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Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Chairman of Russian ENJOYS
Outlines Ideas at First
Conference of Delegates in
MinSk Tuesday,.
DEMAND GUARANTEES
AGAINST NEW ATTACKS
Bo|shevik Forces Capture
1900 Prisoners Northwest
Of Warsaw-PoIes Routed
After Taking CiechanoW.
BY The Associated Press.

Moscow, Aug. 18.-The Russian
soviet peace terms were read to the
Polish delegates at their first meet
ing with the soviet representatives
in Minsk Tuesday. The Polish an
swer will be returned today.
An official statement said:
"The Minsk conference opened
today at 7 p. nj. with a speech by
Chairman Danishovsky. after which
credentials were exchanged. Danish
ovsky emphasized Russia's respect
for Poland's independence, sovereign
rights and right to determine its own
form of government and said Rus
sia accorded Poland more territory
than the entente.
Must Stop Attacks.
"He said Russia must demand from
the landlords of Poland such guar
antees against renewed attacks as
would not be necessary from the
workers and peasants of Poland. The
Polish delegates proposed to hold
the next sitting August 19, but the
Russians insisted it be held on Au-
gust l8. which was agreed to-"
Bolshevik forces northwest of
Warsaw captured !, 200 prisoners and
seven guns in a battle in which they
lost and regained the town of Gle
chanow, 55 miles from Warsaw, sc-
cording to Tuesdays official COM
munique. The statement follows:
Take 1900 Prisoners.
"The enemy broke rough to the
Narew and occupied Cicchanow, bat
was driven back by our counter at
tack and we reoccupied Ciechanow.
We captured 1900 prisoners and
seven guns.
Fierce fighting continues north
east of Novo Georgievsk and War
saw. West of Vladimir Volnyski we
occupied Grubeshov and a number
of villages south of Grubeshov. In
the Tarnopol region we occupied a.
number of points and advanced to
Zboroff.'
Reds Lose Bases.
Warsaw, Aug. 18-Bolshevik
forces. advancing into Poland, march
ahead without any concern for their
lines of communication, according to
statements Of refugees gathered by
the Warsaw Gazette. They have
lost touch with the bases of opera
ton, and refugees state they had no
difficulty in leaving their villages, for
there was nothing behind the relative
ly thin bolshevik front line. They
declared it was possible to travel
many miles without seeing single
soldier.
"A vigorous effort on the part of
Continued on Page Two, Column Three.l
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Strategic Flop by Leader Of
Anti Faction Enables tbs
Suffragists to Win Out BY
Final Ballot of so to As.
MAY YET RECALL ACT
FOR RECONSIDERATION
Ratification Ends Long Fight
To Gain Thirty.Sixth State,
Enabling Women to Take
Part In Fall Election.


Nashville, Tenn, Aug. l8.-Ratifi.
cation of the federal suffrage amends
ment was completed today with fa-
vorable action by the Tennessee
house.
The vote in the house was 49 to
~. The senate ratified the amend
ment last Friday by vote Of Is 10 4.
Speaker Walker, in an attempt to
have the action reconsidered,
changed his vote from aye and
moved that such action be taken.
Walkers change of his vote gave
ratification a majority of SO to 46.
Can Reconsider Vote.
Mr.. Walker is privileged to call up
the resolution for reconsideration at
any time within the next two days.
Adjournment was taken until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. A mo-
ton that the house table the suffrage
resolution was lost ON tie vote, 48
to 48.
| A roll cali on adoption Of the rati-
fication resolution was then ordered.
Ends Intensive Drive.
Ratification by the Tennessee leg
islature was the elimination of an
intensive drive made by suffrage
proponents to have the amendment
made effective in time for the won-
en- of the country to vote in the
presidential election in November.
The drive was started when West
Virginia became the thirty-fourth
state to fatify early this year.
Washington was the thirty-fifth
to ratify and on the same day it
acted--March Ex-Governor Town
send of Delaware called special
session of the Legislature of that
state to act on the amendment. The
Delaware assembly met early in
May and the senate quickly ratified,
but action by the house was de-
layed, despite pressure brought to
bear by the leaders of both great
political parties and by President
Wilson. Finally, on June 2, the leg
islature adjourned with the ratifica-
ton resolution still in the house
committee of the whole.
Louisiana Rejects It
Meantime the Louisiana 1egisia-
ture wet and efforts were made~to
have it act favorably. President
Wilson appealed to Governor Parker
to recommend ratification, but the
governor declined to do so. The
ratification resolution was taken up
late in May and was debated at in
tervals through the month of June
and into July. Governor Cox, the
democratic presidential nominee,
threw his influence on the side Of
the amendment, declaring that the
democrats of the legislature owed it
to their party to ratify the amend
ment.
The legislature finally adjourned
on July s, however, without acting.
While the Louisiana legislature
was considering the question appeals
for planks favorable to suffrage were
| made to both the republican and
democratic conventions, and the re-
publican convention was picketed by,
representatives of the woman's par
Continued on Page Two. Column One.)
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19

