THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY; OCTOBER SI, 1918.
CONTRACTS FOR
TROOP SHIPS TO
BE CANCELED
Government' Will Be Able to
Use Converted Steel Freight
ers to Return Soldiers
' After War.
Washington, Oct. 30. Contracts
for construction of a number of
troop ships at a cost of $60,000,000
by the Bethlehem Union shipyards
at Alameda, Cal., have been can
celled by the shipping board.
: Shipping board officials let it be
..known today that the action was
'taken three weeks ago. It is said
id have been found, that construc
tion of additional' ships designed
particularly to brirtg troops home
.from Europe after the war was un
necessary, because plans have been
perfected for converting large steel
freighters into transports.
The board also desires to have
its,' present program completed at
the end of 1919, and the yards .at
r Alameda would not have been able
to turn out the transports within
that time.
? It was stated today that the board
Is making no contracts at this time
that cannot be completed by the
end of 1919. This, however, , does
not mean ending of ship construc
tion then, for contracts will 4 be
awarded during 1919 for construc-
!ion to run through 1920. such fu
ure contracts to be based on esti
mated needs for cargo carriers of
ill descriptions after the war.
U. S. to Exhibit Prize
I Cavalry Horse in Show
New York, Oct. 30.' Hie United
States government has entered the
thoroughbred stallion, Adams Ex
res, in the annual exhibition of
the National Horse Show associa
tion to be held here the week of No
vember 11. So far as is known this
is the first time the government
ever appeared in the role of a horse
show exhibition.
i Adams Express, which is regard
ed by experti as the most perfect
specimen of horse flesh in the army,
will be exhibited to show the type
of horse suitable fof improving the
nation's cavalry stock.
U. S. to Increase Navy,
Says secretary Daniels
'. Newport, R. I., Oct. 30. Plenty
of work after the war was promised
munitions workers at the naval tor
pedo station here by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, who (iade an un
expected visit to this city today.
"When German autocracy is de
stroyed," he said, "as I pray God it
will be within the next 30 days, and
as it is sure to be by the prowess
of our arms, there is going to be a
big job for the navy. So the great
establishment which we have begun
here , Is but the foundation upon
.jwhich we will build a larger naval
'establishment." . ,
Ukrainians Are to
Occupy Poland When,
German Troops Leave
Paris, Oct 30. (Havas.) Gen
eral Skoropodski, the Ukrainian
hetman, according to a Zurich
dispatch to the Journal Des De
bats, has sent three Ukrainian di
visions to the Polish frontier with
the object of occupying the dis
tricts of Cholm and Podlachia,
which were given to the Ukraine,
to the prejudice of Poland, by the
Brest-Litovsk treaty. The Uk
rainians intend to move into Po
land, whenever the German and
Austrian groups withdraw,
The German authorities in the
Ukraine, it is added, support Gen
eral Skoropodski. Numerous Ger
man soldiers have joined the Uk
rainian divisions sent to the Pol
ish frontier.
Thirty Thousand Taken
Prisoner in One Month
On the Belgian Front
Havre, France, Oct. 30. In the
period between October 14 and 27,
the total number of prisoners cap
tu.ed on the Belgian front was 18,
293 of whom 331 were officers.
- The Belgian, army captured 7,363.
of these; the setond British army 5,
354 and the French army 5,577. Be
tween September 28 and October 14,
12,030 prisoners were taken. Thus
i. one month the total number of
prisoners reached more than 30,000.
Material of all kinds was also cap
tured; Between, October 14 and 27, 27,
509 cannon! were captured and 17,000
machine guns.
Miners Leave Alaska
Before Winter Sets In
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 30. With the
largest number of passengers ever
leaving Nome, Alaska, on one
steamer, the Victoria, last steamer
this season from the northern gold
camp, left Nome Monday night for
Seattle, according to word received
here. Special government permis
sion had to be obtained for the ves
sel to increase her passenger carry
ing capacity because of the number
o persons clamoring for passage
"to the outside."
Financial Disaster is
Threatening Germany
Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 30. The
German Reichsbank has issued notes
to the amount of 2.000,000 marks
during the last four weeks, accord
ing to the Neueste Nachrichten of
Munich. ' The newspaper says this
was caused by the hoarding of bank
notes by the people, and points out
that if the Germans do not give up
their present "craze" a financial
catastrophe is inevitable.
M
Fire Loss Six Millions.
Duluth, Oct. 30. An estimated
damage of $4,055,244 was done to
farms in St. Louis county by the
recent disastrous forest fires, ac
cording to an announcement tonight
by St. Louis county appraisers who
completed a, survey ofl the burned
area today. T)uluth's loss was esti
mated at $2,000,000.
BOATS RECOVER
BODIES OF 177
, WRECK VICTIMS
'For God's Sake, Come Quick,'
Last Frantic Wireless Mes
sage From Steamer
Princess Sophia.
Juneau, Alaska. Oct. 30. "Hurry,
we are sinking. The water is com
ing into my room. Just time to
say goodbye. For God's sake, come
quick I"
This frantic appeal the last wire
less message from the lost steam
er Princess Sophia was received
by the United States lighthouse
tender Cedar about half an hour, it
was thought, before a storm sent
the Sophia to the bottom of Lynn
canal, north of here( with all on
board. About 340 perished.
