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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918. ARMISTICE IS SUICIDAL IS THE OPINION ON PLAN (Continued From Page One.) gainst the insidious danger of throwing away the hard won vic tory so near their grasp, and at. the same time leave no opportunity for the militarist leaders of the central powers to lure their people to more bloodshed and sacrifices. May Address Congress. There is a suggestion that to carry out this purpose more fully, President Wilson, after dispatching the reply, may decide to address congress and state in detail the reasons which cause the allies to reject the proposal. There is no official indication as to the president's plans except of course, that it is being discussed among many peoples. Colonel E. M. House, the presi dent's constant adviser, and person al representative on many confiden tial errands, arrived at the White House tonight. His coming follow ed a busy day for the president in which all other business was put aside, recreation was abandoned and except for an hour or two given over to entertaining Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British ad miralty at luncheon, Mr. Wilson spent the day in his study. It was said he was writing. The official communication from Germany was delivered to the White House this morning by the charge of the Swiss legation and the note from Austria was taken to the state department and handed to Secretary Lansing by Mr. Ekengren, the min ister from Sweden. Proceed Carefully. The president already had the unofficial texts as transmitted by the 'Associated Press before him and the official copies added, little or noth ing to his information. In explaining the necessity for carefully considered action at this time, officials point' out that the conditions arising from the presen tation of separate and formal com munications from the two great central empires are quite different from those under which Count Burian's adroit proposal to hold secret and "non-binding" confer ences was so summarily dealt with. Now the proposition is for formal and open discussions in a manner to bind the principals with hostili . ties suspended in the meantime. Therefore, the fact is recognized that the people of America and of the- entente countries, which are really desirous of peace on fair terms, are entitled to an explanation of the reasons which move the gov ernment in rejecting a proposal which on its face might appear to bear evidence of sinceity. . America's Stand. It was emphasized that the idea must not go out that America does 'not desire peace, for the war is waged for the realization of cer tain high ideals of democracy and liberty and not for revenge or desire ruthlessly . to destrpy any nation. Another consideration which has Influenced the officials who are shaping the course of these nego tiations is the probable effect upon the German people themselves of a curt, sharp and unreasoned refusal of their appeal. Now the people of Germany and "Austria are finding out that they are in no danger of extermination if they call off their armies and stop fighting. Work to this end has been done by a system of propa ganda in the enemy countries by entente and American agencies. So these people are being taken into account in dealing with the German and Austrian appeals, and the replies which will be made must let them understand that it is only because these appeals do not hold . out promise of a real peace on reasonable, terms that they are re jected. Ever since Count Burian's pre ceding proposal was rejected it has been realized that the step now taken by the Teutonic governments might be expected at any time. Therefore, there has been ample op portunity for discussion of the course to . be followed and the present exchanges between Presi dent Wilson and the entente chan cellories, probably will not be pro longed. That rejection of the present propositions will be followed by other offers is not doubted in Wash ington. Determined to save their countries from invasion, the German and Austrian emperors are believed certain to come forward very shortly with more liberal concessions. It was said at the Spanisbembassy tonight that the appeal to Presi dent Wilson for peace from Turkey which the German propaganda serv ice at Berlin had announced was coming through Spain had not been received. It is assumed that any proposal from Turkey would fol low the form of those from Ger many and Austria. GERMANS IN TIGHT HOLE AS FRENCH GAIN (Continued From P(te One.) uation from La Fere to the north of Verdun. Laon, the great storehouse of the Germans northeast of Soissons, is reported to be in danger and sug gests the possibility of an early falling back; the Lnemin-ues-Dames defenses are outflanked at both ends; Rheims has been restor ed and the Germans pushed back more than 