The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XL VII. NO. 6. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1917. TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, i' DEMOCRATS WORRIED BY GOVERNOR'S MOVE TO REmU AND JOIN WE ARMY EMBARGO BOARD IS APPOINTED BY CHIEF EXECOTIVE Council Will Outline Questions of Policy Regarding Exports of Foocf and Fuel to ;;eu- ' tral Countries. Washington, June 25. President Wilson by executive order today cre ated an exports embargo council to administer the export embargo provi sions of the espionage act. By the administration of embargoes through this council the nation will be able to take many steps for the suc cessful prosecution of the war and also to prevent supplies reaching Germany through neutrals. The president's order vests in the secretary of commerce the executive administration of all instructions to be issued by the president under the act and establishes an exports council to be composed of the secretary of state', the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of commerce and the food administrator. All matters of policy in connection with operation of, the act will be de cided by the council, which will rec ommend to the president proclama tions to be issued putting certain com modities under export control. Coal and grain will be the first commodities to go under the act. Food exports will be left largely in me nanus or tne'iooa administration, which will consult the council where international questions are involved. One of the first effects of the act's operation will be to give the govern ment a firm control of the domestic food situation. Shipping, too, will be controlled to a large extent under the act. A plat) for rationing the Euro pean national countries has been worked out and will be put into ef fect immediately. Secretary Redfield said today his department would have tlte art in operation within, forty eight hours. Detectives Swoop Down On Dope-Peddling Gang Detectives Rich, and Pzanowski for several weeks have been searching for the distributors ot narcotics in viola of the Harrison law. Josephfage because the impounded water be Johnson, arrested last Saturday, had on his person a small box of cocaine, and from hint it was learned where he had been purchasing it. Monday morning, before the agents had been sent out to ply their trade, officers swooped down upon them. George Moore, 309 North Thirteenth street, was arrested, and it is alleged that he has charge of the distribution. In his home, where the arrests were made, were found about fifty boxes of morphine and cocaine boxed ready for sale. The price of, 50 cents was marked on the boxes. Al Peterson, 2807 Ohio; James Dod son, 206 South Twenty-eighth, and John Roberts, 910 Harney street, were found in the house, and, it is alleged, were the agents who sold the dope. It is believe ' that Roberts is wanted by the police of Des Moines. They will be turned over (o the federal authorities. Catholic Priest Dies At Benson Orphanage Rev. Father .Ferdinand Lechleitncr, for thirty-fivcyears a Catholic pas tor in Nebraska, was found dead Sun day at St. James' orphanage in Ben son. During his life in Nebraska he has been pastor of churches in Valen tine, Crete and St. Helena and for the last six years has been" stationed at St. James' orphanage His body will lie in state at Hoffman's Funeral Home until Tuesday morning at 9:30, when it will be removed to St. John's church for funeral services. Inter ment will take place at St. Helena, Neb. Two nephews of the late priest are here from St. Helena for the fu neral. The .Weather For Nebraska Fair, ts. ... 71 84 13 m 88 1 p. m 91 2 p. m 92 P. m 92 4 p. m . . . . 92 5 p. m 94 6 p. m 93 1 P. PI 8 Comparative Iximl Record. , . . 1917. 1911,. ISIS. 1914. Hls-hwt yesterday .... 94 88 88 97 lweat yesterday .... 71 62 til 87 Mean temperature ... 82 ,70 74 82 Pr-clpltatlon 0 1.10 0 .10 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha alnre March 1, and compared with the past two year Normal temperature , 74 P.xeess tor the day 8 Total deficiency since March 1 V..2U Normal precipitation 17 inch deficiency for the day 17 inch otal rainfall since March 1... 13. fit Inches Kxcesa since March 1 4fi inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1918 G.o:i Inch j Deficiency for cor. porlod. 14kH : Inches station and state of Weather Cheyenne, clear ' Pavenport, clear .... Penver. cloudy Des Molnee. cloudy North Platte, clear Omaha, cloudy , . . . Pueblo, clear Salt Lake, clear ... Santa Fe, clear ... Sheridan, clear ..... Slou city, -clear ... Valentine, clear Temp. 7 p in. HiKh- Ratti est, fall. T" lndlrate.1 cf nrectnltfi tliin I.. A. WUUtll, Mctcorogl.il. Houra. 