THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1918.
SENATE TO ACT
QUICKLY ON WIRE
CONTROL PLAN
Qommittee Decides to Report
Resolution Without Fur- .
ther Hearing, After Ex
amining W. U. Head.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 9. After three
Lours' examination of Newcomb Carl
ton, president of the Western Union
Telegraph company, the senate in
terstate commerce committee today
voted, 7 to 3, to report withoutamend
inent or further" hearings the house
resolution authorizing government
control during the war of telegraph,
. telephone, cable and radio systems.
Chairman Smith plans to report
the resolution to the senate tomor
row, but is undetermined whether to
urge t immediate consideration and
thus replace the emergency agricul
tural bill with its wartime prohibi
tion rider. Leaders believe a vote
can be reached soon and no further
hearings will be ordered in view of
the president's insistence on early ac
tion.,, - Tm nator attended the session.
Mr. Carlton was examined behind
rinsed doors. It was explained that
senators and newspaper correspond-
'enti were excluded througn a mis
nniforxtanrlinir.
Mr. Carlton told the committee that
ht did not think there was necessity
for the government taking over the
telegraph wires, but that he would
not oppose it Unless the design was to
timnniz rmnlcves.
After Mr. Carlton was heard, Sena-
tors Pomerene of Ohio and Gore f
Oklahoma, democrats, and Kellogg of
Minnesota, republican, insisted upon
further hearings but were voted down.
Those voting to report the resolu
tion without further hearings were
niiirtnM Smith of South Carolina,
Myers'of Montana, Saulsbury of Del
aware, lnompson oi Kansas, o-cwis
of Illinois, and Underwood of Ala
bama, democrats, and Poindexter of
Washington, republican.
Heavy Taxation Upon
: Luxuries Proposed by
; Treasury Department
Washington, July 9. The .house
ways and means committee at an ex-
i ecutive session today received from
the Treasury department a list of sug
gestions for taxation of' luxuries and
decided to begin sessions for the
framing of the $8,000,OOQ,000 revenue
bill next Monday.
There was a general discussion of
lutwy taxation without any con
elusions. The list was not made pub-
: lie, but was said to range all the way
trom pleasure automoDiies to jeweiry
and high-priced clothing.
There will be a tentative bill'
j framed in shape for consideration as
' a basis when the committee meets
? Monday. . . .
Czecho-Slovak Forces
v Push Onward in Siberia
Shanghai, July 9. After disarming
the bolshevik forces at Vladivostok,
says a dispatch from Vladivostok dat
ed July 5, the Czechd-Slovaks ad
vanced to the westward, defeated a
mixed force of bolsheviki and Austro
German prisoners, and occupied Ni
kolayevsk, a naval atation on the
Amur river.
' The bolsheviki and Austro-German
forces suffered heavy losses. They
withdrew to the northward along the
railway toward Khabarovsk, the
capital of the maritime province.
; Washington, July 9. -word reached
the State department today from
Vladivostok that the city had been
fjuiet since June 29, when the Czecho
slovak forces completed their task of
; ousting the bolsheviki and suppress
ing Red Guards, who resisted their
control. V
Newspapers were quoted as stating
' that the Czecho-Slovaks lost four kill
id and 21 wounded, while casualties
tmong the Red Guard totalled 60, in
cluding a number of Hungarians.
England Will Intern Its
Male Alien Enemies Soon
' London, July 9. The parliamentary
committee recently appointed to con
cider the alien question has issued re
ports recommendiing immediate in
ternment of every male enemy alien
over 15 except those who for medical
or other reasons should be exempted
; and the repatriation of all female en
emy aliena with the exception of those
whose husbands have been granted
exemption ffom internment
The Weather
For Nebraska Partly cloudy Wed
tiesday; wanner in northwest portion j
,i narsday lair and warmer.
Compare tire Local Record.
