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Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
COUNCIL VOTES
. TO ESTABLISH
CITY MARKET

Omaha will patronize a municipal
market.
ut involves car fare and even then
said.
He cited various cities where great
sums have been spent on public mar
kets which have been abandoned
later.
]. w. Karel, a gardener at Sixty
second and Center streets, told of
the labor and expense involved in
producing vegetables and said the
gardener is too busy to spend any
time retailing his vegetables. He
must sell the whole load and get
back to work.
James Walsh, who has lived in
Seattle, declared that the public mar
kets there are great successes and
the best advertisement Seattle has"
H. w. Evans also spoke glowingiy
of the success of the markets on the
Pacific coast.
Harry Fischer presented the oppo-
site view and pointed out that the
Pacific coast markets can be open
the year round while in Omaha there
are only FIVE months during which
produce is raised.
Middlenan is Necessary.
Charles Seseman, 6202 North Six
teenth street. a gardener, declared
that the middle man is as necessary
as the producer or consumer and
that the goods won't sell them
selves"
The gardeners also pointed out
that if they are compelled to go to
the municipal market to sell their
goods and If they fail to sell out
there it will be too late in the day to
sell in the wholesale market which
has usually cleaned up its days bust
ness by 8 o'clock in the morning.
Under the resolution, as passed.
the city planning board will inn
mediately draw plans for building
with open sides and the old buildings
now on the site, northwest corner
of Fifteenth and Davenport streets,
will be removed.
1t is expected to have the market
place ready for operation by spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Soviet to Use Peace
Meet to Spread Ideas,
Thinks London Mail

London, Jan, 2S.-The question
of participation in the Princess
Islands conference has been dis
cussed by the Moscow central exc
cutive soviets according to a Hell
singfors dispatch to The Mail.
The Mails correspondent recalls
that, under the soviet constitution
any decision concerning war or
peace can be reached only by con-
gress of all soviets. He adds:
Judging from the latest official
statement from the bolshevists, the
soviet government will be inclined
to send delegates to the Princes
Islands in the hope of transform
ing the conference into a platform
for the megaphoning of bolshevist
ideas all over the world"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Nebraska Represented at
Telephone Rate Hearing

Indianapolis, Jan. 28-Jurisdiction
Of the United States district court
here to act in determining the legal
ity of the increased long distance
telephone rates ordered by Post
master General Burleson was ques-
toned today when the hearing OIL
The temporary restraining order
granted against the new rates on ap-
plication of the Iniana public SER
vice commission began. Arguments
On the motion attacking the jurisdic-
ton we're lengthy. ..u.
Representatives of Ohio, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, Michigan, Wiscon.
sin, Illinois, Kansas and Missouri
also were in court.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Measure Extending
Control Over Wires
Reported to House

Washington, Jan. 28.-By vote
of 10 to 8, the house postoffice COM
mittee today decided to report a bill
providing for the continuance of
government control of telephone
and telegraph until December 81,
1919. Chairman Moon was direct
ed to seek rule giving the measure
right of way in the house.
Postmaster General Burieson,
urging extension of wire control
through the period of readjustment,
told the house postofice committee
today that many telephone COM
panies were facing financial stress
and that the public was doomed to
poor service under private opera
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
British to Pay Homage
TO Memory of Roosevelt

London, Jan. ga memorial
service for the late Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt is planned for West
minister Abbey at a date not yet
fixed. Such a service for foreigner
is extremely rare at Westminster
Abbey.
While arrangements are not yet
perfected, it is expected that King
George and Queen Mary will at
tend
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Kansas Lad Pleads Guilty
to Breaking and Entering

Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 28-(SpeciaD
William Poland, who was arrested
last week at Diller on the charge
OF breaking and entering r three
stores at Odell, pleaded guilty yes
terday in Judge Ellis court and was
bound over. III default. of bond he
was remanded to the county jail.
Foland, who is only II years of age,
says he resides at Almeda, Kan.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Fairmont Lieutenant is
DESIGNATED for Discharge

