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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
''THEY Give ALL,
and ASK ONLY A
DOLLAR OF YOU"
Sergeant Tatton of "B|aCk
Watch" Regiment Tells
What Red Cross Did
for Him.

They sacrifice their health, fu-
ture, their all-yes their very lives
for the sick, wounded and needyj;
in view of these facts, can any per-
son refuse to give a dolar?" Thus
spoke Sergeant r. R. Tatton of the
Scottish Canadian Royal Highland
e Aore commonly known as the
BLACK Watch" when asked what
the Red Cross did for the boys
over there.
mo man can ever express in
words what the Red Cross means to
him when he is sick or wounded and
one of these Angels of Mercy comes
to him to relieve him of suffering"
continued Sergeant Patton.
81 was picked up by Red Cross
nurse on a battlefield near Rheims
and carried to a dug-out. While
she was administering to my wounds,
the firing became so heavy that an
army surgeon ordered her to leave.
She said, When they take the
wounded, l will go. II they must
stay here, it is my duty to stay as
long as | have life and am able to
do anything for them"
Wounded Five Times.
Sergeant Tatton wears five chew
tons, which signify that he has been
wounded five times.
He is one of the twelve survivors
of the Black Watch regiment, which
had an enrolment of 1900 men.
Tatton had four brothers, four
uncles and three cousins, who en-
listed and all have been killed in
action, he alone surviving.
He says that the work of the Red
Cross is just commencing as the
reconstruction of Europe is just
started.
1T is mighty pleasant, when you
have been on train all day, to have
some Red Cross nurses at the sta
ton with food, and above all the
cheering smile which they always
have" he says.
"The Red Cross drive is on. Let
US dig down into our pockets and
give until it hurts, in order that
these nurses can perform, without
hindrance, the grand and noble work
for which they are called.
They have given to your children
and my children the best that was in
them, many giving their lives while
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Teuton Paper Says Yankee
Soldiers Are Good Fellows

With the American Army OF Dc
cupation, Dec. l5.-(By Associated
Press.)-The American troopers
were greeted as good fellows by
the Mayen Volks Zeitung. The
Third American army is temporarily
at Mayen, Rhenish Prussia, about
IS miles west of Coblenz.
"Mayen resembles great army
camp" says the Volks Zeitung.
American troops of all arms of the
service pour through the streets.
They sometimes take quarters in the
neighborhood for a days rest on
their way to Coblenz, automobiles
of all kinds go through the streets,
making the thoroughfares danger
Gus for children.
"The troops are we'll behaved.
Their intercourse with the people
is correct and we willingly admit
that the Americans are good fel-
lows"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
INJUNCTION
AGAINST UNION /
IS DISSOLVED
Carmen Ask Bill in Equity TO
Permanent Order of Dis
missaI; Hearing Set
for Monday.

The temporary injunction agains
members of the Garments union, file{
in federal court Thursday morning
was dissolved Saturday morning q
the emergency for which the in
junction was issued no longer exist$
A hearing had been set ior SATURDAY.
Ben Short, president of the car
mems union, and Chairman McMi
Ian, of the executive committed
came before Federal Judge Wood
rough Saturday morning and aske(
that the bill in equity for perman
ent Injunction to enjoin men from
interfering with the operation 81
street cars which was filed by TIL
street car company. be dismissed.
Judge Woodrough set the date fol
hearing the discussion Of thai
proposition for $50 Monday after
noon
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Harry Ray, Accused
Murderer, May Be Insane

Grand Island, Neb., Dec. Is
Especial THAT Harry Ray, Kansas $,
City, e. years, slayer OF "Micky"
(;allogly, hack driver, is insane and
has for years been unsound mental
ly is the opinion of DR.. William
S. Fast, superintendent OF the Ne
braska asylum for the insane at
Hastings.
County Attorney Suhr has regard
ed Ray mentally unbalanced ever
since his arrest on the night of the
shooting at the Burlington depot in
the presence of several hundred peo-
pie. The shooting was done with a
double barreeld shotgun, was al
legged to have been done by Ray be-
cause of dispute over some grips
alleged to have contained whisky.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
CALDWELL ASKS
SvPP0RTFo RED
CROSS WORKERS
Vice Chairman Tells Of the
Way Local Chapter is Car
ing for Boys Back From
CantonmentS.

