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B! R IE F I&HT EE Z Y BITS OF NEWS MRS. WILSON EXPECTED AT PARIS WITH PRESIDENT Paris. Nov. 17. (Havas)-Tlie Echo de Paris says that Mrs. Wil son will come to Europe with Pres ident Wilson. THE INDUSTRIAL EAST AND PRODUCTIVE WEST SHAKE HANDS THROUGH OMAHA. The Omaha Daily Bee VrT AQ Tn 1H ntr ii teod.eliM mtter May 28. I90t it VUli. 48. 1U. loi. Qnaha P. 0. under act March 3. I879 OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1918. By Mall (I yaar), Dally. (4.90: Sunday, 12.50; Dally and Sun., 13.90; outilda Net. tottaaa ailra TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER. For Nebraska! Fair tonight and Tuesday; rising temperature Tu day. v HuiiHv Trmurraturri rrr. . . .511 p. m .3 St p m .57 a. ni . . mi. a. in., a. m.. a. m.. ,.54 8 p. ni , .54 4 p. in , .55,5 p. ni . .55 8 p. ni , .55 7 p. ni .551 ..57 . .57 . .to ..48 HELSINGFORS BREAD FLOUR SUPPLY EXHAUSTED Stockholm, Nov. 17. (By Asso ciated Press) Reports from Hel singfors say bread flour is exhaust ed. The situation is said to be des perate. 200 NAVAL CADETS DROWN WHEN HUNS SINK VESSEL Copenhagen, Nov. 17. Two hun dred cadets and 10.5 sailor on the German training ship, Schlesien, were drowned when it was sunk by two German battleships flying the red flag. EX-EMPRESS TO JOIN WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN London, Nov. 17. The former German empress and the wife of the former German crown prince will leave for Holland in a few days on a special train provided "ffy the workmen and soldiers' council, ac cording to Potsdam reports re ceived at Copenhagen "by the corres pondent of the Exchange Tele graph. HARBOR UNION WINS STRIKE FOR WAGE INCREASE Havana, Nov: 17 The strike of Lhc Confederated Harbor unions, which has held up shipping in Ha vana Harbor tor the past 15 days and which led to the recent general strike, has been settled. The men will return to work tomorrow, at an increase of 20 per cent in wages for dav work and 10 ner cent for nicht work. Recognition of the union will be granted. RED MEN AFFLICTED AND WITHOUT DOCTORS. Salt Lake City, Nov. 17. Nine Indians at the Goshute reservation at Ibapah, near the Nevada state line, are dead of influenza, accord ing to word received here late today by Dr. T. B. Keatty, state health officer. The Indians are without the services of a physician and an urg ent appeal was sent to Salt Lake for doctors and nurses. Dr. Beatty announced ilhat it would be impos sible to comply with the request because of the scarcity of. doctors ind nurses here, but promised re lief as soon as help could be spaied. WW UAJ GERMANY TO SEND , VESSELS TO U. S. FOR FOODSTUFFS British Government Will Modify Blockade in Order to Relieve Defeated Enemy; Report of Threat by Wilson to Denounce Armistice Denied Authoritatively at Washington. LUXEMBURG MAY BE TURNED INTO A REPUBLIC Geneva, Nov. 17. The Lausanne Gazette says it learns the people and parliament of Luxemburg will de mand the abdication of the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg, who is con sidered the symbol of German in trigue. Trie members of the liberal party desire the grand duchy trans formed into a republic, attached to France. The newspaper adds .that ' the grand duchess, learning of the gen eral opinion of the people of the country, replied she would not ab dicate till after-a general vote had been taken. SPANISH "FLU" MORE DEADLY THAN WAR. Washington, Nov. 17. The feceat epidemic of influenza in the United States caused more deaths than oc curred among the American expedi tionary forces from all causes. The census bureau anounced to day that reports from 46 cities having a combined population ot 23,000,000 showed 82,306 deaths from influenza and pneumonia from September 9 to November 9. "Total casualties in the American expeditionary .forces," said the an nouncement, "have already been un officially estimated at 100,000. On the basis of the number thus far reported, it may be assumed that the deaths from all causes, includ ing disease and accidents, are prob- 1 U. AZ nan s a n t n m A rM 1 t not be more than 40 per cent of the total casualties. On this assump tion the loss of life in the American expeditionary forces to date is about . 