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VOL. XLVII NO. 182.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1918 TEN PAGES.
'AJtaA'iW, SINGLE COPY TWO , CENTS
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THE WEATHER ,
Fair
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MISER'S CHANCELLOR TO RESIGN;
: Ho So SEF3 big liquor SHIPMENT
WHISKY CAMOUFLAGED AS
HARDWARE FAILS m PASS
FEDERAL "BOOZE HOUNDS"
Louis H. Peterson Arrested When Scheme Fails to Work
and Barrel of Liquor Is Confiscated by the Omaha
Federal Authorities; Wrong Driver Gets the
Package of Contraband.
Another well-laid plan to smuggle
"booze ' into Omaha went wrong
Tuesday when Louis H. Peterson,
who lives st the California apart
ments, was arrested by Special Agent
Hansen of the federal bureau of in
vestigation, charged with violation of
the Reed amendment in bringing one
barrel, containing 20 gallons of
whisky, from Kansas City to Omaha.
The scheme was well "camouflaged,"
but not well enough to escape the
eagle eye of the federal "booze
hounds."
Billed as Hardware.
A heavy box arrived at the Burliug
ton freight house Monday, addressed
to a local hardware house, "in care of
Ferrin Transfer company." The ad
dress was stenciled on and the box
wia heavy one such as hardware is
shipped in. It looked safe. The
scheme evidently was ' for the agent
of the transfer company to get the
box before the hardware company
knew of its existence.
But a driver for the hardware com
pany happened ' to be-at the freight
house Monday and the freight agent
told, him of the box. So he just took
it along. When the box was opened
the hardware men were astonished to
find ,the 20-gallon barrel, neatly
stowed away inside the box. The in
ternal revenue stamp on it told what
it contained. They called uo the fed
eral bureau of investigation and a mano
was sent over, ine dox ana barrel
were taken to the office of Chief Eb
erstein in the federal building.
Scarcely was the "booze" removed
when Peterson called at the hard
ware store and said he believed that
they had received a box belonging to
hira and he had called to get it.. The
hardware men said they had, but that
he -could not get it Instead Special
Agent Hansen of the bureau of inves
tigation appeared in a few momenta,.
and "got ' Peterson." " . r
This mbrniri. W. C. Ferrin of the
Ferrin : Transfer company appeared
before United States Commissioner
Neely and went on Peterson's bond
for $1,000. Peterson will have a pre
liminary: hearing Saturday.
Beavers Still at Large.
Earl Beavers, alias Earl Tiedeman,
pilpt of the "booze" car which was
wrecked near Shenandoah, la., en
route' from St.. Joseph to Council
Bluffs la9t Thursday night, is still at
larger although federal and state offi
cers of Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri
are searching for him. He is said
to have come from the scene ot the
accident to Council Bluffs and to have
made his escape from there on such
short notice that he left his shoes be
hind
Mae Nace, 2413 South Eighteenth
street, who was with Beavers, is at
Lord' Lister hospital, her spine in
jured so that she is paralyzed from
the waist down.
Officers have, so far, failed to get
any trace of the six other automobiles
which, theysay, were making semi
weekly trips between St. Joseph and
-Council Bluffs, carrying whisky
which they delivered to a bungalow
in Linden acres, Council Bluffs. They
have not arrested any of the Omaha
taxicab drivers who, they say, were
making $10 a trip for bringing the
whisky from Council Blugs to Omaha.
i Wyoming Boy on List
Of Canadian Wounded
Ottawa, Ontario, Jan. 15. The
name of W. W. Miller, Cheyenne,
Wyo., appears today in the Canadian
' wounded list.
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair, colder.
Temperatures at Omaha '
Hours.
I ' ' ' " 5 a. m.
v IT 6 a. m.
H A if 7 'm-
& ilS B A 8 a. m.
V-v M a., m.
ftfr&dtk I 11 a. m.
dsV&MlP D "
I msm W i:
. - 7 p. ra.
Deg.
1
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2
1
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6
. 10
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. :o
. 23
. 21
. 23
. 21
. 18
. 17
8 p. m. . .1 . .
eCmparatlve local Record.
1918. 1917. 1916. 191S.
H!ght yesterday.. 24 12 41
Lowest yestarday.. 1 1 28
Mean temperature., 12 ' 4 24
Pre epilation .00 .08. T. .00
It mperature and precipitation departures
frtfhi tbe normal:
Normal temperature -. , ,.20
Deficiency for the day.. 8
Total deficiency since March 1...... .'.579
Normal precipitation 02 inch .
