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" SALVATIONISTS PLAN
TO DROP TAMBOURINES.
New York, Feb. 22. Tambou
rines and free-will offering boxes.
, which for more than 35 years have
been used by the Salvation Army in
gathering funds, -are to be abandon
ed, says a statement issued today
by Commander Evangeline Booth
in announcing plans for a "drive"
for $10,000,001) in May.
In future, it was "decided by the
executive council, there will be one
general effort to collect necessary
funds, thus giving nearly 250,001)
Salvationists, including officers and
relief workers an opportunity "to
concentrate on works of mercy upon
a greatly increased scale."
MURDERED PREMIER
PREDICTED HIS FATE.
Faris, Feb. 22. Deputy Jean
Longuet, in his newspaper, Popu
late, says that after the speech of
Kurt Eisner, the late Bavarian pre
mier, at the socialist congress at
Berne, lie congratulated Eisner on
the bravery he had shown. Eisner
replied:
"Yes. Returning to Bavaria, I
shall be killed."
DOUGHBOYS TO HAVE
WEEK OF RECREATION.
Cobleuz, Feb. 22,-rThe first spe-
rial leave train will depart from Co
blenz for recreation centers in
France Sunday night, carrying 1,000
enlisted men of the American Third
army. The soldiers will be permit
ted to spend a week in Annecy and
Aix-Les-Bains, where various wel
fare organizations have prepared
their entertainment, consisting of
vaudeville, sight-seeing trips and
sports.
A special leave train will be run
every night for soldiers of the army
of occupation.
WILL SHOW IN GERMANY
"VICTORY LOAN" POSTERS.
Washington, Feb. 22. Posters
advertising the "Victory Liberty
loan," will be displayed in all Ger
man territory occupied by Ameri
can) troops. A treasury announce
ment today said thousands of post
ers, buttons and oth-er campaign
materials had been sent to General
Pershing for distribution in occu
pied territory to show how a Lib
erty loan is carried on in the United
States.
RED CROSS TO MAKE
CAMPAIGN FOR CLOTHING.;
Washington, Feb. 22. Herbert
Hoover, head of the European re
lief administration, has cabled the
American Red Cross that an mime
diate' supply of clothing of every
kind is absolutely vital to the health
and life of "millions of men, women
and children freed from the Ger
man yoke."
In vjew of this situation the Rid
Cross .announced tonight that it
would conduct a country-wide cam
paign in March and hoped to ob
tain 10,000 tons of clothing, shoes
and blankets. , , A.
PLAZA RECHRISTENED
IN HONOR OITWASHINGTON.
New' York, Feb. 22. Williams
burg bridge plaza, Brooklyn, was
rechristened Washington plaza, in
open air exercises attended by more
than 1,000 persons. The plaza con
tains a statue of Washington. ' ,
PRINCE AFFILIATES
WITH NEWSPAPER MEN.
Paris, Feb. 22. The prince of
Wales visited the inter-allied press
club today. He was informally pre
sented to the correspondents at
tending the peace conference.
WILSON'S - SHIP ' -LIKELY
TO REACH
HARBOR TONIGHT
President to Enter Boston
About Noon Monday;
Speech There to Be
- ; Very Brief.
On Board the U. S. S. George
Washington, Feb. 22. (By Wireless
10 the Associated Press.) The
George Washington at noon today
was ojily 500 miles from Boston, and
making such good time that it
probably will anchor some time late
Sunday night.
The presidential party will not
land until Monday forenoon after
breakfast in time. to get into -the
city about noon. - v
the , president has not prepared
his Boston speech in advance, and
it seems assured that he will speak
briefly.
Today was given over aboard
ship to the celebration of Washing
ton's birthday. At-noon a presi
dential salute of 21 guns was fired
in honor of the first president, for
which the president and all his party
came on deck. They remained to
witness the sailors' -sports, of which
there were many.
Minister Pichon Compliments
Retiring U. S. Ambassador
Paris, Feb. 22. In a letter to
United States Ambassador William
Graves Sharp, giving the French
wernment's consent to the appoint
ment of Hugh C. Wallace as his suc
cessor, Stephen Pichon, minister of
foreign affairs, says:
"The government of the republic
learns with great regret the official
announcement of your departure. It
cannot forget the tragic circum
stances during which your excel
lency assumed his diplomatic func
tions in France, and still less the dis
tinction with which your exceltency
lias fulfilled them.
