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TAPT "BROKE" IN DETR0I1 :
MAYOR CASHES HIS CHECK.
Detroit, Mich., April 1. Former
President Taft, who spoke at Kala
- mazoo tonight on the league of na
. tions, arrived in Detroit this fore
noon "broke." He walked the mile
.and a half to lAe city hall, -vhere
Mayor Couzens 'cashed a check or
him. ,
'"I just run out of chance," l.e cy
: clawed to newspapermen, "and I
knew the mayor had lots of it."
SANGAMON , SAHARA
LOSES ITS SINGLE OASIS.
Divernon, III., April . The last
'wet" spot in Sangamon comity, Di-
; Vernon, today went over to the "dry"
column by a majority of 90 votes.
As a result of the election the en-
i tire county will become "bone dry"
after May 1.
GIVE CZECH ATMOSPHERE
TO BOHEMIAN RESORTS.
London, April 1. The Czech
newspaper Tribuna suggests that
the Bohemian watering places,
Karlsbad, Marienbad and Franzen
bad, be forthwith subjected to "the
process of a Czech metamorphosis,"
in order that guests from the United
States, England, France and Ger
. many shall instantly realize that
A they are on "purely Czech ground."
As a means of propaganda, the
newspaper suggests that Czech dra-
, tnatic entertainment and musical
farce be offered so that "the inter
national guests of the world's health
resort will irrstinqtively feel that
they are in the reception room of
the new Czech state."
HUNGARIAN SOVIET
,- CONFISCATES JEWELS.
Copenhagen, April 1. An order
Issued in Budapest by the new Hun-
?:arian government provides that
ewels and precious stones, the value
.- of which exceeds 2,000 crowns, shall
' be surrendered without payment to
the communist government.
EX-KAISER'S PICTURE
BARRED IN HUN SCHOOLS.
Berlin, April 1. All the Prussian
' district and provincial government
school authorities have been notified
' bjr Herr Haenisch, minister of re
: ligion and education, that pictures
of former Emperor1 William and the
former crown prince may no longer
be hung in the school rooms.
The order originates from an inci
"dent in an East Prussian school,
.where the teacher put former Em
peror William's picture in an attic
- . after the revolution, but was ordered
' Tby the authorities to hang it up
again, whereupon he entered a pro
teat KING ALBERT FLIES
FROM BRUSSELS TO PARIS
Paris, April l.-King Albert of
. Belgium flewMn an airplane from
"Brussels to Paris today. He reach'd
,an aviation camp near Paris shortly
lifter noon.
"". King A!ber came, according to
the Intransigeant, to plead the cause
' of Brussels as the seat of the league
:o( nations. : .-."-' ' ''
NEW METHOD ADOPTED "
.WITH CASUALTY LISTS.
Washington, ' April 1. The. war
' (department today instituted its new
'..method of issuing casualty lists,
fmade possible by publication of the
rnames of practically all casualties
Bustained before cessation of hostili
ties. ,
- Under the new method only the
hames of those killed in action and
whose death has just been verified,
and of triose whose death occurred
from other causes, will be announced
- by the War department here for im
mediate publication.
.Announcement of other casualties
V'ill be sent by mail to the newspa
pers of the country.
CHINA WARNED AND
THREATENED BY JAPAN
Peking, April 1. The Japanese
minister here has warned the TJhi
' rcse government that if the prema
ture disclosure of secret documents
by China causes loss to Japanese fi
nancial and commercial interests,
Japan will hold China responsible
for such loss. As a result, the Chi
nese government has further post
poned the contemplated publication
of secret agreements between China
and Japan
felNTELEN EATS SOAP
JN FEIGNING ILLNESS
Newark, N. J., April 1. -At a time
Vhen his fellow-countrymen would
- have exchanged a field piece for a
cake of castile, Capt. Franz Von Rin
telen, convicted German plotter, with
in aversion for the Atlanta penitentiary-
was blowing soap bubbles in
the Newark jail, in an effort to con
vince examining physicians he was
tuffering from tuberculosis.
