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PARJaJINE j NEWS. SECTION-" Pages 1' to 14. t HE Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER ,CIoudy VOL.. XLVII. NO. 102. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1917. On Tr!m. M Hottll, Ntwi Stand. It, to. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. M FRANCE; NEBRASKA DRAFT OCTOBER 24. IS SET' ASIDE AS LIBERTY DAY PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY PRESIDENT NAMES DATE FOR FINAL LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE People of Nation Are Urged to Assemble on That Day and Pledge to One Another and to the Government The Fullest Measure of financial Sup port; Willt.be Holiday.. BloodthirstjiJ&lf Bury Babies Alive and CZf Girls to Living Death in Attempt to Exterminate Armenians BREAKING IN A "BAD ONE" AT CAMP CODY Cham piott horse buster with the old "Dandy Sixth" from Nebraska, breaking in a skittish horse at Camp Cody, N. M., where the Nebraska boys are undergoing intensive training prepartory to their departure for France. . NEBRASKA HAS $18,000,000 IN BONDS TO SELL Special Effort to Be Made This Week to Complete State Quota of Thirty Washington, Oct 14. President Wilson in behalf of the Liberty loan tonight issued a proclamation setting aside Oc tober 24 as Liberty Day and urging the people of the nation to assemble on that day in their respective communities and "pledge to one another and to the government that represents them the fullest measure of financial support." LET RESULT BE EMPHATIC. Q "Let the result be so impressive and emphatic," the president urges, "that it will echo throughout the empire of our enemy as an index of what Amer ica intends to do to bring: this war to a victorious conclusion." n The president's proclamation fol lows : "By the president of the United States of America, a proclamation: "The second Liberty loan gives the people of the United States another opportunity to lend their funds to the government to sustain their country at war. The might of the United States is being mobilized and or ganized to strike a mortal blow at autocracy in defense of outraged American rights and of the cause of liberty. Billions of dollars are re quired to arm, feed and clothe the brave men who are going forth to fight our country's battles and to as sist the nations whi whom we are making common cause against a com mon foe. To subscribe to the Liberty loan is to perform a service -of pa triotism. "Now, I, Woodrow Wilson, presi dent of the United States of America, do appoint Wednesday, the twenty fourth of October, as Liberty day, and urge md advise the people to as semble in their respective communi ties and pledge to one another and to the government that represents them, the fullest measure of. financial sup port. On the afternoon of that day I request that patriotic meetings be held in every city, town and samlet throughout the land, under the gen eral direction of the secretary; of the treasury and the immediate direction of the Loberty loan committees which have been organized by the, federal reserve banks. The people responded nobly to the call of the first Liberty loan with an oversubscription of more than SO per cent. Let the response to the second loan be even greater and let the amount be so large that it will serve as an assurance of unequalled support to hearten the men who are to face the fire of battle for us. Let the result be so impressive and em phatic that it will echo throughout the empire of our enemy as an index of what America intends to do to bring this war to a victorious con clusion. "For the purpose of participating in Liberty day celebration all enterprises of . the federal government through out the country whose services can be spared, may be excused at 12 o'clock Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of October. "In witness whereof, I have here rftto set my hand and .caused the seal cf the United States to" be affixed "Done in the District of Columbia, this twelfth day of October, in the "year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen and of the in dependence of the United States of America the cine hundred and forty second. ' "WOODROW WILSON, "By the President. "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of State." Major Steele Resigns; Will Return to Lincoln Deming, N. M.. Oct. 14. (Special Telegram.) Major W. E. Steele, formerly adjutant general of the Na tional guard of Nebraska- who has been assistant division commander, at Camp Cod', has resigned his com mission. He will return to Lincoln, his home city. Division officers were reticent when asked for particulars. The Weather For Nebraska Cloudy Monday; somewhat colder in east portion. TMnperatum at Omaha Vmtrrilaj-. Nebraska must raise more than $18, 000,000 additional in subscriptions to the Liberty bonds. With the total of $30,000,000 allotted to Nebraska, and with thsu far less than $12,000,000 subscribed, the task ahead of the peo ple of the state this week and next week is a great one. The drive will reach its summit this week. An added incentive is given to the workers by Governor Neville's proclamation setting aside the last three days of this week as