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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
RATES MOST BO 0
RAIL PROBLEM A QUESTION OP
CREDIT, 8AY8 U. P. PRE8I-
IDENT LOVETT.
AIRS TRANSPORTATION ISGUE
Coth the Union Pacific President and
Howard Elliott Urge Adoption of
Reorganization Plan of Association
of Railway Executives.
Washington, D. C. Prlvato opera
tion of railroads cannot bo restored at
existing rates, Robert S. Lovett, presi
dent of the Union Pacific railroad, told
'the house Interstate commerce com
mittee during a discussion in which
he contended the railroad problom Is
"solely a question of railroad crodlt."
Howard Hlllott, president of tho
Northern Pacific, another witness,
urged early adoption of a national
transportation policy, declaring delay
only tended to make "all classes un
certain and unsettled." In adoption of
tho transportation policy he thought
congress should observe four princi
ples, as follows:
Government regulation machinery to
enoourac" tTTo presont transportation
oystom no that rates will pay all costs,
including now capital needed for ex
pansion of faollltles; abandonment of
present mothods of adjusting wage and
working disputes, with substitution of
"a sano(method of deciding these ques
tions," including abolishment of
strikes; modification of tho Sherman
law to permit consolidations and mak
ing of federal authority supremo In
regulating rates, securities and ac
counts. Railroads should havo tho
right to Initiate ratos, Mr. Elliott ar
gued, adding that tho lnterstato com
merce commission should huvo the
right of susponslon arid review.
Urge Executive's Plan.
Tioth Judgo Lovett and Mr. Elliott
nrged tho adoption of tho reorganiza
tion plan of tho Association of Hail
way Exocutlros, including provision
(qr a federal transportation board, rep
resenting the public, to aid tho Inter
tato commerce commission. Refer
ring to tho Plumb, or organized labor
plan, for tripartite control of the rail
roads, Jilffso Lovett said:
"It is a rather bold movo of tho
Aworlcnn bolshevlsts to take first for
Russlanlzatlon the one Industry that
affects all tho poople."
Railroad employes, ho added, do not
understand tho Plumb proposal, but
when they do "they will ropudlato and
refuse to support It."
"If tho railroads woro turned back
to tholr owners today under existing
condltloun," doclarod Judgo Lovott,
"It Is not too much to say that half of
tho roads would go into bankruptcy
and tho dlvldond paying roads would
havo to roduco their dividend pay.
monts."
Two Solutions Offored.
Wago incroasos without proportion
ate Incroaso of ratos would bo disas
trous, Judge Lovott asserted, adding
"it Is utterly Impossible to consider
the private owners taking over th
railroads and oporating them at the
present ratos." He offered two solu
tions: One to raiBe tho ratos; the
other, pay the loss from tho federal
treasury.
Under private operation, Judgo Lov
ett said In reply to Representative
Rayburn, democrat, Texas, the rail
roads could not bo operated "any moro
economically than the government
baa."
Government ownership was opposed
by Mr. Elliott ,but Judge Lovett as
sumed that the committee would not
consider it as the solution of tho rail
problem.
ARCHDUKE JOSEPH RESIGNS.
Reported to Havfa Quit Hungarian
Job.
Paris. Archduke Joseph has re
signed as head of the Hungarian gov
ernment and has left Dudapest, a Vi
enna dispatch to the Agenoe Radio
reported:
Archduko Joseph surprised tho world
whon ho regained power for a HapB
burg in Hungnry nt tho tlmo tho Ru
manian troops occupied Hudivpest. His
ascent to coutrol of the government
followed tho brief administration of
Premier Julius Poldll, who formed a
socialist cabinet after Beta Kun had
boon ovorthrown.
Joseph's government has boon held
unropresontatlvo of the country and
has boen chargod with reactionary in
tentions, evon tho restoration of tho
monarchy. Foreign Ministor Lovassy,
howovor, In an lntervlow, declared Jo
seph would resign in a month, as soon
ns tho national assembly was estab
lished, y
Joseph novor recolved recognition
from tho nlllos, although It wns ro
ported that ontonto representatives In
Budapest had established an under
standing with him.
