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THE T.EE: OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1921. Apportionment Of School Funds Made by Matzen Semi-Annual Distribution To tals Nearly Half Million Douglas County Gets , Biggest Share., Lincoln, Feb. 13 (Special.) Tie January semi-annual apportionment o( the state's temporary school funds totals $437,192.49, according to State Superintendent John M. Matrcn, who is preparing the distribution among the 6.872 districts in the state for the benefit of 392,954 children entitled to share. The fund, apportioned twice a year, is derived from interest on leased and sold school and saline lands, interest on bonds in the per manent school fund and game and fish and other licenses. The fund is distributed one-fourth equally among the districts, giving each district $15.90 and three-fourths to each district according to the numbers of children.- or $84.45 per child. The amount so apportioned is $527,927.69. Douglas County Leads. Douglas county receives the larg est apportionment, $41,061.33, while Lancaster county gets $22,122.55. Th'e third largest sum,. $10,937.46, goes to Custer county. The apportionment is derived from the following income: $13,092.89 from interest on1 school lands sold; $143,550.77 from interest on school lands leased: $215,233.22 from inter est on bonds; $50,798:84 from fish and game' licenses; and $14,549.54 from miscellaneous licenses. ; The apportionment is sent to each county treasurer for distribution to the districts.' Following is the ap portionment by counties: County Apportionment. Arthur $ 773 Jefferson . .$ 5.7S2 Adams M73 Johnson .. Kearney . . Keith Keya Paha Kimball . . Knox . . . . . Lancaster Lincoln . . . Logan , . . . Loup ' McPheraon 3,6 1.193 2,118 1.S37 1.S44 7,014 22.122 7,638 S17 1.004 861 7,392 Antelopt . Usnner ... Blsln ... Boone .... Box Butt Boyd Brown ... Buffalo ., Burt ButlM ... Cut 5.8ft 788, . 55 6,398 3,t37 . 3. 770' . !.77 7.772 4,517 6.637 ,193 Madison .. Ciar .414!Merriok J.7t fihaaa 8,24oMorrlIl 3.89S Cherry 4.397INance 3.638 Cheynea Clay ... Colfax . Cumlhf Custer ., fakota . Dawes . Dawaon Deuel 3.358 Nemaha 4,9841 Nuckolls 4,2.15Otoe .... 6.005 Pawnee , 4,606 4,850 6.65 3,751 2.215 10.937 Perkins 3.733 Phalna 3.370 .M6pirc 4.437 6.H06IPlatt 7,078 l.00lpolk 8747 4.82MRed Willow .. 4.068 Dodge ...... 7,3001 Richardson .. 6,730 Dixon Douirlas .... ii.uonKocK Dundy 2.190 Saline 6.002 Fllmors .... 4,835!sarpy 2,929 Franklin .... S,897Saundera .... 7,116 Frontier .... 4,071IScottabluff ... 7,098 Fiirnaa 4.68lBewa.rd 6.751 Gafr .616Sherldan 4,064 Garden 2.2928berman .... 3.78 1 603Sloux 2,358 Garfield . Goaper Grant .... Greeley ,. Hall .Hamilton Harlan. ;.. Hayea ... Hitchcock Holt 2,072!Stanton 3.1 443 Thayer 6.49T Thomas 625 Thurston .... S.21.S Valley 8,27 Waahlngton .. ' 4.291 Wayne 4,210 Webster 3.962 Wheeler 1.303 Tork 6,87 3,486 6.712 4,7401 8.661 1,4891 2.863 6,518 Hooker 31M Howard 4.676 President Authorizes Embargo on Oil Exports Washington, Feb, 13. The presi dent has given authority to lay em bargoes on the exportation of oil to countries which refuse to allow American citizens to own and ac quire oit lands here, Secretary Dan iels informed Chairman Page of the senate naval committee. The secretary, who was replying to an inquiry from Senator Page relative to the pending Phelan bill, declared he did not favor such em bargoes by statute, but authority wodld be placed in the hands of the president under the Phelan measure which would be "more sweeping, more lasting and of more potential value." The oil situation, he wrote, has, obtained an international aspect, which must be handled by the presi? dent and the Department of State. He declared that "it behooves the United States to take some steps to safeguard the remaining supply." St. La-wrence Waterwa Measure-Will Be Pushed Lincoln, Feb. 13. (Special.) Ef forts will be made by Senator Wil liam R. Dutton of Merna to ad vance his bill memorializing con gress to oush the St. Lawrence waterway project. "I endeavored last week to get the bill up for consideration, Sen . ator Dutton said, "but always failed, However, I believe that .Clyde Bar nard, clerk of the senate, will make his word good, tnis week and put the bill up on the calendar so it can he considered nd "Oassed and sent over to the lower house for consid eration.'' ' TWo Road Projects Near . Lindsay to Be Begun Soon Lindsay. Neb., Feb. ,43, (Special,) A committee from the Lindsay Chamber of Commerce, after a meet ing with the county supervisors and state highway engineer in Colum bus, announced it had. been assured that as soon as funds were available two road projects" hr this vicinity would be started. A patrolman will