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UNCLE "SAM TO RECEIVE
BILLION DOLLAkS MARCH 15.
Washington, March 1. Latest
'"asury estimates place at $1,000,
000,0(10 the maximum of income tax
payments to be made March IS, as
the firit intallment of taxes dje
this year. Since about $800,000,000
ot tax certificates are to be re
deemed on that date the treasury
believes the deposit conditions
among, banks will not be disturbed
greatly.
This- explanation was made today
m response to inquiries reflecting
anxiety among bankers over what
was feared might be a condition ot
heavy withdrawals from banks and
accumulation in federal reserve
banks.
HAWAIIAN LAND LOTTERY
BESTOWS FORTUNES ON 185.
Honolulu, T. II., March 1. One
hundred and eighty-live residents of
the territory of Hawaii, many of
them plantation laborers and a
number recently discharged sol
diers, had comfortable fortunes
dropped into their laps here by the
land lottery which disposed of 185
homesteads on the island of Ha
waii. The homesteads range in , size
from 20 to 40 acres and many of
them are valued at $1,000 an acre.
All of the land, held under least
from the territorial government for
many years by a corporation. :s
growing sugar cane and is inten
sively cultivated.
The homesteaders have five years
in which to pay for the land, the
highest appraisal being $135 an acre.
In many instances one crop of sugar
cane will pay for the land.
REPUBLICANS IN HOUSE
STEAL MARCH ON ENEMY.
Washington, March 1. Republi
cans of the house found themselves
in the majority late tonight and
after a bitter debate, by a strict
party vote of 182 to 173, unseated
Representative Zebulon Weaver,
democrat, of the Tenth North Caro
lina district, in favor of James J.
Britt, republican.
Britt will hold his seat only two
days, but the victory gives him salary
and allowances for the full term.
The contest was over the 1916 elec
tion. Weaver was elected to succeed
himself last fall.
Strikes Snread and Disorders
Increase; Commander
of Assembly's Guards .
Beaten by Mob.
Benie, Switzerland, March 1.
The situation in Germany is de
scribed as most critical everywhere,
in messages received here today
The general strikes are extending
more and more, especially in cen
tral Germany, where disorder is In
creasing .and railway traffic has
partly stopped. Interruption of
telegraph and telephone services is
reported 'from various centers.
-Fears are felt by the authorities
that a reign of terror is about to be
gin in Erfurt, Gera, Greiz and Alle.
It is reported also that the bolshev
ik danger is growing in eastern Sil
esia. T ' v
Mob Attacks General Maercker.
Berlin. March 1. General Maerck
er, comander of troops guarding
the national assembly at Weimar,
was attacked by a mob in Erfurt to
day and robbed of a portfolio con
taining important, documents .bear
ing on the plan's of the government
for dealing with the strike situation
in central Germany.
, The general was attacked in front
of the barracks in Erfurt and was
beaten severely before he could be
rescued. The shoulder straps were
torn from his uniform by the mob.
200,000 Idle in Berlin.
Two hundred thousand persons
are idle in Berlin because of the
general strike, which is extending
into southern and central Germany.
Railway communication between
Berlin and southern Germany has
been cut off completely.
Government troops have entered
Dusseldorf. Minister of Labor Bauer
is conferring with the strike' leaders
in Leipsic and Halle.
Berlin newspapers report that at
temptsare being made by Sparta
can leaders to have a general strike
proclaimed in greater Berlin.
Public Utilities Companies
Appeal for Higher Charges
Washington, March 1. Urgent
need for prompt consideration of
the- application of public utilities for
higher charges is a subject which
President Wilson has been urged o
discuss in his address to governors
Monday.
Through the war finance corpora
tion and directly to the president,
many street car nd interurban com
panies, gas, electric and other utility
corporations have appealed for
some federal action to stimulate
city councils, state utilities commis
sions and other local authorities to
expedite consideration of their
cases.
Some officials today expressed
belief that the president would re
new his suggestion of last fall that
these local authorities hasten action.
Copper Miners Receive
' 15 Per Cent Cut in Wages
Calumet, Mich., March 1. Ten
thousand men are affected by a IS
per cent cut in wages announced to
day by the Calumet & Hecla and
subsidiary companies. It is said
that the average cost of producing
copper since November 1 has been
higher than the present market
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More Than 29,000 Licensed
Drinking Places in Middle
West to Go Out of Busi
ness July First.
