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BRITISH WIN ALL OF BULLECOURT
i'SCRIPTS THIS FALL
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Berlin Official Reports, Admit
Success of British Coun
ter Attack; French
Hold Line.
BULLETIN.
London, May 17.-The British
troops today completed the cap
ture of Bu.lccourt, according to
the announcement from the war
office issued tonight.
Berlin, May 17. (Via London.)
The ground which was captured by
the Germans in the village of Rocux
yesterday morning was later lost, fol
lowing a strong British counter at
tack, says the German statement.
So far during the month of May,
says the official statement issued to
day by the German war office, the
Germans on the western front have
taken 2,300 English prisoners and
have captured 2,700 Frenchmen.
Six Teuton Bushes Fail.
Paris, May 17. Six assaults by the
Germans on the French lines have
been repulsed with heavy losses, ac
cording to an official statement is
sued by the war office today. Three
attacks were made north of Moulin
De Laffaux and three northeast of
Braye En Laonnois.
Britons Cain at Builecourt.
London. May 17. The British have
made further progress in the village
of Builecourt and have reached the
western edge of the hamlet, accord
ing to au official statement issued by
the British war office this morning.
1 he Uritisli and French have forced
the Germans to use virtually all the
fresh reserves which they had at the
beginning of the battle of Arras, Ma
jor General F. H. Maurice, chief di
rector of military operations at the
war office, told the Associated Press
today. Vli:n the British offensive be
gan the Germans had forty-nine re
serve divisions on the western front.
The British onslaught at-Arras and
the more recent French offensive
have compelled the Germans to em
ploy all. but four of these divisions.
The German divisions have been
reorganized since the beginning of the
War, General Maurice continued, but
at present contain at least 20,000 men
rac''- . ...
An official statement issued by the
Austrian war office on Wednesday
admits gains for the Italians in the
lighting on the Isonzo, but .claims the
repulse of the majority of the attacks
and a total capture of 2,000 soldiers.
Repulse Attacks.
. Rome, May 17. (Via London.)
Austrian troops have strongly counter
attackctUhe Italians' in positions they
had gained in carrying out their of
fensive movement. The enemy reac
tion, however, has failed, the war of
fice announces.
The prisoners taken by the Italians
since Monday now number 4,021. Five
additional small caliber guns have
been captured.
The Italians have made further pro
gress in their drive, pushing ahead on
Mount Vodice and also south of Graz-
igna, northeast of Gonzia.
Famous French Aviator
Is Killed in Action
Amsterdam, May 17. (Via Lon
don.) The Telcgraaf quotes a state
ment printed in a German newspaper
that the famous French airman, Cap
. r r c o..i r..
ram jvene iuumcr, oun ui t am iyuu
nicr, former president of the French
Chamber of Deputies, who is report
ed missing, was shot down behind the
German lines and killed.
Captain Doumer was credited in the
French war office statement on
March 19 with having brought down
his sixth enemy machine.
Teh Weather
Por.Kflbraflli'a Fntr; slightly cnolrr.
' Temperatures at Omaha ltrde).
5 a. m
6 a. m
7 a. m
8 a. m.-...
9 a. m
lft a. m...,.
11 a. m. . ,
... 71
... 7fi
13 111.
. 1 p. m S2
2 P. ni 84
3 p. m 87
P. m S3
5 p. m
p. in ss
7 P- in 87
S P. in 83
Comparative Local Record.
13!?. 1910. 1915. 1911.
Highest yesterday ,. 9 fi; fil 71;
Lowest yesterday ... CI 42 41 f,.
Mean temperature' .. 7" f,l bit
Precipitation T .nn .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal: .
Normal temperature 113
Deficiency for the day
Total rainfall since March 1 91
Normal precipitation 16 inch
Deficiency for the day 16 inch
Total rainfall since March 1....6.32 inches
Deficiency since March 1 47 Inch
Deficiency for cor, period. lSta.a.M inches
Ilcflctencv for m. wlnri III! not
Reports Trom Stations at IT. M. j
Station and State Temp. Hish- Hain-
of Weather, 7 p. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, ptly,' cldy..v H 72 .tin
Davenport, ptly, cldy.. 80 84 .00
Denver, ptly, cldy 76 7s .an
Dee Moines, clear 84 86 ,911
Dodge City, clear 84 86 .00
T.ander, ptly. cldy 68 "il .00
North Plane, rain 76 R6 T
Omaha, clear 87 89 T
Pueblo, Ptly, cldy 81 84 .lift
Rapid City, clear 78 71 .1111
Salt Lake, ptly. cldy... 71 71 .110
Santa Ke, cloudy 7" 7'i ,.-.nft
Hherldan. clear 70 71 ,0ft
Sioux City, clear 86 88 .11ft
Valentine, cloudy 74 82 T
indicates traco of precipitation.
