AK-SAR-BEN DATES Carnival..... September 26 to Octabar t Electrical Parada, Eveninj October 3 Oaylifht Parada Octobar 4 Military Fireworks October 4 Coronation Ball Octobar S TTVrr m MMal m tt l at Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER Fair : : VOL. XLVIL NO. 87. OMAHA,. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES. Oa Trait, tl Nutate. Ntwt Sttstt. itOM M. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. PE RIPS NOTE TO GERMANY MAY MEAN FESTIVITIES OPEN WITH:' TRUMPET WAP, Vf Vf Jmbv II W v v jl n BLAST GATES OF CITY ARE OPEN FOR FALL CARNIVAL AND VISITORS ALREADY FILL IIP THE HOTELS king's Highway Opens With Blare of Trumpets and Ten Days of Frivolity Begin; Stage All Set for the Coming of Potentate Next Week to Take His Throne. .v IMsIs.tfaldfe The big- fall , festival, preceding the coronation of King fk-Sar-Ben is on. At noori the band dashed off some lively music from the balcony of the great arch over the entrance to the carnival grounds at Fifteenth and Capitol avenue and the jates were thrown open. - - ' ; TPM TtAVH ftfl TJTTN V Ten days of this festivity are now ahead of the' Omaha people, the peo ple of Nebraska and the people from every reach of the great realm of Quivera, for King Ak-Sar-Ben has spared no pains and no expense to make his celebration gorgeous: When the band had ceased claying its first selection the many voices, of the spielers before the tents and booths of the shows in the carni val grounds could be heard in a wild, weird chorus. The Turks and the Gypsies, the Scotch bagpipers, the wild men and savage women, the fortune " tellers ,i and aesthetic dancers ail were shout ing, calling, singing, dancing and competing with one another for greatest attention and favor in the minds of the subjects of the realm vwho had entered the grounds. V ..X , Monkey Speedway. , . The grained animal show pleased the crowds, the water circus created a world of fun, the High Life, or Tat tle Tale, entertained hilariously, the monkey speedway was a course of great fun,, the sensational snapping ride on the, Whip had a great fasci nation for many and a score of other hows and amusement contrivances kept the early visitors Dusy an tne afternoon. All week this hilarjty will con tinue day and night and when next week comes the festivities will rap idly work to a climax, a grand spec tacular,, conclusion, gorggous in .. grandeur, Aadwc.-iusaitm--ia-i& magnificence, .wheif7th4ig parade ake place and the great "Wake-up-merica" fireworks spectacle at the .tourke base ball park isWtaged, The electrical parade, which is the ?rcat regal procession which ushers nto the chief city. the mighty king the realm, will take place Wednes day evening, October 3r "The Tri mph of Democracy" is the title of :'iis parade of many floats, highly il 1 .(initiated wth electricglare. . V Daylight Parade. . The "World's Liberty Parade" "is -ft?. title of the parade which is to take place the afternoon of October Here the world's democracies are presented in floats, brilliantly . de signed Regular soldiers of the United Stages army are to take part in thyis parade.. The. high,, school ca dets and other organizations are t take part and on the whole it is. to be an impressive spectacle. Thursday evening at 8 o'clock the great fireworks spectacle is to be shown at Rourke park. ' This is a military pyrotechnic display in which some of -the principal battles of the great world war are to be repre sented, including the bombardment of Verdun. - The coronation ball, in which the knights and ladies of the realm, ap pear to do honoR to- their newly crowned king ana queen, will vtake place at the classic Den the evening of October 5. v, , :, Underwriters Meet 'in r New York in 1918 New Orleans, Sept. 26. New York was selected today by, the National Association of Life Underwriters for its 1918 convention. The Weather For Nebraska-J-Fair; rising tem perature Temperatures at Omaha yesterday.- - Hour. Deg. S njm 47 mr 6 tK m 4? . ,1 a. m 6 a. m... l a. m,... 10 a, m... 11 a. m... 13 noon... 1 p. m... 2 p. ill... ' 3 p. m,.. 4 p. m... 5 p. m... 6 p. m... 7 p. m.. S p. m.. 63 H 64 66 ..... 65 65 ..... 64 ..... 61 ..... 60 ... 50 Comparative Local Record. , 1917. 1916. ISIS. 114. Highest yesterday.... 6 77 72 76 Lowest yeiterday 46 59 66 61 Mean temperature.... 