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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
OMAHA PATRIOTIC
AS EASTERN CITIES
So Declares Vice President
Munroe of Union Pacific On
Return Home. J
RAIL CONGESTION BETTER

while there are more flags flying
and more bands marching the streets,
there is nothing to indicate that there
is any more patriotism in the eastern
cities than right here in Omaha" re-
marked J. A. Munroe, vice president
of the Union Pacific, who has just re-
turned from several weeks Spent in
Washington and cities along the At
lantic coast. ....-
Mr.. Munroe went to Washington to
appear in several cases before the
Interstate Commerce commission in
which the Union Pacific j. interested.
None of these cases were reached.
Decisions were handed down. how
ever, IN number of railroad cases,
but they related to local conditions
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31

and had no bearing upon the general
railroad situation.
In New York aud Boston, as we'll
as IN practically the eastern cities Wis
tied, Mr.. Munroe asserts that there
was no particular excitement over in
ternational matters. yet there was a
feeling of intense interest. War talk
he found to be pretty general and an
inclination upon the part of nearly all
to stand behind, President Wilson in
the position he has taken. Said Mr..
Munroe:
Since the censorship has been
placed on the army and navy, there
is much less talk than previously, al
though everywhere there is an indica-
ton that preparedness is going on in
all departments of the government
service that would have to do with
war in the event that it should come.
THE freight congestion problem
seems to be working itself out and
the shipments are moving more freely
than in long time, but, of course,
normal conditions have not been COM
pletely. restored"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
ties and rewards in every branch o
life insurance.

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ties and rewards in every branch OF
life insurance.
A soLDIER-pocToR OF OUR ARMY: BY
Maria =, hmoai'; 81 boston Hoash'on
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MIS-; hinipal mas eoliee'eu scraps
from her husDahd iet.eIs any Jouf ),
nais winch snow MN ever Z hsn.et.
was ihoeed Iuc soiu'er- uoetor'
| OBSTACLES TO PEACE. BY Samuel 8.
Mcclure. Boston. Houghton Mifflin COM
psn'' 'N'
lhere are To-Day TWO o1stacies 10
peace-tne material oDstacies sucn as
DIVISION Oh territofy, ana tne spiritual
obstacle OF the enormous hatreds en-
gendered. In TINS DOCK these obstacles
llgnt OF Hrst-ndhu inioiHidtloi sdhieu
from responsible sources. Inc result
is one OF the most incisive and iilu-
mlnating books that has yet been
called forth by the great war.
SOME csi ssa,, ass,ps, BY
Lippincott company 81.
THE manual aims n increase 81
6c;encv in the farm home and IN sat-
;sfv he Growing demand for nsefuI
Th;s i dnr. bu a;n;ra syosest;ons
a:.s.:. a.
ana oifections LOT prdctical WORK 10
be done in the home and at school.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND WORDS FIRE.
9uENTLY MIsPRoNouNcED. By Frank
CO u,e'' ,is 90" i0fA' honA q "snaiiS
Ind;c,,s, -. ..rr.c. accommodates,
90 Enr,;s5 ,o.ds ,ars;na .sr,,s
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
Q17r

I Eleanor Il. Porter. Boston. The Houshton-
Mifflin company. $40.
A novel that has all the sweetness,
inspiration and human appeal of "Just
David" and is in addition a real love
story. Everyone who enjoyed "Just
David" will find even greater enjoy
ment in this tale of the romantic
courtship and marriage of poor girl
and a wealthy young man, of their
arrangement and of the final happy
ending brought about by their daugh-
ter. for it is story of everyday men
and women told in a way that will
bring it close to every readers life.
THE LADY OF MYSTERY HOUSE. BY
George C. shedd. New. York. The Mac
aulay company. $L3b.
A swift moving tale OF mystery and
romance, with a pretty plot to puzzle
the readers wits, seasoned with the
spice of danger and just enough love
making to suit everybody from 10 to
60--and older. Omaha people will
find an added interest in the fact that
the author is an Omaha man.
EDITH BoNHAM. BY Mary Hallock Foote.
Boston. Houghton-M ifrlin company. $50.
The main theme OF this narrative
IS inc friendship between TWO young
women. Soon after the marriage Of
one of them her early death forces
the other to undertake the upbringing
of her friends children. Out of this
story of family life and middle-aped
ro,,,nro ,,,L;cL c,rr;.s r.,,,rt,,ti,,
'os aAu e app@a
RUSSIA IN 1915. BY Stephen Graham, New
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s;nns af P,ss;. ~ ;,s .nsto,ns and
dsscr;hs. ths nensra, tpend of .aa;rs
:, ,oiS 'A' s"e s"u - ana" :
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THE MAN IN COURT. By Frederic De
Sons. $3.50.
worL &c humorous y;s,,i;1,t;or
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csss Tnda. Walls h.s m-;ttsn = fron,
tae lhs,uer point o. view anu makes
PLAIN the dreaded intricacies OF the
law.
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Robort Goldsmith Nav YORK. The Mac.
MILAN company. $3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
Novel Reading Kids Admit
R0bbing Several Stores