special Liberty bond days. Thousands of workers throughout the state arevgiv-i ing not nlyl their, own money, but their time in this workTThousands of these will give every minute of their time during the three last days" of the week soliciting subscriptions for the bonds. . Work But Started. "So far the response has been won derful," said T. C. Byrne, chairman of the state committee, "yet the work has only begun. We are nearly twen- ty millions shy and this twenty mil lions has got to come. Nebraska can not afford not to pass roll call with its report way over the quota "The big drive will come through complete organization. In every coun ty, in every precinct and in every town and hamlet, workers will comb the state during the" week. If anv one escapes an invitation to make the best investment in the world, it will be because he has left the state. The most thorough canvess will result from this systematic campaign out lined by the state committee and the various sub-committees. , "There is e . ery reason in the world wnv Nebraska citizens should buy a bond, says Mr. Byrne, i nese bonds are the best investment in the world. They have the credit of the entire United States behind them. Every conceivable resource of this wealthy nation is back of these bonds. In fact, when you buy on, of these bonds, you are simply changing money for the government. Nowhere or at no time has any people been of fered such gilt edge investments. Loaning Your Credit ."When you buy a bond, you are simply lending-your credit to the gov ernment. You will get every cent of it back and in addition interest at the rate of 4 per cent. And you are getting a security which is practically free from taxation. It is subject only to inheritance tax and supertax, the latter when held in amounts greater than $6,000. . "But the real reason why you should buy a Liberty bond is that the gov ernment, your government, must have niney to finance this war. We are sending our boys to the trenches. They are giving up all they have in this world to go over there and suf fer the hardships, perhaps give their very lives, and to fight for you and (Continued on Tge Two. Column Three.) . r : : H X ;V -; ; v ; :; ;J I Hi - r n K $41 GERMAN MORALE IS SHATTERED BY BRITISH GAINS Four Thousand of Kaiser's Trained Fighters Captured by Field Marshal Haig's Victorious Troops. - Paris, Oct. 14. These are days of glory for Field Marshal Haig's troops and disastrous ones for the Germans. The enemy is shattered and un nerved and the German losses in dead and wounded are such as to con stitute a terrible lesson. Four thousand five hundred of tehir best fighters, who were massed to attack the 'British, are now prisoners. ' Thus defeat overtook the enemy at the psychological moment and in such a way as to make the blow doubly staggering. One Havas cor respondent draws attention to the im portance of the British gains, saying: Since Thursday all the line of heights dominating the Ypres basin from Warneton to Broodseinde is in our hands. Instead of being domi nated and overlooked, it is we who overlook and dominate the plain of Menin and Roulers. Broodseinde is the crest of the key position, sixty metres above the sea, and the high est point of the Passchendale ridge." E. de Feuquiers, tlegraphing to the Petit Parisien, says: "Enthusiasm "and acts of devotion Ljvere the order of the day here, es pecially to the honor of the flying corps., A violent westerly wind was blowing and not a German aviator dared venture out. EASTERN ROADS WILL ASK BOOST IN FREIGHT RATES Ask for Conference With Inter state Commerce Commission 'to Consider Charges Not Included in Advance. Washington, Oct. 14. Eastern rail roads, seeking relief from conditions which their executives assert are rap idly approaching the point where they can no longer operate with profit, in dicated today the form their efforts will assume in a letter to the Inter state Commerce commission asking for a conference to consider rates not included in the advance allowed by the decision in the 15 per cent rate advance case last June. Indications are that the railroads have in, mind filing applications for increased rates on a large number of commodities not already raised, if it should develop at the conference that the applications might meet with any measure of success. The commission, replying to the re quest for "a short informal confer ence," notified the roads that it would be glad to hear them at "a public ses sion" next Wednesda, afternoon. Shippers May Present Views. The commission s decision to hold a public session wil give the shippers and all others interested an oppor tunity to present ar.d state their views. In denying the railroads' petition for a general IS per cent raise in rates the commission last June dismissed the proceedings without prejudice to their renewal at any time the neces- sity for such advance, or for any ad- fll Hour. , Deg. N 5 a. m '...51 g 6 a. ra 50 r, m'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.M rp 9 a. m ...55 1 . 10 a. m 58 1 11 a.Ai 61 k 12 m 70 2 p. ra ,...76 T 3 p. m ....79 " 4 p. m 81 5 p. m 80 ". .e Local Record. Church Romance Ends in Military Wedding for Omaha Young Folks Com pa ' Official record of temperature and precipi tation compared with the corresponding period of the past three years: XVlii. 