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BS RIEF IGHT E E Z Y BITS OF NEWS PROPOSES STATUE TO FOCH IN WASHINGTON Washington, Nov, 21. A resolu tion authorizing the erection of a statue to Marshal Foch in Washing ton, and appropriating $100,000 for the purpose, was introduced in the housetoday by Representative Sh nott of Oregon. 5 BAVARIA HONORS GENERAL WHO WOULD NOT USE GAS . Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 21. Count Montgelas, a general in the Bavarian army, who was dismissed at Ypres in 1915, because he re fused to use poisonous gas, has been recalled from Switzerland to Munich to enter the Bavarian cabinet. The count had been living at Montheax since his retirement. BARUCH REVOKES ALL BUILDING RESTRICTIONS Washington, Nov. 21. Removal of - all remaining restrictions on no-war construction by the war in dustries' board was announced to- right by Chairmain Baruch. All building operations 4 of whatever character may now proceed without permits either from the board or the state 1 councils of defense. EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST IN THE GREAT; AND GLORIOUS WESTTHAT'S OMAHA. The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 48 NO. 135. ttn4 u imh4-Um matter ' I Omthi P. 0. H4r act t i 2S. ISM. M ran S. 179 OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918. By Mill (I yuri. Dally, M.W; Sunday, 2.M; Oally and Sua., SI.U; auulda Nab., ou aitnu TWO CENTS. THE WEATHERt t For Nebraska: Cloudy Friday, colder at sight; Sajurdav fair. Thermometer Readings t , . S a. m SI 1 p. 1 n 7 a. m ..SI S p. in. ........ St . 8 a, m St 4 p. m .10 m. ru S 5 p. m SO II) a. m SS p. m. ... ,....U 11 a. m S3 Ip, n, ... .....SO Km 3t I S p. m , ...SO SOLDIERS TO HAVE HOT PLUM PUDDING. New York, Nov. 21. To aid in r rtviding hot plum pudding for every soldier in France on Christ mas day, 25 more rolling field kitchens were shipped abroad from here today by the Knights of Co lumbus. On their arrival the kitch ens will go at once to the front under their own power, followed by trucks loaded with puddings. FORMER CROWN PRINCE , TO RESIDE ON ISLAND. London, Nov. 21. The former crown prince will take up his resi dence on Wieringen island in the Zuyder Zee, according to an Am sterdam dispatch to the Daily Tele graph. A parsonage on the island has been rented for him and his suite.. Wieringen island is in the north . ei . part of the Zuyder Zee. It is south of the Texel island and oppo site the Dutch town of Helder. "LIGHTLESS NIGHTS" MAY BE DISCONTINUED. Washington Nov. 21. "Lightless nights" made necessary to save fuel for. war work, will end tomor row, except in states where fuel ad ministrators may decide to continue the regulations, Fuel Administrator Garfield said tonight. Removal of other, restrictions on the consump tion of coal will follow, Dr. Garfield said, and voluntary conservation through requests made of the pub .lic wilt be substituted. ' DUTCH CROWDS PAY HOMAGE , TO WILHELMINA. , The Hague, Nov., 21. Tens of thousands of persons assembled on the parade ground Monday to pay JiomaRe to Queen Wilhelmina. The crowds v- included " various Catholic and Protestant societies, and large numbers of soldiers. Many persons wore : oranee-colored bad ires im honor of the house of Orange. On the arrival of the royal car riage containing the queen, her hus band, Prince Henry, and the little Princess Juliana, Hhere was a great demonstration, the people unhar nessing the horses and pulling the carriage out 'upon the parade ground. GIVEN UP TO ALLIES Five American Battleships in Allied Naval Escort; An other Flotilla of Sub marines Surrendered. By Associated Press. Harwich, England, Nov. 21. Another flotilla of German U-boats surrendered today to a British squadron. There were nineteen submarines in all; the twentieth, which should have come todav. broke down on the way. Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 21. Germany's high seas fleet, after its surrender to the allied navies, was brought to the Firth of Forth today. The British grand fleet and five American battleships and three French warships, in two , long columns, escorted the 71 MFE DECLINES TO ACCEPT HOME NO LOSES SUIT I Mrs. H. T. Pearce Is Refused Divorce; Loses Custody J of Child; Sister Is it - Scored. Harry TPearce knclt before his wife and baby in Judge Troup's court room Thursday in an effort to bring about a reconciliation fol lowing his successful resistance of n action for divorce brought by Mrs.' Pearce. At the suggestion of the attorneys Ihe estranged husband and wife re ared with their child to the judge's chambers where