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THE BEE: OMAHA, r KID AY, flUVEMBaK o, ltuo.
WHOLE COUNTRY
DUPED BY FALSE
NEWS OF PEACE
(Continued from Fate On.)
he prohibition gloom, which has
shrouded cafes and saloons, was
dispelled and they were filled with
revelers. The Star Spangled Ben
ner, with variations and without ac
companiment, was the air which
floated most frequently through the
swinging doors.
These were some of the results of
the "peace" report:
Police Commissioner Enright
ordered the city's giant sirens to
sound the tidings and all the other
whistles and bells in the city fol
lowed suit. The racket spread
throtiRh New Jersey, Long Island
and Westchester like fire through
prairie grass.
. Mayor Postpones Pageant
' Mayor Hylan ordered all city of
fices closed for the day and issued a
"proclamation calling on the public
to celebrate. The mayor also or
dered that a great parade be staged
tonight to mark "the end of the
world war." but later directed that
the pagent be postponed until it is
known the war is over.
Thousands oi office and business
managers of factories suspended
operations so ther employes could
make merry. 1
Stock exchanges closed at 2:30 p.
m. and Wall street soon was de
serted. Every person in New York not
lame, halt, blind, sick, or in jail,
joined in the demonstration. Schools
were dismissed early and children
paraded.
Vehicle traffic in the principal
thoroughfares was suspended be
cause motors and .wagons could not
force a path through the densly
packed multitudes.
'iours after the report of an ar
mistice had been officially denied
the city was a bedlam. It seemed
New Yorkers were much more
eager to credit reports of peace
than believe the war not yet over.
A paper "snow storm" was a
picturesque but expensive feature of
the demonstration.
All New England Celebrates
Boston, Nov. 7. Boston and
many other New England cities
held impromptu celebrations when
a false report that Germany had
signed an armistice became current.
Even when it was learned that the
report was not credited in official
government circles parades- were
not abandoned and bells and
whistles continued their clamor.
At Quincy 10,000 shipyard work
ers went wild wit joy and officials
made no effort to restrain them. The
gates of the shipyards were thrown
open and theymen carrying picks,
shovels and other tools marched
through the streets.
Chicago Goes Wild.
Chicago, Nov. 7. Chicago
shrieked with joy today in a prema
ture celebration of peace.
The report of the end of the
world war, flashed over the city and
bells and whistles, was started by a
newspaper dispatch which was NOT
carried by the Assiciated press.
Later dispatches from Washington
and London officially annou cing
that the armistice had not bet .
signed failed to halt the crowds
surging throgh streets white with
tons of scrap paper thrown from
office buildings.
All departments of the city hall,
courts, stores, offices, munition
plants and factories closed and their
workers turned the downtown sec
tion into a carnival. Waste baskets
and draw.rs filled with bits of paper
emptied from windows filled the
air.
At one place 200 gallon casks of
wine were placed in the street and
every one was invited to drink to
the "death" of the kaiser. A shop
which closed fo . the afternoon dis
played a mourning wreath with the
sign: "The kaiser is dead." One pa
rade was led by a figure in chains
representing the kaiser.
The Chicago Opera company was
rehearsing when a Belgian tenor
rushed in crying: "Stop, stop, peace
has been declared." Director Cam
panini ordered the orchestra to play
th; "Star Spangled Banner" and
the national anthems of the allies.
Rehearsal was adjourned and the
singers joined in the street celebra
tion. . Many Cities Hoaxed.
Chicago's demonstration of joy in
the belief that victory and the final
downfall of kaiserism had been ad
mitted by Germany's military lead
ers, was representative of that in
other cities of the middle and central
west.
Wartime restraint was abandoned
in St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwau
kee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City
and many other cities. In Brainerd.
Minn., the premature discharge of a
cannon blew one boy's arms off and
injured another youth. In St. Louis
many persons became so hysterical
they were taken to hospitals.
Among the Chicago incidents was
the gathering of postoffice clerks in
the postmaster's office where they
sang anthems.
Six persons were injured, one pos
sibly fatally, in motor car accidents
in the Topeka, Kan., demonstration.
