THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY; SEPTEMBER 28, 1920.
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Poles Continue
Persecution of
Jews Is Charge
'American Investigator De
dares Anti-Semitic Pogroms
Have Continued Since
Armistice.
New York, Sept. 27. Continued
persecution of Jews, with bloodshed
and cruelty, in Toland and Hungary
is reported by Morris Rothenberg,
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Provisional American Jew
ish congress, who returned here re
cently from the Jewish world relief
conference in Carlsbad. Mr. Roth
enberg declares that attacks , on
Jews in Poland have ceased at no
time since the armistice. He says
that while anti-Semitic excesses in
Poland were mitigated by the pro
test meetings held in America, "as
saults upon persons and property
in a smaller degree, continued
throughout Poland."
"Gradually these assaults assumed
larger proportions,' said Mr. .Roth
enberg, "until within the last few
months Jews have found it unsafe to
walk the streets. Conditions came
to such a state that the Jewish
deputies in the Polish Parliament
appealed to the minister of war and
Minister-President Witos, who
promised that they Avould take steps
to stop these outrages, but nothing
was done."
Persecute Jews in Army.
Mr. Rothenberg said that during
the advance of the soviet armies on
Warsaw the Jews readily enlisted in
the Polish armies, but that they
were attacked and persecuted by the
Poles and were given the "most
filthy and menial work to perform."
The Jews complained to the mili
tary authorities, but the persecution
was not mitigated, he charged.
"Immediately after the first vic
tories all Jewish soldiers were driven
from the various frpnt," Mr. Rothen
berg asserted, "their ammunition was
taken away, their uniforms removed,
and they were put under guard as
V though they were offenders. The
Polish soldiers began to regard the
Jewish soldiers as criminals. Every
time the Poles took a city they killed
Jews who came their way, and num
bers of old Jews were shot without
trial. The officers in charge after
ward said that they killed bolsheviks.
This was a lie. In order to cover
these outrages the minister of war
issued an announcement that a
large number of armed Jewish bol
sheviks were found in many cities.
Cave False Rejorts.
. This information was fed only to
the Poles and was not mentioned in
the dispatches for the outside world
because it was apparent that . these
statements eould not be sub
stantiated." Mr. Rothenberg charges that the
minister of war and Minister Presi
dent Witos refused to see Jewish
delegations who called upon them to
complain about anti-Semetic out
rages. "The spirit of the Jews in
Poland is being utterly crushed by
these terrible events and they feel
that they cannot much longer bear
up unless these terrible excesses are
stopped," he added.
According to Mr. Rothenberg, 300
Jews have been murdered in Hun
gary from December, 1919, to June,
1920, and he charges that the offi
cers and soldiers of the white army
are the chief fomenters of anti
Semitism. He said that the "young
, nationalists" declared that they were
willing to stop the pogroms provid
ed laws were enacted that would
, destroy the Jews economically.
Flogged for Profiteering.
"This is now being done," said
Mr. Rothenberg. "Laws have 'been
. passed punishing profiteering by
flogging. But the producers are
not affected by this law, it is only
the middlemen, which means the
Jews. Those who are found guilty
are flogged and put in concentra
tion camps and exiled."
Ousting of Jewish civil service
employes in Hungary is also re
ported by Mr, Rothenberg. "Laws
are also being passed specifically
directed against the Jews without
mentioning them," he said, "as for
instance licenses of all persons en
gaged in commercial or industrial
pursuits are revoked and application
must be made for new licenses which
may be issued at the discretion of
the department in charge. Such li
censes are not being granted to Jews
thus utterly preventing them from
pursuing their former occupations.
A law was passed that only those
belonging to military formations
could be additted to universities. As
Jews are not allowed to belong to
these formations, Jewish students
are unable to get into universities.
Many of them have been compelled
to go to neighboring countries in
order to pursue their studies and
are .experiencing want and suffer
ing." .
