U-Boats Reported Operating in Pacific Old Glory Waves Over Battle Line in France: Farm Labor Needed Now The Omaha Daily Bee Want-ad Night Service to 10 p. m. Tyler 1000 THE WEATHER Fair; Warmer VOL. XLVL NO. 255. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1917 SIXTEEN PAGES. Train, it HtUta. Min Standi, etc.. St. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WARNS SHIPPING OF SUBSEAS OFF THE WEST COAST Commander at San Francisco Naval District Tells Captains to Look Out for U-Boats in Pacific. SAID TO BE OPERATING Where Divers Are Has Not Been Disclosed by Govern ment Authorities. URGED TO SPREAD NOTICE San Francisco, April 11. Warning that German submarines are ftperating in the Pacific were sent to all steam ship captains at sea late today by ' wireless by order of Lieutenant Com mander E. C. Woods of the twelfth naval district here. The warning ?aid: ' "Information has this day been re ceived that Gorman submarines are operating in the Pacific. Please notify all ships under your control ana asK that they spread the warning b,road cast." Instructions of Navy. Instructions from the Navy depart ment on which the warning was based said: "Get in touch at the earliest pos sible moment with captains and mas ters of all merchant vessels operating in your .district, especially off the coast, and at sea, and urge upon them the necessity of keeping a very bright lookout for German submarines and of reporting same immediately by radio to the nearest radio station. Urge upon them the necessity of giv ing as much detailed information of locality where submarines are seen and any other data that will be of value fcTthe naval forces in searching for these vessels." Where the submarines are oper ating was not disclosed. Army Balloonists Make Two Flights. From Fort Omaha Ofiiecrs of life Walloon corps at Fort Omaha made two flights yesterday. The day was ideal for flights of the big gas bags, the army balloonists paid. The first flight started at 9:45 o'clock in the morning, the balloon landing three miles south of Pacific Junction. twentviiine miles from the fort. Four army officers were in the basket. The second flight was made late yesterday afternoon, the gas bag land ing a mile west of Cedar Creek, eight een miles from the starting point. Two officers were in the basket. If the weather is favorable several flights will be made today. , Stands Up for America And Gets Good Beating "All Iowa is for Germany," Chris Larpan. a former Iowan, but now liv ing in Omaha, was told Tuesday aft ernoon by friends fr5m his home town, who had come here to see the wrestling match between Sfecherand Caddock. "Well, my home is in Iowa and I am for America," Larpan replied with fervor.,. A free-for-all fight started and Lar pan got the worst of the battle. He suffered a bad cut over his right tem ple, which Police Surgeon Shook closed with seven stitches. The doc tor believed that Larpan was hit with brass knuckles. ' . The Weather For Nebraska Fair; warmer. Trmperaturra at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Deg. Comparative Lorat Record. 1917. II 10. 191B. 1914. Hlgheit yesterday. .. . 67 86 62 At Lowest yesterday 39 4B 42 28 Mean temperature . . . . 4S 67 62 37 Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departurei from the normal: Normal temperature 49 Deficiency for the day 1 Total excess since March 1 72 Normal precipitation 10 Inch Deficiency for the day .10 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 8.00 inches Deficiency since March 1 31 inch Deficiency for cor. period, 191fi., 1.88 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1916.. .38 inch Reports From Stations at 7 P. M . Station and State Temp. High- Rain' of weather. 7 p. m. Cheyenne, clear 44 Davenport, clear 66 Den vet, cloudy 48 pe Moines, pt. cloudy. . GH Dodge City, rain 4fi Jjander, clear '. . 66 North Platte, cloudy.,, E6 Omaha, cloudy R4 Pueblo, rain 40 Rapid City, clear 62 Salt Lake City, pt. cldy. 58 Ssnta Pe, cloudy 46 Sheridan, clear M rtloui City, clear 80 Valentine, clear 52 est. fall. .14 T .08 .00 .20 .01 .00 .00 2 48 7 44 84 80 54 T Indicates trace of precipitation. U A. WELSH, Meteorologist. WARMER !;:iE::i:S jkj' . 