The bold, bad robbers who have
been worrying the merchants OF
North Twenty-fourth street by their
daring and repeated thefts are Morris
Siegler, 16 years old, Twenty-fourth
and Burdette streets, and Louis
Young, same age, 4l2 North Eight
zenith street. Detective Creel found
them Thursday night toting between
them a sack OF candy, gum and
cigarets.
The baby bandits told police that
they had robbed pool hall at Tween
ty-fourth and Parker streets, a drug
store and a saloon at Twenty-fourth
and Hamilton and grocery store at
Twenty-fourth and Charles. They
admit that they have been prolific
readers of dime novels.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31

LoST ENDEAvoR. BY John MassAsld
New York. The Macmillan company.
$3.50.
Here is another OF John Masefeld's
adventure stories. This has to do with
pirates and buccaneers and life on the
seas in the days when an ocean trip
was beset with all kinds of danger
and excitement. The authors feeling
for the romance of the sea, his under
standing OF the mariner, his sure
grasp OF the qualities of suspense,
have never been better demonstrated
than in this rousing tale.
THEY OF THE HIGH TRAILS. BY Ham
lin Garland. New y York. Harper &
Brothers. sl.35,
This is a succession of romances Of
the west, Mr.. Garland's heroes are
honest men, not rascals of sorts
exalted by exigencies or emotion. His
heroines, however beautiful and allur-
ing, are not women one would have
been the better for not having known.
The author has faith in the good as
well as the beautiful.
THE SHIFTING SPELL. BY Leslie Probyn.
New York. Duficld g. Co. si.35.
A delightful tale Of life in an Eng
lish country house of today. Mysteri-
Gus and entertaining complications
surround the people, young and old,
in this story and result in a series Of
enlivening adventures, both romantic
and highly entertaining.
IN A LITTLE TOWN. BY Rupert Hughes
New York. Harper & Brothers. s1.35.
The life OF a small middle western
town is portrayed by Mr.. Hughes with
all its humor, its comedy, its pathos
and its drama. He writes the epic
of each little existence Of rural life
with the same sympathy and fidelity
he has shown in his stories Of metro
politan life.
THE GIRLS AT HIS BILLET. BY Berts
Ruck. New York Dood. Mead & Co. $40.
A clever, captivating, humorous
love story--these words express in
adequately the latest sparkling novel
from the clever pen Of Berta Ruck.
Three really pretty sisters, blue-eyed
and golden-haired, live healthy and
rather sleepy life in one OF the quiet
est and most remote villages in Eng
land, where they are far removed
from young and attractive men. But
the war changes things, and from
dwelling in manless desert they
find themselves in an oasis that fairly
teens with young masculinity when
hundreds OF troops are quartered in
their neighborhood.
THE TWIN GODS. By John Joseph Cos
grove. New York City. Technical Book
Publishing company.
An interesting little book contain
ing some beautiful characters and told
in pleasant narrative form.
THE HORNETS NEST. BY Mrs Wilson
Woodrow, Boston. Little, Brown 4 Co..
s136.
Seldom does novelist present such
differentiated and individualized char
acters as are gathered together in this
story and seldom does one evolve such
clever and unusal theme.
GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIA BY Florence
ouertin futile New York. The Abingdon
Press. si.0o
Eleven short stories told in an in
teresting and entertaining way. Three
Of the stories contained in this little
volume are prize winning stories. All
are bright and well worth reading.
THE ROAD TO Understandings. Nv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
Bee Flags Are Now to
Be Seen On All Sides

