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AIR MEN TO PATROL
NATIONAL FORESTS
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 12. The War
department and the forestry depart-
ment have decided to co-operate and
tart aerial patrols of the great na
tional forests early next summer.
Boise has been selected as one of
the centers for this new scheme and
will be the central station from
which forests will be patrolled for
t radius of 250 miles.
This announcement was made to
day by JI. E. Potter of Washington,
acting national forester, in an ad
dress before the Idaho Wool Grow
ers' association convention.
GRAND DUCHESS MARIE
DEPRIVED OF HER CROWN.
Met, Jan, 12. Luxemburg was
proclaimed a, republic on Friday
when the Grand Duchess Marie re
tired from the capital, taking tip
quarters in a chateau nearby.
The chamber held an excited
meeting, the clericals quitting the
house in a body.
Luxemburg has an area of 998
square miles and a population of
nearly 300,000.
General Pershing lately visited
Luxemburg and was cordially greet
ed by the grand duchess.
WOULD RENAME PARK
IN HONOR OF ROOSEVELT.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 12. A move
ment to change the name of Yellow
stone park,' America's greatest pub
lic pleasure ground and game re
serve, to Roosevelt park as a na
tional memorial to Theodore Roose
velt, was started today by Mayor
Harry Davis and leading citizens of
Cleveland.
MOB CLASHES WITH
POLICE IN SEATTLE . - ,
Seattle, Jan. 12. Shouting ' sedi
tion from the rostrnm at an open
air' meeting today. ' Bolshevik sym
pathizers numbering nearly 2,000 de
fied the police and attacked a police
captain after the meeting had been
closed by the authorities. , A riot
followed in which a force of 100
policemen, aided by military police
and other soldiers, was required to
restore order and disperse the
crowds. .
Thirteen men were arrested after
the police had used their clubs right
and left. Speakers at the meeting
urged a general strike to tie up all
industries engaged in the manufac
ture of supplies for the American
irmy and its allies in Siberia. Cheers
for the red flag were repeatedly
given and I. W. W. hymns sung.
PRISONERS ESCAPE
ON ROPE OF SHEETS.
Milwaukee, Jan. 12. Sliding from
the roof of the prison home to the
grounds outside the prison walls on
a rope made of bed sheets, six
prisoners, two of whom are consider
ed desperate characters, escaped
from the federal prison at Vol)
Sheridan III, tonight.. " .
Kay McDaniela, one of the fugi
tives, the-prison authorities said, atr
tempted to kill one of the guards
with a bayonet about a month ago
but was overpowered by several
oHicr prisoners at work near by.
MISSING MAN RETURNS;
MIND BLANK TWO MONTHS.
Chicago. Jan. 12.-Milan M. Hitch
cock, a suburban real estate dealer,
missing since November 20, returned
home today and told his -relatives
how he had lived in a daze, since be
ing struck by an automobile here,
until January 9. when. his mind be
came clear while he was in a hotel
in Covington, Tenn. He said that
In had found himself on a train after
the accident with a suit case which
did not belong to him, that all his
personal papers had disappeared and
even the shirt he wore did not be
long to him. Hitchcock had been an
appraiser of property proposed for
the Speedway hospital which was the
subject of a recent army investiga
tion. '
akily OF FIVE
ET DEATH HI
cnnsjiOF auto
Miles E McKnight Drives
Squarely in Front of
Train cn Rock
Island Road.
Lincoln; Neb., Jan. 12. Five mem
bers of a Lincoln family, Miles E.
McKnight, aged 54, a son of IS. a
daughter of 12, a married daughter
of 20, by name of Mrs. Sylvia Tay
lor, and the year and a half old baby
of the latter were killed this eve
ning when the automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a
Rock Island passenger train at a
crossing a short distance east of
Lincoln. . .
The automobile was ground to
bits by the impact, and the deaths of
the occupants were almost instan
taneous. ,
The side curtains of the automo
bile were up and McKnight appar
ently did not see the approaching
train, driving squarely in front of
the engine. The bodies were badly
mingled. -
Plan Tablet to Roosevelt
in British Hall of Heroes
New York, Jan. 12. British bank-
York
cabled Premier Lloyd George today
asking that permission be granted to
erect a memorial ' to Theodore
Roosevelt in the hall of heroes at
Robert R. Appleby, a New York-
agent ol the nntisn oanic or wei
;n iMKI u.a suhscibed
for the memorial at a luncheon here.
