THREE INTERESTING PAGES IN THE WOMAN'S SECTION OF TODAY'S OMAHA BEE
e Omaha Daily Bee
PART ONE
NEWS SECTION
PAGES l'TOs12
VOL. XLVII. NO. 5.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1917.TWENTY-TWO PAGES.
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ROMANOFFS IN RUSSIA
KAISER SEEKS TO
-DOMINATE SLAVS
BY NEW MONARCH
Bolshevik! Rule Said to Favor Enthronement of Former
Despots; Populace Half Won Over By Royalist Prop
aganda; Declare Monarchy Only Fit Govern
ment for Russian People.
London, Dec 14. The real aim of the Bolsheviki is a
monarchy at least, and possibly a despotism, in the opinion of
the Perograd correspondent of the Post. He wires that for
more than a month the Bolsheviki have beert openly prepare
me public opinion for acceptance of what, he says, after all, is
tiwonly fit form of government for Russia. '
It is this design of the Bolsheviki,
the correspondent asserts, which is
.the secret of their antagonism to the
social revolutionists, social democrats
and constitutional democrats, all of
whom were formidable enemies of the
old re time.
Active nroDaeanda lone has been
carried on under cover, on behalf of
the Romanoff family, he says, and
thi nroDanranda incidentally turned
the Russians against England, which
is reported to have desired tne over
throw of the autocracy.
-. WIN PEOPLE OVER. .
"The Bolsheviki will in one way or
another re-establish the throne and
possibly re-erect the despotism,'' the
correspondent adds. "The populace is
half won over to this by methods
which are well understood by those
iwho know Russia."
After saying that space prevents
detailing' the subterranean propa
ganda, the writer refers vaguely to
the "unprecedented and unfortunate
division in the Komanorr. tamiiy,
which, he says, makes it impossible to
judge the precise solution of the
problem those behind the Bplsheviki
.( iijevehtually will reach. The. popular
rumor at present, he adds, is that the
former Russian; heir to the , -throne,
Grand Duke Alexis, will be made
emperor" under the German s'-
ROMANS REPEL
FOE.WITH HEAVY
GERMAN LOSSES
ashington, Dec. 14 Austro-Ger-man
operations aiming at the pene
tration of the important coastal region
of the Venetian lagoon iri"ltaly have
been frustrated with heavy losses to
the invaders, official dispatches from'
Rome today announced,.
Heavy fighting took place at the
Caposile bridgehead, during which
the Austro-Gcrmans, after temporary
success, were counter attacked by the
Italians and driven off. They repeated
- their attack with-frequent successive
waves of massed troops, but were able
to ,t each only part of the defenses,
from which they eventually! were ex
pelled by the Italians. The enemy
operations were favored 4y excep
tional weather, which has caused the
.-vfcter in the inundated regions to
reach an extremely low mark. .
Between the Brenta and Piave'riv
ers, where the greater Austro-Ger-nian
forces are being massed, under
command of General von Below in
the west and General krobatm in
(he eastern sector, artillery firing is
particularly active.
JVO AUSTRIANS
ON FIRING LIM
INNEWU.S.hRMY
Washington, Dec. .14. First steps
to place soldiers of German or
Austro-Hungarian birth or extraction
at duty apart from the actual fight
ing forces appear in today's army
orders. " - -
. Orders show the transfer of nearly
"A tindred enlisted men of the regular
or 'national army to duty with the
. disciplinary barracks guard at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan. The list con-
71 tains hardly a name that does not
appear to be of German, Austrian or
Hungarian origin. There are several
: non-commissioned officers, including
" Sergeant Martin A. Stolz, of the
, quartermaster' corp.Tat Fort Robin-
j, son, Neb. All will be privates in ths
barracks guard. . , -
, Three men come from tjic Ameri-I
can expeditionary iwccs jiv rraiice
and in other cases it isi evident that
- men were withdrawn from recruits
about 6 sail to join General Per
shing's command.
