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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918.
RESIGNATION OF
' JAP CABINET NO
4
EFFECT ON U. S.
Believed Action Will Mean In
ICIIIdl llGIUIIIIOf WU-W(Jtl -
' , ation With America Is
Not Endangered.
Washington, Sept. 23. While the
resignation of the Terauchi cabinet
is expected to result in important
changes in Japanese administrative
policies, officials here, who have
closely watched and measured the
development of political issues in
Japan,! expressed the opinion today
that these will manifest themselves
principally in the direction of in
ternal reforms and will not affect
the relations between Japan and the
United States or cause any substan
tial change in the plans for co-opera
tion between the two countries re
garding the extension of aid to the
Czecho-Slovaks.
"- Plans of military action in Siberia
formed hastily to meet the emer
gency created by the attacks upon
the Czecho-Slovaks by armed forces
officered and recruited to some ex
tent by German and Austrian pris
onerj or war, are very limited in
scope. Beyond the relief of the
Czecho-Slovaks, there is no definite
agreement as to further movements
of the international troops. Recon
struction of the eastern front in
European Russia, or even in western
aiDena nas Deen aiscusscu as a mm
tary possibility, but only in an in
i formal way.
1 The opinion prevails in official
h circles here that the new govern
ment in Japan will be content, in the
immediate future at least, to follow
the policy in regard to Siberia laid
down by its predecessors.
It is taken for granted here that
the Sei-Yu-Kai party, which has op
posed the Terauchi cabinet, now will
undertake the formation of a new
government. While numerically
stronger than any of the Japanese
parties, the Sei-Yu-Kai is not ex
pected to be able to command a pure
party majority in the diet. The head
of the party has been Marquis Sai-
onji, formerly premier, but on ac-
' count of his advanced age it is
" th6ught probable that active leader
ship "may devolve upon Mr. Hari,
? 1 one time in the cabinet.
The Sei-Yu-Kai party is progres
sive and may expect friction with
" the Imperial council of elder states
Vmen. If it is able to carry out
Aeven a few of its principles grave
' and important changes in the Jap
anese form of government in the
direction of liberalism may follow.
Japan never hai had a cabinet re
sponsible to the legislative branch,
burf in the opinion here this aim of
thel Sei-Yu-Kai party is now within
measurable reach.
& Silent on War
$ in Cleveland Address
I as U. S. Agents Listen
' 4 -
IJCleveland, Sept. 23. "Socialists do
nrt disagree with the government
aftout the desirability of ridding the
wlorld of .the kaiser, but we do not
agree with the method," declared
airs. Marguerite Prevey of Akron
at a 'Socialist meeting here today.
Eugene V. Debs also addressed the
gathering.
A ; socialist German singing so
city sang the Marseillaise in Ger
man. Mrs. Prevey stated that if the ex
isting authority does not eleminate
the kaiser the socialists will under
take to do so.
Debs, who was recently sen
tenced for violation of the espion
age law and who is out on bond
pending an appeal, made no ref
erence to the war. Department of
Justice agents found nothing Jn
Debs; speech that warranted in
terference. s
Letton No Longer With
North American Company
Jbhn F. "Letton, president and
general manager of the North
American Hotel company, has sev
ered his connection with that com
pany. Mr. Letton was. for two years,
manager of the Hotel Fontenelle,
previous to his connection with the
North American company. During
the time he has been a resident of
Omaha he has taken an active in
terest in association and war work
and wa nresident of the Omaha
" Hotel Men's association during 1917.
f Mr. Letton would make no state
ment as to what hit. intentions were
for the future, beyond the tact that
' he -expected to continue to make
Omaha his home. He expects to
leave in a few days upon a business
trip to Washington and New York.
, Mammoth Service Flag for
- : Confederate Army Reunion
"Tulsa, Okla., Sept 23. A badge
of honor linking the men who fought
' in. the confederate army with the
present war in Europe will be un
furled tomorrow at the opening of
the 28th reunion of the United Con
federate veterans and the sons of
veterans. f It will be a mammoth
service flag containing 167,000 stars,
each representing one son of the
, southland who is at present in ac
tive service. The flag will be pre-
sented to the confederacy by the
' Colorado representation.
Bond Compromise.
