- THE BEE; OMAHA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1918.
OFFICERS ROUND
UP 1,400 MEN IN
- SLACKER SEARCH
Seventy-five Are Committed to
County Jail; Wili Be Given
Chance to Prove
Registration. .
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were returning to the concentration
point at the United Stat:s court room
in the federal building, loaded with
, prisoners. . , , . ,
Men with the grime of the cinder
' pits.-with the grease of the packing
hAiitn necroes. Mexicans and
Greek laborers rode for the first time
in their lives in cars ornamented with
Briatnrratif. mnnoarims and with
v millionaire drivers
: The squads deployed through the
' downtown districts, Krug and other
1 ...e.mn narks, the railroad yards
; and packing houses, picture shows
,,rh theaters as are open and
I took men from their work and play,
i t. Cnurt Room.
Married men with their wives and
! children and young couples were
; picked up on the streets, as were
V strangers within our gates, and . all
were hauled .to the federal building
. for examination.
Soon the federal court room was
crowded with anxious, nait ana
wholly frightened men. W6men with
children in their arms, the latter cry
in with fright, wives, young women
and girls who had been separated
from escorts filled the hallways
ii iu. f oil Wl draft boards
with the exception of
v . f the South Side, as soon as
.i.J Ar-r. Wan and the work of sep
arating the careless sheep, who neg
lected to have weir proper
their persons, and the goats who were
"slackers ' began. . .
n ,r.niv when the Meat multt
tude from the South Side began to
pack the room, where men sweltered
. i J :.. t-i a hair flfln
and aimosi laimcu m -,
vitiated air that J. J. Breen, chairman
of No. 5 appeared and he was greeted
' with uproarious applause.
Collision With Stork.
One man with a Chicago registra
tion was anxious to get out right
' away as he was caught in the net
h;& n his war to get a doctor for
' his wife, who was expecting the stork.
Harry Cowan of Antelope, was ar
rested while on the street with his
wife and three children, the young
est a babe in his wife' arms. Sna
had to hasten to their stopping place
and get his cards.
Claude Hall of Fremont, was the
, first man brought in.
Among the men in the crowd wa
. conductor No. 90S, who had been
tajcen front a car and was still in his
street railway uniform.
: ' Women Help In Work.
The most loyal person present was
Mrs. Richelieu, 317 Bancrpft street.
Htr two sons-in-law, Merntt E
Logan and Villiam,II. Carroll, had
1bce among the first who were ar
rested. With their wives, yeach of
whom had infants in their arms, they
caims to the postoffice building under
"escort of guardsmen. The Nmother-
','inaw hastened home for their cards
fiiid she was there as late as midnight,
, as were her daughters and her grand
children, awaitng the' arrival of her
sons-in-law, both of whom were the
first who made proper identification
and were let go.
v' One negro, suffering from fright
and heat, fainted in one of the hall
wavs. : The work of the different squads
was not without its excitement J.
R. Gardner stopped a big, atrapping
six-footer as the latter was coming
out of the Rex theater. He questioned
the fellow, who said that he had regis
tered at Butte, Mont. His replies
and manner were not satisfactory to
the squad and he was told to get in
the car. The fellow suddenly darted
around the machine and ran down
Fifteenth street to an alley. Gard
ner folloived with a drawn revolver.
When the officer arrived at the mouth
of the alley the man he was pursuing
yelled: "You had better not come
down herel" Gardner fired, but failed
to hit the fellow, who escaped.
Knock Negro Down.
, One of the squads arrested a negro
(on Douglas street and the latter be
came so abusive and combative that
one of the arresting squad was com
pelled to hit him on the head and
knock him unconscious in order to
get him to the postoffice.
Most of those arrested were young
men who live in the city and. who
were careless enough to be down
town without their orooer cards.
They toofc the matter as a huge joke
and withstood all of the incon
veniences in good humor.
There were some enemy aliens.
notably a young German, 17 years of
age but wfio looked 22, and who
could not speak English, who were
badly frightened, and thty were im
mensely relieved when they weuj
given tneir clearance papers by Kus
tea jcDersiein.
Friends Caught m Net,
some of the friends who came to
the assistance of persons who were
apprehended got caught in the bull
pen, and they, themselves, - suffered
from being good Samaritan. They
had to provide themselves with
means of identification before they
were permitted to pass the cordon
of guards.
,One helpful negro, who had been
caught in the toils twice, yelled as he
was permitted to pass the lines at
midnight. "Lemme out o dis. De
pes' offis don't look handsome to me
no mo. 'I sho' nevah will be cotched
again.
Take 75 Suspects.
