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Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
MAN oUTSWIMS A SEA LION
Hawaiian Grabs the Tail and Hangs
ON Until Captive SUR
renders.

Diving off tho new municipal pier at
Hermosa, Cal, in sight OF thousands.
celebrating the opening for a second
day George Freeth, noted Hawaiian
swimmer. seized the tail of young
sea lion, swimming in the sea, and after
battle that lasted for half an hour
holsted the animal into boat from
which the astonished occupants sprang
into the water in their fright
Freeth's left hand and arm were badly
lacerated In the struggle, and patches of
skin were gashed from his legs by the
animal, which used teeth and flippers In
a mad fight for freedom. When the
three boys who occupied the boat climbed
aboard again one Of them was severely
bitten on the leg.
Freeth is instructor at the Lbs Angeles
Athletic club. and was giving an exhibit
ton Of his prowess as diver when he
noticed young sea lion in the vicinity
Of the small skiff containing three young
boys.
The sea lion kept close to the boat
and Freoth swan out to the skiff from
the wharf He got aboard the boat and
waited an opportunity when the sea lion
was close, then dove after him and man.
aged TO catch him by the tail
Then Issued one OF the fiercest battles
ever seen in the water One minute
the sea lion and man we're on the sur.
face Of the water and the next they
we're out OF sight, and the big crowd
would hold its breath until the com.
batants were again on the surface. The
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
FULLERTON B0OTLEGGER
FINED SIX HUNDRED FIFTY

FULLERTON, Neb.. June 1.-two de-
tectives, who have been in the city for
the past two weeks, were the means OF
James Mahoneys arrest on five counts
for selling liquor without government
license. The preliminary trial before
Judge Kliese was held Tuesday morn
ing and, the accused was held for trial
in district court. Judge Thomas was in
the city Wednesday and the case was
tried before him. Mahoney pleaded
guilty and was fined SIPS for each count
making q total of $3.50 including costs.
Mahoney is a guest of Sheriff Peterson
at the county jail.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
MRS. DRAPER SMITH WIRES
CHICAGO CONGRATULATIONS

Immediately on receipt Of pews of the
suffrage victory at the General Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs convention in
Chicago, Mrs. Draper Smith, state suf-
frage president, wired congratulations to
the Nebraska delegation at the conven-
ton and to the president Mrs. Percy
Pennybacker. I'VE have been sangulne
of the success of our movement hitherto
but now we are sure of our victory be-
cause of the addition of at least 5000
organized women to the working ranks"
she said.
The automobile trip to Valley Elkhorn
and Waterloo which was planned for
Saturday was postponed for the second
time because of the condition of the roads
after the heavy rain of Friday night
THE third time is a charm so / am
positive that we will make the trip next
Saturday" said Mrs. Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15

ate, q years old, and chief engineer in
charge of construction of the $3.50, 900
bridge being built at Norwalk had gone
into the caisson to which the progress of
the work. An important bridge foundation
was soon to be set there.
Suddenly the head carpenter on the con-
struction project, Joseph Culp, looked up
at the sides of the box whose thin shell
was their only protection against the
enormous pressure of the river. A faint
cracking of wood became audible to all
In the caisson then the crackle became a
groan or heaving timber. RUM 9aun"
someone shouted,
Three men reached the exit. The head
carpenter felt what he could not yet see,
that the timber was wrenching piece from
piece, loosening each moment. He started
for safety, turned to look for his chief
Robert Dewar who had gone back TO shut
off the electric pumps He saw danger,
faced death, followed duty. Survivors say
that those few seconds cost both men
Il cir lives, for the final crash came like
an explosion and the river passed on over
whero the human work had been.
The engineer who lay crushed on that
watery field OF honor is only one of a type
fortunately numerous Devotion to duty
is taught and accepted among technical
workers as perhaps nowhere else Civil,
electrical and mining engineers are di-
rectly in charge OF the construction Of
every large Industrial project in the land.
They are responsible only for results.
The capitalist who pays their salaries
knows in the vast majority of instances
nothing OF their methods. No one has
any immediate check on the acts of the
Commercial.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
GrOCerymen and
Butchers Picnic
Is Next Thursday

