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SAY MEN ARRESTED.
New York, Jan. 18. Twenty-nine
men were arraigned in the men's
night court charged with disorderly
conduct. Detectives Clarke and King,
who arrested them, said they were
talking loudly on the third floor of
125 Riverington street and annoying
neighbors. They added that there
were racing chajts in the room.
"What have you to say?" asked
Magistrate Tobias of the spokes
mat for the prisoners.
"Your "honor," he answered, "we
heard the world was coming to an
end and we went to the place to
pray."
Ihe magistrate postponed the
case.
HUSBAND WEEPS WHEN
HE RECEIVES DIVORCE.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 18. Dr.
Mario T. David, a dentist, gave way
to emotion in Judge Grail's court
when granted a decree of divorce.
His cries bordered on the hysterical,
but v1iether from joy in winning
the d'vorce or from grief in losing
his wife was not ascertained.. Mrs.
David is the daughter of Antonio
Martinez "the cotton king" of Im
perial valley. She did not contest
tne suit.
Mr. David charged his wife with
striking him and calling him profane
and abusive names. He said she liked
to go to dances and he did not.
"THE VELVET HAMMER" TAPS THE FADS AND FOIBLES OF OUR OWN WELL-KNOWNS.
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FREEDOM FOR WIFE
WHO ESCAPES SCHOOL
Bedford. X. Y., Jan. J8. Henri
etta Gerard, 20 years' old, who es
caped four times from the Bedford
Reformatory for Women, his been
released on a writ of habeas cor
pus obtained bv her husband, whom
.-he married since her last escape,
six months ago. .
Th' husband, an ensign in the
I'nfteJ Slates navy, procured a writ
lor her appearance in the supreme
court in Brooklyn, which held that
her commitment had been improp
er. Henrietta's fourth escape in
volved sliding down an elevator
haft for four stories and sawing
through arood partition.
ENJOYS HIS FUNERAL;
NOW READY TO DIE.
Hillshoro, Pa., Jan. 18. James H.
Housen, 75 years of age, is all ready
to die now. In fact, he has already
buried himself. Believing funerals
should be enjoyed while living, he
has had his staged here recently.
Many friends attended. They sang
"Nearer, My God, to Thee". and a
number of other funeral songs after
a minister delivered Houser's burial
services. Houser has prepared his
own obituary. The ceremony -was
held at a church and at the Houser
home. , -
SHOOTS7 HERSELF AND
WINS HUSBAND BACK.
Chester, Pa., Jan. 18. A' despond
ent wife's, attempt at suicide will
mean a reconciliation with her hus
band, from whom she has been sepa
rated for a year, according to friends
pf Mrs. Anna McCaffery.
Mrs. McCaffery shot herself while
standing in front of a mirror in the
borne of her" sister, Mrs. Sophie
"Stone, near Claymont, Del. She
was brought to the Chester hospital.
The bullet went through her body.
Mrs. Caffery's husband lives in
Philadelphia, Word of the attempt
at suicide was sent to him and he
buried to her side. Weak from loss
oflirood and pain, Mrs. McCaffery
put her arms about her husband's
reck and begged him not to leave
1 rr. When he "promised to patch up
.their differences the wife immediate
ly began to show signs of improve
ment, and the hospital surgeons,
who a few hours before had declared
there was no hpe. now say she has
. p chance to recover.
REVENGE ON
LANDLORDS
IS PROMISED
Tenants May Include in State
ments Amounts of Rents
Paid, and to Whom, on
Income fax Forms.
PROFITEER OWNERS TO
TREAD NARROW PATH
Various "Bill Browns" in
Country Will Provide Inter
nal Revenue Department
With "Blacksnake."
OF LOOT STOLEN UI1IHH RAPS
BY LONE BANDITi DD fl C I TC CDC
niuniLLiiO
Delayed!
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Jewelry, Checks and Money
Orders Discarded by Man
Who Robbed Mail Car.
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YOUNO GIRL SAYS BOY
KEPT HER PRISONER.
