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NIPPON MINISTERS
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ON WAR MISSIONS
Assistant Secretary of State
Off Coast; Big Review of American Army Is
, on Program; Ambassador Explains
1 Errand.
A Pacific Seaport, Aug:. 13. A Japanese mission to the
United States arrived "here today and proclaimed almost at
the moment of landing, that its members came officially "as
, comrades in a gigantic struggle which involves the liberties!
and the sacred rights of mankind.",
"We are here," declared ViscountO
K. Ishn, ambassador .extraordinary
and plenipotentiary, responding to an
' address of welcome by the mayor, "as
the representatives of Japan, on a
mission of friendship and good will.
We cqme as allies in a common
cause."
Tonight he adverted to this nation's
war panoply, and its meaning to Jap
an. . "We are particularly glad to be
' here just at this time," he said, "when
- all America is showing a courage,
patriotism, energy and whole-hearted
zeal.
"Naturally Japan is interested in
your preparations. We are glad to
see that. Not a single sensible per
son in Japan see's anything in your
preparations but great benefit to both
countries in the future.
"We have always had confidence
in the justice, sound sense and broad
vision of Americans. We are glad
. of your preparations on land and sea
because we believe they mean an
earlier, peace.
Can't Discuss Object.
"It is not possible or proper for
me to speak of conditions, political
or otherwise, on our side of the Pacific-
We have been out of touch
with the news and in these days of
, quick changes it would be unwise to
I rush into print. Then, you will readi
I ly, understand that I .cannot well dis
I cuss the subject of the object of my
mission. True, there is nothing mys
teriows akvitat.jBnd ia-fact you must
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sions, ; ,
"I am particularly pleased to be
here because I have been to France
and England since the war began and
have had an opportunity to meet the
great figures of the war, in the field
' and in the council room. I have now
a similar opportunity in America to
meet many good friends and your
great statesmen, soldiers and sailors,
many of whom I have had the pleas
ure of meeting in Japan. All of the
gentlemen who accompany me also
consider themselves fortunate in this
opportunity to renew old friendships.
"Certainly I feel as if I had been
transported- to a land of Arabian
- Nights, ,so stupendous are the
changes, and so vast the scope of
your contemplated undertakings."
Meet Guests With Launch.
Breckenridge Long, third assistant
" secretary of state, and Gavin McNab,
an attorney sent from Washington
with representatives of the army and
navy and a corps of secretaries left
shore in a sea-going launch when
lookouts sighted the first smoke of
' the liner bringing the mission, and
boarded the vessel as she made port
with the Rising Sun- flag of Japan
flying at her forepeak in honor of her
distinguished passengers.
' With them were Masanao Hani-
liara, consul general' at a Pacific port;
Tadenao Imai, vice consuf from an
other port, both assigned to member
ship on the mission, of which the oth
er members are Vice-admiral T. Take-
shita, Majdfr-General S. Sugaano, who
won the order of theKite in toe Kus
soJapanese war; Matsuza Nagai, sec
retary of the toreign on ice," Com
mander M. Ando, and an officer listed
as Major K. lamkawa, wno learned
on arrival that he had been made
colonel while at sea. ,
A battleship circled the liner as she
lay at anchor until the mission was
put aboard the launch, shore hound
Real Ceremonies, Begin.
The real ceremonies began ai the
andmir place.
Masses of troops banked the street,
(Continue on Pare Two, Colnmn Three.)
The Sunday Score
Advertising in -"The Bee
(Warfield Agency Measurements)
First Over AU
160 Inches
More Than World-Herald
, 910 Inches
More Than the News
Lmday, Aug.-12, 1917 In Inches:
Local Display.,., 723
Foreign Display 107
Automobile 1,104
Classified .......... . 724 M
-Total........ 2,658
Same Sunday Last Year:
Local Display 454
Foreign Display ...... . 1 08
Automobile . ; . ,t 188
Classified 547
Total..'. ..1,298
GAINS 1,360 INCHES
Keep Your Eye on The
Bee
Improving Eyary Day
Meets the Ambassador's Ship
MESSAGE FROM
EMPEROR GIVEN
FOR FIRST TIME
Wilhelm's Message to Wilson
Stating His Position in Re
gard to War Is Finally
Announced.
