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V: RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B 1- BUILDERS BUY NO. 10 SHOES FOR OGDEN ARMOUR. Chicago, Aug.16. A pair of shoes, size 10, was purchased today by John J. Sullivan, president' of the Builders and Traders' exchange, for J. Ogden Armour, president of Ar nirur & Co. Mr. Sullivan said that Mr. Armour also would get the suits of clothes, shirts, neckties and un derwear he asked for in a letter to the exchange made public last night. Footgear also was purchased for Roger C. Sullivan, H. II. Merrick and Julius Rosen v. aid, it was said St. Louis, Aug. 16. Touched by the "appeal" of J. Ogden Armour for wearing apparel, Bernard Grucn stein of this city tonight announctd he had sent the millionaire packer a pair of socks. MANY WILL SIT BY "CAMPFIRE" IN FUTURE. If anyone has a hankering for just a taste of something with a "kick" in it as a reminder of the good -old days-, before prohibition, he can have it and have it legally, sitting on a stool in an ice cream parlor. One of the downtown parlors has concocted a sundae called "campfire" consists of a lump of sujar soaked in pure alcohai and served aflame on top of the sundae. 1 ne men is xo diuw uui uic imiuc and suck the alcohol from the sugar and "everybody's doin' it now " TOO MUCH iSIIERRY FATAL TO SOLDIER. Anderson, Ind., Aug. 16. Half a cherry pie, followed by a pint of rrrr nc iiist before retiring. was fatal to Floyd Flannigan, 22, returned soldier. OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.. The Omaha Sunday Bee VOL. XLIX NO- 9. Eatma at mm-U Iter Mi a. IMS. at Ouka P. 0. ct t Man S. 17. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST If, 1919. y Mill (I wrl. 0lly. UM: . KM tolly and Sua- U.M; autaMt Nak. swtaaa antra. FIVE CENTS. fHE WEATHER: Fair Sunday and Monday; some what warmer Monday and in ex treme west portions Sunday. Hourly tfuiperatunw 5 a. m. ft. m. 1 a, m. 8 a. m. 0 a. m. to a. ni. It a. m. 12 noon . . . . .(14 ,.(U .. , . '. ,.7 . . 1 p. a p. m. . . . 8 p. m . . . . 4 p. m.... A p. in ... , p. m . . . . 1 p. m.... 8 p. m . . . . .88 .8 .85 .88 .88 .88 .88 .81 IMF (PUT If NUT TWO PROFITEER SUGAR I N Chicagoans Charged With Vio lation of Law and Accused of Having Realized Profit of 40 Per Cent on Sales. GOVERNMENT MEN SEIZING FOODSTUFFS DEAD NEGRO'S TEETH FILLED WITH DIAMONDS. Pueblo, Col., Aug. 16. -James Lut trell, a negro wire drawer, who died here recently from the effects of an accident a short time ago, had his frcnt teeth filled with diamonds, the value of which amounts to sev eral hundred dollars. KING GEORGE HONORS AMERICAN SONGSTRESS. London, Aug. 16. The work among the soldiers of Rita Gould, the American singing comedienne, has won for her the distinction of a command to appear in a perform-a:v-s before the king and queen of England. She received word of th;ir desire when she arrived in London from France, where for over two years she performed on viitually every battlefield for the boy of our army. GEN. PERSHING LEAVES PARIS FOR VISIT TO ITALY. Paris, Aug. 16. General Pershing left Paris Saturday night for his visit to Rome and the Italian bat tlefields. He will arrive at Kome, Monday, -where he is to attend a ' review of troops by JK'"g Em manuel. MAJ. FAHNESTOCK RICHEST YANK TO DIE IN SERVICE. Harrisburg, Pa.. Aug. 16. Maj Clarence Fahnestock, whose family resided in this city for many years vs , the richest American to lose lit j life in the service during the war with Germany. This fact was revealed by the tax appraisers of Putman county, N. Y.,. after the appraisal of the fahne stock ertate, which is assessed at $4,500,000. After all deductions are made, state of New York -will receive an inheritance tax of $242,- 57:. 49 TIMES IN COURT WITHIN 19 YEA.RS. PittsSeld, Mass., Aug. 16. Robert Bailej. the South Berkshire "out law," charged with breaking and entering and larceny o 16 fowls from Charles Ellis of New Marbo'O was found guilty and Judge Brown sentenced him to seven months. Bailey, who is 39 years old, had bc:n before the Great Barrington Court 4J times in 19 years and six tim"s before the superior court. FISHING FOR BOOZE IS POPULAR SPORT. Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 16. There are no fish in Glen Elk er, but fishing-is a popular sport, never theless Pursued by pol:;emen. a Strangtr hurled two eitcr es filled with whisky from the bridge. Scores of men with hooks and nets have dragged tbe bottom of the stream. FROZEN HOG FOUND; 25 YEARS IN STORAGE. Detroit, Mich-., Aug. 16. Agents of the investigation branch here of the Department of Justice said that , in one cold storage plant visited a frozen hog was found which they were told had been in storage 25 years. ' The officials declared that, while they believed that if the hog really had been held for that length of time, it was through an oversight, they intend to investigate further next week. "DRUNKEN" SPENDING ' BLAMED FOR H. C L. New York, Aug. 16. No solution of the high cost of living can be reached until the people of the United States shake off their present "intoxication," according to William Mather Lewis, director of the sav ings tlivision of the Treasury de partment, in a statement herv ap pealing to 6,000,000 thrift and war stamp savers to check waste "through precept and example and wise buying." Mr. Lewis said that to lower the cost of living in New York "every one must hecin at once to curtail expenditures for luxuries" now sell ing at exorbitant prices, ne de clared the people themselves were to blame if orices of necessities rose because merchants observed the ab solute carelessness with which peo ple parted with their money. "Millions of persons are not .spending from heir earnings, but from their savings of the past two years," said Mr Lewis. "It is es sential that vie keep firm hold on the savings accumulated " by pur chase of war finance securities, not only as a matter of selfish benefit, but s a factor in bringing prices down." Make Big Cleanups Over En tire Country, Confiscating Beans, Eggs and Every Con ceivable Kind of Product. Chicago. Aug. 16. The first war rants in Chicago's campaign against food hoarders and profiteers were issued today under the Lever food control law. John F. CamnbeH. president and treasurer, and John E. Bunker, vice-president and manager, of the John F. Campbell company, wholesale sugar dealers, were charged with violation of the law and accused of having realized a profit of 40 per cent on sutar sales. Resumption of sales of surolus army foodstuffs will becjin here Mon day, according to Lieut. Col. J.P. Cattleman, in charge of the distri bution of foods, who sa;d the stocks would be given to several large stores early Mondav morning. Prices of commodities in Chicago fluctuated today. Potatoes were up 25 cents on the hundred pounds over yesterday, while cabbages were down that amount in price. Onions sold slightly higher; green corn wa 10 cents lower; tomatoes were 25 cents higher per 25 pounds; beets and carrots two cents lower per bunch; peaches 25 cents higher and no change in oranges and lemons. Seize Many Eggs. St Louis, Mo., Aug. 16. Seizure of 42,026 cases of eggs, 16,569.360 eggs in all, held for seven owners by t'ne Mound City Ice and Cold StoraCi'- company here, was nlade to day on a libel warrant issued by the United States district attorney. The names of the holders of the egg9 were not announced. Start Raiding at San Diego. San Diego. Cal., Aug. 16. Seizing of food stocks held in cold storage was" commenced here this morning by Deputy United States Marshal V. C. Carse under libel warrants issued by the federal 'court yester day in Los Angeles. Michigan "Making Hay." Detroit, Mich., Aug. 15. In the second raid today on food supplies stored in the Detroit Refrigerating company's plant here, agents of the Department of Justice today seized 7,404.000 eggs and approximately 300,000 pounds of butter. District Attorney John E. Kin nane yesterday seized 8,100,000 eggs in the Detroit Refrigerating com pany's plant, and announced that it was only the first of a series of seiz ures to be made here. The action was taken under the Lever food control law, and Mr. Kinnane asked the federal court here to have the stocks placed on the market Au guet 25. Whether any prosecutions would be attempted on charges of hoard ing, federal officials would not say The purpose of the government at this time, Mr. Kinnane declared, was to force out of cold storage all (Continued on Page Five, Column One.) Omaha Flyer Starts Trip to Map Out Good Air Route to Denver An Omaha-to-Denver