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DEL8RUECK ATTACKS v.
PRESIDENT WILSON.
: Berlin, May 23. Prof. Hans Del
brueck, of .the German peace dele
gation, in a statement to the Ver
sailles .correspondent of the Tage
blatt, attacks President Wilson for
- having put himself completely in the
hands f the French and British by
agreeing to deviate from his 14
points.
"President Wilson," the professor
added, "probably imagines he did
us a favor in declining to agree to
. such demands as the cession of the
left of (he Rhine and the dissolution
of Germany into several small states.
In reality, such demands would hay
been bette than the present con
ditions, because we are so bound
by the latter that we can hardly do
anything financially.
"It is to.be assumed that Presi
dent Wilson knows European, con
ditions too little to survey their im
portance and, possibly, there is back
of his mind a' thought of conflict
between America and Japan, and
Germany must be so weakened that
she will not be, able to be Japan's
ally." . '
AIRPLANES PATROL
FOREST RESERVES.
San Diego, Cal., May 23. Air
plane patrol along the forest re
serves in San Diego county was .in
augurated today by army aviators
i from North island.
' jThe patrolling planes have been
equipped with radio apparatus and
in the event of a forest fire being
,4 sighted word of the blaze and its
location will be immediately trans
mitted to the forestry service.
. At the same time the airmen will
fly over the , site of the blaze and
drop bombs with fire extinguishing
. ch-smicals in the effort to stamp out
the blaze completely, or retard it
sufficiently so that combatting it
will be comparatively easy for the
.forestry officials.
r The patrol service inaugurated to--'
day is an experiment and in the
- event that it proves a success, it is
' - slated that the, plan will be extend
' ed to include other forest reserves
,in southern California.
FORD OFFERS TO EMPLOY
ALL CRIPPLED SOLDIERS.
Motmi Clemons. Mich,, May 23.
Henry Ford wants t6 employ within
the next 24 hours 1,000 American
doughboys maimed or crippled while
fighting for their country in the
world war.
In a sense this is his answer to
one of the Chicago Tribune's
. charges alleged to be libelous, for
".. that paper had stated, Ford refused
to take back' employes who entered
the service. . !
Mr. Ford is prepared to go fur
ther.' "I wiU undertake," he said,
"to employ all the men who were
crippled ' while serving with the
American forces. I wilt employ the
' 1,000 immediately, and as many as
9,000 other as soon as possible." . . ,
He wanted if understood, howev
er, that there was nothing charitable j
or philanthropic about his offer. He j
called it " business proposition pure
and simple," adding: "We can take
' these soldiers and make them pros
v perous, for we will give them good
wages. They, will be in a position
, to produce for us by producing for
themselves." , '
ASK PRESIDENT TO HELP
REDUCE COST OF LIVING.
' Boston, May 23. President Wil
son was urged to return from Paris
and devote his attention to reduc
ing the cost of living in this coun
try in a cablegram sent to him to
day by Francis J. Finneran, presi
dent of the Democratic club of Mas
sachusetts, and 26 democratic mem
bers of the legislature,
ffhe message said:
"The citizens of the United States
want you home to help reduce the
, high cost of living, which we con
sider far more important than the
' league of nations."
DIRIGIBLE LANDS ON
ROOF AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, May 23. For the first
-tune in the history of flying in
America, a vehicle of the air was
brought to a cbnvenient stop in the
. heart of a large city when a dirigi
ble balloon landed on topi, of a hotel
,. here this evening -to permit two of
. , its five passengers to alight. The
160-foot dirigible, the A-4, landed on
a specially constructed platform 30
feet wide. The landing was made
after seven attempts.
J The balloon, piloted by James
; Shade, made the trip from Wingfoot
Lake naval air station near Akron,
approximately 35 miles, ' in a little
more than one hour. .
Ralph H.' Upson, world's cham
pion balloonist, and Maj. C. H. Ma
ranville, flying instructor at the
training station, were among the
passengers. - , j :'r
JEWELERS QUESTION
, LEGALITY OF LUXURY TAX.
