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GOLD AND SILVER
RESTRICTIONS REMOVED.
Washington, Nov. 16. Restric
tions imposed on domestic uses of
gold and silver for industrial pur
poses were removed today by the
, War Industries board.
CARDINAL GIBBONS
HONORED BY FRANCE.
Baltimore, Nov. f6. In the pres
ence of members of the cardinal's
household and the faculty of St.
Mary's seminary, Ambassador Jules
J. Jusserand, French representa
tive in this country, conferred the
degree of the Legion of Honor on
Cardinal Gibbons at the cathedral
this afternoon.
VOL. XLVIII NO. 23. Sir K ' OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, ,1918.
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MACKENSEN'S TROOPS
AWAIT ROLLING STOCK
Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 16 Field
Marshal von Mackensen, who com
manded the German- troops occu
pying Koumania, has arrived with
his staff and 1.000 men at Hermann-
stadt, in Transylvania. He has re
iterated his request to the Hungar
lan government for rolling stock
to convey hij force to Germany.
VON HINDENBURG
ARRIVES AT CASSEL
. London, Nov. 16. Field Marshal
von Hindenburg arrived at Cassel
on Thursday, where he has taken up
residence in a hotel, according to a
wireless dispatch received here from
Berlin. lie was met at the railway
station by one representative of the
soldier's and workmen's council and
one representative of the munici
pality. BAKER THANKS ARMY
FOR ITS "PATRIOTIC ZEAL.
Washington, Nov. 16. Secretary
Baker today expressed his thanks
to officers and men of the army in
the United States for the "patriotic
zeal" shown In preparing for over
seas duty. Mr. Baker expressed con
fidence that the standards of dis
cipline and bearing will he main
tained by the men in training until
demobilized.
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INFLUENZA SPREADS
TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
Nome, Alaska, Nov. 16. Like the
iweep of more dreaded forms of
scourge, Spanish influenza has taken
a heavy toll of lives in Seward
Peninsula and is now spreading still
further northward towards the Arc
tic and down the coast.
Of an estimated Eskimo popula
tion of 250, in this vicinity, only
75 natives are left, the dead totaling
175, and others are dying daily.
Among the natives whole fam
ilies have be.en wiped out, first be
ing made helpless by the disease
then, without attention, having
frozen to death.
VICTIM OF MURDER
BURIED IN DESERT
Phoenix, Ariz., Nev. 16. The
body of Charles H. Lyshon. a miner
whose home is said to have been
in Montana, was found on the des
ert tonight in a grave where appar
ently he had been buried after being
killed, probably on the night of
November 5. William Taylor, former
forman of a mine at Ely, Nev., was
brought here today from Las Vegas,
Nev., and will be charged with the
murder of Lyshon tomorrow.
Taylor's arrest resulted from
statements made to authorities by a
boy, Leonard Thompson. This
morning, according to the county
attorney's office, Taylor confessed
to the killing of Lyshon, the motive
being to obtain Lyshon's auto
mobile. Taylor, according to the
mfVirrUic cn1H tViA far riprp
RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS'
WAGES RAISED BY M'ADOO.
Washington, Nov. 16. Railway
telegraphers' wages were advanced
by the order of Director General
McAdoo 13 cents per hour above
the rate prevailing last January 1,
with a minimum of 48 cents per
hour, retroactive to October 1.
Eight hours hereafter is to be con
sidered a day's work and overtime
will be paid at the rate of time and
a half.
. This order, involving aggregate
increases of about $.30,000,000 a year,
applies to between 60,000 and 70,000
employes including telegraphers
telephone operators, agent-teleg-rapjiers,
agent-telephoners, tower
men, levermen, tower and train di
rectors, bbek operators and staff
men. It does not apply to telephone
switch board operators. A separ
ate wage order will be issued next
week applying to railroad agents
who are not telegraphers.
National Assembly Sets Up
New Bohemian Government
Prague, via Basel, Nov. 16. The
national assembly has decided to set
up a new government, the territory
to be composed of 15 districts with
Prague as the capital.
, The assembly has passed a bill
providing for an eight hour working
day and and has abolished all titles
of nobility.
Primrose Near Death.
New ' York, Nov. 16. George
Primrose, noted minstrel and danc
er, is in a critical condition in a
hospital here following an opera
tion for stomach trouble.
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NEW FOOD
PLEA MADE
BY DR.SOLF
Request of German Minister
for Permission to Send
Commission to U. S. Is
Held Inadmissible.
