"The Stars and Stripes
. Forever."
FEDERAL OFFICERS ROUND VP
1,400 YOUNGMEN IN EFFORT TO
FIND THOSE NO T REGISTERED
Seventy-five Committed to the
County Jail; to Have a
Chance to Show They
Have Obeyed Law.
Leading business men of
3maha, members of Co. C,
Home guard, state agents, rail
road detectives, deputy United
States marshals, military po
lice,deputy sheriffs, policemen
and" detectives of the Omaha
police department to. the num
ber of 200 or more, were all
drafted by Marshal Eberstein
of the Department of Justice
in the biggest raid that has
ever occurred in the city of
Omaha, and which resulted in
the arrest of at least 1,400 per
sons last night.
Of these 75 were held and commit
ted to the county jail.
It was a "slacker" drive, instituted
to catch all classes of drft evaders
and persons subject to military call
and who have not responded.
Brings War Home.
It bronght home to thousands in,
the city the fact that there is a war,
that war conditions exist and that
Uncle Sam is in earnest.
It tore husbands and fathers from
wives and children, sweethearts were
sundered in parks, amusement places
and on the streets; men were taken
from their worft1 ftnd Others from
hotels, restaurants and rooming
houses.
Innocent suffered with the guilty,
and failure of persons . who appeared
to be of draft age to have registra
tion and classification cards caused
immediate arrest. 1
Russell Eberstein had charge of
the big drive and he was asisted by
Chief of Folice Dempsey, Sheriff
Clark and State Agent Wilson. All
of these officials placed the whole of
their respective departments at the
disposal of the federal officers and
Chief Dempsey notified his men to
stay on the job to the last man as
lon as any assistance was required.
Home Guards to Fore.
Many leading citizens, military
police, detectives and police of
ficers, as well as state agents, deputy
sheriff's, men of the secret service,
railroad detectives, citizens and mem
bers of the home guards, the latter
armed with their rifles, and most of
them dressed in new uniforms, were
told off into squads and were given
certain districts to work under cap
tains. There was no part of the city
that was not covered, the only place
sacred from invasion being the pri
vate homes of citizens.
The men were instructed to take
into custody every man of draft age
who failed to show his registration
card and his classification certificate,
special instructions being given to
bring in all men whose registry num
bers were below 3,000. Alien citizens
af neutral countries, such as Mexi
cans, Greeks. Italians, etc. .were ex
:epted, but in the excitement this
3rder was overlooked.
Bring Prisoners In Cars.
At 8 o'clock 50 of the finest auto
mobiles in the city, some of them
limousines of luxurious furnishings
and with every refinement, driven by
leading business and professional
nen of Omaha, and manned with
-aiding squads, set off for various
parts of the city and in a short time
(Continued on Pare Two, Column One.)
Swift and Company
; To Segregate Their
Foreign Properties
Chicago, Aug. 15. Swift & Co. to
night ann ninced a plan whereby its
South American and Australian prop
erties are to be segregated and the
title to them is to be given to the in
dividual stockholders of the domestic
company, in return for the surrender
ot domestic stock. A new company
:alled the Campania Swift Internation
al S. A. C. (Sociedad Anonitna Com
rcial). which probably will be call
ed Swift International on the street,
has been formed with a capitalization
3f $22,500,000 Argentine gold, divided
into 1,500,000 shares of $15 par value.
The exchange plan provides that
the stockholders shall deposit 15 per
cent of their present holdings and re
ceive in return as many of the new
?15 shares as they had originally $100
thares. If all the stockholders accept
the plan, the outstanding stock of the
domestic company will be reduced
to $127,500,000. and theie will be in
the .treasury $22,500,000 of stock
which the directors will use in future
financing.
The properties owned by the new
company are in Brazil, Argentina,
Uruguay, Paraguay and Australia,
ELEANOR PORTER, AUTHOR OF "POLLYANNA," IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF "OH,
The Omaha Daily
VOL. 48 NO. 51.
IK
n r n7 n htmh
List of Men Committed
In U. S. Raid for Slackers
Following are the names of the men detained in last
night's federal raid. They will be given the opportunity of
proving their registration. If unable to do so they will be in
ducted into United States army service :
FROM OMAHA.
