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i I? RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS BUFFALO STEAKS REPLACE TURKEY ON WAHOO TABLES. ..'Wahoo, Neb., Dec. 23. (Special.) Turkey is relegated to the back ground on the tables of Wahoo citi zens for Christinas. Buffalo meat will be the favored dish and a 1,000 pound animal from the famous "SeoTtyM Phillips' herd has arrived and ison sale in a focal market. FASCINATING! GRIPPING! ADELE GARRISON'S LOVE SERIAL, REVELATIONS OF A WIFE. The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 162. Catr4 n Me4-liH atatttr May ?. 1906. tl Oauh p. o. andar act at Marek 3. 187V. 'OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919. ir Mall (I yaar). Dally. .: Sv4v.'K.tt Mil m Sua.. 16.00: uM0a Nak. aaitaaa antra. TWO CENTS. MURDER NEWLY - " BORN QUADRUPLETS. , - Clyde, N.Y. Dec. 23. Inquiry slarted into the murder of four ba bies, a girl and three boys, whose bodies were found in a Jjox on the Erie canal, establisJied the fact tfiat the victims were quadruplets. ' Physicians who examined the bodies, discovered by skaters on the canal, declared the babies were' I undoubtedly born of ojjc mottle r, and'that ail had been imirdred. It vas impossible to determine the na tionality of the babies, who were 2 or J days ol when slain. " SUGAR PILFERING : IS LATEST FAD. ,. Nrw York, Dec. 23. Sugar .now being almost as costly as coal, some resourceful New York "women have introduced a new fashion which bids fair to become popular. A conversa tion overheard between two richly aftireft women ' revealed the inner workings of the idea. "' "What is that petty little velvet covered box you're carrying?" in quired one of the women of licr companion. "Sh-hl Not so loud, my dear. That's my sugar box. I always carry it now when I go to a restaurant or cabaret" "You carry your own sugar in that to supplement the small por tions?" . "Oh, my, no," was the answer. "When I dine out and see any sugar lying around on the table or in sugar 'bowls, I just fill my little camouflaged container. Novel, eh?' The jdea for the new American fashion was said to have originated from , the, use of "le sucrjere" or "the sugar carrier" by French women for several years past. PYGMY HIPPO BORN AT THE BRONX ZOO. New York, Dec. 23. A five-pound pygmy hippopotamus "a non-ruminating artiodactyle ungulate .mam mal, much - less aquatic than its giant relative and having, in fact, the habits of a pig" was born at the Bronx- zoo, the sixth specimen . of its species ever held in captivity and the first to come Into the world be ; hind bars. .'. i "MERCHANT OF VENldE" , DROPPED IN SCHOOLS. , ' Newark, N. )., Dec. 23. Shake speare's "Merchant of Venice" is to be dropped from the literature stud ied in Newark public schools, "be cause of its effect on the minds of non-Jewish children." In approving a request from the Anti-Defamation league of Chicago that the play be banned, the board of education's in struction committee asserted that its -action was based neither upon "the embarrassment which may be caused Jewish students in the class, nqr - upon thin-skinned sensitive ness," but because non-Jewish chil dren "subconsciously will associate in their minds the Jew as Shake speare portrayed him with the Jew of today." "Children are not analyisj,' said a statement issued by the commit tee. ".The Jew of Shakespeare lives in the mind of the child as the Jew of New York, as the Jew of Chicago or the Jew of Newark." , PHONOGRAPH AWAKES CHAMPION SLEEPER. i. Norwich, N. Y., Dec. 23. Neigh borsi relatives and doctors for 80 days have tried to wake Mrs. Fred Tracey of Oxford from her "sleep ing sickness." Tuesday a talking machine succeeded where human voices had failed: , ... When, a record was played, she ' became conscious. ' Then she fell asleep again, but in: ranri several -times later. Her physician states that she will recover. The woman is 55 years old and al though believed here to hold the 1919 championship for "long dis ' tance sleeping" is in good physical condition. CANADIAN SOLDIERS GREETED BY LADY ASTOR. London, Dec. 22. Lady Astor, M. P has sent the following Christ ma message to the Canadian soU ; diers who were patients in the Tap , low hospital: . , "This is the first Christmas in five vears I have been without the Cana dians, and Cliveden is lonely and un like home without thenl. I would Just like all my Canadian Clivedens to know I am thinking of them and missing them." WIDOW OF SHONTS - . OUSTED FROM FLAT. New York, Dec. 23. Proceedings to oust Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, widow of the