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1. : I s 1 R1EF RIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS OMAHA GOLDEN CITY OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GOLDEN WEST The Omaha Sunday Bee BORDEAUX-TO-BAGDAD THROUGH LINE PLANNED. Paris, Jan. 4. Announcement that the "Acropolis Express," connecting Paris and Athens, will soon be es tablished, points to one of the most important steps in the work of re construction following the war. It is the initial step to the larger project of extending the railroad further cast through Constantinople and northward to Odessa. Ultimately it is planned jo realize a Bordeaux-to-Bagdad rouTe, which will take the plate of the Teuton scheme of a railroad from Berlin to the city of Haroun Al Raschid. SUFFRAGETS ARRESTED AND WATCH FIRES DIE OUT. Washington, Jan. 4. Alice Paul, chairman of the National Woman's party, and four other members ot the organization were arrested to night tor violating park regulations ana l ghting hres on government property. All were released on bond tor appearance in police court Mon day. f he arrests were due to the action of the women in maintaining watch lires m front of the White House and which they had stated would be kept burning until the senate passed trie equai suffrage amendment reso tutioil. No later attempt was made tonight to kindle the fires anew, al though two women with lighted oil torches took the place of those ar rested and stood for hours, in the biting cold until relieved by other volunteers. VOL. XLVI1I NO. 30. tmt u KeoM-elau ttw M.y 2S, Oath P. 0. under act 1 March 1908. at 3. 1171 OMAHA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1919. By Mall II vaar). Daily. MM: Sa.day. KM: Dally and Sua.. M.M: evtilda Nak. taaa aura FIVE CEN1S. THE WEATHER t ( Fair Sunday and Monday: rising temperature Monday and in northwest Sunday, Hourly Temperature. i 5 at. m. . m. 7 a. m., II a. m. t a. m. 10 a. m It a. m 10 U n ..! . t ... 1 ... ... S I t I i i p. m. . . P. m... ,.... J7Uj s u. in r.; bi.i p. m ... J Af 7 p. m.. . 8 p. ill... r JV "r JV rvn M THRONG TOO GREAT FOR WILSON TO ENTER. Rome, Jan. 4. Some unofficial ar rangements were made to have President Wilson address the popu lace in the Piazza Venizia. This was supposed to be a great secret uut in nait an nour tne newspapers were on the streets w;ih the news an! in less than an hour the square was packed with such a mass of luMiianity that the American secret pblicenien, after one look, gasped and decided that the president could not possibly get into the square if he wanted to. It then turned out (hat President Wilson knew noth ing whatever of the unofficial ar rangements. AVIATORS EAGER FOR ADVENTURES IN CLOUDS. New York, Jan. 4. Thrilled by their adventures in the clouds and nnw.lling to return to the routine ot civilian life, hundreds of American aviators returning from abroad are seeking at embassies and legations m Washington opportunity to de velop the military and mail air serv ices of south American countries, according to a statement tonight by jfrkials of the Aero Club of America . Other aviators, it was said, had aoolied to Cant. Robert A. Bartlett tor a chance to accompany his ex pedition to the Arctic regions, nexjt June, when it is planned to "make an aerial survey of I the North pole, while others are eager to participate in projects for a trans-Atlantic flight. RISE IN THE SEINE ENDANGERING PARIS. Paris, Jan. 4.- The persistent rains have caused a general rise in all the rivers. The Seine is constantly swelling and has risen to a degree that is considered dangerous. The ijuays and suburbs of Paris are un , tier water and navigation has almost ceased. SUPREME COURT GRANTS FORMER OfMHORCE Verdict of District Court Ver ified in Case of John G. - Arthur vs. Mattie L Arthur. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Jan. 4. (Special.) The supreme court today affirmed the judgment of the Douglas county dis trict court in the divorce case brought by John G. Arthur against Dr. Mattie L. Arthur. The plaintiff brought action and asked tor adjustment of property rights. Mrs. Arthur filed a cross petition and asked for a divorce from plaintiff. The court granted the plaintiff a divorce and gave judg ment against the defendant for $1, 500. and the defendant appealed. The court in its findings holds the evidence establishes that the de fendant has been guilty of unpro voked and extreme cruelty toward plaintiff, who is about 74 years of age, while the defendant is 15 years younger. . Mrs. Arthur