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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-12-06

Salt entered largely into the relig-
ious services of the Hebrews as an
accompaniment of the various Of
ferings presented on the altar tLev.
ii, 49,. Antiochus conferred boon
on Jerusalem by presenting the city
with 375 bushels of salt for the tenn
nile sayviea
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Another Member of The Bee Family
Goes to Do His Bit for Uncle Sam

Samuel Slotky, a member of The
Bee editorial staff, has taken
position with the navy and will leave
Immediately for the Great Lakes
Naval Training station near Chicago.
Slotky, who is an Omaha boy, is
a graduate of the Omaha High school
and also holds diploma from the
University of Omaha where he was
graduated in 1916. Since that time he
has been a member of The Bee staff.
Slotky is the only man in Omaha
who possesses gold medal, awarded
to him by the city council for his
valiant services during the Easter tor
nado which swept Omaha in 1918.
Slotky rushed to Fort Omaha on that
fatal day and advised Major Hartman,
who was in command there, of the
catastrophe.
For this quick-minded work the
city council unanimously voted that
Slotky should be rewarded and at
a special session the presentation was
made. E
Mr.. Slotky's work for the govern
ment at the Great Lakes Naval Train
ing station will be of a publicity ma
ture along the lines of his work here
in Omaha.
Slotky is % years old and formerly
resided at 2l1 South Twenty-frst
street
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
FOOD MEASURE
REPORTED OUT
OF CONFERENCE
Administration Control Bill,
Shorn of Features Opposed
by President, Ready for
Enactment.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The admin
istration food control bill, stripped Of
the features opposed by President
Wilson, was reported out of confer
ence today, just one month after the
date the president had hoped to see it
enacted into law.
Enactment some time next week
now is predicted.
House conferees will make their re-
port tomorrow and favorable action
will be taken on it Friday.
Senate approval probably will fol-
low early next week, although ex-
tended debate is expected in the sem
ate, owing to elimination of senate
amendments providing for congress
sional war expenditures committee
and a three-member food control
board.
The deadlock conference was
broken by Senator Warren of Wyo-
ming, republican, in agreeing to vote
with the democrats to strike out the
war expenditures committee amend
ment.
Another Measure Proposed.
Senator Warren is understood to
have been influenced by tacit under
standing that the senate rules COM
mittee will report favorably and as
separate measure resolution to pro-
vide for a joint congressional com
mittee on the conduct of the war, in
troduced by Senator Weeks of Mas
sachusetts. Whether this resolution
can be put through both houses is
problematical. Administration lead,
ers will wage bitter fight against It.
Conferees from each house tonight
declared they had emerged from con-
ference victorious. The result re-
sembled draw. The senate conferees
sacrificed their war expenditures
committee and three-member food
control board amendments, while the
house conferees accepted greatly re-
stricted price-hxing and control pro-
visions, So minimum for wheat and
less drastic prohibition section.
Prohibits Liquor.
Under the latter the manufacture of
distilled liquors would be prohibited
and the president given power to
limit the manufacture of light wines
and beers, if necessary, and to COM
mandeer such distilled liquors in or
out of bond, as he may deem advis-
able.
Steps to finally enact the first ad-
ministration food bill, proposing a ma
tional food survey and containing
provisions to stimulate production,
were taken Immediately after the
agreement on the control legislation.
The conferees agreed to meet tomor-
row, when it is expected their differ
ences will be adjusted. The measure
has been held in conference since
June 2, because of the desire of ad-
ministration leaders to secure action
upon the control bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
American Steamship
Motano is Sunk by a
Teuton Submarine

London, Aug. 1.-The American
steamship Motano, of 2,730 tons gross,
was sunk by a Teuton submarine on
July 81. Twenty-Five survivors have
been landed.
New York, Aug. 1.-The Motano
sailed from New York July 2 for
Queenstown, ireland. The vessel was
in command of Captain L. S. STRAIT
ton and carried a crew of thirty-four
men, of whom fifteen claimed Ameri-
can citizenship when signed on here
before the United States commits
sioner of shipping. The Motano was
built in 1890 at New Castle, England.
Among the Americans in the crew
was Arthur B. Hansen, mate, Bay
Center, Wash.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
MANY announce
They WILL CLAIM
THEIR EXEMPTION
Chairman SundbIad Says if All
Succeed in Evadinq Service
More Registered Men
Must Be Called.