former head of New York City's largest traction system, from her exclusive Park avenue apartment were instituted. A' dis . possess notice was served on her in behalf of the owners of the property. Mrs. Rutherford Bingham, daugh- ter of Mrs. Shonts, explained to ? inquirers that her mother was a ' month behind in the rent $341.67, and had received none of the $5,000 .insurance lefther by her husband. GAMIN LOCKS UPV ' 32 NEW YORK "COPS." New York. Dec. 23. Thirty-two, New York f olicemen, including a captain and a lieutenant, were locked in the East Fifty-first street station last night by a small boy who was refused a ticket to a Christmas cele bration after the precinct allotment had been exhausted. TJie young ' ster who brought his "gang" to get tickets refused to leave until curtly ordered to "get out." "All right we'll get out. but you won't," yelled the boy who was last ' to leave. He swung the door shut and bolted It from the outside. A ; locksmith was summoned by tele phone and after laboring an hour finally cut the whole lock out. Mean . while a crowd of a Hundred children , sang and danced in glee over the discomfiture of their prisoners THE WElATHEfci i Generally fair Wednesday and probably Thursday; not much change in temperature. Hourly Tenwraturrit! , R a. m.. ........ .80 i p. m. ....... SI . ni 8(1, S l. m. , .;! 7 a), m.. 0 p, in .Si a. m Sll: t p. in.. ..... , , . . a, tn , . .; A p. m.. ,SH 10 a. m ......80! p. in.. ST 11 a. m SOt 1 p. in , . ,M 13 noon .81! $ p. ni.. ........ .U SIMS WON'T ACCEPT GIFT OF DANIELS Rumblings of Dissatisfaction Within Navy at Manner of Arranging Reward for Serv ice Come to Focus. ADMIRAL SAYS SOME - OFFICERS ARE SLIGHTED Letter to Secretary of Navy Climax to Published Charges That Daniels Had Re- arranged List of Awards. j Washington, Dec. 23. Rumblings of dissatisfaction within the navy at the way' Secretary Daniels has ar ranged the awards of decoration for war, service, came to the surface to day when it became known that Ad miral Sims, former commander of American naval forces in European waters, had declined to accept his distinguished service medal, while the awards remain as at present. At the same time the row which hd to this time has been a smoulder ing one, gave intentions of showing up in congress. Chairman Page of the senate naval committee asked for a report jon the awarding of the decorations and Secretary Daniels transmitted it to him tonight. Mean while Representative Lufkin of Massachusetts, a member of the house naval committee, announced that he would ask the house to call for a similar report. Climax to Published Charges. Coming as the -climax to pub- ' lished, charges that Secretary Dan iels had rearranged ' the whole list of awards, raising some officers to higher distinction than recommended and "blue penciling" 'others, publi cation of Admiral Sims' action cre ated a new sensation in the Navy department and added a new chap ter to the long contest in which some naval officers have complained of the secretary's administration of affairs and others have defended him with equal vigor. The whole thing has been brought to" a head by the action of Admiral Sims, who, writing an official conj munication to Secretary Daniels, has set out that officers for whom he recommended the distinguished serv ice --medal highest of all naval dec orations except the congressional medal of honor received by the secretary's revisTon a decoration oi lesser value, and that other offi cers whose duties and services Ad miral Sims considered as of lesser value received by the revision the more valued decorations. At the same time it develops, Admiral Sims sent franked copies of his letter to many naval officers in Washington. His action1 became known first through them, and later today Mr. Daniels gave out the letter, with out comment. Earlier in the day, however, Mr. Daniels had an nounced that he had prepared the report asked for by Senator Page and tonight after transmitting it to the senator, made public copies of it v. . Asks Revision Upward. Admiral Sims in his letter, - does not appear to refuse his decoration unconditionally. He refused it un der the conditions he outlined and he asked , for an opportunity to ex plain the seasons for his original recommendations. Besides that, the admiral does not ask that the high- (Contlnutd on Pare Tiro, Column One.) "Human Ely" Thieves Caught, Following . Daring Robbery New York. Dec. 23. The police are seeking to determine if two men arrested on a charge ot attacking and robbing Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Broderick of