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Girl Mistakes Sleeping
Man In Her Yard for Corpse
While walking to Webster schcol
yesterday Virginia Hogle, 9, niece
of Mrs. Jessie M. Saunders, 3015 La
fayette avenue, noticed a man lying
:n her back yard. She ran into the
house and told her aunt, who told
police the man was dead.' :
Police surgeons, detec,tiyes and po
lice officers made a hurried trip and
found Wilbur Roberts, Warsaw, 111.,
asleep. Roberts was covered with a
gunny sack and dirt and dew. He
was lodged in jail for investigation.
He told police that he slept in the
yard all night.
Canadian Booze Tempts
Throats of Railroaders
Parched palates leaped in the
throats of employes in the Rock
Island railroad yards at Council
Bluffs Sunday night, when a whole,
carload of genuine whisky arrived.
The liquor was of the Canadian va
riety and its destination was Lin
coln, Neb. Three railroad detectives
were guarding the precious carload
when it rolled into the yards an-t
-four more sleuths were detailed to
watch until it was pulled out at an
arly hour yesterday morning.
Federal Court Opens.
Federal Judge Martin J. Wade of
Iowa opened a two weeks' term of
court at the federal building here
yesterday afternoon. Judge Wade
will remain in the city unti the nv'd
dle of October.
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Tony, Pizzo, a United States sailor, photographed upon his arri
val in San Francisco from New York, en route to Los Angeles by bi
cycle. Pizzo is handcuffed to the bicycle andvmust eat, sleep and bathe
with it remaining attached. He is shown giving Doris Casper a ride on
the handle bars of his transcontinental wheel.
Cox Balks At Giving
0. K. To Burleson
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has the ' money come from to buy
up these newspapers in the western
country? There was not a single
newspaper of any size in some of
the western states that was publish
ing the creed that we are preaching
in this campaign. Big business, 1
have charged from the outset, has
been making these contributions. If
political leaders are disposed to keep
the truth from you now, what can
you expect as to the facts with ref
erence to the affairs of government
if the government is turned into
their hands? "
"I shall force this issue until the
end of this campaign. I shall charge
a deliberate and a corrupt purpose to
keep the facts from .the people, be
cause if you present the subject of
the league of nations to the Amer
ican people and the men and women
give an honest, unprejudiced and
nonpolitical expression of their
views, the league will be approved
by a majority of the electorate in
every state in this American union."
"It is a great joy to be a free man
in a campaign," continued the gov
ernor, "to be under no obligations
to large interests. It will be a great
privilege to' be a free man after
March 4."
The governor's opportunism was
given play here by his appeal to
the church people. He asserted that
church members, by impulse and
ideals, were in favor-of the league
of nations; that the church has been
unjustly criticised for not having
been able to prevent wars in the
past.
,i "We have the voice of God spoken
through the religious conscience of
the country," he said. "Our spiritual
impulse will carry us through and
will render it impossible to have
more wars."
Referring to "idealistic and hu
manitarian" reasonswhy this country
should be in the league, he made an
appeal to the farmers by holding out
the hope that if the United States
would enter the league the farmers
of Nebraska would receive better
prices for their wheat, hogs and
other products. He asserted they
would -receive better markets in
Europe.
His . appeal to the Irish vote was
based on the assertion that if he
were president and this country a
member of the league, he would
bring the Lrish question to the bar
of public opinion throgh the league
of nations.
He appealed to the sympathies
of the gathering by charging that
& "deliberate attempt is being made
to keep the facts from the people."
Governor Cox repeated most of
the arguments which have been
slated by the league proponents.
The world war was started by a
quarrel between European kings and
he explained that the provisions of
the league covenant would prevent
such quarrels being extended into
sanguinary conflicts.
