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IH Omaha.D. A TT V Bee THE WEATHER Cloudy VOL. XLVII. NO. 112. OMA'HA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1917. TWELVE PAGES. 0 Tralai, at Nottli. Niwi SUndt, Etc. St. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS 1VERYI0G WO x KAISER'S M i p Kin PATCHES 10,000 WARHOOVER 0 ITALIAMS SHIPS, WHEAT AND PORK OF ! U. S. DEADLY AMMUNITION MORE POTENT THAN BULLET I.I- HI. Food Administrator Pleads With Every Red-blooded American to Raise Products America and Allies Lack; Urges "Keep-a-Pig' Movement; Fats Ne cessary for Life; Great Wool Market. Uncomfortable (By Associated Vress.)' Washington, Oct. 25. In a statement" tonight reviewing the world food situation, Food Administrator Hoover said the fight against the submarine would be won if the United States and Canada could stimulate production and effect economics so as to feed the allies from this continent without sending a ship farther afield than the American Atlantic seaboard. SHIPS. WHEAT. HOGS. O Ships, wheat and hogs are the great needs emphasized by Mr. Hoover. He said deepest concern had been caused y the fact that in spite of high prices wis country's pork consumption had increased during the war until produc tion had been outstripped, a situation that must be changed. MUST HAVE FAT. "If -we discontinue exports," Mr. Hoover r.dded, "we will move the German line from France to the At lantic seaboard. Pork products have an influence in this present world situation wider than one would ordi narily attribute to them. ' The human body must have a certain amount of fat; we must increase production of hogs if we are to answer the world's, craving. "Every 'pound of fat is as sure of s.crvice as every bullet, and every hog is of greater value to the winning of this war than a shell." As to wheat, he said the allies' de ficiency of production is 196,000,000 bushels with imports of 577,700,000 . bushels required to maintain normal consumption. He estimated the ag gregate American, Canadian, Austral ian, Indian and Argentine export sur plus at 770,000,000 bushels, but pointed out that lack of shipping made it necessary for 'this country 'and Can ada to bear the burden C meeting , the allies' deficit. Ships the Problem. "The problem is thus simply one of ships," , he said. "If ample ship- nine existed there would be no need for saving or increased production of wheat on the part ot "the American people. But if we can produce eco- . nomics and stimulate production in the United States and Canada--as will enable us to feed the allies absolutely from this continent nd then enable them to ive without sending a ship farther afield than our Atlantic sea board, we can resist the submarine indefinitely." - Placing the United States' wheat export surplus from this year's crop at 80.000,000 bushels, and Canada's at 150,000,000 bushels, Mr. Hoover urged domestic economics to increase this country's surplus to 150,000,000 bush els'. Cornmeal the Answer. "This we could do," he said, "ifour people would eat one pound less of wheat flour per week and one pound of cornmeal instead." "The question of who wins this war is of who can endure the longest and the problem of endurance, in a large degree is a problem of food supply and tlie ships to carry it. The farm er who works overtime, and the con sumer who economizes are fighting the submarine with a positive- and sure weapon." If climatic conditions next year are right, he estimated a wheat crop in this country of 1,000,000,000 bushels. U. S. Backs Wheat jrice. "If -.var continues this wheat will be vitally necessary," Mr. Hoover said, "but if the war should come to , an end, there will be no foreign mar- ket for at least 400,000,000 bushels. The government must then take over the wheat and probably find a market for it at a very great loss, as it guar anteed a price of $2 a bushel." Turning to the meat situation, the administrator said that pork products were more vitally needed by the allies than beef. "In the matter of beef," lie said.M the allies can support themselves without any consequential increase of imports rom the United States." Keep a Pig. In view of the European situation and the American' shortage of hogs, he pointed out, there would be a hjgh average trice for pork products, and tueretore it would be to the vital ad s! vantage of every farmer to raise hogs, ;.3 adding: "We need a keep-a-pig movement in this country.'V By preventing undue increases in forage prices, Mr. Hoover promised that the food administration would co-operate in measures to stimulate livestock products. He also said further production of sheep, both for meat and particularly forvwol, jex tcnsively used in uniforms, is needed. "Our American farmers," he