is a doctor, while the plaintiff is a lawyer, and both prac liced their professions in .Burt county, Neb., San Diego. Cal., and Omaha. Clifford Wolfe Has Been Released from German Prison Gimp Clifford Wolfe, Omaha boy , in a German prison camp, who has not heen heard from for a long time, is an French soil. Wolfe, son of Mrs. Joseph Bald rige, was captured by the Germans ome time before the armistice was signed, was taken to a prison camp '.n the interior of Germany and all :fforts of his relatives, -assisted by the War department, to locate him .vere of no avail Yesterday Mrs. Donald Macrae of Council Bluffs received a cablegram from her husband, Col. Donald Mac rae, that Clifford Wolfe arrived at Toul, France, January3xsafe and well. Mr. Wolfe-was married, to the daughter of Colonel and Mrs Macrae. -f" - PRESIDENT RECEIVED CORDIALLY BY PONTIFF Wilson Starts Back to' Paris After Busy Day in Rome; Will Visit Genova, Milan and Turin. By Associated Press. Rome- Jan. 4. President Wilson left Rome for Paris shortly after 9 o'clock tonight with the cheers of the Roman throng that had gath ered to witness his departure ringing in his ears. His visit to the Italian capital had proved the busiest of his European trip and it was the most demonstrative. The presidential party is not ex pected to reach Paris until Tuesday morning as the itinerary provides for stops at Genoa, Milan and Turin. The president is represented as expecting, on his return to the French capital to find the peace dele gates up to the point of deciding upon the first principles of the pro posed league of nations, thus paving the way to the disposal of what he regards as the necessary prelimin aries to the peace before his return to the United States about the mid dle of February. Calls Upon the Pope. President Wilson today -was re ceived at the Vatican by Pope Bene dict. The president's arrival was an nounced by the master of the cham ber to the pope, who awaited the president in the Jthrone room, where two gilded arm chairs had been placed. 'The president was admitted immediately to the presence of the pope, who was gowned in white. On his way to the throne room the president was accompanied by a procession, of Vatican servants. As the president entered the ante chamber to the papal apartments he was preceded by the pontifical chamberlain. Gendarmes in immense busbys and the palatine guard and the noble guard in their red tunics were drawn up to greet him. In his conversation with President Wilson the pontiff gave expression to identical sentiments and enlarged upon the themes. .In view of the president's rejection of the papal peace offer months ago, the recep tion today was looked forward to with great interest in all official cir cles, and the warm greetings ex changed by president and pontiff were commented upon with much satisfaction here. , Looks Over Eternal City. Before going to the Vatican the president had his first real glimpse of the hternal City. An early visit was paid to the Pantheon, where wreaths were laid upon the tombs of King Victor Emanuel II and King, Humbert there, and then the presidential party motored up the great hill overlooking Rome, where stands the imposing monument ot Garabaldi. - The president alighted from his motor car and, standing bareheaded beside the statue of the great Ital ian and surrounded by the ruins of the historic centuries, he looked over the city lying below, crowned by the dome of St. Peter's, and with the Vatican gardens spread out De fore him. In the distance the broken columns of the old Forum and the tumbled walls of the Colis eum were visible. President Wilson viewed the im pressive scene silently tor several moments and then went on to the round of his day's activities. Of these his attendance at a meet ing of the Royal Academy of science and luncheon at the American em bassy came before the carrying out of the most important part of the program for today. Pope Talks With Reporters. While these earlier functions were n progress Pce Benedict was giv ing audience to a delegation of American newspapermen to whom he expressed the greatest hopes for lasting peace, his appreciation ot (Continued on Par Elcht, Column Five.) Detention Home Inmates Allege Cruel Treatment Pope Give 8 Wilson Mosaic of St. Peter Valued at $40000 Rome, Jan. 4,Pope Benedict today presented to President Wil son a handsome mosaic reproduc ing Guido Reni's famous picture of St. Peter. '.The mosaic was made in the Vatican grounds by the an cient mosaic factory of the Vatican and is a yard