. Washington, Sept 23. Senate and
;'iouse .conferees on the administra
4 i?n bill to increase the amount of
ome irom .uiucrij uuu
s'0m surtaxes broke their deadlock
stiy to compromising- the dispute
the house clause authorizing
itk president to regulate and pro
t;,jJ sales of bonds and otjier gov-
Tent securities. , The house con
ate yielded tc the senate's objec
sts and the section was redrafted
thja to provide for investigation
agalregulation of security sales by
s or oinerwisc, wmt oysvtv
ion that the authority given
jiot be construed ,to prohibit
tor; cash or for i notes dis
able a federal xtservs banks..
General Allenby Praised
For Victory In Palestine
London, Sept. 23. (via Montreal.)
The victory of General Allenby
in Palestine is hailed here as a model
in conception and execution, his
consummate use of cavalry being
especially praised by the military
critics.
The immediate effect of the vic
tory is likely to be the liberation of
the Holy Land, for it is anticipated
that General Allenby will have, little
difficulty in entirely clearing north
ern Palestine and be able to relieve
his communications by establishing
a base at Haifa, whence the railway
runs to Beisan and Damascus. Thus
the whole Turkish railway system in
southern Syria is controlled by the
Anglo-French forces in Palestine.
Ihe Turkish disaster, it is pointed
out, is bound to have the most pro
found reaction in Constantinople
and Sofia and likewise to compro
mise the situation of the Turks in
Mesopotamia. It seems probable
also that it will terminate the Turk
ish adventures in Persia and the
Caucasus.
The Morning Post urges that a
diplomatic effort be made to detach
Turkey from the central powers.
New York. Sept. 23. The libera
tion of Palestine by the British
forces will be celebrated here by a
demonstration at Carnegie hall -next
Sunday night at which Secretary
of the Navy Daniels is expected to
speak, it was announced today by
the Zionist council of Greater New
York.
Significance is added to the cele
bration by the fact that the Jewish
legion, probably including the Amer
ican contingent, is actively partici
pating in the Palestine drive, which
so far has liberated all of Samaria
and parts of lower Galilee.'
MOTHERS OF MEN AT
FRONT IH NEW CLUB
(Continued From Po One.)
organization, a story printed in one
afternoon paper Monday giving out
the impression that foreign mothers
would not be eligible for member
ship in the new society.
"lhey printed that story to nurt
our organization. Foreign-born
mothers are just as welcome to jum
this society as any American-born
mother," she said.
To Rectify Mistake.
"We are not knocking any other
society or taking advantage of any
one else. Mrs. cell empnasizea.
"We are merely forming our own
club, where we may have our liberty
as mothers, do all that we can to
help win the war, to inspire our
boys to victory, to sympathize and
aid mothers in distress, to rejoice
with them in their happiness and to
rectify the mistake we made in join
ing the other club, assuming it was
for mothers only.
Mrs. Brady claims priority ot or
ganization for the American war
mothers. "It was organized Sep
tember 29, 1917, in Indianapolis,
Ind.. and the first annual convention
was held there August 16-17. By
obtaining more than 100 signatures
tonight we became charter members
in the national society. Mrs. Alice
M. French is the president. The
War Mothers of America, who held
their meeting in Evansville last
week, And to which Mrs. F. E.
Young of Omaha went as a dele
gate, is a later society.
Mrs. Bell announced that Mrs.
Young, who is president of the lo
cal war mothers, had, previous to
her departure, expressed her disap
pointment with the admission ot
other women relatives to the society
and Riven permission to use her
name as a member of the new club.
Mrs. Young has not yet returned.
Only Blood Mothers Join.
Whether mothers of adopted sons
could claim membership in the
American war mothers was raised.
With the sentiment of many of the
members in favor of the motion, the
chairman ruled only blood mothers
could join. A ruling will be asked
from national officers.
Meetings are to be held the first
and third Tuesday evenings of each
month in the Board of Education
rooms, city hall. A drill team of
members, who will be drilled to
form the letters of the word
Mother," is planned in the near fu
ture.
Senator Gore Given
Cold Reception by
Oklahoma Democrats
Oklahoma City, Sept. 23. United
States Senator Thomas P. Gore,
was not invited to address the dem
ocratic state convention here today,
although he was in the city.
