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THE ONLY NEBRASKA PAPER WITH A ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION EACH SUNDAY The Omaha daily' Bee THE WEATHER; Cloudy and colder Thurs day, colder ,in west and north; Friday probably fair. Hmr. l.IHmir. i. 5 . I" . 41 t p. in . m t '! ! m 1 a. m 47 .1 p. an ft . ill 4K! 4 p. m . 9 a. in ........ . Mi ft p. m ' "J 111 a. in "! 1,4 It . hi Mil 7 p. m S It nmin M B R-1EF RIG HT REE ZY BITS OF NEWS RUMOR OF CLEMENCEAU RESIGNATION IS DENJED. Paris, March 19. A rumor today that Premier Clemenceau had re signed the portfolio of minister of wor was denied officially. STEVE RECEIVES TIP FROM D.Y CUSTOMER. Hammond, Ind., March 19. Steye Slonimerov, deboniar barber of In diana Harbor, raised the hot towel from the customer's scorched face, flicked the talcum powder about ar tistically, applied the hair tonic and eat1 "You need a massage and your liair ought to be singed and washed." "What I want," declared his vic tim, "is a drink of liquor." - AnA tint i ivai is iwc L If , Atunu on which, Steve began the sale of whisky as a sfde line to the barber trade. He was arrested today by federal officers. CONQUEROR OF TURKS GOES TO PEACE MEETING. . Paris, March 19. Gen. E. H. Al lenby, commander of the British forces in Palestine, arrived here to day from Egypt to advise the su preme council on Near Eastern questions. "v WILSON TO VISIT BRUSSELS AND LOUVAIN. Brussels, March 19. The former fesidence of Princess Clementine is being fitted up to receive President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, who are expected to visit Brussels before the nd of the present month. The program for the entertainment of the presidential party includes a re ception given by Parliament and a visit with King Albert t& Louvain. The municipality of Louvain is planning to present to the president a picture of the ruins of the city's famous librarv. renroduced nn leather. GERMANS PLAN OCEAN FLIGHT IN TAUBE PLANE. Berlin, March 19. (By Asso ciated Press.) The Rumpler air plane Jactory in Bavaria, the plant which produces the noted Taube air planes, has under construction a gi tnt airplane intended for a tr'ansat lanticflight. TWO COUPLES NABBED FOR BANK ROBBERIES. St. Louis, March 19. Two men lind two women were arrested here this afternoon and are held in con nection with a Brooklyn (N. Y.) bank robbery, in which $13,330 was Holen and two bank attaches killed, which five armed bandits escaped with $15,000. The couples gave their names as Frank H. McGann and wife, Caro line, and Ralph T. Harding and wife, Grace. The quartet resides in Kansas City, Mo., according to the police register.--. McGann, accotding to the police, admitted he was implicated in the two bank robberies, but denied his Wife or the Hardings had anything to do with the ' rohberies. The Hardings denied complicity in the crimes. RAINBOW DIVISION SOON TO COME HOME. ' Washington, March 19. The 42d (Rainbow) division will sail from Brest between March 28 and April 19, the War department was in formed today by General Pershing. The Rainbow division lands at New York. Troops returning from France tiuring the week ended March 14 'numbered 59,454, the largest total for any week since the armistice was signed. Up to March 14 414, 278 men had been broughr-home. typhoid spread by "Returning prisoners. New York, March 19. Typhoid is being spread through Siberia by Russians returning from German prisons, according to a cable mes sage from Consul General Harris at IrkuUk, received today at headquar ters of the national war work coun cil of the Y. M. C. A. WHOLESALE THEFTS . CONFESSED BY DEACON. Minneapolis, March 19. Truck loads of goods, said to have been stolen from Anoka, Minn., homes in the last 10 years by George Hyatt, printer on the1 Anoka Herald, arrested yesterday for robbery, were stored at the Anoka jail today, and numerous articles already have been identified by their former owners. Elaborating his confession further today, Hyatt said he worked late on the night of the Champlin bank robbery to set up the ,story for Tuesday's paper. Among the goods found in Hyatt's room at his sister's home were nine oriental rugs, 10 chafing drshes, three bolts of lace, several sets yi books and book cases, one ciolin, "?tvfral overcoats, and many clocks, vases, table lamps and pices of jewelry. Hyatt's sister said he always cleaned his own room and kept it locked. His 15-year-old accomplice in recent robberies, a minister's son, is said to have told the police that Hyatt declared he committed the robberies tor tne excitement, not :or the money in it. Three barrels of china and num erous other stolen articles were found in the basement of the Con