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AUSTRIA RELUCTANT
TO GIVE UP ART LOOT
Vienna. Feb. 13. The government
of German-Austria is turning over
to the Italians under protest paint
ings which the Italian government
claims were taken from occupied
Italian territory by the Austro
Hungarian armies. Among the paint
ings are the '.'Madonna of the
Orange Tree" by Giovanni Battista,
Carpaccio's "Christ," Tintoretto's
"Philosopher," two altar pieces by
Veronez and one of Bastiana's best
i canvases.
So-re of these paintings were
found in the imperial art musum
and it Eckartsau castle, where for
mer Emperor Charles is living.
The first lot of 64 paintings is
being prepared for shippent to Italy
under military escort.
EBERT SUPPORTS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Berlin, Feb. 13. (By Universal
Service.) "As president of the Ger
man republic I shall endeavor to
carry out lifetime principles of paci
fism and a league of nations. I shall
nc t belong to any party." ,
Dr. Friedrich Ebert made this
statement when asked what pol
icy he would pursue in his new of
fice. BIG FORTUNE AWAITS
APPRENTICE SEAMAN
Chicago, Feb. 13. (By Universal
Service.) Daniel H. Tolman, aged
18, apprentice seaman at Great
Lakes Naval Training station, was
granted a 20-day furlough today on
request of the surrogate court of
New York that he might be present
kt court proceedings in connection
with an estate reputed to be worth
$65,000,000 bequeathed him by his
f.uher, John Henry Tolman, founder
of a string of loan brokerage offi
ces throughout the United States.
Notification that'he had become heir
to the huge fortune came to young
Tolm?n through newspaper adver-
tisemmts.
HABEAS CORPUS
HIT DISMISSED
IN ALIENS' CASE
Judge Knox Holds Petition
Failed to Show Any Vio
lation of Rights of
Deportees.
New York, Feb. 13. A writ of
habeas corpus sworn out in an at
tempt to prevent deportation of S3
aliens brought here from western
cities was dismissed' bys Federal
Judge Knox today.
The court held that the petition
for the writ failed tojshow any.vio-,
lation of the rights of the deportees.
However, in view of the conten
tion of attorneys who claimed to
represent the prisoners, that refusal
of immigration authorities to give
them access to Ellis Island had pre
vented them from obtaining infor
mation necessary to specific allega
tions, Judge Knox announced that
the dismissal was without prejudice.
If inspection of the deportation
records revealed indications of in
. justice to any of the prisoners, he
stated, the writ, as relating to them,
might be renewed.
Hundred n Custody.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 13. About
100 undesirable aliens in the St.
Louis district of the federal immi
gration office, comprising Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa
and Nebraska, are in custody or un
der surveillance, preparatory to
their deportation from the United
States, according to Jmes R. Dunn,
inspector in charge of immigration
here. Eight undesirables were sent
from the St. Louis district lastiweck.
Holcomb Resigns His
Place on State Board
Due to Poor Health
By Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Feb. 13. Gov. S. R. Mc
Kelvie announced this afternoon
that Silas A. Holcomb, member of
the State Board of Control, had ten
dered his resignation to take effect
May 1. Mr. Holcomb has been in
ill health for over three years and
for 18 months has been confined
to his home. He has been in state
service at intervals for 20 years.
Governor McKelvie will have the
selection of a successor to Holcomb,
but must make his appointment
from the democratic party as the
board of control law specifies it
shall consist of two members of
the majority party and one member
from the ranks of the minority.
Commissioners Mayfield and Allyn
are republicans.
In his letter of resignation to the
governor, Commissioner Holcomb
expresses his appreciation of the
treatment he has received
Commissioner Holcomb was ap
pointed to a two-year term on the
board when it was created in 1913
and then reappointed for six years.
He had four years yet to serve.
Two Women Are Elected to
Polish National Assembly
Basel, Feb. 13. Two national
democrats, 38 populists, 13 socialists,
eight Jews and two Germans were
elected to the Polish assembly. Two
women were included in the success
ful candidates.
