RIEF
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IDEA OF INTERIOR OF
iARTH WRONG. HE SAYS.
Los AiigeYes, Cal., Set. 19.-Final
experiments of great interest in the
jcientific world will be made this
V Dr. Albert A. Michaelson
f Chicago, one of the loremost
'dentists of the world. He has
Mine to Pasadena to test the rig
idity of the earth.
ur. -Michaelson has just arrived
lrom Yerkes observatory, where he
lias been making tests, and today
went to Mount VVil
Similar tests at the CarnegiJ solarj
' ouservatory. According to JJr.
y Michaelson, the theoy that the in
terior of the eauji is a torrid, molten
mass is incorrect. He. admits there
is extreme heat in the earth's inte
rior, but says the core of the earth
is solid. v
It is for the purpose of proving his
tneory mat lie is engaged in scien
tific tests tor tht University of Chi
cago, of which he is a faculty mem
ber. ,
PERSHING SHAKES HAND
OF 2,000 ARMY OFFICERS.
I Washington, Sept. 19. More
)!han 2,000 commissioned' officers,
ranging all the way from veterans
whoseservice records date back to
Indian uprisings to the newest
lieutenant, shook hands today with
General Pershing at a reception in
Secretary Baker's office. As each
man passed, he was introduced, sa
luted and received a hearty hand
shake. '
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SAYS BRITISH DECEIVED
PUBLIC ABOUT RUSSIA.
London, Set 19. The London
Times this morning accuses the
British administration of deception
in announcing that the supreme
council at Paris had approved Brit-,
ish evacuation of Russia and decided
to let the Russians work out their
own salvation. The Times says the
Ilaliau and American delegations
denied this ajnd the French delega
tion had not discussed the subject.
The Morning Post, Daily Chron
icle and the Manchester Guardian
.insist that the British authorities
zt out an official statement of the
sureme council's alleged approval
of British evaculation of Russia.
These papers express, the view that
Premier Lloyd George resorted to a
political ruse to swing the English
by 'elections. . ' ...
The premier refuses to discuss the
matter. , ,
TENOR FORMERLY WITH
KAISER MAY NOT SEE U. S.
Berliif, Sept. 19. (By Special
Cable Dispatch.) Jadtowker, the
famous Russian tenor, formerly
connected with the kaiser's royal
oper and now engaged by thChi
cago Opera company, has struck
; difficulties in his effort to fill the
latter engagement. He applied to
Captain Frank Mason, unofficially
here as assistant military attache,
for passport to the United States
but there being n6 American diplo
matic or consular representatives
in Germany, be was' informed" he
could only go to America by spe
cial emission' from Washington.
ALL IRELAND ROOTING
!FOR MR. PATRICK MORAN.
New York, Sept. 19. All Ireland
is rooting for Pat Moran, accord
ing to Jack Harry, tormer vsiar u
the Athletics and once a member
of the famous $1,000,000 infield, who
; has .recently returned from Ireland
where he was a Knights of Colun
bus secretary.
: Barry tells the following story
, lold to him by a young Irishman he
met in Dublin:
"Pat Moran. after he assumed the
-reins of the Cincinnatti Reds, went
straightway to a Catholic orphan
age in Ohio and requested tie nuns
who had charge of the institution
lo have the little boy and girl or
; phans pray every day for the suc
cess of the ball team' and Pat. The
ijood nuns naturally assented. Since
Ihe advent of spring and the first
game, the orphans have daily re
..rie ftr fh Pinrinnati
' ream; . '"'
"Un to the present time the
pravers of the orphans have fav
ored the Reds. And there is not
the least doubt," the young Irish
man continued, according to Barry,
"in any Irishman's mind, be he Sinn
T7.;n Nationalist or Ulsterite- but
that the Reds are going to cop the I
pennant. . - -
WOOD WILlf REMAIN IN v
ARMY WHILE CAMPAIGNING.
