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Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07
PROF MATHEWS TALKS
TO JAPANESE STUDENTS

TOXIC, Feb. 6.-Prof. Smaller Mathews
Of the University OF Chicago. who, under
the auspices of the Federal Council OF
Churches Of Christ in America, has come
to Jspan 10 foster cordial relations be
tween the island empire and the United
States, today addressed large audiences
at the Imperial and Waseda universities
on certain aspects Of American life. The
endeavor OF Or. Mathews was to create
truer understanding OF America.
Premier Count Okuma today gave a
luncheon in honor OF the American visi-
tor.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07

w a s II in & ma
chimes, Dauntless
water power, SIS
value SO. so
Electric washing
m a C h in e, one,
sample, slightly
scratched. $500
value, at. $3.50
w hite Lily
washing machine,
one, 8 Ii < h t ! Y
soiled, guaran-
teed $50 value,
at ........& oT.oO
w a S n 1 n z ma
chimes, Regal.
at ........ -. 90
Ironing boards,
5-foot. at. .49c
w a s II boards,
any kind, 40C
values acc
Cloth es baskets.
3 sizes, choice
Tor .AbC
Curtain stretch
ers, 69c values
at $50
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07
Beautiful RICH NEW BLACK SILKS Are in Greater
Demand Than Ever Before-A Special Sale for Monday

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~ movement for Monday that will il
Black Taffeta Silks, 69c
Rich shimmering black taffeta silks, SO
inches wide, very specially priced for Mon
day at 69c the yard
Black Silk Messalines, 49c
Messaline silks, deep lustrous black, "a
ACC the yard.
Black Silks Monday at 88c
Three wanted weaves, all SO inches wide
including black silk peau de sole chiffon
taffetas and satin Duchess, extreme values for
Monday at, SSc the yard
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07

Ironing boards,
patent folding,
S1.25 values. $50
Clothes pins, Ex-
celsior, l0c val
ues. 5 doz. for So
Clothes lines, 90
foot braided, Sill
yer Lake brand,
IOT ........o $50
Wringer benches,
hardwood $3.50
N 1 C X e l-plated
flounce irons, 80
n 1 c k o l-plated
sad irons. h., So
Wrights patent
ed gas irons,
Sl.98 value, Sl.26
ThermaX electric
sad irons, COM
plete ......92.99
Hot Point cleo
trio sad irons,
complete .S3.46
American Beauty
electric ir on '
at .........3 AS8
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07

Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07

$1.39 Black Crepe de Chine, 98c
A remarkable quality and unusual value.
Black crepe de chine. all silk, AZ inches wide.
usual $1.39 value, CSC the yard.
$1.59 Black Crepe de Chine, $1.29
All-silk crepe de chimes in a rich black.
splendid heavy quality, 80 inches wide the
usual $1.59 quality. An exceptional value for
Monday, at, S1.29 the yard.
$500 Black Satin ChaImeuse, $1.49
42-inch black satin charmeuse very soft and
pretty, lustrous black, good $2.00 quality.
Very special. Monday at, &1.49 the yard.
BurRess-Naah Oo,-H6ain Y1oOg
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07
WASH DAY BARGAINS
Sunday, Feb. z, 1916

Wash wringers,
guaranteed iron.
for ........ S1.98
Wash wringers,
Swear guarantee.
wood frame. $3.50
Wash wringers.
f o r stationary
tubs, 5-year guar
a n I g e, W o o d
frame .,...&4.00
CT o I n e 8 dryer.
wood. patent, loo
S e eve boards,
cloth C ov er q d,
patent 1oc
Clothes rack, A.
it., folding, csc
values .75c
Slashed mops,
heavy. 15-pound,
Soc kind .25c
Gas hot plates,
2 = burner. C st
iron frame. Sl.69
w a 8 h | n e ma
chimes. big 3, $40
values, at, S4.0S
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-07

Light h o II 8 G
cleanser, 3 cans
Tor ..........1 LOG
Gold dust, Alb.
package lilo
rub brush es,
we'll made OF rice
root, at sc
Galvanized iron
wash tubs. Nos.
/ or 2 size. $50
Galvanized iron
water pals. II
or 14-qt. size, 15c
Galvanized iron
wash boilers, eX-
ira heavy, $1.25
values .95o
Wash boilers, No.
s, heavy. all cop
per, 1915 val
ues ....... sass
Wash b OF ! e r 5,
No. 9, heavy, all
copper, 1895 val
ueS ....... .S2.79
w a s n b o ! e +
trays, wire, 15o
values ......49c
Evening star., 1915-05-02
ROUEN, France, March IA. 1915.