Washington, D. C., Jan. 28.-(Spe-
cial Telegram.l-Lieut A. A. Ashby
of Fairmont, Neb., who has been in
charge of the medical section at the
Scituate proving ground, has been
designated for discharge, Congress-
man Sloan having been informed to-
day by the surgeon general that
another officer would be sent to re-
lieve him Immediately.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Petition to the Secretary of War
to Send Soldiers Home With
Six Months Pay

Sign this petition, get your friends to sign it and
fOrJCard it to The Omaha Bee.
To the Hon. Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War:
The undersigned respectfully urge you to return to
their homes possible the soldiers who have
compshed so brilliantly every object America had in the
war.
We urge also, that you obtain the necessary authority
to pay these their military wages for six months
for some sufficient period after their discharge from the
army until they obtain useful and remunerative
ployment.
We urge this act of simple justice by great
ton to its heroes.
(Signed)
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Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
North Bend Sedition Case
Now in the Hands Of the Jury

Fremont. Neb., Jan. 2S-(Spe-
cial Telegram -Hearing of the
Earnest Kern sedition case came to
an end in district court this after
noon and the case is now in the
hands Of the jury. Kern is alleged
to have made disloya ! remarks
about the North Bend Home Guards
and officers of the organization.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Is Sorry He Did Not Kill
Man Who Ruined His Home

Glenrock, Wyo., Jan. 28.-(Spe-
cial)-Claiming repeated violations
of his home in justification of the
act, ]. w. Brantley shattered the
right arm of H. P. Scott in an at
tempt to kill him with revolver
AT the hearing before Justice Kim
bali, Brantley expressed regret at
not having killed the man whom he
charges as having ruined his hime.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29

licensing potash manufacture has
been sent to Senator Henderson of
Nevada for introduction and if pos
sible will be made a part of the
army bill. Mr.. Manning stated he
believed the bill would prove salts
factory to the potash producers of
the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Film Oartoonist Dies.

New York, Jan. 28,-Leon A.
Scarf, newspaper and motion pic
ture film cartoonist, who had been
employed on the Denver Rocky
Mountain News and various other
newspapers, died yesterday of acute
indigestion at his home here.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
To Investigate Meeting.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Secretary
Daniels today instructed Rear Ad-
miral Usher, at New York, to IL
vestigate and report on the suppress
sion BY a naval guard and police re-
serves there last night of a meeting
of discharged soldiers, sailors and
marines, at which the speakers criti-
cised the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
BarrOWS Acting Governor
While M'KeIVie is Absent

Lincoln, Jan. 28.-(Special)-In
the absence of the governor, Lieut..
Gov. P. A. Barrows will occupy the
governors office and become acting
governor for the first time since
the new administration went into
Office.
Governor McKelvie will be gone
week.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Denmark Expels Reds.

Copenhagen, Jan. 2s.-Dr. suerts
the bolshevik representative in Den
mark, left here today with his lega
ton staff at the request Of The
Danish government.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Services in Castle

Amerongen, Jan. 2S.-Religious
services were held in the castle
chapel here today in honor Of the
birthday of William Hohenzollern,
the former German emperor.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Fifty-Six Recruiting 81
Stations for Marines

Lincoln, Jan. 2S.-(Special. y
Fifty-six recruiting stations have.
been established in as many Nebras-
ka towns to enroll Nebraska man
for the merchant marine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Bill Licensing Potash
Sent to Nevada Senator

Washington, D. c., Jan. 28.-(Spe-
cial Telegram Judge Kinkaid was
informed today by Val Manning Of
the bureau Of mines. that the bill
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-29
Miss Wilson in Brussels.

