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OMAHA, ' WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1918.
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-Slay-German Peace Issue Be
fore Soviet Congress Today;
Fear Lenine Will Force
Ratification.
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. (By Associated Press.)
1 Washington, March 12. The Pus
ian revolutionary.governmenf' i pre
pared tcV move from Moscow to some
point further, east if the Germat ar
mies continue to advance- into Kus-
sia.
A message to the State departmtnt
today from Consul Summers at Mos
cow, dated March 8, said the govern
ment was expected there the ntxt
day. and that arrangements would be
madeto gfo to some other city if it
became necessary.' '
A"-cablegram from Ambassador
Dayid R. Francis at Vologda, which
said nothing of any intention to isove
the American embassy still further
east, apparently disposed of reports
that the ambassador was preparing to
leave there. "A
Whether to ratify the German peace
terms is the question before the All
Russian ; congress of Soviets which
meets in Moscow today. Press dis
patches, from Petrograd in the past
few days have touched but lightly on
the probable decision the congress
will take. .' ' " ; . n
If it is still controlled by Premier
Lenine the congress probably will
agree to the harsh terms.
President Wilson, in a message to
the Russian people, to be delivered to
the congress, assures themof Ameri
can sympathy and American support
in - establishing complete sovereignty
and independence to democratic
Russia. The president does not at
tempt to sway the judgment of the
congress wit,h regard to pe2ce.
Some support is given recent ru
mors that many of the bolsheviki
were prepared to refuse the German
terms by the resignations from the
Lenine government of Foreign Min
ister Trotzky. and Ensign Krylenko,
the bolshevik commander-in-chief.
- Reichstag to Vote.
, Today also has been for the
I convening of the German Reichstag
in Berlin to vote on the ratification of
the treaty with Russia. ;
Sixty German airplanes descended
oo Paris Monday night and dropped
bombs. One, of the raiders was
-v brought .down in flames by the de
fenders and its crew captured. The
raid lasted three hours. A number of
buildings were destroyed 'or Set on
fire. The population of the French
capital sustained casualties, but final
reports were lacking.' -:
On the western front the German
raids are becoming more numerous
and stronger. He1tvy bombardments
now precede each attempt to pene
trate the entente positions, but the
enemy has not attacked in great force,
although an engagement of battle
proportions probably , is not far dis
tant. , ' ' -! '': '
In the. Ypres sector, in Flanders
and around Armentieres, between
Ypres and Arras, the. Germans have
carried out strong local efforts. At
all points the British repulsed the en-'
emy with loss. German artillery also
has been very busyat various points
aloiig the front 'between Ypres and
St. Quentin. In Champagne, north
west of Verdun vand north of St.
Mihiel, the French have checked
strong German raiding attempts.
GERMANY CUTS V
ALL NORWAY'S'
FpODSUPPUES
London, ' March 12. All conr?cts
with Norway have been, annulled by
the German Central Purchasing com
pany from March 16, according tc' a
Bergen dispatch to the Tidens Tgri
of Christiania, as quoted ' in a.i Ex
change Telegraph dispatch fron: t o
penhagen. v
;The reason for this action, the dis
patch says, is that the Norwegian
agreement with America provides for
the exportation, of only 48,000 tois of
fish yearly to Germany. The com
pany s office at Bergen has lien
closed.
The action, of the Jjennan Centra!
Purchasing company, a 'semi-official
concern, is in line "with the recently
adopted policy of hostility toward the
Scandinavian countries which lus fol
lowed German ascendancy in F'.iter.d.
Having strengthened itself ,in the
north, Germany apparently "plan to
overawe the Scandinavian nations nd
make the Baltic; a German lake.
glad she took the task from me, for
I simply couldn't talk about it.
"We lighted ourselves upstairs and
brought out our alcohol lamps and
chocolate and by the faithful flash
lights got something hot to; drink.