New York. May 23. The legality
of provisions of the new luxury tax
law affecting the art. and jewelry
trades ' is called into question in a
report submitted today to the jewel
ers of America by the jewelers vig-
ilance committee.
The, report complains against
gold-mounted eye glasses and foun-
. tarn pens with gold nibs being taxed
as luxuries and declares that under
the same literal interpretation of
the regulations, coffins, airplanes and
arterial teeth fall under the heading
of taxable works of art and jewelry.
MARINES STAGE BASE BALL
GAME BY. MOONLIGHT. '
Washington, May- 23. (Special.)
v ; Marines down in Guam have the
, ball game and peanut habit just
like allgood Americans back in
v the states. Only this time they've
started something new in the na
tional snort. In a recent game be
I ' s tween
f . f V rines,
Y the h
b : by th
y J over
II ' Tl.
tween the Agana and Sumay ma-
i i c ; ;
I, running urougu u innings,
last four, innings were played
the light of a full moon rising
the palms whicn -oordered the
Plaza. .:': ' , ."
PRINCVOF WALES
TO VISIT CANADA. .,
London, May 23. The prince- of
Wales will visit Canada, probably in
August formally to open the sew
Parliament building in Ottawap -
VOL. 4S NO. 292.
SOLDIERS
GREETED I
PERSON BY
IvTKELVIE
Job Waiting for Each Ne
braska Bov on Return, Gov-s
ernor TeNs Troops; Will
Visit Camps.
New York, May 23. (Special Tel
egram.) More than 200 of the Ne
braska soldiers and sailors who
served in the great war, enjoying
their first leaves of absence in New
York since their return from France
and England a week ago, were pres
ent tonigiht at a monster reception
tendered in honor of Gov. F. R. Mc
Kelvie in, the New York rooms of
the Nebraska welcome home com
mittee, 125 West Forty-second
street.
The reception began at 8:30 cA;lock
and was held under the direction of
Mrs. Lula H. Andrews." Assistipg
Mrs. Andrews were the following
well-known Nebraskans, now resi
dents of the metropolis: O. H. Zum
winkle, director, of the New York
Welcome Home club rooms; Henry
R. Buckner, Dr. Robert Hill, W.
Switzler, Burt Whenon, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Staub, Mrs. Effie Scott
and Norris A. Huse, chairman of
the welcome home committee.
. Governor Greets Troops.
Governor McKelvieT accompanied
by Adjutant General Storch, arrived
at the club rooms early and person
ally greeted each of the Nebraska
service men. A buffet luncheon fol
lowed, the womejK in the party as
sisting Mrs. Andrews. :
When the luncheon was "over Gov
ernor McKelvie, in a few extempo
raneaus words, eulogized the work
of the Nebraskans in the Argonne
and at other points on the western
front. In closing his talk Governor
Mckelvie said:
"Nebraska does' not believe in talk
ing too much, but believes in doing
things. There is a job for every
one of the boys awaiting your ar
rival." '
; With , the luncheon over a sur
prise was sprung on the -service
men. Although it had notr been
previously announced 'a delegation
of. SO Nebraska young women at
tending Columbia university and
other colleges in New York put in
an appearance and the reception
closed with a series of dances.
" To Visit Camp Uptonr
- Governor McKelvie announced
that-he .'would visit Camp Upton
where the 355th Nebraska regiment
is quartered Saturday morning.
In company with Mrs. Effie Scott,
Governor McKelvie will' also visit
the various base hospitals in New
York,' where Nebraska soldiers are
convalescing. He will also visit the
340th and the 341st regiments at
Camp Mills and Camp Merritt
From an authoritative, yet, unof
ficial source, it was learned tonight
that the Nebraska soldiers will be
oh their way- to Camp Furiston early
next week. GovernorMcKelvie wiil
probably return home Sunday. The
Omaha and Lincoln delegations re
turned today. . .