8 a. m 3 mjghfr 10 a. m 4& jCj 6 p. m 56 mJ 1 P. "1 54 BKHmm 8 p. m 51 Seven Billion Bond Bill Means Dollar oC Every $28 in Country Big: Loan Measure Most Re markable Before Any Law Making Body. MUCH POWER TO WILSON (From ft Statf Correspondent.) Washington, April 11. (Special Telegram.) The world's greatest bond issue, so far as single transac tions go, was reported to the house today by the chairman of the ways and means committee (Representa tive Claude Kitchin of North Caro lina). It carries a total of seven bil lion, certainly the most important and far reaching financial measure ever reported by any legislative body in the world and will le taken up for discussion in the house on Friday and in all probability will be passed on the same day. In some ways it is a most unusual bill, extremely sweep ing in character, clothing the presi dent with unlimited powers to spend three of the seven billions in loans to foreign governments, the lack of definitiveness being a subject of se FODR WOMEN KILLED BY FASTJ.P. TRAIN Auto Crossing Track at Gibbon Struck by Los Angeles Lim ited at Full Speed. FIFTH WOMAN INJURED Kearney, Neb., April 11. (Special Telegram.) Four were instantly killed and a fifth person was probably fatally injured at 6:30 oclock this eve' ning when the Los Angeles Limited train of the Union Pacific struck an automobile just west of the Gibbon stock yards. The machine was driven by Ruth Thatcher of Gibbon and the part of five were crossing the track to the north. They apparently failed to see the fast train approaching until too late and were then unable to clear the track in time. Mrs. C. T. Thatcher and her daugh ter, Sadie, both of Gibbon; Norma Gordon of Kearney and Mrs. James I awson of North Bend, who was a visitor at the Thatcher home, were in stantly killed. Ruth Thatcher was dangerously injured, her death being momentarily expected. The bodies were all tossed a great distance, the impact of the train and car being terrific. The train makes no stop at Gibbon and was traveling at about fifty miles an hour when it struck the machine. The automobile was tossed several hundred feet and was literally crushed to kindling. Miss Gordon, the daughter of John Gordon, Kearney coal dealer, was em ployed as teacher in the Gibbon schools and hqr engagement to a young man of that village was an nounced only a short time ago. Ruth Thatcher was principal of the Gibbon schools. .British Foreign Minister to visit The United States Washington, April 11. Secretary Lansing this afternoon confirmed a report that Arthur J. Balfour, Brit ish foreign minister, will arrive in this country shortly at the head of a com mission of British international ex perts. No details of the personnel or date of departure were given out. Rotarians Experience "Efficient" Mail Service An illustration of Omaha's "effi cient," or rather inefficient, and "prompt" mail delivery service was brought to light when Secertary Dan Johnson of the Rotary club announced at the weekly meeting and luncheon Wednesday noon that some of the member were just receiving their noticed of the club's part in the pa triotic demonstration at the Audito rium last Saturday evening. The no tices were mailed at 6 o'clock last Thursday evening. A few a "mighty few were re ceived by Rotarians before Saturday. Some came stringing along on Mon day and Tuesday, a couple of days after the patriotic meeting was held, and several Rotarians have not as yet received theirs. "It would have been more satisfactory to have gone personally to each Rotarian and told him what the club was going to do at the patriotic meeting," said Mr. Johnson. "I thought the mails could be depended on, but I guess I was mistaken." Guardsman is in Danger Of Losing His Leg Now Sergeant Walter K. Knobbs, Na tional Guardsman, who lost his right foot April 1 when a locomotive ran over it white he was on guard duty, will have to undergo another opera tion, according to information at guard headquarters. Gangrene is said to have set in, following the first op eration. Amputation of several inches more of the right leg will be necessary. Knobbs belongs to Com pany R, is 22 years of age, and his home is at 1523 South Thirty-third street. rious objection among certain groups of representatives who are looking to the future when these loans must be paid. Representative Sloan, as a member of the ways and means committee, presented an amendment to the sec tion referring to loans by naming the countries to participate in the billion loan, France. Russia, Great