ODDS AND ENDS
OF DAY'S DOINGS
Walnut Prices Raised.
Los Angeles, Oct. - 1. An in
crease of about 40 per cent in the
prices of English walnuts over pre
vailing prices last year was fixed to
day for the 1918 crop by directors
of the California Walnut Growers'
association. The 1918 crop was es
timated at 16,000 tons, an increase
of 4 per cent over 1917 crop, up to
that time the largest in the his
tory in this state. The price fixed
for No. 1 grade walnuts is 28 cents
a pound; for No. 2, 25 cents, and
for fancy brands from 29 cents to
2VAc
Claimed by Five Women.
New York, Oct. 1. With five
women claiming hipi as husband,
Howard Lee Jones, who is said
to haveield an'tjfncial position at
New Orleans with the Emergency
Fleet-corporation, was indicted here
today on a charge of bigamy.
Jones was arrested last Friday
while spending a honeymoon with
Ethel Canney Crumb of Nev Or
leans. Miss Crumb and Mae Mar-
'rharnrpe that he tnnlf her his wife
in September, 1917, accused him be
fore the grand jury. Jones, Miss
Crumb said, was a member of the
New Orleans Country club.
To Make Tomb Sacred Spot.
Paris, Oct. 1. (Havas.) The
municipal council of Paris has ad
dressed to Col. Theodore Roosevelt
a message expressing its respectful
sympathy in the death of his son,
L Qucntin Roosevelt, who was
killed in an aerial combat at Cha
teau Thierry July 14. The council
lor says:
"France joins with generous
America in extending to the worthy
father of the voung hero the most
brotherly compassion. France will
devoutly guard the tomb which is
destined to be a sacred spot."
Huns' Anti-Tank Gun.
, With American Forces in France,
Oct. 1. A German anti-tank gun
was captured recently by the Amer
icans. The weapoii had only been
in use a short time and the stock and
rifle barrel 4iad the appearance of
just having come from the factory.
The gun fires but a single shot and
is of the ordinary Mauser model.
When in action the gun is fired from
a bipod mounting, one man doing
the shooting. The gun weighs 37
pounds, has a length of five and a
half feet and a calber of 13.4 mili
meters. Wealthy Pay Higher Taxes.
New York, Oct. 1. Wealthy fam
ilies of New York city will be taxed
much more heavily on personal
property next year, it 'was shown
today, when the books of the de
partment of taxes were opened to
the public. The assessors have in
creased personal property valua
tions by $600,488,930, and have plac
ed opposite the names of many
' prominent residents figures many
! times as great as the estimates of
. 1918. Thirteen members of the
Vanderbilt family, who this year
-were listed at sums ranging from
100,000 to $380,000, now are asked
to pay on a valuation of $1,000,000
, f ach. John D. Rockefeller, assessed
Ht $5,000,000 this year, is taxed on
g ,$10,000,000 basis. Andrew Car
negie, who? name does not appear
on the 19 ' .'ooks, now is listed at
$S,0O0,00Oi'- Charles M. Schwab,
. whose valuation this year was $118,
000, has $1,000,000 beside his name.
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Budapest Newspapers Announce Austro-Hungarian
Government "Desires Peace in Agreement With
Germany;" Turkey Makes Advances for Armis
tice; Pacifists in Demonstration at Berlin. N
AK-SAR-BEN TO
ENTER ROYAL
CITY TONIGHT
Great Electrical Pageant Will
Take Place, After Which
Monarch Receives Keys
From Mayor.
1917. 1918.
Wednesday 4,102 5,884
Thursday 7,790 7,567
Friday 8.696 8,016
Saturday 24.214 20,501
Monday 10,336 3,654
Tuesday ...j. 15,064 8,787
Feverish preparations are being
made for the formal entrance ino
this city , tonight of King Ak-Sar-Ben
of the Kingdom of Quivera.
The monarch conies in royal
splendor escorted by an electrical
pageant, symbolical of "The Allies'
Answer."
As the king and his retinue come
abreast of the city hall, Mayor Smith
will step from the executive mansion
and deliver to His Majesty the keys
of the city. After this ceremony the
monarch will extend to his royal
subjects an invitation to dance and
be merry.
Tonight's electrical spectacle is
particularly timely in view of the
recent allied victories and great
throngs are expected to line th
streets. Symbolic of allied unity of
purpose and thought this glittering
pageant will surpass anything of the
kind ever held heretofore.
' It starts at 8 o'clock.