This became known today, when
officials of the jail asserted the for
mer German naval officer had "bor
rowed" all the soap possessed by
his fellow prisoners and after eat-
B
" ing it by the pound, had emitted
I from his lips a foam which for a tifiv:
I puzzled the doctors. But the un-
palatable meat was eaten in vain
Ijor, still spouting bubbles, Von Rin
telen was shipped south.
i, PLANE SOARS 6,200
f METERS WITH FIVE ABOARD
Paris, April K A Goliath air-
i plane, carrying five passengers in a
special' flight, has reached an alti-
kude of 6.200 meters. The climbing
I - Occupied 1 hour and 15 minutes, and
i Bet a new record by several hundred
h tneters for this kind of flight.
WATTERSON RETIRES
FROM COURIER-JOURNAL
Louisville, Ky., Apil 1. The
Louisville Courier-Journal tonight
Announced that Henry Watterson,
the newspaper's editor since 18o8,
and editor meritus since last Au-
rust, had requested his retirement,
tr. Watterson recently passed his
Jpth birthday.
The newspaper said the editor's
action was partly due to his variance
With the Courier-Journal officials on
the proposed league of nations, he,
the paper says, being against the
proposal, while the officials favor it.
Through Mr. Watterson's writings
tin national questions, he has be
come one of the most widely-known
Writers in the country.
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CHICAGO
RE-ELECTS
AS
Republican Candidate Has
Plurality of 15,000 Over
Sweitzer; City "Wet"
by Large Majority.
Chicago, April 2. The com
plete unofficial vote for mayor
gave Thompson (republican) 257,
888; Sweitzer, (democrat), 240,
288; Hoyne, (independent demo
crat), 110,898. Thompson's plu
rality 17,600.
The total vote on the ousting
of saloons on May 1, was:
No, men, 266,529; women, 124
731; total, 391,260.
Yes, men, 67,707; women, 76,
325; total, 144,032.
Chicago, April 1. Mayor William
Hale Thompson, republican, was re
elected today in one of the most ex
citing political struggles the city
ever witnessed, the incomplete un
official returns late tonight indicat
ing that his plurality would be in
the neighborhood of 15,000. His
nearest opponent was Robert M.
Sweitzer, democrat, county clerk,
whom the mayor defeated four ears
ago by a plurality of more than 147.
000. Much of the big vote which the
mayor received four years ago, but
lost today, went to States Attorney
Maclay Hoyne, a democrat, who ran
as an independent by petition.
Mayor's Friends Celebrate.
The mayor's triumph was the sub
ject of a noisy demonstration to
night by his followers.
The election, in which six candi
dates ran for mayor, fell on an ideal
day, with sunshiny cool weather,
and the total vote cast, it was esti
mated, ., was. about. 700,000 out of a
registered vote of nearly 800,000.
The city voted "wet" by a sweep
ing majority j the first time the ques
tion had been voted on in Chicago.
The liquor adherents made a cam
paign based on the slogan, "let con
gress hear your protest." The vote
was 3 to 1 or better in favor of sa
loons. The Dry Chicago federation made
no concerted campaign, relying on
national legislation. The "wet and
dry" question went on the ballot by
order of the state supreme court,
which found the "dry" petition hid
been swept off the ballot illegally
at the preceding city election.
Virtually all interest in the elec
tion was centered" in the mayoralty
fight, although other city officers,
including one alderman from each
of the 35 wards, were elected.
Raised National Issue.
The mayor made his campaign on
his record in office and on pleas for
republican party support on the
basis of national party lines. His
principal opponent, Sweitzer, and
Hoyne, the independent, both se
verely criticised the mayor and re
ferred to "Thompsonism" and his
war record.
The mayor's reference to Chicago
as "the sixth German city," his re
fusal to issue an invitatiotrlis mayor
(Continued on Png Two, Column Two.)
