THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.
LEGISLATION
. GOVERNING NEW
BILLS NEEDED
Huge Amount of Unnecessary
Work Handled in Legisla
ture Each Session; Last
Days Always Crowded.
By P. A. BARROWS.
Lincoln. Dec. 22.-(Spccial) The
agitation started for a new methol
of introducing bills in the legislature
with the view of keeping down the
number, appears to be meeting with
a great deal of encouragement and
letters from members of the next
session indicate that there may be
something done.
However, this is not a new condi
tion. For the past several sessions
members have come to Lincoln with
a determination to do something to
prevent the introducti. n of so many
bills, but when the time comes to
adopt some method, they have gen
erally contracted a heavy infliction
of "cold feet" and nothing has ever
ccme of it.
That the system used is obsoWte
rnd out of date, no one attempts to
:eny. Four years ar,o the legisla
ture started the state, legislative ref
crence bureau along the line of try
ing to discover what other states
were doing.
The bureau spent considerable
time and money in getting inorma
tion and in printing its report, but
that was just about as far as it got.
The legislature which ordered the
investa !un was encumbered with
1,063 bills that session. The in
vestigation proved such a success
in discovering means to cut down
the number that more bills than ever
before were introduced, 1,154.
Endurance Records.
The man who comes to the legis
lature ought to be something of a
patriot, when it comes to introduc
tion of bills. Some members appear
to have a mania to exceed the speed
limit and the number of bills intro
duced by some members is simply
wonderful. As an indication of this
a certain senator from Douglas
county in the last session introduced
in. the senate 36 bills, of which ten
were passed. Another senator on the
same delegation introduced 22 bills
of which none were passed. A sena
tor from Dawes county introduced
18 bills of which only one passed. A
senator from Howard county intro
duced two bills and half of them
nassed. Senator Kohl introduced no
bills and had a 100 per cent record.
Record From Lancaster.
In the house a representative from
Lancaster county introduced 25 bills
while a representative from Douglas
county introduced 24 bills and sev
eral others did nearly as well. A
large number , of these bills could
just as well have been consolidated
with others and saved the expense
of printing and much time wasted in
consideration.
Going back to :he 1913 legisla
ture, one senator introduced 43 bills
and another 38 and another 39.
VV.hile as far as, the number of bills
was concerned the senate that ses
sion brokk. the record, there being
'457 bills introduced in that body
alone, these three men introduced
120 of them, nearly one-fourth of
the entire number. In the house
that session there were 889 bills in
troduced. - The 1913 session made a
record, introducing 1,346 bills. Of
this large number just 266 became
Liws, 165 from the house and 98
irom the senate. These included,
appropriation bills and other bills
n.iMecirir ,A rnnnincr thp Ipffislature
and many of them cf such little im
portance that they went through
with no opposition. '
Rush at Close.
With a multiplicity of bills it
simply means that in the "hurry-up '
days of the closing of the session,
bills are rushed through with litttle
consideration. For instance, after
the sifting committee of the senate
had been appointed In the 1917 ses
sion, 277 bills were considered in
me senate im uniu itaumB.
passed and some did not, but most
of them did. Of this number just
exactly 50 were considered on the
75th day and every one of them
passed. Of course they had been
:ons.idered in committee of the
whole and recommended for pas
sage, but nobody appeared to be
especially interested, except to
grind out as many as possible and
ihen- adjourn and go Lome.
Sifting Committee Power.
The large number introduced
simply means but one thing and
that is little consideintion of the
merits of a bill if it is left until the
closing days of the session, when
sifting committee and conference
committee play a vital part in legis
lation. , ,
The solution of the matter appears
to be thajt the different committees
of both houses should meet jointly
and consider bills mi similar sub
jects and consolidate ihem into one
bill, thus saving the cost of print
ing half a dozen when on could pro
cr the subject as well. Another
- .emedy might be for the legislature
take a recess of two weeks after
the 20-day limit for introduction of
bills and let the committees get
, them in shape and wlien the recess
period was up, get down to business.
