THE BEE: OMAHA, SATUKUA Y. UOTUBER 11, 1U19.
Lincoln Bureau Bee
"PA. Barrows, Correspondent
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JUDGE KENNEDY
ELECTED HEAD
OF CODE BODY
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Committee Appointed to Look
Into Qualifications of
Candidates for
- Secretary.
" ' Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 10. (Special.)
; -Members of the children's code
commission, appointed by the gov
ernor as provided in a law passed
by the last legislature, met in
Representative hall Friday for or
ganization. 'i JudRe Lincoln Frost of Lincoln
was made temporary chairman
and Miss Anna Krampth of North
Platte, temporary secretary. Judge
Howard Kennedy of Omaha was
elected permanent chairman on the
fourth ballot. The other candidates
were Judse Frost and Mrs. Hattie
flum Williams of Lincoln.
For the position of secretary, an
office which pays $150 a month,
there were three 'applicants Gladys
Dana, Elizabeth Ann; Doyle and
Elizabeth Shchan, all of Lincoln. A
committee was appointed by the
president, consisting of Mrs. Draper
Smith of Omaha, Mrs. Hattie Plum
Williams of Lincoln and Superin
tendent Newlon of the, Lincoln
schools, to look into the qualifica
tions of the .candidates and report.
American Railway Express
to Pay State $58,698 Taxes
Lincoln, Oct. 10. (Special.) The
American Railway Express company
will pay the state treasury the sum
of $58,698.86 as its 2 per cent tax
' n earnings in this state under the
Smith law. The earnings of the
company, according to its report to
the state board of assessment, was
Mrs. Dyar of Boone
Elected President of
State W. C. T. U.
York, Neb., Oct. 10. (Special
Telegram.) The Woman's Chris
tian , Temperance union Friday
close'd one of the best conventions
ever held in the state. The attend
ance of delegates was larger and
there was more enthusiasm shown
than usual along all lines of their
work. The executive committee will
hold its next meeting in Hastings,
and the 1920 state convention will
be held in Kearney.
Following are the officers elected:
Mrs. Lena G. Dyar, Boone, presi
dent; Mrs. J. J. Bristow, Lincoln,
vice president; Mrs. Mary L. Sibert,
Chapman, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Exira E. Maxey, Orleans, re
cording secretary; Agnes D. Rob
erts, Omaha, treasurer; Mrs. Eunice
I. Starrett, Central City; Mrs.
Frances B. Heald, Osceola, and Mrs.
Lena Hanson, Fremont, finance
committee.
LEGION STIRRED
OVER ADMITTING
SERVICE
$1,934,64105 for the year ending
March 31, 1919.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe protests payment of its tax on
cars of the Refrigerator Dispatch
company on the ground that the
road has been taken over by the
government and should not there
fore pay the tax.
The attorney general's office
holds, however, that as the railway
administration pays the railroad
company for the use of its equip
ment and as the roads are likely to
go back to private ownership, the
tax should be paid.
Norfolk Soldier Dies.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 10. (Special!)
Telegram.) Glenn Barman of Nor
folk, w;io was wounded in the battle
of Cantigna, died at Windsor, Mo.,
Wednesday night, according to word
received by Norfolk relatives. Bar
man enlisted in Norfolk and was a
machine gunner with ths First division.
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Germans Ask League
, to Take Charge of the
i Malmedy Plebiscite
Paris, Oct. 10. (Havas.) The
chief of the German delegation has
lent to the general secretary of the
conference a new note asking that
the plebiscite to determine the fu
ture of the districts of Eupen and
Malmedy, which are cededby the
peace treaty to Belgium, shall take
place under control of a commis
sion appointed by the league of na
tions and including neither Belgian
nor German members.
c By the peace treaty, the Belgian
authorities in the two districts were
to open registers in which the in
habitants might record within the
six months after the treaty is in ef
fect, a desire to see the whole or
part of the territory returned, to
German sovereignty.
