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HUNS' MILITARY
MACHINE TO BE
SHORN OF POMR
'
Allies Will Require Germans to Withdraw 30 Miles Be
yond Rhine, Leaving Munitions Behind, and to
Surrender Heligoland With Fleet, Is Report
Through Diplomatic Channels.
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Washington, Nov. 2. Information reaching Washing,
ton through diplomatic channels is that the armistice terms
being perfected by the supreme war council will require the
Germans to withdraw 30 miles beyond the Rhine, leaving
behind munitions and rolling stock, and to surrender Heligo
land with the German fleet, including submarines.
This would leave the border stronghold cities in the
hands of General Foch and return the German military ma
chine home with its power gone.
FURTHER RESISTANCE EXPECTED.
According to this information, the terms will be so dras
tic that some of the military experts doubt that the Germans
will accept them without further fighting.
Official reports indicate that the council still is discus
sing military phases of armistice terms, although the naval
problems have been disposed of. Information through dip
lomatic channels that the Germans will be required to with
draw without their munitions 30 miles beyond the Rhine is
believed in official quarters to be based upon proposals sub
mitted to the council, but which the council probably will
riot accept.
A diplomatic dispatch today says-
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger is in
formed that i,,juiismikaUA-
ing memberrof the different parties
of the- Reichstag, already have dis
cussed the question as to whether
the principal statesmen, who di-
rected the German policy since the
war broke out, and especially Beth-
tnann-Hollweg, who, is held re
sponsible for the failure attempts
at peace made at the end of 1916
and early in 1917, will be made to
answer for their deeds.
Would Open Roads to Berlin.
From a military point "of view,
the proposal that the German armies
be disarmed and retired 30 miles
beyond the Rhine is classed, only as
tantamount to an absolute surren
der. It would not only throw open
to the allied and American armies
many roads to Berlin, itself, but
with the surrender of .railway roll-!
uig stuck, uepnve iiiem or means
to retrace their steps or fight if they
would. .
Bankers Urge Surrender.
Amsterdam, Nov. 2. German
banking and commercial men, after
a meeting, have sent the govern
ment a declaration in favor of ac
ceptance of the entente's armistice
conditions, according to the German
papers.
The declaration presents an argu
ment against those who hope for
an improvement of the situation
from a continuance of the war and
demands measures for facilitating
peace, even if sacrifices are re-
quired. y .
Memorial Report Denied.
Bazel, Switzerland, Nov. 2. Re
garding the reports -that Philip
Scheidemann, social leader and sec
retary without portfolio in the Ger
man cabinet, has addressed a me
morial to Chancellor Maximilian on
the abdication of Emperor William,
a semi-official statement fromlBer-
tin declares no such memorial ex
ists.
"It is not impossible, however,"
the statement adds, "that this ques
v tion was touched upon in corre-
' spondence exchanged between Sec
retary of State Scheidemann ' and
other secretaries and government
chiefs during the illness of the chan
' cellor, which restricted personal
communication between the mem
bers of the government."
WINNERS IN
THE BEE,
SLOGAN CONTEST
First Prize v
Christena Christensen, Alvo,
Neb.
Other Winners
Frank Mokry, Omaha.
Mrs. M. D. Munn, Nebraska
City.
P. G. Baldwin, Omaha.
Mrs. E. O. Carson, Omaha.
Helen B. Gould, Omaha.
Charles C. Trobee, Omaha.
J. A. Day, Omaha
Nellie Smitn7 Council Bluffs.
Bessie E. Cook, Omaha.
Mrs. H. C. Vail, Albion, Neb.
The prize winning slogan ap
pears at the top of this page.
Other prize winners and those
receiving honorable mention
will be fouiid on Page 1S-B.
Judge of Awards C. C.
George, president, Omaha
Chamber of Commerce.
The Ike wants to especially
thank the 350 who submitted slo
gans in this contest and only
wishes it had prizes for all.
Aviators Pelivering
Rations to American
Troops in Front Line
Washington, Nov. 2. American
aviators now are delivering Red
Cross emergency rations to Amer
ican soldiers in the front lines
who are pursuing the enemy at
such a rapid pace that they have
outdistanced army supply wagons.
A dispatch today from France to
the American Red Cross said by
flying low "the aviators are ena
bled to drop packages and news
papers at points where the sol
diers are certain ta get them. ;
Going and Coming.
CROWDS CHEERM'KELVIE
ASDEM0 ORATORS SPOUT
Republican Candidate for Gov
ernor Denounces Hitch
cock and Mullen Machine
in Talk to Voters.
Des Moines Street Car
Men Get Increased Pay
Des Moines, i?ov. 2. (Special
Telegram.)-Street car operators
here have been granted a substan
tial wage increase by strike arbitra
tion board. The men will receive
41 cents per hour for the first three
"months; 44 cents for the next nine
months, and 47 cents thereafter.
