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LAWFUL TO BUY "ROUND
OF DRINKS" IN LONDON.
, London, July 11. It is no longer
against the law in England to buy
i round of drinks, the liquor board
having revoked the "no treating"
order, a war measure. It points out
that the -order wiped the practice
''of treating and it expresses the hope
that the order wiped out the prac
tice of treating and it expresses the
hope that '-tM Rood sense of the
community should suffice to prevent
its revival with the wasteful and ex
cessive drinking to which it leads."
OFFICIALS INVOLVED '
IN ALLEGED SWINDLE.
Muncie, Ind., July 11. Local of
ficials have been advised of the ar
rest in Kansas City, Mo., of G. C.
Stansbury, who, it is reported, is
.wanted by the government in con
nection with alleged land swindle
cases recently revealed by federal
grand jury investigation.
Thegang of which Stansbury is
alleged to be a member is charged
by federal indictment with having
mulcted wealthy) persons from vari
ous arts of the country of between
$250,000 and $300,000 by staging fake
' prizefights and other fake sporting
events, after the victims had been
lured to Muncie by the assurance
that they could acquire certain val
uable .property interests at a com;
. .paratiweiy small cost.
Seventeen arrests, including
Prosecutor Horace G. Murphy and
Mayor Rollin H. Bunch, both of
Muncie, have been made in connec
tion with the case. The officials
.are charged with promoting the al-
. Icged swindle by protecting the
gang members from arrest" and
prosecution.
BUSINESS LICENSES
PLANNED IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, July 11. Hotels, res
taurant's and ice cream parlors
even private detective agencies--"may
be required to secure licenses
from the city in order to do business
if the plans being worked out by
the license committee are carried
through. It is proposed that hotels
lw. r,mtrrt in nav $2 fnr ucrv
room; restaurants $2 pen chair, ice
. cream parlors from $25 to $200 a
year, according to the number of
chairs. It would reequire a license
fee of $250 a year from private de
tective agencies and $25 besides for
every operative.
ATTEMPT SUICIDE AS
PROTEST AGAINST TREATY.
ifan Francisco, July 11. Chinese
patriots, according to a message re
ceived from Peking, by H. C King,
president of the Chinese National
Welfare society, endeavored to com-
mit suicide Sunday in the presence
H$u Sh(h Chong, president of
China, in protest against the trans
fer of control of Shantung province
to Japan by thc-peace treaty.
. Three members of the, delegation
. jf .merchants, teachers and students
succeeded in wounding themselves
viever!y before patagftardscotM
jelegatlon the treaty which gives
fapan controf of Shantung must be
. ;igned, the 'message stated.
ASK U. S. COURT TO PASS ON
.PROHIBITION TEST CASE.
-'' Philadelphia, July 11. Notwith
standing appeals to the supreme
. :ourof the United States from the
wartime prohibition decisions, ren
'trered in New York and Baltimore
' federal courts, the Department of
Justice Friday asked the U. S. court
for the eastern district of Pennsyl
vania to pass upon a test case here
so in event of a ruling in favor of
the government every brewer of
r.cer or dealer in that beverage con-
. it i i r r
taming more man one nan ui unc
per cent alcohol now doing business
can be at once prosecuted.
The case is that of the govern
" ment against the Bergner & Engle
Brewing company, charging viola
4io'i of the wartime prohibition law.
JpARIS RESTAURANTS
vARE CLOSED BY STKIK.E.
Paris, July, 11. Lunch was a diffi-
cuit meal today for most of Paris,
because oJthe many places closed
x by a strike of waiters, cooks and
r.ther employes in the restaurants,-;
hotels and cafes.
Stores and shops selling cold
meats and other foods did a big
business. " t
A few tlashes have occurred ,be
' twecn th"e police and strike break
ers, mostly of foreign origin and the
striking waiters. The police have
the situation, well in hand.
' MANY OPPOSE TRIAL OF
FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR.
