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T1113 NOItTll PLATTE SKHAVEICKLY Till BUNK). BONUS FOR SOLDIERS LIKELY UNSEATS0C1AL1STS House Committee By Vote of 15 to 0 Favors Measure Early Action Ic Looked Fori N. Y. ASSEMBLYMEN OUSTED BY OVERWHELMING VOTE. ' ATTORNEY GENERAL MOVES TO HALT PROFITEERING. AFTER GOAL BAINS ' SAYS RAISE UNWARRANTED Officials In All Parts of the Country Ordered to Take Action. Big Boo&t in East. Washington, D. P,. With coal prices Already soaring ns a result of final settlement of tlio coal strike, Attorney General Palmer lias ti;lKntilutl to District Attorney Dyne In Chicago nnil to district attorneys In nil other cities to lie on the lookout for coal profiteers. In Washington whore foul prices wore advanced .$2 n ton, tin o?ltrlet nttorney was ordered to prosecute dealers iih profiteers, leh attorney gen eral Insisting thnt t lit recent wage In crease of 27 per cent granted bi tuminous miners did not warrant an Increase In the irlce of coal of inoro than -10 cents n ton. "Now that the government regula tions of prices has heen discontinued," said the nttorney general, "there are indications of an excess Increase of the prices of bituminous coal. Our to tal annual production Is approximate ly fi(MMKX),000 tons. It Is estimated that the total Increase In wages will he approximately .f200.000.000 per an num. If this entire amount Is added by the operators to the price, It would only take nn Increase of 10 cents per ton." James Ixtrd, president of the mining division of the American Federation of Labor, corroborated tile statement of the attorney general. May Re-Submlt Treaty. Washington, D. P. The fight Ir congress over formal termination ol" tho wnr Is on In congress, with the ell max near at liniul. With the failure of tho senate to ratify the peace treaty the house will vote on a resolution put forward by republicans, doohirlnj the war ended. The peace resolutlot Is to he brought be fore the housi Thursday with a rule calling for a vol Friday. Itepubllcans believe Its ndop tlon Ik assured, while democrats de claro It certainly will be vetoed hj President Wilson, without prospects o obtaining n two-thirds vote to override the veto. In many well informed quarters tin. Impression Is growing that either be fore or more probably along with a veto message, the president might re turn the treaty to the senate with nr. Urinative expressions regarding reser vations. " Missouri Overflows at Omaha, Omaha, Neb. The 'Missouri rivet since the first of tho week has been running In flood stage and'has Inun dated hundreds of acres of bottom farm lands In North Omaha. Many farm homes have been completely Isolated by the Hood waters, and fariii ers In tho flood area have moved their families and stock to places of safety. Tho river on Monday was the high est, since 1011!, the gauge at one point showing a reading of U.2 feet. Flood stage at Omaha Is thirteen feet, when the river goes out of Its hunks. Hot torn lands on the Iowa side of the stream are also suffering from tho flood. May Annul Movie Stars' Marriage. Carson City, New The attornej general here Is continuing his Investi gation Into the dlvoi'ce which Mary Plckfortl obtained from Owen Moom ill Douglas county, and as a result, ox poets soon, to bring suit on behalf of the people of Hint county to have the. decree set aside, It was learned at the attorney general's ofllce. Assistant At torney (leneral Richards Is quoted as Miying, "we are looking tip the law In the matter. Stunt' tlolinlle action prob ably will be taken within a week." IOf forts are being made to prove the di vorce was obtained through rraud. . Declares Violence. Threatened. Tombstone, Ariz. Threats of vio lence to minors who refused to loin the strike called In the Warren min ing district .Tune 20, 11117, were recited by several witnesses testifying for the defense In the trial of Harry K. Wool- toil. Hlsbee hardware denier, elmrt'oil with kidnaping in connect hu with the justice tieporiuuons m ,nuy 12, p.iii. Many Dry Wells Bored. Oil City, I'a.