THE BEE: OMArIA, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1918.
"HUT CIRCUIT"
AAl nipn aiiaiii
oULUItn aHUW
I'flDI n I ADOCOT
MUnLU LHRulOI
Would Require Eleven Years
for Actors to Play to All
Men in U. S. Army
v " Overseas.
3
.Pittsburg. Fa., Nov. !6 Tlif "hut
circuit" of theatrical performances
in the American army in France is
perhaps the longest and largest in
the world. Thomas Wood Stevens,
head of Hie department of dramatic
arts at the Carnegie Institute of
Technology, who has just returned
from France where he was asso-
ciated in the production of soldier
talent shows, estimates that a single
company playing every night to dif
ferent soldiers would require 11
years to go through the American
army in France.
"The general scheme of diversion
" for our men in France." said Mr.
Steens "is in three divisions.
There is the "Over There' theater
league, represented in New York
by George ,M. Cohen, Winthrop
Ames and Jafnes Forbes; the French
concert companies managed by Wal
ter Johnson; and the soLdier talent
shows under the direction of Joseph
Lindofl Smith. Mr. Stevens went to
France primarily to help Mr. Smith
with the soldier talent shows. To
gether they selected 25 local direc
tors for these performances with
the various Young Men's Christian
,- association divisional headquarters.
Now E. C. Catter, chief secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. in France has asked
for more directors, and the Carnegie
Institute has announced that as soon
as the influenza quarantine is lifted
it will begin to train 25 additional
men and women Y. M. C. A. work
ers for this work.
Transportation Is Problem.
Difficulty of transporting proper
ties anj costumes is one of the hard
est problems in improvising shows
for the soldiers, according to Mr.
Stevens. They had to be carried in
small valises, instead of drays, piled
high with trunks, and the directors
had to make their shows fit on the
small stages of., the "Y" huts in
stead of the big theater stages.
"One of my jobs has been to"dis-
cover or write plays for use where
no cotumes, or props, even citizen's
clothes can be hacfj that js to say,
soldier plays, not war plays," said
Mr. Stevens. "My first effort in that
direction called 'Three Wishes,' has
' been given in a do?en camps at pres
ent, but we want other plays just as
we need more directors. The tvven-
w ty-five,we have at work are far too
lew.
Soldter Players Aid.
One of the main performances
given for the American soldiers was
that of a festival play presenting the
main features of the life of "Joan of
Arc" written by Mr. Steveps. It was
S resented at Domreny, the home of
oan, three days after the great
American drive on the St. Mihiel
lalier.t and during the performance
Liberty motors on the way to the
front were purring over the heads
of the audience. Miss Marie Young
played the part of Joan, but the per
formance as a whole did not depend
upon the professional actors but up
on numerous soldier actors who had
been rehearsed for three weeks.
Twenty-five hundred soldiers at
tended the performance, although
none of them are stationed at Dom
reny. The American front was for many
months in that section of French
Lorraine assrtiated with Joan's ca
reer, and it il said that more than
50.000 American soldiers have made
pilgrimages to the house where she
was born.
Metal Companies Are
Charged with Actions
Favorable to Huns
Washington, Nov. 17. The feder
al trade commission today issued
complaints against six concerns with
headquarters at London, New York
and in Germany, which it says it
has reason to believe are united in
a metal combination with the great
German metal interests.
Th companies, one of which
(Beer, Sondheimer & Co. Inc.) was
... taken over from German pwners by
alien property cutodian last July 22,
and now is being operated for him,
ire charged with practicing unfair
and destructive methods of competi
tion in the American market, aimed
at monopolizing the American min
erals separation industry.
The companies are Minerals Sep
aration (Ltd.), Minerals Separation,
American Syndicate (Ltd.); Miner
, als Separation, American Syndi
cate (Ltd.), 1913, all of London;
Beer,vSondheimer & Co. of Frank-fort-on-the-Main,
Germany, and
Beer, Sondheimer & Co. (Inc.), and
-. Minerals Separation. North Ameri
can corporation, New York City.
Benno Eflkan, Otto Frohnknecht and
Harry Falck of New York City,
agents of the companies, also are
named in the complaint, which will
be heard about December 30.
The charges against the concerns
include enforcing agreements with
the intent of stifling competition,
preventing the use by operators and
others of any independent product
except by their permission, extort
ing exorbitant commissions and roy
alties from independent manufactur
ers and consumers and with com
pelling engineers to surrender all
inventions of apparatus for the sep
aration or concentration of ores.
American
Casualty List
The following Nebraska and
Iowans names appear in the casualty
list given out by the government for
Monday morning, November 18:
KILLED IN ACTION
Sergeant Harry Meade Palmer,
next of kin, Roy Palmer, Madison,
Neb.
Will Hawes, next of kin, Lloyd
Hawes, Deloit, Neb.
Leo P.- McFadden. next of kin.
John McFadden, Storm Lake, la.
T" 1 mar m V a
raw k. Martin, next ot Kin,
David E. Martin, Hershey, Neb.
