THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1919.
LAUNCH BOOM OF
GENERAL WOOD
FOR PRESIDENT
Formal Announcement to Be
Made Wednesday; Demo
crats Await Word From
President Wilson. .
Crowd Surrounds Plane as It Lands Here
From West on Way East in Big Air Contest
By JUSTIN M'GRATH.
Washirgton, Oct. 10. Formal
launching of Gen. Leonard Wood's
presidential boom in Chicago Wed
nesday ii expected to lead to the
launching of other booms, Demo
crat M well as republican in the
next few weeks. Those who intend
to be candidates for either nomina
tion have not a great amount of time
to lose. They must make their ar
rangements for representation in the
presidential primaries which will be
gin in the spring.
The states which hold primaries
for the selection of presidential can
didates are: California, Georgia, Il
linois, Maryland, Massachussets,
Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, South Dakota and Wiscon
sin. Must Enter Primaries.
It will be necessary for candidates
of both parties to put up tickets in
the primaries, of all of these states,
if they wish to make a contest for
the vote of the state, in the national
convention.
Any candidate contemplating a
primary contest in 14 states must
have a good organization to look
after his interests, and good political
organizations are not built in a
day.
Genera! Wood is the first presi
dential candidate whose candidacv
has been definitely announced and
whose organization has started out
to work in the various states. A
California organization has been
formed-to promote the candidacv of
Senator Hiram W. Johnson, but it
bas not yet been extended to other
states and Senator Johnson has not
yet anounced that he will be a can
didate. Democrats Yet Inactive.
. Senator Poindexter also has a
state organization to promote his
a : J i i i . 1 ..
committed himself as a seeker of
the nomination.
: 'On the democratic side there has
been no organized work done for
any candidate, because, up to the
time of President Wilson's illness,
it was the general expectation, in
democratic circles, that the presi
dent would seek a third term. Now
that the president is. regarded as out
of the running, other democratic
candidates are beginniug to sit up
and take notice. They will, how
ever, refrain from any active steps
to promote their booms as long as
the president is on his sick bed. -Await
Wilson Announcement
It is not at all unlikely that, when
the president is able to resume the
duties of his office, definite an
nouncement , will come from him
that he will not be a. candidate for
rcnomination. With such an an
nouncement from the White House,
active steps to .capture the demo
cratic nomination undoubtedly will
be taken by half a dozen aspirants.
Chief among them will be ex-Secretary
McAdoo, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels, Secretary Baker,
Champ Clark and Senator Reed.
Ex-Senator James Hamilton
Lewis was at the White House to
day and later conferred with
Chairman Cummins of the demo
cratic national committee about the
speaking tour in favor of the league
of nations, on which he is to start
soon. His first address will be at
Youngstown, O., and later he will
address the Union League club in
Chicago, At the White House ex
Senator Lewis made the prediction
that in the next presidential election
the socialists would poll the largest
vote that they ever polled.
Government Consumption
Of Lumber During War
Washington, Oct. 10. A total
con-sumption of nearly 6,500,000,000
feet of lumber by the government
during the war is shown in recent
figures compiled by R. C. Bryant,
industrial examiner of the United
States forest service. Of this
amount of lumber purchased direct
ly by the various government de
partments, the army consumption
was nearly 5,500,000,000 feet; the
navy more than 120,000,000 feet, and
during 1918 the consumption of lum
ber for boat construction by the
emergency fleet corporation was
nearly 800,000,000 feet.
Of the army consumption, air
nlane construction took about 181.-
000,000 feet, more than half of
which was spruce.
Death Rate in Balkans
Is Highest in the World
Bucharest, Oct. 10. (By Mail.)
The tuberculosis death rate in the
Balkans is the highest in the world,
asserts the medical staff of the
American Red Cross headquarters
here. This is based on reports from
Red Cross workers in Roumania,
Serbia, Albania and Montenegro.
The distressing factor is that the
countries are almost wholly without
sanitariums for the treatment of
tuberculosis. Red Cross relief is
temporary and it is considered
beyond its province to found sani
tariums on the scale that would be
needed.
Needle Imbedded In
Hand 25 Years Breaks
McAlester, Okl., Oct. 10. The
knowledge, that a sewine machine
needle was embedded in her hand
seemed a trivial matter to Mrs. S. A.
