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PREDICTS POCKET
WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
London, March 2. Experiments
in a new type of wireless telephone
are so far advanced that it is pro
posed within a few weeks it will be
possible to speak between Londo -,
and New York, while the establish
ment of a regular commercial serv
ice by wireless telephone between
London and New York early next
year is expected by the Marconi
company, according to a statement
by Godfrey C. Isaacs, managing di
rector of the company, to a cor
respondent of the Daily Mail.
An early realization of pocket
wireless telephone is also fore
shadowed by Mr. Isaacs, who says
that experiments have led him to
believe that the pocket wireless
will be in every !av ti.,c at no dis
tant date.
LEADERS TO RECEIVE
VALUAELE PARTING GIFTS
Washington, March 2. Parting
gifts to congressional leaders this
year by their colleagues will be more
magnificient than ever before.
The retiring speaker of the house.
Champ Clark, who returns to the
floor, with the advent of a republi
can majority, is to receive a great
silver tureen with cover and a beau
tiful chased silver coffee service.
Chairman Kitchin of the ways and
means committee will receive a sil
ver service with ivory trimmings
and polished tray to match. Minor
ity Leader Mann will be given a
chest of silver.
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts,
who retiresMarch 4, will be present
ed a silver tray by the Massachu
setts delegation.
MAY LOSE THEIR WORK ,
FOR TAKING HALF HOLIDAY.
San Francisco, March 2. The
possibility of a general tie-up of all
shipbuilding construction in the San
Francisco bay region was created
when approximately 6,000 machin
ists and ship yard laborers and al
lied crafts took a Saturday half hol
iday in the face of the ultimatum
by the employers that they would
be dismissed for so doing.
The men taking the half holiday
:an be re-employed only by renoun
cing the stand of their unions for
'.he half holiday, the employers
said.
SNOW 12 FEET DEEP
ON CASCADE MOUNTAINS.
Seattle, Wash., March 2. Twelve
feet of snow covers the summit of
the Cascade mountains, according
to word received here today by the
' Great Northern Railway company.
Snow plows are being operated by
all the railroads in the Cascades.
EAU CLAIRE FIRST CITY
TO HAVE MUNY MOVIE.
Eau Claire, Wis., March 2. This
city will be the first in America to
establish municipal ownership of
movies. The city, with its popula
tion of 25,000, is expected to make
the new venture a success and to pay
for the maintenance of the new city
auditorium. All kinds of shows will
be run by a trained theater manager,
' already named, and prices will vary
. accordings to the offerings. Vaude
ville may be interpolated on nights
that are open for special attrac
tions. '
HOOVER TO HAVE
FULL CHARGE OF
FAI1REUEF
Will Apportion in Europe
Foodstuffs Purchased With
New $100,000,000
Appropriation.
Washington, March 2. Herbert
Hoover has been appointed by
President Wilson as director gen
eral of the American relief admin
istrition, created under the $100,000,
000 European famine relief bill,
with full authority to direct the fur
nishing of food stuffs and other ur
gent supplies purchased out of re
lief fund and to arrange for their
transportation, distribution and ad
ministration. Mr. Hoover, who already has
been made director general of the
allied relief under the commission
sitting at Paris, also was given full
power by the president to deter
mine to which of the populations
named in the relief bill the supplies
shall be furnished and in what quan
tities. He also is to arrange for
reimbursement so far as possible
as provided in the relief act.
In making public the president's
executive order tonight, the food
administration announced that Ed
gar Richard and Theodore F. Whit
marsh, who have been directing the
affairs of the food administration
during Mr. Hoover's absence in
Europe, had been appointed by him
joint directors in the United States
of the new created relief adminis
tration. Rickenbacher's Memorial
Plan Adopted by Aero Club
New York, March 2. Plans for a
memorial to be erected in the ceme
' tery at Ton!, France, where Major
Lufbery, Hbbey Baker, Blair Thaw
and other famous American airmen
are buried, have been adopted by
the Aero club of America, it was
announced tonight
The memorial was proposed by
Capt Eddie Rickenbacher, Americaiw
ace ot aces, who was apppintea
chairman of the fund.
A memorial in the United States
, is also planned.
