THE BEE : OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918.
PERSHING GIVES
SERVICE MEDAL
I TO GEN. FOCII
American Leader Bestows the
First Decoration Created
by Congress Upon Gen
eralissimo of Allies.
Senlu, Not. 14. Gen. John J.
Pershing, commander of the Amer
ican forces in France, conferred
J upon Generat Marshal Foch, the
commander-in-chief of the allied ar
mies, the American Distinguished
Service medaL The presentation
was made in the name of President
Wilson at the villa where Marshal
; Foch has his headquarters and was
in impressive ceremony.
A guard of honor was drawn up
at headquarters and trumpeters
blew a fanfare as Marshal Foch,
with General Pershing at his right,
took positions a few paces in front
of the guard. General Petshing, ad
dressing the generalissimo, said:
For Distinguished Service.
"The congress of the United
States has created this medal to be
conferred upon those who have ren
dered distinguished service to our
country. President Wilson has di
rected me to present you the first
!of these medals, in the name of the
United States government and the
American government as an ex
pression of their admiration and
.their confidence. It is a token of
the gratitude of .he American peo-
. pie for your achievements and for
the great services you have rendered
to our army. I am very happy to
have been given the honor of pre
senting this medal to you."
Two Clasp Hands.
General Pershing then pinned the
medal on Marshal Foch's breast and
.the two stood with their hands
clasped as the trumpet sounded
once more.
; In accepting the decoration, Mar
shal Foch said:
' "I will wear this medal with pleas
ure, and pride. In days of triumph
' is well as in dark and critical hours,
'I will never forget the tragical day
'last March when General Pershing
.put at my disposal without restric
tion all the resources of -the Ameri
can army. The gjecess won in the
.hard fighting by the American army
is the consequence of the excel
lent Conception, command and or
ganization of the American general
staff and the irreducible will to win
of the American troops. The name
.'Meuse' may be inscribed proudly
,upon the American flag."
Believes Explosion,
) Which Cost 100 Lives
Enemy Agent's Work
.' Perth Amboy, N. J., Nov. 14.
.Conviction that the explosion last
month at the T. A. Gillespie shell
Joading plant at Morgan, which
cost 100 lives, was the work of an
.enemy agent, was voiced at the sen
ate investigation of the tragedy to
day by Hugh A. Leonard, superin
tendent of the unit in which the ex
plosion occurred.
. After a debate among members of
the investigating committee . A.
Yates, vice president and general
manager of the Gillespie company,
was permitted to testify publicly that
On the day of the explosion there
were between 25,000,000 and 30,000,
000 pounds of T. N. T., nitrate of
ammonia, loaded shells and smoke
less powder at the plant. Only 350,
(K30 pounds of the T. N. T. went up
m the explosion, he added.
Girl of Nine Years
. , Probably Fatally Shot
Jennie Prestito, 608 Pierce Street,
aged 9 years, was probably fatally
injured Thursday evening when a
girl friend about the same age shot
her with a 22 caliber revolver. The
bullet passed through the right lung
and according to the hospital
authorities at the St. Cathrine hos
pital where she was taken, the
chances of recovery are very small.
The girl who did the shooting .has
not been located by the police up to
.this time.
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U. S. Loans $100,000,000
to Italy for War Supplies
Washington, Nov. 14. A credit of
$100,000,000 for Italy was announced
today by the treasury. This will be
used largely to pay. for foodstuffs
and war supplies already ordered by
the Italian government in this coun
try and in process of manufacture
or export. Italy's aggregate loans
from the United States now amount
to $1,160,000,000 and those of all the
allies $7.12,76.666.
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World Peace Celebration
; - Proposed at Washington
f Washington, Nov. 14. Represen
tative Fess of Ohio, republican, to
day introduced a resolution setting
tside July 4, 1919, "as a day of
world celebration to commemorate
the ending of the war," and appro
priating half a million dollars for a
Celebration in Washington, to which
ail governments, including the
central powers, would be invited.
. Ten Thousand Soldiers
. I Join in Victory March
- Des Moines, la., Nov. 14. More
than 10,000 soldiers and civilians
marched today in the local celebra
tion of "Victory day" and tonight
9,000 persons jammed the comeseura
, at a catriotic mass meeting. Hun-
Areas of overseas soiaiers irom
Fort Des Moines hospital took part
1 in the parade.
