THE 8EMIWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
PLANS OF CONGRESS
WILL PASS SEVERAL MEASURES
OF PRIME IMPORTANCE AND
QUIT WITH THAT.
EXTRA SESSION NOT WANTED
Number of Bills Introduced This Win
ter Is Much Smaller Than Usual
Many of Them Deal With Cost of
Living.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. Congress' New Year's
resolution Ih mild to bo to put through
the two or three measured of prime Im
portance und with them the equally
primely Important appropriation 1)1 Us,
and to ho content with that, and thus,
so far na human foresight can com-!
pasH it, make it certain that thu pres
ident will not lie compelled to call an
extra session of congress In the spring,
a session which would begin probably
with n terrific tight between Republic
ana and Democrats for the control and
organization of the' house of repre
sentatives. Rocont records linve bcon broken In
congress lately. The number of bills
which have been Introduced since the
session opened tho' first Monday In
December has been smaller than dur
ing any like period in tho Inst 20
years. It Is true that some iawmnkera
have introduced measures for which
they hnvo no hope of passage at pres
ent, but about which they hope pub
lic opinion will crystallize later. Tho
number of theso bills, however, is
smnll, and so, barring tho ordinary pen
sion bills, comparatively few things of
national moment hnvo bcon presented
to either houso for present or future
consideration.
Of courso this docs not tako account
of tho railroad legislation In Its varied
forms which tho president made tho
main feature of ids mcssngo to con
gress, nor does It tnko account of some
other highly Importnnt things which
Booncr or later must bo given consid
eration by tho national legislators. Tho
simple fact is that tho number of bills
Ih much, very much smaller than Is
usually tho case.
May Vote on Big Questions.
It is probable that beforo congress
dies on March 4 tho question of sub
mitting to the states tho federal con
stitutional amendment establishing
prohibition will bo voted on by con
gress. Thero Is n struggle on already
between the opposing forces Interested
In this measure. Tho federal suf
frago amendment also will bo given
consideration,
Senntor Willinm n. Thompson of
tCnnsns Is only ono of n number of
senators and members to Introduce
bills for the election of president nnd
vice president by a direct voto of tho
people. Senator John F. Shafroth of
Colorado lias Introduced a bill to tho
same general effect which, howover,
would work n complete change, In tho
method of selecting tho president nnd
tho vlco president. Ills hill stipu
lates thnt tho two officials shnll bo
chosen without tho Intervention in any
way of tho electoral college, and It pro
vides for n term of six years for tho
president and for his Ineligibility for
re-election forever thereafter.
Othar Bills of Interest.
Congress has In Its keeping n bill,
which pressure of tlmo may or
may not prqvcnt from receiving
consideration, to udmlt free of Import
clmrgcs all wlicnt which is brought In
to tho United States for seed purposes.
Tho, word which has gono to tho legis
lators with this nicitsuro Is thnt the
farmers particularly, and tho public
generally to n considerable extent, will
bo deeply interested In tho fato of tho
measure. It was offered by Represen
tative Ilalvor Stecncrson of Minne
sota. It is said that this bill was Intro
duced as tho result of a suggestion
mnuo by a single farmer of tho great
Northwest who received seed from
South American and European coun
tries. It was sent him in part simply
for experimental purposes, hut in an
other part, it Is said, for use under n
well-based belief that tho growth re
Biilts would bo most satisfactory.
Rural .mail carriers will bo Interest
ed In a bill introduced by Senator .1.
Gronnn of North Dakota who hnH
asked congress to leglslnto so that the
rural routo men shall In no case re
ceive less than $1,200 a yvir, and that
uny reduction of tills pay Khali bo
made Impossible. Thero aro Rome
members of congress who do not hoo
how legislation can hind future con
grosses not to re-leglslnto on tho sami!
subject. It is history, however, that
congress virtually never reduces sal
arles, nnd so If a minimum onco Is
Hxcd, It probnbly will remain fixed,
Madden's Bill for Postal Employees.