A nuge grandstand with a ca
pacity for 2,000 spectators has been
erected in front of the county court
house. Reservations now may be
had.;
With the arrival of great crowds
last night rooms became scarce and
"doubling-up" was necessary in
many instances.
Old "Jpe" having grudgingly re
linquished his hold on the weather,
confetti bespecked crowds thronged
:he carnival grounds and the Ken
edy concessions did a thriving
juiness last night.
Great interest was evinced in the
Underground Chinatown as a re
sult of the great publicity given the
enteronse bv ban iranciscos mav
or of Chinatown, who sought to
liave certain parts of the exhibition
iliminated.
Tickets for grand stand seats for
I' ,r sal at the Unitt-Docekal Drug store,
- - seventeenth and i-arnam streets
The price is 50 cents a seat and a
5-cent war tax is charged.
BULLETINS.
(Special Cablegram to The Omaha Bee and New York Tribune.)
London, Oct. 1. Latest advices from Berlin via
Amsterdam and Copenhagen say that Field Marshal
Ludendorf urges surrender of Russia, Belgium and most
of the occupied territory in France, preparatory to de
fensive warfare on the western frontier of Germany. It
is believed that a dictatorship is more probable than a
democratic form of government. x
Amsterdam, Oct. 1. All the Imperial German sec
retaries of state have resigned and the Prussian minis
ters intend to resign, according to the Berlin Tageblatt,
a copy of which has been received here.
Amsterdam, Oct. 1. According to -Budapest newspa
per, the Austro-Hungarian government desires peace in
agreement with Germany, notwithstanding the fact that
measures have been taken for defense as a result of Bul
garia's withdrawal from the war.
A dispatch received here today-
from Budapest quotes the news
pers of that city as saying that a
crown council was held Saturday at
which military measures that had
become necessary as a result of
Bulgaria's action were taken to
guarantee an effective defense, but
the government was still striving at
the earliest possible moment, in
agreement with Germany, to secure
a peace that would absolutely pre
serve the monarchy's territorial in
tegrity. Turkey Puts Out Feelers.
London, Oct. 1. "Feelers" have
been put out by Turkey for an ar
mistice, the Evening News today
says it understands.
While these advices are said to
be semi-official, no notice will be
taken of them, the article states,
until an official telegram is received.
Peace Riot in Berlin. '
A peace demonstration took place
in Berlin on Saturday, according to
news received here today. The
cheeryig crowds assembled in front
of the Bulgarian legation at the
German capital, necessitating police
intervention.
The rioters, according to the in
formation, got the upper hand of
the authorities and committed ex
cesses. A number or statues in tne
Berlin squares were destroyed.
To Guard Orient Railway.
Germany, if reports from a neu
tral center can be relied"pon, is
going to make a great effort to
maintain communication over the
Orient railway with Turkey, and
thus hopes to keep its eastern ally
in the war.
According to a Hague dispatch
to the Central News, 250,000 Ger
man and Austro-Hungarian troops
have arrived at Sofia from Rouma
nia and while part of these will re
main in Sofia as an argument favor
ing the overthrow of the Malinoff
government, the majority will en
deavor to keep the allied troops
(Continued on rage Two, Column Four)
Republicans to Press
For Consideration of
. After -War Problems
Washington, Oct. 1. Unani
mous indorsement was given by a
conference of repubilcan senators
today 'to the resolution for ap
pointment of a joint congression
al committee to begin immediate
consideration of after-war recon
struction problems.
- Senator Lodge, chairman of the
conference, was authorized to ap
point a committee of three to
manage and press the resolution.
HUNS
SUFFRAGE ACT
LOST IN SENATE
BY TWO VOTES
Southern Democrats Ignore
President Wilson's Ap
peal for Constitutional
Amendment.
NEBRASKANS ON SUFFRAGE
For Suffrage Norris.
Against Suffrage Hitchcock.
Washington, Oct. 1. The senate
today refused to grant the request
of the president that the woman suf
frage resolution be passed as a war
measure.
After five rtays of bitter debate,
corridor conferences and cloakroom
negotiations the Susan B. Anthony
federal amendment resolution enact
ed by the house last January re
ceived on the final rollcall two
votes less than the necessary two
thirds majority. Fifty-four senators
were recorded for it and 30 against
it, with 12 absent and paired.
: Before the vote was annouced,
Senator Jones of New Mexico, chair
man of the woman suffrage commit
tee, to comply with parliamentary
requirements, changed his vote from
affirmative to the negative and
moved that the senate reconsider.
