Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 18, 1916, Page 1

P 2 It Pays to Advertise Advertising pays the advertiser who makes it pay, and the surest way of making it pay is to put the advertisement in THE BEE. VOL. XLVI—NO. 85. BLACKMAIL BAND OF EIGHT NABBED IN CHICAGO HOTEL Federal Agents Capture Men and Women Alleged to Have Been Preying on Rich Persons of East. EVIDENCE BY DICTOGRAPH Apartment Honeycombed With Machines to Furnish Information. FEDERAL OFFICER PLEASED Chicago, Sept. 17.—Eight members of an alleged blackmail gang, charged with using the beauty of their women members and the fascinating powers of their male members to mulct women out of more than $250,000, are in custody of federal authorities here Yoday and will be taken to Philadel- phia %Yor trial. The band, including five ‘men and three women, was arrested shortly be- fore midnight last night in a raid by Department of Justice officials on a fashionable South Side hotel. . The women, according to the au- thorities, are young and beautiful. The men are well groomed and of a type calculated to impress society women. Many Are Victims. They are accused of fleecing men and women of social prominence in Chicago, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia through organized ef- forts. Their scheme, according to Hinton G. Clabaugh of the Depart- ment of Justice, was to compromise their victims and then blackmail them. Impersonation of Department of Jus- tice officials is another charge against the men. They are said to have used the charms of their women confed- erates to win attention from rich men, and then to have threatened theis vic- tims with prosecution under the Mann act. - Director at Large. Those arrested gave the names of Henry Russell, Edward Donahue, Helen Evers, Mrs.<Frances Allen, Mrs. Edward Donahue, James Chris- tian, Frank Crocker and George Bland. George Irwin, alleged director of the group, is still at large. The principal. charge against the band is the alleged kidnaping of Mrs. Regina H. Clitford of Philadelphia, one of their alleged victims, and want- ed as a government witness. ~She-was spirited away to Canada, it is charged, at the time she was wanted to testify | against the band. : “The chief offénses charged against the band occurred in Philadelphia and for that reason they will be taken there for trial,” said Clabaugh today. h Get Quarter Million. Clabaugh said there were fifteen known victims of the gang and that the amount obtained from these vic- tims “probably will reach $250,000. Forty thousand dollars was obtainéd from one victim and $35,000 from an- other, Clabaugh said. Authorities refused to reveal the names of the victims. said, are men prominent in political life, who were vi:t.mized while at the republican convention here last June. During the raid, which had been carefully planned for many weeks, an claborate opium outfit was found in one of the apartments raided. Dictagraphs Giye Evidence. Federal authorities said tonight that | one of the gang, Henry Russell, had osed as a brother of Mayor William ale Thompson of Chicago and had used this alias in a plot. “Bill” Woodward, another al]cged director of the gang, is*also being sought, Clabaugh said. The raid was made only after the apartment building had been literally sown with dictagraphs. These were connected with an adjoining building, - where the detectives hid. \ Sixty in Syndicate. There are at least sixty members of the “syndicate,” according to the fed- eral officials, one-third of whom are | women. Others than the eight now under arrest as the result of the raid | Saturday night are expected to be in custody soon. Only three victims of the swindlers in the entire Unitgd States, Mr. Clabaugh said, had de- clared themselves willing to face pub- licity and testify against the criminals. One of these, he said, is Mrs. Clifford of Philadelphia. Another is Mrs. J. Bolton Winpenny ¢f Philadelphia, (Continued on Paf® Two, Column Four.) Twhe Weather For Nebraska—Partly cloudy and probably unsettled Monday and Tues- day; warmer in north and east por- tions Tuesday. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Deg. M. LA . m. m.. . m. m m. . m Comparative Local Records. 1916. 