6 a. in ' A 8 a. m v JKJ, K ?a. in W. i S a. m ft iXn B A 8 a. m f 9 a. m jjd a 10 a, m I n a. m Czech Regiments Desert to Russians Amsterdam, June 25. Three Czech regiments have deserted to the Russians, according to a state ment on Saturday to a committee of deputies from southern Austria by F. von Georgi, minister of de fense in the retiring Austrian cabi net, as published in the Lokal An zeigcr and Tageblatt of Berlin. IRRIGATION DAM ON PRICE RIVER BROKEN BY FLOOD Eleven Thousand Acre Feet of Water Rushes Down Valley and Drive; Out the Inhab itants of Three Towns. Salt Lake City, -June 25. Reports received this afternoon by James H Hooper, acting secretary of the Price River irrigation company, from M. P. Christensen, superintendent of the project stated that three-fourths of the dam's core wall remains intact, and that the water is well under con trol. Mr. Christensen said the com pany's water right, additional to the storage capacity will be adequate to guard against a total loss of this year's crop. He expressed the opinion that reconstruction of -the dam will be commenced at once. Mr. Christensen said there had been no loss of life, and no person has been injured. Men armed with dynamite are pa- troling the streams in the flooded-f Price river calley today, according to, a telegram received by F. V. Fitz Gerald, secretary to Governor Bam berger. 1 lie wire stated that they are using the explosive wherever necessary to break up jams which might divert the water from the channel and cause further damage to crops. The tele gram gave assurance that the bal ance of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad is comparatively safe and stated that the flow in the -Price river is sufficient to irrigate some of the crop that will suffer from water short- hind the dam was released. The entire branch of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad near Schofield, mammoth reservoir dam' near Fair view, Utah, broke last night, destroy ing thousands of dollars in crops, was completely wiped out today, according to meager reports received here at the local offices of the railroad. Commun ication has been almost entirely cut off and definite information regarding the break is impossible. ' i Fairvievv, Utah, June 2S. The dam of the Price iver Irrigation com pany, twelve miles from here, which started to break yesterday afternoon, was a total loss this morning. AH fears that there will be loss of life in the towns of Schofield, Hel per, Castle Gate and Colton, in the path of 11,000 acre feet of water that were released in the break were dis pelled this morning with an announce ment by the Rio Grande railroa'd that its force of men assisted by workers of the irrigation company nan taken Hundreds ot men, women and children to safety. Property Loss Three Millions. While officials of the irrigation company were unable to give an exact estimate of the loss to the dam, crops and . roperty, they declared that the damage would probably exceed S3,. 000,000. The first break in the concrete core carried away- a section from forty to fifty feet wide and five feet high. Forestry officials stationed at Fair view went to the dam and tendered their services to the irrigation com panies. Big trees were blasted and dragged to the reservoir in the hope that they would float to the break and aid in staying the flow. They only tended to aid in breaking away more of the concrete. An additional break in the dam is feared, a telegram to the company said. Dying Father Wants His Daughter; Son Flees to Avoid the Draft Law Almost insane with grief over the continued absence of his daughter, May, a ly-year-oid girl, who is sup posseaiy empioyea somewnere Omaha as a domestic. Nelson M. Punches, 2625 Lake street, 65 years old, is dying of a broken heart. Bedridden with paralysis for many years and torn with mental anguish for his little girl, whom he fears is inj wrong company, else sne would nave come home as she did when she first started rto work four years ago. he pitifully bemoans the fact each morn ing to his wife that he is going to die without seeing his little May. Mrs. Punches, a woman of 57 vears of age, works out every dav. dointr washing, ironing, scrubbing and most anything she finds to do, since by ne cessity she is the bread winner for the family. fcvery night I lie awake worrvine about May. She was such a pretty girl, so stylish and loved a good time too well. "She