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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-06

Philadelphia, Jan. 6.-Nathan Hay
ward, for twelve years engineer of the
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsyl-
vania and Associated Companies, late
yesterday was elected president of the
American Dredging Company, with
headquarters in this city. Coming to
Philadelphia in 1898 from the faculty
of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Mr.. Hayward has since
that time been prominently identified
with the telephone industry through
out the State, and will still be retained
as consulting engineer by the Bell
company. His successor has not as
yet been appointed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-06

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Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
POlUeU Cartoon May
Bother Dan Cupid Some

The city commissioners this
morning, for the first time in ten
days, occupied their seats in the
city council chamber without fac
ing crowd. The municipal dads
appreciated the calm which hung
over the large room.
They watched the eurls Of their
tobacco smoke and mused re-
trospectively over the thrilling
drama which had been unfolded be-
fore them in connection with the
Maloney hearing.
The cartoon Of Doane Powell,
The Bee artist, was a subject Of
general comment among the com.
nlissioners as they sat around the
long table. This cartoon caused
considerable merriment and each
commissioner had some comment
to offer.
Dan Butler fears his matrimonial
prospects have been blighted by
Powell. The cartoon was referred
to as one Of the best caricatures
seen in many days,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Hundred Million Fund
More Than Halt PLedged

Washington, June 21.--The ma
tion-wide Red Cross financial cam
paign reached the middle OF the
week canvass today with about half
the desired $l00,0o0,000 fund al
ready pledged. Reports to national
headquarters this morning showed
a total Of S43,5OO,000.
"The critical period OF the, cam
paign has arrived" said Henry P.
Dawson, head of the Red Cross war
council. I'VE must not let up now.
Rather we should oversubscribe the
amount. Neither the Red Cross nor
the American people can afford to
fail in this effort"
More than twenty-five cities al
ready have exceeded their oppor.
tionment for the entire campaign.
Following are among the cities
today added to the honor roll of
communities which have reached or
exceeded their apportionments;
Cleveland, Kansas City, Hutchin-
son and Ellsworth, Kan; Colorado
Springs and Monteveista, Colo;
Wenatchee and Hoquism. WASH;
Lagrande, Ore; Blackwell, Okl.;
Eureka. Cal. and Brazil. Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
RUSS TO RESUME
OFFENSIVE With
new ARMY SOON
Soldiers Congress, Represent.
ing All Parts Of Country, For
Immediate Action; New
War Cabinet Formed.

London, June 2l.-Dispatches from
Petrograd to the Exchange Telegraph
company say that the congress Of Sol.
diers' and Workmen's delegates from
the whole of Russia yesterday voted
confidence in the provisional govern.
ment and unanimously adopted a
resolution demanding an immediate
resumption of the offensive and the
reorganization Of the army:
A war cabinet was. formed, includ-
ing the leaders of the Russian army
and navy and technical representa-
tives.
Martial Law at Tomsk.
Petrograd, June 2l.-Martial law
has been proclaimed in Tomsk, west
ern Siberia, because of wholesale mur-
ders and robberies committed by
criminals, who had been granted am
nesty and had joined the forces OF
the militant anarchists. More than
/ 500 of these pardoned criminals have
been arrested, with about 300 others.
Twenty persons were killed and a
number wounded.
The arrests followed the exposure
of plot to plunder all the banks and
shops and assassinate the leaders Of
civic organizations. The 800 asso-
ciates of the criminals were dragged
from the haunts of the latter. The
casualties occurred when some re-
sistance was offered to the arrests.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Phil Mccullough Gets His
Commission in U. S. Army

Phillip Morgan Mccullough is the
latest Omaha boy to get his commits
sion in the United States army. He
is made first lieutenant in the signal
corps, his commission dating from
June II.
Lieutenant Mccullough is now at
Minneapolis, where he has been en-
ployed in the engineering department
of the Bee Telephone company. He
will be engaged in active duty, form
ing new companies for the signal
corps battalion, soon to be assembled
at Fort Leavenworth. He is a grad
uate from the College of Engineers
of the University of Nebraska and the
Youngest son of Colonel and Mrs. T.
w. Mccullough.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
WHOLESALE CUTS
IN FITzGERALD'S
LIST CONT INUE
Assessor Does Not Get Much
Support from the Rest Of
the Board of Equal.
izatiOn.