'.The note asks that the plebiscite
instead should be constituted under
rigorously secret provisions, and
Complains of several attempts made
by Belgian authorities to influence
the results of the plebiscite by in
timidation of voters desiring Ger
man sovereignty.'
York Defeats Hastings
- in First Foot Ball Game
. Hastings, Neb., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial Telegram.) rk college de
feated. Hastings college, 14 to 13, in
the first foot ball game of the sea
son here. Before the game started
Hastings formally entered protest
against five York men, on the
ground of ineligibility, and this will
have to be decided by the inter
collegiate association. Brown, Gait,
t-uby and Baugh were the stars for
Hastings.
'' In the Central Nebraska base ball
tournament Giltncr defeated Trum
bull, 2 to 0. and Blue Hill defeated
Edgar, 9 to 4. This leaves Blue
Hill, Giltner and Hastings yet in
the race. Mitchell of the Brooklyn
Nationals pitched for Blue Hill
again after another pitcher was
driven out in the fourth inning. The
finals will be played Saturday.
Want Boundaries of Six
School Districts Restored
Aurora, Neb., Oct. 10. (Special).
Petitions have been filed with
County Superintendent Nelson by
taxpayers of consolidated school
district No. 99, asking that the boun
dary lines of six old districts from
which it was formed be restored.
JAbout 90 per cent of the voters
."have signed. Sentiment for consoli
dation has cooled materially in this
territory since a proposition to is
'sue $60,000 bonds for building pur
poses was submitted. The bond is
.fcue was defeated by an overwhelm
ing vote,
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Aurora Organizes Branch
I Of Independence League
Aurora, Neb., Oct. 10. A branch
of the Nebraska League for the
preservation of American Independ
ence has been orfranibed here with
-1. F. Stanley, president; R. R.
Smith, vice president; George L.
Burr, secretary, and G. E. Funk,
"'.reasurer. More than 60 men and
women signed. A publicity com
mittee consisting of T. E. Williams,
Clark Perkins and H. E. Funk is
Arranging for a joint discussion of
'he ratification of the peace treaty.
i Beatrice Auto Company
v Closes; Manager Missing
i. Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 10. (Spe-
iiial.) The Evans Auto company's
jlant was closed here Friday by
creditors, and Frank Kelso placed
ai charge. An effort is being made
'lo -force the company into bank
ruptcy. , Mr. Evans, who sold his
' farm in the south part of the
tounty and engaged in the auto
.business here, has left the city and
4 is present whereabouts are un
nown. ; Rain Delays Planting.
; Beatrice Neb.. Oct. 10. (Special. V
1 Heavy rains fell in this section of
'' $tt state Wednesday. The moisture
l was not needed and will again delay
' the work of planting winter wheat
Ban Sale of Secret
Pictures of Former
Hohenzollern Ruler
Amerongen, Holland, Oct. 10.
(By The Associated Press.) Strong
efforts are being made to prevent
the publication of photographs of
former Emperor William of Ger
many, taken Saturday last, by two
Dutch photographers, who were
concealed in a load of hay, near
Ctiont Hoenzollern's temporary
home.
The one-time monarch is said to
have offered a large sum for the
negatives and all prints made from
them.
The correspondent of The Asso
ciated Press has seen the pictures,
which show Count Hohenzollern,
bearded and sturdy, and appearing
in a happy mood, while talking to
his wife and General Zontard, un
conscious of the presence of the
camera men.
Table Rock, Neb., Resident
Dies In Brush, Colo.
Table Rock. Neb., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Frances M. Griffing,
who lived many years' near Table
Rock, but who moved to Fort Mor
gan, Colo., a few years since, died
at a hospital in Brush, Colo., of
tuberculosis the first of the week.
She was the widow of Joseph Grif
fing and a daughter of J. V. Bald
ridge. The body was brought here
for burial.
Nebraska Potato Crop
Suffers From Bad Freeze
Heminford, Neb., Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) The hard freeze of last night
did heavy damage to potatoes left
in the field, and the crop will be
about SO per cent.