airplane flight to map out a practical com mercial route between the twiv cities was begun last evening by Art Balis, local aviator. I. C Hartman of Denver was a passenger. Several stops will be made en rout.;. Flying will be by day only. The Omaha Flying company has been in conference with capitalists of Denver in an effort to establish a commercial flying service between the two cities. Other trips will be made later. '. large crowd witnessed the as cent at Ak-Sar-Ben field l?te yesterday. : Governor Says State Ready To Co-operate With' Federal Food Body in Drive on H.C.L. Ghief Executive of Nebraska Advises G. W. Wattles, Food Administrator During War, That Machin ery Will Soon Be in Motion in Getting Action on Profiteering and Hoarding County Heads Notified. Publisher of The Bee Heads Big National Committee At the urgent reguest of President Franks P. Glass and officers of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, Victor Rosewater of The Bee has accepted appointment to the chairmanship of its postal committee. In this position, which is one of the most important of that organi zation, made up of all the larger newspapers of the country, Mr Rosewater succeeds George Mc- Tninv nf the Vfw YorV Time whn has asked to be relieved because ofl ill health. The postal activity of the A. N. P. A. is tr the present directed to securing from congress a readjustment of the newspaper postage rate back to a peace-time basis Governor McKelvie has advised G. W. Wattles, food administrator for Nebraska during the period of the war, that the state is ready and willing to co-operate with the fed eral food administration in the mat ter of getting action on profiteering and hoarding, and particularly the establishment of fair prices. Mr. Wattles telegraphed from his home in California that he has noti fied the various county food admin istrators of Nebraska- to reorganize their committees which served dur ing the war. Allen to Return Soon. Oscar Allen, vvyho served as food administrator foKDouglas county, is now at Lake Okoboji, la. Inquiry at Mr. Wattles' Omaha office yes terday brought the information that he would be inDmaha soon. It is understood that Mr. Allen will like wise hasten to Omaha in response to the call of Mr. Wattles. With the return of Messrs. Wat tles and Allen to Omaha the work of establishing fair prices will at once be started. "Have notified all county food ad ministrators to reappoint fair-price committees and assist you and At torney General Palmer," Mr. Wattles telegraphed to Governor McKelvie. Thorough Probe Planned. The governor announced that during this week he will have the state machinery in motion for a thor ough investigation of the cost of food products and he is anxious to have the state agencies co-ordinated with the federal activities. He em phasized the importance of an early reorganization of the county food committees. Acting under the instructions of Attorney General Palmer and State Food Administrator Wattles, the Douglas county fair-price committee will set to work with considerable authority behind it. The committee wil check the When East Meets West prices of commodities from the manufacturer, wholesaler, jobber and, packer right to the consumer's home, and through that means will be able to show the items of profit which accumulate along the way. Having thus laid the foundation, the committee will theft publish a list of what it believes to be fair prices for various articles within its inves tigation. Publicity of prices and profits will be one of the instru ments with which the committee will work. To Summon Witnesses. In connection with the work of the fair-price, committees, the attor ney general of the state will be conducting an investigation, he al ready having been authorized by the j governor to employ special counsel I to help him and also to have a staff of experts and accountants. The state will hold hearings to which witnesses will be summoned. The probe which was started in the city council chamber last Mon day morning will be resumed this week, when local commission men will be summoned to appear and ex plain their connection with car loads of fruits and vegetables which were allowed to spoil on tracks. C. G. Carlberg, Omaha real estate man, wrote to Congressman Jefferis, complaining