Omaha Daily Bee
THE WEATHER
Fair
VOL. XLVII. NO. 264.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1918.
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CALIFORNIA IS HIT
BY SEVERE QUAKE;
3 LIVES ARE LOST
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Two Towns Are Completely
Los Angeles Panic and Two Killed at Hemet and v
San Jacinto; Many Injured by
Falling Walls.
BULLETIN.
San Jacinto, Cal., April 22. Another slight tremor was
felt here at 12:04 a. m., but caused no damage. Two other"
light shocks, barely perceptible, occurred during the evening.
(By Associated Press.)
Los Angeles, Cal., April 21. All of southern California
and part of western Arizona and Utah were shaken today at
3:32 p. m., by an earthquake which wrecked virtually all build
ings and residences in Hemet and San Jacinto, two inland towns
45 miles southeast of Riverside, Cal., caused minor property
damage in practically every town and city.
Frank E. Darnell of this city was trampled to death in a
panic at Santa Monica. A woman was injured by falling from a
second story window at San Jacinto and a number of persons
were injured there and elsewhere, none seriously. Three men
entombed in a magnesite tunnel near Hemet probably were
saved by fellow workers who drove an air shaft to them and
were expected to dig them out before morning.
QUAKE FELT EVERYWHERE 0
The severity of the shock seemed
greatest inland, but it was distinctly
apparent at nearly every point over
California south from a line from
Barstow to the coast and in some
parts of Arizona, although no dam
age was reported there.
In Los Angeles and vicinity the
damage was apparent mainly in
broken windows. Hundreds of large
' plate glass windows here were shat
tered. Several large buildings show
:d cracks or bulges, but the extent
of such damage to buildings could not
be definitely ascer -nned.
Homes all over southern Califor
nia' were shaken, dishes rattled, furni
ture moved and in many places the
shock was such as to cause the oc
cupants to vacate hastily.
In Arizona the shock was reported
to have extended as far east as
Seligman and Milford in Utah.
Two Lives Lost.
Hemet, Cal.. Aprfl 21. The towns
of Hemet and San Jacinto, which lies
north of here, about two miles on the
same branch of the Santa Fe railroad,
wereboth seriously damaged by a
severe earthquake shock Sit 3:30 p. m.
today. Every business house in
Hemet and in San Jacinto was laid
flat, but only two lives were lost.
The property damage here is esti
mated at $250,000 by merchants and
property owners who suffered the
most loss. The San Jacinto damage
was estimated at a like sum.
Many are Injured.
There was no disorder at either
town, the home guards having turned
out promptly and taken charge of the
policing while a hastily organized
force of citizens performed the same
service at San Jacinto.,
At both places persons sustained
slightNinjuries from flying glass and
falling brick, but owing to the fact
that the most damage occurred in the
business districts which were prac
tically deserted at that hour on Sun
day afternoon, the casualties were
negligible.
The only serious casualties in this
section were reported from a mag
nesite mine near Winchester where,
it was reported that two men were
entombed by falling earth and several
others Injured.
Near Famous Anniversary.
San Fransisco, Calif., April 21.
Today's earthquake in southern Cali
fornia came within three days of the
inniversary of an eartquake here
April 18, 1906, which," with a result
ant fire raged three days, destroyed
millions of dollars worth of property,
and cost scores of lives, the exact toll
! never having been ascertained. The
weather for the past week, as in the
year 1906, was abnormally warm and
balmy. This city felt none of today's
shake.
The Weather
For Nebraska Generally fair Mon
day and Tuesday, cooler Monday in
tast aud south portions.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. Vet.
5 a. m 35
a. m 36
7 a. m 38
8 a. m ; . . .. 40
9 a. ra 41
10 a. in 43
11 a. ra 45
12 m 48
1 p. Ill
2 p. m ,
3 p. m ,
4 p. m ,
5 p. m
6 P. in ,
7 p. ra V
50
51
52
55
56
60
64
Comparative Loral Record.
v- 1918 1917 1916
I.'iKhsst yesterday.... 64 76 58
Lowest yesterday.... 33 44 38
Moan temperature... 48 60 48
fTvcipitation T. .00 .00
1915
73
65
64
.00
Temperature and precipitation departures
1 -om the normal:
N'ornial temperature. . .................. S3
I xrfftii-ney for the day ; 6
Tonsil excess since March 1, 1917 317
Normal precipitation .10 Inch
Deficiency for the day 19 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 1.33 lncl
Deficiency since March 1 1.18 inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1917. .30 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. 1.25 inches
indicates traee of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH. Ueteorolofiaf-
Wrecked, One Man Killed in.