40,000. or 45,000." COL. AND MRS. ROOSEVELT TO VISIT QUENTIN'S GRAVE. New York, Nov. 17. Colonel Roosevelt today authorized the an nouncement that he and Mrs. Roosevelt would visit the grave ot their, son, Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, in France at the spot where he fell, after his airplane had been shot down by the Germans. General March, chief of staff, c. S. A., has consented that Lieuten ant Roosevelt's body should remain in the grave in which it was buried by the Germana-and instructed Gen eral Pershing to carry out Colonel i Roosevelt's wishes. In his letter to General March, Colonel Roosevelt referred . to the report that the American dead would be taken home after the war . and continued "Mrs. Roosevelt and I wish to enter a most respectful but most emphatic protest against the proposed course so far as our son, Quentin, is concerned. We have always believed that " 'Where the tree falls, There let it lie.' " " By Associated Press. London, Nov. 17. The British government is arranging for the departure to the United States of a number of Ger man vessels fpr the purpose of bringing to Germany foodstuffs which the allies will permit Germany to' receive. Copenhagen, Nov. 17. According'? to a Berlin dispatch to the Berhng ske Tidende, f resident Wilson has informed the German government that maintenance of law and order is. a pre-requisite of the armistice, and that if the Russian bolshevik representatives are received in Ber lin the armistice agreement will be dissolved. Copenhagen Report Denied Washington, Nov. 17. It was stated authoritatively tonight that Germany has not been informed by President Wilson that the armistice will be denounced if the Russian bolshevik representatives are receiv ed in Berlin. No reference has been made to the Russian bolshevik in any of the diplomatic correspondence between Washington and Berlin, it was said, nor has the new German govern ment been informed that the main tenance of law and order is a pre requisite of the armistice. The only reference to the disturb ed state of affairs in Germany made by the president was said to have been contained in Secretary Lan sing's note of last' Wednesday in forming the German government that the president was ready to con sider and take up with the allies the matter of supplying food to Ger many provided he could be assured that "public order is being and will continue to be maintained." ' It was assumed here tbat the Ber lin dfspatch to the Berlingske Ti dende was based on this note. More Rulers Abdicate. Copenhagen, Nov. 17. Dukjt Cnarles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Mecklinburg-Schwerin have abdicated. Former Grand Duke Ferdinand lias arrived here with his English born wife and children. The Dan ism king, who is a brother of the former grand duke, received the party. Basel, Nov. 17. (Havas.) More of the smaller German principali ties have followed the example of their larger neighbors and have tak en steps toward establishing repub lican forms of government. Saxe-Meinijigen has been pro claimed a republic and all estates owned by princes are made public property. A special dispatch from Karlsruhe says that the provisional government has announced that ' Grand Duke Friederich II has abdicated, and tliat Baden is a free republic. A constituent assembly will later deter mine the form ot government to be established. German Warship Interns in Stockholm Archipelago Stockholm, Nov. 17. The German armored coast defense vessel, Beo wulf, arrived late last night in the northern Stockholm archipelago The vessel will be interned. Other vessels of the German Bal tic fleet are expected to arrive in Swedish waters. Eighty Persons Arrested in Riots at Copenhagen London. Nov. 17. Grave syndi calist riots occurred in Copenhagen Thursday night, according to an Ex change dispatch. fcighty persons were arrested, including Russian subjects, the police acting rigorously to quell th disorders. Naon's Resignation Accepted. Buenos Aires, Nov. 17. After a special meeting today President Iri- goyen-announced h had decided to accept the resignation of Pr. Ro mula Naon, Argentine ambassador to the United States. ORDER OF GOLD STAR HAS ITS BIRTH IN OM President Sets Day for All to Join in Giving Thanks START OFF RIGHT FOR NEXT WEEK Call Tyler 1000 Ask for Mr. Bee Want-Ad for the Big Sunday Want-Ad Results Rent that room. Sell that property. Buy that used car. " Buy, sell, swap anything, any place, ' with Bee Want - Ad Service and Results. International in Scope, Mem bership Being Open to All Those Who Have Lost . Relatives in War. The International Order of the Gold Star was organized Sunday afternoon in the parlors of All Saints' thurch, with Rev. T. J. Mackay, president. Col. J. M. Ban ister was chosen vice president and Edward J. Hatch, secretary. At the opening of the meeting Rev. Mr. Mackay related the cir cumstances of the inception of the idea, as he was walking along the street with his son. It seemed to him that he heard a voice say, "Do something that will forever keep in memory the boys who went over the top and made the supreme sac rifice for the cause of liberty." Turning to his .son he said, "Son,. "Ibelieve I will organize the Order of the Gold Star." He -said that all through the following day the thought clung to him and he de cided to put it into action, with the result that he called a meeting of all who had lost sons or others a husband in the war to meet in the parlors of his church. Order to Be International. t Twenty-five people were present. The organization was completed and the executive committee given power to proceed with the matter of incorporation. The "Order of the Gold Mar" is to be international, with only persons eligible to