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NEGRO EQUAL RIGHTS -
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED.
New Yotic, May 13. Announce
ment ot a country-wide campaign
to enroll 100,000 persons "to defend
the constitutional and legal rights
now denied more than four-fifths of
the negro race in America" was
made tonight by the-National as
sociation for the Advancement tof
Colored People. .
"To make America" safe for
Americans" the association has
adopted the following program: ,
" "A vote for every negro man
and woman on the same terms- as
white men and women.
- "An equal chance to acquire the
kind of an education that will en
able th j negro everywhere wisely
to use this vote. N
"A fair trial in the courts for all
crimes of which he is accused, by
judges in whose election he has
participated without discrimination
because of race. ,
"A nght to sit upon the jury
which passes judgment upon, him.
k "Defense against lynching and
burning at the hands of mobs.
"Equal service on railroad and
other public carriers, including
sleeping, dining and Pullman cars.
"Equal right to use the public
parks libraries and other com
munity services for which he is
taxed. ,
"An equal chance for a livelihood
in public and private employment."
FOUNDRIES DUPLICATJ2
.BIDS FOR NAVY STEEL.
Washington, May 13. Eleven
' steel companies submitted practical-
ly identical bids today for 14,000 tons
of steel plates and shapes for the
navy, duplicating the situation which
caused the rejection of bids on the
same material submittedon April 4.
OPERA SINGER ACCUSES '
, HUSBAND OF INFIDELITY.
Chicago, : May 13. 4 Madame
Amelita M. Galli Curci, the opera
- singer, today filed an amended bill
for divorce in superior court, in
which she refers to Luigi C. Curci's
-alleged adventures with "women of
the chorus" and other women which
"extended through 1915, 1916 and
1917" : -
Other instances of misconduct on
the part of her husband were alleged
by the singer to have taken place
in Chicago, Tulsa, Okl.; Boston and
New- York.
MAYOR AND JUDGE
CLASH OVER ELECTION.
Hoboken, May 13. The election
of city commissioners here today
developed into a row during which
County Judge Richard Doherty
ordered Mayor Patrick Griffin, head
of the democratic ticket, arrested,
after the mayor had arrested J20
men whom he accused of being re
publican xepeaters imported from
New York. .
The alleged repeaters were dis
charged by -Judge Doherty as fast
" as they '. were arraigned, rearrested
s by the mayor, who then in turn was
arrested and confined to the city
hall.
It was then the mayor's .move
' and he directed the corporation at
torney to apply to Supreme Court
Judge Swayzee for .the arrest of
udge Doherty for conspiracy to
defeat the election law and Jor
bringing suspicious characters into
the city. v ' ' .
MAYOR PERMITSI. W. W.
MEETING IN MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, May 12. Mayor Daniel
' W. ' Hoan today announced his
refusal of a request of a delegation
"'of American. Legion members to
prevent a meeting of I. W. W. next
Saturday.
"Persecution creates radicalism of
; the worst kind and I don't want
to increase the strength of the I.: W.
W. here," said the mayor. "I don't
believe it is my duty to set aside
the constitution. . Men have a right
to express their views.
"We have the police department
and the Department .of Justice to
see that there is no disorder and
apprehend any one whose utterances
are disloyal or illegal."
GENERAL PERSHING PAYS
TRIBUTE TO ARMY NURSE.
Washington, May 13. Gratitude
- of the) American troops in France
for the devoted service of the army
nurses enrolled through the Amer
ican , Red Cross was expressed by
General Pershing in a cablegram re
ceived today at Red Cross headquar
ters here. . , ;
v "The successful organization by
- the Red Cross," said General Per
shing's message, "of our nursing
fnrr fnr war can hardlv be over
estimated. All of us in the Amer
ican expeditionary force have only
gratitude for these devoted women
arhn enreA for our comrades and
hmuirht manv back to life and
tlralth.
"To the late Miss Delano, director
of the department of nursing of the
American Red Cross, we owe special
debt of thanks and admiration.