LOWE PRAISES
BRITISH SOLDIER
IN LIBERTY TALK
Pastor of First Methodist
Church Lauds Fighting Char
acter of English; What
Churches Do.
Private Peat, trench veteran, said
that the churches will have to "go
some" to keep up with the spiritual
ideals and the Christian sacrifices
of the soldiers "over theVe;" Omaha
churches have responded to his chal
lenge. More. than $100,000 worth of Liberty-Bonds
have been sold through
Omaha churches and "Liberty ser
mons" have been preached from prac
tically every pulpit in the city.
More than 2,000 persons crowded
into the First Methodist church Sun
day night to hear Rev. Titus Lowe
talk on the subject, "The Soul of the
British Soldier." His description of
the fearlessness and faith of the
British fighter was a picture to stir
mens' blood and could not fail of its
purpose to impress the hearers with
the fact that buying Liberty bonds
will help to uphold the highest ideals
in the world.
At the Parkdale Presbyterian
church the. Liberty' loan committee
Sunday reported that members had
subscribed to $3,000 worth of bonds.
Rev. R. W. Taylor is pastor.
. The First Congregational church
has set $20,000 as its quota.
Rev. D. E. Cleveland of Central
Park Congregational church is one of
the government's four-minute speak
ers and has been active in urging
members of his congregation to buy
"bonds liberally.
Rev. E. B. Taft of Grace Baptist
church was one of the leaders in or
ganizing the Liberty loan work of the
Omaha Ministerial union. He reports
that members of his congregation
have responded quickly to the call to
buy bonds and are almost 100 per
cent. .
California Quake Causes Much
Excitement; Freaks of Upheaval
(By Aiocistd Press.)
los Angeles, Calif., April 21. The
Los Angeles city hall stands two
inches from an adjacent building.
The tremor swayed them together
and crushed off brick and stone dust,
as well as grinding outside pipe into
the walls.
At the city jail, there was a panic
among the prisoners when glass
crashed from the upper windows.
Bricks fell from the cornice to the
street.
A meeting of the "Half Century
Club" was in progress at the old Nor
mal Center, in the heart of the city.
The chandeliers swayed about and a
panic was narrowly averted by the
band playing "My Country 'Tis of
Thee.
At Santa Monica, a seaside town
near here, a crowd was on the muni
cipal pier, which swayed perilously,
The Bath house at Santa Monica
canyon was also the scene of a panfc
when the building swayed and creak
ed. Feminine patrons emerged en
tirely unclothed and there was a mad
scramble, first to get away from the
dressing rooms and then to get back.
Several hundred pleasure seekers
on the Pedondo pier, which is a
trianglar structure with two road
ways to the shore, made a rush for
land when the nier began to sway
Leaders of Allied Annies at Reception
Given for General Pershing in Paris
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SUIIMIM
PERSHING AKT
Left to right General Foch, generalissimo of the allied armies; General Pershing, Ameri
can commander; Madame Joff re, General Joffre, hero of the Marne; General Dubail and son,
and General Peletier. '
IRISH TAKE VOW
TO RESIST ORDER
TO ENTER ARMY
Government Takes Over All
Utilities and Holds Control of
Railways in Erin by Way
of Precaution.
(Br Associated Press.)
Dublin, April 21. Throughout Ire
land the covenant to resist the impo
sition of conscription by all possible
means, has been administered by
priest and subscribed to in a quiet,
uneffusive manner by hundreds of
thousands of people. From every
Catholic pulpit conscription was the
subject of discourse, and the action
of the bishops and political leaders
was explained.
The assemblies where the pledge
was taken were generally outside the
churches.
Take Over Roads.
London, April 21. The military
authorities have taken over control
of the principal Irish railroads, the
postoffices and telephone exchanges,
according to the correspondent at
Cork of the Daily Chronicle. It is
added that the police on Saturday
removed all arms and ammunition
from gun smiths in Dublin, while it
is reported that some action was
taken throughout Ireland.
Number of Men.
The total men of military age in
Ireland was estimated to be 547,827
on October IS, 1916. Of this number
up to that datethere had enlisted
130,241. The number considered in
dispensable tor labor was 245,875.
After deducting physically unfit
there remained for th army 161,239.
U. S. OFFICIALS
PREDICT SMASH
OF GREAT POWER
Washington, April 21. Another
German thrust at the allied lines more
powerful than those that have gone,
before is looked for by the War de
partment's strategists if the present
drive at the channel port fails. The
department's Weekly Review tonight
says the enemy's enormous sacrifices
have been barren of primary results.
and several were slightly hurt in the
resulting crush.
