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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
Prospect Improves
for Ending Strike Of
Telephone Operator.

San Francisco, June, 24.-Negoti-
atoms to end the strike in calif3r-
mia and Nevada of telephone opera
tors and linemen entered on their
third day with a fair prospect"
according to strike executives, that
an agreement will be reached with
in the next "a hours for submission
ITO a referendum vote of the afected
locals.
San Francisco, Oakland and Sac
ramento have moved through their
various city governing bodies 20
bring the strike to speedy ternina-
ton. .s,,.Ess
L. c. eraser, vice president Of
the International Brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers, said that the Sc
wage agreed upon in conference
might be submitted to the uniors
for referendum in the event the de-
mands of the striking operators are
met in full and further confessions
regarding working conditions are
made to the men. -
Denver, June %. Electricians
employed BY tie Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph company
here, who have been on strike since
June 10, returned to their positions
Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
Thirteen-Year-Old
IDaughter.IsWit raess
as Father Kills Wife

Sioux Falls. S. D., June 2+-(Spe-
ALA 13-year-old daughter of
Charles Leao, farmer living near
Ellis, who shot and killed his Nife
and then killed himself was an eye
witness of a part of the double trag-
edy. She was sleeping with MIS-.
Lao, the second wife of the farmer,
to whom she was married in April
of this year, when Leao entered the
room aboat4 o'clock in the morning.
After III exchange OF words the
husband left the room, appe airing a
few minutes. later with rifle in his
hands. He shot and killed his wife
as she was scrambling out of bed.
The girl escaped from the room
and alarmed the neighborhood. As
neighbors ,swere approaching the
house they heard the shot which
ended Leao's life.
Soon after their marriage domes-
tic difficulties arose and it is said
they have quarreled frequently since.
Recently the husband decided his 30
acre farm to her after it had been
mortgaged for the purpose, it is
stated, of building an addition to
thes house and replacing the family
Ford with a large touring car.
THE mortgaging of his farm is
supposed to have so preyed upon
the mind of Leao that he became
temporarily deranged.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
'vILLISTAS LOST
MORALE after
YANKS CHARGED
Forced to Walk Barefooted
Over White Sand of North
ern Chihuahua. Accord
ing to Escaped Rebel.

Juarez, Mexico, June 24,-How
American troops scattered the
Villa rebels, forced them to walk
barefooted over the white sands of
northern Chihuahua, and destroyed
their morale, was told to General
Francisco Gonzales at military head
quarters here by Villas telegraph
operator, who escaped at Villa
Ahumada. This man is military
prisoner here and his name is with
held.
He said Villas men were scat
tered over the country between
Samalyuyca and Villa Ahumadal
After the pursuit of the rebels by
Col. James J., Hornbrook's cavalry,
their horses were ridden down and
abandoned in the sand wastes, men
dropped from their saddles and died
OH the desert from wounds or ex-
haustion, and wounded officers and
men suffered alike for lack of med
ical attention and surgical dressings.
Impressed By Villa.
The telegraph operator was inn
pressed by Villa at Coyame, Chi
huahua, last September, he said, and
had been forced to accompany the
rebel leader throughout his opera
tons in the. north. He was sta
toned with Villas staff during the
battle of Juarez and told General
Gonzales many details of the battle
which had been unknown here. He
said Nicolas Fernandez, one Of
Villas leading generals, was sho,
in the right arm Sunday night and
went until Monday night withou,
medical attention. Ildefonso San
chez, another Villa general, was shot
in the foot Martin Lopez's COM
mand of 500 was reduced to 200 by
the fighting in Juarez and the shrap-
mel shells of the American artillery
near the race track, the man de-
clared.
Short on Ammunition.
He said Villa headquarters a
Samalayuca, 80 miles south O.
Juarez, were reached at 4 o'clocl
the Monday afternoon after thu
crossing of the American expendi
ton and that Colonel tHornbrook':
men were at San Jose, short dis
lance north, when the pursuit wa!
abandoned. He said he saw Gen
Felipe Angeles supervising bane
of rebels tearing up the railroad
track at Samalayuca to hamper pur
suit by federals or Americans. H,
said Villas own bodyguard Their
had less than IFS rounds of ammuni
ton per man, while many of tn.
troops had none.
The telegraph operator said h.
left Villa Ahumada late Friday aftel
Villas outposts reported the ap
proach of Gen. Pedro Qufroga's fed
eral cavalry, which engaged thu
Villa forces Saturday. driving then
from the town, killing 90 an,
wounding many more, according te
Gen. Ouiroga's official dispatch tt
General Gonzales. The operator
left before the battle started.
Colonel Martinez, a Villa officer
wounded during the Juarez battle
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
IN own
HOME ALLOWED
BYFERERAl BILL

