Nebraska Newspapers

    D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
In 1823 President James Monroe
made the following announcement:.
"That we consider any attempt on the
part of European powers to extend
their system to any portion of this
hemisphere us dangerous to our peace
and safety: that we could not view any
interposition for the purport of op
pressing or controlling American gov
ernments or provinces In any other
light than as a manifestation by Euro
pean powers f.* an unfriendly dispo
sition toward the I'nltel States." The
Monroe doctrine was an official notice
by the president of the I’nltel Htateg
to foreign powers not to meddle in
American affair*.
The old hoots and shoes tha1 are
east into the dustbin have consider
able value. They are soaked In wnte*
to remove the dirt, all the nails am)
threads are picked out. i.iid the leatli-,
or Is reduced to a thick pulp, front
which wallpapers, screens, etc., are
made The finer the orlginnl quality
Of leather the bstter II takes tbd
bronze of old gold of the designs
which make these hangings things ot
beaut'. Bookbinder# and framymak
#r* aiao know the Value Of this pulp,
end carriage builders press it into
eheet* which are invaluable for the
roofs of the most luxurious vehicles.
At one time the slaughter of Dan
ish pigs numbered 2.600.000 yearly.
eost of which supplied bacon for
ngland. The number has steady de
clined for the want of feeding stuffs,
and one week recently only 1.230 pig*
were slaughtered. not enough for
home consumption, which requires at
leant 6.677 pigs. A further decline is
expected and several slaughter
houses may have to close. Much was
expected from the new corn bill,
which was to reduce the price of
bacon, but it Is now evident that there
Will be very little bacon to sell.
In the British bouse of commons
Premier Lloyd Georg* gave a brie!
review of what the ’fritish govern
ment had done toward winning the
war. It had Increased the British
navy from 2,600,000 tons to 8,1100,000,
Starting with the smallest army It)
Europe, It has raised *,200,000 men,
besides 2,600,000 from India, Canada,
Australia and other overseas domin
ions. It has swept German com
merce from the seas and made tht
waters safe from German warships,
except submarines, and hag Sunk
more than 150 of those.
In laying out the 17 mile tangent ol
the motor highway across the Utall
desert it was found very difficult to
carry on tfc$ work In the daytime. Thd
sunlight reflected from the fields ot
glistening salt and alkali la so riaz
sllng (lint It blinds the eyes unless they
are protected fvv dark colored glasses,
and the rising heat waves distort the
shapes or objavts sighted and produce
fantastic effects. Under George P. Mc
Gonlgle. state engineer, and member
of the state road commission, this tan
gsnt was established by signal fires af
night.
Ages before poison gas was used in
warfare, a tipy British beetle, known
as the brad ilnus crepitans, used a
similar device to confound Its ene
mies. When pursued by bigger beetles
this little creature ejects a peculiar
fluid which, on coming in contact
with the atmosphere, bursts into a
pale blue-crgcn flame, following u
kind of smoke, Intensely irritating and
poisonous. The common name of this
poison, gas-emitting insect le Min
bombardier beetle, and it Is plentiful
about Oravesepd. England.
A curious method of catching turtles
In the West Ipdles consists of attach
ing a ring and a line to the tall of a
species of suckerfish known as the
remora. The live fish is then thrown
Overboard and Immediately makes for
the flint turtle jt can spy. to which it
attaches itself very firmly by means of
a sucking apparatus on the top of th«
head. Once attached to tile turtle, so
firm la the grip that flehermen on
drawing in the line bring home both
turtle und the tucker.
Indigo Is now being made from coal
tar In this country. At Midland, Mich.,
1,000 pounds of *0 per cent, paste are
produced dally reports. Popular Science
Monthly. All the tariff bills of this na
tion, commencing with the tariff of
March 3, 1883, and including the tariff
of October- 8. 1913, placed Indigo on the
free list. Not until September 9, 191®
was a bill passed putting a duty on It,
It was the first schedule that braved thel
anger of the Gentian dye makers.
