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Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25

RENOUNCE ALL CLAIMS.
"In the region of Dvinsk this line
must be advanced to the eastern from
tier of Courland.
"The former attachment of these
regions to the Russian state must in
no case involve for them obligations
toward Russia. Russia renounces
every claim to intervene in the affairs
of those regions.
Germany and Austria Hungary
have the intention to define further
the fate of these regions in agreement
with their populations.
Germany is ready, after the COM
pletion of Russian rehabilitation to
evacuate the regions which are east of
the above line. So far as it is not
stated otherwise, Livonia and Es-
thonia must Immediately be cleared
of Russian troops and red guards.
Police Baltic States.
"Livonia and Esthonia will be oc-
cupied by German police until the
date when the constitution of the re-
spective countries shall guarantee
their social security and political Or
der All inhabitants who were ar
rested for political reasons must be
released Immediately.
Russia will conclude peace with
the Ukrainan peoples republic. Uk-
raine and Finland will be Immediately
evacuated by Russian troops and red
guards.
Russia will do all in its power to
secure for Turkey the orderly return
of its Anatolan frontiers. Russia
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
Campaign to Cause Strike
In GERMANY Said to Exist

Amsterdam, Feb. 24.-There are
numerous indications in Germany
of very systematic campaign to
promote new general strike, says
Berlin dispatch to the Weser lei
tung of Bremen.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
BOLSHE,VIKI HELPLESS IN
FACE OF GERMAN ONRUSH
Livonia Completely Oveun With Teuton Armies; Invad-
Near Important Slav City of Reva; Petrograd
Threatened By Whirlwind Onslaughts of
Kaisers Legions; Americans Menaced.

London, Feb. 24-The Germans, according the latest
dispatches from Petograd of which from there
last night meeting with little opposition in their
est invasion of Russia whose dorganzed and army
taking notice of the appeal of the bohevk
guerilla warfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
LINER SUNK BY
TERRIBLE GALE
TAKESBlGTOLL
Feeble Appeal By Wireless Operator Of No Avail to ILL
Fated Craft Beating Waves Swallow Prominent
Enslishmen on Way to New York and
Sunny South.
(By Associated Press.

St. Johns, N. F., Feb 24-The Red Cross line steamer
Florizel bound from this port for Halifax and New York. with
II and Of &c. wrecked Broadcove,
20 miles north Of Cape Race, Sunday and all board
supposed have pershed Six bodies washed ashore
during the day.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press
London, Feb PA Russian wireless government state
ment received here tonight says:
Germany will renew the peace negotiations and will
clude peace the following conditions:
"Boh to declare the ended.
"A regions of the line indicated BrestLovsk
the Russian delegation, which formerly belonged Russia
be longer under the territorial protection of Russia.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
GERMAN PEACE
TERMS INCLUDE
SLAV TERRITORY
Lvonia and Esthonia to Be Occupied By German Police
Russ Warships Disarmed and Indemnity Paid In
Gold Are Among Humiliating Demands
Made By Germany.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN
London, Feb 2.-Germany's peace terms have been
cepted by Nkola Lenne the boshevi PREMIER and Leon
Trozky foreign minister acting for the central executive of
the Soviet The is made in Russian official
received by wireless 1t adds that Russia will send
a delegation Immediately to Brest-Ltovsk.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

other was forced to land for lack of
gasoline 1t was extremely lucky il you
could put in shot that would either
disable the pilot or knock out the ma
chine Not until the advent of the
Levi, gun did aerial gunncry really be-
gin to make itself felt These handy
little weapons were mounted on swivel
pins on each side of the machine, and
cut down TO decrease weight. This,
however. though the beginning. was
never satisfactory, and the stoppages in
the machine gun were frequent. In the
middle of 1915. the German Aviatik had
a single movable gun in the rear cockpit
which caused quite lot of trouble to
the Allies. This was followed by the
French Newport machine, which had >
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

