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Bee THE WEATHER Showers IVOL. XLVI NO. 288. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY. 21, 1917. TEN PAGES. Ol Traill, at Mitels, N.wi SI1ISI, (la. H, SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The Omaha Daily KAISER WOULD SPLIT EUROPE WITH MILITARY LINE AS THE BACKBONE OF HIS PRUSSIAN WORLD EMPIRE; HOOVER IS MADEjPpOD DICTA TOR OF UNITED STA TES OUTLINE PLAN TO CONSERVE LARDEROFU.S. . . v - ' - President and Man Chosen to Handle Supplies Tell People Control Means Saving,' But Not Going, Hungry. Washington, May 720, President Wilson in a s'tafement last night out lining the administration's food con trol policy, announced he had asked Herbert C. Hoover to become Ameri can food administrator and that Mr, i Hoover' would accept (he place. A statement given out byMr. Hoover after the White House an nouncement was made gave his plain .ui iuuy auiiimisirauon ana cauea on the country to render voluntary as sistance it. carrying it out. '- Explaining that it isvabsotutely nec essary to vest unquestionable powers in the government, the president de clared he i confident that exercise of the authority granted will be neces sary only "in the few cases where some small and selfish minority proves unwilling to pift the nation's interests above personal advantage." No Need to Fear Bureaucracy. He makes it clear that the food ad ministration is only for an emergency situation and that since it will be com posed forthe most part of volunteers "there, need be no fear of the possi bility of a permanent bureaucracy arising out of it." ' Mr. Hoover proposed that the food idininislration be divided into four great brandies, whose duties he de fined in detail. Most "of the work would be carried out by jnen and women of the country on a volunteer "If tins cannot be done," Mr. Hoover's j'atoment says, "I shall cer .ahily and-willingly surrender the task to some other method of emergency. I hold that democracy can yield to discipline, -md that we can solve this food problem for our own people and our allies in this way, and that to have done so will have been a greater service than- our immediate objective, for we will have demonstrated the richtnesi of our faith and our ability to defend ourselves without being Prussianized." Five CardinafPrindpIes. With 'tin president, Mr. Hoover be lieves it rarely will become necessary to apply large powers. Five cardinal principles of food ad ministration outlined by Mr. Hoover in his statement are: "That the food problem is one of wise administration and not expressed by the words 'dictator" or "controller but 'food administrator.' "That this administration can be largely carried out through the co ordination and regulation of the exist ing legitimate distributative agencies, supplemented by certain emergency bodies composed of representatives of; the producers, distributers and con sumers. r "The organization of the commun ity for voluntary conservation of food stuffs. Filled by Volunteers. 1 "That all important positions so far as they must shall be filled by volunteers. y "The independent responsibility of Continued on Pnye Two, Column Two.) Arthur Warren Waite Will Be Executed oh Thursday Sing Sing, N. Y May 20 Dr. Ar thur Warren Waite, who was convict ed in New York of poisoning to death his wealthy father-in-law, will be exe cuted here next Thursday, it was an nounced today.' The 'condemned man now is spending most of his time read ing and writihg hitters. Spaniards Will Stage Big ' Demonstration for Allies Paris, May 20. A great public manitestatiflin tavor ot the entente allies, says" a Havas dispatch from Madrid, has been set for May 27, in the Place Des Taureaux it) the Span ish capital. The delegations from the provinces are expected to attend the meeting. . The Weather Foi Nebraska Probably ehowere; Pooler. Temperature and Omaha. leiterday. Comparative local Record. in. ii. his. ih, Highest yesterday. . .. 63 63 78 Lowest yesterday..,.. 69 64 42 63 Mean temperatu.ro. ... ' 68 6t ts 70 Precipitation . .07 .It .6S .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Kormat temperature , (4 Kxcess tnr the day.. , 6 Total deflcency sloce March 1 66 Normal precipitation 1'4 Inch Deficiency for the day .07 Inch Total rainfall since March 1.... 6.30 Inches Deficiency since March 1 83 Inch Deficiency for cot. period, 1116. 3.18 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. 8.58 inches h. A. WELSH. UeteoroloslsU 3 a ; ?j Nebraskans in the Thirteenth Division , 1 Of National Army .Washington, May 20. Distribu tion of the countrv bv states inte P the areas that will provide the six ty teen divisions of the selective army was announced loaay oy xne war department. . The western states are grouped as follows: Thirteenth Division Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Central department. Fourteenth Division Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Central depart ment. Fifteenth Division Texas, Okla homa, New Mexico, Arizona, South ern department. Sixteenth Division Montana. Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Utah, uregon, Nevada, California, west ern department. FOOD CONGRESS TO STAGE SOME TIMELY DEBATES Many Mooted Questions to Be Discussed When the Various Interests- Meet Here Next Week. Lively debates will be staged at the State Food Conservation conference at the Auditorium Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday and Friday of this week, " There to every evidence that dele gates with conflicting opinions about conservation will come in from va rious sections ot tne state. for example, a bur drscussion on the clothing problem will be"h d, while at the same time delegations present will represent those who sell clothing. There will be discussions on reducing purchases of luxuries, while some delegations present will repre sent, industries which sell luxuries. City Girl on the Farm. mere win be discussions on new and little used foods, particularly cereals, while delegates will be pres ent whose business it is to manufac ture and sell the well known brands of foods and cereals at the old prices. A discussion on the problem of placing city and town -girls into the farm homes will result.i while farmer delegates ,will be present who have little faith in the efficiency of the city girl in the farm home. Such are the problems to be ironed out at this big conference. The de bates are expected to be hot, but out of it all the State Conservation and Public Welfare commission hopes to bring a wholesome co-operation of all concerned so, that1 conservation may go forward as it should is a national crisis. , Shortage of Farm Help. Farmers' organizations will be strongly represented, .bv some of the best informed men in the- various or ganizations, such as the Farmers' congress, the Farmers' union, the State grange, the Nebraska Co-operative Grain and Live Stock State Ship ping association and many others. Much information is expected from these organizations in regard to pro duction, the years' prop possibilities, the shortage of farm help and many other similar objects. At the head of the women s section is Miss Alice Loomis of the home economics department of the Univer sity ot .Nebraska. Koughly, the pro gram Comes under four heads, dem onstrations, exhibits, committee work and programs. George b. Condra, executive secre tary of the Nebraska Conservation and Welfare commission, says of the women'a work, "An attempt will be made to unify, correlate and prevent duplication of the work of' the. women in Nebraska, permitting each woman to choose that patriotic field in which she can best serve. ' Great interest is centering; about the fact that Secretary' of the Treasury McAdoo and Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Vrooman are to be pres ent at 'the conference. Vrooman will speak before the general session Tues day evening and McAdoo Thursday afternoon at 2:30. War Preparations ' ,ln Buffalo County ' Kearney, Neb., May 20. (Special.) '-A Buffalo county council for de fense has been organized, Judge W. D. Oldham being the chairman with Banker John G. Lowe, vice chairman. This organization is now busily occu pied organizing similar councils in every township of the county. The work is being carried on in accordance with the state council instructions. The countyjs also organized for registration, in accordance with the draft law. Plenty of citizens have en rolled their services as clerks, the list having already been forwarded to the governor. Conductor Wright's Judgment Against Bail Company tut The Nebraska supreme court has eut down the judgment for $30,000 secured by Edgar P. Wright, a con ductor in the employe of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway com pany, secured in the Douglas county district' court, to $20,000 on the grounds that the judgment was exces sive. ' While adjusting the trolley on ton of his car Wright received a shock and was knocked from the car, sus taining alleged permanent injuries. Tr: 21,804 PERSONS ARE ENROLLED IN RED CROSS WORK "Tt-lV"' -ft Week's Whirlwind Campaign in Omaha Nets Total of More Than $34,000; Money Jo Washington. Total figures for Omaha's big one- week Red Cross membership cam paign, announced Saturday night by Secretary W. G. Ure, were 21,804, 6r 1,804 more than the goal of 20,000 set Monday when the campaign started. Mr. Ure predicted that the grand result of the week's campaign will be 25,000 members. He said there are fully 3,800 -members signed, but not yet reported to the office'. , , Money m the treasury last night totalled slightly more than $34,000. Of this amount, about $15,000 will go to Washington to general head quarters for the American Red Cross. ihis will leave $iy,W0 to equip and train the ambulance company, which will cost $12,000, and to fur nish supplies for soldiers at the front. The numbers enrolled during the week, Mr. Ure said, incIude-2,000 from South Omaha, 300 from the smelter, 500 from, county towns and communi ties, and 1,000 from Masonic bodies. Also the Boy Scouts are yet to be heard from. The Boy Scouts' figures are estimated all the way from 500 to 1,500. A' Recruits for Ambulance Corps. The great majority of the 21.804 memberships are for $1. There were tor sji, 1,151 tor $2, IW tor $5, 155 for $10. eirrhtv for $25. and one for $100. Announcement Saturday that orders had been received to recruit an am bulance company, caused a score of young men