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OF GE1R1AM
HUM
RAIL WRECK
DEATH TOLL
AT LEAST 100
Most of Victims of Head-On
Collision ' Near Nashville
Negroes on Way to
Powder Plant.1
By Associated Press.
: Nashville, Tenn., July 9. At least
100" persons, most of them negroes,
.were killed and as many more injured
in a head-on collision today jetween
passenger trains on the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
at Dutchman's Bend, five miles from
this city.
Most of the killed and injured were
n local train from Louisville,
which carried several coaches full of
workmen going to a nearby powder
plant The other train was an ex
press from Memphis and the west
and after the two engines had reared
and fallen beside the track, the heavy
coaches of the express ploughed
through the baggage car of the ac
commodation train and demolished
two other coaches.
Engine Crews Killed.
As the crews of both locomotives
were killed the cause of the collision
may never be established. The ex
press train was running late and one
theory advanced was that the engineer
of the accommodation train may have
disregarded signal and tried to make
a switch just beyond where the wreck
occurred before the Memphis train arrived.-
Thert also, was. the possibility
that, he may Jiavebeen . given ; wrong
tostrucbnfcn-'-ry';,.''; '" : - '
Three investigations of the wreck
were expected, one by officials-of the
road, another by state officials and a
third by the railroad administration.
Few Women Among , Victims.
Only a few women were among the
killed. Most of the white persons
killed were in the telescoped smoking
car of the accommodation train.
Among-the killed were:
Private John P. Hussey, Uhlian,
Iir., Wilson B; Harris, of the Naval
reserves, and a member of the marine
corps named -Alexander. '
"Johnny" Moore Gets ,
,Two Years and $1,000
Fine Under Drug Law
"Johnny" Moore, negro proprietor
of a "place" at 221 North Thirteenth
street, was' found guilty of selling
drugs by a jury in federal court Tues
day afternoon. Judge Woodrough
sentenced him to two years' imprison
ment and ordered him to pay a 'fine
of $1,000.
No witnesses appeared for the de
fense, and neither the prisoner nor
: his counsel spoke when the judge
asked if either had anything to say
before sentence was pronounced.
Almost $1,000 worth of drugs was
found in Moore's room when he was
-arrested, and marked money,, which
agents of the Department of Justice
testified they had paid him for co
caine, was found in his possession.
Anna Moore, a white girl, formerly
a maid at the Neville hotel, testified'
, that she had bought "M,'V morphine,
from the negro dealer.
Hearst Is Turned Down
By New York Democrats
Syracuse, N. Y July 9. Unable to
agree upon a candidate after five bal
lots the "committee of 42" up-state
democrats decided to submit to the
party conference at Saratoga July 23
the names of seven men, any one of
whom will be acceptable as a candi
date for governor. The list does not
include the name of William Randolph
Hearst
His name was not presented for
mally or informally, neither did he
receive a vote. The seven include
James W.. Gerard and Congressman
George Rf Lunn of Schenectady.
Son of Secretary Daniels
Enters U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Md., July -9. Worth
Bagley Daniels, son of the secretary
of the navy, entered the naval acad
emy as a midshipman today. Young
Daniels is 18 years old and was ap
pointed by Senator Overman of
North Carolina. He is an enlisted
man in the naval reserves.
Four More Bodies Recovered
From River Steamer, Wreck
Peoria, III, July 9. With the re
fcovery of four more bodies today the
death list .of the steamer Columbia
disaster 'was increased to 84. - At least
eight more bodies, possibly as many
aj 15, are still in the water.
0M
FLAMS
Greeting Sent American
Mothers by Those of Italy
Washington, July 9. Count V.
Macchi Di Cellere, Italian am
bassador, today transmitted to
President Wilson a message of
greeting sent by mothers of Italian
combatants to American, mothers.
