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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1919)
THE PEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. JANUARY 13, CilOUil PUCE HEADQUARTERS REAL MANSION Contained All Conveniences Even to Church; American Engineers Doing Re construction Work. Proof that he Germao crown prince's bullet-proof field headquar ters was no figment of a war corre spondent's imagination is contained i;i a letter written by an Omaha boy. Lt. J. B. Foster of the Three Hundred and Fortieth infantry, in a letter to his father. H. V. Foster of M. E. Smith comnanv. Youne Foster traversed the whole deso-i lated repjion front Toul to Metz. "At Verdun I went through the fort which caused the downfall of the crown prince's aspiration to iame by military route. It is a wonderful place, having every con venience necessary to a soldier, in cluding rest rooms, kitchen, sleep ing room, mess and recreation rooms and even a church, all very deep under the ground, where they are safe from any shell that might come their way. It is well venti lated, heated and lighted by elec tricity." t "I did not think there was so much barbed wire in the world," he wrote in a description of the scenes of utter ruin which encom pass that territory. Praises Americans. Lieutenant Foster wrote in terms of the highest praise ol the recon struction work .of American en gineers and labof men. "They are pioneers of the future of this coun try, that has been so sadly demol ished. They are repairing the roads, gathering up shells and un exploded cartridges, burying ani mals and men, fixing the railroads and culverts, collecting ammunition, guns, harness in fact, putting the place back to a normal condition and destroying as much as possible the effect of this terrible struggle. All the materials used by different armies for building the trenches and dugouts is being salvaged and much that is useful can be made out of it." Refuse to Fly Flag. Of his arrival at Metz he wrote: ''There are several merchants who refused to fly the French flag and these places were made the targets for marking, many of the windows being smashed and the models and merchandise taken out and dragged around the streets by joyful citizens and soldiers. There were a few that flew the American flag only nd these were not molested when they agreed to fly the French flag also the next day." Butter and sugar are extremely scarce. Saccharine is used for sweetening coffee. Sugar Price Fixing Plan Held Valid by Gregory Washington, Jan. 11. Attorney . General Gregory, in an opinion made public by the food administra . tion, has sustained ihe validity of the price fixing and distribution agree ment between the sugar equaliza tion board and the sugar refiners. The immediate purpose of the agreement, the attorney general said, was to give effect to a plan formu lated by the food administration to assure an adequate supply and pre vent scarcity of a necessity of life, one of the principal objects of the food control act as set forth in its first section, and "therefore it is authorized by the food control act nd is not prohibited by the Sher man act," Attorney. General Greg ory said. TRUNKS THAT LAST! That for years successfully with stand the knocks and bangs of travel, must have quality built into them. You will find our trunks sub stantially built in every respect and still with all the refinements demanded by discriminating trav elers. ' To Look Does Not Obligate You in the Least. Carhi Trunk Fsslory 1209 Farnam. Douglas 480. Prcspect L'i'.l Cemetery Oldest Burial Ground in the city. Many of the first families own lots in it. A location of rare natural at tractiveness, , well cared for. Readily accessible from all parts of the city. Lots or "single interments may be had on reasonable terms. See the superin tendent. Phone Webster 2404. POTASH STOCK WANTED . ' Private party will buy up to 100 shares in going potash concern at the right price. Give lowest cash price and particulars concerning com pany. P. O. Bos 416, Omaha, Neb. i3 DR. E. R. TARRY, 240 Lie) Omaha Lad Sleeps on Feather Bed in German Home on the Rhine This letter was written by Sergt. James D. Watson, Battery C, Three Hundred and Fortieth field artillery, A. E. F., to his mother, Mrs. R. G. Watson, 43.31 Erskine .street. Ser geant Watson formerly was a deputy collector in the internal revenue of fice in Omaha: "We; are now stopping in this town for an indefinite length of time, after 11 days of hard travel. Have been going ahead every morn ing and picking billets for the men to sleep at nights. We were in po sitions in woods ahead of Beney, France, which is just to the left of