Scott 25 vears aeo. In fact, she had
forgotten all about the needle until
recently, when she broke the bit of
steel while twisting a lid onto a jar
ot truit preserves. An abscess de
veloped. '
Los Angeles Grows by
600,000 In 30 Years
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 10. Since
1889 Los Angeles has grown from
a population of 50,838 persons to an
estimated population of 650,001),
according to the report of City Au
ditor John S. Myers. The assessed
valuation of taxable property has
increased from $39,479,172 to $605,
642,547 during the same period.
PhotofraphaA jreitarday by Be staff photographer.
A crowd of curious persons crowded around Maj. Carl Spatz's plane, a De-Haviland-4, immediately after
his arrival from St Paul, Neb., this morning. Movie men were among the first persons to reach the field
after aun up. Maj. Spatz left 30 minutes after his arrival for Des Moines.
LLOYD GEORGE
FACES SEVERE
PARTYCRISIS
Northcliffe and Churchill Com
bine to Effect Overthrow
of British "Man
of Destiny."
By EARLE C. REEVES,
International New Service Stuff Corre-
lionilent.
London (By Mail.) Political
crises are meat and drink to David
Llovd Georpre. England's "man of
destiny," but the one which now
impends promises to tax to the
utmost the strength and dexterity
of the little Welshman who has
traded heavily thus far on the fact
that he won the war and wrote a
"British" peace.
During a holiday ot parliament
political battles are likely to be at
best only skirmishes and minor
raids. The heavy artillery of at
tack and defense generally rumbles
only when the lawmakers are seated
in Westminster.
The American fore;gn relations
committee has revealed a "plot" by
Lord Northcliffe. political journalist
and cabinet maker, and Winston
Churchill, secretary for war, to form
cabinet majority to overthrow
Lloyd George.
And labor, meaning the British
Labor congress, representing 5,000,-
000 workers, and, with their families,
nearly half the inhabitants of Brit
ain, have taken sharp action against
Lloyd George s government on na
tionalization of the coal mines, mili
tary rule in Ireland, continuance of
the war against bolshevist Russia
and continuance of conscription.
Circumstances Complicated.
On the face of things it is seem
ingly inevitable that attempts to
oust the Georgian government will
be made from two directions. The
editor who is credited with having
"made the prenuer and the pre
mier s Dest known lieutenant.
Churchill, would turn the trick to
morrow if they saw their way clear
to do it. Labor, aiming not so much
at Lloyd George himself as at the
coalition government, would force a
change of government just as quick
ly if there were not bothersome and
complicated circumstances.
The bothersome and complicat
ing circumstances for Northcliffe,
Churchill & Co. are:
They cannot swing a workable
majority against the premier.
Ihev haven t found the Churchill
name big enough for a headliner
in a new government, and
Their first platform plank, unre
lenting warfare against the bolshe
viks to prevent Germany from gob
bling Russia, has become very un
popular with the general public, and
is no longer tenable.
The bothersome and complicat
ing circumstances for organized
labor in all its rapidly growing
power are:
Labor hopes one day to be tne
government.
Could Force Overthrow.
Labor could force an overthrow
of the government on one of its
major issues, but it could not do
this by political action through its
members of parliament, who are not
numerous enough 'for the purpose.
If labor forces the downfall of the
government it will have to use the
strike weapon or the threat or di
rect action. The government which
"permitted" this would be discredit
ed, and probably would fall. But
the labor movement also would lose
standing with the voters and the
day when labor can become the
government party would be post-
coned.
So, while there will be spirited at
tacks and noisy battles directed
against the redoubts held by David
Lloyd-George, Northcliffe, labor,
Lord Rothermere. Northcliffe s ed
itor-brother, and a score of minor
factions, nobody is yet visible on the
political horizon who can stage
Lloyd George's downfall with safety
to himself.
If King George started today call
ing m leading statesmen for the
purpose of inviting them to form a
new cabinet he'd in all probability
give audience to a goodly number
of so-called leading statesmen
without eettinir a single nibble.
A few weeks or a few months of
the new session of parliament may
develoD a different story. Some
statesman may grow. The pile of
evidence for the prosecution which
the opposition collecting at the
door of Downing street may grow
to such dimensions as to make con
viction easier.
