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maha Daily Be THE WEATHER Fair- VOL. XLVII NO. 40. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1918- JSINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ME JV TWELVE Aiiiipiirr IN MOVIE THEATER Twcnty-Tliree Injured Seriously at Winchester, Ky.; Thirty Others Less Seriously Hurt When Walls of Burned Building Adjoining Collapse, Crushing Structure Crowded to Defers With Children. - " (By Associated Press.) Winchester, Ky., March 10 of whom were children, 23 persons so seriously injured itj was found necessary to remove them to the Clark county hos pital and about 30 others less seriously hurt here tonight, when the walls of a burned building ; adjoining a moving picture theater collapsed, crushing in its roof. MANY ARE CHILDREN. O " Six of the 23 injured taken to the " Clark county hospital were thought to be fatally hurt. . The majority of these as we", as those not so seriously hurt children, several hundred of whom were crowded into the moving picture theater when the crash came. Fell in One Part. -The wall which collapsed was also sed as one wall of the theater, but projected considerably above the iocf of the theater building. When it col lapsed a part fell, on the theater's roof. The wall collapse at the Male time removed the support fronv rrder the roof on that side and it crashed " sown into the theater. N The greatest force of the fall was spent upon one section of 75 seats i and it was here that all of the fatali ties and serious injuries occurred , A considerable number of persons seated in other parts of the house, however, were cut and bruised by flyin g pieces of splintered timber and pieces of stone from the falling wall. Panic Follows Crash. The first result of the crash was panic in which the hundreds of children and a small number of grown persons struggled to reach , the en , trance. ; Apparently no ,om was hurt " in, this ' f ush ; which i easily swept through the wide doors giving itn-i . tflnce taithe theater.'.-; .-. . .4 4VithW a short time liurtddso'f l persons attracted to-the scene by the noise of the falling wan,,: had been organized, into volunteer rescue sauacls -and soon cleared away the wreckage., Bolsheviki Grant Freedom - To Grand Duke Michael Perrograd, March 10. It is stated in the newspapers " that the bolshevik Kovfcrnment has granted, complete freedom to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, who hasbeen under arrest at hi3'home. ' Emperor Nicholas on abdicating, designated his as re gent. ' Michael Alexandrovitch, a younger brother of Nicholas Romanoff, was named as regent when the former emperor abdicated on March 15, last. Early last September the grand duke and his wife were arrested, it being alleged that they had been concerned , . , f a.: - m a monarcnisi pioi. oincc uiai umc he has been in custody. Former Denver Detective - Found Guilty of Robbery Brighton, Colo., March .10. A jury in the district court - today lound Frank H. Mulligan, former Denver detective, guilty of robbing Mrs. Irene Nolan, Denver society woman, of jewelry valued at $3,400 in a hold-up- at ' the Model roadhouse. The trial was the first of four cases , growing out of the affair. The jury was out IS hours. Mulligan was remanded to jail. - Mrs. Nolan was robbed of her jewels at . about 7 o'clock on the . morning of January 2 last. . New York Postmasters to1 ; Examine Many Magazines Washington, March 10. The post master of New York was today in structed by the Postoffice department hereafter to examine the Metropolitan magazine and "certain other publica tions," before permitting them to pass through the mails. The instructions resulted from complaints to the de partment that an article, "Is America Honest?" in the March issue of the Metropolitan violated the espionage act. ' The Weather For Nebraska Fair: warmer. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. ' ' Hours. Der. i a. m........ ... 16 ( a. m 17 7 a. m 17 8 a. m...... IS i a. m 22 It 10 a. m.. .' 24 11 a. m.... 27 12 m. Jl 1 p. m 3S 27 41 43 44 44 41 2 p. m.. 3 p. m ., 4 p. m.,. ...... , 6 p. m. ....... t p. m. ....... 1 p. m Comparative Local Record. ii : ii7 iie iis Hifhest yesterday.... 44 7 15 34 Lowest yesterday.... 15 .23 24 . 16 Mean temperature.... it 61 30 25 Precipitation .00 .00 .00- .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the nomal: Normal temperature 23 Deficiency for the day 3 Total excess since March 1, 1913.,...;. . . 72 Normal precipitation .04 inch Deficiency for the day f.)l ,nch Total rainfall since March 1.. .... T. Deficiency since March I.: Inch Deficiency for cor. period. 