--According to the monthly review of activity In the oil fields of the country, made public hen by the Derrick, new production during March amounted to 2K(!,tm barrels, a loss of :ir,PiH from tho February record. Wells completed numbered 2,80) or 2!I7 more than In the previous mouth, There were 123 dry hides and 1!1S' gas producers, the review saltl New Work at the close of March showed 2,!U'I- rigs and 7,:Ul wells drilling. Lawmakers to Orient. Washington, D. C. More than 100 members of the house plan to leave Kan Francisco .luly 5, for a two months trip to the orient. The itine rary will inclutlo Hawaii, the Philip pines, China and .lapan. The growing Importance of legislative questions In volvlng tho Pacllle. those conicmplnt lng the trip said, necessitates Ui-st hand Information. The matters to be studied Include the request of Hawaii for statehood, the movement In tint Philippines for Independence, , Chin use and Japanese Immigration, Washington, P. P. Soldier relief legislation with probable provisions for a cash bonus, funds for which would be raised by sales luxuries taxes, was approved by the ways and means committee by a vole of 15 to (1, Members of the committee hope to obtain final action by the house he fore the contemplated recess for the na tlonal political convention, hut they express doubt when action by the Semite could lie had at this session. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, Is quoted as saying he thought tho senate would act favor ably on n bill to give u money bonus to former service men, with provisions I for a special tax to raise the necessary funds. The program approved by the house committee declares against any bond Issue. Wliile the exact form of the legis lation was not decided upon, commit lee discussion was said to Wave Indi cated approval of n plan of extending vocational education as an alternative to the rush bonus. v These two plans are a part of the American Legion's program. Its other selected plan of government ahl to soldiers ami sailors for building homes or obtaining ownership of fnrms wert! saltl by some members of the committee to Involvo too many dlllleiil ties to he wnrkv-d oat by legislation he fore the recess. Spokesmen for the committee said It was planned to bnve the final draft of the legislation ready for submission to the house within a fortnight. It was said that there had been no decision as to whether the bonus would he paid In a lump sum or be graduated accord ing to the length of service of ench In dividual. The program Is understood to have the approval of the republican leaders of the house, assuring early consideration for It. TROOPS UNDER WILSON. President So Informs House In Re oponso to Resolution. Washington, D. C President Wil son Informed tho house In response to a resolution of inquiry that American troops on the ltlilue still were con trolled by the terms of the armistice and were subject only to his orders as coininaniler-ln-chlef of the army. Field Marshal Foch, of France, the president saltl, has no Jurisdiction over the troops, nor are they in any way ontrolled by the decision of the allied Hbluelnnd commission, which makes ordinances ami rules for the governing of the territory policed by the allied armies of occupation. Major General Allen, commanding Ifje American troops, the president wrote, has authority to police the ter ritory under his control to preserve or der and "to repel any attack which may be made upon him." The president saltl the American forces In Gornnny on March 20 "were reported to comprise 10.7MS enlisted men." KILL SUFF MEASURE. Delavvaro Goes On Record As Opposed to Votes for Women. Dover, Del. The ratification resolu tion to make Delaware the thirty-sixth state necessary to write the woman 1 suffrage amendment into the constltu- I Hon of the United 'States went down I to "defeat In the house of representa tives, flio vote was 22 to 0, but be fore the result was announced three. members changed from yes to no, to place themselves In a pnrlhuentnry po sition to move for reconsideration, ami one member who was not down as vot ing linked to lie recorded In the nega tive. This made the olllclal vote 20 nays and (! ayes. Kighteen afllrma tlve voles were necessary to pass the resolution. ' Force Foe to Abide Ey Pact. Paris. Nothing has been announced concerning France's next .step with regard to the sending of (iceman troops Into the Ruhr coal basin, with the cxeepllon of a vague olllclal state ment which says tiiat any military measures the French government has tinder consideration are merely for the purpose of forcing (iermany to ad here strictly to the terms of the peace treaty. Claim on German Property. Washington, D. C. Hefore turning back German properly sclxcd In this country, congress should consider the. claims American cllltens have Hied j against (iermany, Allen Properly Cits- j toillan Gurvan declared before ihe house Interstate commerce committee. ! Testifying at a hearing on bills relat- I lug in ihe status of American women j who married aliens, Mr. Gnrvan said i L'tllf II llikllllKfllllkltt litltPl 1 I ki 1 1 111 1 1 1 wmntlow ' Aiuerh;;;; claims ceded $1.000.tHH).0IH. Scores Assembly's Action. i New York. -Charles K. Hughes said ; that lie regarded the expulsion of the socialists from the New York state as sembly as "a serious blow at tho stand ards of true Americanism ami nothing short of it calamity." Hope of Wets Shattered, Annapolis, Mil.