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Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Careless Use of Soap
Spoils the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully,
if you want to keep your hair looking
it's best. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkall.
This dries the scalp, makes the hair
brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(which is pure and greaseless), and
is better than the most expensive soap
or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in. 1t makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, which rinses
out easily, removing every particle of
dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly,
and it leaves the scalp soft, and the
hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous,
fluffy and easy to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and
few ounces will supply every MEM
Der of the family for months.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Upton Would Remove
Seining Restrictions

Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 3.-"Removal
OF the present restrictions on seining
would probably increase the visible
supply of meat by many millions of
TONS" said DR.. F. w. upson, head of
the agricultural chemistry department
of the University of Nebraska. in
speaking of the future food situation
today.
Fish cost nothing to produce, and
consequently the seining of large
numbers of fish would constitute a
net gain in the visible supply of meat.
OF course, it would be necessary to
place certain restrictions upon the
seining in order to prevest complete
determination of the fish.
"Such a measure would be in keep
ing with measures already taken by
Great Britain to meet the emergency.
There the government has taken steps
to encourage the fishing industry, so
managing it that tn maximum produc-
ton Of human food is assured"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Fremont Labor Day Observed
By Bio Picnic and Speaking

Fremont, Neb., Sept. Especial
Telegram. labor day was observed
in Fremont by a parade, in which
labor participated, followed by pic
mic dinner and a program OF speak
ing at one Of the pleasure resorts. {.
H. Gustafson of Mead, president of
the Nebraska Farmers union, and
David Coutts of Omaha, editor of the
Unionist, were the speakers. Banks
and all public offices were closed for
the day, Motorcycle races were held
at the driving park i'll the afternoon.
More than one hundred men spent
Sunday searching the Platte river for
the body of Miss Gertrude Armstead,
the North Benz girl and former Fre-
mont teacher, who was drowned while
bathing a week ago. Fifty volunteer
firemen Of Fremont took part in the
search. Hope of recovering the body
has about been abandoned, as it is
believed it has been covered with
sand. The father OF the girl and
George Wescott. her hance, are still
here assisting in the search.
The Dodge County Exemption
board will make another call on the
drafted men of the county to COM
plete the quota Tor the first army.
Thirty more men are needed to fill
the quota of Us. s
The Rev. John Poucher of Omaha
has been chosen to make the address
at the reception for the soldiers OF
the county, and the Fremont Signal
corps. stationed at Fremont Tuesday
evening. A basket dinner will be
served following - exhibition drill
by the Signal co:ps.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Many State Offices
Closed for Labor Day
tFrom a Staff Correspondent.)

Lincoln, Sept. 3.-(Speeial 1.-THE
state house Offices were closed all day
today in celebration of Labor day,
though some of them were open long
enouhg in the morning to receive the
mail and sort it over.
On account of the nearenss to the
leaving of the first consignment of
men drafted, Governor Neville and
Private Secretary Lee Metcalfe, with
Stenographer Howard, we're busy
with important matters that had to
be attended and could not be put
over. 1t is understood. however, that
most of the Offices will be practically
closed most of the afternoons of the
fair and only work done that cannot
be put off. ,.L
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Shubert Plays Host to
Men of Company E

Stella, Neb., Sept. 3.-(Speciaf y
Members of Company E Of Falls City,
more than 125 strong, were the guests
of the people of Shubert and vicinity
Saturday. Forty automobiles went
from Shubert and brought the soldiers
from Falls City, distance of sixteen
miles, and returned them there in the
evening. A big dinner was served to
the soldiers in the hall and afterward
the citizens had dinner together at
the same table. s- -@-.o-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
ST. FRISCO LANDS
PURSE AT HARTFORD
Spectacular Race Between Ma.
bel Trask and Son of San
Francisco Too Much for
Cox's Mare.