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Seven Generals Discharged.
f ! Washington, Nov. 14. Honorable
I discbarge from the grade of gen
eral officer of seven brigadier gen
! (rals, now on duty with the Ameri
canexpeditionary forces, was an
i - flounced today by the War depart
. ment. Brigadier Generals Charles I.
! Martin, Nathaniel F. McClure. Rob
I " ert H. Noble, Gordon G. Heiler,
i Frederick & Folt, James A. Ship
! ' ' ton and George W. Gatchell are re
turned to their former rank of col
onel. .General Gatchell is under, or
ders to return to the United States.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
HANDLES RAIL DISPUTES
Washington, Nov. 14. Employ
ment disputes involving railroad
telegraphers, switchmen, clerks and
maintenance of way men hereafter
vrill be adjusted by a new railroad
administration board of adjustment.
"No 3" establishment of which was
announced today by Director Gen
eral McAdoo. This body, consist
ing of four representatives appoint
ed by the regional directors and one
each by the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers, Switchmen's union,
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
ot Way Employes, will pass only on
disputes over interpretation of con
tracts if the employes and railroad
executives are unable to agree. Its
functions are similar to those of
previously organized boards of ad
justment for the four trainmen's
brotherhoods and for shop em
ployes, Members will be rsmed
soon.
The director general also author
ize the railroad administration's di
vision of labor, directed by W. S.
Carter, to consider disputes involv
ing employment conditions, but not
wages, for employes of the Ameri
can Railway Express company. This
was prompted by sporadic strikes
of expressmen in the south after
discharge of certain employes.
The director general referred to a
former order" specifying that no dis
crimination may be made against
railroad employes on account of
membership in unions, and explained
that this applies to express em
ployes. Disputes are to be referred to
the railroad administration's division
of labor only after employes' or
ganizations and the chief operating
officer of the express company have
failed to agree. Wage matters will
continue to be handled exclusively
by the board of railroad wages and
working conditions.
HONS PUBLISH
NEW PLAN FOR
GOVERNMENT
Many Modifications Toward
Democracy Made Includ
ing Suffrage and Free
dom of Speech.
Berne, Nov. 14. A dispatch re
ceived here from Berlin says the
new government has published its
program in a proclamation. The
dispatch adds the program enforces
many modifications toward demo
cracy and liberty, economically and
politically.
The proclamation includes that
the victims of the fighting during the
past few days inside greater Berlin
shall be buried together in the cem
etery where the victims of the 1848
revolution were buried.
The proclamation announced that
the state of siege has been raised,
that there is to be full liberty for all,
even functionaries to form associa
tions; the censorship, including that
on theatricals, is abolished; there
are to be freedom of speech and of
writing, amnesty for political of
fenses, an eight-hour work day, and
universal direct secret suffrage, with
proportional representation for both
sexes above 20 years old, for elec
tions to all public bodies.
To Convene Assembly.
The Berlin government, according
to the Frankfort Zeitung, after some
resistance from the Independent so
cialists, has resolved that ajs soon as
the business program has ibeen set
tled it will take up the wuestionn
of the convocation of a national as
sembly. News reaching here seems to
show that a serious effort lis being
made in Berlin to maintain Aorder.'
The Vossische Zeitunir (publishes
a notice to the public tha persons
are not permitted in . thei streets
after 8 p. m. The same newspaper
announces the arrest of twolcivilians
and three soldiers for Jillaging.
They were sentenced to depth.
In the south the movement has
taken on a more democratic than
socialistic character.
At Stuttgart a purely socialist gov
ernment was formed at first, but now
three representatives of the bour
geoisie have joined the ministry.
To Confiscate Property.
London, Nov. 14. The property
of the German crown will be con
fiscated, according to a German
wireless message received here to
day. According to a proclamation is
sued by the new Prussian govern
ment, the entailed property of the
German crown will be placed un
der the administration of the min
istry of finance. Property which is
not entailed, but which is personal
to the former king and his family,
will not be affected.
Ministers All Socialists
Copenhagen. Nov. 14. The new
German government has been or
ganized with the following cabinet
members:
Premier and interior and military
affairs, Friedrich Ebert.
Foreign affairs, Hugo Haase.
Finance and colonies, Phillip
Scheidemann.
