Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1918)
V rtrRiEF -Bright jU'REEZY BITS OF NEWS California Closes Theaters San Francisco, Oct. 18. AH the aters and motion picture houses in the state were ordered closed today by the State Board of Health as a result of the Spanish influenza epidemic. 200,000 111 With Flu. Buenos Aires, Oct. 18. There are 200,000 cases of influenza in Buenos Aires. The medical authorities say that the disease is not Spanish in fluenza. There have been no deaths from it. Gouled Found Guilty. New York, Oct, 18. Felix Gouled army contractor, tonight was found guilty In the federal court of engag ing in a conspiracy to defraud the government of income taxes on pro fits made in manufacturing army raincoats. David L. Podell, a law yer, indicted with Gouled, was ac quitted. Find Kaiser Depressed. Pari;' Oct. 18. Prince Radiziwill and Count Roniker, the Polish dele gates who went to the German em peror's headquarters last August to present to him Poland's claims, were much string I t the monarch's depression and indifference, says the Matin. Emperor William, the news paper adds, consented readily to demands which ought to have ap peared very excessive to him. . Britain Supplies Rations. Washington, Oct. 18. Arrange ments have been made by the Bel vgian relief commission with the .British quartermaster general for 20,000,000 emergency rations to be furnished immediately to the res cued civilian population in Belgium. Herbert Hoover, chairman ot the commission, announced tociay tnat the rations would come from the stores of th British army m Bel gium and would be paid for by the relief commission. GET YOUR WANT-ADS IN FOR THE BIG SUNDAY BEE BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT TTW-TrTr rVn FT A TTTT A TT A TTTT 7 IUDtTTTTI VOL. 48 NO. 106. InUni u Mcond-cltit mtttir Mty 2S, I MM it 0mhi P. 0. itBdar lot tl March 3. 1179 OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918. By mill (I rtr. Dally. S4.S0. Sinciy. SIM. Ottly mi Sun., $5; aitaldi Nab. paitaaa atra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER. For Nebraakat Shovran Safor dmj; cooler wait portioip Sunday partly cloudy. Hourly Temperlr. S a. m.. a. m. . 1 a. m. . R a, m.. a. m.. 10 a. m.. 11 a. in.. U m .50 .50 ,.60 ,. ,. ,. ,.50 ..53 ...M 1 p. m. 1 p. m. S p. m. ,...... 00 4 p. m. ,.8 5 p. in. ....... M 6 p. m. ...... ...M 7 p. m. f. .....54 8 p. m ..M ft PROCLAIM FREEDOM umm ma wm mm ; , : I n aia.wwaMawaMiaajai, , aa i 11 nrnnn n nin bCniVIAIMO OF CZECHS National Council Declares a Republic Embracing States of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. An Appeal to Citizens of the Middle West From Fourth Liberty Loan Committee Wilson Approves Bribery Law Washington, Oct. I8.f-In a letter today to Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, author of the new law mak ing a federal "offense of bribery in :ongressional primaries or elections President Wilson expressing his .atisfaction at the measure wrote: 'Experience in the last election and in many that preceded it, had dem onstrated only too clearly the im portance of putting the federal pow er in commission against the pro cesses of corruption at elections." "flfTerum and vaccine to bejested Preventive and Specific Will Be Used Largely in Com batirig 'Epidemic in Chicago. Chicago, Oct. 18. Dr. John Dill Robertson, health commissioner of Chicago, is going to vaccinate ev srybody in Chicago against pneu monia following influenza. He made the announcement today in :onnection with the arrival of the first allotment of 500,000 doses of vaccine from Rochester, Mjnn. He plans that 100,000 persons shall re ceive the preventative each day un til all are immune. Those who have had the influenza are excepted from '.he order. A blood serum used as a curative ; in the east only in desperate cases of influenza will be tried out in Chi cago and Illinois, tie State influenza ':ommission agreed tonight. The commission is faced with a difficult problem to obtain the cura tive in sufficient quantity, as it was stated that eight ounces of blood musi be taken from a patient who has survived the malady to produce three ounces of serum. The commission received first hand reports of experiments with this serum from Dr. Herman N. Bundesen of the Chicago Health de partment, who returned today from in eastern trip.' The commission laid emphasis on the fact that the serum should not be confused with the vaccine now in use. The vaccine is a preventive and the serum, is used as a curative only in very bad cases. Disease Still on Increase. Washington, Oct. 18. Reports to the house health service today from 35 states showed that Spanish "flu" still is on the increase in most parts of the