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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUMS 7, 1917. LIBERAL POLICY TOWARDLATE MEN General Orowder Says Those Who Failed to Register Yesterday May Do So Today. Washington, June 6. Provost Marshal General Crowder today notified all governor that he had interpreted the law to permit any who in good faith'failed to register yesterday to do so today and an nounced that a liberal policy would be pursued to make the registration complete. Washington, June 6. America's millions of the military age prescribed by congress are registered for the war against Germany. In every state in the union today reports from the poll ing places to which some 10,000,000 young men marched yesterday to record their names were being as sembled for transmission to the War department. In many cities registra tion exceeds estimates of the census department. The next step in the government's plan will be the selection of those who are to bear arms from others who remain at home because of dependents or to do the work on the farm or in the factory. Only four arrests were reported of ficially to the Department of Justice last night and it was pointed out to day that even the sum of unofficial re ports of trouble indicate that the day was more peaceful than most general elections. Arrest at Deadwood. , The first official report of an ar est for failure to register received at the Department of Justice came from Deadwood, S. D., where Anto Maleta, Slavonian, was placed in jail for noncompliance with the law. An other arrest was reported at Williams town, Ky. Kansas City, Mo., reported that the registration had exceeded the esti mates generally through the state and in the city alone 30,000 has reg istered, an excess of 50 per cent over the estimated number. New Jersey Reports First. Complete returns from New Jersey, the first to come in, show registra tion of 302.S66. The estimate by the census bureau was 309,563. Wisconsin's total registration was estimated by Governor Philipp at 218,700. Census estimates placed Wis consin's estimated registration at 229.597.' Few eleventh ' hour rulings were found necessary. The system devised by General Crowder of invoking the political machinery of the nation in the task, worked with a smoothness that snoke of oerfect co-ooeration , by state, county and municipal of ficials. t Registered Men May Enli-Jt. . General Crowder made it clear, however,, that registration acted as a bar against no man who wished to enlist in the army or navy. Any man who enrolled himself today, but whose patriotic impulse bids him ateo into the ranks now and not await selection day, will pass from the registration lists automatically, - A man may take his choice as to the part of the great national army in which he will serve, regular. Na tional Guard or selective army. Many cards mailed by men absent from their home precincts, failed to snow tnc present address ot tne mat vidual. "Governors of many states," ' Gen- eral Crowder , said in a statement, "report that the registration cards of absentees, which are reaching home precincts in many instances, .do not carry the present address of the ab' sentee who is mailing the card. "It is impossible in these cases to Mail registration certificates to such absentees. An absentee who has made this mistake should at once aend his address to the registrar of his pre cinct and request a certificate. The request should be addressed as fol lows; lo the registrar precinct tyour nome), care sheriff county, state of. : if per manent home is in a city of 30,000 or over, mail card in care of the mayor ot your city. Chittgo Exceeds Estimate. .Chicago, June 6. Complete unoffi ' cial returns from the draft registra ' tion give Chicago 308.006 names. The last name was, written down at 4 o'clock this morning.. To the names already reported are to be added those to be taken today at the emergency registration at the city hall. Chicago' registration exceeded all estimates, and only twenty suspected slackers were reported to Hinton G. Clabaugh, local chief of the federal ' bureau Of investigation. Many Aliens at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Juni 6. Virtually complete returns from yesterday's registration for war service shows the number of enrollments in Philadel phia exceeded preliminary estimates by more than 2,000. With four scat tered divisions out of a total of 1,336 in the city to be heard from, the of ficial count was 170,764. Of this num : ber 37,769 registered as aliens. 77,339 are married, 35,214 are single with de , pendents, and 21,510 claimed exemp tion on various grounds. .Lincoln Shows Up Well. Lincoln. Neb.. June 6. Comolete unofficial returns from the draft reg istration in Lincoln show a total reg istration of 4,763 in the city proper, ' exceeding the War department esti mate by 12 per cent. -The estimate , wa i(vy. Ute Indians Register When Law is Explained to Them Ignacio. Colo. Tune 6. All hnt eleven of the Ute Indiana who yester day refused to register under the se lective aratt law came in today and auominea to registration. A posse, led by Sheriff John Alex, ander, today was searching for the re maining red men. If the sheriff is able to locate them he will explain the registration law to them. The men who surrendered were under the impression that registra tion meant the Indians "would have to go to France and fight," thev said. Flagstaff, Aria., June 6. No further , attempt will be made to register , Navajo Indians, who caused registra tion officials to depart in haste yester day irom tne reservation luu miles north of here until instructions come . from Washington, according td Wal ler Ktinxe, Indian agent at I uba City. FARMER KILLED BY LIGHTNING DURING STORM Continued from Pace On.) iKht. has subsided, leaving only the residue of thick oozy mud. Street cars are not running down Fifth ave nue, but Manawa cars run through the mud as far as the Illinois Cen tral, then passengers are obliged to wade across the tracks, where other cars run to Omaha. Automobiles are stuck in various places along the streets