square. The mosaic has been valued at $40,000. Cardinal Gasparri, the papal sec retary of state, presented Presi dent Wilson with two copies of the modification of the canon law com piled by Cardinal Gasparri. .One copy is bound in white parchment and contains an autographed dedi cation to President Wilson. The other is in red leather and bears the following autograph: "Homage to Princeton University from Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, Vatican, Rome." President Wilson thanked the pope and Cardinal Gasparri heart ily for their gifts. ROADS OMAHA CARMEN FEEL THEY HAVE MADE PROGRESS 'ill Make No Statement as to Plans Further Than Ex pression That Award Is Benefit. Charges of cruel treatment of in mates of the Detention hospital, Twenty-second and St. Marys ave nue, were made orally by Mrs. Atgnes Miller. 617 North Seventeenth street, and Ruth Morrison, 805 North Twentieth street, last night against Alta Gerber, superintendent of the hospital, and other workers there. A not was started within the hos- leach song brought pital that grew out of the alleged treatment received by the inmates It was reported that Miss Gerber was injured when she sought to qu'et the inmates, who had 'emonstrated frantically against the treatment. Omaha street carmen feel they have made progress in their con troversy with fthe ' company before the Federal War Labor board. Following the two days' session before joint Chairmen Taft and Manly of the war labor board, the executive committee of the street car employes' union met at the Labor Temple yesterday morning, and during the afternoon and eve ning held a continuous session with the employes. Union leaders did not commit themselves on what steps they would take in case they were not success ful in their negotiations with the company between now and February h- when the contract with the war labdr'board expires. They feel con fident, however, that the differences can be adjusted. May Bargain Collectively. T. P. Reynolds, president of the State Federation of Labor, attended the meetif.g. and when asked his opinion of the war labor board de cision handed down by Taft and Manly said: "The real victory for the union is the right of the or ganization through chosen commit tees of the organization to bargain collectively with their employers." The two points in the decision of Joint Chairmen Taft and Manly which the men considered most favorable to them were: "The rules of this board require that no obstacle or interference should be offered by the company to the organization of men in the unions, or the affiliation of the local union with the national union." Also the part of the decision which said: "We think that, due to the pride of the men in their union and or ganization, and the technical sensi tiveness of the employer, many troubles have arisen that might have (Continued on Pace Eight, Column Three.) L TO PROBE LENIENCY OF JUDGE Report Received That U. S. Rail Administration to Investigate Court Proceedings. Following the report received ir Omaha yesterday that an investi gation will be made by the United States Railway Administration into court proceedings here, affecting railway property, is the information that this action is based upon a re port made sometime ago by the Association of Railway Special Agents, of the central west, to W. J. Flynn, chief of the secret service of the United States railway admin istration. From reliable sources it is learn ed that the report is a lengthy. document, dealing with the various cases. The opening paragraph, the cases. In the opening paragraph, the report declares it is made "on account of the numerous complaints relative to the results obtained in the U. S. district court for the dis trict of Nebraska presided over by Judge J. W. Woodrough." Send Mitchell to Omaha. According to officials of the As sociation of Railway Special Agents, soon after the government took over the railroads, Phillip J. Doherty was made head of the department for property protection, and sent R. S. Mitchell, a special represenjative, to Omaha, who called upon Geo. L. German, . assistant chief special agent for the Burlington lines, and also president of the Association of Special Agents, and asked for complete information as to the handling of railroad cases in police, state and federal courts. Before the investigation was made and report mailed,. Mr. Doherty had been made counsel for property protection, and W. J. Flynn, formerly head of the United States secret service, was made chief of the secret service for the