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EXAMINATION OF DRAFTED MEN
IS COMPLETE; FIRST WILL GO
TO CAMPS ON SEPTEMBER 1
According to the Latest Orders From General Crowder,
3S From Omaha's Quota Will Be Ordered to
the Cantonment Camps by the First
of Next Month.
FINAL EXAMINATION FIGURES.
- Men Failed to
District Called. Examined. - Passed. Rejected. Appear.
First 396 358 232 126 38
Second 430 389 297 92 41
Third 500 . 375 280 95 125
Fourth 574 457 391 66 117
Fifth . . 460 379 330 49 81
Sixth .. 306 291 223 58 15
Totals.. 2666 2239 1753 486 417
The biggest per cent of the men under "failure to ap-
pear" have been accounted for in other towns.
All of the claims for exemption have been filed. Wednes
day night was the final night for the filing of all claims and like
wise for physical examinations, and ndw all that remains is for
the proof to be filed to back up exemption claims. , Ten days
J i i: ii ir
is given io uu mis. siccoruing 10 ine messages irom wasning
ton 436 Omaha men will be in the cantonment camps by Sep
tember 1. '. '
After the proof has been filed the9
boards of the different districts will
decide who the Omaha men are that
will' fill the 1,400 quota.
First the, 'physical examination will
be gone over by the whole board
and if all decide that a man is physi
cally O. K. for the. army, hfe exemp
tion claims will then be threshed out.
If they decide that there is nothing to
keep the man at home he will be no
tified immediately that he has been
chosen for army service.
The six districts are beginning .ttsts
of the men who have passed their ex
aminations and it w ill be the first of
these- that will fill the first call. The
lists will be sent to the adjutant gen
eral of the state, where they will be
checked up. Men are notified if they
are chosen by their local board as
soon as the decision is made.
TO CALL MORE MEN.
It is very probable that more men
will be called upon to fill the first
quota, as the first called have not
done as well in their physical exami
nations as was expected and a greater
share are asking for exemption. '
In the First district about 250 men
nave passed the examinations and the
net quota is 198. Vver half of the
250 are asking exemption, but it is
a question how many claims will be
allowed. N
"Without a doubt we will have to
call more men . to fill our quota,"
stated Frank H. Meyers of the
board. ' "
Some of the other districts are up
against the same problem, as the 50
per cent exemption rule is, not hold
ing good. It is probable that about
65 pgr cent will be exempted.
Exemption Board Here.
The federal exemption board of
district No. 1 today moved into its
headquarters in the Army builing at
Fifteenth and Dodge streets. Persons
under the jurisdictino of this district
are urged to apply at this office to
tile their claims. i
Boards of districts No. 1 and 2
met in Lincoln yesterday and planned
(Continued on Pae Two, Column Three.)
Flanders Battle
On Belgian Coast
Again Is Renewed
Berlin, Aug. 9. (British Admiralty
per Wireless Press, Via London.)
The artillery duel in Flanders has
again increased to the greatest in
tensity, reports the German general
staff. The bombardment has been
especially heavy on the Belgian coast
and frorrt Bixschoote to Hollebeke.
News from the Flanders front. is
of scant proportions, the most impor
tant item being an anouncement in
the British official report that the
French have .again effected a gain of
ground on their front northwest of
Bixschoote. No mention is made in
either the British or the French
statements of the extent of the artil
lery activity which yesterday was giv
ing indications of growing intensity.
The front in France was inactive
last night except for the custQmary
artillery bombardment in the Aisne
region and somewhat lively raiding
operations on the part of the French
forces.
War Industries Board to
Begin Regulation Work
Washington, Aug. 9. Work of
putting into operation the adminis
tration's war price policy providing
for the purchase or war materials
for the United States and its allies on
a hacia rvf VacnnaKtp nrftfita" tvi c
begun at today's session at the war
industries board.