ing between 50 feet and 100 Feet, and
searches for inforrnztieu which Ii In
valuable to the Commander OF the sector
in which an attack h going to take place.
Il is up to the pilot of an aeroplaae to
discover if the batteries are active or Ii
they are only c2moudaged rnake-beiieye-
If he can transmit the facts to the
Artillery Commander, tn the one case
he can have the battery destroyed and
prevented from Smelling our troops. and
in the case of camoudaEcd log he can
save the Battery Commander the trouble
of firing at it. On the same fines It is
the duty of the pilot to see where the
trench nortars are. IN order that they
may be knocked out before the attack
begins, as we'll as the machine gun em-
placements which cause such havoc to
an attack If they have not been previ-
ously dealt with. Last, but not least it
is essential TO know If the wire in front
of the German trenches has been cut
efficiently. If it has been. ali is well
If It has not, it is necessary for the
Artillery to again strafe it, IN order that
an Infantry Regiment may not start an
attack only to find itself held up on
German barbed wire The saving OF
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in one of which large explosion wa.
caused" (Eo. Squadron-)
B. Flight lasting ~ hours; 3S2
o-in- Howitzer rounds fired in shoot
on wire. which was completely de-
stroyed" (No. 2 Squadron-)
c. so 6-in. Howitxer rounds OBJ
served In 20 minutes and 81 others in
22 minutes. Fire for effect good. Three
explosions in the target position. and a
FIRE and explosion in . neighboring
position"
These records, IN a cold and unvar-
nished way, give the results of work
with artillery. 1t does not. however,
ten the vast amount of training which
has taken place before the pilot and OBJ
server are efficient. nor the evolution
of wireless as used in an aeropiane
Cooperation by the Artillery and the
aeroplanc in 1914 was not efficient.
Wireless was considered sort OF black
art in those days. 1t was not until 1918
that the matter was really developed
and evolved. Its strides became rapid.
Machines and instruments were i'm
proved. and Wireless cooperation was
orgauized. Wireless is such
> science in itself that II is useless to 60
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BRITISH
GEFiCIAI
ER0T0SI

do each dry. He 1865. ....-.. that Job
is over, he viii return to clean house,
4 clean meal, and ciezn bed His
nsorole IS excellent He Is flying tho
best machine the Government can sup
ply. He does not see the dirty side of
the War. He does not find in the air
the gas and the filth of the ground. Il
Is not to be wondered at that he is
proud to b in the Air Division. A GER
tain type of person writes on the dan
gers of flying and the way he prevented
himself from being killed, yet ene-tenth
of the untold stories in the trenches
would make the air-pilot's story sound
very small. Yet the airman is ali-in,-
portant. It would not matter If Amer
ica sent ten millions of men to France
if there was not an efficient Air Service
back of them
Fortunately. things are going well
The United States has pilots of the right
kind, and the material is now going
overseas in the right way. I have been
fortunate enough 10 see good deal of
American flying men. Of the training
which is going on in this country, and
of a certain number of American cadets
in England. Personally. ! have nothing
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

life by an Efficient Air Force Is abso-
futely colossal.
The aercpiane must desoend from the
realm of mystery it has occupied in the
public mind. and assume its practical
form. It should be looked on rs ma
chine designed to carry man through
the air for definite purpose, and that
purpose IS to help those on the ground
to go forward,
THE LIE OF FLYn
We have to rid ourselves of mistaken
notions. The life of pilot is really
far more comfortable than is possible
for his comrades in the Infantry, Cav
airy, or Artillery. The Infantry when
in the trenches are sheiled continually
and often heavily. They have to sleep
In dugouta. some wet. and some dry.
They are at War the whole time, ex-
cept, of course, when they are back at
rest. But the pilot, though his period
of lighting may continue for weeks and
months IT q time, has definite job to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

bat praise. for American fiers, and
those at home have nothing but praise
for the cadets there And how inn
portant thorough training is How
ever well pilot may fly, however good
his machine may be, unless he can kill
his opponent in the air, he is, to all in
tents and purposes, useless. To do
that he must have gun. use prepon
derance of fire, out-manoeuvre his
enemy, and bring him down. There
are several means and ways of aehiey-
ing this excellent result Some Ger
mans have been forced to land without
having been fired on; others have been
brought down by n1achine-gun fire in
the air, and few by anti-aircraft FIRE
from the ground. Again. very small
number has been shot down by infantry
gun-fre from trenches. The more Ger
mans brought down. the less sacrifices
of life we have on our side of the lines.
Say German airplane has come over
our side of the lines; say he has taken
photographs of our artillery position !;
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

