The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XL VI NO. 313. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1917. TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ' START BIG DRIVE TO RECOV I A; GREWmlM&FAil PA VES WA Y THE WEATHER Fair A LlmlES SERB ELSIE PHELPS TO TESTIFY IN MALONEY CASE Woman Sleuth Takes Stand This Afternoon; Bessie Wit son Says Wolf and Dolan Not Referred to Her. ' Mrs. Elsie Phelps will testify this -afternoon in the Maloney case before Attorney Elmer Thomas, or th prosecution, announced at the ad journment yesterday afternoon he would call the woman detective today and probably will have a few minor witnesses on the stand before he calls the woman star of the hearing. The council will hold a regular meeting this morning for routine busi ness, but on Wednesday morning will resume the all-day sessions on the Malonev charees. The session yesterday afternoon was not marked bv the thrills which accompanied former meetings The most exciting incident of the after noon occured when a woman in the balcony dropped her parasol and nar. rowly missed a man s neaa. Bessie Wilson on Stand. Tin- chief witness of the afternoon n Rrssir Wilson of 707 South Six- ' " teenth street. She identified herself is a keeper of furnished rooms. In her testimony she mentioned Captain Maloney, Harvey Wolt, William s. Dolan. Officer Cooper, G. W. Wahely, Ai-i- Mat. Hnffaker. Peterson and Gift, first names unmentioiied Da-e Rankin, Mrs. Hinckley ana Chants Slje testified that Maloney did not refer Wolt ana uoian to ner m tun nriinn with her stolen automobile. The prosecution alleged that Maloney had thus directed t lie two men .10 utr wiili a rernmmendation. . Her testi- mnnv showed that Malonev told her Pipkin, then doing special automobile work in the ponce department, m her case and that she should pay no attention to "them," referring to me n.il,. rtti-tivi atftnriatton. - - Mr and Mrs. Charles Gille, 320 North Thirtv-tliird street, testifie4 to alleged neglect by Maloney In prosecuting a man said to have been arrested for entering the Gille home ' three years ago. Saw Wolf on Corner. Lou Crawford, 1802 North Six .nth street, testified to having ob eervrt Harvev Wolf "standing on the corner" when her place was raided a few months A",o.. , The substance of Miss Wilsons testimony was that Maloney did not attempt to interest ner in me u Detective association wncn snc ported her stolen car. Attorney Rine: "What did Maloney say to you nhnnr Wolf and Dolan r "He said he would send him to my place regarding Mrs. Hinckly. "Your place raided when you were convicted : "Yes. Barta and Walker raided my house." Women In the Case. "Tin vnu know why laloney should send Dolan and Wolf to your place?" ; . i "I don't know, except that Hinckly woman lived across the street. "What did Maloney say about Mrs. Hinckly?" . - - "Something about a man she was to marry." "Did you think Dolan and Wolf po lice officers?" ... ,, "Well, Mr. Hoffaker told me-Wolf was around with Maloney quite a bjt "Who gave you the check for $300 for the car the check you said was "'"He'sfgned his name G. W.Wahely." "Who was the police officer hat wanted to go to Grand Island with Pipkin?" "Officer Cooper. hwas on motor cycle squad then." "Why did you accept the check without investigating Wahely'S finan cial resposibility?" "Because ArLMay had accepted a check and thought he was all right." "How do you suppose parties inter ested in this hearing knew you had anything to.testify?" "I called Sir. Sutton." Nothing from Maloney. Attorney Baker:' "Did you tell Sut ton that Wolf .and Dolan went to you and presented Steve Moloney's personal card, stating they were all right? Had any written communica tion from Maloney( whatever?" 'No." ' "Who was present when Wolf said he knew where the car was and would get car and thief for $150?" "Mr. Rankin." Denies Chadron Evidence. Judge Baker elicited from the wit ness denial of the evidence offered at Chadron, that Maloney had sent (Continued on Fag-a Two, Column One.) British Union Jack Taken Up Bunker Hill Boston, June 18. The British union jack was taken up Bunker Hill for the first time today in a military and civic parade commemorating tne his toric battle between the American minute men and the English red coats, 142 years ago. It fluttered at the head of the bagpipe band of the New Brunswick Kilties battalion, 236th Canadian Overseas regiment, on its farewell appearance Before re turning home after a two