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BMRSAYSU.S.
MUST SPEED UP
MILITARY PLANS
Secretary of War Warns That
Germany Has Massed Its
Greatest Force on West
ern Front.
Washington, Dec. 10. Germany
lias massed on the western front its
greatest army ol the war, Secretary
Taker declares in his weekly war re
view, made public today. To meet
this menace the United States must
speed up its military preparations,
the secretary adds, with a warning
that the enemy is preparing to put
into execution in France plant it has
- been maturing since the defeat of the
Russian armies at Tanneberg early
in the war. The peace negotiations
with Russia hare permitted the mass-
ing of men on the western front for
that purpose. -
Lauds Engineer Troops.
The review asserts the German
counter offensive on the Cambrai
front has been successful in winning
back less than tnc-third of the terri
tory captured by General By ng The
statement also notes that American
engineer troops, "exchanging shovels
for rifles, fought off the enemy side
by side with the British."
The lesson of the German exhibi
tion of strength is then taken up:
"This German parrying thrust, the
most powerful and successful blow
aimed at the" British during the last
two and one-half years, coming as it
did immediately after the British vic
tory in the same area, serves to em
pliasire the reviving strength of the
Hermans !t the west
Concentrate All Cunt.
"Germany, by. leaving only skeleton
divisions in the Russian area, by con
centrating all available guns, muni
tions and men in the theater of opera
lions in the west, has been able to
mass a relatively greater force than
it ever hjrs been able to mobilize in
France, in the past.
"The enemy realizes that' he finds
himself temporarily in a singularly
. fortunke position and ' he can be
counted upon to take the utmost ad
vintage of it, '
"The magnitude of the tasV before
us can be more fully realized when
measured by the success which,, the
enemy is still able to gain.
, Stand Behind Soldiers. (
."It means that we must speed up
our military efforts. The united na
tion must stand squarely behind our
." soldiers.
; "It it not sufficient to prepare to
fight; we must prepare to win."
The review also hints at an ex
pected German thrust against , the
French front, and sayt regarding de
velopments in Italy:
"Our declaration of war against
Austria now associates ut immediate
ly with the struggle going on in
Italy." ' -
Discussing ' fmstice negotiations
on the Russian front, the statement
says that agreement covert the entire
line "from the Baltic to the Black sea,
as well as the region of the Caucasus."
Siberian "Reds"
Seek to Keep Food
From the Germans
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content of many members' the new
elections were postponed one day.
, . . CUT OFF FOOD. ,
(Br AMoelaUd PrcM.) ,
London, Dec. 10. The counter re
volt in southeastern Russia, under the
leadership of General Kaledinet, Du
toff and Korniloff, apparently is aimed
at seizing the authority in that region
and in cutting off food supplies from
Siberia, according to the proclamation
of the Bolsheviki government General
KaleduiesV forces are menacing Eka
terinoslav, Kharkov and Moscow. In
the province 'of Orenburg the Bol
sheviki have been overthrown by Gen
eral Dutoff. '
Tcheliabinsk, an important tailway
center in northeastern Orenburg, is
besieged by General Dutoff't troops.
In the Caucasus General Karauloff is
attacking Tchechenrev and Ingusher.
The proclamation says that the
"enemies of the people, have under
taken a last attempt to destroy the
cause of peace and sayt that the con
stitional democratic party is provid
ing the means for tne revolt. The
proclamation reads: ' v
Destroy Peace Cause.
