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Omaha Sunday PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO EIGHT. THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XLVII NO. 6. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1917 SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Bee EXEMPTION BOARD TO SIT NEXT WEEK; . MMM TO BE REAL HEAD OMAHA POLICE . . yVr : : . MONEY FAILS CITY COUNCIL SUTTON TELLS RACY TALES Fire Flies When Commissioner Hummel Intimates Kugel Is Rounder: Dunn Will Submit Recommenda tions for Conduct of Department; In vestigation Suddenly Ended. Investigation of the Omaha police department was com pleted yesterday by the city commissioners after a sessioiv,which grew stormy at times. Chief of Police Dunn was on the stand for nearly an hour and claimed that he did not have as much power as he needed to run the department as it should be. . Commissioner Kugel took exceptions to Dunn's statement that he (Kugel) made many appointments and promotions in the department. 'Was there ever a man promoted that you and I didn t. tarn it over, Kugel asked. "Yes, Paul Sutton was put in -without consulting me," said Dunn. The mayor declared that the city commissioners should define the pow ers of Dunn and Kugel and the rest of the commissioners agreed. "Well, I ought to be something around here," said Kugel. "If I'm just to be the messenger boy between the commissioners and the chief, why, all right." Commissioner Humnie! roused Ku gel when he pointed out that he goes out and looks over the works of his dcoartment with his department em ployes and said Kugel should do the I 3ame. Kugel Would Look Nice. . "Yes," shouted Kugel as he jumped up, "it would look nice to see me ' coming out of Jhe Underworld, or some other place like that, wouldn't "Well, they say it takes an old rounder to catch v a rounder," said Hmnmcl.' - " .- "--;- "Well, I'd have to take you with me then," Kugel shot back. The commissioners decided to let Chief Dunn consider and compile his recommendations and then the com missioners will lay, down rules for the department. 'They will meet Mon day at 2 o'clock. Steve Maloney, discharged chief ot detectives, continued to ignoie the summons of the commissioners to tes tify. Officers sent to his home were informed by his wife that he is "over at the Iowa lakes." Further or more definite information she declined to give. Victor Roscwaler of The Bee was a witness. Asked il he had any sug gestions for the improvement of the police department he replied that that is the business of the commissioners. . Heitfeld Has Affidavit. Joseph Polcar of the Daily News was a witness. Neil Murray, Howard Hunt and A. K. Donovan, police re porters for the newspapers, all said they knew of no misconduct by police officers or any mistreatment of pris oners. Captun Henry Heitfeld came to the witness stnd armed with an affidavit to refute the statement of Steve Ma loney at the previous investigation that Captain Heitfeld had received a $150 cat glass lamp from Anna Mor ris, 509 Capitol avenue, and that in consideration of this her place had not been raided. The affidavit stated ' that she had never given Captain Heitfeld a lamp or anything else and that she had been arreted and prosecuted a num ber of limes. Captain Heitfeld said he didn't know what object Maloney could .e had in mal:in. the state ment . :gafding the lamp. Police Sergeants Carl Madsen and T. B. Tarn's said they did not know (Continued on Vage Two, Column One.) Silent Picketing Resumed By Suffs at White House Washington, July 21. "Silent pic keting" at the White House gates, was resumed by twelve members of the women's party today without in terference from the police or citizens. It' was the first time since the women staged their suffrage demon stration for the benefit of the Russian mission that the. women had been permitted to parade their banners be fore the White House unmolested. President Wilson was away on a week-end cruiso. - The demonstration was a protest against the president's action in par doning sixteen of their number from the workhouse recently. Feng Kwo Chang Accepts The Presidency of China London, July 21. Confirming the announcement that Feng Kwo Chang has accepted the presidency of China, a dispatch to the Times from Peking today says this serves to strengthen the hands of Tuan Chi Jui, who has now completed a cabinet of moderate men and temporarily established him as dictator. Pershing Makes First I Visit to British Front Paris, Jqly 21. Major General PerT shing, the American commander with two staff officers, left Paris yesterday on his first visit to the British front The American officers will be the guest of Sir Douglas Haig, the Brit ish commander-in-chief, returning to tht capital Sunday. TO TESTIFY; CLOSES PROBE; NO