LAY OFF FEW RAILROAD
, WORKERS AT GRAND ISLAND
. On arrntint of a temoorarv stow
in cr ii n n frenair work. 37 of the
employes in the Union Pacinc car
shops in Orana island nave oeen
la iff nff
At the office of Federal Manager
, Calvin, it was asserted that tne lay
inr off of the Grand Island car
clinna men i.-a nnlv ' temoorarv.
Nothing lodtring to a permanent re
duction of forces is anticipated. x
In the Omaha shops and- genet
ally out on the line, the forces are
being maintained at the maximum
employment during the' war period.
"DIVISION OF MORALE"
FOR ARMY IS PLANNED,
. Colorado Springs, May 13. "The
division of morale is soon to be or
ganized as the seventh arm of serv
ice of the United States army," ac
cording to a statement made-here
today by Raymond Fosdick, chair
man of the national commission on
war camp activities, who has just
returned from five months in Europe
with General Pershing.
"" Mr. Fosdick said he returned
from Europe 'with Secretary Baker
and had several conferences over
the proposed "seventh rm of the
service.'. ;N
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UNITE TO
ORGANIZE
S E MATE
Republicans Agree to Post
pone Controversy Over Elec
tion of Penrose and War
ren to Chairmanships.
Washineton. Mav 13. On the eve
of the organization conference to
morrow of republican senators
leaders of the generally considered
regular and progressive groups
joined tonight in predictions that
the republicans would organize the
senate when it convenes next Mon
day. . . -,
The leaders also agreed that set
tlement of the controversy , over
the, proposed . election of Senators
Ppnrnsp nf Pennsylvania and War
ren of Wyoming to chairmanship
ot tne nnance ana appropriations
committees, respectively, would be
postponed until after the senate
organization is effected next week.
Postpone Factional Strife. .
Man.. rnnfrinres wpri -nelH be
tween members of both factions to
day and resulted in an agreement
tv unit in nrcraniTinor the senate
and postpone factional troubles. A
large attendance at tomorrow s
i.nnf.tvnr . i .m-vnprieA onlv three
of the 49 republican senators, Len
root of ' Wisconsin, Townsend. of
Michigan and fall ot JMew Mexico,
being unable to reach Washington.
The initial conference, according
to plans, will be closed, although
subsequent - conferences to discuss
h ni-norciv' nrntent airainst
chairmanships for Senator! Penrose
and Warren may De open.
Qonatnr T.ndffe nf Massachusetts.
conference chairman, conferred dur
ing the day witn many repuuncans
and late today seven of the progres
sives "held a meeting with Senator
Borah of Idaho to discuss organiza
tion plans. Senator Borah announced
that "senator Tohnson of California.
who had been urged to become the
candidate of the progressive group
fnr nreeirlent nrn tem. had refused
to have his name placed before the
conference.
Curtis Probable Choice.
Senatnr Tnhnson's decision elimi
nating himself as" a candidate for
president pro tern left that otr.ee un
settled tonicrht with indications that
Senator Curtis of Kansas would be
named at tomorrow's confetence.
sjen'atnr Titrris was understood to be
acceptable to the progressives. The
regular faction, it was saia, was pre
narert t elect Senator Tohnson or
any one upon whom the progres
sives could agree.
As a result o fnegotiations today
it virtnallv affreed that tomor
row's conference would leal only
with selection ot a president pro
tem anrl nther routine business.
Progressives Name Committeemen.
The committee on committees to
be selected by Senator Lodge will
he enmnnserl nf nine members, and
at today's meeting of the progres-
sives it was aecioea to present mc
names nf Senators Tones of Wash
ington and Kenyon of Iowa for
membership as representatives 01
th trrnim Thnse attendinir todav'si
progressive conference "were Sen-
atorst iJoran, Aicwary ot uregon;
Moses, New- Hampshire; Kenyon,
Iowa; Jones, Washington; Johnson,
California, and Norris, Nebraska.