be stationed here to keep the roads - in' condition. House Committee Visits ' At State Institutions Lincoln, Feb. (Special Tele gram.) The house "ways apd means committee is spending the wfek-end visiting various, state institutions to investigate the merit of appropria tions asked for the bienniurn. The itinerary includes: State hospifal for insane, Norfolk: soldier " home. Grand Island; Hasting state hospi tal; industrial and tubercular hos pital at Kearney. . Will Decide on Science; Lincoln, Feb. 13. (Special.) Legalizations of the practice of Christian Science will be . settled by the lower house next week. The bill passed the senate and is now on the house calendar. Increase Bank Capital Lodgepole, Neb., Feb. 13.-r(Sper ciaU-Jbe First National bank offiucl,c,aI apportionment om win oe Sidner ht mcreasea its capjiai. to 50.006. making it the setfohd Nebraska Accidents Show Rapid Increase Lincoln, Feb. 13. (Special.) Ac cidents to workmen reported in Ne braska increased from 4,082 ih 1915 to 13,676 in 1920, and compensation increased from a total of $51,167.37 in 1915 to $540,213.08, according to the biennial report of State Labor Commissioner Frank Kennedy. Fatal accidents in the course of employment increased from 28 in 1919 to 50 in 1920. Of the 244 contested compensation cases heard by the state commis sioner during the two years, 170 were from Omaha. Legislature to Take Action on Important Laws Bills on Calendar for Coining Week, and Committee Ac tions of Great Interest To Public. Lincoln. Feb. 13. (Special.) Im portant bills to be considered the cominsr week either in committee or on the floor include: Alien property bill. American Legion boxing bill. Bill legalizing practice ot Uins- tian Science in Nebraska. Rill Hniihlmcr mi eaee fees of Ne braska sheriffs and increasing food allowance from 50 to 75.centsJi.day in minifies with less than 200 Dris-' oners and from 32 to 50 cent a day for counties with more than 200 pris oners. Sarpy county annexation bill to come up on committee tomorrow. ... f . P f ! ' - .rroDaDiy urst oi neannRs on Omaha charter bill before commit tee of cities and towns. Probable decision of children s code commission committee on rec ommendations on movie censorship bill and Byrurh-Gifford bills, which, instead of providing a censor, tight ens . law . and increases punishment for showing objectionable pictures. Egg candling hilt. Bill legalizing Greek letter frater nities. I Collective Bargaining . Pivotal Railroad Issue . (Continued from Pace One.) work out general' working -rules which would be "reasonable and just." ' . Consider Arguments. When the executives meet Friday to consider proper methods lor bringing the question of reducing the wages of common labor before the board in the shape of definite controversies between men and roads, one point to be' considered is that of arguments. So far, the stress has been laid on "inability to oav" and upon prospective "bankruptcy" for the lines. Little attention has been paid to seven relevant factors which the law itself says shall be considered in de termining the justness and reason ableness of rates and wages and standards of working conditions. They are : The ..scales of wages paid for similar kinds of work in other industries; the relation between wages and cost of living; hazard: of the employment: the training' and skill required ;:the, degree pf responsi bility; the character, and regularity of the employment and, lastly, in equalities of increases in wages or of treatment, the result of previous ad justments. Future arguments for changes will undoubtedly be based largely on these factors, more than on "inabil ity to pay," that question being more in the province of . ,the Interstate Commerce Commission. Say Wages too High. The 'executives say they are" hot considering a general reduction of railway wages, but they hold it is unfair to force the roads to pay 39 to 4&'i cents an hour for unskilled labor when rates in other industries are lower and within the next month or so the roads must recruit their unskilled labor forces, so that work may be concentrated in periods .when the same labor is not needed, in har vesting the crops. Transportation must be put into trim to meet the demands which will come as industry revives, for carrier facilities are the measure of possible volume of business. Present high rates are loading down the transpor tation bill. Passenger traffic has been discouraged by high rail and Pull man rates, especially the latter the jaw of diminishing returns planked its foot down hard when the" last boost went into effect.; Dut to the depression, less freight " is moving ..A..' .llAI, .I....!.. ' 1. A nn' iiyjn man strike. during " the switchmen Minister