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B RIEF RIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS OMAHA GOLDEN CITY OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GOLDEN WEST ' The Omaha Daily Bee WOULD BREVET ALL DRAFT BOARD MEMBERS Washington, Dec. 31. A bill to confer the rank of captain by brevet on all chairmen of local draft boards ind the rank of first lieutenant by brevet on other members of such boards serving during the war, was introduced today by Senator Hcn Jerson of Nevada. RMY OF 1,500,000 PLAN OF UTAH SENATOR. Washington. D. C, Dec. 31. An trmy of half a million men as a part ii the permanent military estab ishment of the nation is favored in resolution introduced today by senator King of Utah, democrat. The resolution declares that even after the declaration of peace the United States will be required to maintain a considerable force in Europe for some time. BRITISH MAN GERMAN SUBS ON WILSON'S VISIT Manchester, Dec. 31. The in spection of the Manchester ship canal by President Wilson and his party bad several picturesque fea tures. All the ships in the inland harbor were dressed brightly with flags and seamen dressed as the presidential party passed. i he British "mystery ship and two German submarines were in the harbor. At first glance the "mystery ship" appeared to be . an ordinary steamer, but as the president and li s party approached, the ship show ed its real character. With all the ranidity and effect of a great conjuring trick, the dingy vessel became a fully armed war ship. Parts of the upper works fell flown and guns appeared with gun :rews at their stations. The Ger man submarines were manned by British sa'lors. VOL Q 'KTCi -I fin Entrd Kond.cliii aiatttr May 28, I9M. at vjli. -o. ooitii P. 0. uadtr act at March 3. 1579 OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919. Dally an Sua.. IS. 50: outlld. Ne. aottiH attra TWO PPKT By Mall (I ,aar). Daily. I4.M; Sunday. UM: 1 WU VjCiiS 1 0. THE WEATHER t Probably snow; not much change in temperature. Hourly Trmprmturra. 5 a. m. . ft a. m. . . 1 a. m... H a. m... a. in... Ill a. m... II a .in... li . I I p. Ml. S i. ni. S p. m. 4 p. m. S P. . . .4 ! p. ni. .. .4 7 p. m... . . .J I p. in.,. , ni. . . . W U W fill m nn OVJ nn El 111' ELEPHANTS PLAY ROUGH FTER GAINING FREEDOM. Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 31. Four elephants brought here to perform in a vaudeville theater this week jroke away from their keepers to day and made away from the flay grounds for three hours. One of the animals became . wedged be tween two houses and pulled part of the walls away with her. She then paid a formal visit to the public power house and broke in the door with a, gentle rap and advanced in a friendly fashion to meet Engineer f. Krai, who was in charge. Krai rubbed his eyes and ' disappeared. The animal scratched her hack on !he switchboard, reducing it to twisted metal. The four truants vere finally captured. BEATEN FIGHTING AT POSEH Poles in Control of Capital of German Poland; Prepare to Resist Advance of Bolsheviki. Will Keep Faith With Wheat Grower Declares Lever Washington, Dec. 31. Chair man Lever of the house agricul ture committee announced today, after a conference with Secretary Houston, that legislation to insure the maintenance of the govern ment wheat guarantee price for the 1919 crop was being drafted by the Department of Agriculture and that he would introduce it in congress within a few days. "The government," Mr. Lever said, "will buy all of the 1919 crop and sell it at the world price, whatever that may be." He ad ded that the government nv'glu lore a large sum by maintaining the price, but that it was necessary to Keep taith with the farmer. Happy New Year! MONTANA JOINS RANKS OF PROHIBITION STATES. Helena, Dec. 31. Midnight to night saw Montana's statewide prohibition law in effect. Officials :verywhere are pledged to enforce ment., Douhtr "txisfs whether lvi erages containing less than two per cent alcohol may be served and .test cases are expected. Liquor dealers in the cities generally were said to have sold out their stocks. "FLU" SITUATION IN OMAHA LOOKS GOOD.