THE NORTH PLATTE SEMT-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
SENATE RUSHES
TREATY ACTION
Foreign Relations Committee
Votes 9 to 7 to Amend
Article Ten.
CAPT. LEONARD J. MATLACK
DR. ANTONIO D'ALMEIDA
ivTOLD
Reaction From High Costs Estab
lished in War Has Set in,
Says Federal Board.
ADOPT FOUR RESERVATIONS
C. D. WALCOTT AND THE SMITHSONIAN
FOOD AND CLOTHING CHEAPER
FINDS PRICE
LEVEL SINKING
'Resolution of Ratification Provides
That All Must Be Accepted by at
Least Three of the Five Prin
cipal Allied Powers.
Washington, Sept. 0. Tho pence
-treaty wus ordered reported to the
sonnto by tho foreign relations com
mittee with four reservations and four
-nmendmcnts. Tho reservations nro
made part of tho resolution of rati
Mention, which also provides that they
Jnust bo accepted by at feast three of
ftho principal allied powers, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan, be
fore tho United States consents to bo
-a party to tho treaty. Senator Lodgo
will write tho committee report.
The resolution for ratification of
tho treaty with reservations adopted
Ty the sennto foreign relations com
mittee Is as follows:
Resolved, Two-thirds of the senators
present concurring therein, that tho
-senate advise and consent to the rati
fication of a treaty of peace with Ger
many, signed by the plenipotentiaries
-of tho twenty-seven allied and associ
ated powers, at Versailles, on June
28, 1910, with the following reserva
tions and understandings to be mnde
a part and condition of such ratifica
tion, which ratification Is not to take
effect or bind tho United States until
the said following reservations and un
derstandings have been, accepted as
a. part of and a condition of said in
strument of ratification by at least
three of tho four principal allied and
associated powers, to-wlt: Great Brit
ain, Prance, Italy and Japan.
1. The United States reserves to
Itself the unconditional right to with
draw from the League of Nations
upon tho notice provided In article 1
of said treaty of peace with Germany.
2. That the United States declines
to nssume, under the provisions of
article X or under any other article,
any obligation to preserve tho terri
torial Integrity or political Independ
ence of any other country or to Inter
fere in controversies between other
nntlons members of the league or not,
or to employ the military or nnvnl
forces of the United States In such
controversies, or to adopt economic
measures for tho protection of any
other country whether a member of
the league or not, against external ng
gresslon or for the purpose of coerc
ing any other country, or for the pur
pose of Intervention In the Interna
tional or other controversies which
may arlso In any other country, and
no mandate shall bo accepted by the
United Stntes under nrtlcle XXII, part
1 of tho treaty, except by action of tho
congress of the United States.
3. The United States reserves to It
self exclusively tho right to decide
what questions are within Its domestic
jurisdiction and declares that all do
mestic and political questions relating
to Its affairs, including Immigration,
coastwise traffic, the tariff, comirierce,
and nil other domestic questions, nro
solely within the- Jurisdiction of the
United States and are not under this
treaty submitted In any way either to
arbitration or to tho consideration of
tho council of tho assembly of the
League of Nations, or to the decision
or recommendation of any other power.
4. Tho United States declines to sub
mit for arbitration or Inquiry by tho
assembly or tho council of tho League
of Nations, provided for In said treaty
of peace, any questions which In tho
judgment of the United States depend
upon or relate to Its long-established
policy, commonly known as the, Mon
roe doctrine ; said doctrine Is to be In
terpreted by the United Stutes alone,
and Is hereby declared to bo wholly
outside tho Jurisdiction of snld Leaguo
of Nations and entirely unaffected by
any provision contained In the said
treaty of peace with Germany.
TERMS ANGER THE AUSTRIANS
Peace Pact Received at Vienna With
Surprise and Indignation by
the Monarchists.
Geneva, Sept. 8. The Austrian
pence terms have neon rocolved In
Vienna with the greatest surprise and
Indlgnntlon, according to advices
reaching here. It Is believed thnt tho
Renner ministry will fnll as a conse
quence. Monarchist circles consider
thnt tho terms have definitely killed
any hope of the return of tho Haps
burgs. Former Emperor Charles, who
received tho news from Paris soon
after tho reply of tho allies was
handed to tho Austrlnn commission,
has decided to leave Switzerland.
