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The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 49 NO. 217,
Inter m nwil-iltH matter May tt, IMC at
Omaha P. 0. nadir Mt at Mareh . IMS.
OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920.
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TWO CENTS.
II. P. TRAFFIC
HEADS ARE
ANNOUNCED
H. M. Adams, Vice President
In Charge of Operation,
Names Assistants Under Pri
vate Ownership Rule.
passengeFtraffic
3 manager not chosen
Subsidiary Lines to Union Pa
cific Also Have Officers
Designated Preparatory to
Change on March 1.
The completion of organization of
1 he traffic department of the Union
Pacific railroad system, in prepara
tion for the return of railroads to
private operation on March 1, was
announced last night by H. H.
Adams, vice president in charge of
traffic.
i With the exception of a passen
ger traffic manager and one or two
minor offices all appointments have
been made, Mr. Adams said. The
position of passenger traffic manager
will be left open, he added. All ap
pointments will be effective March 1.
Name Directing Officers. i
IThe lineup on the Union Pacific
system is as follows: F. W. Robin
son, freight traffic manager; W. S.
Basinger, assistant passenger traffic
manager; R. R. Mitchell, assistant
freight traffic manager; and J. W.
McClymonds, general agent of the
refrigerator.service.
,C. J - Lane was named general
'"freight agent, with headquarters in
Omaha; H. G. Kaill, general freight
agent, with headquarters in Kansas
City, Uoa W. H. Garratt. C. W. Ax
tell and G. W. Hamilton, assistant
V general freight agents, with head
quarters in Omaha, and . F. B.
Choate, assistant general freight
agent, with headquarters in Denver.
New Passenger Agents,
i A. L. Craig will be general pas-
, senger agent, WH. Murray and W.
K. Cundiff, assistant general pas
senger agents, the latter with head
quarters in Denver; G. L. Alley,
general baggage agent, and R. -A.
Smith, supervisor of agriculture at
Omaha, and J. O. Goodsell, assist
ant general passenger agent at Kan
sas City, Mo. , 1 .
On the Oregon Short line the fol
lowing appointments will become
. effective March i: J. A.' Reeves, gen
eral freight agent; D. R. Cray and
H. E. Godwin, assistant general
freight agents; D. S. Spencer, gen
era! passenger agent, and J. B. Dur
ham, assistant general passenger
agent, all with headquarters in Salt
(Contlnned on fare Two. Column Four.)
Officers Elected
For Several Leading
Railway Systems
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Andrew
W. Mellon of Pittsburgh was today
'elected a director of the Pennsyl
vania railroad to succeed the late
Henry C. Frick.
Mr. Mellon is president of the
Mellon National bank of Pittsburgh
and is interested in many business
interests in that city and elsewhere.
New York, Feb. 28. Reappoint
ment of A. H. Smith as president
of the New York Central lines and
of other officers re-establishing the
svstem as it existed prior to federal
control was announced here.
St. Louis, Feb. 25. J. M. Herbert
was re-elected president of the St.
Louis Southwestern railroad (Cot
ton Belt) here today. Edwin Gould
of-'iNew York was re-elected chair
man of the board of directors.
B. F. Bush, regional director of
railroads, for the southwest, and all
officers, with the exception of C. E.
Perkins, who managed the Missouri
Pacific just previous to government
control, were re-elected at the an
nual election of officers in New
York, it was announced here. .
Mr. Perkins was chosen vice pres
ident in charge of traffic to succeed
H. M. Adams, who recently became
connected with the Union Pacific
system.
Democratic Women of
New York Boom Hoover
Albany, N Y.. Feb. 25. Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Colbert of Albany re
ceived the greatest number of votes
lor delegate-at-large to the demo
cratic national convention in the bal
lots cast at the convention of the
state democratic Women's Commit
tee of One Thousand. Miss Eliza
beth Marbury of New York was sec
ond and Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby
of New York third. Their names
will be presented to the unofficial
democratic state convention here to
morrow for consideration.
