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Omaha 'D. VOL. XLVII. NO. 21. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1917. TEN PAGES. 0a ZtZ2X SfNGLE COPY TWO CENTS. THE Bee THE WEATHER Fair 1 REFORM KAIS MAIL CARRIERS IN OMAHA LOSE EIGHT-HOUR DAY 'ostmaster Fanning Orders All Deliveries Must Be Com pleted, Despite Federal Law Against Overtime. These facts developed yesterday following orders issued by Post master Fanning that all mail deliv eries in Omaha must be completed by carriers regardless of the time clock: No mail shall be returned to post office by carriers. Deliveries must be completed even though eight hours of legal working day arc over. ," Carriers will receive overtime at regular scale. , Postmaster issues orders in di rect violation pf federal statutes in order to give Omaha prompt mail service. , ' Fourteen carriers and clerks have resigned , to enter military service. Postmaster's unprecedented move caused by inadequate help. In direct violation of federal statutes which provide for a penalty for gov ernment civil service employes who work longer than eight hours a day, Postmaster Fanning Tuesday issued M order that all Omaha mail car riers sh..ll deliver every letter and piece of mail on their routes each day regardless of the number of hours . that may be required to complete the task. - Heretofore mail carriers have worked eight hours a day. regardless of whether, complete delivery had been made. If the carrier had more mail to distribute, whether it was one package or 100, he returned to the postoffice and the additional mail was not delivered until he resumed his route the following day. This practice was in accordance with an old federal law which provides a pen alty for postal employes who work beyond the stipulated eight hours, Thus deli.verxJ.n many instances was delayed fitteen to twenty hours, even-in normal times. Answers Many Complaints. . The postmaster's decision to work the carriers overtime Pas the result of constant complaint from hundreds . of citizens. Complaints and protests became so frequent and the situation so acute the postmaster took matters kito his own hands. "I. know the law only allows gov enment employes to work eight hours a day but we have such a shortage of carriers here that unless we work overtime we cannot get the mail out on time," he said. , Postmaster Fanning admitted that lie really didn't know what to do about the matter. ' Between Two Fires. "If I don't get the mail delivered the business men complain and if I work the carriers more than eight hours the government probably will raise a rumpus. . "I'm doing this on my own respons ibility, and I ni going to get the marl out the best way I can: Carriers will receive overtime at the regular scale." , ' Postmaster Fanning said fourteen carriers and clerks recently had re signed to enter the different branches of military service. r "We have used up the: names on the. civil service list and cannot hire men to take their place until after the civil service examination. "The fourteen men we lost were among the best we had and it will take twenty-five new persons to do their work until the novices are brok en in." , Postmaster Fanning admitted that the Omaha office has been dragging along for a long time with inadequate help. Carriers who were- scheduled to make five deliveries a day have been making only four, and those whose schedules called for four, were making only three on many days. TJie Weather For Nebraska Fair; cooler. Temperatures at Omaha Tetterta?. Hour. Deg 1.8 71 'ii 7U 74 14 76 76 1 a. 11 a. t2 m 79 80 79 K0 79 79 77 Comparative Loral Record. ' 117. 11S. 1915. 1914. 80 99 S 98 ... 7 7 4 66 76 .. 74 8S 7S 87 .X9 .00 .01 .00 Highest yestrday. Lowest yesterday.. Mean temperature. Precipitation Temperature and precipitation departure from the normal: Normal temperature. ..'IS Deficiency for the day 2 Total deficiency since March 1, 1S17. ...!1J Normal precipitation .. .13 Inch Excess for the day.. v..... .06 inch Total rainfall since March 1. .. .15.67 inches Stress since March 1 .11 Inch Deficiency for cor. period 1911.. 6.13 Inches Seflclency for cor. period 1915.. 3.47 inches Reports From Stations at 7 P. M. . Station and Sta! Temp. ItiKh- HHin of Weather. 7 p. m. est, fall. . Cheyenne, rain 7 71 Denver, clear.... . .. 7S 7S .ni Des t Moines, clear,..,. . 73 .10 .00 Dodge lty, clear 86 X8 .00 Lander, clear 8i". as .oo North Fiatte. clear..... 