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i RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B BREAD RATION IN HOLLAND INCREASED. Washington, Nov. IS. The bread ration in Holland was increased from 200 to 280 grams per person per day, beginning today, according to a cable from "Commercial Attache Edwards at the Hague to 'the De partment of Commerce. MINNESOTA VOTES WET BY 756 MAJORITY. St. Paul, Nov. 15. Minnesota will remain "wet,"' complete official . returns announced tonight by Sec retary of State Julias A. Schmahl showing that the proposed dry amendment to the state constitution failed by 756 votes at the general election November 5. ) ADMIRAL WEMYSS CALLS GERMAN BLUFF. Paris, Nov. 15. (British Wireless .Service.) Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, who was appointed to notify the German envoys of the naval conditions of the armistice, is credited bv Figaro with a Dhrase which admirably reflects the respec tive positions of the two fleets. "It is inadmissible," the Germans protested, "that our.fleet should be given up without having been beat en." , , Facing the envoys wih his mon ocle, Admiral Wemyss retorted, "It had only to come out." HETTY GREEN'S AFFAIRS MAY BE MADE PUBLIC. New York, Nov. 15. Theappel late division of the supreme Court here today denied a motion of coun sel for Cot. Edward H. R. Green, executor of the -estate of his mother, Mrs. Hetty H. K. Green, for a re argument of the decision directing the state tax appraiser to ascertain ,the amount of capital invested by Mrs. Green in thi state. The re--argument was asked on the ground that the decision will result'in in fringing "the rights of privacy" and will result in "the publication of private affairs heretofore kept out of the newspapers." ' OLOGISTS INTERESTED m TALE OF HUGE LIZARD. New York, Nov. 15. Distin guished ichthyologists and herpet ologists met here today to hear about the largest lizard' ever dis covered. The enormous reptile was found in the wilds of Borneo by H. C. Raven, of the American Museum of Natural History. Tffe lizard, officially described as a flesh eating monster, was larger than any reptile of its species ever before encountered, measuring 16 feet from nose to- tail and built in proportion. Herpetologists have found fragments of what they took to be prehistoric lizards, of enorm ous size, but the largest one ever seen alive, until Mr. Raven found his in Borneo.1 was only 10 feet 8 Inches long. " V -- ' ' T 1 ONLY HALF OF ' WAR WORK FUND IS YET PLEDGED t r " Whirlwind Finish Necessary to Put Nation Over Top Before Campaian Ends on Monday. ' New York.-N6v. 15. Only,a whirlwind finish, similar to that in the fourth Liberty loan drive'j can put the nation "over the top" in its $170,500,000 drive for the United War Work campaign, officials de clared tonight when the fifth day of the campaign ended with only $86,632,B9, or 52' per cent of the amount asked contributed. Confidence was expressed, how ever, that the, whirlwind finish will be forthcoming and that not only the $170,500,000 minimum, but , the full $250,000,000 needed bv the seven organizations during the coming year will be raised before the cam paign ends Monday. As in the fourth Liberty loan drive, the eastern states were re ported to be lagging behind the west' New York state has sub scribed $22,336,674, or 50 per cent of its quota, but other states in the eastern army department pull the average down to 39, per cent, with a total of only $31,416,386 against a quota -of $75,020,000. Delaware, the only state in the eastern department which has passed its. quota, report ed subscriptions of $702,267, or 148 per cent of the amount asked. The northeastern department subscribed $8,284,578, or 55 per cent' of its quota.' , " The central department reported a subscription of $33,965,744, or 60 per cent of-tts quota, with Indiana and Michigan leading with 106 and 100 per cent subscriptions, respec tively. , -The amounts subscribed by 15 of the larger cities are: New York, $18,600,000; Cleveland, $3,600,000; Pittsburgh, $2,008,736; Chicago, $2,000,000; Boston, $1,358, 783; Kansas City, $760,392; Buffalo, $702,550; San Francisco, $520,000; Baltimore, $516,204; Louisville. $514,159; Atlanta; $363,000; Portland, Ore., $282,000; Seattle, ' $155,000; New Orleans, $107,000; Salt Lake