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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920. MINERS' LEADER SAYS OPERATORS CHANGED FRONT Declares Owners Accepted Commission and Then Announced Their Opposition. Indianapolis, Jan. 1. Bituminous coal operators of the country were charged with inconsistency in their attitude toward the commission ap pointed by the president to settle the coal miners controversy in a statement issued by William Green, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America. Calling attention to the operators' statements that they had not been consulted about the agreement en tered into by Attorney General Palmec, and officials of the mine workers to have the mines return to work pending investigation of the coal situation by the president's commission, Mr. Green quoted from a stenographic report of the last joint conference of the operators and miners, at which the operators of fered and voted for a resolution fa voring appointment of a tribunal to settle the differences between the employers and employes. Miners Defeat Move. The resolution inferred to, Mr. (ireen said, was offered by Phil P. J'enna of Terre Haute, Ind., spokes man for the operators throughout ,the joint conferences, and proposed a body having an equal number of representatives of miners, operators and the public; All the operators present, Mr. Green said, voted for the proposal, but the miners voted against it defeated it. "The miners were Opposed to ar bitration until the proposition was made by the president," Mr. Green said in conclusion., "The Penna motion and the vote of the preside show that they were in favor of just such a com sion as e one created by the presi dent, but when the miners accepted the plan the operators suddenly and announced they were opposed to it." . . New U. P. President Spends First Day at Home in Office Receives Postcard Which Was Mailed Thirteen Years Ago Ardmore, Okl., Jan.. 1. A post card, travel-stained, rumpied and worn, was received a few days ago at Marietta, by Mr. and Mrs. Mar shall Norville, just 13 years after ,Jt had been dropped in a postoffice Vt a north Texas town. The card was addressed to the Norvilles at Oklahoma City, 13 miles north of the Texas line,, and traveled at the rate of a mile a year after crossing the Red river. No data are available to chroni cle the wanderines of the postal card, which bore a message of con gratulations to the Norvilles on their marriage. ' Price Fixing Committee v is Enjoined at Topeka Tooeka" Kan.. Taiu 1. In the fed eral district court here Judge Pol lock has' granted a temporary re straining order against putting into operation prices fixed on groceries and meats by the local fair price committee.'An injunction proceeding was instituted by a committee rep resenting local grocer charging that the federal act under which the committee acts is unconstitutional and confiscatory. The prices were to become operative tomorrow. ? The Next Day a ? After "New Year" $ Friday, January 2d $ ) LamoncTs s Price Sale of entire stock of in- 3 rlivirliial MtrVi orrarlA . , e." e-- SUITS I COATS $ AND 5 No comment is nec essary you know our standard of style and : quality. It's only a " matter of being here early Friday, Jan. 2. .31 - If ' Smart ? Wear b women Ifith infl'Farnam , IL :fJ L ' s ail I C5Jt faaV f WWSWW FLANKING MOVE FORCES DENIKINE'S ARMY TO RETREAT Anti-Bolshevik Leader's Spec tacular Stroke Results in His Undoing. London, Jan. 1. One of the most spectacular strokes of General Deni kine, the anti-bolshevik leader in south Russia, during the great at tempted advance toward Moscow, in directly resulted in his undoing, ac cording to a British officer who has just returned to London from Deni kine's front. When advancing, according to this officer. General Denikine sent Gen eral Marncutoff through the strag gling bolshevik lines with about .5,000 cavalry. The unit constituted a menace to the bo'shevik rear guard. The bolsheviki -were? quick to leal ize the chance of such strategy and mobilized every available horse, numbering, according to some esti mates. 40.000. All these effectives got behind Denikine's lines, which was not difficult owing to the present methods ot Kussian wariare. The bolsheviki operated almost at will behind Denikine and he was forced constantly to fall back with che bolshevik cavalry threatening or at places cutting his lines of com munication. Denikine's retirement was neces sitated by his efforts to protect him self rather than because of great pressure on his front. The officer is of the opinion that Denikine ;s not vet beaten. Carl R. Gray Comes to Make Omaha His Home and Announces Method of Operation Will Remain Practically the Same No Changes in Officers. Carl R. Gray, new president of the Union Pacific railroad, arrived in Omaha yesterday morning from Baltimore, Md., and spent most ot the day in his new office in the Union Pacific headquarters build ing familiarizing himself with mat ters pertaining to railroad manage ment. He also conferred with offi cials of the railroad here. ,Mr. Gray, a veteran railroad ex ecutive and until recently president of the Western Maryland railroad, is a middle-aged man, with iron gray hair and a firm, executive jaw. He is a typical railroad president. King Without 1 hrone. "I will be somewhat of a kins without a country until railroads are returned to private management," he said. "Of