Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
NEBRASKAJN BRIEF
Timely New3 Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Taxpayers of consolidated school
district No. 00, Hamilton county, linvo
lllod petitions with the county super
intendent nsklng tlmt . tlio boundary
linos of six old districts from wlilch
It was formed bo restored. About 00
per cent of the voters lmvo signed.
Sentiment for consolidation lias cooled
materially In this territory since n
proposition to Issue 900,000 bonds for
building purposon wns submitted, The
bonil Issue was defeated by an over
whelming vote.
Mrs. Rulh Kenyan of Monroe, ono of
Nebraska's three delegates o the Na
tional Rural Carriers' association con
vention nl Dayton, Ohio, startled the
assemblage when she told of facing -10
below-zero weather and blistering
prairie heat In the distribution of her
allotment of nmll, which, she said,
nvoruge 18,000 pieces a month.
Secretary of Finance Bross 1ms In
structed all county clerks to tuke the
rental value of property Into consid
eration when they start making their
next assessment. This action, It Is
believed, will make landlords who are
charging excessive rentals cringe when
the nssessor calls next spring.
Party lines were tightly drawn so
far as Nebraska was concerned when
the United States senate rejected the
iLodgo .Shantung amendment to the
peace treaty. Hitchcock, democrat,
voting with the majority against the
clause and Norrls, republican, for It.
A now paving map, Just completed
for the city of Hastings shows a total
of twenty-three miles of paving now In
use. Contracts recently nwnrtlrvl will
make tbe city's total above twenty
seven miles.
I Swnnson, Dale, Kellogg. Howarth
and Dobson were the shining stars of
tho Nebraska University football
squad when the Combuskers held the
Minnesota state team at Minneapolis
to a G to 0 score.
Reports rend at the C2d convention
of tho Nebraska I. O. O. F. at 1'ork
showed that the Odd Fellows and Be
bekah lodges In this stnlo have en
Joyed a healthy growth the past year.
All grado teachers and several high
school teachers In Norfolk schools
have petitioned the board of education
for higher sularies giving tho cost of
living as the cause for their demand.
The movement to erect a new Pros
bytcrlnn church at Tckumnh, to cost
no less than $50,000, Is well under
way, and work on tho edlllco Is to
start not later than next spring.
Tho old Jefferson county court
house, built at Fnlrburv half a con-
tury ago, was sold the other day for
$0,550. It Is to be fitted up for an eat
ing house.
Governor McKolvIo has stated that
Douglas county will not bo required
to reimburse tho state for tho expense
of tho special session of tbe legisla
ture. A bonus of ?10 per month has been
voted by tho Aurora school board to
nil teachers who complete the current
term In accordance with their con
tracts. Cnttlo averaged from $245 to $1,100
per head, and horses from $250 to $200
at the Kirk Griggs stock salo of TIol
steln cattlo and Shlro horses at Bea
trice. Oho death from the dreaded Inllu
enzn occurred at Omaha Just tho other
day. Tho few cases reported In tho
metropolis are being kept under strict
quarantine.
Steps have been taken to orgnnlzo n
new stnto-nld highway from Albion
east through Humphrey, Leigh, Clark
son, Howells and Fremont to Omaha.
Farmers of Dawes county have lost
a number of hogs from contagious
diseases in tho past fow months,
County Agent Taylor reports.
A great deal of Interest Is being
taken in tho Buffalo County Rctn.i
Merchants Institute, which is to bo
held at Kearney, October 27.
Representative Geo. K. Tracowell of
Valentine was tho first ninmher nf ihn
stato legislature to reach Lincoln for
me special session.
Drilling for Oil is fixneeted in linirlii
near Chadron soon by tho Clearoll OH
company or Illinois.
A contract has been nwardod for the
construction of a $12,000 sower sys
tern at Wllbcr.
Tho potato crop In tho western pnrt
oi mo Btnto wns heavily damaged by
the recent cold snup.
Tho fifth cutting of alfalfa has Just
been mado on tho slto of tho old city
of Superior. Tho nostofli lmiMin,.
still stands on this spot, erected -10
ycnrB ago out of cottonwood logs. This
is record cutting In Nuckolls county.
Governor McKolvIo has ordorod an
investigation of tlio Omnhn rnt in il
tormlno If any public olllcers there
woro guilty of neglect of ilntv. ltninii
Wilson, n Lincoln lawyer, will be In
ennrgo or tho Investigation.
