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ALL THE LATEST WAR NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE'SERVICE The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER: Unsettled Monday and Tues day; probably showers. Thermometer Readmit: 6 a. m . . 6 a. m. . 7 . m.. 8 a. m . . S a. m . . 10 a. ra. . 11 a. m.. 12 m 1 p. m 71 ! p. m 3 p. m ....... . 4 p. m 5 p. m. . ...... 8 p. m 7 p. m 74 76 "The Stars and Stripes Forever." 81 82 82 82 VOL.48. NO. 23. 2T&2ft&1i' OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1918. Vyti sV.?.;" Z 'SSI' TW0 CENTS. M rn Era mm m Germany BEADY TO STOP WAR Berlin Dispatches Indicate De sire to Conclude Peace Is Reflected in Renuncia tion of Belgium. By Associated Press. Stockholm, July 14. Dis cussing Germany's new "peace offensive" Scandinavian news papers gave prominence to Berlin dispatches picturing Germany as ready for peace. They deal particularly with the imperial chancellor's alleged renunciation of Belgium. Some print dispatches from Switzer land and other points in an en- deavor to show that the en tente countries are in a recep tive mood for peace. 'The So-ial Demokraten of this city, organ of Hjalmar Branting, former minister of finance, pub lished in large type a translation of an appeal made by the French so cialists. Appeal to Wilson. The Social Demokraten thinks "this is a very important document, as it proves the existence among a large section of the French labor circles of a desire for an honorable peace by understanding." The Svenska Morgen Bladet of Stockholm features a Berne dispatch giving the text of an appeal sent to President Wilson by the Geneva "committee for obtaining a genuine peace." This appeal asks President Wilson "to take serious considera tion of the German chancellor's .speech." . Demand Agreement. . Paris, July 14. (Havas News Agency.) The Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna, official organ of the Austrian Social democracy, according to a dis patch received by the Havas Agen cy, demands the government come to an agreement with President Wil- son. "The German imperial chancellor an nounced in the reichstag last month that' the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna had been barred from Germany by the government of Vienna because the paper was "considered every day more and more a perverted news paper." Austria to Announce Policy. Amsterdam, July 14. It was an nounced at Vienna today with ref rence to the impending sessions of the Austrian and Hungarian parlia ments, according to a telegram from the Austrian capital, that "important statements regarding the foreign poli cy will be made by the govenment." Threshing Has Begun In Douglas;Some Crops Yielding 30 Bushels Threshing has begun in Douglas county. Some fields yielding 30 bushels and more per acre, and of good quality. The threshing committee of Doug las county, appointed by the grain threshing division, U. S. food admin istration, -is inspecting threshing ma chines to see that the food adminis tion instructions to save grain are be ing carried out. Threshermen have been instructed to have machines in first class condi tion, use canva-s under grain tables, and use every precaution to save grain. . Farmers are urged to use tight uunum eiiiu i dKC ucius lu save any scattered grain. Stefannson Regaining ' Health at Fort Yukon New York, July 14. Vilhjalmur Stefannson, the Arctic explorer, stricken with fever last April at Her schel island and taken to Fort Yukon on a dog sledge, will spend the sum mer there in order to recover his strength, according to a letter from him received here today, by the Ex plorers' club. "I am able now to walk a mile," the letter said, "but only at the cost of becoming more tired than walking 40 at this time last year. The physi cian says it will take from three to six months of rest to get me in trim again. It seems likely then that I shall spend the summer here." .Wilson Names Ten Men -As Umpires in Labor Disputes Washington, July 14. President Wilson, acting on recommendations of the War Labor board, today nom inated 10 men to act as umpires in controversies which cannot be set tled by agreement of the member ship of the War Labor board. They include Henry Ford of Detroit, Charles Caldwell McChord of the In terstate Commerce commission, and Henry Suzzallo, president of the Uni yersityof Washington, French Students Give Pershing Memento for . His Son at Lincoln With the American Army in France, July 14. An incident of the Fourteenth of July celebration at American general headquarters was the presentation to General Persh ing by the members of the gradu ating class of the Lycee of a vol ume of French historical episodes, to be transmitted to Warren Persh ing, "from his comrades of the Lycee." General Pershing had just dis tributed diplomas to the class. Warren Pershing is the son of General Pershing. He is 8 years old, and was the only survivor of General Pershing's family when, in August, 1915, Mrs. Pershing and her daughters, Mary, Ann and Helen, were suffocated in a fire in their quarters at the Presidio in San Francisco. Young Pershing was named War ren after his grandfather, Senator Warren of Wyoming, but his friends in Lincoln, Neb., where he resides with his aunts, always call him "Jack" or "General." BOY