Seventy-five suspects have been
committed to tne county tan tor in
vestigation. Members of their lo
cal boards will be notified and the
status of the men fixed. Those who
obtain satisfactory returns from their
boards will be released, and those
failing to do so will be held to the
federal authorities.
AH of the depots in the city were
guarded as were the main roads lead
ing out of the city, so that slackers
could not escape in this manner. Sev
eral men were taken up as they came
in on the late trains.
Many of the men arrested were
married men in deferred classifica
tions and they had to send word or
telephone to their wives to hunt to
the family bibles, family trunks, or
their old clothes for their registration
and classification papers. Many women
understood their husbands
The Weather
had been
placed in jail and they went first
to the central station and were di
rected to the postoffice.
Many in Tears.
The corridor of the third floor of
the federal building at one time dur
ing the night resembled a huge re
ception, only the fashionably garbed
women present were in anything but
a holiday, mood. Most of them were
in tears, and they greeted "hubby"
when he was released as though the
latter had just been reprieved from
being shot at sunrise.
Seventeen Mexicans were taken
one bunch and they chattered like a
lot of magpies as to their prdbable
fate as they huddled in one corner
of thebull pen. They were released
in a bunch, an excited but happy
group.
The members of the draft boards,
as well as Russell Eoerstefn and his
aides, handled the huge mass of men
who were brought in very expeditious
ly. AH of the men were wringing
wet with sweat as a result of the
fetid and superheated atmosphere
when they-got through work about
1:30 Friday morning.
Guarded By Soldiers.
The men who were committed to
the county jail for investigation were
taken over in army trucks from Fort
Omaha and were guarded by soldiers
from the same post. It required sev
eral trips of the machine to trans
port all of the prisoners.
Several federal employes were
caught in the dragnet, one of them
being a railway mail clerk who was
due to go out on his run 30 minutes
after his capture.
Several Creighton medical stu
dents, one of them a member of the
naval medical reserve, were among
those taken up.
At the corner of Sixteenth and
Douglas streets a vouiik soldier, a
member of the military police, held.
six young fellows, who had been
promenading by that corner with
their girls under guard until a squad
came to take them to the postoffice
tor investigation. The girls retused
to part with their partners and were
taken along, too.
At least 300 out-of-town persons
were caught in the drive, a number
of them- being traveling men. One
fellow declared his oocketbook. con
taining his registry and classification
card, as well as other valuable pa.
pers, had been stolen by a pickpocket
at Krug park shortly before he had
been picked up by the arresting
squad.
Relatives Call Police.
During the night the office men at
the Central police station were kept
busy answering telephone calls aim
directing anxious wives and mothers
where to -go to find their husbands
and sons, in addition to the hundred
or so telephone calls many applied
to police headquarters in person, seek
ing information concerning their lost
one. The police would advise them
to go home and get their friends
registration cards and present them
to Special Agent Eberstein.
Bohumil Plos. a member of the
American Protective league, got into
the spirit of the drive.
As he stepped into a confectionery
store at 1902 Famam street, he saw
man who looked suspicious to him.
The fellow was also carrying a load
of bootleg contraband.
Plos asked the fellow his name.aee.
and where he had registered for mili
tary service. The stranger, in a surly
manner, told him it was none of his
business.
Plos called the police ambulance
and the suspect was taken to the po
lice station, where he gave the name
of F. F. Squires, and his home as
Seattle. Wash. He is being held for
investigation.
Extends to Bluffs.
United States Marshal Nick Reed.
Pat Halley. special agent of the De
partment of Justice, and a squad of
secret service men went to Council
uiutts and tnere continued tne gen
eral roundup, About 200 officers and
soldiers were employed, including
Captain Greene and all the members
of Company A, Sheriff Groneweg and
all his deputies. Chief of Police Ten-
fen and police officers and detectives,
several sheriffs from other parts of
the state. Deputy United States Mar-
shal Shoemaker and other federal of
ficers. 4 j
- The work was well planned and all
of the members of the Pottawattimie
county defense council, and exemp
tion board co-operated in the actual
work as well as furnishing valuable
official data from their offices. By
10 o'clocVnearly 200 registrants had
been brought into the federal building
in the Bluffs, where the inquiries were
conducted.
Antong thpse gathered up were
many strangers. Each was required
to show not only his registration
card but his classification. There was
a careful voidance of placing unneces
sary hardships upon the men from out
of town, and the long-distance tele
phone was constantly in use verify,
ing their statements. All entrances
to the building were guarded bv the
soldiers and men once brought in
could not pass out without showing
a certificate isued from the marshal's
office. Curiosity seekers were hus
tled without ceremony.