A very nice captain came up and the
boy. who had gone out with us. We
three, of course, were dressed, after
a fashion but Captain XI. was in his
bathrobe and slippers. Nobody
minded at all and it was a very merry
party. In the midst of it the bugle
sounded thj end of it it plays a
jolly lirtte tune and immediately the
lights 'came on and the people came
trooping upstairs. I was glad to get
to bed ai 2:30. The other girls got
up at 7, as usual, but I did not. I
am taking an hour off mornings and
cutting off one at night still."
CHARGEU.S.F00D
HEADS DICTATED
PACKERS' PRICES
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American nGM'
Describes Air
Raids Over Paris
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Britisher if they had a right to lock
95,000 Draft Men :
galled to Training
Camps March 2S1
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ous step if themen in class 1 were
called indiscriminately without regard
to the labor situation in agriculture.
Therefore the local boards will be di
rected to fill their quotas in the order
of liability of men in class l'as de
termined by the national drawing, ex
cept that where it is shown that a
registrant ""'is completely and assidu
ously engaged in the planting, cultiva
tion or reaping Qf a crop, his call to
Washington, ' March ,12. Charges
that food administration agents in
, structed the packers as to prices they
should pay for live stock were made
- today before the senate agriculture
committee by Edward F. Keefer of
Chicago, a stock commission mer
chant. ' ' , -
E. Dana -Durand, formerly chxf of
the census bureau and now associated
with the food administration at Chi
cago as purchaser of meats, for the
allies, instructed J. E. Wilhelm, a rep
resentative of the Cudahy interests, to
j keep the prices down until a supply
of beef had been shipped to Great
Britain, Keefer declared. , . , -LAt
a meeting of j stock' raisers in
ehfcago last,Friday Keefer said Dur
N and told the stock producer's th it he
order to keep the prices down was
temporary only and that it wouM be
effective .only for abeut 30 days,
Red Guards Murder Finn
Clergy and Landed Lords
g Stockholm, , Monday, Marth 11.
" The red guard contingents in Hel
singfors are becoming more violent in
their activities, according to a dis
patch , to , the Tidninen'trom Vasa,
Finland. " ',' 1 ,
, "They are proceeding in quite a
deliberate manner,"'' adds the dis
patch, "choosing their victims from
'v among the intellectual -classes, . as
sassinating principally the clergy and
landed . proprietors, AH - the agricul
tural commissioners except one have
been killed." : ' V
- Mysterious Woman Believed ;
' " Agent of Neutral Nation
Washington, March 12. A mys
terious woman, held by federal agents
in a New York hotel pending investi
gation, probably is a neutral and not a
German secret agent, it was said to
day at the Department of Justice. The
woman was about to .leave! the coun
try, but because of some suspicion at
tached lo her conduct recently in this
country, was detained. .
Officials denied that they had evi
dence of any conferences between the
r woman and suspected enemjj agents
in the United States.,
Huge U. S. Loans to Cuba : V
And to Great Britain
Washington,. March 12. Another
ally became ac borrower from the
Uriited States today when the treas
ury extended a credit of $13,000,000, to
the Cuban government to assist it in
L war preparations. At the, same time
" Great Britain was given.anotherxredit
fof $200,000,000. Botf ldans were
mad at the new interest rate of 5 per
. cent : ''
us up and he saicFNo.' So he called! the colors shall e .deferred to e
the chasseur and ordered him to open
the door. The man did, but repeated
that we must not go out. "Who says
I can't go out?' says the gentleman,
opening the door and walking
through, with me after htm
"We went only to the corner and
two more men followed us. I sug
gested going to the Rue de Rivoh and
standing under the-arcade, but ho one
seemed enthusiastic. Meantime Ethel
had followed me and I said I was go
ing on to see what I. could see over
the Tuilleries garden. She said she
would go and a young American 4
the signal corps joined us. Another
went back for his steel helmet, but
we didn t wait..
- ''It was the most beautiful, moon
light I have ever seen; we, are n!y a
step from the Tuilleries and there the
sky was ablaze from a moon that was
surely all for the Boches. It was giv
ine them full daylight opportunities.
We could see a constant procession, of
French planes - in the sky, theirvred
lights toward us, as they passed oyer
the Place" de 'la Concord, and the
center light, if they were high enough.
could not be distinguished from a star.
