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BY BARON BURIAN
Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Couples Suggestion
of Exchange of Views Between Belligerents With
Assurance Central Powers Will Make No Op
position to Demands Based on Justice.
Amsterdam, Sept. 10. An exchange of views between the
central powers and the entente was tentatively suggested by
Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, in an ad
dress to visiting German newspaper men, according to a Vienna
dispatch today.
Such a discussion, said the foreign minister, need not take
the form of peace negotiations, but would have as its purpose
the consideration of all things which are keeping the belligerent
powers apart.
Baron Burian advanced his sugges-
tion in declaring that the adversaries
of the central powers need only pro
vide the opportunity "in a calm, ex
change of views some sort of direct,
informative discussion is thinkable
which would be far from being peace
negotiations-of discussing and
weighing everything which today sep
arates the belligerent parties, and no
'urther fighting will perhaps be need
ed to bring them closer together."
Consider Further Warfare Crime.
"This question arises," said the for
eign minister. "Isn't it a crime
against humanity even to think of
putting down a structurevhich has
become historical, and which certain
ly, here and there, needs improve
ment, but is only capable of improve
ment in order to found a paradise in
future' on its ruins? The defect in
this, however, is that in accordance
with the destructive methods of our
enemies it can only be created with
a much too great sacrifice.
"Count the past hetacombs of this
war. Think of those to come, and
ask whether striving to attain war
aims at such a price is justifiable
war aims in which the principle of
justice is put foremost without in
vestigating whether an understanding
could not be reached by a fair appli
cation of that principle.
Ready to Do Justice.
'., "It is unthinkable? that even the
most confident hopes of final vic
tory could permit the enemy in the
long run to avoid considering whether
the moslf terrific exertions and sacri
fices can no longer be justified in
order to carry through principles
which are not the enemy's monopoly
, or to regulate the affairs of other
' peoples who can manage them quite
as well themselves.
1 "The enemy group can, if it wishes,
. convince itself that in all questions
of humanity and justice and of future
international relations, it will encoun
ter on the part of our group no oppo
sition and will be in line with our
existingV0Sressive aspirations. But
at the same time it will meet our de
termination to. continue steadfastly to
stand up for our good right.
"Our adversaries need only pro
vide an opportunity in a calm ex
change of views some sort of direct
informative discussions is thinkable
which would-be far from peace nego
tiations of discussing and weighing
everything which today separates the
belligerent parties, and no further
fighting will, perhaps, be needed to
bring them closed together.
Will Carry on Defensive War.
"But I would not delude you with
baseless prospects of peace at a mo
ment when the war fever still is
shaking the world.
"We desire to contribute to the
best of our ability to a mutual under
standing and help to pave the way i
for conciliation. But, so long as neces
sary, we shall hold out a loyal and
resolute joint defense."
Baron Burian concluded bysxhort
ing the press to co-operate' in the
task of cultivating this spirit, which,
he said, "animated the glorious troops
and helped the brave population at
home to bear all sufferings and priva
tions." Prince von Wedel, the German am
bassador to Austria-Hungary, ex
pressed the hope that a trustful and
harmonious collaboration of diploma
cy and the press would "succeed in
pron&ing and reinforcing the bril
liantly proved friendship between
Austria-Hungary and Germany.
STATE BUSINESS
MEN GUESTS AT
DANCING PARTY
Banquet and Dance at Field
Club for Merchants' Mar
ket Week Visitors; Out
ing Today.
More than 500 merchants, with their
families and friends, ended the second
day of Market week last night at a
buffet banaquet and dancing party at
the Field club.
Long tables were arranged near the
dancing floor and piled high with good
things to eat. There was everything
from thoroughly boiled eggs to wat
ermelon. After the dinner an orches
tra struck up the "Merchants' Jazz"
and the dancing continued until mid
night. Last night's entertainment was un
der the direction of Lester Drishaus,
assisted by the other members of the
general committee.
Say Business is Good.
