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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-19

Com. Mrs. Harold Atley, Miss Roby
Wright, Mrs r. \. Clark, Mrs. Kate
Squiers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-19

Speeches. amazement is one of the
few things that go without saying.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
THOSE WHO WILL
SMOKE MUST PAY
MORE WAR TAXES
Additional Boost Put on Gig
arets and Cigars by the
Local Tobacco
Dealers.

- Special war tax on tobaccos was
hung onto the-consumer i'll Omaha
tobacco shops yesterday. Prices
were given the boost which clears
manufacturer, jobber and retailer,
everybody except the poor unfortu-
nate who has the nicotine habit.
Cigarct smokers were given. the
hardest jolt. Cigaret PRICES. were
given a boost on general principles
three months ago, and now comes
another one SO that the tobacco man
ufacturers won't have TO pay the tax.
Cigarets which sold for Is cents a
box have been advanced to 18 cents,
two for IS. Twenty-hve-cent brands
have been advanced to 80 cents Ten
cent brands are now IS cents.
The three-for-a-quarter cigar is no
more. Jobbing prices on these cigars
have advanced to SIS thousand, and
the retailer must sell them at 10 cents
straight.
The jitney smoke will stay but
there is no chance to get six-for-a
quarter, and there is suspicion the
quality is due for slump.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Pull Corks of Two Suspicious
Bottles Right in Open Court

pulled the corks from the bottles. Mr..
Saxton took them first and then they
we're passed around among the jurors,
each man putting the cork back in the
bottle after he was through with the
liquor.
Think Of it, people! Rum being
passed around among the jurors in
the federal court! Why, what are we
coming to? Is it for this that we went
40 the polls last fall and, by the ex-
ercise of the ballot, drove the Demon
Rum from the borders Of the state?
Is it for this?
Tut, tut, let US not get excited.
Everything happened in the court
room as above stated. But, the rum
in question was passed among the jury
merely for them to smell. They did
nothing but smell it. 1t was part of
the governments exhibit in the trial
of Iowa Crow and Louis Baker, In
dians, charged with bringing liquor
upon the Winnebago Indian reserva-
tion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

Nebraska is supposed to be "dry"
state. Yet the following scene was
witnessed by reporter, right in the
federal court room Wednesday morn
ing.
Assistant United States Attorney
Saxton produced two bottles of gin.
He brought them out right in sight of
twelve good men and true who were
acting as jurors, and right in sight of
Federal Judge Woodrough.
Mr.. Saxton tried to pull the corks
of the bottles. He couldn't get them
out.
Wait! Let Anton get a cork
screw" said Judge Woodrough.
So Anton Gross, the bailiff, hurried
out of the room and soon returned
with a corkscfew. He declined to
state from whom he got it.
Pop! PopP Two separate and dis
tinct pops rang out as Anton skillfully
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
New Coalition
Government in
Complete Control

Petrograd, Tuesday, Oct. 9-The
new coalition government assumed
control of Russia today, replacing tie
Council of five, organized a month
ago. Announcement was made that
the new government intends to carry
out an active foreign policy with "the.
purpose OF making peace in agree
lnent with our allies as soon as posi-
BILE" Meanwhile the government will
take steps to bring the army to its
highest fighting power and to restore
economic and social tranquility to the
country,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
LAWMAKERS OF
State DUpED BY
FRAU SCHW|MMER
Expose of Methods Of Woman
Who Spoke to Legislature in
Behalf Of Peace Made by
Writer in New York.
tFrom a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln. Oct. 10.-(Special.) MEM
bers Of the 1915 legislature and many
others will remember an address de-
livered to joint session of the leg
islature by Nine. Rosika Schwimmer
in behalf of peace. At the time of the
event. some of the members objected
to the time being taken up by her
while others fell into the scheme
heartily. The records show that
Senator Quinby of Douglas made the
motion in the senate for a joint ses-
sion on February "a, while Taylor Of
Custer in the house moved to leave
the matter to the committee on reso-
lutions which ruled in favor of the
speech.
+ When the time came for the senate
to adjourn it is interesting that SEN
ator Krumbaugh, a German, moved to
60 into committee of the whole and
continue business of the senate. This
lost and the joint session was held
to hear the woman.
Exposed By Writer.
Today State Auditor Smith OBJ
tanned copy of the New York
Herald which contains All interest
ing copyrighted article by Herman
Bernstein that asserts Nine. Schwim-
wer was acting as one of Count
Won Bernstorff's secret agents to
educate the people OF the United
States against war with Ger
many. The incident also shows
how easy it is to get a Nebraska leg
islature to listen to most anybody
who wants to talk. The article reads
in part as follows:
"One of the chief offenders, accord
ing to the charges made by witnesses
now in Russia, was Colonel vladimir
Nekrasoff, a member OF the Russian
commission, who returned to Russia
some, time ago. Nekrasoff lived at
the Belleclairc hotel here and occupied
two Other partiaeuts- iH~New. York
One Of the witnesses testified that
one of these apartments was Kept in
the name of Rosika Schwimmer,
where Colonel Nekrasoff and Count
Won Bernstorf, then German. ambas-;
sador to the United States, met sew
eral times.
1T will be remembered that Rosika
Schwinmer, an Austrian pacifst ad-
vocate, was the originator of the Ford
peace expedition. 1t was Mine.
Schwimmer who induced Henry Ford,
the idealist with millions of dollars
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Official Attendance
And Receipts at Game