they discussed the situation for an hour without chang ing the situation. The wife declined to accede to the entreaties of her husband.' ' Sister is Scored. Judge Troup refused a decree to Mrs. Pearce and ' e awarded the :ustodv of the 2-year-old son to Mrs. Clara Pearce, mother of the husband in the case. The court scored Mrs. Myrtle Joyce, sister of Mrs. Pearce and . one of the witnesses jffthe hearing. "The sister has been a disturbing factor in this case. She has had 1 taste of certain phases of life and has been trying to induce her sister to go the same way," the judge said. Judge States Opinion. (.When there seemed to be some hope for a reconciliation between the iudffe stated: "I want to do anything that I can to cut vout this curse ot treating xne m..;l relations flinu.tlv. Too often it is married today and divorc ed tomorrow,' It is the curse of the nation. . Tk. -mir took rofirnizance of the fact that Peace offered to make t home lor ms wuc, iu-iuiu relations. - , j the trial Pearce offered testi mony toVefute the charges entered on Wednesday by his wife. He as serted that he i, ready even- now to provide a home for his wife and baby, and added, that his father bad offered him a claim in South Dakota i hu wife would return to hinui 1 1 big m WARSHIPS PACKING HOUSE WORKERS DEMAND HIGHER WAGES Petition for Flat Increase of 25 Cents an Hour and Same Pay for Women as for Men at Chicago Plants Presented to Arbitrator. BMW MM . , ; Chicago, Nov. 21. A demand for a flat increase of 25 cents an liour for all packing house employes and t' at women workers be paid the same wages as men for the same kind of work came up todly before Judge Samuel Alschuler.-arErltor under the "war working agreement" entered into by the workers and their employers last December. Judge Alschuler informed F. J. Heney, counsel representing the IS employes' unions operating in the packing plants, and at the stock yards that he would notify him be fore the end of the week when he would be able to take up the petition. The new wage demand, which means an increase ranging from 10 to 50 per cent a day, varying ac cording to class of employment, di rectly affects nearly 75,000 employes in Chicago, as well as those plants operated by the "big five" packers in other cities. It is a direct request for from $2 to $2.50 a day increase for each em ploye, and comes on top of the $1.45 a day increase granted when the "war work agreement" was entered into. The principal ground for the request for a general increase in the cost of -ivmg since the December agreement. Jerman vessels to their anchorage. 1 London. Nov. 21 The Germans fleet as specified in the terms Of the armistice with Germany was surren. dered today to' the allies. ' Admiralty Announces Surrender. This announcement was made of ficially by the admiralty this after noon. The statement read: The commander-in-chief of the grand fleet has reported that at 9:30 o'clock this morning he met the first and main installment of the German high seas fleet, which is sur rendering for internment." The German fleet that surrendered to the British today, it. became known this evening, consisted of nine battleships, five battle cruisers, seven light cruisers and 50 destroy ers. Describing the Surrender of the German warships to the commander in chief of the grand, fleet, bir David Beatty, today, correspondents say that after all the German shins' had been. taken over, the Brit ish admiral come through the line on the Queen Elizabeth, every al lied vessel being manned and greet ing the admiral and the flagship wi h loud and ringing cheers. The British grand fleet put to sea in two single lines six miles apart, so formed as to enable the surren dering fleet to come up the center. The leading ship of the German line was sighted between 9 and 10 o'clock in the" morning. It was the Seydlitz, flying the German na val ensign. One Destroyer Sunk. One German destroyer while on its way across the North sea with the other ships of the German high seas fleet to surrender to the allies struck a ,mine. The warship was badly damaged and sank. The British grand fleet, accom panied by an American battle squad ron and French cruisers, steamed cut at 3 o'clock this morning from its Scottish base to accept the sur render of the German battleships, battle cruisers and destroyers.' A wireless dispatch this noon reports that it got into touch with the Ger man ships this morning and that the surrender is being carried ''out according to plan. The point of the rendezvous for (Cont'nued on Faco Two, Column'' Fle.) REED ATTACKS PLAN OF LEAGUE TO PREVENT WAR