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SLEEPS FOUR WEEKS, AND
tNOW AWAKE, FEELING FINE.
. tort Worth, Tex., March 17..
B
, -Lieut. Clark Wright of the
4, ,;345tu field artillery is awak after a
wfour weeks' sleep. Physicians who
had failed to arouse him, agree that
'cither an attack of the influenza, or
- else too close study in the army
caused Uie long sleep. He appears
to be in fairly good health after the
. 'lojg pap.
h . -
INCOME TAX LAGGARDS ,
MUST PAY IN FULL. , :
. . Washington, March 17XPersons
who'neglccted "to pav the first in
stallment f income .taxes last Sat
urday have lost the installment pay
yjnenf privilege and must now pay
their entire tax upon demand of a
Revenue collector."
g. To avoid the penalty of 25 per
p.cent in addition to the regular (ax,
.persons who failed to file returns
"Saturday may now submit belated
, returns with a sworn statement of
k,thc reason for delinquency. With
out this the penafty will be imposed.
VETERANS OF RECENT
f WAR IN ORGANIZATION.
V Paris, March 17. The three days'
caucus of representatives of the
'iAmerican expeditionary force held
o form a society of the veterans of
the war ended today. An executive
'committee with Colonel Milton
fForeman of Illinois as chairman, was
elected.
This committee, working in co
operation with a similar committee
'.named by the troops in the United"
, Mates, will, arrange for a national
convention to be held November 11.
X'hicago is favored as the place, but
tvthis has not been decided. The dele
gates will be elected for states and
counties.
'88,000 MEN MARCH
$H NEW YORK PARADE.
X. New York, March 17. Pic
turesque costumes and banners de
manding liberation of Ireland and
jjhe release ol Jeremiah A. O'Leary,
.anti-British editor, now on trial
ijjere charged with violating the es
pionage law, marked 'the SU. Pat
rick's day parade in Manhattan to-day
of 38.000 "wearers of the green."
.About 7,500 marchers turned out for
'4 parade in Brooklyn.
;J England, damn your concessions
7-we want our country" was tie
.'legend on one of the largest ban
ners displayed. Others were let
tered: ,
.... "We stand for a free and inde-
pendent Ireland," "A True Amer
ican is a True Sinn Feiner," "Our
Country for Ourselves," "We De
mand the Release of Jere O'Leary
land All Other "Political Prisoners"
arid "Perjury, Bribery and Persecu
tion against jere O'Leary."
John W. Goff, retired justice of
-the. New York supreme court, was
grand marshal of the parade, and
several scores of Irish organizations
with many lands were in line.
The 69th New York Guard1 and
several" hundred returned soldiers,
including many wounded men,..par-"'ticiptcd.-
The Irish --cowboy cav'"
; Malry from Idaho also were in the
'.fSne. ,
TRANSPORTATION LINES
JN ENGLAND IN BAD WAY
' London, March 17. Sir Eric Ged
ties, minister without portfolio, in
introducing in the house of com-
. thons today bill to establish a
ministry of transportation, said that
Vdth the exception of the street rail
ways, the transportation system of
the country financially was in a
temi-paralyzed state. f
' ' -Only the municipal 'street rail
ways were prosperous. Before the
war, railway capital returned 4.2
per cent; today there was a loss ot
from 2 in 3 tier cnr. Betore tne
war canals were earning Vi per
eentywhile today they were worked
lit a loss, and were heavily subsidiz
ed. Roads which cost of country 20,
000,000 pounds. a, .year, were earning
practically no' income; while har
bors arid docks were earning 3 per
cent C . - , ,
Ib the present conditions, said the
jninister, it would be ycriminal to
permit the old system of competi
tion. One block of capital must do
the work'and not two, in competi
tion. This would be bad news for
some interests, but it was a cold bath
which the country must take.
POLICE WANT WILKINS
WHOvHAS DISAPPEARED
"Long Beach, H. Y., March 17.
District Attorney Weeks" announced
today that he would apply for a war
rant. for the arrest of Dr. Walter K.