Little Dorothy Ahlum, of Philadel
phia, youngest of five generations, has
the unusual distinction of possessing
18 grandparents. They consist of two
pairs of grandparents, three pairs oft
great-grandparents, and three great
gre*t-grandparents. The oldest an
cestor is Mrs. Joseph R. Mumbauor, of
Kumry. 80 yearn old. The child's
mother Is 19 years old.
Sweet odors are of three kinds - the
floral,- the aromql und the balsamic.
The first group Includes ail those de
rived from sweet smelling plants; the
•ecoud. those derived from musks and
renlns; the third, those derived from
leaves and gums. The otto, or essen
tial oil of perfume. Is obtained in three
different ways—diminution, maceration
and enfiourage.
Captain Bailey Introduced hackney
coaches into Knglwnd.in 1626, and by
bis wide awake advertising methods
got all London talking about them.
Samuel Pepsy, a wily old politician,
was first induced to take a ride, al
though It is said Uie old man Insisted
upon a large consideration for placing
his life in jeopardy.
The Eiffel tower has proven of great
value during the wur os a wireless
station, it is about to receive a new
coat of paint, consisting of about 40,900
pounds.
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Iceland counts farming us one of her
leading industries. She excels in sheep
raising and in dairy ing. Iceland exports
about $27<k000 worth of butter in a
year. _
The best lobster fishing known any
where is on the Atlantic coast. Prom
76,000,000 to 100.000.000 lobsters ere
caught every year by Canadian fisher
men.
Some one—probably an automobile
enthusiast—has suggested that the
Great Wall of China would make an
excellent automobile highway.
Experiments are being tried in Eug
Jatid with pumps in which explosions
of gas and air directly against the
water to be lifted.
hiuslcal instruments composed pr n
eirally of wood suffer more from the
climate of India than any other wooden
structures.
Tobacco leaves treated with the X
r ay are thereby > lea red of the de
•tructivo beetle. _
GOVERNOR NEVILLE
HAD BIG EXPENSE
No Accounting Required of
Traveling Expense—Judge
Evans Got Through Easily.
Lincoln, Nch.. Nov. 16. -According to
the return made by (lov. K*'lth Ne
ville. under the state law. it cost him
but $1,088 to tlnd out that his service*
were not desired for a second tei;m.
This is five months' salary. The law
does not require an accounting for
personnl traveling expenses nor of the
cost of mailing matter sent to voters.
Several hundred thousand letters were
sent to the voters on behalf of the
governor, and the expense of these Is
not Included. The governor spent $848
for newspaper advertising and gave the
state committee $250.
R E. Evans, of Dakota City, found
that a congressional election cajne
very cheap. All he spent was $20760.
His unsuccessful opponent. Congress
man Stephens, expended $283.55. Con
gressman Reavis, re-elected in the
Firsl, spent $664.70. State Auditor
Smith, defeated for congress In the
Fourth, Is out $807.84. Clarence A.
Davis, of Holdrege. elected attorney
general, put up $250 for the honor,
while the treasurer of the prohibition
party, which Is still in existence and
which had half a dozen candidates in
the race, .reports the expenditure of
$338, leaving $23.23 in the treasury.
BUILDING WORK TO
GO ON IN NEBRA8KA
Lincoln, Ne|>., Nov. 16.— The state
council of defense Is in receipt of or
ders from the government permitting
a renewal of certain building activities
Not Including those in which the gov
ernment is interested or which it has
undertaken, it is now provided that no
permits will be necessary In these
fuses: Farm and ranch buildings and
improvements; construction or main
tenance of highways, bridges, streets,
parks and playgrounds; Irrigation and
drainage ditch propositions; construc
tion connected with the development of
mines, minerals or oils; construction or
repairs of buildings used for milling,
refining, preserving, refrigerating or
storing foods and feeds; construction
of school houses, churches, hospitals
and public buildings; new buildings or
repairs costing not to exceed $10,000
or not exceeding $20,000 when the state
council of defense approves: buildings
begun before September 1 where a sub
stantial portion lias been completed.
