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- V The Omaha Daily THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XLVII NO. 140. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1917 SIXTEEN PAGES. WV SINGLE COPY TWO. CENTS Bee BYM'S MEM IK HE TEUTON TRENCHES;'. 3 'BOLSHEVIKI UMBER GERMAN CONTROL o, , . ,0 NTENTE PROTESTS AGAINST MISS PEACE WITH KAISER AS ' VIOLATING LONDON TREATY German Officers Prime Lenine; New Government Set Up in Caucasus as Protest to Anarchy; Kaledines Looms as Anti-Teuton Force; Holds ' Bread and Grain. (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Nov. 27. -General Dukhonin, the Russian commander-in-chief, has sent an order to the Russian army pointing out that the entente had protested to the Russian su preme command against any breach of the treaty of September 5, 1915 (teh treaty of London pledging the entenjte powers not to make separate peace) and threatening that any breach from the Russian side, especially the calling of a separate truce, would be fraught with serious dangers, according to the semi official Austrian correspondence- bureau, says a Vienna dis IT 55. BOYCOTTS RUSS. t The Russian supreme command has further announced, according to the same authority, that the United States had stopped the transportation of sup plies to Russia until the situation cleared and that should the Bolsheviki retain powsr and make peace with Germany this prohibition would be maintained. GERMANS ADVISE LENINE. London, Nov. 27. Information was received here today from Petrograd tha a number of German staff officers hate arrived there and are acting in ani&dvisory capacity to Nikolai Le nifie, the Bolsheviki premier. All communication has been broken between north and south Russia. The foreign embassies at Petrograd are unable to establish any touch with Odessa or other points in southern Russia. Official, messages, however, are reaching Odessa by way of Persia. NEW RULE, IN CAUCASUS. ' Washington,. Nov. 27. The Amer ican consul at Tiflis today reported establishment of the new govern, ment in ' the Caucasus as a protest . against inarchy In .Russia. ' '. Revolutionists Fail. , '. London, Nov. 27. The Russian revolutionists have made a "ghastly failure" of their attempt at adminis tration, according to the Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post, writing under the date of Saturday, lie adds: "But behind or beyond all this ap parently, hopeless chaos the forces wfcich made Russia anempire are not idle and tnose who know Russian his tory understand perfectly well how matters will end. "Even as I write the situation is becoming clear. The elections to the constituent assembly will take place, but the constituent assembly will not meet with success. The Bolsheviki movement, whatever that movement may really mean, already has damned the constituent assembly, v Gold in Safe Hands. "Meantime I would call attention to the following facts: "The vast gold reserve of the Rus sian empire, , which was removed from Petrograd to the, Kremlin in 1913, was later carried still further into the interior. It is in safe hands. "General Kaledines, hetman of uHed Cossackdom, is in secure pos session, with trustworthy and disci plined troops of all arms, of all those regions of European Russia thatvpro duced a harvest this year, and is rapidly capturing those remaining territories upotv which Russia relies for its daily bread. "A vast union, under the name of the Southeastern Union, has been formed. It includes the Don terri Contlnued on Page Two, Column Two.) The Weather Tempearturea at Omaha Yesterday. , Htir. Dep. 5 a. 6 a. 7 a. 8 a. m. . 37 36 36 33 3B 38 39 41 40 42 43 41 39 37 36 34 m. 9 a. m, 10 a. m 11 a. ni 12 m..., - 1 P. m, 2 p. 3 o. m. m. ni. In. m. m. m. it p. 7 P. S p. Comparative Local Record. ' 1917. 1916. 1915. 1H4. Highest yesterday .. 4J .49 41 Lowest Jtesterday ... 35. - 37 33 Mean temperature .. 39 43 36 rrecloltation 00 .00 .00 47 31 39 .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: . Normal temperature 13 Excess for the day 6 Total deficiency Finco March J 201 Normal precipitation ,0J Inch Deficiency for the day 02 Inch Total rainfall since March 1. .. .21.36 Inches Deficiency since March 1 6.92 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. .12.21 inches Deficiency' for cor. period, 1915.. 1.54 inches Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather 7 p. m. est. fall. s. Cheyenne, cloudy 22 32 .20 o Davenport, cloudy .... 36 S6 .02 Dnnver, clear 34 44 .00 ' Des Moines, cloudy ... 38 40 .00 .' Dodge City. pt. cloudy.. 34 48 .00 - Lander, clear ...30 38 .16 North Platte, cloudy... '9 42 .00 ' Omaha, clear ..... 36 45 .00 1 Pueblo, clear 36 ' 43 .00 . Rapid ClU', clear 42 . .- 52 .00 T Satflt.nke City, clear... 42 . 46 .00 . Satu Fe, clear 36 44 .00 Sheridan, clear ! 