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Evening journal., 1918-12-31
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

by Jle united ffes5.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 81 -The~spO cot
ton market opened quiet today with
prices unchanged. Sales amounted 10
1000 bales. Receipts totalled $1,000
bales Including 43,20O American. Good
middlings 22.20; middllngs 2i.57.
At i2.45 O'Clock. American middllngs
fair were 22ss; good middlings 2220
middlings 2i.57; low 20 So; good ordin-
ary 1900; ordinary i847.
Evening journal., 1918-12-31
BANK CLEARINGS
SHOW INCREASE

Wilmington bank clearings for the
year 1918 show an increase OF si2.550,-
46i 40 over the year 1917. The Increase
Is partly due 10 large dividends paid by
companies through the local banks.
Clearlngs for the year 1918, ending to-
day, as reported by The Union Ma
tonal Bank, the clearing house. were !:
slSO. .259, ,295OS, as compared with Si67,-
70s S33.59, for the year ending Decem-
Der 81, 1917.
Clearings for the month ending today
were Si7,30s, ,507 0s, as compared with
SIS, 5,235, ,OO077 for the month ending De-
cember 81, 1917.
Evening journal., 1918-12-31
NEW BOAT TO SAIL
FOR SOUTH AFRICA
speclal 10 The EyenIng journal.

Special To The Evening Journal.
SEAFORD, Dec. 3i.-The four-mast
schooner Alexander Erickson, built at
the Delaware Shipbuilding Company's
plant here, is nearly ready 10 sail. She
will be operated by the Erickson 0per-
ating Company, Of New York, and ex-
poets to be In New York by January
10, to take on a cargo Of case oil 10 the
west coast OF Africa.
A. S. Martin, Of the firm OF Kaufman
Drug Company, has received from
Florida friends a young alligator, which
is now exhibited at the drug store.
Friends Of former Mayor Walter B.
Robinson are urging him to be a candi-
date for mayor at the coming town
election In March. Mr.. Robinson served
i2 years as mayor of Seaford and made
an excellent official.
Experience proves that the Want Ads
are not only practical but productive
Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-12-31
WHEN A FAMILY
NEEDS A FRIEND
In the Absence OF Doctors Nobly Gone
10 War. After Influenza. the Crib

TO War, After Influenza, the Grip
Those wonderfully useful medicines,
Hoods Sarsaparilla, Peptiron and Hoods
Pllls-comprislng the new combination
family treatment-are warmly recon-
mended.
If taken regularly, Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla before meals, Peptiron after
meals. and Hoods Pills at night as
needed, they are reasonably sure to
keep a family In health and prove to
be reliable and always ready friends.
They purify the blood, build up strength
and regulate the system.
Get all, or any one, as you think you
need. from your druggist today.
Evening journal., 1918-12-31
CHICAGO GRAIN.

BY the United Press.
CHICAGO. Dec. 3i.-Openlns grain:
Corn, January i4ia45; March 1867 May
i36lsa37. Oats, January 63aS; March
10: May 7OAah.
Evening journal., 1918-12-31

Only one 'BROMo QUININE"
To get the genuine, call for fun name LAX
ATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets Look
for signature OF II. W. GROVE. Cures
Cold in One Day. SOC.
Evening journal., 1918-12-31
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company, dupont build
ing. furnish the following quotation OF
local securities;
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29
Yankees to the Rescue.

The Yankees, who were getting
their final training behind the lines.
had not yet seen very much action
but In this crisis their commander,
General Pershing. offered their imme-
tiiate services to the British and
French. Brigaded with the allies.
they went into battle with rush that
inspired the tired Tommies and
Poilus, and the advance of the Huns
was checked. General Foch, Frances
master strategist. was made supreme
commander of the allies In the west.
and he at once began delivering the
series of terrific strokes that ultimate
,y forced the Germans back 10 their
own borders Fighting with the
French. the Americans had big part
in clearing out the Marine salient;
fighting with the British. they gave
great help in the allied victories fur
ther north. Then the First American
Geld army was organized. placed on the
extreme west Of the line and there
wiped out the st. Mihiei salient and
started on the opsrations that n less
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-29

