THE BEE : " OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 20, '1919.'
OPPOSED TO PLAN
OF BURLESON If
TELEPHONE CASE
State Railway Commission
Would Take Control of Tele
phone Companies From
Postmaster General.
From a Staff Correspondent,
Lincoln, Jan, 18. The Nebraska
t State Railway commission wants
tj see the telephone companies
jerked baek out of Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson's hands as quickly as
possible.
The commission is diametrically
opposed to Burleson's program of
federal telephone control on the
- ground that he entered compensa
tion contracts without an audit of
the company's accounts, increased
existing rates without investigation
and conducted' the business with
out giving the public a chance t be
t heard.
The commission has instructed
C. E. Elmquist of Washington, rep
resentative of the National Associa
tion of Railway commissioners to
appear I ;fore the house postoffice
committee and present its views in
the hearing which is being held on
the Moon resolution to extend the
period of government control of
wire systems after the treaty of
peace.
, Here is the commission's instruc
tion to Elmquist:
"Kindly express to1 house com
mittee on postoffices and post roads
our position on Moon resolution ex
tending period of government con
trol or purchase of wire systems as
follows: We favor termination by
congress as soon as possible of
federal control and operation of the
telephone systems for the follow
ing reasons: The postmaster gen
eral has entered into compensation
contracts with telephone companies
without making any audit of thiir
books ot surveys of their proper?
ties. ' The postmaster general has
increased existing charges and has
made new charges for service withr
out substantial investigation of their
necessity and practicability. The
postmaster general has conducted
the telephone business without af
firrtinf? the public an opportunity
to be heard."
T-Mle West Has Sent :
M-'ch Food to Waning
Nations of Europe
Ch'cago, Jan. 19. Chicago re
presentative of the middle west, to
which the world has looked for its
provisions, has had a great share
in victualing peoples and armies
during the four years of the war
and . in that period, an enormous
amount of provisions . has passed
through the Chicago gateway.
In the same period the meat ship
ments, according to the Drover's
Trade Journal, including . cured,
canned and fresh meats auounted
to more than 6,000,000 ,tons. . .
'. Fats, including lard, butter and
cheese totalled more than l,800,OQ0
tons. ' , v ' ' t
In addition to grains,1 meats and
fats '20,415 000 bushels of potatoes
were handled, out of Chicago, and
3.973,891 live hops, 3.587,415 head
of cattle and 4,166,570 sheep were
shipped. ' , -
Prior, to the spring of 1917 the
usual agencies of trade conducted
the distribution of the vast quan
tities of food-stuffs sent out of Chi
cago and contracts : for : provisions
were made by foreign governments
direct with the dealers in Chicago.
With the entrance of America into
the war tlje food administration
through its various branches took
over the handling of provisions in
quantity and the distribution was
conducted Wder g6vernmental sup
ervision Y. Supplies Reading Matter
to American Boys jn Russia
London There will be plenty of
reading matter .for the American
soldiers isolate in northern Russia
this 'winter, frozen in for' seven
months as far as water transporta
tion is concerned. The American
Young Men's Christian association
has dispatched 9,336 general books,
1200 reference books, 10.445 text
books, 19,782 magazines and news
papers, 600 testaments, 350 , bibles,
11,500 pictures, and numerous other
adjuncts called for..
Petition to the Secretary of War
to Send Soldiers' Home Wi th ;
Sis Months' Pay
Sign this petition, get your ' friends to sign it and
forward it to The Omaha Bee.
To the Hon. Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War:
The -undersigned respectfully urge you to return to
their homes as soon as possible the soldiers who have ac
complished so brilliantly every object America had in the
war.- .-.v . ! , : ' ..
Wa nrco. also, that vou obtain the necessary authority
to pay these men their military wages for six months, or
for some sufficient period after their discharge from the
army until they can obtain useful and remunerative em
ployment. We urge this as an act of simple justice by a great na
tion to its heroes. - - . ' ' ''-''
.(Signed)
Big Force of Workers Engaged in
Methodist Centenary Drive
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From left to right Front row: Iiss Marie Rackley, stenographer; Miss Sayd'e Neely, stenographer;
Miss Bess McMullen, organization secretary Miss K atherine Howell, secretary to Dr. I sham; Mrs. H. C.
