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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
GREATEST NAVAL
SURRENDER WILL
OCCUR THIS WEEK
Event of Delivery to Allies of Germanys Fleet of Ships
Unprecedented in History; Speculation as to
Final Disposition of Prize; Leaves
Huns Helpless.

London, Nov. 18-(British Wireless Service. )-This
week will the greatest surrender which the world
has ever Witnessed
great fleet of German battleshps, battle cruisers and
light cruisers and deroyers will leave Monday morning
o'clock for unknown destination. They will be met
by the British fleet accompanied by American and Frenc
representatives and conducted to their destination
Berlin telegram received in Amsterdam gives this list
of the vessels to be handed over:
Battleships-Kaer, Kaisern KONG Albert, Kronprinz
Wilhelm Prinz Regent Lupod, Markgraf, Crosser Kur-
fuerst, Bayern, Konig and Friedrich Der Crosse
Battle Cruisers-Hndenburg DerAinger, Seydlitz,
Moltke and Won Der Tam.
Light Cruisers-Bremen Drummer, Frankfurt, Koeln,
Dresden and Emden.
The German cruiser Dresden sunk off Falkland
islands by the British under Admiral Sturdee, while the En-
den sunk the Indian after had raided shipping
the far east 1t probable that old ships had been given
the of the ships SUNK that ships have been
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
DRY MEASURE TO
GO TO PRESIDENT
NEXT THURSDAY
Is Accepted by Senate for
Duration of Demobi|ization
Period; Prohibitionists
Expect Its Passage.

Washington, Nov. 18.-Final leg
islative action was taken today by
the senate on the national war
time" prohibition bill effective July
L. next, and continuing during de-
mobilization. The measure will 60
Thursday to President Wilson for
his approval, confidently expected
by prohibition advocates.
The senate struck out the Wash
ington rent prefiteering rider, which
had held up the bill, and adopted
the conference report on the re-
mainder of the provisions, which the
house already had approved.
The bill would stop sales of dis
titled, malt or vinous beverages June
80, 1919, and thereafter during the
war and rehabilitation. Manufac-
ture of distilled spirits now is pro-
hibited under the food control law
which will expire with the world
peace treaty.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
To War Brides

A week ago the whistles blew,
announcing the advent of vic
tory. Joyous and unrestrained,
the whole country celebrated,
but most of all did joy reign in
the hearts of the war brides who
gave up their men at the call of
duty.
How, then, did you feel when
the glorious news of peace came?
The Bee has printed countless
interesting letters from the boys
"over there" Now we want to
hear the other side-from the
brave women at home.
The Omaha Bee offers eight
prizes for the best letters not to
exceed $50 words on What the
Coming of Peace Means to Me"
The best three will receive 81
prizes and excellent books will
be given the FIVE honorable men
Your name will not be used in
the paper if you prefer, but send
full name and address in case you
win prize.
War brides and war mothers
are both eligible in the contest.
Write at once. Address War
Brides Contest Editor, Omaha
Bee. Awards will be announced
next Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
JOY BELLS ARE SET
RINGING IN PARIS

Paris, Nov. l8,-The population of
Paris, after an imposing celebration
of the liberation of Alsace and Lor-
raine, turned out again last night
and crowded the streets, particularly
the important boulevards, which
were lighted in full glory as in times
before the war. Until long after
midnight this morning voices in
laughter and song filled the air. The
people, with linked hands, whirled
around every American soldier
whom they met. The conventions
disappeared. Young and old were
kissing and being kissed, happy
over their freedom from the burden
of war. They sang not only French
tunes and English songs, but Amer
ican favroites like "Over There" and
Dixie"
At the cathedral of Notre Dame
Sunday there was mass and
thanksgiving service attended by a
large number of representatives of
the nations which had fought with
France to final victory.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Nations Spent
$175,000, 100000 Up to May

grew in proportion from year to year
is illustrated by tabulation, showing
that til, mobilization and the first
five months of the war in 1914 cost
all belligerents about $l0,000,000000
In 1915 the expenses jumped to $26,-
00O,0O0,000; in 1916 they increased to
$38,000,000,000, and in 1917 they
were estimated at $60,000,000,00O
This year expenses have run a little
above the rate last year.
About $l5J,000,000,000 of the total
war cost has been raised by war
loans of various nations and com.
paratively little by taxation. The
public debt of the principal entente
allies is calculated at approximately
l05,000000 900, or more than twice as
much as the aggregate debt of the
central powers, estimated at $45,-
000,0O0,000.
This does not take into considera-
ton debt incurred since last May,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
CAPTAIN GOOD
OF RED CROSS
LOSES PLACE
Red Cross Officials Refuse ia
Give Specific Reason for
Action; Rumors =
Vary.