New York, Jan. 18. Accused of
keeping a 14-year-old girl a prisoner
in a house on Driggs avenue, Brook
lyn, Almarda Calbrise, 19 years old,
v'.-as held in $2,000 bail in the Gates
Avenue court. Emily Jangeka was
the complainant. The girl said she
met .Calbrise near a factory; where
-he was employed and he induced
v her to. accompany him to- the Driggs
nvenue house, where he locked her
in a room, threatening her life if she
attempted to escape. She finally
summoned courage to leave the
place and returned to her home.
TOO MUCH ANKLE, SO
PRIEST STOPS WEDDING.
Paris, Jan. 18. The church
,-adc aeainst short skirts and
neck gowns continues. Scathing
sermon on the subject have been
delivered in Paris clrurches for some
time. One priest refused to conduet
the marriitce service for a bride
v.'hose dress, in his opinion, showed
too great a length of silk stocking
and which was cut in such a way "as
possibly to. make it suitable for eve-
ning wear and certainly not fitted
for a church." The wedding was
postponed. Probably this was the
first occasion of the postponement
of a marriage ceremony for such a
reason.
Farisian women say that this
measure, if generally enforced,
would compel every woman wor
shiper to have a spe.cial skirt to wear
to church. '
VALUATES FIDDLE
BY PLAYING IT.
New York, Jan. 18. Magistrate
Sweetser laid aside his magisterial
robes in the Yorkville court and en
tertained the crowd in the court
room with violin selections. He
played "T.key in the Straw," the
. "Blue Danube and other favorites
" of his younger, fiddling days.
The magistrate qualified as an ex
pert as to the value of two violins
which Oscar Davis, a negro hall
boy at 234 West One Hundred and
Thirty-first street, was accused of
, taking from the store of Joshua
Nicholson, 966 Third avenue. As
sistant District Attorney O'Shaug
ressy contended that they were an
tiques and worth V.840, while Rob
srt Donahue,- attorney for Davis,
"said they were just "plain, fiddles,"
worth less than $25 each. Magis-
.. trate Sweetsef ' ordered Davis
charged with grand larceny on the
$1,840 valuation and held him in
$3,000 bail for the grand jury.
Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 18. Securities
and other loot valued at more than
$100,000 taken from a mail car of a
Southern Pacific mail and express
train by a lone bandit near Stege
last' night, were recovered by rail
road detectives, one and one-half
miles of Stege in Berkeley Hills.
Jewelry, checks and money or
ders were included in the plunder
abandoned by the robber, who, of
ficials believe, discarded everything
that might lead to his identification.
May Total $200,000.
That tfie robbery may total $200,
000 or more is the belief of special
agents of the railroad agents or th.
at work on the case. The exact
amount cannot be determined until
a check is made of the records.
Letters and papers scattered over
he hills, attracted the attention of
detectives. A force of special agents
and deputy sheriffs followed the
trail over the hills picking up the
valuables strewn hy the fleeing rob
ber ,
Farmers Are Warned.
Farmers were warned by tele
phone to be on the lookout for the
fugitive, but no further trace of him
was found.
Officers who investigated the rob
bery expressed belief the robber en
tered one of the mail cars hidden
in a mail sack, and that he cut his
way out just before he held up the
four clerks.
The officers said he, might have
been put aboard by confederates.
The f.rst supposition of the offi
cers that the robber had escaped in
an automobile was given up after
the finding of the plunder in the
hills which led them to believe that
he escaped on.,horieback.
American Diplomatic
Representative in Berlin,
But No German Here
Berlin, Jan. 18. The presence in
Berlin of an American diplomatic
representative, while Germany is not
represented in Washington, has ere-
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Washington, Jan. 18. Through
the collection in 1919 on income
taxes, the first step which will be
taken tomorrow, the government
will wage war on profiteering land
lords with "sweet revenge" in pros
pect for "the tenant who has had
to dig deep into his earnings to pay
a high rental in 1919."
First intimation of this new aspect
came tonight in announcement by
Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of
the bureau of internal revenue, that
forms for making-income tax re
turns, which will be in the hands of
all internal revenue collectors and
ready for "distribution tomorrow,
will contain a section providing t'.iat
tenants shall include in their state
ments the amounts of rents paid and
to whom it was paid. This informa
tion will be turned over to the de
partment of justice to be used ;n its
high coxt of living campaign.