A feature ot the luncheon was the
launching of a presidential boom for
Herbert Hoover by Mrs. J.J?. Ga
vit of Albany.
Stanjpede on in Alaska?
' . - For New Oil Fields
Cordova, Alaska, Feb. 25.
Screaming whistles and clanging
bells announced to Cordova that
President Wilson had signed the
coal and oil land leasing bill A few
moments later a stampede to the
Katalla and Yakutaga districts of
Alaska believed to contain vast
areas rich in oil, was in full swing.
Necessity Knows No Law.
Cisco.f Tex., Feb. 25. Two
masked robbers held up th bank
at Necessity, an oil town near here,
.. ar escaped with $1,300 in currency.
. '', i " - i, - ' 1
Has High Position
In Reorganization
Of Union Pacific
Charles J. Lane.
RAILROAD BILL
SENT PRESIDENT
FOR SIGNATURE
Expected to Act One Way or
Other Before Roads Re
turned to Private Con
trol Next Monday.
Washington, Feb. 25. The rail
road bill was sent to the White
house today and the president is ex
pected to action it before the roads
are returnedNito private control
next Monday.
The measure is opposed by the
railroad brotherhoods and repre
sentatives now in ' Washington con
sidering the president's proposal for
settlement of their wage demands
"were drafting today a memorial to
the executive asking him to veto
the bill.
A similar request was made yes
terday by George B. Hampton,
managing director of the Farmers'
National council, who asked' that
the president hear a delegation from
his organization tomorrow. Other
big farmers' organizations, however,
in a letter sent to the White house
today, urged approval of the legis
lation. . 1 .
Don't Know Wilson's Mind.
There has ben no indication from
the White house -as to the presi
dent's views on the measure. He
has , had: before him for several
days a; digest of the bill prepared
by Director General Hines after the
senate and house conferees finally
had agreed to the measure in the
form in which it was approved by
the house last Saturday and the
senate last Monday. t
After it was received at the execu
tive offices the bill was sent to the
Department of Justice for an opin
ion as to its validity. In the usual
oure such an opinion would not
be ready under four or five days, but
to meet the present rather unusual
situation, the department is expected
to speed up its opinion.
Has 10 Days to Act.
The president has 10 days, exclud
ing Sundays, or until midnight,
March 8, to act on the bill before
it would become a law without his
signature, but since he has ordered
the roads returned on March 1, he
is expected to act promptly.
. Ti e farmers" l"ter asking appro
val o5 the bi'l was signed bv V'y 1.
Drummond. chairman of the board
of governors of the International
Farm Congress, and T. C. Atkeson,
Washington representative of t he
National Grange. It pointed to the
memorial diawn up at the recent
meeting here of representatives of
the International Farm Congress,
American Farm Bureau Federation,
National Grange, National Farmers
union, Farmers' National Congress,
National Milk Producers' Federa
tion, American . Cotton association,
several state farmers' unions and the
Dairymen's League of , New York.
Two Women Physicians
Admitted Members of
Medical Association
Chicago, Feb. 25. Two women
physicians, Dr. Anna Weld of Rock
tord, 111., and Prof.. Leila Andrews
of the University of Oklahoma were
admitted to membership in the
American College of Physicians, the
first women to he so honored by
that body, which is meeting in con
junction with the congress on inter
national medicine. '
Dr. Weld was admitted in recogni
tion of her successful studies in the
proper feeding and of premature
and under-nourished children. It
was held that her efforts had re
sulted in a permanent aid to human
ity. Professor Andrews gained
recognition through her work on
blood diseases of children, which
was declared to be of an epoch
maRirrg character. j
The medical profession is- one of
the hardest worked and the least
paid of all professions, according
to Dr. J. H. Byrne of New York,
associate secretary general of the
Cqjlege of Physicians. . t
$63,000 Already Raised to
Defray Convention Expenses
' Chicago. Feb. 25. More than
$3,000 has been raised to defray the
expenses of the republican national
convention in Chicago in June, it was
announced by Fred Upham, former
ly treasurer of the republica nation
al committee. Mr. Upham said he
expected the amount necessary
would be over-subscribed in two
Vteks. ,
LIQUID "ORE"
DUG UP WHEN
OFFICERS GO
Iron River Miners Work Far
Into Night at Usul Occupa
tion, But Good Liquor, Not
Iron, Crowns Efforts.
