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Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
The Busy Bees

JSY BEES, did know that and children
helping the world the European nations but
that the chdrens pressed into and that
their particular have the interests of their nations
- much at heart?
Have you the remarkable picture of the
French epng the head OF
French soldier trench he dhes top speed IRON one part OF the
fed the he bears tied his coarf That hairy
his nd we'll and who knows but what his deed OF
his important
and fahuness that little
Busy his school life will help to win battle
much the individual community
as reliable dogs was that field of battle.
the Christmasd letters be-
preceded them and likewise late thanking
beautiful they One OF them from
va accompanied called THE Poor Little Boy but there was
The editor much
of the which induced the card to be sent
Opan the Blue Side the prize book this week
Side Florence Seward Honor
abe Mention.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
Bee Subscribers Nineteen Years.

By Leta Thorne, Aged 10 Years,
1902 Avenue B, Council Bluffs,
la. Red Side.
This is my first letter to the Busy
Bees. am 10 years old and in the
fifth grade My mother has taken The
Bee for nineteen years, go to the
Avenue B school and to the Methodist
Sunday school, My papa works on the
street car. have brown (er) hair and
blue eyes.
| have kitty named Tiger because
he looks like tiger. We keep chick
ems and mamma sells eggs for 40 cents
dozen. | have pet chicken which
l call Fantail.
l can dust, sweep, wash and wipe
dishes, set the table, clear the table
and tend to the chickens.
For Christmas / got scarf and
cap, a new dress, a paper cutter and
a baby, doll. My birthday is March l9
| used to have cat named Snookie
and | will write about him the next
time. .s ~ g..
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

pionship. Silvertowns stand high in
speed and durability. Because my
Peugcot deserves--and must have
dependable tires, as well as the fast
ones, | have been buying speed--dura-
Observation-Disclosures in Sill
vcrtowns" =.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

Francisco. This also is very large
city. In the morning when woke up
on the train, what do you think |
saw? A Pullman car on each side
OF me, standing still, though some
thing underneath was moving. We
were on boat crossing the San Fran
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

books are Georgia OF the Rain
bows" THE Girls Of the Forest" and
THE Bobbsey Twins" They are all
very nice books. have good many
more good books. but those named
are my favorite ones. Some time |
will write again about>my trip to New
Mexico.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

Leontine and police driving mp in auto
mobile and getting out. They arc
Joined by Whitley Wang).
soene l4-tLiving room as per Scene u.
Sebastian turns back from window as
the vision Of Jerry disappears. Sebas
tian, surprised but determined to save
himself, rushes out of room.
Scene 15-tOutside lodge as per Scene 49,.
Police leave LeoHtine and Whitley to-
gether and exit to surround lodge.
Show foreground of Sebastian behind
hedge near by, his face registering hate
and the resolve to make Whitley pay
for his betrayal He draws revolver.
Show foreground of Whitley Sxulting
over Sebasian's impending downfall and
laughing over his recent exhibition Of
fear.
Notwithstanding fury over his betrayal
adds another crime to his long oalen-
dar.
Full set--Pun of smoke comes through
bushes and Whitley Wang falls dead.
Scene t6--tLocation other side Of lodge).
Two policemen hear sound OF shot Turn
and hastily exit.
Scene f7--toutside lodge as per Scene 1s),
Leontinc bending over body OF Whitley
Wang. Show half diaphragmed fore
ground Sebastian coming out from
bushes
Open diaphragm further TO show figure
of Jerry Carson standing before Leon
tine. Sebastian falls back. afraid, gazes
peninu MIN anu Bllnpses approaching
policeman.
Scene 18-tPathway nearby. MooulishD,
Two policemen running down pathway
toward foreground.
Scene IS-(Outside lodge per Scene 15).
Leontine, Sebastian. vision Of Jerry and
body Of Whitley Wang in picture Sc
bastian darts out Of picture
E PART II.
Scene so-twcods location).
Sebastian runs through picture. gazing
nervously behind him. Policemen fol-
low him through picture.
scene s1--tPath at the top Of ciinl.
Sebastian comes running in. Sees he
Is at edge Of elf. turns to continue
flight and is confronted by vision of
Jerry Carson. He stops, frightened and.
as policemen come into picture, real
ICES that he is at last caught in a
trap.
Show foreground of Sebastian. Regis
ters utter despair. then turns to the
police and holds up his hand for them
to stop .- ..
Full set-sebastian facing the police.
Vision Of Jerry has vanished unnoticed
by Sebastian, who says a smiling word
or two to the police. Bows rcsignedly.
then leaps over the cliff. Police rush
forward and look down.
Scene s2-(Bottom Of oliH. Moonlight).
show foreground OF Sebastian dead on
rocks at bottom OF clim.
Scene 23-tTop Of cliff as per Scene 2D.
Confident that Sebastian Is dead, police
turn and exit Close diaphragm.
Subtitle--At the news Of Sebastians death
Leontine believes that her mission has
failed--that now there is no chance Of
Jerry Carsou's memory being cleared. Z,
Scene s4-Living room in lodge as per
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

