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"VIRTUOUS WIVES" SPARKLING SOCIETY NOVEL READ IT IN THE BEE FROM DAY TO DAY. THE WEATHER: ' Fair Tuesday and Wednes day; temperature above nor mal for several days. tlnurly Tniprrniura. IW.ur, !--. Ilnur. Dr, la.HI , , . . S4 1 p. m 4 8 a. in at) p. m 44 7 a, m Ml 3 p. m. ........ .4 It a. m. st 4 p. m 41 a. m .HI S p. m 4 III a. m Sj 0 p. in. ........ .44 11 a. m 8 1 p. m IS it in 441 p. ni 41 3 R i EF RIGHT REEZY maha-Da 0 ELY f BITS OF NEWS HAS ARCHIE ROOSEVELT POLITICAL AMBITIONS? London, Jan. 27. (By Universal Service.) Will Archie try to Step into Teddy's shoes? The late col oncl's son. yvlio served with the British army in Mesopotamia, is credited by unusually well informed gossipers in London clubs with political aspirations in the United States. The Daily Express, com menting on the report, says: "His brilliant military career insures a speedy political rise." STRANGE DWARFS AND GIANTS IN WEST CHINA. New York, Jan. 27. (By Univer sal Service.) A race of four-foot dwarfs and other strange tribes found in western China were de scribed by Dr. Joseph Beach, presi dent of the West Chint university, in an address today at the Hotel Chelsea. ' Dr. Beach encountered a number of tribes differing radically from Chinese during his travels as a missionary, some of which revived the ancient legend that hidden in the central Asian mountains there has long dwelt a mysterious white nation. Some of the people Dr. Beach saw resembled Hawaiians, others looked like Tibetans and still others like Bohemians. Dr. Beech regretted he had not personally seen representatives of i giant white tribe inhabiting the district of Sung Pan. They were described to him, he said, as pos sessing the indomitable courage of Americans and of being unusually warlike. They frequently fight duels on horseback, 'he was told, the battles having four distinct stages. Start ing with firing clumsy blunder busses at each other, the duelists successively Lombard their op ponents with great stones from bags they carry; hurl spears, fitted ivith cords for retrieving purposes, md finish with huge swords. The fuels are always fought to a finish. SOLDIER WROTE ONLY ONE LETTER HOME; WIFE DEAD. New York, Jan. 27. (By Univer sal Service.) A pathetic scene was enacted when Private Milton K. Dodd, who was drafted while work ing at Warren, Pa., stepped fromhe transport Carona today. Met by his father and mother, his first in quiry was for his wife, Rose. When informed that she had died he stag ?ered, dropped his rifle and almost wooned. "She died of a broken heart," the soldier's father said. "She had re reived but one letter from Milton," he told newspaper men, "and de clared that she never expected to see him again and. didn't wish to live. She refused all medicine when sick. ; A postal card came from Milton after she died." Private Joseph Craig of Alabama died suddenly as, the Carona was be ing, warped in.to her slip. A few minutes before he trad been'prom snading the deck in apparent health. RELIGIOUS MANIAC RUNS AMUCK IN PHILLY. Philadelphia; Jan. 27, With a loaded revolver in each hand, a man who gave his name as "Omega,, son of Jesus Christ,," ran amuck through the Streets near the center of the city oday, shooting in every direc tion as a big crowd tried to capture him. .Before he was finally over taken and beaten into insensibility by a , motorcycle policeman he had shot and killed three men and wounded five others, two of them seriously. The "dead sre .Thomas Holloran, an employe of the Philadelphia Transit company, and John KnoxJ ind Ueorge.JJingaii, policemen. ''According to the police the man is a religious fanatic and had be come obsessed with the idea that the spirit of his -father, was being tortured in the power house of the transit company; where he shot his first two viejims. Rushing out of the power house before other em ployes realized what had hapened the crazed man fled" through the streets with a crowd of civilians and policemen in pursuit.' MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR MILLS CLOSE FOR DAY. "Minneapolis. -Minn., Jan. -27. The Entire Pillsbury flour milling system ivas shut down today, for the first 'ime in many'months. j '. "We have made, more flour than j !.ve could sell, so we shut down for j i day," said C. A. Loring, president I if the company. He declared that i , :he government has ' not bought j lour for six weeks and added: "We can't sell flour when we have no ; ' narket for it." ORDER 1,000 CASES OF CATSUP DESTROYED. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 27. One housand cases of tomato catsup, 'ach case containing six. gallon cans, i vere ordered destroyed by Federal fudge Page Morris here today... Ex-) lerts for the government gave testi nony that the product .was "adul erated." The catsup was shipped here from Woods Cross, Utah, and was seized y government officials while in torage. Investigation proved, ac cording to testimony, that the cat up was made of tomatoes that vere 20 per cent spoiled. :ELEBRATE BIRTHDAY OF BILL IN BUENOS AIRES. . Buenos Aires, Jan. 27. Comment ng on the birthday of the former German emperor, one of the after loon jaspers says: "Though it is impossible to find tny one in Europe to celebrate the taiser's birthday, there are many lere who did. Even the German chools were closed, teaching the hildren homage to the author of he Lusitania crime. Why must 3uenos Aires have this blot upon " I OLD GERMAN PAPER SUSPENDS PUBLICATION. Allentown, Pa., Jan. 27. The VValtbote, one of the oldest German language newspapers in the United States and with a national circula tion, ceased publication today. It was established 107 years ago VUIj. 43 XNU. IV . 0Mli LfU Lb LZ3U COUfJGIUS iOfVeAC'E i Nineteen Small Powers Give Full Adhesion to Organiza tion Formulated , by Five Great Powers. By Associated Press. Paris, Jan. 27. The peace confer ence today' made a distinct fjain when the 19 small powers gave full adhesion 4o the organization form ulated by the five great powers, thus securing a united front of the great and small powers at the out set of the work "on the main' sub jects before the members of the commission. This was largely due to the skillful direction of Jules Cambon, Frencii delegate and former ambassador at Washington, who was designated 'hv the council of the great powers to preside over the meeting of the small powers held this afternoon. This meeting convened at the for eign office at 3 o'clock at the same time the council of the great row ers met, i the two separate gatherings proceeding simultaneously, one in the office of M. Pinchon, the foreign, minister, and the other in the Salle De La Paix. Full Delegations Present. For a t'we there was some ex pression of the sequel to the differ ent viewpoints expressed at Satur day's conference but today's meeting of the small powers was without in cident or renewal of the claims then set up for increased representation of the various committees. Belgium, Serbia, Roumania and all the other small powers' had their full delega tions at the afternoon meeting,;".-. M. Cambon in opening th Elect ing took occasion to allude to the great part played by Serbia, Ru mania, Greece' and others. This dis sipated any lingering shadows of dis agreement, 'and the meeting proceed ed with entire harmony to designate the membership of the small powers on the commission.- Two New Commissions. ' In the meantime the council of the great powers held two sessions dur ing the day, resulting in the forma tion of two new commissions to deal with financial subjects and the ques tion of private and maritime laws. While the official communiques give no indication of the -nature of the "question of maritime law," it would seem to De a term ciuihiuik President Wilson's second point, freedom of the seas. ... . . The council also proceeded to hearings on the disposition oj? the conquered German -colonies .in the Pacific and the far east, a final con clusion not being reached. - The con ference is giving evidence of real progress since the committees were named and most of these bodies be gan to initiate thoir work today. Wilson Holds Conference. President Wilson, who is ' chair man of the committee on the league of . nations, joined - his collegue Colonel House, also a member of that committee, during the noon re cess o fthe council. Later in the day Lord Robert Cecil, British mem ber of the committee joined him in further consideration of the ques tions ' which, the .president . and LWlonel House naa examined.. The labor commission also began to get under way. President Wil son met Samuel Gompers, president of the American . Federation of labor; James Duncan, John R. Al pine and other members of - the American labor delegation, for a brief exchange of greetings, and later Mr. Gompers and Edward N. Hurley, , who . are the American members' of the labor . commission, held their first conference on the work ahead ' The military committee on de mobilization also had a session, while M. Pichon completed the draft of instructions for the com mission, which leaves for Poland in a few days. ... . ' Henry White, the American, dele gate on the waterways commission, also established relations with his colleagues of that body. Thus, real progress on all the main subjects is becoming apparent as the commissions are beginning to formulate detailed projects for pre sentation to the conference. Canadian Soldiers Demand Discharge of All "Foreigners" Winnipeg, Jan. 27. Returned sol diers this afternoon completed the work of destroying a Store owned by Michael Ert, which was started during last night's rioting. Later a considerable mob of soldiers mached In ih nlant ci( Swift and comoanv with the avowed intention of eject ing every man there suspectea oi being German or Austrian. The veterans agreed to give the com pany three days to remove from their pay rolls the objectionable workers. P. 