The first supply Of The Bee flags
was quickly exhausted, rush wire
order went the same way and Sec
ond wire order was sent.
Forty flags were ordered by the
Walnut Hill school teachers and 100
by the South Lincoln school teachers
and pupils. Brown Park school sent
for thirty-four flags.
Hundreds Of these flags have been
placed on wind shields Of automo-
bilcs. They serve acccptably for win
dow decorations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
Tells Police that He Finds
Woman'S Handbau On Street

X. c. Reed, 1907 Farnam street, has
notified the police that on Dodge street
between Thirteenth, and Fourteenth
he found woman's handbag, said to
contain sum Of money. The name
II NJ. ]. Peterson. Plattsmouth, was
,ound on the bag. Reed is holding
/ for Identification.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31

were that he blew out the gas before
he retired.
Grimball, who was about so years
old, told his landlady, Mrs. Ruth
Holmes, that his home was in Clay
Center, Ia, and that he had come TO
Omaha to become a telegraph oper-
ator for the Union Pacific railroad.
Albert Merrick, fellow roomer.
found the body at 7 a. m.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31
Iowa Man Found Dead is
Thought to Be a Suicide

Found dead in bed Friday morning
at 20l South Twenty-fourth street, |.
|. Grimball is believed to have been
the victim of suicide. Indications
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-31

Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
EAR RUNS INTO NIAGARA
 R|VER-TWENTY THREE LIVES LOST

Niagara Falls, July S.-Sunday at' teruoon one of the trolly cars oper- ating on the electric line to Mag ara falls and alorg the river, which was loaded with excursionists, jump ed the track at point where it runs close to tue edge of a high embankment overlooking the river, and fell into the waer many feet be- low.
 Immediately rescue work was be- gun by men who had witnessed the accident from nearby points, and a number of lives were saved by the timely assistance rendered, many women and children being rescued from the strong current of the riV- CT.
 Today, according to careful re- ports, 1t is believed that twenty three persons lost heir lives, num- Der of dead bodies having been found in the car and several others having been picked up along the river bank.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
SHIP OWNERS
 GIVEN WARNING

Washington, July 8. - According to Secretary Redtield, who is res ponsibIe for the announcement, all ship owners are to prepare them- selves for tn raeQuisition of their ships by the United states govern ment. It is expected that the or der will be issued late this afternoon by the Department of Commerce. The announcement was made by Sec retary Redfield so as to give the ship owners an opportunity of pre- pairing for the order which may cause the Dequisitoning of any ship in the United States.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

Boston, July 3.-Sunday afternoo Amerc an soldiers who were on leaY from their barracks and sailors who were on shore leave from their ships attacked a socialist parade and fore ed the participants to disband, ma ny of the latter being seyerly in jured in the melees which resulted when Uncle Sam's fighting men de- manded that demonstrations of an unpatriotic nature be discontinued.
 The socialists carried red falgs and many unpatriotic banners, and the band which headed the parade played the ''Marseillasse." ."
 The attacking party siezed the American flag from the flag bearer in the parade, and after trampling the Ted flags of the socialists in the dirt, and also the printed ban ners, forced the band to play the Star Spaugled Banner while ohest were given to "old Glory"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

East st. Louis, July 2. - The reign of terror has again broken out in this city, and as 8 result of the race riots, which begun last night when whites put the torch to the homes of a number of negroes, mil itary rule has been declared.
 When the negroes were driven from their homes by the flames, they were ruthlessly shot down by the whites as they fled to places of safety.
 Some of the authorities estimate the dead to be in the netghborhood of two hundred although the col lored people have not as yet all been accounted for.
 About 8 month ago trouble broke out between the whites and colored people, and since that time there hfs been number of serious riots in which blood has been shed.
 When word was sent to Adjutant Generol Dickson of the Illinois Ma tional Guard, he immediately dis patched fifteen hundred guardsmen to the scene to maintain order, but 1t was soon found that this num- Der was not sufficient to cope with the situation.
 General Dickson then held con Terence with Mayor Mollman as to the adVisibdlity of calling for more troops.
 The whites who are taking part in the riots Seem to have lost all
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
CHINA EMPEROR
 NAMES CABINET.