Elmer Breoks, 2M1 N. 26th
John Jackson, 918 Cap. Ave.
Jus. Wallore, 2631 Howard
Chas. Smith, 1413 N. 18th
Will Morris, N. 24th St.
Jack Golub, 2212 California
James Pine, 1707 Webster
Theo. Puis, 18th and Jackson
Bud Preice, 1214 8. 31st
Amy Iadd, 13th and Howard
Oum Jumbra. 3201 Q St.
Mike Vltaltck, 2816 Jl St.
Dana Mitts, 5235 S. 24th St.
Mike Sazarok, 3120 Q St.
Creeya Troykoresh, 6235 S. 24
Geo. Dimethuse, 2906 R St.
Dumitru Andrews, 2S14 R St.
Geo. Rodohovia, 2920 R St.
John Koib. 5313 S. 28th St.
Oulseppi Solero, Des M. Hotel
Walter Zephka, 6025 S. 37th
V. J. Wright, Galesburi?. 111.
Mike Nieltck, 6615 S. 33d
Jack Abajlcum, 668 S. 26 Av
Louis Mases, Douglas Hotel
Claude Asbly, O'Brien Hotel
H. Schwabau, 220 N. 17th
Carl Senlo Chabez, Doug. St.
Enoch Peterson, 2519 .Fort St.
Louts Pecka, 5411 S. 21st
Otto Starkay, Ik'r Grand
Lawyer Villiam 2104 Paul
Jim Terlicki, 1317 I street
John Porter, 13th street
Befeedar Sikh, 2811 F St.
Frank Lurmur, Jv'ew State
hotel.
Laskaris H. Nicholson,
207 South Fourteenth
James H. Mcintosh, 405
South Twenty-fourth Ave.
Elex Swnetun, South 11th
Stephen Waters. 4622 S. 23d.
Will Mack, South Side
Arthur Johnson, 1616 S. 13th
Roy D. Thompson, 1819
Corby
Sex 'Waters, 507 South 13th
Mike Columbus, 202 Pierce
Dan Rod, 6133 South 26th
Vincient Duszynski, 2410
South Twenty-ninth
Joe Flores, 5235 South 24th
Alex Norelga, 11th & Dodge
Joseph Pkkal, 1013 Farnam
Wm. Richardson. 710 North
Twenty-dBhth avenue
BAKU TAKEN BY
BRITISH FORCE
FROM PERSIA:
Occupation of Caspian Sea
port Opens Opens Way for
Allied Aid to Reach the
Loyal Russians.
.London, Aug. IS. A British force
from ' northwestern Persia lias
reached the Caspian sea , and taken
over a part of the defenses of Baku.
If the British can hold their posi
tion a short time longer, which now
seems likely, they probably will be
able to cut off the enemy from an out
let to the sea, thus protecting the im
portant oil fields of the Baku district.
It appears from the meager infor
mation at hand in London that the
British detachment voyaged by
steamer from Enzelli, Persia, to
Baku, demonstrating that the allied
hold on the Caspian sea already is
fairly established. The allied naval
forces now undoubtedly will endeavor
to (secure their communications and
once this task is accomplished there
will be hardly a possibility of the cen
tral powers gaining possession of the
Baku,oil fields.
The British advance through Per
sia from Bagdad was accomplished
under the greatest difficulties. In the
mountainous sections the troops were
resisted by a few groups of tribes
men, but they quickly overcame this
opposition. The British force crossed
the Persian frontier and reached En
zelli. on the Caspian sea. by the way
of Hamadan. r
The situation in the Caucasus has
been extremely involved ever since
the conclusion of the Brest-Litovsk
peace. Under that treaty Turkey was
given important territory in the
southern Caucasus, and the Turks
shortly proceeded to occupy it. They
met with considerable resistance
from the Armenians in the district,
however, particularly when they en
deavored to push even beyond the
limits set by the treaty made with the
bolsheviki and moved up the coast of
the Caspian sea toward Baku.
Bombing of Frankfort
By Allied Airmen Causes
Panic in Rhine Towns
Geneva, Aug. 15. An official dispatch received here from
Frankfort, Germany, savs that Monday morning that city was
attacked by 12 enemy aviators, who dropped 26 bombs, killing
12 persons and injuring five others.
