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B
WANTS ALIMONY OF
$100,000 YEARLY.
Newport, Oct. 25. With reported
divorce proceedings instituted by
Mrs. Cornelia Biddle Duke of Phil
adelphia against Angier Buchanan
Duke, it was rumored that Mrs.
Duke seeks to secure $100,000 year
ly 'alimony.
FROM PINE TORCH
TO INCAFJDESCENT.
Chicago. Oct. 20. Evolution of
lighting systemsfrom the pine torch
and the yellow dip candle was
shown in an exhibit at the 13th
annual convention of the Illum
inating Engineering society. The
convention marks tie 40th anniver
sary of the discovery of the incan
descent light, October 21, 1879, by
Thomas A. Edison.
HELLO GIRLS STAGE
SHORT WALKOUT.
Chicago, Oct. 20. Dissatisfaction
with an increase in wages granted
last week by the Chicago Telephone
Co., resulted in a brief strike by
75 operators on one downtown ex
change board. For a time service
was disorganzied.
The Chicago Telephone Co. re
cently granted increased wages to
its 14,000 employes, including 7,000
operators. The company in fix
ing the new wage scale endeavored
to give the largest increases to the
employes receiving the smallest
pay, and newly employed operators
are said to have received an increase
of $2 a week, while the old oper
ators receiving higher pay " were
given only $1 a week more.
CHARGE RETAILERS WITH
3.600 PER CENT PROFIT.
Washington, Oct. 20. Prices
charged by retailers for foodstuffs
here frequently are from 200 to 3,600
per cent in excess of wholesale
prices, a senate investigating com
mittee declared in its report
"It would seem," said the report,
"that the retail meat dealers receive
a greater per cent of profit than the
nrmer, live stock raiser, buyer, rail
roads, commission and cold storage
men and packers combined."
SMUGGLERS TUNNEL
A LA ARABIAN NIGHTS.
Geneva. Oct. 20. A smugglers'
tunnel 700 yards long under the
Swiss-Austrian border has been
found, it is reported by the police at
Kreuzlinzeit, a small town at the
lower end of Lake Constance. A
shorter tunnel under the border was
recently found there. The newly
discovered tunnel leads from an an
cient Augustine abbey, in which the
smugglers made ah Aladdin's cave.
Thev are supposed to have been' op
erating here for several years, han
dling contraband goods.
N. Y, SOCIETY DAMES
PROVE THEY'RE CLEVER.
New York, Oct. 20. Following
their return here from their tour of
the United States, the king and
aueen of Belgium will be tendered
a contribution from New York soci
ety, leaders for the founding of a
medical research institute in Brus
sels similar to the Rockefeller in
stitute in this country, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Cornelius Vander
bilt. The gift will be presented at a
special invitation performance of
the Metropolitan opera company, at
which the king and queen and
Crown Prince Leopold will be
guests of honor.
MANY AMERICANS
SHAKE PRINCE'S HAND.
Niagara Fa's, Ont, Oct 20
Many Americans crossed the border
today to shake hands with the
prince of Wales at a public recep
tion. Their visit caused him to ex
press the hope that relations be
tween the United States and Canada-
wovld become more friendly
and to regret his inability to ac
cept the invitation of the mayor of
Buffalo to visit that city. The
priice reviewed a guard of honor
from the original "Princess Pats.
SPINSTER SUFFRAGIST
CLAIMS A RECORD.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Miss Ellen Horn, 91
years old, pioneer, votes for women
advocate in Adams County, claims
the record for carrying the suffrage
argument higher than any other per
son in the state. She did it in an
airplane with Lieut. Burgess Creeth
as pilot.
Four thousand feet above Kene
saw, her home town, she waved the
suffrage banner from one side of
the fusillage and the American flag
trom the other wnue crowos Deiow
cheered.
After Miss Horn landed Mrs. Par
menter took a ride. Being only 70
years old, she could not hope to set
a record.
POSTAGE STAMPS
GIVEN AS CHANGE. '
Paris, Oct. 20. The disappearance
of silver money from circulation has
resulted in such a shortage of small
change that many restaurants in
Paris have posted notices that cus
tomers must make their own change
or accept postage stamps in place
of silver.
There will appear Monday in the
Official Journal a new law provid
ing a penalty of from 10 days to six
months' imprisonment and a fine of
froml 100 to 5,000 francs for persons
convicted of melting, recasting or
otherwise demonetizing French spe
cie. To these penalties is added
confiscation of any metal seized.
