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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1918.
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SINK FEIN. HEADS
ARRESTED IN ALL
PARTS OF IRELAND
Action Sequel to Discovery of
German Plot; Dillon- Calls
Party Meeting to Dis
cuss Situation.
(Bjr Associated Presa.)
Dublin, May 19. Nearly every
Sin,n Fein leader is under arrest fol
lowing the sudden and sensational an
nouncement Friday that a conspiracy
with German agents had been dis
covered by the British authorities.
The action by the authorities came
with & swiftness that spoke of
thorough organization. Reports from
all parts of the island tell of whole
sale arrests of Sinn Feiners at vir
tually the same hour. The rank and
file of the party was dumbfounded by
the action of the government.
The arrests are believed to be the
seauel of the capture of a man who
was Tecently landed on the Irish
coast by a German submarine, an
nouncement of which was made 'May
9. It is said that documents of great
importance were found on his per
son. !
Among, those arrested were all the
Sinn 'Fein members of parliament,
Professor De Valera, president of
the Sinn Fein; Arthur Griffith, vice
president; William Coegrave, one of
the party's treasurers: Countess
Markievicz; prominent in thq Dublin
riots of 1916; Dr. Thomas Dillon, a
member of the Sinn Fein executive
committee, and Dr. Richard Hayes,
who has been prominent in the
party's councils.
John Dillon, head of the Irish Na
1 tionalists, has summoned a special
meeting of the Irish party to dis
cuss the situation.
Adopt Petition to President.
New York, May 19.A petition to
the president and congress "to take
such measures as in their judgment
art best calculated to brinff about
application tc Ireland of President
Wilson's declaration of the right of
every people to self rule and self de
termination" was adopted by the
Irish race convention in session here.
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WAR PLOT AGAINST
U. S. REVEALED BY
I, W. W. DOCUMENTS
(v 10 War asrainst the
Amreican government by the Indus-
trial workers ot trie worm m c-
taliatinn fnr a declaration of Wat
against Germany was , proposed, in
correspondence between James Mv
Movik and V llliam D. tiaywooo, ac
cording to evidence introduced at the
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yesterday by Claude R. Porter, special
prosecutor.
When the final break with Germany
seemed imminent, Slovik, secretary of
the Marine Transport Workers and a
defendant in the trial for violation of
the espionage act. proposed a general
strike as one means of combatting
America's war program, and asserted
that the organization would become
the haven for Germans, Austrians and
other central powers' allies, as well as
pacifists and conscientious objectors.
With the introduction of the sensa
tional document, which was seized
from the files at headquarters in
riovolanrl D trip envernment vir-
nlpterl nresentation of per
sonal correspondence of leading east
ern officers..
Wilson Reassures French
On Eve of Big Offensive
P;i AT aw 10 On ihe ev of the
great German offensive, says an of
ficial note issued here today, rresi
dent Wilson, anxious to. address a
tVip French neoole. has
asked one of his personal friends,
James' Kerney, director of the Franco-
American committee on puDiic mior
mation. to convey the following to
them:
"The United States is happy to tind
itself in the brotherhood of arms
with the nennle of France in a war in
which every man who loves right
ought to be proud to take part.
Indian Village Subscribes
Liberty Loan Quota 33 Times
Minneapolis, Minn., May 19. Ag
gressive patriotism of North Ameri
can Indians has been responsible for
a Liberty loan record which may not
be surpassed by any community in
the United States. It was officially
announced that Odanah, an Indian
reservation village in Ashland county,
Wisconsin, subscribed 30 times its
quota. The village quota was $3,000
and the total subscription was $106,
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BILLION TO BE
SPENT IN RAIL
BETTERMENTS
Under Government Control
Qutlay for Equipment Will
Be Three Times Annual
Expenditure.
Washington, May 19. Railroads
under government operation this, year
will spend nearly $1,000,000,000 for
additions, betterments and equipment,
or approximately three times as much
as in any one of the last three years.
Total capital expenditures approved
by the railroad administration as an
nounced today are $937,961,318. Of
this big sum $'440,071,000 will be spent
for additions and betterments, such
as stations and other property im
provements; $479,686,000 for equip
ment cars and locomotives already i
ordered through the railroad adminis
tration, and $18,203,000 for track ex
tensions. Make Neglected Improvements.
The figures disclose Director Gen
eral McAdoo's determination to let
the railroads make many improve
ments which they had neglected dur
ing the last three years, and postpon
ing all possible projects requiring big
expenditures.
The railroad administration elimi
nated $349,247,000, or nearly one
fourth of the proposals. In paring
down the budgets ,to this extent, the
administration made it plain that most
of its decisions are tentatve.i
The figures made public today show
that the New York Central was given
$70,672,000, the biggest allowance and
practically all the road asked. Other
big allowances included: Santa Fe,
$41,465,000; Union Pacific. $30,397,000;
Southern Pacific, $29,432,000; Illinois
Central, $26,705,000; St. Paul, $23,126,
000; C. C. C. & St. L., $22,162,000. and
Michigan Central, $20,027,000.
