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Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05
Jailed for Possession Of
. Booze, Asks HabeaS Writ

Mike Jamamevich, serving sixty
day sentence in county Jail for illegal
possession Of liquor, has filed applica-
ton for a writ of habeas corpus in
district court. His attorney says that
the complaint against Jamamevich
wholly failed to state facts sufficient
to constitute crime under the stat
utes of Nebraska for which a punish
ment of sixty, days in Jail could be
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05
Smelter Worker Killed
When Struck by Auto

While on his way to work al the
smelter Frank Schumman, aged 56,
residing at 1919 South Fourteenth
street, was struck by a Swift & Co.
truck at Fourteenth and Jackson
streets. He died while on his way to
the hospital.
With his umbrella in front of him
to ward off the binding rain and wind
he was unable to see the large auto
trucks being driven by S. F. Krants
and walked directly in front of it.
Schumman leaves wife and two
daughters, aged IS and D. Krantz
lives at 44l7 South Forty-fourth
street.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05
Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Reaches Over $4,000 Mark

The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation war fund campaign opened
with a rush Monday. Before noon
Sl,064 had been subscribed. bringing
the total UP to $l2,30l, or $1,000 under
the $4,000 fund which the local "Y"
hopes to raise by Wednesday night.
Subscription workers have called on
436 persons, who have contributed on
an average OF $50,52. Subscribers
Monday were: $3.50. oo
M, c. Peters Mill company, $l00;
Thompson, Belden & Co., $lO0; J. A.
Sunderland, $780,, Mrs. Edgar Allen,
$50; smaller subscriptions, STA.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05

city made $1O6
for the benefit of
the Red Cross at
the Country club
golf links Satur-
day. The young
women, who were
stationed at the
e i 6 h t e enth tee,
e X a m | n e d the
scores of golfers
and levied a tax
on every player,
charging 1 cent
for every stroke,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05

Paris, June All Paris was awakened
shout o'clock this morning by detona-
80 when factory in Auberoillers'
Won avnIoded with such force that moth
n,,a left OF the structure. while the
,no roofs Of nearby buildings were carried
rooiS No casualties have been reported
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05

sioney from Buttermilk--Mrs. It. L.
Davis and Mrs G. A. Myers netted $S5
Saturday from their sale of butter
milk and sandwiches at the Country
club. The money goes to the COM
fort kit fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05

Come out with me, in Freedoms
name,
For her to live, for her to dic?'
A hundred hands flung up reply,
A hundred voices answered. Il"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05
Red Cross Notes

The Misses Meliora Davis, Daphne
Peters and Mildred Butler of Kansas
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05

To Teach Knitting Free-Thomp-
son-Belden, Brandeis and Burgess
Nash are cooperating with the Ma
tional League for Woman Service in
the instruction of knitting. All three
firms have offered to teach the people
free of charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-05

800 for Red Cross-The offering in
All Saints church Sunday morning
for the Red Cross work was 500.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-31
388

Despite the warm summer day the
windows and doors were closed, the
voices were subdued, and the natural
tendency was to destroy every piece
of paper on which notes were. written.
Yes, they were in free Switzerland =
but they were fearful as to how they
would be met on their return at the
Russian frontier.
And it was this same natural fear
that led to the composition of the
Basic programme in the form which
all the world knows publicly recog
nized legally secured"-a bad trans
lation of oefentliche yechtIche gesi-
cheyte hein,statte, the best synonym
that could be devised for the plain
phrase I" Jewish State"
But these fears wore off speedily
and of sudden every delegate was
wearing not button but sticker,
an odd shaped shield in red and blue
. and gold with the lion of Judah and
the text in German: "The only solu-
ton of the Jewish question is the es-
Enlistment of Jewish State" The
fear wore off as is clearly seen in the
report The Russians were much
encouraged to speak loudly and often
by the West European delegates alb
staining from oratory in order to give
way to those who came from the lands
of suppression.
Yet the Congress was most articu-
late outside of it's sessions. There
was the first "commers" or social
function with Elmann of Braila a sort
of Jewish electric spark, communi-
eating his feeling from the top of
table on which he presided, outstanding.
There was the leonine headed Temp
kin, who knew nothing but Russian
and who tried to make the non-Rus-
slams understand. There stepped
forward Max Nordau confessing he
understood with the heart what he
could not understand, owing to his
ignorance of Russian, with his mind,
and setting us all aquiver by explaining
that we had come to Basic because
we were the children who had heard
Rachel, weeping for her children,
would not be consoled" That text
from the Prophets shot out like a
fame-Nordau quoting Scripture,
with moist eyes.
The intense moment was followed
by another, Heinrich Lowe, then
newly come from Palestine, parodied
Shakespeare and begged every rill
and brook, and broken terrace of Zion
c-aa1z 70 nc n4,d 70 the 1nor1d Of the
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-31
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
August 81, 1917