1915, 1914, 1913 dighest yesterday 2 8¢ 13 Lowest yestorday W 61 Mean temperature Precipitation ... ne 02 Temperature and precipitation ,departu from the normal at-Omaha since March 1, and compared with the last two years precipitation . Detlclency for the day Total rainfall since March Deficlency since March 1...... Deficlency for cor. period, 1915 . Deficlency for cor. period, 1014.. inch 99 Inches 9.82 inches 54 inok 4.36 Inches apartment | Sonte, it was | < B === g g TR OMAHA DAILY BEE B T THE WEATHER CLOUDY NEAR TWO HUNDRED VILLA MEN KILLED Battle at Chihuahua Surprise Attack and Is Nearly Successful. SOME - PRISONERS FREED ' | El Paso, Tex., Sept. 17—From an |official dispatch reccived by General | Gonzales in Juraez today, 153 Villa followers were killed in the attack vesterday on Chihuahua and 87 cap- tured, who werc immediately exe- cuted as bandits. Army motor truck drivers arriving at the' border today say that an American cavalry squadron operat- ing fifteen miles south of Namiquipa, surrounded and captured a band of |sixteen bandits last Monday after- {noon. Ong of 'the prisoners, accord- ling to the report, revealed the hiding place of a quantity of arms and am- | munition. Prisoners and munitions |are said to have been brought to | Colonia Dublan in motor trucks. ; This report follows one current {here a few days ago to the effect | that General Pershing on information { that a small party of armed Mexicans | wav operating below Namiquipa, had | despatched a battalion of the Twenty- | fourth infantry by motor trucks to | reinforce the American garrison at that point. Although the military apthorities here say they have heard nothing of the capture, the truckmen assert that the prisoners are now in the stockade at Dublan. Report of Battle, Chihuahua City, Mex., Sept. 17.— (Delayed by cut wires.)—Villa's own | troops executed a surprise attack on Chihuahua in the dark of this morn- | ing, which although successfully in- itiated, ended-in a complete victory for the de facto government forces upder General Jacinto Trevino, who received a flesh wound in the left forearm, under the fire. At 3:30 o'clock during a heavy rain, and while the people were hard asleep after the festivities of two nights in honor of the Mexican independence day, the Villa forces entered the town |in two columns. :One made straight for the penitentiary, where Jose Ynez Salazar, the amnestied rebel on trial for plotting against the government, and political prisoners were released. * Guard Driven Out. p The other rushed fof the govern- ment buildings and the federal pal- ace, driving out the small Carranza guard. General Trevino rushed his troops to vantage points and covered -the government buildings with rifles ‘and machine guns. He then- took per- | sonal command of the artillery at Santa-Rosa, and by a few will-directed shots made the builditigs untenable. The bandits, cauf‘ht under the double fire, fled out of the city to the north- | west, leaving more than a hundred dead- behind. The fleeing Villa followers at Nombre De Dios ran into the forces of General Matias Ramos, which Gen- eral Trevino had placed there to cut off the Yetreat. Ramos continued the gprsuit. with heavy loss to the ban- 1ts. Villa Kept Out. Although in command of the at- tack, Villa did not enter thé city with his troops. The streets around the government buildings are strewn with dead men and horses, while' wounded bandits continue to be brought in. A large number of former adher- ents of Villa and Orozco are among the dead, Marcelo Caraveo, once a gencral under Orozco, was taken prisoner, which proves the complicity | of other factions with Villa. Trevino's AVound. General | Trevino received his wourrd, which is not serious, while di- recting the fire of the field guns. He remained tith his men, however, throughout the fight. It is reported that not a single government soldier | deserted his post during the fight. The battle lasted six hours, ending at 9:30 o'clock in the morning. Police Discover ~ Case Where White Proves to Be Black Police learned of a new wrinkle in | the gentle art of picking pockets last night when Officers Walker and Sut- ton arrested Margaret Campbell, col- ored, of 535 South Thirteenth street, on a charge of robbing bibulous men. According to the policé, Margaret, who is coal black, goes abroad with | her face painted almost a chalk white. After she gets a victim interested, po- lice say, she robs him and then disap- pears to a convenient spot and re- { moves the makeup. Her next step is | to be in a place where the victim will { find her when he comes along with | dectives after making: complaint, and in most cases, she is passed up ase “too dark.” Her ruse, or-rouge, | failed last night, however, and she | was jailed after being.identified. Po- lice say they have sought in Vain for { months for a “white woman” of Mar- | garet’s description, in response to many complaints. Benson Says Draft Power Smuggled in New U. 8, Army Bill Saunton, Ill,, Sept. 17.—A clause | giving the president of the United ‘ States power to draft citizens into the army in time of war was “smuggled” linto the Hay-Chamberlain army bill, | was charged by Allan L. Benson, so- cialist candidate for president, in an address here today. Benson critcized what he termed the militarism of the .