Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 07, 1917, NEWS SECTION, Image 1
LEASED WIRES CARRY BASE BALL STORY DIRECT FROM "SOX" PARK TO THE BEE PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 16 TT vr e Omaha Sunday B EE THE WEATHER Fair; Colder VOL. XLVII NO. 17. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1917. FIVE SECTIONS. THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. WHITE CUTS ON a-jl! OX WIN OPENING EATTL1 11 A M ILdo CHICAGO CAPTURES FIRST CLASH OF WORLD'S SERIES FROM M'GRAW'S MEW, 2 T0 1 Giants Completely Baffled by Eddie Cicotte's Famous Shine Ball; McMullen Drives in First Run; "Happy" ' ' Felsch Clouts Circuit Drive; Thirty-two Thousand See Game. AMEriCANS ARE INTIMIDATED L A FO LLETTE SAYS In Three-Hour Speech in De fense of His Own Attitude Declares War Party is Compelling Silence. - Chicago, Oct. 6. Eddie Cicotte of Detroit, pitcher extra ordinary to the Chicago Americans, piloted his team to victory today over the New York Nationals, by a score of 2 to 1, in the first game of the 1917 world's series played at Comiskey park. At the wheel of the White Sox ma-0 chine he was the master of the Giants at every stage of the contest, which thrilled 32,000 followers of the local American league champions and sent them away from Comiskey park con vinced that after several years of waiting, the highest honors of the bast, ball game were to fall to the sh.ue of Chicago. SUPPORT IS FAULTLESS. While Cicotte was the master mind of the victory, he was ably assisted by theWhite Sox machine, which played almost faultless base ball against the determined stand of the National league standard bearers, who would not admit defeat until the final catch of Robertson's fly by J. Col lins, ended a contest which equalled in every way the expected battle be tween the rival clubs of the two ma jor leagues. Tis teammates played with the confidence of certainty be hind Cicotte and the combination proved too much for the vaunted power of the Giants. An even 32,000 spectators paid ad mission to the field of the local club with a result that $73,152 was divided among the. players' clubs and the Na tional commission. Of this amount the players received $39,502.08; each of the clubs $13,167.36 and the Na tional commission, $7,315.20. Had Comiskey's park been able to accom modate alt those, who desired to wit- ness the first clash between the White Sox and the Giants, these figures might easily have been tripled. Every Seat Taken. As it was, there was not a vacant seat within the base ball amphitheater when the players took the field and hundreds of disappointed fans throng "ed the adjacent streets. Every point of vantage which m any way overlooked the diamond was oc cupied by men and boys long before the game began; and as the struggle progressed the groups grew in num ber. The sloping roofs and towers of the Seventh regiment armory were thronged with' soldiers and sailors, while the trees and fences of a small park bore human burdens that neither nature nor architects had intended in the original plan. Inside the park the crowds overflowed both bleachers and pavilions until the fans were rows deep behind the center field fence. Many il these had stood in line all Her Majesty BULLETIN. Washington, Oct. 6. Headed by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, the fol lowing members of the senate privileges and elections committee were appointed today as the sub committee to investigate Senator La Follette's St. Paul speech: Sen ators Walsh of Montana and James of Kentucky, democrats, -and Dil lingham of Vermont and Fall of New Mexico, republicans. , The subcommittee will hold its first meeting Monday. Continued on Pare Eleven. Column One. American Destroyers Sink Many Submarines Washington, Oct. 6. German sub marines are finding their match in the American destroyers now opera ting in European waters, as was dis closed today, when the Navy depart ment announced the details of the sinking f a submersible by a United State destroyer, with the comment that "this is one of a number of en counters of similar nature." Depth bombs are being found most effective in destroying the U-boats. They ?re dropped from the deck of the destroyer as it is driven directly over the submerged vessel's position and timed to explode at a given denthv The decrease in the toll of mer chant vessels sunk by submarines so marked during the last three weeks may be in part, at least, attributed to the success of the Americans in de stroying the subsea fighters. -The Weather' For Nebraska Fair and colder. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Ueg. f'1 5 a. in 4i C 6 a. m i r 7 a. m A 8 a. m a. m 48 I 10 a. m (1 I 11 a. m 65 12 m 0 O 1 P. m 64 n i p. m 66 3 p. m 9 4 p. In 71 & p. m 70 'fjfilSfrt p. m (9 J I p. m 7 Comparative luteal Record. 1917. 1914. 19,15. 1914. Higheat yesterday, .. 