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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. SESSION ATAN END 7 REFER LAW TO PEOPLE HOMER IN DISTRESS Supreme Court Rules - Legislatures C0NQRES8 QUITS UNTIL NEXT Have Final Word In Constitutional Prohibition Act. MAYOR OF FLOODED CITY . AP PEALS FOR ASSISTANCE. DECEMBER. GILLTO REPEAL WAB LAWS DEAD President Declares He Did Not Have Sufficient Time to Consjder , Three Measures. Vnshlngtou, D. C.Tlic Sixty-sixth congress adjourned Juno 5. Approval of all appropriation hills mnkes prac tically certain that then! will be no oxtra session of congress unions' some t'inorgoncy arises. The next , regular no'sslon meets early In December, 'J'lio hill creating the governmental budget, vetoed by President Wilson, was not repassed by the sennte. The house passed It, amended to meet the president's objections. President Wilson did not sign the water power bill, the resolution repeal in!; "II war-time Inws except the Lever and trndlng-wlth-tlio-onomy lifts, and a bill creating a commission to take tip the iicwh print and wood pulp Hit uiitlon with Canada. He snld he had not sulllclent time to consider these measures. The president Kilned: The mer chant marine, dellclency appropria tion and 207,000-mnn army reorganiza tion IiIIIh; tlit' bill allowing use of na val radio for press and commercial messages; the postofllce appropriation bill ; .?270,X)O,OOO pension approprln thai bill ; $11)3,000,000 naval appropria tion bill ; sundry civil hill, carrying practically the same amount; dlplo matlc and consular appropriation bill, and the bill providing for the voca tional rehabilitation of persons Injured In industry. All provisions for compulsory or vol untary military service were elim inated from the army Mil. It provides for a national guard and an army re serve anil- chances present court martial procedure, The merchant marine bill provides ' for reorganization of the shipping board and repeal of the president's war powers over the board. ' It em powers the board to sell government vessels, giving. preference to American citizens. It appropriates for construc tion of ships by private corporations a sum not exceeding $50,000,000 annual ly. The United States reserves the right to take over the entire merchant marine In time of war. REPLIES TO QUERIES. Labor Chief Gives Answer to Gover ernor Allen's Questions. Washington, I). 0. "Tho public hns ' no rights which are superior to tiie tnllor'sjight to defend himself against oppression." Samuel Oompers de clared In his deferred reply to three questions asked him by Governor Al len of Kansas lii their debate at New York, May 20. Govijrnr Allen asked whether tho public had any rights In a strike "af fecting tho production or the distri bution of the necessities of life, thus threatening the public peace and Im pairing the public health," and If so, how would Mr. (iompers protect those rights, He also Asked who con trolled the "divine rights" to order employes to quit work. ' Strikes In which the public peace have been threatened, Mr. Goinpers wild, "usually have been strikes In . which the employers or public otllcl , nls. In(lienced by employers have created thot breach of peace by tho use' of thugs, armed guards and de tectives. "Labor," ho continued, "litis no de sire to etujso Inconvenience to the public, of which It Is a part." Ah to Governor Allen's question regarding who controlled the "divine right" to order employes to strike. Mr. Oompers snld strikes were "or dered by tho majority vote of union memberships; they are not ordered by olllclals at all." New Potatoes Reach High Level. Chicago, 111. New potatoes arc sell tng her5 nt $11 and $12 a hundred pounds, which figures out nbout $7.20 n bushel, the highest point ever reached. One carload of old potatoes was sold at ?0.25 a hundred, or about $0.75 a bushel. These, It must be un derstood, are wholesale prices. When they get to the retailer they will prob 4bly bo J"old by troy weight from Jew cler's scales. Consumers will have to pny 18 to 20 cents a pound for the raw goods. Record Price for Cow, St.. Paul, Minn. 'A world's record price, $.10,000, was paid for the Hoi ' stelh cow, "Pnlmt Korndyke Corn Flower." A full brother to this noted cow Is now owned by D. M. Hllde- brand of Seward, Neb. Frank L. Polk Reslans. Washlnuto. D. O.