In the autumn Of this year We shall
carry roughly 800 pounds 100 miles far.
Their. and next year eight times fhas
amount twice - far.
! would like to write something shout
aerial photography. that most usefei
adiunc. Of the work Of the GensraJ
Staff, but considerations Of space for
bid. | have endeavored to show to DE
people OF America the vital importancs
of the air force, both offensive and de-
fensivc. My message can be summar.
lied in very few words Send over
your Liberty engines in Thousands
Send owe. Your bright young Americas
fiers in tens of thousands. and the end
of both the War ard the Hun wU -
in sight :.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22
How GREAT BRITAIN FIGHTS IN THE AIR


eees euf With = plot and observer. Be-
fose going mp, these of6cers afu aware
OF all Known hostile b4tteries- They
have definite programme 10 carry OFT
They have shoots on dehnite taEgets to
undertake The results of the shooting
BY the battery are communicated 10 the
Battery Commander by wireless. and
the Battery Commander makes the ne
cessary corrections to the laying of his
guns until they are ranged on the target.
Those duties are performed at any
height from 5000 TO 5000 feet. Need
less to say, the machine is of quite a
different type from machines for other
duties. II is neither 50 fast nor so
handy as a fighter or a scout. Hence
it has to be protected by scouts flying
above
SOME THINGS An MN Do
May ] give you an example of three
shoots undertaken by pilots and observ-
crs on the Front?
A. ~ O.K-'s; two gun pits destroyed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

when, As they thought. Great Britain
would be too much occupied with her
own affairs to bother about the affairs
of other people. They thought their
system of Systematic terrorism would
brighten people out of the war. They
thought their atrocities in Belgium,
now proven to be systematic. would so
brighten other nations that thsy would
keep out of the war and let the German
bully in the shape of antocracy 20
where he wanted to. They have had
one to two rude shocks since then. The
latest and greatest was when America
came into this war. Ct would like to
harp on this theme. but must keep to
my story
AERIAL GUNNERY THE KEY
With the airrnan came the air-sun-
ner. In 1914 and the early part of 1915
pilots and observers carried rifles, and
the pilots, at that time, sat behind
There were no machine guns on air
planes. Men undoubtedly fought in the
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say he has photographed trenches where
we are assembling to attack-it is per-
fectly easy for him. if not interfered
with. to take these back, have them de-
veloped. and issued TO the artillery.
He can also call up batteries by wire.
less and have them train their guns on
the infantry SO assembled. Hence, it is
absolutely necessary that every hostile
machine on our side of the lines, every
enemy machine in the air at all, shall
be brought down whenever and wher-
ever possible. Only by this means can
we save our own men on the ground,
and eventually make the German Gov
eminent realize that they cannot ride
rough-shod over every nation in the
world.
Is GERMANY "EFyreIEsT? ?"
People have talked a lot of German
efficiency and Intelligence. Yet what
can we think of an efficiency which has
been training for over thirty years to
destroy two nations when least pre-
pareds And Germany could not even
do that, The Huns chose time when
they were ready and Belgium and
France unready. They chose time
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

into h technical detzils. Bat to-day
there are hundreds of machines equip
ped with wireless and cooperating
daily with the Artillery. Infantry, and
Cavalry. Our work with Infantry, Cav
airy, and Tanks is also of the greatest
importance. A system of signals is de-
vised as between the Infantry and the
aercpiane. and the aeroplane flies cx-
tremely low to get these messages. fly
back, and give the Commander accurate
information not only as to where the In
fantry Is, but also as to what they may
be In need of. Perhaps they may be
short of ammunition or grenadcs. All
this has to be communicated quickly if
the material is to be brought forward
in good time. For Cavalry and Tanks
the aeropiane is both an eye and an ear.
AE1or1ANEs SAVE LnE
As began by saying. Flying Is de-
signed to save life Take. for instance.
a machine which a&es NJ height rang
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

