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THE OMAHA BfcE: JUNK 10, 191T.
QUAKE DAMAGES
OVERESTIMATED
Loss in Newer Part of San Sal-
vador Eeported Oompara.
tively Light; Few Per-
sons Are Killed.
) New York, June 9. Damage done
y the earthquake to the city of San
alvador i not as great as was first
?ared, according to cable messages
:ceived today by Bloom Brothers,
seal agents in the United States for
le Republic of San Salvador. The
jitral and newer part of the city
. as said to have suffered less than
e outlying portions ana tne sud-
:bs.
Property Loss Heavy.
Corinto, Nicaragua, June 9. Tele
aphic communications with Salva-
r u still cut on ana no autnentic
formation is available as to the loss
life and property caused by the
rthquake and storm Thursday
ght.
Such advices as have reached Cor-
- .to indicate that great property loss
as occasioned. It is reported -that
anta Tecla hase been destroyed and
Jie surrounding country side for a
. -sditis of thirty miles devastated. The
.city of ban Salvador has been dam'
aged badly, according to a current
report.
The earthquake occurred at
o'clock Thursday night. It was ac
companied by a high wind and heavy
rain.
Quake Continues All Night
San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, June
8. San Salvador, Santa lecla and
neighboring towns and villages were
acsiroyea in an earinquaKC wmcn
began at 7 o clock last night and eon
tinued throughout the night, accord
ing to advices received here from the
president of Nicaragua tonight
The president' message aavs:
Telegraphic communication, Just
re-established with ban Salvador, con
firms that the earthauake commenced
at 7 o'clock p. m. yesterday (Thurs
day; ana continuea an mgnt, acconv
Darned by a heavy rain.
, "San Salvador, Santa Tecta and
neighboring town and villages were
destroyed.
The casualties were small. There
wera some fires"
The president of Nicaragua has tele
graphed the president of Salvador, of
fering aid. He hat ordered the or
ganization of relief committees to
send help to the suffering and the
homeless.
raSOH STATES
POSITION OF THE
( , UNITED STATES
ContUuwd from Part On.)
Boy Scout Holds First Honors for
Liberty Bond Sales; Total $24,000
I profess a like liberality and justice of
purpose, but only to preserve the
, power they have set up in Germany
and the selfish advantages which
; they have wrongly gained for them
- selves and their private projects of
' power, all the way from Berlin to
. Bagdad and beyond.
Intrigue Must Ba Broken.
, - Government after government has
. by their influence, without open eon
quest of its territory, been linked to
gether in a net of intrigue directed
against nothing lesa than the peace
and liberty of the world. The meshes
of that intrigue must be broken, but
. cannot be broken unless wrongs al
' ready done are undone; and adequate
- measures must be taken to prevent
it from every again being rewoven or
; repaired.
Of .course, the Imperial German
government and those whom It is
using for their own undoing are seek
ing, w ouwn pieages xmi ine war will
end in the restoration of the status
quo ante. It was the statua duo ante
: out of which this iniquitous war is-
aoea tortn, tne power of the imperial
, German government within the em
pire. That status must be altered in
such fashion as to prevent any such
hideout thing from ever happening
again.
"We are fighting for the liberty, the
self-government and the undictated
development of all peoples, and every
feature of the settlement that con
cludes this war must be conceived
and executed for that purpose.
Wrongs must first be righted and
then , adequate safeguards must be
created to prevent their bcinsr com.
mined again. We ought not to con
sider remedies merely because they
have a pleasing and sonorous sound.
Practical questions can be settled only
by practical means. Phrases will not
achieve the result. Effective readjust
ments will, and whatever readjust
ments are necessary must be made,
Principle It Plain.
"But they mutt follow a principle,
end that principle is plain. No peo
ple must be forced under sovereignty
. under which it does not wish to live.
No territory must change hands ex
cept for the purpose of securing those
who inhabit it a fair chance of life
nd liberty. No indemnities must be
insisted on, except those that consti
lute payment tor manifest wrongs
done. No readjustments of power
must be made except such as will tend
to secure the future peace of the
world and the future welfare and hap
piness of its people.
