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COMMUNITIES URGED
TO OVERSUBSCRIBE QUOTAS.
Washington, April 27. Special
efforts to obtain over-subscriptions
from communities to counterbalance
possible under-subscriptions from
others will be made this week by
Victory Liberty loan committees at
the request of the treasury.
Managers of the loan have dis
covered that vicissitudes of the post
war readjustment period have re
duced the ordinary ability of some
communities to subscribe the same
proportion as in previous loans,
although in many cases they have
been assigned the same proportion
ate quota. For this reason cities,
towns and country communities
which have not been adversely af
fected by the cessation of war activi
ties were urged in messages sent
today to all loan committees by the
treasury to exceed their quotas
wherever possible.
Secretary Glass today designated
Wednesday, May 7, during the last
week of the loan drive, as "navy
day" and instructed loan commit
tees "to observe that day in a man
ner which will fittingly honor the
American navy."
PARIS ACTORS DECIDE
TO ORGANIZE A UNION.
Paris, April 27. Dramatic and
lyric performers on- the French
stage have decided to form a union.
The new organization will be af
filiated with the National Theater
union and through it with the gen
eral labor federation.
SHIJ CAMOUFLAGE WILL
REDUCE DANGERS AT SEA.
Washington, April 27. Ship cam
ouflage, an art developed during the
war, may be retained permanently
as a means of reducing the dangers
of collisions between vessels. In war
the camoufleurs sought a design that
would purzle German submarine
commanders, but now they must
seek the opposite extreme, a uni
form design which will emphasize
and accentuate the true course of
the ship v
TIMU"DJ?r v ruiiDnu
liunvnciv m J. viiuMvii
FOR WIDE CHARITIES.
New York, April 27. Countess
Aunie Leary, who died yesterday of
heart disease, was 87 years old. She
inherited a fortune from her father,
James Leary, a merchant, and an
other fortune from her brother Ar
thur, who was prominent in the re
organization of Tammany, follow
ing the downfall of the Tweed ring.
For many years she maintained a
sumptuous' house at Newport, R. I.
Title was conferred on her by
Pope Leo XIII in 1901, and contin
ued by his successors. With Count
ess Ida Ryan, wife of Thomas For
tune Ryan, she was the only other
woMnan so signally honored by the
"Roman Catholic church.
The pope conferred Countess
Leary's title upon her because of
her wide charities, which included
donation of altars to many churches
here and abroad. She also built
several churches and brought to this
country an order of priests and one
of sisters to carry on her work. V
MONTENEGRINS DECIDE
TO UNITE WITH SERBIA.
Belgrade, ApVir27. The national
assembly of Montenegro has de
cided to unite with Serbia and the
kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes.
One hundred and eighteen depu
ties were present at the meeting,
and great enthusiasm was'displayed
over the union of Montenegro with
the triple kingdom.
FUNERALS SILENCE
AGITATORS IN VIENNA.
' Viennas April 27. (By The Asso
ciated Press) Possible disorders
arising from a refusal to grant the
demands of former soldiers for $300
cash each were prevented today by
the imposing funeral procession
through the city of five policemen,
killed a week ago. Four thousand
Volkswehr soldiers took part in the
parade. The spectacle silenced the
orators. '
The government has declared that
it -would become bankrupt if com
pelled to pay out the huge sum in
volved, i ''
HITCHCOCK SPEAKS
IN DENVER. FOR LEAGUE.
Denver, April 27. Declaring that
"everyone who is a sincere supporter
of peace and international justice"
will support the league of nations
novenant as finally drafted by the
peace conference, Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, United States senator from
Nebraska, tonight voiced his approv
el of the league of nations plan in an
address at the Municipal auditorium.
Senator Hitchcock asserted that
the most serious objections to the
league have been overcome and con
cluded; - .
"Men must meet the big issue
squarely. Yes or no shall we join
in an effort to prevent war or re
- vert to the old system with its sac
rifices and its horrors?"
Fleet Corporation
To Dispose of Large
Shipping Interests
Washington,- April 27. Important
steps toward disposing of the tre
mendous shipping interests built up
by the government during the war
were taken today in the creation by
Director General Pier of a new sec
tion of the Emergency Fleet corpor
ation, designed to supervise thejrfls
posal of millions of dollars of invst
ments to private concerns.