A1.J. . r . r? i
mvin jiiuuaoii, ncxi oi Kin, riiiin
Munson, Humboldt, Neb. I
Fred Pabst next of kin, Mrs.
Lana Pabst, Grant Center, Neb.
George Pidgeon, next of kin, Har
vey riageon, Salem, la.
Killed In Action.
Milton L. Harper, Msryvllle,
The Abandoned Room
By Wadsworth Camp.,
IN DIVORCE COURT
Enid S. DeJohn la charged with ad
diction v to drugs, tn a divorce petition
filed bypse DeJohn, who asks for a
decree, Ttt were married In Omaha,
December 1, 1916.
Charles E. I.use alleges In a divorce
petition that Edna M. Luse abandoned
him. They were married In Bradford,
Pa., November IS, 1103.
Anna U Wallace charges Fred B. Wal
lace with nonaupport In her petition filed
In district court, asking for a decree.
The Wallaces were married in Chicago,
October I, 111. N
Extreme cruelty Is the charge specified
In a divorce petition filed by Mary Vlosk
against Frank . vlosk. They wera mar
rled In Omaha August II, 1101.
- Jennie Bailey has been allowed a decree
ejf divorce from John Bailey, on a charge
of extreme cruelty. Mrs. Bailey was
granted reatorattom ot her former same,
Jennie Grilles,
I.leut.
T'nn.
Lieut Elliott M. Braxton, Jr., New
port News. Va
Lieut. Percy M. Hall. Montclair, N. J.
Lieut. George M. Holllster, Grand Hap
lds. Mich.
Lieut. Leslie J. Jobes. Hoboken, N. J.
Sergt. Henry F. Angel. EHzabethton,
Tenn
Sergt. George H. Blgden Laredo, Tex.
Sergt. Clarence F. Butler, Fulton. Ky.
Sergt. Clyde W. Hickman, Monmouth,
111.
Sergt, Hobard B. Jones, Johnson City,
Tenn.
Sergt. John Mankel, Moscow Mills. Mo.
Sergt Harry Meade Palmer, Madison,
Neb
Sergt. Rnyce V. Wallace, Chicago. I1L
Sergt. Adam Bold, Brooklyn, N. T.
Sergt. Albert a Drlcri Fond du Lac
Wis.
Corp. Benjamin H. Ash, Morgansville,
W. Va.
Corp. Akrle O. Byrd, Duke. N. C.
Corp. William Tearnahan, Bristol, Tenn.
Corp. Frank J, Hamellus, Tullman,
Wash.
Cord. Anton Holm. Climax. Vlinn.
Cord. T. C. Houston, Caldwell Tex.
Cord. James H. Johnson, New Haven,
Conn.
Cord. Kdward L. Jones. Wyndale, Va.
Corp. Nicholas K. Kelly, Summltt, N. J.
Corp Vance A King, Bcauklsa, Tex
Corp. Lornn Samuel Llye, Murphysboro,
III.
Corp. Albert H. Manu, Memphis. Tenn.
Corp. Albert J. Mathleu, North Brook
field, M.isx.
Corp. William B. Neel Bayard. W. Va.
Corp. Clyde F. Pendleton, East St. Louis,
III.
Corp. John W. Pierce, Bandon, Ore.
Corp. Kenna P. Plowman, Huntington,
Ore.
Corp. Fred Kidly. Cherokee, Kan.
Corp. Vincent Genger Cooley, Brook
Ianil, D. C.
Corp. Clarence O. Johnson, South Seattle,
Wash.
Corp. Columbus S. Morris, Columbia.
N. C.
Corp. Fred S. Schantz, Philadelphia Pa.
Mechanic Fred C.Clark, Oxford, N. 0.
Eugene Amundaon, Christian. Norway.
Junius M. Anderson, Monroe, Utah.
Joseph A; Augustine, Cleveland, O.
Andy Baczynske. Evanston, 111.
Eilsrr.r A. Bailey, Scranton, Tex.
Vj!iam R. Baker, Baker Hill, Ala,
Inula Peconovich, Buhl, Minn.
Marvin B. Black, Comer, Ga.
Goodwin Bracy, Manchester, Tenn.
John W. Brown, Manchester, Tenn,
William C. Brown, Canady, Ky.
John J. Buch, Cleveland, O.
Luher Bryner, Dunbar, Pa.
Frank Carey, Upper Middletown, Pa.
Lloyd W. Carpenter, Holly Grove, W. Va.
, Ernest C. Carter, Chucksy. Tenn.
Grayson Caylor, Townsend, Tenn.
Charlea W. Clark, Lowell, Mich.
Harry A. Dearing, Jersey City, N. J.
Richard Eggen, Fast Grand Forks, Minn.
Joe W. Everett, Shamrock, La.
Albert W. Fisher, Pottsboro, Tex.
Dona Goffrion, Chicopee, Mass.
John G. Gllreath, Marlow, Tenn.
