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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1918. YANKS ADOPT I PLANS TO FOOL l HUNS AT FRONT French Introduce Camouflage ;t and Idea is Quickly Picked v Up and Put Into Use $ by Americans. Correspondence Associated Press. Behind American Lines in France, jyov. J. --A male-believe forest ?tttand-tong the edge of the road 'it the entrance to the American jfamoufiage station' here. It looks $s natural as the real woods along he fighting front, with the shiny silver bark of the beeches, the rough, Ragged trunks of the old apple trees and the sprouting tops ot the dwart willows. 1 " ' ' Yet, every tree in the camouflage j forest has a stirl core, within which an observer peers forth to .watch the Movements of an enemy or a mf ehine gun is located to sweep forth 'from its recess. They are only one jof the many strange devices to de ceive and mystify the enemy which this American camouflage station is -Sending forth to the fighting army. 5 New Products of War. r: Camouflage is one of the disfcinct ' fy new products of the. war, even in Hie name, which was used for the first time by General de Castle ,nau, chief of staff of General Jofre. flie word is not good French, but -somes from "the argot, or French .slang, the verb, "camoufler," being Used by French to indicate any dis guise used to capture criminals. For f' xample, a detective camouflages imself by dressing as a coachman. U Early in the war the famous por trait painter, Giron de Sivela, con ceived the idea of disguising bat teries and buildings by painting ' Jthem in fantastic patterns blending - ith the lanscape. Heelaid the plan sbefore General de Castlenau. who, . Struck with the practical value of 4he plan, exclaimed "Camouflage." And from that, time the words grew Sand with t grew into a tremendous. Magnitude 'this art of misleading Vjthe enemy. Ij The American army has been .quick to nake a full use of the Strange new weapon of warfare and iUhe camoijflage.,,pl?nV is one of the Jmost contplete In existence witHa forking fortse of nearly 1,000 and a ; itaf including many of the - well-, jjjcnown mural atists and decorators ;and sculptors of America, all of them engaged in producing', these eurious devices by which military 4re deceives the enemy. , . One of the officers, Captain Hom ier Saint" Gaodens, is a son of the 'American sculptor, Saint Gaudens, Another, Major Tracy, is a promi nent architect who did much ot the Avork on the Lincoln Memorial. ! Lieutenant Carry Faulkner, is an jAmerican mural .artist anJ Lieuteo .Jnt.berry Frey,.an American sculp itor in Paris. Sergeant Leslie Thrash- lr and K Larl Christy and Corpora! l)uer are American illustrators; Walt Lee is a cartoonist and Ser jeant Murphy is an American mural, decorator whose work &well known ,n .England. But there must be something more than stage properties in the pro--auctions of these artists, they must be practical and suited to the -uses ,jof warfare, and it is the part of Col, tonel Bennion, head of the camou 1 milage station, to keep these artistic Productions within practical limits. ?The colonel is an engineer officer ith West F'oint training, and when Jrmy camouflage is adopted : for American army uses, it has' the double merit 'being the product ",of .American artistic skill and at 4n same time Sn eminently practical device from the standpoint of mili , 3fjr engineering. ' ; farmer1 Repays Uncle Sam; ; , Puts $45,000 in Bonds ;4 Spokane Wash., Nov. 3. In re payment of the "start," he says XTncle Sam ave him .47 years ago -Vhen h homesteaded in what, is mow in Steyns.'Cpunty, Washington, . 'Edward John, aprosperous farmer of 'that section subscribed for, $45,000 ' worth of bonds of the fourth' Lib- ' rty loan. ' h Mr. John declared that,' since be had no sons to give the government Jor service, he took, this means of "Showing his appreciation for what it had done for him by giving him ,Iand, sending soldiers to protect (Jbim from the Indians and deliver- fiond Conversion Privilege ' ; Expires Next, Saturday : Washington, Nov, 3. Owners of t ijirst Liberty bonds converted, and "second Liberty bonds, bearing 4 per cent, who wish to exchange them for honds bearing 4f4 per cent, must do so before next Saturday, November S, when the conversion privilege hy ... Taw expires. This can be done with " tmt cost at any bank and the only effect is to give the bondholder an 5e'tni quarter of a per cent interest vhich amounts to 25 cents a year on vach $100 bond. Third loan bonds Ji-'f not to be converted because ,hey already bear 4)4 per cent. fight Persons Arrested Sunday on Liquor Charges Eight persons were arrested Sun day on the charge of illegal posses sion of liquor. They were: Frank Drahota, Howells, Neb.; George . Drahota, Howells, Neb.; Walter Ysk, Missouri Valley. Ia.: Clara Ciiiren, Chicago";' Joseph. Ciuren, cnicsso; John Uopson, 606 North V Sixteenth street, Omaha; John Muirhead 606 North Sixteenth jfeet; William Johns, Seventh and r Webster streets. . - ' 's . . Cyclist in Collision?