LARUE GIRL TELLS
OF SLAVE TRAFFIC
Woman Who Declares Life
, Threatened in Crnger Case
Informs Officials of New
York Conditions.
BULLETIN.
New York, June 24-After a
five-hour conference tonight at
the bedside of Mill Consuelo La
rue, who ii in a hospital Buffering
from injuriei she aaid the u
fered in leaping out of a window
to escape men ahe aaid had
threatened her life, became of in
formation ahe gave out in the
Cruger caie, Aaatatant District
Attorney Rorke declared her
revelation! of the white alave
traffic in thia city and eliewherc
was "one of the most remarkable
stories ever told by a girl in
New York.'' He aaid much ahe
had revealed already haa been
confirmed.
More Officers to Go.
New York, June 24. Simultaneous
ly with the news from Home today
that Alfredo Cocchi had confessed
the murder of Ruth Cruger, it was
reported on high authority that at
least a dozen more motorcycle police
men would be suspended as an out
growth of the case.
The investigation begun by In
spector Fajirot, at the direction of
Police Commissioner Woods, it was
said tonight, already has disclosed
certain alleged irregular practices by
motorcycle policemen, which substan
tiate a belief that motorists have been
.victims of petty graft through falsified
records of summonses and arrests for
speeding and other traffic violations.
Cocchi is believed to have been a go
between for the patrolmen in many
pf these transactions. x
, Had Many Friends.
Cocchi had many friends among the
holice, it has been brought out, and
his confession, it is believed, may be
followed by other disclosures, such as
the naming of accomplices or those
Jwho helped him to flee to Italy.
Police Commissioner Woods said
fa is particularly eager to find if
Cocchi had accomplices and if he had
Confessed about his dealings with po
licemen. After Mrs. Cocchi had been ques
tioned in the district attorney's office
for more than two hours, it was an
nounced she had given "material help"
to the authorities. She told the dis
trict attorney, it wis stated, that twice
Since her husband's disappearance the
street door leading to the cellar had
been found open after she had
locked it '
Henry D. Cruger, father of the
murdered sirL and Mrs. Grace Humi-
ston, who found the body, will be wit
nesses Monday wnen tne pudiic near,
ing is resumed,
DEFENSE BOARD
OF NATION TELLS
OF AID IN CRISIS
(Caatlaw IMa Pas OaO
cal officers' reserve corps, and the
standardization, far on its way to com
pletion, ot surgical instruments ana
aupplies. " ,
"Creation by the council of the Air
craft Production board, which is set
ting out to make 3,500 airplanes and
in train .000 aviators thia vear.
"Definite results obtained by the
council's committee on coal produc
tion in the procurement and expedite
ous shipment of coal, both in the civil
tan and federal interests.
"Successful initiation of a move'
bient to co-ordinate activities on the
nut of the states of the union for the
national defense, brought to a clear
and workable tocus by tne conterence
bf states held recently in Washington
at the call and under the auspices of
Jhe council
Organization of a railroad com-
' fclttee to send to Russia and enlist
ment of reserve engineer regiments to
aid in rehabilitating the railroads of
France."
Besides the many things done by
the council, Mr. Gifford enumerates
in detail the work ot tne ooaraa ana
rnmmittM. Ha bea-ina with the Gen-
feral Munitions board, of which Frank
A, Scott is chairman, which, accord
ing to the report, has the following
accomplishments to us creoii:
Tnercaaa Anns Ourout.
TVvflnnmrnt of the caoacitv of
' small srms factories to supply 1,000,
000 men with arms; contracts signed
for small arms ammunition to meet
all requirements; artillery ammunition
supply developed; sources of machine
gun supplies developed; raw material
obtained for gun carriages snd cais
sons; standardization ot motor trans
norti: snonlv of material for ambu
lance bodies obtained and satisfactory
production of armored cars assured;
reduction in price of machine guns
nhtained and increased production ar
ranged; arrangement of sufficient sup
ply of surgical instruments; develop
ment ot an improved optical glass ior
military instruments: recommenda
tions made aa to fair and equitable
prices for army and navy contracts;
arrangement made for taking over
British small arms punts in tnis coun
try; establishment of priority ir
manufacture of machine tools to as
sure government of proper supplies
. rnmntlatinn nf list of munitions man
. ufacturera for guidance of army and
navy in making purchases.
Millions Are Ssved.
