BRIEF
RIGHT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
SOLDIERS WILL RETURN C
FOR NEXT WAR, SAYS NOTE.
New York, July 25. A sergeant
of the coast guard entered the office
of Captain Godfrey L, Carden at
the barge office yesterday and
saluted. ,
"A note from the brig, sir," he
said. The captain read the note.
It said:
"Gone but not forgotten. Will
return for the next war."
"The whote bunch gone?" in
quired the captain.
"No, sir. Two of them left, sir."
The brig ia located on the third
floor of the barge office. Five pris
oners escaped during the night by
cutting the wire screening over the
windows and climbing down a rope.
BEER IS BEER RULES
m FEDERAL JUDGE PAGE.
Chicago, July 25. Beer is beer,
and need not be intoxicating, and
so long as it contains as much as
one-half of one per cent alcohol,
its manufacture or sale is in viola
tion of the wartime prohibition act,
Federal Judge Page held Friday.
He overruled the demurrer of the
Stenson Brewing company, setting
forth that the- government's infor
' niation failed to charge that the
company's beer was intoxicating.
The company then entered a plea
of not guilty. '
The government's victory was re
garded as important by -the district
attorney's office in that under Judge
Page's finding, the burden of prov
ing a beverage intoxicating, and in
fact removing the question as to
its intoxicating quality, is lifted from
the government. ,
STORK BEATEN IN
RACE WITH AIRPLANE.
' East Hampton, N. Y., July 25.
The stork is sometimes a swift bird
but he lost by 10 minutes a race
with an airplane.
Mrs. Byron Brooks, who is sum
mering here, is the wife of a naval
architect who was at Mineola when
. he learned by long distance tele
phone that the stork had started on
j a flight toward his home. Hasty
consultation of a time'-table showed
there would be no train for hours.
Brooks telephoned to the Curtiss
Aeroplane and Engine corporation
at Garden City and described the
situation.
"This is Victor Vernon, in charge
of flights," came the cheering news
- over the wire. "Richard DePew and
I will help you beat the bird. Come
: on over and let's go."
Brooks paused only to send the
following telegram to his wife be
fore speeding to the waiting air
plane: "Coming by air. Will land in
. -wheat field. Ask Jean to wait.
Love."
The Curtiss people received this
message just two hours after Brooks
had set off to beat the stork:
"Landed on golf links. One hour
and 20 minutes. Baby arrived 10
minutes later. Her name is Jean."
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"BULLDOGGED" STEER
INJURES FRED STONE.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Juy 25. Fred
- Stone, well known comedia'n and
, former cowboy, Friday had a nar
row escape from possible death
when a steer he had just "bull
dogged" turned on him at the an
nual Frontier days celebration. He
was saved by cowboys after he had
been trampled on but not seriously
hurt.
In the "wild, horse race" Stope
finished fourth. None of the mounts
ever had been ridden before. Stone's
Tony insisted on going the wrong
direction for a quarter of the way
. around the track.
William Hale Thompson, mayor
of Chicago, rode with Stone in the
wild west parade, in full cowboy
regalia.
DENVER TO ESTABLISH
MUNICIPAL MARKETS SOON.
Denver, Colo., July 25. Denver
will have a municipal food, meat
and fuel market, and perhaps a
' number of such markets, to cut the
cost of living to consumers, ac
cording to tentative plans an
nounced after a meeting of Mayor
Dewey C. Bailey and his cabinet.
The city administration will begin
an immediate investigation to de
termine feasibility of the, plan.
The first step would be purchase
of several carloads of the canned
foods to be offered at cost by the
War department, it was announced.
Any enterprise in which the city
will engage along this line will be
copied after "Seattle's municipal
fish market plan, it is said.
The municipal market will be
inaugurated within 90 days, unless
the federal government acts to
bring down food prices, members
of the commission said.
WATCH WAN FORCES
i ROBBER TO CALL POLICE.
Denver, July 25. An attempted
robbery at 1:30 yesterday morning
of a local garage here was balked by
A. J. Hardy, the night man. At the
point of a revolver Hardy forced
the intruder, Floyd Andre, 18, to
call the police, by telephone and
summon them to make the arrest.
Hardy was in trie balcony of the
' garage when Andre- broke in the
rear door. Hardy fired three shots
v and Andre meekly called the police
. for the arrest of himself.
THREE MAIL FLIGHTS
i MISSED DUE TO STRIKE.