at St. Lukes Begins Second Year' Work Rev. A. Krauth ' Walborn, pastor of St. Lukes Lutheran church, began his second year s work m South Omaha, February 1. s Sunday evenings throughout Lent will be given over to a special series of doctrinal subjects. The first one will be taken up Sunday evening and is "the Call of the Holy Spirit; Dfees He Call Everyone?" . Prof E. Dewar Chalhnor is or ganizing a junior choir which will sing this evening. There will be services each Wednesdav night at 7:45 during Lent, at which the senior choir will sing. Pacific Coast Lumber Firm Announces Cut in Prices Seattle, Wash.,. Feb. 13. Reduc tions of from ?2 to $5 a 1,000 feet on common grades of lumber, ef fective tomorrow, are announced by the Weyerhansen Sales company. which controls a number of com panies on the Pacific coast. This is being made to meet market condi tions at this time, it is said. Gun Club Holds Contest. Franklin, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special Telegram.) The Franklin Gun club held its weekly shoot here. Fred Kruse of Macon made the high score with a record of 23 out of 25. ; i Will Consider Appointment Lincoln. Feb. 13. (Special.) The jmsiaeicu : - Ye committee meetiog Nebraska's First Duty is to Child, Says Arthur Wray President of Social Workers Urges New Administrative Machinery for Handling Children's Problems. Lincoln, Feb. 13. (Special.) Speaking at the opening session of the state conference of Nebraska State Social Workers, last night in St. Pauls church here, President Arthur G. Wray of York, asserted that the first duty of DTebraskans js to protect the interests of children. Mr. Wray said: "Unrest and disorder today indi cate that people are beginning to struggle for lite itself, and in this struggle for existance the children are the first to suffer. In such" cir cumstances, standards of child wel fare are the first to be relaxed and broken down. Our 'first duty,, there fore, is to safeguard the interests of children." Urges New Methods. Referring to adjrtfnistratiye ma chinery and the recommendations of the Childrens Code .Commission, the speaker urged the necessity of new administrative machinery;, that Ifie tenure of office of directing officials, who should be trained 'social work ers, should be ma.de permanent; and that they not be 'removed with ; a change of administration every tvvd years, because welfare programs can only be worked cut slowly, and per sonal acquaintance and friendly re lationhips are necessary ;in.'.welfare administration. Mr; Wray said-: ." "We realize thaf . the o.ld jjietKods of court and jury' do' liot.. accom--plish the desired ,eid;whe.n, dealing with children and young people. En forcement of welfare laws requires co-operation and friendly interest and an earnest endeavor to correct criminal tendencies before. 'th- child yields,, to their influence " - Child. Most important. : - Referring to delinquent children, he said: .?iT"'. A - ''' "'The thing the child i ha stolen or the law the , child has . violated, are not as important a& the child itself. Human' values 1 must come first. '" ' ' "There is a statewide" demand that crime-inciting films should not be exhibited before childr of the state. The children of Nebraska are entitled to clean, wholesome ( enter tainment. For -many '; years' 'social workers have endeavored t Yelimi nate crime-inciting films, as one' tif the most corrupting influences in' so ciety.' A'l theater' manae,;rs who wish to show a good class of films should co-operate with the move-1 ment." - . Passenger on First P. Train to'Golumbus Dies Mrs. Elizabeth ,Kestc, 75,"'died Sat urday afternoon -at the family resi dence, 3426 Charles street. She is survived by two sons, Charles, of Omaha, and John C. of Los Angeles, and a sister, , Mrs..' Margaret Schwartz, of Columbus," Neb. The funtral .will, be' hjild' Tuesday after noon at 2. icqm. he Brewer funeral Chapel: B urial will be in Laurel Hill cemetery. , . ... . , . Mrs. Keck had -been a resident of Omaha for the 'past 54 years and was one of the passengers on the irnr provised Union Pacific train- that made the first, trio ' 'to.1. Colurh'bus. Neb., in 1866. i Her -husband fjohn. C. Keck, died.seVerai eaTsago;:,' Chadron Editot Elected ' , Head of State Press Body Lincoln, Feb." , 7t3. (Specials Representative ,George C. Snow of Chadron was elected president of the Nebraska State - Press -. association. Other officers elecfed were:. Vice president, J. PFjifejfj Partington; secretary, O. U - oucK, - .Harvard.; treasurer, Frank E. Etlgertqn, Au rora; directors, ', Casejr' E.' Neviri, Laurel; John G. Alden, York; Ralph E. Cunningham,-Auburn. , Dean Buck of the arts college of the state university, indicated, that the university would- be glad to give short courses in journalism for the benefit of the editors next ' winter. Taxation and:BJue; .