Omaha Daily
VOL. XLVII NO. 18.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1917.
Vli'mSX SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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SLAV ARMIES
MOVE AHEAD
IN GALICIA
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General Brussiloff and His
Troops Under Guns of Halicz,
Important Key City to
Lemberg. .
. Petrograd, July 8. According to
semi-official reports, the Kussian of
fensive is spreading to the north and
south of Halicz, in eastern Galicia,
which was virtually under the guns
of General Brussiloff when the ad
vance of a year ago came to a stand
still. Halicz is important as the key
to Lemberg, the capital of Galicia,
and is about sixty miles southeast of
that city.
Some activity is reported, along the
northern front.
The enthusiasm among the troops
is increasing-.
The government has ordered the
release of Polish prisoners of war
captured in the German ranks.
Vigorous attacks by the Teutonic
forces in an effort to recapture
ground gained by the Russians-in
their new offensive in eastern Galicia
were defeated, the war office an
nounces. Berlin Says Attack Fails.
Berlin, July 8. Further attacks by
the Russians in Galicia broke- down
under the German and Austrian fire
yesterday, the war office announces.
A French assault on the Aisne front
last night, broke down with heavy
losses, the war office reports. The re
pulse of a British attack east ofYpres
and of French advances in the Cham
pagne and on the Verdun front also
is announced. ...
. London Reports Cain.'
London, July 8. We carried out
successful raids last night southeast
of Hargicourt and to the north Ot
Ypres.. taking some prisoners, says
xoday's official announcement. There,
"s nothing further to report -
German Attack Fails.
Paris, Julv 8. A German attack .cm
the Aisne front last night met with
determined resistance and the enemy
uas driven back except in the sector
between Bovettes and Froidmont
farm rhere he was able to. hold part
jf the first line French positions car
icd at. the beginning of the battle,
hr war office announces. ;
On the Verdun front, the French
scored a brilliant success. Three
strongly organized salients were cap
tured and held against counter at
tacks. Conditions for Entrance , -Into
Bishop O'Connor Hall
. Conditions for entrance to Bishop
O'Connor Hall were made public
Sunday, by Archbishop ??!yJnthS
letter to the clergy and laity o the
Catholic diocese of Omaha. It .states
. . .i .'a o hrtm for stu-
tnat tne msiuuuuu --- - .
dents who aspire to professional and
commercial life and who wish to avail
themselves of the advantages offered
them in Omaha, especially by Ueign
ton university. .. i.,,.,. Af
Entrants must present letters ot
reference, must have ability to take
up high school or college work, and
rnusf have a good will which will
manifest itself in obedience to the
rules necessary for the government
of the house. Twenty dollars for
board, lodging and washing will be
required of every entrant monthly.
The Benedictine Sisters will be in
- charge, of the hall. The director of
the hall will be Rev Julius tieuwer.
pplications may be made to him at
the kail, Twenty-fifth and Cass-phe
streets.
Boyles College Has -
Day and Night School
The great demand for office help
due to the war is causing Boyles col
lege to exert special efforts to meet
the unprecedented call for competent
office help. ; ,
Mr. H. B. Boyles says "that Boyles
college is going to do its part. It is
right now running a day and night
school, making it possible tor stu
dents to enter whichever is most con
venient for them. It is also enrolling
tew students all the time now, start
ns new classes every Monday.
"Few people realize the great. de
mand there will be for office help of
every character in the next few
months due to the wan With nearly
.'.000.000 places in the business ranks
:f this country vacated on such short
lotice, it will require extraordinary
-ffort to anvwhere near fill the gaps.
"The opportunities for ambitious
voiing men and women to enter the
business world were never as great
as they are today.
Korean Prince to Wed
Japanese Princess
(Correspondence ot The Associated Freu.)
