imk KUE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1918.
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oO KILLED IN
ALLIED AIR RAID
ON GERMAN TOWN
Terrified , Populace Believes
Americans Are Attackers;
Berlin Denies Reports of
Serious Losses.
London, March 19. Fifty persons
were killed and great material damage
was done by bombs dropped by allied
airmen when they raided Coblenz,
Germany, on March 12, according to
a neutral traveler who arrived Mon
day at The Hague, the Times says.
"The people believed the raiders
were Americans," the traveler said.
"I was in the neighborhood of a big
munition works at Mulheim, (north of
Coblenz and also on the Rhine), at
10 minutes past noon, when suddenly
Ul the factory whistles started, blow
ing and the sirens were sounded.
Many women rushed from the works
:or the bomb proof shelters, while
passing street cars were stopped as
:he crews bolted into houses. Four
Dr five airplanes were visible in the
dear sky.
"Americans" is Cry.
"Presently someone exclaimed:
'They are Americans!' Another per
son screamed aloud: 'The Americans
are. coming! A Dutchman I knew
rushed up to me and said: 'Didn't I
tell you the Americans would come
sooner or later?'
"I cannot say whether the machines
actually were American, but the strik
ing thing was the evidence that there
has been general skepticism whether
American airplanes ever would come
and. equal fear of them when they
do.- x
The neutral traveler added that, al
though the machines merely passed
over Mulheim on their way to Cob
lenz, it was not until 4 o'clock that
the "all clear" signal was sounded.
Coblenz is the capital of the Rhine
province of Prussia. On March 12 the
British war office announced that
British aviators had dropped a ton of
bombs on factories, stations and bar--racks
there. 'The attack was jnade
in daylight arid two fires and a vio
lent explosion were seen to have been
caused by the bombs.
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Cottonseed Production
- ' For Six Months Announced
Washington, March . 19. Cotton
seed statistics for the period from
Augiist 1, last, to February 2$, an
nounced today by the census bureau,
show: Receipts at mills, 3,802,905
tons; crushed, 3,203,433 tons; and on
hand February 28, 633,399 tohs.
Cottonseed products' statistics for
the same period show:
Crude oil produced, 971,110,040
pounds; on hand, 199,220,733 pounds.
Refined oil produced, 700,326,567
pounds; on hand, 245,754,954 pounds.,
Cake. 2nd meal produced, 1,540,913
tons; on hand, 113,278 tons. Linters
produced, 829,019 bales'of 500 pounds:
on hand, 266,549 bales. Hull fiber
produced, 138,951 bales; on hand. 6,
587 bales. Imports of oil, 7,452,821
pounds; exports, 32,804,683 pounds.
Exodrts of cake and meal. 17.643 tons;
of linters, 120,776 running bales.
Fifty Held in Connection :
With St. Patrick Celebration
. Butte, Mont., March 19. Fifty per
sons, arrested here following dis
turbance Sunday in connection with
a ;St. Patrick's day celebration, were
being held today under bonds of $10,
000 each
Charges of disturbing the peace
have been brought. Officials asserted
the disturbance was planned by In
dustrial Workers of the World and
pro-German sympathizers. ' '
More than 100 persons were ar
rested, but all except 50 were dis
charged. The arrests were, made by
federal soldiers and policemen when
a crowd gathered in anticipation ot. a
St. Patrick's day parade, which had
been forbidden by the city officials.
Wisconsin's Election Test
v Of Loyalty to Nation
Milwaukee, Wis., March 19. The
contest for party nominations for
United States senator in Wisconsin
to fill the unexpired (term of the lafe
United States Senato'r Paul O. Hust
ing started today. The election is re
garded generally as being a test of
Wisconsin's loyalty to the nation.
Joseph E. Davies, former federal
trade commissioner, and Dr. Charles
McCarthy are the democratic candi
dates and Congressman Irvine L.
lnroot, favoring the president's war
jimsand James Thompson, La Fol
lette candidate, are the republican
candidates. Victor L. Berger, social
ist candidate, is alone in that field.
Germans Invite Press to
i Watch Western Drive
London, March 19. The hads of
the German army have invited a num
ber of neutral correspondents to be.
present at the German offensive on the
western front, the Exchange Tele-,
graph correspondent at Copenhagen
reports. t
The correspondents, it is stated, will
eave for. the front on Wednesday.
Finns Insist on Immunity
-For All Entente Consuls
Stockholm Saturday. March 16.
The Finnish government, it is reliably
reported here, has informed Ger
many that entente consuls in Finland,
must not be molested by the Ger
mans and that their immunity will be
nsisted upon by Finland. ,
Unearth Wireless . Outfit.
Saint Nazaire, France, Monday,
March 18. The police have discovered
wireless outfit concealed in a large
villa at one.cf the fashionable sea
shore lesorti on the right bank of
he River Loir
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'
URGES NORSEMEN
TO BE NATURALIZED
Fremont Attorney Advises
Scandinavians in U. S. to
Become Citizens as Soon
as Possible.
Allen 'Johnson, Fremont attorney,
has written the following letter of ad
vice to Scandinavians in the United
States who have not yet completed
their naturalization:
"This country is now at war with
Germany and, while Sweden, Den
mark and Norway are yet neutral, no
one knows when they will be drawn
into this world's war. It appears '.hat
the peoples of these countries are dis
tinctly favorable to the allies and
against Germany, but it also appears
that the crowned heads and th rul;
ing classes have revealed some tym
pathy with the' kaiser, not wishing to'
lose their own crowns before the on
rush of democracy. For Jhis reason
it is impossible to tell on which side
of the conflict any of these countries
.will finally land.
