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WOMAN NOMINATED
BY MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.
Lansing, Mich., Feb. 18. For the
first time in the history of Michi
gan politics a woman was today
chosen candidate for a state elective
office when Mrs. Dora H. Stockman
of Lansing was nominated by the
republican state convention here, one
of the party's two candidates, for
member of the state board of agri
culture in the election April 7.
NEBRASKA BANNER STATE
IN SAVINGS STAMP SALES
Washington, Feb. 18. Nebraska's
per capita sales of war saving--stamps
in 1918'were $21.18 greater
than those of any other state, the
war savings organization reported
today. The state's aggregate sales
were $27,450,000. Ohio, with $86,-2-14,000
aggregate( sales, ranked first
volume, but second in per capita
sales. South Dakota came third in
per capita records, the! District of
Columbia fourth and iiwa lifth.
GIRL PICKETS CHARGED
WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT
I'aterson, N. J.. Feb. 18. Thir
teen alleged I. W.W. agitators, four
of them girls, were arrested here to
day charged with disorderly conduct
In attempting to keep textile workers,
most of whom have returned to the
mills after the strike here, frqiu con
tinuing at work.
TROOPS IN ARCTIC
ZONE IN GOOD HEALTH.
London, Feb. 18. It ' has been
learned from the latest arrivals from
the Murman coast, says Reuter's,
that the allied troops of the North
Russian expeditionary force are in
good health and that the military
, authorities are doing everything to
' relieve the discomforts of the ex
treme cold, combined with the Arc
tic 20-hour night. The temperature
was ..nearly 41) degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit, in January and there
were only from three to four hours
of daylight during the month at Port
Murmansk, which is 200 miles within
the'Arctic circle.
FOOD PRICES BEGIN
TO DROP IN ENGLAND
London, Feb. 18. George II. Rob
erts, food controller, in a statement
to newspaper men on the food sit
uation today, said:
"In the last three months, No
vember 1, 1918, to February 1, 1919,
prices declined slightly in this coun
try. This certainly is continuing
end it may safely be anticipated that
the next month will show an appre
ciable fall in food prices as a whole.
"When circumstances permit the
food controller is, prepared to free
articles of food from control and to
rust the competition ' instead of
costs to reduce expense to the low
ASK UNCLE SAM
TO 00 SLOWLY
.pMCpS
Live Stock Men in Group
Session Sea Danger of
Punishing Producers
With Bigger Men.
. Two hundred live stock men, in
group session at the Masonic
Temple last night, warned the gov
ernment to "go slow" in dealing
with the country's big packers.
This, perhaps, was the outstand
ing feature of the first day's ses
sions of the Transmississippi
Congress.
"There is a great danger that the
government, in its anxiety to pun
ish the packers, will punish the pro
ducersand the public more than
anyone else." said J. M. Wilson of
McKinley, Wyo., president of the
Wyoming Wool Growers' as
sociation. The stockmen, at the close of the
session, framed a resolntion to-o
..before the general congress. Thurs
day urging the government To "cor
rect" the packers by statute, and
not by "boards, or commissions, or
individuals." '
The word "correct" was used
throughout the 'resolutions, which
' were adopted unanimously.
Witness at Washington.
Wilson was a witness in gov
ernment hearings of the packers'
situation.
. He said x the house committee
wanted to be fair, but that the sen
ate committee was "anxious to
cive the oackers the worst of it."
Wilson, and John G. Imboden of
Decatur, 111., both said the testi
mony of the packers at the hearings
absolutely refuted the "findings" of
Ihe Federal Trade commission. -.
Imboden sooke on "What the
. Cattle and Hog Feeders Need." He
is president- of the Illinois State
Live Mock association.
Other speeches were made by
Frankx). Tomson of Lincoln, edi
'loi of "The Shorthorn, in America,"
''and W. J. Carmichael, secretary of
the National Swine Growers' as
' sociation, of Chicago.
W. B. Tagg of Omaha presided
-at Tuesday night's meeting.
Cut in Wages Given-.
v Smeltermen in El Paso
El Taso, Tex., Feb. 18. A re
duction of wages for employes of
the El Paso smelting works, one
" of the American Smelting and Re
ining company's chain of smelters,
was announced today. Employes re
' ceiring $2.50 per day or more
will be reduced 50 cents. Those re
ceiving between $2"and $2.50 will be
1 reduced to $2. Laborers getting $2
-will receive $1.75. -The reduction is
, attributed to the condition of the
' copper market and is effective at
slice.