Joseph Groehl, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Arthur M. Harring Elkhart, Ind.
Carl J. Hendricksoh, Pennville, S. D.
Albert M. Hennlng. Lake City, Minn.
Harold Dale Higgins, White, 8, D.
Leroy A. Hllbert, Reading, Pa.
Jamea Nathaniel Holbrooks, Culberson.
N. C.
Frank Hopkins, Ramey, Pa.
Abe M. Bailey, Jacksborough, Tex.
William N. Cooper, Knoxvllle, Tenn.
Joseph Cowan, Butler, Tenn.
James N. Dodds, Pangultch, Utah.
Robert Downs, Millierstown, Ky. "
Harmon D. Grubb. Salem, Ind.
Will Hawes. Deloit, Neb.
Gal L. Jones, Snohomish, Wash.
Emil A. Kolin,. Chicago 111.
Virgil V. Mahoney, Cleveland, O.
Joseph, Ludwlg Mathlsen, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Gilbert Miller, Rogerson, Idaho,
Elisha Warriner, Little York, Ind.
James W. Hrabak, Holland, Minn.
Kenny J. Huff, Erie, Tenn.
Frank J. Hurt, Orion, Okl.
William C. Ingram, Richfield, N. C.
Earl A. Jackson, Marshall, Minn.
Howard Kahl, Wasco, Cal.
Andy Nofire, Barber, Okl.
George Oszuscik, Chicago. III.
Walter F. Owens, Corfu, N. Y.
Fred Pabst, Grant Center, la.
Frank Parrlsh, Waterloo, la.
George W. Parrls, Roseboro, N. C.
Joe Pelech, Moulton, Tex.
Clifford D. Penney, Orchard, Tenn.
Homer W. 'Perryman, Moulton, Tex.
George Pidgeon, Salem, la.
Clauds Pierce, Braggs, Okl.
Robert E. Prlgan, Marco, Mont.
William Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. T.
Henry Rltter, Elm Springs, Ark.
Maurice H. Roberts, Derry, N. H.
Otis B. Robinson, Bondvllle, Ky.
Robert I ascal Rose lie. New York, N. T,
John L. Rossi, New York, N. Y.
John C. Scalzltti, Chicago, 111.
Leonard J. White, Debusk, Vs.
Maurice B. Williams, Altoona, Pa,
Thaddeus K. Zyk, Butternut, Wis.
William J. Kaiser, Philadelphia, Pa,
Kennedy K. Kelly, Cosmopolis, Wash.
Tony Kepler, Wharon, N. J.
Frederick . Ketttler. Afton, Mo.
Arthur Koehne, Appleton, Wis,
John Linton, Sheffield, Mo.
Thomas E. McDonald, Cleveland, O.
Ben McFadden. Glory, Tex.
Leo P. McFadden, Storm Lake, la,
John D. McGarry, Corry, Pa.
John A. McGough, Pittsburgh. Pa.
William McKibbin, Newburgh, N. Y.
John J. Mallay, Jr.. New York City.
Floy Martin, Leesburg, Tex.
Paul R. Martin, Hershey, Neb.
Alvln L. Matson, Louisburg. Minn.
Peter Mula, Bowna, Sardinia, Italy.
Alvin Munson, Humboldt, Neb.
Carl A. Nelson, Sedrowooley, Wash.
S. Missing 1b Action.
Lt. Edmund C. Leonard, Lockport, III.
Lt Willford McFadden, Jr., San An
tonio, Tex.
Lt. T. E. Tllllnghast, Westerly K. I.
Sergt. Earl C. Good, Hanover, Pa.
Corp. George M. Blssett, Amenta, N. D.
Corp. Merle B. Cadmus, Cleveland, O.
Corp. George VConro, Philadelphia,
Corp. Henry Crisman, Easton, .Pa,
Corp. Robert H. Hoke, Harrlsburg, Pa.
Corp. Robert L. Howse, Cooper, Tex.
Corp. Joseph W. KlmmaJ. Donaldson Pa.
Corp. Alexander H. McClfntock, Balti
more, Md.
Corp. Robert J. Maher, Chicago, 111.
Corp. David Mann, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Corp. Guatav A. Mattison, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Corp. Robert V. Nally, Resrdfng, Pa.
Corp. Geoffrey Pryor, Salisbury, Md.
Corp. Frank S. Reese. Nazareth, Pa.
Corp. Alvln T. Rehmeyer. Stewarts-
town, Pa. .
Corp, Harold O. Gross. Laddsdale, Pa.
Peter Deghi Colico Italy.
William E. Dennehy. Cambridge, Mass.
John Dixon, Blakely, Pa.
Thomas G. Doris, Devon Mllford, Conn.
John C. Dublll. Peckvtlle. Pa.
William S. Famous, Philadelphia, Pa.
William J. Foster, Philadelphia, Pa.
Harold Fowler, Lybrook N. Y.
Everette R. Franklin, Atlanta, Ga.
Angelo Funarl, Honesdale, Pa.