any person not legally permitted
under this title TO possess liquors"
shall be regarded as evidence that
it is kept for purposes of sale. This,
however, does not apply to home
stocks.
:, Define Intoxicating Liquor.
The bills definition of what is
Intoxicating 'iiquor-any beverage
or product containing more than
one-half Of one per cent alcohol
was retained. 1t was said that men,
.bers of the committee discussed
this section at length, some con-
tending that if one congress under
took to define Intoxicating liquors
as one-half of one per cent another
congress could come along and
make it 4 per cent, or any figure it
chose.
Representative Gard, appointed
last year with Chairman Voistead
and Representative Whaley Of
South Carolina to draw up a bill
for enforcement of wartime prohi-
,bition, endeavored to have the COM
,mittee substitute his bill. Chairman
Volstead ruled against a motion to
this effect and was sustained. II
was said the wartime measure was
more liberal in it's provisions, but
as the committee had refused to
separate wartime and constitutional
prohibition, it was unwilling, men,
bers explained, to make any distinc-
ton in the matter of enforcement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
Telegraphers' Head
Goes to Washington
on Strike Business

Chicago, June 24.-S. J. Konen-
kan1r. international president of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union Of
America, left for Washington to-
night in connection with the strike
situation which will be placed before
Postmaster General Burleson by a
committee appointed last night by
The American Federation of Labor.
The committee includes John
Walker of the mine workers, and
W. +. Bryan of the leather workers.
Konenkamp is going to Washing
ton a! the suggest of Frank Morri-
son secretary of the American Fed
grafton of Labor. Konenkamp has
asked E. ]. .Manion, president of
the Order of Railroad Photographers.
and J P. Noonan of the Electrical
Workers to attend the conferences.
The nailroad telegraphers are re-
fusirg to handle commercial bust
7lss as a means of aiding the strik-
ing CONNER cial telegraphers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
Charge Republicans With
Trying to Disrupt Peace
Conference at Versailles

Phoenix, Ariz., June 24.-Charg-
ing the republican party with de-
liberately attempting to disrupt the
peace conference at Versailles, .Ho-
1ner S. Cummings, chairman of the
democratic national committee told
a gathering of democrats from all
parts of Arizona that president
Wilson has endeavored to realize
for humanity the dearest dream that
has come to the mind of man since
the dawn of civilization"
The party of democratic national
committeeman was in conference
with leaders from different sections
of the state. .. ".,
Mrs. George Bass, director of the
democratic national women's bureau,
presided at the organization of an
Arizona women's branch. The day
closed with public meeting, at
| which Mr.. Cummings was the prin-
| cipal speaker. -
]. Bruce ,Kremer, vice chairman
of the national committee, and Mrs.
Bass left for Los Angeles. Mr..
Cummings and the remainder of the
party will follow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
Truce Declared in Strike
of CHICAGO CITY EMPLOYEES

Chicago, June Enlargement of
the city council finance committee
to hear representatives. of the unions
called a truce in the strike of $500
employees of the city who quit work
earlier in the day. 1t had the effect
of calling off the threatened strike
of 400 electrical workers and post
poning action by nearly 2,000 other
union employees.
Street bureau men started to
strike Tuesday morning. Electrical
workers and workers of nearly a
dozen other unions threatened SIM
liar action.
Increased wages are asked by
nearly all classes of city employees,
but thorn in their side was the ex-
pectation that the finance commit
tee would cancel the annual vaca-
tons of two weeks with pay.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
FRIDAY IS SET
FOR SIGNING OF
PEACE TREATY


the states inheriting parts of the
Hapsburg domains for several
weeks, but the results haye been
unsatisfactory to the council of four
and French experts are now trying
their hand.
The problem is decidedly connpli
Gated because, on the one hand, it
is planned to charge these states
with share OF the Austro-Hungar-
ian financial responsibilities, pro-
portionate to the area and resources
of the Hapsburg territories acquired
by them under the guise of CON
tributions to the cost of war of Eb-
eration," while. on the other hand.
Rumania and Serbia are entitled to
offsets for reparations due them.
Copenhagen. June 2s.-There was
a remarkable spontaneous outbreak
of rejoicing when the news that
Germany had decided to sign the
peace treaty reached Copenhagen.
The guns of the British and French
warships in the roadstead in salvos
announced the news.
The singing of the Marseillaise
and other patriotic songs was to be
heard everywhere. French and Brit
ish sailors marched to the national
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
democratic vaciIlation"
Denounced by PoindexteJ

