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Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
MAJOR PADDOCK,
NEPHEW OF GEN.
PERSHING, ON LIST

New York, May l2.-Major Richard
Bolles Paddock, reported slightly
wounded in the casualty list from
France, is nephew of General John
J. Pershing, commanding the Ameri-
can eXpeditonary forces in France,
and has been on his uncle's staff since
the American punitive exhibition was
sent into Mexico.
Born in Lincoln, Neb., the son of
General Paddock. who was killed in
the Boxer uprising, Major Paddock
made his home in Lincoln with Miss
May Pershing, sister of General
Pershing, until he entered West Point
with the class of 1914. Upon gradu-
alton he was assigned to the artillery
corps and later was placed in COM
mand of the police reserve military
training camp on Staten island. g.
During the Mexican trouble, Major
Paddock, then lieutenant, was trans
ferred to General Pershing's staff and
when the United States entered the
world war. he was made a captain
in the signal corps and retained on
his uncle's staff. Once.in France, he
was placed in charge of advanced
telephone communications and COM
missioned major.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13

"T live IS miles from the railroad
station. | have six 24-pound sacks
of flour, which ! have freighted out
here. ! want the boys over there TO
have it. 1t is 10 sacrifice to go
without wheat flour. We have had
no white bread or anything made of
wheat -four since last November.
Please advise me when and where to
send this -four
The foregoing is the response from
Mrs. Florence Becker, Spade, Neb',
to the appeal to save wheat -four,
coming to Gurdon w. Wattles,
federal food administrator for Ne
braska.
"When Nebraskans display such
spirit as does Mrs. Becker, there is
no question about Nebraska's pa
triotism," says Wattles. Her offer
should be an incentive to every
citizen OF the state Isolated, you
might say from the world, she has
heard the appeal of her country and
she has answered the call as only an
American can.
Shall we, who live in the midst
of plenty, with every convenience
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
new MEN At HELM
AS GUARDIANS Of
OMAHA AFFAIRS
Administration Takes Reins of
Government Today, Follow
ing Program Outlined by
COmmiSSi0nerS-EIeCt.

The new city administration will
assume charge of the municipal gov
ernment today.
The following program, informally
agreed to last week by the six com,
missioners-elect, will be followed al
the city council meeting this morn,
ing:
Ed. p. Smith will be selected
mayor; w. g. Ure, accounts and
finance; ]. Dean Ringer, police and
sanitation; Roy N. FOWL, public i'm
provements; Harry B. Zimman, fire;
Thomas Falconer, parks; Dan B.
Butler, streets.
Commissioner Butler, reelected by
the high vote last Tuesday, did not
attend the conference last week when
the organization program was ap-
proved. Butler wants to retain the
accounts and finance department,
which he has had for six years and
did not look kindly upon the assign
ment Of the department of street
Cleaning anu maintenance.
Several protests will be voiced this
morning against forcing the streets
department upon Butler, but there is
no indication that the assignments as
agreed to will be disturbed. Commits
sioner-clect Towl yesterday denied
that he would dissent. The organi-
zation plans as announced are
agreeable to him.
Old Members Step Down.
Members of the retiring council
will meet at 10 o'clock and without
much formality will turn the reins of
government over to their successors.
Interest is manifested in the ad-
ministration of Ringer as superin-
tendent Of the police department.
During the campaign he>announced a
determination to enforce the laws
against bootlegging, prostitution and
gambling.
"The gang has ruled the police de-
partment," Ringer stated in a
speech. He is hated by crooks in
and out of Office" reads a circular
letter issued two weeks ago by the
allied candidates.
The New Platform.
Five allied candidates were elected
on this platform: Help in every
way to win the war; self-government
and individual liberty; reorganized
police department.. eliminating
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Four.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
RED CROSS SETS NEW RECORD
Nearly Million Meals Served at
..~- Rest Stations and Canteens
BY ITS ACTIVITIES in APRIL
(By Associated Prcss.)