The Roosevelt. Memorial associa
tion of Oyster Bay has been organ
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dent. "William Loeb. jr.. was chosen
.-. Yi,-f nro-aniyatinn and Dr.
Andrew F. Snouden was elected
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Southwestern Limited Runs
Into Wolverine Limited,
Completely Wrecking
Rear Pullman.
Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 12. Twenty
one persons were killed and three
were seriously injured in a rear-end
collision on the New York Central
railroad at South Byron, six miles
east of Batavia, at 3:30 o'clock this
morning. Both trajns were west
bound, running behind schedule.
Train No. 11, known? as the South
western Limited, ran into the rear
of Train No. 17, the Wolverine,
while the latter was at a standstill
preparatory to taking on a second
engine for the run up the steep
grade between South Byron and Ba
tavia. Up to a late hour tonight only a
few of the 21 dead had been identi
fied, the mangled condition of the
bodies and the absence of clothing
making identification difficult. All
the fatalities were in. the last car
of the Wolverine.
Identified Dead.
FRANKLIN B. LEONARD, be
lieved to live at Beajr Lake, Mirh.
Identified by tag inscritpion "A. F.
F.. 1917, F. A. and M. Lodge No.
416."
S. D. HARVEY, residence un
known. Identified by service ring,
signifying service with United
States army on Mexican border, In
scribed on inside: "S. D. Harvey,
sergeant, company F, Thirty-second
Michigan infantry." ' ' '
BALLARD JONES,' New ' York
City, pullman porter on sleeper
which' was demolished.-.
F. STAUD-XIMEZ, port captain
and chief- engineer of the Atlantic
Salvage corporation. : (This identi
fication not positive.) .
The seriously injured were:
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Lichterman,
Chicago.-
Miss Flora Doherty, Flint, Mich.,
will probably die.
Runs Through Car.
The rear Pullman, a steel car, was
completely wrecked. When the en
gine hit, the upper part of the sec
ond coach form the; end was torn
from its truck and, lifting slightly,
smashed directly through the center
of the rear coach for its entiie
length, sweeping the berths and
seats into a compact pile of wreck
age. Into this debris the passengers
were tightly wedged ana tne condi
tion of the bodies indicates that the
deaths of most of them must have
been almost instantaneous.
Not a sleeoinsr passenger in the
car escaped death or serious injury.
When the two cars became locked
in their tangle of broken timbers and
iron girders, the top of the rear car
was gone, but its body was left in
rt. The car ahead, a mass of steel
and wooden fragments, crashed
through the open top.
Statements Conflicting.
There aoDears to be some conflict
between the statements of railroad
officials and Enginer John Friedley
of the Southwestern as to the re-
soonsibilitv for the disaster, lhe
railroad officials say that the rear
of the standing Wolverine was pro
tected by the block system and that,
in addition, a flagman with a lighted
fuse was sent back along the tracks.
Eneineer Friedley says the block
was clear when his train entered it.
Fireman Brill backs him up in his
claim. Friedley says that the first
danger sign he observed was a red
light between the rails on which his
train was traveling. This light, he
claims, was only a few cat lengths
behind the Wolverine, leaving in-
(Contlnurd on Pase Two, Column FWe.)
Marine Workers End
New York Harbor Strike
V. Vn'rlr Tan 12 With New
aVll If J - ' "
YorVs tieup ended today by the de
cision ot . 10.UUU memoers 01 me
f,rin YVM-lrora affiliation to return
to work pending arbitration by the
National War l-a&or ooara, josepn
Moran, president of the New York
TnurKnit vrhancri announced to
night that private hoat owner wduld
attend the hearing ot tne ooara
here tomorrow and would "receive
with the utmost respect any sug
gestion it may decide to offer," pro
vided Basil M. Manly, joint chair
man and six board members who re
cently issued a statement declaring
that the boat owners had "violated
previous awards," refrain from tak
ing any part in the hearing.
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Cruiser Seattle Brings
1,542 Men From Overseas
New York, Jan. 12. The U. S.
cruiser Seattle arrived here today
from Brest bringing 1,542 officers
and men of the American overseas
forces. The transport Abangarez
a!o arrived from Bordeaux with 95
'fiffictl 1SU men,
VOL. 48 NO. 179.