and answer ii myself. Why is Christ
mas sometimes spelled "Xmas?"
Answer: The letter X is used to
represent the, Greek letter "chi' (pro-
nounced kye), which it resembles in
form. Chi is the initial letter of the
Greek word for Christ
| have been sick and could not talk.
Goodbye, Busy Bees.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
The Ant Family.

~ NC FHt rdiHHy. ="
By Noreen Mccoy, Aged Ii Years,
= Papillion, Neb. Blue Side.
One day mother ant said to the
father ant: Don't you think the
house we are living in is too simple.
old and worn out?. think we had
better have new one made, and then
we can have it made to suit our
selves"
"Well," said the father, 81 think you
are right, we do need a new house to
live in, and as you say we can have it
made to suit ourselves So tomor-
row we will have to cook for some
carpenters"
alright, ! will" said the mother.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

to go to the store and he did not
want to be punished, so he sat down
on the grass to think. Soon his cousin
came along.
Cousin" said Bunny. will you 60
to the store and get a can of prepared
tomato soup? III give you cabbage
leaf if you will"
"Why, yes, can get it. I am going
on all errand myself"
So off he went and off went Bunny
Boy to the cabbage patch. When he
had eaten all he could cat he took
few leaves and went back up to the
road to wait for his cousin. He had
no time to spare, however, for soon
his cousin came skipping along.
Here's your soupr he cried, gayly.
"And here's your cabbage leaves"
cried Bunny, taking the can and start.
ing for the house. His mother had
seen what he had done and she sent
him to bed.
"Why. that's just what l want" he
said to himself, as he snuggled down
in his warm bed. Il have had all the
cabbage leaves l could eat, and now
I'll have a good sleep"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
Her First Letter.

By Katharine Schultz, Aged 9 Years,
Box 267, Milford, Neb. Red Side.
l am little girl years old and l
go to school and am in the third
grade. Our school house burned and
now we have to have school in the
churches.
| have read all the Busy Bees
stories in the papers and like them
very much.
| have dog named Belle and a cat
named Goosie, also some big chickens
and some baby chicks. had some
ducks, but now / have only one.
We have no school today, so | am
writing to you. This is my first let
ter to the Busy Bees and hope it
will be printed.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
For ChildFen's Cough.

You cannot use anything better for your
chilTs cough and cold than DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Contains nothing harmful. Guar
anteed SOC. All druggists.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14

The next day the carpenters came
and commenced their work. First
they made the foundation of it, then
they put the frames up and after that
they nailed on the boards on the out
side Of the house. They cut the holes
for the windows and put the glass into
them. Then they went to work inside
of the house.
1t wasn't very many days before the
house was finished and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ant moved into it. 1t wasn't very
long until Mrs. Ant had little one.
Neither one of them had any name
thought Of to name it, so they had to
ask one of the carpenters what they
should cali her. well, since she was
born in a new house and the house is
brown, | think New Brown would be
good name for her." So they named
her New Brown.
New Brown was strong healthy
child. She liked their new home very
much, and they all lived happily ever
after.
A Prosperous Lad. .
By Harlan Preston, Aged 10 Years,
Lyons, Neb. Red. Side.
live on farm two and half
miles east Of Lyons.
Last year | had $24 and bought a
bicycle for $22. This spring earned
about $3.50 trapping. Then l bought
a white-face calf from papa and after
a while traded it for larger calf
l set an old hen with fourteen eggs
and Matched twelve chickens, only
two dying. Then mamma let me set
another hen with fifteen eggs and they
Matched thirteen chickens, only one
dying. | sold them and got $3.50. !
have $500 in the Farmers bank
Origin of Word Xmas"
By Lucille Borzeh, Aged II Years,
Farwell, Neb. Blue Side.
Boys and girls | wish you all a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year. l received many presents this
year, among them dress, two towels,
three handkerchiefs and story book.
suppose all got something for
Christmas.
| | am going to ask you a question
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
New Busy Bee.