82 , , , .01 Omaha clear 79 80 .13 Kansas Tity, clear 82 S6 . Stnax City, elear. . . , .. . so " , 82 .14 U A. WELCH, Meteorologist ni ni ni. m. ........... m m ni . . . , " m m .' in...... m in.... m in . , PROMIS ERBE PICKDEMING,N.M., AS TRAINING CAMP FOR NEBRASKANS Troops From Husker State, as Well as Dakotas and Iowa, Will Be Sent to New Mexico Town. Washington, July II. Subject to approval by Major General Bliss, act ing chief of staff, the following as signments of National Guard troops to concentration camps has been made by the militia bureau for the trpops from the western and central areas of the country: "Nebraska, Iowa, South and North Dakota, to Deming, N. M. "Kansas and Missouri to Fort Sill, Ukl. "Texas and Oklahoma, to Port Worth, Tex. "Colorado, Utah, Oregon. Califor nia, New Mexico and Nevada to Lin da Vista, Cal. "Washington, Montana. Idaho and Wyoming to Palo Alta, Cal." . Small Men May Enlist. New army regulations made pulbic today reduce the minimum weight limit for recruits from 120 to 110 pounds and the minimum height from five feet four inches to five fee.t one inch. This will add thousands who otherwise would be .exempt to the national army to be raised by draft and open the doors of the regular army and National Guard to many volunteers turned down in the past. Rubin Bound Over. Louis Rubin, Twenty-sixth and Hamilton streets, a tailor, was bound over to' the federal grand, jury by United States Commissioner Mc Loughlin for failure to register for the selective draft. Bond was- placed at $500. Rubin's brothers and others were there to testify that he is beyond the draft age. Rubin cla'ims he is 37 years old. But all the documentary evidence submitted showed that he is under 31. A declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, made in New York City in 1912 was shown. In this his age was given as 25 years. " IIe: has also' taken out life insur ance since he has beenjn Omaha, and' according tothe age he gave' the in surance company he is not vet 31 years old. Half to Ask Exemptions. Members of the six Douglas county exemption boards sav thev believe at least one-half of tha vounsr men drawn for selective army conscription win appear oeiore tnem and ask ex emption. Election Commissioner Moorhead also is of the opinion that about 50 per cent of all men registered will claim exemption if they are drafted. These predictions are based on the exeniptions claimed by those who registered and from personal inter views with scores of Omaha young men. Every angle of any question that could possibly arise before an exemp tion board is covered in the official rules and regulations, copies of which are being studied by board members. Exemptors are speeding up their perusal of the rules and regulations in anticipation of the numbers being drawn at Washington the last of the week. Election Commissioner Moorhead expressed the hope that the draft would be made before Sunday. "The suspense is telling on the registered men and on thfeir families and relatives," he said. Local exemption boards are re lieved of the duty of passing on oc cupational and industrial claims for exemptions by the officials at Wash ington. . They will pass on claims arising from dependents and physical reasons. Mysterious Little Machine Taps New Ocean of Power Washington, July 11. Favorable report on a resolution providing for a test, of a mysterious little machine which its inventor claims could pro pel an aeroplane from Washington to European battlefields and back again without carrying fuel was voted to day by the house patents committee. T. K. Giragossian, the inventor, says his discovery harnesses at trivial cost an untrapped ocean of power. The committee's resolution would guaran tee governmental protection in case he demonstrates the usefulness of his machine to five scientists. American Ship Kansarj ' Is Sunk by Submarine New York, July 11. The American steamer Kansan, carrying a crew of fifty men, has been sunk, presumably off the French coast, according to a cablegram received today by the France and Canada Steamship com pany, which chartered the vessel. The fate of those on board is not known. Sullivan is Allowed $50, 000 in Legal Fees from Joslyn Estate Attorney John J. Sullivan was allowed a $50,000 fee today by. Acting Judge Sunblad of county court in the final accounting of the distribution of the estate of the late George A. Jos lyn. multi-millionaire. Dr. LeRoy Cruniiiicr was allowed a J7.000 doctor bill and the Dodder Undertaking 'company $2,500. An ad ditional ?J.500 was allowed Arthur Mullen ior special attorney's fees, ,' ,,v. .', , V .- J -. . t, - 4 it : ... , ES WjtD GINS OIMSIV State Council of Defense Warns People of Nebraska of Treasonable Utterances and to Guard Against Acts of Disloyalty First Effects of War Between United States and Central Powers Felt irr Issuance of Sedition Instructions. After serious investigation and con sideration, the Nebraska State Coun cil of Defense deems it to be its duty to present certain facts to the pa triotic people of Nebraska in order that they may have timely informa tion as to the situation in this state. The statement follows: un tne wnoic, Nebraska is in tensely patriotic. It has contributed generously in the way of Red Cross Subscriptions, Liberty bond pur cnases anu voluntary enlistments, uut reports come from various sections of the state relating to un-American words and conduct, varying all the-r way from utterances of treasonable character to direct acts and words of disloyalty and embarrassments put upon faithful American i citizens. These reports would' be unbelievable but for the fact that they have come in