The Omaha 'Daily Bee
THE WEATHER
Fair
VOL.' XLVI. NO. 304.,.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1917. TWELVE PAGES.
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CITY COUNCIL ORDERS PROBE OF -POLICE
DEPAMIMENl MUDDLE
HAIG STRIKING
EXPECTED BLOW
ON WIDE FRONT
British Forces Begin Drive at
German Lines in Belgium
Between Ypres and
Lille.
(' AMMclated Pren.)
General Haig has launched his ex
pected blow at .the German lines in
ilclgium, striking early this morning
along a nine-mile front on the Mes-sines-Wytschaete
ridge, between
Vpres and Lille.
Success marks the opening of the
offensive, the British winning all their
initial objectives' and pushing on.
, Their further progress is reported to
be satisfactory along the whole front.
While a considerable stretch
separates the field of this new of
fensive from that of Arras, the oper
ation may be considered as in con
junction with the continuing battle
on the Arrasfronr. v
.V sweeping salient in front of the
city of Lille has been created by the
Arras attack, and in a broad .sense
this salient is now under threat from
both north and south.
Belying the recent German boast
that the British offensive from- Arras
had come to a halt, General Haig
earlier this week proved that he had
not lost nis initiative, by making a
successful drive to the south of Lens,
carrying a mile of the German front
north of the Scarpe.
The reverberations from this blow
had hardly died away before today's
attack was launched on the other
side ot the Lille salient.
A sharp, well defined curve wr the
German line, about three miles deep
and the same distance across, is the
immediate object of this new attack.
In common with other sections of the
. line in Belgium along a front of some
I thirty miles, its defenses had been
subjected to a tremendous pounding
by the British artillery for days.
The French front is comparatively
' quiet, the only development of note
last night being a German attack
northwest of St. Quentin. This was
quickly checked by the French lire.
British Official Report.
London, June 7. The British have
opened an attack on a nine-mile front
k,.. v...:.,.. .....I
and have taken all their first , objec
tives. The official statement says that the
British progress is being continued
and that a number of prisoners have
been taken. I
The official statement follows:
"We attacked at 3:10 o'clock this
morning German positions on the
Messines-Wytschaete ridge on
front of over nine miles. .We have
everywhere captured our first objec
tives and further progress is rerort
ed to be satisfactory along the whole
front of attack. Numbers of pris
oners are reported already to be
reaching the collecting stations."
French Official Report.
Paris, June 7. A strong force of
Germans made an attack northwest of
St.. Quentin at midnight. Today's of
ficial announcement says the attack
ers were' caught under a violent
French fire and retired after sustain
ing heavy losses.
The statement follows:
"In the . reeion northwest of St.
' Quentin a strong force of Germans
attempted at midnight an attack on
(Continued on Page Two, Column Throe.)
Russian Bark Is Sunk
Off the Coast of Ireland
An Atlantic Port, June 7. Ameri'
can members of the crew of the Rus
sian bark Margareta, 1,873 tons, which
sailed from Beaumont, Tex., for Liver
pool on March 27, reported the sink
ing of that vessel by a German subma
rine on 11 ay 17, 105 miles off the Irish
coast, upon their arrival today aboard
an American steamship.
The Weather
Tor Ntbraika Fair, war-mar.
Hour.
Temp.
... 63
6 a. m. .
f a. m... &s
7 a. m 66
S a. m (8
I a. m 61
10 a. m 65
11 a. m 67
13 noon 70
P. m 71
1 P. in 73
P. m., 74
4 P- m 74
6 p. m 75
p. m 76
. ' P- ni 75
8 P- m 71
Comparative Local Record.
, v . 1917. 1S15. 1914.
Hlrhett seateMajr 76 69 66 6
Lowest yeaterday ... 63 10 48 7
Mean temperature ., M 60 67 fi
Precipitation ...00 T .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departure
from the ncrrmal;
Normal temperature 70
deficiency for tho day 6
Total deficiency alnce March 1 ....102
Normal precipitation i inch
Deficiency for the day w Inch
Total rainfall sine March 1... 12.85 Inches
Bxcw alnce March 1 2.76 Inche
ifcflciency for cor. period, 1916. 3.42 Inchea
Deficiency for cor. period. 1915. .64 Inch
Beporta From Stations at 7 P. M
Station and State Temp. High. Rain-'
of Weather. 7 p. m. ettt. fall.
rheyenne, cloudy t 66 .00
Davenport, clear ....... s 7ft - T!