Britain and Italy. This was voted down by the majority of the committee, as the length of time these loans were to exist appeared indefinite. Mr. Sloan presented an amendment fixing a definite time, which met the same fate as the first amendment. Two billions of the seven billions war credit are to be used in fitting the army and navy for war purposes, while two bil lions, to be paid in short term notes, are to be used in bridging over the needs of the government when the taxes are not coming in. Seven billions of dollars in bonds appropriates $1 out of every $28 of all the public and private property in the United States, which is estimated at $200,01)0,000,000. Information is at hand that Secretary McAdoo wrote the bill featured today by Claude Kitchin. SEVEN BILLION BILL REPORTED TO HOUSE Sinews of War Measure Pro vides Five Billions in Bonds and Two Billion in Notes. KITCHIN TAKES CHARGE Washington, April 11. The army financing bill providing for $5,000, 000,000 in bonds and $2,000,000,000 in treasury certificates was unanimously reported for passage today in the house by the ways and means Crnn mittee. Chairman KHchin, introducing and reporting the bill to the house, an nounced that it would be called up Friday for. action, . . . The bill authorizes a bond issue of $5,000,000,000, provides that not to ex ceed $3,000,000,000 from the proceeds of the bonds may be used in extend ing credits to foreign governments. The remaining $2,000,000,000 is to be used at home. ,lt also authorizes an additional bond issue not to exceed $63,945,460 to redeem the 3 per cent loan of 1908, maturing August 1. 1918. It takes in provision for other bonds already authorized by law and au thorizes $2,000,000,000 worth of cer tificates of indebtedness to run one year. The report on the hill states that the committee deenn it advisable to authorize the $5,000,000,000 bond issue at this time in order to enable our government to extend liberal credits and in order to provide im mediately ample funds to meet such expenditures as arc authorized for the national security and defense." Interest is not to exceed per cent and the bill leaves the denonii nations of the bonds to the discrejion of the secretary of the treasury. If at any time prior to December 31, 1918, a subsequent series of bonds are issued at a higher rate of interest bonds issued under authority of the act may be convertible into bonds hearing the higher rate. Harry Lancaster Dies Well Known Railroad Man Harrison B. Lancaster, aged 33 years, a former Omaha boy and a graduate of the local high school, died Tuesday at Portland, Ore., after a four years' illness. He was a well known railroad man, having been the first superintendent of the Washing ton division of the Oregon & Wash ington Railroad and Navigation com pany, a branch line of the Union Pa cific system. Mr. Lancaster is survived by a widow and one son, 8 years old; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lancaster of Red Bluff, Cal.; three sisters and one brother. One of the sisters is Mrs. Ed Stoltenberg of 2602 North Six tieth street, Benson. Burial oc curred in Portland, Ore., Wednesday. Crosby is Appointed Assistant to McAdoo Washington, Apri: 11. Oscar T. Crosby of Warrenton, Va was today appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. Mr. Crosby recently was connected with the American Com mission for Relief of Belgium and in charge of the work in Belgium and northern France. To Carry U.S. Flag On French Front Paris, April 11. It was decided today that the Lafayette flying squadron, composed of Americans, who have distinguished. themselves at the front, will change from the French to the American military uniform and hereafter carry the American flag at the French front. Ottawa, April 11. The Stan and Stripes went into battle for the first time during the world-war during the recent entente storm ing of Vimy Ridge in France, ac cording to an unofficial dispatch received here today from ' Cana dian army headquarters in Europe. . Vl ' . I III " rtHftMEO TO RUN RAILROADS Select Men to Direct Opera tions During Combat With Germany. OBJECT TO AID COUNTRY Fairfax Harrison, Howard Elliott, Samuel Rae, Hale Holden and Kruttschnitt. MEETING IN WASHINGTON Washington, April 11. Heads of the principal railroads in the United States, meeting here today at the call of the Council for