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8 4 PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 16 MfflA Sunday Bee THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XLVII NO. 23. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1917. FIVE SECTIONS. FQRTY-TWO PAGES. SINGLE, COPY FIVE CENTS. 1 ff 21 ii AFTER FORTY-TWO HOURS' FRUITLESS DELIBERATION ( COURT ENDS DEADLOCK Jurors Pledged Not to Reveal Whether 9 to 3 Vote Favored Acquittal or Electric Chair In Famous Murder Case In Which Men and Women Wept In Court Room. v rAMTPOI ATI AWiPJJUJRY IS : DI . O- t t n OGRAPs t. SCHARGiD The Pledge MILD WINTER IS FORECASTED BY ALLJTHE SIGNS Indications Outside of the U. S. Weather Bureau Show Mod erate Winter Months Certain. 1 After taking an oath among themselves not to disclose whether the majority was for conviction or acquittal, the jury in the trial of Charles Smith for the murder of Mrs. C. L. Neth away reported at 11:30 Saturday morning that they stood v9 to 3, as they had since the beginning. Judge Sears, after consulting with . the attorneys, dis charged the jury and ordered Smith held for future trial. The jury' had been out 42 hours. Ttnv dtcm VDCtUI CTAT?T . juai riniu fftw "The vote stands just as it did at the beginning;," said Foreman William Salisbury, when he rose in the jury box to report the result of the jury's deliberations after reading the testi mony submitted to them in . writing last night. "Each piece of testimony was discussed thoroughly. Each juror is convinced that he is right in his opinion. Each juror stood up in the jury room and explained to the other members why he voted as he did. After further discussion the general opinion was that an agreement could not be reached if we stayed on the case six months" The jury did not ask to be dis charged, but were sent back to the jury room, while judge Sears con sulted with the attorneys for the state and for the defense. Attorney Piatti for the prosecution said that from the foreman's statement it was evident that no agreement could be reached. "As there is no possibility for a verdict, r I don't think we ought to torture them any more," said Attor ney Morrison for the defense. Th jury was recalled to, the court room)s where -judge Sears compli mented them on theh-f conscientious efforts in the cage. , ,. "I am not finding fault with any juror here for your failure to reach an- agreement. It looks to me as though the prosecution has had as good a jury as could have been se cured to which to present this case. I have consulted with the attorneys and as your opinions seem to be un alterable you are discharged and the defendant is remanded for further trial." Smith Pleased. Smith, who had been bright into the court room to hear the verdict of the jury, brightened up at the news of the disagreement and consulted with-Attorney Scruggs as to the sig nificance of the finding. ' C. L. Nethaway was not present nor were, ar.y of Mrs. Nethaway's relatives when the jury was dis charged. Only a few people were in the court room. The date for Smith's second trial has not been set. This is going to be a mild winter, according to the weather so far recorded and to the prognostications and proverbs of the weather observ ers of many generations. The first 16 days of November this year piled up 155 degrees of excess temperature over the average daily temperature of thosedyf '' Iti 'other ranfsrsrt OiwaltaN Ikmperalurc has feteiJliSife3 sand Dollars State' Share of VI O J ill ilVVvlllLl.l liiau it. iirj niukuv-u Jap Freighter, Given Up as lost, Sails Into Puget Sound Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17. The Jap anese freighter Saikai Mam. which yesterday was reported wrecked on the Japanese coast, today entered the Puget sound, according to reports reaching Seattle. The boat was due here; yesterday. It was believed the Saikai's name probably was mixed in wireless messages with the name of some other Japanese boat which has stranded. ' - ' W. K. Annis, Base Ball Player, Dies atHome in Denver Denver, Colo., Nov. 17. William K. Annis, known to many base ball followers, died at his home here to day, aged 37 years. Annis came to Denver six years ago for the benefit of his wife's health, but preceded her to t'ie grave, j Annis had played with the St. Paul club of the American association; with Oakland, in the Pacific Coast league, and with middle-western, east ern and southern clubs. 61 62 62 62 62 62 63 I u. Hi V I The Weather Inr Nebraska Fair. ' Temperatures at Omaha Xenlerdaj-. Hourg. ..Der, 6 a. m . . . a. m... 7 a. in... S a. m... '. a. m... 1 a. m... U a. itts... 13 m 64 ; 1 p. m. ........... 67 2 p. m. (1 ,S p. m. ........... 60 4 p. m 69 6 P. m. 68 6 p. m 67 ' 7 p. m..,. 66 roniDarativa local ' Record. ' lill. 115. 191. 1J14. Jlghest -yext'erdaV.... 