The Omaha Daily "Bee f
MojVOL. XLVIINO. 127, OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNINGf NOVEMBER 13, 1917 TWELVE PAGES. Wffy ' SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS
PRESIDENT APPEALS TO UNIONS;
i; . . EOLSHEIIEy OLT IS EEOlEN
LEW'S POWER WANES AS '
KERENSKY ARMY MOVES ON
V PETROGRAD 200,000 STRONG
BoUheviki Revolt In Moscow I Crushed and Rebels Are
Driven Into Kremlin; General Korniloff Takes
Reins of Government in Ancient
Moscow.
BULLETIN.
London, Nov. 12. A Reuter dispatch from Stockholm
says that travelers arriving on the frontier from Russia report
that the attempt of Nikolai Lenine to form, a cabinet in Petro
grad failed, that the foreign office officials refused to accept
Leon Trotzky as foreign minister and in Moscow another gov
ernment has been proclaimed and it is feared there will be
much bloodshed. f (
In Finland, the travelers are reported as saying, the situa
tion is desperate.. Anarchy is on the increase and acts of vio
lence and even murder committed on the streets by the Maxi
malists are a frequent occurrence.
(By Associated Press.)
Premier Kerensky, at the head of 200,000 loyal troops, is
marching on Petrograd, where the Maximalists rapidly are los
ing power. The Bolsheviki uprising in Moscow was abortive,
apparently, and the loyal troops have driven the revolutionists
into the Kremlin.
General Korniloff, leader of the re
volt of some weeks ago; General Ka
ledines, former hetman of he Don
Cossacks; Michael Rodzianko, presi
dent of the Duma, and Prof. Milu
koff,, constitutional democrat leader,
are reported to be forming a govern-
S. I !i. . 1
sm mem in jnoscow.
Prnhahlv such an organization
would be more conservative than the
Kerensky ministry, and. whether it is
supporting Kerensky-is not yet indi
cated. " .
No Big Fight' YetV'N'
The Bolsheviki and the' Kerenslcy
forces have not , yet. engaged in ex
tensive ft itmg. Moyal .troops . nave
occupied Tsarkoe Selo',-15 miles south
of Petrograd,: and Premier Kerensky
and his troops are .reported at Cat
china; about 30 miles south-southwest
of the capital, v Food supplies in
Petrograd are reported low; and the
Cossacks there are backing- the Mini
milists in resisting the Maximalists:
Apparently there have been no furT
ther defections to the Bolsheviki from
the army and garrisons and Petrograd
and Moscow appear, to be the only
cities affected by the uprising of the
followers of Lenine. Loyalist troops
control the chief wireless station, one
report from which says that the over
throw of the revolt -is only a matter
of days or hours. This is borne out
in part by the lack "of timely advices
from the Bolsheviki heaquarters in
Petrograd.
Finland in Upheaval
The radical cjement in Finland has
seized the opportunity to attempt to
sf t up a separate government. - Gov
ernor General Nekrasoff has been dis
missed and his place taken by a
sailorand a state of .war has been
proclaimed. The Finrnsh :Diet has
voted to give supreme power in the
province to a state directorate. . ;
Kerensky Troops
v Meet Eadicals in
'7 Bloody Battle
.- '." BULLETIN. :
Stockholm, Nov. 12. A bloodyen
counWr has taken place near Gatchina
between soldiers from the front head
ed by Premier Kerensky and Bol
sheviki ! forces from Petrograd, ac
cording to advices which have reached
Ira Nelson Morris, , the American
minister, from reliable sources.
The result of the battle was not re
ported to Mr. Morris. ' - ' , '
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair and slightly
warmer Tuesday. ,. t . t
Temperature, at Omahm leMerday.
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Comparative Loral Record.