Any Arrangement That Would Embroil U. S. in- Europe Declared by Missourian "Monstrous Doctrine." Washington, Nov. 21. Opposi tion to a ' league of nations was Voiced late today by Senator Reei of Missouri, democrat, who in a speech in the senate, declared any arrangement that would cause the United States to be embroiled in European . troubles' was "the most monstrous doctrine ever proposed in this republic." An international court also was declared to be dangerous by Sen ator Reett, who pointed ' out that for it to be effective it must have a force able to conquer any single nation in the, world . or any combi nations of nations not in the league. "This army of the court 'would be able to conquer the United States," declared Senator Reed. "A man who. would create an army that can conquer the United States is a greater traitor than Benedict Arnold." Senator Reed said it was not known who would command this army, and declared that "in time possibly a German" will be at its head. Cites Washington's Advice. George Washington's advice against "entangling alliances" was read by Sentaor Reed, who declared that the United States became the foremost nationin wealth, power and education because of adher ence to "the teachings of the creator of this republic." Europe, Senator, Reed continued, has often been in war because of the hatred of rival races and he said this hatred will spring into flame "as long as there are men and women on the earth." The world war, he asserted, might be traced to this hatred. , v Ambitions of France anK Ger many to extend their borders and of England to place its power in every quarter of the -world "are part of the blood of the people" the senator added. "In all this malstrom of ambition," he continued "it is proposed to thrust the United States. It is pro posed that every time there ap- neare a rlmid nn the horizon of Europe we shall issue the draft, call' our boys from the tarm, and pour out their blood on controversies that do not affect us one bit." " The life of the republic may be at stake in the issue, Senator Reed declared, . , . . . . ALLIES AND U. S. FRAMING PEACE CONGRESS PLAN Interest at Washington in Conference Centers on Which Nations Are to Participate. Paris, Nov. 21. Col E. M. House, the special representa tive of the United States gov-. ernment, is confined to his Ijjjme Here with influenza. He has canceled his engagements. Washington, Nov. 21. Aside from the personnel of the American delegation and the preparations for President Wilson's journey to France, interest here in the peace conference centers on what nations are to participate in the delibera tions. Each Nation a Unit. The entente powers and the United States have borne thebrunt of the war, and their representatives will outline a plan of procedure for the conference. These powers also will determine the extent of the par ticipation of other nations, which have declared war on the central powers, others which only severed diplomatic relations, still others which observed "a benevolent neu trality" toward the associated na tions and finally the neutral nations which might seek representation on the ground that their future will, be vitally affected by the decisions of the. conference. Each nation admitted to partici pate in 'the conference will be re garded as a unit. Each nation will be ree to adhere to any declara tion of principles proposed to the conference or to withhold assent. Taft Eliminated as Possibility. Nothing has as yet been officially announced regarding the composi tion of the American commission to the conference, and one high of ficial . id today that nearly every thing that has been said on the sub ject is only guess -work and that the president himself is the only person who knows who will be the Ameri can representatives. It is known, however, that Secretary Lansing will head the American delegation. It also was said today upon his authority that the name of former President Taft, who has been men tioned in connection with the com mission could be eliminated as a possibility. Only a few attaches of the com mission will be taken from the United States, the entire personnel numbering probably not more "lan 25 or 30 persons. Main Hun Fleet Surrendered v;vv:Vf :rVS::r ''"v : F;;. vU''4v, . ,1. hmmiMmmKmKSaltr , m hi- vjSj-S AWiinin Win. "mm&i. J M t WILSON'S PLAMS Ail ATTACKED 1 SENATE Purpose to Suppress News Seen in Taking Over the Cables; Visit to France Held Mischievous. Washington, Nov. 21. President Wilson's action in takifig over control and opera; tion ot marine cable systems and express agencies was vig orously criticised