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Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Roads Haul More Coal
Than in April Last Year

In the United States there are
eighty-hve railroads that are known
as the principal coal.carrying lines
OF the country. Soon, after its or
ganization the railroad war board
requested these railroads to submit
figures on their coal4carrying busi-
ness as compared withsiast year.
At local railroad Offices figures are
available on the amount Of coal the
railroads OF the county hauled dur
ing April. 1917, as compared with the
same month OF 1916. These figures
show that the eighty-6ye coal-carry-
ing roads had % pefScent increase
in their tonnage during April as COM
pared with April OF 1916.
In April, 1917, the roads hauled
659837 tons of bituniinous coal, as
against 50S,oS2 carloads during the
same month of 1916. The number
Of working days in bott,months were
the same. And with the same num-
Der of working days HI March, 1917,
the coal tonnage hauled was S,S per
cent less than during the March of
1915.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Contract is Letfor New
Orchard & Wilhelm Building

Construction work is now to be
started on the Orchard-Wilhelm com
pany's Asw building between Six.
teenth and Seventeenth streets on
Howard street. Thomas Herd goi
the contract Tuesday. The figure Is
understood to be about $300,000. The
construction work is to be pushed as
rapidly as possible, especially il the
labor troubles in the building trades
are settled up soon.
G. A. Hoagland owns the lot on
which the building is 10 be erected.
lie will build the building to suit
Orchard-Wilhelm and will give long
term lease on it.
The structure is to be seven stories
and basement. This will be one story
higher than the present store build
ing OF the company. The new build
ing will be back OF this, The shipping
and receiving departments and the
garage will be in the basement OF the
new structure. The lower stories will
be devoted to the retail business and
the upper will be devoted to the
wholesale. The building will have
the same ground dimensions as the
old Orchard-Wilhelni sstore, o6xl32
feet NJ.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Will Thresh Out Strife
RumbIeS at Hotel Meetinq

Rumbling of internal strife in the
management of the Hotel Fontenelle
will be threshed out at the regular
annual meeting of the board Of d.
rectors, which will take place at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
A. M. Cole, superintendent Of serv-
ice of the hotel, and Ed Gregory, as
siStant manager, who were discharged
by Manager j. F, Letton two weeks
ago, will perhaps appear before the
directors to seek reinstatement. Man
ager Letton will present to the board
reports for the last year and his side
Of the Colc-Gregory dismissal, should
that matter come up.
w. T. Rafarty, president OF the In
terstate Hotel company, lessee Of the
hotel, will preside at the. session. Mr..
Raffarty's home is at Syracuse, N. Y.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
HOME GARDENS TO -.
FORCE PRICES DOWN
Large Acreage on City Lots to
Raise Big Supply of ALI
= Sorts Of Garden Sup
- .a.. a. plies. .s -.

The energetic campaign OF msfa's
city gardeners, will, in the opinion Of
local commission men, compel the
prices o.. all -fQodstuffs commodities
to drop within few weeks when the
time is ripe for the back yard harvest.
Already the commission men and
grocerS or the city have noted a lack
OF { mand for early vegetables. With
favorable growing conditions from
now OIL, il is believed the yield from
local gardens will be a wonderful
source OF supply later in the year.
Most of the local gardeners were
imbued with the idea of doing their
"bit" rather than reapihg any harvest
when the movement was started.
II believe this general gardening
will be good for the public il it forces
down the prize and | do. not care
whether | can make cent even
though | fiare-dohe considerable gar@
dening this year." said one gardener.
1t is believed the combined acreage
OF the city upder cultivation will ex-
ceed all ESTIMATES, The run from the
home gardens to the tables win be al
most continuous from. now on, and
results will be- obtained very shortly.
Tomatoes are still bit high, the
home grown variety still being un-
available. However, the price is not
unreasonable, as is the case with
greens Of all kinds.
Such fruits as apricots, peaches and
plums are coming at present from
foreign fields in carload lots and their
price regarded as reasonable. The
shortage Of lumber from which to
make boxes will naturally add small
burden to the consumer, as is the
case with all canned goods, owing
to the scarcity OF tint Cherries and,
apples in Omaha and suburbs will
soon be ready for picking, and this
fact will ghcatly relieve the demand
Tor store goods which will in con-
sequence reduce the price.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Here's Your Chance to Make
Patriotic Public Speeches

