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BELLE HOPS" TO GIVE
" WAY SOON TO "BELL HOPS."
Chicago, Jan. 22. A movement to
replace girl "bell hops" ifl hotels
v.hich employed them because of
tiie war labor shortage was begun
today by A. B. T. Moore, national
fcccretary of the Gideons.
Acting on a resolution adopted at
a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the organization, Mr.
Moore today addressed a letter to
the American Hotel Men's Protec
tive association pointing out that
the necessity for intensive use of te
rinle help has passed and urging that
-f irls be released from these posi
tions which, he said, subjects them
to :niproper moral influences.
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CHAMPION FAT STEER
SOLD FOR 60 CENTS POUND.
Denver, ajn. 22 Sixty cents a
pound was paid today by a buyer
for the Brown Palace hotel of Den
ver for the grand 'champion indi
vidual fat steer at the Denver Stock
show. The same buyer paid 27xi
cents a pound for the grand cham
pion carload of steers exhibited by
M. E. Khinestiiith of Centennial
Wyo.,
KRUPP GUN PLANT
NOW WORKING FOR U. S.
Coblcnz. Jan. 22. The Krupp
plant at Essen began working for
the United States government Tues
day. The task undertaken by the
Krupps consists of making parts for
72 incomplete cannon, rejected by
the American authorities as part of
the war material offered by the Ger
mans under the terms of the. armi
stice. CHICAGO SCHOOL
TO EE NAMED ROOSEVELT.
Chicago, Jan. 22. The Chicago
board of education by a rising vote
today adopted a resolution declaring
the next public school building erect
ed shall be named in honor of Col.
Theodore Roosevelt.
MANUEL AWAITS"
RECALL TO THRONE
London; Jan. 22. The Evening
News says it -learns from -authoritative
Portuguese sources that for
mer' Kins; Manuel is ready to re
turr to Portugal whenever the peo
ple wish him to return.
WOULD RATHER STAY IN
JAIL THAN QUIT TALKING .
Chicago, Jan. 22. Imprisoned for
attacks on the government while the
nation, was at war. Mrs. Ruth Sight
hail today, was offered' by. Federal
Tudge Carpenter freedom on her
r.wn recognizance if she would keep
tiuiet. but she paid she would "rather
Mav in jail than to quit talking."
She has been in iail seven months
in. lieu of a $25.000 bond.
TACOMA STRIKERS
ORGANIZE COUNCIL ,
Tacoma,- Wash., Jan. 22. Forma
tion of a "soldiers, sailors and work
: r, 3)u-eoucirUy--ai:iking --shipyard
and metal workers was the "pre
dominant development in the ship
yard strike here today.
At a meeting in tne laoor rempic
was voted unanimously to form
r.rcni-rctn desiened to enroll
it
t'n
1.. ,k.,',r,ioH n1H:pr and sailors a?
well as workers in the city, lend
usistante to the former army and
navy men until they are again em
ployed and prevent them from tak
ing the places of organized men on
strike. - -
A committee on organization con
fistng of five representatives, each
from the socialist. ' the .Industrial
Workers of the World and - the
American Federation of Labor or
ganizations was, appointed. ' . '
GIRSiKETZFUIlK
GUARDIANSHIP
.KEFNIIFORC
Witnesses Testify Woman Is
a Spendthrift and If Left
Alone Would Squan
der Fortune. v
County Judge Crawford yesterday
afternoon denied an application for
the discharge of the guardianship
appointed for Mrs Louise Metz
Fmik, on July 23, 1918, Herman
Mctz, brother, and Theodore Bau
mei, half-brother, were appointed
as guardians. '
The testimony, related "chiefly to
the ability, or inability of Mrs. Funk
t i look after her affairs. Judge
Crawford stated that he did not be
lieve that the condition under which
the guardianship was oidered had
been materially changed, but he did
not deem it necessary to order that
Mrs., Funk should be placed under
ietraint. ,i
Evidence was offered to show that
during the last two years Mrs. Funk
has spent an average of $1,000
a mouth, and that during th last
live years she has depleted her
iiare of Vie Metz estate from ap
proximately $60,000 to $30,000.
