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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Say Call is Imminent
For Fourth Nebraska Guard

Assembly of the Fourth Nebraska
National Guard at Fort Crook, orders
for which have been expected at any
time, is now believed to be imminent
Adjutant General Hall and a rail-
road man looked over trackage at the
fort Monday. Twenty carloads of
equipment have been sent there from
the Lincoln arsenal.
General Hall announced from Lin
coin Monday night that the Fifth
regiment, not yet in federal service,
had been ordered to be ready for fed
eral call by Saturday. This is be-
lieved to be preliminary to the Fourth
regiment assembly at Fort Crook, its
guard duty in the state to be taken
over by the Fifth.
Colonel Baehr of the Fourth says
he does not expect the assembly of
his regiment to be ordered at Fort
Crook until congress takes final ac-
ton on pending bills this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Men from Twenty States
At Pensioners MEETING

One hundred and fifty me. ers :,
the Union Pacific Mutual Pensioners
association, coming from twenty
states of the west ahG central west
met in annual convention IN the head.
quarters building.
/. The pensioners were welcomed by
President Calvin Of the Union Pacific
road, and the response was by An
drew Trcynor. The report of the Sec
rotary showed sixty-four new mem
bers and thirty-two deaths during the
last year. Greetings were received
from the Pensioners association Of
the, Southern Pacific road.
Andrew Treynor was reelected
president and J. w. Maynard, secre-
tary. At noon the pensioners were
guests of the railroad company at a
luncheon at the Hotel Loyal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Mrs. "Bob" Evans Wants
Kits Made for Sailors

A letter has just been received from
Mrs. Robert Evans, wife OF the late
Rear Admiral Evans, better known
as Fighting Bob Evans" by Mrs.
Guy Purdy Of this city, urging that
the women of the middle west make
comfort kits for the sailors as we'll
as for the soldiers.
Mrs. Evans, who is now with her
son, a naval officer in Newport, r.
l., is enthusiastic over the work be-
ing done in the east by the Navy
league, of which she is a charter
member.
"The sailors are so exposed while
laying mines, picketing and while or
duty in small boats that they need
many warm garments which are not
furnished by the government" said
Mrs. Evans "..-
The comfort committee, whose
headquarters is in Washington, D. c.,
advise that the kits be filled with a
pair of gray wooden mittens. blue
wooden muff1er and sleeveless jacket
OF gray wool,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
City Council Receives w
Annexation Ordinances

City council received ordinances
providing for annexation Of Florence
and Benson into Greater Omaha ter
ritory, according to recent Legislative
enactment.
These suburbs will become in fact
Greater Omaha before June |. The
first map showing Greater Omaha,
as it will appear with Benson and
Florence annexed, appeared exclu-
sively in The Bee last Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Cider to Be Served at
Kinq AXIS Den This Year

When s o'clock Monday night
brought doom to liquor business in
Nebraska, the members of the board
of governors OF Ak-Sar-Ben were in
session at the Omaha club deciding
what to serve at Ak-Sar- Ben den this
year to take the place of the beer
given to the guests there for over
twenty years. They soon reached
the decision. The drinks are to be
buttermilk, coffee, lemonade and
cider. Gus Renee, artifcer of the den,
is constructing a cider mill in the
den which will be grinding out cider
from fresh apples at the very moment
the candidates are being initiated
every Monday evening throughout
the summer and fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
POWELL HAS SCHEME
TO SAVE COAL BILL
WANTS THANKS OF PUBLIC
Works Out Community Heating
Plant Scheme to Burn Half
the Coal. WI
HE INTERESTS A WRITER
By A. R. GRoH.

