THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE:' AUGESt' 25; 1918.
; 1 86J73 SOLlIERS
CALLED FOR FIRST
! SEPTEMBER DRAFT
Nebraska Quota of 1,000 to
Entrain for Camp Grant;
8,000 lowans to Train
at Camp Dodge.
t Washington, Aug. 24. Four separ
Sf te selective draft calls, constituting
i the first of the September calls and
f requiring 186,773 men to entrain for
training camps between August 30
I and September 6, were issued tonight
der. Every state and the District of
Columbia is called to furnish men for
training to augment the forces
abroad. For general military service
125,000 white men and 21,270 negroes
are called; for limited service, 4,503
white men are called.
The calls include: General mili
tary service White: Entrainment
September 3, 1918, to September 6,
1918:
SMte and Camp. Quota.
Iowa, Dodge. I& S.000
Kansas, Funaton, Kan 4,(00
Nebraska, Grant 1.000
South Dakota, Grant, 111 600
General Military Service Colored:
Entrainment September 1, 1918:
Btate and Camp. Quota.
Iowa. Vodge 123
Kansas, Funaton 107
Nebraska, Lewis
South Dakota. Lewi 1?
For all states in the union, total
of 21.270. Limited Service White:
Entrainment September 3-6, 1918:
State and Camp. Quota.
Iowa, Fort Riley 0
Kansas. Fort Riley
TABS KEPT ON ALL U-BOATS
Observer Knows Where Submarines Will Emerge
Sends Aviators on Successful Quest of Enemy
AT U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION
Nebraska. Fort Klley
South Dakota, Fort Riley...
400
200
h Registration Adds
150,000 Names to
Army Muster Roll
London, Aug. 24. "Ensign T. H.
Murphy," says a statement given out
today by the committee on public in
formation, "sits day and night in an
office in a little shack at a United
States naval air station poring over
raised maps with colored strings
stretched on them and little red-headed
pins stuck in them. His job is to
keep tabs on every German submarine
out from its base. He knows when
they need air and how badly each
depth charge damages them. He
knows even when they must come to
the surface for the skipper to smoke
a cigar, for there is no smoking inside
a submarine.
"Ensign Murphy's knowledge de
rided the nuccess or failure of many
young reserve ensigns of the naval
Hying torce at tne station, jane ior
instance, Ensign E. J. Schieffelin, of
New York City, a member of the
1919 class at Yale university, who is
a direct descendant of John Jay of
revolutionary fame.
"Ensign Schieffelin was in Murpny s
office early one morning when that
expert stuck a pin in the middle of
his North sea map and exclaimed:
'They'll be needing a smoke right
about there. They have been under
so many hours on such-and-such a
course. In three hours they'll emerge
and the reason will be tobacco. Search
this area (pointing to the map with
his finger) and you'll find a subma
rine.' "Ensign Schieffelin was the first
pilot, Lieut. Roger W. Cutler, stroke
and captain of the Harvard varsity
crew of 1917. and Bernstein, a machin
ist's .mate, and Taggart, electrician
and champion hundred yard sprinter,
'); Washington, Aug. 24. America's
; second class of 21-year-old men en
rolled today under the setective scr-
.? vice act with the prospect of an early
'i call to the colors. It is estimated that
;! 150,000 were added to the muster roll.
5 Probably two-thirds of these will go
,j into Class 1.
'I How soon the new registrants will
X, be called ' into service varies with
il localities, according to the numerical
strength of Class 1. In many places,
X it was said, they would be under arms
by the middle of September, cnougn
'i numbers remain from the lottery fol-
lowing the June 5 registation, when a
k million were added by the first 21
X year-old class, to care for all the
;$ registered men today. These numbers
,', will be assigned the new registrants
by draft officials, and by reference to
the muster list of the last lottery,
the new men may learn their order
? of call.
