RETURNING SOLDIERS NEED JOBS. THE BEE OFFERS ITS HELP FREE. SEE WANT AD PAGE,
THE WEATHER;
Fir Thurdy md Fridays
colder Friday and weal Thursday
aftarnoon. 1
Hourly TvmiicriKtitr. .
llimr, Hnr. Hour. I'rif.
.1 n. in S I i. in J
' B H. ii SKI . in li
1 a. in so; 8 i m ... tW
8 H. m Xtli 4 . m 4
l. in ( 5 i. in '. . . 4(1
III a. in. !H 0 i. in I I
II n. m IM 1 m. m ' I"
rt mum '! H p, in
RIEF
RIGHT
REE Z Y
DAILY
JO
THE
OMAHA
BITS OF NEWS
STARS TO PRODUCE
THEIR OWN PICTURES.
Los Angeles, Jan. 15. Miss Marv
Fickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Wil
liam S. Hart, Charles S. Chaplain
and D. W. Griffith have banded to
gether and the actress and actors
will hereafter produce their own pic
tures, according to an announcement
mad here today by Douglas Fair
banks. The part of Mr. Griffith,
who is producer, in the new align
ment, was not definitely announced.
Mr. Fairbanks said he and his
associates planned to produce their
own pictures and that they would
j also operate their own releasing cor
poration, handling the films from
their inception until they reached the
exhibitors.
WOULD MAKE RED FLAG
OUTLAW IN CALIFORNIA.
Sacramento, Jan. 15. Display of
n red flag or any other "symbol or
emblem of opposition to organized
government" would be a felony un
der the terms of a bill introduced
in the assembly today.
SEATTLE TO IJJTALL 27
SOLDIERS AS POLICEMEN.
Seattle, Jan. 15. Twenty-seven
returned soldiers are to be mado
Seattle police officers when they
pass the civil service examination,
it was-announced today,
RECRUITS WANTED
FOR WOMAN'S LAND ARMY.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Despite the
ending of the war there will be no
letup in the movement to have
women take more interest in farm
ing, according to -speakers before
the Woman's Land Army of Amer
ica, which concluded its first annual
convention here today. It was de
clared that the work" of "farmer
ettes" In many parts of the country
during the waj was a great success.
' Mrs. W. A, Browh New York
was elected president.
DIRIGIBLE FLIES 1,200
MILES JN 29 HOURS.
Key West, Fla.. Jan. ' 15. Amer
ica' largest dirigible, the C-l, ter
minated, its successful flight from
Far Rockaway, N. Y., naval air sta
tiort to Key West this afternoon.
The distance of approximately 1,200
miles was covered ,in 29 hours, an
average speed of 48 miles an hour.
ASK WILSON'S SUPPORT
OF SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
New York, Jan. 15. President
Wilson was asked to come to the
aid of the federal woman suffrage
amendment In a cablegram sent to
him in Paris tonight by the Nation
al Woman's party., '
"We urge you cable at once ad
ministration leaders to call caucus
of democratic party for suffrage
amendment," read the message.
"Protest arrest of American suf
rnm n -mgpiiee
FEAGE PLAIi
SECRET SESSION
Decision of Allied Council
Protested by American and
British Newspaper Rep-"
rentatives in Paris. ' '
' Paris, Jan. 15. The .- question
whether the peace conference is to
be secret or whollyopen to the eyes
and ears of the world, the settle
ment of which has been long awaited,
was brought to a focus today when it
was announced' an agreement had
been made to confine information
given to the public to a daily official
communique and that a gentlemen'
agreement prevailed among the dele
gates' not to discuss or in any way
give information of the meetings in
the foreign office.
No. written, official announcement
of this purpose was issued, but word
was passed out to this effect and it
was followed by an explosion of
protests, which drowned -nut the
doings of the peace commissioners.
Protests Presented.
The understanding is that the
American and British delegates op
posed this decision, but that the
French, Italians and Japanese, vot
ing together.-prevailed.