- Hndlng the hopes of Maryland wets for any legislative relief at this session, the senate, by a vote pf 1(1 to 11, killed the so-culled Jones per cent beer bill, which had Uiu active support of (lowmor Itttchlo. him iniiMi.iLmiim i immii mmuk utiitmmtatmimmmmmKuatmtmtmmmmtmuiht 1 llarbed "ire bnrrkatles oroi where the president will spend the NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Herbert Hoover Clears His Polit ical Position and Announces He Will Accept Republi can Nomination. GERMANY GROWS MORE QUIET Emir Felsel an Accomplished T rouble Maker Mustapha Kemal Stirs Feel ing Against Christians Den mark, in the Limelight Day light Saving Confuses. By E. F. CLIPSON. Mystery regarding the political po filtlon and party atllllations of Herbert Hoover has been dispelled by the an nouncement of his conditional will ingness to accept the Republican presi dential nomination. He has said that he will accept If It is felt that the Issues necessitate It and It Is demand ed of him, ami f art her clarities Ids Attitude In the following words: "If the Itepubllcan party with the Independent element, of which I am nnturally atllllated adopts a forward looking, liberal, constructive platform on the treaty and on our economic is sues, and If the party proposes meas ures for sound business administra tion of the country, ami Is neither re actionary nor radical In Its approach to our groat domestic questions, and Is backed by men lio undoubtedly as sure the consummation of these poli cies ami measures, I will give It my entire support." Although Mr. Hoover's declaration created somewhat of a sensation, it relieved the tension existing In the camps of other candidates. Surround ed by silence ami secrecy, his atti tude bad occasioned more or less quaking In both Republican and Dem ocratic strongholds. No one promi nent on either' side felt like hurl ing a Javelin at hlin for fear that It might rebound and act as a boom erang. Kuch party wanted his sup port and the competition had been so keen as to take on the characteristics of a race, w;itb each side endeavoring to get to lilm and laud him tlrst. Mystery entered the situation some weeks ago when Secretary of the Navy Daniels, positively refusing to give a name, but speaking most emphat ically and authoritatively, saltl he knew who the next president of the United States would lie. The most active guessers were practically unani mous In the theory that the secretary had In mind Mr. Hoover, and that the' food man had made promises or had definitely committed himself to the Democratic party. The theory as to ) the dcflultcucss was uiodtllcd later j when Mr. Hoover, pushed to some ox ' tremlty for a declaration as to Ids po litical alllllatloiis, stated that he had of late years been aligned with the Progressive Republicans. In (he con gressional elections of l!)ls he ap peared to favor the Democrats, and made some statements Indorsing the leading policies of President Wilson. Tlio action of .Mr. Hoover has brought (lit! political pot from a more or less simmering state to an actual boiling point. His entry makes him a strong contender for the Itepubllcan nomination, and his declaration of principles will have much to do with preventing both parlies from adopting either extreme reactionary or ex treme radical viewpoints. He has stated that no one should lie able to I ? " j ot "w,r' w,,miU' ,as 11 l I to decide what Issues and measures he will support, lie thus creates a po sition which makes It possible for him to repudiate both parties after their national conventions. Some observers see In tills n hint that if Ihe candidates and platforms of the two parties do not satisfy the liberal thought of the nation, Mr. Hoover will bo willing to support a third and Independent tick et. Meanwhile several