Tokio, June 16. Prince Yi, former
emperor of Korea, whose son will
soon wed the Japanese princess Nasb-
iinoto, has arrived in Japan on an
officml visit and is receiving distin
guished honors. A large body ot
.roops received him at the station and
:scorted him to an imperial detached
palace where he is lodged. The prince
brought rare objects of art for Em
peror Yoshihito.
The visit and the wedding ar ex
pected to lead to increased cordiality
.nul friendship between the people of
J;ipan And Korea
Cruiser Olympia
Floated Off Rock
Washington, July 8. The famous
old cruiser Olympia, beached re
cently in Block Island sound, after
striking an uncharted rock, was
floated today.
PERSHING PLANS
FOR PERMANENT
TRAINING CAMP
American Forces in France to
All Be Established Behind the
Firing Line Within An
other Week.
Paris, July 8. Major General John
J. Pershing, commander of the Ameri
can forces in France, spent today con
ferring with his staff, concerning
plans for the permanent training
camp in France and American partici
pation on the fighting front. The per
manent camp has been established and
one battalion is undergoing intensive
training. It js expected that the re
mainder of the '- first expeditionary
force will be in camp behind the fight
ing lir; within a week. .
General Pershing expected to confer
this week with Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig, the British commander,
but because of the pressure of other
business, he was .compelled to send a
member of his staff to British head
quarters. General Pershing will visit
Field Marshal Haig later.
Pershing Issues an' Order.
The general has issued the follow
ing order to his troops:
.'For the first time in history an
American army finds itself in Euro
pean territory. The good name' of
the United States of America and the
maintenance, ot cordial relations re
quire the perfect deportment of each
member of this command.
"It ' of the gravest importance
that the soldiers of the American
army shall , at all-times treat the.
French people, and especially the
vwnrnr witlr the' grettnt-'eouTtesy
and 'respecti ;
"The valiant deeds of the Frenck
armies and the allies, by which they
together have successfully maintained
the common cause for three years,
and the sacrifices of the civil popula
tion' of France in support of their
armies, command our profound re
spect. ' '" '
. Urges Uniform Courtesy.
"This can best be expressed on the
part of our forces by uniform courte-'
sies to all the French people and by
the faithful observance of their laws
and customs.
"The intensive cultivation of the
soil in France, under conditions caused
by the war makes it necessary that
extreme care be taken to do no dam
age to private property. -.The entire
French manhood capable of bearing
arms is in the field fighting the ene
my, and it should, therefore, be a point
of honor to eacn niemDer or tne
American army to avoid doing the
least" damage ; to any property in
Fraftce. Such conduct is much more
reprehensible here. Honor ;them as
those of our own country." ,
Educators Discuss War .
Opportunities of Schools
Portland. Ore.. Tulv 8. Ooen dis
cussion bymembers of the National
Council of Education on the general
tonic of "the obligations and oppor
tunities of the schools during the war"
was the crowning event last night of
the first day's preliminaries to the con
vention of the National Education as
sociation. Speakers featured on the
program held under the auspices of
association's thrift education com-
miilcC inciuueu suiuc ui iuc yiuiiiiiicui
educators of the country.
Pathfinder to Be Opened
On First of August
Fremont, Neb., July 8. (Special
Telegram.) The new $200,000 Hotel
Pathfinder, will be opened to the pub
lic about August 1, according to an
announcement made by Landlord R.
D. McFaddan. It is planned to spread
the formal opening over the entire
week, beginning July 30. A banquet
will be given each evening to various
organizations of the city, including
the stockholders, Commercial club
and other bodies. 'Every room in the
hotel has been reserved for tractor
week, August 6 to 10.
Mexico Sends Troops to
Quell Guadalupe Pirates
(Correspondence of The Associated Press )
Mexico City, June 16. The military
expedition under General Manuel
Perez Trevino sent to garrison the
Island of Guadalupe in the Pacific has
reached its destination. The garrispn
will prevent inroads by so-called pi
rates who have been looting the pearl
shell beds of the island and will also
aid in colonitingthe island.
