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VOL. XLVII. NO. 33.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1917. TEN PAGES.
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U.S.MUSTBEARBR
UNT OF WORLD WAR:
RUSS TROOPS S
EW OFFEMSIME
CRUMBLING OF RUSS LINES
LEAVES ALLIES ENTIRELY
DEPENDENT UPON AMERICA
Army Officers in Washigton Paint Gloomy Picture of Im
mediate Future as Result of Failure of Sljyr Forces
to Hold Teutonic Armies in East; Say AH
Hopes of Early Peace is Gone.
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Washington District First
i n. j( v jrs
first
nationaTarmy, local exemption offi
cials stated last night. Notifications
to appear for examination this week
were mailed to 182 men.
(B.r Associated Press.)
Washington, July 25. No attempt is made here tomini
mize the seriousness of the situation in the war theaters in
Europe. x
The United States is in the war and will go through with
it; but any hope of a short struggle has gone glimmering with
the apparent almost complete collapse of the Russian, war
machine.
"The development was not unexpected by many army
officers. When the offensive of July 1 was started by the
Russian forces, the most frequent comment heard here was
that it probably was the dying kick of the old Russian machine.
DIRECT BEARING ON UNITED STATES.
For the United States the Russian collapse may have an
immediate and direct bearing. It will, if the German general
staff presses its advantage the release of additional German
forces to bolster up the western front, where American troops
are to be engaged.
The German line in the west has not been seriously im
paired at any point, officials here believe. It has been noted.
m fact, that the one strategic advantage gained in recent fight
ing was gained by the Germans.
Many officers here believe that when a small sector of the
British line in Belgium was overwhelmed, the Germans im
proved their weakest front materially. That view is based on
opinion that the only hope of decisive attainments for the allies
m the west lies in rolling up the German flank where it reaches
the sea in Belgium.
COULD CRUSH U-BOATS.
If that could be done, it is argued,
the U-boat bases ould be stamped
out and the only offensive instrument
of the Germans be eliminated entirely
or made ineffective.
It would require combined army
and navy operations, for it would be
necessary to force a landing behind
the German line and force the whole
right flank back from the sea as a re
sult. ' .
The price of such a victory against
the U-boats and German shore bat
teries probably would be appalling,
and there is nothing to indicate that
the effort is- being seriously consid
ered. Reports from France, official and
unofficial, so far as known, give no
cheering picture of ' what must be
done. There appears no doubt that
the allied line can stand against any
force Germany can bring against it.
Even the Russian disaster does not
affect that situation. But to gather
the necessary strength for a success
ful offensive will take time and ample I
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United States is to furnish the need
ed surplus of men, airplanes, muni
tions and food. - . 1
Need New Rail Lines.
The transport problems before the
United States both on land and sea
are constantly increasing in scope. It
seems certain now that whole railroad
systems will have to be set up in
France to give the American line the
flow of war materials and men that it
must have to press home an attack.
There is an old military rule that a
fortified position cannot be taken by
direct attack, but must be turned or
isolated. Some observers here say
the allied offensive has consisted only
of direct attacks against fortifications
stronger than any fort of former days,
in effect a fortified belt from the sea
to the Swiss border that is perhaps
more than one hundred miles wide.
It is the belief of some miliary
UNION LAWYERS
RETRACT CHARGE
AGAINST JUDGE
Withdraw Allegations of "Un
fairness" and Apologize;
Leslie and Two Others
to Hear Case.
FOOD CONTROL
BILL SENT TO
CONFERENCE
Committee is Instructed to Dis
agree to All Senate Amend
ments; Filibuster Started
by Mann Disappears.
Washington, July 25. The admin
istration food control bill was sent
to conference in the house today un
der a rule without a record vote. Op
position which developed yesterday
disappeared.
The house committee was instruct
ed by the rule only to disagree to all
senate amendments. Defeat of the
senate amendment to create a joint
congressional war expenditures (com
mittee, disapproved by the president,
was presaged by this action.
The figlt Against sending the bill
to conference without a separate vote
on the amendment to which the presi
dent objects, begun yesterday by Re
publje,aii Leader Mann, completely
flattened out.
Thirty-one republicans joined 133
oemocrats voting tor the previous
question on the rule, adoption of
which eliminated all debate, and only
101 republicans voted against it. Rep
resentative Randall of California, pro
hibitionist, was the only man on the
democratic side of the house to vote
with the 101 republicans.
