THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1919.
CHURCH LEAGUE
TO OPEN SEASON
. NEXnUESDAY
Three 'Basket Ball Games to
:::.-Be Fought Outin'T' Gym
nasium; Many Teams Want
v Admission to League.
Six church league basket ball teams
; will make their bow to the public
uesday night in the Young Men's
Christian association gymnasium.
3'he league is proving more popular
this year than ever, with the result
that several teams are clamoring for
tclmission.
The Pearl Memorial church, which
won the honors last winter,, has ap
plied for a place in the league. It
is. very likely that they will be ad
mitted. A Raptist team is said to
. also he in line fix entrance. The
late arrivals will not play Tuesday
flight, bu are expected to stage a
Special contest Saturday night. The
; 'hwlules will be altered to provide
matches for the new teams.
Interest in amateur basket ball this
' tear is expected to be much greater
tiian in previous jears because of
the partial cessation of sports dur-
: irjK the latter part of the war. The
'. Initial games on the Commercial
league's card were played Thursday
night before a crowd of fans that
-filled all available seats, despite the
. liilow zero weather.
BRINGING UP FATHER
Copyright, 1817,
International News Service.
Drawn 'for The Bee by George McManus
INVITED MR. fcMTHTO OUR
PART NEXT aUNDrtf BOT HE
WONT COMP-U1C Cfcits.
TO Hl
Start Teams to Play.
l-i'Tlie Commercial league will play
its second round of games Thursday
'-night. The Naken and the Fort
; Omaha quintets, whom fans already
look to as probable winners, arc
booked to try their prowess against
" Rch other. The Naken team is
composed almost entirely of Cen-
1 1, trai ingu athletes. Art tturnnam,
": Shanahan, Art Logan and Art Fayn
tcr arc each trying for berths on the
Central live. Tack Beacon, the fifth
member of the combination, is a
former Creighton player.
The Central Furnitures and the
Commerce High flippers will stage
the first encounter Thursday night.
T.he Central Furnitures gave the
Nakens a hard tussle for honors last
'flWfck and will have another hard
'"game on their hands Thursday,
when they play the Commerce team,
who so easily trounced the Sixty-
second Baloonists last week. The
, ( Beddeos and the Sixty-seconds will
'...fclash for the cellar position.
,nAll games not played on schedule
.v'tiuie this year will be forfeited, is
.lhe edict of the league officials.
, Soldier Middleweight Has
vi "Been Discovered by Gibbons
, . ew York, gan. 5 Harry Warren
of St. Paul, is one soldier who in
t$)ds to profit by the boxing instruc-
tiens he received in camp. Warren is
c stationed at Camp Gordon, where
J, Jijike Gibbons is instructing the sol
diers in the manly art. Under the
watchful eye of Gibbons Warren
aopn developed into a real fighter
. 1 t. J ! .L-i 1 L-k. ' -
nnu nc nuw uccietrcs mat wucu uc is
' discharged from the army he will
'"enter the squared circle. Warren re
ceived his first real test as a boxer
in' a bout against Texas Tate, the
heavyweight. Gibbons' protege suc
ceeded in whipping Tate, who once
lasted nine rounds against Fred Ful
ton. At camp Warren has been fight
ing as a middleweight.
' Pitcher Toney Acquitted
, on Charge of Evading Draft
,i Nashville, Tenn., Jan. S. Fred
"Toney, former pitcher for the Cin
Ccmnati "Reds'" and the New York
Slants, was acquired in the federal
. -count last' night on the charge of
evading the selective service draft
This is the second trial of
rnncy on uus cuargs, mc in-si v.c
resulting in a mistrial.
It was charged by the govern
ment that Toney had made false
' statements on his questionnaire in
, " making his plea for exemption.
' Toney claimed exemption on ac
f count of a dependent wife and other
dpendet relatives.
T ."o'oney began this week to serve
4 (our-month jail sentence for viola
V t'9n of the white slave law.
Z Pacific Coast League
i , to Enlarge Its Field
Sqn Francisco, Jan. 5. Prelimin
J sujy details for the 1919 season of the
' Pacific coast Base Ball league were
v arranged here at a meeting of the
"directors, who announced they in
tended making 1919 a banner year
n ' i- . t u Tl U ' i'
. lii x acinc coast uasc uau insiuijr.