Drs. F. E. Coulter and F. J. Wearne
testified that Mrs., Funk suffered
from nervous disorders and that in
their judgment she was not capable
of managing her financial affairs.
President to Visit
v Brussels Next Monday
Pars, Jan. 22. President Wilson,
according to present plans, will go
t Brussels next Monday, January
Another Big Treat in
Our Rotogravure
, heart of the city.
Edition is Strictly Limited.
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VOL. 48 NO. 188.
APPROVE
Recognize Slav Revolution
and Seek Conference; De
cide to Dispatch Mis
sion to Poland.
By the Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 22. Led by President
Wilson, the supreme council of the
the great powers today moved to
unite-the factions of distracted Rus
sia and bring them into the peace
congress.
They unanimously - adopted a
proposition brought forward by
President Wilson, asking all the
Russian factions, including the bol
shevists, to meet the allied and as
sociated governments at Princes'
Islands in -the sea of Marmora on
February IS, the contending fac
tions meantime declaring a truce
and suspending all military. opera
tions. .
The joint commission of ' the
associated governments will be an
nounced as soon as the 'Russian
factions accept the proposal which
was communicated to them by wire
less tonight. .
Gen. Pershing Summoned.
Gen. John J. Pershing, the Ameri
can commander-in-chief, has been
called to Paris, and it is expected
that he will be the American mili
tary member of the joint commis
sion. , .
Asidefrom the importance of the
conclusions reached, it was especial
ly notable as being the first time
that the voice of the United States
had taken the direction in,th,e- coiU.
cert "of European powers .on -.the
most serious European question
now presented. There was added
significance in the fact that the
American president in person had
taken . leadership in thccouncil made
up chiefly of European statesmen
and had pointed to a way which
they had unanimously adopted.
TViff final result came after three
days' continuous discussion of Rus
sia which did not crystallize until tne
final hours, when President Wilson
presented in Writing the plan he
had elaborated. " ' .
There was little opposition and
this was based mainly on doubts
whether the" proposition would be
accepted; .
In reply, it was pointed out that
the contending factions were well
nigh at the end of their resources
and that their needs likely would
lead them at IasTto a combined ap
peal to the associated powers."
Four Conditions Stipulated.
Besides, the definite proposal as
given in the communique, the joint
commission of the associated powers
will lay down four conditions;. First,
peace at all points; second, removal
of all economic barriers which re
strain the free circulation or ex
change of food and commodities be
tween the factional zones and the
outside' world; third, general elec
tions on a representative hasis and,
fourth, scone adequate arrangements
for the payment of debts.
Even if the proposal is not accept
ed, members of the council express
ed the view that their proposition
wis hrfnre the wnrM and that It
'would pave the way for such other
measures as their own action naa
brought about.
The Princes' Islands, were chosen
for the eventful meeting because
they are outside the zone of any of
the contending factions. j
Send Mission to Poland.
Besides the decisive action taken
with regard to Russia the council
today also provided a joint commis
? ion of two each from the United
Slates, Great Britain, France and
Italy to proceed immediately to
Danzig and Warsaw for considera
tion of the entire military, economx
and political situation of Poland.
A plenary meeting of the full con
ference was announced for next Sat
urday when the plans of President
Wilson and David Lloyd George, the
British prime minister, dealing with
a league of nations will be the firsX
order of business. - .
Today's action on Russia and
Poland, however, goesinto effect
without presentation to the full con
ference and is taken as the action
of the great powers.
Official Communication.
The official communication issued
by the. supreme council this after
noon reads:
"The president of the United
States, the prime ministers and the
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Section Special Feature next Sunday is an enlargement of an exceptionally unique photograph taken by Fort Omaha balloon school officers
All the tall office buildings and public edifices can be readily distinguished and picked out. This is just the picture of Omaha vou will want to
"VIRTUOUS WIVES" SPARKLING SOCIETY liOVEL READ IT IN THE BEE FROM DAY TO
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Wickersham Says World
Getting Insight Into Way
Peace Congress Directed
Quick Backdown from Policy of "Secrecy Reveals What
" Tremendous Influence Great Mass of "People .
. - - ' Wield Since War Has Ended; But
Censor Still Remains On Job.