61 44 48 43 'x)weit yesterday.... 61 33 36 24 Uean temperature...... S 38 43 , 34 reclpitation T .00 ." .07 .00 Temperature and precipitation departure Vom the normal: nrmal temperature. 37 ;xc-esa for the day 1 'outl deficiency since Marcn j 20 precipitation u J men !iciency for th day. 03 Inch raintal Isince March I. .31.30 Inchea t f fiftetiry lnce March I 6.73 Inches i. fi icncy for cor. period. 1918. 12. 10 tnch-is DrftoiBncy. for cor. perlml. 1916. 1.30 Inchus t 7 'oial d L formal T ipficieni - 1 x Total ri en r those , days ever since tne weather bureau was established 44 years ago. This is all the more re markable since it follows an extraor dinarily cool summer, fhe tempera ture from March 1 to November 1 was 433 degrees, in the aggregate be low the daily average temperature for that time. Indians SayMild. Colonel Welsh of the weather bu reau says , he hears the. Indians are predicting a mild winter They re port that the bark is very thin, the deer haven's put on their gray winter coats yet, brtridges are drumming, the musk rats are building their houses extra high, and the moles are digging their holes not more than a foot deep. All these are signs of a mild winter. Colonel Welsh professes to look on these signs as "mere flubdub." He says he leaves long-distance weather forecasts to the "wierd.. wonderful wizard Wiggins" and Rev. Irl R. Hicks' almanac. , (" . Rabbits Are Thin. The fact remains that local hunters report that rabbits are very thin, and tire farmers say the husk on the corn is meager. Other proverbs that bear upon No vember weather as an indication of the winter are these: "When the win ter comes not early it will not stay late;" "As November, so the follow ing March;" "For each November fog a snow during the winter." The daily fogs that have hung over Omaha during the last week would seem to indicate plenty of snow this winter and the extremely mild weath er would indicate a warm winter. The old reliable goose bone bears out these indications. "If the Novem ber goose bone be thin, so will the winter weather be. And the No vember goose bone is reported to be -thin with only a few red spots in it. Americans Wounded With Canadian Troops in France Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 17. The following American casualties with the Canadian forces in France were reported today: Wounded G. Miller. Rock Lake, N. D.; A. P. Larsen, Duluth, Minn.: G. Martin, Spokane, Wash. Kansas Drouth Broken. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 17. Light rains are falling over northwestern Kansas tonight, breaking a two months' drouth, according to reports received here tonight from Smith Center. Wheat has been suffering from lack of moisture, the reports said. r 1 mill motif aft vaxte-tti this. 7 tirfir JweAf. Tit he rdrrfti nf rrtu roffos jmi evtpftAitrG Iwtaf . .. ... wv -y j -J -.- O 3b f ootisk penatesilUspeai,huisa&tfalIrtM$tK io those cess jottuxate visit mo pndttstard to it;, stnd vhsil take open tny plate, iuestvp evgzy tt Mtirtsfte cctttpfaifti lecaasefi not JoxJ of it iAnJ disAes -new 77 Jo far as 7am JnH oite Aitrf will zsosfle'Aas ftfttc&v afate. trtt . r -f 1 r ' itis fe(f?e J t2A& De cause am J Jinifi J-fitri fTmr.K JAMT COSSACKS DESERT KERENSK Y CA USE AND PREMIERFLEES Boliheviki Control Pctrograd and Moscow, Besieging Gov ernmenljroops in Historic Kremlin; Released Con- . victs Fight Both Factions; Officers of Old Re gime Command Army of Red Guard. STATE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO RAISE WAR FUND Incendiaries Cause ' t : $50,000 Warehouse Fire New" York, Nov. 17. Another fire on the Brooklyn, water front, early; today destroyed $50,000 worth of spices in the warehouses 6fthe Man hattan Milling and DryingAiomnanv.' investigation discloied that the blaze started on the fourth floor and prob ably was of. incendiary origin. : One Hundred and Fi Reborn Three Millions for Wel fare of Soldiers; The Knight of Columbus enter Monday' upon their drive for $150,000 in Nebraska to be applied on the war fund, both state and national. The drive will be inaugurated at the Commercial club Monday by uncheon at which Archbishop Hartv and other prominent churchmen will be present. Emmett Finley, Council Bluffs, will be one of. the speakers It is hoped that many large contribu tions will be made, by both Catholic snd non-Catholic friends of the. sol diers at the front. The work done by the Knight of Columbus on the Mexr- ican border last year showed it was particularly fitted for this work antl the order has been designated by the War department as the official agency for all Catholic activity for the sol diers and sailors, . corresponding to the Young Men's Christian associa tion work for Protestant activity. Endorsed by Denison. E. F. Denison, secretary of the Young Men's Christian .association work at Deming, is one of the heart iest endorsers of the plans- of the Knights of Columbus. hTe power for good morals and religious spirit, as well as the encouragement and help furnished by the presence of the Knights' centers in training camps and in the trenches cannot be over estimated. ' The national fund to be raised by the drive has been set at SJ.OOO.OUO. Nebraska's quota is $75,000. But the Nebraska branches of the order wish to double this, so enough for two years can be obtained without a sec ond appeal. Iowa has finished its drive whereby $150,000 was raised. Indiana and Missouri have given al most as much and the Ncbrasjca lead ers are hoping this state will make as good a showing. Part of the money raised will be kept for a state fund and will go to build recreation centers at Forts Crook, Omaha and Robinson. Applied on National Fund. The remainder will be applied on the national fund whose- purpose is to: 1. Keep our soldiers and sailors clean in soul and body, and steadfast in the faith of their fathers, bv main taining volunteer priests with all unitsi of the service where regular Catholic chaplains are not provided by the government. 2. Erect and equip buildings at all training camps in the country and (Continued on Page Two, Columa One.) Community Centers to Stage Some Spelling Bees This Winter t-'- indicate trace vf jiclpilatioiv I A. W bLSH. Ueteorolbciat. The campaign for better spelling in the public schools has prompted .Su perintendent Isaacson of the Board of Public Welfare to promote spelling bees in the1 community centers which are held at ten school buildings. "I believe that a - ood old-fashioned spell-down is interesting, and we ex pect to hold a series this winter at the community centers." said Mr. Isaacson. . ' ' The ;uUic recreation superintend ent, whose cA is i' the city lull. would be Dieaeti to i.cir from spellers with a view of selecting lead ers for the community centers. He suggests . that the winners from' the various centers meet for the city championship. ' . "Get out "our old spelling spooks and brush up for the contests," is the advice of the public recreation depart ment. The list of "One Hundred Demon Words," printed in The Bee. has aioured-niuch intmst among the BULLETS GREET CONGRESSMEN IN vFRONMREflCIIES r4frrevereritrrnans - Sudden): Turn Machine Guns on Party. Which Beats Hasty Retreat IICAN BOYS TAKE PART IN LIVELY FIGHTING I sradc r.Iiodl Loya ;i.:u the I liae ciioued the liit for btudy. 1 T ,ris. .uiiriy Vigorous Artillery Work With Some Casualties Nov in Progress Praised by 'French Generals. . (Br Awoclat Fran.) With the American Army in France, Friday, Nov. 16. The artil lery fighting in the sector held by American, troops has become even more lively and there have been fur ther casualties, shrapnel ' wounding some men in the trenches,; An enemy shell hit an American gun today and caused casualties. Some of the men wounded in the last two days have died. The American batteries have been firing rapidly in return. The visibility is becoming better and it is consid ered certain that more damage and casualties have been .caused in the German lines than the Germans have inflicted on the Americans. Patroll ing continued actively last night. Witness Air Fight. The American troops witnessed their first aerial encounter today, when three enemy airplanes appeared overhead. Soon all of them except one fled at the approach of five French machines. One of the French out maneuvered this German and "got on his tail." The German aviator then bolted. -The rattle of machine guns finally died away as the two air planes disappeared to the .west. ,lhe trench general commanding the sector has mentioned in the dis patches'15 American officers and sol diers, including three who were killed, for excellent military qualities and for bravery displayed in the recent trench raid. A note accompanying the citations says that between 8,000 and 10,000 shells were used in the attack. which had been in preparation- for three months, -down Jo the finest de tails. The results obtained by the enemy were very small, he having been unable to penetrate more than (Continued on Pan Two, Column One.) Wilson Accepts Call to North Ptesbyterian Church A telegram has been received from Rev., J. M. Wilson stating that he has accepted the call to the pastorate of the North Presbyterian church and that he will be here to preach Ins first regular sermon December 9. Rev. Mr. Wilson, at a congrega tional meeting of the North church last Wednesday night by a unanimous vote, was elected its pastor. He is now pastor of the Willamette Pres byterian church, Chicago. Ecuadorian Revolution An Unimportant Affair Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov. 17. The revolution which broke out several days ago is a small one