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PROMOTER FAES
NINE INDICTMENTS
Minneapolis, March 26! Four
more indictments were added today
.to the five already found against
William H. Schafer, Minneapolis
' promoter, in connection . with the
: closing oiM state banks through the
failure of the Mortgage Security
company. Schafer, who is out on
550,000 bail, will be arraigned tomorrow.
LOSES LIFE IN EFFORT
TO SAVE HER CHILDREN. ,
. New York, March 26. Mrs.
Louise Mercier sacrificed her life to
day in a vain effort to save two
daughters, Lonia, 6, and Helen, ,3,
from burning to death in a fire at
' their home in a fashionable residen-,
tial district in Richmond Hill.
" After her husband, George,' and a
third small daughter, each seriously
burned, had jumped from a window,
;Mrs. Mercier went to the second
floor bedrooms in search of the
other two children, intending to
throw them out to their father, but
she did not reappear.
SOLDIERS DISCHARGED
PROMPTLY AFTER RETURN.
, Washington, March 26. Upon his
return to Washington today from a
swing around the country visiting
' army mobilization centers in com
pany with General March, chief of
.-tan, Secretary Baker said he found
that the average time of discharge
for men overseas after their arrival
in camps in the United States was 48
hours, "
The secretary told of one small L
camp wnere the men were released
on the same day of arrival and said
" that in none of the camps visited
did the per:od exceed six days.
' Mr. Baker intends to sail some
time next month for Europe.
CHICAGO MAYOR SUES '
, FOR $250,000 DAMAGE. ,
Chicago, March 26. Mayor Wil
liam Hale Thompson today filed a
suitt for $250,000 damages against
Bertram M. Winston . and George
Hull Porter, officers of the Robert
M. Sweitzer Nonpartisan league, as
a result ofubIished statements is
sued tin the mayoralty campaign.
Sweitzer was Mayor Thompson's
democratic opponent.
BLUE-EYED HARVEY HARRIS
IS RELEASED ON BOND.
Harvey Floyd Harris, indicted on
a bigamist charge, was liberated
from the county jail in Council
Bluffs late yesterday afternoon. The
$1,000 bond named by Judge
Wheeler was filed by Wallace Ben
jamin, brother of Dr. Benjamin, for
mer husband of wife No. 2, and
whose upion with him on January
20 caused his arrest by his Des
Moines wife.
v It is understood that Mr. Benja
min was fully guaranteed against
loss if "blue-eyed" Harvey" is not
here to answer to the grand jury
indictment when his easels called
early next month. There was some
curiosity to know where Mr. Har
ris went aft?r his release, but he
'succeeded' irf slippfngaway. U,was
-id. he went to Omaha. '
! LARGE MEDICAL RESERVE
' CORPS FOR ARMY PLANNED.
, Washington, March 26. Plansj to
build up a large medical reserve
corps including all members of the
profession who have served credit
ably during the war were disclosed
today by the War department.
CHILDREN AND WOMEN
. KILLED BY BOLSHEVIKI.
j . Berlin," Marth 26. (By Associat
' ed Press.) Reports of cruel treat
ment of the nonbolshevik popula
tion of-Courland by Lettish bolshe
viki are printed by the Lokal An-
reiger. The bolsheviki took a large
I" ""number of old men, women and
- children from Mitau through the
snow to a camp 40 miles away. The
children were separated from their
' parents ostensibly to be educate?!
in bolshevik principles. Those in
the party who were too weak o
i walk were executed, including a
. number of women and children. Ac
cording to the reports, a number of
i leading residents of the towns of
Tukkum and Talsen also were ex
ecuted bv the bolsheviki. y
WEALTHY RECLUSE'S
DEATH VEILED AN MYSTERY.
Beaumont, Tex., March 26. No
solution was found today of the
mystery tf the death of Mrs. Ero
zire de ; Sivegny, wealthy recluse,
whose body was found last night in
her home-five miles from here, sur
rounded by evidences of a struggle.
Her husband, Albert De Sivegny,
parted from herjn Denver 13 years
ago. The' police now are trying to
locate him to learn if he knew
whether she hadyanyenemies.
