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Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
MUST HAVE MEN.

London, Jan. 4.-Representative of
the government and the trades unions
met in Westminster today in what is
considered a most important confer
ence, to discuss man power. George
Nicoll Barnes, member of the war cab
met, presided.
Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of ma.
tional service, speaking in behalf OF
the government, said that the position
in the last six months had been CON-
pletely altered by the Russian situa-
ton. Ultimately the balance would
be more than equalized by the Amer
lean armies. During the intervening
period, however, great strain would
be thrown on the country's resources.
After the closest scrutiny of the
whole question, said the minister, the
government was convinced that it
would be impossible to maintain the
armies in the field unless large num-
ber of men were recruited from the
munitions service, not merely for the
technical units, but also for the fight
ing units.
The meeting was adjourned until to-
morrow.
Compulsory Food Rationing.
Compulsory rationing is to be put
into effect in England at an early date,
according to Lord Rhondda, the food
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Baker Will "CIean House"
In the ArmV Riuht Now

Washington, Jan. 4.-Recommenda-
ton of the American war mission
that troops be sent to France will not
interfere with training soldiers in the
United States. This was made plain
today by Secretary Baker.
Reorganization of the quarter
masters department under Major
General Goethals, acting quarter
master general, along the line OBJ
tanning some years ago, when there
was a commissary general and a pay
master general, has been suggested.
General Goethals is said to favor
this plan. In this connection it is
understood that Major James Alsice,
the former paymaster general, and
his assistant, Major General {. A.
Devol, will be recalled to active serv-
ice. ,
Steps to increase the efficiency OF
the army machine also have Teen
taken by the newly created war eoun.
cil The most efficient officers will
be placed in charge of the more I'M
portant work.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
German Soldier Fine Appearing Man
But Everything Else in Kaiserland
Has Been Sacrificed to Make Him So

.- There is no tea or no coffee and
the beer is about like water and tastes
like varniSh. Hotels for some months
have been forbidden the use OF linens
and they use paper napkir and serve
the food on bare tables or papers
spread over them The newspapers
are reduced in size and look and smell
abominably. The ink is Of the poorest
quality and comes of on your hands
while you read,
There were in the ne,ghhorhood OF
400 to 800 shoe factories in Germany
before the war began. They have all
been shut down but about lS0,
Some Go Barefoot.
"Oi these that arc remaining, 100
are making shoes for the soldiers and
the other 50 make shoes for the civil
population. When a person hasn't
shoes now he goes barefoot or else
gets wooden soles put on the old ones,
Most of the people 60 without alto
| Uether"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05

)travel and he remainedgin Berlin until
October 25. 1917, and, just reached
home,
There are today 100000 TO l25,000
empty stores and residences in Bcr-
lin, where normally in peace tines
the number would not exceed 10000, "
said DR.. Law.
Tired But Fighting On. .
The big change has been wrought
because many businesses have gone
bankrupt and people are moving III
together to conserve necessities OF
lie. Stores that are open have little
or nothing lett i'll them.
The people of Germany are fear
fully tired of war They are sick to
death of it. but they have no idea
of giving up. Ask anyone in Ger
many about the war and they say,
we're going to win; just look at the
map
Il think the people OF Germany can
exist for another year at any rate.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
u. S. Relaxes immigration Rules
To Giue Child Stowaway a Home

ten in code and perhaps had some
bearing on the war.
Lucia has roamed over a large part
of the world in the last three years
since she , went to Russia with her
mother after her parents separated
They were in Riga during the early
part of the war, then went to China
and finally to Korea, where the
mother killed herself on learning that
the child's father had married again
Lucia made her way to Japan with
the aid of charitable persons and
finally was helped aboard a steam
ship by man who gave her the
letter which aroused the suspicious
of the examining officers at Seattle,
but which proved a harmless COM
munication to the mans cousin, a
business man of New York.
Search for the child's father in New
York has been fruitless.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05

Washington, Jan. 4.-The wander
ings of DANA Lucia Lauberg, home
less 14-year -old girl, who recently ar
rived in Seattle from Yokohama as
"a stowaway on a Japanese steam
ship, came to an end today when the
immigration bureau relaxed the i'm.
migration regulations to admit her to
the United States for adoption by an
American family. The chilfs par
ents formerly lived in New York.
Investigation of certain papers
which the child carried, including a
letter given her by man in Yoko-
hama and which she was instructed
to mail in New York, revealed that
the documents were of an entirely
harmless nature. The secret service
suspected at first that they we're writ
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Kerensky AWdits the
Psychological Moment

