Omaha Sunday Bee
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VOL. XLVIII NO. 30.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1918. FOUR . SE CTIONS THIRTY-FOUR PAGES.
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GEORGE STRIKES PRUSSIANISM;
TEUTON RANKS SPLIT ON PEACE
THE WEATHER
Fair; Colder
BRITISH PREMIER
IN EPOCHAL SPEECH
BACKS U.S. WAR AIMS
Germany Must Make Full Reparation to Belgium, Declares
Lloyd-George; Great Britain Not Fighting to Disrupt
Austria-Hungary Nor to Deprive Turkey
of Capital.
(By Aixoclatrd Press.)
London, Jan. 5. David Lloyd George, the British pre
mier, in an epoch-making speech delivered today before the!
labor men of England, at what he said to be the most critical
hour of the war, laid Great Britain's war aims before the world
both more broadly and specifically than they have ever before
been formulated. ' i
The premier backs to the fullest President Wilson's an
nouncement of war aims of the allies. .
My. Lloyd George said that during the last few days he
had taken special pains to ascertain the views and the attitude
of representative men of all sections of thought in the country.
nv.ru various views. ;
yHe had read the statement of
labor's war aims, he continued, and
had discussed the subject of war aims
with former Premier Asquith and
with Viscount Grey.
Had the nationalist leaders in Ire
land not been engaged with the tan
gled problem of Irish self-government
he would Mve been, happy to
exchange views with them. He had
also consulted representatives of
Great Britain's overseas dominions.
"We are not fighting a war of ag
gression against the German people," j
declared the premier. The destruc
tion or disruption of Germany or the
German people hasnever been a war
aim with us since the first day of the
war to now.
"The British people never aimed at
breaking up the German peoples of
the disintegration of their state. Our
wish is not to destroy Germany's
great position in the -world, but to
turn her aside from schemes of mili
tary domiriatio nto-. devote her
strength to beneficent tasks." , . rf
Doesn't Want Stamboul.
The pi-emTer ttfftTlrtWd ;"w1ttr the
declaration that Great Britain was not
fighting to take, Constantinople from
Turkey nor destroy Austria-Hungary.
"We are not fighting" he said, "to
destroy Austria-Hungary or to de
prive Turkey of its capital dr the rich
lands in Asia Minor and Thrace, which
are predominantly Turkish." .
"Our viewpoint," the premier de
clared, "is that the adoption of a
democratic constitution by Germany
would be ' the most convincing evi
dence: that the old spirit of military
domination was dead, -but that is a
question for the German people to. de
cide." The basis of any territorial settle
ment must be government with the
consent of the governed, the premier
asserted.
.Referring to the pronouncement
f ;iade December 25 by Count Czernin,
the Austro-Hungarian minister, at
the Brest-Litoysk peace conference,
the premier said:
To Stand by French.
"It is impossible to believe that any
permanent peace -could be erected on
such a foundation."
"We mean to stand by the French
democracy to the death." the premier
continued, "in the demand the French
make for a reconsideration of the great
wrong of 1871., when Alsace-Lorraine
was torn away from them. This sore
has poisoned the peace of Europe' for
half a century and until it is cured
healthy conditions cannot be re
stored." Referrinv to the pronouncement of
Foreign Minister Czernin that it was
not the intention of the central pow
ers to appropriate forcibly any occu
pied territory or deprive of its inde
pendence any nation which had lost
, it during the war, Mr. Lloyd George
said it was obvious that any scheme
of conquest and annexations could be
perpetrated within the literal inter
pretation of such a pledge. lie con
tinued: -
Treaties Must Be Upheld.
"We must know what is meant for
equality of right amongst" nations,
small as well as great; it is one of
the fundamental issues this country
ind her allies are fighting to estab
ih." Reparation for Belgian towns and
K ontlmiAtl on Pe Six, Column Four.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair; colder in east
and south central portions.
Temperature! at Omaha yesterday.
Hour. i Deg.
a a.' m ' 37
a. m 37
. 7 a. ra 36
8 a. m 35
9 a. m 34
10 a. m 33
11 a. m 32
12 m 3
1 p. m 2
2 p. m 28
3 p. m 37
4 p. m 3
6 p. m 25
6 p. m 2
7 p. m SS
Comparative T-oral Kerord.
