Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, ' AUGUST " 22, 1918.
AMERICANS TO
GUARD RAILWAY
LINE IN SIBERIA
.Will Provide for Operation of
Trains Westward to Man
. ehuria Station, Where
1) Clash Is Expected.
By Associated Press.
Vladivostok, Saturday, Aug. 17.
At the request of General Dietreichs,
the commander of the Czecho-Slovak
force in Siberia, the head of the
American forces is dispatching a lim
jted t number of troops to occupy
points along the railroad between
here and Nikolsk. the junction point
of the Trans-Siberian railway with
the line running to Khabarovsk. This
will "release several hundred of the
Czcho-Slovaks for service on the
,Ussuri front.
1 Assuming that the Japanese will
take responsibility for safeguarding
the line from Nikolsk to Khabarovsk,
there is an apparent need that the
i Americans provide for the operation
of the Trans-Siberian railway west
ward' to Manchuria station, where a
clash with the enemy is inevitable
This operation would be under allied
supervision and is. made possible
through the presence of the party of
I railroad experts under the leadership
of John F. Stevens. This party in
cludes ZMj men, among wtiora are
railway executives.
The allied commanders are im
pressed with the tact that the 1,200
mile of single track line, which con
stitutes the only communication be'
tween the coast and the field of oper
ation. it only 20 per cent efficient.
It is recognized that, as a military
measure, Vladivostok and its vicinity
should be under martial law, which
would insure the uninterrupted opera
tion of the railroads and telegraph
and protect the stores.
.The third contingent of American
troops arrived here last night Be
, cause of the heavy rain, the Ameri
cans -did not parade. ' -
General Otanl, the commander-in-
chief of the allied forces, has arrived.
BRITISH PRESS
: OH GERMAN HEELS
. ' . ,',"..'.
- (Cntlnm4 From rat On.)
said one of the early prisoners', "so
" we congratulated ourselves that we
were not to be attacked, Just then a
tank, followed by infantry rolled right
over our position and I surrendered."
Courcelles Taken by Tank.
As tanks and men followed behind
the sweeping barrage, the atmosphere
became even more thick, for mixed
. with the fog were great banks' of
smoke from innumerable shells fired
for just this purpose of increasing the
protecting screen. .
The German guns retaliated on the
west, but there was sharp fighting at
various points, where isolated posts
. nueafcwith midline guns and gunners
S-rot-op a stiff battle. At the little
shell-ruined village of Courcelles,
about the center of the battle front,
the German garrison made dfspeYaJe.
fight, and for a time the advance of
the infantry was held up at this place.
Then the tanks arrived on the
scene and charged into the enemy po
sitions, quickly transforming them
from -strongholds to shambles. The
tanks repeated this performance at
other, places in the line where the
stubborn bodies held out courageous
ly. But their courage availed them
nothing in the face of the great tanks,
' dipping in and out of shell holes and
across trenches that have seen some
of the war's fiercest fighting, and the
smaller whippet tanks and armored
carl, which sped over the ground at
a great rate in their mission of clear
ing the way for the infantry sweeping
in at the rear of the positions from
which, the enemy was working bis
- guns.- .
The village of Beaucourt was taken
with hut three casualties. One wound
ed men returning from the fight
ing said he went in three kilometers
through the enemy's lines before see
ing a single boche. This is explained
by the fact that the German posi
tion! were very thinly .held t some
toint.
Prisoners Seem Pleased,
A to prisoners there is no definite
Information, but more than 1,000 have
reached the cages and they have come
' in from a considerable distance, most
of them having been captured during
the early fighting. Some of the first
prisoners arrived at the cages with
handbags and long curved porcelain
pipes, They seemed clean and were
as pleased with themselves as if going
on leave. One of them, on being
questioned,, said he was very happy
to be taken.
A wounded British soldier told of
beinr separated from his platoon in
the ipg, but he pressed on neverthe
less and joined other groups. One
said that, plunging blindly through
the fog, he ran directly into a Ger
man machine gun, which opened fire
on him. It. managed to get in one
shot, taking off 'finger before -he and
hts comrades finished off the Germans
with their riflesj . ' . .
