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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
I | BIG HUN
WARSH|PS
UP
I 0 ALLIES
Five American Batt|eships in
Allied Naval Escort; An
other FIotiIIa Of SUBJ
marines Surrendered.
By Associated Press.

Harwich, England, Nov. Fl.
Another flotilla of German
U-boats surrendered today to
a British squadron. There
were nineteen submarines in
all; the twentieth, which
should have come today,
broke down on the way.
Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov.
21.-Germany's high seas
feet, after it's surrender to the
allied navies, was brought to
the Firth of Forth today.
The British grand fleet and
five American battleships and
three French warships, in two
long columns, escorted the II
1erman vessels to their
anchorage.
London, Nov. 2l.-The German
fleet as specified in the terms Of the
armistice with Germany was surren-
dered today to the allies.
Admiralty Announces Surrender.
This announcement was made Of
ficially by the admiralty this after
noon. The statement read
"The commander-in- n-chief of the
grand feet has reported that at $50
o'clock this morning he met the
first and main installment of the
German high seas feet, which is sur
rendering for internment." :
The German feet that surrendered
to the British today, it became
known this evening, consisted OF
nine battleships, FIVE battle cruisers,
seven light cruisers and 50 destroy
ers. ..... .-
Describing the Surrender of the
German warships to the commander
in chief of the grand fleet, Sir
David Beatty, today, correspondents
say that after all the German
ships had been taken over, the Brit
ish admiral come through the line
on the Queen Elizabeth, every al
he'd vessel being manned and greet
ing the admiral and the flagship
wi h loud and ringing cheers.
The British grand fleet put to sea
in two single lines six miles apart,
so formed as to enable the surren-
dering fleet to come up the center.
The leading ship of the German
line was sighted between 9 and 10
o'clock in the morning. 1t was
the Seydlitz, flying the German ma
val ensign.
One Destroyer Sunk.
One German destroyer while
on its way across the North sea
with the other ships of the German
high seas feet to surrender to the
allies struck a mine. The warship
was badly damaged and sank.
The British grand feet, accom-
panied by an American battle squad
ron and French cruisers, steamed
cut at 3 o'clock this morning from
its Scottish base to accept the sur
render of the German battleships,
battle cruisers and destroyers. A
wireless dispatch this noon reports
that it got into touch with the Ger
man ships this morning and that
the surrender is being carried >out
according to plan.
The point of the rendezvous for
Continued on Page Two, Column Fiye.)
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DUTCH CROWDS PAY
HOMAGE TO WILHELMINA.

The Hague, Nov. ,2l.-Tens of
thousands of persons assembled on
the parade ground Monday to pay
homage to Queen Wilhelmina. The
crowds included various Catholic
and Protestant societies, and large
numbers of soldiers. Many persons
wore orange-colored badges in
honor of the house of Orange.
On the arrival of the royal car
riage containing the queen. her hus-
balid, Prince Henry, and the little
Princess Juliana, There was great
demonstration. the people unhar-
Messing the horses and pulling the
carriage out upon the parade
ground.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22

7 Amsterdam, Nov. 22.-The town
of Posen and great part of the
province of Posen in Prussia, are
in Polish hands, according to the
Berlin Vorwaerts.
Poles Seize Reins
The Poles in the soldiers and
workmen's organization have seized
the reins of power and are forming
a legion. They are in possession
of munitions and provisions.
Posen, a strongly fortified city of
Prussia, was one of the most ancient
Polish towns, having been the seat
of bishop in the end of the tenth
century and the residence of the
kings Of Poland down to 1896. It
was the headquarters of the Fifth
German army corps, and a fortress
of the first rank with $4,000 inhabi-
tants and a garrison before the war
of 1000 men. 1t is the capital Of the
province of Posen, consisting of the,
westernmost portion of the old
kingdom of Poland. The population
of the province in 1900 was nearly
two million.
Prussia appropriated the northern
part of Posen in the frst~partition
of Poland in 1772 and the bulk Of it
in the second partition in 1898.
Welcome American Red Cross.
Paris Nov. 2l.-A delegation Of
the American Red Cross has cros-
sed the Rhine into Beden at Hum
inguen, (Huningen), a short dis
tance north of the Swiss frontier.
The German soldiers accepted
American flags and officers clear
ed the roads for the Red Cross
trucks and insisted that the Red
Cross workers drink with them.
German soldiers councils in Ba-
den are selling German arms and
supplies. The population, which is
revolutionary, is in complete con-
troll. Ragged and famished Italians
almost raised the roof of the Red
Cross canteen with cheers when the
Americans opened the place. :.
The Red Cross delegation left
Switzerland for Alsace Friday, TAX
ing with it a truck load of supplies.
Two hundred Italian were fed.
A canteen was established at St.
Louis. Ten thousand Germans
passed the canteen, all wearing the
revolutionary red ribbon or rosettes.
The officers and men carried red
flags.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
"LIGHTLESS NIGHTS"
MAY BE DISCONTINUED.

