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SENATOR JONES
SOARS AND FLIES.
' Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 28. Senator
?ones of Washington completed at
VcJock this afternoon an airplane
Sight from the national capital, in
lompany with Lieutenant Logg, an
irmy aviator. The senator will fly
flack to Washington Monday.
The flight today, at an average
Ipeed of 120 miles an hour against
head winds nearly all the way, was
made in three and a half hours, with
i Stop at Philadelphia to take on
gasoline. At times, Senator Jones
said, the airplane reached an alti
tude of 3,000 feet, where the tem
perature was as low as 15 degrees
ibove zero.
PARIS AND BRUSSELS
THROUGH TRAINS RESTORED
Paris, Dec. 28. Through train
service hetween Paris and Brussels,
stopped by the outbreak of the war
n,J914, will be resumed Sunday.
OMAHA - GOLDEN CITY OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GOLDEN WEST
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SOCIETY CELEBRATES
WITH VICTORY BALL.
v New York, Dec. 27. New York
society celebrated the return of pre
!war conditions tonight with a great
'Carnival de Victoire" costume ball
it the Ritz-Carlton, the proceeds of
which are to be given to the free-milk-for-France
fund
The entire first floor of the hotel
J)ad been taken over and partly re
constructed for the event, which
brought together the most fashion
able assembly New York has wit
nessed since the country went to
waf.
',, In one of the halls, decorated to
represent the "Hanging Gardens of
Babylon," Metropolitan Opera house
favorites vied with those of the com
id opera stage in the presentation of
brilliant dances. Motion pictures
were taken tinder the direction of a
signil corps officer. '
TROTZKtf'S DAUGHTER
ARRESTED AT WARSAW. '
Geneva, Dec. 28. The daughter of
Leon Trotzky, the bolshevist minis
ter of war and marine, and a bolshe
vist named Lewow were arrested in
Warsaw yesterday, according to a
Polish agency at Lausanne. Six
million marks were found in the
apartment, which they were occupy
nig.
"SLACKER MARRIAGES"
RESULT DISASTROUSLY.
i-i Chicago, Dec. 28. '.'Slacker mar-
t. a u.. .i 1. :,.
the early days of the selective ser
vice law are "beginning to bear
fruit in the form of deserted wives
nd children," according to Judge
William N. Gemmill, of the court
di domestic relations. The judge
mnounced today that he would see
that as many as possible ot the cul
Jrits are sent to jail,
ludee Gemmill said that the in
reasc in complaints against slacker
tisbands. had been alarming, in
fccember, 1917, there were 34 such
rrwus. inus iar in iveccmper
,.18, there have been 196. .
AND PRIME
MINISTER
IN ACCORD
HIMK MAN
HELD HERE FOR
i INVESTIGATION
Said to Have Signed Chum's
; Name to Telegrams Ask-J-v
ing for Money; Police
Have Confession.
Dewey ' Hatcher of Columbus,
Neb.. . was' arrested Saturday by
police with the assistance of Postal
Telegraph employes and is being
hidfor investigation.
Police say he has confessed to
sending telegrams to M. E. Calto
c,f Columbus asking for $25 and sign
ing the name of his son, VV latt. 1 he
two boys were chums and enlisted
at the same time. Hatcher was re
leased and on reaching Omaha need
ed money.
The first telegram is alleged to
liave been a request for money
stating that Calto had been dis
charged, btit owed $25 and was
broke, and could not come home
The second telegram . aroused the
suspicions of the parents when it
said that the $25 had been stolen.
The parents wired postal author
ities to secure Ti description of the
man calling for the money and Hat
cher was arrested. Police say Hat
cher has confessed to obtaining the
noney. Calto is still in service.
Gen. Pershing Visits Nice
" : on Tour of Inspection
, . Nice, France, Dec. 28.-e-Gen. John
f. rershing, commander-in-chief of
the American expeditionary forces,
who is on a tour of inspection, ar
rived here this evening. He re
ceived a warm welcome at various
towns along his route and in a num
ber of instances was greeted by the
civil .authorities. At Monte Carlo
he was received by G. Jaloustre,
privy councillor of Monaco, and
other officials. . "
Brussels Preparing to Give
Big Reception to Wilson
'Paris, Dec. 28. Brand Whitlock,
American minister to Belgium, has
informed the American peace dele
cation that elaborate preparations
have been made in Brussels to re
ceive President Wilson. Mr. Whit
lock has been advised, however, that
president's time will be so occupied
that it is not likely he will be able
to go there before a month.
