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Allies Enter Lens as Germans Retreat The Omaha Daily Want-ad Night Service to 10 p. m. Tyler 1000 THE WEATHER R ain or onow President Appeals to Ampyp to Act as Unit for Triumph of Democracy VOL. XLVI NOt 258. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1917. lnlM. il Haul!, Nl Slaadl, Cl. U. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Bee BRITISH IN LENS; GERMANS SEIZE RELIEF RATIONS Patrols of English Army in France Enter Mining Center Long Held by. Kaiser's Soldiers. . POPULATION OUT 1 FRIDAY Civil Inhabitants Leave Before Teutons, Who Take Sup plies for Poor. ; . . -1 RETREAT FROM DIXMUDE British Headquarters in France. April 15. The civil population of l ens evacuated Friday. The ' Ger mans thenV seized three months' lations gathered in Lens by the American relief commission. London, April 15. British patrols entered Lens between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning, according to a dispatch received from the correspondent of Lloyd's News with the British army in France. Describing the conditions about Lens, the correspondent wires: , "Though the enemy is still in his machine gun redoubts in some places, these are 1 only rearguards, for the main bodv has retreated. "Lens and Lievin had been stocked with guns and it was certain that at least 150 were in the network of mines md pitheads. ' ) ' "From prisoners we know that wild scenes took place in Lens, frantic ef forts being made to get away guns and stores and defend the line of re; treat bv blowine uo the roads. "Orders were given to destroy the. mines by firing charges into the pits and by flooding the mine galleries." London, April 15. Fifteen hundred German dead were left in front of the British positions after the unsuccess ful attack delivered early this morn ing by strong German forces along a six-mile front, on Bapaume-Cam-brai road, according to the official re- .jiort from, Fields ynhM Hai$ to-. nigur, , The British gained' further ground in t,heir advance upon both Str Qucn tin 'and Lens Germans Admit Retreat. Berlin (Via London), April 15. Re cession pi the German line north of Ihe Scarpc on the Arras battle front is noted in today's army headquarters statement, which asserts that only minor engagements accompanied the removal, the British suffering heavy losses in this righting as well as in massed attacks on the front from lowlands of the Scarpe to the Arras (ambrai railway, which are declared o have failed. In the air fighting the less by the "French, British and Americans" of seventeen airplanes is reported. There has been lively fighting north of the Bapatime-Cambrai road and ar t'llery duels in 'the western sector of the Champagne and along the Aisne river, according to the official com munication issued by the war office this evening. Fall Back at Dixmude. Paris, April 15. The French guns loday continued to shell St. Quentin and the region round about heavily! rays the official communication issued by the war office tonight. Belgian troops penetrated Dixmude as far as the second German lines, which they tound unoccupied. Firea In Lens. With the British Armies in France (Via London), April 15. Heavy high explosives shells were pouring into Lens late today and were undoubtedly . giving impetus to the German plags to fall back from the cantral mining city, which has been in the hands ol the Germans since the autumn of 1914, 'together with the mineraltfwealth rep resented in the surrounding district. Fires in Lens, seen for the first time yesterday afternoon, were smoulder ing today. There apparently was no general conflagration.- Time and time again explosions could be Seen within the city. , Lens stretches over several miles, however, and in far distant parts of (Continued on Pa-go Two, Column Two.) The Weather For Ndbraska Snow or rain; colder. . .' TtunperftturM at Omaha Vterdy. . v"Ts;-"i Hour. Doff. WUVrK 6 m 31 uAllvXVi m 35 f V i 7 m U V VjKVu ' m 37 (4yj5fFVl ' a. in 38 i ;iV.J! 'WJ Jfi m 39 V JlJsK 11 m 41 i $KX-$i 1 P- m 4B vfl v-vWrf 2 p- m 44 - 1 m-" 3 'K"8 -Wv s p- m 42 t&i&X&2iy 7 p. in 4 J ComparaHrc Local Record. 1917. 1916. 1916. 1914. Highest yeBlftrday... 8 67 HI 77 Lowest yeattrday..., 34 , tt &(. 49 Mean temparalura. . 40 63 68 63 rrecipltatiort ., OL .05 J0 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from ilia normal; , Normals-tern, eratura , ;,, Bto Ucfl'-iency for tho day.; 10 Total excess ftlnce March 1 4S Normal precipitation KHnrh IWiCteiify for the day I... .09 Inch - Total rallfall alm-e Marco- 1 2.01 inche lflclm-y nlnco Mtn-h 1 t? inch lflthy for cor.' period. Jftlfi., i.n inches Vtjiritmy for cor, purlod, .4Klmh U A. WR1JIH. Meteoroloiiit. A: WORLD'S REASON IS AGAINST GERMANY Rev. Titus Lowe, at the First Methodist, Talks on "Amer ica and World War." AMERICA IS FOR - LIBERTY "All of the world's cannon cannot thunder loud enough to make us be lieve that might makes 'right. The rising tide of democracy soon will overthrow the Teutonic allies. The world's reason and instinct are against the German government, which does not realize that it can not command the ideas of the