davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
SOCIALISTS GIVE
KAISER MONTH IN
Which TOREF0RM
Dr. Heine Tells Reichstag Main
Committee Majority Par
ties win Act Unless De-
mands Are Met.

Copenhagen, Aug. STA warning
that unless the German government
heeds the demands of the Reichstag
for reforms, the majority parties will
take measures was given before the
Reichstag main committee on We'd
nesday.
Resolutions Of the, majority, intro
duced by DR., Karl Heine, socialist,
demanded for the fourth or fifth time
abolition Of the political censorship
and limitation Of the military censor
ship to facts connected with the con.
duct of the war and criticism thereof
This was held to be necessary be.
cause it is notorious that the military
authorities exercise a sweeping poll
tical censorship of the German press
on the prctense that publications of a
political nature may affect the mill,
tary spirit d the people.
Allows Four Weeks.
DR.. Heine gave the government four
weeks, until the assembling of the
Reichstag, to mend its ways. Other
wise, he. said, the Reichstag majority
would be forced to take steps. The
government has received some half
dozen earlier warnings of similar
nature, and its response in the present
instance will not be an unfair test of
the influence of the present majority
in the Reichstag.
Speeches and pronouncements of
Emperor William were criticised in
the debate on the censorship. Matthias
Erzberger, centrist leader, and DR..
Heine called attention to the effect
caused by the emperor's impulsive
statements, which sometimes run
counter to the ostensible policy of
the government,
Meant Latest Speech.
Although not mentioned in the GEN.
sored accounts OF the committees pro-
ceedings, the emperor's critics prob
ably had particularly in mind his re-
cent utterances in regard to England,
which he pointed out as Germany's
enemy which must be defeated at any
cost. N.....
DR.. Heine appears TO have de-
maflded freedom for the press to dis
cuss such utterances of the emperor.
Herr Erzberger asked whether Chan
cellor Michaelis assumed responsible
ity for what was said by the emperor.
Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann re-
piled that the representative at great
headquarters of the foreign Office was
informed concerning the speeches and
that the chancellor assumed respon-
sibility.
AS had been expected, the mislead-
ing "denials" by the foreign Office of
Premier Kerensky's statement that a
separate peace offer had been made
recently to Russia and of the message
said by former Ambassador Gerard to
have been sent by Emperor William
to President Wilson at the outbreak
OF the war were brought up>for criti-
cism. Herr Erzberger said the Of
fetal communications were coming
into wide discredit abroad, owing to
the many self-evident contradictions
in them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
Denied Use of Force
On Paris Taxi and Car Robbers

of the police to force them to operate
by meter.
The men had missed the last under
ground train to the hospital and
hunted up a taxicab whose driver,
however, demanded fare of 81 or
about four times the ordinary rate.
When he proved not amenable to
argument for a reduction and no 20.
licemen could be found to enforce the
regulations, the ambulance drivers
seized him, placed him gently but
firmly against a lamp post, mounted
the taxicab and drove home, DESERVING
the machine near the hospital.
The police found the car early the
next morning and opened investiga,
tion, but the inquiry proved fruitless
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
laps Hold American Ideal
OF Life. Says VisCount Lshii

Washington, Aug. 3l.--A message
OF fellowship and good will from
Japan was delivered r. the senate to-
day by Viscount Ishii. ambassador on
special mission, with an assurance
that japan is in the war to stay and
ITO fight shouider-to-shoulder with
America to a certain victory. He
said the Japanese ideal Of life was not
far removed from the American.
The ambassador and other members
OF the mission were received on the
floor of the senate with formal cere-
monv y ..4 ........ ..,.......
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
Utah Cattle Vaccinated
AGAINST Black Lea

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 31.-
The state live stock commission to-
day issued proclamation ordering
that all cattle should be vaccinated
as safeguard against blackleg, which
has caused an annual loss to Utah
stockgrowers of 100000. 1t was
stated that blockleg was preventable
by the vaccine treatment and the
commission thought other western
states would issue proclamations
deeming such action necessary as
part OF the national policy of conser-
vation
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
tBy Associated Press.l

Paris, Aug. Sl.-A mysterious order
made its appearance yesterday on the
bulletin boards of American Red
Cross hospital No. at Neuilly, for
merly the Drivers ambulance, in which
American ambulance drivers were
strictly forbidden to pull Paris cab
men or. chauffeurs off their boxes and
themselves operate the cabs or taxi
cabs.
Investigation revealed that the un-
usual order was caused by the action
of six ambulance men the night be-
fore, when they objected strenuously
to- the exorbitant prices which the
taxi-cab drivers charge late in the
evening despite the earnest efforts
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
Wilson'S Answer to Pope
PIeaSes British Public