62 .00 Sioux Cltyj clear 52 36 .00 ' Valentine, Vloar 34 48 .00 L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist RUSSIAN ARMIES LACKING BREAD THREATEN FLIGHT Have a Scant SupRly of Army Biscuit and" Railroad Tracks to Capital Are. - Torn Up. London, Nov. 27. The Russian army on the northern front' has had no bread for, several days, according to reports "received in Petrograd and transmitted here,, and only7 two ' or three days' supply of 'army biscuit Is on hand. The army delegates are re ported to ., have--' recommended i the withdrawal of "the troops in order to prevent a general flight, with its con sequent excesses. Instead of A hun dred cars of food arriving daily at the Dvinsk front, only twenty have beeii received. Large numbers of troops being moved to different places have been stopped by the removal of sections of railroad track to prevent their reach ing Petrograd. They were stopped at towns where food could not be ob tained. Moratorium Declared in Petrograd. London, Nov. 27. The council of people's commissaries, according to a dispatch from Petrograd dated Sun day, has declared a two months' moratorium from the day of the be ginning of the recent revolt. Elections Now Being Held. Petrograd, Sunday, Nov. 25. Elec tion of delegates, to the constituent assembly began today and will con tinue through Monday and Tuesday. Nineteen lists representing various parties, factions and organizations are in the field, including two wom en s leagues. The Moscow metropolitan- committee has announced that the elections there have been postponed for a week. The ' American Red Cross relffef train arrived at'Jassy, Roumania, on November 18. It consisted of SScars ot hospital supplies from America and foodstuffs. LIEUT. SETZ, STAR ON CREIGHTON" TEAM L. W. Setz, an attorney of Omaha, who received a commission as second lieutenant at Fort Snelling training camp, is a graduate of Creighton Law school ' and Iowa State university. While attending Creighton he was one of the shining lights qi the Blue and White gridiron team, especially in 1915, when that school had one of the best teams in its history. Setz declares the life at Fort SnelM mg was great,"if one doesn't weak en," and wijl be detailed to assist in the training of drafted men about De cember 15 v dig, j Pondepowr - Fc.'k-Brftmash The HindenburgMine has fallen. In nearer the goal. This picture, taken CONGRESSIONAL PARTY RETURNS ' FROM WAR ZONE After Trip to Battlefields of Flanders and Belgium, Rep resentative Stephens Ar rives inWashington. (From- Staff Correspondent.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 27. (Spe cial Telegram.) Representative Dan V, Stephens returned to Washington lasVN,mght' iir company 'ith other congressmen from the battlefields of Flanders and Belgium. This morn ing Mr. Stephens received a group of newspaper men . and described graphically the sights he had wit nessed during 11 days spent in and about the first line trenches in north ern France and Belgium. During his stay in Europe he and his colleagues, who were shown ev ery courtesy on the part of British, French and American officers and permitted to get first hand informa tion of the tremendous fields of car nage now in the highlights'bf Europe, rode 1,500 miles in automobiles and tramped many weary hours through rain and mud looking Upon scenes that are indescribable. Cannot Wipe Out Stain. "There are not enough years in all eternity to wipe out the stain that the German army lias put upon France and Belgium and the atrocities committed in the name of the un speakable Hun will never all be told. My admiration for the French, the Belgian and the British soldier has increased a ' thousandfold. The countless thousands of men whom I saw in the eleven days spent upon the battlefields of France and Belgium represented dogged determination to drive the Boche back upon his own country and even, if possible, to thunder at the very gates of Berlin. "There is not reparation enough that can be done on the part of Ger many to wipe out the awful deeds which the German government, through its military, has committed, and when I looked at the order and the discipline erected by General Per J shing and "the officers under himmy veins seemed to burst with patriotic ferever, for where I expected a good deal of confusion about general head quarters. I found complete co-ordination and complete unity and as an American to look upon the splendid army which Pershing has already in Europe touched me as I never have been touched before. Praises Spirit of Army. , "I cannot help but speak in the most extravagant words of praise of the spirit of our army in France and its morale and the health of our boys over there is perfectly splendid. We may well be proud of the vanguard of the thousands who will be called upon to do their part in forever ex tinguishing the impossible Hun. I cannot find