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. A.
Vladimir Barahovsky of Petrograd,
who sad he was related by mar
riage to former Premier Alexander
Kerensky of Russia, arrived here
today with his wife.
Baranovsky, is the son, Of a mt
nitions manufactures, known as the
"Krupp of Russia" He is here to
study American railroads.
"Kerensky is a strong man and
a very smart one said Mrs. Bar
anovsky. HE is the strongest Rus
sian. was the last to see him be-
"The Bolsheviki do not represent
fore he fed to Finland.
Russia"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Another Creighton Prof.
Becomes Army Chaplain

Creighton university will lose an
other members of its arts faculty,
when Rev. w. T. Kane, S. J., re-
ceives final orders to report for serv-
ice as a chaplain in the army. Father
Kane has had his application in at
Washington for months. but it was
only until three days ago that he re-
ceived orders to report for physical
examination preparatory to entering
the service. lie has passed all exami-
nations and has been advised to hold
himself in readiness.
Father Kane has received intima-
tions that he will be sent to Camp
Sill. Okl. He will receive first
lieutenant's commission. Father Kane
has been professor of English at the
university for two years. He will be
on familiar ground when he arrives
in France, having toured the southern
part of Europe extensively. He is the
second member of Creighton univer-
sity faculty to take up work as a
chaplain in the army. Rev. w. J.
Corboy is now at Camp Funston.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Ensign CondiCt DeyiSes
Honor Record for Patriots

Ensign Condict, chief officer of the
Omaha navy recruiting station, is a
busy man most of the time, but he is
not so busy bul what he can at odd
t...les devise unique publicity schemes
His latest invention" along this line
is u. S. Navy Patriot" card, on
which is printed the following:
u. S. Navy Patriot. Nebraska, South
Dakota and Sioux City, Ia. When the
Stars and Stripes were insulted and
the outlaw U-boats were threatening
the safety of American homes; when
the enemy's hand appeared IN this dis.
trict, endeavorlng to stop enlistments
in the navy. which was then fighting
for liberty upon the high seas, -
(nan1e) of - (address) loyalty
stepped forward and helped to the ut
most in manning our ships for the
protection of our troops and nation. 1t
is upon such U. S. Navy Patriots that
the commanding officer depends to
continue his unhagging battle against
the sinister propaganda of the enemy
and he extends his sincere thanks to
this Navy Patriot for such splendid
cooperation. This Patriots name will
be entered in Record of Honor to be
kept at this station forever"
Ensign Condict is sending out thou
sands of these Patriot cards to those
who have assisted in procuring re-
cruits for the navy or who have
helped in any other way. Practically
every newspaper publisher III the dis
trict will receive a card as an appre-
citation for the efforts of the editors
in giving publicity to recruiting. Mr..
Condict himself is former newspa-
per man and realizes the vast bene-
fits that can be derived from publicity.
An indexed record will be kept of all
the cards and the names will be en-
tered in a big book. This book will
be put in safe place and kept as a
memento for posterity
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Insurance Co. Organizes
New War Savings Society

Edward E. Litz, superintendent OF
the Omaha district of the Prudential
Insurance company, has, with the aid
of "a employees, formed war savings
society. Every person in the society
pledges to save minimum amount
each week.
The members may contribute any
amount above the minimum and when
one has deposited S4.l3 the company
will buy war savings stamp tor the
employe. There are two objects in
view-one to help the country and the
other to encourage thrift among the
employees.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
American Who Has Just Come
From Berlin, Which He Left
in October, Describes
Conditions There.

