AK-SAR-BEN WILL
FURNISH MANY
NEVTEATURES
Artificer Renze Promises
Thrills Galore at Initiation;
Will Not Divulge Nature
of Entertainment.
After 25 years of persistent and
continuous effort Gus Rente, Arti
ficer for the Ak-Sar-Ben, has per
,,' fected what he states is a master-
piece in the wav of entertainment.
"This is my 25th year with the
Ak-Sar-Ben," Mr. Rente stated hu
morously. "The show which I have
'. evolved for the present initiation
will be better than anything ever
staged previous to this time.
More than 2..100 men are on the
membership rolls of the Ak-Sar-Ben,
according to Mr. Renze. They will
receive a more thrilling initiation
into the mysteries of the den than
ever before.
Atter 'a member goes through
this year's initiation he'll, believe
, the thrills of the aviator fighting
over the front Itne trenches com
paratively tame," said Mr. Renze.
- The artificer would not divulge
. the nature of the thrills he promises
' the members but he let drop a good
, hint when he asked the reporter to
. instruct, through the columns of
i The Bee, the crews operating the
airships and the submarines, the
' engineers who have charge of the
sand mine and the menagerie tend
ers to be present at the den Wed-
. nesday evening at 8 o'clock,
..All positions on the various
crews will be assigned Wednesday
evening and all members are tirged
to be present.
A choir led by Ben Johnson. as-
sistant superintendent of Armour
. and company, will furnish the music
during the entertainment. The choir
is composed of 60 men among them
being Henry Dunn, Frank Latenser,
George Long, Oscar Lieben, Ken
neth Reed and Fred Wagonseller.
Stage effects of the most elaborate
character have been perfected by
-Mr, Renze. The stage itself is to be
a huge turntable, 60 feet in diameter.
This- will enable all acts to be
staged without the delay incident to
the old method.
Members will be given their, .first
thrill this year upon entering the
den.. A grotto has been erected near
ages are herded together here. What
form of animals these were, Mr.
Renze refused to say.
Bride of Two Months Tries
to Commit Suicide By Gas
Irene Andreesen, 21 a bride of two
months attempted to commit sui
cide last night by inhaling gas. Her
husband Take Andreesen, 24, who
returned home from work at mid
night, found their little garret room
filled with gas and his wife un
conscious on the bed. The girl's
act is attributed by her husband to
despondency.
, ' r. Edstrom revived the girl after
f an hour's work. - She will live he
says. . i,tr:i-. v,.V'-:y
The, 'Andreesens , were married
February 27. :
Alleged ''Peeping Tom"
Arrested By Detectives
L. E."- Dean,' alleged "peeping
Tom," 801 North Sixteenth street,
was arreste last night at Sixteenth
and Cass streets by. Detectives Sto
ley and Cooper. Stoley says he ar
rested Dean last week at ThirtyTfiftb
and Leavenworth streets when he
caught him,' peeping into windows,
but' Dean broke away from Stoley
.and escaped. Dean is a truck drlv
er. . ". ..." .-. . .
Former Policeman Held For
Selling Liquor to Minor
Frank Damato, former police of
' ficer, was arrested 'yesterday and
. charged with illegal sale and pos
session of liquor and with selling
liquor to a minor. A pint of whisky
, was broueht to the station as evi
dence.
Damato, who operates a soft
drink parlor at 2901 Deer Park boul
evard, denies the charges.
Daniels Sails for Home.
Brest, May 11. The United
States transport Mount Vernon,
with Josephus Daniels, secretary of
the navy, on board, was escorted
seaward today by Frencji destroyers.
