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THE OMAHA. SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 4. 1920. I I FIRST SHIPLOAD OF AMERICANS 111 POLE ARMY SAILS Many Chicagoans and Other ' Middle Western Men Who Have Been On Duty Re turn Home. 1 Lincoln Women -Dolled Up In Kiwanis Club Bonnets By THOMAS STEWART RYAN. Nw York Tlmo-Chlrttca TrlbaM Cable. Capyrlsht, ltto. Warsaw. March 28. (Via fierUn. April 3.) The first ship repatriating Americans in the Polisharmy has sailed with longing eyes watching for sits return. Many Chicagoans and other western men are on the boat. Although of long Polish an cestry, they are sick oi Poland and years of war. General Haller's recruits from America seem to have cause for "grouching." They enlisted in 1917. They were caught up' by that wave of enthusiasm for Prance and sub ject races in the east Some hoped vaguely for service in Poland, "their country," as Poles the world over call it simply. Or in case those of non-Polish blood were touched by that hankering after ad venture that in five years uprooted the youth of the world. But on arriving in France, these Americans met their first disillusion ment, they say when pay became ir regular or uncertain. Mutiny made itself felt once or twice, one regi ment refusing to enter the trenches. Then came the armistice. "Back to the United States for me-" This wish ran through every regi ment. , But Poknd called them to fight on its soil. There was discon tent and some desertion, but for the most part the ien were moved by curiosity to see the land of their fathers. Their pay was to be in francs. Now the franc at present is worth 11.40 Polish marks, but the men were paid, when at all, at the rate of ?.50 marks to the franc. As a mat ter of fact, however, it is hard to find one who recently has teen paid. One mah,-41 years old, who came from Chicago, arrived in Warsaw in a pitiable state of starvation. He was so weak from hunger he walked with a cane. ' He told how he had heard of a job in Poland and with this prospect requested and secured his release. In order to do so he ! had signed a paper absolving the Polish army from all obligations to pay. his passage to the United States. Of course, the job failed to ma terialize, for Polish industry is greatly , crippled, to say 'the least. The man' found himself in the War saw streets in wintfty weather with out even a shirv;under his light uni form reoat. 1" ? Track Commission Russia May . Visit United States -, ' r: 1 , Copenhagen,. April 3. A Russian trade commission headed by M. Nogin, minister of commerce in the Lenine . cabinet,- and M. Rosovsky accompanied by 24 experts in trade and' engineering arrivetj here from Moscow. M. Nogin said that after a short stay in Denmark it'was the intention of the commission i to pro ceed to London and perhaps later to the United States. It was the desire of the commis sion M. Nogin said, to get in touch with merchants and manufacturers in allied countries and start trade be- tween them ?nd Russia as soon as possibki ;.jt . - i He said there were many millions of pounds'. of grain in Russia, but that the peasants demanded in re turn for., it,1' goods and agricultural implements, He declared that the delegation I contemplates, offering concessions to foreigners for the establishment of manufactories in the mining regions jf the Ural and Altai districts: and likewise to offer timber concessions, particularly in north Rtls?!?.. . , . i Motorman Shot L ; Wife Has Good Night I nv Hospital W. C. Puilcn, street car motor man, Thirtieth street and Avenue A, Council Bluffy who was shot Thurs day night by his wife, Mrs. Dian Pullen, during"an altercation over a pending divorce suit rcltcd fairly well Friday night at Jennie Ed nundsort hospital-. Council Bluffs, according 'to nurses' attending Jiim. Three bullets struck Pullen, one in the neck and, two in the back. Dr. Donald Macrae, jr.r attending Pul len. believes -he will recover. His wife is out on $3,000 bond bound to district court on a charge of assault - with., intent to commit murder. She refuses to discuss the shooting. ' ; ' ' Omaha Police Join Search For Missing Sioux City Girl Police began'a search here yester day for Ruth Baron, pretty 16-year-old Sioux City- High school girl who disappeared from her home last Sunday night. v The girl left ' home to go to a movie and failed to return. Her brother, Williani, . who came to Omaha three