61 64 64 Precipitation T. .16 .24 '.00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: - Normal temperature. .... ...v.. .i 62 Deficiency for the day 11 Total deficiency since March 1.... 200 Normal precipitation.. .09 Inch .. Deficiency for the day 09 Inch - Total rainfall since March 1.,.. 20.69 Inches - Deficiency since March 1 . 3.13 Inches f Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 11.37 Inches l Deficiency for cor. period. 1915.. .19 Inch Heporta rem stations at I P, M. Station and State Temp. High- Raln- of Weather. -7p.m.. est. fall. ' Cheyenne, clear 62 56 .28 Bismarclf. clear..., 56 64 .00 Denver, clear ...,..'.64 56 .SO Des Moines, cloudy 66 . 66 , .30 Dodgs City, cloudy 52 fa . .24 Lander. cleat 2 6' .00 North Platte, clear.. ...56 62 OmahaL cloudy 60 66- ,T. Pueblo, clear 66 56 .00 Rapid City, clerfr ...68 64 "' .00 Bait Lake City, clear..'. 62 . tS . , .60 Bloux City, cloudy 64 68 . .00 .Valentine, elcar 68 64 .00 , L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist, E L BURKE HEAD OF LIVE STOCK AFFAIRSOF STATE Is Named Chairman of Com mittee to Have Charge of Important Industry in Nebraska. . L. Burke of Omaha has been ap pointed by State Food Administrator Wattles as chairman of the live stock administration committee of the state. The other members of the committee will be appointed later. " This committee will have the super vision of the live stock dealing in dustry in the state. One of the big matters they will look after will be the redistribution of live stock on - the farms. The committee will work also with the director of extension of the Uni versity of Nebraska college of agri culture. .. " All matters of alleged violations of the food act as it. relates to the handjjng of live stock'will go to- this 1 1 . . , ' ; 7 s - . ' ana action. --.r rr St.; .; ' The food piedge campaign which is set for October 21 to 2&, h to be planned definitely at once. S. R Mc Kelvie oHLincoln has been appointed manager and will ; arrive in Omaha perhaps Thursday to take hold of the work.' County central committees will be appointed to work on this cam paign, and district representatives will be appointed in the various congres sional districts, ' Bermuda Wants Tonnage To Move Vegetable Crop ' Washington, Sept 26. Bermuda's mission to the United States con ferred with government officials here tooy in an effort to have this coun try furnish sufficient ocean tonnage to move the island's vegetable crop, which has been found incapable of export because of the shipping short-. ..The mission declared that 300,000 crates of vegetables, 80,000 barrels of potatoes and 130,000 crates of onions can be procured for the allied gov ernments' food supply if this country will temporarily divert sufficient ton nage into the island trade. Great Britain, the mother country, has failed tonswer. to the colonists ap peals for transportation facilities. MASONS TO LOOK LIFE SENTENCE AFTER FAMILIES FOR FORMER ROSS OF MEN AT FRONT MINISTER OF WAR Charles Blasdell of Syracuse is Elected JSli4ted of HigiVFreasoiCfe Masonic Relief As sociation. The Masonic Relief association of the Unite3vStates and Canada in ses sion at the Masonic temple is consid ering, ways and means of extending relief to Masonsand their families who may be in-want because of the war. ' If present plans are carried out a letter will be sent to each of the 11,000 lodges under the jurisdiction of the association outlining plans for the work. Each lodge will be urged to appoint a special committee to look after the welfare of its members who may be in the army. Charles Blasdell of Syracuse, N. Y., was elected president of the asso ciation; Alexander Patterson, Toron to, Ontario, first vice president; John F. Massey, KnoxyiHe, Tenn., second vice president; Dr. George Brockway, New York City, treasurer, and the Rev. Willis D. Engle, secretary. Raymond V. Cole of Omaha was re elected a member of the executive board. Chicago Retail Grocers Make"War Basis" Rules Chicago, Sept. 25. Retail grocers adopted a set of rules calculated to reduce the cost of doing business and to place the conducting of their business on a war basis; The rules will be submitted to the entire re tail trade of the city for approval. They provide: ... , 1 Establishment of two sets of prices one to be paid for goods for which cash is paid and goods carried home, the other for4 goods bought on credit and delivered. ' 2 The elimination of premium trading stamps and trade boosters. 