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Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
BISHOP STUNTz
TELLS'0F GERMAN
AIM OF CONQUEST
Methodist Bishop Tells Of the
Peril of United States i
Germany Wins the
a Present War.

Scottsbulff, Neb., Sept. 9.-(Spe.
cial.)-One of the chief features OF
the Northwestern Nebraska Confer
ence of the Methodist church, which
was in session in this city last week,
was the address given at the patriotic
meeting by Bishop Homer c. Stuntz,
DID,, LID, president of the gath
ering. Among other portions of his
address, Bishop Stuntz said: ~.
The true explanation of whatever
apathy exists in our nation regarding
our participation in the present war
is that multitudes do not believe that
it is Our war.
"They thinl and they say that we
have been drawn into the war to help
France, and to enable England and
Italy and Russia to triumph over
Germany and its allies. They say
that it is too much to ask of the
United States that we should help
rake Europe's chestnuts out of the
fire. w..
U. S. Vitally Interested.
"How short-sighted is all this. How
clearly it ought to be seen that no
nation is more vitality affected by the
issues of this war than the United
states; that no continent will be
more tremendously affected for all
the centuries ahead than the Aneri-
can continent. g .,....
Germany plans nothing less than
world domination. This domination
is to be on the German model. I'M
questioning obedience to an auto
cratic dynasty backed up by merci-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
Former Fovorites ot Brllhomt Russian Court
Are Sent to Sweden to Life of Erile ,
Bu NeU SlUv Government Order
MademoiseIIe virubova, Fascl
mating, and Quondam Conf
4 dante Of the Empress, Ac.
cused of Royal IntrigueS.
(By Associated Press.l

Petrograd, Sept 9.-The first eXiles
among the adherents of the old inn
perial regime today were sent under
a strong escort to the Swedish from
-ticr, where they will be released. .spt-.
Extraordinary precautions were
taken to guard the exiles and access
to the railroad station where they
boarded train was forbidden.
At the head of the party with a
Sister of Mercy was the famous Mile
Virubova, for twelve years the bos-
ON friend and confident of the former
empress and who has been called
"the female Rasputin of the revolu-
ton" With her were the intriguer,
Manseevich- Manuilov. and the Ash
attic Badmayeff, to whom the former
Emperor Nicholas gave diploma as
a Doctor of Tibetan medicine" in
recognition of his success in curing
all imaginable diseases of the cour-
tiers with a certain cordial.
Strikingly Handsome.
On the eve of her departure, Mile.
Virubova was interviewed by The AS
sociated Press in the presence of a
detective. She is strikingly hand
some, somewhat stout, blackhaired
woman, resembling the portraits of
Catherine the Great. She limps and
uses crutch as the result of rail-
road accident. There is car on her
forehead which she asserted was in
Aicted by the guards at the fortress
of St. Peter and St. Paul, from which
she was recently released.
Mile. Virubova, who is personally
fascinating, but apparently not a
clever woman, gave striking outline
of the last year of the court of En-
peror Nicholas, declaring that the
memoirs which she intends to write
will startle the world. ... ..+
my life story is this" she said.
II am the daughter Of M. Taneyeff, a
former secretary of the emperor. l
was married at 18 to a naval officer
who fought in the battle of Tsuhima.
He went mad and i then divorced
him. Afterward came Alix (thus Viru-
bova referred to the former empress).
After | came to know her ! was her
only friend and her champion against
the malice of the court.
Friendship Personal.
"Our friendship was purely per-
sonal. Untrue, therefore, are all the
stories of my vicious influence in poll
tics. The proof of this is that a CON-
mission of extraordinary inquiry in
stituted while | was a prisoner in the
fortress declared me wholly innocent,
"The originators of the unexampled
outcry against me were not the revo-
lutionaries, but the court aristocrats
and the grand dukes, especially Demi-
tri Paulovitch. These were jealous
of Alix's favor and for more than a
decade waged relentless war against
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
Find Lockiaw Germs in
CourtpIaster in Washington

Washington, Sept. 9.-Presence of
lockjaw germs in two out of thir-
teen samples of courtplaster pur-
chased in Washington, D. C., and
strong indications of the presence of
such germs in a single sample from
the Ohio state department of health,
have been found by the governments
hygienic laboratory.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10

Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan,
Sept. 9.-(Special Telegram.)-The
detailed organization of the COM
panies and regiments of the Eighty
ninth National army division are now
we'll under way. ,...-, -.
Company commanders are selecting
clerks, sergeants,i corporals, cooks
and other help. One Kansas company
has, a county attorney for first SER
geart, deputy county clerk as COM
pany clerk and hotel chef as a
cook. = -.t
The men will be fed on bacon at
approximately 40 cents a day. Very
good meals can be served at that
price because there is no overhead
expense attached to an army kitchen.
All the help is enlisted. The fuel
doesn't cost anything and the food is
bought in such large quantities that
it can be had cheap.
Each company usually supplements
its mess fund with a collection OF
some kind. sometimes an assess
ment ou the men or contribution
from some kind-hcarted patriot, and
then they receive a share of the
profits from the regimental ex-
change. -,
Ice Plant and Laundry. '5
The government is building all ice
plant here and refrigerating plant,
so that all meats and vegetables can
be stored. A laundry that will be
capable of washing the clothing for
$4,000 men is now under construc-
tion. All the material and machinery
is on the ground, and it is expected
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10

In the examination OF hfty-Seven
men last week the regular May panel
OF thirty-six was exhausted and twen-
ty-one were taken from special
venire OF seventy-fve. There are in
dications that the special venire will
be exhausted and another call will
have to be made for talesmen.
WIDE LATITUDE GIVEN.
The judge is allowing attorneys for
state and defense wide latitude in the
examination of N ,spective Jurors. In
some instances it requires an hour to
examine one person and in few in
stances the time is comparatively
short. Each side has exercised three
peremptory challenges and each side
has limit of seven more, which will
require several days at the least cal
culation. The attorneys are conf
dent that the beginning of testimony
will be well under way before week
end adjournment shall be taken.
Expect Capacity Crowds.
Montgomery county is or the qui
vive over the trial. The attendance
at court already has been large and
it is believed that as soon as a jury
has been selected and evidence start
ed the crowds will exceed the capac-
ity Of the court room.
Considerable interest has been
manifested in the confession said to
have been made by Rev. Lyn G. ].
Kelly ten days ago at the Logan jail.
Attorney w. E. Mitchell of Council
Bluffs, one of the lawyers for defense.
received from Attorney ]. ]. Hess of
s Council uffsyaSsisting state counsei.s
copy of the confession, as ordered
by the court Friday.
Was Anxious to Confess.
Attorney General Havner and At
torney Hess have reiterated their for
NAL statements, that the confession
was not made under any questionable
circumstances; that Kelly repeatedly
for two weeks indicated desire to
get the. matter off his SOUL" and,
finally. asked to see the attorney gen.
eral. They aver that before the con-
fession was actually made in legal
form Kelly was warned that whatever
he might say in such confession
would be used against him at the trial
and that he appeared to comprehend
the meaning of the warning.
Allege Third Degree Methods. %
On the other hand, the attorneys
for defense are as positive in their
statements that Kelly was frightened
into making the confession, which
they now discredit and intend to re-
sist. They even allege that third de-
gree methods were used. that charge
being denied by the state.
The alleged confession is one of
the most gruesome documents ever
written in criminal annals. Whether
truth or fiction, Kelly states in the
confession that on the night of the
AK murder he heard voice and saw
a shadow; that he followed the
shadow and did the bidding of the
voice which seemed to be spurring
him on to the terrible crime of slav-
ing eight sleeping victims. He said
he had been affected by sermon on
"Slay Utterly" he heard delivered by
Gypsy Smith and had been writing a
sermon on that text when the strange
voice commanded him to commit the
murders.
The state intends to summon repu-
table witnesses from Logan to sub
stantiate the claim that the confession
was obtained in a regular manner and
on the volition and free will of Kelly.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
Two Thousand Entertainers
To Amuse Men.in Draft Camps

Washington, Sept. 9-Chautauqua
and lyceum entertainments will be
provided at cost for every army camp
and cantonment within ten days,
lnder the newly organized Ridpath
activities commission, headed by
Harry p. Harrison of Chicago,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
British Capture
Position East of
Town of ViUeret
German Engineers Bridge Lower Aa River in Livonia
And Concentrate Forces Under Cavalry Cover;
Russians Retaliate Along the Pskov
Road; Chaume Wood Attack Fails.
Germany Is on Eue of Stating
Peace Terms, SAYS MichaeEs