Brussels, Jan. 28.-Miss Margaret
Wilson, daughter of President Will,
son, arrived in Brussels Monday af-
ternoon. She is a guest at the
American lega ion.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Planets, Not Groundhogs
70 the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | generally read your editorials
which are reprinted on the editorial page
of "The Buffalo Evening News" I wish to
make some comment on the one in "The
Evening News" yesterday called "Weather
Sharps.' In Annie Besant's essay on "The
Law of Destiny" are the following words:
"The invioableness of natural order; the
exactitude of national laws the utter trust
worthiness of nature-these Nare the strong
foundations of the universe"
have been trying to find natural law
which will explain the reason why the last
winter was exceptionally cold and this
winter so far is exceptionally warm My
theory is that when the planets of our
solar system are in position to shine on
this earth, they also transmit heat in suf-
hcient quantity to increase the total vol
ume of caloric on this earth
We have lived in Buffalo twenty-eight
years and this week is the warmest first
week Of February in all that time, and the
corresponding week a year ago it was 10
degrees below zero the whole week At the
present moment Jupiter and two other
planets are shining overhead and Venus is
already mounting in the evening sky
year ago, think l am correct in say
ing, no planet was shining on this earth
When J. came to this country forty years
ago | met an Englishman who said that
the business panic of 1857 stopped nearly
every mill in New England. and they re-
maincd shut down all the following winter,
and the weather was so mild that winter
that they sat out in the woods playing cards
all the winter long
| suppose the astronomers can bark back
and find out the position of the planets
toward this earth during the winter of
1857 and 1853, and if at that time they were
shining on this earth to the same extent
that they are now it should bear out my
theory. TOM FITTON.
Buffalo, N. Y Feb 8, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
The Truth About
Russia
10 the Editor of The Tribune.

o he Ed1tOr OF The T,1bune
FIR: must express to you the gratif-
cation felt by all loyal Russians at
your publication of accurate and just
information concerning Russia Much of
TINS information is exceedingly painful to
US, but we can endure it better than we
can endure the coquetting with Bolshevism
'ndulged in by some of your contempo-
rarles 1t is well that Americans should
see the picture of Bolshevk crime and
tyranny painted by the Dutch Minister at
Petrograd in the article "An Equality of
MUD and Misery in your issue Of Febru-
airy 7. 1t may help to warn them against
the spread of this vile disease in their own
country
We Russians are deeply arronted by the
proposal to meet BNshevik representatives
at Prnkipo. 1t is a gratutous insult to
all those loyal men and women who have
endured every trial for the cause Of the
Allies, who for their loyalty have now lost
everything their native land-and
who now their relatives and friends
tortured and slaughtered by the despol-
ers of their country.
What makes this proposal especially
nails in accepting it offer to buy this rec
ogntion by the Allies and America Thev
offer to do this by the payment of Russian
bonds and by the granting Of Russian CON
cessions. Thus would they purchase i'm
munity from punishment and an entrance
into civilized circles with a portion of their
plunder They seek to fasten their woke
upon their unfortunate victims at the ex-
pense of these victims. 1t seems ncred-
lble that the Allies could be open to such
bribe
We know that Russia will come back
strong and unified, to be a great power, f
not the great power of Europe. The insult
will not be forgotten, but will rankle for
years in the Russian breast. 1t may be
costly indeed to those who posed as
friends OF Russia and then deserted her
to her enemies. We feel it our duty to
make every effort to avert this untoward
result, which is evidenced by the growing
dislike of America to be noted in Russia
to-day, FOR we believe Russia and America
should be friends and not enemies We
are therefore, grateful to The Tribune for
making clear the issues and showing that
in spite of the action at Paris, the real
America does not sympathize with the So
Wet government desire to deal with it.
A. d. SEMENOFFSKY,
President General Committee of Russian
National Defence
New York, Feb. II, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Sir Wilfrid Laurier


