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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-10
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R. L. FOORD FURNITURE CO.

II hS been suggested
that this Christmas Be
perpetuated by gifts of
pernanence,
What could be more
beautiful and lasting than
gifts Of Furniture Z
No matter now hand
Some or modest your Sc
lection may be, the mem
ory Of this Christmas will
be assured. Let Us heID
you finish your Christmas
snoppng-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-10

How do they measure tlrst German
poison gas, ANYWAY? BY scent-a-meter??'
asked the fnnny man.
No. refIied the American officer.
Ply the kill-a-met ter, Cincinnati kr-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-10
Y NJ IT. A. Dance

On account of tomorrow night being
a busy one at the Y NJ H. A., it has been
decided to hold the next dance on Thurs
day, December IL, at s p m. new
orchestra will furnish music.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-10
An Impossibility.

Of course the former Kaiser can
not be tried by Jury of his peers
nobody would plead guilty Of being
tnat. Chicago News.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-10
A Suggestion.

Suggested 20 the Peace Conferences
that Wisconsin pay an idernnity for
La. Toilette and Berger -IoiiisviJle
Corrier.JoJrnal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
BOOTLEG Chief
ARRESTED HERE
FOR AUTO Theft
Earl Beavers and Earl Sum.
mers Arrested on Request
of st. Joseph Police
for Auto Theft.

In their search of the city for
Earl Beavers, who is wanted by
the authorities of St. Joseph, Mo-,
on a charge OF stealing Buick au-
tomobile, police found the man on
the south side about noon yesterday
When arrested, Beavers denied his
identity, and said that his name was
William Dykes. With him was a
companion, who gave the name of
Earl Summers. The latter was also
placed under arrest. - 81 - ''.-- Z
Beavers denied having possession
of a stolen car, and thus far the eff
forts of the police to locate the ma
chine with its cargo of contraband
liquor has been unavaiiing.
He is wanted by police of St, Jo-
seph, where he ostensibly makes his
home, and which is thought to be
the headquarters of his gang, on the
ch; ge of having stolen a Buick au
tomobile.
Beavers first came into the lime
light in Omaha as admiral of the
fleet of highpowered boats" used
last fall and winter in running the
blockade of Iowa and Nebraska in
smuggling contraband whisky into
the two states. His automobile
Continued on Page Two. Column TwoJ
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Stefansson, Explorer,
Back After Five Years
In Far Northern Land

Vancouver, B. G., Sept. l6.-Back
from the far north, Vilhjalmur Ste
fansson, Canadian Arctic explorer,
reached here late today.
Stefansson said his party did
everything it set out to do. "We
did not discover a continent north
west of Prince Patrick land, as re-
ported" he asserted. "We did find
several new islands; we mapped and
explored this new land. We made
scientific explorations of the country
around Coronation gulf, we
studied the Eskimos, the plants, the
animals and mapped the ocean cur
rents and channels"
The explorer expects to start Oc-
tober /, at New York, on a tour of
the country giving lectures for the
benefit of the Red Cross.
Stefansson did not say much about
the blond Eskimos" which he had
been reported as having discovered
on an earlier expedition into the
country east OF Coronation gulf.
They were not really blond Eski-
mos" he declared. 1--WE found a
colony of about 1000 natives, about
l per cent of whom had light eyes
and light hair
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Demonstrates Speedy
Car by Racing With
Omaha's Police Auto

J. L. Prey, automobile salesman,
2570 Farnam street, was demon
st:ating the merits of a car Monday
night to prospective buyers, but
Prey was a trihe too swift as dem
onstrator. AS result he was ar
rested and charged with exceeding
the speed limit.
On North Eighteenth street,
where the asphalt is as smooth as a
billiard table, the police car on an
emergency call was slipping along at
the rate of 50 miles an hour,
Watch ME pass that ice wagon"
Prey told his prospective buyers,
whereupon he stepped on his cars
throttle and shot past the police
car like a flash of "greased light
ming" The police, however, over
took Prey at Nineteenth and Ohio
streets only after the. officers had
threatened to shoot off tire. Prey
was rather dazed 1T first, as he
thought II was a holdup, but when
he found it was only case of being
"pinched" his pulse beat normal
again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
TROOPS NEEDED
TO Save RUSSIA
FROM HUN YOKE
Czecho-SIovak General Says
Imperative That Allies Send
Men Immediately to
Eastern Front.
By Associated Press.