Here's chance for public orators
to jump in the lightlight. :...
The Douglas County Council Of De-
fense wants a large number of volun-
teer speakers to deliver patriotic
talks at variously assigned places to
boost enlistments for the new Sixth
Nebraska regiment. Speeches are to
to be made the rest Of the week. VOL
nnteer orators should. apply to Ray
mond Young, ga Omaha National
Bank building, or call Douglas 1856
Women are not excepted from the
offer, Mr.. Young stated.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
kugel Says the Second
MaIoney Hearinu Short

The second charges against Captain
Stephen Maloney, known as "the
dirty rat case" probably will be post.
poned on Thursday morning to Fri
day morning on account of Attorney
Ben S. Baker going to the state su-
preme court. Mr.. Baker has request
ed this action.
Il don't believe the hearing will
last more than ten minutes, anyway"
commented Superintendent Kugel Of
the police department.
Mayor Dahlman is inclined to be-
lieve there were extenuating circum-
stances in favor Of Maloney, who had
been accused Of various matters
which were not cleared up until after
the rat" incident.
Maloney is now taking his annual
leave of absence.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
TO Help Direct Woman's Service
Department of the State Red Cross

Mrs, Z. T. Lindsey was appointed
assistant director of the woman S
service department of the Red Cross
for the state OF Nebraska by State
Director Frank Judson this morning.
Mrs Lindsey will take charge OF
the organization OF the woman's work
in. the Red Cross throughout the
state Immediately and will cooperate
with Mr.. Judson. Her experience in
public affairs pertaining to women's
work for number of years peculiar
ly fits her for this position. -
She is prominent in the Equal
Franchise and Fine Arts societies.
Definite plans for her work will
be announced later. Mrs. Lindsey
accepted the position on the condi-
tion that she is not to receive re-
for her services.
Robert Smith was appointed assist
ant director in. charge of the organi-
zation department. Mr.. Smith is
clerk OF the district court and vol
unteered his services and receives no
compensation. He is considered an
expert organizer and is prominent in
church and political life.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
PROPOSE new LINES
FOR OMAHA WARDS
City Council Has Plan for DIFF.
ferent Subdivision Of the
City, With Main Di-
visions.

Proposed new boundary lines o
twelve wards of Greater Omaha, a
embodied in an ordinance before th
city council, follows:
First, northeast corner of the cit,
lying east of Thirtieth street anc
north Of Bristol and Lothrop streets
Second, south OF Bristoi-Lothror
streets to Charles street, east OF Thir.
teith street
Third, between Charles and Dodge
streets, east of Thirtieth street.
Fourth, east OF Twenty-fourth
street, Dodge street to Pacific street
with an extension to Pierce street
between Sixteenth and Twentieth
streets.
Fifth, south of Fourth ward TO Deer
Park boulevard and continuation of
Twenty-fourth street as western
boundary.
Sixth, Twenty-fourth street as west
ern boundary line to the tracks, then
tracks as boundary line, connecting
on the north with Fifth ward and ex-
tending east and south to city limits.
Seventh, city limits on the west and
south, Grover street on the north and
Sixth ward on the east. u.
Eighth, north of Seventh ward to
Pacific street, Twenty-fourth street
on the east and limits on the west.
Ninth, north of Eighth ward to
Dodge street, with Twenty-fourth
street as dividing line on east and
west to city limits. ..
Tenth, Dodge to Charles streets,
Thirtieth street to west city limits.
Eleventh, Charles street to Bedford
avenue, Thirtieth street to west city
limits. ... ..
Twelfth, Bedford avenue to north
city limits, -Thirtieth street to west
city limits. .,.
The plan is to make Thirtieth |
street the dividing line from north |
city limits to Dodge street and Twen-
ty-fourth street the dividing line south |
Of Dodge street to city limits.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Scout Picnic at Nashwood
Postponed Because of Rain

The Boy Scout picnic, given in
honor of the young men who helped
raise Red Cross war funds, was not
held yesterday, owing to the rain
The date of the big time, which was
scheduled to take place at Nashwood,
the country home of Louis c. Nash,
is changed to next Monday evening
at the same hour. The boys are re-
quested to keep the same tickets
which were given them for today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Wheat Prices Drop from
Three to Five Cents in Day

There being little demand for the
cereal, wheat prices went off 3 to 5
cents, selling at around $235 bushel.
Receipts were light, but seven car
loads being on the Omaha market.
Corn was up 3-4c and sold at $l.66H
@l.67H a bushel. Receipts were sew
enty-two carloads.
Oats were up lHc, selling at Ga
&c bushel. The receipts were sew
enteen carloads.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
To Do Fighting for Omaha
Real Estate Fraternity