$ky Laws Get Little Attention Lincoln, Feb. ' 13. (Special.) Al though revision in taxation laws and a new blue sky law were cited by Governor McKelyie as paramount problems needing attention! at this session of the legislature, little has been done to advance such measures. One bill providing for assessment of real estate every two years emerged from committee with favor able recommendation. Other taxa tion measures, however, are still before the committee. The blue skyi laws are suffering a similar fate in committee rooms. Nebrska Congressmen Speak on Lincoln Day Washington, D. C, Feb. 13.' (Spe cial Telegram.) Nebraska members of the delegation were, much in evi dence yesterday. Corigressrtian An drews made a Lincoln day address at Lewiston, Pa.; Congressman Mc-f Laughlin attended the 40th' anni versary of the Shenandoah Collegiate institute at Harrisonburg, Va., while Congressman Tefferis spoke on "Lin coln, the Great American," ' at Thompson Community center, in this city. . "Moonshiners" Fined. Stanton, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special. Nick and Fred Claussen - were fined $100 each in county court here on a charge of making and selling "moonshine" liquor. Paderewski in New York." New York, ,Fcb. 13. Igriace Jin Paderewski, premier of Poland, and Mrs. Paderewski arrived today! New York City is credited not only as the greatest motor truck market in the world, but as the greatest user of commercial motor vehicles. flC I-- I V'l i It Revenue Believed Motive of Murder : Man Convicted of Attack ou Girl, Out on Parole, Killed; Two Arrests Made. Chlraso Trtbune-Oinalm Br Wire. Villa Grove, 111., Feb. 13. The re venge of a brother of the man who had tried to disgrace his sister is be lieved to have been the motive that led to the murder Saturday night of William Pet til, 30, an ex-convict. ' Foster Robinson and William Downey, both of Villa Grove, were placed under arrest today as sus pects: Both assert, however, that they can produce alibis. Pettit and a Miss Warren,, a wait ress, were walking together Satur day evening at dusk on the main street of the village. In-front, of the Villa Grove National bank, the mur derer crept up behind them and us ing an-iron bar, struck Pettit twice on the. head, crushing it.. He died In three, hours without losing con sciousness until Jhe.end. According to police records, Pet tit .was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary" ii 1915 on a serious charge preferred by the parents of a young girl in .Villa Grove. 1 Three months ago he was released, on parple and relumed to his home. On January 25 -he was again arrest ed, this time in Urbana, 111. He was charged with attempting to force Miss Gertrude Robinson, sister of One of the. men under arrest, to marry him. According to the mother, Mrs. Taylor Robinson, Pettit had abduct ed the girl from Villa GrOve and taken her to, .Urbana by force where he was taking hef to the court house to obtain a marriage license. A tele phoned ''message' from the mother frustrated hjs pla,n, aud he was ar rested. ' '" Bostonians Greeted By Packed Houses to .:: Laugh With Finney i , ' t ' . . ' With, .enough', old r faces to make you feel at.. home. 'and,. enough new Ones .to keep ..your Jflterest from the "asbestos" to the ."chaser," Frank Finney and the Bostonians were greeted by packed houses at the Gayety theater to see "From Here to Shanghai." The name tells the en tire story of . the chase from New York to China, to obtain possession of a valuable plate. - . i Helen. Du Rossf the prima donna, is an actress ctf exceptional ability smd her portrayal of -the effects of,a recent-visit to a Chinese opium den is one of the funniests bits of the j show. The trials and tribulations of i her pet goldfish keep the audience convulsed in laughter. She is one of the most beautiful leading women in burlesque and the producers have taken advantage of the fact to dis play a, wonderful wardrobe. Tina Glenn and Jack Richards m song 'nd dance fate one of the fea-'' tures of the show, -iney are excep tionally fine dancers and -introduce I many new and novel steps. I Nettie Nelson is equally clever as .' a singer and dancer ana; togetner with Ross and Francis the company has' a galaxy of "hoofers" that ex ceeds anything seen in burlesque this -season;-'' ' ' Chinatown in New' York and the Mandarin Gardens permit lavish4 stage settings and beautiful silker costumes for both principals and chorus... . The production is so dis tinctlv -different from other bur lesque shows that it bids' fair to play -to a "re6f d Aeek. i v v P. S.