Queen Helena and Princess
Yolando Return to Rome
Paris, VFeb. 22. Queen Helena of
Italy, w ho has been in Paris to
visit her father, King Nicholas oi
Montenegro, left lat night on her
return to Rome. She was accom
panied by hrr daughters, including
i'nnccis Yoiandu ,
VOL. XLVHIt-NO. 37.
NEAR RIOT RESULTS
AT TOWN MEETING TO
TALK OVER NEW BILL
Property Owners Charge Czar Rule at Hearing Con
ducted by Legislators to Obtain Views of Citizens
on Improvement Plans for Omaha; Women Make
Speeches.
"Shut up!" w
"Sit down!"
"Point of order!"
"Czar rule!"
These yells punctuated the atmosphere above the con
fused roaring of the crowd as 200 people tried to be heard
at once at the city hall mass meeting last night to consider
Senate File No. 165.
State Senator Robbins, chairman of the meeting, pound
ed in vain with his gavel.
Representative Jerry Howard leap
ed upon a chair and tried to com
mand the crowd which had left the
chairs and surged into the enclosure.
Mrs. Mary Cormack, one of the
violent protesters against the bill,
was shouting to "kill the bill."
Long Debate.
All this occurred at the end of
two and a half hours of debate on
the bill now before the legislature
which proposes to give the city
council the right to initiate all street
improvements such as grading, pav
ing, curbing, etc., instead of giving
the abutting property owners the
right to initiate these improvements.
A score of speeches were made,
both "pro" and "con," speeches
punctuated by. aplause and riddled
by violent objections from those
who thought differently from the
speaker. Often Chairman Robbins
had-to rap long and loudly for or
der. ,And twice he had to threaten
to "adjourn this meeting unless or
der is preserved."
When the hour had grown late F.
W. Fitch finally got the floor and
offered the resolution that "This
meeting stands opposed to Senate
File No. 165 unless it is drastically
amended."
Representative Foster asked to
know what he meant by "drastically
amended."
Plenty of Seconds.
Mrs. Cormack, who is interested
in property on St. Marys avenue,
arose ana exciaimea:
"I move, as an amendment, that
CITIZENS win
01! IDEAS
TIIElfl HALLS
Give Impression of Interpre
. tersof Public Will; Wom
en Haunt Chambers
of Both Houses. x
-Lincoln, Feb. 22, (Special Tel
egram.) While the Nebraska legis
lature has protected itself, in a
measure, against the old-fashioned
lobbyist, with his bribes of pelf,
pleasure and power, it is still sub
ject to what might be called a per
nicidus influence. ;
It is an influence that is clothed
with the garment of apparent re
spectability and it is so active, so
persistent, so combative and so
assertive that the average legisla
tor, when he comes , up against it,
is almost helpless.
This influence is created by the
horde of adherent to certain "re
form" ideas, who swarm the corri
dors of the capitol building, attend
all the committee meetings and but
tonhole the members on all occa
sions. -'
They givej the impression that
they are the interpreters of the pub
lic will and desire, that they are
the seekers for the things that the
hoi polloi is hungry for, and they
are the agencies that are being used
by a divine Providence to bring
about the millenium.
Many of these are women, and
they haunt the chambers of both
houses during a session. They
seem to be unattached women, with
no family cares or responsibilities
to distract their attention from the
(Continued on Fage Six, Column Two.)
Two Men Caught in Act
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Car; Companion Escapes
Sergeant Thestrup and Officer
Hardzina of the morals squad of
the police department left their auto
mobile in front of the Orpheum
Gardens a few minutes early this
morning and on their return saw
three men about to drive away in
the car.
The officers jumped upon the
running boards and succeeded in
capturing two of the men, who gave
their names as Bruce Warfield, 4325
Miami street, and Harry Wixom,
Dodge hotel, when booked on the
charge of theft
The third man leaped from the
car and escaped, though he was
thought to have been wounded in
the leg by a, shot which Hardzina
fired at him.
Churches to Welcome
Home-Coming Troops
New York, Feb. 22. The federal
council of the Churches of Christ in
America, acting jointly with the
general wartime commission of the
churches, has appointed a commit
tee of churchmen to welcome home
coming troops at this port, it was
announced tonight
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the bill be indefinitely laid on the
table, indefinitely postponed, killed.