Eben Brlggs Thomas Dies.
Morristown, N. J., Sept. 8. Eben
Brlggs Thomas, seventy-soven years
old, chairman of tho executlvo com
mltteo and the board of directors, and
formerly president of tho Lehigh Val
ley railroad, died at Ills homo here.
Fairbanks Owned Paper.
Indianapolis, Sept. 8. That the Into
Charles Warren Fairbanks, former vice
president, owned n three-fourths Inter
est In the Indlnnapolls News was dis
closed hero with tho filing of supple
mental Inventories In probate court
Capt. Leonard J. Matluck, who car
ried into Mexico tho money to ransom
tho captured American army aviators
and then helped In tho pursuit of tho
bandits, has been very active In pre
vious operations ngalnst Mexican raid
ers and has been cited for his excel
lent servico on tho border.
BARS RAIL STRIKES
BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
PROVIDES U. S. CONTROL.
Would Create Committee on Wages
and Working Conditions Com
merce Body to Fix Rates.
Washington, Sept. 4. Establish
ment of n system of profit-sharing by
employees is only ono of the far
rcnchlng provisions of the bill for tho
restoration of tho country's railroads
to provide ownership, favorably re
ported to tho senate by Senator Cum
mins, Republican, of Iown, as chair
man of the senalo Interstate com
merce committee.
Tho measure provides for repeal
of the federal control act of March
31, 1018, and return of tho railroads
on tho last day of the calendar month
In which It becomes a law.
Rates In force when tho repeal
takes effect are to remain In force
"until changed by competent author
ity." In many respects the bill Is oxtrnor
dlnnry for the revolutionary and
sweeping changes In railroad owner
ship, management and operation In
corporated in It.
Tho bill Is nlso designed to prohibit
strikes and lockout of railroad em
ployees under penalties of lino and
Imprisonment. It would create n
committee on wnges. and working con
ditions, which would pass upon dis
putes. Any carrier refusing to carry
out the decision of tho commltce,
upon conviction, would bo fined not
more than $500, or Imprisonment for
not more thnn six months, or both.
Upon passage of tho bill, the inter
state commerce commission Is to di
vide tho country Into rate districts
and the carriers Into rate groups, for
rate-making purposes; and hearings
are provided for, with respect to the
adequacy of rates for revenue pur
poses, considering the rate district,
or rate group as a whole.
FROZEN MEATS TO BE SOLD
Government Offers for Resale 5,000,
000 Pounds Stored In New
York and Chicago.
Washington, Sept. C. Five million
pounds of frozen meats, now In cold
storage In New York nnd Chicago, was
offered by the war department to mu
nicipalities for resale. Tho offer will
remain In effect until September 23.
The meats Include about l,2.r0,000
pounds of frozen poultry at New York
and more than 1,000,000 pounds In the
Chicago zone. This will be sold at
32 cents a pound. Lnrgo quantities of
frozen mutton nnd pork shoulders and
loins also will bo offered at from 10
to 27 cents.
WAGE CONFERENCE MAKEUP
Will Meet in Washington October 6,
and Will Consist of 46
Delegates.
Washington, Sept. 0. The confer
ence called by President Wilson to dis
cuss relations between labor and In
dustry will meet In Washington Oc
tober 0, and will bo composed of five
persons selected by tho Chamber of
Commerce of the United Stntes, five
by tho Nntlonnl Industrial conference
bonrd, 15 by tho Amerlcnn Federation
of Labor, three by farming organiza
tions nnd three by Investment bank
ers, nnd IB representatives of the pub
lic. New Alliance for U. 8.
London, Sept. 8. The Evening
Standard says it lenrns on the highest
authority that Belgium's security In
tho future Is to bo guaranteed against
German aggression by tho United
States and Great Britain.
U. 8. Minister Leaves Omsk.
Vladivostok, Siberia, Sept. 8. Ro
land S. Morris, United Stntes am
bassador to Japan, who has been con
ferring with Admiral Kolchnk with re
gard to conditions In Siberia, left
Omsk for Vladivostok.
Business Continues at "Extremely
High Level," and Confidence of Sat
Isfactory Solution of Wage and
Price Problems Is Reported.
Washington, Sept. 8. Reaction from
the high price level established during
tho war has set in, says the federal re
serve board's review of business con
ditions in August.
