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PART ONE. NEWS SECTIOiN PAGES ONE TO TWELVE UNDAY THE WEATHER Unsettled VOL. XLVII NO. 9. OMAHA, SUNDAY. MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1917. SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. AUSTRO-GERMAN km NEAR BRODY FAILS: OMAHA MEN ARE CHOSEN FOR NATION'S BIG DRAFT ARMY EE tm RUSS 0ST HT 1 IAI - r m mm FIRST REGISTERED MEN SELECTED FOR SERVICE IN ARMY m Four Omaha Districts Name Conscripts Chosen to Shoul der Guns in Uncle Sam's Draft Army; Exemp v tion Boards Start to Hunt Down Slackers Who Made Draft. The lists of men selected for the national draft army are coming in faster as the boards sort over their men and find their claims for exemption. The Fourth district announces the? names of the men under their juris diction, that have passed their phy sical examinations and have made no claims for exemptions. The First dis trict also announces seventy-two men who have been chosen. These have asked no exemption. , , The list from the sixth district com prises the first fifty men enrolled. Twenty-three of the fifty were ex empted from service, twenty-three chosen and four failed to show up for examination!' The men in the Sixth that did not show up will be taken into the army as soon as they are located, unless they appear at once. The four men are: Harold W. Peterson, Valley: Carl A. Hasselbad, Valley; Frank Suf- tecol, Route 1, rlorence; Chester H. Nichol, Route 1, Florence. The first list published in the Sixth district contained twenty-three -drafted men, twenty-three exempted and four that failed to appear. The list published below is for the second fifty and contains seventeen that passed, four failing to appear, and twenty ttine exempted. Seventy-two men (Continued on Page Two, Columu One.) New Law Would Recall 90 Per Cent Of Rejected Men Xcw York, Aug. 11. Ninety per cent of the men Tejected by the mil itary authorities for physical disabil ities can be reclaimed for the service of the country, according to Dr. John H. Quayle of Cleveland, O., author of the bill introduced in the senate yesterday by Senator Pomerene look ins to, that consummation.' The bill provides for the appropri ation of $100,000,000 to be used to establish and maintain reclamation camps throughout the country as ad juncts to the regular training camps. Dr. Quayle said he expected to re turn to Washington tomorrow to confer with Secretary Baker. Dr. Quayle first became interested In his plan when men who had been refused for military service were sent to him for re-examination. He said many qf. their defects were of such a minor, character as to be easily cor rected and the men thereby reclaimed for military duty. I . Commissions at Spelling Beinq Given Individually Fort Snelling, Minn., Aug. 11. (Special Telegram.) Students of the reserve officers' training camp at Fort Snelling are being notified individu ally this afternoon of the commissions which the War department has award ed on the basis of recommendations forwarded to the department recently by officers of the Snelling camp. Individual notification of students isxfor the purpose of obtaining in dividual .acceptances ot the commis sions, according to Brigader General William H. Sage, camp commander, a.d notices of all Jcceptances or re fusals of students to accept the com missions preferred are to be returned to the War department. General Sage said he expected it would require the rest of today and possible part of tomorrow to do the work. Doubt is expressed if the com missions will be in shape for public announcement by the War . depart ment at Washington until Monday and students were ordered to give no information to the press relative to commissions. The Weather For Nebraska Unsettled weatlier Sunday, probably showers; not much change in temperature. For Iowa Showers Sunday, cooler. ? prratures at Omaha Yesterday, Comparative LoraL Record, 1917. 1916. 191S. 1914. Highest yesterday... SO 7S S2 99 I.ov.eat yettcrduy 61 0 64 63 59 llean temperature 70 71 73 69 I'Vlpitatlon T .05 .1: T Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature 76 deficiency for th. dy.. 6 Total deficiency since MHrch 1 180 Normal praclpltatlon , .12 Inch befklency for the day 12 Inch Toml rlnfall since March 1 H.1S inches U.'ficleniy since March 1 1.43,lnch"s rih-fi'-lenryvfor cor. period. 1916. 8. 4 inches lix- ess fur cor. period. 1915 1.29 Inches T ludieates trace ot precipitation. , V I.'A. WELSH, Meteorologist, U Hour. Deg. Vn3 i 6 a- m 61 3H&k 5 7 a. m 4 f fct 8 a. m. 64 mMAM - 9 " 57 LymrS T l a. m 70 ffiff f vp 11 a. m 73 Wr 12 m 76 K tLui--si- L 1 P- m 77 C sLTS k 3 p- m so Yvti B 4 p- m- 7' fc 6 p- m 77 jCT , 8 p. m 1 8 s-giJ:? 