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Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Military Carnival Plans Not
Affected by Boys Leaving

The boys of Company D OF the
Dandy Sixth" will probably be in
Deming when their military carnival
is being staged in, South Side. South
Side business men have assured the
boys that they will push the carnival
and make it success.
Canteens, built to reproduce the
original army canteens, will be erect
ed at the carnival grounds. Since the
boys OF Company D'@ill not be here
to take charge of the canteens, the
Red Cross women of the South Side
have been asked to give their services
in running the canteens.
A big arch will be built over the
entrance of the grounds at Twenty
fourth and 0 streets. The Nat Reiss
shows will furnish attractions at the
carnival. They had charge OF the
military carnival in Council Bluffs
last week and cleared over $1,000 for
the soldier boys there. South Side
men say that they expect the carnival
here to be just as big a success as
the one in Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Shipping Board Faces
Huqe Waqe Increase

Washington, Sept. l4--A decision as
to the general policy the government
will pursue in dealing with demands
for wage increases in ship-building
plants faces the shipping board in con-
ferences it is holding with Seattle
builders and labor representatives. At
the close of today's meeting no agree
ment had bten reached. :
The Seattle workers employed in
plants in which construction has been
eommandeered by the government ask
wage increases approaching So per
cent. If similar increase were given
ship, yard workers throughout the
country it would cost the government
about $500, 100000 year to be added
TO the ship-building programs cost
The shipping board will have to pay
any wage advances in yards in which
construction has been commandeered,
as the contracts taken over provide
that labor costs enter into the cost of
the vessels. In the Seattle yards the
builders are backing the workers in
their demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
King Corn Must Hand the
Sceptre to Humble Bean

Washington, Sept. "A. - Beans
take their place this year as one OF
the country's most important and
valuable crops. Forecast of pro-
duction in the FIVE important beam
growing states, Michigan, Cali
fornia, New York, Colorado and
New Mexico, announced by the De-
partment of Agriculture today in a
special report, shows 100000
bushels, compared with S,s46,000
bushels last year and 1892, 900
bushels in 1915.
More than 100000 acres were
planted to beans in those states, and
the average farm price paid for
them on August IS was $7.24 a
bushel, compared with $3.50 on that
date last year. At the August IS
price the prospective crop was
worth about $l45,000, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Brown Is Held
For Passing 81
Bogus Checks

w. C. Brown, charged with passing
worthless checks. pleaded guilty in
police court Thursday morning, and
was bound over tc the district court.
Bail was fixed at $500.
Special Detective Finn of the Bran
deis stores went to Louisville, Ky,
after Brown, and returned with him
Thursday morning.
Brown began his checkered career
by taking advertisements for the
Gayety and Empress theaters and for
the Mills Advertising company. Man.
ager E. L. Johnson of the Gayety
says that his loss was $l85. Brown
passed worthless checks at the Hen
shaw hotel amounting to $50, and at
the Brandeis and Rurgess-Nash stores
and the Merritt, Beaton and Schaefer
pharmacies.
In all he has forged ninety-one
checks, averaging $50 each, using E.
L. Johnson's name. He travelled
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Nebraska Strawberries
Found IN Omaha Stores

Is cents basket in some stores and
10 to IS cents pound.
Apples of various kinds for various
purposes are fine and plentiful, selling
from Is to 50 cents peck. Excellent
crabapples are on the market as low
as 80 cents a peck. Now is the time
to make crabapple jelly.
Big fine blackberries, the kind that
go we'll with cream and sugar, are
here at IS cents a box. One store
even displayed small line of straw
berries They were grown at Aims
worth, Neb, and sold at 40 cents a
box.
Watermelons are still here at 2H
cents a pound. Cantaloupes cost from
] to IS cents each and honeydew mel
ons are about Is cents.
Oranges range from 80 to 50 cents
a dozen.
Fancy slicing cucumbers are S and
10 cents each. Wax beans bring Is
cents a pound and considerably less
by the market basket, Sweet corn is
from IS to 20 cents dozen ears.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15

Potatoes took a sensational jump
upward Thursday Of this week. One
store was selling them at IS cents a
peck early in the morning, but when
the vegetable man returned from the
wholesale market they were marked
up to so cents. Growers aren't dig
ging them" he said, "and there is a
shortage in the market. They will
probably go down again SOON"
The market is loaded with other
good things, both fruits and vegeta-
bles. Cabbage is splendid at 5 cents
a head. Caulihower sells at Il to IS
cents a pound. Carrots cost 4 and S
cents a pound or 80 cents for market
basket full.
Green tomatoes for preserves are
around IS cents a market basket.
Green grapes for making preserves
and jellies are plentiful and bring
FROM rs to go cents for a market bas-
ket. Concord grapes for eating are
on the market at Is and 80 cents a
basket. Tokay grapes are as low as
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Austrian Official Says
Country Can't Hold Out

