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THE BEEf OMAHA. FRIDAY, FEBRUAKY 1, 1918.
MARIANS GIVE
JOLLY: BANQUET
AT FONTENELLE
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Burlesque Police Morals Squad,
Poke Fun at Kansas City
and Boost Coming
v r Convention:
Four burly bluecoats of the morals
, 6quad .marched into the Fontcnellc
banquet hall last night in the midst
of the Omaha Rotary club banquet
in honor of the visiting Kansas City
.utaimiia, oviiccu whig vjwuhv.ii, wiiy
was operating; a raffling wheel and
hustled him from the gay scene on
the charge of operating a gambling
Johu.W. Velch, who was presiding
at the banquet, interceded and, after
much excitement, Goodrich was re
leased. It was only then that the
banqueters realized that this was
tre-arraWed part of the "show."
The whole evening's entertainment
was novel. About 2w Omaha, Kan
ms City, Council duffs and Lincoln
Kotarians were present. It was the
end of a day 'spent here by the Kan
Sas City men to boost the interna-
tional convention of Rotarians which
will be held in Kcnsas City in June.
Welch Chosen Chairman.
Chairman Welch stated modestly
that he had been chosen as chairman
t because, after the Rotary tailor had
made a dress suit to fit the ideal
masculine form, he was found to be
. t f.i-J 1 . IT II..
me one wnom u mica dcs. naraiy
had he begun to speak when John
IfcCague jumped up and demanded
to know what was meant by "Kansas
City' as he and many others had
never heard ,of it. An argument was
j started at once by Dan Baum who
arose and made , some "scurrilous"
remarks about Kansas City. He fe
ferred to its swamp hinds "which they
offer free to manufacturers." Dr.
' Atzen jumped ' up to interrupt Mr.
Baum and declared that what Omaha
. Tvanted to know was wpat right
Kansas City had to use the word
''City" in its name. - And so the
''argument" went on, The Victors sat
pat until one of them began to laugh
and another to sneeze and eventually
the chairman had to call the uproar
to order.
' Ray Havens Makes Speech.1
Ray Havens, better known as "the
boy president" of the Kansas City
Rotary club, answered all the argu
ments of the Omaha men.
! "I wish," he said, "that Council
Bluffs was situated in Nebraska 'so
that, by annexing it, Onfcha might,
possibly, become large enough to be
known as Omaha City. And I assure
yon that our industries are growing
bo tremenduously that wr simply
have to use swamp land and any
.kind. of land to provide enough sites
for new factories. ,
V "Seriously speaking, however, I
. want to say that I know of no other
the last 10 years. We are the two
largest cities on the Missouri River.'
. ;,, Boosting the Convention.
Russell F. Geiner, past interna
, tional president, and chairman of the
convention committee in Kansas City,
nA ri th n'ana nH nrnaram fnr
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the big convention. Men will be there
from many foreign countries, he
said. Five thousand automobiles are
expected. Referring - to the Khaki
club, which the visitors inspected dur-
4ng the day, he declared that "it ii
Rotary club." '
V Other speakers were W. A. Graham,
assistant international secretary; O. J.
Allison, president of the -Lincoln
.Rotary club, and C H. Woodward, ex
president of the Council Bluffs Ro
tary club. ' '
Demand Higher Wages ,
, ' For Railroad Laborers
Washington,' Jan. 31. -Railroad
tracks cannot be kept In proper re
pair unless higher wages are paid
" laborers, the railroad wage committee,
was told, .by representatives of the
maintenance of way employes' union.
' - Thousands of men already have left
the railroads to take jobs with in-
dustries or mines paying much higher
'wages and it was said many others
plan to quit early in the spring. v
T. H. Gerrey, president of the, union,
proposed that the poorly paid classes
should receive a SO per. cent increase
and that this should be scaled down to
about 0 per cent for the better paid
men. He said about 500,900 are em
ployed on maintenance of way work
by" the railroads.
Paul Heald, Jowa Man,
' .Found Dead in Ditch in Peru
Lima, Peru- Jan. 31. The body of
Paul Heald of the American Mercan
. tile bank of Peru was found today in
a ditch. The circumstances of. his
death have not been cleared up. Mr.
' Heald wat from Cedar Rapids, la.
