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San Diego, Cal., Feb. 14. Ending
what military aviators declare to
be the most wonderful flight in the
history of American aeronautics.
Major Albert Smith arrived at
Rockwell field, near here, on his
transcontinental trip at 5:59 p. m.
today. Major Smith had breakfast
this mornirig at Fort Bliss. El
Paso, Tex., luncheon at Yuma,
Ariz., and dinner at his home here.
NEARLY $2,000,000
COUNTERFEITS SEIZED.
New Orleans, Feb. 14. Nearly
$2,000,000 in counterfeit gold and
silver certificates, ranging in de
nominations of from $100 to $1,000,
was seized by the police today in a
raid on a richly furnished apart
ment in Governor Nicholls street.
Several wealthy visitors from Sac
ramento, Cal., Chicago and other
cities had lodged complaints that
they had lost large sums at the
apartment through a bogus race
betting scheme.
THIRTEEN AGAIN PROVES
WILSON'S LUCKY NUMBER.
Paris, Feb. 14. The agreement on
the constitution for a society of na
tions by 'the commission which has
been framing the plan was effected
on President Wilson's lucky day,
the 13th, and there are just twice 13
articles in the document.
CRIMINAL ANARCHY
CHARGED AT SEATTLE
Seattl?, Feb. 14. Four additional
complaints filed by Prosecutor Fred
C. Brown, charging criminal anarchy
and the arrest by the police of 11
members of the I. W. W. in a raid
were today's development in the ef
forts of county, police and U, S. offi
cials to round tip those responsible
for what is characterized as an at
tempt to bring a revolution here
through the general strike which
ended Tuesday.
Seven men are now in jail charged
with crinrnal anarchy and the ar
rest of others is expected momen
tarily FEARS "BIG FIVE"
ARE TOO STRONG
TO BE MASTERED
Commissioner Murdock Says
Prosecution of Packers
Under Anti-Trust Law
Is Contemplated.
Washington, Feb. 14. Victor
Murdock, member of the federal
trade commission, told the house
.interstate commerce committee to
day that he feared the five big pack
ers had acquired so " much power
that even the United States govern
ment might not be strong enough to
combat it.
"Even Food Administrator Hoov
er," Mr. Murdock said, "could not
. rea.-h into Chicago and take the
license of a great malefactor al
though he could rescind the license
cf one of the little fellows."
This testimony followed his state
ment that facts gathered during the
commission's investigation of the
meat packing industry had been turn
ed over to the Department of Justice
and that he had no doubt that pro
ceedings under the anti-trust law
v.ouid result.
Rouses Committeemen.
Mr. Murdock expressed fear that
khe legislative branch of the gov
ernment would deal weakly instead
of vigorously with the packers. His
Statement that the packers were
aware there would be vacancies on
senate and house committees which
would consider their case and that
they would try to see to it that
''their friends" got on these com
mittees as vacancies occurred
"broupht sharp questioning from' the
committee.
Mr. Murdock said he did not mean
that any improper means would be
used and that he did not mean to
intimate that there had been "stuff
ing or padding" of committees in
the past.
"But I do say," the witness con
tinued, "that even while we here are
discussing things that have hap
pened in the past the big interests of
the country are thinking in terms
of the future. They are always well
ahead of us.
Commissioner Murdock urged
enactment of legislation for gov
ernment control and regulation of
the meat industry. He said it was
possible that if the meat industry
was made subject to legislation such
a? that proposed, every other busi
ness might be made subject to sim
ilar legislation.
Millions
of
Acres
in West
of Lands
Opened for Entry
Washington, Feb. 14. Designa
tion entry of nearly 3,000,000 acres
of public lands in the west was an
nounced today by Secretary" f.ane.
Mine; at lands lying- within the lig
nite area of North Dakota com
prise 773,000 acres of the total. These
bnds can be bought for $10 to $20
an acre.
More than 1,000,000 acres of dry
farming lands are opened for entry
under the enlarged homestead act
rd may be obtained in tracts of
o.'O acres. They . are scattered
through Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
South Dakota and Wyoming.