Turkish Army Now.
In Terrible Plight
Salbniki, July 8. According to
reliable advices from Asia Minor,
the Turkish army is in the most se
rious plight of any period of the
war on account of the depletion of
man-power from the ravages of epj
demies and from actual starvation i will be asked to decide whether this
as a result of the failure of the com- , is permissible under the terms of their
missariate. All classes of the i licenses, which require thein to "pro
genermerie are being mobilized to vide reasonable refreshment on re
fill the gaps. i quest"
OMAHA TO
BE
ENCIRCLED BY
A GRAIN ZONE
Plan, It Is Said, Will Regulate
Shipments So as to Do -Away
With All Com
- petition.
A great grain one ardunrT Omaha
soon may be mapped out by Food
Commissioner Herbert Hoover, be
yond which the Omaha Grain Ex
change will not be permitted to go to
purchase grain.
Similar zones probably will be
marked out in other sections of the
country, with a central grain market
as the hub of each. The department
of Food Commissioner Hoover is said
to be working on a plan of this kind at
this time.
Omaha grain men have had an inti
mation of this fact through Julius
Barnes, world famous Duluth grain
merchant, w ho has been appointed un
der Hoover, to take charge of the
grain situation in connection with the
regulation of food distribution and
price. ,
Since the matter has not been offi
cially given out from Washington,
grain' then in Ortaha are reticent, but
it is known that Henry T, Clarke,
commerce attorney of the Omaha
Grain exchange, and Frank Manches
ter, secretary of the exchange, arrived
in Washington-Saturday morning on
a mission to look after Omaha's, in
terests in the matter.
To Eliminate Competition.
The official zonation of the grain
belt by authority of the federal food
commissioner, it is said, is intended
to elimiate the keen competition that
has existed between the variplis cen
tral grain markets, and thus eliminate
some of the high bidding. It is in
tended further to eliminate entirely the
back haul, which is often due to the
Jnuling of grain -from onemarket -to
the other under pressure of competi
tion for business. The plan would, it
is said, cut out a lot of extra freight
charges on the bade hauls, and on the
unnecessarily long hauls, and would
"throw all grain from any given terri
tory into the central market that by
reason of its railway facilities and
rates, could best serve that territory.
Omaha grain men are hoping to be
given a zone covering all ofjNebraska,
the northern half of Colorado, all of
Montana, the southern half of South
Dakota and all of Wyoming, Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho.
There is some possibility that the
Omaha market might have to divide
southern Nebraska with the Kansas
City grain market, on account of the
similarity of the freight rates, but
Omaha grain men will make the light
for all of this territory on the grounds
that, while the freight rate is the same,
the distance is from 100 to ISO miles
in favor of Omaha.
Only Even Break.
In the case of the states of Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho, Omaha only
has an even break in the matter of
freight rates with Minneapolis. "Oma
ha grain men feel, however, that Oma
ha is the logical market for the grains
from this belt, because the Oregon
Short Line, and the Oregon & Wash
ington Railway & Navigation com
pany, the two lines tapping that grain
belt, are parts of the Union Pacific
system, and that for that reason the
grain coming on those lines will pre
ferably seek the Union Pacific line
to come east, and in doing so will
reach Omaha first.
It is expected that while this zona
tion of the great grain belts is under
contemplation by the food commis
sioner, and while assignments of
legitimate grain trade territory are be
ing made to the various big grain
markets, a battle for territory will be
on constantly before the commis
sioner-either through the mail or
through personal visits from delega
tions representing an tne large grain
centers in the United States. ' -
First Battalion of Russ -
Women Leaves for Front
(By Associated Freai.)
Petrograd, July 8. Under com
mand of Lieutenant Mile. Vera Butch
Kareff, the women's war battalion,
fully armed and equipped as infantry,
today lefjt for, the front. Before their
departure the women soldiers ap
peared in military iformatipn before
the Kazan cathedra where a solemn
religious service was held. The Amer
ican ambassador. David R. Francis,
was among the officials present.
