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Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
10000 Gallons of
Gasoline Go Up
In Sudden Flash

Ten thousand gallons of gasoline
was destroyed yesterday at 8 o'clock
at the plant OF the Manhattan Oil
company, Eleventh and Paul streets.
The fire was caused by the blow
ing out of stopper in the top Of
big tank Of high-test gasoline. The
vapor escaping from this opening
travelled 200 feet to the tar kettles Of
the National Roofing company, which
set fire to the vapor.
In an instant the whole tank of
gasoline was burning.
Gasoline of this quality Is now
worth 20H cents a gallon, making
the loss about $4,000. The blaze was
spectacular and could be seen for
several miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
To Build Dixie to Keep
Water Hiqh in ManaWa

With the receding of the water in
the Missouri river, the street railway
company is gathering force of men
to rebuild the dixie at the west end of
Lake Manawa, at the point where
Mosquito creek flows out.
The dixie will be raised six inches
to a foot in order to hold a good
stage of water in the lake. With the
lake filled to the top of the banks,
company officials figure that the boat
ing and bathing will be the best in
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
"Paul Revere's Ride"
For Riddles at the Muse

Paul Revere's Ride, timely both
for its patriotic interest and because
this is the anniversary week of the
celebrated ride, will be the film shown
for the special children's program at
the Muse theater Saturday morning
under the auspices of the educational
committee of the Omaha Woman's
club. Colonel Heezaliar. Spy
Dodger," and comedy and country life
films will also be shown.
The Strand has discontinued the
children's movies.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
Woman Gets Verdict of
One Dollar Against Road

The smallest verdict ever awarded
by jury in the local division of the
federal court was awarded to Mrs.
Antonia Rihel in her suit against the
Burlington railroad. She sued for
$4,000 and secured 81. She alleged
that a special officer of the railroad
beat her at Second and William
streets, July 7, 1916. The officer was
placing Mrs. Rihel's husband under
arrest and had revolver pointed at
him, according to the evidence, when
Mrs. Rihel interfered on behalf Of
her spouse. The beating followed.
The case was on trial two days and
the services OF two interpreters were
required.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
Teamsters Talk Strike;
Lockout is Threatened

IeamsterS are discussing a strike
for higher pay. Employers Of team
sters, such as the express companies,
the transfer companies and others,
have indicated that lockout will re-
suit if the teamsters inaugurate the
proposed strike.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
N. Sixteenth St.

F. A. Anderson. shoemaker, 3706
N. Sixteenth St.. says; ~ don't know
what started II. but I got a pain in
my back over my right kidney which
was very annoying. Sometimes when
l would get up or when ! made the
least move It felt as though some
one were sticking knife into my
back. One box Of Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me and haven't been bothered
since"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
Drive away HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples :.

"A headache remedy without the dam
gers of headache medicine" Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at oncei
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better than a
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
affect stomach and heart, as some in
ternal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, :on-
gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lunbago,
all pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains,
frosted feet, colds Of the chest (it often
prevents pneumonia).
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20

Mrs. J. H. Appleton, 25l1 Pierce
St., says: Il have been subject more
or less to kidney and bladder trouble
for several years. When | have any
trouble this way my back aches ter
ribly and I feel miserable. After !
take box or two OF Doan's Kidney
Pills / feel fine. My kidneys act regu-
larly and my back feels as strong as
ever. | always recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills when hear anyone COM
planning Of their back or kidneys"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
N. Twenty-Second St.

H. A. Burdick, painter. 1852 N.
Seventeenth St., says; After follow
ing the painting trade for twenty
three years, was bothered by kid
ney trouble. The kidney secretions
were much too frequent in passage
and scalded. My case was not
chronic one, but these symptoms had
existed long enough to cause me much
annoyance, My back ached too After
finishing five boxes of Doan's Kid
ney Pills ] felt well and was free
from all symptoms of kidney trouble"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-20
Sahler Street

Mrs. J. 7. Stoddard, 2414 sahler
ST., says: my back caused me
great deal OF misery. had a dull
ache across my kidneys and at times
sharp twinges caught me in my sides.
When | got down, II was hard for me
to straighten up. Bladder troubles
also annoyed me, My ankles became
swollen. making II hard for me to
get my shoes on and I felt miserable
all over. Three boxes Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills overcame that misery in
my back. regulated my kidneys and
helped me wonderfully In every way"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
ADMISSION FROM AN Ex-ANTi
Asquith No Longer Denies Women's
Claim to Governmental Recognition.

