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NEW MINISTER PREACHES HIS INITIAL SERMON , , Bev. Frank G. Smith, New -- Pastor of- First-Central . - ' Congregational Chucch, Occupies Pulpit. . V Rev. Frank G. Smith preached the first sermon of his pastorate of the First-Central Congregational church yelterday morning to a congregation " that taxed the capacity of the build ing. Rev. Mr. Smith's sermon was deeply spiritual and delivered in a way that puts him in the' first rank of Omaha pulpit orators. : "I hope," he said in preface, with smile which brought an audible smile from the congregation, "that - you won't decide this morning whether you like me or not. I am enough of a Methodist to wish to go 'on nrobation' as it were for. 'sav. -!six months. If you were to take a dislike 4o me., this morning it would take roe -a long while to root out that rmprtssion. ' "I know I am not perfect. Xobody sknows that better than I. You may not like some mannerisms, my way of speaking, my clothes. But let us go on "probation. That is the way I am going to tak you.. For,. I real ize that you are not all perfect either. We both hve some bumps and - l;inks that need to be ironed out. ; Learn to Know Each Other. "My friends, it will be only after we -have worked together, suffered ; together, aspired together, failed to gether, succeeded together that we will know each other." v , Rev. 'Mr. Sruith took for his text ; the words of Moses to God when God bade hint lead the Israelites into the promised land. Moses said,. "If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence." .', "Twot great congregations have united into First-Central Congrega tional church and we are making . great plans fo the future," said the new pastor. "But I would rather walk outv of th'is pulpit and, never walk into it again if I could not rely , upon the presence of Almighty God every day and every hour while we are labofiu together. , jThe paTh win not always be easy. (itii-Ki will nnt -alwavs hp smiling. 9 And in the hours of- darkness we need the Lord to' styingthen us just as we need hint to guide us in the hours ot "brightness. Only by rely ing upon him can .we achieve lasting success. And it is by relying upon - him always- thatthis congregation is going on to great things. ; History Back of Church. j ''You have a great history back of ' you. ,You have had your great re ; vivals, your times of prosperity, your - times of -sadness, your .times of achievement. "I, too, have a history back of me. I wilt remember the December morning, 27 years ago, when, as a y young Kansas City lawyer, I shut roll top of my desk and .there consecrated my life to the f.-rvice of God. I remember my fjrs( congregation, a little country church of 95 members, still one of , the dearest spots on earth to me. "Through . all my-service in flie ministry, full, complete reliance on ' the presence of God always going J withs me ' has been the greatest strength I have had." A reception will be given for Rev. Air. Smith and Mrs. Smith by the congregation Wednesday evening at o'clock f , i ' Joe Harris, in Fran,oe, Says 'Clothes Makes the Man" ' Wise men have sa'id that clothes i don'k make the man, but the oracle wbVcomposed this' adage must have been considering plain clothes not uniforms whet he penned Uie his toric 1 assertion, according to Joe Harris, first baseman, of the Cleve- laud Indians, whVis now a sergeant i' in France. v "N. Writing front "over there." the chunky Joseph states he can't help "'. snickering every time he has to salute- Lieutenant Klepfer, ieuten ant Torkelson or Lieutenant Dick ersou, all pitchers on his team. .'.'It doesn't seem right," says lIarris,"for t .300,. hitter to salute his, own pitdierst I wonder if I'll have to keep it up after we get - back?- ' s According to late reports from overseas, the joke is on Harris, even more forcibly. It will be remem bered he displaced big Louis Guisto , as first sacker, driving the Italian to the bench. Now it is stated Guisto - has won a lieutenant's commission and Harris must take orders from a man who couldn't keep up with shim on the diamond.- All are good 'fellows, and Harris undoubtedly is ' delightedto see Guisto'Syadvance in military standing. . . -X ; Drjve Begins Today to Raise S5,000,000 to Aid Needy Jews ... "w York, Dec. 8. The Jewish wajr sufferers campaign vcommittee jpve dinner to 1,000 of its workers heretonight in preparation for the two weeks' campaign which will be gin tomorrow to raise $5,000,000 to id needy - Jews in war-ravished lands. ' The $30,000,000 war relifc drive of - the American committee for relief -in the Near East, which will be con- . ducted during the week of January '2, will be directed by Alexander J. Hemphill, chairman of the board of , directors of the Guaranty Trust company, its was announced here tonight. ' ' . Lidut. Roy Wilcox to Return to Washington. This Week LAf Roy Wilcox will conclude his AT THE THEATERS 1 eave of absence this- week and re ' turn to Washington