Geneva, Sept. 14.-The Freie
Zeittng of Berne publishes an ar
ticle from high Austrian official
who recently travelled through sew
eral sections of this country, in
which the writer states that Aus
tro-Hungary cannot hold out the
coming winter, owing to economic
reasons, as both soldiers and civil
ians will be starved, He gives sew
eral reasons, notably the almost
complete destruction of the crops in
the richest regions of Hungary by
the cold and the heavy rain, while
100000 tons of Roumaniar cereals
could not be transported, owing to
lack of rolling stock, which, first of
all, is utilized for military purposes.
In the meantime, he says, the neces-
saries of life are mounting to ex-
traordinary prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
CONDITIONS NORMAL
AFTER Big STRIKE
South >Siders Breath Sigh of
Relief as Packing House
Laborers Go Back to-
Work Again.

Last week 5000 South Side work
men were on strike. The four large
packing houses were practically tied
up. Restless crowds paced the streets.
South Side, old in experience with
strikes. held its breath. The air was
full of rumors-strikebreakers, scabs,
shots, riots. Feeling was tense.
Late Tuesday afternoon the strike
was settled.
Wednesday morning found South
Side normal again. Every workman
was in his place. The big packing
houses were turning out their quota OF
the worlds meat. All was busy and
natural.
There is an undercurrent Of glad
ness in South Side. South Siders feel
it and respond to it. Grocers are glad
: that their patrons are getting paid
again. The strikers, mostly persons
who need their pay, are glad to be on
the job again. The packers are glad
that their big plants are busy again.
South Side is experiencing that feel
ing of relief which people feel when
some dread disease has been enar but
passed on.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Former Baptist Pastor Pays
Visit to Old Omaha Friends

Rev. ]. w. Harris, pastor of the
First Baptist church, St. Petersburg,
Fla, arrived in Omaha yesterday.
Rev. Mr.. Harris was pastor of the
First Baptist church in Omaha from
1879 to 1885. He lived in Omaha ff-
teen years and has host of friends
here.
He will preach for the First Bap-
tist church, Harvey and Park avenue,
Sunday morning at II o'clock. Rev.
Mr.. Harris will also preach at the
Calvary Baptist church, Twenty-ffth
and Hamilton streets, Sunday even
ing at s o'clock. Rev. and Mrs. Har-
ris are guests of Dr. Martha Clark,
4l08 Lafayette avenue.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
South Side Girl Dies
At Home of Her Mother

Marie Veverka, aged 9 years, died
at the home of her mother, 2223 w
street, Thursday morning. She is sur
vived by her mother and two brothers.
The funeral will be held from the resi-
dence at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Interment will be in the Laurel Hill
cemetery
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15


For Rent-Two 5-room all modern cot
tages. Tel South 500.
Mrs. q. w. Wright is home from Lyndon,
O.. where she spent her summer vacation.
Phil Kearney post No. .. Grand Army Of
the Republic. will meet at the home Of j,
w. Cress 4i27 South Twenty-third street,
Saturday night
Telephone South 900 and order a case of
oma or Lactonade, the healthful, refreshing
Home Beverages, delivered to your residence,
Omaha Beverage Co.
Harry Combs has returned from visit
in Ord and other towns out in the state. AS
soon as he finishes his business here he iu1
tends to leave for Indiana, where he will
make his future home.
Sunday school will be held at the st
Luke's Lutheran church, Twenty.fifth and
streets, at 9:45 a. M, church services at
IL q, m and Luther league at 1880 p. m
Rev. s. II. Yearian Is the pastor. h..
c. o. Long OF the stock yards exchange
building shipped twenty-one head of feeder
cattle to Knoxville, Ia, Thursday. The cat
tie brought $l4.2o. the highest price ever
paid for feeder cattle. The twenty-one head
weighed thirteen tons, They were shipped
In from Cody, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15

view Of the trade acceptance. w. F.
Baxter of the Thomas Fitzpatrick COM
pany told of the effect on the retailer,
and c. J. Chiltree of the Martin Cott
Hat company told of the view taken
by the wholesalers. A general discus
sion followed.
There is no question: in the minds
OF the credit men othef than that the
trade acceptance will soon be in gen.
eral use in this country as it has in
France and other European countries,
and plans were made for|introducing
1t in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15

through the east, stopping at the lead
ing hotels in fifteen large cities.
In these hotels he gave from one
to three checks, always for larger
amounts than his bills called for.
In Louisville, KY, Brown stopped
at four hotels and it was only at the
last ore that he was detected in his
forgeries.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Police Tell Owner of Spitz
Canine to 'fie Dou Outside

