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.: y nn mJ i r r n rh ' .- . mm w m m m m . U Al I I IU LJUUWI I w I71 ODDS AND ENDS OF DAY'S DOINGS 1 Poole Not Arrested. Washington, Sept. 21. The Nor wegian foreign office advised the State department today that Ameri can Consul General Poole, at Mos cow, had not been arrested by the bolsheviki. as recently reported, and .that direct communication had been held with Moscow as late as Sep tember 18. x : Von Capelle Retires. Amsterdam, Friday, Sept. 20. Re . ports that Vice Admiral von Ca . pelle, German minister of the navy, has been retired seems to be con firmed by telegrams from Berlin announcing thai Vice Admiral Behncke has been appointed to rep resent Admiral von Capelle, who is on leave. Wright Named Counsellor. Washington, Sept. 21. J. Butler Wright of New York has been se lected as counsellor of the American embassy at London to succeed Ir win B. Laughlin, who will take a , long leave of absence when he turns v over the embassy, of which he is now in charge, to the newly ap pointed ambassador, John W. Davis. I. W. W. Calls Off Strike. . Butte, Mont.,- Sept 21. Striking Industrial Workers of the World adopted a resolution late today call ing on members to return to work in the mines Monday pending an inquiry by the federal Department Of Labor. They make the condi tion that they will have their old places in mines without prejudice. Baku in Tlames, , Amsterdam, Sept. 11. Explosions are occurring in Baku and the town is afire, according to a Moscqw tele gram to the Russian embassy in Berlin, which is printed in the Vor waerts. British and allied troops recently evacuated Baku and the town was occupied by the Turks. Strikers Co Back. , Philadelphia, Sept. 21. The work men at Cramps Ship Yard' who went on strike yesterday because base ball players, pugilists and others alleged to have been inexperienced ship workers were placed over them , as bosses, returned to work today. 'The strikers declared they had been promised an investigation into their charges. Oaproni Test Successful. " Mineola, N. Y., Sept 21. The first official tests of an American:built Caproni bombing plane, equipped . with Liberty motors, were success ful here today in the presence of jepr'esentatives of the United States, ftalyi France and Canada. Capt. Hugo D Annunzio, head of the Italian aviation mission to America and son of the poet, was the aviator in charge ,i ,..-. - Steel Supply Short. -Washington, Sept. 21. Shortage of mora than 4,000,000 tons of teel is shown, by a report transmitted to the senate today by Chairman Ba ruch of the war industries board in response to a senate resolution. . ' LIBERTY LOAN WORKERS HEAR CAMPAIGN PLAN Attend "America's Answer," Where Omaha Mother ' Sees Her Son; Ready for Big Drive. More than 1,500 "colonels, majors, ' captains and lieutenants" who com pose the army of Liberty loan workers who will gather Omaha's $15,000,000 quota of the Fourth Lib erty loan, marched through the downtown streets yesterday after noon to the music of bands and then packed the Brandeis theater, where they cheered the speakers and the war pictures for two hours aijd got so chock full of pep that they can hardly wait for the big drive to start next Saturday. T. C. Byrne, state chairman, and O. T. Eastman, county chairman for the next drive, marched at the head of the parade and after them come the "colonels," "captains," etc More than half of the big irmy of workers were women and v these women have things, linedup in great shape. Mr. Eastman men tioned one of them under Col. Mrs. Frank Judson, who has already com pleted a house-to-house canvass in her district and knows just how everything stands and is going .to giye the other "majors" a run for their money. One of the men "cap tains" was mentioned who has vis ment in the two business blocks assigned to him and knows every man and woman in that two blocks , by name. Workers Ready for Drive. , The audience put a lot of vim intA sincrinir patriotic songs after they had changed themselves from a long parade to. a big theater audi ence. The orchestra furnished the music ' " Then th first half of "America's Answer" was screened amid the al most continuous applause of the audience as they saw the . boys Vwer there." and marveled at some of the eieantic things that our TTnrle has alreadv done in France. After an address . by Rev. Titus . Tiwe. the instructions to the army of workers were given by County Chairman Eastman. . "We are the financial line of de fense," he said. "Wt are not in the , actual firing line just as many of - the soldiers shown on the screen are not on the firing line." But their (Caaba aed M Twi, (Mnu Thro) ALL THE LATEST WAR NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE The OMaha Sunday Bee VnT. VT 17TTT ' Wfi IK liter M nhiMm mttar Mi M. MO VUli. ilAiVUl J.O. ,1 oimHi P. 0. dw ut ( Mink . IW OMAHA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1918. By Mali (I ytr). Dally. MM: . 