Ud to 10 o'clock seven men had
been held, twp of them nigroes, arid
the fate of a score or more was un
decided. The federal court room and
the judges' chambers were used for
the work and all the large rooms were
crowded.
Union War Fund Drive
To Raise $133,500,000
To Begin November IT
New York, Aug. IS. The weelTol
November 11 has been set for the
treat union war futid drive"lo raise
133,500,000 for war work of the
Ydung Men's Christian ssociation,
the Young Women's Christian asso
ciation, the War Camp Community
service and the American Library
association, according to an an
nouncement made here tonight, by
representatives of the four organiza
tions. The Young Men's Christian asso
ciation will receive $100,000,000 from
the fund, the Young Women's Chris
tian association $15,000,000. the War
Camp Community service $15,000,
000, and the Library association
$3,500,000.
The Knights of Columbus, the
Jewish Welfare league and the Sal
vation Army, the only other three
war relief organizations recognized
by the government, will be asked to
join in a similar campaign to be
launchedxin January. 1919. The plan
to combine the seven appeals in two
idinpaigns is saia 10 nave tne sanc
tion of President Wilson and Secre
tary of War Baker.
END WAR QUICKLY
AMERICAN PLAN
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nearly 2,000,000 men must be sent to
France in the next H months.
Wanta Youths of 18.
General March told the committee.
according to the report to the senate,
that he was in favor of young men
for the army and that the youths of
18 registered under the new draft
law would be in France by June 30.
He estimated that some 2.300.000 men
qualified for full military service
would be secured from the new reg
istrants andvhe outlined "the call for
the next year or more as follows: -AiiTii.t
?5flnnn- C,ntmh.. inn mn.
October, 155,000;- November,' 150io00j
December, 150,000; Jantiary, 100,000;
February, 200,000; and 300,000 month
ly thereafter until the end of 'next
rear.
These calls would aggregate 4.205,
000 against the estimate of 2,300.000
to-be r.ad from the new registrator!,
but no explanation was made of this
and other discrepancies in the draft
figures.
Bill to Be Pressed.
Plans for consideration of the man
power bill in the senate next Monday
were blocked today because a quorum
was not present and the three-day
recess agreement could not be set
aside. However, a quorum is ex
pected Monday and leaders plan then
to vote to end the recess program so
the measure can be taken up next
Thursday. The senate is expected to
past the bill within a few days and
it then will be sent to the house.
All men available for military ser
vice after the present law has been
amended will have been called for ser
vice by spring, General March said.
General March told of-the progress
made since he became chief of staff,
and added:
"Now we are going on and increas
ing it and we are going to win this
war if it takes every man in the Unit
ed States
Shoddy for Civilians.
American army idea ever since I have
been over here and it always re
quires adjustment and fitting in with
all the boards that are charged-with
various duties in connection jvitb
the war. Just to give one instance,
take the mere question of uniforms
for this new army. -We must com
mandeerand have done so all the
wool of the United States andMiave
taken the wool of Argentina. We are
going to put the whole civilian norm.
lation on shoddy fofc the next year."
uenerai jwarcn declared the belief
mat tne rresnness and vigor of our
troops is the greatest single military
asset the allies have."
"Without being couscious of it,"
he added, "the hammering fl.at ttr
other nations have had now for four
years has greatly lowered :hir ener
gy and freshness and their fighting
power so that when this orear mac
of fresh Americans come in they will
have an entirely different view of
the fighting from that whichnow
exists along that line. And it is M
should be and is eoin to be imr nnl.
icy td get those millions of tneVto
Iej l r Las an American army ?nd
finish the war in the shortest possible
u not drag it our.
Hare Control of Sea,
lies have complete control of the sea
He said submarine attacks had been
considered in planning for this ship
ment of 240,000 men monthly over
seas. Regarding heavy artillery, he said
he was in doubt about it being fur'
nished in sufficient quantities.
"You are also in doube- about the
airplane situation?" asked Senator
Reed.
' "The airplane situation has not been
mentioned, but I say very frankly
that I do not like it," was General
March's reply.
In answer to questions about the
Russian situation, General March said
American troops "are not going in
there in a,ny force," and added "as a
military proposition I say without
any qualification whatever thai
the idea of trying to re-estabhsl. '
an eastern front in Russia with a little
handful of Americans is simply ridic
ulous.
Representative Kahn of California
ranking republican member of the
committee who has just returned to
Washington, said todav that the bill
should be reported the first daj'-
Monday of the house military coni-
mittee hearings. Mr. Kahn said he
I had talked with other republicans on
the committee and that they would
tit , t - I y- I anu nidi lacy
I have been pressing the large I In General March's opinion the al-lgive the bill their full support.