-.' .In all probability Portland and
" ""5attle will be represented at the
ii February meeting, the directors said.
f:Tne league has voted to acquire the
"northern territory, thereby expend
t if g the leagu from a six to an eight
f flam organization.
M Nine Thousand Ton Ship
Z Handled in Two Sections
: ' Qeveland, O. The 9,000-ton
' freighter Charles R. Van Hise has
"'been cut in half and each section
J placed on its side and towed
' through the Welland canal under
-direction of the United States ship
ping board.
" The vessel is 460 feet long, with
""a"50-foot beam. The, canal locks are
260 by 44 feet. Six pontoon tanks
were placed on the starboard side
'"of the forward section. The tanks,
irAnn s(Vl tnne rtf water wr
1 f filled, dragging the section over on
" ill side. Tubs then towed it from
"Buffalo to the Welland canal. It
"entered the first lock with only
""eight inches clearance.
1 ( OH! HE 'IN MR-1 WELL-I WANT I I I I Eb-ITI THE OWNER I I V,1 NT fOO T0 ) I
L ( DlON'T OfTtOr W -L j THra FIRM I v.Kt WHAT TTNt;. fA l"tMITH-i ' WfWKOU
MINOR LEAGUES
ASK CHANGES IN
BASE PALL LAWS
Tearney, Hickey and Hanlon
Go to Cincinnati for
Conference With theNa
tional Commission.
PACKING
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Chicago, Jan. 5. A. R. Tearney,
president of the Three-I league and
chairman of a committee represent
ing the minor leagues, President
Hickey of the American associa
tion, and Edward Hanlon of Sioux
City, la., acting president of 'the
Western league, left here tonight
for Cincinnati where, tomorrow,
they will urge several base ball re
forms at a conference with the Na
tional Base Ball commission.
In brief, the recommendations
Chairman Tearney will present are:
Representation on the"' national
commission by the minor leagues.
Elimination of the draft of players
from classes below AA by the major
leagues.
Permit the majors to purchase
players from any class league.
Restrict the majors to one drafted
player from each club in case of AA
leagues.
Players returning to minor
leagues from the majors to be ac
cepted without the right of recall.
The commission probably will
present the recommendations to the
joint meeting of the American and
National leagues in New York Jan
uary 15, for final action.
Schedules Not Completed.
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 5. Presidents
B. B. Johnson of the "American
league and John Heydler of the Na
tional, arrived here tonight for the
annual meeting of the national base
ball commission tomorrow.
They failed to complete the play
ing schedules at French Lick
Springs, Ind., because Barney Drey
fus, third member of the committee,
was unable to be present. He will
be here late tomorrow. The com
mittee will take tip the schedule
question Tuesday.
Censor Ends Chance
of Peace at Home for
Yank With Two Girls
With the American Army of Oc
cupation, Dec. 23. Armistice or no
armistice, there is ope person in this
American expeditionary force who
will nave to maice a separate peace
and that is the censor involved in
the following narrative. A woman
Y. M. C. A. worker discovered the
still existing state of hostilities
when she interrogated the gloomy
doughboy who had stamped vio
lently into htr canteen for a warm
ing, comforted drink, and a friend
ly listener to his woes, bhe tried
to cheer the uniformed-man by re
minding him that the war was over.
Not for me, he growled. 1
can't go home, anyhow."
You can t go homer Why not
demanded the Y. M, C. A. woman.
It s that darn censor, exploded
the Yank.
"What's the poor old censor
done now?" she added.
"The poor old censor nothing!
He's ruined my life, that's what he's
done!" asserted the doughboy. "Gee,
I suppose he thinks hes funny. Ihe
sense of humor some birds have!"
"But what's he done," asked the
canteen worker, with interest.
He s mixed my letters on me,
that's what he's done," growled the
Yank. "You see, it was like this:
There were two of them, one to
Helen and one to Emily, and that
guy must have put them in the
wrong envelopes. I've just got the
answers!" 1
"Pretty bad!" said the canteen
worker, trying not to smile. "I sup
pose you told each of them that she
was the-only-girl-that, etc?"
"Oh, well, a fellow has to be po
lite!" he murmured. "It would
have been all right if it hadn't been
for the censorl"
"Wouldn't it be better next time
to begin with some more general
term, like 'Dear well friend?' "
suggested the canteen ' worker.
