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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 14, 1917.
ANTI-WAR FEELING
RAMPANT; FOOD IS
SCARCE IN EMPIRE
Wilson's Declaration That U. S. Warred Against Emperor
and Not Against German People Gradually Perco
x lating Throughout Masses; Forces At Work
Will Soon Lay Low Imperial Power.
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An Atlantic Port. Oct 13. After four years spent in the
center of Europe' colossal struggle, Pleasant A. Stovall, United
States minister to Switzerland, declaVedon his arrival here to
day that the economic situation in Germany is acute and that
v he believed the backbone of German resistance has been
broken. '
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REVULSION AGAINST WAR.
Since the publication of President
Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict's
peace proposals, in which the presi
dent stated that the United States is
warring; upon the German govern
ment snd not upon the German peo
ple, the revulsion against the war, Mr.
Stovall said, had been spreading rap
idly through Germany.
SLOWLY PENETRATING.
The effect of this statement was
for a 'long time not noticeable," he
asserted, "but slowly and surel, it is
sinking deeper and deeper into the
German heart If left to themselves
the German people would make peace
tomorrow. As it is forces are at work
in Germany which will eventually
no man can say how soon compel
the German government to make
peace with the world. v
"There is no doubt about the eco
nomic straits in which Germany now
finds itself. The situation is acute."
Swiss Aid Wounded.
In spite of German, French snd
Italian influences, Mr. Stovall sajd,
Swiss neutrality had been preserved
and a force of 250,000 men watches
the borders constantly to prevent the
passage of contraband. He added
that Switzerland's exercise of broad
sympathies for the wounded brought
in from three frontiers wis a notable
chapter of history. In Swiss hospitals
tnere are, ne saia, aoom j,vw pus
oners, mostly French but Englishend
Germans also. The Swis people give
entertainments constantly for them
and extend aid wherever it is needtd.
Mr. Stovall will go to Washington
to consult with government officials
and later to his home in Savannah.
Shoot All Who Hesitate.
London, Oct. 12. A dispatch from
the British headquarters to Reuttr's
(Ltd.) says that a prisoner from
the Seventy-second German infantry
in describing the discipline of his
corps, declared that before the last
battle a regimental commander ad
dressed his troops with the warning
that anyone who held back would
be shot. The only answer was ? a
general groaning, swelling into deris
ive laughter upon which the com
mander rode away. i '
j Insubordination of Sailor
Amsterdam, OetJ2. The first evl
dence of the decent mutiny in the
Germa- fleet was sn act of insubordi
nation aboard a battleship whose cap
tain v as notorious as s bully, accord
ing to information received here by
The Associated Press.
A sick sailor, refusing to obey the
orders of his superior ' officer, was
brought before the captain who placed
him under arrest. On the following
day a deputation pi sailors demanded
the release of the delinquent, who
I was an elderly reservist. When" the
I captain asked the meaning of this
I deputation, he received the answer
that the sailors had formed a council
I on the Russian model and this led
I to an investigation which resulted, in
I arrests and seizin? of oamohlets.
Woman Implicated, in Plot '
A Berlin dispatch received 1 here
says at the meeting of the Feiphstag
Thursday, George Ledebour, social
democratic leader, was called to
order for declaring that all must be
convinced . Chancellor Michaelis was
inadequate in his office both as re
gards capacity and character.:
Herr Stodthatren. independent so-
? eialist. disclosed that that Frau Zietz.
i a German woman, had been arrested in
connection with the recent mutiny
! in the fleet. Wilhelm Dittman, social
ist, said that Deputy Hecke was
1 placed under arrest for one day after
I a meeting at Kiel which had been dispersed.
Aero Club Helps Out U. S
Aviators Fighting Abroad
New York. Oct 13. The executive
committee of the Aero Club of
America today voted $10,000 to "pro
mote the efficiency and personal wel-
i fare of the American aviators in
France." The money will be expended
through the club s foreign service com
!mittee, of which Ambassador William
.G. Sham is chairman, borne of the im
portant phases of the work planned
iwere ojtlinec in a letter sent to f rest
'dent Wilson todav.
