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Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
GERMANS SEEK TO
SEIZE j. s. GOLD
Devise Numerous Methods for
Intercepting Vessels Carry
ing Precious Metal to Re-
plenish Scarcity.

Washington. Sept l2.-Reported
activities OF German agents here and
in neutral countries to obtain posses
sion of American gold, it was learned
today, were largely responsible for
the recent proclamation placing gold
on the list of commodities requiring
export licenses.
With an enormously inflated paper
currency and with a gold reserve that
has been dwindling steadily since the
war began, the demand of the Ger
man government for gold has reached
proportions, where, according to re-
ports received here, unheard OF
methods apparently have been adopted
TO replenish the store.
One report reaching officials here
is that German submarines in the area
around Great Britain were instructed
to remove gold from captured steam
ers, torpedo the vessels and bring
back the gold 10 their bases. How
far this alleged program has been
carried out, if at all, is not known.
A plan for ottaining a part of the
huge store of gold which has ac-
cumulated here since the war began,
said to have been regarded with much
favor by German agents. is the ex-
portation of gold to neutrals, ostensi-
bly, to settle commercial transactions,
but in reality to establish credit to
German firms operating in neutral
countries.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
AViators Killed When
Aer0pIaneS Collide in Air

San Diego, Cal, Sept. 12-Edward
M. Walsh, jr., and Theodore B. Ly-
man, student aviators at the North
Island military aviation school, were
killed today when their planes col
lided about 500 feet above ground.
Both men were Californians.
According to the official announce
ment of the accident made by Colonel
Dade, commanding officer at North
Island, Walsh and Lyman collided in
mid-air while flying at blind angle"
Because of the positions of their
planes at the time of the accident, it
was said that neither was able to see
the other. Officers of the island ex-
pressed the belief that both men were
dead before striking the ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Priests Not Expelled
From Mexican Territory

Mexico City, Mexico, Sept H.
Priests of religious orders have Meth,
er been expelled from Mexico nor
are they threatened with expulsion
The new constitution provides that
no priests or ministers of whatever
sect or cult, who are not Mexican
born, may discharge the duties or a
church OF hold a church position in
Mexico. While foreign-born priests
have been notified that they must give
up their parishes and charges, they
have not been threatened with expul-
sion and may remain in the country
the same as any other foreigner dur
ing good behavior.
A dispatch from Rome Monday said
the vatican had asked the good Of
fees of the American and British gov
ernments on behalf of priests and re-
ligious orders in Mexico threatened
with expulsion from the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
REDICK REFUSES TO
STRIKE OUT PARTS
Holds Portion of Gross p etition
Alleging Conspiracy Must
Stand; Hearing Sep
tember Is.

Judge Redick, sitting in equity
court, overruled a motion of Omaha
labor unions to strike out certain parts
of the Business Mems associations
cross-petition in the Injunction suit
now pending in district court.
The motion, which was argued
Monday by attorneys for the unions
and the employers, referred particu-
larly to paragraphs alleging "conspir-
acy" on the part of the labor organi-
cations.
Three district judges granted a tenn
porary injunction against the unions
and the business men several weeks
ago and the case will come up for a
hearing on its merits before Judge
Leslie September rs.
The strike litigation began last
spring, when Attorney General Reed
obtained a restraining order \against
both the unions and the Business
Mems association.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
j. s. WANTS NAMES
FOR MAILING LISTS
Government Has Some Valu-
able Literature to Forward
as Soon as Names Are
Secured.

Housewives generally do not under
stand as yet just what the pledge card
week means and what is expected OF
them after they sign the food con-
servatlon pledge the week of Octo-
Der IA. The campaign to get these
cards signed up will be under the di-
rection and management of the state
food administration.
Food Administrator Wattles says
there are two principal purposes of
the campaign: First, to bring the
housewives to realize what food econ
omy means and get them to cooper
ate with the government in conser-
vation, and second, to get their names
on the pledge cards so that the gov
ernment will have a definite mailing
list through which it can communi-
cate directly with the housewives
from time to time, as valuable sug-
gestions are ripe for distribution.
Pledges to Cooperate.
There is nothing in the pledge card
that any housewife can object to. 1t
merely pledges her to cooperate in
conservation. Already a placard is
ready for distribution to the house
wives as soon as they are on record
so that they can be reached. This
placard contains some facts regarding
food values of various foods, the i'm
portance of certain foods to growing
children and the unimportance Of
others. This card when once it finds
a place in the kitchen of every home
will he valuable as a reference when
a housewife wishes to know what she
may dispense with in the kitchen or
where she can put down her cost of
living without seriously handicapping
the proper development Of the chill
dren.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
PAY The RENT OR
MOVE OUT AT ONCE
Eastern Apartment House Own
ers and Managers Use
Methods Not in Vogue
in Omaha.

