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OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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BURGESON CHARGED WITH
STEALING GEMS FROM DEAD
k MAN'S BODY; IS ARRESTED
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Untiring Efforts of Suspected Officer Brings Forth Chauf
feur Who Was Seen By Witness Bending Over
Stricken Form of Thomas Perkins, Sioux
City Millionaire, Killed in Accident.
Leaning, But Not Falling
FARMERS OPPOSE
BIG ADVANCE IN
FREIGHT RATES
Urge Consolidation of All
Unions in One for Mutual
Benefit of All Con
. cerned. -
With the arrest of Ralph Burgeson, a chauffeur, the police
believe they have nullified the serious charges which have been
made against the department, following the theft of a diamond
stickpin off the body of Thomas Perkins on the night of October
26, this year.
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Perkins, together with F. A. Schick,
was instantly killed when the car in
which they were riding went over an
.embankment at Nineteenth street and
Grand avenue. The police on search
ing Perkins found among other per
sonal effects a ring and clasp, both set
win! uiBiuuiiuat A 1.1 una W1UVW " I
leged that he also had in his posses- ft
1500.
Witnesses who were on the scene
at the, time declared that the pin was
in the dead man's tie wjjen the police
arrived.
Accused. Police.
The attorney for Mrs. Perkins then
openly accused the department of
wrongfully appropriating the pin and
directed suspicion to' Officer Roy
Wade, a well-known and valued mem
ber of the force.
Since then the police and detective
departments have been quietly work
ing on the case, but with no apparent
uccess. Detective James Murphy,
however, by untiring effort' found a
A'itness who stated that he had seen
i man, who was afterward identified
is Burgeson, com upon the scene
4hortly before the arrival of the po
ice. The witness further stated that
Burgeson knelt Oyer Perkini' body to
iscertain -if he were dead and then
itealthily removed the' stickpin from
;he dead man's. tie. J
When arrested Burgeson: claimed
,.,;hat the pin,, which was found jn his
jossession, was Sought from a stran
ger tor $20. , 1- :'?:(-;.
Burgeson was. arraigned .this man
ing ort the charge of grand larceny,
' hut the case was continued to allow
the defendant to procure counsel and
to give the state .time to procure wit
nesses from out of the city.
First Regular Payment on
Liberty Bonds Due Today
Washington, Nov. 15. The first
regular instalment payment on the
secend Liberty bonds, 18 per cent of
the face value,, fell due today at the
treasury and federal reserve banks.
By tonight the government expects
to add at least $685,000,000 to its
credit from the second Liberty lo'an.
This also was the last day on which
first Liberty bonds bearing 3yi per
cent jnterest could be exchanged for
those of the second issue bearing 4
per ceift, with interest a,t thex higher
rate dating from today. Exchanges
made hereafter will be as of Decem
ber 15.
Red Cross Sends $125,000 for
Sufferers in Chinese Flood
Washington, Nov. 15. The Ameri
can Red Cross announced today it
had made available $125,000 for the
relief of sufferers from the recent
flood in Tien Tsin province, China,
which swept over 12,000 square miles
of territory, made 1,000,000 persons
homeless and wiped out crops and
other -property to an approximate
value of $100,000,000. The fund is be
(ing administered by a committee of
Americans headed by Paul C. Reifisch,
American minister to China.
pi The Weather
For Nebraska Cloudy; not much
change in temperature. , , ,
Temperature at Omnhs Yesterday.
Hour. . Teg.
821
Comparative
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local Record.
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hi 23 36 33
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Highest yesterday
I,owe yesterday
Mean temperature
Precipitation .,
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal emperature 3S
Excess for the day 14
Total deficiency since March 1 300
Normal precipitation 04 inch
Deficiency for ttaff- day 04 inch
Total rainfall since March 1. .. .21.30 Inches
Deficiency since March lA 6.67 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. t16. .12.04 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, ltis. 1.30 Inches
Reports from Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and Ste . Temp. High- Rain-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, part cloudy.. 40 41 .01
Davenport, clear .... 50 66 .00
Denver, clear 42 v62 M
Des Moines, clear 4 60 .00
Dodge City. Prt cloudy 6 US .00
Lander, cloudy 30 S6 .08
Vnrth Platte, clear.... 64 61 .08
Smaha, dear II ' 6 M
Pueblo, cloudy . .
Rapid City, cloudy 44 54 .00
Salt Lake City, clear.. 42 46 .04
Santa Fe. part cloudy.. 46 .4 .01
Bheridan, cloudy 40 48 .00
Chicago, clear 64 M .80
Valentine, clear ....... 52 60 , .0
indicates trace ef precipitation.
