Omaha Sunday
PART ONE.
NEWS SECTION
PAGES ONE TO TEN
THE WEATHtR "
Fair
VOL. XLVH NO. 7.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1917 FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-TWO PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OF
GREAT STRUGGLE RESULT ,
IN GENERAL ALLIED GAINS
Central Powers Sustain Numerous Momentous Setbacks;
Two Crown Heads Fall and Three New Nations
Are Bora; United States, Portugal and
Roumania Enter Fight.
The third year of the worlekwar closes with the fortunes or
conflict favoring the allies.
The central powers sustained momentous setbacks, both
military and political, during the twelve months.
On both thf western and eastern fronts in Europe the
. Teutons find themselves on the defensive at the advent of the
fourth year. They fight on lines newly established after forced
retirement from terrain which they had won in earlier days at a
tremendous sacrifice. .
Meanwhile new enemy powers, no-9
tably the United States, have been
drawn in by the central empires and
progress toward the achievement of
the ultimate aim of the entente and its
allies has been furthered by political
disturbances which will remain mem
orable in the history of all "time.
Chief among these are the fall of
two crowned heads Nicholas of Rus
sia and Constantine of Greece. In
Russia autocracy has given way to a
republic. "In Greece a kingdom re
mains, but not a pro-Teutonic one, en
tente pressure having won supremacy
jn this part of the Balkans.
Discussions in Reichstag.
Political events within the German
and Austrian empires, featured by the
fall of Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg, have led to'open discussions
:of peace in the German Reichstag as
the fourth year dawns.
- In Great Britain the third year
closed with Winston Spencer Churchill,-former
' first lord of the admir
alty, returned to, the cabinet with the
portfolio of minister of munitions.
Portugal and Roumania threw in
their fortunes with the entente shortly
after the third year began. The United
States enterid in April, followed by
Cuba and Liberia. Panama pledged
the United States its aid in defending
the Panama canal. -Costa Rica put
its naval bases at our disposal.
China, Bolivia, Guatemala and Brazil
severed diplomatic relations with Ger
many. Uruguay expressed its sym
pathy for the United States. Late -in
July Siam-.cntered the war against
the Central Powers.
Three new nations were bor;i dur
ing the year. Poland was created a
kingdom under German and Austrian
direction. In Mecca the Arabians
overthrew Turkish rule and declared
independence. In the Balkans, liberty
was restored to Albania, which was
established as a republic under Italian
political protection and with French
military aid.
Dead Number Millions.
An estimate made two months before
the end of the third year voiced, by
Arthur Henderson of the British -war
council placed the number of men
killed at 7,000,000 since August, 1914.
French general headquarters recent
ly estimated 1,500.000 Germans had
been killed up to March 1. Mr. Henderson-
estimated the total casualties
at more than 45,000,000.
The first and second American con
tingents of troops lanfled in France
on June 26 and 27.
. Nearly 10,000,000 Americans of mil
itary age registered on June 5 under
(Continued on Puge Four, Column One.)
Does Kitchener
' Yet Live? Sifter
Believes He Dops
(Hy Atsovinteri 1'reits.) I
London, Jul ys. me statement
bv Mrs. Parker, sister of Lord!
Kitchener, that she "believes her
brother to be alive and did not go
down with the cruiser Hampshire,
has revived a rumor which has re
curred in England during the year
past. Asked by an interviewer today
on what grounds she based her be
lief, Mrs. Parker replied:
ill n11 ....... n-tifit (rffimulc
' I believe it. In fact I do not want to
go into any details whatever."
The orig'inal rumor was that a let
ter had been received from a British
prisoner in Germany saying that
Lord Kitchener was a prisoner there.
The letter -was never traced and the
rumor was considered a canard.
Von Kuhlmann May
Succeed Zimmermann
. CoDenhagen, July 28. German I
Newspapers report that the German
ambassador at Constantinople, Dr.
Richard von Kuhlmann has been or
dered to Berlin to confer with Dr.
