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tfW DRAFT ARMY
CLASSIFICATION
BEGINS DEC. 15m
Doctors, Lawyers and Newspaper Men Can Help in Rais
ing New National Forces; 10,000,000 Men to Be
Registered in 60 Days; Most Gigantic N
Registration Ever Attempted.
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( -Washington, Nov. 11; President Wilson formally put the
f new machinery for the carrying out of the selective draft bill
into operation last night with the publication of the foreword he
has written to the regulations under which the second call will
be made. ' ' 'A'-
The regulations themselves and the questionnaires which
more than 9,000,000 registrants will be required to nil out are
being forwarded to local boards, but have not yet been made
. public. ; . ; . ; ;;y y '.
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War department officials estimate
SAVE RUSSIA;.
DRAFT IN. ESfECT
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VENICE MENACED BY TEUTONS A bird's-eye view of Venice, the beautiful Italian city
menaced by the latest Teutonic advance acrosi the Tagliamento. . In view of aid being ren
dered to the Italians by the allies, it may be that the Teutonic successes will be stopped be
fore the Italians are driven out of Venetia. Venice, however, may fall within the range of
German heavy artillery' fire. Y .-" -.'"'.' YV
that tfie whole, process can be com
pleted within 60 days. This-means that
no second call will be made on the I
draft forces before the mmdle of next
February, as the period for classifica
tion will not begin until December IS.
The president describes . the Jiew
plan of .dividing all registered men
not already mobilized into fire classes,
subject to military service by.classes,
as being intended to produce a more
perfect Organization of our man
power." ' " V . -
Affects 10,00(M)00 Men.
"The selective, principle must be
carried to its logical conclusion," the
president said, and he added that
there must be made a complete inven
tory of thVqualifications of each reg
istrant in order to determine "the place,
in the military, industrial or agricul-
tural ranks of thenatioa whiclj. his
experience and training can besfbe
made to serve the commoa good. ' ,
The inquiry, projected in the ques
tionnaire will go deep into the qual
ifications of each of nearly ,10,000,000
' men. The succers, of the plan and its
completion within the estimated time
rests on the whole-htarted support
given by the people, especially by the-
doctors ana lawyers oi eacn com
munity, and. the president calls upon
them for that unstinted aid.
The. president's foreword follows:
Room for Improvement.
N "The task of selecting and mobiliz
ing the : first- contingent of ' the na
tional army Ts neariifg completion.
The expedition and accuracy of .its
accomplishment werea most gratify
ing demonstration of the efficiency of
our democratic institutions. The
swjftnes with which the machinery
for its execution bad to be assembled,
however, left room for adjustment
and improvement. New regulations
putting these" improvements into ef
. ' feet are therefor being published to
day: . There is no change in the es
sential obligation of men subject to
selection. The first draft must stand
unaffected by the provisions of the
new regulations. ; They, can be given
no retroactive effect k '
"The time has come for. a more
perfectorganization' of our man
power. ' The selective principle must
be carried to; its logical conclusion.
We must make a Jomplete inventory
of the qualifications of all registrants,
in order to determine as to each man
not already selected --for duty with
the colors, the place in the military,
industrial or agricultural ranks of the
iiiation in which his experience and
training1 can best be made to serve
the common good. This project in-;
volves. an inquiry , by the selection
boards into the-domestic, industrial
and educational qualifications of near-
"Jy 10,000,000 men. 5V-; . ,
; Bulk of Work Ahead.
'.'Members of these boards have
rendered a conspicuous service. ; The
work was done without regard to per
, sonal convenience and under,a pres
sure of . immediate necessity which
imposed great sacrifices. Yet the
services of men trained by the expe
rience of the first draft must of ne?
cessity be retained and the selection
boards must provide the directing
mechanism for the new classification.
(Continued on Fata Two, Column Three.)
The Weather,
- For rfebraeka Fair Monday; not mach
ihingn in temperature. . .
r Temperatures at Omaha Teaterday
Hour. Dec.
i a. m..
& a. m. .
.4
44
a. m 44
I i. m. ......... 41
a. m 44
It a. m. ......... it
11 a. m 60
12 m B!