United States railway adminis tration, so the report was sent to Mr. Flynn. After R. S. Mitchell's visit, the Association of Railway Special Agents appointed a law committee with instructions to make a .report of cases handled in the federal court before Judge Woodrough. Report Maildd to Flynn. Geo. L. German of the Burlington, when asked if such a report had been, mailed to Flynn, said: "Yes, it was made by the law com mittee and presented to the associa tion, and the committee with th? president forwarded it to Washing ton. The law committee was for the purpose of looking after the hand ling of railroad cases in the police, state and federal courts. Mr. Do herty at that time, through a re (Contlmied on Page Eight, Column Four.) Back? Pretty Little Queen of the . Movies Visiting Old Home Will She Turn " N ' u, ; i f I U. S. TROOPS IN HOT FIGHTING ON RUSSIAN FRONT Americans, Outnumbered at Kadish Nearly Three to One, Have Fought Five Days in Extreme Cold. Georgia Bess Pembleton, an Omaha Child, is Featured in Late Helen Keller Screen Feature. Omaha talent in the form of danc ing and dramatic character work has attracted the personal attention of film directors on the Pacific coast. Little Georgia Bess Pembleton, 6- i year-old daughter of Mrs. Lillian Pembleton, who lived formerly a; 3153 Farnam street, is the fortunate young miss. , Following a "try-out" before the camera, petit Georgia Bess was sin gled out from among 500 , child movie actresses to play the 'eading child part in Helen Keller's late picture, which will soon be shown in Omaha. Her new evolutions in child danc ing and her striking grace in char acter work has earned for her po sitions in other movie plays as well Before long she will appear ;n the screen in a series of pictures enti tied "A Kid's Luck." The entire series is constructed upon the do ings ot small children. During the , fourth Liberty loan campaign, little Oeorgia cess was the means of selling more, than $50,000 worth of .bonds in southern California through her gifted sing ing and artistic dancing. Georgia Bess sang for patriotic crowds until he baby voice almost gave way. But multitudes" of buyers to her booth in Los Angeles -oJr Aside from appearing in movies and aiding the Liberty loin com mittee, she helped also to swell the funds of the Red Cross. Thousands of Omahans remember Georgia Bess as the little dancing girl who favored noonday crowds with her clever work and singing during past Liberty loan campaigns. Much of her talent is inherited from her mother, Mrs. Lillian Pem bleton, who also has appeared be fore the movie camera in roles of character work. The mother and Georgia Bess are in Omaha for a few weeks pjrior to their departure to New York, where further pictures will be taken of them. Archangel, Jan. 4.Fighting in the village of Kadish, which was re captured by the American forces December 30, is continuing. The American artillery has moved up slightly and is almost continually shelling the enemy. ' There have been numerous outpost encounters in the trick woods bordering on the Petrograd road. The bolshevik force outnumbers the Americans nearly three to one and is seeking to outflank them, but the American soldiers though tired after five days and nights of fight ing activity in the extreme cold, are bearing up splendidly. The battle is largely a question of endurance in the Arctic weather. 1 Now and then in the course of the fighting the Americans encounter hidden machine gun positions in the woods along the road. One of these held out for five hours until the Americans, advancing step by step or crawling in the snow, succeeded in flanking it. Dark at 3 p. m. There is some respite with dark ness, which descends at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but the shelling at night is making serious the matter of the transport of munitions and provisions along the high road in sleighs or on men's backs through the forest. The Russian peasant drivers of these sleighs, stricken with fear, in some instances, turned and bolted, only to be forced to proceed by American soldiers. The American trench mortars are doing splendid work. On the Vologda railway front the bolshe viki shelling continues. American patrols are encountering the enemy, in the Onega sector, where it is considered probable that the Ameri can forces may withdraw from the exposed positions to one of the captured villages. Transport Pocahontas Arrives in Port With Soldiers of Nebraska Newport News, Jan. 4 Bringing 2,850 officers and men from the American overseas