world by the the use of cannon. Those and similar sentiments spoken by Rev. Titus Lowe at First Methodist church Sunday morning, brought frequent demonstration of applause from a congregation whose interest and numbers were unusual. "America and the World War," w! the minister's subject. Flags and pa triotic singing added 'to the interest oi the service. Look On U. S. As Upstart. The gist of the spcak's discourse follows: ' lhe root cause ot this war was the unstoppable spread of democracy, rather than the murder of a crown prince. An idea has prevailed Europci that, God takes special care or kings, princes and other represen tatives of autocracy, and that they are different from other people; that they have special virtues. These auto cratic governments of Europe looked upon us of the west as upstarts. "We believe in aristocracy of achievement, not of breeding. We be lieve that a man ot the plow pr a rail splitter may walk the quarter deck of he ship.f stare and is bet ter than any pampered son .of rovaltv. The ideas of Europe and America are in conflict: so much so, that they never can live well together. "This war is a last and frightful ef fort to weld again on the necks of the common people the .fast-breaking irons ot subserviency. X he bell is tolling the doom of autocratic domi nation. Ideas dominate the world: princely dynastrifs perish. fcjery autocratic monarchy of the world has been looking with stranee and startled eyes toward America. Liberty is our purpose. America has a mission, tt was inevitable that the day should come when we would en ter the war. Our mission is to cham pion before the world the principles of democracy and to demonstrate the character and efficiency of demo cratic institutions, as against the worn-out autocracy of the old world. The doctrine of the square deal is the mpst precious thing in our com munal life. . The Golden Rule is our rule of procedure. We must emblazon to the world that liberty is the soul jf our nation and that vd are loyal to the soul and spirit of our, country. War Against Liberty. 'Germany is waging war against our liberty, against our pursuits of lite, liberty and happiness. Uur rights have been- ruthlessly destroyed by Germany.. America is irrevocably set against the present course of Prussian militarism. This war will not end until the militaristic powers which provoked it have been ground to powder. 1 his nation was con ceived, delivered and cradled in lib erty and will not hestitatc in the day of sacrifice to defend its principles. I he minister referred to President Wilson's recent address to congress as a document which will go into his tory as comparable with the Magna Charter, the Declaration of Inde pendence and Lincoln's Declaration of Emancipation. He prayed for the allies, for the guidance of the leaders of this nation and that the militaristic menace be broken for all time. He referred to this nations feeling of splendid isolation" at the outbreak of the European war. 1 Wilson Will Insist Rights of the Small Nations Respected Washington, April 15. President. Wilson has personally begun the for mulation of a definite program for the great war conferences to begin here next week with official repre sentatives of Great Britain and France. The subjects to be discussed arc expected to extend further than ma terial co-operation between the United States and the entente allies. The president believes (the greatest result which can come from the world war is an agreement under which conflicts can be avoided in the future and guarantees of the right of setf-government . to every nation, large or small, and this ideal is cer tain to find its way into the confer ences. Jn welcoming lhe foreign delegations;, headed by Arthur J. Bal four, toreigu minister of (reat Britain, and Rene Viviani, minisrVr of justice of France, the president is ex pected to point to lhe aspirations of the United States. , ARkilflNE MOB. ATTACKS GERMAN LEGATION IN FURY People of Buenos Aires Break Windows and Damage Build ings in Capital City of Republic. GERMAN EDITOR WOUNDED Several of Demonstrators Are Injured in Attack on Newspapers, POLICE DISPERSE CROWDS Buenos Aires, April 15. The Ger man .legation and consulate here have been attacked by a mob, as have the newspapers Deutsche La Plata Zeitung and La Union. The windows of the buildings were broken. The police dispersed the mauifest ants, making numerous arrests. The editor of the German newspaper was wounded, as were several of the demonstrators. London, April 15. Mobs in Buenos Aires .demanding war with Germany, attacked a German-owned newspaper office and fired on the German lega tion and consulate, according to the Exchange Tclegraf's Buenos Aires correspondent. The outbreaks were put down by the police, says the dis patch, several persons being injured The dispatch reads: "An excited mob, of huge dimen sions parading the streets and de mand war with Germany attacked a German-owned newspaper office,' but was dispcried by the gendarmes. The mob proceeded to fire on the German legation and consulate. The out breaks were soon overcome. ' "The chief of police, while trying to