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.
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and still with all the refinements
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. Barry has received or-
ilnre rancfpri-ino riitn frnm rnm-
mand of the central department to
tne command 01 tne eastern depart
ment with headquarters at Gover
nor's Island, New York,
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Mayor, Gas Co. Urges
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Mayor Smith is grimly with
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like Horatius at the bridge, or the
Spartans at Thermopylae or some
thing like that.
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"Your position on 'running the
prostitutes out of town,' is indefens
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"Yes?" said the mayor in inter
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gas bills to refuse to pay them won't
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"No?" said the mayor, again in
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mayor sailed in on defenses of his
position. The polished table beside
his desk is getting wobbly in its legs
from continual beating by the
mayor's fist as he lays down his
points. . ' ,
"I'm on the witness stand," says
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questions. Let 'em come on."
However, the mayor is not the
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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
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They also said that during the war
it has been almost impossible to
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that in a good many instances mis
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War by "Washing Out" Gas
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of their product virtually all the
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the manufacture of the powerful ex
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the consent of the government.
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President Wilson Takes Seat
. in Supreme Council of
. Four Great Powers
Allied in War. " '
By the Associated Press.
Faris, Jan. 12. 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.
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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,
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