weeks' re 'cruiting campaign there. Meat Investigation to Begin in Chicago July 2 v Chicago, June 18. The federal trade commission investigation of the cattle and meat problem will be gin here July 2, it mi said in the , federal building today. Stock raisers from western farms will be the first witnesses. RED CROSS WEEK IN OMAHA FINDS TEAMS AT WORK Leaders Start Out to Solicit Their Allotment; Wattles Speaks at the South Side Exchange. ... Omaha's captains of industry who voluntarily abandoned their business for the entire week to devote' theif effrits the success of the Red Cross finance campaign, and inci dentally speed up the end of the war started out bright and early yester day to solicit funds from every section of the city. Long distance' telephone calls from bankers in the state kept the wires sizzling with generous offers of as sistance. W. M. Morrow wired that Scotts bluff county guaranteed to exceed, its apportionment of $17,500. Norris Brown is in Piattsmouth to speak at the organization rally pf the Red Cross there. Word has also come that Seward is organized to co-operate in the cam paign. Talks at South Omaha. 'G. W. Wattles, chairman of the fi nance committee, spoke at noon at the South Omaha Livestock ex change in the interests of the cam paign. It a mere handtul ot men could contribute over half of Omaha's al lotment, which it $250,000, Greater Umaha will undoubtedly swell the fund to more than the required goal." said one of the captains, "the Omaha wage earner is getting behind the campaign, .even-rnakiug sacrifices to do so." , Early Supdav morning after the Ad club's stirring appeal In the ca pers appeared, the telephone rang atl the Ked Cross headquarters. Ihis is Mr. , said the voice at the other end of the wire. "You would not know me if you saw me on the street. I have not much money, hut I want to help win this war. I have bought a Liberty bond ana? am paying for it at the rate of $5 a month! Now my wife and I want to help the Red Cross. We are pour and to pledge an other $50 to the Red Cross would mean actual hardship. I thought if Kcouldturn over my Liberty bond to the Ked Cross tund, it would help If you will take it you are welcome to it, and God knows I wpuld gladly add another $50 for the boys at the tront it 1 could. Gives Liberty Bond. He was told to bring his bond to the headquarters. It isn t much in money, but think what it means in sentiment,' said Chairman Wattles. 'There are hun dreds of thousands of men-who will come forward once they understand the meaning of the campaign. Doubt less, this contribution represents more actual patriotism than many a subscription of $5,000 or even $1,000,- 000. With men with spirit like this back of the flag and Red Cross, how could the campaign .fail?" he added. Captain rred Davis team which is just announced, is as follows: O. T. Eastman, C. H. Pickens, K. A. stew- art, JrW. Parish, Fred Castle, M. W. Dimery, Harry A. Wolf, J. W. Holm quist and H. A. Tukcy. Boston Labor Rejects 1 N The Seattle Resolution Boston. June 18. A resolution sent here by the Central Labor council of Seattle, Wash., calling on all organ ized wage earners to demr.nd the Te- peal of the army draft act and asking that thers be no relaxation of the present restrictions onoriental immi gration was unanimously voted down by1 the Boston Central Labor union last night. American Ambulance Chief Killed In an Air Accident in' Champagne Paris, June 18. Benny Woodworth of San Francisco, chief of the first section of the American ambulance eld service, has been killed, and Lincoln Chatkoff, of 'New York City, pilot in the Lafayette squadrilla, dan- gerously wounded in an airplane ac cident, according to the Paris Herald. Woodworth went to the headauar- ters oi me utayette squaarnia in Champagne on Friday evening, where he met his friend, Chetkoff. They decided to fly over and visit some comrades at the camp of "the Storks," Captain Guynemer's squadron, about six miles away. Chatkoff rose to a height of about 150 feet and com menced to execute a series of evolu tions, beginning with several spirals and then nese diving .toward the earth. Eve witnesses sav that when near the ground the pilot seemeed to make an effost to right the machine in order to rise again. Chatkoff either miscalculated the distance1 or some- WILSON PUSHES FOOD BILLS TO FRONT. IN HOUSE Members Are Warned They Must Take Responsibility for Prices if They De feat Measures. Washington, June 18. The food bills were