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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

Deutschland uber allies" has shrunk con
siderably within the last few weeks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

"The Blue Alsatian Mountains" now take on
different hue for the harried Hun.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

The Omaha Hyphenated is worried, to say
the least.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18
TIL DIV in History.

TIL Dry in History.
l751-The city of Quebec surren-
dered to tie English.
lG54-Great Britain protested
AGAINST the proposed annexation of
the Sandwich Islands to the United
States.
lS6l-Bowling Green, KY, was
occupicd by the confederates.
1S63-An insurrection started in
the fleet at Cadiz and spread
throu~h nearly all Spain.
lS74Nebraska Relief and Aid So
ciety organized to relieve sufferers
from famine caused by drouth and
locusts.
l8o3-The earl Of Aberdeen took
Office as governor general of Cam
ada.
l9I4-Belgians made gallant
stand against Germany infantry
attack at Termonde.
l9l5-Entente allies presented a
Joint note to Bulgaria, asking it to
take a definite stand.
19l6-British forces advanced
within three miles of Bapaume.
Timely Jot.irgs and Reminders.
l,slCth day of the great war.
National independence day of
Chill.
- Centennial anniversary of the
birth OF Mrs. Mary A. Vincent, one
of the most popular actresses in the
annals of the American stage.
One hundred and twenty-five
years ago today the cornerstone for
tie national capitol in Washington
was laid by President Washington.
TIE organization of the War
Mothers of America is to be COM
p'eted at a national convention
which has been called to meet to-
day at Evansville. Ind.
The second annual convention Of
the South Dakota Employers and
Manufacturers association is to
open at Huron today and will con-
tinue in session over tomorrow.
Storye'te of the Day.
Speaking at a recent dinner, Sem
ator Henry c. Lodge of Massachu-
sets referred to the technical auto
mobile terms and told the following
story:
One afternoon some time ago two
young girls were sitting on the We
ranGa knitting for the soldiers when
one of them turned the conversation
to an auto ride she had the evening
before.
"Mr. Jones' ability in running an
automobile is simply wonderful" de-
clared the pretty one. 81 never
dreamed that it was possible to 60
quite so far without machinery"
go without mac,lineryr was the
wondering rejoinder of the other.
DO you mean to say that such .
thing happened"
~"Yes," promptly replied the first,
1--WE must have gone at least II
miles before Mr.. Jones discovered
that the eng;ne was missing"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18
The Day We Celebrate.

Loyal 5. Mole. clerk in the Omaha
postoffice, born in 1853.
John H. Charlie, associate justice
Of the supreme court of the United
States, born at Lisbon, O., 81 years
ago.
William S. McNair. one OF the
new major generals OF the Uni;ed
States army, born in Michigan, so
years ago.
Sir Richard Tat!ey Glazebrook,
who has been awarded the Albert
medal for valuable services in the
application of natural science to in
dustry, born "a years ago.
John l.. Bates, ex-governor of
Massachusetts, and presiding officer
of the recent constitutional conven-
ton in that state, born at North
Easton. Mass. 50 years ago.
Walter Evans, United States dis
trict judge for Kentucky, born in
Barron county, KY, 76 years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18
Sea Gives Up Sunken Ships
Owen Conner in New York Herald.

Mastery of : sea. with all its fascination
and romance, has become passion so strongly
bred in the bone Of the G7ton that he refuses
ever to confess defeat wheN a problem of the
oceans depths confronts hi. So firmly i'm
bedded in his nature is this trait that he simply
could not accept the record of his losses in
steamships by German submarines as final. even
when his ships had been sent to the bottom OF
the green waters that surround his isles. He
started in methodically, with the dogged pluck
and inability to confess defeat which have
shown in his character so markedly in this war;
to seek practicable means of recovering at least
part of what the enemy had taken from him by
the torpedo and the underwater mine.
What has been accomplished forms one Of
the most amazing chapters Of achievement in
the history of all human endeavor. In one year
and half, since January /, 1917, the British ad-
miraty has raised from the depths Az cargo
steamships and has succeeded in recovering
more than two-thirti; of the freight they car
RED Some perishahle portions of the cargoes
were ruined by their long immersion. but one
giant steamship torn from its ocean grave for a
new lease Of useful life had been laden with
merchandise valued at Sl5,000000. and every
penny's worth of that loss was recovered. An
other huCe vessel was raised and 100000
cargo recovered.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.