forces the trans port Pocahontas reached here to night from France. In addition to thr One Hundred and Twenty-sixth and Three Hundred and Thirty eighth regiments of field artillery the One Hundredth ammunition train and the One Hundred and Sixty-third brigade, all of the Eighty eighth division in France, the Po cahontas has aboard 30 wounded or sick officers, 13 casual officers and 191 enlisted casuals. The transport reached the harbor too late to be docked tonight, but will dock, early tomorrow and debark her passen gers. ; More than 300 Nebraska boys, members of the Three Hundred and Thirty-eighth regiment, are on the steamship Pocahontos, - which sailed from Brest, France. Decem ber 24- . Big Task Faces Gus Hyers, Nebraska "Booze Sleuth To Make State "Bone Dry Former Lancaster County Sfteriff Serves Notice on Bootleggers Traffic Must Stop ; Organized: Gangs of Adventuresome Men and Women Will Oppose His Fight for Dry State. Cleaning the Augean stable, or finding the needle in the haystack, will be child's play compared to the task set for himself by Gus Hyers, former Lancaster county sheriff, .and now chief state officer for the enforcement of the prohibition law under Governor McKelvie. He will begin work in a few days and has promised to make Douglas county and the whole of the state of Nebraska "bone dry," and cites Lancas ter county as an example of his efficiency. Here are some of the things he will have to do : Put out of business the hundred or more reckless and adventurous bootleggers who have systematically done busi ness in Omaha and in all parts of the state without detection or prosecution since the fateful "first of May," when the law went into effect. Capture and confiscate the fleets of high-powered cars used in the business of transporting huge cargoes of booze from Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Joseph and Kansas City. Close up all the underground railway systems used as booze routes and uncover the "blind" ferries over bridges and guarded rivers that have, to be crossed. Break up the secret spy system by which whisky bandits are advised of the location and activities of the offi cers of the law. . Abolish the hundreds of distributing agencies in cities and towns by which the booze is retailed as well as put a stop to the manufacture of home-made beers and wines. , Contend with the elements of human nature that impel otherwise good citizens to shield the bootlegger and his traffic. Outwit some of the most reckless, resourceful and adven turous men and women in the state, who have taken up the vocation of whisky bandits f6r the profits and excitement of the game. . (Continued on Tmgt Seven, Column One.) Iowa G overnor Asks Investigation into Soldiers' Treatment Des Moines, Jan. 4.--Gov. W. L. Harding today telegraphed Secre tary Baker and Senators Kenyon and Cummins requesting an investi gation of complaints of the treat ment accorded Iowa soldiers re turned from abroad and those Jn domestic camps. The governor forwarded a tele gram received from Estherville, signed by 10 persons with soldier sons from overseas now at Camp Dix, who, the parents charge, "are suffering from cold and hunger, want of care and cannot be reached by mail, telegraph or money." In his telegram to Secretary Baker the governor says: "I call this to your attention, trusting that it may have immediate consideration. I am confident this complaint is well grounded." A letter of complaint from a group of lowans at Camp Pike was made public by the governor. It asserts lowans were discriminated against in the discharge of enlisted men. Two American Destroyers ? Enter the Port of Danzig Basle, Jan. 4. (Havas.) The American destroyers Wickes and Aylwin have entered the - port of Danzig, German Poland, according to advices from that place. U.S. Court Orders K.C. Railways to Restore Normal Car Service Kansas City,. Mo., Jan. 4. Judge John C. Bollock of the federal court for the district of Kansas this af ternoon ordered Philip . J. Kealy, president of the Kansas City Rail ways company; to see. that normal street car service, hampered for nearly a month by a-strike of car men, be restored to normal in Kan sas City, Kan., without failure by Monday. The court's action followed a re port from O. T. Wood, United States marshal for Kansas, that the com pany had on duty today only 141 men for operating cars, whereas the normal number would be near 400. A new restraining order against the strikers was asked today in the federal court of Kansas City, Mo., by C'yde Taylor, general counsel