.Wilkins, whose wife was murdered
cuiside the Wilkins' home here the
fright of February 27. District At
torney Weeks declared that his men
had been Searching for Dr. Wilkins
nhd had been unable to find him.
The attorney did not specify the
tliiarge which would be placed
against Dr. Wilkins.
- The night of the murder, Dr. Wil
kins reported to the police that he
. Kid his wife had been attacked by
three robbers while entering their
home. Mrsr Wilkins was found dead
" ft Ahei sidewalk with her head
f rushed in ' by blows from a blunt
instrument. Diy Wilkins claimed
that he had been attacked and ex
lijbited a broken derby hat, which he
eaid. was damaged when he- was
r struck over the head in the hallway
. of his home. '
AMERICAN RED CROSS
MISSION WORK IN RUSSIA
, Washington, March -17. The
American Red Cross Mission, which
' the inter-allied military commission
Uow4 to enter Germany, is,now ac
tively engaged in relieveing the suf
fering of thousands of Russian prts
' oners being held in that country, re
ports to headquarters here today
' taid. The dispatch said it was hoped
that all the prisoners would be pro
vided for and: repatriated within
three months. v
Food, material supplies and sup
plemental comforts are tyring 'dis
tributed to the Russians by the mis
sion from supply bases which have
been established in Berlin, Dresden,
Stettin, Madgeburg. . Hanover ana
"Murmhiirff.
Karh nrison camo win
Jive a Red Cross store managed by
b.- A VA rrncs wnrkrr who
Will be responsible to the Red Crossf
Official in charge of thej&mcu J
VOL. 48. NO. 234.
WOREC FOB
SOLDIERS
PROPOSED
BYC01CIL
Government Agencies at the
Capital Confer With-Colonel
Wood and Outline
Plans for Organization,
Washington, March 17. Govern
mental agenciegrcalled together by
the Council of National Defense or
ganized today the emergency com
mittee on employment for soldiers
and sailors as a step toward filling
.the gap caused by demobilization
of 80. -per cent of the field force of
the United States' employment ser
vice for which congress failed to
provide funds.
A committee on plans was ap
pointed to collect immediately all
available information as to' work
being done and prepare j compre
hensive plan of operations. GrOsven
or B. Clarkson" director of the coun
cil; is "chairman. Other members
are Arthur Woods special assistant
tQ.tbe secretary of war; John W.
Hallowell, Boston and E. H. Green
wood, of the" council.
"In entering, into the situation,
the council seeks merely to act as a
clearing house. for utilizing rapidly-
all agencies dealing with the unem
ployment problems," Mr. Clarkson
told the meeting. Ihe councils
function is not in any way to tran
scend the function of any depart
ment concerned."
Duty of the Government.
Colonel Woods told the commit
tee that it was the 'solemn obliga
tion'.' of the Government to help ser
vice men in returning to civil life, a
problem which he said concerned
the minority, not the majority of
discharged soldiers and sailors.
"Manyof the men felt that they
have been improved by their ex
perience in the army and are ambi
tious for something better than be
fore," Colonel Wood said. "I feel
that this ambition should be en
couraged. However, during the per
iod of readjustment these men
should resume their old employment
if nothing betfer shows at once and
I think they will all find their old
employers glad to have thtm again.".
Colonel Woods said it was not
intended to create any elaborate ma
chinery for the work, but to us the
skeleton organizations of the United
States employment service and the
existing 2,000 volunteer bureaus for
furnishing jobs to service men. He
asserted nothing could be accom
plished by creating sentiment for
ruthless discharge ot worthy civil
ians and said readjustments could be
hnade which would make unneces
sary any such action.
Appeal to Employers.
Elliott Goodwin, general secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce of the-
United States, announced that an ap
peal was being made to employers,
on whom rests the responsibility of
hiring discharged soldiers and sail
ors to assist in the work.