-! MANNING But Four Deaths Are Reported in Last Twenty-Four Hours; v Health Board Advises Caution. a: '4 Only four deaths from "flu" were reported to the city health commis sioner in the 24 hours ending Tues day morning. "It certainly looks good," said Dr. Manning, "but I wish I could be sure that the epidemic won't break out again. Let the people bear in mind that the ban against danses ,f will not be raised until 6 o'clock New Year's day. There is to be t . no (lancine Aew Years eve. I Caution is advised by Dr. Man ning. He issued the following bulle tin: Keep your feet dry in this flu breeding weather. H Better wear ruhnera. o-alncTiec " or arctics now than to wear a "wooden kimona" later. So keep your feet dry and warm and your head cool. If your feet happen to get wet, lose no time in drying and warming them. This is more vital than you may think. "Don't give the flu a chance at i vou. Blizzard Raging in North Part of State; Trains Behind I' Norfolk. Neb., Dec. 31. (Special I Telegram.) A blizzard is raging in 1 - northern Nebraska and South Da I kota. Northwestern trains are far tV behind schedules from the Rlarl- Hills and from the Rosebud cotin f ;5ry. Snow is being driven into the K .rsvroad cuts by a heavy northwest J wind. Snow plows are working W ,nd one is stalled in the drifts near Beatrice, Neb.. Dec. 31. (Special Telegram.) A heavy snow storm set in here this afternoon and con tinued unabated this evening. The temperature has dropped almost to the zero mark, lhe storm is gen eral in this section of the state. Trains are all behind time because of the heavy snowfall. Peruvian Minister Arrives. Wt m w U V 4WU aWU 'I Washington, E f 1 :isco Tudela, the V.Vster to the Uni Dec. 31. Dr. Fran- new Peruvian min- ited -States, arrived 'vm Ajuia ij rtaauxuc ma f pct. He brought with him creden f tials both as minister and as am jbassador. the latter to be presented I when the United States senate 1 raises the rank of the United States representative at. Lima to that of J ambassador. Dr. Tudela was form- ( erly foreign minister in the Tcru vian cabinet' ' v V Basel, Dec 31. The Poles are masters of Posen, German Foland, according to the V'orwaerts of Berlin They have disarmed German officers and soldiers, some of whom, the paper adds, were shot after being tried by court-martial. Violent fighting has taken place in the streets between German and Polish soldiers. The Poles are in control of the central postoffice and the telegraph office and have cut communication with Germany. The German au thorities in the province urgently demand that troops be sent to their aid. The local soldiers' and workmen's council at Wreschen, east of Posen, and Zloslaw have officially proclaim ed their annexation to Poland. The town " of Gnesen, 30 miles northeast of Fosen, is in the hands of the Poles, according to reports reaching here today. Rioting in Germany. Warsaw, Dec. 31. Sympathisers with the bolsheviki marched to the Hotel Bruhl, in Warsaw, Sunday and demanded the release of six bol shevik agents. Polish troops fired into the crowd after several soldiers bad been wounded by the mob, and tfve persons were killed and a num. ber wounded. The crowd, which numbered rrtore than 1,000, paraded through the streets singing, carrying red banners and crying "down with Piludski! Down with the government!" It was composed mostly of young men and young women. They then marched to the hotel where three companies of the Polish legion were guarding the bolshevik agents. Leaders of the crowd demanded the release of the bolshevik agents and when this was refused revolver shots were fired from the crowd into the hotel. The soldiers answered with three volleys into the crowd. Bolsheviki Capture Two Villages, London, Dec. 31. Forces of the Russian bolshevik government have c-..itured two villages in the region of Reval, according to a Russian wireless message received here to day. The "enc.ny," it is added, has landed 500 men and four guns (evi dently on the Esthonian coast in the region of Reval). The wireless message reads: "On December 23, in the Reval region, we took the vill ges of Bik hona and Karkus. The enemy has landed 500 men and four guns." French Advancing to Kiev. Canstantinople, Dec. 31. (By Associated Prfcss.) A volunteer army and a French force are ad vancing from Rotimania through Bessarabia toward Kiev, the Ukrain ian capital, according to a report from Odessa, received here. The advancing forces, the report says, aim at gaining control of the railroad between Kiev and Odessa, from the republican separatist forc es in the Ukraine. A French force under General Bcrthelot has been in Roumania for more than a month and aided the Roumanians in forcing the