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"The Start and. Stripe Forever" ALL THE LATEST WAR NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERViCE JtlB UTOLAJtiA UNDAY BE H VOL. XLVIII NO. 14. I'Rikl'rTo'i'Jwtrt" OMAHA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER . 15, 1918. Si; THE WEATHER ; Showors and cooler Sunday mni Sunday night, probably followed by clearing and continued cool Monday. Jlinirly TMnpmitiirtDt '' 1 p. m....-.....i.T4 t p. m........i..1T S p. in .... 4 p. m..k ...at P. HI.. . t . til a p. m.... .7 1 p. m IS a. m.i u. m.. 1 n. in. . H U. III.. 0 a. m.. Ill a. ni.. II a. m.., 11 m. .... A3 ,M DA .fit an 71 J LrijUaLbli L Amsterdam, Sept 14 The Austro-Hungarian government today invited all belligerent governments to enter into non-binding discussions at some neutral meeting place with a view to bring about peace. The Holy See and all neutral nations will be notified. An official statement from Vienna making the above announcement has been received here. GERMAN CONTROL Of SOVIET HEADS EXPOSED BY U. S. v Trotzky and Lenine Proved to Be in Pay of Hunj Government; Boche Staff Plans and Directs Revolt; Fortune Put in Stockholm Banks for Bolsheviki j Leaders; Plotted Reign of Terror Here. Yankee Translation of St. Mihiel May Extend Autoless Sunday to Territory West of Mississippi Washington, Sept. la. The fuel administration announced today that there is a possibility that its autoless Sunday request may be extended to cover the entire country. This will r.n1 the administration said, upon ability of mid:continent refiners to supply the territory wcsi ui mc sissippi and at the same time furnish the gasoline-they have agreed to de liver at the Atlantic seaboard. Re finers are canvassing the situation with a view to, determining if they can provide for'.both demands. TOT KILLED AS CAR RUNS INTO CROWD ., . .. ,.'.. i n 1 Three-Week-Old Frank Disando Struck Down "and Two ' Girls Injured; Auto ' Runs Wild. ' Washington, Sept. 14. Proofs removing any doubts. that Lenine and Trotzky, the bolsheviki leaders, are paid German agents if indeed any doubts remain are laid before the world today by the United States government in the first install ment of an amazing series of official documents disclosed through the committee on public information. Secured in Russia by American agents, these documents not only show bow the German government through its imperial bank paid its gold to Lenine, Trotzky and their im mediate associates to betray Russia into deserting her allies, but give add ed proofs if any be necessary, that Germany had perfected her plans for a world conquest lnR before the as - sassinations at Sarevejo, which as the world is now convinced conveniently furnished, her pretext.- - Reign of Terror Planned. These documents further show that before the world war was four months old, and more than two years before the United States was drawn into it Germany already , rVMseUing afoot htfre plans to "mobilise , destructive agents and observers, to cause explos ions, strides ad outrages in this coun try and planned , the employment of "anarchists and escaped criminals" for the purpose. ' Almost ranking in their sensational nature with the notorious Zimmer tnann note proposing war .by Mexico and Japan upon the United States, which was first given to the world through the Associated Press, these documents lay bare a new strata of Prussian intrigue, a new view of the workings of kultur to disrupt the al lies, standing between the world and kaiserism. They (Jisclpse a new story of human treaclflfr J or gold which might almost well Be described with out sarcrilege as placing its prepetra . tors on a pedestal with Judas and his jO pieces of silver. Hun Staff Directs Revolt. The intrigue appears to have been carried down to the last detail of-ar-rangement with typical German sys tem. It will be revealed completely in a series of seven articles furnished by the committee on public informa tion : for publication each morning begining today until the series is complete. Not only do the disclosures prove that Lenine, Trotzky and their band are paid German agents. They show that the bolsheviki revolution which threw Russia into such orgy of murder and excesses as the vorld seldom has seen, actually was ar ranged by the German general staff. They show how the paid agents of Germany betrayed Russia at the Brest-Litovsk "peace" conference; how German staff officers secretly have been received by the bolsheviki as military advisers; how they have acted as spies upon the embassies of . the nations with which Russia ' was allied or at peace; how they effectu ally have directed the bolsheviki. for eign, domestic and economic policy wholly in the interest of Germany and the shame and degradation of Russia. Fortune for Leaders. They show how a picked German commander was detailed to "defend" Petrograd against the German army and an extent of German intrigue and domination almost beyond the realm of imagination. Originals of documents, photo graphs of originals and typewritten circulars, some of them marked "very secret" or "private" and many of them bearing the annotations of the bol (Contlnned on P I. Colnma 1.) THIS IS HOW I "SENT N' HEEL" t milt GERMANS PUSHED : BACK BY fRENCH ONETO TWO MILES General Petain't Troops Gain Ground in