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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
Mlaaslne Wrlter on llst.

Magazine Writer on List
The committee named By the prcsi
dent is made up OF Secretaries Lam
sing, Baker and Daniels who recon.
mended the step, with George CrceL
magazine writer, as civilian chair.
man. Announcement of its creation
was made in the following executive
order made public at the White House:
u hereby create committee ON pub
lie information to be composed of the
secretary of state, the secretary OF war.
the secretary Of navy and a civilian
who shall be charged with the eNccu.
tive direction Of the committees work
AS civilian chairman Of the com.
mittee, | appoint Mr.. Geo. Creel, the
secretary of state, the secretary OF war
and the secretary OF the navy are
authorized each 10 detail an officer or
officers to the work Of the commit
tee"
Mr.. Creel has accepted the post
The Presidents action was based on
the following letter signed by the three
cabinet officers:
Dear Mr.. President: Even though
thesco-operation OF the press has been
generous and patriotic there Is a
steadily developing need for some
authoritative agency to assure the pub
lication OF all the vital facts Of ma
tionaO defense Premature or IN adj
vised announcement Of policies plans
and specific activities whether limo
cent or otherwise, would constitute q
source of danger.
While there Is much that Is prop
erly secret In connection with the do
partmonts OF the government. the total
is small compared 10 the vast amount
of information that It is right and
proper for the people TO have.
Present Need OF Confidence.
Americas great present needs ar,
confidence. enthusiasm and service
and these needs will not be met com
pletely unless every citizen Is given
the feeling Of partnership that come.
with full, frank statements conccrniue
the conduct OF the public business
1T Is our opinion that the two func
tions censorship and publicity ca,
be Joined In honesty and with profit
and We recommend the creation of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
BROKE GERMAN FRONT
DISTANCE OF FOUR MILES
Teutons Hard Pressed As They Re
tired Fighting from Loos
SouthMard.

tFrum q Stan Correspondent Of tho
Associated presg.
British Headquarters In France.
April li.-(Via Londoul The Brit.
ish last night broke the German front
for q distance of four miles The Ger.
mans are IN retreat
The gaps in the German deienses
CONTINUED on Page Fivel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
WORK ON PLANS
FOR GREAT ARMY
WAR DEPARTMENT COMPELLED
TO REVERSE RULING AND
PERMIT NEW ORGANIZATION.
SHAPING LEGISLATION
Suggestions OF General Staff on
Changes in National Defense Law
Have Been Adopted-Committee Di.
Vided on Draft.

Washington, April 14.-Against the
judgment of military experts as to
the wise course in the present emer
gency, the war department was COM
PEELED to reverse a previous ruling to-
day and announce that under existing
law the states have the right to or
ganize new units of the National
guard. This opens the door to ex.
pansion of the existing guard force
of about 125,OOO men to 100000 at
peace strength and more than 6OOO
on war footing.
The department had planned to
draft into federal service only the ex.
isting units of the guard plus such aux
iliary troops as might be needed
Twenty states have applied for per
mission to raise new regiments, how.
ever, and Secretary Baker ordered
new study Of the National defense act
to determine whether the acceptance
of new units up to the limits set in
the act was mandatory. Judge Adyo.
cate General Crowder took this view
and his ruling was approved by the
secretary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
WEATHER FORECAST

Ardmore and vicinity Sunday gen
orally cloudy and warmer.
Oklahoma Sunday generally cloudy
and warmer.
East Texas Sunday generally
cloudy and warmer.
West Texas Sunday generally
cloudy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
INFORMATION
BUREAU APPOINTED
CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT PUB.
llcITY IN HANDS OF
BOARD OF FOUR.
CIVILIAN is DRAF TED
George creel, Magazine Writer, Secre-
taries Lansing, Baker and Daniels,
Are Named - Censorship and Pub.
lieity to be Joined.

Washington, April IA Control of
publicity ih connection with the gov.
ernments war activities was placed
by President Wilson today In the hands
of a committee of public information
whose task will be to safeguard secrets
of value 10 the enemy and at the same
time To see that all affairs of the ma
tion are laid before the people 0s fully
and frankly as possible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
Clearing The Way.

