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GERMAN INTRIGUE
AND POWER
' HARD BLOW BY U. S.
Alien Property Amounting to Billions td Be Sold Under
Hammer to Americans Only ; Officials Believe Kaiser
Himself Heavily Involved Financially in .
i Great Teuton iPossessions.
Wathington, March 11. Legilalion authorizing the sale
of all enemy property in this country, requested by the alien!
property custodian, permanently to uproot German commercial
influence, was approved today by the senate, ancT added to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill. An amendment empower
ing the president to acquire, title td , the German steamship
companies' docks and wharves at Hoboken, N. J., also was ac
cepted. '''.'" '' r ; ' ''- - ' :
V VOTE IS UNANIMPUS.
The vote on the provision for sale
of enemy property was.uinimous, 64
to 0, and came after sevetal hours
scathing denunciation of German kul
tur and intrigues for world domimtion.
Enemy property within tne meaning
of the law is property owned in" an
nemy cduntry and official assuranawi
ave been given, tnat. mere is no w
mtion to interfere with the property
r monev of Germans or Austrians
ivirig in this country. The purpose is
n iver forever the hold of Germans
mn Germany upon vast commercial and
jfindtfttnjal enterprises in the United
States which have oeen cioseiy con-
nected with the kaiser's government,
and prevent their serving as outposts
of the Teutonic movement for world
domination. ': ., ' .
-, IN AMERICAN HANDS. J
jnder the trading with the enemy
act the alien property custodian takes
possession of and administers these
" properties, but is without authority to
finally dispose of them. The new legis
lation will empower him .to place
them in American hands. . ', "
Virtually the only questions raised in
today's debate were, the possibility of
violating the treaty of 1799 between
Prussia and the United States and of
too bastly action by congress.
Expected opposition to the provi
sion for purchase: 'of thft Hamburg
American aniJiojth German Lloyd
' docks f TIoDoken Tailed to material-
, ' House to Act Ouicklyl i .
- . Prompt approval pf both provisions
4y the house is expected as soon as
the "senate finally disposes of the $2,
000,000 urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, to which-they are added. -
v t Before the senate acted Democratic
Leader Martin presented a memoran
dum from the State department's legal
' bureau, declaring that the 1799 treaty
. was not regarded as applicable.
v What is to bp done with the pro-
- ceedsof the sal of German interests,
which some senaHprs today suggested
s are "owned in part by Emperor Wil
liam himself, is a policy to be deter
mined later.
' Senator Martin said: "Speaking for
. myself, and, I think, the 'American
, people, if the German people ever ge
' any compensation, it wilt be after they
have compensated the American peo-
pie for the Imillions I would even
say. billions of ? dollars worth .pf.
property they I have, ruthlessly;' de
stroyed." ... . !
Owners yi Germany. . . o
Quoting from statements of A.
Mitchell Palmer, the alien property
custodian, when 'he appeared "before
the senate appropriations committee
in urging-the legislation. Mr. Martin
said many of the German! wnera had
(Continued n Pae Bw, ctlnmn One.)
Live Chicks May Now
Go by Parcels Post
" Washington, D.C., March 1 1. Live
chicks may be sent by parcels post
after March 15, provided they are
properly prepared for mailing. 7 In
announcing this decision today the
Postoffice department order said
chicks could not 1e insured or sent
. C, O. D., nor carried' to destinations
more than 7Z hours mailing distance.
' " The Weather '
Temperatures t Omlf Teirdy. .
- Hour. D.
t . m !
. nt 3
1 . m 3T
s a. m 3t
a. tn 43
ID a. n ....47
11 a m... ..SI
it ni..... .'55
' 1 n. ra Si
2 p. tn.... SO
3 p. m ,....63
4 p. ni..... 64
5 p. m (4
' ( p. m.i . .... ...Si
T p. m... ...... .(3
1 nt m. . J. .tn
.. comparative Local Record.
