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Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
''H0p TO IT." SAYS
MAYOR IN REPLY
TO RIVAL PARTY
''PoliticaI Pretenders After Pc.
litical Pie," is DahIman's
Characterization Of Pro-
lnoters of Meeting.

"Hop to it, mates" was Mayor
Dahlman's comment in connection
with the declaration that the "bolshe-
wiki should be swept out Of the city
hall"
He referred to the promoters of the
meeting as bunch of political pre-
tenders who are after political pie"
The mayor issued the following
statement of his estimate1f the situa-
ton: ,...... %f :.
Eyes, I read an account OF the meet
ing and banquet of the rJacksonian
club at the Paxton hotel Saturday
night and th> outcome was just what
| had expected it would be. 1t was a
little, bunch of the old Jacksonian
crowd who are about n; years behind
the times, getting UP banquet and
making floorah play as they used to
do | it years and years ago, and the
speeches were along the same old
lines--'please let us come up to the
crib; we are getting hungry; we have
been away from itlong enoughP
They had nothing new to offer
there is nothing new to offer; because
no city in the nation is rated higher
than the city of Omaha from every
standpoint, and nobody is heard bawl-
ing except the fellow who wants to
break in. =
Defends Patriotism.
"I was glad to read about the great
patriotism they displayed. That is
commendable, because we are all in
terested in the welfare Of our nation
and expect to make all the sacrifices
necessary to win this great war. One
Of the speakers said they intended to
clean out the bolsheviki in the city
hall. This is an insult to the loyal
men and women who make up the city
administration. We have service
flag hanging in the city hall with 81
stars on it, and not call has been
made but what everyone in the city
= (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Z
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
HOOVER ORDER
TO UNLOAD eggs
UPSETS MARKET
Witness in Packers Hearing
Testifies Confidence of Trade
Badly Shaken; His Firm
Lost Money in Complying.

Chicago, March 4.--The effect of
orders of the food administration rel.
ative to the disposal of cold storage
poultry and eggs entered into today's
hearing of the federal trade commits
sion's investigation of the packing
house industry.
H. S. Jones, Chicago poultry, egg
and produce dealer, testified III re-
sponse to questions by Francis J.
Heney, counsel for the commission,
that there seems to be lack of con-
fdence among the trade" in the fool
administration rules. The witness
told of the experience of his company
in connection with the food admins
tration's rule that cold storage poul-
try of 1917 81 ould be disposed Of De-
cember /, January | and March |.
Firm Lost Money.
The witness declared that stock
OF small poultry, classed by the trade
as lights, was sold by his firm in
obedience to the administration rules
at a loss and that the firm had not
re-stocked lis storage house. I'VE
would not try it again after that ex-
perience," he said.
"My Judgment is," said the witness,
that the trade will take any rule
without question. But that since this
investigation began the full confidence
of the trade has been disturbed. II
the trade should lack confidence in
the honesty OF the present investiga-
ton by you, Mr.. Heney, the lord only
knows what would happen. We might
have another bolshevik movement. If
the honesty of the present inrestiga-
ton is proved the trade will 60 any
limit to cooperate" ,.
Passing attention was given by Mr..
Heney to newspaper comment on the
reading of correspondence tending to
show that package of toilet prepafa-
tions had been sent by Armour &
Co., to Major General Es sRun1-
ner at the Camp Dodge cantohment,
where Armour & Co. have been
permitted to erect temporary
depot at the camp. The correspond
ence Between Armour officials made
reference to the position of the war
department that exclusive concessions
to private enterprises were not want
ed at the cantonments. After the
reading of the correspondence, Mr..
Heney said:
Plummer Not Blamed.
"This subject is not introduced
for the purpose of rejecting on Gen.
eral Plummer, but to show the meth
ods adopted by Armour & Co, in con-
nection with securing government
business.
Heney introduced letters dealing
with plans for the compilation of sta
tistics touching the packing house
trade to be assembled in book form,
and which were intended to furnish
ready means to packing house EN-
ployes for confuting misstatements
concerning the business. The letters
discussed persons qualified to assist
in the compilation of the booklet.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
GERMANS HEADED
TOWARDFIMAND;
SWEDES PROTEST

