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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-29
After sixteen Years.

NEtuF olNtucN NodTt
The heavyweight situation today ls al
most precisely as 1t was sixteen seasons
When Jeffries stopped Fltz and Corbett,
he stood supreme with no competition In
His supremacy was so pronounced
that after waiting two or three years and
concluding with Jack Munroe he finally
| decided 10 retire, Al that time Jack
! Johnson had not, come forward and the
Marvin Hart and Tommy Burns. obviously
| below Jeffrios' class.
Willard occupies the same status
sfs..s,h.rs fass ns'H i.us O ,lr.. @ .os.. H"s hssvy
w,,llqsi to take UP the burden " he
il Ne. been .umorsd that he w.luhs
| for another flaht.
Jeffrles had the same idss, but the
| bio Californian was finally lured 10
his first Knockout by the yellow CLINT
lFWIllsrd retlrss, az he now threat.
| ems TO DO a new heavyweight VIII be
Installed II the throne room at SONS,
arise a call for Wizards return,
Il may be that he viii turn what 10
technically known 40 deaf ear" to
hut Jess has always highly esteemed
Of them piled In one. mass may change
his Intention, even at the risk OF what
happened 10 Jeffries Mt Reno.
Until After
The boxing pastlme isn't going Ia
| amount to very much until after the war
| Then there will be "A big revival BOX
Ing instructors now scattered through
| all the various army camps will develop
any number OF new boxing fans who, re
| turned to civil life, will be only too keen
| TO inspect professional wares,
| Benny Leonard and others OF the
| younger school Will be able 20 partake
| OF this revival, but the odds are that
| by then Willard Will be out OF II, too
heavy to ever train down again,
"Hlt by tho War"
| In the further development OF This
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
CALL MORE DOCTORS
AND NURSES FOR WAR
Ranking Medical Officer of
Balfour Commission Issues
Appeal to American
Physicians.

New York, June 7.-Colonel T. H.
Goodwin, ranking medical officer Of
the Balfour commission, today ap-
pealed to the American Medical asso-
citation convention to send 200 doctors
and ZOO nurses to the western front
each month, declaring that human en-
durance cannot stand much more than
the surgeons of the entente allies are
now undergoing.
"On a short line there are from
10000 to 10000 wounded in but a few
hours" he said. "Shall we leave them
there or get them to the hospitals?
| think you will realize that the med
ical men must be on the firing line
if the wounded are to receive proper
care. Our losses of medical men have
been considerable"
Among the speakers today was DR..
R. w. Corwin of Pueblo, Colo, DR..
Arthur D. Bevan of Chicago, was
elected president of the association
for the wears 191S-l919.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Search for Proof of
Abduction Syndicate

Springfield, Mo-, June 7.--Search
for proof of an abduction syndicate"
continued today. IT,
After an all night cross-examination
the authorities announced they had
been unable to shake the stories OF
seven persons held in the investiga-
ton, growing out OF the disappearance
last week Of Lloyd Keet, the ID.
month-old baby son Of ]. Holland
Keet, wealthy banker.
Officials indicated belief that none
OF the seven had been connected with
the keet incident, although it pre-
yiously had been announced that sew
cral OF them had confessed discussing
the abduction OF munitions manu-
facturer at the instigation Of German
interests
The search for the Keet baby was
at standstill today. Members of the
family kept an all night vigil at the
home, but received no word of the
missing child.
The Chicago police have been asked
TO search for a man named Riley in
connection with the kidnapping.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
KRONSTADT TROOPS
CEASE OPPOSITION
Garrison Of Big Fortress Rec.
ognizes Authority Of the
Provisional Govern. E.
ment.