Michaelis, the imperial chancellor. In
.German political circles it is believed
that Dr. von Kuhlmann will be ap
pointed to succeed Dr. Alfred Zim
mermann as secretary for foreign af
' fairs.
Russian Government
Extends Scope of Censorshin
Petrograd. July 28. New Orders is
sued by the provisional government
extended the scope of the censorship.
Publication of any military informa
tion which might assist the enemy is
prohibited. Anyone infringing the
order is liable to sixteen months' im
prisonment and a fine of 10,000 rubles.
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REED HAS RIGHT
TO BRiNG H1SSUIT
FOR INJUNCTION
Three Judges Rule He Had Au
thority to Invoke the Junkin
Act to End the Omaha
Strike Trouble.
The state of Nebraska, on relation
of Attorney General Reed, won a
.point in its injunction suit gainst
the Business Men's association and
Omaha unions when Judge . Leslie,
Judge Sears and Judge Redick, sitting
in equity court, held it was within
the power of the official, to bring the
action. ' '
Attorneys for the union had ar
gued, in support of a demurrer to the
injunction proceedings, that the attor
ney general did not have the right to
invoke the Junkin act in his attempt
to end Omaha strike troubles.
Hearing on additional phases of the
demurrer was set over till Monday.
Three district judges will then have
to decide whether the alleged acts in
restraint of trade, as charged by At
torney General Reed against the un
ions and the Business Men,'s asso
ciation, are sufficient to warrant a per
manent injunction.
If the demurrer is sustained the case
will be ended. Should it be over
ruled the attorney general's injunc
tion suit will be heard on. its merits.
The legal fight arising out of the
unions' demurrer to the attorney gen
eral's original suit is a three-cornered
one.
Attorneys for the Business Men's
association claim the right to argue
on the demurrer because of . their
cross-petition to the injunction suit, in
which they deny any "conspiracy"
with the unions in the alleged acts
in restrain, of trade. '
Deputy Attorney General Munger is
representing the state. ,
Negroes in New York Make
. Silent Parade Aqainst Riots
New York, July 28. Negro men,
women and children, estimated to
number 10,000, marched down Fifth
avenue this afternoon in a "silent pro
test" parade against the race riots in
East St. Louis and other sections of
the country. Negro children from
Sunday anpublic schools in the city
led the parade, followed by the
women garbed in white, with the men
bringing up the rear.
Prussian Minister of
Agriculture Quits Office
Copenhagen, July7 28. The news of
the retirement of Dr. von Schorlemer,
Prussian minister of agriculture, is
confirmed by his personal organ, the
Deutsches Tages Zeitung. It appears
he is retiring rather than accept a
program of franchise reform.
Japanese Destroyer Smashes
Periscope of Undersea Boat
London, July 28. A Japanese tor
pedo boat destroyer smashed the peri
scope of a hostile submarine in the
Mediterranean and undoubtedly de
stroyed the undersea boat, according
to dispaichej received toay.
Police Say Man Who Escaped From
Hospital is Not
Louis Goldsmith, the fugitive from
justice who escaped Friday night from
St. Joseph's hospital with the aid of
two friends, is either hidden in some
residence in Omaha or is dead, accord
ing to the belief of the police.
"The man's condition was such,"
said Dr. Charles Shook, "that any
amount of motoring would doubtless
kill him."
Goldsmith was arrested on Wed
nesday by Detectives Dolan and La
hey. when he was found in the Wise
Memorial hospital, recovering from
an operation.
The detectives ordered him removed
to the count. jail,, but when he was
a. it
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Americans in France
To Be Known as "Amexes"
Paris, July 28. The American
troops in Francs have chosen their
own soubriquet, according to the
Matin today, adopting the name
"Amexes.' This was formed by
piecing together the first two letters
of the words, "American expedi
tion," in a manner similar to that
adopted in forming the word "An
sae," by which the Australian and
New Zealand troops in the British
forces are known.
PIS START
TUESDAY FOR
OMAHAQUOTA
No Claims for Exemptions to
Be Heard Until All of the
Omaha List is Ex
amined. Douglas county exemption boards
have received their-master lists of
numbers drawn in Washington for
the draft and began sending out no
tices to men to appear for examina
tion next week.