A. A. Gilbert is to do the trench
fighting for the real estate fraternity
iof Omaha. Gilbert, after being in
charge of the rental department Of A.
?. Tukey & Son, has joined the regu-
lar army, and resigned his place with
the real estate company. He enters
the medical department and leaves
this afternoon for Fort Logan, where
he will remain only few days to
be definitely assigned, after which he
win probably be moved to the coast.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Corn acreage in the
State is Enormous

Alter an extensive correspon-
dence with farmers and grain deal
ers OF the state, members Of the
Omaha Grain exchange estimate
that the Nebraska corn acreage this
years is 34.s per cent greater than
in 1916. If this increase holds good
1t will put the acreage up to about
e,234,lSS, the greatest in the history
of the state.
Last year the Nebraska acreage
into corn was 6,740,803, which was
about the normal,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
To Represent Omaha to
J. Organize Women's Defense

Mayor Dahlman has appointed Mrs.
Henry S. Mcdonald, Mrs. Rose NJ.
Ohaus and Mrs. James c, Dahlman
as delegates to represent Omaha next
Saturday morning at the state house,
where a women's branch will be or
ganized to work with the Nebraska
Council of National Defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Omaha WarNews

Mrs Walter Page has contributed SEQ
Bibles to the navy for distribution among
the new recruits. ..-f t.s
Willis r. Haycock OF calisway, Neb.,
former University Of Nebraska man. has
enlisted in the navy as an eicctrioisn and
will be sent to Mare Island. California, at
once. Nt7aF
Frederick wedemsyer and Oscar Flick.
the two Omaha boys whb have enlisted
In the Second infantry Band, win leave to-
morrow for Fort Mcdowell and will 80 from
there TO Honolulu, W@
Army recruiting figuresto date are:
Quota, oIpahs. sdistriet ...,....s.....i,sto
Enlisted s-s'.,is, i......s.,4,sts
4 Needed ....,.4....,........... asa
The city OF Omaha needs si2 men to fiji
its original quota Of f4t
The quartermaster reserve corps is Of
fering the following positions to recruits
at the stated salaries: sergsant, first class,
sbi per month; sergeant. s4i: cook, sss:
corporal sss: private. first class, s3s; priv
ate, $50.
The living and travelling expenses OF all
are paid by the government
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28
Insurance Company Holds
{. |. Dodder Killed Self

Supreme Court of the Order of In
dependent Foresters, answering the
suit of Mrs. Della NJ. Dodder. suing
for $1,000 on life insurance policy
held by her husband, Edward L. Dod-
der, who was found dead in his auto
mobile January 4, 1917, alleges that
he committed suicide. The lodge also
alleges he had been suspended for
nonpayment of dues.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-28

Persistent Advertising is the Road
to Success,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
British Capture Beersheba
And 1900 in Palestine

under Christian rule before the winter
is over.
Favorable communication lines in
all this region are few, and the further
the British advance the more difficult
it will be TO keep open their supply
routes. There is no railroad they can
use until they reach the single line
connecting the capital with its port,
Jafa. All these difficulties should be
overcome eventually however, as the
Turks are not in strong force in this
region.
The whole country toward which the
British advance Is now pointing is rich
in Biblical and prohibited lore.
Beersheeba was where Abraham Is
supposed TO have planted his sacred
tree and where Divine manifestations
were youchsafed TO Isaac. Jacob and
Elijah. By the fourth century A. d. it
had become a city OF some Importance
and the seat OF Roman garrison. later
being the site OF bishopric.
GAIA has associations OF even more
Interest. Situated three miles inland
from the sea, at point where the an
cient trade routes from Egypt, Arabia
and Petra 70 Syria met, II has always
stood forth as one Of the foremost
commercial centres of Palestine, the
southern counterpart of Damascus. II
withstood Alexander the Great for five
months in 332 b. c.; and later was the
scene of victories by Ptolemy |. Mark
Antony, the Crusaders, the Mongolian
hordes and finally Napoleon, who capt
ured il in 1892
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Haig Continues
Flanders Assault

