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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1918. KAISER DOOMED: END WILL COME MONDAY NOON Woodmen's Parade Will Settle Problem of What to Do with Greatest Foe of Humanity. The "kaiser" and his "staff will be in Omaha next Monday noon. They will be brought here by the Woodmen of the World in accord ance with a plan which Sovereign Commander V. A, Frazer dreamed .' out and in putting into effect. Don't get ready your pistols and shotguns for the occasion, however. The kaiser won't be here, himself, but merely in effigy. In fact, the occasion at which lie and his accomplices are to be pres ent is one which is not pleasing to the kaiser, the crown prince, Hin denburg, Ludcndorff and Von Tir pitz. This occasion will be the lay ing of the cornerstone of the Tower of Liberty on the court house lawn. Volunteers Lacking. Mr. Frazer is finding great diffi culty in getting people to "act" as ,the above-named scoundrels. Ap plicants want big salaries and, of "course, the accident Companies re fuse to insure them against anything that may happen when they are dressed for their parts. But all obstacles are being over come and the five pirates will march through the Omaha streets Monday ,noon. Please remember, folks, that these "actors," are all good, loyal Americans and not the persons whom they are made up to repre sent. "Hiss, if you must, as forth they're led; but don't throw noth ing, nor shoot." he said. , Parade at Noon. The parade is scheduled to start from the Woodmen of the World building at 11:45 o'clock noon, and proceed through the downtown 5'reets to the court house lawn. It I will move in this this order: Band. Flatoon of Police. "The Last of the Hohenzollerns" "The New German Coat of Arms." Guard of Honor(?) for the Kaiser. Officers of the Woodmen of the World. Crown Prince, Ludendorff, Hinden burp and Von Tirpitz. in Chains. Mayor and City Council. County Officials. Liberty Loan F.xecutive Committee. Band. Employes of the Woodmen of the World and Woodmen Circle. Surprise in Store. Just what will happen to the Huns at the Tower of Liberty, Mr. Frazer declines to say But it will be "plenty." It is rumored that they are to be hanged and then buried with appropriate dance music. With the five desperadoes out of the way, the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone will be held. Then the amount of the Woodmen sub scription to the Liberty Loan will be announced and the tower will be built up with as many blocks as there are thousands of dollars in the Woodmen subscription. Each succeeding noon next week the tower will be added to by just as many blocks as there are thou sands of dollars in the Liberty loan HtDscnptions received in, each day f a ,J - . -. 11 i Omaha Doctor Arrives Safely Overseas MAJOR A. S. PINTO. Major A. S. Pinto, formerly liv ing in 2024 Wirt street, has arrived sately overseas, according to infor (nation reaching Omaha. He is a member of the medical corps. CROWN PRINCE FEARS TO GIVE RETREAT ORDER Son of Kaiser, in the Rheims Sector, Holding Position Under Alarming Condi tion in Defense. Monday s ceremonies will conclude with community singing, led by the Woodmen sextette. Returned Soldier Talks. T. H. Clemmons of Georgia, a returned soldier, amused the auri ence with a recital of his experi ences in the trenches. "Our boys have two enemies in France," said Clemmons. "They are the Huns and the cooties, and we are only afraid of one of them." John L. Kennedy, state fuel ad ministrator, made a stirring address. Jf nature could turn back its clock for three months I am satis fied victory would be won by Jan uary 1," he said. "But the end will ' come, and when that time arrives let us make the United States stand for unconditional surrender." . Several Army Officers Are Indicited on Graft Charge Washington, Oct. 4. Col. H. J. Hirsch and Lt. Samuel Grass, of the quartermaster's corps, Morris and ; Leo Rosenwasser, officials of Ros enwasser Brothers, Inc., and 12 government inspectors and em ployes of the Rosenwasser plant at Long Island City, N. Y., were in dicted today by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, on charges of con spiracy to defraud the government. A f true bill also was returned against the Rossenwasser corpora tion which holds contracts aggre gating several millions of dollars for leather coats and spiral puttees " for army aviators and for other , war supplies. Inquiry by the war department followed charges that forged gov ernment inspection stamps were u,sed at the plant; that defective ma terials were passed by inspectors and that paper was introduced into army shoes in place of leather. Airplane Mail Service is Successfully Carried Out i Washington, Oct. 4. Air mail service between Washington, Phila delphia and New York was con ducted during the month of Septem ber without a single interruption the Jt'ostomce department announced to .day. September marked the first "complete month ot the service un der civilian direction, the War, de partment, which conducted the serv ice at its inaugu.ation, having turn ed over the service to the Postof fice department August 12. During ,,;the month there were only three ' forced landings and these were rot such as to interrupt the flights. carried. ' Ireland Succeeds Gorgas. - Washington, Oct 3. Maj. Gen Merritte W. Ireland, medical corps, was today nominated by President Wilson to be surgeon general of the army for the period of four years beginning October 4, 1918, vice . Uaj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, to be retired o& October t French Headquarters in France, Oct. 