1111. HIT. 115.
HlthMt jeeterdar .. 71 l ! 74
Lowaat yeaterda ... at Tl (3
Ileal! Itnptrittri .. 11 ' 71 Si (I
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 .01
Temperature and precipitation departure
from normal
Normal temperature 7
Deficiency tor tha day 4
Total axeeaa alne March 1 ...... A... .145
Normal precipitation .IS Inch
Deficiency (or tha day 11 Inch
Total precipitation alnca Mar. 1 7.74 Inchea
Deficiency alnca March 1 ...... t.SS Inchea
Exrera tot cor. period. 117 It Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, lilt .,1.(1 Inchea
Hourly TempentaiM,
S a. m. ..
18 a. m.
II l a
13 m. 73
1 p. m. IjA
s p. m. Til
p. m. .......... ii
4 p. m. .......... T7
Ian. .......... 74
6 p. m. TO
T p. m. TS
I p. m. TS
. Bliti t Temp. High- Bain-
Station. Weather. ,' 7 p. ffl. eet. (all.
Cheyenne, cloud ...... .IS It .Sf
Davenport, clear ...... .t II .St
beoeer, cloudy .... ...... It 11 i T
Pea Molnea. cloudy ......74 7S . .00
Dodge City, clear .......SS 0 .00
Lander, cloudy T J .
North Platte, cloudy ....19 , 71 .et
Dmaha, cloudy ....... ...TS TS , S
Pueblo, cloudy ..........SO , 2 x .S
Rapid City, clondy ...... S .74
gait Lake, cloudy ....... (4 .
Feats fa, part cloudy ...7 IS .00
Sberldan, cloudy ........IS 71 .'.;. .1
bloui City, cloudy ,,....11 74 .00
Valentine, raining ...... .16 , 14 .it
f ladlcatea trace of precipitation,
v U A. WELSii, Meteorologist
BALLOON PILOTS
EXPOSED TO DANGER
J FOR LONG PERIODS
(Continued From Fag a One.)
and other instruments used in scien
tific calculations during the hours
aloft.
Eventually we climbed to a level
above the other sausage, and it
stopped descending, because we were
now at the end of our cable and
swinging gently with the wind.
Spies Allied Machine.
A drumming sound suddenly
seemed to smite the ears out of the
calm. It was an airplane half a
mile away sending accentuated sound
waves along our air strata. There
was a thrill in the little basket till
our binoculars made ou the red, white
and blue card on the wings.
It was a most welcome card, but
the incident suddenly jerked my mind
back from the pretty scenery to the
subject of parachutes.
"What do you do if you have to
jump?" I asked the lieutenant. "Crawl
out of the basket, just hang over the
side to see if you are all clear, and
then let loose," he answered.
It was exactly what we probably
would have been doing at that
moment if that airplane1 had been a
black maltese cross.
Leap'in Parachute.
The lieutenant, who had jumped
several times before, attested that it
was not necessarily a horrible sensa
tion, but the element of doubt dur
ing the 60-yard leap before the para
chute opened, in reality three seconds
seeming like an eternity, was not
exactly nice.
Until the recent sausage war began,
the casualties among the observers
were, thanks to the parachutes, light.
Freaks seldom happen, though re
cently when a German airplane set
a sausage afire, the observer tumped
safely and the plane, following him
down,; was hit squarely by a trench
anti-aircraft shell.
A portiorhof the debris struck the
cable holdirrg the observer to the
parachute, cut it clear, and the ob
server was killed. ,
The lieutenant telephoned below
that we were ready to descend, a
large combination of an automobile
and a windlass bringing us down m
the briefest time.
First Step in Fight
Against Prohibition
For War Period Taken
Washington, D. C, July 9. As
first step in the fight against national
prohibition as a war measure, Sena
tor Penrose of Pennsyvilania today
raised a point of order against the in
elusion of the amendment prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors after
January 1, next, on the grounds that it
was added as a rider to the $11,000,-
000 emergency agricultural appropria
tion diii in violation oi ruies.
As a number of senators desire to
discuss the question. Senator Penrose
announced that he would not ask for a
ruling at this time. The senate then
took up the further consideration of
uncontested amendments.
