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Germans Raid American Sector and Inflict Small Loss;
, Teuton Casualties Reported Heavy; Artillery Bar
rage Preceded 'Attack; One Sammy Blown
to Pieces By Exploding Shell.
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- (By Associated Press.)
With the American Army
30. An American position on a certain section of the French
frontwasVaided during the heavy fog shortly after daylight
this morning, y '
The attack was preceded by a violent artillery barrage.
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TWO SAMMIES KILLED.
Two Americans were killed and
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four wounded. One soldier is missing
and is believed to have been captured
by the enemy; ,
BUSY SECTOR. '
Casualties. have been occurring: al
most daily for several , days in this
It is now oermitted to disclose that
' all the recent casualties given out
from, Washington occurred in this
sector. . ' ,
. The deaths were caused by shell
fire, mostly shrapnel
Last pight was fairly quiet, through
out the American sector. The usual
aumber of shells came over, doing
no damage, aniii there were the cus
tomary sporadic outbursts of machine
gun fire from both sides1 at points
where the opposing lines are near
est. ': ".. ' ' : -:
'- Eeavy Fog in Morning;
At daybreak this morning1 the heavy
- . Tog which--hd-4t.-irvlopiiJfT -the
whole , position and ithe country for
miles around for several days became
still thicker, blotting' out all, except
the nearest . enemy positions. . ,
At 7 o'clock three muffled' reports
sounded through the fog. i The.j
were three-whistles, follower quickly
by 'three shell-bursts. . . ,
The projectiles exploded on three
sides of an American listening post
just outside the wire, within 45 feet
of an enemy listening post
.' "Hell Broke Loose."
"Then hell broke loose," said one
of the men there.
ForMS minutes the enemy Ijroke
hundreds, of high explosive 77s
around the cost and the surrounding
, ground, cutting off the men there. ,
f r Two of them were killed in the first
(nut m!nntf . .
'ew minutes.
Another man who was at the post
told ; the corres iGndent later, as he
was lying on a cot in a field hospital,
that he saw fsur Germans approach
ing out of the. fog as the barrage
lifted. : . , . .a .
,He brought his automatic rifle into
play and saw two of the Germans
fall. ': , ; , , ,. :
He kept on firing until shell tplin
1 ters hit him in head and amis. , : . .
"The last 1 remember in the time
before I reached the hospital," said
.another wounded mai, "is seeing
something mcmjng through the fog.
"I determined to get some Ger
mans and put my. rifle to my. shoul
der, but nevei. pulled the trigger.
There was a deafening explosion be
hind me. Frozen earth, ice, stones
md shell splinters came my way."
Inspection of the scene of the raw
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1118. 1917. 1916. 1915.
Highest yesterday ... . 20- 35
lowest yesterday ... 20 15 i S7
Mean temperature ... 13' 2 ' 21
J'-L'ipltatlon ........ T .02 .00 .20
' 4 (temperature and l recipltatlon departures
rrom the normal:
S'ormal temperature .-. 1
Deficiency for the day S4
Total deficiency since March 1.., 724
Normal precipitation 0) Inch
Deficiency for tho day .02 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. ..22.49 inches
""Deficiency since Marcji 1 7.41lnches
Deflcfency for cor. "period, 1918.1 J.60inche
Deficiency for cor. penoa, isis. .62 men
Report From Stations at 7 F. M
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lndicatas below sero.
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in France, , Wednesday,
Jan.
DISORDERS IN
FINLAND ARE
GROWING WORSE
Wealthy Russians Who Fled to
Helsingfors for Safety Now ,
Find Situation More Pan-N:
gerous There. t
London, Jan. 31. The latent ad
vices from Petrograd report continued
fighting ahd disorders in Finland. It
is believed that the Roumanian lega
tion, who started for Stockholm, got
no further than Terijoki, about 30
miles front Petrdgrad. , ' '.
.Many of iherwealthier residents of
Petrograd fled into Finland to escape
the-revolutionary -trouoles in trte Rus
sian capital,' thmking" to find a safe
retreat.: ; ' ,
'Some took their entire f&rtunes
with them.' It how" appears that' they
. . , . . r . - . - f I a-
escapea irom one evii omy io en
counter another equally as great.