' New York, Sept. 19. (By Uni
versal Service.) Mat. Gen. Leon-
. ard Wood has decided to risk dis
ciplining by remaining in the army
while he conducts a campaign for
the Republican nomination for the
presidency and against th league of
nations. This was announced today
by one of General Wood's cam
paign managers. It was made to
dispose of, rumors that General
Wood was about to resign to en
ter the field of politics.
The general's spokesman said this
-decision had been reached after
conferences attended by senator
- Penrose, Senator Moses, National
Committeeman John T. King and
.5 others. '
PERSHING, NOT WILSON
-WON ONE-MAN COMMAND. -
Washington, Sept. 19. A supreme
- one-man compiand in the world war
was the idea of General Pershing.
It was opposed by the British, but
with the help of France he put it
across. I - - .
A great manjr controversies grow
ing out of America's participation in
the war have been cleared up since
the headquarters of the American
expeditionary forces was established
xn American soil. This was one of
'' them. President Wilson, Premier
Clemenceau and Other allied lead--.
ers have been given credit for the
; plan, but according to a staff officer
very close to General Pershing, the
. honor gorjL to mm. t
According to the story this officer
told today, one of the first things
' General Pershing did upon his ar
rival in Europe was tt advance the
theory of a supreme generalissimo.
- r..niUnun " h i niintfi) as tell
ing a conference of allied military
leaders, "an international war coun
cil never yet has won a warv There
-UJiS" De a supreme neaa. .
STEEL
READY TO
WALKOUT
Organizers and; District Offi
cers Given Instructions and
Sent Out to Mills in Pitts
burgh District.
EVERY NON-UNION MILL
AND FURNACE AFFECTED
Chairman of National Com
mittee Discusses Proposed
Meeting of Men' Affected
With Samuel Gqmpers.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 19. Preparations
for the tesi of strength between or
ganized labor and capital in the
steel industry throughout the United
States "to begin Monday, went for
ward today with both sides appar
ently confident of the outcome.
There were no official statements
forthcoming from either side,- but in
formal talks indicated that they
were ready for the contest.
Representatives of steel compan
ies in the, Pittsburgh district let it
be known'that they intend to oper
ate their plants Monday and also
let the impression go out that they
do not look for a large a walk
out as, the nnion leaders assert will
take place. Organized labor ex
Dects a biiz turnout ef men and' pre
dicted that the employers will re-1
ceive the surprise of their lives.
Neither side will venture figures.
Both frankly confess they do not
know how many men will remain
at work or fail to answer the
whistlev Monday only can tell, they
said. ' ' t- ' ;v
Canvass Not Accurate.
Steel companies in many cases
are understood to have canvassed
their men "to get an ideaTftlle
number of men who will stfflce.
Union leaders saidthat from theis
experiences these canvasses usually
prove to be inatcurate and pointed
to past strikes where a majority
of men in a plant has signed up not
to strike and then quiv when the
time came. c
It was said tonight that in a
number of plants some men have
already ouit and sought work in
other places. It was expected by
union leaders here that many men
on the night shifts tonight will
take their personal belongings, out
of the mills at quitting time tomor
row morning, as many of them do
not work Saturday ; and Sunday
nights. , '
T.fW Leave Citv.
All the national leader's of unions
involved ia the strike had left the
city tonight-for their respective
headauarters to make final plans
for the strike and much of the ac
tivity abouMhe offices of the steel
workers' national committee had to
do - with the preparations in vthe
Pittsburgh district. While national
headquarters are in this city in
charee of William Z. Foster, sec
retary of the national committee, it
was learned that much of thework
will be conducted, by districts
Organize Police Forces. m
Some' of the communities in the
Pittsburgh district are quietly pre
paring to maintain peace during the
strike. In McKeesport the, mayor in
connection with business men has a
volunteer force to assist the police.
Plants that are not shut down will
be picketed by strikers, ;t was said,
nnd local police will endeavor to pre
vent clashes between men going1 to
work and those who quit) Patrols
of the Pennsylvania state police, it
was said tonight, have been selected
and will be on duty in the Allegheny
valley near Brackenridge, at Home
stead, between McKeesportvand Du
quesnC, at Clairton, and about
Rankin and Braddock. '
Four Persons Are
Injured WKen Car
Is Crowded to Curb
vo sir
ly bruised and Cut at 11:30 last night
when the automobile in which they
were riding was Crowded into the
curb by - another car at Thirtieth
Street and Lincoln boulevard.