Today a big open-air outing is
scheduled at Krug park. Athletic con
tests and the distribution of $1,000 in
prizes are on the program. This af
ternoon an exhibition of wearing ap
parel and styles of from 50 years ago
to tne present day win De neia in
the M. E. Smith company's sales
rooms. Merchants' are buying conserva
tively and wisely, in keeping with the
wishes of the government," said Joe
Kelly, chairman of the general com
mittee, last night. "Their business
shows that this territory is prosperous
and in good condition."
Come from Many States.
There are merchants here from
many ' distant states, including Cali
fornia, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, the Dakotas, Minnesota,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and
Iowa.
Jobbers and wholesalers assert that
this Market week shows the widening
influence of Omaha as a buyine center.
This is the- fifth annual Market week.
The innovation since its inaugura
tion has been adopted by many cities,
among them Chicago, Minneapolis and
St. Paul.
American Steamer
In Convoy Torpedoed
400 Miles Off France
London, Sept. 10. The Ameri
can steamship Dora, formerly un
der the Austrian flag, was torpe
doed and sunk September 4, ap
proximately 400 miles off France,
as the result of an attack on a cargo
convoy.
Thetorpedo struck aft throwing
the cargo of army supplies as high
as the mast tops, but only one mem
ber of the crew was hurt.
The escorting ships immediately
dropped numerous depth charges
where it was believed the torpedo
came from and it is considered pos
sible that the submarine was either
destroyed or badly damaged.
Gompers' Defends America's
Delay in Entering the War
London, Sept. 10. America's delay
in entering the war was defended by
Samuel Gompers, head of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor in an address
at the American Luncheon club today.
Loan Made to Liberia.
Washington, Sept. 10. A credit of
$5,000,000 was established today by
the treasury for the republic of Li
beria, which has declared war against
Germany. This added a ninth nation
to the list of allies borrowing from
the United States.
BULGARIA ON
VERGE OF WAR
WITJHURKEY
Possibility of Conflict Over
Division of War Spoils
Causes Serious Misgiv
ings at Berlin.
Washington, Sept. 10. Informa
tion reached here today from a source
usually reliable that Turkey has sent
a large force to the border of Bul
garia where trouble is brewing over
division of territorial spoils of war
between these two allies of Germany
and Austria-Hungary.
The possibility of conflict between
Turkey and Bulgaria is known to be
causing serious misgivings at Berlin.
The revolutionary spirit is rife in
the Bulgarian army and among the
civilian population, according, to re
ports. The Bulgarians want more
territory and are said to be deter
mined to secure all of Serbia and
even a portion of Austria.
They already have -secured a strip
off Northern Turkey, including one
halt of the city of Adrianople.
Another cause for dissension, is the
fact that when Bulgaria was awarded
the Dobrudja in the Roumanian peace
treaty dictated by Germany, Turkey
demanded the cession of that portion
of i.ts northern territory ,that had pre
viously been given Bulgaria as a re
ward for tntering the war on the
side of the central powers.
The recent resignation bf Premier
Radoslav of Bulgaria is said to have
been caused by his inability to secure
more territory and his unwillingness
to betray the central powers. The
new premier, Malinoff, is believed
here to be a figurehead who will ac
cept the, dictation of Germany, but
the army and the populace are not
satisfied with the situation.
Famous Athlete Killed
Trying to Save Comrade
New York, Sept. 10. While trying
to save a wounded soldier of his com
mand who had been bun-' in the
ruins of a dugout during a heavy
bombardment on the battlefront in
France. Lt. Samuel J. Reid, jr., fa
mous Princeton athlete of a dozen
years ago, was killed by a shell which
exploded at his feet, according to in
formation received by his family here
today.
Opponent of Prohibition
Nominated in Vermont
Montpelier, Vt, Sept. 10. Perctval
W. Clement of Rutland was nomi
nated for governor by the republicans
in today's primaries. He is president
of the Vermont Local Option league
and made his fight as an opponent of
ratification of the constitutional pro
hibitory amendment.