All retail grocery stores and butcher
shops will be closed Thursday all day.
for that is the day set apart for the
grocers and butchers picnic which is to
be held at Krug park.
a program OF twelve race events will be
staged at 2:5O for various prizes, and az
4:SO pie eating contest for youngsters
under 10 years will be put on by the
Burns Baking company.
The Council Bluffs and South Omaha
grocers and butchers have been invited
for the evening and have accepted the
invitation, a special concert by the
band will be given in the afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS
FOR SUFFRAGE DISCUSSION

A series of open neighborhood meetings
one to be held in each of the Omaha pub
lie school buildings is now being ar
ranged by the Omaha suffrage societies
AS far as possible these meetings will be
held with the improvement clubs of the
city. In schools where no Improvement
club meets the suffragists are arranging
for meetings to be manSged by them
selves. Discussions for and against the
proposition will be invited.
The first of these will be held Tuesday
night, June 16, at the Bancroft school,
Eighth and Bancroft streets, the meet
ing place of the Southeast Improvement
club. This meeting will not be under
the auspices of the club but the organi-
cation has accepted an invitation to at
tend DIR. ]. P. Connolly, president of
the club, will preside
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
SCHOOL CHILDREN ENJOY
F0NTENELLE FAIRGROUNDS

Miss Neff of East Omaha school and
her pupils, with some OF their mothers
yesterday visited the playground pro-
vided by the city in Fontenelle park, un-
der the direction of Commissioner Hum
mel.
Mr. Hummel met these merrymakers
while on business trip to the park. At
the close of the day a hearty vote of
thanks was extended to the Park depart
ment for having arranged the playground
near the water with no driveway inter-
vening.
Il can recommend Fontenele park to
every party for its cleanliness and
safety" said Miss Neff.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
MANUAL TRAINING HIGH
SCHOOL TO GIVE EXHIBIT

The manual training classes at the
Omaha High school will have on display
exhibitions Of their craftsmanship at the
high school the first three school days
of this week. The exhibit of articles. en-
tirely constructed by students in the
manual training classes, will be in the
east hall on the first floor so that anyone
wishing to see the display may do so
without interruptlng students at their
classes. In addition the court in the CEN
ter Of the building is now fully decorated
and is open to public Inspection The
court has been decorated by the students
of the various classes at the school, each
grade decorating one of the four sides,
and is quite beautiful to behold.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
Travers to Build
New Apartments

Traver Brothers have bought from the
Child's Saving institute a large tract of
close-in vacant ground at Twenty-sixth
and St Mary's avenue. The ground is
to be replatted and given a 650-foot street
frontage. The property is then to be i'm
proved at once with apartments of two,
three, four, five, six and seven rooms
each. They are to be ready for occu-
pancy by September 1. The sale was
made through the firm of Garvin Broth
ers. The Traver Brothers are admirers
Of the close-in property. They have just
completed the four-story fire-proof
apartment house at Twenty-fourth and
Landon court, known as the Traverton,
which was rented almost Immediately.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
NEW. Notes of McCoOI1.

MCOOK, Neb.. June 4,-(Special)-A
Holiness camp meeting for Red Willow,
Hitchcock and Hayes counties will be
held in McCook from July 16 to 26. Rev.
w r. Cain. field secretary of the Kan
sas State Holiness association, will be
the evangelist in charge of the meetings
Cleo p. Mowry of Schenectady, n.
and Miss Emma Pade Of this city, were
married last evening at the home Of Mrs.
Fred Pade, grandmother of the bride,
They departed for the east the same night
to visit briefly in Iowa and Wisconsin
en- route. The groom is a graduate Of
the electrical department of the State
university, where the bride also was a
student for two years. Mr.. 'Mowry is
foreman of the switchboard electric test.
ing department Of the General Electric
works.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
YORK COUNTY WILL VOTE ON
TELEPHONE PROPOSITION

YORK, Neb., June H.-(Special)-By
request of 759 residents Of York county
presented to the board of supervisors at
their regular meeting to call a special
election giving the people the privilege
of voting on the question of building a
county telephone system, the board
granted the request. The special cleo
ton will be held August II. The propo-
sition to be voted upon provides for the
levying of a two mill tax for the es-
tablishment of the system
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
GED NDSTORTED THE HORROR OF ITS REALITY INDEED HDEOS

such thinO eTist-young women have righ'
10 know g. In such knowledge lies their protee-
ton. Thcas pictures should be seen by al-rich
and poor Naiike. The fact that protection with
out education does not always protect is shown
By the statistics OF Bedford Female ReformAtory.
The servant girl who ia regarded a highly
protected person IN the home represents a larger
NEW YORK AMERICAN. Dee. 30. lslA
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
MAN SHOT BY SHERIFF OF
CUSTER WILL RECOVER