New Busy Bee. LA
By Alice Miller, Aged IL Years, Mem
phis, Neb. Blue Side.
This is the first tima | have writ
ten to the Busy Bees, but ] read the
Busy Bees page every, Monday.
| have two sisters and one brother.
My teachers name is Fred Wagner
and l like him very well. We have a
foot ball team at school.
| live, on a 200-acre farm. Our
closest town is Wann. We live in a
square house with only four rooms.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-14
Fayorite Books.

Favorite Books.
By Helen Head, Agedu0 Years, Cres-
ton, la. Blue Side.
How many OF you Busy Bees like
to read good books?
| read a good deal and my favorite
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Congratulations due Sheriff Harry Wheeler and his force of deputies their remarkable ming securing conviction of Jackson the murderer of Johnson the Douglas chauffeur Johnson killed last Saturday and the fact reported to sheriff late that evening Jackson taken Phoenix Tuesday and landed in the Tombstone jail by Sheriff Wheeler Wednesday evening. He confessed and tried and sentenced to prison for life Thursday All this in less than week after the crime had committed It did not just happen that IL just luck chance that caused the feet justice swiftly and reentlessy the track of this crimin al The sheriff and his deputies systematically and thoroughly from the first they learned the crime An idea of just how thorough they were be gained from the fact the of the tee- grams of notification of description of the criminal that they the evening the murder cost enc hundred and thirty dollars Nothing was left
 10 chance They notified every officer within s possible radius Of escape The complete and its meshes woven closely that Jackson caught in the web the third day after his crime It pretty piece Of detective work and fast piece Of work and it stands warning to tho criminals of the southwest that C -hise county is dangerous place in which to ply theIr
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22
Saturday Morning, December p, 1917.

The disclosures of the Argentine government regard ing the activities of Count Luxburg the notorious German minister merely further emphasize the iniquity of the imperial of which Luxburg is only tool agent, acting under specific instruc tons reachery his deceit and his unscrupulousness are barred all their naked nastiness To deal with government created this and inspired and directed him. except with the point of the sword would the of folly and weakness. President Wilson Lloyd George and Clemenceau spoken for America England and France with one voice and declared that nothing good can come of any peace negotiations with the present German government.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Strike troubles and especially street strikes, may well be solved forever by the In Kansas City, the of recent street strike of extreme bitter ness. eighty responded to advertisement for conductors Most of them accepted and will don their uniforms and swing the doors and watch the passengers deposit their fares One the applicants of her brothers had joined the army and as one o: them street conduc- she thought it only right that she should take his place. By the time the second million called it is impOssibiy that hundreds of thousands Of workers will pour into the gaps the industrial ranks And while it is that there have been strikes by workers. yet it also that the female of the species open vicious foolish leader ship than the Women members of trade unions have less trouble reasonable in their demands and slower to rush out strike The womans influ the industrial world should he for good in the main and striking just in the of the fight John Barleycorn. where her ballot been great factor in abolishing the saloon
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

An appeal to American citizens of German birth and descent to join its campaign for helping the United States win the made public by the executive mittee of the Friends of German Democracy. Franz Sgel. of General Franz Sgel Civil War fame is president of the organization. This s a the part America against the nation the appeal stated. "It is rather against peculiar system of society government This system society and government unhappy dominates the German people to their own and the worlds undoing"
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Lloyd Georges declaration that the Turk shall never have Jerusalem matter what restoration of captured territories is made after the will stir every real Christian heart this Chrstmastide. The kaisers speakable ally has ruled the Holy City for nearly thou sand years and during that period it has sunk to a lower level than did under the rule of the Persian and BabylOnan conquerors of long ago Today English soldiers patrol the Chrsts city the has replaced the upon her towers That the cradle of Christianity and the tomb of the Nazaene again in the hands of Christian men. makes this a Christmas of reverent and heartfelt joy. That neither the kaiser. the Turk the devil will again be al lowed proane this holy ground brings profound every American, whether he be in outside of a church organization.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