3 The discontinuance of forcing sales of any.commodity by fixing a low price with the proviso that a quantity of other goods must be "I bought to obtain the bargain rate price of sugar. A Placing reasonable limits on quantities which may be purchased by a consumer, to prevent hoarding. Coal Operators Still Complaining of Prices Washington, ' Sept. 26. Coal ope rators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania today notified miners' representatives in conference here that they were unable to meet the miners' dmands for a wage in crease of about 2Sjper cent, unless the government revises the prices, on bituminous coal. It is probable that after another conference between , operators and miners late today, Dr. H. A. Garfield, the coa administrator, will be' called in to consider the situation, . 1 American Engineers Are Planning Railroad in Spain Madrid, Sept. 25. American. engi neers are studying plans for a pro posed new direct railroad from Mad rid to Paris. 'The prospective route is direct from Madrid to the fron tier by way of Soria, Pamplona and Canfranc. Dispute Over $4 Feed Bill Costs ' Loser $500 in Eight Years When John Zets and William Rosenow got into a. dispute in 1909 ove a difference o'f $4 on a livery, feed and board bill and decided to go to law to settle it, they did not realize" the case would get to the state supreme court and finally cost the loser more than $500. Tbe- pay ment of $172.30 judgment into district court Wednesday in favor of Zees marked the end o( one of ther most unique legal battles in the history of the "state. The case went through two justice courts, district court and was finally decided by the state supreme court. Zees won, but ' in the eight years' legal fight he lost a valuable horse and countless hours on he witness stand in different courts. The judgment of $172.30 was paid into district court by a bondsman who signed a replevin bond in justice court. Rosenow was proprietor of a livery stable. Zees kept a valuable horse in his stable. A difference over a board and feed bill arose. ' Zees admitted a debt of between $3 and $4, but Rosenow insisted on a bill of about $8. They went into justice ' court. f . Zees' Horse was taken from the stable on a replevin bond and sold for $150. . This started the eight years' court fight, which, before it was over, cost the loser more than $500 in costs and attorney's fees, -r - , General vSoukhomlinofL Con-i Acquitted; Motly Crowd Hears Trial. (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, Sept. 26. General Souk homlinoff, former minister of .War, was sentenced to hard labor for life after conviction of the charge of high treason in the court here today. Madame Soukhomlinoff was Vac quitted, - A throng assembled this morning in the hall , in which is .being held the trial of General Soukhoinlinoff, as former war minister, for high treason, and of Madame Soukhamlinoff, as his accomplice, as the hour approached for the finding of the verdict. The crowd composed a varied picture made possible only by the revolution. Generals in splendid uniforms rubbed elbows with private soldiers clad in rusty blouses. Women in silks and furs jostled plain gowned women of the poor. As the chief justice addressed the jurors, instructing them in the law, the court room was like a scene in a picturesque drama. General Soukhomlinoff, in drab uni form, bald and bearded, sat with head in hand, elbow on the dock, peering intently at the jurors. Beside him was his , wife, a pale, cameo-fcatured wpman of perhaps 35. She seemed only half her husband's age. Her black dress and hat with veil thrown back lent Unexpected gravity to her face, so vnvackius when surrounded by gayer colors. Besides the dock, standing stiffly at attention save for furtive glances oc casionally at the prisoners, stood two massive Russian soldiers in brown blouses, their rifles with fived bayonets resting on the floor. Federal Grand N , Jury Opens Up , ' ' With Prayer Th present session of the federal grand jury was opened with prayer. This information was brought from the secret chamber by witnesses. A local clergyman