davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
BOYS IN KHAKI
AID LOAN DRIVE
Give More Than Thirty Two
Million Dollars in Subscrip-
tions for Liberty Bonds at Z
Cantonments.-

Washington, Oct. 19.-American
soldiers and the army civilian en-
ployes have purchased more than
$32,000000 of Liberty bonds.
Of this amount. men in the 10 ma
tional army camps have subscribed
$l0,600,000 and those in the IS Ma
tional Guard camps $9,200,000. The
national army soldiers have averaged
$24.52 each, while the record of the
National Guardsmen is $3.50 per
capita and the average for the entire
81 camps is $29.97. 80
Three camps have received sub
scriptions at latest report in excess of
81 100000. The National Guard camp,
Camp Sheridan, at Montgomery, Ala,
leads with subscriptions of S1,22o,e50
for its 22,500 men. Second honors
are held by Camp Shelby, also Ma,
tional Guard command, at Hattiesburg,
Miss, where 1890 men have bought
bonds to the amount Of 81, $4,000.
The only national army camp which
has broken into the 100000 classlto
date is Camp Grant at Rockford, ILL.,,
containing $4,000 men, whose Liberty
bond subscriptions stand. at $l,096,S0O.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success .
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
EARLY CHRISTMAS
SHIPPING URGED
Railroads Confronted With Sc
rious Problem With Forces
Gut Down by Draft; Pack
ages More Numerous.

Chicago Oct. ia campaign for
early shipment of Christmas pack
ages was inaugurated at joint meet
ing of the American Railway associa-
tons car service committees Of Chi
cago, Milwaukee and South Bend. Co.
operation in this campaign was prom
ised by representatives OF the Nation
al Industrial Traffic league and the
Chicago Association Of Commerce. y
Each railroad is to do everything
possible to promote early shipments
of Christmas packages, whether by
mail or express, according to a reso-
luton adopted by the car service
committees.
The railway mail service of the gov
ernment has expressed its apprecia-
ton of the plah of the railroads to
handle promptly the unusually large
amount of Christmas packages ex-
pected this year, but this cannot be
done unless the public will ship such
packages in advance of the usual
time. ... H., Ill
Packages for Million Soldiers.
| There will be approximately Q mil
lion soldiers in the various canton
ments and training camps who will
receive Christmas packages of an
average weight estimated at FIVE
pounds, or one-fourth of the maxi
mum allowance for parcel post pack
ages. To handle all these packages
in few days before Christmas will
be physically impossible for the rail-
ways, express, companies and the pos
tai department. The Postoffice de-
partment has fixed November Is as
the last day for mailing Christmas
packages to our soldiers and sailors
abroad. .'. H.
There is at the present time a
shortage of baggage car equipment
that affects the handling of mails,
said P. ]. Schardt, superintendent oi
railway mail service, "and this short
age will be felt more keenly with tht
approach of the holiday period, wher
the flow ct mail increases far abov,
normal. ~
"The selective araiy law has mad,
serious inroads on our clerical force
Unless thc public will take, into con
| sideration the shortage of equipmen
and of labor that the railway mai
service will be confronted with dur
ing the holiday period, serious conges
ton and consequent delays to Christ
mas mails will result, to say nothin,
of the disappointments to, both send
ers and receivers of belated pack
ages"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
BARE HINDU PLOT
TO MURDER COOK.
ARCTIC EXPLORER
Scheme to Foment Anti-Britlsh
Revolution in India Included
Wholesale AssassinationS;
Money From Won Papen.
(By Associated Press.D