Object to Honoring March.
Washington. ObJoctlon to tho roc
emmoudation of President Wilson to
make Chief of Staff March a full gen
ernl for life" was evident In tho Houso
whon six members of tho military af
fairs committee fllod a minority report
against tho Mil authorizing tho rank
for March, Tho six mambors Indoruod
giving tho rank to Qenoral Pershing.
Tho signers of tho report aro Repro
scentatlves Anthony, Kansas; Sanford,
New York; Koarnc, Ohio; Cold well
and La (luardn, Now York, and Fuller,
Massachusetts.
PliflESIDEIT DENIES
nam jrwvi iBifin rn at
no wn rau
Wilson Tells Senate Committee
Congress Only War Maker.
JAPAN WONT RULE SHANTUNG
Tells Senators Tokyo Has Promised to
Give Up Any Sovereignty There
Asks Them to Interpret but
Not to Change Treaty.
Washington, Aug. 20. In n confer
once nt tho White House unprecedent
ed In American history, President Wil
son discussed the peaco treuty with
tho senate foreign relations commit-
too, answered questions put by sena
tors nnd gnvo out u stenographic
transcript of the proceedings to tho
public.
Home of the inside details of tho
peace conference, how tho League of
Nntlons covenant wns druwn. und oth
er historic happenings were handed out
verbatim for the world to read, In con
trast to tho time-honored procedure of
secrecy, presidential und senatorial
"confidence."
Nothing approaching tho conference
In that respect Is recalled since George
Washington went to the senate to dis
cuss trouble.1 with the Indians.
Urges Speedy Ratification.
Making a plen for ratlilcatlon of the
trenty that the world might bu turned
wholly back to a pence basis, the pres
ident said ho saw no reasonable ob
jection to the senate expressing Its In
terpretation of the League of Nations
covenant so long ns those Interpreta
tions did not actually become part of
tho act of ratlilcatlon.
If Interpretations were part of tho
formal ratllleatlon, the president con
tended, long delays would follow, ns
other governments would have to "ac
cept In effect the language of the sen
ate ns tho language of the trenty bo
fore ratification would be complete."
Most of tho Interpretations, the presi
dent said, seemed to him to suggest
tho "plain mennlng of tho instrument
Itself."
Must Get U. S. Consent.
Tho much-discussed article ten, the
president told the senntors, wns not of
doubtful Interpretation when read in
connection with tho whole covenant.
The council, he said, could only "nd
visc," and as Its nutlon must bo unani
mous, the alllrmntlve vote of the Unit
ed States would be necessary for any
question affecting It.
Article sixteen, tho president said,
provided that where there Is n dispute
found to be Fololy within tho jurisdic
tion of one of the parties, under inter
national law, the lcnguo council shall
so report and make no recommenda
tion for Its settlement. Immigration,
tnrlffs and the like, the president said,
clearly came under that provision.
The plan for the.IoiiL'uo. flnniiv snh.
mitted In Paris, (he president said, had
been built up rst from a plan drawn
by n Ilrltlsh committee headed by n
Mr. Phllllmore and later Included Idens
from a plan drawn by General Smuts.
From these and other discussions,
coupled with tho president's own Ideas,
tho league plan wnH'niade.
Own Redraft Not Submitted.
Ills own prlvnto redraft of tho Phll
llmore plan, tho president snld, was
not submitted to the Amerlcnn pence
mission. He had seen Secretary Lan
sing's proposals only Informally.
Tho president snld the United States
would havo "complete freedom of
choice ns to the application of force"
in carrying out nrtlclo ten of tho
leaguo cove'nnnt.
Tho president told the committee
tho league council would have "noth'
Ing whatever" to do with deciding
whether the United States had fulfilled
Its obligations in case of withdrawal
from the leaguo.
