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SHE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1918. SECOND ARMY IS 1 HOLDING LINE ' : WOEVRESECTOR Advance on Extreme Left Takes Americans Behind Bellejoyeus; Position Won and Lost Several Times. APPOINTED SECOND LORD OF BRITISH ADMIRALTY. ,.i,..r,.MWi.w; .u. y' iwfiyt KTT1? I SIS ' ,g 1 '"' -iU'U.iMs Y.V. .VAX' ' J-X'-XW j Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, K. C. B., K. C. M. G., who recently was appointed second sea lord of the British admiralty. Admiral Burney is in command of the British fleet protecting Scotland's seacoast. He entered the British navy in 1871, and won his lieutenancy in the Egyptian war of 1882. v ORGANIZED FOUR TRENCH SYSTEMS TAKEN BY YANKS (Continued from I'nge One.) of German barbed wire entangle ments, fastened from tree to tree at various heights had to be bridged as it was impossible to cut them. In addition, many roads in the Ar gonne were of black loam which became a morass in rainy weather. The engineers were compelled to vi; u- lly build bridges over many miles rf these roads. Positions Well Fortified. The crossing of Forges Brook was accomplished in the first day of the advance under a heavy fire. The brook runs through marshy lands and in order to bridge it, the en gineers had to lay bundles of fag gots on both sides of the strea 11. The crossing was made in record time. ' Compilations made by army offi cers show that of more than 165 srfuare miles taken from the enemy since September 26 almost one-half were heavily wooded and machine gun infested. The Americans had to take by storm 159 hills and high crests, most of which were heavily wooded and defended by strong ma chine gun detachments. Of the hills, 141 were west of the Meuse and 18 east of the river. vThe Germans also had to be driven from 430 ra vines, all defended by machine guns and nearly as hard to take as the hills. General Pershing's men had to advance against the pick of the Ger rran army fighting desperately to hold this important front. Their difficulties are understood more eas- ijy when the number of hills, woods and ravines they have had to take in considered. BULLETIN. Washington, Oct. 27. The Amer can second army, under Major - General Bullard, is holding the . line in the Woevre. This was disclosed by General Pershing in his communique for today, re : . ceived tonight at the War depart ment. Repulse of heavy German counter-attacks on the front northwest of Verdun by Major General Liggett'rfirst army also were reported. By Associated Press. With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 27. Almost complete quiet reigned over the 'American front northwest of Vcr dun today. Not a single infantry action of any importance took .place ami there was a minimum . even of patrolling on both sides. The artillery, which from the Ger man side w,as mildly active-on the American right during the night, ceased before daylight and was heard only intermittently in the lat fer hours. Aviators Spend Quiet Day. Despite sunshine throughout the day the visibility was so poor the aviators could accomplish little. The -American fliers encountered few of the eneniy. The advance on trie extreme American left into bourgoune vwoods yesterday and the taking of the hanikt 'of frournay was ot first "importance, because it makes an ex tension of the American lines, up 'the narrow valley, bringing the .''''.northeasterly curving line into the "woods.. This puts the Americans almost behind the troublesome and Costly Bellejoyeuse farm, which "has been bitterly contested, having been won and lost several times in the last few days. Enemy Positions Strong. T Natural positions for defense held 131 the Germans north q the Ameri can line are probably as strong as ;any , along the entire battlefront, from Switzerland to the sea. These positions, which the Americans are Jiow facing, are especially strong, .Vowing t the thickly wooded dis- 4ricts and series of hills and ridges. Taking advantage of these natural military positioi the Germans have thrown in strong forces of mem an "brought up immense quantities of artillery of various caliber, deter mined to hold what is called the eastern pivot of their defense line Sh France at any cost. j J; From Grand Pre pass where 'there has been fierce fighting for pearly two weeks the Americans face, the Bois De Bourgoune, and Jiols de Bas, which really are a " continuation of the Argonne for est. Back of these great woods is the Fort De Boult. all of which forms a splendid protection for troop concentration and conceal ; ing ammunition and heavy artil lery. Here the Americans are pre paring for the battle of Argonne iill over again. i German prisoners report that the Jiois De Bourgoune is literally filled with machme guns, many of them 'in the hills and ridges ' within the forest and even installed