Dallas, Tex., of $4,000 in their suite in the Hotel Knicker bocker were the burglars responsi ble for a series of similar robberies which have netted the thieves more than $100,000. . " .'"' ' , i The pair were arrested after they are alleged to have entered the apartment, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Broderick Tuesday morning, knocked down Mr. Broderick with a hammer, tied his wife to a bed and ransacked the room. They at tempted to reach, the street by climbing down the side of the hotel. Spied by a crowd while performing their "human fly" feat and fired at by a policeman, they entered a win dow after descending one floor and were arrested. ' The prisoners gave their names as Raymond Rodriguez and Adriano Heva. One robbery of which the men are suspected was committed at the Hotel Wallach, a block from the Knickerbocker, where $40,000 was taken. . Bombs Exploded. . - .Madrid, Dec 23. Dispatches re ceived from. Vigo announce that the general strike continues. -Bombs were exploded in two factories caus ing extensive damage. PERSHING WILL VISIT OMAHA ON WAY TO LINCOLN Train to Arrive at 6:40, ; General to Receive Offi cial Welcome. General Pershing will set foot on Nebraska soil in Omaha this morn ing for the first time since he took command of the American expedi tionary forces in France. He will be met .by a committee representing the Chamber of Com merce, Mayor Smith and Lieut. Col. J. W. S. Wuest, commandant at Fort Omaha, when he arrives at the Burlington station at 6:40. " General Pershing will spend more than a week visiting members of his family and friends in Lincoln, fol lowing his arrival today from La clede, Mo. He will be met here by Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie and Mayor J. E. Miller and a state reception com mittee headed by State's Adjt. Gen. H. J. Paul, all of whom will ac company him to Lincoln. A public reception next Friday evening at the state capitol is among events planned for the general's holiday visit to Lincoln. " When the general arrives he will find the town folks at the station to meet him. The line of march from the depot, all the way to the home of his "sisters, Mrs. D. M. Butler and Miss Mae Pershing, has been decorated. . General Pershing made Lincoln his home more than 25 years ago when he was commandant of the University of Nebraska cadets. I he Burlington railroad passenger office announced yesterday that General Pershing and his party would pass through Omaha again from Lincoln to Chicago on Janu ary 3, but stop here only 20 min utes. He will arrive t 6:10 and leave at 6:30 p. m. on his return trip, giving his Omaha admirers an op portunity of at least seeing him, and possibly of shaking his hand. Will Visit F6rts. As far as is known plans for Gen c:al Pershing and his staff to spend January : in Omaha are unchanged. Plans for his reception are progress-ii-g rapidly. Theparty will go di rectly to Fort Omaha on "arriving K-re at 9 a. m., according tOv Colonel Wuest, and spend a greater part of the morning inspecting Fort Omaha and Fort. Crook. , He has requested that no body guard be furnished during his stay here, Colonel Wuest says, but has asked that men skilled in the various departments centered at the two forts be detailed to furnish hira as much information as possible. Officers of High Rank. Accompanying the general on his trip here will be three brigadier (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) offers to leave Three children as wife's bail Women Pickets Arrested After They StondSteel Workers ' Returning to Work. Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 23. Police reserves were called to quell a riot at the Minnequa steel works here when Austrian women pickets stoned steel workers who had re turned to work in defiance of the union strike order. A dozen arrests were made. ' Mayor Mike Stud zinski was knocked to the ground and pummeled by the strikers and sympathisers. : . The Minnequa plant 'was closed last July by the national strike of steel . workers. The plant was opened last Monday with a large number of employes reporting for work. $10,000 Cash Bonds. The police were compelled to wield their clubs before the mob dis persed. Anfong those arrested are five women. They were held under $200 bohd each. Shortly after the arrests, tne strike committee which has been directing the strike since it was called September 22, called upon the chief of police and asked the privilege of furnishing bond. They offered a check for $10,000 to insure . the appearance of the five women in police court tomorrow morning. v The police chief