Tien Tsin, July 9.-Reports re- ceived here from Pekin say that Emperor Isuan Tung has issued an edict appointing General Chang Hsu premier and viceroy of the province of Chi Li. The report also states that the Emperor has named the members of his new cabinet, and has included Rang Yuwei, presi- dent of the Progressive party to which millions Of Chinese belong. Hsu Shis Chang, former secretary of State of China will be head or the ministry, according to the ad- vice received giving details of per sonale of the new cabinet.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

river bank
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

Petrograd, July 2.-AccOrdtng to adyices given out at the war office this morning Russian troops have captured the town of Koniuchy on the Galician front, taking 164 of Eicers and eighty-fOur hundred sol diers prisoners.
 General Kerensky teleGraphed the premier today that the Russian rev oIutiOnary army had resumed the offensive on July first, and that they were fighting the enemy with a strong determination to beat them back.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

Petrogyad, July 3.-The War of flee today announced that new movement had been made against the Germans at ZlOchoff, on the Gal acian front, and that the Russian troops had carried the point of at tack.
 As a result of the capture of the German position, six thousand Ger man troops were taken prisoners and a large amount of army stores and munitions.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
WILL GOVERN
 COTTONWOOD

Washington, July 3.-The United States Senate today adopted an a. amendment to the food bill, addiAg cotton and it's products to the sched, ule. This will also include cotton clothing the products which the gov ernment woul' control.
 An amendment to the measure adding wool to the bill was adopt ed viva voce.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

Berlin, July 2-Aceording to ad- vices which were received here this morning, Russian troops open ed a heavy attack along the Stripa front and gtormed the German pos itions along eighteen miles of bat tie line. but according to the off cial report the Russians were driy- eu back after sustaining a heavy loss.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
GERMANS WORK
 F0R SANNYS

A French Port. July 3.-Several score Of amazed German prisoners were used in aiding workmen in preparing quarters for American troops. Many of the German sol diers refused to believe their eyes when tbeylearned for what purpose the results of their labOrs was to be used 0A.-I z.A
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS DISPERSE
 SOCIALISTS PARADE IN..BOSTON

The procession consisted of hund- reds of men and women, many Of the later carried babes in their arms. Hundreds Of fist fights Oc- cured on Boston Common between participants in the parade and by islanders, and when agents of the Federal Department, of Justice, act ing under dtrectIon of Assistant Dis trlct Attorney Goldberg made ar rests of a number of persons who made unpatriOtic remarks.
 It was claimed by the socialists that the parade was in the nature of a peace demonstration,
 None of the soldiers or sailors were arrested for the part they took in mobbing the socialists, and while there was considerable excitement during the balance of the afternoon and evening, there was no further demonstration of violence.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
GERMANS CLAIM
 ID HAVE WON

Berlin, July S.-An official state ment given out today by the war office says that the Galician village Of Koniuchy has been lost to the Russians, and that the first attack made upon that point was frustrate by the German troops The report states that he loss sustained by tho Russisans surpasses any hith- erto known
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
RUSSIANS BEGIN HAMMERING THE
 GERMANS ON GALICIAN FRONT

Berlin, July S,-Russian troops have broken forward across the heights on tue western bank of the Stripa in Galacia, thereby succeed ing in extending the gap made in the German lines Monday. The Ger man war office states that the ad- vance has been checked by German reserve troops.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
SHIP LAUNCHED

Camden, N. J., July 3.-The supe dreadnaught, Idaho. the latest ad- dition to Uncle Sans fleet, is read y for service today. She w2s launch ed Saturday from the yards of the New York Shipbuilding company. The contract was let in November, 1914.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03

East St. Louis, 2:3O p. m. - Fires started by niobs in three ne- gro quarters at noon today which were famed by high wind, rapid ly spread to other buildings in the vicinity, and got beyond the con- trol of the fire department. The fires are the result of the race riots, and while the entire district has been carefully patrolled, some one evidently found an opportunity Of applying the torch.
 At one o'clock an alarm calling out all fire fighting apparatus was turned in, and National Guard and police from st. Louis were hurried to the scene of the fire where crowds of rioters had assembled. The flames are spreading rapidly, and with the high wind which is now blowing it is feared that the entire section of the city will be wiped out.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
NATIONAL GUARD CALLED OUT
 IN EAST ST. LOUIS FACE RIOTS

sense of order, and perfect orgy pervails. Negroes in all parts Of this section are being i'll treated and in number of instances kill ing has resulted when the black men have been found.
 At a late hour last night the National Guard had secured some semblance of order and 1t Is now believed that they will have no trouble in maintaining order.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-07-03
NO PAPER TOMORROW

Owing to the fact that there will be no cable service tomorrow, July Fourth, as it is a National Legal Holiday, there will be no issue Of this paper. lN
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-11
700 PAPERS DIE IN A MONTH AS
NEWS PRINT PRICES SOAR.
Mills Admit Fourth of Publications
in the Country Will Quit in
Next Year.

