1HE maha Daily THE WEATHER Snow VOL. XL VII. NO. 114. OMAHA, MONDAY" MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1917. 0 Tnlni lit Holtlt, Ntwt Stand. It.. So. SINGLE COPY, TWO CENTS ERTY LOAN A GREAT SUCCESS'-M'ADO ITALIAN STRONGHOLDS FALL BEFORE o UNS GERMAN TROOPS THREATEN FERTILE VENEZIA PLAINS; TAKE 100,000 PRISONERS Berlin Asserts Additional Captures, Bringing Total Far Above First Estimate French in Flanders Continue to : Advance; British Take 1,100 Prisoners; Cana dians Repulse Strong 'Counter-Attack. ?; All Women o;0lh Asked to Fight Their Battlesm the Kitchens at Home To Do Their Bit for the World's War AERIAL TRANSPORT IN THE ALPS Mott unusual photo just arrived from abroad showing an aerial transport in the Adamello Alps. To the right is one of the way-station tun- nels. The aerial transport carried most of the supplies and ammunition to the Italian troops on the fighting front : : 10 BULLETIN. Berlin (Via London), Oct 28. The capture of 100,000 Italians and more than 700 guns is reported in the official com munication from general headquarters tonight, which declares that the Italian second and third armies are in retreat Amsterdam, Oct 2&. The occupation of Gorizia this morning by Austro-German forces is announced in an official disptach from Vienna. The Italians are said to have retired across the Isonzo. Rome, Oct. 28. Units of the Italian second army sur rendered without fighting,, permitting the Austro-German forces to break the Italian left wing on the Julian front and in vade Italy, says today's official report. The Italians now are retreating in accordance with the plan prepared. (By Associated P .) , Italy's mettle is being critically tested by the tremendous Teutonic drive on the Isonzo front under command of Emperor Charles of Austria. Apparently virtually the entire Austrian army and strong German forces are pitted against the Italians. From the first blows General Cadorna's second army has suffered a serious shock and Berlin claims the defeat of this sec ond army of the Italian forces, from which it announces the cap ture of 60,000 men and 450 guns. CRUCIAL HOUR NEAR. P These losses seem to bear out the German claim as to the fate of this Italian army, but apparently the cru ctai hour has not yet come which will determine whether the Austro-Ger. man host can be held at the mountain nasses and nrevented from overflow ing into the fertile plains of Venezia. IMPORTANT HEIGHTS FALL. Semi-official utterances reveal that , all- possible preparations have been " made in Rome "to meet the great emergency, tacn aay, noweveiysees the invading armies making additional headway. Commanding Italian heights along the border east and northeast of Tolmino are beginning to lan, while Berlin claims that virtually the entire Italian Isonzo front has been shaken Canadians Push On. The Canadians this morning were digging themselves in across the neck of the Bellevue spur, west ot ras schendaele. having held this newly ac quired height in the face of another fierce counter attack last night. This was the most important news from the front of yesterday's of fensive as it gives the British the dominating oosition to which the Germans had clung. Machine Guns Rain Fire. The capture was one of the most brilliant strokes in recent days and involved bitter fighting. The Cana dians had scarcely reached the crest of the spur after battling across the marshy ground in the face of a terrific hail of machine gun tire, wnen tne Germans counter attacked in force along the crest of the spur from the east A sanguinary struggle followed at close quarters and the men from over seas were compelled to give ground a little. They fought their way back, however. Germans Counter Attack. Last nightthe enemy again tried to dislodge the British. After heavy fighting the Germans gradually were forced to withdraw. During the night the Canadians readjusted their line across the neck of the spur and consolidated the positions. Holderhoek chateau, north of Gheluvelt, was in the hands of the enemy this morning, but hard fight ing was continuing about this heavily fortified position. The French on the Flanders line went further ahead Saturday, cap turing German trenches north of the objectives reached on Friday, and on the Ypres-Dixmude road several vil lages and a great number of fortified farms. An additional advance was made along the Aisne front, including the occupation of Froidmont farm. The Russians are continuing to move ahead in the Riga region, ap parently with some caution. The Weather Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. For Nebraska Snow. Hour. vcg. 5 a. m 44 6 a. m 43 7 a. m 43 S a. m 43 9 a. m 42 10 a. m 41 11 a. m 35 13 m 33 1 p. m 31 2 p. rrt 29 3 p. m. 30 4 p. m 31 f p .m 31 K p. m 3D 7 p. m 30 Comparative Loral Krrord. 1917. 1916. 1915. 1314. highest yesterday 43 CG 9 67 Lowest yesterday 2 53 47 40 Wean tempreatare.... 