THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8. 1917.
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U. S. OIL CARRIER
SINKS SUBMARINE
Commander of the Gun Crew,
- Beported Sinking German
Diver is Slated for
Promotion.
Paris June 7. The American
Steamer Silvershell has liat a battle
i with a submarine in the Medittrra
'nean. After an exchange of sixty shots
the submarine disappeared.
Details of the fight were made pub.
lie today by the minister of marine.
The Mlverjhcll, commanded t)y Lap
tain Tom Charlton, sighted the sub
marine on May 30. In the running
fiffht which followed the American
boat proved speedier than its enemy
and also seemed to be tne master m
gun fire. The disappearance of the
submarine was sudden.
1 The Silver-shell is a steamship of
5,605 tons, owned by the Shell Oil
company of California. It sailed from
America early in May with a crew of
forty-three men, of whom fifteen are
American citizens. Its commander
, comes from New 1 ork.
Incident Reported Wednesday.
Washington, June 7. William J.
, Clark of New York, a warrant offi
cer from the battleship Arkansas,
commanded the armed guard aboard
the American steamer Silvershell,
which sank a German submarine in
the Mediterranean.
"It was a splendid piece of work,"
secretary uanieu saui ioaay, ana
we are now considering promotion
for Clark, who well deserves it."
The Silvershell is the steamer re
ferred to in yesterday s State depart
ment announcement as having sunk
: a German submarine after an ex
change of sixty shots in a running
tight ot an Hour and a halt.
Why Name Withheld.
The State department did not an
nounce tne name ot the steamer be
cause it has -been this government's
policy not to disclose the names of
ships having engagements with sub
marines because officials feel it marks
the ship for further attack, as they
believe was the case with the Mon
golia. That vessel, after having once
been identified with a submarine en
counter, has repeatedly been attacked
at though the submarine flotilla had
set about especially to destroy the
vessel which had the temerity to en
gage it with such persistence. It has
been the policy alto not to identify
the gun crews on merchant ships so
as not to add to their hardship in case
of capture.
EVERY BABE BORN
; HERE SATURDAY TO
GET LIBERTY BOND
Cee.Uaae4 ttim Fa.
Cr itch field. Critchfield then made a
little speech to. the fellows clustered
around the bar and immediately they
went down in their pockets and made
up another $500. Thus Hudson came
away wtth a tow o SJ.WW. lu sub
acrmtlon. .. t - i
The plan of twenty-month pay
ments Instituted by the Omaha Elec
tric Light and rower company lor its
employes is working out well, accord
ing to J. B. Zimman. "In, one de
partment,' he says, "sixteen out of
the nineteen employes bought the
bondsr In the operating department
65 per cent of the employes took ap
plications. The young women em
ployed here are taking the bonds as
readily as the men,"
Barton Curry, son of Mr. and' Mrs.
Barton L. Curry, 4202 Davenport
street, and member of Boy Scout
iroop no. u, torn ait ten ot his
Liberty bonds Wednesday night be
tween the hours of 7 and 8.. This in
sures him of a war medal, as every
Scout selling ted Liberty bonds is
fiven a medal, Edgar Morsman is
is co-worker. '.
Marts' kn Koiea, '
Tt aevlnfa bank will remain open un
til S o'clock aaturdar night to raa.tr. Lib
erty bond aapoalle. ,
R. O. Wllhelm hu offered to five a 1100
tana to the Insurance man In hla company
who oolls tha moat liuurance durlns tha
Sttooth.. -
Tho Journeymen Tellere union No. SI has
taken list worth of the bondo.
A stoup of Boy eVoule vlelted tha plant of
tha Hey ward Uhoe company Wadneaday and
f ot twelve oubacrlpllona In fifteen mlnulea.
Jamee 1, Parka ol the South Bide haa
auhaortbod I10,ln).
Oeorae Monroe, jr., a Boy Soout, haa
taken a 11,000 toad.
Dana Tbompeon, a Boy Scout, Bold 17,000
tJrorth f bonda to' Randall K Brown
Scout Auetia Ertceaoa thua far haa tha
record among Scouta of having sold the
largest number of bonda. He baa aold atc
loen ...
A b Reed and hie mother, at re. Mary
L. Reed, have each taken bonda In tha
IBM Of 11.000.
George Urandete subscribed 18,000 per
sonalty. ...
Irvine Bnndele aubocrlbod 110,000 per
sonally. '
Tha twenty-two employee in tha fed
rat land bank ot Omaha subscribed St, ISO.
A captive balloon In air at Fort Omaha
will Indicate to alias Ruth Law where aha
may look (or the arrow which la to guide
her way to St. Joseph. Ho.