Berlin, Nov. 16. ( By
Wireless to London.) For
eign Secretary Solf has sent
a message to Secretary of
State Lansing urgently re
questing President Wilson to
give permision for a German
commission to immediately
leave Germany for the United
States so as to personally lay
before the American govern
ment the conditions existing
here and to assure the taking
of steps to purchase foodstuffs.
In his message, after appealing to
Secretary Lansing to intercede with
President Wilson to send peace
delegates to The Hague as soon as
possible, "in order to save the Ger
man people from pershing by
starvation and anarchy," Secretary
Solf suggested that Herbert C.
Hoover, the American food admin
istrator, be assigned to the task of
assisting the German people. This
section of Dr. Solf's message reads:
"American delegates could dis
cuss with the plenipotentiaries of
the German people the details of
how the ntagnanimous help of
America could save, in time, our
fatherland from the worst. Perhaps
the matter could be put in the tried
hands of Mr. Hoover, who has ren
dered such great services in Bel
gium., Situation Unbearable.
"The acceptance of the oppressive
armistice conditions, the necessity
of supplying from scanty provisions
the armies that are streaming back
from the front, the cessation of na
vigation in the North sea and the
Baltic by the continuance of the
blockade, which imperils our pro
vision supply, and the disturbed
conditions in the east, makes the
situation in our country daily more
unbearable. The peril can be
avoided only by the most speedy
help."
Aim to Excite Sympathy
Washington, Nov. 16. In the al
most hysterical appeals of the Ger
man provisional government for
supplies of food and for permission
to address itself directly through a
commission to the American public,
officials here see a purpose to excite
the sympathies of a large element of
the American population, more or
less connected by blood ties with
Germany. With such sympathies
aroused, the German government, it
was said, undoubtedly hopes to in
fluence the approaching peace con
ference towards leniency.
Such appeals as those which have
been sent by wireless by Dr. Solf,
German foreign secretary, to Sec
retary Lansing, were said to be
quite unnecessary and not likely to
have any beneficial results. Presi
dent Wilson already has promised
to do everything possible to prevent
suffering among the civil population
of the conquered states. The en
tente powers have endorsed this at
titude, not so much from considera
tions of mercy or sympathy with
the foe, as from a genuine convic
tion that a starving and desperate
people would make dangerous
neighbors, render any satisfactory
peace impossible and by appeals to
the internationalist spirit endanger
the security of the entente countries
themselves. The design of the con
servation elements in the entente
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Labor Will Fight Increased
Hours, Declares Gompers
Laredo, Tex., Nov. 16. Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor, in the closing
hours of the Pan-American labor conference here today,
served formal warning that no general reduction of
wages or increase in working hours after the war would
be accepted without a bitter fight by organized labor.
He issued a statement inspired by a recent public
utterance of William H. Barr, president of the National
Founders' association, that a reduction of wages and
longer hours would be the only means to enable Ameri
can manufacturers to continue to cope with foreign in
dustries after the war.
"Notice is given here and now," Mr. Gompers said,
"that the American people will not be forced back by
either Barr, his association or all the Bourbons in the
United States.
"The American labor movement wholeheartedly
supported this world struggle and we know just what
was involved," said Mr. Gompers.
"The American labor movement will co-operate
with all other agencies to help in this reconstruction
time. Our movement is not to destroy but to construct."
The conference adjourned after a Pan-American
Federation of Labor had been formed and Samuel Comp
ers elected its chairman.
The objects are the establishment of better condi
tions for working people who emigrate from one Ameri
can country to another; the establishment of better un
derstanding among the working people of all the Ameri
cas and the utilization of every means for the promo
tion and welfare of the peoples of these countries.
YANKEES BEGIN
MOVING TOWARD
GERMANY TODAY
Honor of Heading Occupation
al Forces Falls to Second
American. Army; Will
Advance in Columns.
With the American Forces ; in
France, Nov. 16. The American
army will begin to move toward
Germany at 5:30 o'clock Sunday
morning. The army will travel
about 12 miles each day. j
To the second army just organiz
ed has fallen the honor of heading
the first big unit of the allied occu
pational forces. The advance will
be made in columns.
The advance will be made in col
umns and not in the order of battle
so long followed. But it is not for
gotten that technically at least there
is still a state of war. Nothing will
be left to chance and every precau
tion will be taken to guard against
surprises, notwithstanding none are
expected.
The advancing Americans will be
flanked by the arrnies of France and
by Sunday evening it is expected
that the advanced elements of the
Americans will cross the Belgian
border.
Going Into Luxemburg.