Eastern apartment house owners
and managers, attending the national
convention Of the Building Owners
and Managers, are giving the western
delegates sople suggestions with re-
gard to handling the rental problem.
At the apartment house conference at
breakfast. Ernest Sweet presiding, the
eastern delegates said that they send
collectors to the door of the apart
lnent house dwellers every month.
These collectors 60 to the doors
of the tenants said one, and they
have bill for the rent in one hand
and the three days notice to move in
the other. They hand out the bill
and ii the tenant doesn't pay on the
spot, he is handed the three days
notice. He has his choice. He must
take the bill or che notice. We don't
fool with them at all"
Not in Use Here.
While the Omaha and western fell
lows liked the audacity of the east
ern chaps in putting over this system,
they did not believe they would like
to put it into effect here. They in
sisted that it Vas an old eastern GUS
tom, and while it might work in the
east, they did not believe it would be
best here.
Some of the apartment house man.
ayers said they are absolutely refus-
ing to rent on yearly leases now on
account of the serious situation with
regard to coal prices. They held that
they cannot afford to make yearly
lease on set basis of rental and then
allow coal to 60 up the way it did
last winter without the privilege of
raising the rental for the apartments.
Coal Big Expense.
One Duluth man said he had kept
the furnaces going in a Duluth apart
rnent house ten and one-half months
in the year.
Discussions of Service" "Manag-
ers' Compensation" Apartment
House Construction from the Stand
point Of the Investor" Essentials of
Apartment House Management" and
other problems were discussed from
the floor.
Members of the Omaha association
took the visiting delegates and ladies
TOR a tour of the city in automobiles
in the afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Former Highlander
Officers All Re- elected

Denver, Colo, Sept. l2.-Special
Telegram. ALI tile officers of the
Royal Highlanders, who are holding
their seventh annual executive cas-
tie" at the Brown Palace hotel, were
reelected today.
They are: w E. Sharp, Lincoln,
Neb., president; A. f Seikman,
Aurora, Neb., treasurer; F, J. Sharp,
Lincoln, Neb., secretary; DR.. l. w.
Haughey, Aurora, Neb:, chief-phys-
ical examiner; E. w. Mcqueen, Los
Angeles, most worthy evangel; H. 3.
Treat, Omaha, 7. H. Hanke. Sutton,
Neb., and L. ]. Seikman, Hastings,
Neb., executive committee.
The Highlanders had a picnic yes
terday afternoon, Nebraska Day."
being the occasion.
This afternoons sessions were
taken up with reports of committees,
installation ceremonies and other
routine matters. A big banquet at
the Brown Palace hotel this evening
brought the day to a close.
The business sessions will end to-
morrow evening, when a reception
and ball will be given at the Brown
Palace.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Senate Passes Resolution
Draftinu Resident Aliens

Washington, Sept. l2.-Drafting ol
all aliens in the United States except
Germans, others exempt by treaty
and those of countries allied with
Germany who have resided in this
country one year was passed in a
joint resolution today by the senate
and sent to the house. 1t is esti-
mated that more than 100000 aliens
would be affected.
Under the resolution by Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman Of
the senate military affairs committee,
subjects of the allies or neutrals claim
ing treaty exemption Would be al
lowed to leave the country within
ninety days.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
WashWomen of Chicago
Have ORGANIZED Union

Chicago. Sept, l2,-High prices for
necessities OF life have forced the Or
ganization of Chicago washwomen.
it was announced here today. The
first demand of the new union will be
for an increase of 50 cents on each
wash, making the average price for a
days washing 500 instead of $2.l0.
The l0-cent loaf of bread and the
l2-cent bottle OF milk drove the wash
women into a union, said Miss Agnes
Nestor, president of the Women's
Trade Union league.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13

berg, pseudo count, was today found
not guilty by jury at the Old Bailey
police court, The case, which had
been characterized as a dream Of
passion" was the first to be tried here
i'll which the "unwritten law" was
the sole defense,
a coroner's jury had returned a
verdict of "justifable homicide"
alter hearing Lieutenant Malcolm's
plea that he had killed Baumberg in
defense of his wife's honor" The
case was one of the most sensational
heard in London in many years.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Destroyer of Six German
Planes Comes from Front