In, the early forenoon the fig cleared
away 'completely and the sun ap
peared and ever since the battle has
been progressing under a broiling
sun. As the fog disappeared the roar
of airplane .motors increased, the
British machines pursuing the same
tactics as at. the Somme, harassing
the enemy at the rear and straffing
the German troops generally, upset
tiny them completely at many places.
The fast little whippet tanks had
' as one tank officer said, gone out into
the wide world, and there is no Joubt
that they are exacting as great a toll
, here aa they did .south of the Somme.
The armored cars had gone into ac
tion, operating far forward, chasing
the boche from his many lairs and
making quick work of those who
would not run. j
la this battle the advancing troops
did .not stop a moment at their early
" " objectives. Several formations joined
forces and pressed' on together. Suc
cessive echelons were merged at a
place where the going was heavy.
The battle continues with unabated
fury and there is no sign that its con
clusion is near.
A SPLENDID NEXVE TONIC
Hartford's Acid PttMphate
IivrtroraUw tna tired nanra irtUn. A
Btoftnt lammer twvarasa. A ipltndid tout.
r-AortnutmenL
Thirty-two Divisions of
1 Americans Now Under
Washington, Aug. 21. As a result
of the allied successes during the last
month the battle front in prance from
Rheims to the North sea has been re
duced in length more than 50 miles,
General March told the newspaper
men today in his midweek conference.
When the Germans began their last
advance the line stretched for 250
miles. It is now less than 200 miles
General March enumerated 32
American divisions as having arrived
in France, They are as follows:
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth.
Sixth. 26th. 27th, 28th, 29th. 30th. 32d,
33d 35th, 36th. 37th, 41st, 42d, 76th,
77th, 78th. 79th, 80th. 81st. 8Zd. 83d,
65th. 89th. 90th. 91st. 92d and 93d.
The chief of staff said that the 36th
National Guard and 90th national
army divisions, including many Tex
ans, reached France between July 30
and August 13 and have been in rain
ing. Ihe 90th, he said, has not yet
rearhed the front line.
The 26th National Guard division
("New England), which narticinated in
numerous attacks near Chateau Thier
NORRIS HAS SMALL
LEAD OVER SLOAN
man Sloan and Senator Norris. The
democrats are pulling strong for
Norris and predictions are freely
neard that he will draw the bulk of
the pro-German vote.
Un the democratic side Ex-Gover
nor Morehead is almost exactly 10,000
votes atiead of R. L. Metcalfe,
his nearest competitor. Morehead's
vote for 1,026 precincts is 17,794. Ed
gar Howard of Columbus is running a
poor third in the race. His vote so
far is 5,128.
Light Vote for Reed.
-Attornev General R.H
his supporters by . the light vote he
is polling. He was running fourth
early Thursday morning with 4,749
votes. Price is last; his vote
is 1.548. Morehead rarriorl almn.f
every county in the state on the
lace or tne latest returns, even
winning in Douirlas countv. ft
calfe's own countv. hv vnt
well over 2 to 1. He carried Lincoln
Dy almost 3 to I.
Although rarlv nrf attn.
Governor Neville wmiM At.,t
- uvivav
Charles Bryan in the campaign for
the democratic nomination for gov
ernor by a vote of 2 to 1 are not like
Iv to be realized, still latent rtn.
give the governor a comfortable mar
Kin over the former mivnr nt r
H - - J V-. V
coln. The vote earlv Thursdav mnm.
ina stood: Neville, 24,164; Bryan, 14
555. Bryan carried but a bare handful
of counties, on the face of fhe
plete returns available at an early hour
mis morning.
Democratic Governor.
The vote on Atmnrraitr imrnn.
so far tabulated is:
Bryan. Nsvilla.