SPRAINS HER ANKLE x
GOING TO CHURCH.
High heels on women's shoes do
not bring their owners sanctuary
even in church.
Mrs. Mulqueen, wife of John Mul
queen, 28 Bluff street, sustained a
fracture of the ankle Sunday morn
ing while she was entering the door
of St Francis Catholic church. She
made a misstep and bones snapped
when her ankle turned.
CAN PICK EGG THAT
WILL HATCH A COCK.
Paris. Oct 20. It is possible to
determine in advance wnether an
tgg will bring forth a cock or a
hen, according to Robert Liensart, a
prominent Parisian scientist Male
eggs aie heavier, he says
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SOVIET IN
AMERICA
Members of Senate Labor
Committee Aghast When at
torney for I. W. W. Outlines
Purposes of Some Unions.
GIVES EVIDENCE IN
STEEL STRIKE PROBE
Unions Organized in Principal
Pennsylvania and Ohio Steel
Districts by Three Notorious
Radical Groups.
Washington, Oct. 20. While
members of the senate labor com
mittee investigating the steel strike
sat fairly dazed and dumfounded,
Jacob Margolis of Pittsburgh, I. W.
V. attorney and admitted advocate
of social revolution today, told them
a story of ultra-radical activities
which he said underlay and were as
sociated with the nationwide strike
of steel workers.
Even more remarkable to his
hearers was the Pittsburgh attor
ney's delineation of a partially suc
cessful attempt covering the past
two years to fuse at Pittsburgh, for
an unstated but vaguely hinted rev
olutionary purpose, the combined
forces of the I. W. W., bolsheviki
and Russian industrial workers,
whose imagination, he acknowl
edged, had been caught by the suc
cesses of Lenine and Trotzky in
Russia. All were working, he told
the committee calmly, "to create a
new society within the shell of the
old."
Throughout Margolis' story ran
the name of William Z. Foster, sec
retary of the steel strike committee,
to whom Chairman Kenyon of the
labor committee forced a frequent
recurrence by a cross-examination
in which dictagraph records of tele
phone conversations, photographed
copies of Margolis' correspondence,
and similar matters played a large
part.
Anarchist Syndicalist.
Margolis coolly classified himself
as an "anarchist syndicalist," in
which capacity he had worked with
and for the I. W. W. organization
and a "Tolstoian anarchist." Gov
ernments, he said, will be of no use
"when proper industrial conditions
are established," he put it and these
industrial conditions, he predicted,
will be established when workers,
organized along I. W. W. lines, got
ready to "take over and operate in
dustry for themselves, more effi
ciently than private ownership can.
Secretary Foster came into the
testimony not so much as a radical
agitator himself, but as a seeker for
help in conducting the industrial
fight in the steel industry. Margolis
told of a "union of Russian work
men" existing in and around Pitts
burgh, revolutionary in its objects
and said at Foster's request or with
his cognizance he secured the en
dorsement of that organization for
the steel strike.
"The Russians had a tri-state
meeting at Youngstown in August,"
Margolis explained. "It was a dele
gate assembly. I went there and
made a speech asking them to en
dorse the' steel strike and give its
support. This they agreed to do."
Phone Conversation Rcord.
In a letter to President Wilson,
written in connection with the call
ing of the steel strike, the strike
committee had referred slightingly
to the I. W. W. and Chairman Ken
yon had a telephone conversation re
cord on this.
"Tell the boys not to get sore
about Pat," Foster at one end of a
wire had told Margolis. "I didn't
have anything to do with that let
ter. You know I have to go with
the committee most of the time."
This language Margolis recog
nized and admitted having conveyed
the message to his associates.
"You see officially the strike com
mittee doesn t recognize me at all,
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New York Will Try
To Collect Tax on
Dead Astor's Estate
New York, Oct. 20. The state of
New York will attempt to collect
an inheritance tax amounting to
millions of dollars from the estate
of William W. Astor, who died Sat
urday in London.
The attempt will be fought by
Charles A. Peabody, attorney for
the Astor interests, who states that
Viscount Astor had transferred hie
entire property here to a trust com
pany, as trustee for his two sons,
before his death.