Nebraska Division
Leads Enrollment in
Red Cross Gill
Washington, Dec. 22. Scattering
1 returns received up to noort today
at national headquarters showed an
enrollment of 13,000,000 persons in
roll call of the Amer
ican Red Cross. This represented
reports from 40 per cent of the chap
ters in 12 divisions, with no reports
f.m onir rhanter in one division.
When the campaign ends at mid
night tomorrow night, Red Cross
officials believe that the total' en
rollment will equal the 22,000,000 of
last year, ihe roil can nas ocen
handicapped by influenza and bad
weather and the final day will be
devoted to rounding up all persons
who are not wearing the 1919 Red
Cross button. ;,...
iThe central division, Michigan,
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Ne
braska, was stilt in the lead today
with approximately 4,000,000 enroll
- nitnts. - .
Largest Yank Rest Camp at
Winchester, England
Omaha Man Writes Interest
ing Letter Telling of Rest
Camp of American Sol
diers Overseas.
9
C. E. Hochstetler writes the fol
lowing interesting letter to The Bee
from Maesgwyn Winchester, En
gland, where the largest rest camp
in the world is located. He has
been in ingland ior a year and
says he has entertained a number
of prominent American soldiers, in
cluding the late Lt. Jarvis J. Offutt,
General Biddle and Colonel Jones.
"Fine sunrise this morning, ser
geant." "Yes. corporal, they are
grand, seei from the eminence of
these beautiful Hampshire downs;
that is one of the reasons why
Lord Kitchener selected the sites
for his permanent army camps.
Look in any direction you please,
on either side of the Itchen valley,
and behold the white hutments on
the green summits, generously
loaned to the American army to
give you boys a few days' rest after
your long voyage across the At
lantic before leaving for the fight
ing front in France. Make the best
of your holidays, down in the valley
you will find the ancient city of
Winchester, nearly 3,000 years old,
and earlier a camping place for pre
historic man. You will fall in love
with the historical places of the
old town..
Large Rest Camp.
"As many as 1,000,000 Sammies
nave found rest and amusement in
these rest cajnps and an equal num
ber will visit them during the per
iod of demobilization enroute home
ward. "Up to the date of the signing of
the armistice, the war lasted four
years and KM) days. The troops of
the allies will remain in the battle
zones for many months after peace
is signed on garrison duty, collect
ing and shipping army equipment.
supplies, etc. The greater task will
fall on the British and American
armies; ships must be employed for
overseas transport.
Ihe great camps were built and
used in the earlv part of the war
by the British; they turned them
over to the United States army for
rest camps. High-speed special
trains carried our troops from the
disembarkation ports, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Southampton and Ply
mouth, direct to the rest camps.
where they remained for a few days
before leaving for r ranee, except
those sent to the camp hospitals.
During the recent epidemic of flu
the hospitals were crowded, some
deaths occurred. .
XJamp Modern.
"The camps ara well planned and
permanently built. Gas, water, elec
tric light and sewerage were in
stalled, streets paved and curbed,
the buildings and hutments are of
wood and painted white; some are
graced by a small flower garden.
The army and Y. M. C. A. canteens
and amusement hall are splendid.
bach one of the many camp depart
ments is in phone touch with the
headquarters. Every sanitary and
hygienic means has been installed
for the health and comfort of the
troops. On the sports fields base
ball, foot ball and tennis are in
dulged in. The British youth has
aken to base ball and it likely will
become a permanent fixture in the
universities, colleges and schools.
The camps have a wonderful de
partmental organization including
banking, postal, telegraph, telephone
etc. The large veterinary camps
are not located near troop camps.
The staff officers, Colonel Jones
in command, (We have entertained
them at Maesgwyn) have a large
complement of soldiers to look after
the troops and to keep the camps in
order. The departure of troop ships
from American ports is cabled from
Washington to the American expe
ditionary forces headquarters. Lon
don and Paris. Troops for British
Isles ports are provided for before
their arrival by General Biddle, Lon
don, and Colonel Jones and staff
make the assignments, where they
are promptly received and well cared
for, until their departure date for
r ranee. Very few of our soldiers
have had or will have the opportuni
ty of visiting either London or Paris.
