THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1918.
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' BELGIUM NEEDS
180.000 TONS Of
GOODS MONTHLY
Physical Damage Wrought by
v German Armies and Re
. lief Steps Described
by Hoover.
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Washington, Dec. 23. Physical
.amage wrought in Belgium by the
German armies is described in a
cablegram received by the food ad
ministration from Herbert Hoover,
who, with William B. Poland, Eu
ropean director of the commission
for relief in Belgium, has just com
pleted a survey cf conditions in
this liberated country.
On the basis of Mr. Hoover's re
port, the food administration an
nounced today that hereafter 180,000
tons of supplies, including clothing,
" wbuld be shipped to Belgium each
month. As this program will re
quire 160.000 deadweight tons of
shipping in addition to the 340,000
tons now on charter to the relief
commission, application for addi-
1 tidnal tonnage has been made
to the shipping board.
- The cost of the entire relief pro
gram will be borne by the Belgian
and French governments from loans
made by the American government.
France's part of the expense will be
for supplying the people of northern
France as well as several hundred
thousand refugees who were forced
from that section into Belgium dur
ing the retreat of the German
forces.
' Report on Survey. j
Mr. Hoover's report on bis sur
vey of Belgium says:
'Together with Mr. Poland, Eu
ropean director of the commission
i for relief in Belgium, I have now
completed a' survey of the entire
Belgian situation as disclosed by
the evacuation. The work of the
American relief officialsin Europe
during the" last month has been be
yond all praise, because1 they have
followed up the. retreating army
with distributions, Ly one means or
another, and there has been, no
break in the food supply at any
. point.
"Prior to the rmistice, the Ger
man army had completely destroyed
a zone of railroads and canals some
20 miles wide, extending entirely
across Belgium. After the armistice
Jhere was comparatively little de
struction of transportation to the
rear of this zone, and with the
vtapid re-habilitation of transporta
tion . facilities , across this zone of
destruction, the problem of distribution-
of food and of reconstruction,
can be undertaken with much less
difficulty than at present.
"The Germans in their, final re
treat removed but little of the re
lief supplies.'
Country Stripped of Horses.
'Their action toward the native
harvests and cattle in their with
drawal differs widely in different
areas, vl hey started to taice an re-
mainlnv hnM -frrtnv y the Wfstrn
part of Belgium, except those hidden
b. the . peasants in - underground
caves. After the armistice, how
ever,, and with the demoralization
of the German army in its final re
treat, many of these beasts were
abandoned or sold by soldiers to
the peasants further back, and in
practical results there appears to
have been no widespread cattle
stealing in the retreat, although dur
ing the four years of - occupation
thert has been a great diminution,
probably over one half, inthe total
number of cattle and hogs. It can
b" said almost literally that horses
have disappeared out of Belgium,
there probably now being 15 per
cent of, the original animals left. -"Investigation
proves that indus-
Where Boys Are Stationed on the Rhine
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CROSS, FEVERISH
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Hurry, Mother! Remove npoi
sons from little stomach,
Hver boweh.
Give ''California Syrup of
Figs" at once if bilious or
constipated.
Look at the tongue! If coated,
it is s sure sign that your little
one's stomach, liver and bowels rieed
a gentle, thorough cleansing at
When pevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act nat
urally, or Is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diorrhoea, full of cold, give
a teaspoonful of "California Syrup
of Fig," and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
of the-fcttle bowels without griping,
and you have a well, playful child
ym needn't coax sick children
to take 'this harmless "fruit laxa
tive;" they love its delicious taste,
and it always makes them feel
splendid. .-- m " '
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs,'' which
has directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plain
ly on the bottle. Beware" of coun
terfeits sold here. To be sure you
get the genuine, ask td see that it
is made by tha "California Fig
Syrup Company., Refuse any other
kind with contempt .;,:
Map of the bridgehead of Co
blenz on the Rhine, which is occu
pied by the American army of oc-
trial and residential destruction in
Belgium varies greatly in different
localities, with different industries.
For instance, out of the 50 steel
furnaces in Belgium, 35 or 40 have
been deliberately destroyed by the
Germans in their determination to
end the Belgian steel industry.
Many of the textile mills have been
put out of commission, either
through deliberate destruction and
removal of machinery, or by re
moval of the copper and brass parts
and electric motors. Some of the
textile mills of the more antiquated
type of equipment apparently Cid
not appeal to the Germans, and
they can be gotten into action at an
early date. The Germans seemed to
have focussed themselves on the
modern equipments.