Miss Josephine Johnson, 5824
North Twenty-fourth street, a clerk
in the Union Pacific headquarters;
Miss Josephine Hawkins, 2305
Leavenworth street; Howard Smith,
5307 North Twenty-seventh street.
chauffeur, and R. M. Pilaster, "5402
North Twenty-fourth " street,' are
the injured persons. "
Gets Broken Hip Trying
ta Beat Out Street Car
. P. C McKee, 2565 Laurel avenue,
sustained a broken hip and severe
bruises when the automobile he was
driving was struck bv a' street car
at Thirty-third and Ames .avenue.
Friday afternoon. According to wit
nesses. McKee was frying to beat
the street car across the intersec
tion. He was attended by police
surgeons and taken io bis gome
Salvation Army Drive for
$512,000 to Start Monday
Preparations for State-Wide Campaign for Funds to
Erect Young Women's Boarding Home and Other
Buildings in Omaha Completed. - i
More than 100 chairmen, sub-
chairmen and workers attended the
initial "Inspirational" meeting of
the Salvation Army Home Service
Fund committee last nicht at the
Omaha Athletic club.
"A drive to raise $203,463 in Omaha
and $308,537 in the rest, of the state
for the erectiojn of buildings to be
used by the Salvation Army will be
started Monday and last six days.
A young women s boarding hone
?nd a buildiqg to be used as the state
headquarters of the Salvation Army
will be erected with the proceeds of
the drive.
An option on a 10-acre tract for
the young women's boarding home
has been secured. The state head
quarters building will be located on
ihe northwest corner of Eighteenth
and Davenport, it was stated.
Army Man Talks.
Judge Charles Leslie, chairman of
the meeting last night, briefly dis
cussed the organization for the com
ing drive and introduced iRaymond
Crossman. who told at length of the
work of the Salvation Army over
seas. . '
Frank Howell told how his admir
ation had grown for the Salvation
Army in a forceful speech, and de
clared that the Salvation Army is
the- most loved organization in the
world.
"It is the only organization that
has returned to us 100 cents on the
dollar," lie declared.
"I am for the Salvation Army
first, last and all the time," said John
L. Kennedy. "Its .work in the
trenches, in the slums, in fact every
where is wonderful. The relief and
rescue work keeps thousands of ou
boys, giris, men Nand women from
falling."
Adjt. Lillian Ness, a Salvation
Army J'lassie," who ha been in
charge of rescue work in Omaha for a
year, told the story of her work and
there were tears as well as smiles
anions her audience.
Growth of Home.
When she came to Omaha the res
cue home here was equipped to care
lor only 20 girls and 12 babies, Adju
tant Ness said. Most of the time
since her arrival at least 30 girls and
from 20 to 25 babies have been cared
for at all times in the home, she
declared. ' x
Co-operation of the managements
of the Nebraska Power company, the
Omaha Gas company, the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway com
pany and the Nebraska Telephone
company in the coming drive were
pledged at the meeting last night.
G. W. Williams, campaign direc
tor, gave final instructions to work
ers in the drive. The workers are
to meet at the Hotel Paxton daily,
beginning next Tuesday, to report
the progress of the drive.
California Senator Will Re-
turn to Washington to Speak
in. Behalf of His Treaty
Amendment.. ;
OMAHA RAILWAY
CO. TO CONTINUE'
. SKIP-STOP PLAN
Must Erect Signs to Show
Where Stops Arc - to
,Be Made.
i
GERMANY DYNAMO
OF STRENGTH, SAYS
H. MOHGENTHAU
Nation Surcharged With En
ergy Moving With Cen
tripetal Force-
Lincolti, Sept. 19. (Special.) Ap-1 . Paris,. Sept. 19. "Germany came
proval ot the skip-stop system as a
permanent feature of-street car op-
wationitrOma'ha" has teen- approve
oy xne oiaie railway commission.
