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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 20. 1917.
PRESIDENT CALLS
MEN OF DRAFT AGE
Issues Proclamation Ordering
All Young Men to Register
Their Names .n June
Fifth.
(Continued from Pat;e One.)
aids another to evade the require
ments of this act or of said regula
tions, or who, in any manner, shall
fail or neglect fully to perform any
duty required of him in the execution
of this act, shall if not subject to mili
tary law, be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction in the district
court of the United States having
jurisdiction thereof, be punished by
imprisonment for not more than one
year, or if subject to military law,
shall, be tried by court martial and
suffer such punishment as a court
martial may direct.
Registration Day June 5.
Now, therefore, I, WoodroW Wil
ton, president of the United States,
do call upon the governor of each of
the several states and territories, the
Board of Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and all officers and
agents of the several states and terri
tories, of the District of Columbia and
of the counties and municipalities
therein to perform certain duties in
the execution of the foregoing law,
which duties will be communicated to
them directly in regulations of even
date herewith.
And I do further proclaim and give
notice to all persons subject to regis
tration in the several states and in the
District of Columbia in accordance
with the above law that the time and
place of such registration shall be be
tween 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on June 5 of
1917, at the registration place in the
precinct wherein they have their
permanent homes. Those who shall
have attained their twenty-first birth
day and who shall not have attained
their thirty-first birthday on or before
the day here named are required to
register, excepting only officers and
enlisted men of the regular army, the
navy, the marine corps, and the Na
tional Guard, and naval militia while
in the aervice of the United States and
officers in the officers' reserve corps
and enlisted men in the enlisted re
serve corps while in active service.
In the territories of Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico, a day for registration
will be named in a later proclamation.
May Register by Mail.
And I do charge those who, through
sickness, shall be unable to present
themselves for registration that they
apply on or before the day of regis
tration to the county clerk of the
county where they may be for instruc
tions as to how they may be regis
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icrcu uy agents, niuac niijtvi
to be absent on the day named from
the counties in which they have their
permanent homes may register by
mail, but) their mailed .registration
cards must reach the places in which
they have their permanent homes by
the day named lieiein. They should
apply as soon as practicable to the
county clerk of the county wherein
they may be for instructions as to
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tration by mail. rase such persons
as, through sickness or absence, may
be unable to p. (sent themselves per
sonally for reg'stration shall be so
journing in cities of over 30.000 pop
ulation, they shall apply to the city
clerk of the city wherein they may
be sojourning rather than to the clerk
of the county '
The clerks of counties and of cities
of over 30,000 population in which
numerous applications from the sick
and from nonresidents are expected
are authorized to establish such sub
agencies and to employ and deputize
such clerical force as may be neces
sary to accommodate' these applica
tions. ,
! , Changed Face of War.
The power against which we are ar
rayed has sought to impose its wilt
upon the world by force. To this end
it has increased armament until it has
changed the face of war. In the sense
in which we have been wont to think
of armies there are no armies in this
struggle, There are entire nations
armed.
Thus, the men who remain to till
the soil and man the factories are no
less a Dart of the army than the men
beneath the battle flags. It must be
to with us. It is not an army that
must uliane and train for war: it
is a nation. To this end our people
must draw close in one compact front
against a common toe. Hut this can
not be if each man pursues a private
purpose. All must pursue one pur-,
pose. Th nation needs all men; but
it needs each man, not in the field that
will most pleasure him, but in the en
deavor that will best serve the com
mon good. Thus, though a sharp-
shooter pleases to operate a trip
hammer for the forging of great guns.
and an expert machinist desires to
march with the flag, the nation is
beinar served only when the sharp
shooter marches and the machinist re
mains at his levers. The whole nation
must be a team in which each man
shall play the part for which he is
best fitted. To this end, congress has
provided that the nation shall be or
ganized for war by selection and that
each man shall be classified for serv
ice in the f.iace to which it shall best
serve the general good to call him.
New Thing in Our History.