- Under Secretary of State Frank I l'olk has tendered Ids resignation, which l'resitient wli eon has accepted. Minimum Waae for Women. San Francisco, Cal.- A mtnlhium when of $1(1 a week, effective June ;has been established for all women em. ployed In agricultural occupations, In rfiiilltiL' tln tilekltiL' of fruit, vegetables and borrljuy the state Industrial wel fare commission announced. Washington, D. C The federal su preme court held Hint federal constitu tional amendments cannot he submit ted for ratlljcatlon to a referendum vote In the states having referendum provisions In their constitutions. The court's opinion was rendered In n case nppealed from Ohio, In which tile Ohio Ptiprcne court had held that rntlflealJonfif the- prohibitory amend ment was7i proper subject -for action of tho -state referendum. The decision affects pending referendums on both tho woman suffrage nnd prohibition amendments In several stntes. In Nebraska a case Is pending be fore the state supreme court In which John II. Hopkins of Omaha nnd other petitioners sought to submit the prohi bition ratification to n referendum. Un der the new ruling of the federal su preme court, the Nebraska court must either rule ngalnst the referendum or face the prospect of reversal on nppeal to the federal courts. The Lancaster county district court upheld the Nebraska referendum on the theory that tho voters of the state, under thorofercndum law. have succeeded the legislature as tli final law-mnklng nuthorlty. The federal court held tliat when the federal con stitution provided for ratification of federal amendments by the "h'glsla- tires" It meant tho body cortimnnly known as the legislature, not the peo ple themselves. The question of whether or not tho prohibitory amendment Is valid was not decided by the court. LONDON 8TILL LEADS. Census Figures Show New York Ovei Million Behind English City. Washington, D. C. New York has n population of 5,021,121 persons, ac ordlng to the 1020 census. Ofllclal figures obtained here show London with 0,720,753, Is still the world'! metropolis! Since 1010 New York bns gained 854,208 In population, ot 17.0 per cent. Tt Is expected that only Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York, stffto Itself will exceeJ the populntlon of New York city. a Flgnes given out for Boston show the city has a population of 747,82.'? This makes the bay city smaller than St. Louis, but larger than Baltimore. Populntlon before the wnr of othet world cities having more than 2.000.000 of people follows Paris, 2,- 888,000; Tokyo, 2,332.000; Berlin, 2, 071.000; Vienna, '2.0.U,000; Chicago, 2,185.083. New York city, as now constituted under one municipal gov ernment,; was formed In 1808. Its populntlon fn lixXTwnH 3,437.003. The growth of New York city from a Dutch trading post In 1000, when Hendrlk' Hudson sailed the "Half Moon" up the Hudson river hns been exceeded by no large city In tlui world except Chicago. Non-Partisans Egged. Topeka, Kan. Three Non-part Isnn league olllclals, their clothing bespat tered with eggs, attempted tp tell state olllclals bore bow they hail been driven from Elllnwood by men dressed In soldier's tin! forms. The men7 Walter Thomas Mills, nn- tlonnl organizer; J. O. Stovlc, Topeka Btnto organizer, and M. L. Amos, Kiln- worth editor, snld that they were at tending a farmers' picnic when men In soldier's milforms escorted them from the cround. Inter throwing eggs at them and placing them In a stockyards. They wore referred to local pence olllcers. Farmers Oppose Law. Chicago, 111. Tho results of the llrfit referendum taken among farmers on national questions by the American Farm Burenu Federation, shows x an overwhelming majority against a bill before congress levying a 1 per cent tax on the ownership of laud In excess of $10,000. The report was made by the executive committee of the feder ation. Nearly 400,000 farmers voted. It Is planned to take 'other referen dums, shortly, notably on the question of arbitration In all labor disputes and op the repeal of the Adnmson and Townsend laws. Wheat Control at An End. .Washington, D. C Federal control of wheat nnd wheat products ended June 1, the wheat director ceasing to function under tho limitation of the law creating his olllce nnd the food ad ministration control ending by procla mation of Pre -blent Wilson. This means the passing of the government gunrantee of $2.20 