The new section will be known
as the plant disposal section, with
R R. Grant, engineer of the ship
yard plants division, in charge. Sale
of the corporation s interests in
woodyards. ' concrete yards, steel
yVds and fabricating plants, will be
effected under Mr. Grant's direction
with a view to putting the immense
shipbuilding plans into private hands.
' .Cemetery Dedicated.
Paris," April 27. An American
1 iii;arv rmeterv was dedicated to
day at Mesves. France, a few miles
northwest of Severs, in tne depart
ment of Nievr, Herbert Hoover de
hered the principal address.
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ALLIANCE
PROJECT
AT PARIS
President vyilson Withholds
Action Until He Can
Place Matter Before,
American Senate.
Paris, April 27. (Havas) A pro
ject for an alliance between France
and America actually is under way,
the Echo de Paris says.
President Wilson, the newspaper
adds, is withholding action until he
can place the matter before the
American senate.
ThcJTemps today says that two
or three days will' suffice for the
council of three to approve clauses
in the peace treaty that remain to
be clarified. It adds that the com
mittee preparing the program con
cerning' Alsace-Lorraine has
achieved a definite draft in which all
the claims of France are admitted.
La Liberte says indications are
that 'the Italians endorsed all the
treaty's essential clauses before they
left Paris.
Final Action on League
Covenant About to Be Taken
(By The Associated Press) .
Monday is to see the commence
ment of the final action on the cove
nant of the league of nations.
French. Japanese and :- Belgian
amendments already passed upon
are to be reconsidered in part and
adjusted, but it is reported m Fans
advices that progress in this direc
tion already has been made.
Sutiday passed quietly in peace
conference circles, no meetings be
ing held by the council of three. . ,
President Wilson planned as a
day of relaxation a motor trip pre
paratory to the league of nations
discussion and the meeting later in
the week at Versailles with the Ger
man delegates. Likewise, David
Lloyd George, the British prime
minister, sought a change of atmos
phmere in a visit to the devastated
regions along the old battle front.
AH the main Italian delegates to
the peace conference, headed by
Premier Orlando and Baron Son
nino, the foreign minister, either are
in Rome, where the premier shortly
is to appear before the chamber of
deputies to acquaint that body with
the situation in Paris, or are on their
way thither. At last accounts the
Italian people still were clamorjng
for the carrying out to the full of
their demands wjth regard to Fiume
and the Dalmatian coast and islands,
but President Wilson- and the
French and British premiers re
mained adamant. ,
American Women In Paris
Commend Wilson's Position
Paris, April 27. American women
in Paris on their way to attend the
sessions of the international com
mittee of women for - permanent
peace, to be held in Berne, Switzer
land, in May, have addressed the fol
lowing letter to President Wilson,
commending his action in issuing his
recent statement in connection with
the Italian claims before the peace
conference:
"As a group of American women
profoundly interested in the estab
lishment of the league of nations
and of a just settlement which would
be its worthy prelude and basis, we
wish to express to you our appre
ciation of your disinterested and
convincing statement, with which
you appeal to public opinion of the
world in support , of the principles
which you have so consistently ad
vocated. "May we take advantage of this
opportunity to express our, great ad
miration for the courage and stead
fastness with which in the face of
extraordinary difficulties you have
upheld the principles of internation
al right and justice so essential to
the establishment of a permanent
peace. '
"Jane Addams, Emily Balch. Mary
Post, Lucia Meade, .Rose Nichols,
Alice Hamilton, Mary Terrill, Grace
White, Jeannette Rankin, Lillian
Wold." . - . ,-
Lieutenant Jolly Killed
By Fall. In His Airplane
Freeport, N. Y., April 27. Lieut.
Allington Jolly of . Chicago . was
killed today when a privately owned
airplane he was testing fell 150 feet
near the Lufberry aviation field hre.
Both his legs were broken and his
sknll fractured.
Baker Coming Home.
Brest, April 27. Newton D. Ba
ker;' American' secretary of war,
sailed today for the United States
aboard the transport-George Washington.
UNDERWAY
Let Us Be Able to
Entwtd u MOMtf-eltM Bltttt May 2, I9M. at
Omaha P. 0. aadtr act at March 3. I7.