The committee on committees
will 'begin -work immediately, but is
not expected to reath any decision
regarding chairmanships of other
committee assignments until next
week, probably delaying committee
organization; of the senate.
, The progressive group today gave
no signs of agreeing to compromise
in their opposition to Sojiators Pen
rose and Warren while friends of
the latter said they were determined
to insist upon chairmanship preroga
tives if the seniority rule is followed.
Progressive leaders stated that their
opposition was not agauist the
seniority rule, but directed primarily
against the Pennsylvania and Wyom
ing senators. ' , .
Indicted Upon Charges
of Conspiring to Get .
U. S. Blanket Monopoly
Des Moines, la., May 13. (Spe
cial Tcleeram. Five persons were
I indicted on charge's of conspiracy
and bribery by tne grand jury
Tuesday afternoon in conection
with a scheme of brokerage firms
and manufacturers to gain a mo
nopoly of the purchase of army
blankets at Camp Dodge. Those
indicted were:
Arthur Keorner, bribery and
conspiracy, Minneapolis; Joseph
Rhoades, Norfolk, Va., bribery and
conspiracy; Alexander Gross, Min
neapolis, conspiracy;. Michael Levy
and S. D. Brill, bribery, Chicago
representatives of the Michael
Tauber company, brokerage ring.
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CONDITIONS AT
SEA FAVORABLE
FOR "JUMP-OFF'
Twenty.Kve Destroyers Be
tween Azores and Newfound
land to tfuide the Aviators.
N Trepassey, N. F., May 13. While
Commander John H. - "Powers, in
command of the United States
navy's transatlantic flight, declined
to state whether the big seaplanes
would "hop off" tomorrow on the
leg of their voyage to the Azores,
reports today 'from the guardships
stretched along the ocean course in
dicated that favorable weather con
ditions would prevail.
Stage Set in Azores.
Ponta Del Gada, Azores, May 13.
Everything is in readiness here
for the transatlantic flight. Twenty
five destroyers 1iave been stationed
between the Azores and Newfound
land to guide the aviators.
Buoys to which the seaplanes will
be moored after their arrival were
planted today.
Dirigible Ready to Start..
Montauk, N. Y., May' 13. After a
successful flight to New Lqndon,
Conn., and back this afternoon, the
navy's big dirigible balloon C-S was
declared ready tonight to start for
St. Johns, N. F., on her long coastal
air trip. It is not known when the
flight will be made.
Girl Courts Death,
as Parents Did Not ,
Take Her to Church
Thelma Davis, 12-year-old daugh
ter of E. M. Davis, 1906 Miami
street, attempted suicide last night
by swallowing poison when her par
ents refused to let her go to church
with them. She will recover.'
"Dear Mother," the girl wrote,
"this is my last handwriting. I guess
I am going to a better world than
this. I hope you don't worry over
me. You told me all those sad
things and they are getting on my
nerves. Goodbye. Thelma."
To her father Thelma wrote:
"Dear Dad: You don't need to tell
me to stay .home from church any
more because I am going away.
Thelma. -
- "P. S. Tell Margaret I hope she
gets along all right with the dishes."
Ji.r.my Riggs, 2815 North Six
te'enth street, saw the girl fall on
the street at Sixteenth and Binney
streets at 9 o clock last night. He
carried her into a drug store,, where
She told him she had taken poison
at her home and then, repenting, had
run to the drug store for he!p. Po
lice Surgeon Edstrom was called and
the girl was taken to her home.
Praise Given Odell
Ty Bank Officials at
Banquet in His Honor
More than 50 heads and employes
of the Federal Land bank in Omaha
bade farewe.ll to Frank G. Odell,.
secretary of the institution, who re
signs June 1, to assume a position
in an official capacity with the Cap
per publications of Kansas, at a
banquet given in his honor at the
Rome hotel Tuesday eveninfif.
D. P. ,Hogan, president of the
bank, who was toastmaster, spoke
briefly upon the establishment of
the banking , institution and its
phenomenal growth in the two years
of its existence.