New York, Aug. 1S.-For two
weeks there have been cast up along
the Jersey and Long Island shores
thousands of mysterious ph:als tllled
with a white powder and herinetical-
ly sealed-phials which little children
have found explode like miniature
bombs when hurled against rock.
From Seagirt, N. J., as far north
as Coney Island and Long Beach
these phials have been washed
ashore and picked up by beach
habitues, who wove spy theories
about these little glass tubes until
finally the matter reached the atten-
ton of the port authorities and men
of science.
Then the chemist spoke. The
phials contained neither explosive
nor poison, neither habjt-forming
drugs nor None of rare curative pow
crs. They contained calcium hydro
chlorite, a preparation used during
the war to purify water, to protect
man and not to kill him.
But today only half the mystery
was solved. Having identified the
phials as part of those made in the
United States and encased in vacuum
tubes for shipment overseas for use
by individual soldiers, the authorities
still were>unable to answer the ques-
ton of how, nearly two years after
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
HARDING PLANS
LABOR DAY TALK
FROM HIS HOME
Senator, in Conference With
Campaign Advisers, Insists
On Clinging to Front
Porch Drive.

Marion, O., Aug. ia confer
ence of republican chiefs convened
Tuesday to shape speaking sched-
ule for Senator Harding, adjourned
without completing the task.
Requests that the nominee speak
away from Marion were discussed
along with plans for the reception
here of front porch delegations, but
no out-of-town invitation was ac-
cepted and only two dates were ad.
ded to front-porch engagements.
Will H. Hays, national chairman,
announced that "at Senator Hard.
ing's personal insistent wish" the
Labor Day speech would be deliv.
cred from the front porch to a meet.
ing arranged by the Central Labor
union. He said the senator was
anxious to speak on labor issues
"here among people who know his
labor record" and for that reason
invitations to other cities for that
day were declined. The other 'front.'
porch date announced was Septem-
Der 4, when republican state ways
and means chairmen will be re-
ceived.
Times and places where campaign
issues are to be presented by SEN
ator Harding also were discussed
and it was announced there would
be an elaboration of his position OH
the league of nations in the speech
here August % to delegation from
indianapolis.
Besides Mr.. Hays and Senator
Harding. those present at the con-
ference included Senator Harry S.
New of Indiana, head of the party's
speakers bureau; Harry M. Daugh-
erty of Ohio, Senator Harding's pre-
convention manager, and Henry
Wallace of Iowa, publisher Of farm
periodicals.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Garments $ Attorney
Says Rail Board Has
Exceeded Authority

Lincoln, Aug. 1S.-(Special.) j.
Decision of the Nebraska Railway
commission in the Omaha Garments
wage dispute will not stop the call
ing of a strike if the Omaha street
car employees believed they would
be justified in the calling of one, ac-
cording to Frank H. Coffey of Lin
coin, who acted as one Of the at
torneys for the carmen in the hear
ing.
Il do not say that there will be a
strike" Mr.. Coffey stated, "but | do
say that the men will not recognize
the commissions dictum as having
any binding effect on heir action.
The right to quit work collectively
or individually has been upheld by
the highest courts in the land and it
is not for the Nebraska Railway
commission to lay down a different
principle"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
STREET CAR men
LOSE IN FIGHT
FOR WAGE RAISE
State Commission Finds En-
pIoyes Making Enough
Union Officials to Refer
Decision to Vote.

