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i BRITAIN NOT TO " IGHOREKASSER'S PEACE OFFERS Essentially the Expressed War Aims of. British Labor Men' . .and Must Be Con ,vT' sidered. C i By FRANK W. GETTY. (Correspondent of The V. Tribune.) London, Jan.; 2. (Special - Cable gram to The Bee.) Now that the first sporadic outburst against the fceace proposals made by the 'central powers to the allies through the Rus sians at Brest-Litovsk has died away, there is no evidence here today of any tendency on the-part of the Brit ish, government to treat the matter lightly. ' . . " J , : - Take the essential feature of Brit ish labor's now clearly denned war aims and they will all be found em bodied, in somewhat different form, in the German suggestions. However, the chances that the re cent conference for the exchange of ideas will result 'fa anything like a general peace are infinitely remote. What is certain is this: It means a separate peace with Russia, the loss of her aid to the entente. ' i . Is Lenine a German Agent? Whether Lenine is a German agent or a fanatical pacifist, he has achieved his purpose. If he is the former. Russia never again will trouble Ger many, but instead is liable to become - a source of supply for her. If he is . the latter, then he will shortly be able to commence his class war ioT peace.." , ' ' " " Evidence that the whole of Russia is interested in peace is seen in the fact that the Ukraine sent delegates to Brest-Litovsk and that, where-s as hitherto, she .had asserted her stubborn independence of the .Petro grad government, she is now joining actively in Hhe peace negotiations. Bolshevik! Sacrifice Provinces. In the th.-ee days of the negotiations jlie Bolsheviki consented to the de tachment from Russia of Poland. " Lithuania, Courland and parts of Esthonia and Livonia. Of course, - the central powers did not produce any evidence that these provinces de sired independence, but this is the . least of the Bolsheviki worries. There will be a plebiscite later to decide ' Ihich country these ' released terri tories wjll join, but when it is realized . that German and Austrian troops still ., occupy-these regions, it is easy to forecast which way the "popular"' ' election will go. ' . Thus by this action the Bolsheviki may be committing a double crime against these provinces, for it not only ' releases them from Russia without theiriasistence, but turns them over to Germany, -since that is ; what is meant by letting them hold a plebis cite under the dominating enemy ' troops. ' ."-- ' '- ' . " -. Interesting Program for - Historical Society Meet Lincoln, Jan. ' 2. (Special.") The program of the state historical, so Mctv'for" its annua meetimrJTamiarv 15-16, is - upon the topic, Farmer' Movements in Nebraska. . i, Secretary Sheldon has written and received hundreds of letters from . members- of organizations giving . glimpses f interesting events in early ays'i ' t ' ' "'' I E. B. Cowles; now of Lincoln, was secretary of the grange organized in Jefferspn county in 1873. One of its ' objects was to reduce the price of farm implements. : . Hon. Patrick Roddy writes from Nebraska City that the" grange was organized in the Giles' school house near Nebraska City in the early- 70's. Among Its members were J. Ster ling Morton, O. P. Mason and Mr Moddy. "The first meeting turned into three-cornered debate, with Morton, , Mason and Roddy the corners. . Hon. Ben Skeen of Brownville, writes to Secretary Sheldon as fol lows: . -v . "' "As to farmers' clubs or debating societies, the first one in Nemaha coun ty that I know of was organized in a log school house called Fairview and is district 31 today. It "was or ganized in 1S9, as I remember, and was kept up in the winter ; months most of the time until about 1870. The ' first men to' take part were George Crow, Fredrick Swartz, John Skeen, Sj W. Kennedy, T. N. Saun ders and Frank Mclnich. The grange ;,v movement was started in the fall of ' 1873." ,,.. v - '. - Deaths Reported in y American Army in France ' WashinKto'n. Tan. '2. General Per- shing today reported the following deaths: " 1 ' - PRIVATE ELI GEORGE, en gineers, December . 