II came across a men the other day who
had cleaned out a bank and nothing was
done to him"
"Why not?'
Because he was the janitor and had
to do it."-Baltimore American.
Don't you mss your husband very
much. now that he Is ut the 'front.'"
'Oh. no: at breakfast Just stand a
newspaper UP In front OF a plate and
half the time l forget he isn't there
The B3stander.
"IIe Is such a jocu!ar man to be so
strictly n po ,lIi'ion.s'."
But his humor Is Of the very dryest
sort, you Notwithstanding Ma ::azine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18
British Loan Secure.

Omaha, Sept. 13.-To the Editor
CT The Bee: Representative Sloan
does not need to show any anxiety
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

Get ready for the Fourth Liberty loan.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

Again divers were sent below the surface
They made such repairs as they could and then
the wrecking tugs towed it into an English har
Dor. There the unexploded munitions still in
the hold were taken out and were found to
amount to almost one-half of the entire cargo.
Rebuilding work has been carried out rapidly
and the steamship is now ready to go out again
to brave the German and his submarines. In
the fire which wrecked it 81 men lost their lives.
Details Of the saving Of these two vessels were
mace public by the British government so that
the public might know the value of the tasks
accomplished by the admiralty salvage corps.
Astonishing as were the results in these two
instances, it is fact, never the!ess. that King
Georges ministers regard them as relatively
unimportant That is why publication was per-
mitted. OF the other facts, such as the saving
of one giant steamship whose cargo was valued
at $i5,0O0000, and OF another with freight on
board worth $l0OO0,00O. there is silence. To
tell what was done to save them, where they
were sunk, or even to tell their names, might
give information of value to the enemy, and
Great Britain is not running that risk.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

giant steamship torn from its ocean grave for a
new lease Of useful life had been laden with
merchandise valued at Sl5000000. and every
penny's worth of that loss was recovered. An
other huge vessel was raised and 100000
cargo recovered.
Some of the story Of the admiralty salvage
corps and its accomplishments has just been
permitted to be made public by the British gov
eminent, and it reads for the greater part more
ike fanciful tale by Jules Verne rather than
the matter-of-fact official record that it is. I'm
agine the magnihcence and brilliant daring Of
TIE exploit of recovering from loss two steam
shins, laden with oils. both partly sunk and with
their car"oes in flames, wherever the hulls
were above water.
One of these vessels was of American regis
ter Before the war it would not have been
accounted as OF great value, for it was the once
despised tanker. But in the conditions that have
prevailed since 1914 it was prec Gus adjunct
to the great supply feet needed by Great Britain
to maintain ADEQUATE fuel stores for Ships OF
the navy. When this tanker. the name Of which
is withheld, of course. was found to be in flames
and all but total wreck. tumbling about in the
waters of the English chanel, with dense VOL
umes of smoke rising from its hold, the salvage
corps went out to it, took one good look and
then summoned destroyer At the request of
the salvage corps the destroyer fired two shells
into the derelict and put all OF its hull beneath
the waves
The tanker sank in comparatively shallow
water. Just as soon as it was reasonably GER
tain that the FIRE had been quenched divers were
sent down to repair the gaps in the hull, torn
by the destroyer's shells, and when this work
was finished giant pumps were sunk into the
hold to clear the water that held it down. Slowly
it rose foot by foot. little each day, until after
more than a mont, of LABOR it was again stuff.
cietnly above the level of the sea to permit OF
its being lowed to port. But the fre-b!asted
and twisted ion of its upper works bore little
resemblance ship that was yet to have
career OF usefulness.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-18

