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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 ..' . - " -