Warren Baker paid a fine tribute
to the departing secretary upon
his efficiency and effective work in
putting the bank upon a solid basis,
Mr. Odell's work in selling bonds
in South Dakota was also praised.
M. L. Corey, registrar and gen
eral attorney, briefly traced the con
structive work of Mr. Odell in his
capacity as secretary5.
The toastmaster presented the re
tiring secretary with a gold watch
in behalf of the employes.
Mr. Odell in response praised his
coworkers and described briefly the
bitter fight made by the farmers of
the country to obtain better treat
ment. '
inter-Church Movement :
Attacked by , Presbyterians
St. Louis, May 13. The inter
church world movement today was
attacked as "unauthorized, unrepre
sentative, precipitate, undefined and
extravagant" by the Board of Home
Missions of the Presbyterian churth,
composed of one representative of
eachf the 36 synods in the United
States.
The interchurch world movement,
which is a proposal to ally all pro
testant churches of America, does
not sufficiently safeguard the integ
rity of the New Era movement of
the Presbyterian church, the board
declares. x 1
The board's report suggests that
ah interchurch movement be estab
lished among the "eitaflgeiical com
munions in certain educational, in
spirational, evangelistic, financial
and spiritual activities of our com
mon protestantism," but declares
there should be "no super-board" .to
direct the work. ., s
B'Rith Abraham Re-Elects
" Grand Master for 28th Time
Atlantic City, N. J., May 13.
Samuel Dorf of New York was re
elected grand master of the Order
of B'Rith Abraham for the 28th con
secutive time at today's session of
the annual convention of that body.
'OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1919.
Dr. Manning,
Supervisor
Says That
, .. . .
Grows Restive Under Criticism of Management of
Place and Charges That Dope Is Joeing Admmis
V tered to Patients There, His Friends Say; Action
Follows Ringer's Announcement of New Regula
tion Plans.
Dr. E. T. Manning, health commissioner, will resign.
He declined to say last night when he will tender his
resignation, but he made this statement:
"I expect this will break in about 1ft days or two weeks.
We are waiting until we decide1 on the right man for the
place. I discussed this matter a week ago with some friends,
but I had hoped it would not get out until I announced it.
xou will hurt the oftice if you
Police Commissioner Ringer, head
of the health department, questioned
about the resignation of the health
commissioner, would neither affirm
nor deny. ' , (
"I have nothiag to state at this
time for publication but I would lie
pleased to tell you personally about
it." Mr. Ringer tacitly admitted
that the resignation of the health
commissioner may be expected.
Says. For Personal Reasons. '
Dr. Manning declared that he had
not yet actually handed in his resig
nation. 1 .
"I do not know that it would be
accepted if i should resign," Dr.
Manning added. "I am doing this
for personal reasons.' I have made
a financial sacrifice during the year
that I have held the office. I feel
the affairs of the office are now in
such condition that I can turn them
over to a big man. There are sev
eral under consideration. There has
FEARS WIFE HAS
MET WITH FOUL
PLAY JN0M AHA
Former Army Officer From
Minneapolis Searching for.
: ; Woman Threatened . by
Divorced Husband
Mrs. Pearl Burwell," former resi
dent of .Minneapolis, disappeared in
Omaha yesterday and her husband,
A. J. Burwell, who arrived in Omaha
at 10 o'clock last night, fear harm
has been done her by a man who,
he says, threatened her in Minne
apolis three weeks ago. Purwell
asked the police early this morning
to search for her. ,
Burwell roamed the streets of
Omaha until a late hour this morn
ing looking for his wife.
"We were married January 23 in
Minneapolis," Burwell explained to
Desk Sergeant Smith. "That was
just three weeks after Pearl had had
her former husband, Bert Coy, ar
rested on a bigamy charge. Coy is
not allowed to leave Minneapolis,
but he has his freedom.
"Three weeks ago he told me that
he might not 'get her' yet, but ulti
mately he would.' "
"My wife lived in constant fear of
this man, so I sent her to Omaha
just a week ago,telling her I'd be
down here some time this week. She
wrote me last Saturday that she was
frightened to death and that if I
didn't hurry to Omaha she'd have to
kill herself. I. got here tonight.