added, "would be wis to realize that for a considerable period after the war there will be a very poor export market for American bread grains, whereas here will be wide demand for animal products." MUCH PROGRESS ALREADY MADE IN FOOD CAMPAIGN S. R. McKelvie, Chairman of State Committee, Says Chil dren Have Obtained Won derful Results. Although the campaign for food pledge cards signers does not begin until next week, the work is almost all done already, declared S. R. Mc Kelvie yesterday afternoon at a meet ing in the Boyd theater at which many of the county chairmen of the food pledge card committees were present, besides other citizens.' "The result that has been obtained by the school children in getting the food pledge cards signed is one to fill our. hearts with joy," he said. "Whn- thev have completed their work there will be little left for the other work ers to do next week. It was certainly a bright idea to get this mighty force of children to work. Mr. McKelvie, chairman of the state committee in chartre of the cam paign, said many people are slow to sign because they do not understand that signing the cara merely pledges them to' save food as much as pos sible. Some have been found who be lieved signing the card made it pos sible for the food administrator -to confiscate their supplies. He asked the county chairmen to keep lists of the names of persons who refuse to sign the cards. t ' Nebraska Is Ready. The state of Florida has issued challenge. Mr. McKelvie read it. It is addressed to Food Administrator Hoover and in it Florida challenges any and all other states to secure as large a percentage of signatures to the pledge cards as rlorida does. Mr, McKelvie sent this challenge out to all the county chairmen and he reaa some of the telegrams he had received in which they, one and all, accept the i t ' - , 4?W4I5? , t POLITICS WARM AMONG WOMEN OF FEDERATION Groups Debate Candidates For the Presidency Bal loting Is Now X)n. (Continued on Eight, Column One.) Rhode Island Women - . Help at Corn Husking Newport, R. I., Oct. 2. Becausof the shortage of farm help women went to work in the fields today in an effort to save a big corn crop which is threatened with destruction unless quickly harvested. The wives, u:ghters and servants of farmers at Jamestown, Middletown, Ports mouth and elsewhere took the places of men usually employed in husking time. The Weather Fo Nebraska Cloudy; warmer, Temperature at Omaha Yeaterday. Hour. PS Vug. 42 4 42 41 42 43 ..'....44 ..46 ..47 .'.43 Galligan to Be Fuel Head. 25. William J. ap- Washington. Oct. uaiugan ot uenver today was pointed fate fuel administrator Colorado for 6 a. m. . . 6 a. in . . . 7 a. m . . . 8 a. in . , . 9 a. m... 10 a. m... 11 a. m . . . 1 . III 1 p. in 2 p. m 3 p. m 4 4 p. m.. .i. .40 5 p. m ...39 6 p. m. ....... ..37 7 p. m 3! , p. m 3 Comparative Loral Record. 1917. 1916. 1915. 1914. Highest yesterday .. 47 49 fin 61 lowest yesterday .... 35 54 46 34 Mean temperature . . '41 42 B 48 Precipitation 25 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures fro mthe normal: Normal temperature 49 Deficiency for the day 8 Total deficiency since March 1 356 Normal precipitation 07 Inch Excess for the day , 18 Inches Total rainfall since March 1 .... 21.1 0 Inches Deficiency for cof. ptrlad. 1916. .11.62 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1915.. 1.63 Inches Reports From btaiionn at 7 P. M. Station and State ' Temp. High- Rain fall. T .01 T .is .01 .01 .it . 25 .00 .58 .2 .00 .02 .10 .06 of Weather.i 7 p. ni. est. Cheyenne, cloudy as 2 Davenport, rain........ 46 2 Denver, cloudy 4H 48 Pes Moines, rain 42 , 48 Dodse City, clear 42 48 Lander, pt. cloudy...... 40 B0 North Platte, clear.... 38' 4! Omaha, rain 25 .47 Pueblo, pt. cloudy 46 56 Kansas City, rain 42 48 Salt Lake City, cloudy. 62 54 Santa Fe, cleat. SO hi Sheridan, cloudy..:.... Ill 40 Sioux City, rain 3 4; Valentine, clear,-. 36 4 T Indicate" trace of precipitation. L. A WELSH, Mcteorolosii CONCERTED DRIVE FOR ONE DAY BRINGS TOTAL " FAR ABOVE MINIMUM Treasury Officials Announce Second Liberty Bond Sub scriptions for Wednesday Greater Than Anticipated and Total of $5,000,000,000 is Now in Sight; Must Keep Up Work. Politics sizzle in every group of clubwomen "attending the Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs con vention at the Fontenclle. The contest for presidency promises to be one of the closest elections ever held in the federation. Mrs. A. E. Sheldon of Lincoln and Mrs. Cora Beds of Norfolk are the candidates!