Capt. Fred L. Good. who recruited
Omaha boys for Red Cross ambul-
ance service overseas, has been let
out of the service, according to in
formation from Major Hardy and
Chairman Gardiner of the Central
division personnel bureau.
Rumors vary as to the reason.
Prominent Red Cross officials
ascribe it to reasons best known to
ourselves"
]. E. Davidson, chairman of Ne
braska Red Cross bureau of person.
mel, said he had no further knowl-
edge of the affair than that Captain
Good was no longer in Red Cross
j, service.
Criticism was directed at Captain
Good while he was in Omaha for
the unbusinesslike manner in which
Omaha boys we're recruited. Cap
tain Good first accepted $50 men and
boys. but before he left Omaha, dis
missed 50 of this number. Many of
the rejected list had already given
up good JOBS they were holdlng, ex-
pecting to be called into the Red
Cross service and were forced to
seek other employment.
Information is that Captain Good
was instructed to recruit but 80 men
in this territory.
When the Omaha contingent of
l07 arrived in Camp Scott barracks
where no accommodations had been
provided, the commanding officer
severely reprimanded Captain Good
in the presence of the Omaha boys,
according to NJ. V. Henson, Omaha
boy in the corps, who is home on
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. V. Henson. The major
said he had no accommodations for
this number.
Subsequently 20 more boys were
returned to Omaha, some physically
disqualified.
A prominent Red Cross Official
stated that Captain Good had made
himself, obnoxious to women at
work in Red Cross headquarters.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
By Associated Press,

Washinton, Nov. lS.-The direct
cost of the war for all belligerent ma
tions to last May |. was reported
at about $l75,OOO,OOO,OOO by the fed
eral reserve board bulletin is ued
here today, and it is estimated the
cost will amount to nearly $200,000.-
100000 before the end of this year.
These calculations were compiled By
the board from varied sources, and,
while their accuracy is not vouched
for, the board believes the figures are
substantially correct.
For purely military and naval pur-
poses it is estimated that all bellig-
erents had spent about $l32,000,000,-
600 to May |, or about three -fourths
of the total war cost. The balance
represented interest on debt and
other indirect war expenses.
How the cost mounted as the war
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Last Legal Prop"
Gone in Mooney Case;
Fate Up to Governor

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 49,
The fate of Thomas J. Mooney
rested tonight solely in the hands
of Gov. William D. Stephens, and
no inkling has come from the state
capital as to what the executives
attitude will be. Mooney, who was
sentenced to hang following his
conviction on a murder charge
growing out of the preparedness
day bomb explosion here on July
%, 1916, is in San Quentin (Cal.)
prison.
When the United States supreme
court today refused the petition OF
MONEYS counsel to review his
case, the "last legal prop of the de-
fense," his attorney here said, was
knocked from under Mooney.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
MAY OPEN VICTORY SING"

New York, Nov. ls.-The ma
tional council of women tonight
sent Miss Margaret Woodrow Viii
son, daughter OF the president, al
invitation to open the Victory
Sing" ii, France Thanksgiving day
by singing The tar-Spanglet
Banner at the same moment that
millions of Americans at home
under the auspices of the council
Join in the national anthem.
+ The Young Mems Christian fs,
sociation has cabled to its secreta.
rie5 overseas letter from Secre.
tary of War Baker, expressing Lis
wish that Victory Sings" be held
in every camp, hospital and rest
billet of the American expeditionary
forces. Sings" also will be held
it is announced, in all Young Men:
Christian association army huts 'ir
the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
BOLsheUiki Seek to
Destroy Opponents
SQus BnLfOur in House

London, Nov. 18.-Information
at the disposal of the British gov
ernment, Foreign Secretary Bal
four declared in the House of
Commons, today, is to the effect
that the deliberate policy of the
bol-hevik government in Russia
is one of determination by starva-
ton, murder and the wholesale
executions of all persons who do
not support their regime.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
YANkS IN
Heart OF
HUN.
IRON FIELD.
Happy Civilians Greet Amer
leans as Briey Is Entered;
Germans Withdrawing
Rapidly; Guns Taken.
By Associated Press