A1I limitations on the production of
building material, Including brick, hol
lcw tile, cement, lime and lumber arc
removed and the material so produced
niay lie sold and delivered for use In
connection with which no permit or li
cense Is required, or which have se
cured permits.
SECOND TRIAL FOR
MURDER OF WIFE
Lincoln, Neli„ Nov, 18. Allows D.
Sutter is on trial in district court on
the charge of murdering his wife on
the evening of March 10. 1917. He I*
accused of having killed tier in u fit
of anger over her refusal to agree to
get a divorce so that he might lie free
to marry another woman with whom
he had become infatuated. The claim
of the defense is that the voting woman
killed herself. When site was found
her husband was lying asleep, or ap
parently so. in an adjoining room, and
claimed not to have heard the shot.
Sutter was once convicted of murder
in the first degree and sentenced to
life imprisonment, but the supreme
court gave hint a new trial on the1
ground that the court should have ad
mitted letters written by the wife which
indicated the possession of the notion
of killing herself.
HER CONDUCT CAUSES
HER TO LOSE HER CHILD
Fremont, Nob., Nov. 16 Dale Fisher,
son of Mrs. Nettie Fisher, was turned
over to a representative of a child
saving Institute at Omaha today on
order of .lodge Button in district court.
Last week the hoy, who is » years old,
furnished testimony on which his
mother. Nettle Fisher, was fined $100
in police court. The court further de
creed, in fining Mrs. Fisher, that the
boy be taken from her.
FORMER NEBRASKA
WOMAN ELECTED
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 16.—Mrs. Gould
Blakely, of Salt J^ake City, Utah,
daughter of J. 8. Wilkins, of Fremont,
was one of three women elected to the
state legislature of Utah on the demo
cratic ticket last week. Mrs. Blakely
lias been prominent in cluli and social
circles in the Utah capital for several
years. George H. Dern, a former Fre
mont man. wus reelected to the state
senate on the democratic ticket. Judge
J. B. Frick, former well known Fremont
attorney, was defeated for reelection on
the republican ticket for supreme judge.
GREAT BOMBING PLANE
VIEWED BY PRESIDENT
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 15. — President
Wilson personally inspected today the
first American built Hundley-Page
night bombing airplane which with
thousands of others like it would have
played an Important role in the war
had Germany not capitulated. Accom
panied by Mrs. Wilson and with Sec
retary Baker. Director Bryan of the
department of military aeronautics and
General March, chief of staff, the
president looked over the big machfhe
as it stood on the polo grounds of the
Mall and later watched It in the air.
He did not go aboard the plane. Mrs
Wilson climbed up the ladder ttr the
under hatchway to look through Into
the quarters of the aviators, bombers,
and gunners.
To Illustrate the great size of the
giant biplane, a single seater was
parked beneath each of its broad
wings, completely sheltered under their
spread. They looked like tenders to
a battleship.
Denmark is taking steps against the
Introduction of cholera from Germany.
"Your son is all right, madame, only
too newsy!” This was the only mes
sage from a censor conveyed In a letter
received recently by an anxious mother
from her son "over there." The enve
lope had been addressed in the hand
writing of her son. and the letter “de
leted" by the watchful censor.
Chambers of commerce of Japan are
deeply interested In the mission of
Reizo-Y&mashina. vice president of the
Tokio chamber of commerce, who has
been sent us special commissioner to
the United States to study business
conditions und ways und means of in
creasing commerce with Japan.
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WAR WORK QUOTA
IS NEARLY RAISED
Northwest Nebraska District
Is Making Fine Showing
Early In Campaign.
Wakefield. Neb., Nov, if. John D.
Haskell, chairman of the Eighth dis
trict of Nebraska. reports that cite
Vnlted War Work campaign is going
with a rush. Every county chairman
.reports thal his county quoin w il he.
raised in full vtith the 50 per cent in
crew so asked for. County Chairman
Beste reports over $26,000 alreadv
raised for Cedar county. Chairman
Davis of Way ne * outity reports more
than $24,000. Chairman McQti'llen of
Dixon county reports $23,000 raised
and only 37 out of 63 school d'utriels
repot led. Chairman Smith of Thurs
ton county savs 40 per ceni is already
on deposit. Chairman Adair of Dakota
county reports neuri.y one-half a I read '
raised. Wakefield with a quota of $5.