Vice Chairman S. S. Caldwell, in
making announcement of the Christ
mas Red Cross membership drive
which starts today, tells of the work
done by the local chapter and which
must be continued. Here is Mr.
Caldwell's statement:
The Omaha chapter looked after
1900 families of dependent soldiers
last year. This work will 60 on till
all the American troops have return
ed and the men are self-supporting
THE boys are passing through
every day from the environments to
engage in civil occupations. They
did not go to France, God knows
that they were willing and the dis
appointment is a grevious thing to
bear. They are worried about what
they are going to do and dread
starting life all over again. b
Meets All Soldiers.
"The Red Cross meets the soldiers
at the depot, They are given warm
meal in the restaurant. They are
cheered with human companionship
in the rest room, their wants are
looked after. This work must CON-
tinue on constantly increasing
scale. Car after car of wounded men
are coming through Omaha on their
way to reconstruction hospitals in
Colorado and California. The train
rolls in silently. The boys, tired and
nervous with suffering, creep out
They are respondent dreading the
weary months of convalescense. The
Red Cross canteen workers welcome
them. Six beds wait in the Red Cross
rest room as neat as in any hos
pital. The sick are taken out some
times on stretchers, bathed and fed
and their beds on the train remade
with clean sheets. The soldiers who
are able to travel when the time per-
mits are escorted uptown by auto
mobiles, given a good meal in
down town hotel and taken to the
best show the town affords. This
work is paid by the Red Cross. Boys
who arrive sick and respondent go
out with a cheer and shout. They
feel that the country appreciates
their sacrifice and that they are not
forgotten. This is the spirit of the
Red Cross.
A few local reasons why we should
answer the Red Cross Roll Call.
I'VE owe it to ourselves who staid
home.
I'VE owe it to the fathers and
mothers who have boys in service.
I'VE owe it to the soldier who
stood ready to give his life for an
ideal whether he sailed to France or
toiled to fit himself for service in
this country.
I'VE owe it to the one thousand
Omaha boys who died that our
country might live honored and re-
spected by all free people"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Soldiers Home Notes.

Grand Island, Dec. l5.-Mrs
Bunting, a member of Burkett, was
entertained in Grand Island yester-
dav BY Mrs. Eli Barnes, wife of a
former commandant OF the home.
Thomas Turner was called to
Omaha on account of the death of
grandchild.
A rumor has been started to the
effect that there are some 50 cases
of influenza at the home, This is
incorrect. Not one case has been
reported since the outbreak of the
epidemic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Masterson, who
have charge of the culinary depart
ment of the convalescent hospital
for the last l9 months, have resign
ed, effective December II. After
a short rest they expect to 60 to
Marshalltown, Ia, where they will
take similar positions in the SOL
dier's home there.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
FIASHET 7Tom FINLAND
PHOTO PLAN. Offerings. FOR. TODAY.

MONTE CARLOS gambling
wi parlors are the settings in
AVA which Geraldine Farrar ap-
pears in her new picture, The Turn
of the Wheel" at the Strand theater
AS Resale Dean. an American girl,
she becomes attracted to- Maxt'eld
Grey as she sees his stakes swept
away on the tdrn of the wheel. She
prevents him from suicide and they
spend many happy days until his ar
rest for the murder of his diyorc-
ed wife in New York. They return
to America where she succeeds in
wringing confession from the muir
derer.
"The Road Through the Dark"
Clara Kimball Young's latest photo
play, being shown in the Rialto thea
ter, is love story of the great war.
The scenes are laid both in Europe
ard America during the early stages
Of the war. Miss Young appears in
the role of a French girl who be-
comes the companion Of German
officer to save towntul of her
eountrymen. She voluntarily be-
comes a French spy and through
letters to her lover discloses secrets
OF the enemy. Eventually she is
forced to disclose her source of in
formation, but the story ends happi-
ly for all. In addition to the feature
picture a Mack Sonnet comedy is
shown.
Frank keenan,, playing Matthias,
the part made famous by Henry
Irving in The Bells" has achieved
an artistic screen triumph which will
stand long after many others of his
plays have been forgotten. Keenan's
conception of the story is compelling
and vigorous, He plays Matthias,
the innkeeper, who is pursued by the
thought of the murder he has COM
mitted and in his portrayal of the
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Many South Side Girls
! Taking Sewing Lessons

Every Saturday afternoon from 2
to 4 o'clock, eight little. industrious
girls, ranging in age from 9 to II
years come to the South Side Social
Settlement to receive lessons in sew
ing.
The first things the girls made
were sewing bags, but they have ad-
vanced nov to cover-all aprons and
dresses and MILDLY blouses. Anna
Schimkincz is the star for she has
made the greatest number of gar
ments. These include one MILDLY
blouse, two cover-all aprons, one
dress and two sewing bags.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
On the Screen Today

