IE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1917.
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.TEUTONS RUSH WORK ON NEW
MONSTER DIVER WITH WHICH
TO OVERWHELM AMERICANS
Declare Allies' Wholesale Sinking of Subs Strikes Terror
to Hearts of German Crews Britain's Sea Lord
Says Menace Held, But Not Mastered ;
Pleads for Ships.
By ARTHUR DRAPER.
(Staff Correspondent New York Tribune.)
London, Dec. 14. (Special Cablegram to Tbe Bee.)
Germany is rushing completion of monster U-boats with which
to shell American coast cities. Information here it that the
Teutons have a model which they think will effectually combat
anything American ingenuity has yet devised. The present
German output is 10 submarines weekly. x
It is reported that the allies' wholesale sinking of U-boats
is wrecking the morale of German crews.
mrnon ptitnp to fnr r . .
(By Associated Press.)
99 Per Cent of German
People Crave Peace
London, Dec.14. Phillip Scheide
mann, leader of tbe German social
ists, either is at Stockholm, or is
on his way theYe and Pan-German
newspapers ask what he is going
there for, according to an Exchange
dispatch from Copenhagen. In re
ply Vorwaerts, the socialist organ,
says that Herr Scheidemann is
working for what "99 per cent of
the German people want, namely,
peace."
London, Dec. 14.--"A vast exten
'ion of our ship building facilities is
necessary if we are successfully to
counter the enemy's submarine depre
dations," said Sir Eric Geddes, first
lord of the admiralty, in the House of
Commons today in a speech appeal
ing for men to meet the requirements
pi the government's ship repairing
and ship building program.
. SMASHES ALL RECORDS.
' After giving figures of the progress
already made, showing that the con-J
eiruction oi mecnantmen tor tnis year
would be as great as that of the rec
V ford year of 1913, and in all classes of
shipping 18 per cent, higher than in
1913, if the October and November
records were kept up, he said that
this program would be greatly in
creased next year. Private yards had
been authorized to increase their ac
commodations by 45 berths while the
new national shipyards on the Severn
would provide 34 berths.
"The demands on our merchant
shipping," continued the first lord,
"are greater than they have ever been.
The submarine menace is, in my opin
ion, held, but not yet mastered. Our
ship building is not yet replacing our
losses. I deprecate , drawing deduo
tions from the experience of one week
or a month, be it good or bad. It is
i the general curve which we must
watch.
"I have studied the general curve
. since JNovember 1, when 1 made my
v first statement and the downward
trend of the mercantile losses both of
ourselves and our allies continues
satisfactorily. The upward curve of
merchant ship building has also con
tinued satisfactorily and will un
doubtedly be maintained. The upward
curve of the destruction of enemy
submarines has continued equally
satisfactorily and I have no reason to
doubt that those curves will continue
gradually to improve.
Must Release Tonnage.
"If the. country will only-economize
and limit consumption so as to re
strict the use of tonnage and set the
ships free for more urgent uses in
connection with the "military neces
sities and the maintenances of the
civil population of ourselves and our
allies; if, following the tradition of
our race, we put forth all our power
i and relax no effort to defeat the sub
marine, then the war can only end in
, ,- victory. But we must have ships,
f f more ships and still more ships, and
now I wsnt men to build them,
j '"Our plans are laid. We have got
'the steel, and I want the men. Unless
I have entirely mistaken the spirit of
the country, we will have a response
. which will demonstrate to the world
that our grip tightens as the great
struggle continues."
10,000 "Jackies" at Great
Lakes Get Real Holiday
Chicago, Dec. 14. A five days' holi
day at home either at Christmas or
New Year's for every one of the 20,
000 jackies at the Great Lakes naval
training station was promised tonight
by Captain William P. Moffett, com
mandant The five days will be grant
j ed in addition to whatever travel
time is necessary to complete their
. arrangements.
