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Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Boche ''Played Low"
Again, by Taking
Belgian Flag Colors

London, Sept. l3.-1f you see q
flag with black, gold and red per-
pendicular segments and in the up
per staff corner a blue patch con-
tanning a golden star, don't make
the mistake of believing it the emb-
lem of the Whosis republic recent
ly born somewhere east of Naples
with the league of nations acting as
midwife. It's the flag of Belgium.
The new German republic has
played it low" on suffering Bel
gium once more by stealing the
shades of the Belgian tricolor to
supplant the red. white and black
of the old flag of the empire. This
was the standard of the old Ger
man confederation before Prussia
and the Hohenzollerns created the
empire out of the rag-tag and bob
tail German states and, as mat
ter of historical fact, the red, gold
and black standard represented
sovereignty before Belgium broke
away from Holland in the early
part of the nineteenth century and
chose colors for its own.
Though the Belgian government
appealed to the powers at the peace
conference to prevent the new Ger
many using this tricolor scheme,
the Big Four did not interfere. The
result IS the little kingdom of King
Albert has had to insert a distin-
gushing mark in its banner by in
cooperating the colors Of Belgian
Congo.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Motor Cars Make Milk
Cheaper for People
Living in Milwaukee

There are thousands of acres Of
land capable of producing fruit,
vegetables and dairy products that
are practically undeveloped today
because the farmer lacks the trans
portation to get these products to
the market in the limited time neces-
sary because of their perishability.
ut is just this difficulty that the
motor truck is overcoming" says R.
S. Odell of the Odell-Hamiiton COM
pany, distributors of Mack trucks.
milwaukee, for instance, is get
ting its milk supply from radius
Of Is miles from the city, due to
motor truck transportation
"Motor trucks privately owned go
out and get the milk right off the
farm and bring it directly to the city
for distribution. There are no de-
lays in shipments and one thing or
another as is usually the case in
railway transportation.
"The cost of bringing the milk to
Milwaukee is 2 cents can cheaper
by motor truck than by railroad or
interurban lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
World Labor Conference
at Washington to Represent
Toilers of Forty-five Nations
-Four Main Subjects Are Eight-Hour Day, 48-Hour
Week, Unemployment and Employment of Women
and Children-Plan to Uplift the World

with staff sufficient to gather and
distribute data on any topic affect
ing labor in any and all of the coun-
tries. This central world-labor Of
flee will be under direction of a gov
erning body of "a, of whom six will
be elected by labor and six by en-
ployers. 1t is likely that headquar-
tiers will be established in London.
Forty-eight Hour Week.
AS regards the 4S-hour week and
conditions of women's employment,
Great Britain will be able to show
an enviable record, for the govern
ment already has determined to
make the eight-hour day national,
except in agricultural, domestic serv-
ice and sea-transport industries. And
legislation recently was enacted
making women's condition of serv-
ice on par with male workers in
the various trades.
Heretofore there have been EN-
ternational" labor meetings, with
from six to IS nations represented.
The recent socialist-labor confer
cnce at Berne was an example.
There the political end of the labor
movement held sway. Then there
was an international trades union
meeting at Amsterdam. Samuel
Gompers attended that. The meet
ing essentially was to form an or
ganization not dominated, as in the
past, by the Germans. But there
has been no move in the past to
bring the state, the employers and
the workers together in an interna-
tional meeting, whose deliberations
and resolutions would be worth
more than the paper they were writ
ten on.
Uplift the World.
The international labor confer
ence, whose success depends upon
the enthusiasm accorded it by both
labor and employers, seeks to lift
the social civilization of the world
to higher general level. This con-
ference hopes to secure minimum
conditions of life and well-being to
the workers all over the world. In
the past social and industrial prog
ress has often been hindered by the
fear of individual states that i'm
provement in industrial and social
conditions of their workers could
only be had by the loss of trade in
the international market, which in
the end would prove ruinous.
Samuel Gompers had an important
part in framing the labor charter to
the peace treaty which provides for
the Washington meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Prison Walls Crumble; Love
Finds Way for Wife to Get
Soldier Husbands Release
Volunteer in Yank Army in Siberia Tried to Desert
When He Learned of Wifes Severe 1llness-Gets
10 Years for 10 Days A. w. o. L-Woman's Love
Causes Him to Regain Freedom.