Gernians to retire trom the country. Widow of Gen. J. C. Cowin Beneficiary of His Will The will of the late Tohn C Cowin provides that $100 shall he paid to William B. Cowin and S100 to hdna Cowin-Cudahy, son and daughter of the deceased. All of the residue of the estate was bequeathed unconditionally to tun i. vowm, me wiaow. uie will hears date of April 7, 1914. Noth ing has yet been filed in probate court to indicate the value of the estate. JAMES PROVES ALIBI IN GLYNN MURDER CASE Policemen Testify He Waited! on Them in Millard Cafe Christmas Morning; Wick Discharged. Failure of the two principal wit nesses for the state, William Bruce and Mert Anderson, companions of Frank Glynn, on the Christmas morning when the latter was shot to death, to positively identify Alvin Wick and James M. James as the murderers, resulted in the dismissal of the murder charges against the latter in police court Tuesday morn ing. Bruce and Anderson were with Glynn when he was killed. Proves Alibi. Three things were proved in the preliminary examination of James M. James, charged jointly with Al vi.i Wick, with the murder of Frank Glynn Christmas morning. The three things were a perfect alibi, the fact that James was a very Dusy waiter during the hours when the murder was supposed to have occurred, and also that he did "ot know how to make a sandwich. As a result of the main finding, that of an alibi, the case was dis missed against- James Judge Tritt. 5-'; Charles" Nelson, jFngineer at the Millard hotel;' Charles H. Howe, a waiter at the Millard cafe; Dave Ep stein, manager'of the Millard cafe; Henry W. Gottwalt, discharged sol dier who was a customer in the cafe; Charles Jones, a dishwasher at the restaurant, and Harry Scog gl.is, a fellow waiter, all testified that James w..ited on .table at the restaurant the night and morning of the tragedy and were certain he was attending to his duties between t' hours of 3; and o'clock. Officers Testify. Scoggins, who has a perfect mas tery of the waiters, argot, was sat isfied that James was at the restau rant, for they spent some time to gether "chewin' the fat." "Chewing the fat, what do you mean.-' asked Judge Britt for enlightenment. Oh, just throwm the bull, was the rather cryptic reply. - sergeant Kussell and Officer Sin clair of the police force testified James waited on them between 3 and 4 o'clock that morning. Umcer Clark also testified James waited on him before 4 o'clock Christmas morning. How do you know? he was asked. "Because I called him down for not knowing how to make a sand wich," was the reply. Was it a poor sandwich.' Tudee Bake interrogate! "Rotten," was the emphatic an swer. "Case dismissed." was the finding of Judge Britt. : ZT LL VOLUME OF TRADE IN GATE CITY SHOWS WONDERFUL GAINS Packing House Products Show Gain of About $100,000, 000 While Bank Clearings Gain a Billion Dollars. Manufacturing and Jobbing Both Increase in Spite of War. Grain Receipts Mor Year of Omaha Business Set Forth in Big Figures 1918. Manufacturing $ 427,271,161 Jobbing . . : 260,836,940 Real estate transfers 16,293,698 racking house output 288,820,787 Bank clearings 2,819,665,975 Smelter output Bank deposits Building permits Grain receipts (bushels). Grain shipments (bushels) WILSON RETURNS I Great Sums for Military TO FRANCE UNDER NAVAL ESCORT And Naval Establishment Break Record for Nation Visit to England at an End; Is Accompanied to 'Rail way Station by King and Queen. i Costs' American People More Than Eighteen pillion . Part of Vast Amount is Caused by " ; Necessities of War. - Dover, Dec. 31. President Wil- j son and his party sailed from Dover for Calais at 11:20 o'clock this morn-! ing. j The presidential train reached j Dover at 11 o'clock and little time was lost in boarding the steamer ! Brighton, which set out almost im-! mediately on the cross-channel trip The president was received here by Commander Boyle, secretary to Vice Admiral Sir F.otrer Keves. Ad- miral Keyes Feing indisposed and j unable to attend ii'. person. Others in the receiving party were Rear Admiral Cecil F. Dam- ? jjitr, xuaj. ucn. j. v-onn Mackenzie ana the marquis of Camden Tl accompanied the presidential party. " 1 uuc-inira or tne wars ex to the pier, where President Wilson i Pensts excluding foreign loans, in shook hands all around and ex-!.taxes m casn and two-thirds as Washington, Dec. 31. It-cost the American people about $18,160,000,000 to run its expensive