Washington, July 25. With the
strike of mail service aviators
called off 12 hours after its begin
ning. Assistant Postmaster General
, Praeger said that he had agreed to
see a representative of the pilots
Saturday and discuss the situation
with him. Whether the men who
failed to make their trips Friday
would be reinstated, Mr. Praeger
would not say.
Out of six flights regularly
scheduled, three were flown and
three were missed.
Representative Ramseyer, repub
lican of Iowa, introduced a resolu
tion requiring the department ' to
furnish a detailed report on air
i mail operation with information as
to the number and character of
; accidents, number of routes, cost of
? service, number'of mec!anics.and
cost and types of planes used.
PRESIDENT
SEEKS AID
OF JAPAN
Expects Developments Within
Few Days Which Will Clear
Air in Senate and Remove
Opposition to Peace Treaty.
RECEIVES DRAFT
OF RESERVATIONS
Indications Are That Conver
sations With Tokio Had as
Object Declaration That
Would Satisfy China.
Washington, July 25. Diplomatic
discussions with Japan over the
Shantung provision in the peace
treaty have reached a stage where
President Wilson is represented as
very "hopeful of developments with
in a few days that will clear the air
and remove much of the opposition
to the provision in the senate.
This interpretation of the presi
dent's expectations was expressed
by Senator Spencer, republican,
Missouri, after a long talk with Mr.
Wilson Friday about the treaty. The
senator declined to go into details
a. tn ihf rxact steos beintr taken.
and both the White House and the
State departmtnt were silent on the
subject. Thre were indications, how-
irr that thf rnn vprsatinns with
Japan, though quite informal in
"character, had as their object such
a declaration from Tokio as would
satisfy China and result in her ac
ceptance of the treaty.
Discuss Reservations.
Senator Spencer also discussed at
Unirih urith fhp nresident the sub
ject of reservations in the senate
raitfication of the treaty, taking with
him to the White ttouse a arau oi
five reservations drawn up and sub
mitted to the president, it is under
stood, at the suggestion of Chair
man Lodge ,of the foreign rela
tions committee. The draft also is
said to have been shown to other
republicans of carving shades of
opinion, but Mr. Spencer made it
clear in presenting them that he
alone stood sponsor for their phrase
ology. The reservations covered the
Monroe doctrine, withdrawal from
Shantung, national determination of
democratic issues and independ
ence of action under Article 10. Mr.
Spencer told the president that
without some such qualifications
the treaty never could be ratified,
while if they were included ratifica
tion would come quickly. He said
Mr. Wilson promised to give the
proposed reservations his earnest
consideration and conveyed the im
pression that he personally was not
opposed to such a course except
for the complications that might
resulc should the treaty be returned
for renegotiation.
Withholds Defensive Pact.
Notice also was taken at the
White House during the day of
senate discussion of the defensive
treaty with France, which Senator
Lodge and others have charged the
president is withholding from the
senate in direct violation of the
treaty's own terms. Without any
explanation. White House officials
made it clear that Mr. Wilson has
no intention of submitting the
Franco-American agreement for
senate ratification until considera
tion of the treaty with Germany is
well mder way.
The president plans, it was stated,
to present the French treaty after
(Continued on Page Fonr, Column One.)
Says Sparks From the
Motors Could Not Have
Fired Big Dirigible
Chicago, July 25. Maj. C. H.
Maranville, army aircraft officer at
Akron, O., flying field, testified Fri
day at the inquest into the destruc
tion by fire of the Goodyear dirigible
iirship last Monday when 13 persons
met death and more than a score
were injured, that in his opinion
sparks from the rotary motors could
not have ignited the gas bag.
Earlier Pilot John Boettner had
testified that it was the first time,
to his knowledge, that rotary mo
tors were used in a dirigible, but he
said the motors worked perfectly
Boettner did not express an opinion
as to the cause of the accident.
B. B. Lipsner, formerly superin
tendent of the aerial mail service,
admitted he had expressed an opin
ion to the jury of technical experts
as to the cause of the accjdent but
refused to disclose what he told the
jurors.
The Goodyear attorneys questioned
the truth of Lipsner's statements in
relating a conversation he had with
Henry Wacker, a mechanic who
survived the accident. He said
Wacher told him that the only pos
sible causes of the accident was -a
gas leak and motor back bring
PATRICK CUDAHY
DIES AT HIS HOME
. IN MILWAUKEE
Head of Big Packing Concern
Succumbs to Apoplectic
Stroke.
