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THET BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919.
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AUSTRIA TO PAY
PORTION OF HUGE
WAR INDEMNITY
Council of four Begins Work
on Peace Terms to Be Pre
sented to Austria-Hungary
and Bulgaria. !
Paris, My 8.-r-(By The Asso
ciated Press.) The council of four
with Premier Orlando of Italy pres
ent, heffan today to arrange the pro
gram for the presentation of peace
terms . to the Austrian, Hungarian
and Bulgarian delegates. '
The Austrian treaty has begun to
take form. Portions of it af ready
have been drafted.
Jt appears that instead of Ger
many being required to pay the en
tire indemnity demanded by the al
lies, a considerable sum will be de
manded of Austria, the estimate of
this Bunt at present being 5,000,000,
000 crowns.
This indemnity provision,- and the
delimitation of the frontiers of the
new state will be the main features
of the treaty now in making. Pro
vision is to be made for dividing
Austria-Hungary's pre-war debt
among the new states formed from
territory formerly belonging to that
empire.
The frontiers between German
Austria and Italy, and probably the
Adriatic settlement, will" also figure
in the Austrian treaty. .
Austrians Expected to f
Reach St. Germain Friday
Paris. May 8. The French for
eign office received information late
today that the Austrian peace dele
gation had left Vienna last night
and would reach St. Germain prob;
ably tomorrow.
Nebraskan Inspector
Of Rickenbacker and
, Roosevelt Airplanes
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A Nebraska boy, Ralph V. Lyons,
Lyons, Neb., was inspector of the
planes in which Capt. Eddie Richen
backer, "Ace of American Aces,"
and Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, kilted by
a fall over the German lines, learned
the trick of flying. 1
Young. Lyons spent 19 months' in
the extensive aviation camp near
Issondum, France, the largest avia
tion camp in France, He arrived in
Omaha yesterday. . , '
Hines Asks Competitive
Bids for Steel Rails
New York. May 8. Walker D.
Hines, director general of railroads,
announced here tonight that the rail
road administration will ask-immediately
for competitive bids for 200,
000 tons of steel rails.
Mr. Hines announcement was
made after he had been informed by
his representatives that they had
been unable to induce representa
tives ..of the large manufacturers at
a conference here today to agree on
a reduction of, the schedule of steel
rtricaa i rrrriA hv infill StfMal
ifiivva biiiwivu .....
board of the Department of Com
merce, i i
Mr. Hines declared it was his set
tled purpose to buy steel materials
on the Competitive bidding basis as
rapidly as they are needed. ',
Officers of Base Hospital
Unit No. 49 Return to Homes
Maj. C. A." ''Hull and Ma., E. L.
Bridges of Omaha arrived home at
2:05 yesterday after having com
pleted the demobilization of the base
hospital unit No. 49 at Camp Dodge,
Iowa. Both men exDressed them
selves as glad to get back and said
that Omaha was the best looking
city , they ever saw. Major Hull
said he wouldn't have missed his
experiences , for the world.
Both officers were high in their
praise of the work done by the men
and nurses of the unit at Alleray,
France.
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on
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OVERHEAD
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By Using the
Clarnels
System
ji He is calling for a stenographer to come for
his dictation. You can do the same if the work
iii your office is not enough to keep a stenographer
busy all the time, or if ,
she is sick or on her va
cation. ,
We do all kinds of
stenographical and
typewriting w o r k
will call at your office
for the work and de
liver it.
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Sale of Spring Wraps
' Thai would come well within the luxury war tax if
ele Sam were charcins a tax on women's wrans.
Luckily he isn't, and we are offering s, 1 .
Seventy-five
capes, coats, and dolmans to youat less than
Half Price
For Friday
.
35 Capes
am
Dolm
am
' Not one less
than $69.50 and
( wine as high as
$150. All in two
lots at
: $3500
and
. $4950
For Friday
40 Smart
Cloth (
Coats
i
What formerly
were selling at
from $50 to $75.
All in two lots
at
$25.
and
$35
00
Don't miss this chance to get an exquisite wrap for your
spring dresses, a wrap that you will be proud to wear all
the coming fall. - -
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Mm Jfbuse off -Sknagh
FIRST LEG OF
OCEAN TRIP IN
NINE HOURS
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Destroyers Searchina for
Third Airship Which Re
ported Engine Trouble Af
ter Starting Flight.
