THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917.
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GERMANS ARE EASILY
REPULSEDAT YPRES
Numerous Assaults on Newly
Acquired British Positions
Eesult in Failure for
Teutons.
(By Associated IrM.)
British Headquarters in France and
Belgium, Aug. 6. Hollebcke, a Bel
gian town southeast of Ypres, which
was the scene of heavy fighting early
yesterday morning, was again the ob
ject of a German counter attack last
night, but the enemy was repulsed by
the British artillery fire before even
the v' e entanglements in front of
the trenches had been reached.
' After the failure of their morning
assault on Hpllebeke and on a post
just north of the canal the Teutons
continued to bombard the positions
heavily throughout the day, leaving
little doubt that they intended to
- make another try to retake this sec
ion of the newly-acquired British
lines.
When the German infantry finally
left their trenches and moved for
ward they were met by an intense
artillery fire and a withering storm of
bullets from machine guns and rifles.
They continued to push forward, but
leforc the wire defenses were reached
they wavered and broke and retreated
hastily to, their own trenches.
The partial success of the Germans
. in the morning attack when they
' gained a footing in Hollebcke was
due entirely Ip the heavy .fog which
prevented the British gunners from
seeing the signals which the infantry
in the front lines gave, indicating the
German advance. Not having the as
sistance of their artillery the British
gave way slightly, but in the counter
attack which they immediately deliv
ered, the British infantry hurled the
Germans back with " considerable
losses, and captured' a number of
prisoners. , .
y , Evidences of the force of the Brit
ish bombardment before the opening
battle of Flanders, continue to mul
, tiply. The German prisoners taken in
:.: the St. Julien sector are unanimous in
" declaring that it was mos.t deadly and
' effective. No feed, fater or munitions
. k had reached their front line for three
days because of the concentrated fire
from the British big guns.
The British barrage just previous to
the infantry advance was so heavy
., that the enemy was prevented from
manning his forward trenches and the
German troops had to stay in their
dugouts. The barrage when lifted on
to the enemy's reserve trenches was
. accurate and completely effective.
The barber wire ' and parapets, to
gether! with nearly all the concrete
emplacements were destroyed. All
the prisoners state that 'the Brijtlsh
counter-batter work prevented the
German artillerymen from manning
their guns. ,
Owing to the" accuracy of the Brit
ish fire on German ammunition dumps
many of them had to be moved to the
rear and the ammunition brought up
piece meal
A' British officer who was captured
north, of ' , the. Wambetk, Tuesday
his water
bottle and bag of rations.?, The' Ger--mans
apparently w ere very hungry
because they began to eat the rations
at once and save him onlv a siD from
his water bottle saying that all the
puns. ' They sent an orderly, how
' ever, to dress the wounds of the of
ficer. .. . .
Arizona Labor Asks
President Wilson .'
UiittsbeeAitair
Clifton.. Ariz.. Aug. 6. A telegram
to President Wilson asking what ac
tion he intended taking with reference
to , the deportation July 12 of 1,200
alleged members of the I. W. W, and
their sympathizers from Qisbee, "
V'hise cour.ty, Arizona, was sent today
oy the Arizona state federation of
labor, in convention here. The tele
gram was approved by unaninious
vote of the delegates. ; ,
In addressing the convention John
L. Donnelly, president of the federa
tion, declared the Bisbee affair was a
'beckoning finger to revolution," and
that the'time was'near when -radical
action would be required to preserve
the "liberty and freedom which this
country has enjoyed for over one
, hundred and forty years.
The' telegram to President Wilson
follows: , , .
"The sixth annual convention of the
Arizona state federation of labor de
sires to know if you intend U act in
restoring law. and order in Tni-hii
county, Arizona, and return to their
nomes tnsf deported men of Bisbee
Are we to assume that ih Ph.u
Dodge interests are superior to the
principles ot democracy. An answer
is awaited py tnis convention.
Concerted Plan to Combat
Draff Suspected in 'Frisco
San Fraiwisco, Aug. 6. John Li
McAab, chairman of an exemption
board in San Francisco, made public
- today letter addressed to John W.
Preston, United Stateadistnct attor
ney, urging the latter to take official
cognizance of what he alleged to.be
a concerted plan to hinder the prog
ress of the selective draft.
Mr. M,cNab, former United States
district attorney, directed attention to
certain affidavits presented m sup-
port of exemption claims. The af-
tidavits, he said, ' were in similiar
form, and indicated the existence of a
plan to combat the selective draft.
He stated that the board had refused
'to file the papers! and by unanimous
vote had decided that they be for
warded to the district attorney.
. "To tolerate suck vicious utterances
made under the guise of arT exemption
ciaim, tne letter said, is to en
courage disloyalty and place a pre
mium upon treason."