1 p. m,, ........ 4
i p. m. ......... it
' p. m. ...... t 67
V 4 p. m.. . S
( p. m. ......... 67
( P. m 64
7 p. m 61
ComparmtlTa Loral Beeord.
Temperature and precipitation departurei
front the' normal:
, . 1117. 111. IMS. 114.
tligheat yesterday.... 66 S3 47 (4
Jxwest yesterday 4J, 11 J 37
Mean temperature..,. 6 26 4Z 60
Precipitation 90 .11- .OS .00
S'ormal temperature..,....,, 3$
Excess for the day..rii 11
Total deficiency since March 1 246
Normal precipitation rt4 Inch
Deficiency for the day... 04 Inch
Total rainfall since. March 1.... 11.30 Inches
Deficiency sine March 1 0.51 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 10K. .12.00 Inches
Pendency lor cor. perled, 116.. 1.14 inches
I A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
U S. SENDS FOOD
TO PRISONERS IN
GERfilAN CAMPS
Negotiations Under Way to
Save American Captives From
Suffering in 1 Teuton
' Prisons.
. (By Annoclated Tress.)' ":
Washington, Wov. 11. The United
States has ''opened negotiations ywith
Germany for an agreement to govern
treatment of prisoners of war. This
is being done not ohly" to secure the
best possible conditions'" for"American
prisoners, but to show how" well Ger
man prisoners in the United'States are
being treated. v ' r
'Already,; through the Red Cross at
Geneva, the United States has be
gun forwarding necessaries to Amer
icans held n Germany, of whom there
are now more tharTlWL It is realized
that as the American ftodps increase
in numbers on the battle front, more
prisoners are bound to find their way
to the German prison camps. .
' Alleviate Suffering at Home.
A nation pinched for food for it
self, probably will feed its 'enemy pris
oners last. To lighten the confine
ment of Americans will at the same
time alleviate the suffering of families
at home, which naturally will "be dis
tressed at accounts of German under
feeding of prisoners.
German military prisoners of war
in the United States, besides receiv
ing every necessity and comfort, have
the privilege of their jrank. They are
housed in model sanitary camp.s and
recently one of the -prisoners se'nding
a letter to his prospective wife in
Germany wrote that the pay he would
accumulate during' his imprisonment
would not only permit him to retire
from the navy, but would set them up
in a little business as welt. '
' Interned Germans Comfortable.
Photographs, showing the1 comfort
able surroundings of interned German
prisoners in this country have been
forwarded to Germany by the War
department through the State depart
ment and a neutral agent. ' They are
intended to reveal the expectation of
the United States that similar consid
eration will be shown America sol
diers and sailors who may be cap
tured by Germany. '
Two classes of German prisoners
are detained in this country. One is
comprised of German sailors, taken
into custody when the United States
interned various vessels at the begin
ning of the wari The other class is
comprised of enemy aliens, civilians
who have been arrested and ire now
being detained under, governmental
regulations.. - -
Various Detention Camps.
The principal detention cafnp is at
Fort McPherson, Ga., where approxi
mately 850 war prisoners are held, At
Oglethrope, Ga., there are 16S enemy
aliens, who are not, strictly speaking,
prisoners of war. At Fort Douglas,
Utah, there are S17 prisoners of war
and 80 interned, aliens. "
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CZECHS CAUSE
WIDENING RIFT
OVER AUSTRIA
German Element of 'Political
Union Withdraws From Alli
ance and Minorities Hold
; ; Whip. Hand. nx
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(Special Cablegram to The Bee.)
Amsterdam, Nov. 11. Austria and
Hungary are ruled by minorities who
oppose the' majorities T comprising
various nationalities. The Magyars
ate masters of Hungary, the Germans
of Austria. In Austria a change seems
to be near at hand. German extrem
ists, the Deutscji-Radikale Verein
gung (German Ufadical union) left the
Deutsch National-Vereingung (Ger
man National alliarice), with which all
German parties of the Austrian Par
liament were affiliated. A Vienna tele
gram published in the Koelnische
Zeitung, says: "Yesterday's meeting
of the German Radical union decided,
contrary to the utiiversjil opinion, fo
resign from the German National al
liance for the purpose of not being
restrained ny further by considera
tion fof the other German parties.