. "And then the free peoples of the
world must draw together in some
common covenant, some genuine and
practical co-operation that will in ef-
. ieci comoine tneir torce to secure
peace and justice in the dealings of
aations witn one another. Ihebroth
: :rhood of mankind must no lonffer be
a fair but empty phrase; it must be
given a structure ot force and reality.
The nations must realize their com-
mon live and effect a workable oart-
nership to secure that life against
the aggressions ot autocratic and self
pleasing power.
- i Must Conquer or Submit.
"For these things we can afford to
pour out blood and treasure, For
these are the things we have always
professed to desire, and unless we
pour out blood and treasure now and
; succeed we may never be able to unite
or show conquering torce again in
t!ie great cause of human liberty. The
day has come to conquer or submit.
If the forces of autocracy can divide
us, they will overcome us; if we stand
together, victory it certain and the
liberty which victory will secure. We
can afford then to be generous, but
we cannot afford then or now to be
weak or omit any single guarantee of I
justice and security."
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OMAHA BABIES
COME TO CLAIN
LIBERTY BONDS
Caatlaaed from Page 0n.)
Austin Erickson holds first honors
among coy Scouts ot Umaha in a
friendly contest of selling Liberty
bonds. He told a total of $24,000, of
which $20,000 were sold to the metro
politan police department
Ihe boy sold a luu bond to Mayor
Dahlman, who complimented him on
ROAD EARNINGS GO
UP IN FOUR MONTHS
Eeport of Interstate Commerce
Commission Shows Increased
Expense Fails to Pro
duce Deficit.
Washington, June 9. Nearly com
plete returns from all railroads for
the four months ending with April,
made public today by the Interstate
Commerce commission, show con
tinuing improvement in net earnings
in every section, notwithstanding
greatly increased operating expenses.
The east still continues the dark
spot on the railroad map, but shows
a marked improvement in April over
March, southern roads showed net
revenue for April 1917, of $4 a mile
less than April, 1916, while western
roads, grouped as a whole, made more
money than ever before, exceeding
by $31 per mile net revenues, of the
banner period a year ago.
Ooeratinir expenses reached new
high figures, $1,192,911,654 for the
four months, an increase of nearly
$106,000,000. Expenses rose ap
proximately $125,000,000 to $872,000,-
For April revenues showed an
increase of $37,000,000 and expenses
increased virtually the same amount,
leaving net revenues approximately
$100,000 more this April than last.
The discrepancy in per mile' figures
it due to the operation of less mileage,
last year.
Western roads showed increased re
ceipts of $56,000,000 and increased ex
penses of $46,000,000 during the
period. For April the increase in
revenues was $18,000,000; in expenses
$14,500,000.
Eight Shenandoah
Men Join Engineers
Shenandoah, la., June 9. (Special.)
Expecting to see service in France
in a limited time, eight young men
left yesterday to join the engineer
corps. Raymond Sawyer, a Northwest
ern student and Richard Mowery, a
mechanic joined at the last minute.
Five employes of the Crist Motor
company, Elza James, Glen Hender
son, Neal Moore, Homer Sheridan
and Riley Baldwin, with Earl Smith,
postoffice clerk, made up the party.
John Lawler Named .
Judge Advocate General
(From ft Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, Neb., June 9. (Special,)
John Lawler of Hastings has been
appointed judge advocate eeneral of
the Nebraska Guard with the rank of
major. Major Murfin, who has held
the position, has been retired, having J
passed the age limit. 1
There's Class to
These Soft
Straw Hats
The way men are buy
ing them the satisfac
tion which they are sure
to give are reasons a
plenty why you should
come here and let us
show you a style that will
become you. We have the
faculty of bringing the
right straw hat and the
right man together.
his ability as a salesman.
Erickson is 15 years of age and
is patrol leader of Boy Scout troop
No. 14. His mother is Mrs. J. E.
Erickson of 930 South Thirty-eighth
avenue. Mis father was the late Lap
tain Erickson of the fire department,
Master Erickson expects to enter a
military academy next tall.