Eugene M. Travis, state comp
troller, in announcing the intention
of the state, declared that the one
point on which hinged the effort to
collect a tax was proof that Astor
transferred his property "in antici
pation of death." If this can be
proved, Mr. Travis said, the state
can collect The Astor property in
New York had an assessed valuation
of $50,000,000 in 1916.
Omaha Musical Season is
Opened by Chicago Grand
Opera Company in "Aida"
Enthusiastic Audience Attentive Listeners to Verdi's
Ever Popular Drama Scenic Investiture and Mu
sical Details Bear Out Reputation of Company
Spectacular Display Never Overbalances Music.
By HENRIETTA REES.
The Chicago Grand Opera com
pany opened the Omaha musical sea
son in a most auspicious manner last
evening at the Municipal auditorium.
The opera presented was Verdi's
ever popular "Aida," and a more
lavish production of this gorgeous
opera has never been seen nor
heard in this city.
The appearance of the Chicago
company here is always an event of
great musical importance. The
galaxy of stars and the orchestra
are of great interest in themselves.
But the scenic investiture and musi
cal details also considered by this
company have gained it a reputation
for giving grand opera as it should
be given, and this reputation was
borne out in excellent manner last
evening.
The Auditorium was well filled
with attentive listeners, who grew
more and more enthusiastic as the
opera progressed. Outbursts of ap
plause after especially lovely arias
were frequent, and at the close of
each scene the artists- were recalled
again and again.
Opera Spectacular.
"Aida" is perhaps the most spec
tacular of all operas. There are un
limited opportunities for scenic dis
play, for great masses of people, for
the ballet, for the costuming, and
these are fascinating in themselves-.
cut with all the wealth of scenery
and costume, and the large cast, the
music is never overbalanced, but
seems to glow all the more brilliant
ly because of it.
With all the gorgeous scenic pro
duction of last evening, the music
did not suffer, but the work of the
stars and the . orchestra balanced
with it and made of the whole a
satisfying completeness which ap
pealed to both sight and hearing
alike.
The chief interest centered in the
appearance of Rosa Raisa as
"Aida," and in Allessandro Dolci as
Rhadanics. Both more than fulfilled
expectations. Miss Raisa possesses
a dramatic soprano voice of un
usual sweetness and power, and she
uses it with rare skill and intelli
gence. Miss Raisa is as satisfying
an actress as she is songstress, and
she mad'.' i he character of "Aida"
vividly i .; tic.
Raisa a Delight.
Miss Raisa was at her best in the
many cDportunities offered to her
in Act III. Her arias were ex
quisite, and in the duets with Miss
Lillian Eubank as Amneris; Rimini,
as Arnonasro, and especially with
Dolci, she was a constant delight.
The closing duet in the tomb was
sung by Loth artists in a way which
will lon be remembered.
It is also greatly to the credit of
Miss Raisa that she was an attrac
tive "Aida." Her costumes were far
beyond the usual dressing of the
part, and the plain manner in which
she dressed her beautiful hair made
it most attractive when compared
with the elaborate way in which
many "Aidas" adorn themselves.
Allessandro Dolci has a voice of
warmth and sweetness and histrion
ically as well "as vocally he attained
an artistic success.
Dolci sang the great aria, "Celeste
Aida," with an art which won him
a distinct triumph.
Owing to the illness of Sophie
Braslaj, Amneris was sung by Miss
Lillian Eubank, who displayed a
beautiful contralto voice, and who
acted the part with convincing sin
cerity. Vittorio Arimondi, as the King of
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Dl CELLERE
SUDDENLY
SUCCUMBS
Italian Ambassador to U. S.
Since 1913 Dies in Washing
ton Emergency Hospital Just
Prior to Operation.
WAS GREAT FRIEND OF
AMERICAN PRESIDENT
STEEL STRIKER
SHOT IWPAIJADE
BY A TROOPER
Men Refuse to Heed Order to
Disperse at Plant of Lacka
wanna Steel Company
Buffalo, Oct. 20. August Letwo
nik was shot through the right foot
by a state trooper at Lackawanna
Monday. He was one of about 500
men who were preparing to march
to the plant of the Lackawanna
Steel company. The men refused
to heed an order from the police to
disperse and it is alleged Letwonik
attempted to draw a revolver.