membership who are en titled to weaf the gold star;fathers. mothers, brothers, sisters, wives and descendants of men who have fallen n battle, or died in hospitals while in the service of the United States army, navy or aviation, or who served in' like capacity in any simi lar departments of the armies of the allied nations. The organization will be some thing like the Grand Army of the Republic. Its ..lemorial day will be November 11, in commemoration of the signing of the armistice. Those present and who became charter members of the order were: Rev. T. J. Mackay, Mrs T. H. Mackay. Col. J. M. Banister, Ed ward J. Hatch, William Kennedy, Frank A. Hughes, Mrs. Carl Wallin, Peter F. Peterson, Mrs. Robert Weigel, E. H. Barrett, John F. Sta ley, Mrs. William Dox, Dr. Frank T. Segbert, Marshal EberStein, Mrs. Marshall Eberstein, M. J. Kessane, F. K. Ether, E. Kurz, Geneve Kurz, E. S. Weeks, George S. Weeks, U. N. Pendleton, Thomas E. Wood. Mrs. Thomas E. Wood, Richard Wood. Randall C. Wood and Mrs. Charles Offutt. After the organization M the in ternational council, members organ ized a local council, with Col. J. M. Banister, president; Mrs. Charles Offutt, vice president; Edward J. Hatch, secretary-treasurer, and Rev. Mr. Mackay, chaplain. Otto Appointed to Post of Austrian Foreign Minister Copenhagen, Nov. 17. Dr. Otto has been appointed Austrian foreign minister, according td a dispatch re ceived here. k Washington, Nov: 17. President Wilson, in a procla mation today, designated Thursday, November 28, as Thanksgiving day and said this year the American people have special and moving cause to be grateful and rejoice. Complete victory, he said, has brought hot only peace, but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which "Justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations." The proclamation follows : It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. This year we have special and moving cause to be grate - ful and to rejoice. HSrod has in His good pleasure given us, peace. It has not come as a mere cessation of arms, a mere relief from the strain and tragedy of war. It has come as a great triumph of right. Complete victory has brought us, not peace alone, but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations. Our gallant ar mies have participated in a triumph which is not marred or stained by another purpose of selfish aggression. In a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind. God has indeed been gracious. We have cause for such rejoicing as revives and strengthens in us all the best traditions of our national history. A new day shines about us, in which our hearts take new courage and look forward with new hope to new and greater duties. While we render thanks for these things, let us not forget to seek the Divine guidance in the performance of those duties, and Divine mercy and forgiveness for all errors of act or purpose, and pray that in all that we do we shall strengthen the ties of friendship and mutual respect upon which we must assist to build the new structure of peace and good will among the nations; Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty eighth day of November, next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations and in their several homes and places of worship to ren der thank3 to God, the ruler of nations. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and .caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District sof Columbia this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and eighteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-third. .... ' . . . - - Allied Military Must Take Steps to Enforce Ajrtnistice at Brussels London, Nov. 17. Confirmation has been received here that Ger mans are pillaging or destroying property in the suburbs of Brus sels.. Although the movement is in no sense revolutionary, it is re garded probable that allied mili tary steps will be necessary to en force the armistice'" Advices received in London say that the entry of the Belgian king and queen into Brussels has been postponed. ALLIED ARMIES BEGIN ADVANCE TOWARD RHINE Belgian Forces Enter Antwerp and Are Within Sight of Brussels; British Armies Move Forward. PERSHING'S FORCES OCCUPY TERRITORY LEFT BY GERMANS V Soldiers Start Blithely-for New Adventure, Many of Them Newly Uniformed and All "Relished" as Though for Inspection; Troops Advance Not in Line of Battle, But in Columns. , Pope Denies Feeling Regret Over Italian Army's Victory Rome, Nov. 17. The official vati can organ today prints a letter from Pope Benedict to Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secretary of state, in which the pontiff says that after the recent happy success of the Italian armies efforts were made to excite in the Italian public mind, the belief that the pope has experienced some re grets ver the victory. . The letter points out that in a papal letter on the first of August, 1917, and on other occasions, "we have expressed repeated wishes