- Mrs. Sheldon has the support of the large Lincoln delega tion, but Mrs. Peels "has a large fol lowing because of her service on the state board. She is now vice presi dent of the state federation. Known for War Work. Mrs. Sheldon has not been so close- v identified with federation affairs,; though she served as state literature chairman. She is best known for her work as chairman of registration for the women's committee, State Council of Defense, Mrs. Sheldon organized every county but three in Nebraska for women's registration. No political party has ever completed the organi zation to this extent, nor has the work been attempted before. Mrs. Sheldon expects to have Nebraska's statistics on women trained for war service sent in to Washington head quarters before .any other state in the union. Mrs. J. Rowan of Alliance, present corresponding secretary, is popularly mentioned for vice president. New Yoflc Woman to Lecture. Mrs. Kate Upsou Clark of x New York, noted writer and women's club BULLETIN. -Washington, Oct. 25 Treasury officials announced today their conviction that the liberty loan subscriptions had passed the $3,000,000,000 mark and were well on their way to the. $5000,000,000 goal. Indications at 11 o'clock were that Liberty day sales had carried the to tal to approximately $3,500,000,000, if not beyond that sum. THREE BANKS DELAY REPORT Subscriptions officially reportedv to the federal reserve banks up to the close of business last night, with re ports from three banks missing, ap proximated $2,200,000,000. Banks reported officially subscrip tions totaling more than $400,000,000, but this sum, officials say, represents only a fraction of what was really se cured during the day. The full extent of the Liberty day drive probably will not be known before the campaign closes Saturday. 1 i Subscription Agencies Swamped. "A flood of telegrams from every part of the country, the Treasury de partment announces, "told the same story, of subscription agencies swamped so badly-that there was no possibility of making accurate esti mates of yesterday's sale before to night at the-earliest. Out of all the confusion that has resulted from the overwhelming flood of business that fairly swept sales committees off their feet there is evident a fixed determi nation to attain the $5,000,000,000 maximum total. ' Sale Already a Success. "The sale already is a success, it is felt, for the country has achieved the minimum, but that is not enough. The purpose to sell $5,000,000,000 worth of bonds, born of a desire to show lie world, and particularly the enemy of liberty, what America can do is as serting itself today in every nook and corner of .the United States. "No section of the country can be said longer to be asleep to the mean ing of the sale. Until yesterday the Dallas and Atlantic districts and cer tain parts of the middle west were cuuMiig great concern more, in fact, than those m direct communica tion with the district committee could, realize. But they came through with flying colors. x Today they are moving swiftly along, intent on achieving their maximum." Boy Scouts Work Fast. New York, Oct. 25. One hundred million dollars, or one-thirtieth of the country s minimum allotment, is now the amount which the Boy Scouts of America expect to raise on behalf of the second Liberty loan. - The Boy Scout goal was originally set at $50,000,000, as compared with approximately '$23,000,000 collected for the first loan. At the request of the Treasury department, their presvj ent ertorts will not be concluded to night, as planned, but will continue until Saturday noon. About 270,000 Boy Scouts and their leaders are at work. The prediction of $100,000,000 was contained in a statement issued SCHEDULE FOR GENERAL WOOD TODAY. A. M. Arrives, Missouri Pacific 7:15 Breakfasts privately with aides a Fontenclle 8:00 Visits Forts Omaha and Crook 9 to 12.00 P. M. Luncheon at Commercial club.l2:15 Addresses public meeting at Boyd 3:00 Informal dinner at Hotel Fon- tenelle 6:00 Starts theater speeches about 7:50 Departs for Camp Funston 11:00 today by James E. West, chief scout executive, at national headquarters here. With only one-tenth of the cam paigners heard from this morning, $19,864,300 had been collected in a house-to-house canvass. St. Paul, with 2,830 subscriptions, led the country, with $4,113,050; St. Louis was second with $1,891,700, represent ing 6,757 pledges. Thompson Buys Bonds. Chicago, Oct. 25. Mayor William H. Thompson, he announced today, has subscribed for $5,000 in Liberty bonds. ' ' 7 I I v4 ' f &fcs CotaU$eeU lecturer, will talk on "Personality" at tonight's session. 