RI AL t O-CLARA KIMBALL
YOUNG In THE ROAD THROUGH
THE DARK"
STRAND - GERALDINE FARRAR
In THE TURN OF THE WHEEL"
SUN-JUNE ELVIDGE In THE
ZERO HOUR"
MUSE-FRANK KEENAN, In THE
BELLS"
EMPRESS - PEGGY HYLAND In
CAUGHT IN THE ACT"
HRANDEIS-D. W. GRIFFITH'S
"HEARTs OF THE WORLD"
LOTHROP - cath and LOTHROP.
WILLIAM FARNUM in RIDERS
OF THE PURPLE SAGE"
GRAND-l6th and BlNNEf Al
ICE BRADY in THE WHIRLPOOL
ORPHEUM-South Side, cath and NJ.
MILDRED HARRIS in FOR Hus-
RANDS ONLY"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
South Side
Vincent F. Vacek, South
Side Merchant, is Dead

Vincent F. Vacek, head of the
Vacek department store. died Sat-
urday of influenza after an illness of
one week. He was 20 years old and
had managed the Vacek store since
the death of his father, seven years
ago. He was married to Helen
Yates, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
T. Yates, Omaha, eight months ago.
Mr.. Vacek was obliged to give up
his large Colorado mining interests
on the death of his father. The
funeral will be held this afternoon
at 2 o'clock from the Korisko under
taking parlors, Twenty-frst and Q
streets with interment in the Be-
hemian National cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Packing Company Will
Give Employees Chance
to Share in Its Profits

Chicago, Dec. 15.-Thomas E.
Wilson, president of Wilson &
Co., packers, today said that
a profit-sharing plan whereby all
employees of the company may own
stock in the company, would be an
nounced soon. This does not af-
feet the cash bonus system and the
system and the employees will re-
ceive the usual Christmas gift of
10 per cent of their last six months
salary.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Girls Pledge Cudahy
Plant VIII Go Over T0p

Six girl employees of the Cudahy
company will guarantee that the
plant will be 100 per cent in the COM
ing Red Cross membership drive, for
they are going to solicit the entire
plant themselves. Those who will
solicit are: Helen Hartnett, Anna
Kopesky, Helen Antoniak, Mary
Tourek. and Anna Molski. Mrs.
Anna Cage, colored will solicit
among the colored employees. All
the girls will be dressed as Red
Cross nurses.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Arkansas Voters Reject
Proposed New Constitution

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. l5.-De-
feat of the proposed new constitu-
ton, which was submitted to Ar
kansas voters yesterday, is conceded
by its supporters. Incomplete re-
turns show 1878 votes in favor of
adoption and 1906 against.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
DROWSY, LANGUD,
DOPY WITH COLD
DR.. Kings New Discovery
restores the alertness
of Yesterday.

That "all in" feeling that accom-
panies a heavy cold and ceaseless
cough is replaced by one Of restful
repose and gratifying relief when
YOU use DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Feverish flushes, phlegm conges-
ton, throat ache, croupy coughs,
mild bronchitis are alleviated in
short order. Fifty years Of easing
cold and cough pain have made it
known nationally. Sold for fifty
wears. All druggists, 60c and
81 %.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16

administering to--who knows?
Maybe your boy or mine.
so when you are asked Gf you
must be asked to give dollar to a
cause like the Red Cross, give it
willingly and give more if you can"
Sergeant Tatton is i'll Omaha to
aid in the Red Cross drive, which
will be launched today.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16

pense of the local schools of the
state. The disbursements from the
permanent school, permanent uni
versity, Bessey memorial funds are
invested in bonds and are in no part
of the expenses of the state gov
eminent. The disbursements may
be better understood by the follow
ing table of groups
Group No. 1.-(Not state expenses).
Temporary School Apportion-
ments Observation-Disclosures. II, Hs,5i2,O2
Trust Funds Invested ........ 1898, S00.3s
Forest Reserve Distribution. 3,655.S7
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3,7l7,O2S.21
Group No. Estate Expenses).
(a)-Schools: State Univer-
sity NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3,S4l.7S7 SO
Normal Schools ............ 1,O929S4.l2
Total Observation-Disclosures 1884, 7Sl.62
{b)-State Government Insti
buttons and Improvements. S6,7s5,0ss.N
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, .sll'lZs,oZl' %
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
The Poisons of Constipation

