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PROPOSE GENERAL
STRIKE AT SEATTLE
Seattle, Feb. 2. Progress was
made today by union leaders toward I
calling a general strike this week in I
sympathy of 25,000 striking Seattle
shipyard workers who have de
manded an increase in wages above
the Macy scale. Representatives of
M) local unions affiliated with the
Seattle Central labor council today
canvassed the situition and tonight
utticial information was given out
that a sympathetic strike would be
called at 10 o clock next Thursday
morning.
The local Typographical union
voted todav to ioin in the strike, and
the longshoremen's union decided to'l
disregard tlp orders of its interna
tional officers prohibiting the local
organization from taking part in the
strike. The street car mens union
polled a majority strike vote today
and telegraphed international offi
cers for approval.
SUFFRAGISTS URGE
ANOTHER VOTE IN SENATE.
Washington, Feb. 2. Congress
faces its bufest week thus far of
thr short session, with final enact
ment of the war revenue bill, legis
lation to validate informal war con
tracts and the oil land leasing mea
sure, regarded by leaders as the
most urgent matters at hand. Regu
lar appropriation bills also are pend
ing and may be completed before
Saturday night.
Congestion of legislation caused
Sunday committee work to beg:n
today and although few leaders of
either party now feel that an extra
session can be avoided, regular night
sessions in both senate and house
may begin soon.
Advocates of the Susan B. An
thony equal suffrage resolution are
holding conferences regarding pro
cedure, with some urging a vote next
Friday in the senate. They admit,
however, that the required two
thirds majority has not yet been
secured,
COMES TO AMERICA
FOR $75,000 FUR COAT.
New York, Feb. 2. (By Universal
Service.) Mrs. William Ellis Corey,
the second, formerly Mabelle Gill
man, of stage fame, arrived here
on the Adriatic. She was met on
the dock "by her husband, once pres
ident of the U. S. Steel corporation.
Mrs. Corey will remain in this
countrv only a few weeks, she said.
When 'she returns to Europe she
expects to take back with her the
575,000 fur coat that a local firm
has been assembling skins for dur
ing the past two years, it was inti
mated. She will again take up, war
wort on her return, it was said.
ARMY AVIATORS
IN FLYING CIRCUS.
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 2. In the
presence of more than 30,000 per
sons 125 army aviators from the
North Island aviation school pre
sented today about everything
known to aviation at the school's
first annual flying circus. A feature
of the program, held during show
ers, was an attack on a captive bal
loon at an altitude of 1,800 feet
The occupants of the basket es
caped by means of parachutes.
IflY KILLED III
ilBARHENT
-OF PETROGRAD
Russian Capital City Shelled
by Artillery in Great Fort
ress at Head of Gulf
of Finland.
Stockholm, Feb. 2. retrograd has
been bombarded by Kronstadt artil
lery and many oeople have been
killed, according to travellers who
arc quoted to this effect by the Fin
nish papers. Serious disorders are
prevalent in T'etrograd.
The great fortress of Kronstadt
lies abou 20 miles west of Petrograd,
at the head of the gulf of Finland.
The bolshevik forces were re
ported on Januarv 23. last, in a dis
patch from Helsirigfors, to be evacu
nfinir Petrozrad and removing all
their stores. Th,e bolshevik war
minister, Trotsky, was Said to be
transferring his headquarters to
Nizhni-Novgorod.
Esthonians Capture Valk.
Stockholm, Feb. 2. An official
communication issued by the Es
tonian government says:
"In the direction of Volmar, Fin
nish troops and our detachments
have .captured the town of Valk. Our
troops are advancing southward.
Valk is about 75 miles southwest
if Lake Peinus.
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Advance into uc
Vienna. Feb. 2. The advance of
holshevik troops into the Ukraine
has compelled the Ukrainean gov -
. . t w;
prnment to move from Kiev to Vv in-
nitza, southwest of Kiev.
Kalmikoff's Cossacks Surrender
Vladivostok. Feb. Z.-The Cos
sacks under General Kalmikoff, com
mander of the Ussuri river front,
have mutinied and shot an officer,
lhe Cossacks surrendered their
.. arms and horses to the American
troops whose protection they re
quested. The men declared that
they would no. longer serve under
Kalmikoff.
General Wilson Dies.
Washington, Feb. 2. Brig.-Gen.
