THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919.
ADMITS YANKS
BADLY TREATED
IN PRISON GAMPS
Minor Officers Convicted of
Brutalities, March Testifies
"Hard Boiled" Smith
Near Breakdown.
Washington, July 23. Admission
that American soldiers held in prison
camps in and near Paris suffered
brutalities, for which several minor
officers were convicted in court-martial
proceedings, was obtained from
General March, chief of staff, by a
special house war investigating com
mittee. jThe prisoners, as far as the rec
ords showed, were held because of
absence without leave late last year
from their military units and a ca
blegram from General Pershing, sent
three days ago from Paris, declared
"some of these men were among the
hardest characters in the American
expeditionary forces."
General Pershing's cablegram dis
closed the conviction against four
officers at prison farm No. 2 and
its adjoining stockade. Two of the
officers, it said, were imprisoned
are being found guilty by court
martial. Conviction of four other
officers was disclosed by reports of
Brig. Gen. Edward A. Kreger, act
ing judge advocate general.
Lieut. Frank H. Smith, the well
known "hard boiled" officer in
charge of farm No. 2, it was dis
closed, is serving an 18-month sen
tence at Governor's Island, because
of his maltreatment of prisoners.
Smith, the chief of staff explained,
catne from Kentu ;y, and was sent
to Europe after he had tried to get
a commission in the Philippine
scouts. Smith's original sentence of
three years was reduced by review
ing authorities.
Officers Convicted.
Besides Smith, the records show
the conviction of the following:
Serrt. Clarence E. Pall, fix months' Im
prisonment, dlnhonorable dlschftrKO.
Sergt. Fred W. WoKmaler, Company K.
168th Infantry, one year Imprisonment,
dishonorable discharge.
Sergt. Snvo RiiKnovlch, Company K,
158th infantry, six months' imprisonment,
dishonorable discharge.
Sergt. Joseph Bush, replacement batta
lion, sl Vnontha' imprisonment.
Sergt. Joseph Smith, replacement bat
talion, acquitted.
Lieut. Charles Joseph Mnson, 158th In
fantry, found not gullly at one trial, but
later convicted of perjury in connection
with his trial and sentenced to dishonor
able discharge, which sentence was later
set aside.
I.leut. Warren Holphensteln. Company A.
158th Infantry, sentenced to dismissal,
later set aside.
Smith Near Breakdown.
New York, July 23. "Hard
Boiled" Smith, former army lieu
tenant, serving a semnree of a year
and a half in the iiciplinary bar--racks,
Castle Willirm, Governor's
Island, for ill-treatmint of prisoners'
under his charge at the Chelles farm
prison camp, near Paris, is reported
to be on the verge of a nervous
breakdown.
Smith, whose full name and title
is Lieut. Frank H. Smith, and whose
home is in San Diego, Cal., was con
victed by court-martial of a series
of offenses, including threatening of
bodily harm, use of abusive lan
guage, misuse of personal property
not his own, and striking prisoners
under his control, is reported to be
in constant dread of attack by his
fellow prisoners in the "Castle."
This fear, however, is declared
to be groundless because of the
"honor association" among the pris
oners. But the notorious prisoner
is nevertheless an outcast among his
fellqws in the barracks, his repu
tation having preceded him.
Received One Mauling.
After his exposure and arrest in
France, "Hard Boiled" got one
mauling of the kind he used to be
stow upon unfortunates who fell
into his clutches at the prison farm.
This inspired him with deep fear of
further chastisement. On the trans
port which brought him back to
America, it was necessary to adopt
Pretty fiancee of
Accident Victim Who
Attempted Suicide
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EXPECT PRICE OF
CLOTHES TO GO UP
ABOUT 35 PER CENT
High Wages and Wool Short
age Given as Cause of
Advance.
(By Cnlveraul Service.)
New York, Juiy 23. Housewives
and mothers will do well to hav; s
look at the mothballs tucked in the
pockets and folds of their men's
and winter suits, for every suit pur
chased beginning next fall, is to ;ost
from 25 to 40 per cent more than
formerly. Announcement of the
coming advance was mads ;oi:;y by
representatives of many leading
clothiers, including the A.iier'tan
Clothing Manufacturers association,
National Association of ('!nthi;is,
Brockaw Brothers, Rogers l'itt
& Co., Brill Brithers & Stein, Bloch
& Co.