San Francisco, Sept. l3.-Even
the stern and relentless verdict OF
a court-martial, with fve-year
term at Alcatraz as penalty for
desertion from the army, dissolved
under the warmth of the devotion
and courage of Alexander Nemirov-
sky's young Russian wife.
Her love has melted cold military
discipline and prison walls and the
Nemirovskys are living happily in a
little Union street cottage. Their
story demonstrates the reality OF
poetic justice"
Nemirovsky, a private with the
American expeditionary forces in 81
IBERIA, technically deserted because
he was unable to get furlough
when he heard that his wife was
dying at Manila. She. with the gen.
tie courage of woman. surmounted
all obstacles, followed him to his
prison cell and fguratively broke
down the bars.
The Roman brides vow-"Whith-
er thou art, Caius, there am |, Gaia
was also hers. Great was the sur
prise of Nemirovsky when the
transport Sherman on which he was
returning prisoner touched at
Manila, to find his wife coming on
board as a passenger.
She not only secured her passage
on the transport to be near him. but
she laid siege to Alcatraz Island
when he was confined there and Sc
cured employment as nurse.
Colonel Helps Her.
Then, with the assistance of Col
Joseph Gerard, commanding Off
Ger OF the island, she successfully
carried her plea for clemency to the
military authorities at Washington.
Her plea had an irresistible force
"a woman's love and her deeds for
the man she loved. Nemirovsky
was released.
Mrs. Nemirovsky, who speaks
English and French as fluently as
she does Russian, related her story
to Universal Service and here is
what she said:
1T all started when my father,
colonel in the Russian army, sent
my sister, my brother and me from
Poland to Hardin, as he feared we
would not be safe from the boil
sheviki.
Disguised as Boys.
"My sister and I were disguised
in boys clothes and our hair was
cut short. Thus we passed through
the lines.
an the meantime, Alexander Ne
who is now my husband,
was stationed with the American
army at Manila. He had come to
America to study medicine but had
enlisted in the army.
"He and I had been childhood
in Russia. Learning that
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14

l was \ refugee at Hardin, he wrote
me, claiming the stress of the times
as an excuse for the unconvention-
ality of his proposal, and. asked me
to come to Manila and marry him.
| accepted and we were married.
Then my husband was chosen to
accompany Colonel Barrows of San
Francisco to Siberia as Russian in
terpreter. l remained at Manila and
joined the Red Cross. Tfen our
baby was born. Our child died and
l became very i'll. My friends
thought l was dying and cahled to
my husband in Siberia. Frantic
with grief, he asked permission to
come to Manila to be with me.
"He had been transferred from
Colonel Barrows' command to hos
pital service at Vladivostok and
could obtain no furlough.
Then, despairing, he made up his
mind to come without permission.
Retaining his uniform, he went to
Hardin, but could find no trans
portation and had to return to Vlad-
ivostok, where he reported himself
absent 10 days without leave.
10 Years for 10 Days A. w. o. L..
"He was contaminated and sem
fenced to 10 years at Alcatraz. This
sentence was afterward reduced by
General Graves to five years.
when the transport Sherman ar
rived at Manila with NV husband
aboard as prisoner | obtained per-
mission from the army authorities
to accompany him to America.
my husband was overjoyed to
find that l was still alive. On the
Sherman l was treated with consid
Grafton and was often allowed to
be with my husband.
"Then we arrived at San Fran
cisco. Fellow passengers had de-
picted The Rock in the darkest
colors and I was nearly crazy with
grief.
Gets Position as Nurse.
"My husband was taken. to The
Rock and l spent two very unhap-
by days in the city. Then l went
to see Col. Joseph Gerard, COM
mandant at Alcatraz Island. He
was kind and sympathetic and OBJ
tanned position for me as nurse to
the children of Maj. John Med.
Thompson on the island, so that l
could be near my husband and see
him frequently.
"My husband also was treated
kindly and humanely by the officers
in charge of the barracks.
"Then Colonel Gerard took our
case to the authorities at Washing
ton, and clemency was granted, and
my husband was restored to duty, a
free man. He is now awaiting his
honorable discharge from the army
while doing guard duty on The
Rock
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
ELKS and LEGION
BOTH BOOSTING
S. 4. CAMPAIGN
"Put it Over the Top" Is Ap.
peal to E|ks-AlI Plans
Approved by State
Committee.

