HUN MUST PAY
IN FULL FOR WAR,
SAY ITALIANS
This is Plan of Italian Delegate
td the Peace Conference;
Suggests Common Pool
for Fund.
Taria, Sunday, Feb. 2. (By As
sociated Press.) Proposals for the
establishment of a single financial
front for the allies have been sub
mitted to the entente ministers here
by Signor Crespl, member of the
Italian delegation, according to a
statement made by him today. After
saying that the central powers must
compensate the allies for the dam
age suffered during the war, Signor
Crespi said:
"On the other hand, all the allies
have suffered immense losses and
they must all benefit fron the in
demnities which the enemy is to
pay. Each one should sreceive in
oroportion to the effort it has made.
Thus smaller states that have spent
more than large ones in comparison
to their wealth ought to receive
larger indemnities in proportion.
Apportioned Among Nations,
"The simplest way? to carry out
the actual distribution would be to
I ut the entire fund into a common
pool, which could be periodically ap
portioned among the different na
tions. The fund should be augment
ed by taxes of a universal character
levied on all states, enemy, allied
or neutral, the last named having
benefited from the sacrifices made
by the allies. Such a tax would not
weigh more heavily on one state
than on another, since it would be
universal. It would merely have the
effect of raising prices on some cer
tain particular products in all coun
tries alike.
"The enemy should be forced to
pay off as soon as possible the al
lies' debts. The international tax
would furnish interest on the rest
nd a sinking fund for paying it off
eventually. In my opinion the ene
my ought to be allowed to pay, not
only in gold, but in raw materials
and fiVshed products. Part of their
debt might be covered by bonds
which they would take up gradually
in exchange for goods.
Big Industrial Question.
"The supply of raw materials is
mother important question to be
considered. If they are furnished to
enemy countries at the same time
and at the same prices as to the al
lies, the Austrians and Germans,
whose industrial plants have not
been destroyed and who are ready
to return to a peace basis in their
production more rapidly than the al
lies, would reach foreign markets
quicker and under better conditions
than would be possible for the aiiies.
This we must avoid at all costs.
"Another important question in
volved is that of the length of the
working day A day's labor in Ger
many before the war was very long.
If it. continues so now, they will be
able to', produce more cheaply than
we can. Therefore, international
laws on this question have become
essential.
"Another problem is that of ex
change between different nations.
To cite an example, my own coun
try, when peace is reestablished,
will have to import very largely to
replenish depleted stocks. This will
have a disastrous effect on our
money, unless the states control ex
change. I, therefore, consider that
the present state control of import
and export trade must continue for
some time."
States Greece's Claims,' '
Premier Venizelos of Greece was
before the supreme council of the
peace conference at its session this
morning and made a statement on
the claims of Greece.
Premier Venizelos will continue
his presentation of the case of
V.TICCCC &1. lUUlULUm mvi U1115 o avia
tion tne council. The Czecho
slovak delegates will again be heard
at tomorrow's session, it was an
nounced. Eliminate Turkish Leaders..
Washington, Feb. 3. American
Commissioner Heck, at Constan
tinople, reported to the State de
partment today the arrest of 35
, -j' i r u. T..t,;l
leading niciiiucis ui
committee of union and progress.'
Officials of the department believe
the step was taken with the ap
proval of jthe British and French
authorities who are in control in
Constantinople.
The British and French are en
deavoring to eliminate the leaders
of the Turkish government who
have been intriguing against the al
lies and who are believed-to have
inspired recent massacres among the
Armenians and other peoples for
mally subject to the Ottoman em
pire. Army Orders.
Washington. Feb. J. (Special to The
Bee.) Lt. Col. 8tewart A. Howard, In
fantry, Camp Dodge, to Helena, Mont.
Following officers Camp Dodge to Camp
Zachary Taylor; Lt Col. Franklin W.
JIatson. field artillery; Majora William
A Brown and Edward W. McCoy, field
artlllerv; Cnpts. Ramsey Campbell, Ben
jamin P. Cranipton, Leo J. Crosby. Wal
ter O. Flodin. Robert Jacques, Thomas R.
Kersehner Unu .1. Ktrkoff, John J.