The glass industry has been but
little interfered with, and the stern
promise of retribution by President
Wilson seems . to have saved the
coal industry except for a very few
mines, although actual explosives
and wires were laid in place for the
destruction of a large number of the
mines. The president's warning
seems to have reated a sudden
change of heart.
Refugees in Pitiful Plight.
"There are some 300,000 French
refugees in Belgium, driven out of
nothern France by the Germans.
They have been cared for out of the
meager stores of the Belgians and
by, the commission for relief in Bel
gium. They are, however, . like
homing pigeons in their resolve to
return to their native villages. As
there is no transportation, the roads
southward into France are a contin
uous stream of these pitiful groups
of men, women and children, puUingJ
their carts, and trudging through
the cold and wind towards their de
stroyed homes. Everything is be
ing done that .is humanly possible,
but in the present state of demoral
ization, with moving armies, the ne
cessity of using . every truck and
horse with which to feed the popu
lation, their plight is heart-breaking.
They refuse all persuasion to
wait in the crowded Belgian villages
until their affairs can be organized.
"The Americans of the relief com
mission are working night and day
providing shelter stations, clothing
and .food for them, but like many
other, human migrations in Europe
today there is no solution to the
suffering that must go on.
"One of the great difficulties of
the Belgians lies in the enforced
currency circulation imposed upon
them by the Germans. This curren
cy runs into millions of paper
money and presents .an extremely
difficult financial problem to the
government.
"The Belgian government is rap
idly taking hold, the Belgian manu
facturers are engaged everywhere
in the rehabilitation of their works
so far as materials are available,
and the spirit of Belgium was never
better than today. The Belgians are
resolved to' find a solution of their
manifold difficulties with as little as
sistance as possible from the out
side. They are, of course, dependent
upon continued government finan
cial advances for the provision of
imports pending the German in
demnity, and the reconstruction of
their export business."
Man Killed on Train After
Shooting Conductor Identified
Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 25. The man
killed on a Los Angeles train near
ing Tucson yesterday afternoon,
after he had shot and seriously
wounded Conductor John Seamons,
was identified today as Bass Jones
of Visalia, Cal. Papers found in his
baggage indicate he was an adjuster
of labor difficulties.
A few minutes before he opened
fire on Seamons he told a pas
senger the conductor was trying to
take him to the border for execu
tion. Priest of Fort Dodge
Elevated to Bishopric
Rome, Dec. 25. Pope Benedict
has nominated Rev. Joseph F. Mc
Garth, parish priest of St. Patrick's
church, Tacoma, diocese of Seattle,
to be bishop of Baker City, Ore.
The nomination is also announced
of Rev, Edmund Heelan, parish
priest of the church of the Sacred
Heart in Fort' Dodge, la., diocese of
Sioux City, - as titular bishop of
Gerass (Gerasai). ...
Fire of Unknown Origin ,
! Destroys Sidney Hotel
Sidney." Neb..::.Dec. 25. (Special
Telegram.)- Fire of unknown ori
gin totally destroyed the America
hotel in, this city early today. The
loss" was partially covered by $5,000
insurance.
cupation. The positionss of the dif
ferent American divisions of the
army of occupation ares hown on
the map.
GERMAN PARTY"
URGES UNION OF
ALL LIBERALS
Democrats in Convention at
Coblenz Declare for Re
public Embracing All
Germany.
Coblenz, Dec. 25. Appeals for
the union of all the liberal parties
which desire a republic and do not
wish the new Germany to fall into
the hands of either reactionaries or
socialists were made at a meeting
of the German democratic party
which assembled in Coblenz to
adopt a platform.
The party desires a united Ger
many. including German-Austria:
equality before the law of citizens of
all classes, male and temale, free
dom of the sea and religion; a free
press and free speech but no arbi
trary attacks on the rights of the
church. Families with many chil
dren, it is declared, should be pro
tected from excessive taxation.
So that the burdens may be borne,
strong industry and healthy trade
are necessary as well as freedom of
trade from the fetters of - war in
dustries, it is held. The abolition
of war industries is desired.
The party advocates the living of
free peasants on free soil. Officials
must be insured a livelihood, in or
der to insure eood service. There
must be care of the war wounded"!
and for the dependents of the fallen
soldiers, which would be made a
point of honor in the new Germany.
Upon this platform, it is announ
ced, the German democratic party
will stand in the national assembly.
