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I BiRIEF RIGHT 'REEZY BITS OF NEWS f (I CITY QUARAN1INED FOR KEEPING SALOONS OPEN Harrisburg, Ta., Nov. 1. As a re mit of thff controversy between au thorities at Lancaster and the acting state health commissioner over the refusal of the city to obey an order ' keeping the saloons closed because of the influenza epidemic, the cora- missioner tonight declared that city to je under quarantine. All railroad and street railway companies and "other common carriers were directed Jo discontinue carrying prssengers to or from the city except federal ' and state officials on official busi ness. x i SOLDIER WHO DESERTED GIVEN PARDON BY WILSON. -Washington. Nov. 1. Private Clarence E. Sperry. Three hundred and . forty-third field artillery, sentenced to death by court Jiiartial because lie twice deserted to join his partially paralyzed wife and their three children, has been let free by order of President Wil- son. The president set the sentence aside because the offense was due . to the soldier's 'very proper solici- ' tude for his family," and directed that a copy of his endorsement be handed to Private Sperry. As a stimulus to him to remember the frdelity and deligence which ts re- Ttjtiir?d of soldiers called to defend ., their country. . CONVICTED OF CRIME "FOR CALLING A STRIKE Chicago, Nov. 1. James Lynch, John Haley and Michael Norris ornier business agents for team sters' unions, were found guilty by ' I federal jury tonight of interfering -with-interstate commerce in viola , lion of the Sherman act by calling a strike live years ago. The strike lasted three days and 'resulted in one murder. The jury's verdict was based on testimony that the "Strike delayed unloading of cars and made necessary rerouting of some , cars. Penalty for the offense is .fixed at not more than one year of imprisonment, a fine of $5,000 - or both. Counsel for the defendant made a motion for a new trial. McADOO LIFTS VOICE ON BEHALF OF SMOKERS Chicago, Nov. 1. W. G. Mc Adoo, director general of the rail roads, today in Chicago, where smoking cars and compartments , have been removed from street rail nay equipment at the direction ol health authorities during the influ enza epidemic, expressed himself as f a friend of the smoking car where a man may enjoy his ride ii com fort." , - "Personally," said Mr. McAdoo, I believe one can get influenza as easily irt a parlor car as in a smok ing car. It seems to me smokers " should not be taken off trains iin 1 less it is shown they contribute to the spread cf the influenza epidemic. In case any move is made to abolish 'the smoker, I will be guided largely by the recommendations of the pub lic health ' experts in my - departs tnent." v ' WIDOW KILLS 7 SONS . "AND LEAPS INTO FIRE. . Havana, Cuba, Nov. 1. Grieving over the death of her husband, who had died of influenza, Mrs., Carmen Lavera, aged 34, of Camaguay, yes terday killed her seven young sons. She then "placed the live stock of the farm in a hut and after setting it afire, leaped into the flames. She was rescued in a .serioifs condition by soldiers. BED CROSS MEMBERS MAY ACT AS SANTA CLAUS. Washington, Nov. 1. Members of the American Red Cross may act as "Santa Claus" to-members of the v American expeditionary forces ' in France who might not otherwise be -remembered at Christmas under a plain announced today by the war council. "i Each of the more than 2,000,000 "Soldiers in France has received a Christmas parcel label with instruc tions to send it to the relative or friend from whom he prefers to re- i. ceive a gift. In a number of cases ' jt has been found that soldiers have no one to whom their label may be sent, and they have been instructed to send them to Red Cross head quarters inVVashingtoi FLU LID IS OFF: : G AYETY STARTS 7 WITH SM SIGN 1 First Show at Midnight io Ca pacity House at Gayety Marks Resumption of ;; Old Order. The lid is off. Old man Johnson and his Gayety burlesquers were the first in Omaha to heave the lid. -iThe cover came off at midnight and just a minute or two later, Fred Irwin's Majesties, one and all, seized the offending obstacle to show-joy and sent it sailing so far that it will never come back. It was a happy, frolicsome .com pany, amusement hungry, that watched the Gayety at 12:01 a. m. to celebrate the flu freedom. The town had begun to awaken -from its' lethargy of the last month earlier in the evening and the streets vere more like normal. Restaur apts and cafes were well filled and there were numerous other evi dences that life in the old town was "coming baclf to normal. The burlesque show was"just a little more "burlesqy" than usual, and the pleasure of the large au dience was not at all dampened by the late hour at which the show "was held. . - ' The star of Fred Irwin's show, Florence Bennett never failed to. ' set applause especially on her "Niuht of Love." -' Roscoe Ails. The Nut, literally -brought the house down with his 'peculiar slide," , -v, ,.