"The General Munitions board," the
rr-nnrt declared, "has. since its organi
zation, through the co-ordination of
purchasing alone, saved millions of
dollars to the government
The work of the Aircraft Produc
tion board is set forth at length. Some
- nf th main thinfft It has done are1:
"Assisted in organization of aircraft
manufacturers into an association.
"Negotiated with aircraft companies
and others to obtain a basis of set
tling patent disputes and helped put
thrntiffh an agreement
"Evolved, in co-operation with the
chief signal officer, a training plan for
aviators; assisted in starting schools
for preliminary training of aviator
. cadets, arrangea ior acnuinn civics-
sors to l oronio ior insuucuun ui m
"Developed, In co-operation with
tint dismal officer snd the seronautical
division a standard type of aviation
. school building and equipment of
buildings; assisted the aeronautical di
vision in selecting sites for aviation
arhnnla. ,
"Investigated the production facili
ties of airplanes in the United States
and made recommendations covering
orders that should be placed immedi
ately. "Arranged for standardization of
training tvpe of machine between
English, Canadian and United States
service.
Plans of Battle Plans.
"Developed plans for battle types of
planes, orders for which are being
placed now by the military authori
ties." The medical section, under Dr.
Franklin Martin and Dr. F. F. Simp
son, has spent much of its time se
lecting civilian ohvsicians for recom-
medation to the army and navy, Pub
ic Health bervice and the Ked cross.
e work has been done through com
mittees named in each state. Selec
tion of 21.000 ohvsicians has been
completed, and the men have been
sriven aDDlication blanks wlucn tney
have been asked to file with the sur
geons general.
Mr. bittord s report empnasizes tne
work of an inter-departmental com
mittee, whose purpose is to prevent
duplication of war work in the var
ious government departments.
The council has in the Naval Con
sulting board a board of inventions,
which just now is investigating plans
combat the submarine, the board
headed bv Thomas A. Edison and
numbers among its members some of
the country s most noted scientists
and inventors.
A Commercial Economy board,
with A. W. Shaw as its chairman, is
atuuvinir means bv which commer
cial business may best meet demands
made on it during the war, and how
large quantities of supplies may be
diverted to government use without
upsetting the essential services of
trade. This board is studying a plan
economize on city delivery sys
tems and is investigating measures
economy for adoption by retail
stores.
Solve Coal Problem.
The coal problem is in the hands
a committee on coal production,
headed by F. S. Peabody of Chicago.
is assisting the War Railroad Doard
exneditintr the movement of coal
and is taking measures to stimulate
production.
A women's defense committee was
created in April with Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw as its chairman. Its activi
ties will be directed along the fol
lowing lines: Organization of state
committees, registration of women for
service with the food administration,
home and allied relief work, food
production, conservation and thrift;
educational propaganda, protection of
women ana cnna worxcrs, conserva
tion of the health and welfare of
women, conservation of the normal
and spiritual forces of the nation.
scientific research is being conduct
ed by the National Research council.
The work is under the direction of
Dr. George E. Hale and Dr. R. A.
Millikan. ihe research council is co
ordinating the research activities of
the country in the fields of science and
engineering. It is now engaged in
studying devices to detect submarines
and mines, investigating range find
ers snd instruments to detect invisible
aircraft and improving wireless ap
paratus. '
A committee on shipping is work
ing with the Shipping board on the
problem of increasing the country's
merchant tonnage.
State Councils Aid.
The iork of state defense councils
co-ordinated throueh a deoartment
headed by George F. Porter. It has
assisted in organizing state councils
and is giving them advice as to what
the federal government expects of the
state in assisting in the conduct of
the war.
Transportation questions are studied
r a committee on transDortation.
Daniel Willard, president of the Bal
timore a unio railroad, is its chair
man. It operates through a war rail
road board, of which Fairfax Harri-
son, president of the southern rail
way, is head. This bosrd is running
the varioua transportation lines as
one continental system.
The railroad board has given pref
erence to fuel and is moving coal
ahead of all other commodities. Food
probably will be the next commodity
given preferential shipment Coal is
moved in this order; Fuel for the
government, for the roads on which
mines are located, for other steam
roads and finally tor general pur
poses. The committee recommended
the personnel of the railroad commis
sion now in Kussia. it is engaged in
discontinuing passenger trains not
considered essential and expects to
lscourage conventions and other
meetings that would require unusual
train service.
