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BEN MARKS DIES
AT HOME AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Came to Council Bluffs More
Than Fifty Years Ago;
Owned Much Iowa and
Nebraska Land. '
Ren Mark, a continuous resident
of Council Bluffs for more than 50
years, died at 6:15 o'clock last eve
ning, at his home on Vine street. He
hrl been gradually failing for the last
few years, following an operation for
gall tones, from which he never re
covered. He had been preparing
for death for several months by ar
ranging all of his Business affairs,
and sending cheery farewell mes
sages to friends.
Mr. Marks was 71 years old. He
. was born in Waukegon, III., coming
to Council Bluffs when a young man
of 20, and established the home here
that he cherished throughout his
life. ' While still a young man he
acquired ranch property in Nebraska
and Kansas and endured all the
hardships of pioneer . life on the
plains. Until a few years, ago he
owned a 900-acre ranch in Nebraska.
Owned Manawa Land.
His ambition, however, was to
acquire Iowa land, and many years
ago he secured title to nearly 3,000
acres around Manawa. He owned
practically all of the north bank of
the lake and helped to develop it.
donating lake frontage and selling
the site of Manawa park at a very
low price. The river has taken some
of the land, but more than 2,000
acres still remain.
During the last 25 years Mr.
Marks devoted himself to the de
velopment of what are now some of
the finest farms in this section, lo
cated south of Manawa. At the
Close of the Omaha exposition he
purchased the Washington ' state
building, constructed of cedar logs,
smoothed and polished on the in
side, and reconstructed it on his
farm south of Manawa. It is one of
the most unique and expensive farm
houses in Iowa.
1 Known as Horseman.
As a breeder of fine stock Ben
Marks attracted wide attention and
was the owner of many speedy
horses. -'
In the later years of his life Mr.
Marks became a frequent attendant
of St. Paul's Episcopal church,
where Mrs. Marks had long been a
member. Their charity has been of
a beneficent character, almost- lav
ish but unostentatious. He is sur
vived by his widow, his companion
for 40 years, and one sister, Mrs.
Josephine Marks of Waukegon, 111.
Land Contiguous to Inyo
N Forest Opened to Settlers
Washington, April 25. Exclusion
of about 84.570 acres of land from
the Inyo national forest for restor
ation in part to homestead entry was
announced today by Secretary Lane.
The tract includes 68,075 acres in
Mono and Basin counties, Cal., and
16,495 acres inEsmerelda county,
Ne. all of semi-desert character.
It will be subject to homestead 'en
try at and after 9 o'clock a. m., July
1, and to other disposition on and
after July 8.
Council of Three Disposes
of Helgoland Problem
Paris, April 25. (By Associated
Press.) The question of Helgoland
was disposed of by the council of
three this afternoon, while the mat
ter of the Kiel canal and the dis
position of the German cables was
also discussed.
It is understood the economic
. question was settled although no
details were given out.
The council will meet again tomorrow.
High War Prices
Are With Us Yet
Resident of Bluffs
More Than 50 Years
Is Called By Death
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Archangel Troops
Opening Transport
Avenues to Siberia
Archangel, April 25. (By The
Associated Press) According to re
ports by the Russian general staff
important progress is being made in
the Petchora district toward open
ing a line of communication in sum
mer between the Archangel and Si
berian forces of the allies.
The Archangel forces recently
have made important advances,
which are destined to assure sea and
river transportation with Admiral
Kolchak's army as soon as naviga
tion opens in the Arctic region.
A Russian force under General
Shapshnikoff has occupied Ost
Uchta at the junction of the rivers
Ishna and Uchta, and the bolsheviki
also have abandoned their fronts on
the rivers Vashka and Mezen.
Railway- Employe of Logan
Killed by Passenger Tram
Logan, la., April 25. (Special)
David Trout, aged 55, railroad em
ploye, struck by the eastbound pas
senger on the Illinois Central
Thursday evening, died at his home
here Friday morning. His wife and
a son survive. The son, who is
with the American" expeditionary
forces, has landed at Boston, ac
cording to a dispatch received
Thursday.
The Weather.
Comparative I,oca Record.
1919. 1918. 1417.1m.
.53 61 ii 65
.38 38 49 42
.46 M 44 48
00 00 CO T
Highest yesterday
Lowest yesterday .
Mean temperature
Precipitation ...v..