gregational church, where Hyatt was a deacon and janitor. FUGITIVE CAPTURED FACES COURT-MARTIAL AGAIN Kansas City, Mo., March 19. Gordon Reed Patterson, serving a five-year sentence for desertion in the federal disciplinary barracks at Leavenworth, Kan., who escaped from the barracks late yesterday as a result of what the authorities de clared to have been a pre-arranged plan to free him, was captured in Kansas Citv, Kan., tonight. He will be returned to Leaven worth to face court-martial, Capt. Humason, of the disciplinary bar racks said this evening. Four other men declared to have 1een involved in the alleged con spiracy, and who were arrestea nere yesterday, also will be returned to Leave,lWorth, Captain Humason a:d. s VOL. 48 NO. 236. SOLDIER WOUNDED BY POLICE DETECTIVE Private Charles Coleman Likely to Die From Shot by G. B. Knutson, Arresting Him for Army Men. First Class Private Charles Cole man, 22, stationed at Camp Dodge, la., was dangerously wounded by Police Detective G. Knudtson near Twentieth and Dodge streets at 6:30 o'clock last night. The detective was attempting to place the soldier under arrest for army authorities. The shooting occurred just one day after Coleman had married Edith Manoz, 23-year-old Omaha girl. The newly-married couple were staying with the bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Grace Coleman,- 1919 Dodge street. A sergeant and private arrived late yesterday afternoon to take Coleman back to Camp Dodge, stat ing to police that he was absent without leave.' Detectives Jensen and Knudtsen then went to the Coleman residence. Mrs. Coleman told them he was not homo, but that she expected -him home, in a short time for dinner. See Man on Street. The detectives sighted Coleman shortly after, near Twentieth and Dodge, according to the-ir story, and chased him north' on Twentieth street. Knudtson fired a shot in the air and ordered Coleman to halt. Jensen had run around the block to head him off. Knudtson says Cole man halted when he fired in the air, but when he attempted to take him to a patrol box Coleman became abusive. "He struck me, then broke away and ran," says Knudtson," but then I only fired at his leg." Coleman wos shot in the small of the back, a little to the right. Dr. E. C. Henry operated on him at the Lister hospital and later pronoun ced his condition very serious. Uncle to File Charges. The soldier's bride and mother were at the hospital and remained till a late hour. F. R. Flynn of Council Bluffs, uncle of the boy. said last night he would file charges against the of ficer who shot Ue boy. "I'm going to carry the thing tlvfough," he added, "till I find out whether he was justified in shoot ing. Money will be no dbject." Mr. Flyrin is in the government service in Iowa. Paroled to Relative. '.'Omaha police arrested Charles Sunday," continued Flynn. "Someone told them he was a deserter. Monday he was paroled to me on the promise that he re turn to Camp Dodge at once. "He intended to return Tuesday morning but it was the morning he married and he missed the train he intended to take. "He was not a deserter, as he had been absent without leave only nine days, and was wearing a uniform ail the time. "The sergeant who came after him admits he would not be a de serter until March 21." Dr. W. H. Mick, who has a cap tain's commission in the army was passing when the shooting oc cured. Dr. Mick said he had names of a dozen witnesses who saw the shoot ing and who believe it was en tirely without provocation. Dr. Mick Incensed. "I will make out a report to the adjutant at Camp Dodge," said Captain Mick," giving him these names, then I will turn them over to the boy's uncle." E. T. Bailsman, of the Flo-les apartments, Twentieth and Capitol avenue, was attracted by the first shot in the air and saw the shoot ing from his apartment window. "It seemed to me to be a most cowardly act," says Mr. Bausman, "I did nt see Coleman hit the de tective and failed to see him attempt to runaway. It's about time we were finding out who has a right to carry guais and shoot people around here. If anyone wants to hear what I have to say about the matter let him come to my office at 715 Brandeis theater building." Police surgeons placed young Coleman under an anesthetic and were preparing to operate when his mother arrived and demanded that Dr. Henry be called. Detective G. B. Knudtson was ap pointed to the police force in May, 1914. He has setii service in the Spanish American war. TeR Clothing Firms Grant Garment Workers' Demands Cleveland, O.. March 19. Nearly 1,200 of the 4,000 garment workers who went on strike this morning will return to -work tomorrow morning on a 30 per cent wage increase and a 44-hour work week