Denver, cloudy 70 74 .00 I
lea Moinea, clear 72 74 .00
Dodire City, clear 82 4 .00
North Platte, ptly, cldy 74 go .00
Omaha, clear 76 76 ,60
Pueblo, ptly, cldy 76 80 .00
Itnnld City, ralnlnr.... 64 72 .06
firvflif; ... 60.. 72 .
filoui City, clear , 73 73 ,0
u.i.Ui..-, itiy. cMy.. 74 80 ,0
"T" Indicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Meteoroloiriat.
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Ruth Law in Nebraska;
St art 8 for Omaha Today
Lincoln, Neb., June 7. Miss
Ruth Law, arrived in Lincoln this
evening from Toledo, and tomor
row morning will start on her
flight to southwestern cities in the
interest of the Liberty loan, drop
ping "Liberty bombs" over many
cities. Her machine arrived here
this afternoon and was at once pre
pared for the flight tomorrow.
Miss Law will start from the
Country club grounds just before
noon tomorrow, weather permitting,
circle over Lincoln, dropping
"bombs" and then start on her
flight to Omaha, I had not been
decided tonight whether Miss Law
would follow the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy tracks into Omaha,
or go north to Fremont, Neb., and
thence to Omaha. Mist Law expects
to spend tomorrow night at St.
Joseph, Mo., and the following day
resume her flight
EVERY BABE BORN
HERESATURDAYTO
GET LIBERTY BOND
Miss Ruth Law Will Also Drop
Bond from Her Airship
as She Flies Over
the City,
Wednesday individual
subscriptions 447 $ 264,650
Previously reported. 1,346 1,147,750
Total individual
subscriptions 1,793 $1,412,400
'Exclusive of mass meeting sub
scriptions, and those of banks and
loan companies. i
Each and every tisby born in Omaha
June 9 will be presented with a $50
Liberty loan.
The committee of 100 has definitely
decided upon this. It is expected that
individual business men in Omaha
will give the bonds, but if not enough
volunteers come forward to take care
of the crop of babies with a bond
apiecef the committee itself will buy
the bonds for the infants. , I j . 3
Bond-Irom"' the" Sky. '
A $50 Liberty bond will be droo
ped from the sky in Omaha Friday.
The finder of this bond will be the,
owner of the bond. It will come
tumbling from the zenith, done in a
neat package and bound in. the Ak-Sar-Ben
colors of red. ercen and vel-
Iow. General George H, Harries will
donate this bond.
Miss Ruth LawNavlatrix, who will
fly over Omaha probably before noon
Friday, will drop this bond alone
with a lot of other literature concern
ing the purchase of the bonds, terms,
etc.
At 10 o'clock in the morning Ruth
Law in her aeroplane is scheduled to
leave Lincoln 'on her flight over Mis
souri river cities. Omaha is her first
point after leaving Lincolp. She does
not plan to alight in Omaha, but will
circle over the city several times drop
ping her "bombs" of bond literature
and the one bond, or nonafide order
for a bond." I ; .
To Circle the City.
The aviatrix will circle over the
city until she -catches sight of a gi
gantic white arrow, mounted at Fort
Omaha and pointing her way to St.
Joseph. The arrow was made and
painted today. It is 100 feet long and
ten feet wide. On the white arrow
arc painted the words, "St. Joseph?'
Set by a Compass.
The arrow will be mounted by the
aid of the compass, pointing exactly
in the direction of St. Joseph. This
will be the young woman's only
means of finding her way to the
Missouri city.
- Saturday will be children's day in
the Liberty bond campaign. Eight
hundred Boy Scouts will parade the
streets with bands and banners.. The
Boy Scouts are trying to solicit $100,
000 in subscriptions to the bonds.
They already have $84,000.