Chicago, Oct. l9.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, the Arctic explorer. and crew
of 19 sailors were among those
marked for assassination by the lead
ers directing the plot, to foment a
revolution in India 10 embarrass
Great Britain during the war, accord
ing to testimony given by Sukunar
Chatterji, Hindu priest, in Judge
Lands court at today's session OF the
trial of Gustav H. Jacobsen. Chicago
real estate dealer, and his three CO.
defendants, charged with conspiracy.
The plot against DIR. Cook and his
party, Chatterji said, was revealed to
him in Manila by George Paul
Boehn, one of the defendants.
Thomas J. Tuney of the New York
police department testified to an al
legged confession made to him by
Gupta, one OF the defendants, in New.
York, March 10, 1917, and his testi-
rnony was corroborated by George c.
Barnett, New York detective ser
geant.
Received Money From Won Papen.
"He told me that Captain Won
Papen, the military attache of the
German embassy in the United States,
paid him between $4,000 and $1,000"
said Tuney.' HE said he received the
money in six or seven payments and
it wassto be used in making a trip to
the orient. He SAID later he went to
China and Japan and purchased fire.
arms and ammunition for use in the
revolution in India. Gupta told me
that Won Papsn said he would buy
additional firearms and sRmunition in
the United States and ship to the
orient by way of the South Seas.
Gupta said he returned TO this country
in June, 1916, after having been fol-
lowed by detectives all over China and
Japan. He said that while in Japan
he was on one occasion given Npro-
lection in the home OF a high public
official.
HE said the headquarters Of the
conspiracy was in Berlin"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
lBy Associated Press.l

New York, Oct. l9-The govern
ment forecast of the first war crop of
potatoes is 452,000000 bushels, an in
crease of l00000,000 bushels over last
year, according to an announcement
by L. D. Sweet, head of the potato
division of the United States food ad-
ministration, tonight.
Hotels and restaurants are in a
particularly favorable position" said
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Blow by Omaha Man
Results in Death of kansan

Kansas City, Oct. l9.-(Special Tel
egram. )-In a fist fight which grew
out of an argument in saloon in
Twelfth street at o'clock this morn
ing Charles Ryan, IS years old, al
interior decorator of Salina, Kan, was
killed by Fred Keep, % years old, a
painter, Of 40l2 North Seventeenth
street, Omaha. Both men had been
drinking.
The argument arose over the negro
porter, John Fipkins. One had &C
cused the porter of being slow; the
other had defended him. After several
rounds Keep knocked Ryan over a
table. The latter died instantly. y
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Grand island Gets Away to
Good Start in Bond Campaign

Grand Island, Ncb., Oct. l9.-(Spe-
cial. Organization has oeen perfect
ed for the Liberty loan drive for $685.
200, the county's allotment on the basis
OF $s,000,00O000. The Grand Island
Clearing House associations first sub
scription Of 100000 was followed by
a subscription of 2 per cent of the de-
posits bf all the banks of the county
on their deposits, or $4,000 more,
Committees were organized for each
district in the city and county, and
efforts will be made to have former
Congressman Hobson, who will ad.
dress the public here on Friday night
devote part of his tins to an ex.
piicit setting forth of the Liberty
loan as an investment.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Eats Lunch; Misses Auto;
Wilcox Charued With THEFT

Aurora, Neb., Oct. lS.-W. d. Will
cox of Grand Island was arrested
charged with stealing an automobile
from Frank Rousch of Grand Island.
The latte claims that Wilcox bired
him to bring him from Grand Island
to Aurora. While Rousch was eat
ing his supper, his automobile was
taken several blocks and lett under
q tree near the high school. Later
Wilcox was placed under arrest
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Robert Miller, a Founder
Of Aurora, Buried Sunday

Aurora, Neb., Oct. lS.--Robert Mil
Ter, one OF the founders of Aurora,
was buried from the Methodist church
here Sunday AFTERNOON. Delegations
attended from all parts of the county.
Mr.. Miller had been spending his time
in California. He left Aurora last fall
He was one of the four men who
came here in the seventies and secured
land from the government and laid
out the town site of Aurora, lhe
other four died long ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Cuba Pensions Famous
Billiard Expert, De Orc

New York, Oct. le.--Alfred De-
Orc, the three-cushion and pocket
billiard expert, received notice from
the secretary Of state Of Cuba to-
day that the government of the is
land republic had voted him a PEN
sion of Sl50 month for the re-
mainder OF his life. The action.
the secretary explained, was taken
because of the credit reflected by
De Orc on his native country. both
through skill as player and by the
high standard of personal conduct
he had maintained In his profession.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
America May Eat Potatoes While
Meat and Wheat Go to Allies

Mrs Sweet, now that meatless and
wheatless days are at hand, by shov-
ing potatoes prominently to the
front.p
The government, Mr.. Sweet said,
looked forward eargerly to an in
crease in the potato crop because it
was only through such happy result
that the shipment of meat and whtat
to the entente allies could be acceler-
ated. w. -
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Hindu Revolution
Trial is Near End