(Uy Associated Frew.)
Washington, Aug. 13. The German
emperor's telegram to President Wil
son, given to Ambassador Gerard in
the emperor's own handwriting, was
made public officially by the State
department today for the first time. It
tollows:
'Berlin, via Conenhaecn. dated
August 14, 1914. Received August IS,
:JU p. m. Secretary of Mate, Wash
ington, August 14, 3 p. m."
"The following was communicated
personally to me by the emperor in
writing
' "'Private and confidential;
"'For the president personally.'
? ".'One The , . Royal Highness
Prince Henry was received by His
Majesty, King George V, in London,
wno empowered him to transmit to
me verbally that Eneland would re
main neutral if war broke out on the
continent involving Germany and
France, Austria and Russia. This
message was telegraphed to me by
my Drotner irom London, alter' his
conversation with His Majesty, the
king, and repeated verbally on the
twenty-ninth of July.
" 'Two My ambassador in London
transmitted amessage from Sir Ed
ward Grey toTJerlin, saying that only
in case t ranee was likely to be
crushed, England would interfere. .
England Would Not Move.
'"Three On the thirtieth, my am
bassador in London reported Sir Ed
ward urey, in the course of a private
conversation, told him that if the con
flict remained localized between Rus
sia not Servia and Austria Eng
land would not move, but if we mixed
in the fray she 'would take quick de
cisions and grave maneuvers, in
other words, if I left my ally, Austria,
inthe lurch to fight alone, England
would notvtouch me.
"'Four This communication being
directly counter to the king's message
to me I telegraphed to His Majesty
on the twenty-ninth or thirtieth,
thanking him .fpr kind message
through my brother and begging him
to use a1 his power to keep France
(Continued on rage Two, Column Four.)
Mrs, Fred Hamilton Narrowly
Escapes Drowning Off Naragansett
Mrs. Fred Hamilton, beautiful wife
of Fred Hamilton "of the Nebraska
National bank, narrowly escaped
death by drowning off Narragansett
Pier, R. I., according to word just re
ceived from the east, where Mrs.
Hamilton has been spending the sum-'
mer. , ,
Miss Lynn Curtis, daughter of Cold
nel S. S. Curtis, formerely of Omaha
and Mrs. Louis Marshall Heminway
of New York, also were other near
victims. Tha-women, ncne of whom is able
to swim, were the guests of John Ben.
jamin Irwin of New York at a "mat
tree luncheon," which is one of the
fads at the beaches this season, y
A hearty repast was spread on "a flo
tilla of mattresses and lauehter and
mirth reigned supreme. The day was
ideal for the party and the sea was
uiusually calm.
Hardly had the lunchinc bother
fallen to, however, when swells from
passing steamships upset the mat
rees and spille the whole party,
viands and all, into the ocean.
The soill took - nlace about 2001
yards from the bathing pavilion, and
the three women were finally dragged
half conscious to shore by the swim
mers. They were taken to their ho
tels in automobiles and soon revived.
Stackers of Chicago Are
Placed On Service List
Chicago. Aue. 13. Registered men
here who have sought to evade mili
tary duty by iarnonne orders to an-
pear before the exemption boards or
by remaining in hiding were placed
today upon the list of those certified
for service.
Harry Keatoh, . Taken From Fort Crook
To Leavenworth, Probably to Face
Firing Squad; Army Tragedy
DRAFT FORCES TO
START TRAINING
IN THREE WEEKS
Men Go to Training Camps in
Four Separate Quotas, Fa
cilitating Supplies and
Equipment.
(By Associated 1'rrss.)
Washington, Aug. 13. The entire
687,000 men, composing the fust in
crement of the army draft forces, will
be under training early in October.
Under orders issued today the
first 30 per cent of the quota of each
district will begin entrapment for
cantonments .September .S; the next
30 per cent, September IS, and an
other 30 per cent, September 30.