Lpjraon, July 11. Predictions that
the project to bring the former Ger
man emperor to trial in England,
will be abandoned, are growing in
view of the almost unanimous oppo
sition of the newspapers of all par
ties. Virtually, all the leading pa
pers, 'with the exception of the
Northcliffe press, are denouncing
the plan.
. The Northcliffe papers have taken
no stand in the matter, but print
many letters from prominent per-
i sons opposing the trial. The influ-
ential weekly reviews all cpose or
deride the passage.
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RUMANIA PLACES TRUST IN
PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
yashinjgton, July 11. Rumania
places her trust in the "spirit of fair
. ness of the president and the people
"of the United States," King Ferdi-
nand of that country cabled in a
- message of congratulation to Presi-
dent Wilson upon the signing of the
peace treaty by Germany.
"I hope with all my heart." the
kins said, that "this act wilr be rec
ognized and maintain the rights
of all nations, great and small, who
have suffere'd so cruelly -by war, to
e equally free and independent."
SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE
SMASHES WATER TROUGH.
A speeding automobilist early this
morning ran into a water trough at
Park and Woolworth avenues and
broke it off at its base. Water guh
ed forth, flooding the street Thc'po
- lice were notified and they in turn
: Uvised th water company. t '
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DEVELOPS
TO DRY ACT
Southern Prohibition Leader
Says Congress Going Beyond
Power in Attempting to De
fine Intoxicating Liquor.
INSISTS ON CHANGES IN
ENFORCEMENT MEASURE
Traffic Likened to, Convicted
Criminal Appealing for Re
prieve; Drastic Measure De
nounced in House Debate.
Washineton. July 11. In the
course of a five-hour debate in the
house Friday on the prohibition
bill, the liquor trarhc was likened
to a convicted criminal appealing
for a reprieve, while some of the
more drastic provisions Vaf the
measure were denounced as an in
vasion of the liberty, hospitality and
habits of the home.
It probably was the last great
day of prohibition oratory in the
house. Not all of the 12 hours set
aside for general debate had been
used at the close of an all-day dis
cussion which ranged from a tech
nical argument on ' constitutional
questions to a straight stump speech
for prohibition and its enforcement.
Chairman Volstead of the judici
ary committee in charge of the bill,
and Representative Igo, democrat,
of Missouri, leader of the minority,
were una,ble to allot all of the time
desired by members anxious vto be
hyird. There were more demands
than there was time to.gjve, with
everybody wanting a word. Time
and again there was the droning
call: "The gentleman asks permis
sion to extend and revise his re-
nwks." , Th-spshmaking ? will
jontinue Saturday, but the "house
will not begin actual work on the
bill, section by section, until Mon
day. ' ' 7
Will Not Support Bill.
Acraiii ardent Drohibitionists de-
f clared they could not support the
enforcement bill because ot its pro
visions and others contended that
once congress defuies intoxicating
liquors as a beverage containing one
half of one per cent alcohol the fed
eral law for such enforcement can
not become effective without con
current action by the several states.
The principal "dry" argument
against the measure was made by
Representative Moon, democrat, of
Tennessee, who declared that un
less it was materially amended he
would feel in' duty bound to vote
against it or else express his disap
proval by not voting at all.
For 22 years, Mr. Moon said, he
had stood upon the floor of the
house and upheld the cause of pro
hibition, but the enforcement bill,
which he characterized as "impracti
cable and senseless as anything ever
suggested," should be opposed be
cause it is worse in all its features
than the infamous 'force bill,' He as
serted congress was going beyond
its constitutional powers in attempt
ing to say a man should not put
liquor in his home, and in attempt
ing to define intoxicating liquors by
limiting the alcoholic content to
cne-half of one per cent.vN
Leadrs( Disconcerted.
It was apparent that prohibition
leaders were somewhat discon
certed by persistent attacks on the
enforcement bill by members of the
house regarded heretofore as cer
tain to support it. They still
claimed, however, to have votes
enough "to put it through substan
tially as drafted, although they said
radical changfes undoubtedly would
be made by the .senate. The drive
by the. "wets" apparently had
broken up all attempts, threatene'd
several days ago to make the bill
more drastic than in its present
form.