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 12.-Cap-
tain Alfred Gay of San Francisco, an
officer in the aviation section of the
French army, credited with bringing
down six German airplanes, was an
arrival today on a Spanish steam
ship. He comes here to train Amer
ican aviators. Captain Gay wears the
French Legion of Honor medal, also
the French war cross, granted him
for conspicuous gallantry in action.
One of the victims of his air fighting
was a machine of the Gotha type,
carrying four men and three machine
guns.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13

ed the fifth quinQuennial convention
OF the I, {, B. J., a Bohemian fra
tsnal organization, here today.
After the opening session at which
the committee on credentials. COM
posed Of Simon RokuSek, Omaha
Joseph Moravec, Milwaukee, and
Anna Svoboda. Wichita, was appoint
ed, the delegates went sightseeing
Mayor Louis Roth, at a banquet to-
night, welcomed the delegates.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Want Correspondents to
Go With National Army

Washington, Sept. 12.-Representa-
tive Galivan of Massachusetts, today
asked Secretary Baker to cable Major
General Pershing to reconsider his
objection to having newspaper cor
respondents accompany units OF
American troops that soon will be 60
ing to France. He told the secretary
that the newspaper men were not
asking to go to the front or to de-
scribe battles or campaign, but to 60
with their state troops so as to let
the folks at home know how they
were getting along.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Germans to Remove French
CaptiVeS From Exposed Front

Paris. Sept. l2-An agreement ob-
tanned from the belligerent powers by
King Alfonso, permitting the free
movement of French and English hos
pital ships. also provides, it was au-
nounced today, for the removal from
French hospital ships of German Of
hcer prisoners after today. On its
part, the German government will re-
move French prisoners from exposed
positions on the front, where they
were placed as acts OF reprisal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13

Big Price for Sweater-A purple
knitted sweater made by Mrs Henry
Hitler was sold for the benefit of the
Red Cross for $112.12. Mrs. M.
Jacobs is now the proud owner of
the sweater, which is trimmed in white
angora- AS the cost Of the material
$10o.
Glasses I'm Baird BIock-Hereafte
all first aid, home nursing and surgi-
cal dressings classes will be held in
room 211 Baird building, which has
just been secured by the Red Cross
for this purpose.
Reconstruction in Belgium-The
American Red Cross, which Is assist
ing with the reconstruction Of Bel
gian towns. will cooperate with the
Belgian government, furnishing the
burgomaster and his men with tools,
furniture, seeds, farm animals and
supplies Of all kinds. AS fast as the
work progresses the government will
return refugees to their homes. The
Red Cross will furnish in each town
necessary shelter and equipment for
a working nucleus about which the
whole community can be restored.
Organize In China-American resi-
dents in China are now organized for
Red Cross work in the far east and
in France through the American Red
Cross. Consul General Sammons, who
is in charge Of the work in Shanghai,
reported to the war council that $3.50
was just raised at a concert among
the American residents and will be
used for purchasing raw materials for
making hospital supplies.
Garments Worth $50, 5O,0O0-"Definite
plans are now being made by the Red
Cross knitting committee for an eight
weeks drive for 12,200 knitted gar
ments, which when completed will be
worth at a minimum $50,000," said
Secretary W. G. Ure.
Mrs. A. W. Jefferis, chairman of
the knitting committee, has appointed
the following women as members of
the committee to manage the knit
ting campaign: Mrs. R. Beecher How
ell, first vice chairman; Mrs. C. E.
Wyley, Charles A. Sweet, James Nc
Clair, e. c. Twamley, w. G. Ure and
NJ. D. .Stoddard.
The Omaha chapter has just pur-
chased $4,000 worth of yarn. The
women will be expected to take the
raw yarn and bring back the knitted
garment within eight weeks.
Preferences will be required before
any yarn will be distributed" said
Mrs. Jefferis.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Army Inquiry Into
Houston Riots Begun

