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n '1,1 SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR NW ROTOGRAVURE SECTION BELOW ON THIS PAGE. The Omaha Sunday Be VUL. AbVlll XNO. 10. 0mihl p. o. oatfcr act March S, 1879 OMAHA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1918., By nail (I yar). Dally. $450. Sunday. $2.50. Oil ly and Sua.. St; auttlda Nab. awtaaa axtra. FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER For 'Ntrak-Fir Sunday and Monday! somewhat coolar ia st and central portions Sunday. S a. m so 1 p. m. .' , .78 a. m BO t p. at. 8S 7 a. m.. ...... .60 I I a. m. ,. S4 8 a. m 59 I 4 p. m .8 a. m St 5 p. m ...81 10 a. m 85 I 8 p. in. .........14 11 a. m... 88 I 7 p. m. U li ni 75 I i Euu IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT'S REPLY UP TO WILSON FOR TRANSMISSION TO ALLIES v BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Germany declares Itself ready to comply with the propositions of the president of the United States with respect to the evacuation of occupied territories and in this associates itself with Austria. Dr. W. S. Solf the newly appointed foreign secretary, in replying to President ilson's recent note, accepts the terms laid down by President Wilson in his recent addresses "on the foundation of a permanent peace of justice." Future discussions, the reply asserts, would be for the purpose of agreeing upon the application of these terms. The present German government, it is further announced, assumes the responsibility ior this step towards peace and has the support of the greatmajority of the reichstag. The imperial chancellor, declaresjhe note, speaks in the name of the German govern ment and of the German people. The president of the United States, it is suggested, may occasion a meeting of a mixed commission to make arrangements for the evacuation. Should President Wilson finally decide that there is enough sincerity in Germany's proposition to transmit it to the allies, as the German chancellor requested, it should be borne in mind that Great Britain, France and the other entente nations must be taken into consideration for decision as to whether an armistice should be granted or whether discussions should be undertaken to carry out the details of the application of President Wilson's peace terms. CAPTURE OF DOUAI LOOMING Billyum's Busted Bubble! Lille Also Threatened by Al lied Wedge; British Begin , Advance East From Lens Also. BULLETIN. London, Oct. 12. Brit ish forces advancing east Df Lens have captured the villages of Montigny, Har - nes and Annay, Field Mar shal Haig reports in his of ficial statement tonight. . The German rear guards suffered severe casualties. Northwest of Le Cateau the villages of St. Vaast, St. Aubert, Villers-en-Cauchies and Avesnes-Le-Sec have ' been cleared of the German I rear guards, while on the west bank of the Sensee canal, Arlieu and Corbehem have fallen into the British hands. French headquarters in France, Oct 12. (Reuters.) The Germans are rapidly falling back on the 4 Champagne front from Laon to the Argonne. Sixty miles of this front is a sea of smoke and flame and every town and village for miles behind the enemy's lines is burn ing. Vouzieri, which was reported , taken this morning by the allies, is blazing from end to end and the whole country seems ablaze. By The Associated Press. The Anglo-American forces on the southerly side of v the great wedge that has been thrust into the enemy lines southeast of Valenciennes are halting momentarily before an ex temporized German defense line run ning from Valenciennes to the Oise. Both to the north and south of this area, however, the Germans are either retreating or preparing to fall (Continued on Pate Two, Column Seven.) ' " " f GERMANY ACCEPTS PEACE TERMS OF U. S. PRESIDENT Text of German Reply Made To President Wilson's Note Germany's Reply Means Unconditional Surrender, Says Secretary McAdoo Chicago, "Oct. 12. The text of Germany's reply to President Wil son's inquiry was communicated by the Associated Press tonight to William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, just before he deliv ered a Liberty loan address at a crowded-mass meeting. Mr. Mc Adoo told the audience the text of the reply and added: "What this government de mands, based on President Wil son's speecehs, is unconditional surrender, and if the text of this reply is authentic it means just that." f HERE'S THE KG SURPRISE Sunday, October 20, Is the Day THE OMAHA BEE Inaugurates Its First Splendid ROTOGRAVURE SECTION Pictures of Omaha people active in war work. Pictures of nationally known men and womeniguring prominently in all the big war drives. Pictures of sailors and soldiers who are "over there." Pictures of Omaha boys who have given their lives in the great battle for , - democracy. Pictures men, women and children will all enjoy, for they are very educational and interesting. t The Finest Process Ever Devised for Reproducing Photograph Effects. Just Another Big Exclusive Feature The Bee Is Going to Give Its Readers ! Phone your prder now and have The Bee delivered regularly to your horne. , ' THE BEE'S ROTOGRAVURE SECTION . SOMETHING NEW EVERY SUNDAY I .'DON'T MISS A SINGLE ISSUE OMAHA BIG HNS LOSE AND COVER ON GRAIN DEALS Exchange Gossip Says Bulls Drop Million and Bears Pick Up Half a Million by Slump. How much have the big Omaha grain men made or lost in the recent spectacular decline in corn prices? This question isa subject of lively gossip at the Grain Exchange. One report has it that Al Kinsler was in on the right side of the market for a clean-up of somewhere near $500,000 and that George A. Roberts and Nels Updike were caught in the drop to the tune of $750,000 and $250,000 respectively Further gossip has it that these losses have been largely offset by later unloading and selling short. Roberts is repordted to have cleaned up $2,000,600 in these operations since the war began, while