Hearings in Bisbee Cases
Will Begin Next Monday
Douglas, Ariz., July 11. The at
tention of Justice W. C. Jack's
miir here was entirely taken uo
kFriday afternoon in setting for
hearing a numoer oi me prelimi
naries growing out of the recent
wholesale arrests of prominent busi
ness men, bankers, mine managers
and peace officers of Bisbee and
Douglas on the charge of kidnaping
as a result of the Bisbee deporta
tion? July 12, 1917. The prelimi
nary hearings will begin in Douglas
Monday morning. All defendants
so far arrested have furnished ap
pearance bonds-
Will Prosecute Brokers.
New York, July 11. The'' United
States Treasury department is-preparing
to prosecute stock brokers
who have evaded payment of in
come taxes, it was learned here Fri
day, i An examiner for. the depart
ment said the entire country had
been scoured to trace large sums
of money believed to have been sent
out bf this city to banks in other
places by certain New York brokers,
in an effort to conceal' the size of
their income's. f
OPPOSITION
OMAHA, THE GATE
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THIEVES STEAL
VALUABLE WINES
DURING FUNERAL
Enter Home of Charles Storz
Under' Guise of Dep
uty Sherifs.
Two men entered the Charles
Storz home, 1801 Burt street, yes
terday afternoon while the funeral
of Mrs. Storz was being conducted
in Forest Lawn cemetery and stole
more than $1,000 worth of fine
wines.
Philomena Conlan, 1824 Binney
street, IS years old, said she saw
the two men drive up the alley be
hind the Stori home while the serv
ices were going oh in the home and
peer in the baek window. -
As soon as the procession was
well on its way, the same-two men
drove up to the front of the house,
told Mrs. E. D. Van Court, a. neigh
bor, who was in charge, tht they
were deputy sheriffsand also mor
als squad officers, and pushed their
way past her into the house.
They went directly into the base
ments broke down the door of the
gymnasium with an ax and stole
eight cases of wine.
They loaded the liquor into their
car and drove away.
Detectives are searching for the
two young men. One is tall and
thin and the other short and
"stocky .'
EVIDENCE TO SHOW
FRAMEUP BARRED
IN TOWNLEY CASE
Attorneys ClasrT Over Ruling in
Trial of Nonpartisan
League Heads.
Jackson, Minn., July 11. Suc
cessful objections by the state at
torneys to the introduction of evi
dence which the defense charged
would proTe" a "political frarneup"
against A. C. Townley and Joseph
Gilbert, charged with conspiracy to
teach disloyalty, and the appear
and npf a long line of witnesses
who asserted that Townley's
speech at Cambridge, Minn., Febru
ary "18', 'T91eV" was-not unpatriotic,
marked the afternoon ..session of
court Friday.
Clarence F. Johnson, of Marine,
Minn., who stated he formerly was
in the employ of Charles Patterson,
oi St. Paul, , alleged by the league
to ue ine ncaa oi an organization
working against it, was not allowed
to testify other than to say that
Mr. Patterson was representing an
organization, the name of which
Johnson did not know.
When Attorney Hoke asked the
witness who comprised the organi
zation, Assistant Attorney General
J. E. Markham said: -
yThere is no possible relevancy
to this. The defense repeatedly
has referred to some organization
opposed to the' activities of the
nonpartisan league. If there were
a dozen of them it would make no
difference so far as the indictments
against Townley and Gilbert are
concerned."
The state's objection was upheld.
The ruling out of the Johnson
testimony brought some warm
clashes between the attorneys. T.
V. Sullivan, representing vthe
ler.gue, told Prosecutor Nicholas
the defense could show that "there
is a frarneup and you are in it." ,
R-34 Covers About
1,600 Miles of Journey;
Still Going Strong
London, July 11. The air minis
try has received thet following' re
port from Ponta eDlgada, Azores:
"The R-34 at 8:10 p. m. Green
wich mean time (4:10 p. m. New
York time) is 4,000 fee above the
clouds and, despite a disabled en
gine, is going strong. We are just
about to descCWtl to look at the sea.