The plan was put into effect a little
over a year ago as- an emergency
measure. The compaay has found
that it is able to save a little money
by eliminating some of the stop's at
street corners and the car men find
their labors reduced.
One of the Omaha commissioners
appeared at the hearing and talked
against the skip-stop system, while
another defended it. The street car
company had a number of witnesses
present, who testified that they used
the cars and were satisfied. ,
The total number of stops has
been reduced from 1,856 to 1,246.
Wilson estimates the saving effect
ed at $59,000.
'"Permission is given the company
to continue the system permanently.
It is required -to erect signs show
ing where the stops are made.
After' Six Weeks
Negro Again Tries
to Assault Woman
Mrs. Homer Harney was attacked
in her home, 1861 I street, yesterday
by a negro, who seized her by
the throat' and attempted criminally
to assault her,
Mrs. Harney declared this is the
same negro who attempted to as
sault her in her home about six
weeks ago. "
He gained entrance to the house
by cutting the back, screen door
Her screams attracted the atten
tion of neighbors who called the
police. When a crowd gathered
the. negro made his escape from the
house and ran, disappearing through
Syndicate park. Chief of Detectives
Dunn and a squad of men went out
on the case.
The negro is described as tall and
slender and about 30 years old.
Mrs. Harney was alone when the
negro' entered the house.
She was taken to the home of
neiehbors after the negro escaped.
She is hysterical and near a nervous
breakdown. - '
Man Arrested on Wife's
Message From New Haven
Eugene B. Cornwall, .Keystone
hotel, was arrested Friday night on
information received from his wife,
Anna Cornwall of New Haven,
Conn. He is charged with non
support. ,
. Cornwall, who has been a locomo
tive fireman since 1916, states that he
left home the last of July after learn
ing that his wjfe was untrue to him.
He says they had been married only
two weeks.'
Cornwall ' waived extradition
rights. " - - ;
Lincoln Woman Hunts
Errant Husband in Omaha
. Mrs. Laura Smith, 27 years of
age, Lincoln," Neb., is looking for
her husband, -while -staying at the
home of her sister, 3020 Pratt street,
she says her husband. Earl Smith,
a coal dealer at Lincoln, left herself
and her three small children Sep
tember 17, to come to Omaha with
Miss Mary Graham, . alias Katy
YascL' -
JOHNSON
WILL STOP
SPEECHES
MESSAGET0 HOME STATE
WILL ANSWER WILSON
Turn Away Crowds From
Largest Hall in St. Paul
When He Speaks in Opposi
tion to Peace Treaty.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. W.-Amer-ica's
entry into the league of nations
will mark the formation of a part
nership between the "one going,
solvent country, in , the world with
:ertain European bankrupts -who
after our first experience in med
dling and muddling in foreign poli
tics have come' to secretly despise
and detest us," declared Senator'
Hiram W Johnson, in addressing a
large and enthusiastic" audience here
tonight, .
"The league of nations," he said,
'come to us after its principal mem
bers have been gorged with territory,
with their boundaries and their lim
its increased beyond the wildest
dreams and with other immense
tracts of the world's surface yet to
be distributed among them.
' Hits Article X
-
Wilson Explains Reason
, Freedom of Seas Ignored
Says Doctrine Is for Protection of Neutrals While
Other Nations Are at War, and Under League
There Are No Neutrals.
A
Sarf Diego, Sept. 19. For the first
time during his speaking trip the
president told at a dinner here why
it 'was not considered necessary to
define the freedom of the seas at
Paris peace conference.
Declaring that one of the reasons
America went to war was for the
freedom of the seas, the president
said that under the league of nations
"'it became unnecessary to . define"
freedom of the seas. It wa ac
cepted, he said, that the doctrine
was, for the protection of neutrals
while ether nations were at war.
"There arc no neutrals under the
league," he added.
Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the
treasury under President McKinley,
introduced the president tonight
after preliminary remarks by Mayor
Wilde. Mr. Gage declared that if
McKinley were alive today he would
say to President Wilson: "God bless
the work you are doing I stand
with you."