1917 116 IMS
Highest yesterday ,... 2
lowest yesterday .... 88 , 1 . "
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Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha slnco March 1.
and compared with last .two rears:
Kvrmal temperature....... 3
Deficiency for the iw
Total deficiency since March 1.. ........ izo
Normal precipitation ............ . .04 nch
neftclen'-y tor the day M Inch
Totlrt rainfall since March 1..J1.I0 Inches
Tficlenoy since March I S.6S Inches
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Deficiency forcor. period. 1911. 1 .18 Inches
at.imn and State Temp. Hih
of Weather. T p. rn
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n ..... dear .' 48
Des Slolnea, cloudy .... 42
Dode City. cir
Lander, cloudy
North Platte, clear .
r .h. cloudy
Pueblo, clear .. J
Kapld City. clew. . M
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RAD1CALSAND
CADETS CLASH
IN PETROGRAD
Kerensky Supporters, Encour--aged.by
Reported Proximity :
Government Forces, Force '
S Bolsheviki to Surrneder.
, (By Associated Frew.)
Petrograd, oNv. 12. The military
cadets, or "Jmikers" encouraged by
the reported proximity to the capital
of the forces of Premier Kerensky
made an ineffectual attempt today to;
regain control of the city. This re-j
suited in almost constant street fight
ing in various quarters.
- Early in. the morning the cadets
surprised the small guard of Bols
heviki' at' the central telephone ex
change and, backed by armored motor
cars, forced the Bolsheviki to sur
render. Until nearly dusk the grand
Morskaia was the scene' of a battle
between Bolsheviki troops and cadets
to the number of about 100, who were
firing from windows and supported
by a machine gun in the armored car
in the street in front of the building.
The cadets surrendered when they
had , exhausted their ammounition.
junkers Killed or Captured.
On the Nevsky Prespet cadets with
an armored car also tried to -make a
stand and precipitated another battle
in which most of them were killed or
made prisoner. The cadets apparently
were the same as those who were de
fending the winter palace Wednesday
night and who were permitted their
liberty by the Bolsheviki troops after
the surrender of the palace. In spite
of sporadic firing crowds filled the
Nevsky prospect, rushing to covet-
when it became necessary, but other
wise going about as though 'nothing
unusual were happening. All " the
streets leading to the Morksaj in the
vicinity of the telephone station con
tained crowds ot curious persons who
fled at every outburst of shooting,
but returned to their posts of obser
vation when lulls occurred. It is be
lieved there were many victims of the
fighting in the Morskai.
Frnm the winrlnws M ihe Asso
ciated Press headquarters situated a
hair block distant, an orhcer was ob
served to fall in the street, apparently
dead. An on-looker hiding in a door-
ay was struck by a glancing bullet
na wounded in the army. The am
bulances were kept busy. y
New proclamations by the Bols
heviki and the adherents of Kerensky,
appeared at intervals throughout the
day. They called upon the people
and the troops to support this or that
side and attracted crowds wherever
osted. It is reported that one of the
proclamations, signed by K-erensky
and dated Gatchina was dropped from
an airplane. . ' ' , -
U. S. Awards First Navy Medal
Of Honor Granted During War
Washington, Nov. 12. The first
navy medal of honor to' be awarded
since the United States' entered the
war, Secretary Bakef announced to
day, goes to Patrick McGunigal of
Youngstown, O., a ship's fitter.
. At great hazard be rescued an ob
server from a kite balloon at sea,
brought down by a squall. He also
was awarded $100 in cash.
Navy Patrol Boat Goes Ashore,
But Ship's Company is Saved
Washington, Nov. 12. The Navy
department announced today that-a
patrol boat had gone ashore in home
waters, the name of the boat and its
location being withheld. No one was
injured. - so far as reports received
here show, and efforts to refloat the
vessel were begun at once ,.
WOMEN PLAN
TO LEND AID IN
Y.M.C.A. DRIVE
Committee to Meet at Lunch
eon Each Day to Work Out
Details; Monday Subscrip
tions S49,01 9.75.
More than $49,000 of the $100,000
Omaha is asked to subscribe for the
Young Men's Christian association
war work fundwas raised at a mass
meeting at the Commercial club
rooms yesterday, following a speech
by IL M. Beardsley, president of the
Young Men's Christian association of
Kansas City, and former mayor of
that city.