Tie your little dog outside" is the
advice Police Judge Madden gave to
Riley Anthony, 1920 S street, who
appeared in court Thursday with his
little white spitz dog. John ]. Back
ley, mail carrier, testified that the dog
is vicious animal Anthony pleaded
for the dogs life and promised to
keep il tied.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Trade Acceptance Plan
Coming, Say Credit Men

The Omaha Credit Mems associa-
ton held meeting and banquet at the
Castle hotel last evening.
F. A. Cascade. of the Omaha Ma
tionalN bank spoke on the bankers
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Mad Dog TerrorizeS South
Side Until Shot by Police

A mad dog terrorized people in the
district about Twenty-seventh and
Drexel streets for an hour yesterday.
Calls to the police station brought
Officers Flen ing. Jackman, Scott and
Goralski to the spot. Officer Fleming
Killed the vicious animal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-15
Packers National Bank Names
New Assistant Cashiers

Directors of the Packers National
bahkrmet Wednesday afternoon and
elected E. R. Spaulding and Amos w.
Gates new assistant cashiers.
The sun., 1917-08-13
RAIDS AIRDROME AND
DOWNS 4 GERMANS
Capt. Bishop Of Flying Corps
Gets Cross.

LONDON, Aug 1.-THE intrenidity Of
Cant William Bishop, n Canadian mem
ber of the Royal Flying Corps, in at
lacking German Rirdrome single
handed has been rewarded by the be-
rtowAl upon him Of the Victoria Cross,
The official Gdsctfe gives the following
resume of his action:
Capt. Bishop new 10 an enemy air
drome. Finding no enemy machine
about he fed TO another airdrone, three
miles distant and about twelve miles in
side the German lines. Seven machines.
some with their engines running, were
on the ground He attacked these from
a height OF nifty feet, killing one OF the
mechanics.
cone OF the machines got of the
ground, but Capt Bishop, NJ height
of sixty feet, fred hfteen rounds into II
AT close range and It crashed 10 the
ground. A second machine got on the
ground, into which he fired thirty rounds
a. 1bo Yards II fell into tree. Two
more machines rose from the Airdrome
on. of which he engaged at a height Of
/ 900 feet sending II to the ground. He
then emptied q whole drum OF cartridges
into the fourth hostile machine and new
back 20 his station.
Pour hostile scouts were 1000 feet
above him for a mile during his return
tourney, but they would not attack. Hii
machine was badly damaged by machine
gun Are from the ground.
The sun., 1917-08-13
Dancers and Diners
to Aid Tobacco Fund

DANCERS and diners at Castles
by the Sea, Long Beach,
L. l., will aid the fund that is
being provided by THE SUN for
the purpose of buying smokes for
the American soldiers in France.
Friday night the resort will
have a benefit for the soldiers,
and many dollars will come to
THE SUMS fund from the af-
fair. Many of the best known
stage women in the country will
take part in the effort to aid the
fighters over the water.
The performance is to be re-
peated Thursday night of next
week at the Woodmansten Inn.
The Nassau American Club,
Inc, of Brooklyn has offered 10
per cent. of its receipts to the
smoke fund.
One of the gratifying features
of the movement to provide to-
bacco for the boys who are about
to 20 into the trenches is the
large number of men and women
who are renewing their subscrip-
tions to the fund after having
given literally before.
The story of the growth of the
fund is printed on another page.
The sun., 1917-08-13
COAL WON'T GO
UP,SAY BARONS
Operators Announce "Regu-
lar" 10 Cents a Ton Raise
in September.
Special Despatch TO THr srN.

PoTTEvILLE, Pa, Aug 12.-There IL
no intention on the part Of the big
anthracite companies TO increase the
price Of coal more than 10 cents a ton
in September, which is the regular in
crease over summer prices which has
been in vogue for many years, declare
officials OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company.
President w. J. Richards was out OF
the city, but his assistants pointed out
that he has worked increasingly TO keep
down the prices of coal to the public
since the war began, Notwithstanding
the fact that wages and everything
entering into the production Of coal have
largely increased this year. This may
be regarded as the reply of the operators
TO the statement made in Washington
yesterday.
accordance with the policy adopted by
/ President Richards, believe that the best
way TO keep down the price of coal is
10 keep the market stocked as much as
! possible with fuel, and thus prevent
panic stricken buyers from bidding up
I prices. There was little indication that
II was sunday at the great yards OF the
! Philadelphia & Reading railway at St
Clair to-day. Numerous trains, conta n.
I ing about 1000 tons of coal each. were
sent down the main line.
The sun., 1917-08-13
GERMANS IN REPRISALS
French Aviation PrisOners' Treat
ment IL Described.
Special Cable Dsspotch 10 TIE suS from the
London Times
coppriphf. ~. "a rinAfs rese,