The significance of this cannot be
overstated. It is a new thing in our
history and a landmark in our prog
ress. It is a new manner of accepting
and vitalizing our duty to give our
selves with thoughtful devotion to the
common purpose of us all. It is in no
sense a conscription of the unwilling;
it is rather, selection from a nation
which has volunteered en masse It is
no more a choosing of thos; who t-hall
ma'ch wirh the colors than it it a
selection f those who shall serve an
equally necessary and devoted i)ur
1ose in the industries that lie behind
the batt line
The dav here nartied is the time
coon whi.h all shall present thein
elves for assignment to their tasks.
It is for that reason destined to be
remembered as one of the most con
picuous momints in our history. It
is nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood of the country
ahall steo forward in one solid rank
m defense of the ideals to which this
action is consecreated. It is important
. to those ideals no lest than to the
1 pride of this generation in manifest
ing itt devotion to them, that there
' I. nint in tl... contra
A Solemn Day.
' It it essential that the day be ap
proached in thoughtful apprenension
nf ita aio-nificance and that we accord
to ft the honor and the meaning that
it deserves. Our industrial need pre-
Commander of.Expedition to France
Attended University of Nebraska
Washington, May 19. Major Gen
eral John Joseph Pershing, who is to
lead America's first battle unit against
the Germans, hat been a fighter of
Indians, Filipinos and Mexicans. A
year ago in March, then a brigadier
general, he commanded the column
which went into Mexico in search of
Villa.
General Pershing, who is nearly
57 years old, is a native of Missouri.
He graduated from West Point in
1886. While commandant of cadets
at University of Nebraska he gradu
ated trom tne law school there. He
married a daughter of Senator War
ren of Wyoming, but lost hi: wife
York Soldiers Eat
Cake that Coat $174
Grand Island, Neb., May 19.
(Special Telegram.) Company M,
Fourth Nebraska, ia today eating a
cake for which the turn of $174.40
waa paid. A Red Croat benefit ball
last night wat largely attended and
the Red Crott ladiet had numerout
aide diversions, one of which wat
the auctioning of a wedding cake.
The first purchaser paid $24 for it
and then handed it back for re
telling. Thia waa repeated, until
the final retult wat the turn ttated,
when it wat pretented to the York
boys, who were guests.
The benefit ball netted the or
ganization between $900 and $1,000.
scribes that it be not made a techni
cal holiday, but the Item sacrifice that
it before us, urges that it be carried
in all our hearts at a great day of
patriotic devotion and obligation when
the duty shali lie upon every man,
whether he it himself to be registered
or not, to see to it that the name of
every male person of the designated
aget it written on these lists of honor.
In witness whereof I have here
unto let my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the citv of Washington
thii 18th day of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and teventeen, and of the independ
ence of the United Statet of America,
the one hundred and torty-hrst.
By the president:
ROBERT LANSING,
' Secretary of State.
Subsea Seizes Ship
In Norwegian Waters
Christiania, Norway. May 19. (Via
London.) The Norwegian steamship
Thorum has been seized by a German
submarine inside the four-mile limit
which Norway always has claimed as
the boundary of Norwegian territorial
waters.
The government it said to hive de
manded the release of the steamer.
The Thorum was chartered by the
government to carry forage to north
ern Norway, where there is a feed
famine.
A Norwegian steamer attempted to
prevent the seizure, but did not use
ill guns, as inc suuniarino was uuisiuc
the ..three-mile limit.
Rht Object te KU.ee.
Mlea Lurlla Danforth, etate manager of
tha Olrla National Honor Ouard. Portland.
Ore., doea not approve of tha method of en
rouraRlnir enllatmente adopted by aome of
the membera Id Hood nivar, who were re
tried In a news awry aa kleolnc all tne re-
orulte foodby.
"Our aim la more dignified than that," le
atlaa Danfor'.b'e comment.
On readtnv the dlapatch aha at once tele-p.oned-to
Hood River and found that some
. the membere ot tne tuard mere were
vullty of the eharse of klialna the reorulta
aroadby. Her eentlmente on that acora were
oi nveyed to the Hood River contlnrent.
"We want me punuo to Know mat we are
.rtereated In vital thina-a and that our ac
'Ivttlea are much more dignified than the
activities of the Hood River atrla would In
o'cete." aa7s Mies Danforth. Portland
Oresontan.
and three children in a fire at the
Presidio, San Francisco, two years
ago.