Definite assurances are included in
the board's program that the Amer
ican public will be protected against
profiteering. Preparations are being
made to adopt drastic action to re
duce prices in case negotiations with
fjroducers and manufacturers fail ia
CIVILIAN BOARDS
TO HAVE CHARGE
OF MOBILIZATION
Arrange for Food and
Transportation of Drafted
, Men and Name Commander
ty cf Quotas En Route.
(By Associated Preaa.)
Washington, Aug, 9. Regulation
under which men of the new national
army will be called to the colors be
ginning September 1 were issued to
night by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. ,
They map out in detail the whole
program to be followed until every
soldier of the selective draft army has
been accepted by the adjutant gen
eral of the training cantonment to'
which 'he is assigned, -
Two hundred thousand of the first
687,000 men will be called up to Sep
tember 1 and forwarded to their,
camps before September 5.
The whole business of assembling
the levies at entiaining points, pro
viding them with shelter, food and
transportation and giving them their
actual introduction into military life is
entrusted to the civilian local hoards
which selected them for service. Un
til the men reach the camps they will
not be in contact with uniformed offi
cers. The civilian control is carried for
ward through every stage of the draft,
to the gates of the military camps,
where the making of soldiers will be
gin, to be -completed within sound of
the guns invFrance.
Call Goes to Adjutant General.
The actual call for men will go in
each case from the provost marshal
general to the state adjutant general,
stating the number of men to be sup
plied at a specified time by the state.
Each local board will be promptly in
formed of its proportion in the call
and the adjutant general will fix the
date when men. from his state shall
entrain for the camps.
Immediately the local board will
make out the list of men to fill the
call from the roll of accepted men
and it will also fix the place of en-
(Contlnord on Page Two, Column Two.)
"Marriage Nicest Experience,"
Declares Captain Howard White
Captain Howard White, quartet
master of Fort Omaha, army man of
many years' service, globe trotter and
successful business man, has had
many experiences in the course of his
life.
But he can talk of only one of them
a certain event that occurred in
Omaha last spring. "
"What is the nicest thing that ever
happened to you?" asked a visitor,
hoping to hear tales of adventure in
far-off lands.
"Whea I got married," was the
prompt response.
"Oh, of course," admitted the vis
itor, hastily. "But what was the most
interesting thing that ever happened
to you?"
"Getting married," smiled the cap
tain, glancing at a young woman's
photograph on his desk.
"I know but the most exciting,
most thrilling adventure?"
"When I got m ," began the cap
tain. But the visitor had gone. The
captain isn't a bit of good as a news
giver now. Wait till the honeymoon
is over and he may be able to spin
yarn.
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Teuton Drive May Result In Capture
of Petrograd, .Itself, Yet Would Russia
'Come Back' Asserts Returned Traveler
AMERICA'S WORK
TO HELP RUSSIA
STAND UP IS ON
r
Details of Mission's Work Are
Secret; Workmen Are See
ing the Light of a New
Era.
Washington, Aug. 9. America's
work toward rehabilitating Russia
was taken up by officials today, who
had before them the extensive re
ports and advice of the mission
headed by Elihu Root. -
Details of the general report.
which holds out high hopes for the
tuture ot Russia, still are kept se
cret. Mr. Root believes that any in
formation regarding the missions
findings should come from President
Wilson. The White House today had
not indicated any "intention to make
them public.
Six special reports probably will
be submitted to different departments
of the government. Upon arrival in
Russia each commissioner was given
a special assignment to cover some
particular branch of the new gov
ernment to advise the Russians and be
of 'particular aid to United States
officials upon his return home.
Each Member Assigned.