PROHIBITION DIRECTOR
. MAKES SORRY SHOWING
Major Dalrymple and His 35
Federal Agents Leave "Rum
Rebellion" Center After Set
To With Local Authorities.
Iron River, Mich., Feb. 25.
Thirty-five federal agents and' mem
bers of the Michigan state constabu
lary Who arrived here last .night
under Major A. V, Dalrymple, pro
hibition commissioner for the cen
tral states, to clean up Iron county,
tonight were enroute' back to their
home stations, while Major Dal
rymple was bound for Washington
to confer with Prohibition Commis
sioner John Kramer.
Major Dalrymple, who led the
armed expedition to Iron River in
the heart of the upper peninsula
iron belt with the avowed purpose
of arresting- county and village of
ficers on charges of conspiracy to
obstruct the enforcement ot the pro
hibition law, was called off by Mr.
Kramer and ordered to meet the
opposing sides and seek a compro
mise without legal action.
Serious Blow to Dry Law.
The worsting of federal agents in
the first clash with state officers has
given a serious blow to the enforce
ment of the dry law, Major Dal
rymple declared before he left for
Washington. 1
Martin. S. McDonough, prosecut
ing attorney of Iron county and
leader of the county authorities,
who, Major Dalrymple declared
were in. "open revolt" against the
United States, received a telegram
today from District Attorney-M. H.
Walker, at Grand Rapids, advising
him to take no action until the dis
trict attorney could-come here to
investigate the case.
Mr. McDonough had obtained a
warrant for the arrest of Major Dal
rymple, charging him with malicious
libel, and had planned to have it
served when the train bringing the
federal men arrived last njght.-
Ammunition Issued.
A telephone message from Crystal
Falls. Id miles away, however, noti
fied McDonough that Major ' Dal
rymple, in anticipation of trouble,
had issued 50 rounds of ammunition
to each man in his party. The
prosecutor then advised Iron River
citizens to go home and avoid any
demonstration that might provoke
open hostilities.
Today Mr. McDonough waited
.upon Major Dalrymple at the hotel
where the latter was staying and
warned him that if he carried out
his announced plan and arrested
anyone in Iron county without a
warrant or searched any private
(Continued on Fa Two. Column Three.)
Low Salaries Cause
'140,000 Teachers to
Resign During Year
Cleveland, O., Feb. 25. Greatest
emphasis was placed on physical
education by speakers addressing
the different branches of the' Na
tional Education association con
vention. Education of the mind
without training the ' body and
strengthening of health is not true
cducatior, it was contended.
E. Dana Caulkins, manager of the
physical education service, Wash
ington, declared most of the physical
ond ' moral defficiency might be
traced to a lack of proper training
of children previous to their 18th
year.
A national minimum salary of
51,500 for city teachers and $1,200
for teachers in rural districts will be
urged in the platform to be submit
ted. Speakers declared approximately
1-10,000 teachers had resigned during
the year because of low salaries.
Judge Decides Dry Act
Constitutional; Grants
Appeal In 1 5 Minutes
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 25. The
Kentucky Distilleries and Ware
housecompany yesterday laid before
Judge Walter Evans a petition al
leging the 18th amendment to the
constitution was unconstitutional,
had the petition dismissed and an
appeal certified to the supreme court
of the United States, all within 15
minutes.
The main contention of the suit
is whether the two-thirds vote re
quired by the. constitution refers to
the entire membership of the house
and the senate or to the member
ship who were actually present when
the vote was taken on the question
of submitting the 18th amendment
to the states.