Doane Powell, kreator of klever
kartoons, came in yesterday morning
and, after telling me that the coal sit
uation is grave. whispered that he has
scheme t. save coal.
He took a newspaper, an ordinary
newspaper, and began making little
sketch on the margin with a pencil
about three inches long or maybe
three and half.
First he drew square. Then he
made five little squares along one side
Of this square and five little squares
along the other side, and a little
i square all by itself in the middle of
the big square.
This is a block with ten houses in
it," said he.
yes, yes, go, on" I urged.
Nov each of these houses has its
separate heating plant" continued the
man of art. why not build central
heating plant in the middle of the
block and pipe steam to all those
houses? By that means each house
could be heated with lust about half
The coal that it is using now. Fifty
tons year ought to heat all ten
houses where now it probably takes
100 tons, clear saving of fifty tons.
Marvelousi
was nonplussed. Marvellous" I
exclaimed
Multiply those fifty tons by the
Number of blocks in the city," Mr..
Powell continued, as he did nimble
arithmetical problem on the news
paper margin.
my, my, myv' I calculated. Fifty
g tons saved in single block in a sin
gle year. And it would be worth any
way $40 ton. That would be saw
ing of $500 right in that one block"
That's what it figures out to-" said
0oane.
ITS simply astonishing" / said.
Why, it's almost astounding. And
hink of all the city blocks in these
lounited States of ours. Think Of
;hatp
So we both thought about it for a
bit.
This central heating plant" I re-
marked after little thought. could
be built, / should say, for about $l0.-
900, including the piping to the ten
nouses."
Cost is Easy.
"Well," the inventor replied, that
could be worked out"
"A mere DETAIL" I agreed. "And
the wages of two fremen, working
eight hours each, from 6 a. m. to 10 D.
M, at SIS each for eight months in
the year would come to only $1,000.
Repairs and incidentals oughtn't to
come to more than $500 a year.
THAT would be an investment of
$4,000 and an annual expense of only
$1,400. But think of the coal you
would save-$500 worth. The thing
that strikes me is that nobody ever
thought of it before. That's what
can't understand. I'll have to tell our
readers about it."
And l picked up my typewriter and
did it.
understand Mr.. Powell will make
no claim for royalties from his
scheme. He wishes to give it freely to
his fellow citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

He hoped abe ard Wa.tles chariot
away out in the brush somewhere and
squirmed until he got off down in
the wet-and-wooly district. He was
one Of those chaps who never eat
breakfast-he drank it.
Quickly re rushed over to the near
est ginnery, moistening his lips with
his tongue as he fastened.
There he halted. A look of dis
may spread over his face. 1t was
more than a look of dismay. 1t was a
look Of excruciating pain.
On the door of The Demons Parlor
was sign:
"This place for rent, Suitable for
ice cream parlor or drug store"
He had forgotten that May the
Worst had arrived. &c.,"
A funeral wreath hung on the doors
of the bar at the Fontenelle hotel
Monday evening. Before the wreath
two candles burned.
CLOSED ON account Of election"
A large canvas streamer with the
above was strung across the front Of
the Mickey Gibson thirst emporium.
322 South Fifteenth street, yesterday
afternoon and caused considerable
comment.
A lot of former barroom boys are
finding aluminium checks good for
2H cents at the bar" They wish
they had cashed them in.
. An old window card that has done
duty on many an election day hangs
in the window of the Luxus bar, OPP
posite the postoffice. 1t reads, CLOSED
on Account of Election Day"
The original hard-boiled egg, best
described as the bird who always
gets telephone call just as his turn
to buy comes around was jesting his
acquaintance with invitations to
"c'mon have su'thin'."
A young doctor who got pretty
well organized before eight bells, and
then suffered from bulging-hip after
ward, appeared on the streets in the
wee hours, Juggling complete human
skeleton, which he insisted was his
old friend, Mr.. Corn.
In and out of every place where
there was a sign of life he went, lug
ging "his old friend" with him.
"Zish ish M'fren Missher Zhon
B'ley-corn," he insisted, shaking and
rafting his gruesome burden.
Early in the morning some other
enthusiast was seen carrying one of
Johns legs and another had the torso.
The doctor still chung to the skull.
They were like lost souls, these
hundreds of old men, who wandered
the streets on the morning after the
fateful day. The younger mem
younger saloon ioafers-didn't feel so
bad about it. They could find other
places to settle world problems and
concoct their little schemes "for the
good Of their fellow men," These
younger men, with their natty clothes
and overly-loud shirts, would be well
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Manila, Ia, Boys to Grow
Crops While Learning Wal

Citizens of Manila, Ia, who were
active in boosting eslistments for
military service, have become some
W at alarmed over the fact that young
men needed to grow crops on the
farms are preferring ITO go away to
war.
c. F. G. Kehr, merchant, and three
other Manila citizens came to Omaha
Monday to arrange for Sergeant
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Skinner Buys Quarter Block
To ENLARGE His Factory

The Skinner Manufacturing COM
pany has completed the purchase of
the LANCE hotel property, Thirteenth
and Jackson streets, the consideration
being $4,000, and the deed was filed
Monday. This is a quarter of a
block, joining the Skinner factory on
the east, and gives the entire half
block to the firm. 1t is the intention
Of the company to build on this new
ly acquired property, making the
plant eventually an entire half block.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Smashed Windows for Fun;
Is Fined a Five-CaSe Note