Members of the Finnish ienatc are
said to have taken refuge n Vasa.
Most of the news of the puzzling
situation is coming from Stockholm
and Copenhagen.
It consists largely of reports of
fighting in which General Manner
holm, commanding the "protection
corps," which seems to be the national
guard formed by the Finijish govern
ment, claims successes.
General Mannerholm is reported
mai-ching to attack Helsingfors, where
the Red Guard arid its adherents'seem
to be still in control.
Ohio River Five Feet
s Above the Danger Line
Cincihnnati, O.,' Jan. 31. With
gorges at Carrollton, .Ky., and
Madison, Ind.,' holding, the Ohio
riv(er,' rising here one foot an hour
for the last ,24 hours, had reached a
stage of 55 feet at noon, today, or
five feet above the danger line.
The Central Union railway station
was abandoned.
The government weather bureau
explains that a break in the gorges
uwill send theriver stage here down
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lasier man it raised louay.
British Casualty
List for Month '
" ' Shows Decrease
London, Jan. 31. British casual
. tie reported during January totaled
73,017, divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
358; men, 13,698.
Wounded or missing: Officers,
1,205; men, 57,756.
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, The January casualties show a
slight falling off from those Nre
ported during December, which
reached a total of 79,527.
The total for 'November was
129,089, reflecting the severe fight
ing on the Cambrai front in that
month.
MRS. B. C. KIRKE
One of the women arrested
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OMAHA, FRIDAY
GERMAN STRIKES
ENDANGER AIR
POWER OF KAISER
Spread of Unrest to Aldershof
and Spandau Jeopardize Bal
loon and Munitions Plants
Vital to War.
BULLETIN
Amsterdam, Jan. 31 The military
commander at Hamburg has ordered
a cessation of the strike here, says the
Cologne Gazette. .The despatch adds
that the commaruler also ordered that
future strikes be avoided.
..Clergymen vainly exhorted the
strikers in Hamburg yesterday to con
tinue their work, the Cologne Gazette
says. The workers proceeded to the
trades union headquarters and ad
opted a resolution opposing the pan
German fatherland, party and demand
ing immediate peace without annex
ations or indemnities, better labor
conditions ' and improvement , of the
food supply.
A deputation waited on the general
in command of the district and said
the strikers would not resort to
violence.
A (By Associated Press.) '
. Amsterdam, Jan. 31. (British Ad
miralty .per Wireless Press.) The
strike has been, extended in districts
hear Berlin," especially in Tegel,
Aldershof, Spandau and Mariendorf,
where 500,000 men have quit work.
A similar number of workmen are
on strike in the remainder of the em
pire. .. 1 ...'
Evidence of the extent of the strike
i.n Hamburg is found in the. Cologne
Gazette, which says that almost all
the-'-shipyr4"'l;a1)pre8 - ofj that city
striKf i$ urowing.v
AfTeVthe men in the vulcart yards
walked out," the others struck yester
day, declaring their solidarity with the
vulcafi workers. v .
Germany's strike troubles are grow
ing artd more than 700,0QO men are out
in Berlin alone, according to press
dispatches to neutral countries.
.Affect Balloon Industry.
New York, Jan. -31. Acorrespon
dent of the Associated Press who was
"tationed at Berlin until America en
tered the war, and ,who recently re
turned to the United States from
Copenhagen, where he went after the
outbreak of hostilities, has written
the following statement of the effect
strikes in German cities are likely to
have upon the production of muni
tions. "Strikes at Adlershof, ,the Berlin
suburb mentioned in today's dis
patches, will affect one of the im
portant centers of the German mili
tary airplanes an(T balloon industry
Important war chemical works, spe
cializing in the manufacture of con
"tituents for munitions, also are lo
cated in the Berlin suburb.
Arsenal at Spandau. -
"Spandau, wiierethe striWalso is
reported spreading, is the site of one
of Germany's big arsenals, and cen
tet for the manufacture of ammuni
tion, as -well as electrical plants de
voted to war work.