120: Daily ai Su., W: iitiMt Ntb. NiUf antra. FIVE CENTS THE WEATHER:., Nebraska Fair today and probably Monday. ' Hourly Trmpfrmtnre. 5 a. m. B.m. t . m. Ss.ni. 9 a. nu 10 a. m. 11 a. m. it m. ... ,...43 ,...43 ,...4S ,...43 ...48 ,...61 RO ...63 1 P. t P. a p. p. 5 p. a p. p. .i t ... U. S. ASKS ACTION TO END REIGN OF TERROR IN RUSSIA r President Wilson Calls Upon Neutral Nations as Well r s Allied Powers to Impress Upon Bolsheviki Hor ror With Which Entire Civilized World Regards Their Wanton Crimes. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 21. Horrified by the bloody reign of terror in Russia, the United States today called upon all allied and neutral nations to consider what -they may do to impress upon the bolsheviki the aversion with which the civil ized world regards their wanton crimes. By direction of President Wilson, Secretary Lansing dis patched - instructions to every American diplomatic repre sentative in the foreign capitals. The action aligns the United States with that of Great Britain and France in declaring the bolsheviki responsible for the murders, crime and excesses' which have shocked the world, out laws and public enemies. Whatever action may be decided upon by the nations, separately or in concert, it is made clear will be quite apart from the prosecution of the war against TJermany. Text of Instructions. This is the text of the State de partment's instructions to the Amer ican diplomats: "This government is in receipt of information from reliable sources revealing that the peaceable Russian citizens of Moscow, Petrograd, and other cities are suffering from an openly avowed campaign of marked terrorism and are subject to whole sale"Vxecutions. Thousands of per sons have been shot without even a form of trial; ill-administered pris ons are filled beyond capacity and every night scores of, Russian citi zens are recklessly put to death, and irresponsible ' bands are venting their brutal passions in the daily massacre of untold innocents. "In view of the earnest desire of the people, of the United States to befriend Ibe RiissUn. people and to lend all possible assistance in their struggle to reconstruct their - na tion upon principles of democracy and self-government, and acting, therefore,: solely in the interesjt of the . Russian -people themselves, 'this government feels that it' cannot "be silent or refrain from expressing its horror at this state of terrorism. Furthermore, it believes that in or der to check the further increase of the .indiscriminate slaughter of Rus sian citizens all civilized nations should register their abhorrence of such barbarism. "You will mauire. therefore. whether the eovernment to which you are accredited will be disposed to take some immediate action which is entirely devoid from the atmos phere of belligerency and the con duct of the war, to impress upon perpetrators of these crimes the aversion with which civilization re gards their present wanton acts." Relief Work Hindered. The reported action of the bol sheviki in effecting an alliance with Germany for offense and defense is an added cause for the step. Official reports from Russia, many coming through neutral countries. have recited revolting acts that have astounded and shocked the world. The reign of terror has already greatly hindered the efforts of the United States - to alleviate an im pending famine in Russia, as it is impossible to furnish much needed supplies to that part of the country under bolshevik control without ac tually feeding the German army and Uhe German populace. It is con ceded that there, is. enough food in southeastern Russia and western Si beria to feed all the Russianspeople if a means of distribution could be effected to keep the supplies from falling into German hands. The alliance between the bolshe viki and Germany presents a dan gerous situation to the allies in that it may afford Germany an opportun ity greatly to increase her waning man power. . , Secretary Lansing today reiterated that the efforts of American troops at Vladivostok and Archangel were solely to aid the Izecho-Slovaks to leave Russia, for the western front (Continued ea Fas Twa, Colnma 8Tn.) Archbishop Ireland Is Near Death 8 Door S.. a'aul, Minn., Sept 21. The Rev. Thomas A. Welch, secretary to Archbishop John Ireland, told the Associated Press at 4 o'clock this afternoon that the, archbishop had suffered another sinking spell. Phy sicians, it was said, have not entirely abandoned? hope for his recovery. TRAWLER SUNK BY U-BOAT ON FISHING BANKS Crew Escapes in Boats When Vessel Is Torpedoed 85 " Miles Off U. S. North Atlantic Coast. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 21. The American steam trawler Kingfisher was torpedoed and sunk 85 miles' olt'the north Atlantic coast last night. Captain Riley and his crew of 26 . were rescued and reached shore" today. t T.he fawler was on ', the fishing banks when the 'enemy submarine appeared. Advice v ftceTveWier l';!fo-' night indicated that the tor pedo was -fired ' iWithout warn ing. N6 pat' was injured, and the captain- and. crew., quickly took 'to the boats.' They reported that the submarine did not approach them after they had left their vessel and that there was ho shell fire. The weather was moderate and the men were able o. row to land. The Kingfisher was owned by the East Coast . Fisheries company and hailed from Portland, Me. Fourth Liberty Loan Honor Flag Hoisted Above U. S. Treasury Washington, Sepfc, 21. While a hundred French veterans stood at salute, the Fourth Liberty loan hon or flag was raised today to the top of the treasury where it wilL fly throughout the loan campaign, which starts next Saturday. The banner is similar to the emblem of the third loan except that it bears fojir instead of three blue bars on the interior field of white. Referring to the fourth loan, Sec retary McAdoo said: "We are prepared to make any ex penditure of blood that may be re quired to do this great job for,civi lization and humanity, and because we are willing to shed our blood we are willing to expend what is of far less consequence, every dollar of American treasure we now have or that we may hope to have from now until eternity. , "We are resolved to liberate France, Belgium and the other op pressed peoples of the earth. We are resolved that democracy and free dom and civilization shall not per ish from the face of the earth, and that no German kaiser or any other kind of despot shall ever again be permitted to menace the peace of civilization. Soldier Fires at Minister Trotzky Bill Misses Mark Amsterdam, Sept. 21. An attempt has been made at Kursk to assas sinate Leon Trotzky," the bolshevik minister of war and marines, ac cording to a dispatch sent from Kiev b.y the correspondent of the Leip sig Abend Zeitung. The correspondent says a soldier fired twice at Trotzky, but missed his mark. . : 6,000 Children Attend ' ,; Mass for Dead Prelate New York, Sept, 21. Six thousand parochial .schqol children 'attended a solemn mass, of requiem for Car dinal Farley at St Patrick's cathe dral today. . v ; In a eulogy, Monsignor LaVelle refe ed t the dead prelate as the originator of" special masses for children, a practice which has been adopted, in'' Catholic jchurchei throughout th world, ; ... Whers Do We Go From Here? WU .ikeydi&t fall for our peace stuff atd rjtey r Roumanian Crown Prince Flees to Odessa For Life Copenhagen, Sept. . 21. The Roumanian crown prince has fled from Roumanian territory and ar rived in Odessa, according to the Ukrainian newspaper Krewskaia Mysl. News of the flight' of Crown Prince Charles of Roumania follows closely reports that came ifront Ger man sources of an anti-German out break in Roumania in which Queen Marie; wno is In tmcbmprdmising sympathizer with the entente, was the prime mover. King Ferdinand was-reported to be holding aloof from the movement. ' Crown' Prince Charles is known to hive been irt sympathy with the attitude of his mother in her bitter hatred for all things German. Will Rally Army to Aid Allies. Paris, Sept. 14. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Queen Marie of Roumania is looking for ward hopefully for the time to come when the Roumanian army can again take the field against the Ger man oppressors of her little coun try. It is shown that she will rally her army whenever, the time seems favorable and the enlente allies re quest it The 'queen is thoroughly English in her thought and action." 