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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
BUNDLE BEE GIVES
INTERESTING FACTS
ON YOUR HOME TOWN
Valuable Data is Dug Up and
Presented to Readers of
This Unparalleled
Column.

What do you know about Omaha?
There are many interesting facts
which the statistical department of
The Bundle Bee has been working
out.
Great labor, figuring and research
are required to amass this informa-
ton, but nothing is too great task
for the indefatigable staff OF this
publication in getting what the
people want"
Here are some real facts and
figures about your own home town:
The bread consumed in Omaha in
one week would be sufficient to sup
ply 100000 men, women and chill
dren with bread for a period of seven
days.
More watermelons are eaten in
Omaha during the months of July,
August and September than in all
the other nine months of the year.
Seventy-seven and two-fifths per
cent of the population OF Omaha do
not like tripe.
If the postoffice were to be re-
moved from its present location to
Jefferson square it would be farther
from Farnam street than it is now.
Not a single person has been ar
rested in Omaha for writing poetry
since prohibition went into effect.
The ice cream consumed in Omaha
in a single day in summer would be
sufficient Gf it were plaster) to put
coat over the entire court house
and over the south side of the city
hall Exclusive of the tower.
Omaha policemen. if placed end
to end, in horizontal position. would
make solid line of cops reaching
from Sixteenth and Farnam streets
to Dodge street and up the hill
to the high school.
Railroad passenger traffic between
Omaha and St. Joe has increased
AIS per cent since May |, 1917.
Far more postage stamps are sold
at the main postoffice than any
where else in Omaha.
All of the clerks at the public
library can read and write.
| More coal is burned in Omaha
than wood and coke combined.
Omaha street car conductors say
they are seldom asked to change
| 500 bills for payment of fares.
, The new telephone building, il II
| had been erected in 1898, would now
be exactly 20 years old.
| Approximately 10000 Omahans
were not candidates for Office at the
Ireeent primaries.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

connaissance work was wanted
which needed a man prepared to
take risks. A volunteer presented
himself whose name showed his
German origin:
$50 much the better he said
with a smile, if the boches fire
upon boche.'
He returned wounded, but bring
ing the information that was re-
CURED"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
SAFETY.

You probably don't need anybody
to tell you why you should buy LIB
erty bonds, although 10 days are
about to be devoted to this purpose
all over the country. You ought to
buy every dollars worth that. you
can because the success OF this 81
eantic loan will be an indication to
Germany of our determination and
because buying all the bonds you
possibly can is an indication OF your
patriotism. But there is the further
selfish" reason, that Liberty bonds
are the safest investment on earth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Powljoke.

This man, Powell. the artist. is al
ways trying to pull" something
bright in the hope OF getting into
The Bundle Bee. Well, t'other
he come into the office and
he says to US, I'm going to start a
little paper giving all the flying
news and I'm going to call it the
'Tanglefoot.' Dontcha think that's
a good name for a fly paper-'Tan-
glefoot." We swatted him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
rUNNYSITE.

Add to the funny things seen in
Omaha-Two men pulling little,
four-wheeled cart loaded heavily
with bags of money and man with
revolver following behind-discov-
cred going east at Fourteenth and
Farnam.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
INFORMATION.

Pursuing our Investigations into
the schoolboy mind we discover in
the Examination papers the astound-
ing statement that Nevada flows
into the Pacific ocean" Also that
Denver is the queen of the Aunty
Lees" (meaning "antilles.")
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
staff.

Sweden is now reported to be
making flour out OF spruce wood.
Bread baked with two-thirds wheat
flour and third spruce flour is
said to be good. The spruce flour
costs 40 cents a pound. Wonder what
wheat -four costs. Anyway. every
body up there ought to be all
.SPRUCED UP" dontcha think?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
MIDDLE.

