TH$ BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1918.
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RUBLES POUR IN
ENDLESS STREAM
FROMJRESSES
bolsheviki Scatter Paper
Money Among Returning
Prisoners in Effort to
Gain Allegiance.
Warsaw, Dec. 25. The flocks of
released Russian prisoners who are
making their way homeward
through Poland, all of whom appear
to be tainted with bolshevism and
are recognized as a danger in thi3
respect by the Polish authorities,
are in fact already causing much
trouble by their lawlessness in their
search ot food.
The bolshevik! are taking advan
tage of the penniless plight of these
first thousands of released prison
ers whose total number is estimated
at 2,000,000 and have picked up sev
eral tf.r.usanQ ot them tor their
army by offering the men clothe,
food and money, of the last of which
there is plenty, since the bolsheviki
control the printing presses for the
production of rubles.
Bolshevik Emissaries Arrested.
The first important arrests hive
just been made of bolshevik emis
saries who are arriving from Russia
"nth trillions of rubles for the nur
pose of agitatio.i ana e striding
several thousands of rubles daily.
Tour men were taken in custody on
this occasion. They claimed they
had the right to spend their money
as freely as thay.pleased. They aie
declared to be for the most part
Russian Jews, -nearly all of them
bearing passports issued by fount
Kessler, who was expelled from here
a week ago as representative of
the Berlin government. They were
sent here by Leon Trotsky, as mem
bers of an( alleged Red Cross dele
gation, claiming that their mission
was the care of Russian prisoners
With the Russian rubles flowing so
freely, the Polish police are attempt
ing to find the source of the paper
ruble epidemic.
Favors American Intervention.
"Only American interference can
destroy bolshevism," declared Count
Alexander Leluchin, today in talk
ing with the correspondent. "It
will not be downed by mere hunger.
It is a mistake to assume that it
will die with hunger, because tint
is what it started with. At Hie
present time there is no food in the
cities and towns, no tobacco, no salt
and no sugar.
"The- bolsheviki began by robbing
and killing the nobles and the rich.
Then they attacked the bourgeoise,
the merchants. Now they are reach
ing the bottom and trying to rob
sach other."
Relief, however, seems to be com
ing from the south. General Skor
cpadski, the deposed hetman of the
Ukraine, and the French troops ?re
advancing from Odessa and it is
believed the Ukrainian situation yill
soon be under control. Petlura,
with his army of peasants and also
the French are moving upon Kiev,
where order soon is expected to
reign.
England Announces ,
' Demobilization Plan
for Fighting Force
London Married men and those
who have seen long service in the
British armies will receive first con
sediration in the demobilization of
r.:i;iIi fiwVitinor forces, savs Dr.
reconstruction, "Pivotal" men, he
said, would come back early.
TU 4mnhi1i79tinn. Said til
minister, should be so conducted
that millions of men in the army
and navy would have an early op
portunity of employment. Accord
ingly a plan arranged on industrial
requirements had been prepared.
As men are demobilized they will
,be re-employed in the various indus
tries from which they were with
drawn to enter the army. There
will be special faculties giving
access to the land, said Dr. Addi
son. Gardens or larger plots will
oe provided.
Councils, composed of employers
and workingmen, have been organ
ized in 40 or 50 different trades. Al
ready these bodies are removing
sources of irritation and bringing in
a spirit of solidarity, a better spirit
than prevailed under former agree
ments, said the minister.
Inasmuch as the necessity for pro
ducing as much food as possible will
not end with the war, Dr. Addison
said, he believed some control over
the use of the land would continue
to be exercised by the government.
Great Britain should manufacture
nitrates for manure on a large scale.
The minister declared that unless
care was exercised there would be
a great deal of speculation while
the demobilization of the army was
in progress and prices might ad-vance-to
the great detriment of in
dustry. Appeal for Brotherly
Love Made by. Cardinal
I Oil
uibbons to ooidiers
Camp Meade, Dec 25. An appeal
for brotherly love was made by
Cardinal Gibbons in a Christmas,
message to the soldiers at this army
cantonment, which was read at the
masses this morning and issued in
the form of a memorandum to be
read to soldiers in the usual manner
in which military matters are
brought to their attention The
message was sent to the men by th?
cardinal through Bernard J. Flynn,
director of activities for the Knights
of Columbus at the camp.
