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FERSHINGS'S CASUALTY
LIST GIVEN OUT; 447
AMERICANS ARE NAMED
Rolls Inclusive From April 1 to 8; Baker Cables Consent
to Publish Names; April Fifth Worst Day of War
for Sammies Yet Experienced on
v Battle
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, April 9. Secretary Baker today cabled the
War department to resume issuing casualty lists of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces. All the lists which have accumulat
ed since publication was stopped were made public tonight..
' Four hundred and forty-seven names appear on casualty
lsts for April 1 to) 8, inclusive, made public tonight by the war
department. On April 5, 124 names were reported.
MANY ARE ENGINEERS.
Specific reference is made to 21 men
having been captured by the Germans.
Twenty of these previously had been
reported missing and one previously
reported dead.
During the past week correspond
ents with the American forces have
re-ported unusual enemy activity on
the fronts where the Americans are in
the trenches, the despatches of Sun
day referring to the heavy artillery
bombardment of the trenches held
by Gen. Pershing's men. A number
of the casualties reported are be
lieved to h&ve occured among the
engineer units that took part in the
great battle of Picardy.
Killed in action Privates Fred
Crusan, Everett A. King, Bennie M.
Kohl, Abraham Saltman.
Died of Wounds Privates Alvin
Bohlmaif, Courtney Lawrence, Clif
ford E. Evans, Ennis Lewis.
Died of Accident Sergeant Fred
A. Tait, Private Thomas Coyne.
Died of Disease Sergeants Edward
E. Hartwick, meningitis; Captain
Henry N. . Broolwf f cenmomay Ser '
geants Arthur Francis Folse, pneu
monia; Vincent C Montgomery,
pneumonia; Privates Earl L. Ackley,
pneumonia; Branch L. Gtazener,
pneumonia; Henry Gratton, pneu
monia; Victor M. jejnsen, meningitis;
Sam Kelley, pneumonia; Ollis Mahan,
pneumonia; Benjamin R. Martin,
pneumonia; Bert L. Smith, mastoid
itis; John Tomlinson, pneumonia; Joe
Vergara, pneumonia; John B. Whip
ple, menigitis.
Severely Wounded Sergeants Mal
colm D. Reed, Ralph H. Whitman,
Corporal Alfred Belanger; Privates
James M. Faulkner, Charles A. Hen
ry, Horace B Van Everan.
Slightly Wounded Captain Ed
ward B. Hodge, Captain David A.
Horner, First Lieutenant Daniel E.
Berny; Corporal Gerton T. Kippitt;
Bugler Andiew B. McOuirk; Privates
Charles Auditore, Daniel T. Boswell,
(Continued on Tagt Two, Column Three.)
YELLOW PAINT IS
USED ON HOME OF
GERMAN PASTOR
Lincoln, Neb., April 9. Yellow
)aint was applied by unidentified per
sons last night to the residence here
of the Rev. George Allenbach, one of
five German Lutheran ministers of
Lincoln and vicinity who recently
declined an invitation to participate in
i patriotic Liberty loan rally.
It is said the minister cannot be
found.
Draft Boards Urged
To Speed Classification
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Des Moines, April 9; (Special Xel
rgram.) In addition to a message ire
reived by Governor Harding today
from Provost . Marshal General
Crowder urging that local draft
boards who have not yet sent in their
:lassification cards be requested to
do so, a wire also was received by
the Council of Defense requesting
that county councils be asked to bring
pressure to bear on draft board to
hurry these cards as raising of an
army is being delayed by these boards.
"The Weather
For Nebraska Fair; warmer.
Temperature! nt Omaha Yesterday.
Houri. Der.
5 a. m. .7. . t .15
, 6 a. m.-. 24
T a. m 33
a. m S3
a. m 36
,10 a.-m 40
11 a. m 44
13 m 47
1 p. m.
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2 p. m
3 p. m
4 p. m. .......
5 p. m
p. ra
7 p. m.,
p. m
',. Comparative Iocal Reword.
ms. in. 1918. mi.
Highest today 67 60 62 6
Lowest today 32 31 Jg M
Mean temperature .. 44 45 40 sj
Precipitation 00 ,00 .00 .02
Temperat'jra and precipitation from the
normal at mahOa since March 1, and com
pared with the pat two year:
Normal temperature '. 48
Deficiency for tha day 4
Xrtal excess since March 1, 117 327
Normal precipitation 01 nleh
Deficiency for the day 10 inch
Precipitation since March 1, 191S .9 Inches
IWieieney since MarcH 1. 1918. . 1.19 Inches
Pf1eney for eor. period 1917 .11 inch
Z'i jloncy for cor. period 1916 1.63 inches
Front.