country. Conditions in army camps also were less favorable, the 4,491 new cases reported to noon to day showing that the disease appar ently was stationary after the mark ed decline noted for several days. The epidemic still is more pro nounced in the eastern section of the country than it is west of the Mis sissippi river, due undoubtedly to the more crowded conditions in the large cities. Although influenza cases in army camps increased slightly the num ber of pneumonia cases, 1.599, de creased during the 24 hour period ending today at noon. Deaths were 657, against 684 yesterday. Influ enza cases reported from all camps since the epidemic began now total 279,945; pneumonia cases 42,576 and deaths 13,681. Free-for-AII Scrap Results From Dog Fight A free-for-all fight was staged at Twenty-seventh and Leavenworth streets last night when George Markhofer, 1522 South Third street, and Frank Vana, 307 Pine street, started an argument over which had the better dog. The dogs were put to fighting, but when Vana saw his pet was getting the worst of the scrap, he started in on Markhofer. , Police arrested both men, but Judge . Madden dismissed the case in police ciurt. .. - BULLETIN. Copenhagen, Oct. 18. The Czechs are masters in Prague, according to a Ber lin dispatch to the Berling ske Tidende. Czech money is in circulation and the Czech flag waves over Hradschin castle. Washington, Oct. 18. Independ ence of the Czecho-Slovak nation was declared formally today by the Czecho-Slovak National council, recognized by the United States and the entente allies as a belliger ent defacto government. The dec laration, renouncing allegiance to the Hapsburg dynasty and announc ing principles for the formation of a republic, was issued in Paris and a copy was handed to President Wilson by J. Cisar, of the council's staff in Washington. The document is signed by Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk, president of the council, as premier and minister of finance, and by other officers of the provisional government. The proclamation says in part: "We make this decision on the basis of our historic and natural right. We hae been an independent state since the seventeenth century; and in 1856 as an independent state, consisting of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia we joined with Austria and Hungary in a defensive union against Turkish danger. We have never voluntarily surrendered our rights as an independent state in this confederation. "We claim the right of Bohemia to be reunited with her Slovak brethern of Slovakia, once part of our national state, later torn from our national body, and 50 years ago incorporated in the Hungarian state of the Magyars, who, by their un speakable violence and ruthless op- (Contlniird on Taae Two, Column One.) Tone of President's Note Very Annoying to the Sensitive Huns Berne, Oct. 18. President Wil son's reply to the German note has created a new state of affairs in diplomatic discussions relative to peace, it is reported here from Ger man sources, and the German "re ply, it is said, will make it clearly understood that the tone employed by the president was open to ob jections. There have been passionate dis cussions Oi" the president's reply at meetings of all the groups of the Reichstag, -but no line of policy has been determined. Will the Tenth district stand for a defeat? The greatest test ever put to the ability of the middle western people is put to them today. We believe the people are equal to the test. It is a big job and it must be done in a day. This sector of America's stay at home battle line is as signed an objective. It has been criven a line of trenches to take over. The order is given to ad vance. Is there a laggard in the line? The fourth Liberty loan is a war campaign, just as surely as if Gen eral Pershing or Marshal Foch had mapped it out. The people of the United States are the aggressive army in this campaign. Six billion dollars is the objective. To reach the objective is to reach success. To fall short of it is a victory for the enemy A great sector in our army is the Tenth federal reserve district. It's objective is $260,000,000. It has not yet reached that object:ve. But one day remains of the time allotted to it. An enemy victory stares us in the face. Failure of our sector means failure of the entire army. This sector must not falter. If we have sacrificed we must sacrifice more. If we have fought hard we must fight harder. If we have lent to our limit we should find a way to raise that limit. If there are persons within our knowl edge who have not lent to their proper capacity we owe it to the success of our sons and brothers in France to find them out. All shell holes must be cleaned