"A m:dal of merit and honorable
distinction" in gold, silver and bronze
fwitl be awarded to American and
allied aviators "for acts of heroism
''and meritorious achievements in the
ffield of kero.iautics." -
There also will be established in
I Paris a "service and information of
fice" for American aviators.
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t Boosters of Patriotic
Education in Conference
f New York, Oct 13. An important
I educational conference will be held to-
' norrow in connection with the Na
i tonal Security leagues campaign
i f "patriotism through education.
-f Vraontr those expected to attend are
t Presidents A. T. Hadley of Yale, J. H.
7inley of he University of the State
I l New York. George E. Vincent of
he iRockef (Slier foundation, Alexander
-. deiklejohn or Amherst college, nr.
tobert M. McElroy of Princeton,
)ean Shatter Mathews ot the Univer
' itv of Chicago and Prof. Albert
Jushnell Hart of Harvard. -
1 Wavs and means will be discussed
or broadening the work of the Se
' uritv leasrue's patriotic educational
ampaign, which is now being actively
romoted in nearly half the states in
he union. s
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At Cost of 4 1-3 Cents
San Antonio, Tex., Oct Un
careful' records kept at Fort Sam
Houston on the cost of producing
bread for the Southern department,
show that 4.308 cents is the cost
of a loaf, which weighs full six
teen ounces. Factors in the cost of
the bread, not included in the esti
mate, are rental, lights, interest on
investment depreciation, while the
salaries paid workmen are lower
than the scale for commercial bak
eries. . &
Aged White-Man Shot
By Negro Sentry; All
Guards Withdrawn
Washington, D. C, Oct. 13. Negro
soldiers on guard duty at Camp Ord
way here were ordered withdrawn to
night after the killing of Andrew J.
Cooper, an aged carpenter, by Private
Jerry Ward and a resulting strike of
about 700 workmen.
Cooper was shot4- while going into
the camp on his work. Ward, who
immediately; was arrested by the
military, said the carpenter was not
using the proper entrance and failed
to obey his command to "Halt."
friends ofhe dead man said ne was
slightly deaf and probably did not
hear the sentry.
Ward is held for trial by court
martial, the military having refused a
request of the district military authori
ties that he be fumed over to them.
After the shooting, several hundreds
carpenters ana oiner employes at me
camp refused to go to work until the
negro guard was withdrawn and the
entire force was idle all day.
Camp Ordway is not strictly a mili
tary camp, being designed for the
training of mechanics for the auto
transport service of the quarter
masters' department
Anti-Patriotic
Element Opposes
y Red: Cross Work
Washington. 4 D. C. Declaring
that efforts to disparage the work of
the Ameripan Red Cross are being
made in various sections of the coun
try 4s part ot an anti-patriotic proga
ganda, General Manager Harvey D.
Wilson today telegraphed all Red
Cross division managers to begin a
nation-wide. campaign to trace the
movement to its source and combat
it.' . ,
"It Is evident that rumors and in
nuendoes, critical of and calculated to
embarrass the Red Cross, are being
industriously circulated as part of an
anti-patriotic propaganda," (the tele
gram reads. .
The Red Cross is being run as an
open book: it has no secrets, it is
making a sincere effort to serve man
kind and is doing it as carefully and
economically as it knows how. Its
accounts are to be audited by the War
department and utmost effort is being
made to give publicity to all its ac
tivities." ' .
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Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 13. With the
swearing in of nine new "cabinet minis
ters early today the members of the
liberal party, who see in compulsory
military service the only solution for
bringing forth thv tnV strength of the
dominion in the prosecution of the
war, have joined hands with Sir Rob
ert Borden and completed the rupture
between themselves and Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, which started with the intro
duction of the compulsory military
service bill .n the House of Commons.
Even Representations.
The new coalition cabinet will have
equal representation of conscription
liberals and conservatives, and, while
two of the liberal selections, F. B.
Carvell, New Brunswick, slated for
minister of marine and fisheries, and
George Murray, premier of Nova Sco
tia, who is intended for the labor port
folio, have not yet consented to loin
the government, it is expected to be
only a question of hours before they
do so.
This lines up the leaders of the two
parties for the comma: election as
straight supporters of compulsory
military servic or straight opponents
of this method of reinforcing Canada's
fightine forces overseas, with Sir Wil
frid Laurier chiet of the latter, and
having as his lieutenants Frank Oliver
and William Pughky, who were mem
bers of his last cabinet..