Cedar Rapids, la., Ja,n. 30. Paul
Heald, whose body was found , at
Lima, Peru, was a typical soldier of
fortune. He was in the , Klondike
several years ago, worked in the
' Panama canal zone and had traveled
i on foot through both Central, and
South America. In Lima he was con
nected with the National City of New
. York, of which the Peruvian institu
tion: is a branch. ';
Two Men Appointed
To Stat Positions
fFrom a Staff Correnpoadent)
Lincoln, Jan. 31. (Special.) Two
. y appointments were made by Governor
, Seville today, Charles Currie, a mer
- chant of Havelock, being appointed
chief clerk in the executive offices
, to fill the vacancy caused by the ap
pointment of Chief Clerk Sag! as in
surance examiner, and Allen TVNick
erson of Beaver City being named
bank examiner to . ml the vacancy
. , caused by the resignation' of El E.
Jimmetf to become Cashier of the
Central National bank of Lincoln.
Finns Name Heads
J , Of New Democracy
Stockholm, Jan. 31.-The provis
ional social democratic government
faich has been formed at Helsingforx
is headed by Senator Manner. withtM.
Srrola as minister of foreign affairs
stnd'O. Tokoi, the former premier, as
tainisUr of food supplies. -
Briej City News
Have Boot print It New Beacon Press.
Military WrUt Watehee Edboirn. Jeweler
Lighting Fixtures. Burpess-Grantlcn
Income Tax Returns Compiled D.
C. Patterson, secretary. Douglas 2947.
Kenneth S. Fituajson has removed
his law offices to 920 First National
Barlk building;.
Robt. C. Drucsedow & Co., stocks
and bonds and local securities, 880
Omaha Nat. Bank Hide.
You can't keep the burglars and
holdups out. but you can secure full
insurance against loss from Wheeler
& welpton company. (Adv.) ;
State Bank of Omaha, corner Six
teenth and Harney streets, pays 4 per
cent on time deposits three per cent
on savings accounts. AH deposits in
this bank are protected by ihe de
positors' guarantee fund of the state
of Nebraska. Adv.
Donates Advertising Spare? The
Firestone Tire and Kubber company,
Akron, O., has given the government
115,000 worth of national advertising
space for the use of the committee
on public information. This Is the
titsL, response 'from the large rubber
and other manufacturing interests at
Akron, O., to aid In the newi drive.
' To Sttttly War Foods In accord
ance with requests entut by Com
mlssioner Hoover the University of
Omaha has placed a course in war
food upon the unlvenftity, curriculum
for the last half of tby year. The
course is open to any student a fid out
sider, but is particularly designed ior
the seniors and Juniors who may be
teachers next year. ' ,
Fine fireplace goodb at Sunderland
ELKS WILL HOLD
PAST EXALTED
RULERS' NIGHT
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In every Elk lodge the firsf'meet
ing in February is observed as past
exalted rulers' night, when the men;
who have presided over the lodge in
previous years, are called DacK ione
niaht in ln Var tan artiv service, to
show how closely they have kept in
touch with the lodge routine since
they stepped down from the highest
office in the lodge. On Friday even
ing,. February 1, Omaha lodge , of
Elks will put up, to its past ex
alted rulers the task of initiating one
of the largest classes that has been
taken into the lodge for several
months past, a total of 19 candidates.
1 he cast exalted rulers who win
take part are F. Pratt Harwood, Dan
B. Butler, George F. West, Sidney
W. Smith, James R. Dewan Arthur C.
Wakely, Robert W. Patrick, Ernest
C. Page, Walteo P. Thomas, VV. W.
Cole, Lysle I. Abbott, John A. Rine,,
L. C. Gibson. George W. Shields and
D. M. Vinsonhaler. These compris?
all the past exhalfed rulers of Omaha
lodge who are resident in Omaha.
This will be an extraordinary occas
sidn and for 'this purpose the services
of Gus A. Rcnie. the wizaroSof Ak-
Sar-Ben, have been enlisted together
with his working crew and the result
wilt tje something far out of the ordi
nary in the way, of an Elk initiation.
Apartment Dismantled.
Tenant Sues Landlady
A. Vi Billings has begun suit in
district court against Maria Brown
for S 10,000 damages for humiliation
and loss of time, alleging that her
agent dismantled his apartment in his
absence in an effort to compel him
to give up his lease. He and his wife
and baby were forced to ifo'out in
search of a room from 11:30 one night
until 3 o'clock the next morning, he
declares. ,
Billings avers that he held out on
the January rent to compel Mrs.
