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Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-27
Jake Comes from
Champaign and He
Meets with Bad Luck
"Here goes nothingl'

Jake Wagner, rs, of Champaign,
ILL.,, uttered this exclamation after
finishing up the contents OF a pint OF
shotgun whisky, and then he laid
down squarely across the railroad
tracks on Twelfth, between Dodge
and Douglas.
That guys a nut" exclaimed a
policeman who had been watching
him for five minutes. He thinks he's
committing suicide. The railroad
amt used them tracks for a year"
So Wagner was hauled off to jail,
where the judge tagged twenty
day sentence on him and he was put
in the county Jail on state com
plain. That was last Friday. Gov
ernor Morehead pardoned him after
listening to the plea OF his gray
haired mother, who came all the way
to Omaha to help her boy. Chief
Deputy Sheriff Foster recommended
the pardon.
Wednesday, up in the bull-pen OF
the county jail, with the effects Of
the terrible brand OF alleged whisky
worn off, he told Deputy Sheriff
Hogan that girl started him on the
path 10 misery.
she rolled me for $40, and | went
away and borrowed $50 more. | met
up with her again. but she apologized,
Then she stole the $50 Il got my
goat. being such a boob, II made me
SO mad | wanted TO kill myself"
While in jail he wrote 20 his mother
and she Immediately came. Her
tears moved the officials IN the sher.
IFS office and they helped her 90
obtain Tie pardon from the governor,
She will take her boy back 20 Cham
paign With her, Champaign y an
extra dfy town with no railroad
tracks 10 tempt the tempsrmeutal
Late
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-27
JOHNSON GOES NORTH
ON LONG FISHING TRIP

Fish who infest the waters OF Shell
lake, up in Wisconsin. had better
look out.
Z. l.. Johnson OF the Gayety started
for there last night, with firm in
tention OF carrying on the warfare
he began last summer. He says he
threw back enough bass last summer
to stock an ordinary lake, and that
they ought TO be we'll worth catching
this season. So, barring an emergency
call OF the most urgent kind, he's go
ing 10 spend the next ten weeks in
Turing his former victims from the
water again.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-27
The Secret . 2t Submarine
By E. Alexander Powell
First Installment.

Of the TrA Fighting IN Flanders The Road to Glory yvs
Copyright 1915 by z. Alexander Powell.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24
COMMUNITY BUILDERS

You cannot boost community il
you have not good roads. You may
talk all you want to about the oppor-
tunities and the advantages of your
community, but when your roads are
bad they naturally contradict what
you say.
Good roads are sign Of prosperi-
ty. Not crlv do they speak of ma
terial advantages, but they show pro-
gressiveness. They emphasize the
fact that the people who have made
money from the country are willing
that portion of that good fortune
should be invested in improvements.
Such improvements point out the
opportunity and the advantages of
the community. Furthermore, they
speak of the progressive spirit of a
people with whom it is a pleasure to
abide.-Kansas Industrialist.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24
The Printing Press

I am the printing-press, born ofmother earth.
i My heart is Of steel, my limbs are Of iron,
and my fingers Of brass.
sing the songs Of the world, the oratorios Of
history, the symphonies Of all time.
l am the voice Of today, the herald of tomor-
row. weave into the warp of the past the
wool of the future. tell alike the stories of
peace and war.
make the human heart beat with passion or
tenderness. stir the pulse of nations, and
make brave men do brave deeds, and soldiers die.
l inspire the midnight toier, weary at his loom,
to lift his head again and gaze, with fearless
ness, into the vast beyond, seeking the conso-
lation of hope eternal.
When speak myriad of people listen to
my voice. The Anglo-Saxon, the Cet, the
Hun, the Slav, the Hindu, all comprehend me.
am the tireless clarion of the news. l cry
your joys and your sorrows every hour. |
fill the billiards mind with thong hts uplifting.
I am light, knowledge, and power. I ePito-
mize the conquests of mind over matter.
I am the recorder Of all things mankind has
achieved. My offspring comes to you in the
candles glow, amid the dim lights Of poverty,
the splendor of riches; at sunrise, athigh noon,
and in the waning evening
l am the laughter and tears of the world, and
1 shall never die until all things return to the
immutable dust.
am the printingpress.
---R. II. Davis
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24

