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PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 10 The Omaha Daily .Bee THE WEATHER Cloudy VOL. XL VII. NO. 77. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917. EIGHTEEN PAGES. Nrm StlML Cll.. 5. Oi I rains, at MaUla. , , SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. omha wmps aifor iimkG KORNILOFF SURRENDERS TO KERENSRY FORCES; ORDER BEING RESTORED IN CAPITAL "Savage" Division of Cossacks Encamps Near Petrograd with Provisional Government Troops Within Speak ing Distance While Peace Terms Are Ar ranged; Each Agrees Not to Attack. f- (By Associated Press.) Village of Popovo, Near Tsarskoe-Selo, Russia, Sept. 14. Danger of an armed struggle is now past, but the "savage" division still is not agreed to surrender on the terms granted by the provisional government. The Cossacks have, however, formally pledged themselves not to attack the Kerensky forces. T17 APTTITTTT. V TRIBESMEN ARE With its artillery and machine gun detachments the division, which is k composed of tribesmen from the Cau " casus, is quartered peacefully in vil lages south of this place without in trenchments, outposts, sentries or re connoitering detachments. After being received by Premier Kerensky at the winter palace and informed of the fate which awaited him, General Kruimoff, commander "of the Korniloff troops which was sent against Petrograd, returned to his lodgings last night and shot him self. The general's wounds were nqt fatal. General Korniloff, leader of the re volt, has actually surrendered and the capital and country already show signs of recovering their composure and are attempting a new process of reconstruction. The provisional government is ac tively taking necessary measures to restore the interrupted economic and social life and although the funda mental differences which inspired General Korniloff's venture remain, hopes are expressed that the cabinet, iwhich is now under reconstruction, jwill in future show greater vigor and decision. Passing within forty yards of the Popovo church are the governmental lines, but the Kerensky forces also have no intention of attacking, a"s negotiations are proceeding and there is a prospect of a settlement being reached before nightfall. Russian emissaries and officers con stantly are passing into the camp of the Caucasians carrying proclama tions signed by General Filopenko, the supreme commissioner, advising 0 the troops of the "savage" division to abandon their officers and to march to Tsarskoe-Selo. Likewise, tribesmen from the division all the time are coming into Popovo with plans for a settlement. Resting on Arms. Having obtained the only permit Issued by the' chief of the Petrograd district staff to a newspaper man since the beginning of General Korni loff's revolt, the Associated Press cor respondent early this morning arrived at this village, which is the head quarters of the staff of a rifle regi- (Contlnued on Page Six, Column Four.) American Tars Have Shore Leave Restored (By Associated Press.) American Naval. Base in British ' Waters, Sept. 14. Shore liberty, which Americans below the rank of warrant officers as well as British sailors have been deprived of for three days, was recommended today by per mission of the naval authorities. The ban followed the unfortunate encoun ter between J. W. Parente, an Ameri can mate, and a youth named Plum- .. mer, which resulted in the latter's death. The American bluejackets sent a floral wreath to the funeral of Plum mer. The ban against Americans below the rank of lieutenant commander traveling to a nearby city or its sub urbs still is in force. Swedish Women Declare Their Loyalty to the U. S. A. Chicago, Sept. 14. Members of the Swedish-American Women's club of Chicago, an organization composed of Swedish-born women, some of whom are naturalized, made public today resolutions passed unanimously which "greatly regretted" that the land of their birth "should become in volved in so erious a misunderstand ing" as now pertains to relations be tween Germany and Argentina, but pledging all members to "stand loy ally united as Americans." Strike Ties Up Wooden Shipbuilding Plants Seattle, Wash, Sept. 14. Approx imately 1,500 shipwrights, joiners and laborers went on strike today, tying up a number of wooden shipbuilding plants. A thousand men in various yards were idle because of the inability of the operators to obtain timber. The strike was called in an effort of organized labor to enforce the eight-hour day in lumber and shingle - mills whieh are operating on a ten hour basis. DeVol Named Transport Head Washington, Sept 14. Major Gen eral Carroll Devol has been appointed depot