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IT Laneaatar , i.nj V i,IM
III DoUflM . 1.H8 t.S01
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3:5 t ""Tor "owocratle.
v-.,, bub: 7
Polk, I ;, mlaa. 132
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204
283
47T
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10
188
401
463
22
344
27
12
281
Ml
IT
Ml
618
101
411
4
480
T
112
44
18
388
281
30
363
134
130
4
II
167
431
170
148
410
Wayna, 4 p. mlaa. ;
0ui nr. ramn an
Ml
it
111
wnarman, I p. mlaa. .......
Hamilton. nAitini.t.
. . - ...
Tork, eomplata , 4u
jranKiin, p. mill m
mnca. 4 p. mlaa. 150
rpr. carnpiaia
Furnaa, 1 p. mlaa
Thuraton, 1 p. mlu. ...
0ta. I p. mlaa
Vallay, 1 p. mlaa,
Ooapar, comptata
Chayanna. 1 n !
11
18
111
174
183
344
Hall, eomplat 404
", a p. miaa jo
inn, compiaca
Adama, 1 p. mtaa
o Butta. 4 p. mlaa.
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49
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Loaan. eamniat.
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Frontier, 4 p. mlaa.
Orant eomplata
Pawnaa, I p. mtaa
Thayar, eomplata
Nanea. eomnuta
m... ....
Marrlek, eomplata 3J7
Boona, t p. mlaa ,,,, I7J
Burt, eomplata mi
Washington, eomplata 241
170
compiata
Daual, eomplata
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maaiaon, I p. mlaa. .,
100
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Dawson, eomplata ...
404
SanatorRepabUmn.
Ham-Nor-Uad-Mar-
8Ioan.mond.rla. gett car.
owe. 1 p. ma its 311 309
Butlar, eomp. in m 124
Hamilton, eomp. ., 401 140 174
Wayne, 4 p. ma.... 144 173 130
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"'raw, a p. ma... 10
York, eom ,. 743
Franklin. 1 n m. tt
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180 37T
Sarpy, oomp 131 205 3.U
Furnaa. 1. p. ma.... (3 TS tD
Thuraton. 1 p. mi.. 163 30
(late, t p. ma 308 3S( 383
Vallav. 1 b. in,.... in in i,i
I 214
Ooapar, oomp li 3i 137
Lhavanna. 1 n. ma. . 9t At j,
Hall, eomp 16 233 411 110
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Harlan, eomp
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83 404
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Adama, 1 p. ma....
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Polk. eomp. , 8 73 1S8 IT II
Locan, eomp 40 88 37 18 8
Fillmore, eomp 143 8J 11 ..
Cuatar. S p. ma.... I6T 317 473 4 8
Frontier, 4 p. ma.. 60 44 337 14
Orant, eomp..',.... 14 11 30 4 4
Pawnee, 1 p. ma.... 24 1 282 88 31
Thayer, eomp 400 180 303 47 1
Nanoe. eomp 1ST 24T 146 44 88
Merrick, oomp 65 14 180 3 17
Boone, I p. m 314 178 311 27 - 27
Burt,, eomp. 331 378 186 44 63
Washington, eomp.. 101 214 181 28 12
Hooker, eomp. .... 36 14 31 1 3
Deuel, eomp Tt 10 8 87 8
Dlaon. S p. me 3 63 13 30 IT
Lincoln, eomp 114 142 174 (2 20
Madlaon, I p. ma.. 383 334 270 145 84
Dodge, eomp. ..... 813 414 434
Daweon, eomp. .... 143 161 281 It 23
Senator Democratic. j
More-How- Met
Reed, head.ard. Price. cajfe.