John Pesck of Shelton won over
Jack Londos, Greek, champion wrestler,
In a match nt Omnha. After the bout
It wns unnounced thnt a match bo
tween Joe Steelier of Dodge and Pesck
may bo staged In the metropolis with
in n short time.
The suit for n wrlfc of mandamus to
compol Secretary of Stato Amsberry to
accept tho petitions for n referendum
on national prohibition, appealed from
tho Lancaster district court, whero the
writ was ajlpwed, will bo heard by tho
siaio supremo court during the session
stnrtlng November 11.
Resolutions adopted by the Ameri
can Legion of Nebraska at tho recent
convention nt Omaha are far-reaching
nnd dourly domonstrate the principles
on which tho order stnnds. They In
clude: Maintenance of liberty, caring
for graves of fallen comrades, promo
don of 100 por cent Americanism ;
universal military training, deporta
tion of alien slackers, punishment of
cntuclentloim objeclors to war. voca
tional training of disabled veterans,
homes and honutmc fr uni.iiin-a
eminent Insurnmv, modification of tho '
courr-martial system, prohibition of
use of the legion's nnme in tho Interest
of any political party or candidate,
nnd favoring nimiation with other pa
triotic societies and men now In tho
sorvlce.
Nearly 100 Nebraska legislators
Journeyed from Lincoln to Oiuaba to
view the dnmago done to the Douglas
county court house by the mob Septem
ber 28. The solons ostireosfil ntm-n.
nient nt the ex tout of the damages and
the failure of officials to heap the mob '
urn oi me miiiuing.
Lleulenant Mnvnnrd. f rnnH-rnnf I
nental air racer, was forced to land I
near Wahoo on his second trip across
tbe country when his motor became
disabled. After removing a motor in
a piano wrecked at Yutnn and placing
It In his own machlno, tbe "flying par
son" continued the Journey.
C II. Gustafson, president of tho
Nebraska Farmers Union, delivered nn
address along the lines of co-operation
and Its advantages at tho dedication
of the new concrete elevator of tho
Farmers Co-operative Co. at West
Point.
Frank T. Hnmllton. 53, president of
tho Omaha and Council Bluffs Street
Hallway company and head of several
other large Omnhn corporntlons, died
suddenly whllo nboard n U. P. train
near Gothenburg.
Adjutant Gonernl Paul has received
word from Washington that Ncbraskn
will be entitled to two appointments
to tbe West Point military nendemy,
examinations to be held the first two
weeks In December.
Governor McKelvio has Issued a
proclamation setting forth November
7 Fire Prevention Day, and asks that
the day be observed by all private,
public and pnrochlnl schools with ex
ercises appropriate to the subject.
Although the Salvation Army home
service drive fell short about fifty per
cent, steps have nlrendy been tnken to
stnrt tho erection of the army's young
women's boarding building at Omaha.
After Janunry first, when railroads
of tho nation nro to -be returned to
their owners, headquarters for all
branch systems of the Union Pacific
are to he established ut Omnha.
H. D. Norrls, pilot of plane No. 37
In the ocean-to-ocean air race, and his
mechanician, II. J. ' Meyer, were In
jured when their machlno crashed Into
a hilt while landing near Oconto.
Farmers and business men of Rork
ford, Fllley and Virginia, Gage county,
nave pledged $0,000 as a starter for n
proposed electric light lino from
Ilolinesvlllo through these three towns.
Tlio Nebraska Blacksmiths. Horse-
sheers and Wheelwrights' association
convention at York voted to boost tho
price of horseshoeing nnd other hi
smithing work from 10 to 20 per cent.
Tho federal nld rond. which onzln-
cers are surveying from Hyanuls to
Ogallala, and which will nnss tin- Olll'll
Arthur and Keystone. Is to bo com
pleted early next summer.
Theodore Llddoll of ninnmHniii urn ii
first honors in tho annual Interstate
spelling contest held t Klnnv r.tv tn
Contestants from four states partici
pated.
Production of corn In Nebraska this
ear was estimated nt iimivr.tnnn
bushels In the October crop report of
tho tl. S. burenu of crop pitlmr.tci.
Rccclnts of nil mil rmwla In Va.
brnska were $81,717,810, for tho past'
ear, according to renorts received hv
the State Hallway commission. I
Tlio Contract Just let for nnvlnr?