Uovernor Calls Off
Work of the Soldiers'
Reception Committee
Lincoln, April 1. Governor Mc
Kelvie Tuesday morning sent a hur
ried telegrani to Norris A. Huse,
N'ew York, chairman of the Nebras
ka soldiers' reception committee,
calling off the activities of the com
mittee on account of the action of
the lower house Monday in killing
H. R. 582. the governor's" bill, pro
viding a fund of $25,000 for carrying
on welfare vor,k for a year among
Nebraska strldiers at the main port
of embarkation.
The telegram announced that the
governor was sending his personal
check for $300 to defray expenses
or the committee to date an ex
pense for which the legislature prob
ably will reimburse him.
"I especially regret this failure
(failure to pass the appropriation)
because 1 understand that at least
40 other states have made appro
priations for maintaining welfare de
partments in the Hall of States
(New York)," says a letter from
the governor explaining to Chair
man Huse the situation in Nebraska
that calls for discontinuance of the
work.
A telegram was received last
night by the editor of The Bee,
signed by Norris A. Huse, Burt W.
Whedon. Mrs. J. A. Andrews. Mrs.
E. L. Scott, appealing to some Ne
braska organization to assume re
sponsibility for this work.
Call German Chiefs.
Zurich, April 2. In view of fresh
negotiations over the Danzig ques
tion, the German cabinet has decided
to gather the chiefs of all parties of
the national assembly at Berlif tomorrow.
THOMPSON
MAYOR
THE ONLY NEBRASKA PAPER WITH A ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE
u hcmcVcIim ttw May 28.
P. 0. infer act at March
ISM, at
3. 171).
'Biggest Home Building
Program Omaha Ever Had, '
Now Looms, Says Chamber
Executive Committee of Commerce, Organization Re
ports For Good Fellowship Committee That Be
tween 1,100 and l,30Gf Houses Have Been Con
tracted For In Omaha; City Commissioner Towl
Says Plans To Continue Probe of Material Costs,
Members of the Chamber of Commerce executive com
mittee are optimistic over the building outlook for Omaha.
They have sanctioned a report of H. O. Wilhelm, chairman
of the Good Fellowship committee of the chamber,. on the
open forum meeting recently held on building cost, which is
not made public.
The executive committee members for themselves say that
after investigation, the "biggest home building program
Omaha has ever had in any one year," is about to be carried
out.
At the forum meeting it was voted
to appoint a committee to consider
material cost and the building out
look. So far none has been named.
wWhat Committee Says.
Following is the statement given
out at the Chamber of Commerce
last night:
"H. O. Wilhelm, chairman of the
food fellowship committee, made a
eport to the executive committee of
the Chamber of Commerce on the
result of the open forum meeting
recently held at the chamber on
"How Best Can Omaha House Her
Increasing Population ?" The report
was approved.
"The information gathered by
gathered by members of the commit
tee, acting informally, indicates
clearly that Omaha's growth will
not be slackened by reason of in
adequate homes built this year.
"The figures obtained show that
between 1,100 and 1,300 houses have
already been contracted for and will
be completed as rapidly as labor and
material can be secured. 3 his is
about the total number built in an
entire year in normal times. W;ien
it is considered, that it is about 30
days before the building .season or
dinarily opens, it looks like the big
gest home bmilding program Oma.ia
has ever had in any one year.
