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T7T RIEF Bright JjLreezy BITS OF NEWS FRIARS CLUB BEOS COHAN TO RETURN. New York, Aug. 14. Nearly 400 member of the Friars club paraded through Broadway to the Cohan & Harris theater tonight and going upon the stage where George M. Cohan was about to appear as a . "strike-breaker" in. the Cohan & Harris production, "The(, Royal Vagabond," presented him with a petition signed by 1,000 club mem lers urging him to reconsider his resignation from the club. i Members of the delegation plead- ed with Mr. Cohan for several min utes to act favorably on the peti tion, but his only answer was, "I'll never set foot in the Friars club again." AERO BICYCLE LATEST IN AERIAL FASHIONS. London, Aug. -14. Flying bicycles are the latest in aerial fashions. Gabriel Foulain, noted French cyclist, has succeeded in perfecting an aero-cycle which he is able, to raise into the air and propel for a distance of 12 yards, attaining a speed of 25 miles an1 hour. Poulain . will demonstrate the machine before i the French Aero club shortly. French and British enthusiasts foresee the day when the aero-cycle will be as common as the bicycle. Great muscular effort is necessary to; lift the machine from the ground, but once in the air, propulsion is easy. ( ' 1919 SALMON PACK POOREST IN HISTORY. San Francisco, Aug. 14. The 1919 salmon pack in Bristol Bay and the Behring sea, south of the Alaska peninsula and at British Columbia, and Fuget sound, is the poorest in th company's history, officials of the Alaska company announced. Some of the fishing boats have stag ed home in ballast. No reason can be given for the small pack. All of . the Alaska packers' boats will be out of the fishing areas and homeward bound in two weeks, it was announced. V REPORT DEATH MASK OF CARNEGIE TAKEN. Lenox, Mass., Aug. 14. A death mask of Andrew Carnegie, was said to have been taken Wednesday night by August Lukeman of New York, but memberg of the household de clined to give any information on the matter. CHRISTY TO MARRY FAVORITE MODEL. New York, Aug. 14. Howard Chandler Christy, . illustrator and artist, took out a license here to marry Mrs. Nancy May Palmer, a younj; widow, formerly of Pough keepsie, who for eight years has been his favorite model. Mr. Christy and his first wife, who was Miss Mabel Thompson, daughter of an army officer, - were divorced in Zanesville, O.; last June. Mrs Palmer posed tor several of Mr. Christy's war postets. WIRELESS TELEPHONE REPORTS FOREST FIRE. : . ,Missoula, Mont.,, Aug. 14. Wire less telephone repbrting of a forest fire was invoked for what was said to be the first time in history Thurs day when lookouts in the Powell district, situated at Beaver Ridge, notified the forest ranger at Lolo, hot springs of a blaze at Beaver ridge by means of this instrument. Col. Henry S. Graves of Washing ton, D. C.United States' forester, , left for Cold Creel, Mont.," for the purpose of inspecting the blaze there which covers between 13,000 and 15, 000 acres. The blaze is six mile. . long and nearly that wide. "MURPHY" ARRESTED AFTER FRIGHTENING PEDESTRIANS "Murphy," a Brazilian monkey owned" by A. H. Richards, 1910 Cap itol 1 avenue, wandered from home last night at 7 o'clock and after frightening many pedestrians in the vicinity of Twentieth and Daven- port streets, was "rpped in" an hour and a half later by a pair of cau tious police officer's and taken to Central station. He was there denied bond until Richards appeared at 11 o'clock and relieved him of the curious gaze of - prisoners and coppers. "Murphy" has been a pet of the Richards family for nearly six years, Richards explained, and is . his best protection against prowlers and burglars. ' -r x. LURE OF THE FLESH PROVES HIS NEMESIS. New York, Aug. 14. Kln Softfmon ana Kln David In youth led wayward Uvea. Earn had a few affinities, y Bealdea their numerous wives. But when old ae came rolling- on With all Ua ashes and qualms, King Solomon wrote the proverbs And David wrote the psalms. ' - This jingle was quoted by Charles Hugh Wilson, 48, of Baruesville, . Mo., who was arraigned before Jus tice Wadhams in general sessions : on a charge of bigamy. The pris oner admitted having married eight women's . r - . "I am a close student of the ' Bible," he told the cpurt. "The Bible says Solomon had more than 1,000 wives and David had more " than one. I thought it would be all ' right if I took a few, top." "What attraction do you suppose all these women found in you?" Jus tice Wadhams asked.. '"Well, they were trustful -women. They came to me in distress and I "" was merciful unto them," said Wil son solemnly. - , "How did you manage to support them?" "Oh. I didn't support them all t once, but I made $50 or $60 dollars V j day at times as a salesman of novelties, so I had no trouble keep ing a few at a time." , Wilson said four of the women he married had been widows. -"They were all splendid, pretty women," he added. ' He was remanded to . the Tombs to await sentence Friday. Flore Heads Hotel MeW Providence, R. LT Aug.