The Omaha Daily Bee
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Evangelist
Closes His
Campaign
l our cck Drive Liids bun
day-$6,000 Draft Gitrii
Gipsy Smith About
Saflie to Follow.
Plan Follow-Up Drive
When Gipsy Smith, evangelist,
catne to Omaha a few weeks ago lie
was greeted by a small committee
of ministers and newspaper report
ers. When lie left last night, after
his revival campaign here, all the
members of his big choir, ministers,
church members and others whom
he had won for Jesus during his
ministry here, marched on foot to
the Union station to hid him God
speed. As the train that will carry
tlie minister to Chicago and then to
New York for a few meetings, pulled
out the choir sang for the last time,
"Peace, Peace, Wonderful Fcace,"
a hymn that was very popular dur
ing his revival.
Alihoucli the evansrelist flayed and
scored the church members ,and
everybody connected with the
churches, as well as those who were
not, when he bade them good-bye
at the close of his address last eve
ning, there was scarcely a dry eye
in the audience, and more than 8,001)
men and women waved their hand
kerchiefs in a farewell, salute to
him. '
Given $6,000 Draft. .
There was something more sub
stantial than the spoken well wishes
and prayers ot his lnenas mat ac
companied the evangelist. In his
pocketbook reposed a dralt on a
New York - bank calling-for $6,000,
representing a portion of the thank
offerings taken up Wednesday, Sat
urday night and Sunday. The check
was presented by J. R. Cain, Jr.,
financial chairman' of the campaign,
who made a speech in which he
said, "The love of Omaha goes with
tliis money. In a few days another
draft for perhaps the same amount
will reach you in New York."
"May I so live," the evangelist
said in reply, "that the people of
Omaha may never be disappointed
in me." .
According to Mr. Cain, approxi
mately $25,000 was collected during
the campaign, $18,000 of which goes
to pay the campaign expenses and a
followup campaign.
Titus Lowe Thanks Him.
Rev. Titus Lowe also bade the
evangelist bood-bye in the name of
the neoole of Omaha. He likened j
hin .to. Sir Galahaw "the,-soldier
Saint, who brought God's message
of love and courage to our town."
The evangelist was moved to tears.
"Mac," he called to "Wee Willie"
McEwan, the choir leader, "sing a
song. Pin all confused."
As Mr. McEwan sang for the last
time the "One Hundred and Third
Psalm," the evangelist walked over
to Rev. Mr. Lowe and said, "You've
broken me up, I'll never be able to
preach tonight
"You'll preach better than ever,"-
was the reply.
, Party Goes Three Ways.
The evangelist's party goes three
ways from Omaha.
Mr., and Mrs. E. E., young go to
Wayne, Neb., for a few days' visit
with Mr. Young's parents. - Mr. and
Mrs.' McEwan go to Bristol, Tenn.,
where they will visit Mr. McEwan's
daughter who " is in school there.
Next week they go to Norfolk, Va.,
where Mr. McEwan makes all nec
essary arrangements for the cam
paign which opens there November
27. ; .
The evangelist goes to New York
to conduct several meetings and
I lien on to Norfolk. After Norfolk
he will conduct revivals in New Or
leans, Nashville, Tenn and Syra
. cusc, N. Y.
Rev. C. E. Cobbey, publicly
thanked all men and women who
worked for the success of the revi
val. As a parting admonition, the
evanjjist expressed hope that the
people of Omaha would support the
S37.000 drive of the Y. W. C. A., and
the Williard Home for working girls
when it was opened. The thank of
fering Saturday night was $1,000.
'Coroner Says Head Found
In Bale Was College "Stiff"
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 13.
The head of a man found today, was
throw awav bv a. medical colleffe. in
the belief of Coroner J.. B. Hilliker.J
Police, however, continued their
work tonight on the theory cf foul
play.
The head was found in baled paper
brought to a warehouse here in 1920.