000, raised $5,000.
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FEDERAL CHARGE IS
LODGED AGAINST MEN
Liucadn, Neb., Nov. 15.— Information
dims have been filed in federal your
against Pat Berkley and Gene Ifni
brook, of Omaha, members of tin
booze running party thal was sum
inarily halted by tlir khtriff of Barn
ders county and one member of which,
a taxicab driver named Hue,ton, was
killed. The informations charge the
men with violating the provisions of
the federal law relating to the impor
tation of booze from a "wet" state into
n "dry” state. It is alleged that the
men are members of a gang of boot
leggers that has been operati ng be
tween Bt. Joseph, Mo., and Omaha for
some time, and which has cleaned up
a small fortune in the business. They
would not have been caught (his time
If their auto had not broken down and
the farmer on whose land they cached
their booze had nut discovered it.
MYSTERY AS TO ~CAUSE
OF DOCTOR’S MURDER
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 16. -A coroner’s
Jury has held Mrs. Margaret E. Mnuzy.
nurse, responsible for the death of Dr.
George E. Spear. Several witnesses
testified that, after the man had been
shot. Mrs. Mnuzy declared that she had
done It, and that he would not poison
any more babies or fix men so that they
would not have to go into the army
The woman refused, by advice of coun
sel, to make any statement. Dr. Spear
said before bis death that she had beet,
claiming he owed her $6,000. but that
he knew of no basis for the claim. The
testimony showed that the woman
went to a strange rooming house,
rented a room, and then put in a call
to the doctor to come quickly to attend
a case. As he mounted the stairway
she filled his body with bullets. Then
she ordered a cot and directed that he
be cared for.
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MORE PHONE COMPANIES
WANT RATES BOOSTED
i.lncoln. Nth. Nov. 16.—Three more
telephone companies hu.vc asked the
state railway commission to boqosl,
thetr rates because of the high price
of labor and material. The Wyoming
& Nebraska company, which operates
a string of exchanges in northwestern
Nebraska, wants a 2D per cent Increase
in toils and exchange rentals. The
Valparaiso company wants farm busi
ness rates raised to $2 and farm resi
dence phones to *1.60. The Farmers'
Independent Company, of Red Cloud,
where there has been a war on for a
year with a competing company, asks
to be allowed to raise business rates to
$2.25 and $2.50 a month and resi
dence rates to $1.50. The present rates
ate $1.60 and f. respectively, ft ssvs
that it is losing $250 a month at the
present rates.
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TERROR OF THE SOUTH
ARRESTED IN OMAHA
Omaha, Neb. Nov. 16.—David Wil
kinson, alias "Black Diamond." wanted
In two southern states for murder, was
arrested here. Wilkinson's record, po
lice say. is a vivid history of daring
escapes, killings, and gun battles. He
escaped from the Qeorgla penitentiary
by sawing through the bars of his cell
and dropping into the prison yard.
Jn 1015, three years after his escape
from a Georgia prison, he is said to
have made a successful flight from
Muskogee. Okla., after an alleged mur
der which was followed by a gun bat
tle with five members of a sheriffs
posse.
The other murder which police
charged against him was commttteed
in Sherman, Tex., where he is alleged
to have shot a faithless paramour.
HIGH 8CHOOLERS DO
WELL BY WAR WORK FUND
Wayne. Neb, Nov. 16.- Senior and
junior high schools subscribed $686 to
the United War Workers’ fund. Every
pupil subscribed, with an average of $5.
All money Is to he earned by the one
pledging. Dr. J. T. House, of the
Wayne State Normal, talked on the
work of the Victory boys, and Miss
Pearl E. Sewell, county superintendent
of schools, on the work of the Victory
girls. The afternoon was also the occa
sion of the dedication of the school
service flag, containing 120 aturs, In
cluding two gold atara. A dedicatory
talk was given by Attorney F. 8. Berry.