Washington, Nov. 2l.-"Lightless
nights" made necessary to save
fuel for war work, will end tomor-
row, except in states where fuel ad-
ministrators may decide to continue
the regulations, Fuel Administrator
Garfield said tonight. Removal of
other restrictions on the consump-
ton of coal will follow, DR.. Garfield
said, and voluntary conservation
through requests made of the pub
lie will be substituted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
FORMER CROWN PRINCE
TO RESIDE ON ISLAND.

London, Nov. 2l.--The former
crown prince will take up his resi-
dence on Wicringen island in the
Zuyder Zee, according to an AM
sterdam dispatch to the Daily Tele-
graph. A parsonage on the island
has been rented for him and his
suite.
Wieringen island is in the north
el part of the Zuyder Zee. 1t is
south of the Texel island and oppo-
site the Dutch town of Helder.
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SOLDIERS TO HAVE
HOT PLUM PUDDING.

New York, Nov. 2l.-To aid in
providing hot plum pudding for
every soldier in France on Christ
mas day, Is more rolling field
kitchens were shipped abroad from
here today by the Knights of Co.
lumbus. On their arrival the kitch-
ems will go at once to the front
under their own power, followed by
trucks loaded with puddings.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
Capt. Hall Escapes from
Prison Camp in GERMANY

Boston, Nov. 2l.-Captain James
Norman Hall, son of Mrs. w. c.
Hall of Colfax, Ia, and author
of "Kitchener's Mob" Charles r.
Goldman of Boston, Lieut.. Robert
Browning and Lieut.. Henry Lewis,
members of the United States avia-
tion service in France, escaped from
German prison camp a few days
before the armistice was signed, ac-
cording to a message received here
today from Washington. Details
are lacking.
Lieut.. Goldman, was member of
the goth aero squadron and fell
4,oOO meters September l6. He
was captured anu-placed in Caao
Rastatt. in the duchy Of BaAnA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
HUN ARMY LAWL ESS MOB:
P0SEN IN HANDS OF POL IS.
Clemenceau Asks Legal
Opinion on ExtraditiOn
of "BiW HOhenzOIIerHl

Paris, Nov. 2l.-Premier Cle-
menceau has asked Charles
Lyon-Caen, dean of the faculty
of law at the university of Par
is, to give an opinion as to
whether the extradition of VIII
liam Hohenzollern, the former
German emperor, can be de-
manded. M. Lyon-Caen has
asked that he be given time to
prepare a reply, La Liberte
says.
Edouard Clunet, the leading
French authority on internation-
al law has given it as his opin-.
ion that it is impossible to de-
mand the former emperor's ex-
tradition.
In discussing the position Of the
former German emperor, the
Temps says:
THE government of Holland
has always the power to expel,
an undesirable guest. Let it
use its power.
IF William is placed aboard
boat or conducted to the Bel
gian frontier, the allies will
know what they ought to do
with him. If he is conducted
to the German frontier, the Ber-
lin government will have an op-
portunity to show the depth of
its republican convictions by the
ardor it displays in Furnishing
the author of the war"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
BARUCH REVOKES ALL
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS

Washington, Nov. 2l.-Removal
of all remaining restrictions on
no-war construction by the war in
dustries board was announced to-
right by Chairman Baruch. All
building operations sof whatever
character may now proceed without
permits either from the board or the
state councils of defense.
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1-QRRIId5Hzr I5 +
.k/R E E z Y
BITS OF NEWS
PROPOSES STATUE TO
FOCH IN WASHINGTON

Washington, Nov. 2l.-A resolu-
ton authorizing the erection of a
statue to Marshal -Foch in Washin, :
ton, and appropriating 100000 for
the purpose, was introduced in the
house<today by Representative Sir
mott of Oregon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
BAVARIA HONORS GENERAL
WHO WOULD NOT USE GAS

Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2l.-
Count Montgelas, general in the
Bavarian army. who was dismissed
at Ypres in 1915, because he re-
fused to use poisonous gas, has been
recalled from Switzerland to Munich
to enter the Bavarian cabinet. The
count had been living at Montheax
since his retirement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
GERMANS RETREAT
ISDIS0EDERLY HIKE.
SAY SWISS REPORTS
Military and Civil Authority Disappears in Western
Germany and Anarchy Declared to Be Far Worse
Than Conditions Which Attend Retire
ment of Austrians From Italy,

Geneva, Switzerland Nov 21-The retreat of the Ger
armies from the western front continuing in the great
est disorder according information received by the Swiss
federal authorities at Berne. The anarchy in Germany
said to be far than during the Austrian retreat from
Italy.
Swiss newspapers say that military and civil authority
has disappeared in western Germany.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
Wilson Signs Bill
Making Country Dry
=. After Next Iuly |

Washington, Nov. 2l.-President
Wilson today signed the emergency
agricultural appropriation bill with
its legislative rider providing for
national prohibition from next July
| until the American army is de-
modified.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-22
ALLIES and US.
FRAMING PEACE
CONGRESS plan
Interest at Washington in
Conference Centers on
Which Nations Are
to Participate.

Paris, Nov. 2l.-Col. E. M.
House, the special representa-
tive of the United States gov .
ernment, is confined to his home
Here with influenza. He has
cancelled his engagements.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-05-18
Hand One To The Kaiser.

Little girl, little boy, what have YOU
done with your allowance for this
week? Did you spend it on picture
shows Or ice cream or sundaes; Or
did you lend 1t to Uncle Sam to help
buy ammunition and war supplies with
which to lick\ the Kaiser? DO YOU
know that every time you lick a thrift
stamp to stick it on your card, that
YOU are handing just one more lick
to the Kaiser?
DO YOU belong to one of the War
Savings Societies? DO you have one
in your school house? If not YOU
are expected to-, and you are even
expected to have ono right In your
own school room. If you have, surely
you belong to 1t. And IL you don't
already belong-surcly you will do so
when you have the price of admission
--25 cents for one Thrift Stamp-and
a promise to buy more as soon as you
can.
Uncle Sam wants yOu-and you
and you! And everyone else. He
wants you to join one OF the War Say
ings Societies in your community and
learn to save-learn to put your
money Unto Thrift Stamps; It Is COED
for Uncle SAINT is better for vow.
And 1t is a mighty good investment |
And you know It! Uncle Sam IS only
borrowing your money-he is going to
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AGENTS..

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pay YOU bigger interest than YOU
could draw at q bank. Uncle Sans
word is good.
See to ii that you give the Kaiser
one--and buy Thrift Stamps every
chance you get,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-05-18

rho Man From Africa With .cm-
rdics, moves from your path tonjurc
Bad Luck rrouNlcs. Infurmatio
FREQ. TIlOMAS SUPPLY COMPANY.
Matoaka, West Virginia.
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S.W..c.S STRIPS
HAVE REAL VALUE:
Few Purchasers Realize How Much
Good "Baby Bonds" DO To Help
Finance Uncle Sans War
Program.

