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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
IL British Planes Fought |
40 Fokkers;; Shot Down TO-,
Returned, Only 3 Missing
1t Was Some Fight the Very Best That Frtze Could Put Up
But He Was Simply Battling Against the Wrong Man J,
And Machine.

The writer OF the following has just
returned from Belgium, and from close
study on spot of the part played by
the Royal Air Force in the liberation OF
King Albert's country.
London, Dec. 2S.--(By Mail,) y
On the map of Belgium there is a
neat little triangle. 1t is formed by
lines connecting Ostend, Zebrugge
and Bruges, And within the con,
fines of this triangle the Germans
probably expended more wealth and
effort on Notifications than any
other people ever expended in any
other given area of the same size.
That was because they knew that
once they were oustcd from those
positions, with all they meant as
marine bases, they would be swept
out of Belgium in short order,
That, also, was the reason why
British air squadrons lave cease
lessly bombed that region ever since
the early days of the war. In spite
of elaborate shelters mammoth
dugouts constructed with infinite
labor, and hundreds of thousands
of tons OF steel reinforced concrete.
life there has been a hell on earth
since the very beginning. The Brit
ish airmen made it so.
The entire coastline testihes to
the deadly accuracy of the work.
The string of concrete dugouts
among the sand dunes is starred
all over with bomb craters. Gun
emplacements, although cleverly
camouhaged, have been shattered,
and it needs no imagination to de-
fine the ate of the gun crews, And
the remorselessly Increasing effect
iveness of the aerial bombardment
is apparent from the fact that there
are no fewer than four classes of
dugouts on that line-each deeper
and stronger than these previously
built.
Zeebruggee as submarine base
is wiped out. The famous Mole has
Leen plastered with bombs. The
size and power of some of them
may be judged by inspecting the re-
mains of dugout tae top of which,
built of concrete, was eight feet
thick. 1t hid been literally flatten-
ed out by a single huge bomb.
Bruges holds shining example
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
Saloon Buildings Will Be
Occupied, Say Realtors

Real estate men believe that
practically all OF the buildings used
for saloons in Omaha before the
state went dry will be used for
other lines Of business this year.
While these buildings are practic-
ally all occupied by men in various
lines Of business. a good many OF
them at present are being rented
from their old owners. During the
last wear A. P. Turkey & Son sold
$4,000 worth of saloon property
for one brewery.
Other firms sold practically as
much. q,
The Krug interests are about the
only brewing concern that have not
already disposed Of large portion
81 their saloon properties. Most
Of the saloon properties are on the
corner and in other desirable loca-
items, and inquiries for them are
FREQUENT.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

of the splendid accuracy with which
night bombing has been carried out
by the British. The docks on one
side of the town are a scrap-heaps
Or the other side the great factor-S|
les which turned out munitions foo
the Germans have been completelYss'
wrecked, But in the town proper
not a building has been wre,ked9'
not paving stone disturbed. In
habitants there have told me thai
after the first few raids by the Brit.|
ish airlnen, they retired with feeIl
ins of perfect security Yet the
German raids over England iilsx|
variably brought wreckage, not tQa
military establishments but to pyit|
vate residences, schools. hospitalfA
and the like.
The pushing of the enemy from
his coastal stronghold was Of ini<'
mense value to the British from Nj
tactical point of view. For foul
years they had been obliged a I
travel over the sea in order to carry
out their raids and "Reminiscences
If all engine went wrong or Their
planes were damaged by anti-airs
craft FIRE, the choice often lay be-
tween landing in the enemy lines o.
in Holland. In such circumstances
the British airmen naturally chose
the alternative of internment. The
thrusting out of landing space east
of the coast which moi only eli,n~
mated the old handicap but fur~|
nished excellent bases of operation
against the enemy's right flank. I.
Many of the former Germans
aerodromes were at once occupied
by the British squadrons, the ro<i,
treat Of the enemy having been 81
precipitate that he had not time tOl
demolish them. II
The young major commanding n
squadron of twelve British planenl
looked anxiously in the direction At
Client while awaiting their returns|
from raid. Il
They came back in twos ard
threes. Here and there . bit 0k|
futtering fabric told where boch6l
bullets had torn the surfaces. Two
or three spars had been shot
through, and an occasional furroW|
in vanished fuselage gave evil
dence of fair shooting by German
pilots.
The youngsters came tumb1inG
out of planes and descended up06]
the recording officer in an ava
lanche Of flying forgery, from which
laughing, excited faces flashed
They all tried to talk at once. Il.
1t had been some" fight. they
said. Twenty Fokkers had DELHI
erately got in their way. An wht
they started in to show the enc
what he had let himself in for Il. ~
more Fokkers had come down from
upstairs" and tafen a hand--4U
against II! 1t was real "dog6ght'|
then. !.
The recording officer waited. He
knew better than 70 try to force
the necessary details. They cams
later, when notes had been exhaust*
lively compared, when theyskg@
fighters had got a eer4ins persp
tive on the morning Chow."
final results proved TO be 20 Fl
kers destroyed or shot down
Of control. The British casus
were three machines missing. s
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
n his hands-a plate that the boy
n bed followed with an intereste