8upt. J. R. Armstrong, of the Wayne
school, is district chairman Of the
Junior work in the present drive.
NEBRA8KA CANCEL8
NORTHWESTERN GAME
lJncoln, Neb, Nov. 16.—Prof. R. B.
Scott, athletic manager at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, last night canceled
the Nebraska-Northwestern football
game, scheduled to be played In Lin
coln November 23. The game called
for a $4,000 guarantee to Northweetern,
and a request for a more modest bonus*
was made by the Nebraska manage
ment early In the season. Professor
Scott said hie action was taken be
cause no response from Northwestern
had been received.
It 1s reported here that WtlUam Ho
hengollern may go to. the chateau of
his friend, Baron von Xlelet, at Zug,
18 miles northeast of Lucerne, says
Qeneva.
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THANK8 HIS JAILER
FOR KIND TREATMENT
Omaha Neb, Nov. 16.—E. L. Holden,
a wealthy young farmer of Burr, Neb,
who recently completed serving a 80
day jail sentence for the violation of
the prohibition law, has placed a
"card of thanks" in the Burr Bulletin
his home town paper. Holden was
sentenced in the federal court to serve
his sentence in the Douglas county
jail. He says he was treated so nicely
that he wished to express his apprec
iation to the jail officials and even to
the court. -
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REPUBLICANS HAVE
KNOTTY PROBLEMS
Wholesaling of Fruits and Vege
tables to Be Given Most
Careful Attention.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 16.—Republican
nembers of the legislature will meet as
soon as the soldier vote has been can
vassed and the fate of several whose
seats are endangered because of the
closeness of the unofficial vote. The
meeting 1* for the purpose of agreeing
upon legislation to redeem the specific
platform pledges of the party. One of
the big pieces of legislation has to do
with curbing the greed of the whole
salers In fruits, vegetables and other
foodstuffs.
Investigations made by Senator Pe
terson, of Lancaster county, who also
has been county food administrator,
convinced him that the middlemen
were charging entirely too much for
their services. A Nemaha county veg
etable grower came to Lincoln recently
and wanted to sell a carload of turnips
at. 1 cent a pound. He found neither
the wholesales nor the retailers willing
to buy. Turnips are selling in the lo
cal market at 5 cents a pound.
The grocers won't buy because if they
do the Jobbers will tell them to get all
their produce from the producer or from
them, and will also work off on those
who buy from growers the culls and
poor quality of goods the grocer must
purchase from them.
Sentiment is divided among legisla
tors over the question of which is the
proper remedy, regulation of the whole
salers and their prices or the creation
of cooperative associations to take their
place. The state constitution contem
plates only Joint stock corporations,
and gives stockholders a. vote for each
share. This interferes with the success
of cooperative associations because
when they get to be successful stock
control Is purchased and they pass Into
private hands. The plan is to give
these the legal status of limited part
nerships, where the vote rests with the
individual and not on the basis of stock
held.
8EMI-OFFICIALRETURNS
ARE EXPECTED TO STAND
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 16.—Unless the
soldier vote contains some upsets, the
one election contest that the first avail
able figures did not end has been de
cided. Justice W. 11, Boies of the su
preme court has been re-elected over
Grant Martin, former attorney general
and at present a supreme court com
missioner, by 783 votes. This majority
is figured with-the returns from four
small counties in the sandhill section
missing, but there are not enough votes
there to change the totals. The state
canvass of votes will not begin for
three weeks. Under the soldier voting
law the men serving abroad have until
the fourth Tuesday of the month to
send their ballots. Only l,300 of the
12.000 on this side of the water took
advantage of the opportunity to vote,
and it is figured that the total from the
other Bide will be slight. The home
soldier vote is now being canvassed by
the state commission created for that
purpose.
