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Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-20
TOTAL OF 1o,500 NUMBERS
TO Be DRAWN IN SELECTING
RECRUITS FOR FIRST DRAFT
Errors in Procedure of Local Boards Causes Abandonment
of Entire Elaborate Drawing Plan Prepared by
Provost Marshal; Ten Hours Will be
Required to Complete Task.
BULLETIN.

Washington, July l9-Nne thirty o'clock tomorrow morn
in committee of the office building has been
fixed the time and place for the army drawing This
s 80 Omaha time.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-20
The Weather.

For Nebraska-Fair.
Temperatures at 0mahs, Yesterday
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-20
Reports From Stations at 7P. N.

t" indicates trace OF precipitation.
L. A. WELSH. Neteoroiogist.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-20

Temperature and precipitation departures
from normal at Omaha yesterday:
Normal temperature. e..................,. II
Total deficiency since March 1......... .2S6
Normal precipitation. ....,....... lis inch
Deficiency for the day.......... .15 inch
Total rainfall since March I. lis. 70 inches
Deficiency since March 1....... .gS inch
Deficiency for cor. period 1916. 7.01 inches
Excess for cor. period, 1915. OF inch
Rannrts Erox,, ste tiopu NJ = ID ~ -4
Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-20

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
GOES TO GLOUCESTER IN
PATTERSON TAX CASE

Executive Assistant o. l.. Shewmake
of the State Tax Board. went to Glou
cester County last night to appear in
the case today of the Commonwealth
against w. F. Patterson. in which
Patterson Is appealing from the as
seHsment made on his Intangible
properties by Examiner OF Records
J. II. Tabb, OF Gloucester.
The main development in the case
will be the decision as to whether
Patterson Is a resident OF Virginia or
Pennsylvania. He claims that Pitts
burg Is his residence although he has
maintained residence in Gloucester
for number Of years. and occupied
il with his family. He has not paid
any taxes in the State. and it is said
that for 1915 he paid only 81 in
taxes in Pittsburg.
Examiner of Records Tabb assessed
Patterson with 100000 on intangibles
for 1916. from which assessment an
appeal was made A like assessment
was made for the last five years, but
only the last one was contested. the
outcome of which will decide the
others.
Mr.. shewmake and c. S Smith Com
monwealth'B attorney for Gloucester
Will represent the State in the proceed
Ings Patterson will have an array
of legal talent in the persons of J. M
Stubbs, of Gloucester. Henry Lewis.
of West Point. Boyd Sears. Common
weaiths attorney for Mathews County,
and ]. h Orr. OF Pittsburg. Mr.. Pat
terson Ia reputed to be a man of con
siderable wealth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
HEAVY YEARS WORK
AHEAD OF UNCLE SAM
Mexico, War and Inauguration Among
Immediately Pressing Mat
ters on Card.

Washington, Jan. 1.-Uncle Sam
greeted the new year today confront
ing crowded desk and work enough
for several years before him. From
the President and the supreme Court
down to the smallest Federal Official,
the agents o. the national govern
ment will be rushed with business
during 1917.
Within three months Uncle Sam
must wind up the affairs Of the pres
ent administration and the present
Congress, reinaugurate Woodrow VIII
son as President and start fresh
four years of Democratic control in
national affairs. At home and abroad
the affairs of Americas one hundred
million people will demand arduous
attention.
Work for the end of the European
war and preparations for peace will
make up a large part of the years
program. Tho Presidents peace nego-
uations and the disputes with Euro
pean nations growing out OF war con-
ditions will demand the attention OF
the President and his diplomatic ad-
vtsers, The whole governmental ma
chinery will be put IN motion to place
the domestic affairs of the United
States in order to meet the changed
conditions which European peace will
bring.
The Supreme Court with a crowd
ed calendar will begin work tomor-
row with the test of the Adamson
eight hour day law demanding atten-
ton at once. A score of important
antitrust suits will he decided be-
fore the court adjourns next June.
Congress begins the year confronted
with a program which threatens to
force an extra session of the new
Congress Immediately after March 4.
Legislation to meet the threatened
crisis in the controversy between the
railroads and their employees, nation
wide prohibition and woman suffrage.
demands for new revenues for the
treasury, and mass of minor mat
tiers and routine legislation must be
considered. Congressional leaders de-
SPAR of completing their program be-
fore March A.
Congress must also take cognizance
OF the demand for an investigation of
tina leaks MhiCh- led to the "peace
panic" in Wall Street Even though
the leaders decide against a probe,
lengthy discussion of the charges
against government officials Is GER
tain.
Congress will resume it's work to-
morrow, and with all of the other
departments the government will get
down to business with rush.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
TO ORGANIZE army
OF THRIFT WORKERS
Every school Child In the United
States VIII Be Asked
to Join.

