REDS INCREASE
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Bolsheviki Urge Americans in
. Russia to Organize Soldiers'
Committees and Make
' Demands.
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Archangel. Feb. 18. (By-Associated
1'ress.) Since February 11
the bolsheviki have made no at
tacks against the allied forces on
ny sectoy of the Archangel front.
Allied airplanes, which are contin
ually aloft, report that there has
oeen coincidental with the bolshevik
behind the enemy lines since the
bolshevik withdrawal south from
Sredmakrenga.
While the cessation of attacks has
been coincidental with the bolshevik
after to attend the Princes Islands'
peace conference, their offensive
was checked by the American and
llied troops. The allied military
leaders do not believe that the bol
shevik acceptance of the invitation
to the conference caused theibolshe
vik inactivity of the last four days.
Commenting on the bolshevik
message of acceptance, the Vozrosh
daie Sievera (The Resurrection of
the North), says: .
Ready to Sell Russia.
"From the note of Minister
Tchitcherin it appears clearly that
the bolsheviki are ready to sell Rus
sia at auction. They intend to ar
range this nicely at the Trinces Is-
ands.
The bolsheviki are increasing their
efforts to destroy the morale of the
new Russian conscript soldiers as
well as of th American and British
troons. Bolshevik oropaganda, well
written and printed in English, has
been distributed mysteriously
among tne various auiea unus.
Leaflets distributed in villages on
the Onega front, where American
forces are onerating. call upon the
American soldiers to organize sol
diers' committees and demand of the
officers that they be returned home
1 as the war with Germany is over
and there is no reason for remain
ing in Russia. While there has been
no appreciable effect because of the
bolshevik propaganda, the allied sol
dirrs are looking forward to some
statement as to what the allies in
tend to do with the forces here.
Favors Convention
to Formulate Plans
for United States
"We are running the United States
without ' a plan," said Prof. P. G.
Holden, friend of agriculture, and
former professor of Ames Agricul
tural college, in his address last
night before the implement farm
machinery section of the Transmis
sissippi Readjustment congress at
the Young Men's Christian, associa-
lion rooms. i
He recommended the-calling of a
national convention to formulate a
definite plan for the United States;
he recommended that the ' govern
ment use many of the returning sol
diers to reclaim swamp and arid
lands so that they can be made into
going farms before they are offered
to the soldiers and that the system
of education be reformed so as to
direct young boys toward the farm
instead of away.
E. W. McCullough of Chicago,
Oscar Rystrom of Stromsburg, Neb.,
and P. G, Hojden of Chicago, were
named a committee to formulate
the declarations of the meeting to
be submitted to the general assembly
of the Transmississippi congress.
Mr. McCullough . in opening the
meeting declared that industry has
taken the right attitude toward labor
the attitude that present wages are
justified by present cost of living.
C. E. Gallagher of Coleridge, Neb.,
former president of the Midwest
Implement Dealers' association de
clared, that the farmer has some
reason for fear in the fact that com
lias suffered a big drop, as well as
butter and eggs. ...
The implement men will hold an
other meeting .this morning at the
You! g Men's Christian association
rooms when E. W. McCullough,
secretary of the National imple
ment and Vehicle association, will
address them, and when the final
declarations will be agreed upon to
he brought .before the general jjody
of the congress. , .
Referendum Sought by
Wets in Fourteen States;
Nebraska to Be One
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 18. Referen
dum elections wilt be sought in 14
.states of the union on the federal
prohibition amendment, according
lo an announcement made by the
National Association of Distillers
and Wholesale Liquor Dealers here
today. The states are: Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Idaho, .Maine,
Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ne
vada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon,
Utah and Washington. Leading dis
tillers here state that they believe
that at least 13 of these 14 states
will reject the amendment and thus
defeat national prohibition.
Cable Service to Pacific
Islands, is Interrupted
New York,- Feb. 18. The Com
mercial cable today announced that
cable service between this country
md Guam, Philippines, China and
japan has been interrupted.
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Governor McKelvie,
One of Big Men Here,
Entering Auditorium
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MAKE TALKS
(Continued From Taie One.)
main in his room. He sent a copy
of his message which was read by
his South Omaha representative,
Robert C. Howe.
Extracts from Mr. Armour's paper
follow:
"The after-war problem of the
United States is one of readjust
ment; our big concern must be that
we get back to the highway of hu
man progress from which we turn
ed off at the bvroad which led to
the downfall of autocracy.
Sees Two Roads.
"From where we stand now. there
are two roadsrone of them leads to
bolshevism. It has brought to life
the wors't forces that are in men.
We find it manifested in excesses of
destruction, savagery, and complete
disregard for the rights of others. It
is a desire for liberty cone insane
and is unthinkable in the United
States. The other road leads back
to individual and corporate freedom
which is limited only bv the richts
of others.
