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V X I- fuinnn is1 (its' f?n (?nnnnni Iv.'1' BRIEF RIGHTv REEZY ,BITS OF NEWS h 1 Hush Falls on Cabarets.- El Paso, Tex., Oct. 16.-"Jazz" band players and cabaret musicians have been placed in the non-essential class by local authorities and the cafes here, frequented by offi cers and their friends, are without their usual musical setting. Some musicians sought to evade the rul ing, by leasing a ranch and work ing on it in daytime, continuing to play at the cabaretes at night. But this only succeeded for a short time. No Beer, No Groceries. New Orleans, La., Oct. 16. More than 100 grocery stores in New t)rleans will go out of business after the manufacture of beer is disoncontinued December 1, accord in" to Ar A. Larose, secretary of the New Orleans Retail Grocers' asso ciation. Of the more than 2,000 groceries in the city about half are operated in connection with. saloons. Mr. Larose states, and of this num ber about 10 per cent almost en tirely are supported by revenue from ihe bar. Boy Birth Rate' -rows. Los Angele , Oct. 16. A notable instance of increase in the percent age of boys in births in the last few rronths reported from Blythe, Cal., nd the nearby Palo Verde valley. According to Dr. V. J. Chapman, health officer at Blythe, five times as many boys as girls have been born in .his section in the last two months. He declares the children are unusually large and well de veloped. Reports of increases in percentages of male births have xme from many sections since the United States entered the war, but none so marked as this. Never Forgets Mother. - Camp Cody, ..N. ' M," Oct. r 16. (Special ' Telegram.) Jimmie W. McKeon, crippled newsboy at Camp Cody, spent $7.80 to telephone his mother in Sioux Falls, S. D., on her birthday He always sends his greetings this way, wherever he is. lie came wiyh South Dakota troops to Cody last year. GEN, ALLENBY SPRINGS NEW TRAP ON TURKS .Rapid Move of British in Pal estine Places Enemy in Danger of Being Caught and Crushed. London, Oct. 16. British cavalry has occupied Tripoli, 45 miles north of Beirut and Horns, about 85 miles north of Damascus, according to an official statement or. operations in Palestine issued tonight. The text of the communication follows: "On the occupation of Beirut by our troops October 8. 60 Turkish officers and 600 men of other ranks were made prisoner. Ballbek was entered by our armored car bat teries October 9, and it was ascer tained that a force of about 500 Turks had surrendered to the local inhabitants. "Our advanced cavalry and armored cars also occupied Tripoli Sunday and Horns Tuesday without opposition, the latter town having been reported by our air service as evacuated and in flames October 12. "Ttfrkish cavalry detachments re tiring through "Horns have been lo . cated at El Rastan, 11 miles north. Satisfactory conditions prevail in the recently occupied territory." By Associated Press. Tripoli is near the Mediterranean coast 45 miles north of Beirut and Horns is 85 miles north of Damas cus. By the new British drive there seemingly is created for the Otto man forces the menace of again being caught between General Al lenby's armies-and crushed, as was the case in the early days of the offensive in the region north of Jerusalem. The maneuver also may forecast a new drive by the British from the Bagdad region to form a junction .with General Allenby at Alappo and thus take the holy land in its entirety from the Turks. Last Day of Loan . To Be Celebrateck As Pershing Day Boston, Oct 16. Charles D. Haines of New York announced to day that the governors of practically all the states had endorsed the plan of the National Council of American Patriots, of which he is president, for a conntry-wide observance of next Saturday -as "Pershing day," to give a fitting climax to the loan campaign. - AMERICA'S HISTORIC ANSWER: "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER." The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 48 NO. 104. Entered H tMond-elaii matter May 28. 1906 at Omaha P. 0. uadar act of March - 3, 1879 OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918. By mall (I year). Dally. 84.80. Sunday. 12.80. Dally and Sun., $8; outilde Nab. aoitage extra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: For Nebraska;' Generally fair Thursday and Friday; much cooler by Thursday night. Hourly Temperatures. 