Pedro Galban, Matamoraa, Mexico.
Thomas T. Hammer, Odin, Minn.
David P. Harris, Little Rock, Ark.
Edward E. Hayes. Jersey City, N. J. '
Sam Hollander. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Harry B. Humphrey, Poughkeepsle,
NT.
'Johannes A. Jensen, Richmond HUI,
N. T.
William B. Jessop, Raspeburg, Md.
Harvey J. Hehley, Bethlehem Pa,
Jacob A, Koeater, Stover, Mo.
Guiaeppe Laguardla, Jersey City. K. J.
Lloyd W. Lawrence, Howard Park, Md.
Harry J. Levy, New York. N. Y.
' Leo J. l'Homme, Ottawangon, Conn
Richard w. McIntosh. Newport. Wash.
Thomas McNlckoias, New Haven, Conn.
Leon Floyd Machacek Albert Lea, Minn.
Privates i
James Anderson, New York City.
Matta Antonuccl, Philadelphia, Pa,
Harry M. Berlin, Philadelphia, Pa.
George T. Blederwolf, Philadelphia. Fa.
CHAPTER II.
Questionable Friends.
Of the earlier portion of the night
of his grandfather's death Bobby
retained a minute recollection. The
remainder was like a dim, appalling
nightmare whose impulse remains
hidden.
When he went to his apartment to
dress, for dinner he found the letter
of which Silas Blackburn had
spoken to Katherine. It mentioned
the change in the will as an ap
proaching fact nothing could alter.
Bobby fancied that the old man
merely cravedthe satisfaction of
terrorizing himTbf casting him out
with all the ugly words at his com
mand. Still a good deal more than
a million isn't to be relinquished
lightly as long as a .chance remains.
Bobby had an engagement for din
ner. He would think the situation
over until after dinner, then he
might go.
It was, perhaps, unfortunate that
at his club he met friends who drew
him in a corner and offered him too
many cocktails. As he drank his
anger grew, and it wasn't all against
his grandfather. He asked himself
why during the last few months he
had avoided the Cedars, -why he
had drifted into too vivid a life in
New York. It increased his anger
that he hesitated to give himself a
frank answer. But always at such
moments it was Katherine. rather
than his grandfather who entered his
mind. He had cared too much for
her, and lately, beyond question, the
bond of their affection had weak
ened. He raised his glass and drank. He
set the glass down quickly as if he
would have liked to hide it. A big
man, clear-eyed and handsome,
walked into the room and came
straight to the little group in the
corner. Bobby tried to tarry it off.
'"Lo, Hartley old preacher. You
fellows all know Hartley Graham?
Sit down. We're going Jo have a
little cocktail."
Graham looked at the glasses,
slinking his head.
"If you've time, Bobby, I'd like
a word with vou." -
'No preaching." Bobby bargained.
"It isn't Sunday."
Graham laughed pleasantly.
"It's about money. That talks
any day."
Cobbjy edged a way out and fol
lowed Graham to an unoccupied
room. There the big man turned
on him.
"See here, Bobby! When are you
going out to the Cedars?"
Bobby flushed.
"You're adear friend. Hartley,
and I've always loved you, put I'm
in no mood for preaching tonight.
Besides, I've got my own life to
lead" he glanced away "my own
reasons for leading it."
"I'm not going to prearh, Gra
ham answered seriously, "although
it's obvious you're raising the devil
with vour life. I wanted to tell you
that f've had a note from Katherine
today. She says your grandfather's
threats are taking too much form;
that tUe new will's bound to come
unless you do something. She cares
too much for you. Bobby, to see you
tVirnw vervtViinor away. She's asked
me to persuade yen. to go out."
Why Cidn t sne nie to mc
"Hi,. imii hppn verv frindlv with
Katherine lately? And that's not
fair. You're both without parents.
You owe Katherine something on
that account.
Bobby didn't answer, because it
was clear that while Katherine's af--had
weakened, her
friendship for Graham had grown
too fast. Looking at tne otner nc
didn't wonder.
"There's another thing, Uraham
was saying. ine gioomy oui
Cedars has 'got on Katherine s
there's been a
change' in the old man the last few
dayswanders around as n ne were
afraid of something."
Bobby laughed outright.
H;m afraid of snmethinel It s al
ways been his system to make
...,kri anil vervthinflr afraid of
him. But you're right about Kath
erine. We have always aepcuucu
on each other. I think I'll go out
after dinner."
"Then come have a bite with me,
Graham urged. "I'll see you off
afterward. If you catch the 8:30
I vmt Mi rrVi tit K j-ttif thf-ta- Vfrrm
half-past ten."
Bobby shook his head.
"An engagement for dinner. Hart
ley. I'm expecting Carlos Paredes
to pick me up here any minute."
Graham's disapproval was belligerent.-
.
"Why, in the name of heaven,
Bobby, do you run around with that
damned Panamanian? Steer him off
tonight. I've argued with you be
fore. It's unpleasant, I know, but
the man carries every mark of
crookedness."