Poles and Ukrainians
to Resume Hostilities
. Warsaw, March 2. Negotiations
at Lemberg between the inter-allied
mission and the Poles and Ukran
ians have been broken off, it beiig
found impossible to get tlie Ukran
ians and Poles to agree on a litie of
demarcation between their forces.
Hostilities arc about to be re
mued, it is reppUedj
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VOL. 48 NO. 221.
Legislative Situation Now
Such That President Can De
lay Extra Session " Until
Return From Europe.
Washington, March 2. The Sixty-fifth
congress enters tomorrow
upon its last full working day fac
ing an unprecedented mass of legis
lation, but with the contested "Vic
tory loan" bill out of the way. Both
senate and house after convening in
the morning are expected to work
steadily until sine die adjournment
at noon Tuesday.
The senate remained in session
all last night to pass tlie loan bill,
the keystone measure of the calen
dar, adjourning shortly before 7
o'clock this morning while the
house today held a business session,
disposing of the conference repoit
on the hospital bill. The senate
also held a brief session today for
eulogies of deceased congressmen,
but business went over untiLtomor
row. No Filibuster Undertaken.
Passage of the loan bill without
a record vote and in the form which
it came from the house definitely
marked the course of future legisla
tion and gave assurance that Presi
dent Wilson would not find it neces
sary to change his plan of calling
the new congress after his return
from France, probably in June. Most
republicans favored an earlier extra
session, but after republican sena
tors failed to reach any decision as
to the advisability of obstructing
the loan bill, no filibuster was un
dertaken. Although many important bills,
including the $720,000,000 navy ap
propriation measure with its - au
thorization of a new three year
building program and the $1,215,
000,000 army bill, apparently are
doomed, administration leaders be
lieve that none is of sufficient im
portance to require an earlier call
of congress.
Measures to Be Passed. -
Final action by the house on the
$1,000,000,000 wheat price guarantee
bill is expected tomorrow.
Another important bill regarded
as certain of enactment is general
deficiency appropriation measure,
carrying $750,000,000 additional for
the railroad administration.
Of other important bills remain
ing, leaders tonight planned to pass
the diplomatic, hospital construc
tion and military academy approp
riation measures and that repealing
the war tax on semi-luxuries.
Besides the army and navy bills,
legislation "which seemed certain to
fail included the $850,000,000 sundry
civil bill, which contains $660,000,
000 for the shipping board, and the
oil and mineral land leasing and
water power development measures
Disposition of the agricultural ap
propriation bill, containing the sen
ate committee rider proposing re
peal of the daylight saving law and
many other n isures still was re
garded in doubt.
Suffrage leaders admitted today
that there was no possibility of con
gress acting upon the compromise
equal franchise constitutional
amendment resolution at this ses
sion. LaFollette Speaks Three, Hours.
Passage this -morning of the "Vic
tory loan" bill, authorizing sale by
the treasury of $7,000,000,000 of new
short term notes and $1,000,000,
000 for advances by the war finance
corporation in extending American
foreign commerce, came after a bit
ter controversy.
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin
republican, . made the principal
speech on the bill, holding the sen
ate floor from 1 o'clock this morn
ing until after 4. He had expected
to speak only an hour and disclaim
ed intending obstruction.
When the Wisconsin senator con
cluded, Senator Penrose of Penn
sylvania, republican, sought to force
an adjournment without action on
the bill! A quorum was lacking but
the administration leaders had the
sergeant-at-arms round up absen?
tees and, after a quorum was se
cured at 6 o'cleck, the bill was
promptly put through.
Germany's Resources
Insufficient to Feed
45 Per Cent of People
London, March 2. Germany's
condition today is described by a
correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph, who has spent considerable
time in Germany since the armis
tice, studying the international con
ditions. Before the war, he says,
Germany was able to feed about 95
per cent of her population from its
own courcesi Today it could not
feed 45 per cent of her people on a
pre-war basis.
The reasons are first, deteriora
tion of the soil through lack of fer
tilizers, and second, depreciation in
the numbers and weights of all
c'a-? -,of live stock, owing to lack
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Omaha P. 0. andar act of March 3. 1879
Commutation Urged
for Hundreds Found
Guilty of Disloyalty
Washington. March 2. Attor
ney General Gregory has recom
mended to President Wilson
commutation of the sentences o?
persons convicted under the es
pionage act, a review of whose
cases by officials of the Depart
ment of Justice has revealed that
the evidence of wilful intent to
violate the law was too circum
stantial to warrant the carrying
out of the full sentences fixed by
the trial juries.