JV
Revised League Covenant
As It Will Be Presented
Today to Peace Conference
Changes From Original Draft Explained in Paren
thetical Insertions in Copy Made public By State
Department at Washington; Monroe Doctrine Rec
ognized ; U. S. President to Call First Meeting. N
Washington April 27. The revised covenant of the
league of nations, as it will be presented at Paris tomorrow
to the peace conference in plenary session, was made public
tonight by the State department. Its essential features al
ready had been disclosed through an official suihmary issued
two weeks ago. 1
Attached to the text, however, is the hitherto unpub
lished "annex" referred to in the covenant, in which are
named the 31 states, including the self-governing British
dominions, which are to be the original members of the
league of nations, and 13 states to be invited to accede to
the covenant. The original members are all the nations
which declared war on Germany, and in addition, the jiew
states of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland.
Those invited to become members
by acceding to the covenant are the
three Scandinavian countries, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and
Persia, and the American republics
of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Para
guay, Salvador and Venezuela. Mex
ico does not appear in the list. Pro
vision is made in the covenant, how
ever, for the admission to the league
of any fully self-governing country
which will give required guarantees,
upon a two-thirds vote of the as
sembly. . ,
Assembly and Council. '
As in the original document,., the
covenant provides that the league
shall act thorough an assembly, in
which each state shall have one vote
and not more than three delegates
and a council, comprising for the
present one representative of each
of the five great powers and each
of four other powers to be selected
from time to time by the assembly.
Members of each class represented
on the pouncil may be Increased by
unanimous consent of the council
and a majority of the assembly.
The text provides that nothing
in the covenant shall be deemed "to
affect the validity of international
engagements such as treaties of ar
bitration or regional understandings
like the Monroe doctrine for secur
ing the maintenance of peace." This
was the amendment for which Pres
ident Wilson made a successful fight
at the same time the Japanese del
egation to the peace conference
sought vainly to have a race equal
ity provision inserted in the cove
nant. Changes in Draft.
Changes suggested in criticisms in
the United States senate add pro
visions for the withdrawal of a mem
ber nation upon two years' notice
after fulfillment of the league obli
gations, exempt domestic questions
from the league's jurisdiction, pro
vide that mandatories over German
colonies or former Ottoman domin
ions shall be given only to nations
willing to accept them, leave it to
member states to decide what armed
force, if any, it w'ill contribute to the
force required by the league to en
force its mandates, and make it clear
that member states individually will
pass upvn proposed limitations upon
their armaments.
With modifications, the new draft
includes all the provisions for the
submission to the council of inter
national disputes, for inviting non
member nations to accept the obli
gations of members for the purpose
of armed force in dealing with a
state which has broken the cove
nant. Except in certain specified in
stances, unanimous agreement is re
quired for all decisions.
Text of Covenant. '
The full text follows:
The covenant of the league of na
tions: . In order to promote international
co-operation and to achieve inter
national peace and security, bv the
acceptance of obligations not to re
sort to war, by fhe prescription of
open, just and honorable relations
between nations, by the firm estab
lishment of the understanding -of
international law as to actual rule
of conduct among governments, and
by the maintenance ' of justice atfid
a scrupulous respect for all treaty
obligations in the dealings of or
ganized peoples with one another,
the high contracting parties agree
to this covenant of the league of
nations. -
(In the original preamble the last
sentence read, "adopt this CQjisti
tution," - instead of "agree t this
covenant.")
Article One.
. The original members of the
league of nations shall be those of
the signatories which are named in
the an'i.x to this covenant and also
such of those other states named
in the annex as shall accede with
out reservation to this covenant.
Such accessions shall be affected by
a declaration deposited with the sec
retariat within to months of the
coming into force of the covenant.
Notice thereof shall be sent to all
other members of the league.
Any fully self-governing state, do
minion or colony not named in the
annex may become a member of the
OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1919.
league if its admission is agreed by
two-thirds of the assembly, provid
ed that it shall give effective guar
antees of its sincere intention to ob
serve its international obligations,
and shall accept such regulations as
may be prescribed by the league in
regard to .its military and naval
forces and armaments.