The text follows:
"In the day in which Rome, all
Italy, exultant, welcomes and ac
claims your generous sons, the
mothers' of the Italian combatants
send a fraternal auspicious greet-'
ing to the American mothers and,
united with them by the same throb
of patriotic and maternal love, tfcey
hail the valor of their sons, the final
victory, the triumph of civiliza
tion." v
NATIONS TO UNITE
IN AIDING RUSSIA
UNDER U. S. LEAD
Project Taking Shape to
Counteract German Influ
. ence and Enable People
to Rehabilitate.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 9. Entente gov
ernments,! through their embassies in
Washington, now are fully advised
of the views of the Washington ad
ministration as to the best means of
carrying out President" Wilson's
pledge to "stand behind Russia." It
is understood that a project is tak
ing shape which, it is hoped, will
cpunteract German influence-and lead
the people to rehabilitate themselves
without exciting distrust 3 of th?. un
selfish 'motives 'which lie behfad It.
.. There is reason to Believe the pro
posal' to send American business men
to Russia forms the basis of the ne
gotiations between 'Washington and
the entente capitals. Only it has as
sumed a new phase through the 'in
jection of the idea to make the com
mission and armed guards interna
tional in composition, thus tending
to disarm any suspicion on the part
of the .Russians that their country is
to be exploited in the interests of a
single power.
This measure is far short of the
original desires of the entente gov
ernments, which favored the dispatch
of a military expedition into Siberia.
Kerensky Urges Intervention.
Taris, July 9. The parliamentary
committee on action abroad today re
ceived Alexander Kerensky, the for
mer Russian premier, who explained
the situation in Russia and suggested
immediate intervention.
. Lineup in Russia.
London, July 9. Prominent Rus
sian residents in London consider the
Czecho-Slovak movement in Siberia
as the, only real basis for a struggle
against bolsheviklsm.
The recent Moscow rising ii con
sidered here to have been-a quarrel be
tween the bolsheviki aif'cl their late
fraends, .the social revolutionaries of
the left.
The Kerensky group did not partici
pate in the counter revolution and had
nothing to do with the murder of
Count von Mirbach.
Thfrd Liberty Loan Total
; Above Four Billion Mark
Washington, July 9. Final com
pilations of third Liberty loan sub
scription announced by the treasury
department tomVht sh ow a total of
$4,176,516,850, an increase of $6,497,-1
zuu over the total officially estimated
last May 8; after the loan campaign
closed.
ADVERTISING GREAT FACTOR
Appeal of Types to, American People
Helped Gather Wheat at Critical Moment
UPHOLDING CAUSE OF ALLIES'
San Fraflcisco, July 9. The vital
part taken by advertising in develop
ing American prosecution of the war
was noted by President Woodrow
Wilson in a telegram received here
today by William C. D'Arcy, presw
dent of the Associated Advertising
clubs of the world, which are in con
vention here.
"I realize how squarely and spon
taneously the advertising men of the
country have 'stood behind the war,"
the telegram said.
When the late Lord Rhondda,
British food controller, after hearing
a discouraging report on wheat im
ports,' said, "The war is over, we are
beaten," the people of America saved
the day, Ralph P. Merritt,' federal
food administrator for California,
told the conventin:
"The story of wheat has been a
drama in itself," Mr. Merritt said. "In
January Mr. Hoover ' cabled Lord
Rhondda: 'On January 1 we sent you
the last of the surplus of the 1917
BALLOONS
AVIATORS
PIL0 TS EXPOSED TO
FOR LONG PERIOD
Austrian Prisoners
Surprised and Glad
To Find U. S. in War
Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy, July 9. Austrian
prisoners who have been taken late
ly by the Italians appear not to be
informed of the part the United
States is playing in the war. When
an automobile carrying members of
the United States military expedi
tion halted this afternoon in front
of a line of prisoners, one called out
in English to the chauffeur, "Say,
what are you doing over here?"
When informed that the United
States was in the war he expressed
surprise and said:
''Well, I hope the Americans keep
on coming strong enough to win the
war. Then we can get out of this
mess and I can go back to America."
M KELVIE FLAYS"
NONPARTISANS
IN OMAHA SPEECH
Republican Candidate for Gov
ernor Appeals for Patriotic
Politics and Cites T. R.
and Taft's Examples.
