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O. H. CRONIN, Publisher. O^N-EILL. NE93/$,KA ^Amertna must look to hr> rut rly t petroleum if plans for a grca: i.m rcnatit marine are to be icti^-ed. Kdward L. Po'icny, preaidcOit of tfc»-Mcxi«an Piro leuin company told the Senate tubcoinmit tee Investigating Mexican condition*. •‘Other nations are rapidly gaining control of the petroleum fieldr, of the world.’ ho said “if tin supply is not furnished for ships America’s maritlae revival will atop.’’ Virtual confiscation is now being ffcwctici d by the Carranaa government in refusing it> grant Americans the right to drill for oil on land they acquired by legal purchase, Doheny said. A new kind of labor union nor- been formed in lielmstadt, a village near M&dgeburg, Germany, which puts for ward as a principle that every German should engago in some occupation involv ing bodily Ubor, when the general wel fare demands It- Unemployed clerks, book keepers, and students are to enter the coal and potash mines or become farm bonds. A number of them have already left Madgeburg, under the guidance of a trained officer, for labor in the mines near there. A certain Mexican gentleman residing In San Antonio, Tex., one of the uurnefou*' agents of Villa, the bandit, will learn frorr these linen that the f30,000 worth of ammu nition which he hoped to secure from l>r. P. Amagany end smuggle across the bor der to his chief is not likely to bo de livered. The fact is that "Dr. P. Amag any" was none othter than Dr. P. H. At tendorf, who was in the service of tlio United States military intelligence depart ment. announces the Dos Angeles Times. Thefts from the castles of former Km peror William and the C’rown Prince Fred erick, not only during the revolution hut during (ho January and March riots of the Spartacistr and Communists, are still engaging the attention of the police. Slow ly the authorities have been able to trace some of the valuables, but an Immense Amount has been taken from Berlin by underground methods and muy never be recovered. 3. G. Luhrsen, Hpokane Wash., presi dent of the American Train Dispatchers’ Association, has ashed the committee to incorporate In the railroad legislation pro visions continuing In effect an order which provides thcro shall he no discrimi nation against rail employes because they »ro members or nonmembers of labor or ganizations and also that a tribunal lie established to which employes could ap peal In questions relutlng to thetr work. The British finance act. which more than any other recent legislation echoes the popular cry of "Britain for the Britons" gives preference to materials produced within tho empire. One order provides that preference shall be given re fined sugar, molasses and tobacco from the colonies, and the other declares lhat no manufactures shall bo considered of British or Imperial origin unless 25 per gont of the total value Is tha result of British or imperial labor. ▲ young demobilised officer, ’’returning after four yearn In France to find England •till cursei* by party government, asks for financial help to enable him to stand as Independent candidate for a constituency where he Is well known and where he Would obtain the votes of his old regiment, reads an advertisement In the London Time*. An appeal Is being made by the '.'Irele tor Negro Belief, 409 Fifth Avenue, New York city, for financial aid for Ethel Williams, the m&ld who lost both hand* and one eye when sho unwrapiied the bomb addressed to ex-Senator Hardwick, bf Georgia. Senator Hardwick has been paying most of her expenses up to this time. A Portland, Ore., newspaper Is repeated !y asking what became of the 1lll.OQO.OCO feet of airplane lumber shipped from Washington and Oregon before the armis tice. We sent our allies, after gcneious allowance for wasteage, sufficient mate rial for the frames of 92,950 planes; we kept enough for 50,050 aircraft." But where Is the lumber wc kept? Laclede, Mo., will have one big celebra tion when "Johnny" (Pershing) comes marching home! Two gifts arc to bo pre sented to him: An old picture of his moth er, found In an ancient Laclede photograph album, and a pistol, which will be pre sented by John Parks, a negro. The pistol was given to Parks by the general, when he left Laclede for West Point. In the recent registration In Los Angeles city and county, 60.8 of the women regis tered, and 43.2 of the men. But when It came to the vote, DT.b’ per cent of the women voted, and 48.8 pci u«nt of the men. The