Brown to furnish a spare room in the
mite according to an agreement
She refused and her agent, Lucian
Muratte, he alleges, broke into the
apartment one , night while Billings
and his wife and baby were away,
disconnected the water, removed the
faucets, ut the, electric flight wires,
removed the mattresses and the bed
ding and turned off the heat, fillings
says that he reached home that night
with his wife and baby and that they
were unable to find rooms until 3 a.
nv next day. . .
German Emperor Predicts
v Success Despite'll) Omens
Amsterdam, Jan. 31. The German
emperor, replying to . birthday con
gratulations from the king of Saxony
sent the following message, accord
ing to the Lokal Anzeiger:
"You know how I sympathize in the
sacrifice and distress which these hard
times have laid upon our people, but
I begin the new ysar full of confi
dence. Despite" many difficulties, ev
erything goes to show that our .vx
perior" military commandership and
our splendid peoples' great power of
resistance will break our opponents
war-will and createthe, foundation of
a gaod, happy and safe future. God
grant it." . . ;
Women's Clubs Boost Move
For U. S'Blighty" in Ffance
. Washington, Jan. , 31. To provide
recreational facilities for American
soldiers on leave in France, the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clfbs has
created a "war victory commission"
which will co-operate with the com
mission on training camp activities
in establishing an Amercan "blighty"
behind the battle lines in France.
Members of the federation will be J
cauea upon to conate ou,uuu tor tne
work. ..
Strikers Address
Ultimatum to Kaiser
' Br Aeaoekrtcrf Pre.)
Zurich, Jan. 31 The socialist
paper Vorwaerts announces that
the Berlin strikers havt now be
come more numerous and threat
ening. They have addressed to
the government an ultimatum of
which the following are the princi
pal demands: .. -' -
First Accelerated ' conclusions
of a general peace without indem
nities or annexations.
Second Participation of work
men's delegates of all the countries
in the peace pourparlers.
Third Amelioration of the food
situation by better distribution.
Fourth Immediate abolition of
the state of siege and restoration
of the right of public meeting, sus.
pended by the military authorities.
Fifth Abolition of militarixa
tion of war factories.
Sixth Immediate release of all
political prisoners.
Seventh Fundamental democ
ratization of state institutions.
Eighth The institution of equal
electoral suffrage by direct secret
ballot. . :
TALIANS HOLD
TRENTINO FRONT
AGAINST ENEMY
Navy Fails to Locate "kuton
Torpedo Boat brought Over
land; Riva Now Under
Roman Guns.
(By AftMx-latrd Pmt.)
Italian Army Headqpartrri in Italy,
Jan. 31. An officer from headquarters
took the correspondent to the Tren
tino front on a two days' trip extend
ing tnrougn tnc Lake Oar a a region
to the northern most Vint of,he
lake, where, looking across at ihi
Austrian town of Riva, could be seen
long lines of Italian and enemy works.
extending from the lake eastward
through the Laganna and Brenta val
ley to the Junction with the Piave.
This is one of the lines of the en
emys descent from the mountain to
the plain. ,
It was the scene of some of the
hardest fighting, vhen the Austrians
tried to push straight souh from Trent
a year t.go,-4ut for the present the ac
tion is confined to artillery duels.
Heavy cannonading was to be
heard yesterday on the right as the
Italians made an advance Up the
Brenta valley. "
The Italian lines around Lake Gar-
da (have been pushed a mile beyond
the old Austrian frontier until the
kalians now command nearly the en
tire lake and. the surrounding shores,
excepting the one Austrian foothold
at Riva at the uppermost tip. ,
Set Up Torpedo Station.
Besides large land forces there, the
Italian navy has set up.a torpedo sta
tion. It was reported that the enemy
had brought a torpedo boat overland
from Trent, but a thorough search
by th Italian) fleet failed to,, locate
the enemy craft.
Kiva is under range of the Italian
guns and the torpedo fleet also makes
t . ., ...
irequeni .nigni sanies arouna tne
ton, but the place has not been
shelled, as most of the population
speak Italian, and the Italians fear
that they would be killing their own
people. ' .
Similarly the Austrian batteries on
the heights back of Riva can reach
and drop big shells into the lake, to
show what they are able to do.