National Defense, named a board of five men to direct the operation of American railways throughout the war. It was announced that the purpose of the board would be to give the government the best possible service not only in transporting troops and military supplies, but in handling every necessary commodity. Members of the board arc: Fairfax Harrison of the Southern, chairman; Howard Elliott of the New Haven, Samuel Rae of the Pennsylvania, Hale Holden of the Burlington and Julius Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pacific. H. C. Hoover Will Become Head of New Food Board London. " April 11. Herbert C. Hoover, head of the American com mission for relief in Belgium, after consultation with his colleagues on the commission, has accepted the chairmanship offered him by the na tional defense council of the new food board in the United States. n Mr. Hoover jtpected"-to1'teve shortly for America. Meanwhile he has initiated a w ide inquiry in France, England and Italy regarding the existing food situation. The inquiry includes examination of ' the- pros pects of the coming harvests, import necessities, methods of food regula tion and control now in operation in the allied countries and the results achieved. British Official in Mexico Held for Days as Prisoner Douglas. Ariz., April 11. C. G. Duncan, manager of Hacienda Ma bahi, sixty-five miles southwest of Douglas, in Sonora, Mexico, and Brit ish vice consul for northern Sonora, was captured and held by a band of Mexicans from Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock until Tuesday morning at 10, when the bandits rode away, leav ing him and an American cowboy asleep in the ranch house at San Diaz, fifty miles southeast. Duncan came to Douglas with the story today. Peter Jansen and Captain A. G. Fisher in Washington (From i Staff CorrfsponclonM Washington, April II. (Special.) Peter Jansen of Nebraska is in Wash ington, arriving yesterday to attend the meeting of the National Agricul tural association, which is holding a two days' session in the capitol. Mr. Jansen was the guest of Congressman Sloan at luncheon in the senate res taurent. He leaves for Philadelphia tomorrow. Captain Allen G. Fisher and wife of Chadron are in the city, the cap tain being interested in a case in the supreme court. Captain Fisher is raising a regiment of Spanish war veterans for scivice, but is against the idea of going to Europe. Austrian Captain Given Order to Disable Ship Norfolk, Va., April 11, Captain Kehrer of the Austrian steamer Bu dapest. seizcd by United States au thorities at Newport News Monday, admitted today to government offi cials that he wrecked the engines and machinery of his vessel on instruc tions from a source Jie refused to dis close. He received his orders Janu ary 31 and carried them out immedi ately. Captain Kehrer, his crew and the men from the German steamer Ar cadia are being held by immigration officers, who are examining, the men. Democrats Meet in Annual Banquet at Lincoln (From a Staff Correnpondrnt.) Lincoln, April H. (Special Tele gram.) With Representative J. A. Bulla of Omaha presiding, democratic members "of the legislature met in their annual banquet at the Lincoln hotel this evening, with about 100 present, several republicans being in vited guests. Governor Neville was the first speaker and following him were Rep resentative Peterson and Senator Mc Allister, republicans, and Representa tives Norton, Greenwalt, Jacobson, Osterman and Senators Albert, Chap pell, Moriarty, Beal and others, who were called on by the toastmaster. T AMERICAN ARMY OFFICERS EXAMINING FOREIGN SHELLS Colonel O. B., Mitcham of the Ordnance depart ment, stationed at Governors Island, examining shells made in America for foreign governments. j - if- i ip -gp COlf . MITCHAM EXAMINJKG SLIGHT SLUMR IN i U-B0AT0PERATI0NS Seventeen British Vessels, of More Than 1,600 Tons Sunk During Week Ending April 8. ANNOUNCED AT LONDON London, April 11. During the week ending April 8, seventeen Brhish merchant vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk. Two vessels of less than 1,600 tons were sent down. This was officially announced tonight. . The. statement follows: "Merchant vessels over 100 tons, of all nationalities arriving and sailing from United Kingdom ports: "Arrivals, 2,406; Sailings, 2,307. Brit ish merchant ships sunk by mines