THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
YANK SIBERIAN
FORGES TO STAY
President Tells Senate U. S.
Forces Needed to Guard
Great Railway.
THE THIEF
DEMOCRATS' AID
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HELP MISS WITH SUPPLIES
Another Purpose of the Expedition Is
to Give Relief to Russian People
In Siberia Won't Interfere
With Sovereignty.
Washington, July 28. President
Wilson advised the senate that the
American military expedition In Sl
tberia was there prlniarllly to protect
and maintain operation of the Siberian
railroad and Indicated that the expe
dition would remain as long as such
protection was necessary.
Another purpose of the expedition
as outlined by the president was to
give relief to the Russian people in Si
beria 'by supplying food, clothing and
other supplies. Mr. Wilson said there
wns no Intention of Interfering with
Russlnn sovereignty.
The retention of American troops to
protect the American railroad forces
under John F. Stevens, the president's
letter stated, Is a "vital element." By
agreement with Japan, the president
stnted, the American troops are to re
ninln there as loifg as the railroad ex
pedition Is engaged in maintaining op
eration. The president's communication, tie-
talllng at great length the activities of
the American military ami railroad ,
forces In Siberia, was In response to
n resolution of Senator Johnson
(Rep.) of California, inquiring regard
ing the America policy In Siberia and
'how long It, was proposed to retain the
troops there.
The president's message to the sen
ate follows:
"For the information of the sennte,
and In response to the resolution
adopted June 23, 1010, requesting the
president to inform the senate, If not
incompatible with the public Interest,
of the reasons for sending United
States soldiers to Siberia, the duties
that nre to be performed by those sol
diers, how long they are to remain
and generally to advise tho sennte of
the policy of the United States gov- j
eminent In respect to Siberia and the
maintenance of United States soldiers
there, I have the honor to say that the
decision to send American troops to
Siberia was announced to tho press on
August 5, 1018, In a statement from
the acting secretary of state, of which
a copy Is Inclosed.
"This measure was taken In con-
Junction with .Tnpan and In concert of ;
purpose with the other allied powers, j
first of all to save the Czecho-Slovak (
armies which were threatened with i
uestruction.oy nostiie armies apparent-
ly organized by, and often largely
composed of, enemy prisoners of
war.
"Tlie second purpose in view was to
steady any efforts of the Russians at
self-defense, or tlie establishment
law and order In which they might lie
willing to accept asssltanco.
"Two regiments of lnfnntry, with
auxiliary troops about 8,000 effec
tives comprising a total of npproxl
mately 10.000 men, were sent under
command of MaJ. Gen. William S.
urnvps. i ne troops i.egan io nrmo
at Vladivostok In September, 101 S
"Considerably larger forces wero
dispatched by Japan at about tbe same
time, and much smaller forces by oth
ers of the allied powers.
"The net result was the successful
reunion of tho separated Czecho-Slovak
armies and tlie substantial elimi
nation In enstem Siberia of the active
efforts of enemy prisoners of war.
"In Februnry, 1010, as a conclusion
of negotiations begun early In the
summer of 1018, the United States
accepted a plan proposed by Jnpon for
the supervision of tho Slberlnn rail
ways by an International committee,
under which committee John F. Stev
ens would nssumo the operation of tho
Russian railway service corps. In this
connection, It Is to be recalled that
John F. Stevens, In response to a re
quest of tho provisional government
of Russia, went to Russln In the spring
of 1017. A few months Inter he was
made official ndvlser to tho minister
of ways and communication at Petro
grad under the provisional govern
ment." LIPTON WILL TRY AGAIN
Tactics Learned In War, He Says,
Will Give Him Victory on
.Next Attempt.
London, July 20. Sir Thomas Lip
ton is confident he will lift tho Amer
ica's cup next year through a new prin
ciple of snlllng that was discovered
while his old yacht Erin was In gov
eminent commission during the war,
ho told tho Dally Express.
U. S. Sells Platinum Supply.
Now York, July 28. Thirteen thou
sand ounces of plntlnum have been
sold by the ordnance department of
the army, It wns announced here. Tho
mineral was withdrawn from the as
suv ofllco and sold nt $15 an ounce.
Agricultural Bill Signed.