Sixty per cent of the 355th will
be granted week-end passes Satur
day. There will be open house for
them at the Nebraska club rooms,
where everything has been made as
comfortable as possible for the re
turned soldiers. Here refreshments,
writing material, reading matter and
(Continued on Pa- Eight, Colnmn One.)
Postpone Action to
Give Women Equality
in. Church Business
St. Louis, May 23. Action on
resolutions to grant women full
equality in church affairs was post
poned until 1920 at the closing ses
sion of the 131st general assembly
of the Presbyterian church, U. S.
A, here today. The assembly voted
to place the proposition in the hands
of a committee of three, to be ap
pointed by the moderator, for a re
port tfi the next, assembly.
A resolution urging individaul
churches to make annual appropria
tions forpaid newspaper advertising
was adopted by the commissioners
today. . , . '
The assembly adopted resolutions
urging , that the American commis
sioners to the peace conference, give
equal consideration to Ulster in de
termining -any action on the -Irish
question. " - ' "
Memorial Day has an added interest
Our Woman's Section is Unequalled.
News and Features with special charm and
Feminine interest. ' . .
Eitrt4 MMrt-ttaM Matt May 2S, ISM, al
Oawjia r. O. tt act Mm a. IS78.
GOVERNMENT TO
BE ENJOINED IN
- BREWERIES CASE
Production of 2.75 Per Cent
Beer Permitted Pending De
cision as to Intoxicant Limit.
' New York, May 23. Federal
Judge Mayer announced today that
he would issue an injunction re
straining the government from in
terfering with the production of beer
of 275 alcoholic content, pending
a judicial determination of the brew
ers' claim that such a beverage is not
intoxicating.
Judge Mayer's statement ' was
made in the course of argument for
a temporary injunction in the case
of the Jacob Ruppert Brewing com
pany against the United States dis
trict attorney and the collector of
internal revenue of New York. The
case is one of a series to test the
constitutionality of the waxtime pro
hibition act.
Judge Mayer said he believed the
government should be content with
a broad treatment of the litigation,
which is based on the motion of the
brewers for a permanent injunction
guaranteeing uninterrupted produc
tion of 2.75 per cent beer.
The court declared that his de
cision had been influenced by Pres
ident Wilson's message to congress
recommending repeal of the war
time prohibition act, insofar as it
relates to beer and wine, and by
Federal Judge A. N. Hand's ruling
last week, that the law placed a
ban on the manufacture onjy of
liquors that were in fact intoxicat
ing. '' '
OMAHA TRADE
EXCURSIONISTS
. ON WAY HOME
Tour of Wyoming Finished
and Business Men of City
Reach Scottsbluff . on
Return Trip. -
Scottsbluff, Neb., May 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Scottsbluff, the
central .shipping point for western
Nebraska's greatest irrigated agri
cultural section, demonstrated Fri
day night that nobody was more
glad to welcome the Omaha trade
excursion than the people of this
community. Commercial club mem
bers were at the depot to receive the
visitors when their train arriv.ed.
The Omaha delegation formfed a pa
rade with the Scottsbluff and Oma
ha bands in the lead,
i After the parade the party re
turned to the train for dinner. Au
tomobiles then took the trade men
to Gering and about the farming dis
tricts. In the evening they were
given a reception at the Lincoln ho
tel here. Addresses were delivered
by H. L. Smith, president of the
Scottsbluff Commercial club, and by
John W. Gamble, Omaha.
This afternoon parades were held
at Guernsey, Lingle, Torrington,
Henry, Morrill and Mitchell. Each
town turned out its entire popula
tion to meet the trade special.
Wyoming Tour Completed.
: The tour of the Wyoming coun
try was completed when the train
passed into Nebraska at 4 o'clock.
A short stop was also made at Fort
Laramie, which is about one mile
from the old army post of the same
name which became famous during
the Indiari wars.-
Friday was -John , W. Gamble's
eighteenth wedding anniversary and
when he arrived at Scottsbluff a
number of telegrams of congratula
tions from Omaha men were await
ing him.