1915. 1914. Highest yesterday .. 1 70 73 49 Loweat yesterday .. 49 4 47 40 Mean temperature .. 65 69 60 . 44 precipitation- 00 .01 .0 .06 Temperature and precipitation departures rora"the normal: Normal temperature St Excesa for the day 4 Total deficiency since March 1 271 Normal precipitation 0 09 Inches Deficiency for the day 0.69 inches Total rainfall since March l.. 20.70 Inches Kxc.es aince March 1 5.36 inches Excess for cor. period, 1916. .. .11.88 Inches Excess for cor. period, 1915.... 1.14 inches Great Lakes, 111., Oct. 13. (Special Telegram.) A pretty church ro mance with two prominent Omaha persons as the actors culminated in a navy wedding Friday evening at the Great Lakes navat? training station. The participants were Lawrence Dodds of the Dodds Lumber, com pany and former director and tenor of the Dundee Presbyterian church choir, and Miss Edna Eartlett," 4813 Chicago street, daughter of the late Edward M. Bartlett. It was after one of Mr. Dodd's mu sical numbers that the couple met at the Dundee Presbyterian church three years ago. They were, to be married, but the war delayed the ceremony. Rather than marry before the draft, Mr. Dodds enlisted in the navy and decided to complete his nuptial ar rangements afters he had joined the service Miss Bartlett made the trip over land from Omaha to Great Lakes. She was accompanied by A. T. Klopp, her uncle, and Miss Ada Klopp, a cousin. The party made the trip in three days; stopping enroute at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, la., and at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. Chaplain Moore of the Great Lakes naval training station performed the ceremony. Mr. Klopp acted as bjst man and Miss Klopp as bridesmaid. A large number of friends, a number of them from Omaha, were present. The bride is a graduate, of North western university. She is prominent in church and social work at Omaha. She also is well known as a .talented musician. The couple will make their home at 220 Woodland road. Lake Bluff. III.. a few mfles distant from .the training station (Continued on Page Two, Column J" wo.) New Postal Rates Authorized by Tax Law in Effect Nov. 2 Letters and other first class mat ter (except drop letters), 3 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. .Drop letters, 2 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. A drop letter is one that is mailed for delivery from the post office at which it is posted. There is no drop rate on any matter ex cept letters. Letters addressed to other post offices in the United States, to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama and $hanghaf City (China) or to any other destinations to which th do mestic rates apply, also other first class matter addressed for delivery to any destinations to which the domestic rates apply, will be sub ject to the rate of 3 cents an ounce. Postal cards for any address will be subject to 2 cents postage; In all cases postage should be fully prepaid. Returned Missionary Tells of Hideous Atrocities Committed in Recent Invasion of the Holy Land. (Oj Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 14. Burial alive of babies in trenches with the bodies of their mothers, who had beer, slaugh tered or allowed to perish from ex posure, was practiced by the Turks in their work of exterminating the Armenians, it was declared here to day by the Rev. Henry H. Riggs, mis sionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Harput, Turkey, who recently came back to this country. A trench was dug beside a camp of Armenian wom en, he said, and as they met death the survivors were forced to drag their bodies to it and bury them. N. ' "The gendarmes said they could not take care of the babies that were left behind so many of these were buried with their mothers," Dr. Riggs said. "When I visited this camp I frequent ly saw Turks wandering about among the Armenians picking out pretty girls and little children to take away to their homes. Some mothers told us that they had themselves . thrown their babies into the Euphrates river rather than allow them to be taken to Moslem homes. Many more threw themselves into the river to escape a bondage worse than death. 10,000 Bodies in Twenty Miles. "About fifteen miles from Harput is a lake hidden from sight with many ravines about it. We were told that the Armenian exiles were being killed and left in these ravines. The Ameri cans investigated and brought home photographs and actual facts. They say in a twenty-mile ride 10,000 hu man bodies, most of them killed by the bayonet. With few exceptions they were women and children and the mangled condition of their bodies showed the horrible fate that had been theirs." The story of the deportation of the Armenians of Harput is one of "per fidyi violence and murder," Dr. Riggs went on, adding, "it is nearer to the truth to say the- Turkish -government undertook the extinction of the Ar menian population." After the issue of an edict for all Armenians to go to Mesopotamia, he said, there came the arrest of all the mend of standing. Hideous