Milwaukee, July 25. Patrick Cud
ahy, president of Cudahy Brothers
company, packers of Cudahy, Wis.,
died suddenly this afternoon from
an apoplectic stroke.
Mr. Cudahy retired from active
business in 1915, making his son,
Michael, the executive head of his
packing business. Later when his
sons, Michael and John, entered the
war,, he again became the chief ex
ecutive. Chicago, July 25. The death of
Patrick Cudahy, millionaire pacEer
of Milwaukee, today, brother of Ed
wards A. Cudahy, president of the
Cudahy Packing company, one of
the five great packing firms of Chi
cago, removed the third of the Cud
ahy brothers whose rise to great
wealth and influence made one of
the remarkable chapters of the his
tory of western business.
Born in Ireland, the three older
boys, Michael, John and Patrick,
came with their parents to the
United States in 1849. The family
settled in Milwaukee. At 14 Michael
went to work for John Plankinton,
ipackej, and at the same age John
started in the employ ot toward
Roddis, also a packer. Patrick, at
12, began as a delivery boy for a
Milwaukee grocer, but two years
later joined his brother John in the
Roddis plant, although both after
ward worked Jor Plankinton and
Armour. At 2" Patrick was super
intendent for the firm and two
years later was a partner. He and
John bought out the Plankinton
interests and in 1888 the firm be
came Cudahy Brothers and the
plant was moved to Cudahy, Wis.,
and Patrick became president and
general manager.
Michael became a partner of P.'
D. Armour in Armour & Co.,
Chicago, in 1875, and helped his
brothers organize the firms of
Cudahy Brothers and the Cudahy
Packing company, and became
president of the latter. Michael
died in 1910 and John in 1915.
TWO MEN CAUGHT
WITH MASKS AND
GUNS IN POCKETS
HAS NEW
PLAN FOB
IRELAND
London Publisher Starts Ques
tion Buzzing Among Political
Wiseacres Following- Pub
lication of Scheme in Times.
Police Believe They Have
Male Companions of "Laugh
ing Woman" Bandit.
Police believe they have captured
the to male companions of the
"Laughing Woman" bandit.
They were arrested last night and
gave the names of James Blacker
and James Davis.
The "Laughing Woman" bandit
took part in "sticking up" motorists
stopped by motor or tire troubles.
Guns and masks were found in
Blacker's and Davis' pockets. They
were arested at a down-town hotel.
The woman bandit first came to
police notice when Al Vody, a tran
sient guest at the Paxton hotel, was
accosted by two men and a woman
who alighted from a big touring car.
Vody was repairing a tire near the
Municipal beach. Vody and his
companion, I. Nagle, yielded $32 to
the gentle feminine touch. Shebade
the two men a laughing farewell as
the big car got under way.
J. H. White, 1727 Leavenworth
street, was robbed under similar con
ditions. In company with J. H.
Hauser, he was fixing a punctured
tire near Sixth and Pierce streets.
White gave up $90. . Hauser was
robbed of $3. And the bandit
woman laughed again.
Police have little hope of arresting
her, due to the meager descriptions
given by her victims.
Will Start Proposed
Transcontinental
Flight ifi Four Days
Mineola, N. Y., July 25. Capt.
Roy N. Francis, who left Dayton,
O., at 8:08 o'clock Friday morning
in a Martin bombing plane, landed
at Hazelhurst field at 3:57 p. m.
The trip was said to have been with
out incident. Captain Francis will
remain here about four days before
starting his proposed trans-continental
flight.
Captain Francis, who was accom
panied by Lieut. T. W. Welch, flew
at an altitude of 7.500 feet, bucking
the wind all the 650 miles.
On the next leg from Mineola to
North Platte, Neb., a distance of
1,509 njiles, Captain Francis will be
accompanied by Lieut. E. A. Clune.
From North Platte he will continue
to San Francisco, 1,315 miles away.
As his machine has a cruising radius
of 1,800 miles, Captain Francis said
he anticipated no trouble in making
either of the trans continental legs.
Standard Oil Company
to Double Capitalization
New York, July 25.,-The Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey an
nounced a proposed increase in its
capital stock by $100,000,000 which
virtually doubles the present capital
ization. The new stock will be at
7 per cent pfd. but non-voting, and
will be offered to present share hold
ers at par,
5
"DOES HE LOVE IRELAND
OR LLOYD GEOpGE LESS?"
Northcliffe Adopts Attitude of
Withholding Hand Until Pre
mier Admits Despair Before
Springing His Panacea.