Replying directly to a reference to
the Philippines by Mr. Gage, the
president said that undtr the league
of nations the Pacific possessions
could be assured of political inde
pendence. "That instrument," he said, "would
be a guarantee against external aggression."
AMEND
PLAN VOTE
TO
COVENANT
Leaders Confident That
Amendment Will Be Passed
NexP'Week to Equalize
British voting Power.
HOLD ADOPTION WILL .
NOT REOPEN PEACE PACT
WOMAN SEEKING -
DAUGHTERS )S
' VICTIM OF GAS
Comes
From Pacific Coast
Hunting Girls in
Omaha.
Mrs. Sophia . Haltoff o'f Sadusa,
Wash, had '& narrow escape from
death yesterday. She was found in
a room at the Kiel hotel, Council
Bluffs, at 7 in the morning, uncon
scious from the effects of illumi
nating gas pouring from an open
burner. '
Mrs. Haltoff, who is about 60
years old, arrived in Council Bluffs
from the north late Thursday eve
ning. She went to, the hotel with
the intention of taking a street car
to Omal in the morning to find
her daughters, to visit whom she
had made the long journey from the
"After these extraordinary acces-4 fmc coast, one was too weaK
iasi cvchiiik iu Kivc. men names
and Omaha addresses, but appeared
very anxious. to communicate with
through this war a perfect dynamo of
strength. Her hurnan military power
i practically as great as ever and
her 65,000,000 have been schooled
and hardened by trials. They have
learned economy and self-denial.
yJne nation has' been compressed
info a concentrated mass, which is
surcharged with energy and moving
with centripetal force, while Ger
many's neighbors are spreading
themselves out thin and quarreling
and moving with centrifugal force."
Thus spoke Heny Morgenthau,
who headed the United States in
vestigation commission . which has
been at work in Poland, in discuss
ing his observations in central Eu
rope. "And what will be the result?"
Mr. Morgenthau asked. Replying to
histown question he continued, "If
disintegration keeps up among Ger
many's neighbors, there can be but
one result. I doubt whether jGer
many fully appreciates her own
strength. As she sits, ralmlv watrh-
Niig the dickering going on between
the new states, which are losing
sight of great principles and fight
ing over little strips of territory, she
must take grim satisfaction in the
battle her enemies" are waging in
her behalf. And a Germany, en
couraged by such discord among
weak and struggling nations, un
doubtedly will resort to arms with
in a few years and regain her lost
territory.
It is impossible to create barrier
states against bolshevism and mili
tarism and if these newstates con
tinue their quarrels and Weaken
themselves, they cannot resist any
enemy, much less a great untouched
power like Germany.
"Germany intelligently refused to
fight to a finish with the . United
States. She withdrew in good order
to a place of safety, where the wat
had not ruined her factories and
where everything was ready for the
resumption of peace industry
Attempt to Make Coal
Miners' Claims Mandatory
Cleveland, Sept. 19. The wage
scale demands to be presented to
the soft coal operators in the cen
tral competitive fields of Ohio,
Illinois and .western Pennsylvania,
which will serve as the basis of re
lative wage scales in all the bitu
minous ' fields of the country will
be submitted to the convention of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica early next week.
Attempts will be made to make
the instructions of the convention
on the principal -demands absolutely
mandatory upon the miners' rep
resentatives in the' joint scale con
ference at Buffalo, September 25.
Odd Fellows Banquet and.. .
Witness Wrestling Match
The Odd Fellows lodge and their
friends banqueted last night in the
club rooms at Fourteenth and
Dodge streets. - -
C V nrAn1qf Pact C.rinA
laster of the lodge, served as
toastmaster. Rev. R. L. Wheeler,
who was expected to address the
meeting, was supplanted by the Rev.
Jenks. E. A. Benson gave a talk
which he called "Sidelights." One
of the attractions wa an amateur
wrestling match between the two
sons of Dr. Louis Swoboda,
I
sions of territory, the one going,
solvent national concern on earth
undertakes by Article X to guaran
tee forever their extraordinary ter
ritorial limits. This section freezes
the world into immutability. It as
sumes to put the world in a. strait
jacket, wherein there can be no
movement for betterment or prog
ress of humanity. .