The Warlepartment's bureau of in
sular affairs was organized by Gen
eral Pershing soon after the Spanish
war and for a time he was its chief.
During the Russo-Japanese war he
acted as military attache at Tokio and
was with Kuroki's army in Manchu
ria. From 1906 to 1913 he was in the
Philippines again, part of the time as
governor of Moro province. Then he
became commander of the eighth bri
gade, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco, and served in that capacity un
til the Mexican developments last
year.
RUSSIANS REJECT
SEPARATE PEACE
New Provisional Cabinet Will
Favor Treaty Without An
nexations or Indemnities.
Petrograd, May 19. (Via London.)
The provisional government declared
today that it was united in the rejec
tion of a separate peace and that it
adopts as its aim the re-establishment
of a general peace, which will not
tend either to domination over other
nations the seizure of their na
tional possessions a peace without
annexations or indemnities.
Minister Kerensky has issued the
following order of the day to the
army:
"The country is in danger. Each
one must do what he can to avert the
peril. No request to be allowed to
resign, made by officers in high com
mand with a desire to escape respon
sibility at a time so grave, will be ac
cepted by me. Deserters are enjoined
to return to the army by May 28. In
fractions of this order will be severely
punished."
After a conference with the gov
ernment, the Duma committee and the
council of deputies, the commanding
generals have returned to the front.
M. Milukoff, former foreign minis
ter, has refused to accept the minis
try of education because his presence
in the cabinet would involve a respon
sibility for the projected foreign pol
icy of the administration. He con
siders this policy dangerous and likelv
to compromise Russia's relations with
its allies.
Training Camp for Negro '
Officers at Des Moines
Washington, May 19. A training
camp for negro officers will be estab
lished at Fort Des Moines, Iowa,
where 1,200 candidates for commis
sions in negro regiments of the new
army will be trained. A draft of 250
men will be taken from the colored
regiments in the regular army, telect
ed from the noncommissioned officers
and privates who have shown quaW
ifications fitting them for command
and assigned to the new camp. The
remainder will come from negro reg
iments of the National Guard and
from graduates of educational institu
tion! for negroes. . ' . ..
Mayor MacVicar Joins
Quartermaster's Corps
Des Moines, la., May 19. John E.
MacVicar, mayor of Des Moines, de
parted last night for Fort Douglas,
Utah, where he will serve as a cap
tain in the quartermaster'i division
of the army.
Five Years
at 1324
Farnam
Stmt.
TEETH
We Plus
You or
Refund
Your Money.
DR. McKENNEY Says:
"By all means join the Red Cross. They perform a won
derful service. When it comes to dental service, we are
equipped to render expert service at very moderate prices.
See us at once for free examination."
Beat Silv.r PA.! Beat 22k ' &A I Heaviest Bridge
llWt Gold Crowns. . . t Work, par tooth VT
1 t Work, par tooth'
. $5, $8, $10
McKENNEY DENTISTS
Filling WWt Cold Crowns.
Wonder Plates Worth
IIS to $25
Hoursi 8i30A.
M. to 6 P. M.
Wednesdays
and Saturdays
Till S P. M.
Not Open
Sunday.
14th and Farnam St.
1324 Farnam Street
Phone Douglas 2872.
NOTICE Out-of-town patrons
can get Plates, Crowns, Bridget
and Fillings complete in one day
Free
Lady
Attendants.
No Students.
The National Life
Insurance Company
Montpelier, Vermont
Announces the Removal of the
Local Office to
Suite 906, First National Bank Bldg.
And the Appointment of
Mr. Nathan Bernstein
As General Agent
Good Openings for Agents,
Men and Women
PERSHING WILL
COMMAND FIRST
ARHYTO EUROPE
(Continued from Pat One.)
be drafted into the United States
army beginning July IS and conclud
ing August 5. Orders to bring the reg
iments to full war strength immedi
ately accompanied the notification
sent to all governors.
A minimum of 329,000 fighting men
will be brought to the colors under
those orders, supplementing the 293,
000 regulars who will be under arms
by June 15.
First Force Mobilized September 1.
It is from these forces that the first
armies to join General Pershing at
the front will be drawn, to be fol
lowed within a few monthi by re
curring waves from the selective
draft armies, the first 500,000 of whom
will be mobilized September 1.