"While representative! of the con
gress of workmen's and soldiert
delegates and the congress of peas
ants' deputies were negotiating to se-
, cure in honorable peace for the ex
hausted country, the enemies of the
people, the imperialists, the land
ownen, the bankert and, their alliea,
the Cossack generals," have under
taken a final attempt to destroy the
cause of peace, wrest the power from
the hands of the soldiers and work
men and the land from the peasants
and to compel soldiers to shed theit
bluod for the benefit of the Russian
and allied imperialists. ,
"General Kaledines, on the Don,
and Dutoff. in the Ural province, have
' raised the flag of revolt The con
stitutional democratic party is provid
ing the necessary means to enable
them to carry on the fight against
the - people. . The Rodziankos- the
Milukorfs, the Gutchkofft and the
Konovaloffs teek to regain power and
with the aid of the Kaledines, the
Kornilofft and the Dutoffs, are en
deavoring to turn the Cossack labor
ers into an instrument for achieving
their criminal aim.
Declare State of War.
' "General Kaledinet bat declared
a jtate of war in the Don region is
hindering the aupply of bread to the
front and collecting of his forces,
thus menacing Ekaterinoslav. Khar
kov and Moscow. General Korniloff.
who fled from prison and hat arrived
, at hi aide, It the Korniloff who in
July introduced the death penalty and
conducted a campaign against the
revolutionary, power in Petrograd.
, "In Orenburtj, General Dutoff has
arrested the executive and the military
' revolutionary committee has dis
armed the soldiers and it endeavoring
to capture Tcheliabinsk, in order to
cut off the lupply of bread from Si
beria to the front and the towns. Gen
eral Karauloff is attacking Tchechen
rev and Ingusher, in the Caucasus.
"7 he constitutional democrats are
the political leaders of this rising and
the bourgeoise is supplying scores of
millions to the counter revolutionary
generals. The bourgeoise central
committee of the Ukranian republic,
which is waging a struggle against the
Ukranian workmen's and soldiers'
councils, is assisting General Kalen
dines in drawing troops to the Don
region, and is hindering the work
men's and soldiers' councils from dis
tributing the necessary military forces
throughout the Ukraine for the sup
pression of the Kaledines rebellion.
'The constitutional democrats, the
worst enemies of the people, who, to
gether with the capitalists of all coun
tries, prepared the present world war,
are hoping that as members of the
constituent assembly they may be
able to come to the assistance of their
generals, the Kaledines, the Korniloffs
and the Dutoffs. in order to strangle
the ptople with their aid."
Make Military Dispositions.
The proclamation then makes an ap
peal to the people to sweep away
"these enemies" of theif cause and
announces that the necessary military
dispositions have been made to sup
press the uprising. It concludes with
the following decree:
"1. Declaring a state of siege in all
the regions of the Ural and Don prov
inces and wherever counter revolu
tionary detachments are discovered.
"2. Orders to local revolutionary
garrisons to act with all firmness
against the enemies of the people
without waiting for orders frorn the
supreme authorities.
"3. Forbidding negotiations with or
attempts at mediation with the lead
ers of the revolt.
"4. Threatening the most severe
punishment for any assistance given
the revolt by local populations or rail
way employes.
"5. Outlawmg leaders of the con
spiracy. "6. Promising fraternal support , to.
every Cossack laborer ' to cast off
the yoke of 'the Kaledines, the Kor
niloffs and the Dutoffs.' "
10 CREW BLAMES' '
FRENCH VESSEL
F0REXPLOSI0N
, Continued From Mnt
jectilet. One, k gunner, died Sunday.
A wireless operator struck by a bit of
steel, was dangerously injured and
may die. The injuries of, the third
man were not serious. ,
Many Tom of T. N. T.
The men seem still dazed' by their
experience, but one thought held fast
in their minds. That was that they
had realized that the explosion of 580
tons of trinitrotoluol (T. N. T.) would
spell disaster and in the moments
that preceded it they bad mental pic
tures of frightful slaughter.
"I have been in the war. I have
been in front of German suns, but
never before was there an explosion
like this," said one of the crew. "It
was worse than 100 shells. A shell
will blow up a house, but this blew
up a city. One was safe nowhere. We
were a mile away when the ship blew
up and it got three of us."
Caused by Collision.
