The ia THE WEATHER Fair; Cooler VOL. XLVII NO. 37. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1917. TEN PAGES. Wa.S.'KS'i. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Omai Daily RA IN SMES NEBRASKA CORN CROP; ill W ARMMTIMENT WEAKENING w V If STATEMENT OF MICHAELIS INTENDED TO BOLSTER DP FLAGGING PUBLIC OPINION Washington Officials Also Take View That Kaiser Hopes to Get Allies About Council Table and Instill Dif ferences That Will Divide Them; Rus sian Officials Amused. Washington, July 30.-German Chancellor Michaelis' peace interview is regarded at the State department as another German attempt to bolster up public opinion at home, appeal to the peace sentiment in enemy and neutral countries and create dissensions between the' allies. At the Russian embassy it was stated to be wholly incor rect in fact. State department officials say that while Germany at tempts by innuendo to fasten on breach with the new Russian democ racy, Michaelis makes no suggestion that Germany itself has in, any way revised its war program or accepted the principle of no annexation. The new attempt at peace is consid ered as hollow as the many others which have always followed a success ful offensive and which took iheir most tangible form in the official Ger man peace offer of December 12. The maneuver is viewed as similar to that one which had the purpose of getting the allies about a conference table where Germany hoped to instill differ ences between them and split up the alliance. The government, it is stated, will take no notice of the latest German effort. Secretary Lansing's speech, although delivered before the Michae lis interview was published, is taken as a complete answer in stating that peace can come only when the united foice of the world's democracies has overthrown the German militant sys tem. ; .... ., . 4 . s, Russ Officials Amused. . , Russian embassy 'officials were ajnused that the new Germah'chan cellor should make such a mistake as to say that Albert Thomas was sent to ,Petrograd "to overcome this remorse' of M. Tereschenko," whom he evidently thought to be Russian minister of foreign affairs, towards France's plans of conquest. They point out that M. Thomas went to Petrograd about three weeks after the revolution, that is, about March 1, and that his sole purpose was to get into communication with the Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's delegates, as a fellow socialist, to understand their point of view. At that time M. Tereschenko was practically unknown in France, as he had held the office, not of foreign secretary, but of minister of finance, for only two weeks. Milukoff was then foreign secretary and continued to conduct all the country's foreign affairs for the first six weeks of M. Thomas visit. M. Tereschenko suc ceeded him about two weeks before M. Thomas left for France, and the two men came to an absolute under standing which was publicly an nounced by Tereschenko. As a re sult of their agreement, Russia asked for a conference on war aims, and both France and England accepted the invitation. ' Signs of Weakness. London, July 30. Statements by Dr. Michaelis, German imperial chan cellor, and Count Czernin, the Aus-tro-Hungarian foreign minister, which are regarded here as obviously made in collusion, dominate the news col umns of the morning papers. They are generally treated editor ially as a sign of weakness, while the absence of reference to the future of (Continued on Fare Two, Column Two.) The Weather For Nebraska Fair; alight! y cooler. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hourly. Deg. Comparative Local Kecord, 1917 1916 1915 1914 Highest yesterday ...103 97 83 88 Lowest yesterday .... 81 78 70 65 Mean temperature ..92 88 76 76 Precipitation .... ... 00 00 .04- .12 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omas since March 1, and compared with the past two years: Normal temperature 76 Excess for the day , 16 Total deficiency since March 1... 146 Normal precipitation ,12 inch Deficiency for the day 12 inch Trotol rainfall slpce March 1. .15.79 Inches Deficiency since March 1 ..... 2.36 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916 8.48 Inches Excess for cor. period. 1915... .96 Inch Reports From Satiuna at 7 P. H. Station and State Temp. .'High- Rain of Weather. 7 p.m. est. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy 62 Davenport, clear ..... 94 Denver, cloudy ....... 72 Desmolnes, clear ..... 97 Dodge City, clear .... 