PEACE WITH AUTOCRACY,SAYS LLOYD-GEORGE British Premier Analyzes the Speech of German Chancel lor and Predicts Early Change of Teuton View. London, July 21. Premier Lloyd George said today that the speech in the Reichstag 6f Dr. Michaelis, the new German chancellor, meant that if , Germany was victorious " there would be annexation all around and that the military autocracy would be established more firmly than ever. The- Speech shojved, the premier asserted, that those in charge of Ger many s affairs .had for the moment made the choice for war. ' Mr. Lloyd George said the food supply for the 1917-1918 period had al ready been secured and that a pro gram of cultivation had been arranged to make the supply for the following year secure even if losses increased. ( No Peace With Autocracy. "We can't make peace 'with a Ger many dominated by autocracy," de clared Premier . Lloyd George. "The war now becomes a struggle between two definite groups of national ideals. Significant in this respect is the news announced today-of the acces sion of that brilliant Russian states man, Kerensky, to the leadership of Russian democracy." "I don't wish Germany to harbor any delusion," he continued, "that Great Britain will be put out of the fight until lull liberty has been estab lished. "I predict it will not be long before the German chancellor delivers a dif ferent speech and that is the one for which we are waiting." The premier said the statement of Dr. Michaelis contained phrases which would be understood by the military powers of Germany. Unless these were wiped out, he added, they would again plunge Europe into a welter of blood. Speech Full of Shams. "I have read Chancellor Michaelis' speech three times," said Mr. Lloyd George. "I see in it only sham inde pendence for Belgium, sham democ racy for Germany, sham peace for Europe." At another point in his speech, which was delivered in London, the premier said: "Regarding the submarine menace, I must disagree with Chancellor Mich aelis. Gradually but surely we are increasing our protection and dimin ishing our losses." Speaking of the shipbuilding pro gram, Mr. Lloyd George said Great Britain this year would turn, out four times as many ships as last year. In the last two months of 1917 as many ships will be finished as in all of 1916. The chancellor's speech, Mr. Lloyd George said, offered no hope foi Bel gium. The determination of the allies that Belgium must be restored as a free and independent people, not a German 'protectorate. Federal Plums Handed To Nebraskans and Iowans . (From a Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 21. (Special Tel egram.) Civil service examinations will be held on August 11 for post masters at Belmont and Meadow Jcid on August 25 at Glenville and De, Neb. Herbert R. Bunting of Lincoln was appointed chemist in the Agricultural department. - Ida O. Carroll of North Platte and E. F. Dohe of Princeton were ap pointed clerks in the War depart ment. Charles F. Krebs was appointed oostmaster at Avon. Polk county. Ia- vice A. B. Keney, resigned. Joseph V. f reund was appointed postmaster at Way City, Codington county, S. D., vke Oliver Thompson, deceased. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska, Wauneta, Sanfbrd E. Frazoll. Iowa, Elliston, Porter F. Havloy; Rockwell City, Roy M. Marshall; Scranton, William Dunivan. The contract for carrying the Unit ed States mail from Interior to Por cupine, S. D., has been awarded to Charles M. Gallagher of Interior. s S rs "zrvwsss ill v mm.if I or-mgiei RIP - ffljaw? mmmmmmmMr, mm FORCES OF ORDER GETTING FIRMER GRIP! RUSSIA Kerensky, Strongest Man in Re public, Called to Head of Cabinet; Arch Agitator Lenine Arrested. (Auoelated PreM War Summary.) Although Russia has been struck a severe blow on the northern Galician front through the mutiny of segments of its troops under extremist influence, the forces of order appear to be get ting a firmer grip on the fountain- head of the difficulty in Petrograd. The disorderly elements in the capi tal having been subdued the nation's strongest man, Alexander F. Keren sky, has been made premier as well as minister of war and marine. Arch Agitator Arrested. One of the signs that the govern ment intends to grapple in earnest with the forces of disorganization comes in the report of the arrest of the arch agitator, Lenine, and some of his lieutenants. What course the provisional gov ernment will take toward Finland, whose diet has passed a bill declar ing complete independence of Rus sia, has not been disclosed. , Violent Fighting in France. The German crown prince received a severe beating in his recent attack along a wide front in the Aisne re gion, but nevertheless is sacrificing more of his troops in renewed efforts to shake the French lines,. 