A resolution asking him to ad
dress the convention was prepared,
but it was withheld because senti
ment apparently was so strong
among the delegates against the
senator and his record in opposing
war measures.
In a statement, Senator Gore
said:
"I should be the last to become the
apple of discord or throw a fire
brand into a harmonious convention.
"In these times of tragedy person
alities are nothing.
"While our brave boys are carry
ing democracy and its blessings to
the rest of the world, we must con
serve democracy and its blessings at
home. The right of free thought,
free conscience and free speech is
what they are carrying to the mil
lions of the earth.
The platform adopted endorses
woman suffrage, national prohibi
tion and declares for victory in the
war.
ire Sweeps Railroad Yards
in Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colo., Sept. 23.
Fire of an origin yet undetermined
yesterday afternoon destroyed the
Denver & Rio Grande freight depot,
ice house and a number of smaller
railroad buildings, together with 30
oaded freight cars which were
standing in the railroad yards.
Dynamite was used freely on small
er and less, valuable buildings in or
der to save the passenger depot.
Armour & Company warehouse and
the Mutual Creamery building.
The loss is variously estimated at
from $100,000 to $250,000 and can
not be determined accurately until
invoices of the loaded freight cars
which burned are checked over.
Virtually all the . railroad records
were destroyed.
'ositions Held by Women
' Classed as Nonessential
Helena, Mont, Sept 23. All po
sitions which can be held by women
will be considered nonessential and
unless men of draft age who hold
them voluntarily seek work in es
sential industries they will be con
sidered draft evaders, according to
a telegram Nathan Smythe, assist
ant director of the United States
employment service, has sent Secre
tary Greenfield of the State Council
of Defense.
He said the regulations the most
drastic ever issued in this country
are now being prepared by the em
ployment service for the guidance
of community labor councils, which
will be expected to compile lists of
all nonessential work, the test be- merce and public lands will
ing a woman's capability to hold it. I named as the senate managers.
"Y" Workers Praised
by U. S. Commander
for Aiding of Men
Paris, Sept. 21. An American
commander, according to the chief
of staff, has written a letter to the
officials of the Young Men's Chris
tian association, reading as fol
lows: "Particularly valuable were your
services during the recent operation
at St. Mihiel, You have furnished
aid and comfort to the American
soldier in the last few days and
in accomplishing this worthy mis
sion you spared nothing."
The Young Men's Christian as
sociation distributed, before the at
tacks, 10,000 doughnuts to one di
visional organization. It supplied
to each soldier cigarettes, chocolate,
matches and chewing gum without
cost.
The organization distributed dur
ing the drive to wounded and men
returning 17,000 packages of cigar
ettes, 4,000 packages of biscuits,
4,000 boxes of matches and 5,000
National Security
League Activities
May Be Investigated
Washington, Sept. 23. Investiga
tion by the judiciary committee of
the activities' of the National Se
curity league was asked for by
the house today by Representative
Frear of Wisconsin, republican, who
was attacked by the league during
which he was nominated.
Representative Frear prefaced the
introduction of a resolution author
izing the inquiry by a speech criti
cizing officials of the league, who in
clude Elihu Root and Alton B. Par
ker, and describing letters they have
sent to members of the house as
insolent. Ninety per cent of the
members of congress have been
branded as disloyal by the league,
he charged.
The resolution proposes summon
ing of the officers of the league for
examination concerning contribu
tions to the organization and as to
efforts to influence the election of
members of congress.
Senate Votes to Send Water
Power Bill to Conference
Washington, Sept. 23. After a
spirited discussion, the senate to
night voted, 42 to 9, to send the
administration water power bill as
passed by the house to conference
for consideration in connection with
the senate bill for which the house
substituted the measure as drawn
by the secretaries of war, interior
and agriculture. Three members
each of the committees on com
be
0. S. PATROLS
RAID ST. MIHIEL,
CAPTURE 25 HUN
Obtain Narrow Gauge Railway
with Thirty-Eight One-
Man Engines and
Tracks.
With the American Army in
France, Sept. 23. American troops
raided the enemy lines in the neigh
borhood of Haumont village, in the
center of the new line across the St.
Mihiel salient, last night. They
captured 25 prisoners.