Chicago, Oct. l9.-Testimony for
the government in the case against
Gustav H. Jacobsen, ct al, charged
with attempting to foment rebellion
in India, nears the end. United States
District Attorney Clyne announced
that Richard Herman, who resumed
his testimony this morning, would be
~. last Of his Witnesses
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Stenqer to Open Headquarters
up. in Kansas City Saturday

Kansas City, Oct. l9.-(Special Tel
egram. Ernest Stenger OF Omaha,
general superintendent Of the south
ern district of the Union Pacific rail-
road, will open headquarters i'll Kan
sas City Saturday. This is the first
time a general superintendent for this
road has been placed in Kansas City.
Matters which formerly had to be
referred to the Omaha Offices TOR
settlement can now be handled by the
local Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Homestake Mining Interests
BuN Quarter Million Bonds

Mitchell, S. Oak, Oct. l9.-(Spasial
Telegram 1.-The Homestake mining
interests at,Lead have bought Liberty
bonds to tie amount of $2s0.00a afid
paid 2 percent of the, purchase
money with the application. Law
renee County will exceed its appor-
tionment by $4,000. The Homestake
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Department Orders.

Washington, Oct 19.--tSpecial Telegram.e
ry-adrss Katie Il. Foster has been appointed
postmistress at Elwell, Story county, Iowa,
vice Hsag assndoNae, resigned. IL q
Mildred NJ Reachey of Ames and Rosa A.
French OF Burlington. Iowa. have been ap-
pointed clerks in war department.
reserve corps, is assigned to Des Moines.-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Nebraskans In Washington

IFrom Staft CofrespohdehtJ
Washington, Oct lS,--(Special Tel
egram. Us. B. Howard. immigration
agent Of the Burlington, with heads
quarters in Omaha, and daughter,
were capitol visitors today.
I. c. fiarpham and wife of Lincoln
aer guests at the continental.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
Public Welfare League
Gets Under Way at Aurora

Aurora, Neb.. Oct. lS.--During the
past week, a Public Welfare league
was organi. ii Aurora by Theodore
Hans IN, national president of the
leagu. Meetings Eere held in
churches and board'selected to take
,harg. OF the work.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
No Work for October Jurors
Aurora Judue DiSmjSSeS Then

Aurora, Neb., Oct. 19.-The jury
which had been tentatively called for
October p has been dismissed by
Judge Corcoran. Few cases were
ready for Trial and the judge did not
believe the jurymen should be called
from their work unless the amount of
work ready for. them justified it.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20

contribution is the qargest one of the
campaign and is probably the biggest
Individual donation ever made in
South Dakota to any cause. s
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20
SILK WAISTS

Ever so many new styles and types-each one
separate and adorable little work of art-and all-in-
all, composing the most wonderful and most popular
| line of blouses in Omaha. -- .. Il
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20

Many full 50-inch models.
Wide army-coat belts, won
derful pocket effects, big but
tons, spruce youthful silhou-
cites I clean-cut and well
defined. Sure to hold their
shape and hang in good, easy
lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-20

abouhese
gard where there is taste and disccnmpt
MIXTURES, HOME
.... T. ...-..s.E - P0IRET TW ILLS, ETC
flower of the
bis best Slender Arsocrat lines tight fitting
I'M skirts, long submarine collars
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-26

cannot afford much longer to neglect
the opportunities for food production
to be found in our backwards and va
cant lots, neither can we afford to
have the boys and girls grow uY an
familiar with iho arts by which these
opportunities are TO be realized.
In conclusion. the words of Fres-
iGent DranGon o. the University Of
Idaho with reference to this matter.
are worth considering. He said:
1.-THE club work connects the young
people with life and with the practical
affairs which are indoors and outdoors
of their homes. If we start the boys
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-26

etcial effect upon the farming meth
DDS and, what is more, upon the in
terests and aspirations of the young
people of a community.
Get Money. Tc9
: third purpose Of the CAB work is
fotnd in the revenue which the mem
bers derive from their products. The
value OF the chickens or an eighth
acre plot of potatoes. is no mean in
come to be earned at odd times by a
school boy or girl and no mean addi-
ton, either, in these times of high
prices, to the average family income
With the increasing cost of living we
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-26
In Other Fields