CONTROL BOARD
TIIDIICn M
EXPERT DOWN
Hired Man at Lincoln Asylum
for His Business Experi
ence Though Not Nervous
Disease Specialist.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln. Neb., April 1. Dr. Kal
lie Ewine. a specialist in nervous
diseases, arid who has had 'arge in
stitutional experience, was turned
down by the Board of Control as
head of the State Hospital for th
Insane at Lincoln, "because she wa
a woman and had no business ex
perience," was the testimony given
before the joint legislative investi
gating committee, in its hearing
Tuesday by Commissioner Mav
field.. The reply came out in a cross
examination as to why the member
of the -Board of Control had not
placed at the head of that institution
a specialist in nervous diseases
Mr. Mayfield testified that the
board knew Dr. Case, the present
head of the hospital, had had no
previous experience in the treatment
of insane - persons, and that there
were no physicians on the statf qual
ified for this kind of practice. He
said that war conditions forced the
board to take any available man, and
that Dr. Case's business administra
tion of the institution was satisfac
tory to the board and tint as soon
as a specialist in mental diseases
could be procured, such a man
would be placed at the head of the
institution.
Appointment of Pierson.
Mr. Mayfield was on the stand
all morning. He was questioned as
to the appointment of F. J. Pierson
as state architect, He acknowledged
that he knew at the time the ap
pointment was made, that Mr. Pier
son was associated with J. H. 'had
dock, who was an architect, and who
iContlnutd on Page Two, Column Four.)
Halt Exports of Wheat
to Hold Down Price
Washington April 1. Julius H.
Barnes, president of the food admin
istration grain corporation, an
nounced" today that if measures
taken to hold down the price of
wheat to the government level fail,
imports of wheat and wheat flour
from Canada, Argentina and Aus
tralia will be permitted.
Neutral countries already have
been notified they must send their
ships to other sources for wheat.
Beginning next week, the grain cor
poration will buy, for shipment
in relief to liberated countries in Eu
rope, rye flour, corn flour and bar
ley flour and will thereby reduce its
current purchases of wheat flour.
Resume Trade With Poland
Washington, April 1. The war
trade board announced today the re
sumption of trade with Poland and
with Esthonia, one of the four Baltic
provinces in northwest Russia.
nil Ay
ffUlflHIl
Omaha
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1919.
"Besides the homes v'lich will be
built, there are several large apart
ment houjes contemplated this year.
One project alone would mean 2P8
apartments. There are also seme
store and office buildings contem
plated." - . Council to Make Probe.
Meanwhile City Commissioner
Towl is preparing a list of the local
business men he will call into the
hearing on building material prices,
which opens in the, city hall Monday.
City council adopted a resolution
Tuesday authorizing a special com
mittee, of which Towl is a member,
to summon witnesses in connection
with the probe.
Mayor Smith will appoint another
member of the city council to serve
on this committee.
Commissioner Zimman inquired
whether the coun$il has legal right
to require attendance of witnesses,
whereupon Commissioner Towl re
plied: "The city has the legal right to
investigate matters pertaining to the
welfare of the city. We don't an
ticipate any trouble. Some have al
ready stated that they will welcome
an investigation, because they want
to be vindicated. 1 believe that we
will have an interesting investiga
tion." " ... .
NAME OF FREMONT
MAYOR WRITTEN
IN ON BALLOTS
Guy Hinman Elected by Large
Majority; Signing of Civic
League Agreement Wins -
for Open Candidate.
Fremont, Neb., April 1. Eleven
hundred and seventy-seven voters
wrote in the name of Guy Hinman,
popular young bachelor, and he is
thereby elected mayor over George
Wolz, republican, and W. E. Wiley,
democrat.
Hinman was not a regular candi
date and the move on his behalf
started 10 days ago, when both can
didates signed up the civic league
agreement to retain the present
Sunday closing ordinance.
The totals are: Hinman, 1,177;
George Wolz, 446; Wiley, 424; Harry
Morse, 18 The council is republi
can by six to two.
A. F. Plambeck is city treasurer
and Fred Pierce clerk. Hinman was
the "open" candidate.
Remove Restrictions
Washington, April 1. Restric
tions on the importation of ferro
manganese and spiegeleisen were
removed today by the war trade
board, and these commodities'" may
now be brought to the United States
from Great Britain, France, Italy,
Belgium and Japan, or from their
possessions, colonies or dominions
under general import licenses.