0. lff Ml March S. IS Stop Sales of Watch Fobs Hagenback Circus Will Tour Occupied Area of Germany and Exhibit for Amer ican Soldiers. By Associated Press. With the American Army of Oc cupation, Sunday, Jan. 26. In the Coblenz newspapers .today the burgomaster appeals to the self respect of the Germans to refrain from com.nercialing iron crosses and other German, decorations ol war. The American intelligence officers have discovered several instances where shopkeepers near Coblenz sold iron cross watch fobs with a miniature American flag pinned to the ribbons. This fact resulted in the arrest of. several Germans, who were sen tenced to jail. The burgomasters of both Treves and Coblenz notify the civilians in today's newspapers that the use of the American colors for commercial purposes must cease. They warned the Germans that if CONFERENCE IS REED ON REVENUE BILL Questions in Dispute Agreed Upon After Bitter Con test; Will Present It This Week. Washington, Jan. 27. A basis for complete agreement on the war rev enue bill was reached late today by the senate and house conferees. Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate managers, announced that virtually all important questions re maining in dispute,' including the war excess profits rates had been agreed upon and that all possibility of a deadlock and failure of the bill had passed. Announcement of the conference agreement ou the-war profits and other basic disputes was deferred, but it was said that it would be made Wednesday or Thursday when a reprint of the bill as finally agreed to will be completed.- The conference report is expect ed to be presented to the senate, and house, late this week and the con ferees hope it will.be adopted by both bodies next week and the bill sent to President Wilson at Paris for his approval. Three Big Questions. The basis for agreement of the measure was upon, three bitterly contested questions war excess profits taxes this year, the senate al lowance to oil and gas interests and the senate amendment to repeal thje existing zone system of seccyid class mail rates. It was learned that in harmonizing differences on these dis putes the conferees agreed' to an increase , of the senate war excess profits rates, adopted the oil provis ion substantially as provided by the senate and eliminated the second class mail amendment. The dispute on war excels profits rates for if 19, it was stated, pro vided for retention ' of the senate rate of 30 per cent on corporations' net income in excess of credits and not in excess of 20 per cent of in vested, capital; for increase from 60 to 65 per cent income in excess of 20 per cent and for retention of the 80 per cent'tax on war profits. The higher rates were strongly urged by Representative Kitchin and others of the house managers. Yield on Oil Exemption. The senate conferees were re ported to have won their fight for retention of the senate provision for a tax exemption of 20 per cent on! bona fide sales of oil and gas wells and mines. This provision, de signed to protect and stimulate prospectors, was opposed by the house managers' as too liberal, but they finally yielded after the senate conferees had accepted the higher rates on war excess profits. Elimination of the second class postage amendment had been gen erally expected. The proposal has been bitterly opposed by Repre sentative Kitchin and others of the house conferees. It provides for re peal of the present zone rates on second class mail batsed on the pro portion of news and advertising and for substitution of a new zone plan of 1 cent a pound on periodicals within the first and second-class parcel post zones and lVi cents a pound beyond that radius. ""The present rates have been vigorously attacked by publishers as unjust and in some cases confiscatory. Austrians Request Be Made Part of Swiss Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 27. (By Associated Press.) Petitions circu lated in the district of Voralberg, on the Austrian frontier, urging a union with Switzerland, have met with surprising support. In the first 20 towns and villages where peti tions were circulated between 90 and 98 per cent of the citizens signed them. They are addressed to the Swiss Bovernment and the peace conference, OMAHA, TUESDAY, LJ Lzi Lzj Iron Cross WithU. S. Flag there is an infraction of American orders in this respect they must suf fer the consequences. The Americans in the occupied zones are to be given an opportunity to see Hagenback's trained animals on a war basis. Before the war the Hagenbacks Had n.ore than 800 ani mals, but these have been reduced in number during the war, so that when the circus arrived in Coblenz it had only 100 specimens. Camels, llamas and many other animals have beeii killed since the war started owing to the scarcity of food. Fifteen elephants of a herd of 30 remain. Fifteen of the elephants were killed last winter and the meat was sold to civilians inthe interior of Germany