11"
. One Man Killed, Five
Injured by Explosion
Wilmington, Del., .Dec. 14. One
man is dead and five injured as a re
sult of a rire whicfr- followed an ex
:". ploso today at an acid plant". of the
Du 1 nt Powder company, 18 miles
from here. After the firemen had
". been summoned from this city, fire
broke out in the Wilmington power
' house, cutting of all light and clec-
P.
service
WAR SAVINGS
TO MAKE UNITED
STATESCAREFUL
Frank A. Vanderlip, Chairman
' of National Committee, Ar
rives! in Omaha; Discusses
Government Aims.
"This war savings stamp movement
means mere" than simply a govern
ment financial measure to raise mon,ey
to carry on the war," declared Frank
A. Vanderlip, president- of the Na
tional City bank of New York and
chairman of the national war savings
Committee on his arrival in Omaha
yesterday. .. .. vv . j
The train was to have arrived here
at 11:35 a. m. but did not arrive until
1 :30 p. ni. Members of the Nebraska
and the Omaha committees on war
saving stamps met the train. A num
ber of women were there also to
greet Mrs. Vanderlip.
Because the train was late Mr. Van
derlip could not speak at the Com
mercial' club, as was planned. Colonel
Fred Fleming of Kansas City, direc
tor -of the war.( saving campaign in
this district, addressed the Commer
cial club. 1
Mr. Vanderlip, who used to
be a newspaper reporter and who is
now president of the largest bank in
the country, if not in the world, ap
peared to be in fine fettle for his busy
day in Omaha. w
"The government is conducting
this war savings campaign to ac
complish three great purposes," he
said. "One is to sell to the amount,
maturity value, of $2,000,000,000, a
new form of government security on
such easy terms as to be within the
reach of everybody. A second pur
pose is to foster the savings habit on
the part of everybody, those who al
ready know how to save and those
who never saved a cent before. A
third reason is to bring about in a
new sense the conservation of the
(Continued 011 rage In, Column Five.)
Is It Coming to This?
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Grand Duke Alexis, Who
May Now Be Russ Monarch
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CROZIER UNDER
FIRE SAYS MEN
WILL HAVE GUNS
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Questioning ;D ey Sloped ilThat
Appropriations for Rifles
Were Used for Pistol at
High Royalties;
Washington, Dec . 14. State
ment regarding the prospective de
livery of rifles, considered confidential
by the War department, and other
matters the' witness declined to dis
cuss publicly, were given today by
Major General Crozief, chief of ord
nance, at an executive session of the
senate1 military committee's: iuquiry
into alleged delays 111 supplying the
war arriiy,- , -
General Crozier's examination
today went further into details of
the, rifle and machine gun situations.
Several senators sharply questioned
him in what were described as "some
what, heated" exchanges. Some of
the members were said to be inclined
to attribute to General Crozier him
self responsibility for the reduction
of 50 per cent in rifle production , at
private plants due to the change in
type.
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NO PROSPECT OF
LETUP IN BELOW
ZERO WEATHER
Ninth " Consecutive Day j . of
Wintry Temperatures Sends
Shivers Over Omaha and
Middle West Country.
The ninth consecutive day with a
below-zero temperature came Friday
with no prospect of any let-up in the
extreme cold under which Omaha and
the state and most of the Central west
are shivering.
The official thermometer at the
weather fiureau ' registered 7 de
grees below zero at 8 a. 111. and a
brisk wind from the northwest, made
the cold felt the more. And while
the weather bureau Says it will be
"not quite so cold tonight" it also
predicts "colder tomorrow."
' Cold in South,
Freezing temperatures extend all
the way to the .Gulf of Mexico, en
veloping the southern states in extra
ordinary cold. 1'rost was reported
tins morning as tar south as Jackson
ville, Fla.
To the nortli the cold is extreme,
Prince Albert, Sask., reporting 36 be
low; Bismarck, N. D., 24 betow;
Sioux City, 12 below; Valentine, Neb.,
12 below; North Platte, Neb., 2 be
low. , -
The greater part of the whole
country is having snow or rain, snow
in the states north and northwest and
rain, on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts. New .York last night had, a
wind, that reached a velocity of 84
miles an hour -a
Blizzard in Gotham.