war govern ment and make loans to allies in the year ending today, according to computations from treasury report. - December expenditures above $2,000,000,000, the record of t)e nation's history, sent aggregate war costs to date to approximately $24,500,000,000. Of the $18,160,000,000 paid out of the treasury's coffers m 1918, probably $10,000,000,000 went for the army and the general military establishment, about $2, 000, 000 000 for the navy, $1,000,000,000 for the ship building program, $1,000,000,000 for other civil govern ment needs and $4,150,000,000 as loans to America's brothers m arms. Onf-rhir1 XaiA i, .v.. v- , . . . . . certincates nave brought $943,000, oniv I 000 into the trens That the public has paid pressed ms appreciation lor tne ar rangements made for his reception. As the Brighton passed out of the harbor her naval escort took posi tion on either side, accompanying her to mid-channel, where French destroyers took over the task. Thanks King George. ceipts from taxes, customs and mis cellaneous' revenue amounted to $4,CS7,063,000, of which $2,949,032,000 Came from iiicnmc anrl vi-.n Ac .i,. i. r- . " " picsiuru was leaving tn- us taxes aione. gland he telegraphed King George a j During the year $6,038,000,000 has message expressing deep apprecia- come into the treasury from the Expenses Rapidly Increase. The wav in which war exnonspc loans to De repaid in another gener-iave mounted irom month to month ation, is indicated by treasury fig- is shown by the following table of ure from various sources. With ! expenditures: the last four days of the year not I jjr. iduuiaicu, it is snown tnat re- General Pershing Names 15,000 Troops for Convoy Washington, Dec. 31. General Pershing notified the War depart ment today that additional units with a total strength of approxi mately 15,000 ruen had been as signed for early convoy home. They include the 329th and 330th infan try of the 33d division, with more than 50 officers and 3,400 men each, and the 40th regiment, air service, including about 16 aero squadrons. Carruthers Field Closed. Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 31. Car ruthers field has been ordered closed and all airplanes and. aviators there will be transferred to Barron field, which, it was announced here today, will be made a permanent flying sta- tion. v Senator King Makes Demand for Withdrawal of Order on Promotions Washington, Dec. 31. Senator King of Utah, democrat, introduced a resolution yesterday calling on Secretary Baker to notify the senate whether an order stopping the com missioning and promotion of offi cers issued soon after the signing of the armistice, had been withdrawn. The resolution states the practice of granting commissions and promo tions should be resumed in justice to the men. tion ot his entertainment in this country and wishing the English people a happy New Year. The president returns to France, members of the party indicated, feeling that great progress has been made toward achievement of his reace ideals. On the trip to Dover Premier Clcmenceau's speech was discussed among the Americans. No expression, however, was forth-1 coming to give any clue as to Pres-1 ident Wilsons feeling regarding it Fast Fanatic Dies. San Diego, Cal., Dec. 31. Dr. Harry S. Tanner, aged 91 years, died in this city Saturday at the county hospital, after an illness of nearly a year. Dr. Tanner's prac tical application of the theory that health and long life depended upon long periods of fastings attracted world-wide attention a number of years ago. fourth Liberty loan and M.'Ono.. 000 from the third Liberty Joan. In addition, $13,802,000,000 worth of certificates ;of. indebtedness have been sold and subsequently largely redeemed from Liberty loan re ceipts. War savings stamps and January, 1918, ..... .$1,090,000,000 February 1.012.000.000 March 1,155,000,000 April 1,215,000,000 May 1,508,000,000 June 1,512,000,000 July 1.608,000,000 August 1,805,000,000 September, 1,557,000,000 October 1,664,000,000 November 1,935,000,000 December, (partially estimated)) 2,100,000,000 These figures include the loans to all allies, which have run to an aver age of about $340,000,000 a month. 