L. B. Hudson, one of the insurance
men hustling for the bonds, went to
the Midway saloon, where he sold a
$500 bond to the proprietor, Billy
(Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
Naval Reserve Training
Station at Los Angeles
San Francisco, June 7. A naval re
serve training station, accommodating
l.uuu recruits, will be established im
mediately at Pier No. 1.
Roumania is Ready
War With Reorganized Army
Paris, June 7. Roumania has reor
ganized its army and is ready to re
sume the fight, according to a state
men, made by Premier Bratiano in
an interview with the Petrograd cor
respondent of the Parsien. "
Ihe Russian democracy, said the
Roumanian premier, "has launched a
new peace formula. ' 'neither annexa
tion nor indemnities,' and it wishes
to impose that formula on its allies.
Roumania finds the formula accept
able as far as it is concerned. It did
not enter the war to make conquests.
Its single, object was and is the lib
eration of Roumanian territory en
slaved by Hungary, which never had
the right to dispose of themselves.
"My country is fcteping its prom-i
NEW ADDI1F"
TO GREATER W
ARE TAKEN OVER
Formal Annexation of Benson
and Florence Marked by
Promises for Efficient r
Public Service. ' '
When Mayor Dahlman and the city
commissioners went to Benson
Thursday afternoon formally to take
over that community into Greater
Omaha, they assured a gathering of
citizens in the town hall that the mu
nicipal gymnasium will be maintained.
This is said to be the only mu
nicipal gymnasium in Nebraska. It
is in the basement of the new citv
hall, which cost $25,000. The Greater
Omaha officials assured Bensonites
that the assembly room and women's
rest room in the citv hall also will be
retained for their original purposes.
, The formal takinii over of Benson
and Florence was accomplished with
in a few hours' time and was marked
by good feeling all round.
Surrender Town Records. 1
In the town hall of Florence Mayor
F. S. Tucker and his official familv
met the visiting party and surrend-1
erea records and the official seal.
Treasurer Endres took charge of
$3,838.71 in funds and Mayor Dahl
man assured co-operation from the
administration and asked co-operation
of the annexed territory. The retir
ing officers at Florence, with the
mayor, were: M.x B. Thompson,
clerk; He"nry Behrman, Daniel Kelly,
W. H. Thomas and James L. John
son, councilmen; James J. iireneman,
treasurer; John K. Lowry, police
judge; R. H. Olmstead, attorney;
jonn iricwegor, marsnal; Harrison
Barnes,, policeman.
The officials who return to private
life at Benson are: J. A. Bailey,
mayor: C. Hollestelle clerk: Gus
Wulf, treasurer; E. C. Hodder, attor
ney; L. Strong. W. Musk, H. F.
Knudsen and Chris Lyck, council-
men; James J. Huehes. chief of no-
lice', Charles Hansen, water commis
sioner; Ptter Christiansen.' street
commissioner; Bruno Viola, engineer.
. Demonstrate Street Cleaning.
Commissioner Parks of the street
cleaning and maintenance department
stole a march on his colleagues by
giving Benson and Florence a demon
stration of how streets are cleaned
and eutters are scraoed with a batterv
of wagons and trucks
treasurer Endres recioted for
$7,671.23 at Benson and General Man.
agcr Howell of the Metropolitan wa
ter district assumed jurisdiction of the
water system of that suburb. Mayor
Bailey' and Mayor Dahlman ex
changed felicitations.
"It is a sacrifice to surrender the
right of local self-government, but we
arc carrying out the mandate of the
legislature, and we promise you the
same service and thought that is be
ing given to other parts of Greater
Omaha," said Mayor Dahlman at
Benson and Florence.
Commissioner Hummel promised to
doll up the parks and olavurounds.
Commissioners Kugel and Withnell
will bring the Omaha standard of
police and fire protection into action
in the newly acquired territory.
Clerks will be maintained at both
communities in the same way South
Side residents were accommodated at
time of annexation. Details incident
to annexation will be worked out by
the city departments.
California Socialists N
Threaten to Secede
Sau Bernardino, Cal., June 7. Cali
fornia socialists will withdraw from
the national party unless the anti
draft resolution adopted at the so
cialist convention April 7 is repudi
ated, according to a statement made
here today by N. A. Richardson, mem
ber of the state executive committee
of the socialist Dartv of California.
who was the socialist candidate for
governor in 1914. Richardson said he
had sent notice to that effect to the
national secretary of the party.
