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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1919)
! A' THE OMAHA "SUNDAY 'BEE: FEBRUARY 23. 1919. GEN. BLACK SAYS II. S. 17AS READY TO ENTERJ.1EXIC0 Hearing at Washington Dis closes Preparations Were Under Way Before Coun v try Declared War on Huns. Washington, Feb. 22. In urging tiiat congress give authority for the army to take options on materials which might be needed in an emergence-, Major Genera! Black, chief of the engineers' corps, disclosed today before the senate military af fairs" committee that preparations tor- the possibility of extensive op erations in Mexico were being made just prior to the declaration of war on Germany. "You don't expect any trouble during the next fiscal year, do you?" asked Senator Hitchcock. "I'm no prophet," replied the gen eral, "but in case there were any, such a provision would save the country money." Missing U. S. Soldiers in Russia Counted as Dead With The American Forces in Xorth Russia, Feb. 22. (By Asso ciated Press.) While vague reports have reached the American forces on this front indicating that there per haps may be a few American sol diers held captive at Vologda and Moscow it appears that the majority of the 35 Americans, which is the total number listed as missing in ac tion, since the beginning of the cam rjaignLmust be counted as dead. Socialists to Hold Second Conference Early in August Berne, Feb. 22. The Berne com mittee intends to summon another international socialist conference to meet early in August, it was an nounced here today. Border Patrol Brings Ohio-Michigan Liquor Traffic Under Control Detroit, Feb. 22. The illicit traflic m liquor across the OhioMichigan border is all but under control to night, according to J. Herbert Cole, a special acent of the Dcoartnieat of Justice who returned here to night trom Monroe, on the state line. County, state and federal officers are co-operating in patrolling the border armed with John Doe war rants tor the search of automobiles and a blanket injunction against the use of all highways for the im portation of liquor. ' There was' a marked decrease to day in the number of runners as a result of wholesale arrests at Mon roe, Mr. Cole said. Detroit police were stationed at all intcrurban and railway stations tonight with orders to take into cus- ody all persons carrying liquor and up to a late hour several hundred had been arrested and held under the Reed amendment. Dr. Mary Walker, Only t Ail i . r woman auowea to uress m male attire, uies Watertown. N. Y.. Feb. 22. Dr. Mary Walker, aged 87 years, died at her home on bunker Hill, near Os wego, at 8 o'clock last night after a long illness. She was a surgeon in the civil war and was awarded a congressional medal of honor. She gained considerable fame by being the only woman allowed to appear in male attire by an act of congress. Dr. Mary E. Walker led a pic turesque career. Four years were spent on the battlefields of the civil war. The remainder of her active life was spent in fighting for feminine dress reform and woman's right to political suffrage, in which movements she was a pioneer. She frequently claimed to have been the first American woman to attempt to cast a ballot in a legal election. Her livelihood was earned during all these years by her private medical practice and by writing. .5mo iota Business Integrity and High Quality Dental Service are directly and wholly responsible for our clean repu tation and great dental practice. Seven years will come pretty near stamping a business for what it really is, and 40,000 patrons voicing their approval or condemnation will either make or break it. Our offices are now larger and service better than ever before, MERIT ALWAYS WINS SUCCESS Best Silvery Filling . . . tj) 1 Best 22K Gold Crown $5 ! Heaviest Bridge Work, per I Tooth $5 Rubber Plates . 1324 Farnam Street $3, $10 and $15 McKENNEY DENTISTS Corner 14th and Farnam HONOR GIVEN TO DR. JONES FOR HISTORICAL WORK Lecturer on 'War Topics Re ceives Fellowship for Re Discovery of Copely Let ters; Speaks in Omaha. "The League of Nations" will be the subject of Dr. Guernsey Jones' next discussion at the Centra! High school auditorium at 4 p. in. Tues day. Dr. Jones .has just been made a fellow of the Royal British Histori cal society. ' This honor was con ferred upon him in recognition of his service by rediscovering and editing the Copley and Pelham let ters, which were thought to have been lost for nearly two centuries. These letters were written prior to the revolutionary war by two half- brothers and represent English and American opinion on events that finally precipitated the war. The British government attempted to seize these letters before the out break