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THOTO -PIAY' OFFERINGS FOR TODAY"
mHE ROARING ROAD," an
I absorbing love story of an
-- auto salesman with real
speed, is the feature attraction at the
Strand theater this week. Wallace
Reid, as "Toodles" Waldron, is em
ployed by the "Bear" as a salesmap
Tor his automobile factory. The
opposition of the "Bear" to his mak
ing love to his motherless daughter
has no effect on "Toodles." He
also aspires to win the Santa Monica
road race, but this, too, is frowned
upon by his employer. A "call
down" to test his ability for promo
tion to the managership "backfires"
and Toodles quits. The "Bear's"
three racing cars are burned in a
wreck, but unknown to the auto
magnate "Toodles" pieces' them to
gether and enters a car in the big
race. The "Cub" promises to marry
in case he wins the race and after
it is won the "Bear" names him
manager. Boasting on the part of
the new manager brings forth un
pleasant newspaper comment and
after another quarrel with the
"Bear," "Toodles" resigns and re
fuses to attempt to smash the record
of a rival car for the auto run be
tween Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. The "Bear" resorts to strat
egy to get his manager to make the
run. He announces that he is taking
his daughtter to Detroit for a year
when the couple have announced
their wedding within a week.
"Toodles" thinks that the object of
the trip is to prevent their marriage
and rushes after the train bound
toward 'Frisco. After a thrilling
all-night ride he succeeds in smash
ing, the record and winning the girl
of his dreams.
"When" a husband is niggardly
enough to deny his wife an allow
ance to do with as she sees fit, he
must expect unpleasant situations to
arise in his home," opines Margarita
Fisher, whose latest American pro
duction, "Charge It to Me," at the
Sun is a merry farce revolving
around that subject. "While 'Charge
It to Me' is manifestly a farce," she
added, "it presents an embarrassing
condition that is quite likely to re
sult in any home where the hus
band insists on paying all the bills
and the wife has no ready cash to
meet the hundred-and-one trivial
needs that every woman knows.
"Maybe some of these wives who
come to see 'Charge It to Me' will
take a tip from what happens in the
case of Winnc Davis that's me in
AT THE
THEATERS
VALESKA SURATT was given
a genuine welcome-home by
Orpheum patrons yesterday
when she appeared in her new of
fering "The Purple Poppy." Her
new vaudeville act after an absence
of several seasons affords he un
usual opportunities to display her
versatility. In the dramatic feature
of this week's bill she will undoubt
edly win new friends.
George Rockwell and Al Fox, in
"The Noble Nuts," provoke storms
of laughter in their presentation
of a domestic travesty. This is a
striking object lesson for husbands
who-are being oppressed. Miss Rita
Boland returns unaccompanied and
it is'evident she is capable of "pad
dling her own canoe." She has a
repertoire of clever songs written
for her by Evelyn Blanchard.
: Another explosion of laughter oc
curs through the efforts of George
and Lizzie Yeoman in their "Editor
of the Assassinated Press," written
by James Madison for fun only. It
is a clever bit of travesty. Virginia
Lewis and Mary White are attrac
tive and talented entertainers of un
usual merit. They 'opened their week
with a flying start. Kate and Wiley
make good on their billing of "A
Harmony of Grace, Strength and
Dexterity." Eccentric dancing,
mixed with songs and jokes, is of
fered by Ryan and Ryan. Their
Scotch numbers are worthy of men
tion. Kinogram screen news of the
world and the Orpheum Travel
Weekly are offered as interesting
movie features of the bill.
Dorsh and Russell, who headline
at the Empress theater this week,
have a spectaculari scenic novelty
showing an isolated. railroad switcn
house. Practically every railroad
appliance seen in the yard is picked
up by the entertainers and turn out
to be musical instruments. Chiyo
and Chiyo, introduce society and
whirlwind dancing, equilibristjc and
juggling, talking, singing and
dancing are featured by Mack and
Mabelle. Lawrence Johnson has a
ventriquiloquial act of more than
ordinary entertainine features. Hale
Hamilton in After His Own Heart
is the photoplay attraction. A Mack
Sennett comedy and the rathe News
complete the bill.