or submarines over 1,600 tons, seventeen, including two sunk during the previ ous fortnight. British merchant ves sels under 1,600 tons, two, including one sunk last week. British merchant vessels unsuccessfully attacked four teen, including four during the previ ous fortnight. British fishing vessels sunk six, including one Mink during the previous week." The current report shows a slight decrease from that of last week in losses of large vessels and a marked falling off in the number of smaller merchant craft destroyed. There were eighteen of the former class sunk dur ing the week ended April 1, and thir teen of the latter. The highest figure in ships of more than 1,600 tons sunk was nineteen, during the fourth week covered by the reports in their pres ent form, and Ihc smallest thirteen, during the second week. The reports show a total of ninety seven vessels of more than 1,600 tons sunk cluring the last six weeks and forty-three vessels of less than that tonnage. Your Own Army You have read about every army in the world ex cept your own. You have seen countless pictures of the English, the French, the Rus sians, the Germans. How about Uncle Sam's army? The government has pub lished a book on the army a beautiful 50-page book, with sixty unusual pictures, printed in colors on heavy paper.' The Bee is ready to get you a free copy of The Army Book. You must not miss it. Address The Omaha Bee, Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. as- SHEWS nfeomwm.;, NEBRASKA CAN HELP IN THE FOOD CRISIS 5 Winter Wheat Gone, But Corn, Beans and Potatoes Will ;. - Make Up. j i ; CALL TO SERVICE ON FARM Organization snd mobilization of Nebraska's agricultural resources the utilization of all lands not now under cultivation and the growing of maximum crops on all lands now under cultivation this, in the, minds of professors at the College of Agri culture, it America's call to -service at home. Patriotism has a duty for the farmer quite as important as the duty of the man who enlists for mili tary service the feeding of the peo ple of the United States, and, so far as is possible and necessary, the feeding of the allied powers fighting against. Germany. At the" present time America can not participate directly in the war. For the time being, at least, her mightiest weapons against subma rine, Zeppelin and howitzer are the necessities of, life she can supply the allies. Agricultural resources are of first importance. Shortage of Wheat in Nebraska. That there will be' a shortage of wheat in Nebraska is evident by all reports. I'rot. w. VV. Burr, head of the agronomy department of the Uni versity of Nebraska, estimates, that almost 70 per cent of Nebraska's win ter wheat is dead, but that with fa vorable weather conditions a 50 per cent crop is possible. "In some lo calities reports show that 90 per cent of the winter wheat is dead and in others that 66 per cent is dead," says Prof. Burr. "Figures tabulated by the State Board of Agriculture indi cate that 60.9 per cent of, the wheat in fifty-four counties is dead. In some localities wheat has suffered severely during the last week. I think, how ever, that we have a chance for more f than a .iO per cent crop, since very thin stands at this time of year may I make a fair crop. In fact, a number lot years ago, when the Hessian fly was had, a IS per cent stand early in May made practically a full crop. I look, therefore, for Nebraska's win I trr wheat crop to be around 20,000, I 000 bushels. The normal crop is about j 60,000,000. Last vear Nebraska pro duced .1,500,000 bushels of spring wheat, and 'as the acreage will be in creased this yrar the yield ought to be increased to 5.000.000, making a total yield of 25,000,000 bushels of wheat. This is, of course, only an estimate, which is perhaps based upon insufficient data. Other Sections May Make Up. "Jus how seriously the shortage of wheat in Nebraska and Kansas will affect our total sup.ply cannot be pre dicted. If other wheat-producing sections have normal or above nor mal crops, our shortage would not seriously influence the feeding of our own people. The normal crop in re cent years in the United States has been perhaps seven or eight hundred millions of bushels. Of this Kansas and Nebraska produce approximately one-fousth, which is less than the amount of wheat we usually have to spare. "The indications