The special train will leave Scotts
bluff early Saturday morning and
in the evening the trade excursion
will finish its work with a three
hour stay in North Platte, arriving
in Omaha over the Union Pacific
Sunday morning.
Indian Appropriation
Bill Up for Passage Today
' Washington, May 23. General
discussion on the $15,000,000 Indian
appropriation bill was completed to
day by the house, . in accordance
with the Schedule arranged by the
republicans for rushing hrough the
appropriation measures which failed
in the last congress and which must
be passed before July 1. The bill
will come up tomorrow for debate
under the five-minute rule and for
final passage.
Persia Wants Protection
From the United States
New York, May 22. Persia would
like to be "takent under the wing"
of the United States, John L. Cald
well, American ' minister v to that
country, said . today, before going
aboard shh to return to Teheran.
He was recently called to .Paris by
President Wilson, to furnish infor
mation regarding affairs in Persia.
OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1919.
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32 HS
BELIEVED
KILLED IN
EXPLOSION
Twelve Bodies Recovered and
20 to 30 Thought to Be
Buried in Ruins; Red
Cross Helps.
Cedar Rapids, la., May 23. With
the aid of gasoline torches and elec
tric lights a large force of men
worked all night tonight searching
for the bodies of 20 to 30 men be
lieved still to be in the ruins of the
Douglas Starch works, destroyed
by the explosion last night.
Twelve bodies have been removed
since the explosion, but no addi
tional bodies were found tonight,
although the rescuing forces were
working in the remains of the
vacuum drying building, where the
explosion occurred and where most
of the remaining bodies are be
lieved to be buried.
Forty employes were injured and
taken to hospitals, but half of them
have recovered. With two or three
exceptions the others are expjeted
to recqver.
Red Cross to Rescue.
Today the Chamber of Commerce
and the Red Cross chapter took up
the work of relieving the needs of
the families of some of the victims.
Red Cross disaster relief officials
are coming here from Chicago Sat
urday. Tomorrow a wrecking crew will
begin work on one end of the huge
pile at various places in an endeavor
to reach the buried bodies as rapidly
as possible.
'' Coroner King, who empaneled a
jury today to investigate and fix the
blame for the explosion, said to
night the death list would total 32.
Government to Investigate.
Washington, May 23. Chemical
engineers of the Department, of Ag
riculture will investigate the starch
mill explosion at Cedar Rapids, la.,
with a view to ascertaining causes,
it was announced tonight. Grain
dust, the announcement suggested,
might pos'sibly have been a factor in
bringing about the disaster.
Visitor Caught in Act v
of Slipping Morphine to
Prisoner in County Jail
W. B. Taylof, 1511 California
street, was arrested by Jailor Sher
man Clayton in the county jail yes
terday afternoon and turned over to
United States Internal Revenue,
agent Gillin on the charge of hav
ing "dop'e" in his possession.
Taylor, discharged from the coun
ty jail May 17 after serving 30 days
for vagrancy, went to the jail to
visit' a friend.
' Visiting with prisoners isy done
through two heavy woven wfre grat
ings about two feet apart, on one
side of which is the prisoner, and On
the other side the visitor stands.
Taylor was seen by Jailor Clayton
slipping something under the door
which leads from the public corridor
into the prisoners' corridor. He
grabbed Taylor and locked him up.
The package slipped under the door
was morphine.
Senate Sends Woman
Suffrage Amendment
Bill to Committee
Washington, May 23.-Efforts to
expedite passage of the woman suf
frage constitutional amendment!-
resolution in the senate, sending it
directly to the calendar, failed to
day -through objection of Senator
Underwood, democrat, of Alabama,
an opponent of the measure.
When the resolution was received
from the house Senator Johnson,
republican of . California, asked to
have it read twice and then sent to
the calendar in compliance with the
senate rules. Senator Underwood
asked, however, that it go to the
committee so that it might first be
carefully considered.