In the city council discussed the other night a plan to park automobiles. And it most timely, this discussion At present traffic officer must be kept duty all day the postofce plaza moving cars that their owners may come and The place is adapted parking automobiles The cars must be placed in three the front cannot get out the railroad tracks in front of them: there fore the be moved and those in the front rows backed This results in congestion the busiest the district The plan discussed in the council to cover section of the spillway further up the canyon it for parking purposes at least to relieve the congestion the postoffce is worth any reasonable expense and trouble to out
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22
Catarrhal Cough

N-. V. 6. Brown, R. r. n. No. {, Box Sc, Rogersville, Tennessee, writes;
 q feel ;t my duty to recommend Perrna to all sufferers Of eatarrh or cough. In the year 1909. l took a severe csse of the Ia grippe. I then took bad cough. had taken all kinds of cough remedies but got no relief. I then decided to try Peruna. I used five bottles. After taking five bottles my cough stopped and my catarrh was cured. My average weight was 115 and now I weigh 1tsk. Any one suffering with ca- tarrh in any form will advise them to take Peruna"
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Concealed under ash heap in the of a little twobyfour watch repair shop in the heart of Lawtons business district special fer the department Of justice unearthed enough nroglycern blow the watchmaker. Harry Casey. is in jail pending
 hearing espionage charge. The federal officers say they close the real head of and the brains of the ". w Outrages that have been committed through Oklahoma since declared last spring. Rail bridges dynamited warehouses destroyed
 refinery fire and houses blown ntroglycern and dynamite All this laid the door of the I W w and a result of reign of terror created by the L W w Tulsa number of them tarred and feathcreI and chased of by vigilance committee Casey refused make a but admitted that he member of the l. W. W.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22
ALLIED AND rsuroNIc STRENGTH.


 German combatant forces all fronts estimated at S1SOOOO by the military critic of LEcho Paris His estimate the present total strength the German is 55OOOOO Non-combatant units. which he says tota eS7OOOO men, needed by Germany for guarding the frontier. occupying invaded territories and maintaining the long lines of communication.
 There are exactly 154 divisions the Anglo French front he writes Each division has only three regiments of infantry each of which there only two three battaions These battaons only upon maximum effective of $50 combatants. Thus for the infantry there only maximum of 5S5O rifles to division. special troops, artillery engineers general staff and other services added German division possess scarcely 12.OOO men all told.
 "The general total eombatant forces on the western front including army corps and army organizations, to about 100000 men. figure considerably lower than that of the British armies. The 115 divisions. of which 77 German opposed the Rus sians and Rumanians the front have been duced thus far only 11S but each division has been greatly diminished by withdrawals of individual units. The Ausrians weakened their divisions Without counting leves made the 77 German divisions there remain the eastern front l. OOOOOO Germans
 "To Italy. Germany in support of forty-fve Austrian divisions only divisions about 100000 combaants On the Balkan front held chiefly by gars with PA battalons the Germans have only 3OOO0 fighting but certain indications point reinforce mens having been sent hither recently from the sian front"
 An estimate of Hungary's army strength. given in Associated Press dispatch from French army head quarters places 100000 The strength of the dual empire before the war was S,sOO.OOO
 The strength of the AustroGerman forces in Italy cording official dispatches Washington is S4O.OOO men.
 And consider the allied strength. England has SOOOOOO at the front and million in Italy has 100000 men under America has a mil lion under and will surely have half million in France by This that on actual fight ing lines of the front year that Germany can at the most with all the aid she from Austria the Turk. only 100000 men. and. to do this she would have strip her lines trely and her for the front and guard her communications Opposed to them will be r. 100000 allied soldiers with pouri Eng and Canada and the United States Italy will still out number Austria in in the field the allies have more at SslonEi than the Turks and Bulgars oppose them In the far the English have the Turks beaten in morale well in the field. All in all the situation 1918 justify the Christmas appeal the kaiser almost to peace His 900 fighting men and 100000 reserves will be re duced onehaf in another year he will have the length of fighting line to maintain and foes than ever in arms against him.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