of the war in order to use them as incriminating evidence against the colonies. The letters disappeared and Dr. Jones was the first to hnd the important docu ments. Dr. Jones ran across the docu ments while conducting original his torical investigations in the British historical archives. He has edited and published them with the per mission of the British government, thus adding a valuable source for the study of American and English his tory. ' Ben Stanley to Play at Zion Lutheran Church A concert, in which Ben Stanley and Emily Cleve will be the prin cipal players, is to be held at the Zion Lutheran church. Thirty-sixth and Lafayette streets. Thursday eve ning, February 27. The concert is a part of the festival arranged by the Lutheran Brotherhood. O. Ar thur Melcher and Mrs. Stanley will also participate in the concert. Among others Miss Cleve will lay the "Viennese Popular Song," y J.reisier. we tii s uance. bv Spies and the "Mazurka." bv Wien iawski. Mr Stanley will play the "Fantasie from the Hymn of Praise," by Mendelssohn and the "Lost Chord," by Sullivan. He will also play "The War March of the Priests, from Athaha, by Mendels sohn. Morals Squad Arrests 23 in Gambling Joint Two lookouts in a eamblinar den above a soft drink parlor at 2501 N street, South Side, failed to give 20 inmates emple time for escape early Sunday morning. Sergeant Thest rup and three officers from the morals' squad pointed guns at the riotous gang when they attempted to "rush" the officers. All were booked at the South Side station for gambling. A buzzer and dumb-waiter were used as means of warning the in mates of the presence of police in the soft drink parlor. The lookouts failed to recognize the morals' sauad officers when they entered. Several pairs of dice and $21 in silver were found on the tables bv the officers. One pair of die showed "craps." Cuming Pioneer Dies. West Point, Neb.. Feb. 22. fSoe- cial). The death of Charles Carsten, one of the earliest pioneer business men of this city, occurred Thurs day at his residence in this city. Mr. t-arsten nad resided in this city since the late 70's. Funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the Odd Fel low and Rebekah lodges, of which he was a member. He is survived by his widow, three sons, two of whom are still in the army. The Super-Six Closed Car A Masterpiece of Art , Hudson Smartness and Comfort Embody Ideals of World Greatest Designers Automobile body designing Ku become as much an art u the creation of a beautiful home. It U more than building on a piece of machinery placet for people to sit. It must express the inherent fineness of the car itself. It must reflect the discrimination, good taste and artistic appreciation of the owner. Artistic Idealism in Every Model Owners of the Super-Six can feel the keen pride that goes with possession of any artistic masterpiece. They are given the sense of luxury that money alone can never buy. They possess smartness and style, elegance and refinement that can be surpassed in no car. In Merit and Beauty Super-Six Unsurpassed Super-Six construction fully merits its combination with the best to be found in the world of art Its mechanical worth, combined with artistic idealism, explains why Hudson is the world's leading maker of fine closed cars. GUY L. "SMITH "Service First." WDSONf St per- V a si A F.S 0S) "V I 26th and Farnam 7 Douglas 1970 1 V See the Hudson Super-Six and the Essex at the Auto Show Space 10 NEAR RIOT AT TOWN &1EET TO DISCUSS BILL (Continued from Toga Out.) be killed, say 'no,' continued Brady. There was a small ctiorus of "nos." - That was the end of the meeting, except for the discussion in the chamber until someone turned the lights out and the discussion in the corridor and outside the entrance of the city hall by the. taxpayers afterward. The meeting was attended by Sen ator Robbins and Representatives Foster, Druesedovv, Dyball, Burgess, Reynolds, Howard. Berka and Rob bins. City Commissioners Towl, Ure, Zimman, Ringer and Butler were there. And the audience of citizens filled the council chamber to capacity. A number of women were present and several made speeches. Commissioner Towl started the "party" with a speech telling the good points of the bill. "Kansas City, Denver, St. Paul, Minneapolis, in fact, all the cities I know of in this part Of the coun try at least, have this provision that we propose to give Omaha," he said. "There are vast districts of this city that have been trying to get improvements for years and they have been blocked by big con cerns or speculators, usually non residents, who were able to defeat the wishes of the real home owners of the district. "This bill will give the city coun cil the right to initiate improve ments and if a