1J17.. .STinch Deficiency for cor. period, 113.... M inch -r" indicates trace of precipitatioii. U A. WELSH, Meteorologist. mi PERSONS ti nr iTii 10. Twelve persons were killed, GERMANS SHOOT 100 GAS SHELLS AT AMERICANS Not One Sammy Is Caught Nap : ping; U. S. Troops Kill Enemy in Patrol En- . counter. . ' . ' (By Anociatrd Pi.) .' With the American Army in F-'ance, Friday, March 8. A small American patrol, early this morning, met an enemy patrol in No Man's land near Chemin Des Dames and fired on the enemy. A sharp skirmish resulted, the ac curate: firing of the Americans caus ing enemy casualties. The Americans returned t, to- their lines , without . a man being scratched - - ' . '.A ;The troops on the, I,or.rain(efj:pnt at the same time suffered'-an --Extremely- heavy concentrated bombard ment TOisffhwisTMiTou the enemv I fired hearty a hundred, gas .shells into i oile of the American battery positions jn a short space of time, but ftdf 'S single man so far; has been sent to a hospital because of the , rapidity with which' gas masks were adjusted. v.f Blow Up Ammunition. ' r. : 'American 'artillery ' blew rup an enemy, ammunition dump. The heavy shells dropped . there resulted in 1 a flash followed by flames and great clouds V of smokei The American artillery also shelled , heavily the enemy's first and second lines, . American -snipers have been espe cially active during the last 24 hours, one sharpshooter killing a German who was walking in a parapet while other sharp shooters were successful in hitting, other, Germans who showed themselves, i-nemy automatic rifles were especially; active last night and early this morning, but did little dam age. There is normal artillery activity today. ' - GERMANS LAM ON FINNS' SHORE 2-000 S TRONG Stockholm", March 10. The expect ed landing of. German troops in Fin land is repo:ted to have been effected in the neighborhood ' of Abo, a Fin, nish port opposite the Aland islands and ' 100 miles west of Helsinsrfors. The invading detachment is said to be composed of Z.uOO infantry and a force of artillery. No official confir mation of the report has been re cieved. A dispatch from Stockholm dated March 8 said that about 2,000 German troops and 300 horses had been landed on the Aland islands from two Ger man battleships, and that several Ger man transports were -anchored at Eckeroe. Former Omaha Woman Ready " To Serve as Mrs. H. E. Fredrickson, wife of H. E. Fredrickson, formerly an auto mobile dealer of Omaha, has been graduated from the school of wireless telegraphy at JJenver. Mrs. rrednckson, accompanied by her husband, arrived in Omaha from Denver Saturday. "I am ready to vol unteer for the wirels service any where Uncle Sam wants to send me. whether for the land or 'on board a ' battleship or submarine, said Mrs. iredrickson. I took the co&rse be cause I believe in preparedness. It seems that just at this time there is no reaPseridus demand for wo men in the wireless work, but when women are wanted in that serv ice I am ready to volunteer." Mrs. Fredrickson was graduated with high honors. She sends 25 words per minute with great ease. Sinn Feiner Arrested . After Seizure of Pigs London. March 10. Diarmid Lvnch. Sinn Fein "food controller," was ar rested Thursday in connection with the recent commandeering of pigs in Ireland, according to an. Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin. Americans Receive Graiimdo Medals;: ;a, ! Belgian' Queen and Gen. Pershing ' Jft"'3 ' J K.I, " " . r.mt Mf The, first list of persons who , have been awarded the new French deco ration Medal, of 'Gratitude, issued since the war, in recognition of serv ices rendered ; Rrance by foreigners, includes the - names of 39 Ameri cans. General f Pershing, it is said, will be decorated with the French war cross by. Premier Clemenceau. The AMERICAN MONEY USED TO ASSIST em RELIEF Hearing - of ,Senate -Committee Into Affairs of Alliance Brings cIQgtDealings of Expepfl; ' f Enemy Alien. - r ' (R. AsnnrlB4il Piwa.t " - Washington, March 10. -More than $800,000, ..collected ; by the ; Nationa; perm.ih American alliance for the re lief of ;war sufferers in Germany be fore, the United States entered the war reached the hands, of Dr Beniard Dernb'urg, thief German p'rapagandist in this country at the time, according to evidence yesterday before a senate committee holding a hearing on a bill by Senator King of Utah' to revoke the alliance's charter. ' Defense of Lusitania. , J. Tjarka of Baltimore, treasurer of the alliance, told the committee that he' turned the money over to; Count Bernstorff, former German ambassa dor to the United States, and pro duced checks covering a greater