to clean up his , business connected w"ith duties in fhe iir-craft production division. A still considerable portion of this business will be to secure his discharge from the military hospital where he spent seven weeks. He as one of J.600 Jlu patients who were in the hospital . at one tirflfnd he happened also to be one of 15 taken from the wards as probably fatal cases to be given special reatment. " v ' CARUSO, Tetrazzini, Melba, Louise Homer and other grand v.w .....q 1 VV LIV'li J 11 Will the great classics at the Orpheum this week. They arn't the real-stars, but are as much like them in voice and appearance as it is possible to make them and yesterday's audi ences accorded them a rousing re ception. They are under direction of Mine, Dojree, herself an able musi cian. . , Fisher and, Hawlev have a playlet of "Potash and Perlmutter" type that is full 'of comedy and is much enlivened ' by the acting of Mae Wright as Miss Wiseman. Albert" Vertchamp, violin virtuoso, was well received and played selections frorn a large repertoire, assisted by Joyce Albert. Bollinger and Reynolds do a good tight rope and slack wire act fol lowed by songs sung by their 6-year-old daughter. The little girl is one pf the biggest hits, though her name doesn't appear on the bill. Conklirr and Glass tn "A Fool, a Flirt and Her Father," add to the fun ofthe bilj. Emerson and Baldwin have a "really funny burlesque juggling act with some clever juggling that isn't burlesque. Julius Tannen's monologue kept the crowds laughing. The war movies are especially good and the travel weekly shows some splendid scenes from Oregon. - At the Boyd a realTy interesting little cmedy drama is being told by a company that is well qualified to give it worth while interpretation. It is rather handicapped by its name, "A Little Mother to Be," which, in a... sense, suggests the wronged maiden; she-is not present in this story, although a serious complica-j tion is brought into it through, the cowardly, act of a young man who pretends to love the girrl Hisjeal ousy and mean spirit exposes her to possible shame, but all comes through right in the end. The boy. who loved, soldier that he was, not only served his country, but the girl of his heart. Some ,good character work is done by membJrs of the company, particularly by Miss Esther Evans, who has the role ot an old maid that is conceived ajong sensible liries. A wholesome and pleasant play, it will be at the Boyd until after Wednesday evening, with daily matinees. D. W. Griffith's supreme,, triumph, "Hearts of the World" has entered its fourth week at the Brandeis theater Now that the war is hap pily over this picture, created on the battlefields ot France by special permission of the French and Brit ish war offices, assumes the va,uie or history. Mr. Griffith and the prin cipal members of his company spent many months in France, the prin cipal scenes of the picture having been taken just behind the battle ines. That portion of France in which the scenes were taken was afterward oner-run by the Germans and it was in this exact territory that the Americans began the great drive that finally' caused the Germans ten sue for peace. In the cast of "Hearts of the World" are such well known film stars as "Lillian and 'Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Josephine Crowell, George Fawcett, Robert Anderson, George A. Siegman, and Master Ben Alexander, the five year old actor who has created a sensa tion wherever his pictures have been seen. There are two performances daily, at 2:15 and 8:15. - . The offering at the Gayety theater is Max Spiegel's all-American mili tary revue, "Cheer Up. America," produced by"" Priv. William H. Smith.who staged the national suc cess "Yip Yip Yaphank" .for the boys of Camp Upton. In the cast are Frankie-Niblo, 'The ,Cheer Up Girl''; Edward Lambert, Leo Hayes-, Betty Pqwers, - Lucille Ames, The California Trio and "James Hall The chorus is unusually girlish. Mat inee dairy will be as usual. Tomor row night occurs the first of the famous perfect figure contests. Four acts of vaudeville, each bet ter than the average are on, the bill at the Empress the 'first ha!Hf the wootr h'Ao-inninc- Sundav afternoon. Rouble. Sims, billed as a 1 corned cartoonist, draws a number of comic cartoonsmLkeeps up a line of light chatter Throughout the act which seems to make" a hit with the audi- .... r- t-: .1. tnrp J.itt e miss J.ixie is me u f a comdy- skit,' which, .how ever, contains ti touch ot sentiment along with the comedy. Guest and Newlyn are billed s comedy' entertainers and' fully live up to their name, while the bill closes with an exceptionally good trouo of five men and one woman Ttfmbkrs, who introduce a number ct new stunts. ' . Gladys Brockwelt is the sfar in a ohoto play entitled ? "The Strange Woman" which deals with the faults of the present-day marriage. Miss Brockwell taEes the part Madam Inez deV'frrefnd tne widow of a baron who has sworn that she will iver airain be - manacled to any man by marriage.