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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1913. r i a hi, trf m pnisoiiERS AT 0L1SK KILLED r.lYSTERIOUSLY Prominent Public Leaders .. Removed From Jail and Ex-, "ecuted by Military .With-' - cut Authority. Vladivostock, Jan. 19. Of the prisoners who were released from : jait at Omsk as the result Of an abortive bolshevik plot late in De cember; nine who voluntarily re turned were killed by the military , without the knowledge of Admiral Kolchak, the" supreme governor of the Omsk government, or. of his 'ministers, according to information ' ' that has just come to light. "The motive, of the executions is obscure but the inclusion among ythe nine victims of several , impor tant members of the constituent as sembly, prominent journalists and public leaders points, in the minds of many, to the use of bolshevik methods of intimidation and sup pression of the idea of a constit uent assembly. "'Reluctant to Leave. When the jail was opened on ti e night of December 22 the political prisoners at first refused to leave their cells and it is stated they were threatened with being shot if they persisted. They were told, it Is reported, that the authority of Omsk had been seized by the bol sheviki. The, following day, when it be came clear that the plot had failed, the government issued a proclama tion urging those who had been re leased to -return to prison under pain of .courtmartiat . The military authorities and the minister of justice appealed to 'the relatives of the men released, advis ing their immediate return, and the fugitives were brought to prison by their wives, relatives and acquaint ances. Spirited Out of Jail. At 3 o'clock in the morning of December 24 an automobile stopped at the jail and 'took away nine of the prisoners. All of these have since completely disappeared. When the facts became known to the council of niinistry the supreme ruler. Admiral Kolchak, sent a me cial detachment of soldiers to guard the prison. Peace Stopped Work on Remarkable 'Hush' Boat of British Navy London There is now lying at Clydebank, nearly completed, a re markable hush" boat of the British navy, which, according to the ship ping paper, Fairplay is something notable in the history of naval archi tecture. , ' This is the Hood, a battle crtise ' of extraordinary size, speed and gun. power, and which would, says Fair- play, have inaugurated new meth ods of naval fighting and shown the Germans that we are still far ahead of them in na'val construction." . The prospect of an early termina ! tion of hostilities caused work "to be eased on this great vessel, b it in,, order to make room for merchant' j" shipping the Hood has been nearly J- completed and is now out if the ' fitting- basin. Fairplay says the vesseP'is under ' stood, to be the finest combination of size, speed, gunpower and light 1 armor yet dreamed of, and farther .- ahead of the present "hush boats" the Courageous class than these were of the Lion and Tiger. As it . lies at Clydebank the Hood fcems , to fill all the space which was at one time occupied by the Lusitania, and , a war vessel as long as the Lusitania to say nothing of its other feat ures is something notable in the history of naval architecture." "Con" Men Get Bank Roll of $21 From Illinois Visitor Henry Walters, a farmer of 01 ney, HI., en route to Casper, Wyo., , lost $21 and his faith in "con" men Saturday night. Alighting at the ; Union station, Henry thought he would "take in the town." He did. AUer striking an unvoluntary ac quaintance with one "con" man, too clever to describe, Henry told police, they promenaded along Douglas street. A pal of Henry's, new ac quaintance metthe pair and sug gested "matching coins." The two "con" men did but not Henry, for . the Ulney farmer was always "even man with ons of the duo. Henry reported the disappearance ef his former $21 nd the two men to the police. Villa Band Coving " . Toward Texas Border Marfa, Tex., Jan. 19. Rumors ; reached here tonight from the border that Francisco Villa, with his m;n command and General . Felipe Ageles with his rebel force, were moving in the general direc tion cf the American border at - San AfUoniev Chihuahua, opposite . Candf :lari, -Tex. No rebel bands have teen reported closer than 50 ; milesTfcf the-border tonight, how- ever, 'V,'. . : Tare 3' at Eltinge. ; Xew :,York.Up in Mable's . Koom, a ip.rce oy wnson v-oiason V ' ' i-'uvup nini.ll 1103 '. ed a hli in Bo?ton, will be presented ;at the"' Eltir.ge theater soon for an inri, mtt nsscrmnt TT-r! Dawn, John' Cumberland and Wal ter jones are m trie cast. A. tl. Woods is the producer. "Under Orders" which has ended an engage ment at the Eltinge, will.be sent on 1 tour. The -Weather . Comparative I vh Hrart. ' "r . . . !!. 