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THE WEATHER
Fair ,
VOL. XLVII. NO. 123.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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MOGRATS VICTORIOUS IN N.
OMAHA HO
Y;
STATE TEACHERS IN OMAHA
TO HOLD CONVENTION: LOOK
FOR A RECORD ATTENDANCE
Interesting Sessions tart in the Various Divisions; Kelly
Shows How "Star Spangled Banner" Should Be
Sung to Make it a Martial Air; Prom-,
inent Speakers Here.
The fifty-second -annual session of the state teachers
. started off with auspicious weather conditions and favorable
attendance. More than 1,600 had registered before the noon
hour, with many arriving on every train.
wdtud a vr crunnt mttat O
The principal speakers are all here.
Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie of the depart
ment of education, University of
Pennsylvania, visited Central High
school with Principal Masters, ar
riving; at the state teachers' head
quarters at the Rome hotel in time
to get in at the close of tb,e superin
tendents' and principals' section meet
ing. Dr. Suhrie will speak tonight
at a general meeting in the Auditor
ium, when his suDject win dc i ne
1 Educational Program of - a . Demo
cracy." Miss Mae E. Schreiber of
Boston will address the general meet
ing, this eveningon "Come,. Let Us
Reason Together." Dr. Suhrie and
Miss Scbreiber are known as forceful
speakers. '
s R. J. Barr, superintendent of pub
lic schools at Grand Island, has at
tended 35 consecutive meetings of the
Nebraska State Teachers' association.
He has served as superintendent of
the' Grand Island public schools for
35 years and holds the highest mid
west record for continuous service.
He was one of the early arrivals at
the state,mecting which opened this
morning. Prof. Barr was president
of the state association two years.
When he took charge of the Grand
Islastl school system there was '.one
school building and nine teachers; to
day there are eight schools and "86
teachers.1 ' "
- Singing -S Feature. "'' .
The first sessions, of the convention
were held' by the superintendents and
cnncioals who met during the mora
mg;and had another session during
tne auernoon at uic juic uuici.
Community singing, led by Thomas
J. Kelly, of Cincinnati, was a feature
of both ' meetings, as it was at, the
first general meeting last night. At tne
afternoon's' meeting of supennten-
depts and principals Superintendent
Beveridge was on the program for an
address on "What Should Be the At
titude of the Teacher in the Present
World Crisis?" and Prof. C. W. Was-
am of University of Iowa spoke
on "The Boy Problem." Other speak
ers were Superintendent T. W. B
Everliart of Hastings' and Superin
tendent W. G. Brocks of Nebraska
City.
Have Week's Leave.
Superintendent Stevens of Butte,
Boyd count)', arrived with six teach
ers. They live five miles from a rail
road station and this is their-first
visit to a state meeting held in Oma
ha. They were granted a week's leave
of ablence by their board. ;
President D. W. Hayes of Peru
state normal is another candidate for
the presidency of the s.ate associa
tion. Prof. Philpott of the Chadron
state normal also is receiving support,
As each member, of the association
registers at headquarters for this con
vention, he or she receives a ballot
for nomination of officers. The five
who receive the highest number of
votes will be the nominees for their
respective offices.
The Fremont teachers are wearing
a happy smile on account of an in-
OMAHA SUFFS TO
CELEBRATE THEIR
BIG N1VICT0RY
Are So Elated They Can Not
Formulate Plans at'Present
For Their Big Mass
Meeting.
Omaha suffragists plan a monster
mass meeting and a dinner to cele
brate the Victory of votes for women
in New York. "Our joy is so un
bounded w can hardly calm down
enough to formulate the plans todav.'
said Mrs. Draper Smith,, former state
suffrage president. We would have
a big bon-fire were it not war-time.
I'm so happy I could start a parade
this morning."
Suffragists' . telephones , were4 busy
all morning, leaders of the movement
catlinif each other for congratula
tions and to discuss the "surprise' of
their lives" - as most " of themV ex
pressed it. . - ,
v suffrage victory in New York
seem.e$ ?dripossibldfV-' said'- Mrsi
smith, with its large toreign element
Snd its corporation-ridden influence."
Look for Effect in Congress.
Mrs. Smith is especially jubilant
over the effect the New York victory
will ..have on the federal suffrage
amendment in coneress in December.
f-New York's large representation in
the House will strengthen the vote in
favor of the amendment.
."Passage of the.national amendment
is assured," said Mrs. Smith,
"It doesn't seem possible," said Mrs.