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was giving trouble and he might
have to come down.
Prospects Considered Bright.
Commander Toners, with the
NC-1, and NC-3, made the trip to
Halifax in a fraction less than nine
hours, the distance on the map over
tue course they took being 523
miles. These two planes went
through the test in such fashion as
to convince officers here that pros
pects for reaching Plymouth, Eng-
laid, the ultimate goal of the navy
airmen, were exceedingly bright.
Each of the three planes had a
triple radio installation when it 'left
Rockaway: One set was the tele
phone by which they communicated
with each other while in flight at a
distance of a score or more miles.
Stations and euardships "listened
in" on many of these,, conversations
and reported them. The second set
was the regular long-distance radio
installation and the third was the
equipment for the radio compasses.
Messages Exchanged Freely.
As fhe planes approached one of
the patrol vessels, long before it was
sighted, the long distance radio was
buzzing.1 Questions, and answers
flashed back and forth, relating to
directions for navigation. Important
communications were relayed to and
from the speeding seaplanes, some
from "Washington.
One carried greetings to Com
mander Towers and his crews from
Acting Secretary Roosevelt, who
watched the trip with keen interest
all day as the department's mes
sages came in. Another relayed
cabled assurances from London that
every facility of the British admir
alty would be at the disposal of the
American airmen when they reached
British waters. 1
The communication arrangements
of the Navy department worked out
perfectly. Repeatedly . messages
from Commander Towers, sent from
his speeding flagship -of the air
squadron, the NC-3, reached the
desks of officers here in a few min
utes of the time they were sent. In
tercepted by any of the radio sta
tions ashore or afloat on the chain
reaching clear to Halifax, they were
rushed to Washington" on the navy's
leased wires. ,
The entire operation of the system
wa.s grouped under direction of Lt.
Tunis A. M. Craven.
Dirigible Sent to Montauk.
Cape May, N. J., May 8. The
navy dirigible C-5, commanded by
Lieut. Commander E. W. Coil, left
the naval air base- here ' at 2:25
o'clock today under sealed orders,
bound for Montauk, N. Y., by way
of Rockaway. As the airship left
under sealed orders, naval officers
were unable to confirm or deny re
ports that the C-5 was expected to
go to Halifax and would leave Rock
away tomorrow for Chatham, Mass.
In addition to Commander Coil,
the C-5 carries two officers, who ar
rived here today from Washington,
and four men.1 -
The dirigible landed late in the
afternoon at the naval station at
Rockaway Point, it was announced
tonight. It was understood that the
flight to Montauk would be com
pleted tomorrow.
Britishers Await Full Moon.
St. Johns, N. F., May 8. With
snow, rain and fog blowing in by
a southeast wind, hopes of a start
in their Transatlantic flight, were
once more deferred by the British
aviators, Harry Hawker and Capt.
Frederick P. Raynham, here today.
No uneasiness was shown by
either of the Britishers when word
was received of the start of the
American naval flyers on the first
leg of their trip, and both tonight
seemed to have settled down to
wait for the full moon, scheduled
to make its appearance with fa
vorable flying weather on May 14.
Gregory Man Hangs Self
After Serving Prison Term
Gregory, S. D., May 7. Charles
Webster, a well-known homesteader
of this oart of the Rosebud coun
try, committed suicide by hanging
JillllSCJ ttl t.lfUllljr WllllV
he had recently been taken. Web
ster recently completed a term in the
Sioux Faalls penitentiary for at
tempting to burn the house occu
pied by his wife and children. When
he was released from prison after
completing his term he returned to
the Rosebud country, but because of
his age and the fact that he had no
means of support he was taken to
the county home.
One Killed, Seven Injured,
in Explosion af Navy Yard
Vallejo, Cal., May 8. One man
was killed and seven injured when
an explosion occurred in burning
refuse at the Mare Island navy yard
here today. The dead man was W.
Mcleon of Vallejo. G. McGrana
han, 'the most seriously injured, is
not expected to live.
