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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Last of AutoCratS Held Re-
sponsibIe Before Bar of
Humanity for Worlds
Greatest Conflict.

A dream Of world dominion.
obsessing the mind of Emperor Will
liam, plunged the world into war.
Upon him and the tremendous mill
tary engine of destruction of which
he was the embodiment, the ex-
ponent and the leader, rests the re-
sponsibility of deliberately planning
and bringing about the greatest con-
f1lct the world has ever seen.
1t did not matter to the world that
the emperor's personal share in the
swift events Immediately preceding
the war had been obscured. The
world convicted him of organizing,
directing and maintaining at the top
notch of efficiency the great German
military machine. 1t remembered
that he e>signed the order for the Ger
man mobilization. 1t remembered
that he stood sponsor for the terror
ism and brigandage which, under
the guise of warfare. ravaged Bel
gium, laid waste the cities of France.
depopulated and outraged Serbia and
sent the Lusitania with its freight of
women and children to a grave in
the Atlantic.
Murderer of Edith Cavell.
Civilization will never forget that
it was the minions of the emperor
who officially shot to death Edith
cavell, the English girl who be-
friended the Belgians in Brussels.
Against these his cry Il did not
will the war" availed as nothing.
Before the bar of humanity William
was adjudged guilty of the greatest
crime since the crucifxion. In him
humanity s-w the last of the auto
Gratis, the final Caesar. Assertions
that he was at heart peaceful, so
persistently circulated for years as
to give the.l the stamp of German
propaganda, became branded as GER
tainly false. He who'had long pro-
claimed himself the prince of peace
stood revealed as humanity's
scourge, and against him and all
that he represented rose the new
" world of democracy and freedom.
Many doubt whether William was
entirely sane. He said repeatedly
that he possessed divine mandate
to rule, that the Almighty was his
Unconditional and avowed ally"
1t is not entirely clear whether such
outgivings were the product of a
disordered brain or were due to
unbounded egotism and an effort
to impress his subjects with the idea
of reverent and unquestioning sub
mission. His speeches to his armies
in which he asserted he and they
were instruments of divine judg.
ment upon. Germany's enemies,
were regarded by many outside Of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Criminals Employed
As Munitions Plant
Guards, Is Charged

Perth Amboy, Nov. "a report
that two notorious burglars had
been employed as guards at the
Gillespie Shell Loading plant in
Morgan, prior to the explosion
there October 4, which cost near
ly 100 lives, will be investigated
here next Thursday by the senate
subcommittee investigating the
tragedy. t ,...... .-.-..
This evidence, it is said, will be
considered in connection with
other testimony tending to show
there was carlessness on the part
of officials of the company which
might indirectly have caused the
explosion.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10

For the regen,y he intends to-
appoint Deputy Ebert as imperia,
chancellor, and he proposes that
bill shall be brought in for the es-
tablishment Of law providing for
the immediate PRONUNCIATION of gen
eral suffrage and for constitution.
German national assembly, which
will settle finally the-future form of
government of the German nation
and of those peoples whichemight be
desirous of coming within the en-
pire.
Z" Berlin, November 9, 1918.
The Imperial Chancellor"
Ebert Chosen Chancellor.
Deputy Ebert, who, according to
the German wireless message, is to
be appointed imperial chancellor. is
Friedrich Ebert, vice president of
the social democratic party and
president of the main committee of
the Reichstag.
Ebert's election to the latter Of
flee in June of this year was taken
to mean at the time that the social
lst minority in the Reichstag had
either been reclaimed by the mill
tary government or that the social
lists hrd gained the ascendency.
Later events proved that the So
cialists were in the saddle.
Ebert quite recently declared in
the Reichstag that the German peo-
pie wodld no longer permit them
selves to be without the right to
decide their fate. 1t was he who
informed the Reichstag Of the re-
lease of DR.. LiebRnecht.
Maximilian Issuses Statement.
| The chancellor issued the follow
ing statement: I
In these, difficult days hearts of
many among you, my fellow coun-
trymen, who outside the frontier OF
the German fatherland are SUR
rounded by manifestations Of ma
licious joy and hatred, will be
heavy. Do not despair of the Ger
man people.
Our soldiers have fought to the
last moment as heroically as any
army has ever done. The home
land has shown unprecedented
strength in suffering and endurance.
an the fifth year, abandoned by
its allies, the German people could
no longer wage war against the in
creasingly superior forces. The vic
tory for which many had hoped
has not been granted to US. But
the German people has won this still
greater victory over itself and its
belief in the right of might.
From this victory we shall draw
new strength for the hard time
| which faces US and on which you
also can build"
Appeal to Germans Abroad.
London, Nov. 9-(British Wire
less Service. )-Just before Prince
Maximilian of Baden offered his
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ACCEPTANCE Of
Terms BELIEVED
j. TO Be CERTAIN
Answer Must Be Given by II
Monday Morning, French
Time; Germany Un-
y able to Continue.