"She had promised to meet me at
the depot. - When I failed to meet
her I Went to the Park hotel, where
she had been living. Her room was
locked and the clerk said she had
not been there all day.
"We searched her room for a note
of some sort, but could find none."
Burwell, who returned from over
seas late in December,' says he
served as a lieutenant in the Amer
ican expeditionary force.
Police have no information of Coy
being in Omaha. Mrs, Burwell has
been employed at a restaurant at
406 North Sixteenth street, Burwell
told the police.
Burwell lived in Omaha until he
enlisted a year ago. He-is a cook.
Unidentified Man Found
Dead Upon River Bank
The body of a well-dressed," un
identified man, apparently about 40
or 45 years old, was found at noon
yesterday at the north end of Thirty
sixth street, Council Bluff.s, near the
river -by a Resident of that vicinity.
While there were no marks of vio
lence on, the body, police are of the
opinion that the man committed
suicide. He was about five feet,
eight inches tall, weighing about 180
pounds, and wore a blue serge suit,
brown oxfords, brown hat and black
tie. The initials G. W. F. were on
the underclothing. The body was
taken to Cutler's undertaking par
lors." Three Banks Merged.
St. Louis,' May 13. Three large
St. Louis banks the Mechanics'
American National, St. Louis Union
and the Third National -yill be
merged, it was announced tonight,
as the American Union Third , Na
tional, which will have a capital
stock of $10,000,000, with $5,000,000
surplus and $500,000 undivided prof
its. The deposits of the three banks
are $1 21 .469.000. and their total re
sources $156,495,000. ' ,
Healtli Department Head,
Woman's Detention Home,
He Will .Resign His Of f ice
make this public now.
been no friction at all in the office.
Now, d6n't say that I have resigned
yet, because I haven't."
During the conversation the doc
tor said he might serve out the en
tire term which has two years to
run, but he appeared more certain
of his words when he said thaf'the
matter will break in 10 days or two
weeks." .
Tired of Criticism.
A city hall -man in close touch
with affairs of the health offiqe con
fidentially stated that Dr. Manning
told him that he, the doctor, was
getting tired of the criticism which
has been directed toward certain fea
tures of the health department; that
4ie was. tired of being "ridden" so
much. ' ,
This city hall man understood the
doctor to refer to the City Detention
home Situation, exposed -by The Bee.
Dr. Manning, however, insisted
that he will resign because of his
Peace Treaty Now Ready
to Present to Austrians
Delegates Who Will Reach St. Germaine Today Will
Be Treated Less as Enemies Than Their German
' : Allies; Italians to Play Prominent Role.
St. Germaine-en-Laye, May 13.
(By the Associated Press.) The ar-'
rangeruents for the reception of the
Austrian peace delegates tomorrow
evening for their accommodation- iii
the juaint suburban residence of the
early French kings and the presenta-'
tion to them of the conditions of
peace which are to be a duplication
in many respects, of those handed
the Germans at Versailles, are now
completed.
It is evident that the Austrians
are to be received less as enemies
and subject to less restrictions than
their German allies. They will be
received on their arrival at St. Ger
main by Prefect Chaleel of the de
partment of Seine-Et-Oise as the
representative of the French gov
ernment, and will be entrusted to
the military mission under the
French Colonel Henry, on which
Major Tyler represents the United
States.
Italians in Leading Role.