Sir Wilfrid Laurier will take the
position that conscription for 100,000
Canadian reinforcements having been
enacted, the law must be carried out,
but there must be referendum be
fore furtht. men are taken by con
scription.
Election Lineup Doubtful.
There is some doubt asato where
the new arrangements leave George
P.aGraham, minister of railways un
der the Laurier. administration, and
F, F, Pardee, chief liberal whip,
both of whom voted for the military
service bill at its third reading, al
though dec'arinir themselves in favor
of conscription of wealth as well.
As matters stand at present, it is a
ittle difficult to .predict who will be
found opposing the government and
who will be supportingit when it goes
to the country in the elections.
Gets Fifteen Years for
Marrying Proclivities
Utica, N. Y., Oct 13. -John
rancis Beckwith, whose love letters
have cost various women in the
United States $21,000. and who has
four wives in various parts of the
country, has been sentenced by Fed
eral Judge , Ray to fifteen years in
the federal prison at Atlanta and
Congregational Council
Favors Woman Suffrage
roliimfiii. O.. Oct. 12 The Na
tional Council of Congregational
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Cllurcncs, m acsaioii ncic, luuay
adoptei' by a large majority a resolu
tion favoring woman suffrage The
suffrage question was unlookec for
and developed hot debate.
Active participation in prohibition
work and support to the Anti-Saloon
league also was pledged by the coun
cil today. The resolution urged Presi
dent Wilson to forbid during tht pe
riod of the war the use of food values
in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors
and the sale of such liquors. . . .
to pay a total fine of $15,000. Beck
with has been in jail here ever since
his arrest in Cleveland, O., in
August for misuse of the mails. He
pleaded guilty before Judge Ray at
Auburn yesterday.
Exempt Next Draft
On Industrial Plea,
Believe Officials
Washington, Oct. 13. The general
shortage of labor in industries that
must be kept going at top , speed if
the United States is to throw its
whole strength into the war is giving
considerable concern to government
officials studying the situation. Con
ditions in some parts of the country
already threaten production of essen
tial materials.
The first army draft took large
numbers of men out of essential .in
dustries and the next, unless the
present exemption policy is changed,
will withdraw as many more. Offi
cials are giving serious thought to a
suggestion heard in many quarters
that in forming the next draft army
exemptions be applied to industries
instead of to individuals. Under the
law as it now stands there is no pro
vision for exemption of classes.
Officials who want a general exemp
tion policy carried out point to the
experience of Great Britain where
thousands of skilled workmen who
volunteered early in the war were
taken from the trenches and sent back
home to resume their occupations.
They believe that if a general exemp
tion policy is not enforced it will be
come necessary to remove men from
the non-essential industries to those
which must be maintained eduring the
war. v
Oklahoma Indians May Go
In Redskin Regiment
Washington, Oct. 13. A regiment
of Oklahoma Indians may be one of
the American fighting units in France.
Some 350 or more drafted non-English
speaking Indians are to be trans
ferred to the First Oklahoma Na
tional Guard, which alreadv has a con
siderable number of Indians in its
ranks, and it is now proposed that
enough additional Indians from Okla
homa s quota of oOO be assigned to the
same regiment to fill it to war
strength. If this is done an order
consolidating the First Oklahoma and
the First Texas Guard regiments will
be revoked.
NEED $15,000,000
AN HOURFOR LOAN
Official Reports on Big Drive
Show Subscriptions Still Far
Below Amounts Needed
to Attain Goal.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
German Officers of Old Regime
Are Being Gradually Used Upf
London, Oct. 13. Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters in
France telegraphs: ,
"The following interesting report Is given as an example of how enemy
troops are being used up: ,
, "Case of the 234th Prussian Division This latter was raised in Jan
uary and sent to the west front in April to the northwest of St Quentin.
''They were immediately heavily attacked by the British. These sol
diers of the 1916 class were badly shaken by a heavy bombardment, which
caused heavy casualties, while one regiment lost many prisoners. The
division sppeared in September on the Ypres front, being thrown into
counter attacks September 10, and being repulsed. Again September 26
some elements of the same division were completely shattered. The result
is that this division exists only in name. Several of the officers who were
not trusted by the non-commissioned officers, have retired. .This is inter
esting, because it is t reminder that the old German officer class has al
most entirely been used up." ,
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Did You Ever Hear a Really
Human R op rod u c ing Piano?
