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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919! BOLSHEVIKI AND 1,17.17. IDENTICAL, SAYS DUILIOfiS Propaganda of Russian Reds in U. S. Revealed by Head of Methodist Church in Russia. Washington, Feb. 12. Rev. G. A Simons, head cf the Methodist Epis copal church in Russia, discussing bolshevik' propaganda in the United States before the Overman investi gating committee of the senate, de clared he frequently visited the Rand school of social science in New York to buy its literature, which he decribed as "some ofthe most seditious stuff I have ever found." The clergyman further tes tified that the Russian bolshevists have a hatred for England and its allies and a love for Germany. "Immediately after the Kerensky revolution early in 1917," Dr. ' Si mons said, "seiitiment in Russia was pro-ally, but within a few months when, the bolshevik movement de veloped, a strong pro-German cur rent developed. Germans With Leaders. The witness said a woman, a member of his church and a teacher Smolney institute, l'ctrograd, World's Automobile Racing Record for .Mile Shattered When De Palma Travels Mile on Daytonafeach in 24:02 Seconds .11 wwe. lutui ' ) t -A RALPH DE PALMA IN PACKARD SPECIAL. headquarters of the bolshevists be fore they overthrew Keronsky, fre quently saw German otticersv at a council table with bolshevik lead ers. Dr. Simons said he was now hav ing investigated a report coming to him on apparently good authority ' that the governing committee of the northern commune in l'ctrograd in .December, 1918. contained only 16 true Russians, 265 persons from New York and one American negro calling himself Frof. Gordon. The witness told the committee that holshevist agitators persistent ly followed him when he delivered lectures in Russia and frequently dis tributed at the door pamphlets en titled "Seventy-six questions and answers on bolshevisin in Russia," written by Albert Rhys Williams, one of the speakers at a recent meeting in Washington, which prompted the t senate committee's new inquiry. paragraph of reli gion of bolshevist system in this booklet, was described by Dr. Sim o,ns as an "interesting fairy talc." , Negro Is Ambitious. yuestions about an American negro in bolshevist counsels called 'Trof. Gordon," Dr. Simons said in the United Slates he had been a pugilist and in tYtrograd a do6 kceper at the American embassy. Later he assumed the title of pro fessor of physical culture and box ing. At one time,1 Dr. Simons said, the negro wanted to marry a "Rus sian lady" and asked ,him to per form the ceremony. The witness said he often dressed like a Russian workman in Petro grad and circulated among the crowds there to study the bolshevik ltiHvnien t. Dr. Simons left Russia last Octo ber and is now assiciated with tire. Washington Square Methodist Epis copal clim clj.New J ork. He had been in Russia since 1907. He. said be believed 'in and loved Russia, "but not this bolshevik thing." After Dr. Simons had described at length personal experiences involv ing threats of death and terrorism in l'ctrograd, Senator Wolcott of Dela ware said: "Then I gather from what you say that the whole regime is maintained by a small minority through the use of terror." V i tiat is absolutely correct, re plied the witness. Later be added that he believed 90 per cent of Russian peasants were anti-bolshevik and that he had heardi men, who should know, say that three-fourths of the workmen hoped the bolsheviki soon would be ovei thrown. After he described the bolshevists "as opposed to religion of all kinds and absolutely actheistic," Senatot King of Utah asked: "Do you see any difference be tween the-1. W. W. in this country and the bolsheviki?'' "I am strongly impressed that they arc identical," replied Dr. Sim ons. , ' When questioned about Albert Rays Williams, Dr. Simons said in l'ctrograd Williams helped the sovi- Daytona. Fla.. Feb. 12. Raich DePalma broke the wprld's automo bile records for both a mife and a kilometer in straightway dashes' to diy on Daytona beach. The time for the mile as announced by officials of the Automobile Association of America, was '24.02 seconds, against nor litirman s record of 25.40 sec onds, made in 1911. DePalma's kilometer time was 15.86 seconds, or two seconds below the record. Burman's car wasGerman make, and, therefore, D-Palma has had a patriotic interest in breaking it. After delays incident ten his service in Uncle Sam's aviation forces at McCook field, Dayton, O., he was able to tackle it as his first work in 1919. De Palma's car is a Pack ard special, with a niston disnlace- tment of 904.8 cubic inches, or more than 400 inches smaller than the German car. It has about 260 horsepower, as against an estimated 250 horsepower for the Blitzen Benz.' "In seeking a new world's record De Palma sought not only to shat ter all automobile marks, but also to travel faster than man has ver gone before on water, land ok in the air., DePalma's car is something new in speedy automobiles because it contains an aviation engine. More over, its body was designed in the light of aviation experience and is a remarkable study in stream-line ef fects