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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
"Back to the Land,'' Cry Suffra9ists;
Call Volunteer Army Of Farmerettes

Take your town off the market
Raise enough vegetables for every man
woman and child in your community
and save transportation for the rail
roads,"
The first faint calls for farmerettes
were heard at least two weeks ago, but
it remained for the National American
Woman Suffrage Association to Jump
in with both feet, so to speak, and an
nounce plans for the seasons "back
to the land" movement A series of ad
vice to suffrage committees throughout
the country was issued yesterday, be-
ginning with the slogan, "Take your
town off the market" and ending with
simple feminine hints concerning khaki
bloomers and "womanalls."
Mrs. Hilda Loines, the new chairman
of the food production committee for
the suffrage association, will have
charge of the work Large organiza-
tions, like the Woman's Farm and Gar
den Association and the Young Won.
ems Christian Association, are coop
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Mime. Seygard Sings To-day
For French Writer'S Benefit

A song recital will be given by Nine
Camille Seygard at the Princess The
atre this afternoon for the benefit OF
Les Ecrivains Francais (the French
writers)
Nine. seygard will sing compositions
Of Sinding and Grieg and a group of
songs by John Alden Carpenter, who
will accompany the singer
Among those who have taken boxes
and tickets are Mrs. Philip M. Lydig,
Bacon, Mrs. Charles H. Marshall, Mrs.
Newbold lie Roy Edgar, Mrs. Warn..
N. Leeds. Mrs. Benjamin Guinness.
Mrs. Hamilton Fish. Mrs. Daniel Ches-
ter French, Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt.
Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs. NJ
Olme Wilson, Mrs. Henry n. Pease.
Mrs. Walter B. Jennings, Mrs. Otto H.
Kahn and Miss Mary Hoyt Wiborg.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Vernon Castle
Will Be Buried
Here Tuesday
Funeral Service Will Be
Held in Little Church
Around the Corner
Broadway in Grief
Messages of Coincidence Pour
In on Wife of the
Aviator
Broadway in Grief

Amid a bower of orchids, roses and
violets, which from late Friday night
bad been pouring in from sympathzers
in all quarters Of the city. slim,
1.-the woman, deathly pale, all day yes
tcrday paced the floor of her third
story sitting room in the dingy looking
old mansion house at the corner Of
Lexington Avenue and Twenty eighth
Street.
She was Mrs. Vernon Castle, waiting
for the body of her husband-Vernon
Castle, Of Broadway and the Royal
Flying Corps, pitched to a sudden and
heroic death Friday afternoon in a
vain effort to save the life of his aero
naut pupil on the Fort Worth, Tex,
AVIATION field. 1t was announced yes
terday that the body had left Fort
Worth on the journey to this city.
Captain Coates Escort
Captain John Coates. an old friend
OF Castles, is acting as his escort. 1t
is expected that the body will arrive
mere next Tuesday. 1t will be met at
the station by an escort of eight men
from the Royal Flying Corps. to be
selected from among Castles own
friends by Major Lord Innes Kerr.
lhey VIII accompany it to the Little
Church Around the Corner. where
simple service will be held.
No deputations from theatrical circles
nor clubs will be present on this oc-
q xtrho nd
to be admitted there would be no church
IN New York big enough to hold them.
Mrs. Castle, though. wishes the cere-
monies to be shared in only by a few
intimate family friends.
From the church the party will pro-
ceed directly to Cypress Hills, Long
Island, where the body is to be laid
away in Mrs. Castles family plot. 1t
was the intention at first to bury Cap
tain Castle where he fell, after the
usual custom of the British army, to
which he belonged. But after brief
exchange of wires Friday night the de-
sire of his wife to have him buried
here prevailed
At Fort Worth yesterday it was nee
essary for the Royal Flying Corps Of
ticials to enforce a blanket denial of
admittance to the undertaker's chapel
where Castles body lay before. after
brief religious service, it was escort
ed to the train. None the less, hun
dreds of people stormed the little
building in the hope of getting last
look at the man who had made him
self as much of favorite in the South
west as he had been in New York and
Paris during the heyday Of the dancing
craze he did so much to create and
ornament.
Praise for Dancer
Castle couldn't help being the life
of the party wherever he went" said
man Yesterday who has recently re-
turned from that section, land the peo-
pie down there simply worshipped him.
He had his drums with him-remember
those famous drums that were such
riot in Watch Your Step and at Castle
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Opera
Carmen" Closes Season oi
Chicago Opera
Company

