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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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OMAHA NOT TO FALL SHORT
OF ITS QUOTA OF AMMUNITION
TO BE USED AGAINST KAISER
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All Efforts of the City Now Being Directed, to Swell the
Sale of Bonds; State is Backing Up the City and ,
Good Reports Are Now Coining In
From Everywhere.
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All Omaha continues activities the final week of the sec
ond Liberty loan drive with more vigor than has been hereto
fore displayed. -
Committees are busy hustling,, Boy Scouts are active,
women stick close to their booths in the stores where many
bonds are sold and women are selling bonds in the theaters
each evening. All this activity is swelling the total of the
Omaha sales.
nVUTlk M WiV at votauw aawar
noticeable and returns are now com
ing in fast. 1
- Today having been declared a
holiday and also as it is Liberty day,
big returns arc looked for.
OVER NINE MILLION.
Omaha's total tabulated to date is
$9,186,250., "
The afternoon speaking schedule
for General Leonard Wood in Omaha
Friday is not yet made up definitely.
The committee is working on it. The
general will arrive with two aides
about 7:30 in the morning. A com
mittee consisting of T. C. Byrne, W..
D. McHngh, Charles Black and floyd
J. Smith will meet him and escort
him to his hotel and to other places
he will want to visit It is expected
that he will spend the forenoon visit
ing the army posts here. At noon he
will speak at the Comrrfercial club
public affairs luncheon, while in the
evening he will be escorted to a num
ber of the theaters by the committee
and will make short talks thejre for
the Liberty bonds: 'I
;,' Monday at Theaters. .... . .. .
The' booths in the theaters Monday
took a total of $4,150 in subscriptions.
Following are the' items:
fitrand Mine Mllroy .. I 850
tiim Mrs.; .Samuel Burns 1,100
EiuprM Mrs. George Doane, Miss
J);ilHy Doane and Alias Ml
hugirt
Orpbeum and Brandeis Mr. Stewart
ami Mis Whttmore
(SO
1,650
Total . ...A 14,150
Sick Man Responds.
Though' bedfast with rheumatism
at, his 'farm home near Schuyler,
Joseph Mares has not forgotten the
importance of the Liberty loan drive.
A letter he has sent to his banker at
Schuyler has been forwarded to Sec
retary Folda1 of the Sta'tc Liberty
Loan committee in Omaha.
In this letter Mr. Mares says: "I
mi bedfast with rheumatism and
hercfore cannot come to the bank to
i:y Liberty bonds. However, if my
io;c payable on or before June 1 is
;ujd with your bank, please reserve
me: $200 or $500 worth or whatever
you think js my just share."
This man already has $1,000 worth
of bonds of the first issue. '
"This,", said Secretary Floda," is an
example of the spirit that is moving
"-many of the farmers throughout the
stale. We think this is the right spir-
(Contlnued on Fags Two, Column Two.)
Workers at Training
Camps Federal Employes
Washington, Oct. 23. An executive
order published today exempts civil
employes of the training camp ac
tivities commission from civil serv
ice requirements and directs that
those who heretofore have been paid
from private funds be paid from gov
ernment appropriations.
The Weather
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For Nebraska Fair; warmer. V . s
Tempt raturts at Omaha Yesterday.
, Hour. Deg.
t a. m ;.. 28
6 a. m ..27
7 a. m 26
8 a. m 27
a. m 28
10 a. m.i SO
11 a. m. 30
12 m 37
1 p. m. . r 38
2 p. m a. 41
3 p. m .'43
4 p. m..... 45
5 p. m 44
( p. m. ......... 41
7 p. m 40
8 p. m.. 38
'Comparative Ixx-al Becord.
1S17. 1916. 1915. 1914.
