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X Th Omaha 'ABLY Bee THE WEATHER - Fair ; . VOL. XLVII. NO. 78. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. v h ) V r j 1 I I 4 "r It t i K ERENSKY DECLARES R A NEED MEN riFr TT TT A TT TT TTT C 7 1 U MAKV L n , r STATE'S nnrr ... OF DRAFT BOARD RULING SENDS CAnMcn CnnM cin nom admv. wtfLY TO JURY THMtii.li mum nemo iuhiimi, niiDmpTuniirrir ;L DURING THE UtEK tIMIMlid dU m r t It I IfcLU Protests Filed in Effort to Exempt Farmers Till Corn Is r in Crib in Order to Prevent Enormous Losses and ; Threatened Food Shortage; Drafted Men Leave Tuesday. Nebraska's corn crop is in grave danger, according to farmers, bankers and members of tbe State Draft board. farmers are hastening to Omaha to see if something can not be done to keep them from being sent to Fort Riley Tuesday Mjr Wednesday. v protest after protest has come to the board, but members 4ay they are helpless. The board started out to exempt farmers with corn in the fields and let them remain on their farms un til December 1, to give them a chance to husk their corn crop. BOARD I, OVERRULED. But the board has been overruled and the members now are calling up on the patriotic citizens of Omaha and the state to wire to Food Commis sioner Hoover or even to President Wilson, to see if something cannot be done before Tuesday to give the farmers time to harvest the crop. : Frank A. Kennedy, a member of the boarS, told of several instances where farmers had called on them within the last few days, renters who have corn crops in the field, with no one to leave at home to husk the corn. He said that the hands of the board were tied and that they must certify the men to go, evenJhough 6,000 of theny were to be torn away from the farms of Nebraska, at a time when they were most needed to gather the bumper corn crop, of which the world is in need. Some time ago a ruling was made that farmers, who had no one to leave behind to look after their crops, might be exempted until ' December 31. Now this has been' changed and Nebraska will lose thousands of its young farmers at a most critical time. , ' Farmers are .already short of help and with a record crop soon ready for the bins, there will be -no one to handle it' - .;,;.-. ' - . , Corn Badly Needed. ; Corn-is one of the great fcSd sup plies of the nation," said M. C. Peters, a member of the board. '.'It must take the place in a way -at the winter wheat crop, which was ! winter killed in Nebraska. It is a food which will spoil if it is allowed Jo remain in the fields all winter. It should be husked and cribbed as soon as it is ripe and with these men called to the colors at this time there will be many fields left to ruin." Rotary Club Meets at ;. Happy Hollow Wednesday The Rotary club of Omaha will hold a special meeting at the Happy Hollow club Wednesday evening at which time each member can invite a guest. Delegates to the Atlanta con vention last June will make their re ports and motion pictures taken at the convention will be shown. ..- The entertainment committee has arranged a unique program for this " occasion. Plans will be formulated to attend Rotary day. at the Sioux City interstate fair, as guests of the Sioux City Rotarians. ! New Fuel 'Plan Will Care First for Small Consumers Washington, Sept. 16. Plans for taking care of small consumers' coal needs this winter by requisitioning so called spot coal at the mines and di recting its sale through local dealers at government-fixed prices , were dis closed tonight by Dr. H. A. Gar field, the fuel administrator. The first move under this arrange ment, Dr. Garfield explained, . will be to ascertain through state fuel ad ministrators Soon to be named, the ixact requirements of each state Earth Shocks at Bogota , Cover Period of Fifteen Days Washington, Sept. 16. Official dis patches today from Bogota, Colom bia, say the earth shocks which be gan there August 29, continued inter mittently until. September 13. A few buildings were damaged and six per 'sons killed. The Weather . For Nebraska Generally fair and continued warm. " Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. j Hour. Vet. 5 a. m... 6 a. m... 7 a. m. .. 8 a. m... a. m... 10 a. tn. 67 66 65 , 69 74 11 a. m. 7 12 noon 82 1 p. m. 2 p. m. 1 p. m 4 p. m. ...... 6 p. m p. m. ....... 7 p. m.: Comparative Loral Beeord. , 1917. 1916. 1915. n914. .Jflghfst yesterday.... to 77 76 68 Lowest yesterday 65 49 68 f j Mean temperature... , 78 63 67 80 Precipitation 00 .00 .01 .12 Temperature nd precipitation departure from th normal: Normal temDsrature., 66 Kxeeas for the day 10 Total deficiency since March 1 .197 I Normal precipitation.. 