Polo Grounds, New York, Oct.
10.-The total attendance and re-
ceipts today, as officially announced.
were as follows:
Total attendance, 1856.
Total receipts, $73.0s1.
National commissions share.
$7.308.l0. ..
Players share, $3o, o,463.74.
Each clubs share ,S13.154.58.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

PITCHERS STRUGGLE.
AS was the case in the first contest
in Chicago, the struggle developed in
to pitchers battle, bu to-day is was
Eddie Cicotte who was forced to bow
before the proves of the opposing
hurler and the sweeping horde Of the
Giants. Pitted against Rube Benton,
the star of the White Sox hurling
corps found a rival os skillful as he
in delivery, as crafty in generalship
and who refused to allow Cicotte's
team mates a run to ease the strain.
GIANTS COME BACK.
Only six of the visitors reached
first five on hits and one on felders'
choice, and of these, only two saw
second base.
Behind Benton, the Giants played
with dash and brilliancy which were
completely missing in the two pre-
ceeding games. Despite Cicotte's fine
control and deceptive curves, they
smashed into the delivery Of the
White Sox pitching star in the fourth
inning and hammered out the. two
runs which spelled victory and re-
stored their sonhdenee for~ the sscon-
tests to come. After the game the
National expressed the belief that
they would be able. to repeat torior-
row and start westward Thursday
night on even terms with their Amer
ican league opponents for the fifth
game OF. the series set for Saturday
in Chicago.
Praise for Robertson.
Among the fans tonight the name
of Dave Robertson of Norfolk, Va,
is praised in equal proportions with
that of Rube Benton, another southern
player, hailing from Clinton, N. {.
These two brought about the down.
fall of the Chicago combination when
the outlook for a break in the series
was none too bright.
For three and half innings the
opposing boxmen had proved in
vircible and the thirty odd thousand
fans present were settling down for
a hurling duel when Robertson
sprang into the calcium glare of fame.
He ended the White Sox fourth i'll
ming attempt to penetrate the pitch
ing of Benton with a great running
catch of Gandil's long sizzling drive
to right field when he hurled himself
against the concrete wall of the grand
stand and plucked the ball with one
hand as it was about to strike the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Conference Takes Up Plan
To Supply Navy Fuel Oil

Washington, Oct. l0-7The problem
OF supplying the American and allied
nayies with fuel oil was taken up al
"a. conference today between navy and
shipping board officials and represen.
tatives of the British government. The
shortage of ocean tonnage has made
it so difficult to keep oil moving that
some British warships are said to
have been forced to remain inactive
because of lack of fuel.
A plan probably will be worked out
by which oil tankers owned by the
allied nations will be pooled and the
number supplying naval vessels in
creased by considerable number.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
FIND PLOT TO
UMP|NSANE
ON COUNTY
Douglas County Officials Un-
earth Scheme Of Santa
Anna CAL, Hospital
Distribute UndesirabIeS.