Tenants Doing Driving.
""The tenants are doing the driving
and holding the whip," Mr. Rcper
said. "Profiteer landlords will be
held ;o the straight and narrow path
in the payment of their income
taxes. Revenge is sweet to the ten
ant who has had to dig deep Ir.to
his earnings to pay a hrgh rental in
1919. Gathering- his family around
him', he takes his scratchy pen in
hand, and with the last drop of ink
in the bottle informs the commis
sioner of internal revenue that, he,
Bill Brown, ofithe Hallroom apart
ments, paid to John Smith, 13 Prof
iteer avenue, $1,200 for his three
room apartment in 1919.
"By gathering these reports from
all the Bill Browns who are running
themselves ragged to pay their rent,
the internal revenue bureau will have
all the information needed to see
that the profiteers, John Smiths' pay
proper tax or face prosecution."
Less Revenue for U. S.
Wh'ls the work of collecting .he
income taxes will be just as heavy
this year as it was in 1919, the gov
ernment will receive less revenue.
Instead of collecting 6 per cent
incomes between $2,000 and $4,000
from, the ' married persons as was
done" last year, only 4 per cent will
be collected this time. Single per
sons will get an exemption of $1,-
000 as was provided under the pre
vious revenue law. On incomes
above $4,000 the normal tax will be
8 per cent instead of 12 per cent as
last year. But the sur tax begins
operation at $4,000 and continues ut
ward until the government will as
sess 60 per cent of annual incomes
above $1,000,000.
Internal revenue officials will .send
income tax forms to all persons who
pay taxes last year. Others who are
taxable must apply to thecollectors
for them. Mr. Roper warned that
there would be unswerving enforce
ment of the revenue laws and tl at
"punishment will be meted out and
penalties applied without 'fear cr fa
vor," this, year that all persons
should know the law by this time.
Return and at least one-fjurth
the amount due must be in the h:in.'s
of the internal revenue collectors
by March 15.
New York-Alaska
Air Route Platted A
By U.S. Army Men
Washington. Jan. 18. An air
route from Mineola, N. Y., to Nome,
Alaska, a distance of 4,871 miles, has
been platted by the army air service
with a view to a night over this
course at some time m the future.
The proposed route crosses the
Canadian border at Minot, N. D. At
Hazelton, B. C, the route turns
north between the coast range and
tne Kocicies to vvmte norse x UKon i aggregating $22,444,992,000
territory, an3 crosses the Alaskan4 Novemt h national banks of
ated a situation mat evidently is per-
ung to tne vvniieimstrasse. tlis
Uresel, commissioner of the
United States, arrived here Satur
day md is domiciled in- the former
American embaf,y building.
it is not expected that Mr. Dres
el will present his credentials to tne
foreicn office. He has the rank of
'Government Commissioner." Out
side of an unofficial call by an at
tache, who is personally acqiatnicd
'vith Mr. Drescl, tne government
does not expect for the time being
to take cognizance of his presence
in Berlin, although The Associated
Press is informed that the govern
ment is pleaded to see theNUnited
States represented in the re-established
diplomatic colony.
In view cf the very emphatic state
ment emulating '.-cm Washing;--.:i
to the tfftct that the armistice ccr
(litions sti '! are gov-nr.ing reht ons
between the two countries, the ques
tion of a German .-epreserta. .v i;
Washington has not been dis.issse?,
even to On extent of hinting the
man probable for tk' post, to whxh
the government eviceitly is at' idl
ing great importance.
Mrs. Frances Lieben
Dies of Pneumonia
Following Influenza
Says Public Ownership Will
Be One of the Greatest Issues
To Be Fought Out in 1920
Presidential Campaign.
ASSERTS PROFITEERING
DARKEST BLOT IN WAR
Mrs. Frances Shields Lieben, 31
years old, wife of Oscar Lieber, one
of the leaders of the Ak-Sar-Ben
show, died yesterday at the home,
5020 Dodce street, from double
fpneumonia, brought about by an at
tack or influenza.
Surviving are her husband and two
children. Lick and Eola Mae. Mrs.