Want Bail Bill Approved.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 25. A
telegram stating the National Wool
Growers' association is desirous of
seeing-the Esch-Cumrnins railroad
bill, providing for relinquishment of
governmental control March 1, en
acted and urging him to approve the
measure! was sent to President Wil
son by Dr. S. W. McClure. associa
tion secretary. ,
'Buggy y and 'Gentlemanly'
Communists Not Friendly
Inside 'All Equal ' Russia
Two Distinct Types of Bolshevists .Described as
"Salon". vand "Bomb" Bolshevists Are Delineated
By Correspondent Who Has Just Concluded Tour
Of Soviet Russia Entire Outfit Has Appearance
Of "Parlor Car With Third Class People in It."
Amsterdam, Feb. 25. .Two dis
tinct types' of bolshevists, described
a3 "salon bolshevists" and "bomb
bolshevists" were noted by the staff
correspondent of the' Handelsblad
In his tour through soviet Russia,
from which he has just returned.
The forme.-, he says, are represented
hy former officers in the army of
the late emperor, while the 'others
include the fanatical, sinister com
missaris and all their followers.
The. bolsheviki army commanders,
with whom he traveled in luxurious
armored and non-armored express
trains from the Polish front to Mos
cow, form a new aristocracy. Some
times, he says, the impression one
gets of the entire outfit is that of a
"prrlor car with third-class people
in it." . '
Aristccratic Luxury.
In the cities the communistic
aristocracy live in luxury. "In a big
town like Smolensk," he declares,
"the army commissary who already
belong to the 'upper ten" do not live
in town near their headquarters with
their staff officers, but a long way
otf on a side track in a beautiful car,
PERSHING MEETS
ALL OBJECTIONS J
FOUND IN OTHERS!
George Woods of Lincoln Finds
Sentiment in East for
Army Chief.
By E. C. Snyder.
Witaliingten Correspondent of The Bee.
, Washington, Feb. 25. (Special
Telegram.) "After a seven-week's
study of the political horoscope in
and around New York and Wash
ington," said George Woods of
Lincoln, in charge of the "Pershing-for-President'
headquarters in New
York, during a hurried visit to the
rational capital, "I find General
Wood losing ground in this sec
tion.' The presidential nominations
of the two big parties seem to me
to have two direct and . definite
results. True, there are numerous
sidepaths and. changes in the main
route, are . liable to occur.. ..
"On the republican side, start
out on what course you may, there
seems to be but one logical end
and that is the nomination of Gen
eral Pershing. The friends of one
candidate are insistent that the
country demands a business man;
the friends of another say the de
mand is for a man of long political
experience in and around the seat
of government; the friends of an
other think he ought to receive the
nomination because of some imagin
ary wrong from the hands of the ad
ministration, while another theory is
that a man who for six years has
persistently pursued the office ought
to be rewarded.
"In the case of all prospective
nominees you run into more or
less serious - stumbling blocks. In
the case of only one that of
General Pershing all objections
seems to melt away when the great
searchlight of investigation is turned
upon him. He seems to be the only
man1 among all those mentioned
whose election would be unques
tioned." International Romance
Brought to Light With
French Girls' Arrival
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 25. An
international romance coupled with
an America'n domestic drama was
revealed in proceedings brought be
fore the Kansas City immigration
authorities to deport Mile. Madeline
Rabin, daughter of a Paris merchant.
Other principals in the triangle are
Lee ShippCy, poet, author, editor
and chautauqua lecturer, and Mrs.
Mary Woodson Shippey, his wife, a
magazine writer.
Shippey went to France as a Y. M.
C. A. secretary where, according to
evidence, he fell in love .with the
French maiden. Last November
Mile. Babin arrived here artd ex
plained that she "was to become a
mother. Shippey asked his wife to
obtain a divirce in order that he
might give the expected child a
name. Mrs. Shippey refused, but of
fered to care for the child as her
own. Shippey would not- agree and
left for California.
Mile. Babin is at liberty here. ,
1
Another Movement to
. Repeal Dry Law Fails
Washington, Feb. 25. Another
movement for repeal of the prohibi
tion enforcement act was defeated in
the house. Representative Igoe, dem
ocrat, Missouri, offered an amend
ment to the pending legislative ap
propriation bill striking out the
$4,500,000 fund for enforcement of
the act and proposing as a substitute
that the act be repealed on July 1.