1H. J8!T. 111. Hlphfst yMtrnljr....n IS l J! i.ovvnt ytrdy SI I il 14 Vent) tmprtur. ., .43 It "I 51 rrrlitttl6ii 00 T .00 -.03 Tmvr'ar and precipitation depart 'nr,i from th normal; . . N ftrmtl tpTjprtur ' ' tcess for lh dnr 22 (Mai .rs March l.tf ....1160 Normal prwlpllatinn. . . . , 0.02 tnrh laclrify for Ih n,y .Alt Inrh 'lntn.1 r!nfa!l n'.nrr Msrrh l...l,?f.5 (n.-hea ')! i'-Jir.-h 1 Inrhxa T .i.f i tor. sr)od HIT t.M tnch I ii .movf tar cor. ptnrt 1111 11. I iacfct Bolsheviki Are Destroyers Is Message to America; of Grandmotherof Revolution "If Help Is Not Forthcoming at Once Any Government Set Up in Russia Will Fall," Says Mme. Breshkovs- , kaya; Seeks Aid for 4,000,000 Orphans and 8,000,000 Illiterates. Seattle, Jan. 19-Catherine Bresh kovskaya, known as the "Grand mother of the Russian Revolution," arrived here today from the Orient, via Victoria, B. C. "Is it true I'm in America at last with my friends?" she exclaimed at the dock where she was met by friends and a delegation from the Seattie branch of the Bohemian Na tional alliance. Among the friends was Miss Helen Stuart Dudley, a Bostomsettlement worker who came here to accompany Madame Bresh kovskaya across the continent to Boston and Washington. Madame Breshkovskaya and Miss Dudley, it is stated, have known each other for years. Russian socialists do not desire allied troops in Siberia, Madame Breshkovskaya declared. Russian people want the Czecho-SIovak sol diers, she asserted. "The coming vf Czecho-SIovak soldiers would be welcomed by the people just as they would welcome the coming of Christ as a deliverer," she said. "The only order existing today in Russia is that which has NEBRASKA BOYS REACH riEV YORK FROM WAR FRONT (Continued from Page One.) the gun crew declared she kept on attending to the wounded until or dered from the field by an officer. Boyd M. Hemp, of Des Moines, a radio operator on the Jacob Jones when that craft was sunk by a tor pedo on December 6, was on the Comfort. - All branches of the service were represented aboard the Lapland, in cluding? women nurses and war workers. The Lapland met heavy (veather on the trip across and this was responsible for the death on board of Capt. John R. Buckingham of this city, attached to the ord nance department, and who once was private secretary to former United States Senator Clarence W. Watson of West Virginia. Colonel Watson, also of the ordnance de partment, was aboard the Lapland, and he said the rigors of the voyage aggravated a stomach ailment of Captain Buckingham. , . Memorial Services Held ; . for Two Late Senators Washineton. Tan. 19. Memorial services were held in the senate to day for the late Senators Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire, the former republican leader, and James H. Brady of Idaho. f - Senators paying tributeHo' the memory of Mr. Gallinger -were Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader; Hollis and Moses of New Hampshire, Warren of Wyoming, Thomas of Colorado; Nelson of Minnesota, Smith of Georgia, Smoot of Utah, Weeks of Massachusetts, Smith of Arizona and Watson of In diana. Those eulogizing Mr. Brady were Borah of Idaho, Thomas ef Colorado, Chamberlain of Oregon, Smoot of Utah, Pomerene of Ohio Page of Vermont and Nugent of Idaho. Mexican Army to Contain 100,000 Men in Two Years Mexico City According to plans of the War department the Mexican army, in 1920 will contain 100,000 men. Recruiting has been stopped. Only native Mexicans will be ad mitted into the military service. Sol diers ofvimmature years are being discharged and other reforms calcu lated to increase the efficiency of the troops are being adopted. These facts are being given out for the announced purpose of dis proving rumors that the govern ment planned to increase the army to 400,000. One hundered thousand, it is said, are sufficient to maintain order in the republic u. been established wherever these troops gained a foothold. I hope some day to lead President Masaryk of the Czecho-SIovak on a. tour of Russia so that he may educate our people to the true standard of demo cracy:" Madame Breshkovskaya said she came to America to tell the people of the United States that financial help is needed for 400,000,000 Rus sian orphans and 8,000000 Russian illiterates. "To this cause I will devote the remainder of my life," she aserted. Madame Breshkovskaya asserted that she also came to America to deliver a message that the Russian bolsheviki. are destroyers. 