I.ieb, Otto P. Rucbke, Thomas B. Sher
man Edward L. Wilbur, Firat Lt Michael
H Boyle, Richard O. Hunter. Earl E.
Harsh, 8econd Lt. Grant W. Bowen.
Brig. Gen. Peter W. Davlaon, Jlst .n
fantry, brigade, 16th division, Camp Kear
ney, to Fort D. A. Russell, purpose or-gniil-iing
and commanding demqbiiizatlon
ami' convalescent center. 1
I'apt. Klmo P. Coburn, Veterinary corps,
to lies Mofnes. "
CapL Willis . Bean, Moulton. medical
corps Fort pes Moines to Camp Devena.
Capt. Hugh J. Casey, corps of angt
1 Dfers. Camp A. A, Humphreys, j
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Sertrt. Paul A. Wilcox, son of Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. Wilcox, 4947 Em
met street, who served with the
Sixty-fourth balloon company in Ar
cadia, Cal., has received his honor
able discharge and returned home.
Sergeant Wilcox has' been in. the
service for 14 months and especial
ly praises the hospitality of the Cali
fornia people.
General Orders Leader
of Woman's Battalion
to Take Off Uniform
Archangel, Friday, Jan. 3. Com
mander Maria P.utohkareoff, who
led the famous woman's battalion
which was raised after the Russian
revolution and took part in fighting
in the summer of 1917 on the east
ern front, has returned to wearing
civilian clothes by order of General
Marusheweski, commander-in-chief
of the Russian force in the region
of the north. The general says he
considers the performance of mili
tuiy duties by women as improper.
The general's order, in part, de
clates: "1 believe that thu performance
by women of military duties, which
ate improper fo- the stx, ;s a shame
ful mark stamped on the entire pop
ulation of the region. I enjoin Ma
dame Butchkareff to take off her
military uniform." I
World-Wide Child Welfare
Congress to Be Held in U.S.
Paris, Feb. 3.--(By Associated
Press.-) Miss Julia C. Lathrop,
chief of the child welfare division of
the United States Department of J
Labor, has been in conterence here
with a number of persons from
France and Belgium relative to an
international child wetfarre confer
ence to be held in' the United States
in April. She has succeeded in in
teresting them and will soon leave
for Rome, where she will continue
her mission. She has been author
ised to invite a -certa-'n number of
persons to the conference as guests
of the American government.
French Statements of the
Misbehavior of American
Soldiers, Branded Untrue
Only One Holdup Traced to An American During En
tire Year of 1918; Most Cases Deal With Ab
sence Without Leave and Imper
sonating an Officer. , '
By NABOTH HEDIN
(Staff Correspondent of Universal
- Service.)
. Paris, Feb. 3. "The reports of
lawlessness on the part of Ameri
can soldiers in Paris is unfounded,"
said General William Harts, com
mander of American forces in the
Paris .area today.
Le Matin has failed absolutely to
produce proofs of its saint "revela
tions" last week in which it asserted
that the records of the'Paris police
showed 139 hold ups to have been
committed by American soldiers
during a single week. American of
ficials were prompt to give the lie
to this assertion. Far from follow
ing up its original charges, Le Ma
tin is now silent and the whole
subject has been dropped by the
French press.
Thirty-nine Entries in 1918.
Investigation meanwhile has es
tablished that the Paris police blot
ter shows but 39 entries for the en
tire year of 1918 involving American
solditrs, including automobile ac
cidents, the majority . of the other
cases 1 being street rows between
"drunks" or refusals to pay restaur
ant bills for which moral justifica
tion is easy these days.
French records since January 1 of
this year are not available, but those
of the American military police
show that during December, 1918,
173 arrests were made, of which 103
were for absence without leave,
which is a breach of discipline rather
than a crime. In most instances sol
diers overstayed their leave, There
were in the same month 18 cases of
impersonating officers, an offense
frequently committed by men not
connected with our army.
Fifty-five A. W. L. Arrest
During January of this year, the
American military police made 190
arrests of which 55 were for absence
without leave. The others included
offenses suchas petty larceny and
selling cigarettes to French civilians
who are suffering from a tobacco
famine just now. Serious, charges,
however, have been extremely rare.