be pleasant to sit on the grassy banks
of the Rhine, near the old BRIDGE
the one in the famous Herzl photo
graph and cool off. So we made our
way there through the ghostly quiet
streets to find that practically all the
delegates had been seized by the same
idea. There they sat hugging their
knees, grooming "Knowest Thou the
Land" from "Mignon" which had be-
come popular among the delegates, all
looking towards the dawn.
Nor did this exhaust them. The
first delegate who announced that he
was going to leave Basic was escorted
to the depot by hundred others, and
this seeing off" went on all day
leaving at the end only those who hav-
ing come for one Congress evolved
convention on Hebrew or some other
subject and remained over for some
days to deliberate.
And all this was merely a token of
the new found brotherhood. East
and West are not apart where the
Jews are concerned, all differences
were bridged by falling back upon
common history and an ambition
shared by all that was noble, exalted
and sacrificing in Israel. Out of chaos
came back the Jewish nation 1t had
been born anew in the week we spent
together sheltered by the Swiss noun
tains thinking only of Jewry.
The Congress was daring venture
for all official Jewry was against it
and it was bold in it's free utterance.
To understand it one would have to
reconstruct the history of Jewry for
the period previous to 1897 and COM
pare the attitude of the powers that
were with the frank expose of his
statecraft made by Herzl in his open
ing address followed by the brilliant
forensic of Nordau's first Lament on
the status of the Jews"
1t was intended that all the world
should hear and these two masters
of the pen-caught the eye of the
world in twinkling. The boldness of
it upset not only the rest of Jewry, but
even those Zionists whose affection
had taken the form of co1onizing only
and who felt they were being swept
aside. So they Were-so were many
other traditions and manners. The
Congress was Herbs coup d'etat-
he made new world, for Jewry, in
day and that by will-force; for the
hat had to be passed around among
the delegates to defray the expenses of
the sessions.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-31

back on that night there comes back
an old Wistful feeling. If the syna-
cog had then understood, and had
come to us lovingly instead of con-
demning us there would be another
Jewry today. For it was an hour of
witchery in which all things were pos
sible
And there was another moment not
written in the record that stands out
clear with the power of the imponder-
able. The committee on organization
had been long in session in a room
of the Congress hall. It's task was
difficult. It had to create simple
but effective international organiza-
ton. There were theorists eager to
try new effects on the chaos of Jewry,
and there were legal difficulties to
overcome for a real international
organization, publicly avowed, did not
have the sympathy of all governments,
but at length the task was done and
Herzl was called in and the plan
read out to him.
He corrected here and there and
then at the end, perfectly cool but
smiling, turned to us and said: Gen
tlemen, this is a real contribution to
our work. The Jewish State exists"
We did not cheer, but we walked off
two by two towards the windows and
looked out, dreamingly towards the
mountains, until we were warned to
attend the session.
Officially the Congress came to an
end with Herbs final sentence: "The
First Congress is ended unofficial
ly it lasted at least twenty-four hours
longer. Having lot of journalistic
obligations to complete, I remained
seated at my desk as English secre-
tary long after the platform had been
cleared. The hall did not empty.
The delegates went out, then surged
back in body, and then as suddenly
disappeared The closing scene had
been one of the intense enthusiasm.
I recall Israel Zangwill climbing on
a side table, and waving bandana
kerchief and yelling applause. The
coming and going of the delegates
therefore explained itself as unspent
emotion, and after time, as the
crowds grew thinner, I continued my
work, ignoring it. But close to mid
night there were still delegates around
pointing to each other where this or
that telling incident had occurred
intensifying the recollections they
were storing in mind
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
MEMORIAL IS LONG DELAYED
Shaft In Honor Of French ChevalIer
Erected 13e Years After Provision
Was Made for It.