On the motion to adopt the rule
democrats cast a solid affirmative vot6
and less than half a dozen negative
votes, all from the republican side of
the house, were cast. The conferees
wilj nieet tomorrow morning.
Five Are Killed by
Explosion on U. S,
Subsea at Cavite
COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN DIVISIONS IN
FRANCE General Sibert, who is in direct charge "of the
Pershing "Sammies' in France, in conversation with a French
officer. The general is at the left of the photograph.
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PETROGRAD NOW CONFIDENT
SHAKEN ARMIES WILL MAKE
STAND ON LAST YEAR'S LINE
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Disloyal Elements Will Be Removed From Front Ranks
and Their Positions Occupied By Fresh Reserves
That Can Be Depended Upon Teutons Not
Strong Enough to Make Extended
Offensive Campaign.
iGiEK. SXBJ&J2.T, IK FRANCE.
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Partly cloudy.
Temperatures at Onialia Yesterday.
. Hours. Dcg.
, I a a. m ir.
fj)b, usee;;
& 9 a. m , go
Xfl, 1 m 83
Sad r 1 m "
p. m 9
i P- m
fSS! 8 P. in 84
Comparathe F.oral Rerord.
19T7 1916 1911
Highest yesterday .. 90 9X 7?
Lowest yesterday .. 74 75 63
Mean temperature .. 82 S(i 70
Precipitation ....... 00 00 00
1914
94
75
f4
00
Temperatures and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
and compared with the past two years:
Normal temperature 77
Excess for the day &
Total deficiency since March 1 JOS
Normal precipitation 14 inch..
Deficiency for the day ,14 Juch
Total rainfall since March 1..1S.79 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1.71 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1915 7.83 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1915 .67 inch
Report From Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and Stata Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. T p. m. est. fall,
Cheyenne, cloudy 66 86 .18
Davenport, clear .86 80 .00
Denver, cloudy 82 90 .10
Des Moines, pt. cloudy.. 84 S8 ,00
Dodge City, clear 90 92 .00
Lander, clear 90 9ft .no
North Platte, clear ....90 94 .oo
Omaha, clear 86 90 ,00
uemo, clear 92 94 .00
Rapid City, pt. cloudy.. 92 94 oo
Salt Lake City, cloudy ..86 90 io:
Santa Fe, cloudy 80 86 .00
Sheridan, clear 88 90 .00
Sioux City, clear 86 90 ,o
Valentine, clear ...12 94 .00
"T" indicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
Affidavits in support of a motion
for a change ' of . venue were with
drawn and apologies made by counsel
for Omaha labor unions after Judge
Leslie, sitting in equity court, had
sharply rebuked attorneys and char
acterized as "shameful" allegations
that he was "biased and prejudiced"
against organized labor.
Arguments were made on the mo
tion for change of venue in the in
junction suit brought by Attorney
General Reed against Omaha unions
and the Business Men's association.
Attorneys for the unions alleged in
petitions anl affidavits that Judge
Leslie was "biased and prejudiced"
against union labor and asked the
case be sent to some other court and
tried before another judge.
AffidavitsvAre Read.
Affidavits signed by several union
men were read in court by Anson
Bigelow, chief counsel for the un
ions. These papers said "the sign
ers knew Judge Leslie and believed
him to be prejudiced against union
labor and in favor of the moneyed
classes."
Only a couple of men who signed
affidavits were in court.
"Where are they these men who
know me so well and who think I
am prejudiced against union labor?"
asked the judge.
He declared. the-allegations in the
affidavits as "false" and declared he
believed he men who signed them
did not know their contents.
"It is a shameful attack on the in
tegrity of the court," said Judge Les
lie from the bench.
The unions were represented at the
hearing by Attorney Bigelow and C.
N. Owens of Chicago, counsel for
the International Bricklayers' union.
Calls Other Judges.
Judge Leslie said, in view of the
attitude of the unions and their evi
dent belief that he was prejudiced,
he would call in two other district
court judges to sit with him when
the injunction case comes up for hear
ing. .
"I will still, however, have control
of the case. After what has transpired
it wouia appear as it l were intimi
dated if I asked some other judge to
near it aione.
iitf a a
ii attorneys naci come to me out
of court and said some of the union
men had the impression I was 'biased
and prejudiced,' I would gladly have
asked some other judge to hear it
and washed my .hands of the case.
"But open charges of that nature
make it necessary for me to defend
myself by keeping control of the case.
The presence of the other two judges
will do away with the 'biased and
prejudiced' charges, even though they
were witndrawn.
British Submarine C-34
Sunk by German Craft
Berlin, July 25. (Via London.)