offered -the prayer, asking divine guidance in the delib erations of the body, particularly in view of the-fact that, the present world turmoil makes some of these deliberations of far-reaching import in the fate of men and nations. If is the first time that the grand jury sessions have been opened with prayer within the memory of the present federal court officials. Henry Richmond, secretary of the State Council of Defense, was sum moned as a grand jury witness, to give evidence in connection with charges of anti-government activities against certain men. ' . "No federal grand jury in this district has ever before been charged with such vital responsibilities as this one," said' a federal official. "It will be called upon to decide in numer ous cases whether suspected citizens have been acting traitorously or not. A wrong decision on any one of these cases may work tremendous in jury to the nation in these times." The work of the jury would be far greater than it is were it not for the fact that the "slacker" cases, about fifty in number, H not be brough before the jury. , .. . t, KELLY CASE GOESTO JURY AT RED OAK Judge Boies Gives Five Blank Verdicts Covering Range of , Findings Possible on Part of Jurors. By EDWARD BLACK. Red Oak, I Sept. 26. (Special Telegram.) The fate of Rev. Lyn (3. J. Kelly, accused of the Villisca ax murders, rests with the jury. The case was given to the jurors for de liberation at 5:05 o'clock tonight and they immediately retired tking the instructions of Judge Boise. The court gave he jury five verdicts any one of which may be returned. They may find the defendant guilty either of murder in the first degree or manslaughter, guilty and insane when he committed the crime, or not guilty. Ac the jury was filing out,! Kelly said: "I tell you again I did not know those people, did not even know Rev. Ewing with whom I stayed that night. I did not do that." "What do you think of the trial?" he was asked. "That's up to my law yers," was his response. KELLY WEEPS AT CLOSE. , After court adjournment Kelly and his wife was surrounded by a group of men and women who shook their hands. Several women cried and Kelly wept. Before sending the juryout, Judge Boies administered an oth to the bail iffs, imposing upon them the, duty of guarding the twelve men who are to passvon the cse. Judge Boies thanked the audience for its good behavior dur ing the trial and the crowd cheered the judge. At 1:30 o'clock Judge Mitchell re sumed final argument to the jury for the defense, in which he, held a verbal clinic over the body ofAttorney Gen eral Havner, who followed for the prosecution without indulging in per sonalities. " , Tudire Boies read instruction for three minutes. . Of the fiv$ verdict forms given to the jury it is gener ally accepted that one of three will uc au, iminciy, Kui"-j innocent, or i rwih.i uj najuu soi mgaitny at Sharp Ultimatum A I lows Germany Eight Days ' Grace NT the time the crime was committed, " Insanity Feature Explained. 1 As, to the 'ast mentioned verdict, the judge explained in this manner: "You are instructed that in case you find the defendant not guilty by rea son of the fact that he was insane at the time he r.ct was committed, the law of, this state requires that the jury state that fact in its verdict, and the law further provides that the' court may, if defendant is m custody and his discharge is found to be dangerous to public peace and safety, order him committed to the insane hospital or retained in custody until he becomes sane." , The prosecution placed much stress on the Logan signed confes sion and oral confessions said to have been made by Kelly to persons at various places and times. . - ' On the confession phase the judge read: "If you find that the defendant was insane at the . time or times he made confessions of his guilt, if he did make such confessions, and to the ex tent that defendant did not know or comprehend what he was doing or saying, any such admission or con fession so made could not be consid ered against him." , The court instructed that the jury should not consider the act that Kelly was not called as a witness. , Abstract of Instructions. . Judge" .Boies handed the jury five forms of verdict, one of which will be used in determination of the case. They are: ' . "Guilty of murder