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COMMONS IN TUMULT AS
LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES
FOR HOME RULE IN ERIN
Irish Nationalist Members Declare England Will Not Get
Single Man By Conscription ; "War On Ireland,"
Says -Kerry Member; Ulsterites Vote
- to Endorse Draft.
(By Associated Press.)
Lorn,. April 9. A political bombshell was thrown in the
House of Commons today by David Lloyd George, the prime
minister, when he announced that conscription would be ex
tended to Ireland, and that the government intended to extend
home rule to Ireland. .
The scenes during the course of the premier's speech in
reference to Ireland were dramatic, approving cheers and cries
of protest arising from all parts of the house. '
During the latter part of his speech the premier was fre'
uently interrupted by angry Irish members.
'l, A test of .strength soon developed, when Joseph Devlin,
nationalist, moved a motion to adjourn. The government car
ried'a closure oh his;njoion' and then adjournment was de
feated by-an overwhelming ;votei . . .
The house tonight passed -the second reading of. the gov
ernment's man power bill. Thejote was 323 to 100.
Irisli approval of the proposed
t t t j j i
measures was nor. xoresnaoowea oj
the attitude of the nationalist leaders,
signs ot conciliation, i
John DHlon, the successor of
John
an.
Redmond denounced conscription,
Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster
leader, while approving conscription,
objected to the introduction of the
home rule measure at this time. The
house approved the introduction of
the-government's man-power bill by
299 to 80 and it was announced that
time for discussion of the bill had
been extended until next Tuesday.
Premier Lloyd George said the ex
clusion of Ireland could not be justi
. fied any longer and the character of
the war was as much Irish as Eng
lish. Ireland, through her represen
tatives, had approved the war and
voted to commit the empire to it.
After reading a declaratios of the
Irish party approving the British par
(Contlnud on Page Two, Column Two.)
Senator Stone Suffers
Stroke of Paralysis
Washington, April 10. Senator
Stone of Missouri, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, was
stricken with paralysis today while
riding on a street car en route to his
-offce in the.capitol.
Announcement was made later in
' the day that Setiator Stone was rest
ing ea?ily and that his' condition was
not believed to be serious. - -
The Weather
For Nebraska Cloudy; cooler.
Temperature at Omaha Testcrday.
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Comparative Loral Beeord.
1918. 1917 1918. 191.
Highest esterday.... 69 78 71 70
Lowest yesterday 84 ( 48 85 44
Mean temperature ... 46 61 63 87
Precipitation . ...... .00 .00 .00 T.
Temperature and preclpatation departure
from, the normal at Omaha since March 1,
end compared with, the last two years:
Normal temjecrature 48
Deficiency for the day 2
Total excess since March 1, 1117.. t 328
Normal precipitation 10 Inch
Deficiency for the day .10 Inch
rrectpltstion 'since March 1, 1817. .83 Inch
Deflciency-slhce March 1, 1918. 1.28 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period 1917. .21 inch
Deficiency for eon peroid 1918. 1.73 inches
Reports From Stations at 7 P. M.
Stations and State Temp. High- Rain-
of weather. - 7 p.m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy 62
Da vennart. clear 60
60
62
Denver, cloudy 62
Pes Moines, clear 64
Podee City, cloudy 66
Lander, rain 44
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03
56
68
North Platte1, coludy .,...58 . 8i
Omaha, clear 57 C9
PiK'blo, cloudy CO CO
Rapid City, cloudy 62 66
Suit Lake City, cloudy ..56 66
Kloux City, cloudy .'.SS 36
slentlno, cloudy 60." 82
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indlcatee trace of precipitation.
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Winning Candidates
OPEN REBELLION
FROM MEASURE TO
DRAFT IRISHMEN
London Paper Declares, New
Proposal Seems Like id
summer Madness;" No
Gain in Long Run. ,
London, April 10. Most of the
morning newspapers agree with the
principles of Premier Lloyd George's
man power appeal. There is no quar
rel with it, but several papers declare
there is need for caution.
The Daily Mail says, however, that
the choice which is now being made
is between victory and defeat, adding:
"No faint-heartedness of the sur
vivors must make the sacrifice of our
dead in vain." ,
There is no other course than' that
proposed, it adds, "as Russia h as fail
ed us and the United States has not
been able to send us armies in'time."
Cannot Exclude Irishmen.
The paper says that Irishmen can
hot be excluded when men of 50 in
England are being called up for serv
ice. On the other hand, the Daily News
agrees that whatever steps will fur
ther the prosecution of the war must
be adopted, hut says:
"In striking a balance we must sat
(Contlnned on Page Two, Colnmn One.)
Speed Demon 9 9 of
' Makes Last Run
The death of William Hollenbeck
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Anna
Harmon, 6311 North Twenty-fourth
street, .Monday night, marks the pass
ing of one of the veteran engineers
of the Union Pacific.
