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4 THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917, GEN WOOD TELLS OMAHANS OF NEED TO SUPPORT ARMY FUNSTON HEAD TALKS IN OMAHA TO BOOST BONDS General Leonard Wood Delivers Speeches in City and Succeeds in Rousing Intense Interest in Patriotic Theme. Gemeral Wood Greeted On Arrival By Major Hersey; Were Old Friends (Uac4 tnm P One.) that too much?" asked Mr. Man- ley. "Oh, no; it's not too much for the general, but you know he can stand twice as much as any aide he ever had replied the ci-ptain. Major Genera! Wood is known for his ability to undergo all sorts of hard work without showing signs of fatigue. The party arrived behind schedule in Uiaha. It was not the general s fault, because he was not the engi neer. He is an epitome of prompt ness and nothing chafes him more than being late. He can outwalk most of his juniors in the service. . From the time he stepped from hit car at the railroad station this morn ing until he departs at 11 o'clock to night there will not be a dull hour for General Wood. Has Son in Army. "I wonder how old General Wood is?" asked one of the Omaha party "How old-did you ask? Don't let the general hear you ask such a ques tion, because he is a young man. He is only 57 years of age and he always declares he is a young man. Hit youngest son is 19 ears of age and recently won a captaincy, passing one of the highest examinations in group of 300. The son, however, is too young to take the commission. Major N. C. Shiverick, one of the general's aides,, is an Omaha boy. His father was the late C S. Shiverick well known here as proprietor of a iurntiure store ana pioneer resiacm Mayor bhiverick was known as "Billy" in his boyhood days here. "I would be pleased to see the forts," remarked General Wood when he was shown to hit private break fast room at the Fontenelle hotel. Mutt Face Enemy Now. "If we hope to have any friends to clasp by the hand after the war we must bare our breasts to the common enemy now," taid General Leonard Wood in hit address to the Commer cial club at the noon luncheon. The dining room was packed and scores stood in the aisles and lobby to hear the general speak. "Many of us are going through the valley, of the shadow . in this war. Many who go forth will not come back. But those who die will die that the rest may live. But we are going into this thing and through with it to victory in order that a thing of this kind will not have to be repeated." The general spoke in favor of uni versal military service, saying: "It is impossible for us to maintain a stand ing army large enough to defend a country of this size. We must have the men of the nation trained and knowing that they are all subject to call to protect country in time of war. Plea for Universal Service. Universal service it the essence of democracy. Any man who argues against universal service does not in tend to fight Universal service is the fair play proposition. When war comet if you're a man you're going to Step out and take your obligations." He spoke of the training the men get in the camps and declared it a good thing for any man. 'The men will be better men physi cally for having had, the military train ing taid the general. "And the man who knows he will have to bo to war when war comes will tee that he is more nearly in readiness than if he feett he will not have to take the obli gation. The mother who knows her tons between the ages of 20 and 30 are liable for- service in time of war will want him to have tome training and be prepared to take care of himself. And we will have the kind of prepa ration that will help to keep us out of war. ' , "Now we are going through with this war and we are going to win," concluded the general, "and we will have an eternal tense of gratitude to ward those who have held the line while we were getting ready." i '' M I ' V . ? Y", f ""- ;i i 'Ms f i .'--i o j - r- ; - ' ' A : f "? - t f - J ' f : - r x ' f , f ?" '"', -' f ? t f - , I A," - "I f k ' . ' . ' v ,4 f; ' ' ' ti ''' ''''. i t,,'ft4; f ' , , I - is 1 f J I A -,-' ' I " ' " I i , f 9 l ' Ww ' I ' 1 , s, t t - '. ...iwir- V1 ! ' l ' "- , fx if I i , ' I 'fX J"f & f GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. MAJOR HERSEY. ITALIANS FALL BACK BEFORE TEUTON DRIYE (CenUawe fnai rc Om.) PLANS TO MAKE , SATURDAY LEAD IN SUBSCRIPTIONS . , " Coaturae6 tnm f4 Oat.) Jrojb fbly hat reached itt minimum of 120,000,000, gave a partial report by ttatet today, which indicated 'great activity in the touthwest Incomplete returns show subscriptions as fol lows: ': , Nebraska in Lead. ; "Nebraska, - $20,000,000: . Kansas, $17,000,000; Missouri. $16,000,000; Colorado, $11,00,000; Oklahoma, $11,. 