IS CREMATED WHEN HOME BURNS NEAR TECUMSEH Clarence Nestor, Age 16, While III, Stumbles Into Blaze As Others of Famiy Escape. Tecumseh, Neb., July 14. (Special Telegram.) Clarence Nestor, 16 years of age, lost his life in a fire which destroyed the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip F. Nes tor, four miles west of Tecumseh, at 3 o'clock this morning. The, mem bers of the family were sleeping on the second floor. Mrs Nestor had been up to care for Clarence, who was ill. ;A fire had been used in au oil stove downstairs towards morn ing. The sufferer became-easy and all members of the family, fellskep. They were -not awakenjed until the fire, probably front the . stove, had filled the, rooms.. The children were hastily aroused and all except Clar ence left the burning building by the front, stairway. The boy, perhaps confused by his sudden awakening, went down the back stairs in the worst of the fire and perished. Early arrivals did all they could to rescue the boy and to save the house and contents, but to no avail. It was with difficulty surrounding buildings were saved. Two of the six children were away from home last night. The body of the boy was terribly burned when it was taken from the debris and to a Tecumseh undertaking room. The funeral will be held Tues day morning. The Nestor house was worth $6,000 without effects, and was partly covered with insurance. Tobacco Rationing of American People Soon May Become Necessary Washington, July 14. Government control of the tobacco industry may rsult from the heavy requirements of the allies and the American military forces abroad. Rationing of the American population is believed to be a possibility. The war industries board announced that it has been conducting an investi gation to determine the requirements abroad and the amount that must be conserved. It estimates approximate ly two-thirds of the leaf tobacco raised in this country in 1917 will be available for American manufacturers. Out of this must come cigaretts and pipe tobacco for., troops not yet over seas and exports of manufactured tobacco in addition to cigaretts and tobacco purchased here for Belgium. The crop in 1917 was 1.196.000,000 pounds, and of this the board esti mates that 850,000,000 pounds will be available this year for United States manufacturers, while 346,000,000 pounds of leaf will be available for export to the allies. Casualties In U. S. Military Forces During Week; Washington, July 14. Casual ties in the army- and marine corps Overseas increased 647 during the week, compared with 703 the pre vious week, and aggregate 11,733 with the inclusion of today's army list giving 72 names and the marine corps list giving 51 names. Total deaths, including 291 men lost at sea, men killed in action, dead of wounds, disease, accident and other causes number 4,673 army men 4,100; marines, 573. The wounded aggregate 6,476 army men, 5,431; marines, 1,045. Those missing, in cluding prisbners, total 584 army men, 519; maHnes, 65. . Of the week's increase, 481 were army men and 166 marines. Killed in action and other deaths num bered 259; those wounded totalled 307, and the missing and prisoners, 81. The army casualty summary as FRENCH GIRLS SHOWER FLOWERS ON U. S. BOYS; TRADE WAR FORESEEN 24 NATIONS IN PACT FOR SQUARE DEAL Lord Robert Cecil Declares En tente Allies Must Free Vic tims of Germany From Economic Slavery. London, July 14. An economic as sociation of 24 nations, comprising the entente allies, already is in existence, according to Lord Robert Cecil, Brit ish under secretary for foreign affairs and minister of blockade, in a state ment regarding the world's trade after thewar issued today. Whether Germany eventually shall he admitted to this economic asso ciation, he said, would be determined by the test established by President Wilson. The president said December 4 that if the German people should, after the war, "continue to be obliged to live under ambitious and intriguing masters interested to disturb the peace of the world," it might be im possible to admit them to the partner ship of the nations or to free economic intercourse. May Have Protective Tariffs. "To these declarations we give our warmest assent, but do these declar ations necessarily mean that we the Associated Nations are to have no protective tariffs and no inttrnjitional competition in tradeafter' the war? No. Every one' is agreed as to tliah In the words of the program of the inter-alljed . iabor . conference, 'The right of. each nation to thedefense of its own economic interests, and, in face of the .; world shortage herein after mentioned, to the conservation of a sufficiency of foodstuffs aiid ma terials, cannot be denied.'