Fort Bliss, Tex, Sept. 12.-Head-
quarters for the army board of in
quiry investigating the Houston riot
. of August q were established here
today and the investigation of the
riot will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing. There are l64 negro soldiers Of
the Twenty-fourth infantry held in
the stockade here.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13

called q meeting
Of all women who
have taken the
surgical dressings
course for Satur-
day morning at II
o'clock in room
211 Baird build
ing. Plans will
be perfected for
surgical dressings
classes to meet
r g g q ] a r ] y
throughout tn Q
winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
London Jury Recognizes
Plea of UnWritten Law

London, Sept. l2-Lieutenant
Douglas Malcolm. who was being
tried for the murder Of Anton Baum
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13
Red Cross Activities

Meet Saturday Morning at 11-Mrs.
A. l. Reed, chairman of the commit
tee on instruction for women, has
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-13

Glasses In Baird BIock-Hereafter
all first aid, home nursing and surgi-
cal dressings classes will be held in
room 211 Baird building, which has
just been secured by the Red Cross
for this purpose.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-22
i(By j. H. Duckworth.)

New York, Nov. 22.-The "eyes Of
the army are now picked by the ear.
A perfect sense Of balance and a
physical makeup that quickly recov-
ers from dizziness are essential to an
airman contemplating many rough
and-tumbles three miles up in the
clouds with German flyers. A most ex-
acting examination, therefore, Of the
inner ears and of the eyes Of would-be
U. 8. army flyers Is now made.
You may have the makings Of a
flyer because when a boy you could
walk the ridge pole of the barn with
your eyes closed. The other fellows
said you had "the nerve" The U. 8.
signal corps examiners will pass you
because "the canals Of your inner ears
function normally"
These examiners no longer blind
fold the recruits, and fire a gun behind
theirssheads, orr throwaas bucketfuis; OF
les water over. Them to test.Ss their
nerves. The examination NOW s:3less
sftSsaet1hGshlArfaas;'busg more thorougA5 and
scionfinc.&&# .S5s s&$'sss H. sI sSs ss;is
After the usual physical examines;
ton the recruit, whots1as been advised
to take q light breakfast" goes
| through this ordeal: r.
4 "a The Nystagmus test: The candi-
date is seated in a kind dentists
chair fitted with aurail in front which
he grips. He is told to focus his eyes
on a certain spot in front of him. The
chair is whirled around ten times in
leo seconds and then stopped suddenly.
The examiner with d stop watch
measures the sideway jerk Of the eyes
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-22
(By kenneth w. Payne.)

(By Kenneth w. Payne.)
(Passed by Censor, for Publication in
America Only.) :. !.
With the British Armies in the
Field in France-"How did they face
it?" was the question put to the COM
manding officer Of the first battalion
Of American troops to come under
How. would Americana face. it?'
he. snapped, back wrathfRlly:
Seasoned British officers say they still
feel nervous. under shell fire..
young troops just out, when they
get their first taste of it, sometimes
feel pretty sick for a while, and show
it. It's quite natural, So spoke an
English officer who himself has lived
under German shell fire so terrific
that it was heard clear across the
channel. "1
The fact. then. that these young
American engineers endured their
first ordeal of high explosives with all
the cool nerve of experienced regu-
lars is worthy of mention.
A personal experience. will indicate
in a very mild way the kind of sur
prise n strain which. successive
patches of sammies are now under
going.
You are walking along lie road
}cheerfully joking about4Athe weight
Of your tin hat, or about the uncanny
feeling which comes from knowing
tsthat in some observation post behind
the twisting. white lines. on. the ridge
opposite, a German officer is watch
ing you with his telescope. Back of
you hidden British guns are cracking
methodically. -
It is a ''quiet day" along the front.
Your attitude is that Of an idle spec
tator watching some vast, slow-mov-
ing natural phenomena That hui
man lives are involved in the spec
tacle hardly occurs to you, much less
that your own is concerned in the
drama,
suddenly. with nerve-shattering un-
expectedness, the menacing wall of
approaching shell stops the whole
party dead In its tracks.
Every fiber in your body vibrates
harshly in the metallic key set by the
shell.
You feel like a trapped animal.
There is a violent jar in the air and
earth, a roar, shell fragments whistle
~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-22
How SAMMY GOT His FIRST !.
TASTE OF SHELL FIRE "A ROAR.
SHRAPNEL WHISTLES but HE
FACES IT LIKE VETERAN
Kenneth Payne Describes That First Ordeal of High Ex-
Al plosives Through Which Our Boys in France Must 60
to Victory-Then is the Trench with all its Mud and
Discomfort a Veritable Heaven, Payne Says.