The senate military committee to-.
day cleared the way for taking up the
war army legislation Monday by com.
pleting consideration of war amend.
ments to the national defense act 10
perfect the regular army -reorganiza.
ton Whether public hearings on the
new army bill and its selectiye draft
feature will be. has not been decided
After plea today By Senator
Hughes to double the pay of enlisted
men, the committee decided to ask
the war department for suggestions
and cost estimates regarding increase
OF the enlisted personnel from SIS a
month to 500, S2j and $50.
Virtually all changes In the nation.
al defense law suggested by the army
general staff were accepted by the
committee and bill incorporating
them will be reported to the SENATE
Monday The amendments include an.
thority to Increase the general staff TO
7inety-two members. to Increase the
lumber of machine companies in each
army division from ten to twenty.three
ana to increase the number of non.
commissioned officers in each army
unit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
To Stop New Regiments.

An effort to prevent immediate or.
ganization Of new regiments was made
simultaneously, however The cover.
nors were asked to see to 1t that ex.
isting units were filled up to peace
strength before any new ones were or.
ganized. Shortage of equipment pre-.
vents the immediate acceptance of
such new regiments, as the depart.
ment has not had applications for re.
serve supplies for, and 1t will take
from two to three months to provide
even for existing units at war
strength.
Secretary Baker made it plain that
the department would in no circum.
stances recognize skeleton organiza-
tlons, but would require a reasonably
full complement OF officers and men
for each new unit.
If the state forces were raised 10
full strength the present total of more
than ten thousand National guard of.
ficers would have to 0e expanded to
more than thirty thousand to provide
the officers personnel for the full
twelve National guard divisions con.
templated by the national defense act.
The war department has felt disin.
clined to add in this way to its al.
ready heavy burden in training Off.
GERS for the war time armies that are
to be raised.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15

London, April 14.-"The British Of.
fensiye has developed into great push
in the most literal sense of the word. a"
telegraphs Reuters correspondent at
the British army headquarters in
France. "The success of the opera
tions. which began Monday has been
greater than perhaps we realize, ana
the enemy is being pushed back from
Loos to the southwark
1T takes an army a long time 10
get away, however skifully the re-.
tirement may have been planned with
la vigorous offensive clinging to its
skirts in its efforts to avoid defeat
II may be overwhelmed
German garrisons sneaked out OF
some villages during the night. but
this slipping away cannot be carried
very far, and when they are forced
back on the line to which they may
have hastily withdrawn and without
those guns and stores which they were
unable to get away, decisive thing
may happen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-15
CROWD GERMANS
IN GREAT PUSH
SUCCESS OF BRITISH OFFENSIVE
GREATER THAN HAD BEEN
ANTICIPATED.
GARRIS0NS SLIP OUT
Haiss Men Now Closing In On ST..
Quentin and Have Lens Surrounded
On Three Sjdes-Disaster Follows
the Teutons AS They Retire.

London, April II Ol:54 p. m.) The
British troops responded to the better
weather conditions on the western
front today by still further speeding up
their attack and the night official
communication reveals fresh breaches
In the Hindenburg line which brings
the British along a wide front much
nearer .he coveted artery of German
communications running north and
south trough Douai and Cambria.
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Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
ELSIE PHELPS
TO TESTIFY IN
MALONEY CASE

Wolf and Dolan TO her with his per-
sonal card, indorsed with words OF
reference.
Examined by Attorney Murray,
Miss Wilson testified that when Do
Ian called on the Hinckly case he
made himself known as member OF
Omaha Detective association.
Mayor Dahlman: I'VE are going
10 hold this hearing down to proper
questioning and you lawyers must
cut out repetitions. This witness has
answered same thing time and again"
Tells Of Robbing.
Mrs. Charles Gille, 500 North Thir-
ty-third street, was the next witness
called Attorney Thomas asked her
to relate circumstances OF robbery at
her home three years ago.
watches and rings were stolen.
The case was reported to the police
and two detectives called at my house
and brought one of my rings. The
detective said the thief had been
caught with the goods on him. went
to the Office of chief OF detectives,
and'was told TO go to Whites pawn
shop where ] was told toreclaim the
ring ] got lawyer and finally paid
81 for the ring"
Sent to Pawnshop. H..
"Did Mr.. Maloney tell you to re-
plevin the ring3" 4
He sent me to the pawnshop.'
mo prosecution of man detectives
said they caught"
"None that | heard Of"
Charles Gille was called and was
questioned by Attorney Thomas.
"State what was done regarding the
Burglary and recovery of property"
No Record Of Case.
"House was entered in the day
time. Detectives Dunn and Kennedy
were on case. / wnt to the, police
station after detectives reported they
caught men with the goods. Ken
nelly showed me a prisoner and said
he was the man who had the stolen
property. | went back few days
later and asked Maloney what was
being done with the man and Ma
lOncy Sdlu lie was only NdS anu Hdu
left. | had some friends look the
matter up and they could find no
records OF case at the police station"
Not Sure to Wolf.
Lou Crawford testified she con.
Quoted a rooming house at 1902 North
Sixteenth; that on night last March
Detectives Barta, Walker and Pipkin
raided her place and Harvey Wolf
was standing OF the corner when she
stepped into the patrol wagon.
did any detectives ever ask You
for protection money! asked Com
missioner Hummel.
mo"
"You said Wolf was standing on
the corner?" asked Attorney Baker.
Il don't konw."
Judge Baker opened the hearing by
stating:
"Mrs. Margaret Nelson stated she
was called over the telephone and
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
EDITORS BRINGING
THEIR WIVES ALONG
Special Entertainment for the
Women While Their Hub.
les Are at Ak Sar- Ben
Den Tonight.