"Beyond and above ; all- this, the
maintenance of this static condition
is to be accomplished by the blood
of just one nation, and that is ours.
"Are you ready. Americans, to
pledge your sons and your Sons'
sons to maintain and preserve for
all time the present governments of
the little nations we are setting up
in Europe and the present govern
ment; and boundaries of the British
and Japanese empires
Let Women Vote.
"The great fundamental question
which every American father and
mother should answer is this: 'Shall
American boys police the world?
Shall American blood uphold, main
tain and preserve old world's gov
ernments and the territorial integ
rity of the nations which have im
mensely increased their bound
aries?"' ,
' Senator Johnson declared that the
power of making war should be
taken from, sovereign rulers and
vested in the people who should
have the authority to decide the
question by a referendum vote.
Women, he said, who bear such
heavy burdens of war, should be
perniitted to participate on an equal
basis with men in determining
whether their country should go
to war. ' . i
He said that under the . league
covenant such a plan would be
impracticable. .
' Haiti People's Power.
"Instead of coming closer to the
people in these vital matters, the
league of nations would go a step
further from them and place the
power to make war in the hands
of, the rulers 'and their, representa
tives, instead of the people," said
Senator Johnson.
He emphasized the point that the
league covenant had been drawn
up in secrecy and that popular sup
port for it in this country had been
prompted by official propaganda,
paid for by taxation from 'an over
burdened people.
"The awful tragedy of the world,"
he said "the sorrow, the grief, and
the anguish of those whose dear
ones'- made - the supreme sacrifice,
the fearful waste and welter, of
necessity turned the thoughts of all
men and all women to a prevention
of another world cataclysm. We
were resolved after the experience
of this great conflict to take as far
as human agency could, some for
ward step to preclude another. -
"To all these peOple.and I num
ber myself among them, the idea
of a league or confederation or un
ion of the nations of the earth in
behalf of the right?' for the pro
tection of the weak against the
strong, to preclude the , successful
culmination of national cunning and
cupidity and to prevent future con
flicts pi God's creatures, possessed
a charm and an allurment, a hope
and an inspiration which we would
have gone far to realize and con
summate. The various"1 phases of
our disillusionment, I will not dwell
upon.
"Eacb milestone of thejeace con
ference successively marks them.
"Of all the singular and astonish
i n sr intellectual distortions induced
(Continued on I'nge Four, Column Five.)
I
them, expressing the fear that they
tnight'be worried at her delay in
reaching them; - -y- '
DEATH TOLL IN GULF
STORM INCREASES;
KNOWN TOTAL, 386
RapicTProgressMade in Clear-
ing Away Debris in
Streets.
Living Cost Shows
Increase Despite
' - Federal Campaign
Washington, Sept. 19. Retail
prices of food increased one per
cent in August as compared with
July and reached the highest point
in the nation's history, despite the
government's campaign - to reduce
the cost of living.
The exact increase has been al-.
ready apparent to the consumer- was
revealed when the department o
labor's bureau of labor statistics
The foodstuffs increasing in price
were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pork
chops, butter, cheese, ' coffee, dry
beans, sugar and bread. Prices de
clined for sirloin and round steak,
ribs and chuck roasts, onions, bacon,
flour, cabbage and canned peas,
corn,, beans and tomatoes.
Norris Asks Inquiry
Into Charges Made
Against Burleson
:.
Washington, Sept. 19. Denial
that there had been undue interfer
ence by the postoffice department
with thc-civil service commission
in the selection of postmasters, was
made by First Assistant Postmaster
General Koons before the senate
postoffice 'committee. -
Senator Norris, republican, of
Nebraska, introduced a resolution
proposing investigation of charges
made bv Charles M. Gallowav uoon
pis resignation from the commission.
that the postmaster general had
"debauched the aivil service" and
to develop whether Mr. Burleson,
in his acts, had the approval of
President Wilson.
