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EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST IN THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WESTTHAT'S ' OMAHA. '
The Omaha Daily
Bee
PORTO RICJVN SCHOOLS
USED FOR FLU HOSPITALS
San Juan. P. R..
estimated thai there are 60,000 cases
01 influenza in i'orto Rica.
Governor Yager is awaiting a re
port irom Health Commissioner i
poler before -ceterminiwg whether
it Unit' niccirtf s-v tn- .11
lie gathering places. The schools"
in la towns of the island are being
used as hospitals. Many towns are
without doctors or nurses.
WOMAN IS AMBASSADOR
HUNGARY TO SWITZERLAND
Berne, Nov. 25. The first woman
to be appointed an ambassador has
been nominated by the Hungarian
government for the post in Switzer
land. She is the Hungarian writer
and pacifist, Rosika- Schwimmer,
who now resides in Switzerland.
Madame Schwimmer has accepted
the nomination, and will begin her
duties shortly.
Madame Roajka Schwimmer is
president of the Hungarian Woman
Suffrage association. She has been
credited with being the"-originator
of the Ford peace ship idea, and was
'one of the prominent figures of that
mission.
ENJOIN M'ADOO FROM
GIVING 'EM FREIGHT "CARS.
Toledo, 0.. Nov.A 25. A tempo
,rary restraining order was issued
today in United States district
court here against William McAdoo,
as director general of railroads, in
structing the receiver of the Tole
do, St. Louis & Western (Clover
Leaf) railroad not to accept cars,
sign contracts or do anything that
would -jeopardize or compromise the
interests of th stockholders of the
road. Hearing on the injunction
was set for December 16.
The case in question, said to be
the first in the United States where
in thepower of the director general
of railroads is attacked, is one in
which the stockholders' nrotective
committee of the Toledo, St. Louis
& Western seeks to prevent Mr. Mc
Adoo from compelling the road to
accept 1.25Q. freight car which the
committee claims the road does not
now need and fer which the com
mittee declares'tlie road would have
to pay an exorbitant price.
The court also made the director
general a personal party defendant
to the suit.
During the court procedure today
attorneys for the railroad adminis
tratipn stated that the roads showed
that the receiver for the road had
requested the cars.
cl6thing WORKERS TO
PROTEST IN MOONEY CASE.
New York, Nov. 25. More than
100,000 members of the Amalgamat
ed Clothing Workers of America
will conduct "demonstrations" in all
clothing centers of the United
States this week in befalf of Thomas
T. Mooney, sentenced to death on
December for the San Francisco
reparedness day bomb explosion,
was announced nere tonigm.
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, The cities include New York Bos
ton, Rochester, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Chicago, Cleveland, Mon
treal, Toronto and Hamilton.
The question of a general strike.
It was said, has not been considered
because 75,000 workers now are
itriking here for the eight-hour day.
SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR
ILLV "WITH SPANISH "FLU"
Deadwood, S. D., Nov. 25. Gov
ernor Norbeck of South Dakota ar
rived here today from the Wyoming
oil fields, suffering with influenza.
He was taken to a hospital here to
night, is condition is said to be
, not serious. ,
BOTH PARTIES. CLAIMING
ALASKAN CONGRESSMAN
Seattle, Nov. 25. Charles A.
Sulzer, democrat, and James Wick
ersham, republican candidates at a
recent election for the post of con-
gressional delegate from Alaska,
were here today both claiming vic
tory. Sulzer, who is the incumbent,
said he had been elected by 33
votes. Wickersham, a former dele
Kate, asserted he had won by 41
votes. Alaskans believe it will take
an official count to decide.
Auto Men Decide to
; Resume Automobije
Shows This Spring
.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 251f-Several
hundred automobile men were pres
sent at a banquet tbaight at the an
nual convention of Hhe national as
Svciation automobile show managers.
" ' It was decided to resume auto
mobile shows, which have been
omitted throughout the country dur
ing the war. The first of thtfse will
be held early in . the new year.
Several speakers predicted that with
resumption of these exhibis the
automobile trade would resume ts
former prosperous condition..
The Bee's
Free Shoe Fund
To Buy Shqes
" For SHoetess Children'
v.
v Four or five Omaha kiddies can
thank the Loyals club for stout, new
shoes for the winter, because the
Loyals club realized the worthiness
of The Bee shoe fund project arri
donated $14 to the cause.
This is the proper spirit. It is even
more commendable, coming from a
group of individuals, than from one
singal individual, because it shows
the unanimous endorsement 'of a
number of people.