KEARNEY, Neb.. June H-(SpeciaIJ-
Mike Sullivan, who was brought to st.
I,uke's hospital in this city Friday from
his home at Eddyville. is getting along
better today and hopes are now held
out for his recovery. Sullivan was acci-
IDENTIFY shot with a revolver by the sher-
,ff of Custer county, when that individual
shot a rabbit when crossing the country
IN his car. The shot missed the little
animal and hit Sullivan in the hip and
lodged In the abdomen. Hope for his
recovery was not held out until today,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
DEAD ON FIELD OF HONOR
PeriIs Faced and Sacrifices Made
in Activities of Civil
Life.

Five men stood in caisson on the bot
tom of the Norwalk river a few days ago.
The alright box, thirty feet long, sixty
feet wide, trembled as the water swlrled
around and over 1t.
Robert Crichlow Dewar, Cornell gradu-
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
DR.. F. 7. ROUSE TO GRADS
breaches Bsooalaureate Sermon to
the o. H. S. 1914 Class.
FUTURE DEPENDS UPON THEM
Graduates Must Take it Upon Them
selves TO Make the Law a Ma
jesttc Asset--Lawyers
Make Mess of IL.

Before the members Of the 1914 gradu-
ating class Of the Omaha High school,
Rev. Frederick T. Rouse preached a bac-
calaureate sermon at the First Congre-
gational church Sunday morning. Rev.
Mr. Rouse took the twenty-first verse
of the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew
as his subject with the title Enter"
'Eenter into the joys Of life" spoke DR..
Rouse to the students, That is your
task. To you. and 1 am speaking of you
as representative of the quarter of a
million graduating students in the United
States today, the destiny of the world
depends 1t is you who must advance
our civilization to even higher. points than
attained today and IL you do not do II
It will be because you are not attending
to your business.
''It Is but fifty years since such i'm
provements as the Pullman car have been
in use and 1t Is but fifty years since our
modern conveniences have been in gen.
eral use. And in another fifty years still
more Improvements must be made and
you must be the ones to do II, in science,
in law, in everything. In fifty years we
shall be able to spend the afternoon in
Chicago, have dinner in New York in
the evening and the next day see the
shores of a distant cline. This will come
in fifty years and while you laugh now
/ will be ashamed If II is not done. It
will only be advancing during the sub
sequent fifty years as the fifty years be-
fore today.
Law IL Mighty.
II expect to see you young men and
women make the law a more majestic
asset. The law is a great thing but our
layers OF today are making a mess Of
1t. Constant procrastination by our
lawyers transforms our present law from
that which should be expedient, pleasant
and true Justice to that which is burden
some. This you shall change.
ALSO it is you who must secure a more
equal distribution of the bounties of the
earth. 1t is you who must alter the
present system so that the few shall
profit more than the many.
such must you do, you who are gradu-
ating from the high schools of tn country
pow-as it is a statistical fact that 9S per
cent of the responsible men of this coun-
try are high school graduates-must as
sumo the burdens of the world and there
fore bid you ENTER and take up your
duties"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
william Adair May Recover.

KEARNEY, Neb., June 14-(Speclal.)-
William Adair, son of the late w. r.
Adair, of this city, is getting better to-
day after his accident on Thursday at
Big Springs, when his car overturned
fracturing his skull and breaking several
ribs. The injured man will be brought
to kearney by his sister and hopes are
held out for his complete recovery,
although the doctors will make no state
ment as to his real condition at this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
Army worm Appears Near Stella.

STELLA, Neb,, June H.-(special.)-The
army worm or what is called the army
worm, has appeared in large numbers in
the neighborhood northwest Of Stella to-
ward Howe. In one instance, after al
falfa was unloaded, the worms were So
thick on the hay rack that they were
scraped off At the Occur farm fur
rows were made to catch them so they
could be destroyed as they passed from
one field TO another.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15

Several scenes add materially TO the loath-
some picturng Of mans debasement and womana
lack Of conscience but after seeing what sta
tisiics tell uE is true only regret that
humanity has sunk 20 lOw-that manhood and
womanhood had been 80 traied 10 the dust Again
I say-you men with little sisters; you wives
aad daughters 40 and Traffic IA Souls"
PENELOPE PERRILL in Columbus (ohiol
Dispatch Jan. s. lslA
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
Red WILLOW in zinc shnne.