won her way to peo ple's hearts right away. Theft) was something about her that drew ad mirers to her instinctively. We do not need her financial help, but I just waqt her to come back or let us know HEADS OF GIGANT.C UNITED STATES AERO SERVICE The United States within four month will be producing battleplanes at the rate of 2,000 a month, with the plan to establish a gigantic aerial service with which to overwhelm the air forces of the Kaiser. Brigadier-General Squier, who has charge of aviation for the army, and Howard E. Coffin, chairman of the Aircraft Production Boardof the Council of National Defense will be in charge. i .. ! Tii jaMCawteBao-sauiiJiv " HOWARD COFFIN- ' OMAHA MAKES STRONG FIGHT FOR ARMY CAMP Commercial Club Representa tives in Washington Report Splendid Progress in Move to Get 1 Cantonment, v Omaha's representatives who have gone to Washington in an effort to have the cantonment camp at Fort Des Moines transferred to Fort Crook, near Omaha, are advancing the advantages of the local fort with better than" average chances of suc cess. Citizens of Iowa in general and Des Moines in particular are wrought up over reports that the camp at Des Moines may be transferred because of inadequate transportation facilities. They are making strenuous efforts to retain the big cantonment. Fred Weltz of the Des Moines com pany which was awarded the $3,000.- .000 contract for building the camp has hastened to Washington to confer with the secretary of war. More Than Even Chance. Weltt and others will stronzlv urse that criticism of the Des Moines; site is unwarranted and that a change in location would be inadvisable. Both transportation and sewerage prob lems will be handled to the satisfac tion of the government enaineers. they declare. - ! Omaha has more than a fighting chance of being selected as a can tonment camp site. With far better railway facilities than Des Moines, a better camp in every particular and a more desirable location in general, local military men were surprised and disappointed when the Iowa capital was named as the site for this dis trict, -v. Committee Reaches Washington. Washington, June 25. (Special Telegram.) Randall K. Brown, Ever ett Buckingham, Ward Burgess, George Haverstick, Charles C. George and Robert H. Manley. the committee selected bn the Commercial club to renew with redoubled energy the campaign of Omaha for army canton ment camp in view of Des Moines' possible default in being able to qual- ny ior me camp, reacnei Washington this morning. They started the ball rolling earlv for Omaha. Accom panied by Senator Hitchcock and Con gressman Lobeck, they went at once to the War department to lay their case before Secretary of War Baker -and Acting Chief of Staff Bliss. that she is safe for her father's sake I never expect to see him alive again when I leave in the morning for my work:,- she said, sobbing. This little family seems to have almost more than its share of trou bles. The oldest son is married and lives out in the state, although noth ing has been heard from him for many years. The other son, Nelson, jr.. ran off with a woman when his mother disapproved, to avoid the draft law, June 5. His patriotic mother pleaded with him to be an honorable citizen and do his bit. but all in vain. Scaring for his welfare, his mother reported him to the federal authori ties, who are seeking him. Having tried every possible method to recover their daughter, without success, these proud -Pennsylvania Dutch people finally appealed to the Board of Public Welfare to help al leviate the distress of the mother and father, who are inconsolable. The daughter is fivevfeet two inches tall, rather heavv set for hrr height. huxom, has vivid coloring, black hair and brown eyes. She is said to be extremely pretty and natty in appear ance. .A SUFFRAGE FLAGS CAUSE ARREST OF FOURTEENWOMEN . Fourth Demonstration in Ecpnt of White House Results in Marchers Being Taken to Police Station. Washington, June 25. MoVe than a dozen "suffragists were arrested late today by the police when they marched in front of the .Whife House lined up against the fence and(uni furled suffrage banners. .A crowd of hundreds watched the arrests, but there was no disorder. This was the fourth demonstra tion of the day. The other times the women marched quietly past the wnite nouse and back again without umurung ineir oanners. Just after 4:30, however, when em ployes began to pour out of the near by departments, a squad of women, each carrying a furled banner, started in single file to march in front of the White house