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I ' , " v MAKE USE OF THE BEE'S QUESTION AND ANSWER COLUMN V SEE EDITORIAL PAGE THE WEATHER t RIEF RIGHT REEZY Fair and cooler Sunday; Monday probably unsettled. Hourly Tenueratorcai The Om. Hour. Itot.lllour. Vu. S a. m.. i 1 p. m. . .... ,.n t p. tn. , ,.(M s d. m M 'Sunday JdEE a. m T a, n.,.,. ,....! A a. m.... a. m ST 10 a, m 5B 11 a. m (IS 4 p. m II BITS OF NEWS NEGRO WAR HERO DISPARAGES WHITES St. Louis, Mo., March 29. A fed eral warrant was issued late today ; for the arrest of Sergt. Henry Johnion, negro war hero, of Albany, N. Y., on complaint of returned white war heroes who declared , Johnson had disparaged their valor in an address here Friday night. The warrant is based on the tech nical charge of wearing the uniform after a prescribed time. Johnson is said to have declared the whites were cowards, that they retreated in the face' of the enemy fire, that v the marines refused to i fight in the trenches with the blacks ind that the war was won by the blacks. Following a conference with Col. George Hunter; . commandant -at Jefferson barracks," more than 100 marines, many wearing the Croix Dc Guerre" with palm, appointed a com mittee of seveji to demand that Johnson withdraw the charge. When the committee looked for Johnson he had fled. ; -" " V, ; ORGANIZER OP FIRST CAT CLUB PASSES ON. 4 Chicago. March 29. Mrs. Ade lade G. D. Locke, widow of Rev. Clinton Locke, a prominent Epi3V copal..clergymant.died today. - She vas nearly 80 years, old. had been presented at the courts of both Eng land and Spain and aided Lady Beresford of F.n1ant in Vriraniyi'n.7 V ! the first Beresford cat club. ' Mrs. Locke was the mother- of Mrs. Fanny Locke Hatton. who. with her husband, Frederick Hatton. is well known a playwright and critic. She was born in Allegheny, Pa., and as Miss Adele Doutsitt passed her girlhood in St. Louis. MAIL PLANES' FLY , ' , " DESPITE HEAVY GALE." ' Washington, ' March . 29! Mail planes 'equipped with 400 t.orsc powep Liberty motors were able to make -flights today from New York to Washington and Philadelphia to iMcw York, despite the gale sweep ing' the North Atlantic seaboard. The plane equipped with a ISO horsepower engine, .however, was unable to get under way from Wash ington and on its third attempt fell in a pond near the city, Th pilot was not seriously hurt. . The only flight of mail planes yes terday was between Philadelphia and New York. - , COLONEL GRANT GUEST ' OF HONOR AT OMAHA CLU.B. . une nunareqana one leaaing dusi- ness and professional men of Omaha gave a dinner last night at- the' . I Omaha club in honor of Co'cmd F. V. ! A. Grant., whose service- in the ' United States army ends automatic ally next Monday at noon. He-will reach his 64th birthday on that date. ' The Urge dining fcpnv of the club , war splendidly decorated with flags. The affair was planned and arranged by Everett Buckingham and Randall V v Hrown., i'rorninent army . omcers from Forts Crook and Umaha ming led with civilians. General Leonard Wood, a particularly close friend of Colonel Grant, was unable to be present and sent his regrets. Speeches were made by F. A. Brogan, C. C. George, Colonel Her sey, E. Buckingham and Norns Brown. W, F. Gurley was toast master and Mr. Brogan inade the principal address. A big surprise came at the close of the dinner when Colonel Grant was presented with a magnificient chest of silver containing 170 pieces. Colonel Grant was deeply affect ed as he made reply to the eulogies of the speakers. "Omaha is the best place to live I have ever known." he said. ("I have ( lived in many places Jrom the At Viarvtifi to. the Pacific, but nowhere, I 1 can sav from the depths of my heart, have i liked to live so much as in Omaha and I would ask nothing bet. ter than to spend the rest of my life " here among you" ' , , ACTORS OF ENGLAND THREATEN TO STRIKE. , London, March 29. An actors' trike is threatened .in .the United Kingdom. The executive committee of the actors' association, with which the theatrical employes, musicians and vaudeville performers re co - operating, today decided to recom mend to a general meeting to be held Sunday that no member of the association appear in a cast not en tirely composed of the association. This action was taken after the announcement yesterday by the, C. B. Cochran, a leading London'man