000,000; Wyoming. $3,000,000, and New Mexico, $1,000,000. "Oregon and Arizona have reached their minimum. California it going trong, but reporta from there are incomplete, as they also are from Utah and Idaho. ,"New York, havinjr, passed the 1,000,000,000 mark yesterday, is driv ing todaj hard for its maximum quota of $1,500,000,000, with high hopes of success. , "A letter from the Liberty loan committee of Cuba sayt subscriptions on the island may reach $1,000,000. -.'Totalarmy subscriptions are about $65,000,000. They have come from every place on the globe where United States troops are located." It Not "McAdoo Day." Secretary McAdoo today vetoed plant of the local Liberty loan com mittee to designate tomorrow at Mc Adoo day for a patriotic Liberty loan rally here. Thia it no time to ex ploit personalities," he taid. "It it a time to terve country alone and to think of country alone." Persistent Advertising It the Road )o Success. ' Austrian batteries, and to look out from a castle dominating the city on the vast scene of military ODerations of which Gorizia is the strategic cen ter. . j The visit was made at an opportune moment, just as the Austrian! and Germans were inaugurating their heavy offensive from the north in the effort to redeem their recent heavy losses. A heavy artillery bombardment had initiated the movement, with the Ital ian batteries responding, along a front of 20 miles, running across the Bainsizza plateau towards Tolmino. At the correspondent passed along the road from headquarters, shells were falling freely three miles out side Gorizia and there was a steady roar of guns of all calibers from the big fifteens to the rattling quick fireri. Such an offensive had been anticipa ted for several days, as information reaching headquarters showed that the enemy was preparing for the su preme move of the year. Austrian forces to the north, where they were no longer required against the in active Russian armies, had been tent to thit front ' Brandenburg Troop Present At the same time the German gen eral stall had awakened to the possi bilities,of the Italian front, and for the first time Brandenburg troops were identified along this nearby front and shells from large caliber German guns were falling for the first time from the enemy position on Monte San Gabriele and around Monte Rosso. This, with the fury of the German fire, made it evident that the enemy would seek to regain the vast Bam stzza plateau, which the Italians re cently took with 30,000 prisoners, as the Italian strip on the plateau opened the way for them to sweep over the Carso range back of Triest and thus threaten the Austrian Le fense of Triest It was, therefore, to protect Triest and force back the Italilns to the old line of the Isonzo river that the enemy forces were tri plied, picked Bradenburgert, Saxons, Bavarians and others were added to the Austrian forces, and the opening stages of the offensive were developed today. Cross Isonzo into Gorizia. The city of Gorizia was entered over a bridge which Italian engineers had thrown across the Isonzo. The massive old stone bridge was out of service, with one of its stately arches blown to pieces. The iron railroad bridge further along had been entirely destroyed by artillery fire. The big paper mills along the river front were a mass of ruins and lines of jagged walls, with gaping windows, extended for miles along the river. Entering Gorizia, the city presented an aspect of ruin and desolation, with the crash of falling walls every now and then adding to the area of de struction. Within five minutes the correspondent counted five large churches, including the imposing ca thedral, which had been reduced to a mass of ruins. The roof of the cathe dral had fallen in from a succession of shell holes and the high altar could be seen above the tumbling side walls. The chief hotel of the city had been blotted out of existence by two large shells which leveled the entire struc ture. What is left of one of the prin cipal buildings is now used for an emergency fire department to prevent further destruction. Watch Fight from Castle. Going over the top of the castle dominating the city, the correspond ent had a splendid view of the vast field of the present operations. Im-: mediately in front was Monte San Michiel, held by the Italians, and to the left was Monte San Gabriel, where the Italians are on one side, with the Austrians still clinging to the top on the other side. The dividing lines between the wo forces were clearly discernible from the terrific crashing of guns on both fronts. The artillery action could be seen dimly, extending over the coveted pla teau of Bainsizza and northward to Monte Rosso, where it was later learned heavy infantry actions fol lowed the artillery preparations. Observation Point Hit Observations from the top of the castle were brought to a sudden halt in the midst Of the explanation of the officer conducting the party. He had just led his companions past an ob servation post to a stone rampart fronting the castle wall. As he spoke there was r. deafening roar of a heavy gun, followed by the whir of a big missile headed straight for the ram part Instinctively everyone recoiled, but it was too late. The big projec tile ttruck not IS feet away, tearing through the stone walls and wrecking the observation post which the party had just left All went over like a row of bricks and lay stunned under mountains of mortar, dirt and stone. The projectile had hurled a mass of small stones like bullets and one of these made a slight gash in the face ot a member ot the party. German Forces Detperate. After the member! of the party had clambored over tont of debris thrown up by the shot army surgeons dressed the face wound of the injured man and pronounced it merely superficial. Thus the observation of the first stage of the Austro-German offensive -was brought to a sudden termination which narrowly bordered on tragedy for several well-known British and Italian writers. The visit has shown, however, the desperate character of this initial artillery fire and the mo mentous nature of these culminating movements in which Germany comes to aid Austria in overcoming Italy's decisive success of the year. 