A point of order against the
amendment by Representative Blan
ton, democrat, Texas, was overruled
but the amendment was lost on a
roll call, 38 to 89. , '
Release Red Cross Men.
Washington. Feb. ,25. Release of
Edward H. Chartte7 of Stockton,
Cal., and Frederick L. Barum of
Brooklyn, N. Y members of (the
American Red Cross association in
Siberia, who recently were captured
by the bolsheviki. was reported to !
Red Cross beadowters from Vlad
ivostok. , ' '
every one in his own compartment.
And in front of every one of those
cars is a policeman armed with a
rifle, who kscps the proletariat in
order.
, "They eali each other 'comrade'
from morning to night, the high to
low, and the low to the high and
yet the proletariat suffer terribly and
die like flies from misery, cold and
contagious diseases, while the high
and mighty lord it on the fat of the
land."
Not Troubled by "Buggy."
When typhus appeared in Mos
cow, he declared, great care was
taken to see that "the clean gentle
men communists were not troubled
by the ragged and 'buggy' prole
tariat." The Lenine theory, he says, was
to let the old state die, according
to the Marxian theory, and gradual
ly make all class, distinctions disap
pear until there was only one class
left that of the working man.
"But up to now," the correspond
ent write, "they have only managed;
to breed a few more very remark
able classes in addition to the, exist
ing ones."
BLOT UNIVERSAL
TRAINING FROM
ARMY MEASURE
Reorganization Bill, With Qne
Clause Elided, Formally
Reported Today.
Washington, Feb. 25. Meeting
tue demand ot republican leaders,
the house military committee, by a
bipartisan vote today, refused tc
include universal military training in
the army reorganization bill, which
will be formally reported tomorrow
by Chairman Kahn. Sharp opposi
tion to the reorganization program
is assured when the bill reaches the
house floor, and it may be attacked
earlier by a minority report.
In rejecting consideration of the
training plan the committee voted
that it should become the subject of
separate legislation to be framed by
a "friendly" subcommittee of seven
named by , Mr. Kahn, lith-an agre
ment of the leaders that its consid
eration would not be blocked after
a thorough inquiry had been made
of the cost and economic effects';
This investigation is expected to
delay action on the question until
next session.
With this temporary disposal of
universal training, the committee
voted, 10 to 6, to report the reor
ganization bill, providing for a max
imum peace time army of 17,700 of
ficers and 299,000 men, including the
Philippine scouts and unassigned re
cruits. Unlike the national defense
act of 1916, which the new bill would
amend, no definite tactical formation
of the army is prescribed, this being
left discretionary with the president.
This feature is among the principal
causes of the sharp opposition by
the minority. !
Supporters of universal training
plan to offer amendments to force
house action on the question, but
'opponents of the scheme hope to
frustrate these attempts through
parliamentary tactics. Although the
separate training bill was ordered
prepared "at the earliest practical
date," even its supporters were
doubtful of consideration for
months. "Mr. Kahn," however, an
nounced that he expected an "early"
report to follow a "thorough" in
vestigation. Peace Treaty Again ,
Up for Discussion
In Senate Today
Washington, Feb. 25. The peace
treaty will be called before the sen
ate again Thursday under an agree
ment to keep it continually under
consideration until a vote is reached
on ratification.
"No one knows what will happen,"
said republican and democratic
leaders alike as they surveyed the
perplexing possibilities with which
the treaty now is confronted. Some
of .the rank and file were more con
fident in their prediction, however,
various friends of the treaty on both
sides of the chamber declaring rati
fication was certain and all of its
irreconcilable enemies agreeing that
ratification was impossible.