Washington, Aug. 3l.--With the
exception Of the presidents war mes
sage, no. declaration of this govern
ment has been received with greater
enthusiasm in. London than the reply
to the pope's appeal for peace, Am
bassador Page notified the State de-
partment today that the British pub
lie had read the presidents note with
evident approval and enthusiasm,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
Iowa Man Kills Woman
He Saws Broke Up Home

Sioux, City, Ia. Aug 5l.--Mrs
Catharihe Levering, aged Il, OF Sioux
City, was shot and killed today by
Ed Naisteeter of Aurelia, la. Nais-
teeter then shot himself. but was not
seriously wounded. When arrested
he asserted Mrs. Levering had broken
10 his homie and induced him TO part
Nth all his savings. Naistetters 5
family is in Russia and he says he
has been trying TO save money to
bring them to the United States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
FRENCH OFFICER
PRAISES TROOPS
OFUNlTEDSTATES
Lieutenant De Courtivron Of
High Commission Calls Un-
Gle Sans Lads in Khaki
splendid Men,"

"The Americans have splendid
troops, splendid bodies OF men, as
have seen them," said Lieutenant de
Crequi Montfort de Courtivron, FIRST
member of the French High commits
sion to reach Omaha "The Ameri-
can preparation is going on as rap
idly, and as we'll as can be ex-
pected." .
The Lieutenant arrived at 7:50 Friday
morning, day i'll advance of the re-
mainder of the party, and made head
quarters at the Hotel Fontenelle.
Lieutenant. de Courtivron, like all of
the members of the commission, has
seen long service in the trenches and
was engaged in many brilliant bat
ties.
when will the war end?" he re-
peated with smiling fash of white
teeth through "a handsome black
beard, when questioned, That, OF
course 1--WE, cannot say, From the
time Of the battle Of the Marine, OF
course, the Germans have known that
victory could never be theirs. ! was
in the trenches from the first, and as
I speak German. very well, i talked to
great many German officers, wound
ed and prisoners. III
Cry for Peace. ....
From the very first the prisoners
and the wounded showed desire for
peace. They fairly cried for peace,
but the military organization is so
strong that the will of the people
cannot get the upper hand. President
Wilson shows that he understands
that situation very we'll
In answer to the question as to the
condition of France and its ability to
carry on the war, the lieutenant
said proudly, France was never so
strong as now. We have the men;
we have the guns, munitions and we
are getting the supplies. The subn1a-
rine warfare is not shutting off our
supplies to amount to anything. Be-
sides, France manufactures so much
in munitions that it is able to sell to
the other allies all the time.
GAS to the men in the field / will
say that / left the front during the
Fl, it part of June this year and at
that time it was very plain from the
prisoners and wounded taken from the
'Germans that their lines are filled
with mere boys. Whatever has been
said to the contrary, this is not true
Of the French. This is not yet neces-
sary with the French. True, we have
some boys in our armies, but we keep
them in the rear, only as reserves in
extreme emergencies. The Germans
on the contrary have to throw them
into the hardest fighting all the time,
They are young and their nerves do
not stand the shock OF battle like
those of older men. A bombardment
of twenty-four hours or more and
they are ready to throw up their
handj and surrender"
The Frenehman expressed pleasure
at the fact that the American troops
are taking plenty of intensive training
before going into the fighting line
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
Anti -Conscriptionists in
Canada Store Arsenal

Montreal, Aug. 3l.-The finding OF
1000 rifles, thousands of cartridges
and some sticks of dynamite in a
house on Chateau BRAND street was
announced today by the police. The
discovery is associated by the au-
authorities with threats made recently
to organize resistance ito the con-
scrinljQn bill - 4ask @
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
KELLY CONFESSES Ak MURDERS:
MAKERS AGHAsT AT SCENT LOAF


Omaha rhonneur de souhaiter la bienvenue
aux representants de la Republic Francase don't les
enfants ont 81 vaament defendu leur pays
contre la brutal aggression de leurs ennemis LIE
peuple American, qui ma jamas oublie la
generosite de la France desire temoigner sa
reconnaissance aux descendants de rillustre La
Fayette. Messieus nous vous offrons notre aide ct
= assurance de tout lie support don't nous sommes
meme de disposer Messeurs les Francais nous vous
sauons avec remerciement ct vive la Republic
Francaise. - ..,.....l ..... .
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01

What Bread Costs.

