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R lEF RIGHT lUJR EEZY BITS OF NEWS "DEVIL DOG" FACES TRIAL FOR DESERTING FROM NAVY New York, Feb, 26. An intense Hesire to see active service in the trenches in preference to life aboard ship 'resulted in Cornelius Fiske, 18 years old, of New York, who de serted the navy to join the marines , shortly after the United States en tered the war, returning to this country today a prisoner in the brig of the steamer President Grant. Fiske took part in the fighting at Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood and Soissoni keeping his secret until the armistice was signed. Capt. J. F. Gargan of Ho.-. i n. his commander, said that he co'.i not prevent Fiske's arrest, altho.:;,li lu obtained permission to act as his attorney when his case came to trial and hoped to have him acquitted. SPARTACANS BURN DUSSELDORF BALLOTS London, Feb. 26. After the elec tions for the town council had been held in Dusseldorf last night, says a Cologne dispatch today, armed Spartacans compelled the surrender of the ballot boxes and made bon fires of the ballots and all elections documents. The Spartacans wound up yvith a litte promiscuous shoot ing, resulting in several casualties. AVIATOR FLIES , IN GRAND CANYON. Kingman, Ariz., Feb. 26. Lieut. Chase V. Rugh of the Gulf-to-the-Paciftc aero squadron, yesterday performed the hazardous feat of fly ing inside the walls of the Grand canyon of Arizona. The day was calm and no dangerous air currents were encountered. He did not ob , serve any emergency landing places in the canyon, he reported. YELLOWSTONE PARK ENLARGEMENT APPROVED. ' Washington, Feb. 26. Increase by one-third of the size of Yellow stone National park was approved today by the senate public lands, committee, which ordered reported the house bill to add 1,265 square miles of forest reserve land in Wyoming. BOLSHEVIKI TURN CHURCH INTO THEATER. Warsaw, Feb. 26. The bolsheviki have turned the famous church of St. John into a theater. Construc tion of this edifice was begun jn 1.108. EDUCATORS SCORE I'KID GLOVE" EDUCATION. Chicago, Feb. 26. "Kid glove" ed ucation of young women in the country's principal girls', college was put on the grill today at th. opening session ot the national Education convention. "The modern girl is chockfull of enthusiasm, and devoid ot trained ability when he faces a career," de clared critics ot the present educa , national system. Thousands of young women are hopelessly unfitted for careers when they are graduated, it was charged by Willystine Goodsell, dean of the Teachers college of New York, who urged a "sound training system" rather than "the present incompe tent ideas." GOVERNMENT FINDS WAY TO DONATE TIN HATS. Hoboken, N. J., Feb. 26. Eighty Jive thousand perfectly good "iron hats," once worn by German sol diers, have been heaped up here and guarded while law experts r try to find a way around the technical bar that prevents the United States gov ernment from giving them away. The captured helmets were seift to i this country by General Pershing to be used for Victory loan advertising purposes, principally as district prizes. Regardless of other opin ions, Frank R. Wilson, director of loan publicity, says the "hats" can be given away under an old law which permits the government to get rid of "munitions of no value." "CONSCOBS" REFUND $20,00 PAID TO THEM. Washington, Feb. 26. Conscien tious objectori have returned to the War department, the Friends So ciety, the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross approximately $20,000 of the money paid them, the War depart ment announced today. Of this sum $4,319 haj been received by the War department, .$4,000 by the Friends' society and $270 by the Y. M. C. A. It is estimated that the 1,200 ob jectors who were given farm fur loughs, have sent to the Red Cross $10,000, representing a difference be tween the dollar-a-day rate paid to soldiers and the prevailing wages received by these men. Decision Deferred as to Continuance of Minimum Hog Price Washington, Feb. 26. Decision as to the continuance of the food administration's minimum hog price policy after midnight Friday, ex pected today by Frank S. Snyder, chief of the meat division, will not be made until President Wilson has determined the question of embar goes affecting neutrals and other countries. N- This became kndwn tonight after food administration officials had conferred with the war trade board and later with President Wilson at the White House during the meeting of the war cabinet. Mr. Snyder had announced that a statement concerning the govern ment's policy as to h,og prices would be made during the day, but after the White House cpnference food administration officials explained there would be no further need of maintaining