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Omaha Daily
,VOL. XLVII NO. 31.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1917. TEN PAGES.
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THE WEATHER j
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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.
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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.
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