such large numbers and from so many discreet and responsible men. Due to Thoughtlessness. "Many cases reported by individ uals were, upon investigation, found to be exaggerated. The council adopted the policy of assuming that many of the so-caled treasonable ut terances were due to thoughtlessness and proceeded along educational lines. In a number of instances personal friends of the offending persons were assigned to call upon them for the purpose of trying to convince them of the importance of Americans stand ing united behind the government in the present war. In many instances this plan was successful and change was brought in the individual's point of view. In many other cases, how ever, appeal and educational effort were not productive of good results. In tne meantime, complaints in numerable continued to reach the state council. Careful investigation of many of these complaints makes it the im perative duty of the State Council of Defense to: make ..tbjjrank,aUeatJ to,. tne " people : oi iNeorasKa. Acauainted as the council Is with the solemn and deplorable facts, the very fact that therer are so many patriotic people who cannot conceive of such a situation or believe tnat tne condi tion described is so general as to make it serious, compels the council to give to the public this formal state ment, r vvnen me .Liberty oonus were in process of sale a number of bankers reported to the state council that they had been threatened with with drawal of deposits in the event they (Continued on rage Ttvo, Column One.) 10,000 Draft Cards ' Lost in U. S, Mails May Delay Drawing Los Angeles, Cal., July IT Mail bags said to contain more than 10,000 registration cards for the selective draft, which were 'sent from here Fri day night, directed to the office of Adjutant General J. J. Boree, in Sac ramento, have not arrived, accord ing to an announcement made today by Charles L.' Wilde, city clerk, and David B. Lyons, county registrar of voters. The cards should have arrived in Sacramento Saturday morning, draft officials say. The matter has been referred to postal authorities here. News that the draft cards had not reached Sacramento came in a tele gram from Adjutant General Boree, urging that the missing districts be reported without delay. The adjut ant general was quoted here-as hav ing held that until the missing cards are found he cannot report to Wash ington that California is ready for the draft. Council Bluffs Ice House Totally Destroyed by Fire An ice house at Tenth street and Twelfth avenue, owned , by the George Elevator company, was com pletely destroyed by fire at S a. m. The loss is estimated at $3,000. The fire started Tuesday night from . a spark from a passing switch engine. It "Vas believed the blaze was ex tinguished, but it broke out again in the morning, and this time the plant was consumed. Bomb Explosions Kill Two Persons in Chicago Chicago, July 11. Three bombs be lieved to have been placed by "black hand" agents caused the death of two men here last night. A number of persons were injured, none of them seriously. Acting Judge Sunblad further -allowed $-17,325 as executrix fee. This sum goes to IJrs. Sarah Joslyn, widow of the late Mr. Joslyn, who was named in the will as executrix. The bulk of the estate, amounting to about $6,500,000, was left to Mrs. Joslyn, who is now said tobe the Joslyn. said to, be the wealthiest woman in Nebraska. The inheritance tax to the state was $54,000 and to the federal government about $500,000. (-, .... i N A Modern Ajax POLICE EXPOSE WILL FOLLOW IF MALONEYISGOAT Head of Oetective Bureau De clares He Will Get at the "Higher-Ups". if He is Dropped." Cantain Stephen Maioney does not intend to be made the goat for the Omaha police department' H' has stated on several occasions that he is going to "have a few words to say.'and the atmosphere at the city hall is surcharged with suggestive rumblings. Some of the details of the pros pective expose are known. Maioney said he would speak right out and "let the chips fall where they may." It is no secret that Superinten dent Kugel will be more than inter ested in what Maioney will have to say. , The fight may eventuate in ouster charges being filed with the-governor against Superintendent Kugel. It is common rumor that Kugel is afraid of Maioney and that he dem onstrated that fact when be failed to show fight on the occasion when Ma loney called him a "dirty rat" in the council chamber during the recent hearing. , The situation is, that if Maioney falls he does .not intend to fall alone. He avers he can and will "a tale un fold." It' is further understood that Kugel will not be the only person who will be particularly interested in Mr. Maloney's words of reprisal, Tells of Kugei's Diamonds. Maioney inteiids to include Chief Dunn and Detective Sutton in his charges of irregularities. "I am going to show that when Kugel lived at the Paxton hotel at the time members of his ;family were quarantined for scarlet fever his rent was paid by a man who was conduct ing a gambling place," said