The commandant's office an
nounced the explosion was not
caused by a bomb, but possibly by
some old powder that the men had
happened upon and taken for refuse.
President to Cable
Message to Congress
. For Special Session
Washington, May 8. As Pres
ident Wilson will not be present
at the opening of the special ses
sion of congress on May 19, he
will cable his message from
Paris and it will be rea4 im
mediately after congress con
venes. Thi was announced to
day at the White House.
Not within the memory of the
oldest attache at the White
House has a congress met with
the president absent from Washington.
SENATORS FOR
TERMS GIVEN
TO THE GERMANS
(Continued From Put One.)
armament proposition. However,
my own idea is that the treaty
should have gone still further in
reducing. Germany's armament. Ger
many should not be .allowed an
army of 100,000 men and her navy
is too big." '
Military Terms Approved.
General approval of the military
and naval terms imposed on Ger
many was not only given by both
republican and democratic senators
but by officials and diplomats gen
erally. They concurred in the view
of army and navy officers that with
the carrying out of the terms Ger
many would be stripped of every
vestige of power necessary for it to
disturb again the peace of the world.
Senator Borah made no comment
on the itreaty itself, confining his
statement solely to the oroDOsal for
a triple alliance between the three
leading associated powers. He de
clared that " whether the United
States should take part in any future
European war was "a matter which
should be determined upon the facts
when and as they arise and by the
particular generation which must
bear the brunt of the war and by the
intelligence and the conscience and
judgment of the American people
as they see it when they are tace to
face with it."
Resort to Gag Rule. '
Senator Sherman said that the
manner in which the treaty has been
presented is a resort to gag rule. He
declared that it was "a confession
of weakness that the league of na
tions has to be dragged through as
an annex to the treaty of peace," and
said he would vote to separate the
league covenant from the treaty and
take a separate vote on each.
Senator Moses didnot regard the
separation of the league covenant
from the treaty as imoossible and
said he preferred the, triple alliance
between the United States, Great
Britain and France to the league
plan as drawn.
Criticises League Scheme.
Senator Hardine of Ohio, re
publican, said that in 'a general way
"there can be little fault found with
the provisions imposed upon Ger
many," but added Miat "the big
issue raised is that raised by our in
volvement in the league of nations
which is to carry out many of the
treaty provisions.
'I doubt if the senate will consent
to this country entering (Upon re
sponsibilities, limitations of which
we do not know," he said.
Senator Chamberlain of Oreeon.
retiring chairman of the senate mili
tary committee, said the treaty "ap
pears to draw the teeth and claws
of Germany pretty effectively and
with that I am thoroughly in accord."
"The terms imposed on Germany."
said Senator Wadsworth of New
York, republican, "are reasonably
adequate."
As far as the treaty conditions
are imposed in Germany" said Sen
ator Sterling of South Dakota, re
publican, "I am quite well satisfied
with them. I am satisfied also with
some of the amendments to the
league of nations covenant, but I
do not mean by that that I am en
tirely satisfied with the covenant in
its present form."
Penrose for Open Debate.
Harrisburg, Pa., May 8. Senator
Penrose today declared for open de
bate in the senate on peace. "We
have received only secrecy and mys
tery from Paris regarding the terms
of the treaty," he said.
Before leaving for Washington
Senator Penrose made a statement
for publication, in which he said it
seemed to him that the United
States was to occupy , a foremost
place in financial and economic mat
ters and that information regarding
the extent is lacking. "It remains
to be seen," he said, "how far we
are called upon to assume financial
and economic responsibilities and
how fat public opinion in the United
States will tolerate such assump
tion." v
"Except in the- fact that the men
ace of German militarism is re
moved, the American people do not
seem to be getting any substantial
results out of the treaty in the way
of indemnities, reparation or othet
compensation," the senator said.
Commenting on Article 10, guar
anteeing the present boundaries and
integrity of nations, Senator Pen
rose said:
"That the geography of the world
Building Laborers to
Return to Work . If
, Union Is Recognized
.
At a meeting Wednesday evening
at the Labor temple of the 400 or
more skilled and unskilled union
building laborers, who struck more
thaa & week ago to enforce their
demand for an increased- wage, it
was decided to return to work at the
old scale provided the contractors
recognized the laborers' union.
