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UUVJ ISJ UN li Znl U U ULM LllAi U LUtM,. Z , : ; : ; ; 1 ' II ' liit ODDS AND ENDS OF DAY'S DOINGS Dean of Four-Minute Men. San Mateo, Ca!., Sept. 23. The distinction of being the oldest four minute speaker in the United States is claimed for Judge E. E. Cun ningham of this city. Judge Cun ningham is close to 80 years of age. Born in Missouri, educated in Iowa, in 1862 he was enlisted in the Ne braska cavalry and later in the Mis- souri volunteer infantry. In 1868 he was elected to the Nebraska State senate, serving two terms, was ' elected president during the second ,, term and presided at the impeach ment trial of Governor David But ler. Reichstag to.Sit Week. Amsterdam, Sept. 23. It is likely that the main committee of the Ger man Reichstag, which meets tomor row, will sit for a week. It is un certain, says the Tageblatt of Ber lin, whether Chancellor von Hert ling will make a speech, but it is .certain that Foreign Minister Hintze will do so. Washington Hotel Fire. Washington, Sept. 24. Fire early this morning damaged the New Willard hotel and sent the thousand or more guests hurrying to the itreet in scanty attire. In the hotel were Vice-President Marshall, sev eral senatoVs and other government officials who have suites there. The blaze started in the kitchen from an undetermined cause. It quickly spread to the palm room but was confined there by the firemen. The greatest loss v.'ill result from water and smoke. Advised to Hold Wheat. Washington, Sept. 23. Farmers, who have been selling their wheat below the,, government, guaranteed price because of railway embargoes placed on wheat shipments in cer tain localities, were advised today by the food administration that the embargo soon will be lifted and that if they hold their wheat the govern ment will buy it at the guaranteed price. The embargoes were made necessary, it was explained, because the movement of wheat to seaboard has not kept pace with the internal movement to elevators. Two Chicago Explosions. Chicago, Sept. 23. Two bomb explosions in the entrances of an apartment house drove a score of families into the streets tonight. The explosions caused a loss esti mated at $500. They are believed by the police to have resulted from the hiring of non-union janitors. SCORES EXECUTED; REIGN OF TERROR SWEEPING RUSSIA Wholesale Slaughter of Rep resentative People and Of ficers Reported; Death Warrants Plentiful. BULLETIN. Amsterdam, Sept. 23. Renewed - attempts have been made to assas sinate members of the soviet gov ernment in Russia, and as a result there will be fresh measures in re prisal, says a Moscow dispatch received here. - Washington. Sept 23. Stories of wholesale slaughter of representa tive people' and former officers be cause they are "dangerous to the so viet" are told in further accounts reaching the State department today of the reign of terror in Russian cities against which the American government has called upon all civil ized nations to- protest. , . ' All persons coming out of Russia are1 said to bring reports of the ex istence of appalling conditions. Que detail is that the former officers are shot at night in the cellars, the guns being muffled with silencers. One Peters, head of the bolshevik extraordinary commission saeainst counter-revolutions, is said to sign death warrants without reading the papers. The latest reoorts indicate that the British and French consul '. generals in Moscow are under arrest in their houses. American Consul . General Poole is at liberty and per . mitted to visit his colleagues. Mr. Poole, today's report says, is being generally praised for his courageous and vigorous action. Seek End of Terror, The State department has had no answer to the message sent last Sat urday to the allied and neutral na : ffnrt tn hrincr about a ' uuua ; - universal standing against the ter rorism of tne DoisneviKi m.iuissia. c....irir T.snsinc said todav the , -- ,. action may result from the sending of the note without any direct re soonse inasmuch as some of the neutral nations, i icti, nc icy in Mntcnw and Petro grad and through them may bring ......... tn Knr unnn the hnlshpvilci Jir tsuit iu -r ' . eiders to put an end to the reigtH of terror. . . It became known today that the State department for eight months TflOf lO lUCli yuuuiauuu imu lull - KHUWUUfcv j - ' dence of German control of the bolsheviki recently maae puDuc, RED GROSS DRIVE FOR CLOTHING FOR NEEDY BELGIANS IS ON THIS WEEK The Omaha Daily Be VOL. 48 NO. 84. Entered u tcond-clas matter May 28. 