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THE BEE: (OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. 1919. BAVARIAN RED ARMY PLANNED BY NEW REGIME i Council Proclaims "Brotherly Connection" With Russians and Hungarians; Attacks German Republic. Munich, April 8. Complete sever ance from tht old German imperial ism, still manifest in the Ebert Scheidemann government, and the resumption of a "brotherly connec tion" with the Russian and Hun garian peoples, is announced in the proclamation of the new soviet gov ernment for Bavaria formed here. The text of the document reads: "The decision arrived at for Bav aria is the formation of a council of the republic of revolutionary work ers and peasants of Bavaria, includ ing all our brothers, n6w united, separated by no party laws. From now on no exploitation or oppres sion "will be tolerated. The dicta torship of tli proletariat now has become a fact. The legislation of a genuine socialistic community now is achitved, in which every working man may participate in public life and in a just socialistic age. Landtag Dissolved. "The landtag has been dissolved and the old ministry retired. Peo ple's commissaries, responsible to the people and chosen by a council of the working people, will receive extraordinary powers to be em ployed in certain labor fields. Their assistants will be intelligent men from all parts of the revolutionary and socialistic community. "Countless valuable forces of offi cialdom, especially from the lower middle class, will be asked to co operate, in the new work. The bureaucratic system will be abso lutely eliminated and the press will ,bc socialized. "As a protection for the Bavarian council of the republic against rev olutionary attacks from without and within a red army will be created immediately and a revolutionary court will pursue ruthlessly every attempt upon the council. - Affiliate with Bolsheviki. "The government of the Bavarian council republic follows the exam ple of the Hungarian and Russian peoples. It will resume immediately a brotherly connection with these peoples, but it declines any connec tion with the contemptuous Ebert Scheidemann government because that government is continuing under theflasr of a socialistic republic the imperialistic, capitalistic and military business of the disgraceful, broken down German empire. "It calls upon all German brothers to take the same view. It greets all proletarians wherever revolutionary socialism is fighting in Wuerttem berg, the Ruhr district, in the whole world. "As a sign 'of joyous hope for a fortunate future for all humanity it establishes April 7 as a holiday for all humanity. As a sign of the be ginning of the departure, the flight of the age of capitalism, all work is stopped. Bavaria ceases, on April 7, in so far as it is not necessary for the welfare of the working people, to do labor. "Long live free Bavaria! Long live the council government! Long live the world revolution!" Gives Clemency to Man Who Tried to Kill Clemenceau Paris, April 8. President Poin care has commuted to 10 years im prisonment the deathe sentence im posed upon Emile Cottin, who in an attempt to assassinate Premier Clemenceau on February 9, last, shot and severely wounded him. The commutation was oiv the recom mendation of M. Clemenceau him self. The mother of Cottin, who was sentenced to death several weeks ago, appealed personally to Presi dent Poincare to exercise presi dential clemency in her son's case. League Covenant Redraft Completed by Committee Paris, April 8. The drafting com mittee of the league of nations has now completed its work. The cove nant, as revised, contains 27 articles. A full meeting of the league of nations committee will be held to morrow to consider the redraft and the covenant. WKerv the world asked for more delightfully fla vored and more substantial com flakes, it got Post Your grocer L Omaha Will Have Chance to See Real Airplane Bombing Big Target Will Be Set Up and "Ships" Will. Shell It With 24-pound 'Terra Cotta Bombs To Be Feat ure of Voctory Loan Drive. 1 - Tentative plans for the flying cir cus, which will come to Omaha for the Victory Liberty loan drive con template a real bit of warfare gen uine bombing as it is done at Elling ton Field, Texas. Walter W. Hoye, in charge of aeronautics for the drive, and him-s-'.f a flyer, hopes to have 16 ships here for tht exhibition. He will set up a 100-foot target and the "ships" will bomb it with 24-pound terra cotta bombs. These bombs are filled with black powder, have a nose and are winged. The exhibition will include shots from a height of 10,0tX feet, shots at low range, where the ships dart down, deliver the bomb and rise quickly, an'', "dip" shots. In this exhibition the ships will make a regular fighting formation, the "V" of the wild geese, and go through their work just as the men KOREANS LOOK FOR PRESIDENT IN AN AIRPLANE (Continued From rae One.) - aeroplane and listen to their views. A white flag set up on Seoul hill is presumed to indicate the landing place. Shops Closed. The Associated Press correspond ent touring the city found every Korean shop and place of business closed and shuttered. Occasionally white-gowned Koreans stood on the sidewalks smoking long bamboo pipes and staring stolidly at the passers by. Foreigners, as well as Koreans, allege serious maltreatment of those who have taken part in the demon strations. The Union Severance hospital, founded by L. H. Sever ance of Cleveland, has as patients from this cause. 