McGillivray Proves Himself
; King of Swimming World
Birmingham, Ang. 21. Perry Mc
h Gillivray fully defended his title to
;t the 100-yard national swimming
' championship today by defeating
three of .the country's best athletes
f over, the East Lake course. Mc
; Gillivray completed the distance in
If 561-5 seconds, a fraction over the
world's record. Herbert Topp of the
i Chicago Athletic club finished a few
I feet behind the champion, while
: Shields ef the Young Men's Gymnasi
if urn club, New Orleans, was a good
!J third. Rex Moore, the other entry,
failed to show his expected form
If and was left behind at the fifth yard
Shields of the Gulf training school
easily won the 220-yard Amateur
Ath'.etlc union championship. Joyce
Levvy and Moore battled for second
rtlace which the former won durinat
f the last 50 yards. Shields was 20
yards ahead of bis. nearest, pononent
at the finish. His time was 2:562-5.
completed the crew of the big sea
plane. "Three hours after the seaplane
had left its station both officers made
the same exclamation as the .seaman
called to his mate: 'Large Hun going
north. One gun.'
"The seaplane got itself between
the submarine and the sun and for
two minutes bore down on the U
boat. Half a minute later the vessel
started to submerge with a 'crash'
dive.
"Lieutenant Cutler tripped his
bomb release at the instant the big
seaplane was directly over the ene
my's conning, tower, which was ex
actly awash. Ensign Schieffelin put
the machine into a vertical bank to
observe the effect of the explosion
and a white geyser spouted 15 feet
on the enemy's port beam. When the
splash cleared the stern of the sub
marine, it was tipped up and her
propellers were out of the water.
"The air pilots knew then that she
was damaged, that she could not sub
merge and was a prey to any of the
patrol boats. The seaplane being
short of fuel, then signalled to a
drifter: 'Damaged submarine five
miles northwest of you.' But the
drifter, knowing that a submarine
on the surface would start to run like
a scared cat, and that it could not
catch her, relayed the news to tor
pedo destroyers.
"The destroyers did the rest.They
hurried up and rammed the U-boat.
There were only six survivors. The
destroyers put her down, but she was
the prize of Schieffelin of Yale and
Cutler of Harvard. Cutler, incident
ally was on his first flight as a pilot
on war patrol and the bombs which
damaged the submarine were the first
that he had dropped in action."
Jap GeneTafto Command
Entente Army in Siberia
By Associated Press.
Vladivostok, Aug. 19. The Japa
nese general, Kikuzo Otani, command
er of the entire allied forces ifl Si
beria, today took charge of his com
mand. This fact was announced to
day at a general council of the allied
commanders. ' The spirit of fullest
co-operation was manifested by the
council, the officers assuring General
Otani that they were proud to serve
under him.
The various elements will retain
their identity as reparate units con
cerning matters of administration and
supply, but are subject to orders from
the generalissimo regarding strategy
and military operations. A joint pur
chasing board has been established
for ' buying necessities .in the local
market. ,
istef Leygues accompanied the presi
dent. French troops formed a hollow
square within which were representa
tives of all allied nations
Congressmen Fly Over London
in Liberty Motored Plane
London, Aug. 24. The committee
from the United States congress
General Petain :s Decorated
uifh Mortal hi PninrflrP which ,s visitl"g the alhed countries,
wiin Meaai oy ruinodie, composed o james B. Asweii, of
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 24 Near the headquarters t
the French army .oday. General Pi
tain, the French commander in chief
was lecorated with the military medal
by President Poincare. Marshal Foch,
Premier Clemenceau and ravai Min
Louisiana; Alvin William Barkley, of
Kentucky; Marvin Jones of Texas;
Milton H. Welling and James H
Mays of Utah and Charles H. Randall
of California flew over London yes
terday in battle planco in which were
installed the new liberty motor.
Waning Man Power of Huns
Leads to U:e M.uhine Guns
London, Aug. 24. Germany'i ap
parent reliance on machine guns to
counteract her waning man-power in
France is reflected in an article in
the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin by
Captain von Salzmann, a military
critic.