Never in past conventions OF the
Nebraska Press association have SC
many of the editors wives accom-.
panied the editors as this year. Some
fifty or sixty delegates had arrived
before noon, and with them were
many OF their wives, who are plan, lg
on a good time at various entertain
ments and on shopping tours while in
the Nebraska metropolis. Mr., and
Mrs. A. B. Wood of Gering were
among the earliest to register. Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Weeks Of orfolk
arrived, early. Mr.. and Mrs. P. A.
Brundage and Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Thursber, all from Tecumseh, regis
tered during the forenoon.
In the acceptances received by E.
V. Parrish OF the bureau OF publicity
in reply h. invitations to the edi.
tors generally to attend the conven-
ton at this time, it was apparent that
more than ever the EDITORS were plan
ming to bring their wives.
Entertainment for Women.
Entertainment. features hav- been
provided. While the men enjoy the
Ak-Sar-Ben den show and initiation
this .,ening, the women are to be en-
tertained at the Hot, Rome by some
OF the wives of Omaha newspaper
men. FRS. Victor Rosewater, Mrs.
Harvey Newbranch, Mrs. Joseph
Polcar, Mrs. J. S. Goodman and Mrs.
Z. V. 4'arrish will be hostesses. Mrs.
Effie Steen T'ttelsol. has been en-
gagged to give some readings. Mrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19

Myrtle Wells will entertain with her
inimitable whistling.
Today the editors are registering
and visiting. There are no sessions.
The Commercial club will give the
editors a complimentary dinner at {
O'Clock in the club rooms. At s
o'clock the delegates will be at the
Ak-Sar-Btl den for the entertain
ment there.
Noted Speakers Tuesday.
Walter Villains, founder OF the
college Of journalism, University OF
Missouri, who is to speak at lC
o'clock Tuesday morning, will arrive
TUESDAY orning.
Herman Black, publisher OF the
Chicago American, who is to speak
at 2 o'clooks Tuesday afternoon, will
also arrive in the morning.
A. D. Scott, treasurer of the asso-
citation, is planning to have the edi-
tors take breakfast together at the
Blackstone Tuesday morning. He is
taking res tvations today f a Is
cent breakfast.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19