basis. Ten of the 40 firms have agreed to the tf rms of their employes,' it was Stat- ; icd CMartd M MMtf-elut Mtter Mv 2. I9M. it OaiiHt P. 0. ydr let t Muck 3. I87S UVL Women Impaled and Boys Buried Alive in Poland, Writes Mme. -Paderewski Story of Atrocities, Famine and Misery Told in Letter From Wife of Pianist-Premier; "I Must Hold My Heart With Both My Hands for Fear It Will Burst With Pain," She Wails. Chicago, March 1&. In a letter received today by John F. Smulski, president of the national Polish department, Madame Paderewski, wife of the pianist and premier of Po land, described conditions in Poland as "pitiful," and said the Polish army was hungry, and was without cloaks in zero weather and lacked arms. The letter wa3 dated January 28. "There is misery here and famine," it said. The city of Lemberg was with out light, water, food, arms and munitions, but was constantly bombarded, Madame Paderewski wrote. "It is defended by women, chil dren and boy scouts," she added, and declared, "our enemies commit the most horrible atrocities." "Some of the women taken pris oner were impaled on pickets," she wrote. "So were also six nuns who were then removed and hurled in a heap and left to die slowly. Bov GREEKS DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI ON BLACK SEA COAST Soviet Troops Drive Back on Odessa Russians, Who Took Aggressive North of the Seaport.- Saloniki, March 19. Greek troops have defeated the Russian bolsheviki at Kherson, northeast of Odessa, and advanced about 12 miles, accord ing to an official announcement made today by Greek headquarters here. The Greeks captured -prisoners and war material. Driven Toward Odessa. London, March 19. Russian non bolshevik forces, having been de feated by soviet troops, have retired toward Odessa from north of that city, according to a Russian wireless! dispatch dated Moscow, March 1. An earlier report dated March 12 said that the non-bolsheviki had as sumed the offensive in the region north of Odessa, but had been re pulsed by a soviet counter-attack and retired toward Brezovka. It was added that the city of Zhitomir had been occupied by the soviet forces on March 14. The bolsheviki on Saturday attack ed the town of Morjegorskaya, 130 miles south of Archangel, but were repulsed, according to a Russian offi cial dispatch received here today. The enemy left 57 dead and many wounded behind them, while five unwounded prisoners and six ma coine guni were taken from them. Revolution in Petrograd. London, March 19. There are unconfirmed reports that a revolu tion of the Menshevik, or moderate element of 1 the social democratic party, against the soviet govern ment has broken out in Petrograd, according to a German government wireless dispatch received tonight. Every U. S. Soldier Was a Crusader, Says British Army Head New York, March 19. Major General Sir Frederick Maurice, di rector of military operations of the British general staff from 1915 to 1918, arrived here today by train from Halifax with 161 fellow pas sengers, who reached that port aboard the steamship Carmania, which had been diverted from New York, its destination, because of the harbor strike. Just before sailing for America, General Maurice said, he went over the battlefields in France and Flanders with Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett of the United States army. Praising the work of the American soldier he said:. "Every man among them was a crusader." V Because "there is some hope of making war impossible through a league of nations, but no hope of doing it any other , way," General Maurice said he favored the project. Slayer of Harvey Found Not Guilty of Murder Livingston, Mont., March 19. Joseph E. Swindlehurst, postmaster of Livingston, who has been on trial here several weeks, charged with the murder of Oliver M. Har vey, was found not guilty tonight. Harvey was chairman of the re publican state central committee. The trial was one of the most sen sational in the history of Mon tana. Harvey's death resulted from a personal encounter when he and Swindlehurst met on the street one day last winter. Harvey's skull was fractured when he fell to the" side walk after being struck by Swindle hurst. The defense presented evidence that Harvey had been the aggressor and that the defendant employed o:-,ly such force as was necessary to resist assault. OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH, 20, 1919. JV scouts were taken and tied together, three or four at a time, with barbed wire and then buried alive." Continuing, the premier's wife as serted the bolsheviki were burning, beheading or freezing Poles to death along the border; in Ci'eszyn, the Czechs were killing and hanging, and "the German