-: Frank Finney and Phil Ot! are funnier than ever with a big list of new laugh provokers. . j Forger Secures $17,000 By Invisible Ink Schein.r Montreal, Feb. . 13. Three check' . written originally.fqr small amount, then, certified and .raised to a tot- , value, of $17,000,. were cashed i. banks here by.a man for whom p . lice were searching today. Made wi invisible ink, the original figures, examination disclosed, faded af -certifications were made, enable, the forger to write in' his o ' figures. Do you know why it s toasted To seal In the delicious Buriey tobacco f iavo'r. WACKY CIGARETTE rich gravies, whito sauce, baked and creamed dishes. The milk for use 'SfMEOBEGOQ MahesNjJSBCiy krHsv. every Second Series Of High School : Debates Begun Oihaha Commerce High Wins From Schuyler in First Series Contest Merna Defeats Broken Bow. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special.) The second series and the third honor series of district debates, on the repeal of the literacy-test re striction on immigration, have been started in the Nebraska High School Debating : .' league. Results and schedules are as follows: Eautern District, Writ Serien. Omaha High School of Commerc-Sehuy-ler. At ComiriercB. February 8. Won hy Commerce, unanimous. Judges: County Attornoy Urace Hallsrd. Blair: B. S. As iuith (History; Council Bluffs High school). Council Bluffs, la.; Eugene Blazer, attorney, Omaha. West-Central District, First Series. . Mcrna-Broken Bow. At Merna, ' Feb ruary. 10. Won. by, Merna. Judge: Prof. A, J. Blsslnger, Grand .Island, college,. Giand . Island. , Sonfhern District, liklrd-IIooor Series. towles-LaVrenee. ' At 'Cowles.-February 10. ' Won by Cowles. Judge: Pres. Talvln H. French. Hastings college, Hastings. Southwestern District. The McCook-Holdrege debate wll take place at Hotdrege, February St. : The. following second and third-honor series schedules have been announced: Central District, Seeond Series, ' Friend . (winner from Western) -Tork (winner from Osceola). At York. Bradshaw (winner from Aurora)-Ge-neva (wnner from Grafton). Southern District, Second Series. Itod Cloud (Winner from CowlesV-Falr-bury (winner from Hebron academy). - Blue Hill (winner from Lawrance) Sfuperlor (winner from Edgar). At Su perlor, February 16. ; - Southern District. third-Honor Series. Mdgar-Hebjron acaBtmy . Wins Chess Tourney. , Blobmfield, Neb., Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) In the handicap chess tourna ment played here Philip Kalar car ried off first honors, wining 11, losing 1, and drawing 1. Forrest Liddell was second. Ted McGrath, third, and Leo McCourt, fourth. A tournament with all players on an even basis is now being arranged. Not The Morning Bee Not The . , . - tjf Do you remember when you used to read the 1 ' same news in The Evening Bee that you had read ; ; , .. at the. breakfast table rTle Morning Bee?, . Or - maybe it was the other way around,' end you ; read in The Morning Bee what -you had read the ; : ; . r ;day before in The Evening'. BeeP - You vwoif t find that in The Bee Morning and .Evening today. :' the Bee is Not a "Warmed Over" v - V ; Newspaper Now IThe Bee doesn't have that "warmed over" taste. IThe news you find in The Evening Bee is distinct and different from that you read in The Morning Bee and -vice versa. The Policies Are Different The Morning Bee specializes in state and national news, in market and financial reports,-comment and gossip carried by Associated Press, Chi cago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased wires and special telegraph and cable from every part of the world, ft The Evening Bee specializes in local news and in entertaining features. If The best features and the most important news are in both, f But the emphasis is different. - 1 ' Not only the most important local news is in The Evening Bee, but the humor, the women's affairs, the human interest of daily happenings in and about Omaha are there. ) The Morning Bee carries important local news but places emphasis on the big news from everywhere politics, trade, conventions, agricuture and the like. The Two Are Not the. Same The difference is so marked that there is enjoyment in reading both. Many Omaha men and women read The Bee only both Morning and Evening and like; it. Wholesale Prices On Produce Less Than Charges for Shipment . - -. f New York, Feb. 13. Wholesale prices for fruits and vegetables are rhi. Mew'Vrtrk market that many farmers who shipped produce i. : j . u : : . ...... i. . . . a bill for the balance due on freight charges, Dr. E. 11'. Porter, state com missioner of foods and markets, de clared. Even with prices at prewar levels "people seem to be fating less than usual," he added., . Farmers and wholesalers,- lie said, believe this condition due to llie re tail trade not .giving the benefit of low prices to the public. A carload of lettuce shipped from Flordia, sold here for $339, the com missioner said. Total expenses were $491, which (the fanner had to pay. A carload of spinach from Texas sold on the wholesale market for $262 less than freight and cartage cnarges, which loss was pocketed by the shipper, he said. Three-Act Comedy to Be Given by Central Student Club Girls ' -.''The Bewildering -Miss .Felicia," a three-act comedy, will be present ed by the Central. 