, ' Officials of the local plant of the
, American Smelt:ng , and Refining
company state that they have re
ceived noreports of a reduction of
! wage here. Wages range from $2
to $5 a day and nearly all
tlie furnaces are in operation, offi
cials state. The local plant is af-ie-ed
in no vay Iv the market, as
jc:, offals dTcUre.
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FROI SILL
House Passes Appropriations
for Next Fiscal Year With
Restriction to Maximum
Force of 175,000.
Washington, Feb. 18. Legislation
providing for a temporary military
establishment of about 540,000 of
ficers and men during the fiscal year
beginning next July 1 was eleminat
ed from the annual appropriation
bill tonight in the house after pass
age of the senate bill for resumption
of voluntary enlistments in the peace
time army, which would be restrict
ed to the miximum of 175,000 men
authorized in the National Defense
act of 1916.
The senate measure now goes to
conference and will become effective
upon its approval by President Wil
son. The army bill also was adopt
ed by the house without a record
vote and now goes to the senate
with its completion there at this
session regarded by many leaders as
doubtful. -It carries 'a total of
$1,070,000,000. for, the War1 depart
ment for the 12 months after June
30.
Demobilization Provided for.
It was explained by members of
the house that the senate bill did
not affect the present wartime army,
which under the selective service
act must be demobilized within tour
months after peace is formally de
clared by presidential proclamation.
Decision of the house to consider
the senate measure was by a vote
of 172 to 162. ,
Chairman Dent by direction of the
house military committee, had asked
for a rule to make the temporary
armv legislation in the regular ap
propriation bill in order, but tire,
rules committee took no formal ac
tion on the request. Instead, it vot
ed, 7 to 5, to report a resolution
giving the senate measure the right
of way. Ten republicans joined
with 162 democrats in voting for
the resolution in the house after a
sharp debate.
Before adopting the senate bill,
thej house amended it so as to pro
vide that recruits should be enrolled
in the regular army for only one
year without further service in the
reserve. Their pay was fixed by an
other amendment at $30 a month,
the wartime basis in the army.
Republicans RegisteiProtest.
Republican Leader Mann, in ex
plaining the votes of 155 republican
against adopting the rule to con
sider the senate bill, said opposition
was not against the bill, but was
a protest against the failure to con
sider a temporary program that
would enable the quicker return of
troops from Eurpoe. The recruiting
bill itself finally was adopted with
out a dissenting vote.
"If the democrats," said Mr. Mann,
"refuse to let the house consider
legislation that will bring drafted
men home, the responsibility is with
the democrats. The responsibility
for such a condition will be with a
democratic administration tinder
legislation of the democratic major
ity and against which republicans
protested."
Mr. Mann's declaration brought
sharp retorts from the democratic
side. Reperesentative Humphjjeys
of Mississippi declared that "no
demagoguery can make, boys in
France believe we are trying to keep
them there."
His declaration for a small army
was vigorously applauded by the
democrats, as was also his assertion
that the soldiers should not be held
abroad for police duty.
Discharged Soldier Robbed
of Pay While Asleep on Train
Less than four hours after Pri
vate William B. rinneie, uenver,
wearing gold chevrons for wounds
received at Verdun and in the Ar-
gonne ' forest, was discharged at
Camp Dodge he was robbed of hif
full pay, amounting to $200 while
he was asleep in a smoking car
Finnele did not-discover' tlis loss
until he reached Omaha late last
night. Remembering that a "pal'
got off the train at Council Bluffs,
Finnele made a dash through the
gates at the Union station to catch
a street car across the river in
vague hopes of finding the thief. He
told his tale to Policeman Dlaslc .
Taft Will Return to Yale
University Next Fall
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 18. Wil
liam Howard Taft will return to
Yale, university next fall as Kent
professor of law, it was announced
at the university today.
Speed Naval Building.
Washington, Feb. 18. All of the
16 capital ships already authorized
for the navy will be undei construc
tion on the "ways within a year,
Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of con
struction, today informed the sen
ate naval affairs committee during
consideration of the naval appropri-
i al'-uii bill
Author of New Capitol Bill
Proudest Man in Nebraska
Representative Grant S.
