THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917.
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Coal
Situation in Nebraska Pronounced Serious
ADMINISTRATOR KENNEDY
IN CAPITAL HEARS SCHOOLS
OFOItlAHAARESHORTOFFUEL
Omaha Official In Washington to Confer With Dr. Gar
field About Conduct of Coal Campaign; Ex
ample From David City Cited Show
ing How Coal Was Found.
MRS. SHELDON NEW
HEAD OF WOMEN'S
FEDERATED CLUBS
Close Contest Staged Between
Lincoln Woman and Mrs. Geo.
Beels of Norfolk; Mrs.
Rowan Vice President.
Mrs. Addison E. Sheldon of Lin
coln succeeeds Mrs. J. N. Paul of St.
Paul as president of the Nebraska
Federation of Women's Clubs. The re
turns were reported late Thursday
evening after a close contest between
the Lincoln candidate and Mrs.
tor ' "Lr V - I i
MRS. A. E. SHELDON.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Oct 26. (Special Telegram.) John L.
Kennedy, newly appointed federal fuel commissioner for Ne
braska, is in Washington for a conference with Dr. Harry Gar
field over the coal situation in his state. Mr. Kennedy considers
the situation serious so far as Nebraska is concerned and is
alive to the fact that immediate action should be taken to obtain
relief. Just how that relief is to come will be defined in his con
ference with Dr. Garfield tomorrow.
COAL FOR SCHOOLS SHORT. O
In a telegram received by Mr. Ken
nedy today from Thomas A. Fry,
chairman of the purchasing and sup
ply committee of the Omaha public
schools, Mr. Fry told of conditions
that may not be known to the fathers
and mothers who have children en
rolled in primary or grammar grades.
"Greater Omaha," said Mr. Fry, in
his telegram to Mr. Kennedy, "re
quires an annual supply of 10,500 tons
of bituminous coal, and has on hand
only 2,000 tons, which will last ap
proximately 30 days."
INSTITUTIONS SHORT.
Mr. Kennedy, who proposes to give
the state the best ability he possesses
toward obtaining relief in the coal sit
uation, said the state institutions were
also having difficulty in getting suf
ficient coal supply for their needs.
Another instance of shortage he
cited occurred at David City. But a
few days ago that town had barely
enough coal to keep the municipal
lights burning.
Finds Coal ou Road.
The mayor wired Mr. Kennedy that
they had received a bill of lading
for one car of coal, but it was no
where in siglu. Mr. Kennedy got busy.
He hardly knew just what his func
tions were, but he started the wires,
with the result that Mr. Kennedy not
only found the car that was missing,
consigned to David City, but an addi
tional car that was ambling along the
way. ,
Then the fuel commissioner for Ne
braska told the mayor of David City
that other cars of coal would be on
the way if needed.
JUNKERS STILL
FAR FROM BEATEN
Lord Northcliffe Says Trans-,
port Is Main Question to Set
tle in This War; Trans
port, More Transport.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 26. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Lord Northcliffe,
who arrived in Kansas City today to
meet western editors at a luncheon,
brought with him this definition of
war:
"War," said his lordship, "is trans
port. If you-ask me whether there
is a possibility of a quick termination
of the war," he said, "I ask you to
look at your transport and find your
,iswer there. When you have the
ships to send an army to France and
supply them you have reached the
point where you can speculate about
the end of the war.
"That is war-transports. For every
soldier you send to France you will
want 10 tons of shipping to keep him
there. Do you know that for every
aviator you send to the front you will
have to send eight mechanics and
spare parts of his machine equal to
two machines? Iransport transport
f that i' war "
' "Those who talk of a short war,
whether in England or America, have
rvfienarl f Via tno rrniturl a rt Vi a
plot of the royal gang.
"The little group of war junkers,
possibly numbering a quarter million
persons, who dominate Germany,
backed now to the wall, fighting with
everything to lose, are no more
beaten now than they were in 1915,"
the London editor said..
Postage On Cards
And Letters to the
City Eemain Same
The new law raising the postage on
first class mail to 3 cents per ounce
is already puzzling a vast number of
Omahans, judging by the number of
inquiries that come in by telephone
to the postmaster.
"Beginning November 2 you simply
put 3 cents postage on a letter where
you have been putting 2 cents here
tofore," the postmaster tells them.