Half the men will be drawn for the
Christmas hdliday and the other 10,
000 will go immediately on the return
of the first contingent ,
. In addition to the unexpected leave
of absence, Captiin Moffett has ar
ranged that each of the men will leave
with a well filled purse. On the last
payday, a part of each man's earn
ings was wit'iheld and this added to
the regular pay day, which will be
advanced to just before the holiday
leave, will insure each one sufficient
funds properly to enjoy the furlough.
For the 10,000 who will be at the
station at Christmas, a great Christ
mas party is being planned.
Suspect Man Serving Life
. Sentence Is Not Guilty
Albion, N. Y., Dec. tf. Erwin
King was arrested today charged with
murder in the first degree on infor
k mation by C. E. Waite, an assistant
' attorney general of the state. King is
accused by Mr. Waite of the murder
of Charles Phelps and Margaret Wol
cott, for which Charles F. Stielovv,
seven times granted a stay of execu
tion by Governor Whitman, is serv
ing a life sentence.
Justice Dudley directed a plea of
not guilty. King was then taken be
fore the grand jury, which is investi
gating the Phelps murder pd the cir
cumstances leading to the conviction
of Stielow and his nephew, Nelson
Green. King was before the jury all
afternoon. "I'll tell them everything,"
the horse trader and peddler said, as
he walked into the room. No indict
ment has been reported.
. Socfalists Cast Seventy-Eight
. Per Cent of 'Vote of Leipsic
Stockholm, Dec. 14. The socialists
polled 78 per cent of the total vote
mythe recent municipal elections at
LSipsic, according to the report pub
lished by the Berlin Vorwaerts. This
represents a 5 per cent increase over
the last previous election.
The independent socialists polled
k nearly 64 per cent of the total so-
ciahst vote.
HALIFAX RILED
AT SPY RUMORS
AFLOATIN TOWN
Investigate. German Suspect
Who Appeared to Be Sham
ming Illness in Massachu
setts Relief Hospital.
(By Associated Press.)
Halifax, Dec,, 14. John Johansen,
helmsman on the Norwegian steamer
Imo, the Belgian relief 'ship, whose
collision with the ammunition steam
er Mont Blanc, caused an explosion
last Thursday, was detained as a Ger
man spy suspect today. He was turn
ed over to the military authorities
by officials of the Massachusetts re
lief hospital,, where he has been un
der treatment.
One of the nurses at the hospital,
a young woman from New York,
whose name was not revealed, yester
day noticed that her patient was act
ing queerly and that he did not seem
to be wounded. Physicians examined
the man and the conclusion was
reached that he was shamming ill
ness. Later, it was said, Johansen
offered a nurse $50 if she would go
out and buy him a newspaper, and it
was assumed he had in mind an at
tempt to escape in her -absence.
After that incident, a military guard
was placed on duly by his bed. The
provost guard was sent for today
and Johansen was locked up. ,
Spy Rumors Afloat.
In connection with the arrest, the
wildest spy rumors heard here since
the war began were spread broadcast.
These culminated in a report that
eight Germans had been shot at sun
rise. Military and naval authorities,
while acknowledging that the Johan
sen case was being thoroughly in
vestigated, declared the shooting
story was absurd.
Another pesistent story was that
a secret code in German had been
found on Johansen, and that a wireless
station had been unearthed in the
district destroyed by fire after the
explosion.
J. C'Burchall, counsel for the Imo
in the admiralty hearing on the col
lision of the vessels, said tonight
that the secret code story as far as
it i concerned Johansen was absolutely
without foundation. Johansen, Mr.
Burchall said, had been living in the
LTnited States 10 years, and as he
was anxious to return to his old home
in Norway he shipped on the lino.
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Fair Mail Carriers
Sour on Street Job
Chicago, Dec? 14. Four of the
original eight women who began
Tuesday a trial as letter carriers
have sent in their resignations, it
was announced tonight, and asked
for jobs in the mailing department
jnsteadof on thestreets. y
25,000 D.S. CANNON
NEEDEDiT ONCE
Illinois Congressman Urges
Immediate Transmission of
Big Guns,' in Monster War
Meeting in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 14. Snow
storms and cold weather delayed thl
arrival in Indianapolis, for the state
wide war conference of Vice Presi
dent Thomas R. Marshall, more than
six hours today. He was expected to
reach the city shortly after noon, but
did not arrive until 8 o'clock tonight.