Frank L. Rain of Fairbury, Neb.
grand exalted ruler of the Elks in
the United States, is urging every
Elk to get out and hustle for the
Salvation Army campaign in the
state, September q to u.
"Put it over the top" is the appeal
to each Elk.
In the past the Salvation Army
has always found the B. P. O. E.
lined up solidly behind it in home OF
war service campaigns. 1t is not sur.
prising that the exalted ruler should
get out and push as member of the
state committee. Commander Eva
Booth gave the opening address al
the national convention this year.
Legion Also Gives Aid.
Another great organization which
is backing the Salvation Army cam
paign in Nebraska is the American
Legion of Honor, composed of Of
ficers and soldiers of the world war.
The soldiers are the Salvation
Army's best boosters. The Amer
lean Legion Weekly prints two
pages on the overseas work Of the
Salvation Army and the War Veter-
ans Record, a Nebraska soldier
boys paper, gives its entire Septem-
Der edition. Distribution of these
magazines is made by the soldier
boys.
The Knights Of Columbus, Jewish
Welfare board, churches and other
organizations have Endorsed the Sal
vation Army Reconstruction Home
Service campaign in Nebraska.
All Plans Approved.
The state committee has approved
all of the building plans and activi-
ties planned by the Salvation Army
for Nebraska. The budget of $751;
600 for the state provides for the
erection, equipment and maintenance
of its institutions for one year. The
state committee district representa-
tives and representative at large are:
A. L. Sutton, Omaha, chairman;
Col. F. A. Grant, vice chairman. and
John L. Kennedy, Omaha, treas
urer.
District Representatives - James
N. Clarke, Hastings; George Z.
Gage, Fremont; c. J. Carlow, Co.
lumbus; L. G. Gillespie, O'Neill; X.
w. Hobart, Gering; w: H. tarned,
Haigler; John J. Ledwith. LINCOLN;
John c. Martin, Central City; Clyde
w. Norton, Kearney; J. W. Stem
hart, Nebraska City; John T. Ihel:-
sen, Jansen; Eben A. Warner, Chad
ron; F. A. Warner, Norfolk; Frank
Whitmore, Valley.
Representatives at Large-W. B.
T. Belt, Omaha; Randall Brown,
Omaha; Vaclav Buresh. Omaha; {.
E. Burnham, Norfolk; E. E. Calvin,
Omaha; DR.. F. S. Clarke. Omaha;
David Cole, Omaha: c. R. Docher-
ty, Omaha; J. w. Gamble, Omaha;
E. R. Quincy, Omaha; DR.. E. c.
Henry, Omaha; J. G. Maher: Lin
coin; R. H. Marley, Omaha; DR.. S.
McCleneghan. Omaha; G. Brandeis,
Omaha; w. T. Page, Omaha; A. L.
Palmer, Omaha; Frank 1. Rain.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
OF Lannon's Exclusive
Residential District
Hangs Out Wash

London, Sept. 13-The exclu-
sive residential district of London
swelldom, Park Lane, which is
comparable to Riverside Drive,
New York, or upper Sheridan Drive.
Chicago, has astonished blaze Brit
ish observers. Park Lane has hung
out its washingl
Yeh, this lane Of wealth and
social exclusiveness, is decorated
here and there, behind high walls,
with "undies," "nighties" and other
unmentionables frollicking in the
breeze.
The reason is high laundry prices.
If the bill is $40 the Government
calmly adds another S. in taxes.
So exclusive residents Of Park Lane
and other Mayfair places are open
ly Haunting their leases which
strictly provide against anything so
democratic as home-done washing.
Leases were so drawn to protect
the tender susceptibilities of the
elite. But economy is the antidote.
If shoes keep going up some of
the Mayfair palaces may be ex-
plotting barefoot buffers.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Auto Club Notes

