RUSSIAN TROOPS
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Czecho-Slovaks Forced
; to Retire .
Vladivostok! Sunday, Aug. 25.
General Pleshkoff, chief of the RUs
1 sian forces in Siberia and Manchu
ria, acting on behalf of General Hor-
vath, the anti-bolshevik leader, by a
' coup d'etat has assumed control of
all the Russian military forces in the
far east The Russian volunteers
have gone over to General Horvath
r in a body. f
The Siberian government is non
Dlussed and has been unable to or
ganize owing to the new movement
The -consular officers are holding
meetings to discuss the situation
There hat been no bloodshed.
,, Following the recent retirement of
; General Kalmikoff's Cossacks in the
, Ussuri river district, the bolshevik
' Red Guards passed a force, disguised
as peasants and traveling in farm
nonnc tti riaht anit rrar nf the
Cxecho-Slovak troops, and raked the
; Ciecho-Slovak positions with field
guns from a hill. ' "
- The Czecho-Slovaks were again
forced " to retire a ' considerable dis
. tance with casualties. The Japanese
iid American troops were not at the
time in a position to support the
! Czecho-Slovaks. "
The Red Guards made an unsuc-
'. Hemnnstration aeainst the rail
i road line between Nikolsk and1 Pro-
cranitchina. They evidently intended
! to interrupt communication between
Vladivostok and Harbin.
; The second contingent of American
i troops has been established at the
3 base it the head of thelbav. The base
' has excellent storage and railway fa
cilities and quarters tor me arriving
troops. - - ' ' "''
' The commander of the forces has
' organized a new labor battalion of 500
( enemy -prisoners, ' part of the large
number taken by the, Czecho-Slovaks,
'thus relieving the latter of feeding
them. The men are working Avith ap
parent willingness.
r TWO AMERICANS
SLAIN IN FIGHT
f: ON HEX BORDER
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public, Concrete monuments mark
ing the border stand at intervals like
giant fingera and a barbed wire fence
i which was erected by the Mexican of
ficials to prevent evasions of the
customs and Immigration laws adds a
militant touch to the picture..
. American sentries patrol the boun
dary Wght and day while Mexican
sentries, in their slate, colored uni
forms, patrol the opposite side of the
.-wide business street. Customs guards
and patrol squads have their stations
at the American and Mexican customs
'houses which face each other across
the ' street ' vy ' ,
. . Nogales, Ariz., Is a progressive Ari
zona border town with modern hous
es, two and three story business
buildings ' on International avenue
: and residence streets lined with palm
and umbrella trees. Nogales, Sonora,
the Mexican town, is a typical Mexi
can border town with square adobe
1 houses resembling cubes of native
brown sugar. There are several large
: buildings on the Mexican side of the
boundary and a church surrounded by
a little plaza atter me lasnton oi
"all Mexican towns on the Mexican
border. -, " ' :' .
', - Scene of Former Battles.
Nogales, Sonora, has been the
.scene of a number of border battles.
The Diaa federal troops were defeat
ed and forced to cross the border and
surrender to-American troops. They
were commanded by Col. Emilio
; Kosterlitzky, a Polish officer in the
Mexican federal army.
A clash between American troops
lnd Mexican rebels also occurred
there durinBT the Villa-Carranza fight
m tr. The Carranza troops were fired
upon by mistake when it s thought
they were Villa followers attempting
to raid me American iuc oi ui
border. .
' The beautiful residence of Igriaeio
Bonallis. ambassador to Washington,
is located within sight of the inter
national line, Nogales being his home.
Truce Agreed upon,
v Tucson.- Ariz- Aug. 27. A tele
phone message from Nogales at
10:15 o'clock tonight said the twin
cities were quiet a truce having been
aereed upon until 7 o'clock in the
morning. At a conference tonight be
1 tween A. T. Abasola. commanding the
; Nogales, Sonora, garrison and Lieu-
l tenant Colonel Herman, togetner
with Collector of the Fort Charles
Hardy, and prominent American and
Mexican civilians, uommanuanie
Abasola exoressed regret at the out
. break and declared it was due to ill
, .feeling between Mexican and Amen
scan customs euards. He said there
was no hostility among the Mexican
' federal soldiers toward the American
forces. "
Negroes Fail to Register
With Board Number Four
. Local board No. 4, has given police
the following list of names of negro
- registrants who failed to report for
physical examination:
Brtica Whit. Jamea Wyatt
Alonso. Jackaoa. , Harry Claybura.
Joph Johnson. Nelaoa Mercer.