"Then it wouldn't matter so much
if the envelopes did get mixed."
iThere ain't goin' to be no next
time," grunted the Yank.
prominent Knight Struck
by Car and Fatally Injured
Detroit, Jan. 5. Edward H.
Doyle, aged 69, nationally promi
nent Knight of Columbus,r once part
owner of the Detroit American base
ball team,' former state banking
commissioner and for many years a
leader in the business and industrial
life of Detroit, died tonight of in
juries received when he was struck
by a street car this afternoon.
Cable Steamer Miasing.
Hnolulu, T. H., Jan. 5. Anxiety
is felt here for the safety of the
cable station supply steamer Kestrel,
which left Fanning Island for this
port December 19 with six passen
gers and a caew of approximately
35. NothingTias been heafd of the
iSisJSl.sia.ce. its. .departure
WAR, puzzles!
THAT THE) COUNTRIES OF
AMERICA
Should unite ia guaranteeing to each
other political independence and ter
ritorial Integrity was declared by
President Wilson, before he Pan
American Congress, three years ago
today, January 6, 1916.
Find a South American.
SATURDAYS ANSWER
Left fide down under armt.
WOUNDED BOYS
LONG FOR FIRST
SIGHT OF HOME
Wonderful Spirit Displayed by
Disabled Soldiers; Plenty
of Reconstruction
Work for Women.
New York, Jan. 5. "I went to
France to 'lend a hand' and they
took a leg."
He was a big lad from a middle
western farm, the American soldier
who called out this jest to cheer his
neighbor in the sick bay of the
Empress of Britain, the first trans
port to arrive here with "litter cases''
from the American hospitals in
France.
"That is just a sample of the
never-failing humor of these boys,
rising above suffering, above help
lessness," said Miss Maude Kellam,
chief nurse on the big vessel, as she
came ashore a few days ago.
"All the way over they yearned
for a sight of, 'the old girl in the
harbor," she continued, "yet when
we came up the bay and none of
them, could get on deck to hail the
Statue of Liberty as we passed,
there were no complaints. '
Afraid of Future.
"This is the spirit now, but I'm
afraid for the future," said Miss
Kellam, who was superintendent of
nurses at the Colorado training
school befAre she entered the army
service. She urged women to pre
pare themselves for their part in
the reconstruction period, not in .the
devastated regions of Europe, whose
people, she said, preferred to handle
the problem themselves, but here
at home.
"There is pienty of reconstruction
work for the woman who wants to
help," she asserted. "I'm afraid our
enthusiasm is going to spend itself
after a year or so just about the
time our wounded soldiers are beginning-
to feel only bitterness at
the thought of 'the missing leg.'
Then they will need the women. I
don't know just what the women
will be called upon to do, but Jheir
work will turn up. The boys will
need their enthusiasm and sympathy
then more, than now."
Churches to Raise Big
Fund for After War Needs
New York. Jan. S. A united
church campaign to raise $10,000,000
for after-war emergency needs will
be started soon by 14 Protestant
denominations, it was announced
here tonight by the inter-church
emergency campaign committee.
Each of the denominations will carry
on a separate campaign at approxi
mately the same time.
Typhoon Causes Heavy Crop
Losses in the Philippines
Manila, P. I., Jan. S. Heavy crop
losses were sustained in the Philip
pine islands as a result of a typhoon
that raged in the archipelago on
Christmas day and night. The loss
to hemp growers alone, it was esti
mated, would total $2,000,000.
Signal Inventor lead.-
Baltimore, Jan. S. Richard J.
O'Toole inventor of the electric
magnetic crossing signal for protect
ing highway crossings of railways,
now in use on all railroads, died re
cently of paralysis at his home in
the Maryland Blue Ridge mountains
-it Thermont,. Maryland. He was 71
,years old. " '
9,000 SOLDIERS
REACH NEW YORK
ON SIX VESSELS
Marines Who Saw Service at
Chateau Thierry Brought
Home on Battleship
North Carolina.
New York, Jan. S. Five trans
ports and, the battleship North Caro
lina steamed into New York harbor
today, bringing a total of nearly 9,000
officers and men of the army and
navy from France.