Dallas, Tex., exhibited most re
straint. The pre-arranged signal
when peace should be finally signed
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was the blowing of a giant siren
which started vigorously, but was
stopped when the Associated Press
did not confirm the armistice re
port. The people generally declined
to believe the false report.
Crowd Grows Indignant
Salt Lake City, Nov. 7. A "peace"
celebration held here today when a
false report was circulated and pub
lished by one newspaper to the ef
fect that the German armistice com
mittee had signed armistice terms
submitted by Marshal Foch, later
became an indignation demonstra
tion. The change in the attitude of
the celebrants came when official
statements carried by the Associated
Press were made public by Asso
ciated Press newspapers.
Celebrations Nipped in Bud.
San Francisco, Nov. 7. San Fran
cisco and other large Pacific coast
cities staged premature peace cele
brations today on receipt of false
reports carried by stock brokers'
wires and news agencies other thafl
the Associated Press. The demon
strations died of inanition, however
when accurate press dispatches were
received declaring that peace was
still in the future and that the allied
and the American armistice condi
tions had not even been presented
to representatives of the German
high command.
Los Angeles, Spokane, Seattle,
Portland and other cities were wild
ly enthusiastic until truth was
known.
Delirium Reaches Iowa.
Des Moines, Nov. 7. Iowa burs"
into a delirium of joy today when
the false report of an armistice was
spread broadcast over the state, bus
iness suspending in many cities and
towns1 while cheering thousands
paraded. One concern in Charles
City gave a $25 prize to the person
producing the most effective nqise
making device. v
Official denial of the armistice re
port, however, slackened enthusiasm
and in Des Moines normal condi
tions prevailed tonight.
AMERICANS GET
HOLDJN SEDAN
(Continned from Pag One.)
Sedan that lies on the west bank of
the Meuse.
The bridge over the Meuse at
Sedan, over which the retreating
enemy fled, has been destroyed and
the river valley flooded.
The pricipal German lateral lines
of communication between the fort
ress of Metz and northern France
and Belgium now are either out or
unavailable for the enemy's use.
Since November 1 the Americans
have taken 6,000 prisoners. They
have freed all French territory with
in the zone of the army's action west
of the Meuse to a total of 700 square
kilometers, and have liberated 2,000
civilians.
The matter of peace negotiations
failed to slow down in the slightest
degree the operations alorlg the
front today. The news that Ger
many has taken definite steps to se
cure an armistice reached advanced
quarters, but was not accompanied
by any orders affecting the big drive
now in progress and it is expected
that the American line will be car
ried forward without pause.
Prepare To Drive On.
With that part of Sedan resting
on the western bank of the river oc
cupied, the American army is con
solidating its positions and prepar
ing for a further advance.
Vilosnes, Sivry and Heraumont,
to the south and east of Dun-Sur-
Meuse, were among the places taken
this morning. The American
troops are in close touch with the
line between Inor and Martincourt,
where the road bed has been de
stroyed, the material having been
carried away to strengthen the Ger
man positions on the heights be
yond. To the south of this Remilly
was captured.
It is evident that the Germans are
determined not to yield Sedan un
less absolutely forced to do so. They
have made' big concentrations on the
heights back of the city and in such
places as can be defended both
above and below on the river. Con
crete entrenchments, near the city
are strongly held, while all the
woods and bridges in the neighbor
hood have either been destroyed or
mined.
After an all-day struggle iln the
dense woods and hills the Americans
late today reached the most east
erly heights of the Meuse. dominat
ing miles of open country north of
Domvillers, the Germans literally
having been pushed out of every
foot of ground.
French Speed Up Advance.
Paris, Nov. 7. (10:20 p. m.)
With ever-increasing speed the
French troops are forcing the Ger
mans back north of the Aisne and
on all the rest of the front which
the French are fighting over, ac
cording to the War office announc
ment tonight. An advance of 10
miles has been made at certain
points since yesterday.
With the French Armv in France.
Mnv 7. Persistent rain and deep
ening mud, although making com
difficult do not
appear to have cnecked pursuit of
the Germans retreating toward me
Belgian frontier, ihe advance con
ti'rmprf this mnrnintr over the Kreater
part of the French front with such
rapidity it was impossiDie to iouow
it. Last reports are the French cav
alrv ic mnvirtor toward the Meuse.
and the infantry toward Mezieres.