- : " ' John Muscsella, 2011 Dorcas 'street, was riding a motorcycle .Sunday night going south on Tenth street when be. ran.; into MrrfLW. H. Walker, who' was driving an , Automobile east on Hickory street. " ' lie. was Jaken Jo the Lord Lister hospital where it was learned that his lower left Jaw was broken. Mrs. Walker was uninjured AYitK American Submarine Fleet in Foreign Waters s ?" y " ft - 1 A Cf i ? I n V S5 fj hi 41? ft m I H ' IIWIII1 in..., A,. ytmmi li U u II V. This remarkable photograph, wardroom while, the vessel is sub showing, the commander of an merged. The phbt.o was made while American submarine operating in the submarine was plowing through foreign waters at work in his little the deep, 100 feet under the surface. BRILLIANT PART TAKEN BY YANKS IN HAIG'S DRIVE (Contlnsed from Page On-) taken y the Americans in the Au denanic sector was 1.500. The capture of Valenciennes was a fine piece of generalship. In their .drive of Friday the Canadians pushed across the Rhonelle and es tablished their Jines east and rest below the city, then turning sharp ly southward. Above the city's nt rthern limits the whole country had been flooded so there was no possibility of attacking across it. Tlius-tlje Germans werexut off by water to the north and by the Brit ish, to the west and south. The eastern exit from the city was the only one left open. ' One other pos sible means ot escape was by smashing off the point' of the Can adian salient to the south of the city. .' , . k' Then the German's rushed out, by the eastern' gates of the city, with all possible material, leaving snip ers and machine gunners who had been giving their lives to protect the rear of the m'ain German line. Ger man, transports and troops raced to the northeast along the highway leading to Mons. Meanwhile, Brit ish guns were working destruction in the retiring ranks of the foe. Hun Losses Tremendous. South of Valenciennes, where the fapadians have been operating, the German losses were ' tremendous. ?1 ore . German, dead .ares strewn on She battlefield than- the Canadians ever have seen before in a similar area. S , v The prisoners reached some 4,000 this morning and they are still com ing jn. One Canadian brigade took more . prisoners than its total strength of infantry. German troops today were throw ing explosives and gas into the de fenseless city which the British have so carefully avoided bombarding be cause of the danger to civilians. Despite this danger the streets were filled with people cheering hysterically at their release and ac claiming their, deliverance. Wilson Gives His Support to Walsh for U. S. Senate Boston, Nov. 3. A telegram from President Wilson saying that he "would feel confident of the support" of former Gov. David I. Walsh, dem ocrat, if he were elected to the sen ate, was received by Edward A. Fi lene last night. Mr. Filene had wired to the president asking his at titude toward Mr. Walsh in view of a statement made by Senator John W. Weeks, his opponent, in a speech this week that Mr. Walsh had been unable to obtain the presi dent's personal endorsement of his candidacy. ' . ' Ihe president's telegram follows: "Your telegram calling my atten tion to statement in Senator Week's speech at Fitchburg, Mass., received. If any doubt exists as to my atti tude toward Mr: Walsh I am glad to have an opportunity to say I would feel confident of his support and Mr. Weeks has given me every reason to be confident of his opposition." War Revenue Bill Revision Suspended Until November 8 Washington, Nov. 3. Revision of the $8,000,000,000 war revenue bill was suspended by the seriate finance committee until November 8, to al low members, to participate in elec tions next Tuesday and to afford time for recapitulation of the com mittee's work to date. During the committee's recess, tieasury experts will make an es timate of the revenue yield from the bill as now revised. Chairman Sim mons hopes that the bill may be re ported to the senate about Novem ber 12. . ' - Sale of Vodka Will Be Resumed in Siberia Vladivostok, Nov. 3. The official All-Russian Telegraph agency an nounced today that the Omsk gov- ernementi intends to resume the sale of vodka as a government monoply. The minister of supplies says that the 1,714,000 bushels of grain ne cessary for the annual operation of the Russian distilleries can be spared without causing a serious food shortage. G. 0. P. PRESENT TICKET 100 PER CENT AMERICAN (ConilBocd from Far One.) Metropolitan water board, the last being