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VITAL STATISTICS

BORN
Honolulu, Dec. 10,
1917, to Mr.. and Mrs. William Kea-
noano of ASIA Aud lane, a son.
JAEGER-In Honolulu, Dec. s, 1917,
to Mr.. and Mrs. James Emile Jaeger
of kewalo, near Dominis street, son
James Emile
Kealakekua, kona,
Hawaii, Dec. 5, 1917, to Mr.. and Mrs.
W. D. Mckillop, a son.
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BILLY" Sundays son, George, is in
the United States army. His father
said that he was proud his son was
willing to help his country.
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Every revolution in Russia helps a little
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James Jackson, Co. B. End Infantry,
was arrested for vagrancy last night.
According to the police he was beg
ging money to get to Schofield. When
arrested he had SO. When one citizen
told Jackson he was disgrace to the
uniform, the soldier swung at him
but missed. He was turned over to
the military authorities.
William Doran, finance commission
er Of Dallas, Tex. offered to his son
$500 for every German he killed.
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ROBERT S. THURSTON, assistant
agriculturist, with the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association experiment sta
ton, returned from business trip to
the Valley Island yesterday.
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RICHARD IVERS. vice-president and
secretary of Brewer & Co., left yes
terday for San Francisco on a bust
ness trip. Mrs. Ivers accompanied
him.
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RICHARD H. TRENT, PRES.
cHAs. G. HEIsER, JR, TREAS.
IRWIN n. 5EADLE, sEc'Y.
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PERSONALITIES

PROF. T. A. JAGGAR is spending a
brief stay in town, having arrived
from the Big Island yesterday.
GEORGE H. ANGUS Of Theo. Da.
vfes & Co.. Ltd, returned yesterday
from brief business trip to Hawaii.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Germans Attempt to Retake
Lost Positions, but Are
Driven Back, Leaving
5000 Prisoners.
(Ry Associated Press.)

The Austrian line on the lsonzo
front is beginning to bend and give
way at various points under the
furious attacks OF the Italians, Rome
announces officially.
The Italians are making progress
toward a success, which, the state
rrent says, is becoming delineated in
spite of undiminished resistance by
the Austrians.
More than 10000 prisoners have
been taken in the new battle OF the
Isonzo and strong Austrian defenses
have fallen into the hands Of the at
tackers.
Seldom during the war has an off,
cial communication been worded in
such confident terms, and, unless the
Austrians are able to rally their shat
tered forces, developments, of far
reaching Importance may follow
quickly. ...
The German reaction to the sue
cessful French stroke at Verdun came
last night and the new French lines
stood firm in the face of counter at
tacks of extreme violence. On the
front north of Verdun, especially at
Avocourt wood and north OF Cauri-
ers, the fighting was particularly Bit
ter, the French war Office reports. The
Germans, beaten back, met with heavy
losses. The number of prisoners
taken by the French now exceeds
5000.
The Germans also returned to the
attack on the Aisne front, striking at
Cerny and Hurtebise. Paris reports
the repuise OF these assaults.
On the British front the Germans
this morning made their third attempt
to recapture positions recently
wrested from them near Epehy, north
west of St. Quentin. A determined
attack was made, in which the Ger
mans employed fame throwers, but
they were repulsed completely by the
British, who hold all their positions.
Heavy fighting continues on the
southern Roumanian front. The Rus
slams and Roumanians are offering
stiff resistance, but Petrograd reports
officially they have been forced back
further at several points. Austro-Ger'
man troops reached the southwestern
outskirts OF the important Moldaviar
town of Ocna, seventy-hve mile:
southwest of the provisional Rouman
ian capital Jassy. On the northern
Russian front increasing activity J:
reported. The Germans are lombard
ing heavily the Russian trenches west
of the Riga-Mitau railroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Big WORK TAKEN
FROM ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS
Firms Who Were Parties to the
Labor Injunction Suit
Have Contracts Taken
Away from Them.

