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LEGION ASKS PROBE , '
OP OBJECTOR'S PARDONS.
St. Louis.'May 10. An immediate
. investigation by congress of the War
departments action in pardoning
.'conscientious objectors who were
convicted by courts-martial of Vio
lating the articles of war was de--manaed
by the newly formed Amer
ican legion today at the final ses
sidn of its three-day caucus.
The resolution was passed unant-
. tnnuslv anil wit fnllnurH K in.
minute ovation.
The Americanization program of
the caucus was continued by adop
r tion of a resolution demanding de
portation of all aliens who evaded
military service by surrendering
first papers, all interned aliens, or
' any other person who evaded mil
itary service.", , ' V
.. A resolution asking congress to
grant bonus of six months pay to
every enlisted man who served in
the war was almost unanimously de
feated following1 a speech by Lt. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, who said the
legion "did not want to take any
thing out of the government but
to put something into it." y
ARMY DEMOBILIZATION
PASSES 2,000,000 MARK.
Washington, May 10. Demobili
zation of he war army has passed
the 2,000,000. mark,' General March,
chief-of-staff. announced today, and
the number of troops returned from
Trance now exceeds l,000,000i
SILVER GETTING NEAR
OLD 16 TO ONE RATIO.
. New York, May 10. Removal of
the British government of silver ex
port, restrictions resulted in another
sharp advance of the metal in this
market today, bar silver rising to
$1.11, an ounce, against yesterday's
price of $1.05 3-4 and $1.01 1-2 at the
beginning of the week. whn the fed
eral reserve board lifted, the ban
against exports from this country.
; Metal brokers reported a very un
settled market in London, due main
ly to heavy purchases of silver for
India, China aiid- the Scandinavian
countries. ' y 1
' In he Orient silver issued mainly
tor comage, but in northern Europe,
-where the supply has jeen very
small, since the outbreak of the war,
its chief use is for commercial pur
poses. s y
RUSSIAN DOWAGER
ARRIVES IN ENGLAND.
London, May 10. Dowager Em
press Feodorovna oi Russia and her
daughter, Grand Duchess Xenie, ar
rived in England today on board a
British warship. They were met in
this city by King George and Queen
Mary and Queen Mother Alexandria.
WILSON TO BE BACK
' IN U. S. ABOUT JUNE IS.
Paris, May 10. (Havas.) Among
those close to.President Wilson, the
Temps says, it is believed that; the
i president will be back in the United
States about June IS.
"WEEK OF MOURNING"
DECREED IN GERMANY.
Berlin, May 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) A "week of mourn
ing" has been decreed by the gov
ernment' to give expression to the
'"sorrow and depression" called
forth by the announcement of the
peace terms. The week will begin
Sunday. ; '
v The decree provides that public
frivolity must be stopped for a
period of eight days. Its provisions
affect the first-class theaters as well
as the popular cabarets. Dancing,
horse racing and gambling will be
suppressed and the occasion prob
, ably will be used to put a definite
: end to the gambling frenzy which
is holding greater Berlin in its
. tentacles. ,
- ; . .: A season of soul searching would
seem to be the most probable
reaction to the frivplity and gam
; Ming which his been in progress.
: On the day tlie peace terms were
published here the Karlshorst race
track took in more than 13Q.000
marks in gate receipts, while the
betting sheds distributed 3,500,000
. marks. ' , .
- During the week of mourning the
cabinet expects that the federated
states will give loyal co-operation
: to its endeavor to have every city,
town and hamlet observe the oc
casion. . ' ' V
PALLIUM FOR J50WLING
-ARRIVES IN ST. PAUL. !
; St. Paul, Minn., May 10. The
pallium to be conferred on Arch
bishop Austin Dowling" arrived in
' St. Paul today from Rom and the
Roman Catholic prelate will be in
vested with the authority of his
' office at a consecration ceremony
in the St. Paul cathedral May 27.
