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Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

was named the "Hunley," after her
designer. During her brief career
this boat suffocated or drowned 81
men, including her designer. -
On the night of February II,
1864, Lieutenant Dixon in the
"Hunley" approached the U. S. S.
Housatonic and sank tidy explod-
ing a torpedo under its bottom.
The last generation knew of the
New Orleans" submarine. Ac
cording to the story told by a ma
tive of New Orleans, this vessel
was built to destroy northern ships
during the civil war. When it was
completed the designer thought it
would be a good thing to have the
vessel plunge under the water as it
left the ways, make a spectacular
dive and then appear on the sur
face.
Stays Under Water.
He took two of his most intelli-
gent slaves and carefully showed
them how to operate the vessel
when submerged. Then they
launched it in front of a large as
sembled crowd. Two negroes then
entered the submarine and care
fully sealed the hatch cover. The
vessel was launched with good
speed and disappeared, according
to the program, but it did not re-
appear. A search was made for it
with sweep lines and graphing
hooks, but she could not be found.
The mystery of what became of
the New Orleans grew with the
years until it was finally located
during a dredging operation, half
buried in the mud in the bottom of
the harbor. On opening the hatch
the skeletons of the slaves were
found within.
During the years 1868 and 1864
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

designs for q twin-screw vessel 80
feet long, ten feet beam and lis
tons displacement. The design call
ed for a double, -hulled vessel and
four torpedo tubes, two firing aft
and two forward. The new and
novel feature which attracted the
most attention in Lakes design and
the most skepticism was the claim
that the vessel could navigate over
the bed of the sea and that while
navigating on the water bed, 4 door
could be opened in the bottom of
compartment and the water kept
from entering the vessel by means
Of compressed air and that the crew
could by donning diving suits leave
and enter the vessel while SUBJ
merged, IS
In 1894 Mr., Lake built a small
vessel called the "Argonaut IT," 1t
could be propelled at a moderate
walking gait along the bottom. This
boat proved Lakes theory. 1t was
fitted with an air lock and divers
compartment. A door opened into
the sea and not a drop of water
came into the vessel. By putting
on pair of rubber boots the oper-
ator could walk along the sea bot
tom, push the boat along with him
and pick up objects from the sea.
Today this salvaging submarine
perfected in detail, yet essentially
the same, is working in Long
Island Sound.
Four years Of warfare demon
strated the practically of the
dreams of these early inventors.
History was made by the subma-
rine. Ii was the submarine which
precipitated America into the war.
Now comes the latest milestone in
the progress of this marvellous I'M
dersea craft which shows possible
ties vastly greater than Jules
Verne's dream of 10000 Leagues
Under the Sea"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

The first successful salvaging sub
marine is under construction OFT a
little inlet of Long Island Sound. on
the shores of Connecticut. This
submarine has already brought tons
of coal to the surface of the Sound
from the wrecks that line its shores.
The submarine sent more than
100000 tons of cargo to the bot
tom of the sea during the past four
wears. In raw materials such as
steel, iron, cotton, coal, etc, this
enormous tonnage represents an in
toxicating wealth of $6,00O,OOO'O00.
The United States leads the nations
of the world in retaining these raw
materials.
Down through the centuries, the
desire to navigate in the depths of
the sea has obsessed the minds OF
men, just as the adventure of fly
ing in a heavierthan-air machine
has haunted men for generations
with its imagined possibilities. Men
have always looked upon the sub
marine as vital factor in salvaglng
and war.
An American Invention.
The submarine is essentially an
American invention. Or. David
Bushnell, graduate of Yale in the
class of 1875 nearly sank the
Eagle" in New York harbor during
the revolutionary war by the use
of his little one man-powered sub
marine, the American Turtle"
From this small submarine really
dates the worlds modern progress
in developing undersea vessels. Not
,,,%;1 +bo Deriod of the war between
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Submarine Is Purely An American Invention