totul vote cast was only 63,3 per cent of the total registration. Assistant Attorney General Hitchcock declared this week that the law making It a criminal offense to conspire to Incn use unreasonably the price of any necessity of life applies not only to manulacturers 'and dealers, but a^o to any group of laborers engaged In the production of u necessity of life. Ours Is not a city whose people are willing to surrender in the face of tin eats from l'ocs without or within, and now Is the lime arid this the place for a finish 'fight If tire Boston policemen make their membership In the American Federation of Labor the price of peace, says the Bos ton Transcript. A hundred thousand Americans and 3,600 Portuguese soldiers are said to have mar ried Frenchwomen recently. If the pro portion Is the same for other allied troops In France, about ono soldier In 30 has taken home a French brute, says a lteutor dispatch to the London Times. An American company having u capital of $100,000,000 Is being organized in Boland to extend credits to Polish cities so they may meet their necessities, In the con struction of canals, water plants and hos pitals. according to Vossischa Zeitung, of Berlin. Telephones for the devastated region* of northern Franc* are being provided by the French post office out of equipment purchased from the American army. This Includes 273 exchanges and 26,000 instru ments. Some gun powder, which was “no good,” was sold by the United States to England, and by England to Hussla, and by ltussia resold to the United States, a recent in vestigation by a House committee dis «l?~es. The 1311 edition of Terry’s Mexico states tfcat there were then 8,000 Japanese Iri Mexico. The Japaneso legation has re cently given out that there are but 2,000 there. There are 7,000 in Peru and over 16,000 in Brazil. The BraggVillo, Mass., post office has been closed because It was found Impossi ble to get a post master at the salary allowed, since the post master Is not per mitted to do outside work. A visitor to the Minnesota state fair was Be-N’a-Wey-Wencc, which name means "wrinkled meat,” who said that he was 130 years old. He wanted imme diately to rid in an airplane. Hundreds of good jobs, paying from $10 to $63 a month, with room, board and Washing, fer a single man, or from $^0 to flOO a month for married eouplss. are go f* lAESibS. aCCQIjtTi to ;hs ——~k-^. «**•—a*-** t ^ IN dli DW pakc "Officers" Find It Easier to Get Bootleg Booze By In timidation Than In the Usual Manner. Norfolk. Neb., Sept. 23.—"Highjack ing" 1b the latest diversion to engago Nebraska bootleggers, according to United States Marshal Thomas J. Flynn, of Omaha, here for the term of federal court . The procedure, according to the mar shal, is exertroely simple. Runners of illicit whisky who have become a trifle wary of the hazards of crossing state lines and the consequent diffi culties with Uncle Sam’s operatives, now prey on those foreslghted citizens who "stored away” quantities of the “hard stuff.” fjpon learning of the existence of a well stocked cellar, the “highjack ers” descend upon the owner in force. Then they flash bogus stars and de mand that they bo permitted to search his house for Illegal whisky. Gener ally the householder 1b too dazed by the appearance of the “officers” to think about asking to see a search warrant. If the search proves successful, the pseudo detectives announce that they are obliged to confiscate the foresight cd citizen’s supply and remove It to "headquarters.” Headquarters, how ever, does not necessarily mean "police headquarters." Anyway the stunned owner of the whisky has seen the last of his precious store. The game, which has worked suc cessfully in numerous cases, has now grown passe with owners of private stocks and precautions are taken to secrete the “hard stuff where no pry ing eyes may discover it. NEBRASKA LANGUAGE LAW 13 VICIOU8LY ASSAILED Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23.—Arthur Mul len. attorney for John Sledlik, a Polish Catholic, of South Omaha, made a vig orous attack on the new language law before the Nebraska supreme court Mullen alleged that the law Is uncon stitutional because the act denies re ligious liberty, prevents education, ii »n Improper use of public power, seekl to give the state a monopoly of educa ti.