ager, that he is determined to em ploy in his companies in the future no actors who is a member, of the issociation. . '. The actors' association has been agitating for better conditions and 1 j.m44 nftcialtv that sal- aries be paid during the rehearsals. -UNITES KINGDOM GOES TC SUMMER TIME, BASIS. ; London, March 29. Summer time in the United Kingdom will be gin Sunday. The clocks will be ad vanced one hour at 2 o'clock to morrow morning. .".. , r GENEVA SELECTED , AS LEAGUE CAPITAL. ' Paris, March ,29. It . is under stood that the committee having in charge the selection of the official teat of the league of nations has reached a definite decision in. favor of Geneva. ' - . k .The Hague, although it has the advantage of possessing a building , for peace conferences that would immediately be available, is objected to by several countries, especially ' some of the Latin world, which op ; pose settling the future league of na ,i lions in Holland. Another group v opposes Brussels. f k . Kome, annougn tne craaie 01 in ternational law, must be discarded, the conferences having almost unan imously decided that no sreat power . .: have the seat nf the leavne. A . r"nAtantinonle is ODDOsed hecause it is not convenient of access. WAR RELIC EXHIBIT TO . BE ON DISPLAY TODAY. .The war relic exhibit on the court house lawn is now complete and will be on exhibition today in charge of Ll H. Ms Wjlkinspfl. - v .... . vt iritT ' vrt . act VOL. XLVIII NO. 4Z. ffl DRUG RAID Police Confident Wealthy Omaha; Victims' Were Sup plied by Couple Arrested v at Fontenelle Hotel. - ' ' . With the uncoverin;yesterday of a large "quantity of foreign-made morphine and. the making pf sijear rests for violations of' the Harrison anti-narcotic act, Omaha police be lieve ' that a- country-wide "dope" ptddling ring has extended its opera tions to Omaha.' . " . ' ' Canada and Mexico, they believe, are the supply bases for the syndi cate and through large wholesale dealers whose traveling representa tives tour the country the smugglers are amassing fortunes. ' - vMr. and Mrs. F. J. Blom, Fon tenelle hotel guests; George Rigby, JameS i Burke, ."Buster" Dennis, and Charles Johnson,, all arrested . yes terday morning in the, "dope" rjids, were turned over to government of ficers Saturday afternoon- for prose cution under the narcotic act- . , Addicts of Wealth. ' - '- Though police are reticent on the subject of wealthy persons buying opiates in wholesale quantities they have uncovered evidence to show that affluential addicts, are still pur chasing huge supplies. single transactions involving sums exceeding $2,000 a known to have taken place: ' Kansas City, Mo., famous as a clearing house for such transactions, is the nearest city to. Omaha where large wholesale stocks may be pur chased. :, Many arrests for Harrison act vio lations and seizures of "dope" in large quantities were made in Oma ha during the past year by the police department and secret service men. Blackie. Scott, .probably the big gest wholesale 'dealer in "dope" cap tured by the Omaha police in the last year, was shadowed for a time by officers and found to make reg. ular trips to 'the Kaw-city for his supply of drugs. Captured by Police. ,' Though government officers and detectives trailed "Blackie" it re mained for a policeman on a beat to stumble on him and make the cap-, tyre. . 1 :, i John Moore, an Omaha negro, sentenced recently to a term in tli Leavenworth federal prison, had in his possession at the time : of his arrest records for which his wealthy (Continued on Page Ten, Column Two) EXPECTED ADDICTS Victim of Lethargy Awakens Twice on Saturday Only to Fall Back to Sleep . ' ' '' ' ' ' JJ Eiitmt at mcoi4-Im natttr May it, 1906. at oimlia K 0. at M Mrih S. 1879. 1 Report of Mishap to Ship With Nebraskans : Aboard Unconfirmed , New York, March 29. A report current today that the French lin er La Lorraine, due here April 2,. had met with mishap is not sub stantiated by navy and other ma rine authorities. The liner La Lorraine, which sailedfrom Havre, France, March 23v is due in New York Wednes day. . j' . . .. ' Passengers on La Lorraine were cabirr, 346; steerage, 224, and 289 officers "and soldiers of the follow v ing organizations: Casual companies 2,480 (Ne braska), 2,476 (regular- army), . 