'On returning to headquarters to night all the impressions gathered from the observation were confirm rA at information reaching the high com mand shows this is the opening of the greatest offensive the Austrians and GeMnans have attempted against uaiy. "Dad" Weaver Daily Visitor At the Ak-Sar-Ben Office The Ak-Sar-Ben office is now honored with a visit from Secretary J. D. Weaver every day. It is more than eight we,cks since Mr. Weaver was hurt in an automobile accident in the George Brandeis car in Iowa, and now he is able to be out a few- hours a day. He comes to the office about 10:30 every morning and stays from one to two hours. It was a week ago Sunday that 1 came down stairs for the first time." said Mr. Weaver. Then when T started back up it was nip and tuck whether I would get back un stairs or not, and for a time I thought tuck wouia win. Secretary Weaver savs manv of tli bills contracted durine the fall fc. tival are not yet presented at the of fice, and he is very anxious that all those having bills against Ak-Sar-Ben present them as soon as nnstihV in order that accounts may be squared up. Good-Bye Wrinkles Here's New Beauty Wh roar Uc with ckr warm water and rub in a teaapoonful of Cram Toka Ion Roicatcd totally different from all othrr creams. If your (mem u badly wrin kiwi ret a boa of Japanna lea Pencil to in connection with the ftoaeated Cream. Thie recipa is fuaranteed to quick ly act en wrinkle, sunken cheek, flabby, Kginr facial muaciet, enlarged pore and marks of ateor money refunded. Supplied at all toilet counter. BIG CANADIAN EXPLOSIVES CO. PLANTWRECKED Damage Estimated at $1,600, 000 Caused By Explosions in Munition Factory at Vaudreuil. French and British Pound Germans Back; Take Many Captive (Canttnoed f rm Pare One.) Montreal, Oct. 26. Tremendous ex plosions destroyed part of the plant of the Canada Explosives company at Vaudreuil this morningr. 'A special train carrying fire fight ing apparatus has been sent from Montreal. t Early reports indicated there had been no loss of life. The detonations continued for an hour. The sky was lit up as though by rainbows with the multi-colored riames of burning acids. The explosions are believed to have started from fire discovered in a shell- filling building. A heavy wind blew the riames straight across the plant. The company employes about 1,500 men. The damage done is estimated at $1,600,000. A spark from the electrical ma chinery is said to have caused the fire. Two men were slightly injured. Man Who Prosecuted Mormon Cases Dead Detroit, Mich., Oct 26. Circuit Judge Phillip T. Van Zile, of Detroit, died at his home today of anemia. In 1878 Judge Van Zile was appoint ed United States district attorney for Utah and was prominent in the prosecution of Mormon cases. Five Hundred Drafted Men Arrive at Deminq Camp Cody, Deming, N. M., Oct. 26. Five hundred selective draft men arrived here today on the first train from Camp Dodge, la., to be dis tributed to regiments taking on war strength. They are from Iowa, Min nesota and North Dakota. Rapid City Comet to Front. Rapid City, S. D., Oct. 26. (Spe cial.) Bank deposits in Rapid City have increased in the last few years at a rate in excess of that in practi cally every city in the state until at the last call the deposits in this city were the fifth largest in the state, ex ceeding those in several towns which have Rapid City bested for population According to the statement com piled by Amos B. Kellogg, secretary of the Rapid City Commercial club, but one other town of less population than Rapid City has greater deposits. This is the town of Brookings, which is in the richest farming section of the state and which ranks fourth. s is a far more extended one than that of last week, as the London official statement mentions the attack as be ing launched " northeast and east" of Ypres. il the British have carried the field of attack to a point as far south as directly east of Ypres, the battle front of the day is on a line approximately ten miles long, extend ing along nearly the entire curve of the new Ypres salient. More Prisoners Taken. General Petain's great smash of ; Tuesday opened the way for further advances and Thursday, under French pressure, the Germans were forced back to the Oise-Aisne canal, evacu ating valuable positions in their retire ment. More than 2.000 additional prisoners and many big guns fell into French hands. Laon, the fortress at the southern end of the Hindenburg line, is now but eight miles from the French lines and Petain's big guns can smash it at will. East of Chavignon, the center of the French advance, stretches the Ailette river, on the southern bank of which the Germans have been fight ing desperately to hold back the French for several months. From the newly-captured positions the French can sweep the German de fenses with torrents of artillery fire. BRAZIL AT WAR WITH GERMANY: START DEFENSE Chamber of Deputies Adopts Measure by Almost Unani mous