City. $53,000. Former Ruler of Finland, ; Gen. Seyn, Drowned or Shot Copenhagen, Nov. 15. Major General Seyn, formerly governor general of Finland," was taken from a hospital at Kronstadv and either drowned, or shot, Recording to a Helsingfors dispatch to the Ber Ungske Tidende. , Major General Seyn was arrested In March, 1917. by the commander if the Russian Baltic fleet by order if the provisional government He assumed the governorship, of Fin land in November, 1909, and was noted for" the rigorous methods he used to suppress any popular out- THE INDUSTRIAL EAST AND PRODUCTIVE WEST SHAKE HANDS THROUGH OMAHA. The Omaha Daily Be: xVOL. 48-NO. 130. SB? " TtSff XT OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1918. S ty Mall (I mil. Dally. MM: Su.doy. I2.M; Dft aid Su.M tS.SO; autilda Nta. aortaa. axtra. TWO CENT$. THE WEATHER. For Nabraakai Cloudy ul colder Saturday, probably rata la xtramt salt portion! Sunday fair and coldar. 1 S a m.........8t a. m 83 1 a. m..... ....Si - . m SI 9 a. in.... 6t 10 a. m SS It a. m 5S M m M Hourly Temparston , 1 p. m. p. m. S p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. 6 p. m. 1p.m. 1p.m. ........ .M .68 .54 . , . M ...... .M ...... (4 SS r- i : ? ,- " ' ' HUN MARAUDERS SENTENCED TO DIE BY COURT-MARTIAL Example Made of 36 Army Deserters Arretted in Ber lin; About 100 Persons Killed in Fighting at Capital Which Marked Overthrow of ' Imperial Government. London, Nov. 15. German army deserters who formed a "flying; division" at Bremen are plundering German towns, according- to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copen hagen. Thirty-six were arrested in Berlin and three of them were immediately shot. A score of the others were sentenced to death by a court-martial. - Some of the marauders were driven out of the Hanover railway station Thursday. A number of them were captured and will be shot. 100 Killed in Riots. About 100 persons were killed -in the fighting in Berlin which marked the overthrow of the imperial gov ernment, according to" a report from Derlin received in Copenhagen and forwarded y the Exchange Tele graph company. The dead were buried ,' in the Friedrichstrasse church yard. Assembly a Certainty. Copenhagen, Nov. IS. All reports reaching here from Germany are of a more hopeful tone. A good im pression has -been made by the so cialist government's pronouncement concerning the constituent assem bly. The Vorwaerts declares that the pronouncement "makes the con stituent assembly certainty." The Berlin correspondent of the Hamburg Famdenblatt is encour aged by the events of the last few days. He reports that a large part of the members of the soldiers' councils have removed the red bands from their sleeves. Soldiers Real Power. Not all danger for democracy has passed, the correspondent adds, but he says the government can rely on the soldiers who are the "real hol ders of pcoiier." At a meeting of soldiers the with drawal of the order for the forma tion of a civilian red guard was de manded. One socialist speaker who said "But comrades, you are social ists," was answered with the shout, "We are soldiers 1" Dernburg in Cabinet London. Nov. IS. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Cop enhagen quotes a message from Berlin saying that three civilian politicians will enter the German i cabinet Herr Waldestein and Dr. Bernard Dernburg, former secretary of state of the colonies, to represent the progressive popular party; and Matrnas trzberger, wno will repre sent the Centrists. The summoning of t constituent assembly has now been - prepared for, the correspondent says. Thurs day in Berlin was quiet. Dissolve Red Guards. London, Nov. IS. The Berlm sol diers and workers' council has de cided to dissolve "the Red Guards, according to an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Copenhagen. EX-KING OF BAVARIA WHO NOW IS MISSNG H km ........ j L Amsterdam, Nov. IS. (British Wireless . Service.) The where abouts of Ludwig, III, former king of Bavaria, is unknown, according to V dispatch from Munich. The Frankfort Gazette announces that the Bavarian government has adopted an eight-hour working day in all state departments. Poincare and Clemenceau Congratulated by Diplomats Paris, Nov. 15. (Havas) Diplo matic representatives here of the' ajlied nations, and the republics of Central .and South America today called on President Poincare and Premier . Clemenceau and extended to them their warmest congratula tions. Reduce Marine Rates Paris, Nov. IS. (British Wire less Service.) Following the cessa tion of German submarine warfare the French" government has decided to reduce by 25 per cent the Aar in surance rates on commercial ves sels. Reduction of commercial freight tariffs also is planned. WILSON TAKES LOOK AT GREAT BOMBING PLANE HIS TOLD TO SEND NOTES TO ALL ALLIES Lansing Advises Dr. Solf Ger mans Should Not Confine Their Appeals to U. S. Alone.' Washington, Nov. 15. Secretary .Lansing announced today that he had acknowledged receipt of the message of Dr. Solf asking for a hastening of the peace convention, in view of threatened famine in Ger many, and had requested that the Germans not confine their .appeals to the United Statesalone, but ad dress them also to the allied gov ernmjnts. Asks Early Conference. Berlin, Nov. 15. (By Wireless to London)-r-The following message has been forwarded to Secretary of State Lansing: ' "The German government and the German people have gratefully taken cognhzance of the fact that the presi dent of the United States is ready to consider favorably the sending qf food to Germany. Distress it urg ent. . . , k;....r 'i , , (Section missing.) -. t iU-t "I believe I am not appealingin vain to the humanitarian feelings of the president if I ask you to sub mit to him the request that, in order to save the German people from nerishinor from starvation and an archy, he will as quickly as possible send to The Hague or some other place plenipotentiaries." , ; ' Only Restitution Demanded. New York, Nov. 15. In answer to German claims that surrender of 5,000 locomotives and 150,000 rail road cars, as demanded by the al lies, would bring famine upon the country, Stephane Lauzanne, head of the official bureau of French in formation, declared here today that Marshal Foch has imposed upon the enemy merely a restitution of rolling stock which its armies of in vasion seifed in Belgium and north ern France early in the war. v "The. German authorities pre tend," said Mr. Lauzanne, "that this equipment is needed to transport food from the farms to the cities. When the American press is filled with these claims it is perhaps well to' remind' the public that the in vaders seized in France 50,000 cars and in Beleium the entire railway rolling stock, comprising 3,000 en- The French publicist asserted tnat gines and 80,000 cars." the equipment specified iirthe ar mistice Urnra is necessary to the rationing of the civilian populations of Belgium and northern France, "who have been starved and robbed of all they possessed by the Ger man armies of occupation." . ' London, Nov. 15. (British Wire less Service) Eliptherios Venizelos, prime minister of Greece, sepaking in London yesterday, referred to a conversation he had at the beginning of the war with the-German minister in Athens. The German minister had come to him, because he was aware of the declaration of M. Ven izelos that if Bulgaria attacked Serbia, Greece would go to the as sistance of her ally. L "The minister showed -me the great dangers Greece would run if she carried out her plan, because she would have opposed to her not only Bulgaria but Germany," said M. Venizelos. "I replied that I was exceedingly sorry to hear that, but it was our duty to go to the assist ance of our ally and we should carry out that duty. "The Germa n minister then asked me if in going to Serbia's assistance Portion of Serbia Offered Greece as Bribe by Germany I was looking forward to any ben efits that might accrue to Greece. I replied 'No.' He then said: 'But if Greece will remain neutral we are in a position to give her very great and substantial benefits.' "I asked what were the benefits EARLY DATE TO BE SET FOR OPENING WORLD CONGRESS Germany would offer us. I put that Conference Hastened in Hope of Heading Off Threat of question knowing what the answer would be, but I wished it to come from him. He replied: 'Germany will give you Monastir and as much more of Serbia as you want.' "I said to the minister: 'You will allow me to translate your offer into my own words. What you do is this you ask meto dishonor my signature, to dishonor my country and to violate its obligations toward