The British submarine C-34 has been
sunk by a submarine, it was officially
announced today. The sole survivor
was taken prisoner.
Washington, July 2S. An explosion
yesterday on the submarine A-7 at
Cavite, Philippine islands, killed five
men and injured three of the officers
and crew.
The dead as reported today in offi
cial dispatches are:
Lieutenant Arnold Marcus; ma
chinist's mate, first class, H. H. Lang;
gunner's mate, .second class, O. Hope
well; chief electrician, J. M. Curry;
machinist's mate, K. A. Kunz.
Following are the injured:
Burns on the waist and arms, Chief
Electrician Scharlin; fireman, secqnd
class, A. M. Jacobs; machinist's mate,
second class, J. P. Hixon.
The explosion, from a preliminary
examination, appeared to be due to
the ignition of gas within the ship.
The cause of the ignition of the fumes
has not been reported.
Two Iowa Soldiers Killed
When Motor Car is Wrecked
Des Moines, la., July 25. Two sol
diers, members of the Iowa Field hos
pital, were killed here last night and
two were seriously injured when the
automobile in which they vere riding
struck the center post at the fair
grounds, where the National Guard
troops are stationed.
The dead men are:
CLARENCE BWANDER, 162G Twenty
eighth street, Des Moines.
UAX.E SETHERAND. Madrid, la.
Case Wickersham, 1168 Twelfth
street, Des Moines, la,, who was driv
ing, was so badly injured that he had
to be removed to a hospital, where
it was discovered that lie had sus
tamed broken ribs and -a dislocated
arm.
C. W. Adams of Mason City, la.,
was also removed to a hospital, with
his right leg broken. Both men will
recover.
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Twelve Big Gasoline
Tanks Are Exploded
Philadelphia. July 25. Fire at the
Atlantic Refining company which has
been burning since last midnight
spread suddenly to twelve gasoline
tanks this afternoon, causing them to
explode along with two naphtha tanks.
A number of men were injured. The
fire after the explosion spread to sev
eral buildings in the vicinity.
PREPARING FOR
MOBILIZATION
OF DRAFT ARMY
Large Number of ' Men Ex
pected " to Be Awaiting
Call to Colors by
August 1.
(By Associated Fress.)
Washington, July 25. Preparations
for actual mobilization of the national
armyvwent ahead' here today while
the local selection boards throughout
the country began summoning for
examination ' the men who will com
pose the force. . . .
It is believed that a considerable
number of men will be selected and
awaiting the call to the colors before.
August 1. The entire force will be
ready, with the exception probably of
a few disputed cases, by the time the
sixteen cantonments are ready early
in September.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
pointed out today that the local
boards actually are selection, not ex
emption boards. Their primary pur
pose he said, was to select from reg
istered men those qualified for mili
tary service. The men they turn away
after examination will be rejected
rather than exempted, because of phy
sical disability or dependents.
The Exemption Boards.
The exemption- boards proper as
the district boards, which haye power
to say whether the work a man is
doing at home will be, more impor
tant to the government than his serv
ices as a soldier.
Information reaching Washington
indicates that the selection boards are
taking the view of their work that
makes that name fitting for them.
They are bent on finding men for
the army in the shortestVossible lime.
When they certify any man to the
higher boards as held for service the
man becomesa soldier and subject to
soldier law.
It will be the duty of the provost
marshall general from that time on to
see that he complies with all army
orders affecting him and also to turn
him over to the army authorities when
he is called to the colors.
Guards in Service.
The entire National Guard of the
country, with the exception of troops
from California and the southwestern
states, was in the federal service to.
night under President Wilson's call.
The remaining units will be brought
in August 5, on which day the whole
force of probably 300.000 men will hr
drafted into the army of the United
States and will lose its status as mili
tia.
CAPT.DEMPSEYTO
BE MADE CHIEF OF
DETECTjVE FORCE
Commissioners Forecast that
Senior Captain Will" Be
Named as Successor of
Steve Maloney.
That Police Captain Dempsey will
be the successor of former Chief of
Detectives Maloney was the opinion
r . . .
oi a nuniDer ot commissioners yester
day. .
Police Commissioner Kugcl said
Dempsey was the logical man for the
place, as he was senior officer and had
shown by his work to be "best fitted
for the position."
Mayor Dahlman said from what he
knew Dempsey would be the next
chief of detectives. "lie has been on
the force a long time and has been a
credit to the department."