Hartford. Conn. Sept. Sin the
fifth meeting this season on the
Grand Circuit between St. Frisco and
Mabel Trssk, the son of San Fran
cisco, piloted by Ed Geers, defeated
the chestnut mare, driven py Cox in
the feature race of the opening card
OF the Grand Circuit at Charter Oak
park today. Another record for this
track was set by St Frisco. which
trotted the second heat in 2:0S fiat.
The first heat was slow, as Al Mack
was allowed to set the pace for the
hr-t half mile, but St. Frisco went
to the front and held the lead until
the turn into the stretch. when Mabel
Trask drew DIP and half day down the
streatch rhshed past the stallion,
The chestnut mare tried hard to
hold the place against the steady drive
of St. Frisco, which never faltered,
when headed and the speed with
which they travelled the last quarter
mile, 29ffl seconds, was too much for
Cox's mare. She broke just before
the wire was reached. Geers set the
pace again in the second heat and
Cox fell in behind with the mare. but
when the stretch was reached and
Mabel Trask was taken out from be-
hind to make a dash for the lead,
she found St. Frisco holding his own
every step of the way and Geers won
the heat by almost a full length.
The Whirlwind, 2:04 pace, with four
starters, was the only split hit race
of the afternoon and proved a sur
prise, as the favorite. Ben Ali after
taking the first two heats was out
raced by Butt Hale, which won the
next three ad the race In the final
heat, Ben Ali challenged Butt Hale
after the quarter pole was reached
and they raced neck and neck for a
quarter mile, but the bay gelding was
forced to give ground and Butt Hale
won with Peter Pointer as the con-
tender.
Berthe Mcclure won as she pleased
intwo straight heats in the Acorn, for
3-year- trotters.
Summaries:
Battle royal, free-fo all trot purse s2,5Oo:
St. Frisco won; Mabel Trask, second; Royal
Mack, third Best time: 2:OS
Acorn 3-year-old trot, purse $4,000: Bef-
tina Mcclure won, Harvest Tide, second:
Msrter Jones, third Best time: 2;12%.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Two South Dakota Women
Die From Explosion Burns

Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 3-(Special.) }
Soon after Mrs. Fred Stevens, wife
of farmer living near Verdon, had
lighted an alcohol stove to take the
chill off the room the stove exploded
and Mrs. Stevens was covered in
stantly with the blazing fluid. Her
screams brought speedy aid, but her
injuries were so severe she died ten
hours later.
Mrs. Adolph Alderman of Big
Stone was fatally burned when the
gasoline iron which she was using
exploded. She died from shock thirty
hours afterward.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Draft Boards Authority -
u Limited, crowder Says

Lincoln, Sept. Especial. "A
local exemption board has no author
ity to select person who has had
military training and who is not in
cluded in the numbers drawn to fill
out the total quota according to in
structions received by Governor Ne
vile today from the War department.
Neither can drafted men select the
mobilization camp they desire to 60
to nor can they pick the contingent
of any other local board than their
registration card calls for, unless the
party has moved a considerable dis
tance away. However the board must
be very strict in the matter and be
sure that the change in location was
unavoidable.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Nebraska
HOST OF EXHIBITS
At NEBRASKA FAIR
Amusement Features Excel and
Crowds That Attend Prom
ise to Be Record Break
ing This Year. !
tFrom a Staff Correspondent