«n and that the act Is the outgrowtt of Intolerance and “Prusslanlsm.'' "The most vicious kind of prohibition so far proposed Is lungauge prohibi tion,” said Mullen. "The purpose ol education Is to make boys and girls useful men and women, to instill inte the hearts and minds of our young a real love for their country and regard for divine authority." He attacked those instrumental In urging the passage of the low. "They belong to the crowd who shrieked and howled in the streets of Jerusalem for the crucifixion of the Snvlour,” he as serted. Mr. Mullen asserted that the bash history of the American government Is regulation rather than prohibition. He Insisted that language prohibition Is the most drastic and far reaching step that has been attempted In dealing with the personal rights of the citizen. The courts, he said, have never been called upon to pass on the question of .the right of the legislature to prevent the study of foreign languages. No state has attempted to pass Ruch a law.” It Is a Nebraska product.” he as serted. Mullen "roasted" the senate for pass ing a censure resolution directed against Judge Hastings, dean of the college of law of the University of Ne braska for accepting employment from the Interests opposed to the new lan guage law. Mullen and other lawyers are representing the Catholic and Lu theran churches. John Sledlik ap pears as intervener. ALLEGED HORSE THIEF MAKES ESCAPE FROM JAIL Pender. Neb. Sept. 23.—Harry lloagan, son of Marshal James Hoagan, of Walthill, Neb., and alleged auto mobile and horse thief, escaped from Jail here Sunday morning. Posses un dor the sheriff and Deputy Sid Young scoured ttie surrounding country with out having found any trace or clew to the whereabouts of the escaped pris oners. Hogan was held at Pender for the theft of two automobiles and five horses horses, stolen recently. One of the horses was stolen in Dakota coun ty, the other four and the automobiles being taken from residents of Thurs ton county. Hogan was allowed some liberty as n, prisoner, It was said. He was sit ting in the office of the Jail, talking with the Jailer. Suddenly he jumped through a window and ran down the street, chased by the jailer for moro than two blocks. "4— DROUGHT COUNTRY CATTLE TO WINTER IN NEBRASKA Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 23.—Several hun dred thousand head of cattle and sheep have already urrived in Nebraska from the western drought states, according to C. H. Heard, agent In marketing work, United States department of ag riculture and state college of agri cuture. Cherry county alone has re ceived 20,000 head, and a like number has come into the three counties ol Grant, Thomas and Hooker. In ad dition to selling several thousand tons of hay Dawes county expects to winter several thousand head of western cat tle end sheep. Stock is also arriving in Sheridan and several other north ern counties. EWING IS PLANNING A $40,000 HOTEL Ewing. Neb., Sept. 23.—Funds are being raised here with the object ot erecting ;l $40,000 hotel. It is to be 50x100 feet in size and two stories high At a meeting last Wednesday about $10,000 was raised, and it was thought with that start the enterprise would go through. The proposal is that tin necessary funds be secured by forming a stock company, the stock :o ).,> sr.;,' locally. MEN IE CUD Will IE THEFT Booty Located In Council Bluffs and Alleged Thieves Rounded Up at Wayne, Neb. West Point, Neb.. Sept. 22.—Tht slaughter house of C. P. Schellenberg was broken into a week ago and hides valued at $500 were stolen. Mr. Schel lenberg at once reported ‘he matter to Sheriff Sexton, and together they started out on a still hunt to recover the property. After a few days' search it was discovered that the hides had been shipped from Norfolk to Council Dluffs, where they were found and re covered. The alleged thieves were lo cated at Wayne, where they wore ar rested and placed in Jail. Two men and a boy are Involved. They have criminal records in Wayne and Thurs ton counties, and also at Sioux City, it is claimed. NATIONALIZATION DAY IN COURT AT WEST POINT West Point, Neb., Sept. 22.—The reg ular September term of the district court commenced here Thursday, Judge W. V. Allen, of Madison, presiding. Equity matters are occupying the at tention of the court Thursday and Fri day. Today naturalization matters are before the court. A large number of foreign-bom residents of Cuming coun ty are seeking citizenship. On Monday the Jury will appear. A number of Jury cases are before the court. The only criminal case of any importance i« that of the State vs. Charles Jugel who is under bond on a charge of adultry. WIPED HIS FEET ON HER LACE CURTAINS Fremont, Neb., Sept 22.