refused to accept tltis. The committee then withdrew and later appeared with $10,000 in cash and the five women were released late tonight. "Women of Foreign Birth. The five women were of foreign birth and - the husband of one ap peared at the station shortly after his wife's imprisonment and offered to leave his three small children with the police as bail for his wife. The injuries received by Mr. Stud zinski, who, as president of th Pueblo, city council, is mayor and also commissioner of safety, are not serious. No further, trouble has been ex perienced but the police are prepar ing for any outbreak that may oc cur in connection with-: the early night shift coming on duty at mid night, and. with the change of shifts at 7 o'clock tomorrow. There are. approximately 2,500 men employed at ' the steel mills which before the strike was called was employing 6,000 men SAYS ITALY BROKE FAITH WITH ALLIES Fiume Situation Still Obstacle to Establishment of Peace in Europe, Clemenceau Tells French Chamber. VOTE OF C0NFIQENCE IS GIVEN TO PREMIER Expresses Opinion Military Guarantees Offered France by Great Britain and Wil son Will Not Be Questioned. Paris, Dec. 23. The chamber of deputies voted confidence in the government, 458 to 71. The vote, which carried approval of Premier Clemenceau's program, was taken after the chamber had listened; to his declaration on the determina tion of the allies to crush bolshev ism, his confidence in the Anglo-Franco-American pacts, his predic tion of a solution of the Fiume problem, and his understanding: with Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain. M. Clemenceau fold the chamber that President Wilson and Great Britain had offered military pacts. Certain points in the peace treaty had been questioned but there were no serious objections to the military arrangement. . , To Solve Fiume Situation. The premier added that the latest indications were that the Fiume sit uation would be solved, "and then only can we breathe freely." M. Clemenceau' appealed to the chamber to work hard and talk lit tle. He said the cabinet at the end of the remaining weeksof its tenure of office would give its resignation to the president and added: : "It will not be an exit by one door to enter by, another." ; " Asked by Marcel Cashiu, socialist, if he ought not to give -an unquiet country explanations of the treaty and the Anglo-American military pacts, M. Clemenceau said: , "I did not ask for these military puarantees. They were offered by England and President Wilson. I do not believe they will be ques tioned. Although certain points of the treaty have been discussed thei;e is no serious objection to the guar antees." Questioned, on Russia. During the discussion on the Lon don conferences Ex-Premier Bar thou questioned M. Clemencau on Russia, and the premier eaid Russia had been discussed previously, but added: "I will telf you the two principal decisions we have taken. Not only will we noty make peace, but We won't compromise with the govern ment of the Soviets. We have de cided that we will be the allies of all peoples' attacked by the bolshevists." Regarding the situation in the Adriatic, the premier said: "The Fiume question has( been agonizing. Italy promised Fiume to the Jugo-SIavs, but went back on her promise. France, England and the United States have sought a solu tion and the latest indications are that it will finally be reached. Only when this is solved can we com mence to breathe freely." War Between Italy and . Jugo-Slavia Predicted Chicago, Dec. 23. Walter Pfedo vich, chairman of the Jugo-Slav Re lief commission just returned from six months spent in Jugo-Slavia, de clared that he had a "huge amount of documentary evidence of atroci ties committed by the -Italians against the Jugo-SIavs." War be tween Jugo-Slavia and Italy was certain, he said, "if Italy continues her oppressive tactics." According to PrCdovich, Jugo-Slav women frequently were, victims of Italian soldiers, but the latter were not punished. Citizens refusing to send their children to schools es tablished by the Italians .where the Italian language was taught were thrown into prisons. - 0 Predovich declared the conduct of Italians toward the Jugo-SIavs was known at Washington. He asserted D'Annunzjo's seeming irresponsibil ity in activities in Fiume and else where "is just a cloak behind which Italy is working to obtain that which the peace conference refused to' give it." Masked Negroes Rob . - Till in Two Stores Two masked negroes entered the grocery and meat market of B-. Gar rop, 2722 ' Binney street, at 8 last night and covering