"We are" coming. Save your
juice so you can guide us" the Ce
dar's operator answered. He
thought D. M. Robinson of Van
couver, B. C, operator on the
Sophia, was excited and tried in
vain to calm him. Robinson's body
was found yesterday. I
The Cedar, which had been stand
ing by the Sophia, tried to get
through the storm to the doomed
vessel, but the high waters and
winds forced it to put back to safety-
. . v
Work of picking up the bodies
of the Sophia's victims continued
today. An actual count showed 177
bodies have been brought to Juneau.
Of these 147 have been identified.
Other bodies have been picked up
by a fleet of boats at the scene of
the wreck.
Most of the unidentified were wo
men and children whose clothing
had no pockets to contain letters,
cards or other articles that would
have led to determining their iden
tities Rescue workers last night found
the body of Walter J. O'Brien, Can
adian Pacific company agent at
Dawson, Y. T., who with his wife
and five children was lost. Clasped
in ,0'Brien's arms was the body of
his small son.
Other bodies identified today were
those of John F. Pugh of Juneau,
collector of customs for the Alaska
district, and Charles G. Beadle,
purser of the Sophia. 1
Wilson's Pl Without
Precedent, Says Fess
Washington, Oct. 30. Represent
atiTess, chairman of the national
repubhcan congressional committee,
replying to Secretary Tumulty's let
ter to the Cuyahoga county repub
lican committee at Cleveland, O.,
said no previous president in history
had made a request of the American
electorate similar to that of Presi
dent Wilson in his statement ad
dressed to his fellow countrymen,
asking the return of a democratic
congress. N ' i
More Than 200,000
Men to Be Mobilized
Early in November
Washington, Oct. 30. Men of the
new draft ages will be mobilized in
large numbers early in November
under a draft call now in prepara
tion at Provost Marshal General
Crowders office. It calls , for the
entrainment of more than 200,000
men qualified for general military
service. They will be furnished in
proportionate .numbers by every
state in the union.
Draft calls suspended during Oc
tober because of the inrWnra epi
demic have been renewed in sec
tions where the epidemic has mod
erated. supStest
confronts
BUSINESS MEN
Various Aspects of Foreign
Trade Discussed in, Manu
facturers' "Prepare for
After War" Meet.'
r
New York, Oct. 30. Various
aspects of America's foreign trade
after the war, including questions of
financing our foreign operations,"
"educating our representatives for
foreign trade service," foreign ad
vertising, patents and trade marks,
were discussed here today at the
opening of a two-day "prepare-for-after-the-war"
convention arranged
by the American Manufacturers
Export association, and attended
by bankers, manufacturers and
advertising men from all parts of
the country.
George Edward Smith, president,
declared that while members of the
organization believe "this year pre
sents the supreme test of far-sightedness
of American business men."
and while they want "to make the
United States prosperous," they
do not seek to extend foreign trade
of the United States at the expense
of those nations with which we have
fought shoulder to shoulder for
happiness."
"We desire to, make the United
States prosperous as part of a
prosperous world," said Mr. Smith.
we desire to increase our ex
ports but in doing so we recognize,
that any permanen't expansion is
entirely dependent upon commercial
progress of nations that buy our
products."
Resolutions were adopted recog
nizing heroism and sacrifice of
France and Belgium and pledging
support to complete restoration of
Ftlgium, rebuilding of her indus
tries and unconditional defeat of
German arms.
In recognition of his services, a
gold medal was tonight presented to
Mr, Smith, after his re-election as
president of the association.
ONE HUN
DOWNED
TWENTY
AIRMEN
BY AMERICANS
Only Two U. S. Flyers Missing
at End of Banner Day for
Victories Achieved
Over Germans.
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 30. Twenty
one German aviators were downed
today by American chasing aviators.
It was a banner day in American
aviation, considering the number of
victories achieved over the Ger
mans.
Two American airmen are miss
ing as a consequence of the fighting
in the air.
Theaerial activity begaji early this
morning and aided by ' the clear
weather African bombers were
successful in attacking various
enemy points of troop concentra
tions both in the morning and in
the afternoon.
Mannheim Bombed.
London, Oct. 30. The official
statement on the operations of the
independent air force, issued to
night says:
"Tuesday night we attacked the
airplane, works at M'annheim, the
furnaces at Burbach, the railways
at Thionville and Offenburg, and
the airdrome at Hagenau."
France Pledged to Support
Syrian Independence Cause
New York, Oct. 30. Assurance
that France will extend to Syria
"all the assurance and protection
necessary for the realization of her
lasting liberation and reconstruc
tion," was given by President Poin
care in a cablegram to the Syria
Lebanese League for Liberation,
made public here tonight.
The message, forwarded by M.
Pichon, French foreign minister,
on behalf of the president, was in
reply to a cable by the league to M.
Poincare on the occasion of the
entrance of French marines into
Beirut.
