Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O'NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
Captain Hartford, R. A. M. C„
warns (he British government; "What
ever may he the fate of Germany’s
possessions In Africa, th“ powers to
whom th* destinies of the natives will
be confided will have seriously to take
In hand the problem of Hie liquor
traffic. . . . Knough Injury has been
done to the natives by Dutch and Ger
man gin and, if the future la to be
made tolerable for thpm. there must
be no substitution of cheap British
spirits for German or Dutch. All alco
holic liquors must b« banished."
Mrs. William II. Chapman, who lias
been filling her husband’s pulpit for
some time, While he was engaged in
Y. M. C. A. work In Prance, was
licensed to preach by the Chemung
County Presbytery recently. The case
overturns all the precedents of the
Presbyterian church and violates the
rules of the general assembly; and the
one dissenting member of the Chemung
presbytery will appeal to the assembly.
In a report to the Joint centenary
committee of tlie Methodist KpIscopal
church the Rev. Henson Baker, super
intendent of the missions in Meerut
district, India, said: "In the minds of
the people of India, America stands
out as a great ideal nation. Her en
trance Into tlie war convinced them
that the cause was righteous."
Max Kastman, socialist and editor of
"The Masses,” on trial in a federal
court charged with conspiring to
hamper the nation's war preparations,
admits that lie wrote the articles to
which the government objects, but ex
plains that when he did it lie was in
’’a mood of individualistic rebellious
ness.”
Home leave lias been granted to the
Australian soldiers who have been
absent since 1914. Owing to the great
shipping difficulties this lias not been
possible before. About 7,000 will be
sent home before tho winter sets in.
ami returned to the front dining the
spring of next year.
General l’ershing gives renewed as
surance that American Casualties are
being made public as rapidly as re
ceived. He added that the war de
j% partment was behind about 115,000
names in announcing minor casualties,
as reports of these are brought over
by courier.
London is obtaining linen, holla lid,
etc., from the backs of old engineering
plans. In the six months ending with
July. 28,500 pieces for hospital work
had been obtained in this way. The
length of the material would be more
than IS miles.
Dispatches received Saturday an
nounce that a number of Arnerlcun
Red Cross women have been cited In
a recent order for sticking to their
posJ.s. caring for the wounded for six
days, while shells were bursting all
about them.
in parts or Australia where the
average rainfall Is 10 inches, a square
mile of land will support only eight
or nine sheep; while In Buenos Aires
the same area, with 114 Inches of rain
fall, will support 2,560 sheep.
The government has taken over
control of the Manufacturers Light &
Heat Company, a $50,000,000 corpora
tion which supplies fuel to West Vir
ginia, western Pennsylvania and east
ern Ohio cities.
Time whistles have been abolished in
most of the lumber camps of the north
west. The men go to work In the
morning and cease work in the evening,
with the raising and lowering of the
American flag,
A cable message from General
Pershing received this week says: "We
rely on the churches at home to keep
the spirit of the people white hot with
patriotism and courage until victory
has been won."
Shreveport, lot., reports that the
largest subscription to the Liberty
loan in Caddo parish to date, $100,000,
was made by a negro, who became
wealthy with the discovery -of oil on
his lands.
According to the Berliner Tageblatt
"The German people Is unanimously
.resolved to exert Its entire strength
to defend Its holy soil and Us treas
lures of kultur against the enemy on
slaught.”
Government reports say that de
spite the alarming increase of influ
enza In camps, the pneumonia rate
continues low. Records show it has
developed in only one out of every 1$
cases.
Czech priests from all dioceses in
Bohemia met last month and resolved:
"We declare that the realization of an
Independent Czeeho-Slovak state Is
an uct of historical justice willed bv
God."
The state council of defense of
Bouth Dakota has Issued an order
fixing a daily wage scale In that state.
• and providing that 10 hours of field
work shall constitute a standard day.
Frederick A. Stock, conductor of the
: Chicago Symphony orchertru since
? the death of Theodore Thomas, has
resigned his post for the period neces
sary to become an American citizen.
One of the guns captured from the
Turks by the British upon their entry
. Into Bagdad last year was an old
Persian bronze cannon made in 1547.
The weapon is about 20 feet long.