Germans Are Turning
r i ; Over Railroad Equipment
"Paris. Dec. 28. (Havas.) Armis
tice; conditions relative to the de
livery of railroad rolling stock are
being carried out satisfactorily by
the Germans. In a single day 3,500
cart and 200 locomotives were
turned over t the allies, j
Conferences Have Resulted in
Agreement on General
Principles, Lloyd George
Tells Newspaper Men.
London, Dec. 28. Premier Lloyd
Geojge, in receiving American news
paper correspondents at his resi
dence at 7 o'clock tonight, said that
the conferences with President Wil
son had brought about an agreement
on general principles. The premier
said he feldt assured that matters
which had been agreed upon be
tween America and England would
prove of the greatest assistance in
the work of the peace congress.
An understanding virtually had
been reached already between the
entente powers, regarding the ad
mission of the various nations to
the peace conference itself, said the
premier. In his conference in Paris
with the premiers of France and
Italy, President Wilson had become
fully acquainted with their views an1
he had now also acquired a know
ledge of the British standpoint.
Four Powers in Accord.
"And," continued the premier, "I
feel assured that all these powers
are in accord on the basic principles
of the peace which will come before
the conference. At any rate it will
be certain that America and Eng
land will be found working in com
plete' harmony in the conference."
At the close of his address, an
swering a question as to when he
expected the British delegation to go
to Paris, the premier replied that
owing to the necessity of clearing
up the general election and other
pressing business it could not be
fore the end of the first week of the
new year. ,
The newspaper men were received
after a long conference the premier
and Secretary Balfour had with
President Wilson this afternoon and
which will be continued at the
premier's dinner at his official resi
dence in Downing street. Details
of the general plans discussed this
(Continued en Page Two, Column Two.)
Secretary Baker
Proposes Medals for
Draft Board Men
Washington, Dec. 28. Legis
lation authorizing medals for
members of the army draft boards
and state officials who helped ad
minister the selective service law
was urged today by Secretary
Baker in a letter to Chairman
Dent of the house military committee.
MAN CONVICTED
BY FEDERAL JURY
TURNEDJ.00SE
Judge Woodrough Releases
Alfio Garrotto After Being
Found Guilty by Jury;
Evidence Lacking.
Federal Judge Woodrough Satur
day released Alfio Garrotto, 611
Pierce street, who was charged with
violation of the Reed amendment
and whom a jury in federal court
had found guilty.
The judge announced he consider
ed the evidence upon which Gar
rotto was convicted entirely insuf-
ficent and that the testimony of
Fred Sleye, principal witness, should
be discounted because of Sleye's
questionable reputatwn.
Labeled Gum Drops.
Garrotto was charged with trans
porting six barrels of whisky label
ed "gum drops" into Nebraska.
Martin Black, 618 Marcy street, tes
titled that he, accompanied by Sleye
a special agent for the Burlington
railroad company, took the barrels
of whisky to Garrotto's place, but
Garrotto denied ownership although
he paid him $100 when Black told
him that Sleye had suggested that
he had better let them see how
much money he had.
I he S1U0 bill was produced in
court and a question has arisen as
to what disposition shall be made of
it. A suggestion was made that the
money be given to the Red Cross.
but Judge Woodrough emphatically
ueclared that the court would make
no motion regarding the money and
he Said that the circumstances re
garding the money cast suspicion
upon some of the officers.
At the present the $100 is with
out an owner. Black said Garrotto
gave it to him and that lie gave it
to Sleye and Sleye said that he gave
it to E. M. Matthews, special agent
for the Burlington, who produced
it in court. Garrotto denied that he
had ever given any one a $100 bill
and insisted that he had not seen
Black before the trial. . '
Garrotto is a shoemaker.
PREMIER
UPHELD
BRITISH
ELECTION
Foundation Has Been Laid
For Effective League of
Nations, Asserts Wilson
President Announces in Guild Hall Address That He Finds
Allied Leaders in Agreement on Need for Concert of
Power to Maintain Permanent Peace.
London, Dec. 28. The text of I membership. That sturdy, serene
President Wilson's speech at the
Guild hall this afternoon is as follows:
"Mr. Lord Mayor: We have come
upon times when ceremones like
this have a new significance which
most impresses me as I stand here.