out of slack ers, all machine gun nests of dis loyalists must be annihilated, all ammunition dumps of German propaganda must be blown up. The battle mnst not be lost. The loan shall not fail. ' . The central Liberty loan commit tee of the Tenth federal reserve dis- DECISIVE TEST TODAY. Washington, Oct. 18. Tomor row the nation will decide the degree of success of the fourth Liberty loan. Tonight, with only 24 hours remaining, the treasury estimated the sum already raised at between $4,500,000,000 and $5,000,000,000, making a billion or more still necessary. The amount official ly reported tonight was only $3,958,589,600, but this included little of today's business. That figure represented an increase of $351,000,000 since last night. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 18. With only one more day in which to sell bonds of the fourth Lib erty loan, the Tenth Federal Re serve district tonight was $94, 000.000 short of its quota of $260,000,000. The totals by states tonight stood: Colorado $25,188,900. Kansas $42,368,900. Missouri (19 counties) $22, 870,850. Nebraska $44,175,350. New Mexico (10 counties $1,147,150. Oklahoma (all but eight coun ties) $25,331,450. Wyoming $5,586,550. Total $166,669,200. trict urges every one within the boundaries of the district to make a one-day resolution to do every thing within his power to bring the district up to its total of $260,000,000, before midnight of Saturday, Octo ber 19, the closing, day of the Fourth Liberty loan. . CENTRAL LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE. STUDYING nwmov Military Chiefs in Conference at Berlin; Washington Expects One More Trial at Bargaining. Copenhagen, Saturday, Oct. 19. The German war cabinet met at 6 o'clock last evening to decide the definite form of the German answer to President Wilson. Amsterdam, Oct. 18. The German reply to President Wilson probably will be dis patched Saturday afternoon, according to advices received here. London, Oct. 18. The British foreign office an nounced officially tonight there was no truth in the ru mor that his majesty's gov ernment had been in touch with Austrian statesmen in Switzerland or elsewhere. Whipped Everywhere, Huns Strive to Reach New Line To Escape Annihilation HUNS DESTROY 300 CHURCHES IN ONE DIOCESE Bishop of Arras Tells of Devas tation; Time Bombs Placed to Kill Allied Troops in Bapaume. New York, Oct. 18. Destruction bv the Germans of more than 300 churches in his own diocese "for which there was no military neces sity" was described here today by the Right Rev. Eugene Louis Julien, bishop of Arras, who, with the Right Rev. r. VV. Keating, bisnop . ot Northampton, England; Monsignor Alfred Baudnllart, rector of the Catholic University of Paris, a mem ber of the Frejich academy, and other French dignitaries, is on his way to Baltimore to felicitate Cardi nal Gibbons on the 50th anniversary of his concentration to the Episco pate. "I am glad to know that France and America are of one opinion in (Continued on Page Two, Column Eight.) Light of Victory Shines in Tiger Premier's Eyes as He Faces French Chamber By Associated Press. Paris, Oct. 18. "Our victory does not spell revenge," said Premier Clemenceau, amid scenes of inde scribable enthusiasm in the chamber of deputies this afternoon. "Our victory and the victory of our allies means the liberation of civilization and liberty of human conscience." Paris has lived historic days since the beginning of the war, but never since those dark days of August, 1914, has Paris lived such a day as this. Clemenceau loked the trger of old when he ascended the tri bune, the light of victory shining on his whole countenance. Long before the hour set for the opening of the chamber, huge crowds,, overflowing across the Seine to the Palace de La Concorde, had gathered.. Every seat in ths chamber was occupied, except those where the French flag entwined with the crimson plush of a vacant chair showed that the former oc cupant had died that he had served his country not alone in the chamber of deputies, but on the field of bat tle. . After Paul Deschanel, president of the chamber, told of the liberation of Lille, Douai, Ostend and Bru ges,' and while the deputies and au dience were, cheering frantically, Clemenceau arose from the govern ment bench and made his way to the tribune with the dust of Lille still clinging to his garments. "Can I add anything to the patrfotic words of the president of the chamber," said the premier, "except that I have just received a telegram (and he waved a blue leaflet toward the deputies) stating that Roubaix and Turcoing have just been liber ated." There was not one discordant voice in the whole chamber, but two conspicuous socialist members