Messrs. Bourgeois and Brum
brought for the French navy the
largest and in some respects the
most completely equipped subma-
rine produced during the 10Th CEN
fury. This was called lie Plong.
eur" O. S. Halstead of Newark,
N. J., completed in 1866 a subma-
rine vessel on which the United
States government made a partial
payment. This vessel was known
as the Intelligent Whale" 1t is
now installed as a permanent ex-
hibit on the green at the Brooklyn
navy yard, New York.
J.'P. Holland in 1876 built a sub
marine vessel called the "Fenian
Ram" 1t was 80 feet long and six
feet in diameter. Holland was a
school teacher in Ireland, from
which country he was exiled because
of his political beliefs. On coming
to the United States he became af-
filiated with the Fenian movement.
The money to build the Fenian Ram
was subscribed by the Clan Ma
gaep and other Irish patriotic So
cieties.
Previous to his RAM" Mr.. Hol-
land built a small one-man boat.
Later the Ram was hauled to New
Haven, Conn, where it was hidden
for years under a pile of lumber. A
daring scheme revolved about this
submarine. A number of subma-
rines, it was planned, were to be
built. They were to cross the At
lantic in a special ship with water
tight compartments extending below
the water line into which the sub
marines were to have been floated.
and sea door closed.
To Sneak In On British.
On arrival off the English coast,
this special ship which was appar-
entity a harmless merchantmen, was
to locate the British war vessels in
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

wanted to get HIS slab Of bacon or
his chunk of margarine-which is
called food over here-all at the
same hour and there was rush on
the shops, the cops used to ride
herd on the crowd and string them
out in a long line before the door.
Then the poor strays would inch
their way up to the door like the
animals Noah euchered into taking
that long trip with him.
Well, Bill, these Londeners must
have gone loco over this queue
business and got the habit, for they
spend their time now straying over
the range and looking for a queue
to stand in. Take it on the word
of a man who never raises on
fourflush, if three or four London
ers find themselves standing togeth-
err on the corner. in front of a
church or 'longside a guy who's
changing his tire on a busy street
they naturally form a line, women
and children first"
Queues From Everywhere.
Where a bus stops there's a jolly
old queue. In front Of the head
waiter at the popular eating house
the queue springs up like buffalo
grass after a rain. They Q them
selves in line for the nigger-heaven
seats at the opera house four hours
before the guy in the orchestra be-
gins rubbing up the old bull fiddle.
And when the tea hour comes along
about in the afternoon up at the
Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus
(Which isn't the kind of a circus
you mean, BilD, why-Boy! There's
where the Q hounds take the trail.
Standing in a queues just about
as happy a sport ss "deuces wild"
in the Capitol saloons back room
when old Joe Lefors has his luck
with him. You've got several feet
to stand on-your own and other
people's-and you've got one of
those large, corn-fed London cops
with his trick hats on to walk up
and down and say, Look alive,
there!"
After you've Cd about two hours
you need a cop to tell you to look
alive. Looking's the nearest you can
come to being.
A Fragrant Italian.
l was Cd for fair getting off the
boat from France at burg called
Folkestone. I being an alien
which's bad thing to be over here,
Bill: like being a Chinaman in Ari-
zona-was herded into a line of
other aliens to pass before a little
window and show the guy, inside
my pretty collection of passport
stamps. Well, Bill, the Italian citi-
zen just behind me had cold and
he got the sneezes. Every time he
sneezed I knew what he'd had for
dinner back in sunny Italy the
month before last. You know these
high-power onions that are the ma
tional Flower of Italy.
Every time I feel tempted to do a
few Q's nowadays I take the large
look around to see there's no Italian
lady or gentleman going to play the
same game. There's nothing spoils
a sport like overplaying it, and when
somebody puts an Italian onion in
the jackpot they can have my ante
Give my regards to lilly, that
waitress with the reached hair who
deals .em off both arms, and keep
few for yourself. Yours truly,
THE WRITER GUY.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
French Cabinet Demands
Chambers Confidence Vote