LEBANON, Neb., June H-(Special) -
Wheat could not look nicer here. All
growing vegetation is fine. Farmers
are estimating the yield Of wheat from
twenty to thirty bushels per acre. Al
faIfa is all stacked; corn is clean and
being cultivated the second time.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
FIood Damare nd FarweII.

FARWELL, Neb., June I-CSpecial)-
Nearly two inches Of rain fell Friday
night. which put all the creeks out of their
banks and did considerable damage by
washing out culverts and small bridges.
This makes a little over three inches
Of rainfall for Howard county last week.
Anton Curtis lost two valuable horses
by lightning during last Thursdays
storm.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
BuckIen,s Arnica saIve

BucISIen's Arnica salve
cured Ben Pool of Threet, Ala, after be-
ing dragged over a gravel roadbed
Soothing. healing. antiseptic 25c. All
sts.-Advertisement
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15

sea lion, as it had fish line fast in
its mouth and the swimmer hung to the
tail and the line until II was captured.
Los Angeles Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15

Join the swappers' Club. Membership
is free. Call at Bee office.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15

INT OBSCENE
MIL DISGUSTING
WII OFF-COLO6
HOi HIHALD
OFFENSIVE
But with q MORAL
as strong as HER
CULEB.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15

RAGEn o.
~. INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
n0ncEn National
soeety Vigilance Committee
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-08-09

Nickle Plated Crumb Trays and
Scrapers; worth 25c set.
Cleanup Price, set of two, &c
Gone set only to each person)
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-08-09
MR.. MERCHANT

Most people do more shopping on
Saturday than any other two days in
the week excepting Monday. To reach
the Saturday shopper THE SENTI-
NEL-RECORD is the only Saturday
paper published In Hot Springs.
The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-08-09

Lace Insertion and Lace Rem
nants, worth from Sc to 15c
the yd. Cleanup Price yd. lie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-28
HEMPEL' s GOLDEN
NOTES" REPLENISH
GERMAN WAR CHEST
Metropolitan Prima Donna
Contributes Services at
Opera Benefits for Wound
ed and Sells Decorations to
Aid Cause.

NEW YORK. Sept 2S.-Frleda Hem
pei. coloratura soprano OF the Metro
poi!tan Opera Company, who has been
acclaimed as the successor of MarceIla
Sembrich. has written the following let
ter to her American manager:
Finally found some one who is kind
enough to take this letter along to Amer
lea. Well, l am safe and we'll taken
care of. and am happy about our great
victories.
Il contributed all rny Belgian decora-
tlons and medals 10 the Red Cross to be
sold. 1 feed some children and I bring
cigars to our soldiers. l was fortunate
to be able to help some widows and
orphans. 1 give all my spare time to
the OPERA and I am now singing at
every benefit performance arranged for
the victims of the war. Am I not right
to give as much OF the gold in nv
throat as You used to say. to this spIen
did cause? And, dear friend, millions do
and think as I.
Germany is one big family, 1t is mar
Nelous how everything is going on
smoothly here in Berlin. Whoever is
not permitted to go to war is working
In his way for the common good. You
never would believe how we all are feel
ing. Everybody Is enthusiastic All Of
our Socialists have disappeared. They
ali are today friends of the Kaiser. What
good fortune to live in time as this,
The God OF our fathers is stin alive
among us or our great victories would
be impossible
you see flags everywhere. I person.
ally have two at my window, a German
and an Austrian. Whenever a victory
is announced the bells are ringing.
Really 1t Is glorious time. And our
soldiers-how they are happy to go to
the front! Some of my workingmen are
so anxious to fight that | cannot halt
them. And how handsome the boys are
looking lovely In theirsnew uniforms of
gray! 1t is touching 10 see them depart
TO the front, so young, so brave and so
full of good humor! If the whole affair
were not so sad, you really could laugh.
Seven enemies-seven against two!
Our German women are great They
do not cry, they do not complain; they
all know It's got TO be. and they sub
NIT. They all do their duty like our
men. There Is no misery, no hunger, no |
poverty. There Is money enough all |
THE Kaiser is alive and the people
love him more than ever. The whole |
nation is united. They know they win
win. They are fighting a just tight and
God Is with them.
Don't believe for a minute that we
are gloomy and oppressed We did not
ook for war here in Germany But
low when the war is forced upon us we
10 all to bring 1t TO glorious end May
Sod help US Hurtherw
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-28
.CHILDREN'S CORNER
BEFORE THE SANDMAN COMES