for the railways company, when he presented to Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh a petition brought in the name of the Continental Com mercial Trust and Savings Company of Chicago, holder of the first mortgages of the company. Mrs. Plummer Married. Chicago,- Jan. 4. (Special Tele gram.) A marriage license was is sued here today to Herbert Shamp of Chicag and Mn. Mayme Plum mer of Omaha. v. FEUDEH IN IJRDE if, of mm ON ISLANI : iter- t fed William Barnes Near Onaw Found Dead With Bodies of Wilbur Johnson Fam- ! ily Around Him. -4 r. mi w . m r i 1 VS babe iiv of tbL he din-( Onawa, la., Jan. 4. (Special Telel gram.) William Barnes, a farmcA living on an island seven miles be-V low Onawa, Friday night killed fivv members of the family of Wilbur Johnson, residents of the island, and then took his own life. The persons, j killed were: -r Wilbur Johnson, SO years old. , c Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, 48 years ',; Old y! A son, 9 years old. Mrs. Jones, their daughter, aged 20 years. Three-year-old sort of "Mrs. Jones. Barnes last September lett.ynaws with the daughter, Mrs. Jones, who has been separated from her hus band for some months. They re turned later, but bitterness existed between Barnes and the Johnson tarhily ever since. Friday afternoon Barnes borrowed a shotgun in Decatur, saying that he was going to the island, to hunt rabbits. He rode to within a short distance of the Johnson home with two young men who had been haul ing wood, arriving there about . o'clock in the eveninsr. Indication are that he went directly to i M house after leaving the men.- Cl J Shot Through Window. jl It is thought that Mr. and Mj Johnson were shot through a 'w? dow. Mrs. Tones was the onlv mn bef of the family who-was iabi at the tim of. the., murders, having been sick with influenza. Indications show that after sh ing Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Bai passed into the house, meeting son in the dining room, where parents were killed. After shooting the son it thought that he passed into" the bed room, where the daughter was, kill ing her and her 3-year-old babe tne bed. After killinor the members tamilv. Barnes sat down in the ing room, removed his left shoe, ant ; wun nis roe on me trigger neia muzzle of the Run - between knees, shooting himself in the head Daughter Killed Self. Barnes, who has been a widower for over a year, lived in one of the several houses on the island, which contains about 1,400 acres.' Ther was some mystery about the deat of his wife, and after she died h 17-year-old daughter kept house f him on the island tin till shnnt year aaro. when she committed 5W cide by drinking poison. Suspiciot and there was strong talk of lyncl ing carnes, according to Sher Harlow of Monona countv. h cooler heads prevailed and nothb was done at the time. , j j Barnes, who had only one ar! ! was noted as an expert shot and Said to have tnent th trrit. n. of his time while at home huntiqC) In addition to being unsuccessf in, the suit for, Mrs. Jones' love. , v . is tnougnt that .Barnes owed Jom.' son considerable money. . ; Found by Brother. i ' The tragedy was discovered by a brother of Johnson, who . lives in 1 Missouri Valley and had gone to the island for a visit. The brother arrived in Decatur Friday night and rode to the island with a neighbor of Johnson's with whom he was ac- quainted, staying there over night. Yesterday morning he' and. the neighbor, Gilbert by name, went to the Johnson house between 9 and -10 o clock, finding the bodies upon ! their arrival -.j Authorities believe that a thor ough investigation of the tragedy may reveal additional crimes which have been committeed by Barnes during the past 18 months. The bod ies were taken to Onawa and an in quest will be held Monday. Lt. R. B. Howell Granted Release Papers at Capital Washington, Jan. 4. (Specii) Lieut. R. B. Howell, who didn't gel any farther on sea duty than New London, Conn., was in Washington yesterday and was granted hi papers. Lieut. Howell returned tc New London last night and expects to leave for Omaha within a week. Bank Discounts Increase. - Washington. Tan. 4. An increas of more than $100,000,000 in the to. . tal of discounted bills on hand over the previous week as shown in the statement tonight of the 12 federal reserve banks, as of close of busi ness, January 3. Gold reserves con tinued to increase, however and their " ratio as against the stock of the fed-' eral reserve notes in circulation gZfr vanced one per cent to 60.7. . , ., i "ill i