The meeting earnestly protested
against the intention of the govern
ment to order by-elections arid there
by enable the traitors set free by the
recent amnesty to return to the House
of Representatives, because this plan
mean$ nothing but submission to the
Czech terrorists who forced their un
measured demands on the - govern
ment. ' ' :
Germans May Resign.
"The ' German agrarians were i n
fluenced by this action of ' the. Ger
man Radical union to .such a degree
that they, too, consider their resigna
tion from the German National al
liance. .
"The dissolution of the German Na
tional alliance will probably be of far
reaching consequences.
"First of all the German National
alliance ceases to be the numerically
strongest party in the House of Rep
resentatives, and, therefore, cannot
claim that one of its ; members be
elected president of the house. That
means a loss of political power.
"This weakenin of Teutonism is
the more to be regretted at a time
when the adversaries wisely unite to
further their interests. -
"As far as the Czechs are. concerned
the young Czechs, theChristian so
cialist Czechs, the national socialist
particularists , and the radicals of
Moravia renounced their separate or
ganizations and fused into the Par
ticularist union., The General Czech
union, comprising the above named
(Continued on Fage Two, Column Two.)
B0LSHEVIKI REVOLUTION .
CRUMBLES; LOYAL TROOPS
CAPTURE TSARK0E-SEL0
Red, Guard at Moscow It Defeated by Kereniky Follow
ers afid Prefaier. Is Reported Nearing Petro
grad; Helsingfors Dispatch Reports - -
Mrs. Draper Smith for Mayor,
' f Slogan of the Suffragettes
Mrs. Draper Smith, for mayor of
Omaha, was the re-campaign prog
nostication of one- of the enthusiastic
speakers at the suffragists' jubilee
meeting at the city hall Saturday.
"Joy. Joy. joy' At-last we have
awakened to the idea of democracy,"
said,. Mrs. Craighead. "President Wil
son has been wonderfully - annoyed
lately, but yet he spoke- the right
Avord at the right time. It is the
beginning of the end. -
Both men and women, - husbands
and wives, suffragees and suffragettes,
as it were, joined with our prominent
politicians in celebrating the great
New York upheaval'ii which Tam
many gave the women the ballot.
"Right or wrong," said Mrs. Barry
Howe, who addressed the -Tammany
leaders in New York at the time of
President Wilson's re-election, "Tam
many never breaks a promise. The
suffrage states re-elected Wilson and
they pledged me that Tammany
would fcive.usHthe vote. -They have
kept their word."
"Either women must be excluded
from the instruction of the children in
the schools ' or, they must be free,"
said Miss Jeannette McDonald, teach
er in the Omaha High school. "The
children never gome into contact with
a person who- is free except their
fathers."
"I am here tq join in the halle
lujha chorus," said Judge Howard
Kennedy, when called upon for a
talk. -
Mayor Dahlman congratulated the
women on their progress in politics.
This subtle flattery ..had a noticeable
effect upon those Peeking the fran
chise of the ballot. Others who spoke
were Francis A. Brogan. John L.
Kennedy and Miss Mona Cowell.
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Finland Now In Revolt
' ; ' ' ''";. BULLETIN. "
- Lon'donNov. The Bolshevik! revolution" in Petrograd
is reported to be approaching cpllapse. , " ?
Regiments loyal to Premier Kerensky are marching on the
capital, and fighting is under way in the city, according to re
ports from Petrograd.
: O MOVEMENT DEAD. -
An organization which has adopted
the name of All-Russian committee for
saving the country and the revolution
announced that the defeat of the
Bolshevik! movement was a matter
only of days or hours. ..... .
The town of Tsarshoe-Selo, IS miles
south of Petrograd, where former
Czar Nicholas lived much of the time,
is said to have been captured by loyal
forces, after which the rebels retired
to Petrograd in disorderly mobs.
