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WOMAN BANDIT - A
GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE
Denver, Colo., - Dec. 21. Eva
Lewis, member of the bandit gang
which terrorized the Colorado
Springs . and. . Denver .. districts . in
September, today Vas sentenced to
serve from five to seven years jn
the state penitentiary.- The sent
ence is the minimum for one con
victed of robbery with a gun. Miss
Lewis was convicted on a charge of
robbing Miss Mildred Gates of Dal
las, Tex., andW. D. Otter of Chi
cago,, having aided two other mem
bers of the gang in holding up Miss j
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BROTHERLY HELP '
NOW BELGIUM'S NEED.
St. Louis. Dec. 21. E. de Cartier
A r , i , : di: :. .
vit iM.iLllitlllll,, UC1KIUIU UWIIISICI 10
: the United States, speaking tonight
before the St. Louis Commercial
club, declared that with Belgium de
spoiled by the Germans and their
factories ruined, Belgium faced the
. future and . reconstruction with the
same spirit that it faced the German
.hordes and that Belgium did not m
'tend to become a public charge
- f uponMhe charity of the world. He
declared Belgium looked to Ameri
, ca not tor acts ot cnarity, but a
brotherly help in industry and trade
WOMAN CONFESSES
KILLING MAN FOR $100.
Youngstown, O., Dec. 21-As M
result of the alleged confession at
. ' Elmira. N. Y.; of Mildred Gunder
man, alias Dolores Smith, that she
shot and killed Leo Martin here last
. September, a warrant charging
, murder was issued and she probably
' ,will be brought from Elmira early
1 next week. . .
Nt ... Search being made here for a
.1 taxicab driver who she said gave
? her $100 to kill Martin and furnish
5 ed the revolver,
'CAMP FUNSTON TO BE
. WINTER UNIVERSITY. "
s Camp' Funston, Kds., Dec. 21.
' Camp Funston is to be turned into
a wjnter university in which soldiers
' who will be here for any length of
time will be given instructions in
industrial and 'mechanical lines, as
well as military training, according
to a notice issued today-by Major
Gen. Leona'd Wood, commander.
' ASKS LAW PERMITTING
PAY TO WOUNDED MEN.
Washington, Dec. 21. rlmmediate
leg;slatioii to permit the War', de
pal tment to pay irt full soldiers re
turning qversea's for hospital treat
1 men was as1ed 'of congress today
bv Secretary Baker. ' . He said 97
per cet. of the soldier patients ar
U rive in the " United 'States ;-without
J service records, or otner papers
! showing the date to which they
were, last paid. Mt suggested a
!aw- authorising' theAYat depart
ment to pay. the men upon their
pei tonal affidavit as to the date of
last payment and condition of their
- accounts. S ' "" ' ' '
HIGH AUSTRIAN
OFFICERS UNDER
'POPULAR FIRE
Bitter. Hatred Toward Army
r Commanders Develops as
True History of
War Is Told.
v Vienna, Dec. 21. Popular indig
nation "over the general conduct of
the war, especially the "brutality,
"arrogance and incompetence" dis
played by the highest Austrian mili
tary commanders, found expression
in a resolution adopted by the Ger
man Austrian national assembly, de
manding .the appointment of a com
mission to investigate the cause of
Austria-Hungary's military collapse.
In a vigorous debate on the grave
I .. .lmil iminct lliffll offi-
r.rc if w Hcrlarrd members of the
imperial family, regardless of af?N
or military, capacity, naa Decn kjvc"
commands with mojst disastrous re
" suits. A field marshal who com
manded an expedition against Ser
bia was denounced as responsible
for the death of thousands whom
he drove to slaughter, insufficiently
munitioned, fed and clothed. Some
of the deputies declared that he
11.- . ... a htrri aoraincr
the entire .body of officers is developing-among
civilians. These of ti-
cers are accuscu iiuuhhj ,
" sale thefts during the war, of bv-
: l....-:,n..clr and ricrmtttinar their
-eanit IUAU1IVH.IJ r " .
wivr s to wear costly jewelry, while
the masses starved.