One unit attacked Haumont it
self. It engaged in sharp fighting
in the village, taking 20 prisoners
and killed and wounded some 40
more Germans. The prisoners were
members of a Jaeger battalion for
merly sationed at Metz.
New Trenches Found.
American patrols have discovered
enemy trenches and a machine gun
emplacement south of Dommartin.
which is in the Kriemhild line. The
enemy continues work all along this
iront
The American engineers' detach
ment now is operating a complete
narrow guage railroad in the St.
Mihiel salient, the Americans hav
ing captured 38 one-man gasoline
locomotives during the offensive.
The Americans took six of these
locomotives which were in running
order. The Americans soon had the
damaged engines in operation.
Miles of Tracks.
The equipment includes many
miles of tracks, with great stacks
of unlaid rails and steel ties. All
along the front these one-man en
gines are darting here and there on
tracks laid by the Germans, and
also upon new trackage set up by
the Americans, which connects with
the various German systems.
Hundreds of small flat cars also
were captured, and the Americans
are using gasoline which they found
in the German supply station. The
Americans had little difficulty in
solving the mechanism of the Ger
man engines and they were ready
for operation when the shell torn
tracks were repaired. Narrow gauge
flat cars, which came from the
United States, also are being used
over the German rails. They are
twice as long as the German cars
and bear on this side "U. S. A." in
big white letters.
Lorraine Governor
Visits Metz to View
Damage By Shells
American
Casualty List
The following Iowans are men
tioned in the casualty list for Tues
day morning, September 24.
KILLED IN ACTION.
Allen Hanft, next of kin J. A.
Hanft, Columbus Junction, la.
Frank A. Lillis, next of kin J. E.
Lillis, Lowden, la.'
S. W. Phillips, next of kin Mrs.
Mary Phillips, Des Moines, la.
The following Nebraskans and
Iowans are mentioned in the cas
ualty list for Monday afternoon,
September 23:
KILLED IN ACTION.
William P. Hyman, next in kin
L. T. Hyman, Iowa Falls, la.
W. H. Shoemaker, next, in kin G.
M. Shoemaker, Wmterset, la.
DIES FROM WOUNDS. '
Lt. Jarvis J. Offutt, next in kin C.
E. Yost, Omaha.
C. M. Kidder, next in kin Eva
Tipton, Glenwood, la.
William Wood, next of kin Jess H.
Wood, DeWitt.
Paul F. Hauser. next of kin Mrs.
Lydia Hauser, Melbourne, la. -
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Glen E. Miller, next of kin J. H.
Miller, Creston, la.
Emmanuel Stavroulakis, next of
kin C. Stavroulakis, Sioux City, la
MISSING IN ACTION.
Edward R. Moore, next of kin
Mrs. S. F. Ward. North Platte.
HUN POLITICAL
"CRISIS" CALLED
MOVE FOR PEACE
Parliamentarization Agitation
Thought Made to Put Ger
many in the Light of
Democracy.
Kaiser Visits Yank Front
in Attempt to Cheer Men
Amsterdam, Sept 23. "We will
never let Frenchmen or Americans
through here," was the promise
given Emperor William by his
troops when he visited the Alsace
Lorraine front September 19 and 20.
according to Karl Rosner, favorite
press agent of the kaiser, in a Sun
day dispatch to the Lokal An
zieger, JThe purpose of the visit was to
thank the troops for having brave
ly held out, and, according to a pos
sibly significant remark by the em
peror's chronicler, "at the same time
giving them inspiring words for the
fresh fighting oa the threshold of
which we are perhaps standing on
the southwest of the empire." '
The emperor first visited the sec
tion between Mulhausen and Col
mar, where, "in sight of the Vosges
front.' on whose heights and slopes
the German positions run, and with
ing hearing of the dull roaring can
non fire. Emperor William, conduct
ed by Field Marshal Duke A'brecht
of Wurtemburg, the commander-in-chief
of the army group, went from
division to division, camp to camp,
and hospital to hospital.
"Here his majesty." says Rosner,
"was again told by his generals, just
as by simple musketeers, that they
will never let the enemy pass. The
emperor passed along the entire
Lorraine front, but instead of visit
ing staffs, he called on small units,
brigades, regiments and battalions."