"Easy with my friends. Hartley!
You don't understand Carlos. He's
good fun when you know him
awfully good fun."
"So," Graham said, "is this sort
of thing. Too many cocktails, too
much wine. Paredes has the same
pleasant, dangerous quality."
A club servant entered.
"In the reception room, Mr.
Blackburn."
Bobby took the card, tore it into
little bits, and dropped them one by
one into the waste-paper basket.
"Tell him I'll be right out." He
turned to Graham.
"Sorry you don't like my play
mates. I'll probably rim- out after
dinner and let the old man terrorize
me as a ure for his own fear. Pleas
ant prospect! So long."
Graham caught at his arm.
"I'm sorry. Can't we forget to
night that we disagree about Par
edes? Let me dine with you."
Bobby's laugh was uncomfortable.
"Come on, if you wish, and be my
guardian angel. God knows I need
one."
He walked across the hall and into
the reception room. The light was
not brilliant there. One or two
men sat reading newspapers about
a green-shaded lamp on the center
table, but Bobby didn't .see Taredes
at first. Then from the obscurity of
a corner a form, tall and graceful,
emerged with a slow monotony of
movement suggestive of stealth. The
man's dark, sombre-eyes revealed
nothing. His jet black hair, parted
in the middle, and his carefully
trimmed Van Dyke beard gave him
an air of distinction, an air, at tl.i
same time, a trifle too reserved. For
a moment the green light stained
his face unhealthily, Bobby could
understand Graham's aversion. He
brushed the idea aside.
"Glad you've come, Carlos."
The smile of greeting vanished
abruptly from Paredes face. He
looked with steady eyes beyond
Bobby's shoulder. Bobby turned.
Graham stood on the threshold, his
face, a little too frank. But the two
men' shook hands.
"I'd an idea until I saw Bobby,"
Graham said, "that you'd gone back
to Panama."
Paredes yawned.
"Each year I spend more time in
New York. Business suggests it.
Pleasure demands it.
His voice was deep and pleasant,
but Bobby had often remarked that
it, like Paredes' eyes, was too re
served. It seemed never to call on
its obvious powers of expression. Its"
accent was noticeable only in a
pleasant, polished sense.
"Hartley," Bobby explained, "is
dining with us."
Paredes let no disapproval slip,
but Graham hastened to explain.
"Bobby and I have an engagement
immediately after dinner."
"An engagement after dinner! I
didn't understand "
"Let's think of dinner first "
Bobby said. "We can talk about
engagements afterward. Perhaps
you'll have a cocktail here while we
decide where we're going."
"The aperitif I should like very
much," Paredes said. "About dinner
there is nothing to decide. I have
arranged everything. There's a table
wafting in the Fountain room at the
C and there I hVve planned a little
surprise for you." -
He wouldn't explain further.
While they drank their cocktails
Bobby watched Graham's disap
proval grow. The man glanced con
tinually at his watch. In the restau
rant, where Paredes left them to
produce, as he called it, his surprise,
Graham appraised with a frown the
voluble people who moved intri
cately through the hall.. .
To Be Continued. ,
Yank Loses Leg, Says He is
Only Hitting on 3 Cylinders
Paris, Nov.- 4. The spirit of
American soldiers passing through
casualty stations is admirable. One
"doughboy" from Kansas hobbling
up to an American Red Cross can
teen on one leg and crutches,
shouted, "Here T come. I'm only
hitting on three cylinders but still
able to get about."
Another boasted of his luck be
cause he had onlv three shrapnel
wounds, one in his hand, one in
his shoulder and one in the back.
An American Red Cross canteen
at a receiving sta ion often offers
men their first chance to talk over
their . experiences. They stand
around wih a cup of chocolate in
one hand, cookies in the other, and
fifrht their fights over again until
officers have to drive them to the
dressing rooms.
John J. Blrney. Philadelphia, Pa.
Frederick Blschoff. Woodslde, N. ,Y
Sim Bombtrardner. Delight, Ark..
Harry N. Boylan, Hagerstown, Md.
Guiseppe G. Brunetto, Granltl, Measslna,
Italy. .
Arthur L. Cook. Cleveland, O.
William Corcoran. East Haven, Conn.
Charles H. Crocker. Hartford, Me.
John W. Darnell, Ozark, 111.
Matt Defano. Barl Fufrlle, Italy.
L'benz Mammyurburg, BloomfeW. Conn.
Ralph H. Manning, Colchester, Vt
Gioacchino Mannucl. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jos Mastraslmone. Italy.
Constantlnos, Mastrogas, Springfield,
Mass.
George E. Miller, Moscow Pa.
Joe Memkowicz. Scranton. Pa.
James O'Neill. Philadelphia, Pa.
Robert R. Palm, Johnstown, Pa.
Philip Pierce. Spiro. Okl.
John L PUkerton, Mechanlcsvllle, Md.
Herbert L. Price, Algona. Wash.