. The Vienna newspapers urge the
investigation committee to begin
vork before the accused implicated
are able to destroy the documentary
proof of their guilt.
Recommends Blood Serum
; for Influenza Pneumonia
- Kelley, commissioner of the state
department of health, today recom
mended tnat nospuais wun ww
tory facilities for blood examination
undertake to use the blood serum of
recovered influenza patients in treat
ment ot those afflicted with influenza
pnemnonia. Dr. Kelley made this
recommendation after being inform
ed of the success obtained with the
treatment at the naval hospital at
ChelseZ ' -c-
Mav Make Omaha Important
Military Center of . West
Washington, v Dv.C, - Dec .21.-
' (Special Telegram.) Representa
tive Lobeck said today that m talks
' with " War department officials he
had formed' the conviction that
Omaha would be made more impor
tant as a. war supply center than
ever before and ihat the army depot
there woutd supply the Dakota.
v.knaVa and . . oossibly half of
Iowa.
COUNTRY
DEMANDS
Minister Von Eckhardt
Recalled from Mexico
Candidates for Speakership
Watch Events Closely; Re-
forms Demanded in Sen
ate; Caucusto Decide.
Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee.
Washington, Dec. 21. (Special
Telegram.) While, there are two
avowed candidates for the speaker
ship of the house in the 66th con
gress, Messrs. Mann, of Illinois,
minority leader and Cillette, rank
ing member of the appropriations
committee, and other receptive can
didates watching close! the trend
of events, yet there is among all the
republicans a deep roofed determina
tion to iron out everything in the
party caucus.
Democrats Split.
Republicans are wise to the fact
that only through republican soli
darity can the solving of the coun
try's problems' concerning recon
struction along constitutional and
economic lines be satisfactorily
worked out.
On both, of these considerations
democracy , has seemingly gone
adrift, with the result that an alarm
ed country is demanding republican
harmony and not even the demo
crats are predicting anything but
republican unity.
The spirit in congress is akin to
that, which so quickly pervaded the
country when the president made
his appeal just before election fot
a 'rnhhr stamn national legisla
tive body. Repubiicin congressmen
seea. united party amopg-nre-reo1
pie and from that they are taking
the cue.
Cummins Gets Support .
In the senate certain committee
reforms were demanded by certain
senators directed against customs
and rules rather than against indiv-
ual senators.
Senator Cummins proposition to
thrtfw off the element of secret sur
roundinc the executive business of
the senate with special reference to
opening the doors when treaties and
nominations are under consideration
is meeting with general support.
This is significant, because during
the late' campaign Mr. Cummins
visited several western states and
rather successfully pleaded for har
mony among all republicans for or
ganization purposes.
, ; AH Men in Line.
.There was talk tttat several sen
ators, including Kenyon. La Fol
lette, Norris and others, would re
main out of caucus and possibly
co-operate with the democrats to
prevent republican organization of
the upper branch. -This has come
to naught.
. It is given out on good author
ity that Kenyon and LaFollette will
Continued on Page Eleven', Column Six.
by German Government
Mexico City, Dec. 21. Heinrich
von Eckhardt, the German min
ister to Mexico since 1915, and
the diplomat , who figured in the
Zimmermann disclosures early in
1917, when the German govern
ment made a futile attempt to line
up Mexico and Japan against the
United States, has been recalled
by the present German govern
ment. The diplomat expects to make
his farewell calls within a few
days and to leave for Germany
by way of the United States. ,
Minister von Eckhardt has been
credited with being the director of
violent anti-American propaganda
which has been carried out in
Mexico by pro-German and German-owned
papers, which, at vari
ous timesy published false stories
with the evident intent of em
broiling Mexico and the United
States in war.
YULETIDE
SPIRIT IN
FULL SWAY
M OMAHA
RED GROSS ROLL
CALL SECURES
MBERS
112,000 ME
Total Amount of Money Raised
Not as Much as Last Year;
Junior Memberships
Make Difference.