allies had established their supremacy
in the air. and equal TO the best of
their flyers were the gallant Ameri-
cans who entered that branch Of the
service.
Another novelty OF the war was the
tank. This machine. based on an
American invention and first develop
ed by the British. came as complete
SUNRISE 20 the Germans and they fed
IN terror from It's bristling guns and
IFS crushing weight They tried max
ing tanks for themselves. but never
caught I'D with the improvements
brought out by the allies
The net results of the Great War
cannot be stated yet But they In
clnde first and foremost. the down
fall of irresponsible autocracy and
nilitarsSrn and the beginning o.
xnread OF democratic rule that viii
embrace the world The fallen mon
arrhs include the kaiser. the car OF
Russia. the kings Of Bulgaria Bavs-
rta wuer,temberg. SaIouy and Mon.
,enerro and King Constantine OF
Greece, and probably the emperor OF
Austria. The people are In the sad
die and II they keep their heads sne
s,nmi, to Intelligent lesdershiH 80
WIN rsnain tAA0s io1eanitsaS.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
OMAHA MAN DIES
OFPNEUMONIA AT
CAMP CODY, N. M.

Funeral services for Sergeant Harry
Horan, who died at Camp Cody, will
be held at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Bessie Patterson, 27l6 Charles street,
Monday afternoon.
Sergeant Horan died of pneumonia
after an illness of only two days. He
was IS years old.
Sergeant Horan had an enviable
military record. During the Spanish
American war he enlisted and was
sent to the Philippines, where he
served six years in the Twenty-second
infantry. When the recent Mexican
trouble became acute he enlisted again
and when the present war started he
was numbered among the Fourth
Nebraska boys who were sent to
Camp Cody. Later, he was transferred
to the 127th heavy artillery.
Sergeant Horan was born and raised
in Omaha, and after his return from
the Philippines was a member of the
fire department.
He is survived by hisf wife, who
lives at 2610 North Twehty-seventh
street; 2-year-old daughter; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Horan of Omaha
five sisters, all of whom live in Oma-
ha, and three brothers.
The funeral will be conducted by
the city fremen with an escort from
Fort Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
CHOBAR GUILTY.
OF MURDER; JURY
SAYS LIFE Term
York County Man Who Killed
Albert BIender Frustrated at
Verdict; Wife Faints in
Court Room.

York, Neb., Feb. 24.-(Special Tele-
gram. .)-Louis w. Chobar was found
guilty last night of murder in the first
degree for killing Albert Blender, near
Benedict. November 10, 1917. The
jury retired to deliberate at S p. m,
and returned a verdict at 1920 o'clock.
Life imprisonment was fixed as the
sentence.
The prisoner was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff, J. c. Miller,
pending further order Of the court.
Chobar took the verdict as a severe
shock, evidently having expected an
acquittal. Mrs. Chobar was carried
from the court room in faint.
Chobar's mother of Chillicothe, Ill.,,
was here as was Mrs. Chobar's mother
from Ewing, Mo- - fs
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25

that their words did not fall within
the realms of jocosity.
The court house seems to have a
new interest for the members of the
city hall crowd. They look wistfully
across to the great temple of justice,
where there was once upon a time a
gymnasium with shower bath, and
they ponder over the hour glass of
political fortunes and misfortunes.
Anent the city campaign, one hears
comments regarding Commissioner
Kugel, who was mentioned several
times in the Clark-Lynch suitS, will
Kugel's identihcations with Lynch re-
turn like chickens to roost?" is one
of the many queries asked by those
who are seeking for information.
Did Kugel receive an immunity
bath Of the shower bath of Johnny's
gym at the court house?" is another
question.
The city campaign will be time in
Continued on Page Two, Column one.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
MOTION FOR NEW
TRIAL IN MATTERS
CASE ON TODAY

At 10 o'clock this morning, in the
Federal building, United States Dis
trict Judge Martin J. Wade of Iowa
City, will hear the motion for a new
trial in the case of the Uited States VS..
Thomas H. Matters.
John L. Webster, counsel for Mat
ters, contends that it is not claimed
Matters ever received any money
from or misapplied any moneys OF
the First National bank of Sutton.
1t is agreed that all Matters received
were certificates of deposit.
Mr.. Luebben, president of the bank,
testified these certificates OF deposit,
which were issued and delivered to
Matters, were to be by him negoti-
ated to obtain money for the bank
to keep the bank supplied with money
as going concern. 1t was a method
adopted by the bank to borrow money
for its own benefit.
After the First National bank OF
Sutton failed, the bank claimed that
Matters had overdrawn his account
and owed the bank money on account
of some of these certificates of de-
posit. Matters claimed that he had
paid into the bank more than $4,000
above the amount he had drawn out,
and that at the close of the banks
business there was owing him from
the bank more than $4,000.
The governments contention is
that M. L. Luebben, president of the
bank, had no right to issue these
certificates of deposit; that Matters
knew that fact and, therefore, he had
no right to de-. with them. Matters
has been twice convicted.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
London Goes on Ration Cards;
Poor King George Has One, Too
(Ry Associated Press. }