24 Koreans, includ ing a boy of 15. General Kojima, director rvf gen darmes, in a statement to, the Asso ciated Press, places the casualties to the police, gendarmes, soldiers and Japanese at 56, of whom seven were, killed, and to the Koreans at 463, of whom 154 were killed. The early mild treatment by the authori ties, according to General Kojima, was interpreted by the Koreans as evidence of weakness and th(-y be gan to resort to violence. He es timated that 20,000 took part in the demonstrations, armed with axes, knives and clubs, and the gendarmes were forced to employ severe meas ures. He regretted the bloodshed. The general appeared to he more concerned about the allegations of Japanese cruelties than the insur rection, which he believed was be ing mastered. No Prisoners Tortured. He denied that prisoners were tortured. Tortures were so fre quent in Korean history, he ex plained, the Koreans seemed to be lieve that they were being continued under the Japanese- rule. General Kojiniu denied that the police had made insulting allusions to the Christian cross. The mobs, according to "lie gen eral. Lad destroyed 38 public offices in Korea and 50 tramways. Eight hundred arrests had been made in Seoul, 269 persons being held for trial. In the provinces 4,163 ar rests had been made up to March 15. There was no evidence that American missionaries were in volved. Four Additional Persons Held for Misuse of Mails Chicago. April 8. Judge Landis held four more persons to the fed eral grand jury today for alleged misuse of the mails m the promotion ot the Consumers' Packing company. They are Edward H. Troost, president of the company; John H. Haskell, for mer fiscal agent of the company; Daniel E. Mulvey, stock salesman; Louis Bigelow, stock salesman. sells thenv. X when they were in actual battle. Many Omaha merchants already have responded to Mr. Hoye's re quest for merchandise orders to be useu in "bombing" the city with pasteboard missiles, in each of which will be one of the orders. ' Lieutenant Nielsen of Council Bluffs has volunteered for this serv ice. As now planned, the flyers will use the air mail flying field, under lease to the Omaha Chamber of Commerce the old fair grounds which have been bought by Ak-Sar-Ben for a permanent agricultural exposition. This land was selected for its adaptability for the purpose of land ing. It is within two blocks of a railroad siding, which is one of the necessities; has a wide stretch of level ground, and is within easy ac cess to the cityj Dates for the circus have not yet been set. BEAT MOTION TO POSTPONE CIVIL CODE MEASURE (Continued From race One.) unconstitutional or revolutionary in its nature and drew attention to the fact that the law was in successful operation in other states, and was in line with progress. They con tended that the adoption of the bill as a law would be in compliance with platform pledges, and drew at tention to the fight that had been made on the bill from the start by the metropolitan democratic press. The democrats, in the main, were silent on the measure, and this ma jority of them voted against it. Lineup of Members. Those who voted for the adoption of the motion to postpone the bill indefinitely, and thus kill it, were: Allen, of Gage; Anderson, of But- lnr: Behrcns, Blrdsnll, Burney, By riiin, Carstensen, Crozler, Fries, Fullrr, Clifford. Hoover, Howard, .lacob son, Johnson, of Phelps; Lang, T.aurltzon, MrC'lellun. McCirath, MoKee, McLaughlin. Nelson, Ostermnn, Pureell, Purdy, Kost. Smith. Strong, Tracewell. Wright. Those who voted against the adop tion of the amendment were: Allan of Douglas: Andorson, of Knox; Axtell, Baiter, Berka, Black, Brifigs, Bur gess, C arroll, Christy, I ole, Davis, down ing. Drucsedow, ybull, FiHey, Foster, Fraulz, Frost Fults, Gerhart, Good, Good rich. Barton Green, J. Heed Green, Harte, Harris, Hardin. Hedges. Hosteller. Jewry, Jenson, Kenagy, .I.arsen, Lundgren, Mat- thewson, Maurer, McLeod, Mears, Noreen, Stout Reynolds, Hickard, Rodman, Sand QUlst, Pnow, Staats, Steele, Sturtevant, Tay lor, 'Jtiompson, Vance, anPalten, Will iams, Windham, Dalbey. Twelve of the members were ab sent and not voting. The bill was then placed on the calendar for third reading. : SURPLUS WHEAT GR9P MAY COST U, S, MILLIONS (Continued From Page One.) than ever before in the history of the country. The enormous Minis farmers will receive for their wheat, it was said, should find its way back quickly into circulation, thus adding to the general prosperity of the na tion. Expect Big Surplus. Today's forecast also indicated that America will have a greater surplus ' than ever before. The United States requires for its own yearly consumption about 5.3 bushels of wheat for each person within it. With approximately 110, 000.000 people in the United States and adding approximately 75,000,000 bushels of wheat which is necessary for feeding purposes, the demands of this country this year are esti mated at more than 650,000,000 bushels. With a spring wheat production estimated at from 225,000,000 to 300,000,000 it would appear that the surplus available for export would be in the neighborhood of about 450,000,000 bushels. What these figures mean is indi cated in statistics showing that be fore the war the United States ex ported on an avearge of 100,000,000 bushels yearly. During the war the greatest quantity exported in any one year was about 335,000,000 