- "Each member of the . association of nations may have to protect its citizens in one way or another after the War, but our aim must be a com prehensive arrangement of liberal in tercourse with all members of the as sociation by which each one of us while preserving his own national se curity, may contribute to meet the needs and aid inthe d evelopment of his fellow members." Germany is the one obstacle to this economic association, said Lord Rob ert the Germany described by Presi dent Wilson. "Germany's economic policy toward all the groupings of peoples from the Arctic ocean to the Black sea," he continued, "is abso lutely contrary to our principles. Economic independence and free choice are the last things which Ger many will ever allow the peoples within her reach. "So long as this is the policy of Germany, how can we admit her to membership in the Free Association of Nations to which we already be long?" asked Lord Robert. "Before we can offer her any participation in our resources, we must release her victims from the economic slavery that she is imposing upon them." He concluded with the expression of the hope th.y the time was not far off when the ariies would meet at the council board to discuss in detail the economic association which will com bine the resources of the cwilized world in the joint work of reconstruc tion and the restoration oi prosperity. Finland Closes Frontier. Stockholm, July 14. The Finnish senate, according to a telegram from Helsingfo'rs, has closed the frontier between Finland and Russia owing to the prevalence of cholera at Petro grad. Overseas Increased 647. Total, 11,733 officially announced today follows: Killed in action, including 291 at sea, 1,656. Died of wounds, 599. , Died of disease, 1,338. Died of accident and other causes, Wounded in action. 5,431. Missing in action, including pris oners, 519. Total to date.-10,050. The marine corps casualty sum mary announced today follows: Deaths, 573. Wounded, 1,045. In hands of enemy, 2. Missing, 63. Total to date, 1,683. Officers included in the marine corps summary were: Deaths, 24; wounded, 29; missing, The army summary does not note the number of officers included. U-Boat Attacks British Vessel Between Irish Coast and Cape Race By Associated Press. v An Atlantic Port, July 14. An engagement with a sub marine m imdocean July b was reported by a British mer chantman arriving here to day. The British steamer was attacked about half way be tween the Irish coast and Cape Race. The submarine submerg ed two miles astern, pursued and opened fire, but ineffec tively. The steamer returned the fire. Whether a hit was made is not known, but the German gave up the chase. STREET RAILWAY WAGE QUESTION TO HAVE HEARING Both Sides Called to Kansas City Wednesday Where War Labor Board Will Go Into Controversy. Omaha's street railway contro versy may have a hearing sooner than was expected, accordiug to some lejegrftms. jchagef'. yrttcrday be tween klayor Smith and the War Labor board. The board advised the mayor that both sides of the wage controversy had been advised to appear before the board at the jiext regular meet ing, and in case each side was wil ling, a hearing can be had before an examiner of the board in Kansas City Wednesday. Mayor Smith took the matter up with the employes and was informed that they would be present. He called Frank T. Hamilton, vice president of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company, who re plied that lie was Certain his com pany would be present by representa tives, but that he would have to sub mit the question to the board of di rectors this morning. Mayor Asks About Fares. The mayot inquired in his reply to the board, if the question of increased fares would be considered at this hearing in which case the City of Omaha would want to be present. Following is a telegram front W. Jett Lauck, secretary of the National War Labor board, to Mayor Smith- "War Labor board has taken up the Omaha street railway case and direct ed that both parties appear before it at the next meeting. More immediate consideration can be given the mat ter by a joint submission of the con troversy by both parties to the arbi tration to Joint Chairmen Taft and Walsh, who will make award. A con siderable number of similar cases in the near future. "Under such joint submission, hear ing before an examiner of the board can be held at Kansas City beginning Wednesday, July 17. This message sent to mayor of Omaha, president of company and local officials of amal gamated association. Flease wire whether advantage will betaken of Kansas City hearing as explained above." i Following is the answer of Mayor Smith to. the War Labor board: "Answering your wire of July 13, am advised employes of Omaha Street Railway company will be present at Kansas City hearing on the 17th, and officers of street railway company will advise me of their intentions tomor row, i "Please advise if question ti in crease in street car fares will also be considered at Kansas City hear ing. "City of Omaha would desire to be present if that matter is to be made subject of inquiry." Attempt Made to Blow Journal-Stockman Safe. Burglars, gaining entrance to the Journal-Stockman building at South Side stock yards by breaking the glass out of a window in the boiler room basement, attempted to blow the safe in the main office, but left be fore any damage was done except the breaking of the same combination lock. British Forces Occupy Port on the White Sea London, July 14. British forces, after landing on the Murman coast, have occupied the por of Kern, on the White sea, the Frankfurter Zei tung says, according to a Rotterdam dispatch, to the Daily Telegraph. PARIS PAYS TRIBUTE TO WAR HEROES Huge Parade in Celebration of Bastile Day Reviewed by President Poincaire and General Pershing. Paris, July 14. Heroes distin guishcdduriiig the war in all the en tente