Let us not forget that what the
malcontents call 'the old order of
things,' has made the United States
the richest of nations' and made
American citizenship worth more
than any other. We had not reach
ed the end of the long, straight
nignway. ot human progress when
war sent us in another direction; the
road is ' still there invitinsr us on
ward, and the big problem before the
American public and before such
leaders of thought as are here con
gregated, is to get us back on that
highway with the least delay.
Faith in Business.
"The road is a well-marked one.
The first guidepost .says, 'Faith in
business; the next one, 'Employ
ment tor all; and the third, Gradual
readjustment. Faith in the future
business of this country is justified.
All the elements, which make for
prosperity are present.
"The home market is not the only
market, rartiy as a result ot the
War, we have developed the facilities
for entering into world commerce to
a degree impossible a few years ago,
We now "have, or shortly will pos
sess, merchant ships that will carry
our products to the far corners of
the earth, and American ingenuity
and enterprise will find markets for
Tankee-made goods wherever there
is money to pay the price.
Shows Narrow Vision.
"It is a narrow vision that counsels
a business man to hold back on his
contemplated improvements or ex
tension; or an investor to hold back
on his investment, ' A hold-back
policy, if followed .widely, would
bring or the very thing we seek to
prevent an industrial depression;
and while a few people always profit
from such depressions, the nation
does : not, and the greater majority
suffers.
"Bearing these facts in mind,
capital must not lie. low till prices
come down, and labor has nothing to
gain through keeping the value of
a dollar at its present low level.
"This congress can do no greater
service than to make plain to the
public the true relations between
wages and the cost ofe products, be
tween profits and the cost of service,
between investments and the return
thereon. tI have come to the conclu
sion that the greatest need we face
today is that of understanding. We
have had too much talk about
'masses' and 'classes,' and too little
recognition of ttie truth that in the
main all men are very much alike;
that they are actuated pretty much
alike by the desire to live and to get
the joys that life should be made to
provide. . ,
. Know Other Fellow,
"If we but had a better apprecia
tion of the other fellow's problems,
it would make for greater content
ment and greater progress. The
time, is at hand when capital must
give more thought to the workers'
problems, and the worker must be
informed as to the problems of busi
ness and industry." -
Mr. Armour wrote ' thai he be
lieved that the congress of the
United States should tike' cogni
zance of the employment problem
presented by the returning soldiers;
that millions ot acres of land should
be opened to soldiers and thus made
productive. The increased produc
tion of basic products thus obtained,
he reasoned, would result in a re
duction of the cost oi living. He;
added that there was never a time
when an abundance of work was
not accompanied by prosperity. He
urged an extensive road-building
program of national scope, and he
believed that many government,
state and municipal projects might
be launched.
MUST DEMAND
SQUARE DEAL IN
FREIGHT RATES
(Continued from l'fe One.)
of transportation and of opportun
ity." .
The speaker f referred to the
Panama canal, which, he stated, had
brought an entire change in the
transportation economy or the Mis
sissippi valley. He observed that
not long after the government took
over the railroads, it was discov
ered that the cause of congestion
at Atlantic ports was largely due to
the system the railroads had de
veloped of draining Mississippi val
ley commerce artvay from the natu
ral drift He forecasted a redevel
opment of north and south water1
commerce on an ever-increasing
scale.
"Such a drift," he added, "will
quickly bring independent action
and operation by the tnorth and
south railroads, because the boat
will force the destruction of the old
system of rate divisions.
Aims of Association.
He told of the aims of the Mis
sissippi Valley Waterways associa
tion, which is promoting the form
ation of great overseas trading com
panies.
He urged concerted action by ihe
interests of the Mississippi valley
to improve water transportation
and meet competition of the Atlan
tic' seaboard.
Is Well Informed.
Mr. Smetanka is well informed on
the affairs of the Czecho-Slovaks.
He urged the American business
men to cultivate close trade rela
tions with the people of whom he
spoke, explaining that they are ea
ger to promote friendly relations
with the United States.
"The subject of 'Commercial Re
lations With Our Allies,' assigned to
me, is too broad for one man; I
should like to tell you something
about commercial relations with our
less known allies, the liberated na
tions of central and eastern Europe,"
he said.
"The principal nations 'in this class
are four: Poland, with about 20,000,
000 people Czecho-Slovakia or Bo
hemia, with 13,000,000; Jugo-Slavia,
with 12,000,000 and Roumania with
12,000,000. Together, their popula
tion about equals that of South
America, and their consuming and
producing capacity is greater.
"Problems of readjustment with
which America has to grapple are
small in comparison with the prob
lems of the liberated countries. Take
Bohemia; the problem of demobili
zation was in some respects simpler
than in the Uhited States, for the
men,, some 200,000, who still served
in the Austrian army when the revo
lution was carried out in Prague,
simply rushed home, when the Aus
trian army was broken on the Piave
in October.