BY ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE.
(UntTerosl Service' Staff Correspondent.)
London, July 25. (Special Cable
Dispatch.) Does Northcliffe love
Ireland, or does he love Lloyd
George less?
That is the question buzzing in
the minds of political wiseacres in
London following the publisher's
new scheme for a settlement of the
Irish problem occupying four solid
columns in his leading newspaper,
the Times.
"He always has 'em guessing," as
one shrewd observer put it.
So it is with this latest outflow
from the source of wisdom which
characteristically propounded last
December a solution of world prob
lems before the peace congress had
assembled, and which now leaps into
the arena with a complete outfit to
"solve" a problem manv hundred
years old.
Will Spring Panacea.
Northcliffe adopts the attitude of
patiently but vainly withholding his
hand until Premier Lloyd George
admittedJn the commons his despair
of any solution, and of then, with
due humility, springing upon a star
tled world a panacea "which we do
not expect will secure the immediate
approval of either Ulster or the
Unionists or the extreme Nationalists."
First, as to Northcliffe s motives.
If his break with the premier is gen
uine Lloyd-George's -disappointing
speech in the commons in which he
professed that the government had
no policy toward Ireland except a
policy of despair, left a large vul
nerable point in the premier's ar
mor. Neither Will Approve Plan.
Pre-supposing that Northcliffe is
making a sincere effort to point out
a plan of conciliation with Ireland,
the most cogent thing he says is
that neither the extreme unionists
nor the Sinn Feiners will approve
("immediately" or at any other
time) of his plan.
Add to this his idea of an Irish
parliament in which each of the two
states of the "Irish federation" has
equal representation and it becomes
more apparent that the Sinn Feiners
will have to reverse their whole
program of representation accord
ing to population to agree to his
schemes.
Moreover, the Sinn Feiners al
ready have repudiated the principle of
their representatives sitting in the
British parliament which North
cliffe urges, this being tantamount
to recognition of British sover
eignty. From the Unionist side lurk equal
ly insurmountable difficulties. North
cliffe's proposal presupposes a re
laxation of British rule to the dimin
ishing point, notably the reduction
of the office of lord lieutenant to a
nominal status "shorn of political
character." He also relegates to the
Irish parlament the power to impose
and collect direct taxation-as well as
the fixing and collection of excise
and customs duties. This would fur
ther weaken British power in Ire
land. Senate to Consider
Colombian Treaty
During Coming Week
Washington, July 25. Under pres
ent plans of republican leaders, the
peace treaty will be set aside tem
porarily for consideration of the
treaty between the United States
and Colombia, proposing payment to
i,tt. r.( tsrwinon fnr damages
arising from American acquisition
of the Fanama canai.
riioirtnan 1 nAcre of the senate
foreign relations committee, said to
day the Colombian treaty woum dc
taken up by committee next week
with plans for its immediate ratifi
cation by the senate. Action on the
treaty has been urged by State department.
Aviator Instantly Killed
as Parachute Fails to Open
Cal.. Tulv 25. Attempting
a descent from an airplane at an esti
mated altitude ot J.uuu leet, tawara
F. Thompson, was instantly killed
near here when the parachute failed
to open.
Cut Behind! ' ,
Uncle Sam's new delivery boy isn't going to stand
ny foolishness from those Democratic Kids.
LURED TO LONELY
PLACE AND SHOT
FROM AMBUSH
Charles Mendenhall Receives
Dangerous Wound When
Expecting to Meet
His Wife.
Charles Mendenhall, 22 years old,
employe in a Council Bluffs furni
ture store, was shot and seriously
wounded near the Droge elevator
building in Council Bluffs by an un
identified man who had lured him
there by a pretext.
Mendenhall is in the Mercy hos
pital. Physicians say he may not
recover.
The shooting took place at 10:30
last night.
Mendenhall went to the elevator
after receiving a telephone call that
his wife, from whom he is separated
and with whom he has been trying
to effect a reconciliation, would meet
him there.
As he approached the elevator
property two men rose up in a clump
of weeds. One of them fired a re
volver. The shot entered Menden
hall's body just above the heart and
passed through the body.
Police say they received a call
from a woman calling herself Mrs.
Mendenhall about an hour before
the shooting.
She said she feared a plot to mur
der her husband and asked the police
to protect him.
At a late hour last night police, in
an effort to clear up the mystery
angles in the case, had not been able
to locate Mrs. Mendenhall.