beds was established in chateau i'm
mediately behind the front. A hospi-
tai of 500 beds is being erected at a
famous race track near Paris.
Convalescent homes have been
opened at Cannes and Biarritz. Nine
teen artificial arms and lo9 artificial
legs were distributed gratis.
For Americans at the front there
was completed a shower bath estab-
lishment with equipment for remov-
ing vermn. 1t has capacity of rs
600 men weekly. Two laundries were
installed at aviation camps, of suf-
hcient size to wash the clothes of l.
600 men weekly. Six field kitchens
furnished food to soldiers going to
and returning from the battle field.
Each has capacity of 5000 men daily.
The Red Cross in the month dis
tributed 69l 900 bags of tobacco and
packages of cigarets.
Ursler an arrangement just con-
cluded, the Young Mems Christian
association withdraws from all hospi-
tails, the Red Cross assuming respon-
siblity for activities of whatever
nature there.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
HUNS BIG
RUSHNEAR
COLLAPSE
Entente So Confident It Has
Been Decided Not to Use
Americans in Present De-
fensive Operations.

Ottawa, Ont, May 12.-So conf
dent is the entente of its ability to
withstand any drive the Germans can
launch that it has been decided not to
use the American army until it be-
comes complete and powerful force,
according to cable summary of op-
erations on the western front received
here tonight from the war committee
of the British cabinet.
THE position now is" said the
summary, that the Germans, de-
termined to concentrate every avail
able unit on an enormous offensive,
are draining their country dry to force
a decision before it is too late, while
the entente are so confident that,
having been given the choice of a
small immediate American army for
defense or waiting till they are rein
forced by complete, powerful, self
supporting American army, they have
chosen the later.
Aim To Exhaust Enemy.
ITO the sledgehammer uses Of
masses of men blythe enemy, the
allies are opposing the strategy Of
meeting the blow with the smallest
forces capable of standing up to the
shock, while keeping the strongest
reserve possible. Troops on the
wings are permitted to give ground
within limits wherever the enemy has
been made to pay greater price than
the ground is worth, the whole aim
being to reduce the enemy to such a
state of exhaustion that our reserve
at the right moment can restore the
situation"
'In the present operations" the
summary adds, "the British army has
withstood many times its own weight
of enemy masses. 1t has retired slow
ly, exacting the fullest price. Mean
while, Foch holds the bulk of the
French reserves, sending units only to
points hard pressed. This strategy
has justified itself in that in three
weeks it has seen the enemy, brought
to a standstill without a single strate-
gic objective fulfilled and with losses
so immense that his reserve is in
danger of proving inadequate to his
policy
German Positions Exposed.
"The German commander, seeing
how nearly he is to delivering him
self to the allied reserve, has been
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
FIRE IN MIDLAND
HOTEL PROVIDES
MIDNIGHT SCARE

Fire in the engine room OF the Mid
land hotel, Sixteenth and Chicago
streets last night, for time threat
ened the entire structure. 1t is be-
lieved to have started from a gas
water heater in the basement.
Seventy-6ve guests, with rooms in
the annex, were able to make their
way out of the building. The fire was
discovered by B. F. Rails, engineer,
when smoke poured up the stairways
about II o'clock.
Sidney Bixler, proprietor, says there
has been no fire in the heating plant
for a week and he could not account
for the blaze. The flames were con-
fined to the engine room and the loss
will be small.
Tony Rider, porter at the hotel,
was asleep on the third floor and was
nearly overcome by smoke when
rescued by hremcn.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
Roumania Ravished by Mailed
Fist Treaty, Declares Antonesco

Vichy, France, May 12-Victor
Antonesco, former Roumanian minis
ter to France, who recently resigned,
showed deep emotion today when the
Associated Press correspondent sub
mltted to him the text of the treaty
OF Bucharest, which he had not seen.
Such a treaty means the crushing
OF Roumania politically and econom-
ically," he said. "Her present terri
tory is seriously diminished and the
door is left open for further wrongs
which dare not yet be acknowledged.
VIII the Danube become an Austro-
German river? 1t seems probable.
The Carpathians, which for CEN
turies have guarded the races ex-
istanc!e, are torn from us by Austria
Hungary. Dobrudja, won by the
glorious war of 1877 and made pros
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13