But then there were " 10,000 men
who fought on the allied side in
France and 40,000 in Italy to be
brought home, and only God knows
the statesmen in Paris do not
seem to know when the 65,000
Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia, still re
maining alive, will get to their fam
ilies. Create Balance.
The new republic had to create a
brand new" government; it had to
bring under its authority German
and Magyar minorities; it had to in
crease the food ration, find work for
the returned soldiers and munition
workers, and above all it must cre
ate an economic and financial bal
ance on the ruins of the bankrupt
Austro-Hungarian empire. There
were -36,000,000,000 paper crowns in
October, supported by a gold re
serve of just one-half of one per
cent, and even after the revolution
and the breakup of the empire the
new government of German-Austria
kept the presses going in Vien
na, turning out billions more, while
it was selling army supplies of the
defunct empires at ridiculous prices
for its own benefit army trucks go
ing at $200. Enough to discourage
the most cheerful readjustee.
Morale High.
"But the morale of the people is
high, better than in western Europe.
The people are full of enthusiasm,
willing to work long hours and bear
sacrifices t the order of the days in
Bohemia is: order, production, sav
ing. .
About America, all these peo
ples hold the most exalted ideas:
everybody looks to the United
States as their best friend. But un
til conditions are somewhat restored
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GROUND TO HOPE
FOR EARLY PEACE
GIVEN TO HUMS
(Continued From Pae On.)
Foch had been sternly insistent on
the acceptance of the terms.
Allies to Check Poles.
He emphasized that the allies
would take over the responsibility of
keeping the Poles in check and g.e
sruarantees for the safety of the
Germans on the Polish side.
To Herr Erzberger's protests,
Marshall Foch replied that all were
purely military measures and in ac
cordance witW President Wilson's
14 points.
Herr F.rzberger protested likewise
against the indeterminate extension
of the arnvstice, but Marshal Foch
brusquely declined to make any al
teration and insisted upon inclusion
of a clause which gives him power
to promulgate any order to Germany
nt will.
Herr Erzberger then demanded
whether the short indeterminate
continuation of the armistice might
lead to an early peace, to which
Marshal Foch repHed: "I think so;
I assume so."
The minister said the difficulties
had been greater because the ne
gotiations had become sharper and
more acute recently, and a long dis
cussion demonstrated that nothing
more would be changed.
Voices Faith in Foch.
The minister assured the assem
bly: '
"I have confidence that Marshal
Foch's given word will be kept."
Herr Erzberger said he had
achieved almost no results in his ef
forts to have German prisoners re
leased, beyond a promise by France
and England each to send back 2,000
badly wounded men. He then read
to the normal, this country can do
business with the liberated nations
of Europe on credit only. The
Poles, Czecho-Slovaks, Jugo-Slavs,
and Roumanians are in the position
of a good customer who, through
no fault of his own, got into busi
ness difficulties and must be tided
over. For the sake of the hungrj
people of central and eastern En
rope, for the sake of future benefi
cial relations, and to encourage
small nations that are valiantly
withstanding bolshevism, this coun
try must sell its grain, meat, cot
ton and machinery on credit.
"The most important city of cen
tral Europe is certain to be Prague.
It is already more important than
Vienna and will try hard to beat
Berlin. Send your governmental
commissions and business repre
sentatives to Prague, establish
show houses and exhibits there, and
with the good will and confidence
which America today enjoys you
have a chance to capture the big
gest slice of the foreign trade of
60,000,000 people."
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Transmississippi
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is the justification, of the
faith of it3 early pioneers.
Since the early fifties in spite
of setbacks and temporary dis
couragements there has been,
and still continues to be, steady,
substantial development.
The First National Bank, es
tablished in Omaha in 1857, is
proud to have had a part iri the
development of this great em
Dire. ' .
From a very humble beginning
the First National Bank has
grown with the community. To
day the First is a great banking
institution, that renders service
throughout the entire Trans-'
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We welcome our visiting
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the German note, which he present
ed to Marshal Foch, as the armis
tice terms were signed. He had a
sad mission with few happy results.
"The world knows," he concluded,
"that we do not want a new war ond
can not conduct one. yThe world
will condemn the entente for its
severity."
President Fthrenbach then an
nounced that the ministers and dele
gates intended to withhold thisir
declarations until Wednesday and
suggested that the house adjorn im
mediately in view of the new situa
tion.
The house accepted the proposal
to consider nothing tomorrow but an
interpellation by Dr. Hein2 with
reference to the armistice terms.
No Alternative But to Sign.