Some electrical contractors who
were parties to the injunction suit
brought against the striking electri-
clans some months ago are .ow be-
ing deprived of their contracts to
complete jobs in the city, and the
work is being handled by day labor
through the general contractors. \
This is means used by the gen.
eral contractors to get the work done
because the union electricians will
not work under the contractors in
volved in the injunction, and many
of the other tradesmen will not work
on the building as long as it is under
police protection. The JOB is consid-
cred to be under. police protection
while an injunction is in effect in
volving sub-contractor on the job.
Contractors Grow Impatient.
General contractors who were not
a party to the injunction proceedings
are growing impatient to have their
jobs completed and are finding it i'm
possible in many cases to 60 abe d
properly under. the present conditions.
LIE Bron, electrical contractor, has
been deprived of his contract to do
the electrical work on the St. Regis
apartment house, and from ten to
fifteen union electricians are now be-
ing employed by the North American
Hotel company to 90 ahead with the
work. lie Bron was involved in the
injunction, and union rfeii would not
work for him under present condi-
tions. Upon inspection Of the work
being done by the nopunion men it
was decided it was not satisfactory
and that union men must some way
be brought back to the job.
Trouble at Masonic Temple. 8.
An effort is being made by the
! unions to get the electrical contract
on the Masonic temple out of the
hands of the James Corr Electrical
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Mission to Russia
Submits Its Report

Washington, Aug. 2l.-Elihu Root
and other members of the American
mission which visited Russia recently
have returned to Washington to close
up the, affairs of the mission.
Hormal reports by Mr., Root, for
the commission as a whole and of the
individual members upon the subjects
which they were specially charged to
investigate already have been Sub
mitted to Secretary Lansing and been
referred to the State, War and Navy
departments. 1t is not the present in
tention to make any of them public,
although the substance of some may
appear later in development Of the
war plans of the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Powell Takes Overture
In CHICAGO Trap Shoot

Chicago, Aug. 2l-Dr, E. H. Pow
ell of Valparaiso, Ind, won the Chi
cago overture shoot, preliminary
event to the Grand American handi-
cap, at the South Shore Country club
today, defeating c. A. Cunning OF
Longmont, Colo.
The event was at 100 targets. H. P.
Demund of Phoenix, Ariz., and C.. A.
Edmondson of Indianapolis, in ad-
dition to Powell and Cunning, had
perfect scores.
The shoot-off was at twenty targets.
Demund and Edmondson were the
losers in this event. Edmondson
missed two targets and Demund one,
which gave hi mthird place. Then
Powell and Cunning faced the traps,
Powell facing II to II.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
RAILROADS ASK ,
SHIPPERS TO use
AUTOsAND TEAMS
War Board Wants Roads to
Conserve Man and Motive
Power as Much as
Possible.

In .visw OF the vast amount of
equipment to be tied up by reason
of the movement of troops and gov
ernment supplies. the railroads of the
country have joined in an appeal to
shippers and others, urging them
wherever and whenever possible to
use automobiles, auto trucks and
teams for the short distance traffic,
both freight and passenger.
With the railroads it is no longer
matter of going out and trying to
get business, but instead, it is a prob
lem of how they are to handle the
traffic in sight and that which is GER
tain TO come along in the near future.
The war board has put the PROPOSE
ton up to the officials of the traffic
and operating departments and is urg-
ing conservation of man power, mo-
tive power and equipment wherever
possible.
Fairfax Harrison, mead or the rail
road end Of the war board, points to
the fact that between now and winter
the railroads will be called upon to
handle 100000 men to the canton
ments that the government is building
to house the National Guard and the
national army. This movement, he
urges, will draw enormously on mo-
tive power and passenger equipment
In addition to the troop movements
the railroads figure that in the con-
struction of the cantonments, haul
ing lumber and other army supplies
100000 freight cars are being mo-
.nopolized, together with all the crews
and locomotives needed in moving the
ears
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
MICHAELIS TO
TELL GERMAN
PEACE VIEW
Chancellor to Appear Before
Reichstag Committee With
Comment on the Pope's
Proposal.

