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. . . , RIEF RIG HT THE WEATHER: , Monday; slightly warmer Sunday. , ' REEZY lleorly Trmprraturm: FOR BEST HOME FEATURES READ THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION AND CHILDREN'S CORNER. SlNDAY Bee 5 a. m . . . A a. ni.... 7 a. m . . . . 8 a. in ... . 9 a. 10 a. m..,. It a. m.... 13 noon.,.. SI 1 p. m. S p. in. a p. in. 4 ik n. 5 l. m. 9 p. m. 7 p. m. 97 1 10 70 70 70 69 so sn r.4 BITS OF NEWS REFUSES RULING ' "AGAINST HARD CIDER. Washington, May 17. Attorney General Palmer has declined to red der an opinion to the internal reven ue bureau on tne question 6f wheth er manufacture of hard cider is legal ly forbidden. He said that the rev enue bureau did not have authority to regulate traffic in any liquor except wine ana consequently was not em powered to make any ruling on pro duction of hard cider. COST OP WAR TO U. S. TOTAL $21,294,000,000. Washington, May 17. Total ex penses of the United States govern ment during the war period, General March announced today, were ap , proximately $23,3$3,0O0,0OO. Expens ,es due directly to the war were esti mated at $21, 294.000.000.. of which the army.- spent $14,000,000,000. NATIONAL PARKS AUTO LINE PLANNED. . Washington, May 17. Secretary Lane today announced plans for es tablishing an automobile line from v Denver, to and throueh Rnctv Mountain, Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, via Boulder, Love- land, Colorado; Cheyenne, Douglas, Casper, Thermopolis and Cody,, Wy oming, and Livingston, Bozeman, Boulder, Townsend, Helena and Choteau, Montana. CHAMP CLARK GIVES WILSON HIGH PRAISE. . . ' Washington, May 17. In a speech at the house democratic conference today, former Speaker Champ Clark ! said : "A man who cannot defend the democratic record of . both the democratic , congresses and the democratic administration is a stark idiot. It must be a matter of pride to every American citizen worthy t oi his heritage that the president of the. United States, Woodrow Wil . son, is universally acclaimed the foremost man of all the world. It is our duty to uphold his hands." OBTAINS VERDICT OF $50,000 FOR TAR AND FEATHERS. . San Antonio, Tex., May 17. A verdict of $50,000 was obtained in - the fllstrirf niirf here frvrlav Kv W. .... . . . . - - v j ... E, Kellar against 11 citizens of Lu ling, Caudwell county, Texas, for damages growing out of tarring and feathering in May, 1918, at Luling. Kellar sued for $500,000. His pe tition alleged that citizens of, Lu ling applied a coat of tar and feath ers to hjm, put on hmt a banner bearing the inscription, "Traitor, ' Others take warning," marched him ' through the streets and ran him out of the county. . n was auegcu i"a' ' mi n"i feathers were applied because. of re ported abuse by Kellar of the Red ' . U - C..te mnA ' Vio American soldiers. -Q,'t T- BRYAN NOW HOPEFUL , OF UNBROKEN PEACEi. f I St. Louis, May 17. Declaring that the .league; of nations "is the greatest Step toward peace ever .Iron in 1 flftfl vears." William 1. Bryan, addressing the 131st.general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America to day, said he was hopeful - that "we are going to see peace unbroken from now on." Mr. Bryan is a commissioner to the assembly from Nebraska. ' A demonstration was started when the name of President Wilson was mentioned, ana a cauiegram was sent felicitating the president upon his work. Pcnliitinna nresented. included ; provisions for proper observance of the Sabbath and strong condemna tion of Sunday base ball, motion pictures and other Sunday sports and amusements. . Terms upon which the i'resbyter ' ian church will participate in the Inter-church world movement as ap proved, by the executive council in clude elimination of the Y. M. C. A. from' the movement and a refusal to enter into " a united campaign with other Protestant churches for raising a centralized fund. MISS GASOLINE FLARES UP; SLAUGHTER IN HOSPITAL. ' Pearl Gasoline flared up last night and cut Thad Slaughter over the neari witn a duiuxi ", v..vm...a, to Slaughter.; He charges that she also skinned him out of $57. . Miss Gasoline denies that she tried to slaughter Slaughter and protests f slie did not skin him. , . Slaughter is at a hospital. He is employed in a garage. , Miss Gas oline is in jail. She is employed at a packing house. . .. a. : a. i. . i ...iAa i.Mavak a n r n.i n a Pntk ... onli-vreri OMAHAN TO INVESTIGATE EXPRESSMEN'S WAGES. Cincinnati, O.. May 17. (Special ' Telegram.) J. R. Abbott of Omaha today was chosen chairman of a committee of. expressmen to investi gate