Roumanian Advance
Guards Overwhelmed
by Hungarian Troops
Paris, July 25. A Burcharest dis
patch dated Thursday, says the
Hungarians last Sunday started an
offensive with eight or nine divi
sions overwhelmed the Roumanian
advance guards and crossed the
Theish river at several points, but
suffered a severe check in the
northern sector of the fighting
front.
The Dispatch adds that Roumanian-
reserves on Tuesday coun
ter attacked and captured Hod-mexc-Vasarchly,
but that sharp
fighting continued when the dis
patch was filed.
It is the intention of the Hungari
ans says the dispatch, to destroy
Roumania, which is. an obstacle to
their plan to link up with the Rus
sian bolsheviki.
Army Aviator Killed.
Dallas, Tex., 'July 25. Second
Lieut. Edward M. . Anderson, 23.
was instantly killed Friday when the
right wing of an airplajie he was
piloting from Wichita Falls to Love
field here collapsed and the ma
chine went into a nose dive
ARTIST DENIES
STATEMENTS OF
BEAUTY EDITOR
Says He Never Expressed
Opinion in Alleged
Beauty Contest.
Not only the women of Omaha,
who do things, are protesting
against a beauty contest in this
day of epoch-makig events, but
Laurie Wallace, artist and writer,
accuses the "beauty editor" of the
paper of publishing it of having a
vivid imagination, tendencies to
stray from the truth and absolutely
no regard for facts.
Mr. Wallace, for the third time,
has been quoted as passing judg
ment on the three women, whose
pictures have been published in the
beauty contest, and he emphatically
states:
" I never exp-esed my opinion of
Mrs. Patterson's beauty. I never
said a word about her sister, Miss
Phyllis Waterman. I have not ut
tered a sound with regard to beauty,
charm or loveliness of Miss Marian
Walker. I was amazed that three
times in succession the promoter
of the . alleged beauty contest
should take such liberties putting
words into my mouth which 1
never have uttered."
When questioned as to his per
sonal opinion, Mr. Walace would
not commit himself one way or
the other in regard to the merits of
the three contestants for the
beauty prize. He laughed at the
headline stating that Miss Weller
had blue eyes and light hair.
"Everyone who knows Miss Wel
ler," he said, "l?nows that her eyes
are so large and brown that no
body should confuse them with
blue."
English Coal Miners
Accept Government
Offer for Piece Work
London, July 25. The miners'
federation Friday accepted the' gov
ernment's offer of new piece rates
for coal mining and recommended
that all the miners' unions accept
the proposition and return to work.
The Yorkshire miners will meet
Saturday and decide whether they
will accept the proposition. It is be
lieved they will do so.
The govenment is leaving navy
men at the mines where the men
have gone out until work is gener
ally resumed, and the railways are
continuing their preparations for in
creased services should there be any
such settlement.
Nebraska National Bank's
Capital Increase Approved
Washington, July 25. (Special
Telegram.) The Treasury depart
ment has approved the increase in
the capital of the Nebraska
National bank of Omaha, from
S200.000 to $500,000
REOPENING OF
FOOD HEARINGS
LOST IN HOUSE
Plans of Democrats to Attempt
Impeachment of Commit
tee Report Blocked by
Republicans.
Washington, July 25. Plans of
democratic members of the house
war investigating committee to at
tempt impeachment of the major
ity committee report censuring the
War department for delaying sale of
surplus foodstuffs and asking adop
tion of a policy of immediate distri
bution were blocked by republican
committeemen.
By a strict party vote, the demo
crats' request for a re-opening of
hearings on the food stocks was de
nied. The democratic members had
announced they would attempt to
disprove statements contained ilk the
report. Simultaneous with their
failure and the direction by the re
publican members that a rule be
asked for immediate house consider
ation of the resolution calling for a
policy of sale at once to the con
suming public, the democrats decid
ed to submit a minority report,
challenging the statements of the
republicans.
Because of prospective argument
of democrats that a change in policy
of sale would result in the foodstuffs
falling in the hands of specula
tors, the republican committeemen
amended their resolution so as to
request the sales to be made direct
ly to the consumers by the govern
ment.
Charges Omaha Mail
Clerks Must Move to
Iowa to Be Promoted
By E. C. SNYDER,
(Staff CoTTMpondrnt of Tbi Omaha Be)
Washington Bureau. Omaha Bee.