October %. 1914. No. l, Base
Camp, Rouen, consisted Of
two rather small camp VIII
Evening star., 1915-05-02

IN APER was made by hand in little
~ cradles two thousand years ago
q by the Egyptians. The word pa
per is derived from papyrus. a plant
from the leaves of which a pulp was
made by pounding and macerating in
water. This pulp was placed on screens
and the surplus water was gently
rocked through the meshes, leaving p
fiat web of paper which was dried out
In the sun. Today finds the maker of
fine writing papers in Italy using this
same primitive method. with the ex-
ception that he prepares the paper to
resist ink.
for commercial purposes paper must
now be made on the latest and most
improved machinery. America leads
the world in the production of all kinds
of paper and If it were not for the fact
that many of the ingredients are i'm
ported from Europe. this country would
be independent for it's supply.
Writing paper is largely "A product of
linen rags, secured in many ways.
Some are clean and new cuttings and
clippings from the shirt and collar fac
tories. others are collected by ragpick-
towns. so that they must be steriliZed
before using.
Wood pulp il the basis of nearly all
other grades of paper Wood fiber is
easily obtained and equally easy to use
when modern machinery and methods
ARE employ The chief wood used is
spruce, with poplar ana lleiplock rank
ing aext. Poplar pulp is used for fine
hook papers, its hber is long and
silky and makes a smooth sheet of pa
per. Spruce pulp il used in newspaper,
Naiipnper and bs gpaper
Evening star., 1915-05-02

Wood pulp blocks as delivered at the
mill are either sixteen or twenty four
inches long, while the standard calls
for a diameter not under four inches
and not over twelve or fourteen inches.
Conforming to the standard lengths,
grinders are built to accommodate
these sizes. and consist of an outer case
and a grindstone. The latter is placed
on shaft and turns about two hum
dred revolutions minute. The outer
case has pockets into which the wood
blocks are placed. while pistons press
the blocks with great force against
the rapidly turning stone. The sharp
the wood fbers. reducing 1t to pulp.
which Is then diluted with water and
pumped away to the screens. where all
dirt. bark and grit are removed.
As the sharp particles of stone cut
and tear the wood fibers in the process
OF grinding them off the value of the
resultant pulp is lessened. for the
longer f1bers give strength to the pa
per into which It is made, Just as the
long hair used in plaster gives it
strength through it's binding action
useful and comparatively cheap. the
paper must be strengthened by a
chemical wood pulp having longer
fbers. The chemical pulps are made by
dissolvinS the gums which bind to-
sether the hbers. thereby preserving
them in their full length. Chemical
pulps are used proportionateIy with
Paper is made up with pulp as
base. to which are added dyes to stain
the fbers uniformly. rosin sizing to
make the hnished paper rs near moist
Evening star., 1915-05-02

ure-proof as necessary. alum to set
the color and the sizing. clay to fill in
the minute spaces between the criss-
crossed hbers and other materials, ac-
cording to the use to which the paper
will finally be put The mixing of
these widely varying elements must be
thorough. They are beaten up in great
beating engines holding half ton Of
dry stock and many thousand gallons
of water.
1t is not generally known that the
natural color of pulp is creamy yell
low. White papers can only be made
by dyeing the pulp with blue and
red anilines. Hardly a paper is made
without the use of dyestuffs of some
sort, and these are introduced into
the beating engines while the ingre-
dients are being beaten up into an
even mass. which is technically called
stuff"
The "stun' is now, pumped to tho pa
per machines, the first a refining en-
gine, the function of which is to brush
out all humps and free the fbers from
one another. Thence to the screens,
pulp are removed. and from here to
the paper machine itself the STUFF
proceeds In an even stream.
Briefly, q paper machine consists of
the wet end" the presses" the dry
ers," the Calendars and the wind
ers." The STUFF coming from the
screens flows out in level sheet onto
the surface of an endless wire cloth,
which moves constantly ahead, carry
ing n thin sheet of pulp. In the space
of thirty 70 forty feet Of travel much
Of the water has dropped through the
meshes Of the cloth and been carried
Evening star., 1915-05-02