H. C. Sumney, "I nearly fainted when
I read the Morning Bee's returns. The
suffrage victory shows -the turn of
sentiment and is proof of the fact that
thinking people were not affected by
the silly picketing at Washington.
Hard work and perfect organization
won the fight. I think standards borne
by the women in the recent suffrage
parade -in New York, 'Over 1,000,000
women want the vote,' these million
signatures' having been secured by
workers under Mrs. James Laidlaw,
also had a pronounced effect. It's the
beginning of the end of the suffrage
fight." - ,.
Very Little Campaigning.
Mrs." Sumney ipoints out "the. fact,
that very little campaigning for suf
frage was done before Tuesday's elec
tion. "The women were too busy with
war work. I don't see when they
had time to do any campaigning.
New York suffragists sponsored the
first food pledge card work, conser
vation work, canning schools and Red
Cr6ss work."
(Continued an rf Seven, Column One.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair.
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( Comparative. Local Record. i
3917. J918. 1915. 1914.
Highest yesterday ... 71. 64 73 65
LA west yesterday ... 42 41 49 35
(lean temperature .. 66 48 61 45
Precipitation .00 .13 .04 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
' from the normal at Omaha since March 1st,
and compared with the past two years;
Normal temperature . 41
Excess (or the day .'la
Total deficiency since March 1 376
Normal precipitation 05 inch
Deficiency for the day v .06 inch
Total rainfall since March. 1. . ..21.24 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 6.40 Inches
Deficiency for cor. per., 1916. .. .12.27 inches
Deficiency for cor. per., 1916.... 2.37 Inches
Reports from Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and Stats Temp. Hifh- Rain-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est
Cheyenne, part cloudy
OFFICERS OF OLD
DANDY SIXTH
CROSS POND SOI
Captain Whippermari Tells
Where the Various Omaha
Men Are Now Located
at Deming.
i
Many of the officers of the old
Dandy Sixth Nebraska regiment lit
Deming, N. M., will go fo France
probably within a month, to take in
tensive training there and then re
turn to train contingents in America
Most of the officers of the Omaha
companies of the Dandy Sixth are
now in the Fifty-ninth Depot brigade
at Deming since the sixth was dis
banded and its units thrown into
other contingents.
Captain Frank Whipperman, for
merly captain of Company C of the
Sixth Nebraska, lias been in Omaha
for some days on a furlough, and will
leave for Deming at once. "I am ex
pecting that I will be among the of
ficers of the Fifty-ninth to be sent to
b ranee soon to take intensive train-
tug and instruction," said Captain
VV nipperman.
- "Concrete Battleships.
Captain Whipperman believes that
concrete will play an important part
in the winning of the war. Of course
he is a concrete expert, as he is presi-
uciu oi uie winana uoncreie ione
company.
"When at the last cement show in
Omaha I announced that concrete
battleships would eventually be built."
said Whipperman, 1 was laughed at.
They thought I was tori wild. But I
still insist that will be the case. One
can, build a concrete battleship or
transport in a small fraction of the
ume lr raices jo ouua a steel ciaa snip
and with half the cost. A shell would
simply bore a hole through the con
crete and this would be repaired
much more readily than steel ships.
Concrete barges are in use now, and a
concrete : transport; it being built."
Captain" Whiooennan told what lias
become of all of the officers f the
Omaha battalion of the Dandy "Sixth
-;: 't Celortcl Hall Bells Bonds.
Colonel Phil Hall, who was fn com
mand of .the,-regiment, is now with
thc'5Jth depot brigade at1 Doming.
There he was' chief of 'the Liberty
loan activities fjor the camp during
tne last drive, and gets, a great deal
of credit for bringing the Camp Cody
subscriptions up to a mark higher
than that of any other army camp.
Major Harfies is with the . head
quarters 'train of military police at
Deming, 'where he has Companies A
and B of the old Sixth policing the
camp.' 1
Major Hogare, who was a Blue Hill
boy, is now attached to the 109th
ammunition train at Deming. With
him, of course, are Captain Clinton
Brome of Omaha, First Lieutenant
W. D. McHugh, jr., and Second Lieu
tenant Hayes-, all of Omaha, and of
the old Company A," and Captain
Keating of Omaha, First Lieutenant
Eurgeson of Lincoln, and Second
ieutenant Gerard Dtiffey of Omaha,
all of the old .Company B, and all
commanding detachments of police in
camp. '
Conference in New York
To Decide on Sugar Price
- New York, Nov. 7.- A conference
at which consideration is to be given
the fixing ot a maximum price for toe
incoming Cuban sugar croo is to be
held here tomorrow,' it was an
nounced today by . George M. Rolph,
chairman of the federal food admin
istration's" international sugar com
mittee. Representatives of the food
administration and of the Cuban gov
ernment will take part in the confer
ence. . '
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come to Nebraska Teachers
Yeoman Home Oh Furlough for
Short Visit With His Kiddies
Davenport, clear
Denver, ciouay ..
