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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUG VST 20 1919. 8 MAYOR SMITH TO CONTINUE PROBE ON LIVING COST Chief City Executive Says His "Investigation" Will Show Good Evidence for County Attorney. Uayor Smith yesterday announced that his high cost of living probe, which was started in the city coun cil chamber a week ago Monday, will be resumed at 9:30 a. in., today. The mayor's probe lasted a few hours and then an indefinite ad journment was taken. In the mean 'ime profiteers in Omaha have con tinued without restraint, the effect of the activities of federal, county "and city officials thus far in Oma ha amounting to practically nil. In some instances prices have been ad vanced, in spite of public sentiment and the mayor's "probe." Ready to Give Names. Speaking in connection with the resumption of his investigation, the mayor said: "I have received from members of the police department reports of goods on hand in cold storage and other warehouses as of date of July 15. 1 am not ready to give the names of the owners of these goods, but I will furnislv-that information to the county attorney and the federal authorities "I am trying to lay a foundation for the county attorney and the fed eral authorities to act upon, and I think we will have some pretty good evidence for them.'" Reports Are Furnished. The mayor explained that the re ports submitted to him by the po lice investigators were furnished by the owners of col storage places md the warehouses. These reports, lie said, cover eggs, butter, poultry, meats and other produce. Kauroad men win ne summoned to appear this " morning to testify concerning times of arrival and final disposition of cars of fruits and vegetables received in Omaha this cummer. The evidence offered before the city council on the first day of the investigation last week indicated that cars of fruits and vegetables were allowed to remain on tracks here and were allowed to spoil without proper attention. Says Allowed to Spoil. In some instances icing was not applied and in other cases cars were allowed to remain in the sun. The mayor states that he will en leavor to place the blame for allow ing cars of food stuffs to spoil on 'he tracks in Omaha. G. W. Wattles, food adminis trator for Nebraska, is expected 'iere from California next week to take personal charge of the work of establishing fair-price commit tees in the, various counties. Let ters have been sent to all county food administrators from Mr. Wat lies' Omaha office. Plan State Probe. State food investigations are to be held in Omaha and Lincoln first, according to information re ceived yesterday from the state house. They will be started within a few days and will be public. Lee Stuhr, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, stated that prices of all commodities will be investigated and that profits from producer to consumer will be ob tained as evidence. layor Smith stated that 4,000 pounds of soap ordered from the government will sell for 10 cent per pound-bar, and he expects that the sale will start this morningin the Auditorium. !!usband Searches for His Missing Wife In Omaha Mrs. Myrtle Perry, 21 years old, declared to have deserted her hus band and 2-year-old baby at Platts mouth, Neb., is being sought by Omaha police. Her husband, Henry Perry, told Captain of Police Haze , Monday 1 1 is wife had been corresponding with an Omaha man. He did not know the man's name. Detectives ,'ound the woman's name on the reg ister of the Oxford hotel. She left there without taking her personal effects from the room. Text of President's Address to Senators Rain in South Platte Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 19. (Special Telegram.) Heavy showers fell in this section of the state this after noon. Farmers say that it will help corn which has not been too badly damaged by the drouth. By The Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 19. President Wilson began his conference with the senate foreign relations commit tee at the White House today with an opening statement on the peace treaty and the league of nations. He said: "Mr. Chairman: I am sincerely glad that the committee should have responded in this way to my intima tion that I would like to be of service to it. I welcome the opportunity for a frank and full interchange of views. I hope, too, that this con ference wifl serve to expedite your consideration of the treaty of peace. I beg that you will pardon and in dulge me if I again urge that prac tically the whole task of bringing the country back to normal condi tions of life and industry waits upon decision of the senate with regard to the terms of the peace. I venture thus again to urge my advice that the action of the senate with regard to the treaty be taken at the earliest practicable moment because the problems with which we are face to face in the readjust ment of our national life are of the most pressing and critical character, will require for their proper solu tion the most intimate and disinter ested co-operation of all parties and all interests, and cannot be post poned without manifest peril to our people and to all the national ad vantages we hold most dear. May I mention a few of the matters wfflch cannot be handlfd with in telligence until the country knows the character of peace it is to have? I do so only by a very few