of chaps will kitchener's new lot prove
to be-" The regular" Tommies ex-
pressed all the seasoned soldiers mis-
trust of the volunteer" According
to them. half of the new army was
shamed and brow-beaten into enlist
ing, and the other half enlisted be-
cause they thought the would
end before they were ready for active
service, and In the meantime camp life
would be good fun.
Then. early in February, the first con
tingent of Kitcheners new army began
to arrive. Infantry. cavalry. artillery.
engineers, thousands and again thou
sands. poured in and out Of the old
base. Tents sprang up like mushrooms
all over the vast plateau and the
scene became one or 1ncessant activity.
After short time for observation
there was but one opinion expressed
among US 'old-time ers"-whether in
khaki or tartan. whether drilling or
playing, a finer lot of men than
"kitchener's mob" would be hard to
find. Kaiser Wilhelm has been reported
as saying: Kitchener has a million
men. but no army" Out vivra. vera.
For days, for weeks. they remained
in camp at our base. They sang. played
foot ball, drank little, visited old
Rouen with its Jeanne dare mem
Evening star., 1915-05-02
TAovo> @W7kR~AT,o<aL News

cries and monuments. and made love
to all the chic French girls who had
the temerity to go abroad unescorted: /:
they also worked long hours at hard
drill or stable duty. But whatever
they were doing. hey did as cheer
fully and spiritedly as children at
play.
Nearly every morning the various
details would be drawn up at attention
and some big-voiced sergeant major
would read off the names of the men
selected for that days draft for the
front. A hasty packing of kits, an
Unconditional farewell between old pals.
a lineup for inspection and off they
would march. cheerfully, even gayly,
down the muddy road to the station
at Rouen, there to entrain for one
Of those mysterious points a hundred
miles or more distant, known in mill
tary parlance as ''rail-heads." The
veteran critics were silenced.
In the course of our service in con-
veying horses to the front I have had
n chance to watch the arrival and
detrainment at one of these points of
many thousand troops.
Out OF the vans tumble regiment after
regiment. For a few seconds all is an
agttated tumble Of khaki figures. a
deafening clamor of British voices
Suddenly the confusion is pierced by a
Evening star., 1915-05-02
A RUSSIAN BATTERY MAcI1oN

cept to begin showing or sleetfns, we
fellows used to huddle In our sopping
clothes around our half-drowned nres
and try to forget our discomfort in DIS
cussions as to what presumably would
happen later on, when the surface OF
the earth should become something
more negotiable for heavy transport
wagons and lorries and big gun car
riages-let alone men and horses-than
it's present condition OF quagmires and
duckponds. Each man of US had great
respect for his own opinions, and there
was the usual amount of fire and fury
and good-natured chatting. and PROB
ably more wit and less ignorance OF
the subject than was being nispiayed IN
the discussions going on during the
same period among the armchair war
riors of the London clubs.
AS the camp grew larger more strln-
gent sanitary measures became 1ndfs-
pensable, and a great hammering and
hauling and vociferating of French
workmen resulted finally in long rows
of waterproof huts and stables, etc.
Finally. our tents were shifted 10
higher ground, and the huts became
washhouses, orderly rooms,
cooking houses and offices Then
canteens sprang from the earth be-
tween night and morning all over the
base. and-crowning prlvilege-the m
French variety pitched its tent CON
vcmiently near. So what with all these
modern improvements, warm mess
rooms. with real fires to sit around
after meals, and roast beef and po-
tatoes every other day. life at No. l
base became quite sybaritic. But the
camp oracles and prophets were no
less garrulous.
At that early period the cavalry and
infantry details consisted largely of
regular reserves. most of them had
been out of the service since the Boer
war, and had grown soft and pudgy,
but it didn't take long to harden them.
OF course, these seasoned soldiers took
the lead in all our military discus
sions, and were listened to with due
respect by the men who had not as
vet faced the cannons mouth. The
question uppermost was: What sort
Evening star., 1915-05-02
Our French.