Those who have visited Winchester,
have been well entertained during
their short stay. Many of them have
in groups under a guide visited the
cathedral, castle and other histori
cal places, and tramped over ground
that was populated by people as far
back as the stone age.
Home of Royalty.
"Imagine for a moment, how well
known to the world is this little
town of Winchester, with a civilian
population now of only 23,000. Once
the capital of England and the home
of royalty, where Charles I, Charles
11, and King James II, spent much
time, and where I believe, our troops
learned more English history in a
few days than ever before. On some
days the harrow streets have been
crowded with American soldiers-r
as many as 14,000, at a time. On
these occasions, civilians did not at
tempt to do any shopping. The Sam
mies filled the shops, spent their
money freely, and many souvenirs in
gold, silver, bronze and china, were
purchased and sent home to their
dear one, or ones. The sweet shops,
where the attendants quickly learned
the meaning of the word "candy."
What kind of candy have you (?) are
always paelyed with Sammies These
shops are wll stocked with Ameri
can che.ving gums. The Sammies
invade the town afternoon and
evening, but must be back in camp
by 9:30 p. m. The camps are from
Yi miles to 5 miles from the Guild
hall, as the distance is covered on
foot. The army police clear the
streets of soldiery about 8 p. m.
Officers are not under these restric
tions, they dine out, go to the thea
ters and do as they like.
"Every fortnight Thursday this
year a reception has been given to
the American officers at the Guild
hall from 4 to 7, to meet the so
ciety people in the Winchester area.
The first one was given by Lord and
Lady Northbrook, others followed
by members of the peerage, and
since then by society leaders. The
young ladies have learned the Ameri
can dances, and spend no time at the
card tables, the mature set look on,
when not taking refreshments. These
receptions have been a ereat source
of pleasure.
This city is one of the most an
cient in all England, its first settle
ment was B. C. 900. Julius Caesar
visited the city with his army in
B. C. 54.
Destroyed by Cromwell.
"Many years after Cromwell blew
up the greater part of the castle,
that it might not again be the re
treat for royalists, the spacious
Hampshire barracks were built on
(this, site and land adjacent the
home ot the famous Hampshire
regiments. This city has been a
military post, in one way and an
other for more than 1000 years.
Within the walled enclosure of the
harracks is the palace, built by
Charles II, in which he built a se
cret entrance for his favorite, Nell
Gwynne (who was originally, it is
said, an orange girl of provincial
birth, and afterwards a sprightly
London dancer and actress), who
became mistress to Charles II. Her
eldest son was made Duke of St.
Albans.
"On a recent Sunday, by the
king's proclamation, thanksgiving to
the almighty God was observed in
the churches throughout the land.
In the great nave of the Winchester
cathedral were packed 8,000 people,
mostly soldiers. It was a beautiful
and impressive service, and one that
will be handed down in history.
"This old and magnificent cathe
dral, towering in the midst of its
walled-in close, has been the scene
of many wonderful ceremonies, in
cluding the crowning of kings, and
the marriages and funerals of roy
alty. Beneath its walls, 'cold, pure
waters from the River Iitchen
passed through the subterranean
passages and out again to the river
currents, for nearly 1000 years. Long
ago a sluice inlet of one of the
streams was closed permanently, di
verting the water for a commercial
purpose, by order of the corpora
tion. This act cost the cathedral
$500,000 within the last decade to
save the great supporting wall on
one side from falling out and pre
venting the collapse of the entire
edifice. The heads of the hard
wood piles that had been submerged
began to decay, settling the founda
tion. A diver, in diving suit and
helmet, spent five years in remov
ing the decaved piling and reinforc
ing with solid concrete.
The Firery Ordeal.