Updike's profit account is put even higher for that period. So no one is headed for the poor house. Kinsler, on the other hand, is supposed to have been on the losing as often as on the win ning side. Dope on the Trading. "No, I can't tell you much about it that can be corroborated, but there is no question that a lot of money was made and losfby our Omaha plungers during the last few weeks," said a well-informed grain man. "Just remember that when the Sep- Contlnurd on Pace Eight, Column One. Germans Surrender, Thinkirfg Armistice Had Been Arranged With the Anglo-American Forces on the Valenciennes Front, Oct. 12. -The British cavalrymen operating on this front have taken prisoners who said they were under the im pression that an armistice had been signed and that, therefore, they gave themselves up. It is evidence that the "peace talk" is having its effect in the Ger man army as many of the enemy are surrendering who otherwise might not v . ' Many of the German officers who have been taken prisoner had their effects all packed ready for a stay in a prison camp. BEE STARTS NEW FREE SHOE FUND FOR TODDIES to Keep Shoeless Children 1n School List Is Started on Plan of Free Milk and Ice Fund. Just a few pairs of children's little shoes will keep one young girl in school this winter and give a hard working man a chance to draw the first long breath of relief he has known in many weeks. Last week the child in question called on Miss Mary Foster of the Vocational Guidance bureau for a permit to work. She was-'not nearly 14 years old and the law forbids permitsto children under that age, so Miss Fos ter sent her to Truant Officer Car ver, v "Why are not yofl in school?" he asked. And this was her story. She is the third oldest of a family of 10 chil dren. Her father is a sober and in dustrious man who does his best to take care of his family. The oldest boy is at work. The oldest girl has been at work, but is now ill and the cost of her care in the hospital is added to the load on the father's shoulders. To keep the younger children in school, this little girl is the only one who by working could add a mite to the family in come. Looks Into Store. "I investigated her story," sr Mr. Carver, "and found it absolute ly true. The family have always been self-supporting and are too proud to ask for charity, even in this emergency. Shoes and stockings are thevmost expensive things and the Continned on Face Eight, Column Two. Wilson First Receives JTcxt of German Reply From Associated Press New York, Oct. 12. The text of Germany's reply to President Wilson's inquiries was communi cated by the Associated Press to the president tonight at the Metro politan opera house, where he had gone to attend a concert for the benefit of blinded Italian soldiers. Secretary Tumulty said Mr. Wil son had not previously seen the , text and that he would make no comment. Washington, Oct. 12. Following is the text of the Ger man reply to President Wilson's note in answer to Germany's proposal for an armistice and peace negotiations: The text of the note follows: "In reply to the questions of the president -of the United States of America the German government here by declares: "The German government has accepted the terms laid down by President Wilson in his address of January 8, and in his subsequent addresses on the foundation of a permanent peace of justice. Consequently, its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon practical details of the application of these terms. "The German government believes that the govern ments of the powers associated with the government of the United States also take the position taken by Presi dent Wilson in his address. The German' government, in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government, for the purpose of bringing about an armistice, declares itself ready to comply with the proposition of the presi dent in regard to evacuation. "The German government suggests that the presi dent may occasion the meeting of a mixed commission "for making the necessary arrangements concerning the evacuation. The present German government, which has udertaken the responsibility for this step towards peace, has been formed by conferences and in agreement with the great majority of the Reichstag. The chan cellor, supported in all of his actions by the will of this majority, speaks in the name of the German government - and of the German people. "Berlin, Oct. 12, 1918. (Signed.) "SOLF, "State"Secretary of Foreign Office." KAISER PERHAPS ALREADY SHORN OF GREAT POWER Phrase in German Note Gives Rise to Inquiry What Has Become of Emperor William. Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 12. In an extraordinary-outspoken article, the Franklische Tagespost, the Nurenburg socialist organ, flatly demands the abdication of the German emperor. It declares that the responsibility for the present situation rests upon him and says that as the military system is about to collapse, he must be the last of the military monarchs. Washington, Oct. 12. One of the closing phrases of the German rfote, which declares that the present Ger man government has ben formed by conferences in agreement with the great majority of the reichstag and that the chancellor "speaks in the name, of the German, govern ment and of the German people," was regarded as being susceptible to almost unlimited speculation. What has become of the kaiser was the question asked on every hand as that phrase was read. The world knows very little of what has been going on in Germany dur ing the last few months when with armies steadily beaten at the front things at home have been going from bad to worse. It wai regarded as not without the realm of possibilities that the great power of the kaiser, which brought on the war, has been taken from him. Miss Shaw Dies on Way To France as Red Cross Nurse Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 12. Miss Erma Lovisa Shaw, daughter of Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, died yesterday of pneu- monia, while en route to France as a Red Cross nurse, according to a cablegram from Falmouth, England, received here today by her parents. WILSON LEADS LIBERTY DAY PARADEJN N. Y, Receives Greatest Ovation Ever Given to a Presi dent of the United States. By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 121 President Wilson, commander-in-chief of the American army and navy, marched today at the head of the American forws in the Columbus-Liberty Day parade, one of the most impressive and inspiring spectacles New York has ever seen. Under a canopy formed by the flags of the 22 nations arrayed against autocracy and with squad rons of American airplanes hovering overhead, the president strode with 25,000 fighting men from five con tingents and islands in every sea over the entire three-mile line of march along the "avenue of the allies." Then, at the foot of Fifth avenue, beside the Washington arch, he took his place in an automobile and reviewed the long column. The spectators, whose numbers the police estimated at more than a million, never ceased cheering. Ovation Unparalleled. From the minute they caught sight of the shining silk hat which proclaimed the approach of the na tion's chief executive until they lost sight of it in the distance, the men and women who lined the avenue and sought a vantage point on every house top hardly paused for breath. It seemed as if the city had gone mad. In according Mr. Wilson what probably was the greatest ovation a president of the United States had ever received, men threw their hats into the air and yelled themselves hoarse, while babies were hoisted on their fathers' shoulders that they might tell, in the years hence, of the day they saw the president march. Women clapped their hands fran- - Agrees to Evacuate Invaded Territory as Prerequisite to": Armistice; Government Claims to Represent People BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Oct. 12. Germany's reply to President Wilson's inquiry, intercepted as it was be ing sent by the great wireless towers at Nauen and forwarded here tonight in an official dispatch from France, declares Germany is readylo' accept Presi dent Wilson's peace terms and evacuate the invaded territory as a prerequisite to an armistice and that the bid for peace represents the German people as well as the government. Although on its face the text of the German note teem to be a complete acceptance. of President Wilson's terms the people of the United States and the allied countries should be cautioned against accepting it as such a compliance with the president's demands as will mean immediate cessation of hostilities. MAY NOT END THE WAR. As President Wilson was in New York tonight and re served comment on the note, his views cannot be stated now and none of his official family here in Washington cared to speak for him. j Without any attempt to discover what appeared to be, j at a casual reading, an acceptance of the terms the president y j has laid down, officials here were very positive as to noKac- cepting the German note as a document, which means the) i end of the war. It needs to be examined and fully consid ered before the views of the American government can be stated. The greatest danger facing the people of the United States, officials said here tonight, was that they might hasti 4y consider Germany's proposition as the unconditional sur render which the co-belligerents demanded and relax their effiorts to continue the victories at arms and carry overt the fourth Liberty loan. On every side, in official quarters it was stated that this view of the situation could not bo placed before the public too strongly. OFFICIAL COMMENT WITHHELD. Conceding that possibly the proposal for an armistice)! might be accepted and that the German acceptance of Presi dent Wilson's peace terms might be satisfactory the question, in the opinion of officials and diplomats here, would center in "who is the present German government." If the present German government is the government of Hohenzollern there seems no doubt here that the German reply will be unacceptable. The official text of the German note had not been re ceived at a late hour tonight. It was announced there would be no official comment at least until it arrived. MADE PUBLIC IN LONDON. London, Oct. 12. The reply of the German govern ment to President Wilson's note was forwarded to Washing, toto at noon today. The text was made public here this eve ning. In brief Germany accepts the terms laid down by Presi dent Wilson for the foundation of a permanent peace of jus tice. It declares itself ready to comply with the president' proposals for the evacuation of occupied territory. It suggest! that the president may occasion a meeting of a mixed commission to make'arrangements for the evacua tion, and says that the present government, which has the' support of the majority of the Reichstag, has undertaken responsibility for this step towards peace. (President Wilson's 14 terms of peace as outlined be fore congress January 8 are given on page 2.) 1 tically and embraced strange men in an exuberance of joy, while smail boys broke through the police lines to get a better view of the nation's leader. "It was the second time the presi dent had marched in a parade down Fifth avenue, but when he opened the last Red Cross campaign he headed a great army of mercy, while today he led a grim legion of fight ing men and behind them, dragged S by motor trucks and tractors, great guns wrested from the Germans It was a stern procession, typify ing "force to the utmost." , . During the president's march man broke through the police 1 and attempted to shake hands wi him. fcecret service men- stoppe the man and took him to a pojjMyj station, where he was held for - orderly conduct. The police I W intentions were harmless. I ks '7, Vt in a lines J, with J.J pP.etI U
