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WILSON AND FAMILY
SEE VAUDEVILLE SHOW.
Washington,. July 10. President
and Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by
! I C , iL - lirl.'i.
I11CIIIUCI3 Ul w nuc
House family Thursday night at
tended the performance of a local
vaudeville theater. ( . V
When the president entered the
theater he was greeted by generous
applause and .the orchestra struck
up "The Star Spangled Banner."
CONGRESSMEN FLAUNT
VIRTUES IN DIRECTORY. -
Washington, July 10. An epitome
of mankind's virtues, occupations,
aspirations and deeds is found in
congress. Within the pages of the
Congressional Directory that of the
j 66th congress was issued 'today
senators and representatives offi
cially record their own biographies.
Most of the law-makers are law
yers, but among the membership are
an iron moulder, banker, stock
raiser, tree surgeon, physician,
cheese manufacturer, glass blower,
baggage master, and "a business
man and a political accident."
Members with an eye to thrift,
did not fail to advertise. One said
his firm originated a well known
cloth, another that-he brought the
first automobiles into this country
from Eurone. ant) another that he
is president of a press clipping bu
reau. One admits getting into con
gress after his "characteristic de
termination" carried him through
an untiring campaign in, a popular
automobile. One member- "was
raised on a dairy farm," another
lives "on a gravel road," and an
other "entered public schools at an
I early age." '
EX-KING'S SECURITIES
IN BRITAIN FORFEITED.
London, July 10. Securities val
ued at $2,000,000 belonging to for
mer. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria,
which have been in London since
the beginning of the ..war, weVe de
clared forfeited to the crown.
Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicated
in favor of Crown Prince Boris
October 3, 1918, and since has been
living in Coburg, Germany. On May
25 it was reported he had requested
the government of Czecho-Slovakia
to grant him fefuge, but no action
was taken.
CARUSO LOSES THIRTY
BARRELS OFf WINE IN RIOT.
Florence, July 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Enrico Caruso, the
famous opera tenor, lost 30 barrels
of wine when it was commandeered
by the work committees at - his
villa in the outskirts of Florence
during the recent disorders. He
said to day that the committees left
him just enough to last until the
new vintage was readyv
ECCENTRIC FRENCH ACE
FALLS TO HIS DEATH.
Faris, July 10. (By .the Associa
ted Press.) Sub-Lieut. Jean Navar
re, who was one of the first aces
among the French aviators during
the war, and whereas withdrawn
from service because of his eccen
trie escapades, fell while flying in the
vicinity of Versailles Thursday aft
, ernoon and died soon after in a
military hospital ;
He was about to land at the air
drome at Villacoublay, when, in try
ing to: avoid a collision with other
machines, his airplane crashed."
Navarre was officially credited
with bringing down 12 enemy air
planes although the Paris newspa
pers credited him with the destruc
tion of 19.
He was awarded several decora
tions bv the French dovernment for
ills exploits. In April, 1917, after his
retirement from the service he was
arrested and placed in a military
prison, charged with having run
down severaf polrsemen of Paris,
"with his automobile. .
MAY COURT-MARTIAL
FRENCHMEN WHO STRIKE.
Paris, July 10. After a meeting
of the cabinet Thursday it was an
nounced government employes who
jom in the general strike July 21
will be considered as having
abandoned their posts. y
It was decided the minister of
public works should address an ap
peal and wauiing to the railroad
employes, assuring them that free
dom to work will be guaranteed and
pointing out the penalties to be in
curred if they abandon their posts.
The railroad menvwere notified that
they may be courtmartialad.
GERMANS CONTINUE x
VANDAL PRACTICES.
Paris, July 10-The German dele
gation at Versailles was requested
by the peace conference to draw the
attention of the German govern
ment to the fact that German troops
bank of the Vistula river,. Poland,
in accordance with the treaty, are
carrying off stock and furniture from
the farms. "
NEW YORK TO WITNESS
GREAT RELIGIOUS DRAMA.
w Columbus, Tenn., July 10. Pro
' duction of the mammoth pageant,
"The Wayfarer," which has been
playing to capacity audiences at iLc
Methodist centenary exposition here
during the last twenty days, in New
York during October, jaras agreed
upon by officials. Dr. . jF." E. Crow
ther of Seattle, as the author and
producer , of "The-Wayfarer," an
nounced the pageant vspuld be pro
duced with an entirely new cast.