All is well."
The report indicates that the R-34
hag covered approximately 1,600
miles of her journey toi Scotland.
Since the last report the speed of
thedirigible has slackened to abzout
43 miles an hour, due probably to
the broken down engine. The air
ship's course-as given in the 2:30
o'clock Greenwich time report, is
about 25 miles north of that given
i nthe previous message. .
Secretary Lansing Bids
Goodbye to Poincare
Paris, July 11. Robert Lansing,
American secretary qf state, said
good-bye to President Poincare Fri
day night. He will leave Saturday
evening for Brest, where he will
board the United States steamer
America.
Secretary Lansing expects to see
Acting Secretary of State Polk, be
fore the latter sails for France to
take his place at the peace confer
ence. Take Up Frontier Question.
Paris, July 11. The -supreme
council of -the allies examined the
question of' the "Austro-Czecho-Slo-
vania ironucrs, in coniormtiy wiin
the desire of the commission hav
ing the matter in hand, which pro
poses to leave to the Czecho-Slo-vaks
the essentiarportions of two
rectifications which were made in
tUcjr favor,
CITY OF THE WEST,
OIAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 12,- 1919.
PACKERSWIRE BILL
CONTROL SIGNED BY
MARKET PRESIDENT
Report of Trade Commission
Shows "Big Five" Hold
Stock in 7j52 Companies and
Exposes Ramifications.
URGE FULL PUBLICITY OF
CORPORATION OWNERSHIP
In Absence of Adequate Laws
It Is Declared Unfair Compe
tition May Accomplish Ruin
of Competitive Companies.
Washington, July 11. An ap
proaching packer domination of all
important foods in the United
States and an international control
of meat products with foreign com
panies seems a certainty unless
fundamental action is taken tolpre
ver.t it, the federal trade commis
sion declared in part one of its re
port to President Wilson on the
"Extent and Growth of Power of
tl'.c Five Packers in Meat and Other
Industries.'"
"A fair 'consideration of the
course , the five packers have follow
ed and the position they have al
ready reacneci, said the report,
"must lead to the conclusion that
they threaten the freedom of the
market of the country's food indus
tries and of the by-product of the
industries linked therewith. The
meat packer control of other foods
will not require long in developing."
Declaring "the history of the
packers' growth is interwoven with
illegal commissions, rebate and with
undisclosed ... control.,, of , corpora
tions." the report - rged the impor
tance of full jjubhvi.ty. of corporate
ownership for all industries ,
Law. Inadequate to Control Them.
"As to devices for securing con
trol, there does not exist adequate
law," the report said. "In its ab
sence unfair- competition may run
its course to the goal of monopoly
and accomplish the ruin of com
petitors without the secret owner
ship being suspected and conse
quently without complaint to the
commission or investigation of
facts. The competitior is in
jeopardy so long as he has not the
knowledge of true ownership and
the public is entitled to such knowl
edge." Alleging that the "big five" pack
ers Swift & Co., Armour & Co.,
Wilson & Co., Morris & So., and the
Cudahy company jointly or sepa
rately wield controlling interest in
574 companies, minority interest in
95 others and undetermined interest
in 93 a total of 762 companies and
that they produce or deal in some
775 commodities, largely food prod
ucts, the report gives this picture of
growing packer invasion into related
and unrelated industries.
Interests Are Numerous.
"They have interests large enough
to be a dominating influence in most
of the services connected wth the
production arid distribution of ani
mal foods and their by-products, and
are reaching out for centrol, not
only of substitutes of animal food,
but of substitutes for other lines
into which the integration of rtheir
business has led them.
"They are factors in cattle-loan
companies making the necessary
loans to growers and feeders of live
stock; are interested in railways and
private car lines transporting live
stock ' and manufactured animal
products; in most of the1 most im
portant stock yard companies the
public market tor the bulk of food
animals; and in livestock trade pa
pers. onwhich growers and feeders
rely for market news..