In woman's terrible fight for SUI.
frage in England, between the years
1910 and 1913, there was just one
force that defeated them. That was
the force incarnate in the will OF ne
then Prime Minister, Mr.. Asquith.
Parliament was converted, the Cabi-
net was converted, the people were
converted. Mr.. Asquith was not n
verified. Again and again he fell back
on the argument of the ballot and
the bullet. Only those who could
come to their country's defense IN
wal time could hope to win the fran
chise under his ruling. Then the
war. And now, Mr.. Asquith again,
proving his claim to greatness by
his fair-minded development:
ut is true" says this new convert,
that they cannot fight in the gross
material sense of going out with rifles
and so forth, but they fill our NUM-
ton factories, they are doing the
work which the men who are fighting
had to perform before, they have
taken their places, they are the
servants of the State, and they have
aided in the most effective way in
the prosecution of the war. What is
more, they say, and this is a point
which makes a special appeal to me
they say, When the war I'M to an
end, and when these abnormal, and
to a large extent transient, conditions
have to- be revised, and when the
process of industrial reconstruction
has to be set on foot, have not the
women a special claim to be heard
on the many questions which will
arise directly affecting their interests
and possibly meaning for them a large
displacement of labor? l cannot
think the House will deny that, and
l say quite frankly, that l cannot
deny that claim"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
THE CREED

W. Believe
That governments derive their just powers from the consent
of the governed.
We Believe
That a democracy is "a government of the people, by the people,
and for the people,"
We Believe
That women are people and are governed. SEE~1r
We Believe
That no state can be a true democracy in which ne-half the
people are denied the right to vote.
We Believe
That women need the vote for the same reason that men need IL
We Believe
That because laws regulate a woman life, tax her property and
may even sentence her to death, she should have the right
to share in the making of the laws. -
We Believe
That democracy bids everyone stand up and be counted. and
that on Election Day no one should be counted for mora
than one.
If you Believe this, join the Votes for Women Movement, sgxag2 |
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23

paign, their differences relating only
to the method of securing the reform.
While the Democratic and Republican
parties failed to commit themselves
to a national amendment, we might
as we'll recognize the fact that a ma
tional amendment will come when the
reform is adopted in a sufficient
number of states to make it's adoption
by the nation probable.
1.-THE Democratic party, which
builds upon a foundation which Is
essentially ethical-the doctrine OF
brotherhood-has that reason for
welcoming the cooperation of women
in the work that lies before the party
and 1t has especial reason for regard
ing woman suffrage with favor at this
time, since the influence of the women
in the close states was sufficient to
determine the result"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
SOUTHERN SUFTRAGISTS SCORE
EYE OPENING FIGURES

1t looks as if Tennessee would be
the first Southern State to get into
the suffrage column. It's bill for
presidential suffrage passed the
House of Representatives in January.
But the whole South is well to the
fore in the race to %enfranchise women
Bills for presidential suffrage, mod
elled after the Illinois equal suffrage
statute, will be introduced in the
legislatures Of twelve southern states.
In their fight for the suffrage South
ern women have brought forward
some eye-opening figures with regard
to southern population. Fol instance:
In four southern states, Texas, Ten
nessee, Virginia and Kentucky, the
number of white women exceeds the
whole colored population. In Ala
bama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Caro-
lima and Louisiana, woman suffrage
would tremendously increase the pre-
ponderance of white votes; in MIS-
sissippi and South Carolina, where
the colored population exceeds the
white, equal suffrage would double
the educated electorate.
Contrary to impression, the increase
of white population is more rapid than
the increase of colored population.
The official estimates of population
for 1916, published by the Bureau of
the Census, show that the white popu-
lation in twelve southern states has
increased 1913 per cent. in the last
seven years. while the negro popula
ton has increased only Sc per cent.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
BIoLoGlcALLY SPEAKING.

at may be that woman's effort to
secure the franchise is but the sur
face indication of a great biologic
movement. Perhaps the present
feminist agitation will bring a change
in human destiny. When we consider
that woman was evolved to preserve.
to perpetuate, the species; that in the
course of that evolution, she develop
ed traits-traits which are the logical
results of her care for her children
it would seem that there must now
also be evolved within her a great
fundamental reaction against the
harshness of man. This h~arshness,
this pugnacity, this greed for killing
was put into man through evolution.
and it cannot be mitigated ave
through further evolution. Perhaps one
of the influences in this further evolu-
ton will be woman's natural reactioI
against needless violence"
George w. Grille, in "A Mechanistia
View of Wa and Peace.O
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
Prominent English Statesmen
Want Woman Suffrage
For England
WILL ENGLAND ENFRANCHISE HER
WOMEN BEFORE AMERICA DOES?
PREMIER GEORGE
is FOR SUFFRAGE
Nation Needs Woman's Experiences In
Management Of Its Affairs.