He said he had talked the matter
over with a number of commissioners
and that should Dempscy's name be
submitted by Chief Dunn he was pos
itive the vote would be unanimous for
his approval.
Qaptain.; Dempsey at present 1 has
charge of the notice force in his shift.
This is about fifty men. As chief of
detectives he will have from fourteen
to twenty men under him. The pay
for captain of police and chief of de
tectives is the same. It is pointed
out, however, that should Dempsey
be. given the detective job he would
have to work only days. As police
captain he alternates night and day
shifts with Captain Heitfeld. As
senior police officer Captain Dempsey
becomes chief of police in absence of
Chief of Police Dunn.
To suceed Dempsey, it is said, Andy
Patullo, now desk sergeant, is slated
for a captaincy. Two sergeants are
to be promoted from the ranks, one
to succeed Patullo and the other a
"beat" sergeant.
Either Sergeants Carrv or Sheehan
ot tlic south Klc, Commissioner Ku
gel said, would succeed Captain
Briggs, who joined the "Dandy Sixth"
Nebraska regiment.
"Of course." Kugel said, "whoever
is selectee, to fill Captain Briggs place
will have to step down when he conies
back."
Some time ago the city council
passed a resolution holding open jobs
ot employes who joined the eolers
BULLETINS.
Petrograd, July 25. The Russian guards corps, defending
Tarnopol, retreated, unpressed by the enemy, says the official
statement tonight, but the Probajensky and Semoszky regi
ments remained faithful and are fighting southeast of TarnapoL
In the streets of Stanislau there were stubborn bayonet en
gagements. The populace threw grenades on the retiring Rus
sian troops.
A report of the general staff of the Roumanian army re-i
ceived here today says:
"In the south Carpathians troops under General Rofoza
Averesco assumed the offensive and occupied the, villages of
Meresci and Volochany and captured several hundred prison
ers and nineteen guns, including some heavy "ones. We owe
this success to the skillful maneuvering and close co-operation
of the Roumanian and Russian forces, and also to the vigorous
activity of our allied artillery.
"The powerfully organized enemy line has been broken on
an extensive front. The bravery and devotion of the troop
was incomparable. Among other incidents-one battery lost its
entire personnel except seven men, who continued firing with
out cessation and finally silenced the enemy's fire. Lieutenant
General Stcherbatcheff (commander of the Russian forces in
Roumania) decorated all these men with the St. George'
cross.
Berlin, July 25 (Via London.) Russian troops, taking;
the offensive south of the Carpathians, penetrated the Austro
German lines. They were brought to a standstill, the war;
office reports, at the German protective position west of the
point of attack.
Berhn, July 25 (VI London.) The advance of the
Austro-German forces in eastern Galicia continues uninterrupt-
edly, the war office announces. Tarnopol has been captured
and the Germans are nearing Buczacz.
The statement also reoorts the
Nadyorna. Heavy artillery fighting is in progress in Roumania.
Emperor William watched the Germans repulse a Russian
attack from the plain of the Sereth, between Tornopol and
Trembowla.
WOMAN RISKS HER
LIFE TO SAVE DOX
WITH HER SAVINGS
r-
Rushes By Police and Firemen
and Braves Death to Res
cue Her Hoard Hidden
in Bam in Flames.
Battalion of Russian Women
Soldiers Under Fire First Time
Petrograd, July 25. The Russian
women's battalion raised by the twice
wounded girl officer, Vera Butchka
reff, was in action on the front at
Krevo yesterday 'for the first rim
They are reported to have been suc
cessful, although the battalion suf
fered some losses, the extent of wliirh
is not yet known. The Novoe Vreyma
correspondent at the front reports
that the women behaved in an pxi-m.
plary way, gaining the respect of the
men soldiers.
ccntly left for the front after a re
vie by M. Kerensky. Most of the
recruits are from the higher educa
tional academies or secondary
schools, with a few peasants, factory
girls and servants. Some married
women were accepted, but none who
had children.
Most of them ?re between 18 and
25 years old, of good physiuue. They
wear their hair short or have their
heads entirely shaved. The girls
carry the cavalry carbine, " which, is
five pounds lighter than the regular
armw rlfl. Tl,..
.IT -, ..i .1 , ,. . . i"iv, illljr wtlt UllliCU un-
omciai line ot the battalion ranerl tier tUm
by Madamoiselle Butchkarcfi. ft I o E the KoWnsfcv im " m
w w
The "Command of Death'' is the
Eggs Thirty Cents Per
Hundred Now in China
Harkl ye diners' of palatial hotels
and travelers of leisure. Hark! and
list to a tale of faraway China, the
land of mystery, which incidentally
revolutionizes the much touted high
cost ot living.