The Italians will play a far more
prominent role in the reception of
the Austrians and the presentation
Rep. Burnett Dies
Suddenly at His -Home
in Alabama
Gadsden, Ala., May .Repre
sentative John L.- Burnett of the
seventh Alabama " district for sev
eral years one of the leading mem
bers of the house and chairman of
thS committee on immigration in tife
last house, died suddenly tonight at
his home here. (
Mr. Burnett, who was 65 years
oli, was one of the older members
of the house, havingbeen elected
to the Fifty-sixth congress and re
elected to "each succeeding congress,
including the Sixty-sixth, which will
convene Monday. ;
Late in the last session Mr. Bur
nett introduced - bills for deporta
tion of dangerous alien's and for
the stopping of all immigration
four years after the declaration of
peace. ,
It was believed Jhat because of
his activity in behalf of the two
bills Mr. Burnett ' was included in
the list of more than a doen high
government officials to whom in
fernal machines racently were
mailed. The bomb addressed to
the Alabama congressman was re
ceived at his home here and only
difficulty in opening the package
experienced by Mr. Burnett and his
son probably saved him from
serious injury or probably death.
Political Situation
Hastens Return of '
Canadian Premier
Paris. Mav. 13.-r-Sir Robert Bor
den, the Canadian premier, is re-
hirninir t faflarfa firrnrfltna ti T?u.
ter's .limited, because the political
situation mere is saia to require nis
presence.
Sir George E. Foster probably will
take Sir Robert's place as head of the
Canadian delegation.
Dally tad .. SS.M: witelM Nk
B Mll (I rr. Daily. 4.M:
Health Lommissioner
Who Plans to Resign
Dr. E. T. Manning.
personal affairs and that he wants
to devote more tirne to his practice.
Head of Detention Home.
As health commissioner, Dr. Man
ning has had charge of the City De-
(Contlaned on Pace Two, Column FIto.)
of terms than in the case "ois the
Germans. An Italian colonel rank
ing with Colonel .Henry apd above
the, other inter-alliVd representatives
has been delegated for the military
mission, and the Italian plenipoten
tiaries probably will be given seats
at the head of the table for tlTe cere
mony of the presentation of condi
tions. -
The museum of the chateau, con
taining relics of prehistoric times,
by unpremeditated irony has been
selected for the ceremony of turn
ing over to the delegates the
peace treaty, which is now ready.
The intention to quarter the Turks
and Bulgarians in St. Germain on
their arrival here has been aban
doned owing to lack of accommoda
tions. They probably will be lo
cated in Meudon, southwest , of
Paris. , "
Court Martial for Leaders.
In the peace treaty with Aus
tria, a responsibility clause has
pletion, a responsibility clause has
been inserted identical with that in
(Continued on Fag: Two, , Column Four.)
Butters Guilty of , i
Abetting Delinquency.
. of Esther Spigle
Albert Butters was found guilty
on the charge of aiding and abetting
the delinquency of Esther Spigle in
district court late yesterday.
Butters, proprietor of a photo
graphic studio at Twenty-fourth
and Caldwell streets, was charged
with abusing the Spigle 12-year-old
girl. She testified that she went to
his studio often and that he gave her
"nickels." Butters is a divorced
man. He denied the girl's state
ments. ' -
Judge Redick rebuked Thomas
Brady, Butters' , attorney, when he
attacked the juvenile court in the
course of his argument to the jury.
County Attorney Shotwell took ex
ception to some of Brady's remarks
about thet Jewish 'Welfare board.
Bolshevik Gunboat
Sunk in Dvina River
by British Flotilla
Archangel, May 13. One bolshe
vik gunboat fs reported to have
been sunk on the Dvina river dur
ing an engagement between the
British flotilla and land batteries
and the enemy fleet. The allied
flotilla, aided by airplanes, also
conducted a brisk bombardment
along the Vaga river. '
The bolshevik artillery is active
but is being silenced by the allied
counter fire. -
Laborer Buried Nearly j
Hour in an Excavation
Workmen excavating dirt near
Thirty-eighth street and Dewey ave
nae saved the life of Charles Myers,
laborer, living at Ninth street and
Avenue K, Council Bluffs, late yes
terday afternoon, when several tons
of dirt caved in on him. It was
nearly an hour before Myers was
uncovered. He suffered severe con
tusions and bruises of the right side.
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TOILET GOODS
AND MEDICINES
, SUBJECT TO TAX
Consumers to Pay Penny on
Every 25 Cents in Purchase
Price Under Bureau' s Ruling.