Paris, July 1o.--In view of last
nights vote in the Chamber of Dep
uties the cabinet has decided to de-
mand a vote of confidence by the
chamber on Tuesday next. A gen
eral debate on the governments
policies is considered probable.
Joseph J. B. E. Noulens, former
ambassador to Russia, has been Sc
lected to succeed Victor Boret, the
food minister, whose policy was ad-
yersely voted upon by the chamber.
Il was announced this afternoon
that M. Noulens had accepted the
portfolio.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
MATERNITY Safety" Slogan
to Save American Babies
New York Organization Educating Women to Comba
Increasing Death Rate of Infants by Providing
Proper Prenatal Care for Mothers

ISOLATION has esta blished u centers
in Manhattan. Records are being
kept of all the cases handled, and the
children's bureau of the Department
Of Labor in Washington will make
an analysis of the work.
Trained Nurses Attend.
Each maternity center or station
has from one to four trained nurses.
Women who cannot afford to con-
suit physicians for prenatal care are
urged to go to the center, where the
nurse makes tests and gives instruc-
ton on the proper clothing. Once a
week the doctor holds a clinic at the
center. Every new patient is ex-
pected to have one thorough physi-
cal examination the first week she
visits the clinic. After that she is
expected to register with hospital
or a physician. The nurse at the
center sometimes goes out to the
homes of the women who need espe-
cial care.
Garments at Cost.
Several centers have developed
mothers clubs. There are model
layettes for inspection and little gar
ments for sale at cost In some
cases they have materials and pat
terms which the mothers themselves
can use.
The women who respond to the
work of the Maternity Center as
ISOLATION first are those Of the more
intelligent type. They have helped
spread the work in their neighbour
hoods.
1t is the object of the Maternity
Center association to- cooperate
with every organization which does
work related to its own.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

rs2sstyIPet- ~ s@ssis w. a'' &f'fNas7 sss
hind leg. I was just naturally
plumb stampeded by pair of white
silk socks. "t" -
AT THE dinner hour i asked ian
Englishman-a Christianized> Eng
lishman who liked Americans-what
the merry Christmas was the mat
ter with white silk socks.
"Isn't Done, Y'know.
"Dear boy" he whined. they're
not done, you know mean to say
white hosiery, what?"'
And there you are, Bill. They're
not done" That ends it.
A man can walk down this little
old Piccadilly place wearing knee
breeches and baggy wooden knee
length socks, with white hobbies
called spats around his hooks; or
he can dress himself up like Sioux
medicine man with an elephant
breath fork-tailed coat and a hard
boiled white hat and say he's going
to Ascot to a foot race or some
thing. But let a God-fearing Amer
lean who never harmed anybody
give his feet holiday and dress
them up for party with white silk
socks and heM push an Abyssinian
big chief right out of the picture.
There are lots of things besides
white socks which aren't done in
this mans town, Bill. An American
over here gets a trickle of the main
idea only gradual. For instance, no
matter how hot it is you don't
leave your vest off, and when you
get to your office you don't take
off your coat either. If you did
that you'd be undressed.
Preparing for "Bawth."
Friend of mine who's a newspaper
man over here was tilted back in
his chair the other day with his coat
and vest off-and wearing a real
fancy, American shirt, too-when an
Englishrhsn ne didn't know very we'll
started to blow in. Englishman took
4 frightened look at the Americans
pink and white stripes and started to
back himself out the door. .
Hey! What's the big hurry?" the
American yelled. why the sudden
cut?"
Sorry, dear chap" the English
man bleated through his adenoids.
go right ahead with your bawth;
I'll toddle in later"
1t took a sight Of explaining to
convince that English citizen my
friend did not have a jolly old tub
concealed somewhere around his Of
fee and was planning to take a bit
Of dip.
What Ho! Let's Think.
And one more, What no! You say
that in England, Bill, when you've
got nothing on your mind for the
present and are trying to think up
something else to say. I've been
what-ho for hours at a time over
here when I've been dreaming OF
how your country looks from the
top of Hanging Woman Divide, with
Pumpkin Buttes floating on purple
away off down to the south and
Clouds Peak frosty and crisp as 4
Christmas morning. Oh, what a long
way from Leicester Squared
Which doesn't remind me of
queues at all. But you'll never know
about London unless you know what
a queue is.
A, Queue isn't something you wear;
it's Something you stand in. You
pronounce it short and snappy like
this-Q-or if you're feeling particu-
larly corn-fed and wild you pro-
nounce it q. i reckon tho word
comes from the Chinese.
War Started Queue Habit.
They started this queue habit
over here during the war when
sugar and margarine and meat were
rationsd. Then when everybody
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
By ROBERT WELLES RICHIE.
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.

Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
81 London, July 8, 1919.
\ To William Quick, Proprietor the
Occidental Hotel, Buffalo, Wyo.:
Dear Bill-As one honest man to
another, Bill, I put it to you fair If
you were walking down the street
and should meet Two men, one of
them an Abyssinian and the other an
honest-to-God American, which do
ydu think you'd look at the longest?
Wait q minute, now, before, an
swering. That Abyssinian's about
six feet three, black as the inside Of
4 gamblers pocket; his hair, which
he's been wearing in curl papers
since he got out of rompers, stands
up about foot from the top OF his
head; he wears purple coat and sea
green pants, and across his shoulders
he's slung 4 lions hide, with the
south end of that defunct lion trail
ing on the sidewalk behind him.
Aside from these geographical fea-
lures, that Abyssinian is quietly
dressed.
The Americans just, normally
rugged in suit of store clothes, with
calm tie and . soft Stetson and
well--he's carrying 4 walking stick
because he happens to be in London.
Which of these two would you cast
q your gaze at longest?
Wrong again, Bill, I'm sorry to
say. If you were in London and an
4 Englishman it would be the Ameri-
can who'd grab all the look-see stuff
And why?
Here's my Alfy-davy, Bill. I was
that American. ~.r -
Trails Skin Clad Man.
was walking down Piccadilly
yesterday enjoying a fine young fit
of the molly-blues when I happened
TO find myself just behind the lion
hide this Abyssinian was packing
for an ornament. Well, I'd never
seen an Abyssinian before, thouga,
I've been in Milpitas, CAL, and Pan
anna City, and I've seen Mormons
out your way. So Twas just trail
ing this particular Abyssinian, won
dering when he was going to turn
into the ten-twenty-thirty place
and make the big spiel from the
ticket box, and ! was sort of-lost
in wonder ut his couture anG things.
After about FIVE minutes Of this
hound-dogging on my part, began
to wise myself to the fact that every
Englishman that passed us-the
Abyssinian and your little friend
sort Of reared up and cast = swift
glance. Not at the sideshow gentle
man ahead, but at me. And not at
me, altogether, but at my hooks.
Then | got the drift. I was wear
ing 1 pair of white silk socks.
Teok Socks for 4 Walk.
You see that morning before l
untethered myself from the stall l
cali my room at the hotel, I'd gone
through my trunk sort OF general
like to see what the moths had left
Z English moths being regular
\ sheep, Bill, and cutting down right
to the roots. And / discovered this
pair of new white silk socks which
ia east into that trunk in . care
less moment back home last August
/ They looked real breezy and chip
4 per to me, so / thought I'd, take
them out for q walk.
And those white silk socks simply
drove one mans size Abyssinian
with lions hide, shawl right of the
range of Piccadilly.
OF course, soon as I discovered
/ I'd started prairie fire in London
everywhere / walked my feet got
4 heavier and heavier, and ! could
3 feel my ankles.-which as you know,
Bill, are slender as a coyotes
Growing to the size Of an elephants
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

Captain d. R. Raymond of Craw-
ford, Neb., was the star shot of the
American team in the Inter-Allied
rifle and pistol competitions, of the
soldiers in France. He headed the
American team in the team matches
and made the highest score made by
He was second in the individual con-
tests when the best shots of eight
any shot during the competitions.
nations connected,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Buys Long Time Lease.