22$fp I WELSH, Meteorologist
Opposition to the proposed ad
vance of freight rites to bring in an
additional $360,000,000 annually, was
voiced by the delegates to the con
vention of the Nebraska Farpiers' Co
operative Grain & Live Stock State
association, in their reslutions adopted
at the close of the session Thursday.
They pointed out that such a sum
of money would represent 5 per cent
on $7,200,000,000. "Should condi
tions arise," the reslution reads,
"where , the carriers must have in
creased facilities on account of in
creased transportation, and the roads
are' unable to "obtain sufficient funds
we "favor, the "government's loaning
the railroads, the necessary funds, or
wc favor the government's purchasing
the necessary equipment for the time
being, or taking over the roads entirely."
Urges Consolidation.
The association commended the
federal government for establishing
and supervising the' federal grades of
grain.
The association recommends the
establishing of their own commission
firms at the terminals.
An invitation was issued through
the resolutions to all other co-operative
shipping associations in .the
state to come into this one, to unite
the, farmers' shipping associations in
to one body in order that the prob
lems vital to all might be the better
worked out. They argue that their
association is the oldest of its kind in
the state and therefore the most logi
cal one around which the others
should rally in affecting a consolida
tion. The association will return to
Omdha for next year's convention.
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Northcliffe Rejects
Air Ministry Post
London, Nov. 15. Lord" North
cliffe has declined a proffer of the
administration of the new air min
istry made to him by ' Premier
Lloyd-George.
In a long letter to the premier
Lord Northcliffe explains that his
'refusal of the portfolio is due to
dissatisfaction with some of the
methods of Mr. Lloyd-George's ad
ministration, especially with re
gard to relations with the United
States, and says that Lord North
cliffe's desire, therefore, is to main
tain an independent attitude.
GERMANY'S SUB
POWER BROKEN
FOR ALL FUTURE
Teutons' Only Hope and Allies'
Only Anxiety laid Low; Na
tions Undisturbed on
High Seas.
New York, Nov. IS. Arthur Pollen,
noted British war expert, has made
the following statement to The Asso
ciated Prtss on the submarine war:
"Anything unsatisfactory in the
military and political situation in
Europe is balanced by, the extraordi
nary ne,ws that the German submarine
campaign has broken down alto
gether. The submarine is defeated.
This is the most momentous event
since the United States declared war.
It means we can all stay in and that
America can really come in.
"Six months ago shipping was being
destroyed, according to, some authori
ties, at a rate of 9,000,000 tons per an
num. Had this loss continued, the
Germans had the right to expect not,
indeed, military victory, but a peace
that would mean something much less
than defeat This was Germany's
only hope and it was the allies' only
anxiety. For everyone, including the
German high command, knew that
with sea communication reasonably
safe, the military defeat of the Ger
man army was certain.
"The rate of loss for the last week is
actually less than the annual toll of
wrecks in peace time. It is an amaz
ing development. It is not to be ex
pected that losses can remain as low
as this. They must fluctuate. But
they should never cause us serious
uneasiness again.
"Germany's defeat at sea is final,
universal and permanent, whereas
Germany's successes on land arc local,
partial and temporary."
ROMANS MOVE
ART TREASURES
AS FOES COME
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Evacuate Venice and Army of
Men Needed to Move Out
liieMoreldedr
Possessions.
GERMAN ADVANCE IN TRENTINO In their turning
movement against the Piave river line, the Germans are ad
vancing east of Asiago, already captured. It is indicated on
the map by the left arrow. Farther east, as indicated by the
other arrow, the Austro-Germans have captured the im
portant city of Beljuno.
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BULLETIN.
Berfin, (Via London); Nov. 15. Ger
man troops on the mountain front in
northern Italy are advancing to the
south from Fonzasco and Feltre, Says
today's official communication.
Evacuating Venice.
Venice, Nov, 14. The evacuation
of Venice' is almost complete, this
city having undergone the same treat
ment as Trevisa and Vicenza, with
the difference that its art treasures
were so, numerous and of such colos
sal proportions that an army of work
men' was required to transport them.
Stopping Germans at River.
Rome, Nov. IS. The Italians have
defeated renewed efforts of the Ger
mans to cross the Piave river. Those
of the enemy who forced a crossing
at two points on previous days are
being held in check, the war office
announced today.
Italians Foil Germans.
(By Associated PreM.)
Austro-German attempts to cross
the Piave have been foiled generally
by- the Italians and the party that
crossed at Zenson has not been able
to debouch. Several attempts have
been made to cross the river between
Zenson and the Adriatic, but only in
the marshland on the coast have the
Germans been able to make progress.