from east to west, When they reached the end of the block they turned and started back still with the banners furled. Banners Thrown to Breeze. Reaching the middle-of the block immediately in front of the White house itself, at a signal every banner was thrown to the breeze and the women stood silent as close to the iron pickets of the fence as possible. The police arrested most of them and took them in automobiles to police headquarters. The women were all released on Personal bonds after appearing at eadquarters, giving their names, ages and occupations. No time was set for a hearing on the formal charge of blocking traffic. There were nineteen women in the r..i: .t. - " parade. Fourteen were arrested, in cluding Misses Mabel Vernon of Ne vada; Berta Crone of San Francisco, and Mrs. Alex Shields of Texas. Cabinet Crisis in Greece , Up to Agent of the Allies Athens, June 25. M. Jonnart, diplo matic representative of the allies in Greece, has been called on to act as arbitrator of the differences between the Zaimis ministry and the govern ment of former Premier V.enizelos at Saloniki. Whether the Zaimis cab inet will resign depends on M. Jon nart's decision. In case of its resig nation it is probable the Vcnizelos party will assume power immediately in order to nip in the bud any reac tionary movement. Imperial Shrine Council Meeting in Minneapolis Minneapolis, June 25. Shriners from various parts of the country be gan arriving today for the annual meeting of the Imperial Council, which will be held tomorrow and Wednesday. Because of the war all the usual entertainment features, which heretofore have covered a period of one week, recently were called off by Henry F. Niedrmuhaus of St. Louis, potcnaate of the order. British Ship Fires Shot Into Magazine Of Teuton U-Boat BULLETIN. An Atlantic Port, June 25. Offi cers of a British steamer which ar rived here today reported having sunk an attacking German subma rine. The British vessel sent a shell Into the U-boat's magazine, causing an explosion which parted th un derwater boat about amidships. Each end sank separately. The British steamer was uninjured. The submarine was five miles dis tant and running away after having attacked the Britisher nearly 400 miles off the coast of Ireland, MORE CUTS ARE MADE IN RAISES OF LOCAL TAXES Board of Equalization Contin ues to Overrule Assessor Fitzgerald in Boosts He Made. Big reductions from raises in taxes made by County Assessor Fitzgerald were voted by the county board of equalization this morning over his objections. ine county assessor voted no in several instances when motions had been made and seconded to reduce schedules to the amounts returned and strike out the boosts advised by mm. """The C. N. Dieti Lumber company interests, raised to $245,000 by the county assessor, was reduced to ?.v, 775 over his protestations. The vote was 6 to 1. ' The legal jtatus of the more than 5,000 notices of tax boosts, totaling millions of dollars, sent out bv the county assessor and, questioned by County Attorney Magney, has not as yet been acted upon. Notices Not Legal. In the opinion of the county attor ney the notices of raises are not binding. He doubts whether tax payers notified by the county assessor and who fail to appear before the equalization! board would be held b$ the courts to be liabl to such bnost. The equalization board as a body has not asked the county attorney to appear and give his opinion as' to the legality of the notices, though it is known he has expressed his willing ness to do so to individual members. If the board adjourns next Mon day, the end of the twenty-day period provided by law for the body to sit, thousands of cases will remain un heard, members oj the board believe. Only about 8501 taxnavers out of the approximately 5,000 notified of raises have appeared before the board to protest. .Fitzgerald Overruled. In most instances reductions to fig ures returned on schedules haver been voted, lots of times in the face of violent objections by the county as sessor. vvoray nits Detween tne county as sessor and his righthand man, City solicitor nenariy, wno questions most of the taxpayers appearing to protest, and other members of the board marked the Monday morning session. Some of the other reductions voted are as follows: Ooutd DUti, personal. 