Flint, Mich. Jan. 4.-(Special Tele-
gram. 1.-THE German soldier looks
fine, but everything else in Germany
looks like the devil"
This is the summary of Teutonic
conditions by DR.. William Law.
native of this city, who is back visit
ing his parents after practicing dent
istry for IS years in Berlin. where he
served the kaiser's family profession
ally.
DR.. Laws family was able to leave
with Ambassador Gerard's party, but
the doctor himself was too i'll to
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
WoRsen Risk Lires
To Steal Precious Coal

Philadelphia, Jan. Goal riots
which began mere yesterday. were
resumed today when several hun
dred mclt, women and children
raided cars on a Pennsylvania rail
road siding aud stole more than
$50 tons. Of anthracite coal. Rail
road detectives were powerless be-
fore the, women, who risked their
lives when an attempt was made
to move eight OF the fuel-laden
cars. For three hours the raiders
carried of coal in buckets and push
carts, and could not be dispersed
until a riot call brought detail of
police, who arrested the ringlead-
crS.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
German Home Accepted by
War Qepartment as Barracks

Omaha German Home on South
Thirteenth street has been accepted
by the War department as a head"
quarters for home guard company.
The building and grounds will be
used as barracks for 800 home
guards and IA officers.
Directors of the German home
some time ago rendered the use OF
the building and grounds to the gov
ernment for the period of the war.
Formal acceptance, which was re-
ceived by George Kleine, president of
the German Home society, came from
General Carter.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
T. J. Bruner Co. Gets Check
For Burglary in May, 1915

The T. ]. Bruner company, whole
sale jewelers., Brandeis building, had
turned over to it yesterday certified
check for $4,2l0.30 from the Fidelity
and Casualty company of New York
in full payment for burglary which
occurred in May, 1915. The original
amednt sued for was $5,367 and the
difference is interest and attorneys
fees, allowed by the supreme court,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Hungary Loses Pep
In Seventh Biz War Loan

London, Jan. 4.-Subscription to
Hungary's seventh war loan totalled
about 100000 kronen, whereas the
government expected 100000 kron-
en-, telegraphs the correspondent at
Amsterdam of the Exchange Tele-
graph company. Most of the sub
scriptions were forced on the lead
ing banks. the message adds, only
an Insignificant share being taken by
the populace.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Explosions at Fort Omaha
Cause Mild Sensation

Three Splosaons in North Omaha
early this norning aroused many peo'
pie from qtaceful slumber 10 in
quire concAning the crash. lnvesti'
gat m brought from fort headquar'
tiers the expiration that the explos'
ions we're sounded by cannon, though
why hey. were fired at midnight was
not G. espIaiped.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Coal Ships in South.

New York, Jan. AT the sugges-
ton of marine authorities, the Navy
department, it was announced, plans
to coal warships at two southern ports
instead of at New York until the fuel
famine here is ended.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
Filininos in U. S. Army.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Approximate-
ly $1,000 Filipinos are expected to be
mustered into the United States army
under a bill passed today by the house
taking in the Philippine national
guard and scouts.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05

You can secure a maid, stenogra-
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
Want Ad,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-05
BRITISH FORCED
TODRASHC MOVE
TO RECRUIT ARMY
Government Officials Meet in Solemn Conference to Dis
Alarming Shrnkage of Man Power; Must
Take Muniton Workers to Fill Gaps in
Field, Says Minister.
LLOYD GEORGE BEGS BRITISH
FARMERS TO RAISE MORE FOOD


4-Pmer Lloyd has issued to
agricultural abo of kingdom do their
production of food su The premier declared that the world
that compelled feed the and
well ourselves what able at home
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
TREAcHERoUs ACT.

Although lie Cateau was. not sys-
tcmaiically destroyed blythe Germans,
there were individual acts of vanI'
ism. beth here and in adjoining vii
lagec. Perhaps the whole war :ha.
not pro-, uced another actsso vile as
that which is vo1cked for by French
official Investigators. In Montigny,
due west of LIE Caueau, a German. Of.
ficer u ed eighteen months with, s:
French family. Ec was a pleasant
sc.low. ling his meals with the fam
:ly and freouentl: performing 81 the
piano iur them. U~e evening he failed
to ret,1n for dinner and mer hers of
:hc family waited in vain for him. and
at midnight retired to be-. At 2
o'cln:h in the m ','nmg tl, house
xas ii, wn up by : Inc. Every one
oil this family was killed. va the
ayt:;,,"r of an eight-I: nths-old
ch u go far ;ly consisted OF seve.
Ia i ifc:le AL sonTn. and children.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
BERLIN HIKE WILL
BE ROUGH ON BOCHE