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UUL-JV.
21 DIE IN
CRASH ON
NEIV YORK
CENTRAL
u iwu4-lam nttr May N. IMS,
P. O. matt ul t Mink J. 1(7
Y. M. C. A. Pool Gets Clean
Bill After Army Officer
Reflects on Its Condition
Lieut. Rehling Orders' 300 Troops Passing Through
Omaha Not to Bathe, But Officer in Command
Overrides Order; Men Have Plunge and
Go Away Praising Omaha.
Reports of a condition which
threatened a serious reflection o'n
the Omaha Y. M. C. A. and which
promised to demand the attention
of the city health commissioner,
were circulated broadcast yesterday
morning, when several hundred sol
diers, passing through the city, were
said to have been ordered not to
swim in the association pool be
cause of its filthy condition.
The "Y" was given a clean bill of
health, however, and the soldiers,
300 strong, enroute from the Van
couver, Wash., barracks to Camp
Custer, Mich., left expressing their
appreciation of the hospitable and
courteous treatment they received
at the hands of the people of Omaha.
The trouble started when First
Lieut. William Rehling, medical di
rector on the train, ordered the sol
diers not to swim in the pool be
cause, he said, of its "filthy condi
tion." First Lieut. Abel B. Bliss,
in command of the movement of the
troops, with Adjt. H. C. Hulbert,
made an investigation and counter
manded the order of Lieut. Rehling.
Practically every one of the 300
Used the association showers and
took a plunge.
But the matter did not end here.
Iowa Farmers Go-Betweens
For Whisky Smuggled Into
Nebraska From Missouri
War to Finish and Shoot to Kill Is Warning of Whisky
Sleuth to Bootleggers Omahan Killed in Battle
With Officers ;,Other Is Wounded.
. Life is not alt beer and skittles
tor the-whisky pirates who are en
gaged in the adventurous task of
running cargoes of contraband
booze into the bone dry state of Ne
braska. Rather has it lately begun
to be a matter of powder and lead,
of running the gauntlet of deter
mined officers of the- law, who shoot
to kill.
In the last few weeks there have
been several desperate battles be-
r.veen smugglers, in which one man
has been killed and several wounded,
while there have been numerous
hairbreadth escapes on .the part of
daring whisky runners from death.
All of those reckless men who
are engaged in the unlawful gam;
make their trips armed to the teeth,
ready -to meet the representatives
of the law in a fight to the death if
need be.
One of the most recent booze ex
peditions which came to grief was
the one which attempted to run the
gauntlet of the bridge across the
Missouri river at Mtbraska Uty last
Thursday, consisting of seven high
powered cars, part of a big fleet that
is operated out of Omaha by a
young man who has made a fortune
of several hundred thousand dollars
as a smuggler of booze into Ne
braska since the state went dry
May 1. 1917.
Each of the drivers of the ma
Secretary Lane Urges
Co-operation to Spread
Spirit of Americanism
New York, Jan. 12. Co-operation
of the entire nation in spreading
to the allied population of the coun
try the spirit and truths of Ameri
canism and in ending illiteracy
among the native born population,
was urged by Franklin K. Lane, sec
retary of the interior, at an Ameri
canization dinner here last night
which was attended by more than
1,000 .prominent citizens from all
parts of the country.
The dinner marked, the formal
opening of a campaign to be con
ducted by the government through
the bureau of education of the De
partment of the Interior and in
which citizens throughout the na
tion will be asked to participate. An
effort is to be made, Mr. Lane said,
to obtain from congress an adequate
appropriation for the campaign.
Asserting that the war . had
brought home to Amereica the im
perative need for Americanization
work, the secretary said that
"Americanization," as it was known
in the past, has "meant only the
boycott," but the time has come
when a new meaning should be
given to the word if the ideals of
America were to be preserved.
Farmers Name Gustafson
to Attend Conference
Washington, Jan. 12. Represen
tatives selected at the farmers' na
tional reconstruction conference
here last week to attend the peace
conference at Paris were announced
today. -They include C. H. Gustaf
son of Nebraska and Dr. E. F. Ladd
of North, rjjk2.ta x
OMAHA, MONDAY,
In spite of. the fact that nearly 300
men had used the baths and pool,
felt refreshed, and were ready to
voice endorsements as to the sani
tary condition they found, Lieut.