The board delivered the papers, the
letter continued, withx recommenda
tions that the claimants and the per
son who drew up their affidavits be
htld to the federal grand jury for
indictment for conspiracy to violate
the draft and other statutes. 1
Thousand Iron Workers on 1
Strike in Pennsylvania
Reading:, Pa, Aug. 6. More than
1,000 puddlers employed by the Read
ing . Iron .company today went, on
strike to enforce a demand for a wage
, increase. A government mediator is
expected from Washington, the com-
j jtany Ikaviugr large war orders. j
AMERICA TO SQUARE
OLD DEBTTO FRANCE
Q. S. Should Open Purse String
for Allies and Not Expect
Gilt-Edge Security, Says
Paris Paper.
Paris, Aug. 6. The Journal Des
Dcbats, in a prominent review of fi
nance yesterday, says that it is Amer
ica's imperative duty to recbgnize ob
ligations toward France which it can
not escape and that it must open
credits to the allies as large as may
be required without which they can
not continue the war.
The article points out that the status
of the United States is different now
that it is in the war and says that it
must not expect the same securities
as when its standing was on a private
basis.
The review opens with a resume of
existing conditions which require ur
gently that purchases outside of
France must be restricted to the low
est possible limits, for if the country
shows a willingness to cut down inter
nal expenses and do without all im
ported luxuries, then it will have a
right to call on the allies for all
needed financial aid. The allies know,
the review adds, that France is in a
peculiar position, with the richest
districts invaded, dependent a long
time solely upon itself and short of
labor.
England Extends Credit.
"England, on which we depend for
coal and many other things, would
not dream of refusing us credit for
purchases we makehere," the article
continues. "We can rely on its loyalty
not to demand immediately payment
for our purchases. Without granting
us" any time at a moment when we
are short of money to settle would
purely and simply put us in a position
of being unable to continue tne war.
The allies, in according us the credit
necessary to regulate our purchases,
contribute not only to the credit of
the allies, but give us a chance to
live and fight by their sides. What
has just been said about our agree
ments with England applies equally
as well to the relations between Eng
land, France and the United States.
United States to Supply All.
"The latter are, in fact, suppliers
of the allies in Europe, and the allies
depend much more on America than
we do on England. While America
was still neutral it could limit its
credit to us and demand that we pay
in gold a large portion of our pur
chases, but now that it has entered
the war it would be folly on their part
to wish to continue to act this way.
The United States will do as other
belligerents and can do so least in
conveniently because they have been
enriched since the beginning of the
European war.
"They will open to the armies of
Europe credits as large as may be
needed, for to refuse them would be
to make a continuation of the war
impossible. But it is important that
Americans take account as Soon as
possible of obligations which they can
not escape. Every delay in their action,
every hesitation risked might have
the most serious consequences for the
allies. This must be understood in
America, although it does not seem
to have been understod ye( to judge
by. the shipment of gold which Eng
land has had to send to America. That
neutrals must be paid in gold is eas
ily understood, but payments of gold
uliould not be necessary between al
lies who have the greatest interest in
seeing that one does not create em
barrassment for the other."
Masonic Council .Holds
: Special Meeting at Duluth
Duluth, Minn., Aug. 6. Duluth is
host today to the chief officers of the
supreme council of the Scottish Rite
of the southern jurisdiction, Masonic
Mother Council of the World. This
is the first time that the meeting of
the chiefs has been held, outside of
Washington, D. C The regular meet
ing of the council is scheduled for
October but pressing business makes
this special meeting imperative. It
will probably last through Tuesday.
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Omaha Men Are
Examined for the
Draft Monday
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(Continued From Pag On.)
inches tall and weighed exactly ISO
pounds. The man was willing enough
to go to war, but was so far under
weight that the board was forced to
reject him. '
The short of it soon snowed up and
was four feet tall. He wasn't as
light as he might have been, as he
weighed sixty-eight pounds. He was
merely a dwarf, and the board also
rejected him. .
The First district, examining in the
fire barn at Twenty-second street and
Ames avenue, probably has the most
convenient means of handling the
men. They have notified a certain
number to appear at every hour. Thus
no more than fifteen are on hand at
once. .
One man examined in the First was
six feet two and one-half inches tall
and weighed 242 pounds.
"He was a fine specimen of a man,"
remarked Chairman Ure.
It appears that some of the men
cannot get to war even if they wish to.
An ex-cavalryman examined m the
sixth district desired to get back in
the service and after passing his
physical examination did not file
claims for exemption. This morninc
his wife appeared before the exemp
tion ooara ana tiled claims in his
stead. '
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Man Who Wants to Fight
For Kaiser Is Arrested
Grand Junction, Colo., Aug. 6.