A ready made suit which last tall
cost $25 will be advanced to ?.4'.?5,
a $50 suit will cost $62.50. Onh a
15 to 20 per cent increase as pre
dicted for clothes costing from $60
upward.
Shortage of cloth and the laige'y
increased cost of labor were given
as reasons for the coining price in
creases by all the authorities Tlicre
is a great shortage of woo', it vas
declared, and that of itself would
cause an advance in th cost of
clothing.
Former Omaha Girl Dies.
Mrs. Walter Springer, 24 years
old, formerly Miss' Pauline Foster
of this city, died Monday at' her
home in Chicago. She is survived
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Foster of Chicago, and one
brother, James E. Foster of Omaha.
special precautions to save him from
vengeful soldiers.
Three former sergeants convicted
of offenses against prisoners ar
rived on the same transport with
"Hard Boiled." One of these, C.
E. Ball, is serving a six months'
sentence in Castle William. Two
others were sent to Fort Leaven
worth to serve long terms. At pres
ent there are 1,125 prisoners on the
island, most of them serving sen
tences for offenses committed in
France.
The Estey Piano in the Home
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ENORMOUS TAX
LEVY PLANNED
FOR GERMANY
Program Outlined by Minister
Erzberger Calls for Raising
of Twenty-Five Billion
Marks Yearly.
Berlin, July 23. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Germany's financial
program calling for the raising of
25,000,000,000 marks annually, agreed
upon by Mathias Erzberger, minis
ter of finance, and a group of ex
perts, was published Wednesday by
the North German Gazette.
Eight billion marks will be ob
tained by war taxes, according to
the Gazette. The remaining 17,000,
000,000 must be raised from new
sources. The first of these will be
a heavy increase in the tax on busi
ness turnovers. The second is called
"the imperial sacrifice to needs."
The third will be on the necessaries
of life.
An important part of the program
will be the imperial income tax,
which will be a tax on profits from
invested capital.
Minister Erzberger told the ex
perts Germany must pay the allies
20,000,000,000 marks gold by May 1,
1920. He said this could be done, as
the amounts already credited Ger
many by the allies for varices ac
counts form an important part of
the required total.
An unusually comprehensive set
of measures to prevent tax evasions
were presented by Herr Erzberger.
The provisions to prevent fraud
through capital being" taken abroad
includes the previously announced
plans and require that all stocks,
bonds and coupons must be re
starivped by the government and that
all such securities not restamped
will revert to the empire.
German properties abroad will be
brought under control and some
means found to bring under taxation
such property not declared by its
owners.
Minister Erzberger, it was said,
agreed the measures proposed were
nothing less than brutal, but he was
afraid there was no other way to
bring forth hidden "money and to
prevent fraud except by imposing
heavy penalties.
Fred Stone Insures His
Tires Against Thieves
The happy originality of Fred
Stone, the famous comedian, is car
ried even beyond his work on the
stage. Some time ago, during a visit
at the plant of the Pennsylvania
Rubber company at Jeannette, mak
ers of vacuum cup ires, he con
ceived the idea of having a set of
these tires made bearing his auto
graph worked in robber on the
sides. His idea was so innorative.
that General Manager Seneca G.
Lewis immediately set his experts
to work on it, with the result that
such tires were successfully evolved.
On the vacuum cup cord tires which
he recently purchased, the jet black
tread and sidewall make the inimit
able signature of the comedian, in
bright red rubber, stand out in strik
ing relief.
The tires, while designed primar
ily as a personal touch, prove even
more. The name cannot be de
stroyed without mutilating the tire
to a considerable extent, and thus
prove an effective safeguard against I
theft.
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"PHOTO .PIAY. OFFERING J FOR.' TODAY
BRYANT WASHBURN'S new
Paramount picture, "A Very
Good Young Man," which was
directed by Donald Crisp and was
released July 6, promises to contain
many novelties both jn setting and
plot. One of the largest sets ever
erected at the Lasky studio was
built for this picture. This repre
sents the lobby of a metropolitan
hotel and it occupied nearly an
entire stage of the studio. It is
practically as large as the lobby of
the Astor, the Knickerbocker or any
of the other New York hotels and
built and fitted in a most luxurious
fashion, it is said.
