Omaha Sunday Bee
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TEUTON LINES
ATTACKED ON
THREE FRONTS
Entente Forces in Aggressive
in France, Belgium and
Along Austro-ltalian
. Line.
(By Associated Pretf.)
Hmvt fip-htincr is in nrncress m
Belgium, France and along the Aus-
tro-Itahan fronts with the entente
forces on the aggressive.
Rome reports. ' a considerable
achievement by Alpine troops in the
capture of a strong Austrian position
at Corno Cavento in the eastern Tren
tino, at an altitude of more than 10,000
feet. Two field guns and several
smaller guns were taken from the
Austrians. Attacks on Italian posi
tions in other sectors were repulsed.
The British attacked again today in
the Bullecourt1 region on the Arras
front and along the Arras-Cambrai
road, according to indications in the
Berlin official statement. The repulse
of British attacks in Belgium and on
the Artois front yesterday is claimed.
French Increasing Fire.
The French are increasing their fire
both in the Aisne and Champagne re
gions and there are indications that a
resumption of the, French offensive in
those sectors may be. looked1 for. Ber
lin is expecting such a move by Gen
eral Petain, according to unofficial ad-
In a fight with a subni'arlnt'lffthe
Mediterranean . on June 11 . the
Japanese destroyer Sakaki was tor
pedoed and fifty-seven of its crew
were killed and fourteen wounded.
The damaged destroyer was towed to
port. .
Stockholm has a- report of a peace
offer by Germany to Russia through
the medium of a Swiss federal coun
cillor. The German. neWapers"con
sider' an, article in the semi-official
North German Gazette to be a bona
fide offer to Russia.
. No Bar to Russ Peace.
Russia was informed in this article
that her formula of "peace without an
nexations and indemnities" was no
bar to a peace between Russia and the
central towers, "who have never de
manded annexations or indemnities,
from Russia."
Holland frontier points have reports
that rioting of a serious character de
veloped yesterday in several German
towns.
Elihu Root, head of the American
mission to Russia, in a speech to the
Council of Ministers in Petrograd, de
clared that America was fighting for
Russian freedom as well as her own
and asked Russia to fight equally for
American and Russian freedom.
Russ Planes Busy.
Petrograd (Via London), June 16.
'(British Admiralty per Wireless
press.) Artillery firing on the west
ern front and skirmishing on the Rou
manian front are reported today by
the war office, which" acTds:
"four of our bomb throwers bom
barded the railway station at Uzkol
koleika, near the small town of Vesen.
An enemy squadron of seven ma
chines bombarded Dvinsk. Near the
Stokhod our artillery brought down
an enemy airplane."
Chinese Civil War Now
Reported in Full Swing
New York, June Ki A cablegram
foreshadowing extensive military op
erations by six of the Chinese south
ern provinces against the government
was received here ' today by the
Chinese National leagu of New York
from its headquarters in Canton. The
league claims, to reprsent politically
the six provinces and to favor1 China's
cntery int the war on the entente
side under a liberal republican gov
ernment. -
Southern troops alreadv are march
ing on Wu-Chang, according to the
message.
Ameriqan Women Asked to
Aid Destitute of Europe
Washington,, June 16. Millions of
destitute women and children in the
war zone will suffere from cold this"
winter unlss clothing is provided for
them, and the wdmen S committee of
the Council of National Defense has
appealed to the women of America to
make garments during the summer
months.
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Find Fifth Blaze in
New York Navy Yard
New York, June 16. The fifth
fire in the navy yard here since this
country entered the war broke out
today ih a pile of shavings near a
shop. - The blaze was quickly ex
tinguished, causing only slight dam
, age. A board has been appointed
LOAN CLERKS ARE
TOILING UNDER
MASS OF FIGURES
Latest Estimate Places Total
of Subscriptions at Nearly
Three Billions; One Dis-
trict Finishes Work.
Washington, June 16. So over
whelming was the country's response
to the Liberty loan that officials were
unable at noon today, twenty-four
hours after the closing of the books,
to strike more than an approximate
of the huge, total. ,
Only -ene reserve district, Atlanta,
had completed its work of tabulating
the totals at that hour. Reports from
the other eleven districts told of a
great volume of subscriptions, with
belated letters and telegrams still
pouring in. '?