Other roads included are: 'Chicago
& Northwestern, $11,211,000; C, B. &
Q., $12,845,000; C. & G. W., $1,086,000;
C, P. & St. L., $48,000; C, R. I. & P..
$14,199,000; C, St. P., M. & O., $2,
296,000; Fort Worth & Denver, $704.
000; Great Northern, $14,582,000;
Northern Pacific, $14,059,000; North
western Pacific, $999,000, and Sioux
City Terminal, $174,000.
MEW MIME tT
The Bins of Every Consumer and Dealer Should Be Filled at; Once
with Their Next Winter's Supply of Dietz Np. 8 Wyoming Coal
Store Ypur Coal
School Houses, Court Houses, and all Public
Buildings can and should store their coal now.
Do Your Duty
Inform your customers that there will be a
shortage of co&l this season, and impress upon them the neces
sity of storing their supply at once.
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L. D. KNIFFIN, Manager, O'Rear-Letlie Bldg., Kamai City, Mo.
E. C. MATTOX, Manager, Diets, Wyo.
Coal Can Be
iA. L. Berquitt & Son.
Bowman-Krans Lumber Co,
Boyer-Van Koran Lumber it Coal Co.
Broadwell-Roberts Co.
EtfterprUe' Lumber & Coal Co.
Farmer' Lumber Co.
Henry Foley.
Goodell & Co.
C E, Harding Coal Co.
ROSEBUD SALE
FOR RED CROSS
BRINGS $2,331
Rosebud, S. D., May 19. (Special
Telegram.) A banner Red Cross
sale was held yesterday for the Rose
bud chapter. Todd countv, with a
population of 3,000, (2,500 being
Indians) swelled the receipts $8,750.
A countv service flag with three
stars sold for $2,331. A beaded dress
donated bv Mrs. William Spotted
Tail sold for $910 to New Haired
Horse. A pair of moccasins made
bv Mrs. Mary Prune, 90 years old,
who died a few days ago. sold to her
grandson, Villie McKenzic, for $400.
Other, articles of bead work sold
for high prices.
Restrict Use of Oil and Coal
Products i nRoad Building
Washington, May 19. Use of oil
and coal products in public road work
will be limited for the period of the
war. Petroleum, asphalt or tor pro
ducts wanted for building or tepair
ing roads will be delivered, it was Vm
nounced today, only after approval
of the application by a committee rep
resenting the fuel aministration and
the office of public roads of the De
partment of Agriculture.
Limitation of the use of oil products
has been made necessary by the de
mands of the army, navy, allies ami
essential war industries.
Restrictions in Use of Sugar
Releases 50,000 Tons Shipping
Washington, May 19. Restriction
in the use of sugar for candy and
soft drinks, Food Administrator
Hoover said today, has released 50,
000 tons of shipping which is being
employed in carrying food to t'te Bel
gians and coal to New England. The
food situation in Pelgium was re
ported as critical by Mr. Hoover sev
eral days ago and this tonnage is ex
pected to bring.relief.
Spinster Aids Students Who
Abjure Liquor and Tobacco
Chicago, May 19. Life-long oppo
sition to tobacco and alcoholic drinks
is reflected in the will of Miss Louisa
Spencer, filed here, disposing of an
estate of $21,000. It provides a fund
for George Washington university at
Washington, D. C., to be used in de
fraying expenses of white students
who have never touched tobacco or
strong drink and whose parents never
engaged in the vending of either.
are Making Prices
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Obtained From the Following Dealers;
Harmon & Weeth.
Haven Coal Co.
Hopper Brothers.
E. E. Howell & Son.
George F. Howell Coal Co.
Peter Lenagh.
McCaffrey Brothers.
F. A. Marshall.
P. Murphy. "
Omaha Lumber 8c Coal Co.
Partridge-Thompfon Co.
People Coal Co.
Platner Lumber Co.
Plainer Lumber & Coal Co.
Reynold Coal Co.
Rivett Lumber & Coal Co.
Shakelford & Dickey.
South Omaha Ice Co.
Union Fuel Co.
Victor White Coal Co.
URGE IMPROVED
RAIL, SERVICE TO
OMAHA SHIPPERS
Congressman Lobeck and Sen
ator Hitchcock Appeal to
Secretary McAdoo to Main
tain Freight Srevice.
Washington Rureuu of The j
Omaha Kef, 1311 G Strrrt.
Washington. D. C, May 19. (Spe-i
cial ' Telegram.) Congressman Lo
beck today in an interview with Mr.
Chambars, in charge of traffic of the
railroad administration, urged upon
t hat official the importance of es
tablishing a clearing house or in
formation office in Omaha to which
business men might go to ascertain
the whereabouts of cars consigned to
Omaha, or if consigned elsewhere,
locate said cars for purposes of di
version if such action be desirable.
This office would be able to give the
shipping public information as to
routing and destination of car move
ments and would also be able to fur
nish information as to the arrival
of these shipments.
It appears that only the direct lines
are able to furnish this information
now, connecting lines or "feeders"
not being able to be reached in any
thing like a reasonable time. This,
shippers insist, is detrimental to their
business.