The conference was not held In the
blue room, as had been planned the
president taking his visitors Into the
east room, where they were seated
around a big table. Senntor Lodge snt
next to tho president.
Japan Won't Rule Shantung.
To a query as to what sovereignty
Jnpan retained In .Shantung President
Wilson said:
"She has not retained sovereignty
over anything. I menn she has prom
Ised not to. Senator Hot ah has asked
whether this understanding was oral
or otherwise. I do not llko to describe
tho operation exactly If It Is not per
fectly discreet. As a matter of fact
this was technically oral, but literally
written and formulated and tlie form
ulntlon ngreed upon."
President Wilson snld ho disagreed
with the opinion given the committee
1L, ,T,,,,ry, ,-l,IIB,,IB t,u,t Jmwn
would have signed the treaty regard-
less of whether It contained the Shan
tung provision.
.,.'rVt',,w "J" n'-Urn (of Shnntiinu
o China) to be made?" nsked Sena
tor Johnson.
"That was left undecided, but wo
wero assured nt the tlmo that It would
bo ns soon as possible."
"Old not the .Tapnneso decllno to
fix any date?"
''They did at that time, yes; but I
Mdnk It is fllr to thou, to say J
could not nt that time say when It
would be."
Senator Now Mr. President, Joes
not this Indefinite promise of JnpnnV
suggest the somewhat nualngous case
of England's occupation of Malta? She
lino occupied Malta for something like
a century. I believe, under a very blml
lar promise.
The President-1-! hope yon will par
don me If I do not unswer that ques
tion. Senator Fall asked who would de
fend the mandate territories against
external aggression under the league,
and tho president replied thnt primar
ily the duty would rest with the man
datory power.
Only through action by congress
shnll the United Stntes lend nny mili
tary assistance to other members of
tho Lcnguo of Nations. This was
stated emphatically by the president.
The United States Is only under
moral obligations to the other nntJons,
the president said, declaring that tho
league covenant does not in nny way
detract from tho power of the con
gress. Asks About Other Treaties.
After tho president hnd delivered his
statement, Senntor Lodge said:
"Mr. President, so far as I am per
sonally concerned and I think I rep
resent perhaps the mnjorlty of the
committee In thnt respect we have no
thought of entering upon nrguments
as to Interpretations or points of thnt
character; but the committee was very
desirous of getting Information on cer
tain points which seem not clear and
on which they thought information
would be of value to have In consid
eration of the trenty which they, I
think I mny say for myself nnd others,
desire to hnsten In every possible way.
"Your reference to the necessity of
nctlon lends me to ask one question.
I? we have to restore pence to the
wprld, It Is necessary, I assume, that
there should be treaties with Austria,
Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. Those
treaties are all more or less connected
with the treaty with Germany. Tho
question I should like to ask Is, what
the prospect Is of receiving those trea
ties for nctlon?"
Senate Cause of Delay.
The President I think It Is very
good, sir, nnd so far as I can judgo
from tho contents of the dispatches
from my colleagues on the other side
of tho water, the chief delay Ik due to
the uncertainty ns to what Is going to
happen to this trenty. This treaty Is
a model of the others. I saw enough
of the others before I left Paris to
know thnt they arc being framed on
tho snme set of principles nnd the
trenty with Germany Is the model. I
think that Is the chief element of rte
lay, sir.
Senator Lodge They are not regard
ed ns essential to the consideration ol
this treaty?
The President They are not regard
ed as such, no sir; they follow this
treaty.
Senator Lodge I do not know about
tho otlwr treaties, but the treaty with
Poland, ror example, has been com
pleted. Treaty With Poland Signed.
Tho President Yes nnd signed ; but
It Is dependent upon this treaty. My
thought was to silbmlt'it upon the ac
tion on this trenty.
Senator Lodge then asked whether
tho pesldent could show tho commit
tee the tentntlvo Lengue of Nations
drafts submitted by Grent Rrltaln,
France and Italy.