Here they are under heavy fire and
it is improbable that any large num
ber of Austro-Germans will be able
to take advantage of the break, be
cause of terrain conditions.-
German Pressure Heavy.
On the line from the Piave to Lake
Garda the Italians have retired be
tween the river and the region north
east of Asiago, reducing the bulge in
the Italian line. Austro-German
pressure here and around Asiago con
tinues heavy. The invaders have
Rained some vantage points on the
Asiago plateau and on Setti Comuni,
west of Asiago. Another threat to
the new Italian defense is noted in a
strong German effort between Lake
Garda and Lake Ledro. It was the
first in this region, but was repulsed.
All the movable art treasures have
been taken from Venice and the cities
of Vicenza and Treviso also have" been
shorn of their works of ar in the
event of Austro-German success in
breaking the Piave line .and forcing
the Italians to retire to the Brenta or
Adige,
Congratulate Brazil.
Washington, Nov. 15. A message
of congratulation was sent by the
United States to Brazil today on the
anniversary of Brazil's' independence.
Pacifist Conference Falls
! Through; Entente Absent
j Washington, Nov. IS. Through
Zurich, Switzerland, there came to
day a cable report from Berne of
the collapse of the projected
pacifist conference which was to
have been held in the latter place.
At the first and only sitting Mon
day the conference adjourned to the
last of December because there
were no . entente representatives,
though for the central powers Dern
berg, Erzberger, Karolyi and others
were in attendance ready to set out
their views.
WAR FUND NEARS
TOTAL OF $80,000;
STATU) 89,000
Telegram Is Receiyed From
E. E. Calvin, Saying Work of
Local Committees Very
Gratifying.
A telegram received from E. E. Cal
vin, in charge of the national Young
Men's Christian association war fund,
New York City, congratulating the
Omaha association on its fine show
ing,' was received, by I. W. Carpenter,
one of its directors.Thursday. Mr.
Calvin, who is president of the Union
Pacific railroad, said: "Omaha must
raise every dollar pledged as if has
always done."
Final figures Thursday night totalled
$73,347, with Thursday subscriptions
amounting to $5,324.
Nebraska ncared the $190,000 mark-
in this week's drive to raise its Share
of the $35,000,000 fund.
State Campaign Manager Jones last
night reported to Chicago headquar
ters that Nebraska had raised $189,000
in round numbers. ,
The central department, with head
quarters in Chicago, is leading the
five other districts of the country with
total subscriptions of $7,248,967, while
the eastern department, with head
quarters in New York, is second with
$6,807,608.
Outlook Favorable.
"I am not afraid Nebraska will fail,"
said Mr. Jones last night, "but I am
concerned over the possibility of some
sections of the state quitting too early.
While one or two of the districts,
as previously reported, have passed
their quota, mo3t of them have not.
I do not expect one district to fall
down, but to avoid that event every
body must keep going strong."
The contest between Beatrice, Fre
mont and Hastings to see which will
raise the largest sum is developing
into one of the features of tlyt state
drive. Beatrice and Fremont have each
reported $5,000 raised, but Hastings
has refused all requests to divulge its
total. It is known the Hastings dis
trict is soaring above its quota.
List of Subscriptions.
Among the larger amounts reported
Thursday are; L
The Union Pacific emDlovea' com
mittee of the Yoang Men's Christian
association national war jund reports
subscriptions in Omaha, exclusive of
amounts previously reported, $2,000;
M. A. Disbrow, $250; Alamito Dairy
Co., $200: Palmer Findley. $150: An
onymous, $100: R. W. Gardner, Louis
Uoup, Alfalfa Butter Co., r. S. Martin
& Co., J, H. Haney & Son, Williams
Murphy Co., George Tilden, Walter
W. Head, $100.
Baker Announces New
Star for San Carlo Opera
Advance Manager Charles R. Baker
of the San Carlo Grand Opera com
pany is in the city for several days,
completing, with Local Manager Lu
cius Pryor, the details of the three
day engagement of that organization
at the Auditorium, December 3, 4 and
5. Mr. Baker announced that another
new star of the organization to be
heard here is Elizabeth Amsden, for
mer leading artist with the Chicago
and Paris grand operas. She is com
ing to Omaha to sing her two great
solos, "Gioconda" and "Jewels of the
Madonna." "Neither of the two splen
did works have been been given in
Omaha and will be staged UDon a
plane of metropolitan splendor, said
Mr. Baker. -
2fi00 Persons Killed
In Streets of Moscow
London, Nov. lS.Two thousand
persons had been-killed in street
fighting in Moscow up to noon
Tuesday, according to reports
brought by travelers arriving at the
Russo-Swedish frontier, as for
warded in press dispatches from
Stockholm.