Very little genuine shoe leather
can be found in Germany at the pres
ent time, ad it is expected the people
of Germany will be compelled to ac-
cept substitutes for number OF
years after the end Of the war, ac
cording to report by the Department
of Commerce. The Substitute Shoe
Sole Company of Berlin is one of the
outgrowths of the war
1t is said the number Of such firms
will greatly increase. and that l50,-
100000 soles for old shoes already
have beeu.lnadc, of substitute material.
Among the, varieties 6f,.substitute
.eather shown in a recent exhibition
1t Frankfort was MIXTURE Of ola
rubber,, canvas ard felt But even
these materials, are becoming sfa&ce
n Germany. y. l., t::.
The wooden shoe Is seen in. faslii6fi-
,1ble as well as plebeiai circles; the re-
port says.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
DRAFT STACKER SHOT

Charles Sykes, twenty-nine years
I'D, and charged with being draft
Stacker, was shot and killed yesterday
in Norfolk. when he resisted arrest.
Policeman, John 7. Stewart was
wounded in the resulting pistol duel.
Sykes fed from his home. when he
,aw the officers approaching along
;he road and :tpok retpgeiu a2 ditch.
lie, refused TO ssusrendsr and Opened
fire on.the iefficeraIr Exchange ofoshots
lsollowedse Sykes was called JIM Sepr
eember to. leave for camp.mbHifa9ed
70 appear. A .norder for his arrest
followed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
GIRL WITH IRON CROSS
WILL BE INTERNED

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Arrested for
sending reasonable letters to German
prisoners in Canadian camps, Miss
Emma Campen, an enemy alien, will
he interned on Presidential war
raat.
German names with addresses, head
e! Secret list, were found hidden in
rer personal effects. She wore an iron
cross suspended to her neck by a
s'!ver chain The discovery gave ma
tional scope to the efforts to prove
the woman a German ;geht.
Government operatives failed to in
duce her to tell how she got the cross,
a rare decoration to be bestowed upon
woman. A signet iron cross ring,
with "Gott Nit Uns" inscribed on it
also was found in her belongings.
Through trading with the enc
my" license, obtained scme time ago.
she was able until recently TO pro-
cure the delivery of parcels.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
CLEAN HUNS FROM ST. JUvIN

With the American First Army,
Oct. 21.-A hsuky young Irish-Amer-
lean named McLenahan; former
preAsman of the New York World, and
a German America n named
Rapport cleaned up the principal
streets of St. Juvin (north of the Aire,
12 miles west of the Meuse) single)
handed, overcoming stiff enemy re-
sistance with their bayonets and a
good supply of grenades.
McLenahan worked his way for
ward along one side of the street and
Rapport On the other. Heavy snip
ing from a window forced McLena-
han to cease operations and seek
cover, whereupon Rapport crept to
the window and plastered a grenade
through it.
A German nome commissioned Off
Ger, followed by 95 other Germans,
emerged with uplifted hands, shout
ing "Kamerad!"
The two New Workers proudly
marched them to the rear.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
KILLED AFTER QUARREL
Corporal at Meade Stabbed by Priv
!, ate. at Breakfast Table. s.

Camp Meade, Nd, Oct. 21.-A
quarrel which started between two
men last night over a slice Of bread
ended tragically here yesterday morn
in, when Corporal Robert E. Nelson,
of Vandling, Pa, was stabbed to
death as he was sitting at the break
fast table by Private Jeff Lankford,
of Ridgesville, Tenn.
The killing took place in one Of the
mess halls of the Seventeenth Regi-
ment, of which both soldiers were
members. 1t was witnessed by many
men of the company to. which !. the
corporal andfprivate belonged, but. the
stabbing was done so quickly tina!
even the men sitting b,s;Ge Nelson
had no chance to save MIN.
According to. reports Lankford simp-
ly walked up in back of Nelson ana
plunged !. bread knife to his neck
Nelson fell backward asa as did SO
Lankford plunged the kr;tc again in
to Nelson's body above his he,"' Men
jumped from the table, and grabbed
Lankford and disarmed h:n, while
others went to the assistance of Mel.
son.
The corporal was carried to the regi.
mental infrmary where he was pro
nounced dead"a ftw minutes later BY
one.of the medical doctors of the Sew
enteenth. e+ n9H
Lapkfcrdl.9as locked uff on h,
charge, of causing tt!.c desth of Ne
sem He will hefeiven a speedy ltEia
'fJy lsreoart,alS9sttiia..lw wl1cih Wilh;be ''$S
peciahylconvened for his rcsse' H
Efaces the most,sserious charge eve
'Fpresented against soldier i'll the his
4 tory of this camp.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
WILL PRODUCE ONE
HUNDRED TONS 4 DAY.