Among Canadian statesmen of our dav
olr Wllfrld Laurier easily ranked first.
lie was Premier of the Dominion from
1890 to 1911, and prior to 1896 had
served for nine years as the Opposition
leader in Parliament The Canada of
the present is in large measure his
work.
His greatest service, perhaps, to his
countrymen was in moderating the an
tagonlsms which had distracted Canada
before the Union and which persisted long
after 1T. lie was native Of the Province
OF quebec, born Of French-speaking
Catholic parents. He was also the first
ana only French Canadian to rise to the
Premiership. But his horizon was
spacious. His loyalty to his own race,
rellglon and section did not prevent him
from pursuing a broad, nationalistic pol
icy.
lhe Liberal party, of which he was the
leader, had formerly been somewhat anti
lmperlalstlc in its leanings and distrust-
ful OF closer relations with Great Britain.
But Laurier cooperated with the govern
ment in London in strengthening i'm
perlal bonds and at the same time i'm
proving the Dominon's status as a COM
ponent but nearly independent unit of
the British Empire
The Liberal party had also been anti
protectlonist. But Laurier allowed the
Conservative tariff to stand practically
unchanged, and in the latter part of his
Premiership granted British manufacture
ers differential of 33 1-3 per cent In
spite of much opposition in Quebec he
sent Canadian contingents to the South
African War. He thus recognized Can
ada's obligation to give military support
TO the mother country, paving the way
TOR the Dominion's whole hearted and
magnificent participation in the World
War
Laurlcr had in high degree magma
ton and vision. He also had the courage
to subordinate the interests of the mo-
ment to the interests of the future These
qualities, singularly enough, contributed
to his defeat in 1911. He had long fa-
Vored reciprocity with the United States
When, alter many rebutfs, the United
States offered generous measure Of
reciprocity he could not but welcome the
proposal. He saw that freer trade rela-
tlons must eventually benefit both coun-
tries. But the Conservative opposition
seized eagerly on an issue on which it
could appeal to latent nationaistic ami
mosities and prejudices After cam
pagn of emotonalsm the Canadian
voters rejected reciprocity on the theory
that 1T threatened an impairment of the
Domlnlon's economic independence.
Probably they would reverse the YER
dict now if no question of party control
at Ottawa were involved.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
An End to Monroeism

lhe draft of the league Of peace makes
no mention of hemispheres The scheme
proposed applies as much to one con-
tnent as to the other. There is as
definite provision for international
cooperation" everywhere We obligate
ourselves to go to Europe, Asia and
Africa, and the European nations obi
gate themselves to come to this side.
No meridian of longitude divides respon-
sibility
The Monroe Doctrine, based on the
principle that this country has a par
ticular sphere of influence, thus goes to
the scrap heap. The South American
states, if threatened in their territorial
integrity or otherwise would look to the
league for protection, not to us. 1t would
imply breaking Of the bond for us to
say that oversee intrusion would not be
tolerated. 1t is not possible to escape the
logic of Senator Borah on this matter
AS to many things tie covenant is vague
but not as to this
President Wilson landed American sol
diers in Vera Cruz. Under his orders
the troopers of General Pershing crossed
the Mexican border. Because Huerta
was murderer and his government
rested on tyrannous force, this country
was instrumental in creating a situation
which led to the establishment of Car
rama IN power. Other peoples who had
interests IN Mexico were warned off
were told that the matter was exclusively
the affair of Uncle Sam. Under the in
ternatlonal arrangement now proposed
such independent action by US would be
illegal and gross breach of faith. In
the event of a Tampco insult. or a
Columbus raid, or of disapproval of a
Mexican despot, we could only appeal to
the league and ask for justice and au
thority to act in its name
The Monroe Doctrine on its altruistic
side was born of desire to protect the
republics to the south from European in
reference. The league will assume the
business Of furnishing future protection.
1t is arguable that it is desirable to pass
TO others the burden of this respon-
slblllty 1t is also arguable that the
gains to US from the league compensate
us Tor giving up the right to exclude
undesirable neighbors But that the
Monroe Doctrine will come to an end if
the covenant in its present form is
ratified is not arguable.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
For a Roosevelt Legion

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In reading that some of the returned
soldiers have taken steps toward organiz-
ing the veterans of the great into
body similar to the Grand Army Of the Re
public, it occurs to me to ask what more
fitting tribute could be offered in recogni-
tion and appreciation of the work Of our
beloved Theodore Roosevelt, in arousing
the national conscience to its duty in the
war, than to name this organization "The
Roosevelt Legion" or "The Legion of Roose-
velt."
1t is impossible to separate his name
from Americas part in this war. He it was
who first sent out the cali ITO arms" He
was first to offer his services to his cOun-
try For two years before America awoke
he awake and fighting the good night
and surely any man who died IN bat
tie Theodore Roosevelt gave his life TO the
cause. Truly our American heroes are
Rooscvelts Legion, those who sleep ia
France and those who are still with US
New York, Feb 10, 1919. NJ Is. u.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Who PAYS the Bills?