Garrop with re i volvers, rifled the till of ?18.. They threatened to kill Garrop if he at tempted to call help. One masked negro held up Mrs. A. Israel in her store at 1922 South Twenty-second street, about the same time and took $20 from -the cash register. The police believe the bandits are the same trio that committed sev eral daring robberies last week de spite the fact that the detective de partment arrested 39 negro suspects Sunday and 11 Monday, . v ' j , H is brand new airplane covered with snow. Santa Claus has arrivoi at sei-rot mnHMVrtiio in t.ha for northwest, bringing to a weary world more beautiful gifts and good cheer than ever before. Just as the last stroke of 12 booms from the old bell in the town hall tower tonight jolly old Santa will steal from his hiding place, crank the twin engines of his flying sleigh and dash off to the home of every good boy and girl in the world. Then after placing a pretty present at the foot of each tiny bed Saint Nick will start back to the North Pole a few minutes before the first streaks of down appear over the eastern horizon. A special photographer and representative of v the International News Service was permitted to talk to Santa yesterday. His merry eyes twinkled and his little round belly shook with mirth when asked why he was using an airplane and what had become of the beautiful reindeers he used to drive. ' "Dunder and Blitzen and my other faithful reindeers have been working so hard for so many years that I thought I would give them a rest," he laughed, as he packed another beautiful doll and a drum into his wonderful pack. "They are grazing up in Toyland, but sent their best love to every good boy and girl. And besides, you see "there are more little boys and girls this year and my airplane will take me around much faster. . Then Old Saint Nick posed for the photographer and here he is seated in his modern sleigh, with some of the Arctic snow still hanging fr om its wings. . Shadows His Wife,' Peeps in Window And Lands in Jail ' William 'Sayles turrted detective last night in order to "shadow" his wife. When she turned into a house near Seventeenth and Davenport streets 'he "became ' confused .as to which house she Jiad entered. Step ping up to a window, at -218 North Seventeenth street he peered in. The owner of the house,' Special Detec tive Heizler of the Union "Pacific, caught- Sayles and "turned him over to the police. The police held him for investigation.- I , " "That wife o mine was bad luck when she was with me but she's worse luck when she's away from me," sighed" Sayles in jail. Sayles is colored. NO ISSUE OF THE BEE ON CHRISTMAS DAY .In order to give all employes of The Bee a complete holiday, there will be no issue of the paper Christmas : day. We feel sure the readers and advertisers will cheerfully, for this spe cial occasion, accommo date themselves to this arrangement. . THE OMAHA BEE. No Concrete Results Over Peace Parleys Held in Washington - Washington, Dec. 23.-Although republican and democratic senators continued their conference on peace treaty reservations, there "were no concrete results and leaders ;. said they expected none for some days. There was a feeling, however, that by the time holiday recess' ends Jan uary 5, the. basis for an agreement will have been reached. Drafts' of proposed changes in the reservations framed by the senate majority at the last session were talked over by Senator Lodge, Mas sachusetts, .the republican leader, and Senator Lenroot, Wisconsin, a leader of the mild reservation group of republicans. They said that the conference was of general nature and that no final agreement on. phraseology was reached. It wa emphasized in all quarters that the negotiations still were in a nebulous state and that many sug gestions from many sources would be considered before they cared to make a binding agreement. Kirk Case May Keep Dgvoe From Fair Price Committee T. S. Allen, United States district attorney, has recommended to At terney General A. Mitchell Palmer that Robert'W. Devoe of Lincoln not be appointed as chairman of the "fair price" committee for Ne braska. Mr. Allen admitted that this rec ommendation was ,. prompted by Devoe's connection with the release of Beryl C Kirk from the state pen itentiary. ' " "I don't believe that Mr. Devoe will be appointed," Mr, Allen said. r. ' . ci nnsimas onoppers Held at Bay by Bandit in Seattle Seattle, Wash.,' Dec 23.Two men were seriously, wounded and over 100 persons, mostly Christmas shop pew.were held at bay here when a lone bandit believed to be the man who, at Olympia, Wash shot and killed