against the high prices of lumber in Omaha. Protests Lumber Prices. "We are noW asked to pay $60 a 1,000 for common dimension lum ber, which was sold at $20,prior to the war. We are asked to pay $7.50 for shingles which cost $3 per 1,000 before; the war," Mr. Carlberg wrote, adding: "It-appears to me tliaf our wise men in Washington are over looking a bet when no steps are taken to place an embargo on the exportation of lumber. I suggest this to you because the situation in (Continued on IHge Five, Column Four) PARTY OF MEN FIRE RIFLES IN CORK HARBOR Military Reply With Machine Guns Riots Break Out in Londonderry. LAY MURDER TO CORNELL SOPH DRAG FOR BODY Son' of Wealthy Oil Promoter Charged With Killing Ithaca Girl. Ithaca, N. Y:, Aug. 16. Donald W. Fether, Cornell sophomore and son of a wealthy Los Angeles oil promoter, was held Saturday on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the disappearance Queenstown, Aug. 16. A party of men Saturday fired rifles on Rocky island in the harbor behind Haulbowline island. The military on Rocky island replied with ma i. . ..,. ' tu. (;.;, prtMiitin.i lli:ilC KU119. X lit Illllig WIlUHUVi i Til in , , , . T . , 'or iniss nazei trance, id jceus uiu for some time. It is unknown uhaca on the night o July 19 whether there were any casualties. I when she went canoeing on Cayuga Rocky island is the smallest of j lake with the college student, the three islands in Cork harbor off I Fether ' was arraigned before a Queenstown. It contains a powder ) justice ot the peace in the crowded magazine. Haulbowline, the next in size, contains the naval dockyard and i the depot for ordnance stores. Fort Westmoreland is located on Spike island, opposite the entrance to the harbor. Riots Break up Meeting. Londonderry, Aug. 16. Rioting and looting occurred in this city dur ing last night and early this morn ing. Troops charged on mobs but did not fire any shots. The soldiers, however, were met with a volley of Stones when they attempted to break up a nationalist demonstra tion. The monetary loss from loot ing is estimated at thousands of pounds by, police authorities. v 10 Nationalists Injured. Belfast, Aug. 16 Ten nationalist excursionists were injured during a fight Friday with Orangemen at Lis burn. County Down. Serious riot ing also occurred at Coal Island, County Tyrone. The trouble at Lisburn took place after the nationalists .had attended a "Lady day" celebration at Louth. In the riot at Coal Island several policemen and military officers were injured severely. N. Y Interborough Men Go Out on Strike Today New York, Aug. 16. A strike which union leaders declared would completely tie up the vast subway and elevated system of the Inter borough Rapid Transit company in Manhattan, the Bronx and . parts of Brooklyn and Queens, at 4 o'clock Sunday morning was called Satur day night by P. J. .Connolly, acting Interborough Rapid Transit company employes. Corporation 'counsel Burr and attorneys of the Jnterborough were seeking a supreme court justice who would sign an order enjoining union Officials from making the strike effective, but even if such and order were obtained, it was admitted, there was little hope of blocking the walkout. Frank Hedley, general manager of the Interborough, said the best possible service would be "very slim" as fully 95 per cent of the c r.na"y's employes are memberj of the unioD in a pot ekjng the (charged town hall of Jacksonville, located near the lake. I he evidence on which Father is held consisted of part of his garments tied in a knot lound bv grapplers see oirl's linHv Th nolice r. j I that this piece of twisted ctoth was used to strangle the girl. Fether claimed that after the ca ryoe capsized he had sought to res cue his companion and meanwhile he called for hejp. Witnesses called by District Attorney Adams testi fied they had heard these calls but added that they were "very faint". Fether, who displayed no emotion since his arrest, . broke down in court. He had regained his usual calmness, however, when he was returned to his cell. He has re ceived word that his mother was speeding to his aid from California It is expected the student will face the grand jury about the-middle of next month. Continued efforts to recover the girl's body failed. Grapplers will resume