Examinations will begin Tuesday
and continue three days.
A third of 'double of the quota of
drafted men in each exemption dis
trict will be examined each day, ac
cording to the present plan.
As soon as the master lists were
received, work of making four copies
of the lists of drafted men to be
called in each district was begun.
These lists will be posted and cop
ies sent to the newspaper offices.
Examinations First.
About 3,000 drafted men will be
examined before a single claim for
exemption will be heard.
-." Exemption board officials reiterate
their assertion that no men will be
allowed to make, claims for exemp
tion until examinations for physical
defects likely to disqualify for army
service are made.
The first notices calling men before
exemption . boards for examination
will be, delivered in the mails Mon
day morning. . They will be the ones
sent out this afternoon.
Exemption boards plan to work all
night if necessary in order to get
ready to 'conduct the first examina
tions' Tuesday morning.
Additional doctors are to be called
in to help the one physician on each
of the six exemption boards in Doug
las county. ...
Mother of Bollinger
Baby Dies of Broken Heart
Chicago, July 28. The death of
Baby Bollinger, the hopelessly de
formed infant, whose life a physician
refused to save in November, 1915, is
believed to have been responsible for
the death yesterday of Mrs. Anna
Bollinger, the baby's mother.
After the bav s death, said Allen
Bollinger, "my wife fell into a settled
melancholy and wasted away. If ever
a woman died of a broken heart she
did." - .V
The Baby Bollinger case attracted
attention throughout the countryThe
physician asserted that if the child s
life had been prolonged by an opera
tion it would probably have been an
imbecile and so crippled by physical
defects as to have been a burden to
itself and others.
South China Breaks
Away from Peking
London, July 28. The outlook in
China is very serious and a cornplete
rupture between the north and south
seems inevitable, according to a dis
patch from Shanghai to the Times.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who recently was
reported to be leading the rebels
near Swatow has gone to Canton to
organize a league of the southern and
southwestern provinces. Proclama
tions refusing to recognize the gov
ernment at Peking have been issued
in Kwang-Tung, a southeastern prov
ince. Emma Goldman Given
Freedom on $25,000 Bond
New York, July 28. Emma Gold
man, the anarchist, convicted of con
spiracy to obstruct the selective draft
law, brought here from the federal
prison at Jefferson City, Mo., for a
hearing on an appeal from the sen
tence, was today released on $25,000
bail. -
Able to Live Long
examined by physicians there, he was
ordered to St. Joseph's hospital, as
his condition was too serious to war
rant his beinft kept in a cell.
While in St. Joseph's he was not
guarded on accoun' of the supposed
impossibility of his escape in that con
dition. Friday night two men called on
him with bundles and spirited him
away in a large touring car. Since
then no trace has been found of him.
and the opinion that he is dead or
being protected in some Omaha resi
dence is prevalent among the police.
Goldsmith is wanted in New York
for the alleged theft of $500 from a
furniture house there.
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The Bee9 s Unflinching Americanism
Costs Us a Subscriber
What Omaha Paper Will He Now Read the Hyphenated
" World-Herald, or the German Tribune?
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UNION PACIFIC
ASKS EXEMPTION
FOR NO EMPLOYE
Some Men Are Vital to the Rail
v road, but Must Ask for
, . Their Own Exemp
tions. President Calvin of the Union Pa
cific announces that his road will make
no request for the exemption of any
of their employes from the national
draft army, although the men may
make thejr own appljeatjon for ex
emption, v ' .
"There is probably.no class of em
ployes more essential to the conduct
ofjhat vitaj .part, of the work of war
preparation, wicn it is necessary to
carry on at home, than the men en
gaged in the work of transportation,"
saidMr. Calviu. .
"Railroad employes all over the
country are putting a new spirit
into their work, a spirit of pa
triotism. Everywhere we have evi
dence of this new spirit in the con
stant increasing efficiency of the rail
road machine, which, as we all know,
has been welded into one great na
tional organization under the direc
tion of the railroad's war board, in
Washington.