Deficiency for the day OS Inch
Total precipitation since Mar. 1 22.11 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 7.60 inches
Deficiency for cor period. 1916 12.81 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1915.. 1.69 inches
Reports From Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain-
of Weather I p. ra. est. tall.
Cheyenne, part cloudy.. 24 '26 T
Davenport, clear 10 14 .00
Denver, clear 30 82 .00
D.j Moines, clear 20 23 .00
Chicago, clear 10 12 .00
Lander, clear 3 30 .00
North Platte, pt cloddy. 22 211 . .03
Omaha, part cloudy 18 24 .00
?ueblo. cloudy 28 26 ,00
r.aplil City, cloudy 13 2t T
Stilt Lake City, cloudy.. 32 35 .27
Santa Fe, clear . :6 SO .13
Sheridan, snow 18 30 .02
Sioux City, snow IS 20 T
Valentine, clear 1! 20 .00
T Indicates trace of precipitation,
atadicatea below sera. ,
Jut. A. . WELSH, Meteorologist
DRIVER OF BOOZE CAR STILL
.SOUGHT BY POLICE
arl Beavers
DANGER OF FUEL
SHORTAGE HERE
IS ON THE WANE
-4-.. ; m. c - -, . -..;, .
Railroad Officials Devote En
ergies to Getting Coal Into
Omaha; Manufacturing Con
cerns Well Supplied.
Railroad officials are devoting their
energies to., getting coal, into Omaha
and the immediate territory. They
are succeeding so well that they give
out the assurance than unless there
should be a storm blockade within the
next three or four days the 'supply in
the city will again be at normal.
Many train loads of steam coal are
on the way from Kansas and a num
ber of them should arrive within tie
next 24 hours. It is figured that with
the exception of in a very few isolated
cases there is enough fuel in the bins
to last until this arrives.
All the big manufacturing concerns
have sufficient coal on hand to run
them a week or 10 days and only a
bad blockade would force them to
shut down,
Four Carloads Daily.
The stieet railway comnany uses
about four carloads of coal daily. It
lias a reserve stock sufhcient to run
IS to 20 days and in addition has 40
carloads somewhere between Omaha
and the Kansas mines. Originally
there were 50 carloads, but comoanv
officials har that 10 carloads have
been commandeered enroute.
The Wyomine and Colorado mines
are being called upon to supply Oma
ha and Nebraska with greater quan
tities of coal than during any pre
vious winter. For instance, the Bur
lington is hauling an average of 250
carloads of coa! daily from the Wyo
ming mines. Most of this is coming
into Nebraska for distribution
Stefansson Discovers . .
New Islands in Arctic
Fairbanks. Alaska. Tan. T5. Several
new large Arctic islands were discov
ered northwest of Banksland in the
spring of 1916 by Vilhjalmur Stef
ansson, the Arctic explorer, accord
ing to Captain A. Lane, who arrived
here last night from the Arctic ocean,
bringing direct news from the ex
plorer, who, lie says, is spending the
1917-38 winter in the northern seas at
Bartel island.
District Exemption
Hears First
District exemption board has begun
examination of claims for deferred
classification under the selective draft
It is estimated the board will examine
10,000 agricultural, industrial and ap
peal claims.
Madison county questionnaires
were the first to be examined, consist-
mg ot 4j agricultural and industrial
claims and 27 appeals from the deci
sion of the local board on claims for
exemption for other causes. "Madison
county was given the preference due
to the manner in which the clerk of
the board made his returns to the dis
trict board," said Chief Cleik Sutton.
Returns from this county have come
in promptly and in direct accordance
with the regulations. Ye .feeLthat
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GERMANS RAID
ENGLISH COAST
FROM THE SEA
British Make Daylight Air At
tack Upon Karlsruhe, in
Baden; Bombs Start Fires
in Teuton Factories.
l London, Jan. IS. Yarmouth was
bombarded from the sea last night, it
is announced officially. About 20
shells fell in the city.
Three persons were krled and 10
injured.
The following official announcement
was given out:
'- THREE KILLED.
Yarmouth was bombarded from
the sea last night. Fire was opened
at w:S3 p. m. and lasted about five
minutes, gome 20 shells falling into
the town.
"The latest police reports state that
three persons were killed and 10 in
jured. The material damage done was
not serious."
' DAYLIGHT RAID.
.London, Jan. 14. A successful day
light air raid has been made on
Karlsruhe, according to a British of
ficial communication issued tonight.