In Kiev and various other towns
anarchy prevails to an astonishing
degree, accompanied by mob vio
lence against Jews, these reports
say.
An agreement is said- to have
been reached at Moscow among the
socialist parties'to form a coalition
government including some Bol-sheviki.
AMERICANS ROUT
GERMAN PATROL
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'Arrange 'Amfauacade, Enemy Falls Into Trap, Loses Heav
ily and Retires in Disorder, While Its Batteries -''
SJteti the Trenches, Causing Several Casual
tiesAmong the American Troops.
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(By AMocUUd Iim.)
American soldiers have carried out a successful ambush'
of a German party in No Ma't Land on the western front,
killing and wounding a number of the enemy, while German,
hells have caused a number of casualties in the American lines.
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An American patrol one night re
cently lay in the mud in wait for an
enemy party for which they had ar
ranged an ambuscade. A German de
tachment of more than twice the size
of the American party fell into the
trap. The enemy troops wcre sur
prised and did not stop to fight, scur
rying away with their dead and
wounded. The Americans suffered no
casualties.
Artillery firing on the American
sector is becoming more active and
the Germans have been shelling our
trenches heavily. A number of
Americans have been killed or
wounded, one shell, which dropped
into a trench, causing several casual
ties. American artillerymen also
have been belaboring the Germans
strongly and it is believed their shells
have claimed quite a few victims.
. Submarine Campaign Losing.
Germany's submarine campaign
apparently is losing its effectiveness,
as British losses during the past week
were only one ship over 1,600 tons
and five under that weight. This was
the poorest week the submarines have
had amce the beginning of ruthless
warfare in February. The lowest
previous week was that ending on No
vember 4, when 12 vessels, including
eight of more than 1,600 tons were
lost The best week for the Germans
was that ending April 2 when 55
vessels 40 of more than 1,600 torn
and 15 of the lesser , category were
sent down r'-,'ty.;. ,'-vr ,',' v' ". '
: ' , JCerensky in Control. 7
Although Petrpgrad has not been in
communication with the Nystad cabin
station in England for, several day's,
reports from Scandinavia persist that
Premier Keren sky has gained control
of the capital. Reports come also from
Sweden that the Bolshevik! maintain
their hold on Petrograd and are pre
paring for a stout resistance against
the forces of Kerensky and Generals
Korniloff and Kaledines. ,
The proposed new interallied war
council has provoked a near crisis in
British politics. Challenged in the
House of Commons yesterday to ex
plain his Parish speech on the needs
for such a council, Premier x Lloyd
George read the terms of the agree
ment which, he declared, made it
clear that the council was merely ad
visory. ForniaJ debate on the inter
pellation will begin in the house next
Monday. -Negotiations for the forma
tion of a new French cabinet arc pro
ceeding.
TEUTONS HURLED
BACK IN EFFORT
TO RETAKE RIDGE
British Barrage is Terrific; But
Germans Push Through and
Are Repulsed in Hand-to-Hand
Struggle.
(Br Auocitd Fran.)
With the British Army in Belgium,
Wednesday, Nov. 14. The forces of
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
have made their first pretentious ef
fort to regain Passchendaele village,
in accordance with the edict of Field
Marshal von Hindenburg that the
place should be recaptured, and have
failed.
The enemy's attack made late yes
terday afternoon against positions on
the crest of fhe ridge north of the
hamlet was attempted with large
forces and was a most determined ef
fort to retake this gem of their de
fenses but the assaulting troops were
hurled , back after a grim struggle,
leaving the British ' line before Pas
schendaele intact.
; Stopped by Barrage Fire. '
The lireater Part of the enemy in?
fantry was stopped by the tremendous
British artillery barrage which
ploughed through their ranks as they
began the advance; but some of them.
answering to that famous discipline
juii amen tjr lusdiau uuuiaij pijit;.
pushed through this rain of death and
reached the British iront line.
A sanguinary struggle followed at
close quarters. The Germans battled
doggedly; but, the British soldiers
flung themselves upon the enemy with
such ferocity that he was compelled to
give ground and finally' retired, leav
ing many dead upon the barren crest.
The enemy attack was prefaced by
a terrible bombardment. The German
guns opened on the right at 4 a. m.
yesterday. The British had been ex
pecting the counter attack for several
days. Captured German, ohicrrs had
freclv admitted that the1 loss of Pass
chendaele was regarded as a most se
rious matter and that every effort
would be made to retake it.
Shelled All Day.
