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The Omaha Daily Bee . Want-ad Night Service to 10 p. m. Tyler 1000 THE WEATHER Unsettled Vol. xlvi. no. 272. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1917. TWELVE PAGES. Si Trslsi, it Hot.lt Nm StMfc Kt.. to. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. NIP BIG BQ NEW YORK RIOT AND MURDER INPETROGRAD; m PLOT IN THROW BOMBS IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL: ARMY CHIEF SHOT Mobs Making Political Demon stratibn in Streets of City Fired Upon by the ' , Police. MAJOR GENERAL IS KILLED Committee .of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates De plores Outrages. APPEALS TO ALL CITIZENS Petrograd (Via London), May 1. There were street disorders here yes terday, during which bombs were thrown. Major General Kashtalinski was killed. The executive committee of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates to day placarded the city with the fol lowing proclamation : ''Yesterday many regrettable inci dents occurred in the capital, notably an unknown young man killed Major General Kashtalinski. Shots were fired by police upon a group of po litical demonstrators and bombs were thrown. "Some individuals, posing as mem bers of the executive committee, ar rested Landed Proprietor Lodyjenski. Only enemies of national .liberty are capable of such revolting acts, which might compromise the Russian revo lution, r-. "The executive committee con demns thein and appeals to all Citi zens to prevent a repetition of such acts as would provoke anarchy and a disorganization of the forces of the revolution." Cabinet Members 1 For Sending Army Soon to France Washington . Majr : fi-Presiden t Wilson and his cabinet held a brief session today and discussed the sub ject of sending American troops to France at an early date. While it was not announced formally, it became known definitely that the prevailing view among administration officials is that a force should be sent as soon as possible. At a meeting of the council of Na tional Defense which preceded the cabinet meeting a suggestion was brought forward that a special medi cal commission of four or five eminent surgeons be sent to France immedi ately, but it was practically decided not to adopt it. American League toTake . Year Off if War Continues New York, May 1. President Ban Johnson of the American league an nounced here this afternoon that in case the war continued until next spring there would be no attempt to open the 1918 pennant season. Mr. Johnson stated his belief that a majority of the American league players were eligible under the pro posed terms of the conscription laws and would be called upon to serve in the army. President John K. Tener of the National league said that he had not discussed the proposition to drop base ball at the close of the present sea son and that such action would de pend upon the developments of the next few months. The Weather For Nebraska Unsettled; rain or snow went portion. Tomperatnrri at Omaha Yesterday -H 6 a. m 3t PfoN . m 37 si i a. in... vi 8 a. m 41 Zj I i. in 41 T10 a. in 43 11 it m IK JT 12 m 44 L 1 P- m 43 P- m S p. m 44 4 p. m ih o p. in 40 fflfr' S P. m 4( I p. m 4'i CompsratlTe Local Record. - 1S1T. 116. 115 1H Highest yiwterdar .. 45 60 70 . 1 Loweil yesterday . . 30 3d 63 46 Meitn temperature . , .40- 4ft 01 Gil Precipitation T .00 .11 .00 Temperature and precipitation departure from the normal at Omaha: Normal temperature 57 tendency for the day 17 Total deficiency alnce March 1 14 Normal precipitation IS inch Deficiency for the day 13 Inch Total rainfall alnce March 1 6.31 Inches iCxceaa alnce March 1 7s Inch Deficiency for cor. period. 1016. .2.40 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1015.. 1.87 Inches lie port, from Station! at 1 V. M. Station and Stat Temp. High- Raln of Weather. - 7 p. in. eat. - fall. Cheyenne, rain 30 40 ,12 Dubuque, clear 50 bl .10 Denver, cloudy 53 ' 58 T Dea Moines, cloudy .... 50 60 .00 Dodge City, pt. cloudy.. 60 72 .00 Lander, pt. cloudy 62 63 .00 North Platte, cloudy ..4; 60 .00 Omaha, ruin 44 46 T Pueblo, cloudy , 06 ' 00 ,00 Kapid .etty, cloudy .... 44 46 .02 Halt Lake tlty. cloudy 40 63 .01 Haitta re, clear 04 00 . .00 Hherldan. rain 20 44 .411 Sioux CUT. pt. cloudy. 62 63 .00 Valentine; pt. cloudy.. 44 40 34 T Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELSH, MeteorulOflat. . am MP-! . j. NEW PEACE OFFER OF GERMANY WILL 'STARTLE WORLD' Teuton Newspaper Says Mod eration of Rumored Coming Proposal of Hollweg to Astonish the Nations. STRIKE IN RHINE VALLEY Essen, Some of Krupp Works, is Completely Shut Off Prom Everywhere. OTHER PLANTS TIED UP BULLETIN. Amsterdam (Via London), May l.