An officer representing the com
mander of the Petrograd military dis
trict wished the women soldiers glory
in their struggle with the foes of Rus
sian freedom. Large crowds, of citi
zens gave an ovation to the battalion
as it marched to the-railway station
and a committee of the League for
Equal Rights for Women bade fare
well to their sisters under arms.
Liverpool Bar Keepers
" Refuse Beer to Strangers
Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Liverpool, June 16. Owing to the
shortage of bee - certain saloon keep
ers in the Liverpool district are re
fusing to serve strangers; declaring
that they are reserving supplies for
their regular customers. The courts
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American Housewives Told
How to Aid in Food Saving
Washington, July 8. A million American women, it was announced
today, have signed pledges to follow the food conservation directions of
the food administration. All will be enrolled as actual members of the food
.admministration and from time to time will be sent instructions on house
hold economics. Within the next three weeks the administration hopes to
enroll virtually every woman in the United States.
The first list of directions were sent out today to be posted in the
kitchens of women, who have joined the administration. They follow:
"One wheatless meal a day. Use corn, oatmeal, rye or barley bread
and non-wheat breakfast foods. Order bread twenty-four hours in advance,
so your baker will not bake beyond his needs. Cut the loaf on the table
and only as required. Use stale bread for cooking, toast, etc. Eat less cake
and pastry.
Beef, mutton or pork not more than once daily. Use freely vegetables
and fiish. At the meat meal serve smaller portions and stew instead of
steaks.
"Save the milk. Children must have milk. Use buttermilk and sour
milk for cooking and making cottage cheese. Use less cream.
"Save the fats. We are the world's greatest fat wasters. Fat is food.
Butter is essential for the growth and health of children. Use butter on the
table as usual, but not in cooking. Other fats are as good. Reduce use of
fried foods. Soap contains fats. Do not waste it. Make your own washing
soap at home out of the saved fats. '
"Save the sugar. Sugar is scarcer. We use today three times as much
per person as our allies. So there may be enough for all at reasonable
price. Use less candy and sweet drinks. Do not stint sugar in putting up
fruit and jams. They will save butter.
"Save the fuel. Coal comes from a distance and our railways are over
burdened hauling war material. Help relieve them by running fewer fires.
"Fruits and vegetables we have in abundance. As a nation we eat too
little green stuffs.' Double their use and improve your health. Store pota
toes and other roots properly and they will keep. Begin now to can or dry
all surplus garden products. ,
"Patronize your local producer. Distance means money. Buy perish
able food from the neighborhood nearest you and thus save transportation.
"General rules: Buy less, serve smaller portions; preach the gospel of
the clean plate; don't eat a fourth meal; don't limit the plain food of grow
ing children; watch out for the wastes in the community; full garbage pails
in America mean empty dinner pails in America and Europe ; if the more
fortunate of our people will avoid waste and eat no more than they need,
the high cost of living problem of the less fortunate will be solved."
BRITONS DEMAND
REPRISALS UPON
GERMAN TOWNS
Almost Universal Voice of Pro
test Being Raised in England
at Inadequacy of Air De
fense of Kingdom.
London, July 8. An intensified de
mand for reprisals has followed the
air raid of yesterday. All the Sun
day newspapers declare the people of
London are furious at the inadequacy
of the city's defense as it was revealed
yesterday.
The Sunday Times says the crying
need of 1917 is for airplanes, as it
was for shells in 1915, and declares
the government must be compelled to
realize that the airplane will be the
ultimate and deciding factor of the
war. It insists that thousands must
be built to carry the war into enemy
territory. An aviation expert says in
an article in the Times:
"There is a huge output to be had
from America if our new ally will
consent to accept ready-made designs
from Europe and not insist on want
ing to do her own experimenting."