- As is to be ex-1 pected. she talis violently in love with an Atrrerican artist, and their troubles wind up happily in : the little town of Adelphi, Iowa. Billy West,-who imitates Charley Chap man, in a slapstick , comedy com pletes the bill. , . " , Two Aviation Instructors Killed in Fall at Los Angeles .Los Angeles. Dec. ft Lieut Her bert N. Chaffee of Pasadena, Cal. and Lieut. Charles J. Drake, of Mankatp, Kas., persuit pilots and in structors at Rockwell Field,, San Diego, were instantly killed here to day when jthe airplane in which they were riding plunged 3,000 feet to the earth in a ba.k yard in the southern residential section of the city. - f Observers of the accident said the men apparently were attempting to loop the loop when they plunged to the ground. ,""".. i Rev. W. H. Foulkes 'Speaks to Presbyterians' Tuesday Rev..Dr. W. H. Foulkes speaks to PreSoyterian men at the Chamber of Commerce souVh room Tuesday noon, on the New Era movement. It is to have it middAe west conference- in Omaha' Feb. 9 and 10. N. H. Loomis. of this city, is on its" advisory board. Dr. ' Foulkes-" will tell Omaha-men what this movement wiM mean to their choreics. i HOSPITAL BOYS GLAD FOR BOOKS SENT $V OMAHA I, I, But More'Volumes Needed for Men in Hospitals in U. S., , " Says War Library Head. That members of Bas Hospital No. 49 in' France are getting a great deal ot good out of the books se"t from Omahalo that-unit, and are deeply appreciated, is shown by tlfle following letter written October 30 from Maj. James M. Patton, to Miss Edith Tobitt, librarian of the Omaha public library: "As you may know I have been temporarily detached from Base Hospital No. 49, but I hadMhe pleas ure of visiting them for a few hours last week and was delighted to find the books that you and your associates selected for the use of the unit'are all at work. Dean Tan ccck has charge of their circulation and they are put to constant use. "We can not be too grateful to you for the preparation of the li brary for it is a constant source of pleasure to 'the boys. We are all well and while there is lots of work, wc would not be any place else for anything." "Another letter receiVed bv Miss Tobitt from Hubert Futnam, gener al, arrector ot library war work, Washington, states that there is a great need for bdoks for wounded men in army hospitals. r,vcry returning transport in creases the need, he writes. the greatest need is for good recent fiction. We could use a mil lion volums to advantage. Please ask the people of your community to make their Christmas gifts to our wounded soldiers now by send ing at once to the library the best books they have or can buv. Books being purchased are chiefly techni cal to meet the overseas demand for educational literature. Avail able funds must be conserved to the limit. It is therefore necessary to call on the public for gift books to meet present emergency." Germany to Be Stripped Of Colonies, Declares Sir Auckland Geddes We of Douglas Fairbanks Vins Suit for Drvorce jfjg JQ UQj)r MASSMEETING FCSFREM Home Rule Supporters Hear From Champ Clark and . From Secretary Tumulty. c Irish Sunday An interlocutory decree for . di vorce, in favor ;of Mrs. Beth Fair banks from Douglas Fairbanks, the noted movie star, has been signed by Supreme Court Justice J. Addison Young, at his chambers in New Ro chelle,' according to a report from White Plains, N. . According to the petition of Mrs. Fairbanks, hpr f : : husband makes more than $10,000 i p.. a.weeK posing lor screen pictures. Trie absolute custody of their only child, Douglas, r., was awarded to Mrs. Fairbanks. Although no ali mony is stated in the judgment it is reported that Mr. Fairbanks has agreed to make his wife a big allowance. London, Dec. 8. Sir Auckland Geddes, president of the local gov ernment board, in sneaking at Plymouth declared it was better to run the risk of Germany failing to pay a part of the cost of the war than to take its manufaciured goods, which would crush our Bri tish industries and lead to a lower ing of wages beyond livingJimits. "Germany would pay with such gold as she has'and also with such material as could be wrung from her." Sir Auckland affirmed, "and she could pay in iabor in restoring the damage she wrought in France c.rl Belgium. "She will have no colonies when the allies have done with thisbus iness." f Decisive Contest Coming in Soldiers' Council Berlin. Dec. 8. What promises to be a decisive battle for the elimi nation of partisan politics in the soldiers and -workmen'sy councils throughout Germany' has "already been precipitated by the announced determination of the soldiers to in sist upon party representation on all governing boards. The leaders of the soldiers de clare that if the present virtual dic tatorship system of government is to be continued they will demand an equal vote with the workingmen. Otherwise they insist upon the im mediate convocation of the national assembly. Public demonstrations on the part of the troops returning from the front are commonly interpreted here as in approval of the Ebert-Scheide-mann group. Philipp Schiedemann is delivering the bulk of the patriotic speeches' and glorifying the revolu tion,' while the Haase wing of the cabinet and its independent follow ing apparently is in possession of a decisive strategic advantage. Germans' Surrender. ' Two Thousand Airplanes "'London, Dec'. 