General JJebeny s torce was ai tne
German rear guards, occupying
villages and carrvine
their advance toward Hirson. Cap
ture of this important railway cen
ter will bring about the final crum
bling of the transportation organiza
tion of the German armies in
France.
Subsequent operations may be
come a race between the armies in
retreat and those in pursuit to Aix-La-Chapelle,
as the American suc
cesses have made the line of the
Meuse a precarious refuge for the
enemy.
French President Entertains
Colonel House at Luncheon
Paris, Nov. 7. President and Ma
dame Poincare entertained at lunch
eon today Col. E. M. House. Pres
ident Wilson's representative tp the
allied conference; and Mrs. House
and 4he allied ambassadors and min
isters, ,
YOUNG OFFICER
TALKS AT DINNER
TO WAR WORKERS
(Continued from Fate One.)
the people rose and cheered him.
Later he made a splendid little
speech.
"It's a darn good thing that Col
onel Grant, in getting permission for
me to come here, promised that I
Wouldn't make a speech," he said.
"I don't understand why in Sam
Hill you have to have campaigns
The boys in France. don't have to
be argued with when they are told
tb go over the top. Why must a
man be argued with to give his
money to this cause?
"I think we Americans are patting
ourselves on the back too much.
We haven't done much in this war
We -.vere the straw that broke the
camel's back, but if we hadn't been
that we might have been the camel.
The people of England, France, Bel
gium and Italy have done the great
part. And when we have won this
war let's remember that we had a
mighty small part in it. The people
over there aren't saying anything
about what they did."
He told a story cf advancing at
the head of his machine gun men.
He looked back and saw the man
behind him who was carrying a
machine gun. fall. He passed the
machine gun to the man behind
him and waved his hand to Tukey,
saying, "Goodbye, lieutenant, "I'll
have to stop here."
W. W Head presided and Rabbi
Cohn opened the meeting with pray
er. A band played patriotic airs
during the dinner.
Jenks Pays Tribute.
"Jimmie" Taylor, veteran Young
Men's Christian association army
worker; of Chicago, was to have
been here. Wednesday night word
came to him that his only son had
been killed in France.
Rev. W. H. Jenks was the first
speaker and he paid a high tribute
to the broad spirit of co-operation
which permits this drive of men
and women of various religious af
filiations for a common great cause.
Rev. E. F. Robison, S. J., of St.
Louis university, made a strong. plea
for union and co-operation in the
work of the seven war agencies in
this drive. He emphasized the im
portance of these agencies in sus
taining morale and referred to "the
armistice of which we had mistaken
reports this morning but which must
come when the allies have beaten
the Hun back to his own soil."
Religion Is Foundation.
"To be worthy of such heroes,"
he said "we must get it down into
the very bottom of our minds and
hearts that we must keep on giving
until the end. The recognized
agencies for war relief must have
the means of caring for our heroes
until they have come home to us
again, until we can speak a na
tion's gratitude from the depths of a
nation's soul and after that she
means of aiding the helpless or the
hampered in the days of reconstruc
tion." Omaha's quota in the drive is
$325,000 but the committee has vol
untarily raised this SO per cent and,
judging by the enthusiasm at the
meet'ng last night the city will eas
ily raise it if everyone does his part.
The state's quota of $2,000,000 has
also been raised voluntarily to $3,
000,000. Actual taking of subscriptions
starts next Monday.
Mormal Forest Cleared
Of Foe by Haig's Troops
With the Allied Armies in France
and Belgium, Nov. 7. (Reuter's.)
Mormal forest has been thoroughly
cleaned out bv British troops, but
some few Germans are still in Ber
laimont, where they are in danger of
bting cut off.
British forces are east of Por
querie and are advancing toward
Pont-Sur-Sambre. New Zealand
troops are now moving along the
road to Bavay and are near Harg
nies. Up until last evening the Third
British army had counted 128 Ger
man officers, and 5,879 men taken
prisoner since Monday morning.
Since that time prisoners have been
coming back through the lines.