a bushel for wheat established during the war as n means of stimulating production, As soon as some remaining contrncts nre carried out by the United States Grnln cor poration, that body will turn over Its finances to the treasury department, Would Buy Bohemia' Sugar. Now York. The United States should purchase all the sugar avail able for export In Czocho-Slovakla, to give that country the credit needed to purchase phosnhntes to fertilise Its sugar crops, and at the same time to "JSreak the Cubans' hold on America." Irving Schwnrtz, an Importer, testified here heforo tho Joint legislative com mltteo Investigating profiteering. He- suits of tho purchase of Czecho-Slo vnkla's sugar would reduce the price hero of Jho, commodity, Mr. SehwartJ. said. 1 ... ..v. ... . lilant, largest airplane -ever built In Photograph showing the hull and keel REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENT Lowden Repudiates Two Dele gates Who Accepted Money From His Manager. COMMITTEE BARS OTHERS One Missouri' District Left Without Representation Johnson Welcomed to Chicago Attorney General Palmer Receives Several Rather Painful Blows. . By EDWARD W. PICKARD. When the sennte committee on cam paign funds uncovered the truth nbout tho expenditure of $.18,003 to promote Governor Lowdon's cnmpnlgn for dole gates from Missouri, the Lowden boost ers looked very (due nnd subdued nnd everyone else was asking whether the disclosures were enough to kill the governor's chances. Kobert K. Moore qnd Nat Goldstein, who were elected delegates, told the committee that they had each received from Enimerson, the Lowden manager, a check for $2r00 and had placed the money In their own nccounts, but Moore said that "since there has been so much uupjant publicity "about It," they nre going to return the money to Lowden. Nation al Committeeman Ilabler and W. L. Morse of Excelsior Springs made ad missions concerning the use of Lowden money In Missouri which showed thnt, under the most favorable construction, the governor's cnmpnlgn there 'was conducted with unpardonable stupid ity. Lowden leaders at the Chicago head quarters held a hasty conference and the governor then Issued a statement which, In the opinion of his friends, quite rehabilitated his wobbling boom and madq everything all right again. He denounced Moore nnd Goldstein as unfit to sit In the national convention and emphatically repudiated their sup port and votes. "This goes for any other delegate or delegates. If any, Hlmllnrly situated," he ndded. He de clared his Instructions to Knnnerson Were to use money only for legitimate purposes, ami that lib manager as-, sured him the payments to the two Mlssourlans were made lu Janunry, on the representation that the money was required for the organization of their districts. Another Missouri scandal developed during the hearing of contests before tho national committee, nnd resulted In one district losing Its representa tion In the convention. This district Is the Fifth, comprising 10 Kansas City wards nnd seven Jackson town ships. Although there was no chnrgi' of the Improper use of money, the com mittee declared the testimony shoyvd mm 1 no eiecnun 01 until sets or dele gates was "disgraceful and tnlnted vlth. fraud," It refused to soat the representatives of either fnctlon thus reducing the total vote In the conven tion to 084 nnd the number required to nomlnnte 4011. This Is the first time n district has been left without repre sentation In a national convention for such a reason. At this writing tho henrlngs on con tests hnve resulted In 11 net loss of 11 votes for Wood, n net gain of 10 for Lowden nnd u net gain of four for Johnson. In the matter of W) "extra" delegates elected by various states the national committee decided that seats should lie provided for them, hut the extra alternates were left to shift for themselves. The demand for seats In the Coliseum was overwhelming, more than inu.iKH) requests being received. The hall accommodates IJWSO. The llepuhllcan platform was almost completed last week In Washington and the dtaft was carried to Chicago by Senator Watson of Indiana. The last plnuk added In the capital related to Mexli'o and was written by Senator Fall. It was snld to follow In general the, recommendations made by hl"3 committee to the senate, declaring-thnt imle conditions In Mexico uth lm uovi'd the I'nlfeil Sfntes tuny .find ! nKvsiry to Iniorvcne. The plank on v ... otssiuii 111 1 iiiuigu iitMiiliK KJim-siH lor bent in me cuiitenuon. 