a minimum price if the world markets could be opened up) to free trading in pork. This question was discussed at the meeting of the "war cabinet" and if. was said the president had taken it under advisement and would consider it, together with oher phases of the entire embargo question. MAKE VOL. 48 NO. 218 Gen. Crowder Says That 5,009 Sentences Imposed on Men of Army JVill Be Re viewed by Board. Washington, Feb. 26. Major Gen eral Crowder, judge advocate gen eral of the army, appearing before the senate military committee today, at a resumption of hearings on the court-martial situation, said that all imprisonment sentences imposed on men f the army during the war and found upon review to be too severe would be mitigated through the president's power of remission'. s General Crowder said that within 60 days the 5,000 sentences imposed since the beginning of hostilities would be reviewed by a special board headed by Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, who was acting judge advocate general during the war and whose testimony as to severity of court-martial sentences led the com mittee to extend its invitation. 1,200 Restored to Duty. Steps toward mitigating the sen tences were begun, General Crowder said, prior to the investigation by the senate committee. Practically all of the men sentenced to dishon orable discharge and imprisonment, he said, already have the dishonor- ble discharge provision revoked. Ie added that 1.200 men sentenced to long terms at Leavenworth, Kan., had been honorably restored to duty in the last year. Provisions of the pending Cham berlain bill, authorizing review by the judge advocate general of court martial sentences were opposed by General Crowder, who said it would give the judge advocate general ex tremely broader powers and author ity to administer the entire system of army discipline. He indicated that many times the commanding officers in the field was in a better position to review the case. Few Verdicts Criticised. Lieut. Col. Alfred E. Clark of the judge advocate general's office, who preceded General Crowder before the committee, testified that only a few of the 15,000 or 20,000 court martial verdicts handed down dur ing the war were criticised as too severe. All classes of men were brought into the army through the draft, he said, and it was necessary to punish insubordination severely. Chairman Chamberlain read into the record of the hearing a confi dential order on conscientious ob jectors which he said was sent to all camp commanders in the United . . 1. A J'l . , T aiates Dy .Adjutant uenerai earn ed, at the direction of Secretary Baker. The order as placed in the record follows: . "The secretary of war directs that you be instructed to segregate the conscientious objectors in their di visions and to place them under supervision of instructors, who shall be specially selected with a view to insuring that these men will be handled with tact and consideration and that their questions will be an-J swered fully'and freely. "With respect to their attitude of objecting to military 'service these men are not to be treated as violat ing military laws, thereby subjecting themselves to the penalties of the articles of war, but their attitude in this respect will be quietly ignored and they will be treated with kindly consideration. " Objectors Conciliated. v "Attention in this connection is in vited to a case where a number "of conscientious objectors in one of our divisions, when treated in this man ner, renounced their original objec tion to military service nd volun tarily offered to give their best efforts to the service of the United States as soldiers. t "It is desired that after the pro cedure above indicateifrshall have been followed for a sufficient length of time tp afford opportunity to judge the results derived from it, a report of the action taken and the results obtained under these in structions is to be submitted to the War department by each division commander. As a result of the consideration of these reports fur ther instructions will be issued by the secretary of war as to the policy to be observed in the future in the case of conscientious objectors. "Under no circumstances are the instructions contained in the fore going to be given to the news papers." r Head of Omaha Schools , Addresses N. E. A. Convention Chicago. Feb. 26.(Sneciar Tele- gram.) J. II. fieveridge, superin tendent ot tnc umaha puhjic schools, delivered one of the most rolling addresses of the National Ed ucational association convention to an audience ot o.lMNi persons at tne Auditorium this afternoon. He also made the oieirni mM-p s at the Co lumbia dinner last night. j . f fU : I I USE OF THE BEE'S The' Omaha: Daily Ctrd ai ncnd-tUn awttir Mat St. 1906. at Oa?ha P. a. rntdar act at March 3- Ih7 Miss Stone Will Stick to "Dear Darling Billy" to Very, Last, She Declares "He's the First Dark-Haired Man I Ever Liked at All," Says Chicago Actress; Schafer, Held for Grand Larceny, Denies Stories. By Universal Service. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 26. The case of William H. Schafer, promoter, charged with grand larceny in connection with the closing of 14 state banks from which $500,000 is missing, is slated to go before the grand jury tomorrow morn ing. Florence Stone, actress, who was accompanied to Minneapolis from Chicago last week by a detective, has not seen her "Billy" yet. She bemoaned the fact tonight at the home of her attorney. "I'll stick to my dear, darling cilly to the very last, she said, "because he's the only man I ever really loved. He's the first dark haired man I ever liked at all. Everything is coming out all right." But "Billy" Schafer, who con trolled the banks.f disagrees witn Miss Stone. Schafer js married and has a daughter. lies, all lies," he exclaimed through the bars of his cell when told of Miss Stone's intention cf Sticking by him. Schafer denies practically everything that Miss Stone, divorced wife of "Dick" Fer ris, upholds regarding their friend ship. Miss Stone, however, is in clined to disregard his accusation that what sheisays is untrue. "When TALE OF COURT PARTIAL TOLD BY RETURNED MEN "Sunset" Soldiers Withhold Name of High Officer Who Played Into Hands of Germans. Two hundred active service men of the Ninety-first or "Sunset" di- dision, more than 50 wounded in the-l Argonne forest, were entertained in the Red Cross canteen in the Union station Wednesday evening, leaving at 10 o'clock on a special westbound train. One section was bound, for the Letterman general hospital in San Francisco, the other, the One Hundred and Forty-ninth casual company, was, enroute to Fort Douglas, Utah, and the Presidio to be demobilized. Unpublished Story. The 91st division men, distin guished for service, bring back with them a hitherto unpublished tale of a high ranking officer court-mar tialed for playing into the enemy s hands in the early battle in the Ar gonne. He laid down a barrage which inflicted severe punishment on his own men. An officer in his own command was about to shoot him down when the gun was kitocked from his hand. While re fusing to divulge the name of the officer, who later was court-martialed and shot, according to the boys' story, he succeeded General Greene and preceded General John ston in command of the 91st di vision, they say . v Joyful Meeting. joyful meeting in the Red Cross canteen was that of Norman Bst of San Francisco and Mrs. H. F. Sarman 557 South 26th street and her daughters. Bost of the Three Hundred anf Sixty-fourth infantry and Mrs. Sarman's son, Lt H. F. Sarman, jr., men in base hospital No. 23. The officer sent messages home through the wounded soldier, who telephoned to Mrs. Sarman when he reached here. The Omaha woman made a record trip to the depot to greet the soldier who brought the first direct message from her byoy since he sailed for overseas "duty. Adams Given Wound Stripe f or - Battle With Steam Pipes Superintendent Adams of the Union station today wears a wound stripe. Only it is of paper instead of gold. It wasconferred upon him for "wounds'' iu action" sustained Wednesday night in the Red Cross canteen. Lt. C. J. Edwards and Lt. W. P. Ultes, in charge of the train of wounded men who passed the evening in Oma ha, sewed the stripe on his coat sleeve. Here is the story of the "casualty": x It. was cold ini the hospital ward of the Red Cross rest room. Mrs.. L. J. Healey, assistant com mandant, was unable to turn on the heat. As usual, she sent for Supt. Adams, the official "Mr. Fix It" of the Red Cross corps. He came and was attempting to turn on the heat when the radi ator burst, . scalding his right hand. Luckily for him. there wa nlentv of first aid- The off:cers and Red Cross nurses, Mrs. A. F. Leermakers and Mrs. Blissaid. cave him emergency treatment. NEW QUESTION OMAHA, THURSDAY, I love, I love," she stated, "and it don't matter what he says about me, for he's the dearest boy in the world to me." Charles F. Wyant, president of the string of 14 banks closed, is charged with receiving money from depositors in banks that were in solvent. He refuses to make a statement Wyant was arrested once before eatly last week, but released temporarily. County Attorney William M. Nash returned from Chicago this morn ing and reported he had been unable to, trace any of the missing fuiffls. It also became known that govern ment, secret service agents were working on the case. PORTER TRIES TO RAISE WATER BILL mH0USE His Attempt to Submit Mi nority Report for Majority Had Been Recommended for Postponement. - From