Olovannaiya, Trans -Baikalia, Sept.
l6,-lf the allies intend to combat
the German forces in Russia and to
save the Russians from falling under
the German yoke, it is absolutely es-
sentlal that troops be sent imme-
dlately to the present eastern front
along the Volga. This is the
opinion of General Gaida, the COM
mander of the Czecho-Slovaks fight
ing on the Yoiga, who has arrived
here from the west.
Along the Volga the Czecho-
Slovaks, aided by newly organized
Russian units, the general said, are
attempting to press westward
against greatly superior enemy
forces which increase daily owing
to the mobilization OF released Aus
tro-German prisoners. The boil
shevik red guards, he added, would
have stopped fighting but for these
prisoners, who were ordered TO en-
ter the bolshevik ranks by Berlin
when it became known there of the
situation in Siberia. Berlin also
fears untoward happenings in the
Ukraine.
There is unbounded enthusiasm
throughout Siberia, owing to the de-
liverance from bolshevik rule
through the activities of the Czechs.
Fast of the Ural mountains volun-
teers are fiocking to the Siberian
railway to join the new Siberian
army. Twenty thousand men al
ready are under arms. The 1918 and
1919 classes have been ordered
modified and are making splendid
response.
General Gaida said he believed it
would be fatal if the present en-
thusiasm in Siberia was permitted to
die out. In a few months Russia
would possess an army capable of
driving the Germans to the frontier
if the allies would send troops to
aid the Czechs in their work of re-
organization.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
VOCATIONAL SHOP
WILL Be BUILT
HERE BY PUPILS
Government to Pay Half OF
Teaching Expense; Many
Students Want to
Take Courses.

Superintendent Beveridge report
ed last night at a meeting of the
Board of Education that foundation
work will be started today for vo-
cational educational shop building
in connection with the High School
of Commerce and to be maintained
under the provisions of the Smith
Hughes bill.
The government will pay half Of
the teaching expense of this insti-
tuition if the school district observes
certain provisions.
OF the students of the High
School of Commerce l02 have ex-
pressed desire to take a course in
automobile mechanics, 102 in me-
chanical drawing and IS in carpen-
try. The students will construct the
shop building of old materials, this
being one of the provisions required
by the government.
The attendance gain at the public
High schools over last school year
is 100. There are 200 lS-year-old
boys in these high schools and the
superintendent is hoping that pros
pective student army training may
be adopted here.
Mary Foster was elected to sue
ceed Myrtle Fitz Roberts, supervisor
. of vocational work. Miss Fitz Rob-
crts resigned to take up other work.
Kate Field Emmett resigned on ac4
:ount of marriage. Henry Cox was
appointed leader of the Central High
school band.
A two-room addition to the Dun
lee school was authorized.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Spanish "Flu" Gaining
Grin on Eastern Cities

Boston, Sept. l6.-Medical
officials of the first naval district
reported 257 new cases of in
f1luenza today. There were ten
deaths at the naval hospital, A
spread of the disease in mild
form was reported among the
school children of this city and
outlaying districts.
New York, Sept. l6 There are
1874 cases of Spanish influenza in
this city, according to Health
Commissioner Copeland, who said
there was no cause for alarm over
the presence of the disease
Thirteen sufferers were reported
today aboard an incoming vessel,
and were removed to hospital.
The departments chief difficulty,
said the commissioner, is the
handling of cases brought
here by railroad from other ports.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17

the Lorraine front, but there are re-
ports of a possible great attack by
one side or the other in the Vosges,
In that mountainous territory the
artillery fire has developed great
intensity and hostile airplanes have
been unusually active.
Airplanes Active.
All reports indicate a marked in,
crease in the work of the airplanes
along all the fronts. The Germans,
who quite recently appeared to lack
an adequate air force, have now sent
augmented forces into the air and
there have been numerous engage
ments. AS an Illustration of the Sc
verify of the fighting, the British air
men on Sunday accounted for 81
German planes, while they them
selves reported 10 missing.
While the Czecho-Slovaks have
been courageously and successfully
carrying on the war against the
bolsheviki, steps have been taken
looking to the organization of a
Polish division under Polish officers
to wage the fight in Siberia, west
ward to their fatherland as integ-
raj units in the American army
1t is estimated that 100000 trained
men can be available at once in the
region of Harbin and Vladivostok.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
By Associated Press,