CALIFORNIA BREWERS , .
PLAN TO RESUME BREWING.
San Francisco, March 26. Reso-
rvlutions were adopted here toaay oy
the California State Brewers' assoc
iation declaring it the intention of
the organization to resume brewing
beer in accordance with the opinion
of New York attorneys that beer
containing 2 per cent alcoholic
content is not in violation of the
lav. No' further action will be tak
en, however, until a test case v to
determine the- status of such beer
has been determined in the eastern
federal courts.
FORMER ARMY OFFICER
WINS AS BUTTE MAYOR.
Butte, Mont., March 26. Check
of the poll books of the municipal
r primaries last Monday by the city
v council showed onight that William
Cutts, recentl discharged from
', army service, with rank of captain,
defeated William F. Dunn, recently
convicted of sedition, by a majority
of 108 votes for the democratic
' nomination for mayor.
NO RENUNCIATION '
JADE BY CROWN PRINCE.
Berlin, March 26. In a letter to
Field Marshal von Hindenburg ju&
tifying his attitude toward those
representing him as a war instigator
and reactionary, former Crown
Prince Frederick William declares
no renunciation of the throne" "was
, eitbar demanded of or made by roc."
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SALESMEN
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Remarkable Drive Conducted
by Judge Landis to Re
cover "Money for De
luded Investors. ' V
Chicago, March '26. Tudge Lan
dis' remarkable -drive ; to recover
money for deluded investors 1 who
bought stock of the Consumers'
Packing company continued today
with a perturbed, lc of stock sales
men and substalesmen in court. The
judge was alternately ferocious,
ironical, sarcastic, but always in
sistent. It didn't matter' whether
the agent had spent his commission
the court would accept anything
that was left or could be turned in
to money. He was not averse to
installment payments, as in hc case
of John Market, a janitor. i
Markel, it appeared, was a jani
tor who was acquainted with a vd
owed waitress, one Mrs. Kate
Schmidt, and, as a subagent, Markel
persuaded her to inW-sf her entire
ysavings of $665 in the company.
Judge Landis ordered the janitor
salesman to turn in the entire sum
to the court on the installment plan,
as Markel had in money. .
.-s Denied His Expenses.
Max Newman,'- who obtained
$1,400 by the sale of stock, offered
toTestore this sum, minus his ex
penses. "You go off by yourself and think
it over," said the judge. "We want
all of the money."
Two other salesmen were sent to
similar cogitations by the court.
J.t was not long before the judge
had a dozen salesmen in an ante
room "thinking it-ovtr." :
Phillip Goldberg's haste to make
restitution amused . spectators. He
paidJS'iQP yesterday and rushed into
court again today. i
"How much more do I owe-?" he
aslJed feverishly. He was told and
wrote a check for ?JW with a pen
rhat fairly flew, and then rushed
from the room.
Compromise Refused.
HynTan W. Wold, whose com
missions amounted to $612, wanted
to compromise with the courts
"What property have you, any
way?" asked the judge.
"I have only $650 cash, $150 in
Liberty bonds and $125 in thrift
stanjps. . It's all I have" pleaded
the salesman.
"Why goodness gracious, that's
more than I've got," said the court.
"Sit down and think it over.. We
want it all."
Julius H. Sear had spent what he
made in commissions and was out
of work, he explained.
"Some of you fellows are fixing
for the grand jury, and you'll have
to stand suit anyway," remarked
Judge Landis. - ...
"Then I'll have to stand suit," re
plied the witness.
As a result of Judge Laadis' ef
forts $4,000 was paid over to thed
court and suit was ordered begun
against five persons 'to compel the
return of commissions on stock
sales. t "
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Kelly and Keating
of Omaha Fined in
Bluffs for Bootlegging
Tom Kelly.'owner of the Two-in-One
vulcanizing plant on Davenport
street, Omaha, and Thomas Keat
ing, also an Omaha man, appeared
in district court in Council Bluffs
Wednesday afternoon by their at
torneys .and pleaded guilty to the
charge of "bootlegging, in connec
tion with the liquor raid when near
ly 2,000 bottles of booze were taken
at the river bank and Thirty-fifth
street, after it had been loaded on
an army truck. Kelly was fined
$500 and costs, and Keating $300.