Thiaeourt on the map, when the welcome news reached us on No vember 11, at 11 o'clock. We moved from there to Hattonville a short time later and then started our jour ney. Our route led through Ben ville, France; Gorcy and Autel Bias, Belgium; Mersch and Diekirk, Luxemburg and Korperick, Natten bein and Murlenbach, Germany. Mac, Bob and I are at present hav ing the best time we have had since coming over. We have a feather bed in a German home here and the girls of the family have just cleared the table after giving us a fine big feed of waffles. These peo ple are all glad the war is over and we can buy things cheaper and are treated fine by these people. By traveling ahead on a truck the way I have been doing lately, I have sure seen lots of wonderful country. Was very glad to hear from you since the war ceased and am glad you are sll well. "We, of course, know nothing as to how soon we will be on our way home, but all hope that it will not be very long from now. If anyone had told us we would be having such a good time over here we would not have believed them, as it sure seems strange to be away over in this territory. There are many people in Luxemburg who speak English, but prices are away up in the air there. Do not know whether we will get to go up to the Rhine or not, but if we hike, we will prob ably run into lots more beautiful country." The last line was written by one of the girls of this German family. The line referred to was translated and found to read, "Best greetings to you fom Bettig Hohfor." Omaha Men in Service are Praised by Buckwalter Capt. F. B. Buckwalter, formerly purchasing officer at the Omaha quartermaster corps, now on special duty in France, has written the fol lowing letter praising Omaha men in the service overseas: "In every crisis Nebraska has made a splendid record. She has always reached forth a helping hand to the unfortunate .and now, when she is asked, "what did you do to help win the war?" she can give an answer that will make every citizen swell with Dride. "The record made by her sons of .1 . ' J I ' tne American expeditionary lorces is one that weaves new glorious stars for her. No matter where you go over here you find well-known Nebraskans occupying positions of trust. "First comes the commander-in-chief, Gen. John J. Pershing, loved and respected by every man in the army, and the only general since the time of Caesar who remained in su preme command from the beginning to the end of a successful war. "In the great hospitals you find Maj. Winnett Orr of Lincoln; Maj ors Anson C. Stokes, E. S. Bridges, C. A. Hull and J. M. Patton, all of Omaha; in the judge advocate gen erals department, Maj. P. James Cosgrove, and in the chief disburs ing office at the headquarters in Paris, Maj. John G. Maher. These men are well known here for the excellent work they are doing and, by their exemplary conduct, are up holding the high ideals of their state and country. Find a soldier or ci vilian who has had business with them and you hear only words of praise for them. "I know it will warm the cockles around the hearts of your readers to know of the good work being done and the high standing of her citizen soldiers in the A. E. F. It would be a fine idea to gather the biographies of all the Nebraskans in the army and navy." Dr. Blue Wants February 9 Designated as Health Sunday Washington, Jan. 12. Dr. Rupert Blue, surgeon of the public health service, has asked the ministers of the country to set' aside February 9 as "Health Sunday," and to preach sermons emphasizing the respons ibility of the nation to protect the returning soldiers and sailors and the community at large, and to in augurate vigorous measures for combatting social diseases. A proclamation by the surgeon general has been sent to all min isters with the request that they read it from their pulpits February 9. It ays: "The war made it necessary for the nation to face frankly and courageously the menace of the ve nereal -diseases. Now the war is over and the period of demobiliza tion has begun. Drastic measures must be taken to prevent, during this period, those conditions in ci vilian life which made these dis eases the greatest cause of disabil ity in the army. "Iu the army and navy a program of law-enforcement, medical meas ures, education and provision for wholesome recreation was adopted. This program brought results. The venereal rate was lowered below that of any army of any nation in the history of the modem world. "Now that the war is over, the cities and towns through which the soldiers and sailors will go and to which they will return upon demob ilization must be made as safe as the camps from which