Drive Design! . To Make Chemin Des Dames Untenable for Enemy; A' Huns Retiring Along Front of Five or Six Miles Opposite American Army. ' KILLED HE Three-weeks'-old' Frank Disando was killed 'instantly in .front-' of vtht J3esse theater on. the South Sid.e , when an automobile driven by rloyd Hunt got beyond his control and ran into the crowd in front of the theater last night at .9 o'clock. , Two litjtle girls, Ethel and Elaine Wilder; 10 and 13 years old, sustained serious injuries at. the same time. They are daughters, of .William' Wilder, Twenty-ighth and I streets. They were attended by Drs. Koutsky and Young and taken to their homes. Frank Disando, the boy who was killed, was the son of John and Mary Disando, 3626 South Twenty-eighth street. Floyd Hunt, driver of the car which wrought such havoc, is 16 years old, and lives at 2624 North Nineteenth street. He rented the auto from Otto Gwinner, who lives next door, in 2622 North Nineteenth street. He was not a skilled driver and lost con trol of the car in front of the theater and ran on the . sidewalk. He was immediately arrested by Officer Goss, who hustled him out of the way of the maddened crowd. A comrade, Kenneth Lang, Council Bluffs, who was with him in the car at the time, escaped. The Besse theater is located at TEUTONS DEPORT FROM ST. MIHIEL B0YSJ01016 Inhabitants' . Life Nightmare During Four Years' Captiv ity; Part of City Along River in Ruins. American Army Headquarters, Sept. 14. The capture of St. Mihiel after its four year's of martyrdom is regarded as one of the most striking incidents of its kind in the records of the war. The Germans left the town at 8 p. m. Thursday. They had1 made life a nightmare for the inhabitants who had been unable to escape when the. enemy occupied the city. All the boys from 10 to 16 years old had been deported and the old people forced to work for the conquerors. The gratitude of the remaining in habitants to - the Americans was boundless. They were at last free to speak without fear of vengeance from the tyrants that had ruled over them. lhe people had lost tneir ordinary wartime look of weariness, and the Iwenty-tourtn and N streets, tne busi-: drive into this queer, wrecked nara est corner on the South Side, and the accident happened at 9 o clock, when there was a large crowd before the place. Ethel Wilder was taken to the South Omaha hospital. She suffered abdominal injuries which are con sidered ;serious, but late last night the doctors were unable to determine the degree. Young Hunt is being held without bail; - , One Killed, 11 Wounded In Pittsburgh War Riot Pittsburgh, Sept. 14. One man was killed, 11 wounded and 36 arrested in a race riot between Turks and Armenians tonight in the industrial section of Braddock, near here. A war argument was blamed for the trouble in which a score of shots were fired between the rioters and police. dise of gladness was a notable ex perience. A French military band had come in over the first bridge and.was playing in the square, about which all the remaining inhabitants had assembled. Their eyes were radi ant and their bearing that of prison ers set free. They were volubly com municative and determined to treat as a hero anyone wearing an Ameri can uniform. No Time for Wrecking. The town was only partly ruined. That part adjoining the river was al most entirely gone, but there were scores of houses elsewhere that had been scarcely damaged. The attack was such a surprise that the enemy was unable to undertake his usual work of wreckage. He laid hands, however, on everything he could carry off. Sheets and blankets were torn from the beds and loaded onto (Continued on Pe Ht, Column One.) More Food or Less Wdrk German Unions' Dictum for an increase in the potato ratiot as -unfavorable weather rid dam Amsterdam, Sept. 14. Herr von Waldow, president, of the German regulation board, speaking to a dele gation of the leaders of the German trades unions, said he regretted the lateness ' of the harvest, and, that there were no sharper means than were at present used to get-more foodstuffs. The corn crop, Von Waldow said, was only 15 per cent better than that of last year and the potato crop prpb ably was worse. The provisioning of industries, he added, would improve from October 1, - A full bread ration certainly would be restored." but he declared bt could not hold out any' prospect for an increase in the potato ration aged the crop. Meatless weeks must be continued, the speaker said, in order. not to en danger the milk and fat supply. Un fortunately, he . was unable to hold out any-prospect of an improvement in the food supply, but he was posi tive that it would not get worse. Herr Lenien. a member of the Reichstag, who was one of the depu tation, replying to Herr von Wad low, said that in view of the hope less information he gave regarding the food supply the workers could not continue to work the number of hours they now are working. President Cabled Congratulations to Pershing and Army Washington, Sept. 14. President Wilson today sent a cablegram of congratulations to General Persh ing on the achievement of the Am erican troops in wiping out the St. Mihiel salient. The president's message said: "Please accept my warmest con gratulations on the brilliant achieve ments of the army under your com mand. The boys