in his hands-a plate that the boy
IN bed followed with an intereste
gaze.
BEG pardon, sir" Sergeant Van
said, saluting, but | must ask you
to wait until my patient has had his
breakfast before you talk with him"
The astonished captain allowed
himself to De waved from the bed
to the nearest chair and watched in
amazement the boy devour the
toast. His hands shook so. from
shell-shock, that he could scarcely
manage it, but he was propped up
and fed himself, with every appear
ance of keen interest in his food.
Thu day before the boy had not been
able to swallow anything but liqu' 1
food, and he couldn't have held the
spoon.
The captain beckoned Sergeant
Van to the end of the ward.
Did you do that?" he demanded
eyes SIR admitted Sergeant Van,
How in blue blazes-" began
the captain and paused for lack of
words.
"I'll show you if you like, sir"
81 do like" ordered the captain.
Shows him How.
So Van showed him, Though the
doctor couldn't quite make it out, at
that just what Van did. He stroke |
their heads a little. and massaged
their threats bit, and all the time
he talked" to them in the quietest,
most harmless sounding voice in
the world. But ten minutes after he
began the boys were asleep, natural
ly, without tremor in the bodies
that had been nerve-wrecked for
weeks. The doctor looked at Ser
geant Van he'll lessly and left hak-
ing his head.
Two weeks later Sergeant Van
held a clinic before a major gen
cral of the medical corps and sew
eral majors and still more captains
and lieutenants-all men of reputa
ton in America as doctors, Two of
his subjects were the two men over
whom he had worked that first
morning. They came into the clinic,
clear-eyed and straight and ruddy as
athletes from the field. They passed
tests that the doctors couldn't pass,
themselves. One of them, support
ing himself by his shoulders and s
ankles between two tables, held II e
weight OF iour OF the huskiest of
the doctors standing upon him at the
same time. Another subject was a
huge negro who had been brought
to the hospital day before and whom
Sergeant Van had never seen. Four
hypodermics had not been able to
quiet him. and they brought him in
in straitjacket. 1t took Van
jus; seven minutes to have him
asleep.
Doctors Are Puzzled.
Since then. the shell-shock cases
have been in Vans hands. The doc
tors shake their heads and wonder
An American professor, we'll known
for his psychological research work
shakes his head, too, and has moth
ing to say.
In the camp and the hospital they
call him the :"hypnotist." Perhaps
he is. Under the management IF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

the Y. M. c. A. he has given a great
many performances that set the men
into gales of laughter,-regular
slap-stiek feats of mesmeric ability.
He laughs when you try to get h n
to explain them, ooh, / don't
know" he will say. But he grows
serious over his shell-shock cases.
1T isn't that | hypnotic them, at
ALL" he will tell you. Il just tell
them that they are bigger than their
nerves, and that the, can control
that if they really want to. And |
show them how. They believe it
because | tell them it is so, and then,
you see they al = well"
But the doctors continue to Won
der and to say that Van has discov-
cred the first really successful treat
ment for shell-skocS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
Washingt ton Society Folk Bids
Bridal Couple Bon Voyage