course, I object to thj king part of. the simile, but , unt'! March 1 t will Jiave: nothing to do with the rurining."of the railroad. Until then my time will be spent in familiarizing myself with the sys tem and in making preparations for its return to private management. I expect to make an inspection trip in a short time to better acquaint my self with the details of operation. Few Changes Planned. Mr. Gray said there would be nr change in the method of operating the road under private management, except that the traffic department, formerly centralized in Chicago, and the law department, which was for merly under tne direct supervision of the New York offices, would con tinue to operate in Omaha, as dur ing the federal control period. This statement indicates that law anrt traffic departments will be enlarged here on resumption of private management. There will he no turtner cnanges in executive officers of the road here With E. E. Calwin and H. M. Adams as vice presidents in charge of op eration and traffic all elective cor porate offices of the road are filled, he said. Asked concerning legislation need ed to permit the safe return of rail roads to private management, Mr. Gray said: Discusses Laws Needed. "First of all a guaranteed return for a period not less than six months while revenues are being adjusted, should be enacted. Second, a spe cific rate formula for guidance of the Interstate Commerce commis sion is needed. Third, ample federal control over all rates, both state and interstate, and fourth, the power in some federal body to permit consol idation and pooling when it is clear ly shown to be in the public's in terest as well as power to approve capital issues. "All of these, phases are included in one form or another of the Ash and Cummings bills now in con gress." Mr. Gray said he concurred in opinion with a recent statement by President Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad that when roads are returned to private management payrolls will have increased more than 35 per cent, as estimated by Di rector General Hijies. Credit Will Be Poor. "Railroads will have poor credit," Mr. Gray said, "but this is not the fault of the railroads rather the fault of a combination of condi tions." Mr. Gray would not comment on the Union station problem, or on the continuation of the 'Cosolidated ticket office. He also declined to discuss the new Union Pacific bud get and the matter of terminals service, stating that he would have to become more familiar with these subjects before offering any com ments. Mr. Gray is stopping at the Hotel Fontenelle. Mrs. Gray will join him in about two weeks, he said, but the remainder of his family will probably remain in the east. "We expect to make Omaha our home," he said, "and what's more we expect to like it here." Lowest Death Rate; Chicago, Jan. 1. The year 1919 recorded the lowest death rate in Chicago's history, the annual report of the health department disclosed. The rate for 359 days reviewed was 12.76 for each 1,000 of population The report showed that there had been no recurrence of the influenza epidemic of a year ago. Make Most of Requiem Of Alcohol New Year's (Continued From Page One.) would be enforced, made the rounds at midnight and in a famous down town hotel delivered a short speech to the revelers. "I am glad to see everybody is having such a good time," he Isaid. On the streets the merry revelers were as numerous as ever in the early evening. Armed with horns, whistles, gay caps and confetti, they prepared to greet the new year, but a driving snowstorm and rapidly fall nig mercury soon drove the majority to cover. Pessimists Are Busy. Authorities throughout the coun try gravely awaited reports from New Year's eve revels for confirma tion or refutation of their predic tions that the wave of deaths from wood alcohol poisoning, which took a toll of approximately 125 lives dur ing the Christmas holidays, would be repeated. Early in the day there was slight evidence that celebrators of the ar rival of the new year had not profited by knowledge gained of the effects cf drinking outlawed liquor. Ths more pessimistic officials pointed out. however, that it probably would re quire a full day for the serious con sequences generally to become ap parent. Chicopee, Mass., and the Connecti cut valley, with 50 deaths today, still led all localities that suffered from the Christmas flood of fake whisky. In Chicago 32 deaths attributable to wood alcohol poisoning had oc curred since December 1, according to Peter M. Hoffman, Cook county coroner. Eliminating Sales. Fully awakened to the dangers of consuming the poisonous beverage, city, state and federal officers from New York to San Francisco today were directing their efforts toward eliminating sales of the liquid. Sev eral state's aHorneys announced their intention to ask for death pen alties for venders of the poison, if murder indictments were, obtained. In New York, San Francisco, Chi cago, Memphis, Tcnn.; New Haven, Conn., and a number of other cities alleged sellers ot the poisonous limior were under arrest. Whisky substitutes intended for New Year's celebrators at San Fran cisco contained crude oil, embalming? fluid, oil of peppermint and oil of carmine, chemical analysis revealed. Want German Farm Hands. Berlin, Monday, Dec. 29. Brazil is ready to receive 3,000 German agricultural workers and pay their steamer fares on