Otoe, 1 p. me...... 11 882 (3 27 163
Butlar, eomp (8 604 181 28T 341
Hamilton, eomp. .. 141 36T 134 48 281
Wayne, 4 p. ma.... Tl 103 18 T (
Sherman, I p. ma.. 7 188 138 .. St
Tork. eomp. ...... 130 33 83 33 206
Franklin. I p. ma.. . 2 284 38 11 164
Sarpy, eomp 64 37 T 24 120
Furnaa. 1 p. ma.,.. 18 876 51 36 31
Thuraton. 1 p. ma.. 117 300 15 15 Tl
Oage, I p. ma tl 114 4 25 113
Valley, 1 p. ma.... 36 140 TO 31 144
Ooapar, eomp. 8 31 38 25 107
Cheyenne. 1 p. ma.. 4 117 53 34 67
Hall. eomp. 101 431 135 25 210
Hayea, I p. ma..'.. I 61 7 8 16
Harlan, eomp. .... 37 212 II 14 14
Adama. 1 p. mi... . TT It 101 23 164
Box Butta, 4 p. ma. 14 81 33 3 40
Polk, eomp. 6 32 18 12 loi
Logan. eomP.. T 8 IS .3 13
Fillmore, eomp. 405 66 11
Cuater.'S p. m.... 161 743 I8T 14 20
Frontier, 4 P. ma.. S3 181 30 T ,47
Orant, eomp. 4 86 I .. (
Pawnee, 3 p. me.... II 181 11 11 80
Thayar, oomp. .... Tl 121 111 13 137
Nanea, eomp II 101 131 11 . 83
Merrick, eomp 41 1ST 171 II 141
Boon, 1 p. ma,.... 117 141 Jll ST 14
Burt. oomp. , 41 111 II 11 131
Washington, eomp.. 7 161 66 30 lit
Hooker, aerap. v... IS IT . .1 . II
Deuel, eomp. ...... It II II " 11 44
Command of Pershing
ry and which aided in the capture of
the towns of Torcy and Belleau, was
relieved from its position on the
Marne on July 22 and is now back of
the lines for recuperation.
On the plains near the Oise the al
lied advance has put the line well back
ot the old 1916-1917 line.
General March said the War de
partment bad not yet received details
of the capture of Frapelle, in the Vos-
ges.. By the Fifth United Mates di
vision (regulars). The line at this
point is four miles over the German
border.
In Flanders, he pointed out, the
points of the salient which had ex-
I-A-A A.i I 1 t. 1 1. -11. A
micu mere nave ucn neni in oy auieu
attacks southeast of Meteren, on the
north flank, and near Merville, on the
south side. The apex was thus made
"unhealthy" for the enemy and he
was forced to withdraw from one to
two miles on a 14-mile front.
General March divulged the fact
that Brazil had given a ship to the
United States without compensation
of any sort for two trips. He said
that so far as he knew this was the
only case of the kind on record.
Dixon. I p. ma.... 17 84 11 13
Lincoln, eomp 77 228 81 41
Madlaon, I p. ma.. 336 14 88 42
Dodge, eomp HI 435 76 17
Daweon, eomp 143 26 3 32
Jeff eria in Walkaway.
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In the republican congressional
race in the second district Albert w
Tefferis snowed his opponent, N. P,
Dodge, under a terrible drift of bal
lots.
Returns from 158 precincts in
Douglas county give Jefferis 4,744 and
Dodge 2,157. Returns from Sarpy
county are in the same proportion,
giving Jefferis 428 against Dodge's
366. In Washington county the race
between the two contestants was
close, the returns giving Dodge 326
and jefferis 342. .
. Incomplete returns from districts
where there were contests pointed to
the nomination of the following con
gressional candidates:
Flnt Diatrlct Frank A, Pateraon, demo
erat.
Second Diatrlct Albert W. Jefferla, re
publican.
Fourth Diatrlct Adam MeMullen, repub
lican. Fourth Diatrlct William H. Smith, demo
erat. Fifth Dlatrlot William Andrewa, repub
lican.
Sixth Dlitrlct Charlee Pool, democrat.
3 CONTESTS MUST
WAIT FINAL COUNT
(Continued From Pag" One.)
to worry about his nomination, be
cause he did not have any opposition
for the republican nomination and it
is not believed that he will have any
contest for re-election.
Tom Hollister Reconciled.
Tom Hollister, defeated candidate
tor sheriff, has become reconciled
He called on Sheriff Clark and nrom-
ised hearty support to his successful
rival.