working conditions and seek ligher wages for the men. "We are going , to send a com mittee' tp Washington immediately to-demand higher wages and better working conditions for - the era nlnvra of the American Railway Express company," said Mr. Abbott. ' - ,. WINNIPEG STILL CALM BUT STRIKE IS GROWING. - Winnipeg, May 17. General strike of more than three-score labor unions in Winnipeg, predicted by the strike of the bpildirW trades and metal workers union fo recog nition from the employers, went ' hita its third night . Winnipeg is left with only tx-. traordinary means of communica tion with other Canadian provinces and the only story of the local labor sirugg'e is oeing transrauicu suuin to the United States. . The city is calm, but tension, is apparent everywhere. Union ''men estimated there are more. than 30, 000 men and women idle. There have not been any disturbances of VOL. XLVIIINO. . 49.' PROBE OF PLANNED BY D.O.P. House Republicans Add to Party Program Investigation of Administration Activi ties and Expenditures., Washington, May 17. Republican members of the house, upon the convening of congress, propose to nstitute "such investigation of ad ministration activities and expendi tures since the beginning of the war as will tuny inform tne people who, serve the public interest." This tern was added to the party s legis lative program by the house repub licans tonight at a conference ap parently devoid of fractional dif ferences. The conference also went on ree- ord as favoring early passage of legislation, outlining a definite mili tary policy; of measures providing for early return of American sol diers , from overseas; of public oil and coa'l land legislation and of measures to promote water power development. Revision of the immigration laws and enactment of legislation pro viding for deportation of undesir able aliens also was added to the party's legislative program. -Legislative Program Approved. , The items of the legislative pro grain as previously adopted by the party's steering committee were. ap proved.' This provides for early re turn of telephone and : telegraph lines, adoption of federal constitu tional women suffrage 'amendment, consideration of legislation of a com prehensive merchant marine policy, budsret and tariff legislation, reduc tion In domestic taxation 'with "ini mediate repeal of the obnoxious con sumption taxes," reduction of ex penditures, 'passage of measures to conserve the welfare of our return ing soldiers,' and enactment of rail way legislation and development of transportation facilities. ' The controversy over enlargement of the steering committee was pass ed over in accordance with a de cision reached by party leaders prior to the conference. The. conference proposed that the the republican members, wlio will be in majority in the new house, enact legislation for the extension of for eign trade and the promotion of agriculture and manufacture. Republicans to Organize. - Plans for convening the Sixty sixth congress' Monday were com pleted today with receipt of Presi dent Wilson's formal call and with the holding' by the dominant political parties of their final organization conferences. ' . The opening session will be de voted to the routine affairs of or ganization and the reading of President Wilson's cable message. The principal organization feature will be the election of republican of ficers by both senatie and house, markingthe passing of control from the democrats to the republicans, after being in the hands of the for mer for eight years. : The session, according to plans of leaders, although destined to - be eventful and protracted, will get into motion slowly, little business being planned for the first week. Although the , peace treaty, including the league of nations covenant, is not expected to be laid before the senate until next month? much speechmak ing on peace subjects is planned. Clark Chosen floor Leader. , Three, party tonferences on in augural procedure were held today. The house democrats met and by ac clartiation chose "former Speaker Clark as their candidate for speaker and floor leader. Opposition to Mr, Clark previously expressed was-not apparent at the meeting, as a resulj of conferences between Clark sup porters and opponents. The program for senate procedure also was completed ; today, when democratic senators met in. confer ence and named a slate of officers, with Senator. Pittman of Nevada as candidate for president pro tem. The republicans,. with a majority of two, are expected to elect Senator Cum mins of Iowa as president pro tem pore. ' - ' . : - - Insurgents Clash With Garrison in Bulgarian Capital London,! 