conciliate the mob was stoned and injured. In a charge o the crowd by the police several person? were hurt." Assembly of South American Republics " To Form an Entente Buenos Aires, .Afiril 15. The A. B. C. governments are reported nego tiating with a view to convening in Buenos Aires an assembly of the South American republics in order to study and establish if possible a con tinental entente concerning the vari ous problems arising from the war. Notwithstanding the generality ot the plan, it appears Argentina and Brazil desire uniform action on the part of South America and, Mexico. Peru and Ecuador were in favor of convening a congress of Latin-American republics to try to bring about an active co-operation towards peace in Europe. This tendency is not so strong since the rupture between Brazil and Germany. The eovernmcnt has ordered the concentration in the inner harbor of Buenos Aires of all the German ves sels now in Argentine waters. John H. Best Goes East With Ship Building Concern John H. Best, who. has, been con nected with the storekeeper's and pur chasing department of the Union Pa cific tor several years, rs. tjte latest Nebraska bov to go' to a high posi tion in the big industrial world of the east. He leaves this week for Phila delphia, where he becomes purchasing agent for the Chester Shipbuilding company. This concern is the suc cessor to the well known John Roach cohcrn. Mr. Best, who is the snn of C. J. Best of the Neligh Leader, was born in Nebraska, and educated in the pub lic schools, finishing in the Omaha High school. He went at once into the service of the Union Pacific, as messenger boy in the purchasing de partment, but promotion soon came; then with the Orgeon & Washington, and then coming back to the Union Pacific. Mr. Jlest has become very well known in his. line, and goes to Ills new position with a splendid record. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Best came down from Neligh last night for a visit with their son before he starts east. Fremont Man Recovering From Wounds in Trenches Fremont. Neb., April 15. .(Special.) William Sparks, a former Fremont ercnanr. who has been serving with a Canadian regiment on the French tront for two years, is recovering from wounds received while in the trenches in Flanders a few weeks ago. Mr. Sparks has written his wife in rrcmont that he will be given his honorable discharge, owing to in juries. A shell exploded near him in ihe trenches, a fragment striking his idc. Southwest Nebraska - v ' .' , Plans Patriotic Meeting McCook, Neb..' April IS. IfSpecial Telegram.) Last- night at a mass meeting, McCook organized the Red Willow County Patriotic league with a full quota of officers. The league will hold a patriotic demonstration April 19 in the Temple theater, at which timr it is expected to have a large participation from all over Red Willow county and this section of Ne braska. , - (tO s!2 . ' 'Wr ' FRANK ROCKEFELLER DEAD IN CLEVEDAND Bought Kansas ..Ranch ' and Lived Plain Life on West ern Prairies.' QUARRELED WITH 'JOHN D.' Cleveland, O., April 15. Frank Rockefeller, 72, youngest brother of John D. Rockefeller, died today. He was not on speaking terms, with his brother, John D as a result of a quarrel they had years ago. Frank Rockefeller was a brother of John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller, and was f6r.many years associated with them in the oil busi ness, but was not as widely known as they. Born in Richfor'd, N. Y.. in 1845, he was the youngest of the three Rocke feller boys, and when his brothers or ganized the Standard Oil company, he became identified with them, serving for a time as one of the vice presi dents. He acquired considerable wealth, but his relations with his brothers became strained and he sev ered business connections with them. Buya Kansas Ranch. In 1900 he turned his attention to stock raising, buying 12,000 acres at Bclvidere, Kas for a stock 'farm, which became recognized as a model throughout the southwest. Although he closely resembled his brothers, he was more sturdy and a little more squarely built than they and well squipped physically for the new work he had undertaken. Attired like a farm hand, he was the active "boss" of his ranch, and when fences were to be repaired, ditches dug, or other heavy work to be done, he did his part. Some of the purest bred cattle in the world were to be found on his Kansas farm, and from there he also directed large range interests in Texas and Arizona. Frank Rockefeller alwavs mani fested great aversion to being referred to as "John D. Rockefeller's brother" or "the other Rockefeller." Juat Plain Stockman. "I am Frank Rockefeller, stock man," he would say, "not Frank Rockefeller, a brother of John D." He studiously avoided newspaper pub licity. Although exceedingly fond of horse trotting as a sport, he cinfined his in dulgence in it to his own track, on his own place, with his own horses. "Next to my family," he once re marked, "I love animals more than anything else in the world, and by simply having fun with them, I have found out a good many things, and learned a good many lessons that I could never have learned otherwise." One of his great desires was to pre vent the disappearance of the buffalo. H presented i, great many wild beasts and birds to the zoological gardens in Cleveland, and some to othei; cities. v During fivemonths in the year Mr. Rockefeller lived in Cleveland, as did his brother, John D., but they we:j never seen together. v State Postal Clerks to Meet in Omaha April 23 The Nebraska state convention of postal clerks will be held in Omaha April 21. Delegates to the convention will arrive in Omaha on April 22 and that night a celebration in their honor will be held at the German Home. The Octopus 4 Things Win a War Men, Munitions, , ; Money and Food .