"Spandau and Adlershof differ from
the usual German industrial centers
in that large numbers of skilred
ervice because of their greater value
in war plants, are employed there
rrather than the women and youths
who make up a high proportion of
Germany's industrial army in war
June. The ; men arelargely enrolled
in the rrn of the .radical socialist
party and ave been restive and dis
satisfied .. Hi the government for
long tinie. y
Boosted Former strike.
"The Spandau workmen formed
the backbone of Germany's first po
litical strike' during the war. called
as a protest against the conviction of
Liebknecht, the radical socialist mem
ber of thc Reichstag, and held out
the longest of any during the April
protest apam"t the reduction of the
bread ration
Householder's Dream of Rout of
H. C.L. Dashed
Washington, Jan. 31. Retail prices I
of food regained in December the 1 a 'whole advanced 24 per tent. 1'ota
per cent decrease which in November , toes and onions were the only articles
caused householders to hope that the j
time of deliverance from the high j
cost of living was at hand. !
Of 27 articles for which prices are
received by the bureau of labor sta-
fiatirs 1f Viir mnr rneflv in Tl ru
ber than in the preceding month, three
remainea tne sme ana eigiu aroppeajoi 11 cents to i in lvio ana a st
slightly. j
Lggs showed the greatest increase.
9 per cent; butter and hens advancing
per cent eacn; ncev milk, lard and
chuck roast following close after.
Onions showed the greatese decrease,
14 per cent; bread, potatoes, sugar.
pork chops., flour and prunes being
other foods selling at lower prices.
Cheese, cornmeal and coffee remained
stationary. - - .
In the vear trom December. 1916.
MORNING, FEBRUARY 1,
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FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED
AGAINST ALL FIVE DIAMOND ROBBERS
Five of the Aito Bandits
' Captured By the Police
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amiemm, njummt Vi'. miii.,,,. !. m "i fm.. m iiiiiniaiiii
FRANK MARTIN, SAM
M'KAY, BANDIT,
THOMAS
SHOT THROUGH BODY
ilSil
One of three desperadoes wounded
in gun fight at robbers' den. Surgeons
at St Joseph's hospital say he will die.
LATE WAR
BULLETINS
BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS.
London, Jan. 31. The official state
ment from. British headquarters in
France and Belgium issued today
reads:
"Our patrol secured prisoners last
night in the neighborhood of Epehy.
Beyond some hostile artillery activity
south and north of Lens and in the
neighborhood of Passchendaele .there
is nothing further to report."
FIGHTING IN FINLAND.
Stockholm, Wednesday, Jan. 30.
All is quiet in Helsingfors, a dispatch
from that city reports, but fighting
is under way at other points in Fin
land between the red guard, which is
supporting the revolut.on. and the
white guard, which is upholding the
Finnish government. "
The white guard is fighting with
enthusiasm and scoring successes
everywhere, notably at Kemi. Ulea-
borg, Kajanailmola and St. Michel,
disarming the red guard.
In fighting Tuesday near Kaesere
station the red guard lost 87 killed
and 127 injured, wh:le the white
guard lost only eight killed and one
wounded.
by Increased Prices
to Decemberj 1917. orices of" food as
showing a decline.
' Interpreted in dollars, the food that
cost $1 in 1916 cost $1.29 in 1917. The
same food could be bought for 72
cents in 1907, 82 cents in 1910 and 90
cents in wif. j nere was a decline
to 88 cents in 1915. then a bin iumn
bigger increase last
year.-
Since the beeinnine of 1917 the re
tail prices have fluctuated at a rela
tively lower level than the wholesale
prices. - '
Farm products and clothing reached
their highest price in November, 39
per cent above the January price.
Fuel, lighting and metals declined
rapidly since June to levels below
those of January, due to government
regulation
1918. -TWELVE PAG"ES.
STONE, B. C KIRKE,
HARRV WILLIAMS,
LEAPED FROM ROOF
EATING PLACES
MUST OBTAIN
U. LICENSE
President's Proclamation Pro
vides That 'All Restaurants,
Clubs, Bakeries and Hotels
Must Get Permits.