John Moulder Wilson, U. S. A., re
tired, died at his hortje here late last
night, after an" illness of several
months. General Wilson was chief
of engineers during the Spanish
American war.. He also served as
superintendent of the West Point
Military academy and military aide.
y PresVent Cleveland. He was 81
jears old.
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Creation .of Buffer States
Suggested; Aspirations of
Five Great Powers
Taking Shape.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Feb. 2. The delegates of
the five great powers are now in a
position to compare clearly their
own aspirations and those of all
their allied friends and to see the
differences that must be reconciled.
The maximum of hopes, often over
lapping, has been told freely, and it
remains for the peace conference to
adjust the minto a co-ordinated
whole. The desires of the several
countries as presented may be com
pressed thus:
France.
France wants, first of all, Alsace-
Lorraine unconditionally, and the
right to discuss and ultimately to
fix the French frontiers in their re
lations to the Rhine, which may re-'
quire the creation of bluffer states.
One of these would be the Palati
nate and another Rhenish Prussia.
France also desires to annex' the
basin of the Sarre river, which might
be called a re-annexation.
France will insist that so, far as
the left bank of the Rhine further
to the north is concerned, the con
ference should forbid military works
of any kind barracks, bridgeheads,
forts and fortresses in that zone.
The feeling is that the people inhabi
ting that zone should be free to de
cide for themselves whether they
wish to join France, form an in
dependent state or return to Ger
many. ' , -
The French bill for reparation is
not yet complete, but it lias been an
nounced in the chamber that it 'will
be about 66,000,000,000 francs. -
lhe French government does not
ask for a pVotectorate in Syria in
the ordinary sense because it con
siders that the population there is
too advanced to make a protectorate
necessary, but France, on account
of her traditional interests in that
country, feels that she should be
called upon to exercise some sort of
guardianship or guidance until Syria
should be fully able to govern her
self. Great Britain.
Great Britain's delegation believes
that a society of nations is desir
able and obtainable and that it must
be established by the present peace
conference. She advances no con
tinental purposes other than those
of a permanent and just peace under
the principle of self-determination
and that there shall beinternationaJ
freedom of transit by railroads and
waterways, which is Great Britain's
definition of freedom of commerce
in times of peace.
Great Britain will take mandatory
power over the German islands
south of -the equator for Australia
and over German Southwest Africa
for the Union of. South Africa. She
will also have the mandate over
German East Africa and some parts
of Arabia and she has particular
claims in this respect over Meso
potamia. Great Britain will enter
a pool with the other aljies in the
matter of indemnities, especially
reparation for air raid damages and
shipping losses.
Italy.
Italy asks for the Trentino as
far as the Brenner pass, including
the whole of -southern Tyrol;
Trieste, Istria, Fiume, Zara, Seben
ico the larsrer part of the Dalmatian
islands, Avlona and its hinterland,
a protectorate over Albania, posses
sion of the islands in the Aegean,
which were taken from Turkey
during the Tripolttan war, and the
province of Adalia if France and
d should take- territory in
Asia finnr
The Italian tontention is that the
Dalmatian islands and such parts
of ihn Dalmatian coast as are not
ssigned to Italy shall be neutral-
j jzed. Should" France and England
! extend their colonial possession in
; Africa, Italy desires to enlarge her
. i? i t:i ;
possession in Eritrea'and Tripoli.
iioumania
Territorial contentions in the Bal
kans are complicated and present
difficult problems. Roumania de
sires to retain possession of that
portion of Russian Bessarabia given
her by the central powers under tne
cancelled treaty of Bucharest and
HI HVI Jiujavcaiuili i.uuih-'iik
also desires southern Dobrudja as
ceded to her bv Bulgaria after the
second Balkan war. Possession of
Bessarabia and the Dobrudja conv
maiids the mouth of the Danube.
To the westward, Roumania wants
to annex the Hapsburg provinces
of Bukowina and Transylvania and
a considerable part of the rich agri
cultural district of Banat. It is here
that the Roumanian aspirations con
flict with those of Serbia, which
affirm that under her war agree
ments with the entente Serbia
should have a large portion of Banat
as well as other sections of former
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ment that former Emperor Charles
of Austria-Hungary -intends to ap
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JOBIflWUGAL
Monarchists in Control and
New Government Set Up
With Senor Conciere
as Premier.
London. Feb. 2. With monarchis
ts victories ponfirmed, a national
government has been constituted in
Portugal with Senator Conceiro. as
premier and minister of 'war, ac
cording to advices received from
Oporto. . - -
The message declares the mon
archists control a-large part of
Portugal and are awaiting the arr
rival of former King Manuel.