The British newspaper corre
spondents immediately joined in a
memorial of protest, which they put
before Premier Lloyd George. The
American newspaper correspondents
united in what is virtually a round
robin to President Wilson in which
they protested in unmeasured terms
against the decision and reminded
the president of that one of his 14
points which: specifies "open cove
nants of peace openly arrived at."
The memorial was before the presi
dent tonight and there is every rea
son to believe that such a storm
has been raised as will force the
question before the meeting again
before the actual sessions of the
peace conference begin Saturday
morning. (
No System Manifest.
The question of whether the meet
ings are to be open or closed has
been smouldering for several days.
It is associated with conditions
which have surrounded the lack of
method in making public what has
actually been going on in conference
for the past month. The American
newspaper correspondents, of whdm
there are about 100 here to report
the peace proceedings, have been
received in daily audience by the
American commissioners under the
stioulated conditions that what was
developed was solely for their guid-4
ance and not to he reported as Hear
ing the' stamp of authority or com
ing from the mission.
Morococha Power Plant
Dynamited by Strikers
Lima. Jan. 15. A report has been
received here that strikers have
dynamited the power transmission
lines on the Morococha properties
of the Gerro De I'asco company,
flooding the mines
U'J
Sill
Catantf
Omnia
Conservatives Forced to
Change Plans by Unexpected
Show of Strength Made by
Socialists and J. W. W.
Chicago, Jan. IS. Socialists and
members of the I: W. W. after de
feat in the organization of the Na
tional 'Labor congress, called to
adopt a program for obtaining a new
trial for Thomas J. Mooney and
Warren Billings, made a determined
attempt to capture control of the
body later in the day.
With the gallery packed with rad
icals they did-about as they pleased
at the afternoon session until the
proceedings were ended by adjourn
ment. The conservatives were com
pelled to change their plans in sev
eral particulars because of the' un
expected show-vof strength made by
the radicals.
Tonight both sides claimed a ma
jority of the delegates, but nobody
seemed certain what action would
be taken tomorrow when the com
mittee on resolutions is expected
to report. At today's session every
motion of socialist or I. W. W. prin
ciples was loudly cheered by dele
gates and spectators.
Italian Delegates Excluded.
A letter was read from two mem
bers of the Italian labor commission,
appointed by thas country at request
of the American Federation of
Labor, expressing sympathy with
the movement to aid Mooney,, and
asking to be seated as fraternal dele
gates. Chairman Nolan recom
mended that the request be granted,
but the reading of the letter -caused
a hostile demonstration by radicals,
who declared the two Italian labor
representatives had been repudiated
by the bolshevik element in that
country. After a heated discussion
the motion to seat the commission
ers was voted down.
' The radicals followed this by pass
ing a motion that Eugene V. Debs,
socialist leader recently convicted
for violation of the espionage law,
be invited to address the convention.
It is said Debs will decline.
Chairman Nolan this afternoon
announced appointment of a com
mittee on resolutions about equally
divided, between the conservatives
and radicals. Apparently nearly
every radical delegate had at least
one resolution for consideration of
the committee. One delegate pre
sented 10, embodying various revo
lutionary ideas on governmint based
on socialist and I. W. W. propa
ganda, and were referred to the
committee on resolutions without
being read.
n Radical Plans Presented.
A few of the ideas suggested by
the resolutions offered by radical
delegates are:
For the organization of a na
tional soldiers and sailors coun
cil to safeguard the interest of
labor during the period of recon
struction. For a referendum vote on the
terms of peace.
Abolition of all restrictions on
the issuance of passports.
For a general strike to compel
immediate release of all political,
industrial and religious prisoners,
including Thomas J. Mooney,
Warren Billings, William D. Hay
wood, Emma Goldman, Rose Pas
tor Stokes, Eugene V. Debs, Vic
tor L. Berger, Adolph Germer,
and others convicted since the be
ginning of the war.
That Russian, German and Aus
trian bolshevik be given represen
tation at the Paris peace council.
For a uniform work day of six
hours.
For a uniform lunch period of
two hours in all lines of industry.
Adoption of a modification of
the I. W. W. idea for one big
labor union by Jiaving one organ
ization for each trade.
A plan to have all wester labor
organizations withdraw from the
American Federation of Labor and
organize a western federation of
labor.