Demobilization, transport, justice
and health, Wilhelm Dittmann.
Publicity, art and literature. Herr
Lftndsberg.
Social policy, Richard Barth.
Announcement of the members of
the new German government con
firm previous reports that the cabi
net would be composed entirely of
socialists. The majority socialists
who supported the imperial gov
ernment during the war are rep
resented by Ebert, Scheidemann
and Landsberg, while the indepen
dent socialists are Haase, Dittmann
and Barth.
Herr Dittmann was sentenced to
imprisonment last February in con
nection with labor troubles in Ber
lin. He was released by the im
perial government a few. days be
fore its downfall. Richard Barth
formerly was editor of the socialist
Vorwaerts and is a member of the
Spartacus, of bolshevik, element of
the independent socialists. It was
reported through Copenhagen un
der date of Monday that he had re
sigend from the government after
a stormy meeting of the cabinet
AMERICANS IN
!0H TOWARD
RHINE LANDS
(Continued From Faf One.)
correspondence be carried on only
in the French language with towns
in Alsace-Lorraine.
Allied prisoners who have been
liberated are being feted by the Al
satians and Lorrainians. Even the
departing German soldiers have
fraternized with the populations.
Several Prussian officers who at
tempted to domineer over their
troops were shot.
Germans Leave Verdun Region.
With..- the American Army in
France, Nov. 14. (By Associated
Press.) The Germans opposite the
First American army north and
northeast of Verdun are reported
to be moving northward rapidly.
Preparations begun by the enemy
several days ago to withdraw in
force now are becoming effective.
Great railroad activity is reported
at Metz and other railroad junc
tions. The advance guard of sev
eral hundred Russian, Polish and
Italian soldiers, freed by the Ger
mans in Lorraine,, reached the Amer
ican lines in the region of St. Hilaire
today. The first group numbered 45.
They said they were released
several days ago, the Germans tell
ing them to start for the American
lines immediately. The released
prisoners were attired principally in
German uniforms. They expressed
the opinion that ithe Germans had
set them free so as to be rid of them
during preparations for moving
northward.
The arrivals were taken in charge
by American officers and furnished
with additional clothing and plenty
of food. i
As a further indication that the
German Withdrawal has begun came
reports today from various parts of
the front that explosions were being
heard. It is believed the Germans
are destroying their old shells and
ammunition dumps in excess of the
ammunition which is to be turned
over to the allies according to the
armistice.
The Thirty-second division report
ed explosions in the direction of
Muzeray agd two heavy- explosions
in the (Jfretion of Etain, which were
followed by lighter detonations.
Other explosions were heard beyond
Merles and in that region this aft
ernoon. Meeting Arranged.
London, Nov. 14. (British Wire
less Service.) Communications
have been addressed to the German
authorities giving directions for
German delegates, in conformity
wtih the armistice conditions, to
present themselves to Belgian dele
gates at Bruges on November IS,
and also to the president of the inter
allied commission of railways in
the field and the president of the in
terallied commission of navigation
on November 16 at Nancy, to re
ceive instructions regarding the
question of railways, navigation and
telegraphs.
German Authorities Hooted.
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 14.
(By Associated Press) The great
est enthusiasm prevails in Alsace
Lorraine. Thousands of Germans
are leaving those provinces. The
German authorities are being hoot
ed by the crowds. French and
American troops are expected daily.
Receptions on a huge scale are
being prepared for the allied troops
under the eyes of the German offi
cials. j
There also is Joy in the Rhine
towns because of cessation of al
lied raids.
Commission Appointed.
Paris, Nov. 14. (Havas) The
cabinet today considered questions
concerning the organization of Alsace-Lorraine
under French occu
pancy. Three high commissioners
were appointed. They are Georges
Maringer, commissioner general of
national security for Strassbure: Al-
Jbert Tirman, state councillor for
Metz, and Henry Poulet, state coun
cillor for Colmar.
Open Diplomacy Is Given
Full Recognition by France
Paris, Nov. 14. It is understood
there is to be no further political
censorship on' press dispatches leav
ing Paris and that there is to be
full recognition of open diplomacy.
Premier Clemenceau has expressed
himself in favor of free press tele
graphic facilities. v
' Waldeck-Pyrmont Freed
United Lutheran Church
Consolidation Accomplished
New York, Nov. 14. The Gen
eral Council and United Synod,
South, three separate Lutheran or
ganizations, were officially merged
into one ecclesiastical body by the
name of United Lutheran Church of
America, at a convention here today.