Officials of the Department of
Tustice tonight said commutation
had been recommended for sev
eral hundred persons now held in
prison.
Mr. Gregory said in his letter
to the president that the review
ing commission in the depart
ment was examining the records
in the cases of all the other con
victions under the espionage law
and that recommendations as to
these would be submitted later.
RED CROSS DID
ALL POSSIBLE
FOR BEAD H
Mrs. C. M. Wilhslm Tells
of the Arrangements
Made for Funeral of
Mrs. Mohr.
Mrs. R. E. Walters, representing
the American War Mothers, was
mistaken and unjust when she
charged the Red Cross with neglect
in connection with the burial Sat
urday of Mrs. Louis Ruesch Mohr,
the friendless woman and mother of
two sons in the United States army,
yesterday declared Mrs. C. M. Wil
helm, chairman of the home ser
vice section.
"The woman who came to Omaha
from Lincoln and died in the home
of Mrs. R. S. Schtienemann, was
shown every consideration and re
spect that it was possible to mani
fest by the Red Cross at the fu
neral conducted at the undertaking
establishment of A. J. Jackson, 1705
Leavenworth street," Mrs. Wilhelm
assented.
Miss Mildred Scoville, Red Cross
executive secretary, who represent
ed her organization at the funeral,
also declared that the members of
the American War Mothers had crit
icized the Red Cross unjustly. Miss
Scoville denied that she gave a short
answer to Mrs. Walters when she
was asked concerning the funeral
arrangements. "That is a mistake,"
said Miss Scoville. "I did nothing
of the sort."
Thought Woman a Friend.
Mrs. Wilhelm declared that the
Red Cross immediately assumed the
responsibility of burying Mrs. Mohr
when the matter was reported. "The
case was reported to us by Mrs.
Schuenemann," she said, "and it was
my understanding from the first that
Mrs. Schuenemann was a friend. I
took it for granted that Mrs.
Schuenemann would look after the
details of having a minister to con
duct the serrices. In fact this I re
garded as a delicate matter, as we
knew nothing of the religious convic
tions of Mrs. Mohr, and naturally
supposed Mrs. Schuenemann did.
For that reason I thought she would
arrange for the services. Mr.
Jackson was authorized to give her a
proper burial. I know Mrs. Mohr
had on her clothing and that she
was buried in a casket like the ones
used for soldiers.
One Son in France.
"The first we knew of the case
was Wednesday morning when we
received word that the mother of
two soldiers had died at the Schue
nemann residence. We were told
that the woman came here to look
for work after nursing a member
of the Schuenemann family through
a siege of illness at Lincoln. It
was not our understanding that she
came here for assistance in her ef
fort to locate her boys. However,
we instituted a search at once for
the sons, and received as a result
of our efforts, word that one of
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Six Arrests Follow
Suicide of an Officer
Who Confessed Fraud
Chicago, March 2. Six sailors of
the Great Lakes naval training sta
tion are in custody and the body
of another a suicide is in the
morgue, as a result of alleged
grafting in connection with the dis
charge of men from the station, it
was learned tonight.
Lieut. Commander S. C. Roberts,
executive officer at the station, said
no evidence had been found to sup
port a charge that discharges ac
tually had been sold, but that a
number of enlisted men and a few
petty officers had npparently prac
ticed a fraud on some of their mates
by professing to have influence in
obtaining releases.
The existence of fraud became
known today following the suicide
yesterday of Samuel Moscowitz of
Detroit, a second-class seamen, who
plunged from an eight story window
of the local naval intelligence of
fice after making a confession, ac
cording to Lieut. Edwin L. Reed,
chief of the tofjice.
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Former Attorney General
Accompany Wilson to
Paris; Functions Not
Clearly defined.
Washington, March 2. Thomas
W. Gregory, retiring attorney gen
eral of the United States, will ac
company President Wilson to PaiR
as general adviser and assistant at
the peace conference.
Mr. Gregory's resignation as
member of the president's cabiiut
becomes effective Tuesday, when he
will be succeeded by A. Mitchell
Palmer, and the retiring attorney
general will assume immediately his
new position of unofficial coun
sellor to the president during his
second visit to Europe.
To Act as Adviser.