Each Home Should Have
Copy of Constitution
Denver, Sept. 27. The campaign
to place a copy of the Constitution
of the United States in every home
in Colorado will open this week. The
movement is a part of the American
ization program being conducted by
the Constitutional League of Amer
ica. School children witt play a
prominent part in distributing the
pamphlets-
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Blames Husbands
for Home Strife
English Novelist Gives Domes
tic Advice and Justifies Small
Lies to Keep Wife Happy.
By Universal Brrrlec.
Washington, Sept. 27. Husbands
are responsible for all the trouble in
married life, according to W. L.
George, famous English novelist,
now making a study of America.
"Caliban," his new "book, is creating
a furore on two continents. Mr.
George gave some valuable advice
to men.
"When a man marries, he is not
married and done for; he is married
and begun," said Mr. George.
"Don't be too truthful to your
wife; it is better to lie a little than
be unhappy much.
"Don't say her dress is unbecom
ing -even if it is. .
"Don't tell her she is looking
fagged.
"Don't try. to be humorous; it
piques her vainity.
"Only too many men allow happy
courtships to grow into dull mar
riages. "Once he is married, a man neg
lects his clothes, then his manners,
and finally his attentions to his wife.
"Only the husband who-lnds some
thing to keep his wife's mind oc
cupied every evening can hope to
be happy. Women are more in
terested in mentality than men.
"Finally, maintain the complimen
tary attitude of a sweetheart. A.
little exaggeration of your wife's
virtues and good looks is not a bed
thing.
. "1 am making a first hand study,
not of your amazing skyscrapers
and other mammoth monuments to
the builders art, but of the Ameri
can character and of the individual
and industrial element that form so
large a part of life in the United
States. I have visited the rolling
mills of Chicago the big flour mills
of Minneapolis and the oil fields of
Oklahoma. Now I am going on
to Pennsylvania and New York to
study automobile plants and other
industries."
Omaha Student Preacher
Sued for Promissory Note
Robert E. Jenkinson, Omaha
student-preacher and financier, who
was brought back from Denver on
a charge of passing a worthless
check, was sued in district court yes
terday by Charles C. Vasey for a
promissory note of $500 due Sep
tember 12.
Former President of
France Is Treated at
Private Sanitarium
Paris, Sept. 27. Former Presi
dent Deschancl, who has entered
a sanitarium at Reuil, near Paris,
is not seriously ill, according to a
statement of his physician, Dr.
Trepsa, published by Le Journale.
"What M. Deschanel needs is
complete quiet, repose and calm
for his overworked nerves," said
Dr. Trepsa.
M. Deschanel entered the sani
tarium under the name of Duclos
and it was only after the newspa
pers had published this fact that
the personnel of the institution be
came aware of his identity.
Money and Jewels
Stolen In Crime
Wave Sunday Night
Boy Bandits Sought by Police
for Two Holdups One
Man Robbed In Front
of Home.
Three holdups and several bur
glaries were committed in Omaha
Sunday night, two of the stickups
being made by a pair of boy bandits.
Victims of the boy bandits
were P. M. Houg, 3528 North
Twenty-seventh street, who dona
ted $3 to them at the point of
a revolver at Twenty-seventh and
Evans streets, and John Whalen,
1146 South Thirty-secondr who made
a donation of $4 and a watch under
similar circumstances, at Twenty-
fourth and Boyd streets.
F, F. Johnson, 2917 Indiana ave
nue, was stopped by two negroes at
Twenty-ninth and Indiana, almost in
front of his home, and robbed of
$14 and his gold watch.
Burglars heaved a brick through
the plate glass wirtdow of the store
of Sol Bergman, 409 South Fifteenth
street, and stole $150 worth of jew
elry. A stamp machine containing $8
was stolen from the Crosstown drug
store, Twenty-fourth and California
streets, but the machine, minus the
$8, was recovered about an hour
later at Twenty-fifth and California
streets.
Hans Nielsen, who operates a soft
drink stand at 414 North Fourteenth
street, reported some one shattered a
rear window and stole $8 from his
cash drawer.