The four weeks season of the Chi
cago Opera Company came to an end
last night at the Lexington Theatre
win a performance of Bizet's Car
men," Nine. Marguerite Sylvia taking
the title role.
Mme. Sylvia is pleasantly remembered
as Merlmee's gypsy from Manhattan
opera days, and she also sang the role
once with the Chicago company at the
metropolitan. In face, figure and ac-
ton she was always admirable in the
part, and she was such again last night.
she is by nature a Carmen, and does
not nave to sustain the illusion by
cerebral power. She was not in her
best voice last night, but in spite of
TINS her Carmen remained as fascinat-
ing Jade as ever come out of Seville.
Mr.. Dalmores was the Don Jose, Mr..
Marguenat the Escamilo and Miss
Sharlow the Micaea. Of these three
artists Miss Sharlow was the most
pleasing.
The orchestra did not distinguish
itself o"
In the afternoon Miss Garden re-
peated her memorable performance of
"Ihals," with Mr.. Dufranne as Atha-
nael. Miss Garden is unique and in
imltable. Her memory will remain.
"Marouf" was the afternoon opera
at the Metropolitan, Mr.. De Luca and
Nine Aida repeating their excellent
lmpersonations. There was a new
grand vizier in MIR. Ruysdael, and an
admirable one, albeit that it was per
haps trifie overburlesqued. Mr.. Rossi
was the Sultan. Mr.. Monteux conduct
ed with sympathy.
In the evening Puccini's "Manon
Lescaut' was sung to large and in
terested audience
Miss Muzio was the Manon, Mr.. Mar
tInelli the Des Grieux, and Mr.. Scotti
the Lescaut.
Mr.. Papi conducted, and gave to the
music as much polish as it was possible |
to give to it,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Detective Killed by
Seaman's S Fist Blow
Shiprigger Strikes John ]. Quinn
Over Heart When Arrested

Detective John j. Quinn, of the Sixth
Branch Bureau, was killed yesterday by
g. drink-crazed shiprigger whom he had
arrested. He is the second member of
the police force to die in the perform
ance of duty within a week The pris-
oner, who is of great size and strength,
and who killed the detective with one
blow of his fist, gave his name as John
Brady
Quinn was on the way home when he
heard some one shouting down in the
subway and found Brady lying on the
moor howllng.. After vain attempt to
tective John MCGOWAN. put Brady un-
der arrest. Within block of the sta
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
House and he did all sorts of stunts
with them for the natives.

All day long messages of coincidence
kept arriving at 120 Lexington Avenue.
where Mrs. Castle kept her lonely vigil.
The Stage Women's War Relief Asso-
cations telegram was the first to come.
A few minutes later words of sympathy
arrived from Maurice and Florence
Walton: Lord George Wellesley wired
the grief of the camp from Texas.
William Elliott and Morris Gest were
the first Of the New York managers to
send their sympathy.
= Lew Fields. Donald Brian, Bessie Nc
Coy Davis, Geraldine Farrar and Lon
Iellegen, Charles King, Christie Nc
Donald and E. H. Sothern, the Friars.
the Hippodrome company, headed by
Il. II. Burnside; officers of the Holland
american liner Zeelandia and the New
York League for Animals also sem
messages.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
German Chemist Seized
Employe Of u. S. Is Called
Dangerous Enemv Alien