Brazilian ships from Amsterdam, according to re ports current throughout Germany. The Vorwaerts says that Brazil has offered to advance the fare on condi tion that it be repaid when the im migrants are established. JUDGE TROUP IS NAMED CHIEF OF DISTRICT COURT rw 3 4 ! Judge A. C. Troup. Dockets in Fourteenth District Assigned at Annual Meeting Of Judges Yesterday. , Judge Alexander C. Troup was chosen presiding judge of the dis trict court of the Fourth judicial district, including Douglas county, at the annual meeting of the seven judges yesterday. Tie will have charge of the criminal docket. He succeeds Judge William A. Redick, who has been presiding judge for two years. Judge Willis G. Sears was assigned to the equity docket formerly held by Judge Troup and also was made juvenile judge for the year, a position held by Judge J. roup last year. Day Assigned Law Docket. Judge George A. Day was given law docket No. 5 in place of the equity docket which he held last year. He will serve here only a short time longer, having been ap pointed to the supreme bench of Ne braska to succeed the late Justice Sedgwick. Judges Lee S. Estelle, Charles Leslie and Arthur C. Wakely, were left in charge of the dockets which they held last year. Louis Grebe, who has been a sort of "presiding bailiff" for the last 35 years, was reappointed to that po sition. The judges expect to reap point all their former bailiffs. Juvenile Court Officers Retained. There was some argument regard ing a change in the juvenile court officers,, but the final vote of the judges was to keep them all in their present positions. It had been reported that A. H. Vosburg, chief probation officer since Gus Miller re signed, last August, would retire. Several candidates for the place were mentioned. But the judges vot ed almost unanimously to keep Mr. Vosburg in the place. The insanity board was reappoint ed, the personnel consisting of Clerk of District Court Robert Smith, Dr. G. A. Young and Alvin Johnson. Serum Nearly Perfected To Eradicate "Yellow Jack" St. Louis, Jan. 1. Although science has not discovered as yet a preventive of epidemic diseases, a serum is beieng formulated that may eradicate yellow fever, according to delegates attending the convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in session here. Warning was issued by the dele gates against influenza, spinal meniii gitis and infantile paralvsis. Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rocke feller Institute for Medical Research and president of the association, ex plained that scientists were prog ressing in their tight on cancer, say ing that medical research was "grad ually getting into a position of strategic superiority" in its attack on this maladv. RAILROADS MUST SPEND BILLIONS IN NEXT YEARS President of Northern Pacific Says Money Needed to Pro vide Good Service. St. Paul, Jan. 1. Three billion dollars must be spent by the rail roads of the United States "within the next few years, to provide first class passenger and freight facili ties," was a declaration made by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific railroad, who came from New York for conferences with prominent railroad officials. "Difficult and serious as is the nlieht of the railroads and of the I owners of $20,000,000,000 of railroad property, it is not more serious than I the condition facing the country," said Mr. Elliott. I "Transportation facilities must be made available not only for the pres ent volume of business, but for the increases that a progressive nation like the United States needs each year. "Since the government took con trol only 100,000 new freight cars have been bought so that at the end of 1919 there probably are not more than 3,400,000 freight cars in the country slightly more than in 1915. It is not too much to say that prob ably $3,000,000,000 should be spent for cars, engines and shop facilities by American railroads within the next few years if the country's trans portation needs are to be me.t." Mr. Elliott has left for Chicago. He did not make any announcement regarding reports, circulated in rail road quarters here, that the leading roads of the country were planning to make important statements re garding broadened passenger serv ices when private ownership is re stored. There have been reports that schedules to the Pacific coast via various routes are to be shortened and that trains de luxe and extra fare trains will be put into service. Driven by the heat from a kero sene lamp, a fan has been invented to cool the air in warm weather or dry vegetables in an evaporator. Honor Dr. Osier. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 1. Impres sive services in honor of the late Sir William Osier were held in old St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church here this afternoon at the same hour mous physician will be held at Christ church cathedral, Oxford, that the funeral services for the fa England. . To Heal A Cough Talte HAYES' HEALING HONEY. 