davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-26
%AeesMm
&A5r8oX
Open Fronts Again.

Omaha, March 2z-To the Editor
of The Bee: A few weeks ago you
published letter that wrote in re-
gard to open front poultry houses, as
that is a very live topic since the gov
ernment has asked that all raise a
few chickens this year to conserve
meat. Mr.. 8. E. Munson took excep-
ton to, what l had said about open
front poultry houses and stated that
nearly all the poultry farms use them.
After Mr.. Munson made that state
ment. / made up my mind to find out
So wrote to some of the leading poul-
Try fanciers of the country, men whL Sc
names have gone far beyond the con-
fines OF poultrydom, to find out. Every
one of them have either discarded
open front poultry houses or if they
have not done .ney use artificial
heat through the winter months in
their poultry houses. They all agree
that it is not best to have chickens
freeze their combs and wattles and
they are sure to do it in such weather
as we have in Nebraska almost every
winter. 1t is not humane to- shut
chickens up in houses where they can
exercise but little. then ha.e them
suffer from all the zero weather Of
winter.
One Minorca fancier whose name is
known in every part of the country,
said he found open front poultry
houses even more damp than closed
fronts. l have never yet seen an open
front poultry house in Nebraska where
the birds did not freeze their combs
and wattles and have bad colds. As
l said before, my poultry houses were
tightly closed in the zero weather we
had last winter and l did not have a
sick chicken all winter. 1t would not
be good for people to be shut up in
open front houses in the winter and
not be able to exercise any, and it is
certain that animals and poultr" suffer
from the cold the same as we do.
The best way is to have sliding
glass windows in poultry houses and
open them in the mild weather when
there is any in the winter, then tightly
close them in zero weather. The win
dows should be taken out entirely in
warm weather. Cover the open space
in the summer with wire If you want
to.
AS one Minorca fancier said, COM
mon sense ought to teach people that
open front houses are not the thing
in the. Nebraska zero weather. If you
want to keep your chickens in comfort
and get eggs from them in winter, do
not try any open front houses in Ne
braska. FRANK A. AGNEW.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-26
TQDN-

One Year Ago Today In the War.
Germany agreed to release the four
American consuls held at Munich.
German admiralty officially an
nounced sinking 76 ships In "last few
days." including two American steam
ers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-26

To give some idea of the tremendous vol
ume of insurance now in force in the wal
risk bureau it should be stated that the in.
surance in force in Americas three largest
companies Ordinary New York Life, Mu
tual and Equitable--December 81, 1916. wa!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
Governor Lowden's Proclamation

The president has fixed national
day The will
how generally people participating the
to ont
with There
people who neither battle
There within borders,
savings certificates
Back military lines the a
completely these molzed
the There better line defense
than the number of those who shall thrift and cer
BY the purchase Of these favorable
Liberty bonds bought hmb
will be the
children of Illinois that
the hours Of Friday all who have
for Illinois, and there pledge cards
theft FRANK
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27

Tomorrow is National War Stamp
Savings Day
President Wilson's Proclamation


million
dtlons this play its full the conflict The problem before
financial problem,
production OF essentials the the labor
the and Thougt
which must be used the their
patton member of the and DID,
pledge
as suggested by the of the the practice
edS necessary the winning the food and fuel and
tu their labor the
only which individual health
the them within the reach
all To
and benefit the
all With the civilized world today
materials and labor with which individual thrift
is
Appeal all who Liberty bonds
thrift all who do
likewise purchase them their
his the United until after this
degree does the
earnestly appeal to woman and child to pledge them
regularly possible the
Of the and do this far possible through membership
The 18th period enlist
production and here home
May there be unenled that day.
WOODROW WILSON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
House Places
Liquor Issue
Up to Wilson

Washington, June 27.-Another
test vote in the house on prOhibi-
tion the second in a week. result
ed today in the adoption of resO-
luton. 112 to 80. calling on the
president to inform the house
whether any ruling has been made
by the railroad administration. the
war Industries or the war trade
board curtailing supplies to liquor
manufacturers.
The amendment was framed by
Senator Norris of Nebraska as a
substitute for the pending one by
Senator Jones. of Washington. The
Jones amendment would have
brought about absolute prohibition
Immediately under the enactment
Of the legislation. The Norris
compromise was adopted by the
committee by vote of to 3.
Those opposed to the Norris
amendment attempted 40 have t.
changed so as to permit the sale
of beer six months after its pas
sage and later proposed four
months. Both efforts, however, re-
suited in defeat.
Chairman Gore said the bill with
the new amendment would be re
ported to the senate tomorrow and
that an effort would be made to
bring it up for consideration at
once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
PERSHING WILL
SEND ITALY MEN
Crack L. =. Regiment To Go To
Fight AuStrians Italians Make
New Gains.

