T
MANY GERMAN CITIES IN
. STATE OF SIEGE AS LABOR
PROTESTS AGAINST WAR
More Than 700,000 Strikers In Berlin; Socialist Leaders
Arrested for Defying Government; Military Au
thorities Prohibit AU Meetings; Von Hin-
denburg Appeals to Workmen to
1 Remain Loyal
(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 31. The German strike is still growing in
magnitude, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Copen
hagen reports. . i
In Berlin 700,000 persons are on strike, he reports, 50,000
f these being women.
STATE OF SIEGE.
A state of siege has been declared at Hamburg, Altona
and Wandsbeck, according to the Hamburg Echo, a socialist
newspaper. t
A great number of socialist leaders have been arrested'
in various Germans towns, according to this authority.
ATITUriTJTTTWS WFT.PT.P'RS V
The fact that Berlin is wrapped in a
thick fog has made it impossible for
the authorities to prevent the dis
semination of pamphlets, the reports
' state.
No one-has been permitted to cross
tha, -wiss frontier from Germany
since Tuesday morning, according to
the Daily News correspondent at
Geneva. ,
Frivate reports received in Switzer
land represent the strike situation as
having , taken a serious turn late
Tuesday night.
Strikers Infuriated.
The refusal of Hefr Walraff. the
minister of the interior, to confer f
with the strike leaders is said to have
infuriated the strikers.
'The central strike committee in
Berlin now has been in session con
tinuously since noon Monday.
Assurances of solidarity are said
to have reached the committee Tues
day ' from Liepzig, DysseMorf and
3armen, notwithstanding the rigid
military control throughout Ger
many. ,
Expect CriUs Soon.
Opinion in Geneva, the correspond
ent says, is that the strike movement
will reach a crisis soon. ...
It is felt that the movement will
;ither collapse or take -a turn which
may force the German government
:o its knees.
-The report of a strike in the works
t Essen is not confirmed, hut the
Munich Post says Dr. Krupp von
liohlen has issued a statement to the
workmen in the Krupp works urg
ing them "to keep steady nerves in
this moment of crisis and to remem
ber their brothers in the field."
Berlin Press Silent.
Onlya few telegrams have arrived
in Copenhagen irom Germany, at
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
the Danish capital says, and news is
scarce owing to the fact that most
of the important BeHin newspapers
'gave not been published.
, The military authorities m the Ber
lin district, according to the Berlin
correspondent of the Copenhagen
Politiken, have proniDiiea an mcci
ings convened to discuss public ques
tions as well as workmen's meetings
and demonstrations.
Fifty thousand workmen ' have
ceased work at Kiel. The strike is now
general in the Chemnitz district,
which is the most important Industrial
section in Saxony.
Von Hindenburg's Appeal.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg's
proclamation appealing to the xyork--rs
to stop striking appeared on all
the street corners of Berlin yester-
daThe Germania of Berlin says that
11 err Walraff, minister of the interior,
still rf fuses to meet delegates of the
workmen and the strike continues to
grow. ,.
German Policy.
Among Jhe views expressed in spe
cial dispatches from Holland in re
....,, n thr- r.prman strike is one that
Hie German government is exploiting
;vhat hardly amounts to more than a
neace time demonstration vvun uic uo
if nnssible. of producing a more
ierious movement in allied countries,
where it apparently believes the gov
.rnmpnti arc less able than itseit
m ovoiiTil enrh movements.
Another correspondent gathers
r.A.v. t, r,fnnan nress that the Ger
rrr.vrnmpnt intends to make the
strike movement a pretext for break
er, ff thp Rrest-Litovsk negotiations
,,t ;a asrrihir.f it to Ifie machina
tions of the Bolsheviki with whbm,
therefore, it would be impossible to
hold further coherences
Government Orders
Ships Not to Sail
Washington, Jan. 31. Because of
certain conditions in Spam which the
government considers to the advan
tage of Germany and discriminatory
againt the United States- and the
allies, the war trade board today
ceased vto issue licenses for export
of merchandise to that country and.
held five ships about to sail for hpain.