Poay Smith. ' William Wofford
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The Weather
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. Total axc nine March 1....... 770
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. Daflelancy far lh day 0.11 Inch
? Total rainfall alnc March 1... .10.41 lmhaa
Daflcloacy alnc March 1 ..11.01 tnchaa
Dafteienc fnr cor. Period. 1117 1.71 Inches
' Deficiency for or. period. 1111 10.14 Inch
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Omaha Muny Guards Line Up for "Mess"
at Annual Encampment in Elmwood Park
OLD HINDENBURG
LINE MOPPED UP
(t'ontlnned Frnm Pas One.)
station and wood and the ground
to the east were captured, as well as
Moulin-De-Fargy, on the Somme
river bank, which was in the British
front lines at the opening of the
first battle of the Somme. Vaux
wood also was occupied and as Tield
firmly. ,
After an all night fight Wancourt
tower and town, south of the Scarpe,
were taken,, and the important He
nlnel ridge, as well as Heninel village
were captured. , - .
Most of the operations south of the
Somme have been carried 6ut by a
comparatively "peaceful penetration"
for the Germans in this territory are
offering hardly any resistance and
the Australians are simply pushing
ahead, rounding up villages, wood and
ground without having any definite
objective. . ,
It was to the north of the Somme
that the formidable organized attack
was launched bv the Brtfish on an
8,000-yard front this morning and it
was this which had such good results
in ground-gaining. AH the British
guns have been moved up and are
following close behind the infantry
and the tanks.-
N Enemy Barrage Thin.
The barrage laid down north of the
Somme" today was as heavy as any
since the battle began, but the enemy
counter-barrage was so thin s hardly
to deserve the name. Obviously the
Germans are trying to save as many
niM it nossihle. But despite this
thev last manv today. ' One small
British formation alone captured two
rnmnlete 77 German field batteries
since yesterday. The capture of these
light batteries is significant. The
Germans ran for their lives when the
British suddenly appeared close to
them and did not even make an effort
to save their guns. '
The enemy machine gunners nave
shown a similar spirit, their principal
idea, apparently, now being to save
themselves.
German soldiers also have begun to
exhibit the greatest contempt for their
officers and are carrying their feelings
right' into the prisoners' cages. In
a number of cages, into which thou
sands are pouring the Oerman sol
diers have gone out of their way to
be extremely insolent to their of
ficers, jeering at them and loudly
proclaiming their views in no un
certain manner.
Longing for Peace.
Going to such lengths would un
doubtedly rcsult in court-martials
and firg sauads in Oermany, ana
k rs gathered from the prisoners that
they go as tar as tney aare even on
. ' 1 f . 1 ! All .L.
ineir nae oi ine line, au mc uusuu-
ers, men ana omcers, express tneir
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longing tor peace ry agreement.
The German ZMtn division is tne
latest to meet with disaster. One
of its battalion commanders, his
adjutant and what remained of the
stall were capiurea, wnuc xne unit
itself was virtually wiped out.
The Canadians, in their operations
yesterday south of the Scarpe, took
more than 2,000 prisoners and they
continued their work of capturing
large numbers today.
Canadian Make Notable Gains,
London. Aug. 27. Canadian
troooa made notable advances south
of the Scarpe river today, according
to. Field Marshal Haig s report oc
cupying Cherisy, Vis-En-Artois and
the Bois Du Sart and taking many
or soners. Scottish battalions also
made excellent progress.
Th Anirlo-hrench line trom ric
ardv north now runs through Roye,
I.ianrnurt and Hallu. to the east
of Herlevtlle to Dompierre, which is
in German hands. The British have
not captured Guillemont, but have
reached the outskirts of Vaux-Vran-court,
which is still German. The
line then rnns to the western out
skirts of Ecousi M. Mem, to croi
silles. which is German, and to Cher
isy and Gavrelle, both of which are
British '
British Mission in Cuba.
Havana, Aug. 27. The British mis
sion, headed by Sir Maurice Bunson,
which has been visiting the republics
of South America, arrived at a
Cuban port this morning.
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SENATE PASSES
MAN POWER BILL
(Continued From r-e One.)
transmitted to President Wilson for
his signature late this week.
Preparations being made by Gen
eral Crowder are expected to insure
the registration of all men within the
ages of 18 and 21, and 31 and 45,
within a week or 10 days after the
president signs the bill.
The senate adopted nearly all of the
provisions desired by the administra
tion, including the one giving the
president authority to establish orders
of call. President Wilson is expected
to follow the plans of the War de
partment which provide for the call
ing of youths of 18 years after the
other classes and the educating of
such boys while in training and prior
to their being sent overseas.