38 dti S8 4 Precipitation 01 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the ""-mal: Vormsi temperature m feirlency tor the da 12 Total deficiency since Jlarch 1 381' Normal precipitation 07 inch Deficiency for the day 06 inch Precipitation s'...e. March 1 21.24 inches Deficiency since March I 5. S3 inches Iecifiency for cor. period. 1916.. 11. 73 Inches Ifetlclency for cor. period. 1915.. 1.84 Indies L. A. WKLHH, Meteorologist. BARE GERMAN PLOT TO SEIZE SOUTH BRAZIL Argentine Aroused Over Publi cation of Dispatches Sent by Luxburg Planning Teuton Invasion of Neighbor. (By Associated Press.) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 28. A sensation has been occasioned here by the publication of dispatches from Reio Janeiro, asserting that the Brazilian foreign minister has made known that translation of dispatches sent by Count von Luxburg, through the medium of the Swedish legation, while the count was German minister to Argentina, has revealed a project for a German invasion of southern Brazil. The newspapers here demand that the government publish the LuvUurg dispatches. It was reported unofficially last April that the Germans in southern Brazilian states were concentrating, and that a German insurrection was being planned. TVrnado Sweeps Through South Part of Baltimore Baltimore, Oct 28. A tornado of terrific foice swept over the southern section of Baltimore during the night, wrecking about a dozen dwellings and rendering others more or less unin habitable. Doors, shutters, window fixings, brick walls and door steps were caught in the freaky gale and carried hundreds of yards away. No less than three score persons were forced to take flight, many of them not stopping to don proper clothing. The area affected included a block on Latrobe Park terrace and Andre street, both north and south of Fort avenue and East Fort avenue. Turks Do Not Stop To Fight the British London, Oct. 27. "On Tuesday Turkish columns moving on both banks of the Tigris from Terkit, ap proached our positions at Samara (on the Tigris above Bagdad)," says an official report from the Mesopo tamian front. "The Turks retreated up the river during the night without fighting, on the advance of the British." T ."Tr" tt r- """" ''O't-.cyrvv -r swsss & t $ hTF s - '"7f lift H i if vyM Lfr N v. AERIAL TRAHCPORT. MICHAELIS HAS QUIT IN FACE OF ROYAL WISHES : Berlin Papers Report Chan cellor's Resignation After Reichstag and Emperor Argue for Days. London, Oct. 28. A Reuters Lim ited dispatch from Amsterdam says Berlin evening papers report Imperial Chancellor Michaelis lias resigned. A London dispatch October 24, said Dr. Michaelis had placed his portfolio an chancellor in the hands of Emperor William. The source of this informa tion was given as an Amsterdam telegram by the Wireless Press. An Amsterdam dispatch October 25 said the German emperor did not re gard the resignation of Dr. Michaelis as necessary and that the chancellor probably would remain in power. Increased Wheat Receipts On the Omaha Grain Market Wheat receipts on the Omaha mar ket Saturday were 66 carloads, the heaviest of the week, indicating that holders are becoming convinced that prices are not going higher. Food Administration Agent Neal is now satisfied that men who have been hoarding stocks are letting loose and helping to do their bit in feeding the United States and its allies. Corn was olf a couple of cents, sell ing at $J.99&2.10 a bushel, with the receipts 23 carloads. Oats sold at 57(a'57j4 cents a bushel, J2 to -4 of a cent down from the prices of Friday. Germans Sink Boat, That Brazil Might Not Seize Rio Janeiro, Oct 27. The Ger mans today set on fire and sank the German gunboat Eber, 984 tons, which has been lying at the port of Bahia, fearing seizure of the gun boat by the Brazilian authorities. Torpedo boat destroyers were or dered yesterday to take possession of the Eber. . Omaha Red Cross Chapter to Send Boys in France Christmas Packages Two thousand Christmas packets is the quota Omaha Red Cross chapter will furnish for Uncle Sam's men in France and in training camps and can tonments in this country. A commit tee of prominent Omaha women, headed by Mrs. T. L. Davis, who had undertaken to make up 200 Christmas packets, have consented to undertake the larger work. I hey will open headquarters in room 606 First Na tional Bank building Monday morning. Here money and materials will be received and the packets prepared for sending. Arthur C. Smith and C. W. Hull have iriven $10 each to the fund. K. T. Swobe, WillartT Hosford, L. F. Cro-i foot and Ernest Jackson of Dallas, S. D., gave $5 each. A Mrs. Wilson of Waterloo has promised to organize a committee to prepare 30 packets. A bridge party will be given Thurs day at the home of Mrs. Davis' moth er, Mrs. John Brady, when the pro ceeds will revert to this fund. Tobacco, chewing gum, hard candies and dried fruits are among the arti cles to be included in the Christmas packets. 