Cox's Speaking Tour
Making G. 0. P. Votes,
Declares Nebraskan
Chicago, Sept. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) "If there is any uggestion I
njight make for the betterment of
republican chances," said L. D. Rich
ards of Nebraska at the Auditorium
hotel yesterday, "I would say that if
the democrats are really hard up for
cash. Treasurer Upham of the re
publican committee should advance
them enough to keep Governor Cox
on the stump.
' For heaven s sake don t let them
stop Cox. He is making votes for
us by the wagonload. By all means
keep him going.
Nebraska' is what might be
termed pathetically republican; way
down low it is republican. It is not
a doubtful state. The fellows who
know say that it will go republican
by from 50,000 to 60,000."
Mr. Richards, who was a delegate-at-large
to the republican national
convention, said that a straw vote
taken on the Nebraska special train
en route to the G. A- R. encampment
at Indianapolis resulted as follows:
Harding. 203; Cox, 20; noncom
mittal, 20,
Victor Rosewater, formerly . na
tional committeeman from Nebraska
and editor of The Omaha Bee, said
yesterday: "Put Nebraska down
from 60,000 to 100,000 for Harding
and Coolidge. The Nebraska voters
are against the entire Wilson admin
istration and want to get rid of it."
Thomas Hunt of California
Named On Farm Board
Washington, Sept. 27. Thomas
Forsythe Hunt, dean of the college
of agriculture, University of Cali
fornia, was appointed by President
Wilson today as a member of the
permanent committee of the inter
national institute of agriculture at
Rome, Italy.
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Governor Says
Appeal of Demos
Is "Deceitful"
In Speech at Crete State Exec
utive Scores Misrepresentation
in Regard to Lowering of
Taxes.
Lincoln, Sept. 27. (Special.)
Speaking at Crete Monday after
noon, Gov. S. R. McKelvie char
aterized the appeal of the democratic
State candidates to the tax preju
dices of the people as "deceitful."
Governor McKelvie said the vot
ers should concern themselves more
about the purposes for which the
state's money is spent and the man
ner in which it is being administered
rather than tJie amount of the taxes.
Touching upon the tax question,
'the governor in his Crete address
said:
"I dare say that there is not one
taxpayer in a hundred who realizes
that only 19 cents out of each dollar
of taxes goes ta the state, the bal
ance being expended for the support
of other units of government. Con
sequently, the only amount, that can
be. affected by the governor or th?
legislature is 19 cents out of each
dollar. This means that to the tax
payer whose taxes are $100, the pos
sible safing that would be made by
a 10 per cent reduction in taxes
would be only $1.90.
"This emphasizes at once the de
ceit of the democrats, who are mak
ing their appeal to the tax preju
dices of the people. A reduction of
10 per cent in the total appropria
tions for the state would be at least
$1,500,000 and such ' a reduction
could not possibly be made without
seriously hampering the building of
roads, the support of the state uni
versity and other state institutions,
and the carrying on of other neces
sary work m the state, but even if it
were made, it is easy to see how very
small would be the saving to the
average taxpayer.
"Consequently, the thing in which
the taxpayer is primarily interested
is not so much the amount of his
taxes, as the purposes for which the
money is being spent and the man-
I ner in which it is being adminis
tered.
Woman Goes to Court
When Told Hubby Is Gone
San Francisco, Sept. 27. Lack of
geographical knowledge almost
broke up the happy home of Mrs.
Alta Johnson Meyer, bride of a few
months.
H. W. Meyer, aviator, became ac
quainted with Miss Johnson while
flying at Pueblo, Col. They were
married and came to San Francisco.
One day Meyer told his wife he
was going to Santa Rosa to obtain
work. A joking friend told the
young bride Santa Rosa was in
Alaska. She believed it and had a
warrant issued for desertion.
