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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY G. 1918. SAYS AMERICA IS PREPARED ! FOR WAR WORK f : Chairman Flood Tells House of i Representatives That U. S. is Exceeding Expectations of Allies. t i M t z J ' Wasntngton, Feb. 5. Tlie United .States will furnish more men and J "money for the war in a "far shorter jj time than has been the fondest hope of our own or the nation w'th which I I we are associated," Chairman Flood I lof the foreign affairs committee de f :clared in the house today, in present I .ing the diplomatic and consular ap t propriation bill. The chairman's assertion was I Jo connection with his discussion of j Colonel House's mission to Great j 'Britain and France, and was made in J the course of an outline given the t -house of the State department's war activities. I I Complete Understanding. C I As the result of the wjrk of the 1 'mission,, Mr. Flood said, "a complete 'understanding exists of precisely what J the allies need from this country and t exactly what this country can furnish I and when and how." . - ; , Under the secretaries of alate, war i and navy, he declared, the country will furnish "more in men and means t than was expected of us " The appropriation bill as presented I by Chairman Flood tarries $8,206,087 ' i for the next fiscal year, $3,000,000 more than the current appropriation, t because of increased war burdens, j The increase provides for 25 new t secretaries to embassies and legations, - t many additional clerks, augmented i secret funds and other allowances. I ; ' Results of Japanese Visit. - With the Stare department's ganc 5 tion, Mr. Flood told how the Japanese mission' visit here resulted in ex I change of notes between Secretary Lansing and Viscount Ishii, which, he ; said, '.'removed causes of friction be tween the two countries and works " for peace in the far east, making quite , remote the possibility so, often dis cussed of trouble between this coun try and Japan. Rationing of neutrals, involving an Interference with some of the vital supplies of such countries as Holland, Denmark and Sweden," he said, "is a matter calculated to create intense irritation, with the tangible risk of its developing into enmity. Too much cannot be said of the splendid manner in which the State department handled this delicate sit uation. "There is no friction with any of the neutrals growing out of the course which our government was compelled to pursue with reference to these matters." Senator From New York Says Machine Is All Entangled (Continued From Pa Oo.) brought together, co-ordinated and settled upon. "I realize that some may contend that the president can name all these directors snd there is no need for any additional element in our war time machinery. f "My contention is that, be he ever so' able, no president no human being can perform such a task. "It is ..tterly impossible for one man to examine into all these intri cate questions. The days and nights are not long enough," Referring to the committee's war inquiry, Senator Wadsworth said if had covered only a part of the ground and to investigate all army activities which might justify inquiry would not permit the committee to finish its work during the present sessions of congress. Centralize Authority. "In both the ordnance and quarter master's departments," he said, "we had a distressing state of affairs. Those who attended every day be came deeply impressed with the con viction that purchase and production and initial distribution of the vast amount of supplies must be essentially an industrial operation and that mili tary men, with rare exceptions, are incapable of bringing about the best results." All of the expert civilians appearing before the committee, Senator Wads worth declared, testified in the same direction "proper centralization of authority established, preferably, by statute, .whose decisions may be promptly reached and accepted as final,' Lack of preparedness before the war, the senator said, is costing, "many, many lives and millions of dollars," besides prolonging the war. On the railroads, the senator de clared, goods with blue priority or ders have exceeded normal shipments, and in the e.st 68 per cent of all freight was so tagged. Railroads ir. Hopeless Jam. '"W hat has been the result?" he ask ed. "A hopeless jam and congestion of onr railroad transportation facil ities. "A million three hundred thousand tons of munitions and supplies are piled upon the docks along our At lantic coast, billed to France and Italy alone. , "Some are deteriorating rapidly. In some places locomotives, boilers and great piles of shells and other im portant materials have been dumped out upon the ground and lie rusting in winter weather." Relying to the government's hand ling of the coal industry, the senator said: "As a result of lack of planning we have great communities starving for coal, and an order issued by the fuel administration closing down thousands of factories and throwing out of work hundreds of thousands of men and women, costing millions of dollars in wages and delayed pro duct, and crippling, for the time being, those very activities upon which we must depend for the winning of the war." "Other emergencies will overtake us," Senator Wadsworth said in con clusion. "If we are wise and prudent and far sighted, we shall establish some agency in our government, whether it be called a war cabinet or by some other name, whose members shall sit around a council table, every day, morning, noon and night, and devote their whole time and every ability toward working out in advance the methods of meeting and overcom ing the emergencies." Army Waiting for Word From General Von Hindenburg (Continued From Pfe One.) Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zcitung that the blow is now ready to fall whenever Hindenburg give the word, and it can only lead to victory. "The year of decision has dawned," writes Von Olberg. "A feeling of foreboding already permeates our enemies, and the cry for aid from Japan and America is constantly eard. "Yet the enemy leaders know that the United States cannot even make up for the number of men France and England were obliged to send to Italy's aid,, especially as the troops they were sending from America are inexperienced and la k tracing. !s2 Damage Sate Tlie Reason for This , Greatest of All Sales 1 The heating in our Annex Department has been from a forced hot &ir system. ' Through a series of unavoidable circumstances covering a period of the past 90 days, the heat has been loaded with smoke. It noticeably soiled the white collars and the delicate evening shades. It immaterially soiled every garment in the stook. ' We took it up with the First National Bank, and they said: "Sell the merchandise and we will stand our part." We stand the balance. The Amount of Garments Offered Approximately $20,000 Worth of Merchandise is Offered for This Sale I A . It Will Include Coats, Suits, Dresses, Furs, Waists and Skirts. We have taken every garment in the stock and put a price on it that hardly represents the value of the tailoring. We have taken 200 garments from the finest Beady.to-Wear Store in Omaha (our Farnam Street Store), . V &nd have put prices on these that are on the same basis as the soiled ones ,. from the Annex Department. , t ' ' 1 This is a sale where every garment must be soldi We realise this and you will appreciate it when you see the prices we have marked on the gar , meats. ..''' No matter how little you want to spend, we will have a garment fw you at this sale. Wednesday is Dress Day Wednesday will be devoted to the selling of Dresses only. Dresses of. every sort, for morning, afternoon, evening. Dresses for the loifice, Dresses for the street, Dresses for parties, Dresses that make old ladies look young. There are Silk Dresses, Serge Dresses, Velvet Dresses, Velour Dresses, Net Dresses, Satin Dresses your Dress is here. ; COME EARLY. Dresses Dresses Dresses AT- -AT- -AT- $4.95 $9.85 $12.50 Dresses Dresses Dresses AT -AT AT $14.85 $17.50 $19.85 THE HOUSE OF ENAGH ANNEX "We are quite aware that America will do its utmost to assist with money and war material and will probably send many technical troops and aviators, but we are prepared for every contingency. "America cannot possibly do more than she (fid when ostensibly neutral. "So we meet the coming year full of confidence. Our position on the western front must improve daily and an equalization of forces is taking place there, where the enemy has al ways been numerically superior. "In addition, all our munition fac tories are working for one front and the whole of our enormous reserves of material will be at once dispatched thither. "With deep feelings of relief our troops on the western front are be ginning to realize that the days of trench warfare are almost at an end. "Up and at the enemy at last. "Our rear is free and we have the reserves at our disposal. "The great blow can now fall. "Where and when? Those ques tions the enemy leaders are anxiously asking themselves. "The reply is 'wherever and when ever Hindenburg wishes.' We know that he will choose the time and place that will lead to victory." The German fleet, too, is to partici pate in the coming offensive, accord ing to the Tageblat. "The German fleet, relieved of anx iety and pressure in its rear," says this newspaper, "can now turn to the west with its full strength. "The task of the British fleet, even if it is supported by its allies, will be difficult. We have full faith in the German navy, which has so often ex hibited its will to victory and its ca pacity to fulfill its duty." Decisive Blow to Be Fought on West Front, Say Germans (Continued From Fge One.) on duty until the firing ceased and the danger was over. All injured men late- went to a hos pital for full treatment. Many of the Americans have had their first experiences with gas in the last few days,' as the Germans have been sending over a considerable number of gas shells. None came over this afternoon, but an alarm was given. The chief of staff of one division and another staff officer who were motoring to a village back of the lines came upon several companies, all the men in masks. The officers hurriedly put on their own masks and rode on toward the front line. At the next vil lage the men were wearing masks. The officers kept theirs on until they saw, through a shell hole in the side of a brick wall, 20 infantrymen with no masks on, rolling dice as if nothing had happened. U. 3. Troops Near Toul. The sector occupied by the Amer ican troops is northwest of Toul. It is inadvisable to mention the number of men in line, the length of the sector M 303 SOUTH 16TH STREET. FIRST NATIONAL BANE. BLDGt. - Schedule of Sale: ThursdaySUITS. i Friday COATS. Saturday-SKIRTS, TOES and WAISTS. Monday and Tuesday FINAL. Bargains in Refinished PIANOS Spies, Mahogany $175 Ho.pe, Oak $300 Steger & Son, Mas S125 Hinze, Oak 8240 Kimball, Oak. . $259 Hospa, Ebony $135 Bush & Lane, Oak $450 Hop., Oak $235 Cable-Nelson, Wa! $290 Manning Rose $ 80 Player Piano Bargains Apollo ($850) S350 Price A Teeple Player, Oak $300 Whitney PUyer $300 Player Rolls. . . . 