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PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS OF
MEN CALLED FOR DRAFT ARMY
COMPLETED LAST NIGHT
All
of Twenty-eight Hundred Men Summoned From
Douglas County on First Call Finished Their
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' Tests Yesterday; Start to Ferrit Out
the Slackers This Morning.
J he physical examinations of the men that were sum
moned into Uncle Sam's great draft army were finished Wed
nesday night. No more will Judge Foster, C. C. Redwood, W.
G. Ure and the many others on the boards come trooping
down at six o'clock in the morning, to put the men through their
tests which will send them to war or leave them at home.
The work will be started todayO
to hunt down the men that have not
appeared ' for their examinations.
These me nhave attempted to evade
the draft and are slackers, the same
as if they had not registered.
Over fifty of the nqtices sent out
in the Third district have been re
turned. These notices were sent to
the address that the registered man
gave as his. home, but the men could
not be found there.
"It is hard to say whether this is
an attempt t6 evade the draft or not,"
said C. C. Redwood, the chairman.
"No doubt lots of them are still wait
ing for the notices and wondering
why they do not arrive."
Several men have gone to their
boards to find out why they were not
notified and in most every case the
notice had been returned because the
address could not be found. Some of
them had' moved to other localities
and failed to give their new address.
The men, though, that are attempt
ing to get out of service will be dealt
with harshly. They will be hunted
down and if found will be given the
limit of the law under General Crow
ier's proclamation.
Men from other places who have ap
plied here for examination and trans
fers have been- sent from their reg
istering station will be examined after
all of ihe Omaha quota is disposed
of, probabjy dii Thursday.
Big Night in'Fifth. - V
The big night in the Fifth came
on Tuesday, when all of the negroes
were examined. Over fifty were pres
ent and all wanted to claim mat tie
was the best man in the crowd.
Thomas D. McCulloch, drawn on
the first draft number, was among the
number present and passed a very
good examination.
McCulloch tried to join the regulars
a few days ago, but was unable to
get in because of being colored. He
has filed no claims for exemption yet
and probably will not. as he would
like to dee the front. His mother and
father are dependent on him, however,
and they will probably file the pa
pers in his behalf.
This is the fifth Omaha man drawn
on the first number to pass his physi
cal examination, none having failed.
The -sixth man is in New York with
a shipment of horses for the govern
ment. Bluff Fails to Work.
One man in the' Sixth complained
that lie, could not see out of one eye.
The doctor did everything possible,
hut only about two lines of letters
:ould be discerned.
The man was sent into Omaha to
see an eye specialist. An apparatus
was put on his eyes that it seems to
the wearer that he is looking through
both eyes, but the fact is that he is
only looking through one at a time.
The doctor would shift this and the
(Contlnned on rase Two, Column Two.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Thursday, general
ly fair; cooler southeast and warmer
, northwest portions.
For Iowa Thursday generally fair;
cooler south portion.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
'Hour. Deff.
E a. m 62
6 a. m 62
- 7 a. m.... 64
S a. m 6t
9 a. n..... 67
10 a. m.. 71
11 a. m 74
12 m 78
1 p. m SO
! p. m SO
.1 p. m 82
4 p. m 80
5 p. m 78
6 p. m 74
7 p. m 73
S p. m 69
Loral Hecord.
1817. 1916. 191B. 1914.
82 89 84 97
. 62 6S 64 77
Comparative
Highest yesterday
Lowest yesterday
Mean temperature . . 73
Precipitation T
78 74 87
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Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 78
Deficiency for the day 4
Total deficiency since March 1 148
Normal precipitation 13 inch
Deficiency for the day 13 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. , .18.18 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1.07 inches
deficiency for cor. period. 1918.. 8.55 inches
Sxcess for cor. period, 1915 63 Inch
Reports from Stations at 1 P. M.
station and Stae Temp. High- Raln-
oi Weather. 7 p. m,
Cheyenne, part cloudy. 62
Davenport, aloudy .... 74
Denver, cloudy 76
Des Moines, cloudy .... 74
Dodge city, celar H
Lander, part cloudy.... 74
North Platte, pt. cloudy 66
Omaha, cloudy 72
Pueblo, clear 90
Oapid City, clear 62
ialt Xka City, clear.. 90
Santa re, pt cloudy... 8!