Tha Bankere Realty Investment company
bought Is.ooo worth ot Liberty bonds. - Be.
aldea thle the company haa Its organization
of aaleemen at work aeUIng Liberty bauds.
Omaha Council No. 441, National .Aaaur
Snce society, bought a 1100 bond.
General Oeorae II. Harries will donate the
ISO bond which la. to be dropped from Ruth
Iaw'a aeroplane upon the atreeta of Omaha
Friday. The finder of tha bond may keep It.
Danbury Hatters' Home
All Are Ordered Sold
New Haven, Conn., June 7. A de
cree ordering the sale of the homes
of 140 workmen In Danbury, Bethel
and Norwalk to satisfy the judgment
in the Danbury. Hatters' case was
signed by Judge E. S. Thomas of the
United States district court today.
Sidney E. Hawley is made apecial
master to conduct the sales, which
Will begin July 16 and continue until
August 9. The plaintiffs are D. E.
Loewe & Co., who brought suit
against a onion boycott of the pro
duct of their hat factory.
The judgment was for $252,130
damages. Nearly $60,000 has already
been paid on account, but the accumu
lation of interest accounts is such
that about $250,000 is still due. There
are I JO pieces of property in Danbury
and Bethel and ten in Norwalk. Their
ale is expected to yield something
like $20Q4jpO leaving a deficit judg
ment. . .
Chamberlain's Congh Remedy.
The personal recommendation of
people who have been cured of
coughs and colds by Chamberlain's
tough Remedy have done much to
ward making this preparation one of
sue most popular in use. Adv,
BANKER'S SON KIDNAPPED The 14-month-oId eon
of J, Holland Keet, millionaire banker, of Springfield, Mo.,
wi stolen from home while hi parent were absent The
kidnaper demanded ransom, but have eluded an inter
view. A German plot it suspected.
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BOARDS TO PASS ON
EXEMPTION CLAIMS
Special Committees to Be Ap
pointed for Each 30,000
v Persons to investigate 1
Draft Claims.
Washington, June 7. To pass upon
claims for exemption from .military
service under the conscription law lo
cal boards will be appointed for ap
proximately each 30,000 population.
This was announced today by the
provost marshal general's office, in a
statement saying:
"There will be a local exemption
board for approximately each 30,000
population. The power of appointing
these boards rests with the president,
but the task is so large that a general
plan for their selection has been out
lined bv the president. i
' "These local boards will have to do
especially wiln telf-executing exemp.
tions, that is, those in which exemp
tions depends only upon tne determi
nation of facts as, for example, wheth
er a man is a federal, state or judicial
officer, whether he is t clergyman or
whether he comes in any other way
within any classification for which ex
emption is specifically provided under
the selective service law.
"In each federal judicial district
there will be at teast one board review
to which appeals may be taken from
local boards and which will have also
orisinat jurisdiction in the exclusion
of discharge from the selective draft
ot persons engaged in industry, in'
eliding agriculture, found to be neces
sary to tne maintenance of the milf
tarv establishment or the effective op
eration of the military forces or the
maintenance ot national interest our
ina the emergency.
"The exemption regulations are not
in final form. When thev are they
will uc pruniuigaicu ny me ,caiutuv.
mi i i.j v... ,l. "
Search for Proof of
Abduction Syndicate
Sorinefield. Mo.. Tune 7. Search
for proof of an "abduction syndicate"
continued today.
After an all night cross-examination
the authorities announced they had
been unable to shake the stories of
seven persons held in the invcstiKa-
tion, growing out of the disappearance
last week of Lloyd Keet, the 14-month-old
baby son of J. Holland
Keet, wealthy banker.
Officials indicated s belief that none
of the seven had been connected with
the Keet incident, although it pre
viously had been announced that sev
eral of them had confessed discussing
the abduction ot a munitions manu-
'...-... . tl. n,l .,lmi, nf r.ermen
interests.
' The search for the Keet baby was
at a Standstill today. Members of the
family kept an all night vigil at the
home, but received no word of the
missing child.
The Chicago police have been asked
to aearch for a man named Riley in
connection With the kidnaping. .
Investigating Cause of
Riots in East St. Louis
East St. Louis, Mo., June 7. Presi
dent Walker ,f the Illinois Federa
tion of Labor and John H. Harrison
of Danville, members of the Illinois
state Counsel of Defense, today be
gan an inquiry into the recent race
riots here.