Other members of the emergency
committee are Franklin D. Roose
velt, assistant secretary of the navy;
EN. Hurley, chairman of the Ship
ping board; Natham A. Smyth, as
sistant director general of the
United States employment service;
G. I. Christie, assistant secretary of
agriculture; B. S. Cutler, chief, and
R. E. Macelwec, assistant chief of
the Bureau of Foreign Domestic
Commerce; Mathew Woll, American
Federation of Labor; D. J. Ayers,
Department of the Interior; A.L.
Brunson, Federal Board for Voca
tional Education, and D. M. Rey
nolds, assistant to the director,
Council of National Defense.
Forty-five Thousand
Said to Be Without
Food of My Kind
Washington, March 17. Advices
from Tiflis, in trans-Caucasia, Rus
sia, . received at the State depart
ment by naval radio today, state
that the conditions, owing to lack
of food in that' region, are becom
ing Jrighnful. In Erivan, it is re
ported that .45,000 are without
bread, and there is 'not even a dog,
cat, horse,! camel, or any living
thing in all the region about Igndir.
New Cabinet Organized ;
for German-Austrians
Copenhagen, March-17. The new
German-Austrian government, ac
cording to a telegram from Vienna,
includes Dr. Renner as chancellor,
Herr Jodofink as vice chancellor,
Herr Schumpeter as minister of fi
nance, Dr. Julius as minister of
war, and Otto Bauer as minister of
socialization. Herr Bauer also con
tinues temporarily as minister of
foreign affairs.
The main, committee of the Aus-V
irian national assembly has unani-
moiisly charged Ui no
to form a nwcaict
ur ncciioT Kennct
THE ONLY NEBRASKA PAPER WITH A' ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION EACH SUNDAY
The Omaha Daily Bee
InUni m Merai-cliu tutttr May 21. 1906. it
DailM P. 0. HM act ! Minn S. U73
MEM
Legislature May Allows
- .From $50,000 to $75,000
To Remodel Auditorium
. . , ; N
Chamber of Qommerce May Send Delegation to Lincoln
to Argue Before Lawmakers Amendment to Char
ter Empowering Omaha Commissioners to Vote
Bond Issue Without City Election.
Chamber of Commerce members would have city offi
cials sell $50,000 to $75,000 bonds to complete pr remodel,
the Auditorium. ' i
As a, result of an informal discussion at a "Good Fellow
ship" luncheon Monday, the executive committee1 will today
pass on the recommendation to send a committtee to Lincoln
to amend the charter bill, authorizing the issuance of the
above, bonds. ' - . -
Sentiment expressed by Mayor
Smith, Commissioners Zimman and
and Towl as well as many others at
the meeting Monday, is that the
municipal building be completed im
mediately. A ceiling, improvement to
acoustics and. the huge pilasters on
the Howard street side, grovided for
in tiv original plans, are the chief
necessities, it was brought out. -
No Funds TJjis'Year.
There are no funds this year-with
which to do this, Mayor Smith
pointed out, otherwise than r the
amendment to the charter bill, "Mn
less a special election is held to vote
on the question. This could not be
done under an expenditure of $15,
000 to $18,000.
"The building in its present condi
tion creates a, most unfavorable im-
Auditorium in Its Present
State is Worthless to City
, "The very same idea, expressed
in Views and Reviews' column
in Sunday's Bee regarding the pos
sibility and practicability of making
the city Auditorium artistically at
tractive in contrast with its custo
mary barn-like appearance;, struck
me at the time o the auto show,"
said Clarke G. Powell, the manager
of the show, yesterday.
'"I don't know whether to advise
the citizens of Omaha to tear down
the old auditorium and buWlTnew
IRELAND STANDS
OUTSIDE DOORS
' OF BIG COUNCIL
Edward G. Dunn, at St. Pat
'rick's Day -Celebration,
Points to Position" Occu
. pied by Emerald Isle.
"The bloodshed and sacrifice of
the last four years will have been in
vain if the voice of Ireland for. self
determination is not heard and need
ed at the door of the nation of the
world," said Edward" G. Dunn, Ma
son City, la., last night in an ad
dress in celebration of St. Patrick's
day, in the Creighton auditorium.