"For amu1ereht he smashed. every
window he came to-" reads PATROL
nan Burchard's report against Ber-
nard Leslie, whom he arrested Mon
day night near the Skinner Macaroni
company, Twelfth and Jackson
streets. Leslie was fined S. cpd costs
for malicious destruction Of property.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Building Operations
.. Show LARGE Increase

Building operations in April were
IS per cent more than same month of
last year. The figures: April, 1917,
$460,350; 1916, $406,835. Ii
First four months of 1917, $685.
495; 1916 $l,746,607. Increase Janu-
airy to April this year over corre-
spending period of last year, II per
cent. a. - b,
The city building department con-
siders this showing as substantial EVIL
dence of Omaha's prosperity,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

Burnside, ;lrillmaster, to teach the
Manila lads to drill on Sundays, willie
they remain at work on the farms.
The plan is to have as many as
are needed for farming stay there and
raise crops while getting military in
struction in case they are more ur-
gently needed in the army later
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Bad Weather Checks Work
Of CLEANING the Streets

Commissioner Parks of the street
cleaning and maintenance department
explains that weather conditions have
interfered with completion Of the
cleanup hauling work. "We will get
around to every alley and street in
time. Some districts have not been
covered, but no place has been
favored and none will be neglected"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
Gardner Parish Home
Turned Over to Trinity

Trinity cathedral now owns Gar
diner parish house, litigation arising
out OF its construction and loans to
complete it having been settled. Mrs.
Maui who donated Jacobs Memorial
hail. has joined in deciding the parish
house &c the cathedral.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

do you know what we had left in
our liquor department when we closed
last night?'" asked AL King, manager
Of Hayden Brothers grocery depart
ment. 1--WE had one bottle Of grape
juice. That was all that was rejected.
Mr.. King says he will put in the
place Of the liquor department de-
partment Of mineral waters, grape
Juice and other soft drinks.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02
JULIUS 0RKIN APPLIES J
KNIFE TO SUIT PRICES
Groups Hundreds of High
Priced Suits in One Great
Lot for Wednesday, =.
X ONLY $500

This sale is launched for the purpose
of reducing heavy stock to normal
size. 1t differs from the average sale
at this time of year because of the
fact that no special purchases Of job
lot merchandise plays part in this
sale. Every suit involved is a regu-
lar stock garment, and as the lowest
priced suit this store ever starts the
season with is $25, one is assured Of
extreme values. The great ajority Of
suits involved in Wednesdays sale are
regular .$35 values. Every new color,
new fabric and new style will be in
cluded. This is the one all-important
suit event of the spring season-the
sale it will pay you to attend.
JULIUS ORKIN
fsOs.15iO DOUGLAS ST.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

come at the corner drug store--pro-
viding they spent a few nickels occa-
sionally. s@ ..
But the older men-men who had
made the saloon their club for years
and years--where did they 60. Some
of them didn't go" One stayed in
his shack on the river front all day,
mumbling to himself and cursing the
day that sent prohibition to Omaha.
He was the one who sat on beer
key in The "whatchdmacallit" place on
lower Douglas street all day and re-
called his fellow club" members with
stories Of other days, when he was
jockey, with a roll Of bills in his
pocket all the time.
Scores of the veteran saloon loafers
--loafers who had grown gray in the
service Of theip respective loahng
piaces-spent tlieir first day as exiles
in the corridors of public buildings.
The court house proved favorite re-
treat.
A well-known county official was
walking past group of them.
The loafers recognized him.
Say" they yelled in chorus, "can
we still vote?"
No longer will the tipsy wayfarer
under the influence of the weather be
hauled to the hoos gov and given
lodging until he has "sobered up
All drunks will hereafter be booked
under the charge of "intoxication"
and fined not less than $40 or more
than $50 for the first offense., At the
discretion of the court the arrested
man may have his fine RENTED if he
tells where he purchased or got the
liquor. .'14
From twenty to thirty men have
been arrested each day in the past,
but no charge preferred against them.
They were given their freedom after
Soldering up"
Frank Murphy, the barrister in
clined patrol conductor, has read the
dry law through so many times that
he can repeat verbatim many of its
sections. Murphy spent nearly a
month studying the subject and defies
even the men who drafted the bill to
ask him questions that he cannot
answer.
-st go, y
A few minutes before s bells Mon
day evening a. group of downtown
celebrants sang these words to the
tune of 20 When Die"
o when die
Don't bury me at all,
Just pickle my bones
In alcohol. -
Place a bottle of booze
At my head and feet.
Then leave me alone,
IN, I guess I'll keep.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