The Tucson National bank will be he name of the institution 10 be founded by R, R. Cook ot Fl Paso. who had intended only a state bank. It will have $lOO,O0O capital instead of S50,OOO. W. H. LandiS Of Nogales will be an officer.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Hipolita RascOn. a Mexican citizen, is alleged, ridiculed a Mexican girl because she was wearing pin bear ing the colors of the United States. The girl said she had found the pin on the street when asked by the Mexi- ,an where she got it. whereupon the man said she should have stamped it. Judge Beumler set Rascon's bond at $500. He will be charged with violat- ng the espionage act.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Stanley Wilson, formerly ranger in the local forest service. has received his commission as first lieutenant of the 18th field artillery. and is to be assigned to the camp at San Antonio, according to word received Wednes- day at the forest office. Wilson was one of the Tucson men admitted to the officers camp at Leon Springs, Tex
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

V. R. N. Greaves is in Douglas for a holiday visit to his children, Mir. and Mrs. Vernon Greaves, who have resided in Doguas for a number of years. Mir. Greaves for several years has been residing in Lordburg, x. M.. where he is practicing law. He was T resident of Bisbee 20 years ago and at one time edited the BiSbee Review. being succeeded by w B. Kelly when he bought the paper in 1900. Speak ing of LOrdsburg. MT. Greaves says that general prosperity is in evidence and that the mining industry in that section is especially showing growth. The Eighty-Five mine is now putting on more men and other companies op- erating in the vicinity are going ahead successfully. Besides being an old-timer of Bisbee, Judge Gleaves was afterwards justice of the peace at Nsco. and after that was prominent in Winkleman. in Gila county. where he was also justice of the peace for a time
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

A total saving of more than 90 tons in sugar. flour and meat was effected by the hotels and restaurants of Ari, zona for the month of November, ac oording to a report which has been forwarded to Washington by NJ. T. Grier. chairman of the hotel and res taurant committee of the food admin istration. II is estimated that li.9O1 pounds Of wheat -four were saved as a result Of observi,.r wheatless days Sl,7SO pounds of meat through 'he observance of meatiess uays aEi l2. 16s rounds o: sugar b. following ihc suggestions tor tue conservation O, this commodity.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Mrs. Robert Rae has completed her -eport of the result of the twoday rive conducted in Douglas on Decem- ler 10 and II in behalf of the war york fund of the Y. w. c. A. The total collections for the campaign are i447711 Of this amount $47SS6 was procured on tag day. December l. Mrs. Rae has on hand of this sum S1S2S.61, md there is in New York city S15O0 credited to Douglas. The remaining mount. S1O4S.5O. still is unpaid. IL onsists of pledges made to workers turing the drive, and as they were from persons certain to pay there is 70 doubt but that this soon will be turned in.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22
County Briefs

The new form Of personal property
 aX receipts was mailed Wednesday 5y the state tax commission to the va rious county assessors. The personal property tax receipts are changed this year on account of the county asses
 ors taking over the personal property assessments and collections for the cities.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

Prohibition is again in force at Agua
 'rieta, under orders of the state au-
 horities made Wednesday. The beer
 n the town was sent to Cananea to De sold for the benefit of schools and 'hurches. When this is sold there will be no booze in Sonora known to the authorities. Gen. P. E. Gales. gov ernor of Sonora, has instructed the military authorities to keep a vigilant watch for bootleggers. The governor $ as determined to enforce the pro- aibition law. and says he will take lrastic measures to keep all kinds of hQuor from the state.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-22

The Apache Trail, the great scenic route to the Roosevelt dam. is in fair condition for a mountain high way" said H. C. Hallmark. genera, freight and passenger agent of the Arizona Eastern. Thursday. and re pairs will be made by Maricopa cOun ty to the portion between the noun tains and Mesa as soon as the rains come. That part has been somewhat cut up and the dry season has neceS slated the deferment of repairs. The mountain section is maintained by the United States reclamation service. Many tourists of the Southern Pacific are going over the trail every day"