96 78 98 .32 .00 .00 .00 .00 T. .20 .00 .18 .00 .00 T. .00 .00 .10 82 100 102 76 94 103 92 88 82 80 84 100 Lander, cloudy 68 North Platte, clear .... 94 Omaha, clear ........ 97 Pueblo, cluody ........ 86 Bapid City, cloudy .... 74 Bait Lake City, clear.. 78 8o.nU Fe, cloudy 70 8heiidan, cloudy ...... 78 8ioux City, clear ( Valentine, pt. cloudy .. 88 90 "T" Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELBH, MeterqloglstT" 11 1 5 a. m 82 FMB2. ?t :::::::::::: S ff ' a. m ;. 8 L&ak 10 a. m 88 lM J VI H a. m 90 I w"JJT W I 12 m H I 1 p' m '6 vSS&SSfleia - 2 p. m ?v tg'n- , j p m 102 . 4 p. m 101 .L ' 6 p. m 10J 3L2ra- P- rn.. ............ 102 frfcfc, ..jSa- 7 p. m..r 97 ' ' 1 .8 p. m... 93 France a vast campaign of con BERLIN PAPERS TALK OF BRITISH LUSTOFCONQUEST Comments on Asquith and Bo nar Law Speeches Seem to Indicate Lack of Confi dence in Future. Berlin, Saturdav July 28. (Via London, July 30.) Commenting on the addresses made in the House of Commons July 26 by ex-Premier Asquith a'nd A. Bonar Law, chancel lor of the exchequer, in which they dealt witli the peace ." resolution adopted-by . the German Reichstag, Vorwaerts says:. j. ;w4 -i-r - "Between the unqualified and sin cere love of peace of James McDon ald, socialist and labor member of the House of Commons, and the con ditional war will of the conservative, Bonar Law, lies the somewhat quali fied war will of the former liberal premier, Asquith. "The latter, it would seem, is ready for peace provided Germany restores the independence of Belgium. He also probably would be ready to dis cuss the question of Belgian indem nity. With a government, however, which is animated with the spirit of Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carbon, (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Big British Cruiser 1 8 Sunk by Torpedo London, July 30. The British cruiser Ariadne of 11,000 ton has been torpedoed and sunk, according to an official statement issued today by the British admiralty. The Ariadne was an old British cruiser, having been built in 1898. It was 450 feet long, sixty-nine-foot beam and had a maximum draft of twenty-seven and a half feet.' Its complement consisted of 677 officers and men. The Ariadne carried sixteen six inch guns, twelve twelve-pounders and a number of smaller guns. It also was equipped with two sub merged eighteen-inch torpedo tubes. Grit and Determination Make Keating Crack Army Rifle Shot Determination will overcome al most any obstacle. For example take Captain Keating, Company B, Sixth Nebraska. With his trigger finger missing, Captain Keating has yet manager to become a crack shot. In 1906 he tried to enlist in the United States army, but was turned down because the index finger off his right hand was off at the first phalanx. Most persons would have taken an easier way and tried to serve the country by some method not requir ing the use of the index finger. But not Captain Keating. - "I'll show them I can shoot, first. Then, perhaps, I'll try other lines," he said grimly. First he enlisted in the South Da kota National Guard 1906-8, and went to maneuvers at Fort Riley, Kan. All the time he was practicing marksman ship and in 1909 he tried for the state rifle team of South Dakota and got a last place on the team of alternates. Next he went to the national match at Camp Perry, Ohio, where the team found it expedient to put Keating in as third man. After the preliminaries he qualified as distinguished expert rifleman, Class C. In 1909 he distinguished himself as a shot at the national maneuvers at Sparta, Wis., and in 1912 he again qualified as distinguished expert rifle man, Class C. Promotion came along with this success. In 1910 he was commissioned first lieutenant of the Fourth South Dakota, Company D. In 1913 he was with the National Guard of Iowa as second lieutenant and then, on join ing the Fourth Nebraska in Omaha, he was commissioned first lieuten ant of Company B. . After border service he was unin jured and decided to hunt up tome- SINGLE OFFICER TO ADMIN ISTER CONTROL OF FOOD Conferees on Administration Bill Agree That President's Demand Shall Be Observed. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 30. Conferees on the food bill today agreed to Presi dent Wilson's demand for one food administrator instead of a board of three, as proposed by the senate. The individual administrator will not be subject to confirmation. The senate conferees yielded and agreed to strike put the senate amendment for a three-member board and accepted the house provision for one-man control. Those voting to re cede and accept one-man control were Senators Chamberlain, Smith of South Carolina, Kenyon and Warren. Those standing out for a three-member board were Gore, Smith of Geor gia and Page. The president's position was made clear today to Senator Chamberlain, one of the conferees on the bill. The president considers the committee on conduct of the war a reflection on himself and insists that there can be no question of the greater value of an individual food administrator over an administrative board of three. Might Veto Bill. Senator Chamberlain left the White House convinced that unless the con ferees eliminate those provisions the bill must go back to the senate and house for further action. The possi bility that the president might veto the measure if they were left in it was widely discussed in congress. The president, however, it was said, gave no intimation to Senator Cham berlain that hf. was so strongly op posed to the provisions as to veto the bill. Senator Chamberlain said he thought the senate conferees would insist on both the three member food board and the congressional commit tee, causing disagreement or) these rtn VifilrlT ' a Mr - W- "V "' i Chairman Lever of the house agri culture committee also conferred with the president and later conferred with Republican Leader Mann, who is expected to renew his fight for the congressional committee despite the fact that many republicans are op posed to it. In agreeing upon a single food ad ministrator, the conferees adopted a compromise provision that a board of three members, appointed by the president, and one of whom shall be an agricultural colleg. president, shall administer the sel.ction for minimum prices for wheat, stipulated in the bill to be $2 per bushel for next year's crop. Two Fashionable Berlin Cafes Closed by Police Berlin, Sunday, July 29. (Via Lon don, July 30.) Hiller's and Dressel's restaurants, two fashionable Unter den Linden establishments, have been closed by the police and the proprie tors sent to jail on the charge of vio lating the food ordinances. The restaurant owners are accused of paying in excess of the maximum prices in purchasing supplies and of serving favored patrons who were without food cards. The fact that both of these res taurants were exclusively patronized is taken to indicate that no discrim inations will be permitted in the en forcement of the food regulations Violations carry a fine and jail sen tence. lvhickc Aurora thing a little more exciting, so he en tered the Canadian service. But as soon as trouble began to brew he thought his -first duty lay with his own country, so he returned and was assigned as recruiting officer for the Sixth Nebraska, being appointed Cap tain of Company B. Captain Keating is well known in Omaha, where he was, during his schooldays, in charge of the rifle team of the Omaha High school cadets. ww it m mm M&JltMtekMl&midm&mi The Bee's Americanism is What Brought On That Stop Order Mr. Meyer's Correspondence Makes it Plain He Wants a Paper Sympathetic with Kaiserism. Omaha, June 30. To the Editor of The Bee : I am as tonished at the letter of Mr. A. L. Meyer to stop his paper, but are you fair with him in giving him this undesirable ad vertising? Are you not assuming that he objects to The Bee's stand for "America First," when he may have an en tirely different reason? Yours for fair play, E. B. Note by EditorUnfortunately, no other inference is pos sible except that Mr. Meyer wants to read a pro-German news paper and took this way to indicate his disapproval of The Bee's staunch Americanism in the face of threats and attempted intimidation by German sympathizers. We have had many letters from Mr. Meyer which we have had to refuse space, the last one written just the day before his "stop order," finding fault because we did not print certain news stories entitled "Senator Reed Attacks Herbert Hoover as Food Gambler" and "Quebec Hints at Revolts; Recession of French Province Advocated by Leaders, etc." which he says he found in papers published in other cities. Still another letter written only last month from Mr. Meyer trying to prevail on us to run a more pro'-German paper concludes with this sen tence : "Nor can I Relieve that you wish to encourage recent rumors about the starting of another daily paper in Omaha." No, The Bee's prime aim is to be perfectly fair with every one, and in this case we are sure we have done no injustice. DESERTER FROM BRITISH ARMY IS LAB IN JAIL Federal Officers from Omaha