Following is the text of the terse
announcement of the War depart
ment as to General Pershing's expe
dition: "The president has directed an ex
oeditionarv foice of approximately
one division of regular troops, under
command of General John . f ersti
ine. to oroceed to France at as early
a date as practicable, oenerai reran
ir.g and staff will precede the troops
abroad.
In Capital Several Days.
"It is requested that no details or
speculations with regard to the mo
bilization of this command, dates of
departure or other items be carried
by the press, other than the official
bulletins given out by the War de
partment relating thereto."
General Pershing has been in AVasti
ington some days. He was personally
summoned by Secretary Baker from
the Southern department, which! was
under his command until tonight s or
der was issued. The man who led the
expedition into Mexico and handled
his difficult task with such judgment
and skill as to win him the complete
confidence of the president and his
advisers has worked hard on plans for
the expedition to France.
Conferring with Baker.
He has been in daily conference
with Secretary Baker, Major General
Bliss, acting chief of staff, with de
partment officials co-operating the
preparation of the forces he will lead
against the Germans and also with
Lieutenant General Bridges, head of
the military section of the British
mission and a veteran of the battle
fields of France.
There ii eveiy indication that the
regular forces which will compose the
expeditionary division are being se
lected with greatest care.
No inkling of the plans for that di
vision has been allowed to leak out.
It is known, however, that orders have
already gone forward to officers of
tried judgment and long experience,
notifying them to prepare for foreign
service.
New Phases of Battle.
The war in Europe has developed
many new phases of battle. Artillery
has decided many battles, and every
army has doubled and tripled its guns,
both in size and number. For this
reason it was thought likely that the
expeditionary forces would include a
disproportionate number of artillery
troops and be backed by a solid wall
of guns when it comes to grips with
the enemy. The number of men in
the expeditionary force has not been
disclosed. A division at war strength,
however, totals more than 25,000 of all
arms, and the "approximate" division
of the War department's statement
probably will exceed that figure.
Cites Officer's Approbation.
General Pershing, a republican in
politics, was a brigadier general when
he led the forces into Mexico in pur
suit of the Bandit Villa. His work at
that time won for himelection by his
brother general officers as a major
general and the choice was heartily
endorsed by the War department and
President Wilson himself.
In bis proclamation under the draft
bill, thepresident, declaring establish
ment of the selective conscription sys
tem, "a new thing in our history and
a land mark in our progress, enjoined
the nation to approach the day of
registration" in thoughtful apprehen
sion of its significance.
German Rushes Fail.
Paris, May 19. The Germans once
more returned to the attack on the
Aisni front last night, hurling troops
in waves against French positions
northwest of Braye-En-Laonnois.
The war office announce! that the
Germans were unable to reach the
French lines except on the extreme
western part of the front attacked,
where some German detachment!
won a footing in advanced trenches.
British Raids Successful.
London, May 19. "We made a suc
cessful raid last night northeast of
Gouzeaucourt and brought back prit
oners and a machine gun," lays to
day's official statement on the Franco
Belgian front operations.
"Hostile raids were repulsed east of
Loos, northeast of Armentieres and
east of Yprcs." . , .,
"The enemy has again heavily
counteracted our new positions on
the Struma front (Macedonia), but
were driven back with loss," says an
other official announcement made
here today.
"The royal naval air tervice suc
cessfully bombed the air drome and
camp at Drama," '
Italians Capture Hill.
Rome, May 19 (Via London.) The
Italians yesterday reached the crests
c mil za : .u rAj; mu to
day's official statement These posi
tions are the key to the Austrian de
fenses north of Monte Santo.
Brooks Send Durning to
Montreal Under Option
The Montreal club has
Pitcher Durning from the Brooklyn
club, under optional agreement.
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jhehompson "Belden Store j j
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I Broiagket the Store All Is in Complete Readiness Tis Sfflmmer t
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For Graduaticn
A PARASOL
This is a season of novel
ties, many of Oriental ori
gin and all wonderfully attractive.-
Short handles,
leather arm straps and
lovely covering fabrics,
characterize the entire
display.