Martin Johnson and his wife
traveled 18,000 miles alone among
the remote isles of the lonely South
Pacific, visiting savages who had
never before looked upon a white
face. They risked their lives every
second of their perilous trip, made
by small steamer, sailboat and na
tive canoe, but thev returned with
the most remarkable authentic pic
tures ever filmed of the least-known
people on the face of the earth.
These pictures, in ten reels, are the
attraction at the Brandeis theater for
the first half of this week.
Mme. Catherine Breshkovsky, the
"little grandmother of the Russian
Revolution will lecture at the Bran
deis theater, next Thursday evening.
May 15. on Re-Claimtng Russia.
At the time of the revolution, when
the czar's rule was overthrown,
Babushka." as she is affectionately
called, escaned with other exiles and
was carried by friends to a place
of safety. Her hiding place was
discovered by the bolsheviki and she
was condemned to death. Finally
rescued once more she made a
horseback journey of 00 miles to
Vladivostock and thus escaoed to
America. Dr. Edward H. Eirbert.
chief surgeon of the American Red
Cross in Russia in 1914-1915 will ac
company Mma. Breshkovsky and
win taiK at ner meetings.
Seven Men Drown.
Lewiston. Pa.. May 11. Seven
men were drowned in the luniata
river at Ilawstone, three miles east
of here, w hen a boat used for cross
ing the stream capsized and threw
li persons into the water,
On the Screen Today.
RIALTO MITCHELL LEWIS . in
"THE CODE Of THE YUKON."
SIN MARGARITA FISHER in
"CHARGE IT TO ME."
STRAND WALLACE REID In 'THE
ROARINO ROAD."
MUSK "THE TURK OP THE ROAD."
EMPRESS HALE HAMILTON In
"AKTER HI8 OWN HEART."
LOTHROP 24th and Lothrop BERT
LYTELL in "NO MAN'8 LAND."
HAROLD LLOTD COMEDY.
GRAND lth and Blnney WILLIAM
RUSSELL In -WHERE THE WEST
BEOINS." SUNSHINE COMEDY.
COMFORT 84th and Vinton MADGE
EVANS In "THE LOVE NET."
ORPH KIM SOUTH SIDE 2th and M
MAE MARSH IN "THE BONDAGE
OP BARBARA."
SUBURBAN mh and Ames WIL
LIAM S. HART In "THE SQUARE
DEAL MAN."
HAMILTON 0th and Hamilton ROY
STEWART in "WOLVES OF THE
BORDER. MARIE WALCAMP In
RED GLOVE" NO, I.
APOLLO 29th and Leavenworth
DOROTHY GISH AND ALL-STAR
CAST Jn "THE HUN WITHIN."
the picture and stage a somewhat
similar eye-opener in their own
homes.
"Code of the Yukon" at the Rialto
theater is the first showing of
Mitchell Lewis in Serect pictures.
He has the role of Jean Dubois, a
French-Canadian prospector, whose
main object in life is to find the man
who wronged his sister and make
him pay. The peace of the north
woods is suddenly broken by a
gang of gold seekers wlio have
learned of the 'find Jean has made.
Jean is dragged into the life of the
mining camp, where he meets the
daughter of a poor prospector whom
he finally marries. Jean's life is
persuaded by a gang of mining
crooks to run away with one of the
members of the gang. Cregan, lead
er of the gang, is the man who
wronged Jean's sister. Cragan and
Jean finally meet to fight. A "Big
V" comedy and the Rialto News
are also shown.
Love is the keynote of "The Turn
in the Road," now showing at the
Muse. A man who has been brought
up in the fear of God, loses his faith
when his bride of a. year dies in
child-birth, goes down into the
depths and becomes an agnostic and
a derelict. After years of vain search
for the truth he is regenerated by
the simple faith of a child, his own,
whom he had deserted. Pictorially,
the production is a masterpiece of
artistic beauty and the realism is
accentuated by a vivid storm scene
during a big dramatic climax.
PLAN TO REDUCE
PRICES WRECKED
BY OFFICIALS
(Continued From Par One.)