We had to watch verv closely some
times to know whether we were see
ing one or not. v r, : :
Planes Flew Low.
"But those that flew low would cir
cle over the Seine and as they, re
turned - toward . Montmarte they
showed their blue light on the right
wing. A little French boy was so ex
cited whenever the blue appeared that
I asked him why. He explained that
the, red, white and blue was for
France, Bravot waving his hat madly.
He then told me. of a machine that
hid flown very low, searching every
where with a big light. r
, "He had n sooner said it then one
appeared it flew very low over the
Seine, circled back over the Tuilleries,
almost touching the tops of the trees,
and started for the Place, evidently to
make a landing. We followed on the
run and saw it catch in the-round ball
jn top of a lamp post just at the en
trance to the Champs Elyscs. The
machine crashed to earth and one man
jumped. ' He felfcjiist as though dead;
the other lanced the machine and
leaped oftt, ; ran; a ,few feet 'and
crumpled up.
"The gendarmes cleared a space im
mediately. We. were surprised to see
that a large crowd appeared out of -an
apparently empty square. They were
largely Americans, Iarti sorry to say,
rebellious like ourselves. Everyone
in unitorm. we an jaDeerea ana
talked and found that no one knew
anything except what we had seen.
Next day we learned that neither of
tha men died. . .. u ,
, 'Meantime we could iitir the
bombs' dropping a ' very short dis
tance away; f hey do not sound like
the anti-aircraft guns, but make . a
hopping noise,, sort of crackle as they
fall, or as they burt. ,We were not
near enough to see. Over the Made
leine an enemy ship fell in flames.
We did not know at. the time, of
course, what ship it was, nor how far
away. A red streak of fire appeared
in the sky, disappeared and shortly
afterwards a lurid red lit up. the sky
line in .that direction. It was back of
the .Madeleine and the column of the
Vendome stood out in incomparable
majesty against the glare. It was an
ominous sight and sinister indeed.- I
was awed as I have, never been in my
impertinent young life. '
" Scattered for Safety. '
"It suddenly came 'bver me that we
were in a very exposed position and
I found everyone else of he same
mind, so we. ran to the Red Cross
building and stood under the arcade,
We could still see the planes circling
the quarter and one as it came toward
us suddenly mounted straight up, on
and on. The men were wild with ad
miration of the feat. J felt a humble
wondeV at the men at those wheels,
especially after seeing the wreck lying
near us-a"" beautiful. French ma
chine, only coming down for a little
adjustment, but the dim light did not
show then? the pillars. ; : -
"It was iow 2 o'clock and I began
to feel a bit weak in the knees after
all the excitement aid suggested go
ing home, finding the others in the
same state. We were a, silent trio
going along,' bombs still bursting and
crackling and . our anti-crafts re
sponding. -Two mounted on a truck
came thrcugh the place. They are
small but powerful. .
"When we entered the lobby of the
hotel we were beset for news, but I
tried to slip off without saying any
thing. We hardly knew what we had
seen; thdy were' only signs after all,
I was so surprised to hear Ethel
glibly tellitig how slit had seen this
and that, a man killed, etc. I was
foot of the quota of his board as long
as he continutes to be so engaged.
Inducted For Idleness.
"Whenever any registrant, whose
call tothe colors has been deferred
by reason of his engagement in agriH
culture, is shown to have been idle on
the farm- on which he is engaged, or
to . have trifled with the deferment
that has been accorded him, the
boards will induct him into military
service if his order numberhas been
reached in the meantime. The effect
on the expedient is to grant furloughs
from service prior to actual call to the
colors to the men so greatly needed in
the production of this year's crop. "
"This is not the only expedient that
is to be adopted to conserve the sup
.ply of labor appurtenant to agricul
ture and to mobilize all means for in
creasing the harvest for the agricul
tural season of 1918. '
"There is now pending before con
gress a bill authorizing the secretary
of "war , to" grant furloughs, with or
without pay, to men I in the army to
enable them to engage in industrial
'and agricultural pursuits. These fur
loughs "will -be granted after consid
eration of the circumstances of their
individual case in which they arise and
when' the military situation is such
they can be granted without too great
disruption and disorganization of the
army or of any particular" organization
of the army. . j
Deferment for Ag. Students.