Destroys Thirty Planes;
Reported Killed in Action
Amsterdam (Via London),S June 7.
A dispatch from Krefeld, Rheinish
frussna,1 to the Khenische Westfali
sche Zeitung, says that Lieutenant
Schaefer, the German aviator, who
recently was credited with bringing
rown ins thirtieth airplane, has been
killed while leading his squadron in
battle witn British machines.
to Resume
ises under the most difficult circum
stances. It has been invaded by an
enemy superior in numbers; it has
lost its capital and more than half
of its territory; it has suffered famine
and disease, but it has made a great
and manly effort to reorganize its
army and it has never given up the
struggle. Today Roumania is ready
tovresume its fight, its army is per
fectly trained, and it has material
such as it never had before.'
"In the crisis we are passing
through, at a moment when the war
seems to be approaching its final
phases, Roumania hat kept its-engagements
toward the allies, and has
tne right to expect that the allies will
remain faithful to the term nf ihr
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uMiy umaiiig inem to a. - l
r.
Pretty
WARSHIPS OF U.S.
ANCHOR OFF THE
COAST OF FRANCE
First Shipload of Wheat to Feed
American Troops is Un
loadingCamps Are
Lairj Out.
Paris,, June 7. The ministry of
marine announced last ' night that
American warships have anchored off
the French coast..
The announcement adds: "The
French navy greets with joy on their
arrival these new brothers in arms
wljo, under the flag of the great
Amercan- republic, have come 1o par
ticipate until final victory in the
struggle against, the common enemy."
Food for United States Troops,
A large transport, containing whea,t
for American troops which are to
come later, has crossed the Atlantic
under the protection of an American
warship, the Matin announces. The
transport is now being unloaded at a
rrench port, the newspaper says.
Preparations are being made for
the reception of American troops, the
newspaper says further. A number
of bases Similar to those of the
British army have been organized.
Camps Laid Out.
Camps have been laid out for in
fantry and artillery and aviation
parks have been established for Amer
ican aviators. None of the American
officers is bringing his family.
the Matin says the arrival of the
transport means that the provisioning
ot the army is well under way betore
the arrival of the troops arid that ac
cordingly the American forces will
make no call on the French stock of
food.
Naval Collier Takes Wheat
Washington. Tunc 7. The naval
collier Jupiter has arrived in France.
Secretary Daniels announced today,
laden with 10.500 tons of wheat and
other tupphes. The ship sailed from
an American port without any inti-
given out in advance and is now at
.iialjuii ui us vuvaKC navii k ueen
anchor in a French port.
The Jupiter is one of the navv's
largest colliers. It was the first elec
trically propelled steamer ever built
and its performance was so good that
it led to the adoption of electric drive
for all new battleships and battle
cruisers, the American navy being the
only one in the world to adopt this
type of propulsion. The Jupiter was
built at Mare island navy yard, San
Francisco and it has high soeed for
an auxiliary, vessel which would en
able it to escape submarine attacks
under any but unusual circumstances.
oecretarv Daniels did not snecifv
what supplies besides wheat the big
ship carried.
Mimeograph Company
Ordered to Obey the Law
Washington. Tune 7. The Federal
Trade Commission today issued an or
der requiring the A. B. Dick company
of Chicago to cease placing licencing
restrictions on its mimeocranh re
quiring purchasers to use only certain
supplies manufactured by the Dick
fmnninif
Th. I.,,! ...- '
one ot its subsidiaries.
.... wav ,i.u vtMl ,tliuillll IV1
time before the commission.
f It" isn't our money f mjL
u)ere spending
This solves TMZ'Y
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i .
Soft, Eh?
TEN THOUSAND
1 CLAIM EXEMPTION
FROMJLS. DRAFT
Federal, State, County and
City Officers United to
Get Track of Every
Slacker. ,
Out of the 20,450 men in Douglas
county who registered Tuesday, 10,565
are listed by Election Commissioner
Moorlicad as having claimed exemp
tion. Dependents and occupational rea
sons are given for about 70 Dcr cent
of the approximately 50 per cent
claiming exemption.
