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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
OMAHA Wins
FIGHT FOR
ARMY DEPOT
War Department, Quarter
master, on Col. Grants Show.
ing, Decides Store Shall
Remain Here.

The army quartermaster's depot, re-
Gently transferred from Oman to Chi
cago, has been re-established in this
city.
The depot was taken from Omaha
and located in Chicago week ago.
The news Of the change was not Of
fcially announced and only members
of the quartermaster's corps knew
OF it.
Colonel F. A. Grant, commanding
officer, was called to Washington last
week to confer with the War depart
ment heads He is a veteran soldier
and experienced in handling and
transporting supplies for the army.
His opinion counted with the army
authorities in Washington and it was
due to his efforts that the depot is to
be brought back to Omaha.
Vast Supplies Handled.
More than a million dollars worth
of supplies are handled by the quar-
termaster's corps every month.
The depot at Twenty-second and
Hickory streets has been greatly i'm
proved and enlarged during the last
year. Fire alarms, new fire fighting
equipment and new lighting system
have been installed. A new build
ing of concrete and iron, especially
adapted for storing enormous quanti-
ties of bacon, has been completed.
The depot is guarded by 81 enlisted
men from Fort Crook.
An Epitome of Efficiency.
The place is the epitome of eff
cheney. Military men and inspectors
from every part of the country have
praised the work at the depot. The
employees take personal pride in the
depot and permit nothing to interfere
with the sending of supplies to the
soldiers. Troops at home and over
seas are supplied from the Omaha
depot.
The Importance of the depot to
Omaha cannot be over-estimated.
Robert Manley, commissioner of the
Chamber of Commerce, said: ""Prob-
ably no one man ever did more for
our city than Colonel Grant has by
helping the depot in Omaha"
A telegram from Washington con-
hrming the re-establishment of the
depot in Omaha was received by
Mr.. Manley Saturday night.
1t is probable that the depot will
be enlarged.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
OF
TRAINS TO Be
ELIMINATED
Traffic to Pacific Coast to Be
Divided Between Pour Lines;
Travellers Will Have No
Choice of Routes.
tBy Associated Prcss.l

Chicago, May 4.-Onc- third OF all
the passenger trains between Chicago
and the Pacific coast will be elm
mated after June /, according to word
received from Washington by railway
officials tonight. This step, it was
said, would save approximately $l2,-
100000 a year and cut off ll.72S,0O0
miles of train haul.
R. II. Ashton. regional director
of the western railroads and assistant
to w. G.. McAdoo, director OF rail-
roads, said that such plan had been
under consideration and has been
worked out. He added that he had
not been officially informed that it
was to be put into effect on any cer-
tain date.
No Choice of Routes.
Under the revolutionized plan of
traffic, passengers would no
longer have a choice of routes. Traf-
fc to the west coast and intermediate
points would be divided between four
lines, as follows:
To Los Angeles and junction points
by Santa Fe.
To San Francisco and junction
points by Union Pacific.
To Seattle and junction points by
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul.
To Portland and junction points by
Northern Pacific.
The cut in service would take off
three through trains from Chicago to
Los Angeles, two to San Francisco
and three to Seattle and Portland.
More than 40 local trains would be
dispensed with also.
1t was expected that the Chicago
Kansas City, St. Louis Kansas City
and Chicago o-Omaha traffic would be
given consideration next, week when
officials take up reduction of service
from the Missouri river to Texas and
the southwest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
CANDIDATES SHOW SPIRIT AS
ELECTION DAY APPROACHES
Street Meetings Held in Omaha From Boundary to
Boundary; Allies Shout Answers to Mayors Charges
and Dahlman Men Not Backward In De-
livering Broadsides. ~--. .-.