At Long Beach several large' office
buildings were severely shaken and
numerous windows were broken while
dishes were shaken from plate, rails
and other minor damage done. There
were several small panics in public
meeting places.
The earthquake apparently was not
serious south as reports from Im
perial valley points said it had not
damaged any of the towns in that
part of the state, although it reached
there at 3:39 p. m.
Slight earthquake tremors were
felt at Phoenix, Ariz., about 4 o'clock
by persons in the upper stories of
buildings. The shaking of windows
and the swaying of transoms con
tinued during a period of 15 or 20
minutes. Two chimneys fell through
the roof of the Loma Linda Sani
tarium, between Redlands and San
Bernardino, during the earthquake,
injuring one patient and two em
ployes. The patient was Mrs. Mary
Scear of Chicago. She was said to
be seriously hurt. The employes
were struck by falling bricks as they
attempted to leave the building.
At a small station on the Southern
Pacific called Cabazon, a freight train
was derailed by the shock, 11 cars
leaving the tracks,
FKWCH XADEES
REV. TITUS LOWE SPEAKS TONIGHT
AT LIBERTY LOAN MASS MEETING
The biggest mass meeting of the Liberty loan campaign will be
held tonight in the Auditorium.
Rev. Titus Lowe of Omaha, just returned from the front, will speak
on "German Atrocities."
There will be music by the Council Bluffs Elks' quartet and the
41st infantry band.
JAP ENVOY SAYS
MEN WILL NOT BE
SENT TO FRANCE
Declares Friendship Between
United States and Nippon
. x Monarchy Now Being
. Proven by Trial.
(Br AsHorlnted Press.)
A Pacific Port, April 21. Viscount
Kikujiro Ishii, Japanese ambassador
to the United States, arrived here
today on his way'to Washington to
assume lis duties. He is accompan
ied by his wife, and K. Debucki,
secretary of the embassy.
"True friendship is only proven
upon trial, and the great extent of
the friendship existing between the
peoples of the Lfnited States and
japan has not been known until
now," was the keynote of Ambas
sador Ishii's address to the people of
this country, given shortly after his
arrival here.
"Japan is now doing its utmost to
put at the disposal of the United
States as much as it can of merchant
marine," said Viscount Ishii. "The
people of Jajfcin are now ready to
co-operate with he United States
in every way possible. When I re
turned from my mission to this
country and 'told my people of the
spirit of the reception given me, the
Japanese were much moved with
admiration.
Go Slow in Siberia.
"Regarding the Siberian question,
this developed since I left, and I can
not say just what moves have been
made. Japan is not prepared to take
any hasty step unless urgent. As
soon as it would be deemed neces
sary by all the allied powers to
enter Siberia or take some measures,
Japan would not hesitate to take
necessary steps. That is as soon as
it is the common desire of the allied
powers.
"The United States has supplied
vast quantities of munitions to Russia.
Japan also has furnished great sup
plies. "This Ms atl now in the docks
at Vladivostok. All the allies must
take steps to keep this from falling
into the hands of Germany. Foutuna
tely there has, been no means of
transport."
No Troops to France.
1 The ambassador was asked whether
Japan is planning to send troops to
France in view of the German drive
in the west front.
"From a tactical point of view it
is impossible to send Japanese troops
to France," he replied. "This is the
view of our military leaders. I am
not a military exeprt, but they have
told me this. Scientifically and
tactically we cannot. It is because
of thesdifferencc in climate, and food,
and the language.
"You send American troops to
France, and they can eat the foods
produced there. Japanese must have
Japanese food. Their food could not
sustain the long voyage and it would
be rendered useless' passing through
the tropics."
Paris School Hoys
Show Gratitude by
Adopting U. S. Child
Paris, April 21. School chil
dren in the 12th ward of the
Paris suburb of Bercy, one of
the poorer quarter of the city,
wishing to express gratitude
for what Americans have done
for French orphans, have de
cided to adopt the first Ameri
can child whose father has been
killed in battle and to pay SO
centimes a day to the child for
two years.
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ALLIES AND REDS
WORK TOGETHER
TO BATTLE FINNS
British and French Land on
Coast to Protect Railways
Against Attacks Threat
ened by Guards.
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(Br Associated Press.)
Moscow, Sunday, April 21. British
and French troops have been landed
at Mournmansk on the northeast
coast of Kola peninsula in the Arctic
ocean, to reinforce a British marine
detachment sent ashore several weeks
ago. The entente allied troops are
co-operating with bolshevik forces in
protecting the Mourman coast and
the railway against attacks that are
being made by Finnish white guards.