11 Inch .' Deficiency for the dny..., 11 Inch "VnJ rainfall since March 1 . . , .20.2 Inches Deficiency etnee March 1 3.43 inches lief!rt"nc for cue. ;noiI, 191H.. J.7S fricr-' UufieKiaiy f. r Co.. period. 1S1G.. .78 inch ; ' L. A. WKIaSH, Mcit Jiolojlst. SWEDEN PROBES TRANSMISSION OF DISPATCHES Foreign Minister Lindman, in , Interview, Insists Matter Is Regarded as Serious; Practice Stopped. (By Associated Preta.) Stockholm, Sept 16. Sweden real izes the seriousness of the situation created by the recent disclosures at Washington regarding' transmission of German dispatches and expects to take all steps possible to put matters righ Foreign Minister Lindman said today during an1 informal talk. All transmission of German dispatches had been stopped, he said, and Ger many had been asked for' an explana tion of the abuse of the privilege for merly extended. In the course of his discussion of the affair with the correspondent Ad miral Lindman brought, out the fol lowing points: First That the Swedish govern ment' was not, as alleged in certain quarters, taking the affair lightly, but on the contrary, realized fully the se rious aspect ot the situation and in tended to do everything possible to settle the problem. Transmission Now Stopped. ' Second That transmission of dis patches on behalf "of Germany had been stopped absolutely from the mo ment when the disclosures were brought to the foreign minister's at tention and would under no circum stances be resumed. tl:j ti.. i . 1 - i- 1 t .intra inai naa ine aweaisn gov ernment had the slightest ideaof the nature of the " dispatches ' which the German government was transmitting the messages never would have been transmitted. -, , ' ; Fourth That 6trong representa tions Jiad been addressed to the Ger man government on the abuse made of this practice, accompanied by a re quest for explanation, to which, how ever, no reply had yet been received. Admiral Lindman, during the entire conversation, seemed imbued with the desire to see the situation cleared up fully and completely on a basis satis factory to the- United States and Sweden and in a way to permit the continuance ot the most friendly, cor tiial relations with the American gov ernment and people. Deplore Situation. The foreign minister said in the course of the conversation, "I want to emphasize the fact that we are not takinsr this matter easily. We deplore most s'ncerely that a practice which was exeir;sed in absolutely good faith has been sravely abused, and we are determined that the condition which led to this if suit shall be remedied." Illinois Strikers Resume Work; Peaceful Parade Permitted Springfield, 111., Sept 16. The sym pathetic strike which called 8,000 men from their duties here during the week is ended. Coal miners, watch makers and many other workers will return to their tasks on Monday. Barbers, butchers and grocers returned today. The settlement was reached at a meeting of business men and strikers with Governor Lowden this afternoon. H was agreed that the union men may hold a peaceful parade tomorrow, and that Sheriff Wheeler shall dismiss the sncei'al deputies employed since the strike of street car men began two months ago. The latter strike is not affected by the' settlement Denver Solves Fuel Riddle; Sells Coalat $4.15 Per Ton Denver, Colo., Sept . 16. Five hundred tons of lignite coal were sold by the city of Denver today in the first half day 6f its operations as a retail coal dealer. The price was $J.15 a ton, delivered. v . At the main office a forty-ton carload of coal was sold in the first fifteen minutes the office was open. Two others were sold at this office before noon. Approximately 150 toersons gave orders for the fuel. The coal was sold to persons of limited incomes .only. State's Attorneys in Villisca Ax Murder Case to Try to Show Statement Not Obtained y by Duress. f fey EDWARD BLACK, "staff Correspondent for The Bee.) Staff Correspondent for The Bee. Red Oak, la.,. Sept. 16. (Special Telegram.) The Villisca ax murder case will be resumed in district court at 9 o'clock Monday mornine. when the prosecution will continue its evi dence against Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly, Much interest has been aroused over the confession which Attorney General Havner announced he holds. This confession, the state contends, was obtained from the prisoner with out duress