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Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13
Liberty Loan Bond
Happenings

Omaha lodge No. 1lS, United Com
mercial Travellers OF America. has
subscribed $500 of the lodge funds
for Liberty bond.
The Union Pacific mass meeting at
the Brandeis thcater Monday night
resulted in the company employees
Liberty bond fund being boosted
100000, Employees of the company,
working on the main line and the
branches. have subscribed to $SS0000
OF the bonds, and while the figures
not complete it is thought the sub
scriptions of the employees of the
Oregon Short Line and the Naviga.
tion company will aggregate $250,000
more,
The three national banks of the
South Side have obtained subscrp-
tions for $l,000,000 in Liberty loan
bonds Independent of the big indus
trial plants. it was announced at a
meeting OF the South Side Liberty
loan committee at noon, at which +.
r. Getty presided. The committee
will continue its drive for loan bond
subscriptions and remain ready to
respond to the call OF the chairman,
it was announced,
The James J. Parks company of
the South Side, paving contractors,
were heavy purchasers of bonds, sub
scribing for $4,000 worth. Mr.. Parks
is a brother of City Commissioner
Parks.
The societies of St. Francis church,
South Side. meet tonight to plan a
final drive for Liberty bond subscrip-
tons. The Sunday school of the
church has pledged to buy $500 worth
and it is expected that the total
amount of subscriptions from the
church will reach $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13

omahans May Solicit-Omaha Red
Cross authorities may solicit subscrip-
tions for the finance campaign next
week throughout the state, according
to a telegram received by Gurdon Wat
ties, chairman of the finance campaign
from Seward Prosser. national chair
man Of the Red Cross finance com.
mittee. A provision is made that there
is to be no interference in towns where
there are Red Cross chapters.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13
Uncle ReScueS Youth
Who Falls Into a Well

Alex Daemon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward ,Daemon, 30l5 Seward street,
fell into an abandoned well at the
rear of his home. Filled earth sank
nine feet under his weight. His cries
for help aroused his uncle, Valentine
Stevens, who rescued the youth unin-
iured
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13
Welfare Board to Take
Charue Of Dance Halls

An ordinance to give the Board OF
Public Welfare supervision OF I'll
public dance places was introduced
by Mayor Dahlman. 1t is proposed
TO allow the board to adopt its own
rules and regulations.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13

the auspices OF
the Turner Park
Red Cross auxil-
larry. The pro-
ceeds will be used
or purchasing
materials for the
auxiliary. Several
members have do
mated the use Of
their apartments
at the New Ham
ilton for the event.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13
Want Headquarters in Court House

WHHt HtdUVuHrttrs III UOurt HOuSs
Frank Judson, state director Of the
Red Cross society, and Arthur Mullen
presented a petition to the Board OF
County Commissioners saking that the
pioneers headquarters in the court
house be given for state headquarter.
for the Red Cross society. A com.
mittee conferred with the county pio.
ter.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13

To Sell Refreshments Miss Daphne
Peters is In charge Of a group Of
young women who will sell refresh
ments at the nature masque Saturday
afternoon at Hanscom park. The fnuds
derived from the sale will be given
to the comfort Kit department Of the
Red Cross.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13

The committee in charge includes the
following; Mesdames O. C. Smith, H.
o. Dumett, A. L. Griffin. A. S. Medlan,
W. l. Sturgess, ]. c. Wrath and the
Misses Florence Moore. Anna Milroy
and Blanche Catlin.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13
Red Cross Activities

A Red Cross benefit card party will
be given Thursday evening at Sis in
the New Hamilton apartments under
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13
Omaha War NeWs

Mothers buttons" are being dis
tributed at the navy headquarters.
They are to be worn by mothers who
have sons in the navy,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13

Omaha lodge No. 1lS, United Com
mercial Travellers OF America. has
subscribed $500 of the lodge funds
for a Liberty bond.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-13

