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WOMAN TO SERVE AS ,-
SHERIFP IN KANSAS.
' Topeka, Kan., Nov. 30. Mrs. Cora
E. Kilborn of AnthonyTjs the first
woman sheriff in Kansas. Sheas
appointed today by Governor Capper
to fill try vacancy caused by the
death -of her husband. Sheriff Kil
born of-Harper county, who died
November 27.
HIGHER PRICES FOR
. WOJJEN'S SUITS FORESEEN
- , Cleveland, O., Nov. 30. The Na
tional Association of Cloak and
Suit manufacturers closed a two
days' convention here today.
, . Manufacturers believe that prices
. of suits and cloaks for next spring
r. and fall may be 25 per cent higher
than in 1918, due to the jncreased
cost of labor and operating expenses.
The skirts for spring will be built
on youthful lines, not too tight, and
having the appearance of tapering
" at the footlinc.
"YELLOW KID" AND PAL ,
CONVICTED OF SWINDLE.
. . Chicago, Nov. 30. Joseph ("Yel
low Kid") Weil and James H. Head,
his associate; today were found
guilty of defrauding Charles Wor
- den, Fort Wayne, Ind., banker, of
$15,000 -by bogus stock sale and
were sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary and a $2,000 fine each.
MALT LIQUOR NOW
. BARRED FROM IMPORT.
Washington Nov. 30. Customs
authorities at ports have received in
structions to refuse entry of malt
" liquor after midnight. tonight and to
seize any arriving after that hour.
This might affect small quantities
'of malt liquor imported from Eng
land, although these shipments have
been decreased lately in anticipate r.
of the prohibitory orde"r effective
tonight.
PRECAUTIONS NEEDED
TO BAR OUT "COOTIES"
New YofU, Nov. 30. If New York
and other ports of debarkation are
not to be subjected to "the old Mo
saic plague of lice visited upon
Pharoah and the ancient Egyptians,"
American soldiers returning from
overseas must- be thoroughly "de
loused" before they are permitted
- to meet their relatives, declared
Health Commissioner Copeland, in
a statement tonight. Typhus and
trench fever are carried by "cooties,"
he said. f
Dr. Copeland expressed his grati
fication that the port health authori
v ties had ordered transports held in
quarantine until a complete exanii
nation of those aboard had been
, made., -
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PRESS MATTER TO HAVE
PRECEDENCE ON CABLES'4
Washington, Nov. 30. Postmaster
General Burleson today issued this
statement:
"An understanding's been had
with those, who have the immediate
-direction of. the, transatlantic cable
service that every f acilitV cojtnrnen
v surate with its importance, will be
given the news associations and
representatives of individual news
papers for handling press matter
during the period of the peace con
ference. ' .
"No discrimination will be per
' mitted, and press matter at press
rates will, where possible to do so,
not be shunted aside, but handled
promptly so as not to impair its
' value as news." . .. .
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST" IN
THE' GREATS AND GLORIOUS WEST THAT'S OMAHA
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DISPATCH
PROTEST
POLISH-FRENCH
VETERANS COME
HERE TUESDAY
Ten Wounded Hetoes Will Be
; , Entertained and Will
- v Hold Meeting for
Poles.
V . - r
Ten wounded , heroes of the
Polish-French army will arrive in
Omaha early Tuesday morning.
. and will be honor guests here during
the day.. Lt John Chodsko, who
served in the French army since
1914 and was wounded ijJ.3 times,
heads the commission. 'Every man
in the oartv has seen. active duty
since the outbreak of the war, and
every one of them has been wonud
rA most of them manv times. The
twentv-third time Lieutenant Chod
sko was wounded he lost his right
leg, and many of the other veterans
also are cripples.'
The soldiers will be guests at the,
rhamber of commerce at noon Tues
day when Mayor Smith, H. H. Bal
dritre and Father Michael -Gluba
will be among, the speakers. ..Tues
day afternoon they will be enter
tained at the city hall by the city
commissioners. In the eveningjhey
will hold a mass meeting at the
South Side High school for Polish
nrnnle. x
The delegation will visit Fort
Crook and Fort Omaha Wednes
. day forenoon and will be entertained
at luncheon at Pulaski's hall at noon
by the Polish women (of St Fran
cis parish. They will leave Wednes
day afternoon for St. Louis, Mo.
Besides Lieutenant Chodsko, the
commission includes Sergeants M.