1918. 1917. 191.1913.
HiKhest yesterday .. 43 37 2 44
Lowest yesterday ..24 11 " 1
Mean temperature ..33 7 14 36
Precipitation T .00 T .14
Temperature end precipitation departure
from the normal:
Normal temperature 21
Kxrrrm for the day 12
Total deficiency tlnce March 1 428
Noftnal ppreclpltatlon 02 inch
Ieflclency for the day ' 02 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1. .. .21.84 Inches
Peflclency iilnce March 1 7.51 incbei
lefi"lency for cor. period, 1916 .12.S3inche
iKficiomy for cor. period. 1915.. 1.94 Inches
Indicates tract- of j -eclpltatlon.
L. A. WELfH, Mel.oruioglat.
GOVERNMENT
TO TAKEOVER
HEAT PLANTS
Regulation Necessary at This
Time, Says Federal Trade
Man; Control Through a
Receivership.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5.T-The United
States government may take over the
'meat industry of the country in order
to qontrpl the. three principal necessi
ties of wartime meat, coal and trans
portation; "Tills was plainly indicated
at today s session of the federal trade
commission here. . r, .
) An official connected with the com
mission .which .has been; investigating
meat conditions here prophesied that
the government intended ;to seize all
the packing and allied industries, and
Francis J. Heney,who-is. examining
witnesses, did not deny that the plan
was being considered in Washington.
"The course the investigation is tak
ing is plain enough," said Mr. Heney.
"Draw your own conclusions. I must
absolutely decline to be quoted in con
nection with the matter. It is up to the
federal trade -commission. I have
been ordered to conduct the investiga
tion along the lines, taken. The gov
ernment will do what it sees fit."
"The federal government will as
sume control of the business through
a receivership," said a member of the
commission who disclosed the pur
pose of the countrywide meat investi
gation now in progress. "I cannot be
quoted. The meat supply is to the
nation what the railroads are to trans
portation and it has been conclusively
proved that regulation at this time is
necessary." ...
Toger J. Maynes, a local slaughter
er, was put through a long series of
questions tending to illustrate how the
government could operate the meat
industry to keep down prices and con
serve the supply.
Maynes testified that he had already
placed his ideas at the disposal of
Washington and asserted that federal
meat inspection should first be done
away with.
"Prices could be lowered and 25 per
cent of the cattle and meat supply
of the country could be conserved,"
said Maynes, who was subpoenaed as
an expert, "if the government were
immediately to fix prices every week.
"The government should then pas
legislation' stopping federal destruc
tion of cattle, offal of which only is
found to be infected with tubercular
germs, and legislation forbidding the
slaughter of pregnant ewes between
November and May. In order to send
heavier ewes to the slaughter the
packers make a specialty of killing
pregnant . animals in the breeding
time." ' :
Good Hens, Well Groomed, Will
Dig Gold From Your Back Yard
Gold is just beneath the surface in
every back yard in Omaha, and good
hens, well groomed, will scratch it
out. The government has decided to
help the Omaha people to get the right
kind of hens and give them the right
kind of care, so that they will cut the
maximum amount of gold. Of course
they will not really scratch out gold
nuggets, but they will scratch out a
decent hen living and produce eggs
which will sell for gold., v
A. G. Peters, noted chicken breeder,
has been commandeerec by the gov
ernment to organize the back-yard
chicken lot in America. He is in
Omaha to organize it here. Hfs first
lecture On 'the subject will be given
Tuesda) evening at the Young Men's
Christian association rooms. ''Why
the Government Wants Omaha to
Increase Its Poultry Production" is
the subject of his talk.
Omaha chicken breeders are. anx
ious to hear Mr. Peters )ecause he is
recognized as one of the best chicken
GERMANS PLAN GREAT AIR
FLEET TO MEET AMERICAN
INVASI0N-FR0M CLOUDS
Papers Found on Captured Teutons Show Efforts Will
Be Made to Manufacture Machines by Tend of
Thousands; Demand for Speedy Ac
tion in United States.