Royalist Column t! eaten.
Paris, Feb. 2. Dispatches from
Lisbon state that a royalist column
was put to flight north of Dagudea
and the commander, killed. ColuiOra
is reported quiet. Royalist prison
ers at Veiro and Vizeu heve been
placed in prison at Figueira.
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n omciai siatemeni issuea oy ine
royalist government at Oporto
reads:
"All the northern troops are faith
ful to the monarchy. The republican
troops at Alberga and Riavelha have
tied before the torces ot colonel
Cotereal. Telegraph and telephone
communication with "Lisbon has
been broken. The defense organized
by the republican government fails
more and more because several gar
risons are favoring the monarchy,"
Trenches Dug at Juarez
to Defend City Against Villa
Inir lov FpV. 2. Threats
made by Gen. Felipe Angeles, a
Villa general, to attack this city on
February 5, the. anniversary of the
adoption of the old Mexican consti
tution, caused the military authori
ties today to employ a battalion ot
sappers digging trenches outside the
city, place machine guns and field
pieces in Fort Hidalgo and double
all outpost guards on all sides of
Juarez.
Colonel Mora, garrison command
er, announced "he was taking every
precaution against a surprise by
Villa's command which is reported
to be in the Juarez district.
Textile Mill Operators
Accept Eight Hour Day
New York, Feb. 2. The strike of
40,000 textile workers in Central
New York to enforce demands for
an eight-hour day set for next Mon
day was called off today, after man
ufacturers in Cohoes and L'tica
agreed to operate their mills on a
48-hour-a-week basis for two weeks,
pending nal settlement by the
State Reconstruction commission's
CGiitm.Uej ou industrial relations.
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Empress of Austria.
Charles was married in 1911 to
Princess Zita of Bourbon and Par
ma. From the union have been
born five children, four boys and a
girl.
D TROOPS
lil 6RAE PERIL
1H ARCHANGEL
Foch Expected to Take Dras
tic Action Against Germans
if They Suppled Reds
. With Gas Shells.
Washington, Feb. 2. The situa
tion .in the Archangel district is
regarded by military officers in
northern - Russia as extremely criti
cal. -Reports . that the bolsheviki
forces were using gas shells . was
taken here by some erfneers to mean
that this equipment had been sup
plied through German sources, not
withstanding tne termsNot tne armis
tice, and if this was established as
a fact it was intimated that drastic
action against the Germans would
be taken-by Marshal Focb.
Available figures obtained by War
department officials show that the
British forcei in the region of the
north is approximately 6,000; Amer
ican, 4,500; French, 1,500; loyal Rus
sians, under British officers, 1.00,
and. there are 1,000 other soldiers
of one of the smaller allied coun
tries. -
Army officials said that the body
of troops -now retreating before
well-armed and reinforced bolshe
viki .was small, being little more
than an advanced post. Repofts of
a 40Tmile retirement, however, led
Mcperts to believe that. a larger body
was engaged than rhad been sup
posed heretofore.
American Line Held Firmly.
' Archangel, Feb. 2. While they
have succeeded , in capturing the
Shenkursk . and Taresevo sectors,
the bolsheviki are still unable to
make any impression on the Ameri
can and allied lines on the Dvina
sector near Tulgas. For the second
time within a week a night attack
by. the enemy there was repulsed by
the Americans and the Scotch.
The latest attack occurred early
Friday. The bolsheviki stormed the
upper Tulgas, but met with severe
resistance from the American patrol,
who, however, withdrew, giving
their artillery a clear sweeo of the
village. The Americans killed 20
of the Bolsheviki, wounded 20 and
took seven prisoners. The allied
rpatrol on the Taresevo sector moved
southward 12 miles without encoun
tering the enemy. ,
' . Dp ' lands Go Dry?
Manila, P. I., Feb. 2. The ques
tion as to whethet the recently rati
fied national prohibition amendment
in the United States affects the
rnuippiue islands nas been recog
nized here and Acting Governor
Charles IT. Yater has sent an in-
nnirw to Wash'ni7tnn ackinir a nil.
'.ing iii the' matter. " ' '
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FEBRUARY 3, 1919."
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Historic American
Doctrine- Affected
by League Project
Paris, Feb. 2. The announce
ment in news dfspatches from
New York that representatives of
British and American oil, mining
and cattle interests jn Mexico
were coming to Paris to lay their
claims before the peace confer
ence is attracting much attention
in American government circles
and is causing speculation as to
how Mexican affairs may be pre-y
sented, if at all.