906 at Omaha P. 0. under act of March 3. 1879 OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918 By Mall (I yaar). Dally, $-1.50: Sunday. S2.M: Dally and Sun., $6; outiida Neb. pottage extra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER t Shower and cooUr TuosdaJV much cooler west portion WdnM dy fair with ruing temporatur ia west portion. Hourly Tfmpernwuiw. 5 s. m. 8 . m. 1 a. m. 8 a. in. 9 a. m. 10 a. ni. 11 a. m. m. .. . .5 ...5S ...as ...5. ...60 ...4 ...6S ..73 1 p. m. S p. m. S P. m. P. 5 p. 6 p. 1 P 8 p. n in,-...... m. , m. ...... m. .18 .80 .It .71' .IS .IS .7 JAP ARMY BAGS 2.000 GERMANS Cavalry Makes Prisoners of Force of Russian Huns at Kokka; Foe jn ' Quick Retreat. By Associated Press. London, Sept. 23. Blagoviestch ensk, capital of the Siberian prov ince of Amur and Alexievsk, have been occupied by Japanese cavalry, according to information received by the Japanese embassy. Two thousand Austro-Germans were taken prisoner. They laid down their arms at Kokka. The information which was given out by the Japanese military attache, is to the effect that Blagoviestsch ensk and Alexievsk were occupied by Japanese cavalry converging from Khabarovsk and Tsitsihar Sep tember 18. Troops moving up the Amur river reached Blagoviestch ensk the following day. Kokka, where, the Austro-Germans laid down their arms, is on the right bank of the Amur opposite Blagoviestchensk. Another enemy formation has re treated to the upper reaches of the Zeya river. All Allied Nations Will Be Represented at Farley Funeral New York, Sept. 23. The high est dignitaries of the Roman Catho lic church in North America, pro minent laymen and representatives of the military and naval forces of the United States and the allies will join here tomorrow morning in pay ing a final tribute to the late Car dinal John M. Farley, archbishop of New York, whose funeral will be held at St. Patrick's cathedral at 10 o'clock. Each of the allied nations, it is announced, will have a delegation present. The emaining North American cardinals, 40 bishops and hundreds of priests and members of holy orders will attend the service. Most Rev. John Bonanzo, D. D., apostolic delegate to Washington, will be the celebrant. Bishop Thomas J. Hickey of Rochester, will preach the sermon and Rev. John H. Farley, S. J., nephew of the late prelate, will be deacon. A cablegram from Pope Benedict XV was received at the arcfiiepis copal residence today, expressing great sadness at the death of Car dinal Farley. President Wilson sent a letter ex pressing the nation's sense of the loss in Cardinal Farley's death. General Chun Sent to United States as Military Attache Peking, Friday, Sept. 20. (By As sociated Press) General Han Lin Chun has been appointed Chinese military attache at Washington. BARON BUM AN NOT SURPRISED AT WAY PEACE NOTE TAKEN By Associated Press. Amsterdam, Sept. 23. In an interview given to a Berlin news paper, Baron Burian, Austro Hungarian foreign minister, said he was not surprised at the re ception of his peace note; nat urally he did not suppose that the entente would straightaway declare readiness to enter into peace negotiations. . "In a situation like the pres ent," continued the minister, "it is sometimes necessary to clar ify things by means of reagents. The note was such a reagent. It has already produced remarkable phenomena and will do so still more in the near future. "Very extraordinary, for in stance, was the remarkable rapid ity of President Wilson's reply. Clearly President Wilson wanted to anticipate the other entente governments. He always had the ambition to be a world arbiter, and has not abandoned that ambition." HOUSE APPROVES NATIONAL DRY LAW FOR JULY 1 Favors Stopping Wine Impor tation Immediately After Bill Signed; Other Amend ments Are Defeated. t Washington, Sept. 23. National prohibition effective next July 1, for the period of the war, was approved tonight by the house, which adopt ed, 134 to 27, the senate prohibition rider to the $12,000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill. The measure now will be sent to con ference for adjustment of differ ences between the two houses on appropriation items. After voting in the committee of the whole to accept an amendment permitting the importation of wine until next May 1, the house later reversed its decision, and by a vote of 121 to 59 retained the