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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1920)
S THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1920. GREAT OVATION TO GEN. PERSHING BY MANHATTAN Commander of A. E. F. Addresses Vast Throng In Hippodrome and Is Loudly , Acclaimed. ' America's biggest playhouse, rising . tier on tier until the human beings looked like large flies .from the orchestra rail. They had com out principally to welcome the great leader of the American expedi tionary forces, to listen to the bird like quality of John McCormack's voice and personally witness the triumph of Mary Garden. Hundreds of thousands of Amer - ica's best manhood have been re viewed by N General Pershing id . foreign lands, but tonight he was reviewed by those whom he review ed during the last three years, and the ordeal through which he passed signalized the splendid character of : the man whose name is a household word wherever a soldier of the V American expeditionary forces ap f peared in the cause of democracy the wide world over. Pershing Greets McCormack. Juct before General Pershing ap- incident occurred whicn ine ap preciative audience was quick to recognize, and the applause that followed sounded like the boom of breakers upon a rocky shore. John McCormack in his matchless way had finished the song "When Per shing's Men Go Marching Into Picardy," and bowing his acknow ledgement to the enthusiastic recep tiofc accorded the song, was leaving the stage when General Pershing rose in his box and cordially grasped theJiand of the great lyric tenor. It was a dramatic moment that was fully appreciated, not only by the audience and the artists assist ing in the program, but by the mem bcrs of the great orchestra under the leadership of Marcel Charlier. T. Douglas Robinson, chairman of the men a executive committee, in introducing General Pershing said that it was a profound pleasure to have at this testimonial benefit tor the American Legion one of the rreat military leaders of his time, and that wherever Jfersntng name was known it was a synonym for uprightness, ability, courage and fidelity. Audience Standi Cheering. As General Pershing came for ward the crowded Hippodrome, suk gestive of a sea of color, stood and applauded him for a full minute while over all were heard the cheers of the doughboys who had gone over the top with Pershing 3,000 miles across the sea. After the audience had resumed their seats, General Pershing made a rather serious speech, probably the most serious in the great num ber of speeches he has been called upon to make during the four Dad speaks one word for me and two for himself when he tells Mother to order more smSgaassCSSE T ',' Tfcrff "SSSaJswCE Superior Corn flakes Mat t fcwmi Cm, tuft art lad FMtum Canal Company. mem Wrtswuua He likes them same 631x10 b&Hi WeTWfum tnl Co, fiattl Crwk . Mich. months' tour of inspection that has carried him to almost every military garrison in the" United States. He said he considered it a.very great privilege to be present "to assist in encouraging this great or gantzation known as the American Legion." Continuing, he said that it was. an especial pleasure to be present because it was from the city of New York that so many thou sands took passage as crusaders in the great cause of human liberty, and it was the city of New York that gave more iu proportion to the numbers of the American exoedi tionary forces than any other city in the United States. "And then what a royal welcome you save the boys when they returned, he said. While New ork had to its credit more men contributed to the cause of democracy than any other city, it further had the credit of con tributing more in money and in the necessities than any other city, he said. ,i - Praises N. Y. Troops. "The men who went from New York early attained a very high standard," said the general. "You people may well be proud of the record made by that splendid divis ion known as the Twenty-seventh which was followed shortly after by a National Army division known as the Seventy-reventh which achieved high record ot service and other divisions, but wherever they served they did it with credit to themselves, to their martial anacstry, and to y.u- . . .. .. I hey were inspired by this high est ideals. A deep religious note ran through their work and it gave them a moral tone unenualled by any army in the world. The soldiers of the American expeditionary forces made a record for morality and lean livincr never known to any other country or any time. Creed of Region. -General Pershing then took up the creed of the American Legion, which he characterized as containi ng the. prlnciplea that every Ameri can should stand for. love of coun try, veneration for the constitution, and respect for law and order. He said that if the creed of the American Legion wa3 lived up to it would create a standard for Amer icanism and patriotism that must of necessity mean much in the per petuity of the nation. He said the creed of the legion 'Would have a harmonizing influence among dif ferent callings and different walks of life. Its membership, he said,. includes men from every walk of life, from the farmer's son to the son of the rich man. Around the camp fire, in the trenches, and on the march, he said, they had learned much from one anojher which could not help but be beneficial in the great problem of reconstruction now in front of the American people. They have a, wholesome re spect for the constitution of the United - States, coupled with in appreciation that this was a coun try of law, and not of men, he Said, and added that if the members stood for law and order they would transmit to their posterity an en viable record of splendid citizen ship. , General Pershing was accom panied to the Hippodrome by Major General Robert Alexander, Mr. and Mrs I Douglas Robinson, Com mooie Louis M. Josephthal, Colon el Lorrilard Spencer, Admit al Glen non and Colonel John G. Queke- meyer, his arie ue camp. Cloud of General War In Far East Never So Black As at Present (Cuutlaued From First rte.) the Siberian villages, I know there have been numberless cruel atroci ties commuted by the Japanese. Hardly a 'Siberian lives "in the sectors held by the Japanese wh has not. felt the weight of the Japa nese military's iron heel. Hundreds of these 'people told me they will be willing to give their, lives before they will see Japan remain in Si beria. So intense is this- feeling that the civil war is almost forgotten iu the wave of anti-Jipanese hatred. The great majority of Siberians believe the Japanese are trying to stay, and they are preparing them selves SDirituallv to face what they believe the tremendous task of driv ing the Japanese from Siberia.