No Two Are Alike
Imported White
Embroidered Voiles
and Neigiux Cloth
$1.50 Quality
Monday Only
$1.00 a Yard
Linen Section
Stop to Consider
You will certainly lose the
beautiful lines of your figure
unless nature is helped to
sustain them.
Allow yourself to be ;wisely
assisted by the support of a
proper fitting corset.
See R and G Model
C-C-346 for $2
A style that has done won
ders in moulding the figure
lines of the average woman.
Corset Section, Third Floor
Something Entirely New
An Athletic Union
Suit for Women
Made of fine, cool materials,
dimities, batiste and Secco
silk, in white and flesh col
ors. A comfortable hot
weather garment that is
meeting with instant favor.
The E. M. P. Athletic Union
Suitis priced from $1 to $2.50.
Main Floor
Girls' Colored Dresses
NEW ARRIVALS
Made of plain shades of percale
and plaid and striped ginghams,
becomingly trimmed with hand
smocking and combination ef
fects. Styles are high and long
waisted. Sizes 6 to 12 years,
$2.50, $3.50, $4.25, $4.50.
Two Monday Specials
One group of colored dresses,
sizes 6 to 10 years, reduced from
$2.50 to 98c; from $3.50 to $1.25;
and from $4.50 to $1.98.
Another group of children's col
ored two-piece dresses, sizes 3, 4,
5, 6 years, regularly 50c and 65c,
Monday, 39c
ChlldWe W
The Summer Days Are Here
And What of Summer Fabrics?
To the Thompson-Belden store women come with con
viction, knowing that whatever is new is shown here
first. The summer wardrobe will command admira
tion when created out of some of these lovely new
materials.
Poulard Silks are favored for
coolness, long wear and general
satisfaction. Foulards are un
equalled. Excellent qualities in
the season's newest designs, at
$1.95 to $2.50 a yard.
Extra values in Sport Silks;
popular materials in colors that
fashion favors. Not a large as
sortment, but some very inter-,
esting prices Monday.
White Silk of Every Sort
A quality for every purpose. A large
showiog of rich, sheer fabrics for brides
Novelty Voiles, Crepes and Or
gandies offer many new sugges
tions for summer wear. "
The fabric range at 50c a yard
shows plain Voiles in printed
and woven effects, 36 to 40
inches wide. They are extra
values, at 50c.
New Wash Skirtings in sport
effects; a large variety of
weaves and patterns, 75c, 85c
and $1.00 a yard.
A Sale Monday of
White Voile and Embroidery Blouses
A purchase of blouses that ordinar
ily would sell from $2 to $3 will be
placed on sale Monday
for $ 1
Sizes 36 to 44
More than fifty choice spring styles
are included at this price.
All Sales Final
Two Numbers in
rure Thread Silk Hose
For $1.25, a pure thread silk with
lisle tops and soles; regular or out
sizes, white and black.
For $1.75, a fine quality of pure
thread Silk, with garter tops and
double soles; it comes in white
or black. ,
Both of these styles will give the
most satisfactory wear.
Summer Draperies
Beautiful Cretonnes in
patterns varied enough
to be suitable for numer
ous purposes. 36 inches
wide. 30c, 35c, 45c yard.
Curtain Nets Season
able new designs in Ca
ble, Filet and Novelty
weaves; 36 to 50 inches
wide. 39c, 49c, 59c, 65c
a yard.
Basement.
CLOSING OUT
We are cloning out all our new model White
Enamel Befrigeratora and Ice Boxes at blj
sacrMce in prices, and startup M O C
ia with our $&0 Ice Box (or VftaQtJ
With proportional clone-out prices on the
rest. Ton cannot afford to miss the bar
gains we offer If yon want an Ice Box. Gas
Stove, Babv Bnggy, Bags, Bed or anything
In the Furniture line.
8-Inch post Beds, sell everywhere els from
$!50 to $12.00, on sale here at.... 85.89
Sacrifice Furniture Salefo
We are forced to sell the balance) of the $211,000 stock ol high-grade
FURNITURE, RUGS and STOVES
Of the Big Fonr-Story 18th St. Warehoase
Which Is on Sale In Our Salesroom, Corner 14th and Bodge.
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taw fne u 4trla thla l eale. Ther km aave newer ii
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STATE FURNITURE COMPANY
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cold water"