Washington, March 4.-Germany's
occupation of the Aland islands is
only preliminary to the total occu-
patton of Finland. Official dispatches
to the Swedish legation today say
Germany has announced to the Stock
holm foreign office its intention to
occupy Finland and that Sweden has
protested.
The occupation of the Aland islands,
the dispatches say. is to make them
base for supplying the German occu-
patton of Finland.
There are 500 Swedish troops or
the islands for police purposes. TheiI
commander was notified by the Ger
man commander OF his intentions, and
while so far there has been no clash
reported: the Swedish troops have NOT
been withdrawn and the feeling is de-
scribed here as being tense
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05

In a letter to members of the Ne-'
braska delegation, Governor Neville
says the rule, if adopted, would be
most unfair and unsatisfactory" In
support of his contention he says:
"For instance, in Nebraska, in spite
of our best efforts to secure uni
formity of classification, in some
counties a class of men are placed
in one class and in another county in
a different class. To base the ap-
portionment of quotas upon the NUM-
Der of men in class one would penal
ize the patriotic communities in which
men waived deferred classification
and exemption, and it would lessen
the burden upon the communities
where the men claimed deferred clas-
sifcation and exemption.
-r WOULD BE UNFAIR.
"There are two bases of appor-
tionment or ALLEGATION Which would,
in my Judgment, be fair to all" con-
tinues the governor. Zone would be
to base it upon the number of regis
trants in county, less sS'the number
of alien registrants; another would
be to base it upon the POPULATION in
the community, less the alien popula-
ton.
1--WE can hardly believe that any
one who has an intimate knowledge
Of the workings of the selective draft
service law would advocate basing
the quota upon the number of men
placed in class one" u#
When the question raised in Gov
ernor Neyille's letter was presented
to officials Of the provost marshal
general.s-aAice, they reality agreed
that the governors suggestions would
be right were it not for the fact that
class one selectives are to be taken
into service irrespective Of TIL poula-
tion of the community.
This scheme is in line with the an
nounced policy of Provost Marshal
General Crowder respecting all four
classes. and as sanctioned in a SEN
ate Joint resolution recently passed
by that body. ...
The house military affairs COM
mittee has a similar resolution pend
ing. Provost Marshal General Crow
der being before the committee today
on the same subject. p
80 See Authority Vanish.
Members of the Nebraska state
railway commission are considerably
exercised over certain provisions in
the federal control of railroads bill
now in conference. They see i'll one
of the sections of the bill gradual
,diminution Of their authority and
have sent forth Macedonian cry for
relief in consequence. -.
In telegram to members of the
congressional delegation the Ne
braska state commissioners say Eve
understand the railroad bill eliminates
the states authority over interstate
commerce az to the regulation OF
rates, expenditures of revenue, addi-
tions and improvements of properties
and issues Of stocks and bonds. IF
this is true, and the bill passes as out
lined, the states will be powerless to
protect the interests of interstate
shippers. This proposed grant Of
power is too broad. Exclusive fed
eral control within the states should
be confined to the movement of
troops, war materials and government
supplies.
Section II of the house bill rests in
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Four.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
Poker Profits Hard
Hit by NeU War Tax

Washington, March 4.-Poker
profteers were hit today by the in
ternal revenue bureaus informal
ruling that earnings from the game
were subject to the income tax,
but losses could not be deducted
from income in figuring the tax.
Thus there is a tax for the winner
and no relief for the loser. The rul-
ing was given in answer to the fol-
lowing letter of inquiry:
Kindly tell me whether poker
losses are deductible from net in-.
come in figuring income taxes. /
have lost large sums in the last year
and the question with me is vital.
For the information of a friend who
has had good poker profits please
tell me whether these are to be in
cluded in income" E
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
} GERMAN BOOTY ENORMOUS.