The State Corporation Commission
recently granted a charter to the West
,rn Pyrites Company with capital
stock of $4,000. This concern has
taken over all Of the property OF the
Old Dominion Sulphur Company, Gar
risonville, Va, and will Immediately
proceed to operate the mine on an eX-
tensive scale producing pyrites at the
rate of 100 tons day and delivering
i to the sulphuric acid hlanufactur-
ers in this city and Philadelphia.
The capital stock is 100000 and Off
.ers: U. Z. Curtis, president; Frank
Porter. secretary, both Of Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
TRAYS HEfW0N'T LIyE5TG
SEE FLU CLOSE CHURCH s;
DIES 45 MINUTES LIT.

Baltimore, oet. 2l.-The F.
Wynne Jcnes, of Highlandtown, pray
eG that he might not see the churches
closed of influenza and died forty-nve
II inutes later.
In Billy Sunday sort of way, he
ssid:
lord, if these fellows here in town
close up I'll the churches on Sunday,
hope l will not live to see the day
when Thy place is shut"
He was victim of heart disease in
less than an hour afterward. He had
been pastor in Baltimore for mora
than fcrty years. He founded the old
abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
etltiSTENG up LOSS
!selgian Government 'Takes steps to
Compute, Damage, Done by Huns !,

3 = . NJ :.
The Belgian Government already
las take steps to compute the enorii-
Jus total of. the damage done, to, prep
;rty,.in Belgium by the Gernsapsiauf-
ing their occupation Of the: country
The Council of Ministers met At
Aavre and adopted nisasdres for vsri-
fyins claims for damages to civilian at,
public property. These will be emplSy-
>! as 4 neans for determining The To-
al CONDENSATION to BE demanded ft
Germany.
The assembly als8 discussed mi -
u1es for insurring THE. Presumption al
he circulation of Belgian coinag' "
liberated territory, the cablegram
.ud decided on various modilicat
f the communal law to meet
changes in the internal situation -
70 the German evacuation.
'In order 10 demonstrate its gratf-
tude and admiration for the army, :
the message adds, ''the assembly took
under consideration a plan "nieh
would greatly increase the compensa-
ton to the families of members OF tae
militia"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
EVERY DAY To BE "LEss"
New Home Cards Will Not Fl
Wheatless or Meatless Days

Because of the Spanish influenza
epidemic. the Food Administration
lad postponed the distribution of it's
pew home card until December /. The
original plan contemplated the open
ing of the campaign October q.
In announcing he cpostponement a
Food Administration statement last
night, said the new home card will con-
tainrno regulations regarding either
"Mheatless"' or "meatless" days, but
w;.l,urge as q whole, the most careful
saving in all food, particularly in tht
conservation of wheat meat, fats sar4t
sugar, 50 that the''country can lshil
5.575.000. tons. more Of foodstuFS :
sae Allies this year than last, ,'itr<
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-21
|LOAIu A BIG TRIUMPH
Alexandria Goes Far Over Top
Final Figures Will, 1t is Believed,
Show Sales in Excess of 100000 of
Allotment.

Allotment.
The total bonds sold nthis city Vi
to midnight Saturday night amount
81 to sG9S,05G. 1t is estimated tho
additional sales made by the fou'
banks since that time will make the
total s750,O00. This. puts Alexandra
away over the top.
The allotment for this city was S621
300 and with the additional sales made
since Saturday it is believed that Alex
endria Will go more than 100000
Over The Top"
The banks were simply showed un-
Ger Saturday with the bond business
they did end it kept the clerical forces
husy all DAY yesterday with the work
The members Of the local liberty
loan committee today were the re-
Icipients Of numerous congratulations
on the success of,the loan despite the
fact that they were considerably ham,
pered in their work by the closing OF
the theaters and other public gather
ing places as a result of the epidemic
C influenza prevailing here.
Leo P Harlow, chairman of the %.
al committee, and his assistants did
splendid work in this drive.
Miss Mamie Lindsey, chairman o.
the woman's committee, also did ex-
cellent work, the women selling man.
thousands of dollars worth of bonds
which otherwise would not have bee,
sold.
1t is roughly estimated that there
were approximately 5000 subscribers
to the loan. This number exceeds o.;
many hundreds the number of sub
scribers to any of the previous loan
In the three previous loans Alexan-
dria also went "over the top"