Serbia, and as remuneration you of fer me a part of the corpse of that which I am expected to kill. My country is too little to commit so great an infamy.'" Washington, Nov. 15. President Wilson inspected today- the first American-built Handley-Paige night bombing airplane which, with thou sands of other like it, would have played an important role in the waf had Germany not capitulated. Ac companied by Mrs. W ilson and with Secretary, Baker, Director Ryan, of the department of military ' aero nautics, ana ueneral March, cniet of staff, in attendance, the presi dent looked over the bfe machine as it stood on the polo grounds of the Mall and later watched it take the air. He did not go aboard the plane. , Mrs. Wilson climbed up the ladder to the under hatchway to look through into the quarters of the aviator, bombers and gunners. To illustrate the exeat size of the giant biplane, a single seater wasij parked beneatlT each of ' its , broad wings, cbmpletely sheltered under their spread. They looked like tenders to a battleship. When the Hadley-Palge took the air, it rushed down the long stretch of open ground -.with its wheels barely lifting off the earth. It looked as though it would crash against the trees at the far end. The crowd held its breath. At the critical moment the pilot dropped the land ing trucks sharply against the ground and, rising on the rebound, the plane sailed over the trees and away in a slow curve upward. To prove it was all in the game, the pilot came back several times, dipped over the trees to touch the earth and jumped immediately into the air again to circle and dip a few hundred feet above the heads of the crowd. h Cummins Would Abolish I Transportation Priorities Waetiinortnn. Nnv. IS. A resolu tion proposing to revoke the presi dent's authority to establish oriori- ties in transportation and to re- IUUVC I call ut jriuuut.ug marketing their commodities was introduced today bv Senator Cum mins of Iowa. . Raw Rubber Plentiful. New York, Nov. 15. Otto S. Cho itino of the Pan-American Union, who arrived here today from Rio Janeiro, asserted there is a two-year accumulation of raw rubber in Bra zil, waiting for ships to deliver it to countries where there is a rub ber shortage. v The accumulation, he said, is the result of war time shipping restrictions. French Academy to Meet. Paris,' Nov. 15. Members of the French academy at a meeting held yesterday decided to hold an excep tional election session next Thurs day. In spite of the academic se crecy,' it is certain that Marshal Foch and probably also Premier -Clemenceau will be elected without a contest . - :i YANKS TO GOME BACK FROM WAR - AT RAPID RATE Hurley Goes to Europe to Ar range for Return of Large Part of U. S. Expedi tionary Force. , . New York, Nov. 15. Edyard JJ. Hurley, , chairman of the United State! shipping board. , announced hee .tonight on the eve of his de parture? for Europ! 'that the govern ment intends to return to this coun try speedily a large art of Amer ican expeditionary forces. The pur pose of Mr. Hurley' trip to Europe is to arrange the details for their transportation. ' v To offset the loss of transport tonnage through th withdrawal of British ships hitherto engaged in carrying American soldiers over seas, Mr. Hurley hopes to utilise 25 or30 German and Austrian liners, with accommodations for 4,000 men each. In compensation for the "loan" of these vessels, he said, food would be sent to the people of cen tral Europe on their return voyages. Mr. Hurley said the shipping board would be abl6 to bring troops back at the rate of 300000 a month, "if the War department wants them returned as fast as that. He would meet General Pershing at American held headquarters, he added,' to dis cuss the details of their home-coni' ing. - Plans Still In Air. Washington, Nov. IS. The War department has, made no definite plans for the return of the American expeditionary forces to the United States, it was learned tonight, and it is not regarded as likely that the movement, except of sick and wounded, will start soon. Belgian King and Queen Enter Brussels Nov. 23 Paris, Nov. IS. (British Wire less Service) The entry of the King and Queen of Belgium into Brussels has been postponed. It probably will take place November 23, coinciding with the re-opening of the Belgian