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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-24

will have to be overcome in order for
the local club TO top the second divi-
sion. The HustlerS have an excellent
lead at present, and TO catch and sup
plant them will demand the most
strenuous work of all. 1t Is not i'm =
possible. it merely will be difficult to
do.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-24
Random Musings of Sports
By MONTY.

Richmond at last has risen from
the ashes of the cellar. thanks TO the
form being shown by the players in
batting and the pepper and ginger
otto knabe has succeeded in getting
into them With a continuance OF the
form that has been manifested during
the last two weeks. the locals soon
will rise another peg.
Then will come one OF the hardest
fights of the league race. AS has been
the case in :he great majority of their
contests. Richmond will be called upon
to stage an uphill fight in order to
climb further in the standing column
and il will De fight that will re-
quire the very best that is in the men
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-24

Next shoot Saturday. June 80 beginning
at l o'clock, All shooters are cordially in
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
President Tells Veterans
Why Union Was Preserved

Washington, June 5.-Veterans and
visitors in Washington by the thou
sands for the twenty-seventh annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans joined today to giving
President Wilson a great ovation,
when he welcomed the soldiers OF
Dixie to the capital and told them
that the country was beginning to
understand that one of the purposes
OF Providence in keeping the nation
united was to meet the opportunity
now before America to fight for lib
erty and mankind.
The presidents declaration that
the day was one OF gladness, because
of the sacred memories and of a re-
dedication OF united country to
these principles that have made
America great among the nations OF
the earth, was greeted by the veterans
with rousing cheer.
The hall was filled with thousands
an dtwice as many more had to be
turned away. While waiting for the
president, the crowd cheered confed-
ate leaders and expressed its appreci-
alton of old airs of the south played
Eby the marine band and sung by
groups OF gray-jacketed young
women from Portsmouth, Va.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Sioux Falls Young Men
Out in Crowds to ReQisteI

Sioux Falls, S. D., June s.-(Special
Telegram. )-More than 1000 of the
young men OF Sioux Falls between
the ages OF 2l and so registered to-
day, the registration including all
men of this age, there being no at
tempt on the part OF any eligible to
evade registration.
There was not the slightest dis
turbance throughout the day. In
honor of the occasion the entire city
was decorated in the national co1ors
and during the afternoon, business
generally was suspended.
At 7 o'clock this morning, when
registration commenced and again at
5 o'clock this afternoon, when great
patriotic parade started, every factory
whistle and church bell sounded.
Throughout the afternoon and eve
ming the streets were crowded with
fag-draped automobiles and the side
walks jammed with people anxious to
pay tribute to those who have signed
their names at the cali of the country.
J. U. Sammis of Sioux City was
the chief orator of the day. Robert ].
Gamble, former United States senator,
spoke.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Anthracite Coal Prices
Are Lower at the Mines

Washington, June 5.-Efforts of the
Federal Trade commission to lower
anthracite coal prices are succeeding,
the commission announced in this
statement:
The producers Of great propor-
ton of anthracite tonnage are selling
their outputs at moderate prices SO
that high premiums charged by a
number of operators, during recent
weeks are beginning to disappear.
In its efforts to insure that the
consumer gets anthracite coal at mod
crate prices the commission is reuuir-
ing operators to report weekly all
orders accepted, together with the
prices for the same. As a basis for
publicity, within the powers of the
commission, production costs are be-
ing secured from any operators who
continue to maintain unjusti6ably
high prices. Agents are in the field
keeping in close touch with retail
prices, SO that distribution and prices
are being. traced all the way from the
mine to the consumer"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06