A jefferson county boy is reported
10 have grown ITO bushels on sim
liar sized lot At the Spokane Inter
state fair last fall the pig club coa-
restants were induced to enter their
pigs in open competition with the pro
fessional breeders and they won first,
second and sixth places in class OF
GA animals. In Canyon county the
corn club boys won first place at three
south Idaho Fairs in succession over
the professional corn breeders of that
part of the state. Such achievements
as these can not help but have ben
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-26

soon as the plants are we'll up they
should be thinned to stand three TO
four inches apart. From two to three
paintings should be made in order to
have continuous supply of young.
tender beets.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-26
Boys and Girls Clubs

The people of Moscow are asked al
this time to lend their support and
encouragement to the Boys and Girls
club movement. A few words about
this work may be of interest.
The club work is promoted by the
United States department of agricul-
ture in cooperation with the extension
| departments of the agricultural col
leges. These latter cooperate in turn
with various local agencies, particul-
arly the county superintendent of
schools and where they are employed,
the county agriculturists.
How Movement Started
Club work started about 10 years
ago when DR.. Seaman A. Knapp, then
working in the department of agricuI-
ture, organized acre corn growing con-
tests in a number of southern states.
DR.. Knapp's purpose in organizing
these contests for the boys and girls
was to secure an opening for the in
liOuoStiOi VI LII III OfOu llCtnOd0 VI
farming, of which the south then stood
in great need. These contests became
popular and the movement soon spread
widely. In 1915 over 250000 members
were enrolled in clubs which existed
in practically every state in the union.
These were not all corn clubs, how
ever, but included pig, poultry, garden,
potato, alfalfa, apple, sugar beet, cook
ing, sewing, canning and many other
kinds of clubs.
Object of the Work
The purpose of club work may be |
said to be three fold: First, it is dis
tinctly educational. 1t emphasizes the |
doing side of the child's education |
which is neglected in much of our
present day school work The boy
Or girl who selects club project big
enough to demand his or her very best
efforts and carries it through season
ioing the work-not simply we'll, but
he very best that it can be done in
order to, insure success in the COM
petition with his fellow club members
pound to secure a training and disci-
,line the value of which it is not r
'asy to estimate1 Furthermore club
members are instructed in the most
lpproved methods of carrying out the
arious projects. They thus learn to
10 some useful things in the very
lest possible way.
How Moscow Boys Win
A second purpose of the club work
5 that of community demonstration.
lot all club members gardens or 9TH
+ projects are models worthy OF
but, in general the young
eople are enthusiastic and willing to
ccept instruction and under the spur
f competition they often achieve re-
llts that are eye-openers to their
lthers and mothers and to the COM
unities in which they live. Last
ear a Moscow boy grew 561a bushels
potatoes on one-eighth of an acre
hich is more than half the average
re yield in some very good potato
ates.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-26

and girls right, there is little doubt
about their successful finish in their
organized industrial work"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17

proclamation for Instructions as to Z
convenient method of registration
The wardens of jails, penitentiaries
and reformatories should apply to tia
county or city clerk for instructions on
the sixth day.
Five days after the date Of the pres
idents proclamation complete regula,
tons viii be in the hands Of all sherifff
and of the officials of cities of over
10000 population.
The president Is authorized to call
upon all public officers to assist In the
execution of the law. The plan is,
however, to rely on the people for the
proper execution of the law. 1t is ex-
pected that patriotic citizens will offer
their services free as registrars. Such
services will be gratefully acknowl-
edged Volunteers for this service
should communicate Immediately witt
the proper official.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No foolishness! Lift your corns
and caIIuses off with fingers
It's like magic!

Sore corns, hard corns. soft corns or
any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it OF afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get q small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17
MAY CENTER IN WASHINGTON
Probability That One Committee Will
Purchase All Supplies Needed by
the Allied Countries.

