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Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
South Side Brevdaes

For sale. Thorepshbrsd spsts puos. sAll
30. a47s. will deliver. HAA
Telephone South 900 ana order case Of
Oma or Lacatonade. the heAsthful. refreshing
Home Beverage, delivered to your residence.
Omaha Beverage Co.
The last meeting Of the Queen Esther so
. ciety of Grace Methodist church will BE- held
Monday night at the home tof; Miss HaSel
Hubbard. Assistant hostesses Will be Misses
Katherine Kriss and Mildred Maberry.
Two boxes, containing several dozen pairs
Of shoes and Q large box Of chocolate. which,
police say, box car thieves had thrown from
q Burlington freight train. were found
in the weeds near Thirteenth and o streets
Saturday by Police Captain Vanous and De-
tectiyes Francl and Herdzina. The boxes
had been broken into and several pairs OF
shoes and a quantity Of chocolate stolen.
Relatives and friends Of Mr.. and Mrs
Rudolph Schmidt, 2s26 " street. gave .
surprise party at the Schmidt home Friday
night 1T was farewell gathering
In honor Of Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt, who have
lived on the South Side for rs years, and
who will move next week to 20l4 Hoctor
boulevard, Omaha. Those present were:
Messres and Mesdames H. Bash, NJ. J. Marz,
G. G, Gehrman and w. C. Boettcher and
families; Messers and Mesdames H. Ditzen,
and A, Zamat. and Mrs Anna Galloway.
Omaha E -Xima, Red Cross unit of the
Omaha Social Settlement, held picnic at
Elmwood park Thursday night. Those pres
sent were: Mesdames W. s. Caldwell and
Thomas Kinsella Misses Margaret Lanning,
Edith letter, Mary Maslowsky. Adella, Mas
lowsky, Anna Metzger, Julia Coffee, Gather
line Coffee, Anna Mainelli, Edna Yost. Ber-
nice Wawzynkiewicz, Rose Palik, Matilda
Palik Katherine Shanahan, Irene Swift,
Catherine Lanning, Teresa Dore, Eva Haupt-
man, Alice Larkin, Anna Duffy, Hulda Jet
ter. Miss Mary Ribak Of Chicago was the
guest of the evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Bankers Realty Man s.
Will Leave for Army
War Camp This Week

A. M. Post, jr., assistant sales man
ager of the Bankers Realty Invest
ment company, in charge of the em-
ployment department. has enlisted in
the National army and leaves this
week for a cantonment some place in
the United States.
Post is a member of an old Ne
braska family, whose father, Judge
A. M. Post of Columbus, Neb., is
widely known as former chief justice
of the supreme court of Nebraska. Il.
He is a Nebraska native son. He
was born in Columbus and there he
received his early education. His fin
ishing work was done at Shattuck
MINI, Military academy, which he
attended for FIVE years.
Saturday afternoon Posts fellow
employees gave him farewell demon
stration, the most important, and al
Post affirms, the most valuable par
OF which were a series of instruction:
in Jul jitsi holds, which he says ht
confidently expects to try out sooner
or later on Kaiser Bill, and if not or
the old man at least on the crown
prince, to whom he affectionately re
fers as little Willie. .
Anyway, there'll be lots of fur
somewhere in the United States ant
somewhere in France after Post get,
there, for he is noted, in fact famous
for his ability to make light of an,
and every situation anticipated ant
otherwise.
Post is the latest of many employe
of the Bankers Realty Investmen
company to go into the Nationa
army.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Y, M. CA, LEADERS
IN CITY ON TRIP
THROUGH WEST
Continued From Page One.l }

are estimates based on the Liberty
loan quotas. The figures are minimum
quotas and without exception the
states are expecting to so over their
goals.
The time of the $ll2,000,000 drive
lis not definitely known, 1t will include
funds for the Young Women's Chris
tian association and that sister organ
ization will not put on campaign OF
its own. The boys and students
campaign also will be combined with
the general drive"
Perkins Explains Budget.
George w. Perkins told in detail OF
the budget. Bruce Barton will head
the national drive publicity. Men OF
wealth, many of whom are here, could
raise this big fund, but that Is not
what we want" said Mr.. Barton. 1--WE
want everybody to give, and to know
why they are giving. The publicity
campaign is not to be limited to news
papers"
The Nebraskans who went to Chi
cago to the conference are J. Dean
Ringer, state chairman of the war
work council; c. A. Musselman, state
secretary for the Young Mems Chris
tian association; Guy P. Lcavitt, state
publicity manager; William Wallace
of Council Bluffs also attended. 4
Nebraska is responding heartily to
the request for men to serve in Young
Mems Christian association army
work in this country and overseas
said w. S. Rothery, executive secre-
tary. '"Our quota is Is men a month"
he said. 1--WE were behind until last
month, when we furnished 81, We are
expecting at least rs Nebraska ap-
plicants this month.
Those 81 men in May were from
26 lines of business. They were a,
once put into training for physical, so,
cial, entertainment, educational, can
teen, religious and other work for the
soldiers"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23