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By G. W. WICKERSHAM.
Special Cable Dispatch. ' . ,
Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune, Inc. . ' ,
Paris, Jan. 22. Returning to Paris after an absence of fiva days
spent in visiting some of the battlefields in eastern France, one finds
the absording topic of conversation here is the very last that naturally
would have been anticipated, namely, whether the world, whose, future
destinies it is proposed to settle at that conference of powers which
opened on Saturday, is to be allowed to know what determinations have
been reached before it is too late to
Did Not Expect More.
The first decision of the confer
ence that no press correspondents
should be present at its sessions and'
thit no information of its proceed
ings should be given out except in
officially prepared daily communi
cations was so amazingly in viola
tion of public sentiment that it was
quickly withdrawn in the face of the
u-an:mous protest of assembled
Americvan and English jiress corre
spondents. . Thai Mr. Wilson should have con
curred in the proposed regulation
haii' shaken confidence in him, even
on the part of those who have been
beiieving in the sincerity of his pro
gram. If there was one 'principle
which he has emphas'zed more than
any other, it was that embodied in
tl-e first article of his famous four
teen poirfts and repeated in varying
form in his later addresses dealing
with condit'ons of peace. v.
Counsels More Unified.
. "It is a pecularity of this great
war," he declared in New York on
September 27 last, "that while states
men have seemed to cast about for
definitions of their purpose 'and have
sometimes seemed to shift their
g:cund and their point of view, the
thought of the mass of men, whom
statesmen are supposed to -'nstruct
and lead, have grown more and
mere unclouded and more and more
certain of what they are fighting
fOv. - - .
"National purpose . have fallen
more into the background and the
common purpose of enlighten
ed'mankind has taken their place;
counsels of. plain men have become
on all hands more simple and
straightforward and more unified
tiian counsels of sophisticated men
of affairs who still retain the im
presson that they are playing a
pame of power ana playing for high
stakes."
So far as these counsels of plain
men have found expression they as
suredly have" declared against set
tlements of their vital interests in
the dark by statesmen assuming to
represent them,. and against the bar
tering away of their first claims
without adequate return.
Under ordinary conditions it may
McCormack Praises Omaha
Audiences; lans to Stay
Over and Not Rush Program
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Celebrated Irish Tenor Makes Himself at Home in Gate
City Where He Has So Many Friends; Pro
mises Some Favorite Folk Songs atv -
, , Auditorium Concert,
John McCormack celebrated Irish
tenor, likes Omaha, partictarly
Omaha audiences. He places Oma
ha in rank with St. Loijis) Boston
and New York as a music-loving
city. "He arived in Omaha none too
soon for he met with inconveniences
at his last stopping place, Des
Moines, he said. And he will re
main in Omaha until the day after
!iis concert at the Municipal auditor
iurp Friday night, January 24.
Little of- Mr. McCormack's spare
time is passed in rest He practices
nearly beyond endurance. At his
room in the Fontenelle hotel, im
mediately upon his arrival here, he
donned neglige and sat at a baby
grand piano, that had been arrang
ed for him. He has his own ac
companist. Not even the interrup
tion of an interview hindered the
tenor's rehearsal. He kept on until
he had gone over all the songs he
hid planned to sing. Then he turn
ed to the reporter.
Loved Music as a Child.
. "I like to work for success-," he
said.
.,r? .i.li. J J t J
x from my cnnunooa in ucar uiu
Ireland, I have love4 every jnote of
music, and I have put unlimited en
durance in attempting to perfect
those notes into beautiful melody."
"And why shouldn't I be serious
as a student of music? It is the
spirit of my whole life. After hav
ing spent much time, toward vocal
perfection, I love to place it before
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OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1319.
make an effective protest.
be conceded readily that better prog
ress will be made if the agents of
the respective ' principals involved
negotiate in private under conditions
which permit a give and take with
out loss or prestige and before the
principals can accurately understand
the significance of the provisions
proposed or agreed upo in their re
lation to the entire agreements.
Wilson's Principle.s.
But the present situation is unique
and , therefore outside all ordinary
rules governing treaty negotiations.