Washington, Nov. 9.-The tre-
mendous news from Germany that
the kaiser had decided to abdicate
was heard in Washington with
scarcely more than ripple of in
terest.
Everywhere the question was
asked, HAS the armistice been
signed?" So far as the American
government knew late tonight it
had not been signed and the pre-
vailing belief was that the German
answer to Marshal Foch could not
be expected before tomorrow.
By members of the government
and diplomats, who few weeks ago
would have been. amazed and graft.
fed, the announcement that Will
liam II had bowed before the will
of the world, was accepted as a
thing to be expected.
There was no statement from the
White House or other government
sources. President Wilson, whose
demand "autocracy must go" has
been blazoned upon every response
to the German pleas for peace, was
waiting. He wanted to know who
follows the kaiser, and wanted
something more than a decree by
Prince Maximilian sent broadcast
by wireless to prove that the kaiser
and his power actually have gone.
Terms Will Not Be Modified.
The one thing that officials en-
phasized was that whatever might
happen within Germany at this late
date could make no difference in the
military program of the allied and
American governments. There will
be no modification of the surrender
armistice terms which Marshal Foch
has given to Germany until II
o'clock Monday morning to accept
or reject, and unless the acceptance
is forthcoming the uninterrupted ad-
vance of the victorious armies will
continue until the white flag of sur
render appears.
Military men as we'll as civilian
officials and diplomatic observers
regard acceptance of the armistice
terms, harsh as the Germans may
deem them, as inevitable. Knowl.
edge that the army is beaten and
soon must be in retreat across its
own borders, probably to join in the
revolution at home, is regarded as
certain to force the most obstinate
among the enemy to yield within
the time allowed.
AS to the effect of the kaiser's de-
cision upon the speed with which
the Gesnan reply might be sent to
Marshal Foch no One was prepared
to speak with confidence. The first
thought was that with the promul-
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
SOIL OF FRANCE
ALMOST CLEARED
OF FHUNlNvADERS
Advances Made by Allies All
Along Front as Enemy Re-
tires; French Cross the
Belgian Border.
BY Associated Press.

Paris, Nov. e.-French cavalry
has crossed the Belgian border,
the War Office announces tonight.
An advance of more than nine
miles was made today at certain
points.
London, Nov. 9.-In a sweep
ing advance today the British
armies have captured Tournai and
Antoing, Field Marshal Haig re-
uorts tonight. The Second British
army is approaching Renaix,
which lies about IL miles north
east of Tournai. "On the whole
British front our troops are NOV
ing forward and the enemy is re
treating rapidly before : them,"
says Field Marshal Haig.
Field Marshal Haig, Gen. Petain
and Gen. Pershing continue the lib
Grafton of French territory and fur
ther advances have been made an
along the liene from Mons to east
of the Meuse. The enemy is re.
firing all along the front and on the
French sectors offers resistance
only to protect his rear guards from
the advancing Frehch.
On the north the British arc
pressing on Mons and are advanc-
ing east from Maubeuge, the great
French fortress. South of Mau.
beuge they are within few miles
of the Belgian frontier on a line
east of Avesnes.
There has been on letup in the
French pressure. The enemy is be.
ing steadily pushed from the las
remnants of French territory be.
tween Mezieres and Hirson and the
redemption of all of France north
and west of Mezieres. appears a pos.
sibility of the next few hours.
Along the Meuse the American:
are pressing forward from Sedan tc
the region south of Damvillers
They made progress Saturday a
nearly all points on the front of n
miles, driving the Germans rear
ward toward Montmedy, Longuyor
and the border of Luxemburg ant
Lorraine. West of the Meuse the
American First army has advanced
50 miles in the last eight days.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Nationalists Appeal
To Wilson to Obtain
Home Rule for Ireland

London, Nov. 9.-The Irish Ma
tionalist party is sending to Presi-
dent Wilson a manifesto, appeal
ing for his assistance in settling
the Irish question.
The document quotes at length
from President Wilson's great
utterances on this war which we
hold justify US to enforce the de-
mand we have made for our ma
ton on the British government"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10