London Sept 9.-Germany will shortly be able to pub
sh its peace terms, according Dr. Georg Mchaels the
German chancellor. DR.. Mchaes in interview said he
had so informed the Rechsag main committee, Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today states
The committee said Dr. Michaes in the interview,
had tried to make final arrangements regarding
dons and the question of but decision
has yet been taken The question: however, eagerly
discussed and Germany will be able to publish its peace
terms"
WILL BE GIVEN MONDAY.
Copenhagen, Sept 9-The committee of seven members
Rechstag and members Of the Bundesrath ap
pointed draw up Pope Benedcts peace note
will Monday afternoon and the reply will probably
be drafted then, says Berlin dispatch today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
KELLY TRIAL TO Be RESUMED
TODAY; ALLEGED CONFESSION
GIVEN TO DEFENSE LAWYERS
Judge Boies Allows Considerable Latitude in Questioning
Jurors; State Asserts 1t Can Prove the Confes-
sion Was Given Without Duress; De-
fense Alleges Third Degree
By EDWARD BLACK,
Staff Correspondent for The B

Staff Correspondent for The
Red Oak, Ia, Sept 9.-(Special Teegram.)-T work
Of mpanelng jury in the Vlisca murder will be
sumed tomorrow when Judge Boies will
ad journment Friday afternoon. II
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
tBy Associated Press.)


Paris, Sept. 9-Violent counter attacks made last
night by the Germans the positions taken yesterday
French troops in the Verdun region.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
The Weather
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.

Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature. e........,......,.6 6s
Deficiency for the day. 5
Total deficiency since March 1..,... 2Ol
Normal precipitation. .......... II inch
Deficiency for the day. .....,... IA inch
Total rainfall since March H.. 20. .Oe inches
Deficiency since March h.. 2.79 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916 20 inches
Deficiency for cor period, 1915. .16 inch
T indicates trace OF precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Meteorological.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-10
KILL 1000 GERMANS AT ONE TRENCH;
KAISER SOON TO STATE PEACE TERMS

Of
f@nner
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The Press., 1917-05-31
HOLLAND.

Rev. and Mrs. N. B. Cook art spending the week in Boston
 trhe Red Cross will meet to sew Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Samuel Simpson.
 The Boys' club had an exhibition Saturday afternoon and evening oi the wood work they have been mak. ing during the winter. The work was very meritorious and showed earnest work on the part of the boys. A good many of the articles were sold to the friends of the club.
 ,, ,qt Union memorial services were held in the Congregational church Sunday morning Twenty-six of the veterans and sons of veterans came over from Rockville to assist in the services. There were four of the Civil war veterans that braved the storm and came with the boys. They all went to- the cemeteries and put potted plants on the graves of the soldiers. Rev. B. F. Case, pastor of the Congre. gational church, assisted by Rev. N. B.. Cook, pastor of the Lee M. E. church, conducted the services at the church. After. very fitting sermon by Rev. MT. Case and music by the choir the services were adjourned to the green where services were given in honor of the unknown dead. Rev. N. B. Cook spoke appropriately at that service. Refreshments were served the visitors by the ladies.
The Press., 1917-05-31
Paul Bugbee has gone to Hartford

\ Paul Bugbee has gone to Hartford to work.
 Edward Dewolf has purchased new Overland touring car.
 Relatives who attended the funeral of F. W. Pratt from out of town were his two sons. Robert of Willimantic, and Harold and wife of Providence, R. L. Mrs. Merriok J. Pratt and son, Howard of Providence, R l., Bert Graves and nephew of Hartford, and Mrs. Emma Johnson of Willimantic.
 South Wilmington. @
 Stated communication of Uriel lodge Saturday evening. E A. degree.
 Quite a number of the people of this town went to Stafford last Sun day to see the ruins of the big fire.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Colburn and MT. and Mrs. Walter Colburn visited Mrs. Thomas Lewis of Andover last Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Louis Whiting and daughter, Helen, of Meriden are visiting with MT. and Mrs. Louis D imook. 2
 Edward Jones, brother of R. T. Jones, who has recently returned from China, visited with MT. and Mrs. R. T. Jones last Sunday. -
 Last Tuesday morning a daughter, Jessie Eva, was born to MT. and Mrs. Wm. Davis of Wilmington Hill. Both mother and child are doing we'll.
 John Richardson, Jr., and Miss Eva Taylor were united in marriage last Saturday afternoon by the Rev, Chas. A. Parker at the parsonage.
 Walter Matha of Hartford and Miss Annie Weigold were united in marriage last Saturday afternoon by. the Rev. Chas. A. Parker at the parsonage. +..,r.
 Thomas Denman went to New York last Friday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Alice Westerfield, who has been seriously i'll. Her many friends here all join in wishing her a speedy recovery.
 While no announcement was given out at the preaching service last Sun. day it is expected that the Rev. Earl W. Darrow of West Hartford will ex- change pulpits with the Rev. Chas. A. Parker next Sunday.
 Miss Agnes Kelley, teacher of the primary classes, has gone to Baltimore to attend the ordination of her brother, who is to enter the priesthood. She will be gone all this week. Miss Bernice Mack of Rockville, will sub- stitute until her return.
 Elmer Maofarlane and Miss Margaret Weigold were united in marriage by the Rev. Chas. A. Parker last Sun-
The Press., 1917-05-31
ELLINGTON.
Crystal Lake.