Russia is Horrible
Nightmare Under
Reds, Declares Lvoff
Honolulu, Oct. 30. Prince
George Lvoff, first premier of the
Russian provisional government
set up after the revolution, left,
here recently for the United
State. He said Russia is a hor
rible nightmare, with ruthless
murders, torturing and atrocities
in those sections controlled by
German-led "reds."
PRAGUE PASSES
INTO HANDS OF
CZECHLEADERS
Austrian Field Marshals Hand
Reins of Power to Local
Committee as Mon
archy Falls.
Basel Switzerland, Oct. 30. The
authority of the Austrian monarchy
now is only a name in Prague. Bud
apest newspapers report that Field
Marshal Paul Krestranek commander-in-chief
in the Prague district,
and Field Marshal Edward Zanan
toni handed all the military au
thority to the Czech committee on
Monday. .
Negotiations are going on be
tween the government officials of
Bohemia and the national Czech
committee to insure a public ad
ministration, says a dispatch re
ceived here todav from Praeue-
The present Bohemiain officials will
remain provisionally but the gov
ernor, Count von Coudenhove, has
been placed on limited leave at his
own demand.
Count Hadik, former Hungarian
food minister, has been charged
with the formation of a Hungarian
cabinet, according to a dispatch
from Budapest. Count Karolyi,
president of the Hungarian inde
pendent party, will not enter the
new ministry, it is said, but will
support it in the national assembly.
Count Andrassy, the Austro-Hun-garian
foreign minister, has entered
into diplomatic relations with mem
bers of the Czecho-Slovak govern
ment in Paris, according to the
Hungarian newspaper, ' Norody
Li sty.
Chief Nurse Named.
Washington, Oct. 30. Miss Julia
Stimson of Worcester, Mass., form
erly chief nurse of the American
Red Cross in France, has been
appointed a chief nurse of the Am
erican expeditionary forces, said a
cablegram received today at Red
Cross headquarters.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE
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GRANT G. MARTIN
Ten Year Devoted to the Legal Business of the State, Now
Helping the Supreme Court to Clear Its j)ocket.
The Examiner says : "Grant G. Martin is an able lawyer and on
, who does not believe in the law's delays. He is a persistent
' advocate of speedy termination of litigation in order to cut
down expense both to litigants and the state. That's the
kind of a judge the people want on the Supreme Bench."
The Nebraska Federationist says: "One man among the list should
receive the support of all voters, and that is Grant G. Martin.
He is progressive, is a hard worker and knows the need of
speeding up the rendition of decisions in the Supreme Court
and puts that knowledge into practice." '
Mabel C. Johnson
Non-Partian Candidate
for
Superintendent of Schools
for Douglas Countv
Cut by I. P. E. U. 406 w
I hold a first grade teacher's certificate. '
A teacher in the schools of this county for 14 years.
I know the conditions and requirements of the
schools of this county.
Reared in this county; jmy family has paid taxes
here for 50 years.
Your vote and support will be appreciated.
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REPUBLICAN
TICKET
ALBERT W. JEFFERIS
For Congress.
W. J. BROATCHt
For Stat Senator.
JOHN W. COOPER
For State Senator.
JOHN W. ROBBINS
For State Senator.
CHARLES L. SAUNDERS
For State Senator.
CHARLES W. SEARS
For State Senator.
Look! Read! Think!
Our country has always been safe,
sane and prosperous in the hands of the
Republican Party.
Vote for Jefferis, the able, clean,
honorable, safe and efficient candi
date for Congress.
JAMES ALLAN
LOUIS BERKA
A. U BERGQU1ST
J. FRANK BURGESS ROB. C. DRUESEDOW GEORGE B. DYBALL HARRY A. FOSTER
A. C HARTE,
JOHN LARSEN
NELS LUNDGREN GEORGE C4 PORTER VICTOR REYNOLDS '
For State Ropresentativo. For Stat Reproaentatlvc. For State Representative. , For State Representative. For State ReprosentatSvc. For Stat Representative. For Stat Representative. For State Representative. For State Representative. For State Representative. For State Representative. For State Representative,
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MICHAEL L. CLARK
For Sheriff.
LOUIS ADAMS W. G. SHRIVER
For County Surveyor. For County Treasurer.
FRANK DEWEY
For County Clerk.
P. J. TRAINOR CHARLES UNITT
For County Attorney. For Refiatrar of Deeds. For Co. Com., 1st Dist. For Co. Com., 2d Diet. For Co. Com., 4th Dlst. For Co. Com., 5th Diet.
ABEL V. SHOTWELL
HARRY PEARCE
HENRY McDONALD CHARLES f. kuncl
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The Republican voters wisely select
ed, at the Primary, a legislative ticket; A
careful investigation' of these candidates
will insure their election. ? f'. '
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CHARLES E. FOSTER
For Police Magistrate.
C. H. KUBAT 1 ED. LEEDER
For Folic Magistrate. For Justice of the Peace.
The Republican Candidates for county and city
officers are well-known men, most of whom are
seeking re-election. Each and every one is thor
oughly equipped to fill the office for which he was
nominated.
A vote for these candidates is a vote for effi
ciency in office.. ' . ? :
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