-iThe Weser Zeitung of Bremen reports that Berlin is filled with rumors of a crisis in high government quarters. The newspapers says that demands are being made that a strong man be placed at the helm of the state. The Hague, Netherlands, May 1 Via London). Dr. von Bcthmann- Hollweg, the German imperial chan cellor, will make another peace offer in the Reichstag on Thursday of this week, according to an announcement made today by the Berliner Tage- blatt. Will Astonish World. "The world will be astonished by the moderation of the German peace terms, said the Ueneral Anzeiger ot Dusseldorf, Germany, quoting in a recent dispatch from Berlin a state ment given out to foreign corre spondents in Berlin. For several months a controversy has raged in Germany as to the aims of the war. The socialists, opposed by the Pan-Germans, are urging a clear statement of Germany's peace terms, on the basis of no annexations or indemnities. ' Strike in Rhine Valley. London, May 1. "In the Rhine provinces "more than half the muni tion, workers decided to strike today," wires the correspondent at The Hague of the Exchange Telegraph company. "Essen, the home of the great Krupp works, is shut off from the rest of Germany and completely isolated from the world in (trder to prevent the slightest information about strikes at the Krupp works from leaking out. "Strikes are general in small towns near the Dutch frontier." Socialists Adopt Resolution. Renter dispatch from Amsterdam says: "The regional organization in Berlin of the socialist party, accord ing to the Berliner Tageblatt, has adopted a resolution which says: "'Since a liberal expansion of the German constitution will facilitate the speedy inauguration of peace ne gotiations, we request the socialist party committee to strive for the su percession of the policy of promises of small concessions by a thorough democratization of the German em pire "Such action, according to the reso lution, would include equal suffrage and responsible ministries for the em pire and the federal states. Berlin, May 1. (Via London.) Efforts of the radical socialists to celebrate May day by a holiday in the munition factories diled. No ces sation of work is reported. No parades were held and no disturbances occurred. The conservative socialists had made a vigorous campaign in opposi tion to any Holiday and the indica tions at n.-on today, as this dispatch is sent, are that they were successful. Peck Finds Car Shortage Less Serious Than Feared (From a Staff Correspondent.) Washington, May 1. (Special Tel egram.) Edward P. Peck, one of the leading grain commission dealers of the west, is in Washington for a con ference with representative grain men -with a view of appealing to the In terstate Commerce commission for help on the car shortage question. When the? representatives of the grain industr. rived they found that the railroads .iad anticipated their wants and Mr. Peck frankly said to day that his mission to Washington had been about completed before it had really gotten under way. J. W. Shorthill of York, Neb., who is largely interested in freight rates on farm products, was given a hearing before the Interstate Commerce com mission today. Complete Consideration Of Emergency Military Bill Washington, May 1. Consideration of the emergency bill appropriating $2,827,653,653 for the army and navy and auxiliary services, was completed in the house today and a vote will be taken tomorrow. TUESDAY'S MUSTER ROLL FOR OMAHA. Tuesday. Total. Army .... 60 1,478 616 325 43 2,462 . avy National Guard Marine Corps Totals IS 3 0 78 Secretary of Agriculture Outlines Price Washington, May 1. Secretary Houston told the house committee on agriculture today that in a bill to be introduced this week, he would propose the broad est possible penary powers for the Council of Na tional Defense to cover, regulation of storage of food, release of food held in unwarranted amounts, control of rtansportation o ffoodstuffs throughout the country, so as to meet specific needs; minimum and maximum prices, regulation of liquor traffic and licensing ar rangements. ' Food problems will be taken up tomorrow at a con ference with representatives of state defense council. RED CROSS BALL BRILLIANT WITH LIGHT AND COLOR Dancers Glide Under Red, White and Blue Spotlights, With "Old Glory Illu minated. BRILLIANT DINNER DANCE Hotel Tontenelle Kail and Sup per Rooms Present a Pretty Scene. SING NATIONAL ANTHEMS The Red Cross ball at the Fonte- nelle last night was held in a patri otic setting, with two large illumi nated flags, spotlight throwing red, white and blue lights, several "dark" dances, and Mrs. John Ervine Bran deis in a character terpsichorean number. The ball room and supper room were decorated with bunting inter woven. No programs were issued. The tri-colored spotlight was thrown on the dancers in groups, while others moved in darkness. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung at the opening of the ball and "America" at the conclusion. The promoters estimated the re ceipts at $5,000. Mrs. Brandeis to Dance. Mrs. Brandeis appeared during the ball as "Pierrot, which won praise during her residence in San Francisco, where she appeared at the Futurist ball and other society en gagements. She is a graceful and accomplished dancer and her appear ance has aroused widespread interest. A' Red Cross dinner was given at 7:30. A dansant supper, included in the ball admission, was served at 11 p. m. Dancing started at 9 o'clock. Following were the members of the floor committee: Deuise Barkalow, Robert Burns, Robert Conncll, Edward Creighton, King Denman, Julius Festner, Dr. H. M. Fitzgibbons, Guy Furay, Ben Gal lagher, Ware Hall, Jack Hughes, Herbert Kohu, Ray Low, Charles McLaughlin, John Madden, Ed Ma lone, Cub Potter, Tom Quinlan, John Redick, T. P. Redmond, Dr. William L. Shearer and Maynard Swartz. Turk Says Rupture With U. S. Not War Measure Washington, May 1. Latest ad vices from Constantinople say some members of the American embassy staff will leave as soon as arrange ments can be made and that others will pr bably ""wait for Ambassador Elkus, who is recovering from typhus fever and probablv will be able to travel ill about a mouth. It is said the Turkish ' government has an nounced that the rupture of diplomat ic relations between the United States and Turkey is not a war meas ure and that American citizens and institutions should be treated' as before. Go After Him, Uncle! r..i - - Fixing Plan First Anti-Booze Arrest is Made The first arrest in Omaha for violation of the 'prohibition law was made at 1 p. m. by Sergeants Madsen and Dillon, who took into custody Anton Nehus in a raid on 601 South Tenth street A barrel of beer was confiscated. Mehus, manager of the estate of the late Herman Schaeffer, was not selling the liquor, but had it in his place after midnight April 30 contrary to the law. GREAT TROOP SHIP SU1BYSUBSEA Converted Liner Carrying Sol diers from Australia to Eng land Destroyed by Torpedo. ALL SOLDIERS RESCUED London, May 1. The Peninsular & Oriental tine steamship Ballarat of 11,120 gross tons, which was used as a troop ship, has been recently sunk by a German submarine. All tne troops were saved. The Ballarat was carrying troops from Australia to England. The sol diers wtre rescued by British torpedo boat destroyers and trawlers. The behavior 'of the troops on board the Ballarat was splendid; ac cording to the reports made by the commanders on board, and recalls the heroism displayed by the soldiers at the time of the sinking of the British troop ship Birkenhead off the African coast in 1852. The Ballarat was 500 feet long, sixty-two feet beam and thirty-seven feet deep. It was built at Greenock in 1911 N. E. Mills, Millionaire, Joins Aviation Corps San Francisco, May 1. Niles E. Mills, son of Easton Mills and heir to many millions, has enlisted here, it became known today, as a private in the regular army and will be sent to the aviation school at San Diego, where he intends to wofk for a com mission. The, young recruit is a grandson of the late D. O. Mills and a nephew of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow of the former United States ambassador to England. Vacuum Survivor Is Missouri Valley Boy Missouri Valley, la., May 1. (Special Telegram.) George Wilson, mentioned in dispatches from London, as one of the sur vvivors of the America noil tank steamer Vacuum, which was sunk by a German submarine, is son of Frank Wilson, a well-to-do farmer, living five miles west of here. He is 19 pears old and he enlisted in the navy in February, 1916. He was first assigned to the battleship Florida, later vol unteering for service on the Atlantic. GET VovRS 'v 200 MILL HANDS STRIKE FOR NINE HOURS AND UHION All but Three Omaha Planing . Mills Are Tied Up by Walk out to Enforce Wage Demand. - ASKS 35 CENTS PER HOUR General May Day Strike of Building Trades Union Not Called as Expected. INJUNCTION MAY CONTROL Two hundred men struck in the planning mills in Omaha Tuesday. They are asking a minimum of 35 cents per hour, a nine-hour day and recognition of the union. The men have walked out of all of the planing mills except three. The mills affected by the strike are the Imperial, the Weir company, the Al fred Bloom company, i the Omaha Fixtnre and Supply company and th; Omaha Wood, Working company. "We are asking 35 cents an hour, starvation wages," said Business Agent Darnstcdt of the Mill Work ers' union. The employers are holding oil on Ihe matter of recognizing the union. There is said to be but one union mill in the city. 