Although not the oldest of the
Union Pacific men in years, Hollen
beck was one of the ranking veterans
in point of service. He ,was 63 years
old and was retired on pension 'five
years ago. Since then, up to a short
time before his death, he lived in
Washington, where he had property
interests. , '
Hollenbe'ck entered the employ of
the Union Pacific in 1876 as a wiper
in the Council Bluffs round house.
Three years later he went to firing
freight and.continued until 1882, when
he was given an engine. He ran
freight on the eastern divisions and
then in 1890 he was given a passenger
run that he kept until his retirement.
During all the years. Hollenbeck
pulled trains on the Union Pacific he
had a clean score. His trains were
never wrecked and never went into
the ditch. It was seldom he was late.
Due to the fact that he was always
able to make time, he beiame known
as the "speed demon " n
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 11,
ori the Face of the Returns of Tuesday's Big Omaha City Commissionership Primaries
MAYOR
IN
GERMANS PRESS
LENINE INTO WAR
WITH JAPANESE
: Utmost Care Necessary to .Pre
vent Engaging Nippon Ally
in Conf lict With Russ Bol
sheviki Government.
Moscow, Monday, April 10. 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 . Pjttppean
Russia off from the Arctic and Baltic.
This is the view of the Finnish situ
ation of Oscar Tokio, former premier
of Finland and. a commissioner for the
Finnish rebel government.
Under German Influence.
Washington, April 0. Lenine is
believed to be peculiarly susceptible
to the German influence and officials
here believe the utmost care will be
necessary to avoid furnishing a pre
text fortthe declaration of war he
threatens.
Ttotzky Appointed.
Moscow. April 10. Leon Trotzkv
former foreign ministerthas been ap
pointed joint minister of war 'and ma
rine, lie has been acting as .minister
of war since the government Was re
moved to Moscow.
.The; Department of Foreign Affairs
says that Germany will evacuate all
the territory captured in the recent
advance, as well as some taken before
the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations.
Thu9 the Narva and Phkovk districts,
ine Monnev government and other
territory will be restored to Russia
Protest Sent Japan.
A protest against the landing of
Japanese armed forces at Vladivostok
has been sent to the Japanese consul
mere Dy a committee representing the
All-Siberian Soviets. Copies of the
protest have been delivered to all the
other foreign consuls in Vladivostok,
The protest says that the feeling
or indignation among the Russian
masses caused by the landinar has been
intensified by the statement issued by
Admiral Kato, the Japanese com
mander, tt is denied that Japanese
in Vladivostok are in danger and the
declaration is made that the landing
is an interference in domestic affairs
similar tothe Japanese participation
in the cjvil war at Blagovieshtchensk,
in the Amur province, where the
Japapese are charged with having
taKen up arms against th authority
of the soviet. '
The murder of Japanese at Vladi
vostok, it is said, was clearly of a
(Contlhiifd on Page Two. Column OneJ
Union Pacific
Over Life's Lines
During his career as engineer he
pulled the Overland Limited and the
Los Angeles trains, the company's
prides. However, he was frequently
taken off his favorite trains, for many
times when a special was pa'ssing over
the roads and officials of the operat
ing department were anxious that it
should run on the dot, it was given
over tp Hollenbeck. They felt certain
that with him at the lever it would go
to the end of the division on time and
that thpre would be no mishap.
In his time Hollenbeck probably
pulled inore dignitaries in and, out of
Omaha than any other engineer on
the Union Pacific system. He was
well, known by the late Edward A.
Harriman and nearly always when
this, railroad magnate came to Oma
ha, going on one of his western trips,
he, asked that Hollenbeck take his
train out on the road.
Generally when foreign potentates
and titled noblemen were passing over
the Union Pacific, .Hollenbeck was
the man to pull them.
Hollenbeck's funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon at the un
dertaking parlors of Haynes, Twentv
fourth street and Ames avenue, with
burjal in Forest Lawn cemetery.
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EASILY LEADS FIELD
CITY PRIMARY ELECTION
COMMISSIONER KUGEL :
SUFFERS KEEN DEFEAT
Six of Present Commissioner; Get Under Wire Among
Fourteen Nominees; Whole "Dry Slate" Scores;"
Zimman Makes Strong Race; Reynolds,
Labor. Man, in First Division.
LEADERS IN THE
Dahlman 7,432
Butler 6,822
Ure 6,362
Hummel 5,687
E. P. Smith 5,449
Zimman 4,998
Ringer 4,647
Reynolds ............ 4,576
The city primary is over and 14 nominees will proceed to
get into training for the. big finals on May 7, when seven will be
elected to serve the city as commissioners for the next three
vears. '
SEVERAL SURPRISES. P
The result of the primary showed
several interesting and even surpris
ing features. Mayor Dahlman easily
led the field with first place, as he did
three years ago. His vote on Tues.
day did not equal that of 1915, not
withstanding that the vote at this
primary exceeded that of three years
ago.