language descriptive enough to tell of the cruelty to non combatants, old men, women and children, and the dismembered arms and torsos, legs and sculls which I saw uncovered by the rains as they washed down the hillsides tore at my heartstrings." Mr. Stephens looks very tired. The congressional party encountered rough weather, both going and com ing, being eight and a half days out on their return trip. Mr. Stephens stated in the course of nearly two hours' interview that the United States army had 11 division headquar ters in France and he believed that there were in that country between 250,000 and 275,000 soldiers' of all arms of the service and more going every day. Mr. Stephens leaves for his home in Fremont tonight to spend Thanksgiving with his family. He does not expect to return to Wash ington until after the Christmas holi days. Ross Hammond, who accom panied Mr. Stephens on his visit to France and Belgium, returned at the same time with Mr. Stephens and will go to his home in Fremont from New York. . , Mble Tanks of Hindenburp: Line from the Hearst-Pathe News, shows Plowed through the enemy s trenches. Are Sermons in Stones? Ask,City Commissioners Are there sermons in stones? The city commissioners wish to know. . Representatives of Parkvale Pres byterian church and North Omaha Methodist church made simultaneous requests of the city council for old paving stones to be used in founda tions of new edifices to be used by these congregations. The Parkvale people ask for 25,000 stones and the Methodist church asks for 13,500 stones. The requests were referred to the committee of the whole for consider ation rext Monday morning. Com missioner Jardine of the public im provement department said he be lieved the requests may be granted. BALLOON CORPS -SAYS FAREWELL TO FORT OMAHA Five Hundred Members of Sec ond Squadron Entrain for Atlantic Port After Months of Training. Five hundred Fort Omaha bal loon soldiers, members of the United States signal corps, left Omaha late Tuesday afternoon for "an Atlantic port, somewhere in America." A large- crowd of Omaha people gathered at the station to say good bys to the squadron members,, who had won their way into the hearts of many Omaha girls. They were taken to the station in special street cars and 'they left on 'trains of. several sections. ' Ready for Service. Made perfect in the art of bal loon work and ready for service in foreign lands over the sea, these men are the last word in training which they have been receiving for the last six months at the local fort, the only one of its kind in the United States. The men composed the second bal loon squadron, Companies A. B, C and D, with five lieutenants and a cap tain in each company. Many of these officers have been commissioned at Fort Omaha in the reserve officers' balloon schoolV Short Stay in East. Soldiers in the aviation and balloon branch of the service are sent to Fort Omaha from every state in the union for their final -training, and the men leaving expect to be dispatched over the seas after a short stay in the east. Thanksgiving day plans in hundreds of Omaha homes will be upset by the departure of the soldiers, who had be come extremely popular with Oma ha folk. The signal corps, which en listed men declared to be the flower of the whole service, are permitted to dress as near like officers as posis ble, with the exception of braid and shoulder straps. Upsets Dinner Plans. Hundreds of invitations, extended to members of the squadron through The Bee, will have to be resent, mak ing a vast amount of work. Everything was in a bustle at the local fort Tuesday morning. The de parture of the contingent will some what alleviate the crowded condition at the fort, here more than 300 men are attending the officers' reserve traiivnor1 school. Leave From Freight Depot. The troop train left Omaha at the freight denot, Sixteenth and Leaven worth. Although efforts were made liv !i;e ani'v trs to keen the move ment semi-secret, hundreds of Oma ha people gathered to bid the men a final good-by. The 41st regimental band, now statinf-ed at Fort Crook, ivas on hand to endeavor to cheer up the soldiers, as weil as their fair companions, who insisted on talking to the men, even while the sergeants were calling the final roll call. Pave Way Picture shows the camouflaging which concealed its approach until fairly on top of. the hostile forces. AUTHOR SHQOTS SELF ON KNOLL IN CEMETERY John T. Oyler Commits Suicide Near Graves of His Two Daughters; Leaves Note to Wife. John T, Oyler, author, poet and philosopher, ended his own life on a knoll in West Lawn cemetry yester. ray mornmg. .'t VLTrv ' '.V,, inTlis" pocket was a copy of his la't est book, "Thoughts for the Thinker," written in verse and prose. ILL HEALTH CAUSE. A note addressed to his wife, Mrs. John T. Oyler, 4828 .Warwick ave nue, Chicago, was