The apparent hopelessness of the task before
them didn't deter the salvage corps for a mo-
ment. They got the battered hulk into port and,
any of the valuable fuel was still fit for use. To
the old tank ablaze out in the channel, more
than half OF the oil was pumped out in good CON.
dtion, and then expert shpwrights went to
work to replace the damaged plates in its hull
and to build new upper works.
In less than three months their work was
finished and the vessel was once more put into
commission. 1t arrived at an American port
late in July and is once more in regular service,
carrying American fuel oil to the British navy.
1t is decorated with the puzzling camouflage de-
signs adopted by English experts to make the
U-boats task more difficult and it carries 10000
tons of oil on every trip it makes eastward
across the ocean. The official report of its
salvage states that the oil recovered from its
wrecked hull amounted to moe than 5000 tons.
Another vesesl found to be in flames in the
English channel was of British register. 1t was
of the regulation steamship construction, not a
tanker, and the problem of saving it from total
destruction was greater than in the case OF the
American tanker, for practically all its hull
above the water line was in flames. 1t was
laden with a shipment of munitions from the
United States and the fire had made its way into
the magazines where these were stored. From
time to time it was shaken by explosions and
then finally the fire gained such Roadway tina,
its hull was completely concealed by the smoke
As was done with the tanker, it was deliberately
sent to the bottom by British destroyer, bu
before this was done the flames had almost com
pletely destroyed all of its structure above the
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
THE SEVENTY-MILE GUN

Expert examination has been made
in Paris of fragments of missiles from
the long-range gun with which the
Germans have been bombarding that
city-not for the purpose of defeating
armies or destroying military strength.
but in pursuance of its policy of
frightfulness. The conclusion is that
the guns used-there are supposed to
be four. two of which are fired each
day-are more than sixty feet long;
that they throw an 81 inch she'll with
double fuse; and that their installa-
ton and adjustment required at least
three months. The bombardment on
Easter Sunday resulted in killing one
woman and injuring two children.
Brave and grand work for a nation
OF supermenl
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
House Agrees to
Speed Military Laws
Bills VIII Have Precedence-Dra
Legislation VIII Be Pushed by the
Congressman at Once

WASHINGTON, April 3.-To speed
consideration of legislation that must
be enacted before the second draft can
be made, Chairman Dent of the house
military affairs committee, asked a
special rule for taking it up In the
house from the rules committee to-
day.
The legislation for which the rule
is asked is that basing quotas for the
various districts on the number of
men in the first class under the class
ification system and empowering the
president to take from any class men
needed for special work in connection
with the national defense. Provost
Marshal General Crowder declines to
go ahead with preparations for the
second draft until the legislation is
enacted. 1t already has been passed
by the senate.
Granting of the rule would make
the legislation in order tomorrow and
would pave the way for one of the big
gest fights that has taken place on the
floor of the house this session.
Urged by Representative Joseph
Kahn Of California, the house decided
to push all military bills for immed-
late passage.
The rule to give military bills prior
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

duction of these two men-brothers,
trading as farmers and storekeepers
under the name of Kempenich Bro
thers-at about 100000 pounds. In ad-
lition to this, the Federal Food Ad-
ministrator for New Mexico reported,
they had purchased about 250,000
pounds, which they also refused to re-
lease from storage.
The Food Administration has taken
the position that by Withholding this
wheat from the trade Kempenich
Brothers are guilty of giving aid and
comfort to the enemy. On this ground
it has authorized the New Mexican
administrator to seize the entire sup
ply and place 1t in circulation.
Reports on several similar cases
have been received, but no definite
action has been taken except In this
one instance. The food administration
has ANNOUNCED, however, that where
investigation shows unpatriotic intent
the wheat will be seized. Allowance
will be made for what is needed for
seeding purposes and personal use.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