A funeral wreath hung on the doors
of the bar at the Fontenelle hotel
Monday evening. Before the wreath
two candles burned.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

"Closed on account of election"
A large canvas streamer with the
above was strung across the front Of
the Mickey Gibson thirst emporium.
322 South Fifteenth street, yesterday
afternoon and caused considerable
comment.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-02

A lot of former barroom boys are
finding aluminium checks good for
2A cents at the bar" They wish
they had cashed them in.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

mothers two brothers, Colonel Bull
strobe and Mr.. Anstruther Bulstrode.
Colonel Bulstrode, who had been in the
Indian Staff Corps, had retired the year
before my fathers death, and taken
this house 1t was with him that went
to live. Richmond suited him, for he
could spend the day at his London club
and yet be home in plenty of time for
dinner.
"My uncle Anstruther was also an
Anglo-Indian. He had been for many
years a planter in Colon. 1t was on
the Colonels advice that he took house
near us when he came home this spring.
~ first met Mr.. Boyne last Christ
mas, when we were skating on some
flooded meadows by the Thames. He
is a lawyer, and, though he is doing well,
is by no means a rich man. Unfortu-
nately, l am an heiress, Inspector
Peace"
~ understand, Miss Sherrick."
Colonel Bulstrode expected me to
make what he called a first-rate mar
riage Mr. Boyne and | had been en-
gagged for two weeks, and at last we de-
cided to tell the Colonel We knew
there would be trouble, but there was
nothing to be gained by continued post
ponement. Mr.. Boyne made an appoint
ment with him for one o'clock today.
"The morning seemed as if 1t were
never to end. AS the hour approached
| could wait in my room no longer.
| slipped out of a side door into the upper
garden, which lies at the further side
of the house. | wandered about for
some time in great misery. When |
heard the stable clock chime the half
hour, | started back to the house. 1t
must have been decided between them
one way or the other.
al had reached the drive and was
walking up to the front door when l
saw Cullen, the butler, come running
out of the Wilderness-as we call the
strawberries where we now are-and so
across the lawn towards me. He was
in an excited state, waving his arms and
shouting, Cullen is so stout and respect
able that l could only conclude that he
had gone mad. When he was some twenty
wards off, he caught sight of me, and
skunk away towards the front door as
if trying to avoid me. .,
"FWhat is the matter, Cullen?'
called to him. :,
ale slackened his pace, and finally
stopped, with his eyes staring at me
in an odd fashion.
"You come in with me, miss, he
stammered. It's no mischief OF your
making. Eth, eh, but it's ugly work
black and ugly work. =,
"'What do you mean, Cullen? l
said as boldly as | could, for his manner
frightened me.
RfThe colonel has come by an accident,
miss, down by the wicket-gate. l was
going for doctor.
II did not wait to hear more | was
, very fond of my guardian, Mr.. Peace;
He had hot temper, but to me he had
/, ever been kind and eonsiderate. AS
, started, however, Cullen came painting
up and tried to turn me back, waving
his hands. Lunatic or not, / did not
mean to let him frighten me. So
avoided him, and set off running across
the grass to the Wilderness gate-the
one through which we have just come.
/ had almost reached it when | met
Mr.. Boyne. l was surprised, Tor |
thought he had already gone home
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24