Maioney. "I will also show who paid for a dia mond ring Kugel has and who paid for diamonds worn by Mrs. Kugel. "I am going to show that certain places were not raided, while it was known they were operating illegally. You know that Kugel took over the morals squad work and it was taken out of my, hands. The work of raid ing places was not in my depart ment. I am gojng to show up somi things." Will Fire at Kugel.s The captain takes the position that during his recent hearing he had to stand for all sorts of abuses was charged with all manner of things (Contlnurd on Paga Two, Column Four.) i Toronto Traction Lines v Are Tied Up by Strike Toronto, July 11. With 1,600 street railway employes on strike for higher wages and shorter hours, traf fic in this cify today was almost paralyzed. Trucks and automobiles had much trouble in moving the crowds, ... .... , , . , TO B E AL ONG YSER . . . ..i-i i HITCHCOCK'S BIG STICK MAY HOLD NEVILLE IN LINE ' Nebraska Governor Said to Be Less Determined to Go to War; Senior Senator Fears Succession of Howard. Governor Keith Neville is less de terminod to get into the war" since he has been in Washington talking to,Scnator" G. M. Hitchcock, his po litical foster father. ine senator maae mm Kovernor and he does not purpose to let him slip the halter now by resigning. No, for that would leave Lieutenant Gov ernor Edgar Howard in line for the governor's chair and that would be a calamity to the Hitchcock faction. Hitchcock and Howard are not only political enemies at long distance, but even when together are scarcely on speaking terms. Spine weeks ago, . after The Bee announced that Governor Neville con templated resigning to join the army, a procession of Hitchcock democrats from all parts of the state invaded the state capital and the executive man sion and pleaded pathetically for the governor to remain at the helm of Ktate to save the jobs of, those he had appointed, since it was known those appointees are not of the stripe that is pleasing to Lieutenant Governor Howard. Clanked His Sword. Still Governor Neville was deter mined. He clanked his sword as loud as before and studied military tac tics harder than ever. The plea was made that he should be senatorial . timber , four years hence, after he had served two years as governor of the state. . "What are you talking about?" the governor is uuoted as answering to this senatorial proposition. "Do you think I want to spend six years of my life in a dusty office in the sen ate chamber of the United States. Not me. It doti't look good to me," But when the constant plea of the Hitchcock democrats of the state could not wring from the governor a promise to stay by the helm Sena tor Hitchcock himself got a turn at Neville. That was a few days ago, when the governor was in Washing ton on business of various kinds. Like Dutch Uncle. Those who have seen some tele grams exchanged on this subject say that Hitchcock "talked like a Dutch uncle" to the Nebraska governor to make him stay in the chair and that this talk for the first time set the governor to wavering a little in his craving to get into the 'war. Still the colonelcy of the "Dandy Sixth" loomed big in the executive's eyes. And the governor's future course remains still something of a puzzle. Colonel John G. Maher of Lincoln, a man close to the governor, has bet good hats that the governor will go to war. Others are offering to bet ...:n " ' y xiu v,r1,.,, .... LSND GER TEUTON CABINET MINISTERS ARE ONLY PUPPETS OF GREAT GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY Washington Officials Say Military Leaders are Real Power in Empire and That Dismissal of Civil Of ficials Will Have No Real Effect Upon Foreign Policy of Kaiser or Conduct of the Wan y BULLETIN. Copenhagen, July 11. -The coalition of the various ele ments in the German Reichstag, now arrayed against the gov ernment, seem determined not to vote the war credit asked until the political crisis is settled. The attitude of the opposition ele ment has excited conservative papers to discriminatory com ment. Washington, July 11. Germany's latest political difficult ties are regarded by officials here as due largely to internal problems. The dismissal of Foreign Secretary Zimmermann, Ministei of Finance HelfFerich or' Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollwet himself would be considered largely a surface movement, fot GERMANS BEGIN OFFENSIVE NEAR BELGIAN COAST Bridges Across Yser Destroyed by Heavy Fire and Wedge Driven in British Line Toward Dunkirk. (Aiwoclittad Frcu War Summary.) Just as the Russians in the east have torn a big gag in the Austro German lines in. Galicia, captured Halicz and pressed on toward Lem berg, the Galician capital,- the Ger mans on the western front have started a menacing offensive near the Belgian coast. This movement, while it may turn out to be nothing but a local effort or something with which the British can cope after the shock of the first thrust has been met, nevertheless in dicates the possibility of a determined attempt to bend back the