Hltfhest yesterday.,.. 45 40 ' 82 6
Lowest yesterday 25 36 63 " 4ff
Mean temperature.... 35 38 69 58
Precipitation 00 .01 .0 .01
Temperatures and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature..... 51
Deficiency tor the day 18
Total deficiency since March 1 338
Normal precipitation............ .06 inch
1 Deficiency for the day .......... .06 Inch
Total rainfall since Maroh 1... .20.85 Inches
Deficiency since March 1.. 6.87 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. .11.80 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 1.49 Inches
Beporta From Stations at IP, M,
Station and State Temp. High- Rata-
of 'Weather. 7 p. m est.
Cheyenne, cloudy. ......
Davenport, cloudy..... J 38
Denver, pC cloudy..... J8
.... T
HOPE LOAN WILL
REACH MINIMUM
ON LIBERTY DAY
Officials Believe Concerted
Drive Wednesday May Bring
: Total to Three Billions;
Boy Scouts Busy.
Washington, Oct. 23 The Liberty
loan was still lagging today, on the
face of the scattering unofficial esti
mates 'to the- Treasury department.
Officials were hoping that the $3,000,
000,000 minimum woujd be reached by
tomorrow night, when the heavy an
ticipated volume ol Liberty dasaies,
would be in hand.
Officials announced that there was
little information at hand to lead
them to believe that the $5,000,000,000
maximum would be reached, although
they thought the sum might possibly
be taken by an eleventh-hour aval
anche of subscriptions.
Want Half Million Today.
, "Conviction iY felt in niany quar
ters," the Treasury - department an
nounced, "that' the $3,000,000,000 mark
can be reached by tomorrow night.
Solicitors, spurred on by their failure
to make desired gains yesterday, the
first day of the last week of the cam
paign, began anew today with inten
sified determination, ft was thought
that if the loan total subscriptions
could be brought by tonight up to
approximately $2,500,000,000 or $500,
000,000 more than is in sight at pres
ent, there might be a chance to reach
the $3,000,000,000 mark tomorrow
night, the close of Liberty day.
"Liberty day returns, heads of some
district committees believe, may reach
$1,000,000,000. . If they approximate
60 per cent of this sum they probably
will send the total for the drive above
$3,000,000,000."
' Indications pointed more and more,
officials said, to the conclusion that
only . a tremendous response by the
entire nation, with hundreds of thou
sands of small subscribers and many
large .ubscribers participating, could
bring the total any where near the
maximum quota.
Among subscriptions reported to-
Today Is "Liberty Day" for Oppressed
Peoples of the Earth If Americans Do
Their Duty By Buying a Liberty Bond
McAdoo Appeals to NebraskansJ
to Remember Antilles and
Back Up the Boys
in Khaki.
, (Continued on Fare Two,. Column Two.)
May Enroll Every, :
Medical Man In
Country tor Service
Pes Moines, clear.
Dodge City, clear
lender, cloudy
North PUtte, Clear....
Omaha, clear
Pueblo, PL cloudy
Rapid City, clear
Rait Lake City, cloudy
Santo Fe, clear
Sheridan, pt. cloudy..
Sioux City, clear
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Chicago, Oct" 23. Enrollment of
every physician and surgeon in the
United States, without regard to the
state of his finances or dependents, for
employment in some form during the
r, is a probability, accortiitfg to dis
cussions which preceded the opening
today &f the eighth annual session of
the Cynical Congress of Surgeons.
More than 2,500 surgeons prominent
in this country and in Great Britain
and France are in attendance at the
clynic, which is to discuss how the
United States may best care for its
men injured during the war.
By W. G. M'ADOO,
Secretary of U..S. Treasury.
Washington, Oct. .This is Lib
erty day in the United States, made
so by proclamation of the presi
dent and governors of the , 48
states of the American union. Would
that it were Liberty day for all the
peoples of the world. Let us make
it an ominous day for the German
kaiser. Let us make it the beginning
of the end of military despotism and
inhuman warfare.