Germany as pieces of rhetoric, in
tended only to deceive his own
people.
Asserts Affinity with God.
Williams claim to close affinity
with God was the burden of dozens
of his speeches long before as we'll
as after the beginning of the war.
OF these, perhaps, none more
clearly defined his claim than his
notorious divine right" speech de-
livered a. Brandenburg in 1890, in
which he said he regarded the Ger
man people as "a responsibility"
conferred upon him by God, and
that it waj my duty to increase
this heritage for which one day l
shall be called upon to give account.
Those who try to interfere with my
task l shall crush"
In all this the world saw before
the war. not menace, but comedy.
1t laughed with the then Capt.
Joseph B. Coghlan of the United
States navy when, returning from
the war with Spain and telling Of
the clash with the commander of
the German squadron at Manila
bay, the captain recited the famous
poem, "Hoch Der Kaiser" In this
the concluding refrain was, in the
suppositious words of the en-
peror:
Got pulls NIT me-and NIT
him-MEINSELF-Und Gott."
Few statesmen realized then that
the deluded emperor in his Shin
ing armor," maneuvering his armies
and his fleets, building up the Ger
man military system, cementing the
Central empires and Turkey, and
fostering the preaching of the su-
premacy of autocracy was erecting a
machine that one day would make
war upon all civilization.
Like Crazed Inventor.
Yet the world was warned by
some far-sighted men that the en-
peror would one day bring catas-
rophe upon the nations These men
saw in him then and see him now as
mad inventor given in his youth
the most dangerous of all toys-his
army and navy
They were his piaythings. He
developed them throughout the
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
YANKEES Gain .
VITAL POSITIONS
EAST Or MEUSE
oershing's Men Continue to
Advance, Despite Strong
Artillery and Machine
Gun Resistance.

Washington, Nov. o.-General
Pershing's communique this evening
says troops of the First American
army cooperating with French units
und,r the same command gained
additional important areas east OF
the Meuse today, Mouzay, Jamatzy
Loupy-Sur-Loiso r. m OF ilK,
Moirey, Chaumont, and Manheulles
were captured.
With the American Army.on the
Sedan Front, Nov. 9.-(By AsSoci-
ated Press. 1.-The American army
east of the Meuse continued to ad-
vance today despite strong machine
gun resistance.
The Americans went ahead in this
region both north and south of Dem
yillers. t
Along the line of the Meuse the
front from Sassy to Marlincourt
last night was marked by artillery
and machine gun fighting.
American army trucks moved
about last night in the zone just be-
bind the front line with their head
lights burning. Because of the low
visibility officers believed that the
enemy hardly could see the lights
and if they did see one now and
then, it would not be of any great
assistance.
The fact that Germany had sent
armistice delegates within the allied
lines has not slowed up the Ameri-
can operations. From the heights
east of Dun-Sur- -Meuse to Sedan the
same dash that has characterized
their work since the beginning, of the
offensive animated the American
: troops in their operations yesterday
and today. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
GERMANY BEATEN,
CHANCELLOR TELLS
HIS C0UNTRYMEN
Friedrich Ebert Social Democratic Party Leader, Sc
lected to Head Ministry Under Regency to Be Set
Up Following Abdication of Emperor and Re-
nouncing of Throne by Crown Prince.

Amsterdam, Nov. s-(Havas Agency) )-Prince Max
of Baden has been appointed of the empire the Ber
lin newspapers semi-oficiay
Amsterdam, Nov. 9.-(Reuters lit is semi-of-
cay reported in the Rechsag circles that Prince Max will
be appointed regent the empire according Berlin ad
vices
London, Nov. 9.-(Britsh Wireless Service) "A Ger
wireless message received in London this afternoon
states:
"The German imperial chancellor, Prince Max of Ba-
den, issued the following decree:
"'The kaiser and king has decided to- renounce the
throne
"The imperial chancellor will remain in office until the
situation connected with the abdcaton of the kaiser, the
renouncng by the German prince of the throne Of the
German empire and of Prussia and the setting up of
oencv hava heen settIed
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
u R1GEr BE F
-4/R E E ZY
BITS OF NEWS
CANTALOUPE TRUST
ENJOINED BY u. S. COURT

Chicago, Nov. 9.-An injunction
restraining the members and di-
rectors of the Western Cantaloupe
exchange from forming combina-
tions in restraint of trade in viola
ton Of the Sherman act was issued
by Federal Judge George A. Car
penter today.
The injunction restrains the men
and concerns named in it from re-
tanning their memberships in the
Western Cantaloupe exchange and
specifically mentions that they are
in no way to regulate the prices
paid for cantaloupes, the acreage
grown, the amount marketed or
to what extent the grower should
be advanced money on his crop.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
u. S. TO PUT UP BARS
AGAINST TRENCH VERMIN