Copenhagen, Aug. 2l.-At a meet
ing of the main committee OF the
Reichstag called for today, Chancel-
lor Michaelis was expected to declare
the pope's peace note in general ac-
cord with the German governments
peace proposal of December Il, 1916,
and the recent Reichstag resolution
on the same subject, and, therefore,
to be sympathetically received i'll Ger
many. Germany cannot, however, dis
cuss details and particularly under no
circumstances can it enter into dis
cussion of the status of Alsace-Lor-
raine as part of the German empire.
The chancellor, according to this fore
cast, will say that as Germany has
earlier indicated its desire to make
peace, the first word must come from
the other side.
England Replies.
Rome, Avg. 2l.-The reply of the
of Pope Benedict was handed to Car.
dinai Gasparri, the papa1 secretary
of state, by the British minister or
Monday, The reply says the pope's
note will be examined in a benevo.
lent and serious spirit.
Cardinal Gasparri expressed to the
British minister the hope that the
belligerents would give approval to
four fundamental propositions in the
papal note, similar ideas having al
ready been set forth by responsible
ministers of Great Britain, Russia
France, Germany and Austria, while
President Wilson's peace message, in
the opinion of the cardinal, implied
almost the whole OF the pope's pro,
gram,
1t having been asserted in the press
that the pope was urged to work fol-
peace b.. Empress Zita of Austria.
Hungary, the Vatican states that the
pontiff has no personal acquaintance
with the empress and has never re,
ceived any communication from hel
on any subject. z... X i.
ct has been reported or severa
occasions that the Austrian empress
who was born in the Italian province
of Lucca, has been working assidu
ously for peace4
No Acknowledgement.
Washington, Aug. 2l.-The United
States has not yet acknowledged re-
ceipt of Pope Benedict's peace pro
posal, but will do so through The
British foreign Office, which trans
mitted the communication through
Ambassador Page.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
PRIEST LAB0Rs
IN WHEAT FIELDS
FOR UNCLE: sam
Rev. Father 0'Grady, Formerly
of Omaha, Does Practical
Farm Work in interest OF
Federal War Measures.

Tanned to an autumn. hue, with
horny palms and blisters, Rev. ]. J..
O'Grady of Washington, D. c., quiet
ly slipped into Omaha last week on
what was assumed to be his annual
vacation visit. In reality he had just
finished a sixty-day working tour of
the harvest fields of the middle west
as a government observer, and left
Omaha as quietly as he came to re-
port the result of his mission.
Father O'Grady was assistant at st.
Cecelia's pro-cathedral prior to 1912,
when he was detached by Bishop
Scannell for the purpose OF taking a
postgraduate course at the Catholic
university at Washington. While a
student there he showed such marked
talent in the science of economics that
he was conscripted as teacher and
has been in the department of econo-
mics for the last three or four years.
Students to Harvest Fields.
At the instance of the federal De-
partment of Labor Father O'Grady
undertook the management Of a party
of college students desirous of work
ing as harvest hands during school va
cation. In years past there has been
much discussion of the value of stu
dents in relieving shortage of labor
during the harvest rush. Considerable
labor Of this class had been secured,
but no actual first hand study of the
college man as a temporary expedient
in the labor market had been made, or
of the conditions surrounding such
labor. This was the~task set for STU
dent clergyman and the seventy col
lege boys who started with him in
the middle of June and followed the
advancing harvest season from Okla
homa to North Dakota.
To Report to Government.
The result Of the expedition is a
privileged story for the department
alone. In talking about his expert
ence. Father O'Grady said fifty of the
original party stayed on the job to
the finish, successfully overcoming
not only the aches of hard labor and
long hours, but also the primitive liy-
ing conditions which were tfteir lot.
In Oklahoma harvest conditionsipr
the workers were hardest. u h
working day stretched from sunhse
to sunset, and in most cases the
farmers were extremely exacting,
even where the farmer could measure
his wealth by thousands of bushels
of wheat. One typical instance hap
pened to the clerical harvest hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Want Special Appropriation
For Building Destroyers

Washington, Aug. 2l.-Congress
will be asked for special rush ap-
preparations for the immediate ex-
pansion of ship and engine building
plants to carry out the big destroyer
program decided upon by the Navy
department.
Secretary Daniels indicated today
that the ship builders have said the
necessary expansion could be carried
out only if the government paid the
bill. The navy will ask Immediately
to start the work and will not await
the regular naval appropriation bills
later in the year. q tE'
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22

ditofium, where he had just finished
inspecting Companies A and d. and
the machine gun company, . .N
This means we will have to work
hard. E--ery man has to work hard
and every officer even harder. if pos
sible,s Few in the Sixth have had pre-
viops military training, so it is going
TO be tas'.. to train the companies.
But we are going to make this bat
talon the best in spite OF our handi-
caps"
Major Harries is the only man in
the Nebraska brigade with West
Point training. He was at West
Point three years, when foot ball
smashup incapacitated him for further
work there.
Major Harries will remain in Oma-
ha and go with his battalion to Dem
ing. Just when that will be he does
not know. w.,
1--WE may leave in a day--it may
take a week. But it will come soon
1t is possible the entire Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
lBy Associated Press. J