The men were entirely outside of
the jurisdiction of the Pottawatta
mie district court and could not have
been brought within it except volun
tarily, but a big trucl captured at
the Menascalco home where the
liquor was being transferred, fig
ured as a persuader. The truck was
valued at about $2,000 and was hired
from an Omaha firm. ' Kelly could
not recover it until he came into
court. " '
The fines were paid. While the
attorneys for "Kelly and Keating
were in court, County Attorney
Swanson Served them with notice of
applications for liquor injunctions
against their clients.
Cousin of Late Colonel
Roosevelt Dies onxTransport
New York, March 26. Major
Jambs A. Roosevelt, commander of
the o02d ammunition train and a
second cousin of the late Col. Theo
dore RooseveK, who was to have ar
rived here tomorrow on the trans
port Great Northern, died on the
voyage, according to a wireless mes
sage received by Lieut.- Col. Theo-
dore Kooscveiu
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Oawka P. O. utiw act ol Marck 3. IS79.
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School Bill Differences
' ' Smoothed Out at Lincoln;
i All Factions Satisfied
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Provisions of General Law Apply to All Educational In
stitutions With Respect to Text Books, Equipment
, and. Qualifications; Senate Agrees to Measure in
Committee of Whole. V .
From a Staff Correspondent. "
. ; Lincoln, March 26. Without a dissenting vote, and af
ter a harmonious discussion of some of the minor details of
the" amended bill;' all, of a technical nature, the senate, in
committee of the whole, today, adopted and ordered engross
ed for third reading, the "peace conference" amendments to
House Roll 64, known as the
The "peace conference"
ter hoursOf tonsideration by a joint senate and house com
mittee composed of Senators Petersen, Bushee and Reed arid
Representatives Ryrum, Gearhart and Jenison.
The conference was arranged by
E. MJ Pollard, acthig for tjovernor
McKelvie. Practically all of the
features included in the Harriss
amendments to the bill were in
cluded and more, were added of a
nalure that gave "broader' scope to
the governing authorities of the
schools affected and as a whle the
bill is now acceptable to all elements
interested. 1
i Includes Three Bills..
Thus far House Roll 64 has been
the "stormy petrel" bill of the legis
lature. Many itneresting and excit
ing incidents have been conne'eted
with its birth and present status. It
is a consolidation of three separate
bills which had for their purposethe
EX-JUDGES FACE
LIQUOR LICENSE
BRIBERY CHARGE
St. Joseph Men 'Accused by
Jury, Following Probe of
1 Grants for Winthrop
, Dramshops.
St. Joseph, Mo,, March .-"(Special.)
Political ir.3Wand bossism
in St. Joseph was given the sword
to the hilt when the grand jury to
day returned indictments against
former County Judges WHlianuBub
and Marvin Kirkman, charging
them. with accepting bribes for the
renewal of dram shop licenses at
Winthrop, "the wettest spot on
earth."
Herman Teschner, a liquor, "agent
wio is alleged to have bee.ia go
between 5n the deal, whs also to
have been iudicteU, but he turned
slate's evidence.
f Five Counts in Indictments.
The indictments - contained five
counts against Kirkman and Bub,
acceptance of money from Winthrop
saloon keepers for granting of
dram shop licenses being charged.
The indictments were returned
despite strong pressure brought to
Vear at the eleventh hour by cer
tain politicians in a deterjfiined ef
fort to save off such drastic action. ,
How ' frantic these efforts were is
shown by the fact that Buf) and
Kirkman voluntarily appeared be
fore the grand jury at the last min
ute and asked to give their side- of
the charges. They got their hear
ing, ' but apparently failed to make
any great impression on the jurors.
ThNprosecuting attorney, Steve
Owens, is said to have himself urg
ed against the indictments, declar
ing the evidence was not strong
enough to -Convict. ' The grand jury
decided to leave the matter of con
viction with the trial jury and pro
ceeded to bring in the true bills.