Mr. Gregory's functions have not
been clearly defined, but he is ex
pected to advise the president and
the American peace commissioners
on constitutional questions relating
to the league of nations and on
many matters of law, and of general
policy. There was no intimation
here that he would succeed any of
the American commissioners now in
France.
Mr. Gregory resigned from the
cabinet two months ago with the
intention of practicing law, explain
ing that the salary of his position
was not adequate to meet his per
sonal needs. It is said he still ex
pects to return to law practice when
his duties in Europe are completed.
Palmer Net Yet Confirmed.
The nomination of Mr. Palmer as
attorney general was called up jn
the senate in an executive session
early this morning following an all
night session . on the Victory
loan bill, but action was postponed
because of the absence of many
senators. The nomination will be
taken up again before adjournment
and confirmation then is generally
predicted.
May Amend League Draft.
Paris, March 2. The eighth week
of the peace conference opens with
increased effort by the working
commissions to get their projects
ready for consideration when Presi
dent Wilson, Premier Lloyd George
and Premier Orlando return to
Paris.
No one is more anxious for
prompt action than the French com
missioners, who want to hasten not
only the completion of the peace
treaty,- but the adoption of the
league of nations plan as an integral
part of it. An opening for a re
vision of the plan that will not
threaten the integrity of the league
appears to be broadening. M. Pich
on, French foreign minister-, has in
dicated that he will offer amend
ments relating to an international
force.
It is thought that the conference
may consider other amendments,
such as may be regarded in Amer
ica as necessary to remove am-,
biguity of clauses tliat might effect
the Monroe doctrine, the right of
succession from the league and the
methods of using. force against re
calcitanl nations.
French apprehension is growing
over the danger of anarchy in Ger
mlny, the French delegates, there
fore, desire to hasten the conclusion
of the peace treaty and incorporate
in it measures for the protection
which they have expected from the
league of nations. M. Pichon, re
flecting this view, said that every
one wants a responsible government
with which peace may be concluded
Van Loan, Story Writer,
Is Dead; Father Expires
When Told of His Death
Philadelphia, March 2. Charles E.
Van Loan, humorist and famous as
a writer of short stories on sporting
topics, died today of chronic nephri
tis in Abington, Pa., near here.
Mr. Van Loan came to Philadel
phia from his home in Los Angeles
on business and soon after his ar
rival he became ill and was hurried
to the hospital. His wife and two
children were summoned and were
at his bedside when he died. He
was 43 years old.
Los Angeles, March 2. Overcome
by the news of the death of his son,
Charles E. Van Loan, Richard Van
Loan died at his home here today.
Mr. Van Loan was summoned from
a religious service by another son
to be appraised of the news. He
evidenced great mental stress and
died within a few minutes at the
family home.
Two Troop Ships Arrive.
New York, March 2. The Italian
liner America and the transport
Niagara arrived here today from
France with 3,071 officers and en
'istcd men of the American expedi
tionary force.
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KILLED BY GUN
VHILEHUNTIHG
Nels Johnson's Lifeless Body
Found Where He Attempted
to Crawl Through
Wire Fence.
Nels Johnson, a veteran street car
motorman, was instantly killed Sun
day when a shotgun he was at
tempting to drag through a wire
fence was accidentaly discharged.
The .lifeless body was found by
his son, Elmer, at the west side of
the Forest Lawn cemetery at 8
o'clock Sunday morning. It was
suspended limply across the wires.
The discharged shotgun was lying
on the ground where it had ap
parently fallen.
Johnson was 57 years old. He
lived with his family at 3823 Hart
man avenue.
The last seen of him Sunday was
when he told his son he was "just
going over the hill to get a rabbit or
two."
Find Body Near Home.
When he failed to return the son
became anxious and started a
search. Just a short distance from
the home he maoe the discovery of
his father's body.
The weapon which caused death
was a shotgun of an antiquated pat
tern and was without a guard for
the trigger. It was of the single
barrel type.
Johnson had been a motorman for
the street railway company for 30
years. The son, Elmer, is also a
street railway employe.
Upon order of County Attorney
Shotwell the body was taken to tiie
Brailey and Dorrance chapel. It
is probable no inquest will be held
into the death, as the police after an
investigation pronounced the affair
an accident.
Johnson is survived by his widow
and three sons: ' Elmer of Omaha.