'Personality has been acquired by modern women, Mrs. Clark believes. "In other days no women had "per sonality. They were allowed no free dom to cultivate it. Only men's per sonalities mark historical periods of the past." Jane Addams, Anna Howard Shaw are modern women of great per sonality, according to Mrs. Clark. ilrs. Clark will give her best known (Continued on Pan Two, Column Four,) Executives of Panama Subscribe to Loan Panama, Oct. 25. Dr. Ramon Vil dcz, president of Panama, and mem bers of his cabinet have subscribed liberally-to the American Liberty loan. Women Say Men Are Slackers In Conservation of Foodstuffs Mrs. John Slaker of Hastings, prominent Nebraska club woman, has a thing or two to tell Gurdon W. Wattles, food, administrator and the men of the food conservation com mittee. "It's time men were signing food conservation plcdge cards. We women have signed about a half dozen of them since the war began and they are still having more food pledge cards thrust upon us" "True, women do decide what goes on the table, but the men won't eat if they don't like it and are freer than ever to express their disapproval of con servation methods adopted by women.' "Why don't men give up tobacco as a war emergency and release the labor so employed for raising food products, or for industry," Mrs. Slaker wants to know. "I am not opposed to the use of tobacco, but there are 40 gitls in my town who make cigars, who, if they were employed iu homes to help already overburdened housewives, would even release 40 women who could give loyal Red Cross service," sh,e said. Mrs. Slaker's friends at the Ne braska club- women's convention echo hc views. . f- .'' ''f ''Jl f ; I V v MRS. JOHN SLAKER. "We're going to name Mrs. Slaker our spokeswoman to appear before the men's committee," said one. BERLIN CAP TURES STAFF OFFICERS IN NEW IS0NZ0 DRIVE Recent Reinforcements Rushed to Southern Front by n Kaiser Result in Crushing Italian Defeat, c cording to German Dispatches; Real Issue May be Decided on Tyrol. Berlin, Oct. 25, (Via London.) Heavy captures in pris oners and booty have been made by the Austro-German forces attacking the Italians on the Isonzo front, army headquarters announced today. . : o TAKE HIGH OFFICERS. The prisoners include divisional and brigade staffs. The total prisoners taken exceed 10.000. The fighting on this front fe con tinuing. ITALIANS MEET ASSAULT. Paris, Oct. 25. General Cadorna's skill and strategy, which made pos sible the capture of the heights on the eastern bank of the Isonzo, is being put to the test by a strong Austro German offensive on the front from Flitsh to the Bainsiza plateau, northeast of G'jrizia. Vienna claims ine capture ot o.uuu prisoners as tne result of the first blow. Austrians Alone Were Defeated. Austria's army could do Jiittle against the Italians, who were press ing forward steadily and breaking the , morale of the Austrian army. The ' Chiapavano valley already had been entered and soon the Austrian forces w"ould have been cut in ,two. Trieste was threatened seriously and Pola, the great Austrian port, was in danger. The Italian efforts were having their effect. i . . . i . : i. 1 . . i- . : i viti iiutii', wuii.li up iu mis lime nas sent little of men or munitions to this front, has come to the help of the losing Austrians and it is German sol- nicrs ana uerman munitions and guns that, are thundering against Cadorna's defenses along the Isonzo. " f Cadorna is Prepared. The Italians, General Cadorna re ports, "are steady and prepared." After a heavy bombardment the Austro-German infantry was thrown forward . against the Italian positions near Flitsch, near Tolmino and on the northern part of the Bainsizza pla teau, a front of 25 miles. The Aus-tro-Germaus, by their own report, tained only the foremost Italian dc- tenses at these points. Generally the Italians have- some advantage in terrain, but the Austrians and Germans hold many high moun tain positions near the Italian lines. The Italians also are fighting with their backs to the Isonzo river. Where the Germans obtained larce numbers of reinforcement-! for the Austrians in this region has not yet become apparent, but it is not im probable that some of them were sent post haste from the northern Russian front, where between the Vina river and the Gulf of Riga there has been a withdrawal -by the Germans over a wide front. " .J- Civilians Leave Kronstadt. PArograd, Oct. 25. The evacua tion by the civil population of the naval base of Kronstadt has begun. The removal of civilians from Kron stadt, the most important Russian naval base, probably is a military measure. The civilian population is moving from Petrograd, froni wjiich the government also will go to Mos cow. The evacuation of Reval, another important portion the Gulf of Fin land, was reported last week. t 1 Twenty Teuton Divisions. Washington, Oct. 25. The great Austro-German drive against the Italians front, now in full swing, was fully expected by General Cadorna, who has prepared to meet it for sev erarweeks past. Official cablegrams received today declare that in addi tion to the heavy reinforcements