With the American Army fn
France, Friday, Jan. 4. Germany's
plans for' aerial warfare on a larger
scale than heretofore, it is indicated in
documents taken from enemy prison
ers, are founded upon published state
ments regarding the aerial warfare
plans of the United States. Informa
tion to this effect has reached the
American expeditionary forces.
It is indicated that the Germans,
believing tjiat America intended put
VEIN COLLAPSES
IN COAL MINE;
BURIES 100 MEN
Wilkesbarre, Pa:, Jan. 5. The lives'
of four miners are believed to have
been lost in an unusual accident to
day in the Barnum mine of the
Pennsylvania Coal company, near
Pittston.
There were about 100 men and
boys at work when the middle vein
collapsed. The passageway was not
entirely filled and all but four of the
workmen were rescued.
Twenty-three cf them were slightly
hurt. Two of those believed to be lost
are William Knott, 45 years old, and
Michael Rock, both miners, who lived
at Duryea, Pa. 1
The accident was due to the fact
that two gangs of men in different
veins were working toward each
other. They came too close together
and suddenly there was a great rush
of coal and rock as the roof caved
in. About 500 yards of material came
down.
breeders in the country. For 12
years he trap-nested and line-bred one
strain of fowls and built up a family
of noted layers, which have since
taken many premiums at poultry
shows throughout the country.
In Nebraska Mr. Peters is working
under the direction of the college of
agriculture of the University of Ne
braska. Mr. Peters' lecture is to be
the first of a series of six lectures to
be given at the Young Men's Christian
association rooms on the back yard
fowl, and the importance of increasing
fowl production in the state and in
the nation.
"If there is any back yard farmer
who does not think chicken raising
will pay. even in these days of high
priced grain," said Mr. Peters, "he
should attend this meeting."
The hen is what Mr. Peters advo
cates for the back yard not roosters.
He is out with a campaign against
the keeping of roosters except for
breeding purposes. They eat too
much, ami produce no eggi.
Not for Simple Ivan
ting machines by the tens of thou
sands into the battle area, immedi
ately enlarged their own plans in the
expectation of offsetting the in
creased enemy forces.
Just when the enemy's program will
be realized is uncertain, but the in
formation obtained in captured docu
ments is regarded by ranking officers
as making it extremely desirable for
a speedy and complete development
of American air service.
The Bee's Comics in Ojie
Color for Today Only
It is due our readers to explain
that the consignment of colored
comic supplements for this issue of
The Bee, printed specially for us
in St. Louis, was destroyed in the
Missouri Pacific freight house fire.
We did not learn this until too late
to have the edition run over again
and shipped to us in time for to
day's distribution.
Not to disappoint our readers,
however, we V immediately wired to
have the mats of the pictures for
warded post haste and have been
thsu enabled to supply this feature
as usual except as printed in black
instead of in four colors, for which
our own presses are hot equipped.
We can assure our readers the col
ored comic supplements will be
continued next Sunday and there
after with the Katxenjammers,
Marie's Beau, Happy Hooligan
and all the favorite subjects, but
also with superior paper, ink and
presswork, as anyone who will
compare ours with our competi
tors' will readily see.
We trust our readers will ap
preciate our difficulty growing out
of the fire and the enterprise by
which we have Remedied it as far
as possible.
THE OMAHA BEE.
Recent Quakes Raze
Whole City of Guatemala
Washington, Jan. 5. Guatemala
City has been conipeltely destroyed
by earthquake shocks Thursday and
Friday which followed those late in
December.
Messages received by the State de
partment today said the loss of life
this week is estimated to be greater
than that resulting from the earlier
shocks. '
Interest on Russian Loan
To Be Paid January 10
Washington, Jan. 5. Payment of
the interest on the Russian loan of
$50,000,000, it was announced by rep
resentatives of the Russian govern
ment here today, will be paid by the
National City Bank of New,Yor!
on January 10.
FRENCH ATTACK
AT MONTE TOMBA
DISMAYED ENEMY
... a, (
Prisoners ;TaRer in That Action
Show Evidences ""of Priva
tion and Ask for Warm
Food.