The correspondent reveals the
fact that the brigade commanded by
Prince Oscar, the emperor's son. is
stationed on this front. He says that
Prince Oscar has returned .to the
field notwithstanding the after ef
fect of his wcuuds. . -
Paris, Sunday, Sept. 22. The
governor of Alsace-Lorraine visited
Metz on Thursday last "to inspect
the damages caused by the long
distance bombardment," says a
Havas dispatch from Basel today.
The governors purpose also was
to visit the injured in the hospitals,
the message said.
Dispatches from the American
front to the Associated Press Sat
urday night emphasized the fact
there had been no bombardment of
Metz, although the forts around it
have been under tire and a shell oc
casionally has fallen in the vicinity
of the city.
Pacific Coast Yards Lead
in Number Vessels Launched
Washington, Sept. 22. With
more than 1,000,000 tons of ship
ping actually delivered to the ship
ping board, the Pacific coast district
continues tar in the lead ot the otn
er ship building districts. Figures
show that 137 vessels of 1,011,160
dead-weight" tons have been deliv
ered and 134 of 610,000 tons have
been launched but incomplete. '
On the Atlantic coast district 87
vessels of 634,860 tons have been
completed and 69 of 392,816 tons are
overboard and being completed.
Japs Issue Proclamation,
Claim Friendship for Russia
Harbin, Thursday, Sept. 19. (By
Associated Press.) A proclamation
has been issued by the Japanese
saying that its friendly feeling for
Russia and not a desire to gain
prompts Japan to help restore order
here. The proclamation lays em
phasis on the assertion that anyone,
regardless of nationality, causing
disorders will be severely punished.
It is believed the proclamation
was issued because the people de
cline to accept notes carried by
Japanese troops instead of Russian
money.
34 I. W. W.'s Held On
U. S. Charges of Conspiracy
Wichita, Kan., Sept. 23. Thirty
four men, alleged to be members of
the Industrial Workers of the
World, five of them held by the
government as enemy aliens, are
held this morning to face charges
of conspiracy to hamper the pro
duction of coal, gas and oil in Kan
sas and Oklahoma.
The first move of the defense was
expected to be a motion for a con
tinuance of the case.
The Weather
Comparative local Record.
1111. 1917. 191. 1915.
Highest yesterday.. 80 80 73 70
Lowest yesterday..,. 65 58 42 80
Mean temperature.. 88 89 58 65
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .00
Temperature nd precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 63
Excess for the1 day 6
Total excess since March 1 859
Normal precipitation 08 Inch
Deficiency for the day 08 ln(
Total rainfall since March 1. .10 96 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 13.31 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1917. 3.98 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.10.28 Inches
Reports From Stations at 1 F. M.
Station and Stats Temp. High- Ralu-
or weather. 7 p. m.
Cheyenne, raining: ....54
Davenport, pt. cldy.,,70
Denver, cloudy 80
Dodge City, clear.... 76
Lander, cloudy 64
North Platte, clear... 84
Omaha, part cloudy.. 76
Pueblo, clear 88
Rapid City, clear 76
Salt Lake City, cldy..58
Santa Fe, pt cldy....74
Sheridan, cloudy .....53
8ioux City, cloudy.... 76
Valentine, pt. cldy....80
It. A. WELSH, Meteoroloj-tot.
Teh following casualties are re
ported for Tuesday morning by the
commanding general of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces: Killed in
action, 66; missing in action, 12;
wounded severely, 34; died from
wounds, 9; died from accident and
other causes, 1; died of disease, 3;
wounded, degree undetermined, 2;
wounded slightly, 2. Total, 129.
Killed In Action.
Capt.
Cpt.
Pa.
John M. Clarke, Wllklnshurg, Pa.
Edmund W. Lynch, Sharon Haill,
Lt. William L. Deetjen, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Lt. Frank M. Glendennlng, Pltcalrn, Pa
Lt. James Britt Journey, Charlotte, N.
C.
Sergt. Frank Forestl, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sergt. Wallare Green, Eure, N. C.
Sorgt. Herbert L. Payne, Charlotte, N.
Sergt. Alfred Stevenson, Llnwood, Pa.
Sergt. George Irvln Strawbrldge, Read
Ing, Pa.
Sergt. Jalma Clement Wllklns, Newton
Falls, O.