in trees. Further east, the Germans have tak en advantage of the more wooded tracts of the Bois De Barricourt $md the Bois de Tally to the south of- which "s the Freya Stellung which has been reached by the Americans west of Aticreville. East of the Meuse the" Americans have - Snore wooded districts in view of he observers, the orinciple one of . vfcich is the Foret De Woevre, along the southern edge of which psses the Freya Stellung. To the ' south of Freya Stellung are three series of smaller lines directly fac fna the Americans, some of which. were penetrated in Thursday's fight ing. ; : Sir William Wiseman in : London and Will Join House . London, Oct. 27. The most im portant event in diplomatic circles in,Eng!and this week was the ar rival in London from Washington today of Sir William Wiseman, who . has been acting at Washington as union Qfficer between the British war cabinet , and the Washington government. Sir William on his ar rival immediately went into confer ence with Lord Reading and mem- ' ben oT"the cabinet. Within a few days he will proceed to Paris to - join Colonel House, now on- a spe cial mission from the United States. It has been learned that the day prior to sailing, Sir William had a long conference with President Wil son. On the occasion of Colonel Hous 's previous visit to Europe about a year ago, Sir William was one -of his closest advisers and he ; was very close to Colonel House while in the United States. Coal Miners and Ship Yards ' Workers Get Increased Pay . Washington, Oct. 27. The na tional labor adjusting committee announced it has recommended awards of wage increases for an- thracite coal miners and workers in shipyards, the first under a national policy for stablization of wages for all labor, skilled and unskilled, em ployed on government work. The general policy , formulated several days ago is in -the hands of Presi dent Wilson for approval. f. - The Weather - Official reor! ef temperntur an4 Jre clplUtUn compared with the correipond , ins period of tba pait thrc yean: mi. hjt.vjii. jm. HfshMt yterday ..17- 41 ft 71 Lowest ' ygtrday . .3! SI 46 69 Moan temparatur ..SI 48 61 4 Precipitation .......14 .80 .SO . . TtjBpvatura and precipitation dpart urea front tha normal at Omah ic - Uareh li . - ' KfirmJ tamiMratur . .'. N.4i Dafictaney for tb day- " to be removed, and the government Total Wcc .incMarcbj.... Jtthad instituted far.reaching internal Exceu for tha day............ .77 Inch Total rainfall atnea March l.lS.tt inchca Iflcincy tinea March 1 . . . .10 tf Itwhta txrflcianey for cor prlod H17. S.77 tachea DaficleBcy for cor Bcriad lft4.ll.lf iacbra Precedents for Wilson Appeal Are Cited in Letter From Tumulty Washington, Oct. 27. Secretary Tumulty tonight made public a let ter he has written at President Wil son's direction, to the Cuyahoga Countv Reoublican committee at Cleveland, 6., in which he replies to protests against President Wil son's appeal to the country to re turn a democratic congress by re calling quotations from utterances by Colonel Roosevelt former Presi dent Harrison, Senators Lodge an Penrose and former Senator For aker in the campaign -of 1898 at the close of the Spanish war. The Cuyahoga county committee telegraphed the White House tak ing issue with the presidents state ment. Secretary Tumulty, writing at the president's direction) simply commtnded the statements he quot ed and also various editorials ap pearing at the time in leading re publican newspapers to the com mittee's consideration without com ment. Frdn Gould Appears ) Against Wife In Paris Paris, Oct. 27. The corrections court Saturday heard the charges of Frank J. Gould against his wife, Edith Kelly Gould, and Morio Ca sassus, a Mexican. The court fined the accused, who did not appear, 50 francs each on a charge of haying had improper re lations. ! Frank J. Gould is a son of Jay Gould, a member of various New York clubs, and a director in sev eral railroads. Mrs. ' Edith Kelley Gould, a former actress, is his sec ond wife, his first wife having been Miss Margaret Kelly. RECOVER BODIES. OF 150 VICTIMS OF SHIP SOPHIA Worst Marine Disaster in His- tory of Pacific Coast Takes toll of Many Northern Pioneers. bulletin! White Horse, Y. T., Oct. 27.