Several Omaha clubs have donated
to the shoe fund. Other clubs can
well afford to follow the example.
If you could see the smiles on the
faces of the kiddies who are bene
fitted by this fund equipped with
sound, 6trong ffforwear that wiU
keep their feet warm and dry in the
rain and scow you would not hesi
tate to get out your check book and
create a few more of these smiles.
Previously acknowledged. ...$702.95
AIRMEN TRAINING
IN ENGLAND FIRST
BACK FROM FRONT
Three Liners Now En Route with Numerous Aero
Squadrons; Troops to" be Brought Back Faster Than
' They Were Taken Across When Submarines
Were a Menace, Says Secretary J5aker. -
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 25. First units of the American ex
peditionary forces to return from overseas are expected to
arrive in New York about the end of the present week.
General March, chief of staff, announced tonight that
382 officers and 6,614 men of the air service and other detach
ments training in England now are homeward bound on the
Minnekahda, Lapland and Orcaj British liners. The first two
ships left Liverpool last Friday and the Orca sailed Saturday.
' This announcement means that the
movement of the American troops
now in England, the majority of
whom are in air service detachments,
will continue steadily until all of
them, some 20,000, have returned to
this country. There are no regi
ments or other units of line tfoops
in Great Britain.
The first movement of the infantry
from France, larger units such as
brigades and divisions, will come
from French ports, it is assumed as
the British cross channel service un
doubtedly completely occupied with
the transportation of returning
forces. : .'
The units now enroute to New
York and he ship on which they
sailed were announced by General
March as fellows:
On Minnekahda.
The units on the Minnekahda are:
Second aircraft acceptance parks,
29 officers and 557 men; 220 aero
squadrori, 3 officers and 249 men;
219 aero squadron, 3 officers, 129
men; 254 squadron, 2 jofficers, 258
men; 18th construction company, air
service, 6 officers, 242 men; 19th con
struction company, 7 officers, 238
men; 15th construction company, 5
officers, 228 men; 92d aero squadron,
24 officers, 201 men; 177th squadron,
2 officers, 230 men, 210th squadron,
2 officers, 251 men; 833d squadron, 2
officers, 123 men; 839th squadron, 3
officers, 90 men; 259th squadron, 3
officers, 127 men; casual medical de
tachment, 6 officers, 18 enlisted men.
(Continued on Page Two.Tolumn TVo.)
MANY PERISH ON
SIBERIAN TRAIN
OF STARVATION
Hundreds Reach Vladivostok
in Serious Condition;
Journey Takes Six
1 Weeks. -i
By Associated Press. ,
Vladivostok, Nov. 25. Half dead
from starvation and disease, 1,321
survivors out of the original total
of 2,100 bolshevik prisoners and ref-
ugeesin a tram sent across Siberia
by the Czecho-Slovak troops fight
ing in Samara, Europeln Russia,
have arrived at Nikolsk, near Vlad
ivostok. The journey from the UM
mountains to the Pacific coast oc
cupied six weeks.
The survivors reached Nikolsk in
40 cars. The train carried no pro-
v:-ions and was without sanitary
equipment.
Of the 800 persons missing from
the original total, some were shot
while trying to escape from the
train. Others lost their lives ly
throwing themselves from the car
windows. Disease, starvation and
exposure accounted for the remainder.
Moved from Jail to Train.
When the Czecho-Slovak forces
r ;itured Samara they loaded the
inmates of the' jails into trains in
discriminately along with the bol
shevik prisoners of war.
The American Red Cross at Vlad
ivostok has rushed doctors to Nik
olsk to aid the arrivals. Some per
sons died on the ground after be
ing, removed iron tne rauroaa
cars. Other trainloads of human
freight in similar straits are now
on their way eastward over tne
trans-Siberian railroad. Eight hun
d.ed persons, many of them sick or
infected, were turned back towards
Samara because of the lack-of ship
space.
Innocent in jail.
Among those reaching NikolskJ
were a dozen women who formerly
were nurses in th;bo!shevik hospi
tal at Samara. Many innocent per
sons were included. There ws one
man with his wife, and children who
h ' been thrown into jail by the
bolsheviki because the husband and
father had refused to join the bol
shevik forces. ,
There also was a girl stenog
rapher who had been sentenced t
six days' imprisonment for serving
the non-bolshevik city adminUti -tion.