The North Carolina, which is the
first battleship to arrive here with
troops from overseas, had among
her 1,389 passengers a detachment
of marines who had seen service at
Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood and
the Argonne Forest, and 19 officers
and 994 men of the One Hundred
and Thirteenth ammunition train.
The giant transport Agamemnon,
which formerly was the Kaiser Wil
helm II of the North German Lloyd
line, brought the biggest contingent
of any of the ships arriving today,
having on her passenger list 175
officers and 2,711 men. The 'list in
cluded 330 wounded and more than
2.000 officers and men of the One
Hundred and Forty-fifth iinfantry,
as well as a number of casuals.
Secretary of War Baker, who was
on his way to Washington from Buf
falo, where he spoke last night, vis
ited the Agamemnon and spent a
half hour chatting with the troops
on board.
The other vessels arriving were
the Santa Teresa, with 73 officers
and 1,609 men of the One Hundred
and Forty-fifth . field artillery, re
cruited in Utah; the Henderson, with
28 officers and 818 men, including
members of the naval land battery
which operated on the western
front and nearly 400 wounded; the
Nieuw "Amsterdam, with 79 officers
and-1,592 men, including the Three
Hundred and First field artillery and
226 wounded, and the Heredia, with
72 officers and 10 enlisted casuals.
The Heredia, which has a quantity
of munitions on board, and the
North Carolina, anchored for the
night in Gravesend bqy. The other
vessels proceeded through cheering
throngs to Hoboken, where the men
were debarked and transferred to
hospitals and demobilization camps.
Capt. W. G. Smith of Washington,
D. C, who was in command of the
naval land battery men returning on
the Henderson, said that his battery
had fired 236 shells on the western
front. The shells, weighing 1,400
pounds, were fired at a 40,000-yard
range and observers reported, he
said, that the shells had wrought
much havoc. His battery lost but
one killed and three wounded.
Eight Wrecking Tugs
Are Trying to Refloat
Stranded Transport
Fire Island, N. Y., Jan. 5.-The
U. S. Transport Northern Pacific,
which ran aground off here Wed
nesday, is still firmly embedded in
the sand, desuite the efforts of
eight wrecking tugs to pull it afloat
shortly before midnight. The steam
ship was pulled several yards sea
ward however, and another effort
will bemade tomorrow morning to
float if
The sea was calm today under a
clear sky, creating excellent condi
tions for the removal of 250 mem
bers of the transport's crew. Half
the crew remained on board to help
the wreckers.
Removal of the 2,480 soldiers
aboard the Northern Pacific com
pleted yesterday, the crowds who
lined beach, disappeared today in
the face of the cold waether. Only
16 coast guards and 30 army medical
officers remained on duty.
Mexican Refugees to Seek
Help of Peace Conference
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 5. Six hun
dred Mexican refugees of all po
litical factions formed an organiza
tion here today to send delegates to
Paris during the peace congress
there. Delegates will be sent to
President Carranza, Francisco Villa.
Emiliano Zapata and other leaders
in Mexico with a view to obtaining
a permanent peace in Mexico and
the repatriation of all political ex
iles in the United States and Eu
rope. Steamer Beached, on Fire.
Havana, Jan. 5. The steamship
Temple Dorr, from New Orleans
for San Francisco, has been beached,
on fire, at Cojimar, a suburb of this
city, about four miles east of the
harbor opening. Two members of
the crew were burned to death. The
remaining 16 are safe, though several
of them were injured.
OBITUARY.
'
MBS. W. B.W1LKINS, the wife
of Walter B. Wllklna. Jr., died of
pneumonia at Berkeley. Cal., Sat
urday morning. Mr. Wilkins was
born and brought up In Omaha, mov
ing to California gome years afro.
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Wtlkins ot this city, .
Brie) City News
Have Root Print It Beacon Press.
Royal Sweepers, Burgess-Granden
Co.
Dr. lie Roy Crummer has return
ed and resumed his practice at 801
City Nat'I. Bank Bldg.
Carey Cleaning Co. Elects. At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Carey Cleaning company, held
in the company's office Saturday,
Frank J. Carey was elected president
and F. C. Carey vice-president. Os
car Boonstra was retained as man
ager for the ensuing year.
Death Like Removing Overcoat.