Capt. Frank Whipperman, formerly
of the Sixth Nebraska, and now of the
5lst pioneer infantry, is spending a
weeks leave of absence visiting
friends in Omaha.
Capt. Whipperman is now stationed
at Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg,
S. c. Other Nebraska officers con-
nected with the pioneers, or lighting
engineers" at Camp Wadsworth, are
Maj. o. T. Davis of Auburn, now
of the 54th pioneers, Captain Rollin OF
Columbus of the s6th pioneers, Capt.
Butcher of the old Fourth Nebraska,
Lieutenant Colonel Mack of the old
Fourth, now lieutenant colonel of the
61st pioneers. and Major Harries OF
Omaha, who is assistant camp adlu-
tant.
Enlisted men at the camp are mos,
OF them selects from New York state
and are men Of a high order of intel.
lligence. Besides being trained as
infantry, and having the regular
"doughboy" equipment, they carry
picks and shovels. There are l5,0O(
of them in intensive training and they
are quick and responsive. They
build bridges, do railroad work, build
field fortihcations, dugouts. - ''
In battle they follow the FIRST wave
Of infantry over the top, being what
are called "moppers up" They con,
solidate trenches, open up lines Of
communication, turn the captured
enemy trenches around, look after The
water supply. etc. - t'''.''e .y.7.
"1'hey are devils for work and tight
ing,", said the captain, ''and proyee
their nettle in the first big offensive
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Riseman Held for Not
Having Store License

License Inspector Fried has caused
the arrest OF David Riseman on
charges of operating secondhand fur
,nitufe stores at 500 and 70l North Six
! teenth street without city licenses.
The police Judge allowed Riseman
until next Tuesday to comply with
the law.
II am going to insist that peddlers
and expressmen and milk and ice deal
ers shall display license plates on both
sides of wagons or trucks according
to a city ordnance" Mr.. Fried an
.nounced.
He stated that he has located SO
pool halls being operated without Ii
censes and has sent notices to 81 taxi
cab drivers, stating that complaints
will be filed against them in police
court unless they obtain licenses be-
fore July !.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
AERO CLUB NAY
FINANCE FLIGHT
ACROSS ATLANTIC
Offers to Assist Government IN
Solving Problem Of Deliver
ing Thousands Of Air
planes Overseas.

New York, June 22.-The Aero
Club Of America announced here to-
hight that it had notified John 2.
Ryan, director of American Aircraft
production, that it was willing 70 as
sumo the expense of attempting 2
Transatlantic flight. in order to as
sist the government in solving the
problem Of delivering thousands of
airplanes overseas and OF ESTABLISHING
a trans Atlantic aerial patrol to defeat
Germany's U-boat campaign. Ill,
Encouraged by the assertion IN
Washington yesterday Of Mai Gen.
William Brancker, comptroller gem
cral OF British air equipment. that
transatlantic flight should be At
tempted without delay, the club stated
in its announcement that two weeks
ago it asked for bids for Handley
Page and Caproni machines capable
Of flying from continent to contin-
eft @3gH
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
George 7. Prince Accepts
Government Position

George T. Prince, chief engineer for
the Metropolitan Water district since
1912, has accepted a government ap-
pointment as member of the staff OF
the chief engineer, of the Bureau OF
Industrial Housing and Transporta-
tion of the Department of Labor. He
will begin his new work July at
Washington.
Mr.. Prince will make Investigations
and reports relating to water supply
sewage disposal, lighting, heating and
all other essentials in connection with
many villages, towns and suburban
extensions that will be required to
house the army of workmen employed
by the government in its various in
dustrial plants throughout the coun-
try.
Sixty million dollars have recently
been appropriated to be expended by
this bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
PROFIT ON COAL
ENUMERATED BY
FUEL DICTATOR
Also Makes Public How Mar
gins Are to Be Figured;
New Order Effective
Tuesday.

