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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBKK 22. Ism. RUSSIA GROANS UNDER MISRULE OF BOLSHEVIKI New Regime Denounced as Worse Than Czar's; Maxi malist Ministers Resign; Recall Troops. Stockholm, Nov. ' 21. Reports brought by the latest travelers to reachTomea from Petrograd indicate that a revulsion of feeling is setting in against the Bolsheviki. Regiments of soldiers have paraded the streets of the Russian capital bearing banners with inscriptions such as "We want no separate peace," "Down with Pe trograd's domination by a minority party tyranny" and "Nicholas regime was never so tyrannic as the Bolshe viki regime." ANTI-FACTION APPEARS. fTlie central committee of the antl Bolsheviki socialist coalition lias passed a resolution demanding lib erty of the press, the dismissal of the Red Guard and the immediate cessation of fratricidal war. Maxim Gorky's paper and the Volna Na rodna also demand that the Red Guard be disarmed. American Minister Morris learns from a competent source that the food supply in Petrograd is ominous ly short and that the bread ration is now three-quarters of a Russian pound for two days. Nearly one-third of the members of the executive committee formed by the Maximalists at the outbreak of the revolt have resigned and it is reported that the remainder have con ferred dictatorial law-making powers on Nikolai Lenine, who is now issu ing decrees altering the fundamental laws. Trotzky Takes Foreign Office. Petrograd, Tuesday, Nov. 20. The foreign office has been taken over by ' Leon Trotzky, Sub-Secretary Neratoff, who has had charge since the arrest of M. Terestchenko, formally sur rendering control and departing along with the other employes. Mili tary staff headquarters work is re ported to be at a standstill except the business of army supply. The Volna Narodna says that with in a few days Lenine and Trotzky will announce the successful estab lishment of a workmen's and peas ants' government, after which it is hoped that foreipn governments will enter into official negotiations through the new foreign minister. Ukraine Recalls Troops. The military chief of the district of Kiev and the temporary governor, with their staffs, are reported to have f left their posts. Ukrainian commis saries have been appointed to suc ceed them and they have confirmed the independence of the Ukraine. Three hundred and sixty thousand Ukrainian troops are said to have been recalled from the front. This is commented upon here as meaning a serious crippling of the army and the possible opening of the front to the enemy. Moscow Duma Dissolved. The town Duma of Moscow has been dissolved by the revolutionary war committee. Mayor Roudeneff of Moscow is reported to be in hid ing to escape threatened arrest. An armored train bound for Petrograd has been captured by detachments of sailors and returned to Moscow. A breach in the workmen's and soldiers' organizations throuch the country is threatened through the ex istence of two central committees, each claiming authority as the duly , constituted body and denying the rights of the other. U. S. Seizes Russian Sugar. New York, Nov. 21. Ten thousand tons of sugar which had been pur chased for the imperial Russian gov ernment before the devolution, and stored in a warehouse here, was ' seized today by Federal Adminis trator George M. Rolph. It will be placed on the market immediately . and will be distributed to retailers ' by the American Refiners' sugar com mittee. German Minister Loses Office, But Gets Prussian Decoration Berlin (Via London), Nov. 21. Herr Schwander, minister of eco- nomics, has been relieved of office 4 and awarded the Order of the Royal Crown, second class, it is announced officially. Baron von Stein, under ; secretary of state, has been appointed to succeed him. Herr Radowitz, formerly director ,iof the press department, has been named under-secretary of state. Friedrich von Payer, the vice chan cellor, has been made a member of the federal council. An Amsterdam dispatch on Mon day said Herr Schwander had re signed on account of secret opposi tion of the bureaucrats. BRITISH TRIUMPH IN HOT NAVAL FIGHT Sink German Cruiser and Ten Armed Patrols at En trance to Baltic Sea. Try To Have This Beautiful Hair t Cuticura will surely help you. Treat ment: At night rub Cuticura Ointment into partings all over the scalp. Next 1-firning shampoo with Cuticura Soap i and hot water. Repeat in two weeks. T Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ideal Mor every-day toilet uses. For sample each free address post-card: "Cuti can, Dept. 6G, Boston." Sold every where. Soap 25c Ointment 25 and 50c (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Base of British Grand Fleet, Nov. 9. The recent naval action in the Cat tegat, where the British sank a Ger man cruiser and