The American Red Cross is
taking care. of 500. of the survivors
in an improvised hospital. The Rus
sian authorities, co-operating' with
the Americans, are looking after 30
typhus cases and 100 other sick who
have been lodged in the Russian
barracks.
Allies, Think U. S, Should Let SOCIALISTS WHO
Europe Decide Peace Terms
Fort Omaha Troops
Back Among First
Many soldiers trained at Fort
Omaha who recently went over
seas for tervice are on their way
back to the states and are expect
ed to reach New York the last
of this week.
Men in a score of balloon com
panies who left Omaha only a few
months ago and who have been in
training in England, will be
among the 7,000 soldiers of the
first oversea contingent to r -turn.
.
The soldiers were assigned to
aero squadrons when they went
abroad. Many For Omaha boys
are members of the Eighty-second
squadrori which is sending
three officers and 119 en' ted
men to the United States on the
steamer Orca which sailed from
Liverpool November 23. Omaha
men are also members of the
Third Construction company of
the air servic., which is sending
back 239 men.
Officers at the fort also stated
that Fort Omaha men probably
are members of many other
squadrons whose members are
returning.
Losses the Other Belligerents Have Suffered in Com
parison With This Country Cited as Reason for
Allies Playing Leading Role in Shap
ing
New Order In Europe.
Bee Carrier, Who Went
to the War, Wounded;
Tells of Balloon Attack
Nur Pyetzka, Bee carrier boy,
who entered the aviation service and
left for the training camp last
Thanksgiving, arrived home yester
day on a furlough to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. IPyetzka, 307
South Eighteenth street, Council
Bluffs.
He has just returned from France
with a casualty squad, after seeing
active service as a member of the
First Balloon squad. He was it the
biB push through July and August
or. the Chateau Thierry sector,
working as a member of the ground
force, manning an observation bal
loon. At Belleau Wood their balloon
was attacked and destroyed by a
Boche airplane and the observer
killed.
The Hun suddenly appeared and
peppered the big gasbag wiffi incen
diary bullets, setting it afire. The
crew leaped and was carried safely
toarth in parachutes, but the
blazing balloon fell squarely upon
the observer as he reached the earth
ajid he was burned before his com
rades could rescue him.
During the attack the entire bal
loon squad of 53 men was killed
with the exception of 12. Nur was
one of the slightly wounded and was
senthome. He is now located at
Camp Eustis. Va., and expects
sWn to be mustered out.
Seven- Named, to Precede
U. S. Relief Ship to Europe
Boston. Nov. 25. A committee of
seven is to bex incorporated by the
government to go to the Near East
ana prepare for relief work the
United States is to do in that part
of the world, it was stated he.
today when leaders of the Armen
ian and Syrian relief committees
met to plan fo." the"r $30,000,000
drive which is to be held in Janu-
Kev. Dr. lames 1. barton, cor
responding secretary of the Amer
ican Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, ij to be chairman
of the committee. Of the other
members will be:
Professor Edwarcr C. Moore of
Harvard, Dr. W. W. Peet. for 30
years in' Constantinople;" John H.
T. Main, president of Grinnell col
lege, Grinnell, la.; Harold A. Hatch
of New York. Justict Victor Dovl
ing and Rabbi Stephen S. Wist,
New York. - ,
This committee will precede a
government relief ship to the field.
A medical unit will b amang the
first sent out, according to Dr. Bar-
THREE SMALL
CHILDREN DIE
IN FLAMES
Mother Away from Home and
Kiddies Try to Build Fire
v and Are Burned
to Death.
Three small children of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Berish, 5524 North
Sixteenth street were burned to
death Monday afternoon t at - 3
o'clock, during the absence of their
mother downtown. The children
were Steven, age 12 years; Helen,
3 years, and Joseph 1 year old.
Their father is employed s a
mechanic at the Union Pacific
shops. Five other children survive.-
They are Theresa, aged 16
years, and Mry, aged 14 years, both
employed at the Iten Biscuit com
pany; Andy, aged 5 years.; Charles,
6 years, and Margaret, 4 years old.
A neighboring woman, living at
5803 North Sixteenth street discov
ere'd and reported the fire. Mrs.
Berish returned shortly after the
fire had been extinguished. She
became hysterical when she learned
of the fate of her children.
Neighbors had told her to pre
vent her from throwing herself on
tl.e tharred bodies of her children.
"My children!" she moaned;
"bring back my children."
When her little son Andy -turned
from school, shortly after,
she clasped him to her in a frenzy
of grief.