Continued From Pare one1
tn, precincts are closed on the Paci-
hc slope.
Then more. time must elapse while
these figures are being transmitted to
the state capitals. The governors
have been instructed not to transmit
any partial returns OF their states to
Washington, but to hold all returns
Tor complete report. That will en-
tail another delay.
FOR the reason that partial returns
Will bc misleading and possibly do
injustice to some patriotic commun-
ityJ War department officials have ap-
pealed to all newspapers to publish
nothing but complete returns for com.
parison with the official estimates OF
what the registration for given local..
ties should be-,
Early Rush at New York.
New York, June Scaled to their
duty by whistles on factories and the
shipping in the harbor, New York's
young men thronged to the registra-
tion places early, standing in lines
outside the booths when work began
at 2 o'clock. The booths were
guarded by policemen and members
OF the Home Defense league. and in
districts peopled by foreign born
classes federal agents and city de-
tectiyes patroled the streets. and in
armories 10000 National Guardsmen
were kept on duty, while the regulars
were held in readiness in the army
posts about New York, but the first
two hours OF registration passed with
no reports OF disorderly conduct.
Rain at Kansas City.
Kansas City, No, June s.-Regis.
tration proceeded throughout Kan
sas City and the surrounding territory
today under adverse weather condi-
tons, and rain falling intermittently.
Reports to federal and local authori.
ties here were that the work was
going ahead speedily and without dis
order,
!. w. Ws. Making Trouble.
Lansing, Mich, June 5.--Governor
Sleeper today ordered squad of Ma
tional Guardsmen rushed to Negaunec
. nearby mining town. Reports from
Negaunee said that international
Workers Of the World agitators there
were threatening to forcibly oppose
registration.
Italian Is Arrested.
San Francisco, June 5.-Vincent
Ferrero was the first man arrested in
San Francisco today for attempting
to interfere with registration. He
was taken into custody in the Italian
district Of the city by a United States
secret service operative, who accused
ferrero OF attempting to incite
crowd OF italians to resist registration.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR U. s. CABINET
DR.. Mayo, in Address to Physi.
clans, Makes Sanitation
Work of National
Importance.

New York, June 5.-The United
States should in the near future have
a medical officer in the presidents
cabinet, in the opinion of DR.. Charles
Fl. Mayo, of Rochester, MINI. as ex-
pressed tonight in an address before
the annual meeting here of the Amer
ican Medical association, of which he
is president. In his address DR.. Mayo
asserted that, in the present war, the
medical service has assumed an i'm
portance such as it never has before.
The old army hospital gangrene
is a thing of the past" declared DR..
Mayo: "a knowledge of the care of
infections, prevention OF tetanus, vac
clnatlon for smallpox and typhoid,
the cause and prevention of typhus,
the old camp fever, also cholera, the
plague and fevers of all sorts, includ-
ing the new trench form, is train
ing requirement of the army medical
officer, and results in the restoration
to duty of high percentage of the
injured.
I'VE must aid in all that will ele-
vate the general standard OF, and con-
serve, the American citizen. Prohibi-
tion is a war measure the value of
which is beyond discussion. Medicine
has reached period when alcohol is
rarely employed as a drug, being dis
placed by better remedies. Alcohops
only place now is in the arts and
sciences, National prohibition would
be welcomed by the medical profess
sion.
1T is most fortunate that our army
medical service is in the hands OF
three Of our ablest men, Surgeons
General Gorgas, Braisted and Blue,
and we must laud the work of the
general medical council under the able
dictatorship of DR.. Franklin Martin"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
FRENCH OUTLINE
TERMS OF PEACE
All Conquered Territory Must
Be Restored and ALI Dam
age to Invaded Re-
gions Paid For.

Paris, June 5.--By a vote oi 455 to
s. the Chamber Of Deputies in secret
session has adopted a resolution de-
claring that peace conditions must i'll
clude the liberation OF territory occu-
pied by Germany, the return OF
Alsace-Lorrainc 10 France and just
reparation for damage done in the in
vaded regions. The resolution, which
was accepted by the government, also
favors the creation OF league OF ma.
tons for the maintenance OF peace.
The resolution reads;
"The Chamber of Deputies, the
direct expression of the sovereignty
Of the French people, salutes the Rus
sian and other allied democracies and
endorses the unanimous protest which
the representatives Of Alsacre-Lor-
raine, torn from France against their
will. have made to the national as
sembly. 1t declares that it expects
from the war imposed upon Europe
by the aggression of imperialist Ger.
many, the return OF ace-Lorraine
to the mother country, together with
liberation Of invaded territory and
just reparation for damage.
Far removed from all thoughts OF
conquest and enslavement, it expects
that the efforts of the armies OF the
republic and its allies will secure,
once Prussian miitarism is destroyed,
durable guarantees for peace and in
dependence for peoples. great and
small. in league OF nations such as
has already been foreshadowed.
Confident that the government will
bring this about by the co-ordinated
military and diplomatic action of all
the allies and rejecting all amend
ments, the chamber passes to the
order OF the day"
Speaking OF the resolution, Premier
Ribot said:
This resolution affirms our national
sovereignty. II declares that in a
democracy like ours there can be no
secret diplomacy. French policy is
the policy OF frankness and clearness. !"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
EXPECT ANOTHER Big
DRIVE BY BRITISH
All Signs on West Front Point
to Resuming Of Offensive
on a Tremendous
Scale.
(,ssociated Pres War summary J