Representative Martin B. Madden
of Illinois also has put In a bill which
looks to tho .gratification of post olllco
clerks and carriers in first und second
cluss post olllces. Ho wishes to luiv
theso clerks and; carriers divided into
bIx classes with salaries rauglng from
$1,000 to $1,500. The understanding
is now that tho highest pay that a clerl
cun get Is $1,200, while the minimum
pay Is said to bo considerably below
tlio llrst sum named In Mr. Madden';
measure.
Representative Frank lnrk of
Georgia lias proposed a plan by which
Confederate soldlors may bo pensioned
If this measure had been introduced
twenty-live or thirty years ago It
probably would have aroused exprcs
slons of resentment from a largo part
of tho country. Tho bill proposes
continuing appropriation of $0,000,000
a yenr for fifteen ynrn. which equal
tho amount of tho cotton tax levied
upon tho cotton-growing states nftet
tho Civil war. The money would be
used to pension aged and Infirm Con
federate Holdlcrn nnd the widows o
Confederate soldiers.
For Monument to Maury.
it Is Interesting to note In this con
nection (lint a bill which has n good
deal of northern support has Just liivn
Introduced to erect a monument In the
city of Washington to Matthew Foun
tain .Maury, one tlmo commodore it
(he United States navy, and later t
ranking ofllcer In the Confederate
navy. Commodore .Maury was a stu
dent of ocean currents, lie charted
tho Gulf stream and contributed an
Immense amount of ocoaiiogrnphU
knowledge fo the world.
Our Santo Domingo Ftics.
Santo Domingo, n jSiiuil 1 country,
Is looming large Just now In the
field of Washington Interests and
anxieties. Virtually the United State."
Is at war with Santo Domingo. There
re several hundred United States ma-
I n oh In the little republic which has
been put under martial law by Uncle
Sam.
Word which has como from the state
department recently makes It appear
that the United States hereafter mny
consider the necessity of taking a hand
In affairs In Europe, especially In re
gard to tho safeguarding of tho rights
of small nations. Some students of
International relations hold that if tho
United States does this It means- that
the countries of Europe may one day
feel they havo u perfect right to tako
a hand In affairs on this side of tho wa
ter and that thcreforo the Monroe
Doctrine must go by tho board.
This Is a matter admittedly only
for speculation, and for future devel
opments to provo ono way or tho
other, but thero Is Intense Interest and
some apprehension among tho law
makers today becuuso tho Dominican
government has protested to tho pow
ers of Europe ugnlnst Undo Sam's ac
tion In placing that country under mar
tial law.
May Causo Complications.
It Is not to bo supposed for an In
stant, of courso, as the officials hero
low It, thnt tho big European govern
ments which hnvo been appealed to by
Santo Domingo will do anything In
tho matter, or certainly not at present
because their hands are exceedingly
full with deadly troubles of their own.
The protest, however, has gone on rec
ord, and as Home of tho lookers Into
the future here sco tho thing, It pos
sibly eventually mny develop compli
cations for this government.
Haiti and Santo Domingo havo been
prlckly-penr points to Undo Snm for
long time. The government has a
treaty with Haiti which allows Uncle
Sam to collect not only the customs of
that country, hut Its Internal taxes as
well, and to look after their disburse
ment. It seems likely thnt In order
to bring about complete order In San- I
to Domingo some like arrangement j
must be mado with that country. AI- I
ready the United States Is collecting :
customs of the Dominican Republic, '
but It Is not collecting Its internal
taxes.
The most recent trouble with Snnto
Domingo came becauso the various ele
ments down there, led by different
men, attempted each In its own behalf
to tako the Internal rovenues and to
spend them for personal solflsh pur
poses. The result was such an Inter
nal row that tho United States hnd to
step In, nnd ns a matter of fact wo are
in n mild wny at war with Snnto Do
mingo today, although It Is not called
war.
Promised Their Debts Should Be. Paid.
During tho Roosevelt administration
England, Franco and Germany, to all
of whom Santo Domingo owed money
which It would not pay, asked the
United States to assume with them a
Joint control over (he revenues of tho
little republic. President Roosevelt
could not entertain such a proposition
because In n way It was a violation of
(Ion made an arrangement by which
I It t 1 Till f nil Ul ntnn rstiMit t.t mt
iuu Auiiiiiiiwiii iinn,
So it is that we have been collect- !