The parade was broken up with
out further trouble.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 20. The steel
strike was reviewed by the national
committee for organizing iron and
steel workers at an extraordinary
session which began here late Mon
day. Chairman John Fitzpatrick of
Chicago declared that the beginning
of the fifth week of the struggle
found the strikers in better position
than ever before.
Mr. Fitzpatrick's statement did
not agree with statements made by
steel companies earlier in the day.
The Carnegie Steel company an
nounced that its plants in the Pitts
burgh district were operating 85 per
cent of capacity with the exception
of the Duquesne mill, and it was on
full time with a full force. Inde
pendent mills also reported im
provement. The committee received reports
from all parts of the country affect
ed by the strike and upon these re
ports it was announced Mr. Fitz
patrick made his statement, which
was greeted with applause. No fig
urese were given out.
Robert McKitchen of Chicago,
president of an Illinois co-operative
association for the distribution of
food, presented a tentative plan for
provisioning the strikers and their
families.
Denikine Forces Drive
Bolsheviki From Kiev,
London Dispatch Says
London, Oct. 20. The war of
fice states that the troops of Gen
eral Dsrilkine have driven the bol
sheviki from K-'ev, which they tem
porarily occupied last week.
The official communication says:
"On the south Russian front west
of the Khoper river Cossacks routed
the bolshevik Fourteenth division,
taking 5.000 prisoners and 27 guns.
Volunteers are following up the ad
vantage. "Southwest of Orel an enemy col
umn of 10,000 advanced at the at
tack against the Orel-Korsk road
near Kromu. This force was envel
oped on both banks and half of it
was surrounded and destroyed and
the remainder put to flight north
ward. "Ths bolsheviki temporarily oc
cupied Kiev on the, 15th, but volun
teer reinforcements succeeded in
clearing: the whole of the city, ex
cept the west and northwest sub
urbs, where fighting was continu
ing on the 17th."
AMERICA WON
THE WAR, SAYS
BELGIAN KING
Pays Highest Honor to Yanks
in Speech Accepting Office
in American Legion.
On Board King Albert's Train,
Oct. 20. "American soldiers won
the war" was the declaration made
by King Albert of the Belgians, in
accepting tonight the honorary of
fice of Stat? commander of the Mis
souri branch of the American
Legion. '
The presentation of an enlarged
gold facsimile of the legion's
emblem took place in the dining
room of the monarch's private car
soon after the royal special left
Emporia, Kan. It was made by Sid
Houston of Kansas City, Mo., state
commander of the legion, who
served in the war as a private.
King Albert, with his consort and
Prince Leopold, stood, while the
ceremony was enacted, and the
queen smiled proudly as the ribbon
to which the emblem was attached
was hung upon her soldier-husband's
breast.
The king said he was proud to
have his name associated with those
of the 200,000 sons of Missouri who
served for the cause of democracy.
A Kansas City banker boarded
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Widow and Two Children Sur
viveBody Will Be Taken to
Italy for Burial Aboard an
American Battleship.
VVa'-.tY.igton, Oct. 20. Count V.
!.facchi di Cellere, Italian ambas
sador to the United States since
1913, dtcd in the emergency hos
pital here just as he was about to
undergo an operation. He had been
ill since Saturday.
The Embassador was removed
from the embassy to the hospital
after his physician had decided that
only an operation would save his
life. He reached the hospital at 9
o'clock, and while on the operating
table, before the operation was
started, his death occurred at 9:40
o'clock. His death was pronounced
as due to mesenteric thrombosis.
Countess Di Cellere and several
members of the embassy staff were
at the hospital when his death oc
curred. The ambassador was 53
years old.
Two Children and Widow.
The ambassador, who in point of
service was one of the oldest rep
resentatives in Washington, leaves
two children in addition to Countess
Di Cellere. The body was removed
from the hospital to the embassy
tonight. Arrangements for) funeral
services here had not been arranged
tonight, but according to diplomatic
custojn the body will be taken to
Italy aboard an American battle
ship. Ambassador Di Cellere was one of
the foremost members of the diplo
matic corps, having served his coun
try with distinction since he was
appointed to the post in 1913 to suc
ceed' Mayer Des Planches. His ap
pointment to Washington was made
at about the same time Thomas Nel
son Page was selected by President
Wilson to represent the United
States at Rome.
Great Friend of Wilson.
Ambassador Di Cellere's friend
ship for President Wilson was espe
cially well known in Washington, the
ambassador having accompanied
president and Mrs. Wilson to Paris
the first time. The ambassador also
accompanied the president and Mrs.