'They have failed because they are destroyers. Ruination is their motto. They are not construction ists." Madame Breshkovskaya cele brated, her seventy-first birthday, January 13 while crossing the Pa cific. Her fellow passengers arrang ed a special birthday dinner follow by speeches and a dance in her honbr. GEN, LlEflOIIER IS DECORATED BY SEC, BAKER (Continued from Page On.) Eightieth division, and Francis J. Kernan, organizer of the overseas service and supply and member of supreme war council. . The brigadier generals decorated are Leroy Altinge. assistant chief of staff, A. E. F.;, Preston Brown, chief of staff of the Second di vision and later commander of the Third division; Avery D. Anirews, assistant chief of staff i: charge of transportation; Dennis E. Nolan, chief of intelligence, A. E. F.; Fox Conner, assistant chief of staff in charge of equipment; Harold B. Fiske, chief of training section, gen eral staff, A. E. F.; Harry A. Smith, commanant of army schools at Langrej, France, and civil admin istrator in occupied Germa'n terri tory; Johns.jn Hagood, organizer of training system in- France; "i'aal B. Malone, brigade commander during major operations; Frank R. McCoy, secretary, general staff, A. E. F., and subsequently commander of the Sixty-third infantry brigade; Hugh A.' Drum, chief of staff, First army, and William D. Connor, assistant chief of staff of the- A. E. F.. and later chief of staff of the service of supply. " .' ' .- V1. The colonel named is John McA. Palmer, who was on the general staff and later commanded the Fifty-eighth infantry brigade north of Verdun. Thousands of Belgians Are , Returning from England London From Southampton and from Grimsby, Scotland, ships' are taking back to Belgium the first consignment of the thousands of Belgian refugees who sought shel ter in the country at the beginning of the war. Present arrangements for the repatriation of the exiles contemplate the return only of those belonging to Antwerp and vi cinity. Later those whose homes are in other parts of Belgium will be taken care of. Speed with which general repatri ation of the Belgians will be carried out depends upon the international conditions of Belgium and improve ment of road and rail transport. The repatriation will be at the expense of the British government. Putting in order lines of com munication with released territories in Belgium has been slow, laborious work, and there are many Belgians in England who have not yet been able to get into "touch with their people at home. Everyone, old and young, can drinl AN with benefit to health . . ,aoo A delicious, drud free beveraol STRAUSS TELLS ABOUT lilllllS v OF NORTH SEA V Seventy Thousand Mines Laid Under U. S. Admiral's Di--. rection Bottled Up Submarines. New York, Jan. 19. Rear Ad miral Joseph Strauss and Command er William Glassford, who achieved distinction with the American naval forces abroad, arrived here' on the Lapland today. Admiral Strauss was the head of the greatest mine laying expedition ever attempted, whenan American and British fleet, working under his orders, spread 70,000 mines across the North sea, from the Scottish coast to Norway, 245 miles, and virtually bottled up the German submarines operating out of Heligoland and Kiel. "When the armistice came and some time ' before that, the work of laying the greajt field, 20 miles wide and 245 miles long, was com pleted," said Admiral Strauss, "and long before that time we had be gun to take toll from the subma-" rines. We have positive infornia tion that many German submarines were destroyed. Our fleet con sisted of 11 sliips, four ocean .tugs and several tenders, and a force of 7,000 men." Commander Glassford was com mander of the destroyer Shaw when his steering gear jammed at 6 o'clock in the morning of October 9. She was one of the convoys of the giant Cunarder Aquitania, then in -the British channel loaded with Amer ican tropps for a British port. It was a question whether the Shaw would ram the Cunarder or Com mander Glassford suffer his craft to be cut down. He chose the latter course and