Lincoln, Sept, 5.-(Special)-lf
ever anything was made on the earth
or below the sea, that ever lived,
moved or had being that cannot be
seen at the Nebraska state fair this
year then it is a foregone conclusion
such thing is not worth the trouble
TO look at, for never before in the his
tory of the state fair association has
her bn such an aggregation OF every
thing.
The grounds are crowded with ev
erything man has ever heard ot-and
this is only the first day. The in
dividual who misses the state fair this
year will miss more than he has ever
&cen before in all his whole life.
The only bad feature about the
whole thing is that one tries to see
so much he has to give up in despair
before the day is over.
Circus Attracts Many.
Every line of exhibits is greater
than it has ever been. Attractions IN
the amusements line are far ahead OF
previous efforts of the fair. The big
circus in front of the grandstand is a
wonderful thing for fair visitors. 10
the average circus goer it seems that
it is a Hagenback and Wallace-Bar-
mum and Bailey-Ringling Brothers
combination thrown all together so
numerous are acts and so wonderful
their performances.
Over in agricultural hall it does not
look as if there had been lack OF
moisture anywhere in Nebraska this
wear. In fact, the display of those
counties which have ususally been
considered unagricultural because OF
a lack of rain i'll past years the eA-
hibits are very marked.
Sheridan county has fine exhibit
OF alfalfa, wheat and other small gram
as we'll as potatoes. Cueumbers tour
10 five feet long attract great deal
OF attention.
Scottsbluff, the sugar county, has,
of course, a mighty fine display OF
sugar beets as we'll as of grain. And
that is not all, pumpkins weighing
seventy-hve pounds are among the
exhibits with spuach half as heavy.
County Displays Good.
Kearney county has an excelletn
display of all kinds of small grain and
potatoes and other vegetables. A
squash weighing fifty pounds is also
an attraction.
. Dawes county is another OF the
former dry counties which has an ex-
ceilent exhibit OF everything agri-
cultural. ,.,..
Other counties show fine exhibits
also, but the above counties because
OF their former conditions attract the
visitors and indicates that for sure the
Great American Desert is a thing
long since past. -.
agricultural hall is a beautiful
place, more so than ever before. The
hall has been rearranged and parked
through which gravel paths wind
midst beautiful beds of flowers and
ferns. The hall has been hung pro-
fusely with flags and bunting and pre-
sents with its accompanying flowers
and foliage a beautiful sight.
> Wednesday is expected to be big
day again this year. 1t has been
made "Old Soldiers day and the lit
tie bronze button will admit the old
veterans free.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Dakota Levies Tax for
Support of County Agent

Dakota City, Neb,, Sept. s.
Within twenty minutes after the
county board OF commissioners con-
vened here Saturday, action had been
taken providing for levy of 4 mill
welding S2,400 a year,, for the sup
port of county agent work in Dakota
county. ]
Dakota county has had the advan-
tage of county agent work for near
ly three years, during which time
il has grown very popular with the
farmers. A delegation of fifty farm
ers waited upon the board in the
interests of the appropriation asked.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
GAGE Farmer Wants Big ,
DAMAGES for Wife's Love

Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 3.-(Speclal.)
Charles Blaker. young farmer liv-
ing in the vicinity of Barneston, has
filed suit for $4,000 damages against
lanes and Emma May Shalla for
alternating his wife's affections. He al
leges that the defendants have Will
fed his character and poisoned his
wife's mind to such an extent that he
has been deprived of her society, COM
fort and aid, and that as result he
has suffered great physical and men
tai agony.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Johnson County Lutherans
Celebrate Reformation

Tecumseh, Neb., Sept. 3,-(Special.)
Two thousand German Lutherans
from the congregations at Sterling,
Elk Creek. Long Branch and Tecum-
sch gathered at Tecumseh to cele-
brate the quardricentennial of the re-
formation. The meeting was on the
chautauqua grounds. Company M,
Sixth regiment, is camped on the
grounds. At the conclusion of the
services a collection was taken in the
vast audience for the company's mess
fund
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Knox Wants County Agent.

Center, Neb., Sept. Especial. }.
Final steps in the organization of
Knox county for the employment OF
a county agricultural agent are to be
taken in a series of township meet
ings scheduled for this week. En-
ployment of a county agent seems as-
sured, according to Charles M. Daley,
temporary secretary Of the Farmers
,ssnciatinn
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
HoIdrege Parsonage and
T.. Church Sold at Auction

Holdrege, Neb., Sept. 3.-(Special) }
The old Methodist Episcopal church
building and lot were sold at auction
Saturday afternoon to T. M. VIM
berly for $1,000. F. w. Kiplinger
bought the parsonage and two lots
for consideration of $1,000. Pos
session of the church will not be
given until May /. y. .-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Injured in Auto Accident.