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-Carl
Elschner, chemist. who is a member
of the United States Geological Survey
was arrested here to-day by the United
States Marshal as dangerous enemy
alien.
Federal officials charged him with
being implicated in an alleged plot to
blow up British government cable
station on an island in the Hawaiian
group.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
War School for Chaplains

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-secretarv
Baker has signed the order estab-
llshing training school at Fortress
Monroe, Virginia, for army chaplains
Military law, international law. mill
tary science and tactics and hygiene
will be taught. Any candidate falling
to pass will be returned to civil life
and compensated for his time and ex.
penses at the same rate that candidates
for commission in the line are paid in
the reserve corps.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
British Labor Leaders
Will Tour Comtr,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-Represent-
ativcs of British organized labor. who
have been comforting here with Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. concerning war
time labor questions in Great Britain
and America, soon are to make a tour
of the country to obtain first-hand in.
formation regarding working conditions
here.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Held for Book Calling
Germans Gods Sco,,roe

TORONTO, Ont, Feb. 16.-w O,
douglas, a printer, and Aaron s.~ord
elders of the international Bible Stu
dents Association, were arrested here
to-day. charged with receiving and dis
tributing copies of "Finshed Mystery u
a prohibited publication, which implies
that Germans are a scourge sent by
God, and weapon in Gods hands.
The arrests followed a raid upon the
Office of the association, where bundles
of books and literature were seized
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Hammerstein Theatre
To Be Sold at Auction

The Lexington Theatre, just south
Of Fifty-first Street, which Oscar
Hammerstein built, is to be sold
at auction in the near future. Fore
closure proceedings against the Ham
merstein Opera Company were begun
in August, 1916, and yesterday Judge
Hotchkiss ordered Franklin H. Mills.
referee, to proceed with the sale of
the property to satisfy a loan of $780,
600 held by a life insurance company.
uammerstein borrowed the money in
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

uon house Brady turned and struck
Qqlnn over the heart, killing him.
Detective Quinn had been on the force
eleven years, and had been member
OF the detective branch two years. He
leaves widow and two children. who
live at 5722 Seventh Avenue.
Qulnn's death follows that of PATROL
man Samuel Rosenfeld, who was shot
to death last Wednesday in q Republi-
can club in Williamsburg when he
sought to arrest two masked bandits
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. Feb l6-A shalIay dor,.s.,o,
has moved from the lower Af.ssissipni Valley N
The upper Ohio Valley In the last twenty. fou-
hours' and pressure is generally low over IN,
southeastern states. A second cyclonic denrassos,
IS advancing inland over tie Northern pacis,
S,a'es ana strong anl-cycione is centred over
tiic centre Missouri Valley There have hem ~
,ns ,teious thulloef showers and local ram in rhe
ir.s1 & nuh aha South Atlantic states ana light
iooa shu"s along the great lakes and in tho MD
VIC eilssissipu Valley Genereis rains hav, faIia.
IA Nofthern Colorado. Washington and Orecn, sn5
Aearh local SHOWS IN the northern plateau region
,..1 e ti1i'erature has fallen In the Southern At
AMI aatic ana Eastern Gulf states and Texas and ia
NOW NOW considerably below the seasonal ayersya IN
9 .,ese dstFlctS Elsewhere the changes have hea.
uiiimIoHant and irregularly distributed IVY
a., Ign. Snow Is probable early SUNDAY morning IN
the middle Atlantic and New England statss an ~
sin,g the lower lakes ''' anu
ine temperature will not change maie,iaf.
uiS part OF the Washington forecast d;strict s,s
moderately low temperatures via con,t,,,' -" q" .
me next forty eight hours '"i'' >
, storm warnings are dspaved on +ba >.,
Pacific coast. ~ 40 ->"Fulefn
forecasts for Special localItles.-For Ner r,r
ianu. probably Light snow and slightly warmer
sunday Monday fair. not much change in ,sm.
perature.
For Eastern New York Eastern pennsvlvan.s ,,a
New Jersey probably lcht sry snndsy ~, a.'s
AZ. hot much cnange iii temperature
,,, western New York light snow SUNDAY.
s''' eo-'ei' Mohday falr continued cold.
Local Official Record-The following official ree-
ora from the Weather Bureau shows tenperat,,,..
ourlns the last twenty-four hours In comna,ison
with the corresponding date OF last year
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Music
George Baklanof Sings Will
Dramatic Force in Car
negie Hall