a Staff Correspondent Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2. Represen tative ' Porter' of UougTas' tried 'un successfully today to raise H. R. 304 in the house. The bill sought to create water power districts in the state$ior the development of hydro electric power. It had been recom mended for indefinite postponement by the committee on irrigation and water power. Porter tried to substi tute the minority report favoring the passage of the bill, for the nra jority report. Raps One-Man Power. Representative McClellan o f GrandIsland declared that while he was a republican, he could not sup port any bill that would bring about one-man power in the state of Ne braska, even if that one man was R. LB. Howell. ' Representative Barbour declared the bill vicious in that it sought to grant the Omaha Metropolitan Water board the right of eminent domain in extending over the state, permitting it to seize and develop sites in competition with smaller companies. . Gives Life Tenure. . Representative Carroll, a member of the majority of the committe. challenged a statement of Porter that the opposition came from mem bers opposed to public ownership of utilities. the memuer from Douglas assumes too much," said he. "We regard this as a vicious bill, and an analysis of the measure shows that it seeks t provide for a life tenure of office, at a fixed sal ary of the one man in the state,' who is qualified to act in a managerial capacity, and you know who it is." ' Then it was that McClellarf of Grand Island made his declaration against what4je deemed the creation of one-man power in the state. Schmidt, nonpartisan leader, made a plea for the bill on the grounds that it had been unfairly treated and that it only provided the same powers of the people to create a water power district trie same as they could an irrigation dis trict and there was no one person behind it. Extends Omaha Authority. Allen of Gage called out: "May I ask you a question?" Schmidt yielded. "Did not Howell, in the committee hearing, say that he drdw up the bill." After an evasion of the question, Schmidt finally answered: "Yes, jie said he had a hand in it." Birdsall opposed the measure on the ground that it extended the right of eminent domain over the state of Nebraska to the Metro politan Water board of Omaha, in contravention of the right of self determination of the smaller com munities which had oower sites which could be locally developed. Carroll took the same view and declared the bill was a vicious one and should be killed. " The vote on adopting Porter's motion, that the minority renort bt adapted, was then taken and it was lost by a vote of 40 against and 31 for. There were 29 absentees. The bill now stands indefinitely post poned. . Frisco Feels Temblor. San Francisco, Feb. 26. A slight earthquake was felt hereat 2:30 o clock this Ttternoon. was reported. No damage AND ANSWER COLUMN SEE EDITORIAL PAGE. FEBRUARY 27, 1919. Rep.-Elect Jefferis Looking Over Situation in Wash ington; Noncommittal as to Choice for Speaker. Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee. Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. Representative-elect A. W. Jefferis of Omaha arrived in Washington to day to participate in the house re publican caucus tomorrow evening when candidates for speaker, clerk, doorkeeper, sergeant-at-arms and chaplain will be selected to present to the house when it is convened in extra session. Mr. Jefferis wasnon comniittal as to his choice for speak er, although he was told that he had been figured in the uillett column He said he was here to listen and have a few things cleared up before he would decide as to where his vote should go forvspeaker. New Members Confer. During the morning session of the house the four new members from Nebraska, Jefferis, Evans, Mc Laughlin and Andrews, held a pro tracted "po"w wow" in the rear ot the hall and not only the speaker ship but the subject of committee assignments was referred to, but only in an offhand way." It is well known that immediately after his election Mr. Andrews expressed a desire to s-uccecd to the place on the ways and means committee now occupied by Mr. Sloan. He insists that Nebraska should retain the place and urges his fitness on the ground of having handled tariff matters for years while auditor for the Ireasury. .. Both Cannot Win.., . Both McLaughlin and Evans would like agriculture, but they realize that both cannot be given places on that important committee, and so they hope to land on commit tees that will be satisfactory. Jef feris will probably try for military affairs in view of having two im portant military posts in his district, Forts Omaha and Crook, besides a large quartermaster depot: Then again Nebraska would only be hold ing its own on this