'There was violent fighting-last night south of Cerny on this front, but although the French positions were twice pene trated the end of the fighting showed them to have remained intact in French hands. A British attack on tne northern end of the Belgian-Franco front, which the' intensity of the big gunfire of late had seemed to indicate as im pednig, haj not yet been delivered. Germans Advance on, Wide Front Berlin, July 21. (Via London.) German troops in eastern Galicia have crossed the Zlochoff-Tarnopol (Continued oil Page Two, Column Five.) No. 4,664 Should - In the Empty Draft Capsule (By Associated Frai.) Washington, July 21. Number 4,664 is the number which should have been in the empty capsule that came out of the bowl early this morn ing in the army draft lottery. It was discovered several hours later by checking official tally sheets. ' r A blank for the empty capsule was left at the foot of the list, and Pro vost Marshal General Crowder has so reported to Secretary Baker. Of ficials in charge of the detail of the scheme say, however, that it prob ably will be placeJ finally in the order in which it wjs drawn, its rotation number being 10,004. This would shove each number "as now listed, from 10,004 to 10,499 down one place further on the list. I Prol Probably there are several hun The Last Sunday Kaiser Prepares to t - t Meet Attack In Air i Geneva, July 20. The Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshafen has be gun building airplanes, the German staff being convinced that future supremacy in the air belonged to airplanes and that Zeppelins were'' of little war . value. The Germans are said also to fear an extensive air offensive v and to have begun plans to meet it . FIRST VIOLATION OF RESTRAINING ORDER ALLEGED Man Arrested for Attempting to Get Union Men to Quit Work on Jobs in Omaha. State of Nebraska, on relation of Deputy Attorney General Alfred C r - jvxunger, yesterday niea papers on district court asking an attachment for the arrest of Joe Darnstedt, busi ness agent of the Carpenters' union, It is the first complaint filed in dis trict court that the restraining order issued by Jud;.s Leslie against the Business Men's" association and the Omaha unions June 18 has been vio lated. Attorney General Reed obtained an injunction in an attempt to end the Omaha strike troubles. The case was removed to federal court upon application of the unions and later remanded to district court by Federal Judge Woodrough. The filing by the deputy attorney general was in the form of an affida vit for attachment for disobeying s restraining order. It alleges Darnstedt, as a represen tative of the Carpenters' union, or dered John S. Corey to quit work on a job being done by F. P. Gould & Son at Armour & Co's. because Corey was a nonunion workman. Threatens to Call Strike. When Corey refused, the allega tions state, Darnstedt told the fore man on the job unless he (Corey) (Continued on rate Two, Column Five.) Have Been dreds of men whose cards bear the number 4,664, since the average dis trict has 3,000 registrants. Even at 10.004 they will be so. far down on the liability lists that it will make little difference to them whether they are 10,004 or 10,500. Checking of the tally sheets also is disclosing other problems to be solved. So far, however, nothing has come up that does not settle itself naturally. There is one case of a dup licated number because 6,689 and 6,899, both were recorded as the same number. Upside down either number becomes the other. The ruling made is that the first number recorded will be regarded as correct. If it went on the sheet first as 6,689 it will remain in that place on the final sheet Where the number is repeated later it will be reversed. CROP OUTLOOK IN NEBRASKA FINE. AND CORN POPS Harvesting of Small Grain Shows Immense Yield; Po tato Prospects Are Perfect. The Northwestern Railroad com pany's crop report for the last week and :overing that portion .of Nebraska through which the lines run, indicates a flattering condition, so far as small grain is concerned. Along the southern lines the har vesting of small grain is about fin ished and considerable of the oat crop nas neen threshed. the yield is ranging all the way from forty to sev enty bushels an acre, with the quality fully up to the normal of former years. Owing to the plant having been badly winter-killed, the acreage of wheat is small, but where the harvest has been "nished and threshing com menced the yield is good, some of the fields in the southern part of the state running twenty to twenty-eight bush els an acre." The quality is said to be No. 2, with Indications that consider able of it will grade No. 1. ' Corn Growing Fast. Corn is making good progress over the whole of the Northwestern terri tory in Nebraska, but there are a good many localities