Geneva, Neb., Sept. Especial. y
Yesterday afternoon as Walter HUI
ston and family were motoring his
car, turned. over, throwing them out,
pinning Mr.. and Mrs. Huston under
meath. Passersby extricated them.
Mr.. Huston's chest was hurt by the
steering wheel.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Tecumseh Schools Drop
The Study of German

Tecumseh. Neb., Sept. 5.-(Special.)
AS a patriotic measure and feeling
that it is not altogether an unprac-
tical move. the board OF education
of the Tecumseh schools has decided
to drop the study of German.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04

In the drawing for the first flight
]. F. Arson plays T. F. Murphy and
c. f. Guffey plays G. w. Shields.
In the second flight NJ. F. Swartz
plays c. N. Richards and NJ. H. La
Douceur plays c. ]. Baird,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Serious Charge Against Man.

Broken Bow, Neb., Sept. 3.-(Spe-
cial Telegram )-Prosecutor Kelly has
caused the arrest here of Henry
Guyle, middle-aged resident, charg-
ing him with a criminal offense
against his l6-year-old daughter. The
girl is now under a doctors care.
Guyle's wife left him several years
ago and leaving him with several chill
dren, the girl being the oldest. For
SOME time past Guyle has been active
in Trying to establish a children's s
home in the county. He is in Jail
pending preliminary hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Races Close Meet.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 3.--Relay races
and the all-around event were the
chief features this afternoon on the
closing program of the three-day AM
ateur Athletic union meet.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04

Music Man Goes East-T. F. Gross,
assistant general manager Of the Had
dorff Music house, has resigned and
will spend a few days in the east.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04
Good Scores Made
In Trophy Play at
Omaha Field Club

Play for the w, G. Nicholson
trophy at the Field club Labor Day
drew a good field. Four qualified in
each flight. The scores:
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-04

Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
How De Spain makes friends
with Nan and how she deceives
her people in order to protect
him, is told wildly in the next
instalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
New Job for Derelicts.

One hundred derelicts in the Friend
ly inn in Baltimore have undergone
blood tests at the Union Protestant hos
pital, a branch of Johns Hopkins, for
TRANSMISSION cases. OF this number Is
have submitted to TRANSMISSION opera.
lions and have received $25 for their
sacrifice of blood to wealthy patients
who lack red corpuscles. The remain
der are paid 81 for keeping themselves
in good condition until they are need
ed.
In order that no MISTAKE may be
made the family history of each dere-
lict is studied carefully. His life also
is made subject of investigation so
that none but the possessOrs of good
blood may accomplish a sale. The
blood of these men from Friendly inn
now courses through some of the
most prominent men and women In the
Unitsd States.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25

way ne perked up wien told him
you were coming in on the stage that
afternoon When he heard you'd been
sick, he was for going down to the
hotel to get a cup Of cOffee-for your"
McAlpin, like any good story-teller,
was already ON his feet again. HE
did it," he exclaimed, "and you know
what he got when he stepped into the
barroom." He took hold of De SPANS
coat and held it aside to enter his
exhibit. "There," he concluded, "is
his cambridge belt, hanging there yet.
The boy is dead-why shouldn't I tell
your
Nan rode home much more excited,
more bewildered than when she had
ridden over. Strangest shock of all
that this man of all other men should
profess to care for her. She had
shown anger when McAlpin dared
speak of it; at least, she thought she
had. And she still did not know how
sufficiently to resent the thought of
such audacity ON De Spains part.
This was, to say the least, further
awkward complication for her feelings
She already had enough to confuse
them.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25

painlessly-yet he shrank from that
anticipated crash.
His thoughts, working in flashes Of
Lightning, suggested every possible
trick Of escape, and as rapidly rejected
each. There was nothing for it but
to play the part, to take the blow with
no more than culver when it came.
He had once seen a man shot I'm Just
that way. Braced to such a determina-
ton, De Spain bent slowly downward,
and, with eyes staring into the water
for a reflection that might afford a
glimpse Of his enemy, he began to
drink. Each mouthful of water was q
struggle. The sense Of impending death
had robbed even the life-giving drafts
OF their tonic; each instant carried it's
acute sensation of being the last. At
length, his nerves weakened by hunger
and exposure, revolted under the
strain. Suppose it should be, after all,
fantasy Of his fever that pictured so
wildly an enemy behind. With an eff
fort that cost more mental torture than
he ever had known, he drew back on
his elbow from the pool, steadied him.
self, turned his head to face his execu-
toner, and confronted Nan Morgan.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25