Washington, Dec. 21 The mem
bership roll of the American Red
Cross stood at 12,000,000 at noon
and was the answer of the Ameri
can people to the organization's
Christmas roll call which will close
Monday nhjht.
The central division still led with
approximately 4,000,000 members.
The Atlantic division was second
with 2,850,000. The Lake division
reported ;1,410,000 and the South
western division 1,050,000. Reports
were not received from several
divisions. '
Ten thousand nlore members but
$20,000 less in cash is the summary
of the second annual Red Cross
Christmas roll call, as compared to
last year's membership, drive. - Last
vear, the total memberships were
71,000, totalihg $76,000. This year
the memberships are in excess of
82.000 with between $50,000 and $60
000 in cash.
The big difference is attributed to
the Junior memberships, which this
year were issued for 25 cents. These
funds are not credited to the Omaha
Red Cross chapter but are retained
by the Junior Red Cross organiza
tion.
Campaign Successful.
"We feci the campaign has been
most successful, especially when we
consider the inroads of the niflu
enza and the difficulty in meeting
pledges made in. the recent united
war fund drive," said Henry Doorly
and Samuel S. Caldwell, in charge
of the local membership campaign.
"Some of the large business houses
did not draw the two days' pay
pledge from employes' salaries un
til last week, which was unfortun
ately too close to the Christinas
shopping period."
Final , returns from captains and
(Continued on Page Six, Column Three.)
Mrs. Kaljc Christens Ship
Named After Her Brave Son
Omaha Woman at Ceremony
dl uuiiiby, maao.i iiiicic
Destroyer First En
ters Waves.
Quincy, Mass., Dec. 21 The
United States destroyer Kalk, nam
ed ' for Lieut. Stanton E. Kalk of
Omaha, who lost his life when the
destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk by
a German submarine, was launched
hre today.
Mrs. Flora ' Stanton Kalk,
mother of the lieutenant, christen
ed the vessel. She had been engag
ed in naval Y. W. C A. work at
Brest and returned to this country
to act as sponsor at the request of
Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Lieut. Stanton E. Kalk in whose
honor the United Stated destroyer
Kalk was named is a former Omaha
boy, and was appointed to the naval
academy at Annapolis by Senator
Norris .Brown , in ,1912. He was
graduated from the academy in 1916
and after service on board the
Florida and San Francisco, was
transferred to th.e destroyer Jacob
Jones in the summer of 1917, losing
his life when that vessel was sunk
by a German submarine in the
North Sea.', December 6, 1917,
Lieutenant Kalk was a grandson
of Gen. T. H. Stanton, pioneer Oma
ha citizen, xhis mother being Mrs.
Flora Stanton Kalk, daughter ofJ
ueneral Stanton ana a sister ot airs.
T. P. Kennedy, 127 North Forty-
second" street. Mrs. Kennedy met
Mrs. Kalk in Washington, and ac
companied her to Quincy, Mass.,
where ' the . destroyer Kalk was
launched yesterday. -
. Relatives announce that Mrs. Kalk
will accompany Mrs. Kennedy to
Omaha and will spend the holidays
here returning o her .work in the
f
naval'Y. M. C. A. at Brest, France,
January 31.' (
t When the Jacob Jones was sunk
the commanding officer was David
Worth Begley, brother-in-law of
Secretary of the " Navy Daniels.
Lieutenant Kalk was officer of the
day and was cited for,his bravery in
saving the lives of many of his men.
and by saving the ship's records a
few moments before the vessel fi
nally sunk. .He succeeded in gaining
a raft, but found it too crowded and
considering the life of the men in
his charge, he volunteered to swim
to another raft, and succeeded in do
ing so, dying from exposure a few
hours afterwards.
First" Peace Observance of
Holiday Since. 1913 Sees.
Streets of City Jhronged
With' Happy Folks.