Do 1 hear a second?' '
She heard scores of "seconds."
But Representative Druesedow
arose to the point of order Jhat the
motion was out of order.
Chairman Robbins sustained the
point of order.
The tumult arose again, louder
than ever, in the now-surging crowd..
S. Arion Lewis, real estate man,
leaped to his feet
"I protest against the czar rule
of the chairman of the meeting," he
shouted. 1
After that the meeting wasn't a
meeting 'at all any more. It dis
integrated into a- small riot. The
chairman gave it up.
But the opponents of the bill did
not give it up. A man rushed to
the chairman's table where the gavel
still lay. He seized it and smote the
table. He raised his voice and tried
to make himself heard. Catcalls
and yells greeted him. Jerry How
ard again leaped on a chair, but even
he was unable to command atten
tion. Everybody was discussing the
meeting' with somebody else.
Puts Motion. 1
But the volunteer chairman, who
was A. T. Brady, finally succeeded
in raising his voice high enough to
put a motion:
"AH those who believe that Sen
ate File No. 165 should be killed,
please say, 'Aye," he shouted.
A roar of "ayes" answered him.
"Those who think it should , not
(Continued on Page Two, Column Six.)
THER LOV
FREES II
IIELDJfl JAIL
Mrs. ' Myrtle Jenkins Kept
Family of Five Children on
-$12 Per Week; Husband
Swears Out Warrant.
Love for her five children personi
fied in frail, weeping Mrs. Myrtle
Jenkins, 1807 Leavenworth street,
who was detained at the police sta
tion Saturday on a statutory war
rant sworn out by her alleged faith
ICS's husband, brought tfte woman's
release last night to return to the
little home of two rooms. Attorney
John Berger signed the woman's
bonds.
For "three years Mrs. Jenkins,
emaciated from overwork and worry,
has supported the five children;
ranging in years from 2 to 9, and
herself on an average of $12 a week,
she told Police Matron Drummy.
Because her husband refused to sup
port her, she said, she took the chil
dren and left him a year ago.
' Lodger Causes Trouble.
Wlhen Mrs. Jenkins took in C. C.
Petersen, Eighteenth and Leavens
worth, as a lodger as a means of
further support of the children, the
husband swore out a warrant for
her arrest. Detectives arrested the
woman and Petersen Saturday
morning. ""The children were left in
the dingy rooms to be cared for by
neighbors.
In the matron's ward, the wo
man's sole comfort, the hope of be
ing with her children, Mayme, 9;
Jesse, 7; Grace, 5; Opal, 3, and
Francis, 2 years old,
"Can't you do something to
bring my children here? I want to
be with little Maymie and Grade,"
she cried to the police matron all
day.
Married at 15.
Married in Kearney, Neb., 'when
she was 15 years old, the woman has
worked daily to help support the
family as a janitress in one of the
city skyscrapers. For three years
she said, her husband refused to
work, and kept telling her "to go
out and earn the bread, that it was
a woman's place to do so."
"While I am trying to keep May
me and Jesse in school, he comes
home only at meal times," she said.
"The last time I received a penny
from him was two years ago."
The woman's joy was unbounded
when she received -word of her re
lease last night. Her first remark
was a question whether the children
had anything to eat since she was
away.
Flames Sweep American
Army Camp in France
Paris, Feb. 22. The American
army camp at Is-Sur-Tille has been
destroyed by fire, according to a dis
patch to the Haras agency from
Dijon.
Pespite the prompt and efficient
work of the Americans, the entire
camp was burned with quantities of
clothing and; equipment. The dam
ajje is estimated at 1,01X1,000 francs.
OMAHA, SUNDAY,
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Soviets Discuss Measures of
Resistance as Forces Ad-
vance on Railways to
Border Points.
By Associated Press.
Warsaw, Feb! 22. The Polish
are steadily advancing along the rail
ways, with Grodno, Slonim, Pinsk
and Lutsk as their "-temporary ob
jectives. Their aim is to establish
order and prepare the way for civil
government, with the final intent
of occupying Poland's historic fron
tiers. Thus far they have met with
no determined resistance from the
bolsheviki.
The Moscow government is very
bitter against the Poles, according
to prisoners captured, since the fail
ure of Poland to fall into the arms of
bolsheviki last December, when an
invasion of Poland was planned and
was thwarted by the arrival of Ig
nace Jan Paderewski, the present
Polish premier.