'She cannot rest content under the dom ination of Germany. "You can tell the American peo ple, whose sympathy and support I value so highly," said the queen, in a recent message forwarded here, "that the desire of my soldiers to renew .the combat is still strong. I hope that with the growing suc cesses of the allies that desire may yet ripen into' action vnd result Anally in the complete victory for all th-mrt!ons,oithetententv, . i Under M& '&! "tatki ' "' Roumania,' 1 the free people of the United Statesvmay be assured, will never remain the vassel of Ger many. It desires to play an hon orable and active part in the great struggle which the allies are wag ing for the reign of right and law and for the liberation of the small er nations. It is my fervent wish that an opportunity again to par ticipate in the war may soon te giv en it. '. ' "Germany for the moment has the country under its heel, but a people descended from the Romans and Spartans and inheriting all the traits of courage and independence of their ancient forbears will never willingly become the servants of the masters of, Potsdam. We need the helping hand of America and our other allies to free us from our present position. Let not the great heart of the people of the United States forget us in our struggle." American Army , Men fa Northern Russia Busy Every Minute Archangel, Sept. 21. The Ameri can army contingent in northern Russia already has played an im portant role. -Its uniform is familiar everywhere from Archangel to the front ' - " " The engineers are busily engaged in constructing roads and in other detail work, while the other troops and , sailors are carrying out their respective duties. ' Besides having their military dutiev to perform the Americans have been hard at work in sanita tion, relentlessly scrubbing down the quarters formerly occupied by the bolsheviki 'and digging drainage ditches. " . ! . Recently owing to a political dis pute, the' street car system in Arch angel was brought to a standstill. A squad of Detroit motor men im mediately took charge of the situa tion and now the dinkey little cars are running through the streets of the city in true American style. Gompers Puts Over War Aims Program In Labor Congress London, Friday, Sept. 20. After inconsequential discussion today the entire report of the committee on war aims of the inter-allied labor conference, was adopted with virtual unanimity. - This result is regarded a triumph, for Samuel Gompers, ' president of the American Federation of Labor. Will Sell Railroad and .PuHman Tickets Together Washington, Sept. 21. Plans for selling railroad and Pullman tickets in a single transaction at ticket of fices have been completed and will be put into effect by November 1 at the latest, the railroad adminis tration today announced. This will eliminate the present system, by which a traveler is required to pur chase a transportation ticket at three cents a mile, or 3 1-2 cents if he intends to travel in a Pullman and then to get his Pullman reservation at another window. Germans Live LikeMghting Cocks in Ruined Cambrai With the British Army in France, Sept. 21. The pillaging of Cambrai after its recent evacuation by civilians is thus described in a letter written by a soldier September 10: , "In Cambrai We lived like fighting cocks. All the civilians had ' to go out of the town, leaving behind many valuable articles, with which we Germans greatly amused .ourselves. The food office was regularly stormed. Here one officer and 15 of the guards fell a sor , rowful, but true state of affairs. Our section of course, took an ac tive part We. bought a heap of things for very little money. I had jhe good luck to obtain access to the wine cellar, which was flooded . with wine. . We also took a stock of bottles of brandy and all this V-in the fourth year of the warJU tk , . . Another soldier mentioned the food shortage and added: "We have just put a juicy roast of horse flesh over the fire. We got it yes v terday from a horse which had just been killed. The beast had hardly . -fallen when men came running from all sides with hatchets and knives. - We managed to get a fine cut from the leg.! . .v . . f j ' - i1 ,. .. v. " - if- . tf - V :" AUTO JINX BUSY; ONE MAY DIE; FOUR INJURED Roy Hill Suffers Concussion of ., Brain When: Struck 'From Car in a . , ; , ;. Collision. Saturday afternon and night was a "jinx"- day for four automobile drivers, and also for two pedes trians. Altogether five persons were hurt, and two arrests were made on the charge of reckless driving. Roy Hill, a chauffeur, 114 North Eighteenth street, while driving north on Twenty-second street, col lided with another automobile driven by Jacob Kaplan, 1818 North Twenty.