Wilson during their tour of Italy.
It was expected that Ambassador
Di Cellere would soon leave for
Italy, a successor," Baron Romano
Avezzano, having been appointed in
accordance with the diplomatic
precedent that an ambassador who
has served creditably during a war
at the capital of an allied nation
should be relieved when peace was
re-established and be permitted to
retire from the diplomatic service
or to accept a higher position in the
home foreign office.
Ambassador Di Cellere was
known to have worked very hard of
late in connection with the negotia
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Plea for Unwed Mothers
Made by French Woman
Before International Conference of Women Physicians
Dr. Moutet Asserts Motherhood Outside of Mar
riage Must No Longer Be Held as a Disgrace or
Burden, Even if State Take Care of Children.
New York, Oct 20. A plea for
motherhood out of wedlock was
made today at the international con
ference of woman physicians by Dr.
Anna Moutet of France.
"In a country the population of
which is decreasing," she said, "it
is important above all to favor the
rate of birth by every means, to do
away with all' obstacles in the pro
tection of all children indiscrim
inately. No Longer Disgrace.
"Motherhood outside of marriage
must no longer be held as a dis
graceor a burden. The girl mother
must be lifted. The prejudice which
makes her an object of general cen
sure must be combated, and if ir
regular birth is no longer a disgrace
to the 'child neither must it be a
dishonor to the mother. She must
find in society for herself and for
her child the support which in the
past was refused her."
Describing what France has done
in the matter, Dr. Moutet said:
"The law has assured the protec
tion of the child born out of wed
lock, frst in creating a bond of right
between him and his parents when
that is possible; then in assisting
the mother when the is alone and
without resources and finally in
taking full responsibility in rearing
the chid."
Helps Abandoned Mothers.
"In 1917 the government assisted
70,562 abandoned girl mothers or
wives and widows in the support of
their children. An allowance to the
mother of 10 to 30 francs a month is
made payable in advance until the
child is 3 years old. In 1917 out of
3,350 children cared for by a gov
ernment bureau 2,603 were illegiti
mate." .
There is still room for great im
provement, according to the speaker.
"Laws regarding investigation of
fatherhood are too lax," she said,
"and ought to be broadened, even
if they should disturb the peace of
a few families whose egotism and
false honor are respected at the ex
ptnse of the child. It is necessary
to facilitate marriage and legitima
tion still more. Any measure will be
good which will assure every child
equal rights and an equal place in
the word."
In a general discussion of sex mo
rality and prostitution several
speakers urged the necessity of more
stringent police measures to cope
with the evil
Millionaire Names His
Son In Suit for Divorce
Conspiracy Charged by
Wife, Who Is Suing Her
Wealthy Spouse for Sep
aration and Alimony.
New York, Oct. 20. (By Uni
versal Service.) A sujt for conspir
acy is about to be , filed by Mrs.
Helen Elwood Stokes, against her
husband, W. E. D. Stokes, and his
son, V. E. D. Stokes, jr.. who has
been lumed as one of several co
tespor.dcnts by Stokes in his suit
for divorce. Mrs. Stokes has al
ready slarted an action for separa
tion, askinir for alimony and counsel
fees and another action asking for
ihe revocation of a deed she signed
disposing of her dower rights.
Mrs. Stokes claims that her hus
band transferred to his son prop
erty valued at $10,000,000 which be
longs to her under dower rights,
bhe holds that this was part of the
plan to force her to seek a divorce.
She iays the charges made by her
husbf.nd in his divorce action are
absolutely without foundation.
Will Protect Her Name.
Denver, Oct. 20. "I am going to
fight o clear my own name and
protect the future of our children,"
said Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes,
when asked what course she intends
to pursue with regard to her hus
band's suit for divorce.
"I want to efface, too, the stain
on the reputation of my step-brother,
Rohnd Miller, and my cousin,
Harold Billig, by Mr. Stokes' com
plaint. "My life with Mr. Stokes is a
white pacre, save for the shadows he
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IN GERM
has put en it. I shall fight till the
end for my children with no fear
of his money or his influence."
Mrs. Stokes is about 30, while her
husband is over 70.
POLICE PROBE
BY CITY URGED
IN RESOLUTION
Commissioner Butler Asks In
vestigation of Entire
Department . and of
Actions in Riot.