dies Of the Spanish sinks. Where he
lay he could, If he meditated revenge
on her people, murder any of them, al
most at will. To spare his life imper-
lied to this extent theirs-but surely
he lay not far from death by exhaus-
ton. And if he was not helped soon
he would die.
But who was to help him? Certainly
none of his friends. If she told them
they would try to reach him. That
would mean an appalling-an unthink-
able-fght. All came back to one ter
rifying alternative: Should she help
this wretched man herself? And if he
lived, would he repay her by shooting
someone Of her own kin?
The long ride to Calabasas went fast
as the debate swept on, and the vivid
shock Of her strange experience re-
Cured to her Imagination.
She drew up before the big barn.
Jim McAlpin was coming out to go to
supper. Nan asked for her package
and wanted to start directly back
again. McAlpin refused absolutely to
hear OF 1t. He looked at her horse and
professed to be shocked. He told her
she had ridden hard, urged her to dis
mount, and sent her pony in to be
rubbed. While her horse was cared
for, McAlpin asked, In his harmless
Scotch way, about Gale.
Concerning Gale, Nan was noncom-
/ 4-I
more or less yelled, to whatever run
ming comment McAlpin had to offer
concerning the Calabasas fight. "And
was sorry to see Gale mixed up in it,"
he concluded, In his effort to draw Nan
out, "sorry. And sorrier to think of
Henry de Spain getting killed that
way. Some say" he suggested, look
ing significantly toward the door Of
the barn, and significantly away again,
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that Henry went down there to pick a
fight with the boys. But" he asserted
graphically, II happen to know that
wasn't SOL
''Then what did he go down there
for?" demanded Nan Indignantly, but
not warily.
McAlpin, the situation now in hand,
took his time to 1t. He leaned forward
in a manner calculated to invite conf
dence without giving offense. Miss
Man," said he simply, "Henry de Spain
was here, with me, sitting right there
where you are sitting, in that chair,
not fifteen minutes before that fight
began. told you he never went down
there to fight. Do you want the proof?
I'll tell you'll wouldn't want anybody
else to know-will you keep it?"
Nan seemed Indifferent. "Girls are
not supposed to keep secrets" she said
obStinately.
Her narrator was not to be baked.
He pointed to the coat-rack on the
wall in front of them both. ''There is
Henry de SPANS coat. He hung it
there just before he went down to the
inn. Under it, if you look, you'll find
his belt Of cartridges. Don't take my
word-look for yourself"
Giving this information time to sink
in, McAlpin continued. Mans eyes had
turned despite her Indifference, to the
coat; but she was thinking more in
tently about the belt which McAlpin
asserted hung under it. "You want to
know what he did go down to the hotel
for that afternoon? I happen to know
that, too," averred McAlpin, sitting
down, but respectfully, on the edge of
the chair. "First want to say this: 1
worked for your Uncle Duke five
years."
He paused to give Nan a chance to
dispute the statement if she so desired.
Then, taking her despairing silence as
an Endorsement Of his position in Civ
ing her a confidence, he went on:
Henry de Spain is dead" he said qui-
city. She eyed him without so much
as winking. II wouldn't tell it, If he
wasn't. The boys dead. And he was
always talking about you. It's Gods
truth, and since he's dead it harms no
one to tell it to you, though I'd never
breathe 1t to another. He was fairly
gone on you.
"You don't have to knock me down,
Miss Nan, to put me wise about
mans being keen on girl. I'm a mar
ried man." declared McAlpin with
modest pride. "He thought all the
time ne was fooling me. and keeping
covered. Now. that afternoon he came
in hel kind Of moody. 1t was an an
niverslry for him, and a hard One-the
day Is father was shot from am
bush-'a good many years ago, but
nary one of us had forgot it. Then
he happened to see your pony-this
same pony you're riding today-a-
standing back there in the box-stall.
He asked me whose 1t was; and he
asked me about you. and. ny jtnx the