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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1918)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER .18. 1918. INDIANS MAKE GREAT RECORD JN WOPXOF WAR Cato Sells, United States Com missioner, Pays Tribute in Report to Showing of His Wards. Washington, Dec. 17. The Ameri can Indian by cnlistinj, in the army and navy, ly subscribing liberally to the liberty loans, by increasing the productions of foodstuffs on In dian lands and bv contributions to relief agencies, greatly aided the United States and the allies in win ning the war, declared Cato Sells, com111issioi.fr of Indian affairs in his annual report. Mr. iSclIs said that out of 3 J. 000 eligible for military duty, more than (,500 Indians entered the army, 1,000 enlisted in the navy and 500 were in other war work. "More than 6,000 of the enlistments were voluntary. Liberty bonds were bought, Com missioner Sells said, until Indians now hold the equivalent of one $50 bond for every man, woman and child of their race in the nation. Through it all, Commissioner Sells declared, a new view of life and his responsibilities is coming to the In dian. ' In tlie midst of the most decisive and expansive achievements of his tory," said the report "he is a learn er of the eternal principles involved He is a student of the rights of in dividuals, of nations and of inter national .thics. It is .something to challenge attention when 8.1100 or 10,000 of a i ace which, within the memory of liing men, knew little beyond the restraints tit" barbarism, cross the ocean as crusaders of de mocracy ami ci' iliation." The policy adopted in 1917 of giv ing control of their own affairs to as many of die Indians as possible has proven successful and fully justified, the report declares, adding that as fast as individual wards of t lie gov ernment become capable of self management their properties will be turned over to them. No Higher Car Fare Now; , City Wants Traction Line Evidence Submitted Not Suf- Commissioners Name Commit- ficient to Base Final De cison, is Ruling of ' Board. tee to Confer With Street Railway Officials Con cerning Purchase: Former Fremont Hotel Man Dies of Pneumonia in Omaha ' Fremont, N'eh., Dec. 17. (Special Telegram.) John Dexter, who died following an attack of influeha pnetmionia at his home in Omaha, was, formerly landlord of Hotel Terry of Fremont. He was born and grew up in Fremont and for years was in the train service of the Northwestern. He was 38 years of aj?e and a Knights Templar and Siiriner. The body was brought to Fremont and the funeral services will be held under Masonic auspices tomorrow afternoon. Nebraska's Wheat Acreage Not Record, Says Board Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special) Ac cording to an estimate of the State Agricultural association 3,511,000 acred of wheat have been sown in Nebraska this fall. This is not a good record, says the report, but exceeds the acreage of last year which was 3,015,844 acres. The estimates for the United States give the acreage this fall as 49,027,000 as against 40,301,000 acres last year, although but about 36, 704,0)0 survived for the harvest. Camp Dodge Military Band : to Give Concert in Fremont Fremont, Neb., Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) The Camp Dodge military band will stop in Fremont tomorrow for two concerts at local theater under the auspices of the Commer cial club and the home guards. The band is on a victory tour through 4he western states. All proceeds above expenses at the two concerts will be turned over to Red Cross. Fro? a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special) While on the face of the order the Nebraska State Railway com mission dismisses the application of the Omaha & Council Bluffs street tailway company for an emergency fare, it is really a continuance in order that the company may be re quired to furnish more testimony and that the commission itself may make an investigation into the mer its of the application. The order of the commission is "that the application of the company for emergency fares be and the same is hereby dismissed and the cause continued upon the application for permanent fares." Based on War Prices. In speaking of the application the commission says: "Ordinarily a physical valuation is not essential in determining the necessity of an emergency rate, but as testimony has been offered con cerning such valuation it will be one j oi the essential elements in ascer taining what the permanent rates of fares shall be, we shall discuss i briefly so as to point out what appears to be the principal deficien cies in the valuation offered by the applicant." ' "The valuation, so far as it goes, is based entirely on present day or war prices. We cannot view this as a proper basis of valuation, for it is conceded in the testimony offered by the applicant that prices are not extraordinarily high; that their ad vance had ''been vejy rapid and due to war conditions. Allow No Depreciation. ''This commission is committed to the doctrine that unit prices cannot iii" liH by taking prices at the time t the investigation and being gov erned solely by them." The commission then alleges that the application is defective because no allowance was made for deprecia tion except as to a few inconsider able items. After discussing the proposition of higher cost of opera tion because of higher wages, etc. it says: "l?v reason of the failure of the applicant to nike the