7 p. in 74 BOYS IN KHAKI OMAHA GUESTS AT BARBECUE Two Thousand of Nebraska Soldiers Enjoy Feast of Roast Beef and Mutton at River view Park. Riverview park teemed with human interest yesterday. Never before in the history of this beautiful sanctuary of nature has' there been such a memorable loccasion. The great right hand of Omaha was extended to -2,000 soldiers of the re public, young men who are about to entrain for Deming, preparatory to carrying the banner of liberty across tne seas. Omaha's heart beat a little faster when 2,000 defenders of the country cheered as General John C. Cowin quoted Kipling's lines: " 'Lord, God of hosts, be with us 'J vue frrffir tsr ujo fnrtrrt ' " The soldier boys of the Fourth, Fifth and SfxtrTregiments went to their bunks last' night with a feeling that the home folks are with thelri and will be with them as the days go by. Nothing Left Undone. The arrangments for the entertain ment of the soldiers at the park were splendidly made and carried out with out a hitch. From the time the first detachment of men arrived untjl they returned to their posts aftea nightfall there was not one dull moment. It seemed that the elements were in sympathy with the event, as long about chuck time, at 6:30, ominous clouds gathered in the sky, but J. Pluv held off till 8 o'clock and then it was an almost negligible quantity of moisture. There were eatables beyond meas ure, music of all kinds, short patriotic talks, dancing,, boating, swimming, athletics, sweethearts to greet them, friends to meet them, relatives to bid them God-speed nothing was over looked to make the day pleasurable and rememberable. - ComeTWith Their Band. ,The soldiers, fron) Fort Crook be gan to arrive in special street cars at 2 p. m., and, led by the Fourth regi ment band, they inarched from Thir teenth street into the" park grounds. The swimming pool and boats were reserved for the Sammies, who took advantage of these opportunities. Gene Melady and Carl Marfesi had charge of the athletic program, which was a "crackeriack," as' somebody, re marked. Houlihan and Murray went on for a wrestling bout, which was full of pep. Jimmy Chinn and Young Jeffries gave a foui-round boxing ex hibition, which was of the right sort. Jack Barry of Company A, Fourth regiment, and Tommy Connolly of Company C, Sixth regiment, went in for four rounds at 133 pounds. The five Chinh brothers engaged in a bat tle royal. Earl Caddock and Tommy .Ray appeared in a wrestling exhibi tion and Al Greenwood and Eddie Hart were seen in four rounds of fast boxing. Several base ball games were played by soldier teams. At six o'clock the speaking program was held on the roof of the pavilion where H. H. Baldrige presided and introduced Mayor. Dahlman as the first speaker. "The peopie of Omaha,!! said the mayor, "wanted to meet you and say farewell, but not gooy-bye. You are our honored guests today. You have responded to your country's call. We (Continued on Pare Two, Column Seven.) Deck Officers' School On Pacific Coast Soon to Open Boston, Aug. 11. The United States shipping board recruiting rservice, the headquarters of which are in this city, today announced the com pletion of agreements for opening free navigation schools on the Pacific coast. The schools will be at San Pedro, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Astoria and Seattle. In a few weks, it was stated, all the thirty schools authorized by congress will be training deck officers for the new merchant marine. " By September 1, according to officials, the capacity of the navigation sdiools will be about 700 deck officers a month. The present capacity of the, engi neering schools in Boston, Hoboken, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, Xcw Orleans and Seattle is 450 students a month p -O When the Soldiers Go Wfrat they will most want is news from horn er Subscribe for The Bee for your . boy and it will be mailed to him daily. It will keep him atantly posted and save lots of letter-writing. , " - ' : , : : A. subscription to The Bee for the Boy; is the Best Present for. the, money you. can give him. ' . . Special Price to Jan. 1, 1918 (Including Sunday), $1.50 Send the order now and we'll start the paper as soon as the troops leave for destination. LOCH AND SILK HAVE BRAWL ON FARNAM STREET Former Saloon Keepers Try to Settle Ancient Feud Be fore Crowd, of Five Hundred People. Pete Loch, former saloon man, and Jimmy Silk, former proprietor of the Underworld, and said to be a part of a political machine opposed to Loch, clashed in a