Lincoln street from 'Pu-ontloiii in tim
feeble minded tnstltuto at Bentrlco
entails an expenditure of $55,000.
A proposition to take over tho
privately owned wnter works bv tho
city will be voted upon by tho citizens
of York October 28.
Contractors estlmnto tlmt tim rn.
construction of the Douglas county
court bouso damage by rioters will
cost $505,000.
Business men at Norfolk hnvn nur-
chased n $00,000 lot In tho eltv on
which they propose to construct n
modern hotel.
Auburn Is tho only town in Nebrns-
kn so far that hns completed tho or
ganization of a National Guard com
pany.
Clarksoil's 'llOW S33.000 inunlrtnnl
electric lighting plnnt Is now In op
illation. TilO ColtimbUS bonrd of rdnrnMnn
authorized the closlai: of the city
schools on Novenibar 0 and " In onlor
that tlio teachers imiv nttemi tim v.
brnska teachers association convention
in Omnhn nt thnt time.
Tho board of cducntlon at Beatrlco
bus decided to pay railway fnres,
registration fees nnd full salaries to
Us teachers who nttend tho Nebraska
Teachers association convention nt
Omnhn November 0, 0, 7.
For showing tho Nebraska adminis
tration how to reorganize tho stnto de
partments under tho codo bill. J. L.
Jacobs, Chlcngo ofllclency export,
whoso rates aro $100 a day and ox
peuses, has filed his claim for $2,200.
Governor McKelvio has named Octo
ber 27, tho 01st anniversary of tho
birth of President Tlicodoro Roosevelt,
Americanization day when nil persons
In tho stnto nro urged to aid In re
storing Nebraskn to pre-war conditions
nnd use nil available influence- to Im
press upon, tho forolgnor tlio necessity
of becoming citizens.
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1 Congestion of freight and express matter in West street, New York, due to strike of tbe longshoremen. 2
Policemen guarding n car in Oakland. Cal., from a mob of striking traction workers. 3 Col. K. M. Hoiisc, 111 with
the grippe, debarking at New York from the stcnmshlp Northern Pacific.
HEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Cabinet Takes Over Rule of Na
tion Pending Recovery of
the President.
MIS AILMENT NOT REVEALED
Doings of the Industrial Conference
Army Is Hot After "Reds" League
of Nations Comes Into Being
Anti-Bolshevist Armies Closing
In on Soviet Russia.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Because of the certainty tlmt the
resumption of his ofllclul duties by
President Wilson will be long delayed,
the cublnet has tuken nintters Into Its
own hands and Is vlrtunlly running
the government. For tho first time
since Mr. Wilson became the chief
magistrate, it is performing the func
tions alloted It by the Constitution.
Each member of the cabinet is handling
all executive mutters within Its juris
diction, and all other questions that
come up aro passed on by the full cab
inet. Tbe most Important decisions
are submitted to Mr. Wilson for his
upprovnl, through Admiral Grnyson.
Specifically, the Industrial nnd eco
nomic situation which has been
brought to a crisis by the steel strike
Is being bundled by Secretary Baker.
Secretary of Labor Wilson Is looking
nfter the threatened coal miners'
strike, and Secretary iof Agriculture
Houston Is doing what he can to avert
the sugar famine.
The president's physicians and ev
erybody nt the White House have com
bined to keep from tlio public the real
character of bis Illness. Admiral Gray
son told the cabinet what It is, but
pledged It to secrecy. All the people
arc permitted to know Is contained
In the ofllclal bullotlns, wlilch report
Mr. Wilson's continued Improvement,
with occasional slight set-backs such
us headache, and restlessness due to
swelling of the proslnte gland. The
story that he had n lesion of the brain
hns been vigorously though unolllclally
denied, but It Is admitted that bis
complete recovery Is contingent on
keeping him absolutely at rest In mind
and body. The truth appears to he
that be hns had no cerebral utttw k hut
Is suffering from a general nervous
and physical breakdown.
Apparently Irreconcilable differences
between the several groups are crop
ping out In the Industrial conference,
as might have been expected. In the
first place. Mr. Gompers, us head of
tho labor group Insisted that the con-,
ference should arrange for arbitration
of the steel strike. Ills resolution
was doomed to defeat, and the vote
was deferred by order of the confer
ence until the steering committed
should bring in Its report on collective
bargaining. This nlso was a matter
on which agreement seemed almost
Impossible, for labor Insists on the
right of workers to bargain through
the unions and to pick Its representa
tives from outside the plant or Indus
try If It wishes; while capital declares
the employer should be required to-
deal only with committees of his own
employees. Furthermore, capital says
the plant must be recognized as the
unit, while lnbor demands that the In
dustry ho recognized ns tho unit. In
these questions it seems that capital
hns the support of a considerable part
of the public group.