Nearly 100 drafted men have been
examined by Douglas county exemp-
ton boards, although examination
days proper will not begin until the
last of this week
Notices have been sent out by
most of the exemption boards, calling
men for examinations on the fifth,
sixth and seventh days from the date
of mailing out the notifications.
Men who voluntarily appear before
exemption boards before the fifth
day, however, are examined.
Scores of men also have notified
boards they will file claim for exemp-
ton.
OF the seventeen men examined by
the doctor of the Fourth district
board Monday, four failed to meet up
with physical requirements.
To Be Re-examined.
They will be re-examined by an
other physician, who does not know
the verdict of the first doctors ex-
animation.
The other thirteen men examined
by the Fourth district board filed no.
tice they will claim exemption on
grounds of dependents.
On this basis a lot more than
double the quota of each district will
have to be examined in order to sup
ply the national draft army with the
number of men expected from Doug
las county.
1T does not look as if we got many
soldiers out of the first batch of men
we examined" averred Acting County
Judge Sundblad, chairman of the
Fourth district board.
Doctors Are Busy.
Examination for exemption in the
Fifth district is now being carried on
by special appointment with RI. Rob-
ert Hollister. DR.. F. ]. Prendergast
is second examiner for this district.
These examinations have been made
at night in the army building. About
thirty-hve men have been examined,
of whom about one-sixth have been
rejected.
"Most of these have been rejected
because of underweight," said DR..
Hollister. Zone of the applicants was
E. J. Brandeis, who passed the ex-
animation we'll. We will begin next
Monday to examine the whole list.
This will mean hard work, as we
must be through in about a week"
After the first physical examination,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
GERMANY FIGHTS
WAR OF Defense,
STATES KAISER
Emperor William, in ProCIama.
ton to TeutoniC People,
DisCIaimS Schemes of
Conquest.

Copenhagen, Aug. l.-Emperor
William today issued the following
proclamation to the German people
ITO the German people: Three
years of hard fighting are behind us.
With grief we remember our dead,
with pride our soldiers, now fighting,
with confidence all our workers and
with a heavy heart those who are
languishing in captivity, but above all
our thoughts stand resolute in the
determination to prosecute this
righteous war of defense to success
full termination.
"The enemy is stretching out his
hands toward German territory, but
he shall never have it. New nations
continue to enter into the war against
US, but that does not frighten US. We
know our strength and we are de-
termined to make use of it. They wish
to see us weak and powerless at their
feet, but they shall not prevail.
Allies Scorn Peace.
They received disdainfully our
words of peace; they did not know
how Germany could fight. Through
out the world they have slandered
the. German name, but they cannot
extlnguish the glory of German deeds.
Thus we stand erect at the close
OF this year, unmovable, victorious
and intrepid.
Our trials may still await us, but we
shall meet them with grave mien
and full of faith. Throughout the
three years achievement the mighty
German people has become firm in
its resistance against all that the
power OF the enemy can conceive.
If the enemy wishes to prolong
the sufferings of war they will weigh
more heavily upon him than upon US.
Should Show Gratitude.
For that which has been accom-
plished on the front let us at home
show our gratitude by tireless toll.
We must still continue to fight and
to furnish arms for it. But our peo-
pie may rest assured that German
blood and German zeal are not being
gambled with for an empty shadow of
or schemes of conquest and
subjugation, but in defense of strong
free empire, in which our children
may live in security.
LET all our actions and all Our
thoughts be devoted to this fight. Let
this be our solemn promise of this
day, August l, 1917.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

This is in accordance with the rules
laid down by Attorney General Greg
ory and transmitted to Omaha federal
officials. Before the drawing in the
big national human lottery most
"slackers" when apprehended were
allowed to register. Now that the
drawing has taken place, the sterner
procedure is followed, and every
Stacker is insured place in the
first army.
In case they are exempted for any
reason, criminal procedure against
them may follow.
Rain Only. Excuse.
Becker had no excuse for not reg
istering except the fact that it rained
on registration day.
"At first l thought I wouldn't reg
ister,'" he said naively, "but my wife
said I'd better do it. So decided |
would. But then it began to rain
and just didn't do anything more
about it"
Cyrus Mitchell, a, box car tourist,
was hauled from freight train in
The railroad yards. He didn't have
l registration card, but told federal
officers that he had registered at Can
ton, O., where he happened to be in
the course of his travels on reg:stra-
ton day. He claimed he had lost his
registration card. He agreed to en-
list, but when a United States mar
shall took him down to the regular
army recruiting station the army men
declared in decided terms that they
didn't care for any men of Cyrus
style of beauty as soldiers. So he is
being held in the county jail awaiting
telegraphic advices from Canton as
to whether he obeyed the draft law
and registered there.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Russ Soldiers Fire On Sailors
After Capture of Enemy Trench