days" ago to search for his sister, Said he knew of no reason why the girl should run away. When the girl left home she was dressed in a dark blue silk dress, ,fur coat and dark hat and shoes.. She fur coat complexioned, has brown eyes, is five foot six inches tall and veighs about 125 pounds. Postoffice, Messenger Held for Alleged Theft Hans S. Jensen, 20 years old. em ployed as a special delivery mes senger at the Omaha postoffice. was arrested yesterday; V by .postoffice inspectors for the alleged theft of a piece of mail addressed to the Bed tieo Clothing company. .Jensen took he letter from one of the mailing Sables at the postoffice. it is alleged. ' ' Steel Head Dies Buffalo. N. Y., April 3.-Charles H. McCulIoch. jr.. president of the Lackawanna Steel company,, died today in Baltimore, according to a telegram received by the company here. McCulIoch was appointed president January 1, 1919. (( w ii ,r. i I , , Lured i the promise of gifts of latest style Easter bonnets, man;) women whose husbands are mem bers of the Kiwanis club in Lincol attended the banquet and dance o.' he Omaha organization in the ball room of Hotel Fontenelle Frida night. The picture shows Mr: . P. M. Plamondon, 3254 R street; Mrs. - L. W. . Chase, 1245 Nort Thirty-third street, (above), am'. Mrs. L. P. Paine, 1321 South Eight' eenth street, (below), all of Lincoir. in the bonnets they got. They admi: the joke is on them. RUSSIAN SOVIET IS INEVITABLE, SAYS BRITISHER ii V v I JA m t v mi i A f J -1 So tj ixf rJK ) el '"nJ Sir John Fraser, in Omaha, Be lieves Government Should Be, Recognized. "The great powers of the world will eventually have to recognize the soviet government in Russia, re gardless of their likes or dislikes. This is the statement of Sir John Fraser, noted English lecturer and author, who arrived in Omaha yes terday to address members of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts at its afternoon meeting in the Hotel Fon tenelle on "A Diplomat at Large." Mr. Fraser is somewhat rotundi and of ruddy complexion a typical Britisher of the much cartooned type. He reclined in his chair at the Hotel Fontenelle this morning and related experiences of his trips to 30 different countries, and of his bicycle trip around the world. Russian Soviet Inevitable. "The establishment of a soviet government in Russia is inevitable, in my opinion," he .said, "and such a government should be recognized, although it should not be approved. "Recognition should be made on the condition that civil war in Rus sia cease at once, and this would give the Russian people a chance to form ulate some better form of govern ment "Sovietism is the crudest form of autocratic rule in the world, and the Russian people, who are naturally democratic, will soon put an end to it after they have had a chance to see things from the proper perspec tive." Demands the "Sir." Mr. Fraser scoffed at rumors that England might take steps to repu diate debts to the United States. No such thing has ever been mentioned by a British statesman, he s,aid, and if Great Britian should take such ac tion it would naturally expect na tions'1 indebted to her to take the same action. Europe is rapidly regaining its in dustrial life, he said, and all war debts will be paid. During the war. Mr. -Fraser was chairman of the National War Lec tures committee of England, and for his services in this capacity he was knighted by King George. He rigidly insists on being addressed with the prefix "sir." Among his books are: "The Real Siberia," ""Red Russia," and "Russia of Today." ' Negroes Held for Murder Bound Over Without Bond . Willard Carroll, 1133 " North Eighteenth street, and Rozelle Cot trell, 2511 Lake street, negroes, charged with first-degree murder while attempting to rob, were bound over to district court in Cen tral police court yesterday. They were ordered held without bonds. A Charge of assault with intent to rob also stands against both negroes in district court. Both were arrested last Saturday night following the shooting of Har ris Rosenthal, 1424 North Twen tieth street, during an attempted robbery of his grocery store at 324 North Eighteenth street. Rosen thal later died of his wounds. German Advance Into y Ruhr Has Been Completed The Hague, April 3. The general advance ot theGerman government troops along the entire front against the insurgent forces in the Ruhr and neighboring industrial regions, which began