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Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09

BESlEGE WINTER PALACE.
The worknen's and soldiers dele
gates are in complete control Of the
city. ....'s
Premier Kerensky was reported
last night at Luga, IS miles southwest
of Petrograd.
Delegates from the Baltic and Black
Sea fleets have declared in favor of
the workmen's and soldiers council,
according to Reuters Telegram COM
pany.
The same correspondent says the
First, Third and Fourteenth Cossaek
regiments informed Kerensky. that
they were prepared whole-heartedly
to support the government, provided
no compromise was entered into.
Late yesterday evening after the
government forces had been driven in
to the Winter palace, the palace was
besieged and lively fight of machine
guns and rifles began. The cruiser
Aurora which was moored at the
Niecolai bridge, moved up within
range, firing shrapnel. Meanwhile the
guns of the St. Peter and St. Paul
fortress opened flre. 81. .-..-.-
DEFEND PETRoGRAD.
The palace stood out under the
glare of the searchlights of the cruiser
and offered good target for the
guns. The defenders held out for
four hours, replying as best they
could with machine guns and rifles.
There was spasmodic firing in other
parts of the city, but the workmen's
and soldiers troops took every means
to protect citizens, who were ordered
to their quarters. The bridges and the
Nevsky Prospect, Which early in the
afternoon were in the hands of the
government forces were captured and
held during the night by the work.
mems and soldiers troops.
The battle at the palace which be-,
gan shortly after 6 o'clock, was al
spectacular one, armed cars of thci
revolutionaries swinging into action
in front of the palace gates, while
flashes from the Neva were followed
by the explosion of shells from the
guns of the Aurora.
Promise Immediate Peace.
London, Nov. 8.-Thc Maximalists
have obtaiEed control Of Petrograd
and issued proclamation saying the
new government will propose immedi-
ate peace, the semi-officia' Russian
news agency announces.
Premier Kerencky has been de-
posed. /
The Maximalists were assisted by
the Pctrograd garrison, which made
possible a coup d'etat without blood
shed. ,.-~. /
Leon Trotzky, president OF the Gems
trail executive committee of the Petro-
grad council of soldiers and work
mems delegates. issued a declaration
to the effect that the provisional gov
ernment was no longer in existence,
and that some of its members had
been arrested. The preliminary Par
lament has been dissolved. ~
Capital at Moscow.
The opinion is expressed in Rus.
sian circles in London that M. Ke-'
rensky, who early was advised of
the intentions of Nikolai Lenine to
grasp. power, removed the seat of
government to Moscow and from
there will endeavor TO unite the Mod
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
SEVEN DIE WHEN +
THREE FLOORS OF
BUILDING DROP

New York. Nov. S-Five women
and two men are believed to have
been killed in the collapse of three
floors of building in Brooklyn oc-
cupied by concern supplying pro-
visions to the United States govern
ment. An explosion and fire fol-
lowed.
One body, that of Miss Josephine
Johanns, was recovered from the
ruins and hremen are searching for
others.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
Berlin Claims
Capture Of Many
More Italians

Berlin, Nov. 8, Via London
Austro-German forces in northern
Italy have crossed the Livenza river,
army headquarters announced today.
Italian troops to the number of H.
900 were cut off from the Tagliamento
and captured, the official statement
adds. The total number of prisoners
taken by the Austro-German forces is
now more than 2s0000, it is asserted.
Rome, Nov. 8-Withdrawal of the
Italian line was continued yesterday,
the war office announced today. The
larger units retired unmolested.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
AIfrido Gets Twenty
Years in the Penitentiary

Ulalio Alfrido was sentenced to 20
years in the penitentiary by Judge
Sears upon being found guilty on the
charge of statutory rape upon little
Grace Baskas, 8 years old. who testi-
fed that heSbad slept with her in her
parents house on the South Side.
Alfrido was a roomer at the house.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
GERMANY CALLS
LAST RESERVES
IN FINAL EFFORT