The first medal awarded a foreigner
for meritorious service to the United
States was given to a young French
man, Lieutenant Fleury, at the battle
of Stony Point in 1779.
Paris reports that Samuel Compels
, was kissed on ills first day in Paris, by
Marshal Joffre; and ulso that Mr
Oompers returned the salute. Both borii
“over there."
The necessary financial expenditure
has been authorized to enable Eng
lish poor law boys to join the boy
wcouts.
"The man who gets a letter from
home is a 50 per cent better fighter
that day than the man who does not,"
one officer says.
Department of commerce figures
show that exports for the first eight
months of 1818 were valued at $4,911,
6(8,871, as compared with $4,149,441,847
the first eight months of 1917.
When asked recently what could tie
expected from the American effort
towards deciding the war. Marshal
Joffre answered: “It is a certain guar
antee of our common victory."
It is estimated that 64 per cent of
the population of Jamaica are affected
with the bookworm parasite. The ]
Rockefeller Inotif tte will soon begin
a campaign - or*-;-f* if
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NOT PERMITTED TO
i ADDRESS RAILROADERS
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j Senator Norri3, of Nebraska,
! Barred From Shop Though He
Was to Talk on Bond Issue
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Lincoln. Neb., Oct. IS. Senator
George W. Norris was refused per
mission to speak to employes of the
Jiurhngton roundhouse at IVymore, iu
the shops (here, on the ground that
be is n candidate for ofrice, and that
Ids appearance there would be a viola
tion of (lie orders of Director General
McAduo, ibat there shall be no politics
in the administration of the railroads
of the country. This liar was put up
ritinat the senator notwithstanding
i-.e fact that he was there to apeak
on the Liberty Loan and not on pol
itics and was sent (here by assignment
under directions of Chairman Cole of
the Gage county Liberty Loan Com
mittal e. The senator reported to Su
perintendent Mullen, who agreed to
let him speak to the men in the shops,
and it was after waiting in the super
intendent’s office for a half hour to
he r»U«d that I he word came that he
was hot to be permitted' to "speak.
Ross L. Hammond. Fremont editor,
who ran a close third to Senator Nor
ris in tiio primary, will take the stump
for him the latter port of the week,
speaking In Dodge. Colfax and other
counties of the Third Congressional
District.
NEBRASKA VILLAGE
APPEALS FOR AID
Nearly Whole Population of
Crofton Affected By Epidemic
—Needs Medical Assistance.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 16.—Telegraphic
Appeal from Crofton, Knox county,
reached tho slate department of health.
The village authorities desire the de
partment to send at least one physician
and 10 nurses there to take care of the
epidemic of Influenza there prevalent.
Captain Whistler, of the home guards,
who signed the telegram, says that
there are 200 cases there and condi
tions ill private houses are deplorable
because of the lack of physicians and
nurses. The state department is not
in any position to promise relief. The
needs of the army and navy have
drained the stale of many of its pro
fessional nurses, and as the local hos
pitals and army camps are full of
cases of influenza demanding treat
ment, even the partly trained nurses
In charge are Inadequate in number.
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SHOULD ROTATE NAMES
ON OFFICIAL BALLOT
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18 -Attorney
General Reed has ruled that, notwith
standing the law Is not clear upon the
subject, that It ts mandatory upon the
county clerks to rotate the names on
the non-partisan ballot, which this
year will contain the candidates for
supreme judge, district judge, county
Judge, state and county school super
intendents and regents of the state
university. The secretary of state. In
certifying them to tho county clerks,
listed them In the order in which they
filed nomination papers. The attorney
general euys that clerks need not fol
low this order, because the legislative
Intent was that no candidate should
have an advantage over the others.
The primary election law required the
rotating, but the election law did not.
The opinion was given in answer to a
series of questions from the county
clerk of Dawson county.
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
OUTLINE THEIR PLANS
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18.—At it meeting
of a nuhmber of republican candidates
for the legislature In various districts
In the state, held here resolution^ were
adopted in which the nominees pledge
themselves to a legislative program. If
elected, that Is an amplification of tho
state platform, and promise how they
will specifically carry out the general
principles therein when they come to
passing laws. These refer especially to
thd legislation needed to lessen the dis
tance between consumer and producer
by abolishing unnecessary middlemen
and to encourage and make possible
development of cooperative enterprises
In tho state.