Chicago, March 1. More than
29,000 licensed drinking places in
the six "wet" states of the central
west Illinois, Wisconsin, Minne
sota, Missouri, Kentucky and Ohio
.L are to go out for the first time in
history under the presidents war
time prohibition order.
Millions of dollars' worth of prop
erty used as distilleries, breweries,
saloons, wine rooms and roadhous
es already has changed hands and
is being converted into new lines of
industry, according to reports re
ceived here.
Beer Kegs for Sauerkraut.
Many small breweries, and a few
large ones, have arranged lo be
come manufactories, cold storage
plants or artificial ice factories. In
Wisconsin, which produces a sixth
of all beer brewed in America, one
big brewery has disposed of itt fix
tures and Ibid its kegs as "Liberty
cabbage" containers.
The 200 Kentucky distillers claim
their financial losses will far sur
pass those of brewers, because loca
tion and peculiar construction of
distilleries will not permit of easy
conversion to other industries.
Owners of isolated roadhuuses, the
rendezvous of gay auto parties,
claim that they, too, will suffer
heavy financial losses. They say it
would be imoossible to draw oa-
ftrons to out-of-the-way places with
out liquor inducements.
Badgers in Lead.
Wfs'consiri has 9,665 licensed
drinking places,' Illinois 8,418, Ohio
5,600, Missouri 3,000, Minnesota
1,800 and Kentucky 1,600.
Ohio's sa'oons are expected to
close May 27 under an amendment
to the state constitution.
Hundreds of saloons in the six
states will be converted into soda
shops, cafeterias, cafes, motion pic
ture theaters, drug stores, haber
dasheries and cozy soft drink-dancing
emporiums. There will be a
large increase in the number of drug
stores, according to liquor dealers.
"Saloon, fixtures as a rule are suit
able for the drug store," said one
big Chicago dealer. "For this rea
son there will be many more drug
stores. And now, with prohibition
virtually a fact, the little verse we
used to repeat in jest can be said
with a grain of sincerity:
"Hush, little barroom...
Don't you cry;
You'll be a drug store
. Bye and bye."
The closing will mark the passing
of many saloons that for years have
had almost national reputations. In
Bridgeport, O., is what is reputed
to be the largest barroom in the
world, with 263 feet of bar space;
in Chicago is the smallest, "The
Midget," with a space of but five
feet; up in parts of Minnesota are
resorts that almost form a part of
the state's early history, places
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Two.)
Irish Pin Hope for Freedom
On Wilson and Dominions
England as an Ally and Sinn Fein Rebellion Make It Im
possible for France to Take Any Active Part in
Pressing Claim for Independence of Ireland.
By NABOTH HEDIN.
(.Special Cable Dispatch.)
Paris, March 1. What are Ire
land's chances for hearing before
the peace conference? They depend
upon the attitude of the British del
gates, ' particularly those of the
British dominion who are suscept
ible to political pressure trom home,
which is likewise true of President
Wilson.
The Sinn Fein delegate, John
O'Kelly, says frankly that he came
here without invitation, but that he
took President Wilson's speeches
about the new era for small nation
alities literally, Ireland being, he
says, a perfect casein point.
It is evident that the Irish arc
placing great hopes in political ac
tions bv Irish-Americans. O'Kelly
told me" joyfully of the Philadelphia
convention, presided over by Cardi
nal Gibbons. I
May Have to Jail 70,000. A
"Whatever happens," he said,
"warfare in Ireland against the En
glish will not cease until their troops
leave. There are now 700 Irish
political prisoners. They may have
to jail 70,000. We will simply make
English rule impossible by syste
metic obstruction. '
"It's the old contest between the
oak and the vine," concluded
O'Kelly. ..
So Ur Uie French fre has not
Entrd
Omtha
econd-eUu Witter May 2B, 1906. it
P. 0. under act of March 3. 1879
Wilson Ends Busiest
Week at White House
by Signing 23 Bills
Washington, March 1 An
other day of strenuous work by
President Wilson brought to a
close what White House at
taches said was the busiest week
ever experienced at the executive
office.
Twenty-three bills and join;
resolutions were signed by the
president today at odd mpments
between the reception of callers,
consideration of domestic ques
tions and the making of nomina
tions. These included two gen
eral appropriation measures, the
postoffice bill and the legislative
executive and judicial bill con
taining subtreasurics in nine
cities and giving civilian em
ployes of the government in
Washington a war bonus of
$240.