The Fifth French army on the
left and the Tenth French army
on the right will advance abreast
the Americans while far along; the
line to the left and right the allied
tr.ops will continue to march toward
the line agreed upon in the armis
tice. The American advance will begin
on a front from Mouzon to Thiau
court, the extending lines embrac
ing Luxemburg and Brey, up the
valley to the Moselle. Besides Lux
emburg the more important towns
falling to the lot of the American
are Longwy and Brey.
The occupation of the territory
which is being steadily evacuated by
the Germans according to the terms
of the armistice will not be careless
ly hastened. It will be some days
before German soil is reached, but
in less time theDurhy ofLuxemburg
will be penetrated, perhaps even to
its capital.
Germans Driving off Cattle
As They Retire From France
With the American Forces in
France. Nov. 16. Great quantities
of civilian property are being car
ried away by the retiring Germans,
according to Lt. M. K. Lockwood
and Lt. D. C. Bebe of the Fiftieth
aero squadron, who returned to the
American front today after being
prisoners in the hands of the Ger
mans for 10 days. The aviators were
shot down November 4 in the re
gion of Tannay, east of Rethel, and
were released by the Germans on
Thursday.
Walking towards the American
lines Lieutenants Lockwood and
Btbe passed great numbers of motor
trucks and , occasionally guns and
caissons abandoned here and there
in the mud. but in every instance
the va'ue of the truck or pun aopear
ed f have been destroyed delibtfat
ly. The aviators said the Germans
were taking herds of cattle, crates
of chickens and wagons loaded with
household articles.
During the first few days the Ger
mans billeted the aviators in Sedan,
later removing them farther back.
The lieutenants said their guards had
their attention centered on the up
rising in, Germany and fretted be
cause of the eagerness of news from
Berlin. Two days after their cap
ture .the aviators said they heard
soldiers "boo" their officers and the
guards repeatedly spoke disparag
ingly or the kaiser.
Tr": German soldiers heard little
news from Berlin and other cities
as the wires had been tampered with
by some element desiring to keep
news developments from the army
at the front.
The aviators had plenty to eat
but the food was of poor qualify.
NEBRASKA MEN,
HELD PRISONER,
BACK TO LINES
Captives in German Lines
Troop Back Through Lux
emburg; Tell Stories
of Treatment.
By BURR PRICE.
(Special Correspondent of the New York
Herald and Omaha Bee with the Amer
ican Armlet In France.)
(Copyright. 1918, by the New York Her
ald Company; all rights reserved.)
Saturday, November 16 Amer
ica's first real prisoners of war have
returned.
They are men who fought under
the French command and those who
were in the "Yanks' own scraps"
at St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry,
Puvigny and in the great drive of
September 26.
They sat last night at their own
messes and slept near their own
camp-fires -for the first time since
their incarceration of from two to
six months.
Start Coming Thursday.
They began coming through the
lines on Thursday night. Yester
day morning they came in flocks of
from SO to 200.
The enthusiasm of the doughboys
at the end of the war was nothing
compared to the wildness with
which they received the returning
Americans. Each one of the re
leased prisoners was surrounded by
great groups of soldiers and the
eager listeners forced them to tell
the story of their capture, life in the
German prisons and the return
just a. little bit. happier than they
ever thought it would be.
Food Very Bad.
The released captives gave full
details. Most of them had been
in prison camps at Luxemburg since
their capture but some had been
brought down from Belgium as the
war neared an end.
The food had been very bad all
the time, they said, but none com
believe that they had the best pro
(Continued on Pace Two, Column One.)
Wilson Takes Over
Express Business;
McAdoo in Charge
Washineton. Nov. 16. President
Wilson today issued a proclamation
taking over the consolidated express
business now carried on by the
American Railway Express company
and assigning the operation to Di
rector General McAdoo.
This action serves to clarify the
express situation, which, heretofore
has been based on the understanding
that the express combination operat
ed privately as the agent of the
director general.
No radical method will be made in
the methods of operation or in the
employes of the express company,
it was said at the railroad adminis
tration.
The president's action also will
aid Mr. McAdoo in dealing directly
with employes who have been
threatening to strike.
The complete government con
trol becomes effective at noon next
Monday and the action is taken un
der wr potteri vested in the presi
dent. ,
Here's to Progress
FRENCH EXPECT
WILSON TO JOIN
HOUSE IN PARIS
British Elections May Defer
Peace Congress Until End
of Year; Some Delegates
Already Chosen.
BULLETIN.
