THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. MAY 6, 1919.
SITUATION IN
NORTH PART OF
MEXICO SERIOUS
About 3,050 Employes of
.American Mining Company.
Removed to Chihuahua
City After Threats.
Washington, May 5. The situa
tion in northern Mexico is again re
. fleeted as serious in advices received
today from Mexico City and the
border. . The State department has
been advised that 3,000 employes of
, an' American mining company at
bauta Eulalia have been removed 10
Chihuahua City because of threat1
by Villa. ,
, In the capture of Parral the entire
X'arranza garrison went over to the
"Villa forces, which now threaten
Chihuahua City. Americans in the
state capital are reported to be en
deavoring to obtain passage to El
I'aso, as they fear the garrison may
join, the, Villistas.
Torreon is said to be Villa's next
objective. Reports from the border
say the Conchos bridge at Ortiz,
south of Chihuahua City, has been
destroyed by the rebels, thus closing
the road for reinforcements moving
northward.
Send Reinforcements.
Gen. Manuel M. Dieguez has been
.ordered from the Tampico fields
with 2,000 men to assist General
Castro, who was reported as moving
toward Chihuahua, constantly ha
rassed by Villistas. Dieguez's de
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parture trom the oil fields at Tam
pico was said to leave the situation
technically at the disposal of Pelaez.
a rebel leader. , ,
It is reported that Villistas cap
tured Jimenez three weeks ago and
that later the federal troops recap
tured the city. While this is doubted
it is admitted that the situation re
garding Jimenez is confused. The
capture of Parral put the Villistas
in an excellent strategical position,
as the town is on a branch line from
the main line south from El Paso
and is within striking distance of
Jimenez.
Villa Demands Indemnity.
Villa has demanded an indenmity
of 1,000,000 pesos from the Torreon
region industries. The superintend
ent of the Santa Eulalia mines re
ported that the bandit demanded
"taxes" for protection and had an
nounced that he return in 30 days
for the money. To avoid paying the
"taxes" the superintendent closed
the mines, taking everything that
could be moved and all the men
to Chihuahua.
In his new movement to the south
Villa has resumed his terrorizing
tactics.
Army Splits.
Advices reaching Washington late
today said that a portion of the
Villa army had taken Bustillos, a
town on the Northwestern railroad,
50 miles west of Chihuahua. These
advices, it was said, would indicate
that the forces of Villa had divided,
as recent dispatches have said that
a large Villa army still was in the
vicinity of Parral. Capture of Bus
tillos is regarded as seriously men
acing Chihuahhua.
Juarez, Mex., May 5. Rumors of
fighting between federal troops and
Villa followers at Jiminez, were in
circulation here tonight, but' were
unconfirmed, as passengers arriving
from Chihuahua City had heard
nothing of the rumored battle at the
junction point on the line to Parral.
You are going to pay for a $3,000,
000 bond issue soon, to put down
115 miles of paving on the big roads
running up to and into Omaha.
The main artery of traffic, the north
road coming in, officially called the
Black Hills Trail, but known to every
voter in Omaha and Douglas County
as the ECrug Park Road, 52d to the
Briggs Road, is being left out with
only three-fourths of a mile of paving
out of the 1 15 miles.
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You want this road paved. You need
it paved. You use it more than any
other one highway that is being con
sidered. ' , '
You have the right to demand that
this road IS included, for you are the
man who pays.
tlr. Voter: Keep your eye on your
commissioner.
They reported that the railroad to
Parral was cut and 20 kilometers of
track destroyed.
These passengers also brought re
ports that six Chinese were killed
in Parral before Villa left there,
and that a German and a Mexican
were also executed by Villa's men
following the fighting. ,
No attack is anticipated on Chi
huahua City soon, they said, and all
of the mines of the Chihuahua and
Santa Eulalia district are working
full time.
Bolsheviki Fleet
Defeated; Crisis On
Dvina Front Passes
Archangel, May 5. (By Asso
ciated Press.) The bolshevik flo
tilla on the Dvina again attacked the
allied positions near the junction
with the Vaga on Friday, but were
driven off by the guns of the allied
land batteries which outranged the
weapons of the enemy.
After their repulse Thursday, the
bolsheviki made two futile attempts
Friday to approach the position held
by the American, British and Rus
sian troops. A report to headquar
ters here this morning said that the
situation along the Dvina was quiet.
The feeling in Archangel is that
the crisis on the Dvina river front
has passed. The bolsheviki, it is be
lieved, delayed too long in grasping
the advantage offered when the
Dvina became open for navigation.