New York, June Ex-senator
Poindexter, republican of Washing
ton, told the fifteenth district Re
publican club 1.-THE mission of the
republican party in the immediate
future is to save the republic from
the process Of national disintegra-
ton in progress during the present
administration"
Denouneing democratic vacilla-
ton and weakness in dealing with
Mexico" Senator Poindexter said
the republican party should elect q
president who would fulfill the re-
sponsibilities the nation had as
sumed in Mexico and "reassert
american honor and seH-respect, so
that our citizens, lawfully in that
country, would not be forced to
ransom their lives with money"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25

hearing and the further fact that
Mrs. Brown was discharged in a
court of competent jurisdiction.
They ignored the reports OF dctect
tives who watched the Brown fats
.or nearly week prior toashe rail-
and reported that they observed
nothing wrong
They also ignored signed state
ment BY Roy Kelly, who stated that
on the might of the raid he was out
riding with Herdzina and Ann
strong; that the raid was framed;
thar he was allowed 10 TIP ioif i
young woman at The hataxnd was
allowed to make his own getaway.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
IL MORE LOCAL
UNIONS Vote ON
GENERAL STRIKE
Results Of Meetinglast Night
Mot Made Public; Action
| Depends on sthe Cen.
trial Body. !

Seventeen locals met at Ahe Labor
temple last night to decide whether
the move for a general sympathetic
strike with the teamsters and truck
drivers should be endorsed. The
results of these meetings were not
made known last might, but officials
of the Central Labor union and
members of the executive commit
tee of the central body declared that
by far the greater portion on the
locals, had decided to walk out if
the central union, at is meeting
Wednesday night, thought such a
step advisable.
The following are the locals
(which met last night:
Sign writers, horseshoers, black
smiths, bricklayers, plumbers, elkc-
trical workers, carpenters, sheet
metal workers, millmen. Machinists
No. 131, beverage workers, boiler
makers, iron nroulders, stage .em-
ployes, stationary engineers, stereo.
typers and swftclfinen.
: May BE Settled.
1t is believed that the teamsters
will make their decision in the mat
ter known this morning. If the
proposition is voted upon favorably,
a strong possibility exists that the
strike of the teamsters and truck
drivers may be settled before the
central body meets to issue the ex-
.pected general strike order.
As the right to collective bar
gaining is one of the cardinal prin-
ciples for which the union is now
fighting. some doubt is expressed
as to the final outcome Of the de-
liberations of the officials and men
of the teamsters' local.
As employers have repeatedly
stated their Willingness to meet
with their own men, it is said a
strong possibility exists that the
strike may be settled.
Proposition is Submitted.
The proposition was submitted to
the committee of the teamsters fol-
lowing a conference Monday be-
tween Ward Burgess, Omaha mer-
chant, and J. J. .Kerrigan, president
of the Central Labor union. Mr..
Burgess proposed that the strikers
call upon their own employers and
discuss the matter before taking &C
ton in calling a strike. He ,proffered
his own services, as an interested
party, to both factions involved in
the present strike. A general meet
| ing of all transfers and truck driv-
ers was held Monday at the union
headquarters, 513 North Sixteenth
street.
Employers claimed Increased
strength yesterday. Officials of
the Sunderland Brothers Co. de-
clared drivers were working yester-
day morning Other employers re-
ported the situation normal and
business unhampered by the walk
| our.
The threat of a general strike was
characterized as pure bluff by the
employers. Union officials of the
city are too we'll informed to take
such action, thew said.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
CITY COUNCIL
UPH0LDS ARREST
Of MRS. BROWN
Detectives Herdzina and Arm
streng Whitewashed by
Mayor and Four
Commissioners.

