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10 THE .BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1919. Y "ORE SLAIN IN INDIA MASSACRE THAN REPORTED Official Statement of 500 Killed and 1,500 Injured,: Underestimated the x f Casualties i , London, Dec. 22. Statement, in official quarters that 500 persons were killed and 1,500 injured in dis orders at Armitsar, India, last April, underestimated the casualties great ly, according to the narravive of an Indian lawyer, Said Hassan, panted by the Pall Mall Gazette. Describ ing the tragit scenes, whrh he says were witnessed by relatives of his, the lawyer, a native of Armistar ays:; - t1 "People had gathered from over all -the punjab for a religious cere tnony, which was being held in the Gallionwalabagh where a dais had been erected-upon which several hundred speakers stood, surrounded by a gathering of 20,000 or 30,00() persons. ' Fire Without Warning. . ' "The military appeared and opened fire without warning. Sol diers stOc'M on the high gtound and fired on the helpless, unarmee! gath ering from a distance of a hundred yards." : :, "Many stumbled over ridges and were trampled to death. Others fell into an open 'well nearby. I am sure that 'General Dyer's admission W .500 killed and 1,500 wounded is mucH below the actual casualty list. . Hunt for Loved Ones. ' "For two days frantic men, whose relatives or friends were missing, rummaged- the' open graveyard among the heaps of dead and dying, in the-hope of finding their- loved orfes." The lawyer expresses the opinion that the trouble arose through the previous arrest of two native leaders, against which the populace had pro tested in an orderly manner, he said. Closest, Approach to Actual Daylight Is Perfected In London -r ' Lcndon, Dec.-22.-AA light which far .surpasses any existing arrange ment of artificial light, and is the closest approximation to actual day light ever accomplished, is under stood by the American Chamber of Commerce in London to have been perfected here. : Tbe apparatus consists of a high power electric light bulb, fitted with a cup-shapd opaque reflector, the silvered htfier side of which reflects the light against a parasol-shaped screen placed above the light. The screen is lined with small patches of different colors, arranged according , to formula worked out by Mr. , Sheringhanf, the inventor, and care fully tested and perfected in the Itn peria 1 college of science and technology. The tight tbrowri'down from the screen is said' to show colors almost as well as in full daylight. , i i Allies Abandon Plan To Guarantee Belgium's Neutrality five Years ParisDec. 22. (Havas.) Aban donment of t(ie British plan guar anteeing the neutrality of Belgium tor five years on the part ot the al lies is reported by the Petit Pari sien, which says the French and British governments are seeking to r.re;ach an agreement which will give entire satisfaction to Belgium. . In French peace conference cir- "tles, it is reported, sentiment is fa vorable to the maintenance of the Turkish empire under certain guar antees. General Berthelot, who has gone to. London, will discuss this question during hi stay. Crude Oil Advanced Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 22. All ; grades of crude oil handled in the Pittsburgh nvarket were advanced 25 cents a barrel by the leading pur- ; chasing agencies today. The new prices- follow: Pennsylvania crude, $4.75;, Corning, $3.35; Cabell, $3.27; Somerset.. $3.10, and Ragland $1.60. With the Coming of the Twenty-first Century World Will lnclude Only.Three Great Powers, America, Russia, Japan, Says German Genius Present Odds Favor Japan In Coming Inevitable Conflict for Domination of tie Worlds-Recent War Came Too Soon ! for America U. S. Self Interest May Mean Her Downfall England,; Fra ice, Belgium andJtaly Broken by War as Seriously as Germany. . j. . - N By HAYDEN TALBOT. ) , I distorted' your point of view. It is (Copyright, ISM, B , tralrvnal BcrTiec.) Berlin, Dec. 19 (By Mail.) "Not yesterday nor toduy matters. . To morrow is all that matters." And a moment later I discovered that by '.'tomorrow" AValther Rath enau, credited with being-the great est genius for organization, with the keenest insight into the future, in Germany, meant 2100 A. D. "With the coming o! the twenty first century," continued ,Rathenau, soberly, "the world will include ex actly three great powers America, Kussia and Jsupan. By or before the not only Germany that is broken It is all Europe. "The so-called 'crime of Ver sailles,' " he went on, "is not the harshness of the peace terms under which Germany must stagger, but the Balkanization of all Europe the results of which must work to the undoing1 of France and Belgium an,d Italy no less than to Germany. . True. Crime of Versailles. "Itis sadly, to be, regretted that President Wilson and those of his countrymen who are animated by equally idealistic motives could not year 2l00 there will come ar cqii- Lhave become acquainted with the flict that will decide which, of these three powers will cease to function. "All three cannot continue to ex ercise their sway; the extent of which in each case will be infinitely vaster than anything the world has ever known. There will be room for only two of them. One must go under. Odds Favor Japan. "At -the moment the odds fa'vqr Japan to win. The reason is obvi ous. Russia must prove the deter mining factor. The nation which allies itself with Russia will emerge victor fronvthe, inevitable conflict, for the Russia of 2100 will be an inmeasurcably different Russia froml1 her present people and . there wiffl be a hundred million more of them. And at the moment Japan's' oppor tunities of sowing the seeds of a future alliance with Russia are dis tinctly better than America's.. "Incidentally and of greater im portance Japan's J statesmen are more keenly awake to. their oppor tunities than America's. Japan fore sees and prepares. America lives in the past and present, the imme diate past and the immediate pres ent, and is prodigally. careless of the future. Yet in 2100 it must .be Japan and Russia against America, or lAmcrica and Russia against Japan." , f Foremost German Economist. It was Walther Rathenau who' or ganized the economic resources of Germany during the first months of the war, and he is foremost now in planning its economic revival. From one authoritative quarter 1 5 heard that without Rathenau . Germany would have succumbed-to the block ade before the end of, 1916. t He is a sorf of Hoover, Edison, Schwab combined, heading the great Allgcmeine Electrizitats Gesells chaft, the vast electric power cor poration which controls that branch of endeavoi in Germany.- He was director of no fewer than 100 con cerns having part in industry, com merce and finance. A German of Jewish ancestry. Rathenau is, that strangest of all combination a profoundly religi ous and keenly shrewd business man. Pronounced War a Blunder. Three days after the declaration of war Rathenau went straight to the German war office. He told the then powerful military chieftains bluntly: '' v' . First Embarking on 'the; -mad adventure was the most tragic blunder in all history. . Second Final defeat of Germany was almost-'as certain as commer cial supremacy had been vp to thel declaration ot war. , Third-rlf Germanjl was not to be suffocated through lack of raw, ma terials she must organize all her resources' available at onci. Fourth Unavailable .. resource? must be offset by substitutes at any cost, because the war wa going "to be a long war. ' 1 ell me about Amenca, was the first thing my host said after welcoming uX both and leading us cut on to a charming balcony whure a simple luncheon awaited. And so it fell that for the first hour I fqund myself being interviewed. , All Europe Broken. But meanwhile, is we started a tour of the wonderful grounds, Rathenau, himself began to talk stopping nie abruptly in the middle of an inconsequential sentence, put ting both hands on my .shoulders and wheeling tne around to face him. "Von have heard too much about 'poor .Germany,'" he said. "It has 'smalP peoples' they have fought so valiantly and tor whom tney nave won the right of self determination. "One has only to look at America to -realize .that Americans could have easily grasped the real signifi cance of the true crime' of Versailles had anyone there thought to com pare these' small Balkan nations with : the . African descendants, of whom 16,000,000 inhabit the states. "Germany has ueen .Europe's afth . keystone and" now, it is de stroyed. The destruction is not like the German destruction of northern France and of Belgium, for repara tion