found beside the body. It read: "Dear Wife: "I am unable to stand the torture any longer. Forgive me. Ill health and lack of decent treatment drive me to desperation. May God . and the public forgive nie. I know no other courle to pursue. Goodby to all." Revolver Beside Body. Oyler had shot himself through the head. A revolver, one bullet fired from the chamber, was clutched in one of his hands. . The author committed suicide, on a grassy plot underneath an evergreen tree not far distant from the graves of li is two children, Catherine L. Oyler and Corrine Oyler, who died in the same month in 1916. Corrine died January 14 and Catherine Jan uary 19. The copy of "Thoughts for Think ers" had this inscription on the cover: "Nature Drops Acorns So Careless ly. Only One of Many Becomes a Tree." Te evergreen tree under which Oyler killed himself is one of the most beautiful in the cemetery. Was Well Dressed. , The suicide author, although dressed in clothes' of fine quality, cut in the latest style, had but 38 cents in his pockets. A grave digger discovered the body shortly before noon and notified the county attorney, ex-officio coroner. No one saw .Oyler enter the ceme tery. The author is known to have been living in Omaha for several weeks. The family formerly lived at 3003 Franklin street. Police notified Mrs. Oyler in Chi cago. ' It was learned last night that on the previous day Oyier called up the Jackson undertaking establishment on (he telephone and asked where the Oyler children 'were buried Forest Lawn or West Lawn. The attendant at the undertaker's looked up the records and found that the children were buried in West Lawn cemetery. Oyler thanked him for the information and hung up the receiver. British Officials Reach Paris. Paris, Nov. 27. David Lloyd George, the British premier, accom panied by. Foreign, Secretary Balfour and other British"' officials and Pre mier Venizelos of Greece, arrived in Taris tonight. Federal Officials Woman Caught Mrs. Elmer Huse, woman arrested with 64 men when Industrial Work ers of the World headqtiarers in Omaha were raided three weeks ago, was discharged Tuesday after being questioned by Assistant United States Attorney Saxton and Chief Eberstein of the bureau of investigation. Mrs. Busc was in charge of the re freshment stand. She declared she is not a member of the organization and says she does not believe her hus band is. Albert Walkins, 20 years old, whose home is in Sidney, Australia, GERMANS FIGHT AS BRITISH TROOPS BORE HOLES IN HINDENBURG LINE Engagements at Close Quarters Result in Favor of British, - Who Capture Support Trenches, Forcing Enemy Withdrawals; Machine Guns Blaze From Windows in Village of Fontaine. BULLETIN. British Headquarters in France, Nov. 27. The, British have made another advance in the Cambria area, and, accord' ingi to the latest reports, have worked their way forward through the northwestern part of Fontaine Notre Dame, which they captured at the beginning of the attack last week, but sub sequently lost. They are now said to have advanced almost to the main street, which runs east and west through the center of the village. " GERMANS YIELD 200 YARDS. s By Associated Prwi.) British Army Headquarters in France, Monday, Nov. 26. The British troops last night continued to bore their way for ward through the Hindenburg support line west of Moeuvres. There was vigorous fighting at close quarters in this re gion, and as a result the British today were in possession of a further section of support trenches 2,000 yards long, running east and west, just south of Pronville and Inchy-En-Artois. TORPEDO SINKS 0. S. VESSEL OFF SPANISH COAST Twenty'Qne Survivors Arrive "at Port; Three BiatfW'itlr of Crew ' Still Missing. (By AMoelsted Prtwu.) Londan, Nov. 27. The American steamship Actaen was torpedoed on Sunday. A dispatch from Corunna, Spain, reports 21 survivors have ar rived at Port Camarinas. Three boats with the remainder of the crew are missing. New York, Nov. 27. Fifty-eight men, including 26 American citizens and five naturalized Americans, com prised the crew of the American steamship Actaeon. A London cablegram made no men tion of United States naval gunners aboard, nor do the names appear in the records' of the United vStates commissioner here. It is assumed there were some on board, inasmuch as the vesel was controlled by the United States shipping board. Formerly German Ship. v Formerly the German ship Adam strum, of 5,000 tons gross, the Ac taeon left New York early in October, carving government supplies for Bor deaux. It is believed it was on the re turn vovage when sunk. The vessel was built in Germany in 1909 and was seized by this government after the war with Germany began. The citizens on board included, G. A. Jensen, Ferndale, Cal., and T. A. Atkins. Hood. Cal.. wireless operators; Louis R. Carson, cadet