Moving pictures OF the training sta
tions at Newport and the Great Lakes
will be flashed from the navy recruit
ing station tonight on the north wall
Of the Rose building, according to En-
sign John Rayley.
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American Horses and MULES With the Armies i'm France

We'll have the fever back, Eats what?
Eats what? Reply. / tell you
Eats oats. said the orderly, with
logged cheer.
The army doctor laughs now. After
all. he is not veterinary. According
to the men. il was the worried and dis
couraged horse. who had no doctor, who
was dying from soul sickness" and
required to see his masters face to lift
him from the dumps The captain was
recovering. What would he say TO
me- asked the orderly. IF / had let
old 'Figuig' die of fright and sorrow"
Regularly. they do not die of it But.
regularly. il is worse than sorrow. In
the year 1916. it r. calculated. Their.
were many army horses invalided in
France by war neurasthenia" as there
were killed in battle. And. note, moth
ing like the same proportion come back
to the armies from ''recuperating' in
the high meadows of Savoy and Dau-
phiny.
All of which is true that now,
they say, French army buyers in Amer
lea have instructions from High COM
missioner Andre Tardieu. to give pref
erence whenever possible to mules
The American army mule is enjoying
his vindication. For the past year he
has steadily forged ahead in French
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FimlamdPs Movement for Separation From Russia