London, Nov. s.-Germany called
up its last reserves within the last
few days, according to the Central
News correspondent at Zurich, tele-
graphing under Wednesdays date. All
men who previously had been rejected
were ordered to present themselves
for re-examination and within "a
hours all not utterly incapacitated
were on their way to the training
centers. This action, says the cor
respondent. is attributed to the inten-
tion oithe central powers to make a
final efforr on the western front be-
fore Americas help becomes ef-
fective.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
Government Presents
Evidence in Matters Case

The governments evidence in the
trial of Thomas H. Matters for aiding
President Luebben of the First Ma
tional bank of Sutton to issue GER
tihcates of deposit unlawfully was all
in yesterday afternoon. The attorneys
for the defense moved that the indict-
ment against Matters be dismissed,
but after presentation of their reasons
Judge Wade overruled the motion.
Adjournment was taken until this
morning, when the trial will proceed.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
RADICALS SEIZE PETROGRAD;.
u. S. MISSION ARRIVES ABROAD
AME .1CAN STEAMER
ROCHESTER IS SUNK

London, Nov S.-The American steamship Rochester
torpedoed and sunk at dusk November 2,
Four sailors their lives in the sink.
ing of the Rochester One boat with the second and
is missing.
The captain and % have been landed Bunarana
One feboat with nine survivors reached Rosspor in the
County of Mayo, yesterday
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
WERE TO WED.

WERE TO WE'D.
Monday Mrs. Buckingham and
Clark were to have been married. To-
day she lies in the cemetery at Platts-
mouth and he is dead at st. Joseph's
hospital, as a result of lovers quar-
rel Sunday night, Clark was found
unconscious on the doorstep at 1921
North Twenty-third street and died
during the night at St. Joseph's hos
pital.
Il never saw my daughter so happy
IS she was Sunday" said Mrs. Helen
Brooks, 1921 North Twenty-third
street. II went over Sunday after
noon and she and Floyd, who had
been boarding with, me, were planning
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
Corn Production
Three Billion
Bushels in 1917

Washington, Nov. S.-Preliminary
estimates of farm crops announced
today by the Department Of Agricul-
ture in its<November crop report fol-
low:
Corn, 3,19l,085,000.
Buckwheat, l6,8l3,000.
Potatoes, 439, $4,000
Sweet potatoes. S4,727. 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
MISSION TO WAR
COUNCIL BEGINS
WORK IN LONDON
Colonel {. NJ. House, Special
Ambassador, and Other Dis
tinguished Americans Reach
Europe for Conference.

London, Nov. 8.-When the train
bearing the special American COM
mission reached London, at midnight
the big metropolitan station which
usually is busy, was almost deserted,
but long line of automobiles, the
majority in charge of khaki-clad
chauffeurs, attracted the attention Of
the train hands and a few suburban.
ties.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
GOVERNMENT GOES
DOWN BEFORE FIRE
OF MAXIMALISTS
Winter Palace, Defended by Women's Battalion Sur
renders; Kerensky in Flight and New Regime VIII
Propose Immediate Peace With Germany;
Fleets Now Support Workmens Council.
Bulletin.

London Nov. S.-Premier Kerensky has fled from the
capital the semi-ocal agency declares. Order
states have been issued for his Railway communca-
ton with Petrograd reported have been interrupted
Copenhagen correspondent Of the Exchange Telegraph
pany cables. s....%
GOVERNMENT SURRENDERS =
Perograd, Nov SO a. m.)-Government forces
holding the Winter palace compelled capitate early
this morning under the fire of the cruiser and
the St. Peter ST. Paul river
At o'clock this morning the womans battalion which haG
been defending the Winter palace surrendered
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09