Washington, July 25. It having
been alleged J. F. Humphreys,
chief clerk of the railway mail serv
ice of the 10th division, with read
quarters in Sioux City, has been
discriminating against Omaha rail
way mail clerks in the matter of
promotions. Congressman Jeffreis
today submitted to the postmaster
general four instances of alleged
discrimination wherein Omaha rail
way mail clerks were forced to
move to Sioux City to accept pro
motions. The discrimination came through
changes in the time schedules for
these men so that theywere not
given relief in Omaha and were
therefore compelled to reside in
Sioux City in order to hold their
day runs.
Mr. Jefferis asked for a prompt
and thorough investigation.
SITUATION
IN FAR EAST
EXPLAINED
Wilson Notifies Senate That
American Forces Will Be
Kept on Guard as Long as
Protection Is Necessary. -
MAIN OBJECT IS TO KEEP
RAILWAYS IN OPERATION
Second Purpose in View Was
to Steady Effort of Russians
at Self Defense or Establish
ment of Law and Order.
Washington, July 25. President
Wilson today advised the senate
that the American military expedi
tion in Siberia was there primarilj
to protect and maintain operatios
of the Siberian railroad and indicated
that the expedition would remain
as long as such protection was nec- .
essary.
Another purposeW the expedition
as outlined by the president was to
give relief to the Russian people in"
Siberia, by supplying food, clothing
and other supplies. Mr. Wilson
said there was no intention of in-. !
terfering with Russian sovereignty
The retention of American troops
to protect the American railroad -forces
under John F. Stevens, the
president's letter stated, is "a vital
element." By agreement with
Japan, the president stated, the
American troops are to remain there '
as lohgas the railroad expedition is -engaged
in maintaining operation, ;
The president's communication,
detailing at great length the activi--.
ties of the American military and
railroa4 force in Siberiarwas fn re-'"'"
sponse to resolution ' of Senator
Johnson, republican, California, in-V
quiring regarding the American
policy in Siberia and how long it
was" proposed to retain the, troops '
there. ' ( -
To Save Czecho-Slovak Armies.
The president's message said that
the decision to send American
troops to Siberia was "taken in con
junction with Japan and in concert
of purpose with the other allied
powers, first of all to save the
Czecho-Slovak armies which we're .
threatened with destruction by hos
tile armies apparency organized by
and often largely composed of pris
oners of wan" The second purpose
in view was to steady any efforts of
the Russians at self-defense, or the
establishment of law and order, in
which they might be willing to ac
cept assistance.
"The net result was the success- s
ful reunion of the separate Czecho
slovak armies," the statement con
tinued, "and the substantial elimina
tion in eastern Siberia of the active
efforts of enemy prisoners of war
with a period of relative, quiet then
ensued. '
"In February, 1919, as a conclu
sion of negotiations begun early in "
the summer of 1918, the United
States accepted a plan proposed by
Japan for the supervision of ' the '
Siberian railways by an internation- I
al committee under which commit- --'
tee, Mr. John F. Stevens would as- "
sume the operation of the Russian '
railway service corps.
Organize Railway Service.
"At the ren,nest of the provisional '
government and with the support of
Mr. Stevens there was organized the :
so-called Russian railway service
corps, composed of American en
gineers. As originally organized
this corps constituted 14 skeleton -division
units.
"Owing to the bolshevik uprising
and the general chaotic conditions
neither Mr. Stevens nor the Russian
railway service corps was able to :
negin worK in Siberia until March.
1918. They have since been able to '
operate effectively only since the '
railway plan was adopted in Feb
ruary, 1919.
"In accepting the railway plan.'it
was provided that some protection 1
should be given by the allied forces
Mr. Stevens stating frankly that he
would not undertake the arduous
task before him unless he could rely ,
upon support from American troops
(Continued on Pag-e Fonr, Column Five.) -
Increase in Trolley Rates ,
Favored in Lincoln Probe
Lincoln, July 25. (Special Tele- '
gram.) Under the findings of W.
G. Raymond, appointed as master
in federal court to take testimony in
the appeal to that court of the Lin-
coin Traction company for emeTg- '
ency rates, the company will receive.
if the findings are adopted by the ,
court, a 6-cent fare for Lincoln s
with 2 cents additional for ' all s
suburbs except Havelock, which will
be 9 cents.
Mr. Raymond is head of the engi- -neering
department of Iowa uni- ;
versity and has been investigating
the earnings of the company for
1919 and what should reasonably be .
charged to its heat and light- de
partment .