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Vn TTf RIEF K RIGHT BITS OF NEWS t , SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN DEFEATED IN GEORGIA Atlanta, Ga., July 24. Ratifica tion of the federal suffrage amend ment failed so far as the present session f the Georgia legislature is concerned when the senate voted against ratification, 39 to 10, and the house took similar action by a vote of 132 to 24. 17 YEAR-OLD GIRL CRACK RIFLE SHOT. ( New York. July 24. One of the best shots among the gentler sex who practice at the naval rifle range near Caldwell, N. J., is Miss Mary W. Morosini, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Morosini of Roseland . avenue, Essex Falls. Miss Morosini, who is 17 years old, surprised the naval officers by hitting the bull's eve three times "out of her first visit to the range. Since then she has become very proficient, making a few days ago a remarkable score of 37 out of 45 at 200 yards, using a Springfield rifle. This was done in a standing position. GERMANS OFFER WARES MUCH BELOW FRENCH. Paris, July 24. Germans, through agents and by circulars, are offer ing cutlery, bicycles and other ar ticles on the French market 75 per cent below French manufacturers' prices, according to a statement made during the debate in the cham bers. Soldiers who have returned from the occupied regions of Ger many, are calling on French mer chants and trying to sell them Ger man jewelry, drugs, thermometers,, cutlery and bicycles. It was stated that some officers as well as soldiers are awaiting court martial for engaging in this trade. PRIEST HAD PROXY IN WAR WITH HUNS. TacOma, Wash., July 24. Hugh McClure Drane, a discharged sol dier, testified in court that he en tered the army under a contract with the late Rev. Father Francis Hylebos, who, too old to serve per- " -sonally with the clors, wished to have a representative in the war against Germany. His .testimony in support of a claim of $250 against the' estate of the clergyman, a na tive of Belgium, was corroborated by one of the administrators, who in an affidavit said Rev. Father Hyle- . bos told him of the agreement. SAYS WIFE LOSES HIS MONEY PLAYING POKER. . New York, July 24. "I'm starv ing to death, judge, because my-wife takes my pay every wcck anu wscs it in poker games, said Louis Zim merman when he appeared in the . Harlem police court. " The wife, Sclma Zimmerman, had been summoned to court on a charge of disorderly conduct by the husband, who said she had slashed lim- with a knife. She denied the charge and the case was referred to the domestic relations couart. JAPANESE ADMIT 1 BRUTALITY TO KOREANS. Tokyo, July 24. The people of Korea and the officials recognize that the Korean disturbances were in no sense religious uprisings and that they were not at all incited by the missionaries, according to the report of the Rev". K. Ishizaka, of the Japanese Methodist church, who with two other delegates repre senting the federation of Japanese churches, recently, made a study of the Korean situation. "In our journeys in Korea," said Mr. Ishizaka,, "we heard of women being stripped of their clothing, of aged women being kicked by men with boots on and of barbarous cruelties everywhere. Many Koreans spoke to us,, Japanese Christians, of their unendurable sufferings, e saw men who had been flogged whose wounds remained and were very serious." EX-KAISER RESUMES TREE-CHOPPING ANTICS. Amerongen, July 24. The ex kaiser has recovered from his at attack of cold and has resumed his tree chopping. His attitude toward the question of his extradition seems to be indicated by the fact that he has ordered several new pairs of trousers with a local tailor, which he expetcs to wear. The- ex-kaiserin also has recovered. x GIBBONS EXPECTS LEAQUE AGREEMENT. Baltimore, July 24. Cardinal Gib bons has authorized the following statement with regard to his atti tude toward the league of nations Is is my firm conviction that after thorough and honest discus sion in both houses of congress, both parties will finally arrive at a common agreement, based upon a just and sincere league of nations that will give us a reasonable guarantee against the horrors of war m the future as well as well grounded assurance of lasting peace, without in any way impair ing American sovereignty or sur- . . A 1 . 1 renaering any American ngni nu without involving us in entangling alliances. I am sure that an early adoption of the league of nations will in fuse intense joy throughout the Unifcd States without distinction 'of party and will be hailed with satisfaction by the allied towers of Europe. YOUTHFUL HERO BACK FROM WAR WITH HONORS.