Theodore Roosevelt Will
Follow Father's Footsteps
Lieutenant Colonel Announces
His Hat Is in Ring;
Will Devote Himself
to Public Life.
Xew York, April 1. Lieut. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, who has been
discussed by republican party lead
ers in this city, as a possible can
didate for president of the board of
aldermen next fall, announced today
that he intended to follow in the
footsteps of his father, and enter pol
itics. He declined to state, however,
whether the aldermanic berth would
prove acceptable to him, in case he
received a formal invitation to run
for that office, asserting that it was
too soon for him to pick his initial
goal. He added that he was an
nouncing his "hat was in the ring"
only because- he intended to retire
from business, and considered some
explanation necessary. His present
activities, he said, were confined to
organization in this country of the
World War Veterans' association.
In making known his intention t
retire, from business. Lieutenant
Daily
HI
WILD WEST
BOYS BACK
'TO GOD'S
COUNTRY'
Regiment Whose Casualty List
Numbered 1JC0 Men to Be
Taken to San Francisco
and Entertained.
New York. April -1. Fifteen hun
dred battle-scarred veterans of the
363d infantry, big strapping men
who traveled more than 6,000 miles
from their homes and friends in the
far western states, to fight with the
armies of freedom on the soil of
France and Belgium, returned to
what they described as "God's coun
try" today upon the transport Ken
tuckian. Mayor James Rolph of San Fran
cisco, accompanied by his wife, a
committee from the Rocky Moun
tain club, and delegations of west
ern citizens, temporarily in the city,
rode up the harbor with the local
mayor's welcoming committee to
give the boys a "royal western wel
come'to the homeland.
Seven Hundred Lost in Battle.
Nearly half of the regiment is
composed of replacements. A to
tal of 1700 men was inscribed in the
casualty list, but some have since
returned to the command. Seven
hundred men paM- the supreme sac
rifice and many of them now lie
"in Flanden field where poppies
grow."
The regiment, a part of the 91st
division, made a wonderful rec
ord in the Meuse-Argonne offensive
last September and October and the
armistice found them chasing the
Huns out of Belgium. Three men
in the regiment return with the cov
eted congressional medal of honor,
Lseveral others Jiave the distinguished
service cross and Trench war
crosses, which one private asserted
"are as common as second lieuten
ants." Going to San Francisco.
The men entrained tonight for
Camp Merritt, NJ., where they will
go through the "delousing" process.
Mayor Rolph declared that as soon
as the entire regiment is home and
has complied with the quarantine
and sanitary arrangements it would
be taken direct to San Francisco
and entertained as guests of the city.
Short leaves will be granted to the
boys while at Camp Merritt and
they will be entertained here by
western organizations.
Col. Harry La T. Cavenaugh, a
Michigan man, commander of the
Three Hundred Sixty-third, said:
"I don't know whether they grow
differently in California or not, but
I do know one thing: I never saw
a lot of men who could take more
punishment than these have. These
men are the prize fighters of the
world. They never say die."
Division Cid Seven Times.
The 91st division, known popu
larly as the "Wild West" or "Pow
der' River" division, it was stated,
suffered between 6,000 and 7,000 cas
ualties, of which the 363d regiment
had 1.700, of whom 700 were killed.
The division was cited seven times
for bravery. Its nickname of "Pow
der River" was taken from a Mon
tana stream which the soldiers said
was "a mile wide and an inch deep."
Ice Plant Sold.
Shenandoah, la., April 1. (Spe
cial.) The machinery and equip
ment of the independent ice plant,
promoted by Jim Baugh, owned by
Jesse D. Bright, has been sold for
$8,500, and will be removed to York,
Neb.
Colonel Roosevelt said he desired to
devote himself to public life, by
which he said he meant "entering
politics."
Of his aspirations, he said:
"They depend on what the public
wishes me to do. I naturally am
anxious to do what work I may be
called upon to do in my own state
in the state in which my father was
born, where I -was born and where
we have always lived Beyond that
I don't see what I can say.