"Early in the 11th century, the
mother of Edward the Confessor,
to prove her innocence, walked
bare footed over nine red-hot
plougshares placed in the nave of
the cathedral, without suffering in
jury. An immense concourse wit
nessed her triumph.
"The women of England are to
be greatly admired, from the unin
formed children of the girl's guides
to the dowagers, all doing their bit
and doing it well. The best known
women's war organization are
known by an abbreviated name:
Waacs, Women's Army Auxiliary
corp; Wrens, Women's Royal Navy
service; Wrafs, Women's Royal Air
force; Vads, Voluntary Aid detach
ment; Land Girls, Women's Land
army, and the Women's league rep
resenting a total membership of
about 500,000.
Distinctive Uniforms.
"Each organization provides its
distinctive uniform, smartly de
signed in khaki, blue and grey
coats, skirts, hats and caps. The
Land Girls wear white washable
smocks reaching to the knee, brown
corduroy breeches, gaiters, hob
nailed boots and a brown soft felt
hat cocked on one side. They are
a saucy looking lot, healthy and
strong, and splendid workers in for
age and forestry. In hours of di
version they go about in pairs arm
in arm, when not arm linked with
a Tommy or Sammie.
The Women's league was formed
by women of quality, who gave up
field sports and the hunt, leaving
the, hosiers to exercise their finely
bred hunters that had carried them
fearlessly cross country, over walls,
hedges and dykes to the'ery of the
hounds, to take up war service
motor driving. These young smart
aristocrats are usually in charge of
a staff officer's car, at home and
abroad.
"Here in the Winchester area, can
be seen members of these organiza
tions all but one, the Wrens, who
are on shore duty at the seaports.
Every member is proud of her uni
form, she not only looks smart and
well set up, but she is in living evi
dence doing a man's work, who is
fighting for his country. Our Sam
mies behold them in great admira
tion, and have found the Waacs and
Land Army girls very companion
able. Sammie with his dollar a
day pay soon out rivalled Tommy
on his 36 cents, entertaining the
girls.
"One of the largest aerodromes
is in this area, it was there where
the late Lt. Jarvis Offutt received
some valuable training under Brit
ish instructors.
General Griffith Home.
"Near the eminence of Olivers
Battery, where Cromwell mounted
his guns to distroy the city of Win
chester, stands Maesgwyn, with its
gardens, tennis lawns, croquet court,
conservatory, green houses, potting
sheds, shepards hut, etc., fields,
wood and terraces, surrounded by
hedge, the spacious home of the late
Maj. Gen. Charles Matthew Grif
fith, Bombay staff corps. Beneath
its red tiled roof the at home mem
bers of the family have been kept in
a constant state of restless anxiety
and have sufferedrthe terrors of the
war for over four years. My five
brothers-in-law, one lieutenant-colonel,
three majors and one captain,
graduates of military schools,, were
commissioned and in service before
the war. One was killed, and three
have been in hospital. I greatly ad
mire the beautiful, refined and
courageous qualities of my mother-in-law,
Mrs. Griffith, who, as a
bride accompanied her husband to
India and remained there during
the Abyssinian, the Afghan and
other wars in which her husband
took part receiving medals and
honorable mentions.
It was then that she became a
courageous woman. It is now in
her old age that her courage was
maintained to its utmost. When
England culled its little army to
gether in 1914, the greater part of it
STATE HEALTH
BOARD GIVES
RULES FOR FLU
1
Issues Orders to Local Au
thorities to Enforce Quar
antine Regulations in
All Cases.
OMAHA GIRL READY TO GO
OVERSEAS WHEN HUN
ARMISTICE SIGNED
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Dec. 22. (Specials
Rigid regulations for the purpose of
handling the influenza epidemic are
being sent out to locaW authori
ties by the state board of health.
No one except nurses and doctors
had been expected to be permitted
to enter or leave houses under quar
antine, but tne board has included
clergymen in the list also.
Fraternity houses inhabited by
college students come under the
same class as a dwelling house, but
in hotels, apartment houses, room
ing or boarding houses the patient's
room must be quarantined. Some ot
the other reuglations are:
Clergymen in pursuance of their
duty may come and go.
