3 41 TO ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS IN THE .VOL. XLVII NO. 238. qUI UJJj dM uj m I L Qn)) L rn . , - : 0 ,,. . U-BOAT CAMPAIGN NETS GREAT LOSS TO ALLIES' FLEET Secret Information Given Out By British Admiralty Shows Millions of Tons Sent to Bottom; Made Public to . Stimulate Necessity for United Action to Combat Submarines. Wachingion, March 21. Secret figures of the British ad miralty on submarine losses and world shipbuilding were made public here today by the British embassy. They show that from both enemy action and marine risk on January 1,1918, allied and neutral shipping had lost since the war began 11,827,572 gross tons, while ship yards were turning out 6,606,275 tons. ( These figures, long withheld, are now made public, admir alty memorandum says, because they will not stimulate the enemy and because they will impress upon the people the necessity of united action in making good losses by submarines. With them goes an appeal to British builders to speed up their efforts by bringing more men and women to work on the task, and warning that the recent falling off in British production must not continue. In spite of the tremendous lossesO they do not approach the claims of the Germans, and with 2,580,000 tons of enemy ships added to the output of the war period, the net loss to world shipping, exclusive of that of Germany and its allies, is only 2,632,297. The maximum of losses was reached in the second quarter of 1917, after the unrestricted submarine warfare, which drew the United States into the struggle, was launched. That . quarter 2,236,921X0.3 ,tQTVU)l ships went down. Since then the total has been reduced until in the fourth quar- ter of 1917 it was 1.272.843 In the meantime, the shipbuilding . output steadily curved upward, in the last quarter of 1917 it was 932,023 tons, and at that time the enormously increased facilities of the United States had not begun to get into action. Although warning against undue optimism, the admiralty's statement says: "The results of the past year have shown the ability of our seamen to get upon terms with the submarine menace and gradually to gain tne up per hand." . 6ain Upper Hand. In announcing in the House of ' Commonsjresterdav that hereafter fig ures on losses and building would be made oublic at regular intervals, Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admir alty, indicated pat it still would be unwise to publish the totals for the war. However, these totals now are fciven to the public, simultaneously in this country and in Great Britain. Pvllowing is the admiralty memo randum: . Memorandum issued by the British admiralty showing in gross tons the losses to the world shipping byenemy action; the mercantile shipbuilding output and the enemy vessels cap tured and brought into service. "Hitherto the board of admjralty have been averse from any publica tion other than that contained in the weekly return of losses, although it has frequently been pressed i pon them that the whole tonnage . acts should be made public. So Ion? as such publication would encourage the enemy and would stimulate his ener (Contlnoed on Fge Two, Column One.) The Weather For Nebraska Fair; cooler. Temperature in Omaha Yesterday. 6 a. m .53 .60 .46 .47 .(0 .65 .60 .63 .64 .64 .64 .66 .64 .61: .68 .it a. m.... 7 a. m.... a. m.... a. m.... 10 a. m.... 11 a. m.... 12 m 1 p. ra.... 2 p. ra.... 3 p. m.... 4 p. m..,. 6 p. m.... p. m.... 7 p. m.... t p. m. ComparattTe local Beeord. 118. 1017. 11. 1918. Highest yesterday .. (6 63 6t 12 Lowest yesterday 48 IS 43 21 Mean temperature ..56 49 St 26 Precipitation 00 .00 T .03 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: ; Normal temperature ................... St Excess for the day IT Total excess since starch ...... .232 Normal precipitation 04 Inch Deficiency for the day............ .04 Inch Total precipitation since March 1..- .11 Inch Deficiency since March 1... , .71 inch Kxeesa for cor. period, 1117........ ,47 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1116.... .74 Inch ' Reports From Stations at 7 F. M. Station and Stats Temp. High- JUIn- of weather. 7 p." m. est fall.' Cheyenne, cloudy ......44 4S .0 Davenport, cloudy ....(4 72 ' .0 Denver, part cloudy.... 10 14 .90 Des Moines, cloudy "....! it .00 Dodge City, part cloudyt4 64 .01 Lander, clear ...SI 60 .0 N'orth Platte, clear It M .on Jmaha, part cloudy..,. St K.j . 0 Pueblo, rain ...40 .i .Rapid City, clear SI hi .00 8alt Lake City, clear.... 