47,258,224 104,742,547 3 608,054 91,707,900 75,049,500 LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS. Cattle (head) 1,996,334 Hogs (head) 3.426.353 Sheep (head) 3,386.113 Horses (head) 3,198 1917- 5 325,721,546 236,137,067 13,452,531 191,718,000 1,873,581,133 59,997,165 103,049,285 7,737,047 66,426,100 57,531,800 1,733,319 2,814,283 3,033,456 32,840 JUBILEE DAY SCHEDULED FOR THIS NEW YEARS .Business Suspended aniCiti zens to Join in Reunions, 7 Dances and Receptions Planned Over City. A "victory" New Year's observ ance, following the "victory" Chfistniis celebraiion, is scheduled for today. Business houses and public buildings, will be closed, family reunions, church services, New Year's receptions and social functions without number, dinners, tear, receptions and dances, are the "orders of the day."- A generous sp; .nkling of khaki and blue uniforms, denoting boys home on furlough, recentlv dis charged and stationed at local posts, gives the "victory ' touch to the holiday atmosphere., The all-pervacintr feeline of thankfulness that j.eace has come, jin contrast to the heavy hearts which welcomed the auvent of the present year, is tne outstanding feature of the dav. "Flu" Ban Lifted. j Onlaha's business record Hun'mr 1918, is the face of a world at war, will hearten those who are deter mined to make the new year a ban ner period in the history of the Gate City. Plans for Omaha during 1919 already indicate that unprece dented activity will hark all line of business. It will be a period of account pf'rnany important enter prises deferred for the all-importanl .business of war. .Live stock receipts for the yeai bhowed the following percentage of increase over 1917: Cattle 16 per cent; hogs 23 per cent; sheep, 10 per cent. The total packing house a2U0-o,the year a,"U"ted to -8.20,87. nearly $100,000,000 more than the previous year. War shipments stimulated the packing house business, and these figures offer a striking exhibit of the grow ing importance of Greater Omaha as one of the world's packing house centers. Millions of men oversea" were furnished supplies which were prepared in this packing center. During the year nearly $500,000 was spent in improvements at the pack ing houses and yards, and a further improvement of $250,000 has been planned for 1919. It is a notable fact the total pack ing house output in 1918 was twice that of 1916. Manufacturing Grows. One of the most interestmo . Manufacturing Doubles Here in Last Three Years The following is a list of the ten leading manufacture ing lines in Omaha and their growth for the past three years: 1918 1917 1916 Packing . . . . .$288,820,787 $191,718,000 $149,768,860 Smelter 47,685,724 Butter 20,387,182 Soap 7,686,000 Flour 7,458,135 Printing 4,858,506 Alfalfa products 4,281,000 Crackers 3,800,000 Bags ......... 2,900,000 Cars 2,525,000 59,997,165 11,011,925 7,400,000 6,217,319 4,656,857 3,500,000 2,504,984 3,525,000 2,340,000 46,369,279 10,789,144 3,407,500 3,242,905 4,026,999 5,086,000 1,241,534 2,918,000 2,375,000 Roumania Doubled in Area by Addition of Transylvania Bucharest, Dec. 31. (Havas.) The mission of the Transylvanian government sent by the national as sembly of Roumanian Transylvania" to hand to King Ferdinand the pact of union with Roumania.was re ceived in Bucharest with great cere mony. The mission was acclaimed by the populace and was lodged at the royal palace. King Ferdinand received the depu tation and declared he was obeying the will of the Roumanian people in accepting the mandate to reign over the region from the Dniester to the Theiss. The . Transylvania national as. i sembly, which met in December, declared the freedom of the Rou manian districts, of. Transylvania as I well as the desire of those districts I to be joined with Roumania under j King Ferdinand. The Dniester river I flows through Galicia and Bessarab ia to the Black sea, while the Theiss flows northward from the Danube northeast of Belgrade and swings eastward to its source in the moun tains between Bukowina and Tran sylvania. Near the Danube it flows through the region known as Banat. The addition to Roumania of these districts will almost double the area of Roumania as it was be fore the war, . Forces of Allies in -North Russia are Not in Any Serious Danger Washington, Dec. 31. Favorabic reports on .he Miration in the Archangel region pf Russia, where some unoflicirl accounts have pi turcd the north Russian, allied and American forces as lacing destruc tion at the liano's ot bolsheviki in overwhelming r.umbtrs, have been given to the State department by G. A. Martiuszme, representative Here ot the Archangel government It was ofli;ial!y stated today that Mr. Martiuszine