Some More 0. 0. Cases.
Washington, Feb. 13. Secretary
Baker announced today that no dis
charges in advance of general de
mobilization! were to be expected in
the cases of army conscientious ob
jectors whose scruples were recog
nized as legitimate atter examina
tion, but who refused civil employ
ment in the interests of the govern
ment or those whose conscientious
scnmlrs were held only against par
.tirratiou in the war yith Germany.
VOL. 48 NO. 207.
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Would Form Gigantic Corpor
ation to Be Owned by
City; Gas Plant Will
Be Taken Over.
UTILITY OWNERSHIP, MR.
HOWELL ASSERTS, WILL
CHECK BOLSHEVISM.
By a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Feb. 13. General
Manager R. B. Howell, appear
ing before the house committee
on cities and towns, today to
discuss H. R. 450 to provide for
voting bonds, at a special elec
tion, for a municipal light and
power plant in Omaha, appealed
for the right of the people of
Omaha for self-determination in
the matter of owning their own
public utilities.
He contended if the people
were not rescued from corporate
exploitation, the unrest in, the
country would grow continually
greater and there would be bol
shevism, but public ownership
would bring tranquility.
Asked by Jerry Howard what
the attitude of the Chamber of
Commerce was toward the elec
tric light company, Mr. Howell
said:
"The membership js all made
up of very fine fellows like Ev
erett Buckingham of the Stock
Yards company, who think cor
poration, eat corporation and
sleep corporation."
By a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Feb. 13. A gigantic cor
poration with a self-perpetuating
board composed of a merger of all
of the public utilities of Umana as
they now exist, or are hereafter ac
quired, is the ambitious plan of
Mayor Smith, revealed to the sen
ate committee on municipal affairs
by R. B. Howell, manager of the
water works, in appearing on senate
file No. 129 this afternoon.
Mr. Howell was arguing in favor
of that portion of the bill which
will make it optional and discre
tionary on the part of the members
of the board of the metropolitan
water district to fix the salary nt
the manager, engineers and at
torney, rather than have the com
pensation fixed by law, as at the
present. '
Manager Howell said Mayor
Smith had informed him that the
gas plant would eventually be taken
over and it should be consolidated
with the metropolitan water district
and a new board created that of
public utilities, which would be made
up of the consolidation of all utility
plants in the future to be acquired
by the city And would inherit ad
ministrative features now and here
after provided by law for the metro
politan water district.
New Provision.
New matter in the bill under dis
cussion provides that any vacancy
occurring in the board of directors
shall be filled for the unexpired term
rather than until the next general
election, as is now the law.
Asked by Senator Hoagland if
this provision would not create a
self-perpetuating board, Mr. Howell
said that was the purpose, for the
reason that it afforded the means of
obtaining a continuity of purpose
and policy on the part of a board and
would not leave the policy and pur
pose of such a board to the whims
and fickleness of the popular electo
rate. "We want to continue the or
ganization." 1
"Is this not an attack on popular
government?" asked Hoagland, who
ventured a" further question, "Do
you not trust the city?"
"We had the Dahlman regime," he
answered, "and you can't tell when
a fluke will occur that will bring the
same thing about. In the last elec
tion there was a complete change in
the city government.
Insurance For Men.
Mr. Howell also spoke of a pro
vision of the bill which would af
ford "block insurance" for perma
nent employes of the water works
(Continued on Pace Two, Colnmn One.)
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Blizzard Sweeps Nebraska,
Extending Far South, Tying
Traffic and Snapping Wires
Omaha Hit by Edge of Fifty-Mile Gale That Fills Rail
road Cuts Deep With Damp Snow, Causing Almost
Complete Train Blockade; Cold Not Severe and
Stock Reported Suffering Little.
Omaha was swept last night by the fag end of one of
the most unusual blizzards that ever gripped Nebraska. With
a temperature of only 23 degrees above zero, snow and sleet
covered the city in a blinding gale, while out in the state rail
way traffic wa3 almost aia standstill and snow was piling in
drifts in some places six to ten feet deep.