2 America, constructed nt College Point, L, I., for the nrmy air, service, a of Shamrock IV, the America's cup challenger now having Its trial spins. , the League of NntlonA was left for the party chiefs to formulate In Chi cago. It Is understood thnt there will be no mention of prohibition, although William Jennings Bryan went to Chi cago with the avowed purpose of In ducing the Itepublleans to adopt a "dry" resolution. The spectacular event of the week In the convention city wns the arrival of Senator Johnson to tnke personnt" charge of Ids fight for the nomination. The supporters of the Callfornlnn gave him a great reception, with bands nnd banners nnd parades and much noise, all of which was preliminary to a mass meeting arranged for (he Audi torium the night of June 7. The big politicians, who presumably control to some extent the unpledged major ity vote of the convention, watched the demonstration coolly nnd with ap praising eyes, as they were watching all popular demonstrations, for they know they must take real account of the wishes of the people when It comes to throwing their Influence to this can didate or that. Among the new headquarters opened were those of Hpover, llutler and Polndexter. Hoover, It was announced, would not go to Chicago. Wood said he would be at Fort Sheridan during the convention, and Governor Lowden said he would spend the week In the executive mansion nt Springfield. The selection of Governor Allen of Kansas to place Genernl Wood In nomination caused many amateur prophets to forecast a repetition of the sensation of the convention of 1SS0. Then Gnrfleld made the nomi nating speech for John Sherman, and wns himself nomlnnted nfter a pro traded deadlock. Thoimh Allen hns. not been 11 candidate he has often been mentioned as an eminent jmissI hlllty If none of the lending aspirants can get the nocesenry votes. The. Kansas delegation Ir. unlnstrncted, 'but Is supposedly for Wood. Housed by the failure of the Dela ware legislature to ratify thewoihnn suffrage umeudment, the National Woman's party planned u great dem-. onstratlon In Chicago for the opening day of the convention to Impress on the Republican party the importance of giving the cuusu full recognition In Its platform. The Delaware law makers Ignored an appeal from Presi dent Wilson and adjourned without a vote on the matter, and the suffragists will now center their efforts on Ver-. mom and Connecticut. Only one state Is lacking to ratify the amendment. Attorney Genernl Palmer Is travel ing a rocky road toward the Whltq House, If Indeed he Is moving lu that direction. The senate committee, In Its search for the mysterious McAdoo boom, called Judge 13. C. Honnlwell of Philadelphia, the McAdoo leader In Pennsylvania and n fine display of fire works resulted. Honnlwell started In to lambaste Palmer, charging that tho attorney genernl, through his support ers, had made u deal with the liquor interests In the state under which some localities were permitted to be eome "as wet as the Atlantic ocenn." In return for which the wets supported Palmer In the primary nnd enabled blm to capture the state delegation to the San Francisco convention. He cited especially the city of Scranton, as sertlng the breweries there were pro ducing beer of Illegal strength and tho bonded warehouses and saloons running wide open. Mr. Palmer, hear ing of the testimony that wns being given, hurried before the committee and demanded and was given nn op portunity to reply. His answer was, In effect, a denial of the charges, which ho snld were stale as well as false. The blame for failure to enforce the prohibition law In Pennsylvania he laid at the door of tho bureau of Internal revenue. The same day the house received thi report of the judiciary committee on the sugar Investigation and itepro sentntlve Tfnkhnm followed with a statement In which he demanded the resignation of the attorney genernl. The report said in prfrt: "The uttorney general used his pow er as chief prosecuting ofllcer or 'the United States for the purpose of. fix ing maximum selling prices of simnr (n the state of Loulslnnn, and In so doing acted wholly wltliQiit authority of law and In violation of his own I construction of his ofllclal