8. -The surrender HASHES ?Gox7 FILMLAND "PHOTO PIAY OFFERING S' FOR TODAY ORMA TALMADGE is ap pearing the first four cays of the wek at the Strand in "The Forbidden City," in which the takes the dual role of San San and Toy. .As San San, she is the daugh ter of Wong Li, a mandarin in ban ishment. In this role she meets an American engineer and the two are married. While the- husband is away Wong 'Li hears of the mar riage and presents his daughter to the emperor. The -emperor later orders both her and her father kill ed, when he finds that a babv has been born. Later the baby appears as a Red, Cross nurse who is in love with ansAmerican who Wishes to marry her. It takes about five reels to bring things out happily. "The Border Wireless'! with "Bill" Hart as the leading actor is appear ing at the Rialto the first four (.-vs of the week. He takes the part of Steve Ransom, and turns bandit -"cr his iauicr has lost everything. He runs into a couple of German spies while on his way to enlist and forces them to kiss the American flag, but .they reveal his true tity to the army officials later on. Things finally come outhappil for all in the end, including the girl with whom Bill is in love. A Vita graph comedy and a weekly com plete the bill. Omaha's moving picture opera tors and film men are to hold a bie dance and party next Wednes- Lday to which all their friend are invited. 1 he event will be the usual dance and some Interesting stunts are promised as a part of the even ing's eutertaiiiment. The coining' of the movie ball coincidentaily links itseit witn .tne news tnat Dotn members of the Xyons-Moran com edy team; whose films are Leing shown each week at either the .Rialto or Stra.nd theaters, were mar ried recently. Lyons ana Moran were the most popular ot the many actors.who were present at the last big movie ball held here just before the declaration of war. Tom Moore in "Thirty a Week," is a carefree chauffeur for a rich fam ily until he elopes with his employ er's daughter. Then he is a much worried young, man for the father makes determined attempts to sep erate the young couple and cause the chauffeur plenty of trouble and lots of fun for the audience. But like the hero iithe fairy tale Tom makes good in the end and wins the girl and her family's regards for his own personality. "Thirty a Week""wili run again today and to C. C. Pettijohn, director of the Mutual Film company, was in Omaha Friday and'Saturday afld a On the Screen Today RIALTO WILLIAM S. HART, in "THE BORDER WIRELESS." STRAND NORMA TALMADGE, In "THE FORBIDDEN CITY." BRANDEIS D. W. GRIFFITH'S "HEARTS OF THE WORLD." SUN LEWIS STONE, In 'THE MAN OF BRONZE." Ml SE TOM MOORE, In "THIRTY A WEEK." EMPRESS GLADYS BROCKWELL, in "THE STRANGE WOMAN." LOTHROr 24th and I.othrop ALyE BRADY, In "THE BETTER HALF." GRAND 16th and Hlnney GEORGE WALSH, In "ON THE JUMP." ORI'HEl'M South Side, ilth and M MABEL NORMAND, in "PECK'S BAD GIRL." BOIXEVARD 33d and Leavenworth GEORGE WALSH. In "BRAVE AND BOLD." more optimistic member of the film business could not be found. He de clares that the avenues of trade opening up in foreign markets for American films by-the closing of the war makes the producers even forget influenza and street car strike con ditions. Lewis Stone, appearing in "The Man of Bronze," will be seen at the Sun today for the last times in a strong story ofa western rancher", who, loving a girl, builds a home for her in Arizona, and then, upon a visit to her in the East, makes a discovery which impels him, upon his return, to burn the house to the ground. Yet in the end all ends hap pily. Margaret Clayton plays the lead opposite Mr. Stone in thislnew sort of western drama which he has undertaken. On Tuesday and Wed nesday at the Sun there will be pre sented William Russell in his comedy-drama success, "Hobbs in a Hurry." "Careless America," a safety first filrn being issued by the safety first league, will be sent,4o Omaha this month. The film is under the -direction of the police de partments of the cities to which it is sent, as it takes up in its work the -problems of the proper ways to board street cars (that's good stuff for Omahans), to park your autos, rules for pedestrians and such mat ters as will aid the police in prevent ing accidents. The Universal Film distributes it free to theaters. Away back yonder in the dim and misty past of Mrs. Charlie Chaplin's childrood about six or eight years ago they called her "Hop Skip." She was a dancing, bouncing little creature, always on the jump. Cheyenne, Wyo., wag her home town. Neighbors recall that she played the "leads" quite often in school festival plays. Lots of times she was the queen, and the other little girls marched around her, pay ing homage. home rule supporters met afternoon with the Irish Self Determination club in the A. O. U. W. temple, Twenty-fifth and M streets, South side. The object of the meeting was ex pressed in the opening address of Ed. F. Morearty, who acted as presi dent in the absence of John Rush, as placing before President Wilson and the people of Omaha the justice of the claims of Ireland to the man agement of its own affairs, with a view ot having its own case, in com mon with others, placed before the peace conference for adjustment. Mr. Morearty, in explaining the meaning of "self - determination," said: "We Americans of Irish birth and descent demand in the coming peace conference that the principles of self-determination of peoples be asserted to the fullest demand, with the right of all subjected peoples to determine their own existence." Champ Clark Writes. A letter from Champ Clark, which was a response to a teelegram sent by the club asking him to cham pion their cause in the house, w s read. A great round of applause followed the reading of the lines "I have always been ire favor of more liberal treatment of Ireland. I hope Ireland's agony is over."- Joseph Tumulty, secretary of the president, wrote the club that their request that the president take up the cause of Ireland at the peace conference would be brought to the president's attention. This was writ ten in response to a letter which the club addressed to Wilson ask ing him that he take up the question of freedom for Ireland along with that of the Poles and other small nations. Louis D. Cavanaugh, chairman of the executive committee, -announced that flie meeting Sunday was a preliminary one to arouse enthu siasm among the Irish themselves in preparation for a great mass meeting in the open air at later date. The committee will meet Tuesday to outline the details. Dr. J. W. McCrann, Jerry How ard, ex-Judge Caldwell, Jerry Fitz gerald, Michael O'Conner, and Wil: Ham Maher made short talks at the1 invitation of the chair in which they endorsed the object of the meeting as stated by Mr. Morearty and de clared themselves in favor of the mass meeting. Meet in Table Rock to. Wed and Bride and Groom Both Dead DREAMLAND ADVENTURE "THE BLUE IMPS' ' Fy DADDY. (In previous storle Peggy strange adventure In Blrdlund Gtant of the; Woods, Sam's -ffghters.) has had with the and among Uncle CHAPTER I Peggy Is Taken Captive i-EGGY was distrusted. rJ To go to Jane Miltons party she had "given up a chance to See a wonderful fairy play. And when she was all dressed for the party in a beautiful new dress made from one of her mother's former ball gowns, a joy-wrecking message had come from Jane s home. 1 he party had been called offr-Jane had the influenza. So there was Peggy, all dressed up and no place to go. And to make matters Ayorse, a drizzly rain had begun to lall, shutting off all chance of play outdoors. No wonder Peggy felt sour and peevish. No wonder she curled up in a large easy chair and scowled at the big drops chasing each other down the window pane. Just at that moment life seemed going all wrong, How long she sat 'there amidst her gloomy thoughts she did not know, but after some time she be came aware that she was not alone. On the rug beside her squads of strange creatures were going through a soldier-like drill, lhese creatures were about ten inches tall and had queer round heads and spindly arms and legs. One of the oddest things about them was their color heads, bodies, arms and legs were all a deep blue. ; As they drilled they sang a dole ful song: "Peggy's sad and we are glad; Let's make her woes more mas sive Painther blue, for that's the hue That fits our weepy captive." Peo-cv straip-hteneit un. -00 0 i' - - P hi ni f ' I oi tne auuu uerman a.rp anes re- ; Gen. Semenoff, the-anti-bol nm raA ..nHat tna tannic r t f ha qpnn. o ' Yjmiwu UllUVV iu iv,i iuo vi m, mini sttse convention has been proceed ing duping the past week 'and it is expected the full complement of en emy machines will shortly be in the allies' hndsv The taking over, examining and parking of so vast a fleet of ma-, chines has necessarily taken time, as the German armies in their retire ment are leaving the planes behind in their evacuation areas. , Germany is known to have lest well over 6,000 airplanes destroyed and surrendered during the present year. ' - Anti-Bolshevik Dictator Orders Semenoff's Arrest Vladivostock, Dec. 8. Admiral IColchak, the anti-bolshevik dicta-tojs-at Omsk, has issued orders der shevik military leader in S&fria, froin command from the Fifth army headquarters at Chita ..and dismiss ing him from the service. Colonel Valkov was named as Semenoff's successor and orders were given him" to arrest Semfnotf. This was Admiral Kolshak's rer)ly to the recent ultimatum of Semen off that K-olchak should renounce the dictatorship on penalty. of the formation