The captain explains that the west
ern front has been made jmpregnable
by machine guns. The critic declares
that the effort of Marshal Foch to
convert tactical gains into a strategic
victory will be defeated by machine
guns. Horse drawn machine guns,
he adds, have been distributed to each
enmnanv.
FOOD PRICES IN
OMAHA ARE LOW
IN COMPARISON
Below the General Average of
34 Principal Cities on
Twelve of the Lead
ing Products.
Omaha food prices are lower than
the average of 34 principal cities on
12 of the 18 fundamental foods. On
five they are higher and on one the
price is the same.
The same general comparison ob
tains for the state of Nebraska as
prices on the whole throughout do
not vary from the prices in the
metropolis.
On flour, hominy, cornstarch, corn
meal, corn flour, butter, eggs, crack
ers, rye flour, barley flour, oatmeal and
corn syrup. Omaha has lowest prices.
Those commodities commanding
higher prices in Omaha are sugar,
bread, bacon, rice and lard.
Omaha and Nebraska's low prices
are said to be the result of the rigid
control exercised by officials of the
federal food administration for Ne
braska, who maintain price fixing
committees in each county.
Margins Fair.
An outstanding feature of the fixed
prices which give consumers the ad
vantage is that the margins allowed
retailers and other distributors of
foodstuffs are fair and reasonable.
Comparative prices, in pounds unless
otherwise stated, are:
Average for
84 Cities. Omaha.
, 085
3.13
out
.112
065
Big Loss is Shown l;i Report
on Operation M Railroads
Washington. Aug. 24. Owing
t largely to big back payments of wage
I increases, the railroads' tinder federal
. 1 control in June reached an aggregate
T deficit of $58,959,000 in railway operat-
X ing income m compared with positive
i earnings of JW5,yiW,WU in June, mt.
This reduced the total operating in
t come for the six months-of govern
,f ment operation ending with June to
i $173,194,000. as compared with $458,-
' ' 203,000 in the corresponding period of
I last year.
. These figures, compiled by the inter.
state commerce commission and an
f nounced today, show that the govern-
ment nas tost aDout $-yu,wu,uw in
;l operation of railroads during the first
. six months this year.
American Troops Disperse
t Teuton Patrol Raid in Toul
By Associated Press.
f. With the American Army tn
f France, Aug. 24. The American out
posts on the Toul sector were at-
." tacked today by a Geman patrol of
I on officer and 20 men. The enemy
I was dispersed after a lively enrage'
ment, leaving a wounded corporal in
the hands of the Americans.
. . .The corporal said the German sol
- diers thought there was little l.keli
hood of a German attack on a large
s scale at present. He added that Ger
r many cannot win, but did not ttr.nk
it possible that the allies could rarry
the war into their territory.
Commodity.
Sutrar
Flour, 48 lba.
Hominy
Cornstarch ..
Cornmeal , . .
Corn flour ..
Butter
Eicga. doton .
Bread -
Crackeri
Tybee Island Wireless
Station Hears S. 0. S. Call
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 24. The wire
less station at Tybee Island tonight
picked up portions of an S. O S.
call from a vessel off the South Care
lina coast which reported it was being
chased bv a submarine. I he message
was indistinct, the wireless operator
reported, and he was unable to catch
the name of the vessel sending out
the call.
Motion Pictures to Show
Need of Conserving Coal
New York, Aug. 24. A nation
wide plan for educating the public
by means of motion pictures to the
need of conserving fuel during the
coming winter has been developed by
Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield.
The films will show the labor required
to mine and deliver one ton of coal
and illustrate means for avoiding
waste.
Lodge is Floor Leader.
Washington, Aug. 24. Senator
Henrv Cabot Lodge of Massachu
setts, senior republican in point of
service and ranking minority member
of the foreign relations committee,
was elected unanimously for the floor
leadership by republicans of the sen
ate in conference today to succeed the
late Senator Gallinger.