Grand Headquarters of the French
Armies in France, Aug. 2l.-When
prisoners came back in hundreds
shortly after dawn yesterday morning
the observers knew that the sharp
blow decided on by the French higher
command in order to give more
breathing space at Verdun had been
successful.
After the artillery had pounded the
German positions stretching along a
front Of fourteen, miles from south
Of Bethincourt to Bezonvaux until
they must have been like pulp, the
infantry advanced as the first streak
of dawn lighted the sky and occupied
all the positions they had set out to
conquer, at the same time sweeping
into their net many prisoners of sew
eral divisions of the German crown
princes army.
The French soldiers showed once
more that they were not yet bled
white. When the order was given
for them to GO over the top in the
face of hundreds OF batteries of heavy
and light artillery and thousands of
machine guns they advanced singing,
and nothing could stay their dash.
Losses Are Slight.
They were handled in such a way
by their officers that they escaped
: through the most dangerous part of
the ground they had to negotiate with
almost negligible losses, reaching the
German positions before the German
barrage fire.
The correspondent passed the
night on the battlefield in the vicin-
ity OF the thickest artillery fire and
can testify to its intensity. During
two famous French victories, on Oc-
tober "a and December Is, 1916, be-
fore Verdun, the correspondent was
present en- both occasions, and this
Ntime reached the conclusion from the
herceness of the fire that the French
employed at least an equal number OF
guns.
The night preceding this battle was
fairylike in beauty. There was no
moon, but the stars were brilliant and
the natural effects, enhanced by the
constant succession of flashes from
bursting shells, while all along both
French and German positions flares
almost necessarily arose, making the
surrounding area brighter than day.
Carnival of Sound.
The only disturbing sounds was the
terrifying screeches and the whistling
of smaller shells and the trainlike
roar of larger projectiles as they tore
| through the air, while the dull thuds
of trench torpedoes reverberated
along the ground.
The French troops awaiting the Or
der TO advance were not in the slight
est dismayed by the difficulties of the
task confronting them. They knew
that this was unsuitable terrair for at
tacking forces, but the fullest conf
dence reigned among them.
Facing them were German divi-
sions which had been massed for re-
sistance to any effort the French
might make to extend their circle of
territory around Verdun, which the
Germans cali the door to the heart
of France. The confidence of the
|
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Young LeMars Girl Is
OUTRAGED and Murdered

LeMars, Ia, Aug. 2l.-The body of
l2-year-old Alta Braun was found in
an alley in the residence district to-
day. The child had been outraged
and murdered. An underskirt torn
IRON the child's waist was wrapped
tightly about her neck. No clew to
the childs slayer has been discovered
by the officers. The little girl was
last seen alive early last evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
American Airmen Listed
Among French Missing

Paris, Aug. 2l.--Oliver Chadwick
of New York, member of the aerial
squadron of Captain George Guyne-
mer, the famous French airman, has
been missing since Tuesday. 1t is be-
lieved he was brought down in an
aerial encounter.
Corporal Harold Wills OF Boston.
a member of the Lafayette squadron,
whose disappearance already has been
reported, is believed to be prisoner,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
OMAHA SOLDIERS
MAY GO TORRANCE,
SAYS HARRIES
Battalion Major Arrives and at
Once Starts Intensive Train
ing of Troops Destined
for the Front.

MAJOR II. L. Harries, who COM
mands the Omaha battalion of the
Sixth Nebraska, arrived in Omaha
Tuesday morning to inspect the four
companies OF the battalion here await
ing orders to entrain for Deming.
I'VE hope and expect to make the
Omaha battalion the best i'll the Ne
braska brigade" he said at the Au-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
new FRENCH LINES ON VERDUN /.
FRONT HOLD AGAINST fierce
CHARGES OF PRUSS|AN TROOPS
Canadians Repulse Germans
In Mdfeld Before City of Lens