Sheridan, clear 62
Sioux City, cloudy 64
Valentine, cloudy ...... 63
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APPROXIMATE LIST OF
THE EXAMINED MEN.
Ex- Re
District amined. Passed, jected.
First 327 211 116
Second 256 219 37
Third 374
Fourth 523 422 101
Fifth 317 276 41
Sixth 275 208 67
Total 2,072 1,336 362
35,000 PERSONS
SEE IRON STEEDS
PLOW JN FIELDS
One Hundred and Twenty-Five
Tractors at Fremont Demon
strate Latest Methods
in Farming.
A crowd estimated at 35,000 persons
visited the tractor grounds at Fre
mont, yesterday to witness the first
official demonstration of the iron
steeds.
One hundred and twenty-five ma
chines were in the field for five hours,
the signal to start being given at 10
a. m. Owing to the muddy roads!
following the rains of Monday a
score of the tractors failed to erach
thefields where the plowing was done
in time to start the schedule.
Four hundred acres of stubble land
were converted into plowed fields
ready for seeding.
Tractors of all types from the mam
moth moguls pulling a dozen bottoms
to the smaller machines with only
two plows attached were in action.
Interested groups of farmers fol
lowed the tractors across the fields
comparing the work of the respective
machines. Visitors from all over Ne
b raska, Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota,
Colorado, Wyoming and other states
are in Frenienot to see the steel
steeds perform. Many farmers have
driven for long distances with their
families and are spending the week
at the tractor shows.
In attendance at the shows are
representatives of. a number of for
eign governments, including England,
France, Russia, Mexico and other
countries. The foreigners are sent
here to study the various types of
tractors with a view to making pur
chases for their government::.
They bring the information that the
allies look to American implement
dealers to furnish the farm machinery
that will be needed to produce the
food to feed the soldiers engaged in
this gigantic war.
All countries represented will make
a big increase, in the amount of laud
devoted to raising food crops next
year and, as the man power is de
creased materially by war, machine
power is looked upon as the; solution
to the problem.
Among the representatives of for
eign governments in atendance at the
show are Lieutenant Paul Mittaine,
head of the auto and public works de
partment of the French Purchasing
commission; General Baldwin of the,
technical department of the Russian
government, and sveral army officers
and engineers; . L. Kennedy, Mexico
City; Blake Ozias, manager fo'r F. S.
Bennett, limited, London; D. J. John
ston, Toronto. Can.
Railroads May Isjue Passes
To Employes Bound for War
Washington, Aug. 8. Railroads
may grant passes to families of em
ployes who have' joined the army or
navy and are regarded by the rail
roads as absent on leave. A ruling to
this effect has been made by the In
terstate Commerce commission.
9 Frisco Lawyer Arrested on Anti
Draft Charge While Talking Peace
San Francisco, Aug. 8. Daniel
O'Connell, an attorney, was arrested"
here late today on a federal warrant
charging resistance of the draft law.
The warrant was served while he
was addressing a meeting of the
"American conference for. democracy
and terms of peace."
.Many of the 200 persons, at the
International
SELECTIONS FOR
SECOND RESERVE
TOBEREADYSOON
Captain Byrode Has Nearly
Completed Examinations for
Second List for Reserve
Officers' Camp.
Examination of 1,400 men of Ne
braska, who would be reserve officers,
is the task now nearing completion by
Captain Byrode, of the United States
army.
Since June IS, Captain 'Byrode and
his assistants have been hard at work
out at Fort Crook selecting the 200
men who will furnish 'Nebraska's
quota of reserves for the second of
ficers' training camp at Fort Snelling.
The board has been swamped with ap
plications, so many of which are
worthy that the final choice has been
difficult.
An applicant for the officers' reserve
camp must, first of all, pasj a search
ing physical test. Even more than
the men under him, the officer must
be souna in nerves and body. He
must reach high educational stand
ards, usually having a college educa
tion or its equivalent. Lastly, he
must furnish strong evidence of his
ability to handle men. All the evi
dence presented by the 1,400 men
who have applied to Captain Byrode
has been carefully weighed hy him,
making, with the examinations' he
himself gives them and the physical
tests, no small task.
The complete list of the accepted
applicants from Nebraska will be
ready in a few days.