The Melville Clark Co. of Chicago has sent to Omaha a
pianiste ot note, Miss .Ursula Dietrich, to show you just what a
WQnderful instrument the APOLLO REPRODUCING PIANO is.
Miss Dietrich has played a great many rolls for the Apollo
' Player Piano. In each of them the Apollo reproduces her playing
. exactly. ,
Without warning Miss Dietrich lets the roll slip by -silently
. while she herself plays the piano. In a moment she lets the player
start again. She and the Player then play alternately.
During all this time it is impossible to tell when the human
fingers start or stop unless you watch the player, so natural, so
human is the Apollo.
It is an astonishing demonstration and extremely important
to anyone contemplating the purchase ot the Player-Piano.
, Miss Dietrich will be at the Hospe store for a short time,
putting the Apollo to this severe test.
. You are invited to come to our parlors any afternoon be
tween 2 and.& and witness for yourself the almost nnbelieveable
feats accomplished by the instrument, and you will be astounded
" by its human possibilities. '
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(Br Aaaoclated Prens.)
Washington, Oct 13. The Liberty
loan has moved only $18,730,550
nearer its $5,000,000,000 goal or ap
proximately one third of 1 per cent
The total for the entire campaign
thus far, a officially announced to
night standi still at less than 7 per
cent on tle basis of returns received
today and including subscriptions re
ported to all Reserve banks, except
Minneapolis, up to the close of busi
ness yestreday. At the rate of srnV
scriptions . reported today it would
take from eisrht to nine months to ob
tain the $5,000,000,000 desired.
Less Than 7 Per Cent.
"At the end of eleven days' sale of
second Liberty loan bonds," the Treas
ury department's announcement
reads, "total subscriptions of $344,
195,550 had been reported to eleven
of the twelve Reserve banks in the
United States. This is less than 7
per cent of the maximum amount"tf
subscriptions expected by Secretary
McAdoo before the close of the drive
for $5,000,000,000 on October 27.
"Official returns which are up to the
close of business October 11:
Bolton ... $ 4,BOO,000
New York 2fitH,M0
Philadelphia J4.713.850
Cleveland 1,871,000
Kwnmona i4,3o,4ao
Atlanta 1,703,000
Chicago 0,671,000
St. Loala 3,113,000
Kanraa City 1,237,600
Itallaa S.20S.4O0
dan Franclaeo 22,081,200
Ulnneapolla no report. ,
"As a result of the low totals shown
by the official statements appeals are
going out tonight from various local
chairmen to the workers to make to
morrow one of the tiggest days
recorded. Vigorous methods for in
creasing sales also will be resorted to
throughout the country next week.
"While the unofficial figures re
ceived from different sections indicate
that subscriptions are much larger
than Jhose shown by the official re
turns this is causing no optimism.
"The particular need, the campaign
workers report, is an increased num
ber of small subscribers to spread the
message of the loan and with this
end in view the rallying cry of '10.000.-
000 Liberty bond buyers' will be
sounded throughout the land in the
coming days of the drive."
Analysis of the official figures an
nounced tonight indicates that no re
port was received in time for inclusion
in the tabulation from New York and
Atlanta, the total announced from
these districts standirig just where it
was last night, lhe report is there
fore far from complete. There is no
showing for Minneapolis, and Kansas
City shows a change of only $600 for
the day for the entire district a situa
tion which officials admit is almost
inconceivable.
Chicago is credited with an increase
of only $855,000 for the day and
Cleveland is given only $76,000 more
than reported to the Reserve banks.
As the situation stands tonight
there remain thirteen working days in
which to raise $4,654,814,450. To ac
complish this huge task it will be nec
essary to strike a daily average of
$358,000,000 or approximately $15,000
000 every hour of the twenty-four.
Tecumseh High School - 1
Defeats Nebraska City
Tecumseh, Neb.r Oct 13. (Special
Telegram.) The Tecumseh High
school foot ball team defeated the
high school team from Nebraska
City today, 31 to 6. ,
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