Tarnrvr frutki and W. Hoffman;
Corp. Joseph Misrflewski and Pri
vates Joseph Wawrzniak, Franciself
Mulak, Emiliatt Niewiarowski, Wy
ladislaw Jablouski, Piotr Kluscynski
and Jan PiskorskL ?
Prominent Woodman Dies
t In East; Fraser atFuneral
v Buffalo, N. Y. Not. 30. (Special
Telegram.) Roch Dembowski, prom
inent in the Woodmen of the World,
died Friday night at his home here,
179 Sobieski atieet Many prora-
i tent men of the order, including
Grand Master Fraser of Omaha,
will attend the funerai which will
' be held; Sunday afternoon at Holy
Mother Of Kosary caurca. ;-
TO BERLIN
French Government Demands
Mistreatment of War
Prisoners in Germany
Shall Cease.
Paris, Thursday. Nov. 28. The
French government, through Mar
shal Foch, will send a vigorous pro
test to Berlin concerning the treat
ment of war prisoners, Edouard Ig
nace, under-secretary for military
justice and pensions, announced in
the Chamber of Deputies today. He
said the new government in Ger
many treated the prisoners no bet
ter than the oldpne.
Intend to Punish Germany.
London, Nov. 30, via Montreal.
The coalition government, if it is
returned to power, will insist upon
the personal accountability of for
mer Emperor William lot" the
crimes for which he personally was
responsible, said Sir Frederick E.
Smith, British attorney general, in
an election speech yesterday.
Sir Frederick said it was also the
intention "of the coalition govern
ment to punish Germany, which had
woken every law, human and divine.
With regard to the Germans in
terned in England, the attorney gen
erat announced, it was the govern
ment's intention) send, them back
to uermany.
' Seek Neutral Inquiry.
Berlin. Nov. 30. The German
government has proposed to the en
tente nations that a neutral commis
sion be established, to examine the
question as to who will b responsi
ble for jhe war.
Guilt Confessed.
London, Nov. 30. (British Wire
less Service) Fuller reports of the
statement published by Dr. von
Bethmann-Hollweg, the former im
perial German chancellor, in the
North German Gazette shows that
although he attempts various argu
ments in excuse for his snare in
German guilt for the war, he makes
the following confession:
"But above all. we must contess
that by our deficiencies of national
character and bv the si'mr of our
general behavior we have contribut
ed to tne waniice Tension wuu.ii
filled the air for the last few years.
Words which might be taken as
provacation were repeatedly uttered.
The pan-German activities at home
and abroad have done us the great
est harm, but above all, our naval
policy brought us the most fatal opposition."
Ex-Kaiser Shifts Blame.
CoDenhatren, 'Nov. 30. Former
Emperor William of Germany, at
tempted to shift the blame for the
vlar to the shoulders of Dr. Theobald
von Bethmann-Hollweg, former im
peril chancellor, and uottieio yon
Jagow, former minister of foreign
affairs, in a nrivate conversation he
had with Dr. George Wegener, five
J It.fA.. U (laA fmm r..rmi n v
according to a report of the inter
view written for the Cologne Zei-
tung by Dr. Wegener. ,
"" The emDeror told Dr. Wegener
that the government's policy of the
last weeks before tne outoreak ot tne i
war had been carried on by Dr.
von, Bethmann-Hollweg and Herr
von Jagow alone. v
MI knew no more aoout it tnan
that," he declared. "Against my will
they sent me to Norway."
Sussex Victim's Widow
Lodges Murder Charge
Against Former Kaiser
Paris, Nov. 30. Madame Prieur,
widow of one of the victims of the
"hcrpedoing of the Sussex by a Ger
man suDmanne, nas ioagea com
plaint of murder in the eourts
against the former German emperor.
Beatrice Melcher Given
Damages f op 'Alienation
v Lincoln, Nov. 30. (Special.) The
supreme court affirms the judgment
of the Douglas county district court
which awarded Beatrice Melcher
damages against Abraham and Paul
ine Melcher, parents of her husband,
Reuben Melcher, in the amount of
$4,750, for alienation of affection of
her husband . i
At the time of marriage Beatrice
was 17 and Reuben 18. . - .
Germany Surrenders
Fleet in Black Sea to
Allied H aval Squadron
London.- Nov. 30. The allied
naval squadron which recently
passed through the Dardanelles
into the Black sea, anchored off
SebastopoL the Russian naval
base in, the Crimea, November 26.
The Russian ships, which were in
the hands of the Germans, and
also some German submarines,
were surrendered to the allied
naval representatives.