Id ROF. Poussin. the Belgian refugee
u professor at Harvard. was pained.
at dinner in his honor. by the ap-
pIause and cheers which greeted his de-
scription Of ruined LouvAin and
wrecked Lege. But when II was e1-
planned to Prof. Poussin that 0as HAr-
ward professors and students had q
very slight knowledge OF Frenoh-hs
had spoken in French-hfs perpssxity
vanished, and he smiled.
II see," he said. 'T see. Il is Nke
the case of Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith, an
American, said to his wife at a Paris
restaurant:
"'strange! I spoke to the proprietor
In French, and he didn't undsxUtoaA
me-
".weil.' said Mrs. Smith, no wen
der. He's Frenchman.'
Evening star., 1915-05-02
Newspaper Man Who Enlisted the British Army Private Tells of Great
BateA the Fierce FngFms Story Private Soldier Has
CnorThe Coming Kncteners New AmyA Task
of
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from the farmhouse. and q moment or
two later an automobile filled with i'm
portant looking officers, one or two OF
whom wore the red cap band signify
toward the east. Word quickly passed
our way that our troops were going for
the German trenches, and that the gen.
eral In command Of the division had
In none Of my former visits to the
front had I the opportunity Of getting
near a charge of any sort. The best l
had seen was an artillery drill and
glimpse Of the trenches To know that
a general assault In broad daylight on
the enemy's position was taking place
hardly twenty minutes walk from
where 1 stood was more than mortal !
man could resist. MY company had
been told to stay around the division
camp and wait for q chance to be taken
hack to "railhead" In some motor lor-
ries later In the day. I learned that 1t
would be several hours before they
would be ready for us. so, watching my
chance. I slipped around the farm
house, climbed wall and struck of
down the road at quick trot. A dis.
patch rider or two bu1zed by me. and
a sentry, stationed at cressroad.
me, thinking probably that ] belonged
to some regiment down in the hollow.
where the lighting was going on. and
was fastening to get to my post.
+
The road led straight up fairly steep
hill, just beyond which the fighting
was in full blast. The ground vibrated
under my feet from the ceaseless de-
tonation Of cannon on both sides of
the road. A battery of British guns
was stationed almost on the crest of
the hill: there was no smoke and no
80
I had gotten half way up the hill j
could see the battery and the khaki
figures manning it. There they were.
coolly and deliberately letting death
loose upon an invisible foe two miles
away.
Perhaps half a mile or so distant
from the battery British officers at an
of the German positions and telephon-
ing the result to the little group Of un-
excited looking men who stood just be-
hind the gunners issuing the orders.
grees to the right. 1880 yards" swift
ly the gunner twists his huge engine
of destruction into position. 'Fire!"
Back goes the lever and with roar
slides swiftly forward and crashes into
position. They have the range now and
each gun is discharged as rapidly as 1t
can be handled. 1t was as quietly done
as IL IL were merely target pTaCtlco.
Suddenly there was q weird sound in
the air, swiftly falling body. and a
great section of the cabbage field be-
hind the battery rose In a dense col
umn of dust, stones and thick black
smoke. Then followed terrific re-
port. For Il moment the battery was
oblfterated from view. Then the cloud
was blown away by the breeze, and the
little group Of officers were still In the
same position as before. The gunners
went on as steadily with their work as
II nothing more ponderous than a hum
mingbird had passed their way. a big
hole in the cabbage garden still smoked
Evening star., 1915-05-02

ceased to bark, the rifle fire died away;
another throat-splftting cheer. and
position was covered with leaping.
shouting British soldiers, mad with the
joy of victory.
Meantime on the right the fight had
been carried into the streets of the
town, and the tumult of the battle
that was now raging there was audi
BILE. From the captured position groups
of men and officers rushed across the
plain, stumbling over the dead and
wounded alike. In hot haste toward the
er-bearers and members Of tho ambu-
lance corps. busy with the dreadful
aftermath Of battle
By this time had lost all conscious
ness of any and every other call or
duty. I was possessed Of one sole de-
to see and hear what was going on In
its narrow. ancient streets and squares.
There was foot path dropping down
to a low growth of bushes that OBJ
path for perhaps a quarter Of a mile.
coming out finally upon a broad high
way that led straight into the town.
This road was packed with ammuni-
ion wagons, ambulances, etc. etc. As
I started toward the goal Of my desire
I was halted by young officer of tho
A. S. c.. who was sitting nonchalantly
on the step of lorry that had begun
life as Piccadilly bus.
Where in the devil are you 6oingy'
he demanded. / told him thought of
pushing to Neuve Chapelle to see
bit Of the fighting.
The HI you dol" he snapped. go
back to your lorry." And he added
something else quite unprintable.
/ told him had no lorry to go to.
Then what are you doing over
here7" he demanded.
made full confession. When I told
him 1 had Just seen the capture Of the
German trenches. his manner changed;
he became auditor instead Of Judge. He
became, In fact, an eager questioner
and was intensely interested in my ad-
ventures.
II thought by the firing stopping
down there that we had taken some
thing" he said. We'll, we'll get Neuve
Chape1le all right now. As for you. my
lad, I'll see what I can do about get
ting you back to headquarters.
He disappeared, but returned In
few minutes.
II can get you a nfe.- he said. "Leok
sharp"
followed him to where a bored
looking motor lorry driver was crank
ing up his engine. / saluted my su-
perior officer with effusion. A half hour
later was back at headquarters with
my company. I had not even been
missed.
Copyright, 1918. b. TIE wnsslsr Syndicate, Inc,
Evening star., 1915-05-02