Hays Hammond and Mrs. r. De-
Witt Talmage. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Adoo are leaving Washington on
Sunday. They will spend the next
three months in pleasuring in Cal
ifornia and then settle down il. New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Penheld gave a
supper and dance at the Club de
Vingt on Thursday evening in honor
of Miss Julia Zaldivar, daughter of
the Salvador minister, debutante
of this season.
New Year Day.
The New Years day in Washing
ton was much more brilliant than
the last one, but was as nothing
compared to the New Years day
of other years, when it was the
day of all days to see the assembled
diplomatic corps, and the army and
navy officers of this country and
every other, who happened to be
here, to call in state at the White
House, to be received by the presi-
dent and his wife, the vice president
and members of the cabinet and
their wives.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
Quiet Sergeant Puzzles
Doctors by Curing Yanks
Wrecked by Shell Shock
Has His Own System of Revivng Men Wrecked by German
Shells; Seemingly Hopeless Soldiers Rise from Sick
Bed Within Day After Sergeant Takes Cases.

| Paris, Jan. 4.-"Doctor Van
isn't doctor, really-that is he has
never been inside a medical school.
He is not a commissioned officer,
either. Two days after war was de-
clared in America he enlisted in one
of the cities of the middle west
and came over as private. He is
a sergeant, now. His experiences
driving an ambulance first and
after that in the front line and then
in various camps in France till he
was sent to a base hospital as a
patient, would fill several diaries,
ii he keeps such things, which |
doubt
But there are good many men in
that base hospital who owe their
returning health to him, after they
had been in bed for weeks and
even months. Now, although they
limit that he is we'll again. they
will not let him go from the hospital,
because a transfer is a long and
tedious business to bring about, and
they need him there to help out with
the patients.
He was only out of bed a day
or so himself when he came across
two boys in one of the wards who
had been in the hospital since April
| One of them had been an interpre-
ter with the French army and the
other was marine from Chateau
Thierry. They had been shells shock
ed, and in all these months-from
April to SUPPLEMENTARY had grown
scarcely any better.
| Wanted to Help Them.
Captain" Sergeant Van said one
morning TO the doctor in charge OF
the ward, do you mind if | see
what can do for those men there
| think | may be able to help them
out a bit, if you don't mind"
| The captain looked at him inter
estedly. If it had been any other
man the captain would have been
indifferent, perhaps. But Sergeant
Van has way with him.
what do you want to do with
them?" he wanted to know.
I'D just like to talk to them a
bit, sir, now and them Sergeant
Van said.
The captain threw up his hands.
"Kamerad~ he cried jovially
Talk is the deadliest medicine on
top of the earth" =
Il was meaning it, sir" the ser
geant, said, steadily.
"Oh, go ahead, Van," the captain
agreed. DO anything you blame
please"
The next morning, on his rounds
the captain stopped beside the bed
OF the first of the two men who had
been shell-shocked.
"How's it coming this morning,
boys?" he asked.
| 1 Speaks First Word.
F-f-Fine, sir" was the answer, a
little unsteadily given, perhaps, but
the captain did not notice that. He
sat down on the bed and looked at
TIE boy in amazement. Those were
the first words he had spoken, aloud
since the daylhe came to the hospi.
tai, unconscious, five months before
At that moment Sergeant Van
hove into sight from the diet kit
chen. He had a plate of milk toast
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
ACTIVE MARKET
IN REAL ESTATE
ASSURED OMAHA
President Mcfarland Of Real
Estate Board Optimistic
! Over Outlook for Build
ing Activity.