Robert, now in an army camp, and
C. A. Johnson of San Francisco.
French Government "
Engages in Food Trade
to Cut Cost of Living
Paris, March 2. A 40 per cent
decrease in the cost of living in
France within a month is expected
by the food ministry as the resu't
of measures recently taken with re
gard to the purchase, importation
and distribution of foodstuffs, M.
Vilgrain, under secretary of state for
food, told the Associated Press to
day. Next Thursday government dis
tribution centers known as "Vilgrain
barracks" will be opened in 15
wards of Paris, and before March
10, there will be stores in every
arrondissement offering a ration
containing 3,616 calories and 113
grammes of fat for each inhabitant.
The present cost of the new ra
tion in Paris is 60 cents, as against
38 cents in New York and 32 cents
in London.
Road Building Will Give
Employment to 100,000 Men
Washington, March 2. Approxi
mately half a million dollars will be
spent on highway construction dur
ing the coming season, giving em
ployment to 100,000 men, according
to anestimate b ythe Department of
Agriculture, based on known federal
funds available and of the state and
municipal funds, made at a confer
ence today between Secretary Hous
ton and representatives of the high
way departments of 22 states.
The conference asked that
gineer regiments, now road building
in France, be returned to the
United States at an early date and
demobilized, and Secretary Houston
promised his aid in bringing War
department attention to the subject.
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Sergius Sasonoff Reports
Thousands Are Giving Lives
Daily in Effort to Over
throw Bolshevism.
Paris, March 2. "Forty million
Russians in organized governments
are now co-operating in a move
ment for a reunited Russia. These
Russians are working and fighting,
dying by hundreds and even by
thousands daily in an effort to save
Russia from complete destruction;
and all this is being done without
a thought of political ambition,"
said Sergius Sasonoff, minister of
foreign affairs in the Denikine gov
ernment, who also is the representa
tive in Paris for the Omsk govern
ment, in an interview today. Con
tinuing, he said:
"In addition to the Russians
fighting bolshevism through and
outside the governments there are
also hundreds of thousands of Rus
sians within the bolsheviki bat
tling daily agafnst the efforts to de
feat a reunited Russia.
Progressives Join Hands.
"During the months I was in
Yekaterinodar (capital f the pro
vince of Kuban,) socialistic and
other liberal elements are taking a
very prominent part in the move
ment for a reunited Russia, especial
ly in the south. In the Crimea
and in the Don and Kuban govern
ments the progressive men of all
parties have joined hands. There
is not the slightest chance that au
tocracy will ever return in Rus
sia. "Friends of a reunited Russia
much regret the effort made by cer
tain propagandists to create the im
pression that the southern govern
ment, the Omsk government and the
Archangel government are led by
men who would favor a return to
the old order of things. I am sure
men like General - Denikine and
Admiral Kolchak have no desire to
turn back the wheels of progress in
Russia and I do not believe they
seek personal aggrandizement.
Able to Pay Way.
"The effort to split Russia into
many independent governments also
is a misguided movement. Scores
of small governments cannot live
independently. The larger govern
ments bowl them over by their sheer
weight.
"Russia has such undeveloped and
unlimited resources that she is able
to pay her way and the entente will
be amply rewarded for any help they
may extend to patriotic Russians in
their effort to pverthrow anarchy
and restore peace in a country that
has been disrupted by bolshevism."
Paderewski Discusses Peril.
Warsaw, March 2. "Can you op
pose bolshevism with the bible?
This is a question which the world
is facing today."
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the pre
mier of Poland, somewhat nettled at
the American opposition to the big
Polish army which is being formed
while the peace conference is sitting,
asked this of the Associated Press
correspondent today.
"It is not an individual peril, but
a peril for civilization," he said, "be
cause you cannot have peace and
organized prosperity with your next
door neighbor advising your work
men not to work and paying agents
to destroy your factories as quickly
as you can build them. Most peo
ple like to get money without work
ing, and that is what bolshevik Rus
sia offers."
When asked if he was able to
reconcile the Polish army of 350,000
with the league of nations plan, M.