without opposition. - The polls will be open from 8 . m. to 8 p. m. Election Commissioner Moorhead states that he has issued more than 7,000 challenges, most of which are cases of removals of voters who neglected to have their registrations revised. Mrv Moorhead estimates that the total vote of Douglas county will be 25,000. Samuel R. McKelvie, who spent several days in Omaha during the past week, finished here with a feel ing that his cause is in safe hands, and that his optimism will be justi fied, when the votes shall have been counted on next Tuesday night. He said that he felt that he had more than met every statement made by the opposition. Congressman Lobeck has returned tn rtmoh? snH wii met nn Farnam IU - .street by a former supporter, who, by the ty, is oui mis ume mv Jefferis. "What's the matter, congressman, haven't got the flu have you?" asked the former Lobeck man. Lobeck tried to smile, but the weight of woe on his mind could not be overcome by forced merri ment. , " . The fact, of the business is, that Lobeck is worried and not even the boyish good-nature of Jim Hanley can make him feel otherwise. aik, W Tpffpri. reoublican con- iinjvi i. iii , , - . . . gressional candidate, has practically brought his campaign to a ciosc. has put in several busy weeks through Douglas, Sarpy and Wash ington counties, making a favorable impression everywhere by conduct ing a dignified and clean campaign. "We are tired of having a messen ger boy represent the becond con gressional district in congress," is an expression frequently heard along political row. A communication from "One Who Knows" gives a reminder of some things folks might forget. It reads: "With your permission we would like to sav a few words in regard to the coming election. After reading the democratic papers, it looks as if the patriots are all on the democratic ticket, but let us see: M. L. Endres, county treasurer and candidate for re-election, was born in Germany. His head deputy is of German de scent and the five best-salaried posi tions are filled by Germans. The ex-manager of Val Peter's German- language paper is one or his cniet deputies. When our first Red Cross drive was started, Mr. EHas, one of his clerks, asked to get off so he could play in a voluntary band for a few days, but Mr. Endres said 'No,' and that was final. Where do our 'pro's' come in? Let us keep the records straight. These are indis putable facts. Investigate a little before you vote. Some of the demo cratic newspaper patriots need in vestigation. Make no mistake." Harry V. Hay ward, one of the wheel-horses of local democracy, told Congressman Lobeck's secre tary, "Jim" Hanley, that he in tended to vote the republican ticket tomorrow. This disaffection came to a head when Hayward called Hanley to ac count for the faux pas promoted by 'democrats Saturday night at Fif teenth and Farnam streets. Select ing the particular corner where the republicans had arranged a meeting, aroused Hayward's cholex. "Why did you want to pull that stuff for?" Hayward asked. "You had better get over to the A Delicious Drink Instead of Coffee When for any reason you change your table-drink rt is an excellent idea to try This 'pleasing hot cup has a rich coffee-like flavor and besides being agreeable to taste has the added merits of quick preparation,economy and freedom from all harm ful substances such as the caffeine in coffee. "There's a Reason it FIRST K. OF C. MARTYR IN FRENCH WAR SERVICE. c 1 . lit x i Edmund H. Lennon of Joilet.'Ill., was the first martyr in the Knights of Columbus overseas service. He died at Nuilly, France, October 21. Lennon was formerly a star baseball player. He played with the famous Lennon team, composed of nine brothers. His death was the nrsi break in the team. republican meeting where you be long, retorted Hailey. "That's where I am going," Hay ward 'replied, testily. ' And Hayward is not the only democrat who is sore at the meth ods f the democratic machine, ,in-clung- Arthur Mullen and his statements pertaining to negroes and woman's suffrage. Abel V. Shotwell, republican can didate for county attorney, has re covered from an indisposition, which has kept him at home for more than a week, sufficiently to be out on Mcnday. Friends have assured him that his interests have been well cared for during his internment. In fact, Mr. Shotwell's illness prompt ed his friends to redouble their ef forts in his behalf. Seals on Puget Sound Follow Modern Piper Seattle. Nov. 3. Phonographs music lured scores of destructive hair seals of the lower Puget Sound to their deaths last summer, accord ing to Ed Corfee, who spent sev eral months at Useless, Mutiny and Cultue bays, south of here, killing the seals that preyTupon the sal mon. Corfee is a hunter, employed by the