Washington.-Creati of a centra,
purchasing committee in Washington
for all supplies bought in the United
States for the allied governments was
forecast here by Sir Hardman Lever,
mission. The committee will supplant
J. P. Morgan & Co.
Discussing the world financial situa-
ton, the British expert expressed the
opinion that Germany will be practical
ly bankrupt in the credit markets
after the war.
''Our enemies" he said, "for all their
boosted efficiency, have never had the
courage to face their financial prob
lens, with the result that when the
war is over they will be hard put to
it,"
The Teutonic governments having
pyramided one internal loan upon an
other, he explained, their interest
charges would be SO great that he be-
lieved they would either have to repu-
diate a large part of their debt or face
inability to buy the enormous quanti-
ties of material they would need for
reconstruction.
The allies, he added, had paid their
way in the war "by the straightfor-
ward and natural means, by pouring
out their gold, by selling enormous
masses of American securities, by rails
that the end of the war would find the
allies in good shape financially, despite
their enormous permanent debts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17
The chiIdren,s Poet.

In the st. Nicholas Magazine Hide
garde Hawthorne gives a sympathetic
sketch of the life of Robert Louis
Stevenson, whose "Child's Garden Of
Verses is perhaps the most popular
book of poetry ever written. His pas
sionate attachment to children is ex-
pressed best by Andrew Lang, whom
Miss Hawthorne quotes:
There was a very pleasant trait
in Stevenson's character which, per-
haps, does not display itself in most
of his writings-his great affection
for children. In an early letter
he writes: Kids is what is the mat
ter with me. :. Children are too
good to be true He had a natural
infatuation, SO to say, for children as
children =. little boys and girls
were his delight, and he was THEIRS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17
BANKS ASKED TO COOPERATE
Secretary Authorizes Financial Insti-
buttons to Receive Subscriptions
for the Bond Offerings.

Washington.-Secreta McAdoo tele-
graphed the entire list of "a ,513 nation
al and state banks and trust companies
in the United States, authorizing them
to receive subscriptions for the $2,OOO,-
100000 bond offering, enlisting their
cooperation, and requesting them to
telegraph q rough estimate of the
amount of bonds each would take for
itself and its patrons.
You can render an Invaluable serv-
ice to your country" Mr.. McAdoo told
the banks, "by receiving subscriptions
and cooperating with the federal re-
serve bank in your district"
Loan Subscriptions Pour In.
To all clearing house associations in
the country Mr.. McAdoo sent tele-
gram in which he said:
1.-The amount of the initial loan has
been determined by the needs of the
government and not arbitrarily. The
enthusiastic and patriotic cooperation
of the banks and bankers of the coun-
try will guarantee the success of the
undertaking."
The result of the first announcement
of the loan has been a deluge of sub
scriptions, aggregating many millions.
Most of these came in by wire to the
treasury. Virtually every large city
and every state in the Union was rep
resented.
Lend 500, 600, 900 to Italy.
Negotiations continued today with
representatives of the nations to
which the United States is extending
credit. Count di Cellere, the Italian
ambassador, received the full amount
of the first $1OO,OOOOOO loan made by
this government to Italy.
Subscriptions to the second offering
of treasury certificates were received
during the day by the federal reserve
banks. Indications are that the secre-
tary will call for the proceeds within
a week, possibly a few days.
8 The $1O0,OOO,OOO loan to France will
be turned over to Ambassador Jusser.
and, in whole or part, within day or
so.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17

-Conferees on the army
bill agreed on provision to pay 500
a month to men in training camps
seeking to qualify as members of the
officers reserve corps.
Although the full allotted quota Of
10000 men probably will be enrolled in
the officers training camps when they
open May IS. there still is plenty OF
loom for men Of the right qualities"
the war department announced.
In statement saying that each OF
the sixteen camps seemed assured OF
its full allotment Of $500 applicants
for commissions, the department ap-
pealed for further recruits among men
of proved ability.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-05-17
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN
SYRUP
Panacea of the Home the World
Over.

Why will you allow a cold to adj
vance in your system and thus encour-
age more serious maladies. such as
pneumonia or lung trouble, when by
the timely use of a few doses of
Boschee's German Syrup you can get
relief. This medicine has stood the
test of fifty years. 1t induces a good
nights sleep with easy expectoration
in the morning. For sale by druggists
In all parts OF the civilized world in
Is and rs cent bottles.-Adv.