The women's committee of the
Young Men's Christian association
war fund drive, headed by Mrs.
Charles Offut, will meet every day
this week, execept Friday, for , 1
o'clock luncheon at the Fontenelle to
report progress in the campaign. On
Friday they will be at the men's
luncheon at the Commercial club.
Women planning to attend the
luncheons have been asked to cab'
women's headquarters, Douglas 1785.
One hundred women atended the first
luncheon Monday.
Endorsed by President.
The following, message from Presi
dent Wilson was received last night
by workers here:
"The special campaign-for $35,000,
000 which the Young Men's Christian
association has inaugurated is of vital
importance to the work of increasing
the contentment and efficiency of our
citizen army. It is fundamental to
making morals the basis of military
morale and should engage the gener
ous support of all our people. I be
speak for it a unanimity and a unity
of effort and of gifts to speed this pa
triotic and practical work forward to
abundant success." v
Mrs. Milton Barlow, Mrs. Oscar
Williams and . Mrs. Joseph Barker,
jr.," are serving with Mrs. Offut on
the executive committee. jMrsF. W.
Tudson, Mrs. A. Pr Peters' Mrs, Fred
Hanna and Mrs. W. , J. Bradbury
make' up the church committee, with
subchairmen for each church.
Other committees are headed by
Mrs. Charles Metz, Mrs. W. G. Nich
olson, Mrs. Charles Schnauber. Mrs.
John Dahmke, Mrs. F. W. Carmichael,
Mrs. J. A. lancock, Mrs. t red Cus
caden and Mr Halleck Rose.
Son Solicits Calvin.
Matthew A. Hall of the Young
Men's Christian association war fund
drive committee, tells how E. E. Cal
vin, president of the Union Pacific
railroad, was induced to take the
chairmanship of the committee, busy
man that he is.
Calvin has a 20-year old son now
Serving in France. Recenty in a letter
from the war-stricken country, young
Calvin wrote: "If the Young Men's
Christian association comes to you,
don't turn them away, Dad. It s a
great work they are doing."
When asked to serve the elder Cal
vin responded at once. v.
Pupils Do Bit
Pupils of the Central High school
will be asked this Week to donate to
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion fund for the soldiers. ' The fac
ulty held a, special meeting yesterday
to decide upon a more. vigorous cam
paign to help the boys who have left
the school and joined the colors.
Thirty books have been sent by the
librarian, Miss Zora Shields, to for
mer Omaha High school students-.
'Raush Mit
LATE WAR
BULLETINS
MENACE PASSED.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Sunday, Nov. 11. The enemy's
operations on the north and east in
an attempt at encirclement of the
Italians have not succeeded.. The
menace on the Italian left wing also
is virtually past.
" GERMANS MAKE CLAIMS.
Berlin, Nov. 12. -(Via London.)
The Austro-German forces in north
ern Italy have cut off '10,000 retreating
Italians in the upper Piave valley, the
war office announces. The Italians
are said to have surrendered.
ITALIANS HOLDING:
Rome, Nov. 12. The Italians have
resisted the enemy everywhere on the
northern front, along which the Aus
trians are attempting to outflank the
Italian river line, the war office re
ports. On the plain there is brisk fir-
BIG GUNS BUSY.
Paris, Nov. 12, "On the front be
tween Chaume wood fd Bezonvaux
(Verdun sector) active artillery fight
ing continued during the night," says
today's official statement.
"On the remainder of the front the
night was calm.''
TURK TROOPS TO STAND.
London, Nov. iz. lurkisn troops
which have been retreating before the
British advancing in southern Pales
tine are organizing for defense m the
vicinity of Hebron, about 20 miles
southwest of Jerusalem, says an of.
facial statement today. British
mounted troops are continuing to
push forward in some sectors.
ITALIANS AWAIT
GERMAN RlfSH ON
WESTBANW
Secure In New Entrenchments,
Romans Hold Teutons at
Bay; Allies' Batteries
in Place.
BULLETIN.