'High school stu dent club girls in the school audi torium February 25 and . 26. Miss Frances McChesney plays the lead ing role. Other principals are Misses Helen Turpin, Melva. Gerard, Arlene Rosenbery. and Zelda Westberg. The play is being coached by Miss Mary A. Parker of the school fac ulty, and is. under the direct manage ment -of Uje.tlu'b girls, Miss Gladys Charjnock' is general fhairman. Half of the . proceeds from the performance will go to-.the scholar ship fund, from which every, semes ter, three .or five .'scholarships are given To students. Students receiv ing scholarships must show marked ability along some particular line and work thr.e hours each week under the head of the department for its promotion. Even ing -B UT BOTH Why not you? THE No Sign of Letup In'TalkingGirl;" Doctors Baffled Child Keeps Up Continuous Conversation for Eight Days No Signs of Sii-ktiess So Far. Chicago Triliune-Oniali Bee Leased Wire, Chicago, Feb. 13. Eight' days of constant talking, with only two hours' resipte, and still chattering away with no sign of fatigue. That is the record of little Miriam Rubin, 8, daughter of Mrs. A. -M. Rubin of Waukcgan. Specialists called in by the family physician"1 are baffled, by the girl's peculiar malady, and can find no way of relief. With the exception of two Ifours Monday night, the little girl has had no sleep since February 5 ' She suddenly commenced to talk rapidly, and since that time there has been no cessation. She talks ration ally and occasionally laughs or smiles. At first she talked in her nprmal voice, but constant use has developed considerable hoarseness, so that now her tone is lowered, but anyone iu the room can hear plainly all she says. , , So far there have been no -signs of drowsiness and the girl's con versation is of a bright and cheerful nature with her parents or friends who come in. Her dolls and other playthings, her studies in school, her teacher, her dancing lessons and all the little concerns of her everyday lfe are the usual subjects of her conversation. Her appetite, is as good as it ever has been and she shows no sign of illness. 0 Censorship Favored. Fairbury, Neb., Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Petitions are being circulated and signed in Fairbury requesting Representative Axtell and Senator Harris to aid in the passage of the proposed movie censorship bill. Bee OMAHA BEE Red Emissaries : In Mexico Cily Representatives to Two Bol shevik Congresses Arrive in Capital From New York. t'liii-afo Tribune-Omaha Dee Leased Wire. Washington, Feb. 13. Advices from Mexico City, state that two boshcvikl emissaries, clotheu with regular authority from the Mos cow government, have arrived in that city and exhibited their creden tials to Mexican communists. The two envoys are Sergius Landekoff and Michael Silvetzch, ac cording to the report, and proceeded there from New York. Both claim ; to be members of the bolshevik I propaganda committee in New York and have stated that they are under express orders to attend two bol shevik congresses in Mexico, one at Mexico City, February 15, the second at Tampico, February 27. It is said the two bolshevik con gresses have been summoned by the 1 1. W. W. and other extremists of Mexico, and are alleged to be related 1 to the third international, i Landekoff, after pointing out in an interview, that the bolsheviki were not anarchists, . and defining the word "bolshevism," which he de clared meant in its signification "rule by the majority" said: "We are militarists and we sustain and ; wilt continue to sustain a powerful , army under iron discipline which is i known in my country as the red sruard. If we have attempted to so cialize certain industries, on behalf of the community, on the other hand we are supporting trade as be ing an indispensable intermediary between the producer and the con sumer." -- Fight for Mellor Bill , ' Lincoln, Feb. 13. (Special.) An attempt will be made next week to lift the Mellor bill out of committee. This bill, providing for reorganiza tion of the state board of agriculture, has been killed in committee. Tyler 1000 strongest m tht county 1 1 afternoon. f
