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Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
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UPON WHEAT RUST
State Agents Say Barberry
By Harbor Germs That
Work Havoc in the
Fields.

Fremont, Neb, April 5.-(Specia
Telegram. III. P. Rigdon, represent,
ing the plant bureau of the University
Of Nebraska, spent two days in Ere
mont, arranging for the campaign to
eradicate barberry bushes. Boy Scouts
will canvass the city and secure the
names of owners of all property on
which are found the bushes. The bar
berry bush affords shelter and nour-
ishment for the germ Of wheat rust
that causes a big loss each year in this
country. By exterminating the plant
specialists believe the pest may be
largely checked.
= District Court to Open.
Sixteen cases are set for hearing
at the April term OF district court,
which convenes next Monday, with
Judge Button of Fremont presiding.
I Alex Thorn, the law and order can
didate, was elected mayor of North
Bend4over James Eason of the citi-
zen's, ticket. Mr.. Thorn received l2l
votes against 7S for Eason. Roy ].
Cusak was reelected treasurer against
William Ruzicka, 10 to l08.
D.. Protest Against Pop.
Frank Knapp, we'll known Red
Cross booster, wired Congressman
Dan ". Stephens and Senator Hitch
cock to protest against the shipping
OF 5000D00 cases of pop to the SOL
diers in France. Mr.. Knapp set forth
in his telegram that the ships are
needed for Transporting more essen
tiaIs in the way of food and other sup
plies.
Red Cross Relief Work.
A series OF meetings to further Red
Cross civilian relief work were held
in Fremont today. Miss Verna Ell
singer of Chicago. Mrs. c. M. Viii
helm of Omaha, field representative
for Nebraska; Dr. ]. L. Gilen of Chi
cago. field representative Of the CEN
tral division, and DR.. Hattie Williams
Of the University of Nebraska, were
the speakers. The meetings will con-
tinue tomorrow.
: Stecher Recovering.
Joe Stecher, who has been i'll with
an attack of grip at his home at
Dodge, was in Fremont today on
business. Joe is recovering from his
illness. but says he will not be in
condition to wrestle for a week or
two. He expects to leave about the
middle of the month for the east to
lake on some of the big fellows. Joe
ost FIVE pounds during his illness.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
York to Celebrate Liberty
Day With Big Parade

York, Neb., April 5.-Special.)-
Preparations are being made here for
the big Liberty day parade Saturday.
A band concert will be held at l 80
p. m. followed by an address of well
come by mayor T. w. Smith. J. E.
Hart will speak on the Liberty loan
and Frank S. Howell will give talk
ON "Patrintism
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
State House Employees
In Force in Bio Parade
(From a. Staff Correspondent J

(From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, April 5.-(Special. )-Three
hundred and fifty state house EN-
ployes and the members of both
branches of the Nebraska legislature
will march in the Liberty bond parade
Saturday morning in Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
Hubbell Citizens Hold .....
Patriotic Mass Meeting

HUBBELL,' Neb., April 5.--(Spe-
cial. "A patriotic meeting was held
this afternoon in the Methodist
church. Mayor Harm of Bloomfield
made ar, address. = ',1.tt t.- =,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
Ashton Purchases Entire a.
Supply of Thrift Stamps

Ashton, Neb. April 5.-(Special.)
School children as well as the old
er folks made run on the banks and
postofice last Friday and purchased
the entire supply of Thrift stamps.
District No. 10 oversubscribed its,
quota by $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
- = . : - = ; a
Service Flag: dwelling {
At RISING CITY Sunday

Rising City Neb., April s.-"Bonds
or Bondage" will be the pastors
theme next Sunday morning at the
NJ. E. church at which time the
church Service Flag of thirteen stars
will be unveiled. The flag is a gift
to the church from Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Stephens of this city, whose son
Willard is in the navy. .. ..
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06

paid a glowing tribute to- Chief Clerk
Arthur Z. Howard, as one of the
quietest and most competent, and
efficient clerks the house had ever
had and ,complimented them on their,
selection,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
Fined for Having Liquor.