Koons said there were some cases
where he had refused to accept the
commission's ratings.
Fifteen-Year-Old Boy '
Lured by Silk Shirts
Vernon ' Pratt, 5Ui North Six
teenth street, aged 15" years,- was
arrested Friday afternoon and
charged with the theft of three silk
shirts from a guest of the Keen
hotel. According to Mr. Keen,
Pratt, who has been working as a
bellboy, confessed to the theft.
Pratt will be turned over to juven
ile authorities today.
Alleged Dope Peddler .
Arrested in Walnut Hill
C. O. Butts, 4213 Izard street,
was arrested early tltis morning and
charged with violating the Harrison
drug act. Russell Eberstein, fed
eral agent, who arrested him, said
Butts had 59 ,bottles containing
ounce each of morphine. Eberstein
said he had evidence of a sale of
one bottle by Butts for $17.50.
Auto Bandits Busy. ,
Shreveport, La , Sept. 19.--Shortly
before noon today three unmasked
men robbed the bank of Gilliam. La.,
about 20 miles north of Shreveport,
of $10,000 and escaped in a motor
car. ,
Corpus, Christi, Tex., Sept. 19.
Recovery of 98 additional bodies
today along the north shore of
Nueces bay, brought the known
dead as a result of Sunday's storm,,
to nearly 400 and caused fears that
the total death roll might reach
double that number. T
The rising estimate of dead is
based largely on conditions along,
the Nueces shore line, where there
is much wreckage that has been pen
etrated -and, under which it is be
lieved there are many bodies of
victims.
Compilation of figures at relief
headquarters here showed an exact
total of j586 known dead with only
a small percentage of additional
identifications.
Sixty-nine bodies recovered and
buried at Corpus Christi, 194 at
White Poivt, 75 at West Portland,
11 at Sinton and Odem, eight at
Rockport five at Port Aransas, two
at Aransas Pass, and 22 at other
ooints.:
Marked progress was made today
in the work of cleariig away the de
bris from the dovf itown streets.
"The usual disinfectant precautions
were taken and the officers in
charge of sanitation said there was
virtually no danger of disease.
A number of the streets piled
high with wreckage after the storm
had been returned to virtually nor
mal aooearance tonight.
Extension of military regulations
to bar sightseers from the stricken
zone is expected to stop an an
ticipated rush of Sunday visitors
from inland, cities.
Before any person can leave the
city, a permit ,must be obtained
This is required to insure no inter
ruption in -relief work.
Military jurisdiction here was
transferred at noon today from fed
eral to state authorities. Col. W. D,
Cope, acting state adjutant general,
assumed command.
.'Mai. (len. . Tosenb T. Diekman.
h ''J- . I ' . '
commander of the Southern depart
ment,' spent the day here conferring
in connection with the withdrawal
of federal forces. -'
Announce De Valera
Is Positively Coming
- to Omaha Oct. 21
That-President De Valera will
positively visit Omaha, the date be
ing October 21, was the statement
made at a meeting -ot lnsh-Amer
icans held at the Hotel Fontenelle
last night.
The announcement was made by
Chairman Edward F. Moriarity, who
read it from a letter from Frank P.
Walsh in New, York.
The meeting had been called for
the purpose of -making plans for the
unveiling of the monument in Holy
bepulcher cemetery to Gen. John
O'Neill. Immediately upon reading
of the De Valera announcement the
date for the unveiling was set for
the date of the visit. A committee
was appointed to co-operate with
Mayor Smith in receiving and en
tertaining the distinguished visitor
as follows:
Patrick Duffy, E. P. Moriarity,
Andrew Monahan, John Hopkins,
Frank Sheehan, George Parks and
M J. Conboy.
Officers elected were: E. F, Mori
arity, chairman; J.- G. Sherry, secre
tary; George Parks, treasurer; Frank
Sheehan, fist vice president, and
John Hopkins, second vice president.
On vote Rev. s Father Shine of
Plattsmonth was invjted to make an
address at a meeting next Friday.
"Pershing's Pick" Infantry
Band Plays at Y. M. C. A.