they have I come. FISTULA CUSSD Rectal DUeaaea Cured without ittvrt aorrtcaj operation. No Chloroform -or Ether need. Curt cuaranteed. PAY WHEN CURED. Write for illu.. rrated book on Rectal Dneasea, with name and testimonial of mora than 1.000 prominent people arho have been permanent! eared. Bee Bldg.,, Omaha, Neb. ROOSEVELT MAY HAVE DIED FR0L1 BROKEN HEART Rev. Frank Smith Thinks That . Death of Son May Have Hastened End; Expected to Visit Grave. That Roosevelt died of a broken heart, was the suggestion in the peroration of aeloquent discourse delivered yesterday morning by the Rev. Frank G. Smith, at the First Central Congregational cburch. "I almost wonder sometimes if he did not die of a broken heart," said the speaker. "I wonder if when the airplane fell out of the sky and his baby boy was laid to rest under the soil of a foreign land, where he so gallantly gave his life for his country, if all unknown perhaps to himself it was not then that his heart received the wound from which he died. "He wanted soon to go to France to visit Quentin's grave. Little did he dream that so soon unseen fing ers would unlock the gates, and he and his boy would be together again. God give them both today the chap lets of victors. God grant them both rest and joy and peace and send us forth to complete their un finished tasks for God and home and native land, and all the big wide world besides." Roosevelt Great Man. Dr. Smith selected for his subject "The Leavening Power of a Great Personality." The minister devoted his sermon to the far-reaching in fluence in national life and history of the words and deeds of America's great statesman. The speaker declared that with out any question both those who agreed with him and those who dif fered with him on questions of state would all unhesitatingly vote Roose velt one of the very greatest men the country has ever produced. "Just as a mountain range seems to be bound together by its lofty peaks, which here and there lift their grey, rugged heads above their surroundings," continued Dr. Smith, "to be buffeted by the storms and kissed by the sun, so the history of a nation is unified and glorified by its great hearts, great artists, philos-. ophers, inventors, scientists, prea;h ers, warriors, orators and states men, who in every generation rise above the low range of the multi tude, and lift their granite forms up into the storm of unsettled prob lems, and now and again are warm ed and kissed by the sunlight of achievement. , Stands Out Among Men, "And among these human moun tain peaks in America's history stands Roosevelt. In a fine ming ling and a well poised balance of conservatism and progress, he prob-' ably was excelled by Washington; in those unfathomed depths of hu man sympathy that makes a man akin to all the world and the bearer of its burdens, he undoubtedly was excelled by Lincwn,- in genial, courteous, diplomatic statesman ship, McKinley was easily his su perior, and in ferverent, but scholar ly and logical idealism, coupled with an ability to state clearly and con vincinclv. and a winsome, persis tent, enthusiastic conviction of the immediate possibility of the realiza tion of these ideals, the present in cumbent of the white house is un doubtedly his peer, and perhaps his superior. "But perhaps in none of these could be found so many qualities that appealed to all grades and shades of humanity as wero found in this great soul, who so quietly fell asleep one week ago. Of all the great men of our generation he was pre-eminently the most ver satile and most verile. In him all the elements so thoroughly mixed that 'All the world could say, that this is a man.' Things Which Stand Out. "Time forbids us to enter into any analysis of the elements of his great ness today, but certain things stand out so prominently that they may be spoken of in a word. First of all he had a clear, well defined con sciousness of the dignity and nobil ity of human life, of human person ality. He believed that the body was the instrument through which the soul reveals its music and the machinery by which the mind achieves and therefore that every human being ought to have a chance to have the finest, cleanest, strong est body that it was possible for him to possess. Hence his intense in terest in all forms of athletics and, exercise and his fervent espousal of' the cause of universal training. "Roosevelt believed that the mind was the means by which man dis covers all the hidden secrets of God, that once understood, make life vastly more worth while and therefore it should be trained and disciplined until it glistens and glit ters like a Damascus blade; and he believed that the heart is the