A great war into which every
great power and many small pow
ers have been drawn has come to an
end and the cobelligerents are meet
ing to determine the conditions of
peace they are to impose upon the
vanquished. They propose more:
They propose to reorganize the
world so as to reduce to a minimum
the possibilities of a renewed war.
To this end, President Wilson
formulated certain principles which
have been accepted alike by van
quished and victors as those where
upon the agreement among nations
shall be based.
But many other questions' are sug
gested which are not included with
in these 14 points and the latter,
couched as they necessarily are, in
general language and ambiguous as
they also are in some instances, de
pend for their actual meaning and
effect upon the interpretation which
may be put upon them in the con
ference, and find definite expression
in ultimate agreement. . '
These final open'' covenants t of
peace, so President Wilson declared,
must be arrived at openly, not. fram
ed in .secret session , by four,' or five
statesmen, and then submitted in
complete form to be taken by the
peoples affected, subject to only one
alternative, namely to reject the en
tire agreement.
Make Speedy Retreat !
The speedy retreat of the presi
dent and the premiers from their
decision to admit no publicity of the
conference's session, when outraged
opinion of the world explbded upon
it, furnished evidence of the value
of the peoples of the world of know-
(Contlnuttd on Fag Twa, Column Two.)
such enthusiastic audiences as I
have had in Omaha. My hurried
departure from here a year ago was
necessary to fulfill other engage
ments. This year, I will remain
over a night for the pleasure of my
audience' ,
The greater part of John McCor
mack's spare time is spent practic
ing oratorios from the-"Dream of
Gerontius" by Algar, which he will
present before the public next year.
The singer's accompanists on the
present tour are Edwin Schneider
and Flight Lieutenant Donald Mc
Beath, violinist.
Charles Wagner, McCormack's
manager, who was here as advance
agent for Galli-Curci, is extreme in
his praises of Omaha -audiences.
"Omaha audiences want real ar
tists. They do not tolerate medio
crity in talent," he said.
In reference to the present status
of Irish government, Mr. McCor
mack told his interviewer: ;
"Ireland has expressed herself.
She knows what she wants. If ?S
per cent of-the people, of Ireland
have voted for freedom from Eng
lish rule, I take that she - is striv
ing for that purpose." '
MrCormack, Friday night, will
sing some of his favorite Irish folk
songs, as "Una Baun" by Harde
beck and "The Light o' the Moon,"
arranged by Hughes. .His opening
number will be an, aria: "To Al
ceste," . from the opera "Alceste,"
by Handel.
Bajdly
Jli .UU V Is
Bolsheviki ' on Offensive on
Archangel Front Boast
They Will Drive Allies
Into White Sea.
By Associated Press.
Archangel, Jan. 22. Bolsheviki
troops are heavily shelling the far
thest south positions of the Ameri
can' and Russian armies at Ust Pad
enga, on the Waga river, 30 miles
south of Shenkursk. They also are
showing considerable activity west
of Shenkursk on the Tania river. It
has been impossible to determine
whether the attack will develop on
a greater, scale.'. The enemy has
mobilized the peasants in the vicin
ity of Vilsk and apparently is pre
pared for a general offensive in the
Shenkursk section.
Allied Outposts Withdraw.
Sunday the enemy, under cover
of heavy bombardment, attacked
with infantry - the , American and
Russian positions at Ust Padenga.
The allied outpost witlidrew, but
the bolsheviki attack on the main
positions was repulsed with heavy
losses.
There has been no infantry action,
though there has been a constant
rain of shells on the village. The
American artillery is vigorously re
plying. Yesterday, flying in a temperature
of 16 degrees below zero, one Ameri
can airplane bombed the enemy and
secured direct hits on important bol
shevik" positions., ",
' .The t fighting is going on in cold,
clear weather, but the temperature
is: so low . it is difficult for the in
fantrymen to remain in the open
any length of time. -Bolsheviki
on Offensive.
The bolsheviki also are shelling
the American positions on the Vol
ogda railway. With the exception
of a few days early in January, when
the allied, forces attempted to im
prove their positions southward on
the Kadish railroad, and on the
Onega1 sector, the offensive on the
Archangel front for several months
has been in the hands of the bol-(
sheviki. They are boasting that "in
the vicinity of Kadish they will
"drive the allies into the White Sea
in March."