their work Sunday.' President Who Fled From Costa Rica Now in Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 16.' Federico Tinoco, who recently aban doned the presidency of Costa Rica and fled the country, arrived here Saturday on board the steamer Zacapa, enroute td Europe. He said several attempts had been made to assassinate him and that his brother, Jose, minister of War, was shot in the back of the-head the night before the president left and died later. Stage Hands and Musicians Strike to Aid Actors New York. Aug. 16. Stage hands antf musicians Saturday . night stalked forth fom New York play houses in sympathy with striking stars for whom they previously had set the stage and played the fiddle. Brand Whitlock Home. New York, Aug. 16.-Brand Whit lock, U. S. minister to Belgium, ar rived here Saturday from Brest on the Holland-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam in JURY AYS BERNSTEIN TOOK OWN LIFE Omaha Newsies Mourn Pass ing of Real Pal Will Hold Memorial Mort day Evening. Mogy Bernstein killed himself, a coroner's jury decided yesterday. ' His great heart, housed in a crip ple's body, never wearying of help ing others, wearied at last, if the jury's verdict is right. A friend in need to thousands was Mogy, and every "newsie" and former "newsie" will mourn his death as the passing of a pal. Though headlines flared and hint ed of suicide, the "newsies," dazed by the news, failed to make capital of it. " 'D'jp hear the news?" one street urchin with a bundle of papers un der his arm said to another. The "'other" was a newsboy who "histlcd" papers only on Saturday; h wasn't one of the "reg'lar guys." "Yeh, Mogy's shot him" The hand of the first one clenched. TWO BANDITS ROB DRUG STORE WHILE SCORES PASSING so! Somebody shot tears Tain't him." he interrupted. The were mounting to his eyes, "An' even if he did, why-why- why I A dirty fist rubbed an 'eye as he darted to a customer. "Here's a paper, mister. Who killed himself?" answering the man's query. "No ona!" He said it defiantly. "Soniebody's murdered Mogy; that's what!" ' Mogy was the big brother of the little fellows and the pal of the big ones. No length was too great for Mcgy to go to save, one froin a "record" if another chance would help. v Monday night newsboys of the city will' hold a memorial- meeting at the Rome hotel for Mogy. It is probable that Commissioner Ziniman, once a newsboy himself, and Mayor Smith will speak at the meeting. x But it wasn't the newsboy alone that Mogy helped. Hundreds of girls, some of them mothering families now, were turned from the path that led to shame and started right again by him. As chief probation officer of the juvenile court, which he established almost unaided, he spent his time and money in - reclaiming young sters. His first philanthrophy for the newsboys was the establishing of a (Continued on Page Five, Column Two.) Seven in One Family Killed in Auto Smash Cleveland, Atrg. 16. Sevefl mem bers of the Joh.i ""rainor family of Cleveland, fathei, mother?' four sons and a daughter, anil a woman rela tive of the Trainors, were instantly killed this evening wh - a New York Central passenger train struck their a omohile at a grade crossinp near West Springfic', Pa.,i while the party was retttr- ' hom rn F.r:e Suspend Zone Bates. Washington Aug. 16. Zone pos tal rates insofar as they would apply to shipments of surplus army food, sale of which begins Monday, were, in effect, suspended today by the Postoffice department Proprietor and Wife Held Up at Point of Guns and Till Looted. While scores of people drove by in automobiles two unmasked mein,' at the point of pistols, forced John T, McMannis, proprietor of the Prettiest Mile drug store,, Twentieth and Ames avenue, his wife and a customer to stand by while they robbed the till of more than $50. Mrs. J. H. Wilson, 2405 North Twenty-eighth avenue, watched the holdup, from an automobile outside the store and was afraid to give an alarm. McMannis and his wife were wash ing dishes at the soda foufttain when the two men stepped into the store. One of them exhibited a gun to Mrs. McMannis and bade her in a calm, assuring tone, to "keep quiet." The other man walked behind the counter and pressed his gun to McMannis' side. McMannis put his hands over his head. "Keep your