por tion of the vast fund which had been endorsed over to Dr. Dernburg by von Bernstorff., ' ' Dr.Dernberg came to the United States soon after the war began in 1914, and first came prominently into public notice by. his defense of the sinking of the Lusiatnia. He traveled extensively, lecturing and writing, and his activity finally- became tne subject of an investigation by. Department of Justice agents. " Money" Reaches Germany. " ' When asked today by Senator Wal cotLof . Delaware whether .any of the jnoney which Dr Dernberg received was used for propaganda work, tjarks said" he, did not know that'i' was, and added that if it was so used -it was misapplied. He justified thi action of Bernstorff in delivering the money to Dr. Dernberg On the ground that the latter was "regarded, as'tlie repre sentative of the German 'Red Cross. Wireless Operator r v.v '.,.'::' ' :i - X ( c ' r V At TAMES queen of Belgium is named first among those who received the first class silver gilt medals. Mrs. Sharp, wife of the American ambassador to France, received a medal of the first class for her untiring war work since her arrival in France. . James Han Hyde, Henry O. Bcatty, director-gen eral of the American relief clearing house . in New York; Mrs. bophie SOCIALISTS OF NATION WIDE PROMINENCE ARfv INDICTED AT CHICAGO Grand Jury Charges Leaders .With i Obstructing Draft, Encouraging Disloyalty and Interfering With Prose "cutibn cif ; War; Berger is Candidate for United " States 'Senate; Charges 26 Overt Acts. ,V'- V (By Associated Press.); .; i : Chicago March' lO.-7-Victor L. Berger, former congressman from Wisconsin ; ; Adolph Germer, national secretary of .the socialist party i Irwin St.' John Tucker, a Chicago socialist; J.; Louis Engdahl and William' F. Kruse, were indicted by the fed eral grand jury yesterday, charged with obstructing recruiting, encouraging disloyalty and interfering with the posecution of the war. TtnTTORS ARE INCLUDED. P , The indictments returned February 2, but withheld by District Attorney Clyrie, charge 26 overt acts. It Is charged-those ' indicted conspired to violate the' espionage act by speeches and "'articles printed in certain pub lications. ' . , :' Engdahl is editor of the American Socialist 'of Chicago and Kru is editdr of the Young Peoples' soia.ist magazine, also published here. BERGER OUT FOR SENATOR. Mr. Berger, who is candidate tor nomination for United States senator from Wisconsin on the socialist ticket, in announcing his platform this week, said i if elected he -would worx lor passage of a resolution by' coigrtss directing the president to summon warrine countries to an . immed'ete armistice and peace-conference. His platform afso calls for withdrawal of American troops from Europe to procure absolute "security for this country." The Wisconsin senatorial election will be held April 2. Seymour Stedman, counsel for the national socialist party, issued a state ment -tonight in which he expressed the ' view that "war profiteers and monster capitalists are most inter ested in this prosecution." . , Counsel Issues Statement. Seymour Stedman, counsel lo: the) national socialist, party,., issued the following statement tonight: "The books, papers and documents of our national office have always been open to party members and the public officials. For six months the federal authorities have been watch ing and frequently searching to find something of a criminal nature and have gone all over the country to find statements by irresponsible and de tached socialists to be used against the officials of the party. . "Apparently it is considered neces sary to place the American socialist party on trial. If the truth omes forth rs a result of this case, I believe (Continued oa Page Two, Column Two.) Norman Specifies Sum - - v To Be Paid for Injury Lincoln. March 10. (Special.) Ten dollars a week for the period of 300 weeks and $8 per week thereafter to the end of his life is the order issued by Compensation Commissioner Nor man to be paid by the Phoenix Con struction company of Omaha to Earl D. Altman for injuries received while working .fof the company. Altman lost the use of both thumbs by coming in contact with n live wire while working for the company. He practically is helpless as far as doing Coolidge, founder of the Detroit group of the American hospital at Neuilly; Mrs. W. A. Edwards of Los Angeles Red Cross; Mrs. Herman Hall and Mrs. Anne Penficld, in recognition of her devotion to French soldiers interned in Austria-Hungary, are the Americans who were given the first class "honor tokens" by France. VON MEYER DEAD AT BOSTON HOME; IN TV0 CABINETS National Republican Leader of Former Days Passes Away After Long Illness; Served ; in Foreign Courts. ' (Br Associated Trent.) Bostdh,. March 10. George L. von Meyer, former cabinet member - and diplomat, died at his home he.