Stuntz, office secretary. Rear row: C. N. Garland, minute men secretary; C. C Cissell, district superintend
ent" Omaha district; YV. G. Babcock, publicity secretary; G. W. Ishani, executive secretary; F. D. Empey,
assistant executive secretary; H. P. Hunter, literature secretary.
Up in the City National Bank
building, among lawyers and' doc
tcrs and lumbermen and real estate
and insurance men, is a suite- of
rooms where niorc tilings happen to
the square in.-S and to the round
hour than in almost any other part
of the skyscraper. It is the head
quarters of the Missionary Cen
tenary of the MJthodist church for
the Omaha area, which includes the
states of Nebraska and Iowa.
The missionary centenary is a re
cent movement undertaken by the
Methodist church for the purpose of
readjusting itself to new world con
ditions and putting itself on a basis
of greater efficiency for doing its
work. . Accurate and systematic
surveys have been taken to ascer
tain the needs of every field, and a
definite pr6gram mapped out for
meeting these needs.
WOULD PLAGE A
- SURRENDER TAX - :
Oil IfiSMiCE
Representative Fults Believes
Five or Ten Million Dollars
- Could Be Added to As
sessment Role. "'.
From a Staff Correspondent.
, Lincoln, Jan. 19. (Special.) To
tax the surrender values of life in
surance policies is a new legislative
plan hatched by Rep. J. F. Fults of
Furnas county, chairman of : the
house judiciary committee during
this session. v
Mr. Fults believes that $3,000,000
or $10,000,000, more assets will be
added to the: assessment role and
he will try to accomplish it by intro
ducing a Ml on the subject. f
One man in Furnas county, Mr.
Fults points out, is carrying $40,000
of life insurance and his policies
are worth a considerable portion of
that sunn as a cash surrender value.
There are reported to be, a few men
in Omaha and Lincoln with insurV
ance running from $50,000 to $100,
000. The total in the state runs into
many millions,", but the surrender
value is" not in1 excess of 15 to 20
per cent of the face of the policies.
, Omahans to Leavenworth. '
James Ford, Martin J. Salvito and
Henry Caspari, prominent Omahans
convicted in federal court here of
conspiring to violate the federal
liquor laws.' will be taken to Leav
enworth, Kan., tomorrow to begin
serving their sentences. ' The men
were- sentenced. to 'serve one year
and a day each in the federal prison
by Judge T. C. Munger. :
Flu Outbreak at Wisner.'
State Epidemologist W. F. Wild
was called to Wisner yestefday to
investigate the influenzaoutbreak
there which is reported to be very
serious. Wisner is practically the
only Nebraska town where the sit
uation is stiH considered serious.
The last ' two weeks has seen a
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Among other items this program
calls for the enrollment of a million
Methodist tithers; the enlistment of
all members of ;he church in a
league of intercession, or daily
prayer; the training of ten thousand
young- people every year for ser
vice as. pastors, missionaries, dea
conesses, social workers and reliff
ious teachers; the erection or re
modeling of about five . thousand
buildings, for various religious pur
poses throughout the United States,
and fully as many more in foreign,
lands; the maintaining of a vigorous
propaganda of christian doctrine, es
pecially in the great centers of popu
lation, in a strenuous effort to turn
the tide of anarchy and bolsheyikism
that threatens us; and the.. raising
of $80,000,000 .'for the purpose of
financing this program for the next
five yearns. .. - - ... ,
steady 'decrease iit the number of
cases reported in practically every
other section of the .state.
The state health authorities are
now receiving a few reports ,of
smallpox aud scarlet fever,' but in
most instances they are merely iso
lated cases and are not epidemic.
Provost Marshal Moves.
The office of Capt. Walter L. An
derson, provost marshal for Ne
braska, has been moved .o the fed
eral building fron-: the state house,
where he was quartered in the gov
ernor's office. The provost, mar
shal's office will remain open for a,
few .weeks until the records are
completed. . , ,
Stryker Assists Hyersi , ' :
It became known yesterday tha
George Stryker of Omaha; former
ly a member -of the sheriff's force
in Douglas county, is one of . the
booze hounds assisting Gus Hyers
in enforcing the prohibition law.