samples. Mentions Concrete Examples. The copper mines of Montana and Alaska, for example, are being kept open and in operation only at a great cost and loss, in part upon borrowed money; the zinc mines or Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin are being operated at about one- half their capacity; the lead of Idaho, Illinois and Missouri reaches only a portion of its former market; there is an immediate need for cot ton belting, and also for lubricating oil which cannot be met all be cause the channels of trade are barred by war when there is no war. The same is true of raw cotton, of which the central empires alone for merly purchased nearly 4,000,000 bales. And these are only examples. There is hardly a single raw ma terial, a single important foodstuff, or a siiTfele class of manufactured gooaf- which is not in the same case. Our full, normal profitable produc tion waits on peace. Military Plans Await Peace. Our military plans, of course, wait upon it. We cannot intelligently or wisely decide how large a naval or military force we shall maintain or what our policy with regard to mili tary training is to be until we have peace not only, but also until we know how peaCe is to be sustained, whether by the arms of single na tions or by the concert of all the great peoples. And there is more than that diffi culty involved. The vast surplus properties of the army, include not tod ai'd nothing merely, whose sale will affect normal production, but great manufacturing establishments which should be restored to their former uses, great stores of ma chine tools, and all sorts of mer chandise which must lie idle until peace and military, policy are defi nitely determined. , Buy the same token there can be no properly stud ied national budget until then. World Trade Awaits Action. The nations that ratify the treaty, such as Great Britain, Belgium and France, will be in a position tojay their plans for controlling the mar kets of central Europe without com petition from us, if we do not pres ently act. We have no consular agents, no trade representatives there to look after our interests. There are large areas of Europe whose future will lie uncertain and questionable until their people know the final settlements of peace and the forces which are to administer and sustain it. Without determinate markets our production cannot pro ceed with intelligence or confidence. There can be no stabilization of wages because there can be no set tled conditions of employment. There can be no easy nor normal industrial credits, because thete can be no confident or permanent re vival of business. But I will not weary yoii with ob vious examples. I will only venture to repeat that every element of nor mal life amongst us depends upon and awaits the ratification of the treaty of peace; and also that we cannot afford to lose a single sum mer's day by not doing all that we can to mitigate the winter's suffer ing, which, unless we find means to prevent it, may prove disastrous to a large portion of the world, and may, at its worst, bring upon Europe conditions even more terrible than those wrought by the war itself. Nothing, I am led to believe, Hot Tea and Frozen Cream Very Constipating THERE is little inclination (or solid food on a hot day. Cold drinks and ices, salads and pastry form much of the diet, especi ally among women. This lack of wholesome variety, however, interferes with proper digestion. The Rauh biliousaesa, liitleamess, dizzy tpellt The came a constipation. Tbe atomach could not Sgat nor the bowel p off the day's ttrange mixture oi food and drink. A simple way of orercoming the trouble n thk: If yon hare not already cot Dr. Caldwell Syrup Peptm in the bouse, go to drug note and buy a 50c oi $1 bottle. Take a teaspoonful tonight before you go to bed. it will act in the morning, arxi immediately thereafter your head will he clear and that feeling of oppression will be gone. Syrup Pepsin it a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin. It acts on the stomach-muscles training them to do their work naturally so that medtartei can be dispensed with. It is the most widely used laxative compound in the world. That means merit a A free sample bottle can be had by ending your address to Dr. W. B. Cald well. 480 Washington St, Mootkello.111. S- DP CALDWELL'S "T" a , yr up Pepsin stands in the wav of the ratification of the treaty except certain doubts with regard to the meaning and im putation oi certain . articles ot -tne covenant of the league of nations; and I must frankly say that I am unable to understand why such doubts should be entertained. You will recall that when I had the pleas ure of a conference with your com mittee and with the committee of the house of representatives on for eign affairs at the White House in March last the questions now most frequently asked about the league of nations were all canvassed, with a view to their immediate clarification. The covenant of the league was then in its draft subject to revision. It was pointed out that no express recognition was given to the Monroe doctrine, that it was not specifically decided that the league should have no authority to act or to express a judgment on matters of domestic policy, that the right to withdraw from the league was not expressly recognized, and that the constitu tional right of the congress to de termine ali questions of peace and war was not sufficiently safeguarded. On my return to Paris all tfiese mat ters were taken up again by the commission on the league of nations and every suggestion of the United Sta'.es was accepted. The view of the . United States with regard to the questions I have mentioned had, in fact, already been accepted by the commission and there was supposed to be nothing inconsistent with them in the draft of the covenant first adoptee, the draft which was the suhject of our discussion in March but no objec tion was made to saying explicitly m the text what all had supposed to be implicit in it. 