have done what we expected of them, and done it in the way we most desire. "We are deeply proud of them and of their chief. Please convey to all concerned my grateful and af fectionate thanks." BOLSHEVIKI IN SIBERIA RETIRE IN GREAT HASTE Retreat From Ussuri Front as Allies Advance Becomes Race for Goal of Safety. Vladivostok. Sept. 14. (By Asso ciated Press.) A stampede of the Magyar and bolshevik forces, subse quent to the desertion of 1,000 Rus sians who were recruited at the point of the bayonet, is related in dis patches received here t'rpm Tikhe nev, on the west bank of the Ussuri river, 30 miles east of Lake Khanka. After the battle of Kraevski on Au gust 26 the bolshevik army, estimated to number between 9,000 and 12.000 men. under command of Colonel Sa kovitch, a former Russian imperial army officer, retreated across the Us suri river amid the greatest disorder. They were puzzled by the character of the attacking forces. The Magyar leaders sought to convince the bol shevik troops that the enemy forces were General Semenoffs Cossacks discruised as Japanese. The bolsheviki, .however, already had begun to distrust the Magyar leadership and, disheartened by the severe punishment they had received at the hands of the Japanese, they re fused to rally. They also were short of ammunition and provisions. The bolshevik retreat soon became a race toward Khabarovsk, about 225 miles north of Tikhmenev. An entente agent who visited Kha barovsk and who returned to Tikh nieney on September 3, said there were only 3,000 Magyar and bolshevik troops at the former place. Thousands Stricken With Influenza at Camp Devens Ayer, Mass., Sept. 14. One thou sand cases of influenza were report ed at Camp Devens today by the di vision surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel McCornack. Death has occurred in Only one case and in that pneumonia complications were present. AMERICANS HOLD THEIR NEW LINES AGAINST ATTACK Germans Fail in Efforts to Dis lodge Pershing's Men; Hard Fighting Takes Place in Quarries. With the American Army in Lor raine, Sept. 14. The enemy counter attacked against part of the Ameri can lines Friday evening and again during the night, but met with an in tense and accurate artillery fire and recoiled. The Americans took a few prisoners in these attacks. Hard fighting has taken place in the quarters northeast of Fey-En-Haye, where the Germans had placed one big gun and many machine guns in a well-defended position. Additional Austrian prisoners have been taken; native civilians said that they came in only a few days ago. Artillery fire and gas shells were sent against certain American posi tions during the night, but they did little damage. Organize New Lines Rapidly. The Americans are organizing their newly taken positions rapidly and are pushing forward exploitation parties. Prisoners and supplies are being collected and roads are being constructed in "No Man's Land." Much booty and ammunition have fal len to the Franco-American allies. Prisoners and refugees alike are greatly impressed by the fact that the Americans are eating white bread, regarding it as a particularly ominous siffn for Germany. Throughout the night and early to day Pershing's men continued to ad vance and finished cleaning up the St. Mihiel salient. They cleared the forests of lurking Germans. Prisoners make conflicting state ments respecting German prepared ness for an attack in this sector. Some say it was unexpected; others declare they had advance information of the hour and place of the attack. TWO PERSONS CAR HITS POLE 5 n .. Patrick Broderick and Andrew Tully of South Side Meet . ' Death as Speed Down Steep Hill- . In an automobile crash near., the corner of "Twenty-eighth" arjd Q streets, South Side, Patrick Broder ick, 28 years old, 3741 U street, and Andrew Tull., 23 years old, Thirty fifth and V streets, were killed when their car struck a trolley pole. The engine exploded, scattering portions ! of the car over the roadway. Tully was killed instantly, his head being crushed to a pulp. Broderick suf fered a broken neck, but lived about half an hour. Both bodies were taken to Larkin's undertaking establish ment. Broderick is survived by a widow and three children. Tully is un married. Eye witnesses told the pojice that the automobile was being- driven south down the Q street hill at a high rate of speed and just before striking the trolley pole Broderick, who owned the car and was driving, "sideswiped" another car in which were M. Rubenstein and wife and Mr. Cunningham and wife, all of the Hunter Inn. Leo Ccrnake and Frank Sohychoe, living on 4524 South Thirty-second street, were slightly bruised a short time before when an automobile in which they were riding struck a street car. The accident happaned at Twenty-fourth and Q streets about 7 o'clock. The injured men were at tended by police surgeons and taken home. Thousands of Motor Car Drivers Wanted for Army Washington, Sept. 14. The recent creation of the motor transport corps, with personnel and equipment, with each American army, comprising nearly as many officers and men as were engaged by both sides in the battle of Waterloo, will entail the ex ecution of plans of great size and scope, the War department announced today. For each American armv there will be 154.747 officers and men. 40.803 