London, Feb Th the last day which persons living
in London and the immediate adjoining counties could buy meat
garne and butter without producing a ration card ~
When the Monday morning the plan will be IN
will be compelled produce card before
making purchases. -
newspapers featured the details Of the ration card plan
othe exclusion of other giving prominence the fact that
King George has his food and meat cards like other person in
the city
Voluntary aonng died hard lines of people stood before
today In thousands
sought vain supplies tide them the still more
lean days to
Bidding farewell the days Of voluntary rationng these
greeting the advent OF the first compulsory
absorbing than
London and vicinity for several
himself business hunting his ration cards.
The last unratoned dinner will be served Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25

What effect will the Lynch custer
case have on the city election cam
paign, which is beginning to take on
little speed and which will gain
momentum as the days grow more in
viting for sidewalk discussions?
That question was heard more than
once during a sightseeing trip
through the municipal monument
across from the court house, the scene
of the recent upheaval.
Some Of the city hall dignitaries
and convalescents, when they heard
the news of the verdict in the Clark
Lynch suit, became stricken with
pallor which is usually caused bSre-
ceiving bad news from home.
Tom O'Connot, Claude Bessie and
few more of the administration
leaders" asseverate that the Lynch
custer suit will have no effect on the
city campaign. They made this state
ment in such an optimistic manner
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
army OFFICER
TO PRISON FOR
Is YEARS. Term
Captain David Henkes, Claim
ing German Descent, Sent to
Penitentiary for Violation
of His Oath.

New York, Feb. 24.-Captain
David A. Henkes, 10th infantry, U,
S. A., has been sentanced to dismissal
from the service and confinement at
hard labor for Is years, by. a general
court martial held at Governors
Island.
Henkes, who is German descent
endeavored to resign his commission,
saying he did not care to fight
against relatives and friends.
Captain Henl:es, who was stationed
at San Antonio, Texas, last May
wrote to the secretary of war, urging
him to accept the resignation, which
he had already submitted, and giving
reasons which, he declared, would
no longer allow him to serve as an
officer of the American army.
Parents from Germany,
Further service as commissioned
officer must sooner or later take me
to Europe and there bring me in
conflict with my relatives and friends,
although for the time being my
legal enemies, Captain Henkes
wrote. my father came from Ger
many. My mother was born here
shortly after the arrival of her
parents. We have many other rela-
tives and friends there.
II cannot force myself to the con.
viction that | am capable Of making
war on my kindred upon their soil
in a manner that would become my
duty and station"
Captain Henkes soon after had
submitted his regisnation, was order.
expedtionary forces, and from his
quarters there, June %, 1917, wrote
to the adjutant general in Washing.
ton calling attention to the fact that
he had resigned and declaring that
his battalion commander, the quarter.
master, and the commanding officer
Of the southern department had
approved his action.
Summoned to Court.
Again on October 10, while still on
duty in. France, Captain Henkes
wrote another letter to the adjutanl
general in which he urged acceptance
OF his resignation.
Captain Henkes was then sum-
moned before general court martial
at Governor Island where he was
formally, charged with violation OF
the ninety-fifth article ,of war. This
charge recited that having taken
an oath of office in which, among
other things, he swore to support and
defend the constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign
and domestic. and that he would
bear truth faith and allegiance tc
the same" had written tn, letter con-
cerning his resignation.
Fort Yeavenworth, Kan, was desig-
mated as the place Ct Imprisonment
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
GERMANS ASKED
LAND and GOLD
IN FIRST ,PARLEY
Proposition Laid Down at Brest
Litovsk Included Russ Sur
render Of 10000 Square
Miles of Territory.
{By Associated Presg.y