The totals of figures actually tabu
lated in New York, Boston, Philadel
phia, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland and
San Francisco where, with the ex
ception of Atlanta, the work of com
piling the totals was' still in progress
and of official estimates in the other
districts., showed a stihscrintion of at
peart JZ.78r;mBKr,ft6snt!n only
hi portion of the fult amount. '
3 Estimates of all districts, including
returns irom niiania, sent uie pros
pective total to V.yM.WU.UUU. These
figures included $1,500,000 subscribed
in the Philippines, but did not include
any of the subscriptions sent direct to
the treasury here, no estimate of
which has been made public.
Official Estimates.
Official estimates made at the re
spective reserve banks and tabula
tions follow:
New York, tabulated 41,080,04)0,000
Estimated (last night) 1,200,000,000
Boston, tabulated (late yester
day) 2(8,300,000
Estimated. S210.000.000 to S300.000.ftno.
Philadelphia, tabulated 228,000,000
Kichntond. estimated 103,000,000
Atlanta, final tabulation 58,600,000
Chicago, tabulated 343,000,000
Cleveland, tabulated 276,200,000
Estimated, $280,000,000.
St. Louis, estimated $ 90,000,000
Minneapolis, estimated 62,000,000
Kansas City, estimated. ."7; 00,000,000
Dallas, estimated 43,000,000
San rranctsco, tabulated 171,000,000
Estimated, S1S0,000,00S.
Assuming New York's big estimate
of $1,200,000,000 as approximately cor
rect and allowing for shrinkages of
$50,000,000, it appeared that the total
would reach $2,900,000,600.
Thousands of Small Subscriptions,
Officials were surprised most of all
at the large number of men and
women of small means who bought
$50 and $100 bonds. The subscrip
tions came from all communities
cities, tlwns and country districts
and were a tremendous factor in the
lasHminute increase in the loan.
1 The government's printing and en
graving plant is- working day and
night to turn out the bonds and their
distribution to, subscribers will begin
soon.
Secretary McAdoo, in a message of
thanks to all agencies which helped
to. solicit , subscriptions, , asked that
these organizations be maintained in
preparation for a second national loan
campaign in the fall.
Newspaper Publishers
To Meet in Washington
New York, June 16. A special
meeting of the American Newspaper
Publishers' association has been called
for, Washington, June 21. The war
revenue bill and the federal trade com
mission report will be considered.
Germans 'Regard U, 5. and Russian
Parts in the Conflict as Negligible
Copenhagen, June 16. (Via Lon
don.) Representatives of the Ger
man press were told yesterday, at the
regular weekly press eonierence in
Berlin, that the arrival of American
troops in noteworthy numbers in the
European theater was to be expected
only in 1918.
The general staff lecturer also took
the ground that the American forces
should be treated as a negligible quan
tity in the general reckoning, owing
to the difficulties of finding sufficient
tonnage for transportation and sup
plies. The suggestion was followed
in numerous articles in the news
papers yesterday and this morning
The newspaper representatives also
were told that a new Russian offen
sive was highly improbable, but that
artillery and aviation activity and re
connoitcringr" raids indicated a new
French offensive, was in preparatidn.
The British also were certain to try
their fortunes again, but no surprises
in offensive methods were expected
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HOOVER'S WORK
WON'T WAIT FOR
JONGIIFJSJOACT
President Orders Food Commis
sioner k Go Ahead With
, " Volunters in Conserva
tion Campaign.
Washington, June 16. Congress'
delay in passing the administration's
food bills drew from President Wilson
today an- order directing Herbert C.
Hoover to -proceed immediately with
organization of the new food adminis
tration insofar as it contemplates food
conservation and elimination of waste
through the co-operation" of volunteer
forces. I
"While it would in many ways be
desirable to await complete legisla
tion establishing the food administra
tion," the president wrote, ''it appears
to me that so far as volunteer effort
can be assessed, we, should wait no
longer."
To Enlist Housewives.
Plans for enlisting every housewife
in the country as a volunteer member
of the food administration have been
announced by Mr. Hoover, who plans
to reach the women through state de
fense councils anr1 through various
women's organizations. Every worn,
an will be taught to save food in the
kitchen and how to purchase for her
family.