The storm grew more violent in-
central Nebraska as the night prog
ressed, and in general covered terri
tory from South Dakota to Okla
homa. All freight traffic was an
nulled and only a few passenger
trains tried to buck the drifts.
Grand Island Covered.
Business at Grand Island was
completely tied up. Soft snow cov
ered the streets in some places four
feet deep, making traffic, even by
motor vehicles impossible. But one
train entered the city from the
northwest during the day, on the
Burlington, and that was stalled at
York later. Drifts 10 feet deep
filled the Burlington yards at Au
rora. Fifty-Mile Gale,
A 50-mile gale caused great havoc
to wires. Communication west from
Omaha was h'mited to but one or
two single strands. Telephone and
telegraph poles toppled by the hun
dred and Uncle Sam's busy line
men got the hustle of the year on
them to repair the breaks.
Fractically all communication to
the west was broken except one
line to Denver, Colo., and Wyoming
points through Osceola, Neb. More
than 100 men were sent from Omaha
by the Western Union to work on
lies west of Fremont, where the
damage to telegraph poles and wires
was excessive.
The Union Pacific controls bftt
HALF OF RUSSIA
UNDER COUTROL
OF BOLSHEVIKI
Violent Practices Employed to
Maintain Authority Told
by Witnesses at Sen
ate Inquiry.
Washington, Feb. 13, Violent
practices of the bolsheviki to main
tain themselves in power were re
counted today by witnesses at the
senate committee's inquiry into law
less agitation in this country. 'Little
definite evidence of bolshevist prop
aganda in the United States was
presented, although one witness,
Prof. Ralph Dennis of Northwestern
university, expressed belief that a
well organized propaganda system
had been developed in this country
Russell M. Story of the University
of Illinois, recently returned from
Russ'a as a Y. M. C. A. worker,
said he had recieved the impression
that people in this country have a
"very active and honest desire" to
know about the bolshevik system.
Hundreds Executed.
Robert Leonard of St. Paul, a
former Y. M. C. A. secretary, who
was imprisoned for six weeks by
the bolsheviki in Russia on an in
definite charge, told the committee
today that the extraordinary commis
sion for the suppression of counter
revolution ordered the execution of
hundreds ff political opponents, in
cluding many social revolutionaries
only a little less radical than them
selves. Lenine and other leaders, he said,
were considered sincere, but they
could not control bolshevist organi
zations throughout Russian provin
ces and manv excesses and abuses
were committeed without knowledge
of the principal leaders.
Soviets Not Representative.
Soviets, of communal councils, as
first organized jjnder the Kerensky
regime, said the witness, were fairly
representative, but soon the more
educated and conservative members
were supplanted by "riffroff under
direction of bolshevik organizations
in large cities." Consequently, he
said, the Soviets now are not rep
resentative. He estimated that only
one-half of Russia now is under
bolshevik rule.
The witness said Lenine generally
was trusted, but that Trotzky, al
though admired for his ability, was
feared because of suspicion that he
was rlotting to get control of the
army.
"Most people I met in Russia,"
said Mr. Leonard, "wanted the a'lies
to come in and save 'them."
Corn Takes Big Jump on
Chicago Board of Jrada
Chicago, Feb. 13. Big upward
jumps in the price of corn today
carried the market more than 8 cents
a bushel in some cases above Tues
day's finiish. Transactions were on
a large scale.
Uneasiness over diplomatic de
velopments, together with unfavor
able domestic crop conditions, had
fiiudl to 4jj with the advance
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OMAHA, FRIDAY,
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Lowest Barometer
in Thirty-One Years
With the Blizzard
The lowest barometric pres
sure the midwest and southwest
has experienced in 31 years pre
vailed last night, accompanied by
a SO mile wind throughout Kan
sas and Oklahoma, Nebraska and
parts of Missouri, it was stated
at the local weather bureau. This
was accompanied by rain, snow
and sleet throughout these states
with the temperature gradually
dropping.