"They are interested in ' banks
from which their competitor pack
ing house borrows money; in com
panies supplying machinery, ice,
salt, materials, boxes, etc., to them
selves and their-competitors; they
are principal dealers on the pro
vision exchanges where future
prices in standard cured animal
products are determined."
"Irish Republic President" v
to Make Cross-Country Trip
New York, July 11. Eamonn De
Valera, "president of the Irish re
public," left New York Friday for
Chicago, where he will deliver
speeches Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. De Valera will go from Chi
cago to the Pacific coast, were he
will unveil a statue to Robert Em
mett a San Francisco. He also will
deliver an address before the na
tional convention 'of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians in that city.
Will Endeavor, to Bring
New Before Lunacy Beard
Lps Angeles, July 11. Efforts will
be made to bring Harry S. New,
who admits he shot and killed his
fiancee, Miss Freida Lesser, in Top
ango canyon last Friday night, be
fore the state lunacy commission on
an insanity complaint, according to
His attorney, "
OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
V
Daily
Act to Return Telegraph, tele
phone aod Cable Lines to
Private Ownership Becomes
Effective August 1.
APPROVES ARMY AND'
NAVY APPROPRIATIONS
Careful Consideration Being
' Given to Many Petitions
for and Against Repeal of
Daylight Saving Law.
Washington, July 11. President
Wilson had another busy day Fri
day. He spent many hours in his
office working on business which
accumulated while he was returning
from Paris, conferred with two cab
inet officers and date in the day
signed the army, navy", deficiency
and District of Columbia appropria
tion bills and the resolution repeal
ing the act under which the tele
phone, telegraph and cable com
panies were taken over during the
war.
The president had before him the
agricultural bill with its rider for
repeal of the daylight saving law
and the huge sundry civil measure
with appropriations for the shipping
board and the campaign against
borfib throwers and other radicals.
Many petitions both for and against
rcHcal of the daylight law were be
fore the president and he was re-
'ponea as giving tnis matter mucn
thought.
Appropriations Retroactive.
All of the appropriation measures
signed by the president became law
immediately with the appropriations
retroactive to July 1, but the wire
resolution does not become effective
until the end of the morrtlf, when
the properties will be returned to
their owners. Under the resolution
interstate telephone rates established
under government control will re
main effective for four months unless
sooner modified by state rate mak
ing bodies.
i President Wilson bkgan the day
with an early morning round" of golf
with Mrs. Wilson at a country club
course ttear the capital. Returning
to the white house, he spent more
than an hour at his desk and then
made an unexpected visit v to the
state, war and navy building to con
fer with Acting Secretary Polk at
the State department and Secretary
Daniels. The president remained in
Mr. Polk's office for more than an
hour.
Polk to Leave July 21.
He haad with him a package of
official papers and while no an
nouncement wa made, it was said
that the Mexican situation and
peace" . conference affairs were
among those the president had de
sired to -discuss. Mr. Polk will
leave for ' Pari? July" 21, to replace
Secretary Lansing as the head of
the American peace delegation. Mr.
Lansing will arrive in New York
July 19, and will confer with Mr.
Polk before the undersecretary
starts Overseas.
Leaving Mr. Polk's office, the
president called on Secretary Dan
iels and remained half an hour. Af
ter returning to the White House,
Mr. Wilson was busy until late in
the afternoon, when he and Mrs.
Wilson went for an automobile ride.
No engagements were made for
the president during the dayfbut he
was represented as holding himself
in readiness for conferences with
members of the senate foreign re
lations committee and other sena
tors who might desire to discuss the
peac treaty.
Call Conference of Live
Stock Men at St. Paul July 15
Washington, July 11. As a pre
liminary step to rendering assist
ance to stockmen in Montana and
neighboring states whose cattle are
suffering because of a drought, the
Department of Agriculture called a
conference to be held at St. Paul.
July 15. Officials of the bureau of
animal industry, bureau of markets
and states relationservice will at
4end. If the situation demands 'it.
the department will assist in
organizing a plan by which the cat
tle can be shipped out of striken
territory to grazing ground in other
states.