| United States. “The word ‘draft’ was smuggled into i aid Benson. “The bill, as passed the house, read that the president should have the power to ‘call’ citizens into the army. ~The | ference committee,” OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916. SETHLOW, FORMER MAYOROFGOTHAM, TAKEN BY DEATH Leader in Civics and One-Time President of Columbia Uni- versity, Dies at Bed- ford Hills. ILL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ’ Pronounced Change for Worsé Is Noted on Saturday Night. WAS BEATEN BY TAMMANY New York, Sept. 17.—Seth Low, former mayor of New York, and one time -president of Columbia univer- sity, died late today at his country home, Broadbrook Farm, Bedford Hills, N. Y., at the age of 66 ycars. He had been ill several months of a complication of diseases. A change for the worse was nounced last night, and it was then said the patient probably could not recover, Mr. Low's most recerit activities were exerted in an eftort to find a solution of the differences between the railroad brotherhoods and the railroads. Activities Were Varlec. Since the outbreak of the European war, Mr. Low had been especially ac- tive as president of the New York Chamber of Commerce ané president of the National Civic federation. He was chairman of the'executive com- mittee of Tuskegee institute, delegate- at-large to the recent New Varl state constitutional convention, an a mem- ber of a government commission ap* pointed to investigate labor troubles in _Colorado. For three months prior to his ill- ness, he' devoted himself almost ex- clusively to trying to find a solution to the differences between the rail- voad brotHerhoods and their employ- ers. Friend of Labor. Even after stricken, he kept in touch with the brotherhood heads, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and other union leaders, with whom he was on terms of intimate friendship. Until his illness assumed an acute stage, several weeks ago, Mr. Low busied himself with plans of the Na- tional Civic_federation, in which he WRS d"fl{ interested. Mrs. Low and other members of the household were’ with it when he died. Arrangements for the fu- neral have not yet been completed. * Leader in Civic Affairs. Seth Low was twice mayor of Brooklyn, once mayor of New York, and fon eleven years was president of Columbia university. In each of these offices he became distinguished for public service 'and he was known throughout' the country as one of the :gfnding figures in New York City ife, Born in Brooklyn, January 18, 1850, he came of a long line of mer- chant princes and men of culture. His grandfather, for whom he was named, was. a. Harvard-bred merchant, who, previous to his settlement in New York, did a prodperous business in Salem, Mass. His father, Abiel Ab- bott Low, founded a big business in the importation of tea and silk in New York, and at one thme had a fleet of more than a dozen clipper ships engaged in the China trade. Educated in Brooklyn. Young Low was educated at the Polytechnic institute in Brooklyn, and then at Columbia, from which he was firaduated in 1870\at the age of 20. In college he had been dis- tinguished ‘both as a student and an athlete. He excelled in tennis and foot ball, bowling and billiards, and on the gridiron he often lined up against the herculean form of Hamil- ton.Fish. Dr. Barnard, the then pres- ident of the college, was particularly attracted by young Low's work and personality, and in the spring or Low's - senior year, the president spoke of him in a letter to a friend: “I have just been having a long talk | with young Low, the first scholar in college, and the most manly young fellow we have had here for many a year.” On leaving Columbia, Mr. Low went to his father's business house, entering as a clerk and traversing all the grades until he was finally head of the firm. In the meantime he be- came greatly interested in public lite, particularly in Brooklyn charities. In 1878, he organized and became tne first president of the Brooklyn Bu- reau of Charities, which was one . (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) an- ! A On Trains, at Hotels, * News Stands, etc., 5¢ KING GEORGE ON THE FIRING LINE INSPECTS BIG GUNS—This interesting pic- ture shows King George of England inspecting'one of the giant British howitzers in its pit e ST, MARY'S CHORCH 10 HAVE NEW HOMB Congregation So Decides, and Also Will Endeavor to Keep Present Pastor. v PLAN EXTENSION WORK i Tentative plans for the purchase of a new, church site, the erection of a modern house of worship and an in- crease of the paStor's salary were drawn at an enthusiastic meeting of members of St. Mary's Avenue Con- gregational church Sunday morning. | Following a masterlysaddress by the | Rev. Dr.'G. A. Hulbert on the pu]ling‘ power of the Christian religion, the congregation adopted resolutions in- dorsing his work, pledging their sup- port and expressing bigll apprectation of hi$ work among