army , is advanc ing on the fourth side Poznau (Posen). We are in'a trap." "I must hold my heart with both my hands for fear it will burst with pain," the letter concluded. PLOTTERS ARE ARRESTED ON SOUTH BORDER Revolution Planned in Mexico Under Angels and Villa Checked by Work of U. S. Officers. El Paso, Texas, March 19. Eighteen Mexicans are confined in the federal section of the county jail here, the government has three truckloads of military supplies and army officers declared tonight the revolution of Gen. Felipe Angels, which was planned to start in north ern Mexico May 1, in conjunction with Francisco Villa's movement, had been checked by the arrest of Angels' staff. The Mexicans were arrested early today near Socorro, Tex., 15 miles southeast of here, while preparing to cross into Mexico with horses, rifles, ammunition and other military elements. Col. Federico Cervantes, chief of staff to Angels in 1914; and Col. Rafael Iturbide, member of a wealthy and prominent family of Mexico city, were arrested by gov ernment agents in an automobile near Socorro. Fugitive Shot in Leg. , Iturbide was shot in the right leg when he attempted to escape, ac cording to the officers. Col. Fer nando Licaga and Col. Manuel Acaza of Angels' staff also -attempted to escape and the tires on their high powered automobile were shct to pieces by federal oflxers and the men arrested. At the Socorro ford the remain ing 14 members of the alleged ex pedition were awaiting their leaders and were . arrested alter Seventh cavalrymen fired a volley over their heads when they attempted to es cape across the rivet;. In this party was Col. Magdaleno Floree, a for mer Villa commander, who was al leged to have made'threats against the American patrojs. Munition Cache Found. A quantity of ammunition was found in the automobiles and cached near the river, together with rifles, pistols, uniforms and other military supplies including a fine saddle for Angels' personal use. Seven horses bought recently at the United State Army remount depot at Fort Bliss were also seized. The Mexicans were roped togeth er and taken to Socorro where they were loaded in motor trucks and brought to EI Paso today. Charges of "setting on foot a military ex pedition against a friendly country" were filed against them. The bonds of the four staff officers were fixed at $5,000 each and the others at $3,000 pending a preliminary hearing Friday afternoon. Absence of 'Mutton Chops' Causes Doctor's Arrest New York Patrolman Notices Man Similar to Accused Dr. Wilkins and Nabs Him. New York, March 19. Dr. Waiter K. Wilkins, who disappeared Sunday a few hours before a warrant was issued for his arrest on the charge of having murdered his wife at their summer home in Long Beach last month, was arrested near the Pennsylvania railroad terminal in this city tonight soon after his ar rival from Baltimore. He returned voluntarily. A patrolman, off duty, who was waiting at the station for a train, had his attention called to a man re sembling Dr. Wilkins, who was purchasing a ticket for Mineola. The only apparent difference be tween this man and the published pictures of the physician was the mm SLEEPING SICKNESS CALLS ONE FROM CITY U. P. Chef Dies at Laramie, Wyo., From Lethargic Ence-S phalitis; Two Other Cases in Local Hospital. The first Omahan to die of lethar gic encephalitis or "sleeping sick ness" is John N. Klein, 51 years old, 2706 Jackson street, for many years outfit inspector in the dining car and hotel service for the Union Pacific railroad. Mr. Klein died in Laramie, Wyo., late Wednesday afternoon. He went to bed at 11 o'clock Monday night and did not awake again. Two other patients afflicted with the disease, believed by physicians to grow out of influenza, are being treated at the Wise Memorial hos pital. Though the disease is notet widely prevalent in Omaha, never theless from the large number of patients afflicted with "sleeping sick ness" in the east, Omaha physicians are taking wise counsel to prevent its influx heie. Health Commission er Manning reports that he has not been advised of any new cases of lethargic encephalitis. - Pioneer U. P. Chef. Mr. Klein, veteran employe of the Union Pacific, who fell an early victim ta'the disease, traveled out of Omaha during the past five years, He was one of the pioneer chefs who started working west on the Union Pacific. His mother, 70 years old, survives him, besides a widow, a daughter, Miss Korinne Klein, and a son, I. H. Klein, now with the army of occupation. The body will be, brought here for burial. "We are making bacteriological tests, but we must confess that we have little to work on," said Dr. Manning. "All we can do is to ob-. serve the cases