The jury was composed of six dem
ocrats an six '"republicans. The
prosecuting attorney and the judge,
who ordered the investigation, are
democrats.
Story of Alleged Bribery. "
Leaks on the alleged bribery 'are
said to have - come from several
sources. It is known that Judge W.
H. Hill, the third member of the
county court and a democrat, was
an important witness before the
grand jury during its deliberations
early this month. He persistently
opposed the granting of the Win
throp dramshop licenses, and when
the question was taken up at a se.
cret session of the court for the last
time in May, 1918, he was seen to
walk out of the meeting, apparently
very much wrought up-over some
thing. While he refused to divulge
what transpired, it was noticed that
the licenses were granted within 12
hours afterward.
Herman Teschner, an enemy alien,
(Continued on rage -Two, Column Five.)
Court Asked to Interpret
Mary Baker Eddy's Will
Boston, March 26. Litigation has
been started in the Massachultts
supreme court to determine which
of two sets of trustees appointed by
the .late Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy
has authority over the Christian
Science Publishing society.
On petition of the trustees of
the society the court has issued a
temporary injunction restraining the
directors of the First Church of
Christ Scientist from taking any
action intended to interfere with the
trustees in the discharge of their
duties and from attempting to com-
pet any ai laz iruwees io resign.
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QJMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919.
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education bill.
amendments were adopted af
Americanization of all of the schools
of the state.
It is felt that the bill as amended
will accomplish this purpose in a
way that will meetwith the ap
proval of all of the patriotic ele
ments of Nebraska citizenship and
its provisions are such that any
un-American propaganda or text
books, taught or( used "hi schools of
any character, contrary to the law,
may be penalized and stopped in an
effective manner. -
All Factions Agreed.
All of the recalcitrant v factions
have calmed down and are accepting
the new bill with enthusiasm, for
they all feel that the most vexing
Continued on Vage Two, Column 1 no.)
FIFTY PER CENT
ADVANCE MADE IN
WOODMEN RATES
Action Taken by Head Camp
of Order to Meet Heavy
Death Losses Due to In-,
fluenza Epidemic.
Ch icago, March 26. More than a
million members of the Modern
Woodmen of AiUe'pica, the largest
iraternai insurance' organization in
the country, had their rates increased
today to- meet the abnormal death
losses resulting from the influenza
epidemic which caused a reduction
in the henficiary fund of the order
from $12,000,000 to $700,000.
On the present membership the
increase is a flat advance of 50 per
cent and all new members joining
hereafter will have to pay material
ly increased rates. 1
Action of Head Camp. (
Even this increase is said to be
not a strictly actuarial adequate rate
but it was as far as the membership
could be Thduced to go 'at this time.
The action was taken today at a
special meeting of the head camp
of the orer after three days'
stormy debate.
For several years if is said the
death lo"sses Jiale averaged about
$1.000,000 , -mof than the assess
ments, as the organization operated
under very' law rates. Since last
October the deaths have averaged
$2,000,000 a month more " than .re
ceipts. -
Increased by Half. .
Two tables of rates were adopted
at today's session, one for new mem
bers and the other for the present
jViembership. The table for new
members is based upon the experi
ence of the Modern Woodmen of
America and is materially lower
than the natonal fraternal congress
tabfe of rates.
This will meet the requirements
of the adequate rate laws of the
Various states. They are the in
creased rates adopted by the head
camp which met in Chicago in 1912,
but which were repudiated later by
the membership which secured in
junctions in a number of states pre
venting their collection.
The table for the present members
increases the present rates 50 per"
cent beginning with 75 cents per
$1,000 of insurance at ages 17 to 18
and .increasing by 5 per cent steps"
until $1.50 is reached at. the age of
38, above which the rate is station
ary. w ' ,
Seeks Great Britain's Aid
to Stabilize Wool Prices
t Washington-, Alarcn to. lo pro
tect American wool growers until
the present clip has been disposed
of, Senator King of Utah today ask
ed Bernard Baruch, former chair
man cf the war industries board,
who now is serving in an advisory
capacity with the American peace
commission to take up with the
British government the question of
temporarily stablizing wool prices
among the allied governments.
