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TTft RIEF : Bright jljreezy BITS OF NEWS AMERICA'S HISTORIC ANSWER: "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER." The Omaha Daily L' Bee Salt Gar on Market, -New Orleans, Oct. 15. Salt gar 'fish', 10,000,000 pounds a year, will 'go from Louisiana waters through out the country, according to plans . completed by a local fish concern with the approval of John M. Park , er, state food administrator. Mr Parker bas eaten the salt gar, fried i baked, stewed and in courtbullion , and pronounced it excellent, even declaring it more palatable and nourishing than the high-priced codfish. Formerly gar fish were !used only for fertilizer and bait for crab nets. It has been announced that salt gar will be cheap. Forty-niners Hold Reunion. San Francisco, Oct. IS. Eleven men who came to California in '49 . across the continent by prairie trail or sailing vessel round the Horn met here recently and drank a toast to 'the days of gold. Ihey rep (resented the 41 remaining members of the Society of California Pioneers which at one time comprised 3,000 lovers of adventure. For years the . pioneers have held a reunion in this city, but year by year the attend ance has dwindled. J. Chews Chocolate in Flight. With the American Forces in France, Sept. IS. American avia tors who use tobacco take with them on flights cakes of chocolate to nib . ble upon in the place of smokes. A Jew prefer chewing gum, but some form of sweets accompanies nearly all A'mericans when starting on a , flight' of any duration. William E. Brotherton of Guthrie, 111., an avia tor, who is credited with at least one Boche airman, said recently that In August during an encounter with - several German flyers in the region x of the Vesle he was chewing choco . late as he fought. Woman Is Weather Observer. --Des Moines, Oct. IS. Iowa claims to have the only woman weather ob server ui the United States Miss Ethel D.Slaght of Des Moines, now "assistant observer" in the federal weather bureau. When her prede- , cessor, Ross T. Waddell, entered military service, Meteorologist Chas Reed found it impossible tf secure a young man of the necessary quali fications, so Miss Slaght was given the position. "Veils Serve as "Flu" Masks. New York, Oct. IS. Wearing' of chiffon veils was advocated tonight by Dr.' Royal S. Copeland, health commissioner, as one means of checking New York's continually spreading epidemic of Spanish in fluenza. Dr. Copelarld said the veils would serve -as an almost absolute preventive and that ;it may be come necessary to order every one in New York to adopt them. AVIATOR FLIES y HERE 10 HOURS t FR0ILLIN0IS Lieutenant F. W. Gledhill Makes Unaccompanied Trip From East on Way tor Southern Field. t . Lt. Franklin W. Gledhill, from the United States flying: school at Rantoul.'Ill., landed yesterday after noon in a held east of the entrance to Florence field, after being in the airfor seven hours. He left Rantoul Tuesday morning under special or 'ders, and piloted his large army bi plane to Fort Omaha in less than 10 hours. Before landing, Lieutenant Gled hill entertained the residents of North Omaha with what they thought was "stunt" flying, -but which was in reality only simple maneuvering to find a suitable land ing place. Two army balloons of the newest type were in the air to greet him on his arrival. x Reticent as to Mission. Lieutenant Gledhill is a slim, athletic young man. He was reti cent concerning his mission to Omaha. The airplane was left in an open held, where it landed, heav ily guarded. Dozens of cars drove . out during the nighf to see the machine, only to be ordered away by the guards. Some mystery surrounds the mis sion of the young aviator. It is thought generally at Fort Omaha that he witl fly on tosome avia tion school in Texas, but this is only a rumor. There will be spe cial activity at the balloon school Wednesday morning, and the men neiieve that this in some manner pertains to the visit. VOL. 48 NO. 102. 1 aha P. MM4-tlu aattff Miy 28. 1901 at 0. nadir act at Marco a, II7S OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1918. ull (I iraar). Oally Sua., fS Dally. M M. Iaaa. tl.10. : aatilda Nat. aotftg aitra. TWOv CENTS. THE WEATHER V For Nbrakt Partly cloudy tydnaUyi unsettled Thuridayt not much change in temperature. Ronrlr Taimwralnrw. .... If SI ...as .. ,7 I a. m.. ...... .01 f 1p.m. a. n S p. n. .1 a. m ..60 I p. in. a. m... 6S 4 p. m. a. n 6 B p. m. 10 a. .. 