President Wilson's insistence that
the food bills be speeded up caused
the senate today to put the food con
trol bill next on the calendar and the
measure will be taken up Monday
when the house also begins debate on !
the bill. The measure was reported"!
to the senate today without recom
mendation. Man Refusing to Buy
Bonds Loses His Job
Tampa, Fla., June 16. Ernest Kre
her. oresident of a shipbuilding com
pany here, whose refusal to subscribe
to tne LiDerty loan, causea a smite
of shipyard employes, has resigned
at a called meeting of the company's
board of directors. After electing a
new president and directors instructed
him to purchase $1,000 worth of Lib
erty bonds.
from either the French or the the
British, and the only variant from the
earlier offensives would be a change
of geographical location.
Germany's situation was described
as absolutely secure and German vic
tory as certain, owing to the relentless
working of the submarine. Heavy es
timates of French and Biitish losses
were supplied to furnish encourage
ment to the readers.
England's losses in fifty days of the
spring offensive were placed at 225,000
men from thirty-four divisions enr
gaged. The same proportion was apr
plied to seventy-two French divisions,
producing an estimate of French
losses of more than 400,000.
The correspondents were told that
the purpose of the air raids on Eng
land was to keep in the islands trained
men of the aerial cofps and guns for
defense and that the submarine war
fare alsp served to weaken the British
offensive by keeping from the front
men and guns required to arm mer
chantmen. ,
, Commencement Up-to-Date
Vrooman to Teach Farmer
Of West Art of Marketing
Washington, June 16. Assistant
' Secrtary Vrooman of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will start July
1 on a month's tour of the middle
west to teach improved methods of
marketing farm products.
OFFICERS BREAK
INTO NEW UNITS
AT FT. SNELLING
Months of Common Training
Over and Time for Intensified
Instruction Soon to Begin
at Reserve Camp.
, Minneapolis, Minn., June 16. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The Northwest offi
cers' training camp is i busy place
this week. Embryo officers from Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota and the Da
kotas are being classified into units;
that is, into separate formations, ac
cording to the branch of service in
which they are desirous of obtaining
commissions.
, This shakeup marks the end of the
first period of the three months'
course. All students thus far havq
been on an equal footing, learning the
same army data common to officers
of all arms of the service. Now comes
the intensified and specialized grind
ing. It's every man to his chosen
work for two months and he who
does not swat for all he's worth, keep
right ud to the scratch on ohvsical
and mental exercises, is doomed to be
dropped. Sixty students have' been
dropped in the first period, many are
likely to be dismissed in this reorgan
ization, but the real weeding out
process is due to come in the second
period under the intensified system of
study and drill.
Fifty students assigned to the coast
artillery arm of the service for officer
training left this morning by special
train for Fortress Monroe, Va.'where
they will remain for two months.
Sorte of the students going to
Fortress Monroe will take heavy mo
bile artillery training and if given
commissions will be sent to France.
This has been moving day, most of
the students being required to change
quarters on account of reorganization
of the fourteen infantry companies
into nine infantry companies, three
batteries of field artillery and one
troop of cavalry. The reorganization
will be completed' Sunday.
Below Par Bid for
Liberty Bond Made
By Agent of Germany
Chicago, June 16. If a certatp
and as yet unidentified German
propagandist could have been
found in La Salle street yesterday
there would have been fun where
at he would have had no cause to
laugh.
Brokers were hanging over the
tape when the first quotations on
Liberty bonds came in, slightly
above par, when suddenly there
were two at 99 49-50,
Instantly messages began to fly
to the New York Stock Exchange
and reply came that the bidder,
obviously a propagandist intent on
extracting one note of cheer for
the kaiser out of the patriotic
American chorus, was in Chicago.
A search of brokerage houses en
sued, but failed to unearth the name
UNCLE SAM FINDS
NOT ONE SLACKER
JNALL0F.0MAHA
Only Six Arrests Are Made and
Each One of These Proves
He is Not Within Selec
tive Draft Age.
There isn't a real slacker " in all
Omaha. United States Marshall
Flynn has compiled a list of arrests
made (or failure to register for the
selective draft. This record shows
that six hive been arrested in Omaha,
but all of these have proved that they
are not of draft age .and have been
discharged.
Arrests made in other Nebraska
cities are as follows: Dakota City, 4;
Central City, 3; Aurora, 2; Norfolk,
2; Papillion, Alliance and Brolfen
bow, 1 each.