Lieben was a niece of Judge George
W. shields. Her three sisters also
live in Omaha. They are Mrs. H.
M. Neston, Mrs. W. H. Brandt and
Mrs. Carl Boonstra.
Funeral services will be held at 2
Tuesday afternoon in the residence.
The Rev. E. H. Jenks will officjate
and burial will be in Forest Lawn
cemetery.
Denounces Coal Operators for
Excessive Profits Made
Says Senate Must Quit
Wrangling Over Peace Pact.
New York, Jan. 18. Profiteering
and public ownership were declared
Sunday by William Jennings Bryan
to bt two of the greatest issues on
which the coming presidential cam
paign hcu1d be fought Mr. Bryan,
who was a guest of honor at a dinner
given by the Society of Arts and
Sciences and attended by more than
900 persons, asserted that the peace
treaty cannot be carried into the
campaign because of the large num
ber of important domestic questions
to be decided. '
In reference to profiteering, which
he termed "the darkest blot in this
war," Ihe speaker advocated the cre
ation of trade commissions in the
states and communities before which
citizens could bring complaints
against profiteering merchants.
People Bled at Home. -
"While the boys bled abroad," he
said, "the American people wen bled
at home by conscienceless profiteers.
Even when the bleedng stopped
abroad it -continued at home. The
tax records show how many more
millionaires have been created in this
country."
Mr. Bryan denounced the coal op
erators for the excessive profits
which he said they had made last
year and. declared that the people
must be given machioery by which to
protect themselves.
"The people cannot take a club,"
he said. J. he government whicn
disarms its citizens must assume ;he
duty to protect them. There are
tribunals in this country where the
merchant can summon his custo
mer, but no tribunal where the cus
tomer can call a merchant to answer
any complaint. What is needed is
trade commissions for the nation and
the states and in every community,
where every citizen, no matter how
humble, can have his complaint
heard."
In regard to government owner
ship Mr, Bryan declared that it had
become a national issue.
Private Monopolies Massing.
"All private monopolies," he said,
"are massing fcr an assault to over
throw the right of the people to at
tend to their own business. The is
sue toiiay is between private mon
opolies and government ownership.
I say that whenever competition ir,
impossible in private monopoly the
monopoly must be owned by the
government. When private monop
oly desires to control, it is in order
to have power to extort, plunder and
rob. I want to destroy the breed
ing place of plutocracy. Private mon
opoly is the greatest cause of plutoc
racy." Mr. Bryan reiterated his ideas in
regard to the peace treaty, which he
expressed at the Jackson day din
ned in Washington. He maintained
that the United States senate "must"
cease its wrangling" and settle the
matter immediately." Both sides
should make concessions, he r'ie
clared, Ihe republicans withdrawing
their preamble- and "let acceptance
be asquiescerice.
In regard to the democratic at
titude, he declared, that the impor
tance of the much debated Article
10, was very much exaggerated.
border at Fort Egbert and thence to
Nome.
The course selected, the War de
partment asserted, leads through the
most populous' section, affords sup
plies and telegraphic communication
and is less likely to be covered with
fog.
Hungarian Colxiists to Be
Given Land in Mexico
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 18. 7 wo
thousand Hungarian Colonists are to
be granted land by the Mexican gov
ernment, according to a dispatch
from Mexico City, received by . a
Mexican newspaper published here.
The klispatch says the land will be
properly irrigated and every effort
exercised to make the colonization
program a success
National Banks Establish
New Record for Growth
Washington, Jan. 18. With
re-
the United States have established a
new record for growth and develop
ment, it was said by John Skelton
Williams, comptroller of the cur
rency, in making public figures as
to the bank call of that date. Be
tween the calls of September12 and
November 17 national banking re
sources increased $829,576,000. A
gain of $2,632,538,000 in resources
for the year ending November 17
was recorded.
Deposits increased in proportion
to the increase in resources, Mr.
Williams' figures show. For the
year ending November 17 the gain
in deposits was approximately $2,
500,000,000, while between Septem
ber 12 and November 17 the increase
in deposit, was $722,271,000. Total
deposits on November 17 were $17.-
467,853,000.