- The bill authorizing voluntary
enlistments in the army up to
175,000 men and that giving
service men their uniforms and
5 cents per mile railroad fare,
instead of 3i cents, also were
signed.
THREE
0 BILLS
TIE
Congress Cannot Possibly
Pass Necessary Measures
in Run fSrtvprnmpnt F?3-
V UMII VlWI VI IIIIIVIII V
fore Time for Close.
Washington Bureau, Omaha Fee
Washington, D. C. March 1. The
end of the 65th congress is in sight
It is not chaos that confronts its
ending because there is a plain pros
pect of order in the 66th coneres
sional convention. It is not a deluge
because mobility at least is char
acteristic of a deluge. Rivermen call
it a spring ice gorge which cannot
move until the sun gives it power
and then bridges are smashed while
farms and towns are inundated
While the country still is in an
unsettled war condition but three
days remain of this session until the
demise of the 65th congress. t
Of the billions to be appropriated
only three appropriation bills have
been signed by the president and in
some particulars they are the least
of the great amount of money need
ed to carry the government through
the next fiscal year. If congress
should work in three shifts tomor
row, Monday and Tuesday until
noon it could not possibly pass the
supply and other necessary measures
to run the government after July 1,
1919, with any degree of care and
deliberation
Prepair for Duties.
Republicans, while obtaining some
satisfaction over the present demon
stration of democratic incompetency
in both executive and legislative
branches, view with no great com
placency the - serious burdens they
wil have to assume in the Sixty
sixth congress.
The house republicans have pre
pared early for the duties. They
have affected their organization and
promise effective team work. What
differences there were have been
composd largely-by the realization
of the burden which will be heavy
enough for'their united strength and
harmonious zeal.
The Dart olaved bv the new men
from -Nebraska, in the organization
of the house republican caucus and
(Continued on Pago Three, Column Four)
paid much attention to the Irish de
mands. The subject is decide'lly'
embarrassing. There is a great his
torical friendship between the
French and the Celts in the British
empire, but the times have changed
many things. Personally, the aver
age Frenchman still feels congenial
and sympathetic toward the Celtic
elements, but since the English
kave become France's allies, it is
difficult for the French to take a
definite position regarding what
England characterizes as internal
dissension.
If foreign races within the French
territorial confines should demand
national independence French opin
ion would resent and rightly so
English interference. The press
here, therefore, is confident that the
French peace delegates, backed by
full public support, will take the at
titude that the Irish demand con
cerns local British politics alone and
that they will not enter into the
merits of the Irish case.
Besides disliking to irritate a loy
al ally, the French consider the
Irish question does not arise from
the recent war and therefore does
not concern the pedte conference.
Whether the future tribunal of the
society of nations will consider the
problem is another matter.
Furthermore the French will not
((.uuUsum! rwi Two. Column Seven.)
SfOiO US
GROWS SHOOTER
OMAHA, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1919.
. , . M
J BILL March Arrives HfHLIlARV
Republican Senators in Cau- S-pl"' "iPgX
cus Vote Down Motion to WWk 3 f "
Force Extra Session
BULLETIN.
Washington, March 2. Efforts
of democratic leaders in the sen
ate to pass the "Victory Loan"
bill were temporarily blocked this
morning by Senator La Follette of
Wisconsin, republican, who at
2:30 o'clock was in the midst of a
lengthy address. The Wisconsin,
senator, however, t'isclaimed any
attempt to filibuster against the
measure.
Senator Sherman of Illinois said
he planned to follow Senator La
Follette with "considerable re
marks" on the bill and it was said
that Senator France cf Maryland,
republican, also expected to speak. ,
An unofficial poll of the senate
was said to disclose pnly four sen
ators in favor of a filibuster
against the loan measure.
Washington, March 1. Despite
desires of some republican senators
to block the "Victory loan" bill m
an effort to force President Wilson
to call an early extra session of
congress, both republican and demo
cratic leaders predicted late to
night that the measure would be
passed, possibly before the nigtit
session of the enate ended.
Several hours after the measure
was taken up no efforts at a fili
buster had been made, although re
publican senators in favor of ob
struction tactics had been left free
to determine their pivaacliops iy,
StonfSre"nce"6f mfnoritv senators
held late in the day at the call of
Senator Lodge to discuss the ad
visability of holding up the bill.
Sherman Leaves in Anger.