Premier Lloyd George has express
ed himself as unqualifedly in favor
of votes for women, In the following
words:
81 have long been a convinced adj
yocate of oma suffrage and am now
firmer than yer in supporting 1t. 1t
seems to me a necessary n desir-
able consequence of the vast extern
sion of the functions of government
which the last century and a half has
witnessed. No franchise bill can ever
again be brought forward in this
country without raising the whole
problem of whether you are going to
exclude more than half the citizens
of the land. Women have entered
pretty nearly every sphere of COM
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
SEES EARLY SUFFRAGE
VICTORY

President Jacob Gould Schurmani
Of Cornell University, views the
struggle for woman suffrage in the
Eastern states, as "a battle already
won" DR.. Schurman says:
THE women of the East will not
be content to remain permanently dis
franehised while their sisters in the
suffrage states of the West have it in
their power to elect the president and
members of Congress, and so shape
the policies of the Government of the
United States. / do not mean that
the old arguments in favor of woman
suffrage have lost any of their force
l recognize their validity today as
have accepted them for many years
past. But the recent national election
has brought out in a more striking
way than ever before the practical
circumstance that the Nation cannot
remain permanently divided, with one
half of its women enfranchised and
the other half DISTINGUISHED. The re-
cen national election has given this
circumstance a unique and impressive
setting. And the cause of woman
suffrage has gained such a tremend-
Gus momentum that unless | am en-
tirely incorrect in my forecast the
suffrage will be granted to women in
all the states of the Union in the
curse of the next few years."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
A COMMISSIONER
WITH A WANT LIST

Frederic C. Howe, Commissioner of
immigration at the Port of New York,
says he wants equal suffrage because
1t is an essential part of democracy.
Those who live under a democracy
have a right to mould its development.
They have a right to a voice in the
society in which they live; a right to
be heard on all matters which affect
their interest. That is the essence of
democracy.
81 want equal suffrage for what 1t
will do for women. 1t will emanici-
pate them. 1t will give them a new
self-respect.
81 want oma suffrage for what
it will do for men. 1t will change
mems minds toward women. 1t will
dignity ONE in mems eyes.
81 want equal suffrage for what 1t
will do for society. Women's inter
ests are social interests. Mems inter.
ests are likely to be individual inter-
ests. Modern society is so inter
woven with industry, SO burdened
with wrongs of social order, that Il
demands as never before the co-opera.
ton Of women to correct these"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
COLONEL ROOSEVELT Is FOR A
GREATER AND TRUER MA
TlONALIZATION, AND THE
QUICK WAY TO GET 1T.

81 believe that the time has come
for a greater and truer n~ationalism
in this country. / believe in the
naturalization of the issues which
affect not only men but women also.
II, therefore, heartily endorse any
federal amendment which shall sub
stantially provide:
"(1) That the right of the citizen
of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United
States, on account of sex.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES ON
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION
Go For The Federal Suffrage Amend
ment.

81 deprecate most deeply sex or
g~anization, based upon general obli-
gations of citizenship borne by all.
And so I want to say women, II they
are TO have the vote, as l believe they
are, are to come in as citizens with
men.
81 believe this question should be
promptly settled. | see nothing but
danger to our security, to our unity,
TO our proper attitude toward political
questions in continued agitation OF
this subject, and I would take the
shortest cut to It's solution.
81 further believe that it is a mat
ter affecting the whole country. 1t
is one of those matters where we
must have a uniform policy. The
country must decide on what that
policy should be. l have indicated
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
WAR ITSELF HAS EXPLODED WAR
ARGUMENT AGAINST
SUFFRAGE. 3
Greatest of English Editors a Wal
Convert.

2 sgtrage
which is the most notable in many 3
wear is that of Lord Northcliffe. leader
of Conservative forces in Great Brit
ain and owner of the London Times,
and Mail, as well as other English
publications. His influence through
the many columns he controls is
His opposition was by
many considered of more Importance
than that of Premier Asquith. Edi.
~torially he says that the old argument
against giving women the vote was
that they were useless in war times.
but they have shown that the war
couldn't be carried on without them.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
Eminent Leaders of :.
~ Varied Political Faiths
Fal, Unite in Advocating
= Votes For Women
PUBIICISTS, EDUCATORS AND CLERGY ENDORSE IT
FOR ETHICAL REASONS.

For ethical as well as for political
reasons, the Democratic party should
adopt a Federal suffrage amendment
as a national issue, in the opinion of
William Jennings Bryan.
Equal suffrage" say MI. Bryan,
was the one question upon which all
parties were agreed in the last cam
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23

The Sultan of Egypt is reported to
have declared: "One of the greatest
results of the war to the Orient will
be the complete emancipation of
women. Woman should be given the
opportunity of developing and educat-
ing herself in the highest possible
degree"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
WHAT EVERY woMA:i KNOWS.