great deep of man's spiritual being, the dynamo of his mora! activities and that only as he keeps it pure can he walk with the Infinite and talk with Him and thus be guided into the highest realms of human achieve ment. . "The dignity and nobility of hu man life was a gospel that he preached to all men everywhere both by word and deed. And again he had a very clear cut conscious ness of the' unity of life; that no man liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself; that all our lives are bound up together; that every man ouplif to have a fair chanceto receive from society in proportion to his value to society. It was in pursuance of his belief in this prin ciple that he arrayed himself against the gigantic trusts when he was president of our country and cast in his lot with the common people who he believed were being deprived of their fair share of the profits of toil." Schafer Beaten by Cochran in Balk Line Billiard Match Detroit, Jan. 12. Welker Cochran of New York defeated Jake Schafer of San Francisco 4,200 to 3,855. in the fourteen block, 18.2 balk line billiard match, which concluded here tonight Cochran challanged Willie Hoppe. Cochran won eight block, his high run being 188 and his grand average 31.81. On All A AUTOS GO TO JAVA; PLANT OUTPUHROWS Douglas Motors Now Em ploys 75 Men; More Attention to Be Paid to Trucks. Omaha people who are interested in' the industrial development of the city will be interested in knowing that a factory turning out one of the best automobile trucks, and pleasure cars, is located within their own city limits. The Douglas Motors company, of which George Christopher is presi dent, which is located at Thirtieth and Sprague streets, in a newly built factory, occupying a floor space of 40.000 feet and employing at present 75 people, is now turning out three one and one-half ton trucks per week. They are also put ting out a high grade pleasure car, though Mr. Christopher says the truck business is the department that will receive the most attention. Their investment in lathes and other tools runs around $45,000, in addition to their owning their own building, and a large stock of sup plies. Saturday they were Just boxing an automobile which was being shipped to a purchaser in the island of Java. Mr Christopher said the car was sold entirely by an advertisement. The Douglas Motor company had a stormy time during its organiza tion, there being considerable dis sension on the part of the stock holders with the management. The stockholders had a meeting and put Mr. Christopher, who was a land owner and cattle man near Val entine, Nebraska, in charge. ' Mr. Christopher says that they expect this spring to sell a great many trucks to large ranchers and cattle men in western Nebraska, as he says the auto truck has solved the transportation problem pr these ranchers, many of whom live 20 and 30 miles from the railroad. He has already sold several trucks for this purpose, and from experience feels the Douglas truck will be a ready sale in competition with others. General Barry Returns to Eastern Department fli riar Tan 17 f 1 Cinn. Thomas H. 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' , "I'm on the witness stand," says the mayor. "I'm ready to answer all questions. Let 'em come on." However, the mayor is not the only one who has his troubles. On the matter of too high gas pressure complained of by custom ers, an official of the gas company said: "It would be impossible for a high gas pressure to exist in a few scattering places along a street where every house is supplied from the same pipe line. Naturally the gas pressure would be the same in practically every part of town." They also said that during the war it has been almost impossible to hire competent meter readers, and that in a good many instances mis takes have been made, and they felt people should come to the com pany offices with their complaints. Toluol Obtained During War by "Washing Out" Gas New York, Jan. 12. How the na tion's gas companies "washed out" of their product virtually all the toluc.l needed by the government in the manufacture of the powerful ex plosive trinitrotoluol without even permitting their customers to know that a part of their fuel supply was being taken for the national defense was made known here tonight by the Consolidate Gas company, with the consent of the government. This company alone, the statement said, produced 70 per cent of all the toluol used, a total of about 2,000, 000 gallons, or sufficient to make 20, 000,000 three-inch shells. In addi tion, it prepared 90 per cent of all the charcoal used in the manufacture of 5,000,000,000 gas masks made for the American army. FILERS permit cheapest fuel to be used. Burn one-third less cheap fuel than other devices Easy to put coal in the roomy door a whole clay's supply put in the IDEAL fire pot in a minute's time. Easy to shake because you stand erect gently shake only a few grate bars at a time. 