Mr. Dunn was the principal speak
er On the program given under the
auspices of the United Irish socie
ties of Omaha. Louis Kavanagh
presided and introduced the speaker,
who paid eloquent tribute to the his
tory of the Irish people and lauded
their contributions to civilization.
Not Making Threats.
"If Ireland is not given her
rights," said Mr. Dunn, "t will be
hard to explain why we fought to
liberate Belgium while Ireland re
mains in bondage.
"We make no threat, but we say
earnestly and solemnly to England,
(Continued on Vng Two, Column FK-e.)
Paperny flings Tight .
to His Money and Men'
Who Beat Him Flee
His head swathed in bandages, M.
Paperny, 2045 Davenport street,
came to Central police station last
night and reported that he had been
violently beaten by two young men,
whose motive he believed to be rob
bery, 's.
The attack occurred at 7 o'clock
last night m the pld Milder scrap
iron works, now owned by Mr. Pap
erny. '
"I was just leaving the place," said
Paperny, "when two young men ap
proached me. One of them, asked
nje if I had any money. I , had a
large roll of bills in my' hip pocket,
but thought they were joking and
said. "Yes, but not for you."
' Then one of them pulled a heavy
piece of iron from his coat pocket
and struck me. He struck me sev
eral times on the head. I shouted as
loud as I could for the police and
the men finally ran away 'without
getting my money." '
Paperny staggered to the Lister
hospital where a number of sitches
were taken .in his scalp. He is a
small, "wiiddle-aged, Tnild appearing
man. He described his assailants as
being youthful about 20 years of
age. One of them, he said, was dark.
Police are at a loss to understand
how he escaped robbery, and express
the belief that the youths were inex- mark, South America and the Near i who is on duty at the War depart
perienced ju their attempted game. l.East . , ment . t
OMAHA, TUESDAY,
rvn
pression anitrng visitors and is too
large for' gatherings of about 2,000,
people, the mayor brought out. He
advocates a smaller auditorium in
connection with the proposed new
library building.
J. M. Gillan of the Chamber of
Comnierce, former manager of the
Auditorium, presented a plan for
partitioning off part of, the present
Municipal auditorium and the con
struction of a portable stage to fill
this need.
John T.' Opie of Kansas City
spoke in favor of the Auditorium. "It
must be retained in its present form,
with improvements, in order that
hOmaha may retain its title as 'the
'convention city of tli west, he
said. H. O. Willielm presided.
one," said Mr. Powell," or just
spend a lot of money and remodel
the building. The structure in its
present state is "absolutely worth
less to the community.
". . Acoustics Bad.
"The acoustics are so, bad , that it
is practically impossible for a pub
lic speaker to make himself under
stood in all parts of the structure.
The same thing applies to concerts,
conventions and similar undertak
(Contlnued on I'afo Two, Column 8ix.)
PERSHING BIDS
RAINBOW UNIT
GODSPEED HOME
Presents Decorations to Many
Members of the Forty
Ninth Division Soon to
Sail for States.
Coblenz, March 17. (By the As
sociated Press.) General Pershing
said goodby to the boys of the' 42d
division today. In a farewell ad
dress to the troops of the' Rainbow
unit, who are preparing to start for
lome the first week in April, the
American commander-in-chief wish
ed them all good luck in the peace
ful occupations into which they will
go on the other side of ihe Atlantic.
The inspection and review of the
rlivision took place in a great field
near Remagenon, on the west bank
of the Rhine. From theheights
across the river hundreds of Ger
man civilians assembled and watch
ed the review through field glasses.
General Pershing spoke from' the
rear end' of a wagon, with the sol
diers gathered about him.
Before his address ,the commander-in-chief
presented one congres
sional medal of honor,1 two dis
tinguished servicq medals and 46
distinguished service crosses to
oflicers and men of the division.
Manning Decorated.