It is a real victory Christmas the
first Christmas since 1913 the world
lias not been at war. And never be
fore has Omaha seen such happy
holiday crowds and perhajMi never
in the hist6ry of the world has
there been such a universal spirit of
joy. For the first time in nearly
five ' years peace again reigns on
earth and, the deep felt gratitude is
reflected in the gladness of the
Yuletide feeling.
Soldiers who left a year ago amid
tears and sorrow- are bping wel
comed with, smiles and happiness.
Already several hundred boys from
Omaha, who were in the service
have been released and are home
from war to pass the holidays with
home foks. They were everywhere
in evidence among the Christmas
shoppers last night.
Managers of Omaha's large stores
say that never before were there
such crowds and such a true holiday
spirit. Ihey are not tired Christ
mas shoppers" his year. They are
patient and courteous and the busy
girls behind the counters find it a
pleasure to wait on them. The
spirit of real democracy and good
fellowship is abroad in. the land,
all agree, in stores, the shop and
factory, as well as the homes.
Sisters Thoy Are.
For instance, in a large depart
ment store last night, a pretty so
ciety girl was buying sox for her
brother. "I don't know what size
to get," she studied. "He is only 19
but it seems like his feet are aw
fully big." She smiled at the girl
behind the counter as she added:
"He has been" in the army but has
been mustered out and we expect
him home tomorrow."
"I think size 10 would be all
right," suggested the shop girl, "I
had a kid brother just that age, he
wore 10's. He was in the army, too,
was killed in action at Verdun." She
turned abruptly to wrap a package.
Later when she got her package
the shopper asked. "Any folks?"
"No, there was just he and I."
"What are you going to do
Christmas?"
"Oh, I don't know, nothing much,
I guess."
"Won't you come out and have
Christmas dinner with us? I'd love
to have you meet my brother and
I'll come down and get you if you'll
tell me where you live!"
And so it was arranged.
Soldier Boys Lucky.
The soldier boys stationed in
Omaha all will be remembered with
Christmas presents. Many of them
will be guests ii Omaha and everything-possible
will be done to
give them, . every one, a merry
Christmas. At fort Omaha a big
Christmas party will be held in the
Knights of Columbus hall tomorrow
night. All the soldiers stationed
there have been invited and each one
will receive a box of Christmas pre
sents.
Although the influenza epidemic
prevents the usual Christmas trees
and programs in the churches there
will be religious services and beau
tiful programs of songs and Christ
mas carols. Choirs in all of the
churches have panned special song
services and the sweet old songs of
"Peace on Earth Good Will to
Men," will be sung withja new fer
vor and listened to with a new joy
ths Christmas.
The influenza, too, has caused
unusual suffering in Omaha this
vear and tne can on chanty has
been greater than St . ordinarily
wou'il have been. But Omahans
have ' made a generous response.
More than twice as much money has
been donated to the poor as on any
previous Christmas.
. ' Bee Shoe Fund.
The Bee shoe fund provided warm
shoes for hundreds of poorXJittle
kiddies and the Associated Chari'des
has helped scores of families who
have been victims of the epidemic.
The civHiSn relief department of the
Red Cross has been busy in orks
of mercy among the poor and needy
of the city and the Volunteers of
America will provide Christmas
dinners for many poor families.
the salvation Army, apostles ot
Christianity among persons whom
many of the other charities do not
reach, will' also bring Christmas
cheer and comfort to hundreds.
T
Braving the Flu(e)!
mm
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MAN ACCUSED
OF KILLING GIRL
TAKES HIS L
H. Piper Twists His Col
lar into Shape of Rope
and Hangs Himself
in Cell.
Coal Price Restrictions . .
to Continue Until Feb. 1
.Washington, Dec' 21. Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield announced to
day that maximum prices on coal
and zone regulations on fuel ship
ments will not be removed before
February 1. There had been re
ports recently . that all restrictions
would be removed about the first of
the year, ,. v ...
