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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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,