Fred Bahr and Royal Kessler,
street railway employes, who were
arrested on report that they had failed
to register, brought their birth certi
ficates to the federal authorities and
proved that they are less than 21
years old. They had added a year or
two to their ages in order to obtain
their positions. They were released.
Anton Nesterole, arrested on a
charge of failing to register, had a
hearing before United States Commis
sioner McLoughlin. His three broth
ers and three sisters were present to
testify that he is more than 30 years
old, in spite of the fact that he gave
his age as, 27 years in voting last
year.
Convince Commissioner.
Members of (he family testified that
they do not know Anton's age exactly
but that they do know there is just
about eighteen months difference be
tween their respective ages. A
brother, next older than Anton,
brought proof of his date of birth
(Continued on Pate Two, Column One.)
Secret Mail Route to
Germany Is Uncovered
New York, June 16. Additional
light was'shed on the secret mail sys
tem between this cViuntry and Ger
many today, when two Austrians,
Antemc and Rudolph Sager, arraigned
before a United States commissioner,
with Herwarth Schmidt, butcher on
the Norwegian liner Bergensfjord, on
charges of conspiring against the gov
ernment, confessed to having gath
ered letters among Germans here.
The letters were placed in packets
addressed to Schmidt's wife, who
lives in Bergen, Norway. They al
leged that Schmidt took the letters
when the Bergensfjord sailed from
this port and that his wife remailed
them from Bergen to their German
destination.
Woman Tells of Appreciation of
Work of Bee's "Good Angela
Chicago, June IS. To the Editor
of The Bee: I have just received
your enclosure of the page of the
Omaha Daily Bee of yesterday, con
taining marked article with reference
to Mrs. Soikland of Holhrook, Neb.,
and I can not express to you my hap
piness and appreciation of your pa
per, your Good Angels, and yourself
in so speedily responding to the call
from a stranger.
I expected response, but truly, not
so quickly, and not so generously-
SUPERINTENDENT KUGEL IS
SURPRISED THAT MALONEY
SHOULD CALL HIM 'DIRTY RAT'
Kept Secret Records at Home
Women of Underworld
Operations of Omaha
To Resume
Al C. Kugel, superintendent of the Omaha police depart
ment appearing as the star witness at the morning's session of
the Maloney hearing before the city council, expressed surprise
that Captain Maloney on Thursday should have referred to him
as a "dirty rat." The superintendent went into detail concern
ing his employment of Detective Sutton as a special investiga
tor; and defended the secret methods employed in concealing
the identities and activities of Sutton before he became a regu
lar detective in the department
The fifth day'a session of the council did not yield anything
materially relevant in .connection with the charges against Ma
loney. The council adjourned at noon, to resume the testimony
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Kugel connected the-visit of Detective Sutton to the Kugel
home on May 12 by explaining he received reports that Harvey
Wolf of the Omaha Detective association had been accompany-
JOBBERS TO MAKE
DELIVERIES WITH
WAGONS AS USUAL
Teamsters' Union Calls Out All
Drivers and Chauffeurs
Except from Bread,
-- -Millc and Army; w
All teamsters and chauffeurs n
Omaha, except those delivering milk,
bread and army supplies, were defi
nitely called off their work yester
day by the striking Teamsters' -union';
lir a great many cases the drivers
have quit 'uuder threat of pickets, but
in other cases deliveries are being
made all day. '
The Gordon Van company em
ployed a woman truck driver and she
made several deliveries without mis
hap. The men drivers of Gordon Van
company went out when the new or
der came in the morning.
Jobbers report that their deliveries
will be made as usual, regardless of
any strike among the drivers. They
have made all arrangements for the
delivery of goods as usual.
Have Police Protection.
Much delivery work was done un
der police protection. In many other
cases pickets stopped driverswho at
tempted to deliver and forced them to
go back to the yards. The Burgess
Nash company had difficulty in get
ting' its deliveries made, as pickets
were stopping the auto deliveries as
well as the team deliveries. Al King,
manager ui-lhr grocery department
of Hayden Brothers, said none of his
auto deliveries had been stopped up
to m.oru
The Merchants' Express company
put twenty drivers out on twenty
wagons and worked them in a ver
itable fleet so that the men might
be together when trouble arose.