"All questions of individual rights
and individual preferences which usu
ally accompany competition between
private owners, are wiped out for the
period of the war.
Will Rely on Examiners.
"The Union Pacific will rely upon
the judgment of the exemption boards
in the matter of who shall be taken
and who shall be left beind. No man
should be left behind unless his work
here is vital, so vital that-his place
cannot readily be filled by another.
"We or. the Union Pacific, however,
will not ask on our own behalf the
exemption of even such men as these
We will be very glad to explain fully
the law and the rules of the exemp
tion board to all of our employes who
desire to ask exemption upon their
own behalf. There are many men in
our employment whose work here is
vital, and if such men ask our advice
we will Lc glad to give it, but the re
quest for exemption will have to
come from the men themselves.
. inc task in wnicn our nation is
now engaged is the greatest and most
splendid tp.sk that men have ever been
called upon to perform, and the part
which the union Pacific Railroad
company and its executive and ad
ministrative officers will olavt is one
of full and complete co-operation,
both in spirit and in deed, with the
authorities in charge of our nation's
destinies."
Red Cross Wants Expert
Drivers and Mechanics
Washington, July 28. Twenty ex
perienced truck drivers, twenty help
ers and ten expert mechanics are
needed immediately by the American
Red Cross for service in France, ac
cording to cable advices today to the
Red Cross war council. The nrechani
cal squad will include master carpen
ters, body builders, painters, machin
ists and electricians.
The men will operate and keep in
repair a number of two-ton auto
trucks used in transporting Red Cross
supplies from seaports to destinations
in the interior. ,
Volunteers beyond military age are
desired. All expenses will be paid,
but the men will be expected to work
without compensation.
Argentine Thanks U. S.
For Visit of Fleet
Buenos Aires, July 28. The Cham
ber of Deputies unanimously adopted
a resolution to inform the United
States congress of its"satisfaction of
the American squadron, saying it
manifested at the same time the soli
darity of the two countries. ,
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TWO MORE MEN
INTERNED HERE
BY UNCLE SAM
Declared Menace to the Public
Peace and Safety and Are
Ordered Taken to Fort
Douglas, Utah.
Orders for the internment of two
wither men in Nebraska who are
deemed "a menace to the public peace
and safety"' were received by United
States Marshal Flynn from the office
of the United States 'attorney general.
The men are John Fentrohs and
Jolur Crabert. Fentrohs is one of the
men who beat ' and tortured a man
who was outspoken in his patriotism.
This happened near Dunning, Neb.,i
about three weeks ago. Fentrohs has
been in the county jail at Lincoln
since then. ' '
Grabert is an Industrial Worker of
the World agitator who was arrested
on the South Side a few weeks ago
with anti-American literature in his
possession. He has been in the Doug
las county jail since that time.
oamp at Fort Douglas, Utah, and will
be taken out by the marshal next
week.
Federal officers are also watching
some Omaha men who are very pro
nounced in their pro-German sympa
thies and expressions.
Steamship Eastland
Converted Into Gunboat
Chicago, July 28. The steamer
Eastland which turned over in the
Chicago river two years ago, causing
the death of more than 800 excursion
ists, is practically re"ady for service
as a gunboat of the United States
navy. The steamer has been rebuilt
and cut down so that it will be more
seaworthy and will be able to steam
about twenty-two knots an hour.
When the government takes the East
land into service its name will be
changed to Wilmette. It will carry
four three-inch guns and four three
pounders and probably will be used
as a training ship on the great lakes,
it is said.
Major Would Become
Captain to Get to Front
San Francisco, Cal., July 28. The
exceptional spectacle of an army of
ficer trying to get himself demoted
caused colonels and generals to open
their eves here today. Dr. P. S.
Chancellor of Chicago, a major in
the medical reserve corps, is the man.
He wanted to be a captain, he said,
in order to go to the front with a
new unit; and it was understood that
this would be permitted.