Washihgtdn, May 13. Consumers
are required to pay a tax of 1 cent
for eVery 25 cents in the purchase
of practically all toilet articles and
all patented or advertised medicinal
articles, under regulations . an
nounced tonight . by the internal
revenue bureau, denning the taxa
bility of such commodities under
the revenue act.
The act which became effective
May 1, Is made applicable to all
medicinal preparations sold under
patent or trade mark Or produced by
a manufacturer having, or claiming
to have, exclusive right 'or title to
make such preparations. It also
applies, it was said, to all medicines
recommended or advertised as
"remedies or" specifics" for any
disease, as well as to all' unadver
tised medicinal preparations pro
duced by a manufacturer having, or
claiming to have any "private for
mula, secret or occult art" used in
their production. ,
"Medicine" is defined in the reg
ulations as a remedy for-disease "of
human or animal body' "Recom
mended or advertised" is construed
as meaning "representation by an
means, whether by personal canvass
or statement on labels, in pamphlets
or in advertisements.
Many substances not used solely
for" medical purposes, such 41s boric
acid or licorice, if advertised or sold
under a trademark, as medical prep
arations, are also subject to the tax
The tax does not apply under the
regulations to food preparations,
poisons, insecticides, medicinal dis
infectants, serums and antitoxins, or
vaccines and bacterines "not' adver
tised to the general lay public."
Soap and soap preparations are
practically the only toilet articles
not included in the taxable list un
der the regulations.
Navy Balloons Are
All Reported Safe
v - On Atlantic Coast
., .,1 1 r. -. r , "
Akron, O., May J3 AH seven of
the balloons which left the navy' fly
ing feld here Sunday afternoon in
the free balloon race have made safe
landings along the Atlantic, accord
ing to word received this morning.
The Cleveland entry, -the Sherwin
Williams balloon, of which Lieut.
Richard Howarth is pilot, was fired
upon IS times near Beaver, Pa.,
but managed to effect safe landing
five 'miles south of Wilkinsburg,
Pa. Four bullets pferced the gas bag.
The Good Year balloon, xwhich
carried C. W. Seiberling, millionaire
rubber manufacturer, made a safe
landing on the Atlantic coast near
Millsborough, Del. Other balloons
were reported to have landed a
various places in Delaware, New
Jersey and Maryland. Snow ad low
temperatures were reported by all of
the balloonists. '
Members of Rainbow
Division on Way West
to Be Mustered Out
Three hundred and fifty-four
members of the Rainbow,' Thirty
fifth i-and Seventy-seventh division,
passed through Omaha Tuesday
afternoon, enroute to far western
camps, where they will be mustered
out. With this detachment were
25 men of the Twelfth engineers,
the first to have faced enemy shell
and the first to have paraded in
London. It was to the members of
this unit that King George of Eng
land sent his personal greeting
upon their arrival in Britain.
The men arrived - from Bordeaux
on the Leviathan, May 10. At
Camp Upton N. Y., members of
the Rainbow division residing in
the east were discharged.
McVann Asks Readjustment ,
of Nebraska Freight Rates
Washington, May 13. (Special
Telegram.) E. J. McVann, repre
senting citizens -of Grand Island
and Hastings, before Traffic Direc
tor Chambers of the railroad admin
istration, today presented reasons
for the readjustment of freight rates
in central Nebraska, w'eJt of Lincoln
and Fremont. There were present
at the hearing in addition to Mr.
McVann, Senator Norris, Represen
tative Andrews, Major Ashton,
Grand Island, and W. H. Young,
Fremont. ; .
Mr. Chambers asks as a matter of
record that Mr. McVann present a
written statement as to the reason
why rates should be readjusted. He
said that then he would give the
matter early consideration.
Roumanian and Czechs
.Effect Junction in Hungary
Vienna, May 13. Reports from
Budapest say the position of the
Hungarian communist government
appears to have grown stronget
since the Roumanian advance was
halted by the peace conference. The
Roumanians, however, have effected
a junction with the Czecho-Slovaks
and have-cut off communication be
tween Budapest and Russia by way
of the Ukraine
ASSEMBLY
APPLAUDS
DECISION
Treaty Called by Chancellor
"Murderous Document,'
Which Would Enslave
People of Germany.