Mexico has not been connected
directly with the war and the
opinion in official circles is that
business interests of foreign pow
ers which have suffered confisca
tion in Mexico probably can not
get a hearing in, Paris until the
society of nations is organized
fully and the main issues connect
ed with the war passed upon.
Under the Monroe doctrine the
United, States naturally would be
consulted before ' any steps were
taken to bring about an adjust
ment of the friction between Mex
ico and foreign powers. As a
result the Mexican difficulties are
being watched eagerly because of
the possibility that they may in
dicate how the society of nations
will affect historic American polv
icy.
WILSON RESTS
I OF HIS
GAL AIDE
Refrains Even From, Attending
Church in Order, to Re
gain Vitality Lost in
.Week's Hard Work.
Paris, Feb. 2. President Wilson
on this Sunday had his first really
completely restful day. since he
landed on French soil. Rear Ad-'
miral Grayson, his medical aide,
was able to have his way in this
respect, having in mind the exceed
ingly .bard work which marked every
day last week and the serious de
parture from the regime which has
so well, preserved the health and
strength of the president up to this
moment.
The president was even induced
to refrain from his almost invariable
custom of attending church, in order
to regain vitality which had been
sacrificed.
League Program Advanced.
The progress made last week in
the work of the peace conference
through the daily sessions of the
council of the five great powers has
encouraged the hope and expecta
tion that the main obiect. the so
ciety of nations, will be so far ad-'
vanced toward realization that it
will be possible to get it before the
peace conference in plenary session
in time to permit of its adoption by
me miaaie ,ot next month, which
will enable; the Dresidenr tn rarrv
out his original idea of leaving for
vvasnington about the date pre
viously fixed. '
The plan which has been received
with most favor, looking to the
formation of a league of nations, is
a composite one, embodying the
best ideas of many of the delegates
and specialists. '
President Wilson will , officially
assemble Monday afternoon at the
Hotel De Crillon the members of
the peace conference commission on
a society of nations. In some quar
ters it is reported that a report to
the conference on this subject is
imminent.
Wilson Pepares Paper.
, President Wilson spent most of
yesterday morning at work in his
private office. Instead of availing
himself qf the services of a stenog
rapher he- applied himself assidu
ously to the typewriter which is
taken as an indication that he was
preparing, some paper requiring the
most thoughtful possible Tonsider
ation.i .
As it is known to be tlie plan of
the American delegation to rush for
ward plans for the creation of a
society, of nations it is assumed the
president, who is a member of the
special commission charged .with
that project, was engaged in the prep
aration of some statement sup
porting some one proposition- or
general scheme.
The American delegates incline to
the belief that the most serious ob
stacle will be found in insistence by
overzealous advocates upon extreme
methods to enforce peaceful settle
ment of disputes. It is understood
the American delegates will give
their support to the plans of General
Smuts and Lord Cecil with the ad
dition of a few of the ideas advanced
by Leon Bourgeois, ' the French
protagonist of a league.
American Delegates Make
No Objection to Bernstorff
Paris, Feb. 2. The American del-
eates to1 the peace conference, it'is
understood, will raise no objection
to the appointment of -Count von
tiernstorn, former Oerman ambassa
dor in Washington, as one of the
German delegates to the peace con
ference; although not attempting to
influence or speak for the entente
delegation. It is declared that it is
beyond the power of one govern
ment to say that it does not desire
the presence of any person . that
the other party to the treaty making
process may select as a represen
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REMOVED fe- jHEA'RIWfi
Action Expected to Stabilize
Prices; Wheat and Wheat
Flour Remain on the
Restricted List.
Washington, Feb. 2. The most
sweeping . removal of restrictions
upon the exportation of foodstuffs
made since the signing of the armis
tice was announced today by the
war "trade board. Commodities re
moved from the export conserva
tion list were barley, corn and rye,
including flour and meal made from
these grains, oats and oat produces,
brewer's grains, bran and middlings,
beans, dried and split peas, sugar
and hydrogenated cotton, seed oil.
Will Grant Export Licenses.
These articles constituted a, ma
jority of the food items on the re
stricted list and their removal is
effective immediately. Licenses to
export them will be granted freely
to all destinations, including Great
Britain, France, Italy and Belgium.
Heretofore such exports to these
allied countries were made exclu
sively by the food administration's
grain corporation and the wheat ex
port company.