New York, Dec-14. A snowstorm,
approaching blizzard proportions,
that raged throughout the night, crip
pled all traffic hi New York today,
interrupted telegraph and telephone
service, brought intense suffering to
the poor and accentuated the serious
shortage of coal. .
The coal situation, which has been
acute for weeks, caused much appre
hension In the Bronx yesterday the
entire supply of coal was exhausted
and crowds of people besieg d empty
yards in-vain. In Brooklyn and on
the New York cast side there were
many small riots" in which the chief I
participants were women, who pleaded
mat their children were dyng ot cold
at home.
Health officials, alarmed at the in
creasing number of deaths from pneu
monia, due to the recent cold weather,
have appealed to the fuel administra
tor to help the situation.
Wind Dies Down.
While the railroads still found the
weather cold, temperatures out in
the state and farther west were,, not
(fontlnurd on re,ln7 Column One.)
ARTILLERY IS
NOW ACTIVE ON
FRENCH FRONT
Paris, Dec. 14. Heavy artillery
fighting occurred ,; last night in the
Champagne, the war office announces.
The communication follows:
"There were violent artillery ac
tions in the region of Maisons de
Champagne. East of the Suippes and
hi Alsace, southwest of Cernay, we
raidedyenemy trenches, success fully.
"On the remainder of the front
there is nothing to report."
LITTLE CHILD
MAKES PLEA
FOR MITTENS
Bee and Associated Charities,
Working Together, Relieve
Many Worthy Cases of
Acute Suffering.
One of the many letters received
by Mrs.Nj. W. Doane, general secre
tary) of the Associated Charities, was
from a child, and it reads as follows:
"I would like to have some mittens,
a cap and stockings, and my brother
would like the same, lor we have a
long ways to go to school; and don't
forget a kewpie doll for my baby sis
ter, and we would all like a good din
ner. There are four children in our
family. I am 12, my sister is 9, I
have a brother, 10, and baby sister is
3 years of age. Papa has been sick
and out of work and -we are afraid we
wotVt get anything for Christmas."
"There are many cases like that,"
commented Mrs. Doane
Many Are Helped.
It is to relieve such cases as much
as possible during the Christmas sea
son that The Bee and Associated
Charities are co-operating in an ef
fort to spread Christmas cheer in a
practical manner where it is 'most
needed. The family of seven children
whose mother died this week will be
remembered, and many other un
fortunate homes will have occasion to
feci that Christmas this year will
mean something to them even in the
face Of misfortune.
Hiram Prucha sent a check for $5
for this relief work. K. C. .Liggett,
308 South Eighteenth street, contribu
ted $5, and Mrs. J. M. Zentz sent a
check for $4. Packages of garments
were received from Mrs. W. Randall,
820 Park avenue, and M. F Thomas,
1012 South Twenty-ninh streef, all
of which were received ' at The Beq
office and. forwarded, to the, Associa
ted Charities. - ,
Wants Soft Coal Stoves.
Mrs. Doane slated that she can
place to good advantage six soft coal
stoves that are in workable condi
tion. "And don't forget the shoes for the
children," she added.
Money, garments; shoes, orders for
coal or shoes, or any other' forms of
relief; may be sent to - Associated
Charities office, 519 Fariiam building,
Thirteenth and Farnam streets, or to
The Bee office.
The Christmas relief work is in
full swing. It is not. necessary to
wait until Christmas to aid these
families who are in need.
MEASLES NOT NOW
' menace to men in
Training camps
-Washington, Dec. 14. The measles
epidemic in the camps of the Thir
tieth, Thirty-firsl, Thirty-eighjh and I
iiuriy-ninui umsions 01 me ianonat
Guard troops no longer constitutes
a menace,, according to a report for
the week ending December 7, made
public today by Surgeon Gerieral
Gorgas.
The epidemic has spread some
what, however, in the Thirty-fourth
and Thirty-fifth divisions and to a
greater extent in the Thirty-sixth.
Pneumonia, following measles, is par
ticularly increased in the Thirty-sixth
division and slightly increased in the
Thirty-fourth, Thirty-eighth and
Thirty-ninth.
All other National Guard camps
show a decrease in measles, although
there have been a number of pneu
monia independent of measles in all
national army and National Guard
camps.