-A dispatch from the Dominion Tele graph's department at Juneau late tonight said that the bodies of 150 victims of the steamship Princess Sophia disaster had been recov-' ered. Seattle, Wash.. Oct. '27. Rescue boats today swarmed Lynn canal, near Skagway, Alaska, seeking trace of the 444 Alaskans and Yafcon xter ritory residents believed drowned when the Canadian Pacific Railway company's steamer, Princess SophiaT was sent to the bottom ot the canal by a storm Saturday night. "No sign of life. No hope for any sur vivors," read a wireless message re ceived today at the Canadian Paci fic's Vancouver, B. C, office from a United States lighthouse tender, which' tried unsuccessfully to aid the Sophia before she went down and which has been leading the search for survivors and bodies. .The message said nine bodies, eight of them' women, were found today. A wireless last night told of finding of another body, that of a women. So far no bodies have been identified. Four of the bodies found today were on one of the Sophia's col lapsible lifeboats. Yesterday four empty lifeboats from the Sophia were found on a beach. Death Came Quickly. The Alice, a sister ship of the lost vessel, was hurriedly dispatched north from Vancouver Thursday when word came that the Sophia had grounded. The Alice had just started on her rescue mission when a violent storm came up. The wind raced with hur ricane force down the long, narrow carwf, and waves 30 feet high pound ed the Sophia against the rocks, making it -impossible for the sev eral vpssfls which hart answered her distress calls, to geV in close enough -to help. Friday night the gale increased until it lifted the Sophia up, dragged her across the reef and dropped her to the bottom of the icy waters. At daybreak Saturday only the Sophia's masts jutting from th surface were visible. Not a soul survived. Death came quickly to all aboard, despita the fact that the shore was but a few yards away. Whole families in many instances were wiped out. Loss of the Sophia, it was said here, was the worst marine disaster in the history of the Pacific coast. In the sinking of the boat with all aboard, the' two, northern territories lost mai.y of their familiar faces, among them men who were identi fied with the pioneer days of the northland and with some of the great gold discoveries. WILSON APPEAL IS INSULT SAYS CHAIRMAN HAYS x The mother, two sisters and an aunt and uncle of M. S. Eads of Dawson, reported lost in the wreck of the steamship Princess bophia, which was. lost in the Lynn Canal, Alaska, live in Omaha. The mother, Mrs. Lucy Eads, and one sister, Hor tense Eads, live at 2212 F street, an other sister, Mrs. Frank Housman, lives on Dodge Road, and the uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, reside at Twenty-second and H streets. The first news which the fam ily had of the wreck was through The Bee, and they were unable to s?y whether the report of the death of Mr. Eads is authentic or not. Lieut. Donaldson Escapes From German Prison Camp Greenville, S. C, Oct. 27. Lieut. John O. W. Donaldson, of the avia tion corps 6F the United States army, son of Brig. Gen. T. G. Donaldson, who recently was forcel to deseend behind the German lines, has es caped from a German prison camp and is now safe in Holland. "On-to-Berlin" Contest Inaugurated by Yanks To Unload Materials Tours, France, Oct. 27r-An "On to Betlin" contest will be in augurated among the American army organizations at the nine base ports on November 3 to see which organization can unload freight, guns, food, clothing and other material In the fastest time. Major General Harbord, com manding the service of supply, has planned the .contest in order to increase the already high ri valry among the base port organ izations. When the contest starts 'the secrecy which up, to this time has covered the names of the Ameri can base ports in France will be lifted, so that those at home may ' follow the progress of the con test as though it were a base ball game. German Vice Chancellor Urges InterriaT Reforms Amsterdam, Oct. 27. In the course of a speech in the reichstag Thursday, Fricderich von Payer, vice chancellor, said the enemy's belief and the assertion the German people were politically deprived of their rights and were so oppressed and dependent on small ruling cir cles that it constituted a constant danger for the peace of the entire world, had been the greatest htn rfranre to the attainment of peace. This hindrance, he declared, had r.fnrma which -were long overdue. On the previous day, the vice chancellor had said: - W' need confidence, not "merely at home; we need the confidence of foreign countries, even the confi dence of our enemies. For we want peace and we need it.) "Our enemies distrust our sin cere intention to conclude a peace of justice. They mistrust us mainy ly on the ground of many event! in the past, concerning which we cannot take it amiss of 'them if they have certain doubts. "We have, therefore, Uo use for any one in the government who still favors a peace of force more than a peace of justice. What we need in order to be able to exist is an unequivocal, honest and straight forward policy That alone can promote out. welfare in the future." (Continued from Po One.) into battle, to furnish' at least half of th army and far more than half of the money for winning of the war, but they are not considered good enough to have a voice in the settlement of the war. "Why? Are not their sacrifices as great as others? Have