the Shaw was cut in two just forward ot the bridge by the knife-like bow of the Aquitania. Hanscom Park Folks Were Bone Dry for the Last Couple of Days A real, honest-to-goodness dry belt has been established over in the southwest part of town. Saturday morning a break oc curred jti a water main on Pacific street at Thirty-third. News was telephoned down to the water office early in the forenoon. Along about noon an inspector, went out to look it up. Sure enough, the main was broken. After dinner a repair squad opened attack. Neighbors were no tified the water would be turned off till about 7 p. m. The water was turned off. A hole was dug and the broken main exposed about mid night Saturday, Then the diggers decided they had had enough of it for one session and knocked off. When they returned Sunday morn ing they found the soaked soil had caved in and filled the hole. This required more digging. "'. Late Sun day afternoon, the main -was again exposed and watef turned on again. In the meantime, bucket brigades might have been seen toiling up hill and down, as the marooned residents visited favored householders and se- tured water for culinary and ablu- uonary uses. Most ot the tolks out that way are not in favor of such a bone-dry state' of affairs. Navy Dirigible Makes New Endurance flight Record Washington, Jan. 19. Two en durance flights by the navy dirigible A-236, from, the naval air station at Key West, Fla., one lasting 32 hours and covering 750 miles and the other 40 hours and 48 minutes and covering about 850 miles, con stituting a service record, were de scribed in official reports today. Rising winds stopped the first flight November 24, although suffi cient fuel and oil remained fo, eight more hours. In the first 10 hounj the ship was lightened 300 pounds by consumption' of gasoline. Her crew brought her to within 50 feet of the sea and with bucket and line took up enough water to restore her proper balance. The second trip, December 24 and 25, was made under overcast skies with a wind ranging from 20 to 36 miles an hour. The motor was stopped only twice, for three min utes eacii time, to fill the oil reserve!. UJM UN ELECTION ACGOLIPAHIED 1 BY RIOTING (Con tinned from P&fe One.) sees in 'their death the natural re sult of the victims' appeal to the lowest passions and violence. Wrhile the iiftiependent socialists of Bavaria and other parts of Ger many are endeavoring to consoli date the two socialist parties inde pendent of Greater Berlin, in their two newspapers they appeal to" the workingmen for a general strike as a protest against the "domination of military anarchy." The whereabouts of the bruised, battered and bullet-perforated body of Rora Luxemburg, chief lieuten ant of the late Dr. Karl Liebknecht, leader of the Spartacan forces, con tinues to be the most puzzling fea ture of the tragedy which brought to a temporary halt all. Spartacan and bolshevik activities in Germanv. The military authorities are still in vestigating the action of the com manding, officer assigned to the motor car which was supposed to carry the woman to the Moabit jail. and which halted just long enough to permit a stranger to jump on the running board and fire the fatal shot, after which, other persons rushed up, seized tne body and disappeared. Public Funeral Barred. The date of the interment of the body -of Dr. Liebknecht has not yet been decided upon, but it as stated that the dead Spartacan lead er would not be buried in Berlin. It is not unlikely that any attempt to make his funeral the pretex for a big demonstration would meet with prompt opposition by the military government, which for the present is prohibiting street parades. . ine city nas Deen so completely garrisoned with new trooos as to discourage the Spartacans irom at tempting any propaganda at this time. With the death of the two leaders the Red Flag also disappear ed from the list of Berlin's revolu tionary journals. It was floated m the early weeks of the revolution by Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg as the official organ, The Red Flag's editorial rooms have been occupied by government troops. Herr Meyer and Herr Mar cusson, co-editors with Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, also have led. Die i-reiheit, the organ of the inde pendent socialists, appears to have assumed the editorial legacy be queathed by, the Red Flag, as the newspaper seems to have become the official mouthpiece of the Ger man bolsheviki. 