The chief wireless station now is
controlled by loyal troops. The Red
guard has ben defeated in Moscow.
Premier Kertusk? is said to be ap
proaching PetrogrSd. '
Kerensky Has 200,000 Men,
Paris, Nov. 11. A wireless dispatch
from Haparanda, in Sweden, near the
Finnish border, says that Premier
Kerensky has 200,000 men-supporting
him. The wireless message escaped
the censorship of the Bolsheviki by
being esnt from Haparanda.
Finland in Revolt.
Helsingfors, Finland, Saturday,
Nov. 10. Delayed.) A state of war
has been declared in Finland. The
provisional soldiers' committee has
appointed a sailor named Schiecks as
commissary of Finland' in place of
Governor-General Nckrasoff. 1 i
: . The Diet is in session and Russian
representation in it .has been com
pletely ignored. It has voted to elett
a state directorate , with "Supreme
power. ,
BUT FEW I.W.W;S
ARRIVE IN OMAHA
DURING SUNDAY
Police on Lookout' All Day;
. 1 Local , Secretary Says But
-"400 We're' Expected,';
Anyway, t'
Delegates to the general conven
tion of the Industrial "Workers of the
World (I. W.' W.), called; to meet
here on Monday and Tuesday, did not
appear on Sunday in appreciable num
bers. : A group of men gathered at
local headquarters, . Thirteenth and
Douglas streets, but there was noth
ing of an extraordinary nature in the
scene. ...
HTM. - ' ! V
ine. ponce are not mciineavio ais
cuss the situation, believing that the
Industrial Workers of the World will
not make Omaha the rendezvous of
objectionable meetings or acts.
Dempsey on Lookout. V
, Captain Dempsey, in charge of cen
tral police station, reported that noth
ing of an untoward nature had been
called to his notice. He had been ad
vised of the proposed convention and
said hi expected to have a conference
with Marshal Eberstein of the De
partment of Justice. -
Chief of Police Dunn did not want
to, anticipate any trouble here. -Information
conveyed to him on Satur
day was that 4,000 or more' Industrial
Workers of the World planned to
meet here on Monday and Tuesday,
on call ol the local, branch, and that
an- effort would be made to establish
general headquarters in Omaha. V
Officials believe that if there was a
proposal to open general Industrial
Workers of the 'World headquarters
in Omaha publicity already ;given the
enterprise in the newspapers has been
sufficient to put a quietus on the affair.
Reported to Marshals f
A man who gave a Bee representa
tive one of the IndustriaWorkers
of 'the World bulletins, calling the
convention, said: "Much care was
exercised to see that .these bulletins
reached only persons friendly to their
cause, but of, course it was impossible
to accomplish that, as I obtained one
of the bulletins and have reported
the matter to tli federal and local
authorities." .
Harry Jenkins, executive secretary
of the local Industrial Workers of the
World branch, stated that reports of
4,000 delegates coming to Omaha had
been exaggerated by persons un
friendly to the organization. He said
a business meeting had been planned
for Monday and, a smoker on Tues
day and stated that the attendance
would be nearer 400 than 4,000, -. - ,
Italians Attack Austrian
S Troops oh Treritino Front
- BULLETIN.
Berlin, Nov. 11. The Austro-Hun-garian
troops, which are carrying out
the enw offensive on the Trentino
front, were attacked yesterday by
strong , Italian . detachments which
pressed them back at one point, the
war office announces. The Italians
have made a stand on the lower Piave
river.
The city of Belluno. on the oncer
Piave, has been captured by -Austrp-1
German trnnni. ' ' '
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KERENSKY ATLUGA;
TIDE OF REVOLT IS
AGAINST LENIN E
Bolsheviki Supporters at Moscow, Luja andj Other Point:
Turn on Radicals and Rally to Support of Provisional
' Government; Cossacks Favor. Deposed Pre-
mier; Petrograd Changing Front.