A fpw days ago one of the kaiser's
undertea assassins destroyed the
American transport Antilles, killing
many of America's gallant sons. The
kaiser must answer for this crime.
He must be made to feel the prick of
American bayonets. Let us remem
ber the Antilles. Let us never stop
nor falter until this infamous apostle
of brutalized warfare, the kaiser, is
brought to justice.
War Becomes Personal.
. To the families of soldiers and sail
ors who were killed on the Antilles
the war was made personal.
Today let every American realize that
this isa personal war between every
American and the German kaiser. The
kaiser has.brought it to every Ameri
can home, whether it be the home of
a German-American citizen or any
other American citizen. The kaiser
does not spare German-Americans, he
fights all Americans and all Ameri
cans must fight him. . " 7
": Today the American public is on
trial,, 'The eyes of the world are
upon -it the eyes: of the oppressed
pepples of the earth with hope and
expectancy,"the eyes of the military
autocracy, of Germany with outward
contempt but inward fear.
Failure the Kaiser's Victory. v j
Our first duty is not only to sub-
'i scribe, but to- oversubscribe the sec
ond .Liberty loan, it we tau, it win
be a victory for thr kaiscTrThere is j
no reason why we soouia tail, be
cause we are the richest people in the
world.':: ! ti v : .-. .v. .
To accomplish this great - task all
must pull together. If each, does his
part, if everyone. i animated by su
perlative love of country and resolute
purpose, we can. finaVcevery require
ment of the government and win this
mighty war quickly and save thou
sands of precious -American lives and
a vast amount 6f American treasure.
World Safe for Democracy.
It is our soldiers, our sailors and
our guns that are going to win the
victory, vindicate America's rights at
home and upon the high seas and
make the world safe for democracy.
The least service of patriotism that
any man or woman who stays at home
can perform is to lend money
to his or her own government on impregnable-
security at 4 per cent in
terest. They risk nothing while the soldier
risks all. " -
1 have visited some of the great
camps in the west where thousands
of splendid American young men are
training for the army. They are set
ting an example which the civilian
population would do well to emulate.
Our brave soldiers are not only giving
up their families, all their material
interests and putting their lives in the
balance, but they are actually sub
scribing from their meager pay to the
bonds of thejr own government in a
larger amount per capita than the
civilian population.
Destroy Our Credit.
. The failure . of the Liberty loan
would ... destroy the government's
credit, undermine confidence, imperil
prosperity and disgrace us in the eyes
of the world. The patriotic people ofc
the 48 states of the union must make
such a disaster impossible.
When the sun sets on the evening
of Liberty day 10,000,000 Americans
should have registered their subscrip
tions to the second Liberty loan.
hrst Consignment of
Buckwheat Reaches Omaha
The first buckwheat to arrive on
the Omaha market this year tame to
the Omaha Grain exchange today. It
was raised in Cass county and con
signed to A, W. Bewsher and was
priced at $3 per 100 pounds.
Have You Bought a Bond?
Women to Invest Their Savings
In Liberty Bonds at $ 1 Per Week
While the people of the country are
pledging themselves through the food
pledge cards to conserve food and to
substitute . the nonexportable for he
exportabl : foods the Nehawka County
bank at Nehawka has worked out a
plan to correlate the Liberty loan
work and the food conservation work.
; David C West, cashier of the bank,
writes to the Nebraska Food Admin
istration showing Jiow this has . been
done. The bank has offered to sell
$50 Liberty bonds" on the weekly pay
ment basis, $1 a week for forty-eight
weeks. At the end of that time they
deliver the bond. These bonds are
sold to housewives, and they get a
$50 bond for $48. At the same time
the plan contains yet another provi
sion, me II a weei; must te savca
hv the iiau&swivss bv t'.;
on, the table of a cheaper food for a
dearer, or the substitution of a non
exportable food for an exportable
one.