that appear and en deavor to discover a specific germ." Doctors Exchange Notes. Omaha physicians are exchanging notes on the subject. They explain that the term "sleeping sickness" ,has been used because encephalitis is suggestive of that disease. Telegraphic information from New York City this morning states that four deaths from epidemic coma, or sleeping sickness, were re ported to the board of health on Tuesday. Twenty-One Deaths. Reports received from 18 cities show that more than 100 cases have been reported to health departments. Twenty-one deaths have occurred in New York City. Most of the cases reported were in New York, Chi cago, Richmond, Va.; San .Francisco, Fort Worth, Calumet, Mich.; Minneapolis, Des Moines, Cleveland, Springfield, O.; Los Angeles, Bos ton, Albany, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, O., and Harrisburg, Pa. Some medical authorities believe that this new disease follows, in the wake of influenza, as it did in this country and in Europe in 1895, when it was diagnosed as a form of men ingitis. It is admittedly an acute nervous disease. It affects persons of all ages and both sexes. Legislators Demand ResTgnation of Reed Jefferson City, Mo., March 19. James A. Reed, United States sen ator from Missouri, was called upon to resign his seat in the senate in resolutions adopted here late today by a conference of 50 of the 67 democratic members of the house of representatives. The action was taken, conference leaders an nounced, as a result of Senator Reed's address to the legislature yesterday in which he attacked the proposed league of nations. absence of "mutton chop" whiskers. When Dr. Wilkins approached a telephone booth, the patrolman, knowing of a receipt of a telegram by District Attorney Weeks of Nassau county, signed with Dr. Wilkins' name, announcing his in tention to return to the city from Baltimore, slipped into the next booth and overheard a conversation which the doctor was having with .some one in Mineola. Positive of his identification the patrolman went up to Dr. Wilkins when he left the telephone booih ajid said: "Doctor, I want you." According to the policeman, Dr. Wilkins repjjed: "This is an outrage, I am on my way to give myself up. I have been disappointed by my lawyer. I am innocent." Finally the physician decided to go to police headquarters with the patrolman and there his finger prints were taken. Mall (I wr. Dally. M.W: Sunday. 12.50: TWO CENTS Dally ana Sua.. I5.S0; outdo Nth, ooataoo oitrt "u VUiiiu. Lodge and Lowell Debate Covenant Drafted at Paris . For a Society of Nations Senator Says He Would Support League Which Would Promote Peace, But Declares Whole Treaty Should Be Redrafted; Harvard President Holds Scheme Sound for Preventing War, But Admits Amend ments Are Needed. Boston, March 19. "If the league shall be put in such shape that it will promote peace instead of breedipg dis order and will work no injustice to the United States, I will support it," said Senator Henry Cabot. Lodge in replying to a question of President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard, dur ing their debate on the league of nations covenant tonight. "I hope from my heart it will be amended," he added. "I hope that such a league will be framed somewhere. In my belief it will not be done in Paris." 1 A demand from Dr. Lowell that Mr. Lodge say whether he would vote for the covenant if it were amended according to his wishes led to the senator's declaration. Advocates Redrafting. Addressing an audience of 3,000 persons in Symphony hall, the dis tinguished speakers were applauded liberally, frequently and apparently impartially. There was no heckling, although cries of "good" and "that's right" followed telling points in the argu ments. Senator Lodge outlined his at titude briefly, as in favor of a league CASEY GUILTY OF MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE Smelter Watchman Must Serve Sentence for Killing Albert Cassil, Assist ant Superintendent. Guilty of murder in the second degree was the verdict a jury in Judge Redick's court, returned last night against Terrence Casey for killing Albert Cassil. Verdict was returned at 10 o'clock last night after a trial lasting three days. Casey was head watchman at the local plant of the American Smelt ing and Refining company and Cas sil was an assistant . department superintendent in the same plant. They had quarreled frequently, ac cording to the testimony, and finally, on the night of January 27, 1919, while in the yard of the plant, Casey shot Cassil. Cassil died the next day.' Casey testified at the triai that he shot into the ground to scare Cassil and that the latter ran into the shots. Toy Pistol in Evidence. A toy