The Italians are holding the Austro-German
advance on the Piave
line. Early reports from the front to-
day were favorable
H
eavy shelling is in progress all
along the new front.-'
Stand on West Bank.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 14. The Italians are en
trenched back of the west bank of
the Piave river, and the" Austro-German
force now is taking the place of
ad advanced guard on the east bank.
The strip of water between the "op
posing lines is about half a mile,
winding at some points to a mile.
The allies are represented on the
new front by some British batteries
from the Carse. The presence of al
lied forces is regarded as of the high
est importance for its moral effect on
the Italian troops, which thus far
have borne the entire shock, as well
as for its purely military value.
England's announcement that it will
continue to send reinforcements with
out delay and spare no effort to pre
vent a further invasion of Italy arouses
the keenest satisfaction and enthusi
asm here. The visit of General Wil
son, sub-chief of the British staff,
also inspired renewed confidence as
to the intentions of the allies.
"An observer just back from a tour
along the line told the correspondent
that the cannonade had become continuous,-
The Austrians are using
five-inch guns, not yet having brought
up many ot their heaviest pieces. The
enemy is turning his fire against the
high campanile bell towers of small
villages gringtng the western bank to
prevent the Italian artillery from us
ing them as observation posts. The
Italian artillery reply is spirited from
a considerale number of guns that
they succeeded-Jn bringing back from
the old front. 7
The battle front has two main sec
tors. The lower extends from Feltre
to the sea and the upper from Feltre
westward. The Yidor bridge, where
the last. Italian rear. guards crossed
the Piave is half way down the lower
sector. Near Feltre the river turns
into the mountains with a valley and a
railway on the west bank.
Theencmy is on the west bank in
this mountain region and may attempt
to cowtvdown the valley and along
the railway. The Italians have no
advantage of a river defense at this
points but they have strongly en
trenched themselves.
The fight at Asiago was clearly a
feeler to test the" strength of the
Italian line. Snow is falling in the
upper regions and a severe cold spell
prevails.
Unearth Plot Believed
Aimed at Iowa Corn Crop
Ottumwa, la., Nov. 12. A plot to
damage a portion of Iowa's corn crop
is believed by United States Marshal
N. F. Reed to have been unearthed
in Henry county.
Three men traveling through that
section as itinerant umbrella repairers
were caught sprinkling a fluid on the
corn in a Henry county farm field,
east of Mount Pleasant, late Saturday.
Two are in custody. Au analysis
of the fluid is being made
LETTERS WRITTEN
TO WOMAN FIGURE
111 DODDER SUIT
" ' i !, .... . .. -
Hairdresser Testifies She Re
ceived-a Pabket of Letters, .
From odeferb Day After
Dead Body Found,
Mystery surrounding the death of
E. L. Dodder, Omaha undertaker who
was found dead in his automobile on
a lonely road north of Florence, Janu
ary 5, 1917, was partly torn aside yes
terday in district court during hear
ing of Mrs. Dodder's suit against the
Aetna Life Insurance company.
Mrs. K. A. Moran, hairdresses, on
the stand identified a packet of let
ters received by her from Dodder on
the morning after his body was found.
"January 4, 8 p. m," read a note
enclosed with the Utters, "Dear
Friend: I am enclosing those letters
as I promised. This ends it all."
Witnesses" tsetificd Mrs. Moran
sought to see the body of Djjdder be
fore it was embalmed, but that her
request was-refused.
llrs. Moran testified that Dodder
was in'the habit of visiting her home.
"A letter 'was sent to him from
some other city by a lady whose name
I don't remember," Mrs. Moran testi
fied., "It was sent to his undertaking
place and was forwarded to my house.
I showed it to him and he cried. He
said he felt-like blowing his' brains
out.". -
The letter, evidence brought out,
was from a woman who asked Dod
der to reserve her a room at the
Loyal hotel during the Ak-Sar-Ben,
1916. Mrs. Moran said she later
called the Loyal and found a Mrs.
Collins in room 426.