and after the defendant had been repeatedly warned that any thing he might say would be held against him. " The state expects to show by witnesses from Logan that Kelly made the confession by his own free will and that no third-degree methods were used. To Offer Confession. The original confession will be of fered in evidence during the week and its text will not differ materially from the outline as printed in The Bee two weeks ago. In this alleged con fession the minister is said to have stated that a sermon on "Slay Ut terly' by - Gypsy Smith, evangelist, worked upon his mind. He was writ ing a sermon on that text and on the night of June 9, 1912; when he was a guest at the home of Rev. W. J. Ewing at Villisca he heard t voice and saw a shadow. He heeded the voice and followed the shadow to the home of Joe Moore, according to. the contession. Wife Claims Third Degree. Mrs. Kelly has stated that her hus band was subjected to third-degree methods before the confession was signed. Attorney Mitchell of counsel for defense in court charged that two men were garbed as desperate high waymen, handcuffed and placed' in a cell with Kelly for psychological ef fect before the confession was given. 3 he confession feature of the trial will be an interesting chapter and will be contested bitterly by opposing counsel. 1 he state claims to have evidence that Kelly made a series of confessions, including two while held by. federal authorities at sioux f alls. Closes $50,000 Deal and Catches Train to Ball Game Minneapolis. Minn.. Sent. 16. (Soe. ciah Telegram.) Thirty seconds, be fore he caught a train for Minneapolis, where his base ball team, the Murphy Did Its, play iunday, Bert Murphy sold a one-third interest in the Mur- phy-0 Bnen Auto company to Dick Coad for .$50,0J)0. . The deal was completed on the marble counter covering a radiator in the Union station in Omaha with A. B. McConnell, Coad's father-in-law. Murphy had to take the trip with the ball club. Even a $50,000 deal was not going to stop him. So hemade an engagement to meet Mr M-tCon- nell at the depot and the agreement was written out and signed just thirty seconds before train time. Bert pock eted the agreement and made a dash for the rattler and just made it Young Coad is to become manager of the Murphy-O'Brien firm. Six Omaha Girls in List Pledged by Sororities (From a 8taft Correspondent) . Lincoln, Sept. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Six Omaha girls, were included- in the list of pledges an nounced by University of Nebraska sororities at the close of the rushing season here tonight. More than 100 girls were pledged, it was announced, but owing to the incomplete lists some of the sororities did not make the names of their pledges public. Following are the Omaha girls pledged: Pi Beta Phi, Mildred Mc Farland, Eunice Fike, Louise Wat kins, Dorothy Davis. Alpha Phi, Helen Wahl. -Delt Gamma, Helen Neiman. FRENCH GIRL SALUTING AN AMERICAN SOLDIER Such scenes as this are common" in the vicinity of the camps where American troops are being trained. The girls believe in making "Sammie" feel at home. I H W in ch 1 1 ii f Svi I flKMF kA III 11 BILLION WAR CREDITS BILL PASSMNATE Largest ' Measure of Kind in World's History Goes Through Unanimously; Already Ap - proved by House. . (Bjf Aiaociat Praia.) ..' .'' -.Washington, Sept. "16. The! -war credits bill, authorizing new bonds and certificates aggregating $11,538,- 000,000 and the largest measure of its kind in world history, was "passed by the -senate Saturday without a roll call or dissenting . vote. It has al ready passed the house and will go tQ conference Monday. Senators Stone,, Smith of Georgia and Smoot were named the final conferees. Few thanges were made in the bill by the senate. The mo9t important senate amendment was that of the finance committee in Increasing from one-seventh .to one-fourth o' l per cent of the bonds and war savings certificates, authorizing the expense allowance for their notation and de creasing the allowance for the indebt edness certificates from one-tenth to one-twentieth of 1 per cent. v As the 'senate did not revise the amount of security issues proposed that cannot be changed in conference. They are $7,538,945,460 of convertible 4 per; cent' bonds, subject to income surtaxes and war excess profits taxes, and $2,000,000,000 each of war savings certificates and temporary certificates indebtedness. , ' , OrUp Governor Goes on -v Honeymoon to Hot Springs EJmhurst. III.. Sent. 16. Tame' M. Cox