Pledge Support to Money.
A score of messages of greetings
from labor organizations in. all parts
of the country pledging support in
the movement to aid Mooney were
read. "
A. W. Hoch of Seattle, tele
graphed that 75 workmen had sub
scribed $1 each for the organization
of a soldier's and sailors' council in
that city
Word, teas . received fsom ' the
league for amnesty 'for political
prisoners of Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
endorsing the idea of calling a gen
eral strike to enforce their demands.
The senatiments expressed in
these messages were received with
loud applause. ,
VOL. 48. NO. 182.
Soldiers and Sailors
aeeaatf-elaaa ai.ttar Hay IS. 1909. at
P. D. ad.r act .1 at area t, IKS
Millions Needed For Food
For Starving Nations If
Anarchy Is to Be Checked
Wickersham Believes There Can Be No Peace in Europe
If Hunger Is Not Satisfied ; United States Must
Act Promptly in Advancing Its Share Or
It Will Be Too Late. ' ' "
- BY GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM.
Special Cable DUpatch.
(Copyright 1919, New York Tribune, Inc.)
Paris, Jan. 15. The attention directed to the meeting Sunday of
President Wilson and the prime minister of the allied powers in a con
ference preliminary to the regular opening of the peace conference has
obscured another gathering of almost equal importance, namely, that
of the so-called Supreme Council of Supply and Relief of Europe.
This body is composed of Herbert C. Hoover and Norman Davis, rep
resenting the United States; Lord Reading and Sir John Beale, Great
Britain; M. Clementel, France, and Signor Creshl, Italy.
Its purposes are to investigate and consider the requirements for re
lief in Europe and their relation to the general supply of the allied and
neutral countries and to determine the policy of European supply and
the measures which shall be taken for its execution.
Manv Millions Needed. -
The personnel of this body is in
dicative of the importance of prob
lems presented to the world today
by the cbnditions of those countries
which until very recently were part
of the theater of war.
How serious is that condition can
hardly be guessed without hearing
first-hand reports of responsible
persons who now are teturning to
Paris for investigations on the
ground, as well as from a study of
statistics which have been gathered
by food authorities of the associated
powers.
The supreme council of supply and
relief, after mature deliberation, has
determined that no less than $300,
000,000 must be provided as a first
credit to cope with this situation as
far as it applies to the liberated re
gions. The three European allies have of
fered to take their participation in
this credit and the council has re
ferred this financial question to the
treasury departments of the respec
tive government represented in the
council for advice and assistance,
but it is strongly convinced that the
sum mentioned must be provided at
the earliest possible moment.
Follow Belgian Precedent.
Mr; Hoover-has 4"pptw
director general of relief, to be as
sisted by a permanent committee of
the council composed of one mem
ber from each participating govern
ment. The council has . also decided that
the revictualling of the allied nations
should have consideration and that
the newly liberated peoples next
should be organized for systematic
scieatific feeding.
Precedent established in the relief
of Belgium will be followed. It
may not be generally known that as
soon as that government was reor
ganized at Havre, following the Ger
man occupation, Belgium assumed
liability for the cost of all food that
had been furnished to the Belgians
by the relief commission from the
very beginning of its work and that
the Belgian government proposes to
repay every dollar that the relief
Omaha Boy Back in France
, From German Prison Camp
Frank Slapnicka, Wounded at
Battle of Marne, Returns
to Allied Lines; Benning
ton Man Also..
Washington,' Jan. 15. Names of
enlisted men of the army, reported
to have returned to France -from
prison camps in Germany, made
public today by the War depart
ment, include:
Frank Slapnicka, 1312 Drexel
street, Omaha. '
Clark V. McKee, Palmyra, Neb.
James Christenson, Eagle Grove,
la. ,
Theodore W. Connery, Harmony,
Neb.
Otto A. Gaard, Ruthona, la.
Fred C. Jordan, Bennington, Neb.
Wm. Kelly, Burchard, Neb;
Slapnicka Wounded.