today in the senate by republican senators who said it was part of a plan to establish permanent gov ernment ownership. The speakers were Senators Wat son of Indiana Kellogg of Minne sota and Sherman of Illinois, and in the debate the president was cri " cized for his decision to go tm Eu rope, and George Creel, charrman of the committee on public infor mation, who it was reported was to accompany the president, w.s attacked. Denounces President's Action. Senator Watson denounced the president's action as a breach of faith, and declared it evidence of a program by certain cabinet members and others in the administration "with socialistic tendencies" to ef fect state socialism. He said Sec retaries Burleson, Daniels and Bak er have advocated permanent opera tion of railroads by the government. "Now, after peace has come up on us," said Senator Watson, "we have the jxesident violating the spirit, if notthe letter, of the law by taking over the cables. This comes just at a time when the president is about to visit a foreign country. It is not necessary. It is singular that just abotft the time the presi dent is going abroad he takes over the cables, when every war necessity has ceased if, indeed, it ever existed. Secrecy Declared Motive. "I take - it for granted that the president took over the cables at this time so those who sit at the peace table will not know what is being said in congress and so the people of this country will not know what is going on at the peace table. I take it for granted that when the president leaves these shores, the cables to all intents and purposes will be cut. ' "Why is George Creel going along? He is going along to send back what news the president wants him to send back? With Creel at one end of the cable and Albert Burleson at the other, the country's treaty-making body, will be deprived of its rights." Extension of government control of cables and express companies, Senator Watson said, might be re garded as notice that the president and his subordinates do not intend to relinquish any of the authority granted them during the war, "un less compelled by legislative acticm." "There is no reason" (for cable and express control), he added, "except for the sinister one of the policy of opening the- door to state socialism." While the ; War department re ports cancellation of contracts and demobilization of the army, Senator Watson said, cantonments in the south are to be continued. Senator Sherman of Illinois, re publican, followed the Indiana sen ator. He said the vice president (Continued on Pago Two, Column Four.) ilson Signs Bill Making Country Dry x . After Next July 1 Washington, Nov. 21. President Wilson today signed the emergency agricultural appropriation bill with its fcgislative rider providing for national prohibition from next July 1 until the American army is demobilized. Brjti jtish War Parliament's Long Career Concluded , London, Nov. 21. Parliament was prorogued today. The king's speech, read by commission, owing to his absence v in Scotland, expressed "humble thanks to almighty God for the success with which it has pleased Him to M-own our arms." The king urged continuance of "the exertions which have carried U3 to victory until the. ravages of war are repaired and the fabric of national prosperity is restored." Clemenceau Asks Legal Opinion on Extradition of "Bill" Hohenzollern Paris, Nov. 21. Premier Cle menceau has asked Charles Lyon-Caen, dean of the faculty of law at the university of Par is, to give an opinion as to whether the extradition of Wil liam Hohenzollern, the former German emperor, can be de manded. M. Lyon-Caen has asked that he be given time to prepare a reply, La Liberte says. Edouard Clunet, the leading, French authority on internation al law has given it as his opin-. vl iun mat 11 is iiupussuuc xa de mand the former emperor's ex tradition. In discussing the position of the former German emperor, the Temps says: "The government of Holland has always the power to expel an undesirable guest. Let it use its power. "If William is placed aboard a boat or conducted to the Bel gian frontier, the allies will know what they ought to do with him. If he is conducted to the German frontier, the Ber lin government will have an op portunity to show the depth of its republican convictions by the ardor it displays in punishing the author of the war." NEW TRIAL FOR MOONEY URGED BY HIS JUDGE Jurist Appeals to Governor in Behalf of the Condemned Man; Pcptest Strike Is Planned by Unions. San Francisco, Nov. 21. The ef forts being made to save Thomas J. Mooney from the gallows was marked here