committee, as Shallenbarger of the Fifth district retires on March 4. Of course the new members are looking after advantageous commit tee places and the speakership fight may help them to realize Iheir ambi tions. That is one reason why one or two newly elected representatives from Nebraska are noncommittal. Senator Hitchcock today received a petition signed by 25 citizens of Josie, Neb., protesting against con gress giving a pension to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Senators Phil Kohl of Wayne and George Adams of Crawford, who served in the Nebraska legislature in 1915-17, are in Washington, inter ested in the oil and coal leasing bill, the conference report on which is how before the senate for final action. Intense Cold jn Northwest Reflected by Local "Drop Helena, Mont., Feb. 26. Montana is in the grip of a blizzard, with temperatures varying from 10 to 25 below zero. Below zero weather also is reported in central and northern Montana, wjth ominous signs from across the Canadian lin. Little change iiHtemperature dur ing the next 36 hours is probable. Heavy snows are seriously hamper ing train service. Temperatures in Omaha lowered slightly above zero last night. A strong .north gale gave the impres sion that it was much colder. Wounded, Soldiers Suffer On Overland Noise of Railway Trains Too Much Like , Approaching Shells; New York Milliner Distinguished Himself. Tribute to the high courage of American soldiers in action, together with the pathetic reaction of the shell-shocked nerves of wounded soldiers were gleaned in an inter view with Corp. H. B. Dow, former Reno (Nev.), automobile man, wounded in the Argonne October 3, who is on his way home with troops from the Pacific coast. Corporal Dow was with the Ninety-first division, which for seven days fought Indian fashion in the Argonne forest, without the pro tection of a foot of trench. It was the fighting which turned the trick and paved the way for the armistice. A New l ork milliner, a man of the most effeminate descrntion whom the iren of our company u;il)i)ed Ladv enve the most dis Bee Oall and Sun . 19.50: until tla Nib. B Mall (I aar. Daily. 14.30. 1 Opened Graves of Victims , Of Red Terror in Russia Show Horrible Atrocity Terrible Tale of Murders By Bolsheviki Unfolded in Official Report of Esthonian Authorities; Eighty two Bodies Found With Skulls Battered; Victims Shot On Edge and Rolled Into Hole in Ground. Copenhagen, Feb. 26. The official report of the Esthon ian authorities on the atrocities committed by the bolsheviki in Esthonia, especially at Wesenburg and Dorpat, unfolds a terrible tale. The graves of persons murdered at Wesenburg were opened February 17, in the presence of the town governor, and were found to contain 82. bodies. The skulls had been battered in and the bodies bayoneted. An eye-witness said the people were placed - at the edges of the graves and shot. The bodies were then thrown into the graves and the wounded killed with rifle butts. Iu the vicinity of the graves were bits of torn, clothes, fragments of skulls and hair, while the grass was covered with congealed blood. At Dorpat the people killed were dropped into the river through holes cut in ice. Bodies recovered later FRICTION GOMES FROM DELAY ON IG MEASURES Sharp Tilts Occur in Senate as Result of President's Insistence That Legisla tion Be, Cleaned Up. "Washington, Feb. 26. Although marked progress in disposing of legislation was made today by con gress after announcement that President Wilson would not call an extra session until after his return from Europe, administration leaders "were doubtful that all the necessary appropriation bills cbuld be enacted before adjournment next Tuesday. There was considerable tension over the legislative situation at the capitol after it became known that the president was insistent that all necessary legislation be disposed of at this session. On the senate floor4 and in private conversations demo crats and republicans charged each other with responsibility for delay in action o,n important measures. Urges Greater Speed. President Wilson had planned to go to the capitol this afternoon to confer with democratic leaders in an effort to accelerate the work of congress, but a prolonged meeting of his "war cabinet" prevented. He probably will carry out this program tomorrow before marching at the head of the parade in honor of Dis trict of Columbia troops. , .Democratic Leader Martin today (Continued on Pane Two, Column Three.) Trainmen's Wages Raised by Kansas City Company Kansas City, Feb. 26. A straight increase of five cents an hour on the wages of all trainmen in its employ was annoiinced tonight by the Kan sas City Railways company, making the minimum wage for such em ployes now 35 cents an hour and the maximum 