This made the final official record
53 to 31 and left the resolution
technically pending on the senate
calendar, in position for further con
sideration planned after the Novem
ber elections when suffrage forces
hope to muster the requisite number
of votes.
President Wilson's personal ad-
(fontinued on Page Two, Column Five.)
SET FIRE
TO CAW AS
THEHETREAT
West Side of St. Quentin
Canal Cleared of Foe by
British in Their Vic
torious Advance.
150,000 College Students
Taken Into U. S. Service
Washington, Oct. 1. One hun
dred and fifty thousand college stu
dents were mustered today into the
students' army reserve corps at
more than 500 colleges and univer
sities, becoming a part of the mili
tary forces. Special programs were
arranged at the schools to inaugur
ate .the corps with formal cere
rnorfy. Standing at attention, the students
heard read messages from Presi
dent Wilson, Acting Secretary
Crowell and General March, chief
of staff. President Wilson's mes
sage said:
"The step you have taken is a
most significant one. By it you
have ceased to be merely individ
uals, each seeking to perfect him
self to win his own place in the
world, and have become comrades
in the common canse of making
the world a better place to live in.
You have joined yoursevesto the
entire manhood of the country and
pedged, as did your forefathers,
your lives, your fortunes and y our
sacred honor' to the freedom of hu
manity. "The enterprise upon which you
have embarked is a hazardous and
difficult one. This is not a war of
words; this is not a scholastic
struggle. It is a war of ideals, yet
fought with all the devices of
science and with the power of ma
chine. To succeed you must not
only be inspired by the ideals for
which this country stands, but you
must also be masters of the tech
nique with which the battle is
fought. You must not only be
thrilled with zeal for the common
welfare, but you must also be master
of the weapons of today.
"There can be no doubt of- the is
sue. The spirit that is revealed and
the manner in which America has
responded to the call is indomitable.
I have no doubt that you. too, will
ue your utmost strength to main
tain that spirit and to carry it for
ward to the final victory that will
certainly be ours."
The students' army training corps
is divided into collegiate and voca
tional sections, from both of which
there will be every opportunity to
win promotion.
The students are young men of
draft age, most of whom will go into
active service as soon as their course
is completed.
Advisability of extending the stu
dents' army training corps plan to
high schools is being considered.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
took up thef question with the War
department and it was learned today
that the idea is regarded favorably.
By Associated Press.
With the British Army in France,
Oct. 1. This was another day of
.victories for the fighting British
arniy. The Belgians also continued
their forward movement.
Gains of the greatest importance
were made by the Australians be
tween Cambrai and St. Quentin and
it seems that they have crossed the
canal everywhere.
Long lines of enemy transports
are fleeing east and northeastward
from this region, as well as other
regions.
The torch has been applied to
Cambrai and the town is burining
briskly. It is evident that the Ger
mans realize they must get away
frdm his locality and consequently
they are burning Cambrai and other
places. Great tongues of flame and
billows of smoke are rising from
Cambrai.
Pour Bullets Into Enemy Masses.
The day was an ideal one for fly
ing and the British aviators, who
had not been busy for several days,
again came into their own. The
planes flew low over the enemy
masses and poured bullets by tens
of thousands into them, while at
the same time bombers picked
massed troops as targets and often
loosed their projectiles on the trans
port column in full flight, inflicting
terrible damage.
The better visibility also enabled
the British gunners to do more ac
curate work.
Once more casualties of great
proportions have been inflicted on
the Germans, who now are fighting
with greatest desperation, realizing
that their position in this entire
area is more precarious than at any
time during the past four years.
True, there has been again the
hardest of close fighting astride and
in the Hindenburg system; but back
of here there is open country. Jon
court now is well behind the British
lines of brisk fighting. The lines
are some distance east of Levergies,
Estrees, captured once and then
lost in a counter-attack, has now
been taken again by storm. The
Australians smashed well eastward
of it, making sure of maintaining
their gain.
From here the battle line curves
back northwestward, passing about
1.500 yards southwest of Goucy,
which also has once been reached
ty the allied troops but at the pres
ent moment is in German hands.
Bond Sales Exceed
Records of Former
Liberty Campaigns
Washington, Oct. 1. Subscrip
tions to the fourth Liberty loan
have been more numerous and larg
er than at this stage of any pre
vious loan campaign. This was in
dicated today in telegrams receiv
ed from all sections of the country.
