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.
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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.
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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
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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," '
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- 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
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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. . .
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