The blizzard was sweeping east
ward across southern Minnesota
last night. Wires were down in
that region following 12 hours of
intermittent rain, snow and sleet.
one dispatch wire as a result of the
storm over state.
Telegraph lines west of Fairbury
aloiiR- the Rock Island are down.
Thirty-seven men are working on
fallen lines and poles along the
Burlington near Fairmont and Crete.
Trains from points in South Da
kota and northern Nebraska are
s(all;.d at by-stations along the
Northwestern route. No trains are
running west out of Omaha on the
(Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
GOTHAM HONORS
AYVARD AII9 HIS
C0L0RED LEGION
Warm Welcome Given Negro
Fighters; Colonel Lauds
Bravery of Men in
His Command.
Washington, Feb. 13. (Special.)
Col. William Hayward and a large
portion of the Three Hundred and
Sixty-ninth 'infantry landed yester
day in Hoboken and what a recep
tion "Colonel Bill" and his colored
legion got from the citizens of "Lil'
ol' New York," the 'papers in the
metropolis being given over to the
welcome of this regiment.
Colonel Hayward, popular com
mander of the old Fifteenth, wore a
wound chevron and limped slightly
from a wound in the left ankle that
he received at Bellevue ridge last
June, but otherwise was in perfect
health.
Proud of His Fighters.
"I am proud of my men," said
Colonel Hayward, "there isn't a
braver or a cleaner lot of soldiers
in the United States army or any
other army than the old Fifteenth
regiment of the New York National
Guard.
"I do not think there is a mem
ber of the Three Hundred and
Sixty-ninth infantry who is not glad
to have had the opportunity of vol
unteering his services for his coun
try. If the call came again I am
quite certain that the response
would be just as gratifying. It cer
tainly is a great feeling to be part
ot an organization of fighters, which
in addition to having 191 of its mem
bers cited for valorous deels per
formed in action was also decorated
as a whole.
"Our men bore up like true sol
diers when in the face of greatest
dangers. There was nbt a single
whimper at any time. But say they
did fight No matter how trying the
circumstances they were always on
the job ready to go wherever di
rected regardless of perils.
Under Fire 191 Days.
"Our colored fighters cared less
for shell fire than any white man
that ever breathed. Why at one
period we were under fire for 191
days. It was hell, but those boys
faced the music; every mother's son
of them stood up and fought like a
tiger.
"We held one trench 91 days
without relief and were raided every
night. We captured large numbers
of prisoners and it is worthy of
note that not one of them escaped.
Through the magnanimity of the
French the 369th infantry was the
first unit of allied fighters to
reach .the" river Rhine. We went
down as the advance guard to the
French army of occupation."
The colonel styled the 15th the
lost regiment of the American re
public because it had never been
with the American army. During
the 191 days fighting they had only
one week's rest, and were among
the first 100.000 American troops.to
FEBRUARY 14, 1919.
L J I a J
ALLIES TO
0 0 ! T 1 1
Withdrawal as Result of Con
ference Predicted by Hitch
cock in Hot Debate on
Policy in Senate.
Washington, Feb. 13. Prediction
that the proposed conference at
Princes Islands between representa
tives of the victorious associated na
tions and the various contending
Russian factions would result in an
agreement for withdrawal from Rus
sia of American and allied troops
was made in the senate today by
Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, during
another spirited debate on the
American policy towards Russia.
Senator Hitchcock said he be
lieved all the foreign expeditions in
Russia would "come out together"
under an agreement with the Rus
sian representatives, which would
prevent ''butchery of troops left Hi
Russia which have been friendly to
the allies.
Resolution Sent to Calendar.
Discussion of the Russian situation
was opened by Senator Johnson of
California, republican, who asked for
immediate action on his request,
which would put the senate on rec
ord as favoring withdrawal of the
American Russian expedition a?
soon as practicable. After vehement
argument and clashes between Sen
ators Hitchcock and Johnson, ob
jection by the former to an immedi
ate vote sent the resolution to the
calendar with. a majority vote nec
essary for its further consideration.
