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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 23, 1919.
OFFICERS UPON
LEAVE MAY PROVE
'SKEE' RUNNERS
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City and Army Officials Try to
Discover Frequent Use Put
to U. S. Trucks; Cross
River Booze Route.
(Continued From Fag One.)
during the entire time of their "cru
sade" against whisky runners, it is
noted, excepting in several instances
in the heart of the city. ,
'"Where is all the booze that was
brought across the river and stored
in the vicinity of Omaha?" is the
question that police and government
officers are also working on. fouce
have learned that more than 3,000
cases of whisky have been transport
ed by motor boats across the river
from the shack in the willows.
k j FoIlcfwinK the disclosure of the re
I' PP m r O . A-
centwntsky traitic, wayor,3mun de
clared tnat ne naa received numer
Ous reports during the past two
months-'that officers, in the army
camps here were using orderlies to
haul and distribute liquor.
Mayor Makes Complaint
i.l am nor. inini 10 mcuuuii any
names in this connection," said the!
mavor. "but I will state that I for
Warded the complaints to Washing-
..i r . .j
ton. I win De interested in waicn
ing the developments in this case,
and it may be interesting to know
what, if anything, these fellows who
"were arrested will say about their
higher-ups. y
Police Chief Eberstein held
lengthy conference with officials at
,F'jort Omaha Saturday afternoon, the
outcome of which has not Deen ai
vbleed. '.,V
The names of the men brought
into me anair up-to-aaie arc; ser
geant A. E. Drew,- Sergeant Heinne,
fahn Bruno and Sam Trapini of
Omaha; Antonio Manescalo of
OSuncil Bluffs: Tom Kelly, 1606
Llird street; Henry Wedgeworth,
alias Frisco Pete; Pat Burkrey,
James Cosgrove and-F. J. Keating,
Omaha.
Ijolice Chief Starts
Belated Probe Into
i Shooting of Soldier
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(Continued From Page One.)
sofdier from going overseas, despite
numerous requests that he be trans
ferred to an overseas regiment.
, Private Coleman was one of the
old Fourth Nebraska boys to be
soft to the Mexican border three
years ago. He was honorably dis
charged shortly before this coun
try's entrance into the world war.
' d Urge Some Action.
I A number' of persons, including
vvfhesjifjji', of the shooting, already
'riae UTgid the police commissioner
andpther members of the commis
sion to take some definite stand in
regard to the matter.
'With scarcely a single exception,
persons who saw the detective shoot
down the soldier, turn a deaf ear to
his victim's appeal for water and
medical attention and refuse to
allow a passerby to convey the
wfeunded boy to the hospital in his
automobile, have expressed un
qualified indignation and a hope
tritt Superintendent Ringer and
city officials would take prompt and
proper action agarfist Knudtson.
Sorne have appeared at the city
hall in person to urge action on the
part of the police commissioner
and chief of police. Others have
..wtttfn letters and offered to testify
at a hearing.
So far as is known, until yester
day, Chief Eberstein has contented
himself to remain in his office and
comment on the "good record" ot
Detective Knudtson. The single
statement he has issued to an anx
ious and indignant public was to
thr, effect that "Knudtson was
justified in shooting young Cole
man." Statements of witnesses unani
mpusly condemn the, shooting and
are to the effect the boy was plead
ings with the officer to be allowed to
return and see his wife and mother
before being locked up as an
alleged deserter.
I feel convinced that County
Attorney Shotwell will seethe
malter in 'the proper light," said
Attorney Aye.- "He is absolutely
fail, in my opinion. I have confi
dence in Mr. Shotwell, and I think
hisj investigation will result in an
indictment against Knudtson.
The detective positively was not
justified in the shooting. The act
was criminal and the man should
not; only be discharged, but . he
should be prosecuted.
Accused of Being Deserter.
Young Coleman was shot by
Knudson aftfr he had been placed
under arrest by the detective on
an? alleged charge of being a de
serler from the army. The boy ad
mitted he was absefit without leave,
having overstayed his time limit to
itypry Miss Edith Manes. He in
tended to return to Camp Dodge
last Tuesday, but the automobile
inftvhich he and his bride were rid-
ingj broke "down in the country and
ne jmissea tne train.