British flank on the Belgian coast and reach the French city of Dunkirk, about seven teen miles distant. -Bridges Are Destroyed. The Germans succeeded in their initial push by leveling the defenses through an intense bombardment for twenty-four hours and then attack ing last evening over the devastated ground. The bridges across the Yser were destroyed by the heavy fire and the sending up of reinforcements was found impossible. Thus a penetration 600 varriq Aeert on a front of 1.400 Tyears was effected, the Germans pushing as far as the east bank of the Yser, near the North sea. The attack also extended further south, opposite Lombaertzyde, but here, after having temporarily driyen in the British advanced line, a counter at tack forced the Germans back to their original positions. , First Rush for Months. There have been no serious at tempts by . the Germans to break through the British front in Belgium since their two campaigns for Calais in the early months of the war. The first was checked along the Belgian front by the combined British and Belgian defense, aided by the partici pation of British warships along the coast. In the second battle of Ypres, in the fall of 1914, the Germans sac rificed thousands of men in a terrible drive but failed to effect a penetra tion. Reports from London today indi cated that the battle in Belgium is still in progress. The sounds of heavy firing, heard in England all day yesterday, were again heard to day, beginning at dawn. In the sensational campaign which the revolutionary army of Russia is (Cootlmirri on Para Two, Column Thrm.) They All Read The Bee momi M S ttWIU, (tMlMT iNtMIL !arr Amu, i.taMt. , vuweit; , , rr tam'l Mkt.juaaf fnj neen n tut tht , atxt tut rt rbT m la fnt UttMay Mian I m 1U V ttrat twtMN tonMtita ritfit,' I ta tNffi!4 tf JTWl HP' ttf ltUHaB. tot U OMM Bt M U Ml tttt. MMM t Mlf ' ' (II aw of V trUioW tlep HVltl ttntt as mj Hrin4jr, antiuUaf tj Urn la t , ati : naktr t V trot, ta t. ,iuauii -tloa Wl a;it luogorao frattgr f4 elMoo t! th. tut Ihtr II tcuJF rMtr of tu . k MANS; FRONT ' not until the great army general stal - itself is reached, it is believed, wit the real crust of German militarisn be broken. The German foreign office, it wai pointed out today, has served during the war merely as a means to get th military leaders out of trouble. Decisions have been made without reference to the civil branch and mat. ters brought to the attention of the latter only when it was desired to negotiate a way out of the difficulty. CABINET MINISTERS PUPPETS. American officials agree with allied diplomats here that many of the Ger man officials who figure so largely in the news are, in fact, largely puppets being, pulled acrosi the stage as a blind to German people. Their rise or fall, they say, has little significance on Germany's military and foreign policies. Nevertheless it js agreed that there is au enormous ainouut of unrest -m-Germany today which in all proba bility will lead to internal changes in personnel of the government and in reform of the obvious abuses of the German governmental system. Austria Wants Peace. Austria's influence is becoming more and more insistent toward a lib eral peace. Austria is said to be treated most conremptuously by Ger man officials and given consideration only as the unavoidable weak link in the chain. Nevertheless it is known that it would make peace tomorro. if possible, and its activity in consult ing German -statesmen and political leaders is undoubtedly causing worry at German headquarters. Resignations Accepted. Amsterdam, July 11. The session of the crown council on Monday, says a Berlin telegram, lasted until 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, when the resignations were accepted definitely. The imperial chancellor has decided to offer the vacant ministerial port folios to leaders of the reichstag and Prussian diet. An imperial ministry of labor will be created under the socialists, Herbert or David. Catholics Support Erzberger. The Catholic organ Gcrmania says the Catholic center in the Reichstag, has decided by an overwhelming majority to support Mathias Erz-. berger, who last week attacked the pan-Gei mans and advocated peace without annexations or indemnities. Herr Erzbcrger's object, the news paper says, is to induce the Reichstag to makk! a declaration of war aims in the sense that Germany has not gone to war with a desire for conquest, but , merely to defend its freedom and ' preserve its territorial possessions. In order to nullify definitely any impression on the part of the entente, that Germany's peace terms would be dictated by the Prussian military caste ,the Reichstag is asked to set fourth with unmistakable clearness the German war aims. The entente would, then realize, it is contended, that it is waging war with the entire ' German people. The Gcrmania adds that the chan- ' ccllor had accepted the idea and that the formation of a coalition ministry ' (Condoned on Fare Thru, Column Three.) ernes VUTIMOHB , SMHdM t a lJMti UMUly inn,. K.A fill'..