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NORRIS ELECTION COST
$2,570; FRIENDS HELPED
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 16—According to
the report of the treasurer of the Norris
League, It cost $2,676 to secure his
election at the hands of the people of
Nebraska. The big items of expense
were for newspaper advertising, cii
cular printing, postage stamps and
hired help. One thousand dollars of
the money came from former Con
gressman Billy Kent, of California, who
served with Norris in the lower house.
Uive hundred dollars came from Prank
A. Harrison, and the remainder was in
amounts as small as $1.
No report has yet been filed by the
Morehead committee, which is reported
to have spent a very large amount of
money in the effort to put the ex
governor across.
MILITARY POLICEMEN
SEEN EVERYWHERE
With the Americans on British
Front in France (by mail)—On# of die
interesting characters seen on (he
roads behind the line is the military
policeman, lie is stationed at every
cross roads, regulating traffic with ail
the gestures of a professional traffic
policeman in New York or Chicago,
but in a khaki uniform and with a red
brassard on his arm as the badge of
his authority.
Everything from a gigantic motor
truck to a sputtering motorcycle comes
within his Jurisdiction. The haughtiest
staff car, with its proud staff flags and
its red capped passengers, is subject to
the law as laid down by that firm arm
in khaki.
It is a motley pageant that he mar
shals. There are big closed cars con
taining generals; there are great open
keen. There are evenly moving ambu
lances with the doctor sitting calm
beside the driver. There are huge lor
ries, long columns of them.
All day long the ru£h of traffic on
these great main roads continues. To
wards night the roads are sometimes
quieter, but there isTitill activity. All
through the night the lorries plod on
their way backward and forward, the
cars dash by, the dispatch riders come
and go. There is no rest. Layer after
layer *f white dust settles on the
houses and the fences. Day after day
the machinery behind the war goes
whirring on, growing constantly more
complex and more powerful.
Ages before poison gas was used in
warfare, a tiny British beetle, known
as the brachlnus crepitans, used a
similar device to confound its ene
mies. When pursued by bigger beetles
this little creature ejects a peculiar
fluid which, on coming in contact
with the atmosphere, bursts Into a
pale blue-green flame, following a
kind of smoke. Intensely irritating and
poisonous. The common name of this
poison, gas-emitting Insect is the
bombardier beetle, and it is plentiful
about Gravesend, England.
The ex-kalser was li) uniform when
he fled Into Holland. He alighted at
the Eyeden station and paced the plat
form, smoking a clgaret.
Ernest N. Warner, LaFollette candi
date for congress in Wisconsin, was
badly 'defeated, even in LaFoliette's
own county.
In Sweden the public houses are
closed on Saturday, which is pay day.
while the savings banks are kept open
until midnight.
An Athens report says that many
British prisoners were made insane by
the ' tortures inflicted upon them by
the Bulgarian soldiers.
All the allied nations are represented
on Camp Grant's big footblul squad,
among them Willie Red Boy, of the
White Earth reservation. _
OFFICIAL ENTRY INTO
METZ NOW DELAYED
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 16.—General Hirschsur,
of the second French army, will reach
Met* on Sunday evening, according to
Marcel Hutln, editor of the Echo de
Paris. He will not make an official
entry of the city, however, until Mon
day.
Representatives of the German civil
and military authorities will go to
Nancy today to reach an agreement
with Leon Mirman, director of public
relief, on important questions arising
from the taking over by the French of
the administration of Alsace and Lor
raine.
HOLD iiSTICE
lEMSDHIMD
Appeal By German Women
Gains No Changes, Yet
Foe Will Be
Fed.
Washington, Nov. 16.—It waa said at
the White House today that any reply
which might be made to the wireless
appeal addressed in the name of Ger
man women to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
for aid in securing a modification of
armistice terms probably would go
through diplomatic channels.