Along the Murmansk railway
front the Russian and allied troops
yesterday raided the vHlage of Ru
gozerka, SO miles southeast of Sor
oka, where they either killed or
captufed all the bolshevik garrison.
They took 110 rifles and other
equipment and numerous docu-'
ments. The allied forces did not
suffer a single casualty.
Bolsheviki Suffer Defeat.
' T-rtniton. Tan 22 Thi hnlshevtk
forces in northern Russian havfii
suffered a severe defeat, according
to advices received by the Exchange
Telegraph company from Copen
hagen. The dispatch . adds that
great peasant revolts have been re
ported from many parts of the coun
try and that the bolshevik qpmman
der ordered his troops to surrender
the town of Sinoveff, without a fight.
Welcoming Party Couldn't
Answer All Questions
The Omaha welcoming party of
Chamber oh Commerce and Red
Cross peopj couldn't answer the
questions fifed at them on the train
coming to Omaha quick enough.
"Who is the onayor of Omaha
now?" 0.( V. Mayficld wanted to
know.
"How did they settle the street
car strike?" some one else sang out.
Red Cross workers mentioned that
soldiers would be accommodated at
the Conant hotel for the night.
"Conant hotel? That's a new one
on me. Where's the Conant hotel ?"
another asked.
"Well, the old Union station looks
the . same as it did 19 months ago,"
a soldier boy exclaimed as they
pulled into the trainyard.
New Irish Parliament
- V' Names Prime Minister
Dublin, Jan. i22. The parliament
held a- private session today. The
official .report says that 24'deputies
were present. A temporary prime
minister was elected unanimously,
and four. other ministers, nominated
by. the' speaker, were approved by
thr. parliament.
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Omaha Best Place
on Map Outside of
'Home for Balloonist
R. C. Skelton, with the air ser
vice in France, but formerly sta
tioned at Fort Omaha, writing to
friends herestates that no city
ever , accorded him better treat
ment. "There is no one in the com
pany (who does not refer to your
city as 'Dear old Omaha,' " says
Mr. Skelton.
"My feelings when ordered to
the coast," he continues, "were a
mixture of the extremes of happi
ness and sorrow. I was glad to
get a chance at the Hun, but
sorry to leave so many friends
and such a good place as is Oma
ha. All the men in the company
feel about the same. They think
Omaha the best place on the map
with the exception of their borne
towns."
WAR MEMORIAL
flSEUhl URGED
BY CITIZENS
Enthusiastic Meeting Held at
, Which John Lee Web-
. ster Outlines -
Plans.
The erection of an imposing war
memorial museum and art gallery,
as a lasting tribute to Omaha's
heroes in the war, was urged last
night by John Lee Webster in an
address to the Friends of'Art at a
dinner in the Fontenelle hotel.
Francis A. Brogan presided, and,
at his tabic were Colonel Wuest,
Fort Omaha, and Mr. Webster, the
speaker of the evening. There were
100 men and women in attendance
and they were enthusiastic 'in sup
porting the idea of a substantial
memorial as outlined by Mr. Web
ster. Liberty Memorial.
Mr. W'ebster spoke jn part as fil
lows: ,. .. - ;
-'The memorial should be some
thing more than monuments, audi
toriums or hospitals. It . should-be
a liberty memorial,, representative'
of the idealism for which American
soldiers crossed the ocean to do
deeds of valor on trie battlefields of
the European continent. The pa
triotism of our people is enthuastic
in the demand that they shall give
expression of "their gratitude to the
valiant army and navy, in the erec
tion of a memorial winch shall be
grand in conception, useful and
noble and insoirine in execution.
and enduring through time as shall
be the memory of the deeds it com
memorates. -"A
liberty memorial should em
body the beautiful -and artistic with
the useful, educational as well as
permanent, and as free to the public
as patriotism is universal. .
1 here is a form ot memorial
which will combine the elements of
the artistic with the historic, and
where may be collected and pre
served object lessons telling the his
tory of the war, its battles, its hard
ships, the daring exploits and brav
ery of the men, and their ultimate
victorious achievements. All these
may : be combined in a soldiers'
memorial and art building, of artistic
design and of suitable proportions.
and erected !on some sightly spot
within the city.