are that' the de mand for wheat for export purposes will be greater in the coming year than ever before, and thus wheat should remain high. As far as we can see at this time the only shortage in 1917 crop (if there is a shortage) will be in wheat. "Certain sections ri?"the country (Continued on fnge Two, Column Om.) GERMANY'S FATE MAY DEPEND ON BATTLE OF ARRAS Berlin Military Expert Says Decisive Conflict is Now Waging On the West ern Front. BRITISH MAKING GAINS Battle Seems to Be Develop ing Into One of Greatest of the War. TAKE HEIGHTS BY STORM London, April II. The operations along the Arras-Lens line were great ly impeded by snowstorms. According to the official report from British headquarters tonight, the Germans de livered two counter attacks against the British positions in the neighbor hood of Monchy-Lc-Preux, but these failed. ' The statement reads: "Snow has fallen heavily and contin uously throughout the day, rendering J observation impossible and greatly impeding operations of our troops. "This morning two German counter attacks on our new positions in the neighborhood of Monchy-Le-Preux were successfully beaten off. Prison ers taken in Monchy-Lc-Preux state that they had orders to hold the vil- , lage at all costs. "Farther south bodies of our troops succeeded in penetrating a German position in the neighborhood of Bulle court and secured a number of pris oners. At midday they were counter attacked by large forces of the enemy and forced back to their own lines. The enemy attacking troops were ef fectively engaged by our artillery and suffered heavy losses, "Our airplanes were active again jfsterday and in spite of a strong westerly gale and frequent snow storms performed valuable work in cooperation with our infantry, Few Jiostile machines were seen. Our-.aivr-wtei platles returned safely." .?,... Berlin, April 11. (Via London) Since early morning today, says the .' German official statement, fighting be tween the British and German forces developed on both sides of the-Arras-Cambrai road and between Bulls court and Queant. . , Amsterdam, April' 11. (Via Lon don.) The military expert of the Berlin Vossische Zeituug considers that the battle of Arras will prove the decisive battle of the war. : It was foreseen, he says, that 'the enemy would not try : to break .., through on the Somme, as the basis for any such attempt had been re moved by Von Hindenburg's strat egic retreat. The Germans, however, had been guided by the theory that with the strength in war material pos sessed by the allies they could not afford to remain quiet. Consequent ly everything possible vas done by , the Germans to strengthen the Arras 0 line, and a surprise there was impos sible. The expert adds that it must be borne in mind that (he course the op erations have taken was not desired by the hostile command. The Rheinische Wcstfalische Zci tung predicts a brilliant future for Germany, with the realization after the war of the emperor's promise of wider suffrage for Prussia. It says: "The future of Germany is perhaps being decided on the west front. Newer and better times for Germany will be a result of the battle near Ar ras and Soissons, The greater the victory the greater the new Germany and the more beautiful the future." British Capture Heights. London, April 11. The British have captured the village and heights on Monchy Le Preux early this morn ing, according to British official state ment. The village of La Bergere was also captured and satisfactory prog ress is reported being made on other parts of the battle front. Britons Take Trenches. London, April 11. British troops yesterday advanced north of the vil lage of Louveral, in the direction of Cambrai, to the extent of a quarter of a mile along a front of 2,000 yards, and consolidated this gain during the night, telegraphs Reuter's corre- sponent from the British army head quarters in France. The message of the correspondent reads: "North of the village of Louveral we pushed forward toward Cambrai to the extent of a quarter of a mile along a front of 2,000 yards and con- (Contlnued on Pae Two, Column Two. Real Estate Values : : Always advance in a , growing city. Invest your money in . Omaha property and , let the growth of the t city increase, your . capital. . For a complete list of good bargains turn to The Bee Want-Ad pages now. Phone Tyler 1000;