not they as much at stake in the future? Mr. Wilson says he has "no thought of suggesting that any political party is paramount in matters of patriotism," but he does suggest it, and he sug gests further that he alone is para mount in intelligence. Seeks, Power Oyer War. "But Mr. Wilson's real purpose has nothing to do with the conduct of the war. He has had that from the beginning, has it now, and no body dreams of interfering with his control. He wants just two things One is full power to settle the war precisely as he and his sole, un elected, unappointed, unconfirmed personal adviser may determine. "The other is full power as thet 'unembarrassed spokesman in af fairs at home' as he actually de mands in his statement, to recon: struct in peace time the great in dustrial affairs of the nation in the same way, in unimpeded conformity with whatever socialisticudoctrines, whatever unlimited government ownership notions, whatever hazy whims may happen to possess him at the time, but first and above all absolute commitment to free trade with all the world, thus giving to Germany out of hand the fruits of victory greater than she could win by fighting 100 years. A re publican congress will never assent to that. Do you want a congress that will? Germany does. Wilson's Pledge to Germany. "Germany looks to Mr. Wilson to get it for her, as he pledged himself to do in one of the few of his fa mous articles which is explicable. Germany understands that See t'..e New York World, spokesimn of the administration, of last Saturday and read the testimony of Henry L. em ery, former head of the tariff com mission, just returned from seven months in Germany. "The Gerntan people,' he says, 'seemed to realize that in president Wilson lay their only salvation. They have turned to him in the be li.: "that he is the one great political leader who can be trusted to make a permanent pea.e which shall per mit equal economic devolpment.' He is. Germany Must Say. "All others demand that the Ger mans shall pay the full penalty of their crimes. What wqrse than non sense then is the democratic cam paign cry that the election of a re publican congress, pledged to un conditional surrender, and protection of American industries and Ameri can working men, instead of a dem ocratic congress ready to assent to a negotiated peace and free trade, would bear cheer to Germany. "Such claims would be uldicrous if they were not so seriously unpa triotic. I hey are as unfair, as un true, and . as utterly impossible as their claim that our allies would be cast down by the election of such a republican congress in the face of the world-known republican record, past and present, and in the face of the recent acclaim abroad of repub lican senators, as reported in the Pin's cable to the democratic New York Times on October 9, hi these words, The debates in the American senate share first pages with the news of the great military victories on the west front. Senators Mc- Cumber, Nelson and Lodge are as highly thought of in France today as are the American generals. Unconditional Surrender. "Mr. Wilson calls upon the repub licans of the country to repudiate their presentatives in congress who have proved true and loyal patriots. Are you going to do it. Answer with your votes. "Mr. Wilson forces the republican party to lie down or fight. I say, fight, answer with your votes. "Mr. Wilson is for unconditional surrender yes for the unconditional surrender to himself of the republi can party, of the country, of the al lies all to him, as the sole arbiter and master of the destinies' of the world. Do you stand for that? An swer with your votes. "The war is a democratic asset,' said Vice President Marshall, and they have made every effort - to make it so, despite the earnest re publican insistence that we have no contest as to anything that touches the war except that contest as to who best can serve, who most can give. Harness Both Horses. "Republicans have insisted that with the great war load to haul both political ho'ses should be harnessed, eacvh striving to see which can pull the harder. "Mr. Wilson's appealis simply the supreme effort of the democratic High command to capitalize for par tisan, political purpose the glorious spirit of patriotism that inspires this country. He now openly sneaks as his party has been secretly acting for months. And he changes nothing neither the facts, nor the democratic political methods nor the certainty of republican success. Calls on Republicans. "This is a call to all loyal repub licans, proud in the patriotism to stand by their country and their candidates, and to let the world know that America spurns auto cracy no less at home than abroad, and will uphold her allies in what ever reparation they may exact for the frightful outrages inflicted upon them by the accursed Huns. "We are fighting in France