pushed to the front in botli. houses of congress today and with the personal influence of President Wilson pressing for their immediate parage u was more man iikciy tnai nothing else would be done until they were disposed ot. A letter from President Wilson t Representative Borland was made public this morning, in which th president warned opponents of the bills that should they defeat them they must be prepared to take th responsibility for food conditions and prices which were predicted to fol low. President Wilson's Letter. President Wilson in his letter said. "A certain disservice has been done the measure by speaking of it as thi food control bill. The object of the measure is nut to control the food of the country, but to release it from the control of speculators and other persons who wilt seek to make inor dinate profits out of it and to pro teci me people against tne extortion which would result. "It seems to me that those who on pose the measure ought very serious ly to consider whether theyare not playing into the hands of such per sons and whether they are not making tncmseives responsible, should tlicy succeed, for the extraordinary and oppressive price of food in the United States. toodstutts will of course, fhevitably be high, but it is possible by perfectly legitimate means to keep them, from being unreasonably and oppressively High. . The bill was explained to the house by Representative Lever as a meas ure which would harm no honest business man, but would drag "crooks" and speculators into the sunlight. Opposition is Ready.- The great majority of the house greeted the opening ot debate with bursts of applause and approval, but the opposition was silently making ready for its attack. In the senate the opposition also twas ready. Led by Senator Reed of Missouri, senator smith of Georgia and Senator Gore ot Arkansas, all democrats, k was contended that the first food bill, already passed and now awaiting conference wi h the house. contained provisions to check specu lation and price fixing, which made the second bill unnece ary. Revision of the house war tax bill by the senate finance committee promises to proceed with less speed now that the food control legislation has precedence in the senate. Mem bers said today they did not expect to complete the bill inside of two weeks, and that its consideration will be delayed until the food bill is dis posed of. Because of the absence of several senators the committee postponed ac tion upon Senator Penrose's motion to consider the 5 per centrofits tax proposed tor publishers. Option Tax Stands. The committee decided to Reject amendments by senator Sherman ol Illinois, advocated by grain dealers, to modify taxes upon options, failure and "scratch" sales. Senator Sher man proposed that the tax be levied upon the actual amount of cash in volved in sucht'rades and not upon the gross turnover involved. The committee decided to retain the lax as now written in the bill. Britons Plan Reprisals For Air Raids on Towns London. June 18. Reolvine to a series of questions in the House of Commons this afternoon as to whether the British Kovernment had decided upon reprisals for the Ger man air raid upon England, Andrew Bonar Law, member of the British war council, said the government in tended to take steps not only for dam aging the enemy, but for preventing raids on England. thing went wrong with the appara tus, for the machine never altered its course, but plunged headlong and buried its nose in the earth. Woodworth was killed instantly, one of his legs being severed and the other crushed, suffering in addition other terrible injuries. Chatkoff sus tained serious internal injuries, frac tured his skull and suffered other wounds. He now lies in a critical condition. Great Grandson of Poet. San Francisco- Cal., June 18. Benjamin R. Woodworth, 30 years old, whose death in an airplane acci dent was reported early today, from Paris, was the son of Mrs. Ruth Woodworth, Sari" Francisco, and a great-grandson- of Samuel Wood worth, author of "The Old Oaken Bucket." Mrs. Woodworth learned of her son's death in a cablegram from Arthur Schell, his cousin, who accompanied him when he enlisted two years ago in the American am bulance corps. Crowding CAMPS DELAYED; TROOP TRAINING 'WILL BE HELD TJP Construction -of Cantonments Will Not Be Complete by September 1, as Had Been Planned. Washington, June 18. Unless there are unforeseen developments to hurry construction of the sixteen canton ments for training he new national army, the first increment of 65O-.000 troops will not be in training by Sep tember 1, as generally has been sup posed, and in fact may not get into training for six weeks thereafter. the first body ol othcers for the new army, now being trained in camps throughout the country, is to be turned out in August to make room for the lext body. -This was arranged on the plan of having the draft com plete, exemptions disposed of and troops ordered in training camps by September 1. J he cantonments for the new armv will be built under a special form of contract, under which no overcharges will be allowed. 