It was announced at the arch-
bishop's residence that Archbishop
Keane of Dubuque, la., will confer
the .pallium'' and that Bishop
Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux Falls,
S. D., will preach" the sermon,
GOLD MEDAL GIVEN
TO PRESIDENT WILSON.
Paris, May 10. President Wilson,
; speaking at the ..session today of
tne Academy of Moral and Political
'Sciences, of which he was elected a
' foreign associate last year, said that
te United States came into the war
in the cause of liberty.
"Whenever we see the cause of
- liberty imperilled," the. president
added, "we are ready to cast our lot
in. common with the lot of those
N whose liberty is threatened. That
is-the spirit of the people of the
United States." .
The occasion 'of -the president's
Speech was the presentation to him
of 4 .specially struck gold medal.
PLAN TO DELIVER v
STRUCK PARTS BY PLANES.
LLLdcoln, May 10. A motor-truck
company at Wabash, Irtd., has es
tablished an aviation transportation
division for the purpose of deliver
ing parts of its products by airplane
to -users in various parts , of the
Country, according to a letter ,re-
. reived here today by City Clerk
Theophil Berg, from the secretary
' of the concern, who inquired as to
privileges for making airplane land-
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VOL. XLVIII NO. 48.
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YOUTH IS
KILLED BY
Albert Jackson Dog .Catcher,
Shoots Down Roy Teeter,
Who Interferes in Ar
gument on Street., j
Roy Teeter, 19, was shot and
killed at 6:30 o'clock , yesterday
evening by 'Albert Jackson, colored
dog catcher, in a fight over an au
tomobile accident at Thirteenth and
Locust streets, East Omaha. ;
More than 100 people gathered
within 10 minutes a)ter the shoot
ing, and angry cries , directed at
the negroes were heard; from all
parts of the crowd. Three, dozen
or more ' women were scattered
through the mob.- . i
Detectives Anderson and Wavrin
and Chauffeur Bosen hurried Jack
son to the central police , station,
where he was lodged, charged with
murder.,
Strike Another Wagon.
Jackson, the negro, and George
Hockley, another negro, both dog
catchers, were driving their automo
bile truck up the approach to the
Locust street viaduct at Thirteenth
street. At a bend in the approach
their car struck a wagon driven by
Joe McColl, 2416 North Thirteenth
avenue, and Bert Mitchell, 1409
North Thirteenth street.
"After the accident," said McColl,
"Jackson got out St his machine and
came over to our wagon. He started
an argument. I got down off the
wagon and both he and Hockley
drew revolvers. . -
" Teeter Hits Jackson. ' :
"Young Teeter saw what we were
up against and he struck Jackson in
the eye, knocking him down. Jack
son staggered to his feet and shot
once point blank at Teeter, who
wavered for a minute and then fell
face down." The bullet entered
under Teeter's left arm and emerged
over his heart.
When the police arrived Jackson
had a .38 caliber revolver and
Hockley a .45. They are both al
lowed to carry guns as dogcatchers.
Hockley was held for investiga
tion. McColl and Mitchell were held
as state witnesses.
Guns Not Displayed.
A. L. Hildinger, 2602 Decatur
street, a witness to the accident,
says" he believes Teeter had no right
to interfere. "I didn't see either
colored man have a gun before
Teeter struck Jackson," Hildinger
said. i i
Teeter, who Jires at Fifty-fourth
and Mason streets, was an employe
of the Standard Oil company and
was-returning from ( work, when
Jackson killed him. Teeter was for
merly employed at the Alamito
Creamery company. Before com
ing to Omaha two years ago he
lived in Iowa City, la., with his
family. . , 1
' Wife But a Girl.
Teeter's wife of one year, Anna
belle Teeter, who is in delicate
health, was utterly prostrated when
told of her husband's death. Mrs,
(Continued on Tage Four, Column Three.)