In a speech delivered to the Mc-Kclvie-for-Governor
club, in the as
sembly room on the. 16th floor of
the City National Bank, building, be
fore, a larta audience of f enresentifc
tive republicans last night, 5. R. Mc-
ernor, said he was unalterably
opposed to socialism, the kind parad
ing under the guise of nonpartisan
ship, which tend6 ultimately to state
ownership of industries and farm
lands, and which is sponsored by the
democratic party of the state.
Mr. McKelvie was introduced by
Myron Learned, chairman of the
meeting.
In his speech the candidate said
there had been no time since the
civil war when the country needed
the' constructive policies of the re
publican party so much as at present.
This is a time for partisanship in its
truest and best sense, for it is a
time for this government not only
to win the war against a foreign foe,
but also a time to develop and cherish
its highest ideals.
He recalled the scene in the La
Salle hotel, at Chicago, where two of
the leaders of the republican party,
both ex-presidents, who had been
working at cross-purposes for years
in their leadership of different fac
tions, meeting without prearrange
(Contlnurd on l'litre Two, Column Four.)
Warning of Defeat
founded by Deputy
In Prussian Lantag
Washington, July 9. An official
dispatch today from Switzerland says
the independent socialist deputy,
Stroebel, in a violent speech in the
Prussian Landtag recently, con
demned the German government for
its efforts to secure a peace by force.
He warned the German people that
unless they rid themselves of their
government and "send their politi
cians of war and rapine to the devil."
America's millions of soldiers wil!
prove too strong a force to combat.
wheat harvest. All the wheat we can
send between January and September
must come from the savings of our
people."
"Upon receipt ofthis message Lord
Rhondda closed his desk, turned to
his associates and said:
" 'The war is over. We are beaten.'
"The surplus of wheat which was
shipped up to January 1, 1918, from
the 1917 wheat harvest was 20,000,000
bushels. By the first of September,
1918, there will have been landed on
the other side of the Atlantic not
less than 170,000,000 bushejs of wheat,
or wheat products, and of this amount
150,000,000 bushels is directly attribu
table to the voluntary savings of the
people of America."
New Orleans was made the unani
mous choice1 for1 the 1919 convention
of the Associated Advertising clut.s
of the world at the session of the
various presidents tonight. The se
lection remains to be ratified by the
convention Thursday mornirg.
OVER
00
Foe Under Special Orders to Shoot Down Huge Bags
and Put Observers Out of Action If Possible;
Correspondent Describes Experience In
Air Close To Firing Line.
By WILBUR FORREST.
CopyrlRlit 11)18, by The Tribune Annm-iiitlon.
With the French Armies, July 9. (Special-Cablegram to
New York Tribune and Omaha Bee.) The extreme impor
tance of sausage balloon work in open warfare where highly
trained observers now many times remain aloft over the battle
field as much as sixteen hours at a stretch in a flimsy basket
with their lives literally in their hands, caused the Tribune cor
respondent to investigate this unique arm of the service today
at an altitude of about 2,400 feet.
The sausage arm of the service is a branch where there
is much danger because of the constant exposure to German
airmen's attacks as well as hostile and grueling work, because
your eye must be alert as an eagle's no matter how long aloft.
The enemy's trenchs and organiza
tions for miles in the rear must be
constantly combed for any untoward
movements.
Your own guns must be told Where
their shells are breaking. Dozens of
other things are required which are
too technical for explanation here and
all .this time you sit there between
heaven and earth with a parachute
strapped to your arms and legs, ready
to jump into space if necessary.
I ascended today with a French
lieutenant who explained the work
while aloft and though the scene was
an instruction center some distance
from the actual war, it was near
enough to warrant constantly manned
machine guns in the ground waiting
for -any roving Boche. t ., ji;
.. Captured German aviatjon '.docu
ments in the past few weeks have
shown the importance which the ene
my attaches to the destruction of the
eagle-eyed gas bags which quietly sit
in the upper void spotting his every
movement.
Sausage War is On.
There is a sausage war on between
the combatants which means today
that a large percentage of the sau
sages ascending on both sides come
down in flames.