full and com plete showing to the commission as to the operating of revenues, operat ing expenses and fixed charges properly chargeable against the Ne braska property, the commission li.ds itself unable to determine whether or not the revenues col lected by the applicant in Nebraska would be sufficient to pay a reason able return upon a fair value of the property devoted to the public use in Nebraska. No Emergency Now. "The commmission recognizes, however, that operating costs have increased materially in recent years, and that the present five-cent far.e, it continued indefinitely, might not leave the company a fair return on its property in Nebraska. The commission is therefore of the opin ion, and so finds, that an emergency does not exist; but that this case should be continued for the taking of further testimony, and in order to facilitate the investigation the com mission will immediately instruct its engineering department to proceed to make a check of the inventory and physical valuations returned by the applicant in testimony before the commission in this case." Former Kearney Woman Dies as Result of Burns Kearney, Neb.. Dec. 17. (Spe-cial.)-i-Ms. Lulu Hostetter, wife of FA Hostetter, of Maxwell, formerly of Kearney, suffered burns which resulted in her death through the explosion of some oil. m ra urn u&viufcjuyiuij win (So mm (Mty GH7 CDGRGQ ATTENTION! Labor Union Secretaries You are requested to tyeep a record of mem bers subscribing to the Christmas Red Cross roll call as a matter of record. S. C. JACKSON, Se. C. L U. The city council. Tuesday morn ing, took the first steps toward buv ing the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company property and operating it. The action came under a reso lution introduced by Commissioner Zimman, who asked that a commit tee of three, including the mayor, be appointed to confer with the street railway company officials to learn their attitude upon the subject and later to introduce a hill in the legis lature, empowering 'the city to buy and operate the street railway. , Chance For Bargain. "Mr. Wattles, president of the company, stated in this council chamber recently that the company would be glad to sell out to the city," said Mr. Zimman. "The company says it is in financial straits and it may be that the people can now ac quire the property at a bargain." Mayor Smith appointed Commis sioners Zimman and Ure to act with himself on the committee. Need New Law. As to the legal status of the move to buy the street railway, the mayor thinks a new law will have to be passed. The general clause of the city charter which enumerates cer tain utilities that the city can ac quire and operate does not mention the street railway, the mayor stated. Wattles Willing to Sell. Gurdon W. Wattles, president of the street railway company, declared that he is entirely willing to sell the, property to the city at a fair, legal valuation. Former Fremont Man Takes Position in Pittsburgh Fremont, Neb., Dec. 17. (Spe cial) C. A. Berg, formerly physical director of the Fremont Y. M. C. A., accompanied by Mrs. Berg was in Fremont on his way from Beatrice to Pittsburgh, where he will take charge of the physical department of one of the bran -h Y. M. C. A.'s. Mr. Berg left Fremont over a year ago to go to Camp Cody, where he was one of the directors of the army Y. M. C. A. Later he was at Oouglas, Ariz., and for several months has been at Beatrice. To Keep Uniforms. Washington, Dec. 17. A bill per mitting all men, who served in the nation's fighting forces during the war to retain their uniforms after they are mustered out, was passed yesterday by the house and sent to the senate. COMMITTEE FOR TOLERANCE TO FOREEGNSPEECH Report on Americanization Made to Governor, How ever, Advises Thorough Instruction in English. From a Staff Correspondent. N Lincoln, Dec. 17. (Special Tele gram) Instruction in some foreign language in private schools of Ne braska where parents understand little English, "for the purpose of giving some of the -children an op portunity to become sufficiently ac quainted with the rudiments of that language to receive religious in structions in it," is recommended in a report of the Americanization committee submitted to the govern' or today. The committee met September 16 and held 'an extended hearing. The report was signed by Theobald Kalajama, Ed. A. Coufal, F. W. C. lesse, Ray Nye, C. M. Gruenther, John T. Williams and J. P.. Miller. Judge W. V. Allen was sick and did not 'sign. Neither did Judge Sullivan. Favor Use of English. Among ' other recommendations are: That instruction in the English language be given in all schools of ! the state, both public and private. 