Petrograd, Aug. Premier and
Minister of War Kerensky has re-
turned from the front.
A battalion of DEATH" consisting
of 800 reval sailors, forced four lines
of enemy trenches on the western
front, instead of two, as had been
ordered. They then asked for REIN
forcements in order to consolidate the
captured positions. Instead of re-
inforcing them, however, the soldiers
fired on the sailors, who between two
fires began to retire. Only fifteen of
the men escaped unwounded.
The commander of the force died
as the result of thirteen wounds, and
a sub-lieutenant and two midshipmen
shot themselves rather than retreat.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Dandy Sixth" Ready
For Mobilization Order

Mobilization of the Sixth Me-
braska infantry is expected to start
at any moment. There are six
companies already in Omaha mark
ing time and anxious to start drill
ing.
The band is rehearsing twice
daily and all is ready for the call.
The companies out in the state
can start on short notice.
A special dispatch to The Bee
from Lincoln said the Dandy
Sixth" has been approved by the
War department and will be mus
tered in at once. It is not known
whether the Sixth will be sent to
Fort Crook or directly to Deming.
The regiment is almost full, lacking
on an average but twelve men to
a company to make the quota.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
U. S. Soldier Is Killed
In Quarrel Over Card Game
(By Associated Press.)

American Training camp in France,
Aug. l.--Major General John J. Per-
shing arrived today at the American
training camp and inspected the
troops. The third death in the camp
occurred last night when one soldier
kicked another in the stomach in a
quarrel over a game of cards. The vic
tim died later and his assailant was
arrested.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
To Introduce Bread Cards
Into France Saturday

Paris, Aug. BREAD cards will be
introduced into France on Saturday.
The Journal Officiei, it is announced
today, will on that day publish de-
cree whereby each adult and family
head is to receive a card emitting
grown persons to 500 grams of
bread daily. Children under 7 years
will be allowed 800 grams. This ration
may be augmented by 200 grams if
holder of a card furnishes sufficient
reasons,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Proposed Beer Tax Will
Close Thousand Saloons

St. Louis, Aug. l.-St. Louis brewers
today said that a thousand saloons
in Missouri would go out of business
if a tax of $3.50 is placed on beer as
planned by the senate finance COM
mittee. They declare that under the
proposed tax it would be impossible
to sell beer at S cents a glass.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
$500 Trainmen on S. P. Road
Vote to Strike Saturday

San Francisco, Aug. Eight
thousand five hundred trainmen OF the
Southern Pacific company have voted
to go on a strike next Saturday night
unless grievance claims against the
railroad company are settled, it be-
came known here today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
TEN TOWNS IN BELGIUM ARE
CAPTURED BY ALLIED TROOPS
IN FIRST DAY OF Big DRIVE
French and British Forces Advance Two and Half Miles
On Wide Front and Take $500 German Prison
ers; Desperate Counter Attacks Are
Beaten Off.
BULLETIN.

London, Aug. 1-Telegraphing from the British army
headquarters France and Belgium this afternoon the
spondent of Reuters Limited says:
The rain has almost ceased. The sky has grown per-
cepbly lighter and the guns beginning bark again in
greater volume"
Both British and French gained further ground the fight
in the pres today but the Germans heavy
ter attacks succeeded in recaprng the village of ST. Julien
and part of the village of West Hoek According the official
report from British tonight
made prisoners exceeds 5000.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