Russian opera Of the type which has
not been heard here since the days OF
"Plque Dame" was represented at tho
concert of the Russian Symphony Or
chestra last night in Carnegie Hall
when George Baklanoff, of the Chicago
Opera Company, lent himself to the
production ''in concert form" Of the
second act of Rachmanlnotf's "The
Mlser Knight" Mr.. Baklanoif sang
with much dramatic force, but showed
beauty of tone only in his highest
notes. Tshaikowsky's First symphony
opened the programme. and Vassilcn-
kos suite, "To the Sum-" closed it.
The Schumann Club chorus of wom-
ems voices gave recital in the after
noon at Aeolian Han under the direc-
tlon of Percy Rector Stevens. The
songs, which were Italian, French, Ger
man and American in groups, were
capably arranged for four parts by
Deems Taylor, whose own "Plantation
Love Song" was heartily applaaded.
The chorus sang with confidence md
tonal beauty, but it still lacks the
seeming spontanity which comes Of
perfect ease
Sascha Jacobnoff played at the same
hall in the evening as he has often
played before, with vigorous, true tone,
clear accent and much poetic feeling.
In the familiar Bruch concerto, the
Vitall Chaconne, so much played this
season, and many agreeable minor
pieces he showed himself an unusually
we'll grounded and we'll rounded artist.
DR.. Muck's men at Carnegie Hall in
the aftc<noon played Haydn's Sur
prise" symphony as they had played
Mozart's in G minor two days before,
which is to say with perfect balance
and infinite tinesse. The lovely
Tschaikowsky's "Serenade for String
Orchestra" was little less flexible and
graceful than one could have expected
after hearing the "Queen NAB" move
ment of the acrlier recital, but the
orchestra won its listeners back with
the much liked "Sakuntala" overture
OF Goldmark, which closed the pro-
gramme.
Mr.. Damrosch in the morning led his
youthful listeners through pleasant
and familiar music in another of his
"Symphony Concerts for Children.''
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Humidity

.. .5 5dlghest temperature yesterday 80 DEGREES IN
3so 3soo p. M lowest. 81 (at 5:45 a MI: average
do average same date last wear. 29; average sam
date for thirty three years. 81 "es saint
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Barometer ReadInas

Barometer Readings
a. m se3 81 / p. m. 80. SO D. m 30 90
Local onic'a' Forocass--Probably light snow to-
day; toll morrow fair. not much change in tsanrern
ture; moderate northwest winds
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Praise for Dancer

castle couldn't help being the life
of the party wherever he went" said
man yesterday who has recently re-
turned from that section, land the peo-
pie down there simply worshipped him.
He had his drums with him-remembe
those famous drums that were such a
riot in Watch Your Step and at Castle
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
Payne Investment Company
Reports MANY Realty Sales