Cummins Plan Adopted.
Controversy, which has engrossed
the senate since the bill's considera
tion was begun last Thursday, today
centered in a spirited struggle over
the sentiment against calling youths
under 21 and on the "work or fight"
amendment. Before adoption by a
vote of 40 to 29 the "work or fight"
amendment providing subjection to
draft of men exempted for industrial
and other reasons, who do not con
tinue at work, a proviso was added
that in case of strikes, penalties of
the "work or fight" rule shall not apt
ply If the men submit their disputes
to the war labor board and continue
their labor. This limitation offered
by Senator Cummins of Iowa, was in
corporated, 73 to 0.
Before takinir the vote on final
Dassaae. the senate in crushing the
oDDosition to service of youths under
21, twice bowled over an amendment
by Senator Poindexter ot wasning
ton to mkae the minimum draft limit
19 instead of 18 years, first by a vote
of 53 to 14 and again 52 to 21. A
proposal by Senator Kirby of Arkan
sas to make iU the minimum age was
rejected 60 to 12, while that of Sen
ator Vardamah of Mississippi to re
tain the present 21 year minimum was
decisively defeated without a roll call.
Conferees Namea.
Senators Chamberlain, chairman.
and Hitchcock and Warren of the
military committee, late today were
named senate conferees on the bill.
The house conferees are scheduled to
be named tomorrow and work on
compromising the differences will be
gin late tomorrow or Thursday.
Besides the work or tight amend
ment, the final fate of which generally
fS regarded in doubt because of house
opposition and lack of administration
support, the senate wrote in an
amendment by senator Penrose ot
Pennsylvania, republican, providing
that draft boards shall determine
questions of deferred classifications
without requiring registrants to claim
exemption or deferred classification.
Hitchcock for Great Victory.
Speaking in support of making 18
years tne minimum age, senator
Hitchcock declared before peace can
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come the aTlies must have a great
military triumph.
The Nebraska senator said the Ger
man people must be taught that their
way to live is as other nations live,
and must learn to accept justice in
preference to force by arms. They
will not agree to that, he added, until
they have tasted military defeat. Re
garding Senator Lodge's recent
speech outlining probable terms of
peace, Senator Hitchcock said that
he did not think it was time to discuss
peace; that he preferred to stand by
the president in his position that force
is now necessary.
Hearings to Be Given
On War Revenue Bill
Washington, Aug. 27. Hearings on
the new war revenue bill, to begin
next Tuesday, and to continue for
not more than 10 days, were ar
ranged today by the senate finance
committee. All industries will be
asked to appoint representative
spokesmen to avoid duplication of
evidence presented, but any one de
siring to to be heard will be invited
to attend.
Places In War Department
Opened to Men of 45to 55
Washington, Aug. 27. In order
that younger men may be released for
more active positions, the enlistment
of men between the ages of 45 and 55
years has been approved by the War
department for the ordnance depart
ment, quartermaster and medical
corps, and for certain branches of the
signal corps. Instructions to this ef
fect were sent today to army recruit
ing units throughout the country.
Nebraskan Made Manager
Of Denver-Salt Lake Road
Denver. Aug. 27. The appointment
of W. F. Thiehoff of Lincoln, Neb., as
acting general manager of the Den
ver and Salt Lake railroad, recently
taken over by the United States Kail
road administration, was announced
today. He was assistant general man
ager of the Burlington route, in
charge ot lines west ot tne Missouri
river.
Every Tenth Hun Shot to
Persuade Others to Fight
Amsterdam, Aug. 27. There are
persistent rumors from a German
source, says the frontier correspond
ent of the Telegraaf, that a German
battalion on being ordered to the
front unanimously refused to go,
wliriinon everv tenth man was shot.
The others then gave up their resist
ance
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Orville Cox in Hospital Fol
lowing a Collision With
Street Car and
Automobile.
Orville Cox, motorcycle officer, is
in
Mercy hospital suffering' from
dangerous injuries inflicted when he
collided with, an automobile at Thirty
fifth street and Broadway, Tuesday
afternoon. His skull is fractpred, a
gash several inches long in the upper
part of his scalp, two toes broken and
a hole nearly an inch in diameter
torn through the muscles of his left
arm above the elbow. He is also se
verely bruised and is suffering greatly
from shock.
Cox, in discharge of his duty, was
speeding west on Broadway and at
the instant he turned out to pass a
car ahead, a Ford car, driven by O.