In the various theaters of war the
fighting is going on steadily and
with added impetus in Macedonia
where the reconstructed Serbian
army, cooperating with French
forces, have stormed three strongly
fortified positions and occupied Vet
renik, Dobropolje and Sokal-con-
sidered the most important part of
the Macedonian front.
Prelude to Victory.
Farther east on the Doiran-Far-
dar front the first and second line
Bulgarian positions have been cap
tured by the allies over a l0-mile
section. This successful operation,
according to Mr.. Balfour, who an
nounced it at a reception OF the
Greek delegation in London, lis the
prelude to an important offensive
bringing greater triumphs, in which.
the British and Greek troops would
take an equal and glorious part"
French troops in their advance
toward the Chemin Des Danes have
gained two-thirds of mile on a
two and half mile front northeast
and east of Sancy, where they cap
tured an additional 900 prisoners.
American and German patrols are
doing the major part of the work on
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Wife OF new YORK
EDITOR SHOT TO
DEATH IN HOTEL
Body Found After Receipt Of
Letter From Husband,
Who Hints at
Suicide.

New York, Sept l6,-Mrs
Charles E. Chaplin, wife Of the city
editor of the New York Exening
World, was found dead with a bull
let wound in her head in the bed
room of the Chaplin apartment in the
Hotel Cumberland here late today.
Discovery of Mrs. Chapin's body
followed receipt by Don Seitz, bus
mess manager of the Evening
World of a letter signed Charles
Z. Chaplin" in which the writer
hinted at suicide and added:
my wife has been such a good
pal, | cannot leave her alone in the
world"
The police Immediately began a
search for Mr.. Chaplin, but up to a
late hour tonight he could not be
found.
Mr., Chaplin has been city editor of
the Evening World for 20 years and
is one of the most widely known
newspaper men in the country. For
10 years before coming to New
York, he was connected with news
papers under the Pulitzer admins
tratlon in various other cities.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Lloyd George on Sick
Bed Makes Appeal to
Prevent Great Strike

London, Sept. l6.-Greatly con-
cerned over the cotton strike, Pre-
mier Lloyd George tonight from his
sick bed issued an appeal to strikers
to return to work and leave the de-
cision in the matters under dispute
to the government after an inquiry
by special tribunal, to be imme-
diately appointed.
The premier bases his appeal on
the fact that the strike will seriously
interfere with the production of war
materials.
The spinners in the Yorkshire and
Lancashire cotton mills quit work
Saturday on the question of the
abolition of the rota system. The
Amalgamated Association of Cot
ton Spinners has a membership of
20 900, but indirectly the strike will
affect 800 600 operatives.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17

lnere is some reason to believe
that the secretary acted with this
unprecedented promptness il, i
matter of such great import with the
design not only to indicate clearly
the position of the United States
government but perhaps to antici-
pate and prevent as far as possible
,, newspaper discussions OF the Aus
trian proposal which might convey
to the enemy misleading impress
sion that there was any coflsidet-
able element in the United States
willing to consider negotiated
peace, such as the "nonbinding" dis
cussions, proposed by Austria.
might develop.
Also, it is understood, there was i
purpose to sound the note which
the entente powers must repeat II
their own answers. All these DOW
ers had gone on record formally a
accepting the conditions 81 peace
laid down by President Wilson IS
their own.
While no reference to ii was made
in the reply which the u. S. gov
ernment is making to Austria. 4 il
known that one of the most Object
tionable features OF Baron ,Burian's
proposition was the secrecy sur.k
gested for the "nonbinding confer
ences, 1t was realized by oficials
here that the purpose was to barter
away the rights of various national
tiles in the star-chamber PROCEEDINGS
so that the victims would have rio 4
knowledge of their fate until il was
beyond recall.{
Barter Denounced. 4
This system of barter was parti-
cula.ly denounced by President
Wilson in one of his speeches
That the German people them
selves were to be kept ii the dark
by the military masters and pre-
vented IRON having any voice n
the peace which was to be imnosed
upon them, was regarded as a
ASSURED fact. There has been son,e
apprehension in admistration circles
OF a combination of great financisI
interests that know no i,ationaI;fv
and fear the destruction Of ali weaItb
and business by the spread &c hni-
shevik ideas, might in some wav ~
behind this movement ID br;nr
about a peace and terminate the w.r
before it had been fought to ! ciear
decision. ~aSaI
There is no such apprehension y,
the part of the Administration -
cataclysm which will bring dowc q
civilized institutions, an, instead Is.
general staff has given every ,ss,,r ,rs
ance that the war is procced;nr !,
a reasonably early and con,si..o -
victory which will involve tbs 80
eeptance by the central powrr. y
the only possible terms 81 n~.c. S1
namely. those laid down 81 D.. \
lent Wilson. ~ 80 IN
Americas Terms.
These terms referred 70 j, -.
reply dictated today to the Ars,~;.Hs s
note were clearly set out Is p.ss
tcessinned On Page IN. cuasr. - :
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
GERMANS SCAMPERED so FAST FROM
ST. MLHLEL NO TIME FOR DESTRU( TLON