25, pneumonia; Suauamish. Wash. ' - -ARMY FIELD CLERK DANTEL J. HAYES, December 30, pneumoniaj Sonnyfield. Mass. iJ . ' PRIVATE FREDERICK O. JOHNSON, engineers, December 29, . nneumonia: Goodwin, Ark. . PRIVATE HOMER MOQRE, am- munition train, December 29, ruptured liver; Miami, Okl. .. BUGLER FREDERICK E.PAL MER gun battalion, December 29, oneumonia: West Haven Conn. - PRIVATE. ERNEST CAMON, .stevedores' regiment,, December 30, pneumonia; Statesboro. Ga. . PRIVATE MORRIS -W. BARN HILL, infantry,' December 30, gas tasphxiation; Elizabeth, La, PRIVATE ERNEST R.-WIND SOR, ambulance company, December .l 28. pneumonia; Athens. O. . PRIVATE SHED TATE, labor :. company, December 30, meningitis; ' Como, Miss. . Beldian Relief Shins Calrv . Coal to New England . r Washington, Jan. -2. Immediate steps to relieve "the New England coal shortage were planned late to day at a conference in the office of ' -the director general of railroads. Rail shiDments will be -expedited and five ships of 25,000 tons aggregate capao ' ity will be, sent at once from Hamp ton Roads with- coal for New Eng land ports. 7 - Three of the steamers are Belgian relief vessels, which will be diverted temporarily, from their trade for the emergency. Other special shipments from Hampton Roads ' will be ar ranged as quickly as possible. SAYS HARDING'S KNOCK AT CODY 10 A1t Dtwvn , ' " . -..., - V v. yCamp Cody. N. M.. Via. EI Paso. Tex., Jan. 2. (Special Telegram.) "Governor Harding's criticisms of Camp Cody when he got back in Iowa were all bunk and politics, and you can quote, me as saying so. ,-He knows what I think of it all and I told them the same back home," declared Major Sheppard B. Philpot, commanding the 125th machine gun battalion, Iowa and Minnesota troops, upon his arrival here from a Christ mas visit at his home at Fort Dodge, la- 'v ' ' . v - ; Major Thilpot's first duty was to check out two companies from his unit to the other machine gun bat talions here, which are brigade units while his is Attached to division head quarters, and now embraces only two companies. v A New Year's bulletin from head quarters indicates that visitors on the reservation wjll be further discour aged during work hours. It also deals with health problems . , , rj. NATIONAL DEBT IS NOW I51JPER CAPITA Is Five Times Greater Than When We Entered War ; and One-Fourth That of Germany .- .Washington, Jan. 2. The United States enters the new year, with a national net debt of $5,615,000,000, more than five . times greater than when it entered the war nine months ago, but only one-third of the debt which promises to develop by the first of next year. -The debt per capita is about $51 and the percentage of debt of estimated national wealth is 2. . The actual outlay for the military establishment Tip to December 1 was $1,311,000,000, the ' estimated outlay for the ;whdle fiscal year is $8,790, 000,000. . " , ' ' ; The navy spent $420,000,000 and the estimate, for the year is $1,300,000,000. Shipping board expenditures were $118,000,000, while the year's estimate is $901,000,000. .Each of these three principal departments has outstand- FnTcrrac tuTes will have to be made within : the next six months, and the aggre gate of these is the uncertain element which makes it impossible' to deter mine precisely, how many additional Liberty bonds must be issued before July 1;1918.- : Great as the national .debt seems to this country, whose debt before the war was only a little past the $1,000,000,000 mark, it is only about one-fourth that of either Great Brit ain, France,, Russia- or "Germany. The" debt of all of America's co-belligerents is about ,$84,OOO,OO0,0OO, or 14 per cent of the estimated wealth of those nations, and the 'Teutonic allies' debt is about $40,000,000,000. or 28 per cent of their estimated wealth. Total Sales of Thrift . . ! Stamps to Date $2,758,114 New York.. Tan. 2. Total sales by postoffices throughout the country of thrift and war saving stamps amount to $2,758,114, it was announced here tonight. This amount, which repre sents $2,066,550 in war savings, and $691,564 in thrift stamps, -does. not in clude the distribution maae ,Dy rea eral Reserve banks to agents of the first and second class,-which, it was estimated, would at. least double the sales of postoffices. New York City leads with sales of 51,240 war savings and 309,812 thrift stamos, wnue cnicago is secona wnn 50.961 and 204.016. respectively: Cin cinnati, third, with 32,000 and 106,000; Detroit fourth with 30,59 and 1.5 V 113: Kansas City. Mo., fifth with 28.