Petrograd, June 7.-(Via London
The Kronstadt incident is closed
The LOCAL committee OF soldiers and
workmen's delegates has recognized
the authority Of the provisional gov.
ernment.
The so-called Kronstadt republic
surrendered Internationally to the
provisional government. The peace
agreement says: +
In accord with the decision Of a
majority Of the Petrograd council Of
deputies, which acknowledges that
the present provisional government
is invested with complete authority
in the state, we on Our side also rec
ognize that authority, @y
The local committee OF the work
mems and soldiers delegates at Kron-
stadt decided on June ! TO assume
control of the great fortress and to
refuse recognition OF the provisional
government. The government officials
were removed. The secessionists put
forward program OF splitting Rus
sia up into a great number of self
governing communities and sent mis-
sionaries out to try to persuade
neighboring towns to join them.
The socialist ministers in the pro-
visional cabinet, M. Tseretelli and M,
Skobelef, went to Kronstadt from
Petrograd and endeavored to per-
suade the secedcrs to abandon their
plan.
The present surrender is apparently
a result of their arguments.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Danbury Hatters' Homes
All Are Ordered Sold

New Haven, Conn.,. June IA de.
cree ordering the sale OF the homes
OF i40 workmen in Danbury, Bethel
and Norwalk to satisfy the judgment
in the Danbury. Hatters case was
signed by Judge E. S. Thomas OF the
United States district court today.
Sidney Z. Hawley is made special
master to conduct the sales, which
will begin July l6 and continue until
August 9. The plaintiffs are D. E.
Loewe & Co., who brought suit
against union boycott Of the pro-
duct Of their hat factory.
The judgment was for $252,l30
damages. Nearly 100000 has already
been paid on account. but the accumu-
Iatior OF interest accounts is such
that about S2s0,000 is still due. There
are l30 pieces Of property in Danbury
and Bethel and ten in Norwalk. Their
sale Is expected to yield something
like 100000 leaving deficit judg-
ment,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08

Joliet, ILL.,, June 7.-Rioting in the
Illinois state penitentiary, attributed
by some officials to an overdose ot
the honor system" will result in q
radical revision or perhaps the abo'
lton Of honor privileges within the
prison.
A. L. Bowen, acting warden, said
today that among the things which
will be forbidden are indiscriminate
correspondence with women and Wis.,
its from women not relatives OF the
prisoners.
To prove that correspondence with
women on the outside had done much
to demoralize prison discipline, War
den Bowen made public excerpts
from letters received at the prison
and confscated by the authorities.
They were from women who had been
put in communication with the pris-
oners through a league organized
for uplift work. The women varied
in ages from 70 to IS.
~ fell asleep and dreamed of my
hero-you," wrote one woman. The
dream was really a continuation of
my thoughts; loves sweet dream"
Tell me my letters make you hap
py or / shall squeeze you till you
squeal. Oh, you baby" was the mes
sage to another convict.
Apparently some OF the women had
more than one correspondent, but
whether in different prisons was not
made clear.
81 have counterfeiter on my list,
a kid about 20; but some smart kid
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
BOARDS TO PASS ON
EXEMPTION CLAIMS
Special Committees to Be Ap-
pointed for Each $4,000
Persons to Investigate
Draft Claims. u.

Washington, June ITO pass upon
claims for exemption from military
service under the conscription law To-
cal boards will be appointed for ap.
proximately each $4,000 population.
This was announced today by the
provost marshal generals office, in a
statement saying:
"There will be local exemption
board for approximately each 10000
population. The power of appointing
these boards rests with the president,
but the task is so large that general
plan for their selection has been out
lined by the president.
"These local boards will have to do
especially with self-executing exemp-
tions, that is, those In which exenlp-
tions depends only upon the deterilii-
nation OF facts as, for example, wheth-
er man is a federal, state or judicial
officer, whether he is a clergyman or
whether he comes in any other way
within any classification for which ex-
emption is specifically provided under
the selectiye service law.
IN each federal judicial district
there will be at least one board review
to which appeals may be taken from
local boards aud which will have also
original jurisdiction in the exclusion
OF discharge from the selective draft
Of persons engaged in industry, in
Gliding agriculture, found to be neces-
sary to the maintenance Of the mill
tary establishment or the effective op-
Grafton OF the military forces or the
maintenance OF national interest dur
ing the emergency.
"The exemption regulations are not
in final form. When they are they
will be promulgated by the president"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
McAdoo Speaks Before
Advertising Convention

St. Louis, June 7.--Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo told the Associated
Advertising Clubs OF the World to-
day that il Germany was victorious
over France and Great Britain, il
would combine its own feet with
those OF England and France and
then put "the iron heel of the con-
queror" on American shores.
Among the vice presidential nomi-
nees who will be presented to the
convention are E. T. Meredith of
Des Moines and Harold Powell Of Los
Angeles. w. c. Darcy of St. Louis,
i is expected, will be elected presi.
dent Of the organization.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
SWEDE SOCIALISTS
ATTACK POLICE
Attempt to Call Genera! Strike
to Enforce Political Re-
forms is Only .'artly
Successful.