Paderewski replied:
"Yes. certainly, and I am quite
in sympathy with that plan. Po
land's army is to be recruited for
such time as is necessary to restore
order on our frontiers.. It will be
an army of peace and order, or po
licemen, if you will, the same as the
United States called up. 'to protect
its borders along Mexico from out
rage. "It is evident that the Germans
consider themselves victors on the
eastern front and are planning the
economic domination of Russia by
selling arms to the bolsheviki, which
epidemic will cease when it runs its
course. The probable end of Rus
sia will be a dictatorship, with some
other Trotzky, Lenina or Hohen
zollern type. Your advice to us not
to fight is good advice for a dying
man. but not for a man who wishes
to live and enjoy liberty. We have
to protect certain institutions.
"On the whole, I am optimistic
about Poland's future."
170,000 Soldiers Enrolled
for Educational Courses
Washington, March 2. General
Pershing reported to the War de
partment today that 70,000 more of
ficers and men in France had enroll
ed for educational courses directed
by American and French author
ities. This brings the total number
of students to 170,000.
TWO CENTS.
KIEL CANAL ONE OF
VITAL PROBLEMS AT
PEACE CONFERENCE
Measures to Deprive Germany
of Strategic Value of Water
way Being Considered.
Paris, March 2. (Havas) Ste
phen Pichon, minister of foreign af
fairs, in his weekly talk with the
newspaper men at the Quai D'Orsay
today, declared that the question ot
the disposition of the German fleet
had not yet been brought before
the peace conference.
Questions as to the proposed in
ternationalization of the Kiel canal
or other measures designed to re
move the strategic value of the
waterway to Germany also had not
been discussed, he said.
M. Pichon said he considered the
Kiel canal a problem of the highest
importance toward which none of
the great powers could remain un
concerned. Discussion of Marshal Foch'i re
port by the five great powers in
the conference will begin tomorrow,
M. Pichon said. He added that the
economic council had not yet sub
mitted its report on the blockade
question. ,
Eyes on America.
Speaking to the British corre
spondents tonight Arthur J. Bal
four, British secretary for foreign
affairs, said:
"By the end of March we shall at
least be in sight of a preliminary
peace, which will be the greatest
stride towards universal peace. As
a representative of the British gov
ernment, I am in position to say that
what is going on in America at this
moment is more important for the
success of a general peace than what
is being done in Paris today."
Mr. Balfour added that the league
of nations would not attain its full
est fruit unless the United States
took an even share in the great
tasks after peace.
Commissions Enlarged,
The supreme war touncil at its
session yesterday, presided over by
Premier Clemenceau, decided to in
crease to 15 the number of mem
bers of the financial and economic
commissions. Up to the present
these commissions have comprised
only one representative from each
of the five great powers. In the fu
ture eaeh nation will have two rep
resentatives while the other powers
with special interests in questions
considered by these bodies will elect
five members."
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Three Men Arrested
in Connection With
Salvage Graft Case
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Des Moines, la., March 2. Three
men were arrested here early this
morning in connection with the
second expose of graft in the sale
of army salvage goods. The men
are: J. Rhoades, Norfolk, Va, brok
er; Arthur Koerner and A. Gross of
Minneapolis.
The trio were arrested by federal
secret service agents, A. P. Sher
wood and H. D. Haley. The "tip"
was given by Xieut. H. R. Van
strum, wealthy Minneapolis contrac
tor, who is executive officer for the
salvage section at Camp Dodge.
According to federal authorities,
the trio under arrest arranged with
Vanstrum through his finance to fill
out blank contracts which they sub
mitted for army blankets. The army
officer was to get "a five per cent
commission.
When the plan was made known
to Vanstrum, he immediately told
army justice officers who followed
the brokers across the country until
they were arrested here.
"There Is NoTight
' in German Remnants,"
Says U. S. A. Officer
Coblenz, March 2. In the opin
ion expressed by the United States
army officers who have specialized
on the question of demobilization
and readjustment of the enemy
forces, there no longer is any doubt
about the complete uselessness of
the remnants of 'the-old German
army now in regimental and battal
ion departments throughout Ger
many, In the American Third army in
telligence bureau it is estimated in
the summary of an expert that there
are approximately' 3,000,000 men,
mostly of the 1899 class, who have
declined to volunteer for the new
army.
"There is no fight in these men,"
said the American expert today.
"The events of the past two weeks
have demonstrated that they are as
useless in the suppression of inter
national disorders as they are
against bolshevism or the Poles."
Millionaire Hobo and 34
Others Arrested in Raids
Kansas City, Mo., March 2.