at 7 o'clock Friday morning, has been very successful, according to well-informed Dutch sources. The troops forced the reds to re treat across the Testerberg, and the government forces have already pen etrated Hamborn, the advices state. Call Off Ruhr Strike Copenhagen, April 3. Decision to call off the general strike in the entire Ruhr industrial region was reached at a plenary session of the executive council of the district yes terday, according to a dispatch from Essen. It will be renewed, how ever, if the Berlin government fails to fulfill obligations entered into with the workers. Former President of y Mexico Denies He Knew Of New Government Paris, Anril 3. Francisco vde la Barra, former provisional president of Mexico, today denied knowledge of the proclamation issued on Fri day at Agua Priefa, , Mexico, an nouncing the establishment of a new united government in that country. When informed by the Associated Press that the proclamation was re ported to have been signed by him, he said: " "If such a document exists, it is a forgery. I have the greatest es teem for Emilio Rebasa (named in the proclamation as secretary of for eign relations in the new govern ment), but am entirely unaware of any such movement as reported. De la Barra is busily occupied in 'Paris as counsel for British, 'American and French banks. He is an ex pert in international law. Train Hits Truck, But Men In It Escape Any Harm Serious injury was narrowly averted yesterday morning at 9:30 by A. C. Sorenson and William Bitt ler, employes of thp Nebraska Tele phone company, when the Ford truck in which they were riding crashed into a westbound freight train on the Northwestern tracks at Twenty-fourth and Grand av6nue. The truck was demolished. The men escaped any injury. Both men said their view of the tracks was obstructed by a high board fence. They did not see the train coming until it had dashed across the crossing. Health Editor Stops Here For Visit With Omaha Man Dr. W. A. Evans of Chicago, edjtor of the public health depart ment of The Chicago Tribune and The Omaha' Bee, was' joined at bieakfast yesterday, morning by Dr. J. F. Edwards, health commissioner. The Chicago health expert was on his way to Lincoln where he is scheduled for several talks, include ing one at noon to members of the" Lincoln Commercial club. "I consider Dr. Evans one cf the foremost health authorities. 'We hope to get him for a talk in Omaha in connection with our proposed new municipal hospital," Dr. Edwards stated.. WOMEN VALUABLE ACCORDING TO JURY'S VER0 1 CT Record Awards for Various In juries Place Value of One Female at Just $460,000.' New York, April 3. The high cost of woman (one) is now as high as $460,000. This figure, which is adjusted to the H. C. L. and everything, was set up today as the result of a legal decision- placing the valuation of $40,000 on one feminine leg. The verdict was won in the su preme court by Miss Florence D. Rooney, who suffered a permanent fracture of one nether member in an automobile accident. Is Record Verdict. The verdict is a record breaker. Taken in conjunction with other verdicts the total valuation of wom an is fixed. , Here arc some previous awards. Hair, $20,000. "Nose, $15,000. - Eyes, $20,000. Broken fceart $250,000. Arms, $85;000. Legs, $80,000. Henry Koster, retired merchant, who was bounced off a trolley at Yonkers, won- $200 damages today. He sued for 6ne nickel for breach of contract and $1,999.95 for "indignity and humiliation." - ' Denver School Head Speaks Before Omaha Manufacturers Carlos M. Cole, superintendent of schools at Denver, spoke at a meet ing of the directors of the Omaha Manufacturers' association at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday on the "Denver. School of Oppor tunity." According to Mr. Cole, the school was founded by Denver manufac turers to provide any sort of train ing desired by men and women as well as children. Enrollment is vol untary; courses in trades, crafts, home economics and similar sub jects may be had, and no limit or requirement is placed on attend ance. ' The equipment of the school was largely supplied by the manu facturers and the administration is in the hands of the city school au thorities. , Mr. Cole came to Omaha from Council Bluffs, where he spoke be fore a convention of teachers. DESTRUCTION OF OLD SURFACE CARS IN NEW YORK CAUSES PROTEST The destruction of hundreds of unfit surface cars by