"The raising of a point of order did
not take prohibition leaders by sur
prise, as this had been anticipated. In
view of the fact that the amendment,
which not only prevents the sale of
distilled spirits, beer and wine after
the first of next year, but prohibits
the manufacture of beer and wine after
November; i next, is a substitute for
the Randall prohibition amendment
inserted by the house, they contend it
would not be subject to a point of or
der.
Italian Ordered Shot by ,
Austrian Court Martial
Geneva, July 9. Ferruccio Cirelli,
aged 20, an Italian patriot, has been
tried for high treason by an Austrian
military court, found guilty and con
demned to be hanged, according to
advices from Vienna. Cirelli. who
was an irrendentist, entered the Ital
ian army as a volunteer at the begin
ning of the war. He foqght bravely
on tne t-arso plateau ana aiong me
Isonzo. During the recent offensive
he was Severely wounded and made
prisoner. After his capture he was
treated to every indignity, it is said.
On hearing his sentence Cirelli
shouted in the court: "Long live
Italy.
It is pointed out that his trial and
executiohis in violation of interna
tional law as Cirelli never served in
the Austrian army.
Final Figures Show Cotton
Crop is 11,302,375 Bates
Washington, Jnly 9. Final figures
on the 1917 cotton crop, announced
by the census bureau, -place the pro
duction at 11,302,375, equivalent 500
pound bales, the smallest crop sinee
1909, excepting that of 1915. Sea
Island production' was 92,(19 bales.
Notable Increase in production in
Arizona and California was shown,
California with 57,000 bales and Ari
zona with 21,000 bales, both growing
13,000 bales more than the previous
year. '
Work or flight Order Closes
All South Dakota Pool Halls
Sioux Falls, S. D, July 2. An in
terpretation of the work or fight or
der, announced today by the State
Council of Defense, will, in effect,
make it practically impossible to op
erate pool halls or billiard parlors in
South Dakota. The order makes it
prohibitive for an able-bodied man to
operate a pool hall, whether an em
ploye or the proprietor. The order,
effective immedit.tely, requires the
registration of all males between the
ages of 16 and 21 and 31 and 65, who
c"l
pation.
are engaged in a nonessential occu-
James English Leave for
Naval Training Station
James TV English, son of Mrs.
James P. English, widow of the late
Judge English, has left for the Great
Lakes naval training station. Mr.
English is a graduate of Creghton
unversity and was a junior in the
Creighton law college.
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Sir Phillips-WoUey Dies
' Victoria. B. C, July 9. Sir Clive
Phillips-Wolley, author, biff game
hunter and personal friend of Theo
dore Roosevelt, died suddenly at his
home at Somenos, near Victoria, last
night. He was 65 year old.
MILLION DOLLARS
VOTED BY ELKS
FOR WAR RELIEF
John K. Tener to Have Charge
of Fund; Administration
Ticket Makes a Clean
Sweep in Election.
By Associated Press.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 9.-The
administration made a clean sweep
today in the election of officers at
the annual meeting of the grand lodge
of Elkx all of its candidates being
successful.
Fred C. Robinson, Dubuque, la.,
and Charles White, Chicago, won
over James Richardson, Cincinnati,
and J. F. Brennan, Dennison, Tex..
respectively, for grand secretary and
grand treasurer. Bruce A. Campbell
of East St. Louis, III., was chosen'
grand exaltedruler, without oppo
sition, utner omcers elected were:
Tir,TYtB T Di1lir V l.r T rrAcV
Conn., grand- esteemed leading knight;
O. K. Cowell, Sunbury, Pa., grand
esteemed loyal knight; E. L. Chap
man, Great Bend, Kan., grand
esteemed lecturing knight; C B.
Horn, Colorado Springs, grand tiler;
W. H. Brown, Santa Monica, Cal.,
grand inner guard; C. F. J. McCue,
Cambridge, Mass., grand trustee, five
year term, and W. E. Brisken, Al
bany, N. Y., trustee, one year term.