Washington, Jan. 31. President
Wilson today, by proclamation or
dered that all persons,, firms, corpora
tions and associations manufacturing
bread in any form, cake, crackers, bis
cuits, pastry or other bakery products
must procure license on or before
February 4, excepting those Already
licensed and those whoe consumption
of flour and meal is less than three
barrel a mnnth. "
The order includes hotels, restau
rants, public eating places and clubs
which serve bread or bakery products
of their own baking. . ; .,'
The proclamation also orders that
persons, firms, corporations and asso
ciations engaged in importing or dis
tributing green coffee also must pro
cure license on or before February 4.
All applications for license are to
be made to the United States food
administration. .'..
Violations are. punishable by a pen
alty prescribed ""by congress iij the
food conservation act. .
Under existing regulations pro
claimed by the president in Novem
ber last, all bakers, clubs, hotels, etc.;
using 10 barrels of flour or more a
month are licensed.
Q"hc new proclamation extends the
food administration's control so as 1
to take thousands of small estab-1
lishmerfts hertofore 'unregulated.
RAIL EMYL0YES
ASK 40 PER CENT
!
WAGE INCREASE
Washington, Jan. 31.- Demands for
wage increases pending before the
railroad wage commission ate for an
aggregate average of 40 per cent, it
was disclosed today.
The demands represent total of
nearly $500,000,000 this year, or about
half of the railway op'eratinir income
of last year. - ( .
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OFFICERS AND GUNMEN i
WOUNDED IN BATTLE FEW
HOURS AFTER BOLD RAM)
Frank Rooney Dies in Hospital After Making Statement;
Thomas McKay, One of Cornered Men, Gets" '
Bullet in Back; Two Others Wounded;
One Man Is Still At Large.
POLICE FIGHT
GUN BATTLE IN
ROBBERS' DEN
Reporter for Th3; Bse' Eye
Witness to Bloody Battle in
North Fourteenth Avenue
Thieves' Rendezvous.
BY JOHN E. KENNEBECK.
Sin hours after the sensational dia-
mond jobbery lh Dodge street yeter.l
k', i V" V . T
aay aiternoon tne umana ponce ae
partment had captured five auto ban
dits charged with-the crime.
The arrests were made after a
bloody battle fought in vthe dark be
tween the desperadoes and a posse of
ilain clothes men at xit robbers' den
n North Fourteenth avenue.
. Detective Ftank Rooney was shot
in the abdomen. Thomas McKay, one
of the banditf,- was wounded n the
back, tho bullet penetrating the abdo-
lmen; Sam Stone, another of the high.
waymen, sustained a bullet wound in
tho head and Frank Martin was
wounded by flying splinter torn frpm
the woodwork of the bungalow.
While the battle raged in the bed-,
room on the second floor Harry Wil-
, FRANK. ROONEY' .
Detective who was mortally wounded.
liams, the fifth of the fugitives, who
naa escaped to the root, opened fire rm
police officers who had surrounded
the m. building. Automobile search
lights were brought into play and a
rain of bullets was directed at the
desperado. v,rtv-C '. I - ''
When the bright lights revealed the
gunman's hiding place ahd the leaden
missiles began to chip off bits of wood
work and shingles around him he
leaped to the ground. His back was
broken in the fall. ' , ,
was an eye-witness to the battle,
accompanied the officers to the
house. No othet newspaper man was
present.- . .
While the hfuse was being " sur.
rounded by police officers,' Detectives
Dolan, Rooney and Danbaum were
met at the front door by Mrs. Kirke.
"Who lives here, lady? We're of
ficers," Dolan said. , ' ) '
FORCE THEIR WAY IN.
"Why, Mrr: Daisy lives here," the
woman answered, and the detectives
forced their way into the place.
Two bandits who were downstairs
opened fire on the detectives from'
ambush, and then rushed upstairs af
ter several more shots were exchang
ed in the dark. - , - . '
,Wb' the detectives made their
(f ontlnncit on Ps Five, Cnturon Six.)