Rehling, in the meantime appeared
at the Athletic club and gathered an
audience which listened to his con
demnations in wide-eyed wonder.
The clouds thickened and the ex
citement among the lieutenant's
hearers increased. Dapper and feel
ing keen, following their plunge into
the sparkling fresh water of the spa
cious pool, the soldiers had dis
missed the incident from their minds
and were lined up in front of the
Y. M. C. A. awaiting orders to be
gin their hike to the depot. Lieut.
Rehling still was expatiating when
the storm seemed about to break
with all its pent-up fury.
Hurry Call for Reporter.
Under the spell of the officer's
eloquence an excited auditor, a
prominent, member of the Athletic
club, seized a telephone. The Bee
office responded.
"Please send a reporter over to the
Athletic club at once," he requested.
"Lieut. Rehling has made a dis
continued on Paire Two, Colnma Six.)
chines were men who are noted for
their recklessness. Five of the cars
got away, although the crew of
only two of them engaged in a gun
fight, in which bullets flew as thick
as hail while it lasted, with bridge
guards and officers of the law.
One of the crew of the last car
that passed was so daring that he
jumped from the machine and held
the guards up at the point of a pis
tol while he waited for two cars
that were following to make their
appearance and pass over the bridge
unmolested. For some reason these
cars were . delayed and the man,
finally becoming tired, made his
escape.'
Later in the morning one of these
cars appeared and was captured by
the reinforced bridgeguards. In
the'ear were 100. pints of whisky.
. The men captured were Rick
Lindsey and Jim Caldwell, - two
noted Omaha whisky, runners, as the
police calls them. According to the
story that is being' told in inside
circles of the fraternity, the cargoes
contained in the big fleet of -cars
were destined for Central City,
where booze, on account of the local
scarcity, has " gone, up to $80 per
case. "
From St. Joseph to Iowa.
Most of the liquor that comes ir.to
Omaha originates, so far as the
(Contlnoed on Page Two, Column Four.)
Legislature Asked to
Condemn Hitchcock
on His Suffrage Vote
- Word comes from Lincoln to the
effect that certain legislators, .inter
ested in the success of woman suf
frage, will introduce a resolution in
the present session, condemning
United States Senator Hitchcock
for' his adverse vote cast in the
United States senate against the
measure.
Supporters of Hie resolution of
condemnation, take the ground that
Senator Hitchcock opposed the bill
after it had been approved as a war
measure by the president of the
United States as a matter of ex
pediency and necessity in the win
ning of the war. .
Senator Hitchcock is in the city,
having arrived here from Washing
ton Saturday. An effort was made
to interview him pn the subject but
without result.
Berger Attacks Capitalism
in Address at Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Jan. 12. Victor L.
Berger, congressman-elect- and
others who recently were convicted
in federal court, Chicago, on charges
of conspiracy and violation of the
espionage lawt addressed several
gatherings tonight to express what
Mayor D. W. Hoan, chairman,
called "indignation against the ad
ministration in setting aside the fun
damental purposes of the constitu
tion guaranteeing human rights."
Berger's address in the main was
a protest against what he termed
"capitalism.". As to his congres
sional seat he said he did not think
the congress would be stupid enough
to keep him out on account of his
aocialistic principles, "
JANUARY 13, 1919.
J
POLISH HERO SHOT BY
ASSASSIN'S BULLET.
11,:..
ATTEMPT MADE
TO KILL LEADER
INflEUPOLAfiD
Paderewski, Noted Pianist,
Shot and Slightly Injured
at Warsaw; Several
Bolsheviki Arrested.
London. Jan. 12. Ignace Jan Pad
erewski, the Polish leader, has been
slightly wounded by ' an assassin
who entered the room of his hotel
at Warsaw and fired one shot at
him, .according to an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Copenhagen
reporting advices from Vienna. Sev
eral bolsheviki,--implicated-in the
plot to kill him, have been arrested.
Mr, Paderewski, whose fame as a
pianist is' world wide.-has been in
Warsaw for several days conferring
with political leaders in an attempt
to form a government representing
all parties. In Danzig on his way
to Warsaw, the Germans attempted
to prevent him from going to Posen.
After he arrived at Posen and while
he was asleep in. a hotel, a crowd of
Germany fired on a parade of chil
dren marching in honor of Pader
ewski. Two of the children were
killed and several bullets struck the
window of the room occupied by Mr.