fist fight on the corner of Seventeenth and Farnam streets at noon Friday, The two men met on. the corner and began talking in more or less heated terms. Suddenly and -simultaneously, according to witnesses. Loch and Silk dived for each other. Loch's dive was the best; he obtained a good . hold on Silk's neck and began to rain professional like uppercuts upon Silk's physi ogomy.. He forced Silk to the curb and began to pummel him with the ra pidity of a machine gun. It was sev eral minutes before bystanders gained the courage to attempt to separate the men, as both are big, sturdy fel lows. Separation Only Temporary. The separation, however, was only temporary, as the combatants retired to an alley between Farnam and Har ney streets and resumed hostilities. This time three policemen managed to stop the battle royal and placed both men uderrrest. Tne fight was very vicious and blood flowed freely. One of Silk's eyes was badly cut by a blow from Loch and he bled profusely. Both Loch and Silk were charged with disturbing the peace. Loch was released upon bonds furnished by County Commissioner Johnny Lynch, while Tom Dennison put up bond for Silk. . W. Light; 1617 Farnam street, sent to the police station a gun which he told officers was in Silk's posses sion. Silk denies knowledge' of the gun. t Police Surgeon Callahan dressed two cuts on Silk's face. ' Wheat Harvest in Italy 50 Pef Cent Above Normal Rome, Au. 11. The ministry of agriculture's statistical bureau an nounces that the wheat harvest just ending has been excellent in alt parts of Italy, especially in the south. It was 50 per cent better than the haf vests of recent years. Potatoes, which were cultivated in tensively, are satisfactory. The har vest of olives, grapes and rice is very good," ' - i - . - Nothing Too Good for Him CASH CORN TAKES BIGGEST DROP IN MARKETHISTORY Appointment of H. C. Hoover as Food Administrator Bears Grain Market; Distillers Quit Buying. Cash corn prices on - the Omaha Grain exchange took the most sensa tional drop in the history of the mar ket Friday. The decline ranged from 24 to 31 cents from pricesof Friday. The decline at other markets was equally as great. Friday cash corn sold at $2.07 2.15. Today the prices went as low as $1.75, with the top at $1.90 a bushel. As prices declined there was a rush o. buying orders, cattle feed ers, taking over large consignments. With the drop in corn prices the demand increased and t the ' lose of the short Saturday not more than twenty-five ra of the receipts, 148 carloads," remained unsold. Most of the holdo ers, i' was said, were later disposed of at private sale. Tumble Starts Ear!y. Omaha corn prices began to go' down during the first hour of the ses sion of the exchange and at the time when .. from Chicago came pouring in, saying that the distillers had laid down and quit buying. Later a telegraphic announcement from Chicago as t the effect that the distillers had given out a statement that they were out of the corn-buying market. They added that they had sufficient of the cereal on hand to run the plants until forced to shut down under the provisions of the food law. The word sent out by the distillers and the signing of the food bill by President Wilson was given as( the cause for the slump that routed the bulls. Wheat Follows Corn. Cash wheat followed corn to some extent in the price decline. Although there were no sales, bids were quoted at around $2.75 and $2.76, or 4 to 5 cents under the prices of Friday. The receipts ere light, but five carloads. Oats sold off. cent and at 63 and 64J4 cents a bushel. Receipts wgre forty carloads. Five Iowa Men to Receive Commissions at Fort Sheridan Washington, Aug. 11. 'Commis sions awarded to students at the Fort Sheridan, 111.? training camp, an nounced today by the adjutant gen eral, included 'the following: Iowa Paul K. Ayres, Second Iowa infantry, captain; Paul W. Eells, Ames, second lieutenant; George E. Lenihan, Fort Dodge, second lieuten-i Ont lunula Vnkorffi Yna Ur.iiiie second lieutenant; Edwin S., Elder, Keokuk, Second lieutenant. I DOUGLAS COUNTY WOMEN MEET TO ORGANIZE HERE Session Tuesday to Make Pos sible the Registration of -Women for War Service. A call to organize Douglas county women into a committee to co-operate with the State Council of Defense is madeby Mrs. A. L. Fernald, re cently appointed- county chairman. The meeting will be held Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock in the council chamber of the city hall. Mrs. Fernald urges presidents of all women's clubs to attend or to send their representatives. Organization of the womet is most important