A
Working Women Oppose
Limiting Hours of Toil
New York, Jan. 18. The Wom
an's Equal Opportunity league has
notified Will H. Hays, chairman of
the republican national committee,
it was announced here, that working
women are opposed to the proposed
plank in the republican platform that
would limit their hours of toil.
Women who are urging the plank,
the league claimed, do not repre
sent working women in the full
sense of the word."
"We are confident," a letter to
Chairman Hays said, "that you will
not support legislation which ap
plies only to women, restricting their
progress and making competition
with male labor impossible."
Sultan Realizes Too Late
He Picked "Wrong Horse"
Paris. Jan. 18. In his speech
from the throne at the opening of
the Turkish parliament last Mon
day, the sultan referred to "Turkey's
mistake in entering the war on the
Teutonic side," according to reports
of the speech just received here
from Constantinople. '
"It is unnecessary at .this time to
explain the gravity, of our situation.
Prudence, clear sightedness, firm
ness and patriotism ought to lead us
to safety and success. Justice is the
foundation on which all human so
ciety rests," said the sultan.
Hey?
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BILLS AIMED
AT SEDITION
CRITICIZED
i
Says All of Federation
I Members Will Oppose Anti
! Sedition Measures Now
j Pending in Congress.
;FREE GOVERNMENT IS
i JEOPARDIZED, HE ASSERTS
I 'sterling and Graham Legisla
tion Would Perpetuate an
Autocratic Censorship on
U. S., His Viewpoint.
MEMORIAL FOR
DEAD BROTHERS
IS HELD Br ELKS
Thirty-Two Members of Oma
ha Lodge Died During
Last Year Total Is
Now 290.
.
Members and friends of Elks lodge
No. 39 gathered yesterday morning
at the Brandeis theater for the an
nual memorial service for dead mem
bers. Services were in charge of
Exalted Ruler John C. Barrett, as
sisted by officers of the lodge and
the memorial committee, T. B. Dy
sart,.Dan Butler and G. A. Renze.
The stage was beautifully set as
a virgin forest scene. Subdued
lights radiated a soft, soothing at
mosphere to the rich, harmoniously
blended foliage. In the center of
the stage stood the great antlers of
an elk. These effects were planned
by "Gus" Renze, Ak-Sar-Ben artist.
y32 Members Die.
The services opened with a pre
lude, "In Memqriam," by Henry
Cox and members of the Omaha
Chamber of Music. Isaac W. Miner,
secretary of the lodge, called the
roll of departed members. The Elks
quartet then sang a beautifully ar
ranged number, "The Songs My
Mother Used to Sing."
Brief biographical remarks were
made concerning absent members of
the lodge by Past Exalted Ruler
Raymond D. Young. Thirty-two
brothers had departed during the
past year, a larger number than that
of any previous year since the found
ing of the organization in 1886, he
said. Since the founding of the
lodge 290 brothers have died.
"Lament," an interlude, was played
by Mr. Cox and his associate musi
cians, followed by a solo by BertlTa
Coffey Ahsmann.
Willard it. Torbert Speaks.
Willard H. Torbert of Dubuque,
la., lodge No. 297, delivered a me-
(Contlnued on Page Two. C.ilumn Three.)
Reds Waiting for "Ark"
Must Pay Income Taxes
Detroit, Jan. 18. The 57 reds now
held for deportation in the county
jail here will have to pay their in
come taxes before they can be sent
l:ack to Russia, according to instruc
tions to John A. Grogan, collector of
internal revenue, from Washington.
The instructions were to collect in
come tax at all cost, to ibtain writs
of restraint and seize property if
necessary, but not to delay deporta
tion unduly.
News Bureau Employes
Demand More Money
Berlin, Jan. 18. Wage strikes have
broken cut in the Wolff bu.-,,au's
news agcncic-5 at Hawlrjrg, Cologne
Stettin, Dsr.zig, Dusseldort and oth
er cities of Germany.
LJ.
DAVY JONES HAS ;
LOCKER OPEN FOR
CARGO OF LIQUOR
British Freighter, With $2,000,
000 Shipment of Whisky,
. Reported Sinking.