- 14. Ed w ard Flore was re-elected president t' the Hoed and Restaurant Em ployes International Alliance and Bartenders' League f America at " the twentieth biennial convention to , : .day. " " OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. - ,""k H Omaha Daily A " ' V Bee VOL. 49 NO. 50.' as meaa-rlm Butter Ms 3s, IMS. si P. O. aaaar act of Merck . IS79. OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. Br Mall ( year). Otllj, MM: 8e. TWO CENTS. Dally aa Saa.. SI.Mi autelae Hit. aettaat extra. 1 " V vCJl o. Y THE WEATHER: Generally fair and cooler Friday; Saturday fair with- rising tempera ture in west portion. Hourly temperature i . S IX I I S H I T M ( S 10 I 4 . I 19 t U . .SI 1 U ,. i ...81 ....a. in vS i P mm QUANTITIES or FOODS ARE SEIZED Tubs of Butter, Tons of Cof fee and Many Barrels of Sugar Taken by Federal Men Throughout U. S. 1 1 i i REAL PUNCH BEHIND GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN Palmer Tells Senate Commit tee He Does Not Think Ma jority of Farmers and Food Dealers Are Profiteers. Washington, Aug. 14. Indications of the real punch behind the gov ernment's campaign to reduce the high cost of living were given today in unmistakable fashion in many cities. While Attorney General Palmer was telling the senate agriculture committee that he intended to prose cute every dealer guilty of selling at higher prices than those listed by the fair price committees of each county, word came from Chicago, St. Louis and Birmingham of seiz ures of great quantities of foodstuffs by federal officials who recently were instructed to proceed under the food control act to stop hoarding. In Chicago 1,282 tubs of butter, worth $50,000, was seized and in St. Louis 284,160 pounds of coffee which has been showing rapid advances in price, and in Birmingham 100.bar rels of sugar. Not Many Profiteering. Mr Palmer told the Senate com mittee that he believed the great ma. jority of. farmers and food dealers were not profiteering, but that the suggested . amendment to the food control act extending it to clothing and providing a criminal penalty of $5,000 fine or two years imprison ment or both, was necessary to make effective the campaign against those who are dishonestly .gouging the public. There was a division of opin ion among the senators as to the ad visability of the legislation, several declaring that the amendment gave the Department of Justice too dras tic powers over commerce, while others questioned the copstitutional iry of extending the life of the food control act beyond the declaration of peace, as has been suggested. "Given this penalty, we can break the backbone of this profiteering" in 60 days," Mr. Palmer retorted crisp ly, "and then you won't have to wor ry about constitutionality." Cold Storage Legislation. The house agricultural committee proceeded with cold storage legis lation today and announced that to morroWthe amendment to the food control act would be taken up with Assistant Attorney General Ames, discussing the need for it in the campaign to reduce prices. , Mayors of 50 fe? Jersey cities" made ar rangements to appear before the committee Monday to demand that something effective be done to miti gate the hardships under which the man of average income is suffering. Absent members, of the house were ordered tonight -to return to Washington at once, when it became apparent that the agriculture com mittee would report out the new leg islation this week. Republican Leader Mondell and Minority Leader Clark declared they were de termined to have-a quorum present Monday. - To Invoke Food Act While the more drastic method of prosecutions will be used by the De partment of Justice to punish and stop flagrant cases of profiteering, it was made clear today that the still effective licensing provisions of the food control act would be invoked to reach dealers against 'whom no indictment could be found in fed eral courts. Officials of the food administration notified the depart ment that 11 cents a pound was a fair price for sugar and this informa tion was transmitted to district at torneys, with the significant state ment that where hjgher prices iwere being charged there evidently was profiteering. - The Department of Agriculture today asked $600,000 from congress for establishing information centers in variou cities, which would col lect and. diseminate" information concerning prices. Robbed by Highwaymen -- Claiming to Be Police ."We're police officers," said two young men to John Barnhart 2013 Harney street, at 1 o'clock this morning as he was passing through the. Central high school grounds. "You're- out pretty late. Appear Jn police court in the morning and we'll be there to appear against you." One of the young men thrust a hand