Other sccomplishments of the rail
road board are given as follows:
"Enlistment of nine regiments of
engineers to rehabilitate the French
railway systems; an arrangement for
moving coat to the Pacific coast in
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haul bad ; expeditious movement of
food products."
Phone Lines To Help.
Telephone and telegraph commit
tees of the council have arranged a
system of co-operation between the
wire companies and the government
Government calls are given prefer
ence. Much army and navy purchasing
has been done by the committee on
supplies, of which Julius Rosenwald
of Chicago is chairman. The commit
tee is composed of six business men
chosen from different industries, who
are giving their entire time to the
work. This committee is said to have
saved the government millions of dol
lars in the purchase of supplies. All
army and navy contracts, before
signed, are submitted to the commit
tee for approval and the committee
in many instances has instituted new
purchasing systems. Associated with
the committee are a large number of
subcommittees made up of experts on
various commodities.
The committee on raw supplies,
headed by Bernard M. Baruch of New
York, has organized the purchase of
raw materials. It saved the govern
ment, according to the report, $10,
000,000 on the purchase of a supply of
copper.
Samuel Gompers' committee on la
bor is engaged in settling industrial
disputes and maintaining existing la
bor standards.
The committee on industrial pre
paredness has obtained 27,000 detailed
reports from the country's larger
manufacturing plants as to capacity
to meet the government's industrial
and military needs during the war.
This information, the report declares,
will prove invaluable in placing orders
for supptic: .
Engineering problems are Demg
studied by an engineering committee
under Dr. Mollis uodtrey.
ITALIANS HOLD
BAZAR; PARADE
FOR RED CROSS
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stretchers. Forty Italian girls, dressed
in the immaculate Red Cross uniforms,
marched in perfect order behind them.
The Consentino Juveline band farther
back in the procession lent spirit to
the parade with its fiery patriotic
music.
Wore Italian uniform.
' Tohn Pistone. Italian, veteran of the
war with Tripoli, marched in full
Italian umtorm and was marshal oi
the day. Mr. Pistone speaks very
highly of the Red Cross work, as he
has had actual experience in the field
and has seen many instances of the
work of mercy and relief done by
this great organization in the field.
At the Auditorium good things to
eat and drink, cigars, macaroni, crack
ers, biscuits, soup, jellies, fruits, and
a thousand other useful articles were
banked high in tier after tier around
the walls. These were all donated by
merchants of the city, and were here
sold at the bazar for the benefit of
the Red Cross. ,
The snirit was liberal, and every
one bought freely. All the afternoon
after 3:il) the buying and bartering
continued, until midnight when the
goods were sold out and dancing was
the only amusement. Dancing began
early in the evening and, was con
tinued along with tne bazar feature.
State Demands Royalty
On Minerals on Public Land
(Prom a Staff Correspondent)
' Lincoln. Tune 24. (Special.)
There ha been so much controversy
over the right of the state to lease
lands for prospective production of
oil, gas, potash, etc., that the State
Board of Public Lands and Funds
has promulgated a new set of regula
tions covering future leases.
Comoetitive bids are to be received
and royalty of one-eighth of returns
from any mineral found are de
manded. Red Cross Auxiliary at Stella.
Stella. Neb.. June 24. (Special.)-
Two hundred and fifty-eight dollars
were subscribed at a Red Cross mass
meeting at the opera house Friday
evening, called to organize a Red
Cross auxiliary. In the two days
previously, $1,278 had been subscribed,
making the total here to date $1,526.
R. A. Clark was elected president of
the Red Cross auxiliary, Dick Curtis,
vice president; Miss Lucile Harris,
secretary, and J. M. Wright, treas
urer. Do You Believe In Me?
H. M. THOMAS,
Manager Strand
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OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE
ROSS AMBASSADOR
BEF0REJ01RESS
Bakbmetieff Tells Wildly Ap
plauding Members That Slav
Democracy Will Remain
True.
Washington, June 24 The new
Russia's devotion to the cause of
democracy against autocracy was .re
pledged in ringing phrases yesterday
by Special Ambasador Bakhmetieff,
head of the Russian war mission,
speaking to a wildly applauding joint
session of the senate and house.
"With all emphasis," said the am
bassador, "may I state that Russia re
jects any idea of a separate peace.