The President I would have sent
them to the committee with plensure,
senator, If I had found that I had them.
I. took It for granted that I had them;
but tho papers that remain in my hnnds
rcmnln there In n haphazard way. I
can tell you the character of the other
drafts. Tho British draft wns the only
one as I remember that was in the
form of n definite constitution of n
lengue. Tho French nnd.Itnllnn drafts
were In the form of a series of propo
sitions laying down general rules nnd
assuming that t he commission, or
whntever body made tho final formula
tions would build upon those princi
ples If they wero ndopted. They were
principles quite consistent with the
final action.
At Liberty to Interpret.
In reply to Senntor McCumber tho
president repented thnt he felt It would
bo a mlstako to embody Interpreta
tions In tho resolution of ratlilcatlon,
saying: "We can Interpret only n
moral obllgntlon. The legnl obligation
can bo enforced by such mnchlnery ns
there Is to enforce It. Wo nre thereforo
at liberty to Interpret tho sense in
which we undertnke n moral obliga
tion." Senntor McCumber nsked whether
tho other nations could not accept in
terpretations by tho senate "by acqui
escence." The President My experience ns a
lawyer was not very long, but that ex
perience would teach me that tho lan
guage of a contract Is always part of
the debatable matter, and I can testi
fy thnt In our discussions. In the com
mission on tho Leaguo of Nations wo
did not discuss Ulcus half as much ns
we discussed phraseology.
Tho president said If reservations
wero embodied In tho ratification
"there would havo to bo either explicit
acquiescence or the elapsing of n long
enough tlmo for us to know whether
they (tho other governments) were Im
plicitly acquiescing or not."
Guests at Luncheon.
Tho satisfaction of the president's
household turned Into positive Joy
when the senators accepted Mr. Wil
son's Invitation to stay to luncheon.
"The pleasant character of the
luncheon," said Senator llornh, "indi
cates merely that tho opponents of tho
treaty aro not In tho least actuated by
any personal hostility to tlio presi
dent. They merely disagree with him
upon principle nnd policy."
Senntor Uorrih, nnd other senators
who havo opposed the treaty, said
this would be made manifest in the'
senate within tho next few days, when
It will be demonstrated thnt no con
victions had been changed by the dls
mission nt the White House or by the
friendly famlllurity ut the presldeutV
tuble.
ONLY SENATE CAN
END
WAR
WO
President Has No Power to An
nul Act of Congress.
FALL'S QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Upper Chamber's Failure to Act Is
the Only Bar to Ending Present
8tate German Colonies
. Taken In Trust.
Washington, Aug. 22. President
Wilson hns not the power to declare
peace by proclamation, nor could he
consent In any .circumstances to take
such a course prior to tho ratification
of n formnl treaty of peace by the sen
ate. The president so wrote Senntor
Fnll in answer to one of the 20 written
questions the senntor presented nt the
White House conference Tuesday.
Replying to nnothcr question, tho
president snld tho provision of the
treaty that It should come into force
nfter ratification by Germany nnd
three of the principal associated pow
ers operated merely to establish peace
between those ratifying powers, nnd
thnt It was "questlonnblo whether It
can bo said that tho League of Nations
is in nny true sense created by the as
sociation of only three of tho nllied I
and associated governments."
Peace Would Cut H. C. L.
As to the question of when normal
conditions might bo restored, tho pres
ident said he could only express the
confident opinion thnt Immediate rati
fication of tho treaty and acceptance
of tho covenant of the lengue, as writ
ten, would "certainly within the near
future reduce the cost of living," both
In this country nnd abroad, through
tho restoration of production and com
merce to normal.
To Senntor Full's questions relntlng
to the disposition of Germnny's pos
sessions, tho president said tho ar
rangement In the trenty conveyed no
title to the allied or associated powers,
but merely "Intrusts disposition of the
territory in question to their decision."