Tho resolutions set forth whnt the
members declare to be ttie facts relat
ing to the Increased cost of state gov
ernment. The democrats deny vigor
ously that they have Increased state
taxes and point to the fact that the
general levy Is less. The resolutions
point out that this was made possible
,by creatine two new levies that were
formerly u part of the general levy.
The resolutions also pledge the re
publicans to eliminate from the state
government the sinister influence of the
democratic machine whose operations
not o^'y republicans but progressive
democrats deplore.” Attention of rot
ters Is also challenged to Senator Nor
ris' vote In support of the president's
request for passage of the woman suf
frage and the vote of Senator Hitch
cock In opposition thereto.
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SENSATION SPRUNG
IN SUFFRAGE FIGHT
Omaha. Neb., Oct 18.- The "antis"
In the suffrage referendum hearing
Monday morning surprised the suffra
gists when they Introduced n cope of
a confidential report made to the suf
fragists by Attorney Frank A. Agnew,
of Omaha. In which Mr. Agnew said he
had "Canvassed tho South Omaha dis
trict "with a Hne tooth comb" and
was unable to (Recover any fraud in
securing signatures lo the petitionA-**
Mr. Agnew was placed on the wit
ness stand by Attorney L. F. Orofoot
for the “antis.” Attorney K. N. Thomas
for the suffragists, for whom the con
fidential report was made, and who
paid Agnew for the making, declared
after adjournment, he had been un
able to get hold of Agnew to secure
his testimony,
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NORFOLK—Twenty gallons of whisky
was dumped Into a city- sewer by the
police here The whisky was ehlnped
to Norfolk in a trunk from Chicago. The
authorities are now looking for the owners
of the trunk.
BUFFALO BILL’S*SON
INLAW IS DEAD
Omaha. Neb.. Oct. IS.- Fred Oarlow,
former Omaha newspaper man and
soninlaw of tho late (’olone! Cody
(Buffalo Rill) died at Ids home In
Cody, )\ yo., Saturday, following a
short illness with Spanish influenza.
Herbert Oarlow. a brother living in
South Omaha, wont to Cody Put ar
rived too late to see him alive. Mrs
N. K. Bryson- of South Omaha, is a
sister
'NEBRASKA FARMERS
GET HAIL INSURANCE
...
State Pays Out $123,000 to
640 Men Who Took Ad
vantage of New Law.
T-inooln, Neb., Oct. 17.—The state
treasury has jusl paid out $123,000 in
state warrants to 640 farmers who took
advantage of the fact that the state
of Nebraska is now the owner and
proprietor of a hall insurance com
pany. The last legislature provided
that when the assessors make the
rounds each spring they shall take ap
plications for hail indemnities and col
lect the premiums. These collections
totaled over $165,000. The claims are
limited to $10 an acre for losses, but
Hie state does not cut anything off if
the farmer is insured in any other
company. The hall insurance com
pany devoted a lot of time during the
summer hammering the state hail in
surance company, predicting that only
a few cents on the dollar would ever
be paid on claims. They based this on
the fact that the indemnity fund is
made up entirely of premium collec
tions, the state guaranteeing nothing
above the sum paid in by ail those
seeking Indemnity. The state, how
ever, was lucky In that the losses were
less than the premiums collected.
FREMONT, NEB., PAIR
IN TOILS OF LAW
Ed. Callighan and His Youth
ful Motherinlaw Taken
on Liquor Charge.
Council Bluffs, la.. Oct. 15.— Ed Cal- ■
lighan. aged 47, and his stepmother,
Cora Callighan, aged 24. of Fremont,
Neb., were taken from a Burlington
train in Council Bluffs yesterday on a
charge of transporting liquor. They
were arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Cooper and held for grand jury
investigation.
Callighan saitl lie and his stepmother
had been in fit. Joseph. Mo., for three
months and were on their way back to
Fremont. His father, the young wom
an's husband, died some time ago. Cal
lighan said l.is own wife and seven
children were in Fremont.
When arrested the woman carried a
grip containing eight quarts of wl#iky
and the suitcase of her soninlaw fc>n
lained 12 quarts.