Stryker has always served as ex
ecutioner at the state penitentiary
when . the death , penalty was ex
acted.' r' : i . " . '
1ULB C0IIPEL
TOSPRAYTKEES
' - i , , - ; ', ,v
Representative Van Patten In
troduces Bill Looking To
wards Eradication cf . .;
.Insect Pests.
J, -U;- v'-: ; v :
orrespbndent,
19. (Special).-.
. . , ug. of, Nebraska
orchards' for the purpose of better
controlling and more,' completely
eradicating diseases and .insect, pests
Will be proposed in a bill whicn Rep
resentative , Van Patten is having
drawn for introduction in the legis
lature. Nebraska fruit growers and
the Western Fruit Grower's' asso
ciation, of which L. A. Kinney of
Hastmgs is president, are behind the
bill. " ;
A provision is'ta be included re
quiring the 'owners',.:" of ' orchards
which are beyond redemption " ' to
have them cut do-wn. This is on the
theory that old, worthless trees furT
nish the breeding place for destruc
tive. insects, which, 'affer attaining
maturity, spread' to adjoining or
chards, 1 ; . ,
The bill has. back of it the liorti
culturalists interested ih' improving
the quality of the. Nebraska fruit
crop, which,, although superior now?
in flavor and. keeping qualities, has
been able to command only a fair
price on the .market. because of the
unscientific methods! of orcharding
in many sections of the state. . i
. Copied After Oregon Law.
fTht" bill to be -introduced will
make it the 'duty of the 'careless
orchard owner to spray the same as
does the man who raises' fruit tof
market. Penalties will be provided
for failure to' do so. The general
previsions of the law will be copied
after the Oregon, and Washington
statutes where fruit growing is of
the first magnitude. The commercial
growers claim they can raise better
fruit than the article produced on
the 'Pacific coast, but they cannot
convince the commercial market be
cause of the lix restrictions regard
ing the keeping of orchards. ; . .
The bill will cover the point as to
what constitutes an orhcard. It will
not attempt to ' hit two or three
scattering fruit trees in the back
yards, but will apply where there is
a group of a dozen of "more trt.es of
the same variety. . Spraying ivill be
necessary at. least fwjce.a year, ' L
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Dr.' Geo. W. Isham is executiye
secretary of thev, missionary cen
tenary for the Omaha area. He has
been given the responsibility of lin
ing up the 1,281 Methodist churches
included in this territory, with their
275,000 members, to this great pro
gram, i ; , f
The centenary program calls for
a considerable expenditure of money
within the. Omaha area. At present
there are included 244 building pro
jects and a number of missionary
enterprises to be developed in the
city and rural fields within" this ter
ritory. The centenary contribution
toward these enterprises will aggre
gate more than $1,200,000. .
:. To develop and carry .froward
this program in these two states'" a
considerable "staff of workers fs-required,
both in the Omaha office and
out in the field.
CITIIfi
IM ITATE FIXED
FOR FEBRUARY 9
Memorial Day for . Former
President Is Set by Gov
; ; ernor McKelvie . for
; . '; Next Month.
Lincoln, Jan. 19. (Special.)
Gov. S.' R'. McKelvie, in a proc
lamation ' issued yesterday, calls
upon Nebraskans to observe Feb
ruary 9 as Roosevelt memorial day.
The-proclamation follows:
. Our country confers few hon
orary titles upon its leaders; it uses
. few medals as symbols of out
standing fortitude or distinguished
service.. But it does deeply re
vere the memory of those whose
lives and acts embodied the prin-x
ciples for which the fclood of the
nation has again and again been
sacftfjeed.'
'On January 5 Theodora. Roose
velt was stricken. The flags of
the nations of the world stood at
half mast and the - heads of
thoughtful " people everywhere
were bowod in deference to his
i passing. His was a life of ex
ceptional' leadership and distin
guished service to his country.