Ewall, 403 Park avenue, turned sharp
ly into the street from the, curb at a
grocery store. Cox was pocketed
and struck the car with fearful force,
completely demolishing the motor
cycle and taking a wheel off the au
tomobile. The injured officer was picked up
bleeding and unconscious and taken
to Mercy hospital, where Dr. Kelly
attended him. He had partially re
covered consciousness last night but
had no recollection of the accident
Mr. Ewall went to the police station
and made a frank statement that was
fully corroborated by several who
saw the accident, which was, ap
parently, due to the carelessness of
no one. The X-ray will be used to
day to determine the extent of the
fracture.
. Cox is one of the best motorcycle
officers the town has ever had. He
is married and lives at 318 North
Seventh street.
City to Again Open
Garbage Question
i For Another
Deal
City council last night voted to re
consider recent garbage bids which
were received and opened. Announce
ment was made that James Whelan
will not accept a contract which had
been awarded him on his bid to pay
$2.55 a ton for all garbage hauled by
the city and delivered to him at Sixth
and Grace streets.
Commissioner Ringer stated that
H. M. Gilchrist of Scottsbluff will re
appear with . another proposition on
the garbage question. Another con
cern will submit a proposition which
contemplates a 10-year contract, the
city to pay a stlpulated.annual amount
to have all garbage removed 'in a
sanitary manner to a reduction plant.
Mayor Smith and Commissioner
Butler voted against an increase of
pay for Harry Silverman, secretary in
the office of the superintendent of po
lice. Four votes increased this salary
from $150 to $175 per month. :
. A resolution by Commissioner Towt
was adopted, requiring that all watch
men at crossings shall have police
authority and wear uniforms.
Public" improvement department
was given a petition from citizens,
asking that a triangular strip of prop
erty at Nineteenth and Vinton streets
shall be condemned for public play
ground purposes.
Omaha Man Held by Federal
Officers as Army Deserter
Floyd Bevins, formerly employed
by the Blotcky Fr,uit Commission
company, is hold by federal authori
ties as a deserter from military duty.
Blevins wife reported him to the
federal authorities and declared that
he has not supported her and that he
lied about his age.
Blevins insisted that he is only 21
years old and made such a fuss, in
,jail that he has been assigned to a
special cell. '
Federal agents have established his
age as 25 years and will have him in
ducted into the army.
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Omaha Woman Claims
Share of Big Estate
' Of Canadian Importer
Regarding the claim made by Annie
Hogate of Omaha against a vast
estate left by a wealthy horse im
porter at Toronto, Canada, the Tor
onto Telegram recently published the
following:
"Annie Hogate, of Omaha, and
Edward R. Hogate, a railway conduc
tor, living in Detroit, who claim to
be the widow and son, respectively, of
Judson Brooks Hogate, a horse im
porter, who died April 1 last, have
filed caveats in the surrogate court
against admitting to probate the will
by which he bequeathed his property
to his widow, Mrs. Eliza J. Debarrd
Hogate. Mr. Hogate lived at Wes
ton, and shortly before his death
transferred a life interest in the pro
perty at 411 Quebec avenue, valued
at $2,800, to his widow, Mrs. Elisa
Hogate, and directed that on her
death the property should pass to
Edward R. Hogate of Detroit.
"The estate, inventoried at $28,497,
is made up of $989 cash, $8,289 in
promissory notes, $7,783 secured by
mortgages, a judgment for $215, the
property at 59 Law street, valued at
$3,100, a farm in Saskatchewan,
worth $2,720, and $5,400 in Brandon
real estate. The deceased also held
judgments for $12,875, but these are
entered as a doubtful value.
"The executors are Mrs. Elsa Ho
gate and A. J. Anderson, and in an
affidavit filed in the surrogate court
the latter states that the testator in
fofmed him that Annie Hogate was
not his wife and that his marriage to
her could not be proved. The peti
tioners allege fraud and undue influ
ence, and that when the will was
executed March 9 last, Hogate was
not capable of transacting business."
The name "Annie Hogate" does not
appear in either the Omaha telephone
book or the city directory.
British Flyer Injured.
St. Louis, Aug. 27. Capt. Wm.
T. Hannay of the British Roval Air
Forces was injured this morning at
Scott Field while the British-American
flying mission was getting away
on its trip to Kansas City. It was
said his injuries were not serious.
Two U. S. Congressmen
Refurcd Permission
To Visit British Lines
With the American Forces in
France, Aug. 27. The British author
ities, it has been learned, recently
refused their permission for Repre
sentative Ernest Lunden of Minne
sota and Representative Charles H.
