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TTVir Omaha Daily ,VOL. XLVII NO. 31. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1917. TEN PAGES. O Train,, ! Hnlll, N, SUafli. Etc., Se SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. AT HE FIEND ATM YOUNG WOMAN -Sl .Bee THE WEATHER j Fair RUSSIA'S STRONG MAN LM; BANDIT HOLDS UP AUTOS WITH SOLDIERS, ROBS OCCUPANTS AND MISTREATS ONE OF GIRLS Two Automobiles Stopped, One Man Shot and Twelve Persons Robbed by Highwayman at Council Bluffs City Limits; Uses True Cave Man JVlethods In Handling Victims. A fiend of the Art Hauser type, armed with a large re volver, held up and robbed twelve persons on the Mynster Springs road at the city limits of Council Bluffs Sunday night, shot arid wounded one man, attacked one woman and was only prevented from attacking a second by the pleadings of her hus band and the screams of her two T. H. Youne. 3620 West Broadway,' 3. and Charles Wright, 3627 Third av enue, both members of the Dodge En gineers of Council Bluffs, reported to the police that at 11 o'clock Sunday night they were out riding in an au tomobile loaned to them by Captain Howard, their commander in the Dodge Engineers. With them were Anna Davis, . 728 First avenue, and Viola Cusworth of Woodbine, la., who is visiting Miss Davis. Accosted by Highwayman. At the point where North Harri so;. street becomes the Mynster Springs road, a very secluded spot, the young men told the police, a lone highwayman, armed with a large re volver, leaped upon the running board of their machine and gruffly ordered them to stop and throw up their hands. Reluctant to obey the order, the voung men hesitated a moment, whereupon the bandit deliberately iired at Young. The shot tore off one or his fingers at the first joint. - The man then robbed Young of $.25, Wright of $16 and the young women of sonic small change they tarried. Threatening his victims by brand shing the revolver, the fiend then ittacked one of the young women. Just as the highwayman had" taken heir money, a second automobile con taining two men ad two women drove up. 'This car also was stopped and its occupants forced to get out. Takes Air From Tires. , Following the attack upon the voting woman the bandit forced the driver of the second car to remove the air from all four of his tires. His next move was to compel Young and Wright to drive him back, to town. He made the young soldiers drive him directly through the heart of the city, even within half a block of the police station, and to the new Northwestern elevator, where he left them and escaped in the darkness. Young and- Wright hurried to the police station to report the affair. During the entire ride from the scene of the holdup Miss Cusworth was un conscious and remained so-at the sta tion for an hour before she was re vived. The identity of the four persons in he second car held up, is unknown rts they have made no report of the occurence to the police. Another Victim. Chris Peterson, employe of the Woodward Candy company, was a previous victim of the brute, lie was riding in a buggy with his, wifeand two children. At an hour earlier at the same point where the two auto mobiles were stopped, he was held up by the bandit, who robbed him of what money he had. The bandit started to attack Peter son's wife and was only prevented by the pleadings of the husband and the screams of the 'two children. Descriptions of the bandit given by Young, Wright and Peter oti tally exactly, so police have no onttniirri on I'aite Two, Column Four.) The Weather For Nebraska Fair. Temperatures at Omalia TeRterdny. Hour. Dcfr. B a. m. . ., 7 3 H a. m , . . 73 7 a. m 74 X a. m 77 9 a. m SO 10 a. m 82 11 a. m 8 1 12 m 8 1 p. m.'J 87 2 p. in 81 s p. m , 89 4 p. m 80 a p. in.,.' 89 6 p. m.. 88 7 p. m 86 8 p. m 83 Comparative Loral Record. 1917. 1916. 1915 1914. Highest yesterday 90 89 91 Lowest yesterday 73 76 6 69 Mean temperature .. 82 ?fl 71 80 rreclpltalion 00 T .08 T Temperature and precipitation departures from tlie normal: Normal temperature 77 Excess for the day 6 Totul deflclnnry ntneo Alarch 1 216 .Normal precipitation 12 Inch etc!ency for the day 13 Inch ToU! rainfall since March 1.. . .15.79 inches Deficiency aince March 1 1.43 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 7.55 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. .39 Inch Reports from Stations at 1 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Kaln ot Weather. Id. m. est. fall. Cheyenne, ralnlns; 72 88 T Davenport, clear 82 84 .20 Denver, cloudy 83 90 .00 St. Louis, cloudy 76 88 1.28 Oklahoma City, clear.. .,92 98 .00 Lander, cloudy 86 94 .06 North Flatte. clear .... 