; .No monument - will adequately
" symbolize the characteristics of
' this . illustrious American, nor
: would it be his1 wish that such
; artificial effort should be made
;t . perpetuate his memory. He
1 believed in, and loved, the senti
; ments that were virile and real
Ithe expressions that come frcm
the heart. ' -
Therefore, in order that the peo
: pie of Nebraska may unite in pay
ing tribute to the memory of one
iwho so well characterized our na
stion's ideals, and in keeping with
an act of congress, 1 do declare
j February 9, this year, "Roose
velt Memorial Day" throughout
Nebraska. It is my sincere wish
! that all the people of this com
i monwealth shall observe that day
in fitting manner.' ,
Former Plattsmouth Man :
J;y.:';."bies-.in Trinidad, Colo.
i ; Plattsmouth; Neb., Jan." 19. (Spe
cial.) David . Miller, who came to
Plattsmouth in 1870, died at Trini
dad, Colo., Saturday morning and
will be buried at Plattsmouth Tues
day. Mr. Miller was engaged in
the harness business here for a num
ber of years and was deputy sheriff
under" J. C.: Eikenberry, after which
he went, to Ihe Black hills, -where
he remained two years.
University of Nebraska Wins
Denver Stock Judging Contest
' Denver, "Jan. 18. The University
o Nebraska defeated Colorado Agri
culture "College in a stock judging
contest; the only. event on the first
day's ,prograii at, the annual live
stock; show- here. Nebraska was
awafded a score of 2,825 to 2,650 for
the Colorado team.. , " " , ,
i i ho sweetness cf
.. liilSWaUlJ.
: comes from the
is used In the -V
making ncrre
quired in the
eating
mum ie
ft V
HEAR'SVMN I
OF 127TN BAND
Wen Visibly Affected as Musi
cians, Under Leadership of
Omaha Man, Give Last
N Concert at Dodge. .
1 .
Camp Dodge, la., Jan. 19. (Spe
cial.) The band of the 127th field
artillery, formerly the Fourth Ne
braska band, under the leadership
of Lieut. J. F. Fiala of Omaha, play
ed its swan song this afternoon
It was. its last concert as a military
organization.
Members! of the' band as well a.
doughboys of the whole regiment of
former Nebraska Guardsmen were
visiblvffccted as the last notes died
away, when the realization came
that hey were to part with those
strains which had cheered them
since the Mexican border days.
This concert, in the regimental
area, was the only high point in the
second day spent by these lads on
their return to the middlewest. But
sentiment at parting with . those
comrades of months was mingled
w ith the joy of hearing officially that
their discharges would be handed
them Wednesday, and that by
Thursday night practically every one
would be home.
89 Omaha Men.
Battery A, of this 127th is an all
Nebraska outfit. There arc 89 men
in it, from all parts of the state,
with a goodly share from Omaha.
One of these is Corp. Louis Green
hagen, .who gave his address as
Twenty-ninth 'and Martha streets,
Omaha, one of four brothers in the
service, two of whom are still in
France, 1
There are a number of more or
less noted Nebraska men in this
battery, among them being Sergt.
Q. C. Weigel, who holds many bas
ket ball championship medals and
Quartermaster Sergeant Bernard A.
Hageman, who was president of the
amateur base, ball players' associa
tion in 1916. .
Sunday was spent quietly, and,
except for the farewell concert in
the afternoon, . there was nothing
special-to mark the day.
Dog Is Happy.
"Clermont Ferrand," the Belgian
Red Cross dog, which was brought
back 'by Capt. T. R. Kerschner as
a war trophy, scampered around the
mud of Camp Dodge with much
glee, for tile feeling under . foot
seem-d to remind him of Flanders.
The uimal is named for the town
in which the One Hundred and
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Twenty-seventh was stationed dur
ing their heavy artillery training.
And while all this was going on,
a youth from Decatur sat in tne
sun, with his tin hat perched on his
head, awaiting the "camouflage
paint" to dry ori it. He had ac
quired paint from some place and.
dividing the top of the derby into
a checkerboard squares, he proceed
ed to make it much like the old
fashioned patch work quilt.
On the suggestion that such vivid
array of war paint would be a good
target for enemy snipers, he replied,
"Yes. but what the hell, there ain'
no war now." And he was serious
about it. .
Industrial Unrest
Is Causing Anxiety
in Great Britain
London, Jan. 19. The industrial
unrest prevalent throughout the
country is causing serious anxiety,
not only to large employers of la
bor, but. even to conservative labor
leaders. The labor leaders taking
this attitude include J. H. Thomas,
general secretary of the railway
men's union, who yesterday warned
a meeting of postal workers who
were demanding a 42-hour week,
more holidays and curtailment of
r.ight work, that "the industrial and
economic position of this country
gives cause for alarm."
