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TV at" a "mr a. Hft UlVlAilA JUA1LY JDJ1 THE WEATHER Fair; Warmer 'VOL. XL VII NO. 232. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1918 TWELVE PAGES. SUVAri. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WILL STARVE BALTIC PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM VASSALS GERMANS NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY BOYIN LAST CASUALTY LIST FROM FRENCH LINE Keith Graul of Lincoln Reported Wounded; Three Iowa Men Among Sammies Killed on French Front; Fifteen More Are Injured in Battles , With Germans. Keith Graul of Lincoln, Neb., for-O, merly a student at the University of Nebraska, is reported slightly wound ed in yesterday's casualty list received from General Pershing. Graul attended the university last year, but left schooj when war was declared to join Uncle Sam's forces in France. He is a member of the Alpha Sig ma Phi fraternity. THREE IOWANS KILLED. (From Staff Correspondent.) Des Moines, March 14. (Special i eiegrarn.,; inree lowa men are in cluded in the list of dead and 17 in the list of wounded on the French front, received here late today. List follows: x DEAD: Corporal Albert, E. Behmer, Sioux City. Private Cecil M. Conley; father, O. C. Conley, Atlantic. Private Fred H. Turner; father; R. R. Turner, Atlantic, The Wounded. Private. Lyle W. Barnes, mother, Mrs. Kate Barnes, Quimby; Private Lloyd Culp, father, G. W. Culp, Ore gon, enlisted at Atlantic; Private J. O. Fudge, father, J. O. Fudge, At lantic; Private Harold Kjar, father, Jens Kjar, Atlantic; Corporal O. Marcher, thought to be George O. Marcher, Alta, -la.; Private Robert G. Petty, mother, Mrs. Petty, Carson; Private Albert L. Rudig. father, D. G. Rudig, Griswold; Private Ralph Rutherford, ' headquarters company ; Corporal Joseph G. Swanson, father, J. C. Swanson, Red Oak; Private Percival Winning, father,' M. M. Win ning, Woodbine, Private John P. TfMJ!, -fath-; Afey T?lfer R?Oakp Private Fred J. Robinson, mother, ..Mrs. W. H. Robinson, Storm- Lake; Private Edwin ,L.. Jarvin, . mother, Mrs. Bessie' Jarvin, Crestori; Private Otto Francen, father, Carl Francen, Red Oak; Private Leslie Johnson, father, John Johnson, Rivertoa: Pri vate Loren L. Goddard. father. S. E, Goddard, Fairfield; Private Henry H. Fall, mother,. Mrs. John Fall, Red Oak. . ' Official Casualty List. Washington, March 14. General Pershing's casualty list, cabled today carries the names of 70 soldiers, four or them killed in action, two dead oi wounds, one dead of an accident and nine of disease; 14 wounded severely and 4U sligntly wounded. The list gives the names of two offi cers, both of whom were reported slightly wounded, They are Captain Hugh H. Barber and Lieutenant Horace L. Smith. Lieutenant Bernard Vant Hot was reported severely wounded. Killed in action: CORPORAL ALBERT E. BEH MER. SERGEANT FRANK- O'CON VOR. PRIVATE CECIL M. CONLEY. PRIVATE FRED D. TURNER. Died of wounds: SERGEANT JOSEPH L. CIP. PRIVATE FRED C. BRUM METT. Accidentally killed: PRIVATE HARRY WATKTNS Died of disease: SERGEANT, CLARENCE G. BAILEY, septicemia. CORPORAL OSCAR V. MiL BERG, pneumonia. Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) The Weather For Nebraska Fair Friday nd Saturday, warmer Friday. Temperatures at Omaha rettterday. Hour. ' Deg. 5 a. m 31 6 a. m 31 7 a. m 20 8 a. m ..32 9 a. m 33 "10 a. m. ., 34 11 a. m 35 12 m 37 1 p. m 38 2 p. m 38 3 p. m .IS 4 p. m 37 6 p. m 35 6 p. m 34 7 p. m 34 S Ptffl 33 Comparative Local Record. , ' 1918. 1917. 1916. 1915. Highest yesterday .....39 33 39 37 Lowest yesterday 30 22 14 18 Mean temperature 34 27 32 3: Precipitation 11 .00 .00 00 Temperature and precipitation depar ture! trom the normal: Normal temperature Deficiency for the day 1 Total excess alnVe March 1 122 Kormal precipitation 04 Inch Excess for the day 07 ir.ch Total precipitation since March 1....1J lrch Excess since March 1 4 J inch Deficiency for cor. period, 191J 24 inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1916 46 Inch Reports From Stations at 7 F. M. Btatlon and State Temp. High- Haln 1 of weather. 