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ROOSEVELT SAYS
FIRST DUTY TO PUT
THE HUN TO SLEEP
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Former President In Address to Cheering Thousands at
Auditorium Declares Has
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Americanism; Germans at War With U. S. -Before
America Knew It.
SOMEEO.0SEVELTHOISHOTS POUBED
: OUT IN HIS ADDEESS AT AUDITORIUM
If a man does not come here to be-an American citizen,
let him stay away. ' - . " -
I Don't fight if you can help it, but if you have to fight,
then fight. Don't hit if you can help it, but don't hit softly.
If you do hit, put him to sleep.
It is 16 months since Germany went to war with us and
II months sinca we went 1o war with Germany.
. -1 speak litef ally when I say that life would not be worth
living for any man who had to bow the neck to German con
quest: ' ' "
Let us not boast until we have something to boast of.
Colone1 Theodore Roosevelt last night addressed an audi
ence that packed the City Auditorium to the doors, an audience
estimated at nearly 8,000 people. His subject was "Winning
ihe War." v .. : N . . :
I He spoke for preparedness against war, for universal ser
vice. He declared that if we had, begun to prepare wHen the
great war started or if we had entered the war when the4 Lusi
tania was sunthe war would be over nowv v v
, He spoke against big boastfulriess and small (accomplish
ment He declared Jhere should be no newspapers published
fin this country in any language but English, He said German
should be taught only inthe higher institutions of learnng just
as any other foreign 'anguage is taught. . - '; '.-.
He did not mention the name olY.
the kaiser. Neither did he mention
' that of President Wilson. He criti
cised the prosecution"! the wr but
he did so i only indirect ymannef. r
r His voice ' lias' " the characteristic
falsetto tone at places,, particularly
when he becomes humorous. Some of
v" the terse sentences 'from' his speech
were these: ; ,
' Might Have Saved Russia.
"If we had gone tojwar when the
' Lusitania was sunk Russia would not
have broken and the war would be
. r- over now.", .. . - ( .
i. "I don't believe in fighting unless
it is impossible to keep from it with
"honor. But when we fight, let us
. . fight. Don't kit a ma;i at all if yqu
can-help it. But if yoifhave to hit him,
put him to sleen." "
; "I would like to see congress re
v peal the charter of the German-Amer-
icanal!iance.They tell us the snake
" - in it is dead7 but I'd like to kill it
anyway.". , '
"The man' who says he loves this
' country entirely though he loves an-H
c other one just as much is like the
: man who says he loves his wife, but
loves other women, tots."
It's a year and a half since we
'' entered the war but we haven t ye.t
; built any modern artillery. I was
'told that our American built t)ig
guns in France increased 100 per cent,
. . as we had one arid, now we have'
two." J ' ( . v ;'
v.'i The meeting, was unique in that it
started on time or' even a little ahead
. of time. . And at 9:20 o'clock Colonel
Roosevelt had finished his speech
. and the great crowd was surging ottt
Huge Crowd to Hear.
A crowd that filled the streets
' "waited for the doors to open. They
' were opened soon after 7 i o'clock.
. Manager Franke of the Auditorium
held a watch' and stated that in ex
. i actly 5 minutes. and 45 seconds from
. the time of opening the doors, every
' ' seat was filled. '
Soon the standing room at the
reatof the main floor and the
'.balcony was filled , and the crowd
( surged im the aisles The stage was
filled with, hundreds of men and
"'. women.
An immense American flag decor
ated thef stage.., The v flags of the
allied nations' were draped' around
.. 'the balconies and over the proscen
' ium. ? ,A band played patriotic airs
f- while the' audience waited for the
distinguished speakek The Grand
. Army men and Spanish War veter
: ans marched in and up the aisles to
. (Continued on Face Two, Column Four.)
(Complete ipeech of Former Freiident Boose
elt on Fogo t.)
CROPS EUINED ON ".