Ing revenue down there and paying eft J
the republic's debt as well as we '
could. The Internal rovenues were left
to the Dominican government Itself.
As soon as It was found out that there I
was money for tho Dominican govern-
meat In the Internal taxes of the coun- I
try, four or tlvo governments sprang ,
up, cacu one wining to ngnt uio other ,
for the spoils. This led to virtual f
Intervention on tho part of the pres
ent administration. Of course, thu
United States will maintain control In
Santo Domingo and bring about order, i
but the fact that this little bit of n
republic, that really Is not a republic
at all, has protested to the powers of I
Europe against tho action of the I
United States, may bring trouble to us
In tho future.
No Apprehensions.
"So Crimson Gulch has gone for pro
hibition." "That's what It bus." replied Bron
cho Rob.
"Isn't It going to drive some of the
old topers to desperation?"
"Not u chance. What's the good o(
despeuatlon If there ain't no drink for
It to drive you to?"
The Early Huntsman.
"Tho pilgrim fnthen went out nnO
shot wild turkeys."
"Tho custom was much safer thur
those of hunters today. A turkoy Is q
great Improvement on a deor, Tur
koys sit up In trees where there lsn".
the slightest possibility (hut a mm
will mistake n fellow hunter for out
of them."
o. k:s peace policy
SENATE INDORSES PRESIDENT
WILSON'S REQUEST FOR
TERM8.
VOTE ON RESOLUTION 48 TO 17
.Senator Lewis, Speaking In Support of
Wilson, Declared the United States
Will' Enter the War If the Conflict
Continues.
Washington, Jan. 8. Senator .lories
substitute for tho Hitchcock resolution
Indorsing President Wilson's peace
,11010, which approves the request for
ipence terms without Indorsing the note
itself, was passed on Friday by the
senate.
The vote was 18 to 17. Progressive
'Republican senators voted solidly with
the Democrats for the substitute.
Speaking In the senate In support of
tho Hitchcock resolution to Indorse
'President Wilson's peace note. Senator
Lewis (Dom.) of Illinois asserted that
the European war could not continue
without the United States becoming
Involved In It.
Senator Lewis said (hat the temper
of tiie American people would brook
no apology or excuse for further de
struction of American life, but "would
resent and punish to tho full extent of
America's power."
"Tho very debate In opposition to
this resolution," Senator Lewis snld,
"lias done more Injury to the cause of
pence to which President Wilson hns
sought to give Impulse and force than
any other form of opposition thnt has
arisen from nny other source In all tho
United States.
"The very utmosphero that has been
projected from tills body that thero
wcro men hero eminent In tho councils
of tho nation who found reasons of
any nature to Justify them In opposing
the effort of tho president to bring
about pence Is an Indication in parts
of the world that there are men In this
republic who would find nny reason
satisfactory to avoid the pence of tho
world.
"People of other lauds, viewing this,
ask what motive Is behind this oppsl
tlon. They reply to themselves that It
cither Is because the power of those
who make riches or the law is potent
oven In this cody, thnt they could con
tinue war that they might benefit In
continuation of riches as a result of It,
or that race prejudice bus grown so
strong In this larid of nil the races that
these distinguished representatives in
this tribunal are not abio to divorce
themselves sufllclently from It to give
encourngement to tho president of the
United Stntcs to bring an end to this
universal slaughter or mankind, this
ravishing of women, this crumbling of
civilization, this death of kingdoms
and this end of a Christian era
Then it will bo said horenftnr thnt
senators hero opposed tho president's
receiving from this co-ordlnnto branch
of tho government n mero encourage
ment of his effort nt a solution of
peace and a tender of his good of
fices." "The opposition to this resolution
also will bo construed abroad as nn
Indication on tho part of this body us
nn expression of such partiality for
ono belligerent against the others thnt
wo are content to continue tho war
merely for the object that it would
bent down to destruction ono of tlioso
belligerents and exult tho other to ex
ultant victory.
TEUTONS CAPTURE 2 TOWNS
Drive Russians and Roumanians From
Matchln and Jijila, in
Dobrudja.