Any member of the league may,
after two years' notice of its inten
tion so to do, withdraw from the
league, provided that all its inter
national obligations and all its ob
ligations . under this covenant shall
have been fulfilled at the time of
its withdrawal.
(This article is new, embodying
with alternations -and additions, the
old Article 7. It provides more spe
cifically the method of admitting
new members and adds the entirely
new paragraph providing for with
drawal from the league. No men
tion of withdrawal was made in the
original document.)
7 Article Two.
The action of the league under
this covenant shall be effective
through the instrumentality of an
assembly and of a council, with per
manent secretariat.
i v115111011; 11110 noa a- pai 1 v a
ji Article 1. . It gives the name as
sembly to the gathering of, repre
sentatives of the members of the
league, formerly, referred to merely
as "the body of delegates".)
Article Three.
The assembly shall consist of rep
resentatives of the members of the
league.
The assembly shall meet at stated
intervals and from time to time as
occasion may require, at the seat of
the league, or at such other place
as may be decided uoon.
The assembly may deal at its
meetings with any matter within the
sphere of action of the league or
affecting the peace of the world.
At meetings of the assembly each
member of the league shall have one
vote, and may hav not more than
three representatives.
(This embodies part of the origi
nal articles 1, 2 and 3, with only
minor changes. It refers to "mem
bers of the league," where the term
"high contracting parties" originally
was used, and this change is fol
lowed throughout fhe revised draft.)
Article Four.
. The council shall consist of rep
resentatives of the United States of
America, of the British empire)- of
France, of Italy and of Japan, to
gether with representatives of four
other members of the lcagu. These
four members of thetrgue shall be
selected by the assembly from time
to time in its discretion. Until the
appointment of the representatives
of- the four members of the league
first selected by the assembly, rep
resentatives of (blank) shall be
members of the council.
With the approval of the majority
of the assembly, the council may
name additional members of the
league whose representatives shall
always be members of the council;
the council with like approval may
increase the number of members of
the league to be selected by the as
sembly for representation on the
council.
The council shall meet from time
to, time as occasion may require
and at least once a year, at the seat
of the league, or . at such other
place as may be decided .upon.
The council may deal at' its meet
ings with any matter within the
sphere of action of the league or
affecting the peace of the world.
Any member of the league not
represent on the council shall be
invited to send a representative to
sit as a member at any meeting of
the council during the consideration
of matters specially affecting the in
terests of that 'member of the
league.
At meetings of the council each
member of the league represented
011 the council shall have one vote,
and may have not more than one
representative. )
(This embodies that part of the
original article 3, designating the
original members of the council.
The paragraph providing for in
crease in the membership of the
council is new). ' ' .
. Article Five.
Except where otherwise expres
sly provided in this covenant, de
cisions at any meeting of the as
sembly or of the council shall re
quire the agreement of all the
(Continued on Page Two Column Two.)
Say: America Did- It
TO)
Organized Labor
LeaJer Injured In.
Automobile Crash
'wsy tptwcmt Svorc
New York, April 27. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, was seriously
injured here this afternoon when a
taxicab in which he was riding was
struck by a surface car and hurled.
M feet to the curb.
Surgeons reported that two of Mr.
Gompers' ribs had been fractured,
and his right hip. sprained and that
he had suffered severe body contu
sions. Despite the age of the labor
leader, who is 69 years old, the sur
geons declared that there was no
likelihood of the injuries proving fa
tal. Pedestrians who witnessed the
crash rushed to. the wrecked ma
chine and extricated Mr. Gompers,
who was unconscious. One side of
the cab was completely crushed in
and the wreckage had pinned him
against the other side.
No arrests in connection with 'the
accident were made.
Mr. Gompers.'lt was said, request
ed that no one be punished for the
collision, saying it was "plainly an
accident." f . .''
Just before the accident Mr. Gom
pers issued a statement urging
workers to do their share in assur
ing the success of the Victory, loan.
Union Pacific Clerks
Form Organization to
Adjust Differences
Union Pacific employes from all
parts of the western country met in
Omaha yesterday and formed the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks for
Union Pacific lines.
One hundred and fifty delegates
attended the meeting. H. B. O'Dell.
regional deputy for the brother
hood, acted as chairman.
"This is an organization formed
to settle -the differences between
Union Pacific employes and empHy
ers," he said. "It's prime motive
is to avert strikes."
R. L. Chumbley, 2602 Bristol
street, was chosen general chair
man o'the arbitration board which
will represent the brotherhood in
all questions. E. Mx Savage of
Denver, Colo., was chosen first vice
chairman; C. K. Tatlock of Green
River, Wyo., was . chosen second
vice chairman, and C. S. CopelSnd,
4404 Fontenelle boulevard was
elected general secretary and treas
urer. .
O'Dell in the course of the meet
ing spoke freely on government
ownership of railroads. -
"Railroad employes to the man fa
vor government ownership of rail
roads," he said. "In spite of the,
fact that railway officials have done
everything in their powcf to belit
tle the efforts of the government
along the. lines of government own
ership, the railroad men stand in a
body for .the, present' system. If
railroads revert to private , ovyner
ship this country will witness the
greatest strike in the history of, the
world.
"I Jim advised that the next con
gress will draft a bill demanding a
five-year trial for public owner
ship. The four men elected here
today represent 3,500 railroad em
ployes and. to them- the five-year
trial means the proof of the value
of public ownership."
Wilson's Statement
Made Public Before
Orlando Had Readlt
. Paris, April 27, Italian repre
sentatives here denied today two
published statements in connec
tion with the present crisis, name
ly, the report that Premier Orlan
do had read President Wilson's
'statement before! it was made pub
lic, and that the premier would re
turn to Paris on May 1 to resume
his place in the peace conference.
Rome, April 27. At a political
meeting today a special committee
was appointed to draft a resolu
tion of confidence in the govern
ment for submission to' parlia
ment. The meeting was attended
by senators and deputie's from all
parties except the official social
ists, v
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William A. Leet, Wealthy
Omaha Sportsman, Tries
to Kill Himself in Frisco
Refusal of Wife to Withdraw Divorce Given as Cause;
Takes Poison and Shoots Self After Calling Friend ;
Formerly Married to Miss Anne Robertson.
, Special to The Bee.)
San Francisco, Cal., April 27. Grieved over the re
(
fusal of his beautiful wife to withdraw her suit for divorce,
William A. Leet, milionaire automobile man, formerly of
Omaha, attempted suicide by poison and shooting here Sat
urday night.
He telephoned to Mrs. Charles A. Warren, formerly of
Omaha and Chicago, with whom his wife has been living
since she filed the divorce suit, and told her he intended to
end his life. Following the telephone conversation he drank
poiscm, then turned a revolver to his breast. The bullet
missed its mark and lodged in his left arm.
The screams of Leet were heard ,
by th.e janitor and elevator operator
of the Stately Stanford Court apart
ment, where he resided. They broke
into the apartment and called the
police. In the meantime Mrs. War
ren had telephoned her husband at
his club, telljng him of Leet's inten
tion, and asking him to hurry to the
apartment.
Mrs. F. M. Leet, 209 outh Thirty-third
street, has not ' been noti
fied ofjier son's attempt to commit
suicide. Young Leet was in Omaha
three weeks ago. He told friends
of his intentions to start in business
in San Francisco.
Inherited Fortune.
Since he inherited $250,000 on the
death of his father, in 1914, Leet
became involved in a series of esca
pades. Following a short romance,
he married Anne Robertson, popu
lar Omaha girl. He built a luxuri
ous home on one of his farms near
Manning, la., on which he lived but
a short time. In 1916 he won the
championship of amateur automo
bile racers in the United States on
the Chicago speedway. More than
50,000 persons saw Billy Leet burn
the curves with his gas demon for
500 miles.
In January, 1917, he was sued for
divorce on a charge of cruelty. His
wife received an alimony of $50,000.
Omahan to Make Parachute
Leap During Flying Circus
Captain Goodale, Promises to Drop 3,000 Feet if Dis
charge Is Received in Time; Lieutenant Wiggins
, to Fly Over City and Take Photographs From Air.
A parachute leap from one of the
airplanes taking part in the flying
circus may be a feature bf the ex
hibition to be- held on the k-Sar-Ben
flying field at noon today. Cap
tain Goodale of Fort Omaha expects
to be discharged fiom the army to
day, and has announced that if he
is mustered out will maki the leap.
