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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,"
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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