7 6 p. m. 11 a. m 61 1 7 p. . lt m IS S p. m. MIIMIM EMM , 1 '' i s AMERICANS BEAT BACK GERMANS IN FIERCE FIGHTING Troops Which Captured Heights Northwest of Verdun After All Day Battle Continue Advance Beyond St. Juvin; Breach in Kriemhilde Defenses Widened by Pershing's Operations. V Payne Held on Charge v Trying to Bribe Officer Ike Payne, 2212 Poppelton avenue, inventpr of the false bottom delivery uto used for bootleging purposes, which was taken with some 200 pints of whisky on the Douglas street bridge Tuesday, was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of at tempting to bribe an officer, on a warrant sworn out by Policeman Swenson. y Swenson, who is stationed on the Douglas street bridge, says last Tuesday when he discovered a quantity of whisky in the car driven by Swenson, the latter offered him $100 cash to let him go free. Minister Erzberger Expresses Regret for x Sinking ot Leinster V - London, Oct IS. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from The Hague quotes Matthias Erzberger. min uter without portfolio in the Ger man government, as expressing regret over the sinking of the Irish mail steamer Leinster, but, declaring that it was the hand of fate, for which Germany could not be held responsibly , , By The Associated Press. With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 15. In the face of the most stubborn resistance conceivable, including literally hundreds of machine gun nests, the Amer icans advanced again today and widened the breach in the Kriemhilde line. The Germans heavily shelled the center and left center of th American line and desperate counter-attacks were car ried out. These counter-attacks failed. t The Americans, who captured Hill 299 and penetrate he strong wire defenses between Landres-Et-St. Georges and St. Georges, have passed St. Juvm. The American gains in general , were accomplished through pursu ance ot the strategic policy ot sur rounding the objectives rather than storming them. The machine gun filled woods and heights lying in the path of the American advance were taken for the most part by going around them on the left and. right and ioinine forces again on the north side and clearing up the areas thus encircled. Encircle Difficult Position. The dav's fighting began eady when the center moved forward and encircled the difficult position at hill 288 from which a machine gun fire estimated as coming from at least 200 guns concealed in the adjacent woods was poured into the Ameri cans. The patrols pushed forward despite the enemy opposition into the Bantville woods. Hill 286 was taken early, not withstanding a withering machine gun fire and a deluge of gas shells which compelled the Americans to fieht for hours with-their gas masks adjifsted. They also encountered vast quantities of wire which had not been sufficiently cut by the ar tillery and faced an enfilading fire from both sides. Cross AireRiver. An attack by the left wing of the American forces began early this morning east of the Aire river. By noon the troops had crossed the river and were soon halt a kilo meter northeast of Grand Pre, al though there is no indication that Grand Pre has yet been taken. The right wing also was fairly ac tive throughout the day, but chiefly in liaison with tlje troops to the west. The Inemy in this sector put up lively arrllery and infantry op position and resisted with every ounce of strength in his makeshift divisions. Fight Goes On All Day. With the American Forces North of the Argonne, Oct. IS. (Reuters) Another step beyond the Kriem hilde defenses was taken yesterday by the Americans when they moved their line up to the St. Georges and Landres-St, Georges, northwest of Romagne. It was the third phase of General Pershing's operations be tween the Muse and the Argonne (prrest. , , The attack began early on Monday morning, but it was not until late in the day that any material progress was made. Almost the entire day was taken up in a bitter struggle through gas filled woods and over the shell swept tops of hills that separated the Americans from the (Continued en Pag Two, Column Fire.) LIBERTY LOAN TOTAL STILL SHORT OF HALF-WAY FIGURE eiSON GOES INTO NATIONAL Y. M. C. A. WORK Secretary of Local Association to Become Personnel Sec retary of National Com mittee for Midwest. Edward F. Denison, for eight years general secretary of the Oma ha Young Men s Christian associa tion, and for five years previous to that boys' secretary, tendered his resignation to the board of directors at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Denison has been called to a VERDUN FRONT VITAL LINK IN GERMAN LINES Fresh Divisions Brought Up in Effort to Stop Americans and Hold Communica tion LinesT y Associated Press. With