had conferred with Acting .Secretary Polk, and that his inf,)'-ina;io'i showed the situation well in hand from the viewpoint of the allies. According to liicse . reports, thj bolshevik so"liers are officered by Germans and consequently are able to make good use of their artillery and rapid fire gutis, but they have no stomach for fighting that does not keep then at a distance from their opponents. Will Have Blowout. Paris, Dec. 31. The American peace delegation will hold a New ear's celebration at theHotel Cril lon tomorrow afternoon. Among those attending will be the mem bers of President Wilson's immedi ate party. Additional satisfaction at the lift. stones 111 connection with Omaha's - nig ot tne ' Hu ban on New Year's "k'"8 as rnanutactunne citv i j il... u ! tfilH hv tin. fim,... ...i.:t. i , "aji "U ic n:iifjcuza situation seems to be well m hand, is ex pressed on all s'.-'es. To add to th s all, the weather man 'las ordered more seasonable weather, good old spell, but one not too cold to chill the warm heart of Omaha, as eviduiced by her gen erous response o every appeal, humane and patno.ic. made during the year 1918. The coldest day of winter will usher in the New Year. "The boys" back home, health, success and huiierto unequaled 1-rosperity is the 1019 outlook. ' Germans Try to Palm Off Old Guns, Yanks Too Smart for Them Coblenz. Dec. 31. (By Associated Press.) lhe old fashioned heavy artillery which is being offered the American army by the Gernians will be declined, according to a decision by the allied armistice commission. The armistice commission's In structions to the Americans were that they were not to accept 10-cen-timeter guns of models nrinr tn iw, 13-centimeter trims withnnt cylinder record mechanism. 150-mil. nuclei nuwuzers oi models prcv- ""'Priance or umaha ious to iwi or Jiu-mitlimeter mod- niarRet: els of date previous to 1910. The ar- ' Rcccli,l of mistice commission decided that the ' m1 told by the figures which have. hen compiled by the bureau of publicity of the Chamber of Commerce. Dur ing 1918 the- total value of manu ftured products amounted to ?427,271,161, which 'was $100,000,000 more than 1917 and twice as much as 1915. In nine years Omaha's manufacturing business has increas ed more than 100 per cent. Omaha's butter industry increased nearlv 100 per cent during last vear when the output was $20,387,182. Thi city is rapidly becoming one of the important gutter markets of the world. Substantial increases are unfed , ! the output of soap, alfalfa products, j crackers, bags, cars and printing. ! 1 here was an increse of 10 per cent in the general jobbing business. Grain Receipts Increase. Omaha as a grain market made substantial strides during the year Receipts in all lines showed an in crease. Corn receipts increased 52 per cent; wheat, 50 per cent; oats, 17 per cent. , The bank clearings of the year were nearly one billion dollars more than 1917. Part of that increase was due to war activities and part to general increase in business. The following figures in bushels will serve to emphasize the growing as a gran n-tcynuii. ui material snouid con tinue after January 1 and untif new instructions were received. Upon the fulfillment of the armis tice conditions regarding materials to be turned over, the material not accepted will be returned to the Germans. neeplpts of oats ms 1917 1916 Kocrlpt of wheat lilt 1917 45,591.90(1 29.82,61(i 21.466.SOIi 23.SS2.900 2o,:(i,;m H."7,700 2n.:2,iii) 13,714,600 fugitive Convicts Recaptured. Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 31.-J. C. V under and Emmet McDaniels, the convicts who escaped a second time from guards while heinc taken the penitentiary at Florence yester day, were recaptured last night by a sheriff's nosse at Casa GranHe and taken to Florence today. With them were captured J. D. McDaa iels, a brother of Emmet, and the two girls with whom the cenvicts ned a week ago Admiral Sims to Be Head . of U.S. Naval War College Washington, Dec. 31.-rVice Ad miral Sims w ill be Assigned to duty as president of the naval war college at Newport, R. on completion of his present duty as commander of American naval forces in European waters. Secretary Daniels made this announcement today, adding that the assignment was at tie re quest of Admiral Sims and that the Navy department had asked for dou ble the current appropriation for the war co lege m order to expand the work there