Thus, every time the housewife
saves a dollar on the table, she takes
it to this bank and applies it on her
Liberty bond. At the end of the
forty-eight weeks she has not only
conserved food for the American and
allied armies, but she has a Liberty
bond bearing her 4 per cent interest
besides. .
The food pledge cards are being
signed up everywhere in the state by
the parents of school children. The
children in Omaha are not satisfied
with getting the signature of their
own parents, but are running with
blank cards to all the homes where
there are no school children, and are
a i.
osit.iiuon cetuiur sooa results.
I
RULES PEACEFUL
PICKETING ISN'T
Li VIOLATION
Part of Judge Leslie's De
cision, in Which He Makes
Court Order Perpetual
Against Teamsters.
Unions have the right to combine
against the open shop and employers
have a right to combine against the
closed shop, as long as they go about
it peaceably and do. not violate the
law, according to a decision handed
down late yesterday afternoon by
Judge Leslie, sitting in equity court.
He ruled that peaceful picketing was
lawful.
Judge Leslie's decision marks the
end of long-drawn-out; expensive liti
gation arising out of the strike
troubles in Omaha last spring.
Dissolves Other Orders. .
He granted a permanent injunction
against the Teamsters' union and
members of that labor organization,
but dissolved the court order against
all other unions.
The only members of the Business
Men's association perpetually en
joined are operators of fuel and ma
terial yards, Judge Leslie holding
that evidence snowed these employers
to have been the only ones making
an organized effort to tie up building
trades activities in Omaha by refus
ing to make deliveries.
Tire , temporary order against all
other employers was dissolved by
Judge Leslie.
, Stay Within Law.
Judge Leslie refused to enjoin the
unions from fighting against the open
slpp, as long as they do not resort to
violence, intijnidation or other unlaw
ful means to further their cause. . He
also refused to enjoin employers from
fighting against the closed shop, as
long as they, too, do not overstep the
mark of the law. . . .
Thus, Judge Leslie juled, union men
may approach nonunion and ask them
to join their organizations. Members
of unions not involved in a strike may
refuse-to work on jobs characterized
as "unfair," according to his decision.
The .strike litigation dates back to
June 18, when Attorney General Reed
invoked the Junkin act and obtained
a restraining order against both the
Business Men's association and Oma-
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
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Scandinavians to; v
. Protest Sinking of -Vessels
in Convoy
London, Oct. 23. A joint Scandi
navian protest, it is expected, will be
lodged against the German sinking of
the neutrat steamers under convoy m
cording to a dispatch to the Morning
Post from Stockholm
Close AmtidySwhs Lfyei
r . Food Riots iii Vienna
London; Oct. 23. The Auirro-'
Swiss frontier hat ' been closed
owing td the serious internal situa
tion in'- Austria, according to an
. Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Berne today. Several munition fac-
tories were wrecked in recent food
riots in Vfenna, Pressburg, Brunn
and Laibasn, the rioters being most
ly women,' the advices state. -The
police, according to the reports,
fired on the crowds, killing and
wounding many persons.
CITY DELIVERS
100 TONS OF COAL
PER DAY SO FAR
Hope to Keep Up Muny Coal
Plant All Winter; May .
Raise. the Price'
of Fuel. '
City Commissioner Butler will go
to Chicago tonight in connection "with
the municipal coal department, his
purpose being to arrange for a defi
nite number of cars of coal each
week. .
"We intend to maintain ' this c6al
department all winter and wish to
place it on a more substantial basis,"
explained the commissioner. "We
have received 21 cars and 17 other
cars of orders placed are now en
route. The trucks are delivering an
average of 100 tons per day and we
expect .to- have outstanding orders
disposed of within a few days."
The plan is to deliver 100 tijns a
dajf and keep the orders down to a
point within the ability to swerve.
A check on the coal already sold in
dicates the necessity of raising the
rate on 'the next orders, but even at
that Mr. Butler figures that the city
will be able to save consumers not
less than $1.50 a tor), based upon the
Advanced price of $8 a ton being
charged by some dealers for central
Illinois coal, the kind being handled
by. the city.