the New York City Railways company has aroused a storm of protest by civic societies in the city. The societies maintain that the cars would have done much to relieve the housing situation in the city. With the approach of summer they could have Berved as beach bun galows for the city's homeless. It is probable that hundreds.of the old cars which were not destroyed will be put to the use suggested by the civic societies. ' . i ill &swx pare SL j I JfTLsfiM'- J n n - iiiMiiii i -Ti Mi f 'llhin ii i im '-utru i i i mn n mm mmt Census Bureau Gives Out Statistics On Seven Cities of U. S. Washington, April 3. Population statistics announced today by the census bureau included: Pottsville, Pa., 21,785; an increase of 1,549, or 7.7 per cent over 1910. Logansport, Ind., 21,626; increase of 2,576, or 13.5 per cent. Connersville, Ind., 9,901; increase of 2,163, or 28 per cent. Lorain, O., 37,295; increase of 8,412, or 29.1 per cent. Waukegan, 111., 19,199; increase of 3,130, or 19.5 per cent. Pekin, 111., 12,086;, increase of 2,189, or 22.1 per cent. Millville. N. J., 14,691; increase of 2,240, or 18 per cent. Private Who Missed "Honeymoon Special" Placed Under Guard Private' J. C.' McClallan, 1523 Second avenue, Council Bluffs, who missed the "Honeymoon' Limited" that left with the 27th and 17th Omaha balloon companies Wednes day for the Philippines is held in the guard house at Fort Omaha pend ing an investigation into his excuse for missing the train. A two day leave had been granted McClallan to bid his folks good by. He has been in the service only a few days and reported back to the fott two hours after his comrades had departed. HOOVER NOT TO MAKE ACTIVE " PNVFW0B Deprecates Suggestions of In dependents That His Name Be Placed Before Any Other Than Republicans. By The Anociated Pre. . New York, April 3. Herbert Hoover, who has announced he is ready to accept the republican pres idential nomination if it is demanded of him, issued a statement today in which he requested he be not further embarrassed by suggestions of some independents that his name be placed before any other party, as "a prima'ry sense of team work' in any party organization would preclude such a possibility." Mr. Hoover said in his statement he had no great record of partisan activity and "admitted" that his po litical activity was confined to mem bership in a prominent republican club and allegiance to the party over a period of years. He addec that, because of his profession of a min ing engineer, continual shift of resi dence had prevented him from exer cising as much as he desired the privilege of every citizen atv the polls. Asserting that his administrative duties in various relief organizations would prevent him from making a personal caivvass for the nomination, Mr. Hoover said he expected Hoover organizations throughout the coun try would have to expend certain amounts for printing and other ex penses, but that he hoped they would confine themselves to. minor sub scriptions and expenditures and would be prepared to open their books to public inspectiAi. Engineer Killed In Wreck Baltimore, Md., April 3. An en gineer was killed and several of the train crew injured seriously late Fri day when the Harrisburg Express No. 544, of the Northern Central railway, rah into a landslide and was wrecked just north of Glen Rosk, Pa. Londonderry Scene Of Military Activity As Roads Are Policed Belfast, April 3. In addition to pronounced military activity in the vicinity of Londonderry -today, all the roads abont the town being pa trolled, the passengers who arrived by the Scotch boat at Londonderry were searched by the police. Mean while, violent scdnes were reported taking place among the Sinn Fein prisoners confined in . Londonderry jail. Unusual activity also was dis played by authorities at Dundalk, midway between Belfast and Dub lin, special patrols being posted at all approaches to the town. Motor car drivers were required to pro duce permits. French Syndicate Will Take Ships Seized' by Argentine Paris, , April 3. German ships seized by Brazil will betken over bv a syndicate of French shipown ers on' payment of $26,000,000. ac- . "Cording to the Journal, which says. tne matter nas oeen aenniteiy set tled, y Nebraska City Gains. 1 Washington. April 3. (Special.)- Nebraska City's population is now 6,279, according to census figures given out today. 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