of an opposing" dictator ship by Seinenoff in the eastern provinces. ' ! v U. S. Soldiers Adopt Babfes; Better Than Jag; They Say ' Paris. Dec. 8. "Selling babies to soldiers". isMurraw G. Sawyer's J characterization of his activities as a Red Triangle man with the'Amer- one year, and that meant that all but nine men in a platoon should-pay five frarfes each on the first installment, and five francs e'ach" on the following ican expditionary force. Mr. Sawyer i nay day. Making a payment each comes from Minneapolis, Minn. iim: of 250 francs, or the 500 in all. "Horrible, isn't it, but true," he Each platoon selects a leaoer, wno said to' a frrend'who met him in a acts as a go-between, for the bahies French village and asked what he j are bought through the baby depart was doing.. "My particular outfit of ment of the Stars and Stripes. On men Kave sold ten babies 'in the last j the payment of the .second am, final ten days and we expect to sell 10Q i installment the leader gets seven pic- more within the next two months, i tures of the child m yarious poses. Why, it's the greatest business m It will be possible lor one piaison France today this selling of babies : to take up six babie,s a yean for t mo soldiers. J'Wt have teen working Tvith a bunch of men pretty close- to the front lately and whtn pay-day comers around there's nothing much' to do with their nioney. So we Young Men s Christian association men be gan to figure out something to offset that. . "There are 59 men in a platoon, and we suggested that platoon shouf3 adopt a baby on pay day. Itcosts 500 francs to take care of a baby for . i would meatvabout $1 from each man on every pay day, ' which, comes around about twite fa .two -months. "One man said ti Mlc . the other idayi 'Gee, Sawyjri this baby busi ness is great. Who wouldn't rather have a baby "than iag?.V " :- "And that's "theyyr-e)ottng Men's Chrjsti&n asf oqiatioa men hawe figura it out,: W have said ten babies in. 10 daysj and we are go ing to place 100 right in our division before nejet pay Bay rolls around," v - '.i:1y-,i , State Employment Directprs Conference, at Denver Denver, -Dec. 8. State 'directors of the United States employment service, summoned from seventeen western states, conferred here today with F. A. ,SiIcox, federal director of the organization, inan effort to perfect plans for providing employ ment for soldiers, sailors and other war workers upon their discharge from federal service. v Mr. Silcox declared that after ex aminingtnen in numerous canton ments throughout the country he es timated that fully 80 per cent of them will return' to positions held by them prior to their entrance into military scVvicc. He also stated t1at much of the work of the organiza tion will be lightened by the action of cantonme'n'f commanders, who will endeavor to establish former re lations between their v jjien and former-employers, with" a view to assuring each man .his former posi tion before he is discharged.. Baton of Marshal -Presented to Petain Metz, Dec. 8. President Poincare today, in the presence, of a large f rnuvl An t (i p n TT-1 r! amwnA tira presented-Gen. Henri Philippe Pe tain wiuj the baton ot a marshal of France, th'us carrying out, formally, the, -elevation of General Petain, the announcement of which was made last month when he entered Metz, Great enthusiasm prevailed -Juring the presentation of the baton and later when, the troops of the garrison passed ltyrevrew. Airplanes Reach El Paso. -.EI Paso, Tex.. Dec. 8.X-The four army airplanes flying from San Di ego with the Atlantic coast as their Ldestination reached here today and will Temaih here until .Tuesday for necessary repairs an3" supplies, it was announced at Fort Bliss tonight. The squadron is mapping a proposed aerial maif route from San Dicgo to the Atlantic coast and flew here Table Rock, Neb., Dec. 8. (Spec ial) Louis J. Chilin and Mary R. Rubis, died here last week of pneumowia. Mr. Chilin died on Wednesday morning and Miss Rubis national lh"rsday m?rnin?- Jhfr parents of me woman live in jviorianu, vvyo., which place she left about November 18, her parents supposing she was going to Colorado. She came to laDie kock, expecting to marry Atr. Lhilin, who met her in Lincoln about November 20, she accompany ing him home. On their arrival in Table Rock, Mr. Chilin was taken ill and died as stated. Efforts to locate his relatives have been un successful. Tom Rubis, the girl's father, arrived Thursday after the death of his -daughter. She was buried in the Table Rock cemetery Friday. Carl Sheeley, operator at the Table Rock depot, has received .a Copy of the. Oscillator, the navy paper print ed at Harvard, which gives the result of the final examination in which Jack Daily had the highest score in a class of 167. Jack is being retained as an instructor in practi cal receiving, but now that the war is over,' he is anxious to get back to his old job of operator at the Table Rock depot. -Lawrence Hansen of Table Rock has just received