Douglas county and state officials
have unearthed an alleged wholesale
scheme OF the state of California TO
-get4rid- of itsrundesirabfe insane pa
tients.
According to Clerk Of the District
Court Smith, who also is a member
of the county insanity commission;
Administrator of Charities Hogan and
H. H. Bowes, an attorney, seventy in
sane patients, formerly inmates of the
Southern California State Hospital
for the Insane at Santa Ana, are now
scattered all over the United States.
Three Unloaded in Nebraska.
Three of them we're unloaded on
Nebraska. One, Charles Webley, 81
years old, was arrested, today by a
deputy sheriff on warrant issued by
Robert Smith. The informant was
J. c. Kimbrell, Drexel hotel, a cousin
Of Webley.
Web1ey, whose story has been sub
stantiated by an investigation by Of
ficials3 and correspondence between
Nebraska state and California Off
cials, says he and sixty-nine other
patients were loaded in tourist
sleeping car at Santa Ana by officials
of the state hospital there. 49,.
He says the men and women were
unloaded all along the way, begin
ming at Portland, Ore. The insane
patients were each given $5 and pro-
vided with tickets to inland towns
or to where relatives lived, according
to Webley.
Special Car to, Atlantic Coast.
He and two other, men, he Says,
were dumped off in Omaha. Webley
was given $5 and told to look up his
cousin, Kimbrell, laboring man.
Kimbrell brought the case to the at
tention of Lawyer Bowes and Clerk
of the District Court Smith after he
had decided he could not afford to
keep his cousin any longer.
Webley was living in the Salvation
Army home when Douglas county
officials took him, in charge.
Robert Smith says he has knowl-
edge that the special car carrying the
remainder of the insane patients went
clear\to the Atlantic coast after 1eav-
ing Omaha. The last two patients,
according to Smith, was an old Irish
couple who went to California for
their health, but who finally had
financial reverses and were taken into
custody by state officials of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
BoIo Pasha Aided in :,
Securing Turkish Loan

Paris, Oct. 10.-Thc deposition
taken yesterday from Aviation Cap,
tain Maurice Dutreil. member of the
Chamber of Deputies, who asked to
be heard concerning the Bolo Pasha
case, dealt with Bolo's connection
with the negotiation of Turkish loan
i'll 1913, according to an official note
issued last night.
Leon Daudets who has charged
former Minister of the Interior Malvy
with having had connections with
Germany, appealed to Senator Henry
Bercnger TO testify for him. The
senator's testimony was heard by
Captain Bouchardon of the military
court, this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Bill CIymer Will Pilot
Louisville One More Year

William J. Clymer. manager of the
Louisville team OF the American as
sociation. for the last two seasons, is
to lead the club again in 1918. Clymer
signed one year contract, although
O. H. Wathem, owner Of the club,
offered him blank contract to fill
out Clymer will spend the winter at
his home in Wilkes Barre, Pr
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Untitled Tonnage in U. S.
Steel Shows Bio Decrease

New York, Oct. l0.-The untitled
tonnage on the books of the United
States Steel corporation of Septem-
Der so last. was 9.833,477 tons. 4 de-
crease Of 13,572 tons from August
81, according to the monthly state
ment of the corporation issued today.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
SHOW GERMAN AMBASSADOR
DIRECTED SABOTAGE PLOTS
lNB0TH ]: 5. and CANADA
State Department Makes Public Three kilograms Between
German Embassy and Foreign Office In Berlin;
y Count Reports On Campaign to Influence
Congress On Embargo.

Washington Oct 10-Anoher series of sensational tele-
which passed between the German and its
embassy in this country made public today by Secretary
Lansing. .-
They remarkable for the degree of cunning and
ingenuity displayed the evident to do all possible
injury to Germanys European enemies through cutting off
their America, while at the time avoiding
possible ncung the wrath of the American people
bY actual destruction of life this country and Canada
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Wilhelm Must
Retain Throne,
Michaelis Says

Amsterdam, Oct. 10.-The German
chancellor. DR.. George Michaelis, in
speaking of peace, said, according to
advices reaching here today, that as
long as Germany's enemies demanded
any German soil, as long as they
tried to drive a wedge between the
German people and their emperor,
peace was impossible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

, CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
The three kilograms comprising
this series form the natural compile.
ment conveying absolutely convincing
evidence of a we'll calculated and sys.
terlatie violation of American neu.
trality by Germany during a period
more than year preceding the be.
ginning of ruthless submarine warfare
and the breach of relations between
Germany and the United States.
TO DESTROY CANADIAN ROAD
The statement follows:
"The secretary of state publishes
the following two kilograms from the
German foreign office to Count Won
Bernstorff in January. 1916:
January 3. Secret. General staff
desires energetic action in regard TO
proposed destruction of Canadian Pa
cific railway at several points, with a
view to complete and protracted inter
ruption of traffic. Captain Boehm,
who is known on your side and is
shortly returning, has been given i'll
structions. Inform the military at
tache and provide the necessary
funds.
(Signed) ZIMMERMAN"
American Sabotage Agents.
"January 26. For military attachc.
You can obtain particulars as to per-
sons suitable for carrying on sabotage
in the United States and Canada from
the following persons: !, Joseph
MacGarrity, Philadelphia, Pa; 2, John
?. Keating. Michigan avenue. Chi
cago; 3, Jermiah O'Leary, No l6
Park Row, New York.
lone and two arc absolutely re-
liable and discreet. No. is tefable
but not always discreet. These per-
sons we're indicated by Sir Roger Case
ment In the United States sabotage
can be carried out OH every kind of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Evangelist Shoots Up
Indiana Court Room,
BULLETIN.

Hammond, Ind. Oct. 10.-Draw-
ing two revolvers. Oscar Land
meisser, an itinerant evangelist, shot
Fred Bayne of Indiana Harbor to
death in crowded court room here
today and seriously wounded two
other persons. The evangelist was
then shot and seriously wounded by
two court attaches.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
GIANTS turn DESPERATELY.
ON SOXAND LAND GAME AFTER
RED HOT PITCHERS BATTLE
New York Plays With Dash and Brillancy Entirely
Lacking in Two Former Contests; Robertson
Star of Day; Thirty Thousand Fans
Watch Spectacular Struggle.
Score by Innings H. E.
: Chicago .......O O. 0 90 3
NeU York ...... 0 0 0 O. 2 0 0 0 50 8 2
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Oct 1o-Cheered on by thousands of loyal
rooers the New York Nationals turned desperately upon the
Chicago Americans in the third of the worlds series here
this afternoon and shutout their nerleague rivals to 1t
entirely different appearing team that faced the White
the Polo grounds For the first present.
for uar base ball honors began the Giants both
victory and the breaks Of the game.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Cuthbert Potter Injured
In Automobile Accident

Des M6ines, Ia, Oct l0.-(Special
Telegram.) ~ Lieutenant Cuthbert
Potter, an Omaha boy, OH duty at
Camp Dodge, was seriously injured
i'll an automobile accident today. His
parents were notified and arrived
from Omaha on one OF the trains late
this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Jim Vaughn Has Robins
On His Easy Picking List

Beating Jim Vaughn appears to be
an impossibility with the Brooklyn
Dodgers. He has beaten them six
straight games and" three of the six
were shutouts
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Refuse Extradition
For Alfredo CoCchi

Rome, Oct. l0.--Aiter long consid.
Grafton the Italian government has
decided not to grant the extradition of
Alfredo Coechi, who killed Ruth
Cruger in New York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
MEN THROW THEIR
OFFICERSIN SEA;
ATTEMPTESCAPE
Marines Refuse to Fire Sailors, Who Finally Surrender
to Soldiers; Kaiser Orders Shootings, Which
Michaeis Protests; Bad and lnade-
quate Food Assigned as Cause.
(By Associated Press.

Amsterdam, Oct. 10-A muiny among the of four
baeshps of the German feet has occurred Whemshaven
One of these bateshps the Westaen whose captain
thown overheard and drowned.
The crews landed
Marines refused FIRE them, whereupon sailors
rendered.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
ALLIED DRIVE IS
FAST BREAKING
GERMAN MORALE
Concerted Thrust in Flanders
Breaking Down Resistance
and Sweeping Counter At
taCkS Before II.
BULLETIN.