-fifth street, at Lake a'nd Twenty-second streets. Witnesses allege that Kaplan was responsible for the collision. Hill suffered severe bruises about the body and was unconscious. He was removed to St. Luke's hospital, where, it is said he has concussion of the brain. The accident Occurred just after the noon hour at which time traffic is heavy at that intersec tion, j N Crambuno Injured. While walking north in Sixteenth street near Cuming, Phillip Cram buno, 1102 North Sixteenth street, was struck by a motorcycle going west in Cuming street by Guy John son, 1947 North Twenty-fifth street, at about 3:30. Crambuno suffered a severe laceration of the scalp, an abrasion of the -right thigh, and a sprained ankle. He was given sur gical attention by Police Surgeon Johnson at the police station and later removed to his home by the police. Johnson was arrested. Little Girl Run Down. Nellie Greco, 6 years old, 1120 North Sixteeth street, while play ing in front of her home, was run down by an automobile driven by Louis Sorenson, Dickens, la., at 6 p. m. The little girl suffered slight bruises about her body. She was removed to her home, where her injuries were dressed by Police surgeon A. J. Edstrom. Three Narrowly Escape. Joe Pivonka, proprietor Prague hotel, 1402 South Thirteenth street, Ed ,Savo, a lodger, and Joe Huleka, Brainard miraculously escaped se rious, injury when the auto in which they "were riding, driven by Savo, tipped over as they cut the corner at Forty-sixth and Cuming streets at 6 p. m. The police were noti fied of the accident, but before they arrived the auto nad been righted. Savo was placed under arrest on the charge oj reckless driving. He later was released on bail. Miss Frances Range Will Address Patriotic League The Patriotic. League of the Young Women's Hebrew associa tion will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock in its rooms on the third floor of the Lyric building. Miss Frances Range will address the members on "War Community Work." The league has planned an active program of war work for the year . ' Miner Arrives Overseas Safely With Army Forces Word has been received that Fred Miner, formerly with The Bee clas sified advertising department, has ar rived safely overseas with the Amer ican expeditionary forces. BRITISH BATTLING IN POSITIONS ON HINDEN BURG LINE Troops on North Pressing Toward Canal Between St Quentin and Cambria; French on South Moving Forward Steadily; Allied Stroke in Macedonia ' Developing Successfully on Wide Front By Associated Press. Allied troops are progressing satisfactorily in breaking down the defenses of St. Quentin. On the north the British are fighting in the Hindenburg positions and pressing toward the canal between St. Quentin and Cambrai, while on the south the French are moving forward steadily. For a stretch of more than 10 miles north ofSt. Quentin the British now hold the dominating hills and the present local action in the region west of Chatelet probably is for the purpose of further improving the situation in anticipation of a great assault against the Hindenburg line. 1 The main enemy defenses in tha region between Cambrai and St Quentin, both of which are threat ened by the present British opera tions, are based on the canal, high way and railroad running north and south on an average of about two miles from Field Marshal Haigs front line. In Hindenburg Positions. Toward Lecatelet the British are pressing eastward on a front of three miles and are within four miles of the town, one of the im portant German bases . on this front. With the Australians already in the Hindenburg positions, other British forces are rapidly overrun ning them north of Hargicourt West of St. Quentin the French are" within two miles of 'the outskirts, while on the south they are forcing the Germans to give up- important villages and other positions. St. Quentin, vas a result of .the week's operations, is in a more seri ous oosition from the enemy view point than probably at any timt DONATE $15,000 FOR RELIEF OF BELGIAN BABIES Omaha's Contribution Great est Per Capita of All Cities; Forget-Me-Nots Sold on Streets. Omaha gave more than $15,000 for the Belgian babies yesterday. Money- flowed so fast into the coffers of the drive committee that it was imposible to count it, until the Ne braska National bank volunteered to have the work done by its expert fellers, y A. v", - K-- Everyone seemed. tpb?oyerjoyed at the opportunity to give the means df Jiealth and happiness to the poor- little waifs made homeless by the ravages of the Hun. . Omaha's contribution is the great est per capita realized in all cities of the United States. The amount raised in New York City was $35,000. Early in the day the 66,200 little bouquets of forget-me-nots, favorite flower of the Belgian queen, 'were sold to te generous public and the collectors were clam oring for more. Rush orders were sent to the wholesale milinery houses, who dropped everything and went to work to make the little blus tokens. Girls sat all afternoon in the office at headquarters, tying the Belgian colors on the new flowers. The