FEAR NAVAL LEAK
MAY CAUSE TROUBLE
Daniels Issues Statement
Hinting That Information
Goes to Germans Through
Talk of Employes.
Washington, June 9. Secretary
Daniels today issued the following
statement:
"The naval department has reason
to believe that information of a char
acter most valuable to the enemy, and
which might prove most disastrous
to the navy, has in some way reached
the enemy.
"In view of the strenuous efforts
that have been made to prevent the
dissemination of ?uch information the
department believes that in practi
cally every instance this has resulted
from certain information being given
in confidence to or spoken in the pres
ence of a close relative or a friend,
who, failing to appreciate the gravity
of the offense", inadvertently trans
mitted it into the hands of those who
most desired to obtain it.
"The department has on previous
occasions endeavored to impress upon
every one in the naval service the
urgent necessity for carefully guard
in? against the dissemination of any
military information which could pos
sibly be of advantage to an enemy.
The situation at this time is entirely
too grave to permit of a continuance
of the present practice in this re
gard.
"Officers, enlisted personnel and ci
vilian employes are therefore directed
not to discuss any question relating
to the disposition, movements or pro
posed movements of naval or mili
tary forces (including personnel) at
any time, except officially, either
among themselves or with any per
son outside the naval service. It
should be clearly understood that
families and relatives are to be con
sidered as 'outside the naval service.'
All persons who attempt to ob
tain prohibited information from per
sons in the naval service should be
regarded with suspicion and reported
without delay to the proper authori'
ties.
"Those to whom a knowledge of a
violation of this order comes shall
consider it a serious official duty to
report tne matter immediately to the
mvy department tor disciplinary ac
tion.
"This order shall be read to the
crews of all naval vessels and shall
be posted in conspicuous places on
board all ships of the navy. Chiefs of
bureaus and commandants of navy
yards and stations will see that it is
brought to the attention of all per
sons, civil ana military, unaer ineir
oraers.
tietn street, was born at 4 a. m.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Svacina, 2203 W street.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Walter C. Klopp at Birch Knoll'
hospital.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Sternberg at the Method
ist hospital at i:6i) baturday after
noon.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Sherman Woodruff, jr., at 7 a.
m., at the residence, 1403 North For
tieth street.
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond E. Nausler, Forty-eighth
and N streets, at 6:30 in the morning.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Perry at 5:45 Saturday
evening at the residence, 2512 X
street, South Side.
Robert Lunnis, ir son of Mr. and
Mn. Robert Lunnis, 1015 South Twen
ty-third street, was born at 2:30 a. m..
thus qualifying for a free Liberty
bond.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin L. Stranberg, Hunter Inn,
at Methodist hospital after a success
ful Caesarian operation.
Day Record Breaker.
About eight babies each day is
Omaha's average. However, there
was early indication that this record
would be surpassed Saturday.
Asked for a record of "Liberty"
babies early Saturday morning. Dr. C.
W. Pollard said he has prospects of
three among his patients before night.
And Still They Come.
Tom Auld has volunteered to do
nate one of the bonds for the crop
of "Liberty" babies. The committee
it toliciting other donations. Mem'
bers declared that these bonds should
be given by individuals and not out
of the fund of the committee.
They are working hard on the
bachelors for donations. They are
pursuing W. Farnam Smith with a
subscription blank. They are after
Randall K. Brown. They are hot on
the trail of Elmer Cope and using
their best ertorts on fcarl Gannett.
Other bachelors will be approached
for donations of bonds as the day's
crop ot babies grows.
August Spech. in charge of regis
tering births in the city health depart
ment, will check up the birth record
when the official cards come in Mon
day.
No New Totals Ready.
Since Saturday is a short dav with
the banks, the doort were closed early
ana the applications tor bonds taken
by the committees at work on the
streets could not be turned in and
tabulated, for this reason no new
figures on the work of the committee
can be announced.
The Liberty loan committee will
maintain its office at the Commercial
club rooms until Thursday night of
this week. Committees will be hus
tling subscriptions until that time.