J. J. Boucher, machine candidate
for county attorney, dug himself out
of a heavv snowdrift in which he wa
caught. He came out smiling and de
clared that it is all in a lifetime. "I
met a friend on the street the other
day," he related, "and he asked me
how things were going. I told him
that I was like the man who fell from
a 20-story window and at the seventh
story he told a man that he was all
right as far as he had gone."
Ditched by Machine.
Boucher's low place in the list of
six republican candidates for coun
ty attorney was in part due to the
manner in which the Smith-Howell-Dodge
machine ditched him during
the last few days of the campaign
for another candidate. Boucher was
inveigled into the race against his
inclinations.
Frank Dewey, who had no opposi
tion in the republican county clerk
race, received 6,900 votes.
More Than 40 U.S.
Troop Ships Sunk,
Germans Are Told
Amsterdam, Aug. 21. The Cologne
Zeitung Tuesday contained an ar
ticle attempting to prove by statistics
that America cannot possibly send
300,000 men to Europe in a month.
The article declares that more than
40 troopships already have been
sunk.
Allied Thrusts Beaten
Back, Cays Berlin Report
Berlin, via London, Aug. 21. The
war office communication issued to
night says:
'North of the Ancre strong Eng
lish attacks, launched on a wide front
in the direction of .Bapaume, broke
down with heavy losses.
"A renewed French attempt to
break through between the Oise and
the Aisne failed."
Right of Munition Workers
To Form Unions Affirmed
. Washington, Aug 21. The right of
workers of ammunition plants to or
ganize in trade lininn nr vrnim.
and to bargain collectively through
Chosen representatives is recognized
and affirmed in an award made public
today by the national war labor board.
The Weather
ComparatiTe Jxwal Rerord.
Hlgheet yeeterda, .. Tl" "iV" " V " Ys
I.owat yeaterday ... 78 87 TO 8
Mean temperature , 84 .78 .
Precipitation ........ -.Off ii ,0 .iS
Tempera.tur and- precipitation depar
turee front tha nornwH
normal temperature". C.;...... T4
Ezceaa for tha da
Total .MH...I.M v. i """'Vi'.'.-.ii
Normal precipitation ..'.'.".TVlVi'nch
t'enci.ncy ror. tne day .11 Inch
Total precipitation elnce Mar. 1.. 10.41 Inchee
Deficiency alnce March 1 10.14 Inchea
pefjeleacy fo cor. period, 117.. 1.11 Inchee
"r pr,oa, a.eo tncbea
Baporta From Stat lone at 7 P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain-
of woathar . T p. m. est. - fall.
Cheyenne, .cloudy . 7s w. .oo
Davenport, clear 84 8 .01
D.niMr. lnttjtv .V
Dee Molnea, elear '.'.to tt . nt
uoage yny. clear (8 i -. , .en
Lander, clear , 70 ' ,o
North Plll. nt iitu a .
Omaha, clear . ".00
Pueblo, eloudy 88 to ,00
Rapid City, elear 8 (I ' .00
Salt Lake City, clear.... 88 .00
Santa re, Pt eldy 74 T .08
Sheridan, elear 4 81 .00
8toux City, rain o ) ,oj
Valentin, pt ctdy ts ,oi
h. A. WELSH, Meteorologiit.
Tide of Defeat Still
Surges Against Germans
In France and Flanders
By Associated Press.
On four important sectors French
and British arms again have been
served and the entire German front
from Ypres, in Belgium, to Sois
sons, on the Aisne, now is more
seriously menaced than before.
What is to be the effect of the
allied drives along the 120-mile
battle front from Ypres to Soissons
cannot be foretold at present, but it
seems highly probable that this en
tire front must be realigned.
This particular menace to the Ger
mans, aside from that in the ter
ritory between the Somme and the
Oise, appears to be on the sector
along the Vesle river from Soissons
' to Rheims, which , from the war
maps looks to be untenable.
Even the Aisne and the Chemin-Des-Dames
do not appear to be any
too safe for a defense line if Gen
eral Mangin presses much farther
northwest of Soissons.
