
best will be adopted as the materiat
to resurface many miles of worn-out
Omaha streets. .
Alies Expect to Punish
Hun Leaders for Cruelty
London. Nov. 5. (Via Montreal.)
The names of all enemy army
corps commanders or other persons
who are known to have been guilty
of or have encouraged cruelty to
war prisoners will be included in the
list of persons whose trial and pun
ishment will ba demanded by the
allies. Sir George Cave, the British
home, secretary announced today,
Yankees and French
Take Many Villages
on Front Near Ghent
With the Allied Forces in Flan
ders, Nov. 5. (By Associated Press)
In the Ghent sector the French
and American forces now hold See
verghem, Zwinaerde, St. Denis Wes
trem, Afsne and Tronchiennes.
Thence the line runs to Mariakerke-brug.
The Belgians hold the line from
the canal to Langerbrtigge, east of
Ertvelde, west of De Katte, and
thence to the Dutch frontier.
In the last few days the advance
has been comparatively easy, owing
to the enemy's withdrawal to the
cneldt, but the advance cost the
Germans dear, especially in the El
seghem area. The enemy fought
strongly for the high positions north
of Elseghem, but the British at
tacked successfully, and with the
help of French tanks forced the en
emy to retire.
The boche has ben throwing gas
and high explosives indiscriminately
into hamlets and farms, causing the
death of many civilians. A most
distressing feature of this unquali
fied warfare was seen vesterdav
when German machine gunners
turned rapid firer's against civilians
with household belongings seeking
refuge behind the allied lines.
Church-Closing Order in Los
, Angeles Upheld by Court
Los Angeles, Cal., No. 5. A pe
tition for a writ of habeas corpus
for H. P. Hitchcock, one of five per
sons who were arrested here yes
terday and today charged with vio
lating health ordinances by holding
a service Sunday in a Christian
Scientist church, was denied late to
day in a state district court of ap
peal. Robert M. Clarke, counsel for
Mr. Hitchock, indicated an appeal
would be taken promptly to vthe
state supreme court.
When arraigned earlier in the day
with the other four defendants,
Hitchcock, at the request of his at
torney, was required to srive bail of
$5. This he refused to produce and
was committed to jail. The habeas
corpus proceedings, based on an at
tack upon the constitutionality of
the health ordinance, was begun im
mediately. The appellate court in
denying the petition, upheld the va
lidity of the health ordinance.
Woman Suffrage Leader
Votes Split Ticket
New York, Nov. 5. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, president of the Na
tional Woman Suffrage associa
tion, and Miss Mary Garret Hay,
president of the New York City
woman suffrage party, cast their
first votes today. Mrs. Catt said
she went to the polls determined to
vote for Governor Whitman because
"He stood by us and I am going to
stand by him." After she voted she
she announced she had, however,
split her ticket, having "suddenly
changed my mind about voting a
straight republican ticket."
"I have labored 30 years to get a
vote," Mrs. Catt added. "I feel that
the privileges of voting was worth
all the struggle and the cost."
Much Wealth Taken from
American German Women
Wnsliinctnn. Nov. 5. Millions of
dollars of nronertv beloncinir to
women of American birth who have
married German and Austrian sub
jects has been taken over by the
alien property custodian. Many
prominent women are in the list,
including Countess Gladys Vander
bilt Szechennyi, whose property as
taken nver amounts to nearlv
$4,000,000 in securities, in addition
to the income from a $5,000,000 trust
fund created under the will of her
father.
Czech National Committee
Disarming German Austrians
Amsterdam, Nov. 5. The Czech
national committee, with the aid of
Czech troops, is disarming German
Austrian and Hungarian troops in
the Czech towns of Bohemia and
Moravia, according to a dispatch
from Prague to the Lokal Anzeiger
of Berlin. The Czechs have oc
cupied several German towns. Fur
ther clashes are expected.
Two American Airmen
Bring Down German
Planes in Battle
Wilth the American Army in
France, Nov. 5. (By Associated
Press.) An American aerial pa
trol yesterday encountered seven
German machines in the region
northwest of Verdun. There were
two brief battles in which Lts.
Howard Smith of Hudson Falls,
N. Y., and Richard Aldworth of
San Antonio, Tex., each brought
down an airplane. The other
German machines escaped.
HUNS ENGAGE IN
VANDALISM IN
BUZANCYTOWN
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Americans Find Many Marks
Showing Activities of Ger
mans During Occupa
tion of the Place.
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Nov. 5. (By As
sociated Press.) Buzancy, the larg
est of towns delivered by the
Americans reflects the spirit of the
vindictiveness displayed by the Ger
mans when they are forced to aban
don a region they have held for any
considerable time. The town had
been almost wholly Germanized.