JOFFRE'S MEN PUSH
ENTIRE GERMAN LINE
BACK OF S0ISS0NS
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Bad Weather Interferes With Fighting in Flanders,
but New Drive is Opened to South; Rapid Prog-
is Made and. Many Prisoners
Are Taken.
ress
ByLLETIN.
( Paris, Oct 23. In one of the swiftest and most dashing'
blows of the war, the French troops today smashed through the
German line north of Aisne, td a depth of more than two miles
at one point, inflicted heavy losses on the enemy land captured
more than 7,500 prisoners and 25 heavy guns and field guns.
Several important villages also fell into the hands of the French,
according to the war office announcement tonight.
Paris, Oct. 23. An attack was made by the French early
this morning on the Aisne frotft northeast of Soissons. The
war office reports that considerable progress was made along
the whole battle front and that numerous prisoners were taken.
r O ATTACK BEFORE DAYLIGHT.
The statement follows:
"This morning at 5U5 o'clock, after
artillery preparations . for; Several
hours, our troops assaulted the pow
erful German positions in the region
of Allmant and La Malmaison (north
east of Soissons). On the whole front .
of attack we made good progress and
we took a number of prisoners.
"Northwest of Rheims there was
rather heavy artlllci fighting in the '
night. Three surprise attacks against
our small posts west of Bermericourt
and east Of Neuville were without
avail. '. '"'
; BRING BACK PRISONERS.
' "In the AtRohne an incursion into
German , trenches atv Cheppy wood
enabled us. to inflict losses on the
enemy andsbring back prisoners.
,"On jhe '.rlghubank pi die Jileusc .
(Verdun front), .the artillery action
became violent late in the night in the
region north of JliU 344." ,
Germans Recover Position. ,
i fcohdon, ; Oct. 23,-41'he Germans
last night 'attacked one of the newly ;
captured British positions in Flanders ,
and forced . back the troops holding it,
the war office announces. .Elsewhere
the British gains of yesterday have
been maintained. ' ; ' " ;
The statement follows ; ' ( , .
"Rain fell again last .night and the
weather has been stormy and unset
tled. , .Esirjy: in the night the enemy
attacked one of our new posts in the -southern
part of Houtholst wood and
forced the, troops holding it to fall
back a short distanqe.. On the re
mainder of the front pur, gains have
been maintained and consolidated."
j Will Continue Hammering.
(lljr Associated Fiw.
.Washington, Oct. 22. Military ex
perts here . dd ' not expect winter to
halt the great allied drive against the
Germans in - Flanders, - The . British
and French comnianders will tri
umph over the obstacles of winter's
rigors and continue ; their, push
against the German positions on the
western front.
"Our men in France', after three .
months intensive training are in
splendid physical ' condition and ef-,
ficient fighting trim," said Secretary
Baker today.. "They have readily be
come acclimatized and now feel at
home in the war zone. - J. .
"Sammies" In Good Health.
"Our troops have met with the 1
most warm-hearted ' and enthusiastic
reception on the part of the people of
France. - . ,
"The health of our men over-seas is
reported as excellent. , '
"Bad weather , already prevails
along the western front, wintry con
ditions . will soon set in and. the
REPULSE GERMAN ;
ATTEMPT TO MAKE
SECOND LANDING
Russians Drive Off Invaders on
Esthonian Coast; Occupy
. Many Trenches On the
i ; Northern Front. : ' '."
Fctrograd, Oct., 23,-r-The I.Germans
have ' made an attempt at a second
landing, ou the EsJLhonian coast The
war office announces that they, were
driven, away by the Russians. 1
- The attempt was made near Moise
Icull Manor, height , miles north of
Werder,, on the Esthonian cqast,
(The landing of German . troops re
ported yesterday, by the Russian war
office was effected on the. Werder
peninsula). No naval engagements
occurred in connection with this
maneuver, German "warships were
observed off Kuivast, Moon island.