ity does not extend to bills reported
by the naval affairs committee. The
rules committee decided that giving
naval bills preferred status would
needlessly clog the house calendar. IL
a similar request comes from the ma
val affairs committee, however, 1t
probably will be granted.
The preferential rule may be re-
ported to the house tomorrow, but the
rule on quota legislation allowing tte
provost marshal general to take the
next draft from the first class under
the new system, will not be submitted
until Representative Shellenberger,
one of its opponents, returns to Wash
ington. Four members Of the mill
tary affairs committee are opposed
to the quota bill. They promise
spectacular fight on the floor when
the bill comes up for consideration
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

subtle operations. Laws against
treason should be so amended as to
send some who are virtually guilty
of treason, while legally guilty only
of sedition, to the firing squad. The
penitentiary should yawn for the less
culpable of the guilty. But this
should all be done within the law"
After one hundred and forty-two years
OF liberty and one hundred and TWEEN
ty-nine years of constitutional gov
eminent, we believe that the people of
the United States have a government
which can take care of all violations
of human rights in legal way. We
trust that the organization will push
the enactment of laws now pending
in congress which will secure the re-
suits needed. Energy expended in
this way will be wholly beneficial.
Secret councils followed by mob man
ifestations cannot meet out exact JUS
tice, and give the unjustly suspected
the benefit of a fair, unbiased and
impartial trial. such as should be pro-
vided for all under our constitution.
If there are 100000 German spies in
this country, as Senator Overman
says. there should be 100000 legal
executions in this country under and
within the law this year. And where
laws have loop-holes. they should be
amended and mended
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
Wheat Seizures Are
Given Explanation
Cereal Held for Purpose Of Giving
Aid and Comfort to the Enemy viii
Be Taken

The following bulletin has been re-
ceived explaining the seizure of wheat
in New Mexico, and showing that the
policy of the governemnt will be TO
take over grain held with view of
helping the enemy
The United States Food Administra-
ton announced today that it has au
thorized the seizure of largesstores of
wheat held in New Mexico by men of
German extraction. They have con-
sistently refused to sell at the ruling
price, which was fixed by the govern
ment, and have given no satisfactory
xplanation of their action, although
they have been urged to release it in
order that the United States may
maintain its program of expectation.
An estimated report placed the pro-
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

Senator Overman's gag" bill, sub
mitted to the senate Tuesday, has pro-
visions which make 1t punishable for
anyone to utter any statement deroga-
tory to the United States and its al
lies and practically prevents all man
ner of anti-war talk and talk aimed
to encourage the enemy and discour-
age the forces in the United States.
1t makes serious crime of any OBJ
struction of war work or attempt
to obstruct war work" 1t is high time
for stern measures to repress enemy
"gassing" in this country, where it has
been more villianous, if less danger
Gus to the gasser, than along the bat
tie line
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
PASS MORE STRINGENT LAWS

President Bloodgood, of the Wis
eonsin, "Next-of-Kin" organization is
reported to have said that in their eff
forts to prevent the seating of the
newly elected Socialist mayor of Mil
waukee, the society would TRY legal
means first" The statement would
have been stronger If he had dropped
the last word and in its place had
added land IL present legal means
are insufficient to keep him out we
shall appeal to congress and the leg
islature for required laws" Seditious
propaganda has taken new phases to
evade laws already passed and further
legislation is needed to prevent It's
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
LARGE DELEGATIONS FROM
ALL PARTS OF STATE ARE
COMING
Will Last for Three
Days
Many Subjects Covered by the
Program-Adjournment to En-
NETT for the Last Part of the
Session.