Statistics for s
Combined List
Of Names Reported
The combined lists show:
Killed in action, 18. 1
Died of wounds, 11.
Captured, 21.
Died of accident, 4. Died of
disease, 46. Died "cause un
known," 3.
Severely wound, 103.
Slightly wounded, 241.
UPROAR AT NEWS
IRISH PEOPLE TO'
BE CONSCRIPTED
Premier Lloyd George Says
Report of Recent Convention
Adopted; Se!f-Government
in Sight for Erin. N
London, April 9. When an emer
gency has arisen which makes it
necessary to put men of SO and boys
of 18 years into the fight for liberty,
Mr. Lloyd George declared in his
speech, opening the British parlia
ment, it is not possible to exclude
Ireland from conscription by a parlia
ment in which Ireland is represented
ancr"which committed the country to
the war without a dissenting vote.
The premier said the fighting
strength of the Americans would be
brought to bear immediately, al
though it was impossible to put in
to France at the moment the num
ber of trained Americans as a sepa
rate army that had beefi expected.
The Americans would be brigaded
with the allied troops.
Two Armies Destroyed.
Referring to the Turkish campaign,
Mr. Lloyd George said two Turkish
armies had been destroyed, in Pales
tine and Mesopotamia. German bat
talion had been sent to help the
Turks in Palestine, thereby relieving
the western front.
The premier said the fight might
continue for seven to eight months.
For the British army and navy, he
stated, almost 6,000,0Q0 menjiave
been raised already
The character of the quarrel in
which the country is engaged, the
premier said, is as much Irish as Eng
lish. Parliament in Uproar.
When Mr. Lloyd George referred
Jo Ireland Alfred Byrne, nationalist
member from Dublin, shouted:
"We won't have conscription in
Ireland."
An uproar followed.
The report of the Irish convention
was adopted by a majority only and,
therefore, the government would take
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Railway Operating Methods
k - To Undergo Little Change
Railroad attorneys who have stud
ied the railroad law passed at the
present session of congress are in
clined to the opinion that while the
government has taken oyer the .rail
road properties, the method of opera
tion is not likely to be seriously dis
turbed. The new law provides for
the pooling of businessand equipment
and for an equitable distribution of
profits in order that roads may' be
placed on a parity so far as net earn
ings are concerned.
As a rule present officials will de
cide all traffic matters and the Inter
state Commerce commission con
tinues to exercise its former power
relative to rate-makingas applied to
both freight and passenger business.
The new law permits railroads to
sue and be sued the same as former
ly. However, according to the pro
visions of the new law, as interpreted
by the attorneys, while an individual
firm or corporation may obtain judg-
I IRPKVIIIA 1 OS
Lib til in
SOON DECIDED-
LLOYD -GEORGE
Premier Declares Conscription
Must Be Extended to Ireland;
Irish Members Interrupt
Speaker on Issue.
London, April 9. Premier Lloyd
George told the House of Commons
today that when the battle on the
Somme front began the total com
batant strength of the German army
on the west front was approximately
equal to the total of the entente al
lies. Mr. Lloyd ; George said his man
power proposaLwould involve an ex
treme sacrifice oy part of the popula
tion of Great Britain.
The Cambrai battle, he said,' was a
very trivial event when compared with
the recent battle, and until the strain
had relaxed it would be difficult to
find out exactly what had happened.
Hurricane Not Over.
In the -course of his speech the
British premier said:
"We have now entered the most
critical period of the war. There is
a lull in the storm, but the hurricane
is not yet over. The fate of the em
pire, of Europe and of libertymay de
pend upon the success with which the
last German attack is resisted and
countered."
Premier Lloyd George announced
in the House of Commons that the
Irish convention report had been laid
on the table today.
It was the government's purpose,
the premier continued, to have a strict
combing out of the essential indus
tries. Men had been recruited from
the munitions and mining industries,
and a further 50,000 would be neces
sary from the latter. Transport and
civil service would be called upon for
men. lhe age for military service
would be .raised to 50, and In certain,
specified cases . might ' be - increased
to '55. . ' '
Extend Draft to Ireland.
Premier Lloyd George said the man
power, act would be extended to Ire
land under the same conditions as to
Great Britain and that a measure of
self-government for Ireland would be
introduced.
