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Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-09
RIVAL CHURCHES
REACH AGREEMENT
Bases Of Harmony Found at
Conference of Reorganized
Church and Church \
of Christ.

Independence, Mo-, April S.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. )-Frederick NJ. Smith,
president of the reorganized Church
of Latter Day Saints, this morning
addressed the woman's auxiliary, rep
resented in an audience which more
than filled the tower auditorium Of
the stone church here He told them
that the time had come for them to
perfect their organization in order
that they may accomplish the definite
and specific work which is for them
to do in the establishment of Zion.
How long are you women going to
allow us men to assume the egotisti-
cal position that we have all the
brains, and you none?" he challenged.
He said he hoped to see the Latter
Day Saints women i'll the vanguard
OF the forward movement of women
in the work OF today.
Mrs. Frederick NJ. Smith also ad-
dressed the women concerning the
general Importance and scope of their
work.
Israel A. Smith, brother to the
president, addressed the body of the
priesthood this morning on Steward
ships and Trusts"
Harmony Agreement.
What is perhaps one of the most
far reaching legislative actions of this
conference was the adoption this aft
ernoon OF working basis of harmony
between the "Reorganized Church"
and the Church of Christ"
The salient points of the document
provide that each church recognizes
that both organizations are in agree
ment on the following points:
ta.) Tho divine mission Of Joseph Smith
ntb.) The fundamental principles of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
c) The Book OF Mormon as a divine rec
ord.
td.) The law OF homogeneous marriage
and loyalty to the government.
te,) That where there are six regularly
baptized members, one of whom Is an elder,
there exists tho Church OF Jesus Christ.
~ That faith and righteousness and the
call from God are ministerial essentials.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-09

tex merchants from coast
to coast are reporting that
"The twenty.seven points
Of superiority in Wooltex
tailoring and fabrics are
making hundreds Of new
friends for our store. +"
These special Wooltex
service features are not
new-in fact, they have
been the basis of our sue
cessful business for over
thirty-four years.
Perhaps you want to
have p" Good ,pish
the most service for the
least cost" We advise you
to visit the one store in
your city that sells Wool
tex Tailored Garments.
Full showing Of the late
Spring models is now on.
This one store is:
Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-09
Where Can a Woman
Save on Clothes?

Aneyioa todGynuut consevpe cloth. Halt.
hearted tailoring, adulseraied fabrics
must giue sooy to the need for service in
clothes. To meet this demand tos service
Woolter Coats and Suits are offered
more fascinating IN style and more proc.
teal than euer.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
War Bars Disposal
OF Woman s Ashes

In an urn in the American consulate
lin Lausanne, Switzerland, are the ashes
of Mrs. Sarah Anna Yost, of st. Louis,
an artist who died September 7, 1917,
in Lausanne. The first part of Mrs.
Yost's wishes with regard to the dis
position of her body, as expressed in
her will, filed in the Surrogates's Court
yesterday, have been carried out. She
asked that she be crcmated. Mrs. Yost
made the further request that in case
she died in Europe her ashes be
deposited in the Mediterranean Sea.
This last provision has not been car
ricd out, it was explained Yesterday
by Harold Swain, the attorney who fled
the will, because it has been impossi-
BILE and inadvisable to try to remove
the ashes at this time from Switzerland
to the Mediterranean. Therefore, the
urn with the ashes will remain in the
consulate until after the war, when
Mr.. Swain said, the last wish of Mrs.
Yost will be carried out.
Mrs. Yost was the widow of James
H. Yost, st. Louis clothing manu-
facturer and high Mason. Mrs. Yost
left her entire estate, valued at more
than $4,000, to the Masonic Hall and
Asylum Fund of New York, for the edu-
cation and care Of children of deceased
and INDECENT Masons.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Drydock Near Completion
Associated rress corresponslenc.l

HONOLULU, Jan. 3l.-The great
Pearl Harbor naval station drydock.
which has been in process Of construc-
ton for several years, viii be com
pleted by next June and ready for use
by the largest battleships next fall, ac-
sording to an Official statement by local
navy authorities.
The work on the Pearl HarDor naval
station began III 1890. when prelimi-
nary surveys were made for deepening
and widening the channel from the
open sea and for dredging out the bar
at the entrance. This work required
several years before the actual con
struction was begun.
The drydockha had several serious
setoacks, the gravest OF which occurred
several years ago and delayed the work
entire bottom of the drydock blew up.
running ali that had been done. The
cause of the disaster, engineers dis
covered, was that the dredged out bot
tom was softer than the adjoining ter
rain, and the pressure OF the latter
caused the bottom to blow up as If .
huge charge OF dynamite had been eX-
ploded under il.
After long delay new scheme o.
construction was adopted Instead o.
pouring concrete on the bottom, huge
concrete blocks were moulded. These
were floated out and let down TO the
bottom, securely anchoring it.
The Pearl Harbor drydock is big
enough 20 accommodate the largest bat
tleshlp ahoat or projected.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Fire Damages New
Luckenback Vessel
Dangerous Blaze Occurs on
Freighter Recently Taken
Over by u. s.