into Barnhart's pocket and took $11. "We'll keep this so you'll be sure to appear," he said. .c . Barnhart called the police. The pseudo officers have not been ap prehended 1 - - s PRESIDENT AND COMMITTEE TO , DISCUSS TREATY Wilson's Offer Finally Ac cepted and Meeting Will Take Place Tuesday. Washington, Aug. 14. (By The Associated Press.) President Wil son's offer to talk over the peace treaty with the senate foreign rela tions committee-finally was accepted today. At the suggestion of repub lican members and by a virtually unanimous vote the committee de cided to inform the president it would be glad to meet him at his convenience to go over the disputed points in the treaty and,. the league of nations covenant. At the same time the committee vcited to call ad ditional witnesses and continue its hearings. The committee in its acceptance of the president's offer stipulated, however, that it wanted no ban of secrecy, on the discussion, the mem bers preferring to be free to use as they saw fit any information the president might impart. President Wilson, replying to Sen ator Lodge's request for an appoint ment, set Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. He stated that it was his preference that the fullest publicity be given the conference so that the people of the country might be put in possession of all the information he has about the treaty of peace. How Proposal Came. The proposal to consult the presi dent grew out of a general discus sion whether the committee should continue its hearings or proceed to act on the facts already before it. Senator Johnson, republican, Cali fornia,'1 is understood first to have mentioned the president as a wit ness, btft the formal suggestion that the committee meet him was made by Senator Lodge. Democratic members, promptly seconding the suggestion, pointed out that the committee had been told in its hearings that only the president could reveal certain fea tures of the peace negotiations and declared that Mr. Wilson's informal offer to receive the members at the White; House remained open. This offer 'was made through Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, the adminis tration leader, when the committee first took up the treaty a month ago. The decision to act on the proposal was taken without a rec ord vote. Won't Speed Action. In deciding to call additional wit nesses the committee reversed its decision reached yesterday to speed action on the treaty. It was voted to request appearance of five per sons, ad"visers at Versailles, who re signed, it has been reported, be cause they disagreed with decisions of the conference regarding Shan tung and Russia. They are E. T. Williams, S. K. Hornbeck and Wil liam C. 'Bullitt. The others sum moned are John C. Ferguson and Thomas F. Millard, suggested as authorities on far eastern affairs. Dividing 9 to 8, the committee rejected a motion t6 question also Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, Col. E. M. House and Henry White, who with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing made up the American peace commission proper. It was said afterward that the action with regard to Colonel House might be reconsidered should members fail to get from President Wilson the information they desire about the league of nations negotiations. Three Children Dead, Several Injured, in" Airplane Accident Baltimore, Aug. 14. Three chil dren were killed in Patterson Park when an airplane of the 88th Aero squadron stationed at Langley Field, Va., crashed into a fence behind which were several hundred specta tors. Seven were injured. KILLING U.S. CITIZENS (must END First Definite Move Toward Long Expected Change Jn Policy in Dealing With Mex ico Disclosed at Washington. NOTE TO CARRANZA TELLS HIM, BEWARE Communication to Border Republic Couched in Strong est Language Yet Used by American Government. Washington, Aug. 14. (By the Associated Press.) The first definite move toward the long expected change in policy - in dealing with Mexico was disclosed today. Carranza has been warned that'if the murders and outrages of Amer icans continue the United States may be forced to adopt a radical change in its policy with regard to Mexico." With the announcement at the State department, however, came no authoritative indication of how far the American government is prepar ing to go to enforce what lacks only the diplomatic technicalities of an ultimate m. The government announced its action by publishing an exchange of notes with Mexico City, and pr. faced its official statement with the explanation that the diplomatic rep resentations referred to had been talcen "in view of the long series of murders and outrages of American citizens in Mexico, culminating in the murder of Peter Catron in San Luis Potosi last month and the per petration of other acts in disregard of American lives and property." Strong Language Used. The