10 miles north of it, while eastward General Gouraud's armies and the American first array are brilliantly carrying out their part of the great converging move ment that seemingly at -no far dis tant date will force the enemy ma terially to readjust his line. " A further indication of the troublous tin!es in the German army is the report that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has resigned after a stormy interview with Emperor William, during which Von Hmden barg jnformed the emperor that a German retreat on a, Jarge. scale necessary, ,jV: . ' t SENATOR SCORES HITCHCOCK PLAN OF PEACE TERMS (Continued From Pace One.) Belgium and return to France of Alsace-Lorraine?" "Did the president say that?" Minority Leader Lodge interjected. "I think that can at least be in ferred," Senator Hitchcock re plied. Dangerous Statement. Senator Poindexter declared that Senator Hitchock's statement itself indicated "the dangerous and in sidious character" of the support given to the evacuation proposition. If an armistice were granted, he said, Germany's unconquered army would withdraw to its own borders, and then Germany would discuss which propositions of the president she would agree to discuss and also the effect of the president's 14 con ditions. "What Germany means by jus tice is not what we mean," Senator Poindexter continued. "Justice for Germany would mean execution of a few of the murderers and robbers who went through Belgium. It would mean trial by military court martial of the kaiser for crimes he sanctioned. What they want is not justice, but mercy and that is what they ought to ask for." Agrees On This. "I agree with the senator," replied Senator Hitchcock, "that the thought of a compromise of hostili ties while Germany and Austria are occupying a single foot of Belgium, France or Italy is preposterous, but the proposition is not simply one of suspending hostilities. "One of the principles laid down by the president," said Senator Hitchcock, "as absolutely essential is restoration of Alsace-Lorraine." "Don't you think," suggested Sen ator Lodge, "that the plain English of it is, that an armistice now would mean the loss of the war?" "I do not think that that is too strong a statement," replied Sena tor Poindexter. "It seems to me that all of this discussion is rather academic," said Senator Nelson of Minnesota. "The question of an armistice should be left to the commander-in-chief of the allied armies, Marshal Foch. Let Germany propose to him that she lay down her arms, just as Bulgaria has done. It should be an uncondi tional surrender. I must say that I am surprised at the attitude of the chairman of the foreign relations committee this morning." Gen. Chas. Doyen Dies of Influenza At Virginia, Camp Washington, Oct. 7. Brig. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, who commanded the first regiment of the marine corps to go to France with the American expeditionary forces, died at the Marine corps training station at Quantico, Va., last night of in fluenza. He will be buried with full military honors, but arrange ments for the funeral have not yet been announced. General Doyen remained In France nearly a year, being promo ted to the rank of a brigadier and to the command of the First Ma rine Brigade of the second division. The strain of his duties brought on ill health and to avoid a physical breakdown he was transferred back to this country. He was made com mandant of the training station at Quantico. BOND SALES MERE EXCEED FIVE MILLION 1915 63 88 44 .00 Comparative Local Record. 1918 1917 191 Highest yesterday .78 1 18 Lowest yesterday ..68 88 61 Mean temperature (8 60 74 Precipitation 0 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal: Normal temperature 61 Excesa for the day 9 Total excesa since March 1 (96 Normal precipitation 0.08 inch Deficiency for the day 0.08 Inch Total rainfall since Mar. 1... 11.64 Inches Deficiency since Mar. 1 13.76 Inches Deficiency for cor. period 1917 4.80 Inches Deficiency for cor. period 1916 1132 Inches Reports from Stations at 1 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Raln- of Weather 7 p.m. est fall Cheyenne, dear 64 66 .00 Davenport, clear 64 68 .00 Denver, clear 70 72 .00 Des Moines, pt cloudy. 