NEGRO IN
QUARREL
' 'Old National Law Systems 1
Playpd Out," Says President
Work of War May Be Completed, He Adds, By Giving
to International Law "the Kind of Vitality It Can
Have Only If . It Is the Real Expression of Our
Moral Judgment." ' ' "
Paris, May 10. In. a speech at a dinner last night of
the International Law Society association President Wilson
touched on the future role of international law in the de
velopment of the new order of things. His address in part
follows: -j
International "law- has perhaps
sometimes been a little too much
thought of in the closet. Interna
tional law has. (may I say it with
out offense?) been handled too ex
clusively by lawyers. Lawyers like
definite lines. Thy like systematic
arrangements. Theys are uneasy if
they depart from what was done
yesterday. They dread experiments.
They ' like charted seas and if they
have no charts, hardly venture to
undertake the voyage., : '"i
On Uncharted Seas.
Now we must venture upon un
charted seas to some extent in the
future. In the new league of na
tions we are starting out on un
charted seas, and, therefore, we must
have, I will nof say the audacity,
but the steadiness of purpose which
is necessary in such novel circum
stances. And we must not be afraid
of new things, at the same time that
we must not be intolerant of old
things. We must weave out of the
old materials the new garments
which it is necessary that men
should wear.
It is at great privilege if we, can
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OMAHA, THE GATE
HE
Safer Mma'-elw Mttw May it. ISM. at
Oaaka P. O. mt aat at March S. 187a,
UYl
Arm and Resist
Mies' Peace Terms
Is Cry
la
. Berlin, May 10. (By the As
sociated Press.) Dr. Ludwig
Haas, minister of the interior of
Baden, in an article in the ,Tage
blatt of Berlin, declares that un
less the peace terms are altered,
Germany s only salvation is to
reject thefii regardless of con-v
sequences. !
' A dispatch from Bromberg to
the Tageblatt says that the pop
ulation of East) Prussia is de
termined to use all its resources
to prevent acceptance of the
treaty. Demands are being made
by some that the population of
the eastern provinces be' armed.'
The German people's council of
West Prussia, it is added, has re
solved never to submit to "an act
of violence."
Count Von Reventlow, in an
editorial in the Tages Zeitung
today, changes' his, customary at
titude of anti-Americanism and
advises the' German people not to
rail at , President Wilson and
Americans, saying: "America will
be the only power in the world
from which the German people
can expect help and relief." 1
MEN WHO KILLED
SHERIFF MAY BE
HIDING IN OMAHA
Auto Bandits Who Murdered
Missouri Officer and Dep
uty Came to City Last
Wednesday.
The three motor car thieves who
Surday night, last, killed Sheriff
John McDonald of Lafeyette coun
ty, Missouri, and his deputy near
Lexington are ' believed to have
found temporary refuge in Omaha
and to have escaped.
-The men, who are of the most
desperate criminal type, are' be
lieved to have reached Omaha last
Wednesday, since which time no
trace of them has been found. Po
lice of Kansas City yesterday an
nounced credence in the report that
the slayers fled from Kansas City
to Falls City, Neb., and then to
this city. ;
The men were seen nearHia
watha, Kan., May 6, and were
traced into Nebraska by Sheriff
Daniel . Ratekin of Richardson
county. .... "
The suspects stole a Reo car
from E. Faunfeldt, a blacksmith, at
Verdon, Neb.' They ran the car to
Murraywhere it became stalled be-
(Contlnned on Page Four, Column One.)
Six Killed and Many
Wounded in Race Riot
at Charleston, S. C.
Charleston, S. C, May 11. Two
sailors and four negroes are re
ported to have been killed and many
wounded, eight severely, in a race
riot, which broke out here late last
night.
The trouble was said to have
grown but of the shooting of a sail
or by a negro in a downtown pool
room. '
In a short while bluejackets from
the naval training station here and
civilians joined in the fight. It was
several hours before . the rioting
could be quelled.
do that kind of thinking for man
kind; human thinking, thinking that
is made up of comprehension of the
needs of mankind. And when I
think of mankind, I must say I do
not always think of well . dressed
persons. Most persons are not well
dressed. , i
" Heart of World Humble.