to overcome "vacuum drag." De Palma's car is in some re spects an airplane on wheels. Weight is balanced differently, of course, in a racing automobile. But, conceivably, this car might be fitted with wings and an air propellor, and would fly, provided there wete the necessary clearance in front for a propellor. The car, with De PaJ ma in it. weighs about 3.400 pounds, as against about J.UUU. pounds weight for an airplane of similar body size. With a Liberty motor of 400 horsepower De Palma considers three miles a minute, or 180 miles an hour, entirely feasible so far as power to drive a car over the course is concerned. But before such an achievement is possible there must be new developments in wheels and tires, so that the auto mobile will hold together during its terrific burst of speed. The motor in the Packard is half the power of the Liberty motor now being displayed in Omaha by the Geo. F. Reim company. Typewriters and Adding Machines ALL MAKES FOR RENT. SpecM ratesto students. Central Typewriter Exchange D. 4121 1905 Farnam St. 7 ANTED Experienced man to take charge of elevator. Must be thoroughly familiar with grain. M.C. Peters Mill Go. Tyler 209. " Call South 2525 Evenings. , . - Money to Loan Icproved City Property flni ai ov1 Frank II. Binder S23 City Nat. Bk. Dldg. - Omaha ets and embarrassed our consulate and embassy. ' Dr. Simons said publishers of. bol sheviki literature in the United States included the Rand school of Social Science in New York; Charles it. Kerr and company, Chicago; the Socialist Literature company. New York and ' Novy Mir, a .'Russian newspaper in New York. Reed Close to Bolsheviki. Dr. Simons told the committee that John Reed and his wife, Loue Bryant; were very close to the boP shevik leaders in Petrograd and spent much time at their headquar ters. Reed was described as "per sona grata to the bolsheviki govern ment, so they wanted to make him. consul general in New York. "Was he regarded by Americans there as an American or a bolshe vik?" questioned Senator King of Utah. ' "As a bolshevik," replied the wit ness, x "How about Raymond Robins?" inquired -Chairman Overman, refer ing to the head of the American Red Cross mission in Russia. . "fie was supposed by the bolshe vik to be the best American of them all," replied Dr. Simons. , Mayor Humes read into the rec ord the text of an official order of the Lenine government dated De cember 13X 1912, appropriating 2,000. 000 rubles for the spread of bol shevik propaganda throughout"- the world. Dr. Simons said that almost from the beginning of the bolshevik re gime the movement was led and agi tated by apostate Jews, most of whom bore German names originally but later changed these to Rus sian names. OFFICER IS SHOT WHILE FIGHTING VITI! A BURGLAR Creston, la., the Scene of a Daring Encounter Between a Youthful Thief and Watchman. (By Special Correspondent.) Creston, la., Feb. 12. Twice shot by an alleged burglar, for whom he was paying, ex-Sheriff Joe Evans jumped upon his assailant, who later gave the name of Harold Har pin, choked him into insensibility and held him until other men rushed to his aid. To protect their store against re peated robberies and burglaries, the McColl grocery company of this city employed former Sheriff Evans as night watchman, and it was while acting in this capacity that Evans was shot and seriously wounded. Shots Follow Light Flashes. "It was- about 11 p. m.," the for mer sheriff said, "when suddenly I heard fa noise coming from the cel lar door. , 1 flashed my light in the direction from where the noise ame from and before I could make further investigation the burglar pointed his gun at me and shot ine twice. I was weakening' and had no time to draw my gun. However, when the man approached roe and tried to escape I threw myself upon him and dragged him to the ground. 1- must have choked him in the struggle, for the man lay senseless on the ground. "Fighting the weakness which was overcoming me, I crawled into the grocery store to the telephone and called for help. That's all I remember of the affair." Wounds Are Serious. After officers of the law and citi zens had rushed to' the scene and takes Harpin into custody, the for mer sheriff was rushed to the Unity hospital where an emergency 'oper ation was 'performed. Attending physicians discovered two bullet wounds, one in the abdomen and another in the left shoulder. His condition is declared as very' ser ious. . Harpin, who is a boy of 19, was taken to jail. He refused to make any statements or furnish,, any de tails of the shooting. He is a cripple, having Jost one leg iiKan accident a few years ago. A .25 caliber auto matic pistol, with which the shoot ing was done, was found on Har pin, who is the son of a wealthy farmer residing near this city. King Alfonso of Spain to,. Pay Visit to South America Paris, Feb. 12. King Alfonso tof Spain has definitely decided to visit South America, according to the Gaulois. He will go to Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio Janeiro, it is said, but the date of the voyage has not yet been fixed. ' SOLDIERS CALK Oil GUARD DUTY AT BUTTE VMS Reinforcements Are Sent to Scene When Men Refuse to