The remaining 10 per cent will be
mobilized as soon after that date as
possible.
The plan to assemble the new
forces in three increments distributes
the task of furnishing supplies and
equipment through September. It will
also prevent serious shortages in any
camp and will give the new officers
from the trainmcr camps time to
familiarize themselves with their
duties gradually before responsibility
for a great body of men falls on
them.
The order issued todav means that
about 12,000 men will reaTTh each of
the sixteen cantonments soon after
September 5. Thev will first be ex
amined physically by army doctors
ana nnaily accepted or rejected.
Presumbably the first increment will
have been organized into skeleton
companies, battalions, or regiments
before the second arrives. The new
comers can be quickly absorbed by
a going concern .in that case, and the
third lot can be taken into the war
machinery with even less disturbance
when it reports fifteen days later.
Crop Conditions Regarded.
la .farming communities local
boards now will arrange the lists of
those to fill the first -increment, with
local crop conditions in mind. Drafted
men engaged in that work and who
otherwise would go with the first third
of the district quota, will be passed
over to the second or third, as may be
necessary. Reviewing the question of
discharge for dependent relatives,
Provost Marshal General Crowder is
sued a supplemental ruling today,
holding that persons should not be
discharged because of dependents
resident abroad.
"The object of the law permittine
persons tu be discharged provided
they have persons falling within any
of the classes of dependents, de
pendent upon them was to prevent
such dependents becoming a charge
upon the American people," the rul
ing says. "A dependent residinar
aoroaa could not becom such a
charge. Persons claiming discharge
because of such a dependent cannot
(Continued on Page Two, Column Six.)
Hawaii Given Privilege to
Vote on Woman Suffrage
Washington, Aug. 13. Favorable
report was made to the senate todav
on the bill to empower the Hawaiian
legislature to extend suffrage to wom
en and submit the question to voters
of the territory.
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Omaha District, Charged
With Desertion, Must
Undergo Trial.
By BEATRICE FURMAN.
He is "just akid," as the fellows
say the little drummer boy. He has
a thin, brown face and eager eyes all
alight. And how he did beat the drum
when they drilled or when the bat
talion sallied forth to the ball games
and parties in Omaha I
You'd think the kaiser was a goner
sure, when he Set the men quick-stepping
to his music. And he was count
ing so on beating the drum for his
regiment over there in Europe, right
up to the big victory or to the gates
of death as the case might be. The
little drummer boy would lead the
way, as the fellows well knew.
But now all that is changed. In a
moment the boyish hopes and almost
reason itself were stamped out. lie
was taken from Fort Crook yesterday
and today he's on the way to Leaven
worth. The penalty for his mistake'is
death, in these war times, but the fel
lows are hoping the higher officers
will temper justice with mercy and
give the little drummer boy a light
sentence.
Harry Keaton let that be his name,
for it's the one he gave when he en
listed is a "single personification of
the tragedy that comes once in a
while in every life. He came from a
small town near Omaha and but I
draw the veil there. His record is
good, except in the one step that
made this story possible, and even
army officers would like to shield him.
This, also for the good he has done
and the future if he escapes the
firing squad. ,
Rather Be Dead.
"But I'd rather be dead," moaned
the little drummer boy yelterday; "I'll
be disgraced for life I can never vote
never even get a good position I And
I was trying hard to make good I
didn't mean any harm when I left over
there, but I was just crazy because of
the way that officer was always piclt-
uig on me 1 - :'r
And so on, in a frenzy of torment
he babbled all afternoon under the
stern eyes of a guard. Never still, he
fairly raced up and down over the
small. space of ground allotted to him,
while the guard paced back and forth,
gun ready, eyes following every move
of the boy.
It happened back in the Philippines
a short time ago, the offense of the lit
tle drummer boy for which he is pay
ing so dearly today. He had "always
been crazy about soldiers and fight
ing, he says, trom the time when he
first saw a picture of a soldier in his
second reader up to high school davs.
when he devoured everything he could
find about the great wars of history.