The heart of the, world is under
very plain jackets. The heart of
the world is at very simple fire
sides. The heart of the- world is
in very fumble circumstances; and
unless you know the pressure of
life of the humbler classes, you kn6w
nothing of life whatever. Unless
you know" where the pinch comes,
you do not know what the pulse
has to stand, you 3o not know what
strain the muscle has to bear, you
do not know what trial the nerves
have to go through to hold on.
To hold on where there is no
glee in life is the hard thing. Those
of us who can sit sometimes at
leisure and read pleasant books and
think of the past, the long past, that
(Coa tinned rge roar. Column One.)
CITY OF THE WEST,
OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1919.
mm
SUCCESS
CROWNS
LAST BIG
WAR LOAN
..Jm V . ' V',, 1
Pledges of Six Billion Dollars
American People's Response
to Government's Appeal to
"Finish the Job."
Washington, May 10. The fifth
and last popular war loan of the
United States has been oversub
scribed. Although the approximate total
subscriptions will not be known
for nearly two vweeks, figures avail
able tonight showed that the Amer
ican people had responded gener
ously to the appeal to "finish the
job."
Like" all of its predecessors, the
Victory loan suddenly jumped the
last day of the campaign above the
mark set as its limit. The day
brought an avalanche of subscrip
tions which (banks could not at
tempt to count until next week.
None of today's harvest was in
volved in the total of $3,849,638,000
subscriptions officially tabulated to
night by the treasury and officials
would not be surprised to see the
final figures go t nearly $6,000,000,
000. Only $4,500,000 will be ac
cepted, i
Announces Oversubscription.
Late today Secretary Glass issued
this statement:. ; .
"While official . reports to the
treasury today show only. $3,849,
638,000 subscribed up to noon, un
official advices from the districts
indicate that without any doubt the
Victory Liberty loan , is already
largely oversubscribed, . with 'every
district making a determined effort
to gather in every possible sub
scription before midnight.
"Thus for the fifth time the coun
try has met the call of the Treasury
department for the funds- and the
great Liberty loan organization has
once again proved its mf tal."
" The only gauge by which officials
could attempt to estimate subscrip
tions not yet tabulated was pro-i
vided by the record of the Fourth
Liberty loan when $2,392,000,000 was
reported after the subscription drive
bad ceased.
Storms interrupted communica
tion in the Kansas City district and
the district's report for tonight is
the same as yesterday's.
Banquet For Byrne.
A banquet was given at the Om
aha club latst .evening in honor of
T. C. Byrne, state chairman of the
Victory loan drive, by 92 of the
leading men workers in the Omaha
part of the drive. '
Edwin T. Swobe was toastmaster.
Lysle I. Abbott reviewed the his
tory of the last three weeks of in
tensive work which has put "Omaha
far "over the top" and the state
also in that happy position.
He pronounced a handsome ap
preciation of Thomas C. Byrne,
state chairman of the Victory loan
drive as he has been also of the
previous drives for funds in Ne
braska to disappoint Herr Wilhelm
Hohenzollern, and at the end he
presented to Mr. Byrne a silver lov
ing cup.
Mr. Byrne responded modestly,
disclaiming any extraordinary serv
ice and praising the workers both in
the city and state who have labored
so successfully in putting the loan
"across."
- Given Ocean Liner.
This was not all that Mr. Byrne
was to get. 1?. A. Brogan presented
Mr.Byrne wtth a handsome ocean
liner. It is the good vesseL which
has adorned the "Atlantic ocean" on
the cornice of the courthouse dur
ing the' Victory loan drive to show
its progress.
Frank Gaines then arose and
said some very nice things about
Sam Burns, banker and investment
broker, - who has been in command
of the Omaha workers.
, Statue, of Liberty.