Because he is said to have made the
statement he would not fight against
his father and brother who are in
the German army and would rather
fight for Germany than the United
States, Henry Francke, a young
farm hand employed near here, is
in jail here, held for federal investi
gation. U-BOATS SINK FIYE
VESSELSOFF AZORES
All Crews Are Landed at an
Atlantic Port and Say the
German Commanders
Treat Them Good.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 6. A
steamer arriving today from a
European cort landed the crews of
five vessels, all of which had been
sunk by German submarines off St.
Maria, Azores. The vessels sunk
were:
American four-masted schooner
John Twohy, Norfolk, Va., to Al
giers, Captain J. B. Morehouse.
Norwegian steamer Allen, Captain
J6hn Lothe, from Philadelphia to
Marseilles.
Norwegian steamer Hanseat, from
Italy to Hampton Roads.
New Foundland schooner Conquer
or, St. Johns, N. F., ,for Cadiz.
Norwegian steamer Sorland, Stock
holm to France.
Treated With Consideration
The captains and crews " declared
that in each case the vessels were
Stopped and boarded by the sub
marine captain, after which the men
were put into life boats and given
plenty of. time. Mines and bombs
were placed in the ships and exploded
after all hands had left. Then the sub
marine towed the life boats toward
shore and gave them the right di
rection before submerging. The men
report that the submarine commander
gave them every consideration and
that no torpedoes were used in de
stroying their ships. The sinking of
all the vessels except the Allen had
previously been announced in news
dispatches.
GERMANY WILL
BE ENTERED BY
THE 'm ROUTE'
(Continued Tram Page One.)
ing years ahead. He arranges to op
erate in settled communities, or com
munities whose growth and condition
can be fairly well calculated. But the
very spirit of warfare is shift, change,
impermanency. A general on the
field is working against a hidden foe
whose science and wit are constantly
employed for the' wreckage of that
general's schemes.
"How. then, could I say. if I would.
what America's aviation program will
be for the next six months or a year?
If you will show. me Von Hinden
burg's provisiou for air attacks dur
ing the. coming winter and spring
then I might divulge a few. Yankee
schemes to counter it. ' '" ' "J,
Varied Kinds of Machine.
"Persons who are so cocksure
about our determination to build 22,
000 aeroplanes seem to be inspired
with the notion that aeroplanes are
all made on the same pattern, turned
out of the factory as alike as two
cubes of sugar. As a matter of fact,
aeroplanes vary in cost between $9,-
000 and $7,000, and a comprehensive
aerial program must include every
thing from a simple school machine
to a flying dreadnaught. New inven
tions are continually being tried out,
new appliances and models must be
installed in order' to keep up with the
times or a little ahead of them. The
German general staff that mys
terious body working and thinking all
the time somewhere between Berlin
and Constantinople are not going to
let things remain at a standstill over
here, and we may be called upon to
revise our whole, system in order to
wreck theirs. That is war, which, as
1 have explained, is the most clastic
thing in the world.
"A recent cabled report quotes the
German commander of aviation as
saying that American aviators would
fail, among other things, through lack
of courage. That German, obviously,
has never encountered an American
flier in action."
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KERENSKY HEAD OF
NEW RUSS CABINET
Constitutional Democrats Agree
to Participate and Practic
ally Entire New Regime
Is Agreed Upon.
London, Aug. 6. M. Kerensky's
cabinet is practically complete. The
constitutional democrats of Russia
have agreed to participate and the
list of members who will form the
new ministry has been agreed upon,
but as regards several portfolios the
choice is not definite, as the candi
dates are absent from Petrograd.
Following are the names of the
new ministers:
Premier, Minister of War and Ma
rine Alexander F. Kerensky.
Vice Premier and Minister of. Fi
nance N. V. Nekrasoff.
Minister of Foreign Affairs M. I.
Terestchenko
Minister of the Interior M. Aksen
tieff (social revolutionary, lately re
leased from penitentiary).
Minister of Public Instruction M.
Oldenburg (constitutional democrat
and member of the Academy of Sci
ences). Minister of Labor M. Skobelcff.
Minister of Trade and Industry
M. I'rokopovitch.
Minister of Social Tutelage M. As
troff (mayor of Moscow, constitu
tional democrat).
Minister of Supplies M. riesche
honff. Minister of Justice M. Yefremoff.
Procurator of the Holy Synod M.
Kartasheff.
Minister of Communications M.
Takhtamisheff.
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
M. Nikitine (social democrat).
State Comptroller F. A. Golovine
(constitutional democrat).
Minister of Agriculture M. Tchcr
noff (socialist).
Assistant Minister of War M. Sa
vinkoff. Foreign Minister Terestchenko' in
forms the Associated Press that M.
Tchernoff, who again becomes min
ister of agriculture, has been fully
rehabilitated, his accusers having
withdrawn charges that he had re
lations with Germany. ,
Six Thousand Wen
Win Army Commissions
Fort Sheridan, . III., Aug. 6 Stu
dents at the reserve officers' training
camp here will know Thursday if they
are to receive commissions, it was re
ported today.