The twenty-second annual conven-
ton of the Idaho State Sunday School
association will open here April 10
for a three-day session, after which
adjournment will be had to Emmett
where a three-day meeting will begin
and continue for three days The
theme for the Twin Falls meeting will
be: Challenge of the War to the
Sunday Schools of Idaho" Large del
egations are expected from all parts
of the state to what it is hoped will
be the largest convention in Idaho his
tory.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
Washington dispatches dated April

Washington dispatches dated April
Sd say: "The reserve army 100000
men) created by the supreme war
council at Versailles has not been en-
gagged anywhere, so far as can be
learned here" Under this condition,
speculation is rife as to whether it
may not be used in the supreme coun-
ter-offensive drive elsewhere, instead
Of on the present fighting ground
where all the reserve Hun strength is
massed. That 1t will be used some
where, soon and effectively, no one
seems to doubt.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
The TIMES is an Independent

The TIMES Is an Independent
Democratic newspaper; but j;
knows no politics as opposed to
the most united and vigorous
prosecution of the war that is
possible! Therefore, 1t Is AGIN
any man, Democrat or Republic
can, caught throwing hardware
into the neutrality-suspicious. with
his hands or with his mouth. If
this be 4partisnn,7 make the
most of it!
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
Incomplete returns show that wis

Incomplete returns show that Wis
consin cast about one vote out of each
five for Berger, the Socialist anti-war
candidate for senator. AS both Len
root and Davies were avowed sup
porters of the administration, SO far
as the war issues are concerned, this
Is a marked reputation of Kaiser
ism-but one vote out of each one
hundred would have been plenty
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

One Chris Gwinner, at Jackson,
Michigan, is the latest reported in
stance of earning suit of tar and
feathers by disloyal talk. 1t is better
to punish such disloyalty by law; but
1t is going to be punished, one way
or another, SO hurry up your law
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
RED CROSS WORKER 95

CONNELLSVILLE, PA, April A.
Mrs. Mary Rush Keller, aged So, is
actively engaged in knitting for the
Red Cross. After completing six
pairs of socks she was afflicted with
n dscular rheumatism. but she recov-
cred sufficiently to continue plying
her needle.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

Secretary Lane said something"
when he declaed Russia was the
victim of the ignorance of her peo-
pie; aand out of ignorance has grown
ignominy."
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04
WHEN SALOONS CLOSE THE
CITY REVENUES DECREASE

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 4.
Spring field lost more than $4,000 In
license revenue last year as result
of the saloons being voted out, &C
cording to the figures compiled by
City Clerk Davenport The total reve-
nue. for licenses for the year ending
February 2S, 1917, was slightly ~
excess Of $4,000, as compared with
1924, S25.27 for the preceding year
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

General Fochs quiet and positive
statement that "Amiens will not fall
! am prepared to guarantee that" is
perhaps the most reassuring note yet
heard from the terrible fight.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

Registration will begin here at
o'clock on next Wednesday. There
will be patriotic service in the even
ing. The morning session of April
II will be educational, and will be-
gin at o'clock. The afternoon SEES
sion Will include addresses by Rev. j.
ID. SpringstOn and Harvey Alfred.
Thursday night will be adult Even
ing with appropriate addresses. The
Friday morning session will be evan
gelistic in character. This session
which closes at noon, ends the meet
ing here.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

ROY n. R0ADRUCK, OF Spokane
Elementary leaders for Twin Falls
will be Mrs Shelton Bissell for the
first day and Mrs. HEARTFELT for the
second. For the secondary age the
leaders will be DR.. O. r. Meredith, of
Nampa, and Roy Roadruck, of Spo-
kane. For adults, F. j. Walmsley
will lead here. The leader of the
rural institute work, for April IL,
here will be j. e. Steinour. w. S.
Bruce and DR.. j. d. Springston will be
leaders of the superintendent's insti-
tute and Rev. &. w. Halpenny leader
of the institute for county officers.
A splendid musical program has
been prepared for all the sessions and
a general invitation is extended to the
public
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

-Dlscontinuance Many sub
scribers prefer not to have their
subscriptions interrupted in case they
fail to remit before expiration. NoI
withstap ding this, it is not assumed
that continuous service Is desired {;
still, subscribers are expected to no
lily us with reasonable promptness to
stop II the paper is no longer desired
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

Meet Rasmussen and Wear DIansnds.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

Meet Rasmussen and Wear Diamonds.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-04-04

tial for all good citizens to stand be-
hind the president on such matters.