Germans Detain Danes
Returning to Schleswig
Paris, March 26. Germany is de
taining Danish residents who wish
to- return home after having been
released from Russian prisons, ac
cording to advices reaching the
French foreign office. These men
were among Germans taken prison
er by the Russians during the war,
and who after being set f in
Russia, attempted tV return to
' Schleswig. '
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LAY PLAN
FOR JOINT
TREATY
NAT 10
Four Peac Pacts Required
Could Be Linked and
Completed by May 1,
Opinion at Paris.
By The Associated Press.
Paris, March 26. The technical
experts of the American peace dele
gation, in consultation with experts
of other delegations, have been con
sidering a possible method for
carrying out a project brought for
ward yesterday to include all four
enemy powers urone peace treaty.
The fact that the United States
was never at war with Turkey and
Bulgaria complicates the matterrbut
the opinion of the American experts
is that this is, not insurmountable
and that it is feasible for the United
Spates to sign such a quadruple
treaty with an explanatory statement
that the United States accepts onlv
such portions of the treaty as di
rectly affect it.
Commissions to Speed Up.
Preparatory . to the execution of
the. plan without delay in case it
should be adopted, the commissions
on reparations and botindaries are
to reduce to form as quickly as pos
sible all data they have collected
bearing on the financial and eco
nomical ability of Turkey and Bul
garia and of what remains of Austria-Hungary
to meet the charges
they must pay as well as the new
boundaries they must accept "in or
der to recognize the right of self
determination. The problem is rendered difficult
by reason of the necessity of as
sessing fairly the share of the pre
war debts of the three nations which
must be a'Sstmied by the separated
provinces and this is receiving care
ful study by experts.
Orlando Wants Single Pact.
The movement for a single treaty
with all the four powers probably
grows out of Premier Orlando's
strong opposition to such omission
in the first treaty of clauses dealing
with Italy's interests. The plan has
not) yet been finally determined
on, out .the tendency is towara its
acceptance.
Should the plan be adopted, it is
expected that the four treaties could
be linked together and completed
by May 1. , '
It was learned tonight that the
government had opened an inquiry
into the manner in which the French
press had been enabled to keep so
closely in touch with the doings of
the supreme council. ;
Speed Preliminary Pact.
London. March 26. The Paris
corespondent-of the Pall Mall Ga
zette says c'n high authority hat "in
order to avoid perils which would
inevitably arise if preliminary "peace
terms are vnot drafted until such
time as 'fic various commissions
shall have finished their labors and
have presented their respective re
ports of representatives of the great
powers have drawn up certain pro
posals which seem ample to consti
tute the basis of the first treaty; or-
one analogous to that signed at Ver
sailles in l?7L"
The correspondent adds that
proposals are under the considera
tion of the Inner Council of Four,
President Wilson and Premiers
Clemmenccau, I.loyd - George . and
Orlando, which has temporarily
superceded the Council of Ten, and
this arrangement will greatly ex
pedite decisions.
"A final settlement will not be
aimed at," continues the correspond
ent, "but the terms will be suffi
ciently firm.drastic and definite to
provide for an enduring peace, jus
tify in large measure early demobi
lization, simplify the grave inter
national food problem and pave the
way for speedy industrial' recon
struction -and financial reorganiza
tion. . . v
"The principal aims of the pro
posal now before the council are:
"(1) To insure ample security for
the future protection of France,
especially on her eastern frontier;
(2) to establish a strong Italy, with
a formidable ' northern barrier
against aggression; (3) to create a
strong Poland; (4) to found a league
of nations- pledged on material as
well as moral grounds to the pres
ervation of world1 peace."
Bodies Found With Hands x
Nailed to Shoulder Blades
Vladivostok, Siberia, March 26.