Thirty-four men, including James
Eads How of St. Louis, known as
the millionaire hobo, were arrested
by the police here tonight when two
meetings from which quantities of
I. W. W. literature was taken, were
raided. The men are held for in
vestigation. Pershing at Biarritz.
Biarritz, March 2. Gen. John J.
Pershing, American commander, has
arrived in Biarritz, on a tour of in
spection of American recreation
stations.
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Manifesto Denouncing Strikes
Issued by Ministry; As
sembly Demands Lift
ing of Blockade.
London, March 2. The possible
fall of the German government is
reported in numerous special dis
patches received today from Ber
lin. The members of the govern
ment have arrived at Berlin to con
sult with the workmen's council, and
a manifesto has been issued. All the
correspondents represent the situa
tion as grave.
Berlin newspapers, with the ex
ception of the socialist organs, were
prevented from appearing today as a
result of the sudden strike pro
claimed today. It is uncertain
whether this strike is a prelude to
a general political strike for which
a large part of Berlin labor is agi
tating or whether it is due to trade
demands.
The municipal council of greater
Berlin today published an appeal to
the non-socialist population of the
capital urging a general strike in,
case the independent-socialists car
ried out their threat to call a gen
eral strike. The council asks the
people to combat force with force.
The prestige of this organization,
however, is nojt high.
Government Issues Manifesto.
Berlin, March 2. The govern
ment has issued a long manifesto
from Weimar, denouncing the ter- ,
rorist attempts to get rid of ihsjia-
iionai assemuiy. ii proclaimed
faithfulness to the principles of de
mocracy. "Greater than the political danger
is the economic distress," says the
manifesto. "We cannot feed our
selves from our own supplies' ufitil
the next harvest. The blockade is
eating away the vitals of our peo
ple. Thousands perish daily from
ill-nourishment."
The manifesto denounces strikes,
saying,
"Every strike brings us a step
nearer to the abyss. Only work can
save us."
jl lie iiiaiiucaiu piumiaca luc so
cialization of suitable industries and
establishment of industrial councils
representative of all the workers and
freely elected. It closes with a
strong note, asserting the determi
nation oi tne government to wage
relentless war against terrorism,
concluding:
"Whoever assails the life of the
nation is our enemy." 1
Soviet Rule Forced.
That the bolshevists have suc
ceeded in their propaganda for
soviet rule is amply evidenced by
the governmenrs indecision with
respect to the plan to incorporate
the ideas of the soldiers' and work
mens' organization in the constitu
tion. There is further evidence that
Hugo Haase's party, the indepen
dent socialists, is preparing to make
common cause with the Spartacans
in an effort to overthrow the
Scheidemann cabinet by launching
a general strike with the purpose of
forcing the issue of soviet rule.
That the Weimar government -is
flirting with the latter idea seems
to be indicated by the suggestion
now being considered that the as
sembly be given an auxiliary cham
ber comprising members of,soviet
boards.
Demand Lifting of Blockade.
Basel, March 2. The German Na.
tional assembly at Weimer yester
day, unanimously adopted a resolu-,
tion introduced by 37 women mem-'
hers, demanding the immediate rais
ing of the hunger blockade and re
patriation of prisoners of war.
Dr. Heim, leader of the Bavarian
peasant party, protested against the
appeals for the raising of the Brit
ish blockade and urged Germany to
do what was possible to feed itself
by a little real work.
Dr. Heim startled the house by
referring to sabotage as being more
pertinent than was the blockade.
He asked:
"Do you know how much grain
has gone to waste in the strike? In
the meantime we are standing oi
the verge of a precipice. Death by
starvation is facing us.
"Undoubtedly the sparticides wil
live the longer but all could live it
they worked. If something comes
from abroad, well and grood, but let
us do something ourselves."
Rioting at Thorn.
Copenhagen, March 2. Govern
ment troops have entered Halle,
Prussian Saxony, which now Is
quiet, according to a report from
Berlin.
Serious food disturbances are re
ported from Thorn, West Prussia.
Soldiers intervened and a mob
stormed the military jail. Many
persons were wounded before the
troops restored order.
Reports from Munich say the
soviet congress there has chosen a
ministry headed by Herr Segiu,
who also will be minister of forea
affairs and'minister of the iuUC
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