COpVri0br 1877: all rights reserved
LONDON, Aug 12-ln an article dated
on the western front, July rs, entitled
Eye for Eye; Tooth for Tooth" Carl
Rosner supplies the Berlin Lokaldn=ei0 per
with a description OF reprisal measures
against French airnen for alleged III
treatment of German alrmen by the
French II will be remembered that
Rosner achieved special fame by his de-
scription Of German atrocities and his
giorification OF German devastation In
France He writes
'I lately visited one of the French air
men in his quarters. on an extensive
moor. formerly French aviation
ground, are placed az certain distances
from one another enclosures in which
the prisoners are confined slnEly Each
enclosure measures forty square yards
and is surrounded by posts more than
six feet high bound together with bRrbed
wire. In the middle OF the uncovered
space Is a low tent just big enough FOR
the prisoner TO creep under. In the tent
are a few wood Ehavings and a short
blanket. A jug of water completes tht
furnishings
"A sentry with a fixed bayonet is
allotted 10 each prisoner day and night
The officer TO whom ] spoke had spent
five days and nights in the reprisa
camp and 20 far has stood the open all
imprisonment we'll, although ne com.
planned Of the lack OF occupation ant
the impossibility of taking proper csrt
OF his person"
The sun., 1917-08-13
SUCCESS OF GERMAN
REVOLT IMPROBABLE


RoME, Aug. I'm Rosanoff, the
delegate 10 Italy Of the Russian Council
OF Soldiers and workmens Delega tes
in report addressed 70 the council says
that there exists in Germany a revolu-
tionary movement, the success Of which.
however, is hardly probable. Russian
military weakness, he adds is serving
German imperialism. The Russian
offensive had compelled the German
Reichstag to vote q peAco resolution, hut
the Russian check on the southwestern
front has reestablisneu the morale OF
the Berlin military authorities. Never
theless, he contends. the situation in the
Central Powers remains precarious. M.
Rosanoff's report concludes
The success OF the Stockholm confer
eTce depends upon the attitude of our
French and English comrades. II de-
pends also on ourselves, for develop
ments like those OF July 1e TO IS tthe
period OF Anti-3overnment demonstra-
tions In PstrogrRd) compromised the
prestige OF the Council Of Soldiers and
Workmen's Delegates not only abroad
but also in Russia. That Ia the reasor
why we must seek with all the meani
at our command to overcome economic
disorgAnization and to reestablish ouI
military power.%
The sun., 1917-08-13
600 STRIKE BREAKERS oUsTED
settlement of Kansas city Car
Troubles Thought Near.

KANSAS CITY. Aug l2.-Deportation
~ GOO strike breakers, accomplished In
orderly fashion early to-day by sympa-
thiZers Of striking street car employees
under the supervision Of the police. left
the transportation system Of the two
Kansas Cities still tied up, while con-
ference committees endeavored 10 hnd a
solution for the situation Mayor
George Edwards Of Kansas City. Mo
announced that an amicable settlement
was in sight The men demand recoRni-
ton OF the union and reinstatement OF
discharged employees
The strike breakers lasted just one day
here, day flled with terror for them.
heFieged as they were IN the Kansas
city Street Railway CompRny's barns
by symnathiZers Of the strikers
Late tonight IT was reported the spc-
Cisl train on which the men left the
city had been SiirtIa, fed ~iA Atr-n miles
from Kansas city and that their leaders
were urging them 10 return.
The sun., 1917-08-13
PETRoGRAD TO GUST ALL IDLE.
Plans for Evacuation Are Caused
by Economic Crisis.