64 H .0 Santa Fe. snow..... ...32" 31 1.06 Sheridan, clear ........It II .00 Sioux City, clear S4 . .00 Chicago, e'ear .........10 74 .00 'X" Indicates trace ol precipitation. U A. WLH, JtstsoiolOfltt, $2.50 WHEAT BILL PASSES SENATE BY BIG MAIORITV Will Now.fio 4a,;jConference Between Two Houses, Where Another Hard Fight Over Guarantee Expected. Washington, March 21. The agri cultural appropriation bill, with the Gore amendment, increasing the 1918 government guaranteed wheat price to $2.50 was passed late today by the senate. It now goes to conference between the two houses, where there will be another fight over the wheat price. Th wheat price amendment was adopted, 49 to 18, after five days' dis cussion, in which its advocates urged the necessity of Stimulating produc tion, and criticised government price fixing. The bill, carrying appropria tions of $28,000,000 was passed with out a roll call, the principal fights being centered on the wheat pro vision. Change Grades. Besides increasing the federal "guar antee" the Gore amendment also pro vides that the guaranteed prices for the 1918 crop shall be based upon No. 2 northern wheat, or its equiva lent instead of the No. 1 variety, as under existing law, and shall be payable afc local elevators or rail way markets instead of at the princi pal primary markets, as is done now. These provisions are designed to in crease further the farmers returns. Another provision is that the guaranty shall not be dependent upon action by the president, but "is here by made absolute and binding until May 1, 1919." Other principal appropriations car ried in the bill include: Meat inspection service, $4,000,000 (increased $300,000 by the senate); extermination of southern cattle ticks, $750,000; eradication of live stock tuberculosis, $500,000 (doubled by the senate); plant industry, $2,744,000; forestry, $5,731,000; bureau of mar kets, $2,000,000; combatting -.of live stock foot and mouth disease, $1,000,- 000, and combatting the cotton boll weevil, $700,000. GERMANS TAKE : UKRAINE TOWN NEAR ODESSA Berlin, March 21. (Via London.) Kherson, in the Ukraine, ninety-two miles northeast of Odessa, near the mouth of the Dnieper, has been cap tured by the Teutonic forces, today's army headquarters' report announces. Villa Bandits Dynamite Train; Kill 2; Wound 10 'El Paso, Tex., March 21. Vjlla followers, under Epifanio Holqinn, dynamited and robbed a Mexico Northwestern mixed passenger Jnd freight train this morning at Santa Sofia, 110 miles southwest of Juarez, killing two passengers and wo'indlng 10, according to messages re-e'ved here today and confirmed by the Mex ican general constrlSte. The train wan wrecked, the track destroyed and three cars of mer chandise looted and rarriH K h( Holguia band. Omaha Daily OMAHA, FRIDAY Goodby, But N 10,000 mm of OFvlAHA TO MARCr IN BIG PAGEANT Red Cross Workers, Service League Members and Others to Join in Liberty Loan Parade. Ten thousand Omaha women will march in the parade which opens the third Liberty loan campaign Sat urday, April 6. Four thousand Red Cross worker? in veils and aprons; National Service league members in their uniform and insignia, in which they will appear for the. first time; women whose husbands and sons are in the service, and thousands of wo men of every rank in life will march in the parade, each carrying an Amer ican flag. "Every woman with two feet and a pair of shoes should march in this parade," said Mrs.' E. M. Fairfield, chairman of the local women's com mittee for the campaign, wjio will be marshal of the parade. Plan Historical Features. Chairmen of committees, dressed in white, will be the captains of di visions in the pageant, historical fea tures of which are being planned by Miss Gertrude Young. Details were discussed at a meeting held at '.the Umaha club. Committee chairmen are announced by Mrs. Fairfield as follows: Women's organizations, W. S Blackwell; churches, Mrs. Charles Of- futt; booths, Mrs. Alvin Johnson; hos pitals, Mrs. b. S. Caldwell; schools (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) First Omaha Boy to Die in Battle RUSSELL G. HUGHES. Jit i v . BEE IS SENSIBLE WAY MORNING, MARCH 22, ot Au Revoir! RUSSIA, GERMAN ESTATE IF PEACE TERMS ENDURE Ambassador David R. Francis Pledges American Help to Any Government That Will Resist Teuton Invasion. (Bjr Associated Press.) Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. Rus sia will eventually become a Ger man province and Russians will lose their liberty if they submit to the peace forced by tho central powers, David R. Francis, the American am bassador, declared in a statement to the Russian people, issued from the American embassy at Vologda. The ambassador pledged American help to any government in Russia that would resist the German pene tration. He urged them to forget their political difterences'and said he would not leave Russia until com pelled by force. The ambassador's statement said: "The friendship between Russia and the United States, which has existed for a centurv or more, shmild he anu'- mented, rather than impaired by Rus sia beconing a republic, and Amen cans are sincerely desirous that Rus siana h nprmittpd tn rnntimip free and independent and not become sub jects of Germany. Robbed of Territory. "I have not seen an authentic - .py of the peace treaty, but I am sum ciently acquainted with its provisions to know that if the Russiajj people should submit to it, Russia not oi.ly would be robbed of vast areas l its territory, but its people eventually would become subjects of Germany. Russia eventually would become vir tually a German province and it 4 peo ple would lose the liberties for which rheir ancestors struggled for genera tions. - "My" government still cons;ders (Continued on Fase Two, Column Two.) BROODING OVER ' WIFE'S DEATH, MAN TAKES OWN LIFE Jarvis J. Gafford, broker, with of fices at 301 First National bank build ing, was found dead with a bullet in his right, temple by Deputy Sheriff Meade , about 11 o clock Thursday mprning. He was lying on the floor in he attic of his home, 1024 North lhirty-second street. Meade visited the house to serve a warrant and was told br the house- imaid that Gafford was in the attic and had a gun in his possessipn. He went to the attic about 9 o'clock in the morning, the maid said. He used rugs as a pillow and apparently shot himself while lying down. The maid was the only person in the house at the time. She says she heard no shot. Gafford was released from city jail on bond Wednesday. He was charged with abusing his family. Since the death of his wife, a short lime ago. it is said he had been drink ing heavily. The children were afraid to stay at home and tiled a complaint both in police court and, district court 1918 TWELVE PAGES. TEUTONS LUNGE AT LINE; PIERCE WALL OF ALLIES S r 7 y Officials Believe Much Heralded Spring Drive of Enemy, Now in Progress; Bonar . Law Declares Attack Greatest " Yet Attempted ' (BULLETIN. . By BEACH THOMSA. - . Glff Correspondent liinilon Daily Mail.) , London, March 2 1. -(Special Cablegram to Omaha Bee and New York Tri bune.)The Germans are bucking an iro nwall at the point near Cambrai, where today's grand offensive against the Pritish lines was started. , I am familiar with the giouna! over which this great battle is being fought! It gives the Germans an initial advantage ,but the nature of the terrain at this point makes a real strategic victory impossible. - i The great 118 German offensive drive has begun, British war officials be-' lieve. - . , The Germans have launched a great attack against the British at certain points between the Scarpe and Vendeuil. ' , Andrew Bonar Law characterizes the attack as the greatest of the war. y ' By employing' great Tnasses bf rage, the Germans have penetrated the British lines near the Cambrai sector. DUTCH TONNAGE GOES UNDER U.S. WAR OPERATION 77 Vessels in American Ports, Aggregating 600,000 Tons, Fly American Flag as Re sult of Holland's Reply. Washington, Marcfi 21. Seventy seven Dutch ships in American ports, aggregating about 600,000 ton's, were flying the American flag today, as the result of President Wilson's proc lamation last night requistioning Dutch tonnage in accordance with the British-American agreement. At the same time Great- Britain took over Dutch vessels in British (Contlnlicd on Fags Twelve, Column Firs.) Redfield Talks for U. S. At fishery Conference Washington, March 21. Secretary Redffeld will represent the U.v'ted States at an Anietican-Canaciian fish eries conference to be held at Seattle, Wash., April 21, it was announcd to day. The conference is to discuss a pro posed agreement between the United States and Canada to remove all re strictions the two governments now impose on fishing in each other's waters. Centennial of Man Who Gave Us , Our First Deadly Machine Gun Washington, March 21. In vtw of the important part played in .he present war by the co-called machine guns of various descriptions, it is rot without interest to note that this year marks the centennial of the birtv of the man who invented the first suc cessfulgun of this type Dr. R!.