governor of Ohio, was married yesterday; to ' Miss Margaretta Blair, daughter 'of I nomas b. Blair, jr., at the residence of the bride's familv. The ceremony was simple. Adjutant General George Wood ' and Colonel James Hill, both members of 'staff of Governor Cox, were hisattendants. Mrs. Parker Blair and Miss Eleanor Ogden West, both of Elmhurst at tended the bride. Governor and Mrs. Cox left last night tor-Hot Springs, Va. "Mr. Cox, who is the owher and editor of the Dayton and Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, was re-elected governor of Ohio last fall. ' TOO MUCH FLOUR IN GOTHAM NOW; BREADPRICE CUT Julius H. Barnes, President of Food '. Administration Grain Corporation, Says Condi- tions Being Adjusted. (B Aaaootatad !.) - . New York,' Sept 16,-New York not only is assured of an abundant Hour supply, but soon will face the prob lem of how to take care of the sur plus which is being shipped from western mius, according to a state ment issued here toniirht bv Tutius H. Barries, president of the food admin istration grain corporation. "Flour orice is asserting itself ran idly from the wheat price," the state ment said, "showing reduction of flour price generally throughout the coun try, and even in New York the bakery trade is beginning, to adjust itself. There are stores already selling a twenty-ounce loaf of bread for 10 cents, which is at the rate of 7 cents for the ordinary loaf. f ine tacts are that the primary marketing of wheat is increasing steadily; that mills are producing greatly in excess of flour consump-j tion; tnat more Hour is arriving every flay in Mew xork than New xork can possibly consume; that such railroads as the Frisco are beginning to report scarcity of cars because of heavv country movement of wheat and" flour; that the whole marketing move ment is now under way about three weeks later than usual, partly because of uncertainty as to what action con gress would finally take, which threw the. winter wheat machinery out of gear, and partly because northwestern farmers'are preparing the 'ground for next year's crop instead off rushing wheat to market, being assured of a steady price. Louis W Hill, president of the Gr.eat Northern railroad, in a state ment here tonight) declared the great trouble the farmers in the west have had to contend with is the scarcity .of labor. Liberty Motor Will Be . Used jn Naval Aircraft , Washington, Sept 16. The Liberty motor produced by engineers work ing under the direction of the War department will be used also in naval aircraft. ; MANIFESTO FROM CABINET STARTS THE NEW REGIME (By AaaMlate Pra.) ' Backed by Unanimous Republican Sentiments Voiced at Moscow Conference, Provisional Government is ' : sues Proclamation Signed by Premier, as Presi- j dent, and Minister of Justice, Yaroudni. s Petrograd, Sept. 16. Russia has been proclaimed a repub lic. The provisional government tonight issued, the proclama tion, dated September IS. " Q THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE. "Holding it necessary 6 put an end to the external indefiniteness of the state's organization, remember ing the unanimous and rapturous ap proval of the republican idea ex pressed at the Moscow state confer ence, the provisional government de dares that the constitutional or ganization according to which the Russian state is ruled 5s a reisolican organization, and it hereby proclaims the Russian republic. "Signed, "Minister and President Kerensky, Minister of Justice Yaroudni." The title "Minister and President" affixed to Premier Kerensky's signa ture to the proclamation probably refers to his position as president of the ministry, rather than of the re public ' . , The provisional government today announced that all the affairs of state had been entrusted to five members of the cabinet The following official communication was issued: ' 'Pending the definite constitution of a cabinet and in view of the pres ent exarordinary circumstances, all affairs of state have been entrusted to M. ' Kerensky, premier; i M. Ter estchenko; minister of foreign affairs; General Verkhovsky; minister of war; Admiral Verdervski; minister of ma rine, and M. Nikitin, minister of posts and telegraphs." KERENSKY ORDERS ARMY OBEYiEADERS Manifesto to Army Forbids Ar rest of Commanders by Pri vates and Enjoins Com pliance With Discipline. Red Cross Inspector Gives Thrilling Account of Bombing , of Hospital by the Germans and Tragic Death of U. S. Officer Airplanes Drop Explosives at Night on Medical Quarters on French Coast