Alfred Thomas has purchased the
.99-year lease owned by Payne &
Slater on the ground and 3-story
brick, building at 2037 Farnam street.
The building is occupied by KopaN
Broi
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Make kits Smaller.

London, July 19.-Curtailment in
the amount of cloth used in the kilt
worn by Scottish troops has saved
$115,000 to the government. The
Scottish troops did not resent the
innovation, and to all appearances
their kits are as, full and as pictur-
esuue as ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
White Stockings Attract More Notice
In London Than Abyssinian in Lions Skin

Vest and Sits His Office Without
Feel Comfortable Engmen Will Retreat at Once Urging the
Bawh War Taught London How
Queue Street ConeOhr Typical English
81 \ Writer Learns
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
DR.. David Bushnell, Yale Graduate, Class rs
Nearly Sank the Eagle in New York Harbor
DuringRevolutionaryW WARMTH One ManSub

Condees Built Submarine Called the ey and
Lieutenant Dixon Which, the Night of February IT, 1864
Approached Housatonic and Sank Her Exploding Torpedo
Bottom
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Prices that Will Interest You
in Our Grocery Dept. Monday

4S-lb. sack D. H. Flour. ......S $50
4 lbs. White or Yellow Corn MeaI
Aor s................. WV
lbs. Rolled Oatmeal ........26c
Choice Japan Rice. lb.........l4c
Hand-picked Navy Beans. lb...loc
Macaroni. Spaghetti or Noodles per
package ...............''' wv
Y Mustard sardines. can .....l5c
u sardines in oil. can 6Iac
California sardines. can ........Sc
Tall cans fresh Mackerel .....lSc
Tall cans Red Salmon ........zoc
Tall cans Pink Salmon ........Soc
No. ) cans Parks Baked Beans 2oc
No. ) cans fancy Sweet Corn Pea, Peas
or tomatoes ..........'.i" nv
No. cans Hominy., Kraut or
pumpkin ................''
Gal. cans Golden Table Syrup TIC
lb. cans Golden Table Syrup .4Oc
1902. cans high grade Baking Pow
aer .'......,.........
cans Sunbright Cleanser ...'.Zac
! cans Old Dutch Cleanser ....25c
bars D. c. Soap .......... zoe
bars Electric Spark or Peari
white Soap ..............':. SIC
4 bars Fels Naptha or P. q
Soap for SIC
: lbs. Securing Powder ........Soc
Large bottle Monarch Catsup zoe
1907, jar Sweet Pickles or Chcw
ChoW at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. soc
32-oz. jar Pure Fruit Preserves 3Gc
assorted Kamo Soups can ....loc
Wilson or Elkhorn Milk. large
cans. at lac
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
Extreme Values in
Home
!
Furnishings

100-lb. cap. White Mountain Re-
frigerator. Cash Price S26 90
125-lb. cap. White Mountain Re-
frigerator. Cash Price $4,000
100-lb. cap. Solid Stone, White
lined Refrigerator ....S65.O 90
Moulded Garden Hose. 7-ply. "
inch. Soft. lengths. with coup
lings. Cash Price ......87 80
Universal Lunch Kits. 50. 65
l-hole Cabinet Gas Range. Our
Cash Price .......... $40 90
Large size OCedar OIL Mop. spe-
cial Cash Price ........S1.6O
Wire Fruit Jar Racks. four-can
size. at ................. 4OC
Wire Fruit Jar Racks. one.csn
size, at .......... 1Oc
Fruit Canning Outfit. rack and
boiler combined. at. ...83.76
Large size Bread Box. Special
Cash Price SO
34-lb. Family Scales. at $500
Tot White Mountain Freezer.
Our Cash Price ........S4.25
4-ot. White Mountain Freezer.
Our Cash Price .......S6.5O
4 large rolls Toilet Paper. Our
Cash Price ..............S zoe
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20