Candidates and spellbinders man.
aged to put little pep into the end
of the local campaign, bringing the
week to a close with a dozen meet
ings, most of them at street corners,
from Twenty-fourth and Fort streets
on the north, to Thirty-sixth and Har-
rison streets.
Jim Dahlmans' ticket held forth at
Mecca hall, Twenty-fourth and Grant
streets, and Turner hall, Eighteenth
and Vinton streets. The allied candi-
dates threw few verbal grenades in
a hall at Twenty-fourth and Fort
streets, where A. L. Sutton and Mrs.
G. w. Covell assisted in the battle of
the ballots.
Ed P. Smith, after addressing
crowd at Twenty-fourth and N streets,
told newspaper man that he did not
expect to make any more talks, be-
lieving he had made his case, as the
lawyers say, and would abide by the
verdict OF the voters on Tuesday.
Make Wide Circuits.
Thomas Falconer spoke at four
street meetings and Mayor Dahlman
made circuit which covered wide
area.
F. S. Howell, speaking for the al
lied candidates, made this statement:
There are two things Dahlman
should do: He should either prove'hi
charges against Ed P. Smith and send
Smith to the penitentiary, or plead
guilty himself and go to the peniten-
tiary himself" Just what Howell be-
lieved should happen to Dahlman if
lie did not do either, would not "look
pretty in print.
This bon mot was presented by L.
J. Quinby last night at an Ed P.
Smith meeting: "We should have
at the head of our city government a
man for whom we need not apologize.
We do not want for mayor man who
has no better qualifications than to
villify his political opponents"
Government is Wasteful.
At the Twenty-fourth and N streets
meeting Mr.. Smith said: 81 want to
tell you why | am in this race. All
am and expect to be I owe to
Omaha. | have investigated and find
that Omaha should be placed on
higher level of efficiency and am
willing to devote three years of nv
life to that service. The people are
paying too much for what they get in
Continued on Page Six. Column One.1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
POPULAR WAR
CREDIT HEAVILY
0vERSUBSCR|BED
Official Reports Show Total Of
$3,M, ,655,M0; May Be
Swollen to Four 7illions by
Last Minute Pledges.

Washington, May 4.-Fdr the third
time within a year the American peo-
pie have heavily oversubscribed war
credit.
As the third liberty loan was clos
ing tonight the treasury announced
the campaign had been an "over-
whelming success" Although $3,OO0,-
100000 was the formal goal, official
reports, including only small pro-
portion of today's avalanche of
pledges, showed the total as $3,203,-
55,400, and there were indications
that the aggregate would be increased
to nearly $4,0O0,000,000 next week
when banks have time to tabulate the
multitude of last minute applications.
The exact result Of the campaign
probably will not be known until late
in the week.
Honor Roll Grows.
Official estimates placed the num-
Der of subscribers at between l2,000,-
900 and $4,000, 0,000-far above the TO-
100000 of the second loan or 4,500,-
900 of the frst--and some officials
expressed belief that the roll of buy
ers would be even greater. To them
this was one of the most encourage
ing features of the loan.
All twelve federal reserve districts
which were the largest campaign units
oversubscribed, and a majority of the
states made the same record. Dela-
ware doubled its quota.
Bond selling continued actively in
many cities up to late hour tonight
and banks stayed open in q final eff
fort to roll up more subscriptions than
the $4,6l6,000,000 of the second lib
erty loan last October.
Money Comes From Masses.
Messages reaching Washington to-
night indicated, however, that the big
subscriptions from corporations and
business interests which were features
of the last hours of the second cam
paign were lacking, owing to the I'M
minence of income and excess profits
tax paying time in June, when more
than $4,000, 100000 in war levies will
have to be paid to the gouernment.
The success of the campaign, even
without big individuals subscriptions,
demonstrated that the loan was pop
ular" and that bonds will be widely
distributed among all classes and To-
calities.
The headquarters review tonight
described the final roundup in New
York "as probably the most striking
feature of the last days campaign" !"
Within few hours, $l2o,000,000 sub
scriptions were recorded, sending the
city and state Of New York oyer their
quotas.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
Meetings Today

Jim Dahlman's Ticket: Bohe.
mian National hall, Twenty-tirst and
N streets, 2:30 p. M; Metz hall.
Thirteenth and William streets.
3 p. m.; Polish hall, Twenty-sixth
and Walnut streets, 4 p. m.; Italian
hall, Sixth and Pierce streets.
$3.50 p. m.
Swedish auditorium, Sixteenth
and Chicago streets, Harry B. Zim-
man and allied candidates. under
auspices of Harry B. Zimman Nfor
Commissioner club, 2:30 p. m.
Volk's hall, Twenty-fourth and
Charles streets, 8 p. m, Harry B.
Zimman and other candidates.
Edward Simon will speak this
afternoon at the Swedish auditor
ium in behalf of Thomas Falconer.
Columbia hall, Twenty-second
and Pierce streets, 3 p. m, Frank
L. Weaver and allied candidates.
J. Dean Ringer will speak to-
night at Walnut Hill Methodist
church.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05