While there are many purchasers
ot war savings and thrift stamps
throughout Virginia there are prob.
ABLY only Il few investors who realize
ROW much good these baby bonds"
Will do.
lioUaeHeepcrs realize that Is cents
VIII buy much or littlo in the way
OF FOOD proportionate to the desired
article. y business man appreciates
tAat quarter Is 4 good tip for dinner
Tor two, or it will buy certain num-
Der Of CIGARS or cigarettes of n Ger.
t2ln brand. Tho young woman Of the
hou$c understands that it will buy a
certain quantity Of lace or ribbon.
halr nets or face powder. The bow
KNOWS what it Is worth in terms OF
marbles and tops. The girl values il
II terms of candy or jumping ropes.
Inc government spends this quar-
ter, which buys a thrift stamp, in a
fer l'"arcnt way.
a thrift stamp Is little thing. It
i@ but a triflc larger than POSTAGE
stamp, 1t costs % cents. 1t takes
sixteen OF them, plus Il few cents, 10
convert into war savings stamp.
l4cre arc few things thrift stamp
will do:
1t will buy tent pole or five tent
pins. 1t will buy waist belt or hat
cord. SHOE laces or Identification TAGS
for assoldier.
TWO will buy trench tool or n pair
of wco,en gloves.
Four will buy two pairs OF canvas
loT%ins.
Six will buy five pairs of WOODEN
SOCKS or three suits Of summer under
wear.
A dozen will buy steel helmet,
the "tln derby" OF the trenches which
has saved thousands or lives.
What Savings Stamps Do.
HTt that isn't all =.
one var saw i stamp made IN Of
sixteen thrift stamps and few cents
more, Will buy 100 cartridges, or a
cartridge belt or scabbard for
bayonct.
Two war savings stamps will buy
two pairs of WOODEN trousers or two
flannel shirts. Two and a half stamps
will buy a gas-mask
Three war savings stamps will buy
soldiers ovcrcoat or two WOODEN
service coats. Three and half stamps
will buy three pairs Of wooden
blankets.
-Four war savings stamps will buy
a rifle.
Thus, in n concrete way, the pur-
chaser of thrift stamps and war say
inGs stamps, may figure to what OK
tent he has aided in financing the
purchase OF equipment for the fight.
ing men.
W. S. S.
Make every day thrift stamp day.
W. S. S.
Every time you lick war savings
stamp you paste the Kaiser.
W. S. S.
Thrift stamps to be bought to col
lect> millions OF dollars are like the
soldiers who go to make the army
complete. AS Rudyard Kipling says,
at amt the individual
Nor the army as a whole,
But the everlasting team work
OF every blooming soul"
w. S. S.
Have you bought so few war savings
stamps that you would be ashamed for
your friends to know?
W. s. S.
In three weeks campaign the
Smithdeal business College, at P;rn-
. mond raised $566125 in salos Of thrift
stamps and war savings stamps.
W. S. S.
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Ialf-dozcn Photographs.
Roastcr.
Flash Light.
Toy Engine and Cars.
One Years Subscription to Richmond
Planet.
10000 WORTH OF COUPONS.
Shirt WAIST.
Umbrella.
Scarf Pin.
Leather Hand Bag
Pair Skates
Pair l>arzrings.
Set Beauty Pins. .s
Silver Card Tray.
Rings with Birth Stone.
Serge Skirt
Pa IamaS.
Clothes Hamper.
lam. .
twenty-five Pounds Sugar.
Ham Boiler
pcrcOlatOr.
Chatin Dish
Smoking Set
hoN Cigars.
Carpenters Tools.
Lawn Tennis Set.
Crouuct Set.
Kid Gloves.
Rocking Chair
llalf-dozen Silver Spoons.
Lace Bed Set.
Wcbstcr's Dictionary.
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$4,000 WORTH OF COUPONS

$4,000 WORTH OF COUPONS.
Tea Set.
Pearl Necklace.
Boys Suit.
Shoes
Muff.
Smoking Jacket.
Leather Travelling Case.
l'cather Travelling Bag.
Silver Coffee Set.
Raincoat
Silver Water Pitcher.
Eye Glasses.
Lace Curtains
Ton OF Coal
$4,000 WORTH OF COUPONS.
Cord OF Wood--OaIt or Pine.
Child'S Coat.
bracelet.
Ring.
Mattress.
Wood Stove
Cedar Chest.
Rug.
Barrel Flour.
Crib.
Toilet Set.
Floor Lamp.
Center Table
Child's Automobile.
Telephone Stand
Officers Lodge Set.
Suit Case
Cameo Pin.
Gas Heater
Gao Do,,a
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One Pound Pet Coffee.
Pair Side Combs.
Box Writing Paper.
Granite Dish Pan.
Centre Piece.
Fancy Apron.
Ilulf-dozcn Glasses.
5000 WORTH OF COUPONS.
HrN Toilet Soap
Three Turkish Wash Cloths
WhSk .l}rOom.
Water Sct--I'our Glasses and Pitcher
Nox Of lIandkcrcl,icis.
Tool Chest.
One Pound Pet Coffee
Two Tickets to Movies.
$l2.0o NORTH OF COUPONS.
T'onr Bath Towels.
lIali-dozcn Thin Blown Tumblcrs.
ilalf-dozcn Cups and Saucers.
One Pair Boot Silk Hose.
IIali-dozcn Copies OF Sheet Music.
Box Writing Paper.
Collar
Neck Tie.
$500 WORTH OF COUPONS.
Two Pairs Boot Silk Hose
Coal Scutlc.
Girls MILDLY Tie.
IIalf-dozcn Cups and Sauccrs.
Gcntlcman's Scarf
Shovel
Pick Axe.
Axe.
Rake.
Set of Gavels.
$1,000 WORTH OF COUPONS.
raul Lawrence Dunbar's Works.
Detachable Umbrella.
Chocolate Set.
Carving Set.
Black Satccn Underskirt.
Lady's Umbrella.
Fountain Pen.
Pair Silk Hose.
Bottle of Perfume or Toilet Water.
Pair Oriental Beads.
Three Pairs Gcntlcman's Hose.
Pair Shades.
Door Mat
lIali-dozcn Knives and Forks.
!Iali-dozcn Spoons.
Pocket Knife.
Scarf Pin.
Hat Pin.
Bed Room Slippers.
Serving Tray
Hair Ornament
Box of Best Chocolates.
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In three weeks campaign. the
Smithdeal business College, at R'rh-
mond raised $5.661.25 in sales Of thrift
stamps and war savings stamps.
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Make every day thrift stamp day.