Senator Johnson declared tonight
after the senate had adjourned that
he would 'continue his fight daily
until congress adjourns March 4 by
introducing new resolutions, as re
quired by parliamentary rules.
During the day's debate, the sharp
est of many months in the senate,
Republican Leader Lodge and Sena
tor Lewis of Illinois, democratic
whip, differed regarding the state
ment of Premier Lloyd George to
parliament yesterday that the Ameri
can government had refused to send
more troops to Russia. Senator
Lodge said the premier's announce
ment apparently was authentic and
was the first definite statement as
to the American policy, while Sen
ator Lewis insisted that Mr. Lloyd
George was divulging the decision
of the supreme war council and not
merely the American policy.
Policy Denounced as Criminal.
In asking immediate consideration
of his resolution Senator Johnson
made another impassioned attack on
the policy of American intervention
in Russia, denouncing it as "un
usual, vicious and criminal."
Disclaiming sympathy with the
bolshevik governent and denouncing
their atrocities, Senator Johnson re
sented a suggestion from Senator
Hitchcock that he acted as a "cham
pion" of the bolshevik element in
Russia.
Senator Hitchcock made his refer
ence in presenting the friendly mes
sage sent by President Wilson to the
soviet government and the reply,
which Senator Hitchcock denounced
as "practically an insult" and Ger
man propaganda designed to incite
rebellion in this country.
Democrats Decide
Upon Regular Night
Sessions of Senate
Washington, Feb. 13. In an effort
to clear the congested legislative
calendar and thus remove the neces
sity for the early convening of the
new congress in extra session, demo
cratic senators decided at a con
ference tonight to 4iold night ses
sions of the senate until congress
adjourns sine die March 4.
The conference decision was
unanimous and also included an
agreement to convene the senate an
hour earlier each day 11 o'clock in
stead of noon.
Prominent democrats said they
did not believe that even with ex
tended sessions, all the appropria
tions could be passed.
Six Billion Bill. Passes
Last Stage in Congress
Washington, Feb. 13. The con
ference report on the $6,000,000,000
war revenue bill, approved last week
by the house, was adopted late to
day by the the senate without a
record vote. The measure now
goes to the president, who is ex
pected to sign it soon after his re
turn from Europe.
Two Policemen Killed.
Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 13. Two
Boston police officers were shot and
killed and a sailor was seriously
wounded tonight when the patrol
men attempted to arrest men alleged
to have stolen an automobile., The
shooting occurred when the men
dashed out of a garage on Winthrop
avenue, - s.
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Council Says Briggs Guilty
Without Criminal Intent;
Dunn New Detective Chief
Former South Side Officer Charged With "Misconduct"
in Office and Probably Will Be Returned There;
Wade Charges Dismissed; Danbaum Likely To Be
Given Back Place on Force.
What the City Council Did.
Found ex-Chief of Detectives John E. Briggs guilty of "misconduct
in office" but that he acted without criminal intent. Left him sus
pended, lecommended that he be reprimanded.
Dismissed the charges of "misconduct in office" against suspended
Detective L. L. Wade.
Discussed the case of ex-Detective Ben Danbaum whom the coun
cil dismissed "for the good of the service" after a trial last Monday
and virtually decided to restore him to the force. Police Commis
sioner Ringer asked that action on this question be postponed for a
day or two. '
City council yesterday afternoon
found ex-Chief of Detectives John
Briggs "guilty of misconduct in
office but. that he acted without
criminal intent."
The council dismissed the charges
of misconduct in office, filed against
Detective I L. Wade on Febru
ary 1, the same time as those filed
against Briggs. The vote on both
cases was unanimous.
Police Commissioner Ringer
would say nothing about the cases
but other commissioners stated
that Briggs will be transferred to
the South Side as captain of police,
where he served as captain before
Commissioner Ringer made him
chief of detectives, seven months
ago. A movement to demote -him
to sergeant failed.
The hearing of Briggs occurred
in the council chamber before a
large audience. At its close, At
torney Baker for Wade agreed to
rest Wade's case on the testimony
in the Briggs case.
Keep Hearing Open.