Washington, Nov. o.-American
soldiers returning home after the
warMill be required to pass through
government "delousing" plants for
the removal of trench vermin. For
ty-hve of these plants, the War de-
partment announced today, will be
erected under the supervision OF
the surgeon general at cost OF
c1 S(l( 000
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
GARMENT CUTTERS
LOCKOUT is DECLARED

New York, Now "a lockout
OF l,500 garment cutters, which
would throw about 10000 clothing
operators out of work, has been de-
clared by the American Men and
Boys Clothing Manufacturing asso-
citation, according to a statement to-
night by Ira Bird. a representative
OF Amalgamated Clothing Cutters
association.
The lockout, it is said is because
Of sympathy shown by those locked
out for $4,000 members of the chill
dren clothes cutters union who
struck recently.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Austria Fails to (
Comply With Naval
Terms Of Amistice

Rome, Nov. "a wireless mes
sage, signed by the commander in
chief of the Italian navy, says that
the naval clauses in the Austria
Hungarian armistice treaty, the
time of which elapsed Friday, have
not all been complied with.
This announcement is made in an
official statement issued today.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
MORE NEW YORK HOTEL
WATERS GO ON STRIKE

New York, Nov. 9.-Several hun
dred walters and cooks at the
Vanderbilt and Plaza hotels in this
city went on strike today. joining
l,500 employees of the McAlpine,
Waldorf Astoria, C,aridge and As-
toria hotels, who walked out about
10 days ago after their demands for
50 per cent wage increase had been
refused.
Officials of the International
Federation of Hotel Employees, who
are directing the strike, declare
the strikers have the support of
waters in 100 New York hotels and
that strike fund will be realised
by assessing each of 5000 members
of the union 50 eents a day.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10

Vancouver, B. c.. Nov. 9.-The
Vancouver Province states that it
has information that Count Won
Bernstorff, former German ambas-
sador to the United States. offered
Gordon Kelly a bribe of 100000
to finance strike. which would
prevent the shipments of munitions
out OF American ports.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Swiss Council ExpeIs
Russian Soviet Mission

Berne, Nov. 9.-The Swiss federal
council has decided to break off all
-lations with the Russian soviet
mission. The members of the Rus
sian delegation have been asked by
the government to leave Switzer-
land because of their participation in
revolutionary propaganda.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
ARCHDUKE MAX FLEES
VIENNA. ARREST ORDERED

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 9.-Orders
have, been given for the arrest of
Archduke MaA, brother of Emperor
Charles, according to the Vienna
newspapers. Archduke Max left the
Imperial Hofburg recently with
heavily laden trunks. 81
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
COMEDIAN OF FILM
MARRIES SECRETLY

Los Angeles, Nov. 9.-Charles 5.
Chaplin, motion pitrure Comedian,
was married here on October 23 to
Miss Mildred L. Harris of Los An
geles. The marriage had been kept
secret at the urgent request of the
bridegroo
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Canadian Casualties.

Ottawa, Nov. 9.--The following
names of Americans appear in to-
days overseas casualty list: Died Of
wounds, D. E. Currie, Seattle, Wash. !;
Wounded, J. B. Smith, Los Angeles; !;
J. Henschel, Herman, CAL, and A..
H. Haralson, Stafford, Ariz.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Steamer Sinks After
Striking Mine;;A l9
OF Crew Are Missing

a Ocean City, Nd, Nov. 9.-At
$40 a. m, today the American
steamer, Saetia, struck mine Is
miles off shore, sinking within 20
minutes. Nineteen members of. the
crew are missing and IS were res
cued. f
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
Harvester Inventor Dies.
Outbreak at Hanover.

Aurora, ILL.,, Nov. &C. W.
Marsh, who in 1856 invented the
Marsh harvester, said to be the first
machine successfully to f.arvesa
grain, die at his home in DekalA -
day, aged 81 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10