The judge w-js more familiar with
geography and after a lesson in that
subject dismissed the charge and he
Meyers-went their way rejoicing.
24 in Camp at Bangor, Me.,
Await Coming of Christ
Bangor, Me. Sept. 27. Six men
and 18 women, founders of a new
religious sect, are in camp on the
outskirts of this city awaiting the
second coming of Christ. They re
semble the famous Millerites, except
that they set no exact date fpr the
advent of the millenium.
The party told the police they
came to Maine from Pennsylvania.
Neighbors have christened them the
"Allenbyites," because the new sect
believes that General AUenby, when
he captured Jerusalem, fulfilled a
prophecy in the gospel according to
St. Luke, and hold that the time has
come for the children of Israel to
return to Palestine.
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Omaha, Nab.
Depositors In
Banks of Boston
Start Heavy Run
Savings Departments of Insti
tutions Invoke Law Demand
ing 90 Days' Notice to Pre
vent Withdrawals.
Boston, Sept. 27. Several hundred
persons gathered outside the offices
of the Trcmont Trust company here
today when the doors were opened
at 8:45 a. in.. 15 minutes before the
usual hour, and lines quickly formed
before ' several paying tellers' win
dows. After steady withdrawals for
nearly an hour, with the crowds in
creasing, bank officials announced
that the law -permitted a bank to re
quire 90 days' notice for withdraw
als from the savings departments
would be invoked forthwith "for the
protection of the depositors." The
regulation would be withdrawn "as
soon as the public calmed itself," it
was announced.
"We have plenty of money to pay
everybody," officials said, "and were
prepared to do so this morning, but
the crowd became so large that it
was impossible to handle them and
we invoked the law for the protec
tion of depositors."
Other Banks Invoke Law.
Opening for business today, the
Fidelity Trust company served no
tice on depositors that its savings
department would take adyantage of
the same law. .
Several banks opened their doors
with a large amount of ready cash
piled high within the tellers' cages
as provision against repetitions of
the runs which developed Saturday
out of the closing of the Cosmo
politan Trust company.
A recurrence of the runs in some
degree was anticipated, depositors
having become alarmed and, in the
case of the Treniont Trust com
pany, having made constant with
drawals from early morning to near
ly midnight Saturday, the manage
ment extending the closing hour
from noon to accommodate them.
Changes Are Ordered.
The feeling of uncertainty over
the banking situation was the sub
ject of discussion by Governor Cool
idge and bankers yesterday, but
without announced decision of any
contemplated action.
One effect of the close scrutiny of
the affairs of local banks which
Commissioner Allen has been mak
ing, was an order' from him to the
management of the Old South Trust
company to drop from its payroll
former Governor MeCall and four
other officials, including two
vice presidents. As chairman of the
board of directors of the company,
Mr. McCall, who was appointed re
cently, is drawing a salary of $8,000
a year. The object of the order is
to reduce the bank's expenses, al
though the men named may con
tinue to serve without salary.
The Old South Trust company,
closed a year ago, reopened recently
after having rehabilitated its
finances without loss to depositors.
Oil and greaseproof gloves with
cuff full arm length have ben pa
tented bv an Indiana man for the
protection of automobilits' clothing
while working about their cars.
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Army Finance Colonel
Going to Camp Lewis
Lieut. Col. F. P. Holcomb, finance
officer who has been stationed t
army headquarters in Omaha for the
last two years, will leave for Camp
Lewis, Washington, the first of next
month.
Before reporting to his new sta
tion the colonel will visit his home
in Columbus, O.. for two weeks. He
will then stop off at Omaha for one
day while on his way to. Camp
Lewis.
Capt. W. O. Woods, who has been
in the finance office at Washington,
will relieve Colonel Holcomb here.
Captain Woods was expected to ar
rive in Omaha yesterday.