re mained seated while the other depu ties applauded. "There should be but one voice here," said President Deschanel, glaring at the socialists. They sheepishly arose and the incident was closed. Recollections of that other his toric scene on June 5, when an irate chamber demanded explanations from this same premier for the de feat on the Chemin des Dames, came back to the correspondent, and as dignified aa Clemenceau was in defeat, as generous was he in vic tory. Across the immense Place de La Concorde great crowds were in specting captured German guns and looking upon Gothas that, shall fly no more, CENTRAL LABOR HANDS HOT ONE TO CITY "DADS" Declares Have No Business Taking Charge of Coal Yard, Whicff Operates Under State Law. The executive committee of the Central Labor union last night unanimously went on record, de manding that the city commissioners be prohibited from interfering with the conduct of the municipal coal yard, claiming that department de rived its authority by state legisla tion, and that it was within the jurisdiction of the city commission ers. A communication from the Omaha Building Trades council, addressed to the city commissioners, was handed to City Clerk Hunter Friday afternoon. It was signed by K. E. Riley, secretary, and readys as fol lows: The Omaha Building Trades coun cil has gone on record as protest ing against interference with the operation of the municipal coal yards by certain members of the city commission, and request that you lay aside personalities and use your energies in assisting instead of hindering the working people of Omaha in obtaining coal at reason able prices." t Call Issued for Air Service Observers; Qualify in 12 Weeks Washington, Oct. 18. General Pershing has sent an urgent call for air service observers which the aeronautical bureau of the army is making prompt efforts to fill from civil life as well as from the army. There is no.limit in the number to be accepted-for training and quali fied men are certain to get quick action. Major General Kenly, chief of the bureau, said there were no rigid age limits or other limitations. It is up to the man himself. If he thinks he can stand the hard, dan gerous service and can pass the rigorous physical and other tests, he will be given a 12 weeks' train ingveourse, commissioned and sen! over. Baron Burian Resigns As Premier of Austria Basel, Oct. 18. Baron Burian, the Austrian Premier, has resigned, ac cording. to Vienna newspapers Washington, Oct. 18. Little new information reached Washington today about the developments going forward in Germany on which will depend the nature and time of the next move toward peace. The situa tion apparently is what it has been for several days. The Germans are hastening their constitutional and electoral reforms in the hope of presenting a government with which the United States and the allies will deal in restoring permanent peace. While conferences proceed on the question of how far the military machine shall go towarl meettng conditions precedent to considera tion of the plea for the ardently de sired armistice. Waiting in Confidence. There is no evidence here of great disappointment over the fail ure of a new note to come from Berlin as quickly as persistent re ports through neutral countries have indicated it might be expected. In fact, when President Wilson's reply to Prince Maximilian was dis patched, it was assumed, that con siderable time must elapse before the Germans would be heard from again in view of the virtual demand for an unconditional surrender, the hour for -which no one here was ready to predict had come. Of course, it also was assumed that at least one more trial at bargaining was to be expected, so another note is looked for as soon as those in power at Berlin decide they are in a position to make a proposal likely either to receive con sideration or to cause a rift in the allied camp and strengthen the situa tion at home. What is happening in Austria Hungary is observed with interest, though it is regarded as of second ary importance, bmperor Charles proclamation of federalization of Austria, officials remarked today, is a step in the right direction though it does not materially change the situation. Federalization cannot save the dual monarchy. Diplomat Stricken. Lima, Peru, Oct. 18. Dr. Balt- asar Brum, the Uruguayan foreign minister. "who is returnincr home af ter a visit to the United States, is ill with influenza at Mollendo. By Associated Press. The Belgian coast again is Bel gian. Germany's dream of an invasion of England across the North Sea from Calias is ended. Belgian Flanders is fast being evacuated by the. enemy, and this line from the Belgian frontier totthe Meuse river gradually is