Atlantic City was selected for the
1919 reunion.
A second $1,000,000 fund was voted
by the delegates for war relief work.
The money is to be under the care
of a commission headed by -John K.
Tener, former governor of Pennsyl
vania.
Nonunion Street Car
Men in Conference
With Their Employers
A conference continuing all after
noon was held yesterday between
representatives of the employes and
the company at the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway company
offices.
Assistant General Manager R. A.
Leussler stated nothing was discussed
except time schedules and that these
are in a fair way to be adjusted to
the satisfaction of the men. The
schedules on the Harney line have
already been arranged satisfactorily
and will be put in effect August 1.
P. H. Boland of the company's trans
portation department will co to St.
Louis tonight to see whemer a sys
tem in force there can be adopted
here to eliminate the "swing run,"
which makes men work in th morn
ing and again at the evening rush
hour to make up a day's work.
Recognition of the union and the
wage question did not come up at the
meeting yesterday, which was attend
ed by Messrs. Thomas of the Vinton
street barn, Strode of the fierce
street barn, Boon of the Ames ave
nue barn and Wyatt of the Council
Bluffs barn. These are all non-union
men. '
The company stands firmly opposed
to recognition of the Street Car Men's
union, but expresses itself willing and
glad to confer with any and all of
the employes at any time.
Another meeting will be held when
Mr. Boland returns from St. Louis.
Anarchy Near in Russia'
Fear of German Travelers
The Hague, July 9. Germans re
turning from Moscow says the Vos
sische Zeitung, referring to the Von
Mirbach case, have expressed fear
that complete anarchy there might
endanger persons who, in an orderly
country, would be safe from harm.
It gives the following alleged quota
tion from a speaker at a railway strike
meeting in Moscow:
"It is time to throw off the noose
Von Mirbach has put around our
necks, otherwise a shameful death
threatens us. Away with German
capital I Away with Von Mirbach and
his whole counter-revolutionary
bandl"
Charge Two With Attempted
Theft of UG. Vleck Auto
William Dunn, 1840 North Eigh
teenth street, was arrested Tuesday
night on a charge of attempted theft
of an automobile bclongrg to L. G.
Vleck. 2915 Dupont street. VUck
and H. B. btr!r, 2519 Franklin
street, tsid that thev found Dunn ad
another man in the act of trying to
start the car at Sixteenth street and
Capitol avenue, where it had been
parked. The unidentified man made
his esctpe by boat ding a pasting
ftreet car. Dunn refuses to give his
name to the police.
Tan,
White
or Black
$5
AND UP
Ill - .
vwopiw w am seen permanently eared.
DR. E. IL TARRY 240 Bee Building Omaha Hei
M'KELVIE FLAYS
NONPARTISANS
IN OMAHA SPEECH
(Continued From Pace One.)
ment and under the impulse of a
mutual realization' for the need of
harmony and the triumph of repub
lican principles, had grasped hands
and forgotten their personal differ
ences in their patriotic desire to bring
about party harmony.
Example of T. R. and Taft.
The example pf Taft and Roose
velt should be an inspiration for all
republicans to forget faction, lay
down past differences and work for
the success of the party.
"While now is the time, primarily,
to work for the success of the war,
and while no republican would do one
thing to impede the progress of the
war, it is a time for patriotic partisan
ship, the kind that, when the cam
paign is over, the leaders will feel
that they shall have made a splendid
contribution to forwarding the ideals
of their government, whether they
win the campaign or not," said Mr.
McKelvie.
"This has been the first war in
which the country has participated
in which the republican party has not
been in control. He contrasted the
action of the republican party during
the civil and' Spanish-American wars,
when it invited its opponents to 'go
on with their partisanship, where it
did not interfere -with the progress
of the wars, and he called attenton
to the opposition made by the demo
cratic party to the war policies of
Lincoln and McKinley, and contrasted
it with the whole-hearted support the
president is receiving from repub
licans today in their effort to help
the commander-in-chief of the army
and navy in winning the war.