first degree," ; "Guilty of murder second degree." ''Guilty of manslaughter." ' "Not guilty." -. "Not guilty by reason of the fact that he was insane at the time the act charged was committed." Considerable space is devoted in the instructions to the insanity phase of the casq. On that subject the court read to th j jury: "The; defense of insanity is made and relied upon by the defendant in this case. You are instructed that the nature, character and degree of insanity, which exonerates a partyf trom criminal responsibility, is not easily explained or understood. It is not necessary that it should be shown by the evidence that the defendant at the time of the commission of the act did not know right from wrong as to his acts in general. The inquiry must be directed to the act charged, if you believe from the-evidence that the defendant ws mentally unable to (Continued on Taie Four, Column Flvo.) - v . '. War, Tax Practically : , Drafted by Committee Washington, Sept. 26. The war tax bill virtually was completed today by the senate and house conferees. Sub stantial agreement on the disputed war excess profits taxation question averted a threatened deadlock. While a few questions remain open for final settlement tontorrow. the measure is said to be practically . drafted. . It probably will be reported Friday or Saturday. ' . The basis of agreement on var ex cess profiits taxation is said to be a compromise et ween the house excess anl senate war profits systems, with a minimum exemption of about 7 per cent on corporate invested capital. The house conferees vigorously stood out for an 8 per cent exemption and are reported to have accepted the lower rateas a compromise. Declares Sinkings Were Unjustifiable; Refuses Prize ' Court Offer and Says if Demands Are Not Met Within Stipulated Time Relations Will Be Broken Off. Mexico May -Align Itself With v Latin-America Against Kaiser El Paso, Tex.,' Sept 26. A prediction that Mexico would follow Ar gentina, Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay by breaking off relations with Ger many was made here tonight by an American who has large interests in Mexico, but who declined to permit his name to be used. A (By AssooUtod Press.) Lima, Peru, Sept. 26. The government has instructed the Peruvian minister at Berlin to present t the German govern ment a demand that satisfaction be given within tight days for '. the sinking of the Peruvian bark Lorton. If the demand is not met diplomatic relations will be 'broken off. . O Th T.rfnn was sunlr tnalrl Snanlatt waters last February by a German submarine. Peru declared the slnk in or th he un iustifishl and Insisted tin payment of an Indemnity by Ger- many. The German government of-' fered to submit the case to a prize court. ' :-:'; -v. ' V ( ;' j :r; vu ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS. Buenos Aires, Sept, 26, Serious disorders occurred in various parts of the capital today as the result of an anti-German manifestation and strike agitations. As ' an outcome of the firing upon street cars by strikers or Kvmnfltfiirre att inan.itnr was trilled and several persons were wonnded. In sympathy' with the anti-German demonstration of this afternoon, bus iness houses in the city closed their, doors. ; . ; .' . ' A naval squadron has arrived with ' forces to" take f charge of the city waterworks and power houses. Entire Army Summoned, '"" The entire Argentine army has Seen summoned to aid the government in . attempting to re-establish railroad traffic, at present held up by a strike. This action was decided upon after ' the strikers failed to accept an offer of government arbitration. All trains will be run by the military. There were reports in government circles tonight that martial law might be de- 1 .j i ' is .t ciarea mrougnouc me repuonc wunin a few hours. ' " In Cordoba strikers today attacked a convoyed train. Women . were f placed in front of the crowd as a shield. There was an exchange of j shots, three persons being killed and ten wounded. Several serious clashes between troops and strikers are re ported from other cities of the repub lic.'. .''