Will Introduce Bill to'
Repeal Daylight Saving
Washington, May 23. Repeal of
the daylight saving act is to be in
corporated in the agricultural ap
propriation bill which will be drafted
by a subcommittee appointed today
by the agricultural committee. Chair
man Maugen said it had not been
determined whether the repeal act
should be made effective this year.
..for Patriotic Americans this year.
portraying the decoration of the graves of the Soldier
Dead in the The Bee's Rotogravure section Tomorrow
American Is Killed
in Raid ty Indians
on Mine Truck Train
Douglas, Ariz., May 23. A
band of 20 Yaqui Indians at
tacked the truck train of La
Colorado mine today, while it
was enroute to Hermosi'llo, Son
ora, Mexico, from San Xavier
with ore, killing H. S. White, an
American, and several Mexicans,
according to a brief telegram re
ceived ia Nogales tonight.
La Colorado mine is one of the
richest silver properties in Son
ora and is owned and operated
by W. C. Laughlin and E. S.
Schroeter of New York.
This is the first raid on the
mines or any of its property, it
is said. The Indians are said to
be campaigning in' the Hermo
sillo district ,in small - parties.
According to the meager details
reaching Nogales, the attack was
from ambush and the men on the
trucks had little chance to defend
themselves.
REDS EVACUATE
CITY OF MOSCOW:
TYPHUS RAGING
Railway Lines at Number of
Central Russian Points Dis
mantled; Situation Con
sidered Desperate.
London, May 23. The bolshcviki
have begun the evacuation of Mos
cow, according to reports brought
from Petrograd to Copenhagen by
travelers and forwarded by the Ex
change Telegraph company. Ty
phus is raging in Moscow and the
situation there is considered des
perate.
The1 operations of non-bolshevik
forces against Petrograd, are having
great and rapid success, according
to various reports received here
from Helsingfors. The correspond
ent, of the Daily Mail at the Fin
nisH capital says that the bolshevik
resisance seems to 'have been brok
en, and that they have lost several
thousand prisoners and 30 guns.
A great number-of machine guns
and five armored trains also Were
captured. A North Russian corps
co-operkting with the Esthonians
successfully attacked the bolshevik
position at the Gatchina railway sta
tion 30 miles south of Petrograd.
Attack Former Comrades.
Thousands of bolshevik soldiers in
the Gatchina area, in 'the coast re
gion west of Petrograd. who sur
rendered with their arms and am
munition, the correspondent adds,
subsequently joined in the attacks
on their former comrades.
It is reported in Helsingfors from
Petrograd that the bolshcviki are
prepared to defend the city and that
all the workmen have been armed.
The defenders are said to number
300,000.
On the Murmansk front in Rus
sia, allied forces have captured
Medvyejyagora, at the northwestern
end of Lake Onega, after a series of
actions in which the bolshevik rear
guard suffered severely, a statement
issued by the British, war office to
night says.
' General Maynard, commanding
the allied forces on the Murmansk
front in Russia, has removed his
headquarters 400 miles southward to
Kem, on the White sea at the mouth
of the Kem river, according to Ren
ter's correspondent with the British
Murmansk expedition.
The rapid retreat of the bolsheviki
prevented them from seriously dam
aging the port" works'. The allies
have occupied the heights surround
ing the town.
Attorney Denies Ford
Said Soldiers Should
Be Branded Murderers
Mount Clemens, Mich., May 23.
The second stage of thev Henrv
Ford-Chicago Tribune libel suit was
completed today, and Monday the
taking of evidence will begin. The
first. stage, the selection of a jury,
required a week, and the second
stage, completed today, brought to
an end the arguments of counsel on
admissibility of evidence which con
sumed the second week of the trial.
The arguments were pivoted on
the demand of the defendant that
it be permitted to show that anar
chy existed along the Mexican bor
der at the time the Tribune printed
its editorial headed, "Ford Is an An
archist." Judge Tucker said that
he would not announse a ruling to
govern the scope of the evidence.4
but would rule from timeto time
as circumstances required.