Berlin also announces the signing
of peace terms and the cessation OF
operations. When tn. German for
ward movement halted the invaders
were at Narva, 100 miles west OF Pet
rograd, and approaching Luga, SS
miles southwest.
The greater part of the Ukraine
also has been cleared Of the boil
sheviki. Much war material and more
than $4,000 prisoners have been cap
turned by the Germans in the Rus
sian campaign.
Germany APPARENTLY is determined
to give the bolshevik but a narrow
strip along the Gulf of Finland and at
the request OF the Finnish govern.
ment is to undertake the expulsion OF
the Finnish revolutio.iists and boil
sheyiki red guards from southern Fin
land. 4- =.
With Esthonia under German con-
troll and Finland freed from boishevik
sway, the bolshcviki will have less
than 200 miles Of coast line along the
Finnish gulf.
German troops already have landed
on the Aland islands. at the en- rance
to the Gulf OF Bothnia, and will make
the island the base OF their opera
tions in support of the Finnish gov
ernment.
Swedes Make Protest.
Germany advised Sweden. the dis.
patches say, that il was necessary
temporarily to occupy Finland to re.
store order, put gave assurances that
1t had no intentions to take pernia.
ncnt possession of the territory
Sweden protested also against tht
| Aland islands peing placed in the wal
zone.
Germany has assured Sweden that
It has no territorial interest in the
Aland islands.
On the western front the Germans
are becoming active. Their raiding
operations have increased in scope
and are approaching the size OF
planned attacks. The attacks on the
American sector, against the French
in Champagne and elsewhere. and
against the British lines were in
greater strength last week than has
been usual heretofore. brs
Great German Blow Due.
The enemy artillery fire also is in
creasing on all the fronts. Except in
Flanders the weather has been more
favorable to military operations and
the heralded German blow or blows
may be made soon.
| American officers and privates who
distinguished themselves in the re-
pulse of the German attack northwest
Of Toul last week have been deco
rated by the French government, war
crosses being given the men in the
presence of Premier Clemenceau.
While visiting the American sector
Sunday the French premier went into
the front line trenches. inspected the
hospitals, talked with officers and
men and returned to Paris satisfied
that the Americans were able to hold
their own against the common enemy.
Supplementary Treaties Signed.
London, March 4.-Supplementary
treaties between the central powers
and the bolshevik government were
signed at Brest-Litovsk in addition to
the main peace treaty, according to a
telegram from Brest-Litovsk by way
of Vienna and Amsterdam, which
gives no details of the treaties.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
SLAVS BEND TO HARD
PEACE TERMS TO HALT
RAPID GERMAN MARCH
Russians Give Up Three Turkish States By Forced Agree
ment With Teutons; 63, GOO Prisoners and Enor-
nous Booty Fall Into Kaiser's Hands
As Result of Invasion.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN. #I|8.
London, March A Russian official announcement
signed by Premier Lenne and Foreign Minister Trotzky
that the Boshevk delegation after signing with Ger
many proceeding toward Petogad where the text of the
agreement will be Immediately published.
Ratification of the treaty has been fixed for Thursday next
and depends the decision Of the ARusan congress Of
councils Of workmen peasants and Cossack deputies which
will assemble at Moscow March 12.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
(By Associated Press

With the American Army in France Sunday, March s.
of the American in the Chemn de Danes sector
are having an experience life behind the front trenches
their billet. being deep underground and natural
h. a,rfaca
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
(By Associated Press. J

(by Associated Press)
Russas delegates BresttOvsk have halted the German
invasion of Great Russia by agreeing the offered
February 2 Peace made they report to the Bohevik
because day Of delay meant added demands
by the Germans. @
New provisions require the Russians only retire from
Turkeys Asatc provinces but also from territory in the
gons of Kar Batoum and Karabagh taken from the Turks
during past wars.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
GOVERNOR INSISTS NEW
DRAFT PLAN UNFAIR TO
PATRIOTIC COUNTIES
Neville Asserts Proposed Change In Selective Method
Basing Quotas on Class One, Will Force Commune
ties That Sent Volunteers to Do More Than
Share for the Army.
Washington Bureau
OF the Omaha Bee,