Preparing To Resist.
An indication that the Poles may
meet with the firmest opposition Ia-
ter is seen in a general meeting of
the Minsk Soviets of Lithuania and
those of White Russia to discuss
measures of resistance. The impor
tance of the meeting is shown by
the presence of the members of the
central executive committee of the
Moscow soviet, headedjjy M. Svred
loff. ,
The meeting proclaimed the union
oi Lithuania and White Russia and
also established a Polish central
committee under the leadership of
two Poles, Dolecki and Leszczynski.
The meeting also founded two news
papers which they have named The
Tribuna and The Sledge Hammer.
The Moscow bolsheviki are trying
to stir up antagonism 4o the Polish
invaders by pointing out that they
are the advance guard of the "cap
italistic allies, who prevented Poland
from following her bent" and also
by declaring that the allies hang
without mercy all bolsheviki.
The Tribuna attributes to Nikolai
Lenine, th bolsheviki premier, this
statement:
"In 1919 I shall be hanged for my
noble ideals and you will be hanged
as Hooligans."
Neutral Zone in Transylvania.
Paris, Feb. 22. Plans for the
restoration of peace between Rou
mania and Hungary by the estab
lishment of a neutral zone in Tran
sylvania were presented to the su
preme council today.
Andre -Tardieu suggested that the
fighting between the Roumanians
and Hungarians probably could be
best checked in this manner. He
thought that the neutral zone should
be 10 kilometers wide, in the moun
tains separating the. two nations.
Another subject touched on by
the council was the" claims of Alban
ia for the extension of its territory
by the annexation of portions of
Greece and Serbia.
Morocco and the Polish situation
are on the agenda of the supreme
council for Saturday. ,
Wisconsin Students'
Patriotism Defended
By Senator Lenroot
Washington, Feb. 22. Senator
Lenroot today told the special house
committee investigating activities of
the National Security league that
alleged discourtesy by students of
the University of Wisconsin, during
an address by Dr. Robert McNutt
McElroy, the league's educational
director, was due to the speaker's
lack of magnetism and that the stu
dents' alleged hissing was but He
beginning of a "skyrocket" college
yell.
The senator declared Mr. McEl
roy in adressing the student body
was "very tiresome in his efforts to
educate an audience which probably
knew more about the subject than he
did."
If Dr. McElroy called the stu
dents, "dammed Prussians," as he
testified before the committee, Sen
ator Lenroot, a speaker at the same
gathering, said, the epithet was not
made within the hearing of anyone
and if it had been flung in the face
ot the students, "Dr. McElroy would
be telling a different story now."
"There never was a more patriotic
gathering than that of those stu
dents," declared the senator.
Five Cents a' Mile Travel .
Allowance Voted by Senate
Washington, Feb. 22. The senate
today adopted the conference re
port on the bill authorizing men
discharged from military service to
retain their uniforms and allowing
them five cents a mile for travel to
their homes from places of dis
charge. The house is ey.pected to
take similar action in a few days.
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FEBRUARY 23, 1919.
Acquisition of Helium
Gas by Government
Urged by Military Men
Washington, Feb. 22. Federal
acquisition of deposits of helium
in Oklahoma and Texas, the only
known natural sources of this gas,
was urged today by Col. William
uumore oeiorc me senate muiy
tary affairs subcommittee. He
told the senators that -use of he
lium gas, which is non-combustible,
would revolutionize warfare
in heavier than air machines.
If the use' of helium gas had
been perfected early in the war,
Colonel Gilmore said, many cas
ualties resulting from the explo
sion of balloons by incendiary bul
lets would have been averted.
Discovery of the gas was acci
dental, resulting from complaints
by users that they were being
sold gas that would not burn.
SCORES KILLED
A! IIIJURED 111
CRASHOfl RAILS
Passenger Train Dashes into
Doubleheader Locomotive
on Elevated Track
in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, Feb. 22. Nine per
sons were killed outright and 75
others injured, many fatally, when
a Baltimore & Ohio railroad pas
senger train crashed into a double
header locomotive here tonight. The
accident occurred ' shortly after 9
o'clock and at midnight police, fire
men, railroad men and private citi
zens were still at work on tne ae
bris in an effort to bring out any
bodies pinned in the wreckage.
The accident occurred near Swin
burn street, on Second avenue, at
which point the tracks are elevated
above the surface of the street.