Treasury Suspends Control
Over Issues of Securities
Washington, Dec. 25. The capital
issues, committee of the treasury, the
government's war agency for the
suppression o unessential security
issues,- announced tonight that it
would suspend activities on Decem
ber 31, and remain inactive until dis
solved, unless called back into serv
ice by developments.
Accompanying the announcement
were' warnings' to the public, both
from the committee and Secretary
Carter Glass, of the necessity for
continued strict economy and
against worthless securities. The
committee stated its intention oi
making a supplementary report to
congress recommending a law to
prevent impositions upon the Invest
ing public, and Secretary Glass said
he would ask the present congres
to enact such legislation immediate
ly. To illustrate the extent of the
menace, the committee said schools
were being established to drill sales
men in the art of fraudulent promotion.
Outsiders Only Permitted
to Kill Bears in Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 25. (Spe
cial) That any persons except a
Wyomingite may legally kill a bear
in Wyoming, but that a Wyonrngite
may get a bear Si his own state
only through violating the law, is
an interesting situation to which
Atorney General D. A. Preston calls
attenton in recommending statu
tory changes to the legislature. The
law provides for the issuance of
licenses authorizing non-residents to
kill tear, but does not authorize7 the
issuance of such license to a resident.
French Minister to Caucasus
Receives a Hearty Welcome
Paris, Dec. 25. The French mis
sion to the Caucasus received a
hearty welcome on its arrival at
Ekaterinodar and Novorosi-Iskoe,
advices received from the Caucasus
show. At the latter place, on the
Black sea the officers of the allied
fleet were feted while the govern
ment of Ekaterinodar gave a dinner
at which ioasts were drunk to the
allied armies and to a "greater and
regenerated Russia."
China Supports Plan
"for Jewish Home Land
New York, Dec. 25. The text of
an announcement by the Chinese
government that China plaaned to
co-operate with the allies at the
peace conference to create a Jewish
homeland in Palestine was received
here by cablegram today by the
Zionist organization"bf America
from its representatives in Shang-
nau - - '
SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS FETED
IN METROPOLIS
Thousands Entertained Day
and Night; Santa Claus
Comes to Orphans on
Ships in Harbor. f
New York, Dec. 25. New York
.oday celebrated its greatest Christ
mas since war clouds enveloped the
world. In every church was pour
z& forth praise that peace had comb
again to mankind, while in homes
without number were offered pray
ers of thanksgiving for loved ones
spared in the fiercest conflict of all
time.
The spirit of unselfishness was
abroad as never before. The trials
which the nation had endured in the
anxious months before Ger
many was- beatert to her knees
apparently had piu-ged the city's
millions of petty desires and had
taught them the true joy of giving.
From the Bowery to Fifth avenue
New Yorkers joined in common
celebration.
Civilians Share In Cheer.
Soldiers and sailors were feted at
every hand, and while the celebra
tion centered on the military, the
civilian poor were not neglected.
Welfare organizations entertained
thousands from dawn until far into
the night and countless men and
women without formal alliance took
boys in khaki and blue into their
homes to share their own yuletide
cheer. The spirit of giving reached
even to the water front, where, on
the giant Leviathan and other ships,
thousands of orphaned children were
made to feel that Santa Claus was
indeed a very real person.
Tars Feast Aboard Ships.
In the Hudson, where the home
fleet lay at anchor ready to wel
come tomorrow the American war
ships, returning from overseas, ap
proximately 10,000 sailors ate their
Christmas dinner at noon in mess
rooms decorated with holly and
wreaths. The meal ended, the blue
jackets joined in singing carols and
later cleared the hall for "stag"
dances, made possible by "jazz"
bands organized among the crews.
The men were given shore liberty
but many strangers in this port pre
ferred to remain aboard for dinner.
Later, however, cutters darted from
warships to landing stage and by
dusk only skeleton crews remained
aboard. ,
Tonight great Christmas trees,
ablaze with electric bulbs, were scat
tered through the city's squares
from the Battery to the Bronx and
grouped around each tree were
thousands, who, in giving or re
ceiving, found there the real spirit
of Christmas. i
Celebrated as Victory Christmas.
Washington, Dec. 25. America
today celebrated a Victory Christ
mas. The soldiers and sailors, who
made such a Christmas possible, had
a large part in the celebration.
Though a large proportion of the
military force of the nation remain
ed overseas, those who have re
turned were given a welcome in
every community and had a major
part in the day's celebration.