The Fourth army ha i taken 4,500 by
last night, while the First army had
captured several thojsand.
U-Boat Sinks Greek Ship;
Fires on Escaping Crew
Athens, Nov. 7. A German sub
marine, after having torpedoed a
Greek sailing ship, is said to have
fired on the crew when the men tried
to escape from the sinking vessel,
according to an official telegram re
ceived here from Crete. The life
boat has been examined and found
to be shattered by projectiles from
the submarine's guns.
Rio Grande Spur Abandoned.
Salt Lake City, Utah., Nov. 7.
Abandonment of the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad spur between Salt
Lake City and Ogden as a through
passenger and freight line was an
nounced here today by E. E. Calvin,
federal manager of the Union Pacific
and allied roads.
British Make Steady Advance.
London, Nov. 7. (9:31 P. M.)
The British troops continued their
steady advance along the whole
front south of the Mons-Conde can
al, according to Field Marshal
Haig's report tonight.
Premier of Bavaria
Threatens to Withdraw
Troops From. the Front
Paris, Nov. 7. There is reason
to believe, according to a Berne
dispatch to the Temps, that the
premier of Bavaria has sent an
urgent note to the German gov
eminent to the effect that if an
armistice is not concluded without
delay he will be obliged officially
to order the Bavarian troops to re
turn from the front.
This action, it is added, would be
taken owing to the fact that
Bavaria is menaced on its southern
frontier by allied forces and that
the internal situation in Bavaria
is unsatisfactory, v
ARMISTICE STORY
FORMS BIG HOAX
(Continued from Tare On.)
two afternoon. Sedan taken morn
ing bv Americans."
"Howard."
"Simms"
Uniprcss is cable code address for
United Press; Howard is Roy W.
Howard, president of the United
Press and Simms is William Phillip
Simms, Paris correspondent of the
United Press.
Fake Clearly Seen
To grasp the situation it should
be borne in mind that Paris, being
to the ect of the United States, is
about six hours ahead of A'ew York
time. Although it had been an
nounced that the armistice was
signed at 11 o'clock and that fight
ing has ceased at 2 o'clock, it was a
fact that th German commissioners
were not to be receive ' by Marshal
Foch 'until 5 o'clock, three hnurs
after the hour reported as the end
of the fighting.
The. State department's cable of
inquiry to France was not dispatch
ed until after the report had been
called to the department's attention
and when a reply came saying that
the armistice had not been signed
and the fighting had not ceased,
more time had elapsed.
At 3:35 o'clock in Paris it was
officially announced that four Ger
man officers, bearing a white flag,
probably would arrive at Marshal
Foch's headquarters some time to
night. That announcement was one
hour and 35 minutes after the hour
reported as the end of the fighting
and Associated Press dispatches filed
with hc American army on the
Sedan front at 6:30 o'clock tonight
showed that an hour and a half after
the German commissioners had been
expected the troops still were fight
ing their way forward. ' ,
TAKING OF SEDAN
DECLARED GREAT
MILITARY FEAT
Pershing's Army Overcomes
Tremendous Opposition and
Captures Strong Posi
tions in Advance.
Washington, Nov. 7. The taking
of Sedan by American troops is a
"great military achievement," Sec
retary Baker said today when in
formed that detachments of Lieu
tenant General Liggett's First army
had entered the historic French city.
"The news of the taking of Sedan
is very good news," said Mr. Baker.'
"It is a great military achievement.
At our last report the Americans
were at a distance. I believe, of
five or six miles from Sedan, in the
most difficult country along the
western front, except the flooded
territory in Flanders.
"The advance of Pershing's army
from the 28th day of September to
November 1, was slow and
difficult in the face of tremen
dous opposition and against the
strongest kind of positions, and the'
very much more rapid advance, in
cluding the taking of Sedan, if that
place actually has fallen, is as fine
a military achievement in a limited
area as has taken place in the ..ar
at any time.'
War Leader Dies.
London, Nov. 7. Lieutenant Col
onel Harrison, controller of the en
tire department of chemical warfare,
died today following an attack of
pneumonia. He joined the army as
a private in May, 1915.
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