LAWMAKERS MAY
CHANGE FORM OF
COUNTY BOARD
Expected 'Democratic Trick
Scheme of Electing the
'Commissioners Wilt
Be Repealed.
As usual ' there is more or less
buzzing m . the court . house over
prospective legislation affecting that
temple of justice and county admin
istration. It is takerTTor granted the legis
lators will repeal the democratic
trick scheme of electing county com
missioners by districts, and go back
to the plan for election at large,
with requirement that the commis
sioners shall reside in specified dis
tricts. . They are expected to make
it impossible for the democratic
party to put over another self-serving
deal, such as was pulled off dur
ing the year.
Commission Plan Likely.
It is within the cards that thHaw
makers may go still farther and take
up a bill to place the county on a
commission plan ot government.
similar to the city administration.
The proposal is under discussion to
make five of the elective county offi
cers members ex-officio of the county
board. Such a board would act
in a general supervisory capacity,
each meet the head of a. depart
ment, and as often as necessary, af
ter the plan of the city council.
The proposed commission form of
government for county affairs is
said to have been indorsed by men
vho have given this matter careful
study. -v
Merger Alio Discussed.
The merger of county and city
governments, either by the legisla
ture or later in the constitutional
convention, is also discussed in a
serious manner. This consolidation
idea has been, adopted in various
communities throughout the United
States and has proved successful in
every instance. The court house has
been pronounced large" enough to
accommodate a consolidated govern
ment or at least most of it. Under
that plan, for instance, the road
work now being done under the
county engineer and the city engi
neer would be administered from
one office and by one general head.
An opportunity will not be over
looked to obtain an increase of sal
aries for-county ' officials and em
ployes as well as city firemen' and
policemen. 'The demand for more
pay is coming from all along the
line of the different public offices.
London "X)verflowing
With U. S. Sailors and
Soldiery on y Furlough
London, Nov. 30. American sail
ors and soldiers in large numbers are
on leave, and as a consequence they
are taxing accommodations in Lon
don. Scores have been unable to
find places to sleep. Hundreds of
soldiers are arriving from France
dailv for a seven-day leave, and
many hundreds of sailors have been
eranted' their first London leave.
American uniforms, therefore, pre
dominate in tne streets.
Hungary to Intern
. Mackensens Army7
on French Demand
' Cooenhaeen. Nov. 30. (Reuter's.)
The Hungarian government has
decided to intern the whole of Field
Marshal von Mackensen's army of
170.000 men. i" accordance with lhe
demand of the French government,
according to advice Irom Budapest
by way of Berlin. 'Von' Mackensen
has declared he would yield' to the
decision. . ' ' ' ' J- ''
Well-KnownChicago Banker
to Address U. Club Dec. 4
George M. Reynolds, president of
the ; Continental and Commercial
National bank of Chicago, .nil Sd-
dress member of the , university
club at a luncheon, December, 4. Mr.
Reynolds, served a term as president
of the National Bankers' association,
and is a member of the National
Currenty commission
The 'Curtain Rises
ADDRESS
CONGMSS
MONDAY
President Expected to Out
line American Plans for
Conference and Executive
Views on Legislation. 1 -
V
Washington, Nov. - 30. Seldom
has any utterance of President
Wilson been awaited with greater
interest than the ..nnual address he
is to deliver Monday at the opening
of the winter- session of congress
and on the eve of his departure for
Europe to attend the peace confer
ence. Members of the senate and
house expect to hear something of
American plans for the conference
as well as an outline of the execu
fives views of legislation needed to
aid in the task for readjusting the
war-wganized country to a peace
basis. X
Arrangements were made today
for a joint session in the hall of the
house Monday afternpon at 1 o'clodk
after congressional leaders had been
notified that the president desired to
be heard the first day of, the new
session instead of the second day, as
usual, in order to hasten his depar
ture. The address will constitute
his good-bye to congress and through
it, to the people, for he is expected
to sail on Tuesday. , , ' r",
Delegates Rank Undetermined.
No official conimerit was forth
coming during the day On tfrfc per
sonnel of the peace delegation an
nounced last night at the White
House. .No one would undertake
to say whether the president him
self would be regarded as a part of
the delegation accompanying him
or what might be the formal rsok
accorded the four delegates Sec
retary Lansing, former ambassador
Henry White, Col. E. M. House and
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. Informally
it was indicated at the State depart
ment that these points could not be
cleared up becauseof uncertainty as
to the course to be followed by the
heads of the associated governments
and their accompanying delegations.
hxact information was said still to
be lacking.