,ytck Lee, Chief of the British
z,,;ation Mission ,so1O ~ the United
states, has uvs.ten the foflocvfng
cyt.cle. True to the fessets of the +
PoyaI Av Force, he says every I
.s;so about the seyzses bstt NOT o,ss
.~o,G aboat himself. He IS dlreody
f1mi!iGr figure TO many A1tevi-
~ audiences. He and his stcf /
,,rm bart of the so-caIIed flying
e,rcu." qchieh Journeys through
M air from city to city sn Arseyieu,
era not ofrly enttrnlls hundreds of
thousands of spectators zDsth fts
tc1.s bHt makes an equally strong
-57rai TO the public intelligence
aisa the British General himself
,,-r,rds the platform and tells his
f.arers in simple, soldieriy speech,
t:s secrets and achievements of the |
f.fno men. General Lee says that |
.f lies flying better than sevlt.ng
tr sbeech-mdking, but that tic IS an
e3cht in all three can be testified
"a ,y a great many people IN al
l1rts of .A,nericd. He IS young
r.-i 20 haze attained such emiaeaee
o. MS profession, for he 7ods born
81 Yorkshire on Juiy 2nd, 1887.
Ili5 cGrrer is exclusively that of the
rrHt. He 7rdS educated at Eton
cd TIC Royal Military College at
',~Ghayst. sc,-ved in a famous old
7.mesit Ire Doth Rifles. passed
;ir Vegetable four ysays IN India,
rr! helped ITO styofe the Boehe IN
jr5rrc IN 1914 ard 1915, He
r--rrd his Army soubriqmef, Fall
49, Leaf" Lee, BY ,edsoti Of an CT
t,.eriindrv rndnoeaare he eaolc'ed
IN ar fighting Be it remembered
fEJt he kGs f7s'e,;fy-,ti,le German
c-,e.qnrs and the occupants TO his
O., cI;f. and many of the men he has
!.rrt crushing to earth must haze
I'm experienced pilots. so, ~ or
T., 10 CORE unsedthed through so
TX r6,rbats. he is esSden.ip az
= uan of great daring and faef-
i ttb!e resource. One of has
: 9saS 10 fGH like fatter1u9
=, ,,yrste4s obS1yentiy 0as
~ q hieefs'"s oPfos e'''
''''FG' 'e,nffs tf''' 'i'''s'7s''f"'
~ IA rose CHARTERS ana con-
~ f,,.i!3.f7. He IS Immensely
-. Ii, Nth The general
-, b,,L az
~ nc - '''S" "''"
r'a IS az: cl'sry scord ne mas
,..--. :,r yeg1yded as the ont-
-,..gc s,hcrienee 1uidsd
- ears and the BRITISH,
"a. sustained 2.SD, go casual
- eo.,--a-Y 10 general opinion,
.--e,>st i:fe-saver in the present
& the aeroD.anc. Withcu, the
-. ;z~e casualties increase by leaps
Bounds With the acroplane and
&, = s.,,rc-,a-v IN the air the casualties
~ ~ .6e ~ the line decrease and the
= increases, whereas the casualties
., Hun SIDE OF the line increase and
r. morale decreases with marked
=. ~
: ~ do,,h+ whatever that on
a. -, E-o,+ ,ye have a definite
:. oyn-.vt,.ln,;ng super,oritv in
t. r ! this superiority in the air
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

air, but these scraps generally resulted
in two machines manoeuvering around
each other and occasionally getting in
shot. Sometimes one machine or the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-22

Max. miles behind lines
which could be reached.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26
WANTS TO HOLD HEARING
ON RETURN OF RAILROADS

BOSTON, Nov. 25.-Thc holding
of special hearings before a joint
committee OF congress in connection
with the return OF the transporta-
ton systems Of the country to prI.
vatS management and operation Is
urged in an open letter to congress.
men issued today by the Investors
Protective Association OF America
II says the recent proposal Of rail.
road security owners organization
and the National Association OF state
Railway commissioners for the i'm
mediate return Of the railroads 20
private management "would be con.
trary to the implied intent and pur-
pose OF congress in extending The
period Of federal control TO 2l
months following the conclusion Of
the war.
Continuing the letter says;
The present condition Of N"
railroad world liz chaotic. II would
be calamitous to drop federal con
troll and return TO former conditions
without taking the necessary stops
for tho removal OF the evils which
contributed to the unfortunate his
tory OF railroad management an I
operation prior to the assumption Of
federal CantrOl"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26
CIVIC CLUBS WILL BACK
ANTl-AUT0 THEFT MOVE

"a That the allied civic clubs are
sponsoring a movement TO rid the
city Of automobile thieves, boot
legGers and other lawbreakers. was
intimated by John Woodard, presi-
dent OF the Kiwanis club in talk 10
the members last night.
Mr.. Woodard urged upon the
members the necessity OF putting all
possible effort into the meetings OF
the Kiwanis club IN order that the
members might take benefits from
the club in like proportion. He
spoke OF the influence OF the club
upon the civic life OF the city and II
was in this connection that he
brought out the statement that a
new civic movement is on foot to
purge the city OF lawbreakers.
Serious talks and generous bits OF
by-play made the meeting one OF the
most interesting OF all the meetings
held by the club. There were
speeches by various club members
and u proposal was made to increase
the membership dues TO $l2 a year.
This will be done by amending the
constitution and a committee was
appointed to draft the necessary
changes in the bylaws.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26
S. A. T. C. EETERTAINS WITH
VARIETY OF ARMY STUNTS