Where Wounded Were Lying. v (By Antedated Frew.) . ' Washington, Sept 16.The first complete detailed account of the Ger man air .ttack on American base hos pital No. 5t in France on the night of Tuesday, September 4, has reached this country in a report from Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, head of the Red Cross in France. It was in this attack that Lieutenant William T. Fitzsimmons of Kansas City, the first American officer to pve I his lite in the war, was killed and ; three other officers, six privates and a woman nurfe and twenty-two patients . from the British line were wounded. I An American Red Cross inspector, returning to Paris from the scene told the story as follows: . "An airplane attack occurred at li o'clock at night. Just at that ime, fortunately,, no convoy of wounded was being received or ', the , list of casualties would have been far great er as one of the bombs fell into the center of the laree receDtion tent to which :'ie wounded are first borne fori examination. Ten seconds sufficed fo. the dropping of the bombs from the fast flying plane and within less than a minute thv. surgeons of the hospital were at the task of collecting and at tending, those who had "been struck down. And for twenty-fouf hours they were at work in the operating room, one surgeon relieving another when the latter, from simple exhaus tion, could work no longer. And the very next day juot as if nothing had happened, these same surgeons were called upon to ' jceive and care for 200 wounded sent in from the trench es of the British expeditionary force. "The hospital, which is on the French coast, , has 1,800 beds under canvas in a quadrangle 800. fet square, is in a district in which there are many similar institutions and is unmistakable as '. hospital. At- the time the German aviator flew over it most; of the surgical staff was en gaged in making rounds of the wards. Lieutenant Fitzsimmons, however, was standing at the door flap of lis tent. There had been, a brief warni. e Lof tho presence of a bombing, ir- piane in the neighborhood because a quarter of a minute before the sound of exploding bombs was heard from I point perhaijd t.o hundred yards from the hospital. The warning suf ficed to cause all lights in the tents to be extinguished immediately and those who had been under fire before, threw" themselves face J down upon the ground. ' ' 1 Then came five explosions in rapid succession in the hospital itself. The first two were directly in front of Lieutenant Fitzsimmons tent ne (Continued Fio Two, Column Three) (Br Auoclatrd Pres..) ' v Petrograd, Sept 16. -Premier the army and the fleet, after stating that General Korniloffs revolt dis organized the operations at the front, orders the soldiers to cease all poli tical disputes in the army, which must' do everything in its power to restore Its fighting force.. ' ' ' '- The premier instructs the soldiers to resume the transport of troops ac cording to orders, of the general staff, to stop arresting their commanders, the right to, do which belongs only to the judicial authorities, not to remove tneir, commanders" from 1 theit posts and not- to form voluntary detach ments on the pretext of fighting the counter revolutionary movement. , The order, 'of the day. concludes 'with the Assurance that the army, which showed its complete fidelity and trust in the provisional govern' ment during (he recent troufc'ts, well realizes the country can be ' saved only by the re-establishment of army discipline and by the close union of all elements. ; Situation Clarified. (Auoelated Prese War Summary.) Russia's internal .situation was con siderably clarified by Saturday's news dispatches, which announced the ar rest of General Korniloff, marking the definite end of his revolt, and the formation of a new cabinet at Petro grad. Publication of the names of the new cabinet members was deferred for a day. With General Korniloff was ' ar rested General Lokomsky, who was in command on the Russian northern front when the revolt started, and who cast his lot with his chief. What the fate of the two men will be , is problematical. Military activities on most of the fronts seem to be at a minimum. Rome's official statement, while re porting ratification of the Italian lines onvthe Bainsizzf plateau, does not mention particularly the fight for Monte ban Uabrieie, Which height, on Fridav. was renorted in diolomatic dispatches to Washington to have been captured, v On the Franco-Belgian front the only actions were minor