rison resisted.
Amsterdam, Nov. o-The town
commander at Kiel and Naval Capt.
Helm were shot and killed while re-
sisting arrest, according to a dis
patch from that place to the CO.
logne Volks Zeitung.
Bolshevism Spreads in Navy.
Amsterdam, Nov. 9-Rolshev-
ism is extending rapidly in the Ger
man navy. The soldiers councils
formed at several ports have been
joined by striking dock workers and
shipyard men and are negotiating
on All equal footing with the admir-
ais and port commanders.
At Hamburg sailors armed with
machine guns, revolvers and bay
onets besieged the Bundestrasse i'm
fantry barracks, which surrendered
after a sharp exchange of volleys.
Outbreak at Hanover.
Copenhagen, Nov. 9.-The upris-
ing in northwestern Germany, ac-
cording to the only direct news from
Germany early today, is reported to
have spread to Hanover, Oldenburg
and other cities. Generally the re-
volt is not attended by serious dis
turbances. ..
Reports from the Danish border
town of Vandrup say that all is
quiet in Schleswig, but that further
disturbances are reported to have
occurred in Hamburg.
Eisner Revolutionary Head.
Paris, Nov. 9.-Kurt Eisner, a
Munich newspaper man and promi.
nent in socialistic circles, is tho
leader of the revolution which has
broken out in the Bavarian capital,
it appears from information received
here. Some reports designate him
as president OF the Bavarian repub-
lie, which has been proclaimed.
Eisner, the advices add has organ
lied committee--consisting OF
workmen, soldiers and peasants, in
many respects similar to Russian
soviet.
Eisner is on the staff of the Nun.
ich Post. He first came to public
attention in 1905 as gifted speaker
at socialist meetings. He is about
As years old. He has not held pub
lie office.
Eisner was arrested some time
ago for having published the news
that Germany on July 28, 1914. was
mobilizing her army. He was re.
leased after serving a sentence last
! ing until Is days ago. s
Only scant messages are arriving
from Germany with regard to the
Bavarian revolutionary movement.
Max Urges Calm.
| Amsterdam, Nov. Absolute
unity is necessary among the Ger
man people if they would avert un-
toreseen consequences, declared
Chancellor Maximlian in an appeal
to the German people. He urged
that all remain quiet. The cham
cellor's appeal, received in an Off
cial dispatch from Berlin, reads:
For more than four years the
German nation, united and calm,
has endured the most severe suffer.
ings and sacrifices If at a decisive
hour, when only absolute unity can
avert from the whole German people
great dangers for its future, internal
strength gives way, then the conse-
Iquences are unforeseeable.
An indispensable demand in these
decisive hours, which must be made
by every peoples government, is the
maintenance of the hitherto exist
ing calm under voluntary discipline.
May every citizen be conscious of
the high responsibility toward this
people in the fulhllment of their
duty -
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
DREAM OF DOMINION
ENDS IN UTTER DEFEAT

Germany as pieces of rhetoEis, in
tended only to deceive his own
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rison resisted. 81
Amsterdam, Nov. o.-The town
commander at Kiel and Naval Capt.
Helm were shot and killed while re-
sisting arrest, according to a dis
patch from that place to the CO.
logne Volks Zeitung.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-06
Ex-COhvICT CLEARS
GIRL OF MURDER

New York, Dec'6 - Without taking
the stand. Elizabeth Baska, 10. of
Freeman1urge Pa, ~ trial for the
murder of her boarding house keep
or. was acquitted yesterday afternoon
by Judge RoSalSky
When James Regain. Sing Sing con
Wet. called in rehuJtal by The prose
cudOn. persisted in his story as a
witness for the defense that he had
killed Mrs. Helen Hamel last Febru
airy. afterwards threatened Miss Bak
sa's life when she discovered the
crime. the court ruled the evidence
need not be presented 70 the Jury
Thank God, they know was in
noeent." the youthful prisoner cried
After her sobs had subsiiel he
declared she would return tomorrow
10 her Pennsylvania home. adding
that "a country girl had no business
in New York"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-06
COAL MUST BE SAVED
FOR SIX MORE MONTHS

Chicago. Dec. g. Winter days are
at hand, but Illinois must keep On con
serving ooa- II Is FAD l, rhs. business
o. this state 10 save 3--11 ID tons Of
coal this year. These LsI'es arc Of
fetal. for they come from the Illinois
branch OF the United S,Ilss fuel ad-
ministratiOn.
Miss Sara B. Tumt.iLe. director OF
the woman's section OF the depart
ment Of fuel con-erratloo. g-ves cut
he figures ...id SAYS.
The activities % -Ec United States
fuel administra.ial vi.l have 70 con
time for AZ least another six months.
One hundred mil on indus ries essen
,ial 10 the welfare o., the country. Tor
railroad service. la- .hs tran porta-
ton o. our troops. d. tltd 10 Iced the
world, Of supplies % cary on he re
construction work
The quota 20 ea saved by Illinois
has been determined az 5l250vt ions.
1t is estimated TIA, this who.e amount
can De saved By the hOusesholders
alone if they viii eliminate waste in
the management OF their heating
eQuipment--a lesson in thrift which it
is 10 be hoped will be prac,icet 1t all
times.
The consera-tiar department o.
the fuel administration for Illinois has
issued bulletins on the use OF soft
coal in domestic heating equipment
and through its education section is