Temporary officers elected were:
Rev. Dr. Theodore E. Scmauck
of Lebanon, Pa., president; Rev.
William Baum of New York, sec
retary. i
Iowa Postmasters.
Washington, Nov. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Iowa postmasters appointed:
Knoke. Calhoun county, Martin Nelson,
vice Ernest C. Alpers, resigned; Lavlnla,
London, NOV. 14. frince Fried- Charles L. Alpers, resigned: Llaoomb.
Marshall county, Elmer E. Boyd, Vice
Clara A. Bauman, resigned; Orleans,
Dicklneen, county, iTr.rvey h, Daft vice
Our Burnslde, resigned; Patterson, Madi
son county, Dulole E. Small, vice Murlfort,
resigned; Somers, Calhoun county, Henry
D. CrandaU, vice Ernest Scharlenberg, re
signed. .
rich of Waldeck-Pyrmont has vol
untarily relinquished his govern
ment according to Renter dis
patch from Copenhagen. Waldeck
Pyrmont is one of. the - smaller
states of the German empire.
HOOVER ENTERS
UPON TASK OF
FEEDING WORLD
(Continued Tram Fag One.)
ligations of the government, includr
ing particularly the guarantee for
minimum prices for 1919 wheat, still
will be binding and will be fulfilled.-
Mr. Hoover plans to return to
America by Christmas. He said
he would study especially prob
lems of German provisioning, the
important question, for decision be
ing whether this shall be done on
a cash or credit basis.
Although Mr. Hoover did not ask
for extension of the food control
law, several senators said it is a
question for congress in view of
possible rapid increase in prices at
the expiration of the law.
Britain To Furnish Supplies.
London, Nov. 14. (British Wire
less Service) Sir Albert H. Stanley,
president of the Board of Trade, an
nounced today that the first step had
been taken to relax prohibition on
imports and exports.
The Daily Express is officially
informed that the arrangements
being made to supply the German
people's most pressing need for
food will not entail shortages for
the allied nations. Germany has al
ready made known her immediate
wants and the inter-allied food coun
cil will decide what supplies should
be allotted, first taking into consid
eration the requirements of the al
lies. One of Germany's requests is for
fish. Great Britain will be able to
supply large quantities of herrings
and other pickled fish without depri
vation to herself. The allied wheat
reserves will not be lessened by
Germany's need for bread, but there
is no immediate prospect of white
loaves in this country.'
Mexican Monetary System
Placed on Gold Basis
Mexico City, Nov. 14. President
Carranza today issued a decree, re
forming the monetary system of
Mexico by placing it on a strictly
gold basis.
The recent monetary crisis was
caused by the exportation of silver
half-peso pieces, which as the re
sult of the higher price of silver,
were worth more as bullion than as
coin.
Under the new decree peso and
half-peso pieces will be coined with
less silver in them, making their ex
portation profitless.
Two Killed When Valve
Bursts on Navy Steamship
New York, Nov. 14. Two men
were killed, one of them a lieutenant
of the United States naval reserves,
and two badly scalded when a steam
valve burst on an American steam
ship in the service of the navy
while at its pier here today. The
men killed were Lt. Alexander W.
Walls and Sylvester Tennoyer. fore
man of a civilian crew of machin-
ists. " ,
A similar accident occurred on
the ship about a week ago, when 12 j
men were seriously burned.
Revolutionary Movement
Spreading in East Prussia
Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 14. The
revolutionary movement is spread
ing strongly in East Prussia. A
semi-official dispatch from Berlin
reports that Koenigsberg, Allen
stein, Insterberg, Gumbinnen and
Loetzen are in the hands of the
revolutionists. Governor von Ba
tocki of Posen, former German focd
minister, has put himself at the dis
posal of the revolutionists.
The revolutionary governments
at Mannheim, have summoned the
grand duke of Baden to abdicate.
Norway's Shipping Losses
in War. 1,250,000 Tons
London, Nov. 14. (British Wire
less Service) Norway lost during
the war 831 vessels, aggregat
ing close on to 1,250,000
tons, according to official statistics.
In addition 33 vessels of approxi
mately 69,000 tons were damaged
by German submarines.