the American Forces North west of Verdun, Oct. IS. How great is the importance attached by the Germans to holding back the Americans is shown in a re' cent order of Gen. Von Der Mar. witz, , commander-in-chief of the Fifth army, which has reached American intelligence officers. "It is on the unconquerable re sistance of the Verdun front," reads the order, "that depends the fate of a great part of the western front perhaps even of our nation. The latneriana must rest assurea inai every commander and -every man realizes the greatness of his mission and that he, will do his duty to the very end. Expect Quick Retreat. - "If they do this the enemy's at tack will, as heretofore, break against our firm will to hold." With the American army already across the Knemhilde-Stellung line it might be expected that the Ger mans will fall back rapidly to their third line of defense from Steenay to Sedan, but because of the vital necessity of preventing the allies from cutting the lines of communi cation before the greater part of the German forces are able to extricate themselves, it is assumed that they will increase rather than decrease their resistance. It is not believed however, that the Germans, will be able to offer the same sort of resistance, but on the other hand, willjidopt a more open form of warfare much as they did north of the river Marne, con centrating here and there forces in places best suitable for delaying ia general advance into a slowly com pressed area. When the British forced their way through the second defenses (Continued on Pago Two, Column Two.) Roosevelt Pays. Tribute To Germans In U. S. Army New York, Ocf. IS. The two im mediate duties before the United States, Col. Theodore Roosevelt to night told the Liederkranz club of New York are to carry on the war "until we win the, peace of over whelming victory" and to insist on absolute Americanism in the citi zenship of the United States. "No p'eace not based on uncondi tional surrender of Germany and her vassal allies should be accept ed," he declared. On the other hand, he asserted that it was a "gross infamy" and disloyal to the true spirit of Americanism to dis criminate against any American be cause he was of foreign birth or ancestry. , ' Speaking in behalf of the fourth Lib erty loan. Colonel Roosevelt urged the club to support by buying bonds its 200 members now m the ser vice. He paid high tribute to men of German blood wmKhave fought for American ideals, and continued: "If I had been allowed to ra ye the divisions for service, in France which congress authorized me to raise, I should have made a point of having the largest possible proj portion of men of Germanorigin among my troops, and I should have been glad to have served un der a major general such as Kuhn If you wilk look at the casualty lists you will see what a large per centage of the names indicate that the bearers were of German blood. This war- is indeed the crucible, and in the actual test of battle it is showing that Americanism is a mat ter of spirit and purpose and soul, and not of birthright or descent." The audience, composed chiefly of persons o'f German birthror descent, applauded vigorously the colonel's denunciation of the German em peror. Seated on the platform with the former president was his son, Capt. Archie Roosevelt, recently invalided home. Following Colonel Roosevelt's ad dress, more than $2000000 was sub scribed to the fourth Liberty loan. ( ft -' '1 xk-'' " s ' E. F. DENISON. larger field in the association work, and after the first of December will become personnel secretary of the national committee, with headquar ters in Chicago. In this new work Mr. Denison will give his entire attention to the re cruiting and selection of secretaries, and other work, keeping in touch with the colleges and the army Young Men's Christian association in order to procure the best 'possi ble material for this important work. The territory coming under the jurisdiction of Mr. Denison com prises the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana- Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota. Mr. Deni son will remain in Omaha until the first of December to assist in the united war work campaign, in which the Young Men's Christian associa tion is taking a very active part. Mr. Denison's resignation was ac cepted by the board to become ef fective immediately. Flower New Secretary. R. L. Flower, the present boys' secretary of the Omaha association was selected to take Denison's place. Mr. Flower has been connected with the local association for eight years. Previous to that time he was the state