More than 2,500 persons took part
in the pageant here. '
BothDr. Taylor and Dr. Crow
ther said the New York production
of "The Wayfarer" would be under
auspices of the Methodist church.
"The Wayfarer" is declared by
churchmen and theatrical critics to
be the greatest religious pageant
ever produced in the United States.
MASQUERADES AS GIRL
TO ELUDE THE POLICE.
Sacramento, Cal., July 10. Harry
Williams, smartly dressed- In an up-to-the-minute
woman's attire, including-
a rose-colored hat, and go
ing under the name of Rose Wil
liams, has been arrested by. South
ern Pacific f detectives here a the
absconding cashier from the rail
road office- at Mina, . Cal., from
which $155 in war savings i stamps.
$28 in cash and a number of blank
Jafts were taken. ..
VOLT49--N0. 20.
DIRIGIBLE
SHOOTING
Westerly Wind Enables Giant
British Blimp to Attain Speed
of 80 Miles an Hour on Re
turn Trip to Scotland.
I
S OF
MESSAGES OF THANKS
SENT BY COMMANDER
Request Made to U.S. Weather
Bureau That Weather Re
ports Be Sent the R-34 Dur
ing Trip to British Isles.
Washington, July 10. Aided by
a westerly wind that sometimes
reached a velocity of nearly 40
miles an hour, the British dirigible
R-34 Thursday night was well out
over the Atlantic on the return trip
to East Fortune, Scotland, after a
stay of 86 hours in America. The
last message from the airship re
ceived by the Navy department
gave her position at that time as
650 miles" due east of Bar Harbor,
Me., and more than 1,000 miles
from Mineola, L. I., from which it
startedv Wednesday at midnight.
The dirigible, according to wire
less reports, averaged more, than 60
miles for the first IS hours of the
return flight and at times the speed
reached between 75 and 80 miles an
hour. The dirigible thus was making
better time than at any period of
the flight to this side of the Atlan
tic and if weathei conditions remain
favorable, naval officers here believe
the R-34 will see British shores ear
ly Saturday.
Radio Message Received.
The first word heard from 'the
R-34 after the bfg dirigible left
American shores was a radio mes
sage sent at 4 a. m. giving the;
ship's position as 130 miles due east
from Long Island. Direct com
munication was maintained with the
Navy department .thereafter. At
10 a. m. a message said the dirigible
was then making a good 58 knots
an hour, equivalent to about 64 land
miles. An hour later the R-34 sig
nalled that the wind was becoming
stronger and that the dirigible's
speed had reached 80 miles an hour
at times. 1
Two messages of thanks to Amer
ican officials were sent 4y Major
Scott, commander,, one to Rear Ad
miral J. H. Glennon, commandant
of the third naval district, which in
cludes the Mineola field, where the
R-34 landed on its arrival in this
country, thanking the officers and
men who assisted in mooring the
big dirigible. Another was to E. H.
Bowie of the United Stated weather
bureau and thanked him for weather
reports furnished to the dirigible.
Request Weather Reports.
A request was sent tS the weather
bureau that weather reports be sent
to the R-34 regularly during the trip
to Scotland. Another radio message
asked all reports from vessels along
the path being followecjoy the R-34
be wirelessed.
The last weather report sent to
the R-34 from here said a storm cen
ter over "New Foundland was mov
ing northeast and that another over
Ontario was moving toward New
Foundland. Strong westerly winds
were predicted over the western At
lantic as far east as the 50th meri
dian and probably much farther.
Renews Attack Against
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, July 10. Renewing
his attack upon the fitness of John
Skelton Williams to succeed him
self as comptroller of the currency,
Frank J. Hogan, of counsel of the
Riggs National bank of Washington,
asserted before 'the senate banking
and currency committee ' that Mr.