Italian Suspect Captured
In Des Moines Murder Case
Des Moines, la., Aug. 8. Pasquale
Tarrarico, employed on the fruit farm
of Tony LeFreda, has been today
taken into custody by officers in con
nection with the investigation of the
murder of Frank Oliverio, an Italian.
The officers believe that Tallarico
knows who the murderer is if he is
not implicated in its himself. Officers
state that they have information to
the effect that Oliverio -received sev
eral black hand letters before his
death.
Suspected Murderer is
Trailed West to Montana
La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 8. The trail
of Theodore Edwin Hauge, alleged
murderer of Mrs. Cora Miller, led
to somewhere in Montana today.
Hauge disappeared before the body
of the woman was found in the base
ment of the house he occupied. He
is believed to have gone west.
meeting hissed the officer who made
the arrest.
Former United States Senator John
D. Works of Los Angeles, who was
among other prominent persons in
the audience, which included Dr. Da
vid Star Jordan, arose and said:
"This arrest is a disgrace to the
American' people and made for the
purpose of intimidating thinking peo-plr
BIG HAIL STORM
RUINS CROPS IN
CENTEROF STATE
York, Filmore and Polk Coun
ties Swept by Hail That
Levels Fields of
, Corn.
The most disastrous hailstorm of
the state's history visited York and
Fillmore counties late today.
. Wire communication with Exeter,
Neb., where a cyclone has been ru
mored, is completely demoralized.
Reports from York, Neb., say the
hailstorm came up suddently from
the northwest and swept south down
through Fillmore county, levelling
growing crops. Trie north windows
of practically every building in the
city were broken, while tin roofs were
punctured full of holes. The tile roofs
of the United States postoffice and
court house were also badly damaged
at York.
The extent of the cyclone rumored
at Exeter is unknown. The storm,
which passed through YorJ county
about 2 o'clock, will cost farmers of
that vicinity many thousands of dol
lars in growing grain crops.
Efforts to reach Exeter by tele
phone were futile.
Fillmore counties late yesterday.
The hail storm came up suddenly
northwest of York and swept south
down through Fillmore county, level
ling gpgwing crops. The north win
dows of practically every building in
the city were broken, while tin roofs
were punctured lull ot holes. Ihe
tile roofs of the United States post
office and court house were also bad
ly damaged at York.
Intensity of Tornado.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 8. A storm
reaching the intensity of a tornado
shortly after noon today swept cen
tral Nebraska, doing thousands of
dollars worth of damage to growing
crops and property. Exeter, York
and Charleston were in the path of
the storm and suffered the heaviest
damage, according to meager reports.
Wires all through the section are
down and communication with the
towns in the storm belt was cut off
during the afternoon.- 5
Hail is said to have beaten down
crops in the path of the storm and
broken many windows, while the ac
companing wind toppled over a num
ber of windmill towers.
Exeter Is Wrecked.
Friend, Aug. 8. (Special Tele
gramsExeter was struck by a hail
and wind storm at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The Catholic church had one
end blown in and the steeple badly
wrecked, one elevator has an end
blown in and its roof off, the post
office building is somewhat damaged
and one grocery store ynd several
residences are damaged. The hail did
damage to the tin and rubberoid
roofs and practically every window
(Continued on Paae Two, Column Four.)
Street Car Men Strike
At Kansas City Today
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8. A partial
tie up of the street car lines of this
city and Kansas City, Kan., was
caused today by a strike called by
operating employes who announced
they were seeking the right to or
ganize and to obtain the reinstate
ment of several discharged employes.
Army Tests in West Foreshadow
Success of Uncle Sam's Program
to Enter Germany by Air Route
Portentous Moves Toward the
Perfection of Air War Machine
These facts loom big in the war program of the United States for
the invasion of Germany by the air:
Congress has passed the War department bill appropriating $640,
000,000 for the -construction of 22,000 aeroplanes.
By the same measure the personnel of the aviation section of the
army is increased to 110,000 men.
Experiments on the Pacific coast with giant aeroplanes have reached
a state of perfection enabling experts to fly from San Francisco to Salt
Lake, a distance of 1,500 miles, at terrific speed.
One source of information claiming to have details of the operation
of these planes asserts that the trip between the two cities is being cov
ered in five hours.
The remarkable feature of either is the ability of air craft to cross
high mountain ranges and make the long trip with apparent ease and cer
tainty. In addition to all this the Navy department plans the construction
of an aeroplane plant at League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, to cost
$1,000,000 and to be completed within 100 days.