French civilians ihad disappeared a
long time ago and the signs over
the shops were all in German. On
the streets and avenues such names
as Wilhelmstrasse had been sub
stituted for those in French.
Usual Activities.
There was evidence that the Ger
mans had carried on the usual activi
ties in the municipality but with
complete contempt for previous con
ditions and with a desire to wipe out
any suggestion as to those who had
formerly lived there. Their de
parture, however, was marked as in
few other cases, by a desire to leave
desolation behind them. From end
to end the streets of the town and
the houses reek with the stench of
filth wilfully distributed. The place
was a scene of loot, wanton destruc
tion and enfoulment but whether
the work was carried out by order is
not known.
All such things as were portable
are gone from the town. Heavy
furniture, including mahogany
tables, wardrobes and pianos, was
broken to bits and left in the houses.
Interior decorations were irrepar
ably mutilated.
Intended to Stay.
It was not simply a garrison com
munity the German established in
Buzancy, although the town recently
was army headquarters. One of the
houses bore an inscription indicating
it was used is a rest house or club
house for women. In a store were
found magazines, many of them de
voted to fashions.
Today. 48 hours after its occupa
tion, Buzancy is the center of an
American troop movement. The
short streets are jammed with traf
fic of war and hills overlooking it
and on the hill overlooking it and
the hills beyond are to be seen lines
of truck trains, marching infantry.
From the south unending supply
trains approach the city along dis
tant routes in order to pass through
Bucanzy, from there to be diverted
along the newly repaired roads to
positions nearer the front.
Check Artist Says He
Penned Some in Omaha
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5. Geo. D.
Phillips, arrested here November 2,
when he attempted to establish a
shoe machinery factory on an al
leged spurious sight draft for $50,
000, drawn on a Seattle (Wash.)
bank, tonight, according to police,
confessed that he is Willard J. Por
ter, wanted in many cities for pass
ing worthless checks and whom the
government has been seeking, for
posing as a military officer.
He admitted, police say, that he
passed spurious checks in Quincy,
Streator, Galesburg, Aurora and El
gin, 111.; Hammond, Ind., and Terre
Haute, Ind., Cincinnati, Omaha and
several towns in Montana, Minne
sota, North and South Dakota.
Army Orders.'
Washington, Nov. 6. (Special Tele
pram.) First Lt. Alfred W. Gross, In
fantry, Is relieved from duty with the
unit at Rahe and Sweeney auto school,
Kansas City, Mo., and will proceed with
out delay to Wayne Normal school,
Wayne, Neb.
Capt. Laurus B. Baldwin, medical corps
Is relieved from duty at Camp Greenleaf
and will proceed to Camp Dodge.
Capt. Thomas G. Orr, medical corps. Is
relieved from duty at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga and will proceed to Fort Des Moines.
Capt. Jacob Myers, medical corps, is re
lieved from duty at Camp Greenleaf, Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga., end will proceed to Fort
Des Moines.
James Rush Lincoln, major unassigned,
Is assigned to duty in command of the
students at the Iowa State Agricultural
and Mechanical college Ames, la.
The appointment of Sergt. Fred Qerlln
ger, quartermaster corps, as second lieu
tenant, quartermaster corps, Is an
nounced; Maurice O'Hern as first lieuten
ant, medical corps; John Piper Williams,
as captain, medical corps; Henry M. Flem
ing, as first .lieutenant, engineers; Wil
liam Robert Morrison, as captain, medi
cal corps; John Aloyslus Cahlll, as first
lieutenant, medical corps; Arthur Ed
ward, as captain medical corps.
The following appointments have been
made In the army; Michael F. Cronln,
Muscatine, la., chaplain, adjutant gen
eral department; Ralph F. Freshner, Des
Moines, second lieutenant, engineers;
Pierre R. L. Hogner, Davenport, la., first
lieutenant, ordnance; Sam C. Henderson,
Omaha, second lieutenant ordnance; Ver
ner D. Coons, Batavia, la., second lieu
tenant, quartermaster corps.
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Th first sneeze is the time to tct. You can
void eiiioornfort and the loss of time from a
"miserable cold"by following this treatment, lust
jteta box of Weeks' Brek-Up-A-Cold Tablets."
'H one every tour hours durinc the dav and t
on eoine ta bed at nisht. At thm aim t!i
water, hot water is best, yei, lots of itall yon can
old. Then you'll wake up "fresh a a daisy" and
never know you had a cold. At the first aneeze try
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Million Women Are to
Vote for First Time in
N. Y. State Election.
New York, Nov. 5. New York
state's first election day on which
women were permitted to vote be
gan with unfavorable weather in
many sections. Reports from some
cities upstate indicated, however,
that, as in New York City, the low
temperatures and gray skies were
no deterring the women from ex
ercising their franchise in largd
numbers.