London, Nov. 11. Premier Kerensky arrived at Luga, 85
miles southwest of Petrograd, last Wednesday, and the garrison
there attested its loyalty to his provisional, government, accord
ing to a Petrograd dispatch of Saturday to the Weekly DisJ
patch. Saturday morning he reached Gatchina) 30 miles south
west of Petrograd, where the same thing happened. 1
' ; : . -O , TROOPS TURN TABLE.-
The newspaper advices add that
troops loyal to the provisional gov- '
ernment are known to be in Petrograd
and a division of Cossacks is on the
march from Finland.. This news was
given out at the "Smolny institute,
headquarters, of the workmen's and
soldiers' congress.';', ::f .'' '
' The garrison at Petrograd, which
two" days ago was s6lid for the ex
tremists, now is said again to be
wavering in its allegiance. ,
SLAVS WOULD
UNITE TO FACE
GERMAN ARNY
Attempted ; Invasion Expected
to Bring Together Warring
Factions in All Parts of
Russia Says Expert. ;
' By ISAAC DON LEVINE.
i (Author at "Th Ruian ArolutTon.")
New York Nov. ll.(Special Tel
egram.) The capture of Helsingfors,
capital of Finland, by the ; Germans
may be a factor of immense impor
tance in the present Russian situation.
If anything could stop the tide of
Bolshevikism ia Russia today it is a
German offensive? If anything could
force at the present juncture the re
turn of Kerensky and Korniloff to
power it is a Teuton blow at eetto-
grad or a successful attack on the
The story of a German landing in
Finland bears the earmarks of truth,
as it reports the landing of several
b innish detachments with the Oer
mans. i '
Now it is known that upward of
3,000 Finns have volunteered to fight
in the Prussian army against Russia,
It is also'knOwn that since the Rus
sian revolution these Finns have been
formed into a separate unit, "dedi
cated tOv the "liberation"' of their
fatherland.; ' 1 i : A ' : ,
Yf Expect Turmoil to, Help.
At first thouglit one would not ex
pect the Germans to wage against
Russia offensive warfare these days.
Whatever the ultimate issue of the
Bolsheviki rule may, be the Germans
may confidently anticipate a period of
turmoil in Russia that would play antp
their hands admirably. - From iht
point of view of the German" interest
it would, therefore, be an act of self-
minry to strike at Russia now. :
Experience, however, has shown
that the military branch of the Ger
man government pursues its plans re
gardless of political conditions. There
is little doubt that the Germans have
long' planned some kind of a coup
along the Russian Baltic Sea..'
' The Germanmay be right as to the
ease with which they; could destroy
the Russian fleet or capture the Rus
sian capital. ," But by doing so they
would render the greatest possible
aid to the moderate and conservative
elements of Russia. The Bolsheviki,
the ' internationalists and the other
pacifists would be wiped out of exist
ence by the patriotic wav.e. . ,
s.The Russians are essentially pa
triotic, even the Russian radicals, who
dream of universal, brotherhood, love
their country passionately., I he con
servatives, liberals and radicals . are
now split into numerous factions and
parties. A German offensive would
create a common state of mind and
sentiment to all of them. The Mujik
would defend his land, the bourgeois
his country, the radical the revolution,
which is synonymousvith tree Kus
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Aviator Instantly Killed
( ,Whsn Fals From Clouds
Fort Worth. Tex.. Nov. 11. Cadet
Walter I. Jones of Minneapolis, Minn.,
fell SOU feet at Micks held, Camp Tal
iaferro, today- and was instantly
killed. ,
Thousands of Tons of Steel Make
Millions of Shells for U. S. Guns
New, York, Nov. U.-TheHJnited
State government has distributed
orders for 5,00,000 six-inch shells and
the War Industries board has allotted
rollings of the 375,000 torts of steel
needed in this manufacture.
Additional orders are now lacing
placed for 6,500,000 six-inch shells, the
making of which will require 487,500
tons of steel. In the last few days
Washington authorities ; have been
conferring with manufacturers from
all parts of the country preparatory to
distributing orders for 33,000,000 three-
inch shells, the production of which
will make draft upon the steel mills
for 247,500 tons of steel here.
