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Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Negro, Taken While Robbing
House, Is Found Guilty

Joe Elmore Of st. Louis, negro,
was found guilty Of breaking and en-
tering by jury in Judge Sears court
The jury deliberated only 80 minutes,
Elmore and Will A. Black, negro,
were captured by police while rob-
hing house at s2l North Eighteenth
street last August. Black pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to from one
to ten years in the penitentiary.
Deputy County Attorney O'Sullivan
prosecuted the case against Elmore.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Farm Loan Associations
To Patr0nize Loan Bank

Federal farm loan associations in
Iowa, eastern Nebraska and South
Dakota will apply for loans from the
Federal Farm Loan Bank of Omaha,
averaging 100000 each in the next
year, it is estimated at the Federal
Farm Loan bank here.
March l is the common date Of the
expiration of farm loans in the states
of Iowa, eastern Nebraska and South
Dakota. In anticipation of the ma
turity OF the loans OF these farmers,
the bankers, loan men, and farmers
are taking an active interest, in or
ganizing associations under THE terms
OF the Federal Farm Loan act
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
British Tank on Exhibit
With Sub in New York

New York, Oct. 23.-A British
tank, similar to the giant war ma$
chimes of this character in active, serv4
ice in France, reached this port to-
day on a steamship from Europe and
will be set up here as a companion
exhibit to. the German submarine,
which recently arrived, to stimulate
Liberty bond purchasing.
The tank was lashed on the forward
deck of the steamship, being too large
to be placed in a hold. A British
army officer and eight men were IN
charge of it during the voyage.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
MCGUIRE Secures Eleven
Straiqht. Booze verdictS

The eleventh consecutive convic-
.ion obtained by Special Prosecutor
Mcclure in bootlegging cases was re.
corded in law court, Judge Estelle
presiding, when a jnry found Marie
Johnson guilty OF illegal possession
of liquor. John Dombrowski went
on trial on the same charge Tuesday
morning.
Only three cases have been dis
missed since the present panel Of
jurors began hearing evidence. Two
cases were dismissed because wit.
nesses for the state disappeared at the
last minute. One bootlegger turned
states evidence.
Special Prosecutor Mcclure and
Deputy County Attorney Ramsay are
asking for Jail sentences on all con-
yictions in appeal liquor cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Anthony Breaks Arm When
MOTORCYCLE and Auto Crash

Special Officer Fred C. Anthony,
2407 Cunning street, was thrown from
his motorcycle and received bruises
and broken arm when his machine
collided with an automobile delivery
wagon at Thirteenth and Bancroft
streets late Tuesday He was taken
to Wise Memorial hospital. A, ].
Grieb, driver of the delivery wagon,
was arrested and charged with reck-
less driving.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
McCabe Church to ,
Hold Joint ReCeptior

Friday night, in the church parlors,
members of the McCabe Methodist
church, Forty-hrst and Farnam
streets, will hold joint reception for
the new pastor, Rev. J. H. Stitt, and
the medical students of the Nebraska
university. There will be musi-
cal program, addresses by Rev. J. H,
Stitt of the church and by Dean Cut
ter of the university. Refreshments
will be served.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Few Contagious Disease
Cases Reported For City

Health Office records show the fol-
owing contagious diseases in Omaha
1T this time.
Scarlet fever, eight; smallpox, six;
diphtheria. one; infantilc paralysis,
none.
Quarantine on the last case of in
jantile naralysls was raised yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
DISTRICT BOARD
TAKES VACATION
ALI Appeals Are Passed and
Final Quotas On First Draft.
Will Leave Saturday for
Camp Funston.