11. ....61 S a. m a. m 1 a. m 8 a, m a. m 10 a. m. 11 a. 12 m ? m. m. m. m. m. m. p. m. p. m. Def. .....SO .....SI ..... .... at ttl iM .....si .....is H KAISER ABDICATES, HUNS CAPITULATE, EUROPEAN RUMORS Report From Holland Says Germany Will Accept All Wilson' Terms, Asking Only Guarantees for In terests of German People; Great Events Fore shadowed, Opinion at Washington. BULLETINS. Amsterdam, Oct. 16. Emperor William has issued a decree saying that martial law in Germany can only be ad ministered by an agreement between the-civil and military authorities, according to a report received here. Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 16. The German reichstag will meet Friday to discuss President Wilson's note, accord ing to the German press. ' Washington, Oct. 16. Tonight's news of Germany is everywhere regarded as the shadow of great events being cast before them. . News dispatches this afternoon, under an Austrian date line, said the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant had issued a special edition, in which the report was published that Germany had capitulated and Emperor William had abdi cated. Another dispatch, under London date line, quoted Reuters Ltd., as reporting that.the German reply to the presi dent's, most recent note was expected to be communicated immediately and that it was likely to constitute a general acceptance of the conditions outlined by the president as precedent to peace. Reports also were received' in London, dispatches said, through diplomatic channels from Holland that the German reply probably would be sent today and that it would be an acceptance of President Wilson's terms with some stipulation to the effect that the interests of the German people must be respected. Later the Neuwe Kotterdamascnew Courant withdrew its statement representing capitulation and abdi cation of the kaiser while the Brit ish official press bureeau announced it had been officially informed that such rumors had no foundation in fact. Kaiser's Overthrow Inevitable. There is in Washington no offi cial word that the kaiser has abdi cated, or that he has been over thrown, or that Germany is ready to accept all of President Wilson's terms. Official and diplomats, cautious and conservative by nature and practice, regard with incredulity the intimations that one or all of these things has happened. Of course," they all hope they have; they all know that one or ill of them are inevitable. The official opinion in the capw tal tonight is that coming of these things is timed only by the un known degree to which the Ger man military power has been brok en. There may be more informa tion on that point in the chancel lories of the allies than there is in Washington. Ferment Working in Germany. When President Wilson's reply to the German peace proffer went forth Monday night, it was pre dicted here that if it did not bring a complete and unconditional sur render of the military autocracy the German peoeple themselves would force one.. President Wil son's words were a plain invitation to the German people to take such a step and an ultimatum that there would be no peace with kaiserites. The coming hours will show how the leaven has worked; the intima tions in today's dispatches from London, Paris and Holland sug gest the progress of the ferment. Most significant of all is regard ed the report from Holland by way of London that Germany will im mediately reply to President Wil son accepting all his terms and ask ing only guarantees for the inter ests of Germany and the German people. When the German reply to Presi dent Wilson's ncte. comes this gov ernment's only course is to forward it to the co-belligerents. Guaran tees for the interests of Germany and, the German people which may V aslprl will not intervene as an obstacle if guarantees are sought in (Ceatloned oa Pace Two. Column Two.) WILHELM MAY PLACE GROWN ON GRANDSON HEAD Berlin Said to Be Debating How Emperor Can Disap pear Without Endanger ing Dynasty. Paris, Oct. 16. According to a source 'of information not without value Berlin is considering how Em peror William can disappear wih out endangering the dynasty, says a dispatch from Geneva to the Temps. One solution being considered, it is said, is the abdication of the emperor in favor of his granson, William, he eldest son of the Ger man crown prince, with the em peror's brother, Prince Henry, as regent. The Jornal Des Debats yesterday mentioned editorially the possibil ity of such a plan but it condemned it as unacceptable. Over 1,100,000 Men Contributed by India To the British Army London, Oct. 16 (British Wireless Service) General Allenby's