- 000 and 100,000, and Pittsburgh sixth. witn zysu ana ,8W. t Refuse French Socialists : Passports to Petrotjrad i Paris. Jan. 2. Premier Clemen- ceau today refused the, request of a delegation of socialist members of the-Chamber of Deputies for pass ports to Petrograd for socialist dele gates. . ' The premier, m his reply, told that he did not doubt their patriotism,, but said the Situation at Petrograd was too unsettled for a useful result to1 be obtained from their intervention and that giving them passports - might seem like an endorsement of their mission, which would-, produce a harmful effect otuopinion at the front as well as in the rear. , r , .Many people would not fail to say in that case, added the premier, that France was taking part in preliminary negotiations for peace, which was in no wise thought of in the absence of serious propositions from the enemy. Joy Rides Fill Graves. ' Chicago,, Jan. 2.--"Wine, ' wimen, gasoline a.'id carelessness," cost the lives of, 362 persons in automobile accidents, in Chicago in 1917, accord ing to the report of Coroner Hoffman today. The figures represent an in crease of 30 per cent over .those of 1916. :.;- . v ; -. Men and Women And 1 Force Company to Sell Fuel "New York,' Jan.?2.--With another day of bitter cold and intensive suf fering from thV general fuel shortage, New .York nad todaj its first real coal riot. The disorder began when sev eral, hundred men, -women and chil dren, who had lined up outside a large coal yar,d at One Hundred and Nine teenth Street and East River, discov ered several loaded trucks leaving the yard after announcement " had been made that there was no coal for sale. jme of those who had been wait ing, patiently with, pails, bags, small wagons and baby carriages, at once began to stone the office windows. Others followed the trucks, unhooked the rear chutes and seized the coal that streamed into the street Police reserves were called and succeeded in restoring order when a representative of the coal company announced that coal' would be sold in small lots after certain hOspitall had been. served. Although today wasa holiday coal yards were-opened by -request of the fuel administration. Hundreds of peo ple with baskets, baby carriages,, small THE BEE: NORMAL SUGAR SUPPLY IS soon TO BE REACHED Food Administration Increasing Allotments to Confectioners ' v and Manufacturers of Non-Essentials. .- ;.-'--v ' -. ; Washington, Jan. 2. A return to a normal sugar supply for the nation is not likely to be long deferred, the food administration announced to night in outlining plans under which an increased allotment of sugar will facturcrs of non-essential food "pro ducts containing sugar. - The 50 per cent allotment to which confectioners were limited when the sugar shortage became acute in Oc tober will be increased to 80 per cent, when tne supply aagm becomes nor mal, it was announced, but continu ance of this ratio will depend upon the "iforts of manufacturers to reduce the sugar content of confectionery and soft drinks by substituting other sweetening materials. ' Through a misunderstanding, food administration officials in New York last week announced that refiners al ready had been instructed to increase the allotment to confectioners to 80 per cent and that tlye full pre-war al lowance would be made when condi tions had returned to normal. It was explained tonight that the maximum allotment would be 80 per cent of normal and that all manufacturers would be required to reducethe sugar content of their products as far as possible. , ; "The 50 per cent limit lias worked but little hardship on the manufactur ers . of confectionery and sweet drinks," said the food administratijn's announcement, "as they had on hand supplies sufficient to keep their plants workine at almost normal capacity rfor several months. It did, however, benefit 'he sugar supply in general, by preventing the possible accumulation of larger quantitier than -were neces sary for immediate use. American Censorship -f Is Somewhat Relaxed Washineton.