are gently but positively expelled
from the suffering system by DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Dizziness
disappears, sick headache vanishes,
the digestion perks up, general
health, improves. Your druggist
has them same as always. Csc.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
HALL TURNS
REPORT over
TO PRINTERS
State Treasurer Takes Up
Question Of Leases on Land
on Which Potash Lakes
Are Found.
From a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln. Neb., Dec. l5-(Special.)
The biennial report OF State
Treasurer Hall, now in the hands of
the printer. covers some matters of
importance and does not in any
manner attempt TO shield his asso-
clates on the state board who have
persisted in out-voting him on some
things he believed for the best in
terests of the state.
In speaking of the potash industry,
Mr.. Hall, who contended from the
start that the mineral rights should
be let to the highest bidder and
which the state supreme court in an
opinion handed down Saturday takes
the same stand, he says:
This report we believe should
have shown receipts of several hun
dred dollars from potash which
would have been produced from the
state school lands.
Willing to Bid.
The lease holders of these lands
were ready and willing to enter COM
petition, bidding for the rights to
extract these minerals. They even
urged the leasing OF these rights to
the highest and best bidder in order
that the states interests might be
fully protected and that they and
every other citizen of the state might
have fair opportunity and the equal
right of every other to get hold of
and develop and produce potash.
IF this plan of equal right to all
and special privileges to none had
been followed and put into operation
we would have been producing pot
ash by the thousands of tons months
ago from state school lands and the
treasury would have received hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to the
credit Of the temporary school fund
But when the lease holder became
convinced that he was not to have
an equal chance with any and all
others to produce potash from the
lands upon which he already held
an agricultural lease, he went into
court and knocked the production of
potash from state school lands into
a cooked hat
Should Pass Law.
"The incoming legislature should
pass a law for the taking possession
of these valuable minerals by con-
demnation proceedings-the paying
of proper and adequate damages to
present lease holders and then throw
potash production open to every
body on the competitive bidding or
good faith plan
In speaking of the financial bust
ness of the state Mr.. Hall says:
' 'rhe receipts and disbursements
for the biennium were the largest
in the history of the state, natural
consequence because the state has
been increasing in wealth and bust
ness by leaps and bounds and has
kept pace with the progress of the
times in education, better proper
ties and Improvements and improv-
ed methods in caring for the wards
of the state. The receipts are
shown to be $l5,026, 9l9.4l, grouped
as follows:
War Tax Levy. 7.S65,287.1S
Lease and Interest on School
Lands and Funds, etc.. 1855, rs
Bonds and Land Sale Con-
tracts Paid .............. 2,000,105.61
U. s. Government. S43,90S.22
Department Receipts. 1,341,2l6.70
University, Normal and Insti-
tuition Cash .............. 1,947047.70
Transferred ................ l63156.66
Total .$l5,026,91s4l
As To Disbursements.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
As To Disbursements

"The disbursements, he says, of
$l5,445,S49.60 reflect quite an ex-
ageration of the true expense of the
state government. The temporary
school fund disbursements are not
in any sense an expense of the
state government. This is an ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
The Weather..
Comparative Local Record.

Official record Of temperature and pre-
cipitaton compared with the correspond
ing period Of the past three years.
1918. 1917 1915. 1915
Highest yesterday ...53 Is 27 20
Lowest yesterday ....S4 81
Mean temperature ...44 IS 2s
Precipitation ........ T T
Temperature and precipita ton depar-
lures from the normal since March l, and
compared with the past two years
Normal temperature ...................2S
Excess for the day ....................1 6
Total excess since March 1.......... 1914
Normal precipitation ......... 003 inch
Deficiency for the day. ....... 003 inch
Total rainfall since March /. OF inches
Deficiency since March loco. 9.66 inches
Deficiency cor. period 1917..... 1902 inches
Deficiency cor. period 1916. 1884 inches
Bee Want Ads are the Best Bust
ness Boosters.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
South Side Brev1t1es

Money carried in the pocket Is often
spent foolishly. Prevent this waste by de-
posting your change in the Economy Saw
ings club at the Live Stock National bank.
corner Twenty fourth and N streets,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-16
Wealth Of Nebraska
In Its Live Stock
and Farm Products

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 15-(Special.)
According to the crop report of
T. R. Danielson, secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, informa-
ton is given covering Nebraska
products for 1918:
Acres Bushels. Value
Wheat ..3,S27,659 43,241.S40 s S6,483.6SO
Corn .6,954O61 12329S,649 100, 28S,243
Oats .....2,53OS77 56.215,1S7 33,729,2s6
Rye 800. 3S7.5s6 5,037.67O 7.O52.73s
Barley -. 342,65s 5.677.O74 4,54l.65s
This gives a total valuation of
$292,095,6l6 on the five grain prod
ucts.
The valuation of live stock and
number follows:
Number. Value
Horses ............. slO,O79 5 s1,so7,11o
Mules .............. lOE,lSZ lUZl9,ZSU
Cattle ............2,sO4s75 213s43, $40
Hogs. ............2.03 8,236 61,147, $50
Sheep .............. 278,821 3.345,S52
The total value is $370,562,832
making the total of 62,65S,448 on
grain and live stock.
Evening journal., 1918-08-31