' Paris, May 13. By the Asso
ciated Press.) The German dele
gation announces the dispatch of
a fifth note which probably will
reach the French foreign office
tonight and will be delivered to
the council of four tomorrow
morning.. , . .
Berlin, May 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The declaration by
Chancellor Scheidemann in the na
tional assembly Monday that the
peace terms were "unacceptable"
brought the members of the as
sembly, the spectators and those in
the press gallery to their feet in a
hurricane of cheers and applause.
The chanellor reached the climax
of his statement on the peace terms -,
10 minutes after he began. The ,
chancellor paused in his address and
then thundered out the words 'which
announced the German govern
ment's rejection of the Versailles
conditions.
"This treaty, he said, "is in the
view of the imperial government
unacceptable, so unacceptable, I am
unable to believe that this eaf th
could bear such a document without
a cry issuing from millions and mil
lions of throats in all lands, with
out distinction of party. Away with
this murderous scheme 1"
" With the exception of the inde
pendent socialists, led by Hugo
Haase, all factions in the assembly
irose and cheered vociferously
' Leaders Back Government.
After the chancellor's speech the ;
leaders of the various parties, with
the exception of fhe Haase group,
made speeches in which they declar
ed they backed the government.
The chancellors described the
peace treaty as a "dreadful and mur
derous" document. He said it -would
make an enormous jail of Germany (
in which 60,000,000 persons would
have to labor for the victors of the
war. The chancellor - said German
trade would be strangled should the
peace terms be accepted.
He criticised President Wilson
and said that the president by his
attitude had deceived the hopes of
the German people.
The chancellor described the
was the turning, point in the life
of the German "people, as the as
sembly was to decide the attitude
toward "what our adversaries call
peace conditions." --
"The representatives of the na
tion," he continued, "meet here as
the last band of the faithful as
sembles when the fatherland is in
the greatest danger. All have ap
peared except the . representatives
of Alsace-Lorraine, -who have been,
deprived of the right" to be repre
sented here just as you. are to be
deprived of the right to exercise in
a free vote the right of self-deteri
mination, , - -
Realize Gravity of Hour.
"And I see among you the rep
resentatives of all the German races
ahd lands, the chosen represcnta- -.
tives of the Rhineland, the Sarre,
east Prussia, west Prussia, Posen,
Silesia, Danzig and Memel, to
gether with the deputies of the un
meiraced regions. I see the deputies
of the menaced province, who, if
the will of our enemies becomes
law, are to meet for the last time
as Germans amongst Germans.
"To keep our nation ilivethat
and nothing else is our duty. , We
are pursuing no nationalistic dreams.
No .questions of prestige 'and , bo
thirst for power have a part in our
deliberations.. Bare life is what we
must have for our land and nation
today while every one feels a throt-.
tling hand at his throat
, "Let me speak without tactical
considerations. ,The thing which is
at the basis of our discussion is this
thick volume In which 100 sentences
begin 'Germany renounces. : This
dreadful and murderous volume by
which confession of our our un
worthiness, our consent to pitiless
disruption, our agreement to
helotry and slavery are to be ex
tortedthis book must not become
the future code of law." , " . f
Loses an Illusion. "v.-?
"The world has once again lost
an illusion. The nations have in
this period, which" "is so poor in
ideals, again lost a belief. What
name on thousands of bloody bat-
tlefields, in thousands of -trenches,
in orphan families and among the
despairing and abandoned has been ,
mentioned during these four years
with more devotion and, belief than
the name of Wilson? Today the
picture of the peace-bringer at the
world pictured him is paling beside
the dark forms of our jailers to on
of whom, Premier Ciemenceau, a
Frenchman recently wrote: v 'The
wild beast has been put in a cage
on bread and water, but is allowe4
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