61 64 T Dodge City clear ....84 88 .00 Lander, clear 60 62 .00 North Platte, clear .76 76 .00 Omaha, clear 74 78 .00 Pueblo, clear 62 66 .00 Rapid City, clear ....62 66 .00 Santa Fe, clear 70 74 .00 Sheridan, clear 64 61 .00 Sioux City, cloudy ..68 76 T 'T" Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELSH. (Continued From Page One.) three largest meetings were those at the Vinton street car barns, Mer chants' Transfer barns and at the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. Reports From the State. Reports from the various counties of Nebraska are supposed to go to Kansas City, but county chairmen will also report to Omaha. The first county reported to Omaha headquarters as going over was Polk county. Hayes county was second. Otoe county was third. Railroad to Build Tower. The railroad officials an employes of Omaha will build the Tower of Liberty on Tuesday noon. The pa rade will form at the Woodmen of the World building with the whippet tanks, platoon of police, postoffice band and executive committee of the Liberty loan. The parade will move to the Un ion Pacific building, where the of ficers and office employes of the Union Pacific and Northwestern will fall in, thence to Tenth and Farnam, where Dan Desdunes band, and the Burlington officials and em ployes will fall in, thence to the Tower of Liberty. At the tower the ceremonies will begin with an invocation by Rev. E. H. Jenks. Douglas Longtin and the Elks' quartet will sing. N. H. Loomis will deliver an address. Retail Stores to Close. All the retail stores in the down town district, including the depart ment stores, will close Wednesday noon, so that the employes may march to the Tower of Liberty and help build it. The retailers' com mittee of the Chamber of Com merce, C. E. Black, chairman, will furnish signs for all stores which wish to close. Floyd Gibbons, returned war cor respondent, will speak at the Thurs day noon ceremonies at the tower. Some Big Subscriptions The following is a list of the sub scriptions of larger "amounts re ported yesterday: W. O. W II 250.0O0 Union Pacific Employes 310.050 Bankers Reserve Life 200,000 Ford Motor Car Co..... 135,000 Armour & Co 100,000 Oudahy Co 85,000 Metropolitan Water District 75 000 C. B. Nash Co 75,000 Equitable Life Ins. Co 75,000 Morris & Co 75,000 Iten Biscuit Co 70,000 Ouarantee Fund Life 60,000 Paxton & Gallagher Co 60,000 Standard Oil Co 60,000 Peters Trust Co 50,000 Hayden Bros 60,000 Fairmont Creamery Co 60 000 Bemis Omaha Bag Co 60,000 Union Stock Yards Co , 60,000 Prudential Life 45,000 M. E. Smith & Co 30,000 Commonwealth Life 80.000 N. T. Life 30.000 Carpenter Paper Co 25,000 Oliver Chilled Plow Co.... 25.000 John Bekln 20.000 Byrne-Hammer Dry Goods Co 20 000 Wm. A. Redick 20,000 The following addltonal large subscrip tions were received: S1S.OOO. Lee-Colt-Andreesen, Travelers Health Co., Schmoller A Mueller, National Life Ins., Omaha Structural Maud W. Barton, Steel Wrlgh & Wllhelmy, T. E. Stevens, Met! Bros. Co. Burgei-Nash Co. 113,000. Llnlnger Implement, SIS! ,500. Sheridan Coal Co., Roundup Coal Co., 112,000. George Barker, 10,OOO. Alamlto Dairy Co., O. G. Shukert, U. S. Trust Co., O. E. Berg, George & Co. Orchard & Wilhelm, Omaha Printing Co., Paxton & Vlerllng, J. A. Monroe, E. E. Bruce & Co., Klpatrlck & Co,. Beebe & Runyan Co. Scott-Omaha Tent, Thompson & Belden Hugh Murphy Co., David Cole Cream'y, Gottlelb 6torz, Parlln-Orendorff, Standard Bridge Co.,N. S. Mercer, Nebraska Clothing, Hartman Furniture, I. Slbbersen, C. N. Diets Co., E. M. F. Leflang, Guardian Life Ins., E F. Riley, Chicago Lumber Co., Sunderland Bros., O. H. Barmettler, Wabash Ice House .Burns With Heavy Loss : Fire of an unknown origin last nicrlif rnmnlptpl v HctrrviH the ireA house of the Wabash railroad, lo cated near the roundhouse in the southeastern part of Council Bluffs. There was about eight carloads of ice in the building. A fire hydrant, located a few feet from the corner of the building, was swept by flames at the first outburst, crippling the company's water service and pre venting control of the fire. By the time the city firemen reached the locality the building was doomed. The loss will amount to several thousand dollars. The building was a frame structure about 30x50 feet and two stories high. EPOCHAL WEEK EMPHASIZES WARQUESTIOflS President Wilson Lays Stress Upon Topic That Raises Dispute Among Mem bers of Congress. My Edgar C. Snyder. Washington, Oct. 7. (Special Telegram.) The week just past has been epochal. Were our armies not gloriously smashing the Huns along thousands of miles of battle line from Ostend to Vladovistok the public press would be teeming with accounts of the clash between the president and the senate which oc curred during the week. This clash is looked forward to as the beginnig of a series of clashes which seem inevitable in the closing months of the war and the years of reconstruc tion after peace is declared. Already men in both parties are telling of an epoch of constitution alism which will follow the period of almost absolution through which we are passing now and for which the war is being industriously used as an excuse. Suffrage has been a mooted question for three-quarters of a century and through two wars. It has been pending in congress in its present form for nearly half a century. Submission of the na tional amendment had been voted by the house. The president, until recently, had been either opposed to or was lukewarm toward