Williams was "an adept in the most
dangerous form of falsification, the
telling of half truths." -
Hogan said he would show that
the comptroller had carried his per
sonal animosity against officials of
the bank to the extent of issuing an
official statement charging them
with having borrowed more than $5.
00Q.000 of iW funds for their per
sonal use during a period of 18 year"
.1 lie iav.1 l ' a k linj .via. r a.a...
y adding up renewed notes, he said,
was carried in the comptrollers
statement only in .an "inconspicu
ous" admission ' that some items
might have been renewals.
Holland Sends Curt Reply
to Allied Council's Inquiry
Paris, July 10. The council of five
received Thursday a rjeply from Hol
land in answer to the council's note
regarding" the reported escape from
the island of Wieringen of the
former German crown prince. The
Dutch npte,in what was said to be
rather curt terms, pointed out that
the rumor of the escape ; was un
founded and expressed surprise at
the warning given by 'the council.
" ' The Dutch government, the reply
added,' is conscious of its internal
obligations and must be left free to
exercise its sovereignty as it sees fit.
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BREACH IN;0LD
DUAL MONARCHY
GROWING WIDER
Austrian Foreign Minister De
mands Recall of Hungarian
Envoy From Vienna.
Paris, July 10. High tension be
tween the Austrian and the Hun
garian governments is indicatecf in
dispatches received here tojjay
from Vienna and Budapest. The
Austrian foreign minister, Dr. Otto
Bauer, has demanded the recall from
Vienna of the Hungarian minister.
Bela Kun, head of the Hungarian
soviet government, in return, has
demanded the campaign against the
Hungarian legation at Vienna be
stopped. The dispatches report that
supporters of Bela Kun are entering
Austrian territory.
Basel, July 10.-BeJa Kun, Hun
garien soviet head, according to a
Budapest dispatch, nas protested to
the Austrian government against
fwhat he terms a press campaign
against the Hungarian legation at
Vienna. He asked satisfaction for
the official encouragement given
the campaign.
Invade Lower Austria.
Basel, July 10. Detachments of
Hungarian bolsheviki are penetrat
ing lower Austria, according to dis
patches from Vienna, Nearly 5,000
bolsheviki are concentrated in the
region of Altenburg and Neusiedle
lake, 'supposedly with the intention
of moving against Vienna and Neu
stadt. NEW YORK HAILS
PRESIDENT OF
IRISH REPUBLIC
1
Enormous Crowd Attends Meet
ing Under Auspices of Friends
of Irish Freedom.
New York, July 10. An enormous
crowd attended a. meeting Thursday
night in Madison Square Garden un
der the auspices oC the Friends of
Irish freedom at which Eamon de
Valera, .."president. of the Irish, re
public,"" was the chief speaker. :
Twelve thousand men, women and
children forced their way into the
garden before the doors were closed
under orders from Fire Chief Ken
Ion. It was Mr. de Vallera's first public
address in this city. Supreme Cotfrt
Justiee Daniel F. Cohalan presided.
With the Irish president walked
former Gov. Edward F. Dunne of
Illinois, Frank P. Walsh of Kansas
City and Michael J. Ryan of Phila
delphia, who recently returned from
France.
Bedlam brok loose when Mr. de
Vallera, flanked by standard bear
ers carrying the flags of the United
States and "Irish republic," ad
vanced to the front of the platform
to speak. Cries of "de Vallera, de
Vallerea" thundered across the audi
torium. Near-Titanic Disaster
When Allen liner Hits
Iceberg Near Canada
St. Johns, N. F., July 10. Two
men wtre killed and two injured
when the Allen liner Grampian,
Montreal for Liverpool, collided
with an iceberg off Cape Race last
night. The steamship, with 750 pas
sengers and a crew of 350, arrived
here this morning for repairs. .-,
The killed and injured were stew
ards who were asleep in the bow of
the snip when she struck. Virtually
all the passengers were awake but,
although there were more than' 500
women, and children aboard, there
was no panic.
' That the Grampian did not suffer
the fate of the -Titanic, with consid
erable loss of life is believed to
have been due to the decision of the
captain to strike the iceberg bow,
on instead 01 taking a glancing blow
on the side. Th berg which was
very large, was encountered in the
fog, 45 miles off Cape Race in the
early evening.