A procession of witnesses before the
| contention that the Bolshevists are VIC
tins of Misrepresentation. Russia is a
land of horror and reaction. Tyranny
is working there as tyranny always
works. 1t butchers those who dare op-
pose its will. The first fury was
directed against the bourgeoisie. Then it
broke against the liberals and the social
revolutionaries.
Tc Boshevist chief the class
to which man belongs little matters.
What he is concerned about is obe-
dience. Submit or ev'-this was the
simple formula Of Caligula and Tanner
lane, and it is the formula of Lenine
and Trotzky. These autocrats may not
be, personally bloodthirsty-
was a man of tender sensibilities, and
exclaimed, "Have you no humanity"
when visitor trod on his pet poodle.
Russia's unheavenly twins may be torn
of heart when they sign orders for
executions. But, like the czars, they
would rather kill a man than have him
around making trouble for them.
But far more important than particu
lar atrocities is the mass misery intro
duced by the Bolshevist system.
Think of what is implied by the state
ments, supported by official Bolshevist
documents, that only small percentage
of the factories of Russia are in opera
>.,>j- ,1,+, cf
Petrograd has gone down 65 per cent
in but little more tnan a year! The
roads of Russia are crowded with the
broken men and women struggling to
reach some peasant relative who may
have food. The greater part of this
footsore army may be assumed not to
be political-to have little clear idea
of the cause Of their misfortunes. But
the cause is plain. 1t is not possible to
drive the efficient from management of
industry, personally selfish though they
may be, and escape the gravest social
consequences. A committee that does
not know how may be worse for
proetarian than the greedest boss.
The Overman committee, having suf-
ficently exposed the conditions in Rus
sia, may we'll take up the task of finding
whence comes the impulse for the Boil
shevist propaganda in this country.
Centain publications here are suspi-
ciously prosperous, just as some were
when the German fund was finding it's
way into circulation. Societies are being
organized and lecturers put in the field.
Who is paying the bills? Are the re-
ports true which say money from Rus
sia has been placed in American banks?
Not long ago in Moscow S5,0O0,000 was
voted for propaganda purposes abroad
Who in America is on the payroll? Let
us hope that the facts will come out
now instead of two or three years hence.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-18
Americanization Can Wait

In spite of the earnest Americaniza-
ton campaign of Secretary Lane of the
Interior Department, the Democratic
Congress which closes March 4 has de-
creed that there shall be no legislation
on this important subject at this ses-
sion. That means that the Smith-BanS-
head bill, which had the support Of Sec
retary Lane and other measures aiming
at the same target, the promotion of
characterization through education, are
shelved and that, so far as the present
Congress is concerned, no effort will be
made to educate and Americanize the
8,529OOO persons in this country over
the age of ten years who, experts have
testified, either cannot readsor write any
language or cannot read, write or speak
the language Of this country.
A large part the native-born Amer
leans who cannot read or write our Ian
guage are the Southern negroes, who
are barred from voting by state laws
requiring literacy qualifications. The
education Of these negroes would, of
course, threaten the Democratic domina-
tion in the South. However, the Smith
Bankhead bill was so worded that these
negroes could still be kept in ignorance
if the Southern States so desired. The
measure provided for an appropriation
of $12,500,000 a year until 1926, to be
distributed among the states for educa-
b,,< 4o% ;ol, \.
not appropriate dollar for dollar would
be awarded any of the fund All that
a state would need to do, therefore, to
keep its illiterates in ignorance would
be to refuse to make an approximation.
1t is encouraging to learn, however,
that the friends of the illteracy relief
bills are preparing for their immediate
reintroduction at the special session of
Congress which it is expected will be
called, and that in the mean time private
and state measures are being taken to
deal with this problem A recent state
ment issued by the Committee on Public
Information in Washington in regard to
the foreign press Of the country is to
the effect that large majority of the
newspapers coming under this head are
devoting much attention TO the Ameri-
canization of their readers
An indication Of the trend of public
sentiment on the subject of Americana
zation is furnished by the recent action
Of the Missouri House of Representa-
tives in adopting by vote Of 1l9 to
a bill forbidding the teaching in any
public, private or parochial school" be-
low the eighth grade Of any foreign Ian
guage. Missouri is one of the states in
which the German element is strongest.
There are multitude Of Americanza-
ton plans under way in New York, one
OF the most novel and interesting being
the exhibit being prepared at Colum-