duty, which precluded him from placing .nny Inter-' pretutlon upon United Stntes criminal statutes under which possible viola tors might escape prosecution. "The legalistic method adopted by the attorney general was wholly Inef- fectlve n,s 11 means of price control ; It gnve apparent governmental sanc tion to extremely high sugar prices, which excited the cupidity of Cuban producers and caused an advance In the Cuban market." Congressman "Hilly" Mason of Illi nois contributed hls'blt In the shape of charges that Mr. Palmer and An thony Camlnettl, commissioner genernl of hnmlgrntlon, used their offices to obtain exemption from the drnft for J. Kemp Unrtlett, Jr., nephew of the uttorney genernl. According to copies of correspondence between the prin cipals, submitted by Mason, Camlnettl signed the certificate which led to the exemption, after the head of the Im migration service ot Hot Springs had refused to moke such nn nflldnvlt. Itepresentutlve Mason broke out In yet another spot last week, accusing Harney Hnruch of having "stolen $50, 000,000 from the government In copper alone." When BnrucH wrote Mason demnuding thnt ho at once submit to congress and the uttorney general tho evidence on which he based the charges, Mason replied that since looking over his previous statement ho would amend it to say that "you and your associates stole $200,000,000 lu copper alone." He added thnt the mat. ter on which ho based bis charges al ready -was before congress, In connec tion with the investigation of wur ex pcndlturcs. "You certnlnly do not expect me to preset this matter to your particular friend, Mr. Palmer, attorney general," Mr. Mason said, nnd ndded : "I shall. If 1 live, ask the uttorney' general of the United-States after March 4. 1021 to proceed civilly and crlmlnnll ajfulnst you and your nssoclates." Women friends of "free" Irelnnd'1 heckled the senate the othei; duy and were ejected from the galleries. Next dny they burned n British flag In front of the treasury building. The senator were quite willing while ego tc "horn In" on Great Britain's Irish problem, hut they don't want anyone to urge them to do It again. Over In Ireland the "republicans are devoting themselves mainly to the destruction of police barracks, "and meanwhile parliament Is making prog ress with the home rule bill. The In dications nre that the whole nge-lonq quarrel -will he settled by the adoption of a dominion form of government fo the Emerald Isle. . Gregory Krassln, Itusslan bolshevik minister of trnde and commerce, wns granted a hearing In London by Lloyd George ami other members of the gov ernment nnd It was reported he waj given permission to open" a central of. flee In the city for the resumption of trade with Russia. This despite tin; strong opposition of Earl Curzon. head of the British foreign olllce. Tho bol shevlkl nre especially eager to resume trade with Amerlcn, but our govern ment gives no encouragement. In the field' the soviet troops, which had been pushing hnck the Poles, were themselves driven bnckwnrd on the center of tho front, where they hnl been menacing Minsk. But on Friday enme n startling report from Copen hagen to the effect that the Polish army was In wild flight, pursued by nn enormous bolshevik force, Ac cording to dispatches from Constanti nople, the Eighth bolshevik army was evacuating Odessn under pressure from the Independent Ukmnlan army. Tho reds mnde considerable . progress lu Persia, capturing the Important Cas pian seaport of Itesht, and some of their troops advanced Into Anncnin. . The Turkish nationalists were bard hit by a great French victory at Aln tab and It was reported they had signed nn armistice with the Fre,nch In Clllcla. Allied control of the wa ters about Constantinople was periled by nationalist operations nlong the fjfea of Mnrmora. Hnvlpg received assurance that the president would not call It hack unT less some great emergency arose, con gress adjourned sine die on Saturday. Tho Itepublleans think' their record during the session Is good enough fot campaign purposes. MM FAMILIES DESTITUTE Fear Epidemic of Typhoid Unless. Filth Is Cleared Away Soon. People Lost Everything. Homer, Neb. Mayor W. Allen hns: sent an appeal to Governor McKelvic; "for funds to aid in clearing the city ot" the 111th deposited by the fldbd last week and to nld In moving back onto their foundations nnd