Fire'Departmejit No. 15 answered
the call, and extinguished the flames
before they had damaged the house'
to any extent. Firemen believe the
fire was started by the children at
tempting to start a fire in a heating
stove.
Undertaker Tajgart took charge
of the bodies.
Huns Did Good Job on Mines
at Lens, Is Allied Report
Washington, Novrv25. Prelimin
ary surveys' of the coal fields of
Leqs, France, by fuel administration
officials indicate it will take, from
eight months to three years to put
all the mines into operation again,
Walter E. Hope cabled Fuel Admin
istrator Gafield today.
Six Arrested When'
They Flaunt Red Flag
'at Socialist Meeting
New York7"Nov. 25. Four men
and two women had been arrested
for displaying red flags within
an hour after the opening of a
mass meeting of International
socialists at Madison Square gar
den tonight Two sailors had been
taken into custody for threatening
attitude they assumed towards
.the socialists,
There were several hundred
soldiers and sailors iaside the K "The ,Derfflinger was
".J 3 . . A I .1 f
Duaaing prepared to resent at
tacks on the government and re
cruits were being gathered in the
streets although a strong cordon
of police had been thrown around
the building, and the doors had
been, locked' .
By the Associated Press. ,
Paris, Nov. 25. The United States government's im
mense diplomatic success in obtaining from the allied govern
ments acceptance of President Wilson's points, with only one
reservation and addition, is becoming daily more apparent,
as the preliminaries for the approaching peace congress are
being outlined largely on the basis of the president's points.
ence in shaping the new order in
Europe.
These were some of the concep
tions put forward by the allied gov
ernments with tenacity and skill, but
always in a friendly spSrit.
United States for Justice.
The contentions of the American
government generally and substan
tially were that it had come into the
war not alone on account of speci
fic grievances against Germany, but
on account also of certain funda
mental principles of justice and
right. These principles had been
announced with fullness several
times by the American government
and had resulted in a great" effort
by the American people.
Looked at from Washington these
principles each 'time they had been
enunciated in part or in whole! had
been received favorably by the Eu
ropean peoples and seemingly by
the allied governments. If was not
meant to be understood Hhat the
American government hatl thought
the allied governments had formally
accepted them, but the attitude of the
ministers unofficially and of the
press and of eminent men ouside
Jhe immediate administrations and
of the peoples asa whole had caus
ed the conviction to prevail in Am
erica that these principles had been
approved and accepted as ideals on
which the war was being prosecut
ed. Did" Not Fight for Land.
The American people never had
been conscious that they were
fighting for territorial or colonial
interests of any allied goverments
excepting insofar as these came
within the frame work of the Am
erican government's princip!s Con
sequently, it was necessary to bring
out that these points, having bten
accepted by the central powers pre
sented a cleanjssue as to whether
they were to . Be officially accepted
by the allied powers.
If the allied powers could not
see their way clear to accept them,
the American government was in the
position of having conducted the
war for the purpose which were
not identical with those of the allies.
This presented a rather delicate
issue at the outset as it was realiz
ed that it might require the submis
sion of the entire subject to the
American congress. The European
ministers felt the force of the views
presented, and this in time brought
about1 an entire agreement upon
the American points as a basis of
peace negotiations.
Colonel E. M. House, the special
representative of the United States
government whn he arrived here
found little disposition among Am
erican and European friends to ac
cept as a totality the frame work
of peace as expressed by President
Wilson. Some European statesman
considered that the points had work
ed as a good solvent upon Germany;
that they had served their great
purpose in their effect upon German
unity, but that they should not be
observed too closely yhen it came
to formulating the practical details
of the settlement.
European Quarrel.
Allied statesman 'plainly put for
ward the view that, as the American
traditional policy had been one of
detachment from European affairs,
it was natural for the American
government wherfthe war broke out
in Europe to consider it a quarrel
among .EtKpaiy nations and to de
clare Irs neutrality-. 'f v ..
It was pointed out that fr two
years and a half the American gov
ernment observed its neutrality and
called the attention of both groups
of . belligerents to violation of sea
lw. Germany's offensive became
intolerable and America -entered into
the war both for that reason and
because America did have a com
munity, of ideals of government and
of human rights with the alies. Am
erica, as became a great country,
was impelled to put forth great ef
forts, and she Aid.
America Should Withdraw.