One . thousand one hundred and
twenty-five lives were lost in these
disasters.
American Red Cross Feeds
Released Italian Prisoners
Triest, Nov. 14. The American
Red Cross, working with the Italian
authorities, has succeeded in gather
ing here sufficient food for
40,000 of the Italian prisoners now
pouring in here on their way home
from Austria. Among the released
prisoners are American, British and
French soldiers.
The Bee's
Free Shoe Fund
To Buy Shoes
For Shoeless Children
An office full of youngster, prop
erly vouched for by their teachers,
were supplied with new shoes by
the committee Wednesday. m
Little thin slipper, leaving the
ankles cold, were replaced by stout,
well-fitting shoes. Gaping boots,
through which the big toe peeped,
were taken off and the young own
ers fitted with warm, protecting
winter shoes. This happen three
times a week Mondays, Wednes
day and Fridays in the .attend
ance officer' rooms in the city hall.
Have you contributed your mite to
help shoe these helpless little ones?
Previously acknowledged .... $586.25
Mrs. S. Pizer. Sargent, Neb. . 3.00
Alice F. Irwin, Creighton, Neb. 5.00
John Waterman 2-00
Polling in Britain
for New Parliament ,
to Take Place Dec. 14
London, Nov. 14. (British Wire
less Service) A proclamation will
be issued November 25, summoning
a new parliament, Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchequer
and government spokesman, an
nounced in the house of commons
today. Nominations will be made
December 4, and polling will take
place December 14.
Major Fling to Lecture
to Nebraska Association
Washington, Nov. 14. (Special
Telegram.) A meeting of the Ne
braska State association will be held
next Tuesday evening, when Maj.
Fred Morrow Fling, U. S. A., for
merly professor of European history
at the University of Nebraska, will
deliver a lecture on 'The World
Crisis."
Officers of the association are:
F. K. Nielson, president; W. H.
Whelan, vice president; J. H. Han
ley, secretary; H. A. Harding, treas
urer. Senator Hitchcock returned to the
capital today from Omaha. The
senator had no observation to make
on the result of the recent election.
Gurdon W. Wattles, food admin
istrator for Nebraska, was in Wash
ington today enroute to New York'
Contributions to War Work
Fund Total $65,556,929
New York, ov. 14. Contribu
tions by the nation to the United
War Work campaign for $170,500,
000 totalled $65,556,929 at noon to
day, it was announced at national
headquarters here tonight.
New York City raised $3,211,800
today up to noon, making a total of
$16,043,057 towards its quota of
$35,000,000. . Large contributions
announced here were: Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller, jr., $500,000;
Edward S. Harkness. $300,000, and
American Telephone and Telegraph
company. $250,000.
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Swiss Troubles Ended,
President Announces
Paris, Nov. 14. The only news
received from Switzerland up to a
late hour this evening was a dis
patch saying President Calonder had
announced in the national council
that agitation had ceased and the
troubles in Switzerland were ended.
No Swiss newspapers have reach
ed Paris in the last two days.
German Cruiser Aground;
Commander Refuses Aid
London, Nov. 14. (British Wire
less Service) A big German cruis
er is aground near Malmo, Sweden,
according to a dispatch from Copen
hagen. The commander of the war
ship refused all proffered assistance.
The cruiser is reported to have a
large number of airplanes on board.
Miss Wilson Will Sing
at U. S. A. Headquarters
Headquarters of the American
First Army, Souilly, France, Nov.
14. Miss Margaret Wilson, daugh
ter pf President Wilson, is to sing
at headquarters here tomorrow. In
the afternoon she will give a recital
for the officers and in the evening
another for the enlisted men.
Mine Sweeper Blown Up.
Paris, ' Nov. 14. (Havas) The
French trawler, Pavot, which was
being used to sweep mines laid by
the Turks in the gulf of Alexan
dretta, the northeastern arm of the
Mediterranean, was blown up to
day by the explosion of one of the
mines. Four sailors were killed.
Uninterrupted Success
Home
Builders
Live
in 22
States.
Over
1,000
Ask
Them
With Assets over $1,000,000.00
With Surplus and Re
serve nearly . . 100,000.00
And not $1.00 Mortgage or Bonded
Debt. With building contracts oh file
amounting to over HALF MILLION.