porous by 40 years of toll, the port
of Constana and the magnificent
bridge across the Danube are ravish-
ed by Bulgaria
Our wheat is requisitioned at
German prices. Railroads, posts and
telegraphs are i'll German hands.
There is German representative in
every ministry. Roumania tri-
bunals are no longer competent ex-
cept for civil tffairs, while, crimes of
public order are judged by German
military tribunal.
"Roumania, which had the courage
to fight so that Hungarian and
Austrian brothers might be reunited
with their Roumanian brothers in free
Roumania is to be punished by the
ancestral oppressor. We are sure,
however, that or woes arc only
transitory"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
BORGLUM DEMANDS
THOROUGH INQUIRY
INTO AIR SCANDAL
Secretary Baker Declared in Letter President Wilson
To Be "Party to Statements Untrue and Unfounded,
Issued to Deceive Nation and Serving as
Warning to Germany
(By Associated Press.)

Washington May 12-Gutzon Borglum, storm center Of
the aviation controversy made public tonight another letter to
President Wilson, denying that he had betrayed the presidents
confidence renewing his of grave misconduct ha
aircraft production organization and insisting that
the military committee should conduct openly and thor
oughy the investigation which he he prevented from
making "by the War department under Secretary Baker,
In regarto the documents put into the senate record Fri
day. designed to that the sculptor attempted capitalize
his friendship with the president by secretly organizing
poraon produce apanes the letter Senator Brande
gee of Connecticut will submit the senate Tuesday
Wednesday detailed evidence and adavts relating to hs de-
Il-.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13

: Paris, May 'l2-The work accom-
plished by the American Red Cross i'll
April surpassed all records of the
organization since it took up its actlvl-
ties in France.
Food and drink were supplied to
American soldiers on the way from
ports of entry in France to the va
rious camps. Nine rest stations oA1
the American lines of communication
and seven canteens on the French
lines provided 40S,000 meals. Nine
metropolitan canteens served 454,0O0
meals. ..o
A complete new hospital with 200
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
Former Greek King, Ill
At Zurich, Suffers ReIapSe

Paris, May 12.-Former King Con-
stantine of Greece. who is i'll at
Zurich and recently was reported to
have passed the danger point, is said
in Zurich dispatch to the Petit Jour-
nal to be in very grave condition.
He has had relapse, and has high
fever.
All the members of the royal family
gathered about his bedside yesterdays
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
New York and Missouri
Soldiers at Front Send
Mothers DAY Greetings

With the American Army in
France, May 1.-THE following
messages have been telegraphed to
correspondents headquarters with
the request that they be trans
mitted to New York and Missouri
papers:
"To the home folks of the 165th
infantry: Your boys at the front
send loving greetings on Mothers
day. (SigneO COLONEL"
ITO the signal corps mothers of
Kansas City:
Missouri officers and men Of the
signal battalion send loving greet
ings on Mothers day. 1t is espe-
cially sacred in France and every
man is writing home. Health ex-
ceptionally good.
(Signed) "GARRET."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
Noted Archaeologist Dies.

Los Angeles, May l2.-George La
mont Cole. known internationally as
an archaeologist, died at his home
here today of heart disease. Mr.. Cole
was all authority on the ancient cliff
dwellers and the life, manners and
customs of the modern Pueblo people
of the southwest He was % years
old
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
CHARLES TO PAY
VISIT TO WILHELM
AT HEADQUARTERS

Amsterdam, May IA Vienna
dispatch reports that Emperor
Charles, who has been on a visit to
the Italian front, departed Friday for
German great headquarters. He was
accompanied by Baron Burian, Aus
tria-Hungarian foreign minister, and
Field Marshal Arr Won Strausenburg,
Austrian chief Of staff.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
Pershing's Soldiers
Come to State to Speak
(From a Staff Correspondent.) }

NTom a StafI IorTe9pohueht'J
Washington, May 12.-(Special
Telegram). Two members of Per-
shing's Fifty" who have come to the
United States to participate in the
forthcoming Red Cross drive have
been ordered to report to Professor
NJ. M. Fogg, in charge of the Ne
braska Four Minute Men at Lincoln,
Tuesday. for a campaign through the
state The men selected to assist in
the Nebraska drive are Sergeant Ste
vens of Montana. a member of Com
pany H, 267th infantry, and Sergeant
Paul A. Havefin, of Maine. a men,
Der OF Company D. Second Engineers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
Fifteen Drown When U-Boat
Sinks British Mine SWeeper

London, May 12.-The Admiralty
announces that British mine sweep
ing sloop was torpedoed and sunk
by German submarine May E. Two
officers and IS men are missing and
are presumed to have been drowned.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-13
INVADERS SUFFER
SEVERE LOSSES IN
PICARDY BATTLE
French Maintain Positions Recently Won Near Orviers-
Sorel Artillery Duels Raging Below Amiens and
at Verdun; Italians Capture Dominating
Position of Monte Corno.
BULLETINS.
(By Associated Press.)