Such drastic action, taken in the
face of the unrest throughout Austria
Hungary as the result Of the wars
privations and the ever-recurring ra-
cial differences, will cause the devel-
opment of the situation in the dual
monarchy to be followed with the
keenest interest.
ADJOURNS PARLIAMENT.
Amsterdam. May 4. - Emperor
Charles of Austria has empowered
the Austrian premier to adjourn par
lament and forthwith inaugurate
measures to render impossible the re-
sumption Of its activities, a Vienna
dispatch says.
A statement published in Vienna
indicates that the closure Of Parlia-
ment is due to the seriousness Of the
food situation. The statement says:
"The government will devots its
entire strength to the economic prob
lem and will try to create conditions
REQUIRED to enable the population to
hold out"
LEADERS CONFER.
A Vienna dispatch says that the
Austrian premier, DR.. Won Seydler,
speaking at conference of party
leaders, declared that the serious eco
nomic and food conditions made IL
imperative for the present govern
ment to be spared parliamentary eriti-
cism.
He, therefore, demanded that the
proposed sittings Of parliament be
postponed, adding that unless the
party leaders took this step the gov
ernment would prevent the sessions
forcibly. Apparently this conference.
the date of which is not given, was
held before the emperor acted.
SOUNDS WARNING.
During the discussion Of revising
the constitution on the basis Of ma
tional autonomy Premier Won Seyd-
Ter announced that in Bohemia the
government would speedily issue reg
ulations providing for the appoint
ment of administrators for districts in
habited by distinct nationalities.
Premier Won Seydler sounded a
warning against melting nationalities
against each other. He then said:
CLIMAX REACHED.
Our entire military and political
situation has reached climax. / am
firmly convinced the decision on the
battlefield will be in favor of Austria
and her allies.
Our economic, especially our food,
conditions are very serious, but they
are not at all desperate. To hold ON
now to final, happy decision is the
vital question for the state. 1t, there
fore. is necessary that, unhampered by
parliamentary confusion, the govern
ment be left in a position to devote
all its strength to these tasks"
The premier then recommended the
postponement of parliament.
Deep in Difficulties.
Austria has been deep in difficulties,
both political and economic, for more
than year, and it has been an open
secret that Emperor Charles was de-
sirous of bringing about peace, his
efforts in this direction having occa-
sionally aroused criticism in Berlin.
In the last few months there have
been insistent reports that the food
situation i'm Austria is growing des-
perate. 1t has been represented that,
except for the favored classes, the
people were receiving barely more than
enough food to avert actual starva-
ton.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
Thousands of Doctors Wanted;
Nebraska's Quota 200, lowa's $50
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, May 4.-Thousands of
doctors and surgeons throughout the
country will be urged to enroll for
service to meet the growing demands
of the srmy and navy under a plan
decided upon today at meeting here
of practically all state committees of
the general medical board of the
Council of National Defense. 1t is ex-
pected. that 1000 will respond to the
call by July : and 5000 more before
the end of the year. =
Medical men who decline commits
sions will be called on by the state
committees for an explanation.
Major John D. Miner, secretary of
the general board, in announcing the
state quotas, which are to be appor-
toned among counties by the state
committee, said that the cities must
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
Food Heads Change May
RuIinu on Dried Fruits

Washington, May 4.-Contracts for
the sale of dried peaches, apples,
prunes or raisins from new crop
fruits cannot be made before June |
under a ruling today by the food ad-
ministration.
The administration originally ruled
that dried fruits could be sold by
May of the year in which the crop
is produced.
The change was made to allow the
various interests affected voluntarily
to agree upon a reasonable basis on
which business could be done, pro-
tecting the producers, manufacturers
and consumers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05

provide most of the doctors, as coun-
try communities could not spare
many. The quotas for western states
include:
Colorado, 100; Iowa, $50; Kansas,
100; Minnesota, 70; Missouri, 800; Ne
braska, 200; North Dakota So; South
Dakota, IS; Wyoming, 80. e
Senator Owen of Oklahoma ad-
dressing the meeting regarding his
bill to increase appointments of Of
fcers in the military medical service,
declared that the general staff of the
army "is always opposed to giving adj
ditional dignit, to the medical men,"
The bill provides for 10000 officers
in the medical corps. He said these
men should have equal rank with line
officers, because without such author
ity the medical corps cannot enforce
its regulations
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
Fire Alarm Proves Useful
Even for Political Purposes