Po'ice found support for their theory
in the fact that two holes were
found in the skull, but a cut on one
cheek, crudely sewed up, as if by an
experimenting medical student, led
the coroner to discard the murder
theory.-
School Boy in Women's Attire
Hangs Self in Bath Room
Chicago, Nov. 13. Charles Wil
lison, 18, a high school student, was
found hanging in the bathroom at
his home by his mother.
Willison, she told police, had gone
to the bathroom two hours before to
bathe. When found he was attired
in women's clothes. The boy is the
third Chicago school student who
has committed suicide by. hanging
in recent weeks.
Former Foreign Minister
President of Columbia
Rntrnta ' Colombia. Nov. 13. (Bv
I Tli 4cd.-iaterf PresO (ieneral
Jorge Holguin, former foreign min
ister, has been designated provisional
president by congress, pending elec
tion of success or to President
Fidel Suarez, resigned. The political
campaign i being warmly waged,
Text of American Proposals
For Limitation of Armament
lljr Ihe Aaaoclated Frew.
Washington, Nov. 1 J. Follow
ing is the full official text of the
AmrriVan proposal for limitation of
world armaments, as laid before the
conference:
The United States proposes the
following plan for a limitation of the
naval armaments of the conferring
nations. The United States believes
this plan ' rafely guards the inter
ests of all concerned.
In working out this proposal the
United States has been guided by
four general principles:
A. The elimination of all capi
ta snip building programs, cither
actual or projected.
K. Further reduction through
the scrapping of certain of the old
er ships.
C. That regard should be had
to the existing naval strength of
the conferring powers.
D. The use of capital ship ton
nage as the measurement of strength
for navies and a proportionate al
lowance of auxiliary combatant craft
prescribed.
, Proposal: For a limitation of na
val armaments.
Capital Ships.
United States.
I. The United States to scrap all
new capita ships now under con
struction and on their way to com
pletion. - This includes six battle
cruisers and seven battleships on
the ways and building and two bat
tleships launched.
(Note: Paragraph one involves a
reduction of 15 new capital ships
under construction, with a total ton
nage, when completed, of ore.OOU
tons, Total amount ot money al
Mrs. George Gould
Drops Dead While
Plavins Golf
Wife of Capitalist Dies on
Private Links at Lakewood,
N. J. Was Former
Actress.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee teased Wire.
Lakewood. N. J.. Nov. 13. Mrs.
Georee T. Gould dropped dead to
day while playing golf with her hus
band on their own private links.
Mrs. Gould had been enjoying ex
cellent health, it was said at Geor
gian Court, her home. She had sug
gested the came of eolf and was ac-
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comnanied bv her husDana ana
Robert Russell, a sruest.
She collapsed a few minutes after
they had started their game and was
carried to her home Dy ner nusoana,
ho -di'tf --on atheswavs '' Hr seven
children, who survive her, hurried
to Lakewood. They are Kingdon,
George and Jay, and Edith, Mar
jorie, Vivian and Gloria.- George J.
Gould and Edith Kingdon were
married on September 14, 1886.
Mrs. George J. Gould, like her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank J. Gould,
was an actress and as Miss Edith
Kinerdon she scored several hits be
fore the young multimillionaire
wooed and won her.
Since her marriage she had taken
several fliers in what were termed
amateur theatricals with consider
able more success than she had
achieved in the profession.
Starred in "Love on Crutches."
As a member of Augustin Daly's
company Edith Kingdon registered
her biggest successes. These date
back to early in 1885, and her first
success under the Daly management
was "Love on Crutches."
From early childhood she had
evinced a strong leaning toward the
stage and made her first appearance
in private theatricals in Brooklyn.
Her progress from the first was so
rapid that she secured an engage
ment to play Marianne in "The Two
Orphans," with Mrs. Marie Wilkins.
Eugene Tompkins of the Boston
theater chanced to witness one of
her performances and he was so well
pleased with the young actress that
he afterwards engaged her to play
leading parts in the traveling' com
pany connected with this theater.