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INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
WANES IN LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 17.—Superinten
dent of Heulth Chapman reports that
the backbone of the Influenza epidemic
in Lincoln has been broken. The forces
working against Its further spread
have succeeded In checking it, and
only 48 cases were reported Monday
as compared with an average of 200
for the four days previous. Thirty
one deaths have occured in the 21
days. Fourteen of these were of
young men in or who had come to
Lincoln to join the army training
units here. Captain Mclvor, in charge
of the men, reported to the health de
partment that his surgeon general had
said the epidemic was subsiding, that
| no new cases were coming down and
that all of the men would be out of
the hospital by the middle of the week.
The county board of health has fol
lowed the lead of the city and closed
all churches, places of amusement,
schools and other places where per
sons congregate outside of the incor
porated towns and villages and has
asked the trustees of these to join with
them.
CLAIMED ATTORNEYS
CHARGED REGISTRANTS
—
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 17.—Federal Dis
trict Attorney Allen has received in
structions from Washington to make
Investigation of certain Nebraska at
torneys who are reported to the de
partment as having been charging
registrants for services in making out
their questionnaires and performing
other services in connection with the
draft. Mr. Allen is directed to make
a full report of the facts, giving the
names of those charged, the lawyers
.making the charge and the details of
the transaction. It Is said that the In
vestigation will catch a number of at
torneys who have been getting some
fees In an oblique way for their serv
ices.
OMAHA FIREMEN
MAY GO ON STRIKE
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—City com
imissloners have heard reports of a
second impending crisis in the fire
men’s union situation, involving a
threat to strike unless a wage increase
is forthcoming immediately. Repre
sentatives of the union assert that the
city officials have been intimidating
members of the union In an effort to
force withdrawals of membership.
This is denied by fire department
heads. The commissioners expect a
further demand to be presented some I
time this week. Under the law they I
cannot grant an increase without a
charter amendment.
TWO "FLU" DEATHS ’
REPORTED AT NORFOLK
Norfolk, Neb.. Oct. 17.—Frank Potras
and Arthur Qrafing. both about 30
years old and married, (lied last night
from pneumonia which followed an at
tack of Influenza. The epidemic Is
Increasing here, the health board an
nouncing a new total of 80 coses.
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WAYNE—The public schools and state
normal at Wayne have been closed for
one week on account of the Spanish In
fluence. Tlie student army training corps
wlU continue its wyrk uninterrupied.
There aie very few case* and this is en
tirely a precautionary measure.
Sixty-four dollars for eight hours'
work is the record established by ono
riveter at thg South Chicago ship yard
on one Sunday. On Sunday the pay
is double that of week days.
k'or the first time farmers in parts
of Washington state cut and stack
Russian thirties for stock feed. Hay
is very scarce and the price higher
than has ever been known, which ac
counts for saving the weeds. It is
said if the thistles are cut before they
get too old. stock will eat them readily.
Mr. Balfour said of the Leinster
outrage that lie wished he could think
• primes of tills kind were those of a
small German dominant military
caste, but it was incredible that they
could be repeated through, four years
of embittered warfare If they did not
commend themselves to the whole
population.
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JUDGE MUNGER ROUGH
WITH BOOTLEGGERS
Heavy Fines and Jail Sentences
Are Handed Out to Offen
ders of Federal Law.
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 16.—While Pete
Willness and J. A. 'Uniup, two young
farmers were traveling with an auto
mobile load of booze from Pheyenne,
Wyo., to their home at Otis, Colo., they
unwittingly drove over a strip of Ne
braska territory, and a border sheriff,
wearing the conventional broad
brimmed hat of the cowboy, ai.d the
ability to shoot straight, caught th>.m.
They were before Federal Judge Mun
ger, of the Lincoln district for a vio
lation of the linked Stated liquor laws
and were sentenced to 10 days each in
Jail. A light sentence was Imposed
by the court because the boys had al
ready suffered hard In the state courts.
They paid fines and costs amounting to
$325 and the automobile of Willness
was confiscated before the Kimbal
county authorities got through with
them. It was a bootlegging drive which
failed. The automobile hauled 66
quarts of whisky and 120 bottles otl
beer when it was captured,
j C. A. Meibur, a railroad machinist
of Norfolk, told Judge Monger he ex
pected to make between $400 and $500
out of the 130 quarts of whisky he had
garnered at St. Joseph, Mo., to escort to
Pawnee county, Nebraska. His attor
ney pleaded for leniency on behalf of
the wife and four children of the ac
1 cused. He said that Nelbur ha/1 got
! Into had company. He had already
been lined $200 und costs by the state
courts, had his automobile confiscated
and served time In Jail. Nelbur was
given SO days in the Madisbn county
Jail.
