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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..
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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,-
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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