- Jan. 1. Relaxation in several phases of the Voluntary nsP 8 HlS on public information in revised reg ulations effective tomorrow. Requests that nothing be published tendinflr to disclose the names of line officers or individual units in expedi tionary forces, tending to reveal the identitv of American merchant ships and crews engaging submarines and giving information regarding dry docks, repair and contruction work have been withdrawn entirely. It is explained unofficially that these were withdrawh because of the difficulty in. having them universally observed. South Dakota Bohemians Pledge Last Drop of Blood T :tl. C T Tn 1 Tli tnom- bers of the local branchof the Bohemian-Czech;. National alliance re cently sent -President Wilson a tele gram in which they stated that they were proud of their adopted country and of their president, and pledging the country "our last dollar and last drop of blood to -conquer the central empires and make the world safe for democracy." They now have received a reply from Secretary Tumulty, in which the members of the alliance are warmly thanked for their generous assurances. .-, . , 4 - Congress Asked to Supply ' . $1,338,000,000 Deficiency Washington, Jan.. 2. An urgent de ficiency appropriation of approxi mately $1,338,000,000 for the army, navy,," food administration and other government war work will be asked of congress after the holiday recess. The largest item will be $1,278,500, 000 for the army, including $700,000, 000 for supplies; $450,000,000 for ordnance and $140,000,000 for en gineers. I he, Uepartment ot Agricul ture will ask S6,uuu,uuu for seeds to be sold to farmers in addition to $2,500, 000 provided-for the same purpose in the food survey law. The food vad ministration - lyill ask $2,000,000 to make a total of $4,500,000 available for the current fiscal year, in addition to amounts allotted from the, president's $100,000,000 fund. The navy .already has asked for $55,000,000 deficiency ap propriation. - , Besides these deficiency . appropri- ationsfthe War department already has asfced $1,1ZJ,UUU,UUU additional to tbe regular estimatesr Not Relax Child, . . ' ' Labor Laws During War v Washington, Jan. 2. Effprts of the 'national child labor committee to prevent relaxation of the child labor laws on the excuse of wartime neces- sityMiave the endorsement of Presi dent Wilson. In at letter to the com. mittee made public today the presi dent declares that strict enforcement of the laws not only will contribute to preservation of life and health, but will tend to efficiency and economy of production. - , v - Storm Coal Yard wagons-and other, conveyances" car ried away small quantities of fuel.1 Governor Whitman Reduces Estimates in New. York Albany, N. ,Y., Jan.-' 2. Governor Whitman's estimates of the amount it will take to conduct New York's state affairs for 1918 total approxim ately $78,000,000, a reduction of about $20,000,000 fromMhe amount request ed by state department heads. This is $1,317,000 less than that appropriat ed by the 1917 legislature. , Senator Hughes "of New Jersey 'v-'-.v Is in Serious Condition 'TjentoV N. J., Jan. 2. The "condi tion of William' Hughes, United States senator from New Jersey, who is ill in a hospital here from poison ing of his teeth, complicated by bron chial pneumonia, is serious. He seemed to be improving, but today it was said that he is very ill. OMAHA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. 1918. BRITISH TANK N AND GERMAN SUB TOUR COUNTRY New York, Jan. 2. In an effort to give impetus to enlistments in the British and Canadian forces, the Brit ish armored tank Britannia will be started on a recruiting tour of the United States on January 14. It was announced tonight that the tank had been turned over to the British re cruiting mission by the London war orhce. . r Accompanying the tank will be a squad of speakers and Scotch pipers, as well as the captured German sub marine, which was used in the Liberty loan campaign in this city, and in the Victory loan campaign in Canada. A tour of the south will be made first, thence north to Chicago and west ward. ' : JAPAN LOANS CHINA BIG BUNCH OF COIN Other Banking Groups in Syn dicate Will Not "Participate and Japanese Will Control Currency. Reform. 