Corp. George Boyer. Townsend, Del
Corp. Bernard L. Buente, New York,
N. Y.
.Sergt. John Francis Clancy, South Bos
ton, Mass.
Corp. Connie Geer, New York, N. Y.
Corp. Henry D. Goodman, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Corp. Henry King, Detroit, Mich
Corp. Jesse H. Walker, Chester, Pa.
Harry W. Anderson, Breckenrldge, Pa.
John Francis Bender, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Robert Berner, Flora, Ore.
Clarence H. Blithe. Chester, Pa.
Fred Lisle Cameron, Bessemer, Ala.
Ernest A. Clawson, Indiana, Penn.
Charles Ashby Collier, Denver, Colo.
Raymond S. Collins, Wilmington, O.
George I. Conn, Fall River, Mass.
John H. Coombes, Klldeer, N. C.
Tom Coster, Plrgos, Greece.
Julius K. Council, Baltimore, Md.
Porter Cox, Hammon, Okl.
John A. Delaney, Chester, Pa.
Horace L. Evans, Philadelphia, Pa.
Corneltua Fredericks, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Clyde W. Freeman, Sentinel, Okl.
Frank L. Freeman, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Thomas H. Grimes, Lenora, Okl.
Allen Hanft, Columbus Junction, la.
Carl F. Henkelman, New Matamoras, O.
Ely F. Hllty, New Florence, Pa.
Albert M. Hitchcock, Baltimore, Std.
William Hobeday, Madisonvllle, La.
Carl T. Holt, Dumont, N. J.
Merrltt Jones, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
Franklin N. Ketch, Tamaqua, Pa.
Walter John Klleber, Whiting, Ind.
David Leavel, Emporia, Kan.
Frank A. Lillis, Lowden, la.
Walter F. Monjon, Chelsea, Mass.
Robert E. Parson, Ashland, Ky.
Stephen Petro, Llnoleumvllle, N. Y.
Sylvester Wendell Phillips, Des Moines.
George Pierce, St. Louis, Mo.
Emery L. Pratt, Dlckerson Run, Pa.
Stanley Problys, Delaney, Pa.
Daniel E. Reppert, Boyertown, Pa.
Robert C. Richardson, Boaz, Ala.
James M. Roach, Duke, Okl.
George Levi Rote, Johnsonburf , Pa.
Wadau Rywlckl, Poland.
Maurice Salcsky, Philadelphia, Pa.
Edward Semenske, Plttsville, Wis.
Joseph H. Smith, Russellvllle, Ala.
Archie C. Stannard, Lebanon, Ore.
Alexander Volpe, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ernest Zaner, Dussore, Pa.
Jied ot Wounds.
Corp. John Mlchle, Fort Collins, Colo.
Winston Arnett, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Conrad Chrlstopherson, Sioux Falls, S.
D.
William M. Nickles, Bath. N. Y.
Lawrence Malnard, North Gt. Falls,
Mont.
Lester F. Snyder, New York, N. Y.
Herger Williams, Wauchula, Fla.
Walter Rochester, Staunton, 111.
John J. Thompson, New York, N. T.
Died of Disease.
Walter Sanford Dugan, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sydney J. Craig, Granford, N. J.
Acle Sparkman, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Died from Accident.
Bartolemo Angelo. Italy.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Sergt. Sherman Cleaveland, Ottawa, Kan.
est. fall.
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Fear Shortage of Oil;
Ask for Tax Reduction
New York, Sept. 22. Declaring
that production of petroleum has
reached a critical stage and that
the future supply is threatened by
the proposed war tax on pretroleum
producers, Henry L. Doherty,
chairman of the taxation commit
tee of the national petroleum war
service committee, tonight appealed
for a further revision of the bill.
The tax bill as passed by the
house provides an 80 per cent on
the profits from oil prospecting. An
amendment gives producers an ex
emption of 10 per cent ot the vaiue
of the oil in the ground. Mr. Do
herty, himself one of the biggest
producers of petroleum m the
United States, declares this exemp
tion is not sufficient to encourage
prospectors to go ahead.
Red Cross Uses $70,000,000
in Work Among Civilians
Washington. Sept. 23. American
Red Cross expenditures in France
for work done among the civilian
population since the war began, to
gether with appropriations for the
supply, transportation, women's
hospital, service and other bureaus
covering the period to next Jan
uary 1 now total more than $70,-
000,000. This is disclosed by the
fourth installment of the report
concerning use made of the Red
Cross war fund.