Mr.; Flinn declared his nephew
had made his plans to return to
camp Wednesday night. After he
wis taken into custody by the de
leaves an argument developed and
Knudson, who is twice the size of
the, unarmed- soldier, drew his re
volver and fired a shot into the
box's right side. The bullet pene
tred his body and emerged in
the pit of the stomach. He says
thi boy struck him and tried to.
German Warships' Must Be "
Distributed Among Victors
7 Georges' Leygues, French War Minister
France Having, Suffered Most, He Says, Demancts.a
Share Corresponding With Its Sacrifices As It Is Un
able to Build New Man-of-Wars Under Present Con
ditions.
By NABOTH HEDIN,
Staff Correspondent of Universal
Service. ' .
v (Special Cable Dispatch.) X
Paris, March 22. France insists
that the surrendered German war
ships be distributed among the vic
tors as legitimate prizes of war. As
for these ships being called "white
elephants" by inose who advocate
their sinkirfg. France is willfhg to
take a chance. Having suffered most
France demands a share correspond
ing with hf r sacrifices: France 'also
opposes the suppression of the sub
marine as a war weapon. u
"Generally speaking, we should
not follow. the German principle' of
destruction," said Georges LeyguesJ
rrencn minister oi war. un mc
contrary, we should try to preserve
whatever utilizable after four years
of continual destruction and terrific
losses. To destroy is brutal and bar
baric; it is the German method.
Ttietl-iKilt fiVilna W TTrsaa 1
"Consequently, the French view is
perfectly clear: The German fleet,
which is a common prize of war,
should be distributed among the vic
tors. Whatever uee each state may
make of the ships is the business of
that, state alone. If some wish to
sink their share, they may do so.
But we, who have suffered such
cruel damages from ''the war are
faced by the imperious duty to em
ploy our part to our best interests.
"France asks no special favors
although she bore, the heaviest war
burden; she asks ner due, nothing
more. " The German invasion de
stroyed our principal industrial cen
ters, ravaged our fields and ruined
bur towns and" villages, and before
retreating, the enemy carried off our
factory machinery. .
"Naturally, our financial situation
is- involved and our burdens will
weigh heavily upon several coming
generations. It is possible to earn
money and rebuild houses and fac
tories, but who will give us back
our children?
al
of
"Our dead number 1,400,000,
most all of them in the flower
youth, in the most productive period.
We have priority claims to whatever
can to any extent replace their pro
ductivity and the economic force
they represented. The number of
our dead exceeds those of the Brit
ish empire and Italy combined.
"France should for her own sake
and for the sake of the world's equi
librium, recover at least the same
relative position she occupied be
fore the war.
"We entered the war on the first
day and remained in it till the last
We protected the Mediterranean,
preventing the Austrian fleet from
coming out while the British fleet
was held in the North sea keeping
the German fleet bottled up. There
by we made possible in the early
months of the war the transport
tion of troops from Africa and Asial
who helped stem the German army s
advance.
"We attacked the Dardanelles with
the British, losing several important
ships. We saved the Serbian army
from destruction and then trans
ported and supplied the army of the
Orient which broke the Bulgaro-Austro-German
front, helping to
turn the scale in our favor.
"We lost a great number of war
ships through mines and submarines.
We are unable to replace our losses.
Our warships reached Archangel in
the extreme north and Vladivostok
in the extreme east, supporting the
bases of the Russian front.
TWe desisted from completing five
dreadnoughts of the Normandie
class, though four were already suffi
ciently advanced to enter service
during the war if construction had
been continued. We had to
discontinue it because our whole
activity had to t be devoted to the
construction of heavy artilley the
75's especially wagons, trucks,
many millions of shells, gun car
riages, iron bridges, etc., thus re
placing not only what the enemy de
stroyed of our own material but for
the Russians, Roumanians, Serbians,
Greeks, Americans and British."
escape, s . x
His condition still was critical last
night, according to, the statement
of jthe' attending phisician.