The attitude of the miners has
caused the most comment as coal
and its price more directly affects
the public. It is estimated that to
grant a 30 per cent increase in wages
would send the price of coal up at
least $1 a ton.
Nebraska Fugitive, '
Wounded in War
Captured at Denver
Denver, Jan. 19. Sergeant Walter
B. Reel, alias Walter Rifenberg, re
cently discharged from the Cana
dian army with which he served in
France,! where he was wounded
three times, was arrested here last
night as an escaped prisoner of the
Lancaster, Neb., penitentiary. Reel,
who, the police say, admits his
identity, was sentenced to prison ten
years ori a murder charge and es
caped after serving fiv years.
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Testimony on Cost of
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Startles Labor Board
New York, Jan. 19. Testifying
that 20,000 children are being cared
for by the City of New .York and
that 21.6 per cent of the city's
children are "under nourished," Ben
Howe, secretary of the community
council of defense, startled those
participating in the hearing of the
harbor boatmen's wage complaints
tinner the auspices of the war labor
board here by his observations en
sodil conditions and the high cost
of liv ng in the metropolis, i
The witness, who said he formerly
was purchasing agent for the City
of Louisville, declared that in 1917
every 12th citizen of New York City
had been buried in potter's field.
The underfed children, he said,
"were the children of underpaid
people." He asserted $1,800 a year
was the minimum upon, which a
family of five could live in New
York.
Increase in the cost of living, ac
cording to Mr Howe, was due to
profiteering by brokers, sabotage by
manufacturers. freight charges,
cartage, use of package containers
for food products and the rise in
harbor expenses.
Bolsheviki Butcher ,
Hundreds of Civilians
in Cities of Esthonia
London, Jan. 19. The Esthonian
general staff reports that the bol
sUeviki are. rapidly retiring toward
Pskov, 160 miles southwest of Petro
erad. The mouth of the Narova
river, which flows between the gov
ernments of Petrograd and Estho-
f !J I .1. T.-
nia, nas Deen occupied oy mc is
thonians. According to a communication
from Reval, the bolsheviki, before
giving up Dorpat, Livonia, shot 225
men and 80 women. Among those
executed were the chief orthodox
bishop of Esthonia and four Lu
theran pastors. The number o per
sons shot at Wesenberg. Esthonia.
before the bolsheviki fled, exceeded
170.
Rough Weather Delays
Liner With U. S. Troops
Halifax. "Jan. 19. The French
liner Rochambeau, which left Bor
deaux for New York on January 8
with 883 American troops, will put
in here tomorrow for coal and sup
plies, according to a message from
the Rochambeau's captain, received
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Only Minor Differences of
Opinion on Adjustment of
World Affairs Remain to
Be Reconciled. .
Paris, Jan. 19. Careful investiga
tion here has made it possible to
give more completely -an outline of
the, war claims of Great Britain and
her general desires regarding the
making of the peace, .
The British aims, the .unofficial
representation of them shows, are
regarded as in general .coinciding
with those of, , the . United States
delegation at ihe,peace conference
There are some minor. difference!
of opinion between Great, Britair
and America regarding the final ad
justment of the world's affairs anc
these differences remain to be rec
onciled. On the whole, however
the aims of the two nations are con
sidered by British commentators as
identical.
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declared in these sources, that a
league of nations is desirable and
attainable, and that none 'of the
British war aims will be considered
practicable unless they conform
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ern the affairs of the universe. She
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so adjusted that the war aims' of
every country will conform with
those of the others in other words
that there should be a compact ol
give and take
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tions, one of the great things which
Great Britain hopes will grow out
of the peace conference, it is ap-'
parent, is a thoroughly good work
ing agreement with the United
States.
As to the freedom of the seas
Great Britain, it is maintained, ir
the future as in the past, aim at se
curing the greatest possible free
dom of commerce to all nations ir.
time of peace. This, it is said, is
what she means by the freedom ol
the seas. The question of the rules
of warfare by sea she . considers
quite separate and as requiring dis
cussion, "but she hopes that tin
causes of war will be removed.
Bed Cross Gives Meals.
Archangel The American Ret
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an effort to relieve the hunger o:
northern Russia and is now giving
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the Archangel schools. (
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