Whether reported as la' grippe or
influenza, the same rules will apply
as to the latter.
Permit to Remove Quarantine.
Release f?om quarantine can only
be gained after the physician or
head of family has made proper ap
plication to the Secretary of. the
county, city or village board of
health and permission given.
For contacts four days after last
exposure exists, when quarantine of
the premises as a whole is in effect.
For those with the disease four
dayss after fever entirely subsides.
If patient is removed to hospital,
rest of family must remain in quar
antine four days where no other
case exists.
Penalty of Breaking Rules.
The penalty for breaking quaran
tine rules is a fine of from $15 to
$100.
The period for the incubation of
the disease is given as from a few
hours to four days.
It is believed that the source of
the infection is carried in the virus
contained in the respiratory secre
tions. ' Transmission is made directly by
personal contact or by articles fresh
ly soiled with discharges of an in
fected person.
When doubt exists as to the na
ture of the disease, quarantine and
await developments.
"Go To Bed."
In closing the matter the board
offers the best advice it can give in
three words: "Go to Bed."
"This disease cannot be fought
standing up," says the board, "im
mediately upon showing symptoms
of the disease, go to bed and stay
there until the doctor says it is safe
to get up. There is no use for an
individual to stay up for a day or
even for an hour, after they begin
to feel sick. It has been discovered
that in the great majority of cases
that those who go to bed are usual
ly up in a week, while those who
delay because of some needed work
to be done, usually stay in bed for
weeks, and many of them never
arise.
"In short we will say: "First,
go to bed immediately upon taking
sick. Secopd, stay in bed until your
fever has entirely subsided and for
at least two days thereafter, and
as much longer as your physician
advises. Third, do not try to re
sume your normal life too soon."
Educator Who Raised
Storm by Unorthodox
Views Dies in Chicago
Chicago, Dec. 22. Prof. George
Burman Foster, professor of philo
sophy of religion at the University
of Chicago since 1905, died here
today following a surgical opera
tion. He was 60 years old.
Professor Foster was an inde
pendent thinker whose writings
about ten years ago brought upon
him a storm of criticism from ortho
dox baptist circles. Some of his
writings were:
"It was not God who made man;
man made God."
"The christian religion is not o't
divine origin. It was created by
primitive man."
"Freedom first, virtue second."
Two Destroyers Launched.
Newport News, Dec. 22. Two de
stroyers, the Semmes and the Satter
lee, were launched yesterday at the
yards of the Newport News ship
Building and Dry Dock company.
Ihe Semmes was named for Admir
al Raphael Semmes, commander of
the Alabama, famous as a confederate
cruiser and the Satterlee for Cap.
Satterlee, of the U. S. S. Tampa, who
perished with his crew in Bristol
channel some months ago.
if P
RUSSIANS SEEK
AID OF ALLIES TO
BESTOW ORDER
Opening of Black Sea Affords
Access to Most Populous
Regions, Says Milukoff
Who is in Paris.
was oversea, stationed at Bermuda.
South Africa, Egypt, Mauritius and
India, Mrs. Griffith's three sons
came back from India, Siam and
Canada, and one son-in-law from
South Africa to fight for their
country with troops less than 300,
000 against the strongest military
nation with its millions. The fam
ily reunion in honor of the fivarmy
members was a memorable event.
With affectionate adieus, love, luck
and good wishes, they went to the
front gallantly, fought and suffered.
All are alive and on active duty but
one Maj. H. F. Lewis, who was re
ported wounded and missing Octo
ber 19, 1914 near Ypres, at the time
the British were pushed back form
that sector. The recent advance of
the British over that sector brought
us the sad news that Major Lewis
was killed instantly, that two stone
masons found his-body in a road,
that he was buried in a church yard
by the burgomaster of Ledeghem,
and that his silver identity disc and
belongings had been sent to Brus
sels by the Germans. For four long
anxious years we had hoped in
vain."