'May. 17. Sanguinary encounters have - occurred at Sofia between the garrison : and revolu tionaries, who demanded the resig: nation of the government and the establishment of a soviet, according to a dispatch from Vienna. All Bui garia is reported to be in an . up roar. ( ' Rustchuk. , TJiilippopolis and Varna are also said to have become affected by the revolutionary move ment. - . .... . . wARWORK ttHni u HHii-ilM Mtttr May M, ftW. at Oaaka P. 0. later Ml ef Unh t, 1(79. Bee Repeats Charge That Detention Home Was Used For Contemptible Graft . .Through other Omaha papers a "self-appointed com mittee of eight" has given out a statement in which they say they have v made a thorough investigation and found all charges against the management of the Detention home "false." ' But this committee, which is composed of F. D. Wead, W. T. Graham, Lysle I. Abbott, R. M. Switzler, A. A. Lamdr eaux, C. F. Harrison, the Rev. Titus Lowe and John Bekins, fortrot or Durooselv Dassed over the most important and more serious exposures by The Beei It confined itself to the generality that "everything this paper had published about the Detention home was untrue." . ' This "self -appointed committee," in its alleged investiga tion, never called on The Bee, the only paper making any attempt to improve conditions in connection with the home, in an effort to get at the real fact3 in the-case. : Foj: the benefit of this committee, Commissioner Ringer, D,r. Palmer Findley, the medical director of the home, and in justice to the public, The Bee repeats some of the facts it has uncovered and challenges Commissioner Ringer, Dr. Palmer Findley or the "self-appointed committee of eight" to make, a thorough and impartial investigation of same. - r - Some of the Charges. The Bee charges that the Detention home, instead of ful filling the high purpose for which it was established, has been used as a means of petty, contemptible grafting, on the part of the police. ' The Bee charges that police officers and at least one doc tor connected with the home have collected blood money from women of the street with the they would be thrown in the The Bee charges that another method oi cheap grait on the part of the police in connection with the home was to arrest women, who did not pay for exemption, confine them in the home, and then allow to $50. Thi3 was a common practice at the old home and thrived until The Bee exposed-it and forced the arrest of the special policeman on guard at the home. ' The Bee charges that neither the management of the De tention home nor the committee of eight can point to one single case where a drug addict has been cured by the treat ment they got at the home the treatment which consisted of morphine and then some more morphine. The Bee charged and still tion of morphine to these drug is illegal and in direct violation of the state law, which pro vides that all auch patients should be taken and treated in the state asylum for the insane. , . 'Would Improve Home. , ' The Bee'charges that Commissioner Ringer and Dr. Pal mer Findley have been either very negligent in their duties by not knowing what was going on in connection with this insti tution, of else they knew of it and tried to hush it up instead of bringing out the teuth, as The Bee has tried to do in the sole interest of improving the home and not abolishing it, as has been charged. . - The Bee charges that Dr. Palmer Findley, in the pres ence of witnesses, was notified of the practice of one of the assistant city physicians in collecting money from women ar rested by the police for an examination to determine whether they were diseased, when he was paid by the city for that very nurpose.. . The Bee .charges, that Dr. Findley, instead of showing any inclination to verify the truth of this charge became very indignant and declared that the charge was absolutely false. The Bee charges that this same assistant city physician admitted he took the money, despite the defense of Dr. Find ley, basing his right to do so on the plea that he was supposed to give the city only one hour of his time and when he ex amiwed women outside of that hour he "naturally collected a fee." . The Bee charges that some of the women of the street, who were able and wise enough to see the "ethical" side of this city employe being paid a nice salary for one hour's work each day were very rarely ever sent to the Detention home". , ' Record of Home. The .Bee charges that there are from 2,000 to 3,000 prostitutes walking the streets of Omaha under Commis sioner Ringer's