A motion to go into executive
session, to consider a verdict met
with opposition from Commission
er Butler, who declared "such cases
should be settled , in public." Ap-
(Contlnurd on Page Two, Column Three.)
UNEMPLOYED i
UNITED KINGDOM
Labor Leader Tells Commons
Country May Be Plunged
into Great Industrial
Upheaval.
London, Feb. 13. The debate on
industrial unrest was opened in the
house of commons today by William
Brace, labor member for South
Glamorgan, who moved the official
labor party amendment in reply to
the speech from the throne.
The amendment expresses regret
at the absence of any mention in
the speech of a definite proposal for
dealing with the present causes of
industrial unrest and for securing
in this connection working . hours
and conditions of labor that would
establish a higher standard of life
and social well-being for the people
The member contended that if the
situation created by this unrest was
to be remedied the government must
go to the root of the matter and
nationalize the .land, the railways
and the mines.
J. H. Thomas, general secretary
of the National Union of Railway
Men, in seconding the amendment,
said he had no hesitation in saying
that the difficulties with the miners,
railway men and transport workers
were so serious that the country
might at any moment be plunged
into one of the greatest industrial
upheavals ever known. He assert
ed that there were a million men and
women unemployed.
Britain to Demand
Indemnity Covering
War Cost and Damage
London, Feb. 13. The British
delegates at the peace conference
have been indefinitely instructed to
claim an indemnity which will in
clude the cost of war as well as the
damage actually caused, it was an
nounced in the house of commons
today by Andrew Bonar Law, gov
ernment leader in the commons, in.
reply to a question. ,
A Commission is now considering
the amount to be claimed, the
method by which the indemnity
should be guaranteed and the means
of enforcing payment, Mr. Bonar
Law added.
Board Ruling Expected.
to End Textile Strike
Chicago, Feb. 13. A decision
which is expected to end the strike
of eastern textile workers was Riven
tonight by the War Labor board
when a temporary working bas'.s of
an eihtand one-half hour-day and
five-day week was announced as hav
ing been set. It was estimated by
labor leaders that at least 90 per cent
of the idle employes will resume
-tt'Wk Monday -
JUMPER MILLION
TWO CENTS.
VMvawaaM
hih;iiiimish J
John T. Dunn, detective, was ap
pointed chief of detectives yester
day morning, succeeding John E.
Briggs, who was suspended Feb
ruary 1 and whose removal as chief
of detectives was made permanent
after his hearing yesterday after
noon on the charge of misconduct
in office.
Police Commissioner Ringer stat
ed yesterday morning that Dunn's
appointment is "merely temporary."
Mayor Smith, however, declared
that Dunn has been put in
complete charge and given extraor
dinary powers.
Promises Shake-Up.
"We called Dunn in," said the
mayor, "and gave him the place and
we gave him full power to make any
changes that he sees fit to make and
promised to back him up to the limit
as long as he makes good. And we
told him that if he doesn't make
good we will expect his resignation
as chief of detectives. I believe he
is going to make good and I am go
ing to back him with all the power
I have."
Asked if he would make any
changes 'in the detective depart
ment, Mr. Dunn declared that. he
would make many.
"Later in the day I will make an
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
WILSON WILLING
TO ACCEPT POST
OF ARBITRATOR
Italian Delegates Consult
Government at Rome Con
cerning Acceptance of
Jugo-Slav Offer.
"""
Paris, Feb. 13. The proposed ar
bitration of the Italian-Jugo-Slav
frontier question is for the moment
in abeyance. The Italian premier,
Vittorio Orlando has seen Presi
dent Wilson and informed him that
after consulting with his colleagues
cf the delegation, they had agreed
that i would be impossible to take
a decision on the arbitration ropos
al which the Jugo-Slavs presented
to the peace conference asking Presi
dent Wilson to be arbiter without
first- consulting the king and the
cabinet and, if necessary, the parlia
ment President Wilson took the oppor
tunity to explain that he was not
the originator of the proposal which
was presented by M. Trumbitch dur
ing a conversation which he had
with him last week, and he had
simp'iv mentioned it to Premier Or
lando in a conversation which" fol
lowed immediately after. The presi
dent added he would prefer not to
be leaded with the responsibility
to art itrate, but was willing to act
as a friendly intermediary in an ef
fort tc reach a settlement satisfac
tory to both sides.