original senate provision that importation of wine must cease when the measure becomes effective upon its signature by the president. The amendment was approved by the house agricul ture committee to meet an objection by the governments of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. All other efforts otherwise to amend the legislation were defeated. A proposal by Representative Kahn of California, republican, to extend the effective date for prohibiting the sale of wine and beer to December 31, 1919, was defeated 112 to 52. as was one by Representative Beshlin of Pennsylvania, democrat, to change the date for stopping the manufacture of beer and wine from next May 1 to December 1, 1919. Samuel Gompers and Party Are Received by King George London, Sept. 23. Samuel Gomp ers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor and other members of the American Labor mission, were received by King George today. World-Wide Search For California Draft Evaders Ends In Venezuela Two Livingstone Brothers, Members of Wealthy Family, Fail in Their Efforts to Outwit Uncle Sam. ; Panama, Sept. 23. Although they fled from California through Cen tral America to Venezuela to evade the draft, Robert and Benjamin Liv ingstone of Los Angeles have been apprehended by agents of the Ameri can government. The men were arrested while traveling in Venezuela with their mother. They were under assumed names and had passports issued in San Salvador. The Livingstones will be returned to California. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 23. Robert Livingstone, reported to have been arrested with his brother, Benjamin, while traveling with their mother in Venezuela, was sought by the federal authorities here as a draft evader. Benjamin forfeited a bond of $10,000 given to insure his appearance in federal criminal cases arising out of Robert's alleged at tempt to evade military service. The Livingstone family, consist ing of Nathan M. Livingstone and Matilda Livingstone, the parents, three sons and two daughters, who formerly owned and operated shoe stores here, Pasadena and San Fran cisco, has occupied a handsome home here. The oldest son, George Wash ington Livingstone, left for Costa Ri ca before the draft became effective ; Robert left after registering, and his parents were indicted for having falsified his exemption claim affi davits. They evaded arrest on the indictment, and the remaining son Benjamin, and the two daughters were arrested, charged with having assisted in such evasion. It was found at that time that the daughters and Benjamin all had passports to San Salvador. The man was required to deposit his passport and $10,000 bail for- appearance. The women's passports were also called in, and each of them required to give $2,500 bond. They aban doned the passports, forfeited their bonds and fled. It was rumored at the time that they were going to join the othe'r brothers and their parents in Central America. They sold their properties here before leaving. The federal authorities here instituted a world-wide search for them. They said today that they believed the arrests had probably been made by naval authorities, all of whom had been asked to look for the wanted persons in all foreign ports the navy men might visit, MOTHERS OF MEN AT WAR IN NEW CLUB Say They Were Deceived About War Mothers of America, So They Secede. Two hundred mothers of men in the service seceded from the local branch of the War Mothers of America last night at a meeting in the city hall and formed an Omaha branch of the National American War Mothers' society. Rev. Visa A. Bell, for 30 years a minister and an applicant for serv ice as chaplain in the army, was named president; Mrs. Mary Am brose, vice-president; Mrs. Ada Brady, secretary and Mrs. Mary Walters, treasurer. Give Reasons for Break. Members gave as their reason for forming a new organization that they had been urged to join the War Mothers of America on a false rep resentation by a local afternoon newspaper that the organization was to include only mothers of soldiers, sailors, and women in the service. Subsequently, all women relatives of men in the service were admitted to membership in the society, contrary to its name and purpose, so the dis senting members state. .A reporter from the newspaper in disfavor with the women attempt ed to obtain a hearing, but he was asked to leave the room, as was the male reporter of another local news paper. A woman reporter