! Stockholm, June 6.-(Via London
June 7.)-One man was severely
wounded and a score slightly hurt If
the clash between several thousand
| workers and the police before the
Riksdag building Tuesday:
For some days previously the So
cialists OF the left had been urging
the workers to cease work on Tues
day and demonstrate before the par
lament building, when the socialist
interpretations regarding revision oi
the constitution, shorter working
days and higher wages were sched'
uled to be replied to by Premier
Swartz. Some agitators openly ad'
vocated violence.
Many factories stopped work at
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and
the employees marched to the Riks.
dag. They found the approaches tc
the building and to the Royal palace
guarded by police and soldiers.
Mob Attacks Police.
The mob made an attempt to rush
the police, who charged fercely with
drawn swords. Many heads were
slashed and other rioters were
knocked down and trampled upon
There was much bottle and stone
throwing, but ultimately the police
triumphed and the mob melted away
United States Minister Morris was
an interested spectator and was once
obliged to give grounI to avoid being
involved in the mtlee.
The left socialists later decided tc
demand general strike throughout
Sweden, but the men who went out
on Tuesday from the large factories
are reported to have resumed work
today.
The Interpolation presented in the
Riksdag were answered by Premier
Swartz. Hjalmar Branting, the SO
cialist leader, asked whether the gov
ernment was prepared to proceed witt
revision of the constitution abolishins
the grade franchi2. in municipalitie:
and giving women the Riksdag fran
chise. M. Wennerstroem, social
ist, inquired whether the government
would enforce payment of higher
| wages for laborers, shorter worl
day and "a political reorganization
including thorough constitutional re-
forms by which the peoples demand
for democratic reforms shall be grant
ed as soon as possible"
The answer of Premier Swartz te
all the questions was qualified mega
tive.
Food Is Issue Now.
The present political situation, he
said, demanded that the ministry de.
vote its chief attention to foreign
relations, to the end that importa.
tions of necessary foodstuffs and oi
raw materia.. for Sweden's industry
should be assured. The cabinet hoped
internal questions would be permitted
to await solution after the present
critical period.
The question OF abolition of prop
erty qualifications and other restric.
tions of the municipal franchise, the
premier continued, was one deeply
affecting communal rights, taxation
ETC., and, moreover, had been consid'
cred and rejected by the present ses.
sion of the Rksdag. The premier fur.
ther pointed out that a new election
OF members of the second chamber
would be held shortly, giving the peo'
pie an opportunity to register theii
will. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08

1870 -- : : -,
Sritcnheid. Iritehheld then made a
little speech 10 she ieiiows clustered
arouna the par anu iiliiheo'ateiy .hey
went ooWn ~ Jneir poekets anu inaue
up anotnef S9UU. mus iudson came
away with a total Of $1,000 in sub
scriptions. Ns
ri. nf,, \, .,..,t, o,,.t, n.,
he Pian y, tWvH.y ,honh pay
fnents instituted by the Omaha Elec-
trio Light and Power company Tor its
EMPLOYEES is working out well, accord-
;rr ~ n Z;,,,ea, .,T, 40. H.
: "e " =, N'a.. -o"e
partment, ne says, sixteen out OF
the nineteen employees bought the
hards IL III. nn.,.,;,n dan,r,,,,a,t
NY "pst"'uie N@f"i ,'"ehs
% per cent OF the employees took ap-
plieations. The vounp women en-
niaved hcr. .ra taL;rn ,ba ho,Js .s
P'oyssu he.e ate 'shuis ehe oohus 40
readily as the men.
Barton Curry, son OF Mr., and Mrs,
ps,,or cv,.,, A1n7 D.,s.a..
barton l. Surfy, 41os davenport
street and member OF Boy Scout
;bertv honds Wedresd,y ,;sht rs I
osiC ponus Vsunesoey Hignt ue-
tween the hours OF and 8. This in
sures him of a war medal. as every
Scout ssfi;no teo I ;her,v hards ;s
SIMS ~" pohuo 10
gwen a mccall. Edgar Morsman IS
his co-worker.
yn
orS Dona so'es'
The savings banks viii remain open uu-
III o'clock Saturday night 10 receive Lib
srty bond deposits.
II. o. wilhelm has offered Ia give a ann
hana ~ ,hs ,n,uranc. n.n d. ~. so,r Sv
,wha se,,s tha most ,nsuran". S,s,ns az
snonth '"s
Ine Journeymen Tailors union NO. % has
taken s2eo worth OF the bonds.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
investigating Cause Of
Riots in East st. Louis