He delivered an address tonight.
The conference is the first of a
series that will be held throughout
the country to bring directly to the
people, the workings of the various
war agencies and the need for co-operation
by the entire country in carry,
ing on the wart Other state confer
ences will follow rapidly.
""Cannon and coalition" were urged
as the necessary means of making
America's entrance into the war
genuinely ffective by Medill McCor
miclr, Congressman-at-large from
Illinois, this afternoon. , .
Mr, McCormick, told of his impres
sions gathered during the three
months he spent along the battle
lines of France and Italy and sum
med them up with the assertion that
"America must send men and sup
plies, but above all to win the war,
and. win it quickly, she must manu
facture and send with all possible dis
patch 25,000 laree. cannon."
The mass meeting was aroused to a
high pitch of patriotic fervor, by the
Great Lakes Naval training station
hand of more than 300 pieces, directed
by Lieutenant John Philip Sousa.
SHOT BY GUARDS
WHEN HE BALKS
ATARMYSERVICE
Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 14. Frank
Lehman, 28 years old, said to be a
draft evader, was brought here late
today by Captain, A. Harkins of the
local home guard, shot through both
legs as the result of a battle with
members of the home guard who had
gone to his ranch to arrest him for al
leged seditious utterances. His
brothers, Fred, 20 years old, and
Martin, 18, are under arrest and de
tained in the county jail.
Reports have reached here fre
quently of pro-German expressions
by Frank Lehman and today Cap
tain Harkins, with members of the
home guard, went to his home to ar
rest him. -They arrived at the house
and found his two brothers there un
armed. They were placed under ar
rest and told the guard that Frank
was in an abandoned house, which he
had fortified. They said he had 300
rounds of rifle ammunition, besides
several revolvers and a shotgun. Be
fore leaving for the deserted house,
his brothers said, he had taken a
quantity of food and fuel, declaring
he would not be taken alive and that
he would not serve in the national
army.
Captain Harkins surrounded the
house just as Lehman left by the rear
door. He did not obey the command
to halt and Captain Harkins fired,
the bullet passing through both legs.
The wounded man said he was try
ing to get out of range of the guards
men, where he could "pick them off
one by one with my rifle.'' Hospital
officials said he will recover.
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Discover 80 Cars of Coal
Awaiting Haul in Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.,.Dec 14. Inves
tigations by Federal District Attor
ney Bell have disclosed that there
are some 80 cars of coal in the rail
road yards here, awaiting movement
and that miners and mine operators
are working only three or four days
a week, because of a car shortage.
Mr. Bell would not say what action
he contemplated or what report if
any, he w'" make to the federal fuel
administration.
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THE food value of cocoa has
been Droven bv centuries
of use, and dietitians and phy-
enthusiastic in their endorse
ments of it. It is said to con
tain more nourishment than
beef, in a more readily assimi
lated form. The choice,how-
ever, should be a high-grade
cocoa, Baker's" of
coiirse.
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NEW YORK'S POOR
DYING FOR LACK
OF COAL IN HOMES
Deaths Increase Alarmingly as
Result of Shortage; Would
Cut Electric Signs to
Relieve Crisis.
(By Aftnoelatcd rress.)
New York, Dec. 14. Health and
market officials of New York City
took steps today to relieve the sick
and the poor from the serious effects
of the coal shortage. In a letter to Dr.
H. A. Garfield, federal fuel adminis
trator, Dr. Haven Emerson, head of
the department of health, appealed for
fuel to heat the homes of the sick,
who,, he said, were dying in increasing
numbers as a result of inadequate
supply of heat.
An appeal for the poor was made
by Dr. Henry Moskowitz, commis
sioner of public markets, who, in a
letter to Acting Mayor Frank L.