The address which I have just
heard is most generously and gra
ciously conceived, and the delight
ful accent of sincerity in it seems
like a part of that voice of counsel
which is now everywhere to be
heard. I feel that a distinguished
honor has been conferred upon me
by this reception, and I beg to as
sure you, sir, and your associates
of my very profound appreciation,
but 1 know I am only part of what
I may call a great body of circum
stances.
I do not believe that it was fancy
on my part that I heard in the voice
of welcome uttered in the streets of
this great city and in the streets of
Pans, something more than a per
sonal welcome. It seemed to me
that I heard the voice of one peo
ple speaking, to another people and
it was a voice in which one could
distinguish a singular combination
of emotions. There was surely
deep gratefullness that the fight was
over. 1 here was pride that the fight
ing had had such a culmination.
There was that sort of gratitude
that the nations engaged had pro
duced such men as the soldiers of
Great Britain and of the United
States and of France and of Italy
men whose prowess and achieve
ments they had witnessed with ris-
ng admiration as they moved from
culmination to culmination.
Business Not' Yet Done.
"But there was something more
in it, the consciousness that the
business is not yet done, the con
sciousness that it now rests upon
others to see that those lives were
not lost in va:n.
"I have not been to the actual
battlefield, but I have been with
many of the men who have fought
the battles, and the other day I had
the pleasure of being present at a
session of the French academy when
they admitted Marshal J olire to their
soldier stood and uttered, not the
words of triumph, but the simple
words of affection for his soldiers
and the conviction which he sum
med up in a sentence, which I will
not try accurately to quote, but re
produce in its spirit. It was that
France must always remember that
the small and the weak could never
live free in the world unless the
strong and the great always put
their power and their strength in the
service of right. -
Fought for New Order.
"That is the afterthought the
thought that something must be
done now; not only to make the
just settlements that of course
but to see that the settlements re
mained and were observed and that
honor and justice prevails in the
world. An as I have conversed
with the soldiers I have been more
and more aware that they fought
for something that not all of them
had defined, but which all of them
recognized the moment you stated
it to them. They fought to do away
with an old order and to establish
a new one, and the center and
characteristic of the old order was
that unstable thing which we used
to call the 'balance of power.' a
thing in which the balance was de
termined by the sword which was
thrown in on the one side or the
other, a balance which was deter
mined by the unstable equilibrium
of competitive interests, a balance
which was maintained by jealous
watchfulness and an antagonism of
interests which, though it was gen
erally latent, was always deep seat
ed. Must Be No Balance of Power.
"The men who have fought in this
war have been the men from the
free nations, who are determined
that that sort of thing should end
now and forever. It is very interest
ing to me to observe how from every
quarter, from every sort of mind,
from every concert of counsel, there
comes the suggestion that there
must be not a balance of power, not
one powerful group of nations set
(Continued en Fago Two, Column Three.)
Government Coalition Will
Command 519 Seats Out
of Total of 707 in
New Parliament. '
London, Dec. 28. The broad fea
tures of the election results an
nounced today are the sweeping
triumph of the Lloyd George coali
tion, the complete rout of the As
quithians, the pacifists and the wo
men candidates, and, perhaps most
significant of all the victory of the
S.nn Feiners all along the line.
That the coalition government
would be victorious had been a fore
gone conclusion despite the rum
blings of rumor between the polling
and the counting of the votes that
labor would make an unexpected
showing. But that David Lloyd
George would command completely
an overwhelming majority in the
new house in the proportion of al
most five to one had never been
contemplated, even by i the most
sanguine coalitionists. And since
coalition, as it now operates, is dis
tinctlv more conservative than lib
eral in its composition and tenden
cies, this result of the first election
under the extended franchise and
with the participation of mihons
of women voters is most suggestive
519 Seats for Coalition.
Premier Lloyd George, with only
four results yet to be announced,
has 519 seats for his coalition, out
of a membership of 707. The Sinn
Feiners have elected 70 members
and labor approximately 75.
Of 14 women candidate only one
will bt entitled to sit-in the JioMse
of commons," namely a Sinn Feiner,
Countess Markievicz, who was elect
ed for St. Patrick's division of Dub
lin city. But, as the Sinn Feiners
refuse to sit at Westminster, the
house of commons will, as hitherto,
be composed entirely of males.