"As to further means to protect
agriculture a new . regulation has
been promulgated, authorizing agri
cultural students in their senior years
in land grant colleges to enlist in
the enlisted reserve corps of the quar
tetjnaster's department, provided theh
class standing is ! suchr as to place
them in the upper third, of their class.
By this means it will be possible to
defer - the draft call of such young
men in' order to. enable them to. per:,
feet themselves as , agriculturalists
and' thereafter to protect them iu
such services as .it may seem that
they should perform in the best ju
terests of the nation.
"It must be emphasized that this
is a war of mechanics. The need of
the several armed forces for men
highly skilled in technical and me
chanical pursuits is greater than in
any former war.' Yet this need for
specially skilled men finds the na
tion under a necessity for increasing
its production in almost every line
of industry.. Withdrawals of men
from industry must v be made and
these withdrawals must take men who
might otherwise be deferred on ac
count of their special qualifications
and skill. The necessary numbers of
such skilled men will be obtained in
one1 of three ways: ; " ":
Use Special Skill.
"First, men already in the mUiiary
service who have such special tkill
will be taken from the line regiments
and assigned to the, staff organiza
tions and departments where tl eir
skill is needed. Second, men classi
fied by the selection boards, even
though they have been placed in a
deferred classification; will be with
drawn with great care and particu
larly from the industries of the nation
for special, service in staff coros nd
departments. Third, young men of
draft age with certain jcducathr.al
qualifications will be inducted into the
service and sent to universities, col
leges and technical and secondary
schools to be instructed in techr.'cal
arts until they have acquired ivch
proficiency as will justify theT-assignment
to the special units that
are being organized in. considerable
numbers. "
Asks . Ten Thousand Skilled Artisans.
"In accordance with this plan, the
proyost marshaVgeneral has ai.e.'riy
railed unon the states for some 10.-
000 skillled artisans, and will sbjrtly
call upon the states for 10,000 voung
men, graduates of grammar schools,
who will be sent before the first of
April to various technical and o'her
schools throughout the United States
for a two months' course of training.
Regularly, thereafter,, an increasing
stream of 'selected men wifTbe ttnt
through educational and other train
ing institutions, for this purpose."
Chinese Leader Warris
, . Against Reds' Invasion
.London, Monday,,' March 11. The
Chinese commander at Harbin, Man
churia.iias warned the leader of the
bolshevik forces in Siberia that the in
vasion of Chinese territory will be
considered an act of war, according
to Harbin - advices unjler Saturday's
date forwarded by Reuter's Pekin
correspondent. ...
Have You $800?
It will buy eight of our shares. If you have not this,
amount, start with less and systematically save with us
until you reach your goal. "No better time and no better
place. Dividends compounded semi-annually.
Tie Conservative Savings & Loan Ass'n
.,.' 1614 HARNEY STREET.
Resources $14,000,000.00.
Reserve, $400,000.00.
Remember
Saturday, r
April 6 thy
starts the Third Liberty
Loan drive. Make a
.resolution right now to
do your "bit." Buy as
many Liberty Bonds as
your means will permit
it is the best invest
ment you can make
the safest nd the most
patriotic as well. Satur
day, April 6th, is the
date ta keep ever in
mind.
You Naturally Want the Best
When You Buy Kid Gloves y
And Perrin's Are Unrivalled
Our Spring shipments have arrived and our assortments
are complete but because we . contracted for these gloves
many months ago we are able to sell them for less than today's
i- i. i i ?i
market prices would permit.
There, are blacks and whites, naturally, in plain styles as well as
fancy embroidered styles They are the wanted shades in Tan, Brown,
African Brown, light and dark CJrays, Mode, Beaver, Champagne, Pegalle,
etc. These colors are either plain or with black embroidered backs.