is possible in those cases and ot only possible, but will be done. Destruction is Irreparable. "In the case of Europe, and espe cially the European keystone, , the destruction is complete and irrepa rable.' . That is the crime of Ver sailles,. For, once-having beerfdone, it can never be undone by all the modifications in the world. , - "One cannot give a people self determination and liberty and na tionality only to take it away from them. The Balkanization of Europe is $fc . accomplished fact. Greal powers, strong within -themselves and adapted by centuries of experi- ence to deal with these turbulent groups of individuals .unfitted for self-government, have suddenly been robbed of their strength. . "Race9-f humans whose moral and mental status is primitive, are suddenly thrust into positions of power they are incompetent to exer cise. . France it Broken. "The economic xondition of Ger many is no worse (if as bad as) that of England, France or Italy. Po tentially Germany is in better shape than any of them-Mer German labor will woi k. 1 "France is broken along with he rest ot Europe, but France tron't know it. England is broken and does know it here." . . And with the last word Ratho.Tu indicated his forehead. s "Germany," he went on is broken, and knows it here," po.nting to his. forehead,, "and here, ' pointing tu his stomach, . - ' "And in its knowledge lies Gcr many's strength. ' "But at best it is only relative, ir'ts matter, of strength ai' Europe' is as nothing compared with America a.id Japan at the motneti1 World's Three Youthi "What is of greater importance is that there is no possibility of the recuperation of Europe. We are too old, all of us. We must give place to youth. And the. world's three youths now , are America, Russia and Japan. . "What does it .matter Miat the Russia of today is in a "State of chaos? Wise men ignore'today in contemplation of history's ' tomor row. "The Russia of 2100 is not going to be in a state of chaos. It is go ing to be one of the world's greaf powers. By that time the present Europe will not exist at all, except in the sense that a Holland or a Montenegro exists by and with the consent of the dominant nations. Egland also will have gone 'to her grave a respectable death t a ripe old age. And then . ' Inevitable Conflict. "The inevitable conflict must cornel "The outcome of that conflict can be determined by the way events are shapedn the next few years. "It depends absolutely and wholly on America's attitude tn this period, 1920-1930, whether it, with Russia, shall become the world's ruling peo ple or shall lay the foundation of its vanquishments. V . "Unfortunately the war cJme too soon . for America 50 years too soon. For the United States is still too young, too provincial, too igno rant of world affairs, t?o sure, even yet, in the magnificent strength of its splendid isolation (which, in fact, of course, is no longer true) to un derstand or to be able to grasp the. opportunity now jrescnted to it. t Now a World Power. "Could the war have been stavedj ott anotner nail century men it would have been ad.ifferent Amrr . i ,j i . .. t ica matv wouia irave entered tne world jrama and proceeded to reap the fruits of the victory so-4argely its. As it is, the next few years will tell the stOTy. r "America partially as a result of its association with the- entente is now a world power, with all the re sponsibilities of a world power. Yet the American people havi neither the inclinatipn nor the education to appreciate even the meaning of the expression. "When the city of Cleveland, O., is so much concerned about letting the rest of the United States know that it ranks sixth in the, .ist of Amertcin cities as to have no time to learn as much basic information about Pittsburgh as theerage 15-year-old school boy ; of Tokio knows, how can the citizens of De troit (completely wrapped up - in turning out a greater number of au tomobiles per day than any other two cities), be expected to take a lively inteitst in the future of the Lithuanians?. . ' Germany's Opportunity. "Yet,' due to the acquiescence of the president of the United States at Versailles, America1 is jiceply committed to have the affairs of Lithuania'and every other nation in the worid at its fingers end. It is like asking a schoolboy Suddenly to direct the destinies of a great indus trial corporation. ' "But in this situalion lies Ger many's opportunity peculiarly Ger many's because of all the European nations ijone has had such vast ex perience in Russia and the orient as have the Germans. 