Observers in New York City,
taking into account the early rush
for the polls, expressed opinion that
few of the estimated 1,000,000 wo
men registered would fail to cast
ballots.
The republican and democratic
state tickets are headedxrespectively
by Charles S. Whitman, governor,
and Alfred E. Smith, president of
the board of aldermen here, and
tl ere are 43 representatives to be
elected to congress, with socialists
having candidates in three of the dis
tricts. There is no United States
senatorial contest. The registra
tion totals 2,821,778.
Otto W. Schenk Sues
E. F.Baker for $10,000;
Charge Involves Wife
Otto W. Schenck has brought an
action in district court against Eu
gene F. Baker for $10,000 on ac
count of alleged alienation of the
affections of Mrs. Schenk.
Mrs. Schenk obtained a decree of
divorce from her husband who
claims that he has subsequently ob
tained evidence which would nullify
that divorce and entitle him to dam
ages for the loss of his wife's affec
tions. The Bakers have a divorce action
pending in the Sarpy county court
at Papillion. The Schenk home is on
a farm near South Omaha.
No Smoke in Chicago Oars.
Chicago, Nov. 4. A ruling pro
hibiting smoking on surface and
elevated street railway cars, the in
fluenza commission announced to
night will be continued as a pre
ventive of harm done from spitting
by smokers.
Staff Returns Home.
Washington, Nov. 5. According
to an official dispatch from Switzer
land today what remained of the
German legation staff at Moscow
has returned to Germany.
U. S. Army and Postoffice
Appointments Announced
Washington, Nov. 5. (Special
Telegram) The following appoint
ments have been made in the army:
Arthur B. Nomahan, Hyannis, Neb.,
second lieutenant, ordinance; Antellis A.
Dantomino, Dubuque, la.; Seine B. Depll,
Sioux Center, la., captains, medical
corps: Kdmond K. Koht, Des Moines, la.,
second lieutenant, air service; Walter D.
Royal, Omaha, second lieutenant, quar
termaster servlcs.
Oeorge Fugate, appointed postmaster,
Saint Lawrence, Hand Co., S. D vice
Charles Culsen, resigned.
Second Lieutenant Ethan Arol Norton
infantry, la relieved from duty at Iowa
State Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege, Ames, la., and will proceed to
Buena Vista college, Storm Lake, la.
The appointment of Private Thomas W.
Brockbank, medical department, as se
cond lieutenant, sanitary corps. Is an
nounced. He will report at Camp Dodge,
for duty.
Tribute Is Paid to
Yankees at Graves
Near City of Paris
Paris, Nov. 5. A touching cere
mony in memory of the fallen
soldiers of the American army
took place this afternoon at the
American cemetery, at Suresnes,
seven miles northwest of Paris.
The cortege was composed of
many American soldiers and offi
cers, Y. M. C. A. and Knights of
Columbus workers; the mayor and
many of the civilian inhabitants
of the locality. Graves of Ameri
can soldiers were covered with
flowers and flags during the after
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
Take a glass of Salts to Flush
Kidneys if bladder bothers
you.
Eating meat regularly eventual
ly produces kidney trouble in some
form or other, says a well-known
luthority, because the uric acid in
neat excites the kidneys, they be
:ome overworked; get sluggish;
:log up and cause all sorts of dis
tress particularly backache and mis
ery in the kidney region; rheumat
ic twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, torpid liver, sleeplessness,
bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts or
kidneys aren't acting right, or if
bladder bothers you, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any good
pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast
for a few daya and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of
;rapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the
acids in the urine so it no longer
irritates, thus ending bladder dis
orders. Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which millions of
men and women take now and then
to keep the kidneys and urinary
organs clean, thus avoiding serious
ki&Qey diseaw. Ady. v
YANKEES GET
BAPTISM OF FIRE ;
FROM RUSS REDS
Contingent from America Ij
Greeted Within Day of Ar-.
rival by Attack from
Machine Guns. " ?
With the American Forces in
Northern Russia, Nov. 5. Many ol
the American soldiers forming a
contingent of the Russo-Allied
forces, received their baptism ol
fire 2A hours after they had left their
train at this little village. Some ol
the boys were a little piqued when '
they first learned they were going ,
to Russia instead of France, but
those here soon learned they would
get action much quicker in Russia
than if they had waited their train
ins period which precedes i actual
fighting on the westerm front.
One little command of Amiricani
had scarcely walked into an out
post here, relieving a squad of
Frenchmen, when the bolsheviki '
gave them a welcome of shrapneL
Oflicers, both American and those
of the British staff, are high :n
praise of the way these American
lads are standing up to shrapnel and
bolshevik machine guns.