Current happenings in the chambers
OF the board OF equalization, sitting in
the court house, indicate that County
Assessor Fitzgerald and couple OF
his official advisers" are the only
ones favoring the wholesale boosts
in taxes.
The board as whole continues its
ruthless campaign" Of reducing as
sessments from raises made by the
county assessor.
Notices of raises totaling millions
were sent out to approximately 5000
Omaha jobbers, manufacturers, stores,
big business concerns and individuals,
but the subsequent protests against
the boosts revealed the county asses
sor in practically every instance to be
the only member of the equalization
board favoring them.
Assessor Overruled.
Reductions have been voted right
and left over the county assessor S
objections.
About 900 protests have been heard
thus far, and of this number County
Assessor Fitzgerald's boosts have
been sustained in only a few cases
these mostly involving small amounts.
The biggest grist Of business since
the equalization board began its ses-
sions is scheduled for this evening,
when representatives of big Omaha
jobbers, retailers and other business
concerns will appear to protest raises
running into the millions.
Batteries Of Legal Talent.
1t is understood different lines of
business have lined up batteries Of
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
COUNCIL WILL
start POLICE
PR0bEMONDAy
General Investigation Seized.
uled to Proceed Without
= Awaiting Return Of De-
PENDANTS from Chadron.

City commissioners are getting
ready to take up the general police
investigation Monday. If the Chad
ron case goes to trial on Friday the
council will not wait for the return
of the Omaha defendants and their
witnesses, as it is not essential to
have them here at the beginning of a
general investigation, the commission
ers explained.
For the present city officials are
marking time on matters which have
demanded their attention for several
weeks. Their regular work was
neglected and they were glad to have
relief from the steady grind of the
trial.
The second charges filed against
Captain Maloney will be considered
next Monday morning and date set
for hearing. =
Judge DUNCAN to Preside.
Judge Harry DUNCAN of Hastings
will preside in the district court of
Dawes cou.ty when Maloney and
other defendants appear for trial
Friday.
Mrs. Elsie Phelps, star witness for
the prosecution, said Phil Winckler,
of Omaha, a defendant, told her Of
an alleged statement by Judge West
over that he hoped they would get
Critics"
Judge Westovcr is said to be per-
sonsl friend of County Attorney Critics
of Chadron. He denies making the
remark, but is reported to have de-
eided he was disqualified from pre-
siding.
of for Chadron.
Chadron will be the scene of the
next chapter OF this great serial. At
torney H. c. Bronze, Mrs. Elsie
Phelps and Detective Paul Sutton en-
trained this morning for Dawes couE.-
ty. The personnel of the party which
will leave late this afternoon includes
Attorney Ben S. Baker and these six
Omaha defendants in the conspiracy
case: Captain Stephen Maloney, Viii
liam S. Dolan, Charles w. Pipkin,
Harvey Wolf, Gust A. Tylee and
Philip Winckler.
Nine men who were bound over in
the county court at Chadron three
weeks ago were directed by Judge
Slattery to appear Friday Of this week
for trial. Attorneys for the defend
ants will plead for a change of venue
to another county on the ground that
a fair and impartial trial cannot be
held in Dawes county. If the change
of venue is granted, it is reasonably
certain that the trial wifi go over to
September term of court.
Will Hurry Inquiry.
The commissioners will begin to
consider the matte OF a general in
vestigar1on of the police department.
There is a disposition to begin that
investigation without delay and one
recommendation has been made that
witnesses appear behind closed doors.
before the city commissioners, city
legal department and representatives
OF the newspapers. Such a plan, it
has been explained, would tend to
give witnesses more freedom. of ex-
preston.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Two)
Digby Bell, Comedian,
Dies After Iona Illness

New York, June 2l.-Digby Bell,
the comedian, died at sanitarium
in this city last night after an illness
of several months. He was 68 years
old. Mr.. Bell starred in "Tar and
Tartar" Jupiter" "A Midnight Bell"
"The Hoosier Doctor" "The Educa-
ton of Mr.. Pipp," as the admiral in
Pinafore, and other Gilbert and Sulli-
van operas. His most recent activi-
ties were in motion pictures, where
he also starred.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
CLEARY SAYS He
WILL Invoke THE
ADD OF UNCLE SAM
Special Agent Of the EIectri.
clans Says Injunction Only
a Scheme to Stop the
Investigation.