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SINGLE COPY TWO I CENTS. i
1 Charges of murder were filed
yC3terday afternoon against all
five 'of the diamond banditi
captured Wednesday night
after a bloody battle in a
Dodge street house.
Detective Frank Rooney died
at St Joseph's hospital at 2
o'clock on tha afternoon and
police immediately changed
the charge against the, des
peradoes' to murder. y ' -
BANDIT NEAR DEATH. ,
B. C. Klrke, Sara Stone, Prsnii
Martin. Harry Williams and Thomas'
McKay are the five bandits charged
with murder, , -..
McKay lies at St. Joseph's hospital
at the point of death. ,
Stone was shot throuth.thi head.
Martin was also injured, aa was Wil.
Vams.hovkspsi'lrpW'ltti'baf.
A fc -Iif- ,- . ....
A 'sixth run man. escaned
in his
HUNT SIXTH MAN,.
- Police late yesterday left for, East
Qmaha in automobiles following a
report the1 bandit wi hiding ( in s
house, but found no one. .
The officers were armed ' with
sawed-off shotguns and rifles. They
said they would take no chances with
the desperado, who was reported to
be heavily armed. .-.:. ; v,
Rooney,' detective,' who gamely
fought the robbers until two bullets,
penetrated his ' abdomen, , made . a
dea'hbed statement, t : -, '
The detective, one of the most pop.
ular men . on the 'police force, was
surrounded by his relatives when he
died. ' --.. y:-..
"One of the best-hearted and 1
gamest men who ever wore, a star
on the Omaha police force,", was the
unanimous tribute to the murdered
detective, when his fellow officers at
central police station received word
that he had died. s : , .
ROONEY SHOT TWICE.
' Police-Detective Frank Rooney and
Thomas McKay, alleged diamond rob
ber, were shot in a pitched battle
between officers and bandits in -a
house at 3207 North Fourteenth ave
nue .Wednesday nieht.
Rooney, shot twice through tha
abdomen, gamely attempted to on
tinue the fight, McKay, most serious,
ly Injured of the gun men, fell with
a bullet which penetrated his ab
domen. ' Another of the bandits escaped to
the roof. Searchlights were played up.
on him and he was -made the target
for . a battery of police revolvers.
Caught like a rat in a trap, the des
perado attempted to slide down a wire
and fell to the ground. He suffered
a broken back. .' ,r
Frank Stone, bandit, was shot by
detectives as he attempted to escape
through a window. The bullet entered
his head. He will I've. . t-- ,
ESCAPE WITH LOOT. 7
The battle occurred about five hours
after six unmasked bandit? swooped
down uppn a jewelry store in Dodge
street, cowed the propr.r(or and
clerks with tiweats of death and es
caped with,$15,000 worth of diamonds -and
jewelery. - 5 y ;
. The daring daylijrlit . robberr. and
the gun fight which followed when de
tectives surroundec the rendezvous of
the bandits were the most sensational
Tn the Jji story of Omaha crime.- . , "
I ; -Five Gun Men Captured.' ' "
HundredsVof shots were exchanged ,
by detectives and bandits.
; Detective Rooney fell mortally
wounded early in the fight. The bat
tle carne to 4 close, when five of the
gun men. .were capturei ?
Two women were arrested in the
same house with the bandits.,''""
Two other robbers besides McKay
were, injured. ! "The sixth gunman
escaped from the bullet-riddled house. -Early
Thursday morning detectives'
found nbout $5,000 wortb of the miss
ing diamonds in a creyrce of the roof
of the bandits' retreat Between $8.00(1
and $10,000 worth of gems and jew- r
elrjr still are missing. . - ,,v
Recover Missing" Diamonds. -Investigation
by Detective Dolan
led to thv discovery of the fugitives
in the hotuse owned by Mrs. Pessie
Dtfisy. formejjy Mrs. E. R. Tarrv. at
3207 North Fourteenth avenue. "After
a two-hour, watch the detective
(Conttntted on Fs.ro Sftcn, Clumm On.).
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