New York, Jan. Every schooi
child in the United States Will De
asked to joint an army OF thrl1t
workers" under the guidance OF the
National Education Association ana
the American Society for Thrift, ac-
cording to announcement today.
Each county superintendent in the
United States the announcement
said. lis today receiving an urgent
request from the National Education
Association asking him to assume the
leadership and perfect the organiza-
ton in his county.
Every child in the United States
will be permitted not only to compete
for the cash prizes. aggregating more
than $1,000. which are being offered
for thrift essays, but the winner In
each county will be given special
medal and will be invited to appear
on the program of the county insti-
tute and read his prize-winning es-
say"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
|BAck TO WllDS Where
WOMAN IS RESPECTED

New York. Jan. DIR. Leonard y
susden' war surgeon. hunter. whalsr
and all-around soldier of fortune. vas
preparing today to return to Alaska
back where they treat women with
some respect. where people don't rush
1or the mere sake of rushing. and
where there aren't so many Contracts.
Dr. sugden was ships surgeon IL
the Russo Japanese war. and has set
foot in most of the ports Of the seven
seas, but no New York for him. ne
has just spent the holidays here
I'm cured he said. I'm going
back to Alaska. Why, the Yukon
stampede never had anything on the
New York subway. And the way New
york treats its women! why. in the
Far North. where life Is supposed to
be rough, no painted lady ever was
handled so roughly as the women in
New York cars and subways.
The law of the wild things ever
respects the female-New York civ
ilization doesn't"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
A Junk Fund.

In order to get money for Red
Cross work, the Canadian women have
started n collection OF all the old pa
per. bottles, rags, rubber and all the
materials that are SO we'll summed
up by the word junk. or course, all
the children were enlisted In the
work. Every hause, every long I'M
molested attic. vacant lots and a
thousand and one other places yielded
up their quota of junk.
place became necessary to store
it in. The city of Toronto's harbor
commission offered a warehouse. and
here today a dozen women are al
most constantly engaged sorting and
packing the collected matter. In the
first month, from this new and as yet
not fully learned business, the women
cleared sl,619, and figures to date
show that they have started bust
ness that now looks likely to return
s25. 600 a year without the investment
OF a cent OF capital. and which re-
quired only organization and hard
work.
Such women are deserving of the
vote. and II is easily understood why
the provinces of Saskatchewan. AL
berta. Manitoba and British Columbia
enfranchised their women.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
BREWERY FAILS.
Official OF Company Files VoIuntar.
Petition of bankruptcy,