- y . ... - . -( .... .. , . GET YOUR WANT-ADS IN FOR THE BIG SUNDAY" BEE BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT . The Omaha -Daily Bee tr-T iQ Vfl lis Et m -Mcwd-cliM Mtttr May zt, IMS it VOL. 40. fSU. llo. 0mttt r. O. nMr tot t Much J. I87 OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER x 2, 1918; By Mill (I yur). Dally. UM: Smidty. J 59: Daily ul Sui.. SS.W; Mttldt Nth. mUh xtra TWO CENTS. THE WEATHERt v- For Nbrkt Fair Saturday nd probably Sundayi warmer Saturdays cooler Sunday after noon in west portions. 5 i a. m... 1 a. m... a a. nr... a. m... 10 a. m... 11 a. m... IS m Hourly Trmpcratura. S3 ...St ...SI .. ...sci ...41 43 1 p. m. p. m. 3 p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. ft p. m. 7 p. m. . .4 I p. m. .(1 M .54 .6? .55 5 .51 . i II i vrr i?nv7 m FLEET AT POLA surrenders to . slav council Croatians Holding Naval Base at Fiume Proclaim Their Union With Italy; Battle Continuing and Expand ing While Negotiations for Armistice Pro ceed Between Military Commanders. BULLETINS. London, Nov. 1. General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chief, handed the armistice terms to the Austrian com mander today, according to the Evening Star. The terms of the armistice, the newspaper adds, will be published to morrow. Paris, Nov. 1. The Austro-Hungarian commander on the Italian front, in asking General Diaz for an immediate armistice, argued that under such an arrangement Venetia would be evacuated without damage to the cultivated areas, according to a Budapest dispatch to L'Information. , AUSTRIAN FLEET SURRENDERS. London, Nov. 1. The Austrian fleet at Pcla, the naval base on the Adriatic sea, has surrendered to the southern Slav council, according to a dispatch received by the Central News agency. A German wireless dispatch picked up by the British admirality tonight says that according to an imperial proc lamation the Austro-Hungarian navy has been handed over to the south Slav natonal council sifting in Agram. . Copenhagen, Nov. 1. According to Hungarian reports sailors at Pola, the great Austrian base on the Adriatic, have mutinied,' and seized the warships there. , Croatians, who completely occupy the naval base of Fiume, on the Adriatic, have proclaimed their union with Italy, accordng to a dispatch from Berlin to the Berlingske Tidende. v A dispatch from Rome to the Paris Temps, under date of October 27, said that the Austrian fleet had been hastily concentrated at Fiume. A few vessels remained at Pola, the dispatch added, but all the ships that were atJVlattaro had left that port. BATTLE EXPANDING. Rome, Nov. 1. The statement issued by the Italian war office says the battle is continuing and is expanding. The Austro-Hungarians are maintaining resistance from Stelvio pass to the Astico. Italian cavalry divisions have destroyed the enemy re sistance on the Livenza river. They have re-established crossings over the stream and are marching towards the River Tagliamento. Feltre, a town in the Italian mountain region about 10 miles north of the old battle line, was entered last night by the Bologna brigade. IMJ , lVJUUIAMo . x ' 'I Armistice Accepted by Turkey Amounts to Complete Surrender And Opens Black Sea to the Allies The statement follows: "The battle continues to expand. The enemy maintains intact his re sistance from Stelvio to the Asticp, but he is vacillating on the Asiago plateau and in full retreat along the remainder of the front. He is pro tvted more by interruptions in the roads than by his rearguards, who are irresistibly overwhelmed by our troops, enthusiaftically occupied in the pursuit. Resistance Overcome at Livenza. "Our batteries, brought forward quickly with captured enemy artil lery, are intensely shelling the ad- (Contloued on Page Two, Column One.) By Associated Press. London, Nov. 1. The armistice accepted by Turkey amounts to "complete and ; unconditional sur rendfr." This statement wis made by Lord Revert Cecil, assistant secretary ot st..tp for foreign affairs, lo the As sociated Press tonight. The terms of the armistice, grant ed by the allied powers to Turkey, are as follows: First The opening of the Dar nanelles and the Bosphorus and acr cess to the Black sea. Allied oc cupation of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus forts. Second: The positions of all mine fields, torpedo tubes and other ob structions in Turkish waters are to be indicated, ami-assistance given to sweep or remove them, as may be required. Third: All available information concerning mines in the Black sea is to be communicated. Fourth: All allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons and prisoners are to be collected in Con stantinople and handed