Hun Cabinet to Restrict ,
Admission of 'Luxuries
Berlin, July 11. -pin .connection
with the imminent raising of the
blockade,' it is stated importation
of necessaries, such as footwear
and clotfiing. will be made quite
freely,, but the cabinet intends to
admit luxuries and raw materials
only to the extent thought advan
tageous from the economicvie
point. v
As individual firms lack credit
facilities, the cabinet takes the
standpoint that import syndicates
must be formed and that these can
only succeed if the government
participates in their direction.
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Daily tn4 Sim.. KM: ..UU Nab. cotttM (xlra.
Wilson- Ignores .Senator
Hitchcock and x Ne'braskan
Is Provoked By .Neglect
President' Holds No Communication With Spokesman
Since Return From France; Secretary Tumulty Is
Medium Through Which All Messages Are "Trans
ferred; Senator Leaves for Summer Resort.
By E, C. SNYDER,
(Staff Correspondent of The Omaha Bee)
Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee,
Washington, D. C," July 11. The
Washington correspondent of tKe
New York Herald in his story of
President Wilson's address before
the senate Thursday, in presenting
that body with the treaty of peace
made with Germany, and coupled
with it the covenant of the league
of nations, prints-a circumstantial
account of the president's snub of
Senator Hitchcock, notwithstanding
he has been everywhere recognized
as the spokesman of the adminis
tration during the days when the
league of -nations has been subject
of most severe criticism. The Her
ald correspondent says: ,
"SenatorHitchcock of Nebraska,
who has been known as the presi
dent's spokesman in the senate' and
v.ho had borne the brunt of the re
publican attack during the absence
of Mr. Wilson in France, has not
yet been consulted by the president
nor has he received any word from
the White House since the presi
dent returned. He was not among
those who went to see Mr. Wilson
after the speech was ended.
"Senator Hitchcock was plainly
very much provoked not only be
cause the president gave his follow
ers nothing with which to meet the
it-publican onslaught but because he
had been neglected by the president.
SENATE LEADERS
PREPARING FOR
FIGHT ON LEAGUE
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Exact Lines, of Discussion
May Not Be . Drawn for
Some Days; Wilson
' Taking No Part.
Washington, July 11. Senate
leaders in the league of nations con
troversy continuedrtheir conferences
in preparation for the ratification
fight, which will begin when the
senate reconvenes next Monday.
While it was said the exact lines of
discussions might not be drawn for
some days, further progress in solidi
fying their forces was claimed by
both sides.
President Wilson, having delivered
the treaty tothe senate and offered
to supplement it with all the infor
mation in his possession, apparently
put the matter temporarily out of
his mind. He saw none of the sena
tors who have been active in rthe
fight and while he conferred with
Acting Secretary Polk at thr state
department, it was understood other
subjects furnished the basis of their
discussion. V-
Whether the president's offer is
to be accepted by the foreign re
lations committee . remained an
open question. Some ..of the op
position leaders are known to op
posw inviting him before the com
mittee, but his supporters believe
they can secure his appearance
should he request that they do so.
There was colTTinued discussion
during , the. -day of President Wil
son's renorted declaration that a
two-thirds vote would be neces
sary to make any reservations in
ratifying the treaty. The opposi
tion leaders have proceeded in the
belie? that only a majority would
be necessary and they declare their
position is amply fortified by the
senate rules.
In some quarters it was sug
gested that the president's declara
tion might mean a new turn in the
reserva4ion fight. It was asserted
he may have meant that after a
majority had written reservations
in the ratification resolution, .two
thirds must then support "the
amendedresolution to secure rati
fication. -
Urge Establishment
of Municipal Markets
Denver, July 11. With a declara
tion that "the high cost of living,
the high cost of dying, the high
cost of justice and the outrageously
high cost of everything is the para
mount issue in the world today,"
the convention of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and En-,
ginemen adopted a resolution urg
ing establishment of municipal mar
kets and cold storage houses to
deal in necessities and thereby to
eliminate the profits of the. "mid
dleman." The resolution attacked
the big packers, alleging control of
food products.
Stunt Flyer Killed.
Lawton, Okla July V. Lieut.