"Thus ends my little story on the
ancient city of Winchester, where
a million of cur troops have spent
a few peaceful days in and at the
largest American rest camps in the
world."
While Miss Edith Peterson, an
Omaha girl employed in the auditing
department of the Burgess-Nash
company, did not get a chance to go
to trance to aid m winning the war
and at the same time assist in re
lieving the sufferings of the wound
ed soldier-boys, she showed her
good intentions and would have
been on the battlefields had hostili
ties continued much longer.
Early last summer Miss Peterson
took special instructions in. Red
Cross training and later offered her
services for overseas work. Her
application was accepted and just
a few days prior to the signing of
the armistice she received notice to
be in readiness to sail for France,
there to take up the work that
would be assigned upon her arrival.
Friends of Miss Feterson, and
they are many, as she is a most pop
ular young woman, feel that she has
done her "bit" to help Uncle Sam
and that she is entitled to as much
credit as though she had gone overseas.
Have Big Problem to Find
Place for Draft Records
The provost marshal general's of
fice, which has charge of the rec
ords compiled by the draft hoards,
is facing a problem as to the dis
posal of the lists, according to the
New York World.
The intention has been to have
the records from all over the United
States sent to Washington and held
for reference.. With this end in
view, the drafboards have been di
rected to file all the papers relat
ing to each individual in a separate
folder, and to place these folders- in
cabinets, to be sealed when they,
are filled.
Now it has been found that a
large building will be needed for the
.accommodation of these records.
Experts have figured that if the
cabinets were placed on end. in a
pile six feet high, they would form
a line, set side by side, nearly seven
miles long, and that the space that
holds them will have to contain
about 750,000 cubic feet.
The problem of finding such stor
age space is not a light one. Mar
tin Conboy, director of the draft for
New York City, said that, pending
decision, the records would be
sealed and held "in the rooms that
have been used as offices by the
local boards.
Greeks Appeal for Freedom
for Their Race Everywhere
Philadelphia, Dec. 22. President
Wilson and the allied leaders have
been appealed to in a cablegram to
them at Paris by representatives of
400,000 Greeks in this country to
insist at the peace conference upon
the freedom of the Greeks every
where. This action was taken by 1,500
delegates, representing all sections
of this country, who attended a
meeting in this city of the Greek
orthodox community. President
Wilson is asked to give his support'
to Greek demands.
Police Looking for Former
Inmate of Insane Asylum
Fifty inmates of California insane
asylums were put oil the tra.in some
time ago to be distributed in towns
and cities along the route. Thomas
Gopd, 38 years old, was dropped off
iiTOmaha, with a ticket to St. Louis.
Nothing has been heard from him
since. A letter from his sister, Mrs.
Myrtle Guihan of Los Angeles, was
received recently by the local police
asking them to help locate him, as
his mother is said to be dying in
Los Angeles.
WAR. PUZZLES
HENRY ORD
Brwj City News
' Paris, Dec. 22. Prof. Paul Milu
koff, leader of the Russian constitu
tional democrats and foreign min
ister in the cabinet of Premier
Lvoff, which was formed after the
overthrow of the imperial dynasty,
has arrived in Paris with Nicholas
Schebeko, former Russian attorney
at Vienna, and four other Russians
Srepresenting the various political
parties, exclusive of the bolsheviki
and the extreme left 6f the social
revolutionaries. The revolutionary j
leaders say tney nave come here tor
thr purpose of interesting the en
tente powers in the restoration of
order in Russia so that govern
ment may be formed which will
reunite Russia and win recognition
from the world powers.
The party left Kiev three weeks
ago and travelled to Paris by way
of Odessa. When Professor Milu
koff left Kiev the Skoropadski gov
ernment, he said, was hard pressed
because the Germans never permit
ted General Skoropadski to organ
ize his own army and the Ukrainian
force was small after the German
troops withdrew.
Skoropadski's Power" Waning.