7 p. m. est. fall. Cheyenne, clear 32 3$ .00 'Davenport, cloudy ....T34 38 ,4 Denver, clear 40 44 .00 Des Molnea, cloudy ....38 42 .12 Dodfre City, clear 4t 5: .00 Lander, clear 43 48, .04 .'orth Platte, cloudy ....40 44 ,2 Omaha, cloudy 34 39 .11 Pueblo, clear 44 ,48 .00 Rapid City, snow 34 40 .10 Bait Lake City, clear. .. .40 40 .00 Banta Fe, clear 44 48 .00 Sheridan, clear 30 38 .00 Bioux City, cloudy 30 ZS .22 Valtotlne, cloudy 32 34 .22 Americans Make " First Permanent Advance on Enemy , BULLETIN. With the American Army in France, March 14. American troops in the Luneville sector have occupied and are holding enemy trenches northeast of Badonvillers, which they forced the Germans to abandon through recent Taids and con centrated artillery fire. The trenches have been consoli dated with ours. This, though a small forward movement, marks the first permanent ad vance by the American army in France. The consolidation of the trenches enables the Ameri- cans and French to operate from higher ground than here tofore. The Germans made only feeble attempts to retake the position, but each time were re--' pulsed. NONPARTISAN MEETING HALTED; MEMBERS BEATEN Organizers rre Escorted Across irawaoi: wonoiKZ uiven (Br Associated Press.) Sioux Falls, S. .D., March 14. A nonpartisan league meeting, scheduled to be held at Gregory, S. D., yester day was prevented and five league or ganizers were -beaten, and driven out of Gregory county across the Ne braska line, according to the five men who arrived here tonight. The meet ing was stopped, despite assurances of Governor Norbeck that'the sheriff of the county would protect the league members, the men asserted. After being seized and beaten, the men were forced by the hom'e guards to march through the rain to Burke, the county seat, seven miles distant, where they were held in jail last night, according to the story. The men were released this morning after a "third degree" they asserted and placed on a train for Norfolk, Neb. They ar rived here tonight from Norfolk. Sheriff Not Seen. During the outbreak at Gregory, the sheriff, who had arrived in town with a force of home guards earlier in the day, was not seen, it is claimed. The ' governor, they said, had wired his assurance that the sheriff of the county would maintain order at the Gregory meeting, after they had ap pealed to him Tuesday, when a meet ing was broken up at Hermck, S. D., and several members beaten. GENERAL STRIKE MAY BE CALLED in Kansas an Kansas City, March 14. Six hun dred delegates representing more than half of the unions.Jn Kansas City, voted early today to call a general strike of all labor unions in the city Monday. March 25. in svmoathv with the strike of union laundry workers, which nas Deen in progress several weeks. Only 16 votes were cast against the resolution. PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS BOYS ABOVE 16 TO RESERVE Bjr Associated Press.) Washington, March 14. President Wilson today called on all American boys of 16 years and over, not permanently employed, to enroll in the United States boys' working reserve. A national enroll ment week beginning March 18, has been set aside by the Department of Labor. ' The president's open letter, made public today, follows: "The Department of Labor has set aside the week beginning March 18 as National Enrollment week for the United States boys' working reserve. The purpose of this national enrollment week is io call the attention of the young men of the nation to the importance of increas ing the food supply by working on the farms, and to urge them to en roll in the reserve. "I sincerely hope that the young men of the country, of 16 years of age and over, not now permanently employed, and especially the boys in our high schools, will enter heartily into this work and join the boys' working reserve in order that they may have the privilege, for such I believe it to be, of spending their spare time-in a productive en terprise which will certainly aid the nation to win the war by increasing the means of providing for the forces at the front and for the main tenance of those whose services are so much needed at home." Ralph T. Wilson, Omaha, Ex-Oeighton Man, Drops 3,200 Feet in Balloon at San Antonio; Uninjured; Describes Thrilling Plight Son of E. H. Wilson With Group of Flying Cadets at Time; Number Severely Hurt by Fall. Ralph T. Wilson, 19 years old, son of Ellis H. Wilson, 3822 Marcy street, was in the balloon which fell 3,200 feet at San Antonio, Wednesday. The father received