Washington, June p. General
Pershing. under instruction from
Washington has selected a rcgi-
ment Of infantry TO be sent immeI-
lately to Italy Secretary Baker an
uounced today The secretarv
would not disclose the Identity ot
the troops.
The regiment is I'm training U
France and will be replaced there
by one sent from this side.
This first regiment will carry the
American flag to immediately join
those Of Italy. France and Great
Britain against the Austrian for IFS
morale effeC. The United States
already is represented In Italy by
an aviation contingent
Cienna. June -, via London 1-
Italian troops yesterday made am
other attempt 10 storm Col Del
Rosso. between the Brenta and
AsiGgo, which the Austrians cap
tured in their recent offensive, al.r
cording TO today's war Office re-
port. The enemy was repulscl
with heavy losses, the announce
ment states.
Rome. June 27.-An Austrian ad-
vance post In the mountain regiop
was surprised hv Italian troors
yesterday and wiped ont the war
office announced today. Along the
front as a whole the activity yes
terday was nowhere OF marked in
tensity
During a ce'ebrat on OF the Ital-
ian success on the Piave today.
crowd rushed to Canitoline hill and
burst into the Canareli palace.
which before the war was t~e seq.
OF the German embassy and which
is still German property. All nor
traits or the German emOerOr were
torn down and the Italian flag was
hoisted over the building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
KuohIn1Qnf1 to
be Ousfed bu
Hun Chiefs?

London. June 27.-The removal
from Office of DR.. Richard Won
kuehlmann, the German foreign
secretary, can be anticipated judg-
ing from comments in conservative
and pan-German newspapers on his
reichstag speech, the Berlin CORES
pondent of the Frankfurter lei
tung says. according to a Central
news dispatch from Amsterdam.
(By Associated Press)
Unconfirmed reports received in
Switzerland from Berlin are that
foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann
will resign in consequence of his
speech in the reichstag Tuesday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
LATE BULLETINS

Washington. June 27.-Frank
j. GOdsol, a French citizen held
here on charges of the French
government that he prOiited
several millions of dollars on
motor truck contracts was held
today by the district court for
eXtraditiOn to France.
Rio Janice, June 27.-The
loss OF the American bark
James Paulo, Is reported. She
sank just outside the harb0r
here during a heavy gale, with
the loss of several lives. the
captains daughter being among
those missing. Ten members OF
the crew, all OF them injured,
have been rescued.
Washington. June What
suffrage advocates declared TO
be n filibuster against the fed
eral woman suffrage amend
ment developed In the senate
late today when Senator Reed
of Missouri began long pre-
pared speech on the army mp
preparation with IA motion pend
Ing to prevent sidetracking the
amendment resolution TO take
IN the army bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27

of 200 Germans All the Germans
were killed, wounded or captured.
The fighting lasted seven hours
and was hand -to-hand.
The prisoners brought in total
$50. including four officers.
Paris, June 27-Lively artillery
duels south of the Aisne are report
ed in the official statement from
the war office today. In the Vosges
the French took prisoners in raids
London. June 27.-British troops
last night took a German strong
point west of Nieux Berquin, east
OF Hazebrouck, and captured pris-
oners and machine guns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
Glue Names of
SOAmericQnS
in Casualties