Various committees were ap
pointed by the strikers to confer
with the contractors upon the basis
voted by the strikers at the meet
ing. . '
The scale of wages received by
laborers prior tc the strike was from
45 to 50 cents aft hour. This was,
considered insufficient by the strik
ers and a flat increaseof from 10 to
15 cents an hour, was demanded.
Many of the independent con
tractors agreed to the strikers' de
mand as soon as made. More than
200 then .returned to work. The
employes of the contractors who
refused to settle up continued ' the
strike.
Omaha Men Arrested
for Shipping Whisky
in Tin Biscuit Boxes
Frank Knott, Toe Marconcici,
Leslie Divelbliss and Beit Jackson,
all employed in the shipping de
partment of the Loose-Wiles Bis
cuit company, were arrested Wednes
day by operatives of tiie Depart
ment of Justice and yesterday
brought before the grand jury.
The men are charged with con
spiring to violate the Reed amend
ment in receiving and disposing of
whisky shipped from Chicago,
camouflaged in tin biscuit boxes.
Officials of the Loose-Wiles com
pany knew nothing of the use of
their containers in the transporta
tion of liquor, and aided federal of
ficers in investigating the case. ,
Cases containing whisky were
marked, officers say. The alleged
conspirators at the Loose-AViles
plant are believed to have con
federates in Chicago. I
Big Miners' Strike
Is Threatened In
Mountain States
Salt Lake City, May 8. Adviceq
reaching here today from Park City
say that all of the mines in that
district are closed. The result of
"the strike of approximately 1.000
miners for a six-hour day and $5.50
wage.
Pumpmen in the Ontario mine are
understood to have left their work
last night and unless some men are
ft. ind to man these pumps this mine
is likely to become flooded.
According to a statement said to
have been made by Business Agent
Wells of the I. W. W. at Park
City last night, the strike will prob
ably spread to other camps of the
state. Wells also is said to have
stated that the miners at Butte,
Mont., were due to walk out today. I
Omaha Loan Association
Holds Its Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Omaha Loan and
Euilding1 association was held
Wednesday night. The report of
the secretary gave renewed evidence
of Omaha s prosperity, in the re
markable increase of assets during
the last 12 months. The number
of savings accounts is greater than
that of any former year.
The demand for loans was more
active than that of any year since
1917, particularly for building and
buying homes. ., The report showed
sufficient funds on hand to meet all
requirements, even with the liberal
purchase of Victory bonds by the
association. :
The secretary also reported the
result of the stockholders' election,
held during the day, at which three
directors were re-elected to serve
three years, as follows: W. R.
Adair, C. E. Black and J. H. Butler
should be fixed on an inflexible and
unalterable basis is open to grave
question as being opposed to the
progress and development of ciliV'
ization. Moreover, such a proposi
tion destroys all hope for oppressed
or dissatisfied peoples such as those
in Korea and Ireland.
"I shall not vote for any treaty or
league of nations which impose un
reasonable or undesirable obligations
on the United States or which in
fringe on the Monroe doctrine."
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ready-to-eat blend
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i A food designed
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More pleasing to the
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aim is to tickle the
palate.
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. HASKELL'S BLACK SILKS
The richest of black silks, in
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Special weights, particularly
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FOULARDS More interesting
than ever before, in both design
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wear and even some formal oc
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shower-proof foulards are of t
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SILK SKIRTINGS in a splen
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Burton's,' the best of all
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36-inch, 85c a yard. ?
Linen Section
Sorosis Pumps
The Maytime season is
particularly favorable for
new pumps and the ma
jority of women are now
making their selections for
present and Summer wear.
The new Sorosis designs
are very graceful and be
coming to fashionable
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now being displayed.
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Initial Showing. ...
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Cleverly fashioned models in Pongee,
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You may ask Vis
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We are asked this ques
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plain, hemstitched and n
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Sizes 13 to 20. Arrow,
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every stitch is made perfectly and with no effort.
Red Cross Workers
not only kept up their quota in sewing, but far exceeded it by
s -
using Electric Sewing Machines.
The Western Electric
Rotary Sewing Machine
is light, convenient to carry, can be used in any room and is
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