a telegram that his son, Charley Hansen, was severe ly wounded in battle in France, No vember 1, but extent of -injury'is not known. Charley enlisted fromlFalls Citv over a year ago, and has been in France about six months. "Who are you?" she demanded. One of the blue .figures strutted out in front of the others . "We are the Blue Imps," he an nounced. I am Captain Dismal You are our weepy captive." "I'm not a weepy captive," de clared Peggy indignantly. You will be in a tmnute. Charge! cried Captain Dismal. In stantly the Blue Imps came bound ing toward Peggy and before she could do a thing to defend herself, she found them swarming over her. Qtiick as a wiik she was bound fast with hnndreds of tiny threads which POOLING OF U. S. WIRE FACILITIES ; URGEDBY VAIL pable Reorganization Needed to Make Country World x Center of Business, Says A. T. and T. Head. Quarantine Lid Again ; Pressed Down on Dewitt Dewitt, t Nelj Dec. 8. (Special) Dewitt is again quarantined on account of a number of new .cases of influenza. The quarantine extends ts all amusements and such other meetings which are not con sidered of vital importance'. Unless ihe situation rapidly improves the quarantine will again be placed on public gatherings of every sort. At the Trinity Lutheran' church Saturday Miss Ida Schmale and Al fred Inderlied were -united in mar riage by Rev. John Schaff. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmale, of DeWitt, and the groom the sqn of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Inderlied, of Saline county After a brief wedding trip tne young couple will engage1 in farming with the groom's parents. Bering Factory Turnjng Out Much eet Sugar Gering, Neb., Dec 8. The Great Western Sugar conipany fa :1ory here" has already shipped out more than 8,000,000 pounds of sugar made in the-Gering factory this fall. The factory is averaging about 2.000 nags of sugar every 24 hours; and has paidout nearly $2,000,000 for beets and wages since the opening of the campaign, Oct. 1. The cam paign will continue ntil along in The Blue Imps began to run as fast as they could they spun out like spiders spin web. "Off with her laughing clothes! On with her tearful tatters! or dered Captain Dismal. Peggy's new party dress vanished. In its place was an old patched raincoat. "Away to the Valley of Gloom," cried Captain Dismal. "There we can torment her at our leisure." At that the door flew open and Peggy was dragged outside by scores of Blue Imps. Down the street they went and out 'through tm; misty rain toward the country. Peggy struggled and shouted. She didn't know ..here the Valley of Gloom was, but it must be some terrible spot if it was the torture place of those mean-fooking Blue Imps. As she shouted, her cries were drowned 'in a chant raised by the i. This chant was: "Wail on, wail on, 'tis music to our cars. More woes, more woes, we'll add to all your fears I" . , - . Tc-'v felt her heart sink and her helplessness grow. She seemed completely at the mercy of the Blue Imps. But above her through the misty fain, there flashed a bird. Was it one of her friends? '"Help! Helpl The Blue-Imps -have me! she cried. "Help! Help! The Blue Imps have Princess Peggy!" echoed the bird, and Peggy recognized Blue Jay's voic. - "Quick! Here - comes rescue" shouted Captain Dismal, and the Blue Imps bejian to run as fast as they could, dragging Teggy behind them. "Hoity-toity! What have we here ?" boomed a big voiee, and the Imps stopped, quickly 'drawing up in battle array. Twisting around, Peggy saw that the speaker was the Giant of the Woods. - "Save me! The Blue Imps are carrying -me to the Valley of Gloom," she cried. "Sure I'll save you!" shouted the Giant, and w ith that he picked, up a club and charged on the army of Blue Imps. They massed to meet his attack. In front of the others was Captain Dismal. The Giant seized mm, tnrew nun into the air, then batted him with a club, like a boy bats a baseball. , Washington, Dec. 8. Pooling of the telegraph and telephone facili ties of the country on one hand and the marine cable lines on the other, each with a comprehensive operat ing organization under a single ex ecutive head, is recommended to Postmaster General Burleson by Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. 