to place their names on the recruits wafting list. It is ex pected thatb lanks for enlistment will be here in a few days. Chairman Dietz of the Omaha chap ter, with G. W. Wattles, finance chair- (Continned on Paire Two, Column One) Garden Acreage in i Nebraska Is Doubled Lincoln, Neb., May 20. The acre age devoted to garden crops in Ne braska this year is surprising, "twice the normal acreage and will furnish an astonishing suddIy of food." in the opinion of experts sent out by the Ne- Drasita college ot Agriculture to hnd out if the general alarm that a world food shortage was probable, had awakened farmers to the need of utilizing every foot of fertile soil. Prof. W. W. Burr, head of the agronomy department of the college of agriculture, said his observations in all sections of the state convinced him there were no slackers among farm ers, nor residents of towns, who were able to utilize vacant lots, back yards and other acreage heretofore untitled. "Everywhere farmers are planting such crops as were never known in this state before, using every bit of land available," said Professor Burr. "I was surprised at the acreage of the garden crops planted tVice as much a in other years. With a normal sea son the production of garden crops will be astonishing.' , , ,. ITALIANS CRUSH RUSH OF AUSTRIA , ON SOUTH FRONT General Cardona's 1 Troops Smash Onslaught of Enemy and Take Great Quan tity of Material.. v i i Rome (Via London), May 20. General Cadorna's forces yesterday extended their positions on Hill 652 on the Julian front, repulsed counter attacks of dense masses of Austro Hungarian 'troops and captured a large quantity of war material, says today's official statement. East of Gorizia the Italians broke through the Austrian lines and took a num ber of prisoners. , ' t - ' Men of Crown Prince Fail. ', , Paris, May 20. Troops of the Ger man crown prince 1 after strong artillery preparation last niglft at tacked the French positions in the salient of La Bovelle, north of "The Ladies' Way," but were easily re pulsed, the French war department announced this afternoon, , Twelve miles to the westward of this sector the French stormed the Teuton defenses near Laffaux milt and captured some sections of trenches. German Attack Smashed. London, May 20. British t heav ffuns Inst ntfflir emncrir1 an nHar. launched by the Germans near Epehy, to the West of the St. Ouentin canal. the British war department announced this afternoon. Near Fauquissart. southeast of Layentie the British -captured a few prisoners in patrol en counters tnis morning. Berlin Says Attacks Fail. Berlin, May 20. After an artillery arum lire ot tne strongest intensity, opened at daybreak today, British troops launched a series of attacks atone the fifteen-mile Arras frnnr be tween Achevillc and Queant and south of the River Scarpe, the German war omce announced today. strong British attacks against the German positions on-both sides of Monchy last night: the statement adds, wcre-'completely repulsed. Floods in Russia Claim A. More Victims Than Revolution ivuiruijwnu'-nv, or. i ne.esnciaien tress, r - Odessa, Russia, April 28. Floods in southern " Russia have claimed more victims than the revolution. Thev fol lowed the heavy snowfall that cano pied this part of the country soon after the recent revolution. The floods interrupted railway traffic, especially netween nere and the new Roumanian capital at Jassy and some houses were swept from their foundations and a number of persons were drowned. The rising waters caused more excitement in these parts than the revolution. Chinese House Won't Vote War Till Premier Resigns fekingj China, May 20.VThehouse ot representatives by a vote of 229 to 180 decided today not to consider any war measure until the premier and Minister of War Tuan Chi-Jui re signed and the entire cabinet was reorganized. Virtually all the cabinet resigned recently, but the premier re fused to accept their resignations. RUSSIA PLANS TO STRIKE GIANT BLOW AT TEUTONS Coalition Government, Pledged to Make No Peace Except as Victor, Shapes Aggressive ; , Military Policy. , By Associated Presa.) Russia, unaggressive in the field for several months because of internal dissensions, is making ready under the leadership of the new coalition gov ernment to resume an energetic cam paign against the Teutonic cowers. The new cabinet, holding the con fidence of the radical council of work men's and soldiers' delegates, has de clared against a separate peace and announces its intention of taking the most energetic measures against any counter revolutions, . '. . Russian Army Active. Declaring that the re-establishment of a general peace without annexa tions and indemnities is possible only through the voverpowermg of Ger many, the cabinet asserts that its most important work js the revivify ing of the army. Already the Russians have shown signs j of activity, and artillery and mine ' throwing bombardments by them are reported from several im portant sectors along the 800-mile front from Riga, on the Baltic, to Ga latz, on the Black sea. To Introduce Iron Discipline. Petrograd, May 19 (Via London). Minister of War Kerensky, address ing the congress of peasants, an nounced his determination to intro duce an iron discipline into the army. He made an impassioned appeal for support in restoring the morale of Russia's military forces and his speech was greeted with enthusiastic applause. , A great demonstration occurred after he finished his address. The delegates embraced the minister and carried him on their shoulders to his automobile. Soldiers of Canada Must Not Wear Civilian Clothing (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London, April 30. Canadians and other overseas staff officers, who have not the facilities of a home and friends such as the British officers possess are irritated hvtr a new order forbidding them to wear civilian clothes, except for golf or other sports, for which they have no time. The order says "no mufti exceot in nrivate houses."