"I believe strongly in the princi
ples advocated by my father. I be
lieve strongly in the principles of
universal military service. And 1 be
lieve strongly in undiluted nation
alism." The business from which Colonel
Roosevelt purposes to retire is bank
ing, for after having been dis
charged from the service, he re
turned to a Wall street firm with
which he was associated before be
ing appointed a major of infantry
in the officers' reserve corps by
President Wilson in J917. Pre
viously he had been connected with
the Hartford Carpet corporation of
Thompsonville. Conn., whence Jic
went after being graduated from
Harvard in 1908.
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Man Deprived of Speech by
Blow on Head Tells Court
How Learned to Talk Again
1 "m 11
Case of Fred Wade, Injured in Brawl Last January, Is
Interesting To Physicians; Was Taught! Injsame
Manner as Little Children After Lying Unconscious
in Hospital at Bluffs for Many Weeks.
Fred Wade, Milwaukee railway bridge foreman, told a
jury in the court of Judge Arthur of Council Bluffs yesterday
how he is learning to talk a 3econd time.
The man's skull was crushed on the left side in a fight
alleged to have taken place the home of Fred Runyon,
Council Bluffs switchman, January 10. For weeks Wadeeould
not utter a word, remaining unconscious in Mercy hospital.
Now at the trial of Runyon for assaulting him with intent to
murder, Wade furnishes a icase of remarkable interest to
surgeons. i J
While treating Wade, the phvsi
cians in attendance realized that he
had to establish new speech and word
centers on the opposite side of the
brain, and for weeks he has been
taught to talk, just as an infant is
taught.
Memory Not Impaired.
His memory and ottier mental fac
ulties were not impaired, and he
learned rapidly a new vocabulary of
words and their meaning.
He created immense interest when
he was placedjm the witness stand
yesterday. He said the first word he
learned and could understand was
"no."
He then described with real en
thusiasm his acquisition of the
words he is now able to understand
and use. It is quite a large vocab
ulary, but he uses it awkwardly. He
WILSON WARNS
COUNCIL TIME
FOR TALK IS OVER
Prospects for Accord Improve
'After Talk by President
on Need for. Avoiding.
Further Delay. '
Paris, April 1. It was stated au
thoritatively tonight after the meet
ings between President Wilson and
the premiers that the prospects for
an accord were more hopeful.
Distinct progress was made at the
morning and afternoon sessions par
ticularly regarding the Sarre valley.
The indications are that the French
will get coal from the Sarre valley,
which will be charged against their
share in the reparations. There
was some discussion of the advis
ability of leaving the eventual dis
position of the Sarre valley to a
plebescite.
Most of the day the council meet
ing was given over to the matter
of the Rhine frontier and repara
tions, but the question of the re
sponsibility of the former emperor
and others for the war was touched
on for the first time.
The chief remaining details of the
reparations question involve the
points whether French and British
pensions will be included and wheth
er the specific amount demanded
will be named in the treaty.
Indications from one source are
that the total will amount to be
tween $20,000,000,000 anad $25,000,
000,000. Warning thai the world could
not long countenance further delay
in the adiustment of peace was di
livered to the allied premiers and
military representatives of the as.o
ciated powers by President Wilson
yesterday. '
It is learned that at a late hour
on Monday he arose during the con
ference taking place in Premier
C'lemenceau's room at the French
jvar office, and solemnly assured
the conferees of his belief that they
would do all in their power to bring
together the loose ends in the de
bate in an effort to unite on eaee
terms upon which a treaty might 5?
presented to Germany.
May Reopen Bitter
Fight Over Local
Electric Light Bills
By Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Neb., April 1. Oppo
nents of R. B. Howell's former
measures relating to creation of a
competitive electric light plant at
Omaha, see in the rejuvenation of
Senate File 240, introduced by Sen
ator Peterson of Lancaster, what
they consider a violation of the
compromise agreement in effect a
week ago.