. This increases the lowest paid
men 11 cents, the highest paid men
y cents, and 10 cents for the others
amounting to increases ot ii per
cental) per cent and 37 per cent.
U. S. Officers' Training
f ; School Opened in Siberia
Vladivostok, Nov. 2. The Ameri
Can expeditionary force in "Siberia
, today opened an officers' training
school here under command of Mai
Sidney C Graves, son of Gen. Wil-
, Ham. S. Graves commander of the
V forces in Siberia. ( ,
Bourbons Try With Little Suc
cess to Down Words of
Opposition Orators on
Street.
Samuel R. M. McKelvie, republi
can candidate for governor, received
an ovation when he arrived at Fif
teenth and Farnam streets last night
during his speaking tour of the city.
Notwithsfanriincr Vi .ffrt.
democrats who had staged an oppo
sition meeting a few feet away, the
crowd listened attentively to Mr.
McKelvie who sooke. as he had
promised, without mincing Words.
Jim rianley, Congressman Lo
beck's secretary ordered his band to
enliven the occasion at the rival
meeting to discredit the republican
meeting, but the crowd for the time
being deserted the Lobeck show and
surged over to the McKelvie meeting.
Scores Hitchcock Machine.
"While we are fighting for the
preservation of the franchise we
should be privileged to use it," Mr.
McKelvie began.
"The effective way to use the
franchise is to vote for the men and
the principles which promote the
greatest service to the country at
this time."
Then he directed his remarks tn
the" Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch ma
"I welcome the ODOortunitv to re
fer to this machine in the shadow
of the home of that machine (point
ing to the World-Herald building at
his back.) The senior senator of
whom I'have spoken, who urged an
embargo- on munitions at a time
when he must have known that had
that embargo been granted, the war
would have been lost and our cause
would have been lost with it. Also
he is the same senator who calls out
sturdily to everyone else t6 support
the president and fails to support
the president himself."
He referred to the senators re
cent failure to support woman's
(ontlnued on Fare Eleven, Column Six.)
Allies Will Occupy
Batum and Baku With
Consent of Turlcey
London, Nov. 2. An additional
clause in the terms of armistice
granted ' by the allies to Turkey
which has just been received says:
"Allied control officers are to be
placed on all railways including
such, portions of the trans-Cauca
sian railways as are now under
Turkish control; these must be
placed at the free and complete dis
posal of the allied authorities;' due
consideration being given to the
needs of the population.
"This clause is to include the al
lied occupation of Batum. - Turkey
will raise no objection to the occu
pation of Baku by the allies.". .
Poitics was not adjourned at
Fifteenth and Farnam streets last
night.
Republicans and democrats held
opposition meetings within a few
feet of each other, with no man's
land occupied by a coterie of non
combatants.' The demos would send up a few
star shells and the republicans would
reply with a barrage of 75 s. It was
the liveliest political show Omahans
have witnessed since the days of
16 to 1.
The republicans planned several
weeks ago for a meeting to be held
at the northwest corner of Fifteenth
and Farnam streets and the demo
crats thought it was too good an
opportunity to let go by, so they
did their best to muss things up
but the American spirit of fair play
wrought havoc with the evil designs
of those who attempted to break up
peaceful republican meeting.
Fleharty Plays Heavies.
The humor of the situation was
appreciated by several thousands of
people who occupUd the sidelines
The democrats put up Jerry Howard
as one of their ace speakers. Jerry
did not have good control, so Jim
naniey was sent in to do the heavy
work. Finally H. B. Fleharty was
rushed in by the democrats to save
their bending line. Fleharty has a
voice like a siren and when Tudee
Ben Baker, chairman of the repub
lican county central committee,
mounted the republican rostrum to
oppose Fleharty, the crowd yelled.
seventh inning, everybody
stretcnr 1
Baker held Fleharty for two in
nings and then Tom Hollister was
sent into relieve Baker. With Hoi
lister and Fleharty at their best, no
body asked for his money back. .It
was as good as convalescing from
the flu. "It was the mostest fun for
the leastest money.
"The record shows that the war
is not a failure, could be heard
from one side of the war of words.
. Then Came Murray.
"Friends and fellow citizens,
want to introduce to you a man who
is known .
"Where is he known?"
"Just wait a minute and I will tell
you. His name is Thomas B. Mur
ray."
Thomas B. Murray is city prose-
(Contlnned on rase Eleven, Column Six.)
Austrian Troops About '
To Evacuate Serbia
Vienna, via London; Nov. 2.
The evacuation of all Serbian terri
tory by the Austrians is imminent.