Lloyd's News, also demanding
greater airplane production, says:
"The raiders yesterday came at
their leisure and bombed .at their
leisure. Their, flight over London
was so slow that it looked like a pa
rade. They seemed to despise our de
fenses." Kennedy Jones, director of food
economics, speaking at Muswell Hill,
a surburb of London, said there must
be no more shilly-shallying with the
question of reprisals, and disquieting
reports that Lord French is ham
pered in the discharge of his duties
by other departments must, be dis
posed of once and for all.
' .Streets Crowded at Time.
The second descent upon London
by a squadron of airplanes was made
yesterday morning between 9 and 10
o'clock, when the Business section of
the metropolis was most crowded.
Although the German contingent
was larger, more daring, more delib
erate in its movement, and descenaea
much lower than on the visit of June
13, the number of killed and wounded
was, according to the first official
mil. rnucrhlv. one-third the previous
casualty list.' The destruction of
property may have been greater, but
that is impossible to estimate.
Thirtv-seven oersons were killed
and 141 injured, it was officially an
nounced. Raid Lasts Twenty Minutes.
The flight of the Germans over
London lasted about twenty minutes.
British airmen engaged the enemy for
several minutes over the metropolis
and anti-aircraft guns were firing
briskly, dotting the sky with shrapnel
puffs, but without success so far as
concerned the destruction of any of
the twenty or more machines which
constituted the invading force.
The morning was one of haze,
weather most favorable for crossing
the channel without being observed.,
On their former visit, made in similar
weather, the Germans kept high up
in the mists, but today, when they
neared their objective, most of them
descended. Their formation was like
a flock of wild geese as they ap
proached, and neither the British pur
suers nor the guns were able to scat
ter them until they spread out before
letting loose the bombs.
Hundreds of thousands of persons
on roofs, from windows and gathered
in the streets saw the remarkable
spectacle. All London heard the
noise of battle.
At first there were a few minutes
(Continued on Pe Two. Column Thr.)
SENATE'S ACTION
ON LIQUOR BLOW
'TO J. BARLEYCORN
Distillers Are .Likely to Take
Opportunity to Remove Large
'Quantities .From Bond at .
Earliest Opportunity.
TTithlnfton Bureau of Tho Omaha Rik.
i 725 Fourteenth Street, N. W.
I (By a Staff Correependent.)
v Washington, July 8. (Special Tel
egram.) John Barleycorn received a
wound yesterday from which it will
take a long time to recover.
John Barleycorn goes on"' the map
in thirty days after the passage of the
food conservation bill, which has
been before the senate since June 27
and in all that time food conservation
has not even been discussed, for John
Barleycorn held the center of the
stage.
And now it's all over. Beer and
light whiskey can walk down the
public streets, while John Barleycorn
has been made an outcast with a
price on his head, a price that will
be quickly paid by the distillers to
take their whiskeys and brandies out
of bond in order to avoid the double
tax, which the finance committee of
the senate proposes to put on all
distilled liquors remaining in bond
when the war revenue measure be
comes a law August 15.
Hitchcock Tries To Save. ,
Senator Hitchcock endeavored in
the senate today to save John Barley
corn's face when he spoke dramatical
ly of taking private property fostered
by the government without due com
pensation and he took issue with his
blind colleague, Senator Gore, on a
number of the Oklahoman's theories
that even a blind man might have a
clear vision of legislative limitations.
The senate went on record in favor
of "bone dry" national prohibition
during the war, so far as whiskey
and other distilled beverages are con
cerned. Liquor legislation was written into
the food control bill in one of the, sen
ate's bitterest contests, which would
strike at consumption of distilled in
toxicants by commandeering stocks
in bond in addition to prohibiting
their manufacture or importation.
The beer and wine industries would
be left undisturbed.
To Take Over Stock.