In Washington the day was cele
brated quietly but whole heartedly.
For the first time in the nation's
history Christmas was not observed
at the White'House. President Wil
son, in France for the peace confer
ence, spent the day with the Ameri
can troops at the front. Members
of the cabinet and congress spent
the day with their families.
Secretary Baker - attended a
Christmas celebration for the poor
children of the city, held in the ro
tunda of the capitol. - Assisted by
500 soldiers from nearby camps, the
war secretary acted as a chief Santa
Claus for the children and aided in
the distribution of gifts from a large
Christmas tree brought from the
Washington estate at Mount Ver
non. Red Cross Enrollment
Reported Nearly 17,000,000
Washington, Dec. 25. The enroll
ment of nearly 17,000,000 was shown
by reports from the American Red
Cross Christmas roll call received
tonight at National headquarters.
Many divisions reported that thus
far they had been, able to get only
scattering returns from many chap
ters and this led officials to beh'eve
that the ultimate total will exceed
20,000,000
Chile Establishes Air Mail.
Santiago, Chile, Dec. 25. Included
in the New Year's festivities here
will be a ceremony marking the
inauguration of an aerial postal ser
vice between Santiago and Valparaiso.
Try MakingYour Own
Lough Kemeay
Ton cm on abont 12, and hare 1
better remedy than toe ready-
made kind. , KaailT done.
If you combined the curative proper
ties of every known "ready-made"
cough remedy, you proUably could not
get as much real curative power aa
there is in this simple home-made
cough syrup, which is easily prepared
in a few minutes.
Get from any druggist 2 ounces
of. Pinex, pour it into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with syrup, using
either plain granulated sugar syrup,
clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, as desired. The result is a
full pint of really better cough syrup
than you could buy ready-made for
three times the money. Tastes pleas
ant and never spoils.
This Pinex and Syrup preparation
gets ricrht at the cause of a couh and
gives almost immediate relief. It loos
ens the phlegm, stops the nasty throat
tickle and heals the sore, irritated
membranes so gently and easily that
it is really astonishing. ,
A dav's use will usually 'overcome
the ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
eroun. whoooinir couch and bronchial
(-asthma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is a most valuable concen
trated compound of genuine Norway
piue t'&iraci, aim um ikvu ubcu iui
generations to break up severe coughs.
- To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "2', ounces of . Finex'
with full directions, and don't accept
anything else. Guaranteed to give ao
oustfe satisfaction or money promptly
refunded. The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne,
"Sacrifices of Peace
Now to Begin," Butler
Tells Columbia Men
New York, Dec. 25. A Christmas
message, was sent to all Columbia
university men in France by Nich
olas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia, it was announced today.
"Those who have offered their
lives are now called upon to offer
their minds and souls," the message
said. "The sacrifices of war are
over, but the. sacrifices of peace are
only now to begin. These are sacri
fices that will put behind us selfish
ness, greed and willingness to ex
ploit the souls and the bodies of
other men. -
"These are sacrifices that will
turn our minds away from bigness,
from numbers and from accumula
tions to character, to quality and to
spiritual power.
"We should no longer think of
large nations and small nations, but
only of free nationsjoyfully com
peting together in service to man
kind in revelation of new and un
suspected powers of helpfulness and
progress."
Saves New York Speedway
for Use of Horses Only
Justice Cohalan, in supreme court
of New York has upheld the stat
ute restricting the use of the Harlem
River Speedway to equestrian and
light carriage traffic, in denying the
application of .W4fer D. Strauss, as
a taxpayer, for an injunction against
the authorities charged with the en
forcement of the law, says the New
York Herald.
Mr. Strauss sought to have the
ban on automobiles using the Speed
way lifted, bu Justice Cohalan as
serted it was intended to exclude
vehicles of that kind from the
driveway.
He rules the act was constitution
al, and said if the public is incon
venient seriously by the continuance
of the use of the driveway for its
present purpose, relief can be ob
tained by the legislature repealing
the statute.
Mulligan Plays Santa
at Columbus Knights Huts
Paris, Dec. 25. The program -of
the Knights of Columbus for Christ
mas day included the giving of tur
key dinners at their various huts in
France and in the occupied districts
of Germany, for thousands of the
members of the American expedi
tionary force. The Santa Claus of
the occasion at several of the huts
was William J. Mulligan, chairman
of the Knights of Columbus war ac
tivities committee.