The State departmen made pub
lic "the names of the chief officers
(Continued on Pag Two, Column Three.)
.
Colonel Hersey Sends
Card from France to
Chamber of Commerce
i - -.
Robert H. Manley of" the Cham
ber of Commerce receiveda postal
card Saturday morning from Col.
H. , B. Hersey, formerly officer in
charge of Fort Omaha. 'The card
was from "somewhere in France."
The. Colonel sent his best regards
to the members of the Chamber of
Commerce and other friends in
Omaha, also assuring his friends of
his good health. t
This is the first word officials of
the Chamber of Commerce have had
from Colonel H"ersey since his ar
rival in France. During Colonel
Hersey's short stay in Omaha he
made many friends.
f '
Pick Antb.es' Successor.
George Anthes, who resigned from
service in the county clerk's office,
will be succeeded by Edward Palmer
of the county judge's office. Mr.
Anthes will have charge of the work
of checking county treasurers for the
state auditor's office after January 1.
COUNCIL
DEMAND!
BAN ON BREWING
DEPRIVES MANY
OF EtlPAOYHENT
brewers Will Make No Effort
to Contest Prohibition
War Measure; Says' ;
Spokesman.
; ' ,'
Washington, Nov. 30. Brewing
of beer and other malt beverages,
will stop ; at midnight tonight
throughout the United States. The
special presidential committee,
which recommended the presi
dential proclamation prohibiting
brewing as a ,war conservation
measure, decided, today to make,
no recommendation to: President
Wilson on ' suggestions that the
proclamation should be rescinded .
Will Bow to Law.
Newark, N. J., Nov. 30. The
brewers of the country will make no
effort at this time to have the ban
against brewing lifted, according to
a statement made tonight by Chris
tian W. Feigenspan, president of e
United States Brewers association.
"Not much can be accomplished
10 -far as I can see," he said, "be
cause Mr. Hoover is' in Europe. I
don't think it will be possible tt
make any test of the prohibition law
while the war is in progress. It is
a war measure, and I have no doubt
of its constitutionality."
10,000 Idle .in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Nov. 30. Ten thousand
men were thrown out of work,
and plants estimated in value at $10,
000,000 and representing $100,000,
000 investment were made idle at
midnight when the 16 St. Louis
breweries were closed, according to
government order. Manufacturers
of beer and near beer, the chamber
of commerce, Mayor Kiel and labor
leaders have made, vigorous efforts
to have the order modified, and there
are indications that there will be
some kind of a movement among
the manufacturers to hold together
their forces'in the hope that there
(Continued on Fare Tiro, Column Five.)
Dr. hiebhneeht, Radical
Socialist Leader, Sleeps
Two Nights in Palace
London, Nov. 30. When the
correspondent at The Hague -of .
the Daily Mail visited .the royal
palace at Berlin recently, he found"
the aged servants there bursting
with indignation over ttfe fact that
Dr. Liebknecht, the radical so-
sialist leader, had slept in the for
mer emperor's bed. The corre
spondent quotes, the -servants as
'saying:
."That cursed Liebknecht slept
for two nights in- the kaiser's bed."
Ex-Kaiserin Falls
Upon Hubby's Neck
V Crying Like Child
London, Nov. 30. The meeting
of former, Emperor William and the
former empress at. Amerongen' is
described, by a Dutch correspondent
of the Daily Express. I
"The gates were thrown open,
the drawbridge was lowered Tvith a
noise of . chains and iron bah that
sounded very medieval, and in the
courtyard before the castle an eld
erly man in a gray military cloak
was seen at av distance, walking
slowly and. leaning on his stick," the
correspondent writes. "It. was the
ex-kaisef. The ex-kaiserin's car
was driven into the courtyard, the
ex-kaiser threw down his stick and
before the valet was able 'opened
the door and banded out his wife;
"They shqpk hands and then threw
themselves into-each other's arms,
the ex-kaiserin falling upon,, her
husband's shoulder and cryiilg like
a c hild. The closing of the gates
shut out a further view."- - ; v
Blunder Madein Fixing
.Second Class Postage Rates
Washington, Nov. . 30. The
amendment to the war revenue bill
adopted by the senate finance com
mittee, providing for new ' second
class postage rates affcr July 1, nex
made SO miles instead, of 200 miles
the limit for the old onercent per
pound srate, with one and one-'half
cents a pound, applying beyond the
50-mile area.
Senators said ' today they under
stood this zone was 200 miles and
some correction to meet the general
understanding may be made later.