During a meeting of the allied can
didates at Fifteenth and Farnam
streets last night, while Tom Hollis
ter was speaking, an alarm of fire was
turned in from telephone Tyler 800,
which is a World-Herald telephone.
1t hap ened that few minutes be-
fore the fire apparatus came clatter-
ing down the street Hollister had been
arraigning the mayor and Senator
Hitchcoek's publication.
While the fire apparatus was return
ing from a real alarm, sent in from
the Fayidge block, Eighteenth and
Farnam streets, the false alarm was
sent in Chief Salter was piqued
when he learned of what had hap
pened. The identity of the comedian
who sent in the alarm from Tyler
500 was not disclosed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05

RESERVES READY.
Concededly, however, the enemy
! has fresh troops for thrust of even
greater power. if he thinks it advis-
able to employ them here, and there
have been indications for the last day
or two that he was preparing to do
so.
One such hint of an impending
thrust developed Saturday morning,
when the German artillery began vio-
lently to pound the Franco-British
line from Locre to the south of
Ypres, where his main effort of April
% was made. The bombardment was
not speedily followed up by an at
tack, however, as was the case last
Monday.
PREPARE FOR BLOW.
Meanwhile there has been a
Strengthening of the allied defense at
important points along the northern
and southern sides of the Lys salient.
The French have thus" operated sue
cessfully in the Locre region, one of
the main objective points of the Ger
mans as an approach to Mount Rouge,
and the British Friday night strength
ened their lines in the vicinity of
Hinges, northwest of Bethune.
The official report from German
general headquarters last night says:
French counter attacks against Kem-
mel and BBailleul failed under heavy
losses"
Big Guns Booming.
The Somme front has been threat
ening to break out into its former
furious activity for several days past,
but aside from the recent thrust by
the French, which gained them COM
manding ground in the Avre sector,
southeast of Amiens, and similar op-
erations by the British around Villers-
'Bretonneux, just to the north, the
fighting has been left almost entirely
to the artillery. The big guns are
still booming threateningly in the
Avre region and elsewhere around the
great Montdidier salient, however.
Turks Beaten in Palestine.
In Palestine the British have again
met and defeated the Turks in engage
ments in the vicinity of the river Jor-
dan. Attacks by the Ottoman troops
on two successive days were beaten
off with heavy losses to the enemy
and in the fighting the British took
more than 800 prisoners. \
Dispatches from Paris announce
that another of the German long
range guns engaged in bombarding
the Paris capital has been put out of
action through a direct hit by the
French artillery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
GAG RULE INVOKED
TO HUSH CRITICISM
OF GOVERNMENT
Emperor Directs Premier to Adjourn Parliament and Pre-
vent Resumption of Its Activities DR.. Won Seydler
Admits Food Situation Is Very Serious But
Assures Party Leaders of Final Victory.
(By Associated Press.)

Austra-Hungary supplies of the most important
items of the current news with critical and political
situation officially conceded to be developing home just
her at the front apparently about be launched
attack on Italy.
The crisis in Vienna marked by the dismissal Of the
an parliament by the emperors order and the declaration
that orcbe would be taken make resumption
it's sessions impossible.
DESIRES FREE HAND
statement issued makes clear that the government was
embarrassed by the divisions the legislative body the
food situation and the racial in the
Austrian bodypoitc and desired free hand in the
months.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
u. S. Loan Breaks Records of All
Nations For Number of Subscribers
(By Associated Press.)

eWashington, May 4.-The third
Liberty loan breaks the records of all
nations for number of subscribers, with
an estimated roll of between 12,0Q0.-
900 and 100000 bond buyers, but
total subscriptions are less than Great
Britain's largest war loan, and even
OF the American second Liberty loan.
Figures on leading loans of the
principal belligerents were given out
today by the treasury as follows:
British Victory loan early in 1917. 5
per cent; subscriptions 5000, ,254,320.
United States second Liberty loan, 4
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
19-year-0Id Boys Called
For Service in Canada

Ottawa, May 4.-Canada has lower
ed the age limit for military service
registration from 20 to l9 years.
A proclamation calling upon all men
10 years of age to enroll will be issued
shortly and will provide for registra-
ton before June |, though none of
the registrants will be called to the
colors before July.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05

per cent; subscriptions $4,6l6,000,000
Eighth German war loan, 4H per
cent and S per cent; subscriptions $3.-
500 100000.
French war loan of 1915, per cent;
subscriptions $2,26l 1864, 400.
Austrian seventh war loan, 5 per
cent. subscriptions $1,l50000,000.
Italian fourth war loan, 5 per cent;
subscriptions $l,000,000,000.
Hungary seventh war loan, 6 per
cent: subscriptions $600,000,000.
Canadian Victory loan, November,
1917 sH per cent; subscriptions $4lS,-
600 600
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
U. S. Takes Over 5000 Shares
German-0Wned Coke Stock