LONDON. Nov. III the reports OF
the war Offices in Berlin, Paris and
London are my criterion. to-day was
one Of the quietest days in months on
the Western front. Nothing but
artillery actions are recorded by any
of the communicates. Apparently. there
we're not even any trench raids along
the entire front
Paris reports the bombardment Of
Calais and Dunkirk by German sirmen.
but no other air operations took place
Haig's big guns are still pounding
along the Flanders front. and he is be-
lieved to be preparing for a new thrust
at the last German positions on the
Passchen dazzle Ridge, beyond which
lies Roulers and the railroad lines that
connect Lille and the submarine bases
at Ostend and 2eebrugge. II is pos
sible also that Petain means to renew
his offensive on the Aisne front for
possession Of the hidge before Laon
soon. but there are few indications Of
such o move.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Investment Of Historic City
Is Accomplished in All
Day Battle After Enforced
Night March With Slight
Losses

LONDON, Nov. 1.-The British forces
in Palestine captured the city Of Beer
sheba last night, after a forced march
during the night before and an all-day
battle. General Allenby's troops capt
ured 1900 prisoners in the operation
and sustained only slight losses them
selves, according 10 an official state
ment issued to-day. Tire conquest Of
the ancient city was achieved by o joint
infantry and cavalry movement from
the east and west. The communique
follows:
General Allenby commander Of the
British forces in Egypt reports tina.
after e. night march our troops attacked
Beersheba yesterday morning. While
our infantry attacked the defences COW
cring the town from the west and
southwest, mounted troops made 3 wide
turning movement. through the desert
and approached IL from the east.
"Beersheba was occupied in the even
ing. in, spite Of the determined resist
snce of the enemy.
an the operations We captured 1900
prisoners and nine guns. Our losses
were slight in comparison TO the results
obtained"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Jerusalem, 10 Miles From
Beersheba, British Goal

Beersheba lies in Southern Pales-
tine, forty miles south of Jerusalem,
the objective of the British operations.
1t IS twenty-eight miles southeast OF
GAIA and the same distance southwest
of Hebron.
When the British campaign in Pales-
tine came to a close, last spring, Cen
ersl Allenby's army had driven north
ward from the Sinai peninsula and
stood on a half-moon front. with its
left flank resting before the gates of
GAIA, it's right flank before Hebron
and the centre curving southwark
around Beersheba. During the sum-
mer the intense heat Of the Southern
Palestine region made It impossible to
continue operations. The present &C
ton, which has Strengthened the Brit
ish line from GAIA to Hebron. un-
doubtedly is the opening phase of a
new drive for the Holy City, which
may be expected to bring Jerusalem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
S Fortified Farms Fall
To Canadians at Ypres
fnr C.nldisn Prn, la


CANADIAN ARMY HL.,DQUAR-
TIERS IN FRANCE, Oct. 3l.-In add
tion TO taking Meetcheele and Great
FAri1. the Canadians captured three
other fortified farms on the left of
their advance after sncountering deter
mined resistance from the enemy,
whose machine gun detachments had
TO be driven from concrete strong
holds.
Ire enemy's artillery fire. while
heavy over our whole advanced area.
was erratic and Scattered. our artil-
lery. with its harsssing fire barrages,
dominating his guns. The superiority
Of our batteries was proved early in
the engagement, when the fire from
the enemy artillery, which for some
time shelled our guns heavily, slack
ened off quickly under our lombard
merits.
More than one hundred prisoners.
together with many machine guns, have
been taken in the latest advance. The
morale Of the opposing forces is sure
~ weakening. appreciable deterioration
being noticeable In tine prisoners capt
ured in the last twenty-four hours as
compared with last week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02

panying Mackensen's army on the great
drive across the Venetian plains are
now preying upon defenceless italian
towns, according to Rome, which says
that last night hostile aircraft "bru-
tally" bombarded several unprotected
towns far from the lines of communica-
ton. causing casualties among the
civilians. Tribute is paid to the work
Of Che Italian airmen in covering the
retreat Of Cadorna's armies.
"The Daily Mails" correspondent nj
Italian headquarters, IN a dlSpatch
dated Wednesday. says:
General Cadorna's candid admission
Of the failure of sections OF his army
gives q clew to the real causes Of the
enemy's advance. On the other hand,
in most cases really desperate resist
ance was made.
Troops Resist Desperately
"The men on the Bainsizza Plateau,
who had suffered worst from the shell
ing, nevertheless brought up machine
guns, held off the attacking forces for
an hour and made several hundred pris-
oners. The resistance on Monte Nero
was especially desperate.
While the Fifth Bersaglieri Bri-
cade held the Globocak Ridge many
hours, other troops defending the
direct entrance of the pass into Italy
at ST. Lucia fought desperately. the
village OF st. Lucia being taken and
retaken at least eight times.
The Alpini on the heights Of Monte
Nero never gave way before the Ger
man attacks. They were still holding
out Saturday. three days later, although
they had only one days rations. Air.
planes flew over and dropped !oaves OF
bread. hoping to reach the Alpine
trenches"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Germans Again
Retreat Toward
Riga Position
Petrograd Reports Fresh
Withdrawal on Northern
Russian Front
Other Sections Quiet
Torpedo Boats Destroy Turk
Naval Vessel and Battery
in Black Sea
Other Sections Quiet