When mixed, this f6nnula produces
S29 pounds OF dough. During fermen-
tation the dough shrinks 2 per cent,
leaving S22 pounds to be made into
bread. To produce the fourteen ounce
loaf of bread takes fifteen and two
thirds ounces of this dough and on
This basis, the 322 pounds makes up
into 325 loaves.
However, this $l5,12 is not the only
cost that goes along with baking 325
loaves Of bread. There is the labor,
fuel, lights, power, wrapping, depre-
Continued ON Page To6r. Column Three,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01

With only S per cent of the 1917
wheat Crop marketed, the gr ain deal
ers are wondering whether the farm
crs will respond heartily to The S2.15
price, imbued with a patriotic i'm
pulse to do their bit, notwit hstanding
that wheat has been sellirg around
$3.50 to $40 since the new crop came
onto the market. E
BAKERS LUXURIOUS VIEW.
Bakers take q lugubrious view of the
situation. They fail to see any dough"
in it for them, with whe at at S2.lS,
which means -four at Sill a barrel. if
they are required to charge not more
than a nickel for /fouA;teen ounce
loaf.
If the bakers may be ia Ken at their
word at this time, the fourteen-ounce
loaf will mean that they will close
up their shops and housewives will
have to acquire the almost lost art Of
baking bread.
The bakers declare they have the
figures. Jay Burns, recognized as the
spokesman for the Omaha bakers,
makes the following statement;
Wheat at $2.l5 means -four at $ll
a barrel and on that basis bread of
fourteen-ounce loaves would cost 5A
cents per loaf to deliver to the re-
tail stores, without allowing any profit
for the manufacturer.
"Allowing the reasonable profit OF
10 per cent for the baker it would
cost f Is cents per loaf to deliver
to the retailer. Of course, we could
do it, but we would lose money on
each loaf. Are we dowp-heartedf
No.
Ovens May Close.
Mr.. Burns, who is head of one Of
the largest baking establishments in
the west, offered the following statis-
tical information to show that Omaha
bakers could not SELF bread for 5
cents per fourteen-ounce loaf and at
the same time maintain proper speak
ing acquaintance at their banks.
Bakers generally have approved the
formula which is applied in the con-
version OF barrel of flour into bread,
with the cost of the Ingredients, to-
gether with the total:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
British Casualties for
August Reach 59,3ll

London. Aug. 3l.-The total OF
Brit:sl, casualties on all fronts as re-
ported in August is 5e,Sll, divided a.
follows:
Killed or died OF wounds: Officers,
1878: men, l0,o42. ;
Wounded, or missing Officers,
4,l22; men, $500 80
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
GOVERNMENT |DICTUM THAT
WHEAT SHALL SELL At $2.15
MAY CLOSE OVENS IN OMAHA
Jay Burns Declares Be Produced Profit If
ninistration Hol9t Price of Wheat at Figure
Agreed Upon in Washington; Millers
at Sea Over Move

Omaha housewives may not be able to buy big fourteen
ounce loaf of bread for nickel, after all.
The bakers big and little, say they bake bread
that price and stay business.
The governments dicum that wheat shall sell for $215
bushe in Omaha and that bread shall than
has the and bakers
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
MINISTER ADMITS
KILLED 8 PERSONS
IN WLLISCA CRIME
Former Omaha Man Tells Attorney General Havner of
Iowa in Sweat Box After Long Questioning
That He Was the Guilty Man; Preachers
Attorneys Give Out information.

Rev. Lyn George Kelly has confessed tothe "yi|sea
MURDERS for which crimes he s held in Logan
to word brought Omaha by j. A. Mckenzie member Of
the firm of Sutton Mckenzie Cox who defending the
minister in the coming trial September a.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
Three German Spies Are
Sentenced in Norway

Christiania, Aug. 3l.-Three Ger
man spies have been convicted at Ber-
gen for supplying information to sub
marines regarding the sailing time Of
vessels which later were torpedoed'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01

Continued on Page Two. column one,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01
The Weather


Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01

Continued ON Page -Four, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-01

CONTINUED on Page Two. Column Two.y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22
BERGDOLL RUNS AWAY
FROM DRAFT, IS REPORT
Daredevil Autoist and Airman
Believed Fleeing to Mexico.
U. S. Agents May Get Him

Postcards signed with the name of Grover
Cleveland Bergdol, daredevil automobile
speeder and aviator, have led John p
Dwyer, secretary of the Thrty-second
District draft board to suspect that Berg
doll has no intention of answering the
boards summons for examination for serv-
ice in the national army. Aided by clues
given by the postcards, Department of JUS
tice agents may arrest Bergdoll in a few
days.
The cards were written from points in
the West to a friend of Bergdoll Joseph
McManus, of Sixty-third and Jefferson
streets, a flrst-class yeoman in the coast de-
fense reserve. McManus turned the cards
over to Dwyer. who communicated with De-
partment of Justice agents here and in
Washington. Dwyer took the cards to in
dicate that the writer was on his way to a
safe spot in the West or in Mexico, beyond
the reach of draft officers.
The third card. received this morning,
was dated Chillicothe. Mo. 1t said: "Stll
plugging along. viii reach desert in a few
days and then we defy the devil to find us
for a year or two"
The first card received by McManus Oh,
Monday was dated Chicago, and said Berg
doll was on his way to New Mexico, where
he intended to get an airplane and fly into
Mexico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22
DIRECTOR TO ASK BIDS
TO SPEED UP PARKWAY
Contractors Will Be Invited to
Estimate on Work on In
complete Sections

Virtually the final step in the completion
OF the Parkway will he taken by Director
Datesman, of the Department Of Public
Works within few days, probably Thurs
day when he will ask contractors to bid on
the work necessary to complete that section
of the Parkway from Twenty-second street
westward to point near Twenty-ffth
street, the Director said today This por-
tion will cost about 100000.
With the completion of the work on which
bids are to be asked, the only remaining sec.
tion needed to complete the Parkway lies
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
where the MedicoChi buildings stand, and
the extension of the Parkway through Lo
gan Square, Already plans have been com
peted for the work In the section between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets in &c
far as 1t can be done a"d similar action has
been taken as to the /. san Square section.
There is now in pro less of demolition all
OF the Medco-Chi buildings except those
used for hospital purposes These will re
main standing until the war is ended The
plans for the completion of the Parkwa,
In this section affect the sites of those
buildings which are now being torn down,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22
OWNER NIPS ATTEMPT
TO RUN OFF WITH AUTO
Sees Three Men Try to Start Engine
and Calls Policeman

Three men attempted to steal a large
touring car while the owner, Harry Caster,
stood in the doorway of his store, IA South
Fifty-second street. and watched
The men approached the machine. which
was standing at the curb and tried to
crank it, When the engine did not start
they raised the hood and examined the
motor. Caster sent for Policeman King of
the Fifty-fifth and Pine streets station, who
was standing on the corner of Flfty-second
and Market streets. King arrested the men
and took them to the station house.
At the station house the men gave battle
to the police and 1t was only after con-
siderable difficulty that they were put in
cells
This morning they were arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Harris and gave the fol-
lowing names and addresses: Paul Adam
son, Of 1854 Germantown avenue; Richard
Greenwell of 1921 Walnut street, and
William ReXford, Of 2407 North Fifty
second street. The men had black eyes
and their clothing was torn and disheveled
after the fray with the police. They were
held under 5000 bail for a further hearing
next Saturday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22
PROF. EASTON DEAD;
PENN FACULTY MEMBER
Distinguished as Philologist and
Teacher-Authority on San
skirt and Phonetics