For the care of children, in
France up to July 1, $1,149,000 was
expended.
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London, Sept. 23. Although re
ports of a German political crisis
arising from the supposed move
ment for parliamentarization of the
government are printed at greater
or less length in the papers here,
the whole thing is mostly regarded
as merely an integral part of the
German "peace offensive."
The Telegraph, discussing the ru
mors, says that this is the eighth
political . "crisis" in the course of
the war and adds "all of them have
lift things very much as they were
before."
The newspapers generally ignore
reports editorially, but the view
widely taken is expressed by the
Graphic, which describes the dis
cussion now filling German newspa
pers as a "strategem to lure the al
lies iue making peace by depicting
Germany as a democracy." The
Graphic believes that the emperor
is following the example of some
of his Hohenzollern predecessors
and is gladly playing his part in the
farce which is about to be restaged
with the centrist majority and the
socialists as joint managers." The
inwardness of the move, the news
paper adds, is that Mathias Erz-
berger hopes, with the help of Phil
ipp Scheidemann, the socialist lead
er, and his followers, to oust Im
perial Chancellor von Hertling and
secure the center of the stage as
peacemaker for Germany.
"Allied democracies are led to be
lieve it will be quite safe to nego
tiate with a German parliamentary
government," the Graphic says. "The
whole movement is clearly prepar
ing the way for a resuscitation of
the notorious Reichstag resolution
in revised edition in the hope that
the allies have forgotten how com
pletely that sham has been ex
posed." Name Commission to
Arrange Voting Plan
for 100,000 Soldiers
Des Moines, Sept. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Governor Harding an
nounced today that a commission
will be r.f-med by him in a few days
to consider providing opportunity
for Iowa soldiers to vote in the
fall election. It is estimated that
100,000 voters are in military service.
August Trade Marks Greatest
Record in America's History
Washington, Sept. 23. Both im
ports and exports of merchandise
were greater in value during August
than in any previous Auuust in the
history of the American fur trade.
Figures announced today by the bu
reau of foreign and domestic com
merce show imports valued at $273,
000,000, an increase of $5,000,000 over
August, 1917, and exports of $5J9,
000,000, against $488,000,000.
Imports of gold slightly over $1,
500,000, were less during August
than in any month . for over 15
years.
Many Cases of Spanish "Flu"
On Transport as it Docks
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 23. An
American transport arriving here to
day from another Atlantic port had
aboard 36 cases of Spanish influenza
among" the crew. ' They were re
moved to a hospital.
Majority of German !
Air Aces Have Been
Killed or Captured
Amsterdam, Sept. 9. (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press.) j
Germany's losses in the air now
include many, if not most of the
star pilots whose names during the
last year received continuous adver
tisement in the German commu
niques. Fourteen of the airmen cred
ited by the German reports with
the most numerous victories have
been killed or captured.
Germany's adoption of advertising
methods of all sorts of aerial per
formances by individuals has failed
to provide the German air service
lately with the stamp of pilot it de
sires. The largely increasing num
bers of desertions from the German
air service during the last few
H tn l-io dm" in a cnpral
lowering of morale in te service. ."
Woman Fatally Burned
When Clothes Catch Fire
Webster, la., Sept. 23. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. W. M. Meekins
was fatally burned while alone in
her home this morning. Her clothes
caught fire while she was trying to
light the gas stove. She rushed
into the street and fell into a faint,
where neighbors came to her help.
Her body was burned to a crisp and
physicians say she will die.
to
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For every day wear a smart serge dress is quite
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$25, $29.50, $35, $39.50, $45.
The Blouse Store
New tailored fashions that are
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and sensible in price. $7.50,
$8.75, $9.50 and $11.50.
Middies for School
New ones in several different
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school wear middies are fav
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In the basement.
dun
Women's Wool Vests
For the cooler days these high
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very comfortable. They come
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an effort towards the
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one way of making
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Dyers Dry Cleaners
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This Has
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Make sure you are not pay
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Visit the splendid Beno store
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This ought to set you think
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Resinol Ointment is gentle and
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This well-known preparation has been
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centuries. In 169 the government of the
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