Constructive Policies.
"The republican party in the past,
as it is today, is the party of fore
sight, vision and constructive policies.
It has fostered every opportunity
which has created this into the great
n?tion we have today.
"It had in its leadership men who
could see the irtevitableness of this
country entering the war when Bel
gium was invaded, and who had the
courage to plead for preparedness.
At the same time democratic oppor
tunists were advocating that this
country keep o'ut of the war. Even
before the sinking of the Lusitania,
this government was in possession
of facts which showed the influence
of German propaganda and German
violations of neutrality which would
make the entry of this country into
the war an absolute certainty, yet
the campaign waged by democrats
was one to which they cannot, in
future years, point to with pride.
"The democrats are pleading for
nonpartisanship during the war, and
the actions of the president in inter
fering with the senatorial election in
Wisconsin and his present program
in Michigan shows the inconsistency
of this appeal.
"In the support of the selective
draft, the greatest of war measures,
the bill received more republican votes
than it did those of democrats."
Favors Americanization.
Mr. McKelvie said he was for the
Americanization of the people who
came to this country from other lands
to enjoy our liberties and our oppor
tunities. "We liave made the mistake
in the past ofvencouraging these per
sons, for political purposes, to keep
up their racial and national conscious
ness, to continue the speaking of their
native languages and to perpetuate
their native customs in this country,"
he said. "We are paying for this
mistake, and the time has now come
when we must insist on them becom
ing 100 per cent Americans, and for
them to abolish the use of any lan
guage but that of this country."
He would be tolerant of all and
he would have a secret service which
woulf' see to it that no man guilty
of sedition should escape, and at the
same time no innocent man suffer.
Where a man attempts allegiance to
an enciny government at this time,
he should be deported to the country
of his allegiance.
T T
ivaps nonpartisans.
Mr. McKelvie said he was unalter
ably opposed to socialism, and espe
cially to the socialism in this state
that was parading under the guise of
nonpartisanship. The appeal of the
new party, he said, whichis being
sponsored Dy tne democratic partv
in Nebraska, is to the discontented
tanner, and it is trying toslure Ihe
latter with the promise of great
profits that would accrue by the pub
lic ownership or elevators, mills and
packing houses, forgetting when the
other fellow secures these he will
also consistently work to secure pub
lie ownership of the land.
He said he was not in favor of
any radical program of reform but
woulr. advocate such safe and sane
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The Bee's Fund For
Free Milk and Ice
Scores of babies and small child
ren r rlailv receivinff' the nure milk
and cooling Ice th: t mean health and
life to them. They are receiving this
through the Bee's fond. Without that
fund thev, could not have it and they
would face sickness.
The fund is in need of every dollar
it can get. Can you spare something
for it?
Weeks of not weather are ahead.
It is our duty to protect these helpless
little ones.
Any sum from 10 cents to $5.00 is
acceptable. Send jr bring it to The
Previously acknowledged $269.25
Additional from wrestling
match collecti'-n -75
Mn. W. B. Roberts Z00
Anna C. Rogers 3.00
A. Bloomfield 1.00
Total 5276.00
legislation as would conserve the best
interests of the agricultural element
of this state, and would combat the
things that would obtain against
them.
His speech was liberally applauded
and he received an ovation at its
close.
A stirring talk was made by Frank
Howell, after which the meeting
adjourned.
No Danger of-Sugar Famine'
In America, Hoover Says
Washington, July 9. Definite as
surances that there is no danger of a
susar famine were given by the food
administration today and the (Food
situation generally was declared to
be better than at any time since
America undertook the feeding of the
allied world.
Contracts for 92 Army
Transport Ships Are Let
Washington, July 9. Chairman
Hurley, after af visit to the White
House today, announced that the
shipping board has let contracts for
92 army transports. After the war
the transports will be put into the
passenger-carrying trade.
Appeal to
To the DEALER because he knowTs a GMC-Samson will do the work for
which he is selling it. He knows his customer will be satisfied. He knows that,
in the General Motors Company, he has the strongest backing in the world be
hind the product he is selling.