a telegram from his son Thursday, which says "Dad, I had the greatest ride of my career today. Was in the balloon which fell 3,200 feet yesterday and never phased a hair, although some' of it is grey now, I am told. We landed in a fifty-mile wind on Mon day, and were dragged over the ground several hundred yards." VALVES GO WRONG. The story of the wild ride taken by several officers and cadets in the runaway balloon was printed in The Bee Thursday morning. The Asso ciated Press story gave only the names of those injured. Wilson de clares five other flying cadets were in the basket, and escaped serious in juries. Something went wrong with the valve in the top of the gas bag, when the balloonists attempted a landing, U. S. OFFICIALS DISCOVER 4,000 VOLUMES OF BANNED PASTOR RUSSELL BOOK HERE William Mack, Former City Employe, Arrested and Mrs. A. Setterquist Accused of Having Violated Espion age Law Under Federal Warrant From District Attorney's Office. Federal officer yesterday Labor temple, where the International Bible students hold their meeting and took" possession Finished Mystery' a book which contains the Bible interpreta tions of the late Pastor Russell, head of the cult which has ad herents all over this country and in England. WARRANTS FOR TWO. O Warrants were also issued for the arrest of William Mack, 4525 Twenty first street, and Mrs. A. Setterquist, 5009 Miami street, two members of the cult which sells "The .Finished Mystery." Mack, an old man, who worked 18 years for the city 6treet department and acquired a little home of his own, was arrested late yesterday afternoon. He was released under a bond of $5,000. He, with Mrs. Setterquist, is charged with violating the espionage act in circulating the book. FOUR PAGES OUT. The copies carried by the aged man in his little satchel had four pages cut out of them. This, he said, was done on advices from Washing ton that the books could be sbld with these pages cut out. "We do not make any profit on the books," said Mr. Mack. "We sell them simply to help the work along and to try to shed brightness into the world which is so dark today. The book has 600 pages and we sell it for 60 cents. I have my own home and my 5on11a.nd da,u8h'er kp me. I can do this work. Sometimes I sell three or four copies a day." Mrs. Satterquist will be taken into custody today. i Sold Before War. Officers of the sect in Omaha say the books are Pastor Russell's in trepretations of the scriptures. They were sold long before the present war started and everywhere are distrib uted by members of the cult without From Lincoln. Lincoln, March 14. Federal war rants charging several persons of the "Sect of the Messiah" at Omaha with violating the espionage act by cir culating copies of a book alleged to contain disloyal matter vtf re issued to day under direction of United States District Attorney T. S. Allen. At the same time a search warrant was issued for the seizure of 20.0U0 ! copies of a book entitled "The Fin ished Mystery," reported to he stored in a building in Omaha, and said to contain statements encouraging re sistance to the draft law. Wilson says. The crew was unable to close the yawning chasm in the monster, and it started for the ground at the rate of 30 feet per second. As the bag nea'-eH the ground, the flying cadets, including Wilson, worked like beavers heaving overboard sand hags to check the flight of the dirigible, but apparently with scant success. Student at Creighton. Wilson's father, in tclliiiE' of the ac cident, could not visibly suppress his emotion for the narrow escape of his son. He declared he read the story in The Morning Bee, but had no inkling that his own son was one of the officers to take the daredevil plunge. Wilson, according to his father, will return to Omaha in a few weeks. The newly appointed officer has been in the army three months, having been selected to enter the officers' school at Fort Oinaha October 13. Prior to that time he was a student at Creighton university, where he re ceived several medals for his ability as a scholar, having made the record of leading his class two years. Wilson was captain of Company A in the Creighton battalion previous to his enlistment. He was very popular with his associates and has an un usually large number of friends in the city. afternoon raided the