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SHIRT SALE
The event you have been
waiting for. Fresh new
patterns this season. Plen
ty of most sizes.
$4.85.
$12.00 Shirts, $7.65.
$8.50 Shirts,-$6.35.
$6.50 and $8.00 Shirts,
$5.00 Shirts, $3.85.
$4.50 and $4.00 Shirts, $3.15.
$3.50 Shirts, $2.85.
$3.00 Shirts, $2.15.
$2.50 Shirts, $1.85.
$2.00 Shirts, $1.65.
Knitting Yarn
Extra fine heavy gray and
khaki knitting yarn, also
white and, natural colors
'for army socks.'
Silk Gloves
Black, white and colored
silk gloves, 75c and $1
values on account of the
broken line of sizes, Fri
day, 50c a pair.
Final Disposal of
Remaining Summer Apparel
Unusual opportunity for bargains Friday as follows
15 Evening and Afternoon Silk Dresses in small
sizes. Values up to $35
26 Tub Dresses, former prices $12.50 to $35.00,
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26 Silk Sport Coats, former prices up to $25.00,
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7 Sport Coats, former prices up to $29.50,
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ALL SALES FINAL.
No C. O. Ds, Returns or Approvals.
$5.00
$1.65
$6.75
$4.95
Women's Hose
Silk Beot, with lisle top and
soles, way-new foot, black,
white and colors, $1 a pair.
Scarfs
Fine Lace Scarfs, size
18x54, regular $1.50 val
ueFriday, $1.00 each.
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Men tmprtur .... St Ti Tl T7
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rrora tit normal:
Normal tamptratur 11
Kxcwa for th day 7
Total exewaa alnc March 1, 1111 Ill
Normal precipitation .11 Inch
rtflelncy for tba day 10 Inch
'Total rainfall alnra March 1, . .10.11 Inchea
Deficiency alnc March 1, llll.i I.T4 Inchea
, Deficiency for cor. period, HIT. l.H Inchea
Deficiency for cor. period, 1111. . I.TI Inchea
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Station. State of Temp. Hlth.
4 Weather T p. m. eat,
Cheyenne, part cloudy. .76 Tl
Davenport, clear .. , II
' Denver, clear II. IS
Dea Molnea, clear...... ,.14 : . 14
Dodte City, part cloudy I II
lender, clear .! II
North riatte, clear. .....II
Omieba, clear .....,.,,..11 , tl
Pueblo, clear ., SI M
Santa. Fe, part cloudy.. 71 7
, ftlierldan, clear 14 It
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alentlne, clear II tl
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N. P. DODGE
Repxublicail Candidate for
CONGRESS
Served Two Terms as State Representative
and Two Terms as State Senator.
To the Republican Voters of Douglas,
Washington and Sarpy Counties:
At this time, when big war events are absorbing the attention of the nation, it is
of the utmost importance that we elect none but patriotic and able men to office.
The old political gang that has been s :aling .lectio stuffing ballot boxes and
putting men into office through a dishones :ount is out on a still hunt ip defeat N. P.
Dodge for Congress. Why?
Because N. P. Dodge put them out of business ' y introducing and securing the pas
sage of the Election Commissioner Law (known as the Dodge Ejection Law), which
put an end to repeaters, ballot box stuff ers and the. dishonest count. By the direct
primary law, which. took nominations from the hands of the bosses and gave the peo
ple power $q nominate their own candidates. By the Anti-Railroad Pass Law, which
destroyed the favorite method of the railroads for controlling the petty politician. By
the law to purchase the Omaha Water Plant, which banished from local politics one of
the most perniciously active of all the public service corporations.
N. P. Dodge as a State Legislator was a man "whom the special interests could not
control. They don't want him in Congresss when, during and after the war, so many
issues are to be settled affecting them, such as taxes, public ownership, and the wel
fare of labor. The defeat of N. P. Dodge would not only prevent a true and able Amer
ican from doing good public service, it would be notice to all public office holders
that, under cover of the warftne old gang is coming back. Men,like N. 'P. Dodge can
only be elected to office by your support and the support of men Jike you, who believe
in "equal rights for all and special privileges for.none."
Don't be deceived, the other side is working all the time. Be at the polls August
20th, Tind urge your friends to do the same.
VOTE FOR N. P. DODGE FOR CONGRESS
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I stand for a vigorous prosecution of the war,
regardless of politics.
. I believe in more'economy and efficiency in
public business!
I believe in reducing the cost of living by en
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