The colonel commanding the front
batteries showed a rrfonster 14-inch
shell, six feet long, from an Austrian
naval gun, which had fallen without
exploding. Owing to this mutual for
bearance, the livinnconditions are
much the same as usual on both sides
of the border.
Captures More Prisoners. i
The olive groves are filled with
women picking olives which industry
is uninterrupted, but the lemon indus
try has been entirely abandoned at
Limonc and other large lemon dis
tricts owing to' the lack of transporta
tion facilities.
The troops in this section are in
exceptionally good condition, well
housed, well fed and well equipped.
This was particularly noticeable when
the batteries were visited.. The men
sprang to their pieces and sent a
round of big shells-with the soirit
and regularity of parade.
'A wide sweep of the enemy coun
try to the north could be viewed.
There was little snow except on the
mountain tops. Only, occasional
shots were to-be heard until the
distant thunder of the big guns yes
terday told thaf the battle had begun
on the Brenta. , i
i The reports this morning show
that heavy fighting continues west of
the Brenta, with tie Italians holding
the ground they won in their first
advance anJ gaining more ground
and prisoners.
War Booty Enormous.
The official statement says:
"The enemy suffered heavy losses
and two of his divisions were nearly
completely destroyed. The war
booty captured has not yet been com
pletely specified, but includes so far
more than 1Q0 officers and 2,500 men.
six 'guns of various caliber, about 100
machine guns, very numerous trench
mortars, several thousand rifles and
a very large quantity of ammunition
and war materials of all kinds.
"The reaction of the hostile artil
lery on the positions taken was vio
lent Our fire was rapidly and pow
erfully concentrated onthe most dis
tant objectives.
"The enemy aricraft attempted
manyv recoinnoitering and offensive
actions, but. were effectively met by
whose sensitive
nerves often yield
to coffee's harmful
stimulation, eppre
date the change
resulting from a
ten days trial of
INSTANT A
PsyuN
INSTEAD V COFFEE
Such a delicious
drink mokes the
change easy and
better nerves rnake
it a permanent one.
. "There's o Reason ,
r ijwr
OFFICERS COME
UNDER BAN FOR ,
H0LDlNGB00?E
Acting Chief of Police Dcmpsey, it
is said, will file charges Friday
against Leroy Wade, a newly appoint
ed nrember of the morals squad, and
Detective Sergeant A. C. Anderson.
It is alleged that whisky confiscated in
a raid recently when checked, was
short a number of bottles. The booze
was afterward traced to the posessiou
of Anderson and Wade, it is declared
Police Commissioner A. C. Kugci
sanctions filing the charges.
our machines and anti-aircraft fire,
which during two days accounted for
17 enemy machines."
RUSSIANS AND )
TEUTONS RESUME
PEACE PARLEY
Amsterdam, Jan. 31. A dispatch
from Brest-fcitovsk dated Tuesday
says Count Czernin, the Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister, Dr. von
Kuehlmann, the German foreign sec
retary, Dr. CounJ von Podewils-Dur-nitz,
former Bavarian premier and
Talaat Paslia, the Turkish grand
vizier, accompanied by their respect
ive peace delegations and several
members of the Bulgarian delegation
and t Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki
foreign" minister, have arrived .in
Brest-Litovsk.- At the request of the
Russians the sitting of the political
commission of the peace conference
which had been fixed for Tuesday,
was postponed until Wednesday.
Petrograd, Jan.
cial news agency
30. The semi-offi-issues
the follow-
ing: " - ' .
"The German foreign secretary. Dr.
von Kuehlmann, informed the Polish
premier, J Kucharzewski, that it was
impossible to grant his request td rep
resent ,Poland at the Brest-Litovsk
negotiations as the Russian delega
tion had not recognized the independ
ence of Poland.
"This s fabe. The Russian dele-,
gation recognizes the right of self de
termination of all nations, but not the
competence of the Kucharewski gov
ernment appointed by Germany, bNJ
cause it does not express tne win ot
the Polish people. :
"The Warsaw workmen have de
clared a genera! strike as a protest
against Von' Kuehlmann's effort to
make Russia recognize a Polish 'gov
ernment protected by Germany.
Demonstrations have been violently
dispersed by the Germans."
