PART ONE.
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VOL. XL VII. NO. 77.
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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
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V 'l-l'fi- mJ ' ", S (Staff Correspondent for B.)
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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.
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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
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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
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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.