The reports are to be made to the
Treasury department by Friday.
tne manufacturers committee has
not yet reported in full. The automo
bile committee has not reported,
though some of the leaders have esti
mated the results of their camoaien
on auto row at $65,000. The team
Will work all day Tuesday.
John Redmond's Brother
Is Killed in Battle
Dublin. Tune 9. (Via London.)
Announcement was made here todav
of the death of William H. K. Red
mond, member of the House of Com
mons, for the bast division of Clare.
He died from wounds received in ac
tion June 7.
RUTH LAW LANDS
IN KANSAS CITY
Famous Aviatrix, Flying for
Liberty Bonds, Showers Big
Missouri Town With j
"Bombs."
French Ministry Given
! Vote of Corjfidence
fans, June 9 After a two days
session, during which Admiral La
caze, minister of marine, and the con
duct of the navy were under fire, es
pecially on account of merchant ma
rine losses, the Chamber of Deputies
voted last night confidence in the
government by 310 to 178.
l ne bum ot the attack in the clos
Premier Ribot, in defense of the
government, declared that the subma
rine war had surprised the navies of
all the allies. He did not deny the
peril and asked for increased creuiis
to meet this new form of warfare.
"There is much to do," he said, "in
cluding the rejuvcnalon of the navy
department's method.'-." The premier
agreed to the creation of a depart
ment of submarine defense.
While the debate was proceeding in
the chamber the senate unanimously
adopted a bill revising the budget of
for anti-submarine measures.
' submarine measures.
THOMPSON BELDEN 6XO.
" tstabtshti) iB66
nig session centered mi th Mrai-A
I laxity of measures taken to rnmhat
Kama, fitv fn . Tnni- QTn the suoniarines, including reproaches that I the minister of the navy so as to in
, .n j. -r . the budget did not provide sufficiently 1 c ulc more ample credits for anti-
and locomotive whistles, Miss Ruth
Law swooped down upon Kansas
City today, dropping several thousand
Liberty loan bombs upon the great
crowds who were watching for her.
Thru climbing to a height of about
6.000 feet, she sailed slowly across
the city and landed at Swope park.
Miss Law, clad in army khaki and !
wearing the insignia f the army fiy- I
ing corps, was greeted by a commit- i
tee from the Liberty loan headnuar-
ters. She was the luncheon guest of
the city club and this afternoon she
held a reception at prominent
woman's organization here.
Miss Law's biplane will be shipped
from here to Hutchinson. From there
she intends to continue her flight
through Wichita and as far south as
Barttlcsville, Ok!., in the interest of
the Liberty loan.
OMAHA'S LIGHT
PLANT IS SOLD
TO NEW OWNERS
Continued from Pave One.)
Station can serve a large territory at
lower rates than could be quoted by
small plant units serving a similar
territory.
The coal supply of the country is a
subject of considerable thought.
Small communities, it is believed, will
be particularly affected by the fuel
situation next fall and winter. The
service offered by the large central
station of the Nebraska Power com
pany in Omaha will answer the coal
question for many industries and com
munities within a wide radius. Serv
ing a territory one hundred miles
from the central station is within the
expectations of the men who are di
recting this new. forward movement
of the company.
Complete Organization.
The new organization carries with
it an efficiency department with util
ity plant engineers and operators of
the highest type, to apply the most
approved methods of distribution and
central station service for best pos
sible service rendered at the lowest
possible cost.
The Nebraska Power company will
be in a position to meet the growing
requirements of Greater Omaha; to
serve the contiguous territory effi
ciently, and to make Omaha elec
trically important. , ine company
starts off with a new "esprit de
corps," higher standards of service
and an abiding faith in Greater
Omaha's continued development
Its policy will be guided by the
following Omaha men. who are offi
cers and directors: George H. Har
ries, president; William D. McHugh,
vice president and general counsel;
ur..J t D -1
vdm nurgess, vice president; j.