The medal of honor was pinned
by General Pershing on Corporal
Sidney Manning of the 167th infan
try for leading his platoon during an
attack on the Ourcq after its com
manders had fallen. JJespite
wounds he had suffered, Manning
led the men forward and gained and
held an important position rh the
face of terrific enemy fire. All but
seven members of the platoon were
killed or wounded. Manning him
self was wounded nine times in this
attack. When t' e United States en
tered the war Manning was a farmer
boy near Brewton, Ala.
The distinguishedservice medals
went to Brigadier General Douglas
MacArthur and Colonel William
Hughes, jr.
Sunday morninz General Pershing
inspected the troops of the Thifd,
corps near Vallendar.
After ' the review of the 42d
division General Pershing went by
automobile to Coblenz, where he
had dinner with Major General
Dickman.
England 'Organizes 4p
""ReaclvOut for Trade
London, March 17. The federa
tion of-British industries, represent
ing 16,000 manufacturers and 15,
000,000,000 capital, is organizing
a great system of trade ambassadors
as pioneers for the extension of Brit
ish trade overseas. By July the fed
eration expects to have an arfibas
sador in every imp'ortant center. It
is already represented in Spain, Den
MARfcH 18, 1919.
MM
BILL FOR
POSTPONED
Advocates Lose Out After
Hard Battle;, Charge Mis
representation of Facts
- by picture Interests.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, March 17. By a vote of
k62 to 20 the Nebraska house this af
ternoon indefinitely postponed H.
R. 355, providing for censorship of
the "movies" by a state board com
posed of seven members.
The death of the measure came
upon a motion to postpone after a
motion to advance the bill to third
reading had bgen defeated. Several
speakers claimed, the fight against
the bill had been engineered from
Omaha, but there was no sentiment
for it. : -Grossly
Misrepresented.
"No other bill introduced in the
legislature has been so grossly mis
represented over the state as this
one," J. R.-Green stated in his de
fense of the measure. It was in
troduced, hesaid, at the request of
Lthe Federation of Woman's Clubs and
is similar to laws now on The statute
bopks of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Kansas. The only mater
ial difference between it and. the
Kansas law was declared to be that
it provides for a censorship board of
seven four men and three women
where Kansas has a board of three.
Antagonists of the bill have mis
represented the situation, Mr. Green
told the house, by referring to the
federal censorship as sufficient, when
in fact there is no such censorship
by the United States government.
This, he characterized as camouflage
tactics by moving picture interests.
"We have,' had good, moral and
'wholesome pictures in the Lincoln
houses during the past two months,"
said Mr. Green, "and it is due to
this bill that we have had them.
When the legislature adjourns, if the
bill does not pass in the meantime,
the bad ones will come back."
"Do vaudeville bills come under
this bill, too?" inquired Mr. Lam
pert. "No," responded Green. '
"Seems to me the vaudeville thea
ters need inspection and censorship
more than the movies,"' remarked
Lamport.
Ihspector'sJSalary $2,000.
' While the bill was being read, Mr.
Green offered an amendment raising
the salary of the secretary of the
censorship board from $1,800 to'$2,
000 a year. The moving picture
houses, he- said, have to pay the
salary, as it comes out of the fees
to be charged them for inspecting
films.
"That's not.the case," retorted Mr.
Jenison. "The patrons of the movies
will pay for the whole thing."
Messrs! Hardin and Miller also op
posed the amendment. The motion
to adopt it .failed.
Another amendment, by Mr. "Van
Patten, to change the inspection fee,
was carried by virtue of the fact that
threq or four members voted for it
and nobody against. Instead of
charging $2 for each reel or film,
this was changed to read "$2 for each
film of 1,000eet." -'
Van .Patte'n proposed two otiier
amendments, which were adopteoVn
the same manner, one requiring post
ers to conform to the story of the
movie play, and the other permitting
the board to do part of itsce'nsorujg
at Omaha.
One bill was passed by the house
on third reading, after it had failed
to go through with the emergency
clause. It was H. R. 235. raising the
salary of the deputy election com
missioner in Douglas county from
S1.500 to $1,80D a year. The vote was
55 to 35. "
Ludendorff Tells flow
, He Refused Kaiser tQ
Command a Battalion
By H. J. GEENWALL.