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War Dances Taught
Girls of London to
Walk With Grace
London, Oct. 10 London girls are
graceful and generally walk better
than their brothers because they are
fond of dancing, according to the
medical officer of the London
County council.
"Teaching of dancing in public
schools no doubt greatly helped, if it
has not saved the situation in regard
to the physical development of Lon
don girls," said the medical officer.
Particularly noticeable is the already
arched instep of the girls in com
parison with their own brothers
and with country children generally.
"The relative absence of flat-foot
thus brought about is the founda
tion of the grace of carriage which
the typical London girl of the ele
mentary schools exhibits. In the
country schools no dancing is
taught nor do the children there
enjoy those outside stimuli to an
interest in dancing which are char
acteristic of London life."
"Death Profiteers"
Comes from High Cost
of Exhuming Bodies
Paris, Oct. 10. There is bitter
feeling throughout France owing to
the exorbitant prices demanded by
some of the inhabitants of the war
zone for the exhumation of the
bodies of the soldiers who have
fallen on the battlefields of northern
France and their transportation to
the nearest railway station. "The
profiteers of death" they are called
Besides exacting stupendous prices
the self appointed undertakers show
little consideration for the precious
burdens which they convey.
Ex-Soldiers Enlisting
In Irish Constabulary
London, Oct. 10. Many ex-sol
diers, unable to settle down to a
quiet civil life after the bustle and
adventure of the army, have found
a profession open to them in which
they can have as many thrills as
thev desire.
They are enlisting in the Royal
Irish constabulary.
Upon joining they are instructed
in police duties, drill, musketry and
elementary law at the head depot
of the force in Phoenix park, Dub
lin, before being sent to do duty
in the country.
Former Fiume Commander
To Meet With D'Annunzio
Triest, Oct. 10. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) General Grazioli,
former commander of the Italian
garrison at Fiume, left Triest for
Rome this evening on his way from
Fiume, where he was sent by the
government to confer with Gabriele
d'Annunzio, whose irregular troops
are in peossession of Fiume. Gen
eral Grazioli appeared confident and
cheerful, and his friends announced
that he had assured them that an
early solution of the Fiume difficul
ty would be reached.
GRANTS DIVORCE
BUT HOPES FOR
RECONCILIATION
Judge Gives Advice to Sep
arated Couple Two of
Their Four Daughters
in Court.
Helena C. Walker was granted a
divorce from Harvey Walker, an
automobile salesman, Friday after
noon by Judge Day in divorce court.
Mrs. Walker in her petition named
Mrs. May Holtz, a neighbor, with
whom she alleged her husband was
intimate.
Mrs. Holtz's daughter, Mildred,
committed suicide a few weeks be
fore the Walker divorce suit was
tiled. She left a note telling her
mother to live a clean life.
Mr. Walker also filed a petition
for divorce, but Judge Day dismissed
it. Both the Walkers were in court.
Two of their four grown daughters
were present. Mrs. Holtz did not
appear.
Judge Day stated that he hoped
the parties might become reconciled
and live together.
Mrs. Walker was given $3,000 ali
mony in lieu of her interest in their
home. She was also given the fur
niture, worth $200.
Mr. Walker testified that he is in
poor health and at present earning
only $35 a month. Mrs. Walker
works in a tailoring establishment
for $2.50 a day, she said.
Former Member of Emergency
Corporation Visits Omaha
Henry Dusenbower of New York
City is visiting in Omaha. He was
a member of the Emergency Fleet
corporation.
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets
That is the joyful cry of thousands
since Dr. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel. No
griping results from these pleasant
little tablets. They cause the liver
and bowels to act normally They
never force them to unnatural action.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a
soothing, healing, vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil.
If you have a bad taste, bad breath,
feel dull, tired, are constipated or
bilious, you'll find quick and sure re
sults from Dr. Edwards' little Olive
Tablets at bedtime. 10c and 25c a box.
EXCEPTIONAL CUR
TAIN VALUES OF
FERED ATBOWEN'S
Large Stock Offered Satur
day At Value-Giving
Prices.
From the curtain and drapery
stock of the H. R. Bowen Com
pany there have been selected
some 2,500 pairs of exceptionally
high-grade lace curtains and
marked for Saturday's selling at
prices which the buying public
will readily appreciate.