Bodies of two Russian officers, with
the ears cut off and the handsiailed
to the shoulder blades, were found
in First riverMiear here today. Al
lied officers claim the discovery cor
roborates stories of bolshevik out
rages. Canadian officers and soldiers
have been instructed, to-go only in
pairs after nightfall in Vladivostok
streets and to carry arms.
Nine bolshevists were arrested
here yesterday. The political situa
tion is increasingly disturbing
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Business Men Charge rice
Of Building Materials Here
To Be Unreasonably High
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Lively Meeting at Chamber of Commerce Results In De
cision to Appoint Committee to Endeavor to Bring
About Readjustment Which Speakers Declared
Was Vital To Progress of Omaha- '
Leading Omaha business men, 400 strong, among them
realtors, lumber dealers brick manufacturers and large em
ployers of labor, passed two and one half hours in open forum
in the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night, seeking a
solution for Omaha's serious housing and building problems.
The meeting was called by the good fellowship commit
tee of the chamber, after charges made by realtors that .pro
hibitive prices of building Materials stood in the way of
Omaha's post-war building program ha,d been strenuously
denied by the dealers concerned.
What Speakers Thought.
- Charges, counter-charges, denials
and admissions of inflated prices and
"passing the buck," the speeches
tinged with humor and heat, and a
few suggested solutions to the prob
lems brought out the following con
sensus of opinion:
Building. materials are too high.''
Building operations are sus
pended awaiting lower prices.
Houses," building and factories
. are' needed. I ,
Money is available to begin
building program.
A reduction in the cost of
building materials would start "era
of building activity.
To Name Committee, ,
To wind up the lengthy discus
sion, J. W. Gamble, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, moved and
the motion prevailed, that the chair
man of the meeting. If.' O. Wil
helm, appoint a committee repre
senting all interests at stake, as well
as civic good to outline a course of
action pursuant to facts brought out
in the evening's"meetiiig.
Expected sparks did not fly with
the exception of a slight tilt be
tween Moshier Colpetzer, president
of the Chicago Lumber company,
and Harry Lawrie, architect. The
architect made a charge of inflated
price for stumpage, naming . the
price; Colpetzer quoted a lower
price, which Lawrie branded as un
true. Try to Call Meeting Off.
II. O. Wilhelm .chairman,' in his
introductory speech, stated that in
fluence had been brought to bear
seeking to call off the, meeting for
fear of a-possibl(y"cat and dog row."
Colpetzer opened the discussion
with a defense of the lumber trade.
"The, lumber trade comes before
the public with clean hands. We
welcome investigation of all our
up-Tbtisiness operations," he said. "Any
reduction in price by manufacturers
will lie immediately passed on to
customers. An arbitrary reduction
in pricessuch .as in steel, is impos
sible because' price did not go up
during war. War stifled the normal
consumption of lumber by curtailing
building, lie said. :
.. "We're Charging Too Much."
W. F. Stoecker, apartment house
builder, and Henry Gering, builder
ana manuiacturer, lurmsnea tne
high points of interest by open ad
mission of boosting prices and by
expressing tne opinion ail Ditsiness
men concerned could cut their prices
and still do business at a profit.
What s the- use of passing the
buck?' You all know in your hearts
we're charging too much and we can
all come down in price if we -want
to," said Gering. "I bought brick
for $8.75 last July and am now
paying $15.25. There's been no in
crease in the cost of labor or-ma-terial
in one year to make such a
difference," he said. ' '
Busineas and trade conditions
hold up pilots, Stoecker maintained.
Be Content With Enough.
"Content vouifeU with a smaller
profit and the higger business will
result in more profit in the end. If
you can't get your price in lumber,
come down a little and ask the
price the customer will pay and
you'll do better. There's no use
in the pot calling the kettle black"
said Stoecl.er, interpolating his talk
with tema.ks which caused gales of
laughter. '-
K. 'C. Howe, Manager of Armour
& Co., and J. J.. Fercoit of the
Western Union, emphasized the ser
ious aspect "of 'Omaha's failure to
provide suitable, housing facilities
for newcomers and working people.
Drive People Away.