But One Holdup. -
During 1918 the French . police
recorded but a single American
holdup. -, ' "
Yet, the American forces stationed
in the Paris area have been varying
FIFTY MILLION
ACRES OPENED
BY NEV01LBILL
Coal. Oil and Gas Lands May
Be Made Available to Pros
pectors Under. Meas
ures Now Pending.
Washington, Feb. 3. Long exist
ing: controversies in congress over
a policy looking to the opening and
development of oil, gas and coal
lands in western states and Alaska
were adjusted today with the reach
ing of a final agreement by house
and senate conferees upon the oil
leasing bill.
Under its provisions more than
50,000,000 acres of oil, gas, coal
phosphates and sodium public lands
may be opened for prospecting
under a leasing and patent system
which, according to Senator Pitt
man, chairman of the senate man
agers, also will bring about settle
ments of the dispute over the de
velopment of the California and
Wyoming naval oil reserves.
, Recalls Long Fight. -
The principles involved in the
bill have been under discussion in
congress for four years and have
been the subject of constant dis
agreement between the house and
senate and reoresentativesi of the
various executive departments, who
would be called upon to administer
the act.
TTnHer the agreement, the secre
tary of the interior would have au
thority to grant a prospecting per
mit for lands outside of the naval
reserves to an applicant for 640
acres located within ten, miles of
any producing oil or gas field, or
2 56(1 acres bevond that ' distance.
Upon disccery of oil the prospec
tor would be permitted to ooiain a
lease upon one-fourth of this land,
with a nrefcrential ripht to lease the
remaining unpatented lands embrac
ed within the limits ot nis permit.
In each case he would pay the gov
ernment a rnvaltv of not less than
one-eighth of the gross value the
oil or gas produced, rnor trj od
taining a lease, the prospectors
would be required to pay a royalty
of 20 per cent. The lease would be
for 20 years at a rental rate of $1
per acre. ' ' .
The' house provision attecting na
val oil reserves was adopted by the
Conferees. Under its provision,
urion the surrender of claim of title
to land within these areas, the
claimant would be given a lease.
This provision has been one of the
Knnec r( rnntentinn in the bill. NaW
department officials opposing legis
lation that would permit tne open
ing of the naval oil reserves.
Dowager Empress Does Not '
Believe Former Czar is Dead
Paris, Feb. 3. Dowager Empress
Marie Feodnrnvna of Russia has
clung so firmly to the belief that her
sons, the former Kussian eiuperor
and Grand Duke Michael are not
dead that many of her friends have
been won over to that view and ru
mors in the European press con
cerning "Nicholas Romanoff's, al
leged whereabout are attracting
n.tich attention. .7
. The aged empress resolutely re
fused to leave , Russia - until she
learns positively i hc fate of her
sort:
from 2,500 to 13.000, which is the
present figure; These, are all men
between 20 and 30 years of age,
which corresponds to the number of
young men in an average city of
300,000 inhabitants.
In addition there pass through
Paris daily between 2,000 and 3,000
Americans, mostly without money,
intending to "blow off steam" in a
city filled with saloons and other
places of temptation. Remarkably
few of these men cause, trouble, All
that is necessary to bear this out is
to compare with the Paris records
those of any American city with an
equal number of young men con
gregating for "good times."
"The French officials," said. Gen
eral Harts to Universal Service to
day, "give the highest testimonials
to Jthe god average, behavior of aur
men. The arrests include two class
es, first those of mischievous spirits
who do not mean harm, sometimes
coming without proper leave, and
second, a small percentage of crim
inals that any army of 2,000,000
necessarily contains.
"While fighting, under the strict
est discipline, the' . men .remiined
away, satisfied with the war excite
ment, but now some-desert and in
evitably come to Paris, which is the
most fruitful field for their opera
tions. - For tracking these criminals
we need detectives the same as any
police force at home.
"It . is absolutely untrue that the
average American soldier has been
lawless. Our men, on the other hand,
have shown' a' rather remarkable
good behavior, and the French offi
cials corroborate this."
Some Sherlock Holmes.