The Americans in this sector tt
generally housed in little peasant
huts or in the log-constructed sta
tions that dot the railway every
four or five versts.
Wood from the forests, which has
long been cut and piled in heaps for
transportation to the cities for fire
wood, gives the soldiers plenty of
fuel, and in addition makes it possi
ble to construct breastworks and
trenches speedily. . 1
In the villages, the peasants house
the Americans, who are treated as
guests, and are living in the best
rooms and courteously offered the
best shining samovars, or tea urns,
by the ht usewives.
Seamen's Act Attacked. .
Washington, Nov. 5. Provisions
of the seamen's act requiring the ;
payment of a portion of seamen's
wages upon the arrival of vessels
at ports of entry, were attacked as ,;
invalid today by attorneys repre
senting steamship lines in argu
ments before the supreme court, on
appeals from lower court decisions
upholding the law. . . '
ERUPTIONS GO,
SO WELL DOES
POSLAM HEAL
If it's Eczema, you need Poslam. Pos
lam is right at home tn driving away this
stubborn trouble. First stopping; th itch
ing, soothing, cooling. Then goinr right
ahead with the work of healing. It you
suffer, remember that Poslam'a benefits
are yours easily, that lt was mad ef
fective for the very purpose of aiding TOU
to have a better, healthier and mora
sightly skin. And all with no risk, for
Poslam will not, can not, harm.
Sold everywhere. For frea sample wrlto
to Emergency Laboratories, 243 West 47th
3t., New York City.
Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam
ihould be used if skin is tendet and sensi
tive. Adv.
WOMEN! WHY SUFFER?
Are You Sanitary?
If Not, Why Hot?
Mr. Rains says
Nothing equals the priceless '
blessings of health; to be able to go
without hindrance from physical .
debility .
Thousands of women are today suf ferine
from female weakness because they are .
either too poor or too timid to see a doe
tor. To such
RAINS'
First Aid Antiseptic Ttkltld
Non-Peisonous-Hon-lrriUtini
Hade into a solution with hot water and
used as an injection, douche or spray will -serve
a useful purpose. In Catarrhs, Leu
corrhoea and other conditions involving
hypersecretions from mucous surfaces tt is
most beneficial.
RAINS' FIRST AID ANTISEPTIC TAB.
LETS are an alkaline tablet of a reeog
niicd formula above criticism on the part -of
any physician, no matter what his
standing.
60c BOTTLE MONTH'S SUPPLY.
Four cents' worth of Rains' First . Aid
Antiseptic Tablets will make same quanti
ty of an antiseptic solution that you have
been in the habit of paying 60 cents for
and on which the druggist would make 100 ,
per cent more profit. Therefore beware of
unscrupulous druggists and other ..who
would sell you expensive and perhaps acid
liquid preparations instead of Rains' First '
Aid Antiseptic Tablets.
FLU PREVENTIVE.
Some were behind before and died. Ton
be first at last. Use Rains' First Aid '
Antiseptic Tablets and live. Be able to
go in any crowd without danger.
DISEASE is mostly contracted through ,
the openings of the body, as the mouth,
nose, urethal, vaginal passage, cuts'
wounds, etc. A most common place of
lodgment and breeding of germs is tht "
space located at the back of the nose,
near the tonsils, where the mouth, throat,
nose and ear have a common outlet. This' t
space is a regular Hotbed for the breeding;
of Germs of Disease. Therefore, KEEP X
THESE CLEAN with RAINS' FIRST AID
ANTISEPTIC TABLETS, a trustworthy ,
non-poisonous Antiseptic Tablet, .to be -made
into a solution of strength -desired.
Dissolve tablet in glass hot water,
or oil vaseline, use as gargle, douche,
wash, or surgical dressing.
UNEXCELLED TOOTH WASH.
Tends to prevent contraction and spread '
of such infectious and other diseases as La
Urippe, Tonsilitis, Pneumonia, Rheama.
tim. Cold in the Head, Fevers, Meningitis,
Infantile Paralysis, Hsy Fever, Pyor- A
rhoea, etc. Used as a Douche, in th nose,
it promotes free breathing at one and
clears the head.
Conscientious Physicians, Dentists.
Army Officers. Superintendents of Public .
Srhools, Teachers, Mothers, Father and
others, who are anxious to prevent the
spresd of disease will take pleasure in .
using and recommending.
BRUCE DRUG CO.,
RICHARDSON DRUG CO,
OMAHA DISTRIBUTORS. ,
For sale by druggist or waned parcel
r-ost on receipt of price, SO cent per hot-
Hash. Omaha. Bain. HUi and Harnta,