Petrograd, Nov. 8.-(British Ad-
miralty, per Wireless Press, 1.-THE
military revolutionary committee OF
the central council of soldiers and
workmen's deputies, in a proclamation
to the army committees and to al
soldiers and workmen's councils,
says:
I'VE have deposed without blood
shed the government which rose
against the revolution"
1T proclaims the authority Of the
military revolutionary committee and
says officers who do not openly join
the movement must Immediately be
arrested.
Uncertain military detachments, the
proclamation adds, must not be per-
mitted to leave the front for Petro-
gradA Where persuasion fails, the
statement says, force must be used
without mercy.
The text of the proclamation of the
military revolutionary committee
reads:
Proclamation Issued.
"To the army committees of the
active army and to all councils of
soldiers and workmen's delegates and
to the garrison and proletariat OF
Petrograd:
I'VE have deposed the government
of Kerensky, which rose against the
revolution and the people. The change
which resulted in the deposition oi
the provisional government was &C,
complished without bloodshed.
THE Petrograd council of soldiers
and workmens delegates solemnly
welcomes the accomplished change
and proclaims the authority of the
military revolutionary committee un-
til the creation Of a government by the
soldiers and workmen's delegates.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
FLOYD CLARK KILLS SELF
ON DOORSTEP OF F|ANCEE
WHO TOOK POISON SUNDAY
Broods Over Death of Woman to Whom He Was Bethroth
ed and Puts An End To His Life In Spite of the
Efforts of Friends to Cheer Him Up;
Children Are Destitute.

While little 3year-od boy played horse and asked,
where's mammal "Wheres Floyd?" whitehaired old lady
tried to plan yesterday for the future of three Children
Tins of the double tragedy this week. the suicides of Mrs
Bertha Breckngham and her iance Floyd Clark.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
The Weather

For Nebraska--Fair.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-09
Comparative Local Record.

1917. 1916. 1915. 1914.
Highest yesterday E. 72 46 So 4s
Lowest yesterday.... ~ 2s So 90
Precipitation ........ 90 IL 90 90
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature ................... IL
Excess for the day................... IT
Total deficiency since March 1......358
Normal precipitation ........... .05 inch
Total rainfall since March l.. "a inches
Deficiency since March 1........- 6.45 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. 1910 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1885,. 2.42 inches
Reports From Stations at p. M.
Station and State Temp. High Rain
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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-22
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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-22

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
President Proclaims
 Week Ending June %
 as sRed Cross Week

Washington, May 25.-In proclaim ation to the American, people Presi- dent Wilson today designated the week ending June 25 as Red Cross Week and urged that during the per jed generous gifts be made to assist the organization in properly caring for the armed forces of the nation and the administration of relief.
 The proclamation points out that every man, woman and child in the United States may do their respective 'Fbits'' bv giving. in spirit of Tatriot- ic sacrifice, for the maintenance of Red Cross work while small propor- tion of the population is serving the nation on the fields of battle. The text of the proclamation follows:
 PROCLAMATION
 tINASMUCH as our thoughts as a nation are now turned in united pur- pose towards the performance to the utmost of the services and duties which we have assumed in the cause of Justice and liberty;
 "INtASMUCH as but a small pro- portion of our people can have the opportunity to serve upon the actual field of battle, but all men, women and children alike may serve and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25

dice or a foreman or other superior.
 We are all too much in the habit of regarding brick walls and the ma chinery and appliances within them as the important and essential things in manufacturing establishment, and have paid too little attention to the human element and the great possi- bifities of its improvement. It is un- fortunately true that this human ele- ment does not appear in an inventory or appraisal. It may be demoralized or its value practically destroyed, and statements that guide financiers and industrial ablishment This is per haps the chief reason why it has been so long and so disastrously neglected.
 Emerson did not refer to a parti- cular kind of man. but to all kinds, when he said: Underneath all their external diversities. all men are of one heart and mind And elsewhere said: Treat men as pawns and nine pins. and you shall suffer as we'll as they. If you leave out their hearth. you shall lose your own.''
 "It is one thing to read and admire a great philosopher, and quite another thing to go out in the world and ap- ply that admired philosophy to the everyday affairs of life; but if the philosophy be really worthy of our admiration, it can be applied in ey- eryday' work; for whatever is really right is expedient, and can be made to work if only we know how and will keep sincerely trying.r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25