giving way under the attacks of the British, French and American armies which are demanding to be served with victory. A haven of safety in a shorter and more compact line is being sought by the Germans in order to escape annihiliation by their foes. Everywhere they are being whipped. But seemingly they are still far from defeat. Machine Gunners Hold Back Jaw. In Belgium the enemy is giving ground hastily in order to bring his armies safely out of the trap which menaces them; but from the French frontier to the Meuse river he still is fighting desperately to hold back the lower jaw of the great Foch pincer from closing in a great con verging movement and entrapping in its maw the German fighting force in its entirety. And thus far he has successfully, through the use of picked tr.oops and machine gunners who know defeat only in death, warded off the culminating blow. Belgian Cities Liberated. Zeebrugge, Germany's second great submarine base on the North Sea, has gone the way of Ostend The flag of Belgium once more flies over it. To the south Bruges has been evacuated and Turcoine. Rou baix and other towns have been de-f livered. Out of the great sack be tween the North Sea and the Lys river the enemy is fleeing fast in an endeavor to prevent capture or in ternment in Holland. His hope is that he will be able to reach Ant werp and there reconstitute his line from the Dutch frontier through Antwerp and Namur to some point in the south, probably Sedan or Metz, and stabilize it for the mo ment at least, to the Swiss frontier. Valenciennes in Pocket v In France, east of Lille to Carn brai, the British slowly but surely are pressing forward, despite su preme efforts of the enemy to hold them, blotting out the big salient which has Tournai as its northern"! and Valenciennes its southern enemy-held bases. To assure the col lapse of this salient Field Marshal Haig, with whose forces are brigad ed men from the United States, is driving hard along the Bohain-Le Cateau front in a manner which is meeting with success and throwing Valenciennes into a dangerous pock et. Foe Resists to Last. To the south, in the sack between the Oise and the Serre rivers north of Laon, the Germans slowly ar; withdrawing toward Hirson, with the enemy impeding the allies' pro gress with strong rear guards. Like wise in Champagne the Germans are offering strong resistance' against the French and Americans in their attempts to drive north ward toward Mezieres and Sedan. The French, nevertheless, have been able to cross the Aisne near Vou ziers and thus have made more se cure the positions of the Franco American forces in the valley of the Aire at Grand Pre. AVIATORS GIVE Mllf BIG BLOW FLEEING HUNS MAY STOP AT . WO III LINE Withdrawal Made Skillfully to New Defensive Front From Antwerp to Namur to Sedan. By. Associated Press. British Headquarters m France, Oct. 18. A new German line of de fense from Antwerp through Na mur to Sedan, which probably will be given the name of the Wotan III line, is understood to be in the course of construction. On this side of the line the Germans do not appear to have any defenses of real importance. It is considered likely that the main bulk of the German armies, or rather what is left of the main bulk in this section of the front, is on its way to the Wotan III line, though it is quite possible it may try to make a stand somewhere on this side of those positions. Retirement Well Executed. Washington, Oct. 18. While the German retirement in Belgium has glittering possibilities military opin ion here is forced to the conclusion that what is in progress is a well ordered and executed withdrawal, probably upon prepared positions. The fact that reports from other portions of the front, notably from the Lille area and the sector south east of Laon, also tell of retire ments, gives the movement indica tions of a general withdrawal. TRANSPORT HAS TWO-HOUR FIGHT WITH HUN SHIP Eight Men Wounded on U. S. Ship Which Reaches Port After Encounter With Submarine. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 18. The homeward bound army transport Amphion, had a two hours' running fight with a German submarine 800 miles off the Atlantic coast last Saturday morning in which eight men on the American ship were wounded, two fatally. The trans port arrived here today and report ed that so far as those aboard could determine the submarine was not badly damaged, if at all. The first shots carried away the Amphion s wireless and it was un able to call for help. The naval gun crews replied to the enemy shots and the transport crowded on all steam, finally drawing away from the submarine. The transport's su perstructure was ridddled with shells and shrapnel. ' The Amphion formerly