Captain Lamedoc, though adhering
to his purpose not to talk of the affair
in detail admitted that in his mind
there was no question of the cause,
"The collision caused the explosion,"
he said. "There was no sign of fire
previous to the moment the ship was
WREST HOLY CITY
FROM TURKS WHEN
ALLENBY ATTACKS
world, all other placet in the world.
Since the days when David wrested
it from the hands of Jebusites to
make it the capital of the Jewish race
Jerusalem hat been the prized prey
of half the races of the world. It has
passed successively into the hands of
the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks,
Romans, Persians, Arabs, Turks, the
motley crowds of - the Crusaders,
finally to fall before the descendants
of Richard, the Lion-Hearted who
strove in vain for its possession
more than 700 years ago.
The Crusaders founded the king
dom of Jerusalem in 1099, which was
crushed in 1187. In 1244 the city
passed under control of the Turks,
who have maintained continuous pos
session until now.' '
U-BOAT FIRES ON
SPAN1SN VESSEL
EIGHT KILLED
Madrid, Dec. 10. Premier Alhuce-
mas made official announcement to
day that the Spanish steamship Clau-
dio had been bombarded by a German
submarine, eight sailors being killed
d others wounded.
Suggestions to the Food
' k Administrator : -
Given for the Public Benefit.
Dear Sir: i '
We notice In all of the papers of
yesterday, very prominently dis
played, the price fixed by the food
administration for butter as fol
lows: No. 1 Creamery Butter. . .51c .
No, 2 Creamery Butter. . ,4.8c
These prices retailed to the cus
tomer who carries it home.
We do not know where the food
administrator got his information,
but if he had used ordinary dili
gence, he could have gotten better
information. We have been selling
the finest butter ever sold in Oma
ha, every pound of it EXTRAS,
at the corner of 16th and Farnam,
under the First National Bank, all
last week, at 46c and 47c and even
lower before that time. We have
also been selling right along No. 1
storage eggs at S8e and less, in
stead of 42c as fixed by the food
administrator. We know he must
get his information from expert
sources, but he should not be dere
lict in his duty and should exhaust
all those resources, and especially
not ignore the prices prevailing at
the most popular produce store in
the city. : , ,
Yours respectfully,
DAVID COLE CREAMERY CO.
MADOO CHARGES
GERMANS FORCE
SALES OF BONDS
Secretary of Treasury Makes
Charge Enemy Tries to Force
Down Prices of ,
Bonds .
Washington, Dec. 10. Forced sales
by German interests were charged
with responsibility for the selling of
Liberty bortdi below "par' ty" Secre
tary McAdoo.in an address today be
fore a conference of about 100 repre
sentatives frm all parts of t!ie coun
try. -
"Some persons seltthese bonds for
malevolent reasons," said Secretary
McAdoo. "Investigations that I have
made recently convince me that the
hand of the kaiser is behind certain
sales. Of course, I am not in posses
sion of evidence which would, con
vince a. jury of this assertion, but
I could convince any fair-minded man
of the truth of it. Thoughtless per
sons who think they have, don their
duty when they buy bonds also sell
them. These thoughtless persons can
be changed to thoughtful ones if we
will show them . how their sales are
affecting, the government. We cannot
influence the kaiser's people, but we
can put them in the penitentiaries,
and I want to see them there, for we
must deal relentlessly with all the
enemies of America."
The secretary added he hoped it
would be unnecessary to raise more
taxes during the" next six months
than are now provided by law, but
explained that this question must be
determined by congress.
The conference of local Liberty
loan leaders, called for the purpose of
exchanging ideas on campaign organ
ization in preparation for the third
loan, wijl continue most of the
week. .. . ...
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Mother of Ensign ,
Who Died on Jacob '
Jones Mourns Loss
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from West Point in 1886. He was a
classmate of General Pershing. Manv
other generals of today were niein-f
bers of that class at West Point."
Mrs. Kalk passed a handkerchief
over her eyes. Then her head raised
proudly and she answered questions
about her son in a voice almost steady.