Temperature and
precipitation depar-
trres from the normal
Normal temperature 55
Deficiency for the day
Total excess since March 1, H19 138
Normal precipitation 12 inch
Deficiency for the day 12 Inch
Rainfall since March 1, 1919. ...6.60 Inches
Excess since March 1, 1919 1.8.1 Inches
Deficiency for cor. per, in 1918.2.42 Inches
Deficiency for cor. per. In 1917. .08 inch
Report l"rom Stations at 7 P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain-,
of weather 1p.m.
est.
fall
Cheyenne, pt. cloudy.. 48
68
62
58
62
40
70
.18
63
4 2
48
70
0
62
63
46
.02
.00
.00
.00
.40
.00
T
.00
.01
T
.00
.10
.01
.00
.00
Davenport, clear 60
Denver, cloudy 68
Des Moines, clear 60
Dodge City, cloudy.... 40
Lander, cloudy 64
North Platte, cloudy... 38
Omaha, cloudy 62
Pueblo, raining 40
Rapid City, cloudy.... 46
Salt Lake, cloudy 64
Santa Fe, clear 66
Sheridan, cloudy 60
Sioux City, pt. cloudy.. 62
Valentine, clouciy ,....4Z
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With fighting ended, the troubles war brought us did not
stop.
During the war the telephone companies, like most other in
dustries, were hit "hard by high prices for equipment and b.v the
loss of trained employees.
Now our former employees are gradually being released from
military service and resuming their old positions.
Although the price of telephone equipment is still very high,
we are able to obtain it more promptly than a few months ago.
Our plant facilities, which during the war were extended only
vfor urgent needs, are gradually being restored to a normal
condition. '
And telephone service, too, is steadily improving and getting
back to our pre-war standard.
But the cost of furnishing telephone service is much more
than it was when the war began;
And high prices for equipment and generally high operating
expenses are problems we shall no doubt have to'meet for several
years.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE
TREASURY HEAD
IS GUEST OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA
, -
Cabinet Member Leads ,100
Per Cent Victory Loan Pa
rade and Talks at Cham
ber of Commerce.
"The middle west seems to be
thorouhly aroused to the importance
of loaning its money to the govern
ment in order to put over the Vic
tory loan and indications are that it
is going to be fully subscribed, it
not oversubscribed," said Secretary
of the Treasury Glass yesterday
morning upon h arrival at the
Union station.
Secretary Glass is out on a speak
ing tour in the interest of the Vic
tory loan. Omaha is on his itinerary
ana yesieraay morning upon nis ar
rival in the government private car,
"Palm Beach," he was met at the
station by T. C. Byrne, chairman of
the Victory loan committee, O. T.
Eastman, Luther Drake and Arthur
Mullen.
Holds informal Reception.
The secretary of the treasury
came in from Chicago, where he
spoke yesterday afternoon. Upon
his arrival, he posed for a picture
and then was taken in charge by
the local committee and escorted to
the Hotel Fontenelle, where at 10
o'clock he held an informal recep
tion, hankers and representatives of
financial institutions of the city be
ing among the callers.
At noon the secretary and Mr.
Byrne marched at the head of the
Victory loan 100 per cent parade.
Afterwards he went to the Cham
ber of Commerce, where he lunched
and delivered an address to the
business men of the city, former
Senator 'Millard presiding.
At the Chamber of Commerce the
large dining room was crowded to
capacity. As the secretary arose to
speak, he was greeted with a most
enthusiastic'-reception. As the ap
plause died away the secretary de
voted a few minutes to a review of
the disadvantages of the old na
tional banking system prior to the
adoption of the federal reserve plan.
Loans to Other Nations.
He called attention to the fact
that the government has loaned for
eign nations ?n,UU0,U0U,U0U tor war
purposes and has floated $18,000,-
000,000 of Liberty bonds and war
saving certificates, besides billions of
dollars of treasury certificates of in
debtedness, issued in anticipation of
the Liberty loans.
Launching into the main part of
his address, the secretary in part
said: v
"A world is to be rebuilt. Should
we timidly pause and debate as to
who should rebuid it? Not for an
hour, gentlemen; the enterprise
should be started right away, here
at Omaha, by the blare of your
furnaces and the whirr of your mills
and the din of a thousand essen
tial industries. It' should spread, in
healthy progression, to the utter
most parts of the land.
"The American people should sup
plement the patriotism of war by
the patriotism of peace; and just as
American soldiers on the fields of
battle made notable conquests for
liberty, so American business men
in a different way and through dif
ferent instrumentalities should now
giVe expression to their patriotism
by promptly and cheerfully meeting
the obligations of citizenship which
exigently Involve triumphs of peace
easily comparable, in their ultimate
consequences, to the greatest vic
tories of war. .