In connection with the conclusion
of a hearing of "charges agains.t Wil
liam Coulter, policeman, charged
with cowardice in connection with
the court house riot, City Commis
sioner Butler yesterday afternoon
offered the city council a resolution,
calling for a general investigation
of the entire police department.
This resolution, ..together with a
decision on the Coulter case, will
be matters which will be brought
before, the regular council meeting
this morning. I
May Invite Wilson.
Mr. Butler objected to the hear
ing of charges against Coulter with
out an investigation into the con
duct of other policemen on riot
duty, and also a general inquiry into
police department affairs. He ex
plained that it was his intention to
substitute this resolution for his re
cent resolution, which asked that
Chief of Police Eberstein be given
a hearing before his resignation
should be requested.
The new resolution offered by Mr.
Butler recommends that at the pro
posed general investigation, Ralph
Wilson, Governor McKelvie's per
sonal representative, be allowed to
participate. Mr. Wilson is here to
conduct ' an independent investiga
tion, unless the city council elects
to hold a public ivestigation.
Butler Resolution.
The Butler resolution follows:
"Resolved, Whereas, from recent
occurrences in our city it is a self
evident fact that something is rad
ically wrong with our present police
department, ana,
"Whereas, It is the opinion of our
leading business men as well as
many unbiased and unprejudiced
citizens that the fault lies not in the
personnel of the department itself,
but owing to the lack of proper or
ganization, and,
Whereas, It is the sworn duty of
the members of this commission to
investigate thoroughly the conduct
of the chief of police, captains, ser
geants, detective sergeants, and pa
trolmen, especially their conduct
during the recent disgraceful riot
rhat o-curred in our city, with the
view of removing from said depart
ment any officer who, in their judg
ment, did not do his full duty, and
with a further view of building up
and reorganizing the department
snd phcing it on a high standard
of efficiency, in order, that the
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Maid Held for Theft
of $100,000 Worth of
Brandeis Jewelry
New York, Oct. 20. Mrs. Louise
Armstrong, a maid formerly em
ployed by Mrs. Hugo Brandeis, was
arrested following her indictment
for implication in the theft of $100,
000 worth of jewelry belonging to
the wealthy widow of H. H. Bran
deis. According to an assistant dis
trict attorney, none of the jewelry
had been recovered. '
Others named in the indictment
have not yet been arrested.
BEE CONDEMNED
BY MINISTERIAL
UNION OF OMAHA
Members of Organization in
Resolution Declare Paper's
Criticism of Police Re- 1
sponsible for Riots.
The Omaha Ministerial union at
a meeting at'., the Young Men's
Christian association yesterday
adopted a resolution condemning
The Bee for what members of the
ministers' union termed "sensa
tional, misleading and maliciously
false statements" regarding public
officials of the city, and which state
ments, the union declared, "in large
measure instigated and augmented"
the riot of September 28.
The annual election of officers
was held, and the following elected:
Rev. A. A. DeLarme, president;
Rev. A. F. Ernst, vice-president;
Rev. Ford A. Ellis, secretary-treasurer.
Committees Are Named.
These three, together with Rev.
C. C. Wilson, Rev. J. D. Kuyken
dall and. Rev. George Van Winkle,
were also appointed as an executive
committee.
Program committee: Rev. O. D.
Baltzly, Rev. Charles Herron and
Rev. F. E. Pamy.
Steering committee: Rev. F. O.
Winslow, Rev. Frank G. Smith and
Rev. Paul Calhoun.
A resolution was passed to have
the newly elected president appoint
a committee of the members of the
union to work in conjunction with
the juvenile court. .
Lynching Is Condemned.
The resolution condemning The
Bee follows:
"Inasmuch as our city has been
put to shame because of the recent
riot and lynching, and attempted
lynching of our mayor, and has re
ceived much unsavory notoriety be
cause of the same, we, the ministers'
association of the city of Omaha, in
regular meeting assembled, wish to
place ourselves on record as fol
lows: "We deplore all events connected
with the outbreak against law and
order as evidenced by the riot on
the night of September 28. We olace
ourselves on record as denouncing
in tne severest terms all those who
participated in any w'ay in the dis
graceful proceedings. Moreover, we
wish to place ourselves on record
as favoring the punishment of all
those taking part in the riot to the
fullest extent of the law.