With the American Army of Oc-
cupation, Nov. l8.-(6 p. ny
American troops entered Briey. the
heart of Lothringyan iron fields, at
II o'clock this morning. There
were arches across the main street
and the town was bedecked with
flags. Fifteen hundred civilians
greeted the troops.
After a welconme by the Briey off,
cials, the thirty-eighth infantry band
of the Third division gave concert
then the Americans lunched from
rolling Kitchens. a large number of
released Russians also being fed.
Outwardly Briey showed few in
dications of the war, the buildings
being intact, but there were German
signs everywhere, pointing i'll the
direction of ammunition dumps and
the various headquarters.
The Germans abandoned large
number of trucks and portable
dynamos in Briey, owing to their
haste to withdraw their troops.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19

built to replace them.
No Word in Washington.
Washington, Nov. 18.-There was
no announcement here today regard
ing the delivery of the feet of bat
tleships, battle cruisers and light
cruisers which Germany was re-
quired, under the terms of the ar
mistice, to surrender today to the
associated nations. Nor was there
any information as to the names of
the ports at which the vessels were
to be interned.
There was much speculation as
to the final disposition of the ships,
but, in the absence of any official
information, many officers thought
tbs matter would be left until the
peace conference meets.
Stripped of Half Fleet.
The armistice provided that the
vessels were to be disarmed tefore
they left Germany and that tn J
were to be interned at neutral or al
lied ports as the associated govern
ments might direct with only care
takers on board.
Publication of the names of the
battleships and cruisers which
were designated by the associated
governments for/ delivery reveals
that Germany i stripped of at
least half of the fleet of dread
naughts which it had in commits
sion or building when the war be-
gan and of practically all of its
battle cruisers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Lutherans Of Swedish
Birth in New Church

New York, Nov. lSi-The Au-
gustiana synod, comprising nearly
100000 Lutherans of Swedish
birth or descent residing west of
the Mississippi river, was given rep
resentation on the foreign mission
board of the United Lutheran
church in America in a resolution
adopted by the latter Organization
here today. The united church also
pledged cooperation with the
Swedish congregations in their mis-
slonary work in Japan and th. Viz
gin islands.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
<RIGHT T
1IR EEZY
BITS OF NEWS
POPE WILL PONTIFICATE
AT GREAT PEACE CEREMONY

Rome. Nov. l9.-(British Wire
less Service. cardinal Gasparri,
papal secretary OF state, has invited
the cardinals throughout the world
and the patriarchs to meet in Rome
TOR great religious ceremony in
St. Peters on the day of the sign
ms OF peace. Pope Benedict will
pontihcate.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Name New Governors.

Paris, Nov. 1S.-Havas)-General
De Maud'Huy, who is a native Of
Lorraine, has been appointed gov
ernor of Metz, says the Temps. Gen
eral Bourgeois has been namet
governor of Strassburg.
At cabinet meeting today pre-
sided over by President Poincars
it was decided to appoint as COM
missioners of the republic at Strass
burg, Metz, and Colmar, George:
Maringer, director or the secre
service; NJ. Miriam, prefect of the de-
partment of Meurth Et Moselle, ant
M. Boulet, respectively.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
TO BE
PRESENT AT PEACE
SESSION OVERSEAS
Departure Will Set Precedent in Nations History; First
Chief Executive to Leave North America
During Term of Office; His Status
Opens Discussion
By the Associated Press.

Washington, Nov. 1s-President Wilson will attend the
opening sessions of the peace conference. This
nounced tonight officially He will go Immediately after the
convenng of the regular session of December H.
This official statement issued at the White House:
The president expects to sail for France Immediately
after the opening of the regular session of congress for e
purpose of taking part the discussion and settlement Of
the main features of the treaty of peace.
ut is not likely that it will be possible for him remain
Throughout the sessions the formal conference but
his the outset necessary order obvate the
manifest disadvantage of discussion by cable in determining
the greater outline of the final treaty about which he must
necessarily be consulted.
"He will, of course, be accompanied by delegates who
will sit the representatives of the United States throughout
the conference.
"The of delegates will be presently announced"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Will Ship $4,000 Men
From English Shores
During Next 10Days