Whether a vote will be reached
Thursday on any of the amend
ments is problematical. The general
disposition has been to hold down
debate, but several senators want to
speak at length on the general pro
visions of the treaty, and it would
not surprise the leaders if much of
the present week were taken upwith
the discussion. . ,
Jasper County Democrats
Denounce Senator Reed
Toplin. Mo., Feb. 25. Jasper
county democrats in convention at
Webb City adopted a resolution de
nouncing United States Senator
James A. Reed as a disorganizer of
the democratic party and the coun
ty's delegation to the state conven
tion here April 22 was instructed to
vote against him for either delegate-at-large
or district delegate to the
national convention at San Fran
cisco. They also were instructed to
vate against "any change in the con
vention rules and against any meas
ure which might permit him to be
elected as a delegate."
NEW FORM OF
HOME ROLE IS
IN COMMONS
As Presented to British Parlia
mentarians Yesterday the Bill
Adheres Closely to Measure
Outlined by Premier.
BASED PRIMARILY ON
NO SEPARATION POLICY
Largest Opportunity Will Be
Given Irish People to Unite
On Constitution of a Parlia
ment for Whole Country.
London, Feb. 25. The bill for
Irish home rule, long promised by
the government, was presented in
the House of Commons today. The
first reading was of the title alone
r.nd was a mere formality prelimi
nary to taking up the measure at the
session tomorrow.
The present bill, it is understood,
adheres comparatively close to the
measure as outlined by Lloyd
George in the house on December
22 last. The government's project
rntprc ntl tlln cpftifior un nf twrt
parliaments in Ireland, one for the
soutn ana one tor tne north.
Hohe rule, as the government
hrmps in rivp it in TrplnnH i5 hnspd
primarily upon the declaration of
tne premier in his Uecember speech
that "Great Britain cannot accept
seoaration." But the larcest ofonor-
tunity will be given to the Irish peo
ple to unite on the constitution ot a
parliament in the course of time
which will embrace Ireland as a
whole.
' North Parliament Small.
For the nnrth nf TrplanH flip arw
embraced will probably include' the
six counties mentioned by the pre
mier in his original outline, with
possibly some slight modifications,
as a consequence of which the
northern parliament will be a very
much smaller body than the south
ern organization.
One of the fundamental features
of the bill has always heen a coun
cil representing the two parliaments
and it is understood that this coun
cil will derive its powers from the
two bodies which will be responsible
for its selection. :
The proposed legislatures will
have extensive powers and also rep
resentation in the-, imperial parlia-
To Have Extensive Powers.
Such matters as education, local
government, agriculture, transporta
tion, municipal affairs, insurance and
the collection of taxes will be under
the control of these two legisla
tures, while matters of more serious
import to the empire, such as for
eign affairs, defense, navigation and
the higher judiciary, are reserved for
the decision of the imperial govern
ment. Premier Lloyd George announced
that the proceeds of land annuities
in Ireland would be given as a free
gift to the two parliaments and es
timated that this would amount to
3,000,000 for the year. This sum,
ot other equitable provision, will be
made for the maintenance of the two
parliaments, if the government's bill
is accepted.
Head of Girls' School
Slain and House Set
On Fire by Assassin
Los Angeles. Cal.. Feb. 25. Miss
Florence Housel. 50, owner of the
Huntington Hall school forv girls
in South Pasadena, near here, was
shot and killed in her room last
night by an unknown assailant, who
then piled excelsior in the kitchen
ind set fire to the building. The
fire was discovered by Miss Housel's
lather, aged m, who extinguished
the flames.
The father then attempted to call
Miss Housel, but repeated rappings
brought no response and when her
room door was forced she was
found dead.
Examination showed that the
slayer had entered the . house
through a oantrv window hv forc
ing the locks.
The body or W. M. Bowen, hus
band of the school housekeeper, was
found later in a school room, with
a bullet through the heart. Mrs.
Bowen said she and her husband
had been Separated and that he had
threatened her.
Hoover Will Not File for
Presidency in Georgia
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25. Herbert
Hoover informed the Georgia dem
ocratic state executive committee
he did not feel any public service
would be performed by the injec
tion of himself into the rontpst for
presidential nomination and there-
tore he did not intend to file his
name for a nlare on the hallnts
of the Georgia preferential primary
to be held Apr: 20.