All the signs which herald a great
offensive are reported IRON the Brit.
ish front in France, and everything
points to the near approach Of re.
sumption of fighting on a great scale
on the western front
The thunder OF the British guns in.
creases day by day in volume, while
trench raids and other feintings for
position multiply in number
The most interesting feature in the
meager official reports is the repeated
announcement OF tremendous artil.
lery duel in progress around the little
Belgian village OF Wytschacte, about
five miles south OF Ypres. From this
point as far south as the famous Vimy
ridge, thirty miles away, the guns are
roaring day and night, apparently in.
dicating that General Haig has chos-
en- this wide sector for his next big
blow.
In this connection it is recalled that
General Maurice, director general OF
military operations, predicted some
weeks ago that the next British offen-
siVe would be on vaster scale than
any which preceded it. 4
Austrians Beaten Back.
Rome. June 5.-(Via London.)--
Masscd attacks by the Austrians on
the Italian lines south OF Gerizia from
Desse Paili to the sea have been re-
pulsed after severe fighting. The Ital-
ians not only succeeded in stopping
the Austrians between Castagnavizza
and Jamiano, but by counter attacking
even succeeded in taking advance po-
sitions in this sector, the war Office
announced today.
Italian Losses Heavy.
Vienna, Monday, June 4.-(Via
London, June 5.)-Increasing activity
near Jamiano, on the front above
Trieste, where several Italian attacks
were repulsed, is reported in today's
official statement, which says:
1T is evident from a careful esti-
mate that the Italian losses in the
tenth lsonzo battle surpass all the
previous sacrifices of the enemy. In
the course OF the nineteen days OF the
battle at least thirty-hve Italian di-
visions were engaged in the first line,
so that along front of forty kilome-
ters half OF the Italian army attacked.
The enemy's losses in killed or
wounded positively surpasses 100000
men. Moreover, we took 10000 pris-
oners, making the total Italian losses
10000 men.
For his part, the enemy occupied
Mount Kuk and the destroyed village
OF Jam miano, which gains hardly justify
the cry Of victory on the second an
niversary of the war with Italy. In
success remained ours"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Results Of Loan Campaign
GratifYinq. Saws McAdo0

Washington, June 5.-Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo tonight said
the results Of the Liberty loan cam.
paign thus far chad been immensely
gratifying" and that eff there is no
let up in the work success is certain"
He emphasized that it was not in
tended that the tentative allotment
Of the bonds among the federal re-
serve districts and various cities an
nounced some time ago should be
considered as representing maximum
requirements. f."
a regret to find" he added, shat
there is a disposition to stop the cam
paign for further subscriptions after
city has reached the tentative allot-
ment. There should be no cessation
of the work. 1t is imperative that the
loan should be largely over-sub-
scribed."
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
MOTHERS PENSION
LAW HELD INVALID
Saline County Judge Declares
Statute Un c o n stitutional;
Reed Advises Appeal to
Higher Tribunal.
tFrom a Staff Correspondent. ,

Lincoln, June s.-(Special)-T
county judge of Saline county has de-
clared the mothers pension law un-
constitutional anyd Charles F. Barth
of Friend has called upon the attor-
ney general of the state for an opin-
ion upon the matter.
The attorney general advises that
in view OF the construction OF the
law by the county Judge that an ap-
peal be made to the district court of
Saline county and if necessary a fur
ther appeal to the state supreme
court.
"A rational and reasonable con-
struction of the act" concludes the
attorney general, must necessarily
lead to the conclusion that the act
is not void, notwithstanding it might
have been worded better. It is a good
and wholesome law and we should use
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
CONVICTS IN JOLIET
PRISON IN REVOLT
Five Buildings Are Fired and
Troops Called to Drive Men
Back to Cells; Sew
eral Wounded.