' Alfred J. Murphy" of the Ford
forces denied today that Mr. Kprd
had ever directly said that the word
"murderer" should fce embroidered
on the shirt fronts of .soldiers.
By Mall (I wr), Dally. M.M:
Dally Sua.. SS.M: hM ttak.
AVIATOR
NIELSEN
DOWN IN
TAIL SPIN
Bluffs Man Flies From Water
loo, la., and Meets With Bad
Luck Landing In Ak-Sar-Ben
Field.
Lt. H. J. Nielsen, aviator, 607
Willow avenue, Council Bluffs, and
Q A. Prince, 3521 Jones street, were
injured in a 300-foot fall in an airplane,-
west of Ak-Sar-Ben field,
shortly after 7 o'clock last night.
Both were rushed to Nicholas Senn
hospital.
The two men had just finished a
flight from Waterloo, when the
accident occurred. Lieutenant Niel
sen was piloting the machine. When
about 300 feet high and ready to
make a landing Nielsen lost control
of his machine and was caught in a
tail spin. Ihe airplane dashed to
earth, nose downward. Nielsen and
Prince were buried beneath the
wreckage.
Pulled from Wreckage.
W. H. Ashmussen. airplane ex
pert, and W. M. Lotke. 1329 South
Thirty-sixth street, saw the fall and
pulled the two injured men from
their wrecked seats and took them
to the hospital in a car.
Both men were unconscious.
Nielsen suffered severe lacerations
of the head and face besides' several
broken ribs.
Prince received deep cuts about
the head and body. ; He was later
taken to his home.
Nielsen bought the , airplane re
cently from a New York firm for
$5,000. It was shipped to Water
loo, Ia. From there Lieutenant
Nielsen and Prince flew in it to
Omaha. They left Waterloo at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon, making
their first landing for additional fuel
at Des Moines. Nielsen wired 'W.
H. Ashmussen . from Des Moines
that he- would land on Ak-Sar-Ben
field at about 7 o'clock. He did.
Watched by Omahans.
Hundreds of Omahans watched
the airplane in its flight over the
city. As it hove in view toward
Ak-Sar-Ben field Ashmussen sought
by signals to direct the aviator's
landing west of the grounds, be
cause of .the number of cows graz
ing on the' field.
The airplane descended to an
altitude of about 300 feet, then cir
cled about twice before attempting
a landing. Suddenly, the machine
was seen to give a lurch and it was
caught in a tail spin. It dashed in
a nose dive to the earth. It landed
in a plowed field less than 100 feet
from Mr. Ashmussen.
Plane Badly Damaged.
The airplane was badly damaged,
the propellor and landing gear be
ing completely demolished. The en
gine alone escaped destruction.
Though Lieutenant Nielsen sent
telegrams to prepare for his landing
on the Ak-Sar-Ben field, he found
the grounds unsuitable for a descent
because of the number of cows there.
He had bought the machine in order
to fulfill engagements for airplane
flights in chautauqua work this
summer. His flight from Waterloo
to Omaha was made as a test.
Rail Wreck Delays t
Printing of German
Comment On Treaty
i
Paris, May 23. The German mili
tary train on its way to Versailles
with a printing outfit has been de
layed by an accident, retarding the
printing ofhe German observations
on the peace treaty. .
It - is understood these observa
tions will constitute a book as large
as the treaty itself, and it is esti
mated that it will require five days
to read and digest them.
The -Germans have assured the
allies they will endeavor to com
plete the printing within the new
time limit.
London Newspaper Will
Give Aviators' NKin Prize
London, May 23.-H is announced
by the Daily Mail that it intends, in
the unfortunate event that Harry G.
Hawker and Lieut. Com; Mackenzie
Grieve have loet their lives in at-'
f rtnrtfn a f c flv arm. a th Atlantic'-
to devote 10,000 to their next of
kin in the proportions that Hawker
and Grieve had already agreed to di
vide the prize. The disposition will
not interfere with the contest, which
is still open.