pdrive will be renewed as soon as the
heavy guns are moved up, in pursuit
OF the plan of driving a wedge into
the German lines by successive
strokes Until point is reached when
the falling back of the enemy on a
wide front will be forced.
The Importance to be attached to
drive into German-held territory in
this sector must be gauged not only
by the reclaiming of Belgian soil
from the invaders, which IL makes
possible, but the threat it offers to the
German submarine bases along the
Belgian coast. A push much further
eastward along the present line of adj
vance will be bound to shake the Sc
curity OF the German coast line.
German Line Badly Bent.
The desperation Of the German, re-
slstance, now manifesting itself in
furious counter attacks, bears witness
to the importance the German high
command attaches to retention of the
present front. This front has been
shown to be not the rigid one the
Ieutonic claims have made it out.
Badly bent by yesterdays attack the
immediate future is likely to show
whether it can be strained to the
breaking point.
Advices from the allied capitals
point to the expectation of the battle
opened yesterday continuing for
weeks, if not months. The French
troops evidently were not brought
up to the Belgian front, away from
their former field of operations for
any brief effort a arms.
On the French front the Germans
went on this morning with an op-
Grafton they had been preparing in
the, Verdun region, launching an as
sault between Avocourt and Hill
3O4, northwest of the citadel, in an
effort to regain the positions they
lost July IL. Only a few advanced
elements of the French line, how
ever, were reached by the crown
princes forces, the French fire stop
ping them short there.
Position Changes Hands,
British Front in France ard Bel
gium, Aug. 1.-The section of the de-
lenses on the Warneton-G Gapaard
road, which was taken by the Brit
ish. was the scene of heavy fighting
and the Germans succeeded in taking
it. The British, however, delivered
strong attack and again drove the
enemy out, after sanguinary fighting.
Just to the north of the Ypres-
Confines canal the Germans also
launched counter attack, but were
hurled back By the defending troops.
German prisoners continue to ar
rive in large numbers, and while it
has not yet been possible for the mill
tary to make count, it is known that
they run well into the thousands.
Boche's Cover Ground.
The reconquered territory about
the Ypres salient has yielded its de-
tails of the awful effect of the British
fire. The German bodies lay
thick in many places and in instances
too numerous to escape comment
fully accoutred soldiers were found
turned away from the direction of the
British attack, indicating that they
were retiring when struck down.
Large numbers of the dead were
mere youths who looked as though
they might recently have come from
the school room, for they were slight
of build and physically untitled to
bear the strain of war.
Most expressive was the comment
tContiuued op Pare TwoJ foIumv tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
U-BOAT BASE MENACED
TEST BATTLE OF WAR
MAY DECIDE KALSER'S FATE
fopa Pastor Charged
With Preaching Treason

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Aug. Rev.
John Reichart, pastor of the German
Evangelical church at Lowden, Ia,
was held to the federal grand jury
in $4,000 bond at a hearing last
night. He is charged with preaching
reasonable sermons from his pulpit.
He gave bond.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Fletcher Back in Mexican
CapitaI After Visit to States

Mexico City, Aug. Henry P.
Fletcher, the American ambassador
to Mexico, returned here late last
night from his visit to the United
States.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Guard Mobilization
DeIayed TU0 Weeks

Washington, Aug. delays in
preparing national guard mobiliza-
ton camps, the War department
announced today, will postpone
their opening about two weeks.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

With wide stretch of territory and than 500 prs-
in their hands the result of the first days fighting
their offensive the British and French troops Flanders
spent last night consolidating their gains and repusng the
evitable German counter attacks.
The ne which along the greater part of its stretch
from two to two and oneha miles advance the old
includes captured within limits has been firmly
held along the entire front.
The consolidation process being carried under tor
rental rain which is hamperng further operations.
The extent of the permanent advantage gained by the
front will have TO be judged by further developments
Definite detectives assigned the various allied units
for attainment in the first days soke and these appear to
have been gained almost in their entirety
The logical supposton with the history of the Some
Aras operations particularly the former mind is that the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
FARMER, Stacker, MUST FILL .
PLACE OF FIRST EXEMPTED !
MAN IN COUNTRY DISTRICT
H. D. Becker Arrested for Evadng Draft Tells Exemp
ton Board He Failed Because it Rained on Regis
tration Day; Penalty Heavier Since Draw
ing; Army Refuses Tramp

II. D. Becker a farmer living of Benson is the first
arrested Douglas county Stacker after the big draw
the selecve draft and under the drastic
visions dealing with sackers
Becker arrested Tuesday and after hearing before
federal officials taken the exemption board of his dis
rct in Benson there take the place of the first registered
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Cotton Crop Estimated at
7O.3 Per Cent of Normal

Washington, Aug. This years
cotton crop was forecast today at
11,949,0 900 pounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
The Weather

For Nebraska-Fair; Warmer west
portion.
Temperatures ut Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Comparative Local Record.