and the work of rescuing ill cm has not yet begun. i Burlington Track Out. On the Burlington lines the most of the trouble occurred a .short distance west of Chalco, in the Pappio valley, where 200 to 300 feet of track was washed out. All trains from and to the west are being routed over the old line, by way of Plattsmouth and Louisville. East of Gretna a small washout is reported, but nothing like as bad as that through the valley in the vicin- tv of Chalco. where it is reported that in places the grade has been washed to the level of the surrounding country. On the east side ot tne river tne Rock Island and Milwaukee exper ienced considerable trouble in getting into Council Bluffs on account of the high water in the vicinity of Neola. The tracks of both roads were badly washed and trains were not run over them until after noon.' An overflow of the Platte river in the vicinity of LaPlatte covered the tracks of the Missouri Pacific to a depth of one to three feet and it was not until noon that a train was brought in from the south. there were torrential rains up the Platte and Republican river valleys, but aside from softening the tracks, there are no reports of damage. Heavy ram extended over all west ern Iowa, but nothing in the way of cloudburst. Lake Settlement Flooded. Carter lake resident had to wade water to get from their houses to the car line yesterday. Basements in the Carter lake settlement are full of water and water surrounds many of the homes. This is not an overflow from the lake, but merely the water that fell. Lee Smith had to impro vise a bridge from hi porch to the sidewalk. This he did by making use of a long ladder and dry goods boxes. His croquet set was floating, but being an optimistic fellow he in sists he wilt now use the balls to play water polo. , Street Railway Hit The street, railway company was hart hit. A number of washout are reported, the most serious on this side of the river being at point where creek flowing from Forest Lawn crosses Thirtieth street. The grade there is twenty-five feet above the bed of the creek. A long stretch of this grade was undermined and it carried away one of the tracks. The break inter fered with the aervice to and from Florence until a switch was installed. After that all traffic was routed over a single track from the junction to the north end ot the line. In Fairmount Dark. Council Bluffs. the street railway company had ex pended several hundred dollar in lloping back the side of a deep cut just insiae ine east entrance to tne park. As a result of the heavy rain, the banks ot the cut sloughed oft, pre. cipitating several hundred tons of mud and rock onto the tracks. A stretch of about 300Jeet of track is buried to a depth of twenty feet. Cadet Come Home. Rain which drenched them to the skin Tuesday night and fear of DOS' sible sickness a the result was the reason given by Commandant F. H. Gulgard for ordering the Omaha High school cadet regiment encamped at Gilmore home Wednesday morning. The cadets arrived at 11 o'clock by special train consisting of eight coaches and two baggage car. The regiment marched up Farnam street from the union depot to the high school grounds, where it disbanded. "We thought it impracticable and unwise to keep the cadets longer at Cjilmore, Commandant Gulgard said, "They were drenched to the skin and the camping ground was knee deep with mud. Our camp doctor ad vised that a number of the cadets might take down with pneumonia if they did not have , an immediate change of clothing and dry bed clothes. Wind i Bad. The rain and windstorm which truck the camp shortly before mid' mm Fully Guaranteed for 25 Yean. Handsome Mahogany, Down and S5 We are obliged to make room for at least 100 Pianos returned from rent, from schools, conservatories and parties leaving the city for the summer months, hence your chance to own a piano at your own price and terms. Call or write at once for uch wonderful values have never been offered in the history of our 68 years' business career. THIS OFFER JS ONLY GOOD FOR A SHORT TIME. Schmofler & Mueller Piano Co, TeL Douglas 1623. v 1311-13 Farnam St night -as the worst he bad experi enced for some time, Prof, E. E. Mc Millan, faculty advisor, who accom panied the cadets, said. 'There hardly was a tent standing and the boys were wet through and through in run ning out in the rain trying to et them up." Practically all the cadets were against coming home. They will have to attend school for the rest of the week. Captains of the different companies decided that they did not want a holi day Thursday, but would rather go to their classes. They had been given the choi-e of holding a picnic at Elm wood park to take the place of vis itors' day. , Cadets will be given a small re fund because of the curtailed en campment. Commandant Gulgard an nounced. He said, however, that they would not have another camp this year. U.S. MIDDIES VIE WITH BRITISH IN CHASEFOR DIVER Continued from Pa One.) herself being escorted to port by American and British destroyers, side by side, circling about her like twin sisters, a visible sign of the new al liance. The American boats were ready for duty the minute they arrived. This was something of a pleasant surprise for the British naval men. It has been expected that some time would be necessary for certain in stallations and fittings, but the Amer icans had everything in readiness and were at once assigned to work. Shore Leave Generou. Shore leave is generous on the American ships and the American sailors are constantly in evidence in this village, in the country side roundabout and in a nearby city, where more metropolitan pleasures are available than in the restricted limits of this little place. The people ot the towns have taken the Amen can sailor and he straightway wins into the heart The American sailor seems always to have money, which is not so strange when it is considered that bis rate ot pay is considerably high er than that of the British tar. The American gets a dollar every time we get a shilling" is a common expression among the admiring Brit ish seamen. One of the American