Joliet. H., june 5.-Scrious riotng
among conyicts at the state prison
here, broke out this morning. Five
buildings were SCI on fire. Two com.
panies OF national guardsmen were
called to assist in quelling the dis
Z :. rbance,
= The, prison is on the outskirts Of
the city. Three hfc companies which
responded to the alarm met opposi-
tion from the convicts, who used
bricks and tools stolen from the i'm
plenent 'house as weapons. There
are about l,200 convicts and fifty
guards. t,
Calls for Troops.
The situation soon got beyond con-
troll and Temporary Warden Bowen
telegraphed to Governor Lowdcn for
the troops.
For some time thvie has been re-
ports OF lax discipline at the pris-
on and conditions were the subject
OF recent investigation by legis-
lative committee. Warden Zimmcr
resigned some time ago TO accept an
other position in Chicago, his home.
His successor has not been appointed
and Mr.. Bowen has been acting tenn
.porarily. Yesterday. in the interests
Of discipline, he instructed that here
after no visitors except relatives
would be admitted to the grounds.
This is said to have resulted in the
disturbance.
Soldiers Use Bayonets.
A battle between convicts and
guards was proceeding briskly when
the soldiers arrived. They were or
Gered to hold rheir fire, and although
outnumbered nine to one, they began
an orderly attack with bayonets and
dubbed rifles. In the course of the
fighting Peter Water, a guard, was in
yured. Captain II. E. Ridgeway of
Company E was attacked by a big
.regro. ~.
There was a terrific encounter for
moment until the soldier knocked his
assailant unconscious with a blow
from his pistol.
Drove Conviets to Cells.
The first work OF the soldiers was
to clear the convicts away from the
blazing buildings 50 that the firemen
could work. This was Quickly ac-
complished. At il:14, three hours
after the trouble started, the convicts
had not been subdued, but the SOL
diers were making steady progress
in herding them toward the cell
rooms. The infantrymen were in
structcd not to shoot, unless to save
their own lives. + III,
Two Buildings Destroyed.
AT | o'clock all but 200 of the pris-
oners had been returned to confnc-
ment. The 200 were still IN a corner
OF the yard defiant. Soldiers we're
not allowed to injurc them and were
Jeered by the convicts.
The flames were under control, hat
two buildings, the paint shop and
chapel, had been destroyed. Three
conyicts and two guards were injured,
but not seriously.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
American-BOrn Chinese
Would Enlist in Arl1y

New York, June 5.-Philipp Kee,
a Chinese interpreter at the Ellis
Island immigration station and pro-
prietor of Chinese restaurant, has
recruited $50 American-born Chi
lese for service in the United States
army, it was announced here today
by G. Murray Hubert, a repre-
sentative in congress, who has in
troduced bill which would permit
the government to accept the unit.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
American Squadron
Is at Rio JdneirO

Rio. Janeiro, Monday, June A.
The Chamber OF Deputies voted to-
day on the motion OF Deputy Mau-
ricio Lseerdl to authorize the Ca
bling Of message of congratula-
tions to the congress Of the United
States on the arrival OF an Ameri-
can squadron
Washington, June 5.-The fore
going dispatch from Rio Janeiro is
the FIRST published information OF
the steps in the plan OF relieving
British and French cruisers in the
waters OF the Western Hemisphere
with American warships.
For the prese.t the Navy depart
ment withholds further information
or comment upon it.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Capitol Lodge Of Masons
BUYS Some Liberty Bonds

Capitol Lodge No. 3, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, at its meeting
on Monday night, voted to purchase
$500 of Liberty bonds. Other lodges
will follow this lead at their meetings
during the week.
The Nebraska grand lodge, now in
session, had the matter up for con-
sideration, and it is understood will
make large subscription to the fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Many Subjects viii Come
Before Real Estate Board

The Omaha Real Estate board will
meet for luncheon at the Commercial
club rooms Wednesday noon. Liberty
bonds, cantonment camp sites and
many other topics for discussion await
this meeting. Some communications
from other boards are to be read.
Plans also will be discussed for repre-
sentation at the national convention
at Milwaukee this wear.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Call Issued for More
Neuro Army Officers

Chicago, June S.--Applcants for en-
rollment in the reserve officers train
ing camp for negroes al Fort Dcs
Moines have not come forward in suf-
ficient numbers to fill the Central de-
partments quota. So far Isl men
have been certified for admission to
the camp and thirty-eight places re-
main 10 be filled.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06