And as a token of appreciation
he presented Mr. Burns with the
"Statue of Liberty" which adorned
one end of the scene on the court
house cornice during the drive
Price Stabilizing Held 1
Illegal by Attorney General
; Washington, May 10. The aban
doned price stabilizing plan of the
Department of Commerce's indus
trial board was declared "unauthor
ized by law" in an opinion of At-
torney General Palmer . to Secre
tary Redfield, dated April 1,
previous to the resignation of the
board, and made public today.
The plan was held to.beMllegal
by the attorney general on the
ground that it - constituted price
fixing among producers in violation
of anti-trust acts. v ' , i
Makes New Record.
Faris, May 10. Sadi Lecointe, a
French aviator, yesterday estab
lished what is believed to be a new
height record for a monoplane by
climbing 26,900 feet .
OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
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TWO SEAPLANES
REACH MARK FOR
OCEAN TOP OFF'
Start From Trepassey for Eu
rope to Bfi Made This
Week After NC-4t Re
paired, Catches Up.
Trepassey, N. F. May 10. The
American naval seaplanes NC-1 and
NC-3 were moored tonight in Tre
passey bay, the "jumping off" point
of the transatlantic flight, having
completed the second "leg" of the
coastal journey from Rockaway bay,
New York, with a 460-mile flight
from Halifax.
The NC-1 swooped down into the
harbor at 6:41 p. m., Greenwich
time, having made the flight in six
hours and 54 minutes at an average
speed of 65 nautical or 74 land miles
an hour.
The NC-3, piloted by Commander
John H. Towers, commander of the
flight, arrived at 10:31 p. m., Green
wich time, having been compelled
to put back to Halifax for propeller
repairs after flying 50 miles from
that harbor. Its flying., time on
the successful trip was six hours
and 56 minutes.
In Good Condition.
Both planes appeared to be in
the best of condition and officers
and crews expressed confidence that
the two 'hops" across the Atlantic
to Lisbon, Portugal, would be made
without difficulty.
Weather conditions permitting,
the flight to the Azores will be at
tempted next week.,. The date orig
inally fixed for the "big jump" was
May 12 to 14. ;
The N-C-l, which arrived nearly
four hours ahead ofhe NC-3, the
flagship, is the only one of the
three giant planes which has not
met with ','hard luck." '
The NC-4 is at Chatham,-Mass.,
awaiting favorable weatherv to re
sume its flight, having been com
pelled to alight because of engine
trouble, The crew spent the night
on the ocean before they were found
by a naval destroyer and towed in
to port.
Success Believed Assured.
Washington, May 10. Arrival' at
Trepassey bay, N. F of two of the
three American navy seaplanes
which started ' from? Rockaway, N.
Y on the transatlantic flight, in
sures the success of the whole enter
prise in the opinion of naval officers
here. '
, The NC-4 is at Chatham, Mass.,
awaiting favorable weather to re
sume its flight, having been 'com
pelled to alight because of engine
trouble. The crew spent the night
on the ocean before they were found
by a naval dstroyer and towed into
pctrt.. v
It may be some days before the
men and machines at Trepassey bay
are ready for the flight to the
Azores. This is the longest leg of
the journey, 1,200 tol,350 nautical
miles, depending upoi the landing
place selected.
The American project, kept secret
during he long period of-preparation,
became known today when the
cruiser Chicago arrived to act as a
base ship for the dirigible. St.
Johns will be the terminus of the
1,200-mile test run and the starting
point, of the overseas flight if one
is attempted, , v
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Mother's Day
Zfiiess you.
my cciidreit !
Police Think Negro Killed?
by Overdose of Drug May
Have Been
Detectives Work on Theory
of Joe Bradford: Man
and Capitol Afraid to
Joe Bradford, the negro, who after taking an overdose
of morphine Wednesday afternoon, was found unconscious
on the rear steps at 216 North Thirteenth street,' the home
of Curley Stinson and Ruth Clark, alleged dope peddlers,
and who later died at Lord Lister hospital, was murdered,
is the theory the police are working on.
Bradford is believed to have threatened to disclose
some of the secrets concerning the operations of the ("higher
ups" in the Omaha dope ring. He is known to have been a
drug addict and close to many of the persons engaged in the
traffic.