told that if she testified further in
this case she and husband would be
shot. She is being attended by DIR.
John H. Thomson
Bessie Wilson, 707 South Sixteenth
street. was called to the stand. She
was questioned by Attorney Elmer
Thomas regarding stolen automo-
bile
Harvey Wolf came to me and said
he would get the thief and automo-
bile for $50. Another man offered to
get the car for $l75. One Of the men
who spoke to me about the car SAID
his name was Jack Gift"
"Who was the first man Ct Omaha
Detective association you spoke to
regarding your carr"
at was w. S. Dolan. He told me
Maloney spoke to him about the
stolen car and ! told him Pipkin was
handling the case"
Talked to Maloney.
Did you speak to Maloney about
anything"
"Yes, he spoke OF Mrs. Hinkley
who lived across the street, and said
he would send Wolf and Dolan to my
place to talk about the woman; that
il anything | knew to tell them and
some day he would do something for
me-"
you recovered your car? Wheref"
81 recovered it myself at Grand
Island" ......
Judge Baker: ..
you went to Maloney's office about
the car and heard Maloney telephone
Grand Island to hold the carp
Il was in Grand Island. He told
me to go there. think he told the
chief Of police Of Grand Island to
turn car over to me-
They turned car over to you"
Eyes, after ! paid Mr.. Hanson at
Grand Island for storage and $50 he
paid to man who left the car with
him. ! left the car with man in
troduced to me by Dave Rankin, the
understanding being that ! would sell
the car.'
Pipkin Had the Case,
what did Maloney say to you
about the Omaha Detective associa-
ton concerning your carr"
Told me Pipkin had the case and
to pay no attention to them. Mr.
Maloney gave me no reference to the
Omaha Detective association"
During the prosecution it was stated
that Maloney had referred Miss Viii.
son to the Omaha Detective associa.
ton, but the witness refuted that tes-
tinony.
To Finish Thursday.
The city commissioners expect to
conclude the hearing Of charges
against Captain Steve Maloney be-
fore Thursday afternoon, when the
six Omaha defendants in the Chadror
case will go to Dawes county to ap.
pear for trial in district court for al
legged conspiracy to blackmail.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
SUBMARINE TOLL
S1,745,000 TONS
British Vessels Destroyed Since
February IT Nearly Equal
to Worlds Construc.
tion Last Year. 4

Washington, June l8.--The German
submarine toll of British merchant
shipping since February II, as shown
in official British figures compiled
here today, is 322 vessels OF more than
/ 900 tons and l35 OF less than 1000.
British steam fishing vessels sunk in
that period numbered seventy-eight.
Records for sailing fishing vessels are
incomplete, but a three weeks total
was seventy-eight.
Submarines in the period given at
tackled 299 ships unsuccessfully and
the weekly percentage Of unsuccess-
full attacks has ranged from ffty-one
to seventy-fve. During the last week
given-the seven days ending with
June 9--it was ffty-eight.
Arrivals and sailings in British
ports since the intensive submarine
campaign began have averaged about
$500, but these include channels sail
ings.
The British figures do not give the
tonnage OF vessels sunk, but officials
here say 5000 tons probably would
be fair average for vessels of more
than 1000 tons destroyed. Computing
the total at that average and putting
the average of the smaller ships at
1000 tons, the total loss during
slightly less than four. months SUBJ
marine warfare would reach l,745, 600
tons, or about 250,000 tons less than
the entire worlds shipping output
during 1916. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
MAKING PLANS TO
CONTROL EXPORTS
Coal Will Be First Commodity
to Come Under Provisions
of Embargo Act-Wheat
May Be Next.

Washington, June lS.-Export
control plans worked out by the State
and Commerce departments went to
President Wilson today as a basis
for an executive order creating an
agency to carry out export embargo
provisions OF the espionage act just
passed by congress.
The plans call for an export con-
troll board made up OF representatives
of the State, War, Navy and Com
merce departments, the food admins
tration and other persons TO be deslg-
mated by the secretaries OF state and
commerce. The Commerce depart
ment's bureau OF foreign and domes-
tic commerce will be enlarged to han
die details OF the administration.
Coal, it was said today, will be the
first commodity TO come under
operation OF the act. Wheat may be
next.
Coal probably will be refused to
anv neutral refusing TO meet condi-
tions laid down by the allies. No
coal, it is believed, will be permitted
to 90 to any neutral which will not
furnish ore to England and control OF
coal also probably will be used to
regulate shipments OF food supplies
from neutrais to Germany.
In handling food EXPORTS the con-
troal board will be guided by sugges.
tions of the food administration and
OF the State department.
Neutral shipping will be controlled
to large extent by the United States
under operation OF the act and the
government, it is said, will refuse to
permit cargoes to leave American
ports for neutral countries which
holds their ships in port.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
Frank McC0Ol Sentenced
To 30 Years in Prison

Minneapolis, Mimi, June lS.-
Frank J. McCool, sccomplice OF Jo-
sept Redenbaugh, confessed slayer
of Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn OF
St. Paul and Patrolman George
Connery OF Minneapolis, was sem
tenced to thirty years in prison to-
day for his part in the Connery muir
der. McCool was convictedlof third
degree murder and was given the
maximum penalty.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
Try To Blockade the Streets