sailors favor it waya of showing his opulence is his habit of always traveling first class on the railway which takes him from the village up to the city. trip ot a few miles, ihe extra cost is only a few pence but the unheard- of idea of a common sailor travelling hrst clas strikes the populace as a startling and audacious meneuver worthy the best traditions of Ameri can extravagance. ' Jack No Easy Mark. . Local tradesmen who expected to nnd the visitor an easy mark soon learned their mistake, however, for he is seldom fooled twice and quickly learns to demand value tor his money. FOR BEAT ENERVATION I'm, Horsford'a Aetd Phosphate Kxcsllent (or the relief of eihsustlon. nervousness and Impaired digestion, due to the effects of heat. Advertisement. Recruiting of Britons . . Begins at New. York New York, June 6. Recruiting of British subjects for the British army began here, today at the headquarters ot General W. A. White. Previous to the opening of the headquarters (nore than 500 applications had been received for details of enlistment. TRUSTS FOR THE LIVING Buys Beautiful Thoroughly Reliable $350 Walnut or Oak Case. (SjI Per pFt Week. PAPILL10N FLOODED BYCLOUDBURST Middle of Business District Un der Water for 3everal Hours; Damage to Property is Heavy. The middle uf the business section of Papillion was flooded Tuesday night by a cloudburst which swelled Papio creek from a small stream into raging torrent, quarter of a mile wide, within a few mlnutes.i The flood subsided nearly as rapidly as it rose and by 10 o'clock yesterday mornintr the creek was nearly back in its banks. It was at first feared that several persons had been drowned, but isolated families were taken from their homes safely after a night of terror and anxiety. Property "Los Heavy. The nroDertv loss will amount to many thousand dollars. Several hun dred feet of Union Pacific track are washed out and for several hour not a wire into town was working. A large warehouse near the TOill of Fred Grabe. which stood just south of Main street, was carried away and lodged on the bank of the stream about three blocks below. The post office, Pike's general store, Emil Grothe s furniture store. Henry Beer lines implement store flooded and tnanv cellars were filled with water. The garage of Walter Voss, along with his automobile, was washed down the creek and his restaurant was flooded. The shoe shop of Jim Spearman was washed across the street and toppled over.' A paint shop was washed thirty feet' from its founda tion and was saved from floating down the creek by becoming lodged against a tree. Alfalfa Seed Soaked. In another warehouse A. W. Clarke the banker, has $12,000 worth of alfal fa seed stored and the morning found a foot and a half of water all over the floor, covering a counle of tiers of sacks of the seed. The seed was taken out the first thing and an effort made to dry it before it swelled and thus save part ot it. Water filled the basement and cov ered the first floor of the harness shop of M. J. Fieberg. The feed store of A. H. Fricke was under water. Other places under water were the general merchandise store of Charles McManany. livery barn of Tom Doolev. W. M. Eaton, garage. A. A, Horn, tin shop and the line Manu facturing company. Several Families Marooned. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cook and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Voss and children, Guy Home and wife and Mrs. Pella, who live near the creek, were marooned and attempts to res cue them last night were unavailing. A scene as spectacular and as thrill ing as any staged by the movies was enacted when "Blondy" Ruff made a daring attempt to rescue the three Voss children, imprisoned with their parents. Tying a rope around his waist, and attaching the other end to a tree, he started to swim to the Voss home. The wift current proved too much for Ruff to combat He almost reach ed the marooned restaurant in which the children were imprisoned, but was hurled back by the fury of the waters each time. He attempted to hang onto a telephone1 pole and thus pull himself up to a position from which he could climb into the restaurant, but even this failed. 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He floated almost to the creek when his foot became entangled in the machinery of a road scrapper. This stopped his flight in the rushing waters, but lie was still some dis tance from help. For over an hour Rulf clung to the road scraper and struggled with the waters which were climbing inch by inch. Finally, Charles . Hutter, sheriff of Sarpy county, managed to get a rope to Ruff and the latter was pulled to safety. ' Action Concerning Russ Draft Dissenters Deferred Phoenix. Ariz.. Tune 6. Action on the refusal of members of the Russian colony of Molokans, near Glendale, to register yesterday was deferred to day pending investigation. The Rus sians hied an affidavit at the registra tion booth stating their religious be lief against taking life in any form. Assistant United states Attorney Langston said the law makes no ex cuse for not registering. LIBERTY BOND DRIVE CONTINUES UNABATED TODAY Continued from Pare One.) the bank wilt resell many of the bonds they have taken, and will again buy more, but just how many no one can tell at this time. Notes of Bond Sale. The Union Stock Tarda company aub- crlbed for 1100,000 worth. Western union employes have taken about $7,000 worth. Reports from 'less than one -third ot tne life Insurance men who worked Tuesday showed $63,660 of bonds sold. This total Is exoected to bo over 1160.000. Employes of the T. O. Nortnwall company have taken 11.200 worth. Posters have ben sent to all industrial plants explaining how employes may buy bonds. The electrlo Itg-ht company Is giving its employee twenty montns in wmcn to pay for the Liberty bonds. B. E. Brando, manairer of the National Lead company In Omaha, has been advised by his New York office that arrangements have, been made by his employes to take bonds. ' The woodmen of the world lodge has taken 1260,0000 of the bonds. 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