Official OF Company Files Voluntary
Petition of Bankruptcy.
st. Louis. Mo. Jan. IA volun-
tary petition in bankruptcy was filed
by the Forest Park Brewing Company
in the United States District Court
The schedule filed by Edward wag-
ner. Jr, secretary-treasurer. shows
the liabilities to be s2e0.457 and the
assets s241.352, The chief assets are
represented by tools and machinery
at the plant, $3.50 Forest Park Bouie-
ward, which are valued at s45. 600.
There is due on open accounts So
29550. The total bank deposit Is
sl4013.
The principal liability ia a first
mortgage for 100000. held by the
German Savings Institution. This
amount is represented In bonds of
which the German Savings Institution
holds s19s.500; Emma Koopman, 1922
Wyoming Street. $1,000. and Julian
Simon. $500. Secured claims against
the brewery are listed at s2oe, 400, and
unsecured. s42,967s7.
The Forest Park ia the third local
brewery to close. The Mutual Brew
cry. Forest Park Boulevard and Boyle
Avenue, was closed November IA by
order of Referee Coles and on Del
cember the Excelsior Brewery, 5
South Seventeenth Street, a pioneer ST.
Louis brewery, announced it's closing
on January /, In anticipation of the
effects OF the prohibition movement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
SOCIETY IS SHAKEN BY
WHISPERS OF ARRESTS
Prominent Man OF Philadelphia BE-
lieyed To Have Murdered Mrs.
Grace Roberts.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. IA sensa-
tional turn to their investigation of
the brutal murder of the woman
known as Mrs. Grace Roberts, the
beautiful artists model. found dead In
her apartments at the Wilton Saturday
night, is predicted by detectives.
The nature of this new development
was not disclosed by the police further
than that the net of circumstantial
evidence is closing about a man we'll
known both in this city and New York.
Information in the possession of the
detectives points to prominent Phiia :
delphia reformer and official as one of
the brilliant coterie of friends with
which the Onyx Girl surrounded
herself
Already the first sinister whisper
of possible arrests has shaken Phila-
delphia society to its depths The
report that a number of photographs
of Philadelphia and New York club
men were found in the room where
the twenty year-old victim lay was
confirmed today.
Detectives have gone to Milford,
Della. to bring back Miss Roberts
colored maid. Eleanor. who is expect
ed to shed light on the identity OF
many of her mistress visitors
ton Apartments. a small but preten-
tious building, among her admirers
was Il man known to the employees
only as Bulldog a title they them
selves bestowed on him. The Bull
dog" until several weeks ago, was a
frequent caller at the models apart
ments,
According to Richard Benjamin. the
janitor. he was d man of aggressive,
powerful physique. stocky and pug
nacious. He always drove up 20 the
wilton in large seven-passenger
touring car and whistled up at the
window before entering the place.
II shade was thrown up from the
Roberts window. he would enter.
Otherwise he would drive away at top
speed. The Bulldog" in the opinion
Of the investi gators, is none other than
prominent social reformer whose
activities in reform lines have greatly
interested Philadelphia.
A mysterious stranger. said to be a
wealthy contractor from another city,
was brought to the detective bureau at
o'clock this afternoon. but released
at s. His connection with the case
couldn't be learned. Immediately after
his release he was spirited away in a
taxicab by friends.
That man of high intelligence
committed the crime is the convictions
Of the police. All the finger prints
found on the bloodstained blue silk
pajamas in which Mrs. Roberts life
less body was clothed and on the walls
and furniture had been blurred so as
to make recognition impossible.
Among the models effects were
found Chicago timetable. which gave
hat 4
womans out-of-town visitors might
have been her assailant. This theory
was strengthened by a girl friend who
reported that Mrs. Roberts had ex
pressed fear of a visit from n Chi
cago mau.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02

occasionally went TO the Bermudas
during the winter.
In the Pi1rini home the most costly
furnishings are found. He also had
several automobiles. and kept a corps
of servants. japanese cooks. French
and German governcsses for his chill
dren. and lived in tife most regal man
ner.
II was stated I'm an afternoon paper
yesterday that Mr.. rizzini formerly oc-
cupied a country home about mile
from the Country Club. Louis w.
Pizzini. the owner and occupant of
this residence. stated last night that
William r. Pi1sini, the missing man,
had not owned the place. and that he,
Louis w. Pizzini. was it's owner, and
now living In IL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02

Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 1.-THE Tour
lists. acting on a motion adopted at a
meeting. will send formal protest to
Pittsburg publishers against the ad-
vertising OF liquor interests in local
newspapers. The action was taken
following a short talk on Temperance
by Mrs. Mary J, Cowley and the
reading Of liquor advertise ment
which appeared in n Pittshurg publi-
cation. The Gazette Times and
Chronicle Telegraph were commended
for the refusal OF such advertising
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
VILLA HENS MURGU|A
IN CHIHUAHUA CITY
Carran1a General Caught Like Rat
in Trap-JuarcZ i'm State
of Panic.
BY l.. Y. BROCKER.
b STAFF Correspondent International
Gaf~x@t.Aa