Salvatore Puma. New York City.
Jos R. Rea Roselle. N. J.
Earl W. Relbsame, Sunbury, Pa.
Louis Rldder, Astoria. N. Y.
Frank Roubal, Llndenhurst, N. T.
Harvey J. Rowe. Wlclnisco. Pa.
Charles Rlckdaschel. College Point, N. Y.
Louts Rudoff, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Felix Rybak Brooklyn, N. Y.
Francis 8. Sampsell, Milton,. Pa,
Andy Sauter, Cuyahoga. O.
Charles H. Schnell. Philadelphia, Pa,
John Schutt. Springfield, Mass.
Arthur J. Tisdale, Wayworth, Wyo.
William A. Traylor, Petersburg, Va,
William F. Unangst, Eeaaton, Pa.
James Veronese. Brooklyn N. T.
Lawrsnc Welsh, FUldon, III.
Great Lakes Station
to Have Former Stars
on Basket Ball Team
Great Lakes, 111., Nov. 16.
Around "Bill" Chandler, Wisconsin's
de luxe captain a year ago, and a
stack of other western conference
stars will be erected the 1918 Great
Lakes naval training siat on basket
ball team.
Chandler is generally regarded as
the prize center in the west. His
supciative shot mak'ng ability plus
the free throw sniping was largely
instrumental in leading the Big Ten
title for the Madison institution last
year.
As support for rhandier tne sta
tion is alle to pi oduce -George
Halej. who captained Illinois in
U17-118. Hales absorbed Ralph
Jones' system with the lllini and is
said to possess tremendous class as
a guard.
A third conference captain in a
"gon ' uniform is Harry Lielson, ex
iciidcr of the Northwcs'ern univer
sy freshmen. Eielsor. is busy with
football at present, out w ll be avail
able for a forward job later.
One of the buglers of the Sixth
egimcnt is "Toddv" Kamp, late cap
tain of the Washington university
team. Kamp is a puard one of
tl'ose built close ti the grcund who
li'eraiiy handcuff their forwards.
The conference field is not yet ex
hausted as Con Ecklund, varsity
man with the University of Minne
sota last year, has completed his
detention period and will be out for
th squad. Ecklund, like Kamp, is
a defensive man.
Langenstein, a FreeportJl!., boy,
and a tackle on the fooroall team,
is boosted as a basket ball wizard.
Likewise he is a guard. So is Paddy
Driscoll of Northwestern. Driscoll
achieved his sport reputation on the
gridiron, but Jhis Northwestern ad
mirers insist he's a greatei marvel
on the floor than on the striped
field.
MANY SARDINES
BEING PACKED
BY AMERICANS
Many New Firms Are Entering
the Field Formerly Con
trolled by Norwegians
and Danes.
San Pedro, Cal. Sardine packing
and canning, Tor many years con
trolled by the Norwegians and the
Danes, and only of recent years an
industry of the. United States, is
rapidly taking on major proportions
here, twenty-one companies having
entered the field of preparing the
fish for the domestic as well as the
foreign market.
The method of preparing the sea
food presents an interesting sight.
More than 380 fishing boats are re
quired to keep the concerns here
operating at normal output.
Seines are used by the fishermen
in catching sardines. The tiny fish
are gathered into small powerboats
from (he seines and when a boat
load is secured, the fisherman-captain
takes his catch to the cannery.
Here the fish are shoveled onto a
conveyor belt which carries them to
the first process in the canning oper
ation. They pass from the conveyor
belt to the scaler, a revolving drum,
which removes the scales. From
the scaler they are passed to the
cutters.
Women Cutters.
The cutters, vonce men, but since
the war, women, trim and dress at
long tables and pass the fish on to
salting vats, whence they go to the
flaking trays for drying. The flak
ing' trays occupy a large room, in
the end of which is a big blower,
carrying air through the room and
drying the fish. After this opera
tion the fish are ready to be fried.
The frying operation, probably
one of the most interesting to the
casual visitor, consists of virtually
boiling the fish in a large tank of
oil. The sardines are placed in
baskets at one end of the tank and
move across the receptacle. By
the time they reach the other side,
they are cooked.
From the frying vat. the sardines
go to another series of trays, where
they are allowed to cool for 12
hours, generally being placed in
these trays at night and removed
in the morning. After cooling the
fish are removed to the packing
tables, where packers prepare them
in tins. '
The packers work at long tables.
Above these tables, an endless belt,
carrying empty cans, moves. The
fish are packed in quarter-pound,
half-pound and pound cans. When
the packer has placed the sardines
in their metal containers, the latter
go to the sealers. The sealers are
automatic machines, operated by
young women, which place the tops
on the cans, oval or square, as the
case may be.
To the observer, it would appear
that this would be the end of the
operation, but the most important
treatment comes next. The sealed
cans are removed to a retort, which
is heated to a high temperature. The
cans are placed in this retort, where
they remain for three hours and
are practically given another cook
ing. The heat is so intense that the
bones of the sardines are softened
and any possible remaining air is
expelled, thus sterilizing tne pacic
and preventing any possibility of
spoilage.