This announcement js. made in the
official statement from the War of
if ice today. -
Omaha Woman Answers President's Appeal
Wants to Know Why, If Husband and Son Are
Good Enough Patriots to Fight in France, They
Are Not Good Enough for Civic Duty at Home
. v Omaha,- November 2, 1918.
"-My Dear Mr. President: The papers contain your appeal asking people
to support you by voting only for democrats at the coming election, so you
may be "unembarrassed" by republicans whose loyalty you question. You
address "My fellow countrymen," which I take it includes me, though I am
woman, and I take it on myself to speak for my husband and my son, whe
are both wearing the uniform and can not answer your letter except as they
are answering it -"over there."
iThat ours is not a paper patriotism I give you these simple f acts:
I own and personally Gperate a large hospital. At the outbreak of the
war I tendered the hospital with all its equipment, facilities and nurses to the
government. .
My son volunteered and has been for months in the big drive in prance.
My husband was a surgeon with an extensive practice. He was past the
draft age. But when the call came he gladly gave up his business, and is now
ononis way to France in charge of a Dase hospital.
When the Liberty Loan campaign was on he directed me to buy all the
bonds his credit would stand, and we subscribed cheerfully and liberally to
Red Cross and Y. M. C. A.
To make sure my husband and son might be "unembarrassed" in fight
ing for our country, I gave upimy house and am living'at my hospital, which,
incidentally, has furnished for service eight of its staff and more than twenty
nurses.
Do you think, Mr. President, it is no sacrifice for a woman to give up her
home and all that is near and dear to her?
Can you be surprised then, that I am dumb with astonishment at your
letter, which would have me believe that it is disgraceful ' and disloyal to
vote for a republican? v
If my husband and my son are good enough patriots to fight the bat
tles of their country, and risk their lives for us who stay at home, would they
if one were a candidate for congress be less patriotic and less to be trusted
because they are republicans?
If I lived in a state where I could vote, would I be manifesting a dis
loyalty that would embarrass you if I voted for my husband as a republican,
believing he could serve his country as well at Washington as in France.
Inasmuch as the men I most love are fighting at the front, do you wonder
that I am disturbed by your appeal? Is it strange that I want to know what is
the matter with them that I want to know if they are not 100 per cent for
Uncle Sam? ,
I thought you asked us a little while ago to forget politics and think only
of winning the war. How, then, do you now ask us to forget what you then
said, and follow your orders in politics?
In all candor, Mr. President, I ask you, Are you playing fair?
MARGARET A. HENRY.
YANKS SWEEPING
ENEMY BACK IN '
fV ALLEY OF MEUSE
Germans in Retreat Beyond Freya Positions; Retire So
Rapidly Americans Have Difficulty in Keeping
In Contact With Them; Enemy Also in
Flight Across the Argonne Forest.
By The Associated Press.
, With the American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Nov.
2. The German forces are giving way before the pressure
directed against them by the Americans. The Germans to
night are in retreat beyond the Freya positions. .
The Germans have retired sq rapidly at some points
that the Americans have experienced difficulty in maintain,
ing contact with the enemy.
General Pershing's forces continued their attack in the '
region west of the Meuse this afternoon and captured Fosse.
This represents an advance offour miles from the starting
lines through Bayonville.
The Germans gave little, if any, indication of an im-
pending retreat until this afternoon. All morning long the .
Americans on every part of the' front had met with stubborn
resistance.
HUN DEFENSES
SHAKEN UNDER
ALLIED BLOWS
Teachers' Convention ,
to Be Held in Omaha ,.
front Dec. 26 to 28
. The Nebraska state teachers' an
nual convention will be held in Oma
ha December-26 to 28.
This date, announced Saturday at
a meeting of the executive commit
tee in the bureau of publicity office,
Chamber of Commerce, supersedes
all former dates and announcements.
The convention .was originally
scheduled for November 6, but was
postponed because of the "flu" epi
demic. The holidays were chosen by the
teachers for the meeting because no
spring vacation will be given school
children this year and school work
in general is far behind schedule.
The convention will be held with
essentially the same srogram as al
ready announced. -
-The officers who attended the ex
ecutive meeting Saturday were F.'
M. Gregg, Peru president; R. R.
McGee, David City; R. j. Barr,
Grand Island; J. H. Beveridj
Omaha, ard Ray Gates, Columbt
directors, and John F. Matthews,
Grand Island, treasurer.
Serbians Regain Part of
Belgrade, Nation's Capital
London, Nov. 2. Part of Bel
grade, the Serbian capital, has been
recaptured, according to the Even
ing Mews, which says it has re
ceived unofficial advices to this ef
feet. Z'-- ' - ' . ' '
Enemy Retiring West of the
Meuse Before Americans;
Italians Pursuing Aus
trians Closely.
By Associated Press.