Bill Hohenzollern's middle name
may be Mudd, as some assert but
we are sure Bob Manley's middle
monicker is Hardy, while that OF
Harley G. Moorehead is Green
Frank Myers, the realtor, reJoices
in the middle name of Henry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Heard
En- PEASANT

An Omaha man, while waiting for
an early morning Missouri Pacific
train # the South Side Union Pacl--
fc depot the other morning. marked
time by observing and listening. A
Union Pacific train arrived first and
was held while several workmen
with trucks distributed many small
consignments from packing houses
into four or FIVE refrigerator cars.
Evidently the men had not assorted
their shipments to facilitate loading
into the proper cars. They pushed
the trucks backward and forward,
from one car to the other, the con-
ductor and brakeman assisting in
their anxiety to get the train on its
way. When the packages finally
were placed in the cars. man stuck
his head out of one of the cars and
shouted:
"Say, didn't you have anything for
The engine"
Another Omahan who relin-
pushed his street car seat in favor
OF a fair and facetious descendant OF
Eve, could not restrain himself from
receiving the benefit of an animated
conversation between the beneh-
ciary of his seat and two of her
companions. The F. and F. D. of
E, was discussing the matrimonial
adventures of male being OF their
common acquaintance. She seemed
to approve Of the general belief that
marriage is an honorable estate, but
She was inclined to doubt the Wis
dom of man of about three score
and 10 taking unto himself a wife
whose age might be about 40. This
IS the manner in which she referred
to the venerable benedict:
why. he has grown grandchll-
dren and everything like that"
a~.iarles w. Britt, one Of the prin-
s c,pal court judges, believes there are
as many ways to practice real wal
economy as there are ways to say
coodby. He is studying the mechan'
ism OF his automobile and last &C
counts indicate that he is succeeding
admirably.
"Time was when I would send m,
car to the shop on any pretext anc
would receive bill for $40 or ST.:
or more or less" he explained
aOnly this week l repaired my
lights and want to tell You that
am going to know what is the mat
ter with my machine hereafter be
fore ! send it to shop. This Il
what / call war economy. Besides
Il Is interesting to study autt
spsshsnism. and Il pays
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Estimate,

complete returns received by
Provost Marshal General Crowder,"
says a news item, SHOW draft regis
tration in Oregon, l06,9.6, against
an estimate of .4,404. Rather poor
estimate, Ell. WHAT?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
APPRECIATION.

We saw where a certain Judge
gave away a lot of prizes to the
newsboys at their picnic and we have
seen him doing other nice things
for them on the street corners.
You're better man than we are,
Julius c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
How DeucedlY Clever!
Answer.

Dear Editor: Is lido you think
it is proper for the government to
use nut shells for gas masks in view
of the fact that they are so scarce
ORD in this vicinity:
Gratefully.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Heavy.

Up in north Omaha, we are re-
liably informed by JOSEPH ARM
STRONG. the demon reporter. there
is a fortune teller weighing 800
pounds and a sign in front Of the
house says simply Medium"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
MATRICULATE.

The movement to obtain admis-
sion of convicted auto thieves to
the penitentiary for a course of ~
years ought to put damper on their
operations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
LIGHT.

We shrewdly opine that some OF
these safety matches" are too durn
safe. They seem to be made OF as
bestos wood
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Calm.

We view with entire complacenccy
the report that the brewery work
ers of Springfield, Mass. are out on
strike
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Cubbish.

Editor of the Bundle Bee; Dear
Sir-After reading your brilliant
thesis in last weeks Bundle Bee and
shedding much lachrymal precipita-
tious fluid, l concluded to write to
YOU. and humbly ask: How long do
YOU have to be on a paper until you
cease to be a cub? Trusting to find
nv answer in next weeks Bundle
Bee. | beg to remain,
Very Humbly yours,
E. NEWMAN.
(Answer-Where are the roses OF
yesteryear:: Ed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Question.

It's a question in our mind whether
the girls like colonies and generals
as we'll as second lieutenants.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Style.