Omaha district exemption board is
now taking vacation of week, SUBJ
ject TO call if emergency should arise.
All the regula. appeals have been
passed upon anu only few extraordi-
nary cases remain to be taken up. M.
{. Peters, member of the board, who
has been quite i'll with pneumonia, is
pronounced out of danger, but will be
unable to- return to active duties for
4 some time.
Men from Division 5, Omaha dis
trict, who will be sent to Camp Fun
ston Saturday, are asked to report
at the court house Friday morning for
instructions and organization. Those
who have been summoned from this
| district are: 49,.
Wynn D. McCulloch Charles J. Smith
| Garnett NJ Tymony. Harry w. Bowens
Harold Carr. Cluster Smith,
Ralph Fields. Harold johnson.
Deallie Anderson. Bert VIM. johnson.
William c. Conway. Luther johnson.
James Wm Austin. Allen Mercer.
George Gumm Rollie Hughes
Purcell w. Baugh. Oscar f. Buckner.
Erwin Brinson, Willie Galloway
James White. John W. Boyd.
George Elder. Charles Wilson
James Davis. Earl A. Wheeler
Walter Brown. \ Edward Nicholson.
Eddie L. Davis. Metz Manion.
Alexander D. Payne. Elmer Norris.
John, Faucet.
Those summoned from the Fourth
district are:
Burt Reems,' 1927 Pacific st.
Edward Childs, 1910 Pacific St N-
William Penn, 2.27' Pacific st. =
y Leo Clemmons, 18th and Chicago
Andy Allen. 1891 Pacific st.
Frank Marshall, 1904 South Goth ST. ,
William A. Popo, 1103 South 14th ST.
John B. Lewis. 1105 South 18th st. A
Alonzo Jackson, TIT Leavenworth ST.
Andrew T. Reed. 1894 Dorcas ST.
Charles X. McGill, 1014 South I1th st,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Sergeant Brandeis is
Home On Five-Day Leave

Sergeant Z. John Brandeis, who
went to Camp FunstotS as private a
few weeks ago, is home on Ave days
furlough.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-24
Kennedy Goes to Capital
To Confer With Garfield

John L. Kennedy. coal admins
traitor for Nebraska, has gone to
Washington, having been called by
DR.. Garfield for conference.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05
|MINOT And VICINITY

Bert Hartman of Glenburn is in the
city today transacting business.
w. w. Haner from Cleveland school
district, Spring Lake township, is here
attending the school officers meeting
Benz. B. Lock of Hamerly township
Renville county, pioneer of that sec
ton of the state, died last week. The
funeral was in charge Of the Odd Eel
lows.
L. D. Cotton of Burlington was
awarded the contract Of furnishing
Ward county with coal for the ensuing
year at the rate of $3.50 per ton de-
livered at the court house, or $3.50 on
the track.
C.. Aurland returned Sunday from
Hot Springs, Ark, where he spent
several weeks. Mrs. Aurland stopped
at Madison, Wis, to visit with her
daughter, Miss Helen Aurland, who is
student at the University.
J. E. Benson of Davenport, Ia, il
visiting with Elder Sparkling and fam
ily. Mr.. Benson was district secre.
tary of the Latter Day Saints in Iowa
He is enroute to Montana where he
may locate. Eie
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Wells have re.
turned from two months visit in
Los Angeles and other western cities
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

Mr.. Wells says that great prepara-
tons are being made for war in the
coast cities. People are more excited
than they appear to be inland.
B. Elzenhoefer, Jr., former Minot
boy, is now connected with the U. S.
navy and located at Charleston, Mass.
He writes the Independent that he
has returned from Washington, D. c.,
where he had an operation performed
on his eye which was injured by a
SNOWFALL in Minot.
Ward county has adopted new
system for letting contracts to build
bridges and to do road work. Bridges
will be built at so much a running foot
and road work will be done on the
basis of the cost of removing 50 many
cubic yards of dirt for each hundred
feet. The contractors must agree to
do the work when the commissioners
demand it.
McGahan township, Mountrail coun-
ty, voted favorably for consolidating
the schools of the township at an cleo
ton held last Tuesday. Blaisdell,
which is located near the center Of
the township, was chosen as the loca-
ton for the new school.
John McIsaacs, member Of the
school board from the Lone Tree dis
trict, is attending the school officers
meeting. John is a prosperous farmer
and tells a little instance which i'm
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

To breathe properly take a deep, slow
BREATH another and another. Put both
the hands on your ribs and see how
they expand and contract as you
breathe In and out. Put one hand on
the low ribs in front and the other op-
pOsite ii on the back. Feel how the
back swells as you breathe. There
is powerful muscle called the dia-
phragm that divides the chest from the
abdomen. AS the heart and lungs are
in the chest the diaphragm may be
called the floor of the chest. 1t is fas-
tened to the backbone, the ribs and the
sternum, or breastbOne. And when
people speak of diaphragmatic breath
ing they mean just what we are doing
now-fiIing the lungs with air and
emptying them by the expansion and
contraction.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05
Banked Rails.