Five Omaha citizens, including
two women, will take rides with
pilots of the circus. Mrs. Frank
Selby and 'Miss Grace Allison, are
the women who will try their nerves
in the air flights, and E. F. F-Qlda,
state secretary for the Victory Lib
erty loan, Sam Burns, county chair
man, and, Frank W. Judson, will also
go up.
The flying circus arrived in Oma
ha last night and the cars were im
mediately taken to the siding at Six
tieth and Center streets, where the
mechanics started unloading and as
sembling the planes. ' The circus
will start at 12 o'clock sharp, and
last two hours. The field may be
reached by automobile road or the
West Leavenworth car line, which
goes within 10 blocks. The West
Lawn stuby'line runs even nearer,
but it being a single track line, the
service is necessarily poor. A num
ber of extra cars will'ta put on the
Leavenworth line to handle the
crowds.
Carry 17 Planes.
The circus carries 17 planes, and
II are used in the exhibitions. Fonr
different kinds of planes are repre
sented: jtie American Cuttiss, the
French Spad, the English S. E. 5,
and the German Fokker. The show
is an imitation of the actual stunts
of battle. A Curtiss plane is at
tacked by two German Fokkers and
is rescued by four American and
British scout planes which give bat
tle to the German ships.
Lieut. G. Wiggins, in a Curtiss
machine, will rly over the city and
take -photographs from the air. An
other plane will drop 60 envelopes
containing orders for.-werchandise
donated by the merchants of Otya
ha. These goods will run from1 a
set of picture postal cards to $10
worth of men's furnishings.
' Four "Aces" in Party
Four "Aces" are in the party, two
Americans and two English. The
Americans are Maj. Edgar G. TobiiV:
who is also flight commander, and
Capt. William P. Erwin. Capt.
Andrew B. Proctor' and Capt.
Thomas Traill are the Englishmen.
Captain Proctor is credited with
bringing down 54 German planes
and is said to have 80 to his credit
altogether. To be credited with a
Right
TWO CENTS.
His first wife is now in San Fran-
Cisco. When the United Mates en
tered the war, young Leet took up
balloon training at Fort Omaha,
but did not win a commission.
While inHhe army, it was a custom
of his to pay extravagant prices for
"parties for his pals" at the better
hotels.
Married to Miss Ruddy.
In November, 1917, he was mar
ried to Miss Martha Ruddy, daugh
ter of a wealthy manufacturer of
Aurora, 111. He returned to Omaha,
and on July 2fj of last year went to
Camp Dodge, la., with a draft. Sev
eral months later he was transferred
to the officers' training school at
Camp Grant, 111. He was discharged
shortly after the armistice. While
in Omaha, following his release
from the army, young Leet expres
sed intentions of starting int6 busi
ness. He left for San Francisco
three weeks ago.
Young Leet's public career began
with the inheritance of his father's
wealth. His first marriage coupled
with extreme1 extravagance was
cause for his mother to start legal
proceedings to act as guardian "over
the boy." An attempt was made to
annul the marriage. Leet became
popular as an automobile sports
man. He owned luxurious cars as
well as racing cars. He took up no
particular business.
. (
"down" a flyer must have a wit
ness. Major Tobin enlisted in the
American section of the signal corps
in 1917 and took the ground course
at the University of Texas. He was
sent overseas in July, 1917, where
he studied at Tours and Avoid in
the French flying schools. He
served at the front from April,
1918, to the day the armistice was
signed, doing special pilot duty
during the last months of the war.
His most daring feat was an attack,
singlefyanded, on six German planes,
of which he brought down three.
For this he was decorated with the
American Distinguished Service
cross, the French Croix de Guerre
and received three citations.
Maj. George E. Stratemeyer', ex
ecutive officer and commander of
the party, is a West Point man. He
started flying in 1916 with the first
aero squadron at Columbus, N. M.
He asked for overseas service a
number of times, but his executive
ability and his services at the me
chanics school kept him 'in this
country.
The pilots with the party are
Major Tobin, Captains Howard H.
Powell and William P.sErwin, and
Lieutenants Frank B. Estell, George
H. Belser, Leland R. Hewitt, Frank
lin O. Carroll, Harry C. Roberts,
Paul A. Smith. Joseph L. Whitney,
Edward H. Hill, Alvin St. John and
Charles M. Potter.