Word from Washington was that
most of the recommendations for
commissions was approved today and
a list of 6,000 names was sent to the
printer. About 2,500 of the names
apply to the men in the camp here.
It also was made known the War
department will not arrange a third
series of training camps. It is be
lieved the present camp and the one
starting August 27, will procluce
enoufth officers to drill the new na
tional army and the rest will be pro
moted from '.e ranks.
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George E. Coupland of State
Council of Defense Says All
Home Requirements
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George E. Coupland of the State
Council of Defense was in Omaha for
a short time Monday, looking after
some matters of the council's routine.
He was asked about the jecd wheat
situation.
"We are taking care of every appli
cation for seed that comes to us," he
answered, ."and everybody so far is
well provided for. Plenty of seed is
going into the ground, and we will do
what we can to keep the loaf of bread
from becoming smaller.
"Farmers are doing what they can
to help one another on the seed ques
tion. I know of one man who has
just finished planting an hundred-acre
held. He got his seed from a neigh
bor, who told him to take it along,
and they would settle about the price
later.
Seed Wheat at Cost.
"Most of the sed, of course, is be
ing handled through the elevators.
This is sold to the farmers at cost,
around $2.80 a bushel. Just before T
left Lincoln this morning I had a call
from a, farmer asking for a car of
wheat from the nearest point to Cedar
Bluff. I called up Kay Nye at Fre;
mont and asked him if he could take
care of the order. He said lie, would.
Another came into Lincoln from near
by town and wanted 250 busels; I got
it for him from one of the local eleva
tors. We are having no trouble in
taking care of everybody so far, and
expect to have none.
"I do not know of any effort on
part of anyone to hold up the farmer
on seed. A few isolated cases may
exist, but I do not know of auy.
Acreage Near to Normal.
"About three million acres will be
planted to winter wheat. This is about
the normal acreage, and scarcely can
be greatly increased. Nebraska needs
about 20,000,000 bushels of wheat for
home consumption, and will have to
import some.
"The corn crop south of the Platte
is damaged considerably, but north
the stand is good. In my judgment
the yield will be about 75 per cent of
the normal yield."
Omaha grain men and railroad men
of experience yesterday made esti
mates of the corn crop for Nebraska
this year at 225,000,000, with a mini
mum price on the farm of $1 per
bushel.
First Fifty Drafted Men
Claim Exemption in Denver
Denver, Colo., Aug. 6. The first
fifty men examined under the selective
draft law in Denver all claimed ex
emption. The first allotments were
called for examination today. Some
of the claims were based on physical
disabilities. The exemption boards
declined to give out any figures on
the,nutnber who had passed the physi
cal examination. I
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Chinese Cabinet
To Declare War
On Central Powers
Peking. Thursday, Aug. 2. (De
layed.) Acting President Feng Kwo
Chang today approved the unanimous
decision reached at a special meeting
of the Chinese cabinet to declare war
on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The ministers of the entente powers
probably will meet at the Chinese for
eign office on Saturday to discuss
China's declaration of war, which is
expected to be issued next week.
Prominent Germans in Peking are
conferring with the Dutch minister
to China with the object of making
arrangements to go to Java. The
Spanish minister probably will takfc
over the interests of Austria-Hungary.
Premier Tuan Chi-Jui and his po
litical followers insist that Feng Kwo
Chang, as vice president, automatic
ally became president when Li Yuan
Hung declined to resume office.
Parliamentarians are assembling at
Canton and are preparing to organize
a military government with the sanc
tion of Parliament and to elect a presi
dent. Acting President Feng Kwo
Chang has asked , for liberal appro
priations to be used in suppressing
the southern military element.
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Mrs. De Saulles to Be
Taken From Jail to Hospital
Mineola, N.-.Y., Aug. 6. Three
physicians who examined Mrs, Bianca
DeSaulles late today found her so ill
that her removal to the Nassau
County hospital here from the jail
is expected tomorrow.
The physicians found Mrs. De
Saulles suffering from extreme
nervousness. She had grown thin and
emaciated, but the only apprehension
she seemed to feel was that she would
not be permitted to sec her son..
Henry A. Utterhart, her attorney, is
expected to go before the supreme
court in Brooklyn' in an effort to have
Mrs. DeSaulles' admitted to bail on
the "ground that further confinement
will place her life in danger.
Treasonable Circular
Distributed in Porto Rico
San Juan. Porto Rico, Wednesday,
Aug. 1. (Mail.) "Begin your-protest!
"Prevent your sons from being
chopped up o:i the battlefields by
having them refuse to enlist!" is
something like the English version of
a circular against military" service
scattered broadcast in -Bayamon two
weeks ago which resulted in the ar
rest of three men. . ,
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