Tejmerature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature ................. rs
Excess for the day Observation-Disclosures. /
Total deficiency since March 1.........132
Normal precipitation ....:..... 4inch
Excess for the day ............ 10 inch
Total rainfall since March 1....16.2l inches
Deficiency since March I....... 2.07 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. 7.75 inches
Excess for cor. period, 1915.... .92 inch
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
DRY RESOLUTION
PASSES SENATE
BY 65 TO 20 VOTE
Upper House Willing That Pro.
hibition Amendment Ques-
tion Be Submitted to
States.
(By Associated Press,l

Washington, Aug. IA resolution
for submission to the states of a pro-
hibition amendment to the federal
constitution was adopted late today
by the senate. The vote was 65 to
20, eight more than the necessary
two-thirds.
AS adopted the resolution contains
provision that the states must be
asked to ratify the amendment with
six years. The house still must act
on the resolution.
Senators opposing the resolution
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

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Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02

Continued on Page Two. Column Tw.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-02
Reports from Stations at 7P. N.

L. A. WELSH. MetsorOlogist.
Hispano América., 1917-11-11
Oferta Gratis

slenco? Y sean pora suntosa moososy en- general t%os los d. la vda7 Pus escr-
BAN y a vueha de coreo recbnai ntrmes gratis DIRECCION-
SRA. =. s. D E GABRIEL, Aparado 1891, HAeANA. CUBA.
Hispano América., 1917-11-11
PERUANOS ESCLAVOS DE LOS
BRASILENOS

En- Lima, PERU, hay gran indigna-
cion con motive de que ha circulado
la noticia de que numerosos peruanos
estan siendo obligados a TRAFALGAR en-
las plantaciones de hule en- Ell Brasil,
en- calidad de ~esclavos.
Los p%eriodicos publican relatos es-
nos Sc les MEGA Ell permiso para sa-
lr de las plantaciones, y que o ira
tados muy rudamente.
FL presdente Pardo ha ordenado
que Sc abra n ~averiguacion.
Hispano América., 1917-11-11
SOCIEDAD

En- la agrupacion Sociedad ePruana,
que Sc verificara Ell dia s del actual, Sc
procedara a nombrar candidates pa
"a la formation de la nueva mesa di-
rectiva de la agrupaci6n, la que toma-
ra possession de sus puestos Ell mes de
enero del a1o proximo.
Hispano América., 1917-11-11
Asalto a un banco ingles

En- la ~poblacion de Salto, Uruguay.
fue asaltado un banco ingles por dos
amercanos y un mexicano.
FL gerente de la institution, fue "a
sesiado.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-06-15
"CABBIE" GETS $1,000
IN PHIL DWYER'S WILL
Patrick Gallagher Was Turf
mans Fovorite Hockmon.

Philip J. Dwyer. the turfman who
died recently. besides giving his grand
daughter. Mrs. Marian Claire Collins
800, 900 In trust. remembered an old cab
driver, Patrick Gallagher with a be-
quest OF $1,000 in his will, which was
filed yesterday in the Surrogates' Court
The total value of the estate was esti-
mated at $1.0O0.000.
Dwyer, always a lover of horsehesh
usually rode in hansoms in the city in
preference to automobiles. and Gallagher
was his favorite driver. OF late years
Gallagher was the only hackman who
had a stand in front OF the Waldorf
Astoria.
Mrs Collins is to receive the income
from the trust fund until her thirtieth
year, when she will come into the princi-
pal. Two nieces. Miss Camille Dwysr
and Mrs Lulu Norton. who are the chill
dren OF Dryers brother and turf part
ner. the late Michael F. Dwyer. are to
share the residuary estate. with their
brother. Charles +. Dwyer, they are also
to divide the income from trust fund
OF $l50.00e.
To Thomas Donohue. a cousin. Is be-
queathed $4,000, to Bernard Donohue,
another cousin. $1,000; to Mrs II,
Homan. Mrs Louise Downs, Miss Emma
Baldwin and Henry Homan, cousins,
s., 900 each. Directions to sell all realty
and personally at discretion are given 10
| the executors. who are the Brooklyn
Trust Company and Philip j. Britt OF -
I william street. the attorney who filed
| the instrument.