3.000 .ACRES IN ;
IOWA BY FLOOD
Cedar Rapids,- la-, June 8. Re
ports from the districts flooded , by
waters from the 'Iowa river tonight
are that thefwater is goine down and
that the crest of the i huge, wave is
now in Louisa county. " . -
-The damage, done is estimated tt
it
$2,000,000 with 3,000 acres swepr cleat
oi growing crops.." J? large per cent
of this land was planted in corn.
Preparations "alread., are making to
plant" buckwheat as' soon a lie soil
is in proper condition. ' - . i !
'.The greatest, damagtfwas done m
the vicinity of Tama, u:elsea, Belle
'Iainc,"Mareng6, AmanaTand oa down
to Iowa City.
No Use for Fifty-fifty
ESCAPE OF "SIXTH"
37Et ROBDER IS
MYSTERYNO MORE
Leonard, Participant in Mala
shock Store Plundering Con
fides to Friend How He s
. Obtained Freedom.
i Five of the bandits who participated
in the Malashock jewelry store hold
up, and the subsequent battle at the
plunder house, 3207 North Fourteenth
street, v in ! which Detective . Frank
Rooney received wounds from which
he diedj the night of January 30, have
been brought to the bar of" justice
and all with, the exception of "Big
Wally" Martin, have been tried. Three
have received long sentences and Mc
Kay went free of the murder charge.
CJiarles Leonard, alias "Jack",
Leonard, alias "Jaclt Adams, the
sixth man involved in -the daylight
robbery and gun fight, ana who-is one
of the most notorious of the big "gun"
men of the country, is still at large. -The
escape of Leonard from the
plunder house, ,while the building was
surrounded " with detectivesand a
fierce bombardment of the place and a
raging, is one of the' most thrilling on
record.
.Details of Battle.
A confidant of the escaped bandit
received word through one of the
latter's pals of the details of the fight
and they 4re now related for the first
time. ' ,y
Leonard was in the house with the
other' participants of the crime and
was, engaged in dividing the "swag"
from the jewelry store robbery when
the police arrived and started the
battle. -v ,
, He was coatless and had his hat off
when the bullets began ttf fly and
was one of the first to try to get out
of the besieged house. With Williams
(Continued on Page Frre, Column Two.)
TEDDY MAKES IT PLAIN AS DAY
Hundred of Women Out to Hear Him
- and They Learn What They Want to Know! ' :
WHY AMERICA IS IN THE WAR
Bv ELLA
IJow to win the war. was chaos in
the mind of "Most Eyerywoman" in
Omaha, before she heard Theodore
Roosevelt tell in simple fashion "how
to turn- the tick" before a packed
house in the Auditorium last night.
Most of her didn't even know why
we were in it . '
That .the women were confident
Teddy would examine the case, make
his diagnose . andr orescribe the rem
edy, half the 7,500 enthusiastic Oma-rt
nans were confident, judging1 by the
fact that so many women filled the
vast edifjee to -the' rafters, one-half
hour before the early timeset for the
meeting to open. ' .
; To her winning the wajr was mostly
a matter or tnachie-iguns, airplanes,
building ships, a. hodge-podge of food,
conservation, ammunition, men. Red
Cross nurses, "surgical dressings, su
premacy on , the . 8ea, ruthless sub-
GREEKS DEPORTED
FROM THRACE AND
SLAIN jY TURKS
Unspeakable Outrages Com
mitted Against Hellenic Peo-
7ple
During War. .
New York, June .Mohammedan
prisoners of war in Saloniki, accord
ing to a cable message from Athens
to the Greek legation in Washington;
made public here today by the Amer
ican committe for . Armenian and
Syrian relief, say that "the Greeks in
Turkey are undergoing the worst
bldW'since the fall of Constantinople,
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The message states that, the Mo
hammedan captives say that from the
beginning of the war to the end of
1917 more than 200,000 ,' Greeks be-
Kween the ages of 15 and 48 have
been drafted forcibly into the. Turk
ish army and that thousands of these
have died as aresult of ill treatment,!
nunger ana epidemics. . .