over uncon ditionally to the allies. Fifth Immediate demobilization of the Turkish army, except such Great Britain Denies Having Made Bargain Involving Armenia London, Nov. 1. With refer 'ence to rumors circulating here that the armistice with Turkey includes clauses by which Turkey would retain sovereignty over Armenia and other provinces, the 'foreign office authorizes the statement that there is no truth in the suggestion that any secret political agreement is annexed to the armistice with Turkey. troops as are required for surveil lance on the frontiers and for main tenance of internal order. The num ber of effectives and their disposi tion to be determined later by the allies after consultation with the Turkish government. Sixth The surrender of all war vessels in Turkish waters or waters occupied by Turkey. These ships will be interned in such Turkish port or ports as may be directed, except such small vessels as are re quired for police and similar pur poses in Turkish territorial waters. Seventh The allies to have the right to occupy any strategic points in the event of any situation which threatens the security of the allies. Eighth--Free use by allied ships of all ports and anchorages now in Turkish occupation and denial of their use by the enemy. Similar conditions are to apply to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish wat ers for the purpose of trade and the demobilization of the army. Ninth Allied occupation of the Taurus tunnel system. Tenth Immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern Per sia to behind the pre-war frontier already has been ordered and will be carried out. Eleventh A partof trans-Caucasia already has been ordered to be evacuated by Turkish troops. The remainder to be evacuated if required by the aTlies, after they have studied the situation. Twelfth Wireless telegraph and cable stations to be controlled by (Continued on Page Tno, Column Seven.) PERSHING'S BOYS RESUME ADVANCE ON VERDUN FRONT Line Now Extends Through Bois des1 Loges Eastward, Then Well North of Aincreville and Clery-le-Grand ; GroundjGained in New Smashes by Allies in Other Sectors. TWO MEETINGS AT SAME PllACE MAY BRING CLASH Something Not on Program! May Be Staged To-, night at Downtown Corner. Will there be fun a-popping to night at Fifteenth and Farnam? Perhaps there will be. It all de pends, y Be it known that, as soon as the "flu" ban on public meetings was lifted, application was made to Mayor Smith by Secretary Hollis ter for the Republican county com mittee for a permit for a series of Saturday night street-corner assem blages to be addressed by the re publican candidates, headed by Mc Kelvie for governor and Jefferis tor congress. Time Is Specified, The permit was duly issued and, not only that, particularly fixes the time as 7:30 p. m., and enumerates the different places, including Fif teenth and Farnam. As soon as the democrats learned of the plans of the republicans, Con gressman LoLeck's secretary and campaign manager, Jim Hanley, hotfoote"d to the mayor's office and raised particular cain. He didn't see why a nonpartisan democratic mayor, a mayor serving also as member of theNtlemocratic state committee, and a mayor honored by having hjs name used in the made (Continned on race two. Column Five.) Fort Omaha Balloon School in All Its Glory In Splendid Pictures The Sunday In Bee Rotpgravure Section The Giant Sausage Balloons Shown in Mid-Air. The Observation Balloons About to Ascend. , The Battery of Mammoth Hydrogen Trucks ready for Action in the Field. These are the first Authorized photographs of Omaha's big Balloon School at Fort Omaha. " The AK-SAR-BEN FLOATS Representing the Allied Nations Are also wonderfully photographed and reproduced in The Bee's Sunday Rotogravure Section. Phone Tyler 1000 Right Now and have THE BEE delivered regularly to your home by carrier. - . ' ' . .' 1 1 Revolution Plotted In Berlin and Hamburg And in Rhine Provinces Paris, Nov. 1. (Havas.) Rev olutionary plots in Berlin and Hamburg and in the Rhine prov inces' and Westphalia have be c'jne so widespread that -all the newspapers are publishing ap peals to the people to refrain from participation in such against the government.. This informa tion is telegraphed from Zurich by the correspondent of Le Journal. i WAR COUNCIL : PROCEEDINGS HELDJECRET President Wilson in Close Touch With Conference at Versailles, Through Colonel House. BULLETIN London, Nov. 1. The Versail les conference finally agreed late yesterday on the armistice terms governing the maritime powers of the Central empires. The propos als contain six points which are believed to throw every safeguard around the German fleet. Washington, Nov. 1. President Wilson today continued exchanges of communications with Col. E. M. House. Late in the day President Wilson went to the state, war and navy