Karlsruhe, which is the capital of
tne urand uueny of Baden, several
times has received visitations from
allied airmen. It is situated about 50
miles from the French border and has
a population of between 75.000 and
t AAA '
1W.UUU.
Drop Bombs.
. The text of the statement savs:
"Today our squadrons carried out
a most successful raid into Germany
in broad daylight, their objectives be
ing the railway station and munitions
factories at Karlsruhe. One and a
quarter tons of bombs were dropped,
Bursts were observed on buildinirs
and sidings of the main railway junc
tion in tne center ot tne town, on rail
way workshops and a smaller junc
tion in the town.
DERNBURG URGES
DISARMAMENT OH
GERMAN PEOPLE
Amsterdam. Tan. IS. Germany will
lose the war,, if the fatherland, oartv
secures control of the government. Dr.
cernnard liernburg, former secretary
of state for the colonies, told, a
meetingof the annexationists at Jena.
He rejected annexations and cash
indemnities and' declared- Germany
was powerless to enforce long term
payments by installments from Amer
ica and England.
Annexations in the east, he as
serted, would be a source of constant
danger, as they would irritate Russia.
Dr. Dernburg also urged disarma
ment. The Munich Post attacks the fath
erland party and supports the atti
tude taken by President Wilson in
respect to recognition of the demands
for autonomy on the part of the Slav
population of the central empires.
"The Russian revolution has stirred
the nationalistic feeling among the
Slavs of Austria-Hungary to the boil
ing point," it says. "The whole Slav
world will rise up against us if we at
tempt to impose humiliating terms on
Russia."
English Laborites In
Sympathy With Russians
London, Jan. IS. The British labor
party, m a message to the Russian
people made public today,' announced
that the British people accepted the
Russian principle of self-determination
of peoples and no annexations for
the British empire, particularly in the
middle east, Africa and India.
Three Killed in
Train Wreck Due
To Broken Rail
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15. Three
persons' were killed and about 20
injured when Union Pacific passen
. ger train No. 312, bound froc Be
loit, Kan., to Solomon, Kan., was
wrecked about one mile east of Be
loit this morning, it was announced
at the Union Pacific offices heie this
afternoon. 1
Names of the dead and injured
had not been received.
The wreck was believed to have
een due to a broken ra:l.
The bodies of these killed and the
injured were taken to Beloit.
Board
of Appeal Claims
for this reason they are entitled to
this honor and should be allowed to
finish their duties."
More than 4,000 claims await the
action of the board. Fifteen volun
teer clerks, appeared Tuesday morn
ing to assist in classifying the in
coming mail for the boards actio.
The claims to be examined by the
board come from the 47 counties
north of the Platte river.
The tirst questionnaire to be sent
to the district board from Douglas
county was a package of 28 appeals
from District 0.
The reorganized board is composed
of Douglas Cones, chairman; Frank
A. Kennedy, secretary; R. J. Sutton,
chief clerk; John A. Robertson, Ed
ward P. Smith and A D. Cameron.
Wise
INTRODUCE BILL
MAKE MORE MEN AVAILABLE
FOR DRAFT; WILL CALL 700,000
Men Who Became Twenty-One Since Last June Are to Be
Called to the Colors; National Army Men to
Receive Furloughs During .
Harvest Timei, -
Washington, Jan. IS. At
ment today Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military com
mittee introduced a bill for the registration for military duty of
all men who have become 21 years, old since June 5, 1917, when
the draft law went into effect.
FURLOUGH DURING HARVEST??
Senator Chamberlain also intro
duced at the request of the adminis
tration a bill which would provide for
furloughing national army men for
harvesting crops and other agricul
tural duty. .
Another bill would put the quota of
the states on the basis of available
men in the first class instead of on
population.
MEN OVER 31 NOT CALLED.
In determining upon the registra
tion of men, who have hecome 21
since the draft law was enacted, the
War department has rejected any
plan to raise the age limits of the
draft to take in men more than 31.
Registration of men who have be
come ot age since the draft law was
enacted was referred to in the recent
report of Provost Marshal General
Crowder as one of the means by
which a supply of men for the na
tional army might be assured with
out taking those who might have
others dependent upon them.
Add 700,000 to Army.
It could be done lso, the provost
marshal general pointed out, by ex
tend'ng the age limit above the pres
cut line of 31. The War department
has adopted the first suggestion. It
?s estimated that it will add about
700,000 men to the draft available
each year.
Congressmen have been advised
that further legislation would be
necessary to perfect and carry on the
draft, and the passage of Senator
Chamberlain's bill with administra
(Contlnued on Page Two, Column Two.)