With the French Army in France,
Sept. lG,-The operations by which
the St. Mihiel salient was enlptied
in less than 4S hours were as we'll
executed as they were planned, said
French officer today The Ger
mans had held it for four years;
they were required to get out of it
much more qquickly than they had
figured on.
In the estimation OF staff officer
OF the French forces cooperating
under General Pershing's orders.
the puemy was just about a week
behind his plan for the evacuation
of the salient.
He left it so hurriedly that there
was no time to carry out destruc-
ton to such a marked degree as in
other evacuated regions
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
"Hinky Dink" Plans to
Sell Ice Cream Cones
When Nation Goes Dry

Chicago, Sept. 16.-"Hinky
Dick" Kenna, for 40 years noted
as the dispenser of the Largest
and coolest" beers in Chicago to
the motley of the First ward and
widely known with "Bathhouse
John" Coughlin as political czar
of the First ward, will open an ice
cream parlor next year when the
country goes dry.
He hotly denied it at first, but
admitted it today. Pat O'Malley.
his principal rival in the saloon
business, will open a flower shop.
Coughlin years ago got out OF the
saloon game, and likewise the
Turkish baths, which gave him his
sobriquet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Wattles Asks Butter Men
Explain Scent Price Boost

A general increase of cents per
pound on butter to retailers yester-
day by manufacturers and whole
salers resulted in All investigation
into the justification of this increase
by the Federal Food Administration
for Nebraska.
Representatives OF the creamery
companies in Omaha were called
into conference by Federal Food Ad-
Wattles yesterday after
An increase of 5 cents in the price
to retailers was announced.
They justified the increase by say
inng that it was a reflection Of the
general increase throughout the
cosntry, occasioned principally by
the fact that the government had
requistioned 90 per cent of all the
creamery butter in the hands of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
GREAT GUNS
WILL HURL|
ALLIES DEF||
TO GERM ANY
Vigorous Drive Expected Mo-
mentariIy Against Enemy
Lines as Answer to Re-
quest for ParIey.
BY Associated Press,

Washington, Sept. 16.-Another
blow against the German lines as an
answer to the peace proposal of the
central powers is expected mo-
mentarily by military officials here.
The point OF the expected attack
is a matter of widespread specula-
ton by officers.
Several simultaneous attacks will
be delivered, it is thought with the
Flanders front, the French opera
tons about La Fere directed at
Laon and the new American front
across the mouth of the old St.
Mihiel saliena as the logical posi-
tions from which Marshal Foch
would strike.
May Attack Cambria.
1t has been significant to some Of
fcers that the British have not
pressed very heavily on the front
between Ypres and Douai. North OF
Ypres there has been only one
minor operation by the Belgians
since the allied counter offensive be-
gan.
British attention has been con-
centrated to a large extent on clear
ing up to the Douai- -Cambrai-St.
Quentin front and many observers
here believe the lines have been
Strengthened sufficiently along this
sector now for new movement to
the north.
1t has been noted, however, that
British artillery has been pounding
the German lines west of Cambria
with especial vigor recently. which
may be the prelude to a direct drive
for the capture of that city.
French Creeping Up.
Since the French are slowly max
ing their way to fanking position
which would force the Germans to
withdraw from the CheminDes-
Danes lines protecting Laon, some
officers believe a new movement
along the Aisne and probably ex-
tending to the east of Rheims is to
be anticipated. 1t is pointed out
that should the Germans be forced
to withdraw from the Chemin Des
Danes swift advance from the
Rheims front would tend to out
flank the whole enemy line from
there to Verdun.
There is no information of an Of
fetal character as to General Per-
shing's present operations. The
greatest reticence apparently is be-
ing enforced on press correspond
ents in discussing the tactical dis
position of the American army at
this time and to observers here this
suggests that preparations for new
advance are under way.
After Iron Fields.
The logical objective, it is held,
would be the occupation OF the
Briey iron fields and an effort to en-
circle Metz from the west. If Gen
eral Pershing is moving toward that
goal now, it is said, a joint attack
by his army and the French army
holding the Verdun front would be
a probable development. Such an
action would be over a very ex-
tended front, however.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
By Associated Press.