Dillon of South Dakota to visit the
British battle front. They arrived
in France late in July on board a
British vessel and later visited the
American front. It is believed they
now are touring Italy. .
The request that the congressmen
be permitted to visit the British lines
is said to have been made in the usual
manner by the American army au
thorities. When the declination of
the British was received an investi-j
gation was begun. This, it is assert
ed, resulted in the explanation that
both men had talked freely aboard
ship in such a manner about certain
subjects affecting the war that both
British and American military., and
civilian passengers brought the sub
ject of their conversations to the at
tention of the officer commanding
the troops aboard the vessel and also
the ship s captain.
The exact tenor of the statements
that congressmen are alleged to have
made is not known, but the military
authorities are pursuing their inves
tigation of the incident.
Anger at Newly Rich
Is Motive of Rice Riots
Tokio, Aug. 27. Emperor Yoshihi
to today summoned governmental of
ficials to the palace to hear their re
ports on the rice riots, which now
have virtually ceased. Unrest contin
ues, however, in minor districts, where
considerable damage has bee i done
and a number of rioters killed.
An official statement issued ty the
minister of the interior attributes the
disturbances to the anger of the peo
ple against the extravagances of the
newly rich.
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WOODS RESIGNS '
AS CHAIRMAN OF
G.O.P.NPTTEE
Successor. Will Be Named at
Meeting Friday Night; Foss
Is Mentioned as Prob
able Successor.
Washington, Aug. 27. Representa
tive Frank P. Woods of Iowa, who
recently failed of renomination to
congress, tendered to the republican
congressional committee k tonight his
resignation as chairman of that or
ganization. Mr. Woods announced
his reasons in a letter submitted to
the meeting, saying he resigned in
the interest of harmony and unity
in the committee.
The committee will meet again Fri
day night, at which time it is expected
a successor will be named. The name
of Representative Foss of Ohio was
mentinnprl nrominentlv tonieht as the
probable choice; others being Repre
sentative Kahn of California and Wa
son of New Hampshire.
In a statement after tonight's meet
ing, Mr. Wason said the meeting was
harmonious and on motion of Repre
sentative Madden of Illinois, a vote
of thanks was given Mr. Woods for
his services as chairman.
"Seven or eight members of the
committee from states having the
largest republican representation made
speeches deprecating tne tact inai
Mr. Woods found it necessary to re
sign," said Mr. Wason.
Germany Must Stand
Or Fall Fighting, Is
View of Berlin Press
Copenhagen, Aug. 27. The reply
of Lord Robert Cecil, British under
secretary of foreign affairs, made, on
August 23 to the address tefore the
German society two days earner or
Dr. W. N. Solf. German colonial
secretary, and the speech of Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, republican
leader of the senate, continue to be
commented upon by the Berlin press
along the same lines that uermany
now must stand or fall fighting.
Theodore Wolff, writing in the
Berlin Tageblatt, after referring to
Lord Robert Cecil's declaration that
he himself is an advocate of peace,
says:
"We are confronted with the tragic
inescapable necessity of holding out
with quiet determination until Lord
Robert Cecil's love of peace shall dis
play itself more peacefully."
Dr. Wolff declares it is untrue that
Dr. Solf's speech was of a sort never
heard before the fortunes' of war
changed.
numerous violators ot
Traffic Laws to Appear
The police have summoned the fol
lowing persons to appear in police
court today at 9 o'clock to defend
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themselves against the charges of
violating traffic and parking ordi
nances:. Tate Land company, 823
City National Bank building; Charles
E. Reese; 403 South Sixteenth etreet;
A. Sandquist, 518 North Nineteenth
street; H. Hockinson, 2125 South
Thirty-fifth street; Edward Lee, 1819
Colfax street; Northwest Ready Roof
ing company, 1130 South Thirty-first
street; Calvin Ziegler, 4301 Leaven
worth street; F. O. Sorenson, 3614
Hawthorne street; Dave Margol, 627
South Twenty-seventh- street; A.
Longstaff, 6602 Emmett avenue; Louis
Davis, 1922 Lake street, and W. S.
Mallet, 615 South Fifty-first avenue.
New Leader is Appointed to
Finnish Supreme Command
Amsterdam, Aug. 27. The supreme
command in Finland has been dis
solved by Premier Svinhufvud,, the
Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin says it
learns from Helsingfors, and General
Wilkman has been appointed to com
mand the Finnish army. It is added
that the change does not affect Col.
Thesleff. commander-in-chief of sea
and lana forces. -
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