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The supreme council of the peace congress, con sisting of President Wilson and the premiers and foreign ministers of the four great powers, Great Brit ain, France, the United States and Italy, met at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the French foreign office for the first formal exchange of views and to make arrangements for the pro cedure of the conference tomorrow, at which the full delegations will be present. . Great crowds lined the Quai d'Orsay anxious to pay tribute to the notable figures concerned in the world's most dramatic function. Batteries of photographers and of moving picture experts were drawn up flanking the entrance of the foreign ministry. Lines of soldiers and other guards preserved orders. When President Wilson's limou sine swung up to the entrance he was greeted with "Vive Wilson!" With the president and his wife was Admiral Grayson, the president's physician. As he alighted, Presi dent Wilson lifted his hat to Mrs. Wilson, who drove away with Ad miral Grayson. Secretary Lansing, Stephen Pichon, the French foreign minister; M. Clemenceau, the trench prime minister; Marshal Foch, Signor Orlando, the Italian premier; Signor Sonnino, his for eign jninister. David Lloyd George, the British prime minister and Ar thur J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary, were the others in at tendance. As a result of today's council it is expected formal notices will be issued convoking the conference, assigning delegations for each coun try and the fixing of the hours of meeting. Today's council ushers in a long awaited meeting of the peace dele gation. ' President Wilson went to the head quarters of the American mission at 5 o'clock this afternoon and re mained in conference with the American peace delegates for near ly two hours. Bee Want Ads Are the Best Bus miss an issue. ope!! . c - o - Theso outfits warm the houso and make a home! Put in ntiicfrlv. Phone your local fJiiS. LEBAUDY CONFESSES SHE SIIOTf SBAND He "Deserved It," She Says-; Predicts She Will Be "Acquitted Like Mrs. De Saulies." ' Westbury, N. Y., Jan. 12. Mad ame Marie Augustine Lebaudy ad' mitted today to District Attorney Charles R. Weeks of Nassau county, tnat sue snot and killed her hus band, Jacques Lebaudy, known as Kmperor of the isahara, as he en tered her home. Phoenix lodge, here last night, according to a statement issued by Mr. Weeks tonight. "Yes, I shot him." Mr. Weeks quoted her as saying. "He had been threatening my life for 15 years and I couldn't stand it any longer." Constable Charles O'Connor of Westbury, who questioned Madame Lebaudy for more than an hour re ported to Mr. Weeks that she had admitted to him also that she fired the five shots. , The, constable said Madame Le baudy declared her husband "de served it" and predicted she would be "acquitted like Mrs. Carman and Mrs. De Saulies." Minnie Wiediner, Madame Le- baudy's nurse, told officials that af ter the shooting Madame Lebaudy returned to her room, threw her self on the bed, and reaching out, dropped "something", into the draw er of her dresser, exclaiming, God will never forgive me I" A revolver containing five empty shells later was found in the dresser. The story of Lebaudy's arrival at the home in which he was unwel come, was told by the Lebaudy cook, who said that Lebaudy "burst m through the kitchen door, carrying a can of kerosene oil in one hand and a black grip in the other. About five minutes later she heard the shots and running into the main hall, saw Lebaudy lying at the foot of the. grand staircase Madame Lebaudy, she said, was slowly ascending the stairs. During the day curious crowds gathered about Phoenix lodge and through these passed Mrs. Charles De Saulies, a sister-ih-law of Mrs, Bianca De Saulies, who shot and killed her husband, John L. De Saulies, in her home, "The Box," which adjoins Phoenix lodge. Mrs. De Saulies, according to guards, spent more than an hour with Ma dame Lebaudy, who remained in bed under the constant care of physi cians throughout the day. m - &cF - dealer today. IDEAL Boiler wiU aupply mple beat on en. charging of cotl for 8 to 34 hour, de pending on aererity of weather. Bveryeunca of fuel la made to yield BtSMat rcaulu. Write Department 0-4 413417 South Tenth St Omaha ifr. ' f It i ) - Li K Cn ...JJ If r . in i.i . I ' ..II.. I . .. -II .,