ten armed patrol ships, is an example of the careful planning which lies behind every move on the naval chart. A comparatively insignificant force of British destroy ers and light cruisers were the actual stage performers in the little Skag gerak drama. The actual fight began about 7 o'clock in the morning and was over three hours later. The German fleet behind its fortifications received the calls for help, but dared not take a chance probablv well knowing that any attempt to send out help would be confronted with enemies rising out of the sea front all directions. The Cattegat is a deep bay lying between Denmark and Sweden and leading out through the Skaggerak into the North Sea near the scene of the famous Jutland battle. A fog lay over the entire Cattegat throughout the action and the British destroyers picked off their victims one by one and sank them. The German auxiliary cruiser Marie, which was leading the fleet of patrol boats, was a ship of 3,000 tons. German Captain Wounded. Its captain, Herr Lauterbach, was wounded, but reached the Danish shore safely. His ship, which had four guns and a crew of 90, was "suddenly attacked," he said in an interview with a Danish newspaperman after ward, "by a fleet of British destroy ers and the shells fired by them de scended with such rapidity that the men on the Marie were almost unable to use the guns. Only a few shots were fired before the ship was a mass of flames." British and American naval men who have been on the China station in years past will remember Captain Lauterbach. He was known from Shanghai to Vladivostok as "Baron Munchausen," and is said to have been the most unpopular German naval officer in the far east. His un popularity extended even to his own men, and in the Cattegat battle the first remark made by a German blue jacket rescued from the sea was a fervently expressed hope that the British had not made the mistake of rescuing his captain. Lauterbach's naval reputation prob ably will suffer somewhat from the Cattegat battle. His report that he fired his guns as long as possible is denied by his own men, who declared that Lauterbach was "seized with funk" as soon as the enemy appeared, and that not a single shot was fired from the Marie's guns. Was About to Make Raid. Presumably the Marie was making its way toward the trade route be tween Norway and Scotland, in hopes of repeating the successful German attack on the British convoy on October 17. The Brjtish commander concentrated his fire first of all on the Marie, and then detached his fast est vessels to round up the escorting patrol vessels. This was thoroughly done after a hunt lasting nearly three hours. This action, it should be re membered, occurred in waters which the Germans regard as practically one of their "inland seas" The Cattegat is the gateway to the Baltic. The scene of the fight is 500 miles from tlie nearest, British coast, but less than 200 miles from Kiel. An interesting comparison might be made between this clean victory by the British destroyers and the tip-and-run raid by the German light cruisers on a British convoy on Oc tober 17. The Germans sent out two of their fastest cruisers in the darkness, struck their blow in nervous haste in the early morning hours, not even pausing to rescue a single life of hundreds of combatants and non combatants, then ran away north ward to spend the remaining hours of daylight in hiding, and when night fell, dashed down the Nor wegian coast and thus returned home without being intercepted. British Rescue 64. On the occasion of the British vic tory the fight occurred not in the North Sea, but on Germany's door step; not at night but in daylight; not hurriedly or nervously, for 64 pris oners were taken, drowning men rescued from the water, thus provid ing another vivid contrast between German and British methods of war fare. Moreover, no noncombatant lives were lost or endangered in the Brit ish action, whereas the Germans ruthlessly and unnecessarily sacri ficed scores of innocent neutrals. Excellent Health Record of American Soldiers in France Washington, Nov. 21. Health con ditions among the American soldiers in France are shown in a table pre pared at Surgeon General Gorgas' office today, based upon reports for the week ending November 9. , Fol lowing is the estimate of the percen tage of cases of principal diseases per thousand men per year: Pneumonia, 16.6; dysentery. 