The assignments were as follows:
Mr. Root, ministry; Charles Edward
Rusfell, workmen's council, political
parties and socialists; Cyrus H. Mc
Cormick and Charles Bertron, finance;
James Duncan, labor; John R. Mott
and Charles R. Crane, religion; Ma
jor General Hugh L.. Scott, army;
Rear Admiral James H. Glennon,
navy. ,
j Reports on labor conditions par
ticularly are being eagerly awaited by
government officials and labor1 lead
ers because of the great activity of
working men in the iormation of the
new government and -the conflicting
unofficial reports on Jhat feature of
the situation. Although Mr. Duncan
has not completed his special report,
he gave an outline of some of the
principal features xi it today to set
at rest conflicting stories.
Workmen Will Help.
"The Russian workingman" cer
tainly will do his share," Mr. Duncan
said. "He has done it already and he
is entering into the spirit of the gov
ernment with' a whole ' heart. When
the scheme of government finally is
rounded out he will be found to have
a big hand in it,,and he will discharge
his duties properly.
"Gradually the workingmen are as
similating the idea of organization,
and I expect them to round out some
sort of a federation embracing both
skilled and unskilled labor, more sim-
(Conttnned on Pugs Two, Column Two.)
German Editor Arrested
On President's Order
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 9. Dr. Fritz
Bergmeier, president of the St. Paul
Volks Zeitung, was arresteoV today by
order of President Wilson un
der the proclamation of April 6. The
general policy of the Volks Zeitung
has been to cast aspersion by in
nuendo" on American war measures,
it is charged. He was committed to
jail pending further orders from the
president.
German Chancellor Given
High Rank in Teuton Army
Copenhagen, Aug. 9. Dr. Michaelis,
imperial German chancellor, has .been
promoted from captain to lieutenant
colonel. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg,
Dr. Michaelis predecessor, bore the
title of major general.
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Head of Big New York Firm
Says Slavs Will Continue to
Fight if Germans Saach
Capital.
New York, Aug. 9. If the German
drive through demoralized Russia
should result in the capture of Petro
grad itself and ftiat is not at all im
probable such a Teutonic success
would not mean the end of Russia
as a factor in the war. Russia would
"come back."
That is the opinion of George A.
Gaston, head of a big importing and
exporting firm here, which, since the
beginning of the war, has been sup
plying motor vehicles to the allies.
Back From Europe.
Mr. Gaston has just returned from
an. extended tour of "311 the entente
countries and devoted particular at
tention to conditions in Russia. He
has visited all the allied fronts every
few months since the outbreak of
hostilities.
"I voul4 not be surprised to see the
Germans make tremendous advances
in Russia," he said yesterday, "and
neither would the Russians. In fact,
I believe they would be quite recon
ciled to the loss of their capital.
They are not worried over such a
prospect. They say: 'Well, if Petro
grad is taken we will move the capi
tal down to Moscow where it ought
to be, anyhow, for geographical and
other reasons.' . -
Russia Still Far From Out.
"The loss of Petrograd would be
no particular fatality, apart from the
spectacular value of such a feat by
the Germans. The Russians may fall
back, as they are now doing, for a
long time and for a long distance,
but eventually there will be a change
in conditions and, with its immense
man-power, the new republic will
start the flow in the other direction
and will press forward again. Ger
many had better not. begin to count
Russia out. 1 don't believe it will
ever.1 be overqouie. ,Thc situatiojv at
the moment may-look dark, and Pet
rograd may be captured, but you will
see the tide turn eventually."
Speaking of man-power used by the
various nations, Mr. Gaston said he
though. England was expending,
proportionately, more than any other
country. Seeking men for certain
work, he advertised in a London news
paper of large circulation and re
ceived only two replies. He placed a
similiar advertisement in a Paris
paper and got 100 answers. In Italy,
he said, he found more able-bodied
men about the cities than in any
other country. , .
Mr Gastonvwas asked what, in his
opinion .as a non-military man, was
the most important contribution
America could make at present to
ward increasing the strength of its
allies.