"Germnny's renunciation in favor of
tho principal allied and associated
powers," tho president continued, "of
her rights nnd titles to her oversens
possessions Is meant similarly to ope
rate as vesting In those powers a trus
teeship with respect to their final dis
position nnd government."
Question of Procedure.
, Unless Mr. Wilson absolutely re
verses himself, tho struggle between
him und tho seunto must center for
tho next week or month entirely on n
simple question of procedure. The
president holds most of the enrds
tho Constitution gives him a btg ad
vantage in being nble to negotiate and
sign pence trentles. It isn't like n do
mestic lnw that can be passed over his
veto by two-thirds vote. No such con
flict between the executive nnd legis
lative branches of tho government In
volving so mnny signatories to a treaty
has occurred before, and tho legal con
sequences arc enough to make many
International lawyers rich In fees for
yenrs to coinc Commercial as well as
financial relations will bo subject, to
varied Interpretations.
Here Are the Twenty Queries.
The 20 questions nnswered by Pres
ident Wilson, which wero submitted
to him by Senutor Fall at tho confer
ence held at tho White House Tues
day, are In brief ns follows:
Questions I to IV Could not the
president, with the assent of congress,
proclaim a status of peace with Ger
many and permit the resumption of
trade?
Question V nsks the president to
deflno tho establishment of the League
of Nations and state "how many na
tions will havo to ratify the peace
treuty before such establishment will
bo perfected."
Question VI Will the League of
Nations reduce tho high cost of living
in the United States?
Asks About Neutrals.
Question VII What do Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Switz
erland think of tho League of Na
tions? Will they Join, nnd when?
Questions VIII nnd IX deal with
resumption of' commerce with Ger
mnny. Question X nsks if certain com
mittees us stipulated In the league
have been nppolnted nnd Inquires to
whom they make report.
Questions XI and XII To whom
does Germany renounce ccrtuln terri
torial rights which It Is required to
renounce under tho treuty?
Question XIII Inquires as to the dis
position of oversens possessions by
tho United Stntes.
Question XIV What disposition Is
made of Germany's foreign posses
sions? Questions XV, XVI and XVII a&k
for Interpretations of ceraln phases
of the league and tho renson for tho
appointment of certain commission!!.
Questions XVIII, XIX nnd XX
Why wns tho United Stntes made n
party In tho appointment nnd fulfill
nient of certain missions In tho set
tlement of foreign plebiscite ques
tions? The President's Reply.
President Wilson's letter to Senator
Fnll, . replying to tho senntor's 20
questions on the trenty und theLenguo
of Nations, Is as follows:
"My Dear Senator Fall:
"You left yesterday In my hands
ccrtnln written questions which I
promised you I would answer. I am
hastening to fulfill thnt promise.
"I feel constrained to say I" rcplj
to your llrst question not only thnt In
my Judgment I hnve not tho power by
proclamation to declare that peace
exists, but that I could In no clrcum
stnnces consent to tnke such n'courso
prior to the ratlflcntlon of a formal
treaty of pence. I feel It duo to per
fect frankness to any that It would In
my opinion put n stain upon our na
tlonnl honor which we never could
efface If, after sending our men to tho
battle field to fight tho common cause,
we should abandon our nssoclntes in
tho war In the settlement of the terms
of pence nnd dissociate ourselves
from all responsibility with regard to
those terms.
"I respectfully suggest that, having
snld tilts, I havo In effect answered
also your second, third nnd fourth
questloiir so for as I myself am con
cerned. Peace When Treaty Is Ratified.
"Permit me to answer your fifth
question by saying that tho provisions
of the treaty to which you refer oper
ate merely to establish peace between
the powers ratifying, nnd thnt tt Is
questlonnblo whether it enn be snld
that the League of Nations Is In nny
true sense created by the association
of only three of the nllied nnd asso
ciated governments.