Strand Dorothy Dalton in "The
Home Breakers" gives her a great
chance in comedy. While turning
the young lover away from the
crooked path, she makes desperate
love to the future father-in-law
making the dear old gentleman go
through all sorts of antics, until the
boy sees the folly of his ways, elid
ing in an elopement on dear father's
sailing boat. The comedy, "A
Desert Hero," one of Arbuckle's
best, will also serve to make a visit
well spent. It is a comedy of the
wild and woolly west, giving won
derful scope for this comedian of
international repute.
Rialto William S. Hart in "The
Money Corral," a story of a western
cowpuncher who makes good as the
watchman of valuable securities in
the big city of Chicago will be here
for the last times today. The play
was written, directed and the stellar
role played by Mr. Hart.
Sun Gladys Brockwell in "The
Sneak" in which she gets a taste
of gipsy jealousy, which leads to
hand-to-hand fights with knives and
cudgels. The play tells the story of
Rhona, the gipsy princess who
poses for an artist and thus incurs
the jealousy of her affianced. The
machinations of a jealous rival have
brought her to this studio. The
sequel to this plotting is absorbing
in its heart interest and tragic in
its development.
Muse Mary Pickford will be
seen here in that delightful comedy
drama "Behind the Scenes." It is a
story of theatrical life which is
softened by many humorous flashes,
and heightened by an intense inter-
A t Neighborhood Houses
APOLI.O 29th-' and Leavenworth
HARKY MOREY In "BEAUTY
PROOF." 7
GRAND 16th and Btnney CATHER-
1NK CALVERT in ' MARRIAGE FOR
CONVENIENCE.'
LOTH HOP 24 th and Lothrop TOM
MOORE in "ONE OF THE
FINEST." ,
DIAMOND 24th and Lake FRANCIS
X. BUSHMAN and BEVERLY
BAYNE in "A PAIR OF CUPIDS."
ORPHEVM South Side, J4th and M
BRYANT WASHBURN in "ALL
WRONG."
est. The two greatest prizes in
life love and personal success
pitted against each other, and the
little actress is forced to make a
choice between the man she loves
and the work to which she has de
voted her life. Love wins out; a
quiet life is offered her in exchange
for her artistic success.
Empress "Almost Married," a
comedy drama, with May Allison,
the golden girl of the screen, as the
star, comes to the Empress for the
last three days of the week. The
play tells the romance of a girl who
leaves her Alpine home to come to
America and win fame and fortune
with her voice.
Eugene O'Brien has been insured
by the Selznick corporation for $1,
000,000. Houdini has started his stunts for
"The Grim Game" at the Lasky
studio, at last. They have been
saved to the last and there will be
probably two weeks or more of this
hair-breadth business. The star is
practicing new death-defying feats
every day and gets to the studio be
fore 8 o'clock to get in an hour's
exercise to limber up for the forth
coming scenes. Irvin Willat is di
recting. Ann Forrest is leading
woman.
Normal Talmadge is to be sup
ported by Conway Tearle and Has
sard Short in "The Way of a
Woman."
Alice Brady's next picture released
in Omaha will be "His Bridal
Night," with the star in a dual role.
Final scenes for "Devils Have
Their Friends," with Monroe Salis
bury as the star, were taken this
week on Mt. Baldy under the direc
tion of Paul Powell. I
Rancher Killed and Another
Wounded in Feud on Range
.Gold Hill, Nev., July 23.-Sheriffs
deputies of Juab county sre search
ing the hills in the vicinity of Trout
Creek, an isolated section about
150 miles southwest of( here, f.ir
George Harris, a former soldier,
who is alleged to have shot and
killed Jesse Cone, a neighboring
rancher, according to reports reach
ing here today. Harris is also said
to have seriously wounded James
Sabey, a deputy sheriff.
Advices received here indicate
that Harris and Cone quarreled
over the disposition of ca'tle on the
Harris ranch. The sheriffs of Juab
and Tooele counties and a deputy
sheriff of 'Salt Lake county left
early today for the scene to join in
the hunt for the alleged slayer.
According to Sheriff Adamson of
Tooele county, a feud has existed
between the Harris and (-one tarr.i
lies for several months, there being
some dispute over the ownership of
the land occupied by Harris anJ
his mother.