X 1113 117. 11. 1315.
Hfchestyesterdax......4 ' 3 60 34
Lowest yesterdajr. ,.... 32 - 24 25
Mean temperature 19 . 16 . 42, ' 30
Precipitation... ...... .00 .00 M .00
Temperature and preclpltatidV departures
rnm .th. nnrmil! .
I from the normal:
Normal temperature.,.. .........
Excess for the day....
Total excess since March 1...
Normal precipitation ,
...... ..33
.........17
.........83
.04 Inch
DeftNency for the 'da
any .04 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1,...,. T,
Deficiency since March 1 ..0.43 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1917. .9.41 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period. 1816.. 0 36 Inch
Reports from Stations at 7 F. H.
Station and State Temp. High- . Rain
. and Weather:; . 7 p. m. ; est.
fall
Cheyenne, cloudy 44 -A 9
Davenport part cloud.... 63 66
Denver, cloudy..... CI ' .79
Dtn. Molnee, cloudy .64 ' 68
Dodxe City, part cloudy. .74 , 84"
ijirder. clear ..4 . 66
Xorth Platle, cloudy. ...S .74,
Omaha, part cloudy. .... .81 '-,"." 94 ,
Pueblo, cloudy... ........66 74 ,
Papld City, clear ..S C6
Salt Lake City, cloudy. .58 GJ
KantirFe, part cloudy.... o CO
Keeridan, clear 63 6
tiuox City, cloudy...... S8 68
alntlne. cloudy...,.,.. SO 70
.90
.00
l .9
loo
.02
T.
.00
.09
T.
.09
.09
.09
.09
.99
J
T" indicates trace of prenlitt!".
L,A. WELSH, Uftetf 0Mel1.
DEALT
NEBRASKATQWNS
EXCEED QUOTA IN
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
Upsiate Nebraska Sets; Pace
for Omaha in Brive for Ar
menian and Syrian;
y L- Relief. t
"Upstate Nebraska - is setting
pace for Omaha in the campaign fot
Armenian and Syrian relief. W. J.
Shallcross of the South Side, who has
passed two months visiting 23 coun
ties over the stateis here this week
helping Omaha to raise the last $45,
000 of its $60,(JpO quota.' -; '
"The results of organized effort by
some of the cities and counties .put in
Nebraska wilt, equal, airyttiing report
ed anywhere in fhia county he ati
.."Jor instanceat -Weeping Wer
where the fluopi of 40 cents per capita
totaled ;o()ore thanj $800 wa?
raised through orgahire iff ort. : -
1A ,preacher- and . farmer tne
southwestetri. part.jf ,Pawnee bounty
led an' organized campaigtt in 16 sec
tions of land, thinly settled, and raised
$383A - - -J i. v:'W-v.- ..K.
"Stanton's unorganized contributin
was more than $400 before a commit
tee was appointed to secure ?i,uuu,
the city'a quota. -Within two weeks
we receivea tne committee s cnecic ior
$l,00a .7-w a '?.
i-orty leading .men ot Korlolic met
me at the Commercial club rooms and
appointed a committee; of three to
lead In raising that city's quota of
$2,000. At the last report they had
raised $2,900 and were still going. .
VNebraska is raising $250,000, -tr
about 30 cents per capita. Just how
much has been raised we do not know,
as some has been sent directly to the
headquarters in New York City; But
we do know the state is responding as
generous-hearted - Nebraska . always
will, respond to a just appeal foriielp.
Much of the state remains to be cov
ered, but we are going everywhere as
fast as possible." S "
Word received here was that these
laces bad gone ' over their quota:
Madison, $400: Tekamah. $1,050. and
Lyons, $800. , " . .. . . , ,
Former Wisconsin Chief -
' Quits Senatorial 'Race
Milwaukee, Wis., Marcfi1 11. For
mer povornor Francis' E. McGoverti,"
who has been 'a, candidate for the
republican nomination for United
States senator at the primary election
March 19, Jate today filed a- notice of
withdrawal from the race, and placed
himselt in the services of Congress
man Irvine L. ' Lenroot, for the
nomination.