88 94 .00 iiaha, clear 86 90 .00 t'ueblo, cloudy 82 9J .24 Rapid City, pt. cloudy. tH 100 .00 Salt Lake City, cloudy 80 92 .00 Santa Ke, cloudy 78 ' 86 .01 Sheridan, cloudy 96 100 .on .Sioux City, clear '88 90 " .00 Valentine, clear 82 94 .00 T indicates trace of precipitation. I.. A. WELSH, Meteorologist. children. BUTLER-PARKS IN HOT ROW OVER STREET PAVING Parks Places Fellow Commis sioner in Jerry Howard Class; Direct Assertion Salary is Not Earned. Members of a number of improve ment club committees, present by re quest in the city council chamber to discuss Mhe paving conditions of Greater Omaha were thrilled by the heated remarks hurled by Commis sioners Butler and Parks against each other. The verbal battle, which is said to have been one of the worst ever heard in the city council chamber, was the result of an alleged interview given oiit"ty "'Commissioner Butler attacking Parks. , . - "You tell the papers what ought to be done instead of doing it," Com missioner Parks shouted. "You're drawing $4,500 a year for working yourself in the Jerry Howard class, doing nothing but knocking." "When I voted for Parks," Butler said in an icy voice, "I thought I was voting for a man who was fitted for office. I realize that I made a mis take." Butler than added that Parks was running his office in such a loose manner that he did 'not know what was going on. "I'm earning my money," Parks said as he rose in his seat. "I doubt it," Butler replied. In support of his assertion that he was conducting his office in the proper manner and that Butler was not, Parks told of how Butler pre viously had taken the word of work foremen as to the number of men on certain jobs. "When I went to see one of the workmen I often was told by, the foreman in charge that that man had just been let off to pay his taxes or (Continued on Page Two, C'olnmn Three.) Americans Take Over Hospital at Neuilly Paris, July 23. The American am bulance at Neuilly, which was organ ized by the American colony in Paris and in which some hundreds of resi dent Americans have worked nursing French wounded, became an Ameri can army hospital today. The ceremony, which was a simple one, took place in a large ward which had been cleared for the purpose. -It was filled with surgeons, physicians, nurses, members of the American col ony and officials of the French sani tary service. Major George P. Reed of the medi cal corps, U. S. A., will be in charge of the hospital from tomorrow. In cordial letters lie has requested the heads of the departments and their staffs to remain on duty at the ambu lance. Freight Rates on Coal Increased Fifteen Cents Ton Washington, July 23. Orders per mitting western railways to increase coal and coke rates 15 cents a ton were entered today by the Interstate Commerce commission in a large number of individual applications in which the roads had made for spe cific increases. The commission's or der was in accordance with its de cision in the 15 per cent case, in which it held that the western railroads withdrawing specific applications might file tariff rates increasing rates 15 cents per ton. The rates are effective August 4, next, and the roads are given ninety days thereafter to adjust any inequali ties which may result. Council Bluffs Woman Is Seriously Injured Aberdeen, S. D.; July 23. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Mary Therlke of Council Bluffs, la., is in a local hos pital with a fractured skull, caused by stepping from a moving Milwau kee train as it pulled into Aberdeen. When a trainman called the station, Mrs. .Thcrkle, only partly awake, stepped from the train while it was several blocks from the stopping point. She was on her way to Mo bridge, 5. D., to visit licr sister. BATTERED GERMAN STRONGHOLD AT MESSINES RIDGE A British official photo graph showing the remains of a one-time German stronghold at Messines Ridge after the British artillery got through with it. tMULLJllLlLIIIIHIIHim W -V I ' ' - . " ; ' , J tXHs7s cii t-:-.- r 'm .4Mi . vi. :fk& n Msasssw. . -w.v .v.. w .-i1 m-u vjwr-' v. mm a YJ5ECK OF 31RSSJ1"TII2ID6- BUMPER CROP OF CORN IN STATE IF RAIN FALLS Indications Fine, According to the Latest Crop Report Is sued by the Burling ton Road. Although rain is needed, especially in the western part of the state, crop prospects for Nebraska continue bright, according to the weekly re port of Burlington division superin tendents. - ?