1t is the doctrine of the anarchist that each
one in his citizenship stands for himself before
the government" If that doctrine were accented
then every man could determine for himself
whether or not he would obey particular law
Ut whetner ne would pay particular tax or
whether he would render military service.
The law specifically grants the privilege each
one in his religion stands for himself before
God. 1t specifically withholds that privilege with
respect to citizenship or government. Even the
alien who has not sworn allegiance to our gov
ernment must obey its explicitly defined rule,
of conduct while he is here
DR.. Baltzly could, if he is so desired, spread
the seeds of atheism among the members of his
church without violating the laws of the land
When, however, he sows the seeds of disloyatv
among those members and seeks to make his
church the nesting place of treason he cannot
justify himself upon the American principle that
Each one in his religions stands for himself be-
fore God"
In rehgionia Ia man may be Catholic, Lutheran.
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, or of any other
denomination; or he may be atheist. But when
it comes to American citizenship he must be
one-huHureu per cent American whether in
peace or in war. He cannot "give comfort to the
enemy" by traducing his country's cause, sneer-
ing at its war as "Wilson's war" and declaring
that he will not cooperate with the president of
the country which gives him protection and re-
quires of him certain defined duties.
Gentlemen of Kountze Memorial: In following
DR.. Baltzly, you are following blind leader. The
only safe leader in these days is man who leads
along American lines. Your pastor does not lead
in that direction. The statement he drew for YOU
and to which you subscribed would be, SO far as
its definition of citizenship is concerned, cheer
fully signed by every anarchist in the land
Don't you think that you can render better
service to your church by making an honest re-
tirement from the false position into which your
pastor has drawn you? He stands for doctrine
that is part treason and part anarchy and the
champions of such doctrine cannot long sur
vive the tide of American patriotism that is
steadily rising in Nebraska.
RICHARD L. METCALFE. Fl
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Does the Lutheran Law Requiring Separation of Church
and State Permit Tributes to the Kaiser While
Preventing the Expression of Patriotic
American Sentiment---
A Doctrine That Is Part Treason and Part Anarchy

The following editorial will appear in the next
issue Of the Omaha Nebraskan:
In the explanation made by the Kountze Me-
mortal Church Council as to its failure to pass the
patriotic resolution offered by Mr. Robt. L.
Young, it is said that the Lutheran laws require
the separation Of church and state. But this re-
quirement did not restrain the pastor, Mr. Baltz-
ly. from attacking the American cause and sneer-
ing at the president 1t did not restrain the pastor
from paying, in a Sermon an extravagant tribute
to, the worlds murder-master-general
kaiser. Strange is it not that this Lutheran re-
quirement operates to restrain patriotic expres
sion towards the United States, but does not
operate when words are to be spoken in the
kaiser's behalf?
Those members of Kountze Memorial Church
who are blindly following their pastor, DR..
Baltzly, along his reasonable course, are led to
believe that he is man of large intelligence If
he IS really as much interested in preserving his
church as he is in vindicating his own foolish
conduct he cannot be man of superior intel
lgence, else he would recognize the fact that
through his course he is paving the way for the
dismemberment of his church.
In the latest statement issued by the church
council and written by DR.. Baltzly himself, it is
said, Each one in his citizenship stands for him
self before the government, just as each one in
his religion stands for himself before God"
1t is difficult to reconcile the claim that DR..
Bsdtzly is a man of large intelligence with such
piece of loose thinking. 1t is not at all true
that each one in his citizenship stands for him
self before the government, just as each one in
his religion stands for himself before God" In
America every man may worship God according
to the dictates of his own conscience But when
it comes to citizenship and to loyalty to govern
ment, certain set rules are provided. Our laws
do not and could not specify just how man
should worship God or even that he should wor.
ship him at all. They do, however, require man
to support the government, sometimes by paying
taxes, sometimes by jury service, sometimes by
military service, and always by compliance with
the rules of conduct called laws and by loyalty
to the government ITSELF
Tr nNE a rx 4
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-06
Miss Townsend Returns
From Cleveland Schools

Charlotte Townsend, head of the
public school medical department, has
returned from Cleveland, where she
studied medical inspection in schools