All day Passchendaele and the for
ward area were shelled continuously
by the concentrated German artillery,
while the British heavies ana neid
guns replied with a violent bombard
ment of the enemy's lines and battery
positions. No such artillery duel had
occurred along' the British tront m
many weeks. For hours it was main
tained by both sides with a drum-fire
intensity that shook the country for
miles about. Windows in houses 50
miles away rattled as if from a wintry
blast, and in a town o miles Dy air
plane from the scene of activities, the
detonations could be plainly heard.
About 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon
enemy infantry was seen advancing
southward aloag the ridge on a front
of about 700 yards toward the Brit
ish positions. At the same time the
Germans dropped a heavy barrage on
Goeberg spur to the west to prevent
any assistance coming to the British
from that quarter.
Th "S. O. S." signal went up from
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Send Along Your Old Spy-Glasses;
i Uncle Sam Needs 'Em to Spot Subs
(By Anoclatcd Trr.)
Washington, Nov. IS. Prompted
by the patriotic act of an old soldier
in California, the Navy department is
sued a call today asking the public to
contribute for war service such binoc
ulars, spy-glasses and telescopes as
may now be in private hands. There
is a great shortage of these observa
tion glasses in the navy.
The suggestion was found in the
following letter from J. F. Heffle
bower, a veteran of the civil war, aged
74 vears. and who is now an inmate
of the soldiers' home at Sawtelle, Cal.:
"I herewith send you -a field glass,
wishing to contribute my mite. I
hope it may be of service on one of
the patrol cruisers, and aid in finding
some German submarines. Will be
glad to know it can be put into
service.
The binoculars .which accompanied
the letter, Secretary Daniels an
nounced, have been gladly accepted
and "will be out into immediate use
on an American ship in the war zone."
I his letter has suggested to the
Navy department the availability of a
large number of binocular:, spy
gUiZZt a oil. pkfcap now in private
hands throughout the country," said
Secretary Daniels.
"The navy is in need of binoculars,
spy-glasses and telescopes. It is a
well known fact that up to very re
cently the United States imported
practically all lenses" for the better
class of observation glasses, and even
now the American facilities are not
adequate to supply the greatly in
creased demand for use on the hun
dreds of new ships which are being
placed in commission.
"It is believed that many owners
would gladly turn them over to the
government for use in war. It makes
little difference how old these glasses
are, as long as they are in serviceable
condition.
"As the government cannot accept
property or service without compensa
tion, $1 will be paid for each glass ac
cepted. They should be forwarded di
rect to Franklin D. Roosevelt, assist
ant secretary of the navy, care of
Naval Observatory, Washington, D.
C. Prompt acknowledgment will be
made. It is requested that a tag
bearing the name and address of the
donor he securely . attached to the
glasses." '
PERSHING CABLES
CASUALTY LIST IN
TRENCHFIGHTING
Washington, Nov. 15. A revised re
port from General Pershing today on
the German raid on American
trenches November 2 "puts the killed
at three, the wounded at 11 and the
missing at 11. The first report wa9
three killed, five wounded and 12 miss
ing.
The list of the three killed is un
changed, but the following are added
to the wounded:
William H. McLaughlin, Jirst lieu
tenant; Louis Deifer, private, Sullivan,
Ind.; Paul W. Fann, private, Sarona,
Wis.; George Wesley, private, Day.
ton, Ky.; Lester C. Smith, private
Concord, N. C. ,
The following are on the list oi
missing and probably captured:
Clyde I. Grimsley, private, Stock
ton, Kan.; Hoyt D. Decker, private
Vincennes, Ind.
Ihe casualty reported as Harry K.
Langham, private, should be Harry
R. Laughman, private, Chicago.
The missing private previously rc
ported as Dewey D. Kern is Dcwc
D. Kam, Collins, la., and has been
accounted for.
Private William P. Gngsby ' of
Louisville, Ky., previously reported a
prisoner in the hands of the Germans,
also is among the 'wounded. '
U. S. Senators Pay Visit , -V 'V
To Pershing in Camp
(By Amoclatrd Freii.)
With the American Army in France
Wednesday, Nov. 14. Senator Wil
liam S. Kenyon of Iowa and Senator
John D. Kendnck of Wyoming ar
rived at headquarters today on then
tour of the military zone. 1 They took
dinner with General Pershing and his
staff and inspected some of the troops.
Tomorrow , the senators will visit
the headquarters division, the reserve
officers' training camp, the troop in
struction center and towns in whicr.
American soldiers are billeted. They
will have an opportunity to talk with
officers and men who have returned
from the trenches, and to observe the.
manner in which the? finishing totiche-
are given in. the instruction of re
cently arrived units. ,
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