71 74 SO 79 Lowest tsterday ' . . . 41 4 41 62 Mean temperature .. 56 60 50 70 Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .76 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature 59 Peflelency for the day 3 Total deficiency aince March 1 204 Normal precipitation 08 inch Defiefeney for the day 08 Inch Total rainfall ilnce March 1 ... .20.70 inches Deficiency since March 1 4.72 Inches Deficiency for cor. perlnd, 1916. . 11.24 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1915.. 1.08 inches L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist. Washington, Oct 6.--Senatof La Follette,;.whose expulsion Jrom the senate for disloyalty has been urged in various petitions, replied to critics of his course in the war today in a long and carefully prepared speech He assertedthat the "war party," be sides carrying on a campaign of "libel and character assassination" against members of congress who voted against the war, was attempting to suppress discussion of war issues and intimidating the people themselves by invading their homes and unlawfully throwing them into jail. The senator quoted at length from Mexican war speeches of Lincoln, Clay, Webster and Sumner, in support of his defense of the right of a mem ber of congress to assail the policy of the government, and dwelt at length upon the constitutional duty of congress rather than the president to proclam the- nation's purposes in taking up arms. He made no refer ence to the inquiry ordered yester day by the senate into his speech be fore the Nonpartisan league at St. Paul, and dealt with criticisms of himself only generally. Suffers Invective and Abuse. "Six members of the senate, and. as I recall, about fifty members of the house, voted against the declara tion of war," he said. "Immediately there was let loose upon those sena tors and representatives a flood of in vective and abuse from newspapers and individuals who had been clamor ing for war, unequaled, I believe, in the history of civilized society. "Prior to the declaration of war, every man who had ventured to op- (Continued on Tumi Ten, Column Three.) Iowa Dairymen Elect Officers at Waterloo Waterloo, la., Oct. 5. (Special Telegram.) The annual convention of Iowa dairy men has elected the following officers: President, D. J. Murphy, Waucone; vice president, L. J. Tenhy, Volga City; secretary, F. W. Stephenson, Oelwein; treasurer, Paul Crowley, Des Moines. It was the most successful meeting in the history of the association. Prof. C. L. Krege of Wisconsin, head of a large manufacturing company; also Prof. U. L. Sammis, of. the State Uni versity of Wisconsin, made addresses. South Dakota is presenting a large exhibit at tn,e cattle congress, in charge of Charles McCaffre, commis sioner of immigration. The cattle con gress will close Sunday night. I , M. Montgomery County Wil Have Liberty Bond Day Red Oak la.. Oct. 5. (Special.) The Montgomery County Bankers' association held a meeting here Tues day evening to outline the campaign to be made in the county for the sec ond Liberty loan Committees were appointed and the. publicity work of the big drive started. It was voted zf the meeting to set aside Thursday October 18. as Lib erty bond day in Montgomery county and all business houses will be asked to close that day The big drive of the campaign will be made then and the committee wil- endeavor to com plete the subscription of this county's share of the bonds rm rroTiiiin" friLL rtdMYAL BREAKS RECORDS OF EVERY KIND King Ak-Sar-Ben XXIII Starts Hisu& Over Quivera With 1 - Rfnaspicious Sur-"" roundings.. ' . CARNIVAL ATTENDANCE. m . 1917. 1916. Tuesday .....(not open) 2,698 Wednesday 4,102 5,113 Thursday , 7,790 3,900 Friday , 8,696 4.629 Saturday 24,217 17,418 Monday 10,336 7,651 Tuesday ....15,064 13,099 Wednesday 25,35 20,762 Thursday 24,872 19,338 Friday ...... 9,941 9,043 All previous records are broken, smashed, shattered. The 1917 Ak-Sar-Bcn festivities have gone own into history as the greatest, by all odds, in all the glor ious years since the illustrious dynasty of Ak-Sar-Ben was established. Last year folks thought a high wa ter wark had been set for years to come because President and Mrs. Wilson were here and because the semi-contennial of Nebraska's statehood-was being celebrated. These were two "added attractions" in addi tion to the regular Ak-Sar-Ben head liner. All Records Eclipsed. But last year's big record is com pletely eclipsed by the record of 1917. The carnival attendance this year is greater by many thousands than that of last year. And last year's record was many thousands ahead of the year before. The big increase is reg istered this year, too, in spite of the fact that the carnival was open only ten days instead of eleven, as in pre vious years. Of course, the ideal weather had much to do with this. With the ex ception of the opening