Capture Man, Who Tells Wierd Tale of His Adventures. ' Federal officers from Qmaha, s$nt out DyMasliiiyerste," head" of the bureau of Investigation, arrested Daniel Wallace at Davenport, Ia. He is now in jail to answer charges of treason and failure to register for the draft. Wallace admits that he is a desert er from the British army and he claims he was "shanghaied" into it. He has written a pamphlet which purports to be the story of his adven tures. He says he was a cow puncher, traveling salesman and "movie" actor successively in the last few years preceding 1915. One day in January of that year he says in the pamphlet, he was standing in front of a news paper bulletin board in New York when he was approached by a man who proposed to get him a position breaking horses for the British gov ernment at $75 a week. He says he declared himself a British subject and went to England to accept the place. Arriving there he alleges he was forced to join the Coldstream Guards. He then gives a long account of his alleged adventures in France and his final capture by the Germans. He de votes much space to telling of the kindness of the Germans to him as their captive. Finally he was recap tured, so he states, by the British. Then he and another American planned to desert with the assistance of a sailor on an American steamer (which he fails to name), then at Mar seilles. Rut they got drunk and went aboard the wrong ship, which finally landed them in Egypt. He was con demned to be shot, but was pardoned. "An Egyptian woman", is the next heroine introduced into his alleged narrative. She supplied him with Arab clothing and walnut stain and he left Alexandria for three weeks. Then hearing that his division had been transferred to Saloniki he re turned, "washed off the stain, shaved and put on American clothes." He re lates then how he called on the Amer ican consul and told him a String of lies, after which Wallace's narrative naively concludes: "He believed my story and signed me o'n a tank steamer bound for Philadelphia." Troop Ship, Hit By Steamer, Kept Afloat; All Safe An Atlantic Pert, July 30. The American transport Saratoga, at an chor waiting sailing orders, was rammed by in-bound American steam ship Panama here today. The Saratoga was kept afloat and finally was warped into a dock and made fast. Meanwhile those on board were safely taken off in life boats or by tugs and other craft in the harbor which responded to distress signals. So far as is known no one was in jured. A deep hole in the transport's port quarter extending from' below the water line to the rail resulted from the collision. The captain of the Panama held the bow of his ship tight against the transport, effectually blocking the wound until all on board were taken off. Hottest Day of Summer In City of New York New York, July 30. This was the hottest day New York has experienced so far this summer. A temperature of 93 was recorded at the weather bureau at noon, with a humidity of 50. SHEPPARD OPENS SENATE DEBATE ON PROHIBITION Texas Senator Declares Strength of Liquor Interest Lies in National Capital. '',. . '. . . . .(BAajod,! Frew.) y.w- - j Washington July 1 30. Debate on the national prohibition constitutional amendment began in the senate today under an agreement for a vote Wed nesday. Senator Sheppard, the author, open ed the discussion. He said that pro hibition by state or local action now prevails in an area equal to two-thirds of the United States, but that the liquor business has obtained such a hold on some of the larger states that it can never be ousted from the na tion by state action alone. "If the liquor traffic is to be eradi cated, the aid of the federal govern ment must be invoked," said he. "I believe in fighting it in every political division from precinct to nation, but I realize that its roots are in the Cap itol at Washington. The partnership between the liquor traffic and the fed eral government is one of the most frightful htritages of the civil war. "The constant activity of the liquor interests in the country is a peril to free institutions." Underwood Opposes. Senator Underwood, opposing the. resolution, declared that to take from states their control over local affairs and lodge the power with the govern ment in Washington would result in the necessity of enforcing "obnoxious police regulations upon an unwilling people." Senator Ashurst, speaking in favor of the amendment, denied that it would force anything on a state, but declared it would result in a great referendum