100 MEN AT STOCK
.YARDS WALK OUT
ON STRIKE TODAY
Nearly 100 employes of the Union
Stock yards walked out at 11 o'clock
Tuesday morning. They demand 20
per cent increase in pay, according to
strike leaders.
The walkout was accomplished
without difordcr The only evidence
of the strike waj the crowd of men
idle in the stock yards district.
The employes are organizing, they
say, for the purpose of presenting
their demands to William Shellberg,
superintendent of the yards. The
strikers, it is said, are practically all
young men, the older ones remaining
at work Commission men ire taking
the strikers' plates in the yards anri
taking care of the stock.
E. Buckingham, vice president and
general manager of the stock yards
company, is at Salt Lake City attend
ing a wool growers conventon.
Old Ivan
IN SENATE TO
the request of the War depart
MAJOR GARDNER'S
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD AT CAPITOL
Body Will lie in State; Mark
of Respect Never Before
Paid tc Former Con
gressmen. ' (Br AiMclaied Trow.)
Washington, Jan. 15. Aroused by
the death from pneumonia of Major
Augustus P'. Gardner, formerly one of
their number, members of the house
today agitated congressional investi
gation of camp and hospital condi
tions not only at Camp Wheeler,
where the former congressman died,
but generally throughout the country.
A precedent breaking wave of .sor
row and sympathy swept over the
house today at news of Major Gard
ner's death. Democratic Leader
Kitchin announced that if Mrs. Gard
ner agreed to the plan when she ar
rives here with the major's body to
morrow, there will ne funeral services
at theNcapitol, where the body would
lie in state.
No such mark of respect has ever
been paid to a former member of con
gress. The senate adjourned in the after
noon in respect to the memory of
Major Gardner, after hearing a eulogy
by Senator Weeks.
Suit Against Sheriff Clark
Is Dismissed by Judge Sears
Joseph Buggy's appeal protes.'ig
the payment of Sheriff Clark's jail
feeding bills for the months of Au
gust. September and October was dis
missed by Judge Sears on motion of
Clark's attorneys.
The motion asked for dismissal on
the ground that the appeal was not
brought in good faith by. Buggy, but
at the instigation of County Com
missioner John C. Lynch for the pur
pose of harassing Clark. t
On the stand Buggy admitjd that
if the records showed that Clark was
receiving 50 cents a day for feeding
prisoners only when there was an
average of more than 100 prisoners in
jail he would want the case dismissed.
GERMANY IS PASSING INTO
CONTROL OF MILITARISTS
RULING BY MIGHT OF SWORO
Von Hertling, Another Chancellor to Be Deposed; Hit
Address is Postponed; Kaiser and Crown
Prince Meeting With Political and
Military Leaders.
(By Associated Press.) ..
Control of the destinies of the German empire, press ac
counts from neutral countries agree, is passing into the hands
of the militarists or the leaders who want to hold what hat been
(iusu u; iiiigiit emu it inviu.
SUPT. OF COUNTY
HOSPITAL FIRED:
PATTENGETS JOB
Complaint Filed Against W. F.
Nichols by Attorney for Chief
Cook at Institution; Poli
tics Mentioned.
W. L. Nichols, superintendent of
the county hospital, has been dis
charged "for incompetency" by the
county beard, and A. E. Patten, em
ployed in the city clerk's office for
the last six years, appointed in his
place.
County commissioners discharged
Nichols following complaint filed with
the board by Ed Moriarity, attorney
jllvinE.Pallen-
for the chief cook at the county hos
pital. Ine cook objected to the
quality of the food furnished ' by
Nichols.
Nichols was appointed in February,
Viu, on the recommendation of the
late Jeff W. Bedford.
Says "Political Puddle."
Moriarity, in his complaint against
Nichols, alleged that the county hos
pital superintendent was "getting into
me political puddle.
Patten, the new superintendent, is
45 years old. He lives at 1627 Maple
street.
"It is unfortunate that for the last
Sb years there has always been trouble
with the superintendents out there,'
said Mr. Moriarity. "It seems very
difficult to get competent men."
"That job ought to be taken out of
the. realm of politics, said County
Clerk Frank Dewey. "The superin
tendent ought to be boss of the place.
As it is now he can't do a thing
without running to the hospital com
mittee of the county board. Ruins
the discipline."