'there was absolutely no doubt as to tht meaning of any one of the resulting provisions of the covenant in the minds of those who participated :n drafting them, and I respectfully submit that there is nothing vague or doubtful in their wording. Monroe Doctrine Protected. The Monroe doctrine is expressly mentioned as an understanding which is in no way to be impaired or interfered with by any thine: con tained in the covenant and the ex pression "regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine" was used, not because any one of the con ferees thought' there was any com parable agreement anywhere else in existence or in contemplation, but only because it was thought best to avoid the appearance of dealirlg in such a document with the policy of a single nation. Absolutely nothing is concealed in the phrase. With regard to domestic ques tions, Article XVI of the covenant expressly provides that, if in case of any dispute arising between mem bers of the league the matter in volved is claimed by one of the par ties "and is found by the council to arise out of a matter which by in ternational law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the council shall so report, and shall make no recommendations as to its settlement." The United States was by no means the only government inter ested in the explicit adoptron of this provision and there is no doubt in the mind of any -authoritative stu dent of international law that, such matters as immigration, tariffs, and naturalization are incontestably do mestic' questions with which no in ternational body could deal without express authority to do so. No enumeration of domestic questions was undertaken because to under take it, even by sample, would have involved the danger of seeming to exclude those not mentioned. States Can Withdraw. The right of any sovereign state to withdraw had been taken for granted, but no objection was made to .making it explicit. Indeed, so soon as the views expressed at the j White House conference were laid I before the pomniission it was at once conceded that it was best not i to leave the answer to so important a question to inference. No pro posal was made to set up any tri- j bunal to pass judgment upon the i question -whether a withdrawing na- tion had in fact fulfilled "all its in- j ternational obligations and all its i obligations under the covenant." It was recognized that that ques-J tion must be left to be resolved by the conscience of the nation pro- 1 posing to withdraw, and I must say that it did not seem to me worth while to propose that the article be made more explicit because 1 knew thatthe United States would never itself propose to withdraw from the league if its conscience was not entirely clear as to the fulfillment of all its international obligations. It has never failed to fulfill them and never will. i Article X is in no respect of doubtful meaning when read in the ; light of the covenant as a whole. ' The council of the league can only auiisc ujuu me means oy wnicn the obligations of that great article arc iu uc given eneci 10. Unless . the United States is a party to the j policy or action in question, its own affirmative vote in the council i is necessary before any advice can , be given, for a unanimous vote of I the council is required. If it is a party, the trouble is its anyhow, j And the unanimous vote of the ' council is only advice in any case. I Each government is free to re-1 ject it if it pleases. Nothing could j have been made more clear tn conference than the right of our congress under our constitution to exercise its independent judgment in all matters of peace and war. No attempt was made to question or limit that right. The United States will, indeed, undertake under arti cle X to "respect and preserve as against external aggression the ter ritorial intergity and existing po litical inucpcnaence or all mem-' bers of the league," and that en-1 gagement constitutes a very grave ! and solemn moral obligation. But I it is a moral, not' a legal obligation, 1 and leaves our congress absolutely free to put its own interpretation upon it in all cases that call for action. It is binding in conscience only, not in law. Article X. seems to me to consti tute the very backbone of the whole ' cdVenant Without it the 1mct., 1 J l. - I ii .. o - . wuuiu uc iiaiuiy more tnan an in fluential debating society. It has several times been suggest ed, in public debate and in private conference, that interpretations of the sense in which the United States accepts the engagements of the cov enant should be embodied in the in strument of ratification. There can be no reasonable objection to such interpretations accompanying the act of ratification, provided they 'do . . ,L - C I H uui juiiu a jjai i vi me luiiudi rail fication itself. Most of the interpretations which have been suggested to me embody what seems to me the plain meaning of the instrument itself. But if uch interpretations should constitute ; part of the formal resolution of rat ification, long delays would be the inevitable consequence, inasmuch as all the many governments con cerned would have to accept, in ef feet, the language of the senate as the language of the treaty before ratification would be complete. The assent of the German assem bly at Weimar would have to be ob tained among tne rest, .and 1 must frankly say that I could only with the greatest reluctance approach that assembly for permission to read the treaty as we understand it and as those who framed it quite cer tainly understood it If the United States were to qualify the document in anv way, moreover, I am confi dent from what I know of the many conferences and debates which ac companied the formulation of the treaty that our example would im mediately be followed in many quar ters, in some instances with very serious reservations, and that the meaning and operative force of the treaty would presently be clouded from one end of its clauses to the other. Pardon me, Mr. Chairman, if I have been entirely unreserved and plain-spoken in speaking of the great matters we all have so much at heart. If excuse is needed? I trust that the critical situation of affairs may serve as my justifica tion. The issues that manifestly hang upon the conclusions of the senate with regard to peace and upon the time of its action are so grave and so clearly insusceptible of being thrust on one side or post poned that I have felt it necessary in the public interest to make this urgent plea, and to make it as sim ply and as unreservedly as possible. Funeral of Victims of Auto Crash at Beatrice Thursday Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) The funeral of the four chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Eeh; who lost their lives in the accident here Sunday afternoon when a Bur lington train struck their auto in which the family were riding, will be 'held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Scheve church, west of the city, conducted by Rev Mr. Schaffer. Sheritr Schiek has empanelled a jury and will hold an inquest at a later date. Mr. and Mrs. Esch and three children, who are in a local hospital, are recover ing and it is thought they wUl be able to testify at the inquiry within the next week. James McGuire of Wymore and Miss Myrtle Harpster of Blue Springs were married here this morning at 10:30 by Rev. W. A. Mulligan. They will continue their residence in Wymore where the groom is engaged in the real estate business. Edwin Earl Chapman of Wymore and Miss Hazel Wise of Hollen burg, Kan., were married here Sat urday night by County Judge O'Keefe. Hiram Kellogg and Mrs. Ella M. Brown, both of Lincoln, were mar ried Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Pugsley, Rev. J. Franklin Haas officiating. Funeral services for the late Matt Gray, who died Saturday night at his home at Homesville, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church at Holmesvilie, conducted by Rev. Edgar Rothrock. I Burial was in Blue Springs ceme- ' tery. ! W. M. Hawkins arrived home yesterday from overseas. He went i to trance last summer with Com pany C of this city. He was dis charged at Camp Dodge. Ia. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Haw kins, old residents of Beatrice. LUTHERANS ASK FOR BILINGUAL SCHOOL RIGHT Report on Year's Activities Submitted to Convention by Peaceful Develop ment Committee. Seward, Neb., Aug. 19. More del egates and visitors arrived Monday for the state convention of the Lutheran Missouri synod. In the matter of partition of the annual convention into a norfh and south Nebraska section it was decid ed to overcome the lodging problem of so large a body by extending the plan followed here this year. The present lodging committee was in structed to confer with the larger congregations in Nebraska and to arrange for a continuance of the present system. The "religous education sermon"- was held Tuesday night in Rev. C. H. Becker's church under charge of Rev. J. P. Miller. A committee of seven, which might be called "peaceful develop ment committee, submitted a re quested report on its last year's ac tivities. It said in part: 'The Lutheran church in this country is the third largest Protes tant religious denomination. Our synod alone has over 650,000 com municant members. Still our re ligious teachings and aims and the history of our church and synod are not sufficiently known bv many of out fellow citizens and legislators. Partly it is our fault. "The result was that with the best intentions attempts have been made to interfere with the regular re ligious work of our bilingual churches and schools. Who would think Qf prohibiting parents from having their children instructed in piano lessons below the eighth grade? Haven't parents the same right to choose the language, in which, besides the English, their children shall learn the soul saving truths? Language is not the gospel, but it is the vessel, the means, the channel, by which the water of life is brought into thesjieart. 'As we ove the gospel let us foster lan guages. In accordance witn tnis motto our synod had professorships in English as well as other modern and ancient languages in its semin ary and college at at