Washington, D. C„ Nov. 16—The
United States, and the allies will see
to it that rolling stock provisions of
the armistice do not work an undue
hardship on Germany, provided that
nation does its utmost to maintain
order. This, unofficially, is the gov
ernment attitude toward the German
women’s wireless appeal to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson and to Miss Jean
Adams, of Hull House, Chicago, re
ceived by the war department over
night. The appeal declared that Ger
man women had been starving for
years, and would now die from hun
ger "by millions” if the associated gov
ernments did not relax the stipulations
is to seizure of railway material.
No Modification.
It was indicated here that the gov
ernments have no intention of modify
ing the armistice terms. But, at the
same time were indications that the
-oiling stock should be placed to aid
the Germans If they smother the
spectrr of bolshevism now stalking in
their lands.
There Is disposition in many quar
ters to believe that Germany is over
playing the “sympathy game.”
Some see in the numerous appeals to
the United States, a distinct propa
ganda effort to get President Wilson
lo use his Influence in modifying terms.
Others believe there is a touch of ef
fort to create Jealousy by making the
United States the only source to whid\
•be Germans look for help.
Does Not Square.
The recent ravages of the German
ioldlers in Belgium, in open violation
Of the armistice conditions, and the
surly tone of some recent utterances
in Germany, do not square with the
rest of the picture, and they are getting
Sympathy for the starving ones. Early
today the government had heard no
thing of a reply from Germany to Mar
shal Foch’s protest against the viola
tion of the armistice terms.
Text of Message.
The message to Mrs. Wilson follows:
Berlin, Nov. 12, 1918.
“To Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, White
House, Washington, D. C.—Madame:
According to the terms of the armistice
Germany has to surrender a very large
part of the rolling stock of her rail
ways. At the same time she has to
feed the troops of her former enemies
In the occupied provinces of Germany.
The German women and children have
been starving for years. They will die
from hunger by the millions If the
terms of the armistice are not changed.
We need the rolling stock of the rail
ways to bring the food from the farms
to the cities. It will be impossible to
feed the soldiers of the occupying ar
mies if we cannot get large amounts
of food from overseas. The women
and children all the world over have
been the innocent sufferers of this ter
rible war. but nowhere more than In
Germany. Let it be through you, mad
ame, to implore our sisters in the Unit
ed States of America, who are mothers
like ourselves, to ask their government
and the allied governments to change
the terms of the armistice so that the
long suffering of the women and chil
dren of Germany may not end In un
speakable disaster.
From the national council of women
of Germany,
“Gertrude Baeumer,
“Alice Soloman."
Message to Miss Addams.
The message to Miss Addams fol
lows:
Poz. Nov. 18, 1918.—To Jane Addams,
Hull House, Chicago: “German women,
foreseeing entire famishment and mu
tiny for their country, urge their Amer
ican sisters to Intercede relief of truce
conditions regarding terms of demobi
lization, blockade, wagons, locomotives.
We are all free voters of a free re
public now. greeting you heartily.
"Anita Augsburg.”
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
ARE RETURNED HOME
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 18.—MaJ. Gen. Beau
mont B. Buck and Brig. Gen. John G.
Barrettl, and 400 veterans, many of
them wounded, all of whom have seen
a year or more of service abroad, ar
rived this morning from France aboard
the United States naval transport Har
risburg. When the ship steamed past
the statue of Liberty, at dawn, the
men lined the rail and cheered them
selves hoarse.
News of the signing of the armistice
was received aboard the ship by wire
lees Tuesday and was the occasion of
a celebration. _ _
STRIKE IS RECALLED.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 16.—Unconditional
revocation of the general strike order
in Switzerland by the a^Jalistic com
mittee was reported today in an offi
cial message to Swiss Minister Sulzer
here.
NAME FATHER’S DAY.
Paris. Nov. 16.—The Stars and
Stripes, official organ of the American
expeditionary force, announced that
Nov. 24 will be “Father's Christmas
Victory Letter Day” for the army. Ail
soldiers use asked to write their
fathers ou thut day and the father-*
to their sous.
* '*4 *
AUSTRIA FORMS
NEWJEPOBLIC
Democracy Proclaimed In Dual
Monarchy as Control of
Government Slips
From Karl. ^
FRENCH DEPUTIE$ ACT
Prepare Resolution Providing
For International Trial of
the Kaiser at
Early Date.