London, Nov. l8.-The first Amer
ican troops to depart homeward as
a result of the signing of the armis-
tice will be $4,000 men stationed in
England. The American army ex-
poets to start the first shipload of
these soldiers homeward within
week and to have all the men on
their way back to the United States
10 days later.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Bavarian Queen Alive.

| London, Nov. 1S-The report of
the death of the former queen OF
Bavaria is untrue, according to a
Munich dispatch received by the
Central News by way of Amsterdam
dam. The dispatch adds that the
queen is seriously i'll.
Maria Theresa lost her position
as queen on November 8, when her
husband, King Ludwig, was forced
to abdicate. Her death was re-
ported last week by the Tageblatt,
of Munich.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
NO RED FLAG ALLOWED
BY NEW YORK MAYOR

New York, Nov, l8-To prevent
occurrences in New York of "the
horrors and outrages of unrestrain-
I'd mobs," which are now causing
anxiety in neutral countries abroad
in this critical time Mayor Hy-
Ian today directed Police Commits
sioner Enright ito disperse all un-
authorized assemblages and prevent
/ public display OF the red flag in
the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Americans Advance.

With the American Army North
east of Verdun, Nov lS.-(By As
sociated Press.)-To the Third
American army under the com
mand Of General Dickman went the
honor of the move forward yester-
day. Last night the new line was
approximately IS kilometers north
aortheastward, although at some
points a greater depth had been at.
tanned.
The divisions leading are the Sec.
ond and Thirty-second OF the corps
commanded by General Hines and
the Third and Fourth corps, Genera
Muir commanding. =
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Date Not Set

SN~ @sSs wv
How long the president will re.
main abroad he himself probably
cannot say now. The time for the
convening Of the peace conference
has not yet been announced, but
the general belief is that it cannot
be assembled before late in Decem-
Der, at the earliest. If such proves
the case, the president will be absent
from the country at least
month and probably longer.
What plans the president may
make for his trip other than to at
tend the opening of the peace con-
ference and to participate in the dis
cussions among the representatives
of the associate nations, which will
precede it, have not been revealed.
He undoubtedly will be accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson, and it is expected
here that besides visiting Paris,
where the peace congress probably
will be held, he will 60 to London
and possibly to Brussels and Rome.
Mr.. Wilson is expected to receive
abroad greeting which has been ac-
corded but few men in public life.
He will be welcomed not only as the
president of the United States and
the commander of its armies and
navy, but also as the champion of
world democracy.
Establishes Precedent.
Visiting Europe, the president will
establish two precedents. He will
be the first executive of the United
States to participate in a peace con-
ference for the settling of issues
growing out of a war in which this
country participated, and likewise he
will be the first president to leave
North America during his term oi
Office.
In reaching his decision to attend
the peace conferences, President
Wilson is understood to have been
largely influenced by representation
from Premiers Lloyd George OF
Great Britain and Clemenceau OF
France and other statesman of the
entente countries. The principles
and terms of settlement enunciated
by the president have been accepted
by both the associated nations and
the central powers as the basis uron
which peace is to be re-established,
and it is Understood that it is for
the working out of the application
of these principles that his presence
is so earnestly desired by the allied
statesmen.
At Peace Table.
Since the president is to sail for
France early next month, it seems
certain that he will reach Paris sew
eral weeks before the peace con.
gress assemblies. His purpose Is
believed here to be to participate ir
Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Yankees in France
To Observe Fathers
Dan November 2,

Paris, Nov. 1s. - The Stars
and Stripes, the organ of the
American expeditionary force has
arranged for November %, as the
day upon which all the American
troops shall write home to father.
Special delivery arrangements are
under way in order that Fathers
day" shall be as successful as
Mothers Day." May IL, last. 1t
is. hoped that the fathers will
write to their sons on the same
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Withdraw Rapidly

With the American Army Of Oc-
cupation. Nov. 18.-(By Associated
Press)-The Germans are with
drawing as rapidly as possible. In
the towns now occupied by the
Americans great stores including
machine guns, cannon and ammuni-
ton have been found. At Tellan-
court there is a big airdrome, but
most of the planes left were dam
aged, some apparently Intentionally
so. The hood of one machine had
been pierced by dozen pistol shots,
probably in all endeavor to injure
the engine.
Business at Virton, northeast of
Montmedy, was proceeding steadily
an hour after the Americans entered.
1t was Americas day in Belgium.
The residents had decorated their
shops and homes with thousands of
flags of the allies and the civilian
guards also appeared in brand new
uniforms, which they had been saw
ipo
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
King Albert in Client.