Actual totals in the campaign to
raise $6,000,000,000 in three weeks
were not available, but treasury of
ficials believed that a report could
be obtained from every district by
tomorrow night.
From the reports now at hand."
said a statement issued at loan head
quarters tonight, "it can safely be
asserted that sales are moving much
faster in the early days of this cam
paign than they did during the third
Liberty loan drive."
The treasury was officially in
formed that the state of Iowa had
over-subscribed its quota by more
tjitn a million dollars. Kansas City,
Kan., was the largest city reporting
a:i over-subscription today.
Casualties of British
During September 94,937
London, Oct. L Casualties
among the British forces reported
(luring September totalled 94,937 of
ficers and men, divided as follows:
KillecTor Died of Wounds Of
ficers, 1,899; men. 14,914.
Wounded or Missing Officers,
5,573; men, 72,551
F ALL OF GERMAN KEYSTONE OPENS M Y
TO MARSHAL FOCHfOR QUICK ADVANC
Americans in Desperate
Fight With Superior Force
With the American Army on the St. Quentin Front, Oct 1.
Some hundreds of Americans in a certain far-advanced position be-
twfen Cambrai and St. Quentin, which they reached late Sunday,
were holding out valiantly against superior enemy numbers, accord
ing to latest reports, which were received yesterday.
The Australians made heroic attempts to assist them, and so far
as can be learned, are still keeping up these efforts, the result of
which is not known. Furious fighting continues here.
Before the American advance the Germans littered the country
with tank mines, apparently anticipating a withdrawal. Scores of
British-made tanks, many of them manned by American crews, are
co-operating in the American advance. One of these rolled over a
mine and was blown up, one casualty resulting. The others got
through and did splendid execution.
These American tank crews were trained in England and had
been waiting behind the front for the attacks. They rolled along
before the infantry and directly in the rear of a creeping barrage and
cleared many machine gun nests.
After the manner of the British, the Americans drove their ma
chines right on top of the Germans, crushing down men, guns and
nests. Some of the crews came out of the fight with their tractors
dripping with blood, showing how completely they had accomplished
the task assigned to thelh.
9
U. S. PATROLS
BEYOND CIERGES
IN MEUSE DRIVE
Americans Advance Despite
Increasing Resistance by
Foe With Every Avail
able Defense.
Washington, Oct. 1. Further ad
vances by the American forces along
the Meuse river and in the Argonne
forest were reported in General
Pershing's communique for today,
received tonight at the War depart
ment. American patrols have passed
beyond Cierges and are maintain
ing contact with the enemy.
More than 100 hostile planes and
21 balloons have been shot down by
American aviators since September
26, General Pershing said.
Germans Fighting Furiously. ..
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 1. The enemy
is organizing an increasingly bitter
defense, utilizing every available
means to hold back the American
troops. North and northeast of
Cierges shell holes have been forti
fied for a distance of nearly a mile.
On the left a new enemy division
has been thrown into the fighting
and a heavy counter-attack followed
its appearance which could not be
checked for several hours. When
the check did come, it was disas
trous for the enemy, for he pushed
forward this division further than
those adjoining and it was soon en
filaded. Several counter-attacks were
nipped in the bud by the daring of
American soldiers. One observer,
though badly wounded, managed to
reach te massing of Germans in
preparation for an unexpected at
tack in time for the American artil
lery to cover the enemy and break
up his consolidations.
In another case an aviator flying
low over the Argonne forest first
drove off a reconnoitering German
plane, then with his machine gun
dispersed two platoons getting
ready to attack.
One American battalion alone
has used more than 20 of its cap
tured guns against the enemy as
ammunition was captured along
with the batteries. These included
two Russian 100 millimeter guns
which were used effectively.
Blind Struggle in Forest.
In the Argonne forest there has
been a strange blind struggle in the
very thickest part of the wooded
bastion, where the undergrowth is
so dense that opposing platoons
filtered through each other without
being aware of it. The Germans
several itmes utilized these mis
takes by turning machine guns on
men who had passed them, but
American sappers, cleaning up be
hind the advance, soon put a stop to
this by cleaning up the enemy gunners.
QUENTIN FALLS
AS ALLIES DRAW
ARC ROUND CITY
Violent Explosions Precede
Withdrawal of Germans;
Berthelot Takes 3,000
in Reviljon Advance. -
With French Headquarters in
France, Oct. 1. French troops en
tered St. Quentin this afterndon.
The battle continues along the
whole Franco-American front from
St. Queutin to the Meuse. The
British on the north and the French
on the south have drawn an arc
around St. Quentin well to the rear
of the city. Reports of huge ex
plosions in the town were beginning
to be heard early this morning.