PETRoGRAD, Aug. IA partial evAcu-
alton Of Petrograd by idle and non-pro-
ductive elements OF the population, in
order to alleviate the economic crisis,
which daily is becoming more acute. was
fAvorsbly considered by the Government
at conference yesterday. The ques-
ton was referred to the Minister OF Jus
tice for his approval
Such measure is absolutely neces-
cary. according to the conclusions
reached by the Government The order
Of evacuation. II promulgated, and II is
likely it will be. will provide for the
transfer OF all institutions and indi-
viduais not productivity engaged in
Petrograd or necessary to the economic
or official life of the city. The measure
will aim 10 remove from the capital the
burden Of the idle parasitic population,
which foments disorders and which, 10
a great extent, was responsible for the
recent uprisinEs. Schools probably will
he included among the institutions trans
ferred from the city.
A special permit designating the busi-
ness of the bearer will be required OF
persons entering the city,
The sun., 1917-08-13
.SAMMIES EVOLVE
A TOBACCO MOTTO
Americans in France Light Up
and Yell " 'The Suns
Smokes for All"

AMERICAN CAMP IN FRANCE, Aug IL
THE SUNS smokes for all" is the new
motto evolved by the Sammies for the
newspaper that yesterday lifted the
gloomy prospect OF srnokeless wet eve
nings.
II was at the close of the first days
distribution of THE SUNS gift to the
soldiers that the most striking incident
occurred. Although when the big army
truck started on its welcome errand the
sun shone brilliantly, a heavy rain be-
gan in the middle Of the afternoon, turn
ing the roads into rivulets and soaking
an exposed to It.
Passing under the railroad viaduci
upon which was an inscription in large
letters reading "welcome to the soldiers
OF America" THE SUNS expedition
found itself at the foot OF a winding
steep street which Is the principal thor
oushfare OF the little village where
regiment has Its headquarters.
Standing under the dripping trees
were scores of our soldiers wrapped In
ponchos gazing hstlessly AT the ap-
preaching truck. As IL came TO stoT
they gave no sign OF interest: one army
truck more or less meant nothing &c
Them A sergeant coming down the
street was called to the truck and told
its mission Instantly his hat few high
in the air as he yelled. Come and gel
II bows; it's THx SUNS tobacco"
Like a swarm from a beehive shaken
by an inQuisitive hoy the soldier CROWDED
around the truck. They came from every
doorway and shelter, stable and cool
house, from under the trees and wagons
from the windows and cellars they
dashed to the truck. It's real tobacco.
exclaimed a tall Kentuckian as he saw
the boxes OF cigarettes in open packinl
cases. 'T haven't had a real smoke fo'
more than a week"
The FIRST lot of 5000 boxes completed!
dispelled the gloom. II was smiling
cheering crowd that shouted farewell
and added, "fIurrah for THE Sun, don
forget TO come again.
The sun., 1917-08-13
CABINET BLAMED
FOR HENDERSON
Parliament Will Take Up La
bOr's Muddle Over Stock
holm Conference.
Special Despaich 10 THE srS.

LANpoN. Aug 12-Premier Lloyd
George. Englands strong man, has again
faced and overcome a grave crisis in his
Cabinet. He met it with his usual
rromptness and success, although it was
a complete surprise TO him, by accept
ing at once the resignation Of Arthur
Henderson. labor's Minister in the War
Council, when Henderson failed TO voice
properly the attitude Of the Government
on the Stockholm conference
When the House OF Commons meets
Tomorrow II is certain the Government
will he asked 10 make its position clear
Many Members Of Parliament feel that
there has been a distinct lack OF leader
ship throughout the entire affair.
II is asserted that II the Government
had clearly defined its position before
Fridays labor meeting the result might
have been entirely different. This strong
statement has been made even in GOV
ernment circles. where 1t is believed
that the affair has seriously affected the
prestige Of the Cabinet. II is proba bic
that the Government will not oppose de-
bate on the subject.
The sun., 1917-08-13
U-BOAT CAPTURES
FOUR u. s. GUNNERS:
SINKS A TANK SHIP
Torpedoed Off lie de Re, Also Believed
to Be a Prisoner.

WASHINGTON Aug 12-Sinkng of the American steamship
with the probable Of her
and four members of the naval guard by the attacking German
submarine to-day the Navy Department the follow
The Standard Oil tanker Campana American steamship
submarine the morning Of August 43 miles of lie de Re
reached land in safety believed that the
captain and four of the armed
board the German submarine"
The Campana fo the steamship Dunhome She built
Hartepoo 1913
33 She 335 feet long, with beam of ~ feet
miles of La Rochelle and eighty miles south of Nantes
The sun., 1917-08-13
COUNCIL OF NEUTRALS URGED.
Scandinavia Press Welcomes suE.
EestiOn of Conference.

CoPENHAGEN, Aug, 12.-LeAding Scan
dinavian newspapers welcome the sug-
Eestion that conference OF neutral
countries be held at Stockholm TO con-
slider the difficulties arising from the
entry of the United States into the war
and TO discuss the attitude OF neutrals
regarding peace problems.
The Social Democrat asserts the con-
ference would not be hostile to the
United States and reminds the warning
Governments that America recently was
the leader of the neutral nations