At st. Mihlel the Germans blew
up the bridge over the Meuse and
marched away without doing fur
ther damage than what was ac-
complished four years ago when
they tried to advance over the
heights OF the Meuse and take Sar
rails army in the rear during the
battle OF the Marne. On that occa.
sion they got no further than St.
Mihiel. In the subsequent fighting
there, after the battle of the Marne,
the town was half destroyed. 1t re-
mains in that condition today.
Nearly all buildings were found
on examination to have been hit
somewhere and the wonder is
where were the 2,5O0 inhabitants
that remained out Of a total Of 1000
in the town through the four years
under German yoke.
So far as can be learned the Ger
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17

creameries, and further that the pro-
ducers, and not they, were getting
the benefit of the increase.
The conference resulted in a re-
quest that creamery companies Of
Omaha give a statement to the food
administration, showing the average
cost of producing butter for the
month OF July, the average selling
price and the average price paid
producers for butter fat. A search
ing investigation will follow.
After the raise in the wholesale
price the Fair Price Fixing COM
mittee of Douglas county authorized
5 cent per pound increase in the
retail price, which now makes the
fair price of creamery No. |, 90
cents and of No. 2, S. cents.
Eggs also reflected the increase,
all classes rising 2 cents per dozen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17

mans appear to have been on their
best war behavior here. They are
credited with committing no afro
cities and they took few hostages
and treated them with far less bru-
tality than elsewhere.
They contented themselves with
pillaging houses and purses. Half a
million francs was demanded imme-
diately after the occupation as ran
som for the safety Of the town. 1t
was paid after great effort by col
lecting all the money and securities
that could be found. Another half
million francs was demanded later
and was raised on bonds of the
commune. All the gold the Ger
mans found after that was seized
in exchange for other bonds Of the
commune, making the pillaging a
collective, rather than an individual,
affair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Soldier Pardoned By
President Dies Hero
Upon the Battlefield

ST. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 16.-Forest
D. Sebastian, 2l years old, OF East
St. Louis, one of the soldiers
who was pardoned by President
Wilson, May 4, after having been
sentenced to death by court-martial,
for sleeping on duty in France, was
killed in action July 20, according to
an official telegram received by his
father.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Omaha Lawyer Given
Five Years in Prison

Thomas Matters, Omaha attor-
4ey, found guilty recently OIL II
cunts of violating the federal bank
ing laws. was sentenced to five
ears Imprisonment in the federal
,snitantiary at Leaveuwortil, Kan,
Monday BY Judge Wade. He i'm
,lsdiatsly fled an appeal. He is
llcued to have embezzled funds
rom Sutton bank with which he
- connected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
%, aska Editors to talk on
Eoreirn L.anu!age Papers

Lincoln. Neb. Sept. lo.-tSpecial
..I,rram. "A special sess.o1 OF
I;c Americauization committee was
lied tonight to he held at the
sf.,e house Wedne 5day morning. tor
80 nresentation OF views of Ne
i,..sl.. edi.ors on lie foreign Ian
'eaa.,e problem. = w'o care to
.ttend are invited to be present.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17
Modify Order Eliminating
Drafted From Commissions

Washington, Sept. l6.-Restric-
tions preventing men of draft age
being commissioned in the army
from civil life have been modified
in so far as they apply to the staff
corps. The War department an
nounced today that men qualified
for general service and given defer
red classification on grounds otcer
than those of occupation and also
men physically disqualified for gen.
eral service will be given commits
sion