Detectives Franks and Graham
are. working on the case.
Several days ago it is known- that
Bradford went to St. Joseph at the
instance of Omaha dope peddlers
and bootleggers. He was given a
large sum1 of money and returned,
it is said, without the expected Con
traband. N ,
Looking for Holt.
Detectives are attempting to lo
cate a man named Holt, 'who was
heard to make the remark that he
overheard a! conversation between
two men when one of them as
serted that he was going to "get
Bradford." The man to whom this
remark was addressed is alleged to
have replied that he would help "do
the job." ;
- Detectives declare that they have
been unable to learn for whom
Bradford made the trip to St. Jo
seph. , ' , x
The body is at the Western un
dertaking establishment. No friends
or relatives have claimed it. tn
the man's pockets at the time he
was found dying on the steps were
two grocery bills on the stationery
of George Adams, 1027 West Broad
way, Council Bluffs. The name of
Lula Hall, Council Bluffs, was writ
ten on one of them. V
An attempt was made last night
on the life of Nathan Shearls, an
other negro believed to know many
of the inside secrets of " the dope
ring. Shearls was &'.vji; a "shot"
ofMnorphine shortly -':er 6 o'clock
at Eleventh street a- ' vCapitol ave
nue. He walked only a few steps
and 'fell to the pavement '.n an un
Omaha to Entertain JO
Conventions During
the Present Month
Ten conventions are scheduled, to
be held in Omaha during May. They
are.
The State Grand Council of the
United Commercial Travelers, Ne
braska State DentaJ, society, and the
State League of Building and Loan
associations will have the largest
attendance, each bringing from' 250
to 400 visitors- to the city. Other
conventions booked for the month
are: v Grand Connnandry Knights
Templar: University Day; Military
Order . Loyal '' .Legion; Women's
auxiliary of Episcopal church;
Knights of Columbus; Nebraska
Children's Home society, and an
nual convention of Episcopal church,
diocese of Nebraska.
five cCents. '
SlEElUir PLEAV
v. I rnn nnrnnv V
wry ntruatu
m BY ALLIES
Murder Victim
in Cbnnection With Death
Found Dazed at Eleventh
Disclose Secrets of "Ring." J
conscious condition. The man was;
hurried to the Lord Lis. r hospital
in the police ambulance. The at
tending physician announced the pa
tient was seriously ill a3 a lesult of
having taken an overdose of a nar
cdtic drug. .
Afraid to TelL ,
Shearls still is confined "to his bed
today. He fold .a reporter for the
Bee that he believed an attempt had
been made to take his life. The ne
gro would not discuss the operations
of the dope peddlers, but asseited he
was positive that a strange man had
given him a dose of "fixed" mor
phine for the purpose of getting rid
of him. '
"I am afraid to tell what I know,"
he,aid. "Those fellows would get
me if I talked too much. Some one
must, have snitched on me and' told
the gang I was going to spill."
Shearls has been working a a sec
tion hand for the Burlingtoei rail
road.' His home is at 1123 -South
Thirteenth street. ,
"A man named George asked me
if I wanted a "toot." I don't ,know
the ' man by any other name. He
was a well dressed fellpw and bright
yellow. He knew my name, He
knew I took dope and seemed to
take it for granted that I would take
a shot. I took the gun, wjiich con
tained but a moderate dose. I know
how to handle morphine and cocaine
and am sure I did not take too much.
I. have taken a great deal more of
the stuff dozens of other tiniest"
Shearls declared the men fled after
giving him the dfug. '
Secretary Explains
Why Hun Count Sat
During His Speech
Faris,, May 10. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Count von Brock-dorff-Rantzau's
will was strong
enough to enable him to deliver his
speech to the allies at the Versailles
peace congress Wednesday, but he
feared collapse if he stood. x
This is on the authority of his
secretary, who has been clipping
and translating comments from the
English papers, sharply reproaching
the count for remaining sealed when
speaking. , : -
His secretary, being asked by a
member of the delegation what
Count von Brockdorff - Rantzau
thought of this made answer:
-"It was because he was master of
his voice and not of his legs."