Charles W. Stell, Brownsville, Tex.,
was killed instantly at a flying
circus Friday when his airplane fell
from a low altitude. Stell met death
while doing "stunts."
TWO CENTS.
He left the cpitol fo play golf im
mediately after the president had
finished and it was stated at his
officethat he would leave for his
summer homex in Massachusetts
late at night.
In thif connection it is Well
kr.o.vn among newspaper men who
come in almost daily contact with
Senator Hitchcock that communica
tion with the president upon mat
ters in controversy growing out of
the league of nations has invaribly
been transmitted to the president
through Secretary Tumulty and
that Mr. Tumulty has been the
medium through hich communica
tions have been made to the Ne
braska senator from the president.
There has not been any direct
communication between the two at
any tftr.e since "Hitchcock espoused
the cause of the president a"nd it is
stated that when Mr. Hitchcock, as
a member of 'the committee of the
senate appointed to escourt the
president to the rostrum' in the
senate chamber, informed the chief
exe.utive of the purpose of the
committee, he was met with a cold
"thank you."
No warmth of greeting of the
champion of the president's position
as to the league of nations fvas ac
corded the former chairman of the
foreign relations committee and
those who profess to know say
Senator Hitchcock left for Massa
chusetts Thursday night very
greatly wounded in his pride.
WHITES LYNCH
FIVE NEGROES AT
LONG VIEW JEX.
Troops Called to Quell Riots
Following Search for Col
; ored School Teacher;
Four Woundqd.
Long View, Tex., July '11. Near
ly 200 members of the Texas na
ticual guard from Dallas and Na
cogdoches, odered here by Gov. W.
P; Hobby, to prevent further clash
es between whites and negroes,
were arriving Friday night by train
and by automobile. The situation
remains quiet after a clash early
Friday in which, four white men
were wounded when a small party
of whites was fired upon by negroes,
estimated to have numbered about
75. Reports that one negro had been
killed could not be confirmed ancn
as far as known none was wounded.
Additional troops are held in
readiness at Terrell, Tex. Hangers
are expected to relieve the- soldiers
Saturday.
The trouble1 occurred when 12 or
IS white men were waylaid and fired
upon in the negro section of Long
View, where they had gone in search
of F. L. Jones, a negro school
teacher, accused of causing the pub
lication of statement derogatory to
a young woman in this county in a
negro newspaper published in Chi
cago. The whites returned the fire
of the negroes, who were hidden in
vantage points, and withdrew "when
their ammunition was exhausted.
A general alarm was sounded and
the whites, swith reinforcements,
soon returned to the scene to find
that the negroes had dispersed. Five
of the principal negro residents
were then burned by the whites.
The governor was called upon
when local officials were" unable to
cope with the situation.
Search for two alleged negro ring
leaders continues..
Start Action to Eliminate
Delays in Delivery of Mail
Washingon, July 11. Joint action
bv the Postoffice department and
tfre Chamber of Commerce of the
United States to extend and im
prove mail facilities and eliminate
delays, was announced Friday.
Following a conference at the de
partment hereof postmasters of the
fifty largest mail centers, handling
approximately half of the majl busi
ness in the country, It was agreed
that the national chamber of com
merce would undertake to have each
chamber in those centers organize a
committee on postal facilities to
study existing conditions and then
confer ' with the local postmaster,
who will 'be instructed by, the de
partment to co-operate to the fullest
extent..
Nogales, Ariz., Is Isolated
by Cloudburst; Track Out
Nogales, Ariz., July 11. This
town was isolated Friday by a cloud
burst which washed out railroad
and automobile roads. Some of Jhe
breaks in the lines of the Southern
Pacific railroad from here to Tuc
son are 10 feet deep and early Fri
day were still filled with running
water. No trains are expected to
nlch here within the next 24 hours.
THE WEATHER:
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tiruied warm Saturday
Sunday.