was the North German Lloyd liner Kolna, and is of 7,409 gross tons and has a speed of 12J4 knots an hour. It was seized at Boston when this country entered the war. and after, being repaired by the shipping board was turned over to the army as a transport. Names of the wounded men were not given out here. Most of them were said to have been members of the gun crew. Sunday is the Big Day It marks the beginning of The Bee's Splendid New Rotogravure Section Just chock full of interesting pictures of Omaha people you know,, who are active in war work. Wonderful pictures of the battlefields in France showing our boys in action. Pictures of anti-aircraft guns at work clearing the skies of Hun planes. This new feature of the Bee is produced by the finest known process for the reproduction of photographs. Pont Miss a Single Issue Phone Tyler 1000 right now and have THE BEE delivered regularly to your home. The Real Newspaper of Omaha. The Paper For You. i im Americans Surprise Germans by Advancing Without Ar tillery Prelude; French Past Thielt. 1 By Associated Press. With the American Army; Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 18. More than 60 American day bombing aviators today attacked Bayonville, Buzan cy and other towns north of the American line at Grand Pre. Escorting planes downed 10 German machines. This is said to have been the largest enterprise yet car ried out by an All-American flying force. More than four tons of bombs 1 were dropped by the American air forces, the bombers paying particu lar attention to Bayonville, where a concentration of German troops had been reported. Buzancy received its share, owing to its importance as a railway town and the supply depots there. In the region of Bay onville, 20 Fokkers attempted to drive off the Americans, who kept the upper hand everywhere. Great Explosions Observed. ' The Americans also bombed Re- monville. Briquenay, Veroel, Clery Le Grande, Aincreville and Ime court, each of these towns being . either a German supply point or an army unit headquarters. Different ; observers reported, explosions with great clouds of smoke in Bayon-, ville, Remonville and Imecourt. The aviators took advantage of the first clear weather in three days, the ex pedition starting soon after mid day. In the region of Buzancy 16 Fok kers endeavored to head off the Americans but scouts drove them . off permitting the bombers to ac complish then mission. In the re gion of Verpelle, a nervy Boche single-handed attempted to attack the bombers, but was quickly downed. At various points German airmen attempted to hinder the Americans with the result that at least 10 of them were sent down crashing, two of these behind the American lines. Several American pursuit planes es corting the bombing machines, blocked one German- from return ing to his own lines, and drove him in the direction of St. Mihiel. One of the American aviators sent a German down near Bayonville. Thirteen Squadrons in Flight. The expedition consisted of four squadrons of bombers, two squad rons of pursuit planes, which at- , tacked German infantry, two squad rons of scouts flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters to protect the bomb- . ers, two squadrons of scouts flying at from 2,000 to 3.000 meters, and . three squadrons flying at 4,500 me ters to protect the bombers. The bombing machines flew at 4,000 me ters. One American plane, damaged during the flight, landed north of Brieulles. which was a No . Man's . Land. The aviator was injured but American infantry rescued him de spite German machine gun fire. The aviator is m a field hospital but his w wound is not serious. Another " American machine is missing but is believed to have landed within ! the American lines. The afternoon was somewhat . cloudy.. The expedition apparently . was a big surprise to the Germans.-. for Fokkers did not appear until bombers in some instances had ac- . complished their tasks and started back. The scouting machines were at the Fokkers and shooting as soon as they hove tnto sight. The day is considered to have been the most successful in the history of Ameri can aviation. The Americans sprang anothet , surprise orer the Germans today, the infantry advancing north of Ro- (Contlnntd on Piute Two, Column Fire.) Ten Thousand Airplanes Worth 500,000 Troops Washington. Oct. 18. Lord Sydenham, British authority on for tifications, in a message received here today by Major General Kenlv. director of military aeronautics, says: . Impress upon vou oeoDle that 10,000 airplanes at this juncture are worth more than 500,000 troops on ! tne ground and will not require i neany so much transport. We ri bring Germany to, terms by S force, that is certain. . "7 il .V