at this date in order to make possible the registration of women for war service next month. Mrs; Fernaldwho will preside at this meeting, is also president of the Omaha Woman's club. The Comfort Kit women, under the leadership of Mrs. J. T. Stewart, 2d, plan, to sell doughnuts, cold drinks, chewing gum and other confections to the bays at Fort Omaha next week. The money realized will go to buy materials to make the comfort kits the boys have been clamoring for of late. The goods will be sold at a reason able figure, but the movement is not a canteen. Mrs. Luther Kountze is in charge of the stand. When Canners Cannot Can Who Can Can? CanYou Can Asks Poet I do not care what stocks are worth, nor what the price of ships. I have no time to scan the earth for speculative tips. My only job is working hard to cam the needed cash to keep the folks supplied with lard and pork and beans and hash. And yet, although I've never read the Wall street ticker's news, but plug away to buy the bread and keep the kids in shoes, there's one thing in the market stuff that caught my eye today and made me think it's surely tough for those with bills to pay. The papers say the war has made all working forces scant and men who run the canning trade would like to can, but can't. The wages in munition shops draw men from all the land till canners can not use the crops of things that should be canned. The item made me think awhile. The meaning's very plain. If I'm to live within my pile when winter comes again it's up to me to take the tip and look a bit ahead and try to stop the threatened slip twixt me and daily bread. Two million fertile garden plots throughout the fruitful land are growing things in wholesale lots that must be dried or canned. If canners cannot get the men to put the stuff away, it means a jump in E rices when we face the winter day. It means that I must fix myself to rave the coming cold by filling up my pantry shelf with all that it will hold. F,or now's the cheapest time to buy the things on which we feed. It's up to me to can or dry the foodstuffs I will need. The man who will not look ahead and use his present chance will have good cause to view with dread the winter's sharp advance; while I, with my abundant store upon my pantry shelf may calmly watch, when prices soar and not be sore myself. " DENSE WAVES ASSAULT SLAV POSITIONS; ROUMANIANS GIVE AND TAKE ! Field Marshal von Mackensen's Offensive in Southern Moldavia Gives Allied Command Serious Concern; Important Railway Communication Threatened; British and French Gain in West. (Associated Press War Summary.) ; Russia's armies continue to exhibit increased resisting ' power in the area of the Austro-German offensive on the east ern front, while in the west the relentless British and French pressure is showing results in the further recession of the Ger man line in Flanders. STATE AGAIN IS WINNER IN LABOR FIGHT Judicial Triumvirate' Grants a Temporary Injunction and Scores Unions and Busi ness Men's Association. Judge Leslie, Judge Redick and Judge Scars, sitting in equity court, today granted a temporary injunc tion asked by Attorney General Reed, representing the state, against the Business Men's association and the Omaha labor unions. It was a victory for the state on the heels of the restraining order issued by Jud,je Leslie June 18, when the at torney .general envoked the Junkiu act in an attempt to end Omaha strike troubles:;; The three judges set the ease for a hearing on its . merits $cptcrnbex. 10. Heading. vju be made next week and the three sides, the Business Men's association, the unions and the attor ney general's forces, will prepare for trial. - When; the strike hearing is exten sively gone into in September and ex. haustive evidence submitted the last chapter of the long drawn out strike litigation will have been writlen. Judge Sears said he believed it would require a; month's time to hear the case on its merits. ; ; ; Both are Censured. , After reviewing the evidence in the affidavits; filed by the' state, alleging conspiracy, and acts in restraint of trade on the part of the labor organi zations, Judge Kcdick censured both the Business Men's association and the unions from the bench. He said the result of the acts of the unions and the employers was prac tical stagnation of tnde in Omaha, particularly the building trades. "There is no question but that the union teamsters committecd acts in restraint of transportation of mer chandise in the city of Omaha," de clared Judge Redick. "Also some of the business men went farther than they should in closing down their yards." "I think they went