"lf they stop the strike probe by the
State Board of Mediation and Inves-
tigation, we will appeal to the De-
partment of Labor and have this thing
investigated by the federal govern
ment," said Raymond Cleary of Chi
cago, special representative OF the
International Brotherhood OF Elec-
trical Workers, who has been in
Omaha for some months in connec-
ton with the strike OF electrical work.
ers.
Attorney General Reed has threat
cned to arrest Chairman Cowell and
the other members of the state board
if they attempt to go ahead with their
investigation Friday morning in viola
ton, as he calls it, of his injunction.
Well see what will happen Friday
morning. The injunction was nothing
but scheme to stop the investiga-
ton.
"You ask me if the electrial workers
are back at work this morning. Why
Of course they are not. Attorney Cen
eral Reed, President Reynolds and
some others met the other night to
talk over the situation. The electrical
workers then said they would go
back to work at 57H cents, the old
scale, on all jobs started before April
|, and that. on all jobs started after
that they would demand 68A cents,
which is what they have been asking.
The attorney general said he was sure
the contractors would agree 10 that.
But when the men showed up for
work with this proposition, the con-
tractors told them to go TO, and fol-
] wed it up by saying that the at
torney general nor no one else would
tell them who to hire or how much to
pay.
Refuses to Leave Town.
"The attorney general also told
Reynolds TO tell all the outside agita-
tors and organizers to get out OF town
or he would throw them in Jail. sup
pose he classes me with them. have
not left town yet"
Though by on means all OF the
workers have gone back to their jobs,
the activity in delivering building
material is more general than it has
been for some time. The Merchants
Express company has twenty-five
teams working. Walter Jardine, Of
the Merchants Express, told men
when they gathered Wednesday eve.
ming for their pay envelopes that all
old employees who wanted to go back
to work would be taken back at the
old scale, but that after Thursday he
would endeavor to fill up his ranks
from whatever source he could, and
would not promise to hold laces open
for former employees.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
German Prisoners of War
Taken to Fort Douglas

Salt Lake City, June 2l.-Hesvily
guarded and secretly conveyed, ten
more German prisoners of war arrived
in Salt Lake last night from the coast
and were taken to Fort Douglas for
internment. Included in the party was
Baron l. Won Elpons of San Francisco,
who was accompanied by his wife.
The baroness will be quartered at a
local hotel at. the expense of the
United States government while her
husband is interned.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
SECOND BANNER
OF SUFFRAG|STS
IS TORN BY MOB
Reasonable Statement Again
Displayed Before White
House by Miss Morey
and Miss Burns.

Washington, June 2l.-The per-
sistency of suffrage sentinels at the
White House in hoisting banners
bearing inscriptions interpreted as be-
ing "treasonable" eliminated in an
anti-suffrage demonstration there to-
day when a crowd of nearly a thou
sand persons tore dow the banners
for a second time today.
The crowds victory was short
lived, however, for in tel minutes two
more banners had been obtained from
suffrage headquarters nearby. Po-
licemen notified passersby to let the
banners alone.
Once earlier in the day, when the
sufragists appeared with a banner
bearing the same inscription as that
torn down yesterday, a small crowd
demolished it without much demon
stration. Soon after noon, however,
the sentinels reappeared with a new
banner, stouter than the others, which
they expected the crowd would have
more difficulty in destroying.
Police Clear Sidewalks.
The crowd was good natured for
the most part, but determined in its
work, and did not attack the women
forc.d ~ cIssr he s;dewslLs in f,ont
nj The Whit House several times
hut sIwsvs managed "a re,eb The
scene of the attacks on the banners
Just a.moment too late.
The crowd was not organized and
showed no signs OF interfering with
the sentinels themselves until
woman, fnodestiy dressed, who had
been talking earnestly to one OF the
sentinels for several minutes, sud-
denly snatched one of the banners
and ran into Pennsylvania avenue.
Flags Torn to Shreds.
Tn n moment IA. crowd sot into
action and The sent;nels were sur-
rounded One nv one their Aaos of
nurnle white and oo1d we've faten
ffom them and torn to shreds One
standard hearer Miss Hazel Hrnk;ns
game IN The last climbed unon the
oedestsI of one NJ The White House
oates and raised her banner az bioh
ss she could aver her head in an e.
fort n save i She issted onlv :.
moment A man took tbe>no1e from
her hand hrote II aver The iron cate
and The A.e of suffrage fell r. he
Ground
r.. ~. o.,,. a..
ne'ss va o''i'i oa'e'
After all the banners at one en-
trance had been torn away the police
began to dlsperse the crowd, but
some one remembered the pickets at
the other entrance and to the footing
OF scores OF automobile horns in the
crowded avenue, the crowd charged
the banner bearers at the other gate
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Balcombe's Slayer to
Be Arraiqned Friday

Liberty, Mo-, June 2l.-(special.)-
Bee B. Smith, rs years old, of Ex-
celsior Springs, will be placed on trial
here Friday for the murder of Urban
V. Balcombe, a wealthy real estate
dealer of Omaha, Neb. On March 7
Smith was at his popcorn stand in
the Auditorium when Balcombe
walked into the building and was at
once shot down by Smith. Smith
has never made statement as to why
he did the shooting. ,.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Veteran Postal Clerk Is
Dismissed for DiSIoyalty