Mr. McGovern, in a statement an
nouncing his withdrawal, says ' his
action is based on the indictment of
Victor "L. Berger, socialist candidate
which "practically removes him
(Berger) from the list of candidates."
Berger's - follqwers, McGovern' says,
are certain to go in a body to the
support of Thompson, the 'La"" Fol
lctte candidate," and make sure his
nomination on he republican ticket
"should BBth Lenroot and I remain
in the field to divide the patriotic
vote of the party." -v
Ernest Stehr Accused of
' Selling Booze to Soldiers
Ernest Stehr was arrested Monday
by Deputy. United States Marshal
Quinley on a charge of selling whisky
to three soldiers January 5.
Russ Retf Guard Invades Russia; ;
Starts Drive in City jo f Teheran
Washington, ,March 11. Invas-'on
of Persia by small detachments of
the Russian Red Guard was indicted
to the State
department today in -a
telegram from Teheran. According
to the report there, the force, wh.ch is
not more than 400, is said to be plan
ning an advance on Teheran. -
The concern Mfhich the Swe.'sh
people ,regard occupation of the A.snd
islands by the Germans wastreflected
in a Stockholm press report received
today at the department. Accicing
to tnat report, tne German command-
dttle Germany' s Hordes
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SWISS PlOKE&li. v
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According to recent reports from
a I Zurich, Switzerland, it looks as if this
little nation is to be a second BelgiumJ; , ."r.,"
The Germans have -been massing
troops on the Swiss border for some
time past, and the consensus of opin.
ion seems Jo be that Hmdenburg will
attempt to cross Switzerland in an
effort to turn the French right flank.
The Germans would no doubt meet
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NEAR LEIGII, NED.
Murderous Band invades Farms
of John iVavra, and Louis
Asche; F. C. Oilman Shot :
7eV- in Abdomen,
Leigh, Neb., March M (Special'
Telegram.) Two mysterious at
tempts to assassinate Nebraska farm
eB were made at farm homes in the
central part of Colfax county early
jthis morning.
. An urgent call cameto Leigh for
help. , '
The first shooting took place at the
John Vavra farm just after midnight.
F. C- Oilman and family had passed
the evening with the Vavras and when
he and one of the Vavra boys went to
start Oltman's car, Oltman was fired
at from ambush and one load of shot
Struck him in the abdomen.
Numerous shots were fired, 1ut it
caund not' be ascertained how many
hnen did the shooting. - a-
About Z .0 clock the farm place of
Louis Asche was invaded and when
the hired man went out to see what
the trouble was,, he was greeted by
volleys: of shots.
When Asche attempted to call help
by-Rhone,, he was shot at, through
the window, but the load struck the
window cashing and he was uninjured.
A squad of the Home Guard were
rushed, to' both places ' early this
morning and Sheriff Bartunek went
and with several deputies, a
' Members "of the Home Guard, who
have just returned, stated that the,
buildings, at both farms were riddled
with bullets. Shotguns were used at
the Vahra' place and revolvers at the
Asche place. - - 1
' Oltman would have been killed, had
not a' binder which) was stading be
tween him and his assailants, absorbed
most of the' shot. The injured man
was taken to the hospital at Colum
Bus.7"N cause has yet been learned
for the shooting. ' '
Nine Members of -Tpwboat, ;
Crew Dsown in Mississippi
47 New. Orleans, -March 11. Nine
members of the crew of a large tug
owned by tne. BissoTowboat com
pany,' were drowned shortly after
midnight when the vessel sunk in the
Mississippi j-iver near Pointe-A-La-Hach,
La., after colliding . with a
steamer.
er. eeipfained ' that the landing had
been made in-conformity with the
wishes of the Finfcish peop'; ' A
motive for intervention in Finland,
the report, said, w&s the desi.e to
supervise the evacufian by bolshciki
troops, the claim being made hat
the bclsheviki had agreed to retire.