communication to Mexico is couched in probably the strongest language used in any from this gov ernment since the exchanges pre ceding the Vera Cruz occupation. All official Washington began at once locking behind the official text seeking some reason for an impend ing change of policy, for which there has bten demand in and out of con gress. Pressure, from foreign gov ernments and pressure in congress, whirh is preparing an investigation of the whole Mexican situation, were amonp those most commonly dis cussed. Text of American Note. The text of the American note and the reply from the Mexican gov ernment, which -was dated July 28, were given out today By the State department without explanation of the-elay in making them public. The department's statement follows: "In view of the long series of murders and outrages of American citizens in. Mexico, culminating in the murder of Peter Catron in San Luis Potosi last month, and the per petration of other acts in disregard of American lives and property, the American embassy at Mexico City, on July 22, by direction of the sec retary of state, made the following representations to the Mexican gov ernment: " 'Mexico City, July 22, 1919. "'QJr. With FfrHM trs th am. bassy's note, dated July 16, 1919, relative to the murder of Peter Ca tron, near Valles, San Luis Potosi, on or about July 7, last, I have the honor to inform you that I am now under telegraphic instructions from my government to urge upon the Mexican government the capture and punishment of those responsible for this murder, and the adoption of adequate measures to prevent a re- (Contlnord on Page Two, Column Three.) Mayor and Federal Office Here" Believe Prices Will ; Drop If "Public Is Patient" While federal and municipal machinery all over the nation has been thrown into active operation to curb profiteering and in many cities startling results already have been obtained, .the only thing done in Omaha has been the alleged probe started by Mayor Smith then continued," and the issuing of "watchful waiting statements" by As sistant United States Attorney F. A. Peterson. , The maypr yesterday admitted, as far as any real results went, the probe started by him a few days ago ha4 not gone very far. But he is still very hopeful, he said, and expects some real results soon something aside" from the continued boosting of prices by profiteers. - So does Assistant United States Attorney Peterson. Mr. Peter son says if the" people wait long enough prices will surely go down. Here is his statement issued yesterday: ' "My idea is that prices will go down gradually. These investiga tions will have their effect We are going at this matter to get the ab solute facts. The Department of Justice is working deliberately and quietly. We are searching for food- hoarding and are after it every minute. There will be immediate action if we tan locate any hoard ing. We will not only prosecute the offenders, but we will seize the stocks. ItiS a tremendous job and we are not at this time giving out information." . Both Mayor Smith and Mr. Petersoajbelieve, according to their statements, that if the Omaha public will just be patient and continue to pay highway-robbery prices until all profiteers in other cities are arrested by officers, who are on the job, that such action will have a psychological effect on Omaha profiteers. -That some mayors, county attorneys and federal officers in other cities are on the job in the interest of the people is evidenced by the news dispatches. s Time for Uncle Sam to Get Out and Get Under r l i -. .. . nn rrp (ASKED F0E3 A MILLION DAMAGES While the little engineer makes fast tracks CHILD BELIEVED SLAIN IN CHICAGO FOUND IN OMAHA Police Searching for Greek Charged With Taking Young Girl From Her Home. The supposed murder of 9-year-old Rosie Angares that has mysti fied Chicago police for more than two weeks was cleared up shortly aftejr midnight last night when De tectives Joe Baughman and Harry Askwith found the little girl alone in a room in a rooming house at 604 South Fourteenth street. Andrew Chopikas, a Greek, who took the girl from her home in Chi cago to Omaha, according to the police, is being sought here. . Two weeks ago Chicago police de cided that Rosie Angares had been murdered. Chopikas, accused of the murder, was said to be on his way to Omaha. The "tip"" led last night to the finding of the girl. Rosie says she has never been mistreated by the man who took he"r from her home. She does not know why she was induced to come here with him, she says. When Chopikas is apprehended he will, be charged, with either kidnap ing or bringing the girl here for im moral purposes, the police say.' Burial of Carnegie Witnessed Only by Few Close Friends Tarrytown, N. Y, Aug. 14. The body of Andrew Carnegie was laid torest at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon on Ta hillside in historic Sleepy Hol- Tfow