"On postal cards you must have 2
cents postage instead of 1 cent. The
only exception is on letters and postal
cards mailed here for delivery in
Omaha. On such letters or postal
cards the rate or postage remains
the same as heretofore."
Mau riiminoto Mannf srtnro
III U J IwHIIHIIUlV IMUIIUIUUkUl W
Of All War Nonessentials
Washington, Oct. 26. Restristion
of production of materials not essen
tial to the War is under serious con
sideration by President Wilson and
action may be taken soon. Although
there has been no intimation of the
exact nature of any step contemplat
ed by the president two courses have
been generally discussed.
Under one the war industries board
would enter into voluntary agree
ments with specific manufacturers of
nonessentials to reduce their output
gradually. Under the other the presi
dent would issue a ernrral rennrf tn
manufacturers and rely on their pa
triotism to folio the suggestion.
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George Beels of Norfolk, retiring vice
president.
Mrs. Sheldon is chairman of regis
tration, women's committee, State
Council of Defense; president of the
Nebraska Ladies' Legislative league;
chairman of education, state suffrage
association; board member of the
Lincoln Young Woman's Christian
association; is active in the Lincoln
Woman's club and has served as state
chairman of literature for the federa
tion. Mrs. Sheldon held no office on the
state board prior to her election as
president, an unusual precedent in
women's club affairs. Her husband is
director of the Legislative Reference
bureau, as well as superintendent and
secretary of the Nebraska State His
torical society and a member of the
university faculty.
Other Officers Named.
Mrs. J. Rowan of Alliance is the
new vice president; Miss Julia Fuller
of Beatrice, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Bertha Millar of North Bend,
recording secretary; Mrs. J. S. Walsh
of Gothenburg, treasurer; and Mrs.
C. L. Dunham of Eustis, auditor.
Mrs. Paul becomes general federa
tion state, secretary.
Delegates to the next, national bien
nial are: Mrs. T. J. Gist,-Falls City;
Mrs. E. B. Penney, Fullerton; Mrs.
M. D. Cameron, Omaha; Mrs. H. L.
Keefe, Walthill; Mrs. James T. Lees,
Lincoln; Mrs. J. R. Evans, David
City; Mrs. John Slaker, Hastings;
Mrs. L. L. Raymond, .Scottsbluff;
Mrs. L. W. Tolbert, Kearney; Mrs.
J. H. BeU, York; -and Mrs. C H.
England, Chadron. )
For alternates to national biennial:
Mrs. Clara West, Nelson; Mrs. A. W.
Field, Lincoln; Mrs. Dr. Hubbell,
Wood River; Mrs. W. N. Orris, Stan
ton; Mrs. S. F. Erskine, Norfolk; Mrs.
G. W. Fisher, Wayside; Mrs. M. S.
Eddy, Broken Bow; Mrs. A. H.
Brooke, Hastings; Miss Annie Miller,
Mrs. Harry Lindsay, and Mrs. W. A.
Apperson, Lincoln.
May Set Up Fresh
Hindeiiburg Line
In Front of Laon
Copenhagen, Oct. 26. The Ger
mans, under pressure of the French
victory on the Aisne, may endeavor to
effect a general retirement to a new
Hindenburg line well in the rear of
their present positions.
Various hints from German sources
of late have indicated that the Ger
man experts, recognizing the menace,
particularly to the exposed salient
southwest of Laon. were preparing a
new fortified line somewhere between
Laon and their former front, to which
they expected to effect an orderly re
tirement akin to their spring with
drawal, as soon as the menace became
pressing.
The French attack seems to have
anticipated1 this strategy and the Ger
man withdrawal, if made now under
the hammering of a victorious oppon
ent, is likely to be auite a different
operation from that planned.
THE MASTER MINDS OF MILITARY GERMANY Field
Marshal von Hindenburg and Lieutenant General von Luden
dorff. In tome quarters it is hinted that LlidendorfF, German
quartermaster general, is the real brains of the outfit, and
that Hindenburg is merely the "front"
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GENS. AND IAJDEKDOI5TT.
HORDES OF GERMAN PRISONERS
MARCH TO THE FRENCH REAR
WITHOUT GUARD OR ESCORT
Demoralization of Crown Prince's Command Shown In
Contradictory Orders Found On Men Taken; An
other General Retreat May Be Ordered
to Reform Line.
(By Associated Press.)