A deputation has arrived in Paris
from Fiume to present before the
peace conference documents in behalf
of the claim of Fiume to be united
with Italy.
Man Pardoned by Governor
Is Arrested for Perjury
Des Moines, la., Feb. 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Ernest Rathbun,
confessed sex criminal, pardoned
by Governor Harding, has been ar
rested at Ida Grove on charge of
perjury and was given a hearing
late today before Judge Kennedy.
Arrest was made at the request of
County Attorney Macomber, who
claims Rathbun perjured himself in
his affidavit to Governor Harding
as well as in his trial.
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PROPOSED
Authority for Use of This
Country's Troops Wherever
Necessary in Plans of
Society of Nations.
I BULLETIN.
' Weimar, Friday, Feb. 14.
Friedrich Ebert, the president of
Germany, has announced to news
paper men here that the govern
ment is arranging the details for
complete disarmament and de
mobilization. Paris, Feb. 13. The United
States, under the society of nations
plan, as it now has been amended,
will maintain an army of not less
than 500,000 men, which, after
authorization of such action by the
United States senate, could be used
wherever necessary, according to a
Havas agency announcement today
regarding newly adopted features of
the plan.
This provision was agreed uoon
by the society of nations commis
sion, the agency says, as a solution
Of the difficulties in .the way of the
plan arising from the American con
stitution. Pledged to Take Up Arms.
The text of the plan for the so
ciety of nations as first drawn up by
the peace conference commission
and altered in some cases at the in
stance of President Wilson was af
terward amended, it developed to
day, upon representations by .Leon
Bourgeois, whose ideas are stated
to have been received by the allies.
In one case the plan was amend
ed so as to provde that the nations
having membership in the league
should pledge themselves to take up
arms if necessary for the main
tenance of the integrity of their re
spective territories. In addition to
this, it has developed, the commis
sion discarded the idea of virtually
making the society of nations a super-state.
,
Bourgeois Proposal Defeated.
The Bourgeois proposition for an
interallied military force to enforce
peace was defeated by an over
whelming vote at the hearing of the
society of nations commission today.
The French and Czecho-Slovaks
were the only representatives voting
in the affirmative.
The final draft consists of 26
articles.
President Wilson personally will
.read the draft to a plenary meeting
ot the peace conference tomorrow.
The conference will not be asked
finally to adopt it at this time.
Japanese Rebuffed.
The Japanese delegation ' present
ed an amendment providing that
racial discrimination should not be
tolerated in immigration laws. -
Several delegates urged that this
would open such a large question '
that great delay might ensue, and
the matter was dropped without a
vote.
Andre Tardieux of the French
peace delegation, in an interview
today with the American newspaper
correspondents, said the society of
nations would be formed to protect
only the powers represented at the
Paris conference now. Neutral and
enemy powers would be admitted
one by one, he added, as they con
formed to the rules of the society
and could be trusted.
Labor Body to Issue 1
Journal Dealing With
Industrial Problems
Taris, Feb. 13. The commission
on international labor legislation ex
amined today the articles dealing
with the procedure of the proposed
international conference body. In
this process it reached Article XVII
of the draft. This was officially
announced.
The commission, it was added, has
decided to issue a journal dealing
with the problems of international
industry and employment.1'
It was agreed also to appoint at
international staff, the duties of
which include distribution of in
formation on all subject relating to
international conditions of industrial
life and employment.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor and
chairman of the commission, presid
ed at the meeting.
Twenty Thousand Berlin
Store Walkers on Strike
Berlin, Feb. 13. Twenty thousand
rtore employes in Berlin have gone
on strike for higher wages. Liepzig
er Strasse, where some of the bis
stores are closed is occupied bv
troops who are maintaining order."
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