the young people of the community. At a meeting of the church couneil a committee was~appointed to arrange extension work and to provide for re- taining the services of Dr. Hulbert in the face of a call from the First Con- gregational church of Oberlin, O. “Bricks and bouquets are welcome S. Wright at the meeting of the con- gregation. “Wc want criticisms as well as compliments.” But there were no criticisms, Need a New Church. “What are you giving back to nature for what nature has given you?” asked bother Dr. Hulbert with building plans, but will provide him with the | proper equipment with which to con- | duct his“audahlc work in St. Mary's church. We need a new church, and with proper support we will soon have it.” George. A. Payne, for thirty-one years a member of the church, in- dorsed the activities of the pastor and urged that he be retained at increased salary. Dr. S. R. Towne, C. F. Harrison, Judge Day, John W, Robbins, Nels B, pdike and others spoke in favor of extension plans and urged activity on the part of the committee selected to secure financial support. At a meeting of the trustees it was proposed that the present site of the rame structure at Twenty-seventh and St. Mary’s avenue be disposed of and a new church erected in a location to be selected later. These plans are now being acted upon. Prominent Real Estate Men To Talk at the Exchange A special meeting of the Omaha Real Estate exchange is called for noon today at the Commercial club rooms. There will be the usual noon- i day luncheon, after which there will be short addresses by C. L. Simpson and D. R. Ennis, former president and former secretary, respectively, of | the National Association of Real | Estate Exchange$, Both of the men reside in Kansas City and will reach Omaha early this morning. This One Particular Flivver Ca Its Owner Big Bunch of Trouble * uses From police headquarters comes this story of the Fate of a Flitting Flivver. Saturday night George Harrah, 2922 Jackson street, reported thé theft of his auto from Twenty-fourth and Farnam. At 7 o'clock Sunday morning it was sighted in the rear of the Creighton dormitory at Twen- ty-fiftth and California. While police were en route to tow it to headquar- ters, it disappeared agaiy. It was next heard of when Detec- tives Rich and Pszanowski and Offi- cer Farrand appeared with three very small and dirty youngsters—typical “Shrimp Flynns"-—~whom thgy had brought back from Plattsmouth * The three boys, Leo Small, 15, of 1113 North Eighteenth; Gilbert Gag- non, 978 North Twenty-seventh, and Clarence Davis, 931 North' Twenty- sixth, had found the machine in the compassion welled in their bosoms for the friendless flivver. They hopped into it, and with Leo Small at the wheel, started to Plattsmouth to visit | the grandmother of one of the trio. | They got to Plattsmouth all right, but when they came to the toll bridge, the 50 cent toll was too steep and they took the bridge on high speed. The bridge man telephoned ahead, and the chief of police at Plattsmouth halted them and notified Omaha, and the boys were brought back by the Omaba officers. The machine is be- ing held by the Plattsmouth chief of police, who refused to give it up un- less a reward of $25 was forthcoming. | He told the owner that “Twenty-five | dollars is the regular reward, and if | you want your machine, kick in." Omaha police advised Harrah to com- mence suit against the Cass county official. Mr. Harrah says his flivver has had | more adventures than a movie queen, | word ‘draft’ was inserted in the con-|alley early in the morning, and great | since he’s owned it, and the end is | not yet., KING GEORGE INSPECTING’ at this meeting,” said Chairman W.| Attorney Ed P. Shith. “We will not | MORTAR ON FIRING INE | Mr. Jiggs Is Back | | Not yet fully recovered, but able | to be up and around, Mr. Jiggs I is back in the paper today. Ad- : vices from Mr. George McManus are to the effect that he is conva- . lescing, and_hopes to be able from i| now on to provide our readers with ‘ the daily doings of Jiggs and Maggie. This will be welcome news to many who have eagerly | inquired as to the appearance of | this most popular “comic.” One || good friend of The Bee sings of the affair thus: “The Jiggs.” || There seems to be a nuil and vold Each night when we read The Bee, And Its pages we turn o'er, As we'va done times before, “Jiggs'" and Maggle" fall to see. We'ro glad that George McManua Convalescent soon Wil be, And agaln in the pa The pranks and the o We will see of “Jiggs” and “Maggle.” The reason that we llke them, 14 because, you see, There ure “Maggles” and “Yiggs" With the “high browa' and ' a] Today in soclety, 4 BELLVIEU, DOUBT SUCCESS OF ‘SYMPATHETIC' CALL Service on New York Surface , Lines Continues to Im- prove During Day. | LEADERS MAKING CANVASS New York, Sept. 17.