She created the character of Eve
Malvoise in "Youth" under his man
agement, the season's, tour opening
at the Academy of Music, Baltimore,
January 30, 1882, and played with
the company the remainder of that
season. She continued to travel with
the same organization during the
-season of 1882-3, but enlarged her
repertoire to Mabel Huntingford in
"The World," and Ada Summers in
"A Free Pardon." : '
In "Love and Money."
- When "$50,000, a Story of Pluck,"
was originally produced at the Bos
ton theater, March 20, 1883, Man
ager Tompkins gave her the part of
Ellen Maitland, which she sustained
with credit.
Afterward, April 23, still playing
at the Home theater, she appeared
as Mary Bartley in the first Amer
ican production of "Love and
Money." During the season of 1883-4
she continued as a member of the
Boston Theater company . and ap
peared as Mary and Alice Redding
with the late "Frank Chanfrau in
"Kit" and as Princess Meta, she
played in "Jalma," opening at the
Home theater, September 19. 1883.
and taking the road December 10.
She was engaged by Mr. Daly early
in 1884, and came to New Y'ork
during the rehearsals of "A Wooden
Spoon," making her first appearance
with Mr. Daly's company,, and her
metropolitan debut, October 7, as
Mysia in that farce.
Japanese to Withdraw
Troops From Siberia
Tokio, Nov. 13. The Yomi Uri
Shimbun says today that a cabinet
council Saturday decided on with
drawal of the Japanese troops in
Siberia as soon as the agreement ar
rived at in the conference at Daircn I
has been signed. It is expected that
the conference will be reopened
Monday. j
ready spent on IS capital ships,
$J.U,00O,00U.)
2. The United States to scrap all
battleships up to, but not including,
the Delaware nd North Dakota.
Note: The number of old bat
tleships scrapped under paragraph
two is 15; their total tonnage is 227,
7M) tons. The grand total of capi
tal ships to be scrapped is JO, ag-
gregating 845,740 tons.)
Great Britain.
3. Great Britain to stop further
construction on the four new Hoods.
Note: (Paragraph J involves a
reduction of four new capital ships
not yet laid down, but on which
money has been spent, with a total
tonnage when completed of 17.000
tons.)
, 4. In addition to the four Hoods,
Great Britain to scrap her pre
dreadnaughts, second line battleships
and first line battleship up to, but
not including the George V class.
Note: (Paragraph 4 involves the
disposition of IV capital ships, cer
tain of which have already been
scrapped, with a tonnage reduction
of 411,375 tons. The grand total
tonnage of ships scrapped under this
agreement will be 583,375 tons).
Japan.
5. Japan to abandon her program
of ships not yet laid down, viz: The
Kii, Owari, numbers seven and eight
battleships, and numbers five, six,
seven and eight, battle cruisers.
(Note: Paragrapli 5 does not in
volve the stopping of construction on
any ship on which construction has
begun.)
6. Japan to scrap three battle
ships: The Mutsu, launched, the
(Turn to Pare Two, Column Three.)
4Made-iii-0maha"
Show Exceeded
Expectations
Exhibition Which Closed Sat
urday Night One of Most
Successful Ever Held
In Gate City.
Thousands of people were viewing
the exhibits at the Omaha-made
goods show when it ended Saturday
night at 9. It was one of the most
successful exhibits ever held in Om
aha. It was instrumental in acquaint
incr Omahans with the hundreds of
manufacturing enterprises which are
operating successfully in the Gate
City of the west.
Sunday the exhibitors, who spent
thousands of dollars on their dis
plays, , dismantled the counters. It
3 estimated that over 200,000 -poopte
visited the show during the week,
many of them coming day afteday
so as to see every display.
Never Realized, Magnitude.
"People never realized what the
manufacturing industry meant to
Omaha," "said Penn Fodrea, who
was manager of the campaign. We
conducted this campaign in order to
enlist the help of the people of Om
aha," continued Mr. Fodrea, "not
as a duty that they owed their city,
but because it will help put more
men and women to wqrk to increase
the pay rolls in the factories, and
to help make Omaha a bigger, better
and more prosperous city."