Not a pair is offered but what
actually gives twice the value of
the price asked. It certainly will
be to the advantage of everyone
to take advantage of this excep
tional offering.
These curtains were all care
fully selected and are of a splen
did quality. Each pair carries the
Bowen Guarantee of quality.
Every purchaser will receive the
best their money can buy and
much better than can ordinarily
be had for much more than the
H. R. Bowen Company is asking.
The H. R. Bowen Company is
better equipped today than ever
before to supply all needed fur
nishings for your home. In addi
tion to the lace curtains they are
now in a position to make drap
eries of any quality or any
quantity. See the window display
and do not fail to get your cur
tains early Saturday.
Important Notice
to Taxpayers
On account of fir of -September 28th IT WILL BE ABSO
LUTELY NECESSARY to present your tax receipts for County,
Personal and Real Estate, alio Water Main tax receipts which
were issued during the month of September; also City and Special
tax receipts which were issued on September 25th, 26th and
27th; also all Redemption receipts issued during the month of
September. This it very important in order to make proper
credit on our books. Office temporarily located on fourth floor,
Court House.
M. L. ENDRES,
County and City Treasurer.
IMMENSE SUMS
SENT EUROPE BY
JEM RELIEF
Near $3,000,000 Disbursed
in One Month of Sep
tember Whole
Cargo of Soap.
New York, Oct 10. (Special)
Disbursements amounting to $2,978,
992.62 out of funds raised through
out the United States by the Amer
ican Jewish relief committee and
other Jewish fund-raising organiza
tions, were made during September
alone by the joint distribution com
mittee for food, clothing, medicines
and other things needed for the re
lief of war sufferers in eastern and
central Europe, Palestine and else
where, according to an official re
port made public here today.
The cargo that went to Poland on
the second vovage.of the "Westward
Ho" cost $508,129.56 and the ship
load of kosher beef sent to the same
stricken country on the "Ashburn"
cost $286,424.14.
Huge Cargo of Soap.
For soap sent overseas on the
"Thala" and consigned to Poland,
there was an outlay of $15,249.60 and
$43,151.56 represented the balance of
the 29,000 pounds sterling allocated
for clothing to be bought in London.
For general relief in Lithuania
$150,000 was expended and $500,000
was sent to Paris for distribution
at the discretion of the emergency
relief.
The cargo of kosher meat and cot
tonseed oil shipped on the "Polybi
us" for people of the central powers
cost $287,249.49, while an additional
$300,000 went to Paris to aid refu
gees in Vienna. The Zionist relief
organization in Russia was sent
$320,000 to reimburse that organiza
tion for moneys paid out by it.
Other Disbursements.
The remainder was disbursed as
follows:
For the cargo of food and cloth
ing shipped on the "Jacona" and
consigned to Romania, $239,786.27;
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid society, toward the maintenance
of the Refugee house in Yokohama,
$5,000 per month in June, July, Au
gust and September. To Palestine,
$70,000 a month for general relief in
July, August and September; while
an additional $75,000 was sent to
Palestine for the relief of Jewish
war orphans, and $10,000 a month
for the maintenance of the Dreyfus
and Straus soup kitchens and health
bureau during September and Octo
ber. Nor were the Jewish refugees
in Constantinople forgotten $4,000
having been sent to help them.
Father Sinne Scores Members
of Clergy Who Still Defend
Police After Failure in Riot
Declares Preachers Who Stand in Pulpits and Praise
Ringer Administration Are Not Only Doing an
Injustice by Bringing Politics Into Sacred Re
ligious Worship, but Are Hiding the True State
of Affairs Brought on Omaha by Such a Police
Department
"Members of the Omaha clvgy
who still stand in their pulpits and
defend the Ringer administration
after the failure of the police de
partment to stop riot and arson on
September 28, are not only doing an
injustice to their congregations by
bringing politics into sacred re
ligious worshp, but are hiding the
true chaotic condition which the
Ringer administration has brought
in Omaha."
This is the statement of Rev. B.
Sinne, pastor of St. Mary Magdalene
church. .
Shouldn't Suppress Truth.
Father Sinne elaborated on this
statement by declaring that in his
belief politics was utterly foreign to
the sacred religious service. If
politics must be brought into the
church, however, it should be broad
minded, open politics, and not the
kind which suppresses truth, said
Father Sinne.