Red Cross Workers
Look for Banner Day;
Total Now $235723
RED CROSS RECEIPTS.
Monday $ 5,584.53
Tuesday 5,674.75
Wednesday 2,717.10
Thursday 2,512.10
Campaign total ..$16,488.48
In treasury at start 7,468.75
Grand total $23,957.23
Today is expected to be the
banner day in the big Red Cross
membership campaign, both in
number of memberships turned in
and in the amount of money re
ceived.'' The money to be turned in to
day, and memberships as well,
will be from working people,
practically all in 1 memberships.
The packing houses have signed
up 3,100 members, and George H.
Kelly's industrial committee has
1,124 to report, making a total of
4,124 memberships, and as many
dollars from those two source's
alone.
Buttons, 7,500 of them, arrived
at 5:30 o'clock Thursday after
noon, and will be sent to the pack
ing houses and industrial districts
early today.
SIX SOCIALISTS
GIVEN PLACES IN
NEW MINISTRY
s
Agreement Reached Between
Russian Provisional Cab'r
net and Council Ends
the Crisis.
Fctrograd, May 17. (Via London.)
The cabinet crisis has been settled.
A declaration of the government's
policy has been accepted by the rep
resentatives of the Council of Work
men's and Soldiers' delegates, with
merely slight alterations and was
signed by them at midnight.
It was decided to take into the
cabfnet five representatives of differ
ent socialist groups, which, with A.
F. Kerensky. who assuuies.tlie war
portfolio, will make a total of six of
these groups sharing in the govern
ment. Four Appointments Made.
During the sitting M. Tchernoff,
national socialist, was appointed min
ister of agriculture and M. Skobeleff,
vice president of the Council of Work
men s and soldiers delegates, was ap
pointed minister of labor. It was
also decided to be desirable to include
in the government Feodor Kokosh
kine, constitutional democrat and a
professor at the University of Mos
cow, and M. Tscretelli, member of the
Council of Workmen's and Soldier's
delegates. The duty of these men
will be to prepare for the constiluei.t
assembly.
Generals at Petrograd.'
Generals Alexieff, Dramiroff, Gurko
and Brusiloff arrived in Petrograd to
day tor a conierence on the military
situation. They declared the forma
tion of a coalition minority was indis
pensable, as it would make possible
strong measures to re-establish disci
pline and the fighting spirit in the
army.
Ihe generals expressed the opinion
that the appointment of M. Kerensky
as minister of war would be received
by the army with great enthusiasm, as
he is popular among the soldiers.
There are rumors that General
Alexietf has resigned as commander-in-chief,
or that his resignation is im
pending. Reserve Banks Are Urged to
Boost for the Liberty Loan
Washington, May 17. Representa
tives of all federal reserve banks, Dal
las and San Francisco excepted, were
told-' today bv the federal reserve
board that upon them would depend
much of the task of arousing "the
spirit of '17" to insure a large over
subscription to $2,000,000,000 liberty
bond offering.
The conference was called to en
able the directing heads of the chief
liberty loan subscription headquarters
to receive detailed instructions for the
field work incidental to floating the
big offering.
Officials feel that the issue will be
oversubscribed, but are not content
ing themselves -ivith a half-hearted
campaign.
Odd Fellows of South
Dakota Elect Officers
Yankton, S. D., May 17. (Special
Telegram.) Grand lodge of South
Dakota Odd Fellows this morning
elected these officers: Henry Robert
son, Dell Rapids, grand master; W. A.
Herron, Custer, deputy grand master;
Harvey Rice, Huron, grand secretary;
George W. Snow, Springfield, grand
treasurer; J. W. Gibson, Salem, grand
warden; Andrew Larson, Aberdeen,
past grand master. i
Senate Adopts Conference
Report on the Army Bill
Washington, May 17. Late today
the senate adopted the conference re
port on the war army bill, accepted by
the house yesterday and sent the
measure to the president for his sig
nature. The vote was 65 to 8. Those voting
against adoption were Senators Gore,
Gronna, Hardwick, Kirby, LaFollette,
Norris, Stone and Trammel!. Senator
Fall was excused from voting.