(And the men are beginning to learn
That any work that needs doing is
woman's work.
When the men are late coming
home from market she does the
chores.
When they are busy with the hay
she milks the cows.
When an extra hand is needed with
the harvest she helps in the field.
When the men are in the trenches
she makes the shells, run the troll
legs, handles the baggage and drives
the taxis.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
WHEN DEMOCRACY
is A RELIGION

DR.. Frank Crane, eminent divine
and twice eminent writer, regards "the
enfranchisement of women and the
extension of suffrage to them as the
next step, and one of the most i'm
p~ortant steps, toward the realization
of Democracy. And to me Democracy
is more than a political faith. 1t Is
a religion"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23

merce and industry and professional
activity and public employment, and
there never was a time when the ma
ton stood more in need of the special
experience, instincts and sympathy OF
womanhood in the management of its
affairs"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23

my belief as to what it should be;
but it is a question which affects
the whole country, the composition of
our electorate; and therefore l be-
lieve that the Federal Amendment
should be submitted and should be
ratified"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23

At a Constitutional Convention
held recently at Queretaro, a pro-
posal to ~enfranchise the professional
and business women Of Mexico was
favorably entertained.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23

Chicago women voted in almost the
same proportion as men at the last
election. 96.5 per cent. of the men
who registered voted and 95.2 per
cent. of the women.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-23
WHY HE IS FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS WOMAN SUFFRAGE is A QUESTION o
LIFE ITSELF.

because women have seen the vision OF duty. And that is something
which w lot only can't resist, but If we be true Americans, WI DO o
wish to resist "nst we have to realize in dealing with a force of this
sort is that we aed dealing win d question OF life itself"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-27
Want DENTISTS
TO ADMINISTER
TO DRAFTED men

r Provost Marshal General e. H.
Crowder has sent the following COM
munication to the governors Of every
state in the union:
"Most Of the members Of the dental
profession of your state have volun-
teered to give free dental treatment
to all men accepted for the National
Army. The dental surgeons propose,
as far as possible, to place in order
the teeth of each selected man before
he reaches the mobilization camp.
This service is to be performed under
the supervision of the office of the
Surgeon-Genera1, U. S. army.
''Under the law only one dentist
per thousand is permitted in the
army One dentist to a thousand is
not sufficient to care for the dental
needs of the new army before it is
ordered to foreign service. The patri-
| otto offer of these members of the
| dental profession is, therefore, of
great value, not only to the comfort
| but to the efficiency of the National
| Army.
cit is desired not to add to the
many labors which local boards are
already performing. Therefore, it Is
suggested that these boards not be
| asked to mail notices of this oppor-
tunity to their selected men but that
they be urged to give the widest pos
sible local publicity to it, and that
they be encouraged to cooperate and
lend assistance when their local den
lists ask for the names and addresses
of accepted men,"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-27
CoLONEEs BIRTHDAY

The Colonel win today celebrate his
fifty-ninth birthday. OF course, no.
body is going to ask: Colonel Who?
There is only one Colonel, and that is
T. R. At last reports the Colonel was
resting up a bit at health farm in
Stamford, preparatory to starting
out on speaking tour in connection
with the war. However, it is not at
all necessary for a war to be going
on in order to make the Colonel
speak He does it frequently and glad
ly-and he always has something to
say, and what he says has a punch to
it. There is probably no man in the
world today who is responsible for the
popularity of SO many epigrar1s and
catch phrases as is Theodore Roose-
welt. Licked to a frazzle,'' my hat
is in the ring ''Dee-lighted" and 9th
ers too numerous to mention were all
made popular by the Colonel When
| 1t comes to red-blodded patriotism
you've got to hand it, to Theodore
Roosevelt. He was one of the first
Americans to denounce German ag-
erosion, and no sooner had the Uni
ted States entered the war than he Of
fered his services. His sons are al
ready at the front, one in Mesopotam,
la with the British forces, one with
General Pershing and another getting
ready to go to the front. y
For the past few months Colonel
Roosevelt has had new job. He's
working for the Kansas City Star, and
his boss is very much satisfied with
Theodore's work. He's writing on al
sorts of topics. but mostly devotes
himself to war questions. Since leav-
! ing the White House Col. Roosevelt
has devoted himself to travel and tc
writing. 1t Is estimated that since
that time he has realized nearly q
| million dollars from > his literary eff.
forts. The former president was borr
IN New York city. Oct. 27, 1853. He
was awarded the Noble Prize after
bringing together the representatives
of Russia and Japan at Portsmouth
N. H., which resulted in the ending
OF the Russo-Japaneses war.