Mears, Pioneer of State and
Real Booster; Sees Meas
ure Go to Victory.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 18. About the
proudest man in Lincoln today, is
Grant S. Mears, author of the new
capitol bill, carrying an appropria
tion of $5,000,000 for the erection of
a monumental structure to house the
legislature and the executive officers
of the commonwealth.
Mr. Mears is a resident of Wayne,
Neb., where he is a real estate deal
er and a regular booster. He is a
rgal pioneer, coming to that part of
the state before the advent of the
railroad, telegraphs and other mod
ern institutions.
He is now serving his third term
in the house and at one time went
on record against a capitol approp
riation bill on the ground that the
time was not opportune.
He invited several members to
sign his bill and before he was
through had added 28 signatures to
the bill. He heard that Tracewell
and Jacobson had a companion bill
and he had all pool together on
House Roll No. 3, and when it was
completed there were 30 names as
sponsors. -
One of the proud claims that the
author of the bill truthfully makes
GROUND TO HOPE
FOR EARLY PEACE
GIVENJTO HUNS
This Was Only Word of Cheer
Erzberger Gave Assembly
as Result of Negotia
tions With Foch.
Weimar, Feb. 18.-(By Associated
Press) The German cabinet voted
early Sunday morning to reject the
allied terms for the renewal of the
armistice and take the chances of an
allied military advance being or
dered. After consultation with the
party, leaders, however, the decision
was changed and on Sunday night
orders were issued that the armis
tice be signed.
It appears that the government
considered one of the allied condi
tions as capable of being construed
to mean that the allies, if they found
it necessary, might occupy all Ger
many, and the cabinet is declared to
have felt that ultimately "there would
be such an occupation and that it
might be as well to bring things to
a crisis now, rather than sign an
agreeement which it considered de
grading in its terms.
Erzberger Reports to Assembly.
Mathias Erzberger, head of the
German armistice delegation, was
noticeably wrought up and laboring
under a strain, when he reported to
the assembly the full details of the
negotiations. As he read the terms,
the house listened in almost agonized
silence. The slightest stir of noise
brought angry hisses; the assembly
never has been one quite- so still.
The members of the house stirred
uneasily as he finished and stopped
for breath. Before continuing his
explanation Herr Erzberger inter
jected : ,
"It is my wish that you may never
have the fateful hQurs I have had.
We on the commission have had to
bear untold responsibility." .
He then referred to the unfortu
nate, well-nigh fatal delay in the ar
rival of the terms at Weimar and
went into details on Marshal Foch's
ultimatum, which he said he was as
sured was framed with unqualified
approval of President Wilson. Herr
Erzberger told of his efforts to se
cu're modifications but said Marshal
(Continued on Fmte Two, Column Fonr.)
What Is Love
No. 24. !
Folks need a lot of loving in the
morning;
The day is all before, with cares
beset j
The cares we know, and those that
give no warning; ;
For love is God's own antidote for
fret.
Folks need a heap of loving at noon
time The battle lull, fte moment
snatched from strife
Half way between the waking and
the croontime,
While bickering and wefrriment
are. rife.
Folks hunger so for 'loving at the
night time,
When wearily they take them
At slumber song and turning-out-jf
home to rest
the. lieht time
Of all the time for-loving, that's
, the bestl
Folks want a lot of loving every
minute;
The sympathy of others and" their
smile!
Till life's end, from the moment
they begin it,
Folks need a lot of loving all fhe
' while.
From "Inchidins Me and You."
OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1919.
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is that in obtaining passage of his
bill there were no promises or trades
made, and there was no log rolling
of any character;
EISNER REGIE
IN BAVARIA IS
FACINLCRISIS
Munich and Nuremburg Re
cruit Garrisons to Oppose
- Premier and His Spar
tacan Followers.
Berlin, Feb. 18. The Bavarian
government of Premier ' Eisner is
facing a serious internal situation,
say dispatches received here."
The Munich correspondent' of the
Lokal Anzeiger says garrisons in
Munich and Nuremburg are recruit
ing troops to oppose Eisner, his
Spartacart and independent socialist
followers and the soldiers' council.