Messrs. Lovett and Walters, who
have headed the opposition to the
board.
"That the administration would
commit itself against the public in
terest merely, to support the ancient
and discredited railroad slogan 'the
public be damned,' ' unthinkable.
Yet, after all, it is the administra
tion, not the director-general. alone,
who had the power to thwart the
board. i
"Thus, there is hq question that
the board was set to do exactly what
it has done, and was set up with the
full knowledge and assent of the
administration and was given God
speed upon it way by Mr. Glass.
The record on this point is so clear
that only a quibbling lawyer with an
imagination inflamed with interest
could find an excuse to pervert it.
Yet, exactly this course has been
pursued, and not by the director
general alone. It serves no purpose
save to confuse the issue over the
business of politics over the business
of government.
"They have been unable to pene
trate the inky cloud in which the
political squid has concealed its es
cape from support of the board in
a position, which for some unstated
reason, was politically desirable. I
can only admit the public to my
own perplexity among the following
conjectures:
"In the beginning, did the present
opponents of the board fail to fore
see the far-reaching results to be
achieved and was the growing im
portance of the power of the board's
policy too powerful a political en
gine to leave outside the administra
tion's arsenal and in the hands of a
nonpartisan board? Does the ad
ministration plan for 1920 a plat
form of state-socialism which it now
finds inconsistent with the results
achieved by the board? Or, after all,
am l giving too much credit for
an acumen that does not exist and
is what the board has encountered
merely the machinations of the old
railroad guard as represented by
Messrs. Lovett and Walters and im
posed on a too complacent director
general or on a director-general too
jealous of his own prerogatives to
see beyond the confines of his own
little czardom?
"The board cannot answer. It can
only depart faore in sorrow than in
anger, and in great disappointment
from a lost opportunity to serve the
country."
Son of John Brown Dead
As Result of Gunshot Wound
Portland. May 11. Salmon
Brown, 82 years old, son of John
Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame,
died at his home here last night as
the result of a gunshot wound.
Members of his family said he shot
himself because of despondency
through illness.
A druggist in Rochester, Ind., sold over
fifty packages of Chamberlain's Tablets
on the recommendation of one of his lady
, customers, who used them with such good
results that she persuaded her friends to
try them. They, are excellent for stomach
trouble, constipation and biliousness..
THE - BEE: .OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY , 12, 1919.
SENATE PLANS
DISCUSSED IN
CONFERENCES
Eight Republicans Declare Op
position to Penrose and
! Warren for Chairmanships.-
"
Washington, May 11. Republican
plans for organization of the sen
ate were discussed Saturday at sev
eral conferences of republican mem
bers with Senator Lodge of Mass
achusetts, republican leader, and
also at a gathering of eight sen
ators generally known as progres
sives. Senator Borah of Idaho,' who
called the latter group together, an
nounced after the meeting that he
and Senator Johnson of California
had been authorized to notify Sen
ator Lodge that the eight senators
were opposed to the election of
Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania
and Warren of Wyoming as chair
man of the finance and appropria
tions committees respectively.
"This does not necessarily im
ply any break in the republican
party," added the Idaho senator,
"but only shows our determination
to effect a good organization as we
see it."
Others at the conference were
Senators Cummins and Kenyon of
Iowa; Jones, Washington; McNary,
Oregon; McCormick, Illinois; Nor
ris, Nebraska, and Johnson, Cali
fornia. These' senators, it was said,
hope to force the organization con
ference of republicans to the re
public. They said no agreement had been
made among them as to any can
didates in place of either Mr. Pen
rose or Mr. Warren.
During the afternoon, Senator
Lodge conferred with Senators Pen
rose, Moses of New Hampshire,
New and Watson, Indiana, and
Smoot, Utah. It was said their
discussion was confined to organ
ization questions. Although declin
ing to make Statements, these sen
ators let it be known that an under
standing had been reached that any
fight among republicans would be
confined to the conference.