-;: - Soil, the report relates, is in fair condition. Soil is dry on top and rain would be acceptable at all points, especially on the McCook division. Corn is reported to be in a very satisfactory condition and made ex cellent progress during the last week. Ground is already too dry on the Mc Cook division for best results, but the corn is not yet seriously damaged. The critical stage will be reached this week, when the corn will begin to silk and tassel. If rain comes Nebraska's corn crop will be all that can be desired, as the estimates of condition at present are: Omaha division, 100 per cent; Lincoln divi sion, 98 per cent; Wymore division, 104 per cent, and McCook division, 90 per cent of an average crop. This means Nebraska will have the best corn crop in years if the rain comes. If it fails the crop probably will run but' little less than average. , Wheat Forecast Correct. Winter wheat has been quite gen erally harvested along the Burlington lines. Both yield and quality are re ported good. The forecast of 12, 000,000 bushels for Nebraska ajid 51, 000,000 bushels for Kansas is reported as correct. Spring wheats, oats and barley have been harvested and. while no thresh ing has been done, indications are that the vield will live tip to the fore cast of 93.000,000 bushels of oats, 6,250,000 bushels of wheat and 4,500, 000 bushels of barley. Potatoes continue to do well, but unless rain falls within the week the crop will be materially shortened. More Than Billion and Half Now Loaned to Allies Washington, July 23. Loans of $75,000,000 to Russia and $60,000,000 to France today brought the total sum advanced to the allies within the last three months up to $1,523,000,000. FRENCH WIN AGAIN AT VERDUN The many attempts of the German crown prince to retake the lost positions northwest of Verdun have culminated in a smashing defeat. German official reports admit that the French have driven through their lines in the Malancourt Woods (1) and the French claim that they defeated every effort the Germans to hold the Avocourt Woods and Hill 804 (2). The Berlin report asserts that the French suffered a reverse along the Malancourt road (3). Buss Radical Lenine h Agent of Kaiser Stockholm, July 23. The state ment of General Brussiloff that Nickolaic Lenine, the Russian radi cal socialist, is an agent of the German general staff, has thrown light on rumors which have been heard repeatedly here that several men, who are known in Stockholm to be in the German service, also have close relations with the local representatives of the Bolsheviki, or radical Russian socialists, and through them with Lenine. The Bolsheviki committee here has denied all charges of this nature in the politiken. HOUSE LEADERS 4-0PP0SE SENATE FOOD MEASURE Congressional Committee for Conducting War and Cur tailing of Hoover Powered Marked for Attack. (By Associated Frsss.) Washington, July 23. Administra tion house leaders are preparing for a determined fight in conference on certain features of the food control bill as rewritten in the senate. The senate amendments to provide for a joint congressional committee on the conduct of the war and for a board of three members to control food will be singled out for a deter mined attack. i At the White House there were in dications today that President Wilson will throw his personal strength against the' food bill proposal inserted by senators to limit the power of Herbert Hoover. No statement was forthcoming as to the administration view on the proposed congressional committee, but it is known stuong in fluences are opposed to it. Oppose Liquor. ' Vigorous opposition is fVeveToping along the senate liquor" and $2 a bushel wheat amendments. Prohibi tion advocates in the house want to force acceptance of the house bone dry provision or at least to compro mise on a provision giving the presi dent some control over the light wines and power to commandeer dis tilled liquors either in or out of bond. A large group of houe members are opposed to leaving any minimum price for wheat in the bill. &CM l C MILE tATTLllJNE. NO ORDERS YET FOR EXEMPTION BOARDS' DUTIES No Satisfaction for Those Who Try to Find Out Their 'Chances for Staying at Home. Local exemption boards! of which there are six in Douglas cotfhty five in Greater Omaha and one in the country, districts will not begin work until:. they get official orders from WlsIUng'ttfri. -:'.-""- v '.' Though members of the boards are being besieged by drafted men and their relatives, who would put out "feelers'" as lo the chances of so and so for exemption, these persons are given no satisfaction. "In my opinion, to approach a mem ber of the exemption board with any kind of a proposat that borders on the questionable is more serious than trying to bribe a juryman," said Act ing County Judge Sundblad of county court, chairman of one of the boards. No Orders Yet. Exemption boards have absolutely no information as to when they will begin conducting examinations and hearing claims for exemptions other than advice from Washington coming through the newspapers. Some board members expressed the belief official word will be received from the national capital the middle of this week. Acting County Judge Sundblad says there is a misunderstanding on the part of the putlie as to what the boards will do first. He says each board will summon the quota of men of its district and examine each man for physical de fects before a single claim for exemp tion will be considered.. "It will be useless for anyone to appear