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BURLINGTON TO
RAISE WAGES OF
8,000 EMPLOYES
President Holden Announces a
Ten Per Cent Increase, Ex
cept Where Covered
by Schedule.
More than 8,000 employes of the
Burlington Railroad company have
been made happy by an announce
ment by President Hale Holden that,
effective May 16, their wages have
been increased 10 per cent.
The increase in wages applies to
men and women working on an
hourly and monthly basis and whose
salaries in the past have been less
than $250 per month.
Trainmen whose wages are covered
by an agreed schedule do not share
in the increase. Section men and ex
tra gang laborers are not included,
their wages having been recently in
creased. Periscope Sighted Off
Diamond Shoals Light
New York, May 17. The skipper
of a Danish steamship which arrived
here today with sugar from Cuba had
a mystery story to tell, involving the
possible presence of a submarine off
Cape Hatteras.
His ship was thirty-three miles
north by east from Diamond Shoals
lightship on May 15, the Danish cap
tain said, when wreckage was en
countered. An official sighted what appeared
to be a spar sticking about eighteen
inches out of the water. As the Dan
ish vessel neared it, this object slowly
submerged. Some distance to star
board a British steamship was pro
ceeding northward.
The Danish skipper suspected he
might be in the presence of a mine
laying submarine which, having de
stroyed one vessel, was laying in wait
for the Briton to starboard, and he at
once ordered full steam ahead and
fled.
Will Require Two Months
To Transfer Guard to U. S.
Washington, May 17. It will re
quire between thirtv and sixty davs
after President Wilson signs the army
bill to bring the National Guard into,
the federal army under the draft pro
visions of the national defense act.
This can be stated authoritatively.
although the War department is with
holding announcement as to details
of the process to be followed with
the state troops until the bill has been
signed.
National Guard troops now in the
federal service retain their status as
militiamen and it will require the ex
ercise? by the president through
proclamation or other executive order
to draft the force as a body into the
federal army when its militia status
ceases.
The Cry of the World
BLOODY CLOTHING
FOUND IN LONELY
SPOT NEAR RIVER
Sheriff Clark Thinks Woman
Was Murdered and Body
Thrown Into Missouri
- , at Florence.
Blood stains on a woman's suit,
coat, skirt and underskirt found hid
den underneath a pile of brush and
weeds in a desolate spot 200 feet from
the Missouri river a half mile north
of Florence have started Sheriff
Clark and his deputies to work on a
p. risible murder mystery.
All indications point to foul play,
according to Sheriff Clark.
Dr. Mossman, who was tramping
over the country north of Florence
searching for wild flowers found the
bloody garments when he stumbled
over a pile of brush at the loots of
a fallen plum tree.
The clothing had been thrust by
someone into a rotted gunny sack,
which had evidently been hidden at
the spot more thau a year.
A daily newspaper found nearby
was dated January 1, 1916.
Lured to Lonely Spot.
Sheriff Clark is working on the
theory that a woman was lured to the
lonely spot and murdered and the
body stripped, -of its clothing and
thrown into the river.
The garments, now mouldy and
smeared with stains, are of good ma
terial and were evidently new when
placed in the sack. A small can of
talcum powder also was found with
the clothing.
The skirt is of heavy woolen ma
terial, with green stripes, and was of
fashionable lines a year ago.
The underskirt is black, of silk
material.
The other garment is a black suit
coat, braided and of stylish design.
Dr. Mossman "Ported the find to
Sheriff Clark, who, together with
Deputies Mead and Musgrave and the
doctor, went to the spot this morning
and began an investigation.
Body Thrown in River.
The sack was so mouldy that it
fell to pieces when the sheriff took
the garments out of it. The clothing
was brought to the court house.
The spot where the garments were
found is sequestered. The nearest
house is a quarter of a mile away.
Sheriff Clark said it would have
been an easy matter for a person or
persons to commit a murder there,
strip the body of clothing so as- to
make identification difficult, and then
throw it in the river.
Congressmen Will Serve ,
In the Navy as Bluejackets
Wahitio'tntl Mav Iri -c:..,.- sett.
ators and representatives are planning
to enlist as bluejackets in the navy
when the present session of congress
. i
MAY FORCE U.S.