'This is the mill of Jen sen & Jensen, a company organized less than a year ago. 11. P. Jensen, head of this mill, said he has uninn label No. 1 on his work and that all other mills are nonun ion. He pays bench men 35 cents per hour and machine men 40 cents. His mill is in full operation, while others are idle. Though a general strike was threat ened and hinted that the building con tractors would declare a lockout the mill workers were the only ones who went out. They did not go out in sympathy with the hoisting engi neers, electrical workers, painters and other building trades unions now on strike, but went out to enforce their own demands. The injunction suit still pending against Electrical Workers' union No. 22 in Omaha will determine whether other building trades union men will walk out. If the injunction is made perpetual electrical workers declare the plumbers, carpenters and brick layers will quit on the jobs handled by contractors who obtained the in junction. Planned Strike in Arms Plants Throughout Nation New York, May 1. Evidence that Labor's National Peace council adopted a resolution calling upon af filiated labor organization to appro priate money for the support of work men striking to paralysize arms and munitions traffic, was introduced at the trial of members of the council and Captain Franz Rintelen, the Ger man agent at whose behest, it is al leged, the council was organized. AMERICA GIVES SHIPS TO ALLIES IN NEW WAR MOVE Lord Percy Says Germans Are Sinking Tonnage Faster Than U. S. and Britain Are Making It. TO SPEED CONSTRUCTION British Expert Announces 0om pletion of Negotiations for Joint Action. ALL DETAILS SUPPLIED Washington, May 1. The Ham burg-American liners Portonia and Clara Mennig at New York have been turned over by American gov ernment for use of the entente allies, One ship will go to France and the other to Italy. Lord Eustace Percy, ship expert with the British mission, said today that the government had tupplied cer tain vessels to be usjd iccording to the allies needs, but refused to indi cate what they were or if they were the seized German ships. Lord Percy declared tiiat the pres ent rate of British construction of ships and the present estimated Amer ican rate could not keep pace with .he present rate of destruction of subma rines. "The balancing figure in the world struggle," said Lord Percy, "is the tonnage the United States can sup- ply." Will Pool Construction. Lord Percy's announcement was the first intiiation that the shipping conferences had actually resulted in an agreement. It was taken as fore runner of a ver- wide degree of co operation, in which the present ton nage and the future building powers of this country will be pooled with the allies to defeat tne Oernian sub marine menace. . . . Lord Percy stated that the British mission had supplied the America;, government with every detail of the shipping problem, including the total alii., tonnage, the total destruction by the U-boats, the irreducible needs of the allies, the present rate of con struction abroad and the standardized building plans. The American ship ping board, he said, has shown, the heartiest co-operation with the fullest understanding of the urgency of the situation. Situation It Grave. "The shipping issue," said Lord Percy, "dominates, everything else. and the situation is .very grave in deed. Both the present British con struction and thei estimated Amer ican construction cannot keep pace with the present rate of destruction. Both must be speeded up very ap preciably if the seas are to be kept open. The war has resolved itself into a race between the efficiency of the British and American ship yards and the German submarines. "The balancing factor in the world struggle is the tonnage the United States can supply. Only in case this is large can the present military serv ice and lood supply be continued. This is the most vitally serious problem which cannot be exaggerated. Other Nations Help Some. The United States," Lord Percy went nn, "is one of the few coun tries that is absolutely self-sufficient in ship building. You have here the men, the material, the inventiveness. France, Italy and Japan also are building somewhat, but unlike this country must use ships to build ships through the need of importing raw materials, s . "The shipping problem Is not only a matter of tonnage, but equally a matter of how fast that tonnage is used. Every method possible is be ing used to save shipping for the vital purposes and keep it away from non essentials. Each of the allied nations has instituted a national 1 shipping board, bitting in London, which at