Berlin. Feb. 18. The German gov
ernment s reason for accepting the
stringent terms for the renewal of
the armistice, as outlined in a Wei
mar dispatch to the Norddeutsche
Allgememe Aeitung, is that a re
newal of military operations follow
ing refusal to sign would lead to the
complete moral collapse of the Ger
man people. The absolute convic
tion prevailed that refusal to sign or
dilatory treatment of the proposals
would meet with an immediate ad
vance of the allied armies beyond
the Rhine, involving the occupation
of the most important and indispen
sible industrial districts of west Ger
many. The representatives of the parties
who participated in the cabinet de
liberations agreed unanimously that
the people as a whole would neither
understand nor approve such an out
come, and that therefore there was
no alternative except to, sign under
protest.
The Berlin papers generally come
to the same conclusion, except that
the conservative organs, such as the
Kreuz Zeitung and the Allgemeine
Zeitung, which declare that the gov
ernment should have refused to sign
the terms, thus forcing the allies to
take the responsibility for a renewal
of military operations.
Complains of Hard Terms. -
Paris, Feb. 18. When the Ger
mans came to sign the terms of the
new armistice, says a Havas dis
patch from Treves, Mathias Erz
berger handed to Marshal Foch a
23-page memorial, in which it was
attempted to justify Germany's at
titude, it being maintained that it
had done its best to meet its obli
gations.
He also gave the marshal a mem
orandum from Philipp Scheide
mann, the new German chancellor,
complaining of the increasingly hard
terms forced upon Germany and
protesting against the Germans be
ing forced to evacuate Poland, de
livering German fortresses to the
Foles and abandoning the German
people there. A demand was made
that the allies require the Poles to
cease their attacks against the Ger
mans. 1
Requests Complied With.
This last request has already been
complied with, a telegram having
been , sent to Warsaw from Paris
last night.
The special commission of the su
preme council, charged with draft
ing the terms of a definite armistice
which will hold good until the peace
preliminaries are signed, has almost
! completed its task and it is possible.
says the Havas report, that Marshal
Foch will be able to notify the Ger
mans on Thursday or Friday of the
military and naval terms which will
be essentially those of the prelimin
ary peace treaty. It is understood
that the terms will include clauses
by which Germany will be allowed
to maintain only 250,000 men under
arms to keep order. All war mater
ial beyond what is necessary to
equip these troops, would accord
ing to report, be placed under con
trol of the allies, who will also hold
Germany's munition factories.
Want Food Prices' Fixed.
London, Feb. 17. One of the
notes presented by Mathias Erzberg
er, one of the German armistice
commissioners to Marshal Foch at
Treve on Friday complained of the
failure of the entente allies to com
mence negotiations at Spa for a fi
nancial treaty with Germany, ac
cording to a German wireless1 dis
patch picked tip here. Erzberger
pointed out, according to the mes
sage, that the arrangements made
by the entente called for a begin
ning of negotiations on February
12, and that the German delegates
were at Spa to commence work.
He said it would be necessary in
connection with placing the German
commercial fleet at the disposal of
the allies to arrive at an agree
ment regarding the amount and
price of foodstuffs to be supplied
Germany and concerning the manner
of payment, according to the mes
sage. He declared that as these
matters were not settled, it was
impossible to give instructions to
the commercial fleet, for "however
anxious the German government is
to fulfill its engagements, it is its
solemn duty not to place the mer
chant fleet under foreign control
until the purpose for which such a
significant and painful measure was
agreed upon has been assured."
Pass Resolutions Dealing
With Insurance and Agents
Charles Eyre, president of th- Ne
braska Life Underwriters' associa
tion, spoke informally before the
life insurance group in court room
No. 3, of the court house Tuesday
evening, on the subject of "Govern
ment Insurance, and G. W. Noble
spoke on "Resident Agent Laws."
As a result of these addresses,
two resolutions were passed, one
dealing with war risk insurance, the
other with resident agent laws in
Iowa.
the 14ti
Not in recent years has everyone auto owners, near auto owners, hope-to-be
auto owners been as much interested in the automobile as in 1919.
Men, women and children are eager to see the new designs; to see what
the war has done to or for automobiles; to see the motor achievements
wrought by America's part in the war.
Automobile .business men are having record sales all because of the
unprecedented desire to own a car.
Nothing has been left undone to make the 14th Annual Show just
what people expect it to be
The Biggest in the History
of Omaha
The newest, the latest, the smartest in Autos will be shown. Omaha's
show, held later than usual this year, will have the advantage of being able
to display new cars, new ideas that could not be seen at earlier shows be
cause manufacturers, 100 per cent in war production right up to the minute
the armistice was signed, did not have time to offer them to the public
any earlier.
Special attractions every day and -every night The .famous Liberty
motor will be among them. Decorations will be more elaborate than ever
before.
In the Auditorium and Annex
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Newport News, Va., Feb. 18.
The transport Mercury, with 3.000
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Clearance of Women's Underwear
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