to make certain forever that men may have the right to govern themselves. Here, where we nave that right, we . shall exercise it, now and al ways. - , f America was created for that very privilege. "America will not be denied it now. , "America will answer with- her YANK AVIATOR WHO WINS THRILLING AIR FIGHT. fj) Air il : P $ - if - 1 J Ml! NEW MINES HAVE SURPASSED ALL EXPECTATIONS American and British Navies Lay Barrage Which is Menace to Every Submarine. Rollins Meyer of California, fly ing with the American forces in France, recently shot down a Hun plane after a thrilling fight near the town of Very. His own motor working "tadly, he attacked the en emy machine and sent it crashing to earth in flames. His machine fell immediately afterward. Meyer after skillful maneuvering managed to make a safe landing near the spot where the German machine had fallen. The pilot and observer of the enemy machine had escaped in jury and surrendered to Meyer, who marched them back to the Amer ican lines, carrying the machine gun of the German plane as a souvenir. Vienna Has But Three Weeks' Rations Left; No Supplies Going In Amsterdam, Thursday, Oct. 24. Vienna is threatened with a food crisis in the most acute form. The Voss ische Zeitung hears that dep utations of Austrians have gone to Berlin and Dresden to urge im mediate assistance to avert the worst. The Vienna municipality has only three weeks' rations left and sup plies, notably from Galicia, have been stopped by the Czech .farmers and railway men. Other deputa tions have hurriedly, gone to Agram, Prague and Budapest to do their ut most to persaude the Czechs not to let the unhappy Viennese starve- Unemployment is widespread in Austrian industries. The factious Skoda Arm3 and Amunition works has discharged 12,000 hands.s owing to lack 'of raw materials. Washington, Oct. 27. Mines used in laying the submarine mine bar rage across Uie North Sea .vere of a new type produced bv the mining section of the Navy ocpartmenfs ordnance bureau, Secretary Daniels ; disclosed today in a statement tell ing the part the American navy played in putting down the barrage in co-operation with the British navy, The mining section of the ordnance bureau, under the direction of Commander S. P. Fullinwider, succeeded in developing a mine which has surpassed all expectation, the secretary said, as not one of the old ones was suited for work against submarines. Electric Anti-Sub. Devices. New firing mechanism was neces sary, and for this purpose naval ord nance officers made use of an elec- Itrici' anti-submarine device, which was invented and submitted to the Navy desartment by Ralph Browne, an American, in May,-r917. The first adaptation of this device was in July, 1917. The design of the new mine was then proceeded with rapidly, and as each part was determined upon it was put into quantity production. Made In Different Plants. , Owing to the fact that the "facili ties in naval ordnance plants tfas entirely inadequate to produce the thousands of mines needed, it was necessary to place each part of the mine as it was designed and tested under manufacture in different plants throughout the country, most of the contracts being placed with automo bile manufacturers. These mines were then assembled at a mine depot, and when tested under actual serv ice conditions were found to func tion perfectly. Shipping Arrangements Made. Before the mines had begun to be turned out in quantity arrangements were made to take over a railroad shipping pier in this country from which to handle shipments of mine material. Mining depots were fitted out on the other side for the assem bly of the mines, mine basis estab lished, and a fleet of more than 20 merchant vessels was taken over by the navy for mine transportation ex clusively. Meanwhile every effort had been made to overcome the shortage of mine planters by converting ships to that use, and everything was in read iness when actual production began, arrangements having been made to handle 1.000 fcines a day. First Parts Shipped in February. The first mine part- were shipped last February and from that time there has been a constant flow of mines to supply the several hundred1 mine planters under the &wrican ?r d British navies laying the barrage th?t is now a menace to every Ger man submarine venturing into the Atlantic ocean and which naval men believe probably has accounted. for many of them. Dual Monarchy Ruler Says-Separate Peace Is An Impossibility By Associated Press. Berne, Oct. 26. Professor Lara masch recently was asked to form an Austrian cabinet and accepted on condition that Austria-Hungary immediately make a separate peace with the allies. Reports from Vienna say Emperor Charles declared such a thing was impos sible, saying he had given his word of honor to the German em peror never to make a separate peace. SOLF DECLARES HUNS ARE