Vniveraal Snvlce and the London
4
.uxprtss.
Berlin, March 17. Gen. Erich von
Ludendorff, back 'from Scandinavia,
v.here he wrote a book on his part
in the "war, told me today. Field
Maishal von Hindcnburg had been
"peeved" because of ' his, Luden
dorff's rough treatment of the
kaiser. He said he had refused to al
low the monarch command a bat
t:bon during the pfisis."
. Ludendorff's book is largely de
voted to military technical matters.
It is not sensational, though i
throws occasional sidelights on the
relations between the kaiser and the
general staff.
Metcalfe in Washington.
Washington March 17. (Special
Telegram.) Richard L. Metcalfe of
Omaha is In Washington on a visit
to his son, Capt. Buchlcr Metcalf,
CENSORING
MOMS IS
By Mall (I yaar). Dally. S4.SH: 8udv. II m:
Dally u4 Sua., U.M; ! Nak. aoitaa antra
pin
French Lieutenant on Way
Now Flying Across the
Southern Atlantic
i London, March 17. It is reported among airmen that
a flight across the Atlantic ocean is now being attempted
by a French lieutenant, Fontan.N He is reported to have
started from the French African port of Dakar, Senegam
bia. for Penambuco, Brazil, by way of the Cape Verde
Islands and the St. Paul Rocks. .,-
Fontan arrived at Dakar from France by air a few.
days ago. He is using a cauder on the machine. A supply
of petrol is said to be awaiting him at St. Paul RocRs. ,
The aviator is reported to have escort ships with him.
The weather is said to be unfavorable. '
The foregoing was related tonight by British airmen.
School Girls Use Powder '
While See
Dean of Young-Women of Central High School Tells
"Inside" Stories of Their Lives Urges That Com
munity Take Over Social Life of Young People
Advocates Support of Some.
High school gifls will continue to
spill face powder all over the school
on the hill so long as they see per
fectly nice women powering their
noses on Sixteentn and Farnam
streets, Miss Jessie Towne, dean of
gifls in Central High school, told
members of the Omaha Woman's
club Monday afternoon.
"I. can't teach my girls it is not
proper to powder their noses in the
school halls without attacking the
respectability of all. the otherwise
splendid women who do the same
thing on our most prominent cor
ner." said Miss Towne.
"The same thing applies to geor
gette waists worn by high school
girls of 16. Why should they not
wear to schookwhat they see grown
.women of their acquaintance wear
downtown.
Slouchy Fashion Figures.
"Sometimes we, have to recom
mend a gym course to teach the girls
how to stand properly, put that s not
surpfisirfgr-when every fashion plateJ
pictures a girl in a slouching pose.
Some of the inappropriate geor
gette' blouses are worn because they
were given to girls who have nothing
else to wear and have to be content
with what is given them. The ideal
serge dress for the high school girl
CHEYENNE POSSE
SCOURS COUNTRY
FOR 2 ROBBERS
i -
Two 'Japanese Scared Away
When Attempting to Hold
Up Wyoming Loan, and
Trust Company Bank,
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 17.
(Special Telegram) Seven high
powered automobiles carfying. a
posse armed men are scouring
the country in search of two uniden
tified Japanese who attempted to
4iold up the ' Wyoming Loan and
Trust company bank at the noon
hour today. '
-The attempt was made -when the
cashier, Harry. Henderson, xwas
in the bank alone. The men were
approaching the cashier's window
and drew their- revolvers and cov
ered Henderson, demanding money.
Henderson threw a paper weight at
them and, dodging below the bank
counter, made-his way to the Stock
Growers' bank in the same building,
where he spread an alarm which
brought armed bank employes out.
They entered the savings bank just
as the robbers were leaving. One
of the Japanese fired a shot at Hen
derson without effect. The robbers
jumped into a Ford car bearing a
Colorado license number, of which
the first figures were 11. They es
caped. Henderson believes no money was
taken, but is checking up his ac
counts to make certain. Henderson
is widely known as the former state
bank examiner.