Tho bad luck hoodoo which has pun
sued the steamers Of the Luckenbach
Line ever since the beginning Of the
war cannot be shaken off even by the
transfer of one Of the craft from pri-
v0tc TO government ownership. This
was demonstrated yesterday afternoon
when the big army frcighter X. l.
Lukenbach, lying at the foot of SiX-
teenth Street, Hoboken, caught fire
For a time at looked as though the
vessel, which had just completed its
maiden voyage. would be destroyed.
The fire started in the engine room
and ate its way upward through two
decks. The Luckenbachs oil tanks had
just been filled, and it was feared that
these might burst. Apparatus sum
moned by two still alarms was able
to smother the blaze.
All Of the other Luckenbach craft
that were in commission when the war
began have been sunk by torpedoes or
mines. The X. |. Luckenbach was
building when the United States en-
i, tered the conflict and was taken over
by the government as soon as she
reached completion.
This IS the third fire that has oc-
Cured on the jersey waterfrontwitnin
The last few days. On Saturday morn
ing another ship docked at one OF the
government piers was found to be
ablazc. On Wednesday a lighter laden
with 500 tons of sugar was consumed
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Cites ribune on
Paper Shoe Bill
Assemblyn,an Wants Legis-
lature to See Advisor in
Support of Measure
Especial CoyresDondence1 !

ALBANY. Feb. 21-Assemblyman
James IT, Cauiticld, il, and Senator
Charles c. Lockwood, of Brooklyn,
sponsored biz introduced to-day to
prevent the sale of paper shoes as
leather, unless the presence of paper
or other substitutes is stamped plain
ly in ink on the lining of the shoes.
"The bill is necessary as 81 war meas
ure," said Assemblyman Caulfeld. "Thc
bill goes behind the old caveat cmptor
slogan Of the dishonest dealer, and is
in line with Tho New York Tribuno's
policy that merchants who advertise in
it's columns shall not misreprcsent
their wares The bill Senator Lock
wood and I introduced provides that
when shoe is sold as leather shoe,
it must be as represented.
"The bill should become law. 1t will
protect our soldiers, who bought paper
shoes from unscrupulous dealers as
leather. And it will protect the public
| am going to have printed the article
on fake shoes published in The Trb-
unc's Advisor column OIL November -
bcrs of the Legislature to show that
the fact actually exists.
The bill carries fine and imprison
ment penalty. A. corporation may be
fined $500 for each violation of law
and an individual, in addition to this
fine, is subject to Imprisonment no
exceeding sixty dayS
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Jeff Davis, Hobo King,
Joins US. Marines
He Is Gong to Whip the Kaiser
and Settle the War

TOLEDO. Feb. 21.-Jef Davis, "king
OF the hoboes,' and proprietor OF Hotel
&c Cling during its few brief months
of existence in New York City, an
bounced TO the world at large and to
the Kaiser in particular to-day that he
mad Joined the United States Marines
and was about to settle the war.
During my travels the king" die
~'ed to the newspaper men to-day, 81
nave gent many runaway kid bsrcb;
home, aided many a man to get a Job
and have assisted no less than $4,000
unemployed in the State Of Washing
'oh alone. ! now belieev that il is nv
eu'y to help the greatest of them all,
Onclc Sam, who is ia more trouble
than US all"
Davis passed perfect physical ex-
5''"ifatlon and offered as one Of his
recommendations letter from presi-
~ uenl w Wilson. lie said that he was born
a. d. 400" and has wife and two chill
Tesi T in Cincinnati. lie has been in
;n ,oaeao for the last few months, direct
ing the affairs of the hoboes local
ahion here. 4'N"'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Business Men Aid Y.M.C.A.
Mercantile Captains" Volun-
teer for Army Canteen
Work in France

big Business" has a rival. More
over, the rival is making real inroads
IN the ranks Of the executive heads Of
the large enterprises in this country.
This newcomer in the business world
is none other than the Young Mems
Christian Association.
The request made of the association
recently by General Pershing that it
take over the entire charge of The army
canteen service, has made it necessary
tiiat men of large business affairs lend
their experience 20 the task. And they
are volunteering in large numbers
daily.
Among those who arc to sail soon
for France to take charge Of the work
of reorganizing the army canteen are
Herbert l.. Pratt, vice president of the
Standard Oil Company; Alexander n.
McFadyen, of Detroit, who has been
the head OF chain Of l65 five and
ten cent stores; William L. Seatree.
member of one of the largest firm Of
accountants in the country, and several
others whose names are to be an
nounced later.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Estimate Board
Tacks IL Points
On 1918 Tax Rate
$2,o61,364 for Queen.
Boulevard Included i'm
the Levy