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First American Shot In War
Fired -by Sergeant Alex rch
New York, Sept. 10. Story of the
first shot fired by the American ex
peditionary forces in the 'war with
Germany a shell sent screeching
into the German lines about as dawn
was breaking October 23, 1917 is
contained in a letter sent to the Asso
ciated Press by Capt. Indrus R. Mc
Lendon, commander of the battery
which performed this important' action
in American history. Alex Arch of
South Bend, Ind., a sergeant in this
unit Battery C of the Sixth field ar
tilleryis the veteran soldier who,
according to this letter, yanked the
lanyard of the pioneer gun to speak
for the United States on the soil of
France.
The, honor of firing. the first shot
has been claimed by another member
of the same battery.
"Sergt. Alex Arch of South Bend,
Ind., is the man who pulled the lan
yard and sent the first American shot
into the hostile battle lines on the
morning of October 23, 1917, at 5
minutes past 6," Captain McLendon
says. "I was present during all the
firing of that morning.
"In the gun drill of the 75 field
pieces, the gunner, a corporal, lays
the gun for direction only; cannoneer
No. 1 sets off the range, and, at the
command of the chief of section,
fires the piece. The chief of section
merely repeats the command 'fire,'
which is ordinarily given by the lieu
tenant who acts as battery executive
officer.
"On this particular morning Arch
had a special gun crew made up of
the other sergeants who were in com
mand of gun sections in the battery,
all of whom were anxious to have a
hand in the job. Arch himself set off
the range and acted as No. 1, pulling
the lanyard at my command, 'fire.'"
Twenty-four shots were fired that
morning, Captain McLendon contin
ued, and added:
"The firing of the first shot was an
event which our division commander
general considered worthy of special
mention and record, and ordered the
shell cases of the first eight shots
sent to his headquarters with a view
to their preservation Later the commander-in-chief
of the American ex
peditionary forces ordered the gun
which fired the first shot to be with
drawn from service and I understand
that is has been or will be sent to the
states to be kept as a relic of the
great war.
GERMS
CORNERED
BY FOOD
Only Determined Stand by En
emy Can Prevent Crack
ing of Line by Allied
Maneuvers.
By Associated Press.
The critical military position
of the Germans from the region
west of Cambrai southward to
the St. Gobain massif and
around this strong bastion east
ward to the territory north and
northeast of Soissons continues
to hold the eyes of the world.
For the moment the tactical maneu
vers of the belligerents in Artois and
Flanders' is well as eastward of Sois
sons into Champagne take second
place in interest to those sectors which
are filled with momentous possibili
ties, where a successful move by the
allies may bring a quick change in
the entire German battle front, or
a determined stand by the enemy may
result in a stalemate in the game to
crack the German line.
Heavy rains have turned lowlands
into quagmires but on those sectors
of the high ground between Cambrai
and Soissons the storms have not
kept the British and French armies
from moving forward. Nor have they
served to lessen the enemy's resis
tance. . Press Toward Cambrai.
Near Gozeaucourt and Havrincourt
the British pressed a little further
toward Cambrai, in the former region
after having put down counter attacks.
To the south the French from the
district west of St. Quentin southward
to the western side of the S. Gobain
forest have pushed eastward toward
the Oise river, which they are virtual
ly upon all along this front, with
their flanks now resting dangerously
near both St. Quentin and La Fere.
St. Quentin now stands only a little
more than three miles away while La
Fere is so closely approached upon
from the west and outflanked from
the north that seemingly it might
soon fall.
Between the Somme and the Oise
the French have advanced beyond
Hinacourt, despite strong enemy resistance.
Americans Gain Ground.
The maneuvers of the French have
added materially to their program of
turning" the St. Gobain forest from the
west and also the capture of St.
Quentin, and the French and Ameri
cans, who are fighting shoulder to
shoulder, northeast of Soissons, con
tinue to carry out successfully a cor
related movement having the con
quest of the St. Gobain forest in view
and also the outflanking of the Ger
man positions to the east. In their
latest endeavors the Franco-American
forces have made some slight
progress in the face of the extremely
stubborn resistance of the enemy.