Have you bought so few war savings
stamps that you would be ashamed for
your friends to know?
The sun., 1918-03-31
BIG GUN AGAIN
SHELLS PARIS
More Women and Children
Victims Of Long Range
BOmbardment.
MANY STILL IN RUINS
Bodies Of 50 Recovered From
s-ssX Xistaais Church Wrecked
by the Germans.
MANY STILL IN RUINS

PARIS, March so.--rar,s again was
cannon this morning There have been
few casualties
Eight dead. among whom are four
women. and thrty-seven wounded. In
clud,ng nine women and seven children,
were the casualties resulting from to-
days bombardment.
Rescue parties at work III the church
which wac struck Yesterday by a
shell have found more bodies 1t
is now known that ftty-four women
we're killed. The official statement last
night said seVenty-hve persons were
killed and ninety wounded.
The shell struck the north side OF the
church. bringing down part Of the roof
and opening a breach twelve feet high
and twenty feet wide. Nearly all the
debris fell inward upon the heads OF
the worsh,ppers sixty feet below.
The edihce Is now heartrending
sight The enormous mass OF stone,
crumbled into all shapes and sizes. lies
in the middle Of the nave and piled to
about the same height AZ the high altar,
| which was not damaged. The side aisles
are Uttered with less cumbersome wreck
age and the pavement e covered with
gray dust. All the stained glass win.
dows some Of which were Of historical
interest. are shattered. The church. al
though begun in the Middle Ages was
! remodelled in the epoch OF the Renais-
sance The beauty OF its musical ser
vices, which were sung unaccoinpanied
attracted many music lovers.
In addition 10 H. Stroehlin. counsellor
Of the SWISS Legation in Paris. who was
killed II Is feared that his wife also iF
victim. although searchers have not
yet found her body in the debris. Among
| the injured are Countess Morand. Wis.
count Mol.tor and Louis Gautteron. for.
f, merly a Senator.
The sun., 1918-03-31
u. S. DESTROYERS
SINK TWO U-BOATS
One of Victories Is Achieved
in Moonlight.

LONDON. March 30.--Two encounters
In which American destroyers sank Ger
man submarines are described In a
series OF accounts OF successful sub
marine battles published to-day. The
accounts follow
Tho first American destroyer sighted
tho enemy submarine on the port bow
and proceeded at full speed in the d.
rection OF the enemy, who submerged.
The American officers could see the
enemys wake, which showed he VAS
running underneath the surface from
starboard to port. AS tho German pa ssed
under the stern OF the American boat
the latter dropped a depth charge. The
wake, which had been plainly visible
on the starboard never appeared on the
mort side OF the destroyer. Instead
large quantities OF oil came TO the SUR
face.
THE second American destroyer. en-
gagged In night convoy duty, sighted an
object a mile away. by the light OF the
moon. Full speed was ordered. but the
submarine dived while the American
was still few hundred yards distant
Two depth charges were dropped and
oil came TO the surface. This submarine
was apparently lying IN walt for another
convoy. which was approaching from an
opposite direction"
The sun., 1918-03-31
BAKER APPROVES OFFER
OF u. s. TROOPS TO FOCH
Men in American Trenches Throw Up Hats and Dance
in Glee When They Hear They Are to Take Part
in Great Battle Along Somme.

or are playing. This will become known
in due time.
The news that the force was to parti-
c:pate at all was met with cheers and
shouts OF delight from ono end OF the
American zone to the other, even at the
front.
Tho officers and men had about come
to the conclusion that they were to be
forced to sit back and watch the prog
ress OF events. and they were glum. To-
day they are smiling and demonstra-
lively congratulating each other There
was much slapping Of each other on the
back. while some OF the troops threw UP
their hats and danced when the news
reached them.
There is still no news from the iGht-
ing engineers.
Secretary Baker. having conferred
with the allied commanding officers and
statesmen. desires to return to the
United States as soon as possible and
make available the information ne has
secured from his observations and con-
ferences. He has completed the inspec-
ton OF men and material. which he found
a very inspiring task.