room ia of nearly 4,000 copies Thei HARRY LAUDER SELLS POODLE FOR RED CROSS Winds Up His Day in Omaha With "Dutch" Auction at Which He Collects $1,340 for Relief Work. Harry Lauder wound up his visit to Omaha by extracting $1,340 for the Red Cross from the audience at the Boyd theater last night. He did it by means of a "Dutch" auction, with a white poodle dog as the object of sale. The dog was sold many times, with bids from $5 to $100 and lives to be sold again. , The auction was the end of a busy day for Harry Lauder. He arrived at noon and was promptly routed from his car for interviews for the after noon papers. Then he was hustled along to the Chamber of Commerce, where he spoke at a business men's luncheon and from there to the Boyd theater, where he gave a matinee per formance. In the evening he repeated his show, concluding with some seri ous words about the war, and the auction for the Red Cross. We Know Nothing of War. "You don't know anything about war yet," Mr. Lauder told (he mem bers of the Omaha Chamber of Com merce at noon when he spoke after luncheon in the main dining room. lou have heard people tell about it, but you know nothing about it The only thing a lot of you have concerned yourselves with is whether it affects your pocket or not. But you will know something about it. You will know when these boys (Continued on Fate Two, Column Tiro.) Torpedo Victim Ends Letter on Solid Earth Minneapolis, Minn., March 13. "I didn't finish this letter for a lew days because, dear mother, I stayed out all night," ends on clean, c.ibp paper .a letter received here toc'ay by Mrs. Hattie C. Wiggin from her son, Sergeant Gilbert H. Wiggli: a letter which begins on crumpled, "Stained sheets. Sergeant Wiggins is a member of the 20th engineers. The letter was mailed "Where the grass is green, and it is like a little bit of heaven." It was a swimming party wn'rh interrupted his letter writing a swimming party in the north chan nel. He thrust the sheets intc his pocket and they were there as he floated about waiting for one of the boats which came to the rescue of the Tuscania to pick him up. That is why they are stained. "I have had some wonderful ex periences and I am enjoying them all," says Sergeant Wiggir v V 1 Vhlpk XWitson CONCRETE SHIP GREAT SUCCESS; BUILD 54 MORE Great Moulded Affair Takes Water and Rides Like Buoy; Epoch-Making Event, Engineers Say. (By Associated Prem.) A Pacific Fort, March 14. So com pletely successful Was -the launching here today of the world's largest, re inforced concrete ship that her. build ers announced they immediately would begin construction of 54 similar ships of larger size and expected that all would be completed within 18 months. Six weeks from the day the con crete was poured into the forms, the 7,900-ton ship, christened "Faith," took the water. The huge hull, caVeening sharply as it slid down a steeply pitched incline, threw up a huge wave in the narrow estuary, then righted sharply and rode-like a buoy. Not a hitch had marred the operation and a large crowd, aware of the fact that they were participat ing at a significant, perhaps an his torical ceremony, shouted itself hoarse. Engineers Are Delighted. Engineers expressed themselves so satisfied with the launching and the manner in which thp vessel responded to immersion that it would be un necessary in their opinion to give the Faith a transpacific towing try out, as intended. There was no ques tion, it was said, that the ship was entirely seaworthy and it was an nounced that engines would be in stalled at once and the Faith put into commission as rapidly as it could be fitted out. Two tugs immediately tookNthe Faith in tow for an iron works plant nearby Enthusiasm was' unbounded among experts who witnessed the launching. They predicted that concrete con struction would make a new era in shipbuilding and the speed wilh which the ships could be turned out would have an important bearing on the al lies' successful prosecution of the war. Utility rather than erace is ex pressed in the concrete ship's lines. It looks as if it might have been carved out of rock itself, so massive is her build. Launched From Meadow. The launching was from a broad meadow, with none of the usual ap purtenances of commerce except a couple of construction sheds. Not even a telephone