BULLETINS.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris May ia German attack last night the posi-
tons recently by the FRENCH OrversSore the
southern side of the Pcardy battle 'front.' broke down with
losses, the Office announced this afternoon.
There heavy artillery fighting Mally Raneval,
the battle line below Amens and also the Verdun 'front.'
London, May 12French troops onhe Flanders inn
proved their positions north Of KENNEL village yesterday
took than 100 prisoners the from the war
Office this afternoon announces.
German artillery active in the Ancre river sector south
of Albert of Loos and near Voormezeee in Fanders
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05
NEW YORK AUTO
SHOW ON TODAY
Display of Cars Said to Be
Larger Than Any Pre-
ceding Year

New York, Jan. 5.-For the first
time in the twenty-two-year career
cf the American automobile indus
try, war has cast its shadow over
the annual New York automobile
show, which opened here to-day for
q weeks run at the Grand Central
Palace, but, despite the unusual con-
ditions confronting the nation in
arms. the interest among exhibitors
is just as keen as in the seventeen
previous years of this production,
now the richest and largest of in
dustrial exhibitions. Popular en-
thusiasm also promises to bring out
an attendance that will shatter all
existing records.
The display Of cars and accessories
is larger and more representative Of
the industry than were the exhibits
at any past show, 500 new automo-
bile models being shown by the lead
ing manufacturers of the country,
while the equipment offered for m
spection literally chokes three doors
of the. big exposition building.
There Is q. military atmosphere
surrounding the New York show
1918. At several booths service ffaS5
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05
CARLISLE PEOPLE
CAN KEEP HOGS
Council and Board of Health
Suspend Restriction on
Pens in Borough

Carlisle, Pa, Jan. 5.-After threat
ening veritable revolution in the
organization of the new town Coun-
ell. the matter OF the removal of the
restrictions governing the keeping
OF hogs In the borough of Carlisle
was adjusted last evening by the an
nouncement OF the Board of Health
that the zone" provision has been
suspended for one year and, IL nee
essary, for the duration of the war.
Conncilmen who voted some
months ago for such an action and
were baked by the board were pre-
pairing to have the majority of the
health body ousted by the new pres
ldent and complete organization
on a hog platform"
The case has been contested for
several months, the Council favor
ing the keeping in a certain section
or the central part of the town and
the Board of Health opposing. The
case was taken to court and the
Board of Health, acting under the
new borough code, was upheld.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05

are used In decorating, New body
gray and periscope gray Many OF
the accesso go n HrNveriza1. Ftnce
they are designed to eliminate need
less waste and save gasoline.
New bodies and fine coachwork
are the predominaing features OF the
1918 show" said George M. Dickson,
president of the National Motor Car
and Vehicle Corporation, of Indian
apolis. There has been little
change in motor and chassis design,
due to the fact that the majority
of the leading automobile engineers
of the country are too busy serving
the Government to perfect innova-
tions.
Moreover, radical changes in en-
gine and chassis design might pe
rated as unpatriotic, since the work
would require the manufacture OF
new dies and jigs from materials
that should be conserved for Gov
ernment use.
The display of fine bodies at the
New York show, however, is an in
dication that the American automo-
bile industry is advancing and at
we are no longer dependent on Eu-
rope for distinctive coachwork and
body styles as we were only three
or four years ago. The American
automobile body of to-day has indi-
viduality where formerly 1t was in q
large measure a reflection of the
European trend of design
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05
REQ Engineer Devotes His
Entire Time to Government