E. H. Schultz, at tempted to hold' up .a stationery store in the First avenue business district. The robber, who left with out anything, made good his escape by mingling with the crowd in the street. . - POLICE FAIL INCHECI MAD ONRUSH Uninvited Kiddies Crowd Way Into New York Armory and Endeavor to Secure Gifts for Those Invited. YOUNGSTERS SWEEP - OFFICERS FROM FEET Women Faint as Children Fight and Scratch Each Other for the Possession of Dolls and Other Toys. New York. Dec. 23. Thousands of uninvited children for whom no gifts were provided crowded their way into the Seventy-first regiment armory tonight and threw Mew York's largest chTldren's Christmas festival into a riot. During the height of the uproar. 14,000 young sters were in a mad scramble for their share of presents which were stacked upon tables for distribution to 7,000 needy kiddies who had been invited. Police reserves, aided by the. ar mory detail of soldiers, were unable to check the wild onrush. Several women fainted and scores of chil dren were bowled over as the young sters rushed about the floor. :; ,- Few Get Gift Packages. i; No semblance of order was ob tained until thousands of the vounsr sters had been rushed into thc"treet Less than 50 per cent of them man aged to' get a gift package in the melee. The trouble started when-clowns appeared on the floor. Children who had been assigned to olaces in the building rushed out in mass'forma- tion and crowded about the JuB' makers. ; A few took advantage -of ine aisorcier to help thcinselves front me giir !aoies ana in a minute the rusn was on. . . ... . Police Swept From Feec The policemen present were swept from their feet and reserves were summoned. Children fotnrht aild scratched each other for the posses sion oi aoiis ana other toys. One freckled, red-facedv youth wearing an ahbreviated . army coat was seen to carry away eight pack ages under his arms. ihe festival was staced hv fhV Peoples Liberty chorus and the po- ..vv "oiuimii iu pioviac 1 nnst mas entertainment and gifts for neeay children. . . MURDERED BODY OF GIRL PLACED IN "HOPE CHEST" Husband of Maud Tabor to B Arraigned for Murder on Confession of Mother. ' Another Massachusetts City Favors Sale of Liquor Somerville, Mass., Dec. 23. Som crville, the last city in the state to hold its municipal election, followed '; the example of all but One of the cities which voted earlier by declar ing in favor of the licensed sale of iMluor. The vote was yes 2,777, no 2,301. It was the first time since the local option sytem was insti tuted that the city had gone "wet." The vote, however, will have no ef fect' as national prohibition will be come operative before the next local option year begins. Hoover Denies Rumor He - May Run for President San Francisco, Dec. 23. Rumors he would be a candidate for presi dent were dismissed by Herbert Hooker vhen he returned here from the second industrial conference at Washington called by President Wilson. ',". "I have no political '"lintinin," said Mr. Hoove Lawton. Mich.. Tier. ??Ta.r.I. C. 'Virgo, husband of Maud Tabor. win e arraigned on a charge of murder, Prosecuting Attorney War ner indicated when he es made by Mrs. Sarah Tabor, that Virgo performed an illegal opera tion on her daughter before . the latter s reath. romnlit i,. latter's death, completed the state's -gains! tne accustd man.- charge of being an accessory afte the fact, according to the prose- found m a trunk in the Tabor iiom v..v..,L., , aoout tnree 3'ean j "er appearance. It-devel it.t -fl v,i:go had ,naJe her his iittn wite and Mrs. Tabor ILf v;'5J!:l,C,0,?tr"t T.adc Public. l"lu n" ne aid not want o'i.v iiiiiuren, ' siatement Mrs. Tabor said T i" Ine aea(1 body seven ""'m,c vjrKO placed it in the T! woman -nope chest," and hid it in the cellar, the authorities declare. At the coroner'. the aged mother denied that an iU s- operation nad been performed, !No Arrests for Attempt r on Life of Lord French Dnblin, Dec. -23. There are still no a"es's.for the attempt against ...... g. viscount French. N6 demonstrations occurred when the body of Savace. killed in th. ..,-u on "the vicerov. left rnhlin ci: Irish volunteers acted as pallbear-1 i me junerai ot Javage at Bal lysodare. The Sinn Fein colors.wer over we eoinn. i he graveyard va surrounded by police. , . Eight Patients of Insane Hospital Burned to Death Middletown, Conn., Dec. 23.-- cigni patients ot trie Connecticut nospitat tor the insane are believed to have burned to death in a fire which destroyed a frame building- in wmcn mere were 3J patients. At midnight onlv 45 had been - ac counts ii . , i s