."More than 500,000 Greeks have
beeen deported from . Thrace into
Asia Minor. One-half of the de
portees died from torture and ill
ness," says the cable messages.
"Many were slaughtered and the
survivors are in a terrible plight.
"Women are sold as slaves, men
are forced to become Mohammedans
and $5,000,000,000 worth of property
belonging to the Greeks' has been
confiscated. Men from Aivali and
many other cities were' seen work
ing as slaves, in rags ,and begging
for bread. Forty to 50 deaths occur
daily among the Greeks in Smyrna as
the result ot hunger and weakness.
Two hundred families have been de
ported from Tatayla, m Constan
tinople. '' ,
r"The streets in the large cities are
full of Greek orphans, half naked
and begging for bread in spite of the
fac that the Turkish authorities have
torn them from the bosoms of their
parents" ' . - '
President Wilson Sees Game
Washington, June- 8. President
Wilson was a spectator at the annual
base ball game today between house
republicans and. democrats. . 'y -
FLEISHMAN.
lwarine .warfare,, over the top. trench
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nit, vuvio, civ, wiiii . itcvcv a really
aennite tnougut on now . the
on now the war
started, why' we were in it and what
there was for us to do to win the war
and settle it in such ,a fashion that
never again would such laughter be
necessary. : . , , . " -;
Then Teddy came-and told her. '
Not in 'oratorical figures or -w"ell
turned phrases, but in simple words
such as any woman cotrld readily
Understand and grasp without "a dry
oia political lexicon to help. ; .
He put it in terms of the individual
iO high-sounding words- of laws, of
nainns, but merely as man "to man. K
"nations must govern 4hemselves
as any high-minded individual should
conduct himself. I never subscribe
to the standard that there was one
type of morality for nations and a dif-
(Continued on Pf Six, Column Twp.)
After the Cut Worms
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"My Brave Troops" Will
Wid Respect for German
Name, Declares Kafser
. Amsterdam,! June 8. "With pride
and thankfulness I daily watch, the
giant deed of my brave troops,
which' will secure respect for thi
German nam for all time." , . .
This Is on of the striking phrases
used by the German emperor in
sending a contribution of 50,000.
mark to the, Ludendorff fund, initl-f
ated bv th national committee for
car ofrf4iabld Boldiet. The j
emperor ae4ft.vs.1i'i- v--
IP alio tti iuffering ' borne by?
the German soldier in a manly and
resolute manner; I see him. bleed
'and die for the fatherland's greater'
honor; I gain an insight and knowl
edge of the innermost lite ot the
wounded Warrick?
CALLS HUSBAND
LIAR WHEN PLEA
OF GUILTY MADE
Mrs.. Walter Stevens .Accuses
Husband of Shielding Some
one Else on Dope Sale
Charges;
"You're a liar," shouted Mrs. Wal
ter Stevens In United States court
Saturday afternppn, as her husband
pleaded guilty to the charge of il
legally selling morphine in violation
of the Harrison act, "you're just say
ing that to save someone else." Mrs.
Stevens refused to say who the
"someone else" was. Her husband did
not change his plear V
Twelve' prisoners accused of sell
ing drugs were tried before Judge
Woodrough. AH but three received
the same sentence, six months in the
Douglas county jail. As some of the
prisoners had been forced to remain
in jail sin6e their . arrest, the six
months' term will begin with .their
first incarceration.
Barney Kimmerling was sentenced
to a year and a day in the Fort Leav
enworth federal prison because this
was his third offense. He remon
strated with the court and said tharhe
had pleaded guilty merely to save the
court; time and money. ,. '
Andrew Dwyer, white, messenger
boy, who has been in jail since Feb
ruary 19, was sentenced 'to a period
in the county jail as long as the time
from February 19 to Saturday, sen
tence to begin with bis) first incarcera
tion. This releases him. He promised
to violate the law 'ho more. - ,
N Plea Avails notmng.
r.Hna Rums, white, said that she
pleaded guilty merely to keep from
LstavinS in. ny ,on8fr- A,te,r
Had received ner sentence ui
had received her sentence
months, she pleaded to be sent to the
state hospital at Lincoln for treat
ment, but Judge Woodrough decided
that the best treatment was a term in
jail away from opportunity to obtain
the drj& . . . .