The message read:
"Who is it that gladdens today
the heart of young and old; of rich
and poor and of pilgrim; and that
knits again the bonds of family
love? All are warmed by the rays
that eminate from the Babe of Beth
lehem and may He bless yon and
make you regard each other as
brothers, recognizing Christ as your
older brother. .
Baa Off Petroleum.
Taris. Dec. 25." A decree publish
ed todaj re-establishes the free sale
and use or. pfttreUum Januarjr l.
Lvoff Believes Army
of 200,000 Men Would
Bring Order in Russia
Paris. Dec."25. Prince Lvoff, who
is the guest of Basile Maklakof.
Russian ambassador to France, and
who is participating in 'the lengthy
conferences being held here by Rus
sian statesmsn, discussed his views
of the immediate future in Russia
with the representatives of the As
sociated Press. He said:
"Additional entente military forces
are necessary to restore order and
check anarchy in Russia. It is im
possible for the disorganized coun
try to right itself otherwise.
"I am not a military expert," he
said, when asked how many troops
would be necessary, "and my opinion
on that subject would be of little
value, but, in my judgement, 200,000
soldiers would be adequate. The op
position is weak; Petrograd prac
tically has ceased to exist and could
be taken with slight resistance."
Paul Milukoff, former Russian for
eign minister, who was ordered to
leave France because of alleged
passport irregularities, has gone to
London He was accompanied by
several politicians from Ukraine who
came from Odessa with him.
Gen. Rhodes Recovering.
Paris, Dec. 25. The condition of
Maj. Gen Charles D. Rhodes, head
of the American armistice commis
sion, who was injured in the fall of
an airplane near Paris,. Monday, coi
ti ued to show improvement today.
Unless unforeseen complications oc
cur his complete recovery may be
expected.
WYOMING GIVES
WARNING TO GO
EASYON STOCKS
Attorney General Says Eighty
,Per Cent of Oil Compan
ies Organized There
Are "Schemes."
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 25. (Spe
cial.) The recent warning of Frank
L. Houx, secretary of state of Wy
oming, that investors in all parts of
the nation were being fleeced by oil
companies organized under the lax
corporation laws of this state and
that it is the duty of Wyoming to
enact legislation to prevent the con
tinuation of this situation, is sec
onded in the bienuial report of At
torney General D. A. Preston, who
asserts that 80 per cent of the oil
companies organized during the last
three years and purporting to be op
erating in Wyoming are merely
"get-rich-quick" schemes of wily
promoters. Characterizing the Wy
oming corporation laws as "entirely
inadequate and unsatisfactory," the
attorney general says: .
"It is estimated that in Wyoming
and Colorado more than 1,000 oil
companies, aggregating a capitaliza
tion of more than $800,000,000 have
been incorporated in the past three
years, all purporting to be operating
in Wyoming. More than 80 per cent
of said incorporated companies arc
not even 'wild-catting' companies,
Brie) City News
Have Root Print It Beacon Press.
I Carey Cleaning Co. Web. 392
25 Per Xnt Discount on electric
table lamps. Burgess, Granden Co.
Fine nrepiacc kimkIs at rundenand's.
Will Elect Officers. Omaha Lodge
No. 854 of the I. O. B. B. will hold
their annual election of officers in
the club room, on the third floor
of the Lyric building, Thursday
evening, December 26. The dele
gates to the grand lodge convention
will be chosen at this time.
but are companies incorporated by
unscrupulous 'get-rich-quick' pro
moters after having obtained, by
purchase or otherwise, holdings not
even 'in likely territory,' and by al
luring prospectuses artistically
worded, and other artful means,
these unscrupulous promoters have
succeeded in I separating 'investors'
from their money in exchange for
worthless stocks."
Twin Dies at Age of 88.
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 25. Wil
liam Perkins, said to have been one
of the oldest living twins in the
United States, died at the home of
his son here yesterday at the age
of 88 years, it became known today.
His twin brother, Dr. Willard Per
kins, resides in Omsted, Mich.
Howard Gould HI. '
New York, Dec. 25. Howard
Gould, third ' son of the late Jay
Gould, is seriously ill in London,
according to word recrived here to
night. Mr. Gould, who is 47 years
old, is known internationally as a
yatchsman. ..."
NEUTRALS MAY
PARTICIPATE IN
PEACE COUNCIL
. .i k
General Conference Probably
Will Not Assemble for
Three Weeks; Details
Not Yet Settled.