The rest, claim exemption on
grounds of physical defects, being
aliens, etc.
Registrations from absenlccs and
sick persons are still being received.
Lots of these were mailed too late to
arrive before registration day.
Sorting the Cards.
A big force of mem and women is at
work sorting- registration cards and
getting them in alphabetical order for
triplicate lists which will be made.
Several railway mail clerks, experts
at sorting, volunteered their services
for this work.
Federal, state, county and city offi
cials have begun a drive on men be
tween the. ages of 21 and 31 who
failed to register.
Election Commissioner Moorlicad
is receiving scores of reports' on al
leged slackers. Prompt investigation
follows each report. The registration
board and the department of justice
are co-operating and wholesale ar
rests are threatened m the next lew
days.
three men charged with circulating
a petition calling upon men not to
register were arrested by deputy
United States marshals today. They
gave names of Jerry Zalab, Frank
Schafer and Roger Bowman.
It is alleged they said "if two-thirds
of the men of conscription age sign
the petition the people will be ex
cused from draft."
Gen. Harrison New Head
Of Southern Veterans
Washington. June 7. The United
Confederate Veterans late today re
elected General feeorge P. Harrison
of Opelika, Ala., commander-iit-chief,
an d.selected Tulsa, Okl., as the place
for the next annual reunion.
More Than Million
Exploded Under
British Headquarters m France,
June 7. (Via London.) The British
rush this morning on the Messincs-
Wytschate ridge of the Belgian front
took them well over the ridge where
they are now entrenching.
the village of Messincs was re
ported to have been taken early in the
righting, n was also reported that
Lenfer and Zareeba had fallen and
that Wytschacte had been surrounded
by the British storming troops.
Ihe British also captured impor
tant trenches all the way from Ob
servation ridge, southeast of Ypres,
to Floegstecrt wood, north of Armen
tieres. , ,
DAHLMAN WANTS ENTIRE
COMMISSION TO TAKE HOLD
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
y
Stormy Session of City Council, in Which Kugel Alone
Votes to Suspend Maloney Full Open Hearing
of the Entire Question Next Tues
day Morning.
Superintendent Kugel of the Omaha police department
voted alone in support of his resolution to suspend Steve Ma
loney, chief of detectives.
All citizens are invited to attend a session of the city coun
cil chamber next Tuesday at 10 o'clock, when a sweeping in
vestigation of the police department will be started.
Chief Dunn has filed new charges against Maloney, alleg
ing that the discipline of the department is affected by the1
status of Maloney in the Chadron case. .
, Keep Kugel Suspend Maloney.
The United Improvement club presented resolutions ask
ing the city council not to transfer Kugel from the police
department and that Maloney be suspended. The resolutions
were presented by R. J. Sutton,' secretary, and brother of De
tective Paul Sutton.
Commissioner Butler offered to vote to suspend Maloney
if Kugel would include Detective Sutton in the resolution.
Mayor Dahlman said he believed the police department
is disorganized. He recommended that the seven commission- ,
ers take full charge. -
Mr. Kugel declared the department, is better now than I
when he assumed control of it four years ago. 1
W. T. Hamand of the West Leavenworth Improvement
club said there is something rotten in the police department
HOOVER SAYS U.S.
MUST EAT LESS SO
ALLIESMAY LIVE
Food Commissioner Declares
Food Consumption Must Be
Reduced in Order that Oth
ers May Be Supplied. v
Washington, June 7. Herbert C.
Hoovers' report to the government
on what the United States must dp to
sustain its allies with food, made pub
lic today, shows that the allies and a
few neutrals which must be consid
ered, require during the next year
1,000.000.000 bushels of cereals alone
and that their needs of meat, fats and
sugar also will be enormous.
Production m the allied countries
and imports from .other countries can
meet only a portion of these needs.
America must supply the remainder.
America's surplus on the present scale
of consumption will not meet the de-
hciency, Mr. Hoover sain, so he points
out that thcenormity of the task re
quires reduction of home consumption
in many ways.
Call Interstate Cereal
Conference at Kansas City
Washington, June 7. An interstate
cereal conference has been called to
meet at Kansas City June 12 to 14,
tne Department ol agriculture an
nounced, to take up the subject of
increased grain production.