ran to the "plant." It is the contention of the builders that concrete vessels can be built with no greater preparation, wherever land and water meet, and that ma terial always is at hand or near by. WOMAN MAKES HIGHBALL t Fashionable Bootlegger Is Said to Carry Own Supply of Booze to "Spike" Soft Drinks. OF HARMLESS GINGER ALE Omaha "booze hounds" are keen on the trail of a "society bootlegger." Frequent ieports have been made of her appearance in the better class ho tels and cafes, but no evidence has been produced that would tend to identify her. Only the better class of cabarets and cafes ve visited. She is care fully dressed in the latest costumes and is always accompanied by a male escort. Ginger ale appears to be the favorite beverage of t he "society bootlegger " Following the receipt of the popular soft drink she slyly brings forth a small bottle. A little "shot" and the soft drinks becomes v WOULD BRING NEUTRAL NATIONS UPON KNEES TO TAKEGERMAN YOKE War Trade Board in Statement Unfolds Deliberate Plan for Cutting Off Northern Nations of Europe From Food Supplies to Gain Political and Economic Dependence. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 14. Germany' latest campaign ot ruthlessness against neutral shipping is attributed by the war trade board in a statement tonight to a deliberate plan for cut ting off the north European nations from America, and allied food supplies, and thereby reducing them through starvation to a political and economic dependence upon the Teutonic, war lords. 1 MILLION TONS OF DUTCH SHIPS TO AID ALLIES Move Is of Tremendous Im portance; Will Take Effect March 18; Entente Hand Forced by Germans. (Br Anmelnted Prow.) Washington, March 14. tA million tons of Dutch shipping, nov held in ports the world over, through Hoi lands' fear of Germany's threat to sink them if they venture out, will be brought into the service of the United States and Great Britain on March 18. Unless the Netherlands government braves the menace of Xermaay's pres sure and voluntarily accepts an agree ment tinder which the hios would life i'tjt in trar Ihe United States and Great Britain will take: 4MWfyer under international ' law, availing themselyes of a sovereign right which Germany itself has hitherto exercised under the same authority. Formal Notice Given. Formal notice xhas been presented to The Hague by the American and British diplomatic representatives of of the allied governments' intention. As a result the Netherlands minister, August Phillips, acting under instruc tions of his government, mtdc a final and personal appeal to President Wil son to at least modify the decision. The Associated Press is enabled to state that the president saw no reason for altering the decision and that un less the ships are turned over by next Monday a presidential proclamation would be issued taking over the ships in American ports, of which there are about 80. Many more, however, are in British or other allied p;rts; From the American official point of view, the action is one into whiph the allied governments have been forced by the German duress of Hol land, which may now see its ships in trade again, and can point out to Ger many that they were taken through no will of her own. Will Help Tremendously. Coming at a time when the dire need of the allied cause is for ships, this acquisition of 1,000,000 tons is of tremendous importance. Every arrangement has been made for the compensation of the Nether lands for the ships. They will be insured and armed and if any be lost they will be replaced, besides material compensation for their use and the United States will permit the export of breadstuffs and cattle foods, which Holland needs sorely for its own people, and in addi tion will restore the interrupted trade of Holland with its colonies by guar anteeing bunkers for its ships in that trade. Under this arrangement Holland still is left enough ships for its own needs and has been notified that plen tiful supplies of food await it if it sends bottoms to carry it. By this ar rangement. officials point out, further responsibility for food shortage in the Netherlands rests on Germany. American and allied officials have no fear that the move will force Hol land into the war. the once very popular ginger ale high ball. A few drinks usually suffices for