E. 0. Hamilton Elected
School Board Member;
Suceeds C. J. Johnston
E. O. Hamilton was elected Mon
day night to fill the vacancy on the
school board created by the resig
nation of -Charles J. Johnston, who
will make his home in California.
Mr. -Har.iilton, who resides at
4151 Davenport street, is a con
tractor and builder. His office is in
the Bee building.
Informed of his election last
night, Mr. Hamilton said:
"I am very sorry that they "have
elected me, because it will only ne
cessitate another election. Last
week several people, including W.
T. Bourktf, secretary of the board,
asked me if. I would care for the
position. I told them I could not
1 accent it,"
TWO CENTS.
Elders Do It!
was too expensive last year for the
poor girl, to buy."
Miss Towne presented high school
girls' clothes budgets for the year to
refute the charge that high school
girls spend too much money for
clothes. The budgets run from $25
to $500 for the year, with an average
among th? 1,000 girls of $170 per
year. ' The girl, who dressed on $25,
spent $10 for shoes and stockings
and made all the rest of her clothes
- hats, even to underwear. Four
were below $75 and nine below $200.
"As the world goes now and
money is spent so freely, why should
the high school girl be criticized for
dressing well if she can afford it, so
long as she does not splurge and
dress inappropriately in school?
.What the girls spend is a matter of
home environment and social stand
ards." .
Party dresses are not necessary
for high school life, as some believe,
because no social features are con
nected with the school, Miss Towne
said.
Dress uniforms would not solve
the problem, according to Miss
Towne.. "If the price were made as
low as $25, it would bar some girls
who could not give that much even,
(Continued on Pat Two, Column Four.)
1 .
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WAR IS UP
TO COMMITTEE
Draft of Commission, When
Completed, Goes vto Peace
Conference for Approval
and Final Action.
Paris, March 17. (By the As
sociated Press.) The supreme
council resumed its sessions today
with President Wilson in attend
ance fo'r the first time since he re
turned from the United States. v
.Paris, March 17. A drafting com
mittee to prepare the final report of
the commission on responsibility for
thewar was appointed by the com
mission at its meeting today. The
report, after being approved, will be
referred to the peace conference.
The members of the drafting'com
mission are: M. Rolin-Jacquemys,
Belgian; Sir Ernest Pollack, British,
and M. Damilia, Italian.
The corridor which the peace con
ference commission on Polish claims
has agreed upon shall go to Poland
as a means of exit to the Baltic sea
is "outlined today by the Journal Des
Debats. The report of the commis
sion, which is headed by Jules Cam
bon, will be xamined shortly by the
supreme council.
On the west according to the
newspaper the corridor will beein on
the shore of the Baltic west of Dan-,
zig and will include a small part of
Pomerania, which is inhabited by
Poles. Thence it will run east of
Lauenburg ,and,'( continuing south
ward, east of Konitz and Schneide
muhl. The eastern border of the corridor
will run through Frische Nehrung,
which it Mivfdes, thence throueh
LFrische Haff to the west of Elbing
ana usteroae, wnicn are ett to oer
many, and thence south to the pres
ent Prussian-Poland border.
The western border of Poland
from Schneidemuhl southward will
give Birnbaum, Lisa and Krotoschin
to Poland. In German Silesia the
Poles will get the regions of Oppeln
and Kewpen. The- Polish and Czecli
frontiers will meet east of Neustadt,
south'of Oppeln.
The Polish frontiers on the north,
east and' south have not yet been
completed by the commissioi.
Schooner Chaff ka Goes'
Down and Thirteen Saved
Buenos - Aires, March 17. Rio
Janeiro dispatches report the sink
ing of the North American
schooner Chaffka. Thirteen
vivors, including the captain
his wife, have been landed.
sur-
and
THE WEATHER
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Warmer Tueaday ffid in aouthaatt
portion Wedneaday.