Proposes War Museum.
"On the first floor1 of such a me
morial and art building as I con
ceive it should be, there ,should be
a war museum where examples of
uniforms of omcers and men,, of the
army and navy, placed in cabinets,
and- near them shcftild be other cab
inets containing other examples of
the blue uniforms worn by the
veterans of the civil war, and of the
uniforms worn by the veterans of
the Spanish war. And then jn other
cabinets I wduld have the uniforms
worn by the nurses, by the women
of the Red Cross and of the can
teen: There should be collected everv
form of illustration of the incidents
of the war; On this floor of the
memorial building should be collec
tions of every variety of relics of
the war rifles, swords, helmets,
shells, machine guns, retrimental
flags, and flags of all the allied na-4
tions. 1 would have a flag which
General Harries took with him into
Berlin. On the ground floor.of this
building there should be a medium
sized auditorium where jveterans of
our wars, and members of the Order
of the Golden Star, and of other or
ganizations, can hold patriotic meet
ings. A place where the musical
societies can give concerts and
where the Drama league can meet
and give productions of classic
plays. '
"There js a happy association be
tween the war memorial museum
and the art gallery; Both depend
upon gifts, donations and generoui
(Continued n Fg Two, Column Sti.)
DAY.
BOYS OF 127th COME
HOME FROM THE WAR
TO JOYOUS WELCOME
Men Wildly Happy as They Leap From Train to Arms
of Dear Ones Here; Thousands at Union Sta-
tion Sing Patriotic
Soldiers
A multitude of 10,000 cheering, waving "home folks"
welcomed home, just after midnight Wednesday, the first
home-coming detachment of Omaha soldiers from overseas
500 men of the 127th field artillery, the "sandstorm division'
trained at Camp Cody.
The Union station and trainyards and Tenth street
viaduct above was lined dozens deep with parents, sweet
hearts, families and just friends and other loyal Omaham
who had waited from 6 o'clock Wednesday evening to. give
the boys a welcome home. j
Bands played, groups sang and cheeredythere was kiss
ing and embracing and glad greetings on every hand. Never
except, when President Wilson arrived in Omaha or during
the Peace Day celebration have such crowds gathered 3
that which was on hand to
diers.
Though all plans for a parade
had been abandoned on account of
the late hour, a detachment of sol
diers from out of the state who had
no relatives here to meet them
started a snake dance down Tenth
street which wound up downtown
where the boys sought rest for the
night.
Train Too Slow.'
Before reaching Omaha, the boys
on the train sensed the welcome
awaiting them for thev couldn't
.make the wheels ofHhe train move
fast enough for them on the last
lap of their journey, after an absence
or 19 months.
. As the Rock Island train nulled
out of Council Bluffs, "The next
stop is the best stop in the world!"
some on sang out and a chorus of
"Oui! Ouis," that deafened the noise
of the engines gave eager assent.
All heads were out of the car
windows for the first glimpse ' of
"dear old Omaha," Irom across the
river.
No Place Like Home.
Weve travled half across theJ
world but there's no place l'ke home
for us" the homesxk soldiers told
members of the Chamber of Corn
mere, the Red Cross canteen corps
and others of a committee of 18 who
roetthe train at Atlantic, la., and
gave the boys the first greeting from
home.
"Welcome Home" buttons issued
by the Chamber of Commerce,
smokes, fruit and candy were dis
tributed. W. H. Hall of the War
Camp Community service and Miss
Scoville of the Red Cross civilian
rel:ef department went through, each
train offering , room accommoda
tions and any attention the boys
might desire.
Tha Welcoming Party.
Randall Brown, II. H. Lovell,
Penn Fodrea, W. A. Ellis, J. T. Dy
rtrt and A. D. Marriott of the
"Tin Hats" Great Curiosities
to Surging Crowds at Station
When Joseph Barrett; 2431 Cam
den avenue, saw the crowd surging
forward in the Union station, he
shouted: "Just merely a little serv
ice around Bordeaux, but we were
ready to give 'em hell." He said he
valued his helmet as he valued his
only uniform. Bafrett's most har
rowing experience was his trip
across the rough sea, he said.