Contracts have just been signed for
the building-oi 4,97S freight cars for
equipping the uaitcd" States expedi
tionary railroad in France. , Addi
tional orders for 10,000 more cars foY
the sarae- -service,, have been dis
tributed, but lack the official signa
tures. - .X'f :: , . ' "' ' . , ,
The American International Ship
Building company has distributed
orders for the fabrication of 125,000
tons of steel for the building of 54
boats at Hog Island. Some of the
steel wilt be put through Canadian
shops.- The same; corporatism has
ordered 6,000 tons of steel for derrick
towers. The submarine ' boat' com
pany offered contracts for 75 cargo
ships of 750Q tons capacity. . - i
Th Weekly Dispatch advices say
that at the town hall it was 'rumored
Friday night that most of the Moscow
garrison had retransf erred allegiance
to the provisional government after
fighting the extremists' supporters at
the Kremlin, where they had taken
refuge.'' ' ' ' ; . t '
M. . Skobeleff, minister of labor in
Keren sky's cabinet,1 in addressing a
meeting Friday night at the town hall,
said that -the railway workers' union,
which at first had worked under the
instructions of Nikolai Leniue, now
declared itself wholly on the side of
the committee of public safety and "
Uar it would-jwrthobey-forther-orders v
of the Bolsheviki. .v
This is the heaviest blow that the
movement of the extremists , has vet
received. .In 16 ministries the union
of governmene servants has instructed
its members to strike, thus paralyzing1
the . whole- government machinery.
BritisEKM 10,000
Turks; Germans Now
; Enter. Helsingfors .
' '.' '(''; (BriAiioetktcd'Fnwi.)
British forces in Palestine are con
tinuing their northward march fol
lowing he retreating Turks. They
have now, advanced nearly 20
miles in the coast region since their
capture of Gaza recently and have
nearly attained the latitude of Jerusa
lem.. x The city is more than 40
miles inland, ; however, and the in--terior
British v column moving, from
Beersheba, apparently has made1 lessy
rapid progress than the coastal force.
The British have taken more than
70 ' guns, and inflicted estimated
casualties of. 10,000 on the Turks, ex
clusive of prisoners.
Germany shows signs of continuing
its aggressive moves in northern
Russian waters. Following on advices
that German troops had landed on '
the Aland islands, off the Gulf of
Bothnia between Finland and Sweden,
came a report from Stockholm that
Germair- forces had entered Helsing
fors, capital of Finland." Th,is move
is consideied as probably having both
poliitcal and military objects, the for
mer in taking advantage of Finnish
discontent and desire for independ
ence from Russia and the fatter in the
threat that is presented of interference
with communications with Russia
from the west through Finland , and
Sweden.. ' . ;i ',-,,. , . ' .' : : Y;
Twelve Hundred Attend I
Ball for Lucky Seventh
Twelvet hundred persons attended
the ball given Saturday evening at the
seventh regiment, Nebraska National
Guard, at the Municipal Auditorium. Y""
ti. it- r . , t i . I
i nc anair was in inc nature oi a Ben
efit,' the receiptsbeing turned over to
the regimental mess fund.
More than half of the big floor was
filled with ' khaki-clad lads who arei .
soon to leave Nebraska for their, pre-.
liminary training in the ways of mod
ern warfare, and the tenacity with
whieh' they clung to their young
woman partners evidenced the fact
that ho one appreciated this more
than Hie soldiers. - . 1
Prof. W. E. Chambers and Miss
Mary Duffy led the errand march.
while Gordon Wegworth sang) a solo,
"America." in which the entire crowd
joined. ' -? , . . ,.
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Marines Held by Pojice ;
For Attack on Mrs. Ort
Peter Marinos. emDJove' of the
Roger's Confection ery.i was arrested
bv Officers Liarhtall. Roonpv and Hnl- :
den yesterday afternoon and is held
for investigation concerning an al
leged attempted assault on 'Mrs. Rirh
ard Ort in her apartments. -
Richard Ort, engineer for the Phoe
nix Construction company, returned .
home yesterday afternoon and found
his wife in a hysterical condition. She
said that Marinos came into her room
and attempted to force his attentions
on her, , . . " 1 .; ! Y Y i