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uu
BREWERS
ACT UPON
ADVICE OF
COUNSEL
Forty-two Concerns in New
York and New Jersey Dis
v regard Ruling of Internal
Revenue Department. '
New York, March 17. The lager
beer brewers' board of trade of v
New York, representing 42 brewing
concerns in New York and New
Jersey, announced today that on ad
vice of counsel its members would
resume at once the sale of beer con
taining per cent alcoholic con
tent.. This was forbiddan by a rul
ing of the internal revenue depart
ment, which interpreted President
Wilson's proclamation effective De
cember 1, last. v
Upon a representation by the .
board to Elihu Root and William
D. Guthrie, counsel for the organi
zation, jiat beer of the alcoholic
strength specified was not- intoxi- '
eatings the attorneys advised the or
ganization today fliatale of 2-34 Per ',
Cfnt product would not be contrary
to law. ;
Assuming that the government
"may summarily attempt or threat-
en to enforce" the revenue depart
ment's interpretation, Messrs. Root
and Guthrie advised the brewers, in
this event, that suit in equity be
brought "to enjoin any wrongful in- ,
tereference with your business or '
arrest of your ernployes."
The opinion held that that inter
nal revenue department had acted
without authority-, in decreeing that
sale of beer containing more than
one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol
was contrary to the president's
proclamation forbidding the use of
foodstuffs in brewed products ex-
cept those which were noiiintoxi-
eating. ' , '
' Revenue Officials Mum.
Washington, March 17. Officials
of the internal revenue bureau de
clined to' comment officially to
night on the announced decision of
New York ad New Jersey brewers
to resume manufacture of -beer con-'
taining-24 per cent alcohol pending
examination of the brewers' state-,
ment of legal authority for the ac- '
tion. .
Beer containing one-half of one
per cent, or more, of alcohol by vol
ume is considered intoxicating by
the internal revenue, bureau. Offi
cialsi explained that this standard
was based on a number of laws and
court decisions in the past and waj
not an arbitrary executive ruling.
On the fact of the situation it was
said officially by some bureau offi- ,
cers, the brewers' action would con
stitute a direct violation of a recent
revenue bureau ruling. This ruling,
issued February 6, after announce-
I ment of the lifting of the president's
but before it had actually gone into !
effect follows:
' , Ruling on Beer. v ,
"If at any time the president'
proclamation of September 16, 1918,
becomes inoperative as to, near beer,
brewers may resume the manufac
ture thereof prior to May 1, 1919,
where the alcoholic contents during
the process of manufacture exceeds
one-half of one per cent by volume,
but does not exceed 2Y per cent by
weight, on the brewery premises, ,
provided ' the alcohblic content at '
the time of removal for sale and v
-consumption does not exceed the
limit of less than one-half of one per "
cent of alcohol by volume.
"Within the intent of the act of
November 21, 1918, prohibiting
manufacture of beer after May- 1,
1919, and its sale after June 30, .a
beverage containing one-half of one
per cent or more of 'alcohol bv
voJurfle will be regarded as intoxi-
eating."
The provision requiring dealco
holization of beer, it wa pointed
out, was not positively stated in the
ruling, but was a condition of the
permissive clause.
Edgar Rickard, acting food ad- i
ministator in the absence of Her
bert Hoover, said tonight that the'
Food administration was no longer
interested in the question of brewin
of beer from a food standpoint an
that the alcoholic content of beef
was a matter Entirely up to the
bureau of internal revenue to deter
mine. .
A letter. Mr. Rickard said, has
been written Secretary Glass at the .
secretary's request, outlining the
Food administration's policy regard
ing foodsluffs used jn manufacture
of malt beverages.
r
Irene Ricard Sleeps
Four Weeks and Dies
Calumet,- Mich., March 17. Irene
Ricard, Mohawk, is dead after being
asleep for 28 days. A second case oi '
"sleeping sickness" in Copper coun-
tv was reoorted to the State Rnard
of Health today. John Rescman oi
Hubbell, has been asleep for a
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