Aug 2Canadian launched another
attack the environment of the French mining city 4
o'clock the correspondent the British
developed
hand -to-hand battles of the 81
the Canadians the of
advancing them the thick haze Both sides had planned
the attack a the
Fifteen minutes after the clash the Germans making their
their They rapidly
German positions and
today
issued this evening Heavy fight
ing region the coal with Canadians having
repulse
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Senators FIoCking In
To Vote on Vital Bills

Washington, Aug. 2l.-Senators
who had been absent from the capital
were arriving today in response TO
telegraphic notice from the party
leaders to be OH hand for the voting
on the war tax bills chief features i'll
dispute, the war profits and income
taxes. Action on the bill itself prob
ably will not come until the coming
week.
Senate sentiment in favor OF higher
rates OH war profits and income taxes.
already strong, apparently is gaining
strength.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Conference Calls Off
Gray'S Harbor Ship Strike

Washington, Aug. 2l.-As the. re-
suit OF conferences concluded here to-
day, in which representatives of ship
builders, the shipping board and the
American Federation of Labor par
ticipated, a strike Of more than 1000
ship builders in the Gray's Harbor dis
trict of Washington was declared off
and the men were ordered back to
work. The strike is said to have been
sympa .hetic, The yards at Aberdeen
and Hoquain are working on wooden
ships for the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
CANADIANS RENEW ATTACK ON LENS;
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS CRUSHED
More Than Halt Militia
Affected By Hook Worn,

Washington, Aug. 2l.-Discovery
of hook worm infection in forty
seven out of seventy-hve militia re-
cruits recently modified for war
service has caused public health
service authorities to recommend
prompt examination of all units of
the National Guard and national
army at present organized, espe-
cially those from the warmer por-
tions of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Lindsey Held for Sale
Of LIQUOR to Soldiers

Emmett Lindsey, Twenty-fourth
and N streets, was bound over to the
federal grand jury under $1,000 bond
after hearing before United States
Commissioner Mclaughlin, on the
charge Of selling liquor to soldiers in
uniform. Several soldiers were pres
ent to testify against him.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Trade Commission Says
PAPER Advance Excessive

Washington, Aug. 2l.-The advance
in prices of book paper last year
was excessive and unwarranted, the
federal trade commission reported to-
day TO the senate. AS result of its
investigation the commission has or
dered proceedings against certain
practices of manufacturers.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
O. -------------------------
No Shortage Of Rifles
For u. S. Overseas Troops

Washington, Aug. 2l.-There is no
shortage Of rifles for the American
forces sent TO Europe, although there
may be some delay in equipping all
men Of the national army with the
weapons they are to use in training,
it was said officially today at the War
department.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Say German Instigated ,
Argentine Railway Strike

Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic.
Aug. 2l.-The principal instigator of
the recent railroad strike on the Cen
trail railroads II Argentine is said to
be German named Won Lubeck. This
man, it is declared, is known to the
police of the United States,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
During Charge Following Ter
rifle Bombardment Every
German Position At
tackled is Carried.
BULLETIN.

Paris, Aug. 1.-THE battle of
Verdun has not yet closed, and on
the left bank of the Meuse the
French troops have captured sew
eral important points, including the
village of Regneville. On the right
bank the French have occupied
Samegneux and carried a system
Of fortified trenches, which links
this place up with Hill 344.
The official report from the war
Office announcing the successes, says
that all German counter attackes
have been repulsed. T..
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
Draft EUaders May
Face Firing SQUAD

San Francisco, Aug. 2l.--In time
of war deserters are shot when
army regulations are strictly ad-
hered to, Arthur Mallen. an agent
of the Department of Justice, point
ed out here. He said that as draft
ed men who did not appear for ply
sical examinations were to be class
ed as deserters, all evaders would
do well to consider the conse-
quences of attempts to shirk serv-
ice in the national army.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22
The Weather

For Enthusiastically cloudy not much
tange in temperature.
Temperature at OmOha Yesterday
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-22

1917. 1916. 1915. 1st4.
Highest yesterday. s5 81 so 81
Lowest yesterday g. 81 70 50 50
Mean temperature rs Ts 20 50
Precipitation .... .27 90 90 90
~ Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature ....................74
Excess for the day ............r.,.,..,. .
Total deficiency since March 1..........1s4
Normal precipitation ............ IL inch
Total precipitation since Mar. /, ,.1s.54 inches
Deficiency since March 1,..... 1.21 inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1916 $40 inches
Excess for cor. period, l9l5.,. .54 inches