According to officials of the rail
road, the double header locomotive
was ordered to take a siding near
Hazlewood so that the passenger
train would have a clear "road. The
engines pulled on the siding and the
officials express the opinion that one
of the locomotives evidently had
not pulled in far enough off the main
line. . .
The passenger tr.aln, traveling
about 40 miles an hour, crashed in
to" the big engine, scattering wreck
age in all direction, much of the
debris falling over the retaining wall
to Second avenue. . '
Three of the passenger coaches
were ripped from the train, but they
held the tracks.
Steel mill workers in the vicinity
dragged many bodies from the mass
of twisted wreckage. Firemen
helped in the work of rescue.
All victims reside in and about
Pittsburgh, many of them coming
from the city of McKeesport, near,
here.
Booze Cars Run Past
Officers on Bridgep
Police Know Drivers
A fleet of high-powered touring
cas loaded to the curtains with
booze, "ran" the Douglas street
bridge Saturday morning before the
bridge sleuths had an opportunity
to fire into the radiators of the cars
The names of the drivers of the
cars are known, police say, and
warrants for 15 persons were sworn
out Saturday afternoon.
One man, believed to have been
the "brains" of the gang, was arrest
ed and booked on a charge of ille
gal possession of liquor with no
evidence of liquor against him.
All detectives and officers of the
morals squad made the rounds of
alleged dives last night in an effort
to apprehend the drivers of- the
cars. At a late hour last night no
arrests in the case had been made,
in spite of which more than 5,000
quarts of booze are in Omaha, police
say.
Fraternal Congress Organized
With A. R. Talbot President
Chicago, Feb. 22. The American
Fraternal congress was organized
today by representatives of fraternal
insurance societies with an aggre
gate membership of 3.800,000, it was
announced. A. R. Talbot of Lin
coln, Neb., head of the Modern
Woodmen of America, was chosen
president and John Notley of Ful
ton, III., of the Mystic Workers of
the World, secretary.
The congress adopted resolutions
opposing the Chappell bill, now
pending in the Wisconsin legisla
ture involving rate lines of insur
ance and the organization also went
on record aganst social insurance
bills.
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Turkish Army's Losses
7 in War Total $48,477
Constantinople, Feb. 22. The
losses of the Turkish army from
the time Turkey entered the war
until the end of 1918 are placed at
948.477 dead, wounded, prisoners
and missing, according to an of
ficial statement.
Strike Diverts Trade.
Bueno? Aires, Feb. 22. The strike
of port workers here, which has
been in progress 46 days, prevented
600,000 tons of cargo from entering
Buenos Aires. Thirty refrigerator
steamers, shunted toN)ther ports
after starting for Buenos Aires.
could have carried away 100.000 ton
of Argentine meat
SECTION EACH SUNDAY
Dally and Sun.. 15.50: outilda Nb. Mitao
B Mall II (far). Dally. (4.50; Sunday.
Politics Issue in Rathbun
Pardon Case; Governor Will
Answer Attorney General
Accused Man in Iowa Assault Scandal Still in Jail
Fight for His Freedom Will Be Made Before
Grand Jury at Ida Grove This Week.
Special to The Bee. " ,
Ida Grove, la., Feb. 22. Friend3 of Gov.'wVL. Hard
ing in this section declare they see in Attorney General
Havner's attitude towards the state's chief executive, in con
nection with the Ernest Rathburn assault case here, a disposi
tion on the part of the attorney general to take advantage of
the governor's illness in the hope that the reaction will prove
a benefit to Mil Havner two years hence, in the event he is a
candidate to succeed Governor Harding.
Mr. Havner's friends have been' predicting for the past
two years that he would be governor of the state sooner or
later. The attorney general, however, has never made a
public announcement tq the effect that he would enter the
race.
Clash is Expected. O
Followers of both Governor Hard
ing and Attorney General Havner are
expecting a clash between the state
officials when the governor arrives
here Wednesday to testify before
the grand jury, before which the at
torney general is seeking an indict
ment aganst Rathbun for perjury
in connection with the execution of
an affidavit, upon which the gov
ernor is said to have found sufficient
proof to pardon Rathbun, after he
had been convicted for a criminal
assault alleged to have been made
r.ti ITlctA T-TartTpnc
The governor was seized with an !
attack of illness en route from Des i
Moines to Ida Grove and was com
pelled to seek medical aid at Car
roll. After word reached this place
that the governor was ill, Mr. Hav
ner raised the point that Governor
Harding exceeded his authority in
granting the pardon, inasmuch that
tne matter iirst was not suomittea to
the state board of pardons. The at
torney general ordered Rathbun
rearrested, and friends of the prison
er declare that plans had been made
by Mr. Havner looking to speeding
(Continued on Fuga Fourteen. Fage 5.)