"A great responsibility rests upon
the coal dealers of Nebraska to keep
the state supplied with coal next win
ter, and it must be made possible for
them to serve their several communi-
ties to the best advantage" says John
L. Kennedy, fuel administrator, in a
letter that he has just issued.
Mr.. Kennedy enumeratcs the profits
that dealers are permitted to charge
and the manner in which dealers are
to arrive at these profits. The cost of
the coal to the dealers shall include
the mine price, the freight, war tax,
purchasing agents commission, if
any; weighing. unloading from the
railway car and drayage.
1t is provided that all retail dealers
within the state shall post up and
maintain in their places of business,
accessible to their customers, a sched-
ule showing the cost to them OF each
kind of coal and coke handled, the
margin gross allowed and the retail
price at their yards; also, their dray-
dSC duu uCHNSiy SHaiSSss
Ton 1000 Pounds.
Two thousand pounds is fixed as
the ton and all selling prices are based
on this weight. The Pennsylvania
anthracite is not taken into considera-
ton, as it is figured that none Of this
kind of coal is coming into Omaha
trade territory.
On Goals that will be on the Omaha
market during the coming season, MIR,
Kennedy authorizes profits per ton as
follows:
Colorado Anthracits-Not yard screened
n.S6; screened. sl,so per ton.
Spadra--Not screened $3.50; screened
s2.lS, Bernice, not screened, $50
screened, $l,s5. Arkansas semi i-anthracite
not screened, $50; Oklahoma. $3.50.
Bituminous--Iowa-Not sreened. N,sS;
screened, sl.75. The same amount OF profit
per ton Is allowed on the Kansas and Mis-
souri, coal.
on the Colorado. Utah. Wyoming and
Oklahoma bituminous Goals the dealers are
| allowed q profit Of S1.45 per ton on the un"
screened. and $50 ON the screened
| Illinois coal carried profit OF p,bb on
the unscresned and s1.7o a ton on the
| screened
On Colorado and wyoming Ignite, deal.
ers are allowed a profit of $50 a ton on
! the unscreened ana $40 on the screened
| All other domestic Goals are to be sold
| at n profit OF s1.35 ton on the unscreened
and $i.76 on the screened.
On steam coal the profit allowed Is DC
| cents a ton and on coke, 20 on the un-
screened and $2.40 on the screened.
Other Cost Items.
The dealer is authorized to figure
into the cost of carrying on the busi-
ness such items as wages, insurance
taxes, interest, rents and equipment
Mr.. Kennedy suggests that the coal
business be put on cash basis, as
serting that dealers expect customers
to pay promptly and urges that con-
sumers of coal layiin their supplies as
early as September !, contending that
if this is done there will not be much
possibility of fuel shortage next
winter.
The profits that are authorized by
the fuel administration are to become
effective Tuesday morning and con-
tinue until further notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Omaha Dry Keeps Down Number of
Children at the Detention Home

who are taken from their families be-
cause the conditions in their homes
are either not considered moral, or
because of the financial impossibility
of providing for them properly. They
are given the best of scientific care
and the kindest treatment at the home,
and they respond to il"
Miss Rosicky tells of one little girl
who attends her school who has been
taken for adoption by three different
families at various times. but she
likes the home and the Bancroft
school so we'll that she insists on re-
turning each time.
Il miss the children from the
home" said Miss Rosicky, "but am
glad to realize that under present
conditions their home life is so much
better that they do not have to be
taken care of by public institutions u
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23

Keeping liquor out of the house
means keeping the children out of
the detention home. At least, this is
the way Miss Emma Rosicky, prin-
cipal Of the Bancroft school, which
the children living at the Riverview
detention home, attend, She ex-
plains that instead of 40 children from
there. as in past years, they had less
than 10 at any one time last year.
There is considerable misunder-
standing as to the class of children at
the detention home" said Miss
Rosicky. Many people think that it
is a place for bad children. On the
contrary, have never had ohe child
in my school from there whom l
would consider really bad. Of course,
some are mischievous and some un-
disciplined, like many other children.
but Oil the whole they are exception
ally good boys and girls.
The children at the home are those
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Capt. Whipperman Praises
Work of u. S. Pioneers in
Mop Up' in Trench Warfare