w. r. Gibson of the city sales de.
partnent of the Payne Investment
company reports the following sales
during the last so days:
Nels jerks purchased from Z. a
Stringer, hve-room bungalow at 1896
North Eighteenth street; price $1,000
Arrow Dietz purchased property
from James McRobertS 2437 Sara
toga street; price $1,000.
Fred ]. McGee purchased property
from G. A. Johnson at 32l4 DecatuI
street; price $500.
Cora Blanchard purchased prop
erty from Frank B. Heintz, 29l7
South Twentieth street, at $4,000.
Charles |. Porter purchased the
property at 2202 Evans street from
Ida S. Christensen; price S4,50O.
Samuel Doctor purchased the prop.
crty from Chris Amends at 49ll
North Thirty-ffth street. price $2,100
John w. Spalter purchased So acres
near Plattsmouth from Lillian c
Ellis; price $4,000.
Frances Bell purchased from Edith
Johnson. 1927 Grant street. for $2,6s0
John Shibley purchased lots 4, )
and 6, Acre Garden, from Jesse
Bohren; price $500.
Jesse Bohren purchased from John
Shibley. west 81 feet OF lots IA and
is, Home place; price $500
Frank Heintz, northwest quarter ol
lo-6-4o, Kit Carson county.
z. 6. Miller purchased from Charles
Jacobs. $50 South Thirty eighth ave.
nue.; price 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
Body Of Captain Isaac Post
Brought Here; Funeral Sunday

The body of Captain Isaac Post,
who died at Camp Vale, Little Silver,
N. J., Tuesday of pneumonia, accom-
panied by his widow and Lieutenant
]. Faris, a member of the captains
company, arrived in Omaha Saturday
morning. A military company from
Fort Omaha escorted the body to
Hoffmann's parlors, where a military
funeral will be held Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Edwin Booth
jr., officiating.
Captain Post died on the second an.
niversary of his marriage to an Oma-
ha girl, Miss May Rosenbaum. He
was 3S years old, but had been in
military service for 81 years. Through
his service in the Philippine islands
which then carried with it . credit ol
double time, Captain Post was offered
retirement on March Is, but declined
At the time of his death he was il
Company c, camp field battalion
signal corps. He was stationed al
Fort Omaha few years ago. and be.
came well known in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
RENT MONEY SAVED,
HOME MONEY EARNED
W. R.. Gibson, Payne Invest
ment Co., So Sums Up the
Owning and Renting
Situation.

w. R. Gibson, manager of the
Payne Investment company's city
sales department. tells of interesting
experiences in selling homes TO Oma-
fa renters. In one instance, he was
just two hours selling a place to a
business man who had been renting
for 10 years.
One morning this mans landlord
came to his place, as he was eating
breakfast, to ask permission to pile
some lumber and brick on the lot
as he wanted to build a new house
next door. After the landlord left,
the tenant finished his breakfast and
told his wife that he was going to
buy home that day. He had to bor-
row part of the $500 cash payment re-
quired, but he got it--and the $50 a
month he has been paying for the last
three years has not been rent. His
home is half paid for now, and he is
one of the happiest home owners in
Omaha today.
Mr.. Gibson also tells of one client
who moved to Omaha three years
ago and has since made a good thing
of buying property, fixing it up, and
renting it--letting the fellow who
doesn't "own his own home" provide
his income.
When there is such good profit in
owning and renting homes, Mr.. Glib
son says it is not to be wondered at
that people are waking up to the fact
that rent money saved Is home money
earned, and that the demand for
homes on easy payments is likely to
prove greater than the supply in
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
Dawson, Red Cross Head,
To Visit Italian Front

Rome, April 6.---Henry P. Dawson
chairman of the American Red Cross
war council, was received today by
General Supelli, the minister of war,
Ambassador Page accompanied Mr.,
Dawson in his call upon the minister.
who put himself at the disposal OF
the Red Cross representatives for any
facilities that might be required to
enable him to fulfill his mission to
Italy.
Plans have been made for Mr.,
Dawson and Ivy Lee, also OF the
American Red Cross, who accom-
panied Mr.. Dawson to Italy, to visit
the Italian front. They are expected
to leave for the front Sunday night,
accompanied by Robert 2. Perkins,
Red Cross commissioner in Italy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
"Liberty Division Prepares
For Wilson Review Soon