1 Mrs. Davis' committee includes Mesdames E. T. Swobe, G. A. Meyer, Samuel Hums, Alvin Johnson, Eva Wallace, I). C. Bradford, W. D. Hos ford, Walter Roberts, Sam Caldwell, Glen Wharton, Frank Wilson, T. F. Kennedy and Miss Beulah Sharp. WAR PROFITS OF WHOLESALERS TO FEEL HOOVER'S AX Food Administration to Force Dealers to Base Prices pn What Was Paid for Goods, Not Prevailing Market. (By Associated Tress.) Washington, Oct. 28. Wholesalers' profits in war times, at least on non perishable foods, should be governed by the prices they actually pay and not fiy prevailing market conditions, the food administration has decided in special rulings which will be put into effect November 1, with respect to several commodities. The rule is one of many drawn for the guidance of food dealers who will be placed under license next Thurs day, said a statement tonight by Food Administrator Hoover, and the com modities affected include beef, pork and mutton, syrups and molasses, cleaned rice and rice flour, oleomar garine, lard and lard substitutes; oleo oil, cooking fats, condensed milk and various canned goods and dried fruits. Allows Reasonable Advance. No dealer in these commodities, the rule says, shall sell "at more than a reasonable advance over the actual purchase price of the particular goods sold, without regard to the market or replacement value at the time of such sale." Wholesale dealers in refined sugar are forbidden by a similar rule to sell "at an advance over the refiners' list price at which he purchased such sugar greater than the normal margin charged by wholesale dealers in re fined sugar in the same locality or such margin as may hereafter be es tablished by the food administration." With regard to perishable foods, the food administration announced to day that it will make a prompt and full examination of any localities in which increases of price occur and will deal individually by adminis trative orders with dealers charging excessive prices A general rule covering all licensed foods provides that they shall not be handled anywhere" in the United States on an "unjust, exorbitant, un reasonable, discriminatory or unfair commission, profit or storage charge." Regular and special reports will be called for by the food administration from each licensed dealer. Knights of Pythias Raise Fund for Enlisted Member? Chicago, Oct. 27. A fund of $500, 000 vill be raised by the Knights of Pythias of the United States to pro vide comfort and protection for more than 50,000 members of the order now in war service, according to action taken today by the Pythian War Re lief commission. John J. Brown, Vandalia, III., su preme chancellor of the Pythian or der of the world, declared that the Pythian contribution to the war relief fund will exceed $1,000,000 which is to be collected anions the 717,737 A members of tha order. ' Fcod -Administrator Wattles Calls Upon All to Sign Pledge Cards and Thus Back Up President Wilson. By GURDON W. WATTLES. I'eJeral Food Aitmlnlstratur. Whom do you serve, America or Germany? vfiat is the question which will be "presented to every man and woman in the state of Nebraska dur ing the present week. President Woodrow Wilson has by proclamation dedicated this week to the food pledge card campaign and has asked all householders, men and women to join the federal food ad ministration. Will you obey the com mand of your president and his lieute nants by signing the pledge card, or will you find some excuse, however trivial, and refuse to sign and thereby lend aid and comfort to the enemy of your country? The results of this week's work in Nebraska will either cheer or discourage the young men who have gone to the frontN to fight our battles. Chance to Refute Libel. I appeal to the men and women of this state to refute by the results of this week's campaign the libel that has been circulated that Nebraska is not loyal. I appeal especially to citi zens who are descendants of German parents. 1 believe that vith rare ex ception these men and women, who left Germany to avoid militarism and came to America to enjoy democracy, are in favor of preserving the rights and liberties they enjoy here. 1 ask their hearty co-operation and helr in the work of saving food. I want every man and woman of German desceitt to join the federal food ad ministration. The women of Russia cut og their hair, put on uniforms and went into the trenches to tight for their coun try. The women of America can fight their battles in the kitchens at home, by joining the food administra tion and substituting other toods tor wheat, meat, suear and flits. Sign the pledge card and see to it that e.'y other man and woman in your neighborhood signs a card. Don't refuse for any trivial reasons to obey thp command or tne'president. Don't' accent trivial excuses froth your neighbors. All pood soldiers respond' without question to every command from their superior officers. Argument, evasion" or delay means de feat as recently illustrated in the Rus sian army. Thanks Teacher and Pupils. I want to thank the teachers and school children all over the state for the splendid