'Americais going presently to re alize. that either, she must begin now to build the. foundation of a lasting alliance with the Russia of tomor row if when that inevitable day of clash with Japan arrives she is not to x find a Russo-Japan alliance against her or find herself antici pated by the Japanese. It is" a ques tion of who gets tato the country first. It is as simple as that as most great issues are." Service, . Quality, Economy PHILIP'S .A ' ' .. 24th and O Sts., So. Omaha y : V ; ; DEPARTMENT STORE THE FASTEST GROWING STORE IN OMAHA SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT A belated shipment of toys just, received which has filled our basement to the ceil ing again. Philips sys that he will not carry them over. That means that you can now fill those little stockings and hearts with cheer at a very small cost, o come early Tuesday morning. Be here when the store opens at 8 a. m., and , share in this wonderful sale at our loss. ! DOLLS, DISHES, FIRE ENGINES, TIN KER TOYS, ROCKING HORSES, COASTERS, SLEDS, DRUMS, BABY CARRIAGES, AND EVERYTHING. Friday morning we start the biggest ALUMINUM SALE ever heard of in South Omaha. Guar anteed live wire aluminum; pure; consisting of Tea Kettles, Preserving Kettles, large Sauce Pans", Pudding Pans, Percolators, Convex Sauce Pots. AU large, serviceable utensils. The lot consists of 417 pieces; plenty for all - Come early. Don't wait until the large pieces are all gone and then bemoan the fact that you did not get your share. Again we advise: Come. -Early. Be here when the doors , open at 8 a, m. Every piece in this lot is worth $3.50. Our Special Price for Friday and Saturday, $1.59 Each Watch Us Grow P H I L IP'S Watch Us Grow My . HEART and My HUSBAND Adele Garrison's "New Phase of Revelations of a Wife '' Colonel Shoots Himself in Ft. Sheridan Hospital - Chicago, f)ec. 22. Lieut. Col. Andrew W. Smith. United States regular amy shot himself at Fort Sheridan Jxispital Monday. He had been , ill for several months and entered the hospital suffering from : : c : nervous ailments and insoumia two weeks ago. While on a walk with a military policeman, the officer reached over, snatched the pistol from the soldier's holster and shot himself. - Mrs.Smith, who has been living in Forest Lake to be near her hus band,. was notified of the tragedy. , One Dead, Three Dying , From Gas Asphyxiation Cedar Rabids, la., Dec. 22. One is dead and three others are be lieved to be dying as a result of a as asphyxiation which almost wiped out the family of Mr. and Mrs. O. YV. Harper late'Moirday. 'South Side Much Live Stock Shipped In Box Cars Due to Shortage On account ot $he shortage of stock 'cars? manyihipments of live stock are being sent to the South Side market in box cars. Four box cars loaded with hogs arrived Mon day from Buffalo Gap and, Sturgis, S. D. It is'said there is plenty of stock in that section o ship, but no cars are available. With the thermometer at ' 33 degrees below zero'lnany cattle anp being rushed to market, that would be held over to feed, were it not for the cold weather. , Arrest -Two Men When Motor; Collides With Street Car Edward Richardson, ' 1406 Mili tary avenue, and W. H. Hamer, 4341 Charles street, were attested Sun day by South' Side .police charge with being drunk. Police allege the two men. were drmng an automo bile and fan into a street car on Twenty-fourth street. South Side Brevities Philip Bagato, 8563 South Twenty-third street, was arrested Sunday by police and t.harifed with Rbuslnrf his wife. - Join our Cash Bonus club or start some friend. It's a fine thing; to do-at. this holiday time. South Omaha Savings bank. Twenty-fourth and M streets. Andy Chesmsr. J40S N street, reported to the police Monday that his room was entered Sunday night while he was asleep and hU trousers containing $"28.11 stolen. Each week hundreds deposited regularly In our 1919 Economy Savings club. They have Just received the reward for their efforts. Our 1S20 club Is now open for membership. The I4ve Stock National bank. Twenty-fourth and N atreets. Frank R. Rlchtlg of darks, brought In a carload