The names of the prisoners and
their sentences are as follows:
Barney Kimmerling, a year and a
day in tort Leavenworth.
, Andrew Dwyer, sentence already
served. .. . . .
The rest wil Ke confined in the
county -jail, as follows: ' 1
j, hhuiu .KlrKpatrick; mnnttii.( '
Charlei Johnnon lx months, ,f
Mack Cartw.: ! month. J '
" Walter Rtevenn, nix months. Cl.
Sum Shields. !ir moiHhn.
William TurvlnM, six moiithn.
Vlrsll PrleeAnlne monlhn (couJ offein;).
Charles Terrtl. U montha. J
Jott Kvana. tlx months. '-
. KJna Uutan ix manth. .
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ANCHOR LINER
GIVES WARNING
OF HUN U-BOAT
Wireless' Message Announcing
Submarlne&t00Miler:Qf(
Hew England (Hsches
f Transatlantic Steamer :
' Xntiantfc Por," June S-A Briiish
trans-Atlantic steamer which, arrived
tphight repotted that a wireless meS'
sage haf been received from an An-
chor: line steamer 800 miles off .'the
New England coast last Wednesday
that'a submarine was close by. The
steamer at once headed at full speed
tor this port. Whether the Anchor
liner was attacked was not Known;
Races Full Speed for Week.
sAn Atlantic Pprt, June 8. Racing
at full speed for nearly a week to es
cape German submarines, an Ameri-
t can steamship arrived today from the
West Indies with passengers, more
than half of whom were women and
children. "
With the first inkling that U-Doats
were at work, the captain took dras
tic steps to protect his ship and the
lives ot his passengers, taking
sMc-za? course, he ordered the en
gineers to get up every pound df
sream possible and then ran far' off
the route usually followed by sleamers
encased in the West Indian trade
Life boats were prepared for instant
lowering and passengers warned that
if they appeared on deck they would
be thrown in irons
"Gold Cup" Awarded
By Emperor William
Found to Be Pewter
New .York, June 8. German
proof of the saying that all i not
gold that glitters was forthcoming
here today with the disclosure that
the "magnificient . cup which Em
peror William awarded to the Am
fnerican winner of his ocean yacht
race in 1905 was not fold and wa
notNrorth $5,000 as announced at
that time. . It was mad of pewter
with a ihin veneer of gold and was
scarcely worth $40.
The deception recoiled against th
emperor during the recent 'Red
Red Cross drive, it was revealed to
day, as ip was auctioned and re
auctioneer until it added $125,000
to the nation's mercy fund.
CENTENARIAN REGISTERS IN
Levi James Shepard of Oakdale Say He'
Willing to Do Harvest Work When Called. ,
NEBRASKA FOR FARM SERVICE
Levi James Shepard of Oakdale,
Neb., who celebrated his 100th birth
day anniversary January 3, this year,
is one of the first men and the 'oldest
men in the state to register for farm
service. ' ., .
The Antelope County Council of
Defense was one of the first bodies
jn the sUte to call for registraton of
all citizens for farm work, preparatory
to meeting any emergency that would
require extra farm labor and the
registration was held at the city hall
at Neligh Wednesday of this week.
Among-the first to respond was
Mr. . Shepard, the centenarian,-, who
war born (January 3, 1818.
Despite the btirnVii ofover 100
years he carried himself erect , and
walked with sprightly ' step when he
went to the regittration desk and
had his card filled out. , .
ALLIES STEADILY ,
GAIN GROUND IN
THIERRY
American Marines and French
tacks and Continue Advance; Scope of Drive Extends
Northward; Bombardments Presage Thrusts by "
Germans in Montdidier and Verdun Sectors.