Attention was called to the fact
that wheat and wheat flour remain
on the restricted list. There was
no indication when the embargo on
these commodities would be re
moved, but it was said that it prob
ably would remain in force until
the government's agreement with
the farmers for a maximum price
on the 1919 wheat crop had expired.
Advance in Corn Predicted.
Removal of the embargo on other
grains was expected by some.offi-
cials to stabilize prices and relieve
what was described as a congested
market " An advance in the price
of corn was looked for by reason
of the fact that prices fell sharply
several weeks ago when removal of
of the embargo against the importa
tion of Argentine corn was an
nounced. It was said that there was a
heavy demand in foreign countries
for some. of the grains ncAv placed
on the free list and particularly rye.
Farrand Appointed
Executive Head of
American Red Cross
Washington, Feb. 2. Dr. Living
ston Farrand of the University of
Colorado, has been appointed chair
man of the central commitee of the
American Red Cross by President
Wilson at Paris. It was said at Red
Cross headquarters here today that
Dr. Farrand wou)d assume the posi
tion of executive head 6f the or
ganization on March 1, and that at
the same time the Red Cross war
council would cease to exist.
The war council was created by
President Wilson May 10, 1917. ko
administer the greatly increased
work of relief organizations neces
sitated by the war. It largely dis
placed in authority the permanent
executive organization. Henry P.
Davison, chairman of the war coun
cil, .is, now in Paris with the presi
dent in connection with work at the
peace conference and his presence
there probably will be required for
many weeks.
Dr. Farrand is in Washington fa
miliarizing himself wit hthe details
of the Red Cross organization.
When he takes.office the Red Cross
will return to a peace basis.
British Parliament
to Mark Time Until
Lloyd George Returns
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By Associated Press.
London, Feb.' 2. No British par
liament in a century, except the
parliament of Premier Asquith,
which had on its shoulders the
heavy ' responsibility of deciding
whether or not Great Britain would
enter the -Eurppean wav ever met
with more important work to-be
dealt with thanthat of Premier
Lloyd George. ' 1
All the problems may be sum
marized in the one word recon
struction. -
Premier Lloyd George is in Paris
and he must stay there. No one ex
pects him to leave the peace con
ference. Leadership in Hfie two houses of
'parliament, therefore, for the time
being, will fall upon Earl Curzon
and Andrew Bonar Law, both of
whom are conservatives and before
the war stood for almost everything
that was opposed to Lloyd George
and his present program. That
seems to mean that parliament will
mark time until the pr'me-minister
can return and take charge in person.
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John
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PLAN REVISION
OF ANTI-TRUST
LEGISLATION
Proposals to Mee Post-War
Conditions Submitted by
U. S. Chamber of
- r Commerce."
Washington, Feb. 2. Proposals
that anti-trust legislation, including
both the Sherman and Clayton acts,
be revised by congress to meet post
war conditions and that, standards
of general business conduct be es
tablished by the government and
administered by a supervisory body
have been submitted by the'United
States Chamber, of Commerce.
The' recommendations, drawn by
the chamber's federal trade commis
sion and made public tonight, are:
That congress should at once con
sider the situation of all statutes
constituting anti-trust legislation.
Sandards Needed.
That there should be formulated
standards of general business con
duct to be administered by a super
visory body.
That an eTiIarged federal trade
commission should be made the
supervisory body with its member
ship increased from five to nine.
The referendum was declaed to
be'in line with. the. action of the.
conference held at Atlantic .City last
December tinder the aospices of the
national chamber. This, conference
went on record in favor of such
modification of. the Sherman anti
trust law as would enable, the busi
ness interests of the county to co
operate intelligently in conducting
their affairs and'1 increasing effici
ency. .
Time for Action Has Come.
The' committee's rtport said there
was especial occasion now for con
sideration of such legislation as that
recommended. It pointed to con
centration of commercial and indus
trial activity to meet the needs of
the government and the civilian pop
ulation in the war and the vastly
changed conditions which business
interests facp in the af fr-the-war
period.