The Munich soldiers' council has
issued a demand that recruiting be
stopped and that the Bavarian war
minister be made subject to its
executive committee. '
Eisner Favors Soviet.
The same report declares the
Spartacans. temporarily in control at
Nuremburg, will'be thrown out by
troops brought from the outside if
necessary.
A Munich dispatch to- the Vor- j
waerts says a solution of the gov-J
ernment crisis cannot be delayed"i
longer. A parade in Munich on Sun
day headed by Eisner was behind
banners demanding introduction of a
soviet government, a world Tevolu-.
tion and dictatorship by the pro
letariat. At a meeting later Dr. Levieii, a
Russian bolsheviki, who was re
cently arrested and whose release
was compelled by the Munich Spar
tacans, demanded that members of
the ministry opposing Eisner be
thrown out and a soviet republic in
stituted. Spartacans Gather at Muhlheim. ,
Copenhagen, Feb. 18. Berlin dis
patches say Spartacans have stop
ed all, work in newspaper offices at
Muhlheim and- by force' kept news
paper staffs from going to the. of
fices. Armed Spartacans are reach
ing Muhlheim from Essen, Dussel
dorf and other places and Muhl
heim is regarded as the center of
the Spartacan movement. '
A strong party of Spartacans
went to the village of Hervestdoes
ten, where, it is reported, they re
pulsed the government troops.
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(love Btory) book. Not over 200 words; if not original quote author;
name will not be printed except in awards. Closes March 1. Address
Contest Editor, The Bee, Omaha.
No. 15.
The beginning of love is beauty.
Its growth is service. Its life is
trust; its joy is in expression, and
pain in being unrecognized. , Love
humiliated is love undervalued. The
exaltation of love is its return in
like. The crowning of love is sacri
fice and the acid' test of its purity
unselfishness. ' . " ,
The gifts of love are lavish; there
r no debits nor costs in love's
jedger. Love forgives all shortcom
ings sees but heeds not; hears no
disparagements; recognizes no de-J
fects.
Love understands with an intui
tion divine it opens new doors of
knowledge as it unfolds.
Love' is limitless, boundless, can
not be retaS-ded and live. To doubt
the existence of love closes heaven's
doors to the soul.
Love's nobility is its worthiness.
P(rpro)nr'
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Forts on Helgoland and Canal
Must Be Demolished and
Interned German War
ships Destroyed.
.
London, Feb. 18. (British Wire
less Service.) The final armistice
conditions which the supreme coun
cil is considering will be made pub
lic before the end of the month ac
cording to various newspapers, and
they will include among the naval
conditions the demolition of the
forts of Helgoland and the Kiel
canal, the surrender for purposes of
destruction of German warships
now interned, and the opening of
the Kiel canal for civil transports.
It is stated that Germany will be
left with a fleet large enough for
defensive purposes.
Island Immense Bomb Proof.
The naval correspondent of the
Daily Mail, writing of the strong
fortifications on the island of Helgo
land, says:
"The summit of the island is one
immense bomb proof, and the bat
teries are so placed as to be invis
ible from the sea. The heavy guns
there 11-inch and 12-inch weapons
probably were reinforced during
the war by 15-inch guns. The guns
are mounted in steel turrets of great
thickness. All the batteries and ob
servation posts are connected by
subterranean passages and the roads
leading up to them run along galler
ies which are shell proof.
"The. guns are mounted after the
usual fashion So as to give them
an immense range, probably from 10
to 12 sea miles. To, enable the
island to stand the concussion of
their discharge and resistance di
rected against it, 6,000,000 pounds is
said to have been spent before 1910
and, subsequently, other large sums
were allotted.
Destruction Difficult Task.
"The immense seaplane sheds are
said to have been of the disappear
ing type, which could be lowered
as a protection against long range
fire. There are store shops and -re-pait
works with all the usual equip
ment of a naval base. The' fortifi
cations presumably will be blown
up. but their destruction will be no
easy business. They are of armored
concrete and steel, and a very large
quantity of explosives will be ire
quired. "The fortifications at either en
trance to the Kiel canal are of im
mense strength and are lavishly sup
plied with the heaviest guns in steel
turrets."
, Hindenburg Resents Terms.