-i at 11:15 tonight after an illness of sev eral weeks. Although he never figured con spicuously in practical politic -and was never a seeker' of elective office as that phrase is generally understood, Mr. Meyer long held a nronvnent place in the counsels of the .repub lican party in-Massachusetts and at one time, during the most active period of his public career, he was looked upon as a leader" of na:oiial prominence. He held cabinet; posi tions under Presidents Roosevelt and Taft and had previously served as United-States ambassador to Italy and to Russia.. For six years, from IB98 to 1904, he was the Massa chusetts representative on the repub lican national-committee. Entered Politics Early. George L. von Meyer was bom In Boston, June 24, 1858, the son of the (Continued on Pago Two, Column Two.) ; GERMAN EMPEROR SA YS RING AROUND FATHERLAND BROKEN Amsterdam March 10.According t the Berlin Lbkal Anzeiger, the German emperor, replying to t message from the Bremen senate, telegraphed, as follows: , . , ; , - "In long years of struggle the German people in arms, led by ideal generals have broken' the Russian power and won the safety of the em pire in the east. Moreover, we are finally able to respond to the call for help by the hard pressed Germans and border peoples of Russia, who were striving for free development and to secure for them a guar antee of new and better times. . 1 ' "When we look back over the events of these years and grasp the significance of the peace gained in the east, which means the bursting of the ring the enemy laid around us, we must look up to Almighty God, with heartfelt thanks, who has so gloriously directed everything. We will draw from this fact strong confidence that the end of the world war will open a happy future to our beloved German fatherland." o - ARMY LEADERS A T DEMING CONFER ON NEED FOR CARS Railroad and Camp Officials Meet at Camp to Deter mine Requisites Necessary Now and at Any Futurf Time; Interpreted as Signifying Nebraska and Iowa Troops Will Soon Jbe Called Into Active Service. El Paso, Tex., March 10. (Special Telegram.) General superintendents of three railroads and the Pullman company have just concluded a conference at Camp Cody with the chief of staff and division quartermaster officers with regard to any and all needs the Thirty-fourth army division at Cody may have for cars of all classes at any time in the future. ; The Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Rock Island systems were represented. The commanders are of the regular army. , : O TROOPS IN REVIEW. BRITISH DEAL GERMANS HARD BLOW AT DAWN Hard Fighting in Progress on Two-Mile ; Front; Teutons V Gain Advantage, But Hurled Back. , (By, Anoclatcd rrwu.) .With the British. Army in France, Saturday, March 9. Hard fighting was proceeding , this morning along a front of more Uian 3,000 yards, run ning southeast from , Poelderhoek, astride the Menin ; road, where the Germans last night attacked, . and succeeded in occupying some ad vanced costs. , ! The Germans advanced at 6 o'clock after heavy-bombrdment, ;.! The British" infantry,.' assisted by., '.the ar- ii-il..- . . ..J . . !.--.. .... tuiery, orrcrea , strenuous - rcsisinucn and repelled ; the enemy everywhere excepting at some points;. along a sector of approximately two miles. 'i - Counter Attack Vigorously.,? ; iThei British this - morning vwere counter-attacking . k vigorously. v The German attack was the second fde livered by him yesterday against the British,' the other assault being along a 2,000-yard front south of Houtholst wood, where the enemy occuped six advance posts. . t . ; U At "mid-forenoon the British coun ter- assaulted so violently that the Germans fled, and were driven 300 yards behind the original enemy post All British positions were re-established. The German casualties were heavy, and much in excess of those suffered by the British. v AMERICAN WAR SECRETARY NOW AT FRENCH PORT Paris, March 10. The American secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, has arrived at a French port. ' - ; Pioneer Prohibitionist . Dead in Western Home Chico,1 Cat., March 10. Mrs. Annie F.. K. Bidwell, widow of General John Bidwell. who in 1892 was the prohibition porty nominee for pres-l ident of the United States, died at hr home here tonight after a brief illness. Mrs. Bidwell, like her husband,' par ticipated actively in the cause of the prohibition party. , Japan Foreign Minister ' ' Declines Discuss Siberia Tokio, Saturday, March 9. Vis count Motona, the Japanese foreign minister,' was questioned today in the House of Representatives by the lead er of the opposition c6ncerning the mobilization of the. Japanese s army. The foreign minister refused to be drawn into a discussion of the sub ject. Chinese Government . Troops Suffer Setback . Pekine. Thursday, March 7. Gov ernment troops have suffered a severe reverse through the capture of Cheng- tu,' capital of the province oi sre- Chuen, by forces from Yunnan. ana Kweichow, provinces bordering on the south of Sze-Chuen. . The semi-monthly division review of the troops of Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, South and North Dakota in training here was held before Major General Augustus P. Bloclsom, divi sion commander, and a brigadier gen eral inspector of the regular army this morning. - - - . , . Mystic Shrineri from New Mexico and west Texas at Deming to conduct a street parade and afternoon cere monial, in which many officers and enlisted men were initiated; were '. present at the army review. ; i Nebsaska Ready, r- ; The Nebraska boys at Camp CbJy are ready. ''' 'X'.' Trained tp the minute, the G. rn busker state lads have been anticipat ing a move for several months, arid expect soon to see ictton on the American front in France. According to letters written home by members of the- 127th Field artillery, will :h formerly was the Fourth Nebraska National Guard,' the, soldiers have been on the verge of leaving America on several occasions, but were de layed for' some unaccountable rea- ' son..--,,-...' -. . -.. J-'-' . , ' In Training Year. 'S The Nebmka toys of the Fgurth and Fifth, National-ttami have been in .tramiflft for over a yearf5 having teen service for six. months ,on the Mexican border., .Returning ,hme, they 'were inactive for only a month when the" European war broke out. . They, are considered by. army offi cers' to be -perhaps 'the best trained soldiers in the United States. ,The old Fourth Nebraska has taken to the ar tillery work with a vengeance, the letters home , declare, and. are even more efficient in. this work than they were as infantrymen.. ; L ;i What Conference Means. The El Paso review, together with -arrangements being made by railway officials, in all probability means that , the Nebraskans soon will entrain for France. Rumors were current" some time ago that the 127th Meld artillery would be transferred to-Fort Omaha to work with the balloons here, simi lar to the plan now carried ' out in France. ,- -v'. : . .-. -. Undoubtedly when the order comes for the Camp Cody contingent to en train it will be comoosed mostlv of Nebraska, Iowa and Dakota boys, who are in the vast majority at Deming. Ace With Many Decorations To Instruct U. S. Aviators An Atlantic Port, March 10. A 20- year-old French "Ace," who has been awarded all the war decorations pos sible to a flyer by his country, ar rived here today in the person of Lieutenant Constant Soullier who in the last two years has shot down 15 Germa airplanes, and killed or- can- tured their pilots. ' lieutenant aoullier modestlv ad mitted his achievement only when fel low passengers on the French lifter, which brought him over, told of it. i He has come to America on a vear's furlough to help train United States army aviators. For this purpose sev--eral of his machines .will be sent across later. --;'.! Nebraska Nearing Quota r ; ': . For Mechanics, Enrollment ' Washington. March 10. Figures re ceived at the Department of Labor to day 'showed that 200,000 mechanics have registered, for work in the ship yards and that many states have al ready exceeded their quotas. Illinois with a quota of Z3,66Z now has 29,- 000 enrolled. New -York. City; has passed its quota of 20,000 and is con tinuing to receive enlistments. Many of these volunteers have been sent to the shipyards in the vicinity of New -York and to Hog Island. Pa. The District of Columbia has reached its quota and Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and New Hampshire are enrolling at a rapid rate. Wool Employes Granted Third Wage Increase Passaic, N. J.. March 1U. Ihe in dustrial council of ' Passaic, wool manufacturers voted todav to Brant a wage increase approximating wu.uw annually to the employes of the various mills. .This is the third voluntary increase. The mills employ 12,500 persons. German Attacks on . - French Sectors Fail Paris, Sunday, March 10. Gi. rr n attacks failed in the Bois Le F e're. Reillon and JLetricourt sector- ; c cording to the official statenu. r is sued by 'the war office early toJu. . -.... .? ., work of any kind : i (