2; malaria, 1; venereal disease, 181.5; typhoid, 0; para-typhoid, 0; measles, 21.7; meningitis, 1; scarlet fever, 1.9. The noneffective rate per thousand for November 12 which is the num ber of men per thousand who on the day reported were excused from duty for any indisposition whatever was 31.6. Total deaths for the week ending November 9 were eight, as follows: Pneumonia, 3; heart disease, 1; wounds received in action, 3; from accidental gunshot wounds, 1. Allies Soon Will Become Masters of Air Conflicts Rome, Nov. 21. Gabriele d'Annun zio writes to a friend that he is work ing indefatigably with his companion airmen of the Italian army in a most risky undertaking, the results of which cannot be revealed. In the letter he says: "Like Antaeus, every time the en tente falls it rises again with redou bled vigor, because it represents in vincible right. Thus the Italian re verse is now causing a revival of the energies of the allies, which will lead to ultimate victory. Unlike Antaeus, who was .rushed by Hercules when he was cut off from contact with Mother Earth, the airmen will be the salvation of the present war in their contact with and command of the all pervading, atmosphere. "Soon, with the assistance of America, we will be absolute masters of the air." I. W. W.s Get Fine and Two Years at Leavenworth Aberdeen, S. D., Nov. 21. Two years in the federal prison at Leaven worth, Kansas, and a fine of $1,000 was the sentence handed down here Tuesday by Judge Yourmans to Mart in Gunderson and Stanley Brown, members of the I. W. W. convicted upon an indictment of conspiracy. Eleven other defendants also re ceived sentences. ( Former Congressman Ends Life in New York New York, Nov. 21. George P. Lawrence, former congressman from Massachusetts, whose home was m North Adams, Mass., jumped to his death today from the eighth floor ot tlie Hotel Belmont. 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They are: Mrs. Lihse Langman, second wife of murdered man; John Henry Langman, adopted son of John Langman and nephew of his first wife; John Kigas, son of Mrs. Lihse Langman by her first marriage, and Philip Kaufman, boarder at the Langman home. Mrs. Lihse Langman is already un der arrest on a murder charge, fol lowing an alleged confession by John Henry Langman, who declared poison hd been administered to bring about death. Federal Officers Raid I. W. W. In Kansas and Seize Papers Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 21. Two trunks full of papers, some of which are said to contain plans of the I. W. W., have been seized in Butler, county, Kan., it was announced early today by rrca Robertson, United States district attorney for Kansas. The total number of arrests in Butler county reached fifty today, Mr. Robertson said, but that a num ber of these had been released. Word was received from Eldora, Kan., that 18 men had been ar rested there and that all had been charged with conspiring to foment riots in the oil fields. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. "My Aim is to Be Victory," Says New French Premier Faris, Tuesday, Nov. 20. The war aim of Freniier Clcmenceau is to be a victor, he told the Chamber of Dep uties today. "If Germany tomorrow expressed a wish to enter into the society of nations, I would not agree," M. Clcm enceau said, " for Germany's signa ture cannot be trusted. ' "You ask what my war aims are? My aim is to be a victor." During interpellations after the ministerial declaration, Deputy Pierre Forgeot demanded the firm handling of the political scandals. He declared that Louis J. Malvy, former minister of the interior, either is a traitor or that Leon Daudet, Malvy' j accuser, is a scoundrel. He demand ed that the connection with the scandals of Joseph Caillaux, the former premie:-, should be made clear. 1 Premier Clcmenceau made an ap proving gesture and M. Caillaux ap plauded, but the premier in reply re fused to enter into details- He as sured the chamber that justice would be dealt rapidly and relentlessly for crimes against the country. The premier expressed sympathy with the socialists and idealists, but declared that experiments were impossible in war tune. 11c turned tlie laugli on some of his interrupters by sayhg that the only advantage of cbl age is that one becomes deaf. Two States Investigating Bankers' Insurance Company Helena. Monti Nov. 21. With the arrival of representatives of the in surance departments of North and South Dakota the joint investigation into the affairs of the Bankers' In surance company of this city was he gun today. A. R. Aslakson of Bis marck, deputy insurance commissioner for North Dakota, said the company collected premiums in North Dakota aggregating about $285.00). Its losses in that state, he says, are estimated at approximately $l,4J5,0tX. Appointments to Fuel And Shipping Boards Washington, Nov. 21. John A. Maher of Minneapolis, was put in charge by the fuel administration to day of coal distribution and appor tionment in the northwest with head quarters in Washington. David L. Ewing of St. Louis was named assistant director today of the shipping board's department of op erations. Mr. Ewing has been chief of the bureau of transportation of supplies, where he will be succeeded by F. C. Joubert. 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