The annual report Of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation for 1915, disclosed
that the net earnings of the corpora
ton and its subsidiary companies,
after deducting expenditures, amount
ed to $24,821, 40S, as compared with
$9.649,6C7 in 1914. an increase Of near
ly 26O per cent. Orders on hand De-
cember 81, 1916, aggregated SITS, 432,-
1896, as against $46.513,189 on the cor
responding date Of the previous year.
+ + r
The loyalty of German-Americans in
Chicago to the Stars ami Stripes Is
soon to take the form of an offer to
Governor Dunno of regiment of Ger
man-American soldiers for service in
Mexico.
A night church soon will be opened
In the downtown section of Chicago
for the benefit of those who are unable
to get to regular church service. The
church will be under the control Of
the several denominations interested.
4 + +
Contracts have been awarded by the
Pennsylvania Railroad for 1000
room hotel 1t will erect on Seventh
avenue, between Thirty-second and
Thirty-third streets, facing its termi-
nal in New York City.
+ + +
Temperatures in the South recently
were from 10 to q degrees below the
seasonal average, the freezing wealth
er extending as far as Northern Flor
ida and the frost line to Central Flor
ida.
+ r +
A rush order for Ave heavy aero
planes was received at Chicago re-
Gently from Capt. Don Smith, chief of
General Carranza's flying squadron in
Mexico.
The New York assembly by a vote
OF 1909 to 30 passed the Brereton bill
to provide for another referendum on
the woman's suffrage question in 1917
Announcement of the result was &C.
companied by demonstration.
+ + r.
The Associated Bill Posters of the
United States and Canada was held to
be combination in restraint of trade
by Federal Judge lands at Chicago
recently.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24

e. d. Cooper made trip to Meade
Tuesday, 'just to see If the wind
blows there as hard as it does in
Liberal" according to his own state
ment.
Attorney G. w. Sawyer was dis
trict court attendant at Meade this
week, going up there for that pur-
pose Tuesday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24

County Clerk Stoufer and Court
Clerk Light went to Hutchinson
Tuesday to attend the district repub-
lican convention.
Ray Millman and Judge j. W.
Campbell left Sunday for Topeka,
where they will represent Seward
county at the state republican con-
vention.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24
MUCH ADLER-I-KA is
USED IN LIBERAL

1t is reported by Chas. Taylor &
Co. that much Adler-i-ka Is sold In
Liberal. People have found out that
ONE SPOONFUL Of this simple
buckthorn bark and glycerine mix
ture relieves almost ANY CASE Of
constipation, sour or gassy stomach.
1t is so powerful that it is used sue
cessfully in appendicitis. ONE MIN
UTE after you take 1t the gases
rumble and pass out. 1t is perfectly
safe to use and cannot grippe.
CHAS. TAYLOR & CO.,
DE- Druggists.
If you need coal cinders for any
purpose, call Uncle Jim's JOB wagon
49, --~-5>-~--pNnUD
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24
The Southwest.

Ezra Coleman was burned to death
near Agra, Okla, by the explosion of
can of gasoline under the seat of
the wagon on which he was riding
The escaping gasoline ignited from a
pipe which he was smoking.
+ + r.
The Wild Cat Oil and Gas Company
of Fort Smith, Ark, has brought in a
$4,000, 00O-cubic.foot gas we'll in the
Kibler field of Crawford county. This
is the third big gasser brought in il
this field within a short time.
\ + + +
John Lightburn was stabbed and
probably fatally wounded in an anti,
American outbreak at Point Isabel,
Texas, t%enty-thfee miles below
Brownsville on the Gulf coast. He at
tempted to stop Mexican who was
making an anti-American speech III
Spanish and received his wounds in a
resulting fight.
+ r. +
Dr. Charles C. Young, formerly Of
Chicago, reported at Ell Paso that the
Mexican flag, above a sign of death,
was painted on the door Of his ranch
house at 9elen, Tex, seventeen miles
southeast Of there.
l. + r.
Mrs. Maude Hawk Wright's baby,
which bandits under Francisco Villa
gave to a Mexican family when they
captured Mrs. Wright, has arrived
safely in Juarez.
+ + +
A detail of militiamen to guard the
Roosevelt dam, seventy-eight miles
northeast Of Phoenix, Ariz., has been
asked by the United States reclama-
ton service.
r r +
Fire starting from a defective flue
completely destroyed Science hall OF
Ouchita college, at Arkadelphia, Ark,
and damaged the girls dormitory. The
loss is $4,000. No one was injured.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-24
Foreign.