Boston, Jan. 18. The British
freighter Yarmouth, which left New
York for Havana yesterday, with a
cargo i of liquor, reported in radio
messages Sunday that she was sink
ing. She gave her position as lati
tude 39 north, longitude 74 west, and
said that she was ' 24 miles north
east of Light Vessell No. 3." The
message said:
"Forward ballast tank leaking
into engine room."
A heavy mist prevailed. The Yar
mouth registers 725 tons.
$2,000,000 Wbrth.
New York, Jan. 18. The cargo
of liquor carried by freight steam
ship Yarmouth, consisting of whisky
gin and champagne is valued at $2,
000,000. She left this port yesterday,
for Havana with a heavy list to star
board owing to the haste with which
longshoremen loaded her in an ef
fort to get her away before prohi
bition became effective at midnight
Thursday.
Revenue agents were at the pier
watching to see it the ship would put
to sea before the amendment went
'into effect, but at midnight there
were still two barges filled with
cases of liquor alongside, and large
stacks of it on the pier. The entire
shipment was stopped by the rev
enue agents, but yesterday afternoon
the Yarmouth was permitted to pro
ceed with what -hid been put on
board.
About 3,000 cases of liouor said to
j be worth between $250,000 and $300,-
UUO at present prices, were at the
pier under police guard when the
steams'iip moved out.
The Yarmouth flies the colors of
the Black Star Line Steamshirx cor
poration, the. firSt company of its
kind to"' be owned entirely by ne
groes. The officers and crew are of
that race, and thft original intention
of the company's founders was that
cargoes would go to negroes only.
Jurors Unable to Arrive
At. Verdict in Davis Case
Up until a late hour last niglrt the
jury that is attempting to decide the
guilt or innocence of George Davis.
chargecT'with assault to murder and
assault to do great bodily harm to
Mayor Smifl oo-the night of the
court house riot, had failed to agree.
This is Davis' second trial, the jury
in the first case being discharged
when it was unable to agree.
The case was submitted to the
jury at 5:45 Saturday night.
Hays Coming; East.
i Los Angefcs, Cal.. Jan. 18. Will
' H. Havs.- chairman of the renuhlican
national committee, motored from
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, Cal.,
where he discussed the political sit
uation in Washington and Oregon
With S. A Perkins, republican na
tional committeeman from Washing
ton, and with other republican lead
ers of those two stater
40 DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS FAVOR
PACT AGREEMENT
Owen Predicts the President
Will Accept Reservations
Adopted by Two
Thirds of Senate.
Washington, Jan. 18. White seri
ate leaders in- the peace! treaty con
troversy prepared for resumption to
morrow of the bipartisan conference
on compromise reservations to ef
fect ratification, Senator Borah, re
publican, Idaho, made public a letter
to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, candi
date for the republican presidential
nomination, requesting his views on
treaty questions, and Senator Owen,
democrat, Oklahoma, issued a state
ment regarding the compromise ne
gotiations of which he is the spon
sor. Senator Owen in his statement
declared that 40 democratic senators
would support "reasonable reserva
tions" and predicted that President
Wilson would accept reservations
adopted by two-thirds of the senate.
Mr. Owen deplored reports of dis
agreement between President Wil
son and former Secretary of State
Bo'an.
Not Very Optimistic.
Definite outcome of the bipartisan
compromise conferences is expected
this week. Leaders continued today
to be far from optimistic.
Senator Borah in his letter to Gen
eral Wood asked two principal ques
tions, as follows:
"First, are you in favor of giving
the people an opportunity of passing
upon this question in the only way
now provided by which they can
pass upon it by bringing it before
them as an issue jn the approaching
campaign? Do you think it would
be fair to the people of this country,
under the pretense of making a
treaty, to adopt a scheme which
would result in the abandonment of
cur traditional foreign policy with
out taking their judgment upon the
matter?
Pertinent Question.