Professor Morton William Easton, profess
sor emeritus of English and philology at
the University of Pennsylvania, died late
last night at his summer cottage at Mount
Gretna, Pa, according to word received
here today He was seventy-six years old
Death was due to general debility and came
after an Illness of four weeks.
Professor Easton was well known in
Philadelphia, having been a member of the
University of Pennsylvania faculty for
more than thirty years. He first was ap-
pointed instructor of French there in 1880
In 1887 he was made adjunct professor of
Greek. and in 1892 was appointed professor
OF English. He also held the chairs Of San
scrit and comparative phology. He re-
tired In 1912 and became professor emeri-
tus.
A native of Hartford, Conn. Professor
Easton attended the public schools in tina,
city. He was graduated from Yale In 1868
and took degree in medicine at Columbia
In 1865. He took I'h. ID. degree at Yale
IN 1911 From 1871 to 1879 he was pro-
fessor at the University of Tennessee,
whence he came to the University of Penn
sylvana.
Professor Easton leaves a widow and
three children, the Rev. b. S. Easton, w. IL.
Easton and Mrs Ethel S Longwell.
Funeral arrangements have not been
announced
Professor Easton was a man Of many
interests and wide range of learning He
comOlhed all that was meant by the old
fashioned term scholar with n keen nm
Outstanding of modern science and current
altairs His literary interests ranged from
tne Hitopadeca and Maharabhata to Nick
Carter and Sherlock Holmes Indeed he
was tond Of taking complete relaxation from
problems Of philology and pedagogy in a
boyish relish for adventure yarns and was
not averse to reading the most melodra-
matte shocker. He did not practice medi-
cine, but kept abreast of all the discoveries
and devices of modern surgery. He was
botanist Of excellent quality.
Pop Easton, as he was affectonately
known on the Penn campus" said former
student was genuinely savant, but neve,
pedant. His culture was wide ranging
and his knowledge profound, yet he was al.
ways simple in tastes. genial in manner and
helpful in teaching. He fulfilled the idea
OF a scholar and gentleman"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-22

Thirty-thlrd ward-Harry B. Keech.
Thirty-second Ward--Edwin C. Boileau.
James II. Bird
Forty fourth ward-Davd C. Franken-
field. John G. Evans, Joseph j. Kelly
SELECT COUNCII-REPUBL
Fourth ward-Herbert Salus.
Sixth Ward-Thomas j. McGlnnis, Mar
I'll S. Foley.
Thirteenth Ward-Max Mayer.
Twenty-third Ward-Elwood S. Davis.
Twenty-ffth Ward--Wiliam A. Kelton,
James q. ogden.
Forty-third Ward--George ID. Cox, John
Moore
Forty-fourth Ward--T Page Seibert
SELECT CoUNCIL-DEMoCRA
Second ward-Frank ]. willard and
Henry Rohlhng.
Twenty-slxth ward---Charles f. Magner
Forty fourth Ward--Marshall p, Lowe,
F. Page Sebert David G. Frankenfeld
John c. Evans Joseph j. Kelly, Joseph
Biles william d. Bacon.
Twenty fifth Ward--Willam A. Kelton
John T. Conroy.
Sixth ward-Thomas j. McGinnis
Martin l.. Foley.
Forty-third Ward-George y. Cox
Twenty y-eighth Ward-Willam H. Quig-
ley.
Thirtieth ward--Francis w. Hack.
Thrty-third Ward-Harry b. Keech
Seventeenth Ward-Joseph j. McQuaid.
COMMON COUNCIII-REpUBLI
Twenty-third Ward David Tuleur,
Clarence L. Outterson.
Twenty fourth Ward-Charles H. Cum
mngs
Fourth Ward-Pasqual Ferrison.
Sixth Ward--CaarleS 4. Swartz.
Forty fourth Ward---Rchard A. Robin
son. John B. Albany.
Forty-sixth Ward-Arthur H. Miller
Michael j. Conway.
Twenty-second Ward C. Lawrence
Smith, Richard Brady.
Forty first Ward--John n Costello.
Fortieth Ward--James j. Besard.
Thirty seventh Ward Walter A.
Schneider,
FOrty-third Ward-Joseph Scholes. Jr
Thirty-eighth Ward-Albert $. c. Miller
.Thirty-fourth Ward-Cornelius NJ, Spear.
ing
Thirteenth ward-Rudolph Ruedinger
COMMON COUNClG4--DEMOCR
Sixth Ward-Wiliam Baumgartner and
Charles A. SchwarZ,
Fourth Ward--Daniel Cahill, Sr.
Fortieth Ward - Jules De Waele. Jr.,
James j. Blesard, William j. OBrien, James
A. Coutts and Joseph c. Louderback.
Twenty-second Ward--Rchard Brady, J..
Taylor King, Charles Il. Baylis, William w.
Mentznger. Jr., Andrew a, Mcliugh and 6.
Lawrence Smith,
Forty-fourth Ward--Justus ]. Muth, John
b. Albany and Richard A. Robinson
Twcnty.Gfth Ward-MarlI Fleming.
Twenty-fourth Ward-Charles w. Nc
Connell, Peter j. Gallagher and Stacy II.
White
Seventeenth Ward-Charles F. Kelley.