from the Bee- was invited by the chairman to remain. Able to Steer Own Course. "We mothers who have given so much to our country are amply able to Chaperone ourselves. If we want any help, we don't need you; we will get a lawyer, the Rev. Bell told the Daily News reporter. Mrs. Jones, who is also secretary of the War Mothers' of America, characterized as a personal attack on her and the prospects of the new (Continued on Pago Two, Column Two.) Now Paying Soldiers Without Delay; Send Allotments on Time Washington, Sept. 23. Troops in the United States now are being paid within five days or less after the first of each month and volun tary allotments are being sent to relatives with only slight delay, Brigadier General Wood, acting quartermaster general, said today. A year ago payments were delayed in many cases as late as the 25th of the following month, he said, but the efforts of Brigadier General H. M. Lord, head of the financial di vision of the quartermaster corps, have month by month cut down the time until reports from 28 out of 32 camps and cantonments for Septem ber show all men had received their August pay by September. 5 The greatest source of delay in paying the men, General Wood said, has been among casuals. The inauguration of the individual pay card system devised by General Lord, under which each soldier tar ries his own record with him, mak ing it unnecessary to await his mili tary record, has relieved the situa tion. In France, individual pay books have been provided for the same purpose. - General Wood emphasized that capture by the enemy will not cause discontinuance of allotments. Overland Company Acquires Control of Moline Plants Toledo, Sept. 23 John N. Willys, president of the Overland company, today announced the acquisition of control by the firm of the Moline Plow company, tractor manufac turers, with plants at Moline, Chi cago, Rock Island and Freeport, 111.; Stoughton, Wis.; Minneapolis and Poughkeepsie. The transaction is considered one of the most important in recent years in business circles. No con sideration was announced. Mr. Willys said the Moline organization is to remain intact, with F. G. Allen, vice president and general manager, as president and general manager. Daniels, to Take Part in Rifle Factory Celebration Washington, Sept. 23. Secretary Daniels went to Eddystone, Pa., to day to participate in an informal celebration of the completion of the first year of the operation of the government rifle factory there. The plant last week turned out its one millionth rifle. ALLIES SLOWLY CRUSHING HUNS ; ON ALL THE BATTLE FIELDS SOLDIERS" OVER THERE" HAVE BEST MEDICAL ATTENTION Tours, France, Sept. 23. Major General William C. Gorgas, surgeon-general of the United States army who is making a complete inspection of the medical corps of the American Expeditionary forces, said today: "I am very much pleased with the care and health of the troops. Their sanitary condition is good ; the sick rate is low, and the wounded receive splendid care. A large bulk of these men are getting very much better professional care here than they would have had." General Gorgas cited as an example a man whose leg had been crushed in a logging camp, or a farmer's son shot accidentally and pointed out that they would have had country practitioners treating them at irregu lar intervals, often with more or less long delays, while the troops in France have the most skilled surgeons and the foremost physicians attending them with all appli ances and conveniences as well as trained nurses. "From what I see," concluded the surgeon-general, "so far as the medical department is concerned, I look forward to the troops getting through the winter very satisfactorily." Turks In Palestine Vanquished; Sim- ar i - ilar Blow Faces Foe In Macedonia; British and French Piercing . Vitals of German. Defense. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN TERMS ARE GIVEN TO PUBLIC Initial Payments Must Be Ten Per Cent of Subscription; Interest Rate Is Unchanged. Washington, Sept. 23. All terms of the Fourth liberty loan except the size and the maturity, were an nounced today by the Treasury. The amount, probably near $6,000, 000,000, was decided on but an nouncement was withheld. The interest rate will be 4J4 per cent, the same as that of the third loan. Bonds will be dated October 24, five days after the close of the subscription period and the first in terest payment will be made next April IS, and will be for the 173 days intervening. Thereafter, semi annual payments will be made Octo ber IS and April IS. On a $50 bond, the first interest coupon will be worth $1.01, on $100, $2.02 and high er multiples accordingly. Both coupon and registered bonds will be issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. The $50,000 and $100,000 bonds will be registered only. Printing Started. Since the latest maturity periods of the first, second and third loans were 30, 25 and 10 years, respective ly it was considered probable that the maturity of the fourth loan would be either 15 or 20 years. Ten per cent of the subscription will be required as the initial pay ment on the fourth loan. Twenty per cent will be due as installment November 21, December 19 and Jan" uary 16, and thirty per cent January 30. Terms of the loans were com municated today to the bureau of engraving and printing and within a few hours 500,000 finished bonds were ready for shipment. The bu reau plans to print about 35,000,000 separate bonds for the fourth loan, with a larger proportion of baby bonds of the $50 denomination than in previous issues, in anticipation of a multitude of subscriptions from persons of small means. FRENCH FORCES NEAR ST. QUENTIN HOLD OISE BANK Germans Have Evacuated Vehdeuil Under Menace of Being Cornered; Gen. Debeney Proceeds. Paris.v Sept. 23. French forces fighting along the line south of St. Quentin have reached the Oise river between Vendeuil and Travecy, according to the official statement issued at the war office tonight. , With the French Army in France, Sept. 23. The French now hold the left bank of the Oise for more than half thedistance from La Fere to Moy. General .Debeney's troops cap tured the woods north of Ly-Fon-taine last evening and his patrols went through Vendeuil to the Oise. The Germans had evacuated Ven deuil under menace of being cor nered there with their back to the river by the French advancing to ward the river in the region of Ly Fontaine. The French about the same time reached the quarries just north of Travecy, which completed the conquest of the west bank of the Oise in that region. Together with the formidable de fenses erected by the Germans around St. Quentin, General Debe ney's forces have reached the low marshy land of the valley of the Oise, which presents enormous dif ficulties to any troops that might attempt a crossing north of La Fere. Government Preparing to License Gasoline Dealers Washington, Sept. 23. Regula tions are being prepared by the fuel administration under authority granted by President Wilson for the licensing of persons or firms en gaged in the transportation and dis tribution of oil and gas. The licens ing plan becomes operative October 1, and it was emphasized today that all concerns coming within the pro visions of the president's proclama tion must obtain licenses. Capture of Vandieres Due To Slain Des Moines Officer With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Friday, Sept. 20. Wounded in the arm during the bat tle for Vandieres, Lt.-Col. Emory J. Pike of Des Moines, divisional machine gun officer, insisted upon remaining in command on the field, and did so until mortally wounded by a shell several hours later This was on September 15, and the officer died the next day and was buried in a French cemetery nearby. Officers say Lieutenant Colonel Pike consolidated machine gun positions making possible the capture of Vandieres. Lieutenant Colonel Pike, who was a West Pointer, received his mortal wound on Hill 427 while assisting a wounded private to a place of safety. After his first wound he not only continued to command, but wrote messages for regimental headquarters relating to the progress of the battle. in It By Associated Press. Disaster has overtaken the Teuton over all fields. -In Palestine the Turks are all but hopelessly crushed; ATopoHnnio Hio ont.pnt.fl fnrres are hurrying their.foes and threatening them with similar disaster; in France the Britisn and French troops slowly, but surely, are eaung meir.way into the vitals of the German defensive positions, the collapse of which would result in important changes all along the western battle front and in eastern Siberia the' Japanese nave made additional strides forward in the process of reclaiming ; flint fprritnrv for the Russians. " In all the theaters of' the war the entente allies have the initiative in their hands and are pressing their advantage j rigorously. The Gerraftns and their