great victories in Palestine and Syria, in which India has played a prominent part, make the time opportune to place on record the answer of India to the call to arms issued by the British empire. Indian troops have borne their share of the war in France, Meso potamia, Egypt, the Dardanelles, Saloniki, East Africa and in Central Asia. Up to July 31, 1918, India had contributed no fewer than 1.115,189 men to the British army. The first Indian war loan reached the sum of 40,000,000, and the second loan has reached even a greater amount. India has sent to the various the atres of war more than 1,500 miles of railroad track, 250 engines and 4,500 cars. A Message from Pershing New York, Oct 16. A cable message from General Pershing urging people to buy bonds which has been received here saysf "We have toiled cheerfully against the day of battle, and the spirit that has urged us on has been the determination to be worthy of those whom we left behind when we crossed the seas. The news of America awake, of the national spirit more strong, more unified, more determined, thrills us all. It is the knowledge of that spirit which makes us certain that our people at home will stand behind us as they have from the beginning, so that we may return soon to you, the vic tory won. Buy Liberty bonds to your utmost and make victory sure." Allies Splitting German Armies With Great Wedge By Associated Press. The great wedge of the allies in Flanders is being gradually extended eastward along the front of attack. Thourout, at the headof the railway leading to Bruges, and numerous villages to the south have been taken while Courtrai, the junction point of the railway to Ghent, is entirely surrounded. Large numbers of prisoners and many additional guns have been cap tured by the Belgian, French and British troops who are carrying out the operation. To the south of this region the British continue successfully- their maneuver which has as its main objective the capture of Douai and Lille and the blot ting out the big salient which is barring the way to Valenci ennes and the German defense line in the vicinity. Here the Germans are continu ing to withdraw, closely followed by the British, who are within two and a half miles andtljreeand three-quarter miles of Lille, re spectively southwest and west of the city. In the Champagne region, where the French and Americans are driving their way northward, further good gains have been made, notwithstanding the furi ous efforts of the Germans to hold their line. Rethel, the im portant junction point for the railways running to Mezieres and other points inside the enemy held territory, is all but captured by the French. " Eastward the Americans;. f also have again pressed sligi.tly forward. CAVALRY NEARS THIELT, 1 7 MILES FROM HOLLAND, IN CHASE OF GERMANS TEUTON TROOPS TOLD OF PLANS FOR ARMISTICE Germany Wanted Neutral Strip Between Armies Dur ing Withdrawal From Occupied Teritory. By WILBUR FORREST. Special cable, to the New York Tribune and Omaha Bee. (Copy right, 1898, by the New York Tri bune, Inc.) With the American Armies in the Field, Oct. 16. The elements of the German army opposing the Amer icans have been told that all plans for an armistice and the withdrawal from the occupied territory have now been arranged. The plan em braces the withdrawal of the Ger man troops 20 kilometers while the allied armies withdraw 10 kilo meters; then, with a neutral strip of 30 kilometers between the armies, the general withdrawal commences, the allied armies halting 10 kilo meters from the German frontier until peace is signed. An American sergeant captured by the Germans Wednesday was taken considerable distance to the German rear by his captors, given biscuits and liquor ration and then turned loose. His captors said that the war would soon be over and they did not want to bother with prisoners. The sergeant regained our lines at darkness without diffi culty. Young Woman of Omaha Dies; About to Cross Seas New York, Oct. 16. Miss Ruby Smith of Omaha, Red Cross ste nographer, about to sail for France, died here tonight at the Presbyter ian hospital of pneumonia follow ing influenza. She was a daughter of W. E. Smith of Macedonia, la. Peaks White With Snow. Reno, Oct. 16. The high Sierra Nevada mountains west of here are white with snow, far down their sides, that fell last night and early this morning. Mount Rose, the highest peak in Nevada, is glitter ing in a regular winter coat Dual Monarchy, in Fear of Czechs, Plants Guns in City Streets London, Oct 