Allied statesman have fully appre
ciated the effect of American arms
in winning thevdecision. Neverthe
less, it was contended by some, this
had been a controversy among Eu
ropean nations and the wining group
it was suggested, supposed that Am
erica having accomplished her aims,
would return to its detachments and
allow the 'countries intimately con
cerned to arrange a settlement ac
cording to the European viewpoint
of the situation.
These statesmen made it plain
that they would receive eefy friend
ly counsef the United States would
offer.the more so because they knew
that America wanted nothing in a
material way for herself, but was
interested only in realizing her
ideals. The losses the other bel
ligerents have suffered in compari
son with those of the United States
have been cited as a reason for the
allies having a predominant influ-
WILL SINK GERMAN NAVY
TO AVOID CONTROVERSIES
London, Nov. 25. After an in
specti6n of the German battleships
and cruisers held by the entente and
finale settlement of their ownership
by the peace conference, aN of the
vessels -probably will be stwk as ap
parently there is no disposition on
the part of the entente to risk the
controversies that would be likely
in case of an attempted division of
them.
Describing the German warships
which surrendered to the British and
are now interned in Scapa Flow, the
correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph says:
"The German admiral's flag, white
with a thin black cross arrd two
black balls, indicative of his rank,
sTifl flew at the main topgallant of
the Friedrich Der Gross- as the
German' squadron moved between
the British lines. It hune limp and
dirty typical in this state ofail
the German ships and their crews.
The shipswere in such condition
thatthey looked like vessels laid
by for breaking up purposes. They
could not have seen paint for two
years. Their sides, funnels and
bridges were covered with red rust,
and the masts were black with soot.
The guns even had not been painted
for months. " '
in better
condition- than any of the others
and there was an appearance on
board that discipline was still in
vogue. On all the other ships the-!
crews, were lounging about, many on
the quarter deck, not recognizing
their officers. On the Derfflinger
the officers were parading smartly
about on their own quarter, and
the men were clean and orderly. As
we passed close to eaqh ship the
meir crowded the rail. They looked
miserable and drenched and cold.
Their clothing was nondescript.
There was an air of melancholy
and depression everywhere.
"The German officers have beetf
polite and no trouble has been ex
perienced with them. The British
officers have rejected all advences at
friendliness and have extended only
the 'necessary courtesy."
TALK BOLSHEVISM
ROUGHLY HANDLED
Soldiejrs, Sailors and Marines Rush Through Police at
Madison Square Garden to Pummel Those They
Thought Had Insidiously Attacked the
,i - . i -
Flag They Had Sworn to Defend.
By the Associated Press. '
New York, Nov. 2. Hundreds of soldiers, sailors and
marines broke through a cordon of police surrounding so
cialists who had attended a mass meeting at -which bolshe
vik doctrines were expounded. The men and women, leav
ing the hall, broke and fled as the men in uniform charged
past the police but were pursued into side streets in all di
rections. The attack on. the socialists came at the close -'of a
meeting - which threatened, from the moment it began
i,i- , t, ...oo it.
i v Li vatv iiiiir a ' iuli i l rvas van
ed ostensibly to protest against' the
execution of Thomas J. Mooney, bul
Scott Nearing, who presided, and the
other speakers devoted inost of their
attention to pleas for the release df
"Political" offenders.
Arrested for Wearing Red Flags.
Sev eral men and women were "ar
rested for displaying red flags
smuggled into the garden in defiance
of an edict by Mayor Hylan. Large
CHILE AND PERU
ON VERGE OF WAR
OVER NITRATES
Consuls Withdrawn After
Demonstrations by Citizens
Indicated That Break
Was Imminent.
Santiago, Chife, Nov. 25. The
Chilean government has'decided to
withdraw its consuls in Peru in
order to avoid untoward incidents"
which might take place in case of
outbreaks in Peru and -Chile.
Lima, Peru, Nov. 25. It is offi
cially announced that Peru has with
drawn her consuls from Chile as a
result of the renewal of anti-Peruvian
rioting in Iquique and Antofag
astju , f v
Tacna-Arica Nitrate War.
The Tacna-Arica controversy ap
parently is approaching a critical
stage following anti-Peruvian' dem
onstrations in Idiique last night
The residence of Peruvians and their
business houses are reported to
have been stoned and looted. The
Peruvian club was closed and the
Peruvian consul was forcibly placed
aboard the Chilean steamer Palena,
bound for Callao.
. The possibilities of hostilities be
tween Peru and Chile, was the one
topic of discussion in, Lima today.
It is reported that the Peruvian
government has canceled all Chile
an consular exequaturs (here.