| story-what happened after Jack
Frost came"
"Ohp laughed the oak leaf, his III
humor instantly forgotten, then the
winds came and loosened us from the
tree and gave us such sail
"Over yards and fields, here and
there and back again, never had such
fun. You must get''the wind to take
you some day and then you'll know
what living isl"
ooh dear, I'd like to gor' sighed
the pine leaves we're tired staying
here on this tree anyway. We're been
here on this same tree ever since we
were bornl"
TOO bad" murmured the other
leaves so sympathetically that the pine
leaves felt worse than ever!
So all night long the pine leaves
fretted and sighed and begged the
wind to take them for sail.
And all night long the wind answer
ed back: mo, we can't take you-you
are needed where you arel"
In the morning some people who
lived nearby went walking under the
pines and one said: This is the poor
old pine tree that has been whining
and fretting all night"
II wonder what it wants." said the
other person. II wish it was happy,
for l love its leaves that stay green
after the others have blown away"
Whats that? what's that?" whis-
pered the pine leaves, Somebody
loves us even if we are just common
green all the year through!"
Think how lonesome those kind
people would be-" whispered another
pine leaf. "if we had gone off and left
our pine tree all aloneH
And every stiff little pine leaf bris-
tied erectly and shone happily in the
morning sunshine.
CLARA INGRAM JUDSON.
Copyright 1915, Clara Ingram Judson.
Tomorroto-A BIRD SCHOOL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-28
GRAND OPERA SINGER FINDS
MAN SHE MARRIED BIGAMIST
Nine. Sophie Traubman Learns She
Is Third Mrs. Schroeder.


LONDON. Sept. 2S.-Mme. Sophie Traub-
man. grand opera singer. who has APP
peared before Philadelphia audiences, has
applied to Scotland Yard for a warrant
ssainst George Albert Schroeder. whom
she charges with bigamy. Madame Traub-
''Nh AYERS she was married to Schroeder
~ Hew York on September after the pair
nau become acquainted as fellow refugees
vi voyage across the Atlantic
later according TO Madame Traubman's 5
i.ory, she received letter from a man
describing himself as Mr.. Schroeder's
StOtlsr' who told her that her husband
E,i auy had two wives one of whom was
HEi in England. Madame Traubman
Ii IIaplsi the English wife to meet her In
aHnuon aon and then persuaded Schroeder to
@IeGmpany her back to England. The
siish wife met them on the arrival OF
Nc boat train and embraced Schroeder
Ma. bauaihe Ihe Iraubman called the police, but
husband got away In a taxlcab.
l., HeorGe Abbott Schroeder came original
from Cleveland, o. lie now resides in
tSa' on where he described himself as In
nn1 rne moving picture business. The London
Eyai ETlSs are now seeking Schroeder. His
"s'ish wife also has disappeared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-28
WHITEWASHED ATTIC ROOM
PLANNED TO INVITE REPOSE
Clever Arrangement of Furnishings
in Spaces Not often Used.

Clever Arrangement of furnishings
in Spaces Not often Used.
TN HIS attic room with its whitewash-
ed walls and blackened beams in
vites repose. The clever arrange
ment of the spacious drawers under the
caves of the house on one side, and the
closet, which much be delightfully."- roomy
on the staircase, is an idea for these
spaces which usually harbor boxes and
trunks not opened frequently.
The table built around the rough Chin
ney Is most artistic and serves very
comfortably as a desk. while the enamel
ed bed. with its cover of white dimity.
and washstand to match, seems to fit so
happily with the whitewashed walls. The
windows daintily curtaincd in white COM
plete this very unusual room.
Cheesecloth, by the way. makes the
most attractive curtains of this type and
may be bought for as little as seven
cents yard, while each visit to the
laundry, makes them more sheer and
dainty. OF course, the wide floor boards
and blackened beams of this old attic
have aided a decidedly artistic scheme,
but the general idea will appeal to those
who have wondered what to do with at
tic rooms