1 The report also said that no pri-j vate school which uses a foreign language as a means of instruction j should be tolerated. Another recommendation is that the people of the state be allowed to hold church worship in any language necessary to their understanding. A number of the defense councils over the state have, in the past, prohibited . church worship in any language j other than the English. j Tolerance Should Be Used. The committee recommends that j the English language be used in all i public meetings whenever possible, , and that its use be encouraged in every way possible in the transaction j of business. It thinks, however, j that a spirit of toleration should j be exercised in cases where it is evi- i dent that a foreign language is be ing spoken on the street or in public places only when one or the other of the parties does not understand E.iglish. A lengthy report of the findings of the men present was sent to the governor. Parts of the report ?rc printed as follows: All In Favor of Kiiitllkh. Kvrrv minister and tracrhpp present at thff hearing Kavo Th comforlint; Husurance that they are cordially in favor of making KnKlisli the language In which all secular subjects are to be taught In the tower Krades of our schcools. Snnie plausible arguments were presented In favor of an exeption. W here a private or parochial school pives a complete course In Knglish in all the lower branches, and many of the parents do not understand Knglish arid wish to Keep In tou'-li with their children on relipious subjects, it was thought that the use of a foielgn language in religious Instruction, and in instruction In the rudi ments of that foreign language should be permitted. It would seem that in our state the principal difficulty grew out of the differ ences arising from the use of a foreign language In church services and religious instructions, t'oncernlng the use of for eign languages in churches and religious instruction In schools, the council of na tional defense iu?ver made a formal re quest nor even a definite pronouncement. As to the use of foreign languages In religious services, the evidence adduced st the meeting showed unmistakably that in many places in Nebraska the use of any language except Kpglish in religious serv ices had been prohibited by some of the eoiMity councils of defense. Evidence was submitted where funeral services were stopped by members of the home guards because the service were being conducted In Swedish. Tn other Instances, the ministers had been requested to hold the main service in Knglish anil a separate service for old people or those who could not understand English. Separate Meetings Impracticable. Where permission h is been granted and arrangerm tits tiave been made to hold sep arate services for thos' who cannot under stand Knglish. the plan wr:s found im practicable because It Involved the delicate G RAND PIANOS Priced to Suit the Pocket book of the Most Eco nomical Buyer. Exchange Privilege Waists bought at our store for Christmas Gifts, may be ex-ehai-.ired after Christmas any day between Xmas and New Years. Julius Orkin. 1508-10 Douglas St. The Electric, White Rotary is simply to be attached, by its cord, to any electric light socket. Perfect Control- A gentle pressure on the pedal starts the sew ing. No matter how great the speed, removal of pressure from the pedal stops it. Ready For Instant Operation and once used will prove indispensable. As A Christmas Gift It Is Sure to Be Welcomed, Not Only By The "Steady' - Seamstress? Bat By The Occasional W rker- Come In See It Demonstrated At MDCKEL'S Corner 15th and Harney Sts., Omaha Also 334 Broadway. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Open Every Night Till 9. i in T-nrirT $500 Smith & Nixon $250 $600 A. B. Chase $300 $1,000 Steinway $375 $900 Steger & Sons $475 $650 Schmoller & Mueller, at $495 Terms Arranged to Suit the Purchaser. These pianos have been used but are in the best condition and worth double the money. Do not delay call tomorrow because these wonderful bar gains will not last long. SCHMOLLER & MUELLER EES PMH9 CO. and Impowlbla task of egreatine the members of a congregation according to the languag which they best understood. With regard to the use of Knglish ex clusively In public places and on the streets, etc, the evidence dcvclcir t that In some cases resort has been hml to harsh methods lo compel the use of Knglish ex clusively. Evidence showed (hut In some cases parents wore denied the right of speaking In their mother tongue to their sons who were about to go to war. This usually occurred In cases w here the parents could nut understand Knglish. I'onsider- abla friction has resulted t various parts of the state over those language orders. Newspapers lluve Permit. The foreign language prens. representing the ;-ruian. !:inl;h. Swedish, relish and Holieiuian papers, also had a hearing tic fore the committee. It was shown that all foreign language papers now operate under permit from the government. These permits have been denied Iti many cases and in that way the had ones have Keen i . ., ,r . i ,,., .,, ,1,- Ar weeded out and those which are loyal and I-ailgford ot HoStO". WOI1 the dCCl helpful In their attitude townrd the gov- S1011 Over Jeff Clarke last lllgnt. eminent are licensed for publication. The llrenso may be withdrawn at any time. Py this method of supervision the foreign lan guage prens has been rvally a great holt I t oertain localltlee In all war work actlvl. ties ;.nd In the AmerlcanUatlon process. Langford Beats Clarke. Nashville. Tcnn., Dec. 17. Sam mmm .Lj) PHlfl.3 it's economy to buy good shoes and it's double economy when you are fitted at the Fry Store and at Fry Prices. Christmas Footwear makes an ideal gift a gift of a pair of Fry Shoes or Slippers would be appre ciated by anyone. 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Stetson Hat Initial Belt Buckle, 50c-$1.50 Leather Belt, 50c, $1 to $1.50 Suspender, boxed, at $1.00 Garter, boied, 35c, 50c, 60c Driving Glove, $2.50 to $12 Dress, Street Glove, $1 to $4 Fabric, Silk Glove. $1-$1.75 Boys' Gloves, Mittens, $l-$8 Silk Mufflers, $1.00 to $3.50 Silk Neckwear, 50c to $3.00 Men' Hosiery, 50c to $1.50 Safety Razors, $5.00 to $8.00 Boys' HiCut Shoe $3.50 to $6.00 imi nrnrnnn i Men' HiCut Shoe $10 to $17