"Six hundred new people brought
here last year by the Western
Onion could pnd no homes in Oma
ha. Forty per cent went to Council
Bluffs to live, not because they
wanted to. You drove them there.
(Continued en Vage Two, Column One.)..
State Contributions' Keep
Employment Offices Open
Washington, March 26. With
pledges of contributions from states,
cities and individuals still coming
in the federal employment service
announce'! toda that 364 of its 750
local offices could be kept in opera
lion until congress appropriates
funds. Sufficient pledges have been
made in several states to maintain
the full quota of officers, it was
stated.
During the week ending March
15. the service found jobs for
12,211 discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines and for 57,174 civilians.
A total of 109,663 persons registered
ith the service for assistance in
securing work pnd 92,643 applica
tions for help wanted were received.
SUNDAY
Suaday. tz.50;
acataa aatra.
TWO CENTS.
Methods Suggested
to Solve Building
Problem in Omaha
Rodman Brown Stop mud
slinging. ' '
Ray Gould Start building pro
gram in action at once.
Jlarry Lawrif Introduction of
outside competition in building
materials. Amendment to city
building ordinances lessening
.restrictrons.
R. C. Howe City vote bonds
for working people's homes in
manufacturing districts. j
' Moshier ColpetzeT WidV adV
vertisin campaign . to convince
home builder materials prices are
not inflated. .
J. W. Gamble No more gov-,
eminent ownership of railroads.
W. l(. McFarland Realtors
and building material dealers
meet each other half-way in
prices.
C. G. Carlberg Embargo on
exportation of lumber. Amend
ment ot city ordinances prohibit
ing more brick factories. Reduc
tion of freight rates on brick.
GOVERNOR ALLEN
GIVES PRAISE TO
WAR SOCIETIES
Kansas Executive Contends.
Many American Lives Were
Sacrificed in Fighting irv
Argonne Forest.
"Needless sacrifice of live caused
by utter lack of proper military sup
port to the Thirty-fifth division in
the battle of-the., Argonne forest,
was due to insufficiency of motor
transportation and an inadequate
supply of airplanes, asserted7 Gov
ernor Henry J. Allen of Kansas,
who spent Wednesday in Omaha
speaking bfcfore mass meetings in
the Auditorium in the afternoon and
in the Y. W. C. A. last night.
Governor Allen-spent a year and
a half overseas as a Red Cross
worker, and was with the Thirty
fifth division in its fighting in the
Argonne forest. . ' ?
Good Work of Y. M.'C. A. .
Following his address last "night in
which he told of the good done' by
Y. M. C. A. workers in France," Gov
ernor Allen left for Chicago, where
he will speak at a mass meeting to
night. His arrival in Omaha at 7:15
o'clock Wednesday morning was
heralded by '(a delegation of
Omahans headed by Nelson " H.
Loomis, boyhood friend of the gov
ernor. He was honored guest at a
noonday luncheon at the University
club and addressed 200 club mem
bers on his experiences along the
western "front. , '
At a mass meeting held in the
Auditorium Wednesday afternoon,
Governor Allen visualized the srood
work done by. the Red Cross in es
tablishing community centers! can
teens and first aid stations for the
fighting forces.
Asset to' Soldier Morale.
"The Red Cross is doing as great
a work of reconstruction today as
was its charitable work during the
months of the war," he said. "The
home communication service, until
it was restricted by the vWar de
partment, was one of the greatest
assets to the morale of the soldiers.
Instances are known in which fam
ilies of boys, killed in action, or
died from wounds, received word
of the casualties through this ser
vice six weeks before the govern
ment reported the deaths.
ine Kea uross workers were
everywhere; the trenches was as
everywhere; the -trenches were as
the hospitals and canteens behind
the lines." ,
l . ;
Berger Gets More Time
to Prepare" His Appeal
Chicago,' March 26. Federal Judge
Landis today granted a 20:day ex
tension to Victor L. Berger of Mil
waukee and four other socialist lead
ys convicted of violation of the es
pionage law and sentenced to 20
years' imprisoninejrt. m which to
prepare tlieir bill of exceptions in,
the appeal of the case,
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OFFICERS'
SCHOOL
Training to Be Conducted in
- AH Garrison Towns in ,
Preparation for War ,
-With Poles.-
By The Associated Press.