"This letter is addressed to all men
born in Sweden, Denmark or Norway,
who have come to this country but
are not now fully naturalized citizens
and it is written for the purpose of
urging upon them the importance of
completing naturalization at once. If
naturalization is delayed until per
chance either Sweden, Denmark or
Norway takes up the side of Germany
then no man who is a native .of the
country so alligning itself with Ger
many can complete his naturalization.
He will be in the same predicament
that the men born in Germany now
find themselves. The law of the
United Slates prohibits the naturaliza
tion of persons born in a country with
which the United States is at war.
"For these reasons it is of the ut
most importance that any man from
either of the countries named shall
at once complete his naturalization
and become a full-fledged legal citi
zen of the United States. If he delays
it longer he may find that he Cannot
become a citizen until after the close
of the war and must be registered,
photographed and classified as an
"alien enemy."
' United States Welcomes.
"You have all come to the United
States because you thought you could
better your condition and most of
you have done so beyond your great
est expectations. Under this govern
ment you , have become citizens in
stead of subjects, and proprietors of
lands and homes instead of eking oflt
a precarious existence by the grace
or favor of some man abovt you.
mis tacr snouia inspire you wan a
love for the country of your adoption
and for its' institutions and should
lead you to renounce and abjure once
and for all all allegiance to any for
eign prince, power, potentate or sov
ereignty. The most ordinary impulses
of gratitude for the blessings we
have received under this greatest and
best of all governments should speak
loudly for our utmost services in its
hour of notd. And our government
welcomes yon to its citizenship; You
are industrious and loyal and have
been one of the mightiest forces in
making this the prosperous country
that it is and the best place in the
world to live.
"Having fresh in my mind the-embarrassment
and predicament of the
Germans who came to my office and
other law offices for guidance in the
ordeal that they were recently put
through, and being' Swedish by na
tivity myself, I feel that I do not of
fend the proprieties in making this
appeal to all Scandinavian people
who have not completed their nat
uralization." All Records for Freight
Traffic in Omaha Broken
AH records for freight traffic on
Nebraska railroads were broken dur
ing the first' two weeks of March.
During the first 10 days of the
month, the Northwestern reports 7,
077 cars were loaded out as compared
to 5,773 cars during the same period
a year ago. The report further shows
no carload movement ..was delayed
more than 48 hours.
Business on other Nebraska roads
shows an increase in keeping with
that of the Northwestern.
GERMANY HOPED
TO FORCE SWEDES
INTO PEACE TALK
Teutons Again Advertise Offen
sive on West; Invite News
paper Correspondents to
Be Present.
Washington, March 19. Germany
is charged in official dispat. hes
reaching here today from France with
having attempted to force Swedin to
become a participant, in the .Hrest
Litovsk conferences for a settlement
of questions affecting the Baltic.
Failing in its diplomacy, the dis
patch says, Germany resorted to force,
in occupying the Alandsislands. land
ing its troops under the pretext of
acting on a request from the F.nns.
Germany is again advertising the
imminence of an offensive ov its
massed forces on the Franco-B"lgian
front.
The word comes this time threvgh
Copenhagen in the shape of a roport
that the high command has invited a
number of neutral correspondents
to go to the west front to witness the
offensive operation and that they will
leave for their destination Wedres
day. "Wets" Score Victory
In Chicago Decision
Chicago, March 19. The election
board today ruled that the petition of
the Chicago Dry federation sub
mitting the question of making the
city anti-saloon territory to the vot
ers at the election of April 2, was
invalid, because it did not contain the
rsquired number of legal signatures.
The election board decided that the
dry petition has 7,515 less legal signa
tures than the number required by
law to put the question on the ballot.
The decision upholds the charges
of fraud made against the petition by
the wets. Then drys threaten court
action to compel he board to put the
question on the ballot.
Boost 15 Per Cent Pay
Increases for Postal Men
Washington, March 19. Flat pay
increases of 15 per cent for all em
ployes in the postal service, whfcther
on annual salary or day pay basis,
and including those of all grades and
classes, was rexommended today by
the senate postoffice subcommittee
in revising the annual postoffice ap
nronriation Dill. The recommendations
are subject to approval by the fulkjf
committee, but are expected to be
adopted.
News Print Paper Output
' Shows Slump From 1917
Washington, March 19. News?4ht
pape production in the first two
months of the year is put at 192,999
tons, against 222,840 for the sume
period last year, in estimates given to
day by the federal trade commission.
Standard news production' decreased
from 206,333 tons to 176,852. The de
crease is ascribed to the fuel shortage.
Total mill shocks on hand March
3 were: News print, 30,192 tons;
standard nevs, 24,886 tons.
American Flag Brings
$1,075 at Red Cross Sale
Randolph, Neb., March 19.- (Spe.
cial.) A total of $15,232.50 watv
raised at the Red Cross auction sale,
here Saturday. The largest single
sum paid was for a silk American
flag, which brought $1,075. It had"
been a gift from former Governor
Sheldon to Miss Erma W'ltse. A
Hereford bull was sold for $520.
Three goats brought in the aggre
gate after repeated sales $1,255 A
small runt pig was sold many times,
netting $750.
All restaurants were closed md
the young women of the Junior Fed
Cross served dinner, netting $590.
An old soldier in poor circum
stances offered a $5 bill, which v. as
resold until the total was $325. Two
prominent and wealthy men offered
like bills and bids for them did not
go over 25 cents.
Beware of Cheap Substitutes
In these days of keen competi
tion it is important that the public
should see that they get -Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and not
take substitutes sold for the sake
of extra profit.
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