that direction; there is a tremendous difference between those two condi- tions
 Among the other things that this business relation involves is the right Ito propose changes in the terms of employment-not to impose them, mind you, but to propose them. It 1 also involves tn free choice of repre- sentatives to negotiate changes in terms of employment Our attitude i toward these matters may best be made plain to you perhaps if I relate
 how we handled a strike that occur red several years ago in two of our factories in Syracuse.
 We employ no deeectives nor spies
 The daily work and stock reports fur nish all the information we need. We don't find that we need the advice of secretaries or other officials of asso- I citations of manufacturers We think
 we know our men better than any body else does, and we think it is
 much better to be guided by our knowledge of them than by what oth- CTS may imagine about them.
 ''It may be said, and in fact has
 been said, that this method can be i used only with men of higher intel I ligence and quality. But we have ap-
 piled it to a number of cleaners, with
 excellent results. These men were employed in various departments un- l der various department foremen. I Each. was doing as little work as pos lsible, after the manner of their kind the kind often called dagoes or wops. We do not call them that but recognize them as men,. We gave them the means for keeping their l utensils and themselves in decent
 condition and co-ordinated them un- der one of their own number; gave them definite tasks to accomplish,
 with wages making it worth their
 while, with the result that we are l getting twice as much work twice as !, we'll done
 l sNThe best definition of scientific management that have been able to think of is, that it is the doing of the ] right thing at the right time, in the i right manner, by the right person. Of
 course if we could do all that abso- flutely all the time, we would have i a perfect manufacturing establish
 ment. We have not yet arrived at that stage, and think we never shall. !; But we are nearer it than we were when we began, and are approximate 1 ing it still more closely as the work goes on. AS the worok proceeds, our IpPCOpic SuOW aH lnCT6dSlnS interest III 1 1t, and an eagerness to suggest inn
 provements, knowing that they will i be given credit for such suggestion;
 also that where any one develops tal- l ent for making such suggestion, he
 will be given an opportunity to de-
 vote his entire time to it and be we'll
 paid for the work; knowing also that
 the records made by themselves will
 be the only standard by which their value to the organization will be ap-
 praised-not the whim or the preju-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
URIC ACID
 ! ERADICATED
lBy DR. N. c. cooR

poison as dangerous as strychnina IS manufactured within our own boov. called uric acid. When it accumu lates in the body and the kidneys fail to carry it off, we suffer from dull headache, ,sfeep eplessness, muscular pains lumbago, or it may cause Rheumatism or gout The uric acid can be seen in the cloudy sediment in the water what is called the .brick-dust., noted on the sides of the vessel containing it after few hours standing The water is scant, high-colored, strongly acid, and this should be danger sign. end If not taken in time, by cutting out the meat, tea and alcohol. may end in rheumatism or gout.
 Drink plenty of water between meals "a pint of hot water half an hour before meals-and take Anurfc (iou- ble strength). This was first discover, ed by pr. Pierce. of the Surgical Insti- ute in Buffalo. N. r., and is harmless to the system, but sure and, effective in carrying off the uric acid. It stim ulates the kidneys and helps them to carry off the uric acid poison. Anuric can be obtained at almost any drug store, .and helps to counteract the acidity of the system.
 A blockade in the intestines piles heavy burden upon the liver. If the intestines are choked or cloEged up, the circulation of the piood becomes poisoned and the system becomes load ed with toxic waste, and we suffer from heaache, yellow-coated tongue, bao taste in mouth. nausea, or gas. acid dyspepsia, 1anguar, debility,yellow skin or eyes. At such times one should take a pleasant laxatlvn. Such d one is made of the May-apple. leaves of aloe and root of jalap. first extracted and put into ready-to-use form by sold by all druggists as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant PeAets.-Adr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25