RBV on the platform of Richmond
H-'S station regarding us with a
solemn, if cherubic, countenance. The
little inspector nodded his head as he
felt in his pocket for the tickets.
~ have cab waiting for you, sir"
care you from the Elms?"
ayes, sir Miss Sherrick sent me
to meet you, having heard as you were
coming"
We walked up the steps to the road
way, climbed into the cab, and, with
the boy on the box, dragged our way
up the steep Of the narrow street, past
the Star and Garter (the hostelry Of
ancient glories), and SO for a mile until,
at word from our youthful conductor,
the cab drew up at wicket-gate in
fence of split oak. AS we stepped out a
girl swung open the gate and stood
confronting us.
She was tall and graceful creature,
with the delicacy of the blonde coloring
a beautiful face. There was fear In
her blue eyes, fear that widened and
fixed them; and a tremor of the full red
lips that told OF great calamity.
Inspector Addington Peace?"
eyes, Miss Sherrick."
mere WAS JIldb hDOub tlC III
spector which ever invited the trust OF
the innocent, and also, to be frank, no
uncomfortable proportion of the guilty
to their special disadvantages. | have
noticed a similar confidence inspired
by certain of the more famous doctors
So | was not surprised when Miss Sherrick
walked up to him, and laid her hand
on his arm, with confident appeal
in her eyes.
"Do you know they have arrested
him?" she said.
~ had not heard. What is his manner"
"Mr. Boyne" -,
"The man who found the bodyY" :.
ayes. The man / intend to marry"
liked that sentence. 1t was stronger
than any protestations of his innocence
that she could have made. Peace marked
it, too for he smiled, watching her with
his head to one side in his solemn fashion
"You cannot think he is guilty" she
said quietly. "You are too clever for
that, Inspector Peace" :,
"My dear young lady, at two O'Clock
| heard that a Colonel Bulstrode, OF the
Elms, Richmond, had been stabbed to
death in a road near his house, That
was the single fact telegraphed to Scotland
Yard. Taking my friend here, l caugh'
the 2:35 from Waterloo station. 1t is
now nalf-past three AS you will observe
my work has not yet commenced
~ sent the boy to meet you | wished
you to hear my story before you saw,
the police up at the house. l should
like to tell you all / know"
"That will, doubtless, be very valuable,
said the little Inspector. "Can you
find us a place where we shall not b.
disturbed"
For answer she led the way through the
wicket-gate. A couple of turns and the
winding walk brought us to an oper
space on the laurels and rhododendrons
On the further side was a garden bench
and there we seated ourselves, waiting
with great anxiety on my part at least
for further details of the tragedy. :,
"My father was widower,"' sald
Miss Sherrick, and when he died he
left as my guardians and trustees my
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24
The Mystery of the Jade Spear

one o'clock. He was shown into the
library and"
zone moment" interrupted the in
spector. "Where is the library2"
"That is the door, slr," answered
Hales pointing to the room from which
he had emerged,
perhaps It would be easier to under
stand if we go there?"
The library was a long, low room,
lined with shelves that were in a great
part empty. 1t projected from the main
building -evidently it was OF more recent
construction-and this could be lighted
by windows on both sides. To our right
were two which commanded the drivei
to the left two more looked out upon a
plot of grass dotted with flower beds,
upon which several windows at the side
Of the house, at right angles to the library,
also faced.
"Pray continue" said Inspector Peace.
"About ten minutes later, Cullen, the
butler, heard high words passing. A
regular fighting quarrel it sounded - or
SO he says"
"How could he hear? Was he listen
ing in the hallP"
HNo, sir; he was in his pantry, cleaning
silver The pantry is the first oil those
windows at the side of the house The
library windows being open, he could
hear the sound of loud voices, though,
as he says he could not distinguish the
words"
The inspector walked to an open lattice
and thrust out his head. He closed it
before he came back to us, as he did to
the second window on the same side.
"Mr. Cullen must not be encouraged"
he said, gently. "He is there now, listen
ing with pardonable curiosity Well
Sergeant"
Presently there came tire lendous
peal at his bell and he hurried to answer
it. When he reached the hall, he found
the colonel and Mr.. Boyne standing
together. You understand me, Boyne,
the colonel was saying, If | catch you
lurking about here again after my nleces
,oney bags, I'll thrash you within an inch
of your life; l will, by thunder!' The
Young man gave the colonel an ugly
look, but he had seen the butler, who was
standing behind his master, and kept
silent. SHOW this fellow out, Cullen,
said the colonel. And if he ever calls
slam the door in his face And with that
he stumped back into the library, swearing
to himself in a manner that, as the butler
declares, gave him the creeps, it was SC
very imaginative.
with one thing and another, Cullen
was so dumfounded- he thought
that Boyne and Miss Sherrick were as
good as engaged already - that he stood
in the shadow Of the porch watching the
young gentleman Boyne walked dowr
the drive for hundred yards or SO
looked back at the house, and, not seeing
the butler, as he supposes, turned OF
to the left along path that led towards
the fruit gardens Cullen did not know
what to make of it. However. it wa
none of his business, and at last he wen
back to his pantry. Sticking out hi
head, he could see the colonel writinl
at that desk" the sergeant pointed !
finger at knee-hole table Uttered witt
papers that was set in the further Of tn
windows looking out upon the grass plot
land so concluded that he could not hav
seen Boyne leave the drive, having ha'
his back to it at the time.
"About twenty minutes later Guile