Wedding at Table Rock
Table Rock, Neb.. Oct. 10. (Spe
cial.) Lee Parli and Miss Gertrude
M. Benz of the Pawnee City vicinity,
were married Tuesday evening, Rev.
Paul C. Payne officiating. They
will make their home near Pawnee
City.
Sorghum Plant Busy.
, Beatrice. Neb., Oct. 10. (Special.)
The Lang sorphum plant here has
been running at full capacity the last
few weeks. The cane crop is said
to be the heaviest in years and the
plant will continue in operation until
the cane crop is damaged by frosts.
Divorce Unscrambles Family.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 10. A divorce
decree is a wonderful thing some
times. One just granted here un
scrambled a family, resulting ii
ciht children of one family losing
a falher and regaining an uncle.
Three lost a mother and regained
an aunt.
Skinner's the Best
Macaroni and Spaghetti
Recipe Book Free Omaha
Home Complexion
Peeler Works Wonders
To keep the face, neck, arms and hands
truly beautiful and youthful in appear
ance, the treatment which seems most
sensible is one which will actually remove
the skin itself immediately it befins to
aire, fade, coarsen or discolor. Th. only
known treatment which will do this, aside
from a painful, expensive surgical oper
ation, is the application of ordinary mer
colized wax, which is as harmless as it
is effective.
The wax is put on at night, just as you
apply coid cream, and washed off in the
morninfr. It absorbs the dead and hnlf
dead surface skin in almost invisible flaky
particles, a little each day, no discomfort
being experienced. With the disappear
ance of the old cuticle, the newer, health
ier skin underncarth srradually appears,
richly beautiful with, the flush of youth.
This mercoltzed wax. which you can Ret
at any druff store in original package, is
indeed a veritable wonder-worker.
Nothing in Constitution to
Prevent Next Convention
at Hastings, Oct.
7, 1920.
The next state convention of the
American Legion will be held at
Hastings. Neb., October 7 and 8.
1920. This was announced at the
counc'l chamber of the citv hall late
yesterday, and was the only im
portant decision reached during the
first day of the convention.
Several committees were ap
pointed to decide matters of im
portance to the Legion and will re
port this morning. Election of of
ficers for the state will atso be held,
as well as election of delegates to
the national convention to be held
at Minneapolis for three days be
ginning November 10.
Banquet Closes Day.
The hrst day of the convention
closed last night with a banquet for
r.ut-of-tovn delegates at the Hotel
Fontenelle. The banquet was given
by members of the Douglas county
post of the Legion. Informal
speeches and a general good time
was enjoyed by all.
A heated scene which resembled
a session of the state legislature, oc
curred near the close of the after
noon meeting. A demand by "a gen
tleman from Douglas" for the inter
pretation of a clause in the Legion's
constitution, regarding the admis
sion into the organization of sol
diers who are still in the service and
under military orders, led to a
clamor for adjournment from out-of-town
delegates.
Starts a Rumpus.
"We are not a military organiza
tion," one youth cried. "Wait till
they get out of the service."
When order had been restored a
general discussion of the subject
was held, the trend of which was
that there is nothing in the legion's
constitution to prohibit the admis
sion of men still in service.
The session closed with an invi
tation to all delegates to a swim in
the Athletic club pool.
' McKelvie Gives Advice.
Governor McKelvie addressed the
convention briefly during the after
noon session, urging that the con
stitution of our forefathers be stud
ied and upheld. There will be no
adequate police protection for the
state until a National Guard has
been organized, the governor said,
but the American Legion will be
called on only as a last resort in case
of an emergency.
The men were welcomed to Oma
ha by Acting Mayor Ure. John G.
Maher, president of the American
Legion for the state, responded.
Pershing Sends Telegram.
A number of telegrams from all
parts of the country wishing the
state convention success were read.