chambers'. Mean while special trains are being or ganized for. the transfer of the Belgian administration and diplo matic bodies. i Telegraph Consolidation Plans Near Completion . Washington, Nov. 15. Investiga tion into the feasibility of. consoli dating the Western Unioit and Pos tal telegrapah facilities, begun by a special committee when -the gov ernment assumed wire control last summer, has been practically com pleted. Orders providing, for the consolidating in a number of cities over the country probably will be issued shortly. Vienna Editor, Appointed .. Austrian Foreign Minister London, Nov. IS. Otto Bauer, editor of the Vienna Arbeiter Zei tung, has been appointed Austrian foreign minister, according to a Vienna dispatch to the Exchange 'felegraph. ' ' v YANKEE RADIO 'PHONE IS OSED ON FRENCH LINE Flying Squadron's Maneuvers Directed Successfully from Ground by Means of . " New Device. ' Washington, Nov. 15. Squadrons Of American airplanes fighting in Ftance up to the moment of the ar mistice were maneuvering under the vocal orders of the squadron com mander that reached each pilot by radiotelephone., News of the successful develop ment of this device, hitherto a mili tary secret, though some inkling of it had reached the Germans just be fore hostilities ceased, was allowed to become public today by John D. Ryan, director of aircraft produc tion. "There are some details concern ing it which we cannot, discuss yet," Mr. Ryan said, "but the radio de vices worked out during months of experiment went into actual service some weeks ago. f have, myself, standing on the ground, given or ders to a squadron flying in the air, and watched them maneuver accord ingly. The transmission of the voice is clear enough to be heard dis tinctly through the sound of the air plane motor. It is in every way the most satisfactory means of com municating between planes in the air and from the ground to planes." Pier for Release of I. W. W: Voted Down ; in Labor Conference Laredo. Tex. Nov. 15. An at tempt by Mexican delegates to the Pan-American labor conference to have adopted a resolution7 aiming at the release from prison' of In dustrial Workers of the World today brought forth an attack on that organization by Samuel Gomp ers and other- American labor leaders, who defeated the plan. The opposition to the . Mexican resolution, offered as a result of I. W. W. influence in Mexico, was led by Charles H. Moyer who as presi dent of the Western Federation of Miners several years ago had asso ciated with him as secretary of that organization William D. Haywood, now secretary, and treasurer of the I. W. W., who is serving sentence under the espionage act. The resolution 'tfSs amended to provide that the executive council of the American - Federation . of Labor should investigate any re port of men improperly imprisoned id take what action the members w fit. i - Bolshevism and Anarchy; Lansing, House, Root and Brandeis Mentioned as Probable Com- missioners for United States. v Washington, Nov. IS. Developments in Europe, not only military, but in international politics, and tendency of the revolutionary spirit manifested by the. demoralized civil ian population of the central empires to spread to neighbor ing states have influenced the allied and American govern ments to arrange for the meeting at an early date of the great' -5, peace congress. The Atlantic cables were burdened today with government business be lieved to have been made up for themost part of exchanges between Washington and Paris, where 'the inter-allied council is endeavoring American Mission to Go to German Grand Headquarters at Spa London, Nov. IS. An Ameri can mission commanded bv Maior General Rhodes will leave Satur- 1 to reach an agreement as to the time day tor ipa, uerman headquar ters, Marshal Foch announces in a wireless message to the Ger man command. The mission will consist of six officers and 19 soldiers. The Ger man command is asked to give instructions to allow the mission to pass. The purely military character of the mission is regarded as an in dication that General Rhodes, trip was for the purpose of arranging with the German command for the occupation of various fortresses in Alsace-Larraine, which lie in front of the American line. These in elude the Metz-Thionville posi tions and Strassburg, on the