TO RESTORE SOME
OF MAIL SERVICE
Mail Traffic Manager of the
Union Pacific Says Pres
sure May Bring Good
' Results.
"The delays to mail are working
such a hardship on firms, corpora
tions and individuals that I believe
the government will be forced to re
establish some of the service recently
discontinued," said Guy Adams, mail
traffic manager of the Union Pacific
system, with headquarters in Chicago,
in Omaha enroute to the Pacific
coast.
"Compensation to the railroads lias
been reduced," he continned. "Some
of them have suffered a loss of 25 per
cent in their mail revenues. This has
curtailed the mail service to an ex
tent heretofore unknown. Appeals
have been made to the Postoffice de
partment, but so far they have been
without effect.
"People everywhere arc interested
in the expediting of the mails and I
am of the opinion that the pressure
being brought to bear is going, to
produce some results."
Sunday Schools to Have
Patriotic Day July 1
Chicago, May 17. One hundred
and fifty thousand Sunday schools in
America, with a membership of about
18,000,000, have been requested to ob
serve July 1 as "patriotic Sunday." it
was announced it the headquarters of
the International School association
here.
Each school has been requested to
make an offering on that date toward
the American Red Cross on oilier war
relief agency, or the army Young
Men's Christian association, to en
courage young men to enlist for active
service in fhe war and young women
for duty as Red Cross nurses and to
enroll as many members of the Kcd
Cross as possible. '
Count Czernin Goes to
Confer With Hollweg
Amsterdam (Via London), May 17.
A semi-official announcement from
Vienna says that Count Czernin, Aus
trian foreign minister, has left for
German headquarters to continue his
conferences with Chancellor von
Bcthmann-Hollweg. He will take up
matters which were discussed during
the chancellor's recent visit to
Vienna.
Stone Says T. R. Unfit to
Command Body of Troops
Washington, May 17. Senator
Stone attacked the Roosevelt amend
ment to the army bill on that ground
that "Colonel Roosevelt is unfit to
command a body of troops because he
has no respect for authority, constitu
tional or otherwise," and described
the provision "as a scheme both per
sonal and political"
'SUMMON DRAFT ARMY IN SEPTEMBER:
BUILD 32 TOWNS TO HOUSE SOLDIERS;
MAKE REGISTRATION
War Department Plans Completed For Taking
Care of First Half Million Men When They
Are Assembled in Various Camps in Dif
ferent Parts of the United States.
ENROLLING YOUTH TO
Demonstrations, Parades and Speeches Everywhere in
Honor of Persons Classified for Possible
War Service.
DATE FIXED BY PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION
Washington, May 17. In response to a suggestion from Senator Jonas
f Washington that the now selective draft army help harvest crops, Secre
tary Baker today disclosed that'll it not expected to cell out the first BOO,
000 men before September 1, became of "the depleted state of our sup
plies," and that there will therefore be no "appreciable interference with the
labor supply of the country until that date."
After stating that the labor question was receiving terioua attention
from all departments, Secretary Baker wrote to Senator Jones:
MUST WAIT TILL AFTER HARVEST.
"Owing to the depleted ttate of our supplies it will not be practicable to
call out the first 500,000 men to be raited under the provitiont of the bill
now pending before congrett until about September 1, to there will be no
appreciable interference with the labor supply of the country until that date.
' 'When these men are called they will have to be continuously trained
with the colors until they are tent abroad. At the period of training before
they are tent abroad will be at the bett all too short in juttice to the men, it
mutt be Intensive and continuous."
TRAINING CAMP
GRIND STARTS AT
FORFSNELLING
Enrollment List Closes and
Embryo Officers Begin Real
Work in Army
Life. , ;;
Minneapolis, Minn., May 17. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The enrollment list
for the first officers' training camp at
Fort Snelling closed today and the
long, ri grind that will make ap
proximately 2.5U0 carefully picked
American young men worthy officers
of Uncle Sam's new army, is off to
a splendid start.
It's a big day's work from 5:15 to
9:15, but the boys are rapidly settling
into the pace. Tired, aching bones
and muscles are hardening, sore and
blistered feet and hands toughening
and bread, bacon, beef and beans be
coming a delight. Most of the con
fusions to arrivals and consignments
to quarters and companies has passed,
leaving only real work ahead. This,
however, has reached a settled basis,
and while occupying almost every
hour of the working day, has been
balanced and proportioned without
producing too much fatigue or ex
haustion. The work will grow heav
ier, too, but at that time the civilian,
seeking to become an officer will have
been hardened to it.