The refusal of the State Railway
commission to authorize an increase
in wages was received with uncer-
tainty by the conductors and motor
men of the Omaha and Council
bluffs Street Railway company
Wednesday afternoon The unsuc-
cessful strike recently ended in Den
yer was fresh in the minds of both
the employees and the employers.
I'VE are waiting for the official
announcement from the state
board,' said G. F. Whitlow, secretary
of the Garments union. Nothing
will be done without due delibera-
tion. The matter is in the hands \of
the men and | do not know what ac-
ton they will take"
When Mr., Whitlow was told that
the state board had ruled that the
street car men not only would not
receive a wage increase. but also had
no power to call a strike, he was
considerably mystified.
Labor Leader Puzzled.
"Where do they get that noise?'
ne SdlQ. mo dCl1On COulu possibly
be taken before next week and no
strike is ever called without refer
endum vote of all members of the
union"
A meeting of the street railway
union was held Wednesday night at
the Labor temple, Nineteenth and
Davenport streets.
There are about 1000 street rail-
way trainmen in Omaha. 1t is
claimed that 98 per cent of them are
members of the union. The situation
is complicated by the fact that the
labor turnover of the street car COM
pany is SO great that many of the
men, who were here at the time of
The filing of the original request, are
now gone.
Here is the Scale.
The wage scale ranges from 50
cents an hour for beginners to S.
cents for more experienced and 81
cents an hour for all who have been
with the company for a year or
more. The men work seven days
week.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Texas County ShoUs
Population of One to
Every I3 Square Miles

Washington. Aug. 18.-Census
of the least populous county in
the country. Cochrane, Texas,
was announced today. 1t has just
81 people, two more than enumer-
ated 10 years ago, making its
growth more than 5 per cent.
Cook county, Illinois, including
Chicago, probably is the most
populous county. Its population
is expected to exceed 100000
Cochrane has an area OF 800
square miles, with one person to
approximately every Is square
miles. The county is located in
northwestern Texas. 1t is unor-
ganized and hasn't even a post
office
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Epitome Of Women's Battle for Suffrage

1ol0-Women Of state of
Washington receive franchise.
1911 - California enfranchises.
women.
lol2-Kapsas, Arizona and
Oregon join equal suffrage states.
lol3-Aiice Paul's militants be-
yin reign of terror" First ac-
tivities in congress on suffrage
amendment since 1887. Illinois
women receive presidential and
state suffrage.
lol4-Fuli suffrage granted
women of Nevada and Montaua.
lol7-New York enfranchiscs
women.
1ol8-Woren of Oklahoma
and South Dakota enfranchised.
Suffrage amendment finally passed
by congress.
1920 (March 22)-State Of
Washington brings struggle to
final heat, TIE 3sth state to ratify,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19

1848-First women's rights con-
vention held in Seneca Falls. N.
Y, at call CT Lucretja Mott and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Susan
r. ANTHONY rises as leader in the
movement for political freedom.
At E;d OF Civil War-Suf-
fragists attempt to secure favor
able Interpretation OF 18th and
18th amendments.
1869-Wyoming gives its wom-
en- full suffrage.
1872-Susan B. Anthony tries
to vote, is arrested and refuses to
pay fine.
l873-Susan B.. Anthony makes
FIRST draft of woman suffrage
amendment to ,he constitution.
l878-Amendment introduced
ir United States senate by Sem
ator Sargent, California.
= l894-Colorado, Utah ant
Idaho give their women full suf-
trage.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
State Capitol Plans Will
Be Submitted at Fair

Lincoln, Aug. l8.-(SpeciaD Ar
rangements have been made for ex-
hih:ting all of the 10 sets of plans
submitted by architects in the stat.
capitol competition at the Nebraska
State fair, where the people of the
state will have chance to see them.
The different plans will be ex-
planned to state fair visitors. Espe-
cial attention vii. be given to the
tower design, which the architect
lury and the capitol commission se-
lected as the best.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
20 Persons Injured
As Cars Leave Track

Warrensburg, Mo-, Aug. 49,
Twenty persons were injured. some
severely, today when the tender and
10 coaches of Missouri Pacific pas
senger train No. IS, westbound, be-.
tween Kansas City and St. Louis,
left the track three miles west of
Warrensburg. A broken rail is be-.
lieved to be the cause The injured
were riding in a chair car, which
turned over. The injured were re,
turned to WarreNburg in ambus
lances.
Among the injured was ]. w,
Shepard, Pueblo, Colo
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Six Barefooted Urchins
Call on Senator HARDING

Marion, O., Aug. Ex-senator
Harding received his front porch
delegation today. 1t consisted of
six barefoot Marion urchins, who
marched up in military dignity under
the command of cocky little leader
bearing aloft an American flag and
a Harding picture nailed to the back
OF a snow shovel. They serenaded
the senator with a campaign song
and were rewarded with a hand
shake and smile apiece and the
privilege OF having their pictures
taken with the nominee.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Man, 81, Asks for Divorce
After 81 Years Welded Life

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. 49,
After 81 years of married life, Am
mon Wolfe, 81 years old, filed suit
for divorce from his wife, Mary Ell
len Wolfe. Wolfe alleged his wife
refused to cook his meals and left
him without cause in July. 1919. The
couple have 10 children, all married.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
Winds Fan Forest Fires.