pistol, sent by Albert Cas sil to Terrence Casey on Christmas, 1917, was introduced by the defense yesterday. ' Mrs. Cassil, widow of the victim of the tragedy, was on the stand. The pfstol was in a little holly-decorated box and Mrs. Cassil smiled when she saw it. "I was with my husband when he bought the pistol. We sent it to Mr. Casey with a box of cigars. It was only a sort of joke because Mr. Casey wore his revolver always on the outside of his coat." Mrs. Cassil said she and' her hus band were always "on friendly terms" with Casey. They went to the theater together frequently and had suppers together. Casey was on the stand for more than two hours. He testified to var ious quarrels which he and Cassil had. Casey was night watchman and Cassil was superintendent of one department at the local plant of the American Smelting and Refining company. Borrowed Money of Casey. Casey said he used to remonstrate with Cassil because the men under Cassil "loafed on the job." He al leged that Cassil borrowed money from them and then winked at their laxness. Casey said he . woke up three men one night and told them they ought to get to work and that the' company couldn't afford to pay them if they didn't work. Archbishop Hayes Installed by Special Papal Dispensation New York, March 19. Army and navy officers of high rank, digni taries of the Catholic church and prominent laymen attended the in stallation here today of Most Rev. Patrick Joseph Hayes, bishop of the American army at the ft out, as archbishop of the diocess of New York, to succeed the late Cardinal Farley. The ceremony, which took place in St. Patrick's cathedral, was sim ple but impressive. - Special papal dispensation made possible installation of Archbishop Hayes during Lent. In an address Monsignor John Bonzano, apostolic delegate, de clared "Archbishop Hayes begins his administration at a moment that is critical for America and for all mankind." i of nations but not of the covenant as presented. "The whole treaty should be re drafted," he asserted. "That is my first constructive criticism." "The hour is rapidly approaching," said Dr. Lowell, in summing up his plea for the covenant, "when we must decide whether our country shall take Tts place like a great and generous nation side by side with others as guardians of law, order and justice in the world, or whether it shall turn its face away from a world in agony." He prefaced with the statement that although he had always been (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) LAWMAKERS ARE AROUSED OVER PAROCHIAL BILL Senate's Determination to Push Harriss Substitute for Burney Measure Causes Storm in Lower House. , From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, March 19. Members of the lower house of the legislature are in open rebellion over the adop tion today by the senate committer on education of the Harriss substi tute to House Roll 64, the parochial school bill, passed by the house, and are threatening to slaughter Governor McKelvie's civil adminis rtation code bill in reprisal. "They are playing cheap politics in the senate," faid Representative Snow of Chadron, referring to the adoption of the Harriss substitute "They are trying to shoulder 0'i to the house the responsibility of this legislation when they are sub jected to outside pressure. There are a hundred men in the house who will not stand for this attempt and who will insist on the passaee of House Roll No. 64." Call School Men In. Certain members of the house and senate hold that Senators Cor deal and Peterson are responsible for the situation that has developed in the senate in relation to Houss Roll No. 64 and they threaten re prisal in1 defeating the governor's civil administration code bill, which is sponsored by Cordea! and Peter son. Prominent members , of tin Schoolmasters' club, including C. Ray Gates, city superintendent of schools at Columbus, have been summoned to Lincoln to help save House Roll No. 64. A hot fight on the floor of the house is predicted tor tomorrow. 5 Less Stringent Bill. The Harriss bill is much less strin gent than the Burney bill which passed the lower house and which was drafted by the house committee on education. Reed, Sturni and Si man were the three members of the senate committee, which favored the original Burney bill. Reed is chair man of the senate committee. x- The Harriss suhstifntp will h . ported out shortly with a recom mendation that it be passed. Practically the only changes made (Continued on P(f Two, Coluinn Four.) Much of Railroad Improvement Work Ordered Suspended Washington, March -19. Instruc tions issued today by the Railroad administration will result in the tem porary suspension or postponement of .