The prices range from $2.25 to $3.50 a pair and every pair is as usual
guaranteed by the makers and by us to be absolutely perfect.
Just Arrived A New Shipment of Gloves From Paris
-Most .wonderfully embroidered designs that are out of the ordinary and yet most attractive. '
There but a hmitedvauantUy ot every style therefore insuring the wearer exclusiveness in
her hand wear. The designs inc ude numerous original patterns in 8vrollS, flower , designs,
wreaths and many other beautiful embroidered backs. - .
We invite your inspection while the limited quantity lasts -
At $3.50 Pair
Main Floor.
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Rugs That Are Right
In dolor,
Design
and
Wearing
Qualities
Everyone buys a Rug or Carpet for perma-,
: nent use therefore it is extremely important'
. that one select the right colors, the right de-
signs, , and above all, the right quality.
Inasmuch, as we have .selected our stock with
extreme care, we are in a position to say to you
that ypu will find here the broadest assortment
oithe best Rugs, at prices which are , extremely
moderate. ';.-''- ' "" '
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We handle the well known Bigelow-Hartford
line, consisting of the best manufactured, in their
different grades.
The Imperial Ispahan is
the very highest grade
.Wilton Rug manufactured
; in America. It derives its
nanie as the. tiearcst ap-.
; prbach to the Oriental "rug
it represents in coloring
fand tone.
The Hartford Bussorah
and the , Bigelow Electra
are the two very best Ax
minster Rugs made,- They
come in Oriental and con
ventional designs. A beau
tiful range of colorings.
vO The Best Dyes in All These Rugs: .; 7- , ;
. , ' ' Fully Guaranhed ."- ;.
9x12 feet Axminster Rugs . .$35 ' ,
9x12 feet Ispahans, at . . . $85 V 1
v We have this same make hr other grades, at cor
respondingly low prices. ; 'r , ' ; . ; ; . , - - ,
Third Floor. . ... v
Domestics-Exceptional Offerings
In the Spring Materials You Want
Sewing Time and the fabrics that you want for
various things are here.iat prices pleasingly small.
10,000 Yards Remnant Wash Crfodt, percale and suitings, 32
and 36 inches wide, in long, serviceable lengths; values to 25c.
Special a yard at.'
s . ' - .
. Fine Zyphyr Ores Gingham, splendid assortment of pretty
plaids, -checks and plain colors; ordinarily worth 35c a yard.
Special, a yard at .29(
36-Inch Bleached Muslin and Cambric, good quality for making
sheets and pillow cases, in long mill lengths; a yard at 12Vo
36-Inch Dres and Wrapper Percale, medium and light colors;
good assortment, pretty f igures, etc. ; regular 25c value. Special,
a yard at 19t
36-Inch Colored Yarn Voile, beautiful woven patterns, for
v pretty dresses andwaists; positively worth 45c. Special, per
yard, at . . . .... ....... . . .'.25
White Scrim, with fancy hemstitched filet borders; very de
sirable for sash curtains, etc. A splendid 20c value. Special,
a yard at ..j V...y.15d
31-Inch Fancy Printed Silkoline, full standard quality, pretty
patterns and colors, 3 to 10-yd. lengths. Special, a yard at 15
36-Inch Shirting Madras, in a beautiful assortment of new
patterns and colorings for men's and boys' shirts, waists, etc.
Will launder perfectly; worth regularly 39c. Special, a yard
at ........ t 29
; Soiled Blankets in white and gray, with assorted washable
borders, full double bed size; extra heavy and warm; value
up to ,6!W. While the lot lasts, per pair, at .$3.75
, Silkoline Covered Comforters, filled with white sanitary cotton,
medium and light weight, hand tufted, for double7 beds; a good -$2.50
-value; each at ... ' ...$1.75
25 Dozen Full Size Bed Comforters, some covered with fine
quality sateen and some with very best quality full standard
Silkoline; filled with fine quality white carded cotton, hand
somely scroll stitched or hand tufted; -positively worth $6.00.