Iquique dispatches" indicate that
no attempt was made by the Chilean
authorities to prevent the anii-Peru-vian
outbreak, 'although a , strong
garrison is maintained at that port.
Lima is quiet.
Yankee Sub Chasers
Start Return Trip to
United States" Ports
QueenStown, Nov. 5. A number
of American submarine chasers, ac
companied by the p"?TPent ship Buck
nell, left today for the United States.
Mauretania Sails froth
Liverpool to New York
Liverpool, Nov. 25. The Cunard
line steamship Mauretania sailed
from Liverpool this morning bound
for New York. The vessel carried
a large number of,passengers.
Early in the war the liner Maur
etania was used by the British
government as a hospital ship.
1
Italy Makes New' Bid For
Great Trade With America
New York, Nov. 25. A frarik invitation to Amer
ican exporters and importers to join in the development
of Italian-American trade, with a promise that the Italian
market will be open to Americans under the most favor
able auspices, was extended by Count Macchi di Cellere,
ambassador from Italy, before 'the Manufacturers' Ex
port association here today. (
Italy's former external trade, the envoy said, .had
been "dislocated in a manner that is decidedly in your fa
t vor and it is left entirely to you to secure to American ex
ports the place you feel they should have in the Italian
market."
Count di Cellere urgd American exporters to es
tablish agencies in Italy; rather to depend on their
branches in other European countries to develop the
trade of his country, i 1
. - y
numbers of men in uniform entered
the building before the doors were
locked with the avowed determina
tion 'of nreventing attacks upejii tht
government. They were restrained
with difficulty by police and detec
tives from making an assault on the '
stage. .Scores of fistjights were in
terrupted by officers. . , ,
Soldiers and sailors who were ui
,ablc to get into the meeting sent oui
patrols to round up all the jnen in
uniform who could be found to join
the charge on the socialists . which
had been planned to take place when
the oratory was ended and inter
nationalists started for their homes.
D;nounce Bolsheviki.
Madison Square Garden was the
rallying point for the military. Tbeyi
quickly staged an impromptu mass'
meeting at which speakers denounc
ed the "Bolsheviki." Thfcy were
cheered not only by (he men in uni
form but by civilian sympathizers.
When some one called upon loyal
Americans" to charge the garden and
attack the internationalists, several
hundred responded.1 They were
driven back, however, by mounted
police and men on foot . who had
surrounded the building.
Realizing that they had failed fr
the first attack the soldiers- and
sailors resumed their" meeting and
awaited the 'arrival of reinforce
ments. Probably 1,000 men of both
branches of the seryice"Siad as
sembled by the time the meeting ad
journed. r - ,.
Police Helpless
The openingof the'-doors of the
garden was the signal for a second
charge which the police were unable
to repel. The soldiers and sailor
fought their way past swinging night
sticks and attacked the socialists
who had packed the big building.
Almost instantly the square was
filled with yelling, running, fighting
men. The screams of women, most
of the,Ti .wearing red roses or carna
tions in lieu of the forbidden flags,:
rose above the din as theylawed and
scratched the soldiers and sailors
who were pummcling the male so
cialists. Mounted police, reinforced ,by
automobile loads of reserves rush
ed from every stati6n house within
a radius of miles, struggled valiantly
to clear the square but made little
progress. Soldiers ad sailors,
thoroughly angered by what they
considered an insidious 'attack on
the flag they had sworn to defend,
paid little attention 'to blows frpm '
night sticks. They were bent on
getting revenge from the interna-1
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Four.)
War Clerks Appointed -in
Iowa and Nebraska
Washington, D. C, Nov. 25 (Spe
cial Telegram) The following
clerks have been appointed in the
Wat department: Elizabeth Ii Bot
holfT, Ottumwa, la.; Eleen A. Tar
rant, Dubuque. Ia.; John Birschman,
Council Bluffs, la; Lucille C Kelley,
Omaha; Emily B. Byron, Omaha;
Ella M. Allen, Mitchellville, la.;
Anna L. Luther, Waterloo, la.; Rutlr
H. Windsor, Nodaway, la. -'
Civil service examinations will be
held on January IS for presidential
postmaster at Genoa, Neb.; salary
of postmasUr, $1,600.
Nugent Wins Re-election.
' Bois, Idaho, Nov. 25. Official
canvass of the Idaho vote on No
vember 5, confirms the re-election o
Senator Jfflin Ff Nugent, democrat.