We fell that we have accom
plished a great deal during this cam
paign," said Mr. C. E. Corey, presir
dent of the Omaha Manufacturing
association, "the show . has been a
tremendous success, and far exceed
ed our greatest expectations. We
have had the co-operation of the
retailers, the business men, and the
housewives and we know that they
will continue to give' their support
to such a worthy cause."
Prizes Are Awarded.
We were delighted to donate the
space given over to the Omaha
made goods show," said Karl Louis
of the Brandeis store. "We are al
ways ready and more than glad to
do anything to further the advance
ment of Omaha's enterprises. To
know that we have been a help to
the manufacturers' association in put
ting tneir products Detore the public
andf a help to the people of Omaha
in acquainting them with Omaha's
industries more than repays us for
the trouble, and expense we have
been to."
Hundreds of prizes were iriven i.tit
Saturday night. Over 175 were do
nated by various merchants besides
individual prizes given by different
manufacturers. Violet Greirz and
Mrs. Anna Lennd got the mink
chokers, Mrs. Julia Bonney the tov
auto and Leon Dull, the man's hat,
all awarded by Dresher Bros. The
Gate City Hat company awarded
hats to the following men: O. C.
Willis, H. H. Hansen. A. R. Simp
son, J. C. Bixby, F. L. Nesbit and
Henry Cage.
Mrs. Joe Schneider, Frances
Floral, Georce Hawkes and Cecilia
Eklander received prizes given by
the Red Top Macaroni company.
Earl Petefson. 284 Bristol street.
went home Saturday night the proud
possessor ot the Betsy Koss doll of
fered by the Jay Burns Baking com
pany. Airs. H. W. Miller and Joe
Kolley received - certificates for
$10 and ?5 worth of Omaha-made
products given by Eggerss &
O'Flyng.
Portuguese Delegates
Miss Conference Opening
Providence, R. I., Nov. 13. Er
nesto De Vasconcellos, who, with
Vicompte D'Alte, Portuguese minis
ter to the United States, will repre
sent Portugal at the armament con
ference, and C. A. Mortalto De
Jesus, secretary of the delegation.
arrived here from tMarseillp s today.
They were met at quarantine by a
special gent oi the state depart
ment and left for Washington.
A two days delay in sailing from
Marseilles caused them to miss the
opening of the conference.
America
Lays Cards
On Table
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Secretary Hughes.
Surprise To Delegates
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
( bli aa.ii Tribune-Omaha lira Leaned Wire
Washington, Nov. 13. A radical
reduction and strict limitation of
naval armaments by the chief naval
powers was proposed by the United
States' "right off the bat" at the opening-
of the international conference
here. 'i
Without any warning and to the
surprise of the foreign delegates,
Secretary of State .Hughes popped
the concrete proposals before them
with dramatic force and telling ef
fect. Before the delegates scarcely were
aware of what was happening, Mr.
Hughes, true to his promise, had laid
the cards of Uncle Sam's hand face
up on the table.
The effect of the unexpected move
was heightened by the spontaneous
endorsement of the legislative pro
posals on the spot by the legislative
iranch of the American government.
The senators who occupied one bal
cony and the representatives who
were in another, simultaneously arose
as Mr. Hughes concluded presenta
tion of the reduction program and
loosed a torrent of applause. It was
the great dramatic moment of the
session.
Summary of Plan.
The American proposals summar
ized follow:
1. The United States, Great Brit
ain and Japan to agree to a navy
building holiday for 10 years, during
which time no new ships' shall be
built except for replacement of ton
nage within the agreed maximum of
each nation.
. 2. ..AH uncompleted capital ships
and numerous specified older capital
ships to be scrapped at once.
3. All building programs, either
actual or projected, to be abandoned
at once.