! The old-fashioned woman with her
market basket in the stores is COM
ing into fashion again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

BROKEN-HEARTED MAIDEN.
Of you will call at this office we
think we will be able to show you
that there is no scarcity of nuts.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

1t may be we'll to add here,
however, that only most rapacious
appetite is apt to be tempted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
True Story of Escape
From Allied Fleets
and Raids in the
Caspian Now Told
for the First Time
Presence Of Golden
Horn Helped Cause
the Allies Heavy In
juries Through Turk
ish Aid to Teutons

This story, qr''ittcn by u United
States naral officer arho wos attached
10 the United States Embassy IN
Constantinoplo before America en-
tered the aca1', outhoritoticoly IN
yarsls the si;ei,, of '9tmor ond 1myth
that has obscured the activities of
tho Goebcn and Breslau IN the Medi-
terrcneon and the Dordanelles.
Recent dispatches from London
sav the Turkish cruiser Mdullu, for
msrlv the Breslau, ards sunh at the
entrance to the Ddrdanelles, and
that the Sultan Yo1u7t- Seine, for
merly the Goeben, acas beached.
The true story Of the cscapades OF
these trro ships, and especially OF
their famous ornsion of tlro acatch-
ing squodrons outside the harbor of
MESSING, is told here for the first
time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Ready
IoGive Shelter
On Cold Days
Can Care for Children and
Mothers if Schools
Close
By Anabcl Parker Mccain

4 t THE doors OF New York schools
\ arc closed next week for want of
coal, the youngsters living in the
neigiborhood Of Washington Square
will feel sorry mot little bit" Not
they. They will let out vhoops OF de-
light, and, as soon as they are out Of
bed in the morning, make a "bce-linc"
for Judson Memorial Church, on the
south side OF the Square, where they
will be kept warm and happy until bed
time comes. They will be pressed into
scrvicc as Red Cross workers during
The forenoon. will practice with dumb
wells and swings in the gymnasium in
the afternoon, will have a plate Of hot
soup and maybe some coffee at noon.
and last, but not least, will spend an
hour or longer every evening in the
.)udson movie show.
Washington Square children may not
always think themselves the most for
tunatc in New York, but just now they
stand better chance of being looked
after and being protected from the en-
posture consequent to the coal famine
than the children Of any other section
Of the city.
And the sinc may be SAID Of the
Washington Square mothers, for if the
Rev. Sheridan Watson Bell, pastor Of
the Washington Square M. E.)
Church, carries out the plans he is
now making, the mothers of the tcne-
merts in that section, as we'll as the
aged and weak and the little children,
will 10 longer be compelled to stand in
line for two or three hours, shivering
md tortured with the cold, while wait
ing for Il dole Of coal, and then have
TO carry its hnndrcd-pound burden
home, staggering under it for blocks
and cXhausting the vitality they need
iov resistance to cold and hunger. DR..
Bell hopes to make arrangements BY
which the Boy Scouts will be enlisted
to relieve the ovcrburdencd mothers
CT this severe physical strain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Running the
Dardanelles

The Germans arrived at Che Darda-
nelles the next evening, about 5 o'cloc',
on the 10th, headed into the mouth OF
the channel and demanded, by signal,
a pilot boat. The critical moment of
their existence. But small steamer
was there waiting with the signal,
"Fol!ow me-"
Four hours later the British arrived.
But darkness had set in and they were
refused entrance. There was the uues
ton, not 20 pass, on TO pass at all
risks: Nelson, Farragut, or Sufren
might have CHANGED it. but we must
remember thet they had not in their
timo-the sometimes enemy TO oppor-
tunity-the apron string of the radio.
The next morning IL was too late.
The raiders had occupied the forts and
with the help OF accomplices had
manned the batteries and were not
losing minute in strengthening the
mine dcfeNces.
Whenever thinking of the sea power
OF Turkey, ones mind ,unconsciousl;y;
her escapades the Turks came to regard
her rs the backbone of the Ottoman
sea strength. Time and time again she
survived long voyages il the Black Sea
in the face OF a Russian feet several
times her strength. Each return was
but another sign to the Turks of he
presence OF :; force that was WOrstlng
the Russian. Undoubtedly, then, her
political influence all during the wal
had considerable effect upon the morale
OF the population, Il factor that was I'M
portant to foster with care.
The entrance of Turkey into the war
has farreaching results:
l. A Russian fleet was tied UP in the
Black Sea.
=. The passage Of Russian grain to
the Allies was throttled.
3. The Allies lost the campaign at
Galliroli. Including several battleships
4. The Mesopo tamian campaign was
/ forced upon England.
s. The political effect on the Balkans
aided in bringing Bulgaria against the
Allies and keeping Greece out of the
war. There were about 1000, 900 Greeks
in Turkey who would have been put in
danger By the entry of Greece against
Turkey.
6. England was forced to throw
enough troops into Egypt to prevent the
occupation by Turks of the Suez Canal
Z. Russia was forced to send armies
to the Caucasus Mountains.
s. a large part of the Armenian ma
ton persisted.
The sum OF these losses is consider
able. If one battle cruiser has been di
rectly instrumental in causing them
| one is obliged to credit her with pro.
| portional Importance.
: (Copyright. lYla, Utis t. Nood)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
City Could Use
The Churches