10U South Thirty eighth street, from 16,909 to 14,271. Barkalow Broa, newa atanda and olaar Biorea, irom eZD.UUU to to,XXb. A. Hoapa company, muaical Instrument!, from 176,000 to 165,900. jjrexel hotel, from 14,000 to 19.100. L. 1. Doty. Inc.. automobiles, from 148.10ft to 134.400. Bcallttf Brewlnir company of Nebraska, from 110,000 to 15,000, Mrs. J. F. Carpenter, perennal, COS North Thirty-eighth street, from 17,000 to $8,r,00. Stuucbaker corporation, automobiles, from 176,000 to SG0.000. Sinclair Refining company, from S25,09o to 111,000. Burkley Printing company, from IJS.000 to 120,000. Boston market, from Sti.OOO to $2,050. Browning Grain company, from IJ.OOO to 1,000. Machine Guns Used On Sinn Feiners at Cork Cork, June 25. Machine nuns were used on the Sinn Feiners in the dis turbances hene vesterdav morninor. They were brought into action after the police with clubs had failed to re store order. One rioter was killed, another severely wounded, while a dozen were treated in hospitals for bayonet and other wounds. The riot eventually was quelled without the troops coming into action. London, June 25. The number of persons injured more or less seriously in the rioting in Cork last night is given as about thirty, in a Central News dispatch from that city. One police inspector, was injuried seriously and several policemen had narrow es capes. When machine guns were trained on the crowd most of the riot ers disappeared. Goethals Lets Contract For Fourteen Vessels Washington, June 25. Contracts for ten complete steel merchant ships, four complete wooden merchant ves sels and twenty wooden ship hulls were announced today by Major Grn cral Goethals, genera, manager of the emergency fleet corporation. Deliver ies will be made in 1918. Student Officers Have Picnic But Pass Time Drawing Maps Minneapolis, Minn., June 25. (Spe cial Telegram.) It looked like a great big picnic at the officers' train ing camp at Snelling today. That is, it did from a distance, ior here and there on many parts of the ground were seen many small groups of men sitting on camp stools and chairs with what might have been a lunch in front of them. It was anylhing but a picnic, "as one of the students expressed it." The men were making road sketches of the road at Snelling, and the "lunch" was a small board with a paper at tached, on which each man sketched the road. Contours showing the rise and fall POLITICIANS, DISTURBED BY WARLIKE PLANS, HASTEN TO CAPITAL TO 'SEE' NEVILLE If Chief Executive Becomes Colonel of "Dandy Sixth" Regiment Howard Will Be Governor of Ne braska and There's the Rub; Neville Rides With Cavalry. A stream of democrats, described as almost a "torchlight procession," has been filing into Governor Keith Ne ville s office to protest against his go Keith Hevillt ing to war, since The Bee published 'the fact that he is seriously seeking a commission to go to the front as col onel of the "Dandy Sixth" regiment. This "torchlight procession of the 'JOHNNY' LYNCH FILES MOTION IN SUIT BY CLARK County Commissioner Asks the Court to Require Accuser to Make Complaint More . Definite and Certain. Attorneys for County Commis sioner "Johnny" Lynch late yester day filed a motion in district court in the case brought by Sheriff Clark to oust him. Instead of a direct answer the court is asked to require Sheriff Clark, the accuser, to make his com plaint more definite and certain. Sheriff Clark, throueh his attorney. Frank S. Howell, filed papers in dis trict court Mav 25 settinsr forth an array of alleged misconduct and mis demeanors in office on the part of Lynch and demanding his removal from office as county commissioner. commissioner Lvnch s attornev. I. A. C. Kennedy, asks that the time, date, etc., of the various charges con tained in the five specifications of the complaint be stated and other data be more specifically set forth. The court is also asked to strike out certain allegations because "im material, irrelevent, redundant and prejudicial, do not state commission ot any act of habitual or wilfully neg lected duty, gross partiality, oppres sion, extortion, wilful maladministra tion or commission of any felony, and do not refer to commission of any act or deed, but merely to alleged thoughts in accused's mind." The motion was filed within a half hour ot the close rif court business on the day fixed by law for making an swer, If the court sustains the motion Sheriff Clark's attorney will have to file an amended petition and Lynch will have more time for a further an swer. of the ground and the strata were not incorporated into the road maps to day, but will be developed during the wceK. Early today the embryo officers had i a taste of trench digging not the rcg- ulation battlefield trench, but plain or dinary American ditch to drain off; the great puddles brouit by last , night's heavy storm. Some parts; were pretty wet, but on the whole the camp came through this worst' storm of the season in commendable I manner. I Examination of students for the! aviation branch began today with the I first ten. Ten more will be examined i each day until eiglily have been found! qualified for the hazardous work. 1! J . 