London, Feb. 18. Advices receiv
ed from Berlin by way of Basel to
day are to the effect that the Pan
German military party, headed by
Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
bitterly resents the new clauses in
the armistice, especially those limit
ing the German army to the size of
a simple police force, the supervi
sion of control of ammunition fac
tories and the demand that Germany
pay the expenses of the allied ar
mies of occupation on the Rhine.
These conditions, it is complained,
will throw out of work thousands
of German officers, from generals
downward, while .the army of 600,000
volunteers reported by the German
press to have been organized must
be disbanded.
The advices add that indignation
against Mathias Erzberger on the
part of the military authorities in
increasing.
Love debased is love prostituted by
carnal passions. x
The wealth of love is its own pos
session.' Guard well its treasures for
if the enemy thief enters the sacred
portals, he takes away the choicest
treasure of life and renders the altar
of love but an empty, blackened and
charred frame, where once the love
fires burned.
Love wins the erring; brings the
sinner back to its shrine. With pa
tience the misunderstood love can
await its ultimate understanding;
supreme in the fath that love can and
will transform the human heart.
The knowledge of love is that
time destroys not, nor does death
dissolve the divine gift of love which
alone makes life purposeful.
Out of the chaos, the confusion of
material things, the grateful heart
offers a life of gratitude that through
the shadow's, love burns clear and
bright, a heavenly beacon to life and
love eternal.
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SPEAKERS
FUTURE
Must Demand
j In Way of
For the Mississippi Valley
Has Great.er Producing Power Than Any Other Region
in Country ;,Urges Development of Waterways and
North and South Railroads; Need More Ships, i
A. C. Carpenter of the
bureau of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, and J. P.
Smetanka, special representative of the Czecho-Slovak infor
mation bureau, Washington, D. C, were speakers last night
at the general session of the Transmississippi Readjustment
congress. Judge V. H. Stone of Lander, Wyo., presided.
Mr. Carpenter brought a hopeful message of the re
development of waterway transportation for the valley com
merce. Hebespoke a sympathetic interest for the first' an
nual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Waterways associa
tion at Chicago on April 23. ,i
In that connection he said: "We
must demand and obtain a square
deal from our government, first in
the matter of freight rate adjust
ments by water and rail so that our
low resistance and short haul north
and south channels of transporta
tion to ournatural ports on the
gulf, can be used; next, we must
demand and obtain from the United
States Shinning board enoudh
steamsh'ps to give us access to all of I
the world markets we desire to
reach."
Opportunity to Shape Affairs.
"To you men of tbe Mississippi
valley the reconstruction period
brings an obligation and an oppor
tunity to shape your affairs so as
to give the nation all that th:s rich
valley can yield, to enable it to meet
the extraordinary calls that will be
made," said Mr; Carpenter in the
foreword of his address.
He stated that the Mississippi val
ley embraces 40 per cent of the area,
more than SO per cent of the popula
tion, and more than 70 per cent of
the raw materials produced in the
United States proper.
"The bulk of the nat'onal resourc
es of, soil, of mines, of forests, and
of waterways lie within its boundar
ies. Consequently the larger part
of the national substance must be
drawn from it," he said.
Seek Foreign Trade. ,
"It must also seek foreign trade."
he added, "this time in finished prod
ucts as well as in raw materials
To do this successfully it must de
velop its 'Opportunity by reducing
its transportation to an economic
basis, by utilizing channels of low
natural resistance. Thismeans that
its access to the sea 'must be had
by using the waterways and its easy
grade north and south railroad.
He explained that half a century
ago trTer commerce of the valley was
moved byboats up and down the
Mississippi river and its tributaries.
The advent of east 'and west rail
roads, acting in the interest of the
Atlantic seaboard changed the sit
uation. Mr. Carpenter insisted that
the time and opportunity are ripe
to break up this transportation con
trol and to give the valley access to
its natural ports on the gulf.
He related that under tlieV.condi
tions referred to, the Atlantic sea
board gained wealjh and power at
a faster rate than the Mississippi
valley and today possesses greater
wealth- and interest earning- power
than any other region on earth.
Producing Power.
Continuing, he said: "But the val
ley possesses greater producing
powier than any other region and I
am sure that it is the hope of this
convention that itcan find a--way to
accelerate the forces which are now
at work to bring into action the
real economies of soil, of climate,
(Continned on Par Two, Column Three.)
Bee's Contest
No. 25.