1 t In his letter, made public today, Mr. Vail said the pooling arrange ment would be brought about with out dismerjiberment, of the proper ties and in such a manner that they could be turned back to private'own ers at the expiration of ' the period of government control. Consolidation Unnecessary. ""What should be done to create an ideal system," said Mr. Vail, "cannot be done because of existing laws, nor would complete consolida tion be justified, since to undo .such a consolidation system into its former units would lead to unwar ranted waste. - "There are, however, man things which can be done, wliich.would not produce waste, and which might, by improvement of service, help to further educate the public and cre ate an actively favorable attitude to wards some cp-relatiotvor co-ordination of operation and service with the control and regulation and re striction., through some combination of governmental authorityand pri vate ownership or operation, retain ing all the advantages and incentive! of both." - Need Cable System. Mr. Vail, who is acting as confi dential adviser to Postmaster Burle son in the control of the 'wire com munication system., taken over by the government, discussed the land and marine wire organizations sep arately. If the United States, he said, is to become a commercial and industrial world center, an Ameri can cable system consonant with the obligations and opportunities of the country must be organized. "There must .be a United States system which will place this coun try directly in communication with every country with which we have, or hope to have, important commer cial relations," declared Mr. Vail. "As it is now we are on one side of the world system. We must be made oneof the centers of the world system if we expect to compete on even terms with the world or be , properly considered by the countries we wish to reach " Mackay Opposes Vail's Plan. New York, Dec. 8. The proposaf of Theodore N. Vail, president of. the American Telephone and Tele- ohone comoanv. for noolini? of -the telephone and teiegraph facilities and the marine cable lines of the coun try is a"genuine menace" 4 which even the German oligarchy Would have hesitated to pro- ' pose," Clarence H. Mackay, presi- Commercial Cable company declared here tonight. "We are opposed to this radically, fundamentally opposed to it." Mr. Mackay said. Forty-two Women Chosen to Become Missionaries "Cleveland, O., Dec. 8. Forty-two women' received commissions from the Methodist Episcopal Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Linked States at the closing service of the conference here toclay. They were assigned to 12 countries. In delivering the formal charge to the missionaries, Rev. Dr. E. L. Waldorf of this city said: "You go as interpreters of Amer- ir" V cm cm Tm tn 1 n ctriimntf in preventing wars, for people will not ngnt-wnen tney unaerstana eacn other." Cuba Threatened With u Tieup of RailroadxTraffi'c ..." Havarfa, Dec. 8. The arbitration commission, headed by, Secretary of Commerce and Labor A. C. Ra- monte, Has arrived at Camaguey and is in conference with officials of the Cuban Railway company, whose employes are on strike. , A walkout of the employes of the United and Western railroads, which is threat ened, .jvould mean the tieing up of all railway traffic in the island anit is believed would be followed by a general strike of every union in Cuba. i - . Tomorrow will l told how the first altncji of the Ulue Imps Is dispelled.) February. 1 Mrs. Lloyd George Goes Electioneering in Wales -London, Dec. 7. Mrs. David Lloyd George, wife of the British premier, is making a tour of Wales in an automnliilc tii(f aflflrpscinc L' c r : t iif i .t. a.. r . . .. r Hum AvciuniK, . m., wucie me ny; meetings in support ot rer nusDana s e spent last night. candidacy for parliament. - The Weather Comparative I-oenl Rerord. , 191S. 1917. 191(1. HIS. Hlfthpst yesterday.. SO ft ?, 49 Lowest yestenfny. . . 41 1.1 19 35 Mean temueraturo ,. to 4 20 42 Precipitation T .10 .00'-' Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal tempera Inre 30 Excess for the day SO Total excess since Starch 1 989 Normal precipitation '.njlm-h Deficiency for the day Clinch Total rainfall slnc Marc h 1 .. .IS. Is Inches Deficiency since March lv 9 49 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1917. " 05 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. 12. SO Inches "T" Indicates trace of precipitation. I Indicates helow zero. JyA. WELSH, Meteorologist. Gathering Data on Stealing of Automobiles Logan, la., Dec 8. (Special.) Sheriff Myers, accompanied by Charles Tipkin, officer and insurance adjuster, Omaha, have been in South Dakota sereral vdays gathering data on the automobile thieving industry in western Iowa and eastern Ne braska. , G. Jefferies, arrested in Pierre, S. D., and brought to Logan on a . charge of auto theft, is still here, and will be given a hearing early in Jan uary. . Army Food Proves Good x , Reports General Wood Washington, Dec. 8. The food served to the American soldier it camp and in the field, has been "uni versally satisfactory," Gen. Wood, acting inspector general of the army, said in his annuarreport to day. Gen. Wood said one Inspector reported not a single complaint re garding food had come to him dur ing one trip which included visits to camps of 300,000 soldiers. ' r Bee Want Ads are the Best Busi ness Boosters. , Flies From Fort 'Worth to San Diego in Four Days San Diego, CaL Dec. 8. Majot ' T. C. McCaulev. commander of h Talia&rro, Tcitas, flying field, who , lett lort worth last Wednesday ' muiiiing in uipiane, arrived ntr today at .9:45 a. m. He will start on V the returfl flight at-. 7 a. m. tomor row. . -i - ,' ... ..