1 lie maximum profit on any contract has-been fixed at $250,000. Food Crop Will Be Enormous, Says Blanchard Chicago. June 18. "The orosnecls for a record breaking food yield are such that 1 can see no iustification for abnormal prices," said S. J. Blanchard. chief statistician of the federal reclamation service, who has just completed a survey of crops on reclamation projects in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Idaho, Ne braska and South Dakota. He esti mated that while gross returns from theslr projects were $38 an acre last year, they would be $40 tins year if properly harvested. ' British Transport Sunk By Submarine; 63 Lost London, June J8. The British transport Camerontan, with a small umber ol troops on board, was tor pedoed and sunk by an enemy sub marine in the eastern Mediterranean on June 2, it was officially announced tonight Sixty-three persons, includ ing the captain of the transport, are presumed to have been drowned. The Sunday Score Advertising In The Bee IWerficId Agency Messurement) Leads All In Display SUNDAY, JUNE 17 , IN INCHES Local Display ,1069 Foreign Display 117 Automobiles 836 Classified 595 Total.-:.., 2618 SAME SUNDAY LAST YEAR Local Display 1157 Foreign Display... 199 Automobiles 379 Classified 736 Total 2471 GAINS 147 INCHES N Keep Your Eye On The Bee Us a Bit DANIELS MAKES BIG REQUISITION FOR COAL AND OIL Fuel Worth Many Millions of Dollars Wll Be Paid For at Prices Fixed by Fed eral Commission. 4 ' I Washington, June 18. Secretary Daniels has ordered coal and oil pro ducers to supply the enormous quan tities needed, by the navy at price6 to be fixed later by the president, when the Federal Trade commission has determined a fair rate. The navv will usc'lSO.OUO Ions of coal and 50, 000,000 barrels of oil puretiased under this application ot the authority granted by congress. Fix Price for Steel. Similarly, steel for the entire navy building program is being bought at a rate fixed when Secretary Daniels rejected the proposals of the steel makers ifc too high. Secretary Daniels said todav that the coal operators proposed to furnish navy coal at a rate of $2.95 a ton at the mine. The navv has been navine $2.88 a ton delivered. The secretary directed the companies to ship imme diately, the orders being prorated among the producers, agreeing to pay a tentative price of $2.33 at the mines, pending a report from the Federal 1 rade commission. Handsome Profit for Producers. Oil quotations submitted. Mr. Dan iels, said, ranged from $1.58 to $1.86 a barrel, delivered at j'ort Arthur, although the present rate is 89 cents a barrel at that point. The 'depart ment directed the producers to fill its orders for 50.000.000 barrels, leavinn the question of price to be determined uy-ttie trade commission. The arrangement regarding steel orders, the secretary said, leaves a handsome profit" for the producers. Zeppelin Z-48 Lost in Raid on English Coast Berlin, (via London,) June 18. The zeppelin Z-48 was lost with all on board in Saturday night's raid on southern England, the admiralty an nounces. J Weed Out More Poor Material In Fort Snelling Officers Camp Minneapolis, Minn., June 18. (Spc cial Telegram.) There was an omin ous rattle of tinware around the of ficers' training camp at Fort Snelling when officials selected twenty men who had been reported as making un satisfactory progress and attached tickets to the gate to them. This, it is intimated, is just the beginning of a two or three-day campaign to get rid of every misplaced enthusiast or slacker in the camp. It rame inci dental to the starting of work of the second period following the reorgani zation ofyesterday. The officials in charge now have through company commander reports a good line on every man in the camp and the disturbers, inattentive or otherwise objectionable from the military