affairs, ex cept at Verdun, where- Paris reports the French successful in' regaining most of the trenches which the Ger mans pentrated north of Caurieres wood on r nday. On the Riga front the Russians are still on the aggressive and their war office reports advances which resulted in the occupation of several towns. Premier; Kerensky has found it im possible to obtain a -compromise on a coalition basis, admitting both right and left ministers, and decided tem porarily to create a cabinet of five members. These are Kerensky, presi dent: Terestchenko, minister of for eign affairs: General Verkovski. mm ister of war; Admiral Verderevski, minister of marine, and M. Nikitin, minister of posts and telegraphs. As Terestchenko and both the defense ministers count as members of no party and as Nikitin an! Kerensky are social revolutionists, ine caDinei. as far as it is a party one, is social revolutionist The portfolios-of the other departments will be allotted by the cabinet .of five, but the occupantj will rank only as directors of depart ments. - , . ' Republican National Committeman h dead Baltimore, Sept 16,WMiara F. Stone, Sergeant at arms of the re publican national - committee, died early today, " Vengeance Comes Quickly; Dies Making Getaway Dubuque, la, Sept 15. After ransacking the Catholic church, private home -and a store at Me nominee, III, ten miles east of Du buque, this morning, an unknown man was frightened away by the : priest In making his getaway the man was hit by an Illinois Central train and instantly killed. All of the booty was recovered. Tageblatt Editors .Indicted : & For Treasonable Utterances - Philadelphia," Sept. li. Louise Werner, edor-in-chicf, and Dr. Mar tin Darkow, managing editor of the Philadelphia Tageblatt, were indicted on nine counts for treason1 by the federal grand jury. Separate indict ments on two counts, charging con spiracy and violation of the espion age act, were returned against Wer ner. Darkow, Peter Schaefer, presi- -dent; Herman Lerake, business man ager, and Paul Vogel, treasurer. The treason indictment refers to Heged un-American articles written by Verner and Darkow and published in the Tageblatt The maximum pen alty is Meath and the minimum five years' imprisonment The conspiracy charge is based on publication of al leged false and distorted reports of domestic and foreign war news The maximum penalty for this is twenty years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. ., . : Gompers Takes Seattle , Strike Up With U. S. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 16. The gen- , eral strike committee of the Seattle ' Metal and. Building Trades Councils and the International Timber Work ers and International Shingle Weav ers,, which is directing the strike of wood workers in Seattle shipyards against the use of lumber produced in ten-hour mills, has received tele gram from. Samuel GompersT presi dent of the American Federation of ' Labor, stating that Gompers had taken the Seattle situation up with tbe United States Department of La-' bor, and had been advised that the" department had already begun an in vestigation. ; ' . North Carolina Floods ; Result in Three Deaths - Raleigh, N. C, Sept 16.Three deaths and property damage estimat ed at many thousands of dollars wen known results tonight of the flood in eastern North Carolina, caused by torrential rainfall. Two trainmen were killed when an Atlantic Coast Line train was wrecked by- a wash out near Goldsboro. Railroad bridges in many sections around Wilmington and Goldsboro have been washed away. Dams have broken at several points, carrying away buildings, and several mills in Greene county are threatened by high -water. Want 20,000 Telegraphers to -Train for Signal Corps Service ; Chtcagon Sept ? 16. The Illinois Manufacturers association and the Chicago Association of Commerce to day endorsed a movement to train 20,000 telegraphers for service-in the signal corps of the United States army." ..'; . .. . - ... Telegraphy will be taught men of military age id public schools of Chi cago: as well as universities, colleges and' technical institutions. - "'I'll I III I iii) j , M nT I,, H"iM j'" f: Van Rappard, Dutch Minister. Replaces Van Royen at Madrid ' The Hague,. Sept 16. Chevalier W. L.T. C. Van Rappard, the Nether lands minister to the United States, it is reported here, is .destined to replace.-. ,H. Van Royen at Madrid. As the latter is the new minister at Washington , this would simply amount to an exchange of diplomatic posts ' '