Death. "They were sent out on the road tied together in groups of two to five," he said, "driven and beaten by the gendarmes. Of the first party of FUN ST ON TR00P.S FILL GUARD UMTS AT FORT DEMING Hundreds of Nebraska Soldiers Sent to Southern Camp to - Fill Up Volunteer Regiments; Move at Rate of One Thousand a Day; Will Reach Front in Short Order. BOLSHEVIKI RULE DEATH FOR RUSSIA 800 .one young man survived to tell ; government at almost any moment Bolsheviki's Steady Growth. the 'story of what happened. The party was taken into a ravine and ordered to sit down, he told us. Then the gen darmes climbed up on the surround ing rocks and fired their rifles into the crowd of bouid prisoners as long as they showed wgns of life. "The man who told us the story succeeded in getting his knife and cutting himself loose. As he made his dask for liberty he was followed by a voley of shots, but got away un scathed. All the other men of that and similar parties were ruthlessly butchered. "The women and children were then started on the road toward Mesopo tamia in companies of 2,000 or 3,000. By indirect routes they were forced to wander about until the summer heat and disease wasted away the majority. No transportation was pro vided. I saw one old man, who had traveled 200 miles, start out to go the remaining 250 miles carrying on on his back his pack of quilts" and clothes and on top of that his aged, palsied wife, who could not walk. Perich From Thirst. "Often the routes chosen took the people over waterless deserts where thousands perished from thirst. I passed through such a region where thousands of bleached skeletons each side the way told the story of a water less journey across the plains in Au gust. "The people who passed through Harput from the north usually spent two or three day? in camp within sight of my home. The sights we saw there never can be forgotten. They were absolutely without shelter, day or night, from heat or cold. The air was unspeakably foul from dead (Continued on I'a" Two, Column One.) Camp Funston, Manhattan, Kan., Oct. 14. (Special Tele gram.) Six hundred and eighty-three Nebraska men of the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth com panies of the depot brigade are involved in an order received here to (ill the National Guard regiments at Deming, N. M., from the national army. Movement will, mean that the men at tached to the National Guard regiments will reach the front several months in advance of the national 'army. 0 ONE THOUSAND A DAY. Fourteen thousand men will Ieave Camp Funston at the rate of 1,000 a ' day, commencing, early in the week. Coming almost entirely from the depot brigade, of these 2,000 go to Deming, consisting of men from Ne braska and South Dakota. Three thousand men from Kansas and 3,000 from Missouri will go to Fort Sill; 6,000 from Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico leave for Lindavista near San Diero, Cal., and 3,000 will go to Camp Pike at Little Rock. NEBRASKA COUNTIES. The Thirty-third company has in it men from Boyd, Cuming, Scottsbluff, Garden nad Arthur counties 'and is commanded by Caprain S. A. Guard, First Lieutenant V. S. Tucker and Lieutenant J. S. Logan. The Thirty-fourth company has -men from Knox, Pierce, Stanton counties and has for officers, Captain fcrnest r. Keser and Lieutenants George Clark and W. A. McKinley. The Thirty-fifth has men from Sheridan, Cherry, Saunders and Rock counties and is officered by Lieuten ants D, J. McCarthy and R. G. Mcin tosh. . . ' The Tfiirty-sixth lias men from Holt, Antelope and Sioux counties and has Lieutenants Roy V. Van bebber and Fred S. Curry in com mand. Jn addtion men from Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Wayne, Thv.rston, Madison and Burt counties and a few from Omaha, received in the last con tingent arc also affected in the or der. Jn all of the companies ate-Jtfso men from Arizona who wilrgo to San Diego, Cal. ( Commands May Be Permanent. Whether their present officers will have permanent command of the com panies or wil, lmerely accompany them to their ney locations has not been announced. A special Union Pacific train will leave Funston with each days' quota of a 1,000 men. The rate of movement indicating that the iNCDrasKa men win commence entrain- Anarchists of Country; Op posed to Principle of Coali tion; Conflict Between Them and, Government. New York, Oct. 14. (Special.) Russia is passing through a crisis which is without doubt the nravest crisis in all Russian history. Not a single party, but only a strong coali tion of all the progressive forces can save the country. Russia as a whole perfectly understands the situation and demands a coalition cabinet Re sponding to. this, demand, Kerejisky fornitfd the coalition cabinet. ' - But the crisis ii not yet over. The Bolsheviki are against the principle of coalition and demand that all power be turned over to the councils of workingmcn's and soldiers' delegates. It is not very probable that they will finally yield to Kerensky's decision, and therefore we may expect ft con flict between them and the provisional Bolsheviki's Steady Growth. The history of the Bolsheviki in Russia, after the revolution, is a his