Recently when. General Pershing
as authorized to buy 200.000 blank
ets m Spain for American troops arid
attempted to buy, other merchandise,
some influence suspected of being
German, intervened.
Other incidents convince the gov
ernment here of German activity.
Measures similar to 'those recently
k adoptsd toward other European neu-
trals are in preparation.
Comptroller's keport Shows
U. S. Great Banker of World
Washington, Jan. 31. How the
United States has become the dom
inant banking pow er of the world was
shftvvn in the annual report of the
comptroller of the currency, John
Skelton "Williams, presented to con
gress today. ''.,'
Comptroller Williams estimated the
whole banking power of the nation
at $37 529,000,000, an increase or more
than $14,000,000,000 since the begin
ning of President Wilson's administra
tion. ' Taking the latest estimates, of
the "banking power of the world,
placed in-1890, at $15,538,000,000. he
said America's increase was alone
nearly equal to the world's combined
banking power 27 years ago.
PACKERS HALT
FEDERAL PROBE
Veeder, Counsel for Swift, Re
fuses to Allow Examination
of Papers; Later Denies
Reported' Action.
Washington, Jan. 31. Reading of
letters and documents from the con
fidential files of-the Chicago packers
into the record of the federal trade
commission s meat packing Hearing
came to a sudden halt late Wednes
day to permit Francis J. Heney, spe
cial counsel, to return to Chicago and
direct the search for further material.
Henry Veedcr's vault, containing
the correspondence of the lawyer who
was characterized by Mr. Heney as
the "clearing house" for the joint
operations of the packers, has been
sealed by Hugh Mclsaac, the coin
mission's examiner, who obtained
nost of the documentary evidence
already introduced. Unless Veeder
reconsiders his refusal to permit the
examination of his papers to con
tinue, court action will be taken by
the commission.
Veeder Denies Refusal.
Chicago, Tan. 31. Henry Veeder,
general counsel for Swift & Co., Wed
nesday night issued a statement deny
ing that he had refused to permit a'
representative of the federal trade
commission to take any papers rele
vant to ttie packing industry inquiry
from his files. He also said that tswnt
& Co. had thrown open its confiden
tial files to the commission and
added: -
"This privilege has been abused by
the publication broadcast of extracts
from these files that have no relation
to the matter under investigation.
this action has worked a gross injus
tice to Swift & Co. In view of tin:
I feel that I have been entirely jus
tified in refusing to allow the trade
commission to take copies or such
files of mine as have no relation to
the matters they are investigating.
Anything to which the examiners of
the federal trade commission arc en
titled I will gladly give them."
Major General Wood
Reported Improving
Paris, Jan. 31. Major General
Leonard VVood, United States army,
who was wounded recently while
visiting the French front, is confined
to the Ritz-Larlton hospital, where
he is reported to be doing well. He
expects to be out in about a week.
lit is suffering from a flesh .wound
of the arm, which is painful but not
dangerous.
Major Kenyon A. Joyce, who was
wounded in the arm is imp rovin g
Announcement
V.
Effective on and after February
6th, 1918, the Chassis pripe of
"The Autocar. Mtotor Truck"
' Will Be $2050
Orders placed before February 6th, 1918, will be
accepted at the present price of $1815, only for delivery
as soon as we" can possibly deliver.
In order to protect our 6000 customers, and others
who are in the market for Autocars, we must reserve
the privilege of limiting the number of Autocars that
we sell at the present price to any one1 business house.
...
The Autocar Company
. Ardmore, Pa'
January 24th, 1918.
' Omaha Dealer
W. M. CLEMENT MOTOR CO., 2514
THE BEE:
Brilliant Advance Up Rocky Slopes on
Asiago Restores to Italy Dominating
Position Held Before Christmas Reverse
9
Teuton Reserves Rushing For
ward Meet Steady Stream of
Teutons Moving Back; Dis
order in Enemy's Ranks.
(Of, Auoclatod Frra.)