The memorial shaft in front Of
Kings chapel, Boston, has Il history of
special interest says the Youths Com
panion. Ii was erected In memory OF
the Chevalier de Saint-Sauveur, who is
buried In the crypt Of the chapel, hut
it was not put up until 1S9 years after
the general court of Massachusetts
had passed the resolution providing apr
1t. The Chevalier de Saint-Sauveur
was an officer in the French fleet that,
under command Of Count d'Estaing,
arrived in Boston harbor in August,
ITS. One evening when he was ashore
he was killed in riot that took place
near a bakery established to provide
bread for the sailors of the fleet.
The local authorities were much
alarmed lest his death should cause
bad feeling at time when the friend
ship and mid OF France were much de-
sired. After his burial beneath Kings
chapel, the general court voted to erect
a monument to his memory. An In
scription was prepared and a commit
tee was named to attend to the matter
of ordering the stone. For some rea-
son the committee neglected to do its
duty-it will be recalled that the war
of independence was at is height
before students of history brought the
matter before the general court. At
last, in 1916, through the efforts of the
Bostoninn society, the general court
made the necessary appropriation and
in due time the monument was made
and put In place. The monument bears
the French inscription prepared in
177S, which recites in detail the story
of the young officers death.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
HERON is EXPERT FISHERMAN
Great Bird lmpresses Watcher by
Great Skill With Which He Uses
His Long Bill in Water.

There is nothing of more interest
than following a stream, either by boat
or on foot, and not the least among
the surprises coming TO you-always
welcome surprises-is the starting Of
q great blue heron far ahead the giant
bird being interrupted while fishing in
some shallow water where the min
nows and taddies congregate.
The herons ALL ana the great blues
particularly, are expert fishermen;
not, Of course with rod and line, but
as giggers, the implement being the
natural one of their long bills. If you
can make long and successful sneak
ahead and spot one of these birds
through your field glass, or even with
sharp, long-distance eyes, the slender
creature standing like a statue and
quite as motionless for many minutes
at time or stalking slowly along,
rarely more than half-leg deep in the
water, TO new spot, and then see him
by downward stroke of his long neck
and bill which hardly ever misses
make crack at a finny titbit. you
will be impressed also with his skill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23

not 'slop over" He made an inquiry
regarding Miss Hoyne as il it was a
matter of course.
"Tll test him." decided Gerald to
himself, and then, aloud: 81 say, Dali
ton, we've started something here
since you went away
"IndeedI" smiled Dalton.
Eyes, the crowd went wild over vol
unteering, and the registering will
find every eligible fellow In town will
ing and ready"
That's great" commented Dalton,
with apparent real enthusiasm.
How do you stand?" demanded
Gerald bluntly.
You meanr
ION this war question: You've come
back just in time to join the crowd"
"I'll have to think of it." responded
Dalton In measured way that for
bade further words.
Hes yellow" scliloquized Gerald.
''He won't give strnlght answer. I'll
tell the fellows and they'n make the
town too hot to hold him."
But Gerald did nothing OF the sort.
He had no positive assurance that Dali
ton was intent on evading his duty TO
his country. IF Dalton is a real
man." he theorized, "he will come to
the front, or at least declare himself
before registration day"
But a few days later Gerald was
urged into new fit OF indignation. He
CHANGED to meet friend who was
travelling salesman. AS on the former
occasion, by some odd trick Vance Dali
ton passed them by.
"Hellol" exclaimed Gerald's friend.
"rye seen that fellow before"
"Is that so7" qugied Gerald.
Eyes, three weeks ago, coming out of
a church in the city. He had just been
married"
THE Stacker I" fairly shouted Ger
aid Now I've got the clear goods on
the miSereant I'll write to Nina in
jify, and then wen proceed TO put this
Stacker in his place"
Gerald did write to Nina to advise
her of the facts, wondering II she had
ever really cared for this false sutton.
He was astounded to receive a cool.
rather indefinite reply.
'Doa't get excited, Gerald. dear. I'm
coming home tomorrow and we will
have Mr.. Dalton explain. Maybe he
can claar np the situation"
Gerald was vrathful There were
an even dozen in his set and they met
the next day az han where they
were wont to so through drilling exer-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
Resisting the Sea Wind.