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Rice 137
Barley flour 07 T
Rye, i4Vt lba 178
Oatmeal 0SI
Navy beans , 16
Bacon, diced m
Lard m
Corn syrup, 10 lba 14
.10
1.00
.076
.10
.06
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.51
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British Airmen Bring Down
462 Hun Planes in Fortnight
London. Aug. 24. An official com
munication dealing mainly with activi
ties over the zone of the present of
fensive issued tonight says'
"During the last fotnight 328 Ger
man airplanes have been brought
down by our airmen on the western
front and 134 driven down out of
control.
"The enemv balloons shot down
during the same period amount to 31.
The total weight of bombs dropped
by us during this period was 594 tons."
Senator Attacks Navy
For Missing Hun Raider
Washington, Aug. 24. Delay in the
capture of the trawler Jriumph,
armed by a German submarine to
prey upon American fishing cratt, was
criticised in me senate toaay oy arn
ator McCumber of North Dakota He
declared there was rro excuse for the
navy's failure to deal with it
promptly.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania
followed with an attack on the Navy
department, saying tne submarine
chaser program had been delayed and
that it was due largely to procrasti
nation of the secretary of the navy."
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon re
plied with a defense of the navy and
praise of its work in safely convoying
troo. Senator Penrose said his in
formation was that the troops were
carried over largely in British rans
ports, convoyed by British war vessels.
Germans Plan Commercial
Camouflage After the War
.f are allowed to' remain in neutral
'I countries are invited in a recent is
f sue of the Central Powers' Economic
Gazette to practice what it calls
"commercial camouflage." The jour
nal adds:
"After the war German trade will
be possible only through neutral
countries. All marks of German ori
trn wilt thfrtfore have to be oblit
?" erated from all wares exported. Con
derations of international moral
ity must be brushed aside.
Oninn Awarded Yankees.
I Cincinnati Ausr!; 24. Player Ouinn
i who was with the Los Angeles club
f for the Pacific coast season, today was
'. warded to the New York. American
t league .-club in a decision handed
down by the National Base Ball com- where the public will be allowed to,
Ahstralians Capture Gun i
Having Range of 18 Miles
Paris, Aug. 24. (Havas Agency.)
Australian troops during the recent
fighting captured a heavy German
280-milimeter ( 11.02-inch) gun and its
complete ammunition supply. From a
captured document it appears that this
gun, which is of recent model and
with a range of more than 18 miles,
had been intended for use in the
bombardment of Amiens. It was
mounted on a railway train.
The gun has been brought to Pans
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If you are don't fail
to see and hear the
beautiful Hobart M.
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We now sell player
lolls.
We have some bar
gains in used pianos t
1 Upright for $69.
Monday only.
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AXTOIJfETTD RITCHE
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BIGlfORA MOJfTI, In
"TWIJT BEDS"
They were talking about the up
roarously funny play "Twin Eeds"
which open3 the regular theatrical
season at the Erandeis theater for
three days starting tonight.
Alice Have you ever teen KT
May Jack and I saw It' the last time It
was at the Brandels. Its Immense,
the one that played that wonderful
character Slsnora Monti wore such
wonderful gowns and their bed room
was the daintiest thing Imaginable,
and by the way. It was "Twin Beds"
that .usgested this very room Alice,
there Is something companionable
(don't laugh) about twin beds, don't
you think?
AUee Somethlny Indescribably attractive.
1 alto M It at the Brandels. and
although the chamber setting; in the
second act mi beautiful, your own
room appeals to me even more. Bow
did Jack Ilk. it the play?
May B. snickered shamelessly and Budg
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pered "I'm so cold." Yes I'm arlad
we sot the twins, although I was
not quite cure when I first rot
them.
AUee I think you used splendid Judrmeat;
yours la the most charming chamber
in the neighborhood. May, and I've
heard so many -comments among;
your friends. You're acquiring some
thing of a reputation aa a house
wife. May Really. Alice, to tell the truth tt was
not my judgment so much as it was
the abiltty ef the salesmen at
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wedding bells ring for you and
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