The entire forepart of the ship
was smashed in above the water
line, the stem being driven nearly
40 feet.
Husband Fjnds Bride
of Two Weeks Murdered
Ukiah, Cal., July 10:-The body
of Mrs. Frieda Knasche, a bride of
two weeks, was found today in her
home on a ranch near here with the
right side of, the head blown away.
Beside the body were a heavy sold
ering iron and a shot gun containing
an empty cartridge. A trail of blood
led from a telephone in the livinar
room through the dining room to the
porch where the body wasVound by
the husband who had recently re
turned from service overseas.
Eastern Coast Workers
r: Call a General Strike
New , York, July 10. A strike of
marine firemen, oilers and water
tenders was called today along the
entire North Atlantic and Mexican
gulf Roasts from Galveston to Port
land, Me. The strike leaders assert
that the entire fishing industry and
all privately owned vessels will; be
tied up by the walkout. The strikers
demand an increase of $15 a month
in wages and closed shops.
OMAHA, FRIDAY,
50,00 0
MfS TO
MILLIONS
In 1903, Evidence Shows,
Ford Assets Were Few Thou
sands in Cash and His Model
of a Cheap Automobile. x
IN 1914 "JITNEY" MAKER
HAD EARNED $30,338,454
Interesting Financial 'Side
lights of Detroit Manufac
turer's Prosperity Brought
Out in Tribune Libel Suit. .
Mount Clemens, Mich., July 10.
Edsel B. Ford, 25-year-old presi
dent of the largest automobile com
pany in the world, son of Henry
Ford, who having been character
ized as a anarchist by the Chi
cago Daily Tribune, is suing for
$1,000,000 damages on a charge of
libels appeared as a witness In
Judge Tucker's court Thursday.
Other witnesses were Cot. R. R.
McCormick, president of the Trib
une company, and Ernest G. Gle
bold, general secretary to Henry
LFord.
Mr. fora s testimony aeait main
ly with a financial statement of the
Ford MotbY company, which was
put into the record over objections
of counsel for the plaintiff, to show,
Attorney Elliott G. Stevenson' for
the Tribune said, -that the "profit
sharing" plan inaugurated by the
company in 1914 "was mere hum
bug" Only once did the lawyer
skirt the fact that the young man
did not go to war.
Never in Military Service.
; "You have been in Detroit con
tinuonsly since 1916, except as bus
iness called you away, or pleasure?"
he was asked.
."Yes.
You are not a member of the
national guard?" -"No,
sir."
"Nor any other military organiza
tion?" "No, sir."
A financial statement of the earn
ings of the company in 1914, was
identified by the witness. His testi
mony showed that in 1903, the Ford
company started with $50,000 in cash
and Mr. Ford's model of a cheap
automobile. A $150,000 corporation
was founded, Mr. Ford holding 51
per cent of the stock. In 1914 the
financial statement showed the net
profits were $30,338,454.
Objects to Discussion.
Attorney Alfred Lucking, of coun
sel for Ford, objected to discussion
of the financial statement as irrele
vant and Mr. Stevenson replied:,
"They have been making a great
deal of their -eocalled education or
sociological program and the divi
sion of profits. My purpose i to
show that on $50,000, the actual cap
ital invested, the company earned
$30,000,000 in 1914, and that there
fore to call what they giv employes
profit sharing is mere humbug."
Body of Young Woman 1
Slain Found on Ranch
Tacoma, ' Wash., July 10. The
body of a young woman, thought to
be about 20 years old, was found
late today lying face downward in a
shallow grave on the ranch of T. H.
Pitneri seven miles south of Olym
pia. '
The young woman, the authorities
reported, was evidently killed by a
blow with a blunt instrument on the
side of the head or by a charge from
a shotgun fired at close range. The
slaying apparently had occurred sev
eral weeks ago.