making habit able twenty-live homes that were moved by the floods. Every innn nnd team nvnllablo here nnd mnny from Hubbnid and Emer son and other nearby towns nre aiding: In the work of removing tho debris, but they hnvo mnde little, more than n mark. Hundreds of men nnd teams.nro' needed If an epidemic of typhoid lsto bo nvoldefl. Scores of dead animals, are burled under driftwood nnd mud,, nnd arc already beginning to decny. The local Bed Cross chapter has; Already expended the $3,300 1t laid on band In the "purchase of food nnV clothing. Hot lmhtls nre being served three times a day to Avorkcrs cleaning' tho streets nnd to persons rendered destitute by tho flood. Additional' funds may be. called for, but for the present the local chapter Is doing all' It' Is possible to do. More than 450 of the town's 7G0' citizens lost practically everything they had, according to Mayor Allen, "We have about fifty famJUcs that nre practically destitute," said ifnyor Allen. "There nre twenty-five homes: off their foundations, nnd nbout fifty In which the tnu.il and wnter stands, four' feet deep. "It is to get these homes put back and refurnished to some degree thnt we nre trying to get help from the governor. I don't know Just whnt bo- can do." Food for the residents of Homer Is brought In by truck and train from Sioux City. Tho Burlington Is sending a relief train dally nnd nbout five trucks of supplies arrive dally. The food is purchased by the busl; ness men of Homer. Those who nro nble to pay do so, but everybody Is be ing take-? care of. AMERICAN CAR VICTOR. Chevrolet, Driving Automobile Made In This Country, Wins Race. Indianapolis, Ind. In the most spec tacular finish witnessed on thet In dianapolis speedway, Gaston Chevro let, driving nn Amerlcnn designed cnr rodp to victory In the eight renewal of the 500-mlle automobile race May "0. before a record-breaking crowd of 12Ti.O00. His time wns 5:40:10.14, nn nvcrnge of 88.10 miles an hour, the sec ond best In the history of the event. In ndditlon to winning $20,000 first; prize, Chevrolet also won approxi mately $n..r00 more in lnp prize com petition nnd cash prizes offered by ac cessory firms. Rene Thomas got sec ond plnce, covering the distance. In r:4.1:02.20. Ills average wns 87.45 miles nn hour. Tommy Milton iniido third. nnd Jimmy Murphy, of the Los Angeles speedway race, four. AH thrills came In the Inst thirty miles, when Ralph Do Palntn, the fa vorite, with a lead of ten miles, seem ed cortnln of winning. But with vlc (ir within grasp, bis car burst into flnmes and he was out of the rrtce for a time, flnnlly finishing fifth. Boyer, who led the first 2:K miles, wns put out of tb i nee when his car el Id led, over turned and trashed Into 11 o-lclc re taining wnll. Neither Boyer nor his mechanician wns seriously injured. No serious nccidents marred the races, said to have been tho greatest ever held on this speedway. Biggest Fighting Ship Launched. New York. Tho superdrendnought Tennessee, Blgg&Rt ntid most formid nble fighting ship afloat, was launched nt tlfe New York navy ynrd with ap propriate ceremony. Constructed here nt n cost of ?20, 000,000, the Tennessee represents, tlift Inst word In hnttleshlp architecture. She Is 025 feet long, has a beam of 08 feet and a displacement of 32, fiOO tons. She Is tho next thing to n pleasure yacht In the 'comfort off her nppolntments for . officers nnc) men, nnd it Is the first battleship to recruit her entire personnel "from the state from which- she tnkes her name. Further News Print Advance. Montreal. An ndvonce In tho ex port price of nevws print paper from 500 a ton to $110 for tho three months beginning July 1, to bo followed liy nn nd'vnnce to $130 Is Shown In tho schedule of tho Canadian Export Paper compniy, limited, Issued here. Tho price will be. Increased one cent .1 pound July 1 to TA cents, n pound, mill, nnd on October 1, to GV6 cents a pound, mill. Japan Can Furnish Sugar. Senttle, Wnsh, Jnpnnese centrlfu-. gal sugar can be laid down In Senttlo for approximately 17 n hundred pounds, according to Information re ceived from Kobe by n Seattle Im porting company recently. Tho Inform ation said between 80,000 and 00,000. tons nre available for export. Anoth er firm nnnounced that 55,000 tons of. Japanese, Formosa and Jnvnuese sugar would be shipped direct to. New York nmFnbout 5,000 tons to San Francisco. 1