Nor only are some foodstuffs declin
ing in cost to the consumer, but the
price of wearing apparel, such as tex
tiles nnd shoes, also has been affected,
tho review says.
Business continues nt nu "extremely
high level," nnd confidence of n satis
factory solution of tho wage and prlco
problems was reported from all sec
tions of tho country.
"During August, fnctors which had
uot hitherto arrested much attention
exercised great Inlluenco on tho busi
ness sltuntlon," tho board's statement
said. "Reference Is made, of course,
to tho problem of commodity prices,
In particular thoso going to make up
tho cost of living, and to tho conse
quent condition of Inbor unrest.
"Whereas previously emphasis had
been placed upon tho great activity
displayed by business, the problem of
price readjustment and tho difficulties
connected with it now bulk largest.
Discussion In connection with this re
adjustment Is particularly centered up
on the problem of tho relation of
wages and prices.
"A movement toward lower prices
appears to bo In progress In certnln
directions, prices of certain foodstuffs
aro declining, as a feeling of conser
vatism Is notlcenblo In certain lines,
such as tho textile and shoo Indus
tries, in which price advances had pre
viously been most marked, 'resales' nt
some concession In prlco being re
ported. "Reports from the federal reservo
agents generally Indicate a feeling of
confidence that a satisfactory solution
of tho price and wage problems will
be reported. The actual volume of
business transacted continues nt an
extremely high level for tho prosent
season of the year, although transpor
tation difficulties nnd shortage of la
bor have been hampering factors Id
certnln lines.
"Tho agricultural outlook on tho
whole Is distinctly less favorable than
a month ago, although tho largo acre
age sown In certnln enses will com
pensate for decreased yield per acre.
Cotton In particular is In poor condi
tion. "Reflecting tho feeling of uncertain
ty which prevails, tho volume of spec
ulation hns abated, and declines In
tho price of securities have occurred.
The general business situation, how
ever, is nt bottom strong."
Discussing lnbor conditions, tho
bonrd recorded that reports from the
majority of districts designate the slt
untlon ns "unsettled."
In certnln districts a decreasing effi
ciency of Inbor Is remnrked, which Is
nscrlbed to relaxation from war-tliuo
pressure for maximum production. At
tho same time additional demands
made by the workers-have been grant
ed, In lnrge part duo to tho general
shortage of labor which exists In many
sections.
DENIES COAL MEN'S CLAIM
Hlnes Declares Operators WIN Blame
Roads for High Prices
for Fuel.
Washington, Sept. 4. Wnmlng that
from now until tho end of tho year
coal operators will lay stress on trans
portation dllllcnltles to explnln In
creased coal prices was given tho sen
ate coal Investigation committee by
Walker D. nines, director general of
rnUroads. "These difficulties will ho
kept before the public, exploited, nnd
perhaps expanded," Mr. nines snld.
"In nn effort to Justify raising prhes
to ns high a point as the public will
stand and for which It should not
stnnd." Appearing before the commit
tee to reply to the operators' charges
that a car shortage was the main fac
tor In bringing about a diminished
supply of conl and, consequent n
tendency to high prices. Mr. nines de
clared his belief that tho railroads,
would be able to movo all the coal
necessary. The director general sug
gested that the government retain
enough of Its "wnr power" to cnnhlo
It to control coal prices until normal
conditions nro completely restored.
"This Is a war emergency, after all,"
said he.
$17,000,000 More Loaned Italy.
Washington, Sept. 8. An additional
credit of $17,000,000 to Italy was an
nounced by the treasury, making a
total for that country of $1,018,075,015
nnd n total for all the allies of $0,081,
727,507. Grants 4,000 Divorce Dispensations.
Vienna, Sept. 8. Within the last
few weeks more thnn 4,000 dispensa
tions have been Issued for the marri
age of divorced persons. This was
virtually Imposslblo under the old
order.
l-)r. Antonio .lose d'Almclda, tho
newly elected president of Portugal.
Ho succeeds Sldnnla Pncs, who wna
shot nt a station In Lisbon.
TO SET FOOD PRICES
GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
HAVE FULL POWER.
TO
Body Will Stabilize Prices and
Fair Retail Charge for
All Eatables.
Fix
Chicago, Sept. 8. Food prices fixed
by federal control to bring down tho
high cost of living nro In sight ns prep
arations were rushed for the Immedi
ate establishment of a price commis
sion with full powers under the gov
ernment food administration.
Appointment of a federal prlco ad
ministrator In Chicago was ordered by
Attorney General Palmer at n confer
ence with District Attorney C. F.
Clyno In Washington. Mr. Clyne prom
ised that the stabilizing of prices
throughout the city under tho super
vision of tho commission would com
mence within forty-eight hours.
"The plan, brlelly. centers In the or
ganization of a representative Chicago
committee, tho duties of which consist
In constant Investigation of tho food
market and in fixing n fnlr retail prlco
for all food artlcles, which may not
bo disregarded by any city dealer," ho
said.
"Tho district attorney's ofllco Is
ready to co-opernte with tho new com
mittee. "If It Is found nny dealer sells
goods at a price above tho deadline
fixed by the committee this oIHco will
be prepared to prosecute that dealor
to the limit.
"Tho Iden Is to stabilize the food
market, not to work hardship. It Is n
big co-operatlvo movement which will
cull for tho patriotic support of every
Chicago citizen. Tho government will
not appear In this co-operative work
other than ns n support."
PLAN DRIVE ON PETR0GRAD
British Admiral In Finland to Prepare
Attack by Land end Sea Reds
Sue for Peace, Report.
Helslngfors, Sept. 5. Admiral Cow
an, commander of the British squad
ron In the Rnltic, has arrived here in
connection, it Is understood, with prep
arations for nn attack on Potrogrnd.
The admiral Intends, It Is snld, to con
fer with members of the British mili
tary mission on tho plans for tho nt
tack. Ilerne, Switzerland, Sept. 5. Tho
Russian bolshevik! has proposed
pence negotiations following the rout
of their forces, which nro surrounded,
according to an official announcement
received here.
Tho bolshevlst forces have captured
tho outer fortifications of Dvlnsk
(Dunnberg), according to a Russian
bolshevlst communication received
here.
MEXICANS SHOOT U. S. FLYER
Captain McNabb Wounded In Head
While Flying Up the Rio
Grando River.
Laredo, Tex., Sept. 4. Two Ameri
can aviation officers, on border patrol
duty, were fired upon by n group of
Mexicans while flying up the Rio
Grande, near 'jere, and one of the offi
cers was wounded In the head. Capt.
Louis R. McNabb was tho oftlcer
wounded, lie wns brought to the post
hospital at Fort Mcintosh, where nn
examination showed that his wound
wns not serious.
1ST DIV. TO PARADE SEPT. 17
War Veterans to March at Washington
Week From Next Wednesday, Says
Official Announcement.
Washington, Sept. 0. Tho pnrado
here of tho First division will tnko
place September 17 at 1 p. in., It wus
announced officially.
Sorry They Fired at Plane.
Washington, Sept. 0. Regret over
tho firing at an American army air
plane on tho border Tuesduj has beon
expressed by tho Mexlcnu government,
It wus unnounccd at tho state depart
ment. Pastor Nominated for Mayor.
Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 5. Rev.
Georgo R. Lunn, former preacher, la
ter Socialist mayor and until March 4
Democratic representative In congress,
wns nominated for mayor on tho Dem
ocratic tickot here.
Scundor, Peru, Bolivia, Africa, Borneo and Celebes. Tho explorations, nil of
which were In tho Interest of science, Includo work In geology, botnny, zoology,
inthropology, nrcheology, ethnology nnd nstrophyslcs,
United Stntes field pnrtles nnd special Investigators looked Into many
ntcrestlng things. The botanical work consisted largely of Investigation of
grasses and timber In tho Southwest, Including tlmberllno (11,000 feet) on
Longs Peak In Rocky Mountain Nntlonnl park, Colorado, where tho exhibit Is
unexcelled. Tho little-known region of tho Ten Thousand Islands In Florida
burnished new Information concerning tho Semlnolo Indians there.
WILL JUDGE LINDSEY GO TO JAIL?
Two hundred and fifty days In jnll
for a principle. That Is tho penalty
that Judgo Ben B. Llndsey, tho fa
nous "kids' Judge," of Denver, expects
to pay for holding inviolate the con
lldencc of a small boy. Tho supremo
lourt of tho state has ruled that ho
must carry out the sentence. Judgo
Llndsey has taken nn appeal to tho
United States Supremo court, but law
yers say there Is no federal question
Involved and they expect the Supremo
?ourt to deny Jurisdiction.
