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'Annette wnsl be tnufttl an! honest i Its mmk litr, bat it mail be buti netsttt. H mt be direct, it mint be c itk America first and Ametwa enVtent. M ttwndt f California do not ittmunil me. There is wit gn- te k any private. grip ni any fvblte prmlrte U-t any corporate in-tw-esl W tomhHiatnin of interests at tk etpent Interests o people ol I he failed Stales il I can prevent it." Mr. Hashes nr'ke ol the need ol KKtattrtal rvoperatinn, "I man who looka upon hit la Wwwe simply a mere economic umti bat not cam hi tht vmon of the twen tieth cemar. he said. 'Whtt e nei in thii country is am efceitnffiifv, nnr tlaudpatitm but the ew ul a deep desire to benefit UK Itllow man hv wotkuig together t that end, arcordnii to the inirit t ar tniititint, ProtH in Vain. V e) not ish to wait." Mr. Mkea iinrl, "until an import ant mdaatrv n crippled and in dner ej 4tres tnm, 1kt t4 pevple e( Louisiana rr m sain. They new. to tW an adrntfiutratioei in vain. Ihey reawated facta only In b dimffartleii "Kew I rrotet againat any actio aiawd at the cttpplmf ol Ametsraa aettacftrH. Why iKould American Mltntma r out o business' In I aet that tut rttae bay goexli ahm4 Ttat w o amiad American policy.'' Tee naniMe declared ha lavored tbe peottoths o4 the c"ton oij ike ratate 1 k aim a peereeitiaf children sWsnc laas tow rartv uHo the WdsksM el aadntirsal hie. lie satd. Aaaasbs Meastan Paik.., ! lit lime agasa atisiWil the ad asatiiaistai tW its Messiaa pokey, a4 AecsataJ ee tk xnixm oj wwa esfsna w4, ' keitMS ! Mlwa aVeixll hare the trt'k 4t . freaiae eaa eaeara.' sas, "as a4cr t ust nJl m mntn l being atavejataaswkl nMW to m a Wsw a Ksm n tm4 t t mirwi t ibaaHra' I, 1tat4 'it sa rb' Wt tm aeiaiaian. job t '. 8tiMi V.- " s Mni.B, fcrter as ii i a laa !ia Samr- i h mm IWk rt nnej . t -ISusr .wmt4 tnmi una) ahwiHiiaii, t a- s.-jr ie si:- ,mi, ' I ha ta .!shii- -l Vimhoa a.sa,n.. a, m -tiRTa-uii -IMi S . Iwh ll'liofn n, - - IMeJMM Tit Weailtr mm lmtiknctri aft W Ml S t: t CREDIT MEN HERE FROM ALLSECTIOHS tVfsiiVtiittt AuRorUtrnN Opnt tf Isiilon itt Hotel foMfllKflt). THIV MlftMCt Of tOO the man ntw fni ynn rdil, of fm eredtl srhen yoit ash It In a tn afrrrss yshf In tfia United , 14 la fostft. M la also the rnsfl nho report to hf lrl asiirttlatMtfl tshfther yon pay tr bill ofillnirlty In thirty days, In tiaty 4ays, In nlntty dayt, of not at all. M Is the alrhrlf- of h credit system n( doing basifttaa all over the t'nlled Ktatet. Me II the credit man. Tht Nations! Krtall Credit Men' association is In Omaha (or a three days' contention at the Hotel Fonte nrlle. Invocations, ureetinfs, ad dresses t welcome, and a speech by ('resident I). ). Woodlork ol St. Louis s'artrd the convention on its way shortly alter 10 o'clock Monday morn Itit. 1'robahly 100 delegatea or more were present lor the opening. Every tram today ii bringing in others, and stragglers are expected to arrive even Tuesday. Many Want Convention. Already hustlers from various cities art on the job looking lor a chance to land the next annual convention for their home town. Davenport, Pueblo and Cleveland are legging lor the next convention, and it is expected others will get into the light before the close ol the convention. Talks on Bankruptcy. Attorney Stanley Rosewater of Omaha talked on bankruptcy during the afternoon scsssion. The credit me should give more attention to the criminal part of the bankruptcy laws. Mr. Rosewater declared. He pointed out that the bankruptcy law at present contains provisions render ing persons criminally liable for knowingly and fraudulently conceal ing, while a bankrupt, or after his dis charge, from his trustees, any of the property belonging to his estate in bankruptcy. He drew attention also to the clause which makes it a serious offense for any person knowingly or fraudulently to receive any material amount of property from a bankrupt after the filing of the petition, with intent to defeat the bankruptcy act. Successful prosecutions for criminal violations of the bankruptcy laws have been very lew, he declared, compared to the number ol cases in bankruptcy In which something "crooked" was suspected. Would Amend Law. Amendment rather than repeal of the bankruptcy law ws urged by the speaker. He mentioned the Anti dbukruptcy Law association, the pur pose of which is to secure the repeal at the act altogether, and warned the credit men that too much wholesale overhauling of the bankruptcy act iniiiht merely aid the enemies of the act in securing its total abolition. "It seems, well, therefore," he said, "that you concentrate your efforts on the principal objections to the act ana in remedying its chiel defects." As a bit ol recent nistory ot inter est here, the speaker quoted tigures fro-w R. C. Hoyt, clerk ol the federal ciMirt in Nebraska, showing that dur ing the fiscal year Ut enneu, I, I bu kfttntcY cases were closed in Ne braska. Their liabilities totaled $1,418, yt. and their assets $44l,7fX Concluuons Reached. ' He summed up bis advice to the credit men as follewa: "Insist on the pauper and prompt enforcement of tae bankruptcy laws, humiliate throated toece of public opinion and otherwise Ms occasional delays, la th s.aie i and by kgisiaitoa stop a.C aw cesaary expense in its adtuin iairaKNa Hentesakee there a a crimi. mi Vaoets oj the bankruptcy law that itvowki e giiea peopet attention, that .Amaift more octets invoked, that n'Miwce! will betfr Ibi9 conditions, te can be laipswveil gradually and rea bsru.i moee effective by certain aiiM'wlmeisKs, li property ami Itrwmptly eirporeeir. however, to. the limie us tea possibilities the hsw should tFtunr tioday an example &i broal and otflsir!Bwa legislation. Its repeal woitjir ha a jrafi ntmralte and has been oen tr)y opposed by business men .aid by th American Bar association." PeisMcg Inspects Treops m Mexico Kissfd Hii(urtw Ainepica Ex ' ?l!ticm in Menico Aii(j. 21. (By 1 W iieiifti to (iolumbus, N. M The 1 Qpeninn tep in v general inspection it rlr rroop m the VmericaU' -sxpedi-tionifcry comraaaifi wa taken today a he it 'HfHgaftlier General J1, )&rhing revteMWft il ftift men on station her, it tfc planned tnat each organization i Hiiet8d by ite comnnuniinfi offi- fiousiMuls. i men, infantry, oav ;mfv Mui artilleryr lroned byf aun, fiarfteneti; by Htd service and (Ml tupped to liw small tMtt detail, filed .mi rrweuriu stwids It ifr expected lirtt tbt inpcc.hu'.i, whitli will tke ii tepATtm n of service rep- tstiMdd it 1 cadquar ters, wiU require Review and inspection of troop tatiomd olsewiii;! dl follow that . rttis point. It is planned that the riiiirc mnpcclion shall occupy two U6'tt, ALLIES SWEEP 'FORWARD ALONG SALONIKA LINE KnittnU Armlr ?vV General Offenglvp ''jtan Front, A" ' to Trench TV SIRBfl Report. WIN SUCCESS Capture Bulgarian First Posi tion on Left, Says Paris. -. I- 4' at t t 1 KM I sj ' t d . Ms he i.tp4sv. to avertible lijer ; BoaS lasses Tests1 .Mewport News, Va,, Au 21. Th iv C4mtaf4tbie land nti' water fly mi, machine, lumit built here, under mapciiui' ot tbei navy ae-ronauti-im 'uait passed ita teals in an initial iliiyu iwre 'i,'iay, acmtn 5,U0 feet ' . iaii.ut,i makmit a majumum ui-nfc lit muty-iive mile an hour, 'Uisimuia of. forty-iiva, and ieaving i, wale, wtnin !. yania. Xltree 'rtfKca, mule- iliKua oe, tha uit. L08Z TOWN TO ENSMY Paris. An. 21. A Beneral offensive along the entire Saloniki front was launched Sunday by the allies, acrord kia to a French war office statement. The Serbians have captured the Bul garian first line on the left of the bat tle front, but have lost the town of Banic, south of Fiorina. Berlin, Aug. 21. (Via London.) The German and Bulgarian forces, .iicn nave taken tne ouensivc u inc western end of the Balkan front, are l ushing southward in Greece, the war office communication of today shows They have wrested further positions from the Serbians and beaten of: ef forts to recapture ground taken. Athens, Greece, Aug. 20. (Via London, Aug. 21.) The Bulgarian forces moving towards Kavala have already pushed their outposts to a point seven miles from the Greek seaport. The Greek government has ordered three divisions of the Greek army still remaining in the vicinity of Drama and Serres, to. retire before the Bulgarian advance, which was explained to the Associated Press correspondent by a military authority of the entente allies as follows: "The Serbians had not finished the consolidation of their positions in the Fiorina, Caradjoeva and Corptsa sec tors and therefore he Bulgarians found it easy enough to force a cer tain retirement, but it Is difficult to see where they expect to get by an advance at this part of the line. East of the Struma the Demir-Hissar and Sarchaban sectors were not held by the entente forces and offered no im pediment to the advance. Where the enemy attacked the regular defense of Saloniki, namely in the Doiran Gievgel sector, they accomplished nothing. As the attack has so far developed it is without strategic vslue and can only be assumed to be for political purposes." First Fatm Loan Bank Hearing is On at Augusta, Me. Augusta, Me., Aug. 21. The first of a series of hearings to determine the apportionment of districts and the lo cation of banks under the new federal farm loan law was held here today. William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury and chairman of the board created by the act, presided and ex plained the provisions of the law. The country is to be divided into twelve districts, and to obtain the in formation necessary to inagurate the plan, the board has arranged for fur ther hearings, which will take it as far west as Spokane, Wash. Today's session was lararelv at tended by representatives of banking and agricultural interests. A num ber of women came from other states. Mayor Wants Jail Sentence Placed Against Speeders Life seems to be one "dern thing after another ' these days for the auto mobiiUts, Cky Attorney Kine has been asked by the mayor to took up the law and determine whether it would contra vene the state laws to amend the city ordinances to provide a jail sentence foe motorists who fracture the speed limits. Mayor Dahlman is inclined to be lieve a jail sentence would instill a little fear into automobilists who en joy making a race track of the princi pal thoroughfares of the city. Western 0.0. P. Office Organizes Efficiency Bureau Chicago, Aug. 21. Managers of the western republican national campaign headquarters, today organized an economy and efficiency bureau to su pervise alt expenditures and apply modern scientific business principles to the affairs of the office. Seymour Morris, a real estate dealer and busi ness, efficiency expert, will be in charge ot the bureau. Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the western headquarters, said: "There will be no money wasted in these headquarters, during this cam paign as a result of the work of this bureau." Saloon Keeper Becomes Pastor Chicago, Aug. 21. Th Rev. Wil liam M. Saundera has deserted the saloon business for tha pulpit. Rev, Saunders, who some year ago, con. ducted a, saloon in Smithton, Pa, has been, appointed pastur or tha Avon dale Prusbyterian. church. When Saundera decided a, few years ago to devote, his. life, to tha ministry, he closed) iiu bad ani) entered the Mc Cormiclt theological semiiwy as a student. X CAPTURED GERMAN SUBMARINE MINE LAYER The captured U-C-5, is here shown in dry dock in England. After placing the boat on exhibition the War Office ordered her into ary dock for a fresh coat of paint and repairs. She probably will be put into service for tha British navy. The mines at the top are released by machinery worked from inside. lists miirm n- r .i TTirnHrT-r-niiin i nnr -i TijslMtswtr "Ssn'ii"i'is'ir,T)iiiniaiiiiiiia it ii mi iiinisstw RUSSIANS ADVANCE ALONG STOKHOD LINE Additional Gains Made at Point Where Teutonic Defenses Were Broken Last Week. TWO TOWNS CAPTURED SENATE TAKES UP IMMIGRATION BILL Nine Democrats Vote With Be publicans on Motion to Over ride Majority Caucus. EARLY PASSAGE PROBABLE Petrograd, Aug. 21. (Via London.) The Russiani have made further ad vances at some points along the Stok hod line, where they broke through the Austro-Hungarian defenses last week, the war office announced to day. The capture of 1,300 men in this region is reported by the war office. The annoucement follows: "On the Stokhod river, in the region of Kovel and Rudka-Cherviache, fighting continues, Our troops made further advance at some1 points. The total of captures in this region on Friday and Saturday was sixteen of ficers and more than 1,350 soldiers. We also took one cannon, eighteen machine guns, four bomb mortars, 'four searchlights and a large number of shells, cartridges and rifles." Two Towns Captured. The Russiani are pressing forward vigorously through two of tht Car nathi.ii nas.es which lead to .Hun- -gsty. The-tSpnre of Jabionitza audi fereskul, on tne nounaary line Be tween Galicia and Bukowina, is an nounced. Jabionitza is about twenty miles north of the Hungarian border. "In the region of Kuty," the state ment says, "we occupied the villagci of Fereskul and Jabionitza on the Cheremosh river, and several heights west of Fereskul. Stubborn attacks by tht enemy on the heights south west of Tom Nakik mountain were re pelled by our fire." German Attack on Fleury Fails. Paris, Aug. 21. The Germans de livered a violent attack on Fleury, near Verdun, last night, using flaming liquid, but without result, says the war statement today. The announcement says: "North of the Somme, in addition to the important captures of material mentioned yesterdsy, we took six field guns in the wood which our troops carried yesterday between Maurepas and Guittemont, "During the night there were artil lery actions on the Somme front. "On the right bank of the Meuse the Germans yesterday delivered an attack, accompanied by the use of flaming liquids against Fleury. Our curtain of fire and infantry fire ob liged the enemy to stop short, snd in flicted serious losses on him." British Made Important Gain. With the British Armies in France, Aug. 21. (Via London.) Not only have the British held alt the gains made in the Saturday attack through the critical second day and night fol lowing it, but they have made another important gain. This morning they are within 500 yards of Martinpuicn as a result of taking a trench which had held them up between Pozieres and High wood. (This is the advance north of Bazentin-Le-Petit referred to in last night's British official com munication.) In this position, while the British had been creeping up on both flanks, vicious attacks and counter attacks raged for weeks. German resistance, strengthened after the loss of Po zieres, had to yield at last to the in cessant hammering. Twenty Sacks of Package Mail Burned Yankton, Aug- 21. (Special.) A mail car on an evening M'lwaukee ar rived here with a nuantitv of hiirnino j mail, which had started in the midst of a neap of sacks m some unknown manner. Twenty sacks, mostly of merchandise from an eastern mail or der house, weie completely destroyed. The mail clerks were choked by the smoke, but managed to quench the flames, with the assistance of hand granades and with local firemen's help. Omana Railroad's Earnings Incrase Sa Paul, Aug. 2t The report of the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Omaha Railroad company for the fis cal year ending June JO, 1916, made public here today, shows the net op erating income of the road for that period waa $6,563,725. The total op erating income' was $1922,563, or $; 1,443 mur than that of the preced ing year. Washington, Aug. 21. By 27 to 24, the senate today voted to take up the Immigration bill, which the demo cratic caucus had determined to post pone until next session. Nine demo crats voted with the republicans for the motion. ' When debate on the provisiont re lating to Asiatics was begun, galler ies were cleared and consideration of those features proceeded In secret .Passage of the bill seemed assured by today's action, and it was predicted the bill would , be brief. President Wilson vetoed the bill last year be cause of the literacy test. ' Believe President Would Sign,' Some democratic senators believe the president will not veto the bill again, although it retains the literacy test, to which he then objected. Those who think the president might sign the bill, point to his veto in which he wrote: . "I have no pride of opinion in this question,' I em not foolish enough to profess to know the wishes and Ideal! of America better than the body of its chosen representatives know them. I only want instruction direct from those whose fortunes with ours and all men's are involved." Senators in favor of immediate ac tion on the bill agreed that in these words the president left an opening for reversal of his former action, and they will endeavor to convince him that the people of the country now do want the literacy test as a bar against the flood of immigration which will follow the war. The motion to take up the bill was made by Senator Smith of South Carolina, chairman of the immigra tion committee. The committee has amended the house bill in an effort to meet objections of Japan to, the sec tions relating to Asiatic exclusion. Villa Chief Cuts Off Ears of Twenty Carranzistas El Paso, Tex-, Aug. 21. The stcy of a Villa chief, with his own hands, cutting off the ears of twenty prison ers, who later were shot, is told by a rescued prisoner in El Democrats of Chihuahua City, copies of which arrived here yesterday. The chief who committed the atrocity was Baudelio Uribe, commander . during Villa's recent raid on Jimenez. L'ribe captured a small body of de facto government soldiers, accord ing to witness, and called on them to join his band. Twenty failed to re spond. Finding them stubborn, Uribe trimmed their ears and then ordered a captain to shoot them. This order waa carried out just as a rescuing party came up. The bodies were recovered by the government troops. Man Killed in Auto Accident Near Webster City, la. Webster Citv, la., Aug. 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) C W. Hollenbeck died in the hospital here this morning as the result ol an automobile' acci dent. He was out with a party of five and the car was going at a good rate of speed when it hit a high, cul vert. Mr. Hollenbeck was thrown out and his skull fractured. Another of the party went through the wind shield and broke an arm. Woman Murdered, Children Starving Chicago, Aug. 2L The headless body of Mrs. Catharine LaBello and two children, a baby, about 6 months old, and another child a year old, ap parently dying from starvation, were found in an apartment in West Twenty-fourth street today. Police be lieve the woman had been chopped to death, with an axe or hatchet. There were no wounds on the children. The woman had been dead for three or four days, the police say. Three men are under arrest in con nection with the murder. One of the men is believed to be the husband of the victim. ITALIAN TROOPS , LANDATSALONIKI Event Taken to Mean 'Active State of War Betwen Italy and German Empire. BIG CAMPAIGN PROJECTED Paris, Aug. 21 Italian troops be gan to disembark at Saloniki yester day, says the Havns dispatch from that point. On' leaving their ships, the dispatch says, the Italians passed through Saloniki to camp, preceded by military bands of the allies and cheered by the populace. ' . ,' Active participation by Italian troops in the Saloniki campaign would mean the existence of a state of war'between Germany and Italy. Ger many is directing the operations against the allies on the front and the official German reports show it hss forces there. Some Austrian troops also probably are employed and possi bly Turks, but the major portion ot the army is made up of Bulgarians. Recent reports have indicated ' the withdrawal of Austrian troops from the Balkans for use on the Russian and Italian fronts. . :,- ., As the entente allien are believed to have a force of some 700,000 Brit ish. French and Serbisn troons on the Salonild- frdtir, 'the 'sending' of relrt- torcements at tun time, Just alter the opening of hostilities on a large scale would indicate that the allies hsve embarked on a campaign of ex tensive proportions. Italy, which has a considerable surplus of troops, has been urged to take s more active ' part; in ' the Balkan operations, but was believed to have refrained partly on account of the : fact that it Was not at war with Germany. There have been sev eral recent indications, however, that a declaration of hostilities was forth coming. A commercial treaty between these nations was abrogated, a tier- man court ruled that Germany is actually, though not formally at war with Italy and last week it was re ported the defense of Trieste would be taken over by .Germans. Italian nsrticipitation in the Balkan oners tions hitherto has been limited to occupation of the Albanian port of Avalona, which was effected before Italy declared war on Austria- CONSTERNATION AT ATHENS Seizure of Fiorina by Bulgarians , causes ureat Deal ol Excitement. Athens, Aug. 19. (Via London, nug. i. ;ine Bulgarian occupation of Fiorina caused consternation in the capital and hasty conference of the king, the general staff and mem bers of the cabinet. The advance of the German and Bulgarian forces in the direction of Kavalia also is causing disauiet. al though the impression is general that this movement is a mere political maneuver, calculated- to . influence Koumama and affect the Greek elec tions.. Berlin, Aug. 2l.-KBy Wireless to Sayville.) The Bulgarian headquar ters statement of August 17, covering events preceding the occupation of Fiorina, reporting the renewal of the fighting in the Doiran lake region, says. - - - - "The entire Seventeenth French cavalry division participated in the previously reported battle of August 'The enemy's artillery continued its fire against our positions south and west of Lake Doiran. His infan try attacked at two points, but met with heavy 'losses , when : coming within range of our fire and was forced to retreat" ' Depositors Try to Storm Closed Bank Chicago, . Aug. . 21 Twenty-five policemen were-rushed to one of the Silver banks today when, a crowd of persons, said to number nearly 1,000, made what looked like an attempt to storm the building. The prompt ac tion of police restored order. The two private banks of Adolph Silver & Co., r which were closed Saturday when Max Silver, manager, fled, were placed in the hands of a receiver today following the filing of an involuntary petition of bankruptcy against the banks by counsel for three depositors, . j Deposits in the banks are variously estimated at from $40,000 to $100,000. Adolph Silver, who founded the banks and who has been in California for hii health, hat' started foe Chi cago. Search is being made for Max Silver, who is charged with receiving depotits in in insolvent bank.. WILSON RENEWS HIS DEMANDS ON RAIL PRESIDENTS i . .' :" . " President Insists That Hia Plan for Settlement of Wage Controversy be Accepted '; by Roads. t WORK ON COUNTER OFFER Employers Expect to Have Proposition Ready to Sub mit to Employes Tuesday. - MEN HOLD SHORT SESSION ' Washington, Aug. 21. When the railroad executives left the White Houie this afternoon after their con ference with President Wilson, Mr. Holden, their spokesman, said there was no change in the. situation, but that the executives would go into. ses. lion in an effort to reach a decision. "We are now ready to get down to brats tacks," said one of) the railroad ' presidents. "Up to the present time our discussions have been informal entirely, but from now on, we will make determined efforts to reach a decision. . . t .. President Wilson ' in his address reiterated his previous argument by pointing out that other railroads play an important parti in the military pre paredness of the country, and thatjis they are a vital part of the industrial ' framework of the nation, it was abso lutely necessary to keep them running at the present time. Mr,; Wilson told the railroad ex ecutives he did not blame them for fighting for the principle of arbitra tion, but that he believed under pres ent circumstances they should accept the eight-hour day and leave the ,rtL:n ,l,a n.inninl. rkL nwi,iN vv, . yt ...v,, ui . ti tration until later. -, The railroad executives did net en ter into an argument wtih the presi dent, but afterward said they were deeply impressed and would give full weight to hia argument at their con ferences. . . The president declared he agreed witn tnem in Denevmg in aroitration of industrial disputes, but that in view of the railroad employes' re- ' fusal to accept arbitration it was im practical to discuss the issue kt pres ent. ' He urged the railroad execu tives and their managers in their meetings to consider the disaster which would follow a strike. V With all the world depending In a measure upon the products of . the United States, he said, it would be a catastrophe for the 'railway systems .i. . k .UJ ..n u. Ul una vuuillijr lu uc ucu u. .s said that in working for preparedness In the United States, the work of the railroads had played an important part in his considerations, and that all of the plans of the government for preparedessn would be thrown away. On that ground he appealed to the patriotism of the employers, Washington, ! Aug. 21. President Wilson today reiterated to the rail road executives, including the new arrivals from the west, his demand that they accept his plan for the set tlement of the threatened railroad strike. The executives then, began the first of a series of meetings iif which they will trame their reply. K As the railroad presidents entered! .1 Mri.:.. u t T I .. tT .. 1 .1 . L -1 - inc vvnuc rauusc, nuic iiuiucii, utcii. spokesman, said the executives al ready here had sought to maintain open minds on the entire question, but that after President Wilson had ex plained his plan thoroughly to the nfvi Arrivals. consideration nf all questions involved would be begun with the object of reaching a final de cision. . , Will Make Counter Proposition. The railroad heads spent several hours today trying to devise some form of settlement of the threatened strike which would still preserve the principle of arbitration ajid be one which President Wilson could prevail upon the men to accept. -rf ; 'One of the suggestions the presi dents were prepared to make at the White House was for legislation to create a board to investigate when trouble threatened between railroad employers and employes. The board would be created by act of congress. Pending its investigation, the em ployes would not be permitted to strike or take a strike vote. After the board had reached its conclusions from the facts, a public report would be made and there would be opportu nity for arbitration, but it would not be . compulsory. If arbitration was refused the men would vote directly on the question of a strike. It was understood the railroad executives were not yet ready to pre sent their final answer today to tha president on his plan. The confer- (Continued on Face Two, Calomx Two.) V One or two insertions will often get desired results, but seven-time ads always bring many . answers. ' , , . We don't paint the pic- -ture of . results any ' rosier than our years of i experience justifies in . in expecting. Call , Tyler 1000 " " for JJee Wwt-Ad&v j