-, Oue of our great parts in- the world war will 'be to supply our allies with every possible pound of food. Read of what the federal De partment of Agriculture is doing to increase food production in the United. States in the scries of articles on "The Department of Agriculture," appearing daily in The Bee. GERARD WARNS D. S.JDST FIGHT Says Neither Starvation Nor Revolution Is Going to , End the War. HIS ANSWER TO GERMAN New York, April 15. Prominent democrats from all parts of the coun try celebrated the 174th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, a banquet held here tonight, under the auspices of the National Democratic club. Among the speakers were: James W. Gecard, former ambassador to Germany; "United States Senators Ollie James of Kentucky and Ket Pittman of Nevada; and John Davis, solicitor general of the Department of Justice. Joseph P. Tumulty, secre tary to President Wilson, brought a message from the president. Mr. Gerard said that at the time the Lusitania was sunk ah official of the German government in Berlin told him that the 'United States would not "dare to make any move," be cause there were 500,000 German re servists in America, who would rise against, this country. "I said to- him: 'Can you point fo one single man with an American passport who is serving in your army? There are thousands of men serving in the armies of the allies of American citizenship. But point out to me one with an American passport who is : your army. If you can show me one I will believe then that the German Americans are with you.' " The former ambassador warned Americans against the belief that "either starvation or revolution is go ing to end this war in our favor." The only thing," he declared, "that will liberalize Germany will be evolu tion. As long as they are ruled by a few, as long as the military spirit prevails, there can be no security and no peace in the orld." Stromsburg Commercial Club Has Annual Banquet Stromsburg. Neb,. April 15. (Spe cial.) The Stromsburg Commercial club held its annual banquet last night at the Scott, hall. The women the P. E. O. Sisterhood served din ner. Mayor E. C. Nordlund was toast master. E. R. Gerney of Fremont responded to the subject "F.sau." Superintendent A. J. Duulap of Cen tral City, who was formerly superin tendent of school:! here, responded to '!ie suliitcl, ."Democracy."- The Central City High school quar tet sang and the Sstroiushut-g or chestra under the leadership of Prof. Chauncy Arnold, played. , HOUSE AND. SENATE ARE ATJEADLOCK Neither Body Will Recede From View taken of Necessary ; ; Dry Bill. GOVERNOR TAKES HAND (From a Buff Corriipondnt.) Lincoln, Neb., April 15. (Special Telegram.) After a week of effort on the part of those interested in bringing an agreement by the con ference committee oh the prohibition bill it looked tonight as if a deadlock between the house and senate would result. . In (he face , of an announcement yesterday by governor Neville that it the legislature tailed to'pass a -lull he would call an extra session, leaders of citheV house have thirs far shown no signs of yielding. The Uwer house passed a bill regarded as bone dry. The senate so amended it as to make it what friends of the house bill declare Ho be distinctively wet. Con ference committees have been unable to reach an agreement. Speaker Jackson of the house tonight issued the following statem.nt: "Th6 house will not recede from its position that it will not permit the manufacturer and sale of near beer in Nebraska. ' It ought not to. I am in favor of staying here until July, if necessaty, so I believe, is the major ity of the house." Senate leaders have made no direct answer, but are. understood to stand firmly by the chief amendments to the house bill. Council at Peking To Decide Nation's Course in the War Peking, April 15. The provincial and military governors are arriving in Peking in response to a call by the Chinese cabinet for a military confer ence to decide on China's attitude in the European war. The conference will hold its first session Tuesday. Parliament apparently favors joining the United States. The cabinet and military leaders favor joining the en tente, allies. House Votes to Let Omaha Water District Deal in Ice (from m Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., April !5.