When the Bee photographer re
quested some of the boys to stand
for a flashlight photo, one tall son
of the western plains, carrying two
helmets and a grip loaded with
souvenirs, said: "Sure Mike, we're
in fer anathing."
A former newsboy. T. Drolkh.
2206 North Twenty-first street, came
back wearing sergeant's stripes, and
carrying a German rifle. "I won mv
l-stripes in France and I found this
gun near Verdun, he said. Hun
dreds of Omaha newsboys climbed
on the sergeant's shoulders and
greeted him in boylike style. .
"Over There," "Keep the Home
Fires Burning" and "Home Seet
Home" were the popular songs
sung by the crowd as the returning
soldiers, came in last night. Harry
Murrison, community song leader,
directed the singing under auspices
of the War Camo Community serv
ice. .Five thousand song sheets had
oeen distributed.
Every one of the boys wore large
B's on their left shoulders, signifi
cant of enrollment in the second
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greet the first home-coming sol-
Chamber of Commerce; Mrs.
Charles T. Piatt, Mrs. E. A. Wick
ham, Misses Reba McNamaja, Mary
Marston, Clara Helms, Dagny Han
sen and Clair Van Kuran of the Red
Cross canteen corps; Lt. Rousey and
V. E. Hollquist of the soldiers' em
ployment bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce and newspaper folk
...nut. up nni wiiiuuimg patiy wiui.il
met the train at Atlantic.
"Beaucoup Francs," The Charm.
All qualms of tne "home folks,"
especially the "best girls" will be
set at rest with the return of the
Omaha lads. They have no room
in their hearts for the French girls
or France.
"How do the French girls com
pare with the Americans?" "Why,
they don't compare at all. The
French girl doesn't stand any show
with us at all," they air avow.
"But the French girlies liked us
pretty well. They thought we had
'beaucoup francs,' Walter Roos, 2102
South Thirty-fifth avenue, confided
to a reporter for The Bee.
One Takes French Bride.
All the talk, about American sol
diers marrying French girls is "mere
tajk," the boys declared. Only one
mail of the sandstorm division,
Sergt. Joseph Richie, of Red Oak,
la., who enlisted in Omaha, is the.
richer with a French bride. He
married a French girl in St. Laur
lent. Sergeant Richie was not on
the train which arrived last night.
He was ill-with influenza at Camp
Dodge when the boys left. His little
French bride will follow him to
America, the boys said. Richie was
interpreter with the headquarters
company.
Let the Bugle Blow.
"I'm going to put my feet under
mother's table and stay until sprin"
exclaimed George Neligh, 665 South
J wenty-sixth avenue, as the boys re
counted their Thanksgiving dinner
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army in t ranee. The insignia i
o ue, intermingled with two piece
of white. The blue chevron on the
left sleeve also was evident on manv
of the boys' uniforms.
"Me for Omaha, all the ti-re'
shouted Harry Gould. 425 Ivk
avenue, as 'he stepped from the sec
ond coach: "We were too btv
for, much enjoyment in France, as
we were training too intensively."
(ould saw service on the Mexican
oorder before he went overseas.
Sergeant L. S.. Farley. 217 South
thirtieth street, was' with Battery
b of the One Hundred and Twenty
seventh field artillery.. He broke a1!
speed records breaking th
populace to meet his wife, of whom
tie causrht a glimpse through the ra;J
:ng. "There's no place like home"
he said in a hugged greeting.
The first two boys off the trait;
were . John and Samuel Cades
bi others, Norfolk,. Neb. No soon
er had the long line of coache
pulled into the -station than these
two troopers struck Omaha terri
tory "Horray. Fraffte is alright,
but give me Nebraska," John Cades
shouted. And he swung along th
phitform in infantryrstyle. Ecrit
boys afforded the thousands of peo
ple, who were clamoring at the sta
tion fence, their first sight of the
helmets the boys had.
Ernest and Arvine Bromberg. two
brothers from Oakland, Neb., were
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of Gmahs
immediately over the
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