American Aviator Not
Badly Hurt by Crash
Etampes, France, Sept. 27. The
injuries of Roland Rohlfs, who was
hurt yesterday when the Texas
"Wildcat," an airplane in which he
was practicing tor the James Gor
don Bennett aviation cup race to
morrow, was wrecked landing here,
are not as serious as at first feared.
This was revealed by an X-ray ex
amination of the American aviator
this morning.
The examination showed the in
juries consisted chiefly of a slight
fracture of the shoulder, with bruises
and scratches. Rohlfs probably will
be able to leave the hospital Wed
nesday. Diver Loses Life When
His Suit Begins to Leak
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 27. Ar
thur E. Hewctt, aged 21, a diver,
lost his life in a most unusual way
while working in the Crownin
shield shipyard in South Somerset.
He was drowned in his diving suit
while at a depth of 12 feet of water.
Hewett had been working for about
tour minutes when the workman
got the signal to pull up. Life was
practically extinct when the helmet
was removed.
Something went wrong with the
helmet device, causing water to
flow in.
FASHION has outdone herself
this season, and the best of all
she has done is here, at this store,
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Man Takes Police
Motor to Escape
From Detectiv
Alleged Auto Thief Steals Of
ficer's Automobile Under
Letter's Nose In Dash
to Freedom. 1 f
James Murphy, Omaha detective,
is looking for, an automobile thief.
This is the scenario:
Sunday Murphy and Detective
Arthur Cooper went to La Platte to
take into custody Leo Small, alleged .
automobile thief, and a car he ij
said to have stolen in Omaha.
On the return trip, at Sixteenth
and William streets, Murphy, who
was returning Small in a police car,
observed another car which he
thought was stolen.
Cooper was driving the recovered
car and was qtiite a distance in ad
vance of Murphy.
Drives Away in Car
Murphy got out of the police cat ,,
to investigate.
Just as Murphy was taking a look ;
at the license number, Small (
gave the police car the gas.
Despite that one tire was down, ,
Murphy jumped into the car he was
investigating and gave chase, bul
Small had too much start.
Car Is Located.
Yesterday the police car wa
found abandoned at Thirtieth and
California streets.
Small was arrested for possession
cf a car which was stolen on Augus
30 at Krug nark.
Clvde Allnun. living in La Platte,
came to Omaha yesterday to claim
the car. He was lodged in jail for
investigation.
Bureau Grants Permits k
for $350,000 Slock Salc
Lincoln, Sept. 27. (Special.)
The state bureau of securities Mon
day annouced permits for the sale
of $335,000 in stock in six Nebraska
corporations and applications for
permits for a like aggregation from
five corporations.
Thc,folowing permits were grant
ed: ,
Columbus Stock Sales pavilion, Colum
bus, 176,(100.
Farmer! Co-od. Merc, comeinv. Stam-'J
ford, 150,000. 1
Omaha-Chanute Oil & Gag company'.
Omaha, 160,000. '
Farmers union Co-op. company, Flatte
Center, 161,075.
Farmers Union Co-op. Elevator com
pany, Humboldt, J75.000.
Nebraska Potato Growera Co-od. ex
change, Alliance, 130.000.
ew Applications.
Smllhfleld Eaulty exchange. Smith-
field, $12,800.
Garrison Farmers SuddIv comuanv.
Garrison, 110,000.
Industrial Development company, Cen
tral City, 14.500.
Clayton Petroleum & Shale Oil Co.,
Norfolk, $45,000.
Hawthorne Sanatorium company, Lin
coln, $250,000.
Thayer County Dust Storm
Terminated by Heavy Rains
Hebron, Neb., Sept. 27. (Spe
cial.) Following a high wind and
dust strom a general rain began
about 7 o clock Saturday night,
An inch of rain fell during the
the
ged
fast
anv '
night. Many trees were dama
by the wind. Corn is ripening
in this section of the state and many
fields u altalta wil yield their fourth
crop if frost holds off two more
weeks.
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