Paris, Dec. 25. More than three
weeks probably will elapse before
the general peace conference assem
bles. It is unlikely that any offi
cial statement will be issued in the
meantime concerning the number of
governments to be represented or
the tests to be applied to determine
the right of applicants to partici
pate. Technical experts attached to the
delegations of the principal powers
already have given much study to
this subject. If negotiations to
reach an agreement on this point
have not been undertaken already
it is certain they will be immediately
after President Wilson's return from
London.
Notwithstanding the indisposition
of the British government to inject
business into President Wilson's vis
it it is possible in his conferences
with Premier Lloyd George and
Foreign Minister Balfour the foun
dation may be laid for settlement
of the question of representation,
which Mr. jt-sbAly has dis
cussed with Premier Clemenceau.
Conditions which will confront the
peace conference when it opens will
not be unlike those marking the
opening of a new congress in the
United States or a national conven
tion. In the first the house clerk
determines the tentative membership
and in the second the committee on
credentials prepares a tentative list
of delegates. At the peace confer
ence delegates must be prepared to
present adequate credentials from
their legislature, king, president or
other executive authority.
It is considered probable several
countries on the tentative list will
be closely restricted at the begin
ning, when broad questions of policy
will be outlined. But additions to
the list of delegates may be made
later when the conference gets down
to detiils and general principles.
Still later another class of nations
may be admitted, including the cen
tral powers, to lay the foundations
for the formal signing of peace
treaties.
Theoretically these questions are
subject to mutual examination and
challenge in case of doubt but ac
tually in the forthcoming confer
ence the United States, Great Brit
ain, France, Italy and later perhaps.
Belgium, by reason of sentimental
considerations, probably will reach
an understanding as to the admis
sion of delegates.
Neutrals May Be Admitted.
The neutral powers probably will
be allowed to participate when the
stage is reached where it is desirable
there Should be a world-wide adop
tion of the plans prepared at the
preliminary sessions for the perma
nent settlement of war issues and
the assurance of permanent peace.
There already are indications that
there wiiJ h BfipilctKi w nu
merous small states, some of them
existing before the war and others
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sia and the division of Austria and
Turkey. In this category are the
Zionists of Palestine, Arabs, Ar
menians, Georgians and small gov
ernments jn Mesopotamia, which
the British and French governments
already have promised recognition
or protection.
The Czecho-Slovak republic al
ready has been recognized by most
of the nations of the entente and
by the United States. Siberia, Fin
land and Ukraine, Esthonia and nu
merous other fragments of Russia
are seeking recognition.
Germans Now Fighting
to Win Favor of U. S.,
Says General Mangin
With the Franco-American Army
of Occupation, Dec. 25. General
Mangin said today it was doubtful
if the Germans yet realized the
enormous part the Americans would
have played in the war had they
been given the opportunity.
To the American correspondents,
whom he invited to a pre-Christmas
luncheon at his headquarters at
Mayence, General Mangin praised
the work of the Americans, especial
ly those divisions which had fought
under him. 1
The general pointed out how the
Germans were now fighting to win
the favor ef the foe from across the
sea, saying that their propagandists
were picturing President Wilson in
the benignest tone instead of de
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run. the world," as they previously
had done.
IOWA FARMER i
SHOOTS HIMSELF
ON CHRISTMAS
Despondency Over Divorce
Action Causes Fred Berg ;
to Commit Suicide in
Daughter's Home.
Despondent over a divorce suit
to be tried in a few days, Fred
Berg, retired farmer, aged 61 years,
chose Christmas morning to commit
suicide.
The tiagedy occurred about 8
o'clock at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Madge, 1307 Seventh
avenue, Council Bluffs. Mrs. Madge
was not in the house at the moment
and no or? heard the shots. When
she missel her father at the break
fast table she began the search that
finally disclosed his dead body in
the basement of her home.
Sues for Divorce.
The martial troubles began threa
years ago, when Mrs. Berg, a sec
ond wife, began a divorce .action
but subsequently withdrew it. Sev
eral months ago the husband filed
a suit, claiming desertion of two
years' duration, and Mrs. Berg fol
lowed with a cross petition all sir
ing cruelty, asking for the divorce
and claiming alimony. I he suit
vs to ha calL? d. for 'tot in the near
future, and the dread of it preyed
upon the husband's mind.
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