Paris, Nov. 16.—A republic lias
been proclaimed in Austria Hun
gary, according to a Vienna dis
patch received by way of Zurich,
published in Le Journal today.
By United Prees.
Copenhagen, Nov. 16.—During the
revolution in Berlin, 100 persons were
killed and burled in the Frlederloh
strasse church yard, according to re
ports received here today.
By Aeeooiated Pres*.
Amsterdam, Thursday, Nov. 14.—
The new German government has is
sued an appeal to the peasant popula
tion asking for the formation of peas
ants’ councils for the purpose of or
ganizing food supply. The appeal
says that such voluntary self-deter
mination is better than bureaucratic
organization and will avert recourse to
compulsory measures.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 16.—Field Marshal von
HIndenburg and the German general
headquarters staff, according to the
Frankfort Gazette, have arrived at
YVilhelmshohe near Cassel, where in
1870 Emperor Napoleon after the sur
render of Sedan was kept a prisoner.
—4—
FLYING DIVISION.
Copenhagen, Nov. 16.—German de
serters have organized a "flying divi
sion” at Bremen and have plundered
the Hanover railway station, and other
places, It was reported here today.
Thirty-six were captured and taken to
Berlin, where three were executed.
Copenhagen, Nov. 16.—Fifty soldiers
and civilians disarmed the guard at
Berlin Castle yesterday and stole valu
able art treasures and food, it was
reported here today.
—4—
HINDENBURG STICKS.
By Associated Press.
Berlin. Nov. 13.—via Basel. Nov. 16.
— Field Marshal Von HIndenburg has
issued a proclamation to the German
army saying in substance:
"The ever growing number of our
enemies, the exhaustion of our allies
and the urgent crisis in the provision
ing of our country have forced us to
acept the hard conditions of the armis
tice. By the terms of the armistice
we are obliged to return rapidly to the
fatherland, which is a heavy task.
"You will never be abandoned by
your field marshal In the struggle. He
will ever be confident in you.”
ANARCHY WANING.
By United Press.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 16.—Anat- hy
is waning throughout Germany, accord
ing to Berne advices received here to
day through diplomatic channels.
The new government seems to be in
control and has the situation both in
regard to the civilian population and
the demobilization of the army well In
hand, it is declared. The advices are
that HIndenburg is in direct charge of
the evacuation of the French. Belgian
and German territory, acting directly
under Ebert and Haase.
The information from Berne is that
the whole of the former administrative
personnel has remained in office. Dip
lomats hold that this has made possi
ble the great ease with which the gov
ernmental change was effected.
French diplomatic advices today were
that “we have no reason to think that
the German revolution will turn to dis
order but at the same time the actual
situation Is unsafe.”
QUEEN NOW
IN DANGER
OF REVOLT
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 16.—The threatening
attitude of the extremists in Holland,
who have demanded the abdication of
Queen Wllhelmina, is causing anxiety
at The Hague, according to the Daily
Express.
Jonkheer Colyn, the former minister
of war, who has been in London since
July, returned to Holland Thursday.
He was recalled, the Dally Express be
lieves, to take charge of the govern
ment. The former minister has great
influence in Holland and Several times
has refused the request of the queen
to form a new government.
NEARLY HALF MILLION
WAR PRISONERS BACK
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 16.—French war prison
ers numbering 420,000 will be repatri
ated soon. This number includes those
who have been interned in neutral
countries. A delegation from the
French general staff has held a confer
ence at German headquarters at «pa
to arrange the details for bringing these
men back to this country._
CONTEST ELECTION.
By Aaeooiated Press.
Washington, Nov. 16.—Contests of
the election of two republican senates,
Truman H. Newberry, of Michigan,
and George H. Moses. of New Hamp
shire were forecast in proceedings to
day before the Senate privileges and
elections committee._
The National Sculptors’ Society of
New York is planning a "victory arch”
under which the American soldiers and
sailors shall march when they com*
borne.