Washington, June 27.-The army
casualty list today contains so
names, divided as follows;
Killed in action, %.
Died Of wounds, 6.
Died of accident and other causes,
Died of airpIane accident, 2.
Died of disease, >.
Wounded severely, 81.
Wounded, degree undetermined, 4.
Missing in action. ?.
The list fellows:
Killed in Action.
Lieutenant Ernest A. Giroux, Bos-
ton. Mass.
Sergeants Elwood ID. Allan, North
Dexter, Maine; Harrison Gallamore,
JeIlico Creek, Ky; Harold McEl-
Pohlmann, Covington. Ky.
Corporals George A. Friday. De
troit, Mich; Fred Kearns, Platts-
burg, y. Y.
Buglers Richard NJ. Luter. Mar
tin, Tenn; Joe Mayuiers, Gary, Ind.
Priyates William l.. Allen, Plain
view, Mimi; Chester l.. Briggs,
Houlton, Maine; Stanley L. Buck,
Strong, Maine; James s. Cusack,
Melrose Park. ILL.,; Joseph y. Guy
ette, Penacock. N H; Winslow
Hodgeton, Sangus, Mass; Edward
Julian. Hamilton, Ohio; Maxwell II.
Marshall, Brunswick, \. j.; Angus
Nicholson, LaCenteT, Wash: George
l.. Pelkey, Newport, Vt; Porter NJ.
Plier, Clanton, Ala; Elmo Ridges,
Salt Lake City, Utah; Arthur h.
Shaw. Franklin, n. H.; Loony
Smith, Iuka, Miss; Gustave Tack,
Detroit, Mich; Thomas G.. Uren,
Iron Mountain, Mich; Joseph Wa
ligurski. Detroit. Mich; Raymond
L. Walker, Patten. Maine; Nicholas
Weber, Madison. Ind: William +,
Weeks, Brooklyn. y. Y.
Died OF Wounds.
Lieutenant Daniel j. Carney,
Yonkers, \. Y.
Sergeant Everitt Herter, New
York City.
Privates Joseph r Farmer, Yon-
kers, n Y. Arthur CARRIER, New
York City; William James, Spring
erton. Ill; Otto Turkosky, Wauke-
sha, Wis.
Died of Disease.
Sergeant Ebenezer Bull, Fair
haven, VT.
Private Thomas J. Provence,
Clinton, Ind.
Died of Airplane Accident.
Lieutenant William F. Chamber
lain, Arcata, Cal.
Sergeant James F. OFlaherty,
New York City.
Died From Accident and Other
Causes.
Major George f. Hilgard. Belle
Vile. H.
Privates Jack Brown. Columbia.
s. C.; Neal Chase, Hannibal, Mo;
Ludger Rocheford. WoonsockeI.
r. l.
Wounded Severely.
Corporal Edmund Plazewski, Chi
cago
Privates Amo f. Benbow, Muncie,
Ind; George J. Bierman. Milwau-
kee, Wis; Frederick kerner. Burae,
S. D.. Lorin +. Mecham. Glindon,
Mimi: Cyrenus \. Skidmore. Plain
view. Minn.
Wounded, Degree undetermined.
Corporal Clifford Gaylord. Fort
Iowa.
priVares Flpyd Raker IaweU
Iowa Paul T. Groves, Des Moines.
Iowa.
Previously Reported Missing, Now
Returned TO Putty.
Private Edward {. Cermak, Chi
,agO.
Reported Missing. Now
Reported Killed In Action.
Private John Taracka, Oak Park,
Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
THE WEATHER

Local thundershower this after
noon or tonight; Friday partly
cloudy, not much change in tenn
peratuTe
Temperature at a m, Go high
est yesterday. 85, lowest .ast night
ca.
Velocity OF wind at a NJ, ?
miles per hour.
Precipitation. As of an inch.
Relative humidity at D. m, rs
at d m, 81
Stage Of water, So, a tall Of 4
III last "A hours.
j. II SHERIER, Meteor0logist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
Order of Liability to Ser
wee Decided for 338
Rock Islanders.

No. 246.
That was the first number
drawn in the great draft lot
terT in Washington today. the
second one held in the history
oi the nation. and in Rock Is
land that No. .46 applied ia
Nicholas Dali. 522 Thirtieth
street., and "a him goes the hon
er Of being the first drawn in
Rock Islands 1918 class OF
regiStrantS.
There are 33S youths regis
tered in the 1915 class in Rock
Island and the drawing at
Washington today was for the
purpOse of assigning each OF
Them in this draft district as
well as in the 1850 other such
districts in the country, TO
his position in TIE draft ac-
cording to his Iiabiiit! to ser
vice. The drawing OF Nc. 2fj
first naturally places Nicholas
Dali at the head Of the list iii
the 1918 class OF regiStrantS
and the others who compose
The 33S will follow in order aC-
cording TO the way their num-
l,ers were drawn at Washing
ion today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
NO, 246 TAKEN FROM BIG
GLASS BOWL At CAPITAL
PUTS HIM AT HEAD OF LIST