GERMANS UNITED
IN OPPOSITION TO
TERMS OF PEACE
(Continued From Paso One.)
the loss of Silesia more than any
thing else and exhibit more concern
over the eastern frontier than the
occupation of the Rhineland for the
next five to 15 years.
The army intelligence summary
said:
"Never until today has the enor
mity of the nation's crimes seemed
apparent to the Rhineland popula
tion. Prepared though they may
have been for the punishmeut meted
out, the Germans, nevertheless,
plainly portrayed their dismay upon
the publication of the peace terms."
Silesians Renounce Treaty.
London, May 11. The chief presi
dent and central council of Silesia,
according to a wireless message,
have issued a proclamation renounc
ing the peace treaty and declaring
that the transference of the greater
part of upper Silesia cannot produce
a lasting peace, but "only a peace of
desperation for Silesia." The proc
lamation calls on the Silesians "to
let the world know we will not sub
mit to such a peace."
Six Envoys Return to Berlin.
Versailles, May 11. (By the As
sociated Press.) Six members of
the German peace mission left Ver
sailles last night for Berlin. They
include the labor leader, Carl Leg
ien, head of the German trades'
union confederation; Privy Coun
sellor Eberach, representative of
theministry of railroads, and Herr
Schmidt, of the foreign office, who
rank as commissioners next in im
portance to the plenipotentiaries.
They undoubtedly have been
charged with carrying out direct
discussion of the situation with
the German government.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau is
still in Versailles, but it is consid
ered possible that he will leave some
time this week for Berlin to consult
with the government.
The counter proposals on which
the subordinate members of the del
egation are busily at work are not
expected to be ready before next
week. That they are to be of con
siderable length is indicated by the
fact of the purchase today by the
Germans of 20,000 sheets of paper.
Second Battalion Ready
To Embark For France
Camp Mead, Md., May 11. The
second provisional battalion of the
overseas replacement depot, num
bering 1,000 men, will leave Monday
for New York to embark for France.
The third battalion will leave about
May 20..
The overseas replacement depot
is receiving men for the service in
large numbers and at the rate they
are coming it will not take long for
the desired 50,000 troops to'' be sent
to France.
Most of the recruits are very
young. '
' '
Norway Asks Indemnity.
London, May 11. A wireless dis
patch from. Christiania states that
the-foreign minister has sent a re
quest to the peace conference at
Paris seeking an indemnity from
Germany for Norwegian vessels
sunk by the Germans.
ALLIES INSIST
ON PEACE TERMS
AS PRESENTED
(Continued from Pag. One.)
to call attention to the discrepancy
lying in the fact that Germany is
called on to sign the statute of the
league of nations as an inherent part
of the treaty draft handed to us
and, on the other hand, is not men
tioned among the other states which
are invited to join the league of na
tions. "The German peace 'delegation
begs to inquire whether and, if
so under what circumstances, such
invitation is intended.
(Signed) "Brockdorff Rantzau."
League Door Open.
(The reply of the allies to this is
as follows:
"The receipt of-the German pro
gram of the league of nations is
acknowledged. The program will
be referred to the appropriate com
mittee of the allied and associated
powers.
"The German plenipotentiaries
will find on a re-examination of the
covenant of the league of nations
Miiv me mailer ui tiic auiuiaaiuu ui
additional member states has not
been overlooked, but is explicitly
provided for .in the second para
graph of article one."
Ask Return of Prisoners.
The German delegation at Ver
sailles, in notes transmitted Satur
day night to M. Clemenceau as pres
ident of the peace conference, pro
poses changes in the clauses of the
peace treaty covering labor prob
lems and asks that prisoners of war
be returned immediately after the
signing of the preliminaries.
The notes suggest the holding of a
joint labor convention at Versailles
to consider the poirlts raised. Sat
isfaction is expressed with the labor
clauses in general, but it is pointed
out that they cover principles al
ready in force in Germany and that
they do not go far enough.