"Secondly, may we ask your views
upon this entire matter aside from
your views as to the propriety of
submitting it to the people? Would
you, as a candidate and as a presi
dent, if you were elected, seek to
maintain the foreign policies of this
government heretofore prevailing, or
would you be willing to abandon
them? Would you lend your in
fluence and your power as president
to maintain and preserve the policy
of no entangling alliances with for
eign powers and no interference of
foreign powers with American af
fairs, or would you be willing to
have the United States enter into an
alliance or portnership or league
with European and Asiatic -nations?"
Schumann -Heink CI.
San Diego,Cal., Jan. 18. Mme.
Schumann-Heink is ill with pneu
monia at her home at Grossmont,
a suburb. Her condition was said
not to be serious
Washington. Jan. 18. Formal .ui
nounccment that the American Fed
eration of Labor would oppose
''with whatever power it may pos
sess" the enactment of the anti-sedition
bills now pending in congress,
was made today in a statement is
sued by Samuel Gompers, president
of the federation.
The attack of organized labor, its
chieftain indicated, will be directed
impartially against the Sterling bill,
recently passed by the senate, and
against the Graham measure, based
nn suggestions of Attorney General
Palmer and awaiting action by the
house rul?s committee for a specia'
rule to expedite consideration.
Referring to the two measures as
one bill, President Gompers declared
its enactment "would violate the
constitution and rob the rrttole
American people of their most cher
ished and basic-guarantees of free
government.
"If the American .people, and in
fact a majority of the members of
congress," Mr. Gompers asserted,
"were awake to the dangers con
cealed in this bill, a storm of indig
nation would sweep the nation.
Autocratic Censorship.
"It has been widelv advertise dr'K
that this measure protects free
speech fully, but prevents advocacy
of forcible revolution, bolshevism
and anarchy. In fact, it would per
petrate an autocratic censorship over,
the entire American press. It can
be used to kill free speech and free
assembl)'. It strikes a deadly blow
at legitimate organizations of labor
or any other progressive movement
for the betterment of the masses,
whfch may be opposed by the advo
cates of privilege and reaction.
"We yield to no man, in public of
fice or out, in our loyalty to the con
stitution and institution of this re
public; no self-fespecting man has
questioned or dare question that
loyalty. We are for evolution, not .
for revolution: for ballots, not bul
lets: for a majority rule, not class
dictatorship or bolshevism, plutoc
racy or of the profiteer.
"We oppose this bill because every
legiiimate purpose for which it is
framed is already covered by exist
ing laws. Its illegitimate features,
which compose two-thirds of the
draft, are utterly autocratic, im
perialistic and unamericart:"
Why Not Prosecutions?
Referring to "Attorney General
Palmer's contention that new laws
are necessary to reach the individual
who advocates opposition to the
government by violence," Mr. Gom
pers cited section 4 of the penal
code, and asked:
"If revolution is afoot, why has
not the Department of Justice made '
prosecutions under that section? 1
"Section 5 of the bill, unbelievable
as it tits seem," he continued, "ma"
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Bluffs Police Frustrate
I.W.W. Plan to Free
Alleged Murderei
Council Bluffs police allege tha
an attempt to rescue "Blackie" Wil
son, said to be a member of tht
gang that killed former Chief of Po
lice Britton in Sioux City last sum
mer, was frustrated by prompt ac
tion of their guard. Members of the
I. W. V., it is said, planned to re
lease Wilson, who was 1eing taken
to Sioux City from Kansas City,
where he was arrested. . '
State Agent Long and , Detective '
Farley of Sioux City, iho were
guarding Wilsdn, were waiting at
the Union Pacific transfer for an 8:30 :
train after arriving in the city at
5:30. ' When rumors of the plan to'
release Wilson were verified and al
leged members of the I. W. W. be
gan to congregate Bluffs police were
summoned.
The Sioux City officers kept their
prisoner in the Bluffs city jail until
train time, when they were accom
panied by a special guard of Bluffs
policemen to the train.
Pass Bill Which Caused
Recent Riots in Berlir.
Berlin, Jan. 18. The national as
sembly has j-assed the shops coun
cils measure bv a vote of 21? to 64.
The Shcps Councils bill ori'Vx
ploitations law" was the cause ot the
demonstrations in front of the
Reichstag iast Tuesday, which re
sulted in a number of casualties. Tne
bill wor.ld place workmen's councils
under government control