! which means, as a rule for dominions officers no mufti at all. Ihe officers feel that, after two years in uniform. fliey ought to be allowed to wear civilian aress wnen aining m aspuDiic place or going to a theater. British Government to ' Establish Health Ministry (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London. April 30. The British .eov- ernment is understood to be seriously considering the establishment of a ministry of health. This ministry, it. is stated, would have charge of sani tation, housing," sickness, insurance, and all similar matters that would logically fall under its jurisdiction. ""Mdii i must M- If iyJIXi ASIC Paris, May 20. The French steamer Colbert, carry French mili tary passengers was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean, April 30, by a German submarine, rif ty-one persons lost their lives. Announce ment of the sinking was made this afternoon by the French admiralty as follows: : v The steamer Colbert In the serv ice of the admiralty and having on board a certain number of military passengers, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on the morning of April 30, by a submsrine. Fifty one persons were killed. The Col bert was a passenger carrying ves sel of 5,394 tons gross. ' FORTY THOUSAND U.S. SOLDIERS TO FACE TEUTON FOES V . i .. .. . Army, Navy and Marines Wil Join Fleet Now in Europe, Fighting Against the . ''',. Germans. y (Br Associated Press.) Washington, May 20. All three arms of America's fighting forces, the army, navy and marine corps, soon will be represented in the war Tones. - With American destroyers already in European waters, and army regu lars concentrating to carry the flag to battle lines in Belgium and Krance, a regiment of marines was designated today to join the expeditionary force and round out the nations represen tation in the field. . Forty Thousand Men to Front, The marines will be attached to the army division under General Pershing, which is; .under orders to proceed abroad as soon as practicable. .Although details are not being made public, it was calculated tonight that with the marine regiment the total American force' now designated for land service in Europe is close to 40,- 000. An army division at war strength comnrises about 25.000 men and up wards of 12,000 are .expected to be in tbo nine volunteer cgimcnts. of engi neers now being recruited. The for. estry regiment and the marine regi ment each will number more than 1,- 000. The strenglh of the naval force in Europe has not been revealed. Will Precede Troops. - General Pershing and his staff wilt sail for Europe ahead ot the troops to nave the wav for final training of the huge army the United States is pre paring to pour across, the seas as rapidly as men can be trained and enuiDDed. ' For obvious reasons no information as to the time of the American com mander's departure or his destination will be made public. When General Pershing leaves every detail of the organization and equipment of his troops will have been worked out. Presumably he will have wide discretionary powers to co-op erate with commanders of the french, British and Belgian forces. May Go' To Belgium. President Wilson's statement ex. nlainimr his reasons for not accept ing Colonel Roosevelt's offer of a di vision, contained a phrase which has attracted much attention and sug gested the possibility that American troops may go to Belgium to help right the wrongs which turned the world acainst Germany. ' The president explained that the regular army officers whom the colonel wanted to take with his divis ion were needed for "the much press ing and necessary duty of training regular troops to be put-in the field in 1-ranee ana ncigium as iaai as thev can be got ready." So far as is known, that was the first mention of putting American troops in Belgium and the sentimental value of sending troops bearing the American flag to the violated soil of the little country in whose behalf all humanity hci been aroused, has been recognized quickly. Italians Canture Kev to The Defenses of Gorizia (Bjr Associated Press.) The Italians on the Isonzo front captured one of the crests of Mount Vodice, the key to the Austrian de fenses north" of Gorizia. The positions the Italian troops had taken east of Gorizia were maintained against repeated Austrian attacks. Intense aerial activity and incessant artillery duels continued along the Austro-Italian front. The Germans assert that a British attack on both sides of the road from Arras to Douai failed. Waves of German troops thrown against the French in the River Aisne district succeeded only in obtaining a footing in, one of the advanced trenches. 