That death was comparable to a
man removing his overcoat was the
declaration of James Murphy, who
lectured on "An Outline of Theoso
phy" last evening at room 9, Theo
sophical hall, Wead building. Other
joints advanced by the speaker
were to the effect that every man
may verify the fact of continuity of
consciousness after death if he will
take the trouble to develop his lat
ent spiritual vision.
Omaha Expedites Cars. George
B. Cromwell, assistant manager,
transportation department, United
States shipping board emergency
fleet corporation, is in Omaha, the
guest of D. M. Dodge, traffic rep
resentative, relative to expediting
government cars pertaining to the
emergency fleet corporation en route
to the Pacific coast. This being Mr.
Cromwell's first official visit to
Omaha, he is very much impressed
with the service given the shipping
board's business and expressed him
self much pleased with the service
rendered by the Omaha railroads.
Carey Cleaning Co. Web. 392.
Railway Executives
Oppose Extension of
. Government Control
Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 5. Opposi
tion to a prolongation to five years'
government control of railroads was
reiterated today at a session of the
association of railway executives.
Ninety-two per cent of the mileage
of the country was represented at
the meeting and practically every
railroad had its president here.
An elaborate presentation of the
contention of the railroads has been
prepared and this well be laid be
fore the senate interstate com
merce committee at its hearing next
Wednesday. A committee of six
will then appear on behalf of the
companies, headed by T. Dewitt
Cuyler, chairman of the railway ex
ecutives. Mr. Cuyler made public tonight a
letter from Otto H. Kahn of New
York in which Mr. Kahn states his
objections to a policy of permanent
government ownership and opera
tion of the railroads and to Direc
tor General McAdoo's proposal to
continue the present government
control for five years.
"If government operation is con
tinued for five years," says the
letter, "a situation will have been
created financially and otherwise
which. I believe, inevitably means
permanent government operation or
which means at the very least that
the return to private management
could only be accomplished after a
period of turmoil, distress, bitter
ness and heavy loss and in the face
of immense difficulties."
Woman's Party Abandons
White House "Watch Fires"
Washington, Jan. 5. Because of
interference by the police, the na
tional woman's party, announced to
night thab it had abandoned its
plan to keep "watch fires" burning
in front of the White House until
the senate had passed the Susan B.
Anthony suffrage constitutional
amendment resolution.
Four more of the party "sentinels"
were arrested tonight when they
undertook to start another fire to
replace that extinguished last night
by a crowd of men and they were
held in the house of detention to
await trial tomorrow, when the wo
men arrested last night also will be
given a hearing.
Poland in Need of Vast
Quantities of Medicine
Warsaw, Friday, Jan. 3. Polapd
i in need of vast quantities of
medicines, besides food and coal,
said Dr. Chodsko, minister of public
health, today.
"We must have quinine, morphine,
camphor, vaseline, oils, cotton, wool
and gauzes," he declared. "Tuber
culosis is fourfold as menacing as
other diseases, since the Germans
refused to give patients medicines.
At Lodz there were in 1913, 12,000
births and 17,000 deaths. At pres
ent there the annual rate is 2,000
births and 8,000 deaths. The Ger
mans not oaly requisitioned food,
but cut down the forests and de
prived the people of fuel."
Receives Card From Nephew
Reported Killed in Action
H. J. Plumhof, 3001 Harney street,
Saturday received a Christmas card
from his nephew, William C. Rhoin,
who was reported killed in France
about the first of September. On
October 17, Mr. Plumhof received
word from the War department say
ing Rhoin had been killed in action
about 40 days previous. The card
from him says he is in a French hos
pital, and that he was severely
wounded. It is thought that he has
been a prisoner in Germany and has
just been released, 1
IRRITATION IN
BULGARIA OVER
DOBRUDJA QUIZ
Government Content to Leave
Settlement of Matter to
Judgment of Peace
Commission.
i
Sofia, Bulgaria. One of the prin
cipal causes which contributed to
wards the rupture of Bulgaria and
Germany, was the treatment by the
latter of the Dobrudja question,
which robbed Bulgaria of the pros
pect of attaining her national aspir
ations, and the tendency of Ger
many to favor Turkey's claim to the
restoration of the strip of territory
in Thrace, which the Turks under
German pressure had ceded to Bul
garia in September, 1915, as the
price of Bulgaria's co-operation in
the war.