4. The sea power of the three
nations to be maintained on a basis
of a tonnage parity between the
American and British navies and of
a Japanese navy, of three-fifths the
tonnage of cither of the others.
5. The capital ship to be the unit
of measurement of . naval strength
and a proportionate allowance. of
auxiliary -craft to be prescribed.
Limit. Sue of Ships.., .
. The size of the capital shins
built for replacement shall be limited
to 35,000 tons, compared with 46.000
tons, the maximum now building,
and aggregate capital ship tonnage
' 1L Limitation of naval aircraft
deemed impracticable because of ease
(Turn to Pane Thrw. Column Two.)
$25,000 Rural School
At Loup City Dedicated
Loup City, Neb., Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) The recently completed high
school building in Wiggle Creek
school district, was dedicated Arm
istice day. The ceremonies were in
charge of the I. O. O. F. lodge ofTM?t?ukata-
i-oup Lity. Attorney t. L. Rein of
Lincoln delivered the address. In
the afternoon sports and games were
indulged in, and in the eveniner the
audience was entertained with a pro
gram py tne school.
I he n ew building cost $2o,000 and
is up-to-date in every respect. Four
teachers are employed and a full
high school course offered. A large
auditorium will attord a place for
noiding community meetings.
Publisher Given $12,000
Damages Against Banker
Chamoaiern. 111.. Nov. 13. D. W.
Stevick, publisher of the News-Ga
zette, was awarded damages of $12,
000 by a jury in circuit court Sat
urday in his suit against F. B. Ven-
num, banker and farmer. The pub
lisher had asked $50,000, contend
ing "malicious prosecution."
The case crew out of a netition
filed in federal court bv Vennum.
asking that Stevick be declared an
involuntary bankrupt. When Ven
num did not appear, the federal
court ruled that Stevick was solvent
and assessed costs against Vennum.
lhe publishers suit for damages
then followed. He offered testimony
to the effect that the petition for
involuntary bankruptcy had been
tne result ot an article published in
the newspaper to which Vennum ob
jected.
Three Fined at Kearney
For Violating Dry Laws
Kearney, Neb.. Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) Fred Bushee pleaded guilty
to having intoxicating liquor for sale,
and was fined $100. Three other
charges pending against him were
dismissed. C. Bartz was fined $100
for having intoxicating liquor in his
place of business. The liquor was
confiscated. George Zimmerman
was fined $100 for selling a four-
ounce bottle of strawberry extract
tor beverage purposes. He was giv
en a marked bill.
Home of Elm Creek Banker
Is Destroyed hy Fire
Kearney, Neb., Nov. 13. Spe
cial.) Carter Tierce, cashier of the
Farmers anr Merchants bank at Elm
Creek, started a fire in the furnace
of his home, and then went to Buda
to return with Mrs. Fierce, who was
visiting there. Upon his return he
found the home and contents a
smouldering ruin. Fire broke cut
shortly after he left. The loss ii
estimated at $7,000, with only par
tial insurance.
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Baron Takaliashi
Named Premier
To Succeed Hara
Appointment of the Japanese
Prime Minister Regarded as
, : Indication of Waning
Power of Militarists.
i uy xne aaaociatt a rre.
Tokio, Nov. 13. Barcm Korekiyo
Takahashi, minister of finance in the
Hara cabinet, today officially assum
ed, the premiership in succession to
Takashi Hara, assassinated Novem
ber 4.
The appointment of Baron 'Taka
hashi is generally regarded in politi
cal circles as a favorable indication
of the waning of the power of the
militarists and as insuring what is
termed as a continuation of the
"peaceable foreign policy of Premier
Hara."
Baron .Takahashi, accompanied by
Viscount Uchida, foreign minister,
went to the palace for the installation,
which took place before Marquis
lord keeper of the
privy seal; Viscount Makino, minis
ter of the imperial household, and
Count Oimachi, grand chamberlain.
Baron Takahashi will continue as
minister of finance and acting minis
ter of the navy.
Other members in the Hara cabi
net will retain their posts.