Chairman MulligaD is the man
who will supervise the transition of
the Knights of Columbus organiza
tion overseas from a war to a peace
basis.
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that it does not disturb the stom
ach. Many cases have been per
manently cured by this remedy.
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FORMER KAISER
SHOWS MARKED
IMPROVEMENT
Is Now Able to Take Meals
With Members of Retinue;
Spends Much Time
Reading Letters.
Amerongen, Holland, Dec. 25.
William Hohenzollern's health
shows a marked improvement, but
he is still compelled to exercise the
greatest precautions owing to the
penetrating and damp cold weather,
Since Saturday the former emperor
has not left hrs apartment, but has
been able to join the members of
his retinue at all meals.
He occupies other-periods of the
day in reading hundreds of letters
reaching him from all parts of the
world. He receives only an oc
casional telegram and these rarely
evoke a reply.
Several days during his illness the
ex-emperor saw only his wife and
his immediate attendants.
The former empress also remains
in her apartment, not even going
into the gardens within the sur
rounding moats.
A Christmas tree was brought into
the castle, but the celebration will
le a most unpretentious affair.
Those participating, besides the ex
emperor and empress, were officers
who resigned their commission in
the German army in order to remain
in the vicini-ty of their former ruler's
retreat 'and household servants and
orderlies.
The ex-emperor is as yet unde
cided about making a public declara
tion and still declines to receive any
correspondents.
New Portuguese Cabinet.
Lisbon, Dec. 25. A new Portu
guese ministry has been formed with
Tamagnini Barbosa as premier.
Celebrate Restoration
of Provinces to France
Chicago, Dec. 25. Messages from
President Poincare, Marshal JolTre
and King George were read to
night at a "Victory" dinner and
dance by which several hundred
Chicago members of th Association
Generate des Alsace-Lorraine cele
brated the return of their beloved
provinces to France. The greetings
were read by Felix Wildenstein,
secretary of the association, who
represented the New York branch
at the function.. N
Mr. Wildenstein told his audience
that restoration of the provinces to
France has accomplished only half
ihe task set for natives of Alsace
Lorraine, "The task, of developing the in
dustries of "the countries still con
fronts us," he said. "American en
terprise can do more toward re
storing Alsace-Lorraine to its for
mer status commercially than any
of us realize."
Sickness Percentage
in American Army
of Occupation Is low
tge of sickness among the occupy
ing American troops is unusually
low, according to the estimates of
the Third army medical officers.
The number, of cases in the eight
evacuation hospitals within the oc
cupied area' is about 4,000, most of
them being influenza.
Figuring the approximate number
of occupying troops as 300,000, the
sickness amounts to less than lj
per cent. In peace time the sii
ncss among soldiers averages from
2 to 3 per cent.
The excellent condition of tb,e
men is due partly to good billets.
There is just enough drilling to
keep the soldiers in condition and
there is no overcrowding or illness
from fatigue or exposure.
THE BAYER CROSS
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One contains genuine Aspirin. Can you be sure about the other
Hundreds of medicinal products are sold in the form of plain white
tablets, and plain white tablets are sometimes offered when Aspirin
is called for. . .
' Bayer-Tablets and Capsules of Aspirin contain genuine Aspirin.
- For your additional protection every package and erery Ublet of
genuine Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin is marked with "The Bayer Cross.'
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H PJ Announcing f
IK bf The Annual S Sa
A M
.1 a'e Bgi Thursday Morn P'
pLEARANCE SALES
Beginning Thursday
December 26th
THE final big sellings of the year afford emphatic
savings to all. The vales in thitf clearance will fall "
nothing short of being remarkable.
Drastic Price Reductions
have been made on seasonable 'goods of all kinds in
every department of the store-andwe might say in good -faith
that in magnitude and value-giving this sale will by
far exceed the same events of the past.
Those who have attended our previous Year End
Clearance Sales need no urging to beiirst in attendance
at these. The idea of giving
This Advance Notice
is that our customers may ''in every way prepare to take
large advantage of this occasion. f
Thursday Will Be Second Floor Day
Women's and Misses'
Ready-to-Wear Appar el
Will Be Features
and on that day we will offer hundreds of Coats, Suits,
Silk and Cloth Dresses, Petticoats, Blouses, Sweater.
Coats,1 Furs, Etc., all sharply under priced and in most
every instance
A Good Third to One-Half
Less Former Prices
A small part of these offerings are to be seen now
in our window displays on 16th Street. .
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