Nearly 1.000,000 acres are optned
for entry in tracts of 640 acres
each under the stock raising home
stead law. These are in Arizona,
California, Colorado, Kansas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon and
Wyoming. The total area thus far
designated by Secretary.- Lane for
entry under the stock raising home
stead law is approximately 1.500,000
icrrs. The area of the dry farming
iand opened in South Dakota is
JI 1,331 acres.
VOL. 48 NO. 208.
CANTOL
Upper House of Legislature on
Record in Favor of Five-Million-Dollar
Struc
ture at Lincoln.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Feb. 14. The Nebraska
state senate this afternoon rejected
repeated attempts to amend the pro
visions of House Roll No. 3, the
Tracewell-Mears bill, providing for
a new $5,000,000 capitol, After
voting down several amendments,
the original house bill was ad
vanced for final passage.
From the sentiment shown in the
senate this afternoon it appears that
the upper branch is anxious to have
the capitol question out of the way
immediately and at the same time
make immediate provision for a
capitol to provide work for return
ing soldiers.
Present Building Disgrace.
Senator Houston of Burt county
led the fight against any amend
ments in the house bill. "This capi
tol is a disgrace," Houston said,
"and I for one want to see imme
diate steps to provide a new one."
Senator Bradstreet of Grand Is
land submitted the first amendment,
providing that the old building
should not be torn down until the
new one is completed. It was de
feated, 24 to 9. Bradstreet said it
would cost $2,000,000 to provide of
fices during the construction of the
new building.
Oppose Cut in Levy.
Cronin then offered an amendment
to cut the-lev.y-irom-4.5 mill -to- .7$
of a mill. He said the people of the
stat were not wanting a capitol.
His amendment lost 25 to 5. Senator
Reed wanted to extend the time a
year before letting contracts, but
his amendment dropped by the road
side, 23 to 7.
Senator Taylor, who In previous
sessions fought the capitol bill, then
submitted an amendment that none
of its provisions should be final un
til submitted to a vote of the peo
ple. This lost, 22 to 11.
Hoagland proposed an amendment
for an appropriation of $50,000 so
the commission could make plans for
the new capitol and submit them
to the legislature at the next session
for approval of the people.' It. lost
26 to 6.
Greeted With Cheers.
The bill was then ordered en
grossed and advanced to third read
ing. When news of the action of the
senate reached the house finance
committee, which was in session, it
decided on a holiday, called the
meet'ng off, and went over to the
upper branch to voice its apprecia
tion with cheers.
Then senate adjourned until 2
o'clock Monday afternoon.
Farm Worker's Dash
into City Short Lived
Just as Ray Johnson, farmhand,
working near Norfolk, was on the
verge of donning pointed brogans,
sharply creased jeans, pinch-back
coat and an attractive Fedora, detec
tives ruffled his sleeves.
He was escorted to the police
station and booked on a charge of
forgery. Detectives say the farm
hand wrote out a check for $77 in
payment for the sportive outfit of
wearing apparel in a North Fifteenth
street clothing store.
Johnson told police he arrived in
Omaha Thursday with a carload of
cattle, but "lost the load somewhere
in South Omaha.
Gompers to Confer With
Belgian Union Leaders
Faris, Feb. 14. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, and six other labor
leaders, left Paris today for Brus
sels, where they will confer with
Belgian trade unionist leaders re
garding an inter-allied labor con
gress in Faris. The date will be
fixed at the Brussels conference.
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Lawmakers of House to Put
Sunday Dance Under Ban,
Of State's Drastic 'Blue Law'
Polk County Member Says His Community Corrupted
By Public Revels in Country Neighborhoods on
Sabbath Day, Attracting Undesirable Women from
York and Lincoln; Grand Island Orgies Described
In Debate. ,
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14. Vivid word pictures of the bale
ful effects of public dancing, and how indulgence in the
terpsichorean pleasure has. corrupted whole communities,
when indulged in on Sunday, took up the afternoon session
ot tne house while it was sitting
Crozier; a farmer member from
Osceola, in Polk county, and who is
registered as a democratic member,
introduced House Roll 200, which
added the misdemeanor of public
dancing to the Nebraska's already
drastic Sunday "blue law." The
measure was ordered engrossed for
third reading.
Under its provisions no person
over the age of 14 can trip the light
fantastic either to the measures of
a stately minuet or the wicked wig
gling of the "chimmy" shiver, on
the Sabbath day.