Petrograd, Feb. 24.-The peace
terms submitted at the Brest-Litovsk
conference by the central powers
and at that time rejected by the Rus
slams, were as follows:
Russia should surrender 100000
square miles of territory, having
population Of 100000, and pay an
indemnity, subsequently modified to
3,000,OO0,0O0 rubles.
THE central powers were prepared
to return to Russia 1000 square miles
in the Grodno government, province
of Lithuania.
Russia should agree not to spread
revolutionary propaganda in the CEN
trail empires.
Would Police Cities.
"The commercial treaty which was
abrogated at the beginning of the
war, should be reconstructed and ex-
tended 80 years"
Reports reaching Petrograd are to
the effect that the newest German
demands include the policing of all
the principal cities Of Russia.
The bolshevik authorities are ready
to accept the peace terms originally
outlined by the central powers, and
also to accede to demand that Rus
sia evacuate the small portions of
Austrian territory still held, as we'll
as Armenian and all other territory
captured from Turkey.
A dispatch from Petrograd, under
the date of February IS, quoted Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign min
lister, as declaring in his report upon
the ending of the Brest-Litovsk ne
gotiations that the German terms in
cluded the retention of Poland, Lith-
uania, Riga and Moon Island, with an
indemnity of $4,000,000000, presum-
ably in gold. 1t will be seen from
the foregoing dispatch that the Teu-
tonic demands, both in territory and
indemnity, were much less than those
reported by M. Trotzky.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
MILLION ,sUlLAR
MOTOR GAR SHOW
READY TO open
First War Time Automobile
Display in Omaha Most Pre-.
tentious Affair in Annals
of History.

Oflaha's 18th annual motor car ex-
position opens at the Auditorium to-
day. 1t continues the remainder Of
the week.
Despite the fact that this will be
Omaha's first wartime show, auto
mobile 'men expect it to be the most
successful of the series. Neither the
manufacturers nor the dealers have
permitted war retrenchments to in
terfere with their show plans and
they declare the exposition opening
today will be as large and imposing
as though no war was in progress.
Many New Models.
The auto show, this year contains
especial significance for the motorist
for the reason that this year as never
before manufacturers have made radi-
cal departures in model, style and
design. Even the more conservative
manufacturers, who have struggled
to maintain similarity of models each
year insofar as that was possible,
have found it necessary to make con-
stitutional changes. These changes
are not only in body design, but in
construction and motor.
The 1918 cars are to be distinctly
different from the 1917 cars through
out. War has been largely responsible
for this. In some instances the war
has necessitated these differences.
Lower grades of gasoline, for in
stance, have forced motor builders
to construct engines which do not
require high test fuel. In other in
stances, the exigencies of war have
so inspired invention that many new
Improvements have come to light
These have been incorporated into
the new cars.
Million Dollar Display.
The Omaha display this year will
be truly "1nillion-dollar" show. The
cars which will be displayed are
valued at far more than this sum.
Every type of car from sport rum
about to cabriolet, will be displayed
and prices will run from less than
$50O to more than $4,000. More than
so different makes of machines will
be exhibited.
This year the auto show will be
larger than ever for the reason that
more space is available. Arrange
ments have been made to use part of
the new McCaffrey plant adjoining
the Auditorium for show purposes.
Everything Is Ready.
Practically all of the cars to be
exhibited at the show were placed
yesterday. Some difficulty was -ex-
perienced in moving six carloads of
show cars from Des Moines. to Oma-
ha, because the express companies
refused shipment, but persuasion
finally was successful and these cars
will be here today.
Everything will be in readiness by
tonight, Manager Clarke Powell
promises.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
County Sunday Schools to
Meet in Omaha Next Week

The annual Douglas county Sunday
school convention will be held in
Omaha March 8. The meeting will be
held at the First Christian church.
Prior to the state convention, a
number of district conventions are to
be held at the various churches in and
around Omaha.
w. H. Kimberly, state business
manager, and Miss Margaret A.
Brown, state general secretary, are to
attend the convention.
Rev. H. Houseman will speak on the
Sunday School and the Boy Scout"
and Mrs! w, 7. More will speak on
the Sunday School and the Camp Fire
Girl"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
Mysterious Fire Destroys
5000 Government Horses