German Women Soldiers Are Among
Captives Taken by Russian Women
Petrograd, Friday, July 27 When
the Russian woman's battalion, known
as the "command of death," went into
action against the Germans near
Smorgoii, July 25, they captured a
number of women from whom it was
learned for the first time that German
women also were fighting on the bat
tle front in western Russia. ,
Ten wounded heroines of the
women's battalion arrived in Petro
grad today, leaving their commander,
Vera EutchkarefT, and Marya bkryd-
loff, a, daughter of Admiral Skrydloff.
former commander of the Baltic fleet
and minister of marine, in a hos
pital at Vitebsk.
Interviewed, the women said it was
reported that of the 200 of the com
mand who reached the front, only
fifty remained. Twenty were kiHed,
eight were taken prisoner and all the
rest were wounded.
Several times," said one wounded
AMERICAN ARMY
IS SAFE AT SOME
EUROPEAN PORT
Another Contingent Disembarks Quietly and at Once
Takes Trains for Training Camp in War Zone;
Washington Refuses to Give Information
and Asks Report be Killed.
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A European Port, July 28. Another American contingent
has safely arrived and disembarked.
The American troops arrived by the same steamer on
which Kermit Roosevelt, his wife and child traveled. When
tenders went alongside the vessel Friday, the men were in
high spirits and frequently shouted :
"Are we downhearted?" which was answered with a roar
ing "No," given with great enthusiasm.
Representatives of the general staff watched the disembar-
CAMP DODGE SITE
MOST BE CLEANED
UP-MAJOR CRAFT
District Has Making of Second
Chickamauga; Says Federal
Sanitary Engineer; Iowa
Health Board Acts.
Des Moines, la., July 28. (Special.)
Camp Dodge and the five townships
adjoining it will constitute . a civil
sanitar district in which rigid sani
tary requirements will be made and
enforced, it was decided at a meeting
of government, state; county and city
officials in the board of health rooms
at the state house today. .
Among other things the require
ments will include!
Survey of the entire district, which
includes the townships of Crocker,
Jeffertion, Madison, Saylor and Web
ster and the incorporated towns of
Ankeny, Grimes and Polk City.
Establishment of some modern
method of (sewage disposal. '
Thorough examination of the water
supply and methods followed in ob
taining and using water.
Strict enforcement of modern sani
tary rules as recommended by the
state and government. .
SANITARY CONDITIONS BAD.
Major E. D. Craft, chief sanitary
engineer for the government, who met
with the officials today, declared that
Camp Dodge and vicinity had the
"makings of a second Chickamauga"
unless rigid sanitary regulations were
established and enforced
"At Chickamauga whole regiments
were furloughed home because the
men were stricken with disease," he
said. "I have been making some pre
liminary survey around Camp Dodge
and I want to say you have the mak
ings of a second Chickamauga there.
"There arc open vaults in, which
maggots and flies are breeding which
will spread typhoid, meningitis and
other diseases. 1 believe that unless
we make a thorough cleanup we will
have an outbreak of disease in the
camp within ninety days after it is
opened, and many of the do.vs will be
incapacitated as soldiers. This would
mean we would have to draw a large
number to take their plices."- ,
Fourteen Thousand for Survey. ,
Dr. Paul Preble, representing the
government public health department,
declared th.- it would require some
$14,000 to make the survey and do
other work necessary. After some
debate it was agreed that the stat,
county and city woul' put up an equal
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Temperance Bar Now
For Big Harvard Club
New York, July 28. The Har
vard club with approximately 5,000
members has established a soda
fountain and temperance bar. It is
perhaps the largest club of its kind
in the country. This novelty in club
life is due to the fact that already
900 of its members are in military
and naval service and are forbidden
by law to drink alcoholic beverages
while in uniform.
i girl, "we attacked the Germans. Es-
pecially n'emorable was our attack at
Novospassky wood, near Smorgon,
where the enemy, hearing the voices
of girls, lost their nerve. The result
was that many of them were killed,
wounded or taken prisoner
Amonr th: prisoners were a few
women, from whom we learned for
the first time that German women
also were fighting.