"We are not going to approath the
last Liberty loan strictly in a com
mercial spirit. We are not going
to float it strictly on a commercial
basis. It is impossible to do it.
A little thought will teach the wis
est among the financiers of this
country that it is impossible now to
COMPANY
fHE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1919.
Cabinet Member
Here to Push Alongj
Big Victory Loan
Secretary Glass.
float purely for investment purposes
a loan of four and a half billions
of dollars. We have got to appeal
to the patriotism of, the American
people, and it will not be done in
vain. There are yet a million and a
half American boys in France and
Germany who must be maintained
in comfort and brought home in
safety, and provided with employ
ment on their return.
Billion a Month.
"While congress has written off
the books $15,000,000,000 of authori
zations, for which public funds
would have been expended had not
the war suddenly terminated, the
government is still expending more
than $1,000,000,000 per month to
meet the honorable commitments of
the country. The honor of the gov
ernment is involved. Being your
government, it is your honor that is
involved; and I know that the appeal
of the American government to the
American people will meet a re
sponse of which the nation will be
proud."
During the afternoon Secretary
Glass rested at his hotel,: and at
4:30 left for Denver, where today
he is scheduled for ail address
in his swing across the country.
American Seamen
Rush Police Force
in Scottish City
London, April 25. A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Inverness, Scotland, reports
that American seamen, engaged in
mine-sweeping operations, came in
to conflict with the local police to
night, the disturbance lasting two
hours.
A large crowd of American sailors
gathered near the town hall and
when they were requested to move
on rushed the police. American
pickets appear to have backed up
the sailors. One constable had his
head badly smashed by the club, it
is alleged, of one of the pickets.
Several free fights occurred be
tween the Americans and civilians
and several of the latter were hurt.
Two or three arrests were made.
Contracts for Two Million
Tons of Ships Cancelled
Washington, April 25. Cancella
tion of contracts made during the
war for construction of 2,000,000
tons of steel ships was announced
today by the shipping board which
is preparing to close government
work in many yards throughout the
country. This brings total cancel
lations since the signing of the ar
mistice to 4,000,000 tons.
HAVE A SMILE?
By Universal Service.
"Do you consider it sanitary to
permit your pigs to run in and out
of your kitchen?" asked a stranger
of a Scotch peasant.
"I dinna ken," was the reply, "but
in saxteen year ilka ane o' my hogs
hae used th' kitchen, an' 1 danna ree
collect losin' sae muckle as ane hog."
Venus Nevermore will he make
love to me. Gone is the use of pet
names whispered as we sat on the
sofa with the lights turned low. Van
ished are the Caresses. His tender
nesses are now history. Never again
will he press me in his arms, mur
muring that I am his woodlesy-toodlesy-wootsens.
Portia What's the matter; have
you shown him the gate?
Venus No; I'm going to marry
him.
Why doesn't Bill Hohenzollern
take a leaf , from Fulton's-book and
claim the war was framed and that
he took the count, as agreed, after
the fil-lums had been made? It
wouldn't be any harder to digest
than the yarn some German general
gink yapped about Bill being an in
nocent lamb. This leads to the
thought that if he is a lamb, innocent
or otherwise, why isn't he led to the
slaughter?
Mistress Bridget, I really cannot
stand your carelessness. There's
dust six weeks old on that chair.
Bridget Don't blame me, mum;
blame me pridicissor. I've been in
th! place but four weeks. .
"I'm going to New York Monday
and would like to have a return load,
or part." Adv. in Baltimore paper.
Wonder if he drove his car
straight on the return trip?
South Side
U. S. BUREAU
OF MARKETS TO
SEND OUT REPORT
Will Furnish Complete Infor
mation Each Day; Service
Scheduled 1 to Begin .
Next Monday.
E. II. Scroer, head of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
bureau of markets on the South Side.
i.j . ;r j I T Tk TT.lt l i
nasneen noimea oy l.. u. nan, ueau
of the bureau at Washington, that a
system for the reporting of all in
formation pertaining to the local ex
change will be established April 28.
The communication is as follows:
The United States Bureau of Market,
through Its live stock and meat reporting
fume at the Union Stock yards, Omaha,
will begin releasing a complete report of
the live stock market Monday, April 28.
The Information will be disseminated over
the bureau's leased wires to all market
centers where It maintains an office.
A competent force of men. trained In
the art of collecting and reporting live
stock market Information, has been as
sembled and it Is the purpose to supply,
in addition to the bureau's leased wire of
fices, the commercial telegraph companies
and th various press associations with
accurate and reliable Information that can
be obtained relative to the Omaha market.