Noted Art Collection -To
Be Sold at Auction
Chicago Tribune-Omaha, Bee Leaned Wire.
Chicago, Nov. 13. Famous art
works collected over a period of
many years by George M. Pullman
and largely increased by his widow,
will go under the auctioneer's ham
mer November 28-30 at the Prairie
avenue residence. The sale will in
clude all the personal property not
willed in -special bequests at the time
of Mrs. Pullman's death. The jewels
and automobiles of Mrs. Pullman
will not be disposed of at this sale.
It is estimated that the carved tables,
chairs, inlaid furniture, French min
iatures and pottery are worth in ex
cess of $50,000. Most of the valua
ble paintings were disposed of .in
Jlrs. f ullman s will.
Death Penalty for Austrian
Confirmed by Utah Court
Salt Lake City, Nov. 13. Steve
Maslich, Austrian, must die for the
slaying of Marco Laus, ' a fellow
countryman, near here, August 3,
1919, the state supreme court held.
The decision of the lower court was
affirmed. , Maslich and Nick Obli
zalo were found guilty of the killing
of Laus, after evidence had been in
troduced to show that there were
more than 20 stab wounds in the
body of the victim, who was robbed
of $1,100 in gold. Maslich was ar
rested at Butte, Mont., a few days
after the murder. Oblizalo Jiow is
perfecting an appeal.' A convicted
murderer in Utah has the choice of
being shot or hanged.
Burglar Gets $300 Loot
At Lincoln Y. W. Cafeteria
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 13. (Special
Telegram.) Lincoln police tonight
had no clue to the identity of the
lone, unmasked robber who held np
Mrs. Frances Coleman, night secre
tary of the Y. W. C. A., at 7:40 Sat
urday evening. The robber escaped
after firing several shots at pedes
trians who chased him. He took
$3, the night's cafeteria-receipts,
with him.
Our Cards, Face Up,
S3 m n yes jva
Former Sheep King
And Idaho Croesus
Dies in Poverty
Boise, Idaho, Nov. 13. Joseph
Bengoechea, 62, four years ago re
puted to be the richest man in Idaho,
died Saturday, a poor man. He had
invested heavily in sheep and lost
all his holdings during the recent
slump in prices. He built a fine hotel
and bank building in Mountain
Home and was interested in a num
ber of intermountain city banks, and
in- business interests in Elko., Ney.
He" waV tht! pioneer "'Basque citizen
of Idahoi having lived in Elmore
county 33 years and was said to have
been the means of bringing to Idaho
many other Basques, financing thein
in the sheep business.
Friends claim his death was has
tened by the loss of his fortune. . '
Hard Fight Likely
In Arbuckle Trial
Elaborate Preparations Made
For Handling Crowds; Ad
mission by Card Only.
San Francisco, Nov. 13. Roscoe
C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, motion pic
ture comedian, will go to trial to
morrow on a charge of manslaugh
ter growing out of the death, Sep
tember. 9, of Miss Virginia Rappe,
motion picture actress.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for handling the crowds ex
pected, as the case has aroused nation-wide
interest. Twelve picked
patrolmen will be stationed in and
about the courtroom and admission
will be by card.
Unlike Arbuckle's preliminary
hearing, in which only women spec
tators were admitted due to the fact
that it was held in the women's de
partment of the police court, both
sexes may attend the trial.
The number of witnesses sub
poenaed to support every phase of
both the defense and the prosecution
evidence indicates that the contest
to clear or convict Arbuckle will be
a bitter one. District Attornev
Brady will handle the prosecution.
Among the spectators will be a
delegation from the Women's Vigi
lant committee, formed to aid the
moral elements of the city.
The jury venire of 66 citizens con
tains the names of 13 women.
Former Omaha Girl Dies
Suddenly at Denver Home
Mrs. S. S. Murphy, daughter of
Mrs. J. E. House, Dwight apart
ments, died suddenly at her home,
Shirley hotel, Denver. Colo., Satur
day, according to information re
ceived here Sunday. The body will
be brought to Omaha for burial
Funeral arrangements, however, will
not -be completed until its arrival.