- Tacoma, Wash., July 24. James O'Neill, back from France with tur-fold service stripes and one wound stripe nd only 18 years old. is at Camp Lewis for discharge from the army. His army papers show he enlisted with his father's consent when he was 16 years and 5 months of age. " At the time he was a copy boy in the art department on a Chicago . morning newspaper. He joined the rmy in April, 1917, and was in the Eighteenth infantry, first division. After being gassed and out out of the fighting for three weeks at Can' tigny, the tirst big battle ot his di vision, he rejoined his unit and ' fought with it for the rest "of' the war, serving' in all the big battles with the First. ' OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The" Omaha D. ALLY BEB VOL. 49 NO. 82. V Cattratf u mmc'-iUm ttttr May at, IMS, t Oatlit P. 0. alter met of March S. 117. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919. By Mall (I yaar). Dally. S4.S0: Sanity. tl.Mi Dally a4 tut.. 13.90; aatalda Nak. aoitaaa antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER t Generally fair and continued warm Friday and Saturday, ex cept cooler Saturday afternoon in west portion. , j,. Hourly tampcrutprir: a, in .S3 1 p. m . B . ni .,.'.. 1 p. in .tilt T a. m S t. ni .t"J . m 74 4 p. m ,ej m 1H S , m 04 1 . m so p. m VS 11 m SI 7 p. m . IS noon 86 8 p. m MS Ml JV juIeuvJIlule, REVISION OF TARIFF PROMISED When Democratic Members of Ways and Means Committee Learn of Republican Plan They Leave Room in a Huff. ASSURE PROTECTION OF DYE STUFFS AND, POTASH Plan Discussed for Protection of Nebraska Interest by Emergency Legislation Con taining License Clause. By E. C. SNYDER. (Staif Correspondent of The Omaha Bee.) Washington, July 24, (Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee.) There was a dramatic scene enacted in the ways and means committee room Thurs day morning when Chairman Ford ney informed the members of the committee that it had been de termined by the republican members to report amendments to the present tariff , law without regard to the licensing features that some of the members were insisting upon. When the democrats were told that a re vision of the tariff was in the air they walked out of the room insist ing that the .license feature should be made a part of any general legis lation. Before the democrats departed Chairman Fordney intimated that emergency legislation on dyestuffs and potash would probably contain a licence clause, but that they might expect larin amendments witnoui this feature, as the needs of the country demanded a speedy change in tariff legislation. Begin Discussion. After the unceremonious leavinsr of the democrats the reoublican members began a serious discussion of bills to protect dyestuffs and potash with the licensing feature up permost. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania lead the opposition to the licensing of foreign shipments as a protection to domestic produc ers. After the subject had been dis cussed at considerable length, Rep resentative Green of Iowa made a compromise motion to reduce the license period to two years on dye stuffs and potash. This motion re ceived strong support from Chair man FSrdney, Representative Long- worth and others of the committee, but action was deferred until Friday. Congressman Green said after the meeting and the dramatic exit of the democrats that he had every reason to believe that his motion will be adopted at Friday's meeting and if it is, the bills will be reported out forthwith and action had on them before the house takes a recess, which now seems certain to be brought about early in August. Potash Protection. In view of the action of the ways and means committee on the potash situation it is interesting to note that the entire house delega ion met in Judge Kinkaid's com mittee room in conference with Messrs W. E. Sharp, T. E. Steph ens, and C. P. Craft, who are inter ested in the production of potash in Nebraska and the whole legisla tive situation gone over as it affects the potash output in the Sixth Ne braska district and it was the con sensus of opinion that a license pro vision in-the potash bill would save the domestic producer from ruin. Asked if a two-year license period would be satisfactory to the Ne braska producers, a member of the .delegation who attended the meet?,, ing said it. would be entirely satis factory in his judgment. To Lower Freight Rate. W. E. Richardson, of Lakeside, Neb., who has 'been urgit.jg the federal railroad administration tto lower the freight rate on potash from Nebraska- to eastern and southern points, was promised by 1 rathe director Chambers that a reduction would be made, the exact amount of which would be ' an nounced next Tuesday. Secretary Lane, who is urging congress to enact the potash licens ing bill, has also taken an active part in securing lower fr 'ght fates for Nebraska and California pro ducers and wrote a strong letter to the railroad administration urging such reduction. the .Nebraska potash men in Washington feel hopeful of the out come of legislative action and are also greatly encouraged by informa tion lately reaching them to the ef fect that very little foreign potash will probably reach