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President Wilson. Declines to
Give Personal Interview
.to Chairman of German
v Peace Delegation.
-London, May 1L (By the As
sociated Press.) The Dutch gov
ernment has decided to surrender .
the former German emperor to
the allied and associated powers,'
according to a dispatch from The
Hague to the National News.
Paris, May 10. (By Associated
Press.) The allies can admit of no
discussion of their, right .to insist
upon the terms of the peace treaty
substantially as drafted.,'
This is the reply to, Count von'
Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the
German peace delegatidn, who sub
mitted a note to Premier tiemen
ceau declaring that the peace treaty
contains demands which could be
borne by no people, and many of
them incapable of accomplishment.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau "
has also been informed, in answer
to his complaint that Germany was .
asked to sign the allied plan for a
league of nations, although not
among the states invited, to enter it,
that tho. admission , of, additional' ,
member states has not been over-.;
looked, but has been explicitly pro
vided for in the covenant.
Snubbed By Wilson.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau,,
German foreign minister and chair--man
of the peace delegation, tried
-to obtain a personal interview ""
President Wilson "for oral niiSXa'""
tions," but was refused, according
to LTntransigeant '
President Wilson expressed the
belief today that nothing would be
heard from the German plenipoten
tiaries for about a weeK Neither
he nor the other members, of the
American delegation has heard any- '
fhing regarding the published re- :
port that trie German delegates
were preparing to depart from Ver
sailles.' . 1 '
, Jhe German delegation worked
nearly the whole night in preparing
counter-propositions. No commu- ,
nications have as yet been sent to
the chiefs of the allied missions. , .
The foreign office announced this
afternoon that no preparations had
been made by the Germans for a
withdrawal from Versailles.
Among, the subjects discussed
by th6 council of four at its meeting, :
today, was t-fie eventuality of Ger
many refusing to sign the peace and
what steps should be taken in that .
event. ; ' j (
President Wilson will personally
direct such answers as may be de
cided upon concerning German in- - :
quiries on the peace treaty differing
from the president's 14 points,
' This was announced in high quar
ters today in connection with the in
structions vi-lnch Chancellor Schcide- t
maim has given the German plenipo- 5
te,ntiaries at Versailles to address a
note to the allies comparing the ;
terms of the treaty with the 14
points andmaking a counter, pro
posal for verbal negotiations.
The view is held by the American
delegation that Herr Scheidmann's
objections are not well taken that
the treaty is contrary to' the pres
ident's fourth point on disarmament .
and fifth point on colonial questions.
It is explained that while the treaty
contains a provision for Germany's
disarmament, this is preliminary to
the general limitation of armaments
by other nations and that the coven-'
Cantinnd on Pair Four, Column Tiro.)
Involve Helen Gould v
In Controversy Over
Big Railroad Estate
n r ii n n
-New York. May 10. In the con
troversy continued today in the
state supreme court here over the
residue of the $83,000,000--estate of - -the
late Jay Gould, railroad finan- -,
cier, attorneys for Frank J. Gould
filed a statement declaring thatX
George J. Gould, whose removal as
chief executor of the estate is being
sought , by some of the heirs, ap
parently is endeavoring "to fix upon
his sister, Helen, a responsibility
for his own misconduct." Helen
Gould - now is Mrs. Finley J. .
Shepard.
George J. Gould filed a personal - . .
affidavit today in tthich he credited
Helen Gould with many of the im
provements made in the develop
ment of the Gould line of rail- .
roads. . .
After Jay Gould's death, the affi
davit said, George J. Gould wai
accustomed to consult Helen Gould
almost daily.i discussing plans and
policies, and he regarded her as an
astute and capable business woman,
George Gould today filed also a .'
pleading in which he questioned the
jurisdiction of .the court to proceed
twith the case.