St. Louis, June 2l.--Justus, H.
Reinhardt, chief stamp clerk at a
branch postoffice here was discharged
from the government service yester-
day on orders from Washington be-
cause Of charges that he made disloyal
remarks concerning the government
and the president. He had been a
postal employe here about thirty
seven years.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
OMAHA POURS ITS GOLD into
FOLDS OF "0LD GLORY" FOR
BENEFIT OF RED CROSS FUND
Contributions Made to Committee Were $l76,67675;
Fund Grows $32,l47 in Twenty.four Hours;
/ Boy Scout Teams Report Splendid Prog
2Ts1 gres, in House.to.H House Campaign.

Omaha Boy Scouts yesterday did their bit in the Of
Red Cross obtaining 230 subscriptions totalng $780, to
o'clock last night
The different roups covered every nook and Of
Greater Omaha
The homes of the rich and poor canvased and high
executives of big business well the most humble factory
hands, asked to give one days pay to the Red Cross
The Scouts displayed keen rivalry as to which troup
turned in the most subscriptions The drive focused the
residence district begun o'clock in the morning and
ended at dusk last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Sloan AppIauded as He
Lauds His Home State

Washington. June 2l.-(Special
Telegram. )-Congressman Sloan last
night in speech in the house on the
food control bill reminded that body
of the important part Nebraska would
take in production Of foodstuffs dur
ing the war. His declaration that Ne
braska already is creating greater
surplus of food for the markets than
any other state in the union was Wig
orously applauded, as was his refer
ence to General Pershing, whom he
said was now regarded as the first
Soldier of the republic
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Search for Person Willing
To Glue Blood to Saue Patient

was in a dangerous condition and
would succumb unless new blood
could be transfused into her system.
A person with plenty Of healty new
blood is required. Physicians at the
hospital said SIS would be paid to the
man or woman from whom the blood
is taken. He said the operation is
neither painful nor dangerous.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Three Thousand Buildings
Burned at YonezaWa, Japan

Correspondence Of The Associated Press.}
Yonezawa, Japan, June 1.-The city
OF Yonezawa, one of the most impor-
tant silk weaving centers in Japan, is
scarcely more than pile Of ruins as
a result Of fire which destroyed
more than 5000 buildings and houses,
caused fourteen deaths and made
thousands homeless. The loss is es-
timated at S5,OO0,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Athlete Kills Wife, Two
Children and Himself

New York, June 2l.-Following a
quarrel with his wife over money
matters, Richard Barrett, a widely
known athlete OF Brooklyn, early to-
day shot and killed his wife, his son,
Kilton, aged 4; baby boy, Donald,
~ years old, and then committed sui
eide by slashing his throat with a
razor and shooting himself in the
head.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22

The superintendent Of Bishop
Clarkson Memorial hospital, twenty
first and Dewey avenue last night ap-
pcaled to The Bee to assist in finding
some person willing to submit to an
operation for TRANSMISSION OF blood to
save the ME OF a patient suffering
from pernicious anaemia.
1t was stated that woman patient
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Rev. (. |. Pidgeon Heads
international Rotarians

Atlanta, Ga, June 21.-Thc Rev. E.
Leslie Pidgeon OF Winnipeg, Canada
was elected international president OF
the International association OF Ro-
tary clubs at the ieghth annual con-
vention here today. H. J. Brunnier
OF San Francisco, was elected vice
president. =
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22

Seven Italian Ships
Are Sunk by Torpedoes

Rome, June 2l.--Two Italian
steamers and five sailing ships were
torpedoed by submarines during the
last week, according to the official
weekly announcement made public
today. Two others steamers were
attacked, but escaped
During the same period 606 ships,
with a total gross tonnage Of 49,
l70, entered Italian ports and 531
ships, with tonnage Of 4S1 1,755
sailed
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
GOLDEN
With PAGEANT
{. R. Mathers Elected Presi.
dent Of State Sunday School
Association; Meeting One
of Best Ever Held.