, "If it was true, as the president
said in 1914." said the report, "that
nothing then "discouraged business
enterprises like the necessity of
running a-risk of falling-under the
condemnation of the law before.it
is possible to make sure just- what
the law is, this discouragement op
erates with: greatly increased effect
at a time when the special concen
tration of business activity for the
war is being succeeded by condi
tions which contain more uncertain
ties than ever before existed.-'
Omaha Soldier. Drives
Army Trucks 14,000 Miles
Corp. Lambert B. Kennebeck,
Company C, of the motor transport
corps of the Eighth division, re
turned home Sunday, following ac
tive service in the army for one
year. He was at Camp Mills, Long
Island, when the armistice was1 sign
ed and had already received his
overseas equipment. During his en
listment in the motor corps, Kenne
beck traveled 14.000 miles, driving
army trucks, 1.700 miles by water
and 7,000 miles by rail in the United
States. He was engaged in the
transfer of army trucks from factor
ies to the points of embarkation
for France. He was with the com
pany of the motor transport corps
that drove -the first Liberty rucks
"for Pershing" from Lima, Ohio, to
Baltimore.
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Ringer Suspends Both Briggs
and Wade; to Bring Charges
Before ' Commission
ers Today. ;
The troubles in the police-
partment are growing.
. Sunday, Police Commissioner
Ringer suspended John Briggs,
chief of detectives of the Omaha
police department, and L. L. Wade,
detective, pending a hearing before
the city commissioners this mor
ning. The hearing of Ben Danbaum, de
tective, on charges filed by Chief
Briggs is also scheduled for this
morning before the commission.
The charges against Danbaum, were
wilful neglect of duty.
, The specific charges which Com
missioner Ringer will file against
Briggs and Wade are misconduct
in office. .
"The case on which the ctiargcs
will be filed was brought to the at
tention of Chief Eberstein and my
self Saturday and we spent Sunday
investigating it, with the result that
we decided to suspend both Briggs
V
ana vvaae, pending the hearing
Monday before the city council,"
said Commissioner Ringer last
night.
Orj Fake Warrant
. Briggs and Wade must face the
charge that on or about Detem'oer
14 Captain Briggs issued a warrant
purportincr to have been signed bv
Judge Britt, charging Lee Calhoun
of Red Oak, la., with passing worth
less checks on Dave Crounse. It
is alleged that Wade went to Red
Oak and brought Calhoun back to
Omaha when both knew that no
warrant had been issued or his ar-
rest.
Later, it is alleged that Herman
Davis" filed charges against Calhoun
before Judge Holmes in the same
case.
When asked to make a statement
about his suspension from office
of chief of detectives pending a
hearing' before the city council.
Chief Briggs said: "I've nothing
to say. I'll appear in the morning."
Joined Force In 1900.
Chief Briggs first appointment
,to the South Omaha police force
was made on April 11, 1900. Two
years later, he was made captain at y
the' South Side station. He warr'
appointed to the position of chiet'-'
there several years later, which tf
ficeTie held until the annexation of
South Omaha to Greater Omaha on
June 21. WIS.
At this time Briggs was given
the rank of'captain. When the old
Fourth Nebraska troops were mobi
lized and sent to the Mexican bor
der, he resigned his position and
enlisted as a sergeant in the Fourth.
He remained on the boarder three
months, after which he returned to
Omaha and retained hisf former
rank.
Ia May, 1918, upon the election
of a new city administration Briggs
was made chief of detectives and
was transferred from the captaincy
of the South Side station to" the''
Central station. ' ,
.Figured In Gun Fight.
As chief of police in South Oma- .
ha, he figured prominently in the
capture of two ex-convicts in Sarpy
county. The convicts had escaped
from the state penitentiary at Lin
coln, and a day later had barricaded
themselves in a farm wagon with Rov
Blunt, a young farmer. Blunt was at
the mercy of the convicts. Sheriff
Hyers and' Briggs, together with
South Omaha police, had a grin fight
with the convicts, in which Blunt,
an- innocent participant, was killed.
Chief Briggs has been at "outs"
with several detectives during the
past few weektLdue to a statement
he made that "some of the men were
working in collusion with automo
bile thieves."
Allied Troops End Turkish "
Terrorism at AdrianopU
Salorriki, Fc". 2. Detachments of
allied troops have arrived at Adri
anople and put an end to Turkish
terrorism of the inhabitants which
had been in progress during the war.
The Greek inhabitants 6f the citv
are now wearing hats instead of the
fez which the Turks forcibly com
pelled them to wear.
Piez Refuses to Treat
With Idle Ship Workers
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.Cliar!.
Piez, director general of, the Enicr
gency Fleet corporation, in a for
mal statement on the ship worker
strike on the Pacific coast, said ttia;
"so long as the work"-s rfnu'm
away from their posts, the Ktm-r.
gency Fleet corporation cannot i
witU Ukiu.'
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