administration and that at no time in the his tory of the Detention home has there been more than 30 women confined there at one time and most of the time only 12 or 15. Last week there were 12 and nine of them were drug, addicts, who instead' of being cured of the habit were daily given their shots of morphine. ' Grand Jury Vindicates Bee. The Bee charges that Chief of Police Eberstein, in his frantic efforts to discredit the expose of the drug traffic in Omaha in this paper some two weeks ago, forced one woman, of the undei world to repudiate her statement to The Bee in two affidavits he made her sign and on the very same day the affidavits were given out, denying the existence of a drug ring in this city, the chief instructed the moral squad to "clean out some of the dope joints." As a direct result of the efforts of The Bee the police were forced to aid the Federal authorities in their campaign against the drug peddlers and 14 indictments were returned by the recent federal grand jury. None, however, was against the "higher-ups." . Gomper Denies Story He Intends to Resign As Head of Federation New York, May 17. Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, denied today a published statement that he was con sidering resigning his post as head of the federation. Mr. Gompers has, completely, re covered from the injuries received in a taxicab accident. "I am neither war-worn nor weary of the work." said Mr Gompers., "I am not a quitter, nor can there' be any easy berth provided for me.. I shall be the president of the Amer ican Federation of Labor or a work er among the rank and file. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1919. threat that if they did not pay Detention home. them to escape for from $25 charges that the administra addicts in the Detention home Rioters in Stettin Storm Prison and ' Free All Held There - Berlin, May 17. (By the Associ ated Press.) Serious rioting oc curred at Stettin on Thursday night, according to the Lokal Anzeiger. A crcvd stormed the prison and lib erated all under detention there and attacked the barracks. Roads nd railway's leading to the city have been occupied by the mob to prevent the arrival of government re-enforcements. Rioting continued all of Thurs day night, the troops resisting ob stinately. The number of casualti" in the fighting is unknown, ' . . V . I That Impulse ,, fj PLANE WH&F)-' A - ' I IS IN TOW; JSPiC AT FLAGSHIP "1 sjjjilL 7: P NC-4, "Lame Duck" of Squad- THREE BLUFFS BOYS DROWNED IN RESERVOIR U '" mm. ( t , Two Lose Lives in Vain At tempt to Save Companion; . Scores See the Lads ' Go Down, j Three- Council Bluffs boys, Frank Bishop, aged, 10 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop, 1020 Ave nue D; Willie Kilibardo, 8 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michel Kili bardo, 1026 Avenue C, and Tracey Boot, aged 11, son of Albert Boot, 120 North Tenth street, were drowned in the Fairview resevoir, Council Bluffs, at 6:40 o'clock last evening. The 8-year-old boy fell into the reservoir and the two other brave lads perished in their at tempts to save him. Mrs. Pfeiffer, wife of Otto Pfeiffer, veteran employe of the water com pany and custodian of the reser voir, who lives in the cottage within the reservoir enclosure, was looking out the window and saw the hree lads sitting on the fence. She was in the act of warning them when she saw one fall as if he had lost his balance, and roll down the steep side of the basin into the water. The shock unnerved her. She screamed ann tainted, rter young son, unable to help, ran down Glen avenue calling for aid. Goes to Rescue. In the meantime Frank Bishop kicked off his shoes and plunged into the 20 feet of icy water. He caught his little companion in his arms and pulled him toward the edge of the basin,' but the cement surface, with an incline of more than 60 degrees, afforded no foot hold. iracey coot aid not nesitate a moment. He tore off his shoes and stockings and slipped down the steep incline. The brive struggles lasted but a few moments. Scores of people standing in the roadway in Fairmount tark, more than 100 feet above the soifth side of the reservoir saw" the litfte heads' rise and sink and finally disappear.. Police recovered the bodies.of the Bishop and Kilibardo boys in a short time. They were clasped in each other's arms. It was neces sary to opfcn the fire hydrants and drain put the 6,000,000 gallons of water before the third body was re covered. . Convicted of.Attemp.ted Bribery at Camp Dodge Des Moines, May 17. Michael Levy and S. D. Brill, officer of the Michael Tauber company , of Chi cago, were convicted .Sn federal court here today upon a charge of attempted bribery of military-officials at Camp Dodge, in connection with the sale of military' supplies last winter. " ' Officers to Have Chance. Washington, May 17. Every ef fort will be made to give every regular army officer opportunity for overseas service before the end of the present emergency, said an an nouncement today : by the War de partment. Officers how abroad will relieve those who are to be sent to France, Dally aa Sua., SS.BO: auttldt Ntb. eoitaat By Mall (I yr. Bally. S4.SS; Suatfay. Twenty-six Omahans Made Suicide Attempt in Past 36 Days; 11 Were Successful Epidemic of Self-Destruction Claimed 13 Women and 13 Men; Fifteen Attempts Failed; Only Three "Women Against Eight Men Died; Men Four Times More Prone to Twenty-six Omahans have fallen victim to the suicide wave which has swept Omaha during the past 36 days. The epidemic of self-destruction has claimed 13 women and 13 men. Eleven attempts have been suc cessful; IS have been failures. Seldom, if ever, investigation of records show, has a suicide epidemic reached such proportions in any other city in the United States in so short a time. Local psychologists who have studied the matter are unable to ascribe the suicidal mania to any particular cause peculiar to Omaha. The 26 cases do not bear out theories advanced by eminent psy chologists and physicians who have written on the subject that men are four times more prone to suicide than women, and that suicide occurs more often among professional men than in any other class. Only Three Women Succeed. That women feign toattempt sui cide as a means of winning sympa thy, another theory advanced, is born out by the fact that of the 13 attempts at suicide among Omaha women, only three have been suc ITALIAN ISSUE STILL PUZZLES . PEACECOUNCIL Concession of Fiume and Part of Istria Regarded as Insuf ficient by Jugo-Slavs. Faris, May 17. (By the Associated Press) Conferences during the past two days on the Italian issue have not succeeded in reaching an ac cord, as was expected. The Italians made a number of concessions, including recognition of Fiume is a free city and the giv ing up of considerable portions of Istria, including the important quick silver district,- but are unwilling to yield Zara or Sebenico on the Dal matian coast. The Jugo-Slavs are not disposed to accept the Italian concessions as sufficient, and there are prospects of a further extended period of nego tiations. Japan Pledges Return x of Shantung to China San Francisco, May 17. A state ment reassuring all concerned that Japan will return the Shantung pen insula to China has been issued by Foreign Minister Uchida of Japan, according to a cablegram received by the Japanese-American newspa per here today from its'Tokio cor respondent. ' Executives of fhe paper said they have not been advised when the transfer would be jnadc, but expect-1 ed it within two years, j FIVE , CENTS. Suicide Than Women. cessful, while of the same number of men who tried to take their own lives eight have succeeded. Omaha psychologists give four reasons for the epidemic: 1. Diversion from the princi ples of Christianity. 2. Publicity given suicides by newspapers. 3. After effect of war. 4. Depressing weather. Rev. F. A. Myers, head of the psy chological department of - Creighton college, believes that a diversion from the principles of Christianity, and a consequent loss of faith in an after life, are responsible for the majority of suicides. Dean P. R. Stevenson of the Uni versity of Omaha holds that the publicity given suicides by news papers is the paramount cause. Unbelievers Many Suicides. "Death, to one who does not be lieve in an after life, is but a means of escaps from the toil and worry of this world." said Father Mvers. "Hi desires to die, Believing that after that there is nothing but a dreamless sleep.. Devout faith would hold him to life and service. (Continued on Pace Six Colnmn Sctoh.) BASE HOSPITAL 49 ENTERTAINED AT C. OF C. DINNER Members of Unit and Friends Hear Address of Gov. ernor McKelne. axtra. 