(By AnraclAtcd Tmt.)
Italian Army Headquarters in Italy,
Jan. 5. The officer commanding the
1,400 Austrian prisoners captured in
the recent French success on Monte
Tomba gave the correspondent an op
portunity today of going; among them
and talking freely with officers and
men on war conditions and what the
enemy still could do in carrying on
the struggle.
a i . r i
a more miseraoie lor oi numan De
ings would be difficult to imagine.
The' officers were in even worse con
dition than the mem
The officers were unkempt and had
not been shaved for a week. Their
red hands looked like pieces of raw
beefsteak. None had overcoats, as
all were wearing light trench uni
forms when the French swept around
them. Yet, despite, this misery, they
put on a surprisingly bold front, and
anyone thin'cing they are crushed is
closing his eyes to facts.
The correspondent met the prison
ers on a road leading to the town
where they are being rounded up
preparatory to being set to work or
sent to a prison camp. One detach
ment carried spades and picks.
All Ages in Ranks.
All ages were seen among the pris
oners. A coating of trench mud
made them look worse than they
really were, for they had stout boots,
leggings and overcoats. Some had
shawls and blankets. Their headgear
consisted of battered helmets and
(Continued on Face Two, Column Two.)
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(Warfieldi Agency Measurements)
1916
Bee 191,945
World-Herald ...266,079
News 195,544
Bee Gains 28,367 inches
World-Herald Loss .9,162 Inches
News Loss 720 Inches
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RUSSIANS ABANDON PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS AT FORTRESS
NOW HELD BY GERMAN ARMY
Insist Upon Transference of Conference to Stockholm
and Ignore German Delegates at Brest-Litovsk;
"urt Fullest Publicity and Decline to Ac
cept Terms Now Offered.
London, Jan. 5. When the delegates of the central pow
ers arrived at Brest-Litovsk to resume the peace negotiation
they found no Russian delegates there, according to a Vienna
dispatch to Zurich, forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph com
pany. All that awaited them was a. telegram from the Rus
sians asking for transfer of the negotiations to Stockholm.
TURKS AGREE
TO OPEN SHIP
ROUTETO RUSS
Asks Slvatso Demobilize Black
Sea Fleet, But Wants to Re
tain Army to Fight
Entente.
London, Jan. S. Free passage of
the Dardenelles for Russian ships.
Russian evacuation of Turkish terri
tory and the demobilization of the
Russian Blacg sea fleet are provided
for in the : draft of Turkish peace
terms presented fit Russia, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Petrograd. '.' , , ' . - '
-Twkeyi it is provided, it to retain
its active army in consequence of the
continuation of war against .the en-
tente. '.7. .-,,'.
. The ,mam points. Its the draft pre
sented by tW Turkish delegates are
given in the dispatch as follows:
1. Frontier lines to remaiil as be
fore the war. (
2. Within two years of the conclu
sion of peace the contracting parties
shall conclude a convention respect
ing sea trade and consulates.
3. War losses incurred by individ
uals to be refunded.
4. Guarantees to be given for the
territorial integrity and development
of Tersia on the basis of its entire
independence.
5. Free passage to be granted Rus
sian ships passing through the Dar
danelles and tyc Bosphorus.
6. Mobilization within limits to be
permitted for national defense.
7. Russia to undertake to remove
its armies to territory within the
previous Russian borders in six to
eight weeks" after signing the peace
agreement, leaving only one division
to safeguard its frontier.
8. Russia to demobilize its army of
special Armenian units and also to de
mobilize the Black Sea navy. '
9. Turkey to retain its active army
in consequence of continuation of war
against the entente.
Icebound Coal Released
, To Save Gotham's Dilemma
New York, Jan. 5. With the ar
rival here today of nearly 50,000 tons
of coal on barges that have been ice
bound in the bay, fuel administrators
expressed their, belief that the back
bone of New York's coal famine had
been broken. Unless severe weather
sets in again, it is expected there will
be a steady flow of coal to the city in
the next few days, as more than 400,
000 tons are reported at or. near ter
minals. 1917 Score
DISPLAY
inches
Inches
nches
1917
220,3 12 Inches
256,917 ; Inches
194,824 Inches
Pending the resumption of confer
ences at Brest-Litovsk today no fresh
developments are reported from Rus
sia regarding the peace negotiations.