"We did not feel the slightest fear
of our personal safety. Our passion
was to serve the fatherland. We ad
vanced gaily against the foe with
laughter and song, our only unpleas
ant seitiments being when we first
came to the corpses. Once, when re
plying to the enemy's severe rifle and
machine gun fire, we discovered to
our amazement that all our men com
rades a the neighboring trenches had
treacherously fled, leaving us a
handful of women to face the enemy
alone.'' i
kation. There was no civic demonstra
tion. Only a few spectators knew of
the landing. These cheered and the
troops cheered back.
The men entrained quickly and left
for their new quarters. A signal com-
pany .remained at the port for some
hours and these were the only repre
sentatives of the contingent which the
public Saw.
U. S. Censor Tries to Kill Report.
Washington, July 28. At 9:40,
o'clock this morning, five hours after
its receipt, the Associated Press re-
ceived from the committee on public
iniormauon a request to kill the dis
natch from a European port announc
ing the sate 'arrival of another con
tingent of American troops.
The Associated Press- saw no rea
son for killing the dispatch inasmuch
as it disclosed no military informa
tion of a character to betray the lo
cation or description of the troops
and furthermore because the dispatch
had been passed through the official'
censorship in Europe.-
The chief censor of the War de
partment told a representative of the
Associated Press he was surprised
that the dispatch had been passed by.
the censor abroad, because he sup
posed an undcrstandjng had been
reached with the allied governments
as to what character of news rcspectr
ing American military forces was to
be transmitted freely to the United
States.- The Associated Press, too,
has been given to understand that
such an arrangement had been 'made.
Since July 5 no request has been
made of the Associated Press to
withhold or submit dispatches from,
abroad prior to publication.
The committee on public informa
tion asked that all dispatches relating
to troop movements be referred to it
for revision, but declined to say
whether a , representative c"ould be
reached throughout the night to pass
upon inquiries.
New Officers Efficient.
With the American Forces in
France, July 28. The hard train
ing which the American troops
are now undergoing is bringing out
a marked degree of efficiency in young
officers,-who recently joined the army,
having undergone training at Platts
burg or at other camps.
Regular army officers are particu
larly struck by the enthusiasm with
which these men have plunged into
their work. They declare that the
quality of these men, sets at rest any .
doubt as to the high standard of lead
ership in America's vast new army.
The colonel of one of the old line
American regiments, standing, today
watching the work of one of his bat
talions in which many reserve offi- .
ccrs are serving, exclaimed:
"They are simply splendid! I can
not say enough about them. I have ,
never seen a. finer class of young
officers anywhere. With very little,
preliminary guidance they have shown
themselves capable of taking over en
tire direction of the battalions. They
have brought to their work not only
much of the technique of professional
soldiers, but the high morale and en
thusiasm of men who have been at
tracted1 to military service by natural
inclination." ,
Wants New Men Sent at Once.
The colonel further expressed what
seems to be the opinion of most of
ficers already here, that as many of
these officers from the training camps
as can possibly be spared should be
sent to France at the earliest possible
date to undergo intensive training in
the actual war zone.'also to have ex
perience in the trcncl.es, so that they
will be fitted to act as instructors to
the American troops as they arc
landed. There is a feeling that these
young officers should not be held in
America until the regiments to which
it is proposed to assign them are
actually formed, but should come in,
advance of their regiments, so that
they can direct the final training of
their men here.
The men of the expeditionary
forces have settled down into the
routine of the new training quickly
and are progressing as rapidly as
their officers expected. They are up
at S o'clock in the morning and reach
the training grounds not later than t
7:45, drilling and digging without in
terruption until 11:30.
After half an hour for lunch and
another hour for rest they drill again
from 1 until 4:30 o'clock. The men
lunch in the field, having sandwiches
and other cold rations prepared for
them before they leave camp each
morning. The French soldiers, who
are training the Americans, rest from -11
to 2 o'clock. They have field
kitchens and eat a hot midday meal.
Experts at Bomb Throwing.
As was to be expected the Amer
ican, soldiers have taken naturally to"""
bomb throwing. They like that part
of the daily program better than any
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