As soon as 111s age would allow him
to barely "squeeze iri" he joined the
army. But over in the islands he didn't
find the glory he sought. It was dull
and monotonous and he got so home
sick for mother I Not that be didn t
love his country he was willine to
die for it. But it's sometimes harder
to live than die for a principle.
Not Always Fair.
It was the maddening routine of
army life that got on his nerves. He
was full of vitality and boyish eager
ness. He wanted to be doing some
thing! But he could Have stood it all if it
hadn't been for that officer "picking
on him." for, not always sad to say
are the officers just and worthy of
respect, even in the United States
army. Not often, but once in a whiff,
comes one too "smalf'to stand sudden
rise to authority. He confuses bullying
with discipline and it's hard on the
boys under him'.
Somehow,' he took a dislike to the
little drummer boy. Time after time
the boy was sent to the guardhouse,
unfairly, he thought. And finally it
happened 1 He ran away ran back
to freedom and home. It happened
after he had received a letter from
home, telling of the pleasant happen
ings back in the United States. At
the same time came another unfair
(so he felt) guardhouse sentence.
Well, that was all for a year. He
came back home and every one was
glad to see him and so happy he had
got a "furlough." , Nobody at home
understood much of military affairs
and his hazy explanation was ac
cepted. He Enlists Again.
Then came the call to arms last
spring! And the old longing for the
army surged over the boyish soul of
the little drummer boy. It covered
almost the terrible never-ceasinar
torment that ate, down at the bottom
of his heart, night and day. "Deserter!
(Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
Soup Kitchens Are
No w the Big, Thing t
In German Empire
Copenhagen, Ang. 13. More than
180,000 residents of Hamburg now
are being fed in the municipal soup
kitchens,. owing to the difficulty of
obtaining food supplies for indivi
dual households, t , ,
The number has fallen off some-
-what now that fresh vegetables are
oDtainanie, it naving reached the
maximum in April, May and June,
when between 230,000 and 240,000
persons visited the kitchen daily for
their meals. It is expected that the
number will increase again consider
ably during the coming winter, ,
COMMISSIONS
FOR OMAHA MEN
AT LOGAN ROOTS
Eight Military Students at Ar
kansas Training Camp Given
Lieutenancies in the Na
tional Army.
(H.r A!MM'lteil Fre.)
Washington, Aug. 13. Commis
sions awarded to the students at the
Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., officers'
training camp, announced by the ad
jutant general today, included the
following:
Nebraska :
Krastus X. Benson, Omaha, ccond lieu
tenant. Kugen H. Tllton, Omaha, aocond lieu
tenant. Thomas W. Jones, Omaha, flrat lieuten
ant. itaymond V. I,nw, Omaha, first lieutenant.
William E. Kavan. Omaha, aecond lieu
tenant. Kalih P. Campbell, Omaha, aecond lieu
tenant. John K. Baldwin, Omaha, second lieu
tenant. Perry It. Singlca, Omaha, second lieu
tenant. Iowa :
Frank Ward, Cedar Falls, raplaln.
Henry S. Bonney, Buck Grove, first lieu
tenant. Herman C. Miller. Waterloo, first lieu
tenant. Harry I. Clark. Waterloo, captain.
Albert H. Porarh. Fort Dodge, captain.
John B. Fldiar, Davenport, aecond lieu
tenant. -Commissions awarded to the stu
dents at the Presidio of San Fran
cisco, Cal training camp, included
Melvin H. Schlesinger, Lincoln, Neb.,
second lieutenant.
Wattles Will Confer
. With Hoover About .;
"State Tooti:C6ntrol
! Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 13. (Spe
cial Telegraln.) Appointed food ad
ministrator of Nebraska, to act as the
personal representative of Herbert G
Hoover in the national conservation
campaign, Gurdon Wattles, railroad
magnate of Omaha, will leave Los
Angeles Wednesday for Washington,
to confer with Mr. Hoover as to his
duties.
For ten years Mr. Wattles has made
his summer home in Southern Cali
fornia. He received notice by telegraph to
day of his appointment, and when
seen tonight at his residence, said:
"I am rather at a loss to know
what my duties will be. I suppose
my appointment is due to the fact I
organized the big grain exchange at
Omaha, and it is the aim of the ad
ministration to place men in charge
of food control who are familiar with
food distribution, and the making of
prices.