2,477 (scattered), 2,478 (South Car olina) and 2,481 (scattered) ; Spe cial casual company 2,474 and four casual officers. RUPTURE OVER DANZIG AFFAIR IS THREATENED Situation Regarded as Grave at Berlin, But at Paris - Readjustment of Diffi culty Is Predicted. London, March 29. In addition to reinforcing the garrison at Danzig, the' Germans, according to advices received here, are said to be mount ing guns along the Prussian coast near that port. Instructions Given Foch. , Paris, March 29. President Wil son, and the premiers, constituting the council of four, gave Marshal Foch instructions today regarding the situation at Danzig, where the Germans have refused to permit the landing of Polish troops. v The nature of the instructions will probably not be revealed until they are made known in Germany. , The German note in reply to the allied demand for the passage of General Haller's Polish troops through, Danzig, in which it entered objections to such passage and sug gested other routes . for the troops to enter . Poland, is not regarded here as a violation of the armistice provisions. May Adjust Difficulty. Peace conference officials concede the right of the Germans to make suggestions regarding the port through which the troops might pass, and it is believed the difficulty will be adjusted without a breach. The German purpose is said to be to reduce the chance of Jiostile col lisions between the Polish troops train Demolishes Auto, Killing Two at Atlantic Atlantic, la., March 29. Edward Zellmer and John O'Connors, wealthy fatmers, were instantly killed and S. E. McNertiey probably mortally injured when their auto nrbbile was demolished by a train. OMAHA, SUNDAY EX-KAISER WILL BE TRIED AS CRIMINAL International Tribunal Will Judge All Responsible for x War; Conference Pro ceeds Slowly. Paris, March 30. Tie commis sion on responsibility for the war has decided: First, solemnly to con demn the violation of neutrality and ail' the crimes comnMtted by the centra.1 empire; second, the appoint ment of an international tribunal to judge "all those responsible, in cluding the former German emperor. The feeling is growing among the American delegates to the peace conference that proper progress is net being made by the council of f- ur toward a-settlement of the great questions upon which the treaty must be founded. All of the last veek was virtually lost, or rather rrurked by such a series of advances and retreats as only served to irri tate those members who are earnest ly seeking a solution of .the various problems. , Backward Steps Taken. Last evening, when it was thought tf'at an agreement had been reached on the question of reparation, a backward step was taken through the sudden introduction by one of the parties interested of an entirely new basis of adjustment. It is said that the proceedings have been marked . throughout by just such abandonments of positions when it had been supposed that 'an agree ment was in prospect. In 'the matter of reparations . the question was brought back to original demands which tiad already been found exces sive or impracticable by a majority of the council. Sharp Issue Impending. There are indications of a sharp is sue impending on this method of piocedure. Among the American delegation, it is felt, jit is also indi cated, that better progress should be insisted upon, even if it requires the adoption ofsomerhing like a cloture uile. After spending most of the day in conference with the three premiers, President Wilson late this afternoon discussed reparations, with Thomas Lamont and Norman Davis,' mem bers of the supreme economic coun cil and j.he financial advisers of the American delegation. Several form ulas are under consideration and such progress lias been made as to justify the expectation that this sub ject will be finally disposed of on (Continued on Face Two, Column Two.) Seventeen - Year - Old High School Pupil Has Been in State of Coma for Six Days. Scores of friends and curious per sons hae called to see Miss Fraa , cts Bell, the 17-year-old Central High school student, victim of a sleeping sickness, which has baffled physicians. Mrs. O. C. Knudsen, grandmother) with whom Miss Bell makes her home at 4107 Lafayette avenue, !s in constant attendance at the bedside, and upon instructions of Dr. J. F. Hyde, physician called in the case, ro one is allowed to enter the room in which the girl has been slumber ing since last Monday. Case