Paris, Oct. 10.--A further advance
has been made by the French troops
which took the offensive yesterday
in Belgium, i'll corporation with the
British. Papegoet farm has been cap
tured, the war office announces, and
more prisoners have been taken.
Blow Another Great Success.-4,-
tBy Associated Press.)
British Front III France and Bel
GUM, Oct. 10.--The blow struck by
the British and French forces yes.
terday against a wide section OF the
German defenses between the Hou-
tholst forest and Broodseindc has re-
suited in another great success. Over
much of this front the attacking
troops swept forward to depth of
1900 yards or more, overrunning
many important strongholds Of the
shattered enemy. -a
By afternoon the allies we're digging
in almost on the outskirts of Hout-
hoist forest, the British were beyond
Poelcapelle after sanguinary hand to
hand fighting. and further south they
had gained the Passchendaele ridge,
within less than 1000 yards of Pass
chendaele. thereby wrenching away
almost all that remained to the Ger
mans of their famous Passchendaele-
Gheluvelt ridge system of fortifica-
tions.
German Losses Heavy.
Again the German losses have been
great, and reports from all along the
line indicate that their organization
and morale were hit hard x
1t has been another wonderful per-
formance on. theipart Of the allies and
the victory has been more remarkable
because of the tremendous natural dif-
ficulties to the advance. The rain of
the last two days had turned much of
TIE battle ground into morass,
through which the French and British
floundered knee deep. How they
could make. their way forward over
such ground, much less fight over it,
is the amazing thing. This very fact
undoubtedly contributed to the days
triumph, for German prisoners say
nobody OH their side had thought the
nnR Ian ITt.a GtnI,u.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
The Weather

for Nebraska-Fair,
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

Continued on Page Five, Column One,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

from the normal:
Normal temperature 5s
Deficiency for the day. y............, ~
Total deficiency since March ,243
Deficiency for the day. ........ OF inch
Total rainfall since March /. 30. 20 inches
Deficiency since March 1...... Sol inches
Deficiency for cor. Ieriod. 1915. II. So inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1915. 1.37 inches
Reports from Stations at ! Z. N.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

Continued on Page Five. Column rive,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
German Losses Heavy.

Continued on Page Five, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11

CONTINUED on Page Five, Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-10-11
Comparative Local Record.

Temperature and precipitation departures
fro, ha
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-26
Splendid Crops Mean Much.

The present outlook is that the
United States will raise 5000, 100000
bushels-three thousand million BUSH
els-of corn. From two entirely diff
ferent viewpoints, this announcement
from Washington is most important
news.
1t will do more to insure allied vic7
tory than the Russian charges In Ga-
licia. Such corn crop means that
food can be found for all the soldiers
closing In on Germany; the problem
now is to get that food across the wa,
ter, and that problem will be solved.
At the same time, 1t lays n solid foun-
dalton for American prosperity by
placing enormous wealth In the hands,
of the American farmers.
The wheat crop. too. is better than
was expected, other small grains prom
Use n record yield, and without count
ing the millions of small gardens plant
ed this season, we shall have nearly
twice as many potatoes as last year
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-07-26
TOAD FRIEND OF GARDENER
Little Creature Should Be coaxed to
Stay, and Is Always Well Worth
Its Keep.

When in your gardening you come
across n toad. don't cry out against
the ugly thing" andf drive 1t away.
A toad In the garden is worth It's
weight In gold. Treasure 1t a: coax II
to stay. TOads are easily tanned and
love to have their back scratched. A
little gentleness and patience, and he
Will allow you to pull weeds or hoe
around him without being alarmed. A
toad looks stupid and one can scarcely
call 1t beautiful, but IL one watches
1t closely he will find much to interest
him. Watch IT a while and you may
see long, slender tongue thrust forth
and in the fraction of a second an in
sect has disappeared. There is moth
ing, unless it be a garter snake. that
will destroy so many harmful insects
In so short time without doing harm
to anything else. Most persons prefer
the toad TO the snake, but no harm
is done If you keep both I'm your gar
den patch. Encourage them to live I'm
your garden. Observing their ways
and realizing the good they do. you
VIII learn to feel kindly toward these
creatures so generally despised.
Man Is dependent on creatures usu-
ally considered useless by those who
fail to think deeply. without the
birds which some thoughtlessly kill,
and these still less considered reptiles.
fruit nor grain nor any green thing
would prosper.-M Milwaukee Journal.