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VOL. XLVII. NO. 78.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917.
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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.
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66
65
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74
11 a. m. 7
12 noon 82
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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
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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.
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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. -
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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 ' '