of the Huns this spring when they
saved the day and stopped the Teu-
ton hordes in the bloody fight at
Cambria"
While a resident of Omaha Capt.
Whipperman was engaged as a con.
tractor of concrete work. He has
never lost interest in the possibilities
of concrete construction.
He had a piece of the rock on his
worth from Camp Cody. While a,
the latter cantonment he was at
tracted by the lightness and lack ol
density of the lava rock which covers
the country around Deming, N. M.
He had . piece of the rock on his
desk as a paper weight and during
sandstorm the wind lifted the rock
from the desk and carried ii quite a
distance. This accident led the cap
tain to investigate the formation ant
he was astonished at the strength Of
texture and the lack of density and
porosity of the formation. 1t was al.
most as light as wood, nearly mallea'
bic and; naturally waterproof At the
time there was the first agitation Of
tthe concrete ship" and he called the
attention of the shipping board and
Navy. department, to possibilities oi
the lava rock or nalpai 10 the uses Of
concrete shipbuilding.
/ The two departments wrote him
assuring hia he had made an impor,
ttarit and valuable discovery and the
rock formation, which forms a limit.
less supply of material, will be stud
led by government experts with a
view to it's utilization in concrete
'slhpbuilding. 39:~ -
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
War Saving Societies to Be +.
Oruanized in County

Under the direction Of William M.
Burton, Omaha attorney, it is pro-
posed to organize one or more War
Savings societies in each school dis
trict in Douglas county outside of
Omaha, at public meetings called
throughout the county on the evening
of Friday, June 2S. The following
men are serving as precinct directors: ::
Valley, R. E. Segur; Elkhorn, T. A.
Hollister; Jefferson, Herman Timme;
Millard, H. J. Connell; Douglas, M.
0. Cunningham; Waterloo, J. H.
Lionberger; Chicago, William A.
Schall; McArdle, Charles S. Elgutter;
Union, H. l.. Tucker; districts Nos.
Il, So and 46, Robert NJ. Switzler.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Control of. Grain Prices
Up in Zone Food Meeting

Best methods for controlling coarse
grain prices will be the principal sub
ject for discussion at the organiza-
ton meeting, when the states of Ne
braska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Missouri will be formed into zone
for uniform food rulings.
The meeting will be held in Kansas
City, June u. and Nebraska will be
represented by Deputy Administrators
A. c. Lau and E. M. Fairfield. Zonal
districts have been authorized by
Herbert c. Hoover and these five
states have been banded together be.
cause of the similarity of their prob
lens and their products. ]. c. Hal.
lowell, director of state organization
will attend the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Hanlon Threatens to Take
Team From Missouri Town

St. Joseph, Mo-, June 22.-(Special
Telegram .)-Unless something is done
at once to stimulate interest here St.
Joseph is to lose its franchise in
the Western league.
This admission is now freely made
by Ed Hanlon, owner of the team.
Hanlon is not seeking any favors
and will accept no donation, but he
does ask that the Commerce club here
get belinda a movement to guarantee
the team against continued loss. Han
Ion opened his books to the officials
of the club and showed them that the
team has lost more than $4,000 thus
far this season. He estimates that his
future losses would be $4,000 and Of
fered to stand one-third of this if the
club would underwrite the balance.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Artificial Leg Saves Pat
& From L0nq Jail Sentence

An artificial leg, a wife and a child,
all of which he has acquired since his
offense was committed, wrung leni-
ence for Patrick McGovern from the
heart of Federal Judge Woodrough
Saturday. McGovern was sentenced
10 the Douglas county Jail for so
DAYS for sending unmailable matter
through the mails. He pleaded guilty
to the ofcnse. which was committed
two years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
South Side Draft Men to
Receive Orders Monday

. Local exemption board No. Z, South
Side city hall, has notified 1874 men
OF the selective draft to appear be-
fore the board on Monday, June "a.
for instructions. One contingent OF
81 men will leave for Camp Funston
and another OF SO men for Fort Riley
Tune 2S. This is more than double
the number sent in any previous con-
t;noent
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
AUCTION SALE
Brings $1,922
FOR RED CROSS
FarWell Farmers Donate 64
Hogs to Patriotic Purpose;
Total Reaches Nearly
100000.

Farmers in the vicinity OF Farwell,
Neb.,. sent a load of "a hogs and one
calf to the South Side market Satur-
day, where they were sold for the
benefit of the Farwell Red Cross
chapter. The hogs averaged icy
pounds and Brought $l6,lO per 100
pounds. The calf weighed l20 pounds
and sold for $3.50 per 100 pounds.
The load netted $l,922.S5. This
brought the the net amount realized
from Red Cross sales at the stock
Yards during the last four months TO
S299. .M0.1l.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Mrs. Fishbaugh Dives
70 Feet at ManaWa SUNDAY