where rain is beginning to be needed. However, up to this time none of the corn has suffered by reason of a lack of mois ture. The report indicates that . the re cent warm weather has worked won ders in bringing the corn along and that generally it is as far advanced as normally at this season of the year, i All through the potato-raising country in the northern and western portions of the state the condition of the spud crop is placed at 100 per cent, with the acreage at lea;; 50 per cent above the normal. The second cutting of alfalfa, that has been unusually heavy, has been secured and is in the stack. The wild hay harvest is on and large quanti ties are being put up. While the wild hay "crop is enor mous, it is not believed that the quan tity cut will exceed that of former years. The difficulty in the way is the scarcity of help. In the wild hay country, around Newport, Bassett and Atkinson, the owners of hay ranch - a are paying $3 to $4 a day for men, but are unable to get them. Around Lynch, in the north part of the state, a hail storm recently did considerable damage to the growing crops, but the area tlmLwas storm- swept was limited, not exceeding five square miles. Two Thousand Miners at Leadville, Colo., Strike" Leadville, Colo., July 21. All the mines in the Leadville Metal Mining district are shut down today follow ing a strike order issued by the local branch of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. An average of 2,000 men are employed here and with the exception of fifty pumpmen, engineers and watchmen all have quit. Fifty actively producing properties are affected!. EXEMPTING BODIES WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE CLAIMS OF ALL DRAFTED MEN , . All Conscripts Must Pass Examination, Even Though They Do Not Claim Exemption; Many May Be Re 1 jected Who Seem to be Fit and Want to Fight ) , Drafted men who are under the impression they can rush pell mell before exemption claims for exemption, if they pointment. " ' Members of the six boards hands lie the fate of hundreds of young men who believe they have just claims for exemption from the great draft army, an nounced that conscripts will be examined only in the order in which they were drawn. REWRITTEN FOOD BILL IS PASSED BY UPPER HOUSE By Vote of 81 to 6 Senate Authorizes Control of Food, Feed and Fuel; Fixes $2 Price for Wheat. (Br AiioolaUd Prm. Washington, July 21.Virtually re written as it came from the house. s month ago, the administration food control bill, modified, but still giving the president broad authority to reg HlftitiQs, fceda and fuels? providing For a board of three food commis sioners instead of a single individual, and authorizing a minimum guaran teed price of $2 per bushel for wheat, was passed late today by the senate. Prohibition provisions, prohibiting further manufacture of distilled bev erages and directing .the president to buy all distilled beverages in bond were left unchanged. The final vote on the bill was 81 to 6. , , Six Oppose Bill. Those voting against the bill were: France, Penrose, Sherman, Suther land, republicans, 4, and Hardwick and Reed, democrats, two. Total, six, Senator Hitchcock's . amendment providing that the minimum price of a Dusnei tor wneai, as proviaea lor in the Chamberlain amendment, should be in effect at the principal in terior primary markets instead of at only one interior market was accepted by a vote of 49 to 32. An amendment by Senator Norris to leave the fixing of the price of wheat to the food board was rejected. The amendment of Senator Pomer- ene authorizing the president, through the federal trade commission, to hx prices of coal and coke during the war, to take over at a reasonable price and operate coal mines and to regulate wholesale and retail distri bution and wages of coal miners was adopted, 72 to 12. Object to Amendment. , Those voting against the Pomerene amendment were: Chamberlain, democrat, and Bran dagee, Colt, France, Knox, Lodge, McLean, Penrose, Sutherland, Wads worth, Warren and Weeks republi cans. An amendment by Senator Tillman appropriating $10000,000 for govern ment purchase of nitrate of soda for fertilizer and its sale at cost was adopted, 50 to 29. The senate rejected, 60 to 23, Sena tor Shafroth's amendment proposing a single food administrator instead of the board of three members pro vided in the bill. The committee provided for by the Owen amendment would be composed of three democratic and two republi can members of the house. The anti-hoarding caluse and that authorizing the president to close grain exchanges if necessary to stop trading in futures, written into the ' first food production bill, were ac cepted as amendments to the pending measure. An amendment by Senator Gore providing that in selling fuel, wheat, flour and other foods