Commissioner Hoffman, chairman
of the hospital committee, proposed
Patten's name to take the place of
Nichols. He says constant wrangling
and dissatisfaction on the part of the
help has kep: him in hot water for
the last month or more. Nichols' in
ability to keep the democratic help
pacified was the chief objection to his
administration, according to the com
missioners. Buggy further admitted that Com
missioner Lynch had persuaded him
to bring the action.
Buggy's attorney says he will ap
peal the case to the state suprerrle
court. '
Sheriff Clark testified that Com
missioner Lynch "had it in" for him.
He aid that Lynch came to him and
asked "protection" for a lakeside oad
house known as the Shashay Place in
East Omaha. Clark testified that
Lynch said Johnny Fcrd stood to lose
$500 a month if Clark closed the place.
Clark said that ho. told Lynch
was as good as last, as the place
would get no protection from hin.
Lynch was called to .he stand and
denied Clark's charges.
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P HF.PTT.1Na TO RESIGN.
Chancellor von Hertling. the aged
incumbent of the chief political office,
again is reported ill and preparing to
resign, while the militarists and pan .
Germans are demanding the dismis- .
sal of Dr. von Kuehlmann, the for
eign secretary, who has headed the
German delegations at Brest-LitOvsk.
' In connection with the reported ill- -ncss
of the imperial chancellor it is
reported from Berlin that Count von
Hcrtling's address before the main
committee of the Reichstag has been
postponed for several days. It was
said previously that the chancellor
would answer the recent war aims
statements of President Wilson and
Premier Lloyd George before the
main committee on Wednesday.
Meet With Kaiser.
Couoled with these reports is the
fact that the German emperor and
Uhc crown prince have been holding
conferences with the political and
military leaders. . - : .' '
It is reported also that the German'."
ministers .at Holland and Denmark
have arrived' unexpectedly, in Berlin.'
Indications are that, the present tur.
moil within the German .ruling class
will result in the acceptance of a firm
policy, either favoring the militarists
or the mOre peaceful element, with,
the probability that the pan-Germans
will be victorious. The socialist Vor
wacrts Dcueves a military . aicwior-,
ship is in' -.the mking - .
Egyptan. Darknessf i ';
' !ta explanation has beeti vouchsafed
by either . the Germans or the Rus-.
sians as to ' the ' reasons behind the
temporary halt in the peace negotia
tions. Nor has it been announced of
ficially why the conferences, if con
tinued, are to be resumed at Warsaw.'
A Bavarian newspaper says "Egyp
tain darkness enshrouds" Germany's
peace terms, i r ' ; :
Tonnage Shortage Will,
Increase, Says Denman
Washington, T-n. IS. Despite the
ability shown by " the new shipping
board, the grav- shortage of tonnage
"nrnliaWv will tnrpnr .natAsst ( A
j.. ..... .nvvMot. it. .vav. v. i v
crease during the current year," ac
cording to William Denman, former
chairman of the board.- . 1
Mr; Penman sent a letter to the sen.
ate commerce committee which is in-r
yestigating the shipbuilding program,
in which he asserted this was based
on the present indicated rate of sub
marine destruction and the antjciv
patcd rate of ship construction,
Water Power Bill Is ; ;
Introduced in House
Washington,' Jan. 15. The admin
istration water power bill, framed
by the Interior, tyar and Agricultural
departments and approved at a recent
White. House conference, was intro-,
duced today by Representative Raker
of California. , .
Government Will Compel
Observance of Food Laws
Washington, Jan. IS. Bills to
amend the food law so as to empower
the food alministration to compel ob
servance ot wheatless and meatless
jr uuicj measures u pie-
scribes, were introduced by Represen
tative Lever and Senator Poraercne,
acting for the administration.
LATE WAR
BULLETINS
ITALIANS WIN IN SNOW.
Rome, Jan. 15. By an attack in the
Monte Asolone region, on the north
ern front, ' the Italians have gained
considerable advantages and inflicted
very heavy losses on the enemy, the
war office announces.
. ACTIVITY AT VERDUN.
Paris, Jan. ' IS. Violent artillerj
fighting on the Verdun front is re
ported in todays official communica
tion. It follows: i
"On the right bank of the Meuse
(Verdun front), -here were violent
artillery. actions late in the.nieht in
the sector between Haurnont and .
Caurieres wood
"In Alsace French catrols bronchi
back prisoners. Elsewhere the night '
was calm."
MINISTER ARRESTED.
London, Ja.u IS. The Roumaniar
minister at Petrograd and his entire
staff have been arrested by the Bol.
sheviki, the Roumanian legation herA
announces , -; ; ""