Washington, May 4.-Three thous-
and German-owned shares in the H.
koppers company of Pittsburgh, Pa,
were taken over today by the Alien
Property Custodian Palmer.
The company manufacturers coke
and gas overns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05

Sergeant Harold Baldwin, late of
the Canadian forces and author of the
war story Holding the Line" will
tell of his experiences at the Brandeis
theater at $50 p. m. Monday. Follow
ing trench raid the lecturer lay help
less for day and nalf N a shell
hole. When rescued his leg was
amputated. The proceeds will go to
the Omaha chapter of the Red Gross.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
EMPEROR CHARLES
LEAVES FOR FRONT
TODIRECTATTACKS'
Increased Activity Along AustroItalian Lines Announced
From Vienna; Rome Statement Records Only In
tensive Aerial Operations; German Offensive
Still Held Up; Allies Strengthen Defense.
(By Associated Press.)

Vienna dispatches have reported Emperor Charles leaving
for the front and have announced greatly increased activity
along the nes where renewal of the Teutonc
offensive has long been threatened The Rome official states
does give like picture of the front line activities but
records intensive aerial operations with the aen evil
IDENTIFY having the better of the encounters and bringing down
fourteen enemy machines.
The German offensive in Flanders has been held
for virtually five days since the enemy last dashed
against the rocrbbed defense the British early
last week and the Ypres line stood firm under the attack Gen
era Anm evidently has been forced into this inactivity by
the severity his necessary to marshal new
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-05-05
The Weather

For Iowa and Nebraska-Fair and
continued warm Sunday; Monday,
partly cloudy and cooler.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Williston graphic., 1918-11-07

time, but nobody knows Whist be-
came Of the "ta6y plate. Somebody
says it lays on top Of the shack.
Why don't you bring Us piece
Mark Thomas knows all about the
paint work, and that is all he knows
about it. s sf
The records Of the local weather
bureau shows that last Tuesday was
the coldest in Williston in any Oct
ober since 1S79-the lowest tempera-
ture being 32 degrees below zero in
1887, on October "a. The lowest
temperature was zero. This would
naturally make one predict severe
winter. Therefore, the stoves pur-
chased by some Of our townsmen at
the recent government auction sale
will probably prove profitable in.
vestment. Take a hint-the weather
man has put in the storm windows.
Williston graphic., 1918-11-07
In Williston
g Years Ago
From news printed n the
'S%'t hWilliston Graphic
i+' November, 1895.

From news which appeared in the
Williston Graphic November. 1895.
Miss Belle ,Matteson, teacher Of
the Stoney Creek school, spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Williston,, the
guest of Misses Leonhardy.
Harry Hutchins, an old time Nc
Henry county boy, who now runs q
ranch opposite Nesson, was a vel
come visitor at the Graphic office
yesterday.
Tommy Allen and little "Dick''
along with several others were out
skating on the Muddy last evening.
Jack Bruegger the so-called cham
pion of the state, accidentally caught
his foot on a straw and slid across
the creek in fine shape. If anybody
don't believe this, please ask Tommy.
Mrs. G. A. Downey gave her young
friends party last Wednesday eve-
ming, an dthey had an old fahsioned
"candy pull" Well we understand
the young people had very pleasant
Williston graphic., 1918-11-07

Alvin Becker Of Tioga was Z busi-
ness skor in the city yesterday.
Olaf Roseth Of Ray was . business
visitor in the city on Wednssday.
Miss Lillian Sather of Plentywood
visited here the first Of the week.
Your money is protection for our
100000 fighting boys and girls.
CHRISTMAS OVER THERE. YOUR
PORTRAIT. OLSON STUDIO. IS.
Just received new lot Of ladies
shirt waists at the Eagle Store. 21-1t
Cora Simons of Fairview visited
with friends in Williston last Satur-
day.
Another car of Apples, Winter va
rieties $3.50 per box, cash, at Brueg-
gers
o. p. Foss of Alamo transacted
business in Williston the first of the
week.
Paul Ware of Rawson was busi-
ness visitor in the city the first Of the
week.
George Olson of Charbeneau Wis
tied with friends in Wiliston the
latter part of last week.