Green Pokes Fun.
Barton Green, of the staid and
highly moral city of Lincoln at
tempted a fight on the measure by
amending the bill to read instead of
14 years being the age limit it
should be advanced to 74, on the
ground that there is no joy in life
PAY OF SOLDIERS
REDUCED TO $15
DY HOUSE RULING
Provision in Army Bill for
Continuance of $30 Rate
After July 1 Eliminated
on Point of Order.
- WasMifgtolC Feb". '14- Pay' oreri
listed men in the army would be
reduced to $15 a month after July
1, as a result of the elimination in
the house today on a point of order
of the provision in the annual army
appropriation bill continuing the
present salary of $3Q a month. -
The point of order was made by
Representative Stafford of Wis
consin, republican, who insisted that
this was new legislation and as
such could not be incorporated in
an appropriation bill.
The house several days ago de
feated an amendment to the naval
bill providing for increases of from
$5 to $15 a month in the pay of en
l'Sted men of the navy.
Ten Killed at Breslau When
Strikers Clash With Soldiers
Copenhagen, Feb. 14. There has
been violent fighting at Breslau,
where the soldiers have been at
tempting to prevent strikers from
releasing imprisoned Spartacans.
Ten persons have been killed.
Mme. Breshkovskaya
Tells About Struggle
. for Liberty in Russia
Washington, Feb. 14. In fer
vid phases of broken English,
Catherine Breshkovskaya, "grand
mother of the Russian revolution,"
today stood before the senate com
mittee investigation social agita
tion in this country, and told a
story of the Russian people's
overthrow of the monarchistic re
gime and their struggles toward
establishment of order under ner
government
She stood erect, with her white
locks flying, pounding the table
to emphasize here utterances. At
times she required aid of an in
terpreter to translate the senators'
questions.
"Russians always have given
preference to the American peo
ple," she said. "They are not
afraid cf intervention."
"Where is your home?" question
ed Chairman Overman.
"My home is Russia all over.
I have no house, no one place."
With flashing eyes the aged wo
man explained to the committee
that she had. been exiled and im
prisoned in Siberia for 32 years
for spreading socialistic and revo
lutionary propaganda.
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OMAHA, SATURDAY,
as a committee of the whole
after the period Osier said man
should be chloroformed.
Instantly there was opposition.
Crozier, introducer of the bill,
told how his community had been
corrupted by the holding of public
dances in country neighborhoods
and that it attracted undesirables,
especially the scarlet women of
York and Lincoln.
Jeary, in turn favored the bill,
but he said that he had it on the
word of Warden Codding of the
Kansas penitentiary that the scar
let women were being recruited
from the country, where the public
dance had undermined the morals of
females. i
Orgies in Grind Island.
McClellan of Hall county, said he
was ashamed of the fact that there
was a member of the house who
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HUN OFFENSIVE
AGAINST POLES
GOMESTO HALT
Soldiers' Council Refuses to
Recognize Order Recently
Issued by Minister
of War.
Berlin, Feb. 14. (By The Asso
sive against the Poles has come to
a halt as the result of political dis
sensions' among the troops, says a
dispatch to the Tagebiatt from
Bromberg. The soldiers' council re
fused to recognize an order recent
ly issued by the minister of war. The
troops, on the other hand, accepted
it and elected new military chiefs.
The operations then ceased, not
withstanding the Germans had es
tablished a favorable offensive posi
tion against the Poles, who pro
ceeded to advance with numerically
superior forces.
Valuable Diamonds Stolen
from Mrs. Lester G. Heyn
Four large diamonds and a val
uable bar pin, valued at $3,500 were
stolen from Mrs. Lester G. Heyn,
Blackstone hotel. Friday night while
on the way to visit her mother in
the Drake apartments.
Detectives detailed to work on the
case detained a taxicab driver at
the police station for investigation.
Mrs. Heyn told detectives the dia
mond rings and'pin were in a purse
which she said she left in the taxi
cab. Opposes Control Extension
Washington, Feb. 14. Opposition
to extension of the period of federal
control of railroads w-s expressed
today by G. M. Freer, president of
the National Industrial Traffic
league,
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Soldier Endorses Worthless
Check to Buy Working Garb
D.. G. Sleezer Held Under
$1,000 Bond for Effort
to Obtain Civilian
Suit of Clothes.