too far, but the court is not prepared to say to merchants: 'You have to sell your goods.' Some of the acts of the Busi- ness Men's association were unjusti fied." Judge Redick ruled it was agreed the only justification the state had in bringing the injunction suit was based on the Junkin act. He said it was clearly a proposition of whether the Business Men's association and the unions were engaged in a conspir acy in restraint of trade. The general denials of the unions and responses to the state's charges of conspiracy were more in the na ture of pleadings than affidavits, ac cording to Judge Redick's decision. The court decreed the state did not have to show that the business men and the unions met and passed reso lutions tv enter into a conspiracy. Judge Redick said a conspiracy may be shown in the inevitable acts re sulting from conditions. B While the court decided the evi-. dence showed the union teamsters (Continued on Pag Two, Column Thr.) OF TEUTONS O An example ot what seems to be im proved morale of the Russians on the Galician front is provided by Petro grad's report' on the Teutonic attack at Brody, northeast of . Lemberg, which obviously had been in prepara tion for several days. . The assault was started on Thurs day, resulting in heavy fighting as the dense waves of Teutons swept for ward, but ending in what the Rus sian official statement characterizes as a complete failure. The : Russian forces still hold here a strip of Gali-1 cian soil. ROUMANIAN OFFENSIVE. ' The Teutonic attack on. the part of Roumania still remaining 1 in' posses sion of the allies, now is being pressed from three sides and advances for the offensive forces in Some sectors are admitted. ; - .. There appears to be no question of any lack of determination in the Russo-Roumanian offensive, however, and at some points the joint allied arms are on the aggressive. Thus, near the RuUsd-Roumanian frontier the Austro-German troops were forced to retreat in places, with the loss of 400 en in prisoners, in one case being pushed back across the Ftitna river. Field Marshal von Mackensen's of fensive in southern Moldavia seems to be giving, the entente command the greatest concern' at" the-jreeiU, : as nighty important line of railway com-; municaliotis-along' the western Mol davian front is threatened by it. Apparently the drive is aimed at the railway junction of Pantzm, posses sion; of which would cut off the branch railway which connects the twe lat eral lines of communication along this front. ; ' . ' British Gain in Flanders. ' The battle. Is . being waged along the Suchitza river, across which Von Mackensen, has forced his way to the west of the Fokshani-Ocna railway line. To the east of the railway in' the more, crucial sector, however, his attacks apparently have been less successful.- : The Flanders battle, while not yet resumed along the whole front, has been raging violently east of Ypres., The British gain of ground in the Westboek region -in Friday's attack was maintained in its entirety agains' six violent German counter . attacks delivered Friday night. In addition General Haig's troops. on the right flank, where the complete objective was not gained in the first attack were able to move their lines forward during the night, gaining ad ditional ground. They are now well established on the dominating posi tions seized in the Friday assault. French Retake Ground. Berlin's report of this fighting char acterizes it as an unsuccessful attempt along a front of nearly five miles and mentions particularly the ejection of the British from positions near West hoek. French troops Friday ninht recao- tured most of the ground taken from them the day previous by the Ger mans in the St. Quentin region. They also recaptured an important trench the crown prince's forces had won recently south of Ailles, on the Aisne front, and broke up a German attack on a two-mile front in the Carnillet region in the Champagne. , The Germans managed to hold on to a fifty-yard strip of tFenches they had penetrated north of Carnillet, but otherwise the French lines were kept intact. . Teutons Destroy 933 Scandinavian Ships Copenhagen, Aug. 11. Nine hun dred and thirty-three Scandinavian ships have been destroyed by . tor pedoes or mines since the beginning of the war, according to the Aften bladet. . . 10 Days in August Advertising in The Bee . . (Warfield Agency Maureraots)' ', Gaining Right Along 1917 Paid Advertising In The Bee First Ten Days of August; 11,828 Inches 1916 Paid Advertising In The Bee Same Ten Days: 9,048 Inches v GAIN ' 2,775 INCHES Keep Your -Eye on The Bee Improving Ever; Pay; T