Finland and a score of years ago be-
gan to destroy the political autonomy.
1t was another instance of seeking to
root out the germs of self-government
by means Of GENERALIZATION
When Finland's authority over her
own affairs was reduced and further
centered in st. Petersburg. there was
an implied promise that there should
be no interference with her economic
autonomy. She made her own tariff.
and goods from Russia paid duties the
same as goods from other countries.
Russian -four manufacturers wanted
the market of Finland for their prod
uct. They sought to secure a tariff
discrimination against the -four of the
United States. which was the principal
source Of supply. Though this move
ment was temporarily checked. it in
creased the uneasiness of the Finnish
people over their future. They had no
faith in Russia or the car. and they
had no reason to have faith in him.
There was nothing in common be-
tween the democratic Finnish people.
with their own parliamentary body. and
the bureaucracy with its hatred of all
parliamentary institutions When the
duma was established it was remarked
that this first Russian parliamentary
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the almost human way in which the
beast reciprocated. So one day. when
Capt L was low. his orderly. hard
ened Algerian dragon. had nerve to
consult the major military DOCTOR and
to bring Figuig into the proposition.
1T is urgent" said the orderly, with
a tremor. land so easy-just the ground
floor"
It touched the army doctor.
las l understand" he said. you de-
sire to take the horse Figuig to pay a
visit to his master, in the parlor of that
hut. Go ahead, if you are sure it is
desired. 1t may do good"
Thus the affecting Interview (Which
has been pictured much) was brought
about-the horse led into the ground
floor room to sniff his wounded mas
ter, pallid on his pallet. Strong men
SWIVEL as they tell it and they do not
always get the ending of the tale ex-
act Ten days later the orderly came
to the major. beaming: He is SPLEEN
did. fit for fighting!" "Quoi done. he is
getting on. 1 don't deny it, said the
army doctor but what's all this talk
Of splendid. fit for hghtingc"
HE eats like four" "Quoi. done. quot
done. has he lost his senses? Who is
tamperins with my pauent: Sow,
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way home on periods of furlough. Amid
all these soldiers nobody took any no
tice of the disguised Russian in his
simple Austrian uniform. Needless to
say. he carefully avoided attracting at
tention to himself, always keeping
where the crowds were thickest.
Feeling hungry. he went into a small
eating house freouented by working
class people and ordered beer, bread
and sausage. Most of the customers in
the place spoke Hungarian, but two
sitting at a table near him were talk
ing German. and he overheard what
they said. One of them was a woman,
who. to judge by her appearance, was
engaged in munition making.
ZACH. du Gutter she exclaimed to
her companion. That Russian general
they captured in the Carpathians last
year-Korniloff-has escaped, and they
are offering a reward for his capture"
The fugitive felt for a moment as If
all eyes were bent upon him. but a
matter of fact nobody took any notice
of him.
ugh" erowled the man addressed.
why couldn't they keep him when
they had him? How much are they Of
fering?"
Fifty thousand kronen."
"Fui tausend! Fifty thousand kronen
for a verdammten Russen. And in
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went the gendarmes eyed us sus-
piciously," said the general to the al
aforementioned delegation. I'm every
village through which we passed, at
every farm at which we called for bite
or sup. on every plain which we
crossed. there seemed to be eyes watch
ing us. Soon our provisions became
exhausted and we began to suffer the
pangs of hunger. One day. after a long.
hungry march. my Slovack guide-the
faithful companion of the early part of
my sufferings-decided, since he was
on the point Of exhaustion, to ask for
food and water at an isolated farm. |
warned him that it was dangerous.
but hardly had the words passed my
lips than he was gone. saw him
enter the farm and waited anxiously
for his return. But I waited in vain
waited for ten long hours. At last !
comprehended what had happened. I
saw the gendarmes surround the house
and heard the sound of gunshots.
Flight, instant flight. was the only
course open to me. and thus. alone for
the remainder of my journey. I con-
tinued with all speed toward Buda-
Iest."
On reaching the Hungarian city, Gen.
Korniloff found it. as he expected, full
of troops. Reinforcements were com
ing in to be dispatched to the various
fronts. while other men were on their
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charge of glory. But this smashing
and crashing in dust and mud. without
color or ensemble. is not at all to the
horses taste. The loneliness and aw-
full noises punctuating silence get on
his nerves. Certain elements. of course.
enjoy good moments. Cavalry reserves
in repose, say. well. behind the front
in the Somme. delight in gregarious
river swims and gallops. The horse is
gregarious and enjoys hustle and fra
terniZing in leisure.
The veterinaries cannot touch the
"malady," which they call melancholy"
OF course. the horse is. typically. a
creature of habit. built up for count
less generations on regular hours for
sleep. digestion and work. in modern
war he gets lost
There have been touching incidents
of horses and their masters. Witness
the case of Capt. l.. That brilliant
French cavalry officer. after fighting
two years in the trenches with carbine
and grenade. delighted in the cavalry
drives of the Somme. where he was
srievously wounded. He was tended in
the ground floor living room of
wrecked village house. They dared not
move him. and his life f1ckered.
The troopers knew the tender love
of Capt. l. for his horse Figuig, and
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which exercises some influence on pub
lie affairs.
In some years Finland has been in the
grip of famine, and then the United
States has come to her aid. although it
must be said that the autocratic Rus
sian government also exerted itself to-
ward relief. The last great famine was
in 1902. when a relief movement in the
United States did much to mitigate its
severity.