Mayor Mollman testfied that in the
last six months from 5.000 to 6,000
negroes have settled in East St. Louie
and in some instances have taken the
Klace of white factory workers. This,
e said, he considered the csuse of
tne recent riots.
McAdoo Speaks Before
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SL Louie. 1nnp 7.KtU.rel,ri, nf Um
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KRONSTADT TROOPS
CEASE OPPOSITION
Garrison of Big fortress Rec
ognizes Authority of the
Provisional Govern
ment. Petrograd, June 7. (Via London.)
The Kronstadt incident is closed.
The local committee of soldiers' and
workmen's delegates has recognized
the authority of the provisional gov
ernment. The so-called Kronstadt republic
surrendered unconditionally to the
provisional government. The peace
agreement says: ;
"In accord with the decision of a
majority of the Petrograd council of
deputies, .which acknowledges that
the present provisional government
is Invested with complete authority
in the state, we on our side also rec
ognize that authority." , .
The local committee of the work
men's and soldiers' delegates at Kron
stadt decided on June 1 to assume
control of the great fortress and to
refuse recognition of the provisional
government The government officials
were removed. The secessionists put
forward a program of splitting Rus
sia up Into a great number of self
governing communities and sent mis
sionaries out to try to persuade
neighboring towns to join them.
The socialist ministers in the pro
visional cabinet, M. Tseretelli and M.
Skobeleff, went to Kronstadt from
Petrograd and endeavored to per
suade the seceders to abandon their
plan.
The present surrender is apparently
a result of their arguments.
HAIG STRIKING
EXPECTED BLOW
ON WIDE FRONT
Continued from Poara One.)
our lines over a front of about 600
yards. Our fire, delivered with vio
lence and precision, checked the at
tempts quickly. The effect of the fire
was so great that the Germans imme
diately returned to their trenches.
"North of the Chemin-Des-Dames
heavy artillery fighting continued on
the front south of Filain.
"In Upper Alsace a surprise attack
west of Bisel was repulsed easily.
"Two German airplanes were
brought down on June 6. Supple
mentary information now at hand es
tablishes definitely that three more
German machines have been brought
down by our pilots on June J, 4
and 5."
German Official Report.
Berlin, June 7. German troops yes
terday captured French positions for
an extent of nearly one and one-quarter
miles along the Chemin-Des-Dames
front south of Pargny-Filain,
in the Aisne region, says the official
statement issued today by the Ger
man army headquarters staff.
Early today, the German statement
says, the battle in Flandera fully
flared up after the most extensive ex
plosions and the most violent drum
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SWEDE SOCIALISTS
ATTACK POLICE
Attempt to Call Genera! Strike
to Enforce Political Re
- forms la Only Vartly
Successful.
Stockholm, June 6. (Via .London,
June 7.) One man was severely
wounded and a score slightly hurt in
the clash between several thousand
workers and the police before the
Riksdag building Tuesday;
For some days previously the so
cialists of the left had been urging
the worker to cease work on Tues
day and demonstrate before the par
liament building, when the socialist
interpellations regarding revision of
the constitution, shorter working
days and higher wages were sched
uled to be replied to by Premier
Swartz. Some agitators openly ad
vocated violence.
Many factories stopped work at 1
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and
the employes marched to the Riks
dag. They found the approaches to
the building and to the Royal palace
guarded by police and soldiers.
Mob Attacks Police.
The mob made an attempt to rush
the police, who charged fiercely with
drawn swords. Many heads were
slashed and other rioters were
knocked down and trampled npon.
There was much bottle and stone
throwing, but ultimately the police
(riiimpheil and the mob melted away.
United States Minister Morris was
an interested spectator and was once
obliged to give grounu to avoid being
involved in the milee.
The left socialists later decided to
demand a general strike throughout
Sweden, but the men who went out
on Tuesday from the large factories
are reported to have resumed work
today.
The interpellation presented in the
Riksdag were answered by Premier
Swartz. Hjalmar Branting, the so
cialist leader, asked whether the gov
ernment was prepared to proceed with
revision of the constitution abolishing
the grade franchir. in municipalities
and giving women the Riksdag fran
chise. M. Wennerstroem, a social
ist, inquired whether the government
would enforce payment of higher
wages for laborers, a shorter work
day and "a political reorganization,
including thorough constitutional re
forms by which the people's demand
for democratic reforms shall be grant
ed as soon cs possible."'
The answer of Premier Swartz to
all the questions was a qualified nega
tive. Food Is Issue Now.
The present political situation, he
said, demanded that the ministry de
vote its chief attention to -.foreign
relations, to -the end that importa
tions of necessary foodstuffs and of
raw material for Sweden's industry
should be assured. The cabinet hoped
internal questions would be permitted
to await solution after the present
critical period.