With the French Armies in France, Oct. 26. Demorali
zation of the German command opposed to General Petain's
advance upon the Aisne canal is no longer in doubt.
Vast hordes of German prisoners are marching back to
the French rear without escort, in good spirits for the first time
in months, ,
MANY GUNS CAPTURED.
Damaged German machine guns lay
everywhere, abandoned by the men
the minute an' opportunity, to sur..
render without the danger of facing
a firing squad presents itself.
Immense quantities of military ma
terial and heaps of ammunition and
cannon are strewn about the shell
torn field in the line of the French
drive, left by the terrorized men and
discouraged officers as the irresistible
force of General Petain's advance be
came evident.
Uncertainty in the German com
mand is shown by contradictory
orders found on prisoners. The ques
tion is asked whether another retreat
is intended.
. FRENCH GUNS ACCURATE.
Many Germans were captured in the
enormous cavern of Fruty. The ap
proaches were battered severely and
large holes had been torn in the rdof
demonstrating the power and ac
curacy of the French artillery. Not an
inch of ground hereabouts had been;
left unchanged. The cavern has gal4
leries about one kilometer in length
with many exits, most of which had
been damaged greatly by the French
guns. When the French - infantry
dashed forward in the darkness they
approached the entrances warily and
found them full of, Germans waiting
for the moment of attack. Hand
grenades and smoke bombs soon
brought them out with their hands
raised in token of surrender.
Tanks in Advance.
Meanwhile the tanks had advanced
with the infantrymen until the second
German position was reached, de
stroying on the way any nest of ma
chine guns opposing the progress of
the French troops. The tanks ad
vanced several kilometers, during
which they met and demolished many
machine gun nests. One tank was op
posed by a determined German offi
cer with a large body of men, who
poured bullets upon the armored sides
of the machine without effect Finally
the French officer in command de
scended from the tank and with his
revolver forced the whole group to
surrender.
stroyed, making a retreat of artillery
impracticable.
Hundreds of machine guns were
captured by the French and many of
them were turned on the fleeing Ger
mans, who had left plenty of ammuni
tion behind. It is reported that ISO
cannon have fallen into French hands,
but the number is uncertain, owing to
the condition of the battlefield and
its width. The same uncertainty ap
plies to the number of prisoners, hun
dreds of Germans being encountered
on all parts of, the field, marching
wearily back to the French lines.
Move on Toward Laon.
The sight of the towers on the
cathedral of Laon on the horizon a
few miles away spurred the French
soldiers to wonderful efforts of en
durance and swiftness of movement.
They went on determinedly in pursuit
Another tank found a battery of
field guns facing it. As soon as the
tank opened fire half of the artillery
men threw, un their hands, while the
(remainder bolted, only to fall be
neath a hail of machine gun bullets
from the monster.
Thursday the French advance pro
ceeded rapidly and the units reached
the various objectives with regularity.
After taking the village of Finon the
patrols went forward and entered the
forest of the same name. They found
many German cannon abandoned, but
with the breech blocks gone. Dead
horses, killed by the German gunners,
lay beside the cannon. The Germans
had found it impossible to get the
weapons away over the marshes ad
joining the Aisne canal, over which
most of . the bridges had been de
of the Germans, leaving parties behind
to clear out cellars and caverns which
disgorged ' hundreds of demoralized
prisoners who seemed astounded at
the vastness of their defeat.
With all this severe fighting on a
battlefield . where the,,. Germans held
strong positions and where they ac
cepted the challenge of "the French
army to a standpoint combat, the
French casualties were remarkably
low.
The, French troops of all branches
are Jubilant over the victory. The ar
tillery, infantry and airmen mutually
praise each other's work. One colonel
commanding a regiment , which par
ticipated in the battle at the hardest
point, declared that the fighting had
turned into a war of movements.
Where the Germans will make a
stand cannot yet be foreseen. What is
known now is that the line of their
retreat is over a difficult and boggy
terrain, where the movement of guns
is possible only with great precau
tion. i The correspondent spoke to sev
eral prisoners, none of whom quite
realized the extent of the disaster to
the army of the German crown
prince, who had made such elaborate
preparations to meet the French at
tack. All the wounded Germans
seemed delighted with the swiftness
and skill with which they were treated
by the French surgeons.
Private at Camp
Greene Shot by
Military Police
Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 25. Fred
erick von Bethoven, an Oregon Na
tional Guard private at Camp Greene,
was shot and mortally wounded today
when he broke away from military
police serving t warrant on him on a
business street here, lie was taken
to a local hospital.