In lieu of the section of the house
bill to prohibit the manufacture of
foodstuffs into beverages of any des
criptions, the senate substituted by a
vote of 45 to 37 a provision prohibit
ing the manufacture or sale of dis
tilled beverages during the war and
added, 65 to 12, a further clause di
recting the president to take over
all distilled spirits in government
bonded warehouses and pay for it on
the basis of cost plus 10 per cent.
White the final prohibition legisla
tion will be evolved in conference be
tween the two houses, it is generally
regarded as possible that the house
will accept the senate's change after
a fight in behalf of the original sec
tion, i
The senate provision would limit
consumption to stocks in retailers'
hands .or withdrawn before the law
goes into effect. Stocks of distilled
beverages in bond were estimated to
night at between 200,000,000 and 300,
000,000 gallon and the annual normal
consumption at 120,000,000 gallons.
Cost Is Heavy.
To purchase this enormous quantity
of liquor or what is left of it after
withdrawals in anticipation of the
legislation it is estimated t.hat the
government would have to spend
from $300,000,000 to $1,000,000,000.
(Continued on rr Two, Column Four.)
MANCHU EMPEROR
AGAIN ABDICATES
PEACOCK THfl ONE
Dispatches to London Tell of
Defeat of Monarchists and
Second Dethroning of
Boy Ruler.
London, July 8. The dispatch
from Peking early this morning an
nouncing the abdication of Hsuan
Tung, the young emperor who was
put back on the throne by General
Chang-Hsun, is corroborated by a
cablegram received today from
Reuters correspondent there. It ap
pears that General Chang-Hsun, de
pressed by the failure of his attempt
to restore the monarchy, tendered
his resignation to the emperor, who
thereupon issued an edict announc
ing his abdication.
The republican forces occupy
strategic positions in the southern
and western outskirts of the city,
and there is every prospect of a
peaceful settlement.
Announce the Abdication.
A Reuter -Limited dispatch from Pe
king announces that Hsuan Tung, the
young emperor,' has abdicated.
Hsuan Tung, the son . of Prince
Chun, for, the second "time has abdi
cated the throne. of China. He first
became . emperor December 2, 1908,
under the regency of his father. On
December 6, 1911, -Prince. Chun abdi
cated as regent and, the youthful em
peror abdicated the throne February
12, 1912. and the Chinese republic was
established. From then until last
24SUM1 TWG
Sunday, when he was restored to the
throne by General Chang Hsun, mili
tary governor of Anhwee province, he
has been virtually a prisoner of Presi
dents Yuan Shi-Kai aand Li Yuan
Hung. i
Hsuan Tung was bonivjn 1904. He
first bore the title of Prince Pu-Yi
and took the name of Hsuan Tung
when he was first enthroned as em
peror in 1908.
Monarchists Are Defeated.
According to a Reuters' Limited
telegrami from Shanghai, the leader
of the Bureaucratic republicans, Tuan
Chi Jui, reports he attacked and
routed the monarchist forces on Fri
day near Lang Fang. '
Li Yuan Hung, the deposed presi
dent, has appointed Tun Chi Jui as
premier and also handed over the
president's seal to him for conveyance
to the former vice 'president, Feng
Kwo Chang, who will assume the act
ing presidency and form a provis
ional government m Naking. y
Two Nebraska Teachers
Make Visit to Washington
Washington, July S. (Special Tel
egramsMiss Alice Cusac of North
Bend and Miss Moore of Holdrege,
well known school teachers of Ne
barska, were guests of Representative
and Mrs. Dan Stephens yesterday, en
route td New York to attend summer
school at Columbia university.
Bombs From Aeroplane
Fall on Forbidden City
London, July 8. Reuter's Peking
correspondent reports that the
palace there was bombarded by an
aeroplane yesterday. The machine
dropped three bombs from a great
height into the Forbidden City. One
.man was killed and buildings near
the headquarters of General Chang
Hsun, which probably was the ob
jective, were damaged.
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FACTIONS MAY
GET SWEEPING
VOJE REFORM
Significant Realignment of
Various Parties Noted, Which ,
May Result in Change in 4
Electcal System.