The problem Of wind resistance "a
a steamship at sea has just been
studied in a very exact aud careful
manner A miniature model of a 5000
ton freighter was built in exact pro.
portion and tested against an artificial
breeze In a specially-bult tunnel. II
was found that a 30-mile gale exerts
a resistance Of approximately $500
pounds against steamer Of the 5000
ton Sise, and that such a wind alone
win ut down her speed 3 per cent
When the indirect effects Of the wind
in raising rough sea and making it
difficult to hold the course are added
the net loss in speed may be as high as
IS or 20 per cent In a dead calm the
air resistance is responsible for low
ering OF the theoretical maximum
speed by almost 2 per cent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23

and growers opportunity and the con-
sumer's necessity created by the war.
They are prices fixed by greed and are
wholly without the justification of in
creased cost Of production, as is clearly
shown by the $50, 100000 gain made by
raw sugar companies in one year.
In fine, the reason sugar is dear is
that sugar companies are paying extra
dividends. The thriving condition Of
the industry is it's own sufficient com
mentary on the patriotism of its owners
in taking advantage of a national crisis
to put up the price Of national
necessity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
ECONOMIC STAMINA.
Chlcngo Tribune.

inlchEO Tribune.
The senate finance committee has re-
ported in a war revenue measure esti-
mated to yield So. COG, $40, 900. In many
respects the bill is a vast improvement
on the house measure, but the improve
ment is mitigated by the extraordinary
dimensions of the total amount.
Figures are usually uninteresting,
because they are hard to understand,
hard to appreciate. But the figures
achieved by the senate finance commit
tee are so tremendous that it is worth
while to make few comparisons. 1t
is only necessary to take the committee
report itself The aggregate net in
come of all taxable corporations in the
year 1909 was So, 1895, 978, 400 in 1914
the year the war started it was SO, 6l9,
387, 1856.
In other words, it is proposed to COM
mandeer the normal profits of all the
corporations in the United States. We
are giving our blood; on top of this, we
are asked to give all our treasure. Or,
rather, we are asked to give our treas
ure in a manner that will cripple our
war activity and undermine our eco
nomc stamina for years to come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
Effective Weapon of Ancients.

Among the simplest and yet one of
the most effective inventions of an
cient times was the javelin with a
point of soft iron employed by julius
Caesar in his Gallo wars. The Ro-
man legionaries hurled these weapons
against the shields of their enemies.
The iron head penetrated the outer
covering Of bulls hide, but flattened
against the hard wood OF metal back
of the shield, and thus became hooked
to this protector. The shanks of the
dangling javellns SO impeded the move
ment of the barbarian soldiers thW
they were forced either to throw away
their shields and fight uncovered
against the Romans or else stop long
enough "a fatal delay In their ad-
vance, to disincumber themselves from
this unique weapon, which may prop
erly be called the dum-dum plum, the
progenitor of the soft-nose, or dunn
dun, bullet Of today.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
Colonies Loyal to France.

Although st. Lucia is under the Brit
ish flag, the favorlte language of the
inhabitants is French-either a fairly
pure French or an almost unintelligible
patois. In this st. Lucia is only one
example Of a phenomenon that the
traveller meets all over the world-the
tenacious spiritual hold of France upon
all her ancient colonies. France lost
by far the greater part of her empire
through military weakness, and even
that part which she holds today she
does not govern with any conspicuous
efficiency. Either England or the
United States administer colonies in a
way far better for all concerned. But
while the old French colonies change
flags, they always remain loyal to the
French tradition in language and in
sympathies. There are a dozen in
stances Of this in the West Indies. The
French-Canadian furnish another.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
New Terms Of Government.