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 30. From ac
counts of eye witnesses of the Italian
attack of the last few days on the
Asiago plateau, it appears that the
first Jtalian rush was in the darkness
at 4 o'clock Monday morning.
The sleeping enemy forces were
taken completely by surprise. The Al
pini were in the thick of this fighting
and by daylight they had swepf the
first line trenches and taken an old
church which formed a strategic
point in the enemy line of defense.
Italian storminar trooDS took the
eastern and western slopes and byj
7 o'clock Tuesday morning had cut
their way to the summit and were
establishing themselves firmly in
definite control of the key position.
It was hand-to-hand fiehtine up
the slopes, with heavy losses on the
Austrian side and the enemy clearly
at a distadvantagc.
Push Ahead of Army. !
A singular feature of the struggle
was supplied by a considerable Italian
force, which fought its way far 'be
yond the first day's objective and
was such a distance within the
enemy's lines that the troops were
given up for lost. When the final
charge was made up Monte Di Val
bclla, however, this' Italian force dis
engaged itself from the enemy en
circle and took an important part in
the final capture of the summit.
Throughout the day the enemy
sought to redeem the situation by
hrincinir forward lartfe reinforcements
and it is estimated that 50 new bat
teries were added to his fighting line.
But his efforts to move the infantry
led to such couiusion that all his
counter attacks were rendered abor
tive. .
Austrian prisoners declared that the
reserves hurrying forward were met
by steady streams of beaten troops
moving backward until all orderly
formations wer broken up. Attempts
to merge the fresh troops with the
deciminated front line units only add
ed to the confusion.
Two Divisions Destroyed,
According to prisoners, the 21st
Schufzen division of Austrians and
the 101st Austrian Landsturn division
were virtually destroyed, while the
9th and 52d Mountain brigades of
Kaiserjacgcrs were similarly decimi
nated. The large percentage of officers
among the prisoners is a noticeable
feature and the casualties show a
similar heavy proportion of officers.
No exact information is available
on the extent of the losses, but the
total mounts high for the enemy,
while the brilliant uphill charges of
tiip Italian infantry, oarticularlv the
Bersaglicri, were not effected without
some losses being sustained.
P.psiflps vieldincr a considerable
number of prisoners and wai mater
ial, the" engagement resulted in re
storing the Italian lines to the domi
nating position tney occupied oeiore
t!u mmiv made his forward move
ment in this sector just- before
Christmas.
Huah Wallace Reslans
Management of Building
Hiicrh .Wallace, for three years
building manager of the First Trust
Company, operating the First Nation
al bank and Famam buildings, has
resiened effective March 1. He has
hpMi iimi suallv stirressful with the
tvL-n hnilHincs and it is understood that
he has accepted an offer from another
city.
v Italy Loses Four Ships
Rome, Jan. 31. Shipping losses for
he week ending January 26 were?
tn-n Italian ctenmprs nf more than
1,50(1 tons, and two sailing vessels
under 100 tons. One steamer, which
was dajiiaged, was able to reach port
OMAHA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1913.
BAKER CUTS OFF
BROTHEMTRACT
Secretary of War Refuses to
Let Relative Have Job Let
"Without His Knowledge
by Board.
Washington, Jan. 31. Interest of
H. D. Baker, a brother of Secretary
Baker, in an airplane plant at Niks,
0.,hich had, but lost, government
contracts, came up today before the
senate military committee at its in
quiry into the aviation service.
Secretary Baker ordered the con
tracts canceled as oon as he learned
that the aviation service had awarded
them to a concern in which his
brother was interested.
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jer-
.1 .-A il.A
sev, who raised me question ui m
Ni'les plant, also inquired regarding
the Fowler Airplane company of Cali
fornia. Given Government Contracts.
Pnlonpl Deeds of the aviation serv
ice said its president was an expert
aviator and that the company - had
been given contracts tor MJ training
machines at ?J.'5,i.w tor inc. oan
Diego school.