Frank Slapnicka is the son 6f Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Slapnicka, 1316
Drexel street. He was among the
first troops called to Camp Funston
for intensive training on September
19, 1917.- Slapnicka was a clerk in
the main offices of Swift's, South
Side. He was taken prisoner by
the Germans in the battle of the
Marne river, July 15.
Typical of the American fighter,
he was not captured until after he
was wounded. A machine gun bul
let lodged in his right foot Dur
ing his interment in the prison tamp '
at Rastatt, Germany, young Slap- :
nicka was allowed to write only four
letters home. . ,
Many times, his friends and par- ,
ents sent cigaret money and
clothing to him in Germany, but .he r
received none of the packages, ac
cording to his last letter to his
mother. At the present time he i
in France on his way home.
Jordan Early on Line.
Fred C. Jordan,' Bennington,
Neb., was taken prisoner sometime
after September 16, 1918, but the
OMAHA, THURSDAY,
commission, has expended in Bel
gium. In like manner securities of coun
tries which it is proposed to assist
will be taken for advances made in
furnishing them with foodstuffs.
Basis for Credit- r
Some of these securities may be
expected to be valuable at no very
distant date. Roumania, for in
stance, and Serbia and Albania have
great national resources which af
ford a basis for a national credit. It
is not intended to pauperize the peo
ple of Europe, but to furnish them
with a food supply which they must
have to avert starvation, on credits
based primarily upon confidence in
their future development and, sec
ondly, upon the value of their na
tional resources.
Many of the liberated, peoples are
within easy reach of food, if trans
portation facilitiesjhould be pro
vided, which the council will arrange
for.
Seed and agricultural implements
must be furnished on some proper
basis so as to encourage resumption
of industry and to develop a capacity
for self-support. . . " .
Local governments will be, used ip
this connection wherever possible.
Their itiffitenre nronerlv directed.
cannot lau to De oi ine greatest
benefit in stimulating the peoples of
small communites to self-effort
leading to self respect. .
Fat Shortage in Germany.
; Very misleading impressions have
gone abroad respecting conditions in
Germany. It is' generaly rec
ognized that Austria is in a de
plorable state, which is particularly
acute in Vienna. This condition is
not so obvious in Germany. Par
ticularly in the Rhine countries, oc
cupied by allied armies, there is a
misleading impression of a food
abundance. But the reports of the ac
tual condition, which the council
regards as conclusive, demonstrates
that there is a dangerous shortage
of fats and essential food throughout
Germany and that reserves accumu
lated under government supervision
(CSMiijued oq Page Two, Column Four.)
exact date has not been learned.
He went to Camp Funston on Sep
tember 19, 1917, and was among the
first of the drafted troops in France
and on the firing line. - His parents
live in Herman, Neb., but he had
been making his home in Benning
ton, farming for Mrs. Alice Leach.
No letters Vere received from Jori
dan while he was a prisoner in Ras
tatt, Germany. The last letter from
him mentioned that he "was in a
base hospftal in Germany.
J
n
FRANK SLAPNICKA.
There's Good News on Page Nine for You
JANUARY 16, 1919.
0) Ojfnp 0)
J- Uli WllulJLo)
Decision of Council Means
Big Army of Occupation Must
Be Maintained on Rhine
; Many Months.
' London, Jan. 15. The Central
News declares that as a result of
the allied discussions in Paris, the
whole aspect of demobilization has
undergone a sudden and vital
change, this being shown in the
drastic conditions demanded of
Germany for a renewal of the ar
mistice. . -
"On authority of an unimpeach
able character," says the Central
News, "it can be stated that a situ
ation exists in Europe under which
war may break, out again at any
moment. The allied war council
has arrived at a decision which
means that the British people have
mistaken , the appearance of peace
for reality. This decision means
that the new Britiish ministry must
revise the whole scheme of army
demobilization.
"The decision is that Great Brit
ain, in proportion to its military
strength, must maintain an army of
occupation on the Rhine for many
months. If the rapid increase in
demobilization recently announced
were continued, there would in a
few months be no army in France
to undertake the obligations which,
by common decision of the allies,
have been placed upon British
shoulders.'"
New Armistice Terms.