The people are very thrifty, but in
the midst Of the climatic conditions and
the lack of natural resources there is
not much opportunity to accumulate.
There are. however. some wealthy fami-
lies. but the rich. where they exist. are
as democratic as the poor. and the Fin
nish people are essentially democratic.
Notwithstanding their living under the
shadow of kings and cZars.
The Finnish folk lore is said TO be the
most fascinating of that of all the peo-
pies far to the north. Until three
quarters of century ago il existed
only in the form Of ballads and songs.
circulated by word of mouth. A great
Finnish poet. Lonnrot. feeling that this
treasure might be lost. wandered about
the country and lived among the peas
ants until he was able to transfer this
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entitled The Triumph of the Great
American Army Mule Horse sense"
is a myth French and English are
keeping up strong cavalry elements for
the final clean up of the enemy: and
the American armies in France will do
the same. You've got to have the cav
airy for drives" in panic. But with
the passing of the cavalry charge as
a daily arm of first Importance has
come a real decline of the horses bat
tie reputation. The horse. in truth. is
a hysterical creature, "unreasoning
and erratic in emergencies" as has
well been said. A mule is different.
From the beginning of the war in
France war sickness" has been the
chief malady of horses. No wound, no
breakdown from overexertion, no Wis
ible physiological i'll. French officers
called it "neurasthenia" in their nerv-
GUS blooded stock; but all horses seem
capable of going down with it, the
stolid farm critter from Iowa and
Kansas and wild bronchos from Texas
and the Argentine.
The horse used to enjoy good times
in war. Back in the Napoleonic epoch
he delighted in the pomp and jingle OF
il. glittering harness, color. music. the
cavalcades in mass and the reckless
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of the Armies changed all this. Horses
are cared for and protected almost as
carefully as soldiers. 1t is a war of
artillery and cannons without horses
are as useless as horses without can
mons. So, after three years of war
there are 80 per cent more horses in
France than there were in August.
LELAND this in spite of French ship.
ments to Saloniki and Palestine.
The buying of American horses ac-
counts for much of this increase, and
care has done the rest. But do not
imagine that the horses are all in the
armies. Here is queer phenomenon.
1t is about fifty-fifty chance. they
say. for a given horse. once incorpo-
rated. to be killed in the war. and
those that escape do not continue fight
ing indefinitely. There is continual
movement of horses from the armies
to the rear. Animals without a scratch
are pronounced unfit. Turned out to
grass in the high meadows of Savoy
and Dauphiny in the beautiful south
of France. far from wars alarms. they
are given a chance to slowly come
back" from the strangest of all war
maladies, horse neurasthenia" or
tangled nerves.
1t is astonishing. 1t is why | write
this story, which ought, really. to be
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and British army esteem, proving his
merits. Already il is being said that,
next to men and guns. he is coming to
he the most valuable asset of the allied
armies. and now. with the arrival of
the Americans, his triumph will be per-
feet. The mule has inscribed his name
on the scarlet pages OF Verdun and the
Somme and British tanks" and French
"75s" salute him.
From California alone, they say. 5000
head of mules have been shipped to the
war. and who knows how much greater
contfngents from Georgia, Missouri and
Texas? French army buyers seek. by
preference. Missouri mules from the
best and largest mares bred to the best
Kentucky jacks. A mule weighing
from 1900 to 1.400 pounds will bring
twice as much money as mule weigh
ing from 1000 to LOO pounds. The
mule can stand more hardships and
rougher use, is not so easily blemished.
will stand more heat and thrive on a
lesser amount of feed than the horse,
and a 1.000-pound mule can easily do
the work of 1,200-pound horse and is
generally useful for longer time.
Also. there is not the same danger of
overlooking u mule.
STERLING HELLO
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body could learn good deal from the
diet OF Finland. but the Finnish diet
existed in a different environment 1t
was the representative of a real democ-
racy in spite of the Russian overload
ship.
Finland was the first country to con-
cede woman suffrage. and was many
years ahead of Montana in electing a
woman to Congress, or to the diet,
which was the same thing. The cleo
ton of women to the Finnish diet was
taken as matter OF course
When the alliance of England and
France was formed with Russia. in
order to resist Germany. Finland for
the moment was forgotten, but the
question soon began to be raised, and
was one of the embarrassing points for
the British government i'm it's declara-
lons regarding the rights of small ma
tlonalities. T6ere was nothing in the
history OF Russia under the car to
show that the rights Of small nation
ahfies had any place in the Russian
r~ogr" m in 80 far as related 20 .'iuI,nd
! 80 ;-i..s -i%i =. III H.. &C.. Just as
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folk lore to the written page. and it
became literature.
The mass of the people are very re-
llgious. The Lutheran Church is their
church. but there is no Intolerance. The
Lutheran pastor in Finland is like tie
Roman Catholic priest in Quebec in the
influence he exercises over the people
They are literally his flock
Though Russian autocracy never has
shown much regard for the rights of
the people whose territory IL absorbed,
IL showed more than usual liberation
for Finland. and the Finnish constitu-
ton. while denying territorial indie
pendence. interfered very little with the
local government and the local political
institutions until few years ago. 1t
could not be said that the Firms ever
were reconciled to the lack of indie
pendence. yet SO long as their domes-
tic institutions were respected they
acuuiesced with some cheerfulness in
the situation which they could not
avoid.
The Russian Bureaucracy was jealous
of the local independence enjoyed by
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