DR.. Bell. Of the Washington SQUARE
Church, thinks that during the fuel
famine there should be close co0rdi
nation between the churches and the
city administration.
There might we'll be q larger use Of
established institutions, such as the
churches" said DR.. Bell. "These exist
ing agencies have an intimate knowl-
edge Of the conditions in their neigh
borhoods, so that it is not NECESSARY
for them to make exhaustive Inquiries
and investigations. They can give re-
lief promptly. There is small need in
the present emergency for the crea ton
of new agencies. 1t is q fearful in
dictment for church not to know tho
economic conditions OF the pcop}c
about it. Churches arc not used during
tho week, and are therefore the most
economical centres for relief and
shelter.
II anticipate that relief will be need
ed all winter, and churches all over this
city should be opened as centres and
shelters. Not every church is suitable
and some clergymcn have not the
I.ecessary social training for this work.
Training and experience are necessary.
No matter how chartably inclined a
person may be, he cannot overnight be-
come able to render efficient service.
But IN an emergency crisis it takes too
much time to create new relief a9en-
cles and too much red tape is involved
Or. Bell spoke from very illuminate
ing experience, having been IN the
centre of relief work during the great
food that swept Dayton, OHIO, ana the
nearby cities few wears ago. He was
then pastor OF church in Hamilton.
Ohio. I'VE finally were obliged" he
sand, III speaking of that time, "to cut
the red tape that had been set in
operation by some of the outside re-
lief agencies that came to our aid, and
to use existing local agencies that
knew the people and knew local condi-
tons"
Other churches besides those In
Washington Square have made efforts
to relieve the suffering caused by lack
of coal. AT the Church of the Assem-
sion, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street
Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, pastor, coal
from church supply was given to need
parishioners and an automobile pro-
vided to deliver it. At st. George =;
Church there was standing invitation
for any person suffering from the cold
to come to the parish house for warmt til
and the several workers Of the church
were able to supply practically all the
needy of the parish with some sort Of
fuel.
At the Labor Temple, in Second Ave-.
Inue, Rev, Jonathan Day. pastor, sew
cral hundred children daily are gath.
pected that, ii the schools close, there
will be a considerable extension OF the
social work continually carried on there
At the Rev. Norman Thomas's church
in Harlem, quantities of hot coffee
were given away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Notable Relief Work
Since Fuel Crisis

Washington Square has been very
wide awake 20 the needs of it's poor
ever since the fuel crisis became a
.eality and has carried on notable re-
'ief work. Its two churches, the Judson
Memorial (Baptist) under the Rev a.
Vay Petty and the Washington Square
church. under DIR. Bell, have set a
splendid humanitarian example which
is bound to be followed by other
'hurchcs in all parts OF Greater New
York il the fuel famine is continued
through the winter, as now appears 10
lie inevitable.
On those bitter days last week when
al New York was shivering and wrap
ping itself ir its warmest clothing,
there were signs swung out ons the
Washington Square churches--signs
that every passcr-by could see. One
said, simply, Come in and get warm"
! The other gave similar invitation,
specifying especially mothers and chill
dron.
And these invitations were accepted.
Hundreds OF persons came from tireless
homes to both churches and for all
there was soup and coffee and soup
and crackers. There was not only
warmth for chilled bodies, but there
was vibrant hump sympathy which
warmed the despairing hearts of those
who had felt themselves trodden un-
der the memorable heels Of an unkind
fate and left to suffer and to freeze by
those more favored.
Eve felt ourselves to be social
force on the firing line of the crisis
said Mr.. Petty, land realized that we
should be best doing the service the
Lord Christ demands Of his Church by
LONG whatever might be possible to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Used Radio to
Confuse Pursuers