) pea Moines, clear
Dodge City, clear
: Lander, ciouay ...
J North Platte, clear
Omaha, clear
Pueblo, cloudy ...
Rapid City, clear...
Salt Lake, rain...v
8anta Fe, clear
Sheridan, cloudy ..
Sioux City, cltar....
Valentine, clear
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JosephKramolisch, 4224 Hillsdale
avenue, chief yeoman on the U. S. S.
Henderson, home on an eight-day
furlough, is a true soldier. He leaves
his wife and his two little children
and goes forth to fight for the coun-ir?-
....
It is hard for me to leave my
family," said the young father, "but '
this is a time for, a man to sacrifice
and be loyal to his country. The war
must be won and I want to play the '
part of a man." v
Mr. Kramolisch has two little sons.
Harry, age 4. and baby Jerry, nine
months old. While The Bee reporter
was interviewing the young sailor
Jerry climbed up on his father's lap
and cuddled down in his arms and
went to sleep. .
The father looked at the sleeping
boy. "No, it isn't easy," he repeated,
"but a man ought to be able to do
hard things at a time like this when
his country calls him." ,
Since June Kramolisch has made
three trips to France. He is enthuse
astic about the United States navy.
"Our navy is wonderful," he sard.
"The boys in the service are-weii
cared for and well fed. Emything
possible is done to protect them. The.
entrance of America into the war has
cheered the French. The French sren
plucky lighters and they .are grateful
for the help which the Americans
give them. The second trip which
was made to France Ve found the
people in better condition than they
were when we were there the first
time, and the last trip we found them
still better. American supplies have
given the French new courage."
JOii'H KRAMOLISCH.
Kramolisch was an eye-witness to
the sinking of the Antilles by? a Ger
man U-boat He calls the subma
rines "Serpents of the Sea."
The Bohemian Red Cross league en
tertained in honor of Kramolisch at
the Bohemian hall, Twenty-first and
U streets, Monday night.
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RUCTO
TAMMANY AND SUFFRAGE
WIN AT NEW YORK POLLS;
OHIO ISSUES IN DOUBT
Judge Hylan Given Enormous Plurality for Mayor of New
t York; Suffrage Sweeps State; Socialists Are ,
4 Beaten In Many Cities and States,
Including Chicago. ..
New York, Nov. 7. Tammany hall returned to power as
the result of yesterday's mayoralty election. Not only was
Judge John F. Hylan swept into office by the largest plurality
ever given to a mayoralty candidate in New York City, but
there was elected with him the entire democratic ticket, giving
the new administration all of the sixteen votes in the board of ,
estimate, which controls all city expenditures.. .
MOST OF NORTH
. ITALY INCLUDED
IN WAR DISTRICT
Cadorna Extends Limits of
Military Zone; Retreat Corr
tinues; Germany Claims
More Prisoners.
Y HYLAN'S BIO PLURALITY.
I Judge Hylan's plurality, based on
D. S. DELEGATES
TO ALLIED MEET
REACH BRITAI
Powers Waging 'War Agaipst
Germany Confer on Military
.Questions of Interest to
All Involved.
Hjr Associated Tress.
Wasfiington, Nov.' 7. Safe arrival
at a British port of the American
commissioners to 'the allied war con
ference,, headed by Colonel E." M.
House, was announced late today by
the State department.
Members of the mission
miral VVilliam S. Benson, chief of
naval operations; General Tasker H.
Bliss, chief of the army staff; Oscar
T. Crosby, assistant secretary, of the
treasury; Vance McCormick,. chair
man of the. war trade board; Bain-
bndge Colby, of the shipping board;
Dr. Alonzo B. Taylor, of the food ad
ministration, and Gordon Auchmcloss.
Co-Ordination Among Allies. '
In making the announcement Sec
retary Lansing saidthe conference
would be essentially a war conference
with the object of perfecting a more
complete co-ordination of the activi
ties of the allied nations in-order to
attain the highest efficiency. This is
the American government's first defi
nite announcement of the purpose of
the meeting.