building for a conference with Secretary Baker. Thus far no inkling has been giv en here as to the proceedings of the supreme war council, which con vened today to arrange an armistice for Germany and Austria or of ex changes at Paris between represen tatives of the entente nations and Colonel House, before the council's sessions, began. Colonel House has been keeping the president in close touch with events. Such official information as the State department had today from what had once been the vast dual empire indicated that very little re mained of that structure, owing to separation of Hungarians, Bohe mians and Jugo-Slavs, from the par ent state. Even in that remnant of a once mighty empire grave dis orders are repotted and its total collapse was believed' imminent. Copenhagen, Nov. 1. Emperor William left Berlin for German grand headquarters, a message from the German capital today state?. Paris, Nov. 1. The armistice terms to be submitted to Germany will be confined strictly to military requirements, ;xcept that 4t will be brought out clearly that they are conditioned generally upon Presi dent Wilson's principles, with some definiteness. f French and Serbian Cavalry Reach Capital of Serbia Saloniki, Nov.v 1. French and Serbian cavalry have reached the I outer defenses of Belgrade, capital I of Serbia, says a French official com municatioB issued this evening. HUNDRED DEAD, MANY INJURED IN RAIL CRASH Tragedy Marks First Day of Strike; Train Running at Too High Speed Jumps the Track. New York, Nov. J. Over 100 bodies had been tajcen late tonight from what is known as the Malbone street "tunnel" on the Brighton Beach line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit 6ompany, where a five-car train running at high speed jumped the track on a curve and struck the side wall 'with such terrific force that the first car was demolished and the others "buckled" until they were jammed against the roof of the tunnel. "The tragedy marked the first day of a strike called by the company's motormen to enforce the reinstate ment of 29 discharged members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, as ordered by the national war labor board. Officials Arrested. District Attorney Lewis of Kings county declared all the officials of the Brooklyn Kapid .transit com pany and every person connected in any way with the accident has been ordered placed under arrest. He as serted the company was withhold- ping the name of the motorman. It was reported, however, that the man in charge of the train formerly was employed as a train dispatcher. "There is no doubt," Mr. Lewis said, "that the motorman of the train was going at too high a speed when he made the turn into the cut. The front car jumped the track and buckled." s Fire Starts in Wreck. Survivors of the crash crawled from the wreckage and ran through the tunnel, screaming and weeping, (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Though the Y. W. C. A. building lias been in use for 10 years it was, for the first time, the scene of a wedding Friday evening. Friday afternoon Miss Alma Hil kemier cf Tulare, S. D., entered the building and asked for Miss Etta Pickering, general secretary. "I have come all the way from South Dakota to marry my soldier," she confided, "and I can't bear a wedding in a judge's office. My mother can not be present, but I wondered if you wouldn't let me be married here tonight." Consent was at once given and preparations made for quite an elab orate affair at 8 p. m. Charles Rice of Hartford, S. ., the bridegroom, is. a guard in the quartermaster's department. He has been in Omaha but a few days anc has no friends here. A telephone call to Fort, Omaha secured Elton B. Christian as best man. Miss Galena Stowell, one of the 'Y. W. C. A. secretaries, acted as bridesmaid, and the Rev. 7 i By Associated Press. With the American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Nov. 1. General Pershing's forces attacked the German posi tions on this front today. At least a dozen villages were captured. More than 3,000 prisoners were taken. Soon after noon the American troops had passed Ime court and Bayonville. The Americans stormed Andevanne and cleared the Bois Des Loges, where they encountered the most serioui opposition of the day. ' The line at 6 o'clock this evening extended through the northern part of the Bois Des Loges to the eastward and then well north of Aincreville and Clery-le-Grand. Most of the villages captured had been fortified by the Germans. , OPPOSITION OVERCOME QUICKLY. x Preceded by the heaviest artillery preparation yet used by the Americans, the infantry went over the top at 5:30 a. m., all along the line. By 8 o'clock the troops had taken Champigneulls, St. George, Landres-St-St. Georges and the Lan D'Huy farm and 2,500 prisoners. There was opposition only at the