standpoint are to be cleaned out without waste of time in attempt- . ,' ' Mills Will Sell Steel to U. S. for $5630 a Ton Washington, June 18. A basic price of $58.20 a ton was fixed tor steel plates in contract for ten steel ships signed tqday by Chairman Dennsn of the shipping board, Fu ture contract!, will be let at that price instead of $95 paid for steel in some earlier contracts. ALLNOTSERENE WITH THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Other Members Reduce Assess ments Over the Protests of County Assessor Fitz gerald. It is plain from current develop ments that all is not harmony in the county board of equalization. County Assessor Fitzgerald, who sent, out notices to more than 5,000 taxpayers, including corporations, big business houses, factories and, indi viduals, advising them of wholesale boosts which total millions,, seemed to be "peeved" this morning when the board overrode 1iis action and voted to accept several schedules as re turned, instead of falling in line with him. The county assessor alone voted to raise several assessments which' the other six members of the board re rcfused to do. A representative of the, Omaha C'as- $75,000, appeared to protest. After ncuring mm a motion was made and seconded to accept the casket com pany's schedule as returned. Are Against Fitzgerald. The vote was six to one, the county assessor responding "no" to roll call. Considerable time was taken up in hearing various protests involving sums,pf from $50 to $JU0. The count: assessor insisted that taxpayers make sworn statements be fore the equalization board. - "Cant we take a man's word for smythmgt",raked Commissioner Me lt's he law," persisted the county assessor,'. V ' " A. At another stage'of the mornlns- 'session County Clerk Dewey inquired: "What's this board trying to do, anyway? Assess people, 80, 85 or 100 cents on the dollar?" ' We're trying to get the full amount, chimed in Denutv Countv Attorney Bednar, who sits at the county assessor's right hand most of the time and acts as his official promp ter, wnue ucpuiy county Assessor Manoney sits at fitzgeralds left as another of his "official advisers." Ill five and a half days the equaliza tion board has heard only about 300 protests, the majority of them com promised upon, and the county asses sor's boosts sustained in only a few instances. , Business houses and corporations, whose raises involve hundreds of thousands, and in some cases mil lions of dollars, are known to be pre paring to fight the boosts to the fin- ish. Thoy are expected to come be fore the equalization board In the week or so. Hundreds cf communications from indignant taxpayers are being received daily by the equalization board. One of them, addressed (o the coun ty assessor, was from T. E. Beebc, who was raised from $50 to $300 on household goods. He oftVs to sell the whole batch for $100. "You need ail, my boy," he said to the county assessor in his letter. George E. Rowe, 6010 North Twenty-fifth avenue, who was boosted on his household goods wrote to the coui.ty assessor; "Why don't you get some of the old maids and bachelors living in hotels and boarding houses? There are hundreds of them with consider able properly and they're not paying one cent of taxes." , v War Robs Yale Class Day of Its Features New Haven, Conn., June 18. The picturesquencss of class day at Yale university departed today with the carrying out of a war time program lor commencement. I here were few banners or class flags flvine and the only emblem of the historic class day arrangements was the planting of ivy oy tne academic seniors. ing to make officers of them. This a record-breaking dismissal list, but it is intimated others will follow. Another demonstration ol militarv efficiency was given at the training camp today, when without a halt or p.