is Rare One. . Thfe case, which is one of a limited number to develop in Omaha, has been pronounced lethargic encephal litis, by physicians, who are unable to understand the nature of the un . ysual attark. While members of ' the medicaL profession declare that Miss Bell's conditions does not war rant immediate alarm, relatives of tl.e patient are experiencing ho little apprehension. It was said last night the girl was faking nourishment at irregular in ".tivals and in limited quantities. She Has awakened from her protracted slumber several times Saturday only ' to sink back again into deep sleep. Miss Bell omplained last Monday morning of not feeling well. She was overcome in the afternoon. She retired to her bed at night, and has remained in a state of coma ever since, with the exception of the few times relatives have succeeded -in arousing her to take nourishment. Given Liquid Nourishment - Tuesday Mrs. Knudsen was unable to get any response to her efforts to awaken'' her granddaughter with the exception of slight movements of the lips and limbs. Until Saturday (Continued on Face Two, Column Two.) MORNING, MARCH ,80, 191j. nnnr, UVJ w ONE HOUR NIPPED OFF THE MORNING NAP THISSUNDAY Daylight Saving Plan , in Ef fect and the Clocks Are Pushed Ahead Just One Hour. Unless you pushed your clock ahead an hour last night, yor. are an hour late this morning. The "day light saving" .law became ' effective at 2 o'clock this morning. ' . If you go to church this morning and go by the old time schedule, you will' not get there in time for anything but the benediction, so the best thing to do after getting out of bed and reading your Bee, wil! be to cut that hour out of the day. The Same Everywhere. Official time in every1 section of the country moved forward one hour at 2 o'clock this mdrning, thus ushering in a second summer of day light saving. The new time will re main in force until the last Sunday in October, when clocks will be moved back an hour. The change of time is made neces sary by the daylight saving law passed by congress during the war and which is still in effect. Vigorous protests against it were made dur ing the last congress by farmers' organizations and the senate agti cultural committee added a ider'to the Agricultural appropriation biil. repealing the law, but the supply measure was not acted upon. Just Before Retiring. As was the case last March, the change was expected to be made before retiring with little or no in convenience to any one. The ave rage person before rtiring' set his watch or clock ahead an hour. Of ficial clocks, howevei, did not ad vance until 2 o'clock. There will be no change in railroad schedules and working hours. Conservation experts say that a greater saving of time will be ef fected this vear than last because in dividual experiences has shown many ways of taking the best ad vantage of the extra hour. Esti mates made last year by the fuel fadministration placed the total sav ing of coal through the operation at 1,250,000 tons. Many Veterans Enter Army Again to Go Back to French Fields New York, March 29. American veterans of Chateau-Thierry, Cham pagne, the Lorraine front and the Argonne, who only a few weeks ago accepted their army discharges, are re-enlisted here in increasing num bers. The United States recruiting office is enrolling men responding to the War department's call for 50,000 volunteers for service in France to relieve an equal number of men with the American" expeditionary force. Men re-enlisting have been asked why, and' 40 per cent answered that they desired to return to, France, 32 per cent wanted vocational train ing,. 16 per cent, replied that "the army makes a man of you," and the others said they "liked the life" or could not find employment, - By Mall (I '). Dally. $4.50: Sunday. Dally aad Sua., MM: autiltt Nak. aulaia Now is the Time Federal Liquor Agent . Works With Bootleggers Revelation Made by Tiscixier at St. Joseph, Furnishes Nebraska Officers With Direct Information as to Higherups in Whisky Ring Working into Omaha Tip Goes Out For Some to Unload at Any -Cost. . From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Neb., March 29. Disclosures here today by persons connected with Gus Hyers office indicate that defi nite action is contemplated against wholesale bootleggers in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri nd Kansas within the next week. Following the indictments of Marvin Kirkman and William Bub, former-county judges of St. Joseph, Mo., it was announced here today that Nebraska "booze hounds" had been working in St. Joseph and Winthrop for the past week. Sam Melick, chief of the state booze squad in Omaha, with a number of other state agents, have been co-operating with the authorities in the Missouri cities, it was said. Governor McKelvie is said to have received a report from his men to day. Recommendations are de clared to have been made by agents oa the border that a watch be kept or a score of men itt Omaha," whose names were mentioned freely before the grand jury, which 'indicted Bub and Kirkman. These Omaha men are said to be the persons through whom four-fifths of the whisky de livered in the Nebraska metropolis comes. "Dick" With Bootleggers. A representative of the federal de partment of justice was here today. He left without disclosing his iden tity. It is known, however, he was in conference with Governor Mc Kelvie and Gus Hyers. According to the leak which was sprung in the camp of the state booze hounds, this representative of the department of justice has been working with the bootleggers of St. Joseph and Winthrop for two months. He is regarded by the men dealing in the illegal traffic as one of the gang. It was said that he has made doz ens of trips to Omaha, Des Moines Boitic, Railroad Man, Shot to Death While in Car Near Bouton, la. Des Moines, la., March 29. (Special Telegram.) His body a veritable sieve from numerous bul let holek, his trunk in a field far dis tant, rifled ajid empty, the car in which he was shot to death, "rid dled with balls, Mike BoiTic, Mil waukee railroad erhploye. lies in the Morgue at Perry, and" the murder ers, three men, have fled. Sheriff John Stacy and a posse since early today have been conduct ing a hunt for the men who killed Boitic. Boitic was murdered at about midnight Friday night. Residents in the neighborhood ot the car, standing on a siding near Bouton,' la., thought little of the many shots they heard fired, and which resulted in the death s?r Boitic. ' Prof. Bennett, Now in France, Elected Doan College . Head DeWitt, Neb.. March 29. (Spe cial.) Prof. John N. Bennett has been unanimously elected president of the Doane college by the trustees of that institution. Prof. Bennett is now engaged in war work in France and was notified of his election by cable. He replied immediately ac cepting the officf FIVE CENTS. and other cities in which numerous retail bootleggers buy large quan tities cf the contraband, and iden tified himself with wholesalers, re tailers and even gaihing the con fidence of the consumers of the stuff, most of which has been shipped from Winthrop. Coming to Omaha. This man left Lincoln this after noon. It was said he would stop in Omaha and confer with secret service ineii there before returning to Missouri. While the representatives of the federal department of justice 'in Omaha disclaim any knowledge of the investigation which has been in pt ogress for several weeks in Win throp and St. Joseph, it was declar ed here today that the Omaha fed eral authorities were keeping close watch on suspected bootleggers. Among the detailed information which was submitted to Gus Hyers today, was the. advance in the Oma ha retail price of whisky during th past week. ; Attention was called to the fact that several days ago contraband (Continued on Fata Two, Column Two.) Suffragists Endorse Program for Great Americanization Plan St. Louis, March 29. The jubilee convention of the National Woman Suffrage association adjourned here shortly after noon today after en dorsing action taken by the League of Women Voters, composed of suf frage members from franchise states, looking toward remedial legislation affecting the meat packing industry and adopting principles of an Amer canization program. Mrs. H. C. Brooks of Wichita, Kan., was elected permanent chair man of the League of Women Vot ers to serve until the next national convention of the suffrage associa tion, which will be held in February. 