Washington, July 28. President
Wilson signed the agricultural appro
priation bill from which congress has
eliminated n rider repealing tho day
light saving act after the president had
vetoed tho original measuro.
aft Hrflll
HITS MOONEY TRIAL
FORMER FEDERAL AGENT CON
DEMNS PROSECUTION.
Report to House Declares Conduct of
Trial Shows Interference by
Labor's Foes.
Washington, July 25. Thomas J.
Mooney did not receive full Justice in
his trial at San Francisco for alleged
connection with the preparedness day
bomb explosion, for which ha Is serv
ing o life term, according to a report
by John 11. Densmore, former special
agent of the department of justice, who
Investigated the case for the govern-
i"t. Hie report, dated rovemi)er i.
1'-1S. was submitted to the house In
response to a resolution caning ior iu
formation as to activities of the de
partment of labor In the case. Mr.
Densmore's report was forwarded by
Secretary Wilsou, accompanying his
own statement.
Much of the Information obtained by
Mr. Densmore. and his assistants, the
report said, wns secured by use of dic
tagraphs placed In the ofllco of Charles
M. Flckert, district attorney of Snn
Francisco, where they wero kept sev
eral months.
Mr. Densmore's objections to tho
trial, as enumerated In his report, in
clude the following:
"Tho apparent failure of the district
attorneys office to conduct a real In
vestlgatlon at the scene of the crime ;
the easy adaptability of some of the
star witnesses; the Irregular methods
pursued by tho prosecution In Identi
fying vnrlous defendants; tbe sorry
type of men and women brought for
ward to prove essontlnl matters of fact
In a enso of gravest Importance; the
seeming Incfllcacy of a well-established
1 alibi ; the sang-froid with which the
prosecution occasionally adopted an
untenable theory and then changed to
nnoti,Gr not quite so preposterous, and
tlie refusai of the public prosecutor to
cnlI witnessess who actually saw the
falling of the bomb.
"In short, the general flimsiness and
Improbnhillty of the testimony ad
duced, together with a total absence of
anything thnt looked like a genuine ef
fort to arrive at the fncts In the case.
"The reading of tho testimony In this
case Is apt to cause one to wonder nt
many things. These things are calcu
lated to cause In the minds of the most
blnso a decided montabrcbolllon."
ActIon (jf DlRtrlct Attorney Flckert
, ng,., fop mnv trm, aftpp t,,e tes.
timony of Frank C. Oxmnn wns proved
perjury and then refusing to agree to
It. was attacked In the report.
YANKS OUT OF FRANCE AUG. 1
American Soldiers Having No Business
There Ordered to Brest on the
Next Train.
Paris. July 20. An American uni
form on the streets of Pnrls will ho a
rarity by tho first of August If plnns
being vigorously pushed by A. E. F.
authorities work out successfully.
Acting under orders from genernl
hendquartcrs, the military polico are
making a general cleanup of Paris.
Today every officer nnd soldier on tbe
streets was questioned ns to his au
thority for being In Paris, and unless
his papers showed he was In tho city
on ofliclnl business he wns ordered to
take tho next train for Brest.
TO REGULATE AIR NAVIGATION
Senator Sherman of Illinois Introduces
Measure Growing Out of Recent
Tragedy at Chicago.
Washington, July 24. Federal reg
ulation of tho navigation of tho air is
provided In a bill Introduced In the
senate by Senator Sherman of Illl
nols. Senator Shermnn, In a brief state
ment, declnred that navlgntlon of the
air must bo regulated. Ho declared
that the recent "blimp" tragedy In Chi
cago Indicates the necessity for n code
of aerial navigation laws.
High Taxes to Continue.
Washington. July 20. To meet the
country's war debt, taxes on the Amer
lean people will run as nt present for
tho next ten yenrs, unless there are tin
foreseen changed conditions, Is the
opinion of Secretary Glass.
' Explosion In Oil Plant.
Bnyonne, N. J., July 20. The explo
slon of a tank car .set flro to sovernl
other cars, resulting In a series of ex
plosions nnd a flro at tho plant of the
Texas Oil company here. Six or eight
persons were Injured.
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS.
DRY .MEASURE PASSES
HOUSE ADOPTS PROHIBITION EN
FORCEMENT BILL.
Possession of Liquor In Private Dwell-
Ing Not Illegal Broad Pow
ers Are Ghen.