All Interned Civilian
Enemy Aliens to Be Free
Washington, July 23. All in
terned civilian enemy aliens except
those guilty of advocating anarch
istic doctrines, and those who desire
to be repatriated, will be given their
freedom soon by the United States.
CAPITAL CALM
AFTER RIOTING
IN RACE WAR
Renewal of Race" Riots Tues
day Less Violent Than Pre
ceding Nights; Total Num
ber Dead Is Five.
Washington, July 23. Although
rfhere was sporadic firing of tire
arms in some of the negro districts
until early this morning, the major
casualties in last night's clashes be
tween whites and negroes consisted
of only one white man killed and
another probably fatally wounded.
Scores were injured in varying de
grees as a result of blows of hsts,
clubs and stones and the wiehling
of knives, but in none of 'hese cases
were the wounds expected to be
fatal.
The man killed last night and the
seriouufy wounded iaii were bolii
members of the defense guard and
were shot down on the street by a
negro while doing duty in one of the
black districts.
The fourth night of the race war
fare was less violent than Monday
when four persons were killed out
right and nearly a dozen seriously
hurt. Feeling, which was inflamed
by reported attacks upon whites by
negroes throughout the day, was no
less bitter but an all night rain and
the presence of 2.000 soldiers, ma
rines and sailors doing duty with the
700 police and several hundred home
defense guards acted as a deterrent
upon any attempt at organized mob
violencen.
Following a conference between
Secretary Baker and President Wil
son late yesterday a force of about
2,000 troops under the command of
Major General W. G. Haan, recent
ly returned from overseas service,
was ordered to Washington from
Camp Meade and other nearby
posts. This force is expected to re
main on duty until the wave of law
lessness lias burned out and normal
conditions restored.
Revised figures early today for the
period of disorders since Monday
showed five dead and at least 10
fatally wounded. Hundreds were
less seriously hurt and the jails and
the hospitals were literally overflow
ing. The name , of a ship counts a lot
with a sailor. For a great many
sailors won't sail on a ship whose
name begins with a "S," while the
letter ' O" is another Initial which is
disliked. And a female name is pre
ferred to a male name.
Brie) City News
Have Root Print It Beacon Press
lOlec trails $8.50-lBurgess-OranJen
Patronize the American State
Runk. Adv.
Four Per Cent Interest on time de
posits. American State Bank. Adv.
Dr. Errnan Returns Dr. J. M.
Erman, 1622 Cuming street, nas re
turned after nine months' service
with the American expeditionary
forces in France.
Hold Annual Outliifr The Mesco
Welfare league of M. E. Smith com
pany, numbering about 200 people,
held its annual outing at Manawa
park Tuesday evening.
Cooler Weather Reported The
railroads report fairly heavy rains
in a number of places in western
and central Nebraska Tuesday
night. Out in the state the weaher
is reported to be much cooler, fol
lowing a decided drop in tempera
ture in Wyoming.
Former Officer Knllsts Joseph
W. Edgar, Mobile, Ala., formerly a
lieutenant in the navy, enlisted at
the Omaha recruiting station. He
was discharged December 22, 1918.
after serving during the war. He
was ordered to the naval aviation
field at Charleston, S. C.
Asks $10,000 Dumages Carl
Schwartz rode his bicycle into a
manhole, left open by city workmen,
according to his petition filed in
district court against the city for
$10,000 damages. The accident oc
curred at Eighteenth and Burdette
streets. May 3, 1916.
Cnll for Clothing The salvage
store of the Child Saving institute is
in need of donations of men's cloth
ing and shoes and children's sum
mer clothing. It is requested that
anyone having donations leave them
at the store, 1611 Howard street, or
call the store and arrangements will
be made to call for them.
Reception for fi. A. R. Chief
Thursday night at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. McCormick.
G005 North Thirtieth street, a re
ception will be tendered Captain
Adams, commander-in-chief of the
O. A. n. The affair will be in
charge of IT. S. Grant post, Wo
men's Relief corps. Many invita
tions have been sent out and a large
attendance is anticipated.
Visits Between Trains Esther
Quist of Gothenberg, Neb., who
served one year overseas as a Red
Cross nurse, visited in Omaha yes
terday between trains on her way
home. Her last sen ice was in the
Evacuation hospital at Coblenz,
Germany, She wan graduated from
the Methodist hospital of this city.