$1,000,000,000 of railroad improve ment work, because of the financial predicament caused by failure of congress to pass appropriations tor the administration's revolving fund. The suspension of work applies to many new stations, under erection or plannel, spur tracks, roadbed improvements, elevated tracks and cpnstruction of bridges and build ings. Railroad administration officials said comparatively few men would be thrown out of work as a, result of the orders, but admitted that the railroad improvement program, planned for this year, partly as a means of employing large numbers of laborers during the readjustment period, probably would not be par ried out. The program called, for the ex penditure of more than $500,000,000 for additions and betterments alone. AN ALLIES TO CONSIDER liiriAio nr vitwo ur NEUTRALS American Delegation Ready to Accept Amendments; Cove nant to Go with Peace Treaty. J By the Associated Press. t. Paris, March 19. The American delegation, it is said, plans to accept a limited number of amendments to the league of nations covenant. Sec retary of State Lansing will preside over the meeting o delegates of neutral nations Thursday to hear their views on the situation. It is expected that the league of nations commission will reassemble and perfect the amendments and that the completed covenant will ihen h attarln-! trt ttii nparp iresttv The following subcommittee has been named to meet the represent tatives of neutral countries tor a discussion of the league of nations; Leon Bourgeois, France; Lord Robert Cecil, Great Britain; Elip therios Venizelos, Greece; Paul Hymans, Belgium; Col. M. House, the United States, and'Dr. M. R. Vesnitch, Serbia. Belgium Makes Bid. The Belgian delegates have pre sented the official request of Bel gium that Brussels should be chosen as the seat of the league of liations. The delegation has transmitted to President Wilson and the heads of the great powers a copy of the let ter, from Burgomaster Max of Brus sels stating that the municipality, would present to the league the Eg mont palace, formerly the property of the Due d'Arenberg, for use as its headquarters. T 1 I r A n ' - - . v . Premier Lloyd George, who was asked by President Wilson, Premier Clemenceau and Premier Orlando to postpone his return to London, has decided to remain in Paris until the draft for the treaty of peace is con cluded. v Italian claims before the peace conference will encounter no diffi culties and a solutioH"will be easy, according to the Paris correspond ent of the Giornale d'ltalia of Rome, Enjoin Hostilitfta in Galicia. The official statement was issued concerning the session of the su preme council this afternoon, which says: r "An exchange of views took place in regard to the military situation in Galicia. The council agreed on tha terms of an injunction to be adi dressed to th two' armies facing, each other in front of Lemberg, re, questing them to suspend hostilities at once on certain conditions. "The council then dealt with the western frontier of Poland and heard the report of the commission, on 'Polish affairs, which was pre-" sented by its chairman, M. Jules Cambon. "The next meeting will be held on Friday, March 21, at 3 p. m." 12C. of C. Men to Argue Before House on Auditorium Bill Francis A. Brogan, chairman of? the executive committee, and H. O. Wilhelm of the Good Fellowship club, which set the Auditorium com. completion ball a.-rolling, will head a delegation of 12 Chamber ofs Commerce men, who will go to Lincoln Thursday to work for the; $150,000 bond amendment to- thej charter bill. , ; ":, Both legislative and executive commiMeps pnHnrsp Snat Piln IfV, relating to the opening and widening of Omaha streets. The Chamber; of Commerce is opposed to any aniendment limiting the right of v,ij aumvi una iu icvy special as sessments which are necessary. , "We want Omaha to grow. Such. resiricuons piacea on improve ments keep the city within narrow' bounds, said Mr. Brogan. ; n Prisoners to Receive Money Due From Germany": Washington, March 19. General Pershing has informed the War dc partment that receipts held by rc patriated American prisoners of war for money due them from the Ger man government would be present ed for payment through the armis tice commission. Persons holding such receipts who have returned to the United States were requested to forward the receipts to the chief quartermaster of the A. E. F. for" collection. Damage in Berlin Riots Fixed at 512,000,000 Marks Basle, Switzerland, March 19.' Damages inefdent to the latest re volt in Berlin will total more than 512,000,000 marks, the Frankfort Nachrichten says. Claims for dam-' r.ges for this amount already ldS ' been filed against the city.