When German diplomacy, early
in September of this year, realized
that Bulgaria was bent on with
drawing from the war, a serious at
tempt was made to conciliate the
Bulgarian government by the aban
donment of the condominium es
tablished in the northern crbrudja
and a protocol to this effect was
signed in Berlin between the Cen
tral allies. It was then hoped that
this concession would induce Bul
garia to continue the war but it
proved to be without success.
Premier a Traitor.
The feeling produced both in Ber
lin and Vienna by this developement
can be readily imagined. The former
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister,
Baron Burian, in a conversation
with M. Focheff, the Bulgarian min
ister in Vienna, was moved to
wrathful indignation and described
M. Malinoff, the Bulgarian premier,
as a traitor.
There is much irritation in Bul
garia over the Dobrudja question.
The Bulgarian government, which,
in its several conversations with the
German-Austrian ministers at Sofia
declared itself content to reserve the
question of the Dobrudja settlement
by the peace congress, maintains
the same attitude today. The gov
ernment hopes that the fact that
Bulgaria was the first state to with
draw from the war, and thus hasten
the conclusion of a general peace,
will not be overlooked.
Food Still Scarce.
The scarcity of food stuffs in Bul
garia constitutes a serious problem
for the government, and if supplies
are not soon forthcoming, there is
great danger of a famine. One
cause of this dearth of supplies was
the wholesale and systematic drain
ing of the country's resources by the
Germans who, instead of reinforcing
thi Macedonian front, garrisoned
the interior of Bulgaria with the sole
object of collecting the produce of
the country for dispatch to Ger
many. When the present govern
ment put an end to this exportation,
the Germans resorted to the ruse
of posting parcels through their own
field post, and thus practicaly every
German soldier became an exporter.
The Bulgarian government was
powerless to prevent the practice.
Red Cross Instructs
Soldiers Regarding
Disability Claims
Camo Funston. Kan. The Red
ross his taken an after-war pre
paredness step in behalf of the sol
diers' welfare which is being much
appreciated by the men who either
are leaving camp or are figuring on
returning to their homes in the near
future. Before a soldier is mustered
out he is presented with a Red Cross
booklet dealing chiefly with the work
of the home service branch of the
organization, pointing out how easily
he may protect his various rights
pertaining to war risk insurance,
government allotments, disability,
claims, etc.
Particular emphasis is given the
fact that it is not necessary that the
soldier or ex-soldier, pay an attorney
or claim agent to take up such mat
ters with the government, but that
the best of legal advice as well as
the safest, is at his disposal free of
charge through the Home Service
branch. The booklet states that it
is the intention of the Red Cross to
be the same kind of a friend of the
soldier after his return to civil life
that it lfas been during his period of
service for his country.
Lovers of Freedom
r invited to attend the
Mast Meeting
For Iritk Self Determination
Auditorium
Sunday Jan. 12 at 3 p. at.
Congressman JefferU
will bo tho orator.
ArchbUhop Harty will pmido
Admission Freo
South Side
Social Settlement Will
Re-open Classes Today
About 50 classes, discontinued
when the flu ban went into effect,
will reopen in the South Side Social
settlement today. Classes in English
are considered especially important
by settlement workers. From 150
to 175 adults are often enrolled in
classes teaching elementary English.
These scholars often represent as
many as 16 different nationalities,
according to tllir teachers.
J. W. Parsley Improving.
J. W. Parsley, who for two weeks
has been confined to bed in the home
of his daughter, Mrs. W. N. Pedigo,
44.13 South Thirteenth street, is now
able to sit up.
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South Side Brevities
Slack. 4 per ton. A.. L. Bergqulst &
Son. Tel South 62.
Wanted Teami to haul coal. A. I
Bergqulst & Son, Phona South 62.
HARNESS MADE
OF PAPER LEFT BY
HUNS IN COBLENZ
Americans Are Finding Diffi
culty in Solving Problem
of Unemployment in Oc
cupied Cities.
Coblenz. Jan. 5. (By Associated
Press.) The steadily increasing
number of unemployed men in
Coblenz and other towns in the oc
cupied area is causing American of
ficers considerable anxiety. Many
of the idle men are discharged Ger
man soldiers. An official count
made today by the burgomaster
shows 500 laborers idle and 350
skilled workmen also without em
ployment. Those who cannot obtain work
are entitled to a daily bounty of
three marks, 50 pfenning, from the
city. Unemployed laborers have
been offered work by the city at
four marks per day, but only a few
have accepted, as the ordinary wage
is six marks a day. Efforts are be
ing made to restore discharged sol
diers to their prewar occupations.