"INLAND'S unrest has eliminated
In in a declaration of independence
of Russia by the diet, or parlia
q mentary body. This action is
not surprising in view OF the many
revolutions within the great Russian
revolution. 1t is. however, disappoint-
ing to the Russian liberals. |
The outcome cannot yet be prophe-
sled, but the en- barrassment is serious
for the provisional government at
Petrograd unless the conservative ele-
ment In Finland moderates the situation
and persuades the electors to accept the
complete autonomy just short Of abso-
lutte independence which the provisional
government has conceded.
Yet there undoubtedly is a feeling
among the Firms that since the oppor-
tunity has come to regain their COM
plete independence they should avail
themselves of il, although without any
purpose of giving aid and comfort ito
the enemies of the republican move
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E7HE 4Sth Infantry Division OF the
Russian army had long been
dreaded by the enemy. Their
q bravery and dash, their grin,
and almost desperate courage. had
earned them the name of the Terrible
Division"
Their leader was the redoubtable Gen.
Kornilof. man OF iron will and heroic
courage. He was q worthy descendant
of that other great Korniloff. whose dy-
ing words, Lord, bless Russia and the
car. save the fleet and Sebastopol." are
inscribed on his monument near the
Malakhon Hill. where he fell in the
great assault of 1855. A tiger to his
enemies was Kornilon, but very gentle
where his own men were concerned, So
1icitous for their wants and comforts
Though they were among the braveSt
fighters in the Russian army their
leader never threw their lives away
recklessly. AS for him, they believed
him to bear a charmed life. "Kornilof
was their war cry. and they felt safe
in his hands.
In those brave days when the Russians
were attacking in the Carpathians, in
the spring of 1915, Kornilof's men were
ever foremost in the fighting Moved
down repeatedly by the German and
Austrian guns. which defended the
ground yard by yard. they came back
to the charge again and again with
furious elan
The way of the Russians was barred
by a commanding eminence held by
two divisions of the enemy. From this
height the fire had been devastating
and unceasing. and the position seemed
I'M lr6err Nah i sI@lzl
earbed wire guarded all the ap-
proaches, and mines and other muir
derous devices defied all their efforts
to take the stronghold
But Kornilof determined to accom-
plish the almost superhuman task. De-
hberately he set about breaking down
the defenses. Two regiments were as
signed to the task. Night by night
they worked in as much secrecy as
the darkness afforded. pressing on I'M
der a whitening fire until at last the
road was clear. Then they took the
height by furious assault. and were
masters of the position that had CALLED
them for so many months. Five thou
sand men had defeated twelve times
their number. The Austrian general.
with his staff. was taken prisoner. and
when he learned of the numbers which
had opposed his big army he broke
down and wept with rage and grief.
"kornilon is not a man." he said; he
is an elemental force"
The Russians were now masters of
this important stTategical position. The
town of Ivla lay in front of them.
within reach of their guns. but it was
strongly fortified. while in the neigh
boring forests the enemy was concen-
trating in great numbers. The fight
ing continued with undated fury.
1t was IN April, 1915, and the rugged
slopes of the Carpathian hills and
mountains were frightened with the
new green shoots of the foliage, with
the vivid splashes made by broom and
poppy. anemone and other variegated
blooms.
The Austrian forces were receiving
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7 EADER of the "Terrible Divi-
Il siOn." Gen. KOrnilofY. was
First detailed account of how he
made his way back. 800 miles, to
Russia. with q price on his head.
to lead his men again and tear
great gaps in the forces of the foe
today-A thrilling tale OF daring
escape of famous officer.