Even the fact that the Americans
were to participate in the conference
had been a carefully guarded secret
until they were through the submar
ine zone and safe on British soil. The
part, that the United States is to play
in framing the great allied program
emphasized by the fact that the
mission, headed by President Wilsons
personal friend and adviser, includes
the highest officers of the army and
navy. ' '
Essentially .a War Conference.
Secretary Lansing made this state
ment:
"The .government of the United
States will participate in the ap
proaching conference of the powers
waging wars against the German em
pire and has sent as its representatives
JLdward M. House, who is accom
panied by Admiral W. S. Benson,
chief of naval operation; General
Tasker H. Bliss, chicf.of staff United
States army; Oscar. T. Crosby, as
sistant secretary of the treasury:
Vance C. McCormick, chairman of the
war trade board;. Baibridge Colby, of
the United States slipping board; Dr.
Alonzo E. Taylor, representing the
food controller; Thomas Nelson
Perkins, reoresentinir priority board.
and Gordon Auchincloss, as secretary.
ihe conference is essentially a
war conference' with the object of
perfecting a more complete co-ordination
of the activities of the various
nations engaged in the conflict and
the more comprehensive understand
ing of the respective needs in order
tHat the joinf efforts of the co-belligerents
may attain the Inchest war
efficiency. ,
Discuss All Phrases.
While a definite olan has not been
adopted it may be assumed that the
subjects to be discussed will embrace
not only those pertainine to military
and naval operations, but also the fi
nancial, commercial, economic and
other phases of the present situation
FINANCES OF
AUSTRIA ARE IN
j SERIOUS STATE
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Swiss Experts Believe Heads of
Dual Government Woulcl
Welcome An Early
Peace.
Washington, Nov. 7. Swiss mone
tary experts, in dispatches received
here, call attention to the dtsperatc
financial, situation in Austria. Re
cently Dr. Weckerlc, president of the
Hungarian cabinet, declared at a pub
lic sitting of Parliament that the cir-
. . ! rtilalinn nf tintp nf thi Ttnnvrial li-inlr
are Ad- i,. i. i iccimnnnniiiL .
au icctiiiiu j j,.w,uui;,wu crowns ill
September and is now probably 17,
000,000,000. The metal reserve for this
enormous circulation is only 350,000,
000 and 400,000,000: ,
-The Swiss experts declared that
Austria consequently is in a precari
ous financial position. The Austriain
crown now is quoted at only 38 in
foreign countries ad has depreciated
still more in the interior of the em
pire. Maximalists Seize
Telegraph Offices
In Russian Capital
BULLETIN.
Berlin, Nov. 7. Austro-German
troops advancing in northern Italy
have reached the line of the Livensa
river, army headquarters announced
in a supplementary statement to
night. Berlin, Nov 7. (Via London).
The Germans are continuing their
pursuit of the Italians and have taken
more prisoners, thewaj- office an
pounces. ' - ! . ' ,- ' ;" ,.-'
"Italian Army Headquarters, Tues
day, Nov. 6. General Cadorna has is
sued an order including in the zone of
military operations all territory tq the
north and east of ; Po and , Mincio
rivers. ' ' ,
. This x district takes in all of north
eastern Italy, from a point on theAdi
riatic coast about 30 miles south of
Venice, westward and northward: of
Lake Garda, on the Trentino front. s '
virtually complete returns " early to
day, was 148,178. .Mayor Mitchel's
plurality four years ago was 121,209.
With 27 election districts missing,
the vote for mayor stood: '
John F. Hylan, democrat, 297,282.
John Purroy Mitchel, fusion, 149,
307. "
Morris Hillquit, socialist, 142,178. '
William M. Bennett, republican,
53,678.
Aside from the overwhelming Tam
many victory, the outstanding feature
of the mayoralty vote was the great
increase in the socialist vote. In
1913 Charles Edward Russell, the so.
cialist . candidate, polled but 32,100
votes. At tlte presidenjial election
last year Allan L. Benson, socialist
candidate, for ' president, received
31.788 votes.
The socialists, while disappointed
because their vote was -short f ex
Pectations, got some comfort out of
. Petrograd, Nov. 7. An armed naval
detachment, under orders of the Max
imalist revolutionary committee has
occupied the offices of the official
Petrograd telegraph agency.
The Maximalists also occupied the
Central telegraph offiice, the state
tank at Marie palace, where the pre
liminary parliament had suspended its
proceedings in view of the situation.
The general life of the city remains
normal and street traffic has not been
interrupted. ,
Twelve Vessels Total
British Loss for Veek
London, Nov. 7. A marked de-'
crease in the British merchant ships
sunk during the last week is noted
in the admirality report tonight.