Germans Seize Linen
v And Wool in Belgium
Washington, Jan. 31. Robbing
of Belgium and destruction of Bel
gian industries by the, Germans
continues relentlessly, according to
dispatches today to the Belgian le
gation here. . Linen and mattresses
are being taken from hotels, board,
ing houstfs and convents and the
Belgians are not allowed to have
wool in their "possession. They are ,
offered sea weed as a substitute for
wool at S cents a pound. The big
electric plant, known " as
"L'Etecaut," is said to have been
stripped and its machinery placed
in the German plant known as
Rombacher Hutte.
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Famous Inter-Mountain Case
Affecting Panama .Canal
Charges Decided by
Commission.
Bf Aiaoclatcd Pren.) .
Washington, Jan. 31. Increases of
about 13 per cent in railroad commod
ity rates from the east and interior
points, were authorized by the Inter
state commerce ujmmission today in
finally deciding the famous inter-
IVMNHRead the Good News
V On Saturday .We Shall Offer ' ; :
(All-Wpol Worsted)
At hss.than the wholesale cost today
Because-we made this purchase
Months and months ago, from N
Haft Schaff ner & Marx
Of ticers' Uniforms
and Accessories
v Hundreds of Uniforms
and Overcoats, splendid
ly made garments, at very
modest prices.
Hart Schaff nef & Marx
Hirsch-Wickwire,
Sophomore and x
Schloss Brothers
Of fleers' Uniforms in
Serge's and Whipcords.'
Uvercoats ana
' coats in complete
- merit. .
The Accessories Include the
t a m . a ' m .XV 'V ft 1 V
Aviator's , Leather Coats, Leatherette
Coats, Vests and Union Suits.
Spiral Puttees, Army Boots and Shoes,
and Heavy Army Shoe Laces.
Hats-With and without emblem, also
John B. Stetson Broad Brim. ',''
Underwear Wool Union Suits, Light
weight Cotton and Two-piece. '
- Bedding Regulation Army Blankets,
Pillows, Sheets and Pillow Cases.
Comfort Kits Hold all necessary ar
mountain rate case pending in vari
ous forms for many years.-
This action will make the through
rates to the coast equal to higher
rates maintained to Spokane," Den
ver, Salt Lake City, Reno and other
intermediate pities, and remove the
rate -.discrimination against which
commercial interests of these cities
. have Ipng protested. The order be-
-a 1 1 I. ic
WI1ICJ CUCLUVC HldlLII IJ.
The decision disposes of one of
the mostygeneralby discussed rate
cases before the commission n re
cent years. Formerly lower rates
were maintained to the Pacific coast
than to intermediate points because
of the competition of low freight
charges by water carriers ,from At
lantic ports through the Panama ca-
This scheme was disarranged sev
eral years ago by -the temporary
blocking of the canal and by the with
drawal of vessels from coastwise
trade soon after the war opened in
1914. Since then the question has
been under active consideration J)y
,100 SUITS
Suits for Men and Young Men, Short, Tall
Stout, Slim and Short-Stout Sizes for everyone
Se Friday Papers for Details
Kain - ry
assort -
ticles to do your
Wrist Watches Radiolite Ingersoll
Wrist Watches and other makes.
Kodaks Vest Pocket Kodaks ; a splen
did thing for the Soldier.
Toilet Needs Slfaving Outfits and
iPcilet Articles of all kinds.
Trunks Regulation Army (Indestruc
to) and (Universal.) Very durable. - t
Furnishings
Handkerchiefs,
the commission.
The new rate are expected io re
main" in effect at least until the re
suarption of peace, or until water com
petion is renewed.
The increases apply fo material:
carried in large quantities under com
modity rates, such as iron and steel
both in carloads, and i" less than car
load! but not to miscellaneous freight
carried under class rates. Practical
ly all manufacturing districts of the
country are affected.
Commissioner Aitchison dissented
in part fjom the tjrfajority decision,
holding that although it was neces
sary to remove the rate descrimina
tion against inter-mountain cities- the
result might have been obtained by
reducing the intermediate charges.
The commission refused the rail
roads' application to carry all com
modity shipments of less than a car-'
load at class rates, which would effect
a considerable increase. This was
proposed .by the toads as the easiest
method of complying with the com-'
mission's order of last June 30. 5
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Following:
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own mending.
Sweaters, Shirts, Gloves.
Bandanas.
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