allied armies participated in an immense parade through the streets of Paris today in celebration of lias tile day. American troops from the First and Second divisions, recently cited in army orders, represented the United States army. One detachment took part in the capture of Cantigny, others were at Chateau Thierry. All the American units had been in France more than a year. The Amer ican expeditionary forces were show ered with flowers by French girls. The parade was reviewed by Presi dent Poincare. who was accompanied by General Pershing. The Americans occupied second place in the column. All branches of the French army ser vice were represented. The Alpine Chasseurs received an ovation while singing their Alsatian .song. His toric French regiments with battle flags of the Napoleonic campaigns as well as the present war were cheered, while girls threw flowers. A battalion of Belgians followed the Americana Theu-ea4i-&pittkircon tingenti, iitclludiflf - the Grenadier guards, the Black Watch, Irish guards, Canadians and New Zeatana (Contlnurd on I'aga Two, Column fife.) Rail Mileage Books Usable on Any Road Come Next On List Two notabjc innovations soon to relieve the burdens of the traveling public are placarded from the cast. One is a timetable that can be de ciphered without the aid of a lawyer. The other is a scripbook, to be issued August 1. A traveler can board the train and travel on his scripbook, without us ing money or bothering about a tick et. The conductor will tear off a yard or more of scrip, at the rate of 3 cents a mile, and scrip will be accepted in the diner and in the Pullman cars, as well as by the porter for tips. If the traveler wishes, he can present the scrip at his hotel, it will be ac cepted, and redeemed later. The folder will be indexed. The traveler merely looks in the index for the name of the city where he is to board the train. On referring to the proper page he will find when trains leave for all points. The folder, which will be unusually compact, is being compiled by a committee of railroad men. German Meat Ration To Be Again Reduced Amsterdam, July 14. According to a Berlin dispatch printed in the Frank furter Zeitung, the present meat ra tion of 250 grammes will be distribut ed only until the middle of " August when it will be reduced to 200 grammes for all German towns hav ing a population of more than 100,000. COMING SOON! THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NEW YORK NEWSPAPER FOR THE KAISER The amazing story of the life of the Ameri can who placed German institutions and "KULTUR" above the traditions of his na tive land will be published in The Omaha Bee in conjunction with the New York Herald. "EDWARD A. RUMELYSUPERMAN" By Frank Parker Stockbridge, late managing editor of the New York Evening Mail. Within a few days Rumely's magnificent dreams, including the revolutionizing of American agriculture and industry, the preaching of the insidious doctrine that might makes right. America gave this man's grandfather refuge when he fled German oppressors, gave his father wealth and him self millions, yet he devoted himself to a ' dream of converting America to the German ideal and carrying the kaiser's propagand.i into every corner of the United States. The life of Rumely is a most fascinating story which every Americanshouldreadatthistime Watch for the First Installment in The Bee. "There Can Be Nothing But Peace by Sword,' Says British General London- July 14. Maj. Gen. John Biddle, commanding the American forces in the United Kingdom, was among the guests at the annual Anglo-French dinner ormized by the Alsace-Lorraine Patrio ,'c league in London last night. Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd, replying to a toast, said: "There can be no peace by ne gotiations and nothing but peace by the sword. Now that we have an indescribable asset which has come over to us across the western waves at a time we most need it we surely should carry through and attain the desired end." General Biddle read a message sent by Marshal Joffre to General Pershing. SHOT IN FLIGHT FROM GARAGE IN STOLEN AOTO James Barrett, of Topeka, .Vic tim of Night Manager's Pistol While His Com panions Escape. James Barrett, giving his address as Topeka, Kan., was shot through both legs in an exciting chase by George Templeton, night manager of the Blackstone garage, 3814 Farnam street, and a boy also employed by the garage, after Barrett and two other men were discovered tamper ing with an automobile at 135 North Thirty-eighth street, early Sunday morning. The boy, returning to the garage after a service trip, about 4 o'clock in the morning, saw three men work ing with a Ford sedan, owned by Herbert S. Amstein, standing in front of his residence at 135 North Thirty eighth street, and, suspecting that they were attempting to strip the car of its equipment, notified Tem pleton. Templeton called the police and immediately had the boy drive hint to the place where.. the suspects were at work. " , Just as they arrived on the scene, Barrett and the two men with him ran to a car standing a short dis tance from the Ford and started north on Thirty-eighth street. Tem pleton and the boy soon overtook them and stepping out onto the run ning board, as the cars were running side by side, Templeton