Dodder spent three days at the
Loyal, Mrs. Moran testified. He also
stayed at her home when he was ill,
she said ' "
"Tell Mable there are lots of good
eats down here for a girl like her,"
ran one of the letters Mrs. Moran
identified. The letter referred to a
Minneapolis friend, Mabel Crow, Mrs.
Moran testified.
Mrs. Moran said a $50 bill was con
tained in the packet of letters she re
ceived from Dodder.
Hunt Flagman
Who Holds Key
To Train Crash
Denver, Colo., Nov. 12. A missing
flagman holds the key to the mystery
of why two troop trains on the Den
ver & Rio Grande railroad crashed to
gether this morning on a mountain
curve near Cotopaxi, a station 72
miles west of Pueblo, with a death
list of three and injuries to 15, two
of whom may die.'
The missing man, whose name was
not known to the general offices of
the road, was flagman of the leading
troop train. He is looked to to tell
whether a flag was placed at a proper
distance behind , the leading train to
prevent the following one from run
ning into it. , .
The dead:
CHESTER P. PRESTON, first ser
geant. FRED T. WHITEHOUSE, mu-
stcititi.
GUY B. ALEXANDER, band
leader.
All live in Utah. It is believed all
the injured will recover.
'LABOR, SUPPORT
G0MPERS AND WE
WILL WIN'miLSON
War Time. Appeal to Union Men Assembled By "lan of
Destiny" Who Denounce Pacifists and .Carping
Critics Who Would Lend Aid and Comfort
to JVJurderous Teutons.
. : :- ;;- j
Auditorium, Buffalo, N. Y., Not. 12. President Wilson
made a personal and eloquent appeal here today for the full
support of organized labor for the government in the conduct of
the war. - ', .;; . ,. .
Speaking before the annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor, he declared the war could not be won un
less all factions unite in a common cause, sinking their differ
ences. . " . -" .
LABOR MUST HELP
OR AMERICA WILL
PEMSrRANDON
A Victory for Teutons Would
"Mean; Slavery ' for Every f
American, Says Former.
Leader at Buffalo. V
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. lZ.-With an
appeal to all American workingnien
to place their full and undivided force
behind the fighting men at. the front
and a stirring picture of what labor
may expect if Germany wins the war,
President A. A. Landon of the Buf
falo Chamber of Cornmerce today
welcomed the American Federation
of Labor , at the opening rf its con
vention here.' V ;
' A former faBor leader mmseTfJ wfio
his jseen first hand in Europe S6w
troops in the field give their lives snd
blood for naught when worker's : at
home engage in disputes instead of
putting all their energyintd keeping
the fighting men supplied, Mr.. Lan
don appealed to all labor to sink ev
erything in t tremendous effort to do
its pat to win the war.,
War of Democracy. , . '
"President Vilson," declared 'Mr.
Landon, "has . said we are fighting a
war for democracy. We are not only
fighting a war for democracy but a
war for industrial freedom and self
protection, a war to conserve that
which we now have, '
"A victory for Germany would
mean slavery for the American peo
ple for generations to come and the
people who work will be the greatest
sufferers. '.:
"I spent 'the summer of 191 S and.
1916 in France and Italy, doing what
I could in helping them in their: ef
forts to increase the efficiency of
their' industries so that they could
hold back the German army and pos
sibly' defeat them. In-1915 England
was in a very sad way.
Kegiment Cut Down. 'J
Twas in England - when the
Princess Pat Canadian regiment was
literally cut to pieces. You know
they went in a full' regiment of 2,400
men and came out with less than 150
men and eight officers, most of them
wounded. I . was talking to a young
Canadian officer from Montreal who
used to be a salesman -and therefore
a worker in civil life, and he told me
that they had run out of ammunition,
that the artiHery had run out of shells,
and that they had to crawl out on
their bellies, leaving approximately
2,300 men behind, dead and missing.
They even had to witness one of their
officers crucified before their very
eyes. : r ,
"And what was happening in Eng
land? A large shipment of munitions
that I was assisting on was completed
and ready to ship and could have
been used and should have been
used in this very battle upwards of
300,000 pieces of munitions entirely
(Contlnutd en P Two, Column Oh,)
ONE OF LEADERS IN NEW
RUSSIAN REVOLT. V
m i
LEON TRQTSKv
5 '
TRIBUTE TO GOMPERS.