today by the publica tion of a letter from Superior Judge Franklin A. Griffin, who tried and sentenced Mooney, to Governor Stephens asking a new trial for Mooney .because of alleged fraud conspiracy against him. The letter was written November 19. Its re ceipt in Sacramento was acknow ledged today by Governor Stephens who would make no comment. In the letter Judge Griffin said that the testimony against Mooney offered by Frank C. Oxman, Durkee, (Ore.) cattleman; Mrs. Nellie Edeau and her daughter Sadie and John. McDonald, was open to attack. In formationdeveloped after the trial, and after the motion for a new trial had been denied, that this evidence was faulty, Judge Griffin said. "The situation of Mooney is that he stands condemned to death upon evidence concerning the truth o which, to say the least, there has arisen a very grave doubt," the letter said. "Since his trial facts and circumstances have come to light which seriously reflect upon the credibility of three of the four witnesses -who link him withhe crime of preparedness dajand which make the very foundation of the case upon which the people rely for his conviction. "I can only say that right and justice demand a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney." Labor organizations were active in the campaign to save Mooney also. GERMANS' RETREAT . IS DISORDERLY HIKE, SAY SWISS REPORTS Military and Civil Authority Disappears in Western Germany and Anarchy declared to Be Far Worse Than Conditions Which Attend Retire ment of Austrians From Italy. Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 21. -The retreat of the Ger man armies from the western front is continuing in the great est disorder, according to information received by the Swiss7 federal authorities at Berne. The anarchy in Germany is said to be far worse than during the Austrian retreat from! Italy. y Swiss newspapers say that military and civil authority has disappeared in western Germany. POTASH MEN OF NEBRASKA URGE FEDERAL PROBE Tell Chairman Baruch Fertil izer Men Have Combined to Leave Them and Pro- 1 duct High and Dry. Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee. Washington, Nov. 21. (Special.) A delegation of Nebraskans inter ested in the potash industry in Ne braska, including T. E. Stevens of Omaha, Prof. G. E. Condra, W. E. Sharp and Messrs. Richardson and Lamb of Lincoln, held a conference with Bernard Baruch, chairman of the War Industries board, today and urged him to aid in enforcing an embargo against the importation of German potash. Senator Hitchcock, who arranged the meeting, was unable to attend on account of the near adjournment of congress but will present the delegation to Secretary Lane of the Interior department tomorrow for the purpose of advocating the government purchase and distribu tion of the 1,000 tons of potash for which there is now no market The fertilizer companies seemingly are in a combine to get along with out this potash until German pfotash again is to be had in the open mar ket.. ' . ' Resolution for Probe. Senator Hitchcock, convinced there is a combination working against the marketing of Nebraska potash, today introduced a resolu tion calling upon the federal trade commission to make an investiga tion whether a combination or ar rangement between the various fer tilizer companies is in force for the purpose of restricting or avoiding the use of American potash in fer tilizers manufactured during the present year. - The commission also is called upon to report the number of tons of potash salts imported in the United States for each of the three years immediately preceeding the war and the number of tons pur chased by the fertilizer companies of American product in the years (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Allies Urged to Insist Huns Stop Abuse of Prisoners London, Nov. 21. (British Wire less Service.) The Times, in dis cussing the tasualties during the war, calls upon the allied govern ments to compel the Germans to treat the prisoners in their hands without abus-. It says that the fosses in the war are the greatest since the Asiatic barbarians carried on wars of extermination. ' "Now for the first time," it says, "we begin to' learn officially at how great a cost the victory has been won. Our casualties on land amount t- the Enormous figures of o.iHy.uw. 10 judge the tun sum of bloody sacrifices the casualties of inese published casualties are ore than double the entire wl' ; population of New Zealand or of th . Union iof South Africa. They ar- far greater than, the population of any city in the world except London and New York. ' - ' Even