Each division of trade, rattle, hogs and
sheep, will be under the direct supervision
of a specialist. At tna outset tnree wires
dally will be filed; first wire, 6:30 a. m.,
wilt give the estimated receipts; second,
0:30 a. m., opening message on hog mar
ket: third, 11:30 a. m., full market com
ment for branch of trade together with
complete list qf prices on each class of
stock on sale. It Is also the intention of
releasing through the mall a report which
will Include complete market information
for the three markets, Chicago Kansas
city ana umana.
Prof. Lorenzo B. Mann of Chi
cago, scientific assistant in market
ing, is scheduled to arrive- in Umaha
Monday to assist in thejnstallation
of the market report service.
Professor Mann is a graduate from
the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege and was also connected with
the animal husbandry department
of the same institution and in a like
capacity with the University of Ken
tucky before entering the service of
the bureau of markets. (
Father of 14 Is Fined
on Charge of Illegal
v Possession of Liquor
A fine of $100 and costs was im
posed upon William Kozil, 4627
South Thirty-fourth street, father
of 14 children, by Judge Fitzgerald,
sitting in the South Side court, on
a charge of illegal possession of 74
pints of whisky.
Kozil was taken into custody Sat
urday -when Detectives Haller and
Francl of the South Side. uncovered
the liquor, stored in the cellar and
attic of his home.
Kozil stated that the liquor found
in the upper part of the house had
been purchased previous to the
passage of the dry statutes. The 56
pints found in the cellar naa been
left there by the , boarders, accord-
me to his wife.
The court after imposing the fine
ordered the 18, pints of assorted
liauors found in the attic to be re
turned to Kozil, but the 56 pints in
the cellar were confiscated.
South Side Boys Held for
Stealing Automobile
Elmer Gabriel, 16, Forty-second
and L streets, was turned over "to
the juvenile authorities, and Sevelle
Nelson. 4720 South Twenty-fifth
street, was bound over to the dis
trict court under $1,000 bonds on a
charge of automobile theft yes
terday.
The two youths are alleged to
have stolen a Ford sedan from C.
B. Newton. Fifty-second and L
streets on the night of April 16,
They drove the car to Lincoln and
attempted to trade it in that city,
according to their own confession.
Unable to do so, they returned to
Omaha, abandoning the car at
Forty-eighth and Dodge streets
when their supply of gasoline gave
out.
South Side Boy Arrested
on Charge of Horse Theft
Mike Rozgall, 15, 3818 Y street,
was arrested by the South Side
police Thursday and charged with
horse theft. He has been turned
over to the juvenile, authorities.
Mike is alleged to have taken a
horse from the yard of William
Stoddard, Thirty-ninth and X
streets, and to have ridden it over
the greater
Side.
portion of the South
South Side Brevities
Dr. Cot. DenMst. New location, 322 8e
curltlcs Bldgr.. Sixteenth and Farnam 8ts.
Get your milk from Square Deal Dairy.
J. O. Grabowsky. Prop. Pbone Soutb
1766-4.
See our line of refrigerators. Tour sav
ing In Ice will pay for It. Make your se
lection now. Kouteky-Favllk Co.
Buy your Victory notes on the ll-per-
weelf plan through the Live Stork Nntlnn.
al bank, Twenty-fourth and N streets.
For, sale by owlner. 2 6-room cottages.
One Is vacant. Newly papered. Can have
possession at once. -Located 21st and J
streets. Paving all paid for. A. Strand,
44-S South 21st. Phone South 25C0.
HOME FOR SALE Stucco bungalow;
five rooms and sunroom on first floor,
with three small rooms finished upstairs
that can be used for storage or spare bed
rooms. Finished In oak and white enamel,
ard In very good condition. Cement drive
way and garage; shade trees; located at
42d9 South Twenty-second street In one of
the best residence sections of the South
Side. Price 5,250: terms If desired. W.
I.. Selby & Sons, Keellne Bldg. , Douglas
1510.
Ambassador Page Cheered.
Rome, April 26. A huge crowd of
manifestants, parading through
Rome toward the capitol, passed be
fore the American embassy late to
day, just as Ambassador Page came
out for a walk. The demonstrators
shouted "Viva America!"
The ambassador replied, "Viva
Italy!"
Juilliard Is Dead.
New York, April 25. Augustus J.
Juilliard, capitalist and clubman,
died at his home here tonight. He
was born at Canton, O. Mr. Ju
illiard was director of some of the
largest banks and insurance compa
nies in America and trustee of sev
eral trust companies,
HUNGARIAN REDS
PUT TO FLIGHT BY
ROUMANIAN ARMY
Situation at Budapest Grave
as Invading Forces Con
tinue Triumphant March
to Capital.