The final operation consists of
labelling, after which they are ready
for shipment.
The sardines are packed in sev
eral different manners. High-priced
fish are packed in olive oil, others in
apricot kernal oil. peanut oil, cotton
seed oil, tomato catsup and mustard.
Germans Destroy Valuable
Forests in White Russia
Amsterdam Irretrievable damage
has been wrought by the Germans
in the forests of Poland, asserts pro
fessor Mazosevitcl. at Cracrw. In
Warsaw pxovince alone,' the German
governor has confiscated one third
of the forest lands within his juris
diction, or more than 500,000 acres
'Lithuania andWhite Russia have suf
fered even more, especially the vir
gin forests of Bialovicz, which cover
an area of 320,000 acres and are es
timated to be worth $200,000,000.
These forests have now been cut up
bv the Germans.
"Start a Bat Roost
Help to Combat the
Malaria," Says Doctor
Dallas, Tex. Start a bat roost
and help rid th country of disease,
is the admonition of Dr. Charles A.
Campbell of San Antonio, who re
cently attended the Southwestern
Medical association meeting here.
Malaria, he says, is one of man's
worst enemies and the lowly bat as
a combatant of the disease is highly
valuable. Dr. Campbell has worked
out his theory for 17 years, perfect
ing it scientifically only during the
war.
"The malaria mosquito and the
bat are both nocturnal and the mos-
?uito furnish 90 per cent of the bat's
ood," he said. "All that is needed
to combat the mosquito and result
ant malaria, is to furnish the bat
with a home. A roost similar to the
method in keeping bees in one's
back yard will sumce, tor me Dai
knows its home and will return after
a night's foraging. In my back yard
I have many of these sanitary
workers.
"The malaria question is a serious
one in" this country. More than
$100,000,000 is lost annually as a
direct result. In the United States
there lies idle 79,000,000 acres of
s6il, fertile as the Nile, an area suf
ficient to grow the American cot
ton crop, all because of the malarial
conditions existing. More than
2,000,000 ounces of quinine is an
nually imported to help eradicate
malaria. If we take the proper step
to eradicate malaria from our blood
ill start with the mosnuito.
And the bat is the mosquito's worst"
enemy. Iheretore a Dat roosi
should be started as they are profitable.
A Sad Case.
A contractor in Philadelphia who has
a considerable amount of work In hand
for the government vlalted the plant one
day and discovered a number of things he
didn't like. Of one In particular he spoke
to his foreman:
"I have Just caught a fellow hanging
around smoking during Working hours. So
I ordered them to give him a week's
wages and told him to clear out."
"Yes," said the foreman, with a grin.
"I know all about It, for I have Just seen
the man leaving. Why, air, he wasn't
employed here he was merely looking
for a Job!" Magazine.
Navy Estimates for j
1920 Appropriation
Bffl $2,441,900,000.
Washington, Nov. 17. Estimates
of the Navy department for the 1920
naval appropriation bill, as submit
ted to congress as announced today,
call for $2,441,900,000. but as they
were prepared with the view of con
tinuance of the war, material re
ductions are expected during the
framing of the bill, which will be
begun next Tuesday by the house
naval committee.
Appropriations for the nary for
the fiscal year, ending next Tune 30,
amounted to about $1,730,000,000, all
of which, except $125,000,000 provid
ed by a recent deficiency measure,
was carried by the regular 1919
appropriation bill.
Increase in naval strength is pro
vided for by the new estimates. Be
sides calling for a new three year
building program of 156 vessels, in
cluding ten super dreadnaughts, six
battle cruisers and 140 smaller craft
as previously announced by Secre
tary Daniels, the estimates include
appropriations of $233,985,000 for
completing the first three year pro
gram. ,
Taking Over Cable Lines
Criticised by Mackay
New York, Nov. 17. Clarence H.
Mackay, president of the Postal
Telegraph company and the Com
mercial Cable company, issued a
statement last night, announcing he
had been informed that the govern
ment had taken over all Atlantic
and Pacific submarine cable lines
and criticising the administration
for its action.
Declaring the cable companies
have rendered excellent service since
the outbreak of the war, Mr, Mac
kay declared he could not under
stand why the government at this
late date should take over the
cables as a "war necessity, the war
being now practically ended."
Taking over the cables he declar
ed, saddled an additional financial
burden on the government as he
insisted that government operation
would result in a loss "just as gov
ernment operation of the land lines
will result in a loss."
uy From These Oriiaha Firms
Premium
Oleomargarine
Sweet Pure Clean
Will Cut Your
Butter Bill in Half
Sold By All Dealers
SWIFT & COMPANY
PEOPLE'S ICE &
COLD STORAGE
COMPANY
Manufacturers of Distilled
Water Ice
350 Tons Daily Capacity
Telephone Douglas 50
Business Good Here
During War Figures
Being Compiled Show
Manager Gillan of the industrial
bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce is preparing a resume of busi
ness conditions in the city during
the war, but the work is not yet
completed. However, from data on
hand it is shown that while the war,
in several forms of manufacturing
crippled the business to a large ex
tent, it also stimulated the business
of many other firms, more than off
setting the loss.