Likewise in the sector east of Sois
sons the French and Americans have
gained additional ground between the
Vesle and Aisne rivers.
Far to the north the British are so
nearly upon Armentierfs that a few
more strides forward seemingly will
place them in a position to make the
one-time cotton spinning center theirs
for the asking.
Near La Bassee.
La Bassee also daily is being
brought nearer in this general move
ment which apparently has as its ulti
mate objective the recapture of Lille
and possibly, the eventual falling back
of the German line northward in Bel
gium. The British air forces continue
seriously to narass the Germans in
the coastal region of Belgium, having
again intensively bombed enemy mili
tary and submarine bases at Bruges,
Ostend and Blankenberge.
Field Marshal Hiag is highly opti
mistic of ultimate victory for the
entents. In an order of the day he de
clares that the dark days have passed,
never to return again. He says that
in four weeks the British troops have
made 75,000 German prison and taken
750 of their guns.
Soldiers Prefer Dill
Pickles to Chocolate
Washington, Sept. 10. A dill pickle
fits in with a soldier's idea of a well
topped meal more than a bar of
chocolate, in many instances, not
withstanding the opinion held by
most people that the latter is the one
product desired by men at the front
and in camps at home. The soldier's
fondness for pickle was made known
today by the War department, which
announced that while 230,000 gallons
are required for shipment overseas,
it has received bids less than 100,000.
There is a shortage in the sizes spe
cified, and to meet this, larger pickles
will be bought, pending delivery of
the new crop.
Grapevine Telegraph
.Circulates Reports
Of German Defeats
Washington, Sept. 10. The
grapevine telegraph of civil war
days seems to have found its coun
terpart in Belgium, where through
mysterious agencies the pepple ob
tain news from the battle front even
before it reaches German officials,
who use the most severe repressive
measures to prevent the truth being
known.
An official report received here
shows that the people of Brussels
learn in three days of important
events on the French front, and
from that point the news spreads
among the provisional towns with
marvelous speed. The allied vie
tories cause great joy throughout
Belgium and the German troops
there are absolutely disconcerted
over the prospect of another winter
campaign.
fAST PASSENGER
HITS WORK TRAIN
NEAR ALLIANCE
Will Mil FIRST
YOUTHS 19 AND 20
AND MEH32 TO 36
Boards Ordered to Proceed so
That Some of These
May Be Available
in October.
Misunderstanding in Difference Between Central
Mountain Time Ascribed as Cause for Blocking
Track in Way of Burlington Northwest Flyer;
Eighteen Persons Injured; Crew Escapes.
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Washington, Sept. 10. General
Crowder today also issued a request
to editors of morning newspapers
that they publish this legend on the
first pages of their papers tomorrow:
"Provost Marshal General Crow
der says: 'I want every flag flying and
every band playing on registration
day."
Washington, Sept. 10.--Youths of 19
and 20 years and men between the
ages 1 of 32 and 36, inclusive, who
register Thursday, will first be called
to the colors, Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder announced today and
until the supply of avaiable fighting
material in their ranks has been ex
hausted older men will not be in
ducted into, service. Questionnaires
will go to these registrants first and
boards have been ordered to proceed
so that some may be called in Octo
ber. General Crowder in a statement
to all employers and industrial rep
resentatives asked their aid in ap
plying the plans of industrial defer
ments so that "the maintenance of
the military establishment or of the
national interest during the emer
gency" may not be interfered with.
To Draw 601,000 Above 31.
General Crowder has said the War
department could expect to draw from
the classes above 31 only 601,000 men
physically fit for service and not en
titled to deferred classification. He
also said men of 19 and 20 called were
entitled to admission to the students'
training corps at the 400 secondary
schools with which the War depart
ment has made contracts, but added
that this corps would number 150,000
men, while over 3,000,000 youths be
low 21 would register Thursday. ,
Methods of selecting those to be
inducted into military service and ed
ucational training torps, he said, were
the concern of other branches of the
administration.