4 . Assembly Meeting Postponed. Amsterdam, Jan. 19. The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says it learns the Ebert-Scheidemann government has finally decided not to hold the na tional assembly for which elections arc going on today. i . Stranded Transport Refloated Fire Island, Jan. 19. The United States transport Northern Pacific, which ran aground on a sandbar off Fire Island Light New Year's day, was floated tonight. r WIFE OF BLUFFS DOCTOR FOUND DEABji HOTEL Mrs. Mell J. Bellinger Dies of Heart Disease in Apartment; Found by Husband on " Return FfOm Calj. When Dr.;Mell J, Bellinger, return ed to thefe apartments in the Grand hotel, Council Bluffs, Sunday morn ing after being out on professional work since midnight he found Mrs. Bellinger lying " in the bath room dead, , Death apparently was due to heart failure, from which she had been suffering . acutely for several days. s Mrs. Bellinger had arisen from her bed and had reached the bathroom, and had apparently'sank to the floor and died without a struggle. Death had evidently occurred several hours before.. She" had been suffering severely from headache and". had an acute attack Saturday afternoon, and manifested extremely weak heart ac tion during the early, part of the evening. The usual remedies brought relief and she appeared to be in, a r.ormalJ condition and was resting easily". when Dr. Bellinger responded to the' midnight call. -' Mrs. Bellinger had always taken a deep personal interest in her hus band's work and" since last April had been his chief office assistant. Dur ing the flu epidemic she taxed her strength the limit in her effort to assist him and aid the sufferers with whom! she was in .constant con tact. She was deeply affected by the pitiful condition of some of the families, among his patients, where all the members were stricken and where poverty added to the terrors of the disease. I Mrs. Bellinger ,was 52 years old. She had been a continuous resident of Council Bluffs for 30 years. She was endowed with a strong men tality, and her spiritual development carried her far beyond the usual level. She used wisely her large financial means and there were few in the city who did more effectiveJ charitable work. Her refined mind made her the center of a brilliant intellectual group to whorri her death will be a real misfortune. Besides her husband, Mrs. Bell inger is survived by one brother, Joseph McClanahan, well known Texas business man, and two nephews, both in war work at Wash ington. The body was removed to the Cutler funeral home, where the casket will remain until funeral ar rangements are perfected. Raw Materials Restrictions Removed by War Board Washington, Jan. 19. Supervision over distribution of most of the es sential lnported raw materials was removed yesterday by the war trade board. All textiles, hides and skins, iron and steel, ferro-alloys, plum bago and praphite, pyrites and shel lac are included in the board's order, which does not apply, , however, to pig tin, jute, and its products, and tin re and concentrate. iYou will enjoy a few moments inspecting all of the lat est types of Cadillac Cars now on exhibition at the Cadillac Saloii NOW OPEN y The Tones-Hansen-Cadiilac Company , respectfully invites you to attend this reception.-, If you. do not see the open or enclosed car you wish to inspect, just ask for it. One Cadillac car of each model now being manufactured has just been received. NO ORDERS WILL BE SOLICITED AT THIS EXHIBITION. ) A Music in 'the evenings by West Sisters ' Decorations arranged by Orchard & Wilhelm Co. Come Bring your friends, Afternoons and evenings; ' Cadillac Building Farnam Street at Twenty-Sixth Board Plans to Write , Off Third of Cost of New Merchant Craft Washington, Jan. 19. Early ac tion toward carrying out the pro posal to write off about 30 per cent of the war cost of American ship ping, was forecast today in official quarters, and at the same time it was said this step would be follow ed by a shipping board order reduc ing existing freight rates in Ameri can bottoms. , This policy, under which it is in tended to charge to profit and loss nearly a $1,000,000,000 of $3,000,000, 0(10 which merchant craft in this country cost to , build during the war, was .formulated by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, now in France, and the news of it reach ed here through Associated Press dispatches from Paris, - ' There