where the circus was ex hibiting. The circus was permitted to enter the occupied area on the provision that the meat-eating animals would be fed witli carcasses of horses and other animals which are considered unfit for human consumption. Carl Hagenback is with the circus. The first performance will be given February 1. V RINGER'S POLICY TO LET EN WO AGAINSTOTHERS Commissioner of Police De clares No Formal Inquiry Will Bs Made Into the Charges of Collusion. Stating that the policy of the po lice department is to ferret out any irregularities of the force by receiv ing complaints from policemen and detectives, working one against an other. Police Commissioner Ringer denoted a public investigation of the alleged collusion of automobile thieves, policemen and insuraa.ee men would not be forthcoming.. "No charges, will be filed against any of the men in regard ?to this matter at the present time," the po lice commissioner said. Chief of Detectives John Briggs slammed the telephone receiver three tinws when a Bee reporter- asked him if specific 'charges of "croaked work" would be filed against city detec tives. Hold Stormy Interview. Charles Van -Deusen, detective, who was transferred to regular duty oiv another department, said: "I, for one, want to know if Briggs words are directed toward the automobile squad when he says that police officers are working in collusion with automobile thieves. I wonder why he doesn't file charges against the suspected ones." City detectives yesterday at a stormy interviejv "with Detective Chief John Briggs, demanded that he name the men he' referred to in a published declaration Sunday alleg ing police officers are in collusion with automobile thieves. - - "Cut out the hot-air and the dream stuff," yelled Detective Charles Van Duesen, "and name the men you mean.". "If the shoe fits you put it on," retorted Briggs. Van Duesen and Danbaum, con sidered the best automobile detec tives on the department have been transfered to another department. Insurance Men Roused. Members of the Blue Goose club, an organization of Omaha insurance men, in a discussion following their luncheon at the Henshaw hotel Monday noon, waxed . indignant in talking over Captain of Detectives John Briggs' recent printed ctate ment that "automobile thieves, in surance company agents and mem bers of the police department have worked in collusion to steal cars and collect rewards and insurance." Omaha Policemen and Firemen Are Satisfied With Salary Increase From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Jan. 27. J. R. McDonald, representing the Omaha police de partment, in the interest of the po liceman's salary bill, is much inter ested in having Representative Porter's bill, to permit the organi zation of firemen and policemen in'o unions, .held up in committee or re called. He contends that the policemen and firemen will be satisfied with a salary increase and there is no in sistent demand on their'part to be given the right to form unions. He is afraid that the introduction of the bill is likely to prejudice the salary bills that have been 'intro duced and would be unwise at the present time. It is more than prob able the bill will be smothered m the labor committee if the interest ed parties so appeal. Frank E.' Johnson Released from German Prison Camp Washington, Jan. 27. American soldiers who have been released from German prison camps and re turned to France were announced today by the. War department in-' elude: Frank E. Johnson, 324 North Nineteenth street, Omaha. , , JANUARY 28, 1919. Says He Has Plan to Satisfy Producer and Consumer, and Remove Antago nism to Packers. By Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 27. J. Ogden Armour, president of Armour & Co., told the senate agricul ture committee tonight at conclu sion of his testimony, that he and his counsel were drafting legisla tion for the regulation of the meat packing industry which he expected to submit as a substitute for similar bills now before congress. Before being presented the legis lation will be submitted to the other big packing firms and the indepen dents for their approval, Mr. Ar mour said. He added that he be lieved the plan which he had in mind would satisfy producer and consumer and remove "antagonism to-the packers," which he admitted seemed general. Private Ownership Necessary. Mr. Armour reiterated that his op position to control by the govern ment or the railroads of refrigerator and live stock cars and stock yards was predicated solely on his fear they could not be operated as ef ficiently as now. He said he be lieved private ownership of branch houses absolutely necessary, but de clared government-operated branch houses for the small packers would not be opposed by the large com panies. While Mr. Armour was finishing his testimony before the senate committee, Edward S. Morris of Chicago," president of Morris & Co., appeared before the house in terstate commerce committee in op position