-h?rd J. Gatling. Virtually all the rapid-fire guns of the world have developed from either the Gatling gun or the Maxim gun, both of which are the" products of American genius. Of the two Jhe Gatling gun was the pioneer, having been made and perfected many yars before the creaiion of the Maxim I he invention ot the uatling tun greatly increased the horrors of var. It was first tried in actual batt'e by General Benjamin F. Butler, in com mand of the army of the James, oper- r: j. .1.1 aung in Virginia auring uic ivu war. It was in IS62, at Ityliananolu that Dr. Galline constructed tis fiist re- volving battery gun. A short f;nie jjater. he made his guns at Cincinnati, TO MAKE THEM KNO Wis B Newt SUndi. Etc.. So. On Tralm, l Hotel, EE (By Associated Press.) ; London, March 21. By employing masses of troops, sup ported by a great weight of artillery, the Germans appear to have penetrated the British front line, at certain points between the Scarpe and Vendeuil, says Reuter's Limited correspondent at British headquarters, telegraphs. v "Our counter measures have not yet developed," the corre spondent adds. "Therefore it is difficult to define the position. Apparently the enemy's purpose has been p launch converging attacks upon the two flanks of the Flesquieres salient, in the hope of cutting it off. "There are unconfirmed rumors that the enemy has em ployed tanks." , y GUNS ROCk COUNTRYSIDE. Hard fighting is proceeding from a point north of Lagnicourt southward to Gauche wood, jut below Gouzeacourt. The at tack was preceded by a heavy bombardment from gunsof high calibres, and the duel between the opposing heavy batteries has been rocking thejeountryside for hours.' The Germans have employed gas shells freely, and a con stant stream of high velocity shells has been breaking with frightful concussions far back of the British lines. ' BRITISH SET FOR ATTACK. The bombardment began in earnest at S o'clock this morn ing, and about five hours later the enemy forces hurled them selves on the British front line trenches north of Lagnicourt and Louvral, the latter place lying due west of Boursies. At the same time other German forces advanced behind a smoke barrage along the ridge running northward from Gouze acourt. It may be said that the attack in this region was by no means unexpected by the Bitish and that they had made great preparations to meet the onslaught. s DECISIVE MOMENT HERE. "We are at the decisive moment of the war," Emperor WillUm declares in a telegram given out today. His declaration follows many others of a similar nature from the emperor, himself, and his generals. These utterances, seemingly of a concerted nature, have led to the be lief that a German offensive on the Franco-Belgian front was imminent or a least have made it apparent that the desiring such a belief to prevail. and proved them capable of firm? 300 shots a minute. Through the assistance of a Cincin nati capitalist he manufactured a bat tery of a' dozen or more of his guns and took them to Washington, in or der that the War department might test the efficiency of the new arm. But General Ripley, then chief of ordnance, declined to interest himself in the matter, and Dr. Gatling started for home filled with disappointment. On his way west he chanced to meet General Butler, who was on his way to assume command of the army of the James. Butler looked with favor on the new engine of destruc tion, and immediately purchased 12 of the guns and a considerable supply of ammunition for them. The guns were first tried in actual battle before Petersburg, where Gen eral Butler personally directed their use. The slaughter that followed the use of the Gatling guns was as tre mendous as had been predicted. In 1866 the War department adopted the weapon as an arm of the service. In later years the inventor perfected and improved his weapon until it became capable of firing 500 shots in 14J seconds, with a range of over a mile., THE WEATHER Fair SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. German leaders had strong reasons for 1 GREATEST BATTLE OF WAR. London, March 21. The German1 attack against the British lines today was on a larger scale than any made thus far during the war on any part of the western front, Andrew Bonar Law, spokesman of the government, told the House of Commons today. "Our outpost troops," he added, "have been withdrawn on one part of the line which was very" lightly "held. This was nothing more than was ex (Contlnned on rate Two, Column Three.) Nuggets and f Pay Dirt It is easy to pic up nuggets when they are on top. The sup ply is limited, so the'pay dirt must be sifted to reach ths hidden fortune. , Constant issues of Bee Want-Ads are like the miners who sys tematically work the pay dirt on their claims. Do not fail to work your pay dirt iMiover tha buying field com pletely through Bee Want-Ads and Keep Your Eye' On The Be ; IMPROVING EVERY DAJT 7