The Tammany Board of Estimate yes
terday tackled 1-2 points on the 1918
tax rate by directing that the city's
share of the st of acquiring title to
Queens Boulevard, amounting to 81
O6l,3 1854, be included in the 1918 tax
levy. Charges of playing politics in
order to strengthen the argument
against the Fusion "pay-as-you-go" pol
icy. the abolition of which is provided
for in bill now pending before the
Legislature, and at the same time ac-
qulrc couple Of millions for Tammany
to sp6nd, were made at the meeting of
the Board.
Leonard M. Walstein, former Com
missioner of Accounts. now counsel for
the Committee on City Government of
the CITIZENS Union, contended that the
pay-as-you-go law contained specific
exception applicable to the case at hand
at It's discretion, to finance such a
project by the issuance of corporate
stock
Board Ignores Wallstein
Mr.. Wallstein declared that the board
need not take his word that it had
dlscretlon to save the taxpayers from
TINS burden of an additional 212 points,
III the tax rate, but that the question
might be submitted to the CORPORATION
Counsel. Mr.. Wallstcin asked that no
action be taken in the matter pending
ar opinion from the Corporation Coun-
sci. lie read the section which. in his
cplnion, gave The board discretionary
power in the matter. His request was
ignored and the board voted unani-
mously to adopt the finance committee s
recommendation that the money be
raised by taxation.
Let me point out" said Mr.. Wall
stein, that an attempt to raise this
money by taxation, when it may be
raised by corporate stock, might be
construed by the public, with apparent
justice, as q disingenuous attempt on
your part either to unjustifaby in
! crease the 1913 ta.. rate, for which
you have announced chat your prede-
| cessors are responsible, or all effort
10 cast dlscredit upon the pay-as-you-
go law by failing to recognize one OF
the express exceptions in it, or per
pose this burden upon the taxpayer oil
to-day in order to make use of this
100000 OF borrowing capacity il
some other field OF municipal finance.
Oppose "Go-as- -You-Please" Plan
The committee on finance OF The
board, in its report on the project, de
clared that the 'pay-as-you-g go" Law
compelled the taxpayers to pay the cos
of acquiring title to what the commit
tee styled eight miles of clay bank
from which present-day taxpayers car
obtain no compensation, because TO,
years to come no physical improvement
can be made, due to the citys strait
ened financial condition.
The grading, paving and parking vii
cost, it was stated by the committee,
sum in excess OF the cost OF acquiring
/ title. The committee recommended tn,
inclusion of the $2,061 1854 in the 1915
tax levy because, it stated, there wa
no satisfactory alternative
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22

family said the attorney. "This
means that it takes more than 81 ,0G0-
coo a year to keen these saloons going,
and that money comes from the resi-
dents OF the district. who are largely
stockyards employees Don't you think
Ii the men spent less in these saloons
they might have more to contribute to
the support and comfort Of their fam-
lies ."
Only answer to that question is that
there will never be less drinking back
Of the stcckyards until the men work
shorter hours and arc not so worn out
at the end of the day that they are
forced TO seek relief by using alco-
holc stimulants. and until they receive
higher wages replied the witness.
"You think, then, the more money
men earn the less they drink?" in
quired the lawyer
investigations made by sociological
workers bear cut this theory" said
Miss Hienberg.
Henry Ford's Experience
I'm the Henry Ford plant at Detroit
drunkenness disappeared with the
granting of the cight-hour day anc
higher pay" said Attorney Frank P
Walsh.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Conquest Of Russia Would Give
Germany No Immediate Gain
french Writer Familiar With Country Says Peasants Will
not Dell Grain tor Paper Money-Food and Metals
transported Only With Great Delav