dav, every one of the ten days was just "made to order." Every one was a fine ex ample of Nebraska's matchless fall weather. Reflexes Prosperity of State. Another . reason was, perhaps, the violent attack of prosperity which is sweeping over Nebraska and sur rounding states. Big crops and bulg ing bank books are the rule now even more than they have been m years past, though, in ' fact, prospecity has been growing around these parts for a score of years and nobobdy seems to know how to check it. The farm ers just put the seed in the ground and the crops grow and their bank accounts grow and the state grows and the city grows and the people grow with'growing Omaha. Parades Splendid. The parades were all that could be wished. They were nicely attuned to the spirit of the day. The electrical parade entitled "The .Triumph of De mocracy," was a triumph for Ak-Sar-Ben and Lord High Artificer Gus Renze. The daylight parade was also a dandy with quite an inspiring touch of the military. The fireworks spec tacle at Rourke park was witnessed by a record-breaking corwod. And the bll, the great culminating event of all the festivities, was an af fair that capped the climax of bril liancy. Here, too, the military was in evidence, adding a pleasing touch to the scene of evening-dress splendor. Largest Appropriation 1 f Measure on Record Sighed . Washington, Oct. 6. The largest I appropriation measure in the his HoTyyf the United States became a law today when President Wilson signed the urgent deficiency bill carrying $7,753,124,000 principally for war purposes. PERU VOTES TO BREAK OFF WITH GERMAN NATION Sensational Scene Enacted in Chamber of Congress When Final, Aotlon Taken; Diplo mats' Families Present. . (By. Associated Frem.) Lima, Peru, Oct. 6. It was af firmed today that Dr. Perl, the Ger man minister to Peru would be handed his transports. It was stated that after turning the German lega tion over to the Spanish minister, Dr. Perl would proceed to Chile. The decision reached last night by the Peruvian congress to sever diplo matic relations between Peru and Germany came after a. sensational de bate. Members of the diplomatic corps and their families and a large crowd were present when the vote, which stood 105 to 6, was taken. The Peruvian government on Sep tember 26 instructed its minister at Berlin to present to the German gov ernment a demand that satisfaction be given 'within eight days for the sinking by a submarine of the Peru vian bark Lorton, insjde Spanish ter ritorial waters. It was added that if the demand was not met diplomatic relations would be broken. Heflin Charges Held - Subject tc Criticism Washington, Oct. 6. Representa tive Heflin's declaration that certain members had "acted suspiciously" in connection with reports of use of German money to influence congress was held today by the special com mittee appointed to investigate Hef lin s charges to be subject to criti cism." The report made to the house to day by Representative Barnhart of Indiana stated specifically, however, that the committee had no recommen dation "in the premises" to make. The direct and parliamentary course for Mr. Heflin to pursue, the report added, would be to bring proceedings for expulsion against members whose loyalty he challenges. The disputed interviews attributed to Heflin which he repudiated were, passed with the statement that the newspaper men who wrote them said they were true, while Heflin denied them. The report was unanimous. Yellow Paint Used After Indignation Meeting Kimball, Neb., Oct. 6. (Special.) An indignation meeting was held by the citizens of Kimball last night after the son of C. E. Lockwood, a wealthy real estate dealer, was exempted from army service by the district board. Lockwood procured the release of his son on the grounds of being engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the only unmarried man in the county so ex empted. Following the meeting the rea lestate office of Lockwood was freely painted with yellow paint. THIRD QUOTA NOV ON WAY TO ARMY TRAINING CAMP Last Three Districts Send Third Quota ,of.first-Draft.-to Camp Funston; One More r x Quota to leave. Another little army of Omaha boys left Saturday Wriiing to'traln for the great war, including the third ' con tingent of the selective draft from the Fourth, "Fifth and Sixth districts of Omaha and Douglas county. At 7 o'clock they met at the court house and formed in line preparatory to en trainment for Camp Funston. Almost 300 strong, they inarched away from .the court house to the st ains of martial music. As they passed down Firnam street at 7:15 o'-.lock, crowds of friends and rela tives attended their going, as they have that of all the Nebraska boys who have left the home town this fall. Time for Leave-Taking. Arriving at the viaduct, a stop of fif teen minutes was allowed for leav taking, word