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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
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hi 41? ft m
I H ' IIWIII1 in..., A,. ytmmi li
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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
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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.