The terms initiative and referendum
and recall relate 10 certain proposed
changes in the form and administra-
ton Of popular government. BY the
Initiative Is meant the right of a GER
tain percentage of voters TO originate
and propose laws which the legisla-
ture must either pass or submit TO the
people for their action, The referen-
DUN means that certain laws passed by
the legislature shall not be effect
until they have been submitted to a
popular vote and approved by the peo-
pie. The recall means the right of the
people by an adverse vote to end the
term OF any elective officer before the
expiration Of the term for which he
was elected. These principles in diff
ferent forms and varying In details
eave been adopted in several states.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. -

General Grants terms were "Uncon-
ditional Surrender, and the people en-
dorsed and cheered. There should be
no deviation therefrom today. These
terms blazened on every American
banner would serve well as an answer
to all qaeriesi and pleadngs, give all
the world tot understand our position
and determination. .and do away with
all oscillation, disturbance and tarmoil
at federal government headquarters.
Pope Benedict's formula for lending
the war appears simple. but it is not
the road to suchspeace as Uncle Sam
and all true democratic governments
are contending for. Mutual evacua-
ton by the belligerauts Of all enemy
territory occupied by them, without
reparation for damages done, as the
Pope favors, will never do; it must be
rejected In his eagerness to end the
slaughter the Pope draws no distinction
between the devotion of Belgium and
the treachery of Prussia, between the
defense of France and the aggression
of Germany, between the Lusitania and
the pirate that sunk her between Ar
menian and Turk, between autocracy
and democracy.
Peace on such basis as proposed by
the Pope would leave Germany with
the only unravaged industrial districts
on the continent, able to crush out the
rivals whose wealth and machinery.
churches and homes she has systemat-
ically stolen or wrecked, and whose
women, children and old men she de-
liberateIy killed, crippled or mutilated.
In word. it would leave the Berlin to
Bagdad scheme an accomplished fact,
and the Prussian junkers enthroned in
an almost impregnable fortress, from
which, in their own good time they
would issue to complete the conquest
of the world.
No. no This will never do. Amer
ica's policy OF unconditional surrender
is the only plausible one where the
welfare and happiness of all people are
at stake
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23

The fundamental truth is that this
nation is making a loan against the
future, whatever methods of war finance
may be adopted. If the government
issues bonds, succeeding generations
will have to pay them. If the govern
ment taxes us to the limit, our children
will have to endure the heritage of
poverty. But our children will be much
happier if it is simply question of pay
ing off bonds than if they have to en-
dure poverty.
There is no doubt that this generation
should assume the burden of heavy tax
alton. 1t is necessary, to prevent un-
due initiation" which is the bankers
word for hectic financial conditions.
The senate's financial scheme, however,
seems to be designed to eradicate not
only the initiation but business itself.
Senator McCumber expressed this
view in terms of practical results. He
said the proposed bill probably would
result in the withdrawal of capital from
business; capital would then be invested
in government loans, thus escaping
further taxes and the responsibility of
commercial enterprise.
1t would be useless to speculate on
the motives that inspire or degrade
our representatives. There is, for
instance, the intoxication for money
money to spend for pork money to
spend for anything that seems desirable
from the parochial, congressional point
of view.
But is worth while to note that some
time these men will come back to their
constituencies. Everybody pays taxes,
directly or indirectly. If these senator's
if these representatives exact too
much, they will pay the penalty.
Henrietta G. Hanscom, teacher of
music, piano and organ. Phone 70.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-08-23
Fear Is Familiar Presence

Soldiers used to say that when they
were in action they were too busy to
be afraid. Nearly everyone who has
passed through some great danger can
verify their psychology. Often. after
this kind Of adventure a feeling of
surprise is accompanied by self-con-
graduation "Well I'm not such a
coward, after ALL" This common state
of mind suggests that a certain amount
of humanity may he concealed behind
a great deal Of apparent confidence.
The chances rre that, with nearly all
persons the strong as wen as the
weak, the successful as wen as the
unsuccessful, fear in one gllise or an.
other, is pretty familiar presence.
But not physical fear" you may say,
after the fashionable habit Of hating
TO be a coward or, rather, hating 10
seem to be a coward. a different mat
ter. Well, physical fear and moral fear
are pretty closely related. Where one
is, the other is likely to be. too.