Vote; Crowds Swarm Halis of Parliament. Vote of Confidence Fails in the Italian Chamber of Deputies Rome. Oct. 26. The government was defeated in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday when a vote of confidence failed by 314 to 96. The Italian Parliament opened its session less than twn week im A dispatch from Turin on October 17 said that the position of the govern ment was endangered because of the serious riots in Turin during the lat ter part of August, and because of the general food crisis throughout Italy. The food controller, Giuseppe Canepa, resigned owing to the food situation. Attorney Havner to be Tried at Logan rYov. 6 Des Moines, Oct 26. (Special.) The trial of Attorney General Havner on the charge of oppression in office in connection with the trial of the Rev. Lyn J. Kelly at Red Oak last month will be held at Logan, Novem ber 6, in accordance with the change of venue ordered by Judge Boies, it was announced today. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. (By Associated Press.) Rio Janeiro, Oct. 26. The Cham ber of Deputies today by an almost unanimous vote declared that a state of war existed between Germany and Brazil. The vote was 149 to 1. The tribunes of the Chamber were filled to capacity. After a debate on the opportuneness of proclaiming martial law, the president of the dip lomatic commission spoke in favor of a law worded as follows: 1 "A state of war between Brazil and Germany is hereby acknowledged and proclaimed. The president of the re public is authorized to adopt the measures enunciated in his message of October 25, and to take all steps tending to ensure national defense and public security." The virtually unanimous vote of the deputies was received with gen eral acclamation. Climax Last ApriL Brazil revoked her decree of neu trality in the war between the entente allies and Germany last June. The Brazilian government had previously revoked its policy of aloofness so far as it affected hostilities between the United States and Germany. The trouble between Brazil and Germany reached a climax in April when the Brazilian steamer Parana was torpe doed. The German minister received his passports and anti-German riots broke out in several cities. A large number of German ships in Brazilian ports were seized. t Recent dispatches from Buenos Aires reported disclosures of German intrigues to bring about a conflict be tween Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Joins the Allies. The torpedoing of the Brazilian ship Macau is causing considerable comment The Jornal Do Comnier cio says: "Brazil does not look for war and does not want war, but Germany is driving us into the whirl. We shall go with the countries for whom honor is above all." President Braz, has sanctioned the proclamation of a state of war with Germany. Labor Meets With Ship Men To Speed Up Navy Building Washington, Oct. 26. With a view to speeding up the govern ment's great steel ship building pro- tm on & loKomt Vhe SlorQ -of Individual, $bp6" Personal Questions to the Men of Omaha Do your clothes hold their shape? Have they proved worth the price? Do you feel satisfied with them? Do you appreciate expert tail oring? If these things count with you when making purchase of a coat or overcoat then Stein-Bloch Smart Clothes Feature exclusively in our Men's Shop should merit your special interest. Directing your attention to Smart Models in Men's Overcoats THERE'S a dash to the fit and fabrics of these new coats that will ap peal to any live man. They are just heavy enough to give the necessary warmth for cold weather wear, yet without that burdensome shoulder weight. Popular fabrics are here for the young man and the man who always stays voung, namely Vicunas, Melton, Beaver, Kersey, Shelton and Cheviots 'in belted Trench and full loose models. We fit 'em all slim men, stout men, long or short. Suits and Overcoats $25.00 to $40.00 VAlilll CHI f, F""r? m a n (! c. iitt BUSINESS MEK LIKE OUR STORE. gram now admittedly about 20 ships behind schedule, Rear Admiral Capps, general manager of the emergency fleet corporation, tonight called upon every steel ship builder on the At lantic coast to meet in Washington Monday with reprsentatives of the fleet corporation, the Department of Labor, the American Federation of Labor and the Navy department. The principal question to be dis cussed is that of labor and an effort will be made to outline some plan to attract men to the ship yards, which need about 300,000 more workmen to rarrv tjirniicrh flip W-'rirL- tlrtHprtakptl ' J .... ...... and projected. Bell-aims Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. "He That Runs May Read" the remarkable values, the real Rocker Values assem bled on our fourth floor. The two big stocks are now combined and it is a wondrous display in rock ers and living room chairs it makes. The low prices declare the values. WE SAW YOU MONEY-THERE ARF REASON' entral 1 Howard, Between 15th and 16th mx3BBm Two Cakes of Cuticura Soap and One Box Cuti cura Ointment Healed Pimples On Children. "A rash of hard white pimples com menced on one of my children's arms and it spread all over his body with the exception ot his face, and hard blisters also bro'-e out be tween his fin gers. 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