Berlin, Jan. 5 (by wireless). Tho
towns of Matchln and JlJUn, In north
In tho Interior of Roumanla the Rus-
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LAWS0N BITTERLY ARRAIGNED
Senator Stone, Chairman of Foreign
Relations Committee, Declares
No Public Official Guilty.
Washington, Jan. 4. Senator Stono
of Missouri, chairman of tho senate
i foreign relations committee, bitterly
arraigned Thomas W. Lawson on tho
somite lloor on Tuesday, and declared
umplmtlcally that "no public ofltclnl Is
guilty of wrongdoing" In connection
with tho "leak" to Wall street on the
Wilson peace note.
Contests Gardner Election.
Jefferson City, Mo.. Jan. 8. A peti
tion contorting the election of Freder
ick D. Gardner, Democrat, as governor
of Missouri was presented to the Joint
Hussion of the legislature by Senator
A. E, U Gardner, Republican.
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Fire at Jollet Prison.
Chicago, Jan. 8. Flro which started
in u chair factory of tho Illinois state
penltentlnry threatened to destroy tho
entire prison. Convicts and officers
succeeded In confining the fire to one
building.
BACK TO
CARRANZA AID IS HELD
CHARGED BY THE U. S. AGENTS
WITH CONSPIRACY.
Alleged Mexican Consul at New York
Is Concerned in Illegal Ship
ment of Arms.
New York, Jan. b Juan T. Rums,
Currnnza consul here, was arrested on
Wednesday, chargcO with being con
cerned In a conspiracy to ship arms
and ammunition to Vera Cruz In viola
tion of President Wilson's embargo
proclamation of October, 1015.
Three ludlctnivut have been brought
ugnlnst Burns, It wus learned. Aside
from tho alleged conspiracy to violate
the president's proclamation, the de
fendant Is accused also of deceiving
the customs authorities by falsely
manifesting ammunition shipments us
hardware.
Tho urrest, mado by special ugente
of the department of Justice, Is tho
outcome of n raid on tho ofllccs of nn
Importing nnd exporting company op
erated here recently by Mexicans and
of tho arrest subsequently of a man
named Reuben Mler at Houston, Tex.
Mler formerly was employed hero In
tho Mexican consulate.
Burns, who was arrested as ho was
leaving his home, was taken to tho
federal building and held In $10,000
ball.
WILSO'J HAS PEACE TERMS?
Former Hungary Premier Tells Allies
to See U. S. Senator Lodge As
sails German Envoy.
London, Jan. 5. President Wilson
now knows tho peace conditions of tho
Teutonic nllles nnd tho entente pow
ers can learn what they aro from him,
Count Julius Andrussy, former premier
of Hungary, Is quoted as saying In n
dispatch from Budapest, according to
the Control News agency, by way of
Amsterdam. j
Washington, Jan. C In tho sennto
debate on Wednesday on tho Hitch
cock resolution to indorse President
Wilson's pence note Senator Lodge at
tacked the Gorman anibnssador, Count
von Bernstorff, for giving out a news
paper statement publicly npprovlng tho
note.
"It Is hardly to bo wondered nt, with
such a statement ns that from the
Germnn nmbnssador," said Senntor
Lodge, "that there should bo general
misinterpretation of the note, u gen
eral belief that It wus designed and
timed so ns to help Germany In at
taining n pence upon the terms sho
desires to Impose."
FOOD AND FUEL QUIZ ON
Federal Grand Jury Investigates High
Cost at New York Four Deal
ers Examined.
Now York, Jnn. i. Tho January
federal grand Jury, sworn In, took up
Immediately tho government's Inquiry
Into the high cost of fuel nnd food
products, nnd tho Jury hud at Its dis
posal tho testimony taken beforo the
December body.
ASKS RECALL OF MINISTER
t
Germany Asks U. 8. to Remove C. J.
Voplcka, American Representa
tive at Bucharest
Washington, Jan. 0. Germany has
nsked the United States to remove
Charles J. Voplcka, American minis
tor to Roumanla, stationed nt Buca
rest. Motor Company Head Kills Self.
Cincinnati, Jan. 8. Frank J. En
gcr, president tf thu Enger Mo
tor Car company of this city, which
was recently reorganized with u cap!
till stock of $3,000,000, shot and killed
himself while In Ills otllce.