and claim exemption until the drafted men in each district have been examined," he said. . ' Blank forms and other, papers needed as equipment for exemption boards have been received from Wash ington. Strict orders are given that eye charts, to be used in testing eyes of drafted men, shall be put under lock and key when not in use. This will do away with the possibility of any one memorizing the letters and this way passing, a false test on eyes. Exemption board members say they have heard ot several drafted men who failed to get into the army or navy because of their eyes who are planning to get by conscription offi cials on this count. It is plain that not everyone is going to claim exemption. On the other hand, many drafted men are grooming themselves so as to be able to pass the physical test. Acting County Judge Sundblad re ceived a letter from a wife warning exemption officials that her husband, who was drafted, may try to claim exemption on her account. "He never did support me and our child, and I hope if he appears before you and says he has dependents, you'll soak him good," she writes. Exemption officials have his num ber and will be' waiting, for him. Sinn Feiners Appeal To the United States Washington, July 23. Two commu nications addressed to the president and congress of the United States containing pleas by the Sinn Feiners in Ireland for American ai in their demand for absolute independence from England were left at the White House today by Irish representatives. One document is signed by Patrick McCarten, in behalf of the provisional government of the Irish republic. The other is a facsimile of an ap peal signed by twenty-six officers of "forces formed independently in Ire land to secure the complete libera tion of the Irish nation," urging aid as a- fulfillment of the democratic principles enunciated in President Wilson's address to the. new Russian republic. Both are dated Dublin, June 18, 1917. KERENSKY IS GIVEN POWERS OF DICTATOR BY SOLDIERS, WORKMEN AND PEASANTS Strong Man of Russia Instructed by Most Powerful Body in New Republic to Restore Order at Home and at Front New Regime i to "be Known as Government of Public Safety. (By Associated Press.) "Unlimited powers" have been granted the Russian pro visional government under Premier Kerensky to grapple with the sinister forces threatening to wreck the new Russia, born of the March revolution. The 'grant comes from the most powerful representative body in the nation, the Council of Soldiers and Workmen dele gates and peasants of all Russia, assembled in Petrograd. The title of the ruling body, the "Government of National Safety," recalls immediately the famous Committee of Public Safety of 1793, formed in the crucial period of the French revo lution. With Kerensky serving not only as premier, but as TO MAIL MASTER DRAFT LIST TO STATESJODAY Mechanical Difficulties in Printing Delays Liabilty Fig ures, But Sheets Will Go Out at Once. (lly Askoc'lsted rrf.) Washington, July 23. The master list of the drawing last Friday which fixecLmilitary liabilities under the draft will not be ready tor distribution to the local exemption boards until to morrow. It had been hoped to mail it tonight to governors of states for distribution, but a delay resulted from mechanical difficulties in printing. Pending publication of this official result of the drawing no authentic in formation is available to check the unofficial report trausniited to the newspapers during the drawing. It is probable a copy of the official list,will be given out here tomorrbw. The governors will be furnished with two copies for each local board in their states. They will be asked to mail each copy separately to local othcials so as to insure delivery. To Notify Men. Immediately on receipts of their lists, each local board will cancel the numbers higher than the top red ink number in its district, and then from the remaining numbers enough men to make up double the district's quota will be notified to appear for physi cal examination. Provost Marshal General Crowder ruled today that posting at the board headqaurters of the list of men or dered to appear constitutes legal no tification, it therefore, is incumbent upon all registered men to learn their red ink numbers at once and to see that the board headquarters is watched when the list is posted. Those ordered up also will be no tified by mail, but the period allowed for appearance will count from the posting of the list. Free Until Listed. The ruling was in connection with an order issued by the War depart ment holding the ranks of the regu lar army open to registered men for voluntary enlistment up to the time such men have been posted as ordered to appear. The Navy department has been notified also that the army makes no claim upon any registered men until that time, so that registra tion is no bar to e'nlistment in