The bill, which relates to the de
velopment of water power, and
which is subject to amendments ma
terially the same as House Rolls
.W4 and 450, has potentialities which
alarm those who entered into the
agreement with General Manager
Howell of the Metropolitan water
district. ;
Considerable significance is given
to the visits of Senator Cordeal and
Representative Druesedow to Oma
ha, where it is said both were in con
ference with Mr. Howell.
Thus far Senate Kile 240 has had
the status of a "sleeper" am! has
wily .just come out of committee
where it has lain dormant since in
SUNDAY
US
TWO CENTS.
cinn
u
was able to recall every incident of
the night at Runyon's up to the mo
ment he received the blow. He
could not tell the names of his near
est relatives and closest friends
when in his presence until he was
taught anew.
t Police Officer Involved.
Wade's skull was crushed by a
blow from a club. Witnesses told
the grand jury, and are repeating
their statements in court, that Run
yon, crazed with liquor, struck the
blow. It was this fight that caused
Police Officer C. O. Wood of Coun
cil Bluffs to be dismissed from the
service for not reporting it when he
was alleged to have been present.
Wade told the jury he could not
tell who hit him. While he remem
bered a Fred Runyon. and referred
(Continued on Tagit Two, Column Fire.)
NO U. S, TROOPS
WILL BE USED IN
EASTERN EUP.OPE
Entente Soldiers Landing on
Black Sea Coast on Way to
Hungary; Hindenburg Is
Concentrating Forces.
London, April 1. President Wil
son has informed other members, of
the American delegation to the
peace conference that no American
soldiers should be used in any trou
ble in eastern or southeastern Eu
rope, a Central News dispatch from
Paris says.
It is reported from Bucharest
that entente troops are being landed
at Constanza, ton the Black sea
coast, on their way to Hungary, ac
cording to a Copenhagen dispatch
to the Central News today.
Hindenburg Massing Troops.
Paris, April 1. (Havas) The
Germans are concentrating large
forces in eastern Prussia under com
mand of Field Marshal von Hinden
burg, according to the Paris edition
of the New York Herald. The Ger
man fortes are being assembled in
Graudenz and Thorn in order to
defend the railway line from Danzig
to Pose'n.
Reports received from Budapest
by the American peace delegation
indicate that the new rulers of Hun
gary are giving assurances that
they are anxious for peace on all
fronts and that the new army they
are creating is directed toward the
maintenance of order and not for
purposes of aggression. ,
The new Hungarian officials are
attempting to draw a distinction be
tween communism, which they say
they are . trying to practice, and
bolshevism. They declare they are
not copying the Russian program,
but are forming distinctly different
policies.
Foch to Arrange Landing
of Polish Troops at Danzig
Paris, April 1. (Havas) Marshal
Foch will leave Paris tonight for
Spa to meet Mathias Erzbereer to
discuss with him The allied demand
that Polish troops be permitted to
use the port of Danzig.
The marshal has received full
powers to negotiate with German
representatives. He will be in con
stant communication with the coun
cil of four.
The inter-allied shipping commis
sion has completed preparations
to transport the Polish troops to
Danzig.
Mayor of Grand Island Is
Re-Elected by Big Majority
Grand Island, Neb. April 1.-
(Special Telegram.) Mayor Geary
was rclected today without any defi
nite opposition until during the past
tew days when an ettort to cen
tralize dissatisfied elements on W.
A. Prince, was 'inaugurated. The
latter only received 74 votes, how
ever, written in, as against' 522. The
only real contest was between S. L
Kinke and W. R. King for citv treas
urer, the former receiving 302 and
the latter J51 votes.