which the Austrians have received from troops withdrawn from the Rus sian front, many German divisions have appeared on the long line from Tolmino to the Carse-, so that there are now 20 full divisions with a great amount of artillery on this front. Italian headquarters recognize in this great enemy force a confirmation of the reports that have been leaking out from Germany and Austria of the conclusion reached by the' German general staff that the real issue of the war is to be fought out on the Isonzo and Tyrol fronts. , - , This offensive also was . necessary, according to information received by Italian officials, to encourage the suf fering and starving population in the interior of Austria, which is' thor oughly tired of the war and dispirited by the long defensive .campaign of the Austrians. Today's reports state that in this drive German troops for the first time have appeared on' the Italian front nd s German airplane, part of much German war material gathered on the Bainsizza plateau, was brought down yesterday within the Italian lines. - GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT TOWARD Ml OF DVINA Civilians Evacuating Kron stadt; French Advance Con tinues; Austria's Army Helpless Before Cadorna. (Br Awoclated PreM.) Petrograd, Oct. 25. The German retreat on the northern end of the front continues. The war office re pports that the Russian vanguard lost touch in some sectors with the retiring- Germans, who destroyed all the bridges, roadrand buildings. , On Tuesday the Germans were re ported to be on the Rodenpois- Tur kaln line. 1 FALL BACK FIFTEEN MILES. This line indicates an extensive re treajt by the Germans, who are now back nearly to the, Dvina river region. Rodenpois is on the Great Jeagel river, about umife-j north of Dvina. Turkaln is on. the Little Jaecel, seven miles from the Dvina, The Russian statement says that the Germans who left their advanced po sitions so far have retired about 15 miles in the Riga region, near the Pskoff high road and in the sector of the Little Jaegel river. FRENCH ADVANCE CONTINUES Paris, tct. 25.r-Further progress was made last night by the French on the Aisne front between Chavignon and Mont des Singes. The French war office statement this afternoon says that the farm of Rohay was captured by the French and that a number of prisoners; were taken. Twenty-five German airplanes were brought down by French pilots last night or were compelled to land in damaged condition. Austrians Accuse , Czernin of Being' -' Weak, German Tool Washington, Oct. 25. Sternly re pressive censorship for the last two weeks by the Austrian authorities has failed to prevent the leakage of re ports to this country by cable of fierce attacks upon the government in the Reichsrath by Czech leaders. One of these, named Zoecieksiceh, bitterly charged Premier Czernin with being the vicitm of German theorists who looked to world domination and he declared that Austria might have been saved all of its present misery had not the Germanic race, which pre dominated in the government, refused Serbia's professed concessions. Count Czernin's peace suggestions were de clared to have no meaning whatever and he was reproached for passing over in silencc.the practical demands of theententc, especially the guaran tees for a general peace based upon the recognition of small nations as free and independent. v To Standardize Loaf of pread And Fix the Sale'Price Washington. Oct. 25. Standardiza tion of bread as the result of investi gations by government experts soon will be announced by the food ad ministration. Benjamin Jacobs ot tlje Department of Agriculture's bureau of chemistry, who lias been making tests and investigating the cost of in gredients and labor and other factors in the baking industry, has submitted his report to Food Administrator Hoover. . t This Man's His Own Uncle And Several Other Things Springfield, I1L, Oct. 25.(Special.) Here is a man who' is uncle to himself. He's Justice of the Peace Cleveland C. Bierman. Recently he married the stepdaughter of his sister. So he becomes son-in-law of his sister; his bride. Miss Mary Hunt CantwelL a sister-in-law of her stepmother, and more compli cated still, John Cantwell, father of the bride, becomes brother-in law to his sort.in-law, in addition io being Lther-in-law. Isn't the jus tice then also uncle to his wife and uncle-in-law to all his brothers-in-law? Then if he's uncle to his wife, he's also nncle to all his children. v Camp Cody Reports Good Return on Liberty Loan Camp Cody, N. M. (Via El Paso, Tex.), Oct. 25. (Special Telegram.) Subscriptions to the Liberty loan by the Thirty-fourth division totaled $1. 586,750 today, Chairman Colonel P. L. Hall reported. They , are 2O,Q00 men in camp. .. ; . v , fy