READY FOR JUST PEACE (Continued from Pac One.) may be affected. General Tasker II. Bliss, former chief of staff, isthe American military representative in the council. The German reply is expected to clear theway for a general discus sion of the individual views of the entente powers on peace terms and an agreement among the nations fighting Germany so that-a united front on these questions may be presented to the common enemy. A London I dispatch tonight an nounced Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour had gone to Paris with military and naval ad visers indicating that the confer ences between the representatives of the allied powers and the United States soon were to begin. Situation Unchangd. Germany's reply does not change the diplomatic situation. Those in the confidence of President Wilson have said that his dealings with the German government ended with his note informing it that the request for an armistice and peace had been transmitted to the allies and that further action rested with those governments. The German reply may or may not prove that Germany will ac cept such terms of an armistice as may be presented. In this, connec tion, the president in hisiast note said: "Should fuch terms of an armis tice be suggested their acceptance bv Germany would afford the best concrete evidence of her unequivo cal acceptance of the terms and principles of peace upon whichhe whole action proceeds.' Up to German People. The German reply takes cogniz ance of the president's statement in his last note that it. is evident lha the powur of the king of Prussia to control the policy of the empire is unimpaired by stating that the peace negotiations are being con-r ducted by a peoples' government in whose hands rests the power to make the deciding conclusions and y which the military powers also This may give added significance to the unofficial report from Berlin via Copenhagen that General Lu dendorff, quartermaster general -f the German army, had resigned. He generally was regarded as the vir tual head of the German high com mand. ' FORMER MAINE ! SENATOR DIES IN WASHINGTON! Eugene Hale of Ellsworth Maine, Former Leader of ' Republican Party, Dies Sunday. Washington, Oct. 27. Former Senator Eugene Hale of Ellsworth, Me., died tonight at his residence here. Senator Hale, who was il years old and who served 30 years inThe senate, had been in declining health for some months. The body will be sent tomorrow to Ellsworth for interment, but arrangements for the funeral have not yet been com pleted. Senator Hale of Maine was one of the most prominent of the old line of republican leaders. It was not until his 75th year, in 191 1K that he retired from the United States senate at the time when the so-, called insurgency movement was under way. rIlis retirement, attrib uted to illnese, came only after he had seen longer service in the sen ate than any other man in the up per house. Entered Senate in 181. With a legislative experience dat ing back almost to the civil war, including membership for three terms in the Maine house of rep resentatives, and in the Forty-first to Forty-fifth congresses, he entered the senate in 1881, and served there under the administrations of Gar field, Cleveland, Harrison, McKin ley, Roosevelt and Taft. Senator Hale was born at Turner. Me., June, 9, 1836, of an old and wealthy family, and after his edu cation at Turner and Hebron acad emies, he began the study of law, and became a practitioner in Ells worth in 1857. He was appointed postmaster general by President Grant in 1874, and was tendered the naval port folio by President Hayes, but h declined both of these cabinet posi tions, preferring to remain in congress. He married the daughter of Zach- ariah Chandler, senator from Michi gan, in 1871, by whom he. had a son, Frederick Hale, who was alto prominent in Maine politics. General Castro Made Zone Commander in Mexico El Paso, Oct. 27. General Ceas- erio Castro has been named to suc ceed Gen. Francisco Murguia as commander of the northeastern mil itary zone including Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, according to reports nere tonight from Chihuahua City. General Castro, who has been oper ating in the south, is expected to come north this coming week ac companied by Ignacco Inrio'.x, who was deposed as civil go-ernor" of Chihuahua recently by Murguia. The appointment of the new zone commander was said to be a result of the clash between Enrquez and Murguia. Kb $1 0x4 tin 5$ 00 1f hat Other Food Helps . To Conserve as does W Saves Wheat- made partly of barley. Saves Fuel fully baked. Saves Waste - eatable to the last bit- Saves Sugar contains its own sugar from its own grains Saves Time ready to serve direct from the package Saves Milk - requires less than the ordinary cereal v You are conserving J when you eat Grape-Nuts 0 if 3 0 9 S. c (