Between Urvillers and Cerizy, the
French are meeting much stronger
resistance by machine gun nests,
but everywhere have advanced in
this region south of St. Quentin.
East of Rheims General Gouraud,
in addition to taking a large num
ber of prisoners and guns, has cap
tured great quantities of booty, in
cluding more than 200 narrow
gauge railroad cars. Additional
prisoners were taken Monday in the
capture of Binarville, in the Argen
ne forest, and in the occupation of
Marvaux and Aure, to the west.
Germans Take New Stand.
The Germans appear to have de
cided to make a stand in the group
of hills northwest of Rheims called
the St. Thierry massif. It is just
west of the old French line that
ran along the Aisne canal from
Berry-au-Bac to the region of
Rheims. Possession of this strong
position is necessary to the Ger
mans in order that they may main
tain their present line further east,
including the forts of St. Thierry
and Brimont, from which they bom
bard Rheims.
Along the Vesle General Berthe
lot's forces, notwithstanding the
machine gun opposition, have every
where advanced beyond Revillon.
In its advance on Revillon Gen-
feral Berthelot's army has taken
3,000 prisoners.
Americans, British and French Win Heavily Fortifie
woawwAw w vuiwiiiiii a vi l its no ui vy IVt 1 1U1UCIA
burg Line Are Demolished; Belgian Wedge
Driven Further in; Disaster for Germans.
BULLETIN.
With the French Armies in France, Oct. 1. Gen
eral Berthelot's troops, widening the front of attack this
afternoon, made further gains, occupying important ob
servation points that give them views eastward, upon the
group of hills northwest of Rheims and northward to
ward the Chemin-Des-Dames. Three thousand prison
ers were taken.
,
Paris, Oct. 1. Attacks conducted by the first army in
conjunction with the British in the region of St. Quentin, says
the War office announcement tonight, have obtained im
portant results.
French troops have penetrated St. Quentin as far aa
the canal.
On the Aisne front Meurival, Venteelay, Bouvencourt
and St. Thierry have been occupied, while north of Boucon
ville Autry wood and Vaux-Les-Mauron have been captured.
The enemy has been forced to abandon the plateau be
tween the Aisne and Rheims and has fallen back along the
whole line.
London, Oct. 1. Extremely heavy fighting has been in
progress throughout the day along the Cambrai-St. Quentin
sector, according to Field Marshal Haig s report tonight
Notwithstanding increased German resistance the British
havo orainoH imnnrtant fnrrit-nrir alrmrr V10 orroaor thjt nt
Aisne and in Champagne,, would
mean disaster.
Between the Vesle and Aisne
rivers the French continue to push
back the Germans north of the Aisne
while in Champagne the French,
operating in conjunction with the
Americans, are steadily advancing
northward. Their guns now domin
ate the Aire river valley running to
the north of the Argonne forest,
while on the other side of the forest
uie rvuicncaiis aic siuwiy wiuiiik
up the Aire valley from the south
and soon will be in a position with
the French to nip this great wooded
bastion out of the German line.
In the mountain region of the
Italian front there has been a ..con
siderable increase in artillery activ
ity and it is probable that Mar
shal Foch soon will begin an offen
sive here against the Austro-Hun-'
garians.
flpnrra! Allrnhv 5n Palestine has
surrounded Damascus and French
cavalry is reported to be working its
way up the Mediterranean sea coast
Austrians Quitting Albania.
In the Macedonian theater west
of Lake Ochrida the Austrians are
evacuating territory in Albania,
probably indicating that now Bul
garia is out of the war the Austro-
Hungarians realize they are in a
serious predicament, far from home .
and with no allies to aid them.
I'eace demonstrations have been
held in Berlin in which police inter
vention became necessary. Some
pvcpccpc wprp rnmmiftprt ti v ttl
crowds, "such as the tearing down
of statues, f
the line.
During the month of September
the British captured, on the western
front, 66,300 prisoners and 700 guns.
During the months of August and
September the British captured
123,618 prisoners and 1,400 guns.
By Associated Press.
The town of St. Quentin, upon
which the Germans had so firmly
builded their hopes of proving an
insuperable barrier to the allies, at
last hassbeen entered by the French
and seemingly the gateway is open
to Marshal Foch for a swift advance
eastward in his task, of reclaiming
northern France.