and is con fined to several unimportant villages. The government announces that it t.i'l take prompt steps to crush the revolt. . Without . Injury. : " (By' Aoclftted FrM.) British FrAit in Belgium, Friday, Nov. 16. Five members of the party of American congressmen and private citizens who spent yesterday and part of today visiting the Belgian war zone had a narrow escape from death or injury this morning when they were caught in a sudden burst of German machine gun fire while inspecting the front line trenches near Dixmude. The Americans in danger were Con gressman C. C. Dill of Spokane, Wash., Congressman Charles B. .Tim berlake of Colorado, Congressman John F. Miller of Seattle, Wash.; Con gressman Albert Johnson of Washin- ton and lormer Representative Stout of Montana. Nobody was hit, but it was one of those peculiar freaks of fortune which soldiers call luck, be cause the shots came in a shower so close to them it seemed almost cer tain someone must be wounded, al though they were exposed' only for a brief time. Hammond Elsewhere. The other sev.en members -of the party were in another section of the trench and were not disturbed by the fire. Laler, however, when all the Americans were together, the G6t mans dronned.a bior cli snm tpnN yards away, seriously endangering everyone. One member, in describing the incident to the correspondent later, said he and his companions heard the shell coming. "It sounded like the roar of an airplane." Again fortune favored them and no one was injured. The visitors spent the night near the trenches irt the vicinity of Dix mude. The Belgian and German lines run within 30 yards of each other at one point, and it was there that the five men came into danger. At that distance it is quite easy to see any one in the opposite trench who raises his head above the top. Only the usual firing was underway when the party, accompanied by Belgian offi cers, reached this place. Expose Themselves. The Americans were having an ex cellent view of the lines when several of them got into an exposed position and were seen by the Germans. Sud denly the enemy machine guns nearby began a vicious chatter and bullets came whizzing across the narrow strip of No Man's land at the rate of several hundred a minute. Other members of the party who were endangered by the shell in ad dition to the five who were tinder ma chine gun fire are Congressmen Parker of New Jersey. Taylor of Colorado, Goodwin of Arkansas, Stephens of Nebraska and Hicks of New York, and former Representa tive Hammond of Nebraska. Defeated in battle by the Bolshevik! and deserted by most of his own officers and men, Premier Kerensky is in flight and his whereabouts! unknown in Petrograd. The head of Rus nia's provisional government was about to surrender to the Maximalists under coercion when he disappeared. In Moscow the tide apparently has turned and the Bolshe viki are in control of the ancient Russian capital, with the forces of the provisional government besieged in the Kremlin. One report says heavy artillery ia being used against the historic walls. Another declares a truce between government and Bolshevik! troops has been arranged. Between 2,000 and 5,000 persons have been killed in Moscow since the outbreak of the revolt. General Kaledines, leader of the Cossacks, is reported approaching the city with relief for the Kerensky forces. A;, third armed force supposed to be composed of released convicts is said to be fightiny both Bolsheviki and government troops. Prior to his sudden flight, Premier Kerensky has seen his force, mostly Cossacks, defeated by the Bolsheviki near Tsarskoe-Selo, now in the hands of the revolutionists, The Bolshe- -viki troops were commanded by the members of the old aristocracy and former army officers. A traveler returned from the Cau casus reports that while conditions in most provinces are not abnormal, there is no sympathy with Premier Kerensky, He believes that the Rus sian people want a leader who will maintain authority,; and order; The Cossacks in Ruban, Astrakhan and the Don. region have united and formed t thttr;-o-goventmentVI',Ji. x -' ,ItaJiaiis Check Germans. . - vFronr'jLake'Garda to the Adriatic sea, ovef the Asjagd plateau and down the PiAve valley, the Italians are hold ing the . AusJjoiGermani in check, Nowhere has 2the Italian line, been penetrated for important gains,. al though tltc'etvmy pressure is strong. Teutonic attacks have been repulsed with hcary losses everywhere in the mountainous region, 'except saround LCismon, in. the Sugani valley,, north east oi ASiago. .. , . . The intense artillery duel continues along the Piave. " The invaders' have been unable to make .further cross ings of the river, At the river's mouth the enemy advance lias been hcjd up, if not stopped completely; through thi Italian action -in opening, the flood gates of thcTiave and Sile rivers, re sulting in the inundation Of 70 square miles of terrain; Attempts to,-cro5i the river further north have been de feated by the Italians. The Teutonic . force which crossed at Zenson is held on the river's bank by he Italians: In the other war theaters there has been, no intensive fighting. A French attempt to cross tne.Ailette river, southwest, of Laon, Berlin reports,; was repulsed. The French reached the northern bank of -the stream, but a counter attack threw them back to their original position on the south ern side. ' Veteran Officers in Command. 