77" a
Muskegon, Mich., Dec. 21. Milo
H. Piper, charged, with the murder
of Frieda Wefchman of Chicago,
committed suicide in his cell in the
county jail early tonight by hang
ing. The body was discovered by
Attorney Charles B. Cross, who
had called to consult with him.
Piper was last seen alive about 7:30
o'cloVk.
Officials of the jail for a time
denied that Piper ended his life, but
after an examination1, Dr. Samuel A.
Jackson, county physician, announc
ed the accused man was dead.
Piper, it is said, removed his col
lar, twisted it as nearlv into the
shape of a rope as possible and se
cured it around his neck. Then
looping his belt through the collar
he fastened it to the cross bars 'of
the cell gate'and threw the weight
of his body into the noose, ending
his life.
A double barreled shotgun more
than 17 years old, and three tennis
recquets were found, according to
the police, in the home of Piper
The girl identified as Miss Weich
man, the police announced today was
killed with a shotgun held close
to her head so close, they stated
that the felt-wad from its shell fol
lowed the shot through her skull
and lodged in the lower jaw. A
number of shells, with similar wads,
were found in the Piper home. ;
Up to the last Piper maintained
his innocence in connection with the
death of Miss Wreichman, who he
was charged with killing in order to
hide from his wife and child here his
alleged bigamous marriage in 1916 in
Indiana. - -
Mrs. Hilda Carlson Piper,
dead man's wife, who had remained
unshaken in her belief in .Piper's
innocence was near collapse-tonight.
England Preparing to
Observe Christmas in
Old-Fashioned Way
London,. Dec. 21 The whole
country is preparing for the first (
old-fashioned Christmas In five
' years, with more than old-fashioned
enthusiasm. Nearly all the sol
diers in Great, Britain are flocking
to their homes on a 12 days' leave,
thousands more are coming across
.the channel, while colonials and
Americans are pouring in for sight
seeing.
The theaters and restaurants
are doing a record business. No
hotel rooms are vacant. ,
YANKS
occupy
GIBRALTAR ON
BANKOF RHINE
Big Fortress on Promontory
Dominating River Now
Headquarters of First
Pioneer Infantry.
Coblenz, Dec. 21. The German
tortress ot tnrenbreitstein, some
times called the Gibraltar of the
Rhine,, 011 the opposite bank of the
river from Coblenz, was occupied
by American troops Friday. The
commander of the American forces
is Col. Robert Boyers, a West Point
graduate of 1903.
The fortress, which is situated on
a rocky promontory 400 feet above
the river and occupies more . than
100 acres, will accommodate thous
ands of men. It will be used for the
present as the regimental headquart
ers of the First Pioneer infantry ahd
two battalions of pioneers. .
Mullen Returns Home.
Washington, D. C, :Dec. 21.
(Special Telegram.) Democratic
National Committeeman Mullen, of
Omaha, who has be-;n in Waslung-
the f ton attempting to iron out a num
ber ot income tax cases before the
Treasury department, left tonight
for Nebraska. ' - .
Influenza Epidemic Is
Direct Result of World
War, Declares Dr. Jenks
He's Not-Surprised, He Says, Strange Disease Puzzles the
Best Physicians Because They Study It From Material
View Instead of 'From Religious and Social
''Psychology.
That the doctors of Omaha, and the world, for that mat
ter," do not know the causes and the nature of the scourge
of influenza is no surprise to the Rev. E. H. Jenks, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, who is convinced that the epi
demic is of the sam nature as the pestilences which terror
ized the world in the days of the Egyptians, the Chaldeans,
the Assyrians, Hebrews, Romans and on down through the
middle ages, even to modern times.
World-wide tpidemics, he, points
out, have followed every great war,
every great social and political con
vulsion. They are visitations men
tion in the Bible for the purification
of the world, he says.
Doctors study epidemics from
their material standpoint. They iso
late germs, devise hygienic systems
and means of prevention of the
spread of plagues.