this country be fore winter. HAVE HOT, TILT ON MANAGEMENT OF STREET RAILWAYS Government Ownership Advo cate and Opponent in Argu ment Before Commission. Washington, July 24. Eugene N. Foss, former governor of Masachu setts, advocating government own ership of all public utilities, and James L, Quackenoush, counsel for the Interborough Rapid Transit camparly of New York, who declared Foss' proposals were "stuff and non sense" gave the FedaraT Electric Railways commission Thursday the liveliest sesion since it started its in vestigation of the condition of rail ways in this country. "Private ownership has fallen down," Mr. Foss asserted. "There is left only public ownership with pri vate operation or public ownership and operation. "Put a stop to this cheap talk, to this "old stuff," retorted Mr. Quackenbush. "The thing to do is not to talk bunkum, but to recog nize facts. Unless we can get an in crease in fare between now and Jan uary, it means . a receiver for the Interborough. If you are going to do something, get busy." Letter from Edison. A letter from Thomas A. Edison was read, iu which he said: "The iron-clad contracts between the roads and cities made in cheer ing days under normal conditions have no protective clauses -against the greatest change that has taken place in centuries, due to the world war. The municipalities can exact their pound of flesh if they so de sire, with the ultimate bankruptcy of these organizations, but the spirit that is now abroad in the world is against this. We are all trying to play fair. If suffer we must, let us all suffer alike. If prosperity comes, all should participate in a like man ner." Mr. Foss expressed a belief that the electric lines in his state would be well on the way to public owner ship "before snow flies." Recent increase in fare to 10 cents inBos ton was not popular, he said, re sulting in a loss of 25 per cent in traffic and $4,000 a day in revenue. AGREEMENT IN MINERS' STRIKE EXPECTED TODAY New Piece Rate Offer Made to Men That it Is Hoped Will Be Acceptable. - London, July 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Thursday was fully occupied with conferences between Premier Lloyd George and other members of the government and the mining interests and closed with the prospect of settlement. According to the strike leaders in Yorkshire, the whole trouble arose through an attempt by the coal controller to evade the piece rate provisions of the Sankey report, which the gov ernment had as a working basis. One result of the conference be tween the premiers and the miners' executive was a new piece rate offer on the part of the government which the miners' federation ap pointed a subcommittee to consider. The subcommittee held a con ference Thursday evening with the coal controller. No official report of this conference has been issued, but it was unofficially stated that when the miners' federation meets In the morning to consider the sub committee's, report, there is every prospect that a settlement will be reached. CRITICISE 'J HOARDING WAII FOOD Republicans Urge Marketing $120,000,000 Worth of Surplus Stocks to Give Citi zens Chance to Buy Cheaply. STUFF DETERIORATING WHILE PRICES ADVANCE 800 Natives Killed in Egyptian Trouble Londoitpjuly 24. Eight hundred natives were killed and . 1,600 wounded during the recent disturb ances in the Khyber district, Egypt, according to dispatches from Gen eral Allenby. Cecil Hamsworth, un-der-secretary of the foreign office, madehis announcement in the house of commons Young Negro Pays Death Penalty for Attack on Woman Gilmore, Tex., July 24. Gilmore was quiet Thursday night after a night and day of intense excitement brought about by the attack on a white, woman, and the lynching on the court house square of Chillon Jennings, young negro, for the crime, after he was identified and had confessed. . Jennings was captured by a sheriff's posse three miles from Gil more after an all-night search. He was placed in jail at noon. A mob soon gathered and with the aid of sledge hammers broke the steel doors of the jail. .' Just as the negro was brought out and a tope placed about his neck, a man on horseback approached and was handed the other end of the rope. He galloped away, drag ging the negro several blocks to the court house square. Jennings was thert hanged. In a few minutes the crowd dispersed leaving the body hanging It was cut down at 4 o'clock. The woman is in a critical con dition. Andrews to Make Address at Johnstown Celebration Washington. July 24. (Specials Congressman Andrews will speak in Johnstown, N. Y., tomorrow at the homecoming of the soldiers of Ful ton county. ,He left for New York today at the request of Congress man Frank Crowther of the Thir tieth , district to fill an engagement made for this occasion by Senator Wadsworth. Report Issued Expresses Dis approval of Policy of Export and Advises Disposition of Supplies on Domestic Market. Washington, July 