12.40: T i Of the 35 officers and 200 mem bers and nurses of Nebraska Red Cross hospital Unip No. 49, who went overseas early in 1917 and re mained until after the signing of the armistice, 112 Saturday night sat at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce at a dinner in their hqnor. Covers were laid for 300 and at the1 tables in the large banquet hall the of ficers,, men and nurses were dis tributed among those whose guests they were. As a member of the committee on arrangements, Dr. A. F. Jonas pre faced the introduction of Chancellor Avery, presiding officer, by address ing the members of the hospital unit, calling their attention totthe fact that while they were in France the people at home were anxiously awaiting word from them, and pray ing for their. safe return.' Chancellor Samuel Av.ery of . the University of Nebraska spoke brief ly and commended the -members of the unit on their accomplishments, assuring them that no greater hon or could be bestowed than the ex pressions contained in a letter from the surgeon general. The chancellor asserted that Base Hctspital Np. 49 was the one unit that was not skeletonized diring the continuance of the war. Or ganized in Nebraska, it went into (Continued ea raja Two, Column Two.) i- Oil 971 Washington, May 17. De stroyers searching for the- lost naval seaplane NC-1 have-found it, and Lieutenant Commander Bellinger and crew have been taken aboard the steamship Iona. This report was made to the Navy department late , night in a dispatch received cable from Horta, Azores. to by The message said: , "U. Si S. Harding reports crew of NC-1 safe on board steamship Iona. Plane was being towed, but tow line parted. Latitude 39 degrees, 40 minutes north. Longi tude CO degrees, 24 minutes west." Washington, May 17. One of the three American naval seaplanes which set out list evening from Newfoundland in the first attempt at a flight across the Atlantic ocean still was missing late tonight, an other was riding the' sea 200 miles from the island of Fayal, Azores, under tow to port by destroyers and the third was safe at Horta, Fayal,' after establishing a record flight for heavier-thsn-air-machines. NC-3 Missing. tl. t . i xt 1 J. lie lUlBSIIlK UldllC 19 IUC IS flagship of Com. John Henry Tow ers, commander of the squadron, but the fact that the last report from it came at 5:15 o'clock this morning, Washington time. did not apprenension . tor tne satety ot Commander Towers and his 'crew of four. The last message from this ship showed it off its coursein a for some 350 miles from Fayal, and naval officers believe tht it was only the mist bank which enveloped the sea around the Azores through out the day that prevented all three of the planes from reaching port on or ahead of schedule time. , " Lt. Com. Patrick N. L. Belling's ship, the NC-1, also lost its way in the fog and was forced to desceftd at 1U40 a. m. Washington time. It sent an S. O. S. call stating that it was landing and asking for its position. Four destroyers immediately vere dispatched to its assistance. ' NC-4 Leads All Way. ' The one plane to reach port was the NC-4 which! led its sister ships practically all he way v and , de scended into Horta harbor at 9:20 Washington time. Its official time for the flight was 15 hours and 13 minutes and the average speed was approximately 80 miles an hour. The performance of the plane was all the more satisfactory to officials here because of tfie fact that it suffered a series of .mishaps on its voyage from Rockaway Beach, Lond Island, to Trepassey bay. Both of the fog-bound planes were believed to have sufficient fuel to carry them to the Azores, but the fog undoubtedly prevented' thcin from continuing the trip in the air. The S. O. S. call from the NC-1 (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) To Hold Memorial Services for Boys WJio Died in France Parents whose sons were lost in uc.wai tic ickciviiig nonce irom the government that the bodies of deceased soldiers may now be brought to this country for final interment. The various' cemetery managements report an increase -number of inquiries for plots in consequence of the official notices' received from the government. Most of the cemeteries in the city have set apart sections which have ranc - anH it- ie tmAr-dsA l.Afc some form of memorial service will be held at the cemetery on Decora tion day. For this occasion the Forest Lawn Cemetery association is making special provisions, but th various, associations of veterans have, not yet definitey agreed upo the program. . .. - Labor Unions of 'Frisco Oppose Protest Strike San Francisco, May 17. The Sat r ran CISCO labor r-nnnnl nnt. ' ine scores of buildiricr traH "rrafi" and thousands of workers, refusec ' late last night, after prolongedde bate, to accede to a petition of thi International Workers' nfon league that a strike be declared or v July 4 in behalf of "Thomas J Mooney and Warren K. Billings' now servinc life servif fnr mnrlii growing out of the Preparedness ut uuuiu c.yiuiun iicrc in 'jury, The vote was 124 to 40 acnlua any strike action, ''