booms have already been affected by his entry Into tho race. Ills supporters are en gaged In an active campaign. In the Minnesota, primary, where It was ne'e essary to write or paste his name on i Afy'ti SX vt" 7" iWsrlX-' w i in the streets of UorHn during tire summer. !! Doctor Oessier. minister the ballot, he showed unexpected strength, ami he looms strong In sever al state primaries which are to come. The money question, as usual, en ters into tho political situation. Sen ator llorali charges the managers of tieneral Wood and Governor Lowtlen with using unwarranted sums. Deni als come from both candidates, with an expression of willingness to have i heir expenditures probed. Inasmuch as the legitimate expenses- of such campaigns require large funds, It Is dilllcult to see how any candidate can make much of a' showing without them. Former Secretary McAtloo re lied s this condition when he states that he has no fund, therefore Is not a amlltlate. In Germany, the coalition cabinet headed by Herr Mueller promises to remain in power until the elections, early n June. Concessions to the la bor element had much to do with stifling the radical crisis in the Ituhr basin. Spasmodic hostilities in that and adjacent areas hail not been com pletely suppressed, but the outbreaks had taken on a guerrilla aspect, with the rod forces disintegrating under lack of supplies, poor discipline and Inelliclont leadership. Considerable of a lilulT to affect enforcement of the terms of the treaty of Versailles seems evident In tho .Ituhr and contiguous situations. If the Kbort government had been permitted to send troops into the neutral zone, It would have suspended one of the Important pro visions of the treaty. The weakening of this one provision could have been made the basis for assaults upon oth er portions of the covenant, with a gradual and possibly complete tlefeat of the unfulfilled terms. Settlement of the German crisis Is not absolute. Factional disturbances are occurring, and are likely to con tinue, but that an ultimate condition resembling order will bo brought about Is not unlikely. The effect which the troubles have had on foreign credits, so necessary to Germany, and the con sequent withholding of food supplies, raw materials, etc., has bad a profound Influence on the nation as a whole. One of the most disastrous conse quences following the Kapp-I.uetlwltz revolution and later troubles has heen the effect upon the morale of Ger man workmen. They are reported as loitering on their Jobs, discontented and strongly Imbued with the feeling id' ill ircnlmcnt. Production is In an unhealthy state; precisely what the red leaders desire for the further ance of their designs. Hmlr Felsel. who lately proclaimed lilniself king of Syria, looms as an ad junct In a class with D'AnminzIo, Mus tapha Kemal and other trouble mak ers, s-eii-tietermination ror tvrin is not only his fetish, hut he l for the complete Independence of, the. conn-' try; wishes both French and ltrltlsh troops sent homo at once, mid all zones of Inllucncor by other nations abolished. Ills activities and the working out of his designs are being watched by the Jews of the world, as a complete fulllllment of his program would rentier Impossible the establish ment of the proposed 'Mm nation. Mustapha Kemal, mUlonallst leader In Turkey, continues bis campaign to stir up feeling against Christians In Asia Minor. In a recent proclamation he tleposes the sultan as chief of the Mos lem world, and raises a call to arms throughout Islam. Fortunately his In llnoiieo Is nofgt-neral as yet, hut there Is no den.Nlng the fact that he Is an Important factor, with a strong fol lowing in Turkish politics and a grow lng ability to create antagonism to the allies and all Christians. Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled soviet envoy to the United States ap pears to ho the next prominent candi date for deportation. Martens con tended In an Investigation hold by the senate committee on. foreign relations that the bolshevik gov ernment had not Interfered In the Internal affairs of the United States. At the same lime the stale tlopariment bail secured and bus now made pub lic a series of soviet dispatches Incit ing American holshevlsts to violence and tho overthrow of the present form of the government of Ihe United States. 