24. Immedi ate sale of the $120,000,000 surplus stock of foodstuffs held by tqe War department under a plan which will "insure opportunity for the people of the United States to buy" was recommended vby the 10 republican members of the house investigating committee. The five democratic committeemen with held decision, pending a review of eveidence taken by a sub-committee. The report criticised what it de clared the department's "non-activities in the sae of very large quanti ties of food supplies 'now held in storage," and asserted that six months elapsed before any surplus stock was declared, "while in the meantime the food was deteriorat ing and becoming of less value and the high cost of living continued." Attack Policy of Export. The report also expressed "the subcommittee's disfavor of a policy of export," and recommended that "plans be devised by the secretary of war. through the War depart ment for the early disposition of all surplus food production on the domestic market." "Inexcusable delay," the report declared, resulting in the spoiling of millions of pounds of hams and bacon, it being asserted that "not withstanding the authorization of surplus by the chief of staff on November 30, 1918, no action was taken with reference to declaring a surplus until May, 1919, six months after the declaration was authorized." Much Sold Spoiled. Sales of army foodstuffs in the United. States aggregate $12,000,000 satd the report, adding that a very large quantity of that sold was spoiled and unfit for the general market otherwise, it would not have been placed on sale." Attack on present plans for sale of the surplus stocks also was con tained in the report, which outlined the plan as providing for sale only to municipalities, which would have 10 days to make payment to the government and bear the transporta tion cost from the nearest army warehouse. "This plan, adopted by the gov ernment," declared the report, "will not result in the sale of these pro ducts to any great extent, for the reason that municipalities, under their charter, have no legal author ity to purchase food products for sale. Many municipalities which have indicated a desire to purchase this food for the benefit of their citi zens, have been met with the threat of injunction on the part of the local dealers, which threat has been suf ficient to prevent a purchase of the goods." Aerial Mail Pilots " Charge Machines Used Are Unsafe Belmont Park, N. Y.,j July 24. Asserting they are forced to fly not only in bad weatherT but also in un af machines. 20 aerial mail Dilots have served notice on Second As sistant Postmaster General Praeger at Washington that they would re fuse to fly Friday unless reinstate ment was granted two brother oilots who they assert were discharged be cause they refused to take the air on account of the fog. Wtshington, July 24. Otto Pra ger, second assistant postmaster general, said he did not believe any strike' of mail aviators was impend ing or that men in the service would refuse duty.v x "It is true that I did get an anon ymous telegram," he said. "At least a telegram signed 'mail avia tors,' which purported to come from the flyers at New York, and said that they would not take out the mail Friday unless two men dis charged Tuesday were reinstated. Those men yill not go back into the service, but it is likely there will be a strike." First 1919 Cotton Ginned. Seeley, Cal.. July 24.-The " first bale of 1919 cotton was ginned here Wednesday and was sold immedi ately for 35 cents a pound, with a bonus of $25 and all dinning costs. It brought a sum in excess of $200. 1 " "Now do you suppose he is really going to resign?" PACT WITH FRANCE IS ASSAILED Separate Treaty Should Have Been Presented for Ratifica tion With German Agreement Published Texts Show. STILL WITH PRESIDENT WHO BROUGHT IT OVER DEMOCRATS IN NEED OF MONEY, SAYS JAMIESON Members of National Com mittee Spend Day in City; Chairman Cummings Defends Wilson. Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee, accompanied bv W. D. Jamieson of Iowa, director of finance for the committee, spent a busy day. in Omaha yesterday. They were-.ac-companied by Mrs. George Bass of Chicago and Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Washington, heads of the wom en's bureau and the educational bu reau, respectively, of the national committee. On the last leg of a tour of 16 states west of the Mississippi river the party has been conducting a curtain-raiser for the 1920 national cam paign and also lending aid and com fort to the administration as against its critics. Seek 1,000,000 Contributors. . One of the features of the day was an announcement by Mr. Jamieson that the democrats are starting to enlist 1,000,000 contributors to the democratic national campaign fund and he stated that Nebraska's quota is $20,000. Money, he explained, will be received from "men, women and children." ' , "We are going to have a real fight next year," predicted Mr. Jamieson, "and we might as well look the sit uation squarely in the face. We are starting out to get an army of cOn-, tributors, and the Lord knows that we will need a hell of a lot of money. The democratic national committee always needs money." The businese session of the day was a state conference of democrats held in the afternoon in parlor B of the Paxton hotel. About 100 at tended. While the state conference was in session a reception was. held at Ho tel Fontenelle for Mrs. Bass and Mrs. Funk, at wheh these women spoke. Mrs. A. C. Shallenberger also outlined plans for a state organiza tion of women. Dinner in Evening. A dinner for men and women was held at the Omaha Athletic club in the evening, Arthur F. Mullen, na tional committeeman, presiding. The speakers were National Chairman Cummings. Mr. Jamieson, Mrs. Bass and Mrs. Funk. During his afternoon address to the state conference Chairman Cummings did not mince words in his frank manner of telling why he and other representatives of the na tional committee have been out over 16 states. "We .are a band of political pil grims," he said. "We felt that the democratic morale was not what it should be in this country, and we (Continued on rge Two, Column fire.) U. S. AND MEXICO AGREE ON BORDER PATROL PLANS Conference Held Between American Army Officers and Carranza Representatives. Douglas, Ariz., July 24. A com plete understanding has been reached upon detaitW. of a plan whereby of ficers of the United States army in Arizona and those of the Mexican federal army in Sonora will co operate to prevent trouble along the Arizona-Sohora boundary. This was the outcome of a conferenqe held in Agua Prieta Thursdaafter noon between Brig. Gen. W. R. Smedgberg, commanding jhe Ari zona military district, and Gen.'De Brigade, P. Elias Calles, governor of Sonora and secretary of commerce and industry in the Carranza cabi net. The conference also was at tended by Col. W. O. Johnson, com manding Camp Harry J., Jones, near here; Captain Wright of the army intelligence service and W. D. King, a Douglas attorney, who acted as interpreter for the conferences. The conferees'discussed recent in cidents, out of which friction had arisen in the border district, par ticularly in the vicinity of Nogales, Ariz. General Calles stated that he had strengthened the border guard in that vicinity and could guarantee there would be no repetition of the alleged thefts of five stock which had caused misunderstanding and friction in the past. - A program of co-operative effort on the part of the American and Mexican army of ficers was discussed and adopted, promising to eliminate such points of friction as have existed. General Smedgberg, following his return to Douglas, expressed satis- ! faction over the result of his confer- ence, tne result oi wnicn ne win communicate to headquarters of the southern division for transmission to the War department at Washington. Mrs. Jones Wounded in Head by Stray Bullet; , Condition Precarious Mrs. T. D. Jones, 49 years old, Fifty-eighth and Fowler avenue, is lying in St. Joseph's hospital as a lfesult of a stray bullet which pierced I hur lwsf3 tact I(rlit Police have no clew to" the identity of the person who fired the shot. Mrs. Jones was sitting in a buggy in front of 4624 Grand avenue at 8:40 o'clock, talking to her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.1 and Mrs. E. F. Sallander of Mary Anna apartments. The bullet passed over the head of Mrs. Sallander and entered her mother's right temple. At midnight her condition was precarious. According to the police report, the shot came from a nearby cornfield. The report of a gun' was not heard and who fired the shot is a mystery to the police RENEWS FIGHT ON CONFIRMING HIS NOMINATION A. Mitchell Palmer Defends Administration of Alien Enemy Property Before Commfftee. Washington, July 24. A. Mitchell Palmer, before the senate judiciary subcommittee Thursday, renewed his fight for senate confirmation of his nomination as attorney general and again vigorously defended Jiis administration as alien property custodoian. He replied to charges of improper administration of alien enemy property, made by Harold Remington, a New York lawyer. and Leslie. S. Kennard, an Indiana attorney, holding a position in the alien property custodoian's office. Mr. Remington, appearing before he committee in person, declared that -as the Department of Justice must pass on many acts and claims of the alien property custodoian's office, Mr. Palmer's appointment as attorney general was highly lm proper. Wrong Administration. General charges of improper ad ministration" were made by Mr. Kennard in a statement recently submitted r the committee by Senator New, republican of Indiana, (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Another Judge Says 2.75 Per Cent Beer Is Without Pale of Law s New York, July 24. Beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholic content is held to be intoxicating within the mean ing of the war-time prohibition act in a decision returned by Federal Judge Thomas I. Chatfield of Brooklyn, in t test case' brought, by the government against Martin Schmauder of New Haven, Conn., who was charged with selling beer in violation of the wartime prohibi tion law. v "Under the Internal revenue laws and all standards by which congress could have viewed the matter, the I beer described in the present in- tormation (i.75 per cent beer) was of the class known, as intoxicating liquor, and as such its sale was pro hibited," says the opinion. Bela Kun Wants Safe Transport to Argentina London, July 24. Bela Kun, de posed head of the Budapest soviet government, has asked the allies for safe conduct to the Argentine re- ! public, where he intends living, ac jcotdinji to an Exchange Telegraph i Copenhagen dispatch quoting Vien na reports. Pledge of Simultaneous Pre sentation Violated, Sena tors Udgelnd Brandegee Charge in Bitter Debate. Washington, July 24. While re publican a'nd democratic senators , " were feeling out the possibilities, of former President Taft's plan for in terpretations in the league of na tions ratification the attack on Pres-. ident Wilson's course in concluding peace was renewed from a new quar ter. The storm center of the assault ; was a section of the defensive treaty with trance, which published texts have shown to provide that it must be presented for senate ratification' "at the same time" as the treaty -T with Germany. N The latter was sob-'- nutted two weeks ago; the former brought back from Jaris by the . In au hour of bitter debate Chair man Lodge of the foreign relatinons committee and Senator Brandegee, republican, Connecticut, accused the president of violating the pledge of simultaneous presentation made; when he signed thet treaty and Sen- . ators Hitchcock, Nebraska, and Wil- .. liams, Mississippi, democrats of the committee, repled that the charges only renewed an attempt to "ham- V string and discredit the president. . -Consideration Blocked. ", Later Chairman Lodge presentee"' a resolution by which the senate would "respectfully request" , that the treaty be submitted so that the senate could consider it "in connec- . tion with the treaty of peace with Germany." A request for immediate consideration was blocked by Sena tor Robinson, Arkansas, and the " resolution probably will come up Friday. It carries this quotation , from section four of the treaty as published :-v . "The present treaty will be sub- -mitted to the senate at the same time as the treaty of Versailles is submitted to the senate for its ad vice and consent to ratification." -. . The suggestion of Mr. Taft foi . six interpretations in the ratifica tion resolution affecting the league covenant led to no discussion or' the senate floor but held first plac . in cloak room talk and in many con- ferences among senators of al shades of opinion. Most of then seemed inclined to look warily at : the suggested plan and to withhold comment for the present. Chairman Lodse had tmthing to say; neither had Senator Hitchcock. Both how ever, indicated their positions had been ii no wise changed by Mr. Taft's arguments. .. . ' Not WhoHy Committed. The group of republicans who, . under the leadership of Senators McCumber, North Dakota, and Mc Nary, Oregon, are working for a ' middle course, received the former president's views with enthusiasm although not committing themselves specifically to his program of inter pretations. They say the form of any reservations or interpretations . still is an open question among -them though they hope to set it settled soon. . Shantung and the league , also were debated, in the senate, Senator f Robinson presenting the legal " claims of Japan in Shantung penin- sula. Senator Fletcher, democrat. ' Florida, supporting the league, andx. Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis consin, declaring he could not ac cept certain features of the covenant' without reservations to safeguard . the ripht of independent national action. No More Conferences. President Wilson's confercenes t' with republican senators at the ; (Continued on Pare Tiro. Calntnn One.) - Vote of Confidence Again Given to tv French Premier Paris, July-24. (By the Associated' Press.) Premier Clemenceau's. ' op- ponents continued Thursday to "shake the plum tree" in the hope' of bringing down another ministerial plum like M. Boret, former food minister, if not the entire crop. The;, attacked the premier throuS'i Minister of Finance Klotz and the " financial policy with the result that ' there was an increased majority on ", a vote of confidence, the govern--men! getting 304 votes to 134 M. Klotz expressed perfect opti- ' mism on the ability pf France to : emerge successfully from what he termed a difficult but not desperate " situation as against the gloomy views expressed by his critics.