The observers stake their lives on
the flimsy umbrella-like parachutes
which always hang compactly on the
outside of the wicker basket like a
canvas water jbag.
The enemy airmen are now ordered
not only to destroy the sausages but
to kill the observers in mid-air.
Before Germany began her last big
attacks, there were ethics in the sau
sage warfare. Invariably if. the ob
setver was lucky enough to escape
death in the sheer 60-yard drop be
fore the parachute opened, he was
allowed to sail safely toward the
earth, naturally taking his chances
with the wind drifting him over the
enemy's lines or in contact with trees
or other obstructions in landing.
Attack In Groups.
But today the enemy is attacking
the sausages in groups of four or
five airplanes, one of which is ordered
to machine-gun the observer to death
if the parachute opens.
Though it was perhaps unneces
sary, this fact explains the small car
bine resting in the bacelle, as the
lieutenant and myself were strapped
into harness and attached to the para
chute, preparatory to travel over 2,000
feet above today.
The carbine serves as the only pro.
tection as the parachutes drop earth
ward. fc
. The bacelle also contained a neat
map of the surrounding country, a
telephone, an altimeter, binoculars,
(Continued on Pane Two, Column Two.)
Empress Zita Driven
To Sick Bed by Slander,
Is Report From Vienna
Amsterdam, July 9. Denying
rumors circulating in Austria-Hungary
regarding Empress Zita, the cor
respondent at Vienna of the Tijd
says:
"It is true the Austrian empress
partly desires peace and has, with
proper dignity, advocated it, but the
rumor that an energetic Austrian of
fensive against Italy was delayed by
her influence is slanderous, asalso
is the rumor that the empress was to
blame for one or two setbacks which
followed the offensive.
"It is still more slanderous to in
volve her honor as a woman with
imperial statesmanship and the im
perial house. The empress, whose
sensitiveness is well known, suffered
not a little under the imputations,
which have driven her to a sick bed.
"The slander js more painful, as it
even assailed the wedded fidelity
which so distinguished the conduct
of the imperial couple, while the non
existent correspondence, which was
said to contain utterances of the em
press regarding peace, is reported to
be the first cause of the difference
between the emperor and the empress.
FRE
READ!
DANGER
IN SERVICE
TIME RIPE FOR
PEACE PARLEYS,
SAYS HARD
Berlin Political Writer Says
Germany Would Accept Dis
armament Proposals; Out
lines Peace Conditions.
v ,. v, By Associated Press. -, :-v
Copenhagen, July 9, -Writing in
the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin, Georg
Bernhard, political editor, says:
"The time is now ripe openly to
discuss peace conditions. Having re
gard to the ideal peace conditions
laid down by President Wilson,
unanimity on the matter undoubtedly
could easily be reached if a method
of discussing the peace terms could
only be agreed upon." '
Bernhard says Germany and her
allies would undoubtedly accept
reasonable disarmament proposals.
President Wilson's demands for
self-government by small nations, the
writer says, would be favorably re
ceived, but the central powers would
insist upon knowing the attitude ot
England regarding Ireland. Negotia
tions, the writer adds, should take
place directly between the belligerents
respecting frontier regulations.
Suggests Peace Conditions.
While claiming no official sanction
and even admitting that their realiza
tion would encounter strong opposi
tion from ' the German government
and people, Bernhard submits the fol
lowing peace conditions:
France and Italy to discuss with
Germany and Austria their future
frontiers without the intervention of
third parties.
All German colonies to be returned.
Belgium to be restored completely
as an independent state.
All merchants of the central pow
ers who have been deprived of their
property overseas to be rtstored to
their former rights of possession.
Great Britain to evacuate uncondi
tionally all parts of the Turkish em
pire and Persia.
Situation before the war to be re
stored inEgypt.
The Dardanelles, on the basis of a
treaty applying to the states border
ing the Black sea, to be free for the
passage of Russian ship.
Grand Dukes Escape Death
at Hands of the Bolsheviki
By Associated Press.