—Mrs. Will iam Conners caused the arrest of h r husband on a charge of assault. In court she testified that he tore a curtain from the window when he washed his feet and found no towel to dry them. To get even Mrs. Conners said she grabbed two electric ligh' globes and slammed them to the floor. In the melee that followed, consider able damage resulted. Mrs. Conners showed the court a black eye and said her hip was badly bruised. Conners is spending SO days in the county jail. —^ ■ GRAND ISLAND PREPARES TO ENTERTAIN SHRINERS Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 22.—Prep arations have been made for the en tertainment of the 2,000 Nebraska Shriners with their 250 candidates, who will assemble here for the joint cere monial session of the three temples of the Mystic Shrine of Nebraska, Tan gier of Omaha, Sesostris of Lincoln, and Tehama of Hastings, Monday. September 22. The Liederkranz auditorium, seating 1,100, has been secured and a part of the adjacent paved street has been set aside for a mammoth tent. In connec tion with the assembly will be the visi tation of the imperial potentate, W. Freeland Kendrick, of Philadelphia. TUBERCULOSIS WILL HAVE ATTENTION Iowa to Be Prominent In Mis souri Valley Meeting at Des Moines. I>es Moines, la., Sept. 20.—Iowa au thorities upon tuberculosis will be prominent at the Mississippi Valley Tu berculosis conference, which will be held here September 22 to 24, and the attendance from the state promises to tie by far the largest of that from any of the 12 states which will be repre sented at the conference. Ralph J. Reed, secretary of the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, is secretary treasurer of the Mississippi valley or ganization, and is in charge of arrange ments for entertaining the delegates to the conference, which will bring lead ing authorities upon tuberculosis and welfare work from all over the United States to Des Moines. Sherman L. Kingsley, director of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland, Ohio, tvho la president of the Mississippi Val ley conference, is a former Iowan, and was formerly a resident of Waverly. Among the Iowans who will appear on the program is Dr. H. V. Scarbor ough, who directs the Iowa state tuber culosis sanatorium at Oakdale, and who as president of the Mississippi Valley Sanatorium Association will preside al pne of the Important sessions of the conference. Dr. John H. Peck, of Des Moines, [.resident of the Iowa Tuberculosis As sociation. is in charge of the clinics which will be held in connection with the conference. CRAWFORD ALL SET FOR TRI-STATE FAIR Crawford, Neb., Sept. 22.—The tri state fair and race meet, embracing northwest Nebraska, eastern Wyoming and southwest South Dakota, will be held September 18-20, "An old fash ioned fair with $200 to $1,000 purses for all races, exceptional premiums for ' winners in exhibits of stock of all kinds, poultry, grain, produce, art, cul inary, etc., is the description authorized by the board, which Is headed by Arah L. Hungerford, president; Charles L. Leithoff, vice president, and W. O. Barnes, secretary. POSTPONE^ EXECUTION OF FRENCH WAR SPY Paris. Sept. 20.—Announcement was made this morning of the postpone ment of the execution of Pierre Lenoir, who was tried with Senator Humbert and others on a charge of communi cating military intelligence to the enemy and who was to have faced the firing squad at dawn today. When ho heard that he was not to be executed, Lenoir said: "Before Clod and uoan I swear I am no traitor.” i EIGHT HOUR DAT CAUSE OF KICKS Railway Patrons In Nebraska Complain That Station AgentP Fail to Serve Them • Properly. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 20.—Kicks on federal eight hour service have been registered with the Nebraska state rail way commission. Frank P. Johnson, of Minatare, -has filed a formal com plaint with the commission in regard 10 short hours of work for the Burling ton station agent at that place. He soinplains that last Sunday the agent refused to sell tickets and check bag gage for the 9:40 p. m. passenger train which passes through Minatare, which results in great inconvenience to pa trons. The agent told Mr. Johnson that he was not paid for working on Sun day. Passengers are able to pay fare on the train but can't get-their baggage checked. "It seems to me," writes Mr. Johnson, "that, such conduct of the office at Minatare is not reasonable and I am in clined to believe that it is