Chicago Publishers Sued
for $1,000,000 by Steel Man
- Chicago, July 10-Suits for dam
ages totaling $1,000,000 were filed
against the Illinois Publishing and
Printing dompany and the Evening
American Publishing company, by
Jules H. Benjamin and the Amer
ican Steel Springs company, of
which he is the head. The claims
are based on. articles published Re
cently in the Chicago Herald and
Examiner and the Chicago Evening
American, concerning charges of a
man, said to have been a discharged
employe, that tie company had de
frauded the-government in munitions-
contracts.
Deny American Troops
Wijl Occupy Upper Silesia
Fan's, July 10. Reports received
from German sources that-American
troops would occupy Upper Silesia
were denied in American circles. A
member of the American peacdele
gation characterized the reports .as
"perfect rubbish."
- Bolsheviki Advance.
London, July 10. Bolshevik
troops have started an adanc$ in
the region of the Northern Dvina
rier southeast of Archangel, ac
cording to a Russian wireless mes
sage received today, and have oc
cupied Toshno after fierce fighting.
JULY 11, 1919.
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HURT AS TRAIN
STRIKES AUTO
Shelby Woman Probably Fa
tally Injured at "Crossing in
Council Bluffs; Yardmas
' ter Receives Bruises.
Mrs. Oscar Mowery of Shelby, la.,
was probably fatally injured, and
four others,' Mrs. James Robertson,
a daughter of MrsMowery; Everett
Mowery, a son; Harold Robertson,
sen of Mrs. Robertson, and Miss
Narcissus King, Shelby, were seri
ous!)' bruised about 6:30 last night,
when a new car in which they were
riding was struck by an Illinois
Central switch train at the railroad
crossing at Eigteenth and Broad
way, Council Bluffs.
. Mrs. Mowery received a fractured
hip, a broken collar bone, crushed
shoulder, and severe, cuts about the
head and neck. 'Mrs. Robertson re
ceived internal injuries and cuts
about the face, and other members of
the party escaped with numerous
tuti and bruises. H. J. Lurid, yard
master of the Illinois Central, who
w"as riding on the foot board of the
engine, also received severe bruises.
Witnesses of the accident say
that Ernest Mowery, who was riv1
ing the car, cither became rattled
upon seeing the train, or under
estimated the speed at which it
was going, for the car was caught
fairly on the tracks, and carried 100
feet before, the train could be
stopped. The track is not obstructed
at thjs pont, and witnesses said the
train was in plain sight for six or
seven blocks before reaching the
crossing.
Mrs. Mowery was still unconsci
ous at a late hour last night and at
tending physicians would gitfe little
hope for her recovery.
Germans Ask Blockade BC
Lifted Soon as Possible
T--:. T..1.f 10 Vl. iUrt tfrt
of the 'German national assembly s
ratification of the peace treaty will
arrive here shortly by a special
courier from HVeimar, Baron Kurt
von Lersner, head of , the German
peace mission, announced in a note
to Premier- Clemenceau.
. Baron von Lersner, therefore,
asked that the blockade against Ger
many be raised and that prisoners
of war be liberated as soon as'posr
LI.
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Berlin, July 9. (By Associated
Tt T : J . IT L n sinn.l iia
rvcss.j rrcsiuciii. tutu ai8"vu
bill ratifving the peace treaty at 8
o'clock Wednesday night, according
to thcVorwaerts and, the document
has been dispatched to Versailles.
Accepts Hurley's Resignation.
wasntngton, juiy iu. rresiueui
Wilson has accepted the resignation
of Edward N. Hurley, chairman of
the shipping board, effective August
1. Jt is understood Jolyi Barton
Payne, Chicago- will succeed Hur-
Mill l ntr). Oillr. M.M:
Oilty Saa.. M.M: aattli Nta.
"Ours Not to Reason Why"
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Londqji Society Agog Over
Suicide of Noted Beauty
Men Faced Disgrace and Forgot War Duties When
Mrs. "Name" Atherton Ruled Supreme in Cape
town During Boer War; Divorced by First Hus
band and Separated From Second After Quarrels.
By ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE
Universal Service Staff Correnpondent.