The Germans have evacuated more
trenches, on the northern end of the
battle front. 1 They were occupied by
the Russians. Trenches in the sector
north of Hinsenberg ' Manor ", were
taken by the Russian's after an en
gagement. t ' ,.' v, '
DRESSED AS.MAN,
WOMAN WOULD
ESCAPE HUSBAND
Mrs. ; Ivy Naser 'Alleges Hus
band Cruel to Child; Gives
' , Baby to Hospital; Dons -,
Man's Clothes.
Dressed as a man, w ith hair cut,
short, Mrs. Ivy Naser 22 years old,
who gaye'hrr residence as Main hotel,
was arrested at Fourteenth and Doug
las streets by ' Detectives Rich and
Psvanowski late Monday and is held
at police headquarters for investiga
tion. .
She told the authorities that her
husband, who is now at Fort Dodge,
la., forced her to leave him Because
of his brutal treatment of their' child,
a baby girl. The man is an Assyrian
peddler.
She said she took the- child to
Mercy hospital, Council Bluffs, early
Monday and asked them to take care
of it, and then came to Omaha, where
she formerly lived. Naser will be ar
rested. . ,
When questioned as to her rea
son for donning male attire Mrs.
Naser said she hoped, in that way to
successfully, elude her husband. Be
fore she left Fort Dodge, Friday after
noon, she swore out , a complaint,
charging him with cruelty, she said.
When arrested Mrs. Naser. denied
emphatically that, she was a woman,
but admitted it when taken to the
station. Her attire was complete from
head to foot, including even a swag
ger walking stick. '
Illinois Food Administrator,
J-
Is Fixing Prices On Staples
Chicago, Oct."23. For the first
time in the- history of the United
States a government tepresentativc
has fixed the "fair" "price of certain
foodstuffs. Harry A. Wheeler, food
administrator, of Illinois, today an
nounced the proper price for sugar,
potatoes and flour. ,; Grocers, for the
most part, have agreed to put the
prices in(o effect They are somewhat
lower than recent prices in Chicago
about 2 cents in the retail price of
sugar.
Mr. Wheeler's list gives the price
which the retailers should pay the
middleman, and the 'price which the
customer should pa over the coun
ter. Other prices for staples will be
announced as quickly as possible. To
day's list follows:
Flour, well known advertised mill brands,
running (our bass to the barrel. Retailers
pay per bar, I3.0jf2.3; customers pay,
f2.95W3.18. '
One-eighth Carrel flour in cotton bars, re
tailers pay per bag, tl.42i91.4S; customers
pay, $1.41.0. ......
Five pounds flour,- cotton sacks, retailers
pay per bag, 31012c ; customers pay 3
37c.
Potatoes, No. 1 Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Dakota,- retailers pay - per hundredweight,
l!.J53.60: customers pay per peck of 16
pounds, 43 0 4(0.
Sugar, best' bulk '.granulated, retailers
pay per hundrsdwolght, I7.67.76; eustom
ers pay, per pound, 714 03c.
Sugar, western cane granulated in bulk,
retailers pay per hundredweight, 17.68 0
7.7t; customers pay, per pound, 7lfto, ,
(Continued Page Twe, Column One.)
Hundred Killed -In
Explosion" in '
GermanTactory
Amsterdam Oct 23. The Echo de ;
Beige says that 100 workmen, includ
ing 40 Belgians, were killed and 100
injured by an Explosion recently at
Luttre, in Hairiault i province, Bel
gium. The material damage is re
ported to have been considerable.
The Bee i
Gained '
936
Inches , .
Display Advertising
"' (Warfield Agency Measurement) '
Last Sunday
Over
Same Sunday
, A Year Ago ;'.;,.'v
Keep Your Eye On The Bee
IMPROVING EVERY DAY