to the pending legislation, which he declared would imperil the industry and prove costly to the consumer. Mr. Morris had a pre pared statement of 134 pages, but at the suggestion of the committee, he read only part of it.. The en tire statement, however, was ad mitted to the record of the hearing. Wants Money at Once. Mr. Morris told the committee he had no objection to government ownership of the meat industry pro vided his compaijy was reimbursed immediately for its property and in vestments. He said he would ob ject, however, if payment was post poned as "the industry would soon be in such a chaV-ic condition that a proper settlement would be im possible." "Unless congress wants to have another industry in - the situation where the railroads are now," the witness said, "it should leave the meat industry alone. Government regulation might cause the ultimate ruin of the industry, as well as re sulting in a great increase in the cost of living." Says No Monopoly. Mr. Morris declared that there was no monopoly of the meat in dustry. Replying' to the statement of the federal trade comission that there was collusion among the five big packing firms in buying and selling, Mr. Morris said the best proof that no combination existed was in the' fact that prices of live stock had more than doubled in four years. The witness charged that the pur pose of the jnarket committee of the National Live Stock association, which he said was behind the in vestigation of the federal trade com mission, was to obtain higher prices for live stock which would mean higher costs to the consumer. He suggested that it might be advisable for congress to investigate the uses to which the committee had put the fund of $150,000 which he said it received annually from the as sociation. He asserted that he did not mean to intimate the fund was put to any "improper purpose," but said "its size would make it rather dangerous if it should happen to get into the improper channel." i Farm Owners, Attention! . ' We are receiving hundreds of inquiries from returning sol diers, many of them skilled farmers, others desiring to rent a farm. Now is the time to list your farms for March 1st pos session. Some of you have been working short handed. Get the service of these men by .using The Bee Help Wanted columns. The cost on these ads is nominal and results wore than satisfactory. Don't wait Send in your "Wants" now, and "Keep Your Eye on The Bee" Improving Every Day, B Mill (I mrl. 0ll. IISI: lunilav. 12 M: Dally in Su.. J5.W: aittllM Ntk. aaitaM Ktra Women Rebuked by Minister For Refusal to Hear Nurse; U. S. Agent for Disease Fight Rev. Robert Leavens Says Woman Chief Offender in Social Ostracism of Sin ful One of Her Sex. Rev. Robert Leavens, pastor cf the Unitarian church, administered a stern rebuke, Monday afternoon, to members of the political and social science department of 'he Omaha Woman's club for the department's refusal, two weeks ago, to permit Wilma Rice, inmate of the City De tention hospital, to speak before its meeting. Wilma Rice Sunday morn ing spoke from the Unitarian church pulpit. "I am ashamed of you! While 'man is the chief offender in the social evil, woman is the chief offender in the social ostracsm which is practic ed on the sinful woman. You illus trated this in refusing to permit her to address you," he asserted. After Dr. Leavens had left the room, Mr. D. G. Craighead, defend ed the. position the women had taken in denying Wilma Rice audience. Considered the Girl. "It was not because we did not deem her worthy. She is our sister and if we can extend her a helping hand, we will do so. Personally I voted against hearing her talk be cause I considered the girl herself. I though the publicity would be bad for her in the futu, when she was ready to face the world again," Mrs. Craighead explained. "The social evil will not be cured by ignoring it." Dr. Leavens em phasized in his talk. "All are sub ject to contamination. The evil needs to be openly attacked, it is so deep-seated and widespread." "The outcome of all this agitation is-bound to be benifxial. We must steel ourselves to offensive, obnox ious details for the sake of making some headway in the fight." Dr. Leavens made a strong de fense of the City Detention hos pital.' Treatment Scientific. "It is a beneficia, well-conducted instution. deserving the .support of Omaha. The treatment of inmates is scientific, sympathetic and respect ful," he asserted. "You don't have to take my word,, that of the mayor or of the news papers. Get your information first hand and you will find the patients grateful to the city for affording them treatment, not sullen and re bellious," he said. mmm for SMELTER SHOOTS SUPUASSILL Calls Police and Gives Self Up After Deed; Vants to Go Back and Make Sure of Killing. After, shooting A. B. Cassill, 2503 North Twenty-fourth street, assistant superintendent of the American Smelting and Refining company, three times, twice through