London, July 10. Two short let
ters locked in the safes of Coroner
Ipgleby Oddie,- and as inviolable as
the sanctity of British law can make
them, will tell, when their text is
revealed, the final chapter of the
life of Mrs. "Nanie" 'Atherton, who
Tuesdayvmidrright blew a' bullet
through hqr heid in her luyiriou
apartment at 47 Curzon street, just
five doors from Sunderland house,
which is the residence of. the Duch
ess of Marlborough, .f
Until these' letters afe opened" at
the inquest Friday, all London so
ciety, particularly that ' partx which
"travels the pace," will be agog over
the greatest sensation in years, for
besides Mrs. Kappel, who reigned
over the coterie at King Edward's
court, no woman in England during
the last quarter, of a century has
so dominated the. circles in which
4sk,Grand Jury to
Investigate Killing
' of Chicago Strikers
: t . y
Chicago, July 10. Grand jury in
vestigation of the riot and' shooting
Tuesday night when special guards
and strikers clashed at the plant of
the Corn" Products Refining compa
ny at Argo, a suburb, which cost
three lives, was asked of thetate's
attorney by Joseph Banasi presi
dent of the local, union '-to v which
many of the. strikers belong.)
The strikers accuse 'Charles Jo
hannes, chief of the special police,
with starting the shooting and al
lege that none of the strikers Iwrd
firearms. Officials of the company
charged -that the strikers attacked
the guards. '
Hundreds of strikers and sympa
thizers atended the double funeral
of John Woutcek and Michael Mar-
cf.ut. ihe comns, were borne by for
mer soldiers in uniform and an
American flag was draped ovor the
coffin of Woutcek, who had recently
rtturne4 from overseas service.
Won't Ask Assistance ofv
' Senator' in Murder Trial
Los Angeles, July 10. Plans for
the defense of Harry S. New, who
admits he murdered .his fiancee. Miss
Freida Lesser, in Tppapga canyon,
near here, last Friday night, were
outlined at a conference between
New, Mrs. Lily Burger, his mother,
and 'John Richardson, his attorney.
"We shall not ask the assistance
of Senator New orany other out
side person," was the only statement
Mfs. Burger gave out following the
conference. The accused man claims
to be the son of U. S Senator Harfy
S. New of Indiana.
Saudi. tt.Mi
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TVO CENTS.
beauty and. the unconventional her
esy toward life's sterner rules are
prerequisites. i .
Strange Triangle Revealed.
Mrs. Atherton partly reveals a
strange "triangle," the figures in
which are:
1. A woman who fascinated at
45 no less than she did at 20. :
2. Her one-time husband, who
lived to repent his separation from
the bewitching woman. ' .
3. Another' husband, who forgot
that. he was a lover in less than
four months.
Whatever other points those lines
of the triangle cross remains to be
developed but the people who
know are tight-lipped.
Up to the very hour of her self
appointed death, Mrs. Atherton
preserved unsullied by time or hard
vicissitudes that beauty and un-
(Contlnned on Tag Four, Columa' Thm)
Would Ask Wilson
to Show Letter 'J
Concerning Break
Washington; July "10. Under a
resolution' intodufjed today by Sen
ator Borah, republican, Idaho, Presi
dent Wilson would be asked to send
to the senate a copy of a letter ae-
ciared to have been written by Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss on behalf 'of
himself, Secretary , Lansing and
Henry White, protesting against the
decision of the peace conference re
garding Shantung.
The resolution, which went to the
foreign relations committee without
debate, also would ask for informa
tion as to any attempt on, the part
of the Japanese delegates. .
Seven Injured When Army
Airplane Falls on Autos
' Pontiac, 111., July 10. Seven per
sons, were injured when ah army
airplane . from ChanuteN field, Ran
toul, III., fell on several-automobiles
in which spectators were watching
a flight at Kempton, near here. The
plane was wrecked, but ,'the fliers,
Lieutenant Greer and a mechanician,
escaped with bruises. They said the
engine had failed.
- Denver Strike Ends.
Denver, July 10. Denver's street.
car siriKe win ena tomorrow morn
ing. Unofficial reports from a con
ference between Mayor Dewey C.
Bailey, his cabinet and Charles
Boettchcr, chairman of the board of
directors of the Denver Tramway
company, said service would be resumed.
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PRESIDENT
ADDRESSES
SENATOR
Asks Ratification 'of Peace
' Pact Without Reservation,;
Stating "League of Free Na- '
tions Practical Necessity." ;
NECESSARY INSTRUMENT
FOR MAINTAINING ORDER
Most
ical of Peace Con-
ferees in Paris. Had Turned.
. to League in Seeking Solu
tion oj,Problems, He Says. -
President Wilson's . address in'
' full will be found on pages 2
and 3. i . ;"
Washington, July l(f. The peace
treaty with its league of nations cov- .
enant was, laid before the senate by.
President Wilson Thursday in an's
address accounting to -the country
for his part in the negotiations at
Versailles. - - ,y -, . . , j
The league, declared the president,
was born of the" conviction of prac
tical statesmen that an international -concert
had become a world necesJ
sity to end the, old oider and guar'
antee civilization. He, asserted that
in such concert the world looked'
confidently to America . for' leader- -ship,
and added that while Mh .
treaty might not be exactly as the
American delegation would have
written it, no vital principle had
been sacrificed by the necessary,
compromises. . - ..,
The senate, already divided- Ta
bitter fight over the league pro
posal' received - the president with
cheers and listened to his words tn
a grave silence. When he had ton
c'ruded there was another burst of
cheering until he had passed out of .
the chamber and had gone to his
capitol office, where he talked for an 1
hoiJr with senators who wished to
ask about snrrifir fratttm nf tti
rtreaty or of the negotiation Jn '
cumcrcnces inc president 015
cussed freely such subjects as the
disposition of Shantung, the Ger
man indemnities and Irish freedom
No Direct Mention Made. - 7
In his address, however, there was
no direct reference to many of the.
questions around which senate de
bate has centered, the president de
daring he Could not construe details
of the treaty in & short addVess;'; He
did not directly mention the Monroe
doctrine, Shantung, or the obliga-
tions assumed under article ten of
the league covenant, nor did ne aC
lude to the proposal to write reseri
vations into the ratification. .He
asserted a hope that He would b
given opportunity" to discuss details
later, either with the whole senate
or the foreign relations committee:
"My services and all the informal
tion I possess," said Mr! Wilson
1"will be at your disposal and at the
disposal of your-committee On for ,
eign relations at any time, either in ,
formally or in session, as you pre,
fer; and I Tiope that you will no
hesitate to make use of them., .
, American Isolation Ended.' i ;- '
"American isolation," the ' presi
dent asserted, "was ended twenty;
yeart agq, when the war with Spa..
put the nation in partial control of .
Cuba and the Philippines. , ":
"But we have not-exploited thernV
he continued. "We have been theirs
friends and have sought to servei
them. Consequently there can be no
question" of our ceasing to be a world
power. - The only question is
whether we -shall accept or reject
the confidence of the world.
"The stage, is ' seO the destiny
disclosed. It has come about by no
plan of our conceiving, bat byithtV
hand of God, who has led us into
this, war. We cannot turn back;"
We can only go forward. with;
lif red eyes and freshened spirits, to
follow the vision." , -( , f
League Practical Necessity. , J
Alluding to the skepticism with
which he plan for a league of
nations was received,, the; president
said that as the peace negotiations
proceeded it became apparent t
(Continued a Pace Four, Columa Twa.
Ukrainians and Poles , .
Stage Fierce BattO
.Vienna, July 10. A great battU ;
is reported to have been in prog
ress for .several days . in ( eastern
Galicia between Ukrainians and twa'
Polish . armies, according to the
Ukrainian -press bureau. ' !
The Ukrainians,, after beating' oft
Polish attacks along the Zlota Lipa
and Narayuvka rivers are Veporteds
now' to be forcing the Polish forces
to retire from Brody, Tarnapole nf ,
Stanislau. , , .. ' , ? v
Crime Checked in Chicago ;
- by Wartime Prohibition;
'Chicago,"-July 10. Wartime preJ
hibition has decreased crime in Chi
cago, 50 per cent, according to
statement made by Chief of Detect
tives James L. Mooney. i