In one lot, at. . , . . : ... . . .$4.50
Feather Pillows, covered with assorted fancy gobelin art tick
ing; filled with sanitary feathers, odorless and free from dust. '
Twospecial values, at, each. -85 and 59
Basement "
IMPORTANT
'1 An
Extraordinary
'Sale of Shoes
Will Be Detailed
In Wednesday's
, Papers
SETS
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THE PACE
Art Embroidery Offerings
Of An Interesting Nature :
The things that make
the home more cosy and
inviting are always
good investments. For
every woman's home is
her castle and a reflex
of her character. ?v
Stamped White Tea Aprons;
made up; picot edge for cro-
. dieting; each comes with
ball of crochet cotton ' in
pink or blue; complete, 1
each at ... . .......... 50c
Stamped Pillow Cases; 18x
45; picot edge for crochet- ,
ing; assorted designs; sne-. .
cial, a pair at ....... . K!Z5
Stamped Bed Spreads for
full size beds on mercerized
art cloth with stripes of pink,
blue or yellow; very latest in
bed covers; special, each
at ...,........$6.)0
Third Floor
Japanese Luncheon. Sets in
Maltese cloth shape.', with
center piece, four . napkins '
and four doilies; to . be ,
worked in blue wth lace
edges; special, each at. . 85c , '
Curtains and Draperies
Ready for Springtime House Righting
This Drapery De
partment is more
thafl a place i to
make purchases in.
i It is a place where
l:. you -may come and
; cohsult'abont colr
harmony, a p p r 6
' priate design and
Vfabric ,for 'your
needs. It is a place
where you will be
sure to see the big
gest and broadest
variety of the very
things that you
want, at prices
which are extreme
ly modest. In other words, it is a place to bring your
Drapery and Curtain problems and have them solved
. rightly. :,: i y .-;-;i
v ; We"' mention "just a , few interesting items . for,
Wednesday. ; ;; - -'
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1,500 Pairs of .Curtains, in
Scotch nets and voiles; some
are 3 yards long;' value $2.00;
at a pair. . . . . . . . . . . 81.00
2,000 Pair of Curtains, mar
quisettes, voiles and filet nets,
with lace trims and insertions;
all the wanted -colorings; value
,4 00; at a pair. .....$2.00
Sunfast Drapery Fabrics
A most complete assortment of patterns and colorings; new.
Sunfast Drapery Fabrics for Spring; very wide range for choice;
a style and fabric for every purpose a most unusul showing;
a yard at . . , $1.50 to $8.50
. v Third Floor. I -
Cretonnes, in beautiful new de- .
signs, exceptionally gdod color
ings and patterns. Special, a
yard ...39
Filet and Scotch Nets, " thou
sands of yards, ;n white, cream
and beige; a wide range of ex-,
cellent patterns to choose from;
values 65c to 80c; at - a
yard 5
Put New Papers on Your Walls
These Very Low Prices
To re-decorate now, when you can obtain the right
kind of papers at these low prices, is a move in the
right direction it is conservation and at the same time
permits you to make over your home for the new
season. ' . , .
Choice of twelve patterns of new and pleasing bed room effect
with dainty cut out borders; worth to 25c, a roll alt. , ; ; . . .lie -'.
A number of good patterns suitable for dining room, living
room, parlor or hall; cut ut borders for each; special, a roll.
Tuesday at .J0e
Plain Oatmeal Paper, 30 inches wide in all the new colors with
new creations in cut out decorations; worth to 25c; special,. '
roll, at ;.14c '
Beautiful Two Tones; Grass Cloth Blends, Tekoes, allover and
stripes; in fact a full line of the better papers for the down
stairs rooms with matched decorations; worth to $Qc, roll. .28c .
A New Group of Varnished Gilt Paper in light and darkvtones
with 9-inchv and 18-inch borders; all cut out effects; worth to
30c; special, i roll, at. .14c.
, Estimates furnished and' work guaranteed.
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Spring Opening
Exhibits
. Continue '
to Attract
Wide Attention
- From All of -Fashion's
Devotees ,
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