16. A dispatch to the Central News from Amsterdam says in Prague the streets from the suburbs to the city proper are oc cupied by troops armed with hand grenades and machine guns in con sequence of a threat by the Czechs to call a general strike throughout Bohemia. . The dispatch adds that pamphlets have been circulated de claring that a Czech republic will be proclaimed shortly, GERMAN DEFEAT IS ADMITTED BY ARMUEADERS Man Power Reduced by 30 Divisions Since August and Armament Greatly Depleted. By Associated Press. With the American Army in the Laon Area, Oct. 16. The first news that reached the inhabitants of Laon of the radical change in the military situation came from German officers who had, after the victories of the allies, already ceased to agree with the Berlin military critics whose ar ticles proclaiming Germany un beaten are now being circulated by wireless. With an utter lack of cau tion, which the hearer took as a betrayal of despair, the officers opened their minds and bared their hearts in the presence of people who had felt their oppression for four years. Before a man in. whose House they were billeted and who understood the German language, German offi cers declared: "The central empires are no longer able to stand out against the whole world. Hard times are in store for the fatherland unless peace is ob tained promptly." 4,600 Cannon Captured. Without a word of regret for op pression of the people whose roofs had sheltered them, they talked with unconcealed anguish of the possi bility that their own people might also feel the hardships of invasion. These direct confessions of de (Contnned on Page Two, Column Six.) German Council Votes To Take War Making Power From Kaiser Copenhagen, Oct. 16 Germany's federal council has accepted the proposed amendment to the consti tution, makirfg it read: "The consent of the federal coun cil and the reichstag is required for a declaration of war in the empire's name, except in a case where im perial territory has already been in vaded or its coasts attacked." Another section was amended to read: "Treaties of peace and treaties with foreign states which deal with affairs coming under the compe tence of the imperial law giving bodies require the consent of the federal council and the reichstag." Mrs. SundayJII With Flu At Home in Winona Lake Wednesday night Dr. W. F. Call fas received a letter from Billy Sun day, written from Providence, R. I., and in which he stated that Mrs. Sunday is at their home in Winona Lake, Ind., very ill with Spanish "flu," and that she is threatened with pneumonia. Her temperature at the time of writing the letter, Mr. Sunday stated was 104 degrees. Foe Running So Fast Pursuing Infantry Loses Touch With Them; Allied Troops Are Gradually Outflanking Entire Lille and Douai Salient. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. With the Allied Armies in Belgium, Oct- 1 6.-The Germans hate started a retreat on a tremendous scale from northern Belgium. French cavalry is ap proaching Thielt, seven miles rrom the banks of the Ghent-Bruges canal. The canal itself is only 10 miles from the border of Holland. So fast is the enemy retreating that the French, British and Belgianjnfantry, at least in the center of the battle front, has lost touch entirely with the enemy. The Belgians, advancing astride the Thourout-Bruges and Thourout-Os-tend roads have defeated the Germans, who are retreating raidly. ' This undoubtedly is one of the war s greatest and most vital victories, for the gallant little Belgian army, ably as sisted by crack French and British troops, now has driven the despoilers of its country from a large section which the Germans have occupied since the early days of the war and has gained positions of such importance that the Germans may have to abandon the entire coast of Belgium. LILLE SALIENT GROWING DEEPER. Moreover the sweeping advance of the allied infantry, preceded by a fan of French cavalry advancing rapidly, has left the entire-area in which are the important city-of Lille and the great mining and manufacturing districts of Turco ing, Roubaix and Tournai, in a salient which is growing deeper every hour and which the enemy cannot hope to hold. The French cavalry, which is on the crest of the allied advance, has done marvelous work. Today it galloped for ward more than 10 kilometers, frequently carrying out charges with a dash usually associated with cavalry upon isolated posts of enemy machine gunners which vainly at tempted to hold up its advance. Some of these