"In reply to your sixth question, I
can only express tho confident opinion
that the Immediate adoption of tho
treaty, along with the articles of tho
covenant of the league as written,
would certainly within the near future
reduce the cost of living In this coun
try ns elsewhere, by restoring produc
tion nnd commerce to their normnl
strength nnd freedom.
"For your convenience, I will num
ber tho remnlnlng paragraphs of this
letter as the questions to which they
are Intended to reply nre numbered.
"VII. I hnvo had no official lnfor
mntlon ns to whether Norway, Swe
den, Denmark, Ilollnnd, or Swltzer
lnnd will join the league.
"VIII. I answered your eighth quos
tlon In reply to a question nsked me at
our conference tho other day. (This
question referred to licensing of ex
ports to Germany.)
"IX. In Februnry, 1017, 'Spain wns
requested to take charge of Amerlcnn
Interests In Germany through her dip
lomatic and consular representatives,
and no other arrangement hns since
been mnde.
"X. The committee to prepare plans
for the organization of the league, for
tho establishment of the seat of the
league and for the proceedings of the
first meeting of the assembly, has been
nppolnted, but hns not reported.
"XI. Article US of the peace treaty,
part IV, under which Germany re
nounces all her rights to territory for
merly belonging to herself or to her
allies was understood, so far as spe
cial provision was not made In the
treaty Itself, for Its disposition, ns
constituting principal allied and asso
ciated powers the authority by which
such disposition should ultimately be
determined. It conveys no title to
those powers, but merely Intrusts the
disposition of tho territory In question
to their decision.
"XII. Germnny's 'renunciation In
favor of the principal allied and neso
clatcd powers of her rights and titles
to her oversens possessions Is mennt
similarly to operate as vesting In those
powers a trusteeship with respect to
their final disposition nnd government.
League to Pass on Disposition.
"XIII. There hns been a provisional
agreement as to the disposition' of
these overseas possessions, whose con
firmation nnd execution Is dependnt
upon tho approval of the League of Na
tions, and the United States Is a party
to that provisional agreement.
"XIV. The only ngreement between
Franco and Great Britain with regard
to African territory, of which I am
cognizant, concerns the redlsposltlon
of rights nlready possessed by those
countries on that continent. Tho pro
visional agreement referred to In the
preceding paragraphs covers all the
German overseas possessions In Africa
as well as elsewhere.
"XV. No mention was made In con
nection with the settlement of the
Snar basin of the service of on Amer
lcnn member of the commission of flvo
to be set up there.
"XVI. It was deemed wise thnt the
United States should be represented by
one member of the commission for set
tling tho new frontier lines of Belgium
nnd Germnny, because of the universal
opinion thnt America's representnllve
would add to the commission n useful
element of entirely disinterested Judg
ment. League to Pick Saar Commission.
"XVII. The choice of the commis
sion for the Sanr basin was left to the
council of the League of Nntlons, be
cause the Saar basin Is for 15 yenrs to
be directly under the cure nnd direc
tion of the Leaguo of Nations.
"XVIII. Article 811 does In effect pro
vide thnt live of tho members of the
commission of seven to fix tho boun
daries between Poland nnd Czecho
slovakia should bo nominated by cer
tain .countries because there are five
principal nllied nnd associated powers,
and the nomination of five representn
lives by those powers means the nomi
nation of one representntlvo by each
of those powers.
"XIX. No such commission hns yet
been nppolnted. (The commission re
ferred to Is that for the fixing of tho
Polish boundaries.)
"XX. It was deemed wise thnt the
United States should havo a represen
tative on the commission set up to
exercise nuthorlty over tho plebiscite
of Upper Sllesln for tho same reason
that I have given with -regard to tho
commission for settling tho frontier
line of Belgium nnd Germany.
"Sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
CONGRESS K!LU
DAYLIGHT SAVilG
Senate Follows the House, Pass
ing Repeal Over President
Wilson's Veto.
ACTION ON MEASURE FINAL
Hour "Gained' 'In 1918 Will Be Pert
manently "Lost" In October One
of Very Few Measures
Vetoed Twice.