The Golden Jubilee convention o.
the Nebraska Sunday School sssocia
ton was practically brought to a close
yesterday afternoon with the eonclu'
sion Of the routine business. The fea.
ture of the meetings, however, wa.
the pageant OF religious education
staged last night, in which 800 people
took part.
There is a meeting OF the board oi
directors this morning at the Hote.
Castle and after that the convention
which is considered one Of the best
ever held in the state, will become a
matter of history.
At the afternoon session officers
were elected as follows:
President-E. r. Mathers, Falls
City.
Vice President-C. c. Westeott,
Plattsmouth.
Recording Seeretary--Mrs. Al
ona c. Little, Lincoln.
Treasurer-L. c. Oberlies, Lin
coin.
Board of Directors-Prof. r. M.
Gregg, Peru; H. S. Westbrook,
Dunbar; ]. L. Duff, Omaha; A. J.
Afford, Genoa; H. Lomax, Broken
Bow; A. L. Krause, North Bend.
Conquest Flag Awarded.
The conquest flag, awarded to the
delegation travelling the greatest num-
Der of miles coming to the convention
and returning, was awarded to Rich
ardson county. There were 254 dele
gates and their total mileage figures
70,3s7.
Otoe county had the second great.
est number of delegates, 36l, and was
given large American flag as sec
ond prize.
= Resolutions were adopted request
ing Governor Neville to designate
Sunday, July I, as patriotic Sunday
throughout Nebraska; deploring the
circulation of the referendum petition
against woman's suffrage in Nebraska
standing by the United States in the
present war, thanking Omaha, the
Commercial club, the Boy Scouts, the
Rainbow chorus and the newspapers
for their efforts in helping to make
the convention such a pronounced
success.
Visitors Make Addresses.
During the afternoon there were
three short addresses, Rev. George S.
Sutton of Kansas City, talking on.
THE Pastor and the Church School,"
Richard Heilbron of St. Louis, on
Teen Ties and Trails" and Marion
Lawrance OF Chicago on "The Teach
er as a Soul Winner"
A collection was taken to liquidate
debt of $1,000 that has been hanging
over the association for many years.
The amount was considered very lib
ersl and goes a long way toward
wiping out the indebtedness.
Mrs. ]. w. Briscee exhibited ban
ner presented to the state association
in 1890 by the Women's Christian
Temperance association. 1t carries the
slogan, For God and Home in Every
Land"
Officers Chosen.
E. Mathers, Falls City, was elected
president Of the Nebraska State Sum-
day School association yesterday,
Other officers elected were C. c.
Westcott, vice president, PIatts-
mouth; Mrs. Alona c. Little, record
ing secretary, Lincoln, and L. C.
Oberlies, treasurer, Lincoln.
The next annual convention will
be held in Hastings. This was
determined by the executive COM
mittee of the association at the meet
ing yesterday. The date will be
fixed by the committee. Several cit
les sought the prize, but Hastings
was the only one that sent guaran-
tee with its invitation and conse-
quently it was the only city given
consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
BOY SCOUTS START BIG DRIVE TO
AID NATIONSD DEFENDERS AT FRONT
John DIS Foundation
GiUes Fire Millions

New York, June Ala donation
OF $s,00o,o0o to the Red Cross war
fund by the Rockefeller foundation
was announced here today. The
total subscription made today to the
thirty teams working here for the
fund was reported at $6,524,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
Flour Drops $2.40 Per
Barrel Within a Week

Chicago, June 2l.-Flour sold today
for $40 less barrel than week
ago, standard spring patents bringing
$l4 and bakers brands $l2.l0. Nearly
so cents OF the decline was registered
Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-22
3 Omaha Doing It's Bit.

Omaha fairly is pouring gold into
Old Glory's folds for the use Of, the
Red Cross war fund. The estimate
of pledges made up to noon by the
captains of the ten teams and 400
Boy Scouts was several thousand dol
lars. ,.f.
"Never before have seen such
spirit and enthusiasm among the Boy
Scouts" said Scoutmaster English.
Ward M. Burgess, vice president
of the finance committee, promised
the scouts picnic at the Louis Nash
farm, north of Calhoun, Thursday or
Friday next week, besides a banquet
to the winning team.
A gold, silver and bronze medal
each bearing a Red Cross will be
given to the individual scouts re-
porting the highest number Of SUBJ
scriptions. ..-
Work Sunday, Too.
The Scouts asked the privilege to
work all day Sunday making talks in
their respective, churches in behalf
OF the campaign.
A woman's patriotic emergency
rally will be held at Boyd's theater
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the
purpose Of mobilizing an army of
1000 women to call at the homes on
Saturday to collect the 10000 pledges
promised over the telephone Wednes-
day. As 400 Boy Scouts are work
ing on farms helping in the food
conservation work, there are not
enough boys to visit all the homes.
Ward NJ. Burgess will preside at
the meeting and the following women
will each make one-minute speeches:
Mrs. Phillip Potter, regent of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton; Mrs. E. NJ. R. Sunderland, pres
ident Of the Association of Collegi-