' The supposed arrival of an Amer
ican chief Of police named George
Evans, who was heralded by some
of, the French newspapers as an
American Sherlock Holmes, has an
amusing sequel. It is now learnffd
he was an ordinary doughboy whose
erroneous hotel registration since
he was unable to-read French caused
the French police reporters who
were unable to read English to
conclude he was a police ''prefect."
My personal observation during
the entire period of the war confirms
the assertion that the American sol
diers have been and arc exception
ally, well behaved over here. The
proportion of arrests is infinitely
small
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1919.
Yankee Girl Policemen
Now Patrol London Town
Five of America's Best Female Sleuths Are Guiding
Yankee Soldiers and Sailors to Go Through the
Straight and Narrow Path.
By WILLIAM J. BUTLER.
(Staff Correspondent of Universal
Service.)
London, Feb. 3. Yankee girl po
licemen now patrol London's streets
in the wee sma' hours, keeping the
doughboy and jackie on the "straight
and narrow."
The American Y. M. C. A. now
has five of these American female
"coppers" here working in conjunc
tion with similar women's patrols
from others of the allies.
The five are Miss R. MacGregor,
formerly director of public welfare
at Duluth, Minn.; Miss Kate Falk
ner of Chicago, for eight years on
criminal investigation work; Miss
Elizabeth Bain of Portland, Ore.;
Miss Madge Hoff, Minneapolis, and
Miss Lucy Porter, Philadelphia.
Raise in Salary for
Manager Howell May
Follow New Measure
Lincoln, Feb. 3. Special Tele
gram.) Senator Saurtders this after
noon introduced a bill which prob
ably foreshadows a .raise for Gen
eral Manager R. B. Howell of the
metropolitan water district in Oma
ha. The bill removes the salary
limit of $5,000 on the general man
ager, provides that the board of di
rectors shall have authority to fill
any vacancy which may occur for
the unexpired term of the incum
bent, instead of only the next elec
tion, and forbids decrease in pay
during the incumbency of any ap
pointee. 1
The bill further provides that an
insurance fund shall be created for
employes; gives the water district
the right of condemnation in ac
quiring needed property; provides
for the payment of a fire protection
tax by precincts outside of the city,
and requires the city to pay the cost
of all relocation of fire hydrants.
S. F. 130. by Robbins, prohibits
a public utility ' from acquiring a
franchise by estoppel or neglect of
the city to take protecting steps,
while another bill by Robbins, S. F.
131, gives control of the Omaha gas
plant, if it is acquired, to the metro
politan water district.
Irregularities May .
Be Charged in 7 Votes
by Broatch Attorney
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By a Staff Corresponde.it.
Lincoln, Feb. 3. Taking of addi
tional evidence in the . Tanner
Broatch contest was resumed by
the senate committee on privileges
and elections 'his afternoon.
The' committee announced .that
108 envelopes, missing wheji the
count o the soldier vote was made
last week, had been found. Envel
opes for 109 of the 279 ballots were
missing. An examination of the en
velopes was made by the commit
tee this afternoon and seven, were
Jaid aside by Attorney Pancoast,
representing Broatch, which he will
probably challenge. Alleged im
proper addresses and other irregu
larities will be charged against
these seven ballots.
The canvass of the vote cast in
seven maha precincts, including
those in the Third ward, was made
by the committee tonight.
Royalist Troops Suffer
Heavy Losses in Portugal
Madrid, Feb. 3. In a . skirmish
Thursday between Portuguese re
publicans and monarchist forces the
monarchists wire defeated with the
loss of 50 killed and 200 wounded.
The town of Chaves, reports from
the Portuguese frontier add, is still
held by the republicans, who are
reported to be marching ort Oporto,
the monarchist 6tronghold.
Monarchist troops are retiring to
ward Estarreja with the intention of
falling back to Oporto, following
their defeat at Agueda, in the
province of Beira.
Popular Composer Dies. :
Paris,' Feb." 3. Announcement is
made here of the death of Xavier
Le Roux, the composer. '
Xavier Henri Le Roux was one
of the widely known French com
posers whose works have been pop
ular during the last 30 years. He
wrote the scores of several dramatic
compositions and in 1910 was offered
the direction of the -French reper
toire at the Manhattan opera house
in New. York city.