With the prospect of increased build
ing activities in the near future, Home
Builders has established a record of
uninterrupted success.
The combined capital of the people
employed at home, secured by gilt
edge mortgages on new up-to-datfi
properties, is the ideal plan of safe In
vestments. 6 is paid on Home Builders' shares,
$1.00 each, issued as desired to any
one, anywhere, in any number up to
$5,000. 7
Shares readily converted into cash
through the American Security Co. on
short notice when the money is
wanted.
Fiscal Agent
for
HOME BUILDERS, Inc.
American Security Co.,
, , Omaha, U. S. A.
PEACE CONGRESS
TO MEET BEFORE
END OF THE YEAR
Premiers of Allied Powers
Return to Paris to Confer
1 With Col. House on
Arrangements.
Paris, Nov. 14. The general
feeling , of the associated govern
ments is that Versailles Paris is
the most convenient place to hold
the peace conference and if this
were decided upon it would serve
as a recognition of the paramount
position of France in the war.
Washington, Nov. 14. It is prob
able that the first meeting of the
peace congress will be held soon
after the English parliamentary
elections which take place Decem
ber 14. and at a time which will
give ample opportunity for the
American and other delegates to ar
rive A meeting, to he held shortly,
of the interallied conference will
finally determine the details of the
questions.
Premier David Lloyd George and
Foreign Minister Balfour of Great
Britain, Premier Orlando and For
eign Minister Sennino of Italy, Pre
mier Venizelos of Greece and For
eign Minister Pachitch of Serbia
are on their way here for a resump
tion of the conferences at the home
of Col. Edward M. House, special
representative of the United States
government, and the sessions at
Versailles.
Besides outlining the general pro
gram of the congress the question
of meeting the food situation in Ger
many and Austria probably will be
considered.
British Casualties Total
30,535 Last Week of War
London, Nov. 14. Casualties in
the British ranks reported in the
week ending today total 30,535 of
ficers and men, divided as follofs:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers
387; men 6,237.
Wounded or missing: Officers
1,049; men 22,862.
Pacific Liner Burns.
San Francisco, Nov. 14. The Pa
cific Mail Steamship company's
steamer, Pennsylvania, sank at her
dock at Iquique, Chile, November
13, after fire had burned her to the
water's edge, according to advices
received at the company's office here
today.
No lives reported lost.
The Pennsylvania, valued at $600,
000, was under charter to the United
States shipping board.
Admiral Mayo Visits Venice.
Italian Army Headquarters, Nov.
14. Admiral Henry T. Mayo, com
mander of the American Atlantic
fleet, visited Venice yesterday and
was received by King Victor Em
manuel. Later the admiral left for
Paris." . , .
Government Workmen
Making $57 Weekly
Go Out Upon Strike
New York, Nov. 14. Workmen
employed on government con
struction in Brooklyn went on a
strike today becaase of termina
tion of overtime and Sunday
work.
With overtime and Sunday
work, the men have been making
about $57 weekly.
750,000 MEN IN
LAST OFFENSIVE
OF US. ARMY
(Continued From Fags One.)
currences unique in our army an
nals. Not the least of these was the
arrest of a major general in the
United States army by Yankee
troops. Of course, the arrest was
all a mistake and was due to the
fact that the major general was not
at first recognized. However, it
showed that the boys over there
were alert and taking no chances.
The Forty-second, which comes
from New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Alabama, Iowa, Georgia,
South Carolina, Minnesota, Indi
ana, Illinois, Tennes'see, Nebraska,
California, Maryland, Texas, Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Colorado, New. Jersey, Virginia,
Missouri, Iowa and the District of
Columbia, was racing with the First
Division of the regular army to
see which could get into Sedan first
Officer Not Recognized.
General McArthur was out before
the patriots of his command and
was bundled up in an army coat as
a protection against the cold, and
the mud. A patrol unit he came
upon did not see his the insignia.
Taking no chances, they placed him
under arrest and made him prove
his identity. He was only a few
moments in doing this.
The last great battle on the front
held by the Americans began, as I
said, on September 26 when nine
of our divisions went over the top.
Some of these nine divisions con
tinued to hammer the Huns for
three weeks, notably the Fifty-second,
which held on to the enemys
heels with the most wonderful tenacity.
On another sector were the
Eighty-ninth division, composed of
men from Nebraska, Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona, and the
Second division of regulars formerly
under the command of Maj.-Gen.