In rounding curve the tendency Of
the weight Of train Is invariably to
shift to the outside wheels To cou,.
teract this tendency the outer rail Of a
curve is raised on higher level than
the inside, the elevation being in an
exact proportion to the sharpness of
the curve as determined by the princi-
pies Of engineering. If both rails of a
curved track were of exactly the same
elevation train would not dare round
1t at high speed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

Your Success.

Success for you is not the same
thing as success for other people.
RaphaePs success was to paint great
pictures, and Shakespeares success
was to write great plays, and the sue
cess of another may be trimming a
hat, or raising flowers. The only way
to be successful is to do the thing
you are fitted to do, in the best way
you are capable of doing it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05
In Behalf Of Accuracy.

The reporter was interviewing the
leading politician.
"This.' said the interviewed. lis the
age Of steel, and
Pardon me, please" interrupted the
interviewer, but in behalf Of accuracy
would you kindly spell that word ?"-
Browning's Magazine
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05
Doubtful Sympathv,

The Bride to Be-My only worry is
about mother She's bound to miss mo
terribly. Friend of the Family-Ah,
well, she can't complain. After al,
she's had you longer than most moth
ers keep their daughters.-Sydney Bull
letin.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

An unjust acquisition is like barbed
arrow, which must be drawn backward
with horrible anguish or else will be
your destruction.-Jeremy Taylor.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05
Fatal Error.

Il thought you had given up burnt
wood art, dearie."
Ferdinand, how can you be SO
heartless? This is pie "-Kansas City
Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

With Norfolk suit of blue serge is
worn this blue georgette crepe tall hat
with band of military braid and
flower basket embroidered exactly il.
front. Various objects that seem in
congruous nevertheless make modish
trimmings for severely plain hats.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

butcher, which he carried away under
his arms. The butcher charged him at
the rate Of % cents a pound and the
bill came to $40.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-04-05

pressed upon his mind fully the high
cost of living. He shipped his hogs
recently and while in town bought a
couple of packages Of beef from the
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06
VACATION LABORERS.

City people including editors OF
daily papers, even Department OF Ag-
ricuIture officials. seem unable to
comprehend the farm labor problem.
The Baltimore News, in an editorial
of June l., discussing a plan for or
ganization and distribution of those
who will give part of their time this
summer for farm labor, says very
pertinently that the success Of the
plan depends, first, upon getting the
volunteers. and, second, upon getting
the farmers to take the volunteers.
The News seems to think that there
is a prejudice among the farmers TO
overcome, and it urges the county
press to assist in overcoming that
prejudice
1t is not prejudice which prompts
the farmer to be Indifferent toward
this kind OF help-either the hobo
the tritIer or the man who enthusiast
tically arranges to spend his summer
NtIIlLIOil III IlAC pIIdoCAL AILL CaLACL4 VA
farm work 1t is the knowledge born
OF long experience. Farm work is not
only skilled labor, but it is severe and
in many ways unpleasant. OF neces-
sity the hours must be longer than
those observed in factories and on
public WORKS. Farmers have so often
employed men who would leave them
after doing one or two days indiffer-
ent work that they are no longer
the experiment. Even the man with
the best of intentions who is unused
To farm work is apt to lose his en-
thuSiasm when quart of chaff or
hayseeds drops down his sweaty back
inside shirt or the cultivatOr strikes
Il stone and punches him in the ribs,
while Swarm Of flies are trying to
get into his painting mouth. And when
he arises in the morning with every
muscle stiff and sore and hears the
Whirr Of the CiCadas presaging anOth-
or sCOrching day he is very apt to de-
velop longing for the GOODNESS Of an
Office or the shade and the accus-
toned routine OF the factory.
If present prices keep up, the young
men will remain on the farms where
they have been trained, and the prob
lem will be solved. Until the farm is
able to offer at least equal rewards
with other occupations calling for less
effort ana less exposure to wind, rain
and sun, the farm labor problem will
remain with us.-Union News.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06
GIST,