"Above, everything else, ships 1 he
said. "Of course that is obvious. We
need every ship that can possibly be
built wood, steel, slow, fast, any
thing that will float, and carry sup
plies. "Both Italy and France are heavily
handicapped by lade of coal. They
have been getting their coal nfostly
from England, but there is not enough
ship tonnage to carry it now. Italy,
in particular, is in a bad way."
Mr. Gaston's opinion as a layman,
on the U-boat problem, is:
Should Attack U-Boats.
"The submarines should be gone
aftir offensively more than has been
the case. The destroyer, of course, is
the most fatal enemy the submarine
now has. But England, I think, has
been inclined too much to use its de
stroyers defensively, rather than of
fensively. I believe in a great number
of destroyers, both British and Ameri
can, seeking out the submarines."
The needs of our allies and of our
own army, in Mr. Gaston's estimation
as a layman, are in their order of im
portance as follows:
First ships. Next, aeroplanes, to
direct the fire of long-range artillery
and to bomb German strongholds.
Third, heavy tractor machines for
transportation in France. Fourth,
large caliber artillery, which, he be
lieves, will be useless unless the ma
chines for transporting it are avail
able.
Light Frost Reported
In South Dakota
Aberdeen, S. D Aug. 9. A light
frost last night through (the north
eastern portion of South Dakota was
reported here today. It is believed no
damage was done to crops. The mer
cury here dropped to 44 degrees above
zero.
Girl Keeps Up Speed of
Boy; Both Are Pinched
Because he speeded his car at
thirty miles an hour over the streets
of the city, Douglas Cavers, son of
J. A. Cavers, contributed $2 and
costs in police court and promised
that never again would he drive so
'rapidly.
Miss Dora Kiplinger, 16-year-old
daughter of O. D. Kiplinger, paid
SI and costs because she kept up the
speed set by Cavera. She said that
she saw Cavers" driving along the
boulevard and concluded that she
could drive as fast as any man and
set out to follow him. She did so,
but was caught by a motorcycle of
ficer. - ,
AMEXES IN FRANCE
WORKING HARD TO.
LEARN VAR GAME
Men Around Whom Uncle
Sam's Great Expeditionary
Army Will Be Built Are
Coming Fast.
(My Associated Prosa.)
American Trailing Camp in France,
Aug. 9. The deepest impression one
gains , after three weeks with the
American soldiers training in France
is the absolute eatnestness with
which the splendid young pien of the
army have undertaken the task which
is before them.
There is no disposition on their
part or on the part of their officers
to underestimate the seriousness of
that task and the hard work which
remains to be done before America
can take its place in the actual tiring
line.
The troops that are here feel the
responsibility keenly. They are in
deed the sihall but effective nucleus
about which will be builded the great
army and great army machine which
the United States hopes eventually to
have on the great battlefields of
France.
, Will Instruct Recruits.
The men here are earnest in their
desire to absorb war knowledge as
quickly and as thoroughly as possible
so that when Called upon to act as
instructors to succeeding units they
will be found eminently qualified. A
great deal of this earnestness and
this will to do is largely the result
of the enthusiasm of the young offi
cers who but recently joined the
colors and have taken up the business
t.Qi xwar with a courage -and flettrmi
nation mat means volumes to' tire iu
ture of their country.
In return for this service of patriot
ism, in return tor sacrinces already
made and the still greater ones to
come, the officers and men alike of
the expeditionary force want to feel
always that they ha;e an understand
ing of sympathy and support from
"the folks back home."
All Want Support from Jiome.
Face to face with the great adven
ture all thoughts of self are things of
the past. There is only the' thought
of home and the hope in the soldier's
breast that what he is about to do
will be understood and appreciated
there.
Under the best circumstances the
training of soldiers in the ever-changing
methods of modern war is a la
bor requiring months of patient ef
fort. Six months is the ideal training
period, bftt this rule applies to armies
which have been fighting three years
and have all the machinery establish-
(Continued on Pat Two, Column Five.)