"Some one must indicate that the
individual case is one which should
arrest the special attention of the
boards in respect to the registrant's
occupational status," said General
Crowder in his statement. "The
boards do not possess a super-human
omniscience. Nor are they permitted
by circumstances to devote unlimited
time to the search of questionnaires
for possible grounds of claim. In
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Limit Is Put on Sizes of
Cotton Thread to Be Made
Washington, Sept. 10. Manufac
turers of cotton thread were directed
by the war industries board to limit
their output of white thread to 14
sizes, of black to seven, and of
jcolored to one, with all spools of the
smallest practical diameter for 200
yards.
Alliance, Neb., Sept. 10. (Special Telegram.) Twelve
persons were killed and 18 were injured when west-bound pas
senger train No. 43 crashed into the rear of a work train at
Birdsell, seven miles east of Alliance, shortly after 2 o'clock
this afternooiC
The wreck occurred on the main line of the Burlington
from Lincoln to Billings, Mont.
Ten of the 12 dead have so far been identified. They are:
are :
.
AUTO PLUNGES
FROM HIGHWAY;
' GIRUS KILLED
Glare From Passing Car's Head
lights Cause of Fatal Ac
cident at "Death
Curve."
Nellie Schleu, 18 years old, was iu-
sllntly killed at WJO last night when
the big touring car in which she was
riding with three companions plunged
over a 10-foot embankment at "Death
Curve," seven miles west of Omaha
on the Dodge road. Miss Schleu
lived three miles from the scene of
the accident with her parents.
In the car with Miss Schleu was
William Leppert of Bennington, who
was driving; her brother, Sidney
Schleu, and Lucy Lavown. The car
turned a half somersault, and landed
10 feet below the road. Leppert suf
fered severe bruises about his
shoulder, head and legs. Miss Schleu
was hurled 10 feet.
The party had been in Omaha and
were on the way home when the ac
cident occurred. Although Leppert
was rendered unconscious, he recov
ered sufficiently to give details to the
police. As the car was ascending the
sharp incline at the turn the car skid
ded and while an effort was made to
right it another car appeared from
the opposite direction. The glare
trom the headlights blinded Leppert
and he was unable to keep his'car on
the road. The other car did not
stop.
Miss Lavown, who resides within a
half mile of the accident, was taken
nonie. Leppert was taken to Lister
hospital, and friends assisted Sidney
Schleu to his home, about three miles
away.
29 Anti-Revolutionists
Put to Death at Moscow
Paris, Sept. 10. (Havas). The
BoisneviK propaganda service an
nounces 29 famous anti-revolutionists
have been executed at Moscow,
among them Alexei Khvostoff, min
ister ot the interior under Emperor
Nicholas; J. G. Chucheglovitoff, for
mer minister of justice; M. Bielestof,
former director of the police depart
ment; M. Oanko. former under-chief
of police of Moscow, and a priest
named Vostragor.
Bluffs Jail Delivery
Frustrated by Officers
A county jail delivery in Council
Bluffs was foiled last night.' Bars had
been filed or sawed and plans matured
when discovery was made.
Sheriff Groneweg and all his dep
uties were on guard with Winchesters
and automatic shotguns. Some impor
tant federal prisoners and a score of
bootleggers are in the jail.
Ex-Mayor Dahlman Likely to
Take Job Under McAdoo
Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee
Washington, Sept. W. (Special
Telegram). Mayor Dahlman mod
estly admitted while at the capitol to
day in company with Joe Butler and
W. H. Kesler of Omaha, who are en
listing men for the shipyards, that he
had come to Washington to consider
a place under the government.
Just what that place would be he
was not in a position to say.
It is learned that "Mayor Jim" will
probably take a position in the treas
ury and may come, under Commis
sioner Roper of the internal revenue
branch of that department.
Dahlman is waiting for the return
of Senator Hitchcock before a final
decision is reached.
The secretary of war has appointed
Charles S. West, formerly of Omaha,
to the position of appointment clerk
of the War department.