40 cents. Also the mini mum for extra' trainmen was in creased from $60 to $75. - this increase under the present revenue is made possible, P. K. Kealy, president of the company, said, "by the fact that at present more than50 per cent of our train men are new and are therefore min imum wage nien. Van Loan Seriously El. Philadelphia. Feb. 26. Charge V Van Loan, humorist and writer of sporting and other stories, is ser iously ill at the Abington memorial nospital near here. Journey Home tinguished service in our company. He led his platoon into action in fearless fashion until he was shot down." Men Were Careless. "Most of our heavy losses were sustained because the men were too careless of their safety, deliberately walking into machine gun traps." "In,contrast with the unexpected demonstrations of supreme courage were the Winlookcf-for bursts of weepingYm the part of loud-mouthed, untamed giants after several days of battle strain." The overland railway journey is trying to some of the wounded sol diers fen account of the inevitable trainyard 'noise. "The exhaust of an engine or the fast whirl of a passing train sounds too much like approaching shells. Some of the men leap from their berths at the noise," said Corporal Dow. Corporal Dow underwent the cele brated Alexis Carrel treatment for tias gangrene which affected his shell-turn right arm. TWO CENTS. bore evidence of brutal treatment by the bolsheviki. a In one cellar a large number of bodies were found in a pile. These victims had been rob&Ed of their clothes and valuables and killed with hatchets and bombs. According to the report, the fury of the bolsheviki also raged against the peasantry, many of whom were murdered or mutilated. The report says that 5'.' women at Narva were drowned, the bolsheviki tying stones around their necks and throwing them into the river. ATTACK MADE ON ATTORNEY CLARK !N RATION CASE Lawyer for Defense in Ida Grove Tangle Testifies Be fore Grand Jury; Up to Legislature Next. Special To The Bee. Ida Grove, la., Feb. 26. George Clark, attorney for the defense, speut two hours before the grand jury here today, in connection with the Ernest Rathbun pardon case. No in formation as to the results of the hearing today were given out, but it is rumored here that Clark may be indicted on a charge of conspiracy to perjure witnesses, or that an effort will be made to disbar him from practice in the state of Iowa. Gflvprrmr Wyrrlincr l-lirt n tr.n before the grand jury here two days ago, is reported to have returned .to .1, l. . r it t- ' me nusimai ai arron, la. May Go to Legislature. Attorney General Havner, who is expected to return to Dei Moines by the last of the week, will proba bly lay all the evidence in the case before investigating committees of both the house and senate of the Iowa legislature. The legislature adjourned Saturday, and will not be in session again until next Wednes day. If the conynittees find the ev idence suftfeient it is reported that iinpeachmcnt proceedings may be started to oust Governor Harding from office. "Believed Boy Innocent." Governor Harding was quoted as saying: "The transcript of the evi dence contained so many conflicting statements., that with my knowledge of state agents' methods, I believed the boy innocent. Havner himself told me the boy's confession was secured by third degree methods and promise of immunity." The attorney general declared this statement absolutely untrue. "This is positively false," he asserted with the warmest emphasis he could command. ' did not tell Governor Harding anything of the kind. I said nothing to the governor even which could be construed to have anything like a resemblance of such a thought being in my mind. I said nothing that could, be mistaken to mean that third degree methods, or undue influence of any kind, were used in procuring Ernest Rathbun's confession to the crime he and Ray O'Meara committed against Elsie Hargens. I "cannot beh'eve that Governor Harding understood me to make the admissions with which he credits me." , Mr. Havner declared that when Rathbun signed the confession in Sioux City he did so of his own free (Continued on rage Two, Column Mil.) Omaha Firemen and Policemen Are Given Boost in Their Pay From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Feb. 26. (Special.) Omaha firemen and policemen were given a salary boost under the pro visions of the bill drawn by the Douglas county delegation, the state senate today passing it without op position. The bill had previously passed the house. - The senate today also passed .two other bills of interest to Omaha. The Allan-Larsen bill, , providing hat no janitor ini the Omaha schools, who. has been employed for over a year, should be discharg ed without a public hearing, went through the uoner branch. It now awaits the governor's signature. I lie i-arscn bill designed to pro vide arbitration in the settlement of labor troubles, also nassed. It provides that the employers and em ployes shall refer their troubles to the state board of mediation, oitaot antra Sunuai. l.ia T 'b i" . i . ) - THE WEAJJIER: Unrettled Thursday, prob ably light sno'v; Friday gen erally fair; continued cold. Hourly I'. 