The employers told the public from the start
that the present labor crisis in Omaha is due to
series of strikes to enforce recognition of the union
and of the "closed shops" that the labor unions are
the aggressors Those statements are now proven
true in every particular by the acts of the unions
proven in broad daylight and in way that no man
can doubt.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
Draft Registration .s
", Nearly Ten Millions

Washington, June 18--Almost COM
plete returns on the registrations un-
der the selective draft law received
at the provost marshal generals Of
fee today totaled 96l1,81l.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
One :
Moment,
Please

Patriotism and
the spirit of sac
rifice for your
country and for
liberty and DEM
ocracy all over
the world can be
effectively stimu-
lated by a display
Of the Stars and
Stripes. and there
is no better place
to show your col
ors than on your
Business Envel-
opes. or any
printed matter.
which is widely
distributed and
which pass Q 5
through any
hands.
We therefore
offer to print on
your Letter
Heaus, Envelopes
or on any Of your
Printed Matter
the Stars and
Stripes at very
little cost.
Call us up or
write for prices
on any quantity
you desire.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
Work Refused---Strike Extended

wives were visited and warned of dam
ger to their husbands.
The unions undertook to control
the streets of the city. The union card
was the royal pass and that only. Even
the exempted milk wagons were stop.
ped, while drivers were commanded to
Join the union and threatened if they
did not "come across" What little
traffic moved was under police protec-
ton and with difficulty atsthat.
The Purpose of 1t se:.
What was the purpose?
To force recognition of the new
Teamsters' Union and to force "clos-
ed shop" upon Omaha. To make it i'm.
possible for man to drive team or
truck in Omaha unless he carry union
card.
There is no doubt of this. The
union does not longer deny it.
Employees of one big transfer COM
pany frankly told their employer that
we've got no complaint against your
wages or conditions of work; we never
worked in a better place. But we boys
are all together now. We want recogni-
ton of the union and we're going to
have it."
The mask is off. The issue as stat
ed by the employers all the time is now
admitted by the unions
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19

LAx-FOs--An Improved Cascarn
A digestive liquid laxative. catharic and
liver tonic. Combiues strength with palat-
able aromatic taste. Does not grips or dis
turb stomach. 0o,--Advertisement.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19

1917. 1915 1918. 1919,
Lowest yesterday..... II so 81 So
eMan temperature. Is &C IS, 81
Precipitation .....,., II .05 100 90
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature. e........,.,....... ~
Excess Tor the day. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
Total deficiency. since March I...,..2 29s
Normal precipitation .,.,.,..... IL inch
Deficiency for the day y......s... IL Inch
Total rainfall since March l....lS67 inches
Excess since March 1........... l.97 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. SOS inches
DhficiencY for cor. nerlnd. lalh 1 q inrhns
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19

general strike of every union teamster
in the city. These union teamsters, less
than twenty-five per cent of all team
sters in Omaha, then set to work, by
intimidation and violence, to drive the
other seventy-five percent off the
streets. Bread, milk and government
business alone was excepted. a.
"Stop Every Wheel"
"Stop every wheel except bread
and milk and government stuff" was
the order of the imported national Or
ganizers. The most Of the men were not
enthusiastic, but they obeyed the COM
mand of the leaders who came from
Chicago and elsewhere to boss Omaha's
workingmen and to dominate Omaha's
industry.
To carry out that order, union
teamsters quit their jobs with transfer
companies, factories and wholesale
houses. They organized themselves into
gangs of pickets who attempted to stop
every driver. Mobs of fifty and more
established "dead lines" about the
freight depots and threatened to 'beat
up" every driver who tried to pass the
line. Gangs roamed the streets, stopping
wagons and trucks of all sorts every
where. Drivers were threatened; their
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
The Weather

For Nebraska-Fair,
Temperatures ut Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19
CAMPAIGN FOR UNION RULE

tended that principle beyond the building trades,
extending it in line with the campaign begun by
Max Dezettel two years ago to make Omaha
"closed shop union town."
Will the citizens of Omaha permit this union
campaign of frghtfulness to achieve its purpose?"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-19

1--WE are locked OUT We want to work, but
the employers won't let us work. They have locked
us out"
That was the plea of Omaha labor union lead
ers a week ago in their campaign of misrepresen-
tation to gain public sympathy.
Today that plea is proven false-denied in
full by the acts of the union strikers themselves