East St. Louis, Mo-, June 7.-Presi-
dent Walker af the Illinois Fedora
ton of Labor and John H. Harrison
OF Danville, members OF the Illinois
State Counsel of Defense, today be-
gan an inquiry into the recent race
riots here.
Mayor Mollman testified that in the
last six months from 5000 to 5000
negroes have settled in East St. Louis
and in some instances have taken the
place Of white factory workers. This,
he said, he considered the cause of
the recent riots.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
j. S. OIL CARRIER
SINKS SUBMARINE
Commander of the Gun Grew
Reported Sinking German
Diver is Slated for
Promotion.

Paris June 7.-The American
steamer Silvershell has had a battle
with submarine in the Meditcrra-
mean. After an exchange OF sixty shots
the submarine disappeared.
Details OF the fight were made pub
lie today by the minister Of marine.
The Silvershcll, commanded by Cap
tain Tom Charlton, sighted the sub
marine on May 50. In the running
fight which followed the American
boat proved speedier than its enemy
and also seemed to be the master in
gun fire. The disappearance OF the
submarine was sudden.
The Silvershell is steamship OF
5,605 tons, owned by the Shell Oil
company OF California, 1t sailed from
America early in May with crew OF
forty-three men, Of whom fifteen are
American citizens. Its commander
comes from New York.
Incident Reported Wednesday.
Washington, June 7.-William J.
Clark OF New York, warrant Off
Ger from the battleship Arkansas,
commanded the armed guard aboard
the American steamer Silvershell,
which sank German submarine in
the Mediterranean.
1T was a splendid piece OF work.
Secretary Daniels said today, "and
we are now considering promotion
for Clark, who well deserves it."
The Silvershell is the steamer re-
ferred to in yesterdays State depart
mcnt announcement as having sunk
a German submarine after an ex-
change of sixty shots in a running
fight OF an hour and half.
Why Name Withheld.
The State department did not an
nounee the name Of the steamer be-
cause it has been this governments
policy not to disclose the names Of
ships having engagements with sub
marines because officials feel 1t marks
the ship for further attack, as they
believe was the case with the Mon
golia. That vessel, after having once
been identified with submarine en-
counter, has repeatedly been attacked
as though the submarine flotilla had
set about especially to destroy the
vessel which had the temerity to en-
gage II with such persistence. 1t has
been the policy also not to identify
the gun crews on merchant ships so
as not to add to their hardship in case
OF capture.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Secret Marriage is
Revealed by Registration

Smith Center, Kan, June 7.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The selective draft registra
ton in Lebanon yesterday forced the
admission from Milt Srader that he
was a married man, and had been
since the 5th OF last August He was
married to Miss Matte Page OF Phil
lipsburg, this state, at that time and
they decided to keep the wedding
secret as long as possible. Even their
closest relatives were kept in the
dark. Mr.. and Mrs. Srader will now
live together il, Red Cloud.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Russ Colonists Still
Hold Out AGAINST Draft

Phoenix, Ariz., June 7.-Assistant
United States Attorney LaRgeton de-
ferred action today regarding refusals
of members of the Russian colony of
Molokans to register Tuesday, pend
ing instructions from Washington.
Governor Campbell and other officials
tried in vain today to persuade lead
erS of the colony that registration was
not conscriptiJn and that they would
be exempt because of their religious
belief
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Russ Treaties With Its
Allies Stolen from Files

Amsterdam, June 7-tVia London.l
The Hamburger Fremdenbladt, a
copy OF which has been received mere,
publishes Stockholm report which
is alleged to have eminated from Rus
sian sources that the original treaties
between Russia and western powers
which were concluded since 1918 have
disappeared from the Petrograd for
eign Office.
The rumor connects the disappear
ance OF the treaties with recent mys-
terious burglaries at the foreign Of
fice and in foreign embassies in the
Russian capital"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Ex-Governor HadIey
To Become Law Professor