Additional reports on Thursday's
defeat of the bolshevik attack at
Berenznik, on the Vaga sector, show
that the allied losses were four
wounded.
Army Orders.
Washington. May 5. (Special Tele
gram) Flrat Lieut. Silas Melvvin Comp
ton, Medloal corps, la relieved from duty
at the army reserve depot, New Cumber
land, Pa., and will proceed to Des Moines.
OREGON CLAIMS
FIRST HONORS IN
LOAN CAMPAIGN
Say Iowa and Michigan Raised
Quotas Through Bank
Guarantees, Not Popular
Subscriptions.
Washington, May S. A dispute
between Oregon and other states
which claim to have passed their
Victory Liberty loan quota de
veloped today.
Edward Cookingham, state chair
man of the Oregon campaign, tele
graphed Secretary Glass Jhat Ore
gon had oversubscribed ; by popular
subscription, and he and other state
managers said they unde-xtood Iowa
and Michigan had made their rec
ords of oversubscriptions previous
ly only because banks . in those
states guaranteed the quotas. .'
Should this prove to be the case
Oregon . will claim the honor of be
ing' the first state to raise its quota
solely from small poputer subscrip
tions. Investigation will be ordered
by the treasury to ascertain the
facts under which Iowa and Michi
gan reached their goals.
Additional reports ot subscrip
tions today raised the total of the
loan to about $1,700,000,000 with
only one week remaining to push
the total to the $4,500,000,000 de
sired. .
The Advertiser who uses The Bee
Want Ad Column increases his
business thereby and the persons
who read them profit by the oppor
tunities ottered,
RUTH CLARK
TELLS WHY SHE
MADE AFFIDAVITS
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in the affidavits," said Dr. Callfas.
"I believe the girl is telling the
truth. I am convinced of. this from
the fact that she signed the state
ments. She told me she was 1 ot a
dope fiend and did not sell the stuff.
I believe slie is telling the truth."
''Do you know she is living with a
negro man at 216 North Thirteenth
street?" Dr. Calltas was asked.
"She told she was not and I think
she told me the truth on this point,
too." ':..
The negro man referred to is Cur
ley Stinson, who is under federal in
dictment for selling narcotic drugs
in violation of the Harrison act. He
is known to the police as the "King
of Omaha Dope Peddlers "
Dr. , Callfas refused to allow the
reporter to come in her house and
tell her what he knew about the
case. "I am willing to ta!;e the girl's
word," she expfained.
"If you knew this" girl was living
out of wedlock with a ncgio man,
would you take any steps to termi
nate such an unlawful arrange
ment?" Dr. Callfas was askei.
"I do not believe she was living
with him. She told W she did not,"
was the reply. "We are handling
the dope situation in Omaha the
best we can. We resent 'he publi
cation of stories in The Bee. and I
have set out to show that the? are
untrue." -
"Why don't you attempt to con
firm the. girl's statements to you?"
she was asked.
"I have gone about this in my
own way and I do not care what you
have to say about it."
- Bitter Against Bee.
Dr. Callfas declared she would
not ask the police to break up the
arrangement known to exist between
the girl and negro man.
"You simply have been trying to
break up the detention home, and
for this reason I have no use for
The Bee and refuse to believe a
word I read in it."
Dr. Callfas defended the practice
of administering dope to the in
mates at the detention home, which
has been in violation of the Nebras
ka statutes. She was asked if she
endorsed this disregard ,f the laws
of the state, she repled that it was
not her business to enforce the laws.
"Let the officers of the law do that,"
she said. "It is none of our busi
ness." Asked if she knew any physicians
who were complying with the stat
ute regulating the administration ol
morphine and cocaine to addicts, she
replied that she knew of none. Dr.
Callfas admitted that it had bren her
custom to ignore the law and re
fused to state she had any intention
of obeying the statute in the future.
"Let some one else take that up,"
she said. "I am too busy."
For the violation of the stale law
regulating the prescribing, selling
and giving narcotic drugs, the of
fense is made a felony and a heavy
fine and imprisonment in the peni
tentiary is the punishment provided
tor.
One Dead, Many Injured, in
Columbus Apartment Fjre
Columbus, O., May 5. Fire in a
seven-story down-town business and
apartment building at midnight to
night unquestionably has trapped
many persons, police say.
Scores of women who jumped
from upper apartments of the seven
story building have been rushed to
hospitals seriously injured. Thirty
minutes after the fire started police
reported one known dead and esti
mated those trapped at 20 or 30. A
dpzen small children and babies in
arms were tossed out windows.