Disbelief of the report that Ambas
sador ..Francis and the Japanes; am
bassador " are being detained at Vo
logda was expressed by State -depart
ment officials. ,ihe last report from
Mr. Francis, however, was on March 6.
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with the same stubborn resistance of
fered them by the Belgians, as the
The photo shos a Swiss pioneer ser
eant; fully equipped; jor ;' service.
hese men nave been 7 in. constant
straining since the beminnuiK of the
world war, and an army of probably I
500,000 could
be mobilized' within A
week's time.
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ALMS m:g
FOR SHIP YARDS
America Believes Worft' Is Vital
War 'Service; Will Affect
Many Thousand Trained
7!k Employes.' :, . :
Washington, 7 March II. Negotia
tions are in progress between the
United States and the allies, for the
exemption from draft of the allies'
nationals, who aresworking in ship
yards of this country, but who are
subject to dratt under treaties now
being negotiated. The United States
desires to have the allies recognize
shipbuilding as' a vital war service, as
the United States has recognized it
in exempting Americans m doing such
n ui f. .
Officials said the negotiations affect
a good many thousand workers, train
ed in ship building, whose loss would
Drove a serious handicao to the build
mg program and might possibly en
tail delays in special lines of work,
that would be disastrous to the ef
fort to provide tonnage for supply
ing a great American army in France.
Eastern shipyards especially employ
large ' numbers of aliens, including
Scotch, Irish, Italians and Slavs, many
of whom are highly skilled carpen
ters and iron workers.
Approximately 250,000 Englishmen
and 60,000 Canadians would become
liable for service under treaties ne
gotiated with those countries, but not
yet ratified by the senate. The treat?
les permit thejlrafting of men be
tween the ages of 20 and 40 years,
w .It.
W -m H i - k -
WOULD
EXEMPT
Omaha Girl Leapi Into Icy Water to '
Test New
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Miss Helen Stubendorf 'Floats
. Buoyantly1 About in Carter
Ake While Spectators
Shiver on Shore.
Miss Helen ! Stubendorf tested one
of the new government life-saving
protectors at "Municipal beach Mon
day morning. Donning the suit, she
jumped from the end of the pier into
about eight--feet of water. ! The suit
proved buoyant enough Jo lift her far '
out of the water and permit her to
swim about. '
This suit is the first shown in the
west, although these protectors have
been on sale in the east for sometime
and the government is now equiping
transports with them. While "Stub
by," (as she is best known to her
friends, was cavorting arouird'in the
ice-filled water perfectly, warm and
comfortable, those on shore were '
shivering in the raw wind.,- V ;
The heavy padding of the suit andp
air spaces Keep yie oooy 01 ine wearer
absolutely warm. I-ead weights in the
feet of the suit weigh more than 60
pounds and preserve the balance of
the wearer. The top -opens like a
huge pocketbook and is fastened with
strong hooks. Only the head is ex
posed. '
A large pocket cut io the frou md
U.S. TR00PS CUT MO TEUTON
tilNES TO 60(1. YARD DEPTH.
SCATTERINC ENEMY LEGIONS
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Sammies in Bold Midnight Raid. Sweep Past
German First Line and: Advance to Second;
' Defenses While Germans Flee
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r v With the American Army in France, Sunday, March 10. American troops,
co-operating! with the French, successfully carried out two raids opposite the Amer-r
ican sector in Lorraine last night. ' The raids were executed simultaneously.
The Americans swept pa'st the German first line and penetrated to the enemy's
second line, 600 yards back.' ''.;' . a . ' : ;:
The simultaneous raids, one northwest and one northeast of (deleted),
Were made after intense artillery preparation lasting four hoairs, in which the Ger
man positions were leveled.