PERU AND CHILE
PREPARING FOR
CLASH OF STEEL
Army Reserves Around Lima
Called? t6 Colors; Troops.
Sent to Quell Riots -:
at Antofagasta.
i
Lima, Jov. oU. lhe army re
serves in this region have been call
ed to the colors.
Three more Chilean consuls sailed
for Varparaiso today, having been
recalled. '
The Brazilian ministertoday re
ceived a telegram requesting him "to
proceed to Rio Janeiro immediate
ly. ,
Mobilization Ordered.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30.
The demonstrations at Antofagas
ta have assumed such a serious
character that the Chilian govern
ment has. sent the cruiser Captain
Prat to that port with troops, ac
cording.to press dispatches received
here from Santiago. The First and
Second ajmy divisions have been or
dered mobilized. - ' ' . . ! K,
Strive to Settle Dispute. '
Santiago. Chile. Nov. 30. The dif
ferences of opinion between Peru
and Chile concerning the carrying
out of the treaty 'of Ancon, which
provided for the final solution of the
possession of the provinces of Tacna
and Arica by . a plebiscite, are cen
tered on what authority will Control
the elections and who will be per
mitted to vote. r
V
SOLF GIVE
UP OFFICE
'Orders Also Seizure of A!
Documents Relating to J
Foreign Affairs and OJd
v Autocratic System.
Amsterdam, ov. 30. The Tage
blattof Berlin says it has been ofy
finally informed that the workmen's
and soldiers' council has demanded
tht most speedy retirement of Dr.
V. S. Solf. the German foreign sec
retarjt, The council also has or
dered the seizuce 4f all documents
relating to foreign affairs and ths
old government system. " v ,
Executive Council Attacked.
Berlin, Nov. 30. (By 'Associate!
Press.) TheT soldiers' - council - of
Greater Berlin, at a story plpary "
meeting today, expressed dissatisfaov
tion with the appointment of an exJ."
ecutive council of 28 men by adopt
ing a resolution appointing a repre-
setative from each of the seven regi
ments stationed, in ceryn to weigu
charges against the executive coun
organization.;, ; . '
.;. The charges bad been formulated
rmirT Jorps,.vhlcJr tjeelared, among
otnerinrngs, nat tne executive coun
iti laiAQu uiaicautfir aiitu. At .wa .
declared also that the executive
council had "shamefully debased the'
high aims of the councils, failed to
effect co-ooeration -with the soldiers
. i . f r ;i i
in oiner pans oi uermany, iicu iu ,
nrntprt th paatern border nd bin-
dered every orderly and ' practical
work." ; , ; ','-'.;:
Speakers at the meeting sharply
attacked the executive council and
were ' anuiauueu uoisicruuaiy, wunc
J the meeting hardly permitted the
rnemoers oi me council xo De neara.
The soldiers tumultuously applaud--
H a riprlaratiAn that- the prfrntiva
Council's ckntrol over the eovern-
Tnent was unnecessary since the sow
diers had the fullest confidence in
the government and demanded the
summoning of a constituent assenw
bly as speedily as possible. , v,.
Graft Charged.
Accusations of inefficiency and
grafting were supported by Herr
Gerhardt, himself a member of the
executive . council. Gerhardt ,.de
clared that the executive council
formerly - unanimously favored a -(Continued
on Pace Two, Column Two.)
Walter Weiler of Tfis
City is Killed in France
N. J. Weiler, 714 South Thirtieth
street, has just received word of the
death of his son, Walter N. Weiler,
who was killed in action October
30. ' Young Weiler was a member
of "the 362nd infantry, having enlist
ed in- San Francisco where he had
been employed on the San Fran
cisco Examiner. He was 24 years
of age. His father is employed by
Hayden Brothers. . '
Wilson Now Lukewarm
to League of Nations
roe I art
Oxford, O., Nov 30. Former
President William H. Taft, speaking
hpfort an audience tonieht at Miami
university on "The League of Na
llnnc " caid President Wilson had ;
once announced himself as favorable
to the establishment of the league -
but had since erown lukewarm.
However, it was hoped, he said, that '-.
when the president got on the other -
cide Vie umtilH rfiantre his attitude. '.
Commenting on objection offered.
'by some people" that a league of na
tions would be unconstitutional, Mr! ;
Taft said such were not only illogi
cal, but .ridiculous. They reminded
him, he said, of many .lawyers, who,
having lost cases on perfectly good
statutes, would then, as a last re- ;
sort, attack the constitutionality of I
me siaiuic, aim iuc again,
4
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