'The dispatches wore found on the person of a soviet courier captured at Riga, en rout? to this country. The department of Justice announces a per fect case against Martens. ids', recent revolution. 2 Wood's Hole, of defense In the new Khert cabinet. Denmark, which before had boeq ro gnrded as placid, busy, nnd opulent from prollts accruing through the grent war, shows a strong disposition to get Into the limelight of disturbance. So cial democrats have been active for abolition of the monarchy, a general strike ami the inauguration of a re public. A strong display of military force enabled the government to moot the first outbreaks of trouble success fully. Coming is It did with other European uprisings, the assumption that It is connected with them and part of a general plan Is not unwar ranted. The prosperous condition of Ihe country Is the principal augurj for lack of success of any radical de signs. Daylight saving has become n local issue throughout the country, with the prospect of rather chaotic condi tions In regard to time reckoning am' many consequent dilemmas. New York city, which by the sun Is only om hour ahead of Chicago and other mid western points, by the atlontlon o: daylight saving becomes two houn ahead. Communities which turn tin clock ahead one hour will be thu" much at variance in time with others in tlio same longitude which tlo no take tht! same action. Railroads o: course will stick to n statulardizoc schedule, but that portion of the pub lie moving from one place to anolhe: Is sure to encounter confusion. St far the ditllculty asserts itself in tin financial relationships of diffcrcn parts of the country, with the bank ers hampered by the varying condl tloqs. The only alternative if Nov York persists In the new schedule scens to be for mid-western nnd west ern bankers to arise an hour earlier. The 'freak tornado whlcli visited Ala bama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana. Michl gun, Missouri and Ohio took a toll ot nearly 200 lives,, with hundreds more In the Injured list. Chicago and vl cinlty suffered heaviest, with Gcorglt next In the number of casualties. Tin storm was not only unusual In tin area covered, hut In the shifting oi tile centers of Intensity and the fac thnt it visited regions which were con sidercd ordinarily Immune from sue! dangers. The latter was especiall; true In the vicinity of Lake Michigan whore scientists have always claimer the existence of such a body of watei neutralized the menace tif severe wind storms. Another freak of tho stent which lias affected" .scientific theorlei nnd established a new precedent was Its coiplng so early In the year. Sucl visitations in (he, United States hue" before been inmost exclusively con lined to summer months anil genorallj followed severely hot weather. The late demonstration Is regarded as om of the vagaries of the month of March. The International monetary sltuatlor has boon cased considerably througl the shipment of lhitlsb gold to (lit United States. Tills lias lessened tin strain on Rtitlsh credit and white It hm depleted to some extent one of thol most valuable homo resources, It hue Improved their position abroad and in creased the standing In International markets of (lie ltrltlsh pound. Tilt? has been rellecletl In advanced tpiota tlons for pounds sterling. With every advance their purchasing powr.- In creases. France shows an Improvini position In the evident Intention of the nation to economize nnd to lluanct Itself from Its own resources. Tin groat confidence (if the French natlor and Its Intent financial strength an seen in Its ability to float huge hum? at homo. Defeat of suffrage In Delaware lcav lng the amendment short one state oi tho !H1 necessary for ratification, pub the Issue In the delayed class for tlx present. The National Woman's part) ami others prominent in the cause, ph slight hopes to favorable action I) Louisiana, North Carolina, Vermont or Connecticut. In Louisiana the lot Islature moots May 10. Governo Hlckott Is saltl to bo favorable to special session of the North Carollm legislature in July. Suffrage atlhor ents will endeavor to win both states although they bnve received little en courageniont as yet In the South. Tin governors of Vermont and Connection; have refused to call special hcssJoiui o: their legislatures and to get consider ntlon In either of those states, suffragt forces will have to overcome the an nouncetl object lor, s of the governors NEW PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED Never