Tho farmers' representatives, who
nro classeil among the capitalists, pre
seated a statement of principles In
which these demands of the agricul
turists are set forth :
1. Such returns as will fnlrly coin
pensuto them for their capital in
! vested, their technical skill, their man
agerial ability, and their mnnunl labor.
2. That they and their families have
social, educational, and political op.
portunltlcs equal to those engaged in
other Industries.
Attorney General Palmer has been
attacked In congress for his apparent
laxity In dealing with tho "red" men
ace In tho United Stutcs, but If the
departmeut of justice Is not doing nil
It might In this respect and It mny
be the army Is certainly nctive and
nchleving excellent results. This Is
especially true of the central depart
ment under General Wood, which hns
to deal with one of the worst regions,
that Including Gary, South Chicago
and the surrounding towns. Repented
raids have been made on the rndlcnls
there, grent quantities of their propa
ganda material have been seized nnd
some of the ringleaders arrested and
held, presumably for deportation, since
they are mostly unnaturalized foreign
ers. The army authorities assert thnt
the revolutionists, taking advantage
of the steel strike, are trying to or
ganize the workers for nn armed re
volt against the government. Colonel
Mapes, In command at Gnry, says If
he were to make public the evidence
he has collected, tho strike would col
lapse, but the government Is not taking
a bund In the sltuntlon for the purpose
of breaking the strike.
The steel companies claimed steady
Improvement In conditions, from their
standpoint, though the strikers as
serted most of the returning workers
wero unskilled. ..Hen steel men In
largo numbers are engaging steamship
passage back to Europe.
Despite their wartime agreement to
work nt the present scale until peace
Is olllclnlly declnred or until March 31,
1020, the soft conl miners of the coun
try, about 000,000 In number, have been
ordered out on strike on November 1.
.Secretary of Labor "Wilson took Im
mediate steps to avert the strike, and
at last reports was hopeful of success.
Tho miners demand a flvelay week,
a six-hour day and n general wage In
crease of 00 per cent. Tho miners now
receive $8 to $10 n day nnd the mine
lnborers $5.
The strike of the longshoremen,
followed by that of the teamsters nnd
chauffeurs In New York threatened
tbe metropolis with a serious food
shortage, for .shipments wero left to
rot on the docks. The collapse of tho
strike was foreshadowed by the vote
of several of the local unions to return
to work, and the firm stand tnken by
the railway administration In dealing
with the express company employees.
The League of Nations came Into
being on October 13, Great Britain,
France nnd Italy having ratified the
treaty. Steps were taken at once look
ing to Its regulnr organization, and
goodness knows there Is enough for It
to do.
Tho United States Is still outside
tho league and the contest In the sen
ate continues unahated. Considerable
time and much vehement language
were devoted last week to debntlng
the proposed Sltnntung amendment.
As we expected, It was voted flown,
but almost every senator who spoko
In opposition to It, said he favored a
reservation on tbe same lines. Sena
tor Shields of Tennessee, Democrat,
declnred himself In favor of the Lodge
reservations and the Johnson amend
ment giving the United States as many
votes In the league as Great Britain.
Tbe administration forces let It be
known on Wednesday tlmt they wero
determined to vote for rejection of the
treaty with the Lodge reservations,
nnd the opposition at once prepared
to retaliate with a resolution declar
ing tbe war at an end nnd restoring
the status of peace.
Tbe entente allies are disturbed
over the American situation because
the many commissions provided for In
the treaty must he orgunlzed very soon.
Tho formal exebango of ratllicatlons
of the treuty which will put It Into
effect was delayed by the allies In con
sequence. One of the big Jobs of the Lengne
of Nntlons will be to settle affairs In
tho Baltic states. Though General von
der Goltz submitted to bis government
and resigned, a largo part of bis army
remained In Courland and, with a
force of Russians, bus been making
n determined attack on Riga. Tho
Letts rallied to the defense of the city
and were nided, according to report,
by a British fleet. The most recent
dispatches at this writing say the Rus-so-Gormnn
foices were being slowly
forced back. Tbe Poles look part In
the scrap, attacking the Germans In the
rear, capturing Kovno and threaten
lug the German lines of communication.
