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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.
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Sugar Taken by Federal
Men Throughout U. S.
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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
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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
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(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
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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
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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 .
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