Another witness to the shooting
found yesterdav is H. Eisenmann,
residing at 308 North Twentieth
itreet. He said:
- Tells of Shooting.
fiOn Wednesday evening about
6:20 I was walking south on Twen
tieth street when I noticed a crowd
across the street on the east side
f Twentieth street at about Twen
tietli and Capital avenue. .
I crossed over on that side, toi-
ficer and a soldier seemed to be
I arguing over the way.theVpoliceman
was handling him. The boy r-
LUMBERMEN
HOLD OUT SMALL
HOPE OF SLASH
(Continued From Fata One.)
board that the lumber men take the
initiative in submitting a schedule of
revised prices, it was pointed out
that nobody present had authority to
take such action other than for his
own plants and that, even if an
agreement were reached at the con
ference, its effect would be local to
those plants and have no general ef
fect.
Members of the board said frankly
that they recognized the difficulties
involved as peculiar to the trade.
S. P. Bush, presiding chairman in the
absence of George N. Peek, pointed
out that the western fir producers
were not represented and that there
was no basis available at the meet
ing on which to effect adjustments
between southern pine, northern
pine, hardwood and all the other var-
leties oi lumucr, eatn u winwu uau
its own production problems and
no general spokesman.
Opposed to Price Agreements.
Some of the lumber men were
dubious as to the legality of any
price agreements. Mr. Kirby bluntly
said that the association of which
he was a member would "throw out"
any man guilty of conspiring to fix
prices. What the board members
told the lumber men on this sub
ject was not disclosed, but it gen
erally has beenaccepted that the
announcement of agreed steel prices
and the holding of today's confer
ences, following consultation be
tween Mr. Peek and the attorney,
general, meant that no obstacle
would be placed by the department
of justice in the way of agreed
pi ice reductions designed to im
prove the general economic situ
ation. ,
- A. C. Johnson of Dubuque, la.,
representing some retail lumber
dealers, declared many buyers would
begin constcuction-as soon as there
was announcement that there would
be' no reduction in lumber prices.
The trade at present was said to
be good. Mr. Johnson had the sup
port of the lumber producers in de
claring that price reductions would
have so small an effect on dwellings
and other wooden construction that
it was assurance of stability rather
than lower cost which was desir
able. He said a reduction of $2 a
thousand feet would mean a saving
of only $30 in a house consuming
15,000 feet of lumber. The material
was said to be a smaller factor in
wooden construction than in any
other class of-buildings.
0'Leary Jury in Deadlock
After Deliberating 36 Hours
New York, March 22. The jury
which heard the evidence against
Jeremiah A. O'Leary, former editor
of the anti-British magazine Bull,
and others at their trial here in fed
eral court on charges of violating
the espionage act, had failed late
tonight to reach a verdict, after de
liberating nearly 36 hours.
marked that he would come along all
right and not to be so rough.
"The officer seemed to be over
bearing and handled the boy pretty
severely, calling him a deserter.
"This remark the soldier resented.
A scuffle ensued and several minor
blows were exchanged.
"The officer pulled his gun and
shot, the boy without giving him the
least chance. The- soldier did not
,once offer to run and it seemed to
me the most cowardly, uncalled for
affair that I have ever witneised or
lowed them up the street. An of- Wieard of. In my opinion it should
be taken up by, the citizens of Omaha
and put through to the fullest ex
tent of the law."
HIGH PRICES
FOR BUILDING
PROVE HAMPER
(Contlnnedf From Pace One.) '
is going to happen to prices. We
wouldn't build on the prices asked
now. If we were not far-sighted
enough to have, made these con
tracts last year, we wouldn't do any
building at all this year," said F.
W. Carmichael.
"The demand for houses is very
great and we could rent and sell all
kinds of dwellings if we had them."
Scarcity of houses and imprac
ticability of building more at pres
ent prices is acknowledged by
Rasp Brothers, Scott & Hill, John
ston Brothers, Byron Reed com
pany, Emil Holstrom, and a score
of smaller builders. "
The high prices affect the small
builder more than the large "home
building companies, because the
latter buy in larger quantities and
receive larger vdiscounts.