New Foreign Minister ;
Begins Work at Berlin
Copenhagen, Aug. 9. An official
dispatch from Berlin says that Dr.
von Kuehlmann began his duties as
foreign minister yesterday. He has
gone with Chancellor Michaelis and
Dr. William von Stumm, under-secre-tary
for foreign afairs, to main head
quarters of the army where he will b
joined by Vice Chancellor Hclfferich.
After leaving headquarters Dr. Mi
chaelis will visit the grand dukes of
Baden and Darmstadt.
Vic Halligan, Former "Husker"
Star, Captain in "Dandy Sixth"
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GEN. HARRIES' BRIGADE OF
SIX THOUSAND MEN OFF FOR
TRAINING CAMP AT
Washington Orders Vast Troop Movement to Start a
Once and Railroads Are Rushing Equipment; Sol
diers Hail Order With Joy and 6,000 Spartan
Mothers Bow Heads in Resignation.
The Nebraska brigade of 6,000 men will begin to entrain
for the great concentration camp at Deming, N. M., tomorrow.
The order comes from the United States army general staff
at Washington.
No announcement has been made as to which troops will
be the first to move, and to a certain extent their entrainment
will depend upon transport.
WEATHER IDEAL
FOR BIG TRACTOR
SHOWATFREMONT
Thousands of Farmers Con
tinue to Watch Work of En
' gines; Automotive Engi
neers Banquet.
' Fremont, Neb., Aug. 9. (Special
Telegram.) With weather conditions
perlect, a crowd estimated at 35,000
persons, swarmed into the demonstra
tion grounds at Fremont yesterday
to see the 112 tractors perform. While
the crowd was no larger than Wed
nesday, weather cftnditions were ideal
for a demonstration.. Early in the
morning, visitors . began arriving in
Fremont by automobile and train
and the caravan continued during the
forenoon.
The land plowed was in much' bet
ter condition, tljan .Wednesday, when
the rain of the 'day before had left
the soil heavy. Thousands of farm
ers followed the . steel steeds across
the fields to compare the work being
done. Jlundreds of sales have been
rported by the tractor firms.
The society of automotive engineers
held a banquet Wednesday evening,
when 500 persons were entertained.
Howard E, Voffin, member of the
advisory board of the national coun
cil of defense and chairman of air
craft production of the council, was
the principal speaker.
Mr. Coffin dwelt at length on the
importance of the tractor arid other
motor driven machines in the war and
the part they will play in the in
creased food production.
Refers to U-Boata.
He startled his hearers by declaring
that every hour a total of 1,000 tons
of shipping is sunk by German sub
marines. That is much faster than
ships are being built, he said.
Arnold Yarkes, representative of
the United States government, and
H. Wi Clarke, an engineer from Min
neapolis, read papers. ,
George W. Dunham, president of
the societv, which has a member
ship of 3,700, presided: Mr. Dunham
gave a talk on Tractor service.
The object of the society is to stan
dardize tractors and other machines
propelled by combustion engines.
The annual watermelon feed for
tractor men was given last night.
Frominent speakers have been on
the programs carried out by the
Dodge county council of defense, un-
(Continued on Pane Two, Column Four.)
North Platte, Aug. 9.-(Special Tel
egram.) Victor Halligan of this city,
ex-captain of the Nebraska university
foot ball team, and brother 'Captain
Halligan of Company E, Fifth Ne
braska infantry, has been chosen, as a
captain in the "Dandy Sixth" by Gov
ernor Neville. Captain Halligan has
been in Fort Snelling for several
months having been among the first
to enlisf.
His father, J. J, Halligan, is one of
the leading attorneys of western Ne
braska. Colorado Catholic Bishop
Dies in Denver Hospital
Denver. Colo., Aug. 9. Right Rev.