of calves Monday for the local market. He said corn ai' $00 was too expensive to raise cattle on and thought thero was morn money la selling the calves and keeping the corn. It's a good time to play safe. Tour money put in the South Omaha Savings bank, la sate and grows. No chance about It. It'a mighty comforting td know you have a. nice savings account in the only savings bank In Omaha at Twenty-fourth and M streets. Andy Gilbert, negro, was arrested at an early hour Monday morning by Captain Brtggs and Officer Bisk, charged with stabbing Emma .Tones, negress, at her home, 4824 South Twenty-fifth street. The woman was given medtcal treatment by Police Sureeon Young and removed to her Lhome. Gilbert la being held awaiting the outcome of the woman's Injuries. ' Miss Agnes Bavllk, IE years old, died Sunday at her home. 4811 South Twentieth street. She Is survived I by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johil Havllk; five sisters, Mrs. Joseph Zaloudek, Mrs. Walter Korisko. Mrs. John Fisher and Marie and Vissta Havllk: four brothers. Frank, John and Lsflmlr Havlik anil Frank Vonasek. The funeral will be held Tuesday after noon at 1 from tbfc residence to Gracelund Turk cer'etery. - What Mr. Walters Disclosed to ' - Lillian and Madge. Sometimes I fancy that Lillian Underwood possesses an ; uncanny, hypnotic influence over people. Of course, I know this theory to be the veriest drivel, but I can explain in no other way the instant acceptance by any auditor of hers of any propo sition which she may advance. For instance, I knew, and Arthur Walters must have surmised, that Lillian in reality had but the most sketchy of frameworks upon which to construct the theory of Kenneth Stockbridge's innocence which she so confidently advanced. Yet- I thinkit occurred to neither of us to doubt her knowledge. Instead, wel accepted her statement with the same "joyful, child-like faith as that manifested by pretty, yquthful Es ther Walters, who clasped he hands together at Lillian's words, and with her eyes-fixed admiringly upon. Mrs. Underwood's face, exclaimed fer vently: "Oh, I'm so gladl" Lillian turned r smiling friendly eyes upon her. "Thank you," thy dear,'' she said softly, with evident pleasure at the involuntary tribute Then she turned to us, with a little air of depreciation that sat funnily upon her after her absolute confi dence of the moment before. I am used to such ' contradictions in Lil lian, but I think Mr. Walters was puzzled for a moment or rwo. "Of course, I realize tha' you 'must know I have no ijeal authority for sUch a sweeping statement," she said, "but I have the strongest kind of a-a-hunch I euess I'd better call it for want of a better word rhat ) I m right, and from long experience; 1 ve learned to follow my hunches. They almost invariably guide mfc to the right trail." Walters Too Eager. "I can testify o-ihat from myown knowledge," I commented quietly. "Please" Arthur Walters feaned forward earnestly, his fine, earnest face aglow. "I do not need anything but that first affirmation, Mrs. Un derwood. And if your words only mean what I da e hope they do that you are going to throw your wonderful insight and knowledge anu rcpuiaion into ine stale on my friend's side , "Of course," Arthur Walters said promptly, but I knew that he 'was disappointed, that in the last few minutes 'had been born the hope that he might convey to the-worried at torneys.for Kenneth Stockbridge the news that Lillian, whose standing in ! service circles ne evidently Knew, was working in conjunction , with them, brought to them through hjs instrumentality. . The Secret Safe. "I am afraid. Mr. Walters." Lil lian went on, "that you will have to take the responsibility and inci dentally the credit or the discredit for any services Mrs. Graham or I may be able to render Mr. Stock bridge. If you will do this, if you will report to Mr. Stockbridge's at torneys and discoveries of ours as having been made by yourself, we shall be able to work unhampered 4 and report to you from time to time anything we may find out." The young attorney's face clouded. The innate honesty ai- him is 'print ed upon his countenance for any one to read. I could see that the thought of taking credit for fdeas or work which he did not himself fur nish' was exceedingly repugnant to him. Yet his common sense