having gone out that no one but -the men and the local board members would be allowed in the train shed. Several thousand sad mothers, sweethearts and friends hid their grief and smiled bravely that the last moments of their boys in Omaha might be cheerful. At 8:30 o'clock they left on the Union Pacific train for Camp Fun ston. Besiccs the boys from Douglas county marched a few strangers in the city, men from far-away points who preferred to go to Camp Funston with the Nebraska beys, rather than take the long trip home to their own homes. About eight of these went with the Fifth division. With the Fjurth division were three, including one fiom Glenns Falls, N. Y., one from Buffalo, N. Y., and one from Grand - Is'.rnd. Experienced Men in Charge. The local boards have found it wise to put their delegations in charge of some experienced men 'in the groups. These men also drilled their charges yesterday and had them well organ ized for the journey. - Men of the Fifth division were com (Continued on race Tiro, Colnma One.) Nebraska Boys at Newport Ask to Be Remembered (From a StafI Correspondent.) Lincoln, Oct. 6. (Special.) Ne braska boys in ' the navy training camp at Newport are feeling that they have been forgotten by "home folks," when it'com.s to donations for mess funds. A communication received by a young woman sin'.Lincol-'.. from her brother there says the Nebraska boys there like good, things to eat. just the same as the boys who have gone to the army training camps. Largest Store Building In Shelton Burns Down Shclton, Neb., Oct. 6. (Special.) Fire discovered at 11 o'clock last night entirely destroyed the D. S. Roblee hardware and furniture stock. The building was the first large store room in Shclton. Insurance carried on stock and store building partially covered the loss. REPEATED BLOWS, FAIL TO DISLODGE' BRITISHERS' GRIP Germans Abandon Forward Shell Holes and Attempt to Pull Line Together; 380 Additional Prisoners Re- , ported by Haig; Teutons Gain Hill 344 Only to Lose Advantage. WAR SESSION OF NATION'S SOLONS CONCLUDESWORK Senate Confirms Nominations of Pershing and Bliss as Gen erals; President Praises Accomplishments. J special I (By Amtoclated rreia.) Paris, Oct. 6.- The Germans made an attack last night on the Verdun front near Hill- 344. They gained a footing in the French positions at some points, the war office reports, but were later driven back. O ADDITIONAL PRISONERS. London, Oct. 6. Field Marshal Haig's report tonight from headquar ters, in France, (says that the artillery was active all day along the whole battle front, but no counter attacks developed. Additional prisoners to the number of 380 were taken in the last twenty-four hours. ONE SECTION ABANDONED. British Front in France and Bel gium, Oct. 6. At some places in the new line established by the British attack in Flandersthe Germans were reported to be in such exposed posi tion that they had pulled back their defenses a short distance. British oa- troli found the forward shell hole" defenses hi one section abandoned. Aside from periods of intense ar tillery fire and desperate efforts at widely aepuated and unimportant points to regain particularly advanta geous chell hole positions, the enemy, seemed resigned to accept Thursday's advance as inevitable and today was reforming hi- line of defense at some distance back from the the new ground captured by the British, The niglH brought;! virtually no change in the situation and the Brit ish rapidly were changing their posi tions that were jl Vruit of one , of tha mmt iinnftrttiK-rtiniala.i-it Hi', war. 'The night-was calm as far as infantry action vas concerned. ' Germans Desperate Fire. . The. tnemy, however,' concentrated an intense artillery fire on the front and during yesterday afternoon and evening they massed their shattered troops at various places for counter attacks. These were attempts born of desperation and in almost every case the on-rushing waves of German in fantry were caught in a heavy artil lery and machine gun fire and crush ed before they reached their objec f es. The German artillery, fire was par ticularly heavy up to midnight along the section just north of the Menin road in the vicinity of Polderhoek. In the afternoon and evening the . enemy launched no less than five counter attacks in this sector of the front, but each time were driven back with heavy losses. In addition to the enormous cas ualties inflicted on the Germans, the British captured 4,446 prisoners in Thursday's attack, among them 114 officers. To Break Loose in Southeast. Apparently tne Teutonic allies in Roumania, after several weeks of vir tual inactivity, again are preparing to attempt to force back the Russo Roumenian line. The Russians have been forced to sustain an offensive near Radautz, .while near the Buieu river region attacks by Bulgarian troops have been