"I am firmly convinced that the
police department is to an extent
responsible for the riots of the fatal
Sunday," continued the Father
Sinne. "By reviewing the series of
atrocities perpetrated by the police
department during the past eight
months any fair-minded man would
arrive at the same conclusion.
"I have in mind the morals squad,
although there are innumerable oth
er blots on the department's record.
I believe it was the lawless activity
of the morals squad, aided by other
lawless atrocities committed by the
police with evident sanction of Po
lice Commissioner Ringer, that stir
red the people of Omaha to their
terrible acts during the riot.
"You can't blame the people for
becoming restive when they were
constantly under the apprehension
that their homes might be invaded
by a group of rough men who
seemed to have no respect for the
sanctity of a home or for woman
hood. In Dangerous Mood.
"The morals squad was discon
tinued, but not until the citizens of
Omaha, many of them at least, had
been forced into a dangerous mood
a mood for riots. Of course it
was only a small crowd which at
first attempted to force entrance to
the court house. Many who had
come to look on had no intention
of joining, for the people of Omaha
are naturally law abiding. But mob
spirit seized them and I believe a
large part of the crowd, even many
who did not join the mob, were
with the mob.
"The woeful, pitiful weakness of
the police department, especially its
heads, was shown early in the day
when the mob was assembling.
Properly led, I believe the police
could have dispersed the mob as
late as 6 o'clock. Think how easily
it could have been done a few
hours before when the disturbers
were few in number!
Failed in Big Crisis.
"The police heads failed in this
big crisis as they had failed before in
smaller matters. Alibis cannot hide
the fact that they failed; attempts
to put the blame for the riot on
someone else cannot dim the issue.
"The fact that a beautiful public
building was burned, that stores in
the heart of the city were looted,
that policemen surrendered their
guns and stars to mere youths, that
a mayor was beaten and nearly
lyncher, these facts mean only one
thing absolute failure by heads of
the only department on which the
city had to maintain order.
"It was simply the climax of a
long list of glaring failures.
"Religion should not enter into
the issue which is before the citv
today. Pastors who have rallied to
the defense of Ringer and Eber
stein, who are condemning criticism
which has proven to be more than
just, are suppressing the truth from
their congregations.
Worst Blot of All.
"Former administrations at the
city hall have not been good, per
haps, but troops were never sent to
Omaha during any other adminis
tration to prevent rioting. There
have been riots in other cities, but
there has never been a riot to equal
the recent one in Omaha.
"What Omaha needs is a man to
take charge of that most important
department which the citizen de
pends on for safety, and the main
tenance of law and order. It needs
an efficient man, not a proven fail
ure. "Religion and nationality should
not be considered in the selection of
such a man. I am not alone in what
I say. I know positively that a very
large portion of Omaha's citizens,
good, law-abiding citizens, feel the
same way about things."
NOSKE ATTACKS
SOCIALISTS FOR
THEIK CRITICISM
Minister of Defense Charge
Independents "Lick Boots
of British and French
Missions."
Berlin, Oct. 10. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Independent social,
ists were accused by Gustav Noske,
minister of defense, in the national
assembly today of complicating
Germany's position abroad by ma
licious and unjust criticism of the
military administration. He told
them they "were licking the boota
of the British and the French com
missions in Berlin."
Dr. Herman Mueller, minister of
foreign affairs, admitted that many
soldiers from south German garri-.
sons were going to the Baltic prov
inces on fraudulent passports, add
ing that they were chiefly adven
turers. The minister declared lack of dis
cipline made it easy for German
troops to go over into the Russian
service, and he asserted that people
were "daily approaching the foreign
office with information to the effect
that the entente would be pleased
to see German troops fighting in
Russian units."
"If the entente is desirous of
having us withdraw the last Ger
man trooper from Russian forma
tions," he said, "we might be per
mitted to express the desire that the
entente request Russia to discon
tinue attempts to attract Germans
into their service."
Swoons When Son, Twice
Reported Dead, Returns
Wabash, Ind., Oct. 10. Hia
mother swoonel when Michael
Drake, twice officially reported dead
by the War department, appeared
at his home here. Drake was
gassed during righting on the
Aisne-Marne front and was shot
upon his return to the front from
hospital,
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