and if anything stands in the way ol the accomplishment of their tasks they let us know it and we try to cor lrect it. The result is that we have
 hundreds of interested inspectors ane critics of our administration machine with the right and the duty to com plain when there is any interference with the making of their bonus; ane the management needs critics and in spectors as much as the men do. ..It, will be noticed that I have saie little about welfare work. We dt
 some things that would be considered welfare, work. We maintain gooe working conditions, well lighted, vel ,, heated and we'll ventilated factories
 with rest rooms and so on. But oul stress or emphasis is laid mainly upor the recognition of the fact that people who wear overalls and work in fac tories are, after all, the same kind oi people that wear better clothes and si at roll-top desks in offices, or even a the more modern f1at-top desks. There are among them all kinds of people good, bad and indifferent, the same as we find in most other groups or or ganization of men-lodges, churches political organizations, professiona societies, or even employers associa l tions.
 sWe take them as they are, teacT them our ways and endeavor to con vince them that it pays to follow those ways.
 Tt may surprise many of those who haven't tried it, to find that fac l tory people are the same as other. with respect to the desire to make good We assume this desire, hell them to make good, and the results
 are most gratifying. They respond to such treatment as well as othel people, and better than some.
 Our plan of admi inistration is bas l ed upon simple justice and fair play and nothing, however attractive it may appear, will take the place of justice And in deciding what is justice, it i: unsafe for an employer or his re
 presentative to decide it all by him
 self. It is important to get the view l point of the workman-to get his req viewpoint, expressed without fear o consequences or in anticipation o special benefits to come. This is no :! so easy as it may appear, and usuall, good deal of mutual confidence :, building has to be done before it car
 be accomplished. We endeavor ts maintain simply a business relation l with our employes-distinctly not { l patriarchal relation. It is a friendl. 1 business relation, of course, hecaust l mutually advantageous, and therefore l likely to be permanent and perma l Hently satisfactory. Such a relation
 must be based upon the full recogn1 ton of mutual rights and mutual re responsibilities. An important, elemen of its success depends upon the rae
 that by it you have with you a body l of employees who are pulling in tn, direction you wish to go, instead O. its being necessary to drive them il
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25

serve erfectiyely by making it possible .o care properly for those who do serve under arms at home and a.broaf1S
 AND INlASMUCH as the American fDeo Cross is the official recognizeI agency for voluntary effort in behalf or the armed forces of the nation and Tor the administration of relief.
 NOV, therefore, by virtue of my autnorHy as President of the United States end President of the American Hed Cross. I, Woodrow Wilson. do nereby proclaim the week ending June 25, 1917, as Red Cross Week. dur Ing which the people of the Unfed states will be called upon to give gen erously and in a spirit Of patriotic sacrifice for the support and main tenance or this work of national need.
 fslgned) WOODROW WILSON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25


 raw and partially manufactured ma terial.
 Careful study of every job has re suited in some surprising things. I'm. provements of 100 per cent are noi uncommon. There was a group o1 twelve small automatic screw ma. chimes engaged, in an operation con. nected with our type-making, whicf was reduced to five of the same ma chimes, and the work is better done.
 '"The factory which have previ ously mentioned as being at first no included in the group to which the work was to be applied, was thought finally to require an addition, whicI was expected to cost about $40,000 We were asked to look into that, an6 shortly afterward we were given con. trol of the factory Tn time the pro doubled, and the addition has no been built
 ''It may be said, perhaps, that thi. only shows that those factories were not well managed before beginning the work. That of course depends up- on the standard by which we are te judge them. As the result of some rather unusual opportunities for form. ing a judgment, should say tha- those factories .were well managed and in fact they are today in the hands of the same men, with few ex captions.
 These results were by no mean. obtained by driving or speeding LII the men, because very important ele nent ir1 the success of the plan i. that foremen are no longer driver. of their people, but they are teach CTS and leaders and helpers; that the entire attitude of the men toward u. and toward their work has changed SC kthat they take genuine interest in it
Evening journal., 1917-09-05
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