repeatedly ordered them to stop. When the other car gave no signs of slowing down, Templeton emptied his revolv er into the machine. The three men jumped from their auto and fled, the car rolling back down the hill for several blocks. Shot in Both Legs. When the police arrived they made a thorough search for the suspects, but without success until, at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, a trail of blood led them to a private garage at 133 South Thirty-eighth street, where Barrett was found under an automobile, shot through both legs. He had crawied to the garage, broken off the lock and gotten inside, where in his in tense thfrst he had drained the w.Uer from the automobile radiator and drunk it. Barrett was arrested and taken to Lord Lister hospital. He professes to know nothing of the whereabouts of his two alleged confederates, but told the police that the three of them had stolen the Buick roadster, in which they had attempted to escape, in Kansas City. Police are searching for the two men who were with Barrett. The stolen car is being held at the police garage. Graves to Head Division. Washington, July 14. Maj.-Gen. William S. Graves left Washington last night to take command of the Eighth division at Palo Alto, Cal. He was relieved as assistant chief of staff by Major General Mclntyre. ALLIES ON ALERT N DEFENSES British Launch Blow Against Bulgarians in Macedonia' , While French and Italians .," Advance in Albania. By Associated Press. Bad weather continues in France and Flanders and oper ations are far below normal. Nowhere have there been en gagements except trench raids and patrol encounters. Big guns are constantly ham mering away at opposing po sitions in various sectors, par ticularly on the American front, along the Marne, on the sectors held by the British near Albert, Kemmel Hill , and Ypres, and near Corey, where the French face the enemy. There is no indication that the date" is at hand for the ex- pected offensive by the Ger mans. Military observers, how ever, believe that with a cessa- tion of the rains and the drift. ing away of the low lying -clouds an attempt at a big drive will be made, pparently all is ready in the entente camps. , Strike at Bulgarians. British troops in Macedonia seem ingly have started operation against ,X?p.toriirllic i which may develop" Wslwarfl along the battle front and eventually conform with the success ful drive that is being carried out by the French, and Italians in Albania. West of the town of Doiran, which " lies on the railroad north of Sajoniki, v the British delivered a blow agains ' the Bulgarians. Details of the opera tions are lacking, but it is not un-' ' reasonable to assume that it had in view the ultimate capture of the rail road line running northward from , Uskub and the outflanking of the enemy 'lines northwest of Monastir. Press Enemy Back. , In Albania the French and Italians i are giving the enemy no rest, press ing him back daily mile after mile over the trackless country and; cap turing strategical positions ana vit- . Iages. The latest French1 official com- i munication shows that" the French j have taken the villages of Narta and Gramshi, which brings their ' eastern flank appreciably nearer Lake Och rida. - The morale of the Austrians is said to be' extremely bad and surrenders of war worn soldiers are reported constantly to be takirsj place. Berat Threatened. London, July 14. Telephoning Thursday, Reuter's correspondent ou the Macedonian front says: "The allied operations in southern Albania are resulting in one success ' after another, in spite of the "difficult nature of the country. There are no roads in the battle zone and commun- . ications are being kept up over mule paths. "While the Italians arc pushing along on the western wing and in the center, the French are making good progress in the Bosnia region by ov ercoming enemy resistance and cap turing the ridges of Kosnitza and the descending slopes. "The French advance in the valley of the Tomorica river threatens the : , important town of Berat, which prob ably will be captured in a few days. ; Surrenders by the Austrians are more frequent, especially among the Slavs, who are dead tired of campaigning. The Austrians are burning depots and villages which they abandon. "All information obtainable is to the effect that the enemy's position in southern Albania is seriously co.tt promised and that there probably will be a further retreat . in the north, thus freeing our communications be tween western Macedonia and the Adriatic coast." Artillery Displaces Troops. Rome, July 14. "The usual artill lery actions," says the war office statement today, "were more intense at intervals ystrday from the Val arsa to the eastern sector of the As iago plateau. Our fire dispersed, moving enemy troops north of Bor cola pass. "At Cornone new attacks by enemy patrols and detachments were promptly repulsed, "Three enemy airplanes were,' brought down in air fighing. British Take 260 Prisoners. London, July 14. The report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters in France tonight reads: "By a successful local operation carried out during the early part of -the morning English troops advanced . over line east of Dickebusch lake and icaptared more than 260 prisoners." A ,- i '