The Omaha Auto club 10 endors-
ing the Townsend bill now pending
in the senate. The object of
this bill 10 to establish and maintain
a national system of highways ac-
cording to the national plan, con-
meeting the different states OF the
union. All good road boosters
should get behind this bill.
The Omaha Auto club has pro-
tested to the city authorities re-
garding the number of dirt wagons
operating on the streets of Omaha
without wheel tax licenses. The
city clerk has promised investlga-
ton.
Road reports, o. L. D. to Denver,
fair to good via Louisville, Neb.
Another good route is via O. L. D.
Fairmont, Neb. (via Louisville bridge
to Lincoln, Neb.,) then south on
Meridian road to Belleville. Kan,
then west on Pixies Peak Highway
to Colorado, Springs.
Lincoln Highway-east-rough
in stretches with detours to Chicago.
Lincoln Highway-west-fair to
good with rough in western Ne
braska.
White Pole-fair to good to Chi
cago.
River to River-fair to good to
Chicago.
George Washington Highway and
Kings trail-north to Sioux City
good.
George Washington Highway and
Kings Trail-south to Kansas City
fair to good with rough in stretches.
Blue Grass-fair to good to Bur
lington, la. =.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
By FLOYD MACGRIFF,
International News Service Staff Core
spondent.

|
London, Sept. 13.-What will
probably go down in labor history
as the most important meeting
ever held affecting workingmen OF
the world will be held at Washing
ton in October, according to plans
being perfected by European labor
leaders. 1t will be the inaugural
meeting of the world labor parlia-
ment, the idea of which was evolved
and given substance at the Paris
peace conference.
Forty-five Nations.
For the first time in history as
nations will send representatives to
world labor meeting with the
avowed object of raising the gen.
eral standard of working conditions
throughout the world. The inter-
national labor conference marks a
new epoch in dealing with such
matters, for now the governments,
the employees and the employers
will all be represented at the same
meeting and the findings of their
joint deliberations will carry weight
in every parliament on earth.
This international conference is
not a fly-by-night organization; in
stead it marks the beginning Of a
permanent body, which must meet
once a year to discuss labor mat
tiers. The government of each
country will have two delegates, the
employers of each country one rep
resentative and labor one, each Sec
ton appointing its own delegate.
Each Representative will have the
right to put forward hiA own view
and vote independently Of the gov
ernment's representatives.
To Draft Bills.
This conference will not merely
pass resolutions. At each session
draft conventions will be discussed
much as a bill is debated in congress
or any state assembly. If a draft
treaty is adopted by twothirds ma
jority then every state of the in
ternational labor conference must
lay such treaty before its parlia-
ment or legislative assembly. If
its parliament approves the treaty
then the state must carry it out
by passing the necessary laws.
Four Main Subjects.
The Washington conference will
deal with four main subjects:
The eight-hour day or forty-eight-
hour week.
Unemployment.
The conditions of women's en-
ployment.
The conditions of employment of
children.
A mass OF data has been prepared
outlining the situation in each of
the IS countries which will be rep
resented as to the four points. Thus,
each delegate will be able to view,
not only the conditions affecting his
own country, but also those affect
ing other nations. From data pre-
pared each delegate will get BIRDS
eye view of the world labor situation
on any given subject.
Permanent Office.
The international Labor council
will have a permanent headquarters,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14

bacco and he gets through with one
good-sized package of it every week.
Strong coffee is another Of his de-
lights and he imbibes great quanti-
ties of it. Morris was never a tee
totaler. In fact, he has been rather
addicted to the use of alcoholic bev-
erages all his life and the present
dry state of the nation is not at
all to his liking. A man is liable
to be considerably set in his ways
when he arrives at the age of l25
years, especially when he is an old
bachelor. like Morris.
Was Never Married.
No, the centenarian has never
married, and what is more, he is q
confirmed woman hater. 1t is said
that century ago, before he left
England, he was engaged to be mar
ried, but the girl either died or threw
him over, and he has entertained a
certain antipathy toward the gentler
sex ever since. However, for the
female members of the Mytton fam
lily and few outside friends he dis
plays a genuine liking, which shows
that the old man is not unsusceptible
to good treatment.
Thomas Morris was born at
Berrew, Montgomeryshire, North
Wales, in the year 1894, and if he
lives until the 18th of January, 1920,
he will have reached the remarkable
age of l26 years. He was Fl years
of age when the battle of Water
loo was fought, and had it not been
for club-foot which barred him
from the army, he more than likely
would have been among the English
forces that crushed the mighty
Napoleon.
Was a Shoemaker.
Mr.. Mytton, who is now looking
after the aged man, was apprenticed
to Morris in the old country when
he was lad of II. Morris is a
shoemaker by trade and came to
this country in 1871, bringing Mr..
Mytton with him. He located in !
Blackstone, ILL.,, and followed his
trade there for 10 years, later NOV
ing to Harrison county, Missouri,
where he lived for four years. He
came to Custer county in 1886 and |
settled near Westerville, where he
has been ever since.
Morris is undoubtedly the oldest
nan in the United States. There is
10 question about his age, as Mr..
Mytton has been able to establish
lis birth record in satisfactory
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Skeleton of Mammoth
Whale On Exhibition