—Dotibt was expressed tonight that the thréeatened | strike tomorrow in sympathy with the | carmen who quit their places Septeni- |ber 6, would occur. Thomas | O'Connor, president of the Interna- | tional Longshoremen’s associatior |announced that the members of his union would not be called out.before Thursday, “if at all.” Leaders of the various trades un- ions announced that they were can- vassing the returns of the “sympa- i(h(‘fil‘ strike” vote of from 70,000 to [80,000 workers allied with transit op- eration in this city. It was said that many’ of the local unions listed to participate in the “walkout” tomor- | row had vested strike call powers in their officers and that the workers would be prepared to leave their | places on short notice. Heads of the I'transit lines declared the carmen’s | strike was ineffective. Service on ! subway and elevated lines continued ‘nurmzl, and steady improvement was noted on all surface roads. Several mass meetings were held in | the city, but there was no disorder. ' At one meceting the “financial and moral” support of the socialist party was assured to the striking carmen. Boatmen to Go Out. The Tide Water Boatmen's union, with a membership, it was said, of 3,000, tonight voted to go on strike. No date was set for the men to quit | work. | The strike, it was asserted, will be in no way a sympathetic one with | the carmen, but for better working ‘couditions and increased pay. The fact, the men said, that the coal sup- ply of the local transit companies may be endanggered, was only inciden- ‘Farm Loan Board Revisgf Schedule Washington, Sept. 17—The trans- | continental trip of the Farm Loan | Board to gather information for divi- | sion of the country into twelve farm loan districts under the rural credits law, will end here on Septem- ber 28. A revised itimerary announc- ed today includes Lincoln, Neb., Sep- | tember 21, and Omaha September 24, 'Mike Lee's Condition Is Reported Critical Mike Lco, chief inspector for the Metropolitan \Vater district and for- mer member of the state legislature, |is in a very serious condition at Lord Lister hospital, according to attaches of the hospital Mr. Lee celebrated his sixty-seventh birthday in the hospital Friday. V.| on the western front, during a recent visit to the Somme fighting line. ©n. Frurs szw.. 'NEW LONDON WAITS BREMEN'S ARRIYAL ‘}An Undersea Boat Comes Into | Harbor at 3 A. M. After | Long Vigil. | |MAY BE U. 8. SUBMARINE New London, Conn., Sept. 17.—A persistent report from apparentlv re- liable sources that the German under- sea merchantman Bremen was ap- proaching this port tonight lacked confirmation at a late hour. The first report stated that a submarine was seen off Fisher's island in Long Island sound at 9 o'clock, headed for New | London, a two hours' run. Credence !was attached to lh_t report when the acean-going. tug”T. “A. Scott, jr., put out to sea tnderhurried orders. Newspaper Men Follow. A newspaper tug which followed the | T. A. Scott, {'r.. returned just before midnight with the information that there was a heavy fog over th¢ sound | and nothing had been seen of a_sub- | marine. At midnight, the T. Al Scott, jr., had not, returned. buring the day one of the United States submarines was maneuvering off Block island, but returned here early in the evening. It is believed that this submarine’s actions may have given, rise to the rumor of the ap- proach of the German boat. Second Subsea Appears. Another submarine was sighted late tonight at Ocean Beach during a tem- porary lift of the fog. It was mak- ing its way slowly into the harbor. identity. The tug T. A. Scott, jr., still re- { mained outside the harbor. It was | stated definitely that it had repre- | sentatives of the Eastern Forwarding |company on board and that the Ger- man submarine was expected. May Be U. S. Vessel. The second shbmarine arrived in the lower harbor about 3 a. m. and anchored in a heavy fog. It is be- lieved that it is a United States ves- sel of the L class. President Leaves Long Branch for ; Sister's Funeral Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 17.—Pres- ident and Mrs. Wilson left here at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Columbia, |S. C,, to attend the funeral of his sis- | ter, Mrs. Annie E. Howe, who died | yesterday in New London, Conn. The | services will be held tomorrow in the | First Presbyterian church, Columbia, |and Mr. Wilson will return here Tues- day afternoon. All arrangements for political con- ferences are being held in abeyance during the president's ahsence, Accompanied by Dr. Cary T. Gray- son, the White House physician, Mr. {and Mrs. Wilson went by automobile this afternoon from Long Branch to Trenton, N. J., to meet other relatives |of Mrs. Howe who are taking the | body to Columbia. The president will leave Long Branch at 6:15 p. m. to- | morrow. ?Hughes Starts West - On Two Weeks' Trip | New York, Sept. 17.