Among the senders of telegrams
were General Wood, General Per
shing and H. D. Lindsley, national
chairman of the American Legion.
All expressed regret at being un
able to be present.
Several committees were elected
to discuss matters vital to the Am
erican Legion. They met in the
council chamber yesterday after
noon. The big' event of the day's pro
gram was the opening speech, yes
terday afternoon, by State President
Maher, who outlined the formation
and purposes of the Legion.
"I am convinced, comrades, that
the American Legion is to be the
greatest single force for good that
was ever organized, or ever existed
Commissioners Refuse to
Endorse Plan of Mayor
To Decorate Policemen
The suggestion of Mayor Smith to award service
stripes and hero badges to the Omaha policemen, who sur
rendered their guns to a crowd of boys when the negro
Brown was lynched and the court l ouse burned, does not
find a responsive note among the city commissioners.
Even Mr. Ure, who has gone the limit to save Com
missioner Ringer his job and from disgrace in the eyes of
the public as a police commissioner, balked on the mayor's
letter trying to make the public believe the policemen at
the court house on the day and night of the lynching were
heroes instead of cowards.
"Absolutely nothing to say on that letter," was the
response of the acting mayor.
Letter to Chief
The letter of the mayor was to Chief of Police Eber
stein and was written just before the chief city executive
left Omaha.
Commissioner Butler was the most outspoken of the
city commissioners in commenting on the mayor's letter.
"Ridiculous," was the way Mr. Butler expressed it.
Towl Wouldn't Endorse It
Commissioner Zimman declined to give an expres
sion for publication, explaining that he preferred to wait
until the mayor was able to appear in the council chamber.
On various recent occasions Mr. Zimman has taken issue
with the policies of the police department and his hesitancy
to take issue with the mayor's is because he prefers to
have it out on the floor of the council chamber.
Commissioner Towl evaded an indorsement of the
mayor's letter by saying, "I wasn't there ; I don't know."
"I do not believe that the mayor has been advised of what
occurred at the court house. Surely he does hot yet know
what actually happened as far as the police department is
concerned."
Commissioner Falconer was somewhat reticent in
taking issue with the mayor, but he went as far as to state
that the policemen the mayor observed may have been
brave in the mayor's eyes. Mr. Falconer would not indorse
the mayor's letter.
in our country," said Mr. Maher.
"The purposes of the Legion were
very clearly defined by the actions
taken at the St. Louis convention,
but you must remember that at St.
Louis many things of interest to the
organization were not discussed.
They were postponed till the nation
al convention to be held at Minne
apolis in November, where there
will be a larger representation.
Not for Police Duty.
"Many people are under the im
pression that the American Legion
is a semi-military organization.
This is wrong. We know that it
stands for law and order, but not
an officer in the Legion has the right
to call on its members to do any
sort of police duty.
"They may be called as individ
uals, in case of an emergency in up
holding law and order, however. It
has been said, that the Legion is to
be used by politicians to gain pub
lic office. This, my comrades, is un
true. The American Legion today
is free from politics. But will it be
kept clear?
'1 would like to see this body go
on record as opposed to the use of
the organization for a political pur
pose. I would like to see a resolu
tion passed to the effect that any
officers of the American Legion
shall not be allowed to stump or
further the ends of any individual
or group of politicians in any way."
Mr. Maher, discussing what he
termed narrowness on the part of
West Point graduates, declared that
he believed that West Point grad
uates should be forced to serve in
the ranks and learn the rights and
duties of a private soldier from a
soldier's point of view.
"Our history proves that our wars
were fought by the civilian soldier,"
he said.
Senate Asks Report Upon
Robert Minor's Activities
Washington, Oct. 10. After Sen
ator King, democrat, Utah, had at
tacked federal authorities for fail
ure to deport "members of pestifer
ous and poisonous gangs seeking to
destroy this government by force
and violence," Senator McCumber,
republican, North Dakota, declared
in the senate today that "if these
people had been deported the for
eign relations committee would
have been deprived of some of its
star witnesses against the league of
nntions."