bushels, so that the available supply this year will be considerably more than 100,000,000 bushels above the maximum ever exported, even when practically all the warring allied and neutral nations were depending upon the United States as the main jource of their food supply. Steamship Lines Refuse Freight to Buenos Aires Xew York, April 8. Representa tives here of large steamship lines engaged in trade with Buenos Aires said today they had stopped booking freight for that port some time ago. They took this action, they said, be cause of the continued labor dis turbances there. Officials of the United States shipping board said no word has been received by that organization regarding the stoppage of freight. Spotted Typhus Epidemic. Washington, April 8. Spotted typhus is epidemic in Ukraine, Po land, Serbia and portions of west ern Russia, State department ad vices today state. Because of its menace to central and western Eu rope the Red Cross of Austria has appealed for aid from outside. Red Cross organizations. Eight Killed in Riots. London, April 8. In disturbances in Delhi in the last few days eight persons were killed and 12 injured, a dispatch from Renter's correspond ent at the Indian capital says. The city now is quiet on the other side did TROOPS QUELL REVOLT SPRUNG BY BAVARIANS New Regime Puts Down Up rising in Munich Against New Revolutionary Government by Force of Arms. Copenhagen, April 8. Demon strations have occurred in Munich against the new revolutionary gov ernment of Bavaria, according to Berlin dispatches today. The demon strate were dispersed by troops, the advices state. Deputies of all the bourgeois parties of the three Franconian gov ernments, upper, lower and middle Franconia, met in Bamberg and reg istered a unanimous protest against the proclamation of the new regime at Munich. On Edge of Precipice. "The whole population of northern Bavaria," , reads the protest, "is warned against allowing itself to be intimidated through fear of a van ishing minority, mainly consisting of persons predominantly of a foreign race. "Bavaria is on the edge of a prec ipice and if it is not preserved from a downfall everything is lost. Ba varia will then become the prey of fratricides, plunderers and famine. A further consequence will be the complete collapse of economic life. Foreign countries will refuse food and assistance to a bolshevik Bavaria, and help from Russia and Hungary is out of the question, as they are tortured by famine. "Those who tell you this are your countrymen and not foreigners, who a few months ago knew nothing of Bavaria and who are indifferent to your fate." Muehsam Now Dictator. A Berlin dispatch says that Rich Muehsam, a prominent communist, who is included in the Bavarian soviet government, has been given unlimittf.l powers by the Bavarian central council, according to the Achtuhrbiatt, and thus exercises an unrestricted dictatorship. Muesham and Landauer (the min ister of "popular enlightenment"'). are today the rulers who dominate Munich, with the support of the garrison this newspaper declares. It expressed the opinion that the soviet government, however, will not last, ?s the people are opposed to the dictatorship and hope that the counter measures taken by Premier Hoffman of the old govern ment will be effective. Soviet Proclamation Error. Paris, April 8. The proclamation of a soviet government in Munich, says a oispatch to the Matin from Zurich, was an error on the part of the men who proclaimed it. Many communists opposed the course up to the List moment, says the dis patch, realizing that it would have the effect of accentuating the hos tile tendencies of northern Bavaria. The corespondent notes the prop osition 'Vr their removal of the Diet to Bamberg and the pronounce ment by the socialist party, which had been in power, against the soviet proclamation. The party, howevc, declared that it would re main neutral in the face of an ac complished fact, raising no difii ctiltios for the new government. The coirespondent considers the proclamation a doubly severe blow for the iierlin government, in the first place, because of its possible influence on the congress of Ger man councils about to assemble, and in the second place because a soviet regime in Munich completely upsets ail calculations upon which the future internal policy of Ger many has been based. Discover Counterfeiters Inside State Prison Walls Philadelphia, April 8. A counter feiters' den in full operation has been discovered within the walls of tht Eastern penitentiary here. Three convicts were doing the work in their cell at night. They had been operating only three days, however, before the deputy warden discov ered the plot. The Value of Home-baked Foods ' It goes without saying that home baked foods are fresher and more wholesome and economical than factory-baked foods. When one remembers how easy and sure is baking wi.th Royal Baking Powder, it is understood why thoughtful, thrifty women are today baking more than ever. Health is protected and quality in sured by baking at home with WQYA1L Absolutely Pure Made from Cream of Tartar derived from grapes Royal Contains No Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste LAWMAKERS SAY CONTROL BOARD NEGLECTS DUTY (Continued From Fage. One.) board of commissioners of state in stitutions of Nebraska. GerdesVTerm to End July 1. 