Butler came under the wire in sec
ond place and not far behind the
mayor. As the primary campaign de
veloped, it was conceded that Butler's
strength was something to be con
sidered, but even his supporters did
not look for second place. On ac
count of his fife apparatus fights dur
ing three years, and also his stand on
other propositions, he drew the fire
of elements which had knives out for
him Tuesday.
OPPOSITION IS MARKED.
Opposition to Butler was particu
larly marked in the Seventh of the
SevJnth, where ( he received seven
votes to the mayor's 37, and in the
Thirteenth of the Seventh, where he
was given eight votes and the mayor
49.
The nomination of Ure, Ed P.
Smith, Towl, Ringer and Wulf puts
through the so-called dry slate on
which Smith ran as candidate for
mayor, and Ringer announced that he
sought to be superintendent .of the
police department.
Probable Lineup. ,
Speculation is heard as to the prob
able lineup for the election campaign.
In the light of recent events, and also
from expressions heard in and out of
the city hall, it is expected that Dahl
man, Hummel, Jardine, Withnell and
Parks of the administration will take
(Connned on Tags Six, Column Two.)
New York Kiddies Given
Course in Patriotism
New York, April 10. Nation
wide adoption of the New York
plan of counteracting pro-German
propaganda in the public schools is
expected by the New York Board
of Education, according to its vice
president, Frnk P. Wilsey, who
declared the new study could be
installed in every school in the
country without incurring any great
expense. ,
Patriotism will be the keynote of
the projected course in American
ism now being prepared by the
teachers' council for the 850,000
pupils of Greater New York. Every
boy and girl from the" primary grade
to high school will be required to
pass examinations in the main facts
of the war. The truth that Ger
many is the aggressor and the en
tente allies the defenders of civil
ization will be emphasized.
"Wisconsin has been an object
lesson for us" declared Mr. Wil.
sey. "The disloyalists for years
have been .striving to make it a
German state. Their chief work was
in the public schools, insinuating
their noxious doctrine of the supe
riority of 'kultur' and that 'might
makes right,' in the minds of the
children who. in turn, helped to poj;
son the minds of their, cldey "
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PRIMARY RACE.
Falconer 3,736
Jardine , . . 3,721
Withnell 3,559
Parks 3,226
Wulf ,. 3,047
Madden
Crosby
Howard ; . . ....
2,573
2,570
2,446
1,957
GERMAN TROOPS
IN MUTINY SHOOT
THREEJJFFICERS
Teutons in Camp at Linburg,
Prussia, Attack Commanders
on Eve of Departure for
Battle Front.
Amsterdam, April 10. A mutiny
occurred among the German troops at
Beverloo camp, in, Linburg Prussia,
before the time they were to start for
the fighting line in France, according
to the Telegraaf.
Three officers were shot and several
others wounded. The . disturbance,
adds the newspaper,, was suppressed
and most of those responsible for it
were placed under arrest.
Armour Officials Will
Inspect Plant in Omaha
A. W. Armour, vice president of
Armour and company, and J. E.
O'Hern, general superintendent, will
be in Omaha Thursday and Friday
for the purpose of inspecting the Ar
mour and company plant, with a view
to ordering such improvements and
extensoins as the growing market at
Omaha may make advisable.
Liberty "TanW Moves
Under $2 fiOOftOO Mark
The "tank" in Farnam street,
rhowing the progress of the third
Liberty loan in the state, was
moved another block at noon,
Wednesday, beneath the sign indicating-the
$2,000,000 mark. A
total of $1,864,600 subscribed in the
state was reported at that time.
BEE'S SUGGESTION MAKES
POSSIBLE QUICK RETURNS
Metropolitan methods in the collection and tabulation of election
returns were employed for the first time in Omaha Tuesday night at
the suggestion of The Bee. '
The final result was that all Omaha knew the identity of the 14
successful primary candidates long before the, information was received
through the regular channels at the election commissioner's office.
The suggestion was made to Mayor. Dahlman, City Clerk O'Connor
and Chief of Police Dempsey and they pushed it through to success.
Information was telephoned from the voting places to the city
clerk's office the minute the vote at each poll was tabulated. Where
telephone service was uncertain 14 motorcycle men rushed the returns
to the city hall. City firemen also aided. The returns then were tabulated
at the city hall as fast as they were received, with the result that by
midnight, just four hours after the polls closed, the 14 nominees were
known.
Had it been necessary to wait for the returns to come through the
election commissioner's office the outcome of the election would not
have been known "for several hours afterward.