Nicholas Mau, bishop of the Catholic
diocese of Denver, died at a local
hospital today, after an illness of lit
tle more than a week. Since a fall
four years ago his health had been
poor. He was a native of Alsace
Lorraine and 67 years old. He was
consecrated bishop in 1887 and was
the second bishop of Denver, which
office he assumed in 1889.
Cardboard Coffin Latest
War Measure in Germany
Amsterdam, Aug. 9. -Coffins of
waterproof cardboard are now being
made in Germany, according to the
Tagliche Rundschau of Berlin. The
lids are glued instead of being nailed
down,
DEMNG
0 Companies A. B. C and D and the
machine gun company of the "Dandy
Sixth," Companies A, B, C, D. G, K
and the recruit, machine gun, supply,
sanitary detachment and headquarters
companies of the "Fighting Fourth,"
and the machine gun company of the
Fifth regiment, stationed in Omaha
and at Fort Crook, probably will not
move till Sunday or Monday.
Orders for the entrainment of
troops have been in the hands of the
mustering officer, Major James . W.
Heidt, of Lincoln, for weeks. They
were sealed and not to be opened
till August 1. They set the date of
entrainment for August 10. or at near
to that day as could be managed.
LONG WAITED CALL.
Some of the troops may begin to
move even earlier, others will be a
few days later. But within a week
the last of the Nebraska brigade will
have left Nebraska toil.
At last the call for which they
have been waiting has come. At its
first notes 6,000 young men sprang to"
arms. As it reverberated fj.OOOmoth
ers bowed their heads in resignation.
So it's pack and be off wiflf the
boys in khaki, who have bpen in
Omaha and out in the state sA long.
Today, in every part of Nebraska
the soldiers are up and rgady no start.
.Memorrs o' the brigade yni Omaha
probably will not leave JfefoYe Mon
day, but troops scattered oyer the
State were prepared move todav
it necessary. r v , .
The order to mgfve will not come
through Governr Nevill.- but
through Major Hqidt, who is uieted
eral mustering officer stationed at
Lincoln. This ftr the reasotl that
the troops liave been must?rati4V,
the federal service and are np longer
under state control.
General Harries With Troops.
Brigadier General George H. Har
ries, commander of the Nebraska bri
gade, it is understood, will go with
the troops to Doming. He will be
accompanied by his staff. - -
Before the troops reach Deming a
whole corps of ofheers and aides will
have gone- before to blaze the way.
Comfortable quarters are being pre
pared for all the officers and facili
ties for transacting the officjal busi
ness of the army are being provided.
. These advance guards are doingall
in their power to get things in readi
ness and the sanitary torps' afld Sup
ply men are rushing their end of the
work so the travel-worn troops may
(Cuntlnurtl on Paie Two, Column Oo.)
German Miners Demonstrate
In Favor of Peace and Reform
Amsterdam, Aug. 9. Eight thou
sand miners attended a recent mass
meeting at Essen, Germany, for the
discussion of coal production, food
and wages. The meeting developed
into an impressive demonstration in
favor of peace by agreement and do
mestic reforms. The miners declared
in favor of the Reichstag majority '
peace resolution and demanded that
the Reichstag pursue their decision
in the interests of humanity. The
socialist organ, Vorwaerts, says the
fact that the demonstration occurred
in Essen, the center of pan-German
propaganda, increases its importance.
Frank L. Haller Goes to Join
Mrs. Haller in California
Frank L. Haller. president of the
Lininger company, left at noon for
California to pe- away several weeks.
He is going on a trio, delaved bv
business pressure, to join Mrs. Haller.
who has been sojourning at Venice, a
suburb of Los Angeles, for the benefit
of her health, and who will return
with him early in September. 1
Faces You Know
Can You Pick 'Em?
You scarcely realize what
" a difference a few years
make in the personal ap
pearance of your closest
friends. That's what makes
old photos so interesting,
especially when compared
with present-day pictures
Another Bunch Tomorrow
And the group will appear
again Sunday with the
names. Like so many other
fascinating features.
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