that the territorial question between Austria and Italy receive a solution conformable to the just aspirations of the people, and 'recently we have given instruc tions to the Nuncio at Vienna to es tablish friendly relations with the different nationalities of the Austro Hungarian empire which are now constituted independent states." The letter says the church's mis sion of salification adapts itself to the different forms of government and accepts without difficulty the legitimate territorial and political variations of the people. "We believe," the letter continues, "that our ideas and aspirations be ing more generally known, no wise person would wish to attribute to us regrets which have no foundation." The letter closes with an expres sion of hope that the war will be succeeded by. universal concord which will bind the nations in a league fertile of well being. ITALIAN LINES MOVE FORWARD AS FOERETIRES Americans, Headed for Tol mino, Move So" Fast Food and Equipment Fail to Keep Pace With Them. With the Italian Army in North ern Italy, Nov. 17. Gen. Vittiro Al fieri, membeYvof the Italian war commission, former minister of war, and former food controller, "(lied to day f influenza. He had played a most prominent part in Italy's war organization. All the army commands are mov ing forward in order to keep in closer touch with the evacuating troops. The Americans, headed for Tolmino to take up positions on the frontier,' are moving so fast that their food and equipment transport has been unable to keep pace with them. Today the Americans were fed by a passing Young Men's Christian association truck. 'During the offensive only one Am erican was killed. Six were wound ed slightly, and all of them are very proud of their hurts. The roads are still blocked with blown up bridges and general wreck age. There are thousands of un counted prisoners behing the Italian front. Prisoners with whom the corres pondent talked indicated the great est interest in American political events. They do not regard the United States as atf-enemy. Wilson is our God. said one man. "He finished the war and also is helping us to freedom." Von Mackensen's Troops Disarmed in Hungary Copenhagen, Nov. 17. The Ger man field marshall Von Mackensen who has been operatin in Roumania arrived yesterday at Debreczia, Hungary, with 2,000 of his troops, according to a dispatch from Vienna. The troops were disarmed and started towards Germany. Germans to Elect National Convention in January Copenhagen, Nov. 17. The GeN man government expects to hold elections for a national convention in January, says a Berlin dispatch received here.. BATTLE FOUGHT " IN ATTEMPT TO LYNCH NEGRO Mob Gathers and During the Shooting That Follows, Firemen Disperse Crowd by Turning on Hose. Winston Salem, N. C, Nov. 17. At least five persons are known to have been killed and probably a score of others injured, several seriously, in a riot here tonight which resulted from the efforts of a mob of several thousand men to storm the city jail and lynch a negro accused of shooting J. E. Childress and Sheriff Flynt and attacking Mrs. ChVjdress last night. Tonight firing still was going on in different parts of the city, the mob finally having broken into small groups. Efforts of the home guards and the police to restore order were unavailing even at that time and Governor Bickett was asked to in tervene. He ordered home guards here from Greensboro and arranged to have a company of regular sol diers sent from Camp Polk, near Raleigh. The known dead are Rachael Levi, a bystander, shot through the lungs Robert Young, freshman, who was shot, a girl spectator and three ne groes. The mob first formedthis af ternoon and stormed the jail. Three shots were fired anH three neeroes accused of shooting the two men and attacking Mrs. Childress were seriously wounded. A white prison er also was hit in the arm by a bullet. The police cleared the crowd out of the building and the mayor call ed out the home guards. Quiet prevailed for a time, but at night the mob had reformed and started marching to the jail. Several thou sand strong, after breaking open hardware stores and seizing revol vers and shotguns. Ihe mayor sought to address the crowd but could not be heard. When the mob broke for the jail firemen turned water on them, but the rioters "forced their way into the prison. They did not find the negro they sought and leaving the jail they gradually dispersed. Von Tirpitz, Author of Ruthless 'Sub' Warfare, Flees to Switzerland Copenhagen, Nov. 17. Admiral von Tirpitz. formejr minster of the German navy and the man chiefly responsible for Germany's inten sive submarine campaign, fled to Switzerland immediately after the revolution in Germany broke out, 1 says the Frankfort Gazette. With the Allied Armies in France and Belgium. Nov. 17, The allied armies have begun their march to ward Germany. The Belgian forces have already occupied " Antwerp, which was evacuated by the enemy on Friday and immediately taken