1 i faithful began June 14 when, Roose velt was in Lincoln. Roosevelt day furnished a good excuse for their flocking to Lincoln, and when John nie Byrne of Columbus, former democratic state chairman, got to Lincoln he did not care whether he -saw Roosevelt or not. He hurried straight to the state house to enter -his protest to the governor. , Senator Phil Kohl of Wayne came trooping next with his bundle of pro- : tests. Senator Joht) Mattes and George Leidigh, both of Nebraska City, then came upon the scene, and in the executive office and at the Lin coln hotel they buzzed about the ear of the governor in tones sometimes loud and sometimes low. They insisted that there are plenty of young men who can save the coun try, and that Governor Neville must be "saved" to run for the United States senate later. , : Argue Loud and Long. -: They argued that it would npset their political plans for the governor to leave now. They have him slated for the senate and in this slate are aid. to be penciling other political prospects from various parts of the state into their respective places. Lest these arguments might not be sufficiently persuasive, Arthur Mullen of Omaha, Senator Alberts and John, nie Byrne of Columbus are said to have made a plea for the democratic appointees .who might possibly lose their Mitical' jobs if Lieutenant Gov ernor Edgar Howard succeeds as chief executive ot tne state. Howard is known to lean toward the Bryan wing of the democratic party instead of toward the Hitch cock wing, which is the wine that put Neville in the governor's chair. The Neville appointments, then, -were not all pleasing to-the lieutenant gov ernor nor to Bryanites. Ridgell Can't Sleep. Fire Commissioner Riduell. it is said, has not rested easilv a single night -since the announcement that his chief, to whom he owes his appoint ment, may resign. Arthur Mullen, who had much to do with making , up the list of Neville appointments, has been wearlnsr a haunted look ainrit June 13, when The Bee published an ,. exclusive story of the governor's de sire to go the the front. Jim Bulla, J. H. Graddock . and "Doc" J. M. Tanner, all of Omaha, also have made their pilgrimage to the shrine of Neville to urge him not to rush madlv to the trenrhea his democratic friends need him so badly in the executive chair. Though the governor will not say definitely that he is going to war. his private secretary, Lee Metcalfe, is accustomed to rising early and tak ing long horseback rides about Lin coln. He has gradually drawn an en tourage about him which amounts to a good sized cavalcade on nice sunny mornings. , , AWa With Cavalry. . , Sometimes he is joined by His Ex cellency Keith Neville, who dons his saber along; with the rest and the clan and helps increase the clatter on the paved streets of the capital. Lincoln residents, including Secre tary of State Charles Pool, who live near Metcalfe, are awakened regu larly by the sound of the armor and the ring of horseshoes. Pool lika his early snooze and the warriors' rides disturb him. There is- thought to he nn dnnbt- that the governor would accept a com-. mission ana mignt seek to do service of a military nature if he wasa com mon private Citizen and at liberty to follow his inclinations. But he has a duty to perform as governor of the state, a duty to the people of the state, and now his friends de clare his duty is to stick to the execu tive job. Governor Neville has had military experience in a military school anil if commissioned would not be a no vice by any means. The Sixth Nebraska regiment is to be ready to muster by July 1. Gov ernor Neville has been mentioned as being groomed for the colonelcy. Major John G. Maher of Lincoln, now stationed in the quartermaster's department in Omaha and whose rec ord dates from Snauish-Ameriran war days, has been grooming the gov ernor. - $2,000,000,000 will be spent by the government in the next few months. Every in dividual in the country will re ceive some of it, either directly or indirectly. What are you going to do with your share? Willvyou squander it or will you invest it in that home you have been thinking of buyingT , Start Saving Now! by turning to the Want-Ad pages of this issue and finding your ideal home.