quartermaster and general su perintendent of the army transport : service ,at San Francisco and is now at his nost. Until recently Devol has been on duty in the provost marshal ; general's office. ' SAN GABRIEL FALLS BEFORE ITAITS DRIVE Invaluable Vantage Point Sur renders After Heavy Losses; Occupy Crest of Mountain. Washington, Sept. 14. Italian troops have taken from the Austro Hungarians the fortified hill of Dol and the Gargaro basin and nov oc cupy the slope and top of Monte San Gabriele after severe fighting. The Italian embassy in announcing the capture today said it is the great est victory gained by, the Italians since their entrance into the war. The capture .of. all . . Austro-Hun-gariah positions on Monte S,an 'Gab riele is expected to be a matter of hours. The fighting in the region of the forest of Tarnovow -was very severe, as the Austrians had assem bled an enormous force of artillery there. The positions there were taken by infantry attack at heavy cost to the Italians. The battle has been Taging twenty days. Last week the Austrians changed from defensive and began an offensive, using masses of their best troops against the Italian positions. The loss of San Gabriele will mean for the Austrians, the embassy says, the loss of all the vantage points against the Gorizia plain and the Frigido valley. Further details tell how the Italian infantry went up the slopes of the mountain, making short gains at the cost of heavy sacrifices. The battle field was covered with the dead of both armies, but the Italians, in spite of their heavy losses, obtained a se cure position from which they can shell the enemy. From now ton, it is believed, the battle will be more of an artillery engagement. Minneapolis Red Cross Man Killed at Front Paris, Sept. 14. Robert P. Hall of Minneapolis, a driver in section 62 of the Hartjes-Norton Red Cross am bulance service, was kilted on Tues day while on duty at an advanced post and was buried near Avocourt wood, says the Herald today. The shell which killed Hall wounded his companion, B. F. Sylvester, of Plain view, Minn., although not seriously. LAD HURT WHEN THROWN N FROM MOTOR WHEEL. RICHARD PHILBIN. Richard Philbin, the 14-year-old son of P. H. Philbin, manager of the Empress Garden, dangerously in jured when he was thrown from his motor wheel near Forty-first and California streets last evening, was conscious yesterday, though suffering severe, hemorrhages through the ear from the fcacture at the base of his brain Murdmx Ax With Which Eight Persons 'X V., V,M 1.1 -Tl IT TT . TT77 ti ana me m oore n ome at v tuisca 10 1 01 M &.s&kv.-tt JMk r tw mmmm mm m 1 M m :rsTmmmm A i ,mmlm umu mm m m if Jim JUDGE RULES LJf t, OUT EVIDENCE; m I 6 KELLY SCORES , iVrzr.:- ri r. Testimony of Bluffs Laundry 7(ahk iUt ) . Workers Re,ative t0 Bl00d- amtffc I I ff , sPtted Llnen Not Ad- 7&4 v'L ; ' f. ,1;. mitted in Case. I f I Q By EDWARD BLACK. . V 'l-l'fi- mJ ' ", S (Staff Correspondent for B.) ' ' H4 fZ "1 11" Red 0ak. Ia- SePt- M-(Special WHEAT PRICE IS SETTLED AT$2.1 5, SAYS SHORTHILL Director of Food Administra tion Advises Farmers to Take Advantage of Opportu nity Offered. "Many farmers do not yet realize the immense benefit which will come to them because of the legislation fix- ing the price of wheat at $2.15 a bushel for Missouri river points," de clared J.-W. Shorthill of York,. Neb., a director of the Food Administration Grain corporation, the government organization which handles tTie wheat under direction of Herbert Hoover.? "There are several points which the farmers should grasp in order to un derstand how this law protects them," continued Mr. Shorthill. No World Shortage. "There is no shortage in the world's wheat supply. The only shortage which exists is in the available wheat supply. .There are vast quantities of wheat in Russia, India, Australia. But, because of their distance and the exi gencies of war, these supplies cannot be secured at present for us or our allies. Suppose the war ends some time within the next year. Then all this wheat would be released. It would be carried across the seas. The price of wheat in this country would drop. It might go down to 75 cents. Price is Guaranteed. "Here is where the law fixing the price 'of wheat protects the farmer. It absolutely guarantees him $2.15 a bushel for his wheat any time and all the time from now until May, 1919. It doesn't matter how much he raises or how much is brought across the seas from Australia, India and else where, the government is absolutely pledged to pay him $2.15 for all the wheat he wants to sell between now and May, 1919. "Nothing can change this. Wily tongued agitators have be.en going about, trying to tell the farmers that this can be changed. But it cannot. The law protects the farmer. He is safe In putting every possible acre in KING AK PLANS FOR GREATEST OF FALLTESTIVALS Liberty and Democracy and Patriotism Are Themes to Be Exemplified. During Carnival Days. ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 6. , Wednesday evening October 3: Electric parade, "The Triumph of Democracy." Thursday afternoon, October 4: Daylight parade, "World's Liberty Parade." Thursday night, October 4: At Rourke park, Ak-Sar-Ben big mili tary fireworks spectacle, "The Bat tle of Verdun." -- Friday night, October 5: Coro nation ball at Ak-Sar-Ben den. September 26 to October 6: Ak-Sar-Ben carnival at the king's car nival grounds, Fifteenth and Capi tol avenue. (Continued on Page Foot, Column Five.) Unaware That U. S. is At War; Arrested As Slacker Pueblo, Colo, Sept. 14. J. H. Carpenter of . Marna, Colo., did not know there was a war between the United States and Germany and thought the registration under the selective draft law was registration for an election, he told officers here today, when arrested for failure to register. Carpenter said a rancher for whom he worked kept him in ignor ance of the draft and as he took no newspapers he was unaware of the war. ' ' - The Ak-Sar-Ben Board of Gover nors has announced the schedule of pageant and activity that is to make Quivera's resplendent coronation week leading up to the crowning of King Ak-Sar-Ben XXIII, the most notable event in the history of the realm. Liberty and democracy, patriotism and a tribute to the allied nations fighting with America for the world's liberty will be the splendid themes exemplified in the floats, in the pa rades as a whole, in the decorations of the city, the military fireworks spectacle and the grand finale of the coronation ball. The festival is splendidly patriotic in character and elaborate and painstaking prepara tions have been made by Ak-Sar-Ben to furnish the people of Nebras ka an impressive and inspiring spec tacle worthy of its subject and of the times. Bishop of Episcopal Church Will Go to France Washington, Sept." 14. Prelates of the Protestant . Episcopal church in the United States, gathered here to organize, the war commission of the church, today decided to raise $500, 000 to send a bishop to Europe at once to look after Episcopalians in the trenches and camps and created an executive committee of the church men .and laymen to carry out the plans. n i ' 1 1 v Typhoon in China ' Damages U. S. Consulate Washington, Sept. 14. A typhoon at Amoy, China," severely damaged the American consulate and killed many natives, the state department today was advised. No foreigners By EDWARD BLACK. . (Staff Correspondent for the Bee.) Red Oak, la," Sept. 14.-(Special Telegram.) The second week of the Kelly trial was brought to a close this afternoon, when Judga Boies ad journed court at 3:30 o'clock, for the week end, the court and lawyers re. turning promptly to tehir homes. The trail will be resumed at. 9 o clock Monday morning. During the week, the jury was empaneled, open ing statements were made to the jury and the prosecution reached the nine teenth witness of a long list of per. sons, who have been summoned. The prosecution encountered at least temporary defeat on what is known as the laundry feature of its chain of evidence, said to have been obtained against the defendant. In a statement issued last May and in his opening statement to the jury, Attor ney General Havner stated the prose cution would show that Kelly sent "within two or three days after the crime was committed, a package of laundry to the Bluffs City Laundry, Council Bluffs, with a request that it should be returned to Mascedonia." ' Evidence Ruled Out. The state said it would show that the laundry had evidence of blood stains and that Kelly obtained the bundle when it was returned to Mace donia. Mrs. Cora Marquard,. marker in the laundry during 1912, and William C. Miller, Macedonia druggist, who gave the laundry back to Kelly, were placed on the stand by the state, but Mitchell, for the defense, successfully resisted their testimony. The court ordered their testimony stricken out and admonished the jury to eliminate from their minds the tes timony of these witnesses. "The laundry point, you may safely say, has blown up," remarked Attor ney Sutton, after adjournment. The prosecution, however, intends to re introduce this testimony in a manner which they believe will overcome ob jections of the defense and the court. During the afternoon Attorney General Havner took a relay at ex amination of witnesses. Attorneys Hess and Faville served earlier in the day. . 