FOUR FISHERMEN
SUNK BY TRAWLER
ARMED AS RAIDER
Eighty Survivors Reach Port;
Crew From Submarine Is
Operating on Banks With
Captured Craft.
By Associated Press.
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug 21.
The operations of the steam trawler
Triumph, manned by a crew from a
German submarine, have resulted in
the sinking of four fishing vessels and
probably others, according to reports
at hand tonight. The schooners
known to have been sunk are the Una
P. Saunders and the Lucille Schnare,
of Lurienberg, N. S., the A. Piatt An
drew of Gloucester, Mass., and the
Francis J. O'Hara of Boston.' Their
crews numbering 80 in all, had reached
port safely tonight.
A fifth vessel, the Pasadena, was in
sight when the Lucille Schnare was
sent down and it was believed that
she shared the fate of the other fish
ermen, although no direct news of her
had been received. Great anxiety was
felt here also regarding other vessels
of the fishing fleet known to have been
withm the scene of the raider's ac
tivity. The Triumph, which left Portland,
Me., last Monday for the western
banks, was captured by a German sub
marine at 2 p. m. yesterday. A crew
of 16 men was placed on board and
they lost no time in arming her with
two gun's and beginning their work
of havot among the fishermen.
U-boat Prisoner Released;
Washington, Aug. 21. Eight days
spent as a prisoner on a German sub
marine which was so overcrowded
with men that there was scarcely
room to sleep convinced Capt. David
livans ot tne uritish steamer Peni
stone, sunK Dy tne u-Doatrtnat more
exploits like the arming of the fishing
schooner Triumph are contemplated
by the German raiders. On his visit
here, where he reported his exoeri-
ences to naval officers, Captain Evans
explained that the submarine carried
77 men, more than twice the number
of a normal crew. '
Austrians Protest Against
German Grab of Coal Fields
London, Aug. 21. Austria has
strongly protested against the Ger
man annexation of the Dombrowa
coal fields in Poland which is em
bodied in the proposed German solu
tion of the Polish Question accordinsr
to the Exchange Telegraph company.
The Dombrowa coal fields are the
most important in western Russia.
With those of others, thev form the
chief sources of coal supply in Euro
pean Kussia.
Congress Votes Indemnity
To South Omaha Greeks
Washington, Aug. 21. A senate bill
providing $40,000 to indemnify Greece
as requested by President Wilson
in a recent message to congress, for
damages suffered by Greeks in South
Omaha riots in 1909, was passed to
day by the house and now goes to
the president.
ECONOMY
TALK?
is all ri$ht-
ECONOMY
PRACTICE
is bcttcr.l
INSTANT
POSTUN
is an economy
drink absolutely
no waste. Besides,
it is convenient,
saves fuel and
sugar, and leaves
nothing to be
desired in the
way of flavor .
THYACUP!
I L.yJ
RINGLEADERS OF
RIOTING AT KOBE
KILLEDON SPOT
Many Persons Wounded in Dis
turbances in Japan; Mobs
Led by Anarchistic Ele
ments of Empire.
By Associated Press. . .
Tokio, Aug. 21. The violence of the
food riots and the rapidity with which
they spread have astonished the Jap
anese and have convinced them,
though far removed from the center
of the war, that they cannot escape
its consequences nor remain un
touched, by the world movements
which the war has set in motion. No
such disturbances have convulsed the
nation since the .days of the restora
tion.
The movement appears to be entire
ly economic and social and has no po
litical aspect except as it is directed
against the Japanese ministry, which
is popularly regarded as bureaucratic.
Aside from the protest against the
prohibitive price of rice, anti-wealth
demonstrations developed. The resi
dences of a number of millionaires
were burned and immense damage
was done to the property of mer
chants.
Anarchistic elements frequently led
the mobs, but there has been no evi
dence of the bolshevik tendencies
such as prevailed in Russia.
The ringleaders of the rioting at
Kobe, who, flourishing their swords
led the mob, were killed on the spot.