Paderewski. '..'.,
John Mason, Actor,
Dies in Five Days
After His Breakdown
Stamford, Conn., Jan. 12. John
Mason, one of the best known ac
tors on the American stage, died
in a sanitarium here today. The
cause of his death was given as
Rright's disease, with complications,
Mr. Mason came here five days ago
from Providence, R. where- he
had suffered a breakdown while giv
ing, the premiere of a ;new melo
drama, "The Woman in Room 13."
A. E. Woods, theatrical manager,
was here today making arrange
ments for the funeral, which will be
held in New York.
John Mason was born in Orange,
N. J., 60 years ago. At the age of
20 he made his appearance on the
stage, at . the Walnut Street thea
ter, Philadelphia. In the next1 10
yeark he played hi Boston and New
York and then he appeared on the
London stage. ? -
He was -leading man with Elsie
DeWolfe, Annie Russell and Mrs.
Fiske in following seasons. One of
the greatest successes was as Jack
Brookficld in "The Witching Hour"
Famous English Actor Dead-
I London, Jan. 12. Sir Charles
Wynanara, the actor, died in .Lon
don this morning, at the age of 81.
Sir Charles on March 21. 1916,
was married to Miss Mary Moore,
who for 30 years had been the lead
ing Ldy in his company. At that
time the actor-manager was 76 years
old.
Death Toll of Riots "
in Buenos Aires "May
Reach Total of 1,000
Buenos Airea, Jan. 12. Isolated
instances of shooting in connection
with the port strike continued in
various parts of the city during the
night, including attacks on police
stations. Up to midnight, however,
no important clash had occurred as
compared to those which took place
Friday night.
Shortly before midnight an at
tempt was made to capture the po
lice station two blocks from the gov
ernment palace, but the attack was
repulsed. All government buildings
were heavily guarded, with strong
reinforcements camping nearby.
The morning papers say the death
toll is heavier than is admitted by
the police. Several socialist leaders
placet asjygb, as. 1,000, , v
B Mill (I wrl, Dally. M.W: (im'ty. t?M:
Dally m4 S MM; util Nia. imtaM aitta
RADICAL
IK
Vorwaerts Plant Recaptured
by Government Troops
After Heavy Fighting;
Truce Arranged.
London, Jan. 12. Fighting has
been resumed in Berlin, according to
advices received here tonight from
Copenhagen. The Spartacans are
said to be still holding a portion of
the Tageblatt building. Te Spar
tacan losses since the outbreak of
the revolution are about 1,300 per
sons killed.
Berlin, Jan. 12. George Ledebour
and Ernest Meyer, independent so
cialists, have been arrested by of
ficers and soldiers. The charge
against them has not been made
public. Ledebour has been one of
the most active leaders against the
Ebert government.
.The plant of the Vorwaerts was
recaptured by government troops
yesterday in heavy fighting. Three
hundred Spartacans are reported to
have been taken prisoners. Mora
than 20 Spartacans were killed and
40 wounded in the fighting. The
government losses are said to have
been slight.
Building Bombarded.
The building was attacked from
adjoining streets and house tops.
The attacking forces used light ar
tillery, mine throwers and gas
bombs in an all night bombardment
The Spartacans, who were barri
caded in the building," replied with
heavy rifle and machine gun fire.
Pr.nicreigned throughout the neigh
boring district during he bombard
ment. '
Newspaper Row, where the planto
of the Tageblatt, Vossische Zeitung
and Lokal Anzeiger are located, was
temporarily quiet Saturday as the
result of a truce patched up Friday
night between the government
forces and the Spartacans. The ar
mistice, which was not without ele
ments of humor, was dictated by the
urgent need of the civilian popula
tion living in the danger zone to at
tend to its marketing and to afford
business firms in the neighborhood
an opportunity to look over the
situation.
Terms of Truce.
By the terms of the truce,
hostilities can only be resumed af
ter 12 hours notice given by either
party. The government troops and
the Spartacans are dividing the work
of patrolling the streets leading to
the big publishing plants whose
editors are still excluded from their
property. Street traffic in the dis
trict was resumed immediately af
ter the signing of the truce.