hands down!" sharp ly ordered the holdup, as he struck McMannis across the forearm with his revolver. . The robbers knew that passersby would take notice if they saw Mc Mannis' hands up. Mrs. McMannis continued wash ing glasses while the bandit? worked. J. H. Wilson, colored, husband of the woman who watched the rob bery from an automobile, entered the store during the holdup and the man guarding Mrs. McMannis backed him up against the wall but did not'rifle his pockets. According to McMannis, both men were calm and almost gentle manly in their manner. After they had emptied the cash register they walked leisurely east on Ames avenue, while Mrs. Mc Mannis called the police. McMannis ad taken $70 into nis living room adjoining the store just before the robbers entered. The police believe the men had an automobile a few paces down Ames avenue. Farmers Predict Profiteering Will Bring Bad Situation Washington, Aug. 16. Warning was given Saturday by representa tives of farmers organizations testi fying before the house and senate agriculture committees that unless present disturbed conditions result ing from profiteering "in goods and wages" and strikes were settled soon the country would face a far worse situation from the high cost of living next year than at present. Farmers, they said, were prepar ing now for next year's crops and under present conditions they could not estimate what the probable mar ket woild be. Fear was expressed that there would.be decreased pro duction, both oil this account and on account of President Wilson's statement in his message vetoing the repeal of the daylight saving law, placing industrial production ahead of farm output ATTACKS CHILD AFTER TRYING TO ASSAULT WOMAN One-Armed Negro Forces Way Into Home Binds N - and Gags 1 2-Year--Old Girl. . After an assault attempt on a middle-aged woman, an unidentified, one-armed negro yesterday after noon criminally assaulted 12-year-old Anna Glassman, 1118 Davenport street, while the child was alone in the house. According to the child, the negro entered her home and asked her whether her mother was in the house.' Receiving a negative -answer, the negro left, but a few min utes later reappeared at the back door. Before the little girl could stop him he forced his way into the kitchen. , N Grabbing the child around the waist, he carried her into a bed room, where he tied her hands and feet and put a handkerchief in her mouth. Then he struck her on the. head, strapped her to the bed with a leather bek and criminally assaulted her. After assaulting her the negro fled. . . After several attempts the little girl finally succeeded in releasing herself. ' ' She ran to the office of the Peo ple's Ice company, where her father. Marcus Glassman, is em ployed, and told of the crime. According to, the little girl,, her attacker was a tall negro, wearing overalls, v One of the man's hands was cut off at the wrist, -she said. The attack occurred less than two blocks from central police station. About an hour prior to the at tack on the little girl, an unidentified man, answering exactly the same description as that given by Anna Glassman of the man who attacked her, attempted to assault Mrs F.milia Rushing. 50 years old, who lives iA the neighborhood of Tenth and Clark streets. According to Mrs. Rushing, while on her way home, a man, answer ing exactly the description of little Anna Glassman's attacker suddenly jumped out bf a weed pateh a block away from her home, and-started to struggle with her. She screamed and he ran away. The police are scouring the city for the negro. v- William Baker . Thompson, Prominent Republican, Dies Washington, Aug. 16 Col. Wm. Baker Thompson, for a number of years treasurer of the" republican national committee and former as sistant postmaster general, is dead at his summer home at Haven, Maine. Five Killed When Traction Car Strikes Automobile Lima, O., Aug. 15. Fine persons were instantly killed near here Fri day nivrht when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Western Ohio Traction car. The victims had been attending a Catholic pilgrimage at Carey, O. rn UYJ HOLDS OUT FOR PACT AS DRAWN President and Administration . Forces Center Their Efforts . Against Textual Amendments . to Treaty With Germany. SHANTUNG PROVISION ' OPPOSITION GROWING