and Austrlans find themselves with re-
gard to the Russian peasantsc The
dlsorganization of the railroads is
worse now than it was year ago. The
Germans arc confronted with great
ullncu'tlcs In their own transportation
system. and they cannot work miracles.
Ihey arc in no position to remedy the
Russian troubles for the thing they
lack most is ."aterial- rolling stock
and rolling stock is as much LACKING.
IN Germany as Russia. The question
OF transportation will be, therefore. rs
great an obstacle for the Germans at
present as 1T has been heretofore for
the Russians themselves.
"Moreover, the peasant who refused
to sell his grain for Russian pane,
money will be in no more haste to sell
1t for paWr bearing the Kaisers efiigy
Kaiser orNzar. it is always paper, and
he wants goods-clothes and shoes
and the German, who has neither fo1
hlmself cannot supply the Russian
Perhaps the German will be able tc
supply agricultural implements, needles
knives. scissors and such small objects
but the possibilities OF the traffic are
very limited. Hence it is not probable
Germany will be able to get a great
amount of grain from Russia for the
present unless she resorts to comman.
deering.
Mines Far Out of Way
Germany suffers from lack Of wal
materials as well as from a lack OF
foodstutfs. She is hunting feverishly
for copper, zinc. nickel, manganese and
platinum. Russia has little nickel and
zinc, but she can furnish large amounts
Of platinum. copper and manganese
She produces % per cent of the worlds
output Of platinum and 81 per cent OF
the manganese, while her copper pro
duction is about $4,000 tons a wear
"ller platinum mines are in the IRA
Mountains, as are also most of her cop,
per mines. The manganese mines are
in Transcaucasia, between Tinis ane
Batoum. The geographical position oil
these mines is OF the first Importance
1t means in every case long transpor-
tation. If the manganese can be got tc
Batoum it can be sent by the Black Ses
to Constantinople, and thence by raj
into Germany. But to get the copper
and platinum from the Ural Mountains
is another and far different proposition
Therefore it does not seem that Ger
many is likely to achieve any immcdi.
ate profit in either food or war ma
terials from the conquest Of Russia
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Tic Ne,c York Tribune


Slnce Austria and Germany have
mace peace with the Ukraine and are
tuying,to get all Russia in their powe,
II becomes both interesting and i'm
poreant to know what they can expect
from Eussia and the Ukraine in the
way OF supplies and how soon they
can be got. The peace is made for the
purpose of acquiring supplies. What
Will it bring?
NJ. Raymond Recouly, in "Le Figaro
OF Paris, studies this question from the
point of view of his personal expert
ences IN Russia last year, when he
crossed the country twice. He says:
In the central and southern prov.
lnces of Russia there is no question
that there are large stocks Of grain
not Tar behind the. lighting front. The
Eusslan peasants have not sold thci1
harVestS since the beginning of the wa,
to any large extent, for as the war has
been prolonged and the life of the peo.
PIE mas become more and more disor-
ganized the dislike of the peasants tc
seti Jhelr stocks has increased.
rms IS because the peasants harry
~ S9SHI 20 utlN 4 real value
while all he has been offered in ex.
change has been paper money, con
stantiy depreciating in value, with
which he has been unable to buy any
OF the things of which he has beer
SO much in need, such as clothes, shoes
and agricultural implements. If he
can't buy anything with the money he
eets, why should he sell his grain
That is the way he argues.
Transportation Is Vital Problem
'Io this must be added the crisis in
transportation, the difficulty in moving
from place to place the grain when it
is sold. Last year | crossed Russia
twice, the first time to go to the Cau-
casus and the second time to Rumania
In certain railroad butfets, at Petro-
grad, for example, there was no bread
o. at least, it was a hard, black bread
almost uneatable. A hundred lsilo-
metres further along the peasants we're
Offering whole baskets full of sweet,
white bread for few pennies. The
same thing was true all over Russia
starvation in ono place and plethora
next door.
''In what position will the Germans
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Ships Held at Gibraltar;
Goldfish Cargoes Spelling

ST. JOHNS, n. F., Feb. 1S-Scrious
losses are piling up for the owners OF
fifteen Newfoundland sailing vessels
vessels, carrying about one-tenth Of the
colony's annual catch of Goldfish, valued
at more than S2,O00,O00 and consigned
to Italian and Greek ports, left New
foundland at different tunes from two
to three months ago
Some OF the fish has been transferred d
to coastwise steamships. The rcmain-
der is rapidly spelling in the holds OF
thc vessels held at Gibraltar.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22