Fremont, Neb, April 5.-(Speciar
Telegram. m.)-Will Shoemaker was SEN
fenced to 45 days in the county Jail
and fined the costs in the case,
amounting to 800 for having booze in
his possession and transporting it.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06

When it came to the salaries bill.
which called for an appropriation of
Sl2y800, the vote stood l6 to IS, one
less than the required majority. Kohl
and Adams, who had changed on the
mileage bill, voted yes on the salaries
bill, Kohl giving the same explanation
as on the other bill. With one vote
lacking Tanner was sent for and when
he voted the required constitutional
majority was secured. 1t will still be
three months before it can become a
law.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
How They Voted.

Neal, Sandal, Sawyer, Wilson of
Dodge. ...-.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
Silk Skirts
$500

ELEGANT, refined skirts, pos
IL sessing individuality in De-
sign and Style.
Evolved of soft beautiful Bar.
onette satins, foulards, Pussy
Willow taffeta, silk poplin and
fancy taffetas.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16
AMERICAN FORCE
SETTLING DOWN
TO GUARD RHINE
Huge Fanlike Formation Spread
Out on East Side of the River
Where Do We Go From
Here?" is Query of Soldiers.

With the American Army of Occu-
patton, Dec. 15-The objectives of the
American army of occupation were
reached Sunday at various points.
Spreading out like a great fan, the
advanced units Of the Americans took
up their positions along the boundary
of a 30 kilometer semi-circle pivoting
on Coblenz.
The 32nd division is occupying the
bridge head on the left, the second
division comes next, while the first
division is On the right of the second
division. Two French divisions are
also occupying the bridgehead, their
position being on the extreme right of
the Americans.
AS the various detachments reached
the boundaries of the bridgehead the
infantrymen marched into the towns
behind bands playing spirited Ameri-
can airs.
In some instances the bands gave
concerts for the benefit of the natives
while the infantrymen hustled about
looking for quarters.
The men of the bridgehead force, as
they reached the limits of the great
arc during Sunday, began setting
down for a rest after their hike from
the battle line in France. which began
just four weeks ago The officers are
using public buildings as headquarters
but are being billeted in hotels and
private homes. The main body of
troops is encamped just west of the
bridgehead. The men spent Sunday
in making themselves comfortable for
an extended stay in the bridgehead.
The doughboys having reached their
detectives are now asking each other
"where do we go from here?"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16
WILL RECEIVE MONTHS
PAY AND TRANSPORTATION

Little Rock, Dec 14.-The follow
ing message was received yesterday
from the National Council of Defense
Returning soldiers will be given
one months pay plus transportation
allowance of three and one half cents
mile from the point of demobiliza-
tion to their home town. Their rail
road tickets will cost two cents mile
by direct route. Demobilization will
be from the nearest army camp to the
home section of majority of the mer
in each unit"
This should allay the uncertainty
that prevails in some quarters as tc
arrangements made for the domibili-
zation.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16
President of
Portugal Murdered

London, Dec. 15.-Dr. Sidonio Paes,
president of Portugal, was shot and
killed by an assassin shortly before
midnight Saturday while he was in
railway station at Lisbon waiting for
train to Oporto Advices from Lis
bon reporting The assassination say
that he was struck by three bullets.
The presidents assailant, named
Jeetne, was killed by the crowd
Paris, Dec. 15.-According to a
Havas dispatch from Lisbon, the as
sassin of the president was lynched
by the crowd.
Tamagnini Barbosa, the minister of
the interior, has assumed the presi-
dency.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16
AMERICAN NAVAL
G(JARDS BATTLE
WITH MEKICANS
Mexican Captain is Killed and a
Soldier Wounded at TampicO
Wharf-DiplOmacy Takes a
Hand.