Berlin, Saturday, July 7 (Via Lon
don, July 8). Unless all present indi
cations fail in the course of the nest'
few days, trie Gjrman empire is 011
the eve of a momentous, if not his
torical,' parliamentary upheaval. '
Developments in, the ' last forty
eight hours point to a significant re
alignment of various factions in favor
of sweeping electoral and parliament
ary reforms.
Although the sessions of the main
committee and the constitutional
committee have been of an executive
nature, press comments permit the
inference that the discussions of vital
subjects of governmental policy fre
quently reached the boiling point.
inat they have been of. gravely sig
nificant import is indicated clearly by
the sudden decision to postpone the
Saturday plenary session, which was
to have marked the opening of the
general debate and . the expected
speech of .Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg.. v,
The absence of the chancellor from
the sessions of the main and constitu
tional committees in he last few days,
has caused general comment in parlia
mentary circles asexceptional in view4
of the confidential character of the
discussions.
To Be Memorable Session,
Monday will mark the inauguration
of what, promises to be one of the
most memorable parliamentary ses
aions in tht history of the" empire. All
thReicistag, factions, remained in1
session u-individuaIroups until late
last night to decide what action might
be taken. '
The Zeitung Am Mittag ssys that
a deputation of six members from the
social democratic party in the reichs
tag called on Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg
Friday to impress the
gravity df tire situation on him. .
Tffe delegates insisted that the (
chancellor make an unequivocal dec
laration that the government was pre
pared at any time to enter into peace
negotiations en the basis of the status
quo. , '
Demand for Reforms.
The deputation also demanded im
mediate introduction of parliamentary
and electoral reforms, urging the ap
pointment of leading reichstag dep
uties to secretarial and ministerial
posts. , ', ;. . v '
1 here are rumors that frotessor
Adolf von Harnack, one of the most
intimate advisors of the emperor, is
stated to succeed Herr von Trolt zu
Solz as Prussian minister of educa
tion. The present minister is said to
be opposed to sweeping electoral re
forms.
General Pershing Denied
Sugar and Cream in London
Correipondtnet of Tf Aaioct.ttd Pren.)
London, June 16. Major General
Pershing, commander of the Ameri
can expeditionary force in France,
seated for tea on the beautiful
Thames Terrace of the House of
Common with Colonel Astor as his
host, had an experience in England's
war rationing when he found that he
could not have sugar in his tea and on
his strawberries as well.
"You may have only one portion of
sugar, two-sevenths of an ounce," the
waitress informet hiin with a quaint
air of precisencss, and the general
chose sugarless strawberries, remark
ing that the sun, as though anxious to
compensate, had sweetened the straw
berries so wel'.'thatf sugar was not
essential. - -
In the1 bounteous times of peace the
House of Commons waitresses used
to trip about the Terrace during the
fine June afternoons with big bowls
of white powdered sugar and lavish
jugs of cream. Now the sugar is
strictly rationed, and the amount of
cream that may be used is limited to
one small measured portion for each
person. ,
German Prisoner Who
Resembled von Hindenburg
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Rome, June 16.Among the prison
ers captured in the big Italian, push
on the Carso front is an officer who
bears such a strong resemblance ft
Field Marshal von Hindenburg that
he was at first taken for the latter.
The prisoner, a major of infantry,, was
observed in the collecting station by
an Italian intelligence officer, who ex
claimed: "Whatt Have we got the great
Hindenburg?"
"No," replied the major. "I am not
Hindenburg, nor any relative of his.
I am merely a poor wretch who will
do no more fighting."
Young Iowa Man Drowned ,
In Blue River at Sewarh
Seward, Neb., July 8. (Special Tel
egram.) A young man named Har
rington, aged 21 years, en route f rone,
Marshalltown, la., to Strornsburgj
Neb., was drowned today while swim,
ming in the Blue river here. .