News NpFNtte-
FL Paso. Jan t-tieneral Murguia
is caught like a rat in trap in chi
huahua City, and fighting which has
been In progress all day around the
capital has been the result of his
efforts tc e1acuatc the town. He ia
hemmed in on all sides. however. and
the opinion among military experts
in Fl Paso is that villa can retake
the town at any moment he desires.
Coincident with the desperate sit
uation of the Carranzistas in Chi
huahua city, Juarcz is In a state Of
panic and it is freely predicted that
villa will attack the sister town of
FL paso within ten days. 1t is also
predicted that when he does, the
army of the boy scouts" as Muir
guia's force there is derisively called,
will desert in q body and the bandit
leader will take the city without the
necessity Of firing single shot.
The garrison at Juarez is made up
in the main of boys from eleven to
fourteen years of age. and they have
been deserving by the wholesale, 1t
is reported from apparently we'll au-
thenticated sources that General
Manuel Ochoa. who was associated
with Tamez at villa Ahumada. has
been designated by villa to take
Juarez and act as its Governor.
The railway to the south Of China
hua city is held by VilHstas. The
: A4--s-tee- AeFt b ~ a&tern- Railway IL Work
ing hut 2.000 legalistas at villa
shumada. under Generals Tamoz and
tlshoa, are under orders to intercept
Murguia If he attempts to flee from
4 Chihuahua City.
t Authentic reports tonight tell OF n
decisixe defeat suffered by Car
| rapzistas at Chonchos and at Rusta-
mente. on the Southern outskirts OF
/ chihuahua City. between Jiminez and
Santa Rosalia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
NO DANGER OF ANOTHER
GERMAN U-BOAT CRISIS

Washington, Jan. There is no
danger of another submarine crisis be-
tween Germany and the United States.
and no basis for rumors that Germany
will renew Its campaign of destructive
ness with undersea craft. the German
embassy announced tonight.
The embassy authorized the state.
ment that negotiations with the State
Department, growing out of the sink
ing OF various American ships by sub
marines, were proceeding smoothly
and that no incidents have been inject
ed into the controversy to warrant the
suggestion that the issue has been
brought to u critical stage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
6IFTY-FOUR LYNCHINGS
IN COUNTRY LAST YEAR

Tuskagee, Ala, Jan. Fifty four
persons were lynched In the United
States during 1915. according to rec
ords OF Tuskagee Institute here
made public today Fifty of the
victims were negroes and four white
persons and included in the record
are three negro women. Sixty seven
persons were lynched IN 1915, thirteen
Of whom were. white. men. ........-....
Lynchings occurred in the follow
Ing states: Alabama, ! . Arkansas, 4
Florida. s. Georgia, IA: Kansas Il:
Kentucky, 2; Louisiana, 2: Mississi ppi.
/; Missouri T. North Carolina. !:
Oklahoma. &: South Carolina. 2. Ten
nessee. 3: Texas, ..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
HEARTS ARE GR|PPEO BY |
WONDERFUL PORTRAYAlS
Mime. Bcrnhardt, i'm Farewell Here,
Serves Her Country Well.
Spirit Still Young.

Madape Bernhardt's final lines as
Mare Bertrand, a soldier of France,
dying on the battlefield:
This Is the elysium of victory.
Here liz victory All in white. Open
thy wings, victory. Wide. wide open.
Carry me off on thy wings toward
the luminous empire. The password
TO eater here is: To the bitter end.
Long live France. Viye la France"
Madame Sarah Bernhardt seventy
one years of age. presented last night
at the Academy one-act play or
the great war. written by French
soldier at the front. depicting the he
rofsm of a combatant in the agony
Of death. This playlet WIS but
single feature of a program OF re-
markable interest. yet had it been
the only offering. II alone would have
been sufficient to more than satisfy
the audience that greeted her. And
when on the reading OF the lines
quoted above she sank back and the
tri-color of France fell across her
death stilled form. she had served her
country well. Not an onlooker in all
the packed house. ii Is safe to say
but whose throat frightened with emo
ton; but whose heart was gTipped
10y the remarkable portrayal; but VINO
felt q throb of sympathy and was
drawn into closer understanding with
the stricken land of Bernhard.
Seventy-one years of age. 1t sur
passes belief In her performances or
The Death of Cleopatra" not even
positive knowledge of the fact can
cause the onlooker to realize that this
marvelously attractive woman IL old.
Nor Is she old, for her indomitable
spirit is young. and In spite of years,
in spite of affiction. her remarkable
art is only a visible expression of
soul superior to the whitening blight
of time.
In the last act OF Camille" familiar
to many who saw her performance
during her former American tour. her
artistry still possesses that poignant
quality which has made her loved
throughout the world of dramatic APP
probation.
If there were those who anticipated
disappointment knowing the obstacles
under which Madame Bernhard
would appear, they were agreeably
surprised. 1t is needless to say that
every adjunct to her performance Iras
carefully and capably arranged. AS
for the tongue In which she speaks
an understanding of this is unessen-
tial since the expression, the art OF
her performance, is sufficient to tell
tho story even though no words might
have been spoken.
Unauestionably Madame Bern
hardt's name will be recorded in his
tory as the worlds most impressive
figure in dramatic art. Those who
witnessed her final performance are
to be congratulated. s. l.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
AGE LIMIT NOW ii YEARS.
New Labor Law Puts 2,40O Children
Ont OF Textile Mills