boys' secretary of Indiana- and boys' secretary of the San Antonio, Tex., association. He is a graduate of the Springfield training school. Mr. Flower will assume'his duties as secretary im mediately. Serbian Forces Capture Heights North of Nish London. Oct. IS. Serbian forces advancing north of Nish on Sunday captured on a large tront all the heights which dominate both banks of the Morava river, according to an official announcement made hre today. Reichstag Sitting ' , Postponed by Order Of Its Preside Basel, Switzerland, Oct IS. Advices from Berlin say. that the president of . the reichstag has postponed the sitting of the reich stag which was to have begun tomorrow, reserving to himself the right to summon the legis lative body at a later date; According to Berlin dispatches received here the German social ists have1 decided, in view of the general political situation not to oppose - Prince Maxinvlian of B'n rctr'njr'o; his post of im perial chancellor v . . v Country Now Faces Task of Raising Seven Hundred Mil lion a Day to Reach Sik Billion Mark. Washington, Oct. 15. Only $156, 000,000 of new Liberty loan sub scriptions were reported today, ac cording to advices from the whole nation gathered by the treasury. The total subscription' o far is $2,954,870,650, still short of three billions, the "half way figure." In view of the expectation that fruits of Liberty day celebrations last Saturday would be fully re flected in today's reports, treasury officials declared the outlook grave. "Those in charge of the Liberty loan campaign made no conceal ment of the fact that the situation was very disappointing," said the official review of the loan's progress. "With only four days of the loan pe riod remaining, the country now faces the task of raising in excess of $3,p00,000.000 or more than $700, 000,000 a day." Early morning messages to head quarters stimulated hope, not borne out by tonight's, .figures, that Presi dent Wilson's rejection of the Ger man proposal for an immediate armistice would create a wave of en thusiasm which would sweep a mul titude of subscriptions on its crest. Tomorrow's figures will be watched carefully for evidence-of this situa tion reported in scores of telegrams from field workers. Prompt Payment Urged. Considering the chance that sub scribers are delaying payment of the first 10 per cent installment and that conseouetttlv their pledges do not show in the official figures, campaign managers today urged that bond buyers pay down their 10 per cnt installment immediately. This will have the iffect of relieving inks of the tremendous task of tabulating these payments in the rush of the last hours this week and will show the nation on Saturday, the final day, precisely how big a job is cut out for it that day. .there is the belief, also among some managers, that too mar., people are waiting un til late in the week before increasing their subscriptions or entering new pledges. By doing this, it was point ed out, they will serve to create un necessary long lines of prospective buyers at bank windows, or to take the time of workers which would be devoted better to stirring up the persons who may have escaped earlier solicitations: . Consequently, "buy now," promises to be a companion to "double the third" as a campaign solgan. for the remainder of the week. Totals of subscriptions by districts were re ported tonight as follows: Subs- Percent City, scription. age. St Louis $213,316,450 82 Minneapolis 159,708,600 76 Boston 298,590,000 59 Dallas 72,167,150 57 San Francisco .. 228,943,050 56 Chicago 474,686,150 54 Richmond 135,233,000 48 Kansas City 120,979,150 46 Cleveland 271,253,750 45 New York ... . 713,988,000 39 Atlanta 74,495,300 ' 38 Philadelphia 191,510,100 38 Lens Razed by Huns; Will Take Two Years To Reopen Coal Mines Paris, Oct. IS. (Havas.) About two years must elapse before it will become possible to take out any coal from the mines in the Lens region, which the Germans damaged to the best of their ability before they re tired from the city, an inspection of the mining properties has re vealed. It is estimated that it will take five years to restore the nor mal production of the pits. Of the 10,000 houses in Lens not one is. left standing, (the town hav ing been completely rated. Luxemburg Looks to U. S. For Liberation From Huns Amsterdam, Oct IS. According to the Bremen Westr Zeitung, the Luxemburg chamber of deputies has unamiously, adopted an order of the day begging President Wilson to protect Luxemburgs's rights. The order demanded that the govern ment should obtain the evacuation of the country and the liberation