London, Nov. 16. Reuters lim
ited is informed that President
Wilson is expected in England
shortly.
Paris, Nov. 16. (By Associated
Press) It is believed that informal
exchanges between the allies will
continue until the later part of No
vember. The voting in the British
electoral campaign until December
28 may defer the peace congress be
yond that time.
A semi-official note declaring that
some countries had chosen their
peace plenipotentiaries has led to
much comment on the personnel of
the delegations, but no announce
ments have been made, although it
is generally accepted in' Paris that
President Wilson and Secretary of
State Lansing will join Colonel
House with a large staff of secre
taries and shipping, food and other
experts. Admiral Benson will re
main here as naval adviser to
Colonel House.
Holland Faces Crisis;
Volunteer Landsturm
Called to the Colors
Amsterdam. Nov. 16. The Dutch
Volunteer Landstrum, consisting of
men who ffered their service in
1914. but who were not obliged to
undertake military duties, have been
called to the colors.
London, Nov. 16. The crisis in
Holland is becoming very threaten
ing, according to private advices
received in London Friday, says the
Telegraph. The newspaper adds that
unless the government is able to
speedily aliay the agitation of Pieter
J. Troelstra and other socialists,
who are believed to be supported
by a large section of the workers,
a revolution' may be expected.
Great -Britain transports
American Soldiers at Cost
New York, Nov. 16. The price
that the United States is to pay
Great Britain for transporting Am
erican soldiers to France has been
agreed upon, Chairman Hurley of
the shipping board said today, just
before sailing for Europe. Mr. Hur
ley did not say what the rate would
be.
."We have been negotiating with
the British government," he said, "as
to the rate per man which we will
have to pay for the transportation
of troops to France. I am glad to
say a decision has been reached and
I think it will satisfy all concerned
to know that the price will be fixed
practically, at cost.''
Omaha Gives $410,000
to United War Work;
Boys and Girls Help
Omaha has given 410,000 for
the United War Work drive. Spe
cial effort will be made Monday
to raise the total to $500,000.
Victory boys and girls of Oma
ha's public schools up to Satur
day noon with the teachers re
ported the following contribu
tions: Teachers 9,072.00
Victory Boys.: 14,272.81
Victory Girls 15,829.24
Total $39,174.05
Victory Boys and Girls of par
ochial schools still are to report
Superintendent J. H. Beveridgt
of the public schools has been an
untiring worker for the Victory
Boys' movement.
FRANCE TO ASK
ENORMOUS SUM
AS REPARATION
Germany's Debt, Including In
demnity of 1871 With In
terest, Figured at 340,
000,000,000 Francs.
Paris. Nov. 16. (Havas) Ger
many's debt to France is estimated
at 340,000,000,000 francs by the
Matin in an editorial today. The
newspaper apportions the debt as
follows:
Return of the indemnity of 1871,
with interest. 60,000,000,000 francs:
expenses in the present war, 140,
000,000,000 francs; pensions, 40,000,
000,000 francs, and reparation for
damages. 100,000,000,000 francs-
The Matin declares that France
must secure acknowledgement of
the debt before examining the way
in which it is to be paid. France
wants no idemnity profit, but all
Frenchmen want lawful reparation.
German and Austria, it adds,
should return to the allies a mini
mum of 7,000,000 tons of shipping
in payment for that destroyed in
the war, but they have at their dis
posal only 3,000,000 tons.
BLISS PRESENTS
SERVICE MEDAL
TO GEN-PERSHING
Impressive Ceremony at U. S.
Army Headquarters in
France Witnessed by
Allied Missions. '
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in
Eastern France, Nov. 16.
The distinguished service medal
was conferred upon General
Pershing at his headquarters
today, Gen. Tasker H. Bliss repre
senting President Wilson. The cere
mony was witnessed by the mem
bers of the allied missions and was
most impressive.
Admiral Benson, representing the
navy, and William G. Sharp, the
American ambassador, also were
present.
General Bliss in presenting the
medal read the order by the secre
tary of war which stated:
"The president directs you to say
to Gen. Pershing that he awards the
medal to the commander of our
armies in the field as a token of the
gratitude of the American people for
his distinguished services and in
appreciation of the successes which
our armiesc have achieved under his
leadership."
"You have created and organized
and trained here on the soil of
France an American army between
two and two and a half million
men," General Bliss said to General
Pershing. "You have created the
agencies for its reception, its trans
portation and supply. To the delight
of all of us you have consistently
adhered to your ideal of an Ameri
can army under American officers
and American leadership.