Denver, Colo, June 7.-Herbert S.
Hadley, former governor Of Missouri.
has accepted a professorship in the
University of Colorado law school,
Mr.. Hadley announced announced to-
day. He will move his home from
Kansas City to Boulder at once. Mr..
Hadley is widely known in national
republican circles.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Letters Written by Silly Women
Provoke Mutiny at Joliet Prison

I and sweet boy said one letter. But
don't get jealous; he's in for two
years longer than you are and you
won't ever meet"
Warden Bowen said the letters
came from all parts of the United
States and from all degrees OF social
ranks. One woman's stationery was
elaborately crested.
1t was the order curtailing the cor
rcspondence and visiting privileges
which precipitated the recent prison
revolt, in which one man was killed.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08

our lines over a front of about 600
yards. Our fire, delivered with vio-
lence and precision, checked the at
tempts quickly. The effect of the fire
was so great that the Germans imme-
diately returned to their trenches.
North Of the Chemin-Des- Danes
heavy artillery fighting continued on
the front south OF Filain.
"In Upper Alsace surprise attack
west OF Bisel was repulsed easily.
Two German airplanes were
brought down on June 6. Supple
mentary information now at hand es-
tablishes definitely that three more
German machines have been brought
down by our pilots on June 8, 4
and s." :..
German Official Report.
Berlin. June 7.-German troops yes
terday captured French positions for
an extent Of nearly one and one-quar-
ter miles along the Chemin-Des-
Danes front south OF Pargny-Filain,
in the Aisne region, says the official
statement issued today by the Ger
man army headquarters staff.
Early today, the German statement
says, the battle in Flanders fully
fiared up after the most extensive ex-
plosions and the most violent drum
FIRE.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

Inc personal recommendation of
people who have been cured Of
coughs and colds by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy have done much to-
ward making this preparation one of
inc most popular in use.--Ady.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08

BANKERS SON KIDNAPPED-The 14-month-old son
of j. Holland Keet, millionaire banker of Springfield Mo-,
stolen from home while his parents absent The
kidnapers demanded ransom, but have eluded inter-
view A German plot is suspected.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
Department Orders.

Washington, D. c., June 6.-tSpecial
decentralization granted--South Da-
kota: Dora s. Maloney, Jefferson, $l2.
Wyoming: Gertrude II. Merrell. Rawlins,
fe
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-08
HAIG STRIKING
EXPECTED BLOW
ON WIDE FRONT

Continued from Page One.,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-26
'HAvE RECORD
FOR FIRE RUNS
Fir. Department Has Responded 20
Thlty-slx Alarms
During This
Month.
THREE CALLS SUNDAY
Two Roof Fire. and Weed slazs Gall
the-Ftremen Out Yesterday-
Another Truck
Accident.

Although this Is the shortest month
in the year it has been one OF the
busiest for the fire department Tor
some time. Thirty-six alarms have
been responded to in twenty-five
days.
Three fires were added to the total
Yesterday. Sundays have been the
busiest days for the department this
month. Two Sundays ago seven
alarms were turned in within seven
hours.
The first alarm yesterday was from
the home of Lester Dean, 91S Car
roll street, at $3.50 o'clock IN the
morning. The roof had caught nre
from falling sparks. the damage being
about 500.
There was second roof IRE at
the home of Homer Smith. S04 Nor
gan street, just an hour later. the
loss being about $40.
About ZOO O'Clock the truck was
called to the vicinity Of Thirteenth
and Ridge street where weeds were
burning. The first two fires were
put out with chemicals. the last with
brooms.
Another IRE truck accident occur
red at the last alarm. One of the
rear wheels of the machine passed
over the foot Of Frank Sotiro. q
Japanese acrobat, wintering here
who went out with the fremen to
assist in fighting the blaze. After
the truck had stopped at its desti'
nation, Sotiro stepped OF the side
and reached underneath to secure
broom. The driver of the truck
moved the machine up few Feet
and one Of the rear wheels OF the
truck caught the shoe on Sotiro' s
right foot. The shoe was torn on
and hurled high into the air. The
mans foot was but slightly injured
and he was able to be about .5daJ,
but IL using cane.