E. Davidson, vice president and iren-
eral manager; S. E. Schweitzer, sec
retary and treasurer; T. C. Byrne,
Gould Dietz, G. W. Holdrege, Joseph
E. Barker. Senator I. H. Millard and
C. E. Yost.
American Minister Lon g
At San Salvador Is Safe
East Las Veiras. N. M.. Tune 9.
Boaz Loner. American minister to San
Salvador, is safe from the earthquake
there, according to a message re
ceived today by Judge E. V. Long,
TUB SILKS
leautiful range of weaves and patterns,
n fast color Tub Silks; weights suitable
'or dresses, waists and men's shirts
$1, $1.25, $1.50, and $2.00 a Yard
Wash Goods
Novelty Wash Cotton
Skirting, best quality; val
ues to $1.00 a yard, 36-in.,
Monday, 59c
English Voiles,' all colors,
usually sold at 75c a yard ;
40-inch, Monday, 49c
Main Floor
Leather Goods
Hand Bags of seal and
crepe seal leather, coin
purse and mirror fittings,
plain leather handles.
Prices range from $1.50 to
$20.00 each.
Hand Purses, with back
straps,. in seal and crepe
seal leathers, fitted with
coin purse, $1.25 to $13.50
each.
New Feather Fans
For the Graduation Gift:
Blue, pink, black and
white ostrich feather fans,
$6.00 to $13.25 each.
Lace Gauze Fans, $1.00
to $10.00 each.
White Silk Hose
White Silk Hose, lisle top
and sole, $1.00.
Pure Dye Hose, lisle top
and sole, $1.25.
Pure Thread Hose, lisle
lined top, double sole ; spe
cial, $1.50.
Very fine quality White
Silk Hose, $1.75 and $2.50.
Pumps
Iii a Sale at $4.95
It is almost phenomenal that in these
days of high priced shoes you can buy
genuine Sorosis Pumps, at such a mod
erate price.
Gray, Ivory, Blue, Bronze, Black, White
and Patent Leathers.
Values Up to $8.00, Monday, $4.95
Not AH Sizes in Every Style
All Sales Final.
Toilet Goods
Hughes' Ideal Hair Brush
es, waterproof, triple
bristle, $1.25 each.
4711 Bath Salts, 25c, 50c,
$1 a bottle.
Djer Kiss Talcum, 25c.
Art Department
Third Floor
Orders taken for all kinds
of needlework, letters and
monograms especially.
Orders taken for making
sweaters, either knit or
crocheted.
Come in and leave your
order.
Newest
HUDSON Super-Six
Dunlaps, Stetsons, Borsalinos,
Prices, $3.00 to $20.00
511 S. 16th St.
Her Grand Building
SjOLiaaMab-
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The Four-Passenger Speedster
A Low, Smart Car the Fastest of the Hudson. Be Sure to See and Ride in it
The Super-Six makes an ideal Speedster.
It has demonstrated in many tests that it has just the power,
the speed and endurance required of a car of its type.
All who love the sport of motoring will covet this Hudson
Super-Six Speedster.
For it is smart comfortable and lively.
No distance, no road any other car will travel no hill will be
' barrier to your desire with this Speedster.
It has all the speed you can possibly want
It is so smart that its distinction and good taste are command
ing. The demand for the more conventional models of Hudsons
limits the number of cars that can be built. So the Hudson
Super-Six Speedster will be available only to those who decide
promptly. The limited number will make those that are out all
the more distinctive.
If you joy in the sport of motoring the Super-Six Speedster
will just auit you.
And if there is any probability of your getting a smart car this
year you should come see this one now.
Remember that a stock Super-Six chassis holds the record for
the fastest mile rate 102 miles an hour:
It also is champion endurance car, a stock chassis having made
1819 miles in 24 hours, officially excelling all other records by 52.,
Such a record has the stock Hudson Super-Six chassis. .'
' And such a chassis is in the Super-Six Speedster.
Could any other Speedster be as desirable?
Price $1750 at Detroit.
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"SERVICE FIRST"
2563-65-67 Farnam St., Omaha. Opn Eranings Until Nina. Pbona Douflaa 1970.'