the army, navy or National Guard. In apportioning draft quotas, credit was given for all voluntary enlist ments prior to June 30, but there has been no indication whether credits will be given for men coming in since that date. An average of more than 1,000 men a day has been reported by the regular recruiting stations alone, and counting the National Guard, it is probable (that the volun tary system has provided close to 50,000 men of the 687,000 called for under the draft act as necessary to fill up the regulars and guard and create the first increment of the na tional army. No announcement has been made as to what disposition will be made of this excess of credits, but it is en tirely likely that in the end every man who enlists voluntarily will re duce by one the quota of his home district. The office of provost marshal was swamped tday with applications for blanks requesting transfers of ex amination. AH who applied were told tnat no steps in that direction could be taken until the registrant had been called for examination. He then may secure necessary blanks from the board . ithin whose jurisdiction ne is at the time. His physical examination can be transferred and affidavits reg istering exemption claims may also be received and considered at a tempor ary residence. Every man finally certified for mili tary service, however, will return to the jurisdiction of his home board and go with the troops from his home town. 'minister of war and marine, it is ap parent , that vast powers are thus lodged in the hands of this one man suggesting those of a virtual dicta tor. The mandate of this committee is to restore internal order, both at the front and at home admittedly a dif ficult task in the face of the power ful influence both within an without the nation working against the pres ent regime. It is evidently one, how ever, with which Kerensky, conced edly the strongest man to be found for the task, is willing to grapple with all his widely-recognized force and ability. ' , Russian Army Indifferent. The wai situation for the moment demands consideration chiefly at the two points here the Germans have concentrated their main military efforts- the yielding portion of the Rus sian front in eastern Galici and th,. section of the French front near Cra- konne. In the former war theater there i little sign a., yet of a change in the temper of the disaffected Russian troops sufficient to, bring about an effective resistence .to the Teutonic progress which thrcatencs disaster to the Russian arms. ' ' Germanv Rushes in West Fail. On the western front there is a d.fferent story to tell. The desper ate onslaughts of the crown prince's fotces are being met with gallant re sistance and by General Petain's troops and such small bits of terri-. tory as have been gained by the'Ger mans have been dearly paid for., I Last n'ght the German assaults were renewed on the Lahtornie and Casemaetes plateaus, for the mastery of which colossal efforts are being put forth. Some headway was made on both these elevations, but General Pe tain's men are clinging bravely to them both, although driven out of first line trenches. The Germans at tacked the support trenches on the Californie plateau, but it was retained by the French in its entirety. Teutons Burn Towns. ' ' Today's official reports from the Galician front are little if any more encouraging than those of the last few days. While efforts are being made to restore order among the Kussian forces, the Austro-German offensive between the Strips and the Zlota Lipa is being pushed and addi tional villages have been occupied by the Teutons. Toward the northern end of the Russian front the situation is differ ent. The Russians have taken the of fensive and opened up a gap two miles deep in an important sector of the German line near Vilna, incident ally capturing more than 1,000 Ger- (Contlnafd on Tag Two, Colnmn One.) Canadian Highlanders Parade in Chicago Chicago, July 23. Kilts and tartans raptured the heart of Chicago today, when 200 of the Forty-eighth Cana dian Highlanders, headed by pipers and the regimental brass bands, pa-, raded through the downtown streets as a preliminary to a week of inten sive recruiting for the British army, as well as for the United States army. The Canadians, the first detachment of English soldiers' in actual service to march under arms on America territory since the evacuation of New Orleans in 1815,-were greeted with' cheers all along the line of i arch. The Sunday Score Advertising In The Bee (Warfield Afency Measurements.) Again Substantial Gains SUNDAY-, JULY 22, 1917 INCHEI Local Display .999 & Foreign Display 55 Automobile 624 Classified 794 H . Total... 2,473 SAME SUNDAY LAST YEAR Local Display 674 Foreign Display....... 102 Automobile 628 Classified 654' Total 1,959 GAIN 514 INCHES. Keep Your Eye Oiy The Be Improving Every- Day, v