Unless you can muse in a crowd all
day
On the absent face that fixed you
Unless you can love as the angels
may
With the breath of heaven betwixt
you,
Unless you can know that his faith
is fast
Through behooving and unbe
hooving, -Unless
you can die when the dream
is past
Oh I Never call it loving.
Browning.
No. 26.
V" jn you love someone you feel
as though you could give your whole
life for them. You are always ready
to do some kind deed and you love
them to your very heart, anything
you have they are welcome to it.
Love also ii religion. When you say
you have religion it is nothing but
love. In the scriptures we are told
that "God is love and he that abid
eth in God abideth in love.'"
No. 23.
God is love 1 John 4:8.
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ADVISE DELEGATES
BRIGHT WITH PR0MI
Square Deal
Freight Rates
Merchants' and Manufacturers'
Wednesday's
General Sessions
In Omaha Auditorium. Fiteenth
anrt Howard streets; admission free:
only those who have registered may
vote.
Morning.
No'senerat session. Reserved for
group meetrnws.
TT, M.
Address: "Responsibilities of Vic.
tory," Willis H. Booth. New York
City, Vice-president Chamber of Com
merce of the United fllatea.
Address: "Individualism In Busi
ness," C. 3 Doyle, ChicaKO, gencrat
counsel National Underwriters' asso
ciation. R P. M.
Address: "Labor During the War
and After," John F. Frey, Cincinnati,
editor International Moulders Journal
Omaha laboring men especially Invited.
WEDNESDAY'S GROUP MEETINGS.
9 A. M. '
Dairy At T. M. C A.
Mlntng, Oil and Potash At Cham
ber of Commerce.
Farmers and Implement Interests
At T. M. C. A. -
Lawyers At Creighton school, J10
South Klghteenth street.
Manufacturers In Palm room,Hotat
Fontenelle,
Jlayors and' City Engineers In
Council chamber, city hall.
Garment Manufacturers In Parlor
A,1 Hotel Fontenelle.
Water Power At Chamber of Com
merce. Banking At Hotel Fontenelle
Grain Exchanges At Omaha Grain
exchange.
Advertising and Soiling Art Hotel
Henshaw. , '
Public Highways At Hotel Rome.
Building Industry At Hotel Castle.
Insurance At Scottish Rite cathe
dral. Milling In assembly hall, City Na
tional building.
Live Stock At Masonic temple.
THURSDAY'S GENERAL SESSION.
In Oinaha Auditorium, Fifteenth and
Howard streets. Admission free, but
only those who have registered may
vote.
18 A. M.
Address: "Agricultural Problems ii.
the Great West." by Hon David F.
Houston, secretary of agriculture,'
Washington, D. C.
J S P. .
The entire aesslon will be devoted
to discussion and adoption of the reso
lutions which epianate In the group
meetings.
THURSDAY GROUP MEETINGS.
Lawyers At Creighton achool, 210
South Eighteenth street.
Dahiels Looking Into
Charges of Bribery and
Graft in Naval Service
New York, Feb. 18. Arrests on
charges of bribery and graft in tht
personnel of the Third navaf dis
trict have been made, following an
investigation ordered by Secretary
Daniels, the New York ?ost . says
today. f
The Post quotes Secretary Dan
iels as saying that the investigation
indicates "that money was paid for
assignments and' promotions in the
service and discharges from the
service." ,
The bribery charges are set forth
as consisting of the acceptance for
enlistment of physically unfitted
men upon false medical records; the
assignment of men for duties far
removed from war zones and ac
tual service; permission to men to
continue their business activities
while- attending to their navy duties
for only an hour or two a day; and
the passing of men for early die
charge after the signing of the armi
stice.. .
The amount of money said to have
been collected frcn aspirants for
preferment is reported to be close to
$500,000. ' ...
Plans to Get Speedy Action
on Potash Bill in Senate
Washington. D. C, Feb. 18. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Plans have been
made for obtaining speedy action in
the senate on the Henderson bill to
protect . Nebraska potash interests
from ruin. Senator Hitchcock inr
tends to ask for consideration of
the bill by unanimous consent with
out having it go to the calendar and
it is understood that it will have
much support from senators who
have been told of the need for legis
lation. The committee on mines and
mining intends to make a favorable
report on the bill and it is hoped to
have the senate consider it this
week.