which would permit each state to say if it wants to accept the proposed change in the fundamental laws. The Arizona senator suggested, however, that provision be made for limiting the time within which a state can act on the proposed amend ment. Senator Shafroth declared addition of a prohibition amendment to the con stitution was imperative because states have found it impossible to en force their liquor laws. Because no other senators were ready to speak, the senate then ad journed until tomorrow. Over Billion Pounds of Tobacco Held in United States Washington, July 30. Leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers in the United States on July 1, amounted to 1,266,778,903 pounds, the' census bureau today announced in its quar terly report. That compares with 1, 406,133,573 pounds held on April 1. Chewing, smoking, snuff and ex port types held, aggregated 914,445, 262 pounds, compared with 1,044,431, 575 on April 1; cigar types totalled 304,502,874 pounds, compared with 312,470,336 and imported types, 47, 830,767 compared with 49,231,462. Reserve Military New National (From a Htaff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 30. (Speeial.) Re serve military duty will be required of companies organized to take the place of the National Guard, which soon will leave the state, according to Adjutant General Steele. The companies will be formed and in due course of time armed and equipped for home defense. Enlist ment in the reserve will not require MANY COUNTIES OF STATE GET FINE DRENCHING, WHICH ASSURES BIG GRAIN YIELD Hot Spell of Nine Days Duration Broken When Western' Section is Visited by Heavy Downpour Sunday Night; Experts Say Bumper Crops Will Be Harvested. Rain over a goodly portion of Nebraska Sunday night is estimated to be worth millions of dollars to the farmers of the state. In the section visited it is asserted that it not only saved the corn crop, but added to the possibility of a bumper yield. Nebraska Corn Crop Is Safe, Says Danielson Lincoln, Neb., July 30. Drouth and hot winds in Nebraska have not damaged the corn crop. Re ports received today by E. H. Danielson, secretary of the state board of agriculture, indicate there will be no damage for several days even if the drouth and hot winds continue. "There is still moisture in the soil," said Secretary Danielson, "and the fact that the Nebraska corn crop is late has prevented damage by the hot winds." Reports from towns throughout the state today were that the potato crop has been damaged by the drouth as much as 25 per cent in sections most seriously affected. DRAFT NOTICES FOR EXAMS ARE BEIHGSENT OUT First Sessions of Boards Tuei : day; Drafted Men Given Five Days in Which to Appear. First examinations for drafted men probably will be held today. Exemption boards which did not send out notices Saturday, when the master, lists of numbers drawn in Washington reached Omaha, mailed them out Monday. Sixth district exemption board, the country precincts, and Fourth dis trict exemption board, First, Second and Seventh wards, worked Saturday night and Sunday making out the lists of double their quotas and sent out notices to drafted men. The other boards did this work yes terday. Though the law provides that no tices be sent out to drafted men ia the order drawn, so that one-third double the quota will appear on the fifth day from the time of sending them out, one-third the sixth day and one-third the seventh day, there, is, nothing to prevent men from volun tarily presenting themselves for ex amination for that time. The Sixth district board expects to begin examining the bulk ot the drafted men in its quota Wednesday. The Fourth district board figures the most of the first one-third will ap pear for examination Saturday. Other boards are sending out no tices so the men will appear the first three days of next week. Are Given Five Days. Most hoard members, however, interpret the draft regulations to mean men can appear if they wish any time after notices are received, but not later than five days after ward. Extra doctors, in addition to the one physician on each board, will 'ex amine men. Exemption boards wish to impress the fact no claims for exemption will be heard until after all examinations are held. Acting County Judge Sundblad, chairman of the Fourth district board, announced his board will meet in Dr. C. W. Pollard's office, Kecline build ing, instead of the court house. Mem bers of this board decided the county court would be too public a place to conduct