of ficer, Los Angeles and Thomas K. Correro, seaman, no aifdress, born in California, ' . CORONER'S JURY ASKS HOLDING OF LEADING DOCTOR Kearney, Neb., Nov. 27. (Spc'cial Telegram.) A coroner's jury tonight returned a verdict in the Rosella May case, finding that she came to her deatii as a result of an operation per formed by Dr. Tupper Kirby of this city. In connection with the verdict, the jury also recommended the hold ing of J. C. Saylor, city attorney, and Mrs. C. M. Corbin, wife of a local osteopath. The coroner's jury was composed of men of high Standing in the com munity and they deliberated and took evidence at sessions which occupied in total more than 48 hours before bringing in a verdict. All of the parties implicated are well known, not only locally, but over the state.. Discharge in . W. W. Raid was also .discharged. He said a dele gate visited him in a Kansas wheat field and induced him to join. Wat kins said he was charged $2.50 initia tion fee and 50 cents a month dues to belong to this "poor man's organiza tion." In return for this $8.50 a year he received nothing except his mem bership card. "We will weed out those that seem harmless and then file informations against the local ringleaders some time this week, either here or in Chicago, probably here," said Assist ant United States Attorney Saxttrn, , SAVAGELY V T TMP Tnn MAT WW 4IV The British advance in the last few days had made this section of the line virtually untenable and the Ger mans were forced to withdraw when pressed by new attack. lighting was renewed today be tween Bourlon wood and Cambrai about' Fontaine Notre Dame, where the Germans were still installed and continued to work machine guns from roofs and windows. West of here, at Botirlowwaod snd Bourlon ' village the. .situation . jemainedttwK! as it was last night after the Ger- . mans had foreedjthe British out of most of the village irt. a fierce counter" attack which, involved 'still more furious hand to hand fighting through the streets. The battle continued here today. . x . Back to Old Warfare. ' The fight for Bourlon wood and village will long be remembered as one of the most bitterly contestd and sanguinary yet fought along the Brit ish front in France. American of ficers visiting the Cambrai sector have been thrilled at this renewal of old type of warfare, and with one ac cord ray: , J "That's the kind of fighting Ameri- can troops would like to be in, for you are in the open where you can get at the enemy with cold steel." The Germans have been concen trating ajl efforts in the attempt to oust the Britisr from this elevation, which is vital for the enemy to hold if he is to maintain in the present positions farther north and north west. . v - " . . . (Dy Auoctatcd Frets.) . London, Nov. 27. British troops have repulsed another German, coun ter attack in the nof.li east corner of Bourlon wood, west of Cambrai, ac cording to an official report today from Field Marshal Haig. . New German attempts to drive the British from their positions in Bour lon wood and the high ground domi nating the Cambrai region have failed. General Byng's men have repulsed another enemy counter attack at the northeast corner of the wood. There was much severe fighting Monday around Moeuvres, west of the Bour lort wood, and in the outskirts of Fon taine Notre Dame, immediately east of the wood and toward Cambrai. German artillery, however, has been active in the pres and Verdun regions. In Flanders the British po sition at Passchendaele, the northern part of the Passchendaele-Gheluvelt ridge, are being bombarded heavily by the enemy, but Crown Prince Rup precht of Bavaria has not attempted infantry attacks.," " GERMANS CHECKED. On the right bank of the Meuse. where the French gained the first and second defenses on a two-mil. front, German efforts have been checked by French artillery, while the , enemy guns have hecn bombarding the new French positions. The activity of the big guns also has been violent in Belgiunrand north of the Chemin des Dames. ' , (By AMorlated Press.) Allied Soldiers in Italy. French and British soldiers have reached the fighting zone north of the Venetian plains to ai4 the Italians in their brave defense against the in vading Austro-German forces. Be tween the Brenta and the Piave the Italians are withstanding successfully (Continued on Face Two, Column One.) Cleveland Police Work on - $20,000 Diamond Robbery Cleveland, O., Nov. 27. Cleveland police and detectives today were working on the theft from the crowd ed lobby of a prominent hotel of a registered mail package containing C diamonds valued at $20,000. Although the theft was committed last Friday evening, no word of it became public until today. The dia monds, said to be 65 in number and unset, were the property of Yank haucr, Newit. and riatt Jewelry .com pany. New York. , v . t 1