U. S. ENGINEERS
TAKEN IN. CHINA
BY BANDIT TRIBE
American Railway Men Attack
ed, Robbed and Now Held
Prisoners While on Rail-
"way Mission, h:
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Peking, Friday!' March. 8.T wo
American engineers, Nyl and Putsell,
have been robbed and captured by
bandits near Yehsien, in the province
of . Honan, . (A Chines assistant ' also
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ipect a survey,- the site of a proposed
railway litween : Chowkaikpv and
Siang YangfU, : . They were carrying
large sum of moiJey with which to
pay survey parties. An esC6rt of 20
soldiers resisted the banditti until their
ammunition was exhausted, when the
party surrendered.' Two of the Chi
nese escaped and reported the onu
rage. .
Former St. Paul Man. 7
New, York, March 11. Pursell.'one
,of '-the 7 two American engineers re
ported to have been robbed and cap
tured by bartdits in China, was identi
fied as E. J. Pursell,' formerly "of St.
Paul, Minn., at , the offices of the
Siems-Carey Railway and Canal com
pany here today. He has been en
gaged in some surveying work for
which the company has contracts with
the Chinese government, it was said.
Though officers of the company said
there was no one in their employ
named' Nylf they expressed the belief
that this name has been confused
with that of Gakyle, formerly of Rprt-
land; Ore., who
has been in China for
several months.
Oppose. Move to Seize .
German Steamship Piers
i Washington March 11. Germany's
commercial intrigfles were criticised in
the senate durins debate on adminis
tration amendments to the deficiency
appropriation 'bill, . empowering the
president to sell enemy property and
acauire the Hoboken piers of the
North German Lloyd and, Jfamburg-
Amencan steamship lines.- ;
Approval 01 the amendments was
looked for, but opposition was in evi
dence to the proposal to take over the
Hoboken piers on the ground that
they are already being used by thi
government. , '
Government Life-Saving Suit
of the suit will carry drihk and oro
visior.s ample to sustain 1'fe for hve
days A whistle is attached t the
suit to attract attention of ' p losing
boats. , . - y
-The suit was obtained for :he
House cf Menagh style revue m 'lie
Emores-s theater the first three vs
ot Ids week. Aliss Stubendui is
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600-
SAMMIES ADVANCE AT MIDNIGHT.
At midnight two 1 forces, each one of
with small French forces on their
man objectives behind a creeping barrage, each on a front of
6Q0 yards. ' r .. ,.' ..:.;.s:;'U:; V, . a-.';-.;,.:.
When the Americans reached the enemy first lines the bar
rage was lifted so as to box in the German positions at both
points. N .77AA-' i a. p '7,v"7..;v,.i"
" The men dropped into the enemy's trenches 'expecting a
hand-to-hand fight, but found the Germans had fled. Continu
ing the advance, they went forward 600 yards to the second
German line. All the time American machine guns Were firing
on each flank of the two parties to prevent the enemy from un
dertaking flanking operation 1
O TAKE WOUNDED GERMANS.
BRITISH RETAKE
RIDGES GAINED
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Hurt Teuton Forces Fronr Po
sitions -Taken Friday Even-;
ing; Enemy Loses Heavily
-.n Severe Battle. ,
(By Aaaoclatcd Fmm.)
With the British Army in France
and Belgiuin," Sunday, MarchV 10.
rteavy'lrtillery fire was proceeding at
various points along the tense British
and German battle lines today, but
there has been no infantry action of
Importance since vesterday niorafng,
w nen tne uruis 1 in a violent counter
attack hurled the Germans from the
post they succeeded in capturing in
the region of Foxlderhoek ridge Fri
day evening.
The British defense here and south
of the lloutholst forest,here the
Germans also seized six posts Friday
mornings ; have been re-established
completely after severe fighting in
which the Germans losf heavily. -
Both these attacks were but
apologies for what the Germans had
planned originally. ' They ' had in
tended to jnake a pretentious assault
on the northern sector south of the
Houtholst forest on, February 20 to
ninch off the British salient just south
east of the wood and gain a number'
of important positions.