The premier'' said he hoped to get
the bill through all its stages this
week as it was a matter of urgency.
He was interrupted by an Irish mem
ber who shouted:
"You will have to get us out of the
house first."
Resuming, Mr. Lloyd George said:
"While we have one ship afloat, we
should not accept a German peace.
The men being tajcen now may be the
means of a decisive issue." '
The premier, in speakinz of the
western front battle, said the cabinet
had taken every step to hurry rein
forcements. The number of guns and
prisoners taken had been exaggerated
grossly. The number of guns and
prisoners taken had been exaggerated
grossly by the Germans.
The ministry or munitions, the pre
mier added, had been able to replace
guns and there were substantial re
serves left. The cabinet was con
fident the army would be equal to the
next encounter.
Recall General Gough.
Mr. LloydGeorge said the cabinet
had decided to recall General Gough,
who was in command of the fifth
army, against which the Germans
made their principal gains. Until all
the circumstances of his retirements
were known, however, it would be un
fair, he said, to censure him.
Having gained an initial success,
Mr. Lloyd George went on, the enemy
was preparing a greater attack and
it would be a fatal error to under
estimate-the gravity of the prospect
In view of the critical period -which
had been reached, said the premier,
the government purposed to submit
to Parliament today certain recom
mendations in order to assist the
country and its allies to weather the
storm. He regretted to say that these
proposals involved extreme sacrifices
on the part of Jorge classes of the
population and nothing would justify
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ment against a railroad company, ex
ecution cannot issue as formerly.
Instead a judgment will run until of
ficials of the railroads conclude to
make a payment, the judgment in
the meantime drawing interest at 7
per cent annually.
Under tfye old law, after judgment
was rendered against a railroad, un
less stay was granted by reason of
appeal, execution was permitted to
issue after a certain period, and
armed with this an officer could seize
any property of the defendant In
this way engines and cars were fre
quently taken over by sheriffs and
held until the liquidation of judg
ments. Attorneys are of the opinion that
congress in its legislation had the
idea in view that' to permit the is
suance of executions and the seizure
et property would be along tlr line
of impeding the business of the
United States, which should not be
permitted
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The Also Bans!
LIGHT PRIMARY VOTE CAST;
BALLOTING MARKED BY MUCH
"C0NFUSI0NA
Change of Voting Places and New Plan of Districting
Puzzles Many; Mayor Searches for Proper Spot;
Indications are That Vote Will Not
Be Heavy.
The city primary was held without incident or accident
of any notable character, with indications that the vote will not
be heavy. An estimate of 18,000 total vote has been made by
those who have checked up the situation.
LIGHT MORNING VOTE. O
Nearly 5K10 had voted up to the
noon hour. The early morning vote
was marked by its lightness.
Many voters are confused on ac
count of the change of voting places
and the new plan of districting. The
banners outside of voting places do
not as a rule indicate the district or
ward.
Mayor Dahlman stated he had to
search for his voting place, which is
ths Sixth district of the Eighth ward.
He was 29th to vote at this location
and at 12 o'clock 48 had voted in this
district.
SEVERAL RUNNING STRONG.
H. B. Zimman, Dean Ringer, Thom
as Falconer, George Parks, Willis
Crosby, J. B. Hummel, W. G. Ure, J.
C. Dahlman, D. B. Butler and W. S.
Jardine are running sufficiently strong
to insure their nomination. In the
next division are Jerry Howard,
Thomas Reynolds, Ed. V. Smith,
Roy N. Towl, Clyde Sundblad, Thom
as Hoctor and C. II. Whitnell, any
of whom may show enough speed to
bring themselves within the lucky 14.
The-bulk of the vote is expected to
be registered from 4 to 8 p. m. Many
workers will be allowed to quit earlier
in order that they may vote.
Interest at Low Ebb.
Interest at the polls during the
morning was at a low ebb. Workers
with cards were observed here and
there, trying to catch the undecided
(Continued on Pare Two, Column Two.)
Lumber Rates Unfair.
Washington, April 9. Transporta
tion rates on lumber from Williani
eUe valley, Oregon, to points in Mon
tana, Wyoming, North arid South Da
kota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Michigan and the Canadian prov
inces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan
were found to be "unduly discrimina
tory" in a report filed today by the
Interstate Commerce commission ex
aminer. First Precinct In
From Primary Vote
The. first official returns of the
city primary were from the fourth
precinct of the fourth ward.
