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THE WEATHER
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VOL. XLVII NO. 40.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1918-
JSINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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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.
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PERSONS
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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, " "
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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
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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."
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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.
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