Professor Milukoff said General
Skoropadski never was popular with
the Ukrainians because he advocat
ed an independent Ukraine, while
the public largely favored a united
Russia. Extensive agrarian move
ments also have been directed
against Skoropadski, the constitu
tional democratic leader added, and
it is likely that the general has been
overthrown.
In the meantime General Deni
kine, former chief of the Russian
general staff, has established a gov
ernment at Yekaterinodar, which
Professor Milukoff and his asso
ciates say they hope to see develop
sufficient strength to unite all the
moderates in the Ukraine and event
ually to merge with the government
of General Kolchak at Omsk, Si
beria, into a central government
pledged to the preservation of Rus
sian unity.
Help Needed Now
Reolving to a question as to how
order could be restored, Proffessor
Milukoff said:
'The opening of the Black sea
makes it much easier for the en
tente powers to check anarchy in
the Ukraine and soviet Russia. The
presence of the allied navies has
steadied the situation, but allied
troons are necessary to check the
movement of bolshevism southward
and to relieve the appallingfamine
n bolshevik territory. Help should
be immediate. If it is delayed until
spring hundreds of thousands of per-d,
sons will perish and greater dis
organization ensue.
"The Black sea affords access to
the most populous and the richest
section of Russia. Consequently,
relief expeditions through it would
be easier and more effective than
would the Archangel and Vladivos
tok movements." .
The attitude of the entente powers
toward Russia in the peace confer
ence so far seems wholly undefined.
The American delegates say they
do not know whether Russia will be
allowed representation at the con
gress. Prof. Milukoff said the mem
bers of the mission and the Russian
ambassadors were hopeful that Rus
ria would be granted a voice, but
that they were without definite information.
Russian Problem Urgent.
London. Dec. 22. The whole
question of Russia is under consid
eration by the allies, Reuter's
agency learns from an authorita
tive British source. No plan, how
ever, has been formulated, and noth-
ng can be settled definitely until
there has been an opportunity to
discuss the matter with President
Wilsonr
It is fullv realized on all sides that
the Russian problem is one of the
most urgent and important that is
to be dealt with and it is hoped that
during President Wilson's stay in
London it may be found possible
to discuss it with a view to prompt
action.
There have been numerous alarm
ist reports recently relative to the
size of the bolshevist army, but fig
ures quoted so far are considered
exaggerations. The actual fighting
strength is probably not much over
200,000 or 300,000. Discipline has
been introduced but only by means
that are far more tyrannical than
anything known under the bid re
gime. There is reason to hope that the
policy followed by the allies will
promote unitv between the various
Kovernments in southern Russia, all
w - - . - LI
of which repudiate tyranny and bo:- n
shevism and whose object is the
restoration of order in the country.
Prince Lvoff. with Baron Kvbrff,
vice-governor of Finland, left Lon
don today for. Paris. Count Koko
vtzoff. another widely known Rus-V
sian, leaves for France tomorrow.
Warning Given Semenoff.
Vladivostok, Dec. 22. British
and French officers have so far
managed to prevent a clash between
the Semenoff and Kolchak forces
here.but no donate results as to
adjusting the controversy have as
yet been reached. The Japanese
have sent a sharp message toOen
eral Semenoff, warning him not to
interrupt railway traffic. In the
meantime, Franco-British efforts i
have been directed toward inducing
Admiral Kolchak not to send an
expedition against the Semenoff
forces and to annul his order dis
missing General Semenoff from the
army.
HENRY FORD ABANDONED
His Peace Party to return home, three
years ago today, ftecember .23, 1915.
Find a member of the Peace Party.
SATURDAY'S ANSWER
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thoulder.
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tabl lamps. Burgess, Granden Co.
Fred Krug, Pioneer, III. Fred
Krus:. pioneer business man of
Omaha, who was 111 last week, Is
now reported considerably Improved
in health.
Home Burns Sunday. The hom
of H. W. Miller, 2416 Newport ave
nue, was partially destroyed by
tire which occurred Sunday after
noon while the family was away.
The property was insured for $4,000.