Regent of 8an Marino Held.
Rome, Jan. 8. Ollnto Amutl, twlco
regent of tho republic of Sun Marino,
has been arrested on u chargo of em
bezzllng 2,000.000 llro ($400,000) of
tho republic' funds, according to a
wire from Rlmlnl.
NATURE
MEXICO BARS PACT
CHIEF CARRANZA REFUSES TO
ACCEPT PROTOCOL.
President Wilson May Recall General
Pershing Fletcher Prepares to
Take Up Duties.
Washington, Jan. 4. The American-
Mexican Joint commission reported on
Tuesday the parting of the ways In its
efforts to settle tho differences between
tho United States nnd the Cnrranza
government.
After an nil-day session, threshing
over the latest refusal of Cnrranza to
sign tho protocol framed by tho com
mission, the American commissioners
made public the terms of the protocol,
indicating that the negotiations bad
reached a conclusion. Secretary of
the Interior Lane, chairman of the
American section, mado It clear that
Carrnnzn's refusal to sign the protocol
was flat nnd final. The protocol mnde
public provided simply for the with
drawal of the American forces in Mex
ico nnd their replacement by Cnrran
zn military forces.
Withdrawal of the .American expedi
tionary force under the command of
Major General Pershing is in imme
diate contemplation by the administra
tion, according to persons closo to
President Wilson.
Tho protocol was signed by both
American nnd Mexican commissioners.
Henry P. Fletcher, nmbnssador desig
nate to Mexico, called at tho White
House and spent nearly an hour In
conference with President Wilson. It
is believed be will bo ordered to his
post soon.
150 PERISH ON TROOPSHIP
British Transport Torpedoed by Sub
marine in the Mediterranean,
Says London Statement.
London, Jan. 0. Tho British trans
port Ivernin, 14,278 tons, has been
sunk, it was otllclally anouueed on
Thursdny. One hundred and fifty
military officers and men are missing.
The text of tho nnounceinent rends
ns follows:
"Tho Ivernin was sunk by nn enemy
submarine in the Mediterranean on
January 1 during bnd wentbor and
while carrying troops. At present four
military ofllcers and 140 men are miss
ing." HARDING NEW CANAL CHIEF
Will Succeed Goethats as Governor of
Panama Zone New Justice
for Hawaii.
Washington, Jan. 5. President Wil
son on Wednesday appointed Lieut.
Col. Chester Harding governor general
to tho Panama cana! zone to succeed
General Goethnls.
Announcement was also made of the
appointment of Lieut. Commnndcr
Willinm C. Watts of the United States
steamship Ilchlgnn to be Judge advo
cate of the navy, and James L. Coke of
Honolulu ns associate justice of the
supreme court of Hawaii.
Stone, Peoria Postmaster.
Washington. Jan. 5. Congressman
Clnudlus U. Stone, Democrat, who was
defeated for re-election last Novem
ber In the Sixteenth Illinois district, Is
to bo appointed by President Wilson
us postmaster of Peorln, III. Tho np-
polntment nnd confirmation will not
come, It is said, until Just before the
death of the present house of repre
sentatives on March 3.
Eleven Killed In Train Smash.
Edinburgh, Jnn. a. Eleven persons
wore killed and 40 Injured when u train
loaded with persons returning to Edin
burgh aftor the Now Year holiday col
llded with a switch engine ten miles
outside the city.
Heavy Industrial Accident List.
Hnrrlshurg, Pit., Jnn. 0. Industrial
accidents in Pennsylvania during 1010
totaled 251,4SS, of which 2,587 resulted
fatally, according to statistics mndo
public by tho state department of labor
and Industry.
SUSPECT ENDS LIFE
! DEATH ENDS SEARCH FOR RICH
FRIEND OF SLAIN MODEL OF
PHILADELPHIA.
SON OF BIG COAL MAGNATE
Bernard W. Lewis Saw Girl Killed
After Visit to Home, Pollco Believe
Committed Suicide While Officers.
Were Waiting to Arrest Him.
Philadelphia. Jan. 0. Bernard W
Lewis, the young Pittsburgh million
aire who was being sought on a churgo
collateral with tho murder of Mulzlo
Colbert, (ho model, conunlttcd suicide
on Thursday ut Atlantic City.