Similar conferences were held at
Beverly, Cal., in 1916, and at St. Paul
in 1916.
Farmers' Union Endorses
Administration Food Bill
Wasliington, June 7. A delegation'
from the National Farmers' union,
representing agricultural interests in
thirty-two slates, headed by C. S. Bar
rett of Union City, Ga., told President
Wilson today .hat they endorsed the
administration plan for food cdntroj.
Austrian Attack on
Trentino Front Repulsed
Rome, June 7. (Via London.) Re
pulse of an Austrian attack in force
on the lrentino front is announced in
today's statement from the war office.
In the sector above Trieste the Aus
trian!!, heavily reinforced, made vio
lent attacks. After an all day's battle
tney were repulsed completely.
Pounds Powder
German Positions
More than 1,000,000 pounds of high
explosives was blown up under the
German forward positions. This, IheA
most gigantic mining operation in Ihe
history of war, spread panic among
the Germans.
The British in their attack today
used probably 20 per cent more guns,
especially those of heavy caliber, than
they employed in the battle of Arras.
Tanks were in the thick of the fight
ing. More than 1,000 Germans were
taken prisoners early ill the engage
ment. The fighting continues under a mid
summer sun.' The Germans have not
yet rallied for the expected counter
attack. . , ,
f SAYS COUNCIL BACKS KUGEL,
Thli epitomizes s snappy city coun
cil meeting in which police depart
ment affairs were given an inning and
the Stage set for arj investigation of
the police department, beginning next
Tuesday in city council chamber. .
Mayor Dahlman resented the impu
tation of the West Leavenworth Im
provement club that the city council
has not backed Superintendent Kugel
of the police department. -
"That the city commission get be
hind the police commissioner and help
him put into effect his plans for dis
ciplining the department, or else give
him a free rein to conduct the business
of the department as he sect fit," was
the section of the improvers' resolu
tion which brought Mayor Dahlman
to his feet and prompted him to say:
"I sm not in favor of transferring
the police department from Kugel to
another commissioner. I believe that
the police department is somewhat
disorganized and the remedy seems to
be for all of the commissioners to as
sume charge and responsibility."
' Wants Dunn in Charge.
"If I am to be chargeNl with fail
ure to back the superintendent of
police, I want to be given some re
sponsibility in this matter, and then
I will agree to. be responsible for
my share of the work. I favor Jurn
ing the police department over to
Chief Dunn, and tell him the whole .1
council is behind him; to give him'
specific directions and then if he does'
not make good we can get another,
chief of police. - ,
"Kugel has not been well for five -or
six months. The people are clam-,
oring about the police department.
The chief of police should have power
to organize the department through
out; let it be known rliat he has the
authority and it won't be a week be
fore we will see the change." - 1
Don't Report to Chief. 1
"Do you think the chief has not
been running the police department?"
asked Kugel. '
"I understand that some men have
not been working under the chief," .
replied the mayor. .
"I want to say," added Kugel, "that
the chief has had a. free hand. The
superintendent of police is one thing;
but if you want me to be deg catcher,
alt right. I am dead willing to go
through with the police department
for the few months left of ruy term."
The mayor added that he intends
to ofTf-r written recommendations ,
along the line he fhdicated. He said
(Continued on Pat 8e,fn, Column One.)
Airplanes Drop Bond
Literature on New York
New York, June 7. Despite a driv
ing rainstorm, a fleet of airplanes
soared over New York today dropping
Liberty loan "bombs" consisting of
literature designed to stimulate fur- 1
ther buying of Liberty bonds.
Finals for May
Advertising in The Bee
(Warfleld Aaencr Measurement!)
Shows Good Gain '
MAY, 1917.
Local Display:'. . . .
Foreign Display. . .
Automobile
Classified
; Total
MAY, 1916.
Local Display
Foreign Display. . .
Automobile . . . . . .
Classified
IN INCHES.
,...17,175
7,000
.... 4,131
.... 8,809
....87,115
IN INCHES.
. ...16,398
.... 7,538
.... 3,874
.... 10,300ft
Total. .,.86,810tt
GAINS 304 M INCHES
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