Washington, July 24. Tho prohibit
tlon enforcement bill, described by op
ponents of the measuro as drastic
enough to invite n veto by President
Wilson, was nassed by the house.
The vote on tbe passage of the bllt
was 2S7 to 100.
Tho enforcement bill, as It passed
the house, provides:
After Janunry 10, 1020:
Every person permitted under tho
law to have liquor In his possession
shall report tho quantity and kind to
tlie commissioners of Internal revenue.
(This applies to chemists, physicians
etc.)
After Februnry 1, 1020:
The possession of any liquor, other
than ns authorized by the law, snnu
bo prima facie evidence that P Is
being kept for sale or otherwise In
violation of tbe lnw.
It will not bo required, however, to
report, and It will not bo Illegal to
have In ono's possession liquor In a
private dwelling while the same is oc
cupied and used by the possessor us
his private dwelling, nnd the liquor
is used for personal consumption by
the owner, bis family or his guests.
Intoxicatlnc liquor Is defined ns n
beverage containing, more than'oue-
half per cent of nlcohol.
Any house, bont, vehicle or other
place where liquor Is manufactured or
sold. Is declared a nuisance.
No person shall manufacture, sell
barter, give awny, transport, Import
export, deliver, furnish or receive any
Intoxicating liquors.
Use of liquor ns a beverage on any
public conveyance, train, boat or Jit
ney bus is prohibited.
Brond powers are given under the
search nnd seizure section to officers
charged with enforcement of tho lnw
They amy enter a dwelling house In
which liquor Is sold and sclzo It, to
gether with Implements of mannfac-
ture.
Enforcement of both tho war-time
act and the amendment Is rdposcd In
the Internal revenue bureau and tl
department of Justice.
Registered physicians nre authorized
under strict regulations for the use o
liquor In enses where It may bo con
sidered necessary as a medicine.
Liquor. advertisements of all kinds
are prohibited.
M SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
llarrlsburg. Pa., July 24. Governor
Sproul vetoed the Ramsey prohibition
enforcement net, which would permit
tlie manufacture of 2.75 beer.
Atlanta, Ga., July 2.". The Georgia
state senate, by a vote of HO to 10,
refused to ratify the suffrage amend
ment to tlie federal Constitution.
Paris, July 20. Miss Mary Bishop
of Now York was decorated with tho
Cross of the Legion for her relief
work under fire in tho Paris and Sols
sons areas.
Portage La Prairie. Man., July 20.
Mrs. S. P. Kerr and Lieut. "Busier1'
Cross were killed and Lieut. S. I'
Kcrr seriously Injured when tin air -
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plane In which the trio were riding '" ,-'"n "ls regular trip to uieve
fell here. i
Boston. July 2(1. Tlie legislature
ended a session which began Jim. 2.
During the session a bill was pawd
to raise $20,000,000 by taxation to pay
a $100 bonus to all Massachusetts men
who served In the war.
Chicago, July 2.1. La Verne W.
Noyes, wealthy Chicago mnmifn"turi-r
and philanthropist, died early today
of a complication of dlsenses. His
most recent philanthropy wns the crea
tion of n !?2,r00,000 foundation to bo
used In the education of soldiers, sail
ors nnd marines of tho great war and
their descendants.
Jap Princes to Visit U. S.
Tokyo, July 28. Japanese nou rea
pers nnnounco that three brother in
law of Kmperor Yoshlhtto will soon
visit tho United Stntes, Great Britain
and France. They will stay abroad
for about three years.
United States to Sell Horse Shoes.
Washington, July 28. Two million
pounds of horse and mule shoes com
prise tho latest Item of surplus mate
rial to be offered for sale by tlie wnr
department. Sealed proposals will bo
opened August 14.
ormcr President Opens Corre
spondence With Leaders
of the Party.
ACT COMPROMISE IS URGED
Also Sunacsts to G. O. P. Leaders
That Differences Be Patched Up
With the Administration An
other Day of Debate.
Washington, July 20. Former Prcsl-
dnt Taft, who has written to several
((publican senators and loaders ug
Resting reservations' to the pence treaty
which might be acceptable to both
sides, has opened correspondence on
the subject with prominent Democrat
ic senators.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, one
of the leading spokesmen for tho ad
ministration In tho sennte light, re
ceived a letter from Mr. Tnft.