cemetery, overlooking the Hud son. Only 21 persons members of the dead ironmaster's family and a few close friends accompanied the body to Sleepy Hollow. Funeral services were held " at Shadow Brook, the Carnegie estate at Lenox; Mass., this morning. Scores of villagers, with bared heads, lined the entrance to the cemetery as the cortege approached, but the gates had been closed a half hour earlier and were shut again as soon as the cortege had passed, in. side anf none- was permitted to enter. . w ' ' ' ' The brief interment. -service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. William G. Merrill, pastor of the' Brick Pres byterian church, New York. "Lost" Officers Located. El Paso, Tex., Aug. 14. Lieut H. G. Peterson and Paul Davis, two army aviators who have been lost in Mexico since Sunday when they flew over the border near Presidio, Tex., were located Thursday 40 miles uo the Conchos river in the Mexican mountains, according to a telegram received at military headquarters here. A Mexican brought the report to Presidio, the telegram stated MAYOR OPENS UP . STORE SO HE CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED City Executive Weighs Prunes ' at New Municipal Gro cery Store. A'tei" the city council meeting yes terday morning Mayor Smith went to the Auditorium, where he took personal charge of the municipal store, which he announced would not be opened until next Monday morning. He opened the store, how ever, long enough to pose for his photograph as the apostle of the people in their fight against the high cost of living. 1 While the mayor was weighing prunes in the Auditorium local prof iteers were laughing up their sleeves and continuing to charge high prices. A few women appeared at the Fifteenth street entrance of the Au ditorium. A photographer, who was in readiness, snapped the." mayor serving the women, and; then the store was closed for the day. . f Advised Against Opening. Some of : the clerks in the store, themselves city hall employes, and a few having had, grocery .store ex perience, questioned the advisability of opening the store until the gooth had been arranged so, that a crowd might be served without confusion. The premature opening, when the mayor was photographed, caused afternoon papers to publish stories that the Auditorium was open for business. The result is that a crowd is expected today, although the mayor and his staff do not have the packages ready for any general dis tribution. Yesteyday afternoon the ayor was busy in the Auditorium, sacking evaporated peaches and pnunes. He weighed the amounts in sacks him self and appeared to enjoy the nov elty. , V . i It is believed by those in charge of the store that the Auditorium will have to be opened today, willy-nilly, on accotint of. the mayor's precipi tous action yesterday" inf starting sales before the stocks were'ready. In the meantime the city hall, in vestigation into the spoliation v of cars of fruits and vegetables, exces sive prices and profiteering remains in abeyance.. i ' ? t Refuse Bail to Recent , Winnipeg Strike Leaders Winnipeg,, Man Aug. 14. Bail was' refused to eight leaders of the recent Winnipeg strike by Justice J. D. Cameron, who ordered their arrest for alleged violation of prom ises not to take part in any. further agitation. The are to be tried in October for seditious conspiracy. Two of the eight are city aldermen. Pittsburgh Street Car- -Men Go Out on Strike Pittsburgh. Aug. ,14. Street car traffic in Pittsburgh was suspended at midnight tonight, when a strike of 3,000 motormen and conductors of the Pittsburgh Railway company went into enect. j A NEW PARTIES SPLIT RANKS" OF DEMOCRATS One of the; Founders i Says "We Are Going to Jump th Fence;" Prnciples Enunciated. f - Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 14. Two factions of Texas democrats, dis satisfied with the present party or ganization. me Thursday and de termined upon separate lines of at tack to accomplish a return to "the principles of Jefferson and Jackson" in state and federal governmental af fairs. One faction, headed by former Gov. James E. Ferguson, left the present democratic organization and formed the "American party," which it is purposed to make national in scope before" the next general elec tion. ' The other faction, led by former Senator Joseph W. Bailey, laid down a declaration of principles to be fol lowed in carrying the fight for party reconstructioin to the regular demo cratic state convention. Mr. Ferguson called upon the peo ple of the country to meet "in their respective precincts and organize county and state conventions and se lect delegates to a national conven tion in 1920. , The platform adopted ' by the Bailey followers set down 12 prin ciples, which favor an amendment to (Continued on Pane Two, Column Three.) Britain to Suppress , AIL Sinn Fein in County Clare, Ireland London, 'Aug. 14. The govern ment announces -that owing to in crease in crime in County Clare,. Ire land, it has been decided to suppress all Sinn Fein and kindred organiza tions in that county. Roumanian Troops About . To Leave Budapest,-Report Amsterdam, Aug. 14. Roumanian troops are about to leave Budapest in consequence of the note sent to Roumania by the. peace conference, according to a wireless dispatch re ceived here' from' Vienna "quoting newspapers, of. that city. Paris, Aug. lH. Roumania in no wise favors the installation of Arch duke Joseph in power in Hungary, according to a declaration made to the Temps by Victor Antonesco, Roumanian minister here. What About $100,000,000? rashingtonr Aug. 14. President Va Wils! ilcAn wa aclrH in a rcrtliifin in. troduced today- by Chairmaa Good of the appropriations committee to report to the house what use was made of the $100,000,000 fund annrn. priated by congress for relief of the ...- . r T- S acsuiuie peopie oi Europe, . Brought Action Against Chi cago Tribune for Calling Him Anarchist Trial in Progress More Than Three Months. - PLAINTIFF SATISFIED HE HAS WON CASE Newspaper's Counsel Claims . . -Victory for Defenflant in j That Substantial Damages j 'Were Not Granted. , ; Mount Clemens, Aug. 14. A Jur tonight awarded Henry Ford 6 cents damages against the Chicago Tribune for calling him an anarchist. The trial had progressed more than three months. ; Orvy Hulett, foreman of the jury, said that they took "nine bal-' lots that I can remember." The first one, according to Leonard Measel, another juror, stood 8 ' to 4 in favor of awarding . Mr. Ford some damages. ' ; Attorney Alfred J. Murphy, for Mr. Ford, said: Favorable to Plaintiff. ' "The important issue ih this case has been determined favorably to the plaintiff. He has been vindi cated. , "Money damages were entirely subordinate and were not sought by Mr. Ford, He stands not only, vindicated, but his attitude as an Amerjcan citizen has been justified after a trial which raised every is sue agaiqst him which ingenuity and research -could present. v His friends are entirely satisfied." . Weymouth Kirkland, of counsel for the Tribune, said: "We call it a victory for the rea son that Attorney Alfred Lucking, in tlosing for Mr. Ford, stated that anything less than substantial dam ages would be a defeat for his client." ,v , Expected Night of Waiting. ( , The end of the great suit, which was begun three months ago, came when the lawyers and spectators had about made up their minds that they were in tor a night of waiting and ' watching, with a mistrial as .the probable outcome. The jury had been Jut 10 hours when a"' resounding double knock was heard on the high old-fashioned door of,the jury room. ' " - Some of the lawyers had not yet returned from dinner nor had Judge " Tucker put in an appearance. Bailiff ' Kelley went to the door and then hurried to Walter Steffens, the court clerk, and whispered: "They're ready to report." Mr. Steffens got Judge Tucker and the absent lawyers on the telephone and if 10 minutes all was ready. ' ? Mr. Hullett was plainly laboring under suppressed emotion as he rose and faced the court. . : "Have you reached a verdict, gen tlemen?" asked Judge Tijcker. "We have," replied the foreman. . "You may deliver it." -.''. Mr. Hullett first gave the directed verdict of no case against the Solo mon News company which distrib uted copies of the Tribune of June 23, 1916, containing the libel. 'The award against the Tribune was then given and the clerk recorded the following as the verdict: "You do say upon your oath that the said defendants, The Tribune company is guilty .in manner anyd form as "the said plaintiff hath in his declaration in this case complained and you assess the damages of the said plaintiff on occasion :; of the premises over and above costs ind charges by him about his suit in this behaif expended, at the sura hi 6 cents damages and you find that the -defendants Solomon News company is Tiot guilty as directed by the court" i The jury acknowledged the ver dict as correct and hurried from the (Continued on Para Two, Colama Two.) Generals Indorse ; Leading Features ' of Army Measure Washington, Aug.' 14. The sen-' ate military affairs committee in its consideration of a permanent military policy for the nation heard the first representatives 'of tbe American expeditionary forces in Lieut Gen. Robert L. Bullard, who? commanded the second army, and Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrews, who formerly was chief of staff overseas. - ' Both officers, although express ing some disagreement, endorsed the leading features of the War de- ' partment'f army reorganization bill providiag for three months of mili tay training for, all 19-year-old youths and for a peace-time army of 576;O0O men. Their testimony wn rerartrl in some degree reflecting the views or ienerai rersning and a major ity of the other officers in Franct . .!