Or. Frank Culligan. a veterinarian, of
Jefferson county, got 30 days in jail for
a violation of the liquor laws. He ad
mitted he had transported six gallons
of whisky from St. Joseph, Mo., to
Thayer county. He had bought part of
the booze to use in' his practice and
some to drink. He indignantly denied
- the gossip in his neighborhood that ha
had been bootlegging.
Matt Linden, a German bachelor
farmer of Lancaster county, drew 2(1
days In jail. He confessed that he had
gone down to St. Joseph to get a small
quantity of whisky, but it was for medi
cal use. He thought it the only cure
for snake bite. Judge Munger told Lin
den that he. being a German, should
be Ihe last fellow to violate the United
States laws at this time.
John Itobeck, Hungarian, got 30 days
In jail for being a "slacker." "Me
work, no fight,” John told the court.
“Nobody fight but cowboys.” Itobeck
came from Hungary seven years ago.
BURLESON DEFENDS
TELEPHONE ORDER
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 16.—In a letter to
the Nebraska railway commission.
Postmaster General Burleson vigor
ously defends the action of his depart
ment In putting into effect the service
connection charges which have taken
the Joy out of life for the telephone
companies in recent weeks, because
they are several times higher than the
old charges for installations and moves.
The postmaster general says that a
very large part of the cost of furnish
ing the public telephone service is due
to the fact that the telephone systems
must be prepared to connect new sub
scribers on demand and to the fact that
Ihe period of service is comparatively
short on the average. He further says
that the greater part of the expenses
which are due to the movement of
telephone population or what might be
termed the shortness of life of the aver
age telephone Installation, are not all
apparent. Mr. Burleson states that the
evidence presented to him justified a
charge of at least $5. He adds that
charges were fixed by the department
to conserve labor and material.
CASE AGAINST TWO
ATTORNEYS FAILS
Neligh. Neb., Oet. 16.—It took the
jury in the case of Frank Hoffmeister
vs. Boyd Murphy nearly 24 hours to
find for the defendants.
The two Neligh attorneys were
charged with fraud by Hoffmeister, a
German farmer living near Elgin. He
said they led him to believe that n
case of disloyalty to the government
and sedition was about to be filed
against him ln,a federal court at Nor
folk or Omalfe during the month of
August. 1917. According to the testi
mony they agreed to take the case
for $1,250. Boyd receiving $1,000 and
Murphy $250. No charge, however,
was ever filed against Hoffmeister in
any federal court and this resulted in
the starting of this case.
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY
CLOSED BY EPIDEMIC
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 16.—The Univer
sity of Nebraska, in compliance with
the orders of the city council, has closed
Us doors for a week. If at the end of
the week the Spanish Influenza epi
demic has not subsided it will remain
closed until the council has lifted the
ban. Unless orders to quit are received
from Washington the S. A. T. C. stu
dents will continue to drill. Many uni
versity students left for their homes
Saturday and Sunday.
BOY IS ACIDENTALLY
SHOT BY HIS BROTHER
Norfolk, Neb., Oet. 16.—Milton Kuh
low. 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Ruhlow, was shot and danger
ously wounded with a 22 caliber rifle
In the hands of his 16 year old brother.
Oliver. The boys were playing with
the gun on the river bank when it ac
cidentally went off. The bullet lodged
two Inches below the boy’s heart. The
ball has not yet been removed and the
boy is in a serious condition.
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NEBRA8KA NEWSPAPER
MAN DEAD IN WASHINGTON
Washington. D. O., Oct. 16.—George
Mosshart, well known newspaper man,
formerly of Llneotn. Neb., and at one
time employed in Sioux City, died sud
denly here of .influenza. Mr. Mosshart
was Washington*corresporideent of the
World-Heraid and also of the Cincin
nati Enquirer. He leaves u wife and
child.