' "After we left Omaha we went to
Washington' she said. "Stanton set
cured his appointment to Annapolis
through Senato? Brown in 1912 and
graduated in 1916. He was then ap
pointed to the superdreadnaught
Florida, stationed at Guantanamo.
From there he was transferred to the
mine layer San Francisco, operating
on the north coast Last August he
received orders to go abroad He
went as a passenger on the steamship
New York. On the way over' he vol
unteered and did service on the. wav.
He reported to Admiral Sims in Lon
don and was ass gned to' the Jacob
Jones. . . - '.''' . - V -
, - c Wrote Her Daily. v i ; :
"He wrote to me nearly every day,
though he couldn't mail the. letter
every day. The destroyers went out
on patrol duty for from four to six
days at a time and in that time the
officers and men never took off their
clothes. When they came jn from
duty they received several days for
rest.
"No, I do not want to show you
jny of his letters. They are of a per.
A Few Happy .
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A great variety for men and
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down to i the good Cowhide,
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$35 T $2.75
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fancy motre silk and leather lin
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Prices range from
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Brief Oases
Used by salesmen, lawyers,',
clergymen and business men '
generally. Sealskin or black or
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Ladies'. Hand Bags
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season assortments are greater
and leathers and linings more'
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$10 to $1.00
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because always useful We hare
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the public ,' ... , ,
"It must be a great comfort jo
know that he gave his life for his
country," said the reporter.
The mother's lips trtmbietk
Reconciled to Loss. -
"It is the one thing that reconciles
me to this greatest of griefs," she
said, as tears stood in her grey eyes.
"He gave his life for his country." -
Mrs. Kalk left for Washington last
night
"I can go direct to the Navy de
partment there where I know many
of the officials and ge$ definite infor
mation," she said.
PRESIDENT TO '
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BAIL QUESTION
(Continued From First Pais.)
essary to be done. Most of them',
however, have come, out for govern
ment operation and some of the
strongest supporters of this proposal
dedare the executive under the army
appropriation act, already has power
to take over the roads for operation
under an administrator.
Do Not Ask Loan.
The position of the railroads them
selves was set forth today in a letter
to Senator Newlands from Fairfax
Harrison, chairman of the railroad
board. The railroads, Mr. Harrison
declared, do not seek a repeal of any
legislation believing the co-operative
use of facilities recently put into op
eration will brng about maximum ef
ficincy.. Neither do they ask a loan
from the government he said, though
government aid is asked in obtaining
for them on their own individual
credit new capital needed.
Further measures ' to make the
roads more efficient, Mr. ' Harrison
suggested, would be an increase in
rates, priority for transportation of
new material, appointment of a traf
fic manager for government freight
and" exemption from the draft for
railroad employes.
Oppose Government Operation.
The railroads' - opposition tojav
ernment operation is well understood
among officials who have followed
the situation, but some surprise was
expressed tonight to their objection
to suspension of provisions aganist
poooling traffic and profits. In the
opinion of many officials, a com
plete co-ordination of jail systems
cannot be accomplshe"d untl the road
pool hter traffic wheh of tself nvolvft;
a poolng of profits.
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The Basis of TrueTemperance
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"Temperance to be a virtue must be free and not
forced," said an eminent Boston Divine' the Rev. Dr,
Cyrus A, Bartol many years ago, and in that one sen
tence he crystalized the whole moral truth of the Tern
perance question, . ' ' '
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In 1907 the French Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences awarded the first prize for the best essay on
"the Struggle Against Alcoholism" to Dr. L. Viaud,
out of many competitors. In its published form, with a
preface of endorsement by Dr. Emil Cheyssoh, president
of the French National League Against Alcohol, Dr.
i Viaud voiced the scientific truth that the consumption
.of wine and beer, far from being "a necessary evil" for
- which a remedy is to be found is, in fact, the ANTIDOTE
FOR ALCOHOLISM.
The United States Brewers' Association.
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