Wright, who has been promoted
to corps commander. It was this
latter division which took Stenay
and advanced deeply toward Mont
medy before the armistice stopped
them. - ,
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Former Kaiser Still
Talks Glibly of 'My
Soldiers" in Hollanq
Havana Strike Ends.
Havana, Nov. 14. All the strik
ing employes, with the exception of
the harbor workers, returned to
work this morning, and conditions
in the city are virtually normal.
Amsterdam, Nov. i. (By As
sociated Press.) The Nieuwe Rot
terdam Courant publishes the fol
lowing account of the former Ger
man kaiser's entry into Holland:
"At about 6 o'clock Sunday morn,
ing nine automobiles carrying armed
officers drew up at the Dutch fron
tier near Eysden. A Dutch sentry
refused to let them pass. He told
the party it would have to wait un
til the customs office opened at 7
o'clock.
A member of the group stepping
forward, announced he was the Ger
man kaiser. This had no effect and
the Dutch sentry replied the kaiser
could not pass until he had orders
to that effect from his commanding
officer.
And so the party waited, the for
mer kaiser talking to some peasant
onlookers. At 7 o'clock the party
went through the formalities of in
ternment. While strolling about Eysden sta
tion platform, according to another
correspondent, the ex-kaiser talked
volubly about his country estates,
farms and horses. He told how he
taught the people to save by pre
senting every child born on his es
tates with a savings bank book bear
ing a balance of 10 marks. He jest
ingly remarked to a Dutch captain
that a captain's was "the worst job"
he knew. He still spoke of the Ger
man army as "my soldiers."
Austria Asks Leave
for Subjects to Stay
in Turkish Territory
Washington, Nov. 14. Austria hai
asked President Wilson to use hi
good offices with the allies to se
cure a modification of the Turkish
armistice terms so as to permit sev
eral thousand former Austro-Hww
garian subjects now in the Ottoman
territory to remain there instead ot
returning home to add to the already
serious food problems. .
Turkey is required by the srrais
tice terms to repatriate all subjects
of the central powers within her
borders. This clause was designed
particularly to drive out the Ger-.
mans, who virtually controlled the)
Turkish government.
St. Joseph Street Car :
, Lines Tied Up by Strike
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 14. St
Joseph has been without street car
service since early today as a re
suit of street railway employes
called, union leaders say, because
the company refused to recognize
employes of the power house as
members of the union. The com
pany has not announced when it
will attempt to resume car service.
Two Airmen Die in Fall.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 14. Lieu
tenants William V. MacCurdy of
f.ast bt. Louis and Albert K. Meyers
of Huron, S. D., were killed at
Barron field today when the air
plane in which they were flying fell
4,000 feet while on a test flight.
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Fashionable New Dresses
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J An extensive showing, from which we
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A belted effect dress of French serge, with
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A beautiful charmeuse frock, the skirt
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11 A smart dress of tricolette in black, with
panels of rat-tail braid, heavily fringed,
$51.50.
Another tailored dress of poplin, suggests
"..a Spanish in its design; a garment for
service, $51.50.
A handsome toreador dress of rich black
chiffon velvet, is elegant in its new, long
waisted effect; cleverly accomplished by
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New Coats
Fashions that are finely
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as good to wear as they
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The loveliest new crea
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as fashionable new tail
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the Thompson - Belden
Blouse Store. , -
Best Kid Gloves
Are Trefousse
In all of France, the home
of fine glove making, none
surpass the Trefousse. For
style, finish, preciseness
of cut and fit a Trefousse
glove is admirable. Cor
rect models in black,
white, gray, taupe, pastel
and navy, the backs beau
tifully embroidered in self
and contrasting shades.
$2.75, $3 and $3.75 a pair.
Decorative Linens
A display of new Cluny
and Filet centerpieces,
luncheon cloths and scarfs
you will enjoy viewing.
There is no appreciable
advance in the prices.
Linen Section
Greeting Cards
The kind that possess dis
tinction and individuality.
The sort that will appeal
to you because they are
not seen .everywhere.
Suitable sentiments and
original designs feature
this season's cards.
All are now on display in
the Art Section on the
Third Floor.
Make an early choice. .
Shaker
Flannel, 35c
Bleached shaker flan
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35c a yard.
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