The election of officers Of Camp
No. 20, p O. S. of A., was held for
the term Saturday night, and the
officers are as follows: Pres, t. Sny-
der; past pres, Ollie Gorsuch; vice
president, Charley Grimes; inspector
Henry Knauff financial secretary, Lu-
Their Myerly: Recording secretary
Otis Bellison.
Mrs. Lille F'reshema, of the West,
is visiting relatives and friends here
Mrs. Eliza Grid, of Baltimore, is
visiting friends here.
Miss Bell EastOn spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Roy Pool.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Smith spent
Sunday in Baltimore.
There will be a picnic held at Har-
mony Grove, in the grove adjoining
the church, July II. Everyone vel
come.
Mr.. and Mrs Grammer Shipley spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Ship
ley and family.
Mr. Holiday Murphy spent Sunday
home with his family.
Miss Marie Lindsay spent Sunday
with Miss Ollie Pool.
Health of community fair.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06
1876! 1872! 1861!

There j. an editorial in the July
WOman's Home Companion which
says
1t would be Il good thing to read
some OF WashingtOns letters on July
Fourth, and see the way his great
heart was made to bIeeu by the utter
failure OF support either from the
army or from the people for which he
fought
To be sure. -, 900 men enlisted
for service in the American Revolu-
ton at one time or another, to fight
: an English force that was never more
than one third as large.
But they fought for few weeks,
and became tired and went home
They were i'll clothed, i'll fed, i'll sup
piled with ammunition.
! And of that $4,000 Washington
was almost never able to muster more
than twenty thousand for effective ser
! vice at one time; and the capture of
, Trenton was made with only four
thousand.
Time after time he prepared for
operations which might have won de-
cisive victories and shortened the war.
And he could not carry them out, be-
cause the eople who ought to have
stood behind him did not prepare for
a hard-fOught, long-continued war,
and could not give him support.
Few chapters in all history are
more depressing than the story of the
war of 1872. Not one single important
battle was won by the American forces
on land.
AT Bladensburg the American mil
tia, behind breastworks, fled at the
first volley from a little force of Brit
ish regulars, not one third their num-
Der. And the British marched across
the bridge and burned the capitol.
We are coming. Father Abraham,
sang the men of 1861; but Lincoln,
waiting day after day in Washington
cried out in agony of heart. My God
will they never come"
And when they did come it was to
march to ignominious defeat at Bull
Run.
They we're unframed boys, who
had enlisted for ninety days. The wal
was to be quickly over; no one
thought it would be a long war And
because no one thought it would last
long, it dragged itself out for four
years, when it ought to have been
fought through in two.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06
EMORY.

Mr.. Russell Carr and son, Russell,
Jr., have returned after spending sew
eral weeks with relatives in this vi
cinity.
Miss Fannie Leight and Mrs. Cece-
liza Fowble of Baltimore; Mr.. Herbert
Mitten, of McDonough; Miss Helen
Arnold. of Glyndon, were guests OF the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Leight.
The stork visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs Edward Burk on Wednesday,
June "a, and left a fine baby girl with
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Clements.
Misses Helen, Sallie, Mary and Mas
ter Paul Jones, of Pleasant Hill, are
visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Lew
is Weaver.
Please bear in mind the Ladies Aid
Society birthday social and festival
on July 81 All are welcome.
Mr.. Ivan Zepp is on the sick list at
this writing.
Miss Willella Matthews, of Balti-
more, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mar
shall Taylor.
We were sorry to hear Of the sad
death Of our christian brother and
friend, Mr.. George P. Grown.
Listen for the wedding bells.
Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas Mummaugh
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. r..
H. Caple, Of Finksburg.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06
ITALIAN SPY WAS CLEVER
Posing A. Deserter. An Officer OBJ
tanned Austrian Secrets.