w. r. Mcfarland, newly elected
president of the Real Estate board,
has issued the following statement
on the outlook for the coming year
During the past two years the
american business man has been
Obliged to quicken his pace or fall
behind; he assumed the double task
OF carrying on his business and
helping in every department of war
work., and he has realized that
Americas great commerce could be
carried on at almost normal capacity
even in the midst of the great war.
HE enters upon the year 1919
with confidence.
Omaha has come to the front
greatly in these times. Her stability
and great resources it seems to me
will surely attract attention.
Values Well Founded.
Real estate values in Omaha are
= well founded that there has been
~o decline and ! look for an un-
Usually active market this year, and
constant rapid growth without a
boom. We need more moderate
priced houses, with good streets and
clean surroundings. Factories are
coming to Omaha rapidly. and we
have plenty of trackage facilities.
Warehouse space will be greatly in
demand.
Il look for great activity in build
ing in the early spring, both in the
business and the residential sections.
This activity is apparently assured.
as several of our realtors have al
ready started number of houses,
Everybody should be an optimist
about Omaha.
Our skyline has entirely changed
in the past ten years Our fine
residential sections have. been i'm
proved in 100 acre tracts within that
time-every house filled and a de-
mand for more.
"The outlook was never better for
a great industrial development in
the middle west, particularly in
Omaha"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
Real Estate Board Opens
Permanent Headquarters

The Real Estate board opened its
permanent headquarters Saturday at
308 South Eighteenth street, with
Leo Bozell in charge. Plans for an
advertising and selling campaign are
being worked out, and in addition to
its marketing plan, the board is
working on a proposal to extend its
membership to Nebraska and west
ern Iowa towns. Development in
the industrial and wholesale district
is one Of the problems they will
work upon. also the garden plan and
the compilation Of rental and sale
values.
The new headquarters will be
adorned with historic maps and have
records on the development Of Oma-
ha from the time Of its incorpora-
ton.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
ReaItor Will Build Forty
New Homes in Parkvale

C. G. Carlberg, Omaha realtor, is
planning the erection OF 40 new
houses in the Parkvale district,
southwest Of Hanscom park, near
the Windsor school. Mr.. Carlberg
during the past week has made sey-
eral sales in this addition, to Omaha
business men. to be used for per-
manent homes. Paving in the addi-
ton will be finished as the weather
permits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

refre shments, DOROTHY Deutsch and
Dorothy Rutherford for the games
Miss Sue Morearty entertained the
girls Of her group at school day."
party Saturday afternoon. The
guests came dressed as little girls
and spent the afternoon in playing
games of childhood.
The Gabeshiwin group gave din
ner to family of six. They had all
excepting the father, been i'll with
the "hu." Presents for each and
clothing were also given.
The girls in Margaret Woodward's
group we're very successful with their
candy sale held at Pardun' & Sip
pies store the week before Xmas
They made about $3.50. AS this was
their first large undertaking, much
praise is due the girls.
The Abanakee group, =, of which
Margaret Woodward is guardian.
postponed their meeting this week
owing to special guardians meet
ing held by Miss Helen Buck at the
wv. c. "A. Monday afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
Real Estate Men to Attend
National Meet in Chicago

President Mcfarland Of the Real
Estate board viii 60 TO Chicago next
week, where he viii attend . meet
m Of the executive committee OF the
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards, which has been called to
discuss the building situation. The
nationai eommittee men helisve there
~ RI - eu1o1nn1lna geonoesA =
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05
TO Locate the Cotter. !

A simple and convenient way of
finding the hole for the cotter pin
is to file notch in the end Of the
belt or stud parallel with the hole.
In this way it is easy to bring the
notch points to the castellation at
each end, when the cattsg pin viii
- rsadilv' - plasA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

prices in building material during
the coming year, and 10 educate
real estate men throughout the coun-
try on the price situation is the OBJ
iect Of the meeting. B. R. Hastings
and E. M. Slater will probably ac-
company Mr.. Mcfarland.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

THE dance to be gwen at Tur,
pins hall, Twenty-eighth and
Farnam streets, Friday evening
February 10, is expected to draw
hundreds of people, as every penny
taken at the door goes to the Bee
Shoe Fund.
Many hundreds of dollars already
have been contributed to this
worthy cause, and many poor little
tots feet will be kept warm this
winter through the money thus
raised.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

The dance is given under the aus
pices of the girls of The Bees bust
ness Office, who have arranged many
surprises for those attending in the
nature of special stunts and novelty
dances. Miss Betty Cook. commit
tee chairman, has secured the SER
vices of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Connors,
Omaha's popular entertainers, for
the evening and they will, for your
ediication, demonstrate the Paris
ian Fox Trot," and "Toddles," two
of the latest and most popular steps.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-05

The writer OF the following has just
returned from Belgium, and from close
study on spot of the part played by
the Royal Air Force In the liberation OF
King Alberts country
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
MORE STORES To
At 6 P N.
List Is Heightened; Others
To Close At $50; Market
At z On SATURDAYS.