The report shows 190 deaths during
the week i the National Guard, of
which 171 were" from pneumonia; 74
deaths in the national army, of
which 47 yere from pneumonia.
Lobeck Lands Jobs for
Joe Walker and Guy Axtel
(Krotn a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 14. (Special Tel
egram.) Through the efforts of Con
gressman Lobeck, J. C. Walker, an
Omaha newspaper reporter, and Guy
L; Axtel of Omaha have been ap
pointed deputy income tax agents for
Nebraska.
Upstate Banker Hears Omaha
Cafes Serve Baked Muskrat
Baked muskrat hams and apple
sauce do they or do they not appear
on the menu of certain hotels and res
taurants in Omaha? The Commercial
club of Omaha cannot answer the
question, though the question has
been put to them by a Hyannis
banker.
J. W. Mann, cashier of the Hyannis
State bank, Hyannis, Neb., has writ
ten the Commercial club a letter in
which he says h,e has heard that
Omaha hotel -and restaurant people
are paying 15 cents apiece for the
hind legs f muskrats. lie wants to'
know if this is true.
"As we have customers who do a
lot of trapping of muskrats," he con
tinues, "as an accommodation to
RED TROOPS ROUT
K0RNIL0FF AND
HIS COSSACKS
"Death Battalion" Annihilated in Bielgorod Battle and
Extremists Now Control ; Constituent Assembly Will ' ,
Protest Arrests; Letts Form Government forv
Lithuania and Courland; German Pris
oners Released.
Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. i3, 6 p. m. rln the battle neai
Bielgorod, according to a Bolshevist staff report, General
Korniloffs Cossacks were defeated. They retreated to
Vasileika. 1
: O KORNILOFF DISAPPEARS.
FARMERS' UNION
AND UNCLE SAM
GO TO THE MAT
Food Administrator Wattles
Calls the Defy, of President
Glustafson and Issues Or
der on Sale of Sugar.
C, II. Gustafson, president of th
Fanners' Union State exchange, not
long ago gave out the information
that 'the organization of which he is
the head and which, has its ware
houses in Omaha, would continue to
sell sugar to Its members, and in
100-pound lots, regardless of what
Federal Food Administration Agent
Wattles might say, or do. He took
tle position that this was one of the
things that the company had a right
to do and that in doing so, it was
not actingS'n conflict with the general
rules of the food administration.
The statement of Mr. Gustafson
came to the attention of Mr. Wattles
and now the two men have gone to
the mat. It is said that Friday after
noon Mr. Wattles won the first fall
when he served .notice on the Will
iams, Murphy company, a South
Tenth street -house, that is said to
have been selling sugar to the Farm
ers' union, and which sugar has been
sent to members out in the state in
100-pound lots.
In his notice to the Williams,
Murphy company, Mr. Wattles says:
Makes It Official Notice.
"It has, come to my knowledge,
from statements furnished by the
Farmers' Union State exchange, that
this Farmers' Union State exchange
is operating without a license from
the federal government and is clear
ly operating in violation of the rules
and regulations of the food adminis
tration.
"This is especially true in the mat
ter of the sale of sugar. This state
exchange has been selling and ship
ping, or causing to i be shipped,
through , your company, sugar in
amounts largely in excess of the legiti
mate requirements of the purchaser
for the period of 60 days. This ex
change advised my representative
that it would continue to make ship
ment in 100-pound lots, or in excess
thereof, so long as" it could obtain
the sugar with which to fill the or
ders, unless forbidden by some au
thorized representative of the federal
government. I am advised that it is at
the present time securing this supply
of sugar through you. v
"Please be advised that from this
date, and untiHurther.order from this
office, you will not deliver to the
Farmers' Union State exchange, or
ship to any person whom it may
designate, any sugar in any amount
whatsoever. You will please accept
this as official notice a nd govcrn-yoursclvcs-accordingly."
'
Wattles Issues Statement.
In regard to this order Gurdou W.