Reports from Basel, however, assert that the casualties
were more numerous. They say that a bomb fell in the crowded
Kaiserstrasse, killing many persons and stopping street cars,
that another fell in the middle of the largest station and several
in its vicinity, while two more fell in the barracks and still an
other near Goethe's house, which was undamaged.
The Basel dispatch says the aerial attack has increased
the panic reigning in the Rhine towns.
XTXlOlAUA,
Angelo funfalone, 107 North
Forty-first street.
Ed F. Ellis, 2011 Casi
J. S. McXels, 19th A Doug
From fihn Cities.
Victor Swanson, Rosalie
R. H. Wilson, Lincoln
Alvln Anderson, Kennard
G. H. Little, Schuyler
L. H. Harmon. Bancroft
Omar Klngry, Lyons
Kibe Hendricks, Platte Cen.
O. S. Mattka, Grand Island
W. M. Nelson, Grand Island
J. E. Martin, Central City
George Ellis, Westport
C. E. Fltzmorrls, Geddei,
8. D., registered at Lake
Andes.
Clarence Kunert, Watertown,
Wis., claims he Is only 20.
Rudolph Kriepela, West
Point, Neb.
Elex Swlnton, Darlington,
S. C.
Earl Wright, no address
J. L. McNess, Norton Kan.
HUNS WEAKEN
UNDER STEADY
BOMBARDMENT
Withdrawal of One or Two Di
visions on Soissons-Rheims
Front Indicated by Ob
servers' Reports.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army on the
Vesle, Aug. 15. The sustained pres
sure by the French and the Americans
on the line between Soissons and
Rheims appeared today to be having
the expected result. Information
from behind the German front, ob
tained by observers, indicated the
withdrawal of one or two enemy di
visions. In addition the counter at
tacks of the Germans have been
notably reduced of late.
Moreover, the enemy's reply to the
American guns, which never have
ceased their punishment, has been ap
preciably less prompt, and the falling
off in the enemy's aerial activities has
been especially noticeable.
There tvas some bombing and some
observation work last night, but
l'othing to compare to the previous
night, when enemy planes were over
the greater part of the ailied line and
far into the back areas. French and
American airplanes continue their ob
servation work and are doing some
bombing. Additional artillery has
been brought up.
The German position still is of I
mobile character, consisting almost
wholly of machine guns at short in
tervals. The line offers an excellent
defense and at the same time can be
quickly evacuated. There were com
paratively unimportant patrol actions
today, but no attacks.
Italians Take Positions.
Washington. Aug. 15. Italian
troops last night established them
selves in positions taken from the
enemy in Val Tellina and Val Ca
monica whHc their artillery contipued
concentrated fire upon the important
Austrian defense positions.
FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST
Ml
Norris War Record
Makes Him Hazardous
To Republican Success
"Osceola, Neb., Aug. 15. To the
Editor of The Bee: Keep on
pounding Norris' record. His
nomination is suicidal to republican
success this year. H. C. BEEBE.
END THE WAR
QUICKLY IS
U.S. PURPOSE
Four Million Americans Con
centrated on Western Front
Can Defeat German Army
Gen. March's Belief.
Washington, Aug. 15. Four
million American soldiers can
defeat the German army, in the
belief of General March, chief
of staff, and present plans of
the War department call for
more than that number under
arms next summer with some
3,200,000 of them, or 80 divi
sions, in France by June 30.
These and other important facts
concerning the nation's effort in the
war as given to the senate military
committee by General March, Secre
tary Baker and Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder were revealed today
by Chairman Chamberlain in pre
senting to the senate the administra
tion manpower bill extending the
draft ages to include all men between
the ages of 18 and 45 years.
Propose Quick Action.
President Wilson Is determined to
bring the war to a conclusion by
concentrating all forces on the west
ern front, including Italy, Secretary
Baker told the committee, and Gen
eral March supplemented this by stat
ing that it was the purpose to end the
great world struggle quickly and t'e
cisively. For the nation not to put
forth its extreme effort at once, the
chief of staff declared, would be but
"playing Germany's game."