New York, Dec. 15.-In a clash on
November % between the armed navy
puard of the American steamship
Mnoterey and Mexican customs guard
at aTmpico, one Mexican, said to have
been a captain, was killed; a Mexican
soldier mortally wounded, and chief
gunners mate named Berry, in charge
of the American guard, less seriously
hurt. This was learned today with
the steamers arrival here from Ha-
vana and Nassau, where she touched
after leaving Tampico.
Members of the armed guard and
officers of the ship refused to discuss
the incident, but details were learned
from passengers on board the vessel
at the time, According to them, the
fight occurred shortly after a. M,
after members of the navy guard
went to the rescue of Berry, who had
been attacked The Americans at
first responded to the call without
arms, but upon the Mexicans opening
fire, they secured their weapons and
responded in kind.
The fight, the passengers said was
brief, the MeXicans running away as
soon as the Americans opened fire,
leaving their dead and wounded.
Later, officials of the port took the
matter into hand, the passengers as
serted, an da demand was made upon
the captain of the Monterey that the
armed guard be delivered up to them
ending an investigation.
This the captain declaimed to do,
h,s action being supported, it was said
in the harbor. Later the matter was
disposed of by decision to leave the
entire subject to diplomatic settle
ment
1t was said that the gunner's mate
had gone ashore on an errand just
before the Monterey sailed. Several
blocks from where the ship, was tied
up was a saloon and as Berry was re-
turning to his ship, passing in front
Of this saloon, he was called upon to
treat" When he refused to do so
several MeXicans started after him.
As the American approached his ship,
a shot was fired and n Mexican puard
there, seeing him coming, placed him
under detention. 1t was also asserted
that others started to beat him with
the butts of their rifles. The sailor
fought back the best he could, and as
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16
Chile's Reply Says
PeCce is to be Kept

Santiago, Chile, Dec l3.-President
Wilson's note to the Chilean govern
ment expressing the desire that the
question at issue between Peru and
Chile be amicably arranged and the
governments answer to the presi-
dents message, were read in the
chamber of deputies today. The reply
to the president declares the govern
ment desire and unshakable deter
mination to preserve peace and to
carry out the conditions of the treaty
of Ancon, which it says the govern
ment believes must solve the contro-
versy between Chile and Peru without
the necessity of war.
The chancellor of the chamber de
clared that Chile had never refused to
proceed to the consummation of the
treaty of Ancon and that the govern
ment would now make the greatest
efforts to accomplish this end. The
chancellor's declaration is unanimous
ly approved by the newspapers here
INa ara oman o,vop;oo.e NoIoor, y,
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16

mand reserves the right to begin
meanwhile, if it thinks it wise, in or
der to assure new guarantees, to oc-
cupy the neutral zone on the right
bank of the Rhine to the north of the
bridgehead of Cologne up to the Dutch
frontier. This occupation will be an
nounced by the allied high command
by giving six days notice"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16

he approached the ship he called for
assistance.
All who were in sight or hearing
joined in the fray. Seeing reinforce
ments coming, some of the Mexicans
opened fire. No one on the ship was
hit.
The naval guard then secured arms
and as the firing continued, they re-
turned the shots with the result that
two Mexicans fell. The Mexicans fled
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16
GERMANS ASKING
THAT ARMISTICE
BE LESS SEVERE
Erzberger Attempts to Get Mod
ificatiOns of Terms Imposed
BY Allies-FOch Makes Them
Worse.

London, Dec. 15.-According to dis
patches received today from Amster-
dam and other cities, Matthias Erzber-
ger, the leader of the German armis-
tice commission, has again complained
of the severity of the armistice terms.
He asks for the raising of the block
ade, the liberation of prisoners of war
and the immediate opening of peace
conference. Marshal Foch, it is said,
has refused to recognize the soldiers
and workmen's councils.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16

Paris, Saturday, Dec. 14.-The COM
plete texts of the amendments to the
German armistice, which were signed
this morning in Marshall Foch's rail
way train at Treves, follow:
First: The duration of the treaty
of armistice concluded on November
II, is prolonged one month, until the
18th day of January 1919, at five
o'clock in the morning. This extern
sion of a month will be extended until
the conclusion of preliminaries to
peace, subject to the consent of the
allied governments.
Second The execution of the
conditions of the agreement of No
vember IL, such as are not completely
fulfilled, will be followed and complet-
ed in the period of the extension of
the armistice after regulations, fixed
by the international armistice commit
tee, according to instructions of the
allied high command.
Third The following conditions
will be added to the agreement of No
vember IL: The allied high COM
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16

Look up N. B. Nelson's ad. in this
issue. 11d1
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1918-12-16