The new armistice terms to be
presented to Germany by Marshal
Foch. are unofficially stated here to
'include the following:--
, First Retribution upon the Ger
rhans for the murder and ill treat
ment of allied prisoners.
Second The machinery and goods
stolen by Germany from France and
Belgium to be at once given up.
It is pointed out that France alone
has 500,000 men who will be out of
work until this machinery is return
ed. :
Third German gold, amounting
to more than 100,000,000, same to
be moved from Berlin to a safe
place, probably Frankfort, and pro
tected from bolshevism in Germany
enroute. Certain other property to
be surrendered.
Fourth Germany to give over
her shipping, of which she is be
lieved to have 4,000,000 tons, to
carry food supplies to countries in
Europe in need of them.
Fifth Any U-boats on the
stocks to be handed to the allies
for their disposal, or to be destroy
ed, and no more sSbmarines should
be built.
Seamen Demand Compensation.
In the absence of a definite policy
of the allies concerning the manner
in which Germany shall make com
pensation for the dependents of sub
marine victims among seamen, the
executive committee of the Interna
tional 'Federation of Seafarers has
evolved a plan by which the officials
hope to force 'the .peace conference
to act. The committee has called
an international conference in Lon
don on February 24, at which the
British delegates will present a reso
lution providing that the seamen
will not man any ships going or
coming. from any enemy country un
til the proper compensation is
agreed upon. ,
J. Havelock Wilson, president of
the International Seamen's union,
said today: .
"I have no doubt that the confer
ence will adopt a resolution provid
ing that no food shall go to Ger
many until ' there depepdents are
compensated."
Anti-Suffragists Given
60 Days to Get Evidence
Lincoln, Jan. 15. (Special' Tele
gram.) Judge L. A. Flansburg, in
the Lancaster district court, this
afternoon overruled the demurrer
filed by ' intervenors, including
97 prominent Omahans, in -.the
injunction suit brought by "the
Nebraska Suffrage, association
against the referendum or the par
tial suffrage law.
Judge Flansburg held that the
petition filed by the suffragists and
the evidence which they had intro
duced was sufficient. The inter
veners in support of the antis, were
given sixty days in which to pre
sent evidence in support of the. re
ferendum petitions.
Lisbon Eebs Bombarded.
London, Jan. 15. The revolu
tionist forces at Santarem, northeast
of Lisbon, having refused to sur
render, the government troops have
surrounded the town and com
menced a bombardment, according
to a wireless dispatch from Lisbon
dated , today. .
R Mall (I ar. Dally. J1.58: Sunit.v. tt.50:
Dally and Sua.. 19. $0: outilda Nak. aoitata atra
T3
wh.'. ,- i tram
Text of "Dry " Amendment
Nebraska's Action Today
"May .'Put in Constitution
Provisions.of Resolution Put It
in Effect One Year After
Final Ratification, by
Necessary States.
Tle prohibition amendment reso
lution passed by congress and soon
to be part of the "fundamental law
of the United States, provides
that ratification shall be by "the
legislatures of the several states as
provided by the constitution."
The resolution follows:
"Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives jof the United
States of -America in congress as
sembled (two thirds of each house
concurring therein), that the follow
ing amendment to the constitution
be and hereby is proposed to the
states to become valid as a part of
the constitution when ratified by
the legislatures of the several states
as provided' by the constitution:
"Article -
"Section l--After one year from
OMAHA POLICE
1AKE DEFalAND
FORMIOREPAY
Startle Commission by Asking
for Increase of 33 to
100 Per Cent Over
Present Wage.
Omaha policemen, yesterday after
noon, demanded increases in salaries
ranging from 33 per cent to nearly
100 per cent.
Monday the city council endorsed
a scvhedule of salaries which repre
sented large increases, but the de
mands of the policemen yesterday
doubles those proposed. Not only
this, but the "vislopary demands of
the policemen," as they were called,
have unsettled the satisfaction the
firemen felt in the substantial raises
that Fire Commissioner Zimman
has' endorsed for them and they art
reported now to be preparing to
make further demands.