the abdomen, Monday night, T. F. Casey, 1106 So.uth Tenth street, night watchman at the plant, tele phoned to the police to give himself up. The shooting was the xculmina tion of trouble arising from work ing conditions of the place. Lynching Threatened. Employes gathered about the of fice, threatening to lynch Casey. Police took the night watchman to the central police station.. After having lain in wait a half hour for Mr. Cassill, the night watch man walked up to him near the office door and shot him through 'the groin. When Cassill pleaded with Casey to get away, the assailant re plied with two more shots through the abdomen and groin, saying: "Get back there, you - - -." , Gives Self Up. . The wounded man washable to walk to the office from where he was taken to St. Catherine's hospi tal. He is in a serious condition. - Police were unaware of the shooting until Officers Cooper and Hegg responded to a call from the Smelting company, that "the night watchman wants to give him self up." "I'll go back and shoot him again, if he isn't dead yet," Casey said to Police Chauffeur Hegg. Several Witness Crime. C. E. Harvey, timekeeper of the company, saw the shooting from the office window. "Mr. Cassill had scarcely stepped from the door when Casey walked up to him and started shooting," he said. ' James Freeman and E. H. Deder man, employes, witnessed the shoot ing. They said that the night watchman had trouble "with nearly every employe of the company;" "He 'wanted to run the whole works," Freeman told police. Pass Hospital B 11. Washington, Jan. 27. The house late today, passed and sent to the senate the bill appropriating $10.- 500,000 for constructing hospitals! for disabled soldiers and sailors, TWO CENTS. aalaiaj Major Richard T. Leader Says Prudery Swept Aside in Battle to Down Social Vice. SALVARSAN GIVEN FREE BY GOVERNMENT TO DETENTION HOME. Salvarsan, the most powerful drug used in the control of social diseases, has been placed, by the government free of charge at the disposal of the City Detention hospital. University of Nebraska, and Creighton University dispen saries, according to an announce ment made by Maj. Richard Leader at the Woman's club meeting Monday. The drug has been unobtain able for four years because it was a German importation and its manufacture was unknown. Government chemical experts recently discovered the secret. ouwiai xjygiciic was ine suujcci of the afternoon session of the social science department of the Omaha Woman's club yesterday led by Mrs. Draper Smith. An open forum of two and one-half hours was held in which Dr. Leavens, Maj. Richard. T. Leader of the United States public health service, Judge Howard Ken nedy, social worker, and Senator C. W. Sears, father of a bill on sex edu cation, now pending in the legisla ture, took part. Favor Quarantine. Mrs. Craighead introduced the tollowing resolution which the de partment adopted unanimously: Resolved, That the political and social science department, Omaha Woman's club, endoress any legis lative or other action tending to elimination of venereal diseases such as classifying them as con tagious, making it compulsory for physicians to report all casts of same; the quarantine of" all per sons afflicted thereby, compelling them to submit to treatment until cured or ceasing to be a public menace and taking all possible measures to prevent spread of all such diseases. .That we heartily' commend all local agencies irho are making an Jionest endeavor against great odds to effect a partial remedy at least. - (Continued on Pago Two, Column Two.) c:.t rj : .l. .a GIVE SLACKERS DISCHARGE AND $400 RACK PAY "Children of God" Released from Leavenworth With Honor; Two Refuse to Accept Liberty. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 27. The release of 113 conscientious object ors, honorably discharged from the service by War department orders, was begun at the disciplinary bar racks at Fort Leavenworth this morning. Two, however, refused to leave, saying it was against their religious scruples. , The two men, who refused to ac cept their liberty, declared that such "would not be .for the glory of God." Instructions have been asked from Washington on their cases. It was announced later that prob ably some of the men would not be released today on account of ill ness, but would be given their dis charge as-soon as their health per mitted. The men were discharged in groups of 10 and were given their mileage, the same as that given to discharged combatants, to the point of their inducticm into the service. They also received a suit of civilian clothes. From the point of induc tion the men are free to go wher ever they desire. It was said some of the men had between .