Take Practice March.
The boys went through some hard
marching, returning to camp tired,
covered with dust, and happy to get
back. This afternoon they had rifle
instruction, getting careful teaching
of the manufacture of the weapon, its
uses and handling. Signalling, too,
came in for considerable attention.
Final canvass of the records show
that about twenty-five men have left
the camp. Three were discharged
aftarr taking the oath, for various rea
sons. Twenty-twoj left after taking
the physical examination and before
taking the oath. Most -of these are
believed to have suffered from cold
feet after looking ovor the camp, 'and
as they had not taken the oath the
military authorities have no way to
reach them, nor any desire to do so.
Their places will be taken by late
comers in answering the orders to re
port. Only eleven men appeared at
medical headquarters for examination
today.
Another Camp in August.
The government is planning on an
other such officers' training camp,
probably in August. A telegram re
ceived at headquarters directs that all
disappointed applicants for places in
this camp be told that there may be
opportunity for admission to a sec
ond camp and directing that all rec-
Contlnus4 on Pase Two, Column One)
Ship Wrecked in Behring;
More Than Hundred Missing"
San Francisco, Cat, May 17; The
three-masted ship Standard, owned by
Libby McNeill & Libby, is a total
wreck off Cape Constantine in Behr
ing sea, according to a message re
ceived here today by the naval radio
station. Of nearly 150 men aboard the
vessel, only twenty-nine have been
rescued, according to the report,
DAY GALA AFFAIR
BE PATRIOTIC OCCASION
Plans Worked Out,
Complete plans for housing 22,000
men at each of twelve divisional can
tonment camps in which the war army
is to be trained, have bcenworked
out by War department officials and
construction work will be undertaken
as soon as commanders of the military
.departments have designated the sites.
Twelve of the camps will go lo the
new southeastern department, com
manded by . Major General Leonard
Wood, making 264,000 troops assigned
to that department. Six camps will
be established in the central depart
ment, six in the southern, three in the
western, four in the eastern, and one
in the northeastern .department.
Will Build Thirty-two Towns.
The building will be done by con
tract under supervision of army offi
cers. Colonel I. W. Littell of the
quartermaster's corps, has been placed
in general charge of construction by
Secretary Baker and has nearly com
pleted the organization of his forces.
In effect the project is to build
thirty-two towns complete with all
necessary equipment and facilities. It
will require 6,000,000 feet of lumber,
which was adopted because the price
of canvas was so high and the supply
so short. If tents were used it would '
require two complete sets a year to
keep the men under cover.
There will be 2,000 buildings in each
encampment These will include
quarters for officers and men, stables,
kitchens, mess halls, bath houses and
storerooms in addition to numerous
structures for special purposes. The
majority of the barracks will be long,
low one-story affairs.
Cover More Than a Mile.
fcfach town will cover a little more
than a snuare mile of ground not in
cluding the big tracts of land neces
sary for drilling and military opera
tions during training.
The quartermaster s department has
laid plans for the erection of central
groups of warehouses and storage
buildings, which will be situated con
veniently as to transportation lines
and will be the supply depots for the
camps.
Poison in Meal Served
Guards; One Dead, 16 III
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 17. Four
more soldiers of the Third Pennsyl
vania infantry, on police duty in the
Pittsburgh district, were -"removed
from their camp to hospitals here this
afternoon, suffering from the effects
of poison, while the military authori
ties investigated the death of Lieu
tenant William F. Corcoran, and the
illness of twelve other guards last
night.
The soldiers were on duty at Port
Perry, Pa., and yesterday were served
with a meal from the restaurant con
ducted by Carl Miller near their
camp.
Iowa Student Missing
From Fort Snelling
Minneapolis, Minn., May 17. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A student from
Iowa, who yesterday enrolled for the
officers' training course at Fort Snel
ing, is missing today. He was sent
immediately to the post hospital to
take the physical examination. Now
there is no trace of him and beyond
admitting that he has disappeared,
camp officers will say nothing, not
even divulge his name.
German Reichstag
Adjourns to July 5
Amsterdam, May' 17. (Via Lon
don.) The Reichstag has adjourned
until July 5. The social democratic
deputies voted against the military
and other budgets, ' both factions of
the party uniting in their opposition,