L
RUSS REPUBLIC
IS SURE TO COME,
DECLARES ROOT
Head of U. S. Mission Says
Internal Situation Is Clearing
and That Freedom and
Order Will Prevail.
Washington, Aug. 8. A Russian re
public is certain to result from the
situation is that country in the opin
ion of Elihu Root, head of the Ameri
can mission, which returned here to
day from its three months' visit to
report to President Wilson. In Mr.
Root's opinion only through the over
whelming of the country by German
armies, making impossible further de
velopment in the formation of the
new government? ., can prtvent the
erection of the Russian republic.
. Situation Developing Rapidly.
Internal difficulties are being over
come and the process of crystalization
is going on r.pidly; the extreme ele
ments which threatened serious trou
ble have bee-i brought under control
and, given due opportunity and time
and such assistance as America can
render in material and moral support,
u. Mr. Roots opinion, the Russian
republic Is a certainty.
"The extreme element, that favor
in,; the destruction of afl property,
haa been gotten under control, said
Mr. Root. "In fact, it had practi
cally been driven out of its tempo
rary ascendency before the commis
sion left Petrograd. I believe its ex
clusion is permanent and that it can
not regain control against the forces
of law and order."
Radicals Under Control.
"WTe took a long time to form this
government of the United States of
America," said Mr. Root, adding with
a smile, "and I judge from the news
papers that we have not yet perfected
it and that a good deal remains to be
done. It will take some time for
the new Russian government to take
form, though it is a fact that in the
short period of its existence remarks
able progress has been made in that
direction. It cannot be said that the
bottom has been struck, but the pros
pects certainly are bright."
Moral Support Needed.
America's part in the re-organization
of Russia, Mr. Root said,, already
has been indicated. What is needed
are moral support; railways, mate
rials, money and expert help in the
development of industries.
Evidently Mr. Root had no fear of
repudiation by Russia of her financial
obligations, for he called attention to
the fact that so far as Russian cur
rency is concerned at present, it is in
no worse condition than was the pa
per money of the federal government
in the United States during the Civil
war.
Russians Continue to
Retreat Before Teutons
London, Aug. 8. The jiewspaper
Novoye Vremya of Petrograd re
ports that the Russians have evacu
ated Proskurov, in Podolia, on the
Bug river, as well as Kamenetz-Pod-dolsk,
fifty-three miles south.
Kamenctz-Podolsk is the capital of
Podolia. on the Smotritch, an affluent
of the Dniester. Under the Poles it
was an important fortress. Its popu
lation is 34,500.
Proskurov is on the main road from
Kamenetz-Podolsk in the same prov
ince. It is an important garrison
town and has a population of 23,000.
Next American Force
May Go to Russia
Washington, Aug. 8. Predictions
that the next American troops to go
abroad will be sent to strengthen the
Russian lines, was made in the senate
today by Senator Lewis of Illinois,
"The next legions of our men to go
forth," said he, "will be to Russia to
support the loyal Russian armies now
fighting under the principles of our
making.
"To these shattered but struggling
people we must go with food and
supplies and also with our men.'1
TEUTONSOCIALIST
DEMANDS REFORM
OF GOVERNMENT
Scheidemann Declares Chan
cellor Michaelis Rule Must
Give Way to More Demo
cratic Leadership.
BULLETIN.
Amsterdam, Aug. 8. Philip
Scheidemann, socialist member of
the German Reichstag, in a speech
delivered at Mannheim, Baden, be
fore 6,000 people, demanded in the
interest of peace the speedy substi
tution for the present government
of Chancellor Michaelis of a gov
ernment really representing the will
of the German people.
(Auudatfid fitn Mar Bumntary.)
Troops of the German crown prince
last night launched attacks on the
French positions east of Vauxillon
and west of the Californie plateau, in
the Aisne region. The official state
ment issued today by the French war
office says that all the attacks were
repulsed.
German raids north of St. Mihiel,
m me veraun sector, ana m upper
Alsace, were checked by the French
fire.
On the greater part of the Aisne
front, the statement adds, there was
a heavy mutual artillery tire.