Gag and Rob Mankato Man;
Leave Him Bound; to Tree
Assailants Leave Victim in
Taking $80 ; Found by Marshal Lewis After Man
Had Been Abandoned for Two Hours.
' After robbing H. M. Burgess,
Mankato, Minn., of $80 in a forest
near Bellevue, Neb., two men, who
said their names were Harry Kelly,
Kansas City, Mo., and James Rimer,
Mankato, Minn., gagged 'their vic
tim, bound his feet and hands with
wire, thn tied him to a trea, late
Saturday afternoon. Marshal Lewis
of Bellevue heard Burgess' groans
for help and found him in a weak
ened condition, suffering from body
bruises and cuts of the wire.
As yet, the two men are not ar
rested. They took Burgess to Belle
vue supposedly to show him some
land that he was interested in.
Burgess came to Council Bluffs
Saturday and registered at the
Goodrich hotel, where he formed the
acquaintance of his two assailants.
When he told them he was going to
look at some land, Kelly offered to
sell Burgess "some good land near
G. A. R. Veterans Pay Homage
To American Soldier Hero
Mnn Piterl CfiUon TimOC
mcui, viitu ivii i iiiivo uj
French Government, Greeted
by Battle-Scarred Men
of Civil War.
Battle scarred veterans of the Civ
il war who met in the court house
last night to honor the memories
of Washington and Lincoln, also
laid the homage of respect at the
feet of an American soldier bearing
three fresh wounds sustained on
the front in France.
Unobserved, Sergt. J. I. Hansen,
of Worcester, Mass., occupied a back
seat in the criminal court room and
listened to eloquent addresses by
Albert W. Jefferis, congressman
elect, and the Rev. Edwin 11. Jenks,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church. Some one noticed the deco
rations on the-breast of the man
who sat to himscjf and inquired as
to his identity. It developed Ser
geant Hansen had figured gallantl
in nearly every important . engage
ment of the world war and had
been cited seven times by the
French government for distinguish
ed action on the field.
Hesitating and blushing, the
youthful sergeant was called to
the front of the room and escorted
to the platform. Dozens of old sol
diers gathered about eager to shake
his hand.
Sergeant Hansen was released
several days ago from a govern
ment hospital in Washington and
is etirotite to Ogden, Utah, to visit
relatives. s
FIVE CENTS.
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ERNEST RATHBUN.
Forest Near Bellevue After
Bellevue." The three took a car to
Bellevue in the afternoon. As they
were going through a forest, Kelly
and Rimer stunned their. ictim and
robbed him.'
"When I come to, I pleaded with
them to unlash the tight bindings,"
Burgess said. "They laughed in
my face and told me to look over
the land." - - ...
"I suffered more mentally than
physically," he said. "I thought I
would be left in the forest all
night."
Burgess was in a cramped posi
tion from the wire binding for two
hours before he was found by
Marshal Lewis. He was able to re
turn to the hotel in Council Bluffs
last night, after giving Omaha po
lice a- description of his assailants.
Burgess told police that one of
the men followed him from Man
kota. The meeting was held under the
auspices of the G. A. R. Capt.
Joseph Mallison presided and --introduced
the speakers. Representa
tive Jefferis reviewed the life of
Washington, and declared him the
first and greatest figure in Ameri
can history. Mr. Jefferis referred
to the warning sounded in the fare
well address against foreign en
tanglements. "We have adhered to
this injunction in the past," he said,
"and this has been the secret of
our rapid and great growth and
development. For 140 years there
was no occasion for us as a nation
to enter into foreign alliances. When
the occasion did arise for us to
meet a world issue, we did not
hesitate to strike the necessary
blow and impart to the outraged!
people of the world the protecting
remedy which (the father of our
country applied to the downtrodden
people of America."
Lauds Lincoln.