Rhine. y EXTEND DATE OF SENDING BOXES FOR SOLDIERS Christmas Packages May" Be Sent -Up to November 30; Labels at Red - Cross. The date for forwarding Christ mas packages overseas has been ex tended to November-30. , The War department has authorized a suffi cient additional supply of Christmas labels, exactly similar to those being received from abroadj to be furnish ed by all Red Cross chapters in this state, to individuals who have not received the label from overseas or have lost or destroyed it. Applicants for such- labels will sign, a printed form that they are the nearest living relative in the United States, of the proposed re cipient, and that, such a label has not been received frbm abroad and that in event that such a labet is received it will not be used; that to the best of their knowledge and be lief, only one parcel will be sent the proposed recipient. This plan is effective Novembr 21. President Wilson Send Greetings-to King Albert Washington, Nov. 15. President Wilson sent by cable today a mes sage to King Albert of the Belgians felicitating him upon his' coming re-entrance into the national capi tal at Brussels and paying tribute to Belgium's self-sacrifice, which has won that nation a "crown of glory. imperishable." French Army Will Enter Strassburg, November 25 and place for holding the conference. the conditions under which it shall -be held and the nations that-shall be admitted to participation. Consideration of the last question probably will occupy much time for almost every day witnesses the birth of a new state. Plans Suddenly Changed, t. There has been a disposition tft "' delay the holding of the peace con ference until the political situation in . Europe had somewhat crystal- ized, but it was understood today that ojher considerations finally led to a decision by the associated govern- . ments to proceed to assemble the conference at the earliest date that can be set, having regard to. the v difficulty of ensuring the attendance of commissions or delegates at Ver sailles, which seems most likely to be selected as $he place of the meet ing. ' V One reason suggested for the change of decision is the necessity of restoring the channels of-trade and industry in the late enemy states- ; so as 'to afford employment to la bor and thereby relieve the threat of bolshevikism and anarchy. Another is the general desire now expressed by all of the allied gov ernments to relieve the civilian pop- ulations of the--entral powers from the danger of faniine, it being rec- ognized that this relief work can best be carried on after formal peace treaties have been negotiated. , There also has been "some apore- hensipn that delay in the consum mation of peace would have an in jurious' effect upon industries in " America and the allied countries, r. American Commission, t - With the assurances of an early assembly of The peace conference at- -retention today turned to the compo- ' ' sition of the America commission. The belief is growing that President Wilson will attend, but probably not t in the capacity of a delegate or v commissioner. - It is known that Secretary Lans- ..... ing will head the American commis- -sion ind'Col. E. M. House, Justice -Louis Brandeis and Elihu Root, former secretary of state.were men tioned as others likely of selection. Besides the delegates a number of army and navy officers must be named to assist the commission. In - ' that connection attention has been directed to the names of Gen. Tasker t H. Bliss, former chief oftaff, and" ' now American representative on the supreme war council; Maj.-Gen. ' Enoch Crowder, judge advocate ' general and provost marshal, a veteran of The Hague conference, and Brig.-Gen. Samurff Ansell, act ing judge advocate general, and Vice Admiral William S. - Sims, ' Captain Ridley McLean, formerly judge advocate of the navy. James Brown Scott, formerly so licitor of the Department of State, and at present secretary of the (Contlnord on Fag-a Jwo Column ,Two.V Paris, Nov.lS. (Havas.) The . French- army wilt'make an of ficial entry of Strassburg on November 2S, according to an official announcement. High officials will go to that city eight days' later for the ceremonies incident to the retaking of Alsace and Lorraine by France. , ' - I 1 - . 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