I0S-Calvin Richardson. 1905
Thirty-seventh street ..... 8
30S-Richard Wiedenhoef, 1924
Thirty eighth street $1,000. 8
I50-CharIes Schiller, 1881 Elev-
enth street .... 5
4S-Francis Broderick, S34 Sec
ond avenue ....... 4
S9-Leo Lanaghan. 586 Nine
teenth avenue ..-........ +
l51-Grant Richard, 1641 Four
teenth street ............. 4
90-Harry Cowger. 51O13 Tenth
street ..-...............-. 4
294-John Ralston, 935 Nine
teenth street ............. A.
65-August Kester. 273212
Eighth avenue .......... A.
l25-John Zimmerman, Milan. 4
276-Harry BOehler, 531 Elev-
enth street .............. 4
45-Harry Grams, 1I17 Thirty
fifth street ...-.-......-.. a
72-George Williams, 6O91a
Seventeenth street ....... 4!
135-Gustaf Nelson, Gil First
215-Truman Ransom. 1887 Four
teenth-and-a-half street =. 5
244-Carl Schwiss, 713 Twelfth
avenue .
G3-GiIbert Kolle, 32191R Fifth
avenue D
215-Charles Decker. 1926
Fifth-and-a-half avenue e. 3
335-Clarence Kruse. 3424 Sew
enth avenue ........... s.
4l-Arthur Stropes. Taylor
Ridge .......-......--- -....... 81
3l7-Frank Weindruch, 512
Seventh street ........... 8
214-Hayden Myers. 273S12
Fifth avenue ............ ),
S4-Iyan McQdady. Taylor
32-Eugene Letourney, 5221a
Twentieth street .... 81
66-CarI Johnson, So Thirty
fourth street ........ 81
16-Adam F'innegan, 1926
Fourteenth and a half
street ....--............ 5.
William Mckay. 953
Wenty-ninth avenue .... 6,
203-RudOlph Schmidt. Mi
ian --........---.- 64
2IS-WaldO Huber, 1443 Forty
second street ..... 6;
31J-Harry Magazine, 517 Ninth
street 6f
John Keemie, $50 Thirty
ninth street .............. g.
I53-Henry kludy, So Third
avenue .....--.-...... SIS
s. William McCulloch. 1925
Sixth avenue ...... 6a
23S-Fred wynn. Coal Valley. &c
I4I-Oliver Stranburg ......... y
55-Horace Dewey, 452S Sew
enth avenue ............. Z.
33-LeOn Valentine, 1891
Sixth avenue ..... 7G
56-Walter Wynes, 1905 Sec
ond street .......-....... "A
2S5-Edgar Pond, 432 Iwenti-
l02-Walter Coghill, sol Fifth
2o6-Louis Horst. lilo Tenth
13-Archie Wilson, 4ol9 Sc
enth avenue -......... IS
254-Frank Long. 924 Fifth ave
nue. ..-..........-.... ...-........ sc
3-Charles Flanagan, 24O2
Fifth-and- d-a-half avenue 81
Martin Johnson, 621 For
tieth street ....-..- s.
64-Francis McGuchin, $3.50
Seventh avenue .......... IS
les Harvey Johnson Illinois
NlIs =
l9S-Arno Stein, Thirtieth
street road .......--..... So
Hughes, GIenhurst
hurst fats .............. Sc
Peck, 1102 Fortieth
street ...-..... 81
267-Henry Evans, 2417 Thir-
teenth avenue .......... IS
1873 Robert Gardner, 213 Fourth
avenue ............ SO
l55-Edward keyport, 1913 Sec
Ond avenue .. 90
Anderson, Coal Valley 81
Weise, Sherrard ..... 90
l58-Melyin Newell, 4513 Sixth
Greneblatt, 824 Nine
teenth street ....... "a
Windsor, 1911 Thirty
sixth street ... 80
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
'DRAWINCFOR
DRAFT TAGS
744,500 MEN
Capsules Taken From the
Bowl at Washington De-
cides Boys Standing.