The Tageblatt building is badly
scarred from rifle and machine gun
fire and virtually all the front win
dows have been blown in. In the
window spaces the Spartacans hae
piled up rolls of ' print paper as
barricades.
The losses of the Spartacans dur
ing the fighting in this district Fri
day are said to. have been heavy,
while the government troops declare
that only two of their men were
wounded. ; ,
During Friday-afternoon a squad
of Spartacans attempted to enter
the Tageblatt building in a motor
car flying a Red Cross flag on the
pretext that they wanted to bring
out the dead and wounded. The gov
ernment troops halted the car and
found that the occupants were
armed with revolver and hand gre
nades. . .. .
The Spartacans are said to have
lost 20 dead and 40 wounded in the
three days fighting around the
Brandenburg gate, at the western
end of Unter den Linden. , .
, Socialist Republic Proclaimed.
. Basel, Jan. 12. A socialist repub
lic has been proclaimed at Bremen,
according to a dispatch from Mu
nich. " The communists in Bremen
have taken the place of the majority
socialists on the soldiers' and work
men's council and have sent a mes
sage to the Ebert government de
manding that they resign. They are
reported also to have sent a tele
gram to the Russian bolshevik ex
pressing the hope that the revolu
tions in Russia and Germany would
be victorious.
Prince of Wales Visits
American Army on Rhine
Coblenz. Jan. 12. The prince of
Wales became the guest of Maj.
Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, command
er of the American Third army
Saturday. He entered the American
lines from the Cologne headquar
ters of the British army of occupa
tion and expects to leave Monday
for Bonn. His appearance in Co
blenz was not marked by any cere
mony that would indicate the pres
ence of royalty, the prince desiring
as little pomp as possible.
TWO CENTS.
GREGORY RETIRES FROM
WILSON CABINET.
f -j ,.;.
.THOHAS W. GREGORY.
DEVIL T1ADE !U'.
SLUT HIS WIFE
D CHILDREN
Wealthy Iowa Farmer, Who
Also Tried to Kill Himself
Will Recover; Held '
by Sheriff.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Creston, la., Jan. 12. John R.
Hoskins, the wealthy and ' promi
nent Adams county farmer, who
murdered his wife and two step
children, by beating out their brains
Saturday morning at his home two
miles north of Prescott, and then
attempted to take his own life by
slashing hiVthroat andwristswith
a razor, today was said to be in an
improved condition.;
The man, who has been removed
to a hospital in Corning, will re
coyer, according to the attending
physicians.
The mcther and her two children,
Gladys Campbell. 18 years old, and
Roy Campbell, 16 years old, were
buried this afternoon in Mt. Zion
cemetery. The services were con
ducted in the Methodist church two
miles north of Prescott.'
A coroner's jury returned a ver
dict to the effect that the three
victims met their death at the hands
of the man, who admits he com
mitted the trtpple murder in a fit of
temper. .
Held by Sheriff. (
Hoskins is in custody of Sheriff
George Simpson of Adams county.
No charge yet has been placed
against him.
"I do not know why. I did it,"
he old Sheriff Simpson. "I simply
lost my head. A deVil seemed to
take possession of me, Something
has. been wrong with my brain for
some time."
It was generally known that Hos
kins had been having trouble in his
family for sometime. No one could
be found, however, who believed the
man, who enjoyed ah excellent
reputation for sobriety and close
application to the work on his farm,
could be guilty of such a crime.
"Mr. Hoskins took a keen interest
in the Villisca ax murders in June,
1912, when Joe Moore, his wife, and
four little children, and the two
little daughters of Joe Stillinger
were murdered while they lay sleep
ing in their beds. This entire sec
tion of the state was aroused over
the tragedy at that time, and the tv
citement scarcely has subsided yet
Persons living in this'' vicinity are
strongly of the opinion'that Hoskins'
brooding over this affair may have
unbalanced his mind., ' .
Retired in Good Humor.
According to the statement of
Irene Hoskins, the 13-year-old
daughter, and hr 11-year-old
brother, Murline Hoskins, who wit
nessed . the murder of their step
mother and stepbrother and sister,
their father retired in good humor
(Continued on Tace Two, Column Two.)
Former Omaha Surgeon
on Way West in Charge
of Wounded Soldiers
Lieut. T. T. Harris, former Omaha
police surgeon, ' yesterday passed
through Cincinnati, O.. in charge of
a train of 300 wounded American
soldiers, just back from, France.