Only eight vessels over 1,600 tons
were sunk by mine or submarine
and four vessels tinder that tonnage.
No fishing vessels were sunk.
Itly Associated Press.)
A retirement by the Italians to a
shorter defense line is under way
along a front of 100 miles. Not only
from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic
along the Tagliamento are General
Cadorna's men retreating before the
Austro-Gcrmans, but also in the Dolo
mite and Carnic Alps.
The river Piavc appears to be the
next stopping place of the Italians,
but there are indications that even the
northern reaches of this river have
been abandoned to the enemy. Gen
eral Cadorna probably is retiring upon
the Sugana valley, which lies east of
Trent, and upon the lower Piave, con
necting the two natural positions by
a line from the Brenta, which flows
through the Sugana valley s to the
Piave at a point south of Feltre.
Invaders May Get Venice.
It is improbable that the Italian
commander would retreat to the line
of the Brenta along its entire lngth,
(Continued on I'age Two, Column Flro.)
Sinn Fein Channels y -Of
Operation Revealed
New York, Nov. 7.-Channels
tflrough which Sinn Fein leaders in
Ireland have been communicating
with their agents in the United
States have been disclosed, secret
service authorities declare, through the
arrest of Thomas Welsh, a British
subject who waived examination to
day on a charge of violating the trad
ing with the enemy act when ar
raigned before a United States "com
missioner. That Welsh is identified with the
Sinn Fein propaganda ' wa"$ learned
from a letter which he attempted to
destroy, when arrested, according to
an assistant United States district at
torney. Welsh came to the United
States aboard a steamship which ar
rived here Sunday. He shipped as a
member of its crew.
Wets Cain in Ohio.
Cincinnati, ' Nov. 7. Returns
from 5.510 precincts out of 5,756 in
Ohio, give for prohibition 492,965,
against 500,625, '
the act that they carried 12 assemWy
districts, three of which are expecttfd
to send socialists to the assembly at
Albany- . ' ', ..v. j
New York's next mayor began hi
career as a. track layer o an elevated .,
road land later: became 'a fireman and v
engineer. oon after his marriage he 7
began the (Study of law and was ad-
mitted. to -the tar in 1897. , .
" Suffrage Carries In New York'.
The women'citizeWof New York
state were given unlimited suffrage in
yesterday's election . by a majority
which Js expected to reach 100,000
when all election districts have com
pleted 'their tabulations.. Eady today,
with 1,348 out. of 5,722 election dis
tricts missing, the vote stood 533,519
for the amendment apd ,446,791
against. In the greater city, which
reversed its stand of 1915, the suf
frage leaders predicted that the miss
ing 272 election districts would greatly :
increase the already large majority.
The incomplete vote for the city was
289,724 for suffrage as against 209,127
opposed. - ;
, While interest In the election in the
state- centered in the suffrage ques
tion, the contest between Merton E,
Lewis, republican, and Devoe P. Hod
son i democrat, for. attorney general,
brought out a heavy vote. Lewis
brought to the city a plurality large
enough to overcome Hodson's heavy
lead, and with 833 election districts
missing early today, he had a majority; v
over Hodson of more than 90,000.
John Block, socialist, ran a poor third.
In addition to Attorney General
Lewh, the republicans elected 98 of
the 150 members of the 1918 assembly.
The democrats elected 42 members
and tne socialists nine. j. ne .twenty-
(Continued on Foge Two, Column One.)
Count Minotta Case is
; Resumed; Charges Denied
Chicago, Nov. 7. The case of
Count James Minotto, son-in-law of
Louis F. Swift, the packer, was re
sumed before the immigration au
thorities here today. Testimonyfor
the defendant was heard. The
technical charge against the count is
that he might become a public
charge and as such be deported, but
the underlying purpose is to develop
whether he was a cog in the German
espionage .system. This the defendant
vigorously denies, and his multi-millionaire
father-in-law is standing b
him. ' ,
(CootinuMl on Tar beten. Column Turr.)
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Thanksgiving Dinners for the Soldiers
To The Omaha Bee: ; - '.
In accordance with your plan of securing Thanksgiving day en
tertainment for the soldiers stationed at the two, Omaha - military
posts, you are hereby authorized to extend a-dinner invitation to
... . . .soldiersson behalf of
Dinntr Hour
Nam ,
Address. . ,
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In co-operation with the officers in charge, The Bee will issue the invitations for you with request,
that the guest communicate his acceptance direct to his host. If you wish to invite a particular soldier,
please so note. ' : ( "
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