Amsterdam, July 9. Grand Duke
Alexander Michaelovitch, brother-in-law
of the former Russian emperor,
was -interviewed at the end of June in
Aitodor, in the Crimea, by the cor
respondent of the Budapest Az Est,
according to a telegram to Dutch
newspapers. Relating his experiences
after the abdication of the Romanoffs,
the grand duke said:
"We were for days at Dulbar (near
Aitodor) at the, house of Peter Nico
laievitch, all together. We owe our
lives solely to that good and 'intelli
gent man. My sons and myself were
on the blask list. We scarcely hoped
to escape with our lives. They took
our money and property. Our house
in Petrograd was razed to the ground.
"Fortunately, I have a property
with a vineyard in Aitodor, on the
produce of tohich my family and my
self can live."
The correspondent remarked that
Russia might within the year again
have a monarchical constitution and
the grand duke asked skeptically if
RGETC
1A
3 K 1
NCHFR
SPIED OUT
Gen. Pershing Sends
Personal 'Greeting
To Elks of the Nation
Atlantic City, July 9. General
Pershing, who heads the list of
30,000 members of the" order of
Elks in the military service of the
country, today cabled a message of
greeting to the 500,000 members of
the order.
The message was read at today's
session of the Elks' convention, and
is as follows:
"I send greetings and express my
full confidence in the loyalty and
patriotism of all members of the
order of Elks and their undivided
and hearty support of our president
.in this crisis of our nation's his
tory." Bruce A. Campbell of Illinois was
elected grand exalted ruler.
TROOPS FIGHTING
FIRE IN NATIONAL
FORESHESERVE
Menace in Northwest Most
Serious in Years: Military
Patrol in Woods to Be
Established.
By Associated Press.
Olympia, Wash., July 9. Governor
Ernest Lister today called Brig. Gen.
Harvey J. Moss, adjutant general, to
Olympia to confer on the forest fire
situation, .and announced his intention
to call out the Washington national
guard to patrol threatened forests and
tight fires. Strict military rule will
he enforced in the woods to prevent
fires. ' .'. , N ' ; ."'; ;
J SoldieYs from Camp LeAls are fight
ing the big Cispuj' fire in the Rainier
national reserve, which is said t o have
covered more than 30,000 acres. The
(ire started from lightning and has
been burning for a month.
To Double Force.
Today the Washington Fire asso
ciation took steps to double its force
of 100 patrolmen in western Wash
ington woods. Land Commissioner
C. V, Savidge has agreed to send out
patrols to I guard the state's timber
lands.
The northwest forest fire menace is
said to be the most serious in his
tory. No green timber has been
burned to speak of, but fires are every
where in old workings. The most des
perate fight being waged against fires
is in the North River section of Pac
ific county, where flames cover a
region a mile in length and three
miles long. Vast private and state
timber tracts surrounding the burn
ing section are in jeopardy.
4 "ew f,re southeast of High Rock
in Snohomish county was reported
today.
Wide Areas of Pine Burn.
San FranciscB, July 9. A half-score
forest fires in the Klamath and other
national forests in northern Califor
nia are consuming wide areas of pine
timber, urgently needed for govern
ment contracts, according to tele
grams received here today by the
United States forestry service from
its agents in the fire regions.
Fires near Ukonom, Camp Creek
and 1 Keyes were being fought by
forestry crews.
United Lutheran Church to
Embrace 1,300,000 Members
Atlantic City, July 9. As the result
of a conference today of the general
ways and means committee nearly 1,
300,000 church members are to be
brought under one jurisdictional head
in the United Lutheran church, which
is either to ltf incorporated by act of
congress or under the laws of New
York state, depending on a decision
to be reached tomorrowi l
thi3 would be possible. The corre
spondent added that Emperor Nicho
las, however, would not again come
to the throne and the grand duke re
marked with vivacity:
"Certainly not. He is vividly of the
old system."
The correspondent related a con
versation he had with General Bal
baroff, who was the lord high steward
of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaie
vitch, former commander-in-chief of
the Russian army. General Balbaroff
gave him details of Nicholas Nicolaie
vitch's escape after being sentenced
to death by the Bolsheviki. The latter
declared they would not be content
with the simple execution of the em
peror's relations but would drive them
to death in a specially cruel manner.