Before Has Party Delcgatlor Been Expelled from Legislative Body In the U. S. Albany, N. Y. The five soclallsi members of the state assembly Louis Waldiaan and August Claessons ol New York. Samuel A. Dowitt and Samuel Orr of the Prolix, and Charles Solomon of Kings county were ex polled from the lower house of the legislature by an overwhelming mil jerity following the submission by tht Judiciary committee urging such no tion iiud at the close of twenty-two hours bitter debut. An individual voie of expulsion wii8 taken on each member. Tho assembly, by n vote of lir to 28, expelled Waldinan. Vote to expel the four remaining socialists was as follows: Solom ;n, 110 to 2S; Claessens, 110 to 2S; Orr, 101 to -U); Dowitt, 101 to -10. l?y Its action the assembly estab lished a precedent altogether unique In the legislative history In the United States, as never before has an entire parly delegation been ejected from any legislative hotly. The constitution prohibits calling ot a special election to till vacancies In. the legislature after April 1 unless there Is an extraordinary session. Among the charges made by the committee were that the socialists were members of an organization (the socialist party of America) constitut ing a conspiracy to overthrow the gov ernment by force nnd violence; that they, Individually and as a party, op posed the war and war measures, and that they wore dominated by an execu tive committee, tho membership of which might contain a majority of aliens. Reports that the socialists would appeal to the courts were given little Attention, by members of the assembly.. NOT KEEPING PLEDGE.. French Skeptical Because of Discovery Made in Germany. Paris. Three thousand five hundred three-inch Held guns have boon found by the Inter-allied commission In the vicinity of Rerlln alone, nnd altogether 12,000 of these guns have thus far boon discovered throughout Germany, as well as 0,000 airplanes Intact. Accord ing to the terms of t)- treaty of Ver sailles the Germany army should now have only 20-1 three-Inch guns and no airplanes whatsoever. Those dis coveries and other Information have caused considerable skepticism among authorities here as for tho reason for the request of the Horlln govern ment that it lie pe.rnilttotl to send troops into the noutrnl and occupied areas. Tho fact that the request came be fore the Gormnns had executed any material clause of jthe treaty, although the time limit has expired on some three score of Its provisions, Is de clared In French olllclal circles as lay ing the Germans open to suspicion of attempting ' to nvtdd the Versailles, treaty provisions. Wage Earners Win. Topeka, Kan. The first wage peti tion tried before the now Kansas In dustrial relations court resulted In a victory for the. workers. Decision No. 1 was handed down by the court granting an Increase In wages to line men of the Topeka Ktlfson company from 00 to G7ls cent::. Tho company had oirored'n Increase of 2 cents. Easter Blizzard Destructive. Kansis City, Mo. Railroads and highways were blocked by deep snow drifts, rural telephone service was' de moralized, ami livestock suffered froir the blizzard which swept Kansas, No brasktt, the Texas panhandle, mnihorii ikluho'mn and Missouri, last Saturday ami Sunday. Uncle Sam's Pay Roll, Washington, D. P. Nearly two mil lion persons are on the pay-rolls of the federal government on way or an other. This moan, roughly, thai one person In fifty-five receives funds di rectly from ih United States treasury. National Debt Greatly Reduced. Wushini'ton, D. P. A reduction of S70."i.(l(10.(KI0 In tlio national l..!o morc than double the amount 1 which the debt was lowored during any previous month was accomplish ed during March, the treasury report ed. The national debt now stands at $2-i.(KiS,CHMUMK. Otll.-inls regarded it as sound o lileiice of the success of the treasury program for financing the post-war period when government ex penditures till continued to run high. Robbers Steal Pay Roll. Kansas fity. Mo. Three mm In n motor car held up two messe;igei-. from the Drovers Nntimmi lutn';, rob bed them of S-l.Vvtt. representing the pay roll of Swifr & Co., and escaped. Killed In Auto Accident. Sioux Pity, la. Mrs. George Kan chett, 22, and her elghi-rnoiitl -ol.i thiugliter, Mildred, were Instantly kill ed and three others were Injured, w hen an automobile In which they were i iti :.ig was strttk by a swiu-b'n'j n,,u hero.