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REMOVED
Action Taken Promptly by;
Allied Council 'of Five After
Rpooiwinn Dffirwol hlntira nf
iivvvmiiy WIIIVIUI I1VIIVV VI
Ratificaton of Treaty, v
u. s. will issue
Blanket licenses
. , i, v If
Three Ships Loaded and Ready
to Sail for Germany; Direct
Steamship Lines to Hamburg
and Bremen Are Projected.
Paris, July 11. (By the Asso
ciated. Press.) The council v oi
five has decided to raise the block
ade apainst Germany Saturday, it
was announced' Frfday night ' '
The council's decision was taken
after receipt of the report of the
legal experts declaring1 the official
document-notifying the council of
ratification of the treaty by. Ger
many to be in due form. - t
So far as the action of the coun
cil concerns . France, the measure -will
be effective only after publica
tion in the Journal, Officiel of a,
decree annulling tlie preceeding
decrees regarding the blockade..
To Issue Licenses.
Washington, July 11.' Whh the
lifting of the blockade against Ger-
many, trading 'between that coun-:
try and the Unijed States as well
as' the other associated powers will
begin. J ' .v;
Acting Secretary of ..State Polk
announced Friday that blanket li-
cense? would be issued for transac-'
tions of American firms and that de
tails would be given within 48 hours
after decision by legal experts as to
whether a formal proclamation by
the president would be necessary,
i Trading in all commodities, ex
cept dyestuffs, chemicals and pot--ash,
control over'which will be ex-",
ercised by the reparations commis
sion set up by the peace treaty, will
be unrestricted, it was said. Ameri-,;
can r firms doing business with Geri'
many must send their agents into.1
that country without passports,
however, as these cannot be issued .
until the proclamation of peace. It;
also was said at the State depart-,
ment that there was no certainty
when American consuls would be
sent to Germany. m J
Payment by Credits. , t
j-'avmenr tnr tup ffnnni wnirn rmsw
country sends to Germany must be;
made under a system of credits toi
be arranged later through private?,
capital, officials said. Details as Ao
this system have not been worked
out. While Germany has large?
quantities of goods' ready to be ex-j
ported, officials doubted that therej
would be any great demand for
them " in this country and conse-f
quently "Ihe trade balance infavon
of the United States is expected tof
be large. ' f ' . . f
Germany was"said to be-in immev:
diate and pressing need of raw ma-j.-terials
.of almost all kinds, .particu
larly cotton and copper, in order' to
rehabilitate ner industries., Large
amounts of foods have beeji sent
into that country under direction of
the inter-allied relief commission,,
but it is believed that the demand
for grain and other cereals will be
great. Clothing of all kinds also is
needed. . i ' '
Lines Ships Loaded. , ; f
Three ships for German already?
have been loaded in American ports.
one with cotton and two with genl
eral merchandise, it was said Fri-iv
day at the shipping board, and they ,
will start overseas as soon as li-f
censes for their cargoes have beenr'"'
issued. . , y
It also was announced that A
rect steamship lines to Hamburg
and Bremen would be established
by the board. These lines. will op-f
erate out of New York, Boston
Philadelphia, Baltimore and : s6utl
Atlantic and gulf ports just, as soon?
as the necessary cargoes are at thej;
docks. Palstead and Sons, stearh-
ship owners of Philadelphia,"" will
manage arid operate for the (board,
a line from Philadelphia to Ham-? ;
burg. One ship will be allocated,
to this firm at once and additional'
ships as cargoes available require. - '
In announcing resumption of 'J;
trade relations,- Acting Secretary
roik pointed out that the trading--with-the-enemy
act wag not bro
pated and that the action of' the
government was not to' be - con-,
strued as meaning that the state ofS
war had ceased to exist. The war
will be at an end only with the taf- i
ification of the peace treaty, it was?
said, and the trading-with-the-ene-
my act will remain in force until it"'
is repealed by presideial r procla-2
mation after the war ends. - . "
Harden for Ambassador..,
Copenhagen, July 11. Maximilian '
Harden, editor of Die Zukunft of
Berlin, will probably be appointed
German ambassador at Washington, )
as soon as "diplomatic relations are .
reported, says the Fremdenblatt ol"
Hamburg. - y.
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