Wattles, federal food administrator
for Nebraska, makes the following
statement:
"Several days ago an interview ap
peared in some of the Omaha papers
with C II. Gustafson, in which he
stated in substance that the organiza
tion which he represented was sell
ing sugar to its members in 100 pound
(Contlnunl on Fata Four, Column Two.)
them, and as a food conservation
movement, I ask you to let me know
who these hotel and restaurant peo
ple are, and the quantities they can
use. I am given to understand that
muskrats are very good to eat, and
more especially the hind legs."
Assistant Commissioner W. A.
Ellis of the Commercial club
scratched his eyebrow when he read
the letter. He inquired of all the
girls in the office as to whether
muskrat meat is or is not palatable.
They did not know.. He even asked
the colored pages in the lobby. They
knew all about 'possum, bfrt they as
sured him they had never, stink a
fang into a muskrat.
And the investigation continues.
In connection with the battle at
Rostov the evening newspapers report
the Cossacks vas victorious, the Bol
sheviki forces having retreated to
Nakhitchevan.
Tbe staff report on the Bielgorod
fighting says that the Korniloff forces
lost SO killed and 80 prisot.ers. The
report adds that General Kornildlf
has disappeared. .,
Defeat Death Battalion.
The Bolsheviki forces have defeated
a "death battalion" in the vicinity of
Biclgordd, where the fighting with
the Korniloff and Kaledines forces
centers? In the Orenburg district,
where General Dutoff hag t large
force of Cossacks, there has been lit
tle fighting and the Bolsheviki have
sent agitators work among his
troops. It is reported that Kaluga has
been taken by the Bolsheviki.
The commander of the Black sea
fleet has called upon all the sailors to
fight against Kaledines, declaring
"Kaledines, together with the allied
imperialists, liar declared civil war."
The employes of the food supply
department called - today at the
Sniolny institute, the Bolsheviki head- '
quarters, aud urged that, they be de
clared a neutral, department Other
wise they would decline to work
under the people's : commissaries.
Their demands were refused.,
The senate, the highest ( Russian.
cour which has .been ''abolished by
the Bolsheviki, today held' a secret
meeting, at which it was determined
that the members would continue in
their offices. '
, The socialist newspapers appeared!
this morning without advertisements,
hut they carried a long protest
against the Bolsheviki advertising
mcmopoly.
Army Election Begins.
It is announced that elections of
officers of the army, for which all men
arc eligible, will begin today. Adc- '
crcc abolishing all ranks and titles
becomes effective tomorrow. The com-,
missaries have declared all .agricul
tural implements a government,
monopoly .and all .machines will be!
distributed for the equitable farming
of all lands '
Constituent Assembly, '
The constituent assembly Is de
termined to protest against the arrest
tf Prince Dolgorukoff, A. I. Shingar
off and M. Kokohkin by the Bolshev
iki, '.espitc their membership in the
assembly, because this position brings
immunity. The Bolsheviki have
brought another . regiment to Pe
trograd to strengthen their forces.
Bolsheviki delegates to the con
stituent assembly are hastening to
ward Petrograd from all parts of Rus
sia, in response to an appeal from
their headquarters here. Noiiv of the
Bojsheviki attended, the preliminary
organization meeting of the assembly
yesterday. It is believed they x are
holding off until control is assured by
sheer force of numbers.
The preliminary meeting was at
tended by about 70 delegates, mostly
sscial revolutionists. Mayor Schrci
der of Tetrograd. who presided, made
a speech in which he declared that
the assembly had been opened, but
that delegates later compromised' by
adopting a resolution declaring that,
the assembly would have all power
when it was legally opened, which,
according to ' their view, would be
(Contlnnrtl on Tngti Tn, Column Two.
A Violin
For a Diamond
This is just one of the
many trades recently made
by small ads in The Swap
pers' column.
If you have any articles
of furniture, clothing, of-
ficevfixtures, musical in-'
struments or personal ef
fects that have ceased to
be of value to you
Trade Them'
V -
for something you can use ' .
by putting a small ad in,.
. t
The Swappers' Column
of The Bee. You can count;1
on a rapid exchange.
Swappers' ColumnRates
are 25c for a 3-line adver
tisement 3 times, and 8c
for each answer you re-
ceived. v