outset. This was car ried out by brisk machine gun fire for from 20 to 30 minutes, when it eased off and enabled the troops to advance with out serious fighting. ' Later stiff opposition developed in the Bois Des Loges and continued for some time, but before noon all the ob jectives along the entire front had been gained. ARTILLERY SMOTHERS ENEMY. . ' The advance of the Americans increased matorially the feasibility of firing at the Mezieres, Sedan, MontrnVdy and, Longuyon railroad communication, and now that they are so much nearer, direct hits can be expected with regularity. The Americans never before had so much artillery in action as today. Although the artillery preparation was of only two hours' duration, the concentrating of missiles fairly smothered the Germans. The enemy had in line this morn ing before the Meuse and the Bour gogne wood nine divisions, includ ing some of his best men. Against these the Americans threw in a su perior number of fresh troops, all rested men, in good spirits and ready for a fight Enemy Unprepared. ' Whether the American offensive, which was made today in conjunc tion with the French on the left, was a surprise or not is unknown, but it is certain that the Germans were not quite prepared, for at two places American divisions encoun tered enemy divisions in the process of effecting a relief. That the Ger mans had anticipated an early re sumption of the offensive is, how ever, beyond doubt. The prisoners taken represent not only the nine divisions known to have been inj the German line, but four others. This is not regarded ' as conclusive evidence of the pres ence of that many divisions, but rather vthat the increasing scarcity of man-power has forced the em ployment of minor units as rein forcements. The American advance Iacled much of the spectacular qualities that characterized great advances, but the Americans did display, as never before increasing efficiency, dash and brilliancy 'in attack. TJie workmanlike manner in which both the staff and the line conducted op-k erations was praised by the French observers, who declared that the American ' army displayed all. the characteristics of veterans. French Launch Attack. Paris, Nov. 1. The Fourth French army in conjunction" with the Americans on their right launched an attack this morning on the Aisne front to the north and south of VouzTets, according to the offi&ial statement issued by the war ofiice tonight. The attack was on a front of about WA miles from the rejSn east of Attigny to north of Olizy. The statement says: "We penetrated into German po sitions, strongly held and defended with stubbornness to the east of Attigny. We have captured Rilly-Aux-Oise. , "Further south our troops have crossed the Aisne and carried Semuy and Voncq in sharp fighting, and are pushing energetically to ward the east. They have pushed back the enemy over three kilo meters in this locality. They havs (ContUiutd on r Two. Column Two.) War Council Meets In Gilm Environs of Quiet Old Rose Room Paris, Nov. 1. (By Associated Press) The prime ministers of the allied countries for several days have been doing the principal part of their work in the small back par lor of the apartment occupied by Colonel House. The large windows of the, parlor overlook a little gar den. The rugs and upholstery are old rose in color. All in all, the parlor is tranquil and peaceful look ing, similarly inexpressive of the magnitude ot the world - interests being decided there. A small American telephone ex change has been put into the apart ment by the army signal corps and an American telephone girl manipu lates the plugs, reading between times a novel pf western American life. The telephone wires run from the various army headquarters and also from i the foreign offices in London and Rome. The whole im pression is a blend of the old world and the new. Soldier Takes Brid'e In FirstWeddingNInY.W,C.A. Denton E. Cleveland performed the simple ceremony. The bride wore white crepe-de-chine and a beautiful lace veil and carried a bouquet of white and pink roses. Miss Minnie Nelson sang "O, Promise Me," and Miss Paul ine Trout played the wedding march. Guests invited 'by Miss Pickering included representatives from each of the seven organizations in the United War campaign. After the ceremony a delicious lunch was served by Ethel Nier meier, Louise Stegner, Blanche Eads and Dorothy Gray, who were dressed as maids and wore coquet tish little lace caps. The young couple will make their home in Omaha as long as Mr. Rice is stationed here. "I feel that I have some real friends here now," de clared the bride. Both the young people were -luch pleased with, the impromptu wed ding arrangements. When last seen the bridegroom was hunting for the kitchen to help , wipe dishes. lie said he wanted to start practicing his domestic duties at once. 7 V..