majority of the prop erty owners don't want the improve ments they can stop them by get ting a petition signed." The principal objection to the bill by speakers was that it "takes away the right of petition." Niggers in Woodpile. "The people of the city do not want this bill," declared S. Arion Lewis. "It containes so many riders and niggers in the woodpile that it is a disgrace to its author, whoever he may be. It was con ceived in iniquity and is founded on the old ida that 'the king can do no wrong,' the king in this case be ing the city council. If it is pass ed it will certainly be carried to the supreme court to test its valid ity." A pass occurred after Jerry Howard had spoken, accusing other members of the legislature of side tracking his bill to compel the street railway company to pave the street between its tracks. Representative Druesedow rose to say that "the rest of the Douglas county delega tion spend their time in doing their work instead of blowing their bel lows." T. E. Brady declared that he had spent so much time in circulating petitions trying to get improve ments in his part of the city that he "could have made them himself with a shovel in the same length of time." "The real estate men stand in the way of improvements," he declar ed. Representative Robbins declared that the bill does not ta; away the right of petition. "They can still petition the city council to stop a projected improvement if this bill is passed," he said. Mrs. Mary Cormack, a pioneer, former school teacher and now in terested in valuable property on St. Mary's avenue, made a vigorous speech in which she "laid down the law." "We are the people ; you are noth ing but our servants," she told the legislators and commissioners. "We have as much right as the city coun cil or the state legislators to say what shall be done. I am only a woman but I have rights and I'll prove it. If we can't get what we want one way we will another. "If I go to the store to buy goods I don't take them unless I get my money's worth. And don't you think I'm going to have the same rights in my property. It's my money, not the commissioners'. "There is a motive back of this bill. On St Mary's avenue we never could get any improvements while the speculators held the reins of government When we erected our buildings there we were told the street was on permanent grade. This bill will give the council pow er to put a 12-foot fill in front of our property." W. T. Graham, a real estate man, spoke in favor of the bill. "If Mrs. Cormack only knew it," he said, "this bill will operate to increase the value of her property, not to decrease it. There is no sec tion of this city that has received improvements and now is sorry that it has them. Improvements are what make property valuable and a city great." Ed. A. Smith drew applause when he declared that "a road tax on automobiles should be levied to take care of grading and paving m the city." He also protested against the $500,000 bond issue provided in the bill. Mr. Towl explained that this is merely a "revolving fund" which is used to pay contractors and is replenished by levies for the Im provements when they are paid by the property owners. Among the other speakers against the bill were Yale Holland and Tony Donahue. Henry Wulf spoke in favor of it. It was the liveliest meeting the city council chamber has seen in many a year. Church Entertainment. Dancing and card playing will be featured at an entertainment to be given by the ladies of St Philo7 mena's parish. Tenth and William streets, next Thursday night in the new Catholic Turner hall. 1245 South Thirteenth street. An admission of 25 cents will be charged. OBlTUAftY. DAVID P. SINGLES, 4. died Fri day at his residence. 1301 South Thirty-first street Mr. Singles was one of Omaha's oldest residents, hav ing been employed by the Rock Is land railroad in this city for the past 34 years. He is survived by his wife, five sons, and two daughters. The funeral services will be held at the residence at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. The body will be placed in the receiving vault at the Holy Sepulcher ceme tery. MRS. MARY L. THOELCKE. 61. died Friday at. hr residence. 