We are open evenings Nelson's
Jewelry Store. lift
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20

got out the rum jar and gave each
a nip and passed around some flags,
the old reliable Woodblnes. The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said in English. THANK
you, sir, the rum is excellent aud l ap.
p~reciate it. also your Kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt, of the Sixty-sixth Bavarian
Light infantry; that he had lived six
years in New York (knew the city bet
ter than | did,. had been to Coney
island and many of our ball games. He
was a regular fan. l couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best ball player in the world.
From New York he had gone to Lon.
don. where he worked as 4 waiter in
the Hotel Russell. just before the war
he went home to Germany to see his
parents. the war came and he was con-
scripted.
He told me he was very sorry to
hear that London WAS in ruins from
the Zeppelin raids, l could not N.
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seer
moving pictures in one OF the German
cities Of st. Paul's cathedral in ruins.
I changed the subject because he
was 50 stubborn in his belief. 1t was
my intention to try and pump him for
information as to the methods of the
German snipers, who had been cars.
Ing us trouble in the last few days.
I preached the subject and he shut
up like a clam. After a few minutes
he very innocently said:
German sinners got paid rewards
for killing the English"
eagerly asked. What are they?"
He answered:
For killing or wounding an English
private. the sniper gets one mark. For
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
CHAPTER xiX-Continued.

At one point Of the line where the
trenches were very close. 4 stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
eween abe hostile lines. At night when
II was his turn. Tommy would crawl
60 this stake and attach some London
papers to It. while at the foot he would
place tins of bully beef, flags, sweets,
and other deiicactes that he had re-
t-eiyed from Biighty In the ever looked
gcr parcel. Later on Fritz would come
cut and get these %luxuries.
The next night Tommy would go out
to c what Fritz put into his stocking.
eThe donation generally consisted Of a
g,aper from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war, some timed sausagds,
cigars. and occasionally n little beer.
sut 81 funny thing, Tommy never re-
surnea with the beer unless it was in
xtde Of him. His platoon got Il Whit Of
Ais breath one night and the offending
Tonnn1y lost hts job.
One night a young English sergeant
'Grsu!ed to the stake aud as he tried 10
eastsc,i the German paper u bomb ex-
ssoded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set a trap and gained another vic.
tim which was only M more black
mark against him In the book of this
war. From that time on diplomatic re-
satioas were severed.
Returning to Tommy, l think his
spirit Is best shown In the questions he
asks. II is never "wllo Is going to VIM
nut always show long viii it take?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
Georgia Woman Treated to Sensation
When She Meets Him In A.
IAnta.

Atlanta, Ga.-Al the sensations as.
ISOLATED with the miracles Of olden
times have been experienced by Mrs.
Rosa Holley Whitehead of Atlanta,
who recently attended, MS she thought,
the funeral Of her son, Aubrey White.
head in Louisville, Ky. After the cere.
monies Mrs. Whitehead returned to At.
lanta and met her son. who Is In per-
feet health. The cause Of the curious
mistake was the result Of a remark
made by Aubrey, which was overheard,
that he would end It all in the river"
The body Of a man was found In the
Ohio river and young Whitehead dis.
appeared. There was great resemb.
lance In the body to young Whitehead.
A Louisville undertaken IL wondering
who IL going to pay for the expensive
funeral.
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BONES TO SHOW JURY
Detroit Defendant After osnenstraA,
~ . Crap Game, 10 Con.
v1ctsd.

Detroit, Mich.-while 4 court and Z
Jury looked on and sanctioned the act,
q real old"fashioned crap game took
place In thu courtroom here.
After some Of the Jurors had startled
the court By admitting they had never
Q e a crap game. Alfred Frank, Z ne.
gro. who was the defendant In the
case on trial. was called on to demon.
strate trolling the bones"
"Now, talk to EN- a. you did the
night Of the MURDER" the court or.
dered. and Frank obeyed. It was one
Of the names given the dice that led
10 the shooting Of Charles Powell, an.
other negro. Frank was found guilty,
u ths crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
Queer HAPPENING.

Meat prices in France keep soaring
higher and higher" said Novelist
Edith Wharton. Gold boiled ham, for
instance, nov costs s. a pound.
II know a French woman who Wis
tied her butcher the other day with
a busketfHl of wooden skewers. She
pumped the skewers down on the
counter and said:
~ return these. Give me their
weight In beef, please
"'Wil~-what% gnsped the butcher.
"'They were weighed to me as
beef the woman explained, "and
paid for them SIS beef. So. naturally,
now that | bring them back / demand
their full value as beef"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20