Greek territory has been invaded by
band of Bulgarian irregulars, who
forced their way across the border in
he vicinity of Demir-Hissar. Greek
regulars drove them back across the
frontier, the raiders leaving two dead,
he dispatch adds.
T. T. +
A number of bombs have been dis
covered under The Bulgarian royal
palace at Sofia, according to wireless
dispatches from Rome. Several ar
rests are reported to have been made.
r r. +
Allied aviators have raided Essen,
home of the Krupp gun works, accord
ing to dispatches from Amsterdam.
r r +
The Dutch liner Tubantia, carrying
eighty-seven passengers and crew Of
three hundred, sank off North Hinder
Ligl.tship three hours after she was
wrecked by an explosion. Though the
liners captain said she might have
been torpedoed, II was reported to the
cornpany's Offices that she struck u
mine. The passengers and crew are
all believed to have been saved.
+ r +
A far reaching order-in-council,
which will totally prohibit importation
into the United Kingdom of large
number of articles which come under
The general heading of luxuries, will be
issued by the British government at
an early date.
r + r.
From a reliable source 1t was learn
I'd that the Brizilian government, de-
spite reports to the contrary in cir
culation in the United States, has
aiken no action toward requisitioning
merchant vessels of German owner
ship in Brazilian ports
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
THIRD LECTURE ON IN
POLITICAL STUOY COURSE
esttng Talk BY Miss s. y. Tough,
of westiampton College.

Last year the Federal government
received 3sa.0ee applications for
citizenship from foreign-born aliens.
Five hundred and sixty-eight cities in
the United States have taken special
measures TO educate the foreign-horn
citizens in the principles of Ameri-
can government. We women are not
only American born, but we are edu-
eating ourselves In sihe knowledge OF
our government ext we are refused
the fun citizenship which Ia so gladly
extended to the foreigner
This point was made by Mrs. Harvey
Clarke at the equal suffrage meet
ing yesterday. when introducing Miss
s n. Lough assistant professor of
political science at Westhampton Col
lege.. who made an extremely in
teresting speech before the league on
Early Movement For Political Free
dom In England" This was the third
lecture in course of political study
which lie being conducted by Mrs.
Clarke.
Next Thursday the class will take
up the study of the legislative part
of the present State constitution. In
connection with this item. there will
also be given a careful report on
welfare legislation accomplished by
the last Legislature. and q detailed
study of the provisions of the Mapp
bill. The women are particularly jubi-
liant because they have at last at
tanned o-guardianship of mother and
father over their children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
Tobacco Frauds May Lead to
Shnkc-Up.

Washington. March 2s.~Hundreds
of arrests Will be made throughout
the country as n result of the Gov
ernment's investigation into alleged
tobacco tax frauds. according tn the
Treasury Department officials. II also
was intimated today that a general
shake-up of the internal revenue de-
partment may follow the evidences
of graft disclosed by arrests in New
York.
High officials OF the department
were reluctant today to DISCUSS the
details Of the case, but frankly stated
that an investigation has been in
dence upon which TO base hundreds
of warrants has been gathered.
II was said that many arrests will
he made soon in Pittsburg and Phila-
deiph.a. The scope of the investiga-
ticn covered practically every Lar &c
city in the country,
Every city where cigars and cigar
cites are manufactured will he inter
ested In the prosecutions" said AS
si@tant Secretary OF the Treasury Will
liam p. Maiburn.
Mr. MaIhurn would no. comment
on the departments expected trvesti-
cation OF the internal revenue depart
ment. He indicated. however. that
corruption or derelict!pn- duty on
the part of the internal revenue agents
has been suggested as result. OF the
Investigation. From other sources It
was learned that a number Of agents
probably will be suspended within a
few days.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
OLD MAN WILLIAMS"
NOTED P|CkP0CkEI

AS had been anticipated by the loca1
police. Harry Williams. arrested sew
eral days ago for attempting to pick
the pocket OF n citizen In the Lyric
Theater foyer. and who was given six
months in Jail. turns out to be a noted
pickpocket. Yesterday Major Werner
received from the National Bureau Of
Identification, in Washington. the Of
ficial record of the man, The record
so far "a known by the National Blu
reau follows:
May 2, 1905. at Birmingham,
charged with grand larceny tshoplift-
ing).
August 10. 1905. at Milwaukee. sus-
pected OF being a hotel thief.
July 20. 1919. at St Joseph, Mo-.
charged with larceny from the person.
April Is, 1914. at St. Louis. charged
with being pickpocket.
With the exception of his arrest at
ST Louis where he described himself
as Harry Wilson, the old man always
gave his name as Harry Williams, ae-
cording to superintendent Van Bus
links records.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
.ONE-T|ME HERO
LOSES HIS LICENSE