Thirty-one American divisions now
are in France, with as many more in
camps in this country as reservoir
Secretary Baker said that the accel
erated program of troop movements
overseas which has enabled General
Pershing to organize his First field
army of some 1,250,000 men will be
continued because of the generous
action of the British government in
supplying shipping.
To carry out the present program of
80 divisions overseas by June 30,
(Continued on Vaxfi Two, Column Four.)
Von Hintze Denies
Germany Rejected
a Just Settlement
Amsterdam, Aug. 15. Admiral von
Hintze, German foreign secretary, be
fore leaving for main headquarters
to take part in conferences between
Emperor William and Emperor
Charles of Austria and their advisers,
was interviewed by the Berlin cor
respondent of the Cologne Gazette,
Admiral von Hintze discussed the
statement of Premier Lloyd George
in his war anniversary message that
six months ago Germany deliberately
rejected a just and reasonable settle
ment proposed by the allies and that
Germany discarded finally the mask
of moderation toward partitioned Rus
sia and enslaved Roumania. Admiral
von Hintze said:
"Had the entente statesmen seri
ously intended to pave the way for a
peace by understanding they could
have approached Germany through
the properly authorized persons with
a view to bringing both parties into
contaet."
Admiral von Hintze said that sev
eral German chancellors had pointed
out that the enemy continued to show
a will to prosecute the war until the
annihilation of Germany should be
accomplished.
In concluding, Admiral von Hintze
was emphatic in asserting that guilt
for the prolongation of the war lay
not with the Germans but with the
entente statesmen. .
Dean Nicholson to Direct
Students' Army Training Work
Washington, Aug. IS. Dean Ed
ward E. Nicholson of the University
of Minnesota, has been chosen as one
of the 12 regional directors of the
students' army training corps. His
territory will include Iowa. North
and South Dakota, Nebraska and
Michigan. '
Are You Reading
Oh, Money! Money!
Br ELEANOR H. PORTER.
Author of "Pollyanna" and
"Just David."
Today's Installment on Page 12.
16, 1918. Vl'n?i& TWO CENTS.
E IB
i
FOE LIME
British Force Captures Two
Villages; Further Gains
Made by the French Be
tween Matz and Oise.
By Associated Press.
The fighting on the Somme
Oise battle front still continues
of a minor character compared
with that of the early part of
the week, when the Germans
reinforced their line and stop
ped the eastward sweep of the
allied forces.
Nevertheless the Hritish and
French again have been able to gain
ground on two , important sectors
the British a short distance north
west of Roye, where they took the
villages of Damery and Parvillers,
and the French on (the southern wing
of the battle front, where they have
captured two farms in the process of
clearing the hilly and wooded dis
trict around Lassigny of the enemy.
Germans Falling Back.
North of the Somme between Al
bert and Arras the Germans are con
tinuing to fall back and the British
are keeping in close contact with
them. Thus far the Germans have
definitely given up the towns of Beau-mont-Hamel,
Serre, Bucquoy and
Pui3i'eux-Au-Mont, and -at several
points have crossed the Ancrj river,
with the British following close.
No official explanation has yet been
advanced of the retrograde move
ment of the Gcrmansvover this front,
but it is not at all unlikely that the
operations on the Somme front and
the harassing tactics of the British
recently have employed made the
enemy desirous of establishing him
self on new ground eastward, with
the Ancre river a barrier between
' hmi and his foes. At any rate, the
Hebutcrne salient has virtually been
obliterated by the retirement of the
Germans and seemingly now they will
be compelled to make a readadjust
ment of their line between the Somme
and Arras.
34,000 Prisoners Taken.
In the week of fighting on the
Picardy front, 30,244 prisoners have
fallen into the hands of the British
fourth army and the French first
army according to an official an
nouncement. Of this i. umber the
British captured 21,844. Unofficial
reports, probably compiled since the
official data was sent frmo the front,
give the number of prisoner in the
allies' hands since August 8, as 34,000
and say also that f70 captured guns
thus far have been counted.