due to the despotic attitude of the agent more than the carrying out of any orders of the railway department. I should like to be informed if such things arc per mitted and approved by the depart ment." Grape Growers Complain. The state railway commission re cently received complaint from fruit growers of Brownville that the rail road depot at that place was closed at 5 o’clock in the evening, or too early to ship grapes to market. The com mission found on investigation that if the station agent was required to re main on duty the railroad would have to pay $100 a month overtime. Ar rangements were made whereby the fruit could be placed on the evening train and the billing attended to the next day. Under private control railway sta tion agents worked when there was a job to do and locked up the station when business demands did not compel them to be on duty. Under govern ment control and the eight-hour daj they remain on duty continuously un til the eight-hour stunt is completed This is because of the desire of Uncle Sam to save overtime expense. OMAHA NURSES ARE TO DEMAND MORE PAY North Platte Neb., Sept. 20.—Forty taking the public’s pulse Is going up Nurses cannot serve and save on $30 a week plus board and room, they say. One hundred and fifty private duty hospitals met and signed a petition which calls for a minimum wage of $!> i day on general duty cases and $40 i week on obstetric, mental and con tagious disease cases. The petition will be presented to the Nebraska State Association of Grad uate Nurses at its meeting next Tues day. The present wage scale, which has oeen in effect two years, allows $30 a week on ordinary cases; $35 for obstet ric and contagious, nervous and men tal; $5 a day for any duty less than a week; proportionate part of $30 for ilays more than one week. _A_ SEED WHEAT PROBLEM IS HAVING ATTENTION Omaha, Neb., Sept. 20.—The cost of lepartment of agriculture has begun its annual propaganda against poor teed wheat. Some shipped into Ne oraska contains the seed of a noxious weed that is hard to separate from wheat because it is about the same size as wheat kernels. Farmers are requested to send samples to Secretary Stuhr, of the department, to test its germinating qualities. It Is claimed that 98 per cent of the seed wheat should germinate under a test. Sam ples sent from several Nebraska coun ties fall below this. They run from BO to 91 per cent. Owing to the short age of alfalfa seed some has been im ported from Italy. The department of agriculture finds that It contains seed of the morning glory, a trouble some vine. —♦— OLD MOTORMAN DIES GOING TO HIS WORK Omaha, Neb., Sept. 20.—When Mar tin Hansen, first motorman in Omaha, was found dead in the street near his home, a wooden stool he had brought from Denmark 45 years ago and which he had carried to and from his work for 28 years was near his body. He had been stricken with heart failure on his way to work. Hansen formerly conducted a saloon. He quit after a dispute with a cus tomer who insisted on buying more liquor than Hansen thought good for him. "I’ll never sell another drink,” said Hansen as he locked up his saloon. He sold the plnce n«xt day and went to work for the street railway. AMERICAN INDIAN DAY IS TO BE OBSERVED Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 20.—The people at Nebraska are asked In a proclama tion from Governor McKelvie to ob serve Friday, September 26, as Ameri can Indian day. The governor calls at tention to the long residence of th« Indians on the American continent their love of freedom and their great work In the world war. He asks th« people to fittingly observe the day, and bequests the public schools of the state to study the history of the American Indians. The state of Washington ob serves the da/ and other states ar« taking an interest in its observance. BIG LAND TRANSACTION IS CLOSED AT ANSLEV Ainsley, Neb., Sept. 20.—One of tht largest land deals ever made in this territory was closed when Peter Hook stra. of Davi# City, bought the Gardnei Housel 800-acre farm from R. A. Stud ley, president of the First National bank of Ord, and Ira Nelson, living here. The place is one of the finest in the country, and sold at $68,000. Studley and Nelson bought the placo this spring from the Ilousels. paying 150,000 for it. ♦♦ ♦ + + + + +♦♦♦ + ♦+*+♦♦■ + 44 4 + + + 4 + f + 4 + + i : 5 : ..h 4 Approximate- number of steel employe* xf*erte4 by c*r:We in Amcr- 1 4 i«sa, 600,000. 4 4 Employe* of the United States Steel corporation affected by the 4 4 strike, 268,710. 