The discussion followed adopotion
of a resolution by Senator King di
recting the secretary of war to for
ward a report concerning the case
of Robert Minor, a newspaperman,
arrested in France on a charge of
spreading soviet propaganda.
Senator Poindexter, republican,
Washington, said Minor had re
turned to this country, to continue
his revolutionary activities, possibly
to reward the United States for its
liberality," and declared the case
was similar to that of Leon Trotzky
"in whose behalf the United States
interceded after his arrest in Cana
da on his way to Europe."
Commission Rules Against
Raise for Longshoremen
New York, Oct. 10. The long
shoremen's strike, by which the port
of New York has been virtually tied
up and as a result of which more
than 40,000 men are idle, became as
sociated with great possibilities
when the national adjustment com
mission ruled against the coastwise
longshoremen on their demand for
an increase of from 65 cents to $1
an hour, i
MONTANA GIVES
ROYAL WELCOME
TO SEN JOHNSON
Democrats and Republicans
of State Unite and
Show Opposition to
Peace Pact.
Eastern Sugar Plants
Cannot Ship to the West
New York, Oct. 10. Eastern and
gulf refiners were notified today by
the United States food administra
tion that, effective October IS and
until further notice, they are not to
ship or deliver sugar to any point
west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo north
and west of the Ohio river. The or
der was issued because of the scare-
itv rtf rinc miirsr.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 10. Partisan
ship was cast aside here when repre
sentative democrats and republi
cans joined in extending a Montana
welcome to Senator Hiram W.
Johnson, waging what he terms a
"campaign on an academic ques
tion" against acceptance of the
league of nations covenant as now
presented.
Delegations from Helena, Deer
Lodge and Anaconda joined the
nonpartisan committee of Butte
citizens who met the California
senator here and assured him that
they were of open mind as to the
ratification of the peace treaty and
league of nations.
"We started with a very small
beginning in Washington, due to
the tremendous propaganda for the
treaty which was accepted because
the people embraced any nostrum
designed to prevent war," the sena
tor asserted. "As we learned more
of it, however, we began to under
stand the dangers with which this
covenant was fraught."
Send Army to Asia.
Referring to the proposed treaties
with other nations besides Ger
many, Senator Johnson declared
that "by the Turkish treaty, of
which we have not been advised, we
believe that large numbers of our
troops would be sent to Asia
Minor."
"Had I my way, I would have the
United States live in amity with all
peoples, but have entangling alli
ances with none of them," continued
the senator. "I want us to go our
own way, live our own lives and be
just American."
Ihe audience, which crowded the
city's largest theater, was one of the
most enthusiastic which Senator
Johnson has met on his tour, and
he was cheered when he declared
that during his present trip "from
Portland. Me., to Portland. Ore.."
he had never faced a meeting which
affected him more singularly than
the one in Montana. The crowd rose
and cheered when he was introduced.
Not with Senators.
Announcement that the California
senator would stop at Butte was
made only last night, but the famous
miners' band of the city and a dele
gation of several hundred citizens
met the senatorial party at the sta
tion. A luncheon attended by 100
persons was given the senator at the
Silver Bow club before the after
noon address.
The committee which greeted the
campaigner against the league as
sured him that he would find plenty
of sentiment in Montana along the
lines of his fight against the cove
nant, although both United States
Senators T. J. Walsh and Henry L.
Myers of Montana are democrats
who favor the league as originally
drawn.
Square Deal for Americans
Desire of General Dieguez
Juarez, Mex., Oct. 10. A square
deal for all Americans in his mili
tary zone is the desire of Gen. Man
uel Dieguez, commander of the
northern military zone, he declared
here upon his arrival from Chihua
hua City on a special train.
General Dieguez ordered a regi
ment of cavalry to patrol the Mexi
can side of the border opposite Fort
Hancock, Tex., in order to stop cat
tle stealing from American ranches
and other bandit activities.
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