The Weather.
Forecast:
Nebraska: Fair Thursday with
rising temperature in west and
north; Friday increasing cloudiness
and warmer.
. Iowa: Fair and continued cold
Thursday; Friday, increasing cloudi
ness and warmer.
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Paderewski to Resume
Musical Tours in U. S.;
Impoverished by War j
JOOS'. 5 ' "
Santa Barbara, Cal.. Feb. 25.
Ignace Paderewski, who recently
resigned as premier of Poland, will
return to America soon and resume
his musical tours, according to Wil
liam yemphill, manager of Pader
ewski's ranch and other properties
at Paso Kobles.
1 Paderewski has been, according to
Hemphill, practically impoverished
by his sacrifices for Poland, giving
all his cash for relief work. His
Paso Robles ranch and other ranch
property in the Santa Maria valley
are all that keep him from being
actuallv in want.
ROTARY CLUBS OF
TWO CITIES JOIN
IN CELEBRATION
Warden "Jake" Perkins of
Iowa Orator at Combined
Meeting of Omaha and
Council Bluffs Bodies.
The biggest meeting ever held in
the history of the Omaha Rotary
club was the combined celebration
by the Rotariarrs"' of - Omaha t afid
Council' Bluffs "of the 15th anniver
sary of Rotarv held at the Chamber
of Commerce.
In the big dining room and filling
all the rooms opening off of this
were 350 Rotarians, about one-third
of them being frdm across the river.
Orla Goodrich, president of the
Omaha Rotary club, presided. At
the speakers' table were prominent
Rotarians of the two cities, and the
orator of the evening? "Jake" Per
kins, warden of the Iowa State pen
itentiary at Fort Madison.
The ('evening opened with char
acteristic Rotary fellowship and
joviality in which Charlie Gardner
took a lead'iip part as leader of the
"community singing" of 'Fer Away,
Fer Away" and other popular songs.
(Continued on l'ane Two.jColumn Two.)
Thousand Soldiers
Lie Down to Die n
Waterless Steppes
London. Feb. 25. A ' Moscow
wireless dispatch says General Tol
stoy's army, defeated at Guriev, in
the government of Uralsk, south
east Russia, has fled to the Caspian
sea, retreating under terrible condi
tions. The dispatch adds that 1,000 of
the men lay down to die in the
waterless steppes with horses and
camels, and that nothing remains of
the white army.
Another bolshevik communication
says fighting is proceeding for the
possession of the town of Kerekdp
and that in the region of Novocher
kashk the bolshevik troops have
captured Starocherkasskaia. It adds
that in the Stavropol region the bol
sheviki have driven the anti-bolshe-viki
from the village of Alexan
droves. Dahlman Makes Final Report
To Railroad Administration
Washington, Feb. 25. (Special
Telegram.) Ex-Mayor James Dahl
man, wio has had charge of a large
territory surrounding Omaha in
looking after stolen property under
the railroad administration, is in the
national capital making his final re
port previous to the roads going
back to their private owners.
British Aviator Concludes
Long Flight in Australia
L-Jiidon, Feb. 25. A dispatch to
the Evening News from Melbourne,
ur.dct date of Wednesday, says that
Captain Sir Ross Smith has landed
at the Point Cook airrome there,
concluding his flight from Sydney to
Melbourne, the last stage of his trip
from Englai.d. In all. Captain Smith
covered more than 13,000 miles.
Death for Arson.
London, Feb. 25. For the pur
pose of safeguarding order in the
industrial regions of west Germany,
President Ebert has issued a decree
proclaiming sentence of death for
arson, using explosives or flooding
and damaging property, says a Ber
lin wireless message. 1 he death pen
alty is also to apply to ring lead
ers and persons offering resistance
or guilty of violence in riots or
tumultuous assemblies. "
3 ARE KILLED
IN GUN FIGHT;
FOUR INJURED
One Robber and Two Inmates
Of Council Bluffs Pool Hall
'Dead After Would-Be Holdup
Proves a Failure.