A large number of persons are re
ported to have been wounded during
the disturbances throughout the em
pire. Seventy policemen are sa.d to
have been injured at Nazoya alone.
The mobs often were armed with re
volvers, swords, daggers and clubs.
Most of the' arrests were made by
detectives who mingled with the
crowds, chalking a cross on the backs
of the ringleaders and then capturing
them when the riots were over.
General Bernhardi's Army
Shattered by BritishAttack
London, Aug. 21. The nresent
series of German defeats have in
volved a German officer who is per
haps better known to the reading
public of the allied nations than al
most any of the German generals. He
is General Iernhardi, author of the
famous books which so frankly re
vealed Germany's war aims. He com
mands the SSth corps of the sixth
army, which has been steadily driven
back by the British across the plains
of Lys toward Armentieres.
Packers' Profits Are
Regulated
The public should understand that the profits of
the packers have been limited by the Food Adminis
tration since November 1, 1917. For this purpose,
the business of Swift & Company is now divided into
three classes:
Class 1 includes such products as beef,
pork, mutton, oleomargarine and others
that arc essentially animal products.
Profits are limited to 9 per cent of the
capital employed in these depart
ments; (including surplus and borrowed
money), or not to exceed two and a half
cents on each dollar of sales.
Class 2 includes the soap, glue, fertil
izer, and other departments more or
less associated with the meat business.
Many of these departments are in
competition with outside businesses
whose profits are not limited. Profits
in this class are restricted to 15 per
cent of the capital employed.
Class 3 includes outside investments,
such as those in stock yards, and the
operation of packing plants in foreign
countries. Profits in this class are
not limited.
Total profits for all departments together in 1918
will probably be between three and four per cent on
an increased volume of sales.
The restrictions absolutely guarantee a reason-.
able relation between live stock prices and wholesale
meat prices, because the packer's profit can not
possibly average more than a fraction of a cent per
pound of product
Since the profits on meat (Class l) are running
only about 2 cents on each dollar of sales, we have to
depend on the profits from soap, glue, fertilizer (Class
2, also limited) and other departments, (Class 3) to
obtain reasonable earnings on capital
Swift & Company is conducting its business so
as to come within these limitations.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Omaha . Local Branch, 13th & Leavenworth Streets
- " F. J. Soudcrs, Manager f
Japan Will Inaugurate
Ship Line to New Orleans
New Orleans, Aug. 21. Regular
steamship service between Japan and
New Orleans ports will be inaugurat
ed in October, according to an
nouncement by the Association of
Commerce. The service will be es
tablished by the Osaka Showan
Kaisha.
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The Gloves of the moment here.
Assortments that are directly responsive to the
many demands made by varied new fashions for
fall and winter.
Trefousse Kid, in colors' and effects to go hand in
hand with new modes Taupe, gray, mode, brown
and white with self and contrasting embroidery,
cTspTair $2.75, $3.00 "d $3.50
Stamped Pieces
Center pieces and linen pillow tops in ecru and white.
Special, 29c each.
Third floor
Toilet Goods
Cutex Manicure Sets, 35c
to $1.25 each.
Jergen's ' violet glycerine
soap, 35c box.
Wanous Shampoo Bags,
10c each.
White Skirtings
Specially priced for Thurs
day $1.00 grades now 75c yd.
85c grades now 50c yard.
Artillery Activity fievives
Along Austro-ltalian Front
Rome, Aug. 21. There was consid
erable artillery activity along the en
tire Austro-ltalian front yesterday,
says the official statement issued to
day by the Italian war office. Enemy
reconnoitering patrols on the banks
of the Piave river were beaten back.
Four hostile airplanes were brought
down.
Children's Hose
Half hose in a beautiful
assortment of styles, 35c
and 59c pair.
Infants' silk hose,v 85c
and $1.00 pair.
Misses' silk hose, ribbed
or plain, $1.75 pair.
Summer Corsets
Made of netting, cool and
comfortable, just the thing
for these warm days.
$1.25 and $2.00
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