tempts to harmonize the demands on shipping and direct it to the most efficient use." Uruguayan and American Vessels Sunk by U-Boats London, May 1. The Uruguayan steamship Gorizia has been sunk with out warning by a German submarine. The crew was saved. The submarine approached the Gor izia after maneuvering into position and shelled it until it sank. The crew took to thj boats. New York, May 1. The American schooner Woodward Abrahams, a ves sel of 744 tone register, has been sunk by a Germ.m submarine, according to a cable message received here today by Pendleton Brothers, fo.mer own ers of the ship. All of the crew of nine men were saved, the cable added. G. W. Conkling, Expert Telegrapher, is Killed Ridgefield Park, N. J., May 1 George W. Conkling, one of the best known telegraphers in the country, was killed today in an automobile ac cident, when his car turned over on a bend in the road Mr. Conkling, formerly with the. Asociated Press, was known in the telegraphic field as "the most perfect Morse sender." He was employed in a broker's office in New York U the time of his death. $ : PLAN TO DESTROY BANK AND RAID STOCK MARKET Germans Arreste'd at New York Confess to Conspiracy to Tap Wires and Spread False Reports. BOTH MEN ARE EXPERTS One is Chemist and Former Se cret Service Officer, Other Telegrapher and Financier. MAY HIDE THE REAL STORY ' BULLETIN. v New York, May 1. Confession was made in 'court by Wolf Hirsch, arrested last night with George Meyringer, both Germans, that they were on their way to blow up the offices of J. P. Mor gan & Co. with bomb when in tercepted by the police. , New York, May I. Intention to de stroy a big "Wall street institution," tap telegraph trunk lines between Chicago, Washington and New York, send out false reports of President Wilson's assassination, and U-boat raids on the Atlantic coast, and then disrupt wires to prevent denial, all to affect the stock market for specula tive benefit, was the ambitious plot, confessed today, the police say, by Wolf Hirsch and George Meyringer, two Germans arrested last night charged with having a picric acid bomb in their possession. The men were employed at Roosevelt hospital. Arrested Men Experts. Hirsch, the police assert, besides be ing a chemist, is a former German se cret service officer and a reserve petty officer in the submarine division of the German navy, while Meyringer. who was a kitchen man in the hospi tal, is an expert telegrapher and a student of finance. The Germans expected, the police say, to ma'.-e a fortune In Wall street on "short investments by instruct ing their brokers to buy jnst as. the -expected tumble in the market de veloped from tli. bomb explosion and the false news. . Persons familiar with the market conditions have informed the police that the Germans either were misled about the probable outcome of such an occurrence in Wall street or that they are putting this story forward to hide their real intentions. Confession' in Cotn Hirsch supplemented before the court an alleged confession, he had made earlier to the police. The ex plosion of a bomb at the Morgan offices was a part of a scheme to cre ate a stock market reversal, from which he and Meyringer could -profit financially. He told the court he had made the bomb under the direction of Meyringer and another man in a laboratory at the Roosevelt hospital. where they were employed. He said that Meyringer had in duced him to speculate in Wall street and had, suggested as a quicker way of getting profits a scheme to frighten the stock market. Ihe plan included blowing up the Morgan office and the sending out over tapped telegraph wires of false news that President Wilson had been assassinated. The men were held in $10,000 bail each. Shadowed for Weeks. Hirsch and Meyringer have been shadowed since the war began. Even in the hospital laboratory where they experimented, they were watched, the colice declar.. orders lavum been given to the detectives to iioot either oi them on the first attempt to make use of bombs. Navy Observes Anniversary of : Dewey's Victory Washington, May 1. Secertarv Daniels and high naval officers today made their annual May day observ ances of the anniversary of the battle of Manila bay. Since the victor in that fight, Ad miral Dewey, no longer lives to re ceive the congratulations of his asso ciates, they were paid to his widow. The anniversary was marked also by the placing of flowers at the tomb in the Arlington National cemetery, where the admiral's body lies. zl Vacant Room is an unnecessary bur den and does not re duce your expenses. Make them pay their way by filling them with desirable tenants. , Call Tyler 1000 Place a small ad and ' your room will be I rented in a hurry. T