Washington, March 4-(Special Telegram .)-Governor
Neville of Nebraska considerably exercised the
the number of class the basis for the apportion
quotas the and counties the next draft
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05
The Weather

For Nebraska-Unsettled; snow,
cold wave North and west portions;
conditions dangerous to live stock.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05

Comparative Local Record.
1918. 1917. 1915. 1916.
Highest yesterday. IS Is A 2S
Lowest yesterday 80. 40 3 II %
Mean temperature. 40 . "a rs
Precipitation ........T. T. 90 rs
Temperature and precinitation departures
from the normal
Normal temperature .....................30 80
Excess for the day.................... .1s
Total excess since March 1..............s3
Normal precipitation. ........ 0.04 inch
Deficiency for the day. y.......... 0.G4 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... t. inches
Deficiency since March 1..... 0.15 inch
Deficiency for cor. period. 1871. Ola inch
Deficiency for cor. period. 1916. 0.08 inch
Reports from Stations at p. NJ.
81. ard Ctota Ta,pn Ei0b- Pain
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05

Comparative Local Record.
1918. 1917. 1915, IL
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-05

dtts IIdOt OF pIlNIpINdtIvItt
L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

Wl9A Praise Fro@ Minister Fos
Brave Belgium People

More than 500 people jammed the
Garden Theatre In Charleston to it's
utmost capacity Sunday night to
hear q scathing denunciation Of Ger
mxn autocracy delivered by DR.. Hen
~ Van Dyke. celebrated preacher,
Orator and writer, who now holds a
chaplain's commission in the United
States navy, with the rank OF lieu
tenant commander, speaking under
the auspicies OF the local Y. M. G. A.
Hundreds were unable to hear DR..
Van Dyke.
) Germany wanted war;" he assert
ID, Germany plotted war, Germany
got war and my PRAYER to God is
that she continues to get tin the
neck"
DIR. Van Dyke then charged the
aeterixed 1t, as that predatory Pots
dam gang" with the accent on the
last syllable of "Potsdam," with
plunging the world into the most
horrible war the world has ever
known, with using tactics of barbar-
Inn and piracy in conducting the war
and closed with the statement that
American must never discuss peace
With this arch criminal until mill
tary, hereditary autocracy. with all
its evil influences, has vanished for
ever from the face OF the globe. n
Wearing the uniform of the Unit
cd States navy, DR.. Van Dyke began
~ expressing his pleasure at again
being in Charleston and at being
able to come as a member OF the
great navy OF America, so ably di-
rected by Josephus Daniels of the
sister State Of North Carolina, and
woodrow Wilson, commander-in-
chief of the armies and navies Of the
nation.
''This speech has been called
Fight Through or Fall Through.
The subsidized German-American
pfess has attacked me for referring
to the submarine warfare Of the i'm
perial German government as acts
Of piracy, on the ground that these
boats as the commissioned vessels
of a government, can not commit
acts OF piracy.
"Can they? Let us turn to the
dictionary. Here we find piracy to
be an act Of robbery or depreciation
committed on the high seas without
authority from some civilized gov
ernment.'
"Can a nation that has plunged
this world into a war that it did not
want, and that has committed the
acts Of atrocity that have been COM
mitted by the German submarines hc
called civilized?.
4, II shall not refer to the Imperial
Of Germany but have
IN expression Of my own that fills
the requirement, from both q de-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