(By Asocited Press.) : ,
In the battlefield of the Marne, where a week ago the GeK
mans were hurling their masses
side of the wedge they had driven into the allied lines in the
battle that began March 26, the
tually on the defensive in the Chateau Thierry sector.
American and French troops
tion on the extreme tip of the salient and are making progress
in this important region. The British, are engaged on the other
side of the wedge between the Marne and Rhims:
OHAIIANSGET
FINE VIEW OF
SUN ECLIPSE
Celestial Phenomenon Arrives
on Schedule Time, i 5:19
P. M.; Scientists Climb
High for Photos.;
Popular tradition has Jt, that the
eagle,' proud bird of freedom, can
gaze tnblinkingly into the eye of the
sun.- iThoujands of Omahans ' tried
this very stunt yesterday afternoon.
even when the tan, wt in. -partia)
scuration 1 ecaiise tl eclipse, arid lhy
fourid :C't-ttneH;j6m'M'4pfjr
totumbia had it on them a thousand
ways, v '"-. - ' . 'v ;
The brilliancy of the proud orbof
day, even when itwas trying to hide
behind its lesser satellite, pale' Luna,
was so great that it dazzled the' hu
man eye, and one who gazed ' even
momentarily t the spectacle' could
see eclipses for nianjf minutes after
ward.. - ! ; ' - . ..'..
Triie to schedule tliej shadow of
the moon appeared on the sun's disc
at , 5:19 and for nore than an hour
the sidewalks in Omaha's lowntown
district were lined with person! who
observed the 'celestial phenomena
through smoked glasses, perforated
cardboard and silk handkerchiefs ,
One resourceful boy, probably a
future astronomer, stood in front of
the Henshaw hotel and studied the
different phases of the eclipse for a
long time through the small end 'of
a tumbler, the bottom of which had
been smoked. '
Only a Penny a Peep. ' 'y:
Another enterprising lad, a news
boy, hd picked up a piece of photo
graphic plate and offered to rent it to
Fifteenth street sky gazers, saying:
"It's got dry smoke on it, mister,
and k won't dirty your fingers. Only
a penny a peep." He did a thriving
business among smiling customers.
In residence districts parties gath
ered on a neighborhood lawns and
children would listen ' to parental
descriptions of the eclipse with awed
countenances. " .
, When themoon began to encroach
on the sun a weird, erry, unearthly
shadow seemed to veil and diffuse
the normal "light of day. It had ,a
psychic effect on all bbservers and
one could easily understand how it
would . cause superstitious alarm
among the - earth's population in
medevial - days. Persons who read
the vivi4 description of the eclipse
aria" the. manner in which it thwarted
the evil designs of Merlin, the magi
cian and astroloRer4of the dark ages,
recalled the effect it had on the for"
tunes of "A Kentucky Yankee " in
King Arthur's Court." .,-',
The eclipse here ended at 7:45, af
fording the only opportunity Omaha
(Continued on Pae lira, Column One.)
He eave his occupation as a
farmer, with 77 years of experience
as a farm laborer. He said the only
thing that would prevent him from
helping win the war by agricultural
work for a sustained period was old
age.
He signified that he was wiling to
o harvest work, haying, threshing, and
corn husking and that he had no
objections whatever to being called'
v Mr. A'den was a resident ot Alden,
la., for many years and while there
was an : active member of Radiant
lodge-No. 366. A: F. & A. M.. and as
such was ' reputed to be the oldest
member of the Masonic fraternity
in Iowa when he lived there. .He is
now the oldest-mason in Nebraska
and the oldest man, in the state to
nave volunteered tor larm iaoor-io
hdlawin the war for democracy, -
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SAUEN1
Repulse Two Violent At
of troops against the western .