! ,-,'V. v - m;..:. , .... Aid in Atlantic Patrol. Washington, - Sept. 25. Besides further consolidating the Americas In the war for democracy, the 'addition of Argentina to Germany's list of ene mies would mean the partial relieving of the United States and Brazilian lantic, even'if there should be no spec tacular co-operation ' by sending an army to France. ' , The action of the chamber of depu-. ties caused little surprise among offi cials of the State department and it is believed here that the break will be followed by war. , H , President Iroygen has tieen consist ent in his determination not to 'permit his country to take any other than a neutral position, but it is considered improbable that he will veto the I action of thejcgislative branch of his - government. A ; political danger woum iacc nis administration in sucn a course since the majority of the ' people appear to feel keenly the ridic ulous position in which their country , has been placed by the duplicity of the German minister. The discovery ioaay mat tne strikes and riots in Buenos Aires were instigated and supported by German agents ' only makes the situation worse, . Although great military sujHjort might not be given the allies by Ar gentina its economic aid would be important. Perhaps the largest pro- ' ducing country in Squth America, it could contribute plentifully to the OUIIVJ V t,Il. ll Wll iiativiio ' Argentina has a standing army of " about 24,000 officers and men., Its military reserve numbers 174.000. f Its navy consists of' two dread- H....Li. A - - J f til. 1 iiAuguia, iwu, prc-urcauuaugitis, lour ' armored cruisers, two protected cruis- ers, two armored gunboats, two tor pedo gunboats, fifteen destroyers, eight torpedo boats and considerable miscellaneous naval craft " LONDON DEFENSE IS EFFECTIVE IN TEDTONAIR RAID British Flyers Break Up Ger man Squadron, Only Two , , Machines Penetrating .' Outskirts of City. London, Sept. 26. Seven persons were killed and twenty-five injured in the southeastern-outskirts of London in last night's air raid, ' , ThY area, bombed was Inhabited chiefly by the poorer classes, but aside from the breaking of windows II IWi.mil wmuftniiimipwn'imlTTiiT ..hit - ana slight Carnage to two or three small frame houses, there was no property loss. , Lord French, commander of the home defense, reports that, the first group of raiders which approached London last night, was driven, back by gunfire, not more than two pene trating the city's defenses. Half an hour later the second gtup of raiders was driven off, while approaching the city. The following official announcement was given out:. "The latest information shows that the first group of raider! which ap proached was turned back by gunfire, not'more than two machines actually penetrating the defenses. 1 These two machines dropped a number of bombs in the southeastern outskirts of Lon don -at about 7:45 p. m., which dam aged, several dwelling houses, killing six persons and injuring sixteen. "The second ' group of raiders, which approached London - a half hour later, was driven off. "Bombs were dropped in various lo calities in southeast England. Up to the present no casualties or damage has been reported." : l r Kaiser Sets Price For Evacuation of Belgium at-Once London, Sept. 26. Germany has agreed to evacuate Belgium on cer tain .conditions, it is detlared in a German official statement, according to a dispatch from Berne today given Out by the Wireless Press. ', Germany, if is stipulatedmust have the right to'develop its economic en terprises freely in Beliium, especially in Antwerp. - ' The proposal was made in a supple mentary note to the Vatican-replying -to the peace initiative-of. Pope Benedict. It was in the form of a verbal communication made by For eign becretary Kuehlmann to the pa pal nuncjo at Munich,- wherein the foreign secretary-specified the condi tions under which Germany was will ing to conclude peace on the basis of the vacuation of Belgium. The verbal note to the' papal nun cio said Germany would contribute a share of the compensation to be paid Belgium for war damages. Bel gium would be required,, it. said, ; to give a guarantee that any such men ace as that-which threatenedGer many in 1914 would in future be ex cluded. . . Letters We Like to Get temj'leton-Olson company T tt rsumini tsuute. mtmmtmm Siimmis .. 1 I 7. OsMltan i. smm smioms htat In susMnsues Sf few ls mp SM tssiiy nation, mtln tm Tr. 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