Russian Red Guards also are act
ing with British and French troops
under the direction of the Mourman
soviet war council, which consists of
one Englishmen, one Frenchman
and one Russian.
Finnish white guards have attacked
the Mourman railway near Kem, 270
miles south of Mourmanskand 200
miles west of Archangel, but have
been repulsed by the entente forces.
The bolsheviki and foreign troops are
acting in harmony.
Censor Cuts off News.
No previous mention of the fact
that British marines had been sent
ashore in northern Russia to co
operate with the Russian bolsheviki
troops has been permitted by the
censor. ,
The British and French troops
which have landed to reinforce the
British marines are, protecting the
railroads from the interior of Rus
sia to the main, sea outlets in the
north, the ports of Mourmarsk and
Archangel. At these bases large
quantities of supplies, some of which
has been shipped from the United
States before the Russian revolution,
have been assembled.
In attacking the Russian railroad
near Kem, on the west coast of the
White Sea, the Finnish White Guard,
which recently has received the sup
port of the German authorities, must
have pushed across the Finnish
border, and penetrated Russian ter
ritory for a distance of ISO miles in
their efforts to sever communication
by rail with Mourmansk.
MAYOR DAHLMAN SELECTS
Chooses Six Other Candidates to Make
the Commission Race With Him.
HIS CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATES
The city hall, as such, will not have
a slate to submit to the voters, but
Mayor Dahlman Sunday afternoon
announced that he will conduct his
campaign with a recommendation that
his friends shall support Commission
ers Hummel, Butler, Parks and With
nell, Thomas Falconer and Tom P.
Reynolds.
This is admittedly Mayor Dahlmaii's
slate, in explanation of which he
stated:
"None of those whom I have placed
on my slate has mad any pledge,
but each told me he was not pledged
to anybody for mayor. I told them
I would put them ou my slate and
added that I expected to be mayor
again. I intend to make the best
campaign I can for myself and for the
six men I have selected, and what
ever my associate candidates do .will
U. S. MEN HURL FOE
BACK TO OLD LINE
IN BLOODY SMASH
Specially Trained Troops of Kaiser Endeavored to Crush
Sammies; Allies Take Terrible Toll of Life as They
Give Ground Inch by Inch Before
Counter Thrust.
(By Associated Press.)
v The German high command, having been unsuccessful in
piercing the British front in Flanders and separating the British
and French armies, has essayed a strike against the Americans
and the French northwest of Toul, and here also Teuton
strategy seemingly has failed utterly to bring its plans to
fruition.
Although the Germans attacked in waves with great su
perior numbers of men, the' Americans and Frenchmen have
held all their positions and inflicted heavy losses. What gains
were made in the initial onslaughts have been entirely retreived,
and Sunday night saw the American and French lines restored.
: O CLAIM MANY PRISONERS. ".'
SMASHING BLOW
AT U.S. MEN BY FOE
GAINS NOTHING
Americans Attack Enemy and
Break Down Offensive Which
Was Attempt to Drive
Wedge
(Br Associated rresi.)
With the American Army in
France, April 21.- After the heavy
German attack of yesterday the
American main positions remained
intact, and this morning, after a
brief bombardment the Americans
troop! attacked and drove the enemy
ont of the old outposts which tney
had gained, thus breaking down an
offensive which it is believed was
intended as the beginning of a Ger
man plan to separate the Americans
and French.
There was a comparative lull to
day along the sector northwest of
Toul. The Americans engaged in the
terrific hand to hand fighting yester
day showed the most daring bravery,
stories of which are already being
recounted.
As indicating the violence of the of
fensive, French ambulance men, who
went through the famous battle of
Verdun, declared today that, com
paratively speaking, the German ar
tillery fire against the Americans was
heavier than in any single engagement
on the Verdun front at any time.
Meet Their Match.
The Germans attempted to break
through the American lines in the
Toul sector early Saturday and con
tinued until late at night. The troon
that were hurled against the Amer
icans came full of bravado and ar
rogance, waving their rifles and
snouting like mad, but they found
more than they bargained for.
When the Germans entered Seiche
prey, 4t was evidently in the belief
that the Americans had gone, but
some of them remained scattered
through the village, and fhey attack
ed the Germans with hand grenades,
killing many of them. Furious hand
to hand fighting ensued in the village
streets, the Americans falling back
only when outnumbered.