Laborers Like Cities.
Reports from the country, indi
cate there is plenty of work there,
but officials have found difficulty in
inducing laborers to leave the city,
particularly in a time of social un
rest like the present. '
More than 200,000 yards of gray
German uniform cloth has come
into the hands of the Americans
from the warehouses at Coblenz. In
a warehouse across the Moselle
river from this city, Americans have
found 80,000 pounds of shoe leather
and machinery for repairing shoes.
In shop windows in Coblenz, how
ever, can be seen shoes, the s61es
of which are made of from 15 to
20 small pieces of leather. It is
almost impossible to buy a pair of
shoes that is soled properly.
Material abandoned by the Ger
mans includes harness made of pa
per, and steel breast plates worn by
snipers. At Mulheim the Germans
left so many shells that the work
of counting them is barely begun,
although American soldiers have
been busy at the task for more than
a week.
DON'T LET A COLD
KEEP Y0UAT HOME
Dr. King's New Discovery
almost never fails to
bring quick relief
Small doses once in a while and
that throat-tearing, lung-splitting
cough soon quiets down. Another
dose and a hot bath before jumping
into bed, a good sleep, and back to
normaJ in the morning.
Dr. King's New Discovery is well
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chial attacks. For fifty years it has
been sold by druggists everywhere.
A reliable remedy that you your
self or any member of your fam
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BRIGHT SIDE TO
HELPING UNCLE
SAMJVIN WAR
Clerks in Washington Find
Amusing Letters in Corre
spondence from Rela- -fives
of Soldiers.
Clerks in the war offices in Wash
ington find amusement in some of
the letters that come on govenment
business. They are spelled "pho
neticslly" in many cases. Hugs Cast
berg of Omaha has received amus
ing extracts from some of these let
tcrs, sent by a girl friend of his who
is a clerk in Washington. Here ar
some of them:
"I ain't got no lurnin and I an
writing for inflamation." :
"Jnst a line to let you know I am ft
widor ami four children." '
"I have a four months old haby
and it is my only support."
"Caring for my condition which I
havent walked in three months from 1
a broke leg whose number is 975."
"Your relationship to him? (An
svver) Just a mere aunt and a few
cousins."
"I am left with a child 7 months
old and she is a baby and can't
work."
"Flease send me a wife's form."
"You ask for my allotment num
bcr. I have four girls and two
boys."
"I am his wife and his only air."
"I was discharged for a goitre,
which I was sent home on.". ,
"My Bill has been put up in charge
of a spittoon (platoon) Will I get
any more money?"
"I am his grand father and grand
mother. He was born and brot up in
this house according to your letter."
"Please let me know if John has
taken out an application for a wife
and child."
"You have changed my little .girl
into a little boy. Will that make any s
difference?"
"If I don't receive my husband's
pay I will haf to live a imortal hfe."
"War wrisrs insurns I have not
received my sons lotment and there
no symptoms of money." .
"He was inducted in the surface,
I am a lone woman and parsley de
pendent." (
"I did not know my husband had
a midle name, and if so it wasn't
None.' " "
"He left me with materialy noth
ing to live on and both sides of our
parents are old and pore."
Fire in Cafe Forces Diners
to Leave in Midst of Meal
Nearly 50 persons who were din
ing in Mrs. M. S. Pierce's cafe, 318
South Eighteenth street, Sunday
night made a hasty exit when a
small fire started on the flooring un
derneath the kitchen range. Fire
men from station No. 3, Ninteepth
and Harney streets, put out the fire
before much damage was done. Less
than 50 persons returned to firiish
their meals. A
Americans Deal Leniently
With Germans at Coblenz
Berlin, Jan. 5. The rule of the
Americans in Coblenz is character
ized by "big hearted leniency,"-a
special dispatch received here from
Coblenz says. The citizens are per
mitted to move about as they , de
sire, it is declared, and the wish of
the American commander "that the .
people might act as if no enemy '
troops of occupation were here" is.
being completely realized. . .,
rynM nc
Head or ch
art bast trMttdK''
"exwmally"
I a I 1 w
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