Tho only alternative la tho pay
ment of n line of $500. Judge Llndsey
hus flatly refused to pay this fine and
says that ho will go to Jail for life
rather than do so. He maintains that
In spite of his conviction ho Is not
guilty of contempt of court. Friends
hayo offered to pay tho fine nnd costs
for him, nnd oven tho children have
offered to ralso tho money.
Tho "kid" in tho case Is Neal
Wright, who Is now In tho United Stntes army In France. Ells fnther wna
murdered. Ills mother confessed to the murder. Then Nenl confessed that he
killed his father. What ho told Judge Llndsey Is tho nub of the case. The
state contended thut tho boy's confession to tho judgo would have convicted
his mother.
While tho trial of Mrs. Wright was In progress, Judgo Llndsey was
called to tho witness stand. lie refused to reluto Neal Wright's confession.
SENATOR KELLOGG'S LICENSING BILL
lize commerce. It Is my opinion thut prosecution under tho present untltrust
net Is not u sutfielent remedy. There should be n department of the govern
ment having power of supervision, not necessarily Interfering with the busi
ness of tho country, but possessing tho power to Investigate, publish tho facts,
nnd take Immediate action to revoke n license If u corporation abuses Its
power."
ASTOR GIVES HIS
Deeds of trust have been filed In
tho registrar's olfice In New York city
on behulf of Wlllium Wnldorf Astor,
conveying all of his real estate In New
York city, or elsewhere, to tho Farm
ers' Loan and Trust company ns trus
tee hi trust for his two sons, Wnldorf
Astor and Capt. John Jacob Astor.
No statement could lie obtained
from Viscount Aster's lawyers ns to
tho cause- of this big transfer, hut It Is
evidently In keeping with his policy to
escape n heavy Inheritance tux law,
which Is G per cent on bequests over
$1,000,000.
Under tho transfer In trust uro
land and buildings valued at more than
$50,000,000, this would mean u saving
to tho estnto of $2,500,000 in Inherit
ance taxation.
Among tho more vulunblo proper
ties transferred aro tho Hotel Astor,
assessed at $1,050,000; the Astor thea
ter, assessed at $1,002,000, und tho
Astor upartmcnts, assessed at $1,525,000.
Viscount Astor wus born In Now York In 1848. Ho wus United States
minister to Italy, 1882-85. Ua hus lived In England slnco 1800, became a Brit
ish subject In 1000 and was given his title In 1010.
Charles D. Wulcott, secretary ol
tho Smithsonian Institution In Wash
Ington, hns Issued nn Illustrated ac
count of tho field work of tho last year
by Its stuff and collaborators. The
Smlthsonlnn was established by fed
eral statute In 1840 under tho terms
of, tho will of Jnmcs Smlthson (1705
1S20), who bequeathed In 1820 tho sum
of $510,000 to'fho United Stntes "fot
the Increase nnd diffusion of knowl
edge among men." Smlthson wns the
natural son of tho duke of Northum
berland nnd said that his bequest
would make his namo better known
than his father's. Tho Income of tile
Smithsonian Is now about $100,000 a
year.
Ono of tho moat Important activi
ties of the Smlthsonlnn Institution Is
tho oxplorntlon of little-known regions
of tho world. Among tho regions
visited by tho 22 separate expeditions
uro many states In this country, Chile,
Senator Kellogg of Mlnncsotn has
Introduced a. bill thnt has stirred up
much discussion. In presenting It Sena
tor Kellogg snld, nmong other things:
"Tho bill requires nil corporations
engnged In Interstate commerce and
having n capital or assets of $10,000,
000 or over to take out n federal li
cense. It further provides for n for-1
felturo of tho license If tho corpora
tion shnll enter Into nny contract, com
bination, or conspiracy In restraint of
trade, or shall monopolize commerce,
or attempt to monopolize It. This
would give the federal trade commis
sion n supervisory jurisdiction over
such corporations, and ' their llccnso
would be subject to forfelturo If they
engage In n combination to rnlso or
fix prices, engnge In unfair methods
of competition for the sake of crushing
out their competitors, or nny of tho
other abuses which huvo been In tho
pnst commonly employed to monopo
SONS MILLIONS