; Mrs. Lena Webster, who went tc the Hartford hospital last week, is reported as doing we'll.
 Mrs. J. R. DoWnes, sister of Clarence Newell, was in Hartford Saturday and attended the funeral of Mrs. Clarence Newell.
 Mrs. E. A. Ludwig and sons, Harris and Norman, of Manchester, are spending the first of the week. and over Memorial day with her parents, MT. and Mrs. A. U. Charter.
 The usual Memorial day services were held Sunday at the church with a good attendance. The graves of the departed soldiers at the Center yard were appropriately decorated.
 Mrs. Clarence Newell died in Hart ford last Thursday night very sudden ly of heart trouble. Clarence Newell
The Press., 1917-05-31

at Springfield. There were about 80 persons present at the meeting and enough was subscribed to practically assure the placing of a Farm Loan bank for the people located in the vicinity of Willimantic. The meeting showed a demand for about $45, 900,
 and it was believed that within a month this amount would be raised to at least $10O,OOO. The arrange. ments for the loan are such that the farmer pays 3 per cent. on the money
 which he needs, per cent of which
 is used to pay off the principal; so that the farmer virtually receives the money at per cent rate. This is secured by a first mortgage on the farm real estate. The charter members of the Federal Farm Loan association of eastern Connecticut were: Vernon J. Smith, Hadlyme; Chas 0. Davis,
 Brooklyn; Wm. s. Brown. Central Village; Fred W. Bates, Stafford Springs; John P Lewis, Putnam i; Michael Pynda, Colchester; John Allyn, Windham; Warren N. Allen, Norwich; Walter Sutton, Norwich; John ". Hnizdo, Willimantio; W. F. Spokesfield, Willimantio; Alexander O. Thompson, Westerly, R. l.; A. W. Hiding, Amston; O. L. Ransom, Ponfret Center; Guy Hedlund, Had. lyme; J. R Blissell, Willimantio;, John Timmis, Hop River. The fol
 lowing directors were elected for Holland county: A. W. Hiding and J. T. Timmis; for New London county, Guy Hedlund and Walter Sutton; for Windham county, Wm. s. Brown and O. L. Ransom. MT. Brown was elected president, Mir. Hedlund, vioe-president; Mir. Ran son.. secretary and treasurer. John E. Clifford, the county agent of Holland county, located in the Prescott block, Rockville, is desirous of getting into communication with any who are in the Farmers Loan associ- ation,
The Press., 1917-05-31
Goldfish Mill Eat Anxthinn

The cod has the reputation of being as omnivOrOuS aS the goat. whose np petite for posters and old tin cans i> the subject of frequent ieSts The va ried nature of what the cod swallows is not more remarkable than the enOr nous quantity. According to writer in the Scotsman. such articles as Sil yer brooches, clasp knives, books and rubber balls have been found in its stomach. One fisherman of Aberdeen has stone that weighs more than a pound taken from a cod that had swal lowed it for the sea AnemOnes with which it was covered. The same fish erman has also found specimens of al most all the stalk eyed crustaceanS that frequent the northeast coast of Scotland and of every kind of fish that a cod can master, including Its own young Cod have been known to Swal low cartridges. guilIemOts and hares.
The Press., 1917-05-31

day. Louis Emmerich of Patterson, N.J., was best man and Miss Dorothy Macfarlane, sister of the groom, was bridemaid. Tue gift to the bride maid was a pendant and to the best man a diamond stick pin. The bride wore blue silk taffeta dress trimmed with georgette crepe and carried 8 bouquet of sweet peas. The bride. maid wore blue silk taffeta dress and carried bouquet of sweet peas. Tie best man was nephew of the bride. Coincident of the wedding was the fact that the day was the birthday of both the bride and groom. After the wedding they startel on an auto trip to Patterson, N. J., where they will visit with 3 sister of the bride, Mrs. Andrew Deutsoll.
The Press., 1917-05-31
UNION.

Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange next Wednesday evening.
 Foster Gage of Westfield was a week end guest of his son, Charles Gage.
 A. c. Barrows of Providence has been spending few days with R. O. Barrows.
 Fred V. Horsman, who has been in Bellevue hospital, New. York city, returned home Monday night and is making an excellent recovery from his operation. @ A thunder shower passed over here Monday evening. The cold rain of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday was discouraging to planters. Moisture was welcome, but the low temperature 'retards all crops except small grains and grass. The season is at least two or three weeks behind normal. Our town has been saddened by the many recent burials of friends and former residents. Mrs. Milton H.
 
 Kinney who, in about year, followed her husband to the great beyond will be sadly missed by many friends. Both MT. and Mrs. Kinney had by many years of residence here very closely identified themselves with the best interests of the town, and when failing health compelled them to leave their old home, we still felt that they belonged to and were part of Union. Lyman Moore, too, was soon followed by his sister, Lucy, both old friends and neighbors of MT. and Mrs. Kinney. Mrs. David P. Corbin was laid at rest in the East cemetery last Saturday. Although a resident of Hartford she was we'll known here and held the respect and affection of large circle of friends.
The Press., 1917-05-31
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, MAY s1, 1917.
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN. PUBLISHER

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The Press., 1917-05-31
MANSFIELD. Mansfield DepOt,

AAS4AS44S4NA SSOPVSS
 Mrs. Lottie Easterbrooks of Willi mantic is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Peter Garvey. . .. ... r Rev. and Mrs. Klien entertained | their nephew, MT. Blackman, of Bos. ton and their niece and husband oi Middletown, on Saturday. '1A'M Miss Anna E. Hall of Boston was 8 guest of her mother, Mrs. CIV. Sted- man, over Sunday, returning Monday morning to her duties in Boston. Mrs. Thompson, housekeeper for Mrs. Wm. Corbitt, has gone to Boston for a two-weeks' vacation and Mrs. Reynolds of Mansfield Four Corners is taking her place for the. two weeks.
 a The pine grove at Spring Manor, the. property of the late CHI. Rey- holds, has steam sawmill there to cut the beautiful pine trees. Many pionics have been held there in years gone by and c. H. Reynolds built 8 pretty bungalow there for the city people=to live in during the summer months. #s- ..-. a. .i- &''# @@ Gurleyville. ..
 Mrs. H. E. Simonds is spending several days with relatives in Willi- mantle. -
 Misses Ethel Simonds, Elisa and Helena Sanger spent the week -end with relatives and friends in Willi. mantle. ....-
 Elijah Simonds, formerly of Mans- field, but for many years resident of Oxford, Mass, died last Saturday at his late home, The body was brought to Gurleyville and buried in the Riverside cemetery Tuesday afternoon at ? o'clock.
The Press., 1917-05-31
WELLINGTON.

Mrs. Robert Pratt is gaining after an attack of diphtheria.
 Bert Ruby has moved his sawmill on the W. O. Eldredge lot.
 Rev. Earl ". Darrow will exchange pulpits with Rev. Charles A. Parker next Sunday.
 Nellie Carpenter was granted a divorce on the grounds of desertion from James Carpenter last week. The couple formerly were residents of Wilmington.
 West Willington.
 Arthur Joslyn has accepted a posi- tion in the E. J. Todd Rubber Tire Co.'s salesroom,
The Press., 1917-05-31

formerly lived at Crystal Lake and is we'll known here. The death of his wife seems doubly sad as they were only married about six weeks ago. Mrs. Newell leaves besides her hus band one son and two daughters by former marriage. The funeral ser vices were held Saturday at 2 p. m. !, from the home and was largely at- tended. Burial was in Cedar Hill cemetery. There were many beauti- full floral tributes.
The Press., 1917-05-31
Danuerous Snort,

First Lady (reading a newspaper This golf seems to be a very danger ous game. Did you see what happen ed to man named Taylor? He went into bunker and was in two wher he came out
 Second Tady-How dreadful!
 Yes, here are the words, Taylor getting out in two; Braid secured g half"
 "WelI, Tommy?"
 Does it say what happened to the other half?"
 'No, but there was worse to follow According to the report, Taylor then fell completely to pieces "-Exchange