The conference was said by some
of those attending to have been
a somewhat stormy one. and Senator-Sherman
of Illinois left in the
middle of it after serving notice that
because of the evident disposition
"not to call the president's bluff"
he was disposed not to return to
Washington after this session of
congress ends. Should he not re
turn, the republicans would have
of a majority of only one in the sen
ate. Feeling among the republicans
over the legislative situation and
reports that the president had said
that responsibilty for the failure to
pass necessary legislation would be
placed on them, continued to run
high tonight. While the bill ' was
under debate numerous discussions
were held in cloak rooms between
senators said to favor obstruction.
Without organized opposition,
senators advocating a filibuster con
ceded that it would be conducted
with small prospect f success.
Opinions at Variance.
Those urging a filibuster, leaders
stated,believed that a patriotic duty
would be done- by forcing an extra
session in view of certain failure of
much important legislation and con
sidering industrial and other condi
tions over the country. Opponents of
the filibuster declared that obstruc
tion would be misconstrued as par
tisan, and also that failure of the
loan bill might cause serious unrest
in financial circles.'
Enactment of the loan and railroad
bills, it was believed, would leave
President Wilson free to postpone
the extra session until after May or
June.
In spite of the defeat, 13 to 12, of
(Continued on Tage Two, Column Six.)
Transport Near Capsizing
With 2,500 Troops Aboard
New York, March 1. The trans
port Sobral, which arrived here
from Brest, nearly capsized while
docking today when more than 2,500
troops on board massed themselves
on the starboard side to exchange
greetings with relatives and friends
on barges drawn up alongside and
caused the transport to list IS de
grees. Capt. I. R. Davitt, in command of
the steamer, ordered the troops and
crew to the port side in an effort to
right the ship and when they showed
reluctance in obeying the command,
he threatened to have the ship's fire
hose turned on them. Orders also
were given to start the ship's pumps
and the vessel slowly righted as her
ballast tanks became filled with
water.
British Army to Be Reduced
From 2,500,00ato 952,000
London, March 1. The British
army at home and abroad, exclusive
of the force in India, now numbers
2,500.000 men and is being reduced
to 952,000 according to a White
paper issued by the government to
day. The army of the Rhine, including
troops in France and Belgium, will
consist after demihflization of 23,
600 olucers and oaO.UOO men
War Mothers Charge Red
Cross With Gross Neglect
At Funeral of Mrs. Mohr
Woman Who Had Two Sons in Rainbow Division Laid
to Rest in Cheap Nightgown; No Minister Pro
vided to Read -Service; Young Girl Represents
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.. American War Mothers charge the Red Cross with gross
neglect. , Thirty members of the society who attended the
funeral of Mrs. Louis Rusch Mohr, Saturday morning, said
their hearts were torn by failure of the Red Cross to conform
to common funeral customs in the burial of the friendless
woman who has two sons in France with the Rainbow divi
sion. No shroud nor attention for the corpse and no minister
for services were provided, according to the wTomenT
"It is a disgrace to our country to have the mother of two
soldiers, no matter how poor, buried in the way this poor
woman was," said Mrs. Susie Finney.
"I am a mother and I have a son in France and it broke
my heart to see a woman who had given two sons to Uncle
bam buried m a cheap nightgown ana with her hair ua
combed."
"No minister was provided to
read even the simplest funeral serv
ice," said Mrs. J. W. Willey. "Mr.
A. J. Jackson, the funeral, director,
himself, offered to read the servic-;
if it was acceptable to the women
present, rather than have no service
held. He took down the American
flag", that was hanging in his office
and draped it over the body. The
coffin was a simple pine box,' with
no glass covering," she added.
The War Mothers sang "Jesus,
Lover of My Soul" and "Nearer My
God to Thee." They brought with
them a huge bunch of flowers to
lay upohTthe coffin.
Only Ones Present.
"We were the only ones present
except Mrs. R." S. Schueneman, the
woman at whose home Mrs. Monr
died, and a young girl, who said she
was 'the representative of the home
service section of the Red Cross,"
said Mrs. R. H. Walters.
"When I asked her why the Red
Cross had not at least provided a
shroud for the dead woman, she
told me I didn't know anything
about it and intimated that I should
mind my own business," said Mrs.
Walters. "We are not wealthy
women in the War Mothers society
but we would have permitted no
"Johnny" Lynch Back
in Omaha After Term
in Dodge County Jail
John C. Lynch, former county
commissioner, has returned to Oma
ha from Fremont, where he served
a sentence of 90 days jn the Dddge
county jail.r
He was committed by Judge
Woodrough of the United States
district court, following a charge of
violation of the Mann act.