What Russia is aiming at is the estab
lishment of a firm and lasting peace
between democratic nations. The tri
umph of German autocracy would
render such a peace impossible. Rus
sia will not fail to be a worthy part-
er in tne league ot nonor.
No previous incident of the war
has stirred the senate and house to
such enthusiasm. Senators and dep
resentatives who had restrained their
applause at the appearance of Marshal
Joffr. and Foreign Secretary Balfour,
threw away all reserve and cheered
the Russia envoy to the echo.
speaking in fcnglish the ambassador
xplained first Russia's wrongs under
the autocracy and then the story of its
political regeneration. The democ
racy and its policy of continuing the
war relentlessly, he declared, has won
the support of the Russian people and
is opposed only by small groups of
extremists.
ecumseh Will Try to
Raise Company for Sixth
Tecumseh, Neb., June 24. (Spe
cial.) An effort is being made to
raise a company in Tecumseh for the
Sixth Nebraska infantry, which is be
ing recruited in haste. Adjutant Gen
eral Phil Hall has agreed to send a
mustering officer to this city next
Tuesday and parties interested are
working to secure volunteers, making
canvass over the entire county. The
recruiting station will be open at the
office of the Tecumseh Chieftain, a
local newspaper, all day and during
the evening, Tuesday.
Flag Raising at Ong.
Ong, Neb.. June 24. fSneciaU A
municipal flag raising was held here
Saturday afternoon Snd a large flag
was unfurled to the breeze from a
forty-foot flag pole. The Ong band
furnished the music and a double
quartet lead the singing of patriotic
songs. Kev. Mr. liaskins ot Daven
port made a patriotic address.
Soldiers' Home Notes
Grand Inland. Neb.. Juns 24. (Special.!
Mr. Samuel T. Gilbert, late of Company t,
Twenty-second Kentucky Infantry, who haa
been a member or the Burkett home since
June lath, 1H96, was married on Thursday
afternoon, June tl to Mrs. Ward.
Many old soldiers attended the ODen meet-
Ins held by Whipple Post of ths Grand
Army of the Republlo.
lira. Lelghton, of Colorado, will deliver a
lecture at the Home chapel Monday evening;,
June SSth, under the aueplcea of the
Woman'! Christian Temperance Union.
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Episcopal Convocation
. Pledges Support to U. S.
Alliance, Neb., June 24. (Special.)
The annual convocation of the Epis
copal church in western Nebraska met
here last week. At its first session it
was unanimously "Resolved, That we
make record of our earnest sympathy
with Woodrow "Wilson, our president,
in his purpose ss outlined to congress,
second of April last, in calling into
active service the armed forces of the
United States; and we desire, so far
as we properly may, to express ap
proval of his so doing and to pledge
ourselves hereby, in the spirit of loy
alty to our country, to the righteous
cause of true democracy and the free
dom of the seas."
A resolution was adopted urging
the trustees and guardians of the
funds of the church to consider the
advisability at favorable times to
make investment Of a substantial part,
whenever possible one-third part, in
the Liberty bonds of the United
States.
The funds in question aggregate ap
proximately $40,000.
Grand Island to Have Auto
And Motorcycle Races
Grand Island, Neb., June 24. (Spe
cial.) The Fourth of July races at the
Bradstreet tracks will be diversi6ed
sufficiently to meet the most exacting
sport. W. E. Eowersox, the Omaha
aviator, will be one of the features.
Another feature will be the Ford race
for a purse of $300, open to any
chassis with a Ford engine. There
will be two motorcycle races a forty
mile free-for-all. for a nurse of $80.
and a tWenty-five-mile free-for-all for
a purse of $100. Another stunt will
be a fat man's Ford race for a purse
of $25. The contestants in this must
run 100 feet on foot, crank the car,
and go around the track once. An
"owner's" automobile race for a
purse of $100 will be another novelty.
In this onlv touring cars will be en
tered. The cars are to be driven by
the owners with one or more pas
sengers. A Young Men's Christian
association bdvs' bicycle run, for lads
under 16 years of age for a purse of
V5, completes the program. I he
proceeds well go to the Young Men's
Christian association war fund.
Otoe County Gives More
Than Share to Red Cross
Nebraska City, Neb.. June 24.
(Special Telegram.) Otoe county
oversubscribed its Red Cross war
fund by $2,000. The apportionment
was $23,000, while the subscriptions
will total $25,000. Nebraska City
pays $12,000 of this and the county
the remainder.