To the USER because of its simplified, yet sturdy, powerful construction.
It will give him maximum service at minimum cost. He knows it is a good in- N
vestment. . .
Replaces Three Men and Nine Horses in Iowa Field.
Read the following letter from the Boone Buick Auto Co., Boone, la. See
how Samson Sieve-drip "Saves the day" in wet, sandy ground:
"Boone, la., June 22,
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.,
Lincoln, Neb.
Gentlemen:
It is with pleasure that I write you in regard to the GJIC-Samson
WAP-CB
A GMC-Samson will bear the brunt of your work during the busy season.
It is not merely a "plow tractor," but a " Jack-of -all-trades.," After you finish
your plowing it will go right on the ground and do your discing, dragging and
planting without injury to the ground.
Write us today for detailed specifications and information on when a
demonstration will be held nearest you. Seeing is believing. It will convince
you that it is tyie tractor you want.
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
OMAHA
Nebraska Hospital Unit 49
Arrives at Camp
Base hospital, No. 49, Nebraska
unit, has arrived at Camp Mills, N. Y.,
according to a telegram received by
Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson from
their son, Clyde, who is a member of
the hospital corps.
THOMPSON.BELDEN - CQ
Zhe Cfashitm Center for WomerP
White Wash Skirts
NewSummcr Styles
The new summer
season calls for
white wash skirts
because of cool
ness and practical
comfort.
Wednesday we will
have a large display
of new models for
your viewing.
Every model is
carefully tailored
of good fabrics such
as cotton gaber
dines, liberty satin,
fancy piques, pop
I
lins and Poiret twills
$4.50, $5, $5.95, $6.50,
$7.50, $8.95, $9.50, $10.50
Children's Hose
A variety of styles in Children's
half hose for 29c, 35c and 59c
Long hose in white and black;
a finely ribbed number. Sizes 6
to 7 are 29c. 1V to 9
are 35c
gm
KAa. . MOTOM COM
TRACTORS
Dealer and
Tractor. For two years I have been looking for a farm tractor and
have looked at a good many makes, but the more I looked the more
disgusted I got at what they called farm tractors until I saw the
GJIC-Samson. The first glance at it appealed to me, but at that I had
a big surprise coming when we really put it to work.
The one place in particular where we demonstrated to a farmer,
Mr. Tom Carver, two miles east of Collins, la., we were up against a
proposition where three other makes of tractors refused to go in the
field to disc for replanting corn on account of the soil being wet and
sandy.
However, having all the faith in the world in our tractor we
thought we .would try it We went in this field pidUng a 10 ft. tan
dern disc and drag that he was using nine horses and three men to
operate. ' f
The Tractor Avas started at 7 o'clock in the morning and run un
til 7 o'clock at night without stopping at noon and without putting
in a bit of water in the radiator during this time.
Mr. Carver is now the owner of this GMC-Samson tractor, and is
more than satisfied.
Tours truly,
BOONE BUICK
"W. A.
LINCOLN
General Offices.
Observance of French
Holiday Here Proposed
Washington, July 9. Observance
of July 14, the French national hoh:
day, by the United States as a lega;
holiday is proposed in a resolution of
fered in the house today by Repre
sentative Siegel ot New ioric.
The July Sales
. In which seasonable
new Suits. Coats, Dresses
and Blouses are to be had
at Decided Reductions
.from their regular moder
ate prices.
Discriminating shoppers
know tha values offered in
these Thompson, "Belden Sales.
See for yourself.
Embroidered Voiles
frocks of white
voile find favor with most
women. The choice here
is not limited.
Embriodered Voiles, 65c.
Lace Embroidered, 65c
Hand Embroidered, $1.50.
(All 40-inch.) Linen Section..
"V-5
Union Suits 85c
Ribbed cotton suits :,
fitted or wide knees;, An
excellent quality for 85c
assr-
User Alike
AUTO CO.,
Pohl,,Maaageis?
SIOUX CITY