Aside from her husband . and he'f
mother,-she is survived by a niece,
Mildred House.
Railway Commissioner to
Appear at House Hearing
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 13. (Special
Telegram,) H. G. Taylor of the
State Railway commission left for
Washington, D. C, tonight to appear
before the interstate commerce com
mittee of the lower house to protest
against inclusion of condemnation
costs in railway valuations.
Former Emperor Charles
- And Wife on Way to Exile
Constantinople, $o. li The
British light cruiser Cardiff, bearing
former Emperor Charles of Austria
Hungary and his wife, Zita. to their
exile in the island wl Madeira, left
today. ' . ,
On the Table
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South America
Dubious About
Arms Meeting
Officials Believe Disarma
ment Possible Only if U. S.
Enters Alliance to Guar-
antee Balance of Power.
By J. W. WHITE.
Chicago Tribune table. Copyright, 1991.
Buenos , Aes, Nov. 13. South
America is Watching the Washington
conference with an attitude of dubi
ousness, believing that a disarmament
agreement only will be possible if
the United States abandons its tra
ditional aloofness from European
affairs and enters a military alliance
to guarantee the balance of power,
Newspaper comment is almost unan
imous that at best it will be only a
continuation of the Versailles peace
conference.
. La Nacion's editorial yesterday
echoes this attitude and says that
France can limit its armament only
if the United States gives guaran
tees against future aggression, and
that then the United States will be
at the same point where former
President WTilson was when he sign
ed a treaty with France at Versailles
It believes that China will embarrass
the negotiations with Japan by car
rying to Washington the Shantung
and other questions which were set
tled by the treaty of Versailles, which
Lhina refused to sign.
La Nacion says that the Washing
ton conference is eloquent proof
tnat President Harding cannot find
a substitute for Mr. Wilson's work
at Versailles without abandoning
America s isolation traditions. It says
that the only difference between
Versailles and Washington is that
the powers have had two years' ex
perience since the Versailles experi
ment upon which to base the Wash
ington negotiations.
Miss Farmr to Push
Suit Against Husband
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
New York, Nov. 13. The persist
ent report that the action for divorce
which Geraldine Farrar, the opera
singer, has brought against her hus
band, Lou Tellegcn, the actor, was
met by an authoritative statement
that Miss Farrar will go on with her
suit and that it will be settled ia
court
The rumor started when Samuel
Untermyer. presenting Miss Far
rar, and Harry N. Steinfeld, repre
senting Tellegen, appeared before
Supreme Court Justice Guy in the
latter's chambers and when the court
sealed the papers in the case.
Bandits Get Whisky -Peoria,
111., Nov. J3. Thirteen
robbers early today, at the point of
rifles, bound and gagged the night
watchman at the plant of the Liberty
Yeast corporation, formerly the
Globe distillery, Pekin, 111., and es
caped , in a truck with at least 16
barrels of bonded whisky, valued at
more than ?JU,U00.
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Conference
Lifted To
Top Plane
Opening Schmoii Koeinlilog
Fhiuqus Pari Peace Aieiu.
My E.wqt in Point of
Powers Keprehcutetl.
Applause for Harding
By HENRY WALES
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Tribune anrl llmith lie, nlln.-lieil lo the
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thlraio Trlhune-Omalia Ilea l.rnwd Wire.
Washington, Nov. 13. America s
thunderbolt, a concrete proposal to
abandon construction of capital ships
now .being built and to scrap scores
of old fighting ships involving nearly
1.500.000 tons in the United States,
British and Japanese navie. lifted
the opening session of the disarma
ment conference far above the plane
of any previous congress of the na
tions ever held.