such sales shall be for cash also was adopted without a record vote. Senator Hitchcock's amendment ex tending the payment of the minimum e. . v price ior wneat to juiy l, iviy, in stead of January 1, 1919, was accepted without a vote. Von Tirpitz Will Seek Election to Reichstag London, July 21. Admiral von Tir pitz, . father of the submarine cam paign, is expected to seek a seat 'in the Reichstag with the view of becom ing one of the political leaders of the national liberals, according to dis patches from Berlin. Ban Placed on Reports Of Irish Convention Doings London, July 21. An order in coun cil issued today prohibits, either by by speech, the giving of any report of the proceedings of the coming Irish convention, except such as had been officially authorized. boards, be examined' and make hare any, are doomed to disap in Douglas county, in 'whose A certain Quota will be taken from each district Notices will be sent to drafted men requesting them to ap pear before their respective exemption boards. The boards will keep on ex amining men and hearing claims for exemption until their quotas are made up. ALL MUST BE EXAMINED. Every, drafted man within Douglas county's quota will have to be exam ined, regardless of whether he claims exemption. He may want to fight but if the board's physician decides he has physical defects of such a nature as to disqualify him from a soldier's life he will be rejected. The six exemption boards in Doug las county . probably will meet Mon day and get the machinery oiled in preparation for the actual work of making examinations and hearing claims for exemption.' Not a single claim for exemption will be heard, however, not an examination made until official notification is received from Wahngton. A. J. Latimot, member of the Fifth district board, said notice will corneal from the national capital about" tile ' middle of next week. Many and elaborate tre said to be lithe claims of tome for exemption. . Boards Will Be Strict , , Members of the boards say they, as others all over the country,' will be "careful about exempting anyone unless they have positive proof or dis qualifications. "It w:h go hard with any young fellow with no one but himself to support and able-bodied to fake some exemption excuse just because he has -a streak, of yellow and would rather stay in Omaha, dance and kid the girls instead of helping fight the war of democracy at $30 per," said Acting County Judge Sundblad, chairman of the Fourth district boards Soldiers' Daily Routine. ' Newly drafted soldiers will.be in terested to know some of their duties while in training. Here is the daily routine of a soldier at tort Crook: Reveille, jvgvcmici in at van. .t a. kiu A I i- - - .. ..It C4C . assembly, o a. m. Mess, 6:30 a. m. Sick call, 7 a. m. . Fatigue, 7:15 a. in, ' , Drill, first call, 8 a.m. " i , Assembly, 8:10 a. m. ' Recall, 10 a. m. , First sergeant's call, 10 a. m. Mwss, 12 m. Drill, first call, 1:20 p. m. , ' Assembly, 1:20 p. m. Recall, 3:30 p. m. ' Guard mount, first call, 6 p. m. : Assembly, 6:10 p. m. Tattoo, 9:30 p. m. Call t quarters, 10:45 p. m. Taps, 11 j, m. Contrary to general impression, the soldier can star out all night, but he must report for duty at 6 a. m. A Fort Crook car is conveniently sched uled to arrive at the post at 5:50 a. m. The soliier ca lot be absent without leave between the hours of 6 a. m. and 6 p. m. With the great national defense lot tery written into history, the next step in the plan for raising a gigantic army to uphold America's honor on the fields of Europe is in order. The following men have been ap pointed for Douglas county and for five Omaha precincts: Oscar J. Pickard, 6002 Center, chair man; Wayland Magee, Bennington, clerk; Dr. Wilson H. Reed, Benson, physician. This board is for Douglas county and includes Florence and Benson. The Omaha city board is: First District-W. G. Ure, H. G. Meyers, Dr. C C. Morrison. Second . District Perry Wheeler, J. L. Breen, Dr. E. Shindel. Third District C C Redwood, W. V. McComb, Dr A.- S. Pinto. ' Fourth District Clyde C. Sunblad, E. Bradyf 3r. C W. Pollard. Fifth District Charles E. Foster, A. J. Latimo'r, Dr. R. R. Hollister, Omaha Chinese Drawn. The United States draft army will put up an appearance in. France that never has been equalled in the history of European wars, if such citizens as the following are taken. If he is a voter he will be taken the same as any American. One of the latest additions to the Omaha draft army is a Chinese, Kai Chew Chin. His draft number was 390 and he resides at Fourteenth and Farnam. Emperor William Confers With Leaders of Reichstag Copenhagen, July 21. According to the Berlin National Zeitung, Vice Chancellor Helfferich acted as host at a conference Emperor William had with leaders of the Reichstag today,