--(Special.) Governor Neville's bill to "make the giving or receiving of free telephone service unlawful was pne of those, passed by the house at Saturday fore noon's session. ' Another bill which went through without serious" opposition was the one allowing K. H. Howell's metro politan water district at. Omaha to make and sell ice. It Had seventy- four voles, while six were opposed. Campus Extension Levy Upheld by Supreme Court (From a Staff fjorreapondanl) Lincoln, April 15. (Special.) The levy of the city of Lincoln for uni versity campus extension is-valid. says Ihe Nebraska supreme court, uphold ing the Lancaster comity district ivurt in the attack on the levy made by Thomas Sinclair. PRESIDENT ASKS EVERY MAN.MAN CHILD ACT AS ONE Supreme Test of Nation Has Come, Says Chief Executive in Appeal to Country for , United Action. FARMER'S DUTY IS FIRST Food Needs Vital to Republic and Supplies Must Be Kept Up. INDUSTRY TO SPEED UP Washington, April 15. In a per sonal appeal addressed tonight to his icllow countrymen, President Wilson calls upon tvery American citizen man, woman and child to join to gether to make thriation a unit for lhe preservation of its ideals and for triumph of democracy in the world war. "The supreme lest of the nation has coine," says the address. "We must all i.pcak, act and serve together." Putting the navy on a war footing and raising a great army are the sim plest parts of the great task ahead, i lie president declares, and he urges ill the people with patricular empha- , srs on iiis words to the farmers, to concentrate their energies, practice economy, prove unselfishness and yemonstrate efficiency. Jhe address Killows: . "My fellow countrymen: "The entrance of our beloved coun ry into the grim and terrible war for democracy and human rights, which has shaken the world, creates so many problems of national life and action which will call for immediate consideration and settlement that I hope you will permit nic to address you a few words of earnest counsel and appeal with regard to them. , Gomff to War Footing. "We are rapidly putting our navy upon an effective war footing and are about to create and equip a great aimy, but these are the simplest parts of the great task to which we have iddresscd. ourselves!! There is not a -' single selfish element, so far as I can see, in the cause we are fighting for. We are fighting for what we believe and wish to he the rights of mankind and for the future peace and security of the world. . To do this great thing wprthily and successfully we must de vote ourselves to the service without regard to profit or material advantage and wlih an energy and intelligence that will rise to the level of the en. terprise itself. We must realize to the full how great the task is and how. many things, how many kinds and ele ments ot capacity and service and self-sacrifice it involves. Food Needi First. "These, then are the things we must do and do well, besides fighting the things without mere fighting would be fruitless: "We must supply abundant food for ourselves and for our armies and our' seamen, not only, but also for a large part of the nations -with whom we have now made common cause, in whose support and by whose sides we shall be fighting. "We must supply ships by the hun dreds out of our shipyards to carry to the other side of the sea, subma lines or no submarines, what will every day be needed there and abun dant materials out of our fields and our mines and our'' factories with which not only to clothe and equip our own forces on land and sea, but also clothe and support our people for whom the gallant fellows under arms can no longer work, to help clothe and equip the armies with which we ar co-operating in Europe rnd to keep the looms and manufac- . tories there in raw materials; coal to keep the fires going in ships at sea and in the furnaces of hundreds of factories across the sea; steel out of which to make arms and ammuni tion, both here and there; rails for worn-out railways back of the fight ing fronts; locomotives and rolling stock to take the place of those every day going to pieces; mules, horses, wattle for labor and for military serv ice; everything with which the people nf England and France anJ. Italy and Russia have usually supplied them selvoj. but cannot now iafford the men, the materials or the machinery to m.ke. To Speed Up Industry. "It is evident to every thinking man that our industries, in farms, in ship yards, in the mives, in the fac tories, must be made more prolific IContlnuril on rage Two. (jolomh Three), ' . Boy Scouts Visit About 4 y ' 16,000 Omaha Homes , Nearly 16,000 homes were visited by 500 Boy Scouts in their first sani tary survey of Omaha Saturday. At nearly all homes the Scouts were, cordially received and were given promises that their suggestion -for a "cleaner Omaha" would be car- t ried out. Troop No. 9, in charge of Morlty Young, was first to report. Of the 360 places visited, its members found 156 in an unsanitary condition. "Our object in making the survey was for a better, cleaner and more sanitary Omaha," Scoutmaster Eng lish said, following the day's work. In two Weeks the Boy Scout troops . will go over the same territory again and report all places that have not . cleaned up to the health department