Baltimore, April 6-The Liberty
division of the national army, 10000
troops, under General Kuhn, from
Camp Meade, is tenting tonight at
Shirley, midway between the Mary
land cantonment and Baltimore. Staff
headquarters has been established in
one of the Baltimore city parks and
the signal corps were busy tonight
with rocket signals as part of the
maneuvers in the movements OF
troops to Baltimore for the supposed
defense of the city from German in
vasion. With the ammunition train
and commissary department. trucks,
the line was five miles long.
tomorrow afternoon and President
Wilson will review the grand parade
Saturday afternoon in honor of the
anniversary of the United States en-
tering the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
OMAHA HOMES
IN DEMAND AT
PRESENT TIME
Buyers for Property Are Nu.
merous and Bargains Are
Being Quickly Snapped
Up, Say the Agents.

According to Ed r. Williams
houses in Omaha are selling rapidly,
and he advises home buyers to get
busy early.
"Last Tuesday a woman called me
up and asked about buying a certain
kind of home" said Mr.. Williams,
Il told her l had just such place,
or rather, had two that thought
would suit her. She asked me to take
her and her husband out on Sunday
to see them. I said Sunday was
rather far off and the houses might be
sold before then. But she thought not.
Friday she called me again and
said they would go out and look at
them that afternoon, instead of Sun
day. | had to tell her the two houses
had been sold. She expressed the
greatest surprise.
at so happened that | had another
house on hand and ! showed them
that. 1t pleased them and they iinme-
diately gave me a substantial pay
ment on ii. They weren't taking any
more chances on losing home
Mr.. Williams says the sale of homes
is divided about half between those
sold on payments and those paid for
in cash.
"One man came in here from out in
the state" said Mr.. Williams. He and
his wife wanted to buy home. 1t so
happened that ] had a handsome
bungalow and / took him out to see
it. He fell in love with the property
at once. He went away, but came
back in few hours and paid for the
bungalow in spot cash, $1,000"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
PROBE OF LYNCH
CUSTER SUIT IS
BEGUN BY JURY
County Inquirers Begin to Look
Into Conditions at Court
House as Revealed in
Law Suit.

Probe into alleged conditions re-
vealed at the Lynch custer hearing
was begun by the grand jury Satur-
day.
Gus Tylee, gymnasium rubber, was
the first witness. His testimony was
practically the same as introduced at
the trial, it under stood. He told OF
alleged transactions in which he, as
bookkeeper for Pete Loeb, saw the
split OF profits from road houses
in which Lynch and Loeb were al
legged TO be jointly interested, it is
understood. He is further reported to
have testified regarding equipment OF
the gymnasium in the basement OF
the court house and alleged events
which transpired there.
City Commissioner Charles III.
Witlmell was another witness of the
morning session. He is understood
to have defended the letting of con-
tracts for fire apparatus.
The jury made its second report to
Judge Redick Saturday morning
Eleven indictments were returned.
Six Of the indictments were made
public. David Billings is charged
with the | theft OF $3.50 worth oi
jcwelry from Charles R. Prawitz on
March Fl. Jessie Louis Harper is
accused of the murder of Joseph
Smith on March q. Robert Toner is
charged with breaking into Elmer
Johnsons store, 2ol7 Leavenworth
street, March Il, and stealing a
quantity of merchandise. Bert Bart
lett and Joseph Chenoweth are
charged with the theft OF two hogs
valued at $l00, from the Rock Island
railroad. Charles Romer is accused
of assaulting Sailed Mohamed, March
II. Charles Belangee is charged with
carving concealed weapons.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-07
British Aerial Raids Over
Cologne Cause 248 Deaths

Geneva, April 6.-The recent Brit
ish aerial raids on Cologne caused 248
deaths, half Of whom were soldiers,
according to the latest reports re-
ceived at Basel. The soldiers were in
a railway train bound for the Picardy
front and standing at the Cologne sta
tion.
Panic reigned in the city for IL
hours, the streets were deserted, and
the population hid in cellars. One re-
port says that a major was killed.
The bodies of two Swiss who were
killed during the bombardment ar
rived here yesterday and will be
buried with honors.