"We would like to give these men
all they ask, but the taxpayers must
be considered," said Zimman. "We
admit that they are underpaid now
and we are obtaining for them sub
stantial increases which, in the case
of the firemen, I worked out by com
paring wages of many classes of
skilled labor. This threatens to be
undone by the work of some cheap
politicians, who are not responsible,
to raise the money to pay these pro
posed salaries, but who have been
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.
Rotten Frauds in Army
and Navy Expenditures
Charged by Rep. Mann
Washington, Jan. IS. Republican
Leader Mann challenged the demo
crats of the house today to investi
gate expenditures of the War and
Navy departments and the wartime
building program. He asserted there
had been "rotten frauds, intelligent
mistakes and -conscious actions,"
and promised an investigation under
republican control in the next housef
Company A Home Guards
Disband After Banquet
Standing at attention a group of
110 bankers, lawyers, doctors and
busniess men joined in the singing
of America, after which Top Sergt.
Clark Powell issued his last com
mand to "break ranks" and Com
pany A of the Omaha Home Guards
became a part 'of the history of the
war. .
The demobilization ceremony con
sisted of a banquet at the University
club last night.
"Virtuous Wives" A Story
ForBoth Men 'and Women
It Starts in The Bee Sunday
Have .you seen "Virtuous Wives," now playing at the
Rial to?
It is a good play in fact, a great play.
But here is a little secret. It is not half so gripping
as the story is.
And the story begins in The Bee in serial form Sunday.
, Watch for it and read the first installment. We know
you'll read the rest. ,
Something about the story well, it is all its name
implies and more. '
It has a moral lesson for both men and women in ad
dition to being one of the most interesting yarns of real
life ever written.
Every chapter contains human situations.
Remember it starts next Sunday.
TWO CENTS.
r
JV
the ratification of this article the
manufacture, sale or transportation
of intoxicating liquors within, the
importation thereof into, or the ex
portation thereof from the LTnited
States and all territory subject to
-the jurisdiction thereof for bever
age purposes is hereby prohibited
"Section 2 The congress and the
several states shall have, concur
rent power to'enforce this article by
appropriate! legislation.
"Section 3 This article shall be
inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the con
stitution by the legislatures of the
several states as provided in "the con
stitution within seven years from the
date of the submission hereof to the
states by congress."
The resolution was passed by the
senate, 65 to 20, August 1, 1917, and
by the house, 282 to 128, December
17, 1917. Mississippi was the first
state to ratify the amendment, its
legislature acting July 8, 1918.
DIAMOND TRIES
TO KILL FAMILY
AND 30FFIGERS
Flies in Rage When Father-in-law
Remonstrates With
Him; No One Is
Injured.
. An attempt to take the lives of
his wife, father-in-law and three
policemen was made last night by
Donald Diamond. 516 South Twenty-second
street, when William
Weston, 2024 Vinton street, the
father-in-law," remonstrated with
Diamond about taking the latter's
six months' old baby into the cold.
After he had fired five, times . at
his wife and father-in-law without
taifsing them injury, he awaited the
arrival of Policemen Cooper, Bosen
and Neil Haze, . upon whom he
opened fire. A running battle en
sued between the police and Dia
mond before he was arrested. No
one was injured.
Diamond returned to the home
of his father-in-law threatening to
fire again and was in the - act of
shooting Mr. Weston when Henry
Bosen, police chauffeur, stepped
into the house and seized him. Dia
mond then went into an epileptic fit.
Police have given Diamond the
epithet of "The Desperate" be
cause of his escapades in the city.
When he recovered conscious
ness, Diamond took his baby and
wife in his arms and, wept pitifully,
crying: "My God, what did I do?"
Oh, forgive mel Forgive met"
Diamond was taken' to the polic
station and given medical aid, then
locked in a cell.
Says Food Prices NeverWill
Orop-Back o Old Standard
New York, Jan. IS. There is no
immediate hope of an appreciable
reduction of food prices, according
to Sylvan L. Stix, president of the
Wholesale Grocers' association, in
addressing the annual convention
of that body here today. Mr. Stix
declared food prices never will re
vert to the old standard. One rea
son was the increased production
of gold.