Temple McFayden of the Bankers
Mortgage and Loan company was
the only builder who announced
high prices would not affect his
plans to build 100 new homes this
spring.
" Labor Cheaper Now.
"While everybody is talking about
the high prices and waiting for
prices to come down before build
ing, there is a scarcity of work. So
I am going ahead with my building
and am getting men to work for
me cheaper ihan they would if there
was a lot of work," he said.
"I'm counting on selling the hous
es I build before prices go down.
If.I don.'t sell thenf and prices go
down, of course I will lose money,
but I believe prices are not going to
come down.
"Of course, we charge more for
the houses we sell now than we did
in the past on account of high
prices."
Norris & Norris company is
said to Te selling houses for $2,200
and $2,400 cheaper than any, other
firm . can, because they have their
own lumber yard and can build
cheaper in consequence.
All realtors and builders inter
viewed by The Bee expressed great
satisfaction with the investigation
and disclosures made by The Bee
in this important matter.
"The Bee has done a great good
to the city by this exposure. Its
effects can already be felt in the
business," said C. W. Martin.
"The Bee's work is fine; it's a step
in the right direction and has the
support of every loyal Omahan who
wants . to see Omaha grow with
the exception of half a dozen lum
bermen and building material deal
ers," said J. H. Osborne.
Pickell-Dean.
Chicago, -March 22. "(Special Tel
egram.) George W. Pickell, jr.,
Blair, Neb., today obtained license
to wed Miss Gladys Dean of Chi
cago. .'"'
W. E. Reed to Represent This
City at National Scout Meet
W. E. Reed left for New ffork
last night to, represent the Omaha
Local Council, Boy Scouts of
America, in the National Council
meeting on March 24.
The National council is made up
of representatives of every first class
local council in the United States.
The Executive committee, which
Mr. Reed will serve on, Is a small
"body of men elected by the larger
body to do the actual work of scout
ing, i
Mr. Head, who is the president of
the Omaha Local council wrenched
his knee a few days go and is un
able to attend the meeting, so Mr.
Reed is attending in his place.
The Bee Want Ads are the Best
ters. Try One and See.
Husband, Suing for Divorce,
Says Was Forced From Home
Alleging that his wife, Elizabeth
J. Cowan Ragbs Whitney, expelled
him from their nome in Long Beach,
Cal., in October, 1915, Arthur 'D.
Whitney has filed suit in district
court here for a divorce. He says
she has hSrrassed iuV by threaten
ing to begin criminal proceedings
against, him without any reason.
They were married at Long Beith,
Cah. in 1912.
j Reserve Deposits Grow.
Washington, March 22. Govern
ment deposits in federal reserve
banks were increased by $135,000,000
during the last week and deposits
of members increased $70,300,000,
while the ratio 6f reserves to net de
posite and federal reserve note lia
bilities went up two-tenths of
per cent
one
Fisherman's Lucky .
A minister, with two lovely gls,
stood entranced by the beauties of
a flowing stream. A fisherman hap
pening by, and mistaking the min
ister's occupation, said: "ketchin
many, pard? ""
"I am a fisher of men," answered
the preacher with dignity.
"Well," replied the fisherman, with N
an admiring glance at the girls, "you
sure have the right bait." Montreal
Journal of Commerce.
Conference on
Missions April 10
The committee in' charge of the
Laymen's ' Missionary Movement
conference which is to be held in
Omaha on April 10, have decided to
hold the banquet of laymen and min
isters at the First Christian church.
The evening mass meeting, when Dr.
Poteat and Dr. S. M. Zwemer will
address the young people will be at
the same place. The morning ses
sion for men -will be at the Y. M. C
A. at 10:30 and the afternoon session
for women at the Y. W. C. A. Dr.
Zwemer and Dr. Poteat are two of
tJie strongest speakers now before
fne church public, and their visit to
Omaha is awaited with much interest
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