Ministers . study epidemics from
the sandpoint of religious and social
psychology, especially . , disease
waves thatare world , cataclysms.
With the Bible, bearing its record
of past ages,xits experiences and its
prophecies, as their text book, they
see in such, epidemics as the influ
enza the working out of the inevit
able law of God, explains Dr. Jenks.
Victims of War. '
Every man7 woman or child , in
Omaha who suffered from or died
of influenza was a victim of war,
just as much a victim as if he had
died of bayonet stab or poison gas
or shrieking shrapnel, Dr. Jenks be
lieves. The souls of the countless
thousands who .have died of the
disease, he declares, will join in a
tragic chorus of "je accuse" before
-
the throne of eternal justice. It is
another crime of fr'ghtfulnejj add
ed to the long list of indictments al
ready preferred by civilization
(Continued an T Thrt, Columm One.)
SPIRIT OF TRUTH
WILL DOMINATE,
ASSERTSIVILSON
Would Have League of Na
tions Operate as Organized
Moral Force of Men
Throughout Word.
Paris, Dee. 21. The president's
first week in Prince -finds the pre
. liminary situation surrounding the
peace conference fairly well de
veloped toward the point where,
according to the president's ex
pressed view, it will be worth
while for the United States to par
ticipate. The president's conferences
with French and Italian statesmen
have served to emphasize that he
considers a treaty of peace not
enough, but that the general agree
ment to be made among the na
tions must include a satisfactory
' settlement of the question of the
freedom of the" seas and a league
of nations, t , ' 1 '
The president now goes to Eng
land to continue the discussions
there along the same lines as those
he had with the representatives of
" France and Italy which the presi
dent's advisers describe as having'
been satisfactory. , j
" Wilson Giitfn DegFee.
Paris, Dec. 21 President Wil
son, in acknowledging the honor
bestowed upoji him today bythe
University of Paris in the form of
a doctor's degree, said:
"I feel very keenly the distin
guished honor which has been con
ferred, upon me by the great Uni
versity of Paris and it is very de
lightful to me ' also to have the
honor of being inducted into the
great company of scholars whose
life and fame" have made the history
of the University of Paris a thing ad
mirable among men of cultivation in
all parts of the world.
"By what you have said, sir, of
the theory of education which has
been followed in France and which
I have tried to promote in the
United States, I am tempted to ven
ture upon a favorite theme. I have
(Continued on Pag Six, Column One.)
Children Dying of Hunger
in East Side of New York
New York, Dec. 21. Aroused by
reports that with Christmas ap
proaching,' east side children are
"fainting in school rooms and dy
ing at home from hunger" because
their parents cannot pay the pre
vailing high prices for milk and
staple . foods, representative citizens
today organized a committee to
"feed them first and investigate
afterwards." '
A plea that something be done
for her pupils, who were "slowly
starving to- death," was made re
cently by a teacher to Joseph S.
Markus, a banker who now heads
the relief organization. Mr. Markus
himself visited schools, hospitals
and tenements, and todav issued a
statemfnt dealing with conditions
on the east isde.
Red Cross Christmas Boxes
tjiven to Wounded Soldiers
Unable to demonstrate Omaha's
hospitality to 40 wounded soldiers
who passed through the city at 1:30
o'clock ' Sunday morning, members
of Oma' 1 Red Cross canteen -corps
who are also members of the Na
tional League for Woman's Service,
placed m the hands of the command
ing officer, 40 Christmas boxes, du
plicates of those packed for the sol
diers at Fort Crook.4
Mrs. Lutner Kountze, command
ant, met the train, but on account of
the late hour, the wounded men
were not disturbed,
SENATORS
CLASH IN
DEBATE M
REVENUE:
Provisions in Dispute Adopted
by Strict Party Vote; ;
Measure Now Expected
to Pass Monday. ;
Washington, Dec. 21. By a strict
party vote the senate late today
adopted all provisions in . the war
revenue bill, prescribing taxrateV
for 1920, which democrats advocated
and republicans opnosed, but failed
to reach a final vote on the measure.