Lewis, traced to the very threshold
of his suite by detectives, delayed their
admittance with conversation. Ho shot
himself with a .22-cnliber rifle just as
the doors wcro battered down.
The bullet entered the temple und
death was Instantaneous. Thut Lewis
anticipated urrest nnd mado prepara
tions to kill himself Is indicated by
the fact that the rifle was new,
Although the detectives do not
charge Lewis with the murder, they
declare that his was the collar found
In tho bcnutlful model's rooms. A
woman, who saw Lewis B'rldny night,
Identified It, they assert, by n spot and
the fact that it was slightly wilted In
front
Lewis was thirty-seven years old, a
Yale graduute of 1001 nnd member
of tho Union, Pittsburgh, Country,
Onkmout nnd Pittsburgh Automobile
clubs. He was married but had been
estranged from his wife since last No
vember. Ho was well known among
the devotees of the night life.
NAME TUMULTY IN 'LEAK' CASE
Congressman Wood Also Involves
President's Brother-ln-Law Secre
tary and Others Deny Charge.
Washington, Jan. 8. Smoldering ru
mors that somebody mado money l
tho stock market with "leak" informa
tion about the sending of President
Wilson's pence noto blazed up at a
sensational session of the house rules
conimittco on Frldny, when its first
hearing on Representative Wood's res
olution for Investigation was held.
Specifically declaring he made dinrges
against no one und was presenting
only Information that had come to him.
Wood brought In the names of Sec
retary Tumulty, "Mr, Boiling," a broth
er of President Wilson's wlfc;i Ber-
nnrd Bnruch, a New York stock opera
tor; Otto H. Knhn of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.; Thomson & McKlunon, Chicago
brokers; Lnmson Brothers & Co Chi
cago brokers; W. E. F. Hutton & Co.,
New York brokers; F. A. Connolly &.
Co., a Washington brokerage house la
which Wood said "Mr. Boiling" was a
partner.
Wood disclaimed intending to give
the Impression that ho believed Mr.
Tumulty or anyone else, for that mat
ter, profited from tho so-called leak.
All the persons named at the hear
ing 'denied knowledge of the presi
dent's pence noto until It was pub
lished. I. W. W.'S OUSTED BY SHERIFF
Sheriff at Cussan, Minn., Declares Dis
turbers Are Beaten and Will Be
Driven From Logging Sections.
Vlrglnln, Minn., Jnn. 5. Two hun
dred and fifty woodsmen, strikers nnd
Industrial Workers of the World, agi
tators, wero arrested on Wednesday ut
Cussan and were rushed hero on n spe
cial train. Authorities will place them
In a vacant? building under heavy guard
until they enn bo nrralgned Inter. "I
believe tho sltuntlon Is well In hand,"
Sheriff John Menlng is quoted ns sny
ing. HURLEY QUITS TRADE BOARD
Chairman of Federal Commission Un
expectedly Resigns, to Resume
Business In Chicago.
Washington, Jnn. 0. Edward N.
Hurley of Chicago, chairman of the
federal trade commission, unexpected
ly resigned to resume business In Chi
cago. Ho had a personal conference
on Thursday with President Wilson,
and bis resignation was accepted. Mr.
Hurley's resignation will tako effect
February 1.
TEUTONS TAKE FOUR TOWNS
Pierce Bralla Bridge, Sweep Past Span
Head and Capture Positions
and Troops.
Berlin, Jan. S. The" Russian bridge
head position beforo Braila In Rou
mnnln was pierced by Teutonic troops,
tho war olllco announced on Friday.
Four towns wero captured and 1,400
prisoners were brought in.
One Dead, Two Injured' at-Dam.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan. 8. One
workman was killed and two others
fatally Injured at Wulssotn dam when
a 225-foot trestle. 20 feet abovo tho
river, collapsed and precipitated nn
engine and nine cars Into tho river.
Purity Convention Called.
Ln Crosse, Wis., Jnn. 8. D. S.
Steadwell, president of tho World's
Purity federation, has Issued a call for
tho tenth international purity con
grena, to be held in Louisville, Ky
November 8 to 14.