Arapahoe, Neb., June 24. (Special
Telegram.) Red Cross auxiliary of
Arapahoe raised $7,350 by donation.
Damage by Storm at Kearney.
Kearney, Neb., June 24. (Special.)
Two Kearney homes were struck by
lightning during a storm here last
night, and a farmer in the south part
of town lost a valuable mule. Show
ers, with accompanying storm, were
reported from all sections ot rnelps,
Kearney and. Buffalo county and
many claims were hied with local in
surance agencies for stock and build
ing loss. Some localities also report
nan, due not in oamagmg quantity.
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Red Cross Auxiliary Is
Organized at Anselmo
Anselmo, Neb., June 24. (Special.)
A local Red Cross chapter was or
ganized here with the following om-
cers: Mrs. C. . Bass, president;
Mrs. J. E. Fodge, secretary, and Mrs.
Mary Dickson, treasurer. Former
Postmaster Haumont of Broken Bow
assisted in the organization. Judge
Sullivan of Broken Bow addressed a
meeting at the Methodist Episcopal
church in the interest of the national
Red Cross campaign and about fifty
persons joined the society. He is to
address another meeting here next
Monday night, when subscriptions to
the national fund will he taken. Great
interest in this Work is manifest and
a goodly amount, it is expected, will
be raised at that time.
While driving from Sargent to An
selmo, D. F. Toolcy of this place had
the misfortune to lose his six-cylinder
car by fire. The entire body was
ablaze when discovered by the driver
and only prompt action on his part
saved any part of the car. The en
gine and chassis are not much
harmed, -nor are the wheels badly
damaged, but the body, upholstery
and top are a total loss.
Navy Hospital Corps
Practically Filled
Washington, June 24. Recruiting
for the navy hospital corps has pro
ceeded so rapidly that, approximately
5,200 of the 6,116 men wanted have
already been enlisted. About 2,000 of
these are now in hospital training
schools and the department is arrang
ing to place 300 members of the sec
ond class in the school of pharmacy
at Columbia university for training.
Officers Draw Pistols .
To Quell Anti-War Crowd
Chicago, 111., June 23. Detectives
who attended a meeting of the League
of Humanity last night were forced
to draw their pistols to hold back a
threatening crowd which surrounded
the officers after they had taken a
man into custody. About twelve ar
rests were made and reserves were
called to forestall serious trouble.
Make Patriotic Addresses.
Wilbur, Neb., June 24. (Special.)
Miss Sarka Hrbkova, of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, and John L. Bouchal,
late vice consul from Prague,
Bohemia, gave addresses at a Red
Cross rally last night at the court
house here, to a large crowd. Mr.
Bouchal talked on the work the Red
Cross was doing during the war, and
Miss Hrbkova made a strong plea for
the fund and the reasons we should
contribute liberally, stating the causes
of the war and the work the Red
Cross hopes and expects to do in each
community and in the war districts.
During the 'afternoon Miss Hrbkova
assisted by Mrs; Armstrong and a Red
Cross nurse from Lincoln instructed
the Bandage Circle workers on the
work they have undertaken to do.
Will Ptssh Recruiting.
Fremont, Neb., June 24. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Dodge County
Council of Defense it was decided to
raise a company of 100 or 150 men
for the Sixth Nebraska regiment. A
recruiting office has already been
opened and sanction of the State de
partment has been secured.
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SLAYS WARNED OF
TEUTONIC PLOTS
President of American Eights
League Sends Message to
Russia Decrying Peace
Proposals.
New York, June 24. Warning the
Russian people against an "insidious
German propaganda" in behalf of a
German-made peace that would "force
anew on Russia the chains just broken
by your glorious revolution," the
American Rights league, of which
George Haven Putnam is president,
today made public an address for
warded to Kussia for general publica
tion there.
In the address it is related how the
United States was flooded with Ger
man agents who secretly employed as
their tools "honest and well meaning
citizens" to promote their aims. "Im
pressed by their own unfortunate ex
perience," says the address, "the
American people have viewed with
deep anxiety a propaganda pushed by
German agents, based on the appeal of
certain Russian parties for a 'peace
without annexation or indemnities.'
"The kind of peace Germany seeks
is one that will pave the way for a
later war with world domination as
the goal, with every prospect of ulti
mate success. German plans would
forever stifle the growth of Russia by
closing her only southern outlet to
the seas."
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