Columbia, S. c.. Jan. 1.-THE new
South Carolina child labor law pro-
hibiting the employment Of children
under fourteen years of age in the tex
tile establishments of the State became
effective today and automatically
about 2,400 children ceased 10 be en-
ployed in the cotton mills of the State,
according to figures furnished by the
State Department OF Agriculture. The
old law made the minimum age limit
for employment twelve years
Textile manufacturers have been
preparing to meet the new law They
have gradually been curtailing the
labor OF children In their mills until
the first of this year there was an APP
proximated decrease of 900 as COM
pared with August /. 1915.
Enforcement OF the law is in the
hands OF the Department of Agricul-
lures factory inspectors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
.GRANQ JURY ACTION
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fieyed will be affected by his alleged
slefalcations. as some Of them carry
notes from $4,000 upwards to $50 600.
IL WAS also stated yesterday that the
American National Bank holds a note
by Pizzini for $4,000, and endorsed
by his mother. Mrs Annie Pizzini. Mrs.
pixzini yesterday notified the bank Of
ficials. il is understood. that she had
not signed her name TO any such
paper This matter Will be brought TO
the attention of the grand Jury
Interest is also shown in the state
nent given TO W. =. Suchols few
days age by the missing man. in which
he gave the names OF persons to whom
lie had made loans these being In
vestments OF Nuchols' funds. 1t has
been shown that very few OF the
names appear in the city directory.
Yesterday many clients OF the concern
Hooked 10 the Offices, in an effort TO
collect some of the funds due them
hut they were told that the whole
matter was in the hands OF the court
Had $500 In Gold Notes.
Just before leaving the city last
Thursdays Mr. Pizzini drew, IT is said,
abou, $500 from several banks in the
city. ali OF it being in gold notes His
departure from the city was unan-
sSnounced. not even his Office or mem
| bess Of his family knowing anything
n his Intention. Nuchols had been in
the city several days before his
tPixxini'sl departure. and had asked
for an accounting Of his Investments
IL appears that after Pizzini delivered
the pa peFs TO him he Immediately left
The city.
II was stated yesterday on good au-
thorfty that Mr.. Pizzini did not play
the stock market; certainly not In
Richmond. II he did take a fier dur
ing the recently high marks made on
the exchange, he did so through New
York brokers. but nothing is known
Ut IL.
". Mr.. Pixxinfs. misfortune is attrihut-
ed 10 his expensive mode OF living. II
~ said He maintained q palatial resi-
aAacs at Byrd Park with a membership
~ fke Commonwealth Club. the Coun-
~ Club and Also hunting lodge. He
np<Dk his summer with his family at
eAke Placid in the Adirondscks. and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
TO CARRY GOLD SHIPMENT
Steamer Saga to Take $4,000, 900 to
South America.

New York. Jan. 1.-The steamship
Saga, a new ship completed shortly
before the war for the London Goth
enburg turist service. and now owned
by the Commercial Southern Ameri-
can Company. will carry a portion OF
the s25.o00.000 in gold due South
American republics from American
bankers.
The Saga will leave here January
8 and will proceed with her cargo,
said today to be at least $4,000, 900,
to Rio Janeiro. arriving before Feb
ruary Is. the stipulated date of it's
delivery.
This gold was originally to have
been shipped on the Voltaire, Of the
Lamport and Holt line, but owing to
the non-arrival OF that vessel another
ship had to be found by American
bankers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-02
ARREST MAN THOUGHT
BURNED IN HOME

Summit Texas. Jan. 1.-Althougt
what were thought to have been his
charred bones have been buried. j.
A. Morgan has been indicted here for
arson In connection with the burning
OF his home near Spring Lake, No
cember 6. Morgan was arrested In
Sweetwater and brought to simmitf.
Morgan's wife, also indicted, was ar
rested here.
The bones found In the ruins of the
Morgan home were exhumed in an In
vestigation by an insurance company
and physicians found they belonged
to a lower animal.