7 :l (By Associated rrtsa.) Peking, Monday, Dec. 13. The As sociated Press is informed officially that Japan is negotiating an advance to China of 10,000,000 for the pur pose of improving the status of the Bank mChina. The negotiations are being carried in witlr the knowledge of the American, British, French and Russi;yi banking groups in the syn dicate which.'with Japanese and Ger man representatives, was formed be fore the war. The terms will be similar to the pre vious Japanese advance under the conditions-of the reorganization loan, but the other banking groups will not participate, because their' govern ments prohibit the sending of bullion to China. Japan, will loan the money with the object of excersing . control " over the currency reform. The Japanese notified the -other banking groupes that unless they were willing to par ticipate in the loan, it would be ne gotiated by Japanese interests. ' National's Shortstop May - Be Traded to Chicago St. Louis, Jan. 2. Indicative to local sport followers that a trade of Roger Hornsby, star shortstop of the St. Louis Nationals, is still under con sideration is the departure tonight for Chicago-, of. President' Branch Rickey, Jack Hendricks, who was selected , to manage the Cardinals next season; Charles Wecghman, president of the Chicago Nationals, and Fred Mitchell, manager of the team. Announcement was made that no trade had been effected, but it is said negotiations wilHe opened again - in Chicago tomorrow. Negotiations between .Rickey and Weeghman-have been in progress in termittently for several weeks. Camp Cody Soldiers " - ;r : Eat Barbecue Dinner Camp Cody, N. M., Via El Paso, Tex., Jan. 2. (Special, Telegram.) Officers from the regiments of four states training here were received by Major General Augustus P. Block som at division ' headquarters this morning while the division band of 300 musicians directed by Jf rot. jacoD Smith of Cedar Rapids, played subolan tiner the foot bail game that had been planned. A program of box ing and wrestling took place in the division stadium. In the afternoon a barbecue dinner was spread in Turner park for the soldiers at noon. American Serbians Enlist For Service in Balkans An Atlantic Port. Jan. 2 Three hundred Serbians who left American farms and factories to form an Ameri can-Serbian detachment to fight against the Austro-Germans in the Balkans, arrived here today trom Chi cago on their way to Europe. The men who were in uniform, were ten dered a j-eception by the Red Cross. An American flag, comfort kits, woolen socks and sweaters were pre sented to each of the Serbians. ... ... ... ii New Burlington Bridge Across Ohio River Opened ' Chicago. Jan. 2. The mile and a quarter bridge built jointly by the Chicago,- Burlington & Quincy and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroads across the Ohio river , be tween Metropolis, 111., and Paducah, Ky.. officially was opened today. The bridge cost $3,100,000 and one of its spans is 720 feet long. It is double tracked. For GRAY NAM THE GOLD BOND TREATMENT NO matter bow gray, itraakd or faded your hair may be, on to three applica tions will make it light brown, dark brown or black, whichever ahade you desire. 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Alaska bade farewell to "Hooch," as liquor is nown in parts of the north land, and throughout the snow bound territory from Nome to Ketch ikan hundreds stayed up to watch the passing of the saloons. Alaska Indians probably wilj. re ceive the greatest benefits from the dry law as violators of the present laws have rjrofitej by selling them One-Minute Store Talk The vast majority of the buying public understands mercantile conditions and methods. It's just like one man put it "What a great bif, generous thing you ere ' doing keeping this big . stock at fair prices in .,, stead of playing apecu N lator.? . We are so thankful that "we 'are - prepared to serve our patrons real values at this stage of the game that "hoarding" never gets a tnougnt here. V Fur Mackinaws, SEE OUR WINDOWS TODAY '3fV - J The Tractor That Will Win the War EBERT THE EBERT TRACTOR CO. , ' , . Western Division Offices, . ' . r ;vW7'Karba:BuiMbg, . Omaha, neb. ... ... ' 9 K ' ' . '. 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