Say Changes in Text Would Send Covenant Back to Teu tons Without Military Power to Enforce Demands. Washington, Aug. 16. (By Tht Associated Press.) As a sequel, to the White House conference yis terdav between President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock, administra tion leader in the. senate treaty fight, it became apparent today that the administration forces would center their present effort on bring inghe treaty out of committee and defeating any textual amendments, leaving in the background any nego-. tiations relative to final ratification with reservations. ( Meantime republican senators de clared one result of the negotiations of the last few days and of Senator " Hitchcock's statements after he left the president, had been to stiffen re- sktance to any attempt at unre served ratification and to increase the determination of those who want the treaty amended outright. They asserted yesterday's poll ad -shown opposition to the Shantung provision growing stronger in the ; face of the explanatory statements from Tokio and from the While House- ; Trend of Fight Forecast The reported position of - th president that any 'textual ameniv ments would send the treaty back for negotiation with Germany with out any military force to compel as- ' ceptance of the American demands was taken as largely forecasting the trend of the amandment fight. It was understood that feature would be emphasized ' by Senator Hitch- ; cock in a speech c is exptcted to make next week in the senate. The ' ' fact that Senator Hitchcock did not quote the president as standing un compromisingly against reserva tions for the. same reason was point ed out as significant by some of the ' group of republicans, who, under the lead of Senator McNary, repub-." lican, Oregon, have agreed on a set i of reservations. They declared all the elements of the situation bore out their claim of Wednesday that they had information insuring dem- J ocratic assent to their program. .. Some Favorable Comment. Among tlTe group .there was some favorable comment during the day on the new set of reservations shown to republican senators by Re- publican Leader Lodge. In the same quarter it was pointed out that " should he definitely give his sua- kport to .a reservation , program- ac-1 ceptaoie to a large number of sena tors, the logical outcome might be -a draft of reservations by him'which would become the rallying point of " thd republican reservation forces. " It is known that Mr. Lodge has been studying a number of drafts including those drawn- by the Mc Nary group and those suggested bv y ' Elihu floor, William H. Taft and Charles E. Hughes. He is under- stood not toAave stood sponsor for the draft he .showed to the epub licafT enators, however, but to have merely submitted them for consid-' , eration,. .' , , -; . i . i May Agree -With" Lodge J - -.Republicans assert that the only. . possible outcome, if reservations are to be adopted in place of textual v amendments, will be agreement pn ' the draft drawn" by Mr. Lodge or, some other senafor 'which must ' be acccepted by , the' democrats. The v only open question, they declareis y, ' how drastic the reservations .: are '.-t to be. . . . ' , ,;. The democratic leaders, howeVer, f' maintained the're -had beeru vno'' ,' change in their ttand for unreserved ratification and in some quarters the outcome of the conference 'between the president and Senator Hitchcock was interpreted to. mean that. Mr. Wilson would .'ight unpomproniig-" ingly against both amendments and -reservations. It , wis inferred by some senators in that connection mat the president had refused to countenance the negotiations look- '. ing to reservations which have been conducted by -some ..democrats. -1 i The McXary group 6f republicans did not accept that view of , 'the situation however,' pointing out that Senator Hitchcock had. said after . the conference that the administra tion would cross the' reservation bridge when .it came to it. f Considerable Interest ". Considerable interest was aroused " by a statement of Mr. Hitchcock's, that the president had laugliirtgl suggested Senators Lodge and Kna ' to negotiate any future treaty with -Germany, should the present one , ' 1 fail through beingv amended Re (Continued oa rase Vl, Columa Twv) rr