Washington Fish and Game commission. A phonograph and a rifle were the principal items in Corfee's outfit. According to his statement, he played his phondferaph on the rock, whenever a seal put its head above the surface, Corfee's rifle spoke and the seal dropped. Each seal is said to be able to destroy $1,000 worth of salmon a yearj HONS PREPARED TO MEET ATTACK FROM THE StiUTH (Contititord From Tt Om.) mauthe pursuit planes harassed the troops along the roadways with ma chine guns and small bombs. The weather was cloudy, but It was the first really clear day on the ground " since the offensive of the Americans was resumed. There were various combats in the air. Two German machines were, reported brought down. Three Amercian planes are missing. The aviators' report .regarding the retreat of the enemy east of the Meuse is as follows: , ' "At Remoiville a troop train of 19 cars was leaving, northward bound. We saw great crowds of enemy troops along the railway sid ing. We fired upon them and they fired back with incendiary bullets. All northbound roads out of Remoi ville were filled with troops. According to previous reports at least four Austro-Hunganan dm sions were opposing the French and Americans east of the Meusc in this sector. Clear Bourgogne Woods. The American and French troops today completed the clearing of the enemy out of the Bourgogne woods by their junction at Noirval. ihey then pushed forward northeastward and captured m rapid succession Chatillon-Sur-Bar and the Bois Duchesne, where the northern ede of the wood was reached. The action at this point was prs- dominantly French, tut with the Americans assisting with patrols, who first pushed westward to effect a liaison and then turned north eastward with the French until they met other Americans near Chatillon and pinched out another slice of terrain. , ,3 Argonne Region Cleared. Paris, Nov. 3. The Argonne re gion has been cleared of the enemy by the French and American forces, the war office announces tonight. Numerous villages and important positions were captured in Sunday's fighting. , - In the course of last night French captured the villages of Givry and La Croix-Au-Lois. Fourteen addi tional guns and 2,000 prisoners have been taken by the French in the Aisne operations. Storm Enemy Steel Works. London, Nov. 3. British troops tact nlcrht - icfnrmH th tp1 wnrlc hla by the Germans southeast of Valenciennes and, advancing one and one-half miles to the east, com pleted the, capture of the village of St. Saulve,' the war office announced today. Haig's men took prisoner S.fXJCFCerma-n' two days of fight ing on this front. The Germans are retreating to the east and southeast of Valencienrtes, Field Marshal Haig reports from headquarters tonight The British J To the I Voters of Nebraska As I am a widpw with no husband to vote I can only aid in the defeat of Senator George W, Norris and the election of John H. Morehead by an appeal to the patriotism and sense of justice of the people of Ne-; braska. V ! When my husband died, my two sons,' Sylvester and Leo, of military age, took charge of our store busi ness and carried it on until, the United States declared war. We sold out the store and they both volunteered before there was any draft law. In fifty-eight days they were in France and were there training and in the trenches. and in the fighting for over a year. The great battle of Chateau-Thierry began July 18 and on the fol lowing day both of my sons were killed in that terrific fight. . , . They had been in France ten 'months defending their country while men of the caliber of Senator Nor ris were quibbling and delaying things at home. x Ex-President Roosevelt and his good wife had four sons of military age and they gave them all to the country's cause and I praise them for it. I gave only two, but I gave all I had. The Roosevelts have one son buried on foreign soil; both of mine are buried there, et Senator Norris says that my sons died fighting for the money lords and for a flag with a dollar mark on it. If my sons were here to vote or if my husband were here they would vote for no man fchat expresses such senti ments; they would sure vote for John H. Morehead, whose only son is fighting in France for the American flag and all that it represents. I. have no use for the kaiser or his country and surely I have no love for the German army, but the men Sthat fired the guns that killed my sons shot them in the j. -j. t i i. j j iu. iront. i nave a inucii nigner regaru lor even uic rai ser's soldiers who shot at my sons in front than for the Nebraska senator. ' . - I am only one woman. . But I feel that on election day the men of Nebraska will be deciding between Sen-, ator Norris and my two boys who perished at Chateau-Thierry. 