All the other women candidates
including many of the foremost in
the women's movements, were re
jected by their constituencies.
Chnstabel Pankhurst came the near
est of these to being elected, being
defeated only by a narrow majority
by a labonte.
Sinn Feiners Sweep Ireland.
The Sinn Feiners, as expected, not
only swept Ireland, but gained their
seats with enormous majorities,
leaving the nationalist representa
tion in the new parliament a bare
seven members. John Dillon, the
nationalist leader, was defeated by
h. Devalera, Sinn Feiner, for Kast
Mayo, by a majority of over 4,000.
Joseph Devlin, however, defeated
Devalera for the West Belfast seat.
DeValera also was a candidate in the
South Down constituency.
A prominent feature of the poll
ing revealed by the count is the
comparative smallness of the polls
compared with the registered num
ber of electors. No figures are
available yet as to what extent the
army and navy have voted. It
should also be noted that the defeat
of the Asquithians, especially the
former ministers, in most cases can
be attributed in part to split votes
in three-cornered constituencies.
Coalitionist Majorities Large.
Not only has no coalition minis
ter been defeated, but most of them
were re-elected by extraordinary ma
jorities. For instance, Premier
Lloyd George s majority is about
12,000: Winston .Churchill's, 15,000,
and Andrew Bonar Law's. 13.000.
Majorities well over 10,000 were
(Continued pn Page Two, Column F)t.)
Tempus Flu-git
German Debt to Three
Allies for War Expenses
Totals $94,000,000,000
Paris, Dec. 28. The chamber of
deputies today discussed the pro
visional credits for the first quar
ter of 1919. During the course of
the discussion; .'Deputy Jacques
Stern declared that the total war
expenses of France would reach
250,000,000,000 francs; - those of
Great Britain he estimated at
200,000,000,000 and of Belgium at
20,000,000,000. Thus, he said, the
allies could ask from Germany
470,000,000,000 francs ($94,000,-
000,000).
M. Stern recalled that Dr.
Karl Helfferich, an authority on
German financial matters, in 1913
estimated the annual income of
Germ any at 50,000,000,000
marks. To divide equitably among
the allies the war expenses M.
Stern considered necessary the
creation of a financial inter-allied
commission which would propor
tion the debt among the nations.
This commission, he believed,
could constitute the juridical basis
of a league of nations. The ad
hesion of Russia could be obtain
ed, according to M. Stern, by call
ing on the sane part of the nation.
The discussions will be resumed
tomorrow.
f Well. I vtllttanX .'"TV
PEACE CONGRESS
WILL ASSEMBLE
ON JANUARY 1 2
Spirit of Optimlcm Takes
Place of Pccsimism in
, Paris in Regard to
Conferencss.
Paris, Dec. 28. The sentiment to
day in peace congress circles, after
another week of conferences, is dis
tinctly brighter and a spirit of op
timism has taken place of the pes
simism which had prevailed in some
quarters. This is due to private ad
vices from London showing that the
political exchanges now going on
there have been equally as satisfac
tory as the public demonstrations.
One of the primary instances con
sidered in these exchanges has been
the convening of the conference at
as early a date as possible. The
American delegation has been quite
insistent that it shall begin not later
than January 9. , The exchanges to
day indicated an agreement for the
assembly of the congress on Jan
uary 12.
Even the latter date would be ac
ceptable to the Americans, it is an
nounced, as assuring a reasonably
early opening of the discussions.
ihe pessimism previously exist
ing in some quarters was due to the
various views held on the "14
points," but the president's state
ment that the allied leaders agree
with him in the principles therein
laid down has largely removed the
first impressions.
The president's statement is
echoed in all responsible quarters
here, Premier Clemenceau also join
ing in the decjaration that the con
ferences he has had show an entire
agreement on the principles.
Czecho-Slovakia to Have
German "-'my of Togoland
Prague, Dec. 28. The entente
powers have decided to give to
Czecho-Slovakia the former German
colony of Togoland in West Africa
and a portion of Hungary so that
the boundaries will conform with
the historical frontier of Slavic ter
ritory.
It is declared that a note has been
sent to Hungary outlining the pro
posed boundaries and asking that
government to evacuate the territory
mentioned.
Three More Days and Then
Another New Year-Have You
Thought Just What You'll Do?