Kansas Aviator Brings Down
Jhree Planes in Five Minute
Topeka. Kan., Aug. IS. Lt. Donald
Hudson, formerly of this city and
now with the American aerial forces
in France, recently brought down
three German airplanes in five min
utes, according to an announcement
today by Mrs. Marie Wear, assistant
state librarian and Hudson's aunt.
The aviator's father, Paul Hudson,
now in Washington, received news of
the feat from the commander, Mrs.
Wear said. Lieutenant 'Hudson is a
grandson of the late J. E. Hudson,
well known newspaper publisher.
Sioux City Councilman
Accused of Seeking Bribe
Sioux City, la., Aug. IS. Bribe so
liciting and misconduct in office are
charged to Councilman W. S. Hamil
ton, head of the public safety depart
ment, in a petition asking for his
removal, filed in district court today
by Attorney General H. M. Havner
and County Attorney Ole T. Nagle-stad.
ON SOME
WAVENNG
Outspoken German Editor
Attacks Prussian Policy
Washington, Aug. 15. Another
violent attack on Frussian policy,
with a warning of the storm brewing
in Russia and a frank tribute to Brit
ish and American soldiers fighting for
their ideals, has just been published in
the Zunkunft.by Maximilian Harden,
the free-spoken German editor. An
official dispatch from France today
quotes extracts from the article, com
menting particularly upon the action
of the German censors in permitting
it to appear.
'"At the moment when the fire of
Slavic hatred coming from four cor
ners of Russia is developing into one
single immense .flame," Harden asked,
"how can our rulers think of finding
supporters for thrones and supplying
candidates for them? Are our rulers
desirous of supporting the plans
MONEY! MONEY!"
Bee
AMERICAN FORCE
GOES T 0 AID OF
CZECHOSLOVAKS
- i i in-. ,-1 , ,
Twenty-seventh Regular Infantry Regiment From Manila
Disembarks at Vladivostok; Additional Troops To ,
Follow and Join International Force in Oppos
ing Bolsheviki and Germans. -
By Associated Press.
Washington. Aug. 1(5. American troops today began to
disembark at Vladivostok and immediately will join the' Inter
national force to aid the Czecho-Slovato army in its campaign
in Siberia. The Americans compose the 27th regular infantry
regiment from Manila and will be followed by another regi
ment from the Philippines and additional troops from the
United States.
The 27th regiment has not been recruited to war strength !
and the exact number of men is not definitely known here, but
is estimated at from 1,200 to 1,500. Colonel Henry D. Styer
commands the 27th regiment. The entire American force will -be
under Major General Graves, who has been commanding a1
regular army division in Camp Kearney, Cal. p '
HUN MONOPLANE
SHOT DOWN BY
IOWA AVIATOR
Lieutenant Schultz Figures in
American Aerial Victories;
British Destroy 22 Ma
chines, Losing 15.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army
France, Aug. 15. Capt, Charles
in
J
Biddle of Andalusia. Pa., is the latest
American aviator to bring down a
German airplane. While out with a
patrol this morning, Captain Biddlo
met three monoplanes north of
Flirey.
The Americans attacked and one
of the German machines fell, appar
ently out of control. It vanished in
the mist, so that Captain Biddlc's
victory has not yet been confirmed.
Lt. Vaughan R. McCormick of Co
lumbus, O., got his second official
German airplane yesterday when he
engaged the enemy in the air north
of St. Mihicl. French observers have
confirmed the destruction of "the
German.
Another enemy machine was shot
down August 10 by Capt. Kay C.
Bridgeman of Lake Forest, III., near
Aivrayin, the destruction of which
Lieutenant McCormick also shares
officially.
Additional American Victories in
the air include- a monoplane appar
ently shot down by Lt. Herrmann
Schultz of Bettendorf, la., which
went down in a steep dive through
the clouds over Flirey after 375 shots
had been fired at it, and a biplane at
tacked by Lt. Edgar C. Tobin of San
Antonio, in the vicinity of Evrezen.
Confirmation is being sought for both
these victories.
Britons Down 22 Planes.
London. Aug. 15. Twenty-two
German airplanes were destroyed and
six driven down out of control yes
terday, according to the official com
munication on aerial operations is
sued tonight. Fifteen British ma
chines are missing as a result of the
air combats.