Washington, June 27.-America' s
class of 1918 stood at attention
I today as the numbers assigned tc
each young man attaining his ma
Jority IN the year ending last June
D were drawn in the national draft
! lottery.
Events of a little less than a
year ago were repeated as from a
large glass bowl in a committee
room of the senate office building
were drawn the numbers repre-
! senting 744,500 youths.
/ Secretary Baker, members of the
/ senate and house military COM
mittee and other high government
officials witnessed the drawing by
/ blind-folded men, of the little cap
sules from the bowl, each OF the
capsules containing master
number" to be applied in the A.
500 registration districts.
Duplicate of Former.
The setting for the lottery wd5
replica of that of july 20 last,
when the drawing of 1O.500 mum
bers determined the liability for
service of ten million men. In the
country at large there was little
of the excitement that attended the
first drawing.
Today's drawing was TO deter
mine only the relative summoninS
to the cOlors of the new regis
/ trants as finally classified by the
local boards under the question
naire system. All of the youths
whose numbers were drawn today
will be assigned to the various
five classes on the basis of infor-
NATION furnished in the question
naires. The new registrants will
be placed at the foot of the lis;
in each class in their respective
districts.
Required Three Hours.
The first few numbers to be
. drawn were taken from the bowl
shortly after $50 o'clock by Sec
re,ary Baker. Later attaches Of
the Office of the provost marshal
general were blind-fo'ded and
withdrew the capsules from the
bowl AS the numbers were
drawn, they were announced and
written on large blackboard.
When the blackboard was filled i;
was removed to be Photographic
and another substituted. More
than three hours was required ton
the drawing.
1900 Numbers Drawn.
In comparison with the l0.500
numbers required to be drawn d
year ago. only 1,200 numbers were
drawn today The district having
the largest number of mer to reg
lister June 5, reported somewhat
less than 1000 registrants. To
provide for late registrants and
emergency it was decided TO draw
200 numbers.
Official lists of the numbers as
drawn based on the photographs
taken of the blackboards will be
sent to all local draft boards TO b.,
used in placing the men when tn,
questionnaires have been returned.
The master numbers" drawn
today apply to the numbers on tha
registration cards of the regis
trants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27


correspondent in that city.
Geneva, June 27-tBy the Asso-
ciated Press - tRussian) - The
Ukraine bureau at Lausanne an
nounced today it has received con
firmation of the report that the
Bolsheyik authorities at Yekaterin-
burg condemned Nicholas Roman
off, the former Russian emperor, 10
death after a short trial and then
shot him. Details of the reported
execution are lacking.
Washington, June =. A report
of the killing of Nicholas Roman
off, late czar of Russia. was re-
ceived at the state department to-
day from Stockholm. 1t was trans
mitted as a Swedish press report
which, according to the soyiets,
needed confirmation.
Report Son Dead.
London, June ~ Rumors are
current in Petrograd that Alexis
ROmanoff, son of former emperor
Nicholas, died few days ago, SAYS
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen today.
RumOr Before Reported.
The first report OF the assasslRa-
tion of Emperor. Nicholas was re
ceived in Copenhagen through
Stockholm on Tuesday, although it
appears the rumors that the former
emperor had been killed 10y the
Bolsheviki had been circulating i'm
Russia for some days previously.
The Copenhagen message quoted
the Russian newspaper Vjiau as say
ing that Russian Red Guards had
murdered the eX-emperor in his
residence at Yekarterinburg, where
he was removed recently from To
bolsk.
Report Denied.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Moscow. received Friday i'm
this country, declared there was no
foundation, however, for the ru-
mors of the assassination, and dis
patches from German sources last
week reported that the former en-
peror was not at Yekaterinburg,
having been removed to Moscow for
safe keeping.
Amsterdam, June 27 Grand
Duke Michael AleXandTOvitch a
younger brother of the former EN-
peror Nicholas, is reported in a dis
patch from Moscow received here
today by way of Berlin. 10 have
placed himself a the head of the
new Siberian government and tD
have issued a manifesto to the Rus
STAT people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27

New York, June p. - Allan S.
Benson, Socialist candidate for
president in 1916. resigned from the
party as "a protest against for
eiPn born leadership that blindly
leiives a non-American policy can
be made to appeal to many Ameri-
CANS"
Buy War Savings Stamps-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-27
1900 OF FOE
WORSTED BY
.YANKF0RCES
Number Taken Prisoner
Increased to 311-Many
Guns Are Captured.

With the American Forces on
the Marne, June 27.-(By the
Associated Press THE num-
ber OF prisoners captured by
the Americans in their drive on
the German positions in the
BeIleau wood sector Tuesday
night was officially increased
today TO 81. The Americans
also captured II big machine
guns. 10 automatic rifles, a
quantity of small arms and AM
munitiOn and other material.
London. June 27.--In the capture
Of an important German strong
hold south of the village of Torcy
northwest Of Chateau Thierry
troops overcame a force