In revoling the license of Chauf-
feur w. F. Warwick "Wednesday JUS
tice Crutchfield recalled that War
wick had proven himself a hero sew
eral weeks ago when he smashed his
machine In swerving aside in order
to avoid running over a child. who had
started across the street His ma
chine was damaged, but he had saved
the child,
Several officers testified that War
wick was intoxicated and unable to
care for himself. They testified that
he had run into gas lamps and had
run over curbstones. No one appeared
to. have been damaged. The car was
smashed some in the front parts, but
Warwick seemed to be able to got
along.
Officers Bailey and Martin and
Sergeant Shoemaker figured In the
case. They said the Warwick car had
the appearance of having been hit by
something. but there was no evidence
to show that anyone but Warwick had
suffered. ~
An appeal Wa taken and the case
will come ~, ut the April grand Jury
of Hustings Court.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
TEACHERS OF THIRD
I DISTRICT TO MEET
Opening Session VIII BE Held Tonight
In John Marshall High School
Auditorium
THIS is VISITORS, DAY"
Interesting Demonstration viii &c
Given, Showing Work of Physical
Department. This Afternoon--Intcr-
esting Program.

Special talks on subjects vitality con-
corning educational welfare in this
section of the State will feature the
opening session of the Third Congress
sional District Teachers Association,
which will assemble this evening at 3
O'Clock in the auditorium of. John
Marshall High School
Among those who will speak are
DR.. !. A. G. Chandler. whose theme
will be Compulsory Education; !.
Hoge Kicks justice of the Richmond
Juvenile Court, who will speak on
Moving Pictures and Violation OF the
Cigarette Laws; Joseph H. Saunders,
whose theme will be school Taxa
ton" and either James r. Doherty
or j. Bernard Clinedinst. of the Blu
rcau Of Labor. on Child Welfare"
Visitors Day" will be observed
from . A. NJ. to p. NJ today. and
many OF the visiting teachers will at
tend classes In every section of the
city. This afternoon from 2:30
O'clock there VIII be a demonstration
Of the work being done in the physi-
cal department. The demonstration
will be held in front of John Mar
shall High school. and wifi include
folk dancing. games and drills, which
viii be under the direction of DR..
Pnilp sumner spence, VINO is mead or
the physical department Of the Rich
mond public schools.
Following the meeting tonight at
! o'clock in The John Marshall High
school auditorium an informal reCep-
ton viii be held In the building. and
the teachers viii he rendered oppor-
tunites TO meet the new teachers and
renew old aCduajntances.
At $3.50 O'Clock tomorrow morning
there will be a special meeting TO
discuss problems suggested by teach
ers in tho Third Congressional Dis
triCt There Win he many interesting
topics discussed. In the afternoon DIR.
Chandler Will deliver an address,
while brief talks viii also he made
Icy other prominent n@n.
1t Ii estimated by G. A. Taylor, who
iS making arrangements for the con-
ference. that approximatcly 500 teach
eFs will he IN attendance Upon the
convention. Some of them had ar
rived on the scene last night. while
others viii get in early this morning,
There will be teachers scattered
throughout the city This morning.
while those who fail TO arrive in time
Will attend the afternoon classes OF
the schools
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
REVENUE OFFICE
NOT DREAD|nG SHAkE-UP
Richmond, One OF the largest to-
bacco Manufacturing Ccnters,
Not Affected.
WILL ARREST HUNDREDS
Pittsburg and Philadelphia Expected
To Furnish Next Scnsation--New
York Already Involved Inv Alleged
Crafts.