the proposition. Lately he became an ardent "pro" and like Boreas, thought, with his advent, all men should don their coats. President Butts into Senate Debate. The senate had a majority but not a two-thirds majority for the amendment. More than two-thirds of the republicans favored while less than two-thirds of the democrats were for it. Private interviews failed to move opposing senators. There has been one argument used by the president and public which has carried many doubtful measures and some whose lack cf wisdom has already been revealed, but will not be exploited until a more fitting sea son that argument was the dic tum, "It is a war measure." The president determined to use it. Now the constitution provides that if the president" favors legisla tion he shall send a message or carry one to congress. But the constitution makers had never granted .the president any power to effectively ' favor constitutional amendments or to veto their sub mission by congress. How could he break in? Self-invited he ap peared in the senate and really took part in a debate as an outside con tender because a constitutional ad visor he could not be. Republicans Interested Spectators. In a speech bristling with angry appeal and, combining rebuke and command he practically ordered the senate to pass the resolution as a necessary war measure. Republicans were complaisant of course. They regarded this as the most conspicuous evidence of ex ecutive interference (not using a harsher term) yet exhibited. They enjoyed their democratic brethren's castigation which was de livered 'with all the offended dignity and ire of the old-time pedagogue and waited to see whether they would "stand to their guns" or lick boots. Democratic speeches were made, calm and diplomatic, but with sup pressed anger plainly visible. The remarks made on the side were in many cases, unprintable. At least one George Creel would not have included them in his Daily Official Bulletin. Real Debate in Cloak Room. Defense of the senate prerogatives transcended the merits of suffrage. Few of the senators said the mea sure was a war measure and less be lieved it to be so. Democratic opin ion as expressed in the cloak room of the senate and house amounted to about this: First, designation of the suffrage measure as a war necessity had all , the attributes of absurdity and re flection upon the intelligence of the senate and the country. Second, it was an implied reflection upon the patriotism of the women of the country who favored suffrage. It voiced a demand that they be given trip Viallnt or thpv would do less than their duty in helping to win the war. Whatever effect the speech may have had on the ultimate future of suffrage is a problem. The demo crats believe that it raised the gen-1 eral estimate of the senate and the ; president's prestige suffered accord-1 ingly. I Of the senate and president well i might we paraphrase the old saying and write it, "When shall we two clash again." LIABILITY OF GOMPANYUPTO SCHOOL BOARD Members Talk Over Standing of Liability Insurance Firm; Employ Married Women Teachers. The purchasing committee of the Board of Education was called on the carpet last night for taking auto mobile liability insurance in a com pany which Frank E. Clark, mem ber of the board, declared was not liable. "I can get you the dope that the company doesn't amount to any thing," asserted Member Clark. The company in question is a mutual liability concern, with offices in Illinois. President Reed of the board also stated that he had heard the company was not the kind to command the confidence of the school district of Omaha. The amount of the premium will not be paid until the Judiciary com mittee has made an investigating. The board approved a recom mendation of the committee on teachers and course of study, that married women may be employed as regular teachers, provided that they are eligible by preparation and experience. The following named teachers were placed on tjje assigned list: Amelia Wehrs, Olive Hall, Mildred Marion, Stella Washburn, Mildred Butler, May Linger, Gertrude Davis, Martha Phillips, Ruth Bracker, Mil dred J. Anderson, Mabel Spanton, Claire Bookmeyer, Martha Austin art! Ida Wagner. William M. Brewer and E. B. Sen ter were engaged to teach carpentry in the High School of Commerce at a salary of $35 per week. Carryalls will be provided to transport children in the Benson and Florence districts. This will apply to those who are enrolled in grades below the fourth and who live more than a mile and a half from their school. E. G. Parker engineer at the Druid Hill school, complained to the board agaisnt alleged incompetency in the teaching staff of that school. His particular grievance referred to the transfer of his 12-year-old son to the Fort school for boys. 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