25 Up You Pay Down a Little, Then a Small Sum Weekly or Monthly. DO IT NOW A. Hospe Co. 1513 Douglas St Home of the APOLLO REPRODUCING PIANO. Cocoanut Oil Fine For Washing Hair Heavy Death Toll By U-Boat Sinkings London, Feb. 5. Girman U boats, according to a reply given by Andrew Bonar Law, govern ment leader in the House of Com mons today, have killed 14,120 noncombatant British men, women and children. and other details. The location of the sector was kept secret until it became certain that the enemy had discovered it. Toul, capital tt the department of Mcuthe-Et-Moselle, is 14 miles west of Nancy anc is a fortress of the first class. The present battle line is about 16 miles north of Toul, where it ex tends eastward from St. Michel toward the German border. Recently there have been raids by French troops in the region of Sdchepray. When the American trench was raided last November it was in the German official statement that the Americans were stationed along the Marne-Rhine canal, northwest of Luneville. Toul is about 28 miles west northwest of Luneville. U S. SOCIALISTS BACK B0LSHEVIK1 PEACEJR0GRAM Chicago, Feb. 2. The national ex ecutive committee of the socialist party announced its peace program today. An address to President Wil son and members of congress sup ports the bolsheviki peace proposi tions and calls upon the administration at Washington to join in the discus sion between the central powers and the Bolsheviki and to attempt to get other entente allies to join. It asserts that mere statements of peace conditions are futile and likely to multiply causes of disagreement. Belligerent nations, it says, must meet one another in conference. It asks that the United States recognize the present de facto government at Petro grad. The executive committee sent a re quest to Secretary of State Lansing that it be permitted to forward, through Russian socialists, the follow ing to Leon Trotzky: "Convey congratulations of socialist party of America to comrades of Ger many and Austria on recent revolu tionary activities for peace." A message of congratulations was addressed to Trotzky direct. Dr. John Hoist to Riley -In Service of Uncle Sam Dr. John Hoist left Sunday night for Fort Riley, where he will be in charge of the ear, eye, nose and throat work there. Dr. Hoist has the rank of first lieu tenant in the medical corps- ATTENTION MUSIC LOVERS We are cf faring extraordinary values in BAND INSTRUMENTS UKULELES GUITARS BANJOS VIOLINS and other small instruments. Teachers' supplies at special prices. All the latest hits in Sheet Music, 10c per copy. Mail orders receive prompt attention. SGHMOLLER & MUELLER PIANO COMPANY -i . 1311-13 rarnam Street. h Phone Douglas 1623. wuhwp jtiBBSa Nebraska Postmasters Confirmed by Senate Washington, Feb. 5. (Special Tele gram.) The following Nebraska post masters were confirmed by the senate late yesterday: Isaac T. Merchant, Adams; R. E. Harmon, Auburn; Clarence R. Tweed, Bassett; George W. Norris, Beaver Crossing; Marie A. Lybolt, Bruns wick; James C. Frandsen, Dalton; George Beckler, Deshler; James W. Carson, Edgar; Robert G. Hall, Fair mont; Andrew B. Anderson, Florence; Edwin Cutts, Giltner; lames J. Mc Carthy, Greeley; Fritz A. Rasmussen, Hershey; Orren Slote, Litchfield; Ira Lucy, Long Pine; C. F. Beushausen, Loup City; Joseph J. Heelan, Mullen; John S. Callan, Odell; Fred Wolter, Ohiowa; Lizzie Smith, Riverton; Will iam T. Cropper, Sargent; John C. Vo line, Sou'th Auburn; Edward H. Hines, Thedford. The postoffice at Springfield, Neb., having been made presidential, Repre sentative Lobeck has recommended the present incumbent, Carl H. Olde rog. for appointment The State department advises that Morris Schalafer of Omaha, assistant secretary of the embassy at Stock holm, arrived safely at his post on February 2. Many Are Injured in Iowa Train Wreck Clinton, la., Feb. . A number of persons are reported injured in a col lision this morning between a passen ger and an oil train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad north of Clinton. The wreckage is in flames. Chicago, Feb. 5. At the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad gen eral offices it was said two freight trains collided north of Clinton, la., this morning, but there were no fatal ities, so far as the office had been advised. Cashier of Defunct Institution to Be Tried on 3 Counts (Continued From Pe One.) Sears of near Decatur furnished the $1,000 bond. Elliott has engaged as his at torneys, W. M. Hopewell of Tekamali, and T. R. Ashley of Decatur. The high financiering of Elliott attracted wide attention nearly .wo j years ago, when the state board closed the doors of his bank :.nd took charge of affairs. At that time The Bee exposed the methods employed in the manage ment of the bank's affairs in a series of articles which led the bankers ot the state to insist repeatedly to the authorities that this case be pushci to the limit for the good of the banu ing interests of the state First Real Case. It was the first real case of the failure of a state bank under the new depositors' guarantee law, and bank ers all over the state were anxiou-. that the machinations of the cashier be ferreted out to the bottom in order that the state board might know how to guard against similar financial ex plosiems in the future. The late Secretary Royce of . the banking board had already in his an nual report asked for more authority to determine as to the fitness of any set of individuals who might apply for a banking charter. The Decatur case and the setua tional expose which followed it wen said to have influenced the state board in refusing a charter to several in dividuals who sought to start a smail bank in Omaha shortly after the Dc catur blow-up. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. THOMPSON.BELDEN 'GO Cjy Cfashion Center fir Women0 New Springtime Silks ' Weaves, patterns and colors that will dominate the com ing season are here in plenty. 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