1 he , Germans used burning liquid iu a futile attack northwest of Rheims. Supreme Court Upholds i e u- r -I r I: umdiici uaroage uiuniaiiue An opinion of the Nebraska su preme court Saturday affirms the judgment of the Douglas county dis trict court and upholds the ordinance in the case brought by George Ur bach and others to enjoin the city of Omaha from enforcing an ordinance prohibiting anyone not employed by the city for that purpose from hauling garbage through the streets WI.WI IIIWW CRUSH RULE OF GERMANY Washington Hears "imperialis tic Hope Still Leads Teuton (, Ruler on in Death Clash v ; on1 Battlefields. : Washington, May 20. Germany's next peace declaration, expected 'to suggest a program of territorial re-. nunciation on the east and the west, is- regarded here as largely answered beforehand by information revealing for the first time the full scope of the imperial government's aspirations for conquest in the south. ' This information discloses as one of the primary aims of the war. a plan for consolidation of an impregnable military and economic unit stretching from the North Sea to the Mediter ranean, cutting Europe permanently ' in half, controlling the Dardanelles, the Aegean and the Baltic and eventually forming the backbone of a Prussian world empire. .. y Follows Bismarck. In the light of. German history the plan shows-how implicitly the kaiser lias followed out the blood and iron politico-economic methods of Bis marck for development of Prussian power. insmerea in view ot tne present war map, it show that the major por tion of the kaiser's war program has been accomplshed, regardless ofv1it 1 disposition s made of eonquered terri tory in France, Belgium and Russia. & r..n a tuim .I.....:... rk lull iciiahmvu ui. tine siiuauuii, which will form a sinister bsckground for consideration of whatever repli cation proposals the mperal chancellor may make, adds a new torce to the , repeated declarations of allied states- men that the German peace maneuv-f ers are in reality war moves and that a premature truce only would giv Germany a resting period in which ri further Prussianize and prepare for' greater world war, the territory to t southeast which it has conquered K der the guise of a friendly alliance Although'. Officials have refrau from definite public expressions I . what the United States might demj as a peace guarantee, these possl ities recall with recurring emplj President Wilson's declaration I . Amerira.Tnlo'ht fielit until "the wj is made safe for democracy. ,1 . They bring into relief Foreign Mi , ster Balfour a warnings that "hs fmhtlnir still must win the war, ti conviction of the American army gel, eral staff that the country must pre; pare for at least three years of war and the fact that predictions of an early peace have been discredited as' visionary in virtually every allied capi- tal. - - -.... , , - Word Frtno the Eut How minutely iftfined is the Ger man plan atttwhow accurately it is being carried out have be come fully apparent only with the opening up, during the last few weeks of several avenues of information. The return of American diplomatic agents from the central empires, the visit of the British and French war mission, de- tailed confidential reports of the re. cent frank expressions in the Reich stag and in the German press and the deductions of alert American 'agents abroad 'watching the newest peace moves, have supplier! the explanation of more than one hitherto obscured feature of the German policy." r i. y 1 Omaha Banker Speaks '' To Dunbar Graduates Dunbar Neb.'. Mav 20. (Special.) James1 Robert Cain, jr., president of the state iJank ot Umaha, delivered the commencement address here last night to a crowded house. Thelollow- . ig were the graduating eleven: lisses Armenda Esther Minick, Mar- urite Ann Ganz, Pearl Ruby Ganzel, i. Marie Sandley. Jeannette Evelyn Smith; Messrs. W. Allan Walker, Lea- , ter ft. Boyd, Joy M. Walker, Donald y James Masley, Floyd Josiah Rose and - Allan Mullis. . , , This is the first class to graduate 1 from the new $35,000 school building, completed last August. Commissioner Wright's . J I Daughter Loses Her Ring Miss Margaret Wright, dauehter of Commissioner TohtT Wright of Liu- coin, lost a gold ring set with a brown stone at Rourke park Saturday after noon. The ring slipped off her finger uring the excitement of the base batl game, she returned to the grand stand to look for the ring-fust as soon as she noticed her loss, but was unable to lino it. , i "And Now the Americans," Say Germans of U. S. Fleet Amsterdam (Via London). Mav 20. All the German papers print the news of the arrival of the American. destroyer flotilla in European waters under a single headline. The Lojrat Anzeiger heads the item: "Now the Americans I" Strike of Ten Thousand '-';tV Paris Dressmakers Oyer' Paris. Mav 20. The strike of rfiei 10,000 dressmakers of Paris ended to night after a conference between reo resentativea of the workers and em ployers and government officials, ',' 7 V