defeated. Admission is made in the latest Vienna official communication that the Italians were successful in winning trenches from the Austrians on the western slope of Monte. San Gabriele. In Russia a coalition cabinet has been formed with M. Kerensky as pi emier, notwithstanding the demand of the democratic congress .that no government should be constructed without the sanction of the congress. (Hy AaMMilated Frcai.) Washington, Oct. 6. The war session of congress adjourned at 3 o'clock this afternoon after the sen ate had spent its last five hours hear ing Senator La Follette defy the critics which demand his expulsion and La Follette's colleagues denounce his course in unmeasured terms. War Insurance Signed. The bill ci'vlntr life Insurance anl disability allowances to American soldier's aha sailors was signed today by President Wilson. ' The trading with the enemy act also was among the many measures which the president had signed before adjournment. As the president left the capitol, it was stated that all the bills passed had been signed and none given the pocket veto. ' Pershing a General. In open session just before adjourn ment the senate today confirmed the nomination of Major Generals Persh ing and BlisS for promotion to the full grade of general. President Praises Work. The work of the congressional ses sion adjourning today was praised to day by President Wilson in a state ment saying: "The needs of the army and navy have been met in a way that assures the effectiveness of American arms and the war-making branch of the government has been abundantly equipped with the powers that were necessary to make the action of the nation effective." "The Sixty-fifth congress, now ad journing," the president added, "de serves the gratitude and appreciation of a people whose will and purpose I believe it has faithfully expressed. One cannot examine the record of its action without being impressed by its completeness and its full com prehension of a great task. Right of People Safeguarded. "I believe that it has also in equal degree and as far as possible in the face of war, safeguarded the right of the people and kept in mind the con siderations of social justice so often obscured in the hasty readjustments of such a crisis. "It seems to me that the work of this remarkable session has not only been done thoroughly, but that it also has been done with the utmost dis patch possible in the circumstances or consistency with a full consideration of the exceedingly critical matters dealt with. Best of all, it has left no doubt aJ to the spirit and determina tion of the country but has anirmed them as loyally and as emphatically as our fine soldiers will affirm them on the firing line." Organize Fifth Bank; Farmers Stockholders Iowa Falls, la.. Oct. 5. (Special.) Clyde F. Frazier of the Commercial Savings bank of Des Moines is so liciting stock among the farmers of this section with a view to organizing a new bank here. While the names of the stockholders are withheld, it is understood the new bank will be known as a "farmers' bank" and that the stock will be placed largely with this clas6. It is proposed to capitalize at $50,000 and start business within sixty days. The city now has four banks, two of them being savings banks and the other two national. Madison County to Call More Men to FilrQuota Madison, Neb., Oct. 6. (Special.) Twenty-five men called today for ex amination for the selective draft were married with the exception of five. The unmarried men were all rejected for physical disability. Another call of forty men will probably be neoessary to complete the county's quota. i Lincoln Gas Light Suit Now Before the U.S. Supreme C&urt (From a Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 5. (Special Tel-, egram.) The Lincoln Gas and Elec tric Light company has . finally reached the ears of the supreme court of the Un'tcd States in its suit against the city of Lincoln, praying, for relief against enforcement of an ordinance adopted by the city in 1906, -providing that no gas cqmpany, iri said city, shall charge more than $1 net per 1,000 cubic feet of gas. ' '; The company avers in its brief that it is a veritable struggle for existence and if the judgment of thecourt be low, be affir.aed, "it i? a serious ques tion whether the company Can success fully maintain its operations and the service "in which it is' engaged." ' Four hours were grarted counsel today to present the case before the supreme court, but the argument not being completed the case will be con cluded Alonday. W. M. Morning and City Attorney C. P.1 Peterson of Lin coln appc.red for the appellees; E. C. Strode- and Charles A. Frueauff ap pear for the appellant, with Robert Burns of counsel. . v Mr. and Mrs.' J. H. Bell of David City, .vho have .been traveling in the east, are spending several days in Washington. . ' 1 ..' . - " -