Coblenz, March 26. Americans
specializing on the $tudy of the re
adjustment ofenemy forcesbelieve
there is ground for suspicion that
Germany has a considerable force of
volunteers ' stationed or assembling
where they fnay be available in .the
event of renewed conflicts with the
Poles, either in the Posen or Dan
ftig regions.
The commander of tb seventh
corps at Munster, has issued an or-
der establishing training schools for
non-commissioned officers at all
garrison towns, similar to ., the
schools in operation at Detmofil. :;.
The new German army of Reich
wehr is proving to be mhre a crea- ,
ture of haphazard ' growth than of
regular organization in the opinion
of Americans. . ' ,
Plan of tlje Rekhwehr.
Herr Noske, German .minister of
defense, announced some weeks ago
that the Reichwehr consisted of 25
brigades, largely identical with the
old corps districts, and would have
something less than 250,000 men.
Throughout Prussia steps were
taken for the Reichwehr fairly well
in harmony with the 25 brigade dis
tricts. There is a notable excep
tion, for the old third corps district
has the Von Luettwitz volunteer ,
army corps of approximately 50,000 :
and thus has several brigades. Fur
thermore this corps has absorbed
the volunteers of the old Fifteenth,
Sixteenth and Twenty-first corps
districts of Alsace-Lorraine.
There has been no attempt in ;
Bavaria to organize Reichwehr
brigades on the Noske plans, and in
Wuerttemburg and Saxony little has
been done -in this directfen. ' The .
Duchy of Brunswick is demanding a
Reichwehr brigade of its own. ' ?
Poles' Morale Fine. , a , ,
. London. March 26. The corre-
spondent at Warsaw f the Morning .
Post today contributes a story on
the Polish army and describes also
the weakness of the Ukrainian po
sition. The correspondent says: - .
"The weakness of the Ukrainian
position lies in the fact that the
Ukrainian cannot use more than a
small portion of their forces for at
tacking because of the growing dis ,
affection caused by the failure , of
Petlura, leader of the Ukrainian
sale concessions he promised, par
ticularly with reference to - the'
methods "by which he recruited his
semi-bolshevist army.
"The result is that the Poles, with'
an army half the sizelthat of the
Ukrainians, have about as, "many'
real effectives, for the spirit of; the
entire Polish force is exceptionally;
fine. I was much impressed by this ,
aspect of the matter. Officers and
men alike ha3 ardor and enthusiasm
that might .well be envied by the
army of any nation.- i " . ' ,
"The fortitude of the wounded is
remarkable. The explanation : is ,
found in a large measure in the ex
treme youth of the Polish forces,
and the spirit that goes with such '
mmiftVi Hnps mnrh to counterbalance
the superiority of numbers in the
Petlurian army." , ' . :
French Advance Disastrous.
Discussing the situation in Rus
sia today in the House of Com- '
mons. Winston Spencer Churchill, !
secretary for. war, said that events.
during the last two ' or tnree
months , in Ukraine . had been
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Stater liquor Agent;
Force in Omaha Cut
ww mrm . ,
Down from V to L
The number of state liquor agents
in Omaha has been cut from nine to
two, according to word received
yesterday from Lincoln. Some of
the men who have been working in
this city have been transferred and
ethers have been discharged, it wai
said. Among those who were let
out are Buell, Flanagan and Harris.
Harris is credited with employing
a girl sleuth to operate in Omaha.
S. M. Melick will remain in Om
aha as superintendent of the local
force of state agents, consisting of
one man and himself. 'According to
me statement received: trpm Lin
coln, Mr. Melick and his assistant
will devote their efforts to watch
ing the bridges over the river. They
will abandon their plan of searching
private residences for liquor, it was
declared. The state agents alt over
the state will confine their "efforts in
the future to watching the boundary
lines, it was said.
Governor McKelvie announce!
that he had discharged a number of
hijuor agents and would dismifll
others in the near future.
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