OF the fact that Mrs. Brown was
tried before Judge Holmes and &C
quilted on the charge OF maintain
ing disorderly house At that
hearing. the prosecution, aided in
every possible manner by the ma
ea;aery of the police department,
offered II witnesses to obtain a
conviction The case before Judge
Holmes was subnatted without any
witnesses for the defense. and the
court gave his opinion forthwith,
taking occasion to administer a
soathing rebuke to the police de-
nartment for the. rough and unlaw-
full tactics used in the case. The
conncil seyaded this issue in its
findings.
The hearing. which was held be-
fore the council on the Magney
charges, was irnpeded as much as
possible by Police Commissions
Ringer, and during dramatic mid
night session the mayor hit upon
the idea Of another postponement
by demanding that Kelly be brought
in by the police department. The
police failed to comply with the
MAYORS request that Kelly be ap-
pretended, although Kelly was on
the streets every day. Chief Eber-
stein ayerred that His men were
trying to find Kelly and he so in
formed the police commissioner.
The finding of Kelly was made a
big issue in the latter stages of the
hearing, Finally, the mayor and
Mr.. Ringer mentioned Kelly in
whispers.
Ignore Evidence.
During the council hearing four
witnesses, Tom Brown, Dorothy
Brown, Officer Hegg and L. Cur
ley testified to having seen and
sinelled evidence of intoxicants in
connection with the. actions of Arm
strong and Herdzina during the
nightsof the raid. Tom Brown tes-
tilted that he elected Herdzina when
the detective persisted in observing
Mrs. Brown while she was dressing
h<rseIfiin compliance with orders to
60 TO the police station. Officer
Hegg drove the detectives to their
homes after the raid and testified
he had occasion to observe their
actions.
No reference was. made in the
city council whitewash to the fact
that after Mrs. Brown had aarrivet.
at the police station, Attorney
George Magney offered to furnish
q hood in any sum, which was re-
frsed 10Y Captain .Heitf.'d Moth
ing ives said trs{written OF Mrs.
Rrswisss nervous. breakdown. and
her attendanlr in "a hospital after
her treatment by the police.
Endorse Action Of y0heess.
In slort. -kl.e~ aaagor and his feur
SA,N,orters in this instance endorse
The actions OF Detectives Herdzina
and armstrong, in the face of over
wiwiining evidence offered at the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
big Bertha Repents;
VIII Dedicate Life to
Aid Of Scientists

Paris. June 24.--"Big Bertha" has
repented her evil life and is about to
become of great use to scientists.
Her enormous propulsive power
is to be employed in studying hieh
atmosphere by means of a special
projectile.
/. Elevated at an angie of Al de-
grees from the horizontal, Big
Bertha" can send the projectile II
miles into the air. If pointed ver-
tically she can send it so miles high,
or 10 times as high as the highest
mountain in the world.
A prominent scientist, discussing
the great opportunity offered to the
scientific world, said they hoped to
gain some knowledge of what ether
is like at that great distance from
the earth and whether density en-
lists there, or will the projectile con-
tinue its way toward the stars.
Read The Bee Want Ads for the
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25
Huns Violate Terms
OF Annistice as They
Burn French Flags

Paris, June 24-Word Of the
burning of certain French battle
flags by the Germans has been re-
ceived here. Peace conference opin-
ion is apparently unanimous that
this is a distinct violation OF the
peace treaty, inasmuch as that doc
ument stipulated that the flags
should be returned to France by
Germany.
1t is probable that a commission
will be appointed to consider taking
action in the matter.
Presumably the foregoing refers
to French battle Tags taken by the
Germans in the war of 1901. Ar
ticle 245 of the peace treaty, in the
original draft, stipulated that within
six months after the treaty should
take effect, Germany must restore
to France the trophies, works of art,
etc, carried from France by the
German authorities in the Franco
Prussian war, particularly the
French flags taken in the course OF
the war of 1901"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25

Danish monument commemorating
the war of 1864 and decorated II
with flowers.
The populace wildly cheered the
allies WHO had won Schleswig again
for Denmark. The Copenhagen
newspapers today print enthusiastic
editorial articles.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25

and hidden in a house in the Juarez
Valley, sent a courier to General
Gonzales late Monday night saying
he was dying and wished 70 give
important military information to
the general before he died. General
Gonzales hurried there in his auto
mobile, but the Villa officer died
before he could make statement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25

Fremont, Neb., June 24-(Spe-
eial.)-The price of cherries reached
S. a bushel on the local market
Monday, setting a new top for that
fruit at Fremont The crop is slight
ly below the average in quantity, but
the quality is excellent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-25