In reply to the New Jersey senator,
Colonel Deeds said the Fowler com
pany's financial standing and ability
had not been investigated by the avia
tion service before being awarded
contracts. ,
"You gav them the contracts sim
ply because Senator 1'helan and Rep
resentative Nairn ot Laniornia re
quested it? asked Senator freling
huysen. . .
They probably lnnucnceo, colo
nel Deeds replied, adding, however,
ii.at fVi nrArr trt the Fowler company
was small and it had produced first
class machines.' Me also pointed our
that Fowler , himself was a man of
broad experience.
"It seems to me mat some oi mec
companies were- organized simply to
get government contracts.or had been
P
tronnsed tnem, saw ocwaiui i "."s-
huysen.
No Time to Investigate.
rlrtrt rWHc Hitai1erl the difiicul-
tics of developing a new industry and
said complete investigation of con
tractors under the circumstances was
not possible. . .
All contracts Riven to t acme
concerns, he said, were small and only
tn nrnHnr trainiiisr olanes for the
San Diego school. .....
Senator r renngnuysen suunuueu
information he had received that the
corporation the kngcl Aircrait com
pany ot which n. u. nawcr is pres
ident, had been overcapitalized with
$1,993,000 of a $3,000,000 capitalization
representing Vsiood will."
Colonel ueeas tesuneu mai . u.
Baker conferred, with him last June
about securing a contract but had
been "flatly turned down, because
the plant was not ready to produce.
Later, Colonel Deeds said, when the
plant was equipped contracts ere
given for airplanes parts on a "cost
phis" basis.
Kiev Surrenders to
Siege of Bolsheviki
(By Aoclated Frew.)
London, Jan. 31. Kiev which
for some time past has been .in
fested by the Bolshevik troops,
who are engaged against the
Ukrainians, has surrendered, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Petrograd.
Kiev, capital of the government
of Kiev; lies on the right bank of
the Dnieper, It is called the
"mother of Russian cities," and in
1902, had about 250,000 inhabitants.
Recent dispatches said that many ,
of thex Russian noblity seeking
safety from the Bolsheviki, had
taken up their residence in Kiev.
Farnam Street
REGULATIONS
FOR DRAFT ARE
NOWLESSSTRICT
i
Washington, Jan. 31-'ew regula
tions for physical examination of
draft registrants, changing weight,
height and other conditions and pro
viding partial military service for
men not actually rejected, were an
nounced today by Provost Marshal
Getrat Crowder,
Local boards are directed to reject
no registrant on account of foot or
tetth defects and to accept in most
cases all men with temporary or
remedial defects.
"jtaln' to Go," Cowboy's
Reply to Questionnaire
Cheyenne. Wyo., Jan 31. An il
lustration of American patriotism and
contempt for red tape is provided by
a questionnaire returned to the draft
board of Cook county, Wyoming, by
a cowboy of the Lazy D ranch force.
None of the questions listed in the
document is answered but inscribed
across its face in a scrawling hand is
the pregnant statement: "Kcarin"
to go.
Pershing Troops
Battle Enemy on '
The French Front
(t'ontlnurd Krom Pane One.)
showed that the ground was plowed
up by the explosion of shells.
. . One of the men wounded was hit
by a sniper's bullet. He fell in a
trench filled with water and almost
drowned before he was rescued by his
captain.
Several of the wounded had been
listed as accidental wounding. These
were mostly' wounds in the hands.
Enemy Casualties.
It is certkin that the enemy casual
ties from the American cannon and
machine gun fire has been as great
or greater than ours.
Tli rnMialtir riven .out in Wash
ington recently occurred over a cer
tain recenr penoci.
The dead were buried within the
sound and range of the guns.
Blown to Pieces by Shell.
One man was blown to pieces by
a shell in a regimental Headquarters
town as he was following his colonel
into a dugout.
Three men were killed by one shell,
n Yl O A
from the timfe it is manufactured until
it is poured into your-glass. v
J"
Made MikauAee
which fell in a trench, and another
died of wounds in a hospital.
Quite a few of the men sent to hos
pitals were wounded in the upper
part of the body or on the head from
shrapnel.