In addition to the Popular, the
White House and the six Standard
stores. the following stores have
adopted the s o'clock closing. many
OF them starting out the new year in
that way:
Curran's book store. international
Book & Stationery Co. FL Paso book
store. clifford & Johnson. The silk
shop, the Woman's Toggery. Sheers
Hardware company. Krakauer, York
& Moye. Momsen. Dunnegau & Ryan,
and the W G. Walz company
or the above. Krakauer. York &
Afoye have closed at 6 o'clock every
day for 80 years. according to the
statement OF one Of the firm Nom
sen, Dunuegan. Ryan close at D. m
on Saturday. and the Woman's Iog-
gerry was one of the first TO propose
closing and also give their girls a
half holiday. De Kyle Smith also eX-
pressed himself as being in favor OF
/ o'clock closing.
Others Closing at 8 O'clock
A further list OF stores that are
closing at or viii do so. include
The China Palace. Nations Meat &
Supply Co. The Corset Shop, T. A.
Couzens. Inc. Fred J. Feldman COM
pany, Cosgrove & Parsons grocery,
H. l. ufrey. the Lamar grocery. T. ~
Ryan, jenkins Piano company, Fl
Paso Piano company. Billings Piano
company and Dunn's music store
To Close nt $50.
Other stores that have advanced
their closing hour up to $50 p m
either closing at that hour now OF
are willing 70 do so, include- shanks-
Carpenter Bakery company. Purity
Baking company. Belgian bakery and
Powells bakery.
City Market : O'clock Holiday
Nearly all OF the stalls in the City
market are willing 10 advance their
nings. with Z o'clock closing on sat
urdays. These include. Henry Ha-
mey. Outlaw & Griffin. Kassim Kah-
1oney. Jim sam, n. Crely. Mrs. Maher,
H. Bolyn. Candido E Stotts. Japa-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
CONVENTION TO
MEET In LIBERTY HALL

It was decided by the chamber OF
commerce convention committee,
which had a meeting Friday Afternoon
with respect to the coming convention
OF the Panhandle Southwestern Stock
mems convention which viii be held
in FL Paso March 4. 5 and s, that Lib
erty hail should be used for the con-
vention and all entertainments for
which 1t would be suitable, and a
committee composed OF ". l. Tooley
and F. P. Jones was delegated to Sc
cure the hall for such purposes
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows Badge and program. Crawford
J. n SanbOrn, A W. Reeves;
entertainment. W L. Tooley. r Burt
OrndOrff, F. P. Jones H n. Andreas,
J. F. Primm. Charles Davis. F. n Hall,
A L. Mcknight. Crawford Harvie. H.
B. Mcdowell, F. Il Murchison. J. c
Peyton: press. G. A Martin, F. c. Da-
Wis J. / Boynton; reception. all cat
tlemen in Fl Paso-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-18
At
OJINAGA STAND
Are Reinforced For Resist
ing The Villistas About
To Attack Them.

Maria, Tex, Jan. 1s.-Reinforce-
ments arrived in Ojinaga from the
south late yesterday. increasing the
garrison there which was badly de-
pleted. The troops permanently gar
risoned there consisted Of three
skeleton regiments in command of a
general a colonel a lieutenant colonel
and a number OF petty officers
Unconfirmed rumors from Cuchillo
Parade, south OF the border. reported
the Angeles force still I'm that vicinity.
with no immediate prospect OF an
attack on Ojinaga- These reports
tended to quiet the civilians. who
were moving 10 the American side
last night. A report was received in
Preside. Tex, opposite Ojinaga, today
that Francisco Villa was marching
northward from Satevo with his per-
sonal command 20 unite with An
geles.