If a car of butter or eggs consigned
to a New York dealer is shipped from
Omaha and while on the way the con
signor finds the market is more fa
vorable in Philadelphia or l.uffalo
the car containing said butter or eggs
should be permitted to be diverted
from its original consignee ' to such
other consignee as the consignor may
select and at all times the where
abouts of said car should be available
at the general information office of
the United States railroads.
Mr. Lobeck has written a letter to
Commissioner Manley of the Cham
ber of Commerce calling attention to
these matters and suggesting the
Chamber take up the matter and have
a local investigation made on the
proposition.
Randall K. Brown, in a letter to
Senator Hitchcock, protests against
the shutting down of the Moffatt rail
line on the ground that Nebraska
gets much of its coal from Colorado
FOOT
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Ex'RiissianC Czar Faces
Moscow Court-Martial
(By Awociutrd Frews.)
Amsterdam, May 19. Nicholas
Romanoff, former emperor of Rus
sia, according to the Lokal An
zeiger of Berlin, will be tried by
a court-martial in Moscow the lat
ter part ot June.
The trial will.bs secret.
and the failure to operate the road
would work a great hardship on Ne
braska coal users Senator Hitch
cock today sent Mr. Brown's letter
to Director General McAdoo with a
request that the matter complained
of be looked into.
''Signal of Peace" to Remain
On Guard in Utah Capital
Salt Lake City, May 19. The
plaster replica of Sculptor Cyrus E.
Dallin's famous "Signal of Peace," the
original of which is in Lincoln park,
Chicago, will remain in the center of
the rotunda of Utah's capitol despite
the fact that Mr. Dallin showed his
dislike for it by breaking parts of the
famous figure in the presence of two
state supreme court justices.
Governor Simon Bamberger has or
dered the capitol janitor to place
figure in its usual. place in the rotunda,
with the right leg of the Indiaji figure
reposing upon the pedestal, along with
fragments of the smashed fetlock of
the figure of the horse.
The governor is quoted as saying
the statue will remain in the capitol
as long as he occupies the governor's
office.
German Regiments in Russia ;
Mutiny and Kill Officers
Moscow, May 19. Mutiny is re
ported among German regiments at
Weisenberg, Esthonia. Several of
ficers have been killed, it is said
The German high command im
mediately dispatched trustworthy
troops to Weisenberg and arrested
about 200 of the mutineers. Ten of
them were condemned to death.
Another munity occurred in a Ger
man regiment at Dvinsk, which was
supported by prisoners who had re
turned from the interior of Russia.
McNary and Withycombe
Win Oregon nominations
Portland, Ore., May 19-United
States Senator Charles L. McNary
and Governor James Withycombe
were renominated by republicans of
Oregon at yesterday's primary by
large majorities Ralph vi ..ams de
feated Bruce Dennis for the nomina
tion for national committeeman or
the republican ticket,
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Dietz No. 8 Coal )
is absolutely free from any foreign matter. It
is all pure coal.
You Can Get the Coal Now
There will be a shortage of car later on. Be,
on the safe, side and order today.
Early Storage of Coal
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GENERAL OFFICE 14TH FLOOR
W. O. W. BLDG., OMAHA, NEB.
Bluff City Lumber & Coal Co.
( Droge Elevator Co.
Farmer Lumber Co.
Fnlo-Wickham Coal Co.
V'elor Jenning.
lKrettek Brother.
New Council Bluff Coal & Ice Co.
.O'Neill Brother.
Phillip Brother Coal Co.
PERSHING'S MEN
ON 6-HQUR HIKE
IN SEETHING SUM,
Soldiers, Pictures of Health
and in Perfect Trim,, and1
Stand Up Well Under Hot,
Weather, Test.
(By Aor luted Pre.) . ,
Headquarters of American troopl '
with British forces in France, May
17. jThe American troops are putting
finishing touches to their preparations.
for active fighting behind ,the British
line in a beautiful rolling country,
which resembles New York, in full
bloom,. The Americans started this;,,
morning on manouvers in which they A
took their first long hike in heavy' .
marching order under a broiling sun. , '
. After six hours the Americans were .
still full of go when the correspondent '
encountered a long line of infantry
men resting in the shade of a hedge.;
Some were foot sore. "'
' "They have covered a good, deal .
of ground before, but it was cool,,.-,
said the colonel in command. "This .
is their first trial under heat and they
are standing it well." ,
Men Pictures of Health.
, The men are pictures of health and
appear to be trained to the hour for
hard fighting. All were in good
humor, even those with blistered feet.
"Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Herd
called one, who, outdistanced by his
company, came limping along down ,
the dusty road under a heavy pack.
Besides manouvers and regular ex
ercises the boys are being coached to -the
last minute in British schools in
all the tactics of modern warfare. The.t .
commandant of one of these schools :
told The Associated Press the Aroer.
icans are keen and quick to learn.
All over the region where Amer-,
Icans are billited along with the
British there are -evidences of. now,
well the Americans are geting on with,,. ;
the British, ' This feeling is displayed,
everywhere they meet and it will aid
in the. success of the amalgamation, of
the forces.
Omaha Real Estate is the best In- .
vestment you could make. Read The,, -
Bee s real estate columns.
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