Read The Bee Want Ads for the
Best opportunities in bargains.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-04

for their privilege Of arranging their
rchedules TO suit their own conve-
nience. And 1t is curious fact that
many writer's prefer greatly to work
late at night.
Longfellow worked until two or
three In the morning, preferring the
stiffness Of the night to the noislness
OF the day, for his hours of toll. Mrs.
0liphant, also had the habit OF doing
uscst of her writing late at night. and
m the "wee-sma' hours Booth Tark-
:ngton gives his mornings to tennis
and spends the afternoons and eve
nings at work; and II. G. Wells also
prefers burning the midnight OIL u
While on the other hand. Thack.
cray preferred to work early in the
morning preferably before ten.
George. Bernard Shaw says the best
working hours are breakfast to lunch,
In the open air II possible, and states
TINT "All night work Is drunken work."
and Sir Gilbert Parker is another ad.
socate Of getting up early and doing
ness Of his work before lunch. F
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-04
Cnr Nuw BUI A MEMORY
Ur, Birthplace OF Abraham, Once I'm
portant, Today Consists Only Of
Vast Group Of Mounds.

The British. on their recent advance
In Mesopotamia. passed over or at
least near the ancient city Of Ur, where
Abraham was born and grew upland
thence that he departed with his fam
lily and relations onla journey to, Pal
estlnc that was destined to be so PRO
ductive OF important events for the
Hebrews. att5f gtru6gl titf He "a
1--WE are. accustomed to think Of the
days of the early Phnraohs as almost
lost in antiquity. but Ur was prchis-
toric. Eight thousand or 1900 years
ago that great Chaldean city was a
seaport on the shore Tor near it) of the
Persian gulf. 1t traded with India
and all the then known parts Of the
world. N qfialNq HiUl W igri
Today Ur (or what remains Of ~
Is 100 miles as the crow files from the
head of the Persian gulf. Surely 1t has
not moved; but the alluvial deposits
carried down by rivers. have built out
the land. so that the head Of the gulf
is no longer where II used to be. The
pushing southwark Of the shore line is
known to have averaged about GER
tain distance yearly since the time Of
Alexander the Greut, so that the period
when Ur was a seaport can be reck-
oned with fair accuracy.
Or today Is about halfway between
the head of the gulf and the ruins of
ancient Babylon. II is near the Eu-
phrates-across the river from the
modern town OF Nazareth--and is rep
resented by a vast group Of mounds
that conceal remains of extraordinary
interest, Undoubtedly 1t was war that
destroyed this ancient metropolls-as
Il seems TO destroy everything that Is
worth while. sooner or later.
Out OF one huge mound has been
dug the remains Of pyramldal tower
which is regarded by AssyrIologlsts as
the most perfect specimen of Baby
lonian architecture know. 1t Is built
in a series of stages, like the tower OF
Babel, with a continuous flight OF
broad steps running up the outside. II
originally supported te.lple--ths
great Temple Of the Moon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-04

"But you know. it's sort O. hard. this
slttin' into the old job. I'm findin'
lot Of dust.littered corners In my at
tic md I'm spendln' most Of my time
brushing away the cobwebs.
"As / told you, I'm no bloomin'
eagle, but there re times, long in the
middle of the afternoon, when I'd trade
my chances Of future salvation for one
little ride--just to swing into the cock
pit. give 'erethe gun, and feel the old
bus bump along over the ground a way.
then pull 'er back on her launches and
take the alrwith zoom.
n'lBut this gettin' back hto harness
has other features than that of polish
Ing lup therustedg machinery in my
dome. I'd been looking forward to the
tlmeI could shuck my uniform and get
hack into civios ever since the armis-
ticel was signed, but one day without
The tight-buttoned breeches and leath.
er puttees, and / was ready to go back
10 the old cords. The wind whistle;
Home, Sweet Home round the bottom
of my B., v. 6Disoand feel like an
orphan child alone uinl cruel, cold
world, The next tayI was out In my
uniform, and since then. I've been
shedding II n pieceat q time.
,l"And then I'm missin the Insignia.
Those little silver wings were the
open sesame TO anything from. stag
Tnrty to commercial club banquet
They were good for u dinner invita-
ton or bank loan.
But it's good to get that settled
feolln' now--to know a fellows life
is his own to live, to feel he is a com
plete unit and not just an atom. And
you can tell the world the army does
this for a fellow: II sends him back
TO his Job filed with vim, vigor and
vitality. He feels he has up enough
steapl 10 last lifetlme."-Kansas City
ssrs.