Congressman Kinkaid is preparing
to rush the bill in the house if it
passes the senate. ,
7'
SE
Harry A. Wheeler of Washing
ton and J. Ogden Armour,
Chicago, Deliver Key
note Addresses.
Two thousand men, anions
them, governors, mayors, city
and state officials,; business
and professional men, farm
ers and laborers are gathered
in Omaha for the Transmissis
sippi Readjustment congress.
The brains of the West will
confer on a constructive pro
gram of development and will
create a machinery to carry
out that program at Washing
ton and elsewhere.
The congress opened in the morn
ing with addresses of welcome by
Mayor Ed P. Smith of Omaha and
Governor S. R. McKelvie of Ne
braska. John W. Gamble, president of the
Chamber of Commerce of Omaha,
delivered an address on the purposes
of the congress.
At the afternoon session the "key
note speech" was delivered by Harry
A. Wheeler, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United
States, which organization co-operated
in calline the Omaha congress.
J. Ogden Armour sent a message
on "Getting Back to the Highway
of Progress."
Names Clearance Committee.
Francis A. Brogan, chairman of
the executive committee of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce, pre
sided at the afternoon session.
President C. ,C. George of the
congress announced he general
clearance committee as follows:
Francis A. Brogan, Omaha, chair
man; J. M. Wilson, Wyoming; Prof.
A. L. Haecker, Lincoln; O. G.
Smith, Kearney; P. N. Meyers, St.
Paul; J. E. Smith, St. Louis, George
C. Boardman, San Francisco; E. W.
Amnions, Denver, and William
Wattis, Ogden, Utah. s
At the evening session A. C.
Carpenter of New. Orleans spoke
on inland waterways and J. F.
Smetanka, special representative of
the Czecho-Slovak nation, spoke on
European export possibilities.
Hold Group Meetings.
At the. conclusion of the after
noon session the congress ad
journed into group meetings de
voted to agriculture, live stock,
civic, highways, water power, manu
facturing, grain exchanges, gar
ment manufacturers, insurance,
building industry, advertising and
selling, milling, banking, rotary,
lawyers, dairy products and farm
implements. , ,
Wednesday morning will be devot
ed exclusively to group meetings.
The! declarations which emanate
front Jhe group meetings will be in
the ftands of the clearance commit:
tee Wednesday noon and will be
acted up6n by the general congress
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wheeler's subject was "Read
justment Problems of1 the Middle
West," and his address was the
"keynote" of the congress.
Wheeler Applauded.
Mr. Wheeler was greeted with a
rising welcome whexuhe was intro
duced, and at the close of his splen
did address the audience rose again
in appreciation 'of the constructive
thought which, he expressed so
clearly. He was applauded ' fre
quently during the progress of hin
address,- particularly when he out
lined his views on government con
fol and private ownership of rail
transportation lines. He struck a
responsive chord when he-declared
that better service is obtainable un
der private ownership of railroad
lines, and that there had been a
sloughing of enthusiasm, ingenuity
and initiative under- government
control. He said the country ac
cepted the principle and practice of
paternalism because of the war and
lie expressed the hope that this re
adjustment congress will decide on
the measure of Advantage and the
measure of disadvantage, whatever,
it may be, of government ownership
or control of railroad lines.
Entangling Alliances.
He analyzed the'far-reaching ef
fects of a league of nations and ad
ded that this country, under present
world conditions, must face more or
less entangling alliances. He viewed
these entanglements -s having been
brought out for a "mighty goor!
cause." ,
Many of the attendants at the ses
sion declared that Mr. Wheelr's ad
dress was the most inspiring and in
teresting exposition of present-da
problems they have heard. He show
ed how the middle-west is vitally in.
forested even in the affairs o(
Europe, of an American merchant
marine, development of expon
trade, and of promoting a logical re-,
lationship between agricultural anc
commercial interests Of this trans
mis,sissippi area. He explained in i
succinct manner how the replace
ment of natural economic laws wit'-man-made
laws results in injustice
and inequalities. .
Message From Armour.
J. Ogden Armour, head of the
packing industry which bears hi:
name, intended to be present anc
deliver his first address before anv
public gathering. He had sen!
word that it would be his maiden
speech, but on Sunday he wirer
that he ha4 been stricken with a
cold and had been ordered ti r
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