still has been no official an nouncement from the. :, shipping board, but those familiar with the plan do not hesitate to discuss it informally and to say that it is de signed to put the American mer chant marine on a solid financial basis and pave the way for a satis- .fartnrv rearltnRlminr rf rw-nn freight rates, impracticable on theT4 basis of inflated war cost caluations. Drug Clerk Testifies Lebaiidy Sought Poison . on Day He Was Killed Mineola, Ny Y., Jan, 19. Attor neys for Madame Jacques. Lebaudy, who shot and killed her husband, the self-styled "emperor of Sahara," in their hotel at Westburv January 11, obtained today from a New York drug clerk an affidavit stating that Lebaudy tried to; purchase poison the day he was slain. According to the affidavit, Lebaudy said the poi son was "for his wife and child." The clerk said he refused to make the sale. , The affidavit, it is believed, 'will strengthen Madatne Lebaudy's claim that she and 'her daughter, Jacque line, had been threatened repeatedly by her husband. Ernest E. Suffern, an attorney who said he had charge of Madame Lebaudy's affairs for. more than 10 years, issued a statement today, de- c.anng there was no likelihood tliat a successful attempt would be made to prevent her and her daughter from inheriting the major part of the slain mans fortune, estimated At several millions. So far as known Lebaudy left no will. Dardanelles Must Remain Open, Says Morgenthau New York, ,Jan. 18. Asserting that almost every country in the world has "foolishly or selfishly helped to keep the Turk alive as a nation," Henry Morgenthau, form erambassador to Turkey, said in an address here today that the mis take of the past "in permitting Tur key to continue because of the bal ance of power" must not be made at the peace conference. lhe Dardanelles must remain open and unfortified," he said. "They are the great waterway between Asia and Africa and are vital to commerce. ..-,: . , . . .... . :u, . wiLSonTOTOun i IEL0S Oil Willi YflUKEESFOUGilT Visit to Belgian Capital Will Be Deferred Until v He Is Ready to Depart for Home. Paris, Jan. 19. All arrangements have been made for President Wil son's visits to the American battle fields and to some of the devastated regions of northern France but the time has not been fixed. The visits will depend 'wholly on the proce dure of the peace conference and the turn of affairs in the meetings. President .Wilson probably will travel by train, having army motor cars meet him at different points for a tour of the region surrounding the stopping places. . It now appears the president's visit to Brussels will be deferred im- il he is ready to depart for borne. One plan under consideration is for Mr. Wilson to leave Paris on a spe cial train which will carry the whole presidential party to the Belgian capital. From there the president will go direct to Calais without re turning to Paris, crossing the Eng lish channel and sailing from some English port. v Congress to Speed Up Wheels of Legislation Washington, Jan. 19. In an ef fort to clear the calendar; of im portant legislation before the ses sion ends March 4 both the senate and house will give general right of way this week to appropriation bills. At the same time committees will be engaged on general supply measures and in special hearings and investigations. . The senate expects tp pass to morrow the administration' measure appropriating $100,000,000 requested by President W'iJson for famine re lief in Europe, while the house, after passage of the legislative appropria- tion bill, the fourth of the 16 regular supply measures, plans to begin) work on the annual diplomatic and consular bill. Final action may come this week on the long-delayed war. revenue bill. The conferees, with but few important questions remaining open, resume ,work tomorrow on the( 1919 war profits tax rates and hope for complete agreement on the bill bv Saturday. ",. 1 High Price of Booze in Iowa Is Downfall of Omaha Negro Jasper Price, 4536 South Twelfth street, set the markit price of booze too high about a month agosome where in Iowa, and last night De tective Francel arrested him upon advice from federal autrrorities. Price is colored, and a good sale of intoxicating liquor was guaranteed him in Iowa, but someone "squealed" H is charged at the South Side police station with il legal" possession of. liquor. . ' ' n ' y" i . . . . . ' ; . ! " ' :- ' ! I 0V j y j ' ill V r t i