tory of their steady growth. When Lenine appearedr in Russia, immedi ately after the revolution, it seemed that he with his extravagant views had hardly any following in the country. The situation has changed since then. The Bolsheviki now control the Pet rograd and Moscow councils of work ingmen's and soldiers' delegates, they control the councils in some of the provincial cities, they have a very considerable number of seats in the democratic conference. H.the Bol sheviki are permitted to exist in the present-day Russia as a legitimate, openly-acting power, we will see their strength growing and growing. This is the greatest danger which revolu tionary Russia faces at the present time. The rule of the Bolsheviki in Russia, if the moment for such rule comes, will be almost a death sentence for our country and the revolution. The growth of the Bolsheviki power can be ver;' well explained. The term "Bolsheviki" was used for the first time in 1903, when the Russian social democratic party, split in two, and the majority, led by Lenine, accepted this name. Bc.isheviki in Russian, means "the majority." Until the present war the Bolsheviki, including Len'ne, real ly represented a part of the Russian social democratic party an., could be recognized as socialists of the Marxian school, differing from other Russian social democrats only on questions of tactics. The Bolsheviki arc anarchists, if not in theory, then in their feeling about life and in their political prac tice. The ground for anarchy is fer- (Contlnued on Page Column Two.) Special "Liquor Squad" Finis Five Kegs of Beer in Unoccupied House Armed with a search warran sworn out by City Prosecutor Mc Guire who learned where a quantity of liquor was hidden, Sergeant Mad sen and Officer Anderson strolled up to a vacant house at 411 Leavenworth street yesterday afternoon withr the purpose of searching the place. Piles of sand and stones adjoin the house, and a group of workmen were laboriously busy about the place when the officers arrived. "Say, fellows, I. want some. beer," postulated Sergeant Madsen to the laborers, who suddenly stopped their work and gazed at the officers in sur prise. "Beer? Why we haint had no booze since prohibition struck the town dead," replied one of the laborers. "Well, I must have some beer, and I'm going to hunt around here until I find some," laughingly remarked Madsen as he and his partner started toward the vacant house. They were curiously watched as they entered the place , In a short time the officers emerged from the old frame building, each carrying a keg of real, genuine, appe tizing beer, which they had found cached away in the basement of the house. When the workmen caught siht of the kegs, they dropped their picks and shovels and stood with puzzled countenances, gazing at the "licker" being carried away right before. their eyes. ' Xoah Webster's great work lacks specific words to describe the atti tude and spirit of that group of men when they espied the officers taking the "utmost craving of the time" away. "If we had only known it was there, " were the only words that escaped the lips of the bcwilderd group. . Five kegs of beer were found by the officers who brought them to the station where the booze is unclaimed By the owner. ing about October 25. The California and Fort Sill -detachments leaving nrst. , Reception for the ' Five Funston Boys Thursday Night The woman's Liberty loan commit tee plans a patriotic reception Thurs day night at the Commercial club from 8 to 10 ill honor of the five boys who are now at Camp Funston.Jiut who come this week to boqst for the Liberty loan bond sale. ' The committee in charge of the meeting is composed of Mrs. E. M. Fairfield, Mrs. J. L. Kennedy, Mrs. Warren Blackwell, Mrs. J. Y. Stew art, Mrs. T. P. Reynolds. Mrs. E. M. Syfert, MrsV. A. C. Johnson and Mrs. George A. Joslyu. Mrs. J. L' Kennedy is general chairman of the committee of arrangements, which will meet Monday to complete its work. The five boys, J. F. Keel, Robert Loomis, Clarfcnce Darlow, A. L. Lau rance and Paul Sclby, will arrive Monday. It is planned to make this patriotic meeting Thursday night an opportunity to let the mothers of the boys who have gone to Funston hear first hand all about th$ir sons. , Boy Shot by Brother Jas Little Chance of Recovering Madison, Neb.. Oct. 14. (Special Telegram.) Harley Drover, 18-year-old son of Thomas Drover of Boone was accidentally shot in the abdoman by his younger brother Thomas Leon Drover with a twenty-two rifle this morning while his parents were at tending church at Madison. The boy was rushed to the hospital at Madi son where his recovery is doubtful. The bullet entered the groin and the ' surgeons are not yet able, to prb tor. the bullet. Neutrals and Anti-Germans , Clash in Buenos Aires Buenos, Aires, Oct. 14. A demon-' stration in favor of neutrality was held here today, uermans and Spaniards participating. Several clashes occur red between the demonstrants and the crowds favoring a rupture with Ger many. On several occasions the police charged with sabers and a few rioter were injured. For three weeks there has been suspension of traffic on rail- roads through the republic.