The former president's communica
tion to tho Nebraska senntor wns not
made public, but It was understood to
be of the same general tenor us thoso
sent to tho Republicans.
Senntor Hitchcock and other admin
istration senators declured, however,
that for the present, nt least, they
would continue their efforts for rnttfl
catfon without reservations. Express
ing confidence that there was no ques
tion hut that the treaty would be rati-
tied, they said tho light now centered
on tho resolution accompanying ratill
cation In which would be embodied
any reservations or Interpretations,
Contending that senate rules re
quired a vote on cacli article of tlie
treaty, the administration loaders said
they believed they bad the votes to de
feat amendments to any section, as n
simple majority only would bo re
quired.
Conceding thnt strength might de
velop to compel acceptance of a rntlfl
cation resolution with qualifying
clauses, the administration senators
said they had not yet been advised by
President Wilson whether he would be
disposed to accept any Interpretations
It was said, however, that the adminis
tration would oppose to the last any
qualifying clnuses which would re
quire negotiation of the treaty.
Although Senators McNary, Oregon;
McCumber. North Dakota, and others
conditionally favoring tho league ex
pressed confidence thnt In the end
most of tho Democrats and many Re
publicans would unite In a middle
ground, the Democratic leaders re
mained unchanged In their nttltudo
favoring unreserved ratification.
The senate had In store another day
of debate on the treaty and tho for
eign relations committee planned to
continue Its reading of tho long docu
uiiK ui uiu iuiik uuvu
ftXSLlSS,
reservations and Mr.
ment, but the mnj
In the Informal
senators about
Tnft's suggestions along that line
LYNCH. LAW FOR AUTO THEFT?
Chicago Judge Asserts In Court Day
Will Come When Car Thieves
Are Hanged.
Chicago, July 2.". "Tlie day will
come when auto thieves will bo taken
out and hanged as horse thieves used
to be. The prisoner is held to the grand
Jury on live counts of larceny, and
his bond is fixed at $10,000." Such
was Judge Newcomer's reply when
Frank Stirneo's lawyers wanted more
time on his case. Surace Is accused of
stealing nutos. changing numbers on
tho parts, repainting nnd soiling them.
AIRPLANE FALLS AT CHICAGO
Pilot of U. S. Mall Plane Tests New
Machine Gets Tumble, but
Uninjured.
Chicago, July 2.1. While John Sko
ning, pilot, on tlie goverment mall air
plane flying between Chicago nnd
Clovelnnd, was testing another piano
Iu Grant Park, it fell to the ground In
a somersault, landing on Its hack.
Skoulng was uninjured ami Inuneill-
! lol' stepped Into his own machine
400 FLEE FIRE; TWO. DEAD
South Chicago Block Is Wiped Out
Fire Captain Murray and
Infant Perish.
Chicago. July 2.1. Cnpt. Hugh
Murray of the Sixteenth lire englno
company, wns killed and nn Infant
burned to death In a Are which swept
an entire block of the residential dis
trict of South Chicago. Four hundred
wore made homeless by tho conflagra
tion. Germans Negotiate Loan.
Berlin, July 28. Negotiations of tho
Deutsche bnnk with New York financial
Institutions for n large loan of unan
nounced proportions are proceeding fa
vorably, according to Information In
official qunrters.
Name Russ Labor' Arbiters.
Omsk, July 28. Committees of
working men who shall nc as media
tors In disputes between the workers
and manufacturers of the government
have been established by tljo ministry
of labor.
THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
Representative William J. Gra
ham of Illinois, whoso portrait Is given
herewith, Is chairman of tho house
committee Investigating wnr depart
ment expenditures. He made an inter
esting report the other1 day. Seven
men formed n "secret government of
tho United States," determined nil tho
so-called war legislation "weeks nnd
even months" before war wns declared
against Germany, he charged, after
reading Into the record a digest of tho
minutes of the council of national de
fense. The seven men wero named by Mr.
Graham as Hollls Godfrey, Howard E.
Collin, Bernard M, Baruch, Samuel
Gompers, Franklin II. Martin, Julius
Rosenwnld, nnd Daniel Wlllard, mem
bers of the advisory commission of the
council.