Josepb's (l25th Street, 5000; st. Monica
i.ourdes. s35, 1000 Our Lady of Good Council.
$4,000: st. Paul the Apostle. $4,000; st.
Hdcphcn's, $4,000 st. Thomas Apostle $780,
wv 81 Vincent Ferrcr's. 100000, and st.
Augustine's, $40, 900.
Brooklyn. Queens and Long Island parishes
were not assigned auotas, they out
si'ic the jurisdiction of the New York Arch
diocese.
Cardinal Farley is honorary chairman
OF the campaign executive committee :;
bishop Hayes, honorary vice-chairman.
The following also are members: Adri-
an lselin, chairman; John G. Agar,
treasurer; William p. Larkin, secre-
ttary; Charles M. Schwab, Nicholas P.
Brady. John p. Grace, Clarence II. Mac
kay, John d. Ryan, Thomas f. Ryan
Morgan j: O'Brien, and William D.
Guthrie, vice chairman.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
House Favors Buchanan Statue

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The hotly
debated resolution to permit descen
dents Of President Buchanan to erect
at their own expense q monument to
his memory in park here, passed
the House to-day, 213 to 1870, and now
soes TO the Senate. The issues of the
ante belum days furnished the basis
for the House debate which has dragged
.ntermittently for weeks.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
Says Low Wages
Drive Stock Yards
Men to Saloons
More Pay and Shorter
Hours Only Remedy,
Economist Testihes

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The attention
Of Judge Alschuler, arbitrator in the
stock yards wage dispute, was directed
to-day to the saloon as an important
element in the controversy.
In QUESTIONING Bertha NJ. Fienbcrg,
associate economist of the Bureau OF
Applied Economics, Of Washington,
Attorney James G. Condor, represent
ing the packers, said that residents
of the district "back of the yards" con-
tributed more than $1,000,O00 a yeag
to the support of saloons,
Mlss Hienberg had submitted in
udget showing that in
1917 it cost S1,177.95 to support fam
lily of five in the stockyards district.
"Do you think it would take as much
for q saloonkeeper to support a fam
lily of five as it would take a stock
yards employer asked Attorney Con
don
The witness said she believed it
would.
800 Saloons Near
"Well. there are 300 saloons in 15C
square blocks back of the yards, ant
each saloonkecper pays $1,000 a yeal
license. has his rent to pay and hires
q bartender, as we'll us supports his
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-20
CHICAGO FEARS ICE FAMINE
Hospitals and Private Homes Supplied
First, Dealers Agree.
AnApTCRAFT Picture

Chicago, April 20-1ce will be served
to Chicago hotels and saloons only
after hospitals and private homes
have been supplied. This agreement
has been reached by Chicago ice deal
ers, it is announced by John P Boyle,
Chicago secretary of the National As
ISOLATION of Ice Industries. The agree
ment also includes a provision that SO
cents q hundred is to be the maximum
price charged hospitals and private
consumers, although the price charged
hotels and saloons may go higher in
the event of serious ice famine.
"More than 70 per cent of Chicago
ice plants are shut down because there
is shortage of $4,000 tons of am
monia this year, and dealers are buy
ing at cost from those remaining
open," said Secretary Boyle. ''The
Government is trying to meet this
shortage by building unit ammonia
plants and has appropriated s1O,-
100000 for that purpose, but the first
of these plants will not be completed
before August l, and will not relieve
this years shortage to any great ex-
tent"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-20
SHELL KILLS NINE WOMEN.
Paris Workers in Factary Victims OF
Hun Bomhardment.

Paris, April 20.-Nine women and
two men among Tuesdays casualties
due to the long range bombardment
of Paris were killed by a shell falling
in a courtyard outside workshop.
When the shell exploded, fragment
passed through glass wall between
the court and the shop where the wo-
men were working. The panic which
ensued was quickly calmed. The fac
tory was equipped with first aid applI-
ances and within half an hour all the
injured had been taken to the hospi-
tai.
Work was resumed yesterday morn
ing at the factory with all the women
employees except those who were
wounded. Another shell fell in the
middle of barge on the river, cut
ting it in two. The crew dived over
board and escaped unhurt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-20
Washington Southern Ry.
Schedule In effect Feb. II, 1915.

Schedule IN effect Feb. II, 1918
For Washington and points north
daily sos, 9:13, s:2s, 1913, 1l:ss'
a. M, 1913. 1:18, 3:18, 9:l3, 1888
p. m.
Week days only COB p. m. Satur-
days only 4:45 p. M, and Sundays
only 8:18 p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond sa6
points south at 4:97. 1852 flocal) and
9:47, a. m. 2:27, 2:47, SIT QocaD
GIT, 2:27, SIT, GIT, p. m. daily.
Accommodation for Quantico st
11:O3 a. m. daily and 2.3S p. m. Sat-
urdays. Night train leaves 11:49 p.
m. daily for Fredericksburg and in
termediate stations.
NOTE-Time. Of arrival and DE-
parture and connections not Euaran'
tsc5.