of all nationals of. Luxemburg con demned by the German military courts. - " Zeppelin Shed Blown tip. London, Oct 15. The inde pendent air forces today bombed the Frescaty airdome and blew up a Zeppelin shed, according to an offi cial annguBcement made here today. - OMAHA OFFICER CALLED TO AID GENERAL STAFF Personnel Adjutant at Fort Omaha Ordered to Wash ington as Member of Di recting Army BoUy. in .I. i Capt. Charles J. Glidden, former ly president of the aviation exam inging board at Omaha and later personnel adjutant at Fort Omaha, has been ordered to report to the general staff at Washington, D. C. for assignment. Captain Glidden came to Omaha in September, 1917, from Boston ihtiiiriifmnTwivfwiBiTffnfiiiil ADVANCE TROOPS DRIVE SIX MILES INTO ENEMY LINES Menin and Thourcourt, Important Railway Points, Oc-i lupieds British Reach Point But Three Miles From Lille; Foch Widens Wedge Which J Threatens to Split German Forces. vf 1 I I 11 CapCtas.j: QliJde where he had served two months as department aeronautical officer of the northeastern department, under Gen. Clarence . Edwards, now in France. "Flu" Now Epidemic In Practically Every Section of Country Washington, Oct IS. Spanish in fluenza now has reached epidemic proportions in practically every state of the country In spite of all efforts by federal, state and local authorities, the disease has spread rapidly and the death toll has been high in most parts of the nation. In army camps, the epidemic is subsiding, a further decrease in the number of new cases being noted today at the office of the surgeon general of the army. In war-crowded District of Co lumbia the epidemic continues un abated. As a further precautionary measure, the Treasury and Interior departments today issued orders that no new employes of those de partments be brought to Washing ton until further notice. VICTORY MEET TO CELEBRATE OMAHA SUCCESS Public Will Gather at Court House to Jubilate Over . the Completion of Bond Quota.' Shipwreck Victims Buried Beneath Debris in Gullies Island of Islay, Scotland, Oct. IS. A British array labor battalion has begun to remove the Otranto wreckage piled in enormous masses in many deep gullies on this savage shore. Only by much laborious arid systematic work can the bodies be removed and it may be several weeks before the task is completed. Other bodies are imprisoned in the rocky inlets and in great beds of kelp, or tangle weed, as the island ers term it. The Otranto went to pieces on a great rock a mile out, almost at the very entrance to Machir bay, whose sandy beach might have of fered a haven to the disabled trans port. A year ago a small steamer stranded in a town on that beach intact without the loss of a single life. The storm that raped at the time of the loss of the Otranto was so terrificNhat wreckage was carried by huge waves over the cliffs a quarter of a mile inland. ' It is re garded as a miracle that any one on board escaped, yet with one or two exceptions ' the 20 survivors who reacKed Islay showed little ef fect! of their fearful ordeal. . By The Associate! Press. London, Oct. 15. In the fighting in Flanders the Brit ish have captured Menin, a railway center of great impor tance about four miles northeast of Turcoing. The British have reached Lechat, on the Courtral Ingelmunster road, and have captured the villages of Gul leghem and Heule. They have also advanced to the out skirts of Courtrai. This announcement was made shortly before midnight by the war office. Since the morning of October 14, the allies have taken 12,000 prisoners and more than 100 guns in the operations in Belgium. In addition to occupying Menin, the British have entered Wervicq and af e standing on the right bank ' of theLys. Northeast of Lens the British have advanced to the neighborhood of Hauberdin, about three miles west of Lille and to the south have crossed the Haute Deulo canal, south of Pont-A-Vendin and taken several villages, according to the communication of Field Marshal Haig, issued tonight. With the Allied Forces in. Bel- gium, uct. is. criusn, rrencn ana Belgian troops in their offensive begun yesterday in Belgium, have captured more than 10,000 , prison ers and have taken more than 100 guns. . . Advanced allied troops have sig- ' nailed that they' are from six to ' seven miles inside the German po sitions. Thourout Captured by Allies. The Belgian town of Thourout was captured by the allies. Thour out is an important strategist po sition and a vital transportation center. Upon it hinged a large part of the German transportation sys tem. Heavy rain fell in Flanders throughout the