This condition is true to the great
est extent in the meat packing in
dustry, which enjoyed the largest
growth and greatest prosperity in
its history.
So. also, did war stimulate the in
dustries manufacturing butter, flour,
corn meal and corn flour, biscuits
and crackers, and even bread, de
spite the fact that substitutes were
require', with this commodity.
The box industry in Omaha was
also pushed to the front. Paper
and wooden boxes were in gseater
demand than ever before.
The truck body building had the
greatest volume of business during
tlhe period of the war than ever be
fore. The government demand was
responsible in a big measure for this
increase so, also, was the farmer.
The sheet metal industry espe
cially those firms making cositain
ers harness and saddlery, printing
and !aundryalso felt the increase
in business brought on by the war.
"It is, indeed, an ill wind that
doesn't blow some good," comment
ed Manager Gillan.
Allied Forces Enter Bucharest
Paris, Nov. 17. Allied forces are
expected to enter Bucharest on Sun
day, according to Jassy advices to
L'Information. A triumphal recep
tion has been prepared for them, it
is said.
STATIONERY THAT SATISFIES
Loose Leaf Books, Fountain Pens, Engraved and Printed Wed
ding, Business and Visiting Cards.
Commercial Stationery. We make Rubber Stamps.
' OMAHA STATIONERY CO.
107 and 809. South 17th Stmt
Teltphona Sons'. SOS
Call Tyler 3-Hauling of All Kinds
COUNCU. BLUFFS OFFICE CALL TYLER 883.
W art aqulpptd to hand! your lurolinc probltmi at low aoit quick Barrio,
ourteoui treatment. Council Blutfi and Omaha.
FORD TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO.
Best Butter Made
Alfalfa Butter Co.
llth and Capitol Avenue.
IT 9
if
Advertising,
Specialties,
Calendars,
Cloth, Leather,
Celluloid.
Wood and MetaJi
Specialties.
M. F. SHAFER
& CO.
Northeast Corner VJfim
'17th and Webster Sts i
ft
mm
Hgrtil
f i
BOILERS SMOKESTACKS
TWO PLANTS
Drake. Williams,
Mount Company,
Main Office and Works,
23d, Hickory and U.P.R.R.
'Phono Doutlai 1043.
Branch
20th, Center and C.B. & Q.
'Phono Douglaa 1141.
Oxy-Acetylene Welding
STANDPIPES TANKS
TAFT'S DENTAL ROOMS
DR. H. A. WAHL DR. J. F. ANSON
318 Securities Building
16th and Farnam Sts. - - - - Douglas 2186
A WORLD POWER
Whenever commerce coca marching on you will find the Electric Motor
turning the wheels of industry, constantly, quietly and efficiently.
Electrical Power la Dependable and Economical.
NEBRASKA POWER CO.
Epsten Lithographing Co.
Labels, Stationery, Color Work of All Kinds
v 417 South 12th. - Tyler 1240 '
Nebraska's Only Purely Lithograph House
Omaha Ice & Cold Storage Company
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ICE
Plant Capacity, 200 Tons Daily Natural Ice, 40,000 Tons Storage
Phone Douglas 654 107 McCague Bldg. 1502 Dodge St.
"STANDARD" Cleaners and Dyers
Our Dry Cleaning and
Dyeing. System Is Perfect
and Up to the Standard.
Office, 1445 South 13th St - Phone Red 8276
Ride a Harley-JJavidson
VICTOR H. ROOS
The Cycle Man"
HARLEY-DAVIDS ")N
Motorcycle and Bicycles
2701-03 Learenworth St., Omaha
Best 22-k Gold Crowns ...$5.00
Bridge Work, per tooth . . .$5.00
Best Plates, $8.00, $10.00 $15.00
McKenney Dentists
1324 Farnam. Phone Doug. 2872
HEAVY
HOISTING
E. J. Davis
1212 Farnam St. Tel. D. 353
9R
Atlas Redwood Tanks Are
Guaranteed for 20 Years
Against Decay.
ATLAS TANK MFG. CO.
1105 W. O. W. Building Doug. 8237.
FRED BOISEN. Manager.
"If You're
Used Oar
Jood
We're
Got
Yonr
FrlfT"!.
ship."
7S
A.
POLLOCK OIL CO.
Nebraska & Iowa Steel Tank Co.
Steel Tanks, Watering Troughs, Oil I A. N. EATON, Prop.
Drums, Grain Bins, Oil 1301 SPRUCE STREET
Storage Tanks. Phone Webster 278.
ore PHOTO
ULdLi ENGRAVINGS
for Newspapers
Fine Job Work
Bee Engraving Dept.
103 BEE BLDG. OMAHA