"We believe that the events of Sun
day night, September 28, 1919, were,
in a large measure, instigated and
augmented by sensational, mislead
ing and maliciously false statements
published in The Bee. We have no
objection to honest, constructive
criticism of any public official, but
the kind of vicious criticism in
(Contlnucd on rage Two, Column Two.)
Allied Troops Move Into
Territory Bulgars Evacuated
Saloniki, Oct. 20. Troopmove-
ments for the occupation of terri
tories in western Thrace, which are
to be evacuated by the Bulgarians in
accordance with peace terms, were
begun today. An official report from
Greek general headquarters said that
units of the Ninth Greek division
were set in motion with a view to
the occupation of the district of
Xanthi, in western Thrace. General
Charpy will command the allied
troops who displace the Bulgarians.
Despite Mayor of New York's
Prohibition of "Die Meister
singer" it Is Produced and
A. E. F. Men Raise Objection.
BULLETS FIRED WHEN
POLICE LINES CHARGED
Hundreds of Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Gather in Front
of Theater and When Doors
Open Howl Their Derision.
York York, Oct. 20. Despite de
cision by Mayor Hylan that Ger
man opera should not be given in
New York until the peace treaty was
signed, "Die Meistersinger" was
presented in German at the Lexing
ton theater tonight while thousands
of soldiers, sailors, marines and
civilians fought with the police in an
attempt to reach the theater and
stop the production.
Several shots were fired as the
former service men time and again
charged the police lines or laid down
a barrage of bricks, stones and other
missiles in an attempt to force their
way through.
Soon after the performance start
ed, a crowd of about 300 service
men were driven away from the
vicinity of the theater, but after
reaching Times Square were rein
forced and, about 1,000 strong, start
ed back, only to be met by a squaA
of mounted police, which scattered
them. During the remainder of the
performance the crowd fought
valiantly to reach the theater, but
failed.
Early Reports Confusing.
as to. whether the performance
would be presented were confusing
alike to service men and patrons.
Police stationed around the theater
notified both that the play would
not be given. Mayor Hylan had pro
hibited it, they said. Mayor Hylan
said so himself in a statement early
in the night, after he had been re
quested by the American Legion to
stop the opera. But the sale of
tickets continued, and the curtain
was rung up at the scheduled time.
An announcement was then made
by the mayor that he had failed to
reach the corporation counsel to
learn whether he had legal right to
order the police to prevent patrons
entering the theater. Because of this
failure the mayor said he "therefore
advised the police not to interfere
until I could obtain advice of the
corporation counsel, so that I could
proceed legally."
Manager Is Excited.
Just before the curtain was raised
on the opera Henry B. Hertz, bus
iness manager of the opera, rushed
to the stage and announced: "The
performance will be given tonight,
even if I am arrested. I want to
thrash this thing out in court.
The fighting between the police
and groups of service men lasted, un
til midnight, but only a few persons
were injured, as far as the police
could learn, although scores had felt
the weight of the officers' night
sticks and a few officers had been
struck by missies.
A block of cement was hurled
from the roof of a building opposite
the1 theater. It struck the mud
guard of a passing automobile and
rolled to the sidewalk, almost strik
ing two police inspectors. Detec
tives,' ordered to the roof, arrested
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Ontario Government
Loses in Election;
Prohibition in Doubt
Toronto, Oct. 20. Sir William
Hearst, oremier of the. nrnvinr nf
Ontario, and the conservative gov
ernment have been swamped by the
election of an overwhelming ma
jority of other parties and late in
complete returns indicate that all
four referendum questions asking
for modification of the temperance
act have been defeated. One hun
dred and ten out of 111 constituen-
cies gave the following seats: Unit
ed farmers, 41; liberals, 28; conser
vatives, 28; tabor, 11; soldier-, 1; in
dependent labor, 1.
The first question, asking for the
repeal of the temperance act, was
defeated.
The second, making possible the
sale of beer containing a higher per
centage of alcohol through govern
ment .agencies, had a slight lead in
the cities, but country districts yet
to be heard from may defeat it.
The third, recommending adop
tion of the sale of beer in standard
hotels, was defeated.
The fourth, rccommendi'iicr th
sale of soirituous anH malt .
through government agencies, is
sun in aouot, although latest re
turns give 114,863 for and 105,819
against it.
' Most of the conservative ministers
went down to defeat with the pre
mier. ,