- No one apparently knows exactly what Japan's policy will be, but the ROADS ENTER A NEW ERA, FINAL 1EST0F0WNERS Must "Make Good" Under Re turn to Private Control to Make Situation Per ;' manent. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Th Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has resumed, as bf this date, the operation off its y property, and now solicits, and will endeavor to handle satisfactorily, business to and from all points on or via Its lines. By virtue off Its geographical location, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, tapping as It does the large Industrial centers of the Interior, and connecting the principal cities of the Seaboard with those of the Mississippi River and Great Lakes, Is logically In position to furnish satis factory transportation service between the Eastern Section and the Middle and Western States. Regular freight schedules will be established between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington In the East, and Pltt$burgh,Wheel I ngf Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and other Import ant centers In the West, and special efforts will be made to maintain regularity of service. ' It will be the aim of The Baltimore and Ohio Company In the future, as In the past, to satisfy the reasonable requirements and desires of Its patrons, both freight and passenger, and It solicits business solely upon that basis. V V Pmldent. X judgment of the best observers is that it will be forced out. The day of the Vladivostok revolution the Japanese lacked the plain nerve to keep the anti-Kolchaks trom maic inff the town their own. The min ute Vladivostok fell to the pink Si berian revolutionists Japan was whipped. Military Leaden Sore. Today Japan's military leaders are sore as bears. Thev have not a leg to stand on. From every point of view they have been outmaneuvered. Within a few days they will be hopelessly outnumbered, most of their trooos cut off in the interior. the winter against them. They will face the ultimatum to get out or fight with a faint-heart. ' Reports from Japan show popular sentiment aeainst continued inter vention. I have been told on reliable authority all members of the Jap. anese cabinet, excepting the war minister, favor evacuation. Unques tionably all the 'liberal elements and this is a new thing in Japan and must be reckoned with are putting up a strong fight for recall of the expedition. Today the mili tary party is able to stand against them, but they have played their last ace in Siberian affairs. The picture of the imnerialistic and militaristic army of Japan fighting Siberia over a rule of democracy and justice will always be one to bring tears. In Control of Army. Most of the Japanese army offi cers do not know how to spell democracy. But they can spell such words as ounitive expedition. burning villages. ine liberal, enliehtened elements of Japan are just as much against this type of military as Americans and in writing; of japan's Siberian policy it must be explained that it not unanimously sunoorted at home. Many believe Tan.n will retire from Siberia proper, but will make a desperate attempt to squat on the Chinese eastern railroad through northern Manchuria, making a short cut between Vladivostok and the Trans-Siberian railroad at Manchu ria City. Japan long has "Coveted this priceless railroad and now it has an excellent excuse to possess itself of the roadbed and to stay there. just as it squatted on southern Man churia and stayed there. America Halted Japs. Japan will tell the world it was- only protecting the Chinese border from the flood of red bolshevism, which otherwise would swoop down from Siberia. It would be as worthy a bit of fiction if they would say they were holding southern Man churia with bayonets so that Asiatic cholera would not sweep over Japan. The real bottom reason why America sent an expedition to Si beria was in order to check Japan from grabbing Siberia at the mo ment when Siberia could not resist it. There were other reasons, such as helping the evacuation of the Czechs, but the real idea was to check Japan. The job is done, and we Can retire, but the Chinese east ern railroad is worth watching for the next Six months. By ARTHUR M. EVANS. Washington, Feb. 29. (By Chi cago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.) One minute after midnight, government control of the railroads ceased and America'! $20,000,000,000 transportation plant, the largest in the world, passed back into the hands of the private owners. The shift meant no visible change in service so far as the traveling public was concerned. The cen tralizing power dropped out and the properties became separate entities again. In the great majority of instances the ' same men who managed the roads during the 26 months of fed eral operation are still on their old jobs. Schedules were unaltered. 1-or months the roads had been planning their organizations, and the transfer was made without a jar. J. lie most protuberant facts in the Situation as the roads "housed back to their owners were: Expect No tabor Trouble. Government authorities do not look for any labor troubles of size. ine strike fever has been abat ing for a week and more, and the vast rrajority of the 2,000,000 em ployes will stand behind the con servative brotherhood leaders. Adjustment of pending wage de mands is to be pushed 'as fast as the administration can expedite it. The president is expected to appoint the three new members of the interstate commerce commission in the near future They will jojn with the othei tight 4j making the law effective. The officials of the fifteen railway unions Will meet Monday to con sider President Wilson's letter. It is forecast that their effort will largely be to obtain appointments to the boards which will be satisfac tory to labor. Final Test of Private Owners. Railway executives in general take the position that private operation now