short. snappy bark of command. IN
stantly the entire mass springs as
though on wires into a silent rigid
unit-a battalion in columns of four.
rumbling thud. like a distant thunder
clap, is heard.
Here and there in the ranks a pair
of eyes turn half way to meet the
changed. A ripple runs down the col
unn. as though each man had hunched
his pack more securely on his shou1-
ders ami stirenod himself in his har-
ness. Then from the head of the col
umn comes the ringing command. Bat
talion-Slope arms!'' In three swift
movements every rife Is snapped to the
shoulder 9uick-Maroh!" comes the
with thud. and the distant thunder
of tho guns Is drowned by the tramp
of steel-shod heels on the ancient cob
blestones Of the little French village.
There Is no band music to quicken
the pulse. no cheering throng to thrill
the SOUL no pomp and panoply of war.
crowd Of village children in sabots
shout. but not In admiring farewell,
only in demand for souvenirs and bis
cults.
"The tumult and the shouting dies"
as dies also the rhythmic tread of the
marching . host 9s Again .rs that I'D. distant
hungry" says an old peasant in baggy
corduroys. with a toothless grin;
there goes a nice hot lunch for 'em."
army; of the result the world is hear
ing every day. This Is written on the
14th and 18th of March. just after the
first substantial British gain since the
Germans failed in November to open
the road to Calais. Four days ago the
British took Neuve Chapelle. They
have since withstood a half dozen tre-
mendous counter attacks without los
ing one inch of the ground gained.
vicinity at the time when the fight was
on. We had brought a train load of
cavalry and artillery horses. and after
unloading at the little "rai1head" town,
some miles from the front. we pushed
on toward the distant concert OF the
guns. Each man of us rode one horse
bareback and led two others. This may
sound easy. but 1t wasn't.
The animals were mostly country
beasts accustomed to bucolic peace.
After an all-night journey jammed to-
gether in rattling vans they were in no
condition to mingle with the traffic of
a military highway. continuous pro-
cessfon of motor trucks. traffic engines.
automobiles and the like. all pushing
ahead at high speed, met or overlook
US as we struggled along. The unhappy
beasts were not affected by the boom
ing OF tne guns, OUT "oeor cycle set
them frantic; all that was needed to
create a stampede was the bursting of
a shell in our midst As we were well
within range, that contingency seemed
not impossible, but fortunately we
reached division headquarters without
disaster.
While we were picketing our horses
in the pasture behind the sixteenth CEN
quarters we hoard that there was
something unusual going on a mile or
SO down the road. We saw half q dozen
motor cycle dispatch riders dash off
Evening star., 1915-05-02

" " two rather small camp viii
1ages-one for cavalry and new drafts
the other for our \. S. &. lot. over the
hill beyond was one base hospital camp
That was about all. but from that mea-
ger beginning our base has become one
of the most extensive single camps
ever formed 1t now covers several
thousand acres, and comprises dozen
great hospital camps. numbers of huge
infantry and cavalry bases, and our
own immense A. :. c. remount depot,
where nearly all of the horses destined
for every department of the service are
received, put into condition and dis
patched to the front.
simultaneously with the growth of
this gigantic organization. We old
timers" like to call ourselves,
have witnessed the exhiIarating spec
tacle of England's loyal subjects has
iening at her call to arms from every
quarter of the globe--Canadians. Aus
tralians, New Zealanders, Cape Colo
nists. Hindus, Afghancse, Ghurkas and
Pathans-and. more recently. We have
had the opportunity TO watch the ar
rival of the long -heralded "Kitchener's
new army.
Away back In December. when week
after week it never stopped raining ex-
Evening star., 1915-05-02
BY E, RICHARD scHAYER,

Former American newspaper man and now pm
vate IN the British army. Mr.. Schayer is a New
York newspaper man. formerly on the STAFF Of
the World, Herald and United Press Associate ion.
who enlisted in the Britis army. he has been
about six months in the held with the Remount
Reserves at Rouen, France. This is the hrst
story which he as private soldier, has been
able tc get past the censor.
Evening journal., 1915-07-23

Ex-Police Lieutenant Charles Beck
er's lawyers planned TO make appli-
cation for a new trial on the ground
of newly discovered evidence If they
could get corroboration Of Becker's
own story Of events which he says
preceded the murder of Herman
Rosenthal. Becker has told the story
to several persons, including his law
yers and his spiritual advisers Big
Tim Sullivan, Becker, Jack Rose and
another man whose name was not
learned, had a conference a few hours
before Rosenthal was murdered, ac-
cording to the story which recently
became public. During this confer
ence Big Tim, II is said, suggested
buying Rosenthal off to prevent him
from making his revelations to Dis
trict Attorney Whitman, but Becker
advised against such a step, assert
ing that the district attorney could
not get confederation Of the story
that Rosenthal was to tell. In the
accompanying illustration Becker rs
shown in the uniform of a New York
police lieutenant