4 , Saw Kelly on Tram. ; W. R. Daniels, Burlington agent at Sidney, la., during June, 1912, was called to' verify station records that two tickets .were sold to Carson, la., to corroborate evidence of Mr. and Mrs. William Simonds. who testified during the morning that on the morn ing of June 10, 1912, they traveled from Sidney to Carson and observed Kelly on the train. Competency of this testimony by Daniels is held in abeyance until At torney Mitchell may be heard on this point whether the railroad station rec- FIFTH AND SIXTH NEBRASKA REGIMENTS ARE NOW ON THEIR WAY TO CUP CODY Omaha Companies Leave Over the Burlington and Mis souri Pacific, to Be Met Enroute by Companies from Other Points, When All Will Proceed to the Big Training Camp in New Mexico. LINCOLN BIDS GODSPEED TO MEN JN KHAKI Soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Entrain for Deming Fort; Pathetic Scenes at Station. Soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Nebraska regiments are on their way to Deming:, N. M., to continue their training be fore starting for the battle front in France. V All V.. -t tl.. V.M. J c: - it. in Omaha, the machine gun company and the Umaha ambulance corps had orders to move Friday. Other com panies of the Fifth and Sixth through out the state have also started and will join the Omaha troops enroute. The Omaha battalion of the Sixth left the Auditorium at 11:45 Friday morning and marched to the Burling ton station, where the men boarded the train that was to take them to Deming. Orders were for the sol diers to be at the station by noon and they were thers on the minuts, TO MEET OTHER TROOPS. Omaha companies will travel on two special trains over the Burling ton, one starting from Omaha and the other from Lincoln. Enroute to Kan sas City detachments will be picked up at Wymore and Falls City. At Kansas City the Burlington will turn the trains over to the Santa Fe and over this road they will go on to des tination. Thursday the Burlington laid a long train of tourists sleepers in on a siding near the Tenth street station. During the night the cars were thor oughly cleaned and iced and early this morning they were ready for the re ception of the soldiers. On the Move Early. Early yesterday morning the Omaha members of the Fifth ad Sixth were astir. They bade friends and relatives goodby and commenced loading, their , personal effects into the cars, prepar ami J IV aial LUIK OH iiic nip. - About 11 o clock a special ar rived over the Northwestern bringing in the companies from upstate. Here nifrnKfcVAf tit- unii. .Mtt ..' their regiments and go on south. Entrainment of the members of the two regiments quartered in Lincoln commenced early this morning and about noon they were on the move, picking up small detachments enroute. The impedimentia of the two regi ments, or at least a large portion of it, was shipped several days ago and is expected to be in Deming before the arrival of the troop trains. " Besides the Burlington trains, the Missouri Pacific had three spe cial trains carrying the soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Nebraska out of Omaha for Deming, N. M., Friday. All morning crowds of friends tnrongea the streets in front of the Auditorium and surged into the big hall for a last visit with the boys. Many people from but of town drove in Thursday night in their cars to be on hand early to bid them -goodby. All have made countless friends in Omaha and the demonstration at the station was one of the biggest ever known there. At the armory the machine gun company of the Fifth, the only com pany of the regiment in Omaha, was ready to leave early yesterday morn ing although orders set its leaving at 2 o clock in the afternoon. Sixth Leaves Lincoln. The Lincoln contingent of the Sixth regiment left their headquar ters at 9:45 yesterday and marched , to the Burlington station, off for Fort Deming. They were escorted to the , depot by the Fifth regiment band. v Colonel Paul of the Fifth accompanied Colonel Hall of the Sixth to the sta tion in an automobile driven by Dr. Hall, father of .the commander of the Sixth. The soldiers leaving werer Head quarters company, fifty-seven menj. supply company, thirty-nine meni sanitary department, thirty-four men; Colonel Hall, field and staff officers, sixmen. Total, twelve officers and 124 men. ' . ' 1 The streets were lined with people and street car service was suspended a half hour for the parade. The build ings were profusely decorated and the soldiers were applauded loudly as they marched down the street. , (From a Staff Corrtipendent.) Lincon, Sept. 14. (Special.) They are off. Lincoln'!, litle army of sol diers which has been- such a con spicuous figure on the streets for the past