"My duties undoubtedly will be to
put an end to food speculation in Ne
braska. I snail do everything in my
power to bring about that result, if I
am so requested."
Russian Minister Says
His Days Are Numbered
London, Aug. 14. Russian circles
in Switzerland, a dispatch to the Daily
Express from Geneva savs. learn
from Petrograd that Premier Keren
sky in talking with personal friends
recently concerning his health, said:
"I have not long to live. Heredity
and disease have numbered my days.
I must hasten the work of liberating
Russia and do the greatest good I can
before I depart. Peace now would
make us future vassals of the kaiser,
which would be worse than being vas
sals of the Russian emperor."
U. S. to Investigate Factories
Making Unifomis'Army
New York, Aug. lA avestiga
tion into the conditionv je factor
ies making uniforms I . the army
and navy has been order i by Secre
tary of War Baker, according to word
received today by the Amalgamated
Clothing Makers of America, which
charged that girls under the legal age
were working , under the old sweat
shop conditions and receiving $4 a
week for work which would pay $12
or $14 elsewhere.
World-Herald-Deliberately Violates
Associated Press Release Order
The following dispatch, sent this morning, is
Omaha, Aug. 13.
ciated Press, New York City: Complaint is hereby entered -against;
Omaha World-Herald for deliberate violation of release order by pre
mature publication Fort Snelling appointments. OMAHA BEE.
Note: The list of military commissions for Fort Snelling officers was transmitted with '
this injunction : "Release afternoon papers August 13, 1917." The Bee scrupulously ob- l
served this release ; the World-Herald willfully violated it.
The Associated Press by-law reads: "No member shall anticipate the' publication of ;
any document of public concern confided to this corporation for use on a stipulated date, -however
said member may have secured said document."
GEORGE NICOLL BARNES IS
CHOSEN AS LABOR MEMBER
ON ENGLISH WAR CABINET
Big Excitement In London When Successor to Prominent
Cabinet Member Is Announced; Former Minister
Attempts to Explain the Stand He Had
Taken in Regard to Congress.
(Hjr Asaot'liitod Vitus.)
London, Aug. 13. A day of great political excitement
in London concluded tonight with the announcement that
George Nicoll Barnes, minister of pensions, had been appointed
to replace Arthur Henders6n, as labor member of the war
cabinet.
The appointment, according to a semi-official statement,
has the approval of all the other labor members of the govern
ment. ' '
RAILWAY IS CUT;
RUSS MOLDAVIA
LINE IN DANGER
Von Mackenzen's Troops Force
Russians and Roumanians
to Sereth RiveF; Capture
' Railroad Center. ,
lr Ainoclntfd Pre!.)
The Russians and Roumanians, hav
ing been forced to give up the Fok-shani-Marasechti
line and retire to the
Sereth river, Field Marshal von Mack
enzen has been enabled to capture
Pantziu, a railway town west of
Marasechtt." By taking the town the'
Teutons
ns probably have cut the rail-
ine nnrth imnrillino-"tl.. T?ne
me north, imperilin g the Rus-
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sian and Roumanians fighting in
western Moldavia around Ocna, as
the railroad north front Marasechti
was one of their two means of obtain
ing supplies and reinforcements.
Infantry Attacks Weak.
intanlry fighting on tnc western
front, especially in Flanders, has not
been marked during the last twenty
four hours. In southern Moldavia.
the Teuton drive ayainst the Russians
and Roumanians prdgresses.
111 r landers the Anglo-French and
German troops apparently are resting
in preparation for further infantry
activity, the Germans can hardly
permit the British to hold the im
portant salient east of Ypres and be
tween Pilkem and Hollebekc without
first making additional efforts to
straighten' out their front. By widen
ing the salient, field Marshal Haig
adds to the insecurity of the German
line from Dixmude north to the coast,
as well as the front southward toward
Lens.
French troops again have repulsed
German efforts along the Aisne front.