Washington, Aug. 22. Repeal of the
daylight saving act has teen accom
plished. The senate voted to sustain
tho house in passing the repenl meas
ure over President Wilson's veto. Tho
vote was 07 to 10.
Tho repeal of the law, which now
takes Its place among the very few
which have been passed over u presi
dential veto, becomes effective after
the clocks are turned back to normnl
In October. It will go down in legis
lative history ns one of the very few
mensures which twice hnve been ve
toed by u president nnd become lnw by
the vote of more than two-thirds In
both houses of congress.
Agitation for repeal of the daylight
saving law llrst came from farmers,
but recently wns buttressed by labor
union, mothers' clubs, rural school au
thorities und mnny other Interests.
Urbnn opinion ulso beenme divided
nnd officials of many cities and small
er towns demanded repenl. Congress
was Hooded with petitions for repeal
nnd with petitions urging retention of
the stutute.
Loss of tlmo In farm Inbor wns tho
principal objection raised to the law.!
This complaint came principally from
farmers employing "hired bunds."
The complaint of loss of labor was,
based principally on the shortening of
tho working day on the funn by tho;
advancing of the clock one hour from'
March to October.
The farmers declared they could not
adjust farm work to the advanced
time because, with the clock advanced
an hour, farm work could not be begun:
us early In the morning ns under tho1
normnl tlmo schedule and must close
tin hour earlier. This is because the,1
dew on the ground in the early morn-'
ing provented plowing and other form
labor under tlie advanced time schedJ
ule.
BILL IN TO CURB IMMIGRANTS
Deportation of Alien Slackers Also
Asked In House Measure
Other Provisions.
Washington, Aug. 22. A bill to stop
nil Immigration for two years nnd n
bill to deport nil aliens who drew their
first pnpers In order to escape military
service during the wnr were Introduced
by Ohnlrman 'Johnson of the house1
immigration committee.
After tho end of tho two-year sus
pension period aliens would be entitled
to admission to the United States only
under n passport or on their written'
declaration to become an American
citizen.
U. S. GOODS BURN IN FRANCE
Flro Damages American Steamer and'
Destroys Merchandise on Dock
' at Havre.
Havre, France, Aug. 20. Flro which
bndly damaged tho American tank,
steamer George G. Henrv nnd rtnatrntr.
ed merchandise on tho docks valued nt
ouu.uuu rrancs (5100,000) was caused
by oil from the tanker catching flro
when an unloading pipe broke. The-1
burning oil flooded tho pier to which,'
tho steamer was moored.
ASKS COURT TO BAR PACKER8
Mississippi State Revenue Agsnt Ap-1
piles for Perpetual Injunction
Against Big Five.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 22. Perpetual
Injunction ngnlnst tho flvo lending
puckers, which would bar them from
doing business In this state, Is sought
In a petition filed In chancery court by
tho state revenue ngent. The court Ih
usked to put n statutory penalty of
$5,000 a dny on the packers.
CARNEGIE LEFT $50,000,000
Vast Gifts During Life Shown as Fil
ing of Will at New York
Nears.
New York, Aug. 22. Andrew Car
negie died worth $50,000,000, accord
Ing to one of his executors. His will
Is to bo offered for probnto next week.
Mr. Carnegie stipulated thnt tho Homo
Trust company of Iloboken. N. J.,
should act as executor without bond.
The will Is about -1,500 words long.
Plan Insurance for Jobless.
London, Aug. 21. Sir Robert Steven
son Home, minister of labor, announ
ced that tho government hopes nt the
next session of pnrllament to Introduce
a bill providing for unemployment In
surance on n contributory basin.
K. of P. Official Missing.
Chicago, Aug. 21. Tho police wero
asked to find Pnul J. B. Hnyerly, grand
keeper of tho records nnd soals of tho
Illinois Knights of Pythias, who snd
Jonly disappeared. It fe said $-10,000
s also missing.
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