But, near 10 O'Clock, off Cape Sparti.
vento, he turned suddenly to the south
and filled the air with all the husky ir-
regular vibrations that his radio ar
tennae could force into space. All com
munications between the Gloucester
and her commander in chief became i'm
possible.
Never to say die, however, the little
cruiser gave chase to her foe, and at
5000 metres launched torpedo at
the Brcslau. which but narrowly
missed it's target. Not daring to stop,
the German admiral submitted to the
chase until the next morning. Then,
ordering the Breslau to spread smoke
screen, he endcavorcd to escape under
it.. The Gloucester, however, was
quick to attack the Breslau, striking
her at long range. The Goeben turned
to tho relief of the Breslau and tho
mighty little Gloucester had no choice
but to retire. One curious detail was
that d sister Of an officer on the
Gloucester had but few weeks before
married an officer on the Breslau
Several months later the writer
CHANGED to meet the Goeben's cxeeu-
tive officer in Constantinople.- The
commander spoke Of some enemy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
By George Gothein, Member Of
the German Reichstag

the German Reichstag
Translated by William c. Dreher)
TIME enormous majority Of the
German people are strongly
convinced that the only peace
aim offering even an approximate COM
pensation for tho frightful sacrifices
Of this war is the security Cha: conf
ing generations shall be spared the
horrors Of war. The ideas Of the peace
movement, which found no extensive
support among US before the war, have
made a triumphant entry, in conse-
qucncc of it, into the minds and
hearts Of men. And many who re-
garded pacifsnl as the chimcra of
visionary biologists, in comparison
with whom they felt themselves to be
practical politicians-nay, many who
still reject pacificism to-day most de-
cidedly have no conception how far
they themselves arc already influenced
by it. For, take the peace resolution of
the Reichstag, which demands a "peacc
ty understanding and conciliation.'
and says that call forcible annexations
OF territory and oppression in any
form whatever cannot be harmonized
with such a pcacc"-is not that pacif
cism? And Wien the resolution fur
thcr declares that "oniy an economic
peace offers basis for the friendly
intercourse OF natons"-is not that
also Dacjticism?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27

stores and told of the escape of the
cruisers. One version was to the effect
that the running lights were so re-
verscd and dimmed that the enemy
outside Messina was led into believ-
ing that the prey vas heading in the
opposite direction. This idea would
have been nearly impossible in prac~
tice, as the bearing CT the lights or
the change of bearing would not be
affected by shifting the lights on the
ships.
To return to the flight. An impera-
tive necessity soon altered conditions
for both sides. 1t was coal. The Ger
mans could not reach Turkey without
reflling their bunkers. A collier, with
all due forethought, was waiting at
Cape Matapan. But coaling could not
be ciSked in that dangerous vicinity.
10 make matters worse the radio
brought the disconcerting news that
the Turks Were not disposed to open
The DardaMelles for the admiral
Where then to go: Conditions were
Greek island named DMusa was Sc
lccted. Tho few fishermen living
there probably had never heard that
war was declared. To be cautious the
names of the ships were covered over
with sail cloth and all cap ribbons re-
moved. The coaIinE then proceeded
there with haste, while German diplo-
macy in Turkey was undergoing a
series OF frantic efforts TO open the
Dardanelles for Germany alone. The
General in the meantime had pro-
ceedcd to Smyrna, where she could re-
lay radio messages from Constantine
pie to the Goeben.
The British during this time, being
Just as much in need of coal as the
Germans, were coaling at Malta.
As soon as coaln% was finished at
the Greek island the delay for the
Germans became agonizing. Each extra
moment might be fatal.
The General still radioed Ottoman
refusals. On the evening of the 9th
the admiral decided that the resis-
lance OF the Turks mus. be broken
and sailed forth to force the Straits,
Turks or no Turks. To make the situa-
ton more desperate, news was received
about that time that the British were
wthin four or five hours stcaming
distance.