Several hundred people listened
to the Twentieth Infantry band,
known as 'Persing's. Pick" while
in France, play classical and jazz
numbers at the Young Men's Chris
tian Association last -night.
'The band was conducted by Prof.
A. Goetz, who has had charge ofj
army bands since 1909. The con
cert was the first of a monthly series
of events to be "put on" by the as
sociation during the winter.
Democrats Elated When
Hurry Call Is Sent for John
son Fight on Treaty Will
Start Monday.
Wasliinffton. Sent: 19. After the
covenant of the league of nations, a '
part of the German peace treaty, had,
been read) late totiay in the senate, jt
reowblican' leaders claimed votes- !
enough to pass, 'probably next week, j
an amendment which would give tne .
United States equal voting power
with Great Britain ifl theleague as- ,
t.i.. , -
While confident " the amendment
will be adopted, the republicans holci
that it would not reopen the whole
question of peice and force the re-. ,
turn of the pact to the peace confer
ence at. Paris as President Wilson
and democratic leaders nave pre
dicted
Start Fight Monday.
There will be no session of the
senate tomorrow, but the fight will
open Aionaay in earnest, witn pros
pect ot a vote on the tsritish-Ameri
ican amendment proposed by Sen- '
ator Johnson, i republican, of Cali
fornia, bv the end of the week. Tele
grams were sent Thursday to Sen
ator Johnson by Senator Borah of '
Idaho, after a conference with Sen
ator Lodge, urging his immediate re- '
turn here, bul today Senator Lodge,
chairman' of the foreign relation
committee, in charge q fthe treaty ou
the floor, and Senator Knox, repub- i!
lican, of Pennsylvania, . telegraphed )
him that he might proceedVwith his 1.
western trip and keep on raking the
league fore and aft as he has been
doing for the last ten days. . " t
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, '
leader of the administration fight
for ratification, was as, steadfast as
heretofore, however, in the belief
that al amendments would be re-'
jected. Democrats made no attempt
to disguise the feeling of elation
that their cause was in good shape,-'
citing the hurry call sent to Sena- .
tor Johnson as evidence of doubt in !
the opposition camp. It was while I
they were still discussing this phase i
of the situation that word reached I
them of the Lodge and Knox mes- T
Lsage to Johnson to stay on the trail I
ui uie prcsiueni in vie west. -
San Francisco to "
Get Three Cars Cheap
Meat From Chicago
San Francisco, Sept. 19. Three
cars of 'frozen fresh meat are on
the way from Chicago to San Fran
cisco where the meat will be turned
over to this municipality and re
tailed at reduced prices through
a department store. '
The meat will be sold at cost plus
a small extra charge for wastage ,
meats offered are:
Poultry, (chickens) 30 cents per
pound; pork loins 25 cents; pork
shoulder 22 cents and mutton 12
cents. Markets here have been sel
ling poultry at 46 cents up, pork
loins 35 cents iio. shoulder 26 cent
up and mutton 20 cents up. -' : '
Omaha Man Weds
NorfolkVa.,Girl;to"
Make Home Here1
i -
Norfolk, Va., -Sept. 19.-(Special
Telegram.) Miss Emily Jackson
Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. S. Cooper of this city, yester
day became the bride of Walter Mil
ler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
wilier oi umana, et. lne cere-,
monv was witnccpf nnlv K 4l,'
family anaNa few intimate friends
It was performed by Rev.. S. A!
Donahoe. pastor of the M. ' F,
church. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left
for a northern wedding trip after
which they will reside in Omaha.
Uses Meat Cleayer on ;
Man at Columet Cafe
Charles Pokis, a Syrian, Reio Ho
tel, received a cut on the side of his.
head about six inches in length at
the hands or Luther Harris, a negro,)
address unknown, when trie two en-
gaged in a quarrel at the Calumet
restaurant late yesterday afternoon'.
Harris grabbed at meat cleaver and'
delivered the blow i
. Police are searching for Harris.
Records at the police station show'
that he inflicted a similar wou'd
upon another man about one year
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