American
Casualty List
The following Nebraska men are
named in the casualty list sent out
by the government for Tuesday
morning, February 4:
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Roy W. Hagerty, University
riacc, Netj.
Aaron D. May, Thedford, Neb.
The following lows, South Dakota ami
TVyqmlnir men are named In the raMinlty
Hut tent out by the government for Tues
day morning, February 4 :
WOUNDED SEVERELY
George D. Eyre, Lovell, Wyo.
Lester B. Nichols, Strawberry Point, la.
Koland F. Opnice, Marahalltown, la.
Frank Robblrm, Bedford, la.
Raymond 8. Waldo, Albin, la.
The following Nebraska men are
named in the casualty list sent out
by the government for Monday aft
ernoon, February 3: -
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Mechanic Frank Smart. Nebraska
City, Neb.
WOUNDED SEVERELY: PRE
VIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING
Frank Svejda, Dorchester, Neb.
Charles Sarta, Kilgore, Neb.
The following Iowa, South Dakota and
Wyoming men are named in the eannnlry
Hit flent out by the government for- Mon
day afternoon, February 8:
. KILLED IN ACTION.
Leroy S. irey, Davenport, la.
DIED OF WOUNDS. '
, B. Davis, Mmcatlne, la.
Daniel Elief. Muiinn City. Ia.
tiro. A. Fitzgerald. IDrll Rnpida, 8. D. i
Donald Uetla, Waterloo, la.
When they see an American boy
with an undesirable looking girl,
they just talk talk about anything
and the home touch in their
voices wins against all opposition.
"Hello, there, Yank," they'll say.
"I'm 'from Duluth. Where're you
from?"
The boy is delighted to have a
talk with an American sister, and
while they chat interestedly the girl
of the streets slinks away. Then
there is a subtle talk about the dan
gers of street life.
The patrol" has in one case, for
instance, answered 664 inquiries of
various kinds; has personally con
ducted 901 men to lodgings and sent
1,288 other men to lodgings. They
work with a British patrol of 13
girls and others, all under Mrs. F.
McHugh' of Auckland, N. Z.
May Require Adjutant
General to Give Names
Washington, Feb. 3. A bill re
quiring the adjutant general of the
army and the secretary of the navy
to furnish the adjutant general of
each state with the names and rec
ords of men from that state who
served in the army and navy, during
the war was introduced in the house
today by Representative Hawley of
Oregon and referred to the military
affairs committee.
Issues Many Warrants.
Lincoln, Feb. 3. (Special.) Dur
ing the month of January, State
Auditor Marsh issued 5,066 war
rants, representing a total of $1,003,
719.89, of which $400,123.59 was for
the semiannual school fund op
portionment. V
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SAYS SAMMIES
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OF DEMOCRACY
Senator Hale Does Not Be
lieve Ideas of President Wil
son Are Ideals of Major
ity of Americans.
Washington. Feb'. 3. In an ad
dress today urging prompt conclu
sion of a peace treaty and the return
of American troops from t-urope,
Senator Hale of .Maine, republican,
declared he did not believe the
ideals for which President Wilson is
contending were the ideals of the
vast majority of the American peo
ple, and that the American fighting
man did not share the idea that he
fought to make the world safe for
democracy.
"I do not wish to decry the work
of the president," said Senator Hale,
"but-I believe that the American
people never understood the mean
ing or consequence of the ideals and
policies of President Wilson. They
were given out at a time when as
commander-in-chief it was held uni
versally to be an unpardonable sin
to criticise the president. The won
derful catchwords and phrases of
the president caught the ear of the
people, but did not catch the under
standing. "That the American people are
bound by any of these statements of
ideal or policy is to me inconceiv
able. .They certainly never were
bound by the vastly different declar
ations of the president during the
weary months before we went into
the war."
American soldiers,; like those of
the allies, fought to protect and save
their own country, the senator said.
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St. Paul, .Minn., Feb. 3. Non
partisan league headquarters an
nounced today that the members of
the league have by a referendum
vote, indorsed the re-election of
President A. C Townley. The ref
erendum showed a vote of 98,391
for Townley and 978 against him.
He was re-elected at the national
convention of the league held here
several weeks ago.
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