The president paid warm tribute tc
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation' of Labor, and
5 irtually called upon the federation to
ive him united aupport. He de
nounced pacifists Snd critics. He ap
pealed for co-operation.
Discussing Germany, the president
declared, flatly that Germany had
started the mt and that he was will
ing to await the verdict of history on
that statement. : ,v..: -V V
BETTER CO-OPERATION.
" Tre creation oP instrumentalities
for better co-operation between labor
and capital was one suggestion by the
president which was of. prime in
terest to the delegates to the conven
tion. . . " ;
The president alluded to the pres
ent war as "the Jast decisive issue be
tween the old principle of power1 and
the' new. principle of freedom.",
; "I believe,". he said, "that, the spirit
of(freed6m can get into the hearts of '
Germans' and find as fine a welcome
there '.'as it can . find in any , other
hearts1 But' the ( spirit of freedom
does no anit the plans of the panv.
Gcrnians. P6wer ranti6f be used with
concentrated force against free peo
ples if it is nied fey free people." .
;yp: V s Vassals v6f Germany.; , ;.
:-7toBC.know5'hs! continued," "how
many intimations come to us from
one of the central powers that It is '
more anxious for peace than the chief
central power and you know that it
means that the people in that central
power know that it, the war ends as
it ..stands ihey will, in effect, them
selves be( vassals of ? Germany, not
withstanding that their populations
are compounded of ail the people of
that part, of s the world and notwith
standing the; fact that-they do not
wish tin their pride and proper spirit
of nationality to be, absorbed, and
dominated." r?.
Referring' in another part 'of his
speech .to Kussia, the president said:
'May Lnot say it is amajig to me
that any group of people should be so
ill-infoftned as to suppose, as some
groups in Russia apparently suppose,
that any reforms planned in the in
terest of the people1 can live in the
presence ; of ? a' Germany; powerful
enough to undermine ; or -overthrow
them by intrigue or force; any body
of. free men that compound with the
German government -compounds for
Us own destruction." . '
;" 'Wilson's Speech. 'r"'.
' President Wilson, delivered' a mes -sage
to the workmen of . the United
States in an address before the annual
convention of the American' Federa
tion of Labor. His entrance to the
convention hall was the signal for a
trernendous outburst of cheers from
the 6,000 persons assembled to hear
him." ' . ,."'; ' '"' i
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, intro
ducing Mr. Wilson, referred to him as
"the man of destiny, spokesman for
freedom, interpreter of the aims and
spirit of our time,' leader of thought
and action among the nations of the
earth."
Mr. Wilson began by saying he es
teemed it a privilege and an honor to
be present, as it Seemed to him a time
above all others for common counsel,
"a time for drawing the energies of
the nation together. ... ; ,
J World's , Crisis.. .
The president referred to the pres--ent
as a "time more critical than the
world has yet known." . y
It was important "in this moment
of counsel to remind ourselves how
the war came about,"' he said, 'and
continued: : .
"'This is the last decisive issue be-'
tweeii the old principle, of power and
the pew principle of - freedom," he
said. "The war was started by Ger- ,
many. Its authorities deny it, but I
am willing to await the verdict of his
tory on the statement I have just
made." "
"Germany had a place in 'the sun.'"
the president continued. "Why was
(Contlnumt on Pajro Two, Column Four )
Second Trial oFv
Rev. Lyn 6. J. Kelly
Is On At Red Oak
Red Qak, la., lfo -'12. Forty -spe-V
cial 'Veniremert had been summoucd
for the i opening here today of the
t jcond trial of Rev. Lyn George J.
Kelly ore an indictment charging hi
with murdering ll-year-old Lena ijt:'
linger, one of the eight victims ri r e
Villisca, la., ax murders of 1912. Tlic .
first trial ejided Seotembcr 2S'In
jury disagreement. f-