and his loyalty to his friend triumphed over his scruples. - ,v "Ofrourse. t am at your com mand in all things," he said quietly after a perceptible oause. "Thank you," Lillian said heartily. "andI know what it costs you." she added after a moment's scrutiny of his flushed face. ; v . The nextminute she had changed her voice and manner ctrmpletely, was once more the dominant driv- inn- nrlsaB a( iMlf (afs tt t "Now to business." she said brisk- U ly. "I am not going to repeat to vou what Mr. Stockbridee said in his j Uetter to Mrs. Grahai for it con- to your friend that I know he wishes no one to know of it if possible, Mrsf Graham only stumbled upon it by accident, hence his confidence in her. But this "ling you must know, Mr. Stockbridge'r private , desk is still in his former office in the Bay view school. It is vital that this desk be brought here to Mrs. Graham's house and kept here until after the trial of your friend." Arthur Walters permitted himself a start of surprise. "Do you mean the small one?" he asked, then rushed on! without wait ingfor answer. "I was with the detectives from the state attorney's office the- day they went over the. schoolhouse with a fine-tooth comb for clews. They searched both desks thoroughly and found na scrap of anything but school papers in either of them." I gave a littler inward, gasp of re lief. So -the secret drawer was still a secret 1 - (Contiuued Tomorrow.) Oregon Squad Training ; for Game With Harvard Pasadena, Cat.. Dec. 22. Two j hard training periods a day one in i the morning and the other in the j afternoon was begun today by the foot ball squad of the University of j Oregon in preparatiori'for the game ' here New Year's day with the team , of Harvard university. The Harvard squad will arrive , here Friday, according to the pres- , ent schedule. Many Harvard gradti-i ates -residing m southern California are planning a great welcome. Onlyv2 More Days Till Christmas Are You Ready to Say Merry Christmas to Family and Friends? 7 Open Evenings L JJm the cash store Open venings s splendidly ready to supply your every Christmas ,Uirt Wish Jlost i Silks Art Needlework Satisfyingly and Economically - ' . -s ' V . ' Special Sales in All Departments Gloves " Handkerchiefs' Men's Furnishings Umbrellas ' Neckwear Ladies' Furnishings French Ivory Silverware Leather Goods Jewelry Novelties . Linens , Wool Dress Goods . Fine Furs ; Men's.Clothing Trunks and Grips ' Suitcases and Bags Waists Kimonos Coats . Sweaters All Broken Lots Greatly Reduced in Price for Quick Clearance : i ; ' V '' i ' ... - - , , ' Everything for the Kiddies A In Toyland, Fourth Floor ' Big assortments and Low Cash - 1 i ' Prices make selecting here easy. . - ' . . . :.....:r : Prepare for the Christmas Dinner The choicest of food products Fruits, Nuts, Poultry1 and Meats of all 1 kinds. . .;. . Christmas Slippers v , Hats and Caps Skates and Cutlery Electrical Conveniences For the Best at Least Prices It Pays TRY HAYDEN'S FIRST-It Pays 3 Piles-FistuIa-CufedWith-out the Use of the Knife J&o Chloroform, No Eher. Examination free to all doctor f.m:,hahn. " V- N 401 Paxton Block. Hours: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., Daily. Eyeninft, 7 to 8 P. M. V t Sunday, 11 A. M. to 1 P. M. Only i Going Backward v Just suppose we had to go back to harvesting by hand. Think of the .number of men it wojild take, the time it would require, and the great loss that would result. f . Then suppose you had to go back to the old days before the coming of the telephone. You would have to reorganize your whole business, change all your methods of buying and selling. You would have to reorganize your home, too. ' Today the telephone is a part of the daily life, of more than half the"people of this country. It influences the ways of living of every worker and every employer, because it influences their work. You know what the telephone means to you, in your business and in your home. Do you realize the telephone company needs money to give you this service? v Wages and telephone .material have all goneup. The Cnmnnnv vrmsf. moot tVioco inrroasorl rntq Tt.n nnlv incrttnp lilrA any other business, comes from the goods it sells. Telephone ociviue costs money 10 produce ana a lair price uiubi vuwsu ivl lb. be V NEB2ASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY