r ranee Ratifies
Washington Pact
to Limit Navies
Chamber of Deputies Votes,
460 to 106, for Ratification
Following Debate in
Open Session.
By Associated Press.
Pari*, July 7.—The French cham
ber of deputies this evening ratified
Washington tr?&ty for the llmlta
Of naval armaments and capital
inSpi^s by a vote of 460 to 106.
treaties were taken up today
A *'n Open session of the chamber for
* the first time with the clauses deal
ing with the limitation of armament
and capital ships the object of spe
cial consideration. With Premier
Poincare and other members of the
government presetnt, Charles Guer
nier, reporter for the foreign affairs
commission, spoke on his report fav
oring ratification of the treaties with
slight reservations. During his
speech, amplifying and explaining
his report, the deputy referred to the
figures of tonnage of capital ships as
being "imposed upon" each nation. At
this former Premier Brland, who
headed the French delegation at the
Washington conference, jumped to
his feet and, speaking with Intense
earnestness, said:
, “No conditions were Imposed upon
France, and the figures of tonnage
adopted for capital ships have no in
fluence over other units. This
French liberty of action concerning
light cruisers, torpedo boats and sub
marines remain absolutely Intact.”
It^was announced this evening that
the chamber of deputies would dis
cuss next Monday the Washington
treaties relating to the Pacific, the
use of gases in war and the protec
tion of neutral*.
Stadium Teamsters Quit
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, July 7.—Thirty teamsterB
working on the new university stadi
um quit work today because their
demand for an increase of from $7 to
$S a day was denied.
Omahans to Attend Military Training Camp
Here is a picture of the successful candidates to the citizens’ military training ramp at Fort l)es Moines and the
group of army officers who were guests of the Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon Friday noon. Maj. Gen. George
B. Duncan, commandant of the Seventh corps area, is fourth from the left in the bach row.
Democrats of State
in Powwow at Lincoln
(Continued From 1'aXp One.)
of William O. MeAdoo for the presi
dential nomination.
“For 25 years it has been my cus
tom to select a platform and then
find the man who is willing to stand
upon it, and I have not deviated from
that course this year," he said. "I
will say that the candidacy of Gov
ernor Smith <*£ New York is not ac
ceptable to me.”
Depend on Congress.
Mr. Bryan asserted that until the
coming session of congress was ended
it was difficult to determine what the
issues will bo in the coming campaign.
"Anything said at this time is like
quoting prlces^which are subject to
change." he asserted.
"The importance of prohibition in
the campaign depends largely upon
the new congress. If its enemies
prove strong and daring it may de
velop into an important issue.
"At present the farmer is in a
deplorable condiiton. He is selling
on a prewar level and buying on a
level fully 50 per cent higher than
the prewar level. This means the
farmer cannot buy twn-thirda as much
as before and eventually must do
without things he needs or go Into
bankruptcy. Something must be done
to raise the farmer's prices or to low
er the prices of things he buys.
For Labor Court.
“Some tribunal must be established
to investigate disputes between capi
tal and labor before they reach the
stage of strikes and lockout*. These
two elements are drifting apart and
must be brought back together so
they can cooperate in a spirit of
brotherhood.
"The federal bank which was insti
tuted to benefit the people has been
captured by Wall street. It must be
brought out of the hands of Wall
street and made over again as an
agency for protecting the public.
“The profiteer is the chief obstacle
to prosperity and nothing is being
done to curb him. All lines of indus
try that can combine are combining
and organizing, leaving the masses
the victims of the combinations. The
exploiters were never more fully in
control of the country than now and
that control la sufficient to prevent
the amelioration necessary."
In speaking of the farmer-labor par
ty, Mr. Bryan asserted that at the
present time he didn’t believe a third
party would be effective.
_
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Suits and Presses
An occasion
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year.
Price
Your choice ex- \
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Pay but half the
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Herzberg’s policy of positive disposal of all
merchandise at the close of each season Is ef
fected through this all inclusive half-price sale.
Whether you live in or out of the city, you should
avail yourself of the advantages of this wonder
ful sale.
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Hope Abandoned for
v Missing Balloonists
(Continued From Pngs One.)
found. "Am heading for—Canada.”
was the blurred scrawl found on one
newspaper.
The tug came upon the wrecked
balloon after ('apt. John J. Cassin of
the steamship Colonial had notified
authorities at Port Stanley of Its
presence In the lake.
Late this afternoon, Admiral W.
A. Moffett, chief of naval aviation,
Washington, requested the Aero Ma
rine Airways, Inc., operating a fleet
of flying boats between Cleveland and
Detroit, to help In the search for the
missing balloon and naval officers.
Hydroplane Jols Search.
H. A. Bruno, vice president of the
company, immediately tuned up the
hydroplane Nina and started for Port
Stanley, Ont., at 4:40, with three
newspaper men and Pilot Shlller at
the wheel. They sighted the Can
adian shore at 5:20, followed fhe
shore 10 miles out and at 5:55 landed
alongside the tug Stanley, 22 miles
southwest of Port Stanley. The
Stanley had the balloon A-6698 In
tow.
The Nina cruised around the vicin
ity for nearly an hour, searching for
trace of the missing officers, but
without avail.
A slight chance remains that the
airmen may he alive, It was said.
Life preservers were said to be in
the balloon when It left on the trip,
and it is conceded the two lieutenants
might have been picked up in Lake
Erie by some freighter which had no
wireless apparatus and could not In
form shore stations of the rescue.
Local airplane pilots said the two
naval officers mtgt have worn life
preservers or a rubber suit contain
ing air next to their underclothing, j
The last sight of the balloon was
by H. E. Honeywell, pilot of a bal
loon In the race, who came to earth
east of Buffalo. He said he sighted
Roth s ship over Lake Erie Friday, i
Balloon Identified.
Washington, July 7.—The balloon
found partly submerged off Port
Stanley, Ont., on Lake Erie, has been
identified as that of Lieuts. L. J. Roth
and T. B. Null, naval balloonists, In
a report tonight to the Navy depart
ment from Pilot Shlller. who flew to
the scene from Cleveland.
The uniforms of both pilots were
found In the wreckage of the big bag
of the half submerged craft, the re
port said, and with them was the log.
an extra leather coat and a pair of
gauntlets. The balloon was partly
inflated, but the basket was missing,
indicating, in the opinion of naval
officers, that the two men had cut It
loose and abandoned their clothing
under stress.
Navy officials said the presumption
that the basket was cut l. ose encour
age them to the belief that the two
officers are still alive. The basket was
fitted with apparatus which enable
Ityto float for days.
Naval Officer in Omaha
Messmate of Balloonists
Lieut. Fred I>. Towers, U. 8. N..
recruiting officer for’Nebraska and
South Dakota, with offices at 210
South Fourteenth street, said last
night that he was a messmate of both
the balloonists who are lost, at Ar.
napolis naval acamody between 1910
and 1913.
"X went to Cedar Rapids high
school with Roth and finally we both
went to the naval academy,” said
Lieutenant Towers. “He was a year
ahead of me. Roth'a father was
mayor of Cedar Itaplds In 1910.
"The last time I saw Roth was In
Cuba, lie passed through Cuba about
six months ago on his way from the
I’nclflr. fleet at San Diego, Calif , to
Washington.
"George O. Hull, recruiting officer
for Kansas, stationed at Kansas City.
Mo., was another of our classmates."
Airplanes to Make Seareli
for Lost Denver Jeweler
Denver, July 7.—Airplane* are to
tie lined In the quest fur William It.
Heart, 25. missing Denver Jeweler,
who wandered awnjr from a party of
friends July 4 near Rt. Mary's glacier,
about 45 miles west of Denver, where
a ski meet was to he held.
Head took a *tr<dl to get some pie
tures, asking his friends to meet him
where his car was pnrked. Ho never
returned. Bloodhounds wero put on
the trail two days later and after fol
lowing all day Friday, lost It at Hit
ver creek, which Heart apparently
had waded.
Klks Broatlrast Propram
From Atlanta Convention
Hpcelal Dispatch to The Omaha Her.
Atlanta, On., July 1.~Radiophone
station, WRIt, of the Allanta Journal,
will broadcast a special concert by
South Dakota Klks Tuesday night,
10:45 to midnight, featuring Governor
W. If. McMasters, past grand exalted
ruler; James O. McFarland, Water
town, coming grand exalted ruler,
Routh Dakota^AU Elka hand and Sun
shine quartet. x
Fire Ha/.es Movie Doollt
Special IXsputell In Ttie Omaha lire
niue Springs, Neb , July 7 - While
the moving picture booth, which la
owned by the city and which gives
free Open rnovlra on the main street
was being operated. It enught Are and
was totally destroyed together with
six reels of him*. The cause of the
Are Is unknown. The loss Is over
M50 A large crowd was watching
ths movie*. No on* was Injured,
Leviathan Marks
New Milepost in
Deep Sea Craft
Maiden Voyage of Giant Liner
Contrasted With Passage
at Time of Civil
War.
(fOnt inurri From Fagr One.)
in the former German ship can never
be described. There was scarcely
anything left of those fittings aside
from the anchors and the boilers.
Finally the shipping board took it
over and offered it for sale. It
was little more than a hulk resting
in the mud of the Jersey flats. No
one wanted it. It was not attrac
tive even to the junk men. Then ap
peared Altjert I). I.asker as chairman
of the^hipping board. If there is one
line of activity in which he excels it
is advertising. Mr. Lasker saw his
opportunity. He determined to make
the Leviathan the great advertise
ment for the renaissance of the
American mercantile marine, and he
has done it.
Worth the Cost.
P. T. Barnum once declared that
he cared not what people said about
him. bo long as they talked about
his shows. Mr. Lasker has surely
succeeded In getting the world In
general and the American public In
particular to talk about the Levia
than. And of course there is plenty
of criticism in connection with the
trial trip of the big boat. This ship
is the great American floating hotel.
The charges for accommodations are
higher than ever dreamed of by the
most sanguine investor In sea ton
nage. The party occupying the most
expensive "sutte" paid nearly J5.000
for the privilege pf traveling from
New York to France or England
when It sailed on its Initial voyage
July 4. Naturally It Is the desire of
the shipping board to learn that1
every detail has been perfected, and
that all the departments, from the
engine room to the restaurants, func
tion properly. No hotelman would
think of opening a new hotel with
out testing out his office force and
his culinary division, and Mr. Lasker
is testing out the organization of the
Leviathan in that same manner. Crit
ics of the trial trip asserted that the
expense would approximate a million
dollars. The trial would have been
made if no guests whatever wer* in
vited. There were about 600 of these
gueBts. The crew have been on the pay
roll since they were signed on. The
same Is true of the steward's force.
They are entitled to their “grub”
whether in port or out on the ocean.
Therefore the only additional expense
incurred was the actual cost of the food
supplied to the guests. At $5 each
per day, which Is a liberal estimate,
the coat therefor did not exceed $15.
000. The advertising which the ship
ping board has received could not be
obtained for a hundred times that
sum—and It was all free, top of
column, pure reading matter stuff.
Mr. Lasker has certainly obtained
for the board over which he has so
ably presided a "raft" of free adver
tising, which will prove Invaluable
to the merchant marine which he
has done so much to build upon a
sea-full of wreckage.
TIip Merchant Marine.
Whether or not this merchant
marine will ever prove financially
successful Is an open question. Very
likely the answer will be negative.
There are too many legislative ob
stacles In the way. In the first place,
the shipping laws of this country are
a big handicap. No foreign ship
owners are handicapped by such
laws ns confront the American ship
owner. The wages he Is compelled
to pay and the crews he Is com
pelled to carry add enormously to
the cost of operation as compared
with the costs sustained by the
Prltish, French, German or Scandi
navian ship-owner.
Then, too, are the effects of the
Volstead law, the IRth amendment
to the constitution and the opinion
of the United States supreme court.
Thousands of Americans who travel
for pleasure or recreation regard
the right to drink anything which
their fanefas may dictate as one of
the privileges which they are en
titled to avhen three miles off the
shores of their country. The fact
that American passenger ships are,
and must be, "bone dry” has driven
hundreds of surh travelers to Ca
nadian ports during the present sea
son These facts In themselves would
be sufficient to hamper seriously the
successful operation of passenger
steamers under the American flag.
Put the greatest handicap la the
fact that no official, no matter what
his .ability, no matter how great his
desire to serve the people and no
matter how thoroughly honest he
may be, can hope to escape the carp
ing, sneering, unwarranted criticism
of a class of writers who apparently
labor under the Impression that the
acceptance of an office of great re
sponsibility Is prlma facie evidence
of moral turplture.
The (ireateat Ever.
Tho T,*via than la beyond the
shadow of a doubt the greatest ves
sel that ever plowed the salt seas.
Its hulk alone Is sufficient to give
It this distinction. Rut Its fit
tings are simply Incomparable As
the Vaterlnnd Ita finest rsbln, fltfpd
especially fur the emperor of tier
many, was looked upon as the last
word In luxurious appointments. Rut
ttie I/evlathnn excels even that acme
of luxury In half a dozen of Its
"suites." Nothing hns been omitted
by the furnisher nnd deeorstor to
make It the ultra superb palace of
tho ocean.
Will It pny Its cost? If a slnglo
ship sailing under the stars and
stripes ran pay n fair Interest on
her eoat the I.evlathsn will be that
ship. !t ie designed to meet the
demands of those wealthy people
who went the best without reference
to the price There are men who
gladly pay $R for a cravat In an ex
elusive haberdashery on Fifth avr
nuo. although they might buy the
duplicate tn a etnre one block farther
west for half the price. Mr. I.aaker
Is thoroughly familiar with thla trait
of tho American character—which
Is evgtt more marked In the female
of the species and It was thla knowl
edge which led him to Invest
$1,000,000 In the greatest ship
"ad" over attempted.
That Trip on the Fortuna.
I started out on the Fortuna and
seem to have awakened In one of
the cabins of the Leviathan. The
Fortuna was the type of that old line
of sailing craft which made sailor*
of those sturdy folk of .northeastern
Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
and Holland and subsequently of the
British Islands. Its home port was
Stralsund, which Is a small town
south of the Danish peninsula and
somewhere near the mouth of the
Kiel canal. It had a captain, a
mate and nine members of the crew,
including a boy, whose name was
Hans and who had a funny little
*ong, which he sung every morning
at the end of the starboard watch.
It was "Sloffy, slow, sloffy, sloffy,”
or that is what It sounded like to the
small Britisher who was the sole
passenger on that brig. Hang ex
plained that the English translation
of the little song would be "Coffee
is ready, and you had better come
and get it.”
A Floating Cabin.
The British channel on the morn
ing of May 17 was about like the
course between New York and Ber
muda, across the gulf stream, with
a 60-milo gale blowing from the weBt,
and It was three days before the
lonely passenger succeeded in find
ing storage room within his abdomen
to stow away his first breakfast. But
the next 40 days were just one dream
of idle pleasure until the first day
of July, when the lookout sighted, on
the port bow. the drifting deck-cabin
of some unfortunate craft that had
been wrecked off the banks In the
storm of the few days preceding. In
that deck-cabin was a flag locker
filled W'ith a complete set of signal
flags. Fifty years ago the interna
tional code on the ocean consisted of
a series of numbers instead of the
letters which have taken their place
today. Whenever the master of a
sailing vessel sighted another ship
he ran up on the peak halyards four
flags, ‘'2938," which asked the ques
tion, "What is your longitude?"
Then there would be a series of re
plies and perhaps greetings from
ship to ship.
Fun With the Signal Flag*.
July 1, 1869, was a perfect dav,
with just enough breeze blowing to
move the Fortuna on her course. In
the afternoon the starboard watch
were lolling around, ail except the
lookout and helmsman. The captain
and the mate were snoozing in the
cabin, and the 13-year-old passenger
got busy with those sea-soaked flags,
w'hlch had just been pulled on board.
In the process of drying them out
on the halyards hanging from the
spanker boom he consulted the inter
national code, with the result that
he sent aloft four flags to dry in the
breeze and then curled up in the boat
amidships for his siesia. It happened
that the flags sent aloft, either by
accident or design, spelled out:
“Heave to or I will fire across your
bows." It was about 3 in the after
noon when there was a yell from the
lookout. The captain and the mate
climbed out of their bunks and start
ed a lively conversation in guttural
German. Finally the captain ex
claimed In English, "I’ll bet 1#
groschen dat It is the work of that
damned little Engllaner." Thirty min
utes after, while the Fortuna was
hove to, a boat came alongside from
a Norwegian hark and the captain
came aboard. There were greetings,
much talk and more laughter, and
then an adjournment was taken to
the cabin, where the soqpd of pop
ping corks was evidence enough that
the Volstead act was not in operation
in 1869, at least so far as German
shipping was concerned.
The Wages.
The wages of the sailors who rated
“AB“ on German ships in those days
was 13 silver groschen per diem. Just
how much this Is in the currency of
the I'nited States I'll lenve to the
reader to figure out. It is some
where in the neighborhood of 30 cents,
and when it Is remembered that the
wuges paid to even ordinary seamen
on American ships today is in the
neighborhood of $76 per month it
will be understood that the United
8tates shipping board has got some
job to compete with the oldtime wind
jammer that was never in a hurry
to reach port.
An Oidtinie Cargo.
The owners of the North German
brig Fortune made money out of the
fi eight in transporting 365 hogsheads
of sugar and 100 barrels of ginger
from London to New York. The 28
tons of railroad iron, which made up
the balance of the cargo, were second
hand rails, which were used more for
ballast than as freight, but which
eventually found their way onto the
tracks of some American railroad.
The sugar, by the way, was of the
variety then known as "muscavado."
It was raw sugar, and it brought 14
cents a pound in gold, and gold on
the ninth day of July, 1869, was at a
premium of 65 per cent.
The Omaha Bee to Carry
Ads of Big Association
(Continued From rase One.)
under this emblem of business char
acter are chosen in large part as the
result of views gathered from im
portant distributors and consumers
throughout the United States—those
who have first hand knowledge of
the manufacturer gained by years
of business relations. The principles
of the association are thus defined
in its qualifications for membership:
Honor: A recognized reputation for
fair and honorable business dealings.
Quality: An honest product of qual
ity' truthfully represented.
Strength: a responsible and substan
tial financial standing.
Service: a resognized reputation for
conducting business in prompt and
efficient manner.
It was discovered that old-estab
lished institutions often possess the
character and reputation that guaran
tee their products, and are entrenched
in the good-will, confidence and friend
ship of the public. They should have
a certain means of emphasizing the
character and quality of their goods, '
which the association provides. Sev- j
eral of its members have been in j
business over 100 years; many of!
them over half a century, and all
of them upheld through long years
the principles of honest, trustworthy
business practice.
Plan Convincing.
The building up of the membership
by manufacturers whose trade was
with the entire American people, soon
showed that the plan, writh its back
ground of sound sentimentT^’is con
vincing and practical. It war, "good
business,' and it was carried for
ward through the power and economy
of co-operation.
The emblem appears In members’
catalogs, literature and advertising;
on their stationery, salesmen's cards
and products. The attention of a
whole nation has been centered oiv it,
for thus far it has appeared In group
activities and in the advertisements of |
individual members over S.bOO.OOO,
000 of times.
If this one emblem w ere a guide- '
post, before which people passed con
tinuously. one a second every hour
of ihe 24, and every day in the year.
158 years would elapse before the
5.000,000,000 had got by. If the pro
cession had formed on Independence
I4ay, 17"*, it would be still in line
and moving, with 11 years yet to go.
As a guidepost to the character of i
scores of old-established manufac- I
turers, whoee goods go into every j
community in the country, this tm- 1
Mem possesses advantages which cus
tomers in their shopping, and dealers
is their ordering are quick to seise.
Wherever it appears it increases the
high regard^which the customer may
already have for a concern selling
goods and service that are proved to -
be good.
Strict Boycott
j
of Universiav
Is ThreatenedT
Professors of Tennessee Insti
tution Wage Fight for
“Academic Freedom*’ in
Teaching Students.
By I nUrrp.nl S»ru«.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 7.—Boycott
of the University of Tennessee by
professors was threatened tonight as
a new weapon in their war for “aca
demic freedom," believed now to cen
ter In a question of their right to
present untrammeled views of evo
lution to the university students.
“Academic freedom," it was de
clared, is assured in a clause of the
constitution of the American Asso
ciation of College Professors.
Knoxville members of the organi
sation said the association w-ould in
vestigate the situation here, put its
findings in book form and make rec
ommendations. These recommenda
tions, it was intimated, would be the
basis for a general boycott of the uni
versity by educators.
The battle cry of the fight, Btrange
!y lacking in publicity thus far, is
expected to be raised soon and to be
"evolution." In the meantime scat
tered statements from both faculty
and administrative sources continue
to cloud the Issue with general state
ments on "academic freedom."
Pending action by the American
Association of College Professors In
the fight which has resulted already
in the dismissal of several professors
and the exposure of four more to ad
mlnlstratlve fire, developments have
reached a lull.
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