The question of abolition of prop
erty qualifications and other restric
tions of the municipal franchise, the
premier continued, was one deeply
affecting communal rights, taxation,
etc, and, moreover, had been consid
ered and rejected by the present ses
sion of the Riksdag. The premier fur
ther pointed out that a new election
of members of the second chamber
would be held shortly, giving the peo
ple an opportunity to register their
will. ,
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Provoke Mutiny at Joliet Prison
Joliet, III., June 7. Rioting in the
Illinois state penitentiary, attributed
by some officials to an "overdose of
the honor system," will result in a
radical revision or perhaps the abo
lition of honor privileges within the
prison.
A. L. Bowen, acting warden, said
today that among the things which
will be forbidden are indiscriminate
correspondence with women and vis
its from women not relatives of the
prisoners. ,
To prove that correspondence with
women on the outside had done much
to demoralize prison discipline, War
den Bowen made public excerpts
from letters received at the prison
and confiscated by the authorities.
They were from women who had been
put in communication with the pris
oners through a league organized
for uplift work. The women varied
in ages from 70 to IS.
"I fell asleep and dreamed of my
hero you," wrote one woman. "The
dream was really a continuation of
my thoughts; love's sweet dream."
"Tell me my letters make you hap
py or I shall squeeze you till you
squeal. Oh, you baby," was the mes
sage to another convict
Apparently some of the women had
more than one ..correspondent, but
whether in different prisons was not
made clear.
"I have a counterfeiter on my list,
a kid about 20; but some smart kid
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AHD NORSES FOR WAR
Ranking Medical Officer of
Balfour Commission Issues
Appeal to American
; Physicians.
New York, June 7. Colonel T. H.
Guodwin, ranking medical officer of
the Balfour commission, today ap
pealed to the American Medical asso
ciation convention to send 200 doctors
and 200) nurses to the western front
each month, declaring that human en
durance cannot stand much more than
the surgeons of the entente allies are
now undergoing.
"On a short line there are from
20,000 to 30,000 wounded in but a few
hours," he said. "Shall we leave them
there or get them to the hospitals?
I think you will realize that the med
ical men 'must be on the firing line
if the wounded are to receive proper
care. Our losses of medical men have
been considerable."
Among the speakers today was Dr.
R. W. Corwin of Pueblo, Colo, Dr.
Arthur D. Bevan of Chicago, was
elected president of the association
for the years 1918-1919.
Ex-Governor Hadley
To Become Law Professor
Denver, Colo., June 7. Herbert S.
Hadley, former governor of Missduri.
has accepted a professoathip in the
University of Colorado law school,
Mr. Hadley announced announced to
day. He will move his home from
Kansas City to Boulder at once. Mr.
Hadley is widely known, in national
republican circles,
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and sweet boy," said one leter. "But
don't get jealous; he's in for two
years longer than you are and you
won't ever meet."
Warden Bowen said the letters
came from all parts of the United
States and from all degrees of social
ranks. One woman's stationery was
elaborately crested.
It was the order curtailing the cor
respondence and visiting privileges
which precipitated the recent prison
revolt, in which one man was killed.
Russ Colonists Still
Hold Out Against Draft
Phoenix, Ariz., June 7. Assistant
United States Attorney LHgrton de
ferred action today regarding refusals
of members of the Russian colony of
Molokans to register Tuesday, pend
ing instructions from Washington.
Governor Campbell and other officials
tried in vain today to persuade lead
ers of the colony that registration was
not conscription and that they would
be exempt because of their (religious
belief.
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Russ Treaties With Its
Allies Stolen from Files
Amsterdam, June 7. (Via LonHon.
The Hamburger Fremdenbladt, a
copy of which has been receiveu nert,
publishes a Stockholm report which
is alleged to have eminated from Rus
sian sources that the original treaties
between Russia and western powers
which were concluded since 1913 have
disappeared from the Petrograd for
eign office.
The rumor connects the disappear
ance of the treaties with "recent mys
terious burglaries at the foreign of
fice and in foreign embassies in the
Russian capital."
Secret Marriage is
Revealed by Registration
Smith Center, Kan., June 7. (Spe
cial.) The selective draft registra
tion in Lebanon yesterday forced the
admission from Milt Srader that he
was a married man, and had been
since the Sth of last August He was
married to Miss Mattie Page of Phil
lipsburg, this ktate, at that time and
they decided to keep the wedding
secret as long as possible. Even their
closest relatives were kept in the
dark. Mr. and Mrs. Srader will now
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