gunners, taken prisoner, said they were totally unable to understand why the war was going on and why they were called upon to continue fighting. One officer said : "We have offered all the terms in the world for peace; nobody seems willing to accept them." RESISTANCE FIERCE IN PLACES. Resistance, where it has been offered by the enemy, has been "extraordinarily fierce, for in these places it obviously has been the purpose of the commanders of the fleeing Ger mans to gain time in which to remove their materials. Stub born fighting has been reported, especially from he region k of Thourout. The battle here has been from street to street and house to house, and large numbers of the enemy have been killed. Some Belgian forces have swept around the city in order to cut the roads at the rear and also assist in bottling up the enemy trying to hold out in the city itself. (!) PERSIA'S BOYS TAKE GRAND PRE ON AIRE RIVER Junction of Railways Feeding Great Part of German Army Falls Into Amer icans' Hands. With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 16. The American troops today occupied the town of Grand Pre, on the north bank of the Aire river north of the Argonne forest. Since early last night rain has fallen over the entire field Of com bat, converting roads and trenches into muddy canals. Aviation was impossible today and the artillery fire was directed entire ly maps except in rare instances when direct fire was used Grand Pre is only a village and its normal population is less than 1,500, but the place is of great strategic im portance. It is the junction of the railways feeding a great part of the German army and lies at the foot of the valley extending northward, at the entrance of which the Germans have fought so stubbqrnly. French Take Talma. Paris, Oct. 16. Northwest of Sissonne in Champagne the French have captured the town of Notre Dame De Liesse and west of Grand Pre have taken the village of Talma, according to the official communica tion issued by the war office to night. , New Ship Every Day. Washington, Oct. 16. Eight ships of 42,350 deadweight tons were de livered to the shipping board for the week ending October 11, the board announced today. Five ships were steel and three wood. Bolshevik Premier Shot by an Official Of Russian Soviet Amsterdam, Oct. 16. Another at tempt has been made on the life of Lenine, the bolshevik premier, ac cording to the Kiev correspondent of the Leipzig Abend Zeitung. Lenine received a bullet in the shoulder from a revolver in the hands of M. Dwanitzke, of the in formation bureau of the soviet Dwanitzke was arrested. Do You Like to Look at Pictures? Of course you do and the better they are, the better you like them. The Sunday Bee Rotogravure Section ' ' ' Starting October 20th It offers a splendid reproduction of photos of Omaha Men and Women you know Pictures of the boys "Over there" Pictures of the battlefields in France. Pictures Everybody Will Like Phone your Order today to Tyler 1000 and have THE BEE delivered regularly to your home. t v The Germans had placed machine gufis in the windows of houses tnd cellars and fired murderous streams of bullets into the advancing Bel gians but were unable to stop them. The Belgians fought with a dogged determination such as only troops fighting to regain their outraged country could display. Nothing could stop them. British Capture Linsellei. The British, following up the re treating Germans and , overcoming the rear guards, are reported as reaching Quesnoy and as ' having captured Linselles, along the'Lys. The Belgians at the time this dispatch was filed were reported to be past Keyem and to 'have reached posi-' tions dn the other side of Cachten and Ardoye. both of which they captured. Northeast of Courtrai, Bavichove was stormed and taken and the Belgians were still going. The Linselles position is most valuable for, the place being north west of Turcoing, the allied troops are gradually outflanking the. en tire Lille salient, from which there are further signs that the enenty is withdrawing. As a matter of fact, his troops in-this salient ire in an extremely precarious position. They must get out rapidly or face' disasrious consequences. ' v A thousand more prisoners and many more cannon have been cap tured. ,' Germans Surrendering Freely. The Germans at many places, es-J necially in the northern part of thnO battle area, seem to be surrendeiti e i- r - m ing irceiy. N Many more ClViliant V. have been rescued from the towvf A (Co-tlniMd on roc Two, Celamm Tlrr, i