BELIEVE ONE WOUNDED
MAN CANNOT. RECOVER
Witness to Shooting Says
Highwaymen Became Excited
And Fired All the Shots That
Proved Fatal to Several.
Three men were killed, three
wounded probably fatally and one
seriously wounded about 8:30 last
night when three masked bandits at
tempted to held up the pool hall of
Pete CotkoiiKk. 1605 Fifteenth ave
nue, Council Bluffs.
About 25 men were in the pool
ha'l when the bandits entered with
the tern injunction. "Stick 'em up."
The pool hall is in the heart of what
is commonly known as "Little Aus
tria" and many of the inmates of
the place did not understand the
command.
Bandits Shoot Partners.
When all failed to "elevate", their
hands one of the bandits fired a shot
toward the ceiling. According to '
Louis Ortdo of Council Bluffs, a
section foreman, the other bandits
then opened fire. He alleges that
none of the inmates of the pool hall
fired a shot but that they immediate
ly attempted to make their escape,
confusing the bandits.
Ortdeo says in their excitement
the bandits became separated and
commenced firing at each other.
Harold Roberts, address unknown,
was instantly killed and has been
identified by inmates of the pool hall
as one of the bandits. The other
dead are Pedro Jimines, 1804 Ninth
avenue, Council Bluffs, and Steve
Kilibarda, 1606 Fifteenth avenue,
Council Bluffs, Both ate Austrians
and were inmates of the pool hall.
. Four are Wounded.
Clifford Barrett, 28 years old, ad
dress unknown,' and alleged to be
one of the bandits, was wounded and
is not expected to live. Two un
identified Austrian inmates of the
pool, hall were also probably fatally
wounded. " "
John McLaughlin, 1908 Third ave
nue, alleged to be the third member
of the bandit trio, is seriously
wounded.
The wounded men were taken to
the Jennie Edmundson Memorial
hospital.
Say Canned Olives
May Be So Preserved
As to Be Harmless
Washington, Feb. 25. Ripe olives
which have caused many deaths re
cently from poisoning may be eaten
with impunity within a few months,
as a result'of changes being made
in preserving methods. Dr. Carl
Alsberg, chief of the bureau of
chemistry of the Department of
Agriculture, stated.
"Canning methods are being rev
olutionized," he said. "The packers
are co-operating with our bureau
and instituting changes in methods
which will remove all dangers of
poison from next season's crop."
One of the principal packing
changes, he said, is abandonment of
glass containers which orevent
"proper sterilization. All cases of ripe'
olive poisoning have originated from .
olives packed in glass, he added, and ..
none have resulted from olives
packed in tin cans or from pickled
green olives.
Wife Dies, Husband 111.
. Richmond, Cal., Feb, 25, Mrs. II.
B. Mack died here and her husband
was ill from what health authorities
suspected was botulism poisoning
due to eating a salad containing a
prepared relish, of ripe olives and
other ingredients. "
Oklahoma Representatives
Pass Suffrage Resolution
Oklahoma City, Feb. 25. Passage
of the joint resolution ratifying the
federal woman suffrage constitution
al amendment with an emergency
clause attached came late Wednes
day in the house of representatives
after nearly six hours' debate. .The
vote was S4 to 12, with eight not
voting. '
Senate leaders predicted passage
ot the resolution by the latter part
of the week.
Newsprint Paper Shows ;
- An Increased Production
Washington, Feb. 25. Increase in
the production of newsprint paper
in January, 1920, over January 1919,
amounted to 11 per cent for print
and more than 8 per .cent standard
news, according to the Federal
Trade commission. Production of
both grades for January also showed
an increase over, the preceding
month.
Won't Disturb Dead.
Washington. Feb. 25. If such is
the wish of the nearest of kin, the
bodies of American soldiers over
seas will not be disturbed in any
way -whenever practicable, Secretary
Baker "says. In cases where the '
mcn are buried on private ground '
or in isolated spots where their
graves cannot be given proper at
tention, however, they will be re
interred in permanent cemeteries
abroad.
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