8 Mary Sander Ewing, Neb., Nov. 2, 1918. .., re following the enniy up and tak ing prisoners. . . .iV(k. Belgians Advance Swiftly. ' Havre, Nov. 3. Marked progress by the Belgian army is indicated by the latest report from Belgian headquarters. The Belgians have reached the west bank of the canal, which runi between Ghent and Neu zen in northerly, direction, and thereby have redeemed a further large section of their country. Allies Near Ghent With the Allied Armies in France ! atid Belgium, Nov. 3. The Franco-! Belgian troops tms morninfr had reached a line within five miles of Ghent French cavalry last night were reported to St Denis-Westrem three miles southwest of the city. In the meantime French and American forces occupied Aude narde. further south. Americans had battled their" way across the j Scheldt between Heurne and Byne, j to the north of Audenarde. i , The allied line in front of Ghent' at latest reports lay approximately north to south, through Vinder haute, east of Wildenriesch and j Laethem- St. Martin, with cavalry advancing toward Ghent from the southwest j Valenciennes was virtually free this morning of German gunners I who were left behind to fipiht rear guard actions when the enemy with drew Friday night and today lay well behind the consolidated Brit ish line, which ran approximately between St. Saulve nd . Pergeau. both of which places were captured yesterday. Five thousand civilians had re mained behind in Valenciennes throughout the fighting, the re mainder, about 29,000 were evacu ated by the Germans during the past week, principally to Mons. A number of th residents yesterday and last night lost their lives as a result of further enemy bombard ment with high explosives and gas shells. PA SAYS TO MA "It's (ismfiennt fact that no cleaner to Omaha ever claimH to du bettor clMAint! that tha Carey Cleaning Co.. Some offers' better service, others better prieea ap-parently-t-ut nnq; better rleanuif. pressing,- alterm and repairinf."' Y.ll Thia VOTE FOR Nethaway for Sheriff The White MAN'S Friend. Sin- thie ana it wUl ba ooa-bye Mike Clark tumorrow. FOR CONGRESS Stop Your Coughing N need to let that' cough perailt Stop tike frriutioo, and rem or o tickling and taaree ' aaaa br aootbtng tna lnflajo tbroat vttft ; Skin Tortured Babies Sleep After Cuticura All J Bm(iIK Aliitaataeulin Til mmm Tf When Writing to Our Advertisers I Mention seeing it u Ihe 1 1 , ... t I i i nf n in-in r I imii i i ii-nrtflT iiii i mTitnCMM i M-cK EL VIE Republican Candidate For GOVERNOR. t- S. R. McKelvie is the Republican candidate for Gov ernor. We believe that he knows the hearts of the people of Nebraska and that, if elected, he will faith fully reflect their sentiments and ideals. ., Mr. McKelvie .was born and feared on his father's farm in Clay county, where he remained until he' be came of r.e. AH his interests are and always have been. in . Nebraska. For more than thirteen years he has been directing the destinies of Nebraska's pioneer farm paper, "The Nebraska Farmer," of which he Is publisher and principal owner. This has kept him In immediate touch with industrial business and social t conditions throughout the state. Mr. McKelvie's political record is an open book. He was Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska . from 1913. to 1915, a member of the State Legislature from 1911 to 1913, and a member of the Lincoln City Council from 1908 to 1909. The following is quoted from Mr. Mc Kelvie's platform : "I stand for the prosecution of the war until the Un conditional aurrender of our enemie. And I beliera that every individual should lie permitted to do hi share re gardleia of party affiliation. Partisanship must be elimi. nated from all war activities. I denounce profiteering , and discrimination in price fixing. I favor state and na tional prohibition. I favor equal suffrage. I favor the development of all natural resources of the state. More efficient and economical distribution of the products of the fields and factories of Nebraska must be encouraged. Waste, graft and favoritism fn public office must be dis placed bj efficiency and honest service." McKelvie is definitely opposed to the Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch Machine, which has. for so long domi nated Nebraska politics. McKelvie's election will .mean the return of representative government to" Nebraska. A vote for McKelvie is a vote against the machine. v Swat the Machine By Voting for McKeltiie for Governor Republican State Committed - FISTULA CURED 4 Rectal Disseise Cured without a savers toreiea t, operation. No Chloroform or Ether need. Curs guaranteed. PAY WHEN CURED. Write fee Uios- trated book oa Rectal Distance, with names and teatU moniali of mora than 1.000 Dromlneot Deeola who OR. E. R. TARRY, 240 Bee Bide.. Omaha. Neb.