The Italian Government found Out
some time ago that at Zurich, in
Switzerland, there existed an Office
OF espionage for Italy. and decided tC
defeat the Austrian plans by adrOit
use OF the dramatic qualities inherent
in almost every Italian.
\ naval Officer offered to undertake
this most delicate enterprise. Accord
lngly. one day, al point on the ltalO-
Austrian frontier next to Switzerland
a little comedy was enacted, and the
good Swiss were astOniShed to see an
Italian Officer, deserter. come rush
ing across their border, while numer-
Gus soldiers fired after the flying fig
urH
The officer when questioned declar-
ed he was tired OF fighting, had moth
ing but contempt for his country, and
had no intention of returning to the
army
This opportunity was too great for
the Austrian spies to resist. Almost
Immediately they made ovcrtures to
the officer and tried to obtain infOr-
nation from him. He replied with
great frankneSs, and the correctness
OF the information he vOuchsafed led
his new friends to believe him sincere
He accordingly was offered a position
in the espionage office and taken to
Zurich. As he seemed to have no
knowledge OF German, the Austrians
took little pains to conceal from him
details of their operations. In a short
time he discovered that all the docu-
ments relating to espionage in Italy,
with the names of the Austrian spies,
the Whereabouts of depOts of espiOn-
age, etc, were kept in safe with a
double bottom filled with asphyXiating
gas.
Then the Italian Government in
Rome sought in the prisons for an en-
pert safe cracker. The man was found
and promised his liberty if he per-
formed well his task Provided with
circular saw and an antigas mask.
he made his way to Zurich, and COM
pleted his plans with the Italian Of
ticer
One Sunday evening. aided by the
officer, the thief broke into the Aus
trian office, cracked the safe and, pro-
tected by his mask got away with the
money and papers which the strong
box contained. Before the theft was
known, the precious papers were
safely deposited in the Italian consul
late and soon were on their way to
Italy, protected by diplomatic immun-
lty The safe cracker and the officer
returned to Rome.
Before many days will take place
the first of the trials for espionage,
proof OF which was furnished the Gov
eminent by the papers extracted from
the Austrian safe at Zurich.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06

WHAT WAR REALLY II.

Americans who are inclined to the
belief that We have done 4 large part
of our share in the prosecution of the
war against Germany by sending Cen
eral Pershing ana 2J.UOD men into the
firing lines in France must adjust
their visions to a larger scale, or suf-
fer a severe shock later
The official figures from London give
the total British casualties during the
month OF May a. l14,11E men. OF these
q $50 men were killed
Which is TO say that the men OF the
British armies alone. who were either
-,illed, wounded or reported wounded
during May Outnumbered the entire
populations of such first-class United
States cities as Grand Rapids, Mchi-
gan, or Nashville, Tenn. There were
more British soldiers killed during the
month than there are men, women and
children in Brookline, Mass: Pough-
keepsie, n. Y. or coming closer home
Cumberland. Md
Also, and significantly, there were
more British soldiers killed than there
are men in the entire Pershing expedi-
tionary force.
1t is useless to moraliZe upon the
tremendous amount of suffering and
woe indicated by these staggering fig
ures or to blackly curse the cruel des-
pot who created the war which caused
the slaughter But the figures have q
value inasmuch as they serve to show
us to some extent the vast proport
ions of the task which we have I'm.
dertaken and which we must accom-
plish.
At this rate General Pershing's com
mand would be wiped out in thirty
days Consequently it is abundantly ev.
ident that if we are to sue
cessfully carry out our obligations o.
warfare upon the Prussian beast We
must be prepared to reinforce Genera
Pershing, not with a. force counted by
the thousands nor yet by the hundred
thousands, but by the million.
Three million United States soldiers
put into the field ON the West front IL
the shortest possible time will end the
war. Any less contribution will merely
prOlong it.-Baltimore Star.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-06
WEDDINGS.
Mitten----LOng.

J. Albert, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
III. Mitten, of Liberty street, and Miss
Pauline ", only daughter of Henry
A. Long, Of Lynchburg, Va, were
married on Monday, July End, at the
parsonage of Grace Reformed Church,
Washington, D. c., by Rev. Henry RI.
Ranck, D. D., at noon. The bride was
attended by Mrs. J. Thos. Anders and
the groom's best man was Mr.. Harry
w. Handley, both of this city. The
ceremony was witnessed by the brides
father end sister-in-law, Mrs. Daniel
Long, of Lynchburg, Va, Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Mitten and daughter, of
Washington; Miss Bessie Thompson
and Mr. ]. Turner Loan, of Baltimore;
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Mitten, Mrs. J.
Thos. Anders and son, of Westmin-
ster.
After the ceremony and cOngratula-
tons luncheon was served at the I'm
perial Hotel and later the party left
for Baltimore where they will reside.
The groom is member of the First
Company of the Coast Artillery, sta
toned at Fort Howard, near Balti-
more, and is d sergeant in his Com
pany and expects to be called to the
trenches in France. The bride is well
known in this city, where she visited
at the home of Mr.. VIM. II. H. Zepp,
West Main street They are spending
the weeks end in this city with the
groom parents.