over. Brussels was expected to be free of German soldiers today. French Occupy Mulhausen. Paris, Nov. 17. French troops have occupied Mulhausen, Sedan, Gravolotte, the forts south of Metz, Munster and Altkirch, according to the- French official communication issued this evening. British Line Advanced. London, Nov. 17. The official an nouncement of the advance of the allied armies says: "General Plummer's Second army and General Rawlinson's Fourth army today commenced their ad vance, in accordance with the terms of the armistice, in conjunction with the allied armies. "At the end of the day's march our advance troops had reached 'the approximaeJiae .; of Oerfon taine. Pry, Pieton, La Louvure Soignies, Enghien and south of Ninove." Linger in Brussels. Brussels, Nov. 17. Brussels has not as yet been liberated. German patrols and some other enemy trooos are still Iintrenne in the city. but, "the heart of Belgium," which has "been stilled for four years, be gan again to beat today as King Albert's soldiers resumed their march' toward the capital. Belgian outposts are now within sight of the cjty. The towers of St. Gudule church, and the massive court house are plainly discernible. No allied soldiers have as yet trod the streets of, Brussels, but the correspondent slipped through the lines today, dressed in civilian at tire, and spent two hours in the city. He found the Belgian capital calm and expectant, awaiting the de parture of the unwelcome guests and the arrival of King Albert's soldiers. The disorders of last Sun day and Monday are now over. City Slightly Damaged. Outwardly Brussels is intact, ex cept for a few' houses near the North station, which have been wrecked. The North station itself .and build-v ings along Boleuvard Anspach suf fered severely, being riddled with machine gun bullets. Window panes were shattered by the rain of bullets during the rioting. It is authoritatively stated that only seven civilians were killed and several wounded, but many Ger mans lost their lives. Retreating German troops are not passing through Brussels, but are avoiding the citv. Machine guns were posted yesterday at Laaken to drive back unruly soldiers wishing to enter Brussels. Several who were bent on pillaging the Belgian capital were turned back and forced into the al lied lines. Senor Sura, the Spanish consul general at Brussels, told the correspondent that Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria left last night for Holland. Prince Eitel Frederick son of the former German emperor was still at Louvain yesterday, being guarded by 100 faithful soldiers. By Associated Press. Paris, Nov. 17. (8:55 P. M.) The American Third army has been designated as 'JThe Army of Occupation." It will be under the immediate direction of General Pershing, the commander-in-chief, who will be in command of the American positions in occupied territories. The Third army will consist of the First, Second, Third. Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-second, Forty-second, Eighty-ninth and Nintieth divisions, which, divided among the Third and Fourth corps, will consist for the presenfof about 250,000 men. It will be commanded by Major Gen eral Dickman. rftiternational League of Prohibition Planned Columbus, O., Nov. 17. Estab lishment of an International League of Prohibition and the development of the foreign mission activities are two purposes which leaders expect to become realities as a result of the worldwide prohibition conference which will be held here November 19 to 22, inclusive. The conference will open Tuesday night with meeting of the Anti-Saloon League with HImore Condit of Newark, N. J., presiding. With the American Army in France, Nov. 17. -General' t Pershing's forces, moved forward early today in territory just abandoned by the German troops. On the old line between Mouzon and Thiancourt, lying from the region of Sedan to the south of Metz, the troops had been stationed to await orders for the advance and at 5:30 o'clock this morning the patrols marched out, not in line of battle, but in columns along the high roads which are only slightly impaired. '? The first stens of the Americans into regions so lately controlled by BAN PART IN FINAL BATTLE OF WAR IS TOLD Germany were not spectacular. The men were keyed up and keen for the new adventure, as on the day of the signing of the armistice there were comparatively no demonstrative manifestations of their enthusiasm. Men Eager to go Forward Many of the men had been newly uniformed, and, all of them were "polished" as though for inspection. The men appeared eager for the word to go forward. - The relatively small units that are moving forward as advance guards were sent to the line before day light. The night had been cold, and the mud that yet marks the roads was slightly frozen. The men ' shivered as they rested by the road side. ' When the command finally was given for the advance, the elements who were to push forward, in some cases miles apart on the long