work that they have done during the week past. If during the present week the men and women are as efficient, there will be no ques tion about the results. I appeal to every one in the state, who wants to save the lives of our young men at the front, to help by joining the food administration and by saving food that we may have an abundance to send to our soldiers, the soldiers of our allies and the starvini: people of Europe. We must get this food by saving it, as there is not enough available food in the world to meet the necessities of the war. Don't wait to be solicited, but join the great army now being organized andnelp to win the war by doinR what can be done in the homes. A united front will discourage the enemy and perhaps save th. lives of your own sons that might be sacrificed by a failure of this week's campaign. Fine Assortment of Liquors Found Hidden Among Potatoes An assortment of fine wines and whiskies, consisting of 30 bottles, was unearthed last night beneath several bushels of potatoes that were stored underneath a basement stairway in the Prague hotel, 1402 South Thir teenth street, when the morals squad searched the place. Joe Pivonka, proprietor of the hotel, and John Ort, bartender, were arrested, charged with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. They were later released on bonds to appear in court to answer charges of a second offense against the pro hibition law. Zeppelin Is Lost in Mediterranean Ocean Toulon, Oct. 28. In addition to the four Zeppelins known to have been lost by the Germans in French ter ritory last Saturday, another has now been reported destroyed by falling into the Mediterranean last Saturday night. Two French naval aviators made this report today. The Zeppe lin sank 40 miles south of the Hyercs islands. EACH DISTRICT IN U. S. GIVES MORE THAN ITS MINIMUM Five Billion Mark Exceeded, According to Estimates of Officials; Kansas City District Above Minimum Amount, But Maximum May Not Be Reached; Thousands Give at Last Moment. (Br Assorlatrd Tress.) Washington, Oct. 27. The Liberty loan apparently has passed the $5,000,000,000 mark. A last-day drive of titanic proportions throughout the na tion rounded up more than $1,000,000,000 and was believed to have carried the total several hundred million dollars beyond of the Treasury McAdoo pronounced the loan an overwhelming success. Federal Reserve banks were struggling tonight under an avalanche of last-minute subscriptions to form some idea of the grand total. Indications are that they will not complete their tabulations for several days. OEIGHT MILLIONS TAKE PART. At least 8,000,000 persons through out the countr wrote their names on application blanks. How many more did so will not be known until the final count several days hence. The number may go as high as 10,000,000. Each of the 12 districts appeared to have passed its minimum and indi cations were that most of them had exceeded the maximum as well. MANY STAND IN LINE. The treasury's early tabulation of returns, based upon estimates re ceived from the reserve banks showed a total of $4,555,000,000. This was ad mitted to be an understatement of the result. At the hour the tabulation was made subscribers were standing in line in thousands of cities and towns throughout the country and most of the 26,000 banks were swamped with unreported subscriptions. Difficult to Estimate. ''Subscriptions to the second Liberty loan probably have passed $5,000,000,- 000," said a treasury statement. From OMAHA RAISES TEN MILLIONS, LIBERTY LOAN Oversubscribes Quota by More Than Two Million Dollars; Committee in Charge Makes Splendid Record. Nebraska has. over-subscribed its quota of the second Liberty loan by of $33,504,800 reported at the close of very district came he report that it , ki .t.-i!J.i- was almost impossible to. estimate to- S.V&ft tlcca.mP a!at.m,dwKht tals as subscriptions weteZpowinl'm rant nignr. . f it , j,n-.ifv .i.r Omaha surged high above the S7, 8,000 mark, with a total of $10,323,- 888, 000, amounting to an over-subscription of $2,235,000, or more than half the total over-subscription of the state. v Thirty-four counties, according to unofficial returns obtainable. Over subscribed their quotas of the loan. Some of the counties have not yet completed their figures and it is pos sible that the state total may reach $34,000,000. Next to Douglas, Lan caster county leads, having sub scribed $3,525,000. The Douglas county subscription will amount to more than $10,439,000. "This splendid showing by Omaha and from Nebraska indicates the vas reserves of wealth, scattered in rela tively small amounts throughout this western country, which t lie people are willing to pour out in the nation's cause," said O. T. Eastman of the Federal Reserve bank, treasurer of the Nebraska Liberty loan board. An Active State Board. Credit is due to the untiring activity of the state board composed of T. C. Byrne of Byrne-Hammer company, chairman; O. T. Eastman, of the Fed eral Reserve