Finnish Red Guards Control
Situation at Petrograd
London, May 5. Finnish Red
guards now are masters of the situ
ation at Petrograd, according to a
dispatch from Copenhagen to the
Mail. Theyiave arrested members
of the Danish Red Cross in that city
and it is reported they intend to
march against the Finnish White
guards.
Reports were received . Saturday
from Paris that Finnish forces had
occupied Petrograd, but the identity
of the troops at the Russian capital
was not established.
Approve Jail Flans. '
The city council approved tena
tive plans drawn by George L.
Fisher for a new city jail and police
station. Mr. Fisher was directed to
proceed with final plans and speci
fications. . ,
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MRS. WILSON IN
VISIT TO FRENCH
BLIND SOLDIERS
First Lady of Land Presented
With Knitted Wrap by
Sightless Heroes of Ameri
ca's Sister Republic.
New York, May 5. (Specials
Mrs. Woodrow -Wilson wa 4the
guest of 100 blinded French soldiers
at a nique reception in Pans, re
cently, according to ,word just re
ceived here at the headquarters of
the committee for , men blinded in
battle, 111 East 59th ; street. The
reception took place in the "Phare
de France" (Lighthouse of France)
which was established and has been
supported for the last three years at
14 Rue Daru, Paris, with the aid of
funds supplied by Amrr;can sym
pathizers with the blinded fighting
men of France.
Many of the Frenchmen who
greeted the wife of the American
president were officers who, though
sightless for life, had been re-edu
cated in the "French L'ghthouse"
and are now able and self-supporting
citizens. Mrs. Wilson shook
hands with each blind man and was
shown through the various depart
ments of the building, the knitting
room, printing press room, pottery
room, reading room, music hall and
skating rink, in each of which she
expressed her amazement at the
skill and dexterity of the blind
Frenchmen.
To each Frenchman Mrs. Wilson
gave a box of cigarets, saying, "This
is just a little souvenir for you."
The blind men in turn presented
the president's wife with a knitted
wrap. Similar gifts were given other
Americans in the party,, which in;
eluded Rear Admiral Carey T. Gray
son, the president's physician; Mrs.
Henry White, wife of the member
of the American peace delegation,
and Mrs. Wiljiam G. Sharp, wife of
the former American ambassador to
Fiance.
The "gardienne" of the "light
house," Miss Winifred Holt of New
York, has been in Paris since the
first year of the war superintending
the work of giving blinded French
soldiers "light through work."
Dutch Minister Dies.
Paris, May 5. Dr. A. L. E. De
Stuers. Dutch minister at Paris
since 1885, died today. He was 78
years old.
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GREET MEN OF
HOSPITAL UNIT
K AT BLUFFS
(Continued From race One.)
Dodge Light Guards armory was
cleared and illuminated in prepara
tion for the unit's reception when
the first leg of the triumphal march
was finished. The crowd continued
to gather throughout the evening,
but many delayed going to the sta
tion until the hour of arrival ap
proached. History of Unit
Mobile hospital No. 1, of which
Unit K was the nucleus was the
first of its kind to enter the field
with the American army. Its pres
ence at the front made possible deli
cate operations near the front line
operations near the front line upon
patients too badly wounded to be
transported. ' v
The unit comprised 16 ward tents
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and other tents for. personnel, .
morgue and kitchen, sn elaborate-j
sterilization camion and an X-ray
camion were part of the equipment -maintained.
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In co-operation with evacuation v
hospital No. 7, the Mobile hospital
handled 26,000 patients in six weeks. .
The unit moved U times and con
ducted 6.046 operations, on patients
too badly mutilated to.be moved.
It comprised sixty men.
Besides Colonel Macrae, trier
were two officers with the organiza
tion, Capt. Louis . E. Hanish of
Omaha, and Lt. John Long, 518 East
Pierce street, Council Bluffs, for
merly an Omaha newspaper man. .
Clifford Wolf, son-in-law of Col
onel Macrae, and son of Mrs. Jo
seph Bardrige of Omaha, was a mem
ber of the unit.
Double Murder and Suicide.
Amarillo, Tex., May 5. John
Greber, a farmer living near White
Deer, Tex., today shot his mother
and a younger sister, wounded, prob
ably fatally, an older sister, and then
shot himself. He is expected to die.
The cause of the tragedy' is un
known.
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of using and combining ;
textures. You would
think each dainty set,
collar or coat vestee,
was cut and made with
all the care a clever cos
turner would give you in
making it for you indi
vidually. Most of the Crowley
neckwear is hand-made,
as any one can see at a
glance by the clever lit
tle touches of the skilled
needleworker.
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