''0rs4e nrilain. ytone6 1n1y -
Russia. uxoeA Oormany o. sst4le ~
matter Without aetpaaly seoort1ng q
arms. but again 0srmany fs6lied
nothing DOING sAd thea invaded the
neutral territory of Bslgtnm. tsarinG
to pieces its. own tre&ty to preteet the
neutrality Of Belgium and never
dreaming that the little nation would
dare offer resistance.
But. thank God Belgium did dare
offer resistance and during those iirst
six days Of the war prevented the
light Of civilization from being ex-
tinguished.
II have sat in my Office In the
shadow Of the Palace of Peace and
heard the stories told by Belgian
refugees of how their women had
been violated before their eyes By
drunken German soldiers, Of their
daughters carried away into white
slavery under pretense Of being ser.
wants to Germany oficers. OF little
child crucified because it stumbled
in the way of a drunken soldier. xnd
Of men and boys stood up and shot
for refusing to tell the Germans
things that would enable them tc
hunt down and kill the Belgian sol
diers.
II travelled through the ruins oi
the Belgian villages while the smoke
was yet rising from the ruins ,&hd
smelled the ordor of the babies mur.
dered beneath them. have seen the
water let in for defense slowly re-
cede, leaving stark and bare the
bodies Of the murdered inhabitants
one there with q mute arm extended
toward Heaven.
II visited a French evacuation
hospital and was shown around by
the conimandant, who on approach
ing q ward occupied by German pris
oner patie -, cautioned me not tc
say anything that would excite them
II witnessed an operation in this
hospital and saw splendid, rugged
man subjected to trepanning oper-
alton by one of the best surgeons in
France. while three nurses stood by
I asked the commandant IL the man
would recover, and the official was
sure that he would, as the operation
had been entirely successful. Then he
added, the man is a German
"a few months later those obscene
vultures of Potsdam airmen few
over that hospital dropping bombs
on the building, marked as it was
18th huge red cross stretching all
the way across the roof. killing doc.
tors. nurses and their own wounded
prisoners.
Then when the uninjured attend
ants sought to save the patients from
the flames these vultures swept over
three times at low altitude sweeping
the ground with machine gun fire.
Does a civilaEed nation commit
such atrocities as thisf, Does q civ.
ilixed nation poison wells so that the
returning inhabitants will be poison.
ed? Does q civilized nation infuse
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-21

scriptive and geographical point Of
view: that Dedagory Potsdam gsng.'
in July Of last year . German
submarine attacked q British mer-
chant ship and brought her to the
point of sinking. The crew and pass
engers sought the lifeb6ats. and one
boat manned by officers and men Of
the sinking merchantman was sum-
moned to approach the submarine.
The British obeyed Tor they knew
that to refuse meant to be blown to
pieces.
They were ordered to climb on
the boat. The captain was sent be-
low q prisoner, while the others were
huddled on the forward deck, their
boat destroyed. and then the subma-
rine slowly submerged, leaving the
forty helpless captives to be washed
into the sea, and OF that horty. thirty
eight were drowned. Is not that pi-
racy?
I'm February q submarine was dis
abled and brought to the verge OF
sinking by two American gunboats.
The crew Of the sinking pirate
swarmed to the deck, waving their
arms and shouting 'Kamerad,' and
then dived into the water and swan
toward the American boats.
These pirates were helpless on
board. some 50 weak that It was nee
essary to throw out ropes to help
them on board and one so near COM
nj hok tv-~ ~
seamen sprang into the water and
lifted him on board. They were TAX
en- below and given warm food and
dry clothes. That is the difference
in spirit between the German and
American navies.
Germany prepared for this war
long before there was an ostensible
excuse for hostilities. In the summer
of 1914, before the crown prince of
Austria had been assassinated, 1 saw
in Luxembourg, from whence the
first attack was made against neu-
trail countries, German troops roll
in by every train.
while fishing in a quiet little
stream with some German friends,
inquired why SO many troops were
mobilizing, and my German friends
said that they were giving the SOL
diers a change of air, and that the
air was very good at this particular
place.
France at the outbreak of the
war had comparatively strong
army, but it was in a state Of reor-
ganization and was not concentrated.
Russia had a large army in point Of
man-power. but an average of just
one rifle to every nine men.
"Servia offered to settle the con-
troversy by acceding to eight Of Aus
tria's ten demands and agreeing to
be tried ahd punished by The Hague
tribunal for whatever she had done,
but Germany said. nothing doing
When I speak of Germany also in
clude Austria. like including the tail
when speaking Of q dog.