Despite the fact that Richmond Is
one of the largest tobacco manufac-
turing cities in the entire United
States, recent investigations by the
Government into alleged graft.
which is said to extend to the revenue
department and to tobacco manufac-
turers, leaves the local revenue office,
as we'll as local manufacturers, with
clean bill of health.
From Washington comes the state
ment that tobacco manufacturing CIT
les all over the country will be deeply
interested in what Is expected to be
general shake-up of the revenue de-
paftment
Richard C. L. ,Moncure, revenue
collector of this district. was told by
The virginian of the situation as II
was received here from Washington
last hight. Mr.. Moncure said that the
only informa ton he had received on
the subject came from kilograms in
local newspapers. The department at
Washington, he said, nad not made
any investigation of the local office,
other than the usual inspection that
every office is subjected to.
MFR. Mencure declined to speculate
on Just what the so-calfed shake
up meant, wisely concluding that il
was a matter for his superior, and
that so long as IL did not concern his
office that silence was golden. He
did say. however, that II there had
been any trouble here he would very
quickly have been called 10 Wash
ington. On his last official trip there
he was given TO understand that the
local revenue office was conducted
in most satisfactory manner.
The following dispatch in connec-
ton with this matter was received
from Washington last night:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24

tary arrangements in foundries.
Senate bill No. 2s6---Extending the
operation of the IRE escape law.
Creating Shei1fish Commissioner.
House bill No. 166--Reorganfzins
ths Commission of Fisheries makins
the second man thereon the shellhsh
instead of secretary to
the commissions: changing the length
OF terms after expiration Of terms OF
present members.
Senate bin No. 14S-The Byrd road
bill. providing for county road COM
fnissioners and for the manner OF
construction. ss-.ss. J.
Senate bill mo. e0--Appropriating
IS. 900 for the purchase of land for
the Virginia Normal and Industrial IN
stitute.
House bill No. Swallowing a fee
Of 81 to justice for admitting per-
son to bail.
Senate bill No. s45-Providing for
repayment pro rata to banks of un-
expended surplus collected by the
banking division of Corporation Com
mission.
House bill No. 5s--Providing that a
Judge of the Corporation Court of n
city of the second class may he desig-
mated by the Governor to sit tenn
rorarily in Circuit Court or the Cor
poration Court OF a city of the first
class.
House bill No. 100 Removing the
necessity for mortgages to secure
schoolhouse loans from the literary
fund
House bill No. 64-Prohibiting the
division OF fees between physicians
House bin No Discriminating the
charter OF the Medical College of Vir-
snia, validating conveyance of prop
erty of University College OF Medl-
cine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
BOY SCOUTS MAY GO
TO GRAND REUNION
mittee. Favors Appropriation for
Sending Delegation.

Representatives of the Richmond
BOY Scouts will be able to attend the
Confederate Reunion in Birmingham
In June.
Chairman r. Lee Peters, of the
Advertising Committee of City Coun-
Gill; last night stated tina. he would
vote and use his influence for an
appropriation from the funds of the
Advertising Committee of Council to-
ward that end
Interested citizens had called upon
the Administrative Board for help.
That body had directed the interest
ed citizens to the Advertising Commit
tee, The functions of that committee
are to do things for.the advancement
of the city, and the Finance Commit
tee every year suggests appropriations
for that purpose.
After the Administrative Board had
told the Boy Scout boosters that they
could do nothing. and suggested the
Advertising Committee, the boosters
at once sought Chairman Peters.
I'VE want $500" said Mr. John
Stewart Bryan. chairman of the Boy
Scouts boosters committee,
The COMMITTEES has not that much
at its command for such a purpose"
said Mr. Peters. But will lend my
vote and Influence toward an appro-
priation of $3.50 from the funds of
the committee, IL YOU gentlemen viii
chip I'm and make up the other $3.50:
and / will right now give my check
for $40 fer the fund"
The chairman OF the committee waa
n little bit non pinSsed. for 3 raoment.
but. as he usually does. he added him
self TO the fund and IL is entirely like
fy that when ttre Advertising Conn
mittee meets tonight the $3.50 will be
appropriated. and the chairman CT the
boosters committee win he on hand
with a guarantee of the other $3.50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-24
OFFICERS ELECTED BY
VIRGINIA VOL UNTEERS

Reports have been received at the
office OF Adjutant- General w. w. Sale
showing the fYllfng of vacancies In the
Virginia Volunteers. Second Leuten-
ant John T. Murreli has been elected
first lieutenant of Company L, Fourth
Infantry. Portsmouth, succeeding Guy
l. wemple, resigned, and Quarter
master Sergeant George e. Wilson
has been elected second lieutenant to
fill the vacancy created by the ad-
vancement of Lieutenant Murrell.
Battery G. First Battalion, Field
Artillery. Portsmouth. has elected
Sergeant A. B.. Olsen second licuten-
ant Battery b, at Norfolk. has elect
cd C.. A. Wilcox second lieutenant.