. The no"te realting to prisoners
labor agreement be considered at
the proposed conference along the
lines of the conclusions to the labor
conference of July, 1917.
The note relating t oprisoners
criticises the clause dealing with the
return of prisoners of war and asks
that they be returned immediately
after the signing of . preliminaries
and that adequate supplies of food
and clothing be guaranteed them.
It is considered in peace confer
ence circles that the treaty as it
stands provides amply for this point.
The replies which the council ot
four sent to the preceding German
notes, made public Saturday, were
drawn up, according to the Temps,
with the personal and particularly
active collaboration of Fresident
Wilson.
Firm Stand Taken.
As regards the peace situation, so
far ' as Germany is concerned, the
allies are firmly resolved to present
a firm resistance to the Teutonic
protests and maneuvers, the Figaro
declares. The Petit Parisian quotes
Colonel Henry; the French liaison
officer, as specifically denying the
rumor that the German delegation
was to return to Germany. He said,
however, Count von Brockdorff
Rantzau might go to Weimar to
confer with the government.
Advices from Versailles todiv
stated that the contemplated trip of
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau to
Germany was believed to be immi
nent. Already six members of the Ger
man delegation have left for home.
They were the bearers, howevet, of
reports.
The Journal Des Debats declares
reports that the German delegation
would go home appear to be ground
less. An official note issued today says
May
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DESIGNATED AS
BOY SCOUT DAY
(Continued From' Vnf One.)
and training of only a small pro
portion of the boys of the coun
try. There are approximately 10,
000,000 boys in the United States,
between the ages of 12 and 21. Of
these only 375.000 are. enrolled as
members of the Boy Scouts of
America.
America cannot acquit herself
commensur'ately with her power
and influence in the great period
now facing her and the world,
unless the boys of America are
'given better opportunities than
heretofore to prepare themselves
for the responsibilities of citizen
ship. Every nation depends for its
future upon the proper training
and development of its youth. The
American boy must have the best
training and discipline our great
democracy can provide, if Amer
ica is to maintain her ideals, her
standards and her influence in the
world. . v
The plan, therefore, for a Boy
Scout week during which a uni
versal appeal will be made to all
Americans to supply the means to
that a German correspondent sent
to the Neues Wiener Tageblatt a
dispatch that the hotel at Versailles,
where the German delegates are
housed, is full of' spies acting as
hotel attendants and that micro
phones have been installed in all
the rooms.
The note brands the report as
odious and calumnious invention and
says if it is repeated the French
government may find it necessary to
expel the German correspondents.
UN
I24h
Good Tires
put the Boy Scouts of America
in a position to carry forward ef
fectively and continuously the
splendid wer-k hey are doing for
the youth of America should havt
the unreserved support of the na
tion. ' ' '. , ' .
Designate! Week for Work.
Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States of
America, do hereby recommend
that the period beginning Sunday,
June 8, to Flag day, June 14, be
observed as Boy Scout week
throughout the United States for
the purpose of strengthening the
work of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. '
I earnestly recommend ,that, in
every community, a citizens' com
mittee, under the leadership of a
national citizens' committee, be
organized to co-operate in carry
ing out a program for a definite
recognition of the effective ser
vices rendered by the Boy Scouts
of America; for a survey of the
facts relating to the boyhood of
each community, in order that
with the co-operation of churches,
schools and other organizations,
definitely engaged in work for
boys, adequate provision may be
made for extending the Boy Scout
program to a larger proportion of
American boyhood.
The Boy Scout movement offers
unusual opportunity for volunteer
service. It needs men to act as
committeemen and as leaders of
groups of boys. I hope that all
who can will enlist or such per
sonal service enroll as associate
members and. give all possible
financial assistance to this worthy
organization of American boy
hood. Anything that is done to
increase the effectiveness of the
Boy Scouts of America will be
a genuine contribution to th
welfare of the nation.
The production of yarn from pa
per was known In Japan more than
a century ago.
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