—Charles E. { Hughes came to New York tonight | from Bridgehampton, preparatory to leaving early tomorrow for the second trip of his campaign. He will deliver | the first speech of his trip at Peoria, |11, Tuesday morning. | Benevolent Neutrality i To Allies Henceforth London, Sept. 17.-—M. Kalogerop- oulos, the new Greek premier, de- | clares that the new government will | observe the most benevolent neutral- ity toward the entente, say a Reuter dispatch from Athens today. | "He repudiateg allegations that he |is German-ophile,” adds the dispatch, | “although he confesses that he is an admirer of Germany. — o SING LIy | Nothing could be learned about its; COPY TWO CENTS. ENTENTE KEEPS AT GERMAN LINE Teuton Positions Four Miles | Long Captured by British, | and French in Two Days’ Fighting on West. (PUT PERONNE IN POCKET ! - \ | Germans Repulse Furious Rus sian Attarks. Save Before Halicz. |ALLIES GAIN IN BALKANS London, Sept. 17.—~German posi- | tions exceeding four miles in length | were captured Saturday night and { Sunday by the British and French armies in the Somme region. War | materials and many prisoners were | captured. German counter attacks | were repulsed with large losses to the | | Germans, 3 The British took a fortified position over a front of a mile, near Courcel- |lette an advance of about 1,000 yards was made, and the strongly defended i position at the Mouquet farm fell into | their hands. French Also Advance. | South of the river the French pushed back (ermans and occupied| the remainder of Vermandoviller: “1and Berny, and also captured all th Deniecourt and between Deniecourt and Berny, the gain being over a front running northeast two miles and thence east another mile. The advance of the British appar- ently brings their front to within a mile of Grand Court and the Albert- . Bapaume railway. Grand Court is bex ing bombarded by the British, The success of the French scemingly is another move of the right flank of tie” entente toward the pocketing of Peronne. Claim Russ Repulse. Hard fighting has been resumed from the Pripet marsh regicn in Rus- sia through Galicia and up in the Car- pathian mountains. Berlin and Vienna claim the repulse of, Russian attacks on a front ot about twelve and a half miles west of Lutsk, in Galicia, and in the Carpathians at several points. Near the Marajowka river, however, Berlin_admits that the front of Arch- duke Charles Francis was pushed back by the Russians. Petrograd records an advance for the Russians south of Brzezany, southeast.-of Lemberg, and the capture of more than 3,000 Germans in fight- ing along the Anraiuvka and the IPodvyscke-Haticz railway. Give and Take. \ Bucharest reports the occupation of additipnal towns in Transylvania. Ber-' lin and Sofia assert that the forces of. the central powers in Dobrudja are in pursuit of Roumanians and Russians, Further progress for ‘the - entente alliq? on the Macedonian front and.by the It the London, Paris and Rome com- munications. Kavala is under bom- bardment by the entente fleet, Sofia admits the loss of Nidje Plania, near Lake Ostrovo. French and Russian troops are approaching Florina, across the Greek frontier south of Monastir, while the Serbians have reached Vet renik and Kajmackalan. Italians Move On. Ttalians in their quest of Triest have won strong positjons from Austrians |in sanguinary fighting. Southeast of | | ;ground between Vermamdovillers an: | Austrian lines is admitted by Vienna, but the official communication' says Italian losses were extremely heavy. Catholic Charities * Convention Opens Wasthington, Sept, 17.—The fourth biennial session of the National Con- | ference of Catholic Charities began at the Catholic university here today, with an attendance of delegates répre- senting Catholic charity organizations in tworty-cight states. Meetings will contifiue three days. Mést of today was devoted to pre- liminary discussion and the organiza- tion of sections for individual con- sideration of various suh‘icctsA For- mal opening of the conference was celebrated with solemn high mass b, the Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Shannon o Washington, D. C. A reception té the delegates was held by Archbishop Bonzano, the apostolic delegate. e Bee Want-Ads Are Making the Greatest Progress 1483 MORE Paid Want-Ads last week than same week year ago. L8 No other Omaha newspaper is making anywhere near the progress in the Want-Ad col- umns as The Bee. For more than 28 consecutive weeks Bee Want-Ads have gained week. This is the best pps- sible proof_of the great pop- ularity of Bee Want-Ads, 54 AN e el cording to the war office, i 3 F over 1,000 PAID ADS per ¢ “ alians in Albania ig recorded in = 4 the Doberdo height the penetration of .