two months has gone and they will be missed. The streets' of Lincoln were well fifled at 9 o'clock this morning with those who were anxious to-bid God speed to the boys who have offered their services t otheir country and who will bring aided luster to the old flag across the waters. In honor of the leaving of the sol. diers this morning,-most of the state house offices were closed from 9:30 until 11, so that those interested could go to the trains. At 9:30 the streets had been cleared along the line of .march from head quarters to the Burlington and the Fifth regimental band marched from its quarters on Fourteenth and P to the headquarters of the Sixth at Six teenth and O where the line was formed and with the people cheering along the street marched to the sta tion where they entrained for Fort Deming. . For more, than half an hour the 1 . - L ' . . . sitcci car service was aoanaonea on the line of march. Flags wereflying from the windows of the business houses along the line and the people cheered loudly as the tramp, tramp, tramp, of the soldiers was beard as they swung along teh line of march. As the last company, passed, the peo ple turned tehir faces toward the sta tion and before the train pulled out thousands of men, women and chil dren had gathered at the station to watch them go. Dr. HaU Heads March. The line formed at guard headquar ters with teh Fifth regimental band as escort. At the head of the line was the car of Dr. P. L. Hall with the doctor at the wheel and Colonel Paul of the Fifth regiment on the front seat. In the rear seat was Colonel Phil Hall and Major Bartho lomew of the Sixth regiment sanitary company. Then came the Fifth band, the units of the Sixth regiment fol lowing, headquarters company, fifty seven men; supply company, thirty nine men; sanitary detachment, thirty-four men; a total of twelve officers and 124 men. At the train there was some delay in starting. Soon after arriving a special with Company F of the Sixth from Walthill, which has more than sixty Indians enrolled in the company pulled in, followed later by a special train from Aurora with the Aurora company of the Fifth regiment. The latter train stopped but a few mo ments and then pulled on for the pur pose of picking up other companies en route. Au Revoir. There were the usual handshaking, the usual goodbys, the pathetic fare wells 'from wives and sweethearts, but on the whole it was a jolly crowd which at the call of the bugle climbed on the cars and left for "somewhere." It was the long-looked-for hour when the real service the boys h'of ed to see seemed to be a great deal nearer, but through all the apparent joy there was a vein of sadness which emerged in the weeping of those who' were left behind. When it came time for the Fifth (Continued on Pax Hix, Column One.) I (Continued on Fare Four, Column Flva.) Belgians Crawl Into No Man's Land In Broad Daylight to Aid Airmen Havre, Sept. 14. A tragic aerial I the troad daylight to the aircraft. combat -took place the afternoon of September 9 about the Belgian trench es along the railroad from Nieuport to Dixmude. ' An English airplane which had been surrounded by five Germans fell east of Ramscappelle in No Man's land- with ISO yards separating the lines. The Germans opened a hot gun fire on the English machine, but several men from a Belgian regiment, de termined to lend aid, crawled out in 5 Both the aviators were found dead The Belgians brought iri 'one of the bodies and returned a few hours later for the other. They saw the Ger mans robbing the dead man, but the Germans fled on the approach of the Belgians. The rapid-fire guns re sumed their shelling of the spot where the machine lay, but the. Belgians nevertheless succeeded in bringing back to their trenches the body of the other Englishman. Makes Charcoal of Sawdust And Reduces Price of Sugar Boston, Sept. 14 Discovery "of a method of converting sawdust, into charcoal .which would enable sugar planters to put on the market a sugar equal in color' to the present Tefinery product' and at a lower price, was announced. tp members of the Amer ican Chemi'-al society today, by C. E. Coates of. the State University of Louisiana.' Mr. Coat-s paper was read at the closing session of the annual convention of the society. . Dad Weaver is Now ; il ' 'tin Road to Recovery Concussion of the brain was one of the injuries .suffered by J. D. Weaver, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben. when, he was hurt in an'automobile while enroute to Des Moines. He it now on the road to recovery. Beside the concussiop, two ribs were 'broken arid the fractured ends cut through the flesh and protruded from side, beneath the left shoulder f.