Many Years Ago the Same Question Was Put to Some
of Omaha's Leading Men of Today They Decided
and Stood by It But Let Them Tell Their
--- Own Story.- - "
Wednesday begins a new year.
What shall it bring to Omaha? Have you thought seri
ously of your New Year resolutions and what they shall bring
to you
If you have, read this story ; if you haven't, be doubly
sure you read it. It is a story of some of Omaha's prominent
business men who have won success because they made New
Year resolutions and abided by them.
There are others. They will tejl you of their battles in
lite later.
Road to Success.
Worldly success, that has cast
failure into insignificance, through
enduring work, thrift and safe and
sane investments is personified in
hundreds of Omaha's prominent and
successful business men. With the
coming New Year in the full bloom
of peace, enhancing these men
toward greater success by closer
throught to new resolutions, which
will be practiced in financial and
personal dealings, a new commer
cialized Omaha will arise.
The Gate City of the west will
shine with pride from "Tier advanta
geous position in the financial world.
Her industries that already have
gained such prominence will in
crease and it will be due to the per
sonally gained success of each in
dividual business man as much as to
that co-operation so vital ' to any
community. Much of the great suc
cess of financiers and business men
of this city has had its foundation
on past New Year resolutions,
which, obviously, have been prac
ticed. '
Many are the stories of hard ob
stacles that were overcome by ap
plication and courageous interest in
work.
Sane Investments.
Safe and sane investments offer
the quickest and surest way of at
taining success in life, in the opinion
of some of those who have made
good against all handicaps.
Chief among these is Ward L.
Burgess, financier and business man,
who has risen from the obscure
task of officei boy in a Missouri dry
goods store at $10 a month, to offi
cial position in local business enter
prises at an income that is hard to
keep up with.
"My success if I have attained
such" W. M. Burgess said, "is due
to enterprise, energy and especially
self-denial. Irue, New Years reso
lutions from year to year have
helped me set my mind to certain
work and at this time I have this
resolution to make: 'to continue
working hard.'
"Safe investment is the basis of
capital. I really don't know how
much I am worth. I'm not wholly
interested in knowing. I'm living
solely in my present work.
But life is too short, the optimist
of today may say, so why work to
the sweat of your brow:
What Hard Work Will Do.
That question is answered in the
innumerable instances of obstacles
overcome by Omaha's successful
men.
"The road to success is not paved
with silver and gold, Joseph Hay
den said in interview with a Bee
reporter. "I've attained the pyramid
of my career by hard work and 1
paid close attention to my work. Not
until I had made investment into
business dealings did I consider my
work a success. And closer applica-
(Continued on Page Four, Column Five.)
Lincoln Traction Denied
Higher Fare by Rail Board
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28. The State
Railway commission today refused
to grant the Lincoln Traction com
pany increased fares on its city lines
and the present five-cent fare was
ordered to remain in force until
June 30, 1919, when the commission
promises to reconsider" its decision.
The traction company's application
hied November 10, last, asked for
six-cent fare with an additional
charge of one cent for transfer priv
ileges. Cologne Folks Pinched
for Staying Out Late
Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 28.
(Havas) The British troops have
made many arrests at Colongc be
cause the population did not obey
orders to be in their homes at 9 p.
m., according to reports received
here. Fines have proved ineffective.
Known Dead of Six
Nations in War Total
. Nearly Six Million
London, Dec. 28. With the issue
of the official figures of the French
losses in the war it is possible to
arrive at the approximate estimate
of the appalling toll of life. The
dead, so far, number 5,936,504. The
individual national losses in dead
thus far announced are:
British, 706,726; French, 1,071,300;
American, 58,478; Russian, 1,700,000;
Austrian, 800,000; German, 1,600,000.
The total German casualties are
given by the Berlin Vorwaerts as
6,330,000 and the Austrian total was
placed at 4,000,000. Serbia in killed,
wounded and prisoners lost 320,000
men.
Meat Director of Federal
Food Administrator Dies
Boston, Dec. 28. Henry C. Saw
yer, director of the meat division of
the federal food administration, died
today at the Charles Gate hospital
of pulmonary embolism.
W. S. Seavey, Former
Omaha Police Chief
Is Dead in Seattle
Seattle, Dec. 28. Weber S.