motor trucks, 24 250 motorcycles, 7,905 passenger-carrying motor cars and 6,598 ambulances. By the time the United States has 4,000,000 men By the Associated Press. V Marshal Foch, pursuing hia policy of giving the German never a minute's rest, followed up the incisive stroke of. th , iiiiiri vviiiv.il vvijicu vuii uic ui. auiuici oaucun ui inv ua;i ' x: i i i . ft o i. 3 ... . tri-. iv . nine, uy luuiicmug an uuensive oaiiuuay uiuimug uu uie ricuuii . front alongihe bend in the line around Laon. The blow took immediate effect on the German lines, push ing them back from one to two miles at points in this important sector, where it is well nijjh vital for the Germans to hold last if they hope to retain control of any considerable part of north ern France during the coming winter. v:y . i Meanwhile the nrocess of cleaning up the St. Mihiel salient, was .con tinued by General Pershing's troops, who so far are-reported to have ef -fected the capture of more than 20,00(J Germans as the result of the clean cut drive of the American first army. . ,7 ? Germans Readjusting Line. ' There were indications in th re ports from the front that' the Ameri. can success might have done sme- wnai more man siraigmcn out line above the former SU' Mihiel Mod for . the Germans were said to fee re tiring near Chatillon along i froaf of five or six miles to the northwest of the former - westerly ; lip , of the s salient They probably. were forced to ' this in the readjustment .of their line to meet the altered conditions.' With the lessening of. the tensioti on the St.- Mihiel ; front,.' interest ii centered at present in the French as sault on the Ailette-Aisne front.' Gen eral "Petain's troops here-were ain-. ing ground where every ' yard was extremely valuable, as the . German po- sitions along the Aisne and the Vesle to the east have been under an in creasing threat for some 'time by the French advance on their. left flank. The advance . will not have to be : pressed much further before a Ge- . man retreat on a. wide front in this;.; sector will be .compelled. ", Menace Chemin Des. Dames. By driving in sharply in his present move, Marshal Foch probably. intends to make untenable even 1 the Chemin , Des Dames, the former German bold ing ground north of .the Aisne. He . has made marked progress already in this by taking Mont Des Singes, south' of the Ailette. It is but a short distance thence to the Ainizey-Pinon -line,.. the cap ture of .which by Petain- last fall compelled . the German crown prince to fall back from the Chemin des ' Dames to the Ailette line to the north. The French progress ;' here like wise represents a renewal f the drive at the St. Gobain massif and. therefore at the citadel of Laon, which that bastion defends. . Advance Along . the I Aisne. , Alonar the Aisne the. advance has', taken the French some 'distance far ther towards the east,. and. they were early reported-to have reached Vail Iy, on the north bank of ; the Aisne. pushing the Germans back from the The British , front has held intact against a series of German assaults in what appears to be a fit of despera tion over the inroads ' made in the defenses of Cambrai by Field Mar shal Haig's forces in - their recent progress. The British. heat off such attacks at Havrincourt and Gouzeau court, holding their valuable post--tions on the high ground in this sector. ' Trescault Thrust Frustrated. - -With the British Army1 in France . Sept. 14. Hard fighting has con tinued in the neighborhood of Tres cault ana uouzeaucourt, me viermans counter-attacking against the posi tions rantnred hv the British ' tin Thursday. Last right- the enemy made a strong thrust at the defense east of Trescault after a - hurricane bombardment. Some of the attacking infantry succeeded in penetrating the trenches, but were immediately eject- -ed and the assault was repulsed, u At 2 o'clock this morning the Ger-.-mans also made a heavy bombing at- tack, supported -by liquid fire against . a small section of British trenches .u f r . J A c 1. i . toihand engagement ensued, and, the defenders were 'forced to fall "back slightly to their support line. ', One Entire German Regiment Captured By American Troops American Headquarters in France, Sept 14. An entire Ger man regiment with its commander and all the staff were captured in the St Mihiel operation. Prisoners taken were from seven divisions, namely: the 13th Land wehr, the 35th Austro-Hungarian, the 10 h, the 192d, the 77th, the 255th and the 307th, while there were also son.? from the Landsturm units. ; in France, nearly 500 000 of them will I be engaged in motor transport work. I "The enormous program of the ! motor corps service," the department i said, "calls for a great number of men and orhcers. Men qualified to drive motor vehicles are needed by the thousands and will continue to be, while men who have had good execu tive experience in business are es pecially wanted for officers. Many men who were given deferred classi fication in the first draft, but who row wish to get into the army are finding excellent opportunity for ser vice in the motor transport corps." Spanish Steamer Fired . ; Upon by Hun Submarine Paris. Sept. 14.--That a. Spanish steamer was fired upon by a German ' submarine near the-Canary -islands is confirmed by dtspatches received here .'.'" vl