line between the extreme left and right, moved off into the mists that ap pear always to shroud this part of the country, and disappeared. For the first time since the Americans had been ordered to ad vance into enemy-held territory Germany Brought to ltsKnees When Its "Life Artery" , Was Cut by Capture of Sedan. By Associated Press. Paris, Nov. 17. Out of the con fusion and daze of the crowding military events on the western bat tle ine since late in September, when battle followed battleuntil from Flanders to Verdun there was ceaseless action, it is now permis sible to outline to a certain extent the part played by the American armies in the final decisive battle of the war, which ended with the arm istice last Monday. Militarv reasons heretofore have ; there was assurance that they would The intelli- prevented accentuating the accomp lishments of the Americans, except in a most general manner. The dis patches from the field have been necessarily fragmentary and possi- ( LI 1 1 II oiy were oversnaaowea Dy tne ac counts of the more dramatic oper ations over the historic battle fronts of the west. But itnow may be stated that 21 American divisions, totalling 750,000 American combat troops, partici pated in the action beginning Sep tember 26, known variously as the battle of the Argonne, and the battle of the Meuse, but which history may call Sedan the battle that brought Germany to its kness and. as far as human foresight goes ended the world's bloodiest and costliest war. . Crux of the War. In order to understand the mil itary situation which made the Argonne operations the crux of the war, it is necessary to go back to the reduction of the St. Mihie 1 salient in the middle of September. This brilliant American accomplish- ment is still fresh in history. It cut off at one stroke a menacing eneiny projection toward Verdun and weak ened the enemy's defensive by threatening Metz, one of Germany's two greatest advance railway cen ters for distributing troops and siffc (Contlnued on Page Two, Column Two.) encounter no hostility. gence department, which has never ceased to function, had accurately reported that the Germans were carrying out their agreement of evacuation. No Risks Taken. No chances were taken, however. The engineers were the second unit to press forward, and they carefully began their work of looking out for mines and tainted water. Every ob stacle was tested before it vai moved, in order to find out if it masked explosives. Tor some time the Germans have shown a spirit of co-operation in informing the Americans where mines were lo cated and in themselves destroying them. It was sometime after the. en gineers moved forward before the heavier columns took the roads. The entire army finally was moving, and' moving along the lines of peace days. But it was in such order that it might quickly be transformed in to battle array. Every brigade was covered by a regiment of 77's, the (Continued on Page Two, Column Oae.) Prince Max Says Armistice Proposal Upset His Policy Copenhagen, Nov. 17. The former I imperial German chancellor. Prince Maximilian of Baden, has issued a pamphlet saying: ! "My peace policy was entirely.! upset by the proposal of an armis- j tice, which was handed to me. in : complete form on my arrival in Berlin. I fought against it for prac tical and political reasons. It seemed to me a grave mistake to allow the first step toward peace to be accompnaied by such an amaz ing admission of GermanyS weak ness. ' V "Neither the enemy powers nor our own people regarded our military situation such as to make desperate measures necessary. I proposed that the government as a first meas ure should state exactly its pro gram of war aims and demonstrate to the world our agreement with 1 President Wilson's principles and our readiness to undergo heavy national sacrifices to .fulfill those principles. "I wasytold in reply that there was no time to wait for the effect of such a statement and that the situation at the front demanded that a proposal for an armistice should be made within 24 hours, to be sup ported by publication of the names of a new and unifnpeachable gov ernment. "A week later the military au thorities informed me that they had been mistaken inv the judgment they had formed concerning the situation at the front on October 1." Prince Max says that he informed the emperor it would have an im portant effect if the emperor de cided voluntarily to . -abdicate as he probably would, be able to save the country from 'serious disturb ances. But other important circles tried to convince the emperor abdi cation would be the signal for the breaking up of the German front. , 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 and faded garments modestly passes his or her money across the counter, fFor the shoe fund," when we know the money could be well spent at home. But be cause of the cenerositv nf hnth 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. 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