HEAR OUSTER SUIT
AGAINST RAIL BODY
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 16.—The ouster
suit of George W. Shields, of Omaha,
against Kallwav Commissioners Tom
L. Hall and H. G. Taylor because they
have furnished no official bonds, will be
heard soon In the Nebraska supreme
court. Hugh LcMaster, attorney for the
commissioners, declares the plaintiff
has no standing In court. Ha alleges
that members of the Nebraska railway
commission are not required by law to
give bonds for the perform -roe of their
j duties.
TEUTONS GIVE UP,
AMSTEROAM HEARS
London, Oct. 16.—According to an Exchange Telegraph com
pany dispatch from Amsterdam, it is reported from Berlin, that
Germany accepts all of President Wilson's conditions, providing the
interests of the German people are safeguarded.
London, Oct. 16.—There i3 a persistent revival of reports that
the kaiser ha3 abdicated.
London, Oct. 16.—The report f»om Amsterdam that Germany
h>s accepted all ef President Wilson’s conditions is believed here to
be approximately correct.
London, Oct. 16.—The Nienwe Rotterdamsche Courant, pub
lishes a telegram from Hamburg, saying that Germany has capit
ulated. _ _
All Men in AJew Draft to
Get Questionnaires Soon
Washington. TU C.. Oct. 17.—Classi
fication by local boards of men of the
new draft registration has been so
rapid that questionnaires soon will be
sent to youths of 18 and men between
37 and 46 years of age.
With their enrollment, the work de
scribed by Provost Marshal General
Crowder as "the classification of the
United States” will be complete. -
Reports show that 655 local boards
out of 4.543 in tlie United States had
classified all registrants between 13
and 37. _
Influenza epidemic conditions are
aueli, in the opinion of the genera! staff,
as to continue the indefinite suspension
of the October draft calls, but it is
intimated that the next call will be of
unusually large proportions.
Under new regulations men fit for
general service are to be noted as Class
A men on military records whlla men
fit for such service if cured by treat
ment are to be noted as Class B. Below
these are established Class C-L in
which men fit for "general limited
service.”
Uprising in Austria Is
Believed to be Under Way
Against Emperor Charles
Zurich. Oct. 17.—A general political
strike in Bohemia and Moravia began
on^'Monday, according to dispatches
received here. There was a great mani
festation in Prague in favor of inde
pendence. The deputies declared that
tlie final act of the revolution had be
gun.
Washington, Oct. 17.—The long ex
pected revolt of the Czeclio-Slovaks
against Emperor Charles, may be un
der way in Austria. This was the opin
ion of the Czecho-Slovak national
council hero when informed by the
United Press of the Zurich report of a
general political strike in Bohemia and
Moravia. The state department Was
without advices.
Members of the Czech council be
lieve the uprising may have been pre
cipitated by the recent announcement
of the Austrian emperor that ho would
shortly issue a manifesto for the fed
eralization of the various nationalities
now under the Hapsburg rule.
"We have absolute information that
our fellow countrymen in Bohemia
and Moravia will not submit to a com
promise of their liberties,” the United
Press, was informed at the council
headquarters here. "Absolute inde
pendence is at hand, it is likely, that
the people have begun to offer actual
resistance to Vienna."
It is known here that Bohemia and
Moravia are well organized politically
for their coming freedom. The Aus
trians have frowned upon many of the
activities at Prague, but evidently
have been powerless to combat the
growing demands of the entire Bo
hemian and Slovak popuiaton.
Invites Allies Not
To Talk on Peace
Terms For Germany \
By The Associated Press.
London, Oct. 17.—Andrew Bonar
I^aw. government spokesman in tlie
nouncement in parliament that It
would be very unv ise for any of the
allied governments 10 make statements
oil the terms likely to he imposed upon
Germany before an armistice Is
granted.
Is Wanted In Connection With
the Sissons Papers Bearing
Upon the Lenine
Trotzky Regime.
New Yolk, Oct. 17.—Raymond Rob
Ins, of Chicago. Head of the American
Red Cross mission, which went to Rus
sia last year, appeared in the federal
court here in answer to a warrant for
his arrest issued after he evaded ser
vice of a subpoena. He had been sum
moned to testify as to I lie authenticity
of the Sisson papers of the committee
of public information.
These papers sought lo establish
proof of German inspiration and fi
nancial support of the Lenine-Trotzky
regime in Russia.