Beautiful specially
. See Our Sunday Sport Department
Gossip of the Diamond and Doings in All
the Fields of Sport.
TWO CENTS.
STRONG WINDS
PREVENT START
OF NAVAL PLANE
NO-4 Will Not Leave Before
Sunday; Machine Reported
on Hawker's Course.
Ponta Del Gada, May 23. (By the
Associated Press.) Lt. Com. A. C.
Read, U. S. N., announced tonight
that strong easterly winds off the
coast of Portugal would prevent his
starting in the seaplane NC-4 for
the flight to Lisbon before daybreak
Sunday.
Plant Seen Over Atlantic.
London, May 23. By the Associ
ated Press.) The cable ship Fara
day reports that it sighted the red
light of an airplane during the
early hours of Monday at 50 degrees
28 minutes north latitude and 30 de
grees west longitude, approximately
midway between England and New
foundland, and in the course which
would have been followed by Harry
G. Hawker in his attempted flight
between the American continent and
Ireland. .
Test Emergency Wireless.
Harbor Grace, N. F., May 23.
The Handley-Page overseas flying
expedition today conducted tests of
its emergency wireless under simu
lated distress conditions. Attention
has turned to radio equipment, in
view of the absolute silence of
Hawker's high-powered instruments.
Experts said today's tests demon
strated it was almost certain Ad
miral Kerr could reoort nosition
and trouble, shduld the Handley-
Page plane be forced onto the wa
ter-
OMAHA TROOPS
ARRIVE IN CITY
FROM IOWA GAMP
Twelve Members of Signal
Corps Greeted at Union
Station by Mothers, Wives
and Sweethearts.
Thirty-seven members of the
408th telephone battalion," signal
corps, largely responsible for Amer
ica's reputation of being the only
nation' in the war able to communi
cate by direct conversation from the
most advanced listening post to gen
eral headquarters and Paris, arrived
in Omaha at midnight last night.
Twelve of the arrivals were Omaha
men. The remainder were from dif
ferent points throughout Nebraska.
Eighteen months of service in
France, indicated by their three gold
chevrons on their left sleeves, had
brought them in touch with nearly
every section of the western front.
Left Brest in April.
On December 12, 1917, the bat
talion arrived at Havre. They left
Brest on April 25, 1919.
Harold "Spike" Linihan, Mike
Hegarty, . Ray Wilson, Albert
O'Keefe, Lee W. Davis,, Bill Leech,
Leslie Williams, and Glen W. Gam
merel were among the Omaha lads
who arrived last night. Several oth
ers missed the train out of Des
Moines yesterday afternoon and will
not arrive until this morning.
Two hundred Omahans greeted
the returning heroes at the Union
station. The soldiers' train pulled
in more than half an hour late, and
the suspense during the" half hour
made the welcome the more enthus
iastic. Each soldier boy trudged
into the station with from one to six
women clustered about him. Fathers
and brothers present could have
been counted on one hand, but moth
ers, sisters, and sweethearts extend
ed welcomes that father or brother
could "never give.
Hines Places Large
Order for Steel Rails,
But Protests Price
Washington, May 23. Orders for
200,000 tons of open hearth rails
have been placed by the railroad
administration with six steel com
panies which, in response for a re
quest for bids, quoted uniformly a
price based on the agreement be
tween the; steel interests and the
recently disolved industrial board
of the Department of Commerce.
;The price submitted by all of the
bidders was announced by Director
Hinea as $47 a ton, which is the
exact price agreed upon for j such
rails by the steel manufacturers and
the industrial board.
Director General Hines, whose re
fusal to abide by the agreement was
an influential factor in the dissolu
tion of the board, in announcing
the orders tonight said they were
placed "under protest" and with the
"emphatic disapprovals of the- prices
and the manner in which they were
established."