Dundee Women's Patriotic league ended the day's campaign by soliciting in Omaha theaters at the night .performance. More than $1000 was donated by the audien ces. Lt.Col.J.F.W.Wueft Will Command Balloon School at Fort Omaha Lt. Co!. J. F. W. Wueft, new com mandant at the Fort Omaha balloon school, arrived in Omaha Friday night accompanied by Mrs. Wueft. He has been attending the artillery school of fire at Fort Sill, following a course of instruction in the bal loon school here. He finished the course in the Omaha school two months ago. Colonel Wueft is a graduate of the West Point Military academy and was assigned to an infantry regiment before being selectedl to take charge of the balloon school. Affairs at the fort are being put' in shape for a transfer and it is prob able that the new commandant will take charge of the. school today. Lieut Colonel Hersey has been ordered east and will undoubtedly be ordered overseas to take charge of balloon work of the American Ivxpeditionary forces. Mrs. Wueft, who accompanied her husband and will make her home here while her husband is assigned to' duty at Fort Omaha, is an at tractive and charming woman and during her short residence here while her husband was attending the balloon school made a host of friends who will welcome her back. Gendarmes Fire Upon Rioters Looting Hotels and Shops in Salzburg Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 21. Serious food riots continue at Salzburg, according to Munich papers. Rioters attacked the gov ernment palace and broke down the doors, whereupon the gen darmes fired, killing or wounding several. t , Hotels , have been lootecy food shops raided and army stores x plundered. - ., v . since the beginning of the war. , A further push eastwarcPby the Brifc- ish from their flewly won height po sitions on the northwest will vir tually place the allies on three sides of the town. St.' Quentin is an important outpost of Laon, per haps the most important enemy base in northern France. The French on the south are 10 miles from Laon and are hammering it with their big guns. " ' ... , :- Fires Started by Huns. , Southwest of Metz, where the French and Americans" recently cleared the St Mihiersalient, the Germans have started further fires. Soldiers and wagon trains - have been moving northward and it is be lieved the Germans are preparing for a possible allied attack or a retire ment on their own- initiative. Else where on the western front there has been no change in the situation The allied stroke in central Mace donia which opened with the ex-' pulsion of the Bulgarians, from the important Sokol position, , is de veloping successfully' on. a wide front. Further progress by the Serbs towards the Vardar river and the Uskub-Saloniki railroad paral leling it probably will bring about a readjustment of the Austro-Ger-man and Bulgarian ' position! throughout this whole theater. May Outflank Bulgaria With the Serbs within nine miles of the railroad and the river, the only artery of communication for the enemy troops around Lake Doiran, it seems within the range of possibility that the railroad can be cut. From Krnyovo Demirkapu, on the railroad, the terrain is fav orable and by pressing toward the Vardar the Serbs can outflank Prilep and Lake Doiran. Southeast of Prilep the Serbs are in the foot hills of the Drenska planina, a, height position protecting the town on the south. Additional Bulgarian prisoners have been taken by the Serbs, who also have liberated ten more towns. The British and Greeks continue their pressure in the Doiran region, but evidently their activity is mainly for the purpose of keeping the en emy occupied so that he cannot send aid to the front further west. It is reported , from Ukrainian sources that the crown prince of Roumania has fled from Jassy to Odessa. The reason for his flight is not disclosed. Recent German reports have been to the effect that an anti-German outbreak was in progress or was imminent in Rou mania with Queen Marie as one of the principals behind the movement' Gillette Attacks War Records of Democrats Washington, Sept 21.-Represen-' tative Gillett of Massachusetts, act ing republican leader, in a speech in the house today attacked the war record of the democratic maioritv contrasting it with that of the re publican minority. Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader Kitchin and Chairman Dent of the house military committee were sin gled out for comment on their at titude and activities and Chairman' b ems , of the democratic congres- ' sional campaign committee was ac cused of unfair criticism'of the re Fuuiiiau rcwm ior campaign poses. . . .