4 4 The demands made by the men are Right of collective,bargaining; ^ ♦ eight-hour day: six-day week; abobtiln of 24-hour shift; reinstatoment . . 4 of men discharged for union activities; standard wag* scale: increase ^ j 4 of pay; double pay for overtime, holiday and Suridav work; abo'itior! , 4 of company unions; abolition of physical examination of applicants; T ' 4 adoption of seniority principles. 4 Number of United States Steel corporation employes holding cn-po- . 4 ration stock i.n 1319, 60,741. ♦ 4 Total \yagts and salaries paid by the United States suel comma 4 Can in 191R, $452,663,524. 4 4 Expenditures for welfare work by United States Steel oernoratiar 4 V 4 in 1917, $10,643,980. 4, * 4 Unskilled help, lowest pay, $3.50: highest, $6. a 4 Skilled help, lowest, $7: highest, $70 to $80. 4 Highest priced help, rollers who run uo to $80 a day and ave-rae 4 4 $30. ' 4, 4 Next highest priced Help, melters, who average $?0 a day. 4. 4444-4 4444 4 44444444 44 4444 4 4444444444 + 4 4 + Yep, President Speaks Th^e Tonight—California Repub licans Give League Support, Aboard ho President’s Train, Sept. ?■?>.—President Wilson today, leaving the Pacific const, headed east on his campaign for ratification of the peace treaty. He was to make a speech In Reno tonight. Meanwhile a nop was scheduled at Sacramento, and there was a possi bility that he would address the crowd there from th ar platform. Most of too 'i was spent ir. the mountains of California. The presi dential party enjoyed, a ride through these scenic stretches. Telegrams were delivered aboard the train at sev eral stops and it was understood Wil son was iri close -touch with the labor situation. ^ The pre-ident was much refreshed by liis Sunday rest in L03 Angelos. Most of Sunday the president and Mrs. Wilson spent quietly, leaving their hotel only to attend services during the j morning at St. Paul's Episcopal cathe dral. A report that they would take I an afternoon automobile ride brought | a b’.g crowd around (he hotel but it i waited in vain. Gains Woman’s Support. During Sunday afternoon Mr. Wilson saw the regional committee of the League to Enforce Peace and later made public a list of questions sub mitted by them regarding the treaty, together with his answers. The replies were a repetition of previous public statements answering similar o.uestions placed before him during the past week. With the league delegation as Mrs. Florence Collins Porter, of Los An geles, one of the five women members of the republican national executive committee who told the president that although Bbe had not been able pre viously to support the treaty without reservation, she had decided to do so after hearing Mr. Wilson’s address at the dinner here last night. Later she accepted membership in the League to Enforce Peace executive committee and announced publicly that she fa vored immediate ratification of the treaty as its stands Speaks to Big Crowd. When the president entered the Los Angeles auditorium for his Saturday night speech he raa cheered for more than two minutco by a crod estimated by the police at 6,000. The hall was jammed and outside were thousands who could not get in. Some had been waiting since early morning for the doors to open. At ilie auditorium meeting Mr. Wil son was introduced by Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, national president of the eral Federation of Women's Clubs. The meeting had been advertised as one of strictly nonpartisan character, and many of the state’s prominent re publicans sat on the platform. Among them ere Henry W. Wright, speaker of the California assembly, and Marshall Stlmson. who was campaign manager in southern California for Senator Hi ram Johnson, In 1D10. PREPARE RECEPTION. Reno, Nov., Sept. 23.—When Presi dent Wilson arrives here tonight at 8 o'clock ho will be driven through gaily decorated streets especially light ed to a theater where he is to speak. The auditorium has been arranged to seat 2,000, and admissions is strictly by ticket. After a two-hour step here the presi dent and his party will resume their trip east. Reno has been filling up with visitors since yesterday morning, and last night not a hotel room was to be bad, while the overflow of guests took every avail able bed in private houses. Today ad ditional hundreds were pouring in by train and automobile in the hope that they might catch a glimpse of the president. The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers recently made application to join the Min nesota State Federation of I-abor Tho motion to join was carried unanimously, j | Pershing and Staff Donate $10,000 for French War Orphans Washington. Sept. 23.