It was a Caucasian officer named
Dsiolikan charged with keeping guard
over the grand duke's family, accord
ing to the correspondent, who javed
their lives. In order to divert su
spicion he first treated the famil
with exceptional severity and succeed
ed in having their execution postponed
until German troops arrived
OMT: ;
FRENCH
GAIN IN
THRUST
Allies Giving Enemy little Op-
flortunity to Perfect Ar
, rangements for Launch-
ing Attack in West. ,
. By Associated Press.
While waiting for the Ger"
man high command to show its
hand,' the allied forces are giv
ing the enemy little opportuni
ty to perfect his arrangements
for launching the attack. From
the Lys sector on the north to
the Champagne front, in east
ern France, there have been
sudden thrusts at the German
lines, at least one of which has
mue considerable ground.
This blow was struck by the French
west of the Oise and north of the
Matz river, on the battlefield where
the Germans were stopped short in
therir attempt to hew their way
through to Compiegne early in June.
French Score Advance.
The French advanced along, the,
Compiegne road northwest of Anthe
uil and occupied the Loge and Porte
farms on each side of the highway
The ground they have taken is im-
portant from a defensive standpoint
and cuts down the area In which the
Germans must maneuver. -,
'There aeemt to have been spirited
fighting on -the British front along
La Basse canal, northwest of Lens,
and north of the Somme. In the Pi-
cardy sector. Berlin announces the
British were repulsed in freauentlv re
peated attacks and that their attacks
north of the Somme broke down. The -French
attack at Antheuil is merely
mentioned in the official German
statement which says attacks in the
Villers-Cotterets and Chateau Thierry
sectors were repulsed by the Ger
mans. -
Turn Austrian Right.
While the fiehtinsr on the Mace
donian and Albanian frontiers must
remain a side issue the progress of the
French and Italians along the Al
banian coast brings that theater of '
the war into consideration. '
Rapid strides have been made since
the French and Italians assaults were
launched north of Avlona July 6. It
appears that the allies have been
successful in turning the Austrian
right wing. An official statement
from Rome says that Italian cavalry
have gained the Austrian rear and
destroyed bridges across the Semini
river, which parallels the Voyusa.
where the attack was begun.' This
marks an advance of about 15 miles.
Von Kuehlmann Retires.
Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann. the
German foreign minister, has retired
from office, it is announced, and the
German emperor has accepted . his
resignation. This has been expected
since Von Kuehlmann's address in the
German reichstag .'June 25, , jn the
course of which he said that victory
by purely military, decisions,, could
hardly be expected. . " s ,
Czecho-Slovak forces in eastern Si
beria have extended their sphere of
influence up the Amur river to Niu
layevsk, an important naval stat'on.
The defeated Bolshevik troops, with
their Austro-German allies, are said
to have retired toward Khabaravsk.
the capital of the maratime province.
Von Hintze Slated to y
Succeed Kuehlmann
As Kaiser's Minister
Paris, July 9. The German emper
or has accepted the resignation of Dr.
Richard von Kuehlmann, the German
foreign secretary, accordine to a Basel
dispatch to the Havas agency. v.'
it is expected that Admiral von
Hintze, the German minister at Chris-
tiania and formerly minister to Mex
ico, will succeed him. , y
Konnenkamp Authorizes Strike -of
Telegraphers in Canada
Chicago, July 9. S. J. Konenkamp, f
international president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' union, today -
sent a message to C E. Hill at
Toronto" Can.. .vice president of trie-
organization, authorizing him to call
a strike of the 600 employes of the ,
Great Northwestern Telegraph com-'
pany tomorrow. '
President Konenkamp said ; the
union insisted upon the reinstatement
of a number of telegraphers dis-
charged last March,-, who later were '
vindicated of charges made by the .
company. The Canadian government
officials, he said,-had . requested tbe -
company to reinstate the meny bm
the demand has been ignored, 1