Neither Mr. Robins nor his counsel
would discuss the former's action, but
they assured the court that they would
appear when called. Consequently the
warrant for this arrest was cancelled.
The case is one in which defendants
are accused of having issued printed
statements to 1ho effect that the
United States violated an international
law in attempting lo interfere in the
internal affairs in Russia and landing
troops on Russian soil without declar
ing war on that country.
The counsel announced he would ask
Secretary of War Baker anti George
Creel, chairman of the committee on
public Information, to testify. The
lawyer bases defem e of liis clients In
part on a claim that the Sissons papers
were forgeries.
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
IS GAINING SPEED
Washington, 1>. C.. Oct. 17.— Over
coming (lie ) land leap of peace talk and
Influenza, the fourih Liberty Ipan to
day was gulhtring Its greatest momen
tum of the campaign. For the first time
since the canvassing Marled, Septem
ber 28, loan officials here were opti
mistic. ' , . ., ,,
Uarly reports were of the decidedly
encouraging variety and pointed to an
activity never before equalled in the
long campaign. _ __
NEW LABOR POLICY.
Washington. U. O., Oct. 16.—Presi
dent Wilson will soon enunciate a labor
poliev to be adopted by the government
between capital and workers during the j
war period. He now 1ms before him a |
report submitted by Felix Frankfurter, I
chairman of the war labor policies
board, after conferences between rep
resentatives of industry and labor.
VICTORY SHIPS DELIVERED.
Washington, Oct. 16.—Light ships of
42,210 dead weight tons were delivered
to tile shipping board for the v.-e.-k
ending October 11. the boa •«! tn»*»u:iw
> da;. K.vj were s’.o::' an three v ■ • ■
Buzancy Under American Sheli
Fire and Railway Centers
Are Bombed
From Air.
Washington, D. C„ Oct. 17.—Capture
of Hill .299 by American troops after
tt had changed hands three times is
reported in the communique from Gen
era! Pershing today. The report shows
a continued advance an both sides of
the Meuse, where French and Ameri
can troops engaged in fierce hand to
hand fighting with the enemy. Capture
of a number of prisoners is also noted.
The communique says:
"We have broken the ICriemhiide
Steljung line at new points where our
men closed with the enemy in a series
of hand to hand encounters in which
they took prisoners.”
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the American First Army, Oct.
16.—Plunging through belts of Ger
man wire in the face of showers of
hand grenades, the men of tho First '
Army have moved up Grandpre.
crossed the pass through the Argon no
and are pushing on. Captured German
orders stated that Grandpre must lie
held at all costs.
A new Prussian guard division was
encountered in this fighting, malttng a
total of 20 such divisions encountered
since the beginning of the American
offensive in this region.
Deadly American Fire,
At the start of the present phase of
tiie assault, the Americans jumped off
at 8:30 o'clock in the morning and
gained their first objectives at some
points with great rapidity. In many
cases there was only slight opposition,
due to the deadliness of the Yankee
artillery fire.
In the region of Cunel and P.ois de
Fitret the Germans used “clackers.”
which made the same sound as ma
chine guns. These led astray our
troops searching for the machine gun
nests. This wus especially the case
when the clacker boxes were located
behind the doughboys. South of the
Aisne, the Americans are digging in.
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the American Army Nortti of -
Verdun, Oct. 16.—Americans are but
tering another breach in the Kriem
hilde line, in the region of St. Georges.
The enemy is fighting with the utmost
desperation. A break between the
Aisne and the Meuse rivers means
collapse of the entire German front
in this sector.
Should the Americans break through
here the enemy’s left flank would be
shattered and the effects would prob
ably be felt all along the line which
has been shoved back by recent as
saults of the allies further north.
Buzancy Under Fire.
Buzancy, is under American shell
fire Dun-Sur-Meuse, Stenay and
other big railway centers have been
repeatedly bombed by our airplanes.
The way is being cleared for a fur
ther advance and the enemy communi
cations are constantly being harried.
The Americans, stoiid'y pushing on
are narrowing the nvenue throe jb
which the Germane can withdraw.
Rapid gains by the British and French
t-’ the northward make it necessary
„■ the boehe to offer the stiffo-tt re
am :c> to the Americans in this re
al avoid being cv* off tty Per
hi 'u taking e rear-.