Mrs. Mary Lynch, his mother, re
siding at 822 Forest avenue, stated
that her son was home, but that he
declined to be -rflterviewed.
Price Quits Railroads
to Enter Movie Company
Washington, March 1. Oscar A.
Price has resigned as assistant to
the director general of railroads to
become president of a new corpora
tion organized to distribute the fihns
of a group of prominent moving pic
ture actors, it was announced here
today. He will leave the railroad
administration April 1 and make his
headquarters, in Kew York,
By Mill (I vrV Oillv. tl.sn- Sunday,
Only and Sun.. $3.50: outildj Nib. aoiUo
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mother
without
clared.
of soldiers to be buried
a proper shroud," she de-
It was Mrs. Walters who tele
phoned members of the War Mo
ther's organization to attend the
funeral, upon reading in The Bee
the story of the friendless woman's
death, Tuesday, in Omaha, where
she fame on her fruitless search to
gain information of her boys.
Mrs. Schueneman expressed her
gratitude to the War Mothers for
attending the services and bestow
ing some little attention on the dead
woman. S
Tried to Find Relatives.
The local Red Cross chapter made
efforts to locate the dead woman's
relatives by an appeal to Lincoln
Red Cross chapter and through the
newspapers. A wire was sent to
adjutant general of the United
States army in an effort to locate
the woman's sons and notify them
of her death.
After notifying the county coro
ner of the death of the woman at his
home, R. S. Schueneman notified
the Red Cross and made the request
that the Red Cross assume charge
o ffuncral arangements. This the
Red Cross agreed to do, according
to Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm, chairman
of the home service section.
Chief Eberstein's Son
and Deputy Flanagan on
"Booze Hound" payroll
With the steady growth in number
of bootleggers thrivinjr about Omaha
comes a report from Lincoln of the
appointment of additional state
agents Russell E. Eberstein, son of
the Omaha chief of police, and lately
employed as a government officer, is
one of the new men drawing pay
from the state as a "booze hound,"
according to records in the auditor's
office at Lincoln.
R. L. Flanagan, deputy in Sheriff
Mike Clark's office, is also on the
state payroll. Eberstein has drawn
$50 a month out of the prohibition
enforcement fund, and Flanagan
drew $372.46 for salary and expenses.
Other Omaha men employed as
"booze hounds' 'include L. S. Strain,
who received $85.48; John B. Stryker,
SJ0; and Dave Berkowitz, $175.74.
Bryan 111 at Washington.
Washington, March 1. William
Jennings Bryan, confined to his ho
tel apartment here with a heavyS
coiq, today cancelled an engage
ment to speak tomorrow in Wasing-tou.
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tatra
FIVE CENTS.
HTY-TWO LOT
iASED FOR
Tract Chosen to Provide for
Future Growth of City;
, Plans Call for Series of .
Buildings.
The Board of Education, it was
annocnued Saturday night, has com
pleted the purchase of 42 lots, or ap
proximately eigiit acres between
Burt and Cuming streets, from
Thirtieth to half a block west of
Thirty-second, for a site for a new
High School of Commerce build
ing. The ground has cost the board
$100,000.
This site was chosen, according to
C. V. Warfield, chairman of the
building and grounds committee of
the board,-because it provides for
future growth of the city, and be
cause it is the center of population
for the present attendance of the
school.
Statistics prove, the board states,
that 52 per cent of the pupils attend
ing the school, live north of Cum
ing street.
The board's plans for the ground
call for a series of buildings, the
main building to be about 220 feet
square. Nearly z? block of play
ground will be developed on the
site.
A part of this ground is at present
an Old dumping ground. This, however,-
will be filled up immediately.
Harrison and Morton made the
sale.
Equal Suffrage Resolution
Strikes a Snag in Senate
Washington, March 1. Favorable,
reports on the compromise resolu
tion for submission of an equal fran
chise constitutional amendment to
the states were ordered today by
both the senate and house woman
suffrage committee, but when Chair
man Jones sought to present the
senate committee's report tonight.
Senator Wadsworth of New York,
republican, objected and the report
remained with the committee. .
While conceding that a filibuster
or congestion of legislation in the
senate might prevent consideration
of the resolution at this session, ad
vocates of the measure expressed
confidence tTiat it would be adopted
before adjournment.