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OF TREATY
Sherman Introduces Resolu
tion to Have Peace Pact and
League Covenant Sepa
rated; Attacks Wilson.
Washington, May 23. The peace
treaty with its league . of nations
covenant was debated for three
hours in the senate, today,' arid at
adjournment the resolution which t
furnished the vehicle for the discus- '
sion went over as unfinished , busi
ness to come up again when the
senate reconvenes Monday. ' ,
The resolution merely calls on the
State department to furnish he sen
ate with the complete text of the
treaty, but as the debate progressed, -discussion
shifted o the merits of
the league and treaty themselves. A
dozen senators, including the lead- -.i
ers on both sides, were drawn' into .
the discussion and sharp exchanges
presaged the bitterness of the fight
that is to come when the treat-s
actually comes up for ratification.
Opponents for Resolution. . ff
Opponents of the treaty in . its
present form lined up generally for
the resolution) and supporting the
treaty draft led the opposition.'' "
There was no attempt to reach a
vote, however, and some senators .
predicted it would be several daya
before the plenary skirmish woufd '
come to a decision. The leaders
both for and against apparently are
feeling their way carefully. ' . t
Senator Johnson of California, re
publican, author of the .resolution, , :
started the debate today with a short .
speech charging that the treaty $up-i
porters had "something to conceal."
This assertion drew an indignant re-- -ply
from Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, ranking democrat of the for
eign relations committee, who- de-C
clared the president was following
well-established precedents in keep
ing the treaty text in confidence. "
and that for them to request him
to do otherwise would be a "gross
breach of international proprieties."
Republican Leader Replies.
Republican Leader Lodge, pros--,
pective chairman of the foreign re- "
lations committee, .replied to Mr.
Hitchcock, declaring there was -no
impropriety in the resolution unless
it were improper to '"call attention
to the new method of 'open cove--nants
openly arrived at.' " Every
shopkeeper in Germany, said the
Massachusetts senator, was reading ' e
the treaty made public at Berlin, yet
the ) senate was provided only with -a
"worthless"- official abstract.
A charge that the republicans
were attempting to make the treaty
a partisan question was made by
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, detn- .
ocrat, who cited as evidence the tet-
egram" sent by Mr. Lodge some .
weeks ago to republican' senators 1 y
asking them not to discuss the' re
vised league ofxnations covenant,
pending a party conference. ; The.
republican leaded retorted that thev
cautionary telegram had no such
purpose, and that "not a word" of i
discussion of the treaty had passed "
in any of the conferences of repub
lican senators. : '
, Sherman Attacks League. ,
'A bitter attack' on the league cove
nant and on President . Wilson's "
course in the peace conference was
made by Senator Sheramn of Illi-
nois, republican, who earlier had
presented a resolution declaring it
the sense of the senate .that the
treaty d the 'covenant should be
considered separately ' when f they
come up' for ; ratification. At Mr.
Sherman's request his, resolution
went over and will be called up for
debate probably next week.
How long the discussion is to
continue would not be predicted by -
either side tonight. Senator Robin-. 4
son gave notice that he expected te "
address the senate at " a greater
length Monday in support of the
treaty, and Senator -Reed of. Mis
souri, democrat, who-is understood "
to oppose it, also announced that he '
would speak on the subject Monday.
Many other senators are known t
be preparing addresses' '
Flies From Capital to New .
York to Keep Appointment
New York, May 23. Called at 9
a. m. by long-distance telephone to
keep a business engagament in New',
York at noon today, Col. L. A.
Smith' of the -War' department left "J
Washington at 9:25 a. m: by air--plane,
and after a 100-minute jour-" '
ney" landed at the flying field at,
Mineola. He was, then rushed to
New York, where the appointment"
was kept to the minute. The air--plane
was piloted Lt. H. W. -Downey.
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Nebraskan Decorated.
Washington. Mav 23. Award rt i
the distinguished servir rrnii fiat '. v
been made, General Pershing noti-
nea tne war Department today for
"extraordinary heroism in action" O
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