now when the Germans are whining and clamoring for the modification of conditions incom parable milder than those they forced upon Russia and Rumania, they show neither pity nor ' com mon prudence toward the helpless victims still in their power. The brutality they are 'showing ou. v fortunate prisoners almost -exceeds belief. They already have reduced the numbers by systematic cruelty and starvation. They now are turn ing them adrift without food, warm clothing or money to find their way through hostile populations to .the front! r as best they can. j I "It is time, and high tinj, for the allies to tell the Germans that .his monstrous and inhuman abuse must cease promptly. They have the right to make the demand and the power to eniorce it. ineir own our allies and the murders GerJ peoples will fiercely resent any hesi many hij.done must be-added. , ftation in the exercise of either." The Daily News urges that the nrmes of commandants and all of ficers in the German camps which releases prisoners in a helpless con dition should be demanded at once, "preferably by wireless," so that they1 may be made to answer for their behavior. It adds that allied governments should establish at once who it is that now is respon sible for the conduct of affairs '.n Germany, an J what' is the exact position of the new government. Amsterdam, Nov. 22. The town of Posen and a great part of the province of Posen in Prussia, are in Polish hands, according to the Berlin Vorwaerts. Poles Seize Reins The Poles in the soldiers and workmen's organization have seized the reins of power and are forming a legion. They are in possession of munitions and provisions. Posen, a strongly fortified city of Prussia, was one of the most ancient Polish towns, having been the seat of a bishop in the end of the tenth century and the residence of the kings of Poland down to 1296. It . was the headquarters of the Fifth German 'army corps, and a iortress t of the first rank with 157,000 inhabi tants and a garrison before the war of 7,000 men. It is the capital of the province of Posen, consisting of L.the westernmost portion of the old kingdom of Poland. The population of the province in 1900 was nearly two million. Prussia appropriated the northern part of Posen in the first"partition . of Poland in 1772 and the bulk of it in the second partition in 1793.- ; Welcome American Red Cross. Paris Nov. 21. A delegation of the American Red Cross has cros sed the Rhine into Beden at Hun- inguen, (Huningen), a short dis- tance north of the Swiss frontier. The German soldiers accepted American flags and officers clear ed the roads . for the Red Cross trucks and insisted that the Red Cross workers drink with them. German soldiers' councils in Ba den are selling German arms and supplies. The population, which is revolutionary, is in complete con- . trol. Ragged and famished Italians almost raised the roof of the Red Cross canteen with cheers when the Americans opened the place. v . The Red Cross delegation left Switzerland for Alsace Friday, tak ing with it a truck load of supplies. Two hundred Italian were fed. : A canteen was established at St. Louis. Ten thousand Germans passed the canteen, all wearing the revolutionary r$d ribbon or rosettes. The officers and men carried red flags. Kolchak's Coup in Russia Will Tend to Stablize Conditions Vladivostok, Nov. 21. (By Asso-v ciated Press.) Through a coup on I the part of the council of ministers of the new all-Russian government at Omsk yesterday, Admiral Alex-1 ander Kolchak has become virtual dictator and commander of the all Russian army and fleet. Two min isters, M. Avksentieff and M. Zenzenoff, who opposed Admiral Kolchak's dictatorship, have been -arrested. Washington, Nov. 21. News ( of the coup at-Omsk by which Admiral " Kolchak virtually has become dic tator of the all-Russian forces is re garded at the State department as " another sign pointing to stabiliza-. tion of the movement relied upon t regenerate Russia. Capt. Hall Escapes from Prison Camp,n Germany Boston, Nov. 21. Captain James Norman Hall, son of. Mrs. W. C. V Hall of Colfax, la., and . author; of "Kitchener Mob;" Charles R. Codman of Boston, Lieut. Robert Browning and Lieut. Henry Lewis, members of the United States avia tion service in France, escaped from . a uerman prison camp a few days ; before the armistice was signed, ac cording to a message received here -today from Washington. , Details are lacking. , ; Lieut. Codman, was a member of I tne yoth aero squadron and fell - -f,wv mcicrs oepiemDer io. H was captured anrt-placed in CaiM Rastatt, in the duchy of Bfca