Services at Cathedral. At the
Trinity cathedral, Eighteenth and
Capitol avenue, the regular Sunday
services were )ield. On Christmas
day a special celebration will be
held at that church with holy com
munion at 7:30 a. m. and morning
prayer and holy communion and
sermon at 10:30 a, m., and next Sun
day a special Christmas Sunday
service will be held.
Fine sreplnce goods at rtumleriand's.
Greek Soldier Gassed at
Roll Call; It's No Wonder
Anastacias Geo. Honchopuptheo
dorkoumoumtourcothoroulpos is the
name of a returned overseas soldier
in Ward 4 at Fort Des Moines hos
pital, one of the Red Cross men at
the army hospital there according to
the Des Moines Register. Hon. etc.,
was a Greek soldier of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces.
It is understood Anasfacias was
answering roll call when a gas shell
burst nearby, and he tried to finish
pronouncing his name before put
ting on ' is gas mask. He was badly
gassed,
Schwab Chicago Club's Choice
for President of Country
Chicago, Dec. 22.--Choice of
Charles M. Schwab for next president
of the United States was voiced at a
banquet given by the Chicago
Machinery club to 750 plant super
intendents and other representatives
ol 750 machinery construction and
metal working concerns. Partisian
ship was not mentioned.
OBITUARY.
MRS. NANCY C. ADAMS, aged 83
years, the widow of Wilbur Fisk Ad
ams, died in her home, 3026 Daven
port strteet, Saturday. She is sur
vived by one daughter. Mrs. M. A.
Glass of Brainerd, Minn., and two
sons, Wilbur and Frederick, Jr., of
Omaha. Funeral services will be
held at 1 o'clock Monday in the
home, with interment in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
MISS MARGARET WARNER, eld
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam P. Warner, died SatuTOay from
pneumonia following an attack of
influenza, at the family farm home,
four miles south of Dakota City,
Neb. The young woman, about 21
years old, was born in Dakota City,
and but for the time her father was
United States marshal of Nebraska,
residing in Omaha, had spent her
entire life in Dakota City.
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PEACE PRINCE
RULES ON EARTH
AS WAR IS ENDED
"Day of the War Lords is
Over" Said Rev. A. R. j
Vail at Unitarian
Church.
The day of the prince of war is
ended and the day of the Prince
cf Peace is here, according to the
Christmas sermon delivered Sunday
at the Unitarian church, Thirty-
first and Harney streets, by Rev.
Albert R. Vail of Chicago.
"Peace on earth, good will toward
men," said Rev. Mr. Vail, Vis the
lav of God. The laws which gov
ern the stars in their revolutions
about the world is the law of unity,
of co-operation and of harmony
which must prevail in our hearts if
we are to have real peace. -
"The old world of war and auto
cracy and sect and creed is gone.
Let it go. This is the time for a.
new organization of the world on
the basis of brotherly love. The
law of man the rule of might
makes right caused the war and its
sorrow and suffering. The law of
God will bring peace and happiness
everlasting.
League of Nations.
"The world today faces two pric
tical problems; first, the forming of,
a league of nations; second, moral
education so that people will want
peace. If war exists in the heart
there can be no peace. There must
be moral and religious education.
The war was caused by an intel
lectual nation who had dissevered
christian eUiics from its teachings.
"The world is waiting for a new
spirit in religion. Dogmas and rit
uals must be done away with. W
must teach the oneness of christi
anity. Our president now has a
wonderful opportunity to proclaim .
to the whole world the law of God
and we must be ready to throw
aside creeds and sects for bigger
things." .
Rev. Mr. Vail's sermon was tm
piessive, his language was eloquent
and his address was enriched by
wonderful figures of speech..
Rev. Robert Leavens, oastor of
the church, and Rev. Mr. Vail weretj
classmates in college. The latter is
in Omaha to visit his parents dur
ing the holidays. N
Sunday evening Mr. Vail spoke at
Ihe church on the Bahai movement.'
He is a recognized authority on the
subject and is one of the leading
mystics of the country.
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