About 50 men are carried with the
circus, and'nine-baggage cars and
coaches make uo the special train.
Democratic Party Is .
"A Political Monarchy"
Says Senator Sherman
Pittsburgh, April 27. Uuited
States Senator Lawrence Y. Sher
man of Illinois, addressing the
Americus Republican club last night,
declared that the democratic party
is a "political monarchy," the func
tions of which are exercised by the
president and a "group of satellites,
who long ago severed their connec
tion with'free government."
The administrators. Senator Sher
man said, are seeking to convert the
government into a "socialistic slate
or into a vassal of European pow
ers." "The evidence of- one," he cmi
tinued, "is its drift toward govern
ment ownership of all the great en
terprises of our country. ' The oth
er is proved by the first form of
the league of nations presented by
the president last February."
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Italian-American Incident Will
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. Held at Berlin.
Berlin, April 27. German dele-'
gates to the peace Conference will
travel to Versailles on three special
trains, the first leaving Berlin today
and the last Monday,
It is expected that the peace terms'
will be handed to the German rep
resentatives Tuesday evening.
The Tageblatt says it is assumed
in well informed circles that the
Italo-American incident will not in
fluence negotiations at Versailles.
Crowd of Curious Watch
for German Delegates
Paris, April 27. (By The Associ
ated Press) A small but persistent
crowd of curious persons in Ver
sailles and a formidable battery of
cameras and moving picture ma
chines hung about Versailles park
beneath the windows of the Ger
man headquarters today in expecta
tion of the appearance of the Ger
man representatives, but aside from
brief excursions by Delegates Voft
Lersner and Warburg in the morn
ing, they had little to reward them
for their pains, as none of the Ger
mans again appeared.
The seating arrangements of the
conference room in the Grand Tria
non, now installed, evidently do not
contemplate the presence otf the del
egates of all the allied and associ
ated powers at the preliminary
meetings. Space limitations prevent
inc ueiegaies oi me powers at
war with Germany from meeting in
this room, unless all the tables and
chairs are removed and the deliberations-
conducted standing.
Unlike the hall of mirrors in the
Versailles palace, in which it is
planned to have the peace treaty
signed, this room Jias no venerable
associations.
Academy Appeals To Have
Treaty In French Language
Paris, April 27 An appeal has
been made by the French academy
that the official text of the peace
treaties to be negotiated and the
covenants to be signed shall be
drafted in the French language. The
academy decided to. send fhe fol
lowing declaration to Premier Clem
enceau as chairman of the peace
conference: . . ,
"The French academy considers
it its duty to recall that French has
been the diplomatic language .for
more than two centuries and has
been used not only in the negotia
tions in which France was con
cerned but also those in which she
had no part.
"This custom was not imposed bv
France. It was established through
the spontaneous accord of all na-
tions, on account of the qualities of
clearness and precision that charac-
terize the French language.
"If this custom, now more than
two centuries old, is given up and
if the equat value of texts published
in several languages is admitted, the
international relations would be ex
posed to the confusion which would
be sure to arise from different in
terpretations. Besides, a tradition
dear td France would thus be
brought to an end. " .- .
"Therefore, the academy feels sure
that the official text of the treaties
and covenants to be agreed upon
will be drafted in French."
Former Speaker '
. Clark Welcomes
Missouri Troops
Newport News, NVa., April 27. -Eight
thousand troops from France,
including men of the Rainbow di
vision from JVIissouri, of the 35th
division from Missouri and Kansas,'
and of the 87th division from Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi,
reached this port today on board
the battleship South Carolina and
the transports Antigone and Prin
cess Matoika and began to debark
in preparation for the last-stage of
their trip home. "":
Champ Clark, former speaker of
the house of representatives,' ac
companied by his Don, Lieut Col.
Bennett Clark, who previously had
arrived with other Missouri troops,
welcomed. the Missouri men.
Ex-Emperor Charles Seeks .
. Health In Switzerland ;
Geneva. April 27. Former Em
peror Charles of Austria arrived
yesterday at Montreux, where the
former grand duchess of Luxem
burg is staying. The former mon
arch, whose health continues to give
anxiety to his family, will remain
for a short period.
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