allies are able oniy xo , do more than stand on the defensive. And in Palestine and . Macedonia their efforts in this respect Uve proved sorrv? ones. ' ";: t OTTOMAN FORCES DESTROYED. : From north of Jerusalem to the sea of Galilee in the ter- j ritory lying between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean sea, the Ottoman forces have been caught by the swift driie I of the British armies and virtually destroyed. Added to tine A heavy casualties suffered by the Turks, hordes of them wfere j made nrisoners and manv more are wandering tewilderled, without lpnriprs in the hilla. eventually to. be broifcrhtJlf to J swell the o-rpat total At last accounts more than 25.000 the sultan's soldiers and 260 guns and large quantities of w I stores were in British hands - - To add to the demoralization of the Turkish , mora allied aviators are carrying out successful bombing ral against Constantinople. - HAVE TAKEN 10,000 PRISONERS. j Over a front of 80 miles in southern Serbia, from M nastir to Lake Doiran. the entente troops are vigorously ai sailing the Bulgarians and Germans. Already in the swif't drive in the center a great spearhead has been pushed across the Istib-Prilep road, severing communications between the X Bulgarian army northeast of Monastir and that m the Lake Doiran region. Unofficial reports are to the effect that the i Serbs have taken between 9,000 and 10,000prisoners and i 120 guns. ' In the region between Monastir and the Vardar the en-" emy troops are in full retreat before the Italians, French and Serbians, while west of Doiran the British are steadily hanv mering their way forward, driving the enemy northward to ward the Bulgarian frontier. Already the enemy line from I Doiran to a point west of the Vardar has been evacuated. ; This force of the enemy with the railroad to the north -sev- ered, seemingly is in danger of an enveloping movement tin-, less it turns sharply eastward and presses into Bulgaria through the mountains. : T, i BRITAINS AND FRENCH PUSH X)N. , i t Not so spectacular, but of vital importance, have been the operations of the French and the British south of St. Quentin to Cambrai. Both the French General Debeney and Field Marshal Haig have won highly essential ground in the maneuvers which have as their objectives the' obliteration of. the Hindenburg line, the'eapture of St Quentin and the turn ing of the German line at Laon. South of St. Quentin the' French have advanced their line to the west bank of the Oise canal over a front of three miles and now completely, outflank St. Quentin on the south and La Fere on the northw Meanwhile Field Marshal Haig north of St. Quentin around the village of Epehy has taken strong positions , from tie enemy. ' ... t- j In eastern Siberia the Japanese have captured Blagcn viestchensk, capital of the province of Amur and also the town of Alexievsk, and 2,000 Austro-German troops surren dered. V ' Life of Archbishop Ireland Hanging by Thread, Late Report St. Paul, SepL 23. At 8:15 o'clock . tonight Archbishop Ire land's life was hanging on a thread, it was said at his home. : . Germans Grouping as Before Great Disaster, Says Neutral Paris, Sept. 23. (Havas.) A neutral diplomat who has just pass ed through Germany declared to the Matin that the food situation in Berlin is so bad that foreign diplo mats subsist exclusively on pro visions sent to them. The German people crushed by recent events, seem like automatons, responding unconsciously to sug gestions received; all spirit of ini tiative and free criticism is com pletely gone. He concluded the summing up of his impressions with the following: "Everybody wants to group to gether, just as before great disas ters,". ' Uncle Sam Turning f Token Gold of Spies Into Coin of Realm Buttons and bird cageV, coats and camisoles, fish food and firearms and hundreds of other articles wer sold at public auction at the north door of the postoffice Monday. There are still more than 1,00 packages to be sold and . the salt will continue Tuesday and Wed nesday. ' . This is the semi-annual sale "of uncalled for Darcel nnct Among the articles are 114 gQl-l-Clf watch chains which were sent frc t uermany to spies jn this cou.W" and were to take the place of n-jSi as pay tor services rendered. 1 were seized by postal authof ana the money realized from! sale win be used for wagint against Germany. J 3, French Ambassador to 1 Spain Dies at Madrid, Sept. 23,Joseph j rv ib Pr.ni.1i U f J ppain, aica toay,