Mayor Dahlman obtained the
high vote in this precinct with a to
- talof 39. Some of the other returns
from the fourth precinct of the
fourth ward follow: Commissioner
Hummel, 28; Commissioner Parks,
24; Commissioner Jardine, 22; Com
missioner Butler, 20; R. J. Madden,
20; Harry B. Zimman, 17; Jerry
Howard, 9; Roy N. Towl, 8; Com
missioner Withnel, 11; Laurie J.
Quinby, 10; W. J. Ure, 12; Dean
Ringer, 6; Thomas Falconer, 6;
Commissioner Kugel, 6; Clyde
Sundblad, 5; Henry F. Wulf, 5.
T OMAHA? POLES
20,000,000 TO
BUY WAR BONDS,
URGED BY M'ADOO
Secretary of the Treasury Calls
on Country to Oversubscribe
Quota by Billions of
Dollars.
Washington, April 9. Secretary
McAdoo, in a statement wired from
Raleigh, N. C, and given out by the
treasury here today, called on the
country to furnish 20,000,000 subscrib
ers to the new Liberty loan.
That number of purchasers, he said,
would mean a loan of $4,000,000,000 or
$5,000,0000,000 instead of the $3,000,
OOO.COO announced as a goal.
"Let us not stop when we have
reached our quota," said the secretary.
"Let us go forward and make the
quota three or four times as great,
if it is possible to do it, and let us
at the same time make the number of
subscribers to these bonds three times
as great as it was before.
Bad News for Kaiser.
"There is no answer that will carry
such discouragement to the enemies
of America and ?f civilization as that
20,000,000 American citizens have sub
scribed this time for Liberty loans.
"We cafrget the 20,000,000 if we
stay in the light and make up our
minds to it. If we do this it will
mean that . we shall have
not three billion but four or five bil
(Contlnued on rage Two, Column Ono.)
French Cut Bread Ration to
Two-thirds Fortner Allowance
Washington, April 9. France has just established a new regime of
bread consumption, the food administration announced today. .From now
on bread will be strictly rationed through all of France on the following
basis: y
Children less than 3 years old, ZV ounces per day; children from 3
to 13 years old, 7 ounces; persons from 13 to 60 years old, 10 ounces
(hard workers in this age class may receive 3J4 ounces more); persons
over 60 years old, 7 ounces.
This ration is about two-thirds of the bread allowance heretofore
maintained. Bread constitutes over one-half the diet of the French nation
and the price of meat is so high as virtually to prohibit its use by a large
part of the population. '
HAIG ADMITS FOE
GAINS FOOTHOLD
ON 11 MM FRONT
Germans Deliver Heavy Attack Between La Bassee and
Armentieres, Gaining Ground in Neighborhood of
Ncuve Chapelle, Fauquissart and Cardonnerie;
American Engineers Make Great Fight.
(By Associated Press.)
With the British Army in France, April 9.The German
today delivered a heavy attack against the British on an 11
mtle front by Givenchy" and Labassee and northwestward to
Fleurbaix, near Armentieres. - The enemy appears to have
gained a foothold in someof the advanced defenses.
HAIG ADMITS GAIN.
London, April 9. In their new attack on the British line
between LaBassee and "Armentieres, the Germans today gained
ground in the neighborhood of Neuv Chapelle, Fanqissavt and
Cardonnerie farm, the official report from Field Marshal Haig
tonight announces:
' O AMERICANS FIGHT HARD.
REDS WOULD USE
ARMED FORCE TO
OUST JAPANESE
Lenine Declares Russia May
Declare War on Nippon Mon
;i archy; Naval, Landing
Troubles Cause. .
Moscow, Monday, April 8. Nikolai
Lenine, the bolshevik premier, in a
speech here today, said that possibly
Russia would have to (declare war on
Japan in connection with the landing
of Japanese troops at Vladivostok..
German assistance of the govern
ment forces in Finland is part of a
plan to gain control of northern Rus
sia and cut the Interior of European
Russia off from the Arctic and Baltic.
This is the view of the Finnish situ
ation of Oscar, Tokio, former premierj
of Finland and a commissioner for the
Finnish rebel government.
NEW RUSS REPUBLIC.
London, April 9. Kazan province,
in eastern European Russia, has been
proclaimed an independent republic
by the congress of peasants in that
province, according to Reutr's Pet
rograd correspondent. The Council
of People's Commissioners has been
notified to this effect.