Later the Germans were driven out
of the village, but they 1iad concealed
there boxes , containing high ex
plosives, to whkh they had attached
wires stretched across the streets.
Some of the advanced guard stepped
on the wires, causing explosions.
Bond Drive at Kearney. -
Kearney, Neb., April 21. (Special.)
Headed by the Boy Scouts a
monster Liberty loan parade was held
here Friday, more than" a thousand
participating. The procession was
nearly three miles long. A drive on
bonds that followed it is believed will
net close to the $100,000 mark.
i be entirely up to them and satisfactory
to myseit.
"I told Commissionncr Jardine that
I did not include him because I
w.'.nted a representative of labor on
my slate and could not reconcile him
with Reynolds. I feel that this slate
represents the best strength of the
14 candidates and am willing to take
a stand on this selection."
The inclusion of Falconer was fore
casted last week. "I will not go on
the city hall slate with my. permis
sion." sted Falconer, but he did not
say he would refuse any indorsements.
He took the position that any indorse
ment helps his cause. The Falconer!
Commissioner club has made no tie-up
with any individual or group. Com
missioner Butler last week1 stated posi
tively that he would not make any
agreement to go on an administration
(Continued on Thro, Col una Four.)
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The latest Berlin official communi
cation asserts that in the drive 183
American: prisoners and 25 machine
guns were captured by the uennans,
who cut their way about a mile and a
quarter into the American lines at
Seicheprey. There has been no con
firmation of this statement or of th
added claim that the Americans sus
tained heavy tasualties.
It seems evident, however, that the
fight was a bitter one and that it was
the ambition of the specially trained
Germans to crush the Americans.
Everything the enemy had in stock
was brought into play in the fighting,
which lasted from Saturday well into
Sunday, but the Americansnotwith
standing this cannonading and the
greatly superior infantry forces
against them, fought tenaciously and
gave ground by inch and then only
when they had exacted a tremendous
payment for it in German killed, ot
wounded. , - .
Regain Seicheprey.
Although-the-cinrmy was able -1
reach Seicheprey, . the Americans
rallied, and in bloody hand-to-hand
lighting regained the town. , Likewise,
all the terrain which the French in
this region were forced to give up
temporarily now has been retaken.
Just what the Germans are planning
for the future on the long line north
ward from JLa Bassee to Ypres, where
everywhere they have met during the
last week with a stone wall of re
sistance, has not yet. become appar
ent. .
No where have they thrown down
the gauntlet and offered further battle.
The only fighting in which the men
of either side left their trenches was
near Robecq, northwest of La Bassee,
where Field Marshal Haig's men
threw out the enemy from several
advanced positions.
Expect Sea Battle.
Evidence of the losses the German
have sustained in the new offensive
daily are becoming more apparent. :
That a great sea battle is in pros
pect at an early date seems probable.
Following up their .recent foray into
the Cattegat, where they destroyed
German trawlers, British naval forces
have penetrated into Helgoland Bight,
and offered long range battle to the
German warships, which retired bt
hind the mineelds. One of the
enemy destroyers was hit.
British and French troops have
landed on the Kola peninsula, pro
jecting inta the Arctic ocean, and are"
co-operating with the bolshevik
troops to protect the Mourman coast
against the Finnish white guard. This
operation probably h'as in view the
safeguarding of Archangel, Russia's
principal port on the Arctic.
HEAVY FOE GUNS ,
CRASH AT FRENCH
S0UTH0FN0Y0N
I . . .
With the French Armies in France,"
April 21. German artillery, especially
the guns of the heaviest calibers
which appear to have reached the
front in considerable numbers, have
been extremely active all along the
front from Castel to the south of
Nuyon since the successful French
attack between Thennes and Mailly
Raineval, northwest of Montdidier on
Thursday. ,
The French guns have been reply
ing most vigorously and have been
battering the German front lines and
the concentration of troops in- the
back areas. The French airmen con
tinually harrassed. the German supply
columns. .-'.
, Distinct indications have been.obn
served further north of German pre
parations for . some kind of a move
ment between Arras .and Amiens
Streams of Wounded
Germans Fill Belgium'
Amsterdam, April 1. The streams
of German wounded from France -and,
Flanders, says the frontier corres
pondent of the Telegraaf continue so
great that all the hospitals, monas
teries, convents and schools, not only
in Brussels, but in many towns are
filled to overflowing. The Germans
have even requisitioned private houses
tor hospitals. - , , , .
Forty ambulance trains entered
Brussels daily last week. Many of
them were made up of cattle cars
in which were litters of straw iot
the wounded men -
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