Ghent, Nov. l8.-(By Associated
Press. king Albert, Queen Eliza
= beth and Prince Leopold of Bel
gium made their official entrance
into Client. Huge crowds, delirious
with enthusiasm, lined the streets
The royal party moved among the
cheering throngs amid showers OF
roses and chrysanthemums. Every
balcony. window and roof was COW
cred with people, some of whom
clung perilously to chimneys and
eornices.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
Prince Gunther Declares
Readiness to AbdiCate

Basle, Switzerland, Nov. 49,
Prince Gunther of Schwarzburg-
Rudolstadt, a principality of Ger
many. at the demand of the Diet,
has declared his readiness to abb
dicate, according to a dispatch from
Rudolstadt.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
DR.. S0LF ASKS
ELUC|DAT|ON OF
PEACE TERMS
Declares Understanding Of
ArmistiCe, Regarding Left
Bank of Rhine, NeCes-
sary to Avoid Trouble.
By Associated Press.

London, Nov. ia long wire
less dispatch signed by DR.. Solf,
the German foreign secretary, ad-
dressed to the American, French
and Italian governments has been
picked up here.
The dispatch asks for elucidation
in a modifying sense" of the condi-
tions of the armistice concerning
the left bank of the Rhine. without
which 1--WE shall inevitably advance
toward more or less bolshivist
conditions which might become
dangerous to neighboring states"
Form New Council.
Amsterdam, Nov. 18.-A provi-
sional council has been formed at
Berlin under the presidency of DR..
Reisser, head of the Hansa league,
for the organization of citizens
committee to afeguard the lights
of citizens, and to support the gov
ernment. The council demands an
immediate constituent assembly.
A Luxembourg dispatch says that
the chamber today adopted a mo-
tion demanding a referendum to de-
eide the future form of government.
The chamber desires that the
grand duchess abstain from all gov
ernmental action pending the re-;
erendum.
A motion supported by the lib
erals and socialists, demanding the
abdication of the grand duchess and
tn establishment of republic was
rejected.
Representatives of a hundred reg
iments in a meeting at Berlin de-
manded immediate convocation of
a national assembly, according to
advices from that city. The inGe-
pendent socialists have issued a
proclamation glorifying the revolu-
ton, saying:
Politicians who agreed to the
disgraceful Brest-Litovsk treaty
cannot complain if the entente
treats them similarly"
The proclamation appeals to the
socialists of foreign countries not to
allow their brothers to be op-
pressed.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
SAY Ex-KA|SER
PLANS RETURN
T00WN COUNTRY
Fears Disturbances in HoI.
land; Dutch Embarrassed;
Russian BoISheviki Not
Welcome in Germany.
BULLETINS.

Basle, Nov. 1s.-(Havas)-The
German authorities, according to
a dispatch from Berlin, have noti-
fed the Russian bolshevik govern
ment that representatives must
not be sent to Germany.
Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 49,
Havas)-The minister of war of
Wurttemberg, has resigned, ac-
cording to dispatch from Stutt-.
gart.. He has been replaced by
First Sergeant Fisher.
Amsterdam, Nov. 18.-The former
German empress has arrived in Hol-
land, making the trip by airplane
according to the Zenenar CORE.
spondent of the Telegrarf.
London, Nov. 18.-The Potsdam
soldiers and workmen's committee
learns that William Hohenzollern
intends to return to Germany be-
cause of disturbances in Holland
according to a Copenhagen dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany. The Lokal Anzeiger of Ber-
lin states that he is likely to be per
mitted to return.
Maarn, Holland, Nov. 18.-Count
Charles Won Bentinck, son of Count
GODDARD, in an interview declared
that his father was unaware of the
intended coming of the former Ger
man emperor until last Sunday
when the Dutch government asked
him if he would receive the exile
The count acceded to the request a:
a duty to the Dutch government.
The former emperor's host seem:
somewhat embarrassed over the del
icate charge given him. as his fam
lily has considerable English con
nections. Count Charles said tha
he asked the former emperor:
We'll, how long will you remain?'
That depends upon the Dutcf
government" was the reply.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-19
English Continue March.

London, Nov. l8.-Field Marshal
Haig's report on the advance of the
British troops says
"The Second and Fourth armies
continued their march today. Our
advanced troops reached the gen.
eral line of Florennes, Charleroi
Seneffee and Hal"