about your ears, and the road behind
you is wrapped in a heavy pail OF
black smoke and dust.
Before you are conscious of safety
from that shell, another is sshrieking
in the air toward you, and still a
third is on Its way.
Damn it. they're after U.S." says
the officer in charge of the party.
Scatter out in thu field each side of
very close, throw yourself flat on the
ground quick!" Take to"a shell hole
only II there's one near. You only
have a second or twO!"
Every shell seems shrieking at you.
The sky seems hard, the atmosphere
tense, the fields crudely shelterless,
and every shell hole a hooking omen
next. To the tune Of the first she'll
or two you inwardly make a las will
and testament. Then you manage
to adjust yourself mentally to the sit
uation, Inc move on again noting
where the shells explode and analyz-
ing your own feelings,
You do that mentally. But ner-
breaking point.
The nerve strain comes out when
the party finally reaches the veritable
heaven trench Knees, are univer-
sally weak. Everybody sits down
awkwardly in the mud. Faces are
flushed. foreheads perspiring, and you
use two or three matches to light one
cigaret. which promptly you toss aside
after a disinterested puff or two.
That is roughly what the first ex-
perience has been like to each indi-
vidual Sammy. The terrific ervou
tension is inevitable.
1T is under just such ten
sion that these young American en-
gineers, fresh from shop benches and
Office desks have been quietly keep
ing at work day after day here with
all GOODNESS of old-time soldiers. /.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-22
EXPLAINING WHAT THE CANALSO OF THE INNER EAR
HAVE TO DO WITH THE eyes OF THE sky"
AND WHY-THE WAY SCIENCE HAS OF
TELLING A. BIRD FROM A MAN

to and fro rs they seek to focus on.
the spot. Recovery Of control should
come within &c seconds, though a
variation of eight more seconds is al
lowed at the discretion of the exam
liner.
ca The equilibrium or vestibular
test: The. candidate leans az far for
ward as possible in the chair, with his
eyes closed, and is turned around to
the right five times in 10 seconds and
is then told to raise his head and open
his eyes. A normal person will i'm
mediately drop sideways to the right.
When the test is repeated with the
turn to the left he will fall to the left.
These tests disclose the normality or
otherwise of the canals Of the inner
ears. 5E~
(3) Past Pointing test: After be-
ing whirled around five times in 10
seconds the chair is stopped and the
candidate, with eyes closed. tries to
fppint to the examiners clenched
Hands. II; he is a normal he will past
ffpoint' three times in succession before
Ehrst tinassh he wifi Be marked sub-nor-
NAL and unfit for a life in the air.
!. &%(4) Eye muscle balance test: The
candidate gazes through an arrange
ment of two lenses that make n can
ule name look ike TWO, one ABOVE the
lother.' The candidate moves his head
until the two flames appear in a true
perpendicular. If the bubble of the
! spirit level is lot centered the candi-
date is fit only for the quartermaster's
department, according to the examin-
er.
t.. (5) The dynamic test: The candidate
with closed eyes is made to walk for
ward andsbackward along a tape line,
60 St%ereoscopic vision test: Thru
a stereoptican the candidate must tell
whether a church steeple appearing in
aspicture is closer than an approach
ing plane, or a 'Blimp" closer than 9
cloud which Observation-Disclosures
enemy plane. II he fails to pass this
simple test for depth and distance he
has fallen down.
The other. day. I met at Dayton, o.,
fasyoung student aviator who had TAX
en- these tests ait the, Wilbur Wright
field. VI
t'They lasted from 9 in the morning
tuntil a in the afternoon" he told me.
1.-THE whirling and bending yer stunt
made me as sick as a pup. When I was
all through 1 felt like a piece of chew
ed string. I was glad I had only a ba-
mana for breakfast, believe me-"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-22

VALE FALLS; TWO KILLED.
O-cecla. Iowa, Nov. e2.-Dick Egg
Rleston, a might watch, and George
Griffin. a silo manufacturer, were
killed by a falling wall here early
today when a fire destroyed half of
the south side OF the square. The
total loss is estimated at $4,000.