Among the men were 27 men who
have been blinded in battle. Most
of the men are from the central
western states.
Lieutenant Harris says the blind
ed heroes are as cheerful over their
home-eoming as are the men with
only flesh wounds. He told of one
man who, upon landing at Newport
News, asked, "Am 1 on land again?
Is this America?" Then fell on his
knees and kissed the earth of his
native country.
A iKitnbcr of the men had lost
their reason as a result of ' shell
shock. Some of them will never
regain their sanity, say doctors.
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President Wilson Agrees to
His Retirement March 4
. Because of "Pecuniary
Responsibilities."
Washington, Jaji 12. Thomas
Watt Gregory, attorney general of
the United States since 1914, has
resigned because of "pecuniary re
sponsibilities" and will return to the
practice of law. President, Wilson
has. agreed to his retirement next
March 4.
Mr. Gregory's letter of resigna
tion, dated January 9, and the pres
ident's reply, cabled from Paris the
next day, were made public tonight
at the White House. The attorney
general's letter disclosed that he had
long considered retiring from office
and had discussed the matter with
the president before Mr. Wilson
went abroad.
Mr. Gregory's successor has not
yet been appointed and there has
been no official intimation as to
who he will be. In speculation to
day the ,names of Frank L. Polk,
counsellor of the State department,
and acting secretary, while Mr.
Lansing is in Europe, and Senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
were mentioned.
Letter of Resignation.
Mr. Gregory, in his letter of resig
nation, says:
"Dear Mr. President:
"In accordance with the purpose
expressed in our conversation just
before- yon "went abroad, I tender
my resignation as attorney general.
"No man ever served a leader
who was more uniformly consider
ate, more kindly helpful and more
generously appreciative, no subor
dinate was ever more deeply grate
ful for the numberless friendly
words and acts of his superior.
"Pecuniary responsibilities of a
substantial nature rest upon me and
my private affairs have long de
manded attention. During the con
tinuance of actual warfare, I did not
feel at liberty to weigh these per
sonal considerations in the balance
against the public duties with which
I was charged. By March 4 of the
present, year, the Department of
Justice will have substantially
brought its war activities to a close
and be working under normal condi
tions. I therefore ask that this res
ignation take effect on that date.
"Faithfully yours.
"T. W. GREGORY."
Reply of President.
The president's reply said:
"My Dear Attorney General:
"It is with profound reluctance
and regret that I accept your res s;
nation. I do so only because you
have convinced me that it is neces
sary' to your own interest or you
to retire. There has been no one
with whom I have been associated
in Washington whom I have learned
more to trust nor to whose coun
sels I have attached more value
and importance. Your administra
tion of your office has been spu
larly conscientious and watchful of
the public-interest, and I feel that
it is a very serious loss indeed to the
nation that you should find yourself
obliged to withdraw from public life.
"My best wishes not only, but my
affectionate friendship will .follow
you into retirement, and! hope with
all my heart that in some way and
at some time I shall again have the
privilege and benefit of being asso
ciated with you.
"Cordially and faithfully jours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
Fifth Man to Leave Cabinet. '
. Mr. Gregory is the second cabinet
officer to resign recently on account
of personal financial considerations.
William G. McAdoo having retired
last month as secretary of the treas
ury because he could not support his
family on the cabinet members' sal
ary of $12,000 a year. Mr. Gregory
is the fifth man to leave the cabinet
"""K.tne sis years of President
Wilsons administration. Others
were Secretary of State Bryan, St a
fetary of War Garrison, Attorncj
General McReynolds, Mr. Gregory !
predecessor, who was appointed "tu
the supreme court, and Mr. McAdoo.
; Mr. Gregory has served as at
torney general since August 29. 1914.
(Continued en Tmg Two. Column ElirM.)
Muscle Shoals Expenditure
Declared "Criminal Waste"
Washington, Jan. 12 Expendi
ture by the War department rf
$14,000,000 for the construction of a
dam at Mussel Shoals, Ala., to fur
nish water power for a govtrnmcvt
r.itratc plant was characterize !
"criminal waste of the public's nvvi
ey" by Representative Lo"g,or'h
of Ohio, .in the house Saturday. J'c
s-Tved notice later that h.- :i:! I
take cp the subject in detail v
demand an investigation. '
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