"And I know I speak for our
president," said Gen. Biiss in his con.
elusion, when I say that, as to those
who have died the good God has
given eternal rest, so may he give
to us eternal pe;.-e.
Queen Theresa Dies.
Amsterdam, Nov. 16. Queen
Maria Theresa of Bavaria died on
Thursday, according to the Tage-
blatt of Munich.
United War Work Campaign
Extended Uutil Wednesday
New York, Nov. 16. With only $108,405,408 on hand towards its
revised goal of $250,000,000 officials of the United War Work cam
paign announced tonight that the drive scheduled to end next Mon
day night, would be continued until Wednesday night.
Eleven states have passed their quotas, according to telegrams
received at national headquarters, but pending official confirmation,
none of these reports has been recognized. The 11 states which
established the fact that they were first to pass their quotas will
have the honor of having Y. M. C. A., Knights, of Columbus or Sal
vation army huts named after them. The 11 states which show the
largest oversubscription will be similarly honored.
The official report issued tonight showed the nation's total di
vided as follows:.
Eastern Army derartment, $38,688,974; Northwestern depart- ,
ment, $10,601,136; Central dcpaiiment, $42,337,957; Southeastern de
partment, $5,815,901; Southern department, $5,245,380; Western de
partment, $5,367,887.
Hi NAVY
IS OUT OF
CONTROL
German Government Appeals
to Submarine Crews to
Carry Out Armistice; ,
Repatriation Assured.
Copenhagen, Nov. 16. A
large number of ships de
manded by the allies under
the naval terms of the armis
tice were sunk by their. Ger
man crews during the revolu
tion, according to Germania
of Berlin.
Clause 30 of the armistice
provides that all merchant
vessels in German hands be
longing to the allied and asso
ciated powers are to be restor
ed in ports to be specified by
the allies and the United
States.
Appeal to U-Boat Crews.
Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 16.
(Havas) The new German govern
ment has addressed an appeal to
the submarine crews explaining that
it is indispensible that the armistice
conditions be carried out rapidly.
Guarantees, it is stated, will be
given that the crews will be repat
riated after their arrival in England
and will be discharged as soon as
they return to Germany.
Amsterdam, Nov. 16. The new
German government, according tc a
dispatch from Berlin, has telegraph
ed to the secretary of the navy to
see that complete discipline is ob
served in the German fleet. The
telegram concluded: "We will only
get peace if we loyally fulfill the
conditions of the armistice."
Surrender Arranged
London, Nov. 16. (British Wire
less Service) The meeting of the
German naval delegates with the
British naval representatives took
place Friday afternoon off Rosyet,
on the coast of Scotland. The Ger
man representatives consisted of
three delegates from the sailors' and
soldiers' council and four delegates '
from the people's council, including
Rear Admiral Von Meurer.
The surface warships which are1
to be surrendered have to be ready .
to leave German ports seven days
after the signing of the armistice,
that is to say on Monday, November
18.
The submarines which are to be
surrendered must "be prepared to
leave German ports immediately on
the receipt of a wireless order Xo
sail to the port of surrender," and
are to be handed over "with full
complement in a port specified by
the allies and the United States
within 14 days after the signing of v.
the armistice." That is Monday,
Nov. 25.
All the submarines are to be sur
rendered and of the surface war
ships ten battleships, six battle
cruisers, eight light cruisers and 50
destroyers of the most modern type
are to be given up.
Ships To Be Taken
The ten battle ships which it
would be natural to select are the
Kronprinz Wilhelm and Bayern,
new dreadnaughts completed since
1916; the Markgraf, Konig and
(Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
The Bee's
Free Shoe Fund
To Buy Shoes
For Shoeless Children
Not all of those who give to the
shoe fund are wealthy and able to
spare the sums they contribute
without noticing their absence.
Some who give must make sacri
fices that the little children of
those poorer than they may not
go ragged and cold in these chill
fall rains.
Many a contributor in old an!
faded garments modestly passes
his or her money across the
counter, "For the shoe fund,"
when we know the money could
be well spent at home. But be
cause of the generosity of both
rich and poor, as well as of the
many who come between the two
extremes, Omaha's little ones
may go to school protected from
the winter cold.
Previously acknowledged ..$602.25
John H. Bath 5.00
M. W. A 1.50
Mrs. Anna Yokes 1.00
E. E. Cook, Benedict, Neb. 1.00
Mrs. Leonard Price, Genoa,
Neb 3.00
Bessie Grau, Bennington,
Neb i.o
Cash, Central City, Neb. hCk
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