San Francisco, Aug. l8.-While
rains in Washington helped FIRE
fighters to control the worst of the
forest fires in that state. high winds
in Montana and Idaho famed three
fires there,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-08-19
The Weather
Forecast:

Forecast:
Nebrasks-Cooler, with probably
showers Thursday.
Hourly TemDern&ures.
, 1920-11-03

procession would be impossible in any
other capital. The United States would
not have tolerated it. If Debs were to
die of self murder, as Mr.. MacSweenpy
did, and such a. procession were attempt
ed, it would have been broken up by
the Irish police of New York City.
Cork, Oct. 31st. In the presence of
surpliced church dignitaries scores of
his former comrades, volunteers and
thousands OF his countrymen, the body
of Mr.. MacSweeLey was lowered to
its resting place in the republican plot
in ST. Finbarr's Cemetery just out
side Cork this afternoon. Despite the
splendour lent the. scene by the at
tendance of the high churchmen there
was a simplicity marking the ceremonies
that was impressive. Outside the cemete
ry hidden by the crush of towns
people, two armonred cars their ma
chine-guns ready, and half a dozen lor-
ries filled with fully equipped soldiers
were drawn up at the roadside, imTart-
ing a sinister aspect to the otherwise
solemn proceedings. But during the
transfer of the body from the City Hall
through streets lined with crowds. to
st. Mary's Cathedral and during the
procession from the cathedral to the
cemetery. there was no incident Of VIC
Ience or disturbance.
Charleroi. Belgium, Oct. 10Th. Fifty
thousand miners in this region will strike
on Monday in consequence Of the coal
owners association rejecting their de-
mands for a daily increase in their wages
Of five francs. The Govt. ~nnounce that
it will prohibit the export OF coal and
that the German coal deliveries will be
reserved exclusively for public services,
vital industries and domestic use. Stocks
available at present will be sufficient to
run the railways and public services for
six weeks.
, 1920-11-03

There is considerable doubt in Rthe pub
: lie mind as to the existence of this und
The odds Of 7 to (which were reached
today at the Stock Exchange make Cox
the greatest long shot in the betting on
presidential campaigns since the news
papers began to record such betting, or
since 1876.
Cork, Ireland, Oct. Both. The body
of Mr.. MacSWeeney arrived here on
board al Admiralty tug at four O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. The tug whose
flag was flown at half mast, locked
at the customs house quays' and the
nearby bridges. The government authorl-
ties in Cork Immediately notified de-
putty Lord Mayor O'Callahan and the
Bishop of Cork that 10 military dis
play would be permitted at the funeral
of Mr.. IMacSweeney and that neither drill
ling uniforms, nor republican army bad
ges would be allowed.
Kingston, Oct. 1st. Between Satur-
day night and Sunday morning three
large city stores in Harbour Street were
practically burnt out and the roofs of
two others were damaged. The block
runs westerly from the Colonial Bank
to the army and navy stores. The form
err being fire proof, was untouched, and
the latter escaped, but contents damaged
DIV water. LOSS oSLlIIldleU lIUIl low UO
to 200. 900 pounds and said to be fairly
we'll covered<b by insurance. The night
was calm. The theory is advanced that
the fire was caused by burglars or spon-
taneous combustion. A store in the cen
ire being ~freproof escaped and was one
of the most spectacular sights ever seen
in Kingston a perfect volcano OF flames
leaping oVer it.
London, Oct. 30th.-A despatch to the
Central News from Cork reports that the
relatives of Lord Mayor MacSweeney
were w 4rned that unless the body was re-
moved from the quay nine O'Clock on
Friday evening it would be taken to Cork
and buried there.
London, October Both. The London
press declare that the orderliness of the
funeral of Mr.. MacSweeney exposed the
hollowness Of Sim Fein claims of ruth
less tyranny in the Government Of Ire
land Here is a man claiming to be al
wal with England whose coffin bore the
legend murdered by The foreigner"
borne along London streets with sympa-
thizers carrying flags and declaring their
6 unity towards towards the people whose
tolerance they enjoy. the Morning Post.
said: In what other country would such
tolerance be possible? Would America have
tolerated in the streets of New York a de-
monstration in favour of secession? Would
relatives of a murdered British soldier
have been permitted a processio~ with
- IT. -; H. ,h~.1fr nf CnNk n
, 1920-11-03