For military reasons it has been
inadvisable to send earlier or other
details. '
POLICE BATTLE BANDITS
iContlnufJ Krom !'( On.V
way up a darkened stairway, the wo
,nn urri hrlri downstairs.
The officers heard the door to the
south room slam, followed by mum
bled voices saying
Get ready, they're here." .
Detectives Dolan and Danbaum
rushed to the door and commanded:
"Hands up!
Four f the bandits were lying hud
dled let.gtliwise on a wooden bed fac
ing the door, their heads propped
againsi thepancl at the foot, when
the three detectives raided the room.
Rooney Mortally Wounded.
The detectives' command was an
swered by a volley of shots, fired at
close range through the door panel.
Dolau and Danbaum stepped quickly
aside as ' Rooney came through the i
The police fired a rain of bullets at
the bandits. This was followed by
a second volley fired at the detectives
and --Rooney "fell, mortally wounded
by two shots.
"I'm shot, fellows," Rooney cried,
"but get them.".. And the wounded
officer fell down the stairway.
For several minutes Dilan and
Ranbtum kept up at; incessant fire
and a steady exchange of bullets was
directed through the panel of the bed
at the detectives.
Wild shots struck the door, sill and
bored into the wall of the hallway.
Bullets sped at close range past the
darkened forms of the detectives.
It tint until Mi Ivav "was
wounded twice in the back and head
by Detective F.d Briukman. that the
steady fire of bullets was cut short by
the bandit Kirke's cry: "We give up,'
and the four desperadoes were com
manded to throw their guns to the
floor.
Sergeant Matsen- and Detective
Barta snapped hand-cuffs on three
of the men and carried a fourth
bodily to the police patrd outside.
Each bandit, fired shots from Colts
45 revolvers. After being searched,
the four gunmen and two women were
h u r r i e dJ n t oa p ajrolwwjtl.
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See that
under heavy guard, f rushed to th
police station. , ' 1 . ; ' ' t
Use Auto Search Lights
hit the detectives were battling
with four banditt in the . upstairs
room, auxiliary officers outside ex
changed shots with Harry Williams,
the fifth bandit, who had climbed from
a second story window to the top ot
the house. ....
Automobile searchlights were
played along the top ledges of the
house while the officers kept up a i
steadv fire. (, j
"I'll come down," Williams yelled,
and he threw his gun to Detective
Murphy. ,
Williams dropped from the top ot
the house. H'.s back was broken ;n
the fall. He was picked up by the
police. Handcuffs were snapped 4n ,
his wrists and he was hurried ihta
an emergency car.
After the pitched battle was over
and the prisoners were taken to thn
station, Sheriff Clark took possession
of the house.
Detective Rooney got up anr"X
walked, limping, across the street to
the residence of A. J. Anderson. 32H
North Fourteenth avenue, and fell
from loss of blood as he stepped m
the hall. '
Recover Planted Loot,
He lav on the floor and was at
tended by Mrs. Anderson until Po
Qttramn Kitrm arrived. The
physician ordered the wounded man
removed immediately tcr tne nospuai.
His condition Is critical and attend
ing surgeons say he has little chance
to live. Both bullets lodged in his
abdomen.
The first shots fired downstairs
penetrated a picture on the mantel
piece and tore gaping noies in me
walls. Upstairs, the rooms were in
confusion. In their haste to hide the
jewelry stolen from MalasnocV
jewelry store chiffonier drawers were
turned topsy turvy, several suitcase
were lying open on the floor. to re-"
ceive the loot. and clothing boxes
were found open with pieces of the
jewelry in them. '
The bedroom set of Louis XV
style, was riddled with bullets, and
black powder marks ruined the pan
els of the bed.
Several gaping holes were torn In
the walls and door where mis-directed
bullets tore their way through. t
The mattress was splotched with
blood from McKay's wounds.
Police officers told me last night's
battle was. the fiercest ever fought;
with bandits in Omaha.
Schlitz-Omaha , Co.
719 South 9th St. ,
Omaha, Neb. .
Phone: Douglas 918 ' "
crown is branded "Fama