Seavey, former chief of police of
Santa Barbara, Cal., and of Omaha,
Neb. and a civil war veteran, died
here today. He is survived by his
widow and two children.
RADICALS
form ra
MINISTRY
h
1
AT BERLIN
Liebknecht, Ledebour, Eich
orn to Control Govern
ment; Germans Hand Over
Vilna to Bolshevik!. -
W. S. Seavey was chief of police
in Omaha from the middle of the
80's until 1894.
Germans Deliver 60
Airplanes to Americans
Coblenz, Dec. 28. Sixty airplanes
of the Fokker type arrived in Co
blenz today by special train from
Berlin. They were the first of 200
airplanes which are to be turned
over to the American forces in Co
blenz in accordance with the as
mistice.
A number of German aviators
also arrived to try one of each 20
machines before the planes are
turned over to the American commission.
Amsterdam, Dec. 28. The Ebert
-cabinet has fallen, according to th
Berlin Kreutz Zeitung. A Lieb
knecht - Ledebour - Eichorn cabinet
will be formed. ,
Poles Establish Front.
Warsaw, Dec. 28. (By Associat
ed Press.) The Polish government
has established a thin military front
against the advancing bolshevik
forces. The line extends from Lapy,
in the north, southward to Litry, ana
beyond Lemberg. The Polish troops
have occupied the railway stations
and the main railway line on the
borders of the territories held by
them.
Thousands of Russian refugees
continue to arrive in Poland. It is
reported that the Germans are pre
paring to hand over Vilna to the bol
sheviki. j ,
The Polish government has re
ceived reports that a thousand Poles
have been massacred at Pinsk by
bolshevik and Ukrainian forces,
who are advancing toward Brest
Litovsk, which the Germans are pre
paring to abandon.
The republic of West Ukraine has
been formed at Tarnopol, Galicia,
under the presidency of Constantine
Levitsky. The new government is
favorable to the entente. "
Bolshevik! Post Proclamation.;
- German eoMiefi- arriving hers
from Vilna have brought with them
copies of a declaration of bolshevik
principles which were posted at yil
ii a. The proclamation, which is. ad
dressed to the workers of the world,
especially to those in the central em- ,
pires, is signed by Lenine and
Sverdloff. It makes these declara-i
tions:
"The treaty of Brest-Litovsk is
abolished.
"The last act of former Emperor
William was to expel the representa
tive of the Russian government in
Berlin. '
' "The treaties with Germany have
been annulled by the German and
Russian revolutions. -
Offer Truce Peace.
"The free Russian people will
make a truce peace with those of
America, Austria and Germany ac
cording to the principles of Lenine.
"The right to decide the destinies
of nations shall be reserved to the
workmen of such nations while the
capitalists, having caused the war,
must pay indemnities. ,
"The union of Russia, Austria
and Germany must be established od
the ruins of militarism, imperialism
and economic slavery.
"It is hoped that all nations will
join such a union after the Russian
union has successfully opposed the
foreign bourgeoise. The Russian
union will never submit to Anglo
American imperialism.
"The working class of the entente
must force their governments to
a peace negotiated with the mass of
the Russian people. The Russian
soviet will use its forces to oppose
foreign capitalism and will protect
the people liberated from German
domination.
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Pershing Issues Rules '
for Guidance of People .
in Occupied Territory
Coblenz, Dec. 28. Rules for the
guidance of inhabitants of. regions
occupied by American forces were
issued today by General Pershing.
Uiikier the regulations the author
ities will know the exact where
abouts of every individual, for each
must carry an identification card '
and give notice of changes of habi
tation. , Householders must keep
posted on their doors a list of the '
residents of their buildings with theif
ages, nationality and occupations.
All weapons and ammunition must
be surrendered. The gathering of
crowds is forbidden and no meet
ings except courts, schools, councils
and religious services will be allow
ed without permission.
J he people are informed that a
military court will punish anyone at
tacking or impeding American sol
diers or officers or "who commit any
act whatever injurious to the
American army."
the custom of soldiers trading or
selling chocolates or soap to the
Germans is forbidden by the rules.
Soldiers Hurt in Wreck.
Tefre Haute. Ind.. Dec. 28. Two .
soldiers were slightly injured when
two cars of a west-bound train on
the Nickel Date railroad were de
railed near Edgerton, O., early to
day. Six hundred California atc
diers were o& board the xtku