Rev. Mr. Jenks declared that Lin
coln stands side by side with-Washington
in the affection of the Ameri
can people. He said the humble
Kentuckian who rose from the back
woods cabin to the White House is
recorded in history as the greatest
man of his century. "I know of no
passages in the language which can
compare with Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech except the Lord's Prayer
and St. Paul's oration on Mar's
Hill," he said.
The Rev. Thomas J. Mackay, pas
tor of Alt Saints church, spoke
briefly on incidents in. the lives of
both Washington and Lincoln.
Music was furnished by the old sol
diers and Y. M. C. A. quartets.
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Committee of Action Formed
from Socialist Parties
After Assassination
of Ministers.
Copenhagen, Feb. 22. A state of
siege has been proclaimed in Mu
nich, according to a dispatch from
Berlin under date of February 21,
quoting advices from the Bavarian
capital.
A committee of action has been
formed from the three socialist
parties, including the communists
and the executives of the workers,
peasants and soldiers' councils.
The cabinet will meet to deal with
the formation of a new ministry.
A general strike has been pro
claimed for three days, but the
strikers "are behaving quietly," the
dispatch says.
Trouble In Aughburg.
A state of siege has been pro
claimed at Aughburg, Bavaria.
There was a great demonstration
accompanied, by disturbances ,at
Aughburg last evening and light
cavalry and sailors repeatedly clear
ed the streets, firing volleys into the
crowds.
Owing to sanguinary disturbances
Hanau, Prussia, was occupied by
government troops this morning, ac
cording to advices from Berlin. The
government forces disarmed the
red soldiers and arrested their lead
ers. V
Fear Counter Revolution.
Geneva, Feb. 22. Further disor
ders, and even civil war, are feared
in Bavaria as the Munich population
is greatly excited and indignant
over the assassination of Kurt Eis
ner, who was generally loved and
respected and considered the found
er of the German revolution. Red
flags on all public buildings have
been lowered in respect for his
memory.
Revolutionary groups, according -to
advices from Munich, have oc
cupied all the newspaper offices and
the post and telegraph office, and a
counter revolution may be set afoot,
not only in Bavaria, but throughout
Germany,, which is encouraged by
Spartacans and bolsheviki.
The Vienna Fremdenbladt, dis
playing much anxiety, says that ow
ing to the menacing situation in
Germany, allies "must hasten to ar
range peace on moderate terms, 10
preserve calm and order in central
Europe." '
Other Austro-German newspapers
ask whether the allied armies will
be forced to intervene.
. Assassin Quickly Lynched. '
' Munich, Feb,. 22. Count Arco
Valley, the young student, who shot
and killed Premier Eisner, was
lvnched bv an anirry crowd.
r Previous reports of the assassina
tion of -.Premier Eisner have been
that Count Arco-Valley was shot
and wounded by a naval guard, who
accompanied the premier. The re
port received in London through
Berlin said that the young count had
died of his wounds.
Kurt Eisner, the late premier, will
be buried Wednesday. 1
Coalition Government Formed.
Berlin, Feb. 22. A telephone mes
sage from Munich received here to
day says that evidence has been
gathered by the soldiers and work
men's council to the effect that the
assassin of Kurt Eisner was acting
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Expects to Learn of 'v
Her Ranee's Arrival;
Gets News of Death
Mrs. H. C. Weeden, 3541 North
Twenty-eighth street, called her
daughter, Helen, to the telephone
in response to information that the
Western Union Telegraph Co. had
a message for the young woman.
"Oh, I just know it is from Perry,
and that he has arrived safely home
from Frante," the young womac.
remarked as she went to the tele
phone. ' .
Gladness was changed to sadness
when Miss Weeden listened to t!-,
words of a telegram, informing her
that Perry B. Record, her fiaiw,
died at Bourges, France, of pneu
monia. v
Mr. Record, son of Mr. and Mr.
W. G. Record, San Jacinto, Cai.,
attended the balloon training school
at Fort Omaha. He started on bis
overseas journey from Omaha
Thanksgiving eve, 1917. and before
he went away, it was understood
between him and Miss Weeden that
they would be married, on his re
turn from military service.
The young soldier recently wro(;
to Miss Weeden that he enjoyed a
15-day furlough, visited Monte
Carlo and other places, and was
anxiously looking forward to the
time of his home-coming and pro
spective marriage.
Miss Weeden anfl sister AKKia
I will go to San Jacinto to visit I'Z,
I Record's pare.nt
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