bank, treasurer, and E, F. Folda, of the Corn Exchange bank, secretary. "They handled the cam paign in a masterly manner," said E. V, rarrish, who has managed the pub licity work. V. II. Rhodes, of the United State's National Bank, chairman of the Cma ha committee, and C. J. Lyon, secre tary, directed the city's remarkably successful drive. i litre are iW or mftrc who deserve credit for their pa triotic efforts in this campaign," said Mr. Fohla. "The results arc sufficient reward for anyone." Subscriptions continued to roll in all (lay Saturday and the totals ad vanced by leans and bounds. The (Continued on Vage Two, Column Five) Evandelistic Meetings Open at Beaver pity Beaver Cilv. Neb., Oct. 28. (Spe rial. ) Dr. C. R. Ilandcnschicld and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Willgns, eonipris ing the evangelistic party, have opened meetings in the tabernacle. The building seats 1,200 and there are 100 voice in the choir. Much interest is beinsr manifested. Mrs. Nellie Hewett, aged 58 years, wife of vV. N. Hewett, one of the pioneers of Furnas county, died at the family home near town yesterday of apoplexy. Nebraska's Liberty Loan Gift Surpasses That of Any Other One State in Kansas City District Nebraska's Liberty loan subscrip tion surpasses that of all other states in the tenth federal loan district clear ing through Kansas City. The official figures reported at Kansas City give Nebraska a total of $34,907,100 with two counties missing. Oklahoma, complete, is next with $29,253,440. Returns at midnight from the sev en states in the 'tenth federal reserve district showed a total Liberty bond subscriptiun of $144,443,840. The min imum quota for the Kansas City district was 120,000,000, and the max imum $200,000,000. The returns, with only 12 counties missinc, showed that only one state. Kansas, had failed to obtain its min imum quota. Of the larger cities in the district, Kansas City reports $22,000,000; Den ver, $13,200,000; Omaha, approximate ly $11,000,000; Tulsa, Okl., $6,292,742; Wichita, Kan., $3,540,000 and Okla homa City, $3,222,000. The report by states shows: Ne braska, two counties mising, $34,907, 100; Oklahoma, complete, $29,253,440; Kansas, thrce counties missing, $27, 614,600; Colorado, six counties miss ing, $18,599,600; Missouri, complete, $27,810,500; Wyoming, complete, $4, 703,500; New Mexico, complete, $1, 60 fast it Was with difficulty they were even being recorded. "New sales were being reported by telephone, telegraph and messen ger, it was .declared from coast to coast. None were so bold as to say it would be possible to give an ac curate accounting of all sales before next Wednesday." Wednesday is the day on which bank subscriptions must have reached the district federaj reserve banks. Wets Still Lead in Official Recount ( Of Iowa Election Des Moines, Oct. 28. Eighty-six of the 99 counties of Iowa had reported today on the official recount of t"he ballots cast in the constitutional pro hibition election without materially changing the unofficial figures, the "wet" faction still holding a lead of approximiately 1,000. Official figures from the 86 counties combined with unofficial figures on the remaining 13 counties gave a vote of 214,143 for and 215,252 against the' prohibitory amendment. . Emerson Shows Up Well" In Liberty Bond Drive Emerson, Neb., Oct. 28. (Special.) he close of the canvass for buy ers of bonds in the second Liberty loan shows the following results cred ited to Emerson and th siirrrnnH!nc. territory: uixon county, $J,3UU; Da kota county, $11,550; Thurston county, $9,600; a total of $48,450. Other towns in Dixon county showed the following results at clos ing time Friday night: Wakefield, $45,000; Ponca, $33,000; Newcastle, $20,800; Maskell, $13,000; Concord, $3,200; Dixon. $1,600; Martinsburg, $1,200 a grand total of $166250. Al len and Waterburg are not included in the total. Lord Northcliffe Decorates Orville Wright With Meda? Dayton, O., Oct. 28. Orville Wright, who, with his brother, in vented the airplane, was honored to day by Lord Northcliffe, head of the British war mission to the United States, who decoratpd him wJtli ti Albert medal. The medal was pre sented by the Royal Society of the Arts of England, which awards a medal each year to some one prom inent in the arts and sciences.of ths world. Wen at Camp Cody Take Two Millions in Bonds Deming, N. M., Oct. 28. National guardsmen in Camp Cody subscribed $2,001,800 to the second Liberty loan, according in fitritrps m?An nuKli night at the close of the campaign. Colonel Phii L. Hall, formerly "of Lincoln, Neb., was in charge of the campaign. The success of the sold iers' campaign stimulated civilian sub scriptions in this region. Fall River County, S. D., Meets Its Bond Quota Hot Springs, S. D., Oct. 28. (Spe cial Telegram.) Fall River county will meet its lull quota of $100,000 on the second Liberty loan. Hot Springs subscribed $57,000. of which members and employes of the National dldier: home took $14,250,