—General Per shing’s last days in France contained an incident which is disclosed in a re port just reaching national headquar ters of the American Red Cross front Paris. It is a. gift of over $10,000, from General Por-rting and the officers cf his staff to tl;e Red Cross to be devoted to some Oeae: vir.g work among the mothers and children of France who suffered in the war. A letter accom panying the donation stipulated that the money be placed in the “Stars and Stripes war omhan fund,” which as sisted by $h« Red Cress, has “adopted” thousands of French children, whose fathei? were killed In battle. Britain and France Agree or Plan — Italians Continue Blockade—D’Annunzio Holding Out. London. Sept. 23.—An attempt by Jugo-Slav forces to land on the Dal matian coast is reported in official dis patches reaching here regarding the Adriatic controversy in which Fiume is the storm center. The landing wat frustrated by the Italian military and naval authorities Paris. Sept. 22.—There were indica tions today that the supreme council might agree upon a settlement of ttie Dalmatian question on the basis of a formula making Fiume Italian, but neu tral—that is, not allowing Ilaiy to keep troops there and internationalizing tlie- , docks and railways, thus sale guard ing the Jugo-Slae avid central Eu ropean interests. This plan was suo mitted to President Wilson on Sep tember 17 and Is awaiting his decision. France and Great Britain have ap proved of the plan and the Jugo-Slavs are reported to be favorable to it, al though awaiting the American decision beforo giving their reply. The Italian forces are maintaining the blockade of Fiume now in effect. It is learned the allied navies merely standing by as observers. NOVJ INTOJUGO-SLAViA. Paris, Sept. 23.—Troops under Gab liele D’Annunzio, the insurgent Italian commander at Fiume, have begun ex tending their zone of occupation into Jugo-Slav territory, according to the Jugo-Slav delegation In Paris. They penetrated seven miles into Jugo slavia on Saturday, occupying the heights at Pisniak, dominating the sur rounding country. DISCREDT MARINES REPORT. Lond9n, Sept. 23.—American navy headquarters here which is in direct communication with Adriatic ports, lias no confirmation of th© report from Rome last night that American ma rines have been landed at Buccari, near Fiume. Naval authorities here are not Inclined to credit the report so far as known, there being no reason for the United States to interfere. The fact that an American ship is in the harbor of Fiume is of no significance, in the opinion of the naval officers. MARKET STEADY DESPITE STRIKE Steel Shares Little Aifected During Opening Hours Today —Volume of ..Trading Small New York, Sept. 23.—Tho steel strike exerted little adverse influence over the stock markef at the opening of today's trading. Steel shares were least dis turbed of any Important issues, open ing mostly at gains, which extended from % point in United States Steel to 1 point in Bethlehem and 3 for Cru cible. Reactions in the first half hour canceled most of these gains, however. Stocks dependent upon the stability of the steel industry, such as equip ments, wet-e steady to firm, although the motor group was inclined to yield. Trading was comparatively small, with no indications of urgent liquida tion. Commission houses reported very small offerings for out of town ac counts. AHA! SEES POLITICS IN FIGHT ON TREATY Iowa Democrats Are Doing It Now, Kenyon Announces— Receives Letters. Washington, Sept. 2.1.—Senator Washington Bureau, The Tribune. Kenyon has received letters from per sonal friends among democratic coun ty chairmen in Iowa, saying that all the democratic county chairmen have been urged to send letters to Senators Cummins and Kenyon, and to have others send such letters advocating ratification of the league covenant. Instead of doing this some of the chairmen wrote Kenyon, advising him that they favored his stand for reser vations. "Tills strikes me as pretty conclusive evidence that tho advocates of the covenant as it stands are not only playing politics but are going to great lengths to play it," said Senator Ken yon. The duchess, of Marlborough and an other American woman, Mrs. Alys Rus sell, founded the first school in England far training mothers in tho oare of '■hildreu.