Berne, April 25.-KFrench Wire
less Service.) Part of the Hun
garian communist army facing the
Roumanians southeast 'of Budapest
has surrendered and the rest is in
flight, according to a Roumanian
official statement received here.
West of Budapest the Czecho
slovaks have occupied Komorn, on
the Danube, and Raab (Gyro).
The, Roumanian bureau here an
nounces that after the visit of Gen
eral Franchet d'Esprey- to Buda
pest recently, Roumanian troops
were ordered again to take the of
fensive against Hungary. It is said
the order provoked, great en
thusiasm and that a number qf
Saxon officers and troops from
Transylvania joined thei Roumanian
army, which in a rapid march oc
cupied Grosswardein, capital of the
province of Bihar. Hungarian red
guards fled from the city and large
quantities of booty were captured
by Roumanians. ,
Thousands of people are leaving
Budapest Five thousand women at
Budapest have met and protested
against the soviet government and
bolshevism.
Hungary Closes All Borders.
' Berlin, April 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Hungary has hermet
ically closed all her borders in an
effort to control the Roumanian
invasion and prevent unfavorable
news from escaping from the coun
try. Reports from Budapest, there
fore, are contradictory, but all indi
cate the situation is grave.
The days of the soviet government
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are perhaps numbered. The entente
powers are said to have 60,000
colonial troops in Neusitz, which
are advanqing as a Roumanian re
serve. The Czechs are believed to
be preparing to attack. The people
of Transylvania have revolted and
are advancing with the Roumanians
because of the agrarian measures
imposed by the soviet regime.
Panic In Budapest
A panic is said to reign in Buda
pest, where the communist author
ities are reported to be ruthlessly
arresting scores of the bourgeoise.
Thousands of the citizens are flee
ing, according to reports.
The Budapest police have begun
a counter revolutionary movement,
but it is said that all involved have
been arrested. Government troops
are leaving for the front unwillingly,
having in mind the experience of
their comrades who capitulated to
the Roumanians. -
Kun Prepares to Flee.
Geneva, April 25. (By The Asso
ciated Press) The Czecho-Slovak
forces continue to advance toward
Budapest, according to advices from
Innsbruck. .
It is reported that Bela Kun, head
of the soviet government, is prepar
ing to flee to Switzerland.
Seven Killed in Collision
of Jitneys at Camp Merritt
' Camp Merritt, N. J. April 25.
Seven were killed and four injured
when four jitneys, carrying nearly
a score of passengers each, crashed
head-on in a government reserva
tion here tonight.
The dead included Maj. Stanley A.
Baldwin. Privates Jeremiah Sneb-i
bers, Anthony Hauck and Timothy
Marnell, a woman believed to be
Mrs. Paul Pecking of New York, a
man as yet unidentified, and a child.
Slow Mine Left by Germans
Blows Up Railroad Tracks
Paris, April 25. A slow mine left
by the Germans exploded today on
the railroad between Miraumont and
Achiet. The explosion cut the main
line of the road running between
Paris and Belgium for a distance of
100 yards. Nobody was hurt by the
explosion.
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YANK MISSION
1 DISAGREES ON
, WARJJABILITY,
Memorandum Sets Forth Res
ervations of Americans On
Prosecution of Men
Responsible.
Pans, April 25. (By Associated
Press.) It has become known that
the American delegates have been "
unable to agree to certain portions
of the report adopted by the major
ity of the commission on response
bility for the war and, as presented
to the council of war. the report
contains a memorandum setting
forth the American reservations.
The Americans objected to the
principle that persons accused o(
offenses against "the laws of hu-'
manity" should be subjected to crlm:
inal prosecution, contending that the
laws and principles of humanity con
stitute a standard too uncertain to
be rightly applied in legal proceed
ings. '
' The principle that heads of states
should be liable to criminal prose
cution for breaches of positive law
was another point in which they
failed to agree with the majority.
The American belief in this respect
was that the essence of sovereignty
lies in the fact that the head of a
state is responsible for his illegal
acts to the people, from whom he
derives his authority, and not to
any foreign sovereignty.
This contention was not held to
apply in the case of a head of a
state who is abdicated for any pro
ceeding Wainst such a person would
be against an individual no longer
embodying the sovereignty of a
state, nor does it apply to political
offenses committed by the head of
a state which may, if deemed ex
pedient, be 'made the subject of
judicial action and punishment.
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