Put in Long Hours. Butte, Mont., Feb. 12. Picket ac tivity by members of 1 the Butte Metal Miners' union (independent), and the Metal Miners' Industrial union No. 800, of the I. W. W., on strike here as a protest against the recent reduction in wages of $1 a day, was resumed this morning aft er a day of inactivity. Several organ ized bodies of pickets attempted to reach the mines, but were dispersed by the police. Only in two instances were sol diers called to assist in dispers ing pickets who gathered in crowds larger than permitted bv the mili tary Mo violence was reported and only three arrests were made. Those arrested were foreigners, who were charged with obstructing and inter fering with men going to their work. But few men were reported to have gone to work. y Complications Arise. Endorsement by the Silver Bow trades and labor assembly, an American Federation of Labor organization of the strike of Metal Mine Workers union (inde pendent) and Metal Mine Workers union No. 800, oniie I. W. W. ef fective today has added much to the complications of the labor situation in Butte. This development and the prospect for an early closing of the smelters at Anaconda and Great Falls, which Anaconda Copper Min ing company omcials intimate is in evitable within a day or two unless ore production should resume im mediately, broadens the field of the labor controversy in this district. Mo American federation of La bor union has yet voted--to strike in sympathy with the miners despite the action of the central labor body. ; The arrival of a machine gun de tachment from Camp Lewis has been explained by Major A. M. Jones, commander of the 44th in fantry (regular) detachments in Butte, as compliance by the military authorities with his request for rein forcements for the soldiers now here, who because of their lack of numbers, have been refusing to wotk I longer hours on guard duty than was desirable. Seattle, Feb. 12. It became known here that three delegates from the Seattle Metal Trades council will go to San Francisco to appear be fore unions affiliated with the Iron Trades council of San Franciseo. It was said the delegates will urge the unions of San Francisco to join striking Seattle metal workers in a strike to obtain the original de mands made to the Macy board by the coast ship workers. . Delegates representing 25,000 members of the Metal Trades coun cil on strike from shin yards here reaffirmed tneir determination to re main out at a meeting last night May End Strike. .Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 12,--A def inite proposition, expected to bring an end of the shipyard strike, i volving 14,000 men in Tacoma, was made by strike committee men last night and given out early today. The proposition was made in a con ference with Mayor C. M. Riddell 'and business men. The proposal will be submitted today by Charles Piez, director gen eral of the emergency fleet corpora tion, by C. XV. Wiley, manager of the Todd Drydock and Construction company here. The proposition is marie independently of any action elsewhere in the northwest ship building region. The committee declined to make public the tern of the proposition prior to its receipt fry Mr. Piez. Prospects . Brighter r' n f- . ror ixussian meeting on Princes. 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Word has come from the Ukraine that the government of that former part of Russia will participate m the conference and it is reported that the indecision of the government of General Denikine has given way to a desire to join the conference. The government of the Crimea already has accepted the invitation, asvlias the Russian bolshevik "government. British Grand Fleet Was Exposed to Great Dangers, Says Admiral London, Feb. 12. Th dangers to which the British grand fleet, short of cruisers, destroyers vand with de fenseless bases, was exposed during the first two and a half years of the war owing to the German use of submarines, mines and torpedoes, is described in a book written by Ad miral Viscount Jellico, former com mander of the fleet, and published 1914-16. U. S. Accepts Jap Proposal ' on Railroads in Siberia Washington, Feb. 12. Acting Secretary Tolk announced at the State department today that the United States now had accepted formally the proposal of the Japa nese government in regard to plans for the restoration of railway traf fic in Siberia. Technical and economic manage ment of the railways will be in the hands of a technical board, the presi dent of which will be John F. Ste vens, who was head of the American railway commission sent to Russia in 1917. J Omaha's Popular Priced Shoe Stoe. iowan, Reported Dead, Comes Wounded from German Camp Washington, Feb. 12. The War department today made public in formation regarding American pris oners of war, including the follow ing names: Reported released from German prison camps and returned to France: Willard P. Stutzman, Beatrice, Neb. . Private Erwin W. Dickson, pre viously reported killed in action, is now reported to have been released from Camp Germersheim, Germany, wounded and in base hospital. His home is in Ellston, la. 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