Waycross, Ga, Sept. 1.-THE
skeleton of mammoth whale
washed ashore several months ago
near Pablo beach is now on exhi-
bition here. The whale when cap
tured weighed $1,000 pounds, and
was 4o feet long. The jawbones are
II feet long and the capacity of the
mouth was about 20 bushels. 1t is
estimated the whale was 230 years
old. The skeleton weighs over two
tons. An Indiana truck of special
construction brought the skeleton
to Waycross.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Game Wardens Report
Bio Increase In Deer

Denver, Colo. Sept. IA big
increase in the number of deer in
Routt, Mineral, Eagle, Grand and
other big game counties in this
state, is reported by game wardens.
Last year 10000 deer-hunting Ii
senses were issued but only 800
bucks we're killed. This year when
the season opens on October and
remains open four days, the hunt
ers expect to do very much better.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Is 125 Years DID, Eats Heartily Smokes Regularly Was|
Never Married and Hates Women and Prohibition
Thomas Norris Famous Centenaran of Custer County,
Fights Sturdiy Against Call of Death-Shll Able
to Hobble to Chair-Lights Own Pipe, But Set Fire
to Bed One Nght-Age Is Authentic

Still eating heartily and smoking
his pipe with much gusto. although
blind and partially deaf. Thomas
Morris, the Custer county centen-
arian, now 125 years old, lies bed
ridden at the home of Charles Myt-
ton, near Westerville. awaiting the
final summons to the hereafter.
In company with Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Currie, the Misses Keo and
Lilas Currie and Mrs. A. M. Iszard,
trip was taken to the Mytton
home Sunday afternoon of this week
and respects paid to the centenarian.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myttton were attend
ing the state fair at the time, but the
daughters of the household were
extremely kind to the visitors and
showed them every courtesy. Nor
ris occupies a clean and we'll venti-
lated room on one side of the build
ing and some of the family are al
ways in close proximity to attend
to his wants, which are not many.
Fires His Pipe Himself.
He was in a deep slumber, or stu
por, when the visitors called and
did not awaken during their stay.
This has been his usual condition of
late and he rouses himself only to
eat, drink and smoke. He feeds
himself and is able to fire up his
own pipe. A small table at the bed
side contains all his needs and he
helps himself at any hour of the day
or night. He has an appetite that
would do credit to husky laborer
and there are no restrictions on his
food allowance.
Frequently, during the small
hours of the night, he will eat a
hearty meal, then fill his pipe and
take a smoke. Once, he set fire to
the bed clothing and would have
come to grief had not members of
the family detected the smoke and
saved him from cremation. Since
then, the daughters say, he has been
extremely careful in his indulgence
and always makes sure there are no
stray sparks about. He has COL
lection of canes, of which he is very
proud, and when his bed is made
and the room is cleaned up. he Sc
lects one of these canes with care,
uses it in hobbling to a chair and
sits there with great gravity until
the work is finished. Sometimes
he will make a remark in a cultural
tone, but not often.
Not long ago, a tobacco firm sent
the old man a case of smoking to-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
Dry Spell Clears Court
Docket of Violation Cases

Macon. Ca Sept. liking Bar
leycorn has virtually been de-
throned in Bib county 50 far as
the state courts are concerned. The
criminal calendar for the September
term of the city court is remarkable
for the small number of violating
the-prohibition-law cases. Usually
between IS and 100 cases are set.
This term there are only "a and
most Of them are old
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-14
GIaring Headlights
Don't Go In St. Louis

St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 13.-City
Judge Mix has started a little cam
paign all his own to put an end to
glazing headlights on automobiles.
He has just fired the opening gun in
court when he fined ]. M. Mulkey
500 on such a charge.
y have seen numbers Of glazing
violations of this law" said the
court, "and have asked Chief of Po-
lice OBrien' to- order the arrest Of
ali autoists not observing the law"