4. (Reuter's) With the prog ress of the allies trotn the Aisne to the Mouse, the Germans are daily becoming more alarmed over their situation between Rheims and Mor onvillers heights. Allied lorces are daily nearing the lateral railways which permit the enemy to move his reserves from point to point. During the past two days the advance of the allies has made the route from the Ar gonne along the Aire valley, useless except by night. His next line of communication is 12 miles to the north. In this sector, however, the allies Inve to deal with the German crown prince, who does not desire to be the first German commander to give the order to retreat. Concord Club to Honor '' Members in U.S. Service The regular weekly meeting of the Concord club will be changed from Thursday noon to Friday evening at 6:30 next week, when a special meeting will be held in the Hen shaw Rathskeller in honor of the 28 Concordians now in the service. A letter will be sent to each member in the service. A. W. Jefferis, can didate for congressman from this district, will 'speak. Bulgarian Socialists Want Balkan League To Bring Friendship Basel, Oct. 4. The Bulgarian socialist party will support the government in the Sobranje on the sole condition that the gov ernment makes peace, according to the socialist newspaper Narod of Sofia, which is quoted in a dis patch received here from the Bul garian capital. As a further condi tion the socialists demand that the government shall make such negotiations as are necessary to insure good relations between the Balkan peoples and which will tend toward the establishment of a Balkan league. TE0T0NTR00PS USE"KAMERAD" RUSE ON YANKS Cowardly Scheme of Huns Brings Quick Retaliation from Members of New York Regiment. With the American Army North west of Verdun, Thursday, Oct. 3. (By Associated Press.) When New York troops captured the vil lage of Abri-St. Louis on Friday a number of Germans came out of their hiding places with uplifted hands and were supposed to have surrendered. When the Americans came nearer the Germans suddenly dropped their hands and, seizing hand grenades, threw them with deadly effect, killing and wounding a number of the New York boys. The survivors retreated and told the story. Then more New York troops went forward. They were armed with flame throwers and gas projectors and filled the village with flame and gas until not a single Ger man escaped. Find Concrete Emplacements. Two concrete emplacements for big guns were discovered west of Varennes when New York troops advanced along the western edge of th Argonne forest a few days ago. The guns had been removed, but . ... . i .t engineers believe inai mcy wcic Austrian 305s. The emplacements were 100 yards anart and aoDarentiy were duiu mnr than a vear airo. Bis iruns were scattered through the Anronne forest and from day to day have been taken Dy tne aavanc nor New York solders. Many of the roads leading from the Argonne forest to Monttaucon and to Malancourt were barred by concrete pillars as a precaution aeainst the oocration of allied tanks, At safe disances benina tnese piuars anti-tank. cuii nostions have been found. These, in many places, were built of concrete. These concrete nnsitions were, for the most part, hphinn" the main defensive positions through which the Americans broke Mrs. Mary Cohen Sues Husband s Parents for Forcing His Desertion Mrs. Mary Cohen, in a petition filed in district court r-riday, asks $10 000 damaees from Mr. and Mrs, Solomon Cohen, parents ot ner husband. Harry, whom she alleges has been coerced by his parents into desertine her. Mrs. Cohen recites in the petition that she was married to Harry on June 1, 1918. She alleged that her husband's parents, because Harry was of draft age and in order that thev miuht receive his allotment should he enter Uncle Sam's service, have interfered in the young cou nle's marital life and kept up a con tinual objection to the marriage un til Harry was induced, as she al leges, to desert her September 27. Former Omahan Visits Here; Now Living in Canal Zone E. A. Burmester, brother of Louis Burmester, city furnace inspector is here for a visit in his home city, where he served in the fire depart ment for 11 years. This Omahan has been in the Canal Zone for 13 years, serving with the fire department there 11 years and working for the last two years in the government shops. He has become thoroughly acclimated and enjoys the work and the country. DISCARD your old carbon lamps they waste coal and current use instead Mazda lamps in their places. Mazda lamps all kinds for sale by NEBRASKA POWER CO. SAVE MONEY SATURDAY ON unit Values up to $25 mi Fail Men! 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Traveling in a special car over the Burlington, the mem bers of the party will be in Omaha ior a loinimue siop ai iaiur- j ne city commissioners are going day atternoon; I hey are on Bur-1 back to the old system of individual lington train No. 3 and are going to j desks in the city council chamber. San Francisco, whence they will sail The desks arc beinc installed to take 1 for home. ' the place of the "round table" which City Council jGoes Back to Old System of Desks was established with the advent of the commission plan of gvernment. City Commissioner Zimman, who has tried both plans during his years of service as city councilman and later as commissioner, is responsi ble for this recrudescence of the desks. Banquet Closes Oonrentieflc Baltimore, Oct. 3. The Thirty seventh triennial convocation of th Arch Masons of the United States closed with a banquet. 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