1 Petrograd, Wednesday, Nov. 14. The battle in which Premier'Kerensky was defeated began last Saturday and continued until Monday night, accord ing to the commander-in-chief of the Bolsheviki staff. The premier had 5,000 Cossacks and several hundred military cadets, with considerable ar tillery, The Maximalist force included four guard regiments, several battal ions of sailors and numerous detach ments of the Red Guard. Many of the Bolsheviki soldiers were wounded and a few were killed. The Cossacks in Kerensky's force once attempted a charge near Tsar- i skoe-Selo, tut suffered heavy losses,! after which they retired into the'towu.( The Maximalists now hold Tsarskoe- . Selo. - - ; '..;: v The correspondent of the Associated (Continued an Pass Tan, rftamo Foot.) BRITISH ADVANCE ON BELGIAN FRONT ROUTING TEUTONS Capture Strong Enemy De ' fenses on Main Ridge Nortli j' ' -;: - t : i -T i ' taiit , . oi f asscnenaaeic vyixn wManyUfriipne London, Nfov. 17. Further prowess was madp yesterday by the British troops on thc-majji ryiRc iii the vkh ity-WssijIrtrialHrft o theBelgiau battle front, the British war office an nounced today. ; Thccmiiniunicatioii follows.: "A successful operation was car ried out late yesterday evening by detachments from the Highland. Berkshire and Lancashire battalions in the vicinity of I'asschendacle. Fur ther, portions of the enemy's defenses on the main ridge north of the village, including a strongly fortified farm, were captured by us. We also took a number of prisoners. "West of this locality also we have advanced our lilies slightly at certain points. The enemy's artillery again has been active througlvmit the night on the battle front. The German shelling has been particularly severe in the Passchendaelc sector. In Flanders last evening, in the Passchendaelc area, the British car ried out a' successful dperation, taking more of the valuable ground on the main ridge north of the village. They effected a slight advance as well in the difficult low lying terrain sloping off to the west. There has been notable artillery ac tivity in the French sector held by the American troops, the German fir ing causing additional casualties among the Americans from shrapnel and when an American gun was hit by a German shot. The American fire in response has been extremely spirited and it is believed more than equal punishment 'was inflicted on the Germans. Fate of Captured Women Soldiers Causes Anxiety Petrograd, Thursday, Nov. IS. The fate of the women soldiers captured at the winter palace is arousing spec ulation. It is said they have been transferred to Liavoshzva, beyond .''icliovstrof, Finland, where, it is re ported, they have been treated harsh ly. Three arc said to have disap peared. The British embassy has made futile efforts to ascertain the conditions under which they are held. Wife of Wealthy Architect Fined for Undervaluations New York. Nov. 17. Fines aggre gating $9,000 were imposed in the federal court here today on Mrs. Whitney Warren, wife of a wealthy New York architect and treasurer of the Secours national fund, for the re lief of French women and children, who pleaded guilty of undervaluing expensive gowns she brought into this country from Paris, Ten Months' Display Advertising The Bee Leads in Gains Warf ield Agency Measurements INCHES OP DISPLAY ADVERTISING ; . World Herald . 26,753 26,290 30,096 -1916- January , February March , April 35,923 May 46,820 June 31,566 July 24,621 August 19,611 September .. 28,628 October .... 36,354 Bee 22,568 24,149 25,337 29,638 26,510 25,960 21,071 18,475 16,735 27,437 News 23,516 25,046 27,988 28,233 24,807 23,910 19,367 16,735 24,922 29,663 World Herald 22,372 26,160 31,256 33,738 35,496 30,659 27,772 27,486 31,705 34,78ft -1917- Bee 22,319 25,285 29,281 .32,294 28,306 29,466 23,210 25,176 29,734 27,413 News . 22,608 ,25,394 26,599 28,600 28,537 26,643 22,2.74 20,324 28,168 26,676 Totals... 306,762 237,880 244,187 301,476 272,477 255,692 The Bee's Gain 34,597 Inches - World-Herald Loss 5,286 Inches The ews' Gain : 11,505 Inches . Bee's Gain Over World-Herald .39,883 Inches Bee's -Gain Over The News .23,092 Inche Keep Your Eye On The Bee IMPROVING EVERY DY 'i