( Over, the plains, of Venetia and
into the mountain valleys of the
Trentino, the Italians and allied pur
suit of the demoralized Austro
Hungarians goes on unabated. In
France the German defenses are
shaking untier the assaults of . the
British, French and Americans,
West of the Meuse the enemy is re
tiring before the Americans.
Austrian emissaries have been
given the armistice ' terms of the
allies and have returned to their own
lines, where the Austrian command
has them under consideration. Mean
while an Italian naval contingent
has raided the great rase of Pola,
while allied war ships are on their
way to Triest, to take command of
situation made serious by fleeing
Austrian soldiers.
The allied ministers and delegates
continue their deliberations over the
German armistice terms.
Italians Advance Swiftly,
From west of Asiago to the Piave
the Italians are' pressing into the
important valleys leading to Trent
and are well beyond the old Austrian
frontier northeast of Asiago. West
of the Brenta the Italians have
forced their way into the Nos valley,
lc ding toward Gngno while further
(Continued on Page Fonr, Column Three.)
Teutons Latest Line
Of Defense in France.
Already Under Fire
With the American Army
Northwest of Verdun, Nov. 2.
To the north of the advancing
Americans who have . broken
through the Germans' strongest
lines of resistance, including the
Freya position, which was shatter
ed today, lies the so-called Meuse
line the enemy's last stronghold
in this part of France.
The line in general follows the
military crests and railroads east
ward from Hirson to Mezieres,
Sedan, Mouzon, Montmedy and
Longuyon and then south to Et
ain. The railroad junctions in the
regions of Montmedy and Long
uyon are already under 'the fire
of the American big guns.
It is not believed the Germans
have an organized system of de
fenses between the American
front and this Meuse line, as they
had the greatest confidence that
the Freya, Kriemhilde and other
lines could hold in spite of any
attacks designed to break them.
The so-called Meuse line was the
advantage of important railroad
junctions connecting it with the
main lines direct from 'Germany
by several routes.
The opposition was especially de
termined on the left and right and
the American center had pushed for
ward considerably further than had
either wing. Though the center had
intended to continue and to attain
its day's objective, it was appar-
entr there would soon have to be 4
pause if the troops were not to be
flanked.
Resistance Weakens Suddenly. ,
So' certain were the military com
manders that the Germans, would
not break that the chief of staff of
the 'troops in the center belittled
the report arriving about 2 o'clock
this afternoon that the town of
Fosses had been taken.
One hour later, however, reports
began to come thick and fast. The
first showed that resistance against
the American left had unaccount
ably ceased. Then catn report!
indicating that the right wing was
moving ahead at marvelous speed.
The first intimation that the en
emy was retreating came fr6m;tht'
Fourth French army, which was ad
vancing to the northeast. Within
a short time various American i
units from all parts of the line an-
nounced that they were, also ad
vancing and were finding the resist
ance, which was marked aH morning,
melting away on the right. Even
troops in motor trucks had not ;
been able to catch up with the en- v
emy. ' ,'"y.:
Americans Follow 'Quickly. . ;
The Americans were not slow to
follow the advantage on the left
wing, which had met with the most
serious resistance and began - to
press forward immediately in the
Bbis Des Leges, on the heels of the
Germans, clearing up all who lagged
behind. They pushed thir line north,
ward for nearly a mile. Champig- t ,
nptille, a strong point in the Freya y
defense line, had been taken earlier
in the day the troops who had
rushed it passed forward and swept
through Verpel, after partly sur- ;
rounding the town.
Through rain and mud the Ameri-
cans advanced toward Thenorgues, '
a mile and a half north of VerpeL
The enemy had been expected to .5 -hold
there, for it was a strong po- V
sition, but very little resistance was .
met when the village was en'ered.
Troops further to the right crn
tinued their victorious march anH
Continued on Pe Three, Colnmn One.)
Terms for Armistice !;
for Navy Suggested by
U. S. Are Accepted
Washington, Nov. 2. Naval
terms of armstice agreed to yester-
day by the supreme war council at "
Versailles a.e in substantial accord '
with the views on this subject sub- .
mitted by the United States gov- -ernment
through ' dmiral Benson. ,
This was learned today, though the
exact nature of terms are still held
under a confidential seal. N
No announceme t i- expected to ;
come from Versailles until the coun
cil has completed its entire task.
As to the nature of the naval safe
guards and guarante to be de -manded
of Germai however, it is '
stated that the most cautious public
opinion will be satisfied when the,
terms are disclosed. They , are 4 v
said to leave nothng to chance.
The views of the United States
on this vital side of the armstice
discussion had been fully formulat
ed when Admiral Benson left for "
France. Vice-Admiral Sims, Amer
ican naval commander abroad has
reviewed the situaticn and found
officials of allied admiralities in har
mony with American ideas. . . '