Sunday night and on Monday the
Teutons tried to recapture the ground
lost to the French south of Ailles. The
French threw hack all the attacks.
East of the positions the French took
the offensive and succeeded in mak
ing a small advance. Elsewhere on
the French front the artillery fighting
continues violent.
Lens Center of Fighting.
British Frortt in France and Bel
gium, Aug. 13. Lens was the center
?if the rnain activity on the British
ront last night. The Germans continued-
to exhibit signs of apprehen
sion in a heavy bombardment of the
back approaches near Vimy and to the
west and northwest of the city.
The Canadian Jines 'have been
gradually tightening about tills im
portant French mining center and the
Canadians now hold strong positions
in tne western environs, inis appar
ently has been disturbing to the
Germans, who have placed a higti
value on the retention of Lens, be
cause of its enviable position in the
Pas De Calais coal fields.
Yesterday was another big day for
the British aviators. A large number of
battles were fought, over this front,
with the honors decidedly in favor of
the British. At least six enemy air
planes were destroyed and nine other
machines were brought down out of
control.
In the course of last week's air
fighting one brilliant younp, Britisher
accounted for his fortieth machine.
Melville E. Stone, General
O CRISIS IS SOLVED.
Thus the crisis which seemed to
threaten the existence of the govern-
ment was at least temporarily solved
and unless unexpected developments
occur there will be no appeal to the '
country. ' : - .
The government announced to Par-'
liament today that the ministers had
decided not to grant passports to
delegates to the Stockholm interna- ,
tional socialists congress, thereby fall
ing in line with other allied govern
ments in this respect. It is not
doubted that this decision will be ac
cepted by the major section of the
country and by the newspapers. .
Henderson Explains Position.
Arthur Jlenderson, who , on Satur
day resigned from the war cabinet in
which he had been a miuister without
portfolio, Joday made his , expected
statement 111 the house in defense of
his attitude before the labor confer
ence last Friday, when he favpred the
sending of delegates to the forthcom
ing international socialist congress at'
Stockholm. , - - j. - J
Mr. Henderson in opening his ad
dress complained .against the 'un
precedented press .campaign'; against
myself and the difficulty, if-not-tmr
impossibilit of fmding precedent hi
Vrt!
history for the conduct pursued bv
the prime minister and his colleagues
in regard to the case." '
"The press camnaiirn." Mr. Hender
son continued, "was so perfected that
the first I knew that may resignation
had- been accepted was throuah the
of the labor conference "on Friday 1 "
interviewed the prime minister who
made clear my retaining the secretary
ship of the labor1 party was incompati
ble with my remaining in the war
council. When I came to a choice,
only one course was mine.1;
Offers to Tell Story.
"If the full story in regard to the
Stockholm conference must be told,
in the national interest it should nor
be told now and I am content to join
the list of ex-ministers who are await
ing the opportunity to state,, the full
facts of their cases without prejudice
to the national interests.
"On my return from Russia I pro
posed a visit to Franee, which was
under consideration at a special meet
ings of the war cabinet .twenty-four
hours before my leaving and which
Mr. Lloyd George did not attend. It
being the decision of the labor party .
that I should go, I wired7 the prime
minister informing him of my position,
and I could make this comment, that .
the prime minister and his colleagues
who issued a document to the, press
charging me with holding information,'
about the conference, have been con
victed before the house of intimating
that the whole arrangement for tb
trip to Paris was made without thei.
knowledge." i
Premier Lloyd George interrupted
Mr. Henderson at this point by say
ing: "I would like to ask my honorable
friend what he means by saying that
he sent a wire to me at Paris stating
his position. Does he mean to suggest'
that he wired me that a decision had
been taken by the labor party execu
tive? The only messae I received wa
one stating that he was coming to
Paris with four Russian delegates.
There was nothing of the decision of
the labor party." - ;
Henderson Says He is Right
Mr. Henderson insisted that his
statement was in strict harmony with
his position. : ...
"After the decision had been taken
with regard to my visit to Paris," he.
said, "I intimated that to the prime
minister and that was the subject of
a special cabinet meeting."
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of
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