All UrffCnt HpSl'r tn Miarrr mm
an army uniform decorated with two
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gum enevrons into civies prompt
ed D. G. Sleezer, discharged sol
dier, 3315 Spalding street, to endorse
a worthless check for $46 in pay
ment of new civilian garments at
the Guarantee Clothing company,
Sixteenth and Dodge streets.
Sleezer was arrested last night and
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FEBRUARY 15, 1919.
Paymaster Arrested After
Loss of $12,000 Payroll;
Store Robbed of Gems
Valued at $40,000.
New York, Feb. 14. Neil Sheftall.
30 years old, chief paymaster here
for the emergency fleet corporation
was arrested tonight charged with
assault and robbery in connection
with the theft of $12,000 of the fleet's
payroll by armed bandits who held
up" a taxicab in which he was on
his way, with two assistants to a
Brooklyn shipyard this afternoon.
According to a report by de
tectives, Paymaster Shef tall, Her
man Lefkowitz and an assistant
started to the shipyard in a taxicab
obtained in front of the subtreasury
in Manhattan. -The driver stopped
the car, ostensibly because of en
gine trouble. As he stepped out of
the machine, two men opened the
door and one of them thrust a re
volver into the faces of the paymas
ters. "Hands up! Get out or you will be
shot," he commanded.
Escape in Taxicab.
The government employes clam
bered out of the car, leaving the
cash bag inside. The chauffeur start
ed his engine, his companions jump
ed into the cab and the machine
sped away.
The complaint against Shef tall,
which was made by a detective, also
charged him with "acting sin con
cert" with others in the robbery.
Before the charge was preferred
against him he had been questioned
for more than two hours by Cap
tain Coughlin. He denied that he
iad beeniniplkated- in-the- theft"-'
The Brooklyn "police took the fin
ger prints of Sheftall and his com
panions . It was found that those
of Sheftall were identical . with
those of a man who gave his name
as Charles Tharles, who was ar
rested in Manhattan on April 20,
1909, on a charge of forgery. Police
records show that Tharles was
known under the alias of Neil Shef
tall. Jewelry Store Robbed.
Shortly after the Brooklyn holdup
two men entered a jewelry store
on Madison avenue, one of them
snatching jewels valued at $40,000
from a show case, while the other
covered the proprietor with a re
volver. As soon as they left the
store an alarm was given and a
crowd which quickly gathered grew
to several thousand persons pur
sued the robbers down Madison
avenue. One of the men turned and
fired into the crowd, the bullet strik
ing a man in the stomach. .He was
removed to a hospital in a serious
condition.
The robber then turned into a
side street where a taxicab driver
armed with a monkey wrench felled
him. The other robber escaped. The
jeweler later found part of the
stolen booty on the sidewalk near
his store.
May Erect Monument.
Washington, Feb. 14, France has
offered to present to the United
States the site for a monument on
French soil for Ameiicins who died
"on the field of honor."
is booked at the police station on a
cnarge ot forgery.
The fighting lad is wearing chev
rons on his left sleeve, significant
of active service in the trenches.
"I needed the clothes in order to
hold down a respectable position,"
he said, nearly bursting into tears
over his detention in the city jail.
Through the bars of his cell, the
grim soldier conversed in tender
tones to his young wife who sought
to obtain his release. A bond of
$1,000 increased the acute sorrow
in the hearts of the couple when
they discerned no way to raise the
money, and the girl wife turned sad
ly homeward.
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And State Officers Give
Reception at the Mansion
Informal and Democratic
Lincoln bt. Valentine s Night to Members of btate
Legislature and Public by New Heads of State
Departments. v
By Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 14. St. Valentine's night was select
ed for the inaugural ball and reception by Governor and Mrs.
McKelvie and the various state officers.
The governor's mansion was beautifully decorated with
festoons of laurel, smilax and cut flowers, while the national
colors draped and festooned from the ceiling gave a patriotic
air to the event.
From 8 to 10 o'clock members of
the legislature and citizens of Lin
coln, as well as visitors from various
parts of the state, paid their respects
to the new governor and his charm
ing wife and the various state officers
and their ladies? v-
The event was informal and demo
cratic. Adjutant General Storch, in
staff uniform, assisted by several
commissioned officers and privates
in khaki, assisted as aides. Phil
Bross, secretary to the governor,
also assisted.
In the receiving line were Gov
ernor -and Mrs. McKelvie, Lieut.
Governor and Mrs. Barrows, Secre
tary of State Amsberry and wife,
Mrs. W. A. Clemmons, wife of the
state superintendent; Deputy State
FIRE SWEEPS
SEABOARD AIR
LIIIEJMAL
Fed by Rosin and Turpentine,
Flames Destroy Property
in Savannah Valued
at Millions.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 14. Fed by
large -quantities of rosin 'and turpen
tine, fire of undetermined origin late
today destroyed the plant of the
Southern Fertilizer and Chemical
company and burned a swath three
city blocks long and about 200 feet
wide through the terminals of the
Seaboard AirLine railroad on Hut
chinson island with a loss estimated
in millions of dollars.
Cotton, naval stores, sugar, lum
ber and nitrate of soda added to the
intensity of the flames, which were
gotten under control after about five
hours' fghting by the combined
forces of the railroad company and
city, aided by the fire tugs. The ef
forts of the firemen were hindered
by a suffocating smoke arising from
bt- i.ing rosin and turpentine and
by a wind which reached almost
gale proportions.
The terminal is located across
the Savannah river from the busi
ness section of the city.
Slayer Hanged and Body (
Riddled With Bullets
Shreveport, La., Feb. 14. The bullet-riddled
body of Will Faulkne,
a negro, was found hanging to a
tree about 10 miles north of here
this afternoon.
Earlier in the lay the 'negro had
been identified by Miss Willie Jeter
as the man she found bending over
her when she awakened this morn
ing. A coroner's jury decided that
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Owen, an aged
couple, were killed by Faulkner.
Their skulls were crushed while
they were asleep. Miss Jeter, a
niece of the couple, was residing at
their home, where the tragedy oc
curred, x
Fifty masked men overpowered
officers, who were taking Faulkner
to jail this afternoon, and fled in au
tomobiles with the negro.
Britain Makes Progress
in Repatriation of Aliens
London, Feb. 14. (Via Mon
treal.) Edward Shortt, home secre
tary, stated in the House of Com
mons that repatriation of alien en
emies in the United Kingdom was
proceeding as rapidly as shipping
conditions permitted. Over 6,000
had been repatriated since the ar
mistice. At the present time, Mr.
Shortt said, there were 18,600 en
emy' civilians still interned.
SUNDAY
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Social . Function Gven at
Superintendent Speedy and wife,
Railway Commissioner Taylor and
wife, Chief Justice Morrissey of the
supreme court and niece, Miss Mor
rissey; Judge and Mrs, Letton,
Judge Rose, Judge Dean and wife,
Judge Aldrich and wife, Judge 'and
Mrs. Martin, Senator and Mrs.
Bushee, Speaker of the House Dal
bey and wife, and Mrs. Fellers,
mother of Mrs. McKelvie.
Guests were served punch and
those who were inclined to dance
repaired to the ball room where
they enjoyed themselves.
The absence of the brilliant staff
of "colonels" who graced the more
formal inaugural receptions of the
democratic governors ot former
I years, was noted by the- guests who
1 had attended previous receptions.
VILSOIJ SAILS
ON HOMEWARD
VOYAGE TODAY
Admiral Wilson's Flagship, the
New Mexico, Will Ac
company President's
Steamer Closely.
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Brest, Feb. 14. Arrangements
were complete this evening for the
departure of President Wilson to
morrow. The steamer George
Washington moved into the Outer
harbor this afternoon.
The members of the Fifth engineers
and the One Hundred and Forty
sixth machine -gun battalion watched
all day in the expectation that the
president would appear.
Admiral Wilson's flagship, the
New Mexico, lies ready for the voy
age close to the Gerge Washington.
The party will comprise President
and Mrs. Wilson, David R. Francis,
ambassador to Russia; White House
employes, secret service men,' the
300 soldiers who have formed the
guard around the Murat residence,
Congressmen George White of Ohio
and P. D. Norton of North Dakota
and representatives of three news
associations. It will number 319
persons.