and received the royal assent. The
Emergency Powers Bill virtually gives
to the Govt. wartime authority. 1t was
introduced in Parliament with the adj
vent of the miners strike, and when it
seemed probable that the railway and
transport workers might also become in
volved in the strike.
London, Oct. 18th. Prince Arthur of
Connaught leaves tomorrow for Afri-.
ca to take up his position as Governor
General Of the Union of South Africa.
London, October 29th.-The Irish
Home Rule Bill passed through COM
mites stage in the House of Com
mons tooay without further important
amendment. Some i'm ortant mcdltl-
cations are intended by. the Government,
which were postponed during the re-
port stage of the Bill. The discussions
10 committee throughout nave been
difficult, owing to the fact mat the
Labour and Liberal members declined
to Participate in the committee session.
New Port, r. l., Oct. 29th. The con-
etc S. s. Capefear. a U. S. $. Board
vessel was sunk in the deepest part OF
MARI gansett Bay tonight In a collision
with the Savannah line S. S. City of
Atlanta. At a late 1ouf ~ OF the crew
of "a # the sunken vessel were unac
counted for.
New York, Oct. 18th. More activity
developed in the local raw sugar market
Yesterday and at the close the undertone
was steady. The sales included 80 tons
of Antigua muscovados in port at 5.26c.
duty paid basis SO test, 40 tons Peru's in
port at 7.25 c. elf, $500 bags Of Porto
Rico's early November shipment at 7.125
c. elf 200 tons Brazil centrifs in port at
725 elf. 500 tons Peru's afoat at 7.25 elf,
and 10, 900 bags Cuba's prompt shipment
at Z. soc. all to local dealers and 500 tons
of Peru's November shipment~at 7.25c.
elf to an operator. Based OIL these sales
the spot price figures about 8.25c duty
paid.
iris, Oct. Goth. Assertion is made
by the French Government IN its reply
to the British note announcing that Great
Britain had decided to enounce the right
TO confiscate German property In the UNI
ted Kingdom n, that the paragraph OF the
Versailles treaty that Great Britain is
prepared to waive. is an integral part
of the convention, says the Petit Paris
ien". The Government holds therefore
that this or any other clause OF the treaty
cannot be revised without a preliminary
agreement between all the .signatorles of
the pact. The note, the newspaper says,
is couched in extremely courteous but
firm language and expresses the nUpe
that an agreement between the nations
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-01
VERMONTERS
ARE GIVING
Near East Relief Fund Growing-Ver-
mont Woman Joins Expedi
tion Abroad.

White River Junction, March L.
Springfield is the first town to approach
last years quota in the drive for funds
for the suffering peoples of the Near
East
Vermont is responding to State
Chairman Roland Z. Stevens appeal TO
Nermonters to be as generous with
their contributions this year as they
were last, but several sections of the
state are slow in making response and
again they are urged TO do their duty
10 the suffering humanity of the strick-
en- countries across the seas.
Mr.. Stevens has received the follow
ing telegram from the Near East head
quarters in New York:
Three American relief workers muir.
dered by bandits in Alippo district
while taking food supplies to the starv-
ing people. Bandit attacks are fire.
quent. Our workers daily take lives
in hand owing to unstable political
conditions in Near East. But desper-
ate condition Of starving people impels
us to carry on the work We must not
let them starve. Heroic workers feel
they owe not only humanitarian duty
e starving Armenians, but also TO the
American people whose generosity
makes possible saving Of thousands Of
lives Of men. women and little chill
dren.-
Miss Maude }. Marshall Of 20 Pearl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-01

in the Orient than anything else that
could possibly have happened"
Other portions of the colonel's letter
to Sir George TEEN with anecdotes and
reference to his association with Euro
pean royalties. The simple, unaffected,
democratic simplicity Of the rulers of
Norway impressed him deeply. AT
Christiania,' he wrote, I'VE were taken
at once to the palace where we
stayed; and / could hardly speak too
strongly of King Haakon, Queen Maud
and little Olaf They were dears; we
We're genuinely sorry when we left
them, to think that we would never
see them again; if ever Norway decides
to turn republic we should love to have
them come to live near Sycamore Hill.
Norway is as funny a kingdom as
was ever imagined outside of opera
bouffe- although it isn't opera boufre
at all, for the Norwegians are fine,
serious powerful lot of men and WON
en-. But they have the most genuinely
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-01
BACK HURT
ALL The Time
Mrs. Hill Says Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Removed
The Cause.

Knoxville, Tenn. my back hurt
me all the time, | was all run down,