Senator Sherman to Retire
When Present Term Expires
Washington, Jan. 15. Senator
Lawrence Y, Sherman of Illinois,
republican, intends to retire from
public life when his present term in
the senate expires March 3, 1921.
Senator Sherman's health, partic
ularly an increasing deafness, is un
derstood to be the season for his decision.
' .nnZj
(
Ratification Will Be Clinched
by Nebraska Today in Race
i With Three Other Com
monwealths.. Legislatures of 35 states one less
than the required three-fourths--have
ratified, the prohibition consti
tutional amendment. Several state
assemblies now in session are' ex
pected to take action today with s
probable race between Nebraska,
Missouri, Minnesota and New Mex
ico as to which will be the thirty
sixth on the list.
Ratification, was completed yester
day by the legislatures of five states
Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, -New
Hampshire and Utah making h
total of 12 in two days. Of the 35
states that have taken aaction, only
14 have certified their action to the
federal state department. They are.
Virginia,- Kentucky, North Dakota,
South Carolina, Maryland, South
Dakota, Texas, Montana, Delaware,
Massachusetts, Arizona, . Georgia,
Louisiana and Michigan.
The amendment under its pro
visions becomes effective one year
from the date of its final ratification.
Additional legislation by congress is
necessary to make it operative and
groundwork for this already . has
been laid. This legislation will pm
scribe penalties for violation of, the
amendment and determine how and
by what agencies the law shall bi
enforced.
May Become "Dry" July I,
If ratification is completed this
month," many' officials here believe
the country will become permanent
ly "dry" next July 1, the date on
which the special wartime prohibi
tion, recently passed by congress,
goes into effect. This law prevents
the manufacture and sale of intoxi
cants for beverage purposes and re
mains in force until, the demobiliza
tion of the nation's war armies is
completed.;
Court action x to prevent the
amendments becoming operative al
ready has been started in California,
where an order temporarily restrain
ing Governor Stephens from sign
ing ratification of he amendment
has been obtained. It has been in
timated that similar action mav be
taken in other states in which, "it is
said, state laws require that federal
constitutional amendments must be
submitted to a referendum.
Nebraska's Attitude Certain.
Nebraska made it attitude cer
tain on the prohibition amendment
yesterday when it adopted a house
resolution providing for ratification.
It was the dramatic event of the
day. In the galleries were an as
sembly of the women of the W. C.
T. U., who sang a' song whose re
frain was "Ratify."
When the vote was taken on t!;e
measure it was practically unani
mous. Those failing to vote were
absent. They were: Carstensen,
Harriss and Noreen.
The recapitulation of the vole
showed 96 for and none against
Wildman of York explained his
vote by saying he was from the or
iginal prohibition community oi the
state, where the titles of all lot-s
sold in the city contained a -provision
that no liquor should, be sold
on the premises.
Representative Rodman 'explained
that his town, in Kimball county,
was a gateway from Colorado ard
Wyoming and during his adminis
tration as county attorney he had
collected $12,000 as fines and from
confiscation of machines eng. ged t:i
the transportation of contraband
whisky, but despite this : 'ditio.i to
the school and federal funds he was
for the measure. ,
This action, however, does not
complete ratification for Nebraska
tuial action cannot come until to
day, when the lower branch of t"-e
assembly will vote on the ratifica
tion resolution, which was pass-i
by the senate Tuesday. The senate
resolution was passed to third read
ing by the house yesterday and w''l
be taken up for . a final vote at
9 a. today. f
Five Dollars Minimum Wage
by Herring Motor Company
Dcs Moines, la., Jan. 15. (Specia1
Telegram.) The J00 .employes ol
the Herring Motor company wer
notified today that they would it
placed ou a minimum wage scale ol
$5 per day to take effect at once
The new wage scale is based on a
profit sharing plan. Employes oi
company warehouses in Omaha
Sioux Falls and Atlantic will come
under new rate.
Hindenburp to Tight Poles,
Copenhagen, Jan. 15. Field Mar
shal von Iliudenbiirg soon will take
command of the German troops op
posing Polish forces in eastern Ger
many, according to advices received
here from Brmnbcrg, quoting news
papers printed in Foseu.