her purpose, and the bottle and a crisp greenback change hands. Both leave shortly after, and her presence is soon noted in another cafe with another man affected by the Nebraska drouth. The source of her supply is un known, but it is reported that she is the same woman who has been noted on the K nsas City train at frequent intervals, apparently suffering with a severe toothache. A hot water bot tle is carried to relieve the pain, but the smell of the contents remind one favorably of the now deceased John Darlej' ' DUTCH SHIPS INVOLVED. While the board makes no reference to the determination of the United States and Great Britain to take over Dutch ships in American and A,td ports, unless the Netherlands govern ment accepts a pending economic agreement, its statement throws inter esting light upon the situation which led to this decision. Thehope i ex pressed that the neutrals will conrnst the respective attitudes of the Uni-ed States and Germany toward the pt cb lem of feeding them. STATEMENT OF BOARD Following is the statement: "Germany's war leaders are jjng the submarine war weapon to prevtnt fulfillment of American agreements to feed and relieve European nentraL. A mass of cumulative evidence and nHi cations in the .possession of the war trade board shows that Germanv is employing the submarine mnact tc prevent neighbor neutrals receivinii any food or favors at the hands ct th United States and its associates in tht war, . and to, coerce these nei'tiah through starvatioh into political ami economic dependence uoon Gtr;wny quitefSs touch as to strike arttlcVom- munications of its opponents-uer-mate's iyten;ihlj aim, iri proclaiming the ruthless' submarine campaign "Further indications tend ;to - how that , the submarines are being used along similar dog-in-the-manger .'ijes, to destroy neutral shipping without regard to its employment in order to weaken prospective neutral comt eti tors after the war and to drag down neutral tonnage as far as possib.c to ward a position of equality (or ir.(t ri ority) with the German mercm'ile marine, which has lost between 40 and 50 per cent of its ocean tonnage, so that the neutral trader may be eouatly as badly off as his German rivn tor tonnage in the after-the-war rac fot commerce. Draw Lines Close. "No other interpretation can bt placed, for example, upon the repeated instances or nesirurrmn or ne-ji-m Danish ships on voyages between ice land and the Danish mother cou.-ftry entirely outside of the war zoni nor upon the multitudinous 'mistakes.' whereby Dutch and other ne.'fral ships clinging to the precarious nar row way left open through the pro hibited zone are torpedoed outside the rone by U-boat commanders, whose word that the vessels vere within the rone, is later accepted un questioned, by the German p':ze courts. Prominent ship owners in Scandinavian countries have . sted their belief that many sinkings wire inspired only by the intention t.- get, rid of neutral tonnage so as.ti In crease the relative value of German shipping available at the end of the wars i "Examinations of the captains of tor pedoed ships before the marine courts in these countries bear out this belief, the testimony repeatedly showing that (Continnrd oo Pegs Two, Column Three.) MANY BELIEVED DEAD IN WRECK BURIED BY SLIDE Harrisburg, Pa., March 15. Penn sylvania railroad train No. ,19, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago express, west bound from Philadel phia was wrecked east of Elizcbeth town near here early today. It is re ported to have been buried under a4 landslide. A relief train with nurses and physi cians will start from Harrisburg for, the scene ls soon as it can be made up. Two cars were derailed. One was upset and the other is lying across the tracks. The train is said to have been running at the rate of 60 miles an hour when a boulder in the Eliza- .bethtown "cut" struck it in the mid dle. Lancaster, Pa., March 14. Reports received tonight state that 18 persons ...... i . i An : i - it.. wreck Presbyterians of North . - " And South Refuse to Merge , Atlantic City, N. T March 14. The , commissions on union of the Presby terian churcn north ana the Presby terian church south failed to aeree upon a plan for the proposed merger of the two great church bodies at the . hnal session ot their joint coufeteiico