1 "Your committee finds that the term . oi Commissioner Henry Gerdes expires as matter of law, July 1, 1919; that the place of Henry Gerdes 'upon said board of commissioners has already been filled by appointment by the gov ernor of the state of Nebraska; said appointment being confirmed by the senate; therefore your committee does not deem it expedient that any action 'je taken as to the said Henry Grdes, and makes no rec ommendation. "Your committee does, however, recommend in view of the above findings that the governor of the state of Nebraska take immediate steps to remove said commissioner, E. O. Mayfield, for incompetency and neglect of his duties as such member of the board of commis sioners c state institutions." Attorney Strode; counsel for the commissioners involved in the find ings, said. "The only crime the commission ers were ftfund guilty of was the appointment of a coal man, who was a pol;tician and member of the senate, t. the place of coal purchas ing agii.t of the state at a time when the services of such an agent was badly needed." - Members of the State Board of Control today said they would have no reply to make to the findings of the investigating committee. Both Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Gerdes declined td comment. They indicated they might have a statement to give out later. Governor to Act. When the report of the commit tee conducting an inquiry into the affairs of the board was read in the senate. Senator Chappell, democrat, objected to its immediate approval because copies had not been placed on the desks. Senator Neat, chairman of the sen ate committee, explained that the action of the senate was not final, but that the governor would dispose of the matter and the senate would be expected to approve or reject whatever action the governor took. Urges Investigation of Alleged Misuse of Franked Envelopes Washington, April 8. Investiga tion by the attorney general's office of the alleged distribution in offi cial franked envelopes of 70.000 copies of a lcttei written by Col. John If. Wigmore, formerly of the provost marshal general's office in support of the existing courts-martial system, was urged today by Sen ator Chamberlain, former chairman of the senate military affairs com mittee, in a letter to Attorney Gen eral Palmer. Hogs Sell for $20,10. Sioux City, April 8. A new rec ord in the price of hogs for the year and for the season was established when $20 10 per hundred pounds was paid for vwo car loads of hogs weighing 11,740 pounds. yAriPit time fata Twtrpaii Boston Garter GENERAL SMUTS FAILS TO EFFECT NEW ARMISTICE " . British Leader Departs From Budapest; American Wives of Hungarians Leave at Same Time, Taking Money. Budapest, April 8. While Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, who was sent here by the peace conference at Paris had authority to arrange a new armistice between Hungary and the entente powers, it appears that he did not do so. British residents of the city will leave for Paris by way of Vienna Saturday. With them will go the American wives of Hungarians, who will be permitted to take with them their .money and effects. The government seems to be do ing everything possible in favor of Americans and other foreigners. Great earnestness is displayed by the members of the new government in carrying out the work assigned to them. They are ready to discuss their plans and they refrain from abusing capitalism. Maintenance of strict discipline to protect the bour geoisie and to prevent red guard outbreaks has been decided upon by the government. .Scheme to Scare Allies. ! It is considered certain here that the communist movement was en gineered by Count Michael Karolyi, the former president, to scare the allies by the spectre of bolshevism and thereby draw attention to the situation in Hungary. It was a measure of despair, the results of which have scared out those who planned the move as it has given an opportunity for Bela Kun, the for eign minister, to attempt to become a dictator of the Trotzky type. The communists are opposed by the socialists, who are attempting to from a moderate socialist govern ment. Kun Twists News. All who dare, from waiters to manufacturers, inform the corre spondent that none but a few mad men in Budapest want nationaliza tion of property and other similar communist schemes. Rela Kun, in speeches yesterday and today, attempted to make the people believe that the visit here here of General Smuts, the special allied commissioner to f Hungary, was a recognition of the aims of the communist government. Arrest Physicians for . Violation of Harrison Act New York, April 8. Six physicians and four druggists were arrested 'by internal revenue officers here to night charged with violation of the Harrison act. Fifty drug addicts were taken in the raid and habit forming drugs valued at $25,000 were seized. To Fortify tha System Against Grip Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets which destroy germs, act as a Tonic and Laxative, and thus prevent Colds, Grip and Influenza. There is only one "BROMO QUININE." E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. You'll Never Come Back with your clothes in any sort of condition unless you pro vide yourself with an Oshkosh Wardrobe Trunk. It is most convenient, the stoutest, the handiest, most complete wardrobe accessory ever manufactured. S45 and Up. OMAHA TRUNK FACTORY 1209 Farnam. Douglaa 480. Baking Powder Solons Stop Clocks on Hour Originally Set to Adjourn Denver. 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