Ask Guardian for Harry
. Thaw Be Appointed
New York, Oct, 26. An application
for the appointment of guardian for
Harry K. Thaw was filed today in the
United States district court in Brook
lyn. The case will be tried in De
cember. Second Call Men Have Chance
Washington, Oct. 26. Men subject
to the secor.d call to the national
army are to be given an opportunity
to study for work in the army signal
corps.
NEBRASKA WILL
RAISE $250,000
OFY.fiU.A.FUND
Business Men at Meeting in
Omaha Take Steps to Gather
This Sum; War Council
Organized.
That Nebraska will attempt to
raise more than $250,000 of the $35,
000,000 Young Men's Christian as?o
ciation national war fund, was de
termined by 300 delegates, represent
ing most of the counties of the state,
at a meeting held at the Commerciati
club last night, after George Sher
wood Eddy, who has during the last
two years visited all of the European
battle fronts, graphically described
the battles being fought, the mental
and physical suffering of the soldiers
and the need of the work being done
by the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation. War Council Organized.
A state war work council was or
ganized and the state was divided in
to districts which were apportioned
a certain part of the total amount to
be raised.
All of the 19 districts, into which
the state has been divided, accepted
the amount assigned to them and
many of the districts asked that their
assignment be increased. The amount
expected of Omaha was increased
from $75,000 to $100,000 at the request
of the committee. Lincoln was asked
to raise $50,000.
Give Up Profits.
"Will you business men of Ne
braska give up your profits for this
year that those men, better men,
younger men, who are fighting for
you and giving their lives for you
over in the trenches in France may
be protected from the moral ruin that
has disabled so many of the soldiers
of the other countries engaged in this
war and that they may have some of
the comforts and conveniences that
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion is able to furnish them?" was the
question asked by Mr. Eddy, assistant
general secretary of the Young Men's
Christian association on the interna
tional committee, in his address.
Must Furnish Amusement.
"Will you men live for suffering
humanity for one year and tell God
and men that you will not take profit
out of your business during this time?
General Pershing upon his arrival in
France said, T am going to win this
fight to keep our boys moral if I
never win a battle.' But the American
soldiers must have something to do
after the day's work is done. Some
amusement must be furnished for
them. The Young Men's Christian as
sociation is trying to furnish the sol
diers with good wholesome amuse
ment and to hold them to their re
ligion. The association has been pro
viding twenty tons or 20,000,000
pieces of writing paper every week
for the armies in Europe.
"And it is not only the American
hoys who need our, help, but France,
Italy and Russia are all asking that
we establish comfort huts and fur
nish attendants behind their fighting
lines. '
t- "And why cannot we do this? Ours
is the richest nation in the world.
Our resources are as yet untouched."
Tells War Conditions.
In the last two1 years Mr. Eddy has
been in Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria,
Serbia, Greece, Egypt, India, the Brit
ish Isles and France. He told of the
heroism and suffering of the soldiers
and described the awful conditions
of the war-torn nations in such a vivid
way that his hearers were moved with
pity for them.
Mr. Eddy's address will be printed
and circulated throughout the state
during the campaign.
J. Dean Ringer was elected chair
man of the state war work council,
C. C. Belden was elected treasurer
and Charles A. Mussleman was made
executive chairman of the council.
"Resignation Not
Necessary'-Kaiser;
Michaelis to Stick
Amsterdam, Oct 26. Dispatches
from Berlin say that the German em
peror does not consider the resigna
tion of Dr. Michaelis as chancellor
necessary and :t is therefore probable
that Michaelis will remain in power.
Nebraska Draft Board Member
Gives Up After Indictment
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 26. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Dr. Albert Lemoine
of Nelson, Neb., a member of the draft
board in that town and a leading Red
Cross fund worker, who was indicted
by the federal grand jury at Leaven
worth October 12 on a charge of mak
ing a seditious speech, surrendered to
W. W. Lacy, Kansas City (Kan.)
United States marshal, late today. He
was released on a $2,500 cash bond.
Dr. Lemoine, who is 36 years old, in
an address at Concordia, Kan., to
drafted men, more than one-third of
whom were on their way to Camp
Funston, is accused of having asserted
exemption boards violated the law,
and that they should have been ex
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