At the same time the nntl-bolshovlk
armies In Russia were steadily crush
lug the life out of tho soviet govern
ment. Denlklne kept up his advance
on Moscow, capturing Orel and otbei
Importnnt points. The army of tin
northwest under Yudenltch took Lugo
and pressed on toward Petrograd
whose fall was Imminent. This army
It was said, wns working In close un
derstnndlng with Admiral Kolchab
whoso Siberian troops were pushing
the bolshevik! back to the European
border. These three commanders have
rejected nil overtures from Germnny,
maintaining their connection with the
allies.
An ofllclal dispatch from Archancel
said the North Russian forces were
pursuing the bolshevlkl In the direc
tion of Onegn after occupying theii
fortified positions along the railroad,
capturing guns nnd prisoners nnd de
stroying nn armored train. In fact,
thty seem to be doing very well with'
out the help of the British nnd Amer
tcun troops tlmt were withdrawn.
Mennwhllc the British fleet in the
Bnltlc was very busv. The sunremc
council having declared a blockade of
all Russian bolshevik ports, n number
of German vessels were seized. Then
tho British warships moved on Kron
stadt. After a severe bombnrdment If
was evacuated by the bolshevlkl and
the lleet entered the harbor. All neu
tral nations have been asked to join
In the blocknde of bolshevist Russia.
L'leutennnt D'Annunzio seems ta
have ndopted a more yielding nttitude
In regard to Flume, which ho still
holds, lie has sent to Premier Cle
menceau an appeal to take, the," Initia
tive In 'obtaining from the allied gov
ernments a declaration making Flume
un open port. The present Itnllan plan
contemplates an Independent buffer
state at Flume with the extension of
Italian control over the strip of coast
from Flume to Trieste so the new
state shall abut on Italian territory
on tlmt side and not be surrounded
by Jugo-Slavia influence. The dan
ger of wnr over this problem is fad
ing. D'Annunzio sent word to Paris
that he had drafted a manifesto urging
both Serbs and Italians to recognize
mutual national rights nnd to "main
tain tho bonds of brotherhood which
have been sealed by blood."
Prices of food throughout the Uni
ted Stutcs have fallen almost 25 per
cent, according to Attorney General
Palmer. But housewives, also through
out the United States, are asking why,
If this Is true, they are forced to pay
as much ns over or more when they
visit the retail dealer.
Tho cost of leather and of footwenr
hus dropped 20 per cent since tho mid
dle of August, says the president of
the National Boot' and Shoe Manufac
turers' association. But tbe consumer
Is still paying exorbitant prices for
his shoes, and the aforesaid president
explains that the shoes now being man
ufactured at reduced cost will not be
marketed before next April.
The tremendous hullabaloo about
reducing the cost of living nnd punish
ing tho profiteer has dwindled until
It can scarcely be heard with the aid
of u microphone. Just nt present the
consumer Is exercised ubout tho sugnr
situation which promises to develop
into a famine with 25 cents a pound
or more demanded for the small
amounts of sugar to be bad. The do
mestic output Is nowhere near enough,
and It seems most of the Cuban crop Is
going to Europe. Dealers blame our
government for this condition because
It limited the wholesale price whllo
European dealers were willing to pay
anything.
The federal trade commission camo
to bat again with another of Its reports
nttncklng tho big puckers, stating they
now handle more than 200 food prod
ucts not related to the meat Indus
try nnd bid fair to dominate the whole
sale grocery trade, dividing the field
among themselves.
Of course the packers, this time
through Louis B. Swift, declared tho
trado commission's figures were great
ly exaggerateil nnd the conclusions
bused on them utterly absurd. As us
ual, the "big five" can supply facts and
figures to uphold their entire Inno
cence, but for some renon the general
public has learned to look askance at
the statistics theso gentlemen produce.
This may he due to what the trade com
mission cnlls "the mare nnd secrecy
of the pneker's methods of conducting
much of his business."
HARD IS WINNER
FIRST TO FINISH ROUND TRIP IN
GREAT AIR RACE.
ANOTHER FLIGHT PLANNED
Official Records Show "Flying Parcon"
Traveled at Rate of Nearly Two
Miles a Minute.