Large cans Carnation or Pet Milk
Tor .................lo 100
BUY DRIED FRUITS AT HAY
DEN'S-BEST ASSORT-
MENT IN CITY.
California Prunes. .131xc
Choice Peaches. .&6c
Whole Apricots. lb.............26 c
Choice Bartlett Pears b....... 300
Fancy New York Apples. ID. ESQ
California Seeded Raisins. Id. .171xc
Muscatel Raisins. lb..........171sc
Choice Nectarines. lb......... .35e
Mincs Meat, per .1211c
Large Silver Prunes. lb........3 500
Choice Apricots. ste
Soft Shell Almonds. lb....... 800
Fresh Roasted Peanuts. lb......17c
California Filberts. ID ........30o'
Hires Root Beer. per bottle 200
Wild Cherry Phosphate. bottle 1910
THE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGE-
TABLE MARKET OF OMAHA.
3 punches Leaf Lettuce. ...... &c
punches Carrots. Beets or Tur-
nips for ................. &c
Cucumbers, homegrown .6-7h-10c
Parsley, 3 punches ........... l0c
3 punches fresh Rhubarb .1Oc
Summer Squash, each ......... &c
z heads Cabbage .....,......1G c
New Potatoes. b...............5 80
Green or Wax Beans. lb. .121%c
5 lunches Green Onions ....... Sc
Cooking Apples for pies b.. DC
Large juicy Lemons. per doz. $50
Fruit Of All Kinds at Market Price.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-20
War; Started Queue Habit.

They started this queue habit
over here during the war when
sugar and margarine and meat were
rationed. Then when everybody
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Police Hold Western
Man After Rancher
Makes Complaint

c. J. Walton, San Jose, Cal, was
arrested by police yesterday on the
charge of having tried to sell the
controlling interest in the United
States Steel corporation to H. H.
McCrery, Whitman, Neb., rancher,
for $1,000. Walton also promised
McCrery to make $500 for him in
one day with an original investment
of $1,000, it is alleged.
The police are searching for two
aecomplices of Walton, who are said
to have aided Walton in trying to
swing the deal.
According to McCrery, he met
Walton and his two companions at
the Paxton hotel. They invited him
to take walk and when they
reached Twentieth street and Cap
itol avenue, one OF the men found a
pocketbook containing $50.
The finder of the pocketbook told
his accomplices that he would in
vest it in United States Steel stock,
and asked the stranger to also
make a little change" The men
then took McCrery to Fourteenth
and Farnam streets and tried to sell
him the controlling interest in the
corporation for $1,000, he declares.
McCrery had Walton arrested,
while the other two men fed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
South Side Pupils
Prefer Commercial
Courses Of Study

"More than 50 per cent Of the stu
dents registering at the South High
school are attending commercial
courses" said Principal Ralph Mars.
"A decided tendency TO takes voca-
tonal work is noticeable"
Enrolment for the fall semester
began Monday and will continue
until Thursdaysnight Special regis
tration days viii be provided for
late students, but Principal Mars
desires that enrolment be complete
Thursday.
Boys are selecting work in man
ual training to a marked extent,
Principal Mars states. The girls
are selecting the household arts
courses. The vocational work is be-
ing taken secondary to work for col
lege entrance in some cases.
About $50 students registered last
week. A total Of about 900 is ex-
pected. This may be increased by
about 20 if Bellevue studepts are
forced to come here because of the
closing of the high schoci along
with Bellevue college.