killing or wounding an English officer
he gets five marks, but II he kills q Red
Cap or English general, the sniper gets
twenty-one days tied to the wheel Of a
timber al punishment for his careless.
ness"
Then he paused, waiting for me to
bite. I suppose.
bit all right and asked him why the
sniper was punished for killing an
English general. With q smile he re
piled:
We'll, you see, II all the English gen.
erals were killed, there would be no
one left to make costly mistakes"
! shut him up. he was getting too
fresh for . prisoner. After q while he
wlnked at me and I winkcd back, then
the escort came to take the prisoners
to the rear. I shook hands and wished
him 'The best Of luck and q safe Jour.
ney TO Bllshty."
liked that prisoner, hs WAS 4 6ne
fellow. had On Iron Cross, too. I id.
used him to keep Il out Of sight, or
sone Tommy would be sending II home
to hls girl 10 Blighty % q souvenir.
One dark and rainy night while on
guard No were looking over the top
from the fre step Of our ffont.lins
trench, when We heard Z noise imme.
dlatsly 10 front Of our barbsd wire.
The sentry next to me challenged,
Halt, who comes thssef' and brougAt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
Empey and HE maehlne-oun
company 90 lover the top" In
successful but costly attack on
the German trenches. The story
Of this thrilling charge 10 told
In the next instalIment.
no BE coNT1NUED)
De Above oeulA

Gossiping Is about the most useless
kind Of work one could possibly en-.
gage In. How much better and moro
charitable It IL to turn q deaf ear to
cruel truths. to honorably keep silent
about what we have heard. and 1t the
same time give the unfortunate person
In the case the benefit Of our doubt.
"Small wits talk much" Il an old say.
ing and q true one. The girl OF womaa
who would be truly happy. and who
incidentally would make others happy.
should wisely think twice before she
speaks. and then should put into words
only thoughts that are cheering and
charitable.-New York Evening Mall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
Xxx.
"chats With Fritz"

We were swimming In money, from
che receipts Of our theatrical venture,
xnd had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
Brigade would again take over their
sector Of the line.
The day thnt these orders were Is.
aued, our captain assembled the COM
s1any and asked for volunteers to go to
tie Machine Gun school ut st. Omar.
Z volunteered aud was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
fer the course In machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
~rc1otned our unit and were assigned to
the brigade machine gun company. It
almost broke my heart to leave my
company mates.
The gun We used was the Vickers,
Light .3O3, water cooled.
I vas still n member of the Suicide
club, having jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. I was assigned to
section l. gun No. 2, and the first time
in" took position In the front-llne
trench.
During the day our gun would he
s.~.san. y" .nc nre s.ep ready ior
ra- we s"a.eu = uugou WIN
49, s""ue's. Az stand TO" we
ssa'u 'nount our gun ON the parapet
.au 80 on wnecn beside It Unit! stand
IN ne o.nihg. Inen inc gun
~ u.s.aouneeG ana again placed
az. on me nre step.
We oio esgnt days IL the fr0nt-line
uUa.H ~..nv.t aoy.n'ns unusual nap
e.. ou.suue " tae ordinary trench
-, 'ne u.snt ina! We were 10
xs. w oono.Gs taio against the
'."es W.. puueu on. Inls raid
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
Hjs Duty pers.

The family 10 rather demonstrauvs
when the various members of The
household como and 30. The grand.
children are expected to embrace every
one at the beginning and 1t the end
Of . visit. Fred and Albeit were get.
ting Into their clothing and making
their hasty adieux preparatory 10
catching their train home after Christ.
mas. "Hurry up. Fred" Albert shout.
I'd; "you're too slow for anythine,
rvo ct mine oil klSssd."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20

Entered to Find the Mattress Afire.
stretched calm and still like Brun-
hilda on her pyre-only Brunhilda did
not snore.
The intruder picked up the pitcher
and emptied its contents on the mod
crn Rip Van Wrinkle, who stirred, NUT
tered drowslly, and slept again. The
fire was out, to all appearances, and
the rescuer left, pursued by the nores
Of the rescued.
Five hours later the nan in the next
room appealed to the management.
He's afire again." he complained,
land l can't wake him up"
1t took two strong men to rouse him
sufficiently for him to slide off the
burning mattress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-20
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Soap and hot water, dry and apply III.
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and points to speedy healment. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept
K, Boston," At druggists and by mail
Soap 25, Ointment Is and 50.--AdY.