The public is invited to attend
IN" stunt night n the S A. r G.
of Kendall college Wednesday night.
The program viii interest even the
most n.aSc Everything from
r"Nclllo TO "a man going to bed" viii
be hurlesqued. The program fol-
lows.
How ! hate to get up -Reveillc
Drills by the awkward squad
Short and Tall.
Quartet In My Castle hn the
lihine'-Cash, Holderman. Schoe-
burn and Wade.
Orchestra
Bugle alls--Butterworth.
"Mocking Bird" and Home Sweet
Home" (whistling) Forrest and
Ellington.
Iurlesque boxing match light
weights Miller vs.. WyckiZer; well
terw eIgnts Russell vs.. Gar,and.
Poem on the Flu--Iludson.
Negro Minstrcl--Epperson Hop
ping, Reid, Arnold, Brackhen,
Thornton, Morehouse.
Fluctte, war poem-MaXwell
Floor paper fight-Members OF s.
a. z. G.
The Morning Glory" (Chinese
song) -KoOey.
"A man going to he'd
Adolph Kramer. teacher of violin
in Kendall will play "Madrigaw by
Simonetti, and the Dance" by Hum
mel-Burmeister.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26
WAR CUT BUILDING HALF
WHAT IT WAS YEAR AGO

Perhaps no other line of industry
was harder hit than construction in
Tulsa during the period of the war.
Figures compiled yesterday by
William O'Brien Of the building in
spectors' office showed that the
total valuation for 1918 will be but
scarcely more than half OF the total
for 1917.
For the past 10 months OF this
year the value Of every line Of con-
struction in Tulsa totaled but
f4.649.25S. Kansas Citys building
permits for the same period aggre-
gated S5,0O0000.
OF these. GIG permits for resi-
denCcs were issued, 90 apartment
houses, 1873 business houses, II
schools. churches and l57 pri-
Vate garages. Repairs and altera-
tions for the 10 months tOtaled
$l99,994.
During 1917, sS,3SO.4S2 worth OF
construction permits were issued by
the building department.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26
City Schools to Haze
Short Morning Session
on Thanksgiving Day

city schools will hold their
sessions ON Thanksgiving until
1915, dismissinE in time for the
students to attend the morning
Thanksgiving services in the
churches OF the Cit'
Due To the time lost through the
epidemic of influenza t Is not
deemed advisable by thl adminis-
tration To allow "A full holiday.
School viii take up at $40, Civ
ing the students two houIs and IL
minutes work. While this seems
n very short time IT has its ad-
Vantagcs. in making the report
to the nOrth-Central association.
to which Tulsa belongs. the sys-
tenn Will get the credit of full
days school. The number of days
reported is a factor in the ac-
credtting of schools. 90"
l.. Il. Obcrhdltzer stated last
night that everyone had more to
10" Thankful for this year than they
had for many years past and that
in each school short service Of
thanks would be held in rccoGni-
,tlon of the great victory that has
come to America and he" allies.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26

resignation was made public he
asked me for an interview. After
some preliminary remarks to the ef-
rect that he was innocent the CON
Nersaton was interrupted by the ar
rival OF Mrs. Henshaw aud the Judge
asked me to meet him again at :
CLOCK the next morning. | did so
and Henshaw proceeded to the point.
lie said he was an old man, broke
and the publication of the Dingce
story would end I'm tragedy. If
you Will agree not to publish the
Dingee story | Will resign from the
supreme court he said. I can give
as reason that 1 want to 20 into
war work as | have written a great
deal on the subject. In addition to
that. | want to help you in the
Mooney case
II was very much moved by Hem
shaw's plea and replied: Well,
Judge, ! am getting on toward the
end OF life myself, and | haven't any
desire to wound anyone unneces-
sarily and 1t seems 70 me Il you do
AK you say that will be sufficient
"A few days later the resignation
was made public"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-26
VAIL IS PERSONAL PHONE
ADVISOR TO BURLES0N

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-LTheo-
dore N.'Vail, president OF the Amer
lean Telegraph a. Telephone com
pany, Is to become the personal ad-
wiser OF Postmaster General Burle-
son In the organization Of the tele-
phone, telegraph and cable systems
under government control.
In making this announcement to-
day the postmaster general said Mr.,
Vail would prepare for the depart
ment's assistance In directing wire
control, a comprehensive report upon
the wire service with a view to the
more extended use Of the telephone,
telegraph and cable.
"Thc years Of study which Mr. Vail
has given to the problem OF universal