8013 Dewey avenue. Funeral services tvili be held at 2 d. m. Monday at the Stack & Falconer parlors. Inter ment at West Lawn cemetery. Farewell Address of Washington is Read in House and Senate Washington, Feb. 22. Govern mental activities, with the exception of congress, ceased today in com memoration of the birth of George Washington. Faced with most urgent business and with adjourn ment sine die little more than a week dij.ant, congress remained in session. In accordance with custom, Washington's farewell address was read in both the house and senate. Washington Would Approve of League of Nations, Says Abbott New York, Feb. 22. Rev. Lyman Abbott, at the Washington birthday celebration held here this afternoon at the republican club, declared that Washington, as president of the United States, "would approve of a league of nations" because his ad vice against entangling alliances" did not mean "to avoid help to peoples fighting for human liberty." Rule on Economic Measures. Paris Polv 22 All economic mea sures of a transitory nature, which cOme before the peace conference, will be referred to the ecenomic council, which was appointed by the conference at the suggestion of President Wilson, it was announced today in the official communique issued by the supreme council of the conference. STATE OF SIEGE IN HUNCH IS HOW DECLARED (Contlmifd from Fe One.) in behalf of a secret organization of officers and aristocrats. The minister of war, Herr Ross hauptef, who was reported wounded, during the shooting in the diet and afterwards placed under arrest by the Spartacans, has been released. The majority socialists, indepen dents and Spartacans, the advices say, have formed a coalition govern ment, which is headed by a central council of 11. The new government has not yet officially communicated with Weimar. The Bavarian sol diers, workmen and peasants' Soviet has been declared dissolved. Large bodies of armed demonstra tors have collected in various parts of the city and there has been pro miscuous shooting on the streets. The resentment of the masses is aimed at the bourgeoise press be cause of its hostile attitude toward Eisner. Most of the afternoon edi tions did not appear today and the newspaper plants are under military protection. Million Men Idle. Amsterdam, Feb. 22. The Ger man nationl ministry of economic demobilization estimates the num ber of unemplaycd men in Germany at present to be 1,000,000. The soldiers' and workers' council at Essen, in the Ruhr industrial region, has decided to stop the gen eral strike. This action was taken today, according to a report from Essen, after an agreement had been reached at a conference in Munster between the commander of the gov ernment tropps and representatives ot the council. Banquet Concludes Meeting of Railway Special Agents A festal spread of eight courses met the appetites of guests and members of the Association of Rail way Special Agents and Police of the central west at the Rome hotel last night. The banquet was the concluding event of their annual meeting at the Burlington head quarters. Delegates from all portions of the central west, representing all the railroads entering Omaha, made up the members of the association. Spirited talks were made by Captain Holdridge, Washington, assistant to W. J. Flynn, chief of the railroad secret service; Victor Rosewater, editor of The Bee, and James C. Dahlman. The leading topic under discussion was the solution of a plan to deal with the thievery of merchandise from box cars. Poison Conspirator Dies. Derby, England, Feb. 22. Mrs Alice YVheeldon, who, in 1917 was sentenced to 10 years' imprison ment on the charge of conspiracy to poison Premier Lloyd George, but who was released after a few months on account of ill-health, died today of influenza. Total Loan Subscription. Washington, Feb. 22. Subscrip tions to the fourth Liberty loan have amounted to $6,993,073,250, ac cording to late reports announced today by the treasury. ALLIES SMASH ! REDS BACK HEAR MURMANSK LII2E Troops of Four Nations Push Bolshevik! Thirty -Five Miles, Capturing Much Material. Archangel. Feb. 22.-Canadinn, Italian, Serbian and Russian Kare lian troops, in an offensive move ment southward along the Mur mansk railway February 19, push ed forward 35 miles, capturing con siderable railway material and 50 prisoners and inflicting heavy losses on the bolsheviki. While other troops moved through the woods on skiis outflanking the enemy at a bridge near the village of Cegishi, the Serbians attacked frontally along the railroad and Hrnvn th fnpmv hevoild the bridge after considerable fighting. The allies now occupy tne village oi Cegishi, which is approximately ?Q miles south of Sorotzka. Peasants coming into the allied li'nAa frrttn Kntahvilf Iprritflrv Hr- r1ar tliat several hnlslipvik mill- mands have mutinied and refuse tc. stay at the front. - Dr. Hibben Decorated. Prlnfflnn V I Fph ?2 Presi dent John Gricr Hibben of Prime ton university was decorated today by the French government with the cross of Legion of Honor. Silk and Fabric Gloves for Spring Kayser's silk gloves in black, white, gray and mastic, with self and contrasting embroider ies, $1 to $2.25. Washable fabric gloves, 75c, $1 and $1.25. 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