examinations. Certificate of Fire Insurance Company Cancelled Des Moines, Ia., July 30. -The cer tificate of authority of the Equity Mu tual Fire Insurance company of Sioux City was revoked today by the state insurance department which gave in solvency as the cause for the action. Duty For Guard Companies the individual to leave the state on military duty. The - .cting last night at Seward in which General Harries, Colonel Hall and Adjutant General Steele were the military speakers and John W. Cutright the principal civilian speaker, was well attended and re sulted in starting a movement which will mean the organization of a re serve numbering between 300 and 500 citizens. ) The long spell of dry weather had cast a shadow of gloom over a por tion of the Nebraska corn belt, but it has been dispelled and, according to the opinion of well posted grain and railroad men, there is now every in- , dication of the state being in the front ranks as a producer of all kinds of foodstuffs again this year. A steady downpour 6f rain that continued during a greater portion of Sunday night was general over a -large portion of western Nebraska, extending well into the western sec tion. The rain not only broke the drouth, but over the extensive area . that was given a wetting the high . temperature that had been general for eight days was materially reduced. RAINS IN THE WEST. According to the morning reports to the Union Pacific nearly all Sunday night there was a gentle but regular root-soaker rain spread over the en tire country along the line from 1 North Platte west, extending entire ly across Wyoming and Colorado into Utah. On the Nebraska branches of the Union Pacific, both north and south of the main line and west of the cen-' tral portion of the state, there were fairly heavy rains Sunday night and now the weather is much cooler. f Along, the Northwestern, west of Long Pine, thew were scattered show ers, but nothing in the way of a gen eral rain.-, There has been a drop of; twenty to thirty degrees in tempera-' ture as compared with the corre sponding hour pf Sunday morning. There was no rain Sunday or Sun' day night along the Burlington's lines' in central and eastern Nebraska, but from Wellfleet through to Cheyenne . on the high line and from McCook through to Denver, on the Repulican river valley line, there were heavy showers during the night and fdr a distance of more than 100 miles through the western part of Nebraska the rain was general, the precipitation ranging all the way from one-half . to an inch. ' v ' Corn Little Damaged. Reports to both the Union Pacific" and Burlington indicate that the hot wind of Sunday was general over practically all of Nebraska and that corn from 100 miles back from the river suffered some damage. How ever, the opinion prevails that in the sections visited by rain Sunday night the cereal will recover from the dam age wrought and make a pr-etty fair if not an average crop in the event he weather conditions continue favor- abie f: : AU of 'the railroads operating out into the state received reports on the effect of the hot wind of Sunday. Agents as a rule, after making their own observations and after talking with farmers, advise that up to Sun day night, as a rule, through the east half ot the state corn had not sus tained any material damage. Damage to Potatoes. ' Agents report that in most locali-. ties in the state the potato crop has1 sustained great damage. in most fields the vines have been killed. They have turned brown, and in the hills there are very few potatoes and those that are there are small. The Burlington's weekly crop re port, having to do with conditions up (Continued on Pat Two, Column On.) Daniels Wants More Pay , For Naval Officers and Men Washington, July 30. -Bills creating new naval ratings in the ranks with increased pay; to reimburse officers, enlisted men and others for personal property lost in the service; to raise the daily food allowance to forty cents from thirty, were urged before the house naval committee today by Sec retary Daniels. The Sunday Score Advertising in The Bee (Warfleld Ajeney MtaaurtmenU) , ' , Again Good Gain SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1917INCHES Local Display. ,.-781 Foreign Display. t 88 Automobile ........... S00 Classified 737 Total...,..,, 2,166 SAME SUNDAY LAST YEAR Local Display. .". ....... 730 Foreign Display..,.,.., 124 Automobile ........... 284 Classified 605 Total GAINS 302 & ,....1,804 INCHES Keep Your Eye On The Bee. t IMPROVING EVERY DAY. r