'iniHTHTMITM Hour. A tt. rtt. . . . a. .. . , h. in. . . , 8 a.' in.... H 14. 111... . Ill n. ni.. .. 1 1 h. in.. . . !; in. -. jtocir. Dr. ...H ...11 ...II . . . 10 ... .. ... ... R . -.'II . .51 . ; l .! 1) . I l.t m. M p. in. Says Chaos Will Overwhelm Europe if Plan Is Rejected; Fails to Change Views of Opponents. Washington, Feb. 26. President Wilson told members of the con gressional foreign relations commit tees tonight that unless the United States entered the league of nation , the league would fall and chaos and turmoil beyoiid description would result in Europe. The president was said to have told the senators and representatives that the league constitution adopted was proposed by Great Britain, but was not the one drawn by General Smutz, one of the British authorities on the league proposal. Drafts pre sented by the United States, France and Italy were rejected. Views of republican members op posing the league constilition as re ported to the peace, conference ap parently were not changed by the conference. Discussion o'f the constitution as presented to the peace conference was said to have been quite general anu tne president was questioned closely, especially by Senator Bran degee of Connecticut. Republican Leader Lodge and Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, former secretary of state, took very little part. Free Discussion Sanctioned. The president, after making an opening explanatory statement, an swered all questions freely and spe cifically emphasized that his guests were free to discuss the conference and all its information with newspa per men or others. One question on which much time was spent was whether a nation once in the league could withdraw, raised by Senator Brandegee. The president was said to have held that any country could withdraw, but Senator Brandegee contended this would be impossible under the con stitution as now drafted. Monroe Doctrine Guaranteed. President VUson denied that the league plan would interfere with the Monroe doctrine, declaring that the doctrine would be guaranteed by all tne member powers in the world society. - The president was said to have held that the mandatories in the constitution were not compulsory, but required the consent of the na tions to which the mandatory was assigned. Senators said he express ed the opinion: that the United States would dYsire to become a mandatory for Armenia. i On the question of American sovereignty, the president was said to have taken the position that re cession of American sovereignty was not a new precedent, being an in cident of every treaty. Disarmament Section Misconstrued. Chairman Hitchcock of the senate committee said the president held that decisions of the league's ex ecutive council on disarmament would not be binding, until specifi cally approved by each signatory nation, and that consequently the American congress would have the opportunity to pass on the ap portionment of armament for every nation concerned. the president saul this section had been miscon strued. Concerning the clause eivinsr the right to the league to consider acts threatening orld peace. President Wilson said that the clause was in- . definite and would be made more clear by writing' in a safeguard wuicn wouui require that every recommendation by the council should be unanimous. It was also said the president in formed the senators and representa tives that the disarmament provision would not irfterfere with the mili tary training of men, but that it was evident that a, trained body of men would not be a danger to world peace if their armament supplies were, kept in check. Mr. WRfon said the provision for enforcing the determination of the council in case it was disobeyed by any nation would apply in only om case, and that where the part (Contlmiril nn Vunti Two, Column Two.) Former Police Judge Back From Naval Service RaJ. Madden, former city police magistrate, returned to Omaha Wednesday following his release from the Naval Reserve. Mr. Mad den, a graduate of Creighton Law school, resigned his office as police judge in June, 1918, to enlist in the navy. The young lawyer declares his most interesting experience of" lite was changing from a legal ad- -visor to a "seadog" on the U. S. S. Gopher. "My only regret is that the kaisc: didn't know I was after him." Mr. Madden said. He will resume his duties iu fara again in Omaha. SaSt