Though the order was that milk
wagons were not to be molested, the
drivers for the Alamito dairy were r
stopped and asked to join the union
and then allowed to go, ahead with de
liveries. , The drivers for Loose-Wiles Bis
cuit company quit upon the order of
the pickets.
Anton Lang, Christus, Is
Called to the Colors
Copenhagen, June 16 (Via London.)
Anton Lang, the "Christus" of
Oberammergau's passion play, has
finally been called to the colors, ac
cording to a dispatch 'to the Berlin
Tageblatt from Augsburg, Bavaria.
Herr Lang hitherto has seen no serv
ice, although it has been reported
repeatedly that he has been killed in
the war.
German Steamship Is
Torpedoed and Sunk
London, June 16. The German
steamer Thuringefi, which has been
plying regularly between Hamburg
and Rotterdam, was tropedoed Thurs
day off Turchelling and sank, says an
h-xchanse telgrapli dispatch irom
Ymuiden today.
knowing as I do the great demand
always upon local workers.
In my sorrowful days of giving my
own only child a son just 21 years,
to the call of our nation even the
help to one so much more unfor
tunate makes this day bright and be
cause of the happiness you and your
Good Angels are carrying to one I
know is a patient sufferer.
Accept my thanks, my appreciation
and my sincere good wishes for you
and yours, K, D. H,
Because Office Was Open:
Throw Sidelights on
Police Department;
Monday.
in Officers Unger, Bartt and Walker
n alleged raid-tipping missions.
When Sutton told him of the Chad
ron affair, he said he told the detective
t3 go to the bottom of the affair. He
also explained that he ordered Barta
and Walker taken from , the morals
squad snd detailed to regular detec
tive work.
In his testimony earlier in the week
Sutton ntated that. Wolf and Uncer
were present at times of raids without
reason and he charged that some pro
posed raids had been tipped off.
Knew About Automobiles.
The superintendent of police related
having had a quarrel with. Maloney
at the police station two years ago.
but in the interest of fairness he testi
fied he had knowledge of the proposed
nurchsse of a disputed automobile by
Mr. and'Mrs. Maloney last December.
He said he wanted to buy the machine
himself, but illness in his family rend
ered him financially unable to make
such an investment.
He ' went into detail ' as to the
methods of the morals squad, declared
that half of the written and telephone
information received at his office is
anonymous; that he kept records of
his special investigators at home be
cause his private office h," been open,
lie declared he had no pc.onal know,
ledge of Ma y having been con
nected with the Omaha Detective as
sociation. Mrs. Margaret Melson of 610 South
Twenty-fifth avenue, formerly of 516
South Nineteenth street, resumed her
ICMMIUI1J' iu Biiun 1111 .JUIIU1I .IM
Elsie Phelps had been at her former
place on various occasions.
She was buffeted around by the op
posing lawyers and after an hour of
examination pleaded she was feeling
ill and asked to be excused. Many of
the questions asked this witness were
in terms of the underworld and the
answers were in kind. Mrs. Melson
was unabashed.
Woman Paid Sutton.
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Her explanation of having been
drawn into the case was that she had
talked too much and had inadvertent
ly unbosomed herself to an enemy of
Elsie Phelps.
Dorothy Davis of Grand Island was
called to the stand to testify that last
December she paid $5 protection
money to Sutton. City Attorney Rinc
openly scouted her statement that
ehe knew Sutton had been after her
(Coattnufd on Pave '
Column One.)
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American Schooner Is
Damaged by Shell Fire
Washington, June 16. An Amer
ican schooner givenas the Ritter, "at
tacked by a submarine, has been
towed into port damaged by shell fire,
the Mate department announced to
day. No vessel of that name is reg
istered in this country.
I Elizabeth, N. J., June 16. The
American four-masted schooner Anna
R. Hedrittcr was fired upon and dam
aged by a submarine off Gibraltar yes
terday.
Omaha Couple Obtains
License to Wed in Baltimore
' Baltimore, Md June 16. (Special
Telegram.) Frank R. Wills, 29, 2S6S
Capitol avenue, Omaha, and Anna M.
O'Neill, 32, Omaha, obtained a wed
ding license here today.
Four Persons Drowned
In Des Moines River
"t Des Moines, la., June 15. Four
were drowned here tonight when a
launch upset on the Des Moines
river. They were O. H. Foet and '
wife and George Zambell and wife. '
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