The morning' gathering in Con
tinental Memorial hall was a replica,
on a smaller scale, of the first
plenary session of the Paris confer
ence in the relcbratetd clock room of
the Quai d'Orsay. Only nine power
were represented instead of -43 at
Pan's, but there was the same pomp
and ceremony, the diplomats in ton
hats and frock coats and generals
and their staffs in dress uniforms,
their tunics ablaze with medals and
decorations, admirals and their ad
visors in gold lace and epaulettes
and cockaded hats.
Notables Missing.
Of the principal figures at Taris.
Mr. Arthur J. Balfour of Great
Britain, alone was there. Gone was
President Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George
with his shaggy white mane, the
Mongol featured Clemenceau with
his gray-gloved hands, the tall,
brown Orlando, and debonnaire little
Makino.
Instead was Mr. Hughes with hi-?
careful, forceful manner, M. Briand
with his great head placed on a
meagre body, giving him the air of
a giant spider, Carlo Schanzcr with
the delicate features and silken beard
of a painter or musician; Prince
Tokugawa, slow, methodical and cor
pulent. 1
Little Wellington Koo, debonnair,
speaking English and French per
fectly, was present at Paris and to
day, but in this conference Dr. Al
fred Sze was the chief plenipoten
tiary. The bushy white hair and
delicate features of Ignace Paderew
ski, Poland's chief delegate at Paris,
were missed, as was the kindly,
smiling .face oSvVenizclosot Greece.
Dutch Delegation Present.
Instead was Jonkheer Von Karue
beck, Dutch minister, of foreign af
fairs, second president of the assem
bly of the league of nations, and .
the member of the Dutch govern
ment responsible for the Kaiser at
Doom. Baron DeCartier Dc Mar
chienne, ambassador of Belgium at
Washington, represented the "Ban
tam Kingdom" and Viscount D'Alte,
Portuguese minister-here, represented
the Lisbon government.
j Of the great military and naval
figures at Paris, only Admiral Beatty
and Generals Diaz and Pershing re
mained. Marshal Foch, one of the
most conspicuous of those present in
the clock' room nearly three years
ago, had just left the city en route
to California. France was repre
sented by the chief of her general
staff, General Edmond Buat.
Nor were so many women present
today as were in the clock room at
Paris. Madame Viviani. Madame
Jusserand and Madame De Tessin,
wife of Capt. Francois De Tessin,
who came to the United States with
Marshal Joffre and Viviani in 1917,
were in a box. Wives and friends
of the other delegations occupied
other boxes and a few women were
in the seats on the floor of the hall.
The scores of female secretaries,
stenographers and clerks crowded at
little tables behind the various dele
gations at the Quai d'Orsay were not
present today.
In the balcony were the members
of the senate on the right, facing the
green tables of the diplomats and the
representatives on- the left.
At 10:30 exactly, the scheduled
hour for the opening of the initial
session, all members were in their
seats. Former President, now Chief
Justice Taft was among the last to
arrive and he took a scat near that
of William Jennings Bryan.
I he baize covered tables were set
out in the form of a hollow square
with a passage left open to permit
the entry of the interpreters and
stenographers.
Hughes and Balfour Together.
The American and British delega
tion occupied the tables facing the
assemblage, thus throwing Mr.
Hughes and Mr. Balfour side bv side.
On the left at the side tables were
the French and Japanese delegations
respectively, M. Briand occupyinsr
the corner seat. Opposite them the
British dominions, Canada. Australia
and India occupied a side table, with
the Italians next.
Delegates from the four smaller "
powers occupied the tables facing the
Americans and English, the Chinese
being next to the Japanese, then the
Fortuguese. then the Dutch and on
the other end, next the Italians, the
Belgians.
Mr. Kamerlynck, official interpreter
iat the Paris conference and the league
ot nations at Geneva, was in the
center, immediately facing1 Mr.
Hughes, and the official stenographers
were beside him.
A great burst of applause greeted
President Harding as he strode into
the hall, and all delegates rose. The
president took up a place between
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour, and
after being introduced, proceeded to
his opening speech and welcome.
"The American nation wants 1e.
of armameuts and less of war," drew
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