36c. TWENTY PAYMENT LIFE POLICY Matured in the OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Lincoln. Nebraska 'ASSETS $15,800,000. Clarkson, Nebraska, October 1, 1919. The Bankers Life Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska. Gentlemen: Your Mr. W. L. Mosgrove, Gen. Agent, was here and completed the settlement of my policy No. 6453. ' I took the first option, that is the surplus in cash, $443.81 and left the $1,000 policy stand as a participat ing policy;1 I took out the policy in 1899 at the age of 33 years my annual premium was $32.60, so I paid in for the 20 years $652.00 and now take out 443.81 in cash, so the actual cost of the policy to me is $208.19, that is what I have in it. I feel well satisfied with the settlement and more than pleased with it when I compare it with that of other companies where I also have paid out my 20-year policy. I believe in life insurance and it is a thing that every body should carry, as it is the best investment a man can make, providing he does not go too far and overdo it, tnar is, iaKe more man ne can carry. . I thank you for this settlement, to be sure, and wish . you continued success. Yours very truly, i EMIL FOLD A. If you desire an agency of policy contract write Home Office, Lincoln, Neb., or call at 1021 W. O. W. Bid Telephone Douglas 2949. . Name of insured ...Emil Folda Residence Clarkion, Nebraska Amount of policy $1,000.00 Toltal premiums paid Company.... 652.00 SETTLEMENT Total cash paid Mr. Folda $443.81 And a paid-up participating policy. .$1,000.00 Third Generation Enters International Banking Firm of J. P. Morgan New York, Jan. 1. The entrance of the third generation into the in ternational banking firm of J. l Morgan & Co. took phice when Junius Spencer Morgan was admit ted as a partner in his father's con cern. Two other young men, El liott Cowdin Bason, son of Robert Bacon, a former partner, and George Whitney, nephew of Edward, F. Whitney, a former partner, were also made partners. Morgan served in the navy in Kb". war. Bacon was in the artillery over seas and Whitney was aide to Thomas V. Latnont, adviser to the American commission in Paris. The partners in the Morgan bank ing firms now rjumber 15. Germany's Armed Forces Estimated at 1,000,000 London, Jan. 1. Germany's armed forces are estimated by the British war office to total close to 1,000,000 men. Ihese are divided into the regular army of 400,000; the land forces of the regular navy, 12,000; the armed constabulary, 40,000 to 50,000; the temporary volunteers or regular army reserves. 150,000 to 200,000; civic guards, 300,000 to 400,-000. MOSTTOUCHING . NEW YEAR SCENES STAGED IN FRANCE Unfortunate Villagers Flock to Midnight Mass in War Wrecked Churches. .Birmingham Crew Makes i Record Time in Boat Race San Picgo, Jan. 1. Fulling a I stroke of 42 to the minute a crew ' from the United States scout cruis er Birmingham, easily defeated one crew from he scout cruiser S;Vm in a race of I 1-2 miles for 12 oared cutters on San Diego Bay. It is reported that more than $14, 000 changed hands on the event. The time was announced as 11 , minutes and 45 seconds. Welterweight Champion Awarded Verdict Over Gill Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 1. Jack Britton, welterweight champion, was awarded the newspaper decision in a ten-round bout with Johnny Gill of Steelton, at that place. Paris, Jan. L (By Universal Service.) The devastated region of France furnished the world's most touching and picturesque scenes at the dawning of the new year. Throughout 1919 the villagers flocked back to the ruins of Lens, Bethune, Arras, Peronne, Chaulnes. Cambrai, Rheims, Verdun and doz-, ens of other shattered cities. Many have since lived in temporary huts patciied up within the shell-riddled walls of their former homes, but the majority have been leading exist ences of troglodytes, living in cel lars beneath shapeless masses of debris. On New Year's eve, bearing cindles and kerosene flares, all these unfortunate men. women anH chil dren, sallied forth from their cave like dwellings and marched into war-wrecked roofless churches where with prajer and chant they ushered in the new era at solemn midnight masses. Thus, with pa thetic, enduring courage, so typical of the French country stock, they voiced their . firm confidence that 1920 will restore to them the home comforts of which they were de-, prived more than five years ago. Martin Wins Again. Grand Rapids, Jan. 1. Bob Mai tin, A. E. F. heavyweight champion, knocked out Jack McFarland here in the fifth round of a scheduled 10 round bout. Martin had the better of his opponent all the way, landing telling blows practically at will. Mc Farland was saved by the bell in the third. As Influtnsa Is an rxaKSrarsted form of Grip, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets should be taken in larger doses than is prescribed for ordinary Grip. A good plan is not to wait until you are sick, but PREVENT IT by taking LAXATJVE BROMO QUININE Tablets in time ReNEWed Cadillacs Only a few days more and the sale is over. We must go on with the remodeling of our show room. Come inspect the cars offered for sale-r many of them belong to persons leaving town. All cars are in really good condition, thorough ly rebuilt and tested. You can't go wrong on these cars. We only accept good cars in trade on new Cadillacs, and then we make them still better before offering them for sale. We can accommodate you with time payments if you desire, and can arrange to store your car for you until you want it. You will be treated right and you'll save money i by seeing us now. Several high and low priced cars are still left. Possibly we have just what you need. "We Are Not Satisfied Until You Are' 4 J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. Farnam at Twenty-sixth, Omaha "A Safe Place to Buy"