Under the auspices of the Council
Bluffs Red Cross chapter, Mrs. G. V.
Fishbaugh, l42l Sixth avenue, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, will dive 70 feet into the
waters of Lake Manawa at S o'clock
Sunday -fternoon, and then will aid
Red Cross girls in taking UP a col
lection for the benefit Of tie war
fund. The dive will be from spe-
cially built platform on the park side
of the lake.
Bill Hart in "The Aryan," will be
the free motion picture attraction at
the park Sunday evening.
A new 40-foot launch, the Colum-
bian. capable of making mile in six
minutes, was launched Saturday and
will be in service for the first time
Sunday
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
John Barrett Loses Motor
r. Car for the Sixth Time

John c. Barret, South Side at
torney, has lost his automobile for the
sixth time, but he is willing to bet he
will get it back within two days. Five
times before has Barrett's car been
taken by thieves and each time have
the police found it, within two days
So Barrett is hopeful.
This time the machine was taken
from in front of the Methodist hospi.
tai at Thirty-sixth and Cunning streets
while Miss Catherine Barrett, Bar
rett's sister, was inside visiting
friend Friday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs M. "A! Nehtoff has gone on an ex-
tended business tfip to Ghfragos and Keno
sha, Wis. 4 AT, thescoh hoinsionaof tfier trip she
will visit with Afefattses .@ ~.
Charles w. Fear, fcrrnsr gOrnahan mas
been elected president of the Ozark Press
association. Mr.. Fear Is editor Of the Mis-.
souri, Trades Unionist Of Joplin, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23

Chicago to confer with the delegates
He is ex-president of the. 100000
club and one of the most successful
life underwriters in America.
Among the subjects which will
come up for discussion will be the so.
cial service feature of the highly
specialized activities of the under.
writers. Members will address the
convention on results achieved by in,
surance in conserving public health
hygiene, morals and the future o.
those who would otherwise be de-
pendent upon public charity were i
not for the distribution of the benefi
cences of insurance.
Visiting delegates and national Of
fcers will be the guests of the mem
bers of the local organization during
the convention in this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Waly Shepard Makes
New Amateur Record
For Course at Happy

Wally Shepard marked up a new
amateur record for the Happy Hol-
low golf course yesterday, making the
10 holes in rs, one under par. Shep-
ards record Is just one stroke above
the professional record held by
Charlie Johnston.
The following scores by holes with
4 comparison OF the par records shows
how Wally turned the trick:
Par ............ss 8 s 8 e--s7 out
Shepard ........5 IS bb435 s s--as out
Par ..........t sb4444 S---se in-A7e
Shepart .,...,& SO - "a t--H in--75
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
National Army Men viii ". VI.
Be Given Rousinu Sendofi

The War Activities committee OF
the Chamber of Commerce will give
the soldiers who leave for training
camps next Friday a suitable "au re-
voir.' They will be entertained at
luncheon at the Chamber of Com.
mer.e and other clubs. A band viii
head the parade to the station ,ant
members Of the Chamber and Rec
Cross workers will march with til.
boys. "
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
INSURANCE men
/. T0:H0LD ANNUAL
Meeting HERE
Convention Of Lincoln and
Omaha Association OF Life
Underwriters to Be Ad-
dressed by Chicagoan.

The annual convention OF the Lin
coin and Omaha association of life
underwriters of Nebraska will be held
at the Chamber of Commerce on Mon
day.
Over 100 members Of the organiza-
tion are expected to be present to dis
cuss matters connected with their
avocation. A luncheon will be given
at noon.
Lawrence Priddy, president of the
national association, will be here from
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Deaf Boy Is Injured When
Struck by a Street Car

George Spokes, l7-year-old deaf
bow. 3li8 u street, suffered lacerations
OF his right arm and severe bruises
i when he was struck by q street car
l at Twenty-sixth and P streets Satur-
u day afternoon. = :
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
Files Divorce Action.

Razena sKostecky filed petition in
district court Saturday asking divorce
from Vaclav Kostecky on The alleged
grounds Of cruelty She also asks
custody of three minor children. The
couple was married January 20, 1912
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23

Young MDude-What q lot seem to
have learned tonight! How I have bene-
fitted by this conversation with you, my
dear. Miss Sims. Somehow your intellect
seems to appeal to mine. Are you lit
,erary, woman"
Miss sims-No; am a teacher in an
infant .school.-London Tit-Bits. A.-Li
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
One Month lin the Harness"
Is ENOUGH. for w. Redlinuel

One month of married life is
enough for William Redlinger.' He
filed a petition in district court Sat
urday asking the severance of ali
marital ties with Nancy Redlinger
whom he accuses of cruelty. He also
alleges that Nancy three days after
the marriage ceremony, left him and
went to- work as a "lady barber
The couple was married, May %, 1918
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23

Fine fireplace goods at sunderlands.