Mlneoln, N. Y. Lieut. B. W. Maynard
won the transcontinental airplane race
when he landed here at 1:55:05 Sat
urdny afternoon on his return from
San Francisco.
Official llgures compiled by the
American Flying club, which 1ms co
operated with the air so.rico officials
In conducting the race, show that Mil
liard's actual Hying time on the return
trip from San Francisco was twenty
four hours, fortyiive minutes and
eight seconds, only a few minutes less
than bis unofficial flying time on his
westbound trip. Ills average speed for
5,-iOO miles was nearly two miles n
minute.
Under the rules of the contest, how
ever, time spent between control stn
tlons must be counted In the actual
Hying time as computed by the nrmy
in deciding the winner of tho race.
This menus thnt the eighteen hours
Lleutennnt Mnynnrd spent chunking
motors In Wulioo, Neb., where he was
forced down becnuso of n broken crank
shaft,. Will be added to bis offlciul
Hying time. The unofficial total
elapsed time on tho return trtp was
ninety-two hours thirty-two minutes
nnd forty-eight seconds. Including
three days spent In San Francisco, the
round trip wns made in approximately
ten dnys nnd five hours.
Undnunted by the fact that ten lives
have been lost directly nnd Indirectly
as n result of the rnce, Lieutenant
Maynard announced within nn hour af
ter he had landed that within u fow
weeks he would, attempt a one-stop
flight from Mlneoln to San Francisco,
with Dallas, Tex., the only stopping
point.
TWO KILLED AT ST. PAUL.
Airplane Accident Causes Deaths Dur
ing Initial Pleasure Flight.
St. Paxil, Neb. Lieutenant Cameron
Wright's Instantaneous death and In
juries to Miss Helen Haggart, 22,.
which caused her death, resulted from
the fnll nnd destruction of the Oriole
plnne, recently purchnsed by Gibbon
residents, on its first flight with
passengers. It wns being driven for
the first time by Rex Randall of Gib
bon, when It fell 250 feet.
Lieutenant Wright was in charge ol
tho transcontinental flying field here.
Miss Helen Haggart was a dnughtcr
of James A. Haggart, prominent at
torney here. Miss Haggart was In
chnrge of the Red Cross booth at tho
flying Held, nnd wns nctive In social
circles.
Randnll employed an aviator tc
bring tho plane to St. Paul. Then ho
took the first flight with Wright nnd
Miss Haggart as passengers.
Rundall, nn ex-servlco mun, sufferea
fractures of nn nrm nnd leg and
possibly of the sluill. He is semi
conscious nnd physlclnns say ho Is Id
a serious condition.
REDS LOSE PETROGRAD.
State Department Advised of Fall o
Former Russ Capital.
"Washington, D. C The fnll oi
Petrogrnd nnd the occupnncy of both
that city nnd the fortress of Kronstndt
by the Russian nntl-bolshevlkl forces
hns been reported officially by tho gen
eral staff of the Finnish army to the
VIborg representative of the northwest
government of Russia. This com
munication reached the Stato depart
nient Sunday.
In making public the department's
advices, Acting Secretary Phillips said
that a direct dispatch, dated October
10, received from the department's
representative nenre.U the old Russian
capital, reported that tho Finnish of
ficial announcement had not been cor
roborated from other sources.
Japan to Enlarge Navy.
Toklo According ta Japanese news
papers, tho government hns decided to
build two battle cruisers nnd 22 other
wnrshlps commencing tho next flscni
year.
More Amendments Smothered.
Washington. After a brief debate
and without the formality of a record
vote, tho sonnte threw out two more
of tho amendments written Into the
peace treaty by the foreign relations
committee. Tbe two amendments had
been Introduced by Senator Fnll, re
publican, New Mexico, nnd had us
their common purpose curtailment of
tho power of the American representa
tive on the reparations commission, nn
International body sot up by tho
treaty to fix and collect Germany's
reparation bill.
Says President Will Get Well.
New York. President Wilson will
emerge from his present Illness "well
ngnin." Wllllnm G. MeA'loo, sop-in.
law of tho president and former sec
retary of the treasury, said here In
nn address.
Hunger Strike Succc-o'iil.
Dublin, Ireland. The lord mayor
has been Informed that all ftisu polit
ical prisoners In Mount Jay prison
will be liberated Immediately. This.
Is the outcome of their hunger strike.
It was explained., . w,