-usc of any sort the new training regime was adopted without confu sion or delay. Bright and early the men were out at work the infantry in pistol handling and field work, the latter work in instruction in advance and rear guard details. The batteries of the artillery divi sion were feigning new problems pending the arrival of guns, and the cavalry troop and Ninth complny of the infantry cadets were out on the rifle range, tasting for the first time in the camp the toughness of their shoulders- to the recoil of the Spring field 'rifles loaded with heavy car tridges. ,;,., BALKANS ARE AGAIN CENTER OF INTEREST Developments Indicate Advance of Large Expedition Up the Vardar Valley from Macedonia. (AMorUted PrM War Summary.) Important developments are fore shadowed on the Macedonian front, following the abdication of King; Con stantine, by reports today of a with drawal by the British without pres. sure of their advanced positions east of the Strums river on the extreme easterly end of the front and pro nounced reconnoitering activity by the allies' forces along the Vardar. It has been frequently pointed out by military observers that virtually the only practicable route for a suc cessful advance to cut the lines of the central powers in the Balkans and reclaim Serbia is up the Vardar val ley, along the railway line there. The present activities seem to point to the probability that an offensive by General Sarrail in the only likely sec. tor that embracing the Vardar area is imminent. Strengthen Right Flank. Had this been decided upon it would be a natural move for the Brit ish to relinquish the advanced ground they held along the Struma and with draw as they have done to the bridge- ' head near the river, thereby strength ening the allies right flank for de fensive purposes, while the offensive stroke was-delivered by the center. An aggressive move, it would seem, has now been made possible by the re moval of the menace to the allies from the rear, which existed as long as Constantine was on the Greek throne and his pro-German political advisers in control of the Greek mili tary situation. Both the Russian army ' and the Russian hav't are giving more evi dence ot aggressive intent. RtcenT" J Gerniaa-and-Austrian istatements have instanced increasing activities by the nussian military torces in various sec-, tors, notably Volhynia and Galicia. where the great BruSsiloff offensive was in full swing at this time a year ago.- Russians Get Busy. The Russian naval arm also has been so largely in evidence in Baltic waters that Berlin announces it has been found necessary to carry put extensive air raiding operations on Russian bases in this area. In the Arras battle area the British were subjected to a heavy counter at tack on the new position tljey woti last Thursday east of Monchy Le l'reux.' They held fast to the main point, the important Infantry hill, but had to fall back from some posi tions they had established farther in advance. Bulgarian Official Report. Sofia, June 18. (Via London.) A general retirement of British forces along the Struma front is reported as follows by the war office today: "Macedonian front In the sector between Lakes Butkovo and Tahinos the British abandoned the advanced position they had hitherto occupied and returned to the bridgehead jkisi tion on t'-.e left bank of the river, Our troops occupy Ormanli, Barakli, Jiima Kumli, Kcupri, Prosenik, Beg likmah, Salman and Kakarasha." ' Britons Falling Back. London, June 8. The British have fallen back from some of their ad., vanced posts in northern France, ac cording to an official statement "is sued by the war office this morning. The mam new positions are still held. Paris, June 18. "Intermittent can. nonading occurred at various points on the front last night," says today's official statement. "Our reconnoiter ing parties penetrated the enemv lines near Leintrey and southwest of Senones, bringing back prisoners." Germans Destroy Russ Base. Berlin. June 18.-(Via London.) German airplanes on Friday effected a lauding 6n an island in the Bay of Riga and destroyed a Russian base there, it is announced officially. The statement follows: "Greater activity by Russian naval forces in submarine and minewar. fare made necessary defensive meas ures on the German side, which had the following results: "On June 13 our airplanes dropped explosive and incendiary bombs in large quantities on Russian bases, ob taining good results. On June 14 the ' military station on the Island of Ru- -neo, in the Bay of Riga, was bombed with visiNe success. On June 15 our airplanes landed on the island "and destroyed the remaining portions of the base. All of our airplanes re turned." Commerce Commissioner J. C. Clements Is Dead Washington, June 18. Commis sioner Judson C. Clements of the In- .. terstate Commence commission died ' here today. , . Commissioner Clements had served on the rate-making body since 1892' and once had been chairman. He was 60 years old, a native of Georgia ' and before going on the commission had served five terms in congress, . representing the district of which hi home, Rome, Gs., was the cente,r. -