Special dispatches from Petrograd re
port attempts by the German dele
gates at Petrograd to make some sort
of a clanestine agreement with the
members of the consituent assembly,
Regarding the attitude of the Uk.
raine towards the Germans, the Daily
News says that the rada is willing to
strike a bargain with the Germans.1
The Petrograd correspondent of the
Times, who is now in London, writes
that the Ukranians are determined to
send a mission to Brest-Litovsk. not
to negotiate a separate peace, but to
ascertain Germany's intentions toward
little Russ'a. The Germans are will
ing, he says, to recognize the rada
on the basts that the Ukraine supply
Germany with foodstuffs and recog
nize Oerman economic .. interests m
the Ukraine. Neither of these points,
the correspondent ' adds, is to little
Russian taste, hut if the allies fail to
help the Ukrainians. or adopt a policy
of compromise" with the Bolshevikt
the rada .must have to yield and the
Cossacks, too. , .. . ;,,,.'.;.,;, :, :
civu war Kagei. '
Newspapers in Petrograd contmul
to V report .fighting in the South,
where, according to th4 correspond
ent of the Times, civil -war is wag
ing fastand.furious. ' vr!rv.
The? Austro-Germah delegations in
Petrograd profess to have informa
tion that the allies have decided to
break relations with Russia. Per
haps this ig the reason why the offi
cials , of the British, embassy have
taken pains to assure Trotzky that
the departure of Sir i Georire ' Bu
chanan is purely on account of ill
health and that .he would have left
laat AforAli t fn. v... .'m t
.uaii.il iuui iui me ptf ouaaiirix ll
former Foreign Minister Terest
chenko. .
Change the Alphabet. ;" ,v
Amidst 'the whirl of events involv
ing the fate of the nation the Bol
sheviki government has found 'time
to decree that Russia shall adopt pho
netic spelling on January 14. -Three
vowels and on consonant were
eliminated from the Russian alphabet.
Request Transfer to Stockholm. ;
Although the Bolsheviki foreign
minister, Leon Trotzky, announced
that the German peace terms would
not be accepted, it was expected that
the Russian delegates would- return
to Brest-Litovsk for the meetings
which .were to be resumed today, Q
inform -the central powers of. Rus
sia's attitude. .The Russians requested
transference of the negotiations to
Stockholm, because they would have
less difficulty there in obtaining full
publicity concerning the negotiations,
and also because they preferred a
neutral place to the German eastern
headquarters for holding the discus
sions. The German chancellor, Count
von Hertling, told the Reichstag main
committee Thursday that the German
delegates had been instructed to re
fuse to transfer the negotiations -to
Stockholm.
Lloyd George Talks to Labor Men.
Fremier Lloyd George, addressing
the trades unions today on the subject
of war afms, said that only the clear
est, greatest and most just of causes
could justify the continuance even for
a day of "this unspeakable agony of
nations." , .
The premier continued: '
"We ought to be able to state clearly
and definitely npt only the principles
for which we are fighting, but their
definite, concrete application to the
map of the world. 1 :.
"We have arrived," the premier went
on, "at the most critical hour of this
terrible conflict, and before any gov
ernment takes 'the fateful decision as
to the conditions under which it ought
(Continued on Puce Two, Column One.)
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
V Couldn't Buy an t)il Stove
New York, Jin. John D. Rocke
feller, jr., has been obliged to close
his New York home and move into
his father's home at Tarrytown, N.
Y., because the Standard Oil 'com
pany was unable to provide hint with
oil stove heaters. They did not have
any left to give him. Mr4 Rockefeller's
home and those of several other
wealthy New Yorkers adjoining have
a common central heating plant, but
lack of coal forced it to close. He
sent a requisition to the Standard Oil
company, in which he and his father
are heaviest stockholders, for 36 oil
stoves. . . , -
"Supply exhausted. Can't get them
r i i t n . . .
lor you or anyuouy eise, was uie an
swer, whereupon Mr. Rockefeller.