Senator Gay of Louisiana, an
nounced today that he would vote
for the compromise resolution and
advocates of the measure said his
vo!e would give them the necessary
two-thirds majority.
Payment of Indemnities
Will Extend Over Years
Paris, March 1. The peace con
ference commission on reparation
has virtually completed its study of
the indemnity which Germany must
pay to the allied and associated
powers and the manner in which it
shall be paid. The study has been
based more on what "Germany is
capable of paying than on what the
opposing powers lost in the war.
Germany will have to make an im
mediate payment, while the re
mainder will be scattered over a
period of years, it is understood.
" i
Danish Cabinet Resigns.
London, March 1. The Danish
cabinet resigned today as the re
sult of the complicated political
situation in Denmark, according to
a wireless message received here
from Copenhagen. A message adds
that it is believed that the social
democrats will try to abolish the
landsung or teuate.
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Terms Laid Before Council
by Foch .Provide for
Termination of All Sub
marine Warfare.
By Associated Press.
Paris, -March 1. Marshal Foci
presented today to the council of the
great powers the military terms tc
be incorporated in the peacfc treaty
These will be considered Monday
with the naval terms already sub
mitted to the council.
The military terms provide for the
disarmament of Germany down to
20 divisions of 10,000 men each, in
cluding 15 divisions of infantry and
five of cavalry. Severe restrictions
are placed on the manufacture of all
classes of war materials, and the
military aiuHcoimucrcial use of the
airplane is limited to the minimum.
Beyond Marshal Foch's presenta
tion of the terms today they were
not discussed.
Suppress Hun Submarines.
The naval terms now before the
council provide not only for the
complete suppression of Germany's
submarine equipment, but also for
the termination of all submarine
warfare by all nations throughout
the world, thus ending the use of the
submarine in naval warfare.
The provision for dismantling the
fortifications of Helgoland and Kiel
canal has been made the subject of
reservation by Admiral Benson,
representing the United States,'
whereby this shall not be a pre
cedent applicable to American canal
and harbor defenses, such as Heil
Gate, Cape Cod canal anl others. V-
The proposal for the destruction
ot tne large uerman warsnips is up
proved in the report by the British
and American naval authorities, but
the French still make reservations
against the destruction of these
ships.
The supreme council is expected
to pass on this and other naval and
military subjects on Monday.
Preparing Final Terms.
The peace conference next week
will examine the questions of
German disarmament and the finan
cial and territorial conditions to be
imposed as the peace preliminaries,
says the Gaulois today.
A new convention, embodying
clauses which will virtually make
the document a preliminary treaty
of peace, will be communicated to
Germany within 10 davs, the news
paper adds, as the result of this
31UUV,
President Wilson, it is stated, ha
been contiually kept acquainted with
the proceedings in this connection,
and the newspaper declares he is in
absolute agreement with the alliev
on all points.
Committee to Fix Frontiers.
To expedite peace conference
work .in defining the approximate
future frontiers of enemy countries.
appoint a committee of one mem
ber each from the United States.
Great Britain, France! Italy and Ja
pan. The committee will outline
frontiers on the basis of the recom
mendation of . territorial commis
sions already appointed or yet to
be created and submit the delimita
tions for consideration to the con
ference. The committee also' will make rec
ommendations regarding parts ot
frontiers of enemy states not includ
ed in the scope of any commission,
except such frontier questions as
any powers concerned may reserve
for discussion in the first instance
in the supreme council.
Wage Increase Offered
Harbor Men to Avert Strike
New York, March 1. Marked
progress toward averting resump
tion of the strike of 16,000 harbor
workers was reported tonight after
a four-hour conference of the strike
committee of the Marine Workers'
affiliation with representative! ci
the New York Boat Owners' as
sociation, United States railroad
administration and army and navj
transportation services.
Paul Bonynge, counsel for th
boat owners, announced that he had
"waved aloft the olive branch," b1
declined to disclose the nature A
the proposal he had made.
Union leaders said, however, that
Mr. Bonynge had offered a 10 per
cent wage increase, but declined to
discuss his pHbposal with reference
to their demand for an eight-hour
day.
Dynamite Bearers Killed
by Explosion of Their Load
' Franklin, Mass., March 1. The
premature explosion last night of
dynamite which the police believe
was intended to destroy the Ray
mill of the American Woolen com
pany, caused the death of four men.
it became known today. The police
i.t, ,i ... .
noia ine ineory uiai tne men kiiiec
were carrying the explosive. Three
of the dead were employs of tea
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