enters upon Its final test, and to become permanent it must "make good." financing Is really the big gest end of the problem. Ffjur to six million dollars in the next five or six vrars is the estimated need, Under the bill,' the rdads will get credits which for years have been waning, largely on account of un certainty as to tfovernmentai pprcy. The railroads of America in fact now enter upon a new era. Two de cades ago there was the period of Cut-throat competition with the evils which brought about the anti-rail-road movement. Then came the op posite swing to the period of "un restricted restriction" under which the carriers began to lag behind and their credit began to drop. By the new act, the interstate com merce commission is to fix rates which will give 5 1-2 per cent return on the real value of the properties, and this- is expected to re-establish' the roads in the investment markets, Then, too, instead of mergers be ing fought, they are now to.be en-' couraged the line are to be organ ized sooner or later into a com paratively few big systems. Heads of the railway unions who remained in Washington awaiting Mr. Wilson's reply to their request that the railroad bill be vetoed, are to meet tomorrow. Timothy Shea, acting head of the Conductors, said he had no comment to make. Champion to Compete. San Francisco, Feb. 29. Ernest M. Smith of the Olympic club, for mer California swimming chamoion. who served in the army during theM war, has been training during the pasttfew months and is now ready to, return to competition. A few days ago he covered 100 yards in S72-S seconds. ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT IS RAPPED BY LANE Characteristic Parting Report of Cabinet Member Complains of "Red Tape." - Washington, Feb. 29. (By The Associated Press.) Official Wash ington, "a combination of political caucus, drawing room and civil ser- vicj Durcnus, ' containing "statesmen who are politicians and politicians who are not statesmen," is poorly organised for its task which "fewer men of larger capacity Would do better." Such Is an epitome the retiring secretary ot the Interior, Franklin Lane, expressed In a Characteristic parting report to the president on the occasion of leavintr public life today after more than 20 years ser vicethe last seven in the cabinet Brainy Honest Men. Washington " says the retiring secretary, "is rich in brains and character. It is honest beyond any commercial standard. It wishes to do everything that will promote the public good. But it is poorly organ ized for the task that belongs to it Fewer men of larger capaeity would do the taskJbetter. Ability is not lacking, but it is pressed to the point of paralysis because of an infinitude ot officials and an unwill ingness on the cart of the great body of the public servants to take responsibility. Evervoae seems to be afraid of everyone. The self protec tive sense is 'developed abnormally, tht creative sense atrophies Trust, confidence, enthusiasm these simple virtues o: all great business are the ones most lacking in government or ganization. We have so many checks on our work that our proftre99 does not keep pace with the nation's re quirements. More Authority Needed. "We could save money for the government if we had more dis cretion as to how we should use that already given us. As for the benefit of the civil servants, there thould be quicker promotion or dis charge and a sure insurance when disability' comes. For the higher administrate officers there should be salaries twice as high as those now given and they should le made to feel that they are the ones re fpoiisible tor the work of Hie de partment the head being merely an advisor and a constructor of policies. As matters. ae now devised there are too few in the government whose business it is to plan Everv man is held to detils, to the narrow er view whioh comes t"o often to the department view or some sort of parochial view. We need for the day that is lure and upon us men who have little to do but study the problems of the time and test their capacity at meeting them. In a word we need more oppor tunity for planning, engineering, statesmanship above, and more fixed authority and responsibility below." Republican Leader of Central City Is Strong for Pershing Central City. Neb., Feb. 29. M. G. Scudder of this city, republican leader, has announced himself as fa voring the candidacy of General Per- , shing for president. In a letter to ' the camoaiffn headatmrters at Lin coln Mr. Scudder said: "I esteem it the great privilege ot my life, to have an opportunity to do all in my power to nominate and elect the greatest man of the hour . . John J. retching, the most logical candidate for president of then: United States of America." Alarm Clock Rings and Betrays Thief London, Feb. 29,--Because an alarm clock Walter Cotgrove had tolen from a Great Eastern Rail way company warehouse rang when Cotgrove was walking past a police man, Cotgrove was arrested, con victed and sentenced to a month in prison. WO ATTEMPTS BY FIVE MEN TO ROB SOUTH SIDE HOUSE Frightened Away, They Return As Police' Officers Sent to Investigate Own Acts. Five burglars, representing them selves as oolice officers, went to the home of H. Rodenberg, 3162 South Fifteenth street, a second time Sat urday night and demanded entrance into the place, Mr. Rodenberg re ported t police today. Two shots fired by Mr. Rodenberg from a rifle frifihtened the men away, he said. The first attempt was made early in the evening, the burglars at- temoted to break into the home after cutting tne telephone wires, Dy por ine eiirht holes about the lock of t basement-'door. The owner of the house frightened them away with out calling the police, ne,saia. Two hours later he answered a rinsr at the front door and found five men on the oorch-- "We're police officers," the leader said, "and understand you've had a b'irglary here. We'll investigate.'' Mr. Rodsrrb5nr asked them to show their badges, hi said, and they started to push their way into his home. He pointed a rifle at them and thev swaner into a waiting auto mobile and made off. He fired twice in the air, he said. Captains at Ctntral police station report that they sent no man to in vestigate tne nrst attempt ot ourg lary at the Rodenberg home. Mrs. A. E. 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