Bowling, said small dealers were
taking advantage of the shortage to
sell coal by indefinite measures and
weights at prices which would
amount to more than $30 a ton. Dr.
Moskowitz urged that the board has
a pending ordinance providing for
the sale of coal by weight only.
Illness Due to Cold.
Health Commissioner Emerson's
letter said the effect of the coal
shortage was city wide. Careful in
vestigation, he declared, established
that there "is a considerable and in
creasing amount of preventable dis
eases, due wholly or in part to the in
adequate provision of heat in the liv
room of the complainants." In addi
tion to the seasonal prevalence of
pneumonia, he said, there was an ex
cessive amount of ailments among
children which could be traced di
rectly to low temperatures in their
homes.
"As long as there are flaunted in
the face of the public the evidences
of wasteful expenditure of energy in
the fixed and moving electric signs,"
Dr. Emerson continued, "advertising
everything from chewing gum and
patent medicines hotel accommo
dations and classic music, it will be
impossible to convince the citizens
of New York- that all means have
yet been tried to obtain . for them
such assistance as they presume is
within your power to give. I realize
full well that the advertising signs
represent electric power generated by
the use of bituminous coal, a fuel
which cannot well be used for house
hold purposes. A reduction in the
amount of coal used for this pur
pose, however, would automatically
provide increased facilities for the
handling of anthracite coal."
i Sick Babies Suffer.
Dr. Emerson declart 1 that in the
baby health stations, to which the
needy apply for medical advice, "we
have found it impossible to provide
heat sufficient to permit of our ex
amining these children undressed,"
with the result that many mothers
have been compelled to return to
their homes with their sick children
untreated.
A plan to run solid train loads of
coal direct from the mines to desti
nations, was announced today by the
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Kaledine8 Opens
Bombardment of
East Russian City
Petrograd, Dec. 14. General Ka
ledines has begun hostilities and is
besieging the city of Rostov-On-the-Don,
according to a wireless
telegram received in Sebastopol
from Rostov. Within Rostov the
Bolsheviki troops have clashed with
the Cossacks who have destroyed
the Bolsheviki headquarters. The
transport Kolohida, manned by
Bolsheviki, is bombarding Kale
dine army.
A telegram received from Smolny
Institute, the Bolsheviki headquar
ters, says there have been riots in
Rostov, in which the Cossacks were
put down by the Bolsheviki in
fantry. The railway between Ros
tova and Schetterinka has been cut
and telegraph communication has -been
broken off.
Hostilities began Sunday and are
said to continue with heavy losses
on both sides. Sailors from Helsing
fors and several regiments from the
northern front have arrived in Petrograd.
Lehigh Valley Railroad company to
relieve New York and other large
cities. The first train load, made up
of 50 cars containing anthracite coal
of domestic sizes, arrived today at
Perth Amboy where it will be trans
ferred to barges for delivery in this
city and New England.
Announcement by a coal firm in
Long Island City today that . coal
would be sold to the poor in 100
pound lots for 50 cents, drew such
a throng hat it was necessary to
call police reserves to maintain order.
Men, women and children trundling
wheelbarrows, small wagons and
baby carriages and carrying bags
stormed the gates of the coal yard
and fought with one,another until
the police arranged them in lines.
More than 150 tons of coal were sold
in 100 pound lots.
. Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
Dismiss Forgery Charge So
Defendant May Join Army
New York, Dec. 14. C. Donald
Fox, plcadi'd guilty here today to a
charge f petty larceny in connection
with the army and navy bazar last
October, but an indictment against
him charginir forgery in the second
list in the ordnance department of
the United States army.
Counsel for Fox explained that lie
had applied for enlistment but that
unless the felony indictment were dis
posed of,' he would not be accepted.
The magistrate agreed to nuke this
disposition of the case and said that
when he was shown Fox actually had
entered the army he would suspend
degree was dismissed so he might en-1 sentence on the larceny charge.
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