$400 and $500 awaiting them in the form of back pay and allotments. Their homes are in all parts of the 'coun try. The .first few men to sign their discharge papers scratched out the line bearing the caption "signature of soldier," and substituted "Child of God." Officers thereafter insisted the "signature of soldier" line standi Some of the, men refused the money from back pay and allot ments which was ready in cash. Few of the men needed the suits provided upon orders from the War department, as none of them wore the uniform of the United States after bein drafted into the army. They preferred, today, to wear home the suits they used while in the disciplinary barracks here. Admiral Chadwick Dies at Winter Home in New York New York, Jan. 27. Rear Ad miral French Elisor Chadwick, U. S. N.. retired, who was chief nf ifaff t Admirah Sampson during the Spanish-American war, died today at his winter home here. He had been ailing for more than a year. Pneu monia was the direct cause of his death. " " i ' ' - . . slowlI ! S Bolsheviki Force Allies from. Shenkursk; Tired Columns j in Fine Spirits De- j . spite -Cold. . By Associated Press. Archangel, Jan. 27. The bolshi" ! vlki now are on the offensive with infantry or artillery, or both against I four of the seven thin columns oij the allies and Russians which ha-t j penetrated southward tnrougn tnci frozen forest swamps of the prov ince of Archangel. - Saturday night the enemy entereri; Shenkursk while the tired columii! of Americans, Russians and Britisii; which had evacuated ShenkurBl-' marched in a detour over the der; snow, evading a force of severs' j hundred of the enemy, who waited j on the main high road to trap th column in its' retreat. ! No New Attacks. In good spirits, despite Ion? marches in the cold and 10 days oi j hard fighting, the Americans and the ' other troops on the allied forces .were today at Shegovari, approxi-f mately 30 miles north of Shrenkursk' on the Vaga river. The enemy ap-i: parently is sending patrols to follow J the retreating troops, but up to thi! morning no new attacks had been; made on this sector. Saturday the bolsheviki attacked . the allied positions at Taresevo, a; village about 40 miles east of Shen-i kursk in the sector between the I Vaga river and the Vologda road.; They were repulsed with heavy losses, the Americans, British and ; Russian troops fighting with such j valor that the enemy column which ; attacked on the left of Taresevo J along the Kotchmas road, retired ir considerable disorder, leaving 20 men dead in the snow, cut down by ; the allied machine gun fire. On the right of the village an enemy column was spotted by the Ameri can artillery and retreated under a rain of shells. Artillery Active. On the Dvina river, no infantry ; attacks have yet developed, al- though the enemy artillery con- J tinues a heavy bombardment at Tul- i gas. On the Vologda railroad the S enemy's armored train continues tc j shell the allied positions and re-i cently his patrols, moving ovei frozen trails in the swamps, which were impassable in the. summer, j have attempted bombing raiA" : against American outposts. ! Capture Many Stores. The bolsheviki captured a large store of provisions at Shenkursk, . which the garrison was unable tc burn for fear of revealing the inten tion to withdraw. All the , Amer ican guns were either removed or rendered useless. A large number of peasants and Russian partisan troops also moved out with the American forces. - The bolsheviki have apparently be gun in earnest their threat to drive the allies into the White sea by March. The situation, however, is well in hand and Russian troops trained in Archangel are being add ed to the allied forces. Isolated posi tions like Shenkursk, however, may have to be given up. Russ Give Aid. In 1hc fighting near Shenkursk Russian troops fought side by side with the Americans, British and French with great bravery. Allied airplanes flew low over the roads wherever the slow moving bolshe viki sled transports were seen and bombs were dropped on them. The ' aviators also attacked the bolsheviki with machine gun fire. The bolsheviki offensive "began wrth small raids and a bombardment of Ust Padenga, which was- the most southerly position held by the allies on this front. The first attacks were repulsed, but the Americans and Russians garrisoning the town were subjected to a rain of approximately 4,000 shells daily for a week. British Capture Railway. Amsterdam, Jan. 27. The BritisTs forces, according to a report received here from Berlin today, have ad vanced from Baku and occupied tin Trans-Caucasian railway . The r port' adds that the British also h occupied Petrovosk and Astrakhan, at the mouth of the Volga river. Allies Enter Kiev. Paris, Jan. 27. (Havas) A dis patch received here from Vienna says the Franco-Rumanian troops have entered Kiev, Russia. U. S. Meets British Cut in Ocean Freight Rates Washington Tan. 27. Tr mert fli cut in trans-Atlantic freight rates made by British ship owners, the shipping boardvtonight annonnced a reduction of about 66 2-3 per cent in traffic charges between Atlantic and Gulf ports and port jn tlje United Kinedom. France. Itafv. F.-i giuni and the Netherlands,