Mr. West Was traveling secretary
to Horace G. Burt when Mr. Burt
was president of the Union Pacific
railroad company. He left Omaha to
enter the government service as a
clerk at Fort Rilev. Kan. After a
! short period of service there, he was
ordered to Washington for duty in
this office of the secretary of war,
and has been promoted through the
various grades to his present posi
tion, i
Identified Dead.
Lloyd F. Perry Antioch, Neb.
George Reed, Breckenridge, Mo.
J. D. Rock, Mullen, Neb.
Arthur Bucher, Waveriy, Mo.
Felix Castro, Antioch, Neb. .
Mike Gedder, Kansas City. ,
J. L. Tovejo, Antioch, Neb.
E. K. Wilson, Denver.
F. S. Whipple, Valentine.
Francisco Estrada, Greeley, Colo.
Two unidentified.
The Injured.
Names of fourteen of the more ser
iously injured fallow:
Jimmy Triggs, Troy, Kan., back and
both legs broken.
Charles Shouldice, Kansas City,
both legs broken.
J. W. Hutchinson, West Berkeley,
Cal., both legs broken. ' - :! -
K. Nomori, Antioch, Neb., both legl.,
broken. . .
Charles Lamb, Denver, both t legs
crushed. 1 '
S. Akitomo, Hoffland, ribs broken.
James S. Kelley, Spade, Neb., in
ternal injuries. ;
Ira Griffith, Kansas City, severely
bruised.
Charles E. Cooper, Hoffland, Neb,
ankle broken.
Henry Hejbuk, Antioch, N.eb., ankls
broken. ,
Thomas Triggs, Hiawatha, Kan,
shoulder broken.
J. H. Burns, Alliance, injuries not
ascertained.
James Gillespie, Coffeyville, Kan.
, J. A. Faris, Denver.
Six Cars tierfiled. -
The passenger engine "was over
turned by the force of the collision as
the train crashed into the rear of the
work train ahead. Six of the cars of
the passenger train were derailed.
Here is where practically all of the
deaths and injuries took place.
lhe crew ot the work tram ascribe
the cause of the wreck to a misunder
standing of the difference in time be
ween central and mountain time. The
erew believed that they had an hour
in which to reach Alliance before No.
43. So the work train, which consist
ed of a dozen dump cars, besides ait
engine and caboose, started out of the
siding at Birdsell. At this time it is
believed that the passenger train was
already approaching around a curve.
I he engine of the work tram was '
at the rear of the train. As the work
train crew looked over the tender and
saw the passenger train approaching,
they jumped, as did the crew of the
passenger engine. Engineer Charles
Fizpatrick of the latter was slightly
bruised from the force of his falL
Although No; 43 was twenty min
utes late, Engineer Fitzpatrick assert
ed his train was going only 20 miles
an hour when the collision took place.
Surgeons from Alliance attended the
injured, who were taken to the Alli
ance hospital.
Officials cjf the Burlington have hur
ried to the scehe of-the wreck and are
conducting an investigation.
Lieut. Allen A. Tukey
Of Omaha Decorated
By General Pershing
Washington, Sept. 10. Distin
guished service crosses have been
awarded by General Pershing to 22
additional men of the army for acts of"
heroism and gallantry while fighting
in France. The citations were re
ceived today at the War department.
Among those decorated is LieuC Al
lan A. Tukey of Omaha. .
Lieutenant Tukey is in Company B,
second machine battery, first division.
He has been in France just a year and
is now wearing his second service ;
bar. In a letter written recently to his"
brother, Harry Tukey, 105 North Fifty-second
street, the lieutenant said:
"Believe me, the Hun is getting
done. By this I do not mean that
the w ar will be over soon, but large ;
hunks of boche morale have been lost
recently and it would do your eves
good to see them come in with their
hands in the air. . .. .
T.irntnant Tnlrv ie vwri rAA
and at the declaration of war entered
the omcers . training camp at
Snelling.
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