Adjournment was taken until Mon- I
day when its passage is expected.
Disposition of the controvertel :
1920 tax provisions designed to .'(
raise about $4,000,000,000 as com
pared with the $6,000,000,000 estf)
mate for 1919 precipitated long and ' ;
spirited debate, with numerous pa? .
tisan clashes: , i
Action was taken .Virtually on a I
test vote in disoOsinsr of the nrovi- i
sion reducing the individual incom -
normal tax rate to 8 per cent, in
1920. On a motion by Senator. M& I
Cumber of North Dakota, republN J
an, to strike out this section 37 denv
ocrats voted to retain it and 31 re
publicans were recorded for its elinf
ination. ft
Later all other 1920 provisions
were adopted with perfunctory viva
voce votes. Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania, senior republicaffi
member of the finance committee,
offered motions to strike out the
sections, but these were bowled over
by a chorus of democratic "nays"?
Reduce Income Ta'k. ',:.
Among the 1920 clauses. thus ap-.
proved was the provision for re
duction in that year of the corpora
tion normal income tax rate from 12 "
to 8 per cent. In similar manner
the senate adopted the 1920 war ex?
cess profits tax sectioB, prescribing
excess profits ranging from 20 to 40
per cent in lieu of those from 20 tot'
60 per cent for 1919 and abolishing
the 80 per cent war profits levy after
1919. An amendment by Senator
Jones of New Mexico, democrat, toi
continue war profits taxes in 1919
was voted down, 44 to 15. ' . f-,
Disposition of the 1920 tax ques--tion
caused such protracted debate;
that Chairman Simmons abandoned!
plans for a night session and agreed
to.:adournment until Monday at 10
o'clock in an effort to expedite paSs-
age that day. with a night session iff
necessary. With this issue out of,
"the way, senate leaders predicted
that other provisions including th&
inheritance, luxury and -other sec
tions, would be disposed of speedily
Impugn Democrats' Motive, j-
In the partisan contest over fix :
ing rates at this time for 1920, Senf'
ators fenrose, lownsena ot Micu 3
igan, McCumber of North Dakoti' j
and Smoot of Utah, led the repubf " J
lican attack, while Chairman aim
(Continued on Page Six, Colunia loar.
Broatch to Aslc Law j
Makers Tor Recount J
Election Returns
on
W. J. Broatch has announced that I
he will contest the seat of J. M.
Tanner in the state senate as soon
as the legislature convenes next , I
month. . - 1
Mr. Broatch, republican state sen
atorial candidate at the recent ele
tion, was slightly ahead until,. . thjfc f
soldier-vote was reported by th
secretary of state. The final vote ;
placed Tanner, democrat, six -ahead,
and on that basis he was given
certificate of election. T"
Mr. Broatch states that he ' ha$'
information whjch h: will present i
to the legislature in connection with l
the soldier vote, the details of which
he does not feel warranted to dis
close at this time. j
He will ask for an investigation c4 I
the Nebraska soldier vote as relate '
ing to himself and Tanner and it if f
possible that a recount of the entiri
Douglas county state senatorial
vote may be ordered.
Mrs. A. D. Brandeis in Gotham
Resumes Her Former Nan :
' Word comes from New York that
the widow of Arthur D. Brandeis
formerly of Omaha, whose marriagi
to Joseph Helfman, it will be're
membered, was announced in June
ofslast year, is back in that city for
tlies, winter and ha? resumed the ,
name of Mrs. Brandeis. . Since her,"
remarriage she and her husband had
Imade their home in San Francisco, ,
Friends of the " family here admit
they have been advised that there'
has been a separation. ;
Butte Asks Irish Freedom,
1
Butte, Mont., pec. 21. fcesolu-. (
tions asking congress to declare iiW
favor of independence for Ireland ij
were adopted here last night at 4 ,1
mass meeting attended nrinciot!? J
by residents of Irish descent