LONDON, Nov. Another German
retreat on tho Northern Russian
front. in the direction Of Riga. Is in
dicated by to-dsy's report from the
Pctrograd War once. The statement
says tho enemy is Withdrawing ito
positions previously prepared" II adds
that the Russians are in constant con-
tact with the German rearguards and
that "there are no possible grounds for
supposing that this retreat will per-
nit the possibility of the enemy's
throwing mis- troops on to any other
'front.'
The transfer of German forces to
the Italian sector undoubtedly had been
accomplished long before this latest
retiring movement began. Dispatches
from many sources declare that the
bulk of Mackensen's army now in We
Meta Ia composed Of troops with
drawn from the Russian and Rumanian
fronts, while many Austrians are also
reported 10 have been transferred FOR
the Italian campaign. A dispatch re-
ceived two days ago stated that the
Austrian front was now being held
entirely by men OF sixty or more. The
Russian War Office is believed 70 be
without adequate information in this
respect, as the report suggests.
On the remainder Of the Eastern
front there were no infantry opera
tions. In the Black Sea. near the
Bosporu.. however, two Russian tor
pedo boats carried out a successful
movement in Insda Bay. destroying
Turkish torpedo boat, two steamers
and a naval battery, according TO the
Petrograd report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
France Mining $500, 900
Tons of Coal in Month

IBy cable 70 the Courier des Etan-Unis")
PARIS, Oct. 31.-Yesterday NJ. Lou
cheur, Minister of Armaments and
Mines, told the Chamber the results he
obtained in the repartition Of coal.
az said" NJ. Loucheur stated, shat
/ entertained the hope that the French
mines would produce 100000 tons Of
coal month. 1t gives me great pleas
ure to announce that this figure will
be reached this month and that last
month about hundred thousand tons
were mined.
"As to the importations of English
coal, they continue in large quantities.
and we shall have a total of 100000
tons at our disposal
He also announced that from Deem
Der the supply for home consumption
will be increased by 100000 tons a
month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
To Free War.Bound Ships
scandinavian Vessel First Re-
leased Under New Rules

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE recent
announcement that the Scandinavian
American line steamer Hellig Olav
would sail soon from an Atlantic port
is the result Of an agreement between
the United States and Norway, where
By two Of the Norwegian ships held
in American ports are to be released
on the understanding that they will
make one voyage and return at once.
This agreement with Norway is said
TO open the way for similar agreements
which would release some of the war
bound ships Of other neutrals in
American ports under limited condi-
.ions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
AZ~ 81
RUSSIAN

PETROGRAD. Nov. 1.--on the northern
front. in the direction OF Riga. the enemy at
some points Is withdrawing TO positions pre-
viously prepared.
The retreat is taking place with the e.
eny's reargusrds in continual contact with
our recommending attachments. and there are
no possible grounds for supposing that THE
retreat will permit the possibility OF hi'
throwing his troops onto any other front
Black Sea---Two of our torpedo boats. dis
patched 10 destroy Turkish steamer dam
aged by one OF our submarines discovered an
enemy torpedo boat and two steamers IN
Insda Bay. The enemy torpedo boat was
sunk. the two steamers we're burned and a
naval battery in the bay vas destroyed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-02
Will Roll Back ltaly's
Foe, Says Lloyd George

LONDON, Nov. l. Premier Lloyd
George he's sent the following message
to the Italian Premier, Vittorio Or
lando, in reply to the latter's telegram
Of yesterday Affirming the solidarity OF
the two nations:
at 10 source Of real satisfaction
to us that the friendship between the
Italian and British peoples is about
to be cemented by the cooperation OF
their armies with the gallant soldiers
Of France on the same battlefield. |
am confident that Italy and her allies
will not only stem the tide Of the
enemy advance. but in due course
will rollit back forever"