night, tending, to turn the battle fields into seas of mud. The low plunging clouds show no signs of clearing. A continua tion of the steady downpour would undoubtedly result in slowing up the battle. The enemy artillery reacted heav ily south of Roulers after the al- lied attack was launched, but north1 of the city this fire was very slight, indicating that the German guns had been withdrawn. The German rear guards were overcome and further nrth the enemy resistance gradually grew lighter as the as sault progressed. Among the pris oners was a complete regitoental staff and a battalion commander. Eight Divisions Hurled Back. Since Sunday morning eight, of the German front line divisions in Flanders have been flung back bro ken and confused, while probably all or most of the divisions held in reserve behind them received a heavy grueling. This apparently -has not been a battle of limited ob- jectives, but rather a drive, and where towns resisted at all strong ly the line has pushed on, closing again beyond and leaving clearing' up parties to finish the work. The enemy has begun blowing up material which he could not re move and the torch is being applied to the towns. There have been four explosions near Beerst. Adancing on Lichtervelde. - Havre, Oct. IS. The French and Belgiaa troops in Flanders have ' captured 7,000 Germans and taken 80 guns, according to the official communication issued by the Bel gian office tonight. Belgian and r : French cavalry are advancing on Lichtervelde, between Thourout and Boulers, having crossed the railroad. The Courtrai-Ingelnuster railway line has -been reached by the French and British, Drives Formidable Wedge. Paris, Oct 15. Marshal Foch 1$ ; driving a formidable wedge betwees " the German bases of Bruges and Ghent, in Belgium, and Lille in France. The effective manner in which King Albert carried out his attack Monday hasMurther widened the wedge, which threatens to split the German forces unless the enemy falls back speedily on a wide front. . -The British army of General. Plumer, on the right wing of the al-. (Contlnord an Pun Two, Columm Four.) ) Ml 1 A "victory meeting" to be held this noon at the Tower of Liberty on the court house lawn will be in celebration of Omaha and Douglas county going "over the top" in the fourth Liberty loan drive. Liberty loan workers will be there byhundreds and everybody else is invited, too. A good program of music and addresses bas been pre pared. The total of subscriptions Tuesday night was $10,217,800. The commit tee is assured, however, that the amount to be reported today will send Omaha "over the top" with a whoop. Whistles will blow during the meeting. A truck will go about the downtown streets from 11:30 to 12 o'clock, announcing the glad news that Omaha is "over" in the fourth Liberty loan as it has been in the other three. A number of counties in the state still are not over the top. T. C. Byrne- state chairsjjan, says it is pos sible that several counties will not fill their quotas. A concert will be given by the Omaha Musicians' association band. Community singing wfll be led by Grace LaRue, Orpheum star. An address by Mayor Smith will follow and there will Jisinging by Miss LaRue and theXoncord club quartet. Sergeant McDonald, a husky Illi nois boy, was hurled by a giant comber into one of the deepest rocky ravines among the grinding timbers, broken boxes and portions of the Otranto's cargo. He climbed out with scarcely a scratch and with strength so unimpaired that he was able to help two others get beyond the reach of the pursuing waves. Private Robert F. Shawd of Le banon, Pa., had a still more remark able experience. According to Shawd two of his brother's were on. the Tuscania and both were saved. They wrote, urging him to learn to swim. "If, I had not taken their advice," Shawd said, "I would not be alive today." He tried to jump from the Otranto to the de stroyer but fell into the sea. Eventu ally he was thrown upon Islay. Several survivors say the cotton padded collar of their life preservers saved them from fatal blows by pieces of wreckage and they believe that if the heads of the swimmers had been similarly protected many others probably would have escaped. This theory is supported by tl; bodies found. It is believed that far more were killed by timbers than were drowned. Mi 'r .5 R. D. Weigel Funeral to Be Thursday Afternoon The funeral of R.; D. Weigel will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Cole & McKay chapel) A full military funeral will be coil ducted at the chapel, and at Fofrf! Lawn cemeterv the Maxona -J n II " u. -t .l' irt KC V