All the accommodations of the
liner will be utilized, however, for
not only will every cabin and state
room be occupied, but the vast hold
will be filled with several thousand
American soldiers who have seen
service in France and who are go
home to demobilization camps.
v. Restrictions Removed.
Washington, Feb. 14. Restric
tions on the importation of bread
stuffs except rice, wheat and wheat
flour were removed today-by the
war trade board.
Scheidemann Asserts
German Government
Accepts Wilson Program
Weimar, Feb. 14. Philipp
Scheidemann, chancellor in the
new provisional ' government,
speaking in the national assembly,
elaborated upon the government's
recent statement of policy. The
independent socialists, from time
to time,' interrupted the speaker
with sarcastic remarks or laughed
derisively, but the remainder of
the house was in no temper to
listen to these interruptions.
Herr Scheidemann gained the
greatest applause when he de
clared President Wilson's pro
gram had been wholly accepted
by the government and by a ref
erence hemade to the retention
by the allies of the German pris
oners. He sharply attacked the
advocates of a minority dictator
ship, upon whom he laid all the
blame for all the bloodshed in the
early days of the German revolu
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United States.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Feb. 14. President Wilson
left the Murat mansion at. 9.05
o'clock this evening for the In
valades station on the first stage of
his journey home.
The president was escorted by a
detachment of the republican guard.
Early in the evening the president
dined alone with Mrs. Wilson.
Prior to his departure Colonel
House and Secretary of State Lans
ing called at the Murat mansion to
bid the executive farewell.
The plan for the creation f a
league of nations which President
Wilson will take with him to the
United States will not be in condi
tion to petmit action by the United
States senate until the treaty of
peace is confirmed. '
Wilson Reads Covenant
President Wilson was the central
figure of the plenary peace confer
ence which openid at 3:30 p. m.
today when in person he read the
covenant establishing a league of
nations.
There was added interest in the
session as it was the last gathering;
of the delegates prior to the presi
dent's departure, as well as being
tbe-occasion of presenting the docu
ment with which his name is identi
fied. The president was received with
military honors as he arrived at the
foreign office and the large crowds ,
which had congregated gave him a
cordial welcome as he passed
through. The delegates already
were assembled when the president '
entered the council chamber.
When he entered the chamber the
president was greeted by Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Secretary Bal
four and Viscount Milner of Great
Britain, and the American delegates
at the head of the table. There
was little formality. Premier
Clemenceau, who is president of the
conference, called the conference to
order and President Wilson rose
and addressed the gathering.
Speech of the President.
"I have very great pleasure," said
President Wilson as he began in
presenting the report of the com
mission which has framed the con
stitution of a league of nations. "I
am particularly happy to be able to
say it is a unanimous report signed
by the representatives of all the
powers on the committee."
President Wilson spoke earnestly,
but without oratorical effect.
"The. best report I can make," the
president continued, "is to read the
document itself."
Thereupon he read from a printed
sheet the examination of the league
while the assembly followed his
reading with the closest attention.
Mrs. Wilson Enters.
While the president was reading
Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by the
president's naval aide, was escorted
to a place back of the delegates'
table.
The reading continued for 3S min
utes without interruption or ap
plause. As he closed, the president
laid aside the document and spoke
of what had been accomplished.
The deliberations of the commis
sion had been most instructive and
throughout the proceedings there
was an undertone of enthusiasm in
the great work being accomplished,
he said.
The results, said President Wil
son, embodied the judgment of 14
nations represented on the com
mission and these 14 nations were a
TEXT OF COVENANT
Full text of covenant of league
of nations given on page four.
(Continued on Fair ttn, Column Two?
Tie Broken in Senate
and Johnson Defeated
by Vote of Marshall
Washington, Feb. 14. With the
vote of Vice-President Marshal!,
breaking a tie, the, senate, late today,
defeated a motion by Senator John
son of California, republican, to
proceed with consideration of his
resolution proposing an expression
by the senate for withdrawal of
American troops from Russia as
soon as practicable.
This was the second successive
day that the California senator hari
failed to get action on the resolu
tion, but he announced that ht
would continue his tight, ;vr '
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