Kazan province is in the Volga re
gion and its capital, Kazan, is sit
uated on the Kazanka river, near the
point of its confluence with the Vol
ga, 430 miles east of Moscow. The
population of more than 2,000,000 is
over one-half Russian and more than
one-fourth Tartar. Its area is 24,600
square miles.
EIGHT MINERS
ENTOMBED AFTER "
GASEXPL0SI0N
Hartford, Ark., April 9. Eight
men are entombed in the Hartford
Valley Fuel company's mine near
here as a result of an explosion of
gas this morning.
One man, Robert Barr, part owner
of the mine, slightly burned, was res
cued. The explosion was at the bot
tom of a 180-foot shaft.
Man Shot by Holden Wanted
In Bluffs on Burglary Charge
Harry Steinberg, , who was shot in
the leg Saturday by Detective Holden
when he attempted to escape while
under arrest, is wanted iit Council
Bluffs on a charge of burglary.
Charges were filed against him Satj
urday. -
He was identified 'as the man who
stole more than $50 worth of gold
leaf from the office of Dr. L. L. Pos
ton, 123 Pearl street, Council Bluffs
police say.
Steinberg was arrested on a fed
eral charge of selling "dope." He is
in St. Joseph's hospital, recovering
from a gun shot wound.
With the American Army in France.
April 9. The American railway en
gineers who helped stem the tide of
the onrushing Germans during the
opening days of. the battle now in
progress, fought shoulder to shoulder
with Canadian engineers in carryipg
out their task. They held their
ground and only retired to previous,
ly prepared positions when forced to
do so, and inflicted casualties by the
thousands upon the Germans, who
advanced in colse formation, in one
place in as many as seven waves, each
wave 10 men deep and 100 yards
apart. The 1 Americans, with the
Canadians, had , all the ammunition
they needed, and although they were
; unsupported - by the ' artillery- and
"tirmSd Only with rlflei and with a
few ,
machine guns, they poured streams of
bullets into the enemy at several dif
ferent times Until the weapons were
So hot as to be useless.
A handfull of American soldiers
who were not hardened to such ter
rific slaughter, was sicklied . by the
shambles it created, but fought fur
iously for several days, helping to
hold the enemy all the way from St.
Quentin to the vicinity of Noyon.
These were the Americans mentioned
at the time in the official commtmi-
qucs, uui incsc aciansoi ineir ex
ploits it has only now been possible
to secure.
Threw Down Tools.
the Americans were working in tin
rear lines with the Canadians, undei
Canadian m command. They quick!'
threw down their tools and seizec
the weapons with which they liar
been armed for" some months, anc
formed, themselves into a fighting
unit. iThe Germans, came on an
finallyVreached the positions wbe
the Americans were waiting.. Tin
egact number of the engineers canno
be given, but they were coinoarativeh
small.
As the first gray, enemy advanced
the American forces let them com
until they were withing certain range
then opened fire, pouring in. a stonr
of bullets. Gaps appeared in the ad
vancing lines at many places, som
of them large, where the machine
guns had chewed through: Still the
wcrman waves camei on, without
firing a single shot just advancing.
Hold on by Teeth.
The Americans were unable to
understand these tactics, but never
theless were certain that it was a
question of slaughtering the enemjf or
be gnithemselves smothered under
the advance. By this time their
weapons were so hot they could not
be used effectively and the enmy was
close, so that the engineers retired,
fighting, and took up another position.
Then they turnedand began opera
tions again. A British officer who
witnessed the engagement is reported
to have said:
"They held on by their teeth until
the last moment, inflicting terrific
causalties on the enemy. Then they
moved back and waited for the Ger
mans and repeated the performance."
By the time the engineers had
reached a place somewhere near
Noyon theywere nearly exhausted
There they were given a chance to
rest and re-equip. According to all
reports they gaVe the Germans a
generops sample of what the enemy
is to expect from the American army.
British Torpedo Boat ,
V.
, Sunk; All Aboard Lost
London, April 9. A British tor
pedo boat destroyer sank last Thurs
day as the result of a collision and
all hands on board are believed to
"have been drowned, according to an
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aunuraiiy statement issued lonignc.
The statement says:
"One of his majesty's torpedo boal
destroyers sank on the 4th instant as
the result of a collision in the foggy
'weather. All hands are missing., and
it is presumed they were drowned."
New Loan for Greece.
Washington, April 9. Greece will,
receive a loan of $44,000,000 from the
United States as soon as the GreeV
parliament has passed the necessary
aftthorizing legislation, it was an-
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