Another big oil tanker was added 10
Uncle Sans fleet Of boats that IS
bridging the Atlantic to the boys across
the seas. when the Charles NJ. Ever
est" dove into the waters OF the
Christiana river at three minutes be-
fore o'clock this morning. Incidental
ly, the launching added another laurel
to the efficiency with which the Har-
Ian workmen are able to successfully
launch huge boats.
The launching today was set for $40
O'Clock, but the time was extended In
order that the launching might take
place when the tide was slack. and
would not interfere with the course OF
the boat when Il struck the water. The
launching was timed accurately. and
when the craft slid into the river
there was no interference by the tide
In any way. and the big boat, after be-
ing successfully snubbed with huge
rope anchors and steel cable floated
gracefully up the Christiana without
having butted into the opposite bank.
The sponsor for the boat was one OF
the youngest whoever acted at the Har-
AN yards She was Miss Harriet Chad
wick Everest, years old, OF New York
city, daughter OF the r. w. Everest,
son Of a former president OF the Vac
lum OIL Company, for whom the vessel
was named. The thrills OF a launching,
(Continued On Page Twol
Evening journal., 1918-08-31
BRITISH AT PER0NNE=l75=MILE FIGHTING FRONT
TWO MORE SHIPS
FOR UNCLE SAM
TAKE no RIVER

The cargo steamship "Lynchburg'
was launched this morning al $50
o'clock from the Pusey and Jones
Company shipyard
II Is expected 10. be finished within
thirty days from today.
Miss Mary Archer Glass. daughter
OF Congressman Carter Glass OF Lynch
burg. We, christened the ship. She
was presented with a large bunch Of
American beauty roses and larkspur.
A breakfast was served TO the Off
cial party that attended the launching
Congressman Glass snd few friends OF
Miss Glass were Present.
The steamship Aurora" a sister ship
OF the Lynchburg, went on It's trial
trip yesterday and was turned over TO
the Shipping Board. The Lynchburg
IS OF 1000 tons deadweight.
After the launching this morning a
keel for the next ship 10 be built was
laid in - seconds. A telegram was sent
TO Charles NJ. Schwab, Director OF
Shipping, telling Of this speedy work.
Much credit Is given TO L. Karsze,
marine manager OF the Wilmington
plant OF the Pusey and Jones Company
FOR the progress OF the shlpyard, and
TO Austin Overmanc, marine superin-
tendent, and Charles Baker. hull man
ager. who are doing everything posi-
bic to cooperate In this great work.
A mine sweeper is TO be finished by
The end OF September. The next
will take place September IS.
Evening journal., 1918-08-31
STATE FAIR READY
At ELSMERE PARK
Automobile and Horse
Races Daily Features
On New Track
HOUSE EXHIBITS
IN NEW BUILDINGS

Flags are flying and midway shows
are arriving at the Delaware State Fair
grounds at Elsmere. From the opening
Of the gates on Monday, the big Fair
has been planned 10 go with a rush.
with attractions stepping on each
others heels in the brilliant program
The Labor Day crowds will have the Op-
pOrtunity OF seeing automobile races
on Monday afternoon. There is nothing
slow about an automobile race There
will be fireworks in a grand display on
Monday night The spacious grounds,
which are considerably larger than the
old Fair grounds at Wawaset Park, will
give a beautiful setting to the fire.
works. There will be fireworks each
night.
All the newsbOys and newsgirls who
serve THE EVENING JOURNAL will be
the guests Of the Delaware State Fair
Association and OF THE EVENING
JOURNAL on Monday afternoon at the
Fair They will be given free tickets
this afternoon in the circulation room
OF THE EVENING JOURNAL.
At the horse show, on Monday. there
will be a competitive exhibition OF
commercial teams. including
heavy teams, delivery horses, and
mules for farm work. The prize money
will be given 20 the drivers, and the
ribbons to the owners OF the teams.
Races on New Tracks.
Horse races will be the attraction for
the afternoons. beginning on Tuesday.
The program VIII be as follows:
Tuesday, September 3-Two-year-old
Continued on Page Twelve.)