Allied Casualties Less Than
Number of Prisoners Taken
London, Aug. 15. The proportion
of the German losses to those of the
allies since August 8, is greater than
at any other period of the war. h
was announced here tonight. It is
said that the total allied casualties
probably will not be as large as the
number of Germans taken prisoner.
of the adversary and unit
ing in one single fire all the sparkling
flames which are burning or smolder
ing between Vladivostok and Sebas
topol; between Murmansk and Fi
ume?" Harden declared the soul of modern
Germany, dominated by ' the idea
of bondage, is summed up in "down
on your knees."
"You think that the British yand
Americans are such as the conserva
tive papers represent them," he wrote.
"They have proved themselves to be
very different on the Yser, at Arras
and at Dorinans. They have shed the
best of their blood, spent hundreds
of thousands without dreams of con
quest, simply for their ideals. Does
this in any way correspond to the
picture that you have drawn of
them?"
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5 The march of events in Russia.
from news received today, seems to
be assuming the proportions of a
rout of the bolsheviki and of a na
ture to bring dismay to Germany.
Soviet leaders having fled from
Moscow, the bolshevik capital, to
Kronstadt, the soviet troops now are
declared to have begun the evacua
tion of Moscow!
Take New Heart.
With allied troops rapidly moving
south from Archangel forces , o!
British, French, Japanese and Amer
ican troops at Vladivostok and oper
ating to the westward and a BritRsh
force at Baku, the Czecho-SIovakf g
have taken new heart in their heroics
fight against the Germans and Aua
trians. '
Late dispatches today recorded the
advance of the allied troops from
Archangel to Babereshskaia, 100
miles south, on the road to Vologda.
The bolsheviki are retreating , and
were reported committing every
known atrocity upon the civilian pop
ulation which openly has espoused
the cause of the" allies.
Old Soldier Arm.
The bolsheviki throughout Russia
are reported not only fleeing the ad
vancing allies, but the newly aroused
Russians have learned that the allies
are not beaten on the western front
as the Germans and bolsheviki have
been persistently preaching. As th
real news reaches the; great mass of
the people men are reported taking
up the arms that they carried home
with them when they were disbanded
after the debacle of Brest-Litovsk.
Reports, official and otherwise,
from all parts of Russia indicate the
news of the approach of the allies
spreading throughout the country
and that peasants are flocking to the
standards of any group openly anti
German and anti-bolshevik.
Ready to Strike Blow,.
The landing of American troops at
ladivostok. announced today by
Secretary Baker, marks the actual
beginning of operations from the Si
berian coast to the relief of the
Czecho-Slovaks. British and French .
contingents have been at Vladivostok
for several days and there is reason
to believe that the Japanese have al
so landed.
The prinicpak opposition by . the
bolsheviki and the armed German and
Austrian prisoners is on the Siberian
railroad between Lake Baikal and
Vladivostok. All the rest of the line
to Moscow is in the control of the
Czecho-Slovak troop and the loyal
Russians and Siberians. The control
of the road from Vladivostok to
Nikolosk, the junction of the Man
churian eastern line and the Siberian
road, is in the hands of the allies.
This permits of striking a blow di
rectly at Lake Baikal, where the op
position is concentrated, because the
Manchurian road has been constantly
under guard by the Japanese by ar
rangement with the Chinese govern
ment. Central Powers in Conference.
Frobably realizing the seriousness
of the situation as it now affects the
central powers, with defeats on the
western front and their military po
sitions in the other theaters none too
secure with the feeling in Russia
daily growing more intense against
the bolsheviki and Germanic rule and
with the specter of the more than
1,000,000 Americans already in France
and more millions of them soon
Jo be in readiness for overseas
duty, important conferences are in
progress at German headquarters.
The German and Austrian emperors
and their suites and Field Marshal
von Hindcnburg and General Luden
dorff are the main conffiiees.
Interest Rate Reduced,
Washington, Aug. 15.- -To aid
further in financing crop moe .onts,
the War Finance corporation tjd;v
reduced from 6 to 5 p.r aw . n
r.ual interest r;:te on short term ad
vances to banks to cover Lans made
to farmers or nicr.hauts for tnarvt.
ing wheat and other ..-on