Mr. Graham asserted the council
nssunied such broniVpowers that Major
General Goethnls, former chief of the
purchase, storage, nnd trnillc division of
members protested against Its activities,
United States Steel corporation, accused
of law."
"Behind closed doors, weeks and
ho said, "tbeso seven men designed practically every war measure which con
gress subsequently enacted. They devised 'the entire system of purchasing
wnr supplies, planned n press censorship, designed n system of food control
nnd selected Herbert Hoover as Its director, and even determined on tho day
light saving scheme." i 1
ROCKEFELLER'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
certainly, for his Income Is believed
In the meantime- to every American who burns a kerosene lamp or runs a
"flivver" tho name of John D. Rockefeller occurs With regularity. '
b,wimm iiw m iiii in iii i
WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN AT THE BAR
y j M , 1 , - - , , - n m- r n
It looks as If William llohcnzol-
pla'co to Tl0 "l. it V report
that Great Britain will iurnlsh the
presiding Judge In John Andrew Ham
ilton, Lord Sumner, and thnt Sir Gor
don Stewart, solicitor general of Great
Britain, will lead tlie prosecution.
German counsel for the defendant will
bo assisted by British lawyers, If they
wish aid.
There will be five Judges repre
senting Great Britain, the United
Status, France, Italy and Japan. It Is
believed that Edwnrd Douglass White,
chief justice of the United States Su
premo court, whoso portrait Is given
herewith, will represent America.
The Germans will charge that the
trial Is framed In advance; that In the
nature of the case tho nllles could not
permit any other verdict than that of
"guilty." We need no court finding
on thnt point. What the allies do
want to bring out la the whole of the evidence rclutlng, first, to those fateful
days when Germany cast the die for war, and, second, to the nctunl conduct
of the war, especially the responsibility for the policy of frlghtfulncss nnd
tho more flagrant violations of Tho Hiiguo conventions. t
SWIMMING CHAMPION IN POLITICS
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one In ITonolulu swims. In addition, tho duke ls tho Idol of all the hula and
near hula girls, nnd they, too, danced out on vote-getting sallies for tho cham
pion. "It looked like a swim-away for tho duko when I left Honolulu," said a
shrewd political dopester upon his recent urrlvnl In San Francisco from tho
Islands.
Kahunamoku holds several championship records. Ho Is tho fastest sprint
swimmer In tho world. Twlco he has toured tho United States as a participant In
I swimming events, nnd be represented Hawaii at the Olympic games nt Stock
holm In 1U10.
tho war department, defied It; cabinet
and Elbert H. Gary, president of tho
It of operating In "flagrant violation
oven months before war was declared,"
3
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his
elgtbtleth birthday tho other day nt
his Pocautlco Hills estate nnd then
went to Seal Harbor, Me. Replying to
the felicitations of his guests on his
long life, Mr. Rockefeller said: "I
hope you will all live to be not only
eighty years old, but ninety or one
hundred, for I have Just begun to
live."
Mr. Rockefeller has nn nmbltlon
to live to be one hundred years of ago
and then really begin living. Cor
taln men who lived to reach tho century
mark In good condition mentally and
physically have hold that they had toj
live till ninety to rcallzo that tho
world was beautiful. Certainly after
eighty n man should bo entitled to rest
and tnko things easy, "without self-reproach
for laziness. Mr. Rockefeller
takes a llttlo ollvo oil each day, plays
golf and refuses to worry. Ho need,
not worry about the high cost of living,
to bo more than ono hundred millions.
Duke Knhnnamoku, world's aquatic
champ, has dived Into tho pool of poll-1
tics over on his native shores of Ha
waii and ls rapidly converting his fa
mous "crawl" Into tho stroke of states
manship. The duku shied his bath robe Into
tho ring as candidate for supervisor
in Honolulu,
When ho conflded his nmbltlon to
fellow Republicans on tho Island they
said : "Fine 1 Poland has a pinnlst for
premier. Why not n swimmer for a
city fntherl"
Immediately nil the ukuleles start
ed strumming, nnd ,tho dry-lnnd candi
dates found themselves with a lot of
figurative knots tied In their shirts In
this splashing campaign for ofllco,
Kahanamoku hung up records ns
a campaign speaker with as much
ease as ho did In nquutlc competitions.
All tho swimmers were for him as a
matter of course und nearly every
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