Teutons are now standing viiv
are participating in a reac
Q : ATrarir ' fiOBtrArtTNn ' f
Viiile the operations take the na
ture oflocal attacks, tKey -hzvi had
theif effect in . driving the Germans
baclf, from he. points they reaches'
on the crest of the wave that carried '
them far on the road tpPasis. The at.
tackswhich began just to the north,
west of Chateau Thierry? are spread"
big northward along the line and
everywhere the allies report ground
recovered from the enemy.
The rush of the American marine
and the French on Thursday after
noon has not continued i to gait
ground as fast as it did t the incep
tion of the movement, but-it is still
going on. .Jn the meantime they hav
withstood two violent attacks By th
Germans and have repulsed the enemy '
in decisive fashion.' j
American Fighters Recogniied. ; ;
For the first time in the war Ger
man headquarters on Saturday hat
used the term "American, regiment":
in its -official report on the operations
on th western front;' Even in
nouncing th loss o Cantigny ) t
official communication f mentor,
nasrelr fth enemy" arlrsmr
:pid'.haflac;rrf;'4.n'K:4'--:
- Several times, ; however, - th C .
man -have officially mentioned t, :
capture of American prisoner.'
, ' Bombardment Begun. .
, Reports irbm the whole battle line
in france are that there has been re,
newtd activity on ,the patt of the Ger
eian artillery in several sectors ot
the front.;Noltabl among theregion
under bombardment is the line, be
tween' Noyon and Montdidier.
It is along this line that a heavy
enemy offensive; has been expected .
by !military. experts since the momen
turn of the Gernan advance from th , 1
Aisne has died away. When the Ger
njans pushed west from St, juentin "
in late March and early in April, th
line from Noyon to Montdidier was
almost equal in importance to that in
front of Amiens. The French forces
were rushed to this front and fought '
savagely to stop the German advance
and retake ground r which was of
strategic and tactical importance.
Verdun Again Menaced. 9
At the same time the Woevre secV
tor, just to the southeast of Verdun,
is claiming '. attention. Large ' move
ments of enemy troops in the direc
tion of-iSt. Mihiel have been reported
by aerial observers and there ara
indications that the positions of the
Americans along this part of the front
may be in the storm center of a ter
rific atUck soon. - ' '
The advantages to be gained by tho ,
Germans, if they succeed in breaking ,
this line are manifold. Eighteen miles .'
west of St. Mihiel is th town of Bar
le Dub, and still further. westward is,-
Vitry, which would Jje but a step-'
ping stone to a dash to Chatons-Sur- ' '
Marne. If the line at St. Mihiet-cOuld ;
be broken or driven back very far the.
whole . Verdun sector would ; be in
peril and might have to be abandoned
i Locr Hospice Held by French. .
In the Flinders sector, which has
been quiet since the beginning of ths
attack along the Aisne, the Germans
on Wednesday 'sought to improva
their positions by capturing the hos
pice at Locre. This point would giva
them a starting point for an attack
on the village of. Locre, which is con
sidered (one of. the keys to the allied'1 '
positions along the hills behind the''
lines southwest of Ypres. The French'
forces in this sector on Friday, how
ever, attacked 'the enemy and drov
hint back to his former positions and
the allied line has been ; restored. .
There have ..been no engagement
of anotable character on the Italian
front, but in. Macedonia the allies, par
ticularly the Greeks,, have been couV
tinuing their 'aggressive operations." - "
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New Star Discovered in -.
. " Constellation 0 Aquili
Washington, June 8.-fA new star.
the brightest discovered in several
centuries, was detected s tonight at
Leander McCormick' observatory at '
the University: of Virginia . by C.
Oliver, trofessor of astronomy. Hd
described it in a-telephone tnessaga
to The Associated Press as'a bright ;
blue- start, of magnitude 0.5 degrees
iocafed 'in the constellation 'Aquilla
a size. that makes it nearly the large si
and' brightest' in. the; sky duriag thai '
present months. Itsllocatton is $
tronomically descfibed as right Nasi
cension 18 hours and 44 minutes, dn
clination' plus. 0 degrees and 32 mki
vtes north, ' . - " f ' ' . - ,
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