Washington, Seven hundred pa
pers in the United States suspended
in the last month, owing to the high
price of print. Paper manufactures
admit the prices they are charging
will put rs per cent of the publica-
tons Of the country out of business
in the next twelve months.
There are two big features of the
present situation in which the read
ing public-and that means the gen.
eral public--is vitality interested.
Education has long been considered
a public necessity, and newspapers
and periodicals are regarded as such
9. prime necessity to the people of the
United States that the Government
has made rate of l cent pound
for delivery through the mails.
Despite this provision made by
the government that readers may be
supplied with newspapers and peri
odicals thousands of publications,
bic and little, are now threatened
with absolute ruin because of ina
bility to pay the price which I've pa
per manufacturers demand
Desperate as is their plight. the
publishers of the country have given
few details of the situation to their
readers. 1t is believed the public
should nave the facts, so that it may
understand whv SO many papers are
being forced out of business, and
why those that continue to exist must
raise their prices and practice the
most rigid economy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-11
Samuel SchenCk.

Samuel Schenck was born in Rock
vile, Indiana, Oct. %, 1910; died at
Decatur City, Iowa, January 5, 1917,
aged 76 years, 2 months and Z days.
He came with his parents to Deca-
tur county, Iowa, in 1857. and NOV
ed to Decatur City in 1868, where he
has resided continuously ever since
He was united in marriage with Miss
Emiline Baker, Jan. 81, 1869. Their
time together was of short duration,
being only about one year, as her
life was taken when the little infant
daughter was given them. The lit
tie daughter only lived to be 8
months old when it was called home
to be with it's mother.
Uncle Sam, as he was commonly
called, was converted and joined the
M. 10. church early in life and has
remained true and consistent fol-
lower of the Master ever since. For
over 40 years he has served the
church in the capacity of recording
steward, also secretary and treasur-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-01-11
Mrs. Samantha j. Woodland.

Samantha J. Woodland was born in
Kentucky in 1884 and removed with
her parents to- Clay township, Har-
risson township. Missouri, in 1852,
when she was years Old, Her faith,
er and mother, Christopher B; and
what is known as the old Adkins
farm southeast of Davis City, still
belonging to the Adkins heirs. On
this farm Samantha grew to woman
hood. When she was q years Of age
she was married to VIM. Woodland.
They were denied any children. Her
husband preceded her q te the e., great eat
Oldest of a family of five children,
all Of whom prece ded her to the
great beyond A number of years
ago she moved to Davis City and liv-
ed here a short time and then they
bought the farm where Francis Reg
err now lives and later sold the farm
and removed to Oklahoma, living
when they started to move to Arkan-
sas and were taken sick on the road
and they notified her sister, Mary B.
Rains, and his brother Mac Wood
ard, who went after them and re-
moved them to the home of Mary B.
Rains in New Buda township. She
had been afflicted with a running
oO1C III 11Cl AIAADS W AAVLl poAAOu AOA
so severely as to cause her reason to
become impaired to such an extent
that she had to have a guardian ap-
pointed for her. l.. A. Brown was
appointed. He kept her with her
sister, Mary B. Rains until July,
1915, when she became violent and
was removed to Clarinda, where she
died on December %. Mr.. Brown
went after the remains and brought
them to this city on Dec rs. Funer-
al services were held Dec. 81, con-
Quoted by Father Henry Reed in the
Union Church. lnterment was in the
Hamilton cemetery in the family
burying ground. And long may her
ashes rest in peace. Thus closes
chapter in the Adkins family. Her
father and mother, one sister, Mary
B. Rains, and three brothers, George
and James and Peter Adkins have all
crossed over the river before her.
She was an honest. upright, good
and true woman and it has been we'll
and truly said that no one in need
was ever turned away from her door,
always ready to do her part in life
and never weary of well doing. We
leave her in the hands Of a just and
all wise Creator.