Want College Hew A movement
is on foot among the Danish people,
looking to changing the location of
the Danish Lutheran college from
Blair to Omaha. It is the desire of
some of of the officers of the col
lege to have it located in a large
city, believing thereby the attend
ance would be materially increased.
A committee has the matter in hand.
CANNED GOODS
TO BE SOLD TO
MUNICIPALITIES
Stocks of Meats and Vege
tables of Government
May Be Retailed
to Public.
BY E. C. SNYDER.
(Staff Correspondent Omaha Bee.)
. Washington Bureau. Omaha Bee,
Washington, D. C, July 23. Repre
sentative Jefferis has received a let
ter from the first assistant director
of sales of the War department an
nouncing that surplus stocks of
'canned and cured meats and vege
tables held by the War department
are offered to municipalities
throughout the country to be re
tailed to the get.eidl publvc through
markets controlled by said munici
palities. The canned vegetables availably
to towns and cities will be sold to
the municipalities at their invoice
cost to the government. These
goods are offered to municipalities
in not less than carload lots, but at
those warehouses at which stock of
vegetables and meats are stored a
municipality will be permitted to
purchase a mixed carload of either
vegetables or meats.
Municipalities desiring to take ad
vantage of the War department's of
fer are requested to negotiate with
the surplus property officer at the
nearest of the zone supply offices,
which are located in the following
cities: Omaha, Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport
News, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis,
New Orleans, Fort Sam Houston,
El Paso and San Francisco.
Mr. Jefferis has been in communi
cation with Omaha citizens at to,
the manner in which these War de
partment surplusage may be had
and the letter furnished the inform
tion as to how to proceed.
A Persian carpet has been in use
for over 200 years in the main hall
of the shah's palace in Teheran.
Action Deferred by Senate
on U. S. Credit Bill
Washington, July 23. Opposi
tion by Senator Gronna, repub- .
lican, North Dakota, caused tht
senate banking committee to defer
action today on the bill of Senator'
Edge, republican, New Jersey, au
thorizing the organization of Cor-
porations to provide long-time
credits abroad for American inter
ests in international trade.
Artificial mummies, it is said, are
made in France and Italy, and
thence shipped to Egypt, where
they are sold to dealers ia antiqui
ties. A real skull is used, but all
the rest is ingenious imitation.
Electric Starting and Lighting
Saves You Money
WITHIN a few years all motor trucks will be
equipped with electric starting and lighting
systems. Grant Trucks are all so equipped now
have been for more than three years. You lose
money unless you do have complete electrical equip
ment. You lose it in driver's time cranking up.
You lose it by jars and jolts from unseen bumps
because the driver has no bright lights to pick out
the road details.
Within a few years truck
makers will put on at the fac
tory every bit of necessary
equipment. Grant Trucks
today are completely equipped.
And this Is what we mean by
"completely equipped." A
two unit starting and lighting
system, electric front lights,
tail light, spot light, rain vi
sion windshield, driver's seat,
bumper dash with Instrument board
equipped with Steward Speedometer,
ammeter, light witch, oil gauge.
Ignition switch, carburetor choke,
hand tone horn, tool kit, spare rim
and tire pump, are furnished as
standard chassis equipment with
Grant Trucks.
ETery detail that makes for added
economy and efficiency Ik included
in Grant Trucks. Good business
judgment wan t permit you to ac
cept leu quality, less efficiency, less
equipment in the truck you buy.
And the same judgment will show
that you Jet aos for your mj when
you buy Grant Trucks.
Patented Battery Cradle that makes
electric starting and lighting
possible
1800 pounds with express body $1125
yZ tons completely equipped chassis $1885
2 tons completely equipped chassis $2150
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, and cigarettes helped to win it
What a part the cigarette played i
In those grim, tense moments, waiting
for the word to "go"; In that blessed lull,
hours afterward, just before the relief
party came; in those other, sterner mo
ments when his spirit fought to smile,
what was the thing he wanted most?
The cigarette I
And now, with the big fob done, what
so much as the cigarette will help "keep
him smiling" till he's home again? i
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si jus.. Qyg,. manor, Fatimas have so far been snipped
to our soldiers abroad. And more are constantly on the way
for the boys who still are over there. Jgnrn t-fatimOn
FATIMA
A Sensible Cigarette