Avalanche of Shells.
This became known to the British,
however, through a deserter and they
buried the Houtholst ' front under
such an avalanche of shells, that the
enemy was forced to abandon hfs
scheme. ' y , - a
The Germans decided, nevertheless,
(Continued on Tag Two, Column Two.)';
one or the models, and in Hddif .in to
her other costumes, will wear this
BY THE GERMANS
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suit each day. , ' . '
.; Jlen subject to the draft are J v if. c
ing great interest in the suit.. is
absolutely fool-pn.ui and the ueaer
ca:ir.ot drown. The weights 'i ;he
feet hold the head upright anT the
bodj is well above the water. :
it
(deleted).
flanks, moved upon the Ger
One French flanking party found
two wounded Germans in a dugout
and took them prisoner. The Ameri
cana found none.. .; :' . ;
The AmeVicans remained for1 45 .s
.saintttei: ifl"-ihtXaet.Jiitt.';TJy
fomd-;csGaJIimt'w-''conctvte't:dttgovits(''
ihtch'InVy ifitfc''?jfi ind alio bronght '.
Iack large quantities of. material and
valuable papers. While they ware in
the enemy lines German artillery be
gan a vigorous counter barrage. It
was .quickly Silenced - by American
heavy and light artillery, which hurled
large quantities of gas shells on the
batterie(. . 7 y '.. ,: .7 , 7 .
("An American trencli ' mortar bat
tery, the homes of most, of jvhose
men are t 1 (deleted), participated
In the artillery preparation preceding
the raid, helping to level the enemy
positions. ' The , artillery, both light
and heavy, was ' manned 'by soldiers
mostly from (deleted).' '
Soon after these two raids had been
carried out .the Americans staged an
other at a point further along the line
to the right. They went over the top
ater artillery preparation of 45 min
utes, in which the enemy's positions .
attacked were obliterated. At thi
place the dugouts were found to have
been constructed principally of logs
Engineers accompanying the raiding
party completed the artitfery's wprk
of destruction. The. American in
fantrymen who took part in this laid
are "from (deleted), and the engU
neers from (deleted). , 7
.The raids were carried out skill
fully, and but for the fact that the
Germans fled, more prisoners "doubt
less would have been takeni American ,
gas shells are believed to have caused
many' casualties among the enemy.
No Americans are unaccounted for. V
GERMAN FLIERS v
ATTACK NAPLES;
WRECK HOSPITAL
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Rome, March ' 11. Naples was at.
tacked by enemy aviators early this
morning. 11 Twenty bombs were
dropped in a residential ojiarter. The
victims include seven occupants of a
hospital of the Little Sisters, near
Arcomirelli. -T
Naples is more than 300 miles south
of the battle line. The nearest enemy
territory is the Albanian coast, about
2S0 miles to the east. , '
Austrian troops, which apparently .
lwere making an attempt to cross the
riave river, were prevented trom do
ing so yesterday by the Italian bat
teries, which sunk rafts and boats in
the river opposite Fagare, the war of
fice announced today.
Italian aircraft .on raiding opera
tions dropped . seven tons of bombs
upon areas occupied by the enemy.
New. York Public. Library y
Now ?War Time-' University
jNew York, March ll.New York's
public THjrary has become a "wa. iime
university," where hundreds of offi
cers and men from all branches of the
service daily are acquiring techincal
knowledge of military andLnaval af
fairs, according to the annual report
made public today." '.- . 7' V
Sioux Falls ArJopts City
' ' VManagei; Form of Rule
Sioux Falls, S. P.. March 11. Sioux
Falls adopted, the city manager plan
of municipal government to supersede
the present commission system at a
special election todays
The majority for the citv manager
advocates exceeded 700. A' light vote
was polled. , .-.'.
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