1920, as a centenial celebration of Susan B. Anthony's birthday. By that time , it is expected that the federal suffrage amendment' will have' been passed and the National Suffrage association will take the name of League of Women Voters. Manchester Lord Mayor Dies in the Town Hall Manchester, March 29. John Makeague, the lord mayor of Man chester, who entertained President Wilson during his visit to Manchest er and presided at the conferring of the freedom of the city on the presi dent, died suddenly in the town hall today, $2.50: ailra. S p. ro T3 S p. m., ..71 1 p. m ...10 ii m. .J. ..631 1 BOLSHEVIK PERIL TO BE T HUNGARY Resignation of Government and Assembly Election Un der Troops' Supervision Ultimatum to Budapest. . , London. March 29. The allie have demanded the resignation )f the Hungarian soviet government, according tp dispatches to the Ex- change Telegraph company by way of Berlin and Copenhagen. They demand the election of a national assembly, under the supervision of allied troops. Serious Disorders in Budapest. Paris, March 29. The American commission received indirectly to night a dispatch from Budapest re porting serious disorders there, with the looting' of shops, the confisca tion of personal property and the seizue of much silver plate belong ing to the wealthier classes. The Temps says today that mili tary Measures which it is reported will be taken to counteract the dan? ger arising from the establishment of a soviet government at Budapest are still under discussion by the air lied governments. It seems sure, the newspaper adds, that a certain quantity of material and equipment will be sent to Roumania. . Plan Zones of Defense. V General Iliescu, former chief of i the Roumanian general staff, is quot ed n the Petit Parisian as declaring " the appointment of General Mangin to the command of the allied forces in southeastern Europe confirms a plan which he submitted to French general neaaquarters some , time s ago. This plan, the general stated, was the creation of zones" of de fense, with the aid of Poland, Rou mania, Czecho-Slovakia and . Jugo slavia, against the spread of Bol shevism. The situation for the allies at Odessa is still critical, according to the last advice from that region. The Russian soviet communique of March 25 declared that the van guards of the bolshevik forces were close upon the suburbs of the city.' Premier Lenine of. the Russian soviet government has sent to the Hungarian constitutional commis sion a draft of a proposed constitu tion for Hungary, according to a Vienna dispatch transmitted by' the Zurich correspondent of Informa tion. Bolshevism Losing Prestige. Stockholm, March 29. A frank avowal that the pisition of the bol shevik government had become ab solutely intolerable was made at the recent , international bolshevik con- ference by M. Lunacharsky, minister of education in the soviet govern ment, according to a Petrograd dis patch. . The minister is said to have con fessed that the "socialist conscience of the very circles on which bolshe vism is based is shaken at present." Lunacharsky also admitted that the worst enemy of bolshevism was the allied economic blockade, and he even went so far as to predict the end of the "bolshevik regime if the blockade continued. He said that owing to physical privations from lack of bread, fuel and ma terials it was natural that wrath should be provoked against the gov ernment and that it should be ac cused of inefficiency. Postmaster General Increases Telegraph Rates 20 Per Cent Washington, March 29. Increase of 20 per cent in domestic telegraph rates, effective April .l,were . anJ nounced today by Postmaster Gen eral Burleson. . The increase was agreed upon at a meeting of the federal wire board and was made necessary, Mr. Burle son's announcement said, to meet the "inevreased cost of, operation oc casioned by wage increases now in effect, made during the past year." Mr. Burleson added that the ad vance would be "barely sufficient' fc this purpose. ' : The order affects both governmenl a .d commercial messages, but it was announced that there would be no ncrease in special press rates for newspapers or in charges for special wires leased by press associations nd newspapers. Order Restored in Egypt; Revolt Leaders in Custody Washington, March 29. The mil itary authorities are restoring order in Egypt, according to advices from Cairo today to the State department. The leaders of the recent disturb ances have been taken into custody. Some disturbances are' reported from outlying sections of Egypt, ift which Bedouin mobs have beta tm tive. . . ...... (1 Mil V -V-