The success of .the new method was gratifying to candidates and
public alike and many compliments have been received by The Bee and
the city officials who made these prompt returns possible
S;TrJJ:.V'.r!JL
POWERFUL BLOW
STRUCK BY HUNS
ON BRITISH FRONT
Haig's Men Are Forced Back to Line On Jtfeesines Ridge;
Furious Fighting Along LaBassee Canal Infantry
Forces Clash in Region of Armentieres; French
Repulse Desperate Enemy Onslaughts.
BULLETINS.
London, April 10. Maintaining their powerful attacks in
the northern part of the British line, the Germans continued to
gain ground today. The official report from Field Marshal
Haig says that the British troops were forced back to the line
of Wytschaete, Messines Ridge and Ploegsteert. '-
Berlin (Via London), April 10. Thj 'Germans have
crossed the Lys riger at several points between 'Armentieres ,
and Estaires, according to th evening tatemejjtlro
headquarters;4'North of Armentieres," the statement tVdds, 'W " I
penetrated the English lines oh both sides of Waasten-Warn-ton."
.
London, April 10. American reinforcements have ap
peared in the British battle zone, says a dispatch from British
headquarters in France to Reuter's, Limited. ,
Their presence in the fighting line, the correspondent adds,
should soon be felt ' '
0. S. MUST USE
ENTIRE STRENGTH,
SAYS C.S. HAMLIN
"Compared to Kaiser, Sitting
Bull Was Philanthropist," .
Chamber of Commerce
Is Told.
Bjr Aasootatod Frets.)
Chicago, April 10. Speaking to
more than 1,500 delegates assembled
at the sixth annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, Charles S. Hamlin of the Fed
eral Reserve board said tonight there
would be no victory in the world war
until the entire strength of the United
States army and navy had been trans
ferred to Europe. Mr. Hamlin spoke
in the absence of Secretary McAdoo.
"Don't let this talk of a premature
peace mislead you,' he said. "The
only peace that we shall see will be
dictated in large part by General
Pershing and the United States
army."
The speaker dwelt upon German
atrocities as a prime reason why
American business men should see
the necessity of exerting their full en
ergies, in the. prosecution of the war.
"Some people say there were atroci
ties practiced by the Indians against
the white," he said, "but compared' to
the kaiser, Sitting Bull was a philan
thropist." Jj
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
ATTEMPT BIG SMASH. .
The enemy has brought into actior
a tremendous concentration of artil
lery and is throwing in his infantrj
in dense masses. The Germans plain
ly are making another effort to break
through the British positions.
In their new attack on the front
north of the Somrae battlefield the
Germans yesterday forced their waj
into Givenchy, but the British recap
tured the town, the war office sn
nounces.
Fierce fghting continued during thi
night on the front north of La Basset
canal. The British troops are standing
on the line of the Lawe and Lys riven
and are , engaged in heavy fightini
with the Germans at the river cross
ings at Estaires and Bac St. Maur.
The German front of attack is ex
tending today. ' Early this morning i
bombardment was begun on the Brit
ish positions from the Armentieres
region s far as the Ypres-Comines
canal. On the southern part of this ;
front infantry fighting is reported tc
have begun.
The announcement says:
At Death Grips."
"0n the front north of Li Basset,
canar fierce fighting continued during
the night. Our troops are holding
the line of the Lawe and-Lys rivers
and are heavily engaged with the en
emy at the, river crossings at Estaires
and Bac St. Maur.
"On the southern flank of attack,
Givenchy, into which the enemy at
one time forced his way, was recap
tured lateral the day by a successful
counter-attack by the Fifty-fifth .
division, which took 750 prisoners in
this area. Early this monjng the
enemy opened a heavy bomb.rdment
of our portions cast and north-iif,-
Armentieres as .far as the Vprcs- , "r
Lomincs canal. Fighting is reported
to have commenced on the southern
portion of this front. j
"On the British front south of the
Somme there was local fighting yes
terday evening at certain points, with
out changing the situation." ;
Germans Launch Drive. . -'With
the. British Forces m France,
April 10.--The Germans this , morn
ing extended the sector of yesterday's
attack to the northwardly launch
ing a -drive against tne British be
tween Armentieres and Messines.
Once yesterday find against last
evening the Germans gained ground
at Givenchy, but each time the Brit
ish threw themselves so fiercely on
the invaders that the latter were
forced to withdraw, the last time leav
ing upwards of 800 prisoners behind
them. '
French Hold Foe.
Paris. April 10. German troops
last night delivered a heavy attack on
the French lines near Hangard-En-'
Santerre, which was met by a French
counter-attack, -preventing the Ger-
! mans from gainir.g any advantage,
the war office announces.
i W est of Castcl and west of Xovon
German efforts to advance failed.
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