Again tne united Mates marines
are heard from, but this time in re
gards to 'eats- Let it be suffice to
say that they are living well, for
eggs are now selling there for 30
cents a hundredl
America's War Bill
Will Total Seventeen
Billions First Year
Washington, July 25.Americar8
war bill for the fiscal year will total
$17,000,000,000 Senator Smoot told
the senate today, instead of the
$14,226,000,000 he estimated yester
day, the increase resulting from an
additional $500,000,000 for the ship
ping board, $2,000,000,000 for the al-"
lies and $150,000,000 deficit in the
executive departments.
Running the risk of being inciner
ated in the fire that destroyed her
home and those of five neighbors,
Mrs. Alex Laso, 60 years old, rushed
by police officers and rescued a
strongbox full of money while fire
men combatte'd the flames.,
L. h Franklin and V. Jorgenson of
the Welfare board were on their way
to the Winspear Triangle at 10 o'clock
yesterday to serve papers on the
residents of that place ordering them
to vacate, as the city council had
passed an ordinance converting it into
a dump. When they reached the bank
overlooking the triangle they saw
the home of Frank Vcrebely burst
into flames. They turned in a fire
alarm at once, but before the depart
ment could reach the scene and ad
just the hose the homes of Alex Laso
and two neighbors, whose names
could not be secured, had also taken
fire.
Mrs. Laso Appears.
Mrs. Laso was not to be found and
Mr. Laso was called from his work
in the Union f'acihe shops. Arter
the fire had burned for some time
Mrs. Laso was seen running down
the railroad tracks toward her home.
Brushing by 'police officers, she un
locked the door of her barn, which
was already half destroyed, and, en
tering, emerged in a minute with the
tin box tucked safely under her arm.
The property was a total loss to
the owners. Great difficulty was En
countered by the firemen in reaching
the place, as the closest water main
required a line hose 1,000 feet long
to be of any assistance.
Mrs. Laso would not reveal how
much money wasin the box, but it
was heavy, and she said it was full.
Iowa Farmer is Killed By
His Eighteen-Year-Old Son
Odebolt, la.. July 25. Tohn Zeitr-
ham, jr., a Sac county farmer, was
killed yesterday by his son, Leo, aged
18, after the father, it is alleged, had
beaten his mother. The shooting oc
curred on the Zeigham home, five
miles southeast of here, in the nres-
encc of other members of the -family.
The lad picked up a rifle and fired a
bullet into his father's bodv. The
after staggered from the sitting room
into the kitchen and fell dead. The
boy fled and officers arc unable to find
any trace of him, s
$ ARMIES STILL IN RETREAT.
(By Aumlatd Press.)
Russia's shaken armies in Galica
are still in retreat, which bids fair not
to end until they reach approximately
the line occupied by them last year,
before General Brusiloff began his big
offensive. 1
Despite this extensive retreat, cover
ing virtually all the front between the
north Galicia border and the Carpath
ian foothills, the tone of both official
and unofficial dispatches from Petro.
grad shows confidence that the dis
organization in the army will be ade
quately dealt with and a firm front
again presented to the enemy. '
Petrograd shows confidence that the
disorganization in the army will be,
adequately dealt with and a firm front
again presented to the enemy.
Germans Lack Men.
For one thing, the Germans by their
own admission have not the men to
spare to prosecute a sustained offen
sive on a large scale on the eastern
front. The British and the French
are keeping them too busy and they
are too apprehensive of some evtra
forceful stroke in the west to transfer
any great number of troops from the
Franco-Belgian war area.
For another, the Russians have big
reserves of men, and Premier Keren
sky, with the vast powers now in his
hands, will find it possible, it is be.
lieved, to weed out the disloyal ele ments
rapidly from the front ranks
and replace them with the hosts of
dependable troops which Russia still'
possesses.
Halicz is Threatened.
Petrograd, July 25. The present
line of the southwestern front is ap
proximately that occupied after Gen
eral Brusiloff's drive last summer,1,
except near Tarnopol, where the
enemy succeeded in pushing further
into Russian territory. The fate of
the latter town was virtually tleciderf
with the Germans holding the suburb
just across the Sereth river, within
easy gun range.
The Germans chose the junction
point of the Seventh and Eleventh ar
mies for beginning their offensive, the. -first
blow being struck between Zbor
off and Pebako on a twenty-mils
front.
Without great effort, as is admitted '
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