British forces, after artillery bctm
bardment of drumfire intensity last
night, pressed forward from Nieu
port, on the coastal sector of the
Belgian front, but were driven back
after hand to hand fighting, it was
officially announced. The artillery
activity in Flanders increased during
the night.
Repeated strong entente attacks be
tween Draibank and Frezenberg,
northeast of Ypres, were repulsed by
the Germans.
German artillery last night began
an, active bombardment of the Brit
ish front in Belgium to the east and
north of Ypres, British troops dur
ing the night raided the Teuton
trenches near Lombaertzyde and re
turned with some prisoners and a ma
chine gun.
Davis Nominated for ,
Governor of Virginia
Richmond, Va., Aug. 8. With only
one-fourth of the state still to be
heard from in yesterday's democratic
primary, jndications early today were
that West Moreland Davis of London
county would win the nomination for
governor of Virginia. Returns from
three-fourths of the state showed that
Davis, with 20,341 votes, was then
leading his nearest opponent, J. Tay
lor Ellyson of Richmond, by about'
5,000 votes.
7 Months in 1917
Comparative Advertising Record
(Warfield Agency Measurement!
The Bee First in Gains
Paid Display. Advertising in Inches
Bee. World-Herald. News.
1916 175,213 V- .222,122 172,845
1917 190,217Vo 207,49712' 180,564
The Bee's Gain 15,004 Inches
v World-Herald's Loss . 14,624i2 Inches
News' Gain 7,719 "inches
Bee's Gain on World-Herald
Bee's Gain on News
Keep Your Eye on The Bee
Improving Every Day
New Aircraft, Three Times the
Size of Any Ever Used in
United States, Fly at
Comet Speed.
United States army aeroplane ex
perts are flying nightly from San
Francisco to Salt Lake City in giant
craft that travel with the velocity of
comets, according to information
given to The Bee by person wh
have seen the planes.
Plant for the development of a
great fleet of heavier than air ma
chines with which to begin the in
vasion of Germany and the central
powers are said to have been per
fected to a poin'. that enables birdmen
to make the trip in five hours.
Whether this means one way or the
round trip is not known. One source
of information declared the voyage
from San Fra.-.isco to Salt Lake City
and return, 1,500 milts,' is being made
regularly in five hours.
"SPEED OF COMETS.
The presumption is this refers to
the one-way trip between the two '
cities and would mean a rate of 160
miles an hour.
The planes are said to be at least
three times the size of any other heav
ier than air machines ever used in
the United States.
Each js equipped with tank capac
ity for gasoline sufficient to enable
the machine to travel the entire dis
tance without landing. Economy of
consumption is said to be one of the
main features of the new type of
plane being developed.
Experts working on the machines
are said to be confident that they have v
developed a war craft that will be
able to fly from allied territory -beyond
the German border to Berlin
and make the return in sajety.
Army and Navy Co-operation.
Trial trips in the western states
have encouraged the War department
to believe that its huge plan for the
invasion of the central powers can
be successfully carried out.
This in turn has given the Navy de
partment inspiration to begin the con
struction of a great aeroplane factory
at League Island navy yard, Philadel
phia, at a cost of $1,000,000. Secre
try Josephus Daniels announced last
night that the factory would be com
pleted within 100 days.
Co-operation between the army and
navy in the proposed air invasion of
Germany and its allies is foreshad
owed in the announcement by the
head of the Navy department.
Though the utmost secrecy sur
rounds the flights of the new craft
in the west they are the talk of th
country over which they pass.
Flash in the Sky.
People hear a distant whirr fron
the skies, see a speeding flash o
hazy lights like the tail of a comet '
and realize that the colossal, mys
terious machine birds of the nighf
have swept across the heavens again
When the monsters" first flew over
Ogden, Utah, observers supposed they
were dirigibles because of their great
size, but finally were convinced tht
lighter than air machines could not
attain such terrific speed. . .
Other observers feared they were
hostile aircraft and one United States
attorney reported these fears to
Washington,
S&ond Liberty Loan to Be
Called on September Fifteen.
New York, Aug. 8. Preparation?,
for the floating of the second Libertj
loan to be offered to the public som
time early imthe fall were begun her
today by the general loan commit
tee of the second federal reserve dis
trict. Although the date the second loan
will be offered to the public and the
rate of interest it will bear have not
been definitely decided upon, it was
said it would be about September ,U
and not October 15, as at first re
ported.
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