Horace 4. Thomas, chief engineer
of the REQ Motor Car Company since
its inception, is devoting his entire
time to Government work in Wash
ington.
The REQ engineer is chairman of
the committee on designing this new
Government standardized u ton
truck.
Mr.. Thomas says, "As it sooner or
later gets to the consciousness of
every loyal American that he has a
part to play, / began to feel that l
should he doing. or at least trying to
do, something for my country in this
crisis.
"At first my intention was to re-
sign the position 1 have held so long
and offer myself to the Government.
'Mr. Scott, vice-president and gen.
eral manager of the REQ Company,
when advised of my plan, said, You
do not crave an uniform or a mill
tary title. do you? You simply want
a job of work in the interests of
better efficiency
Il told him that was my aim, but
I didn't see how | could be of much
use unless I offered myself wholly
and gave all my time to the work.
He then said that the REQ Mo-
tor Car Company felt just as pa
triotic as l could possibly feel and
that the company would give me
leave and, in addition, pay my sal
ary and expenses for the duration
of the war.
80 I am in Washington cooper
ating with lot of other experienced
automobile engineers in working out
a standardized light truck and other
war equipment"
Those who know REQ engineering
know that it is sound engineering
and it is good to feel that our Gov
ernment has the assistance of prac-
tical men who hold regular positions
on their ability
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05
Cadillac Service a
Business in Itself

The unusual extent of the facilities
maintained by the Cadillac Motor
Car Company for rendering service
to owners of it's cars is shown by the
fact that the factory service depart
ment requires a separate building,
with approximately 10000 square feet
of floor space. For the future con-
duct of this department on the same
efficiency basis as in the past, the
company has provided materials, in
GLIDING alloy steel parts, sufficient
for two to three years to come.
The parts department has it's own
machine shop. 1t employees 225 to $50
people. Its stock of parts for past
and present Cadillac models COM
prises approximately 1000 items, and
this stock is maintained complete
from year to year. Having it's own
separate manufacturing facilities, it
as possible for this department to
produce many parts that must be
made quickly.
Supplementing this service, which
is under the supervision of the gem
eral salesmanager, is a corps of tech
nical experts at the factory and on
the road. Those at the factory are
equipped to give complete advice as
to the care and operation of Cadillac
cars.
Each of those on the road has a
prescribed territory, in which he is
active at all times, keeping in touch
with Cadillac dealers and owners, and
rendering to both such service as may
be necessary from time to time. The
men who are engaged in this work
have been especially trained for it.
The Cadillac Company has always
made it a point to be able to furnish
parts for any gar it has ever made,
and the purpose of it's highly organ
lied service department Is to con-
tinue this policy. Scarcely a day
passes that the company does not
receive an order, and ship parts, for
a Cadillac built in 1908 or 1904.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05
Possibility of Labor
Drafts Are Hinted at
by Provost Marshal

Washington, Jan. 8. - Maintenance
OF an adequate labor supply without
class exemptions for workers in vital
industries or on farms is sought by
Major General Enoch II. Crowder
provost marshal general, in recon-
mending that Congress amend the Sc
lectiVe draft act to provide for the
registration of men who have attain
ed twenty-one years of age since June
and for the yearly registration of
youths reaching that age.
While expressing the hope that such
a drastic course would not be neces-
sary, the provost marshal general
said it was not Tinconceivable that
draft OF labor would be made, and
that the government had full power
General Crowder, in his annual re-
port sent to Congress yesterday by
Secretary Baker, takes the position
that 1T is necessary to retain workers
in shipbuilding operations, in muni-
tion factories and on. farms, but he
believes that the deferred classifi-
cation will care for them unless the
nation is reduced to the ultimate ex-
tremities of needing such men in the
field. He does not believe there is
any such possibility in the immediate
future II congress approves the draft
ing of the 100000 men who annually
reaech twenty-one years of age.
Against Glass Distinctions
1t was said General Crowder would
give THIS answer to. the appeals of
Fuel Administrator Garfield, who be-
lieves retention of coal miners,
especially in the anthracite fields, is
of the highest Importance, and Direc-
tor General McAdoo. who believes that
efficient railroad operatives are serv-
ing their country just as well haul
ing supplies as carrying guns.
There will be no definite class ex-
emption for these men, but all of
them will have the assurance that
they. are in deferred classes and will
not be called for military services nm
less unforeseen emergencies are en-
countered.