Meanwhile the Germans and
their allies on all the battle fronts
have continued to play a losing
game, and it is reported that the
Turks, realizing the critiical, situa
tion through defeats, and the with
drawal of Bulgaria from the war,
are sending out "peace feelers."
From northern Belgium to the
region of Verdun the battle front is
still seething with activity and with
the entente forces continuing to
make gains against the Germans
which are seriously imperilling the
enemy lines.
In Flanders the Belgians and
British in- the region from Dix
mude to Armentieres have further
driven in their sharp wedge east
ward, capturing important towns
and cutting lines of communication
necessary to the continued holding
by the Germans of their submarine
bases on the North Sea.
From Cambrai to St. Quentin,
notwithstanding most violent reac
tions from the Germans, the Brit
ish, Americans and French again
have won heavily fortified positions
of the enemy all along the front.
Midway between St. Quentin and
Cambrai the remaining portions of
the old Hindenburg line are slowly
being demolished, although the
Germans have imposed the strength
of nearly half a million men against
the allied troops to hold the front,
the breaking through of which, in
conjunction with the successful
maneuvers in 'Flanders, along' the
War Mother Who Had Lived
In Omaha Long Dies Tuesday
Mrs. Anne Marie Nelson, wife of
N. C. Nelson, died at their home,
3801 South Thirteenth street. She
had lived in Omaha 38 years.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two sons, Charles of Oma
ha and James, in the United States
navy, now in France; also by three
daughters, Mrs. D. O. Smith of
Sheridan, Wyo., Mrs. H. Topp of
Omaha and Mrs. L. K. Winterling.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence, Friday at 2:30 p. m.,
Rev. J. M. Wilson officiating. In
terment will be in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
Government to Blacklist
Wildcat-Scheme Promoters
Washington, Oct. 1. More than
500 promoters of questionable spec
ulative enterprises, who are selling
securities in competition with the
fourth Liberty loan, and in defiance
of the government's capital issues
committee are under investigation
by that committee and steps to
blacklist them publicly may be tak
en soon. This was learned today
from a preliminary report of the
enforcement section of the capital
issues committee, which for weeks
has been gathering evidence on the
activities of wild-cat promotion
schemes involving the trading in of
Liberty bonds for speculative
stocks, and the consequent absorp
tion of capital for non-war pur
poses. Some of these enterprises are sup
ported by interests whose loyalty
in the past has been questioned, and
agents of the capital issues commit
tee are investigating thoroughly to
determine whether enemy influenc
es are responsible for these moves
to divert capiil from the nation's
war credit. V
More than $200,000,000 fraudulent
or unauthorized securities are now
on the market, it is reported, and
this represents only a small pro
portion of all such issues offered
without being first submitted to the
capital issues committee for its
approval.
A partial list of the speculative
enterprises now trying to market
stocks include 250 oil companies, in
the Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas
fields, offering in the aggregate
more than $100,000,000 in stocks.
There are ten questionable motor
companies, Offering about $30,000,
000 in securities. One of these in
Minnesota already has sold $2,000.
000 of stock, 50 per cent of which
went to salesmen as commissions.
Liberty bonds were taken in pay
ment and then thrown on the mar
ket, helping to depress the price of
these government bonds.
Private investors wishing to help
conserve credit for war purposes
directly or indirectly contributing
to the war are asked by the capital
issues committee to refuse to buy
stocks or bonds when salesmen
cannot prove they have been ap
proveji by the committee.
HUNS SUFFER
ROUT AT HANDS
OF UKRAINIANS
Washington, Oct. 1. The Ger
mans are meeting with increasing
opposition in their efforts to estab
lish control in Russia. Swedish
press reports received at the State
department today from Stockholm
said that in a recent battle with the
Ukranians, the Germans lost 1,500
men.
German forces, which have been
centralized at Pskoff since the Ger
man ambassador was forced to flee
from Moscow, have found their po
sition untenable and are leaving the
city. Tljey also are evacuating BieN.
gerod.
Food conditions in Petrograd are
growing continuously worse and
living conditions are utterly hope-;
less. Passengers, who arrived in
Stockholm from Petrograd Septem
ber 29, said foreigners were starv ing,
restaurants and hotels were
closed. Butter costs $12 a pound.
A Stockholm newspaper of date .
of September 19 said the Turks were-;.'
robbing and burning Baku. The oil,
reserves in that city have been fired
and a siate of chaos exists. A
Root Sounds Warning
New York,
against supposing
over now becatL
news that conul
was sounded bvl
day, in an addres
army training ct
university.
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