Kansas. City, Feb. 24.-Police of
Kansas City, Kan, are investigating
the origin of fire that tonight de-
stroyed a carload of government
horses in the railroad yards there on
the theory that incendiaries were re-
sponsible. Twenty-Five animals, esti-
mated as worth about $4,000, were
burned to death. A carload OF mules
was rescued. =
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25

o
GERMANS NEAR REVAL.
Livonia is completely overrun with
the German armies, and the Germans
are not far from the outskirts of the
naval base of Reval, the evacuation OF
which could hardly be completed, as
Petrograd dispatches say the soldiers
refused to assist in the work.
At Minsk the Germans are astride
one of the main routes to Moscow
while further south Austrians and
Ukrainains are on their way to Kiev.
Until the Ukrainian peace these Ukrai-
nian soldiers were prisoners of war,
but have since been released and
armed by the central powers.
Meanwhile the helpless bolsheviki
are publishing appeals to the people
to resist the invaders and there is
talk at Petrograd of convoking the
constituent assembly.
Some of the agency headquarters
say that units of the German army
are refusing to participate in the in
vasion, while disorders have been OBJ
served among the Austrians.
Urge War Measures.
Petrograd dispatches to the Ex-
change Telegraph company state that
it was announced at a meeting of the
Soviet that the main factor is the
reorganization OF detachments of red
guards for service at the front.
NJ. Sinovieff, associate of Nikolai
Lenine and chairman of the Soviet,
reported that it required only 100
Germans to capture Dvinsk.
y He added that the committee re-
sponsible for the defenses of the city
would be tried by revolutionary tri-
bunal.
Lettish snipers are resisting the
German invaders near Walkand and
have asked for support from the Sow
let, which has decided to send 1000
red guards to that region.
Three German Groups.
Petrograd, Feb. 24.-The Germans
in their invasion of Russia are ad-
vancing in three groups, according
to report from the commander-in-
chief Of the Russian army on the
northern front, who says:
"The Germsns are advancing with
great caution. They are marching in
three groups: First, in the Walk re-
gion; second, in the Reishitsa region,
and the third, between these two sec
tons. In the Mohilev sector all is
quiet"
Embassies May Leave.
Washington, Feb. 24.-Occupation
of Petrograd by Germans, which is
now considered imminent, would in
volve the fight from that city of $50
Americans, including As members OF
the diplomatic and consular staffs.
Information at the, state department
indicates that of the $50 there are SO
women. The number Of French and
British nationals in the menaced cap
ital is larger.
Ambassador Francis has not re-
ported to the department the details
of any plan for the departure of ma
tionals of the co-belligerent govern
ments, but it has been assumed that
practically all will leave with the al
lied diplomats. 1t was taken for grant
ed that Ambassador Francis and the
allied diplomats would go to what
ever place in the interior the boil
sheviki may decide upon as the new
headquarters. No new instructions
were sent to him and none will be-
Even the question of leaving the
country has been left to his judgment
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25

recognizes the annulment OF the Turk
ish capitulation.
"The complete rehabilitation of the
Russian army inclusive of the detach-
ments newly formed by the present
government must be carried out i'm
mediately.
Scatter Russ Warships.
Russian warships in the. Black Sea,
the Baltic sea and the Arctic ocean
must Immediately either be sent to
Russian harbors and kept thete until
the conclusian of peace or be dis
armed. Warships of the entente which
are i'll the sphere of Russian authority
Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
American Red Cross Asks
Aid for Chinese Flood Relief

Washington. Feb. 24.-Americans in
charge of Red Cross food relief work
in China, have asked the society here
through Ambassador Reinsch at Pek-
ing, to transmit an additional $75,000
Since the beginning of the floods in
China, the Red Cross has expended
$l25;0O0 out of the 100000 appropri-
ated for that purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-02-25
Kaiser's Peace Reply
Sealed Goes to Russ

Petrograd, Feb. 24.-The Boil
shevik headquarters has re-
ceived a wireless message
signed by General Hoffman
saying that the German answer
had been handed to the courier
of the Russian government, who
Immediately started on his re-
turn to Petrograd. The mes
sage gave no intimation of the
contents of the reply.
A second wireless message
addressed to Leon Trotzky,
from the Austrian-Hungarian
government, has been received,
announcing that Austria-Hun
gary is ready with her allies to
bring the peace negotiations to
a final conclusion.