German Fortifications
Near Rhine Prohibited
Paris. April 1. Germany is not
to be permitted to keep garrisons
lorf.Lcations, ov war lactones, nut
.-my on the left bank of the Rhine,
i) it also aleiitf a tinp oi at lea.-t
oJ miles on the rijjht bank
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COVENANT
CHANGES
IN FAVOR
AT PARIS
Americans' Endorse Idea of
Signing Treaty , With
Reservation Protecting
Monroe Doctrine.
Paris, April 1. CTJrnmenting on
the six amendments to the cove
nant, of the league of nations sug
gested by Elihu Root, it was Stated
today by one of the legal special- ,
ists associated with the American
peace conference delegation that he ,
believed all the amendments were .
acceptable to the American delga
tion. The suggestion that the American
representatives sign the covenant -
with the reservation that the United
States does not relinquish its tradi
tional attitude toward purely Amer
ican questions is apparently regard
ed with considerable favor in Ameri
can official circles. The delegates
also are well impressed by the pro
posed amendment providing tor the
revision of the convention - within
not less than five years nor more
than 10 years. j,
Amendments Carefully Considered.
The suggestion for the signature
of the covenant by the United States
with reservations designed to insure
the safety of the Monroe doctrine
and safeguard American immigra
tion laws, it was pointed out, in
volves no"new procedure, as the res
ervations would be somewhat simi
lar to thise with which the Algici- ,
ras treaty was signed.
- Mx, Root's six proposed amend
ments to the covenant were in the
hends of the American peace dele
gation for several days before they
were published in the United States.
They had been carefully considered
by the delegates, who expressed
their appreciation of this definite
and constructive criticism.
Several of the Rotft suggestions
are believed by delegates to be cov
ered by the covenant as it now
stands in Unamended form. ..' s
Socialists Present Suggestions.
Lord Robert Cecil, the British 'a v-'
thority on a league of nations, todav
met a committee from 'ths' inte'rs
tional socialist conference, rccertly
held in Berne, and received vario
amendments, which the members of
the committee de ired to be included
in the covenant .-r the league of ia
tions. s
The committee was composed ir
Arthur Henderson, G. H. Stuart
Bunning and J. Ramsey MacDonald,
for Great Britain; Jean Longuet and
Pierre Renaudel, for France; Hjr:'.
mar Branting, for Sweden, a.:d Cv
mille Huysmans, for Belgium. The
committee claimed to speak for tlie
socialists of 26 countries, represent-
ed at the Berne congress.
Among the principal amendments
that the socialists proposed was the
introduction of a provision facilitate
ing the entry into the league as sqoti
as possible of Germany and Russia,
which they believed to be essential ;
to disarmament, and the prevention "
of the spread of anarchy. 1
To this Lord Robert replied that
it was impossible to admit state
without stable governments.. The'
committee proposed the supervision
of disarmament, to which . Lord
Robert replied by giving the reasons
which had led the league of nations
commission to reject a proposal for
the continuous international inspec- -tion
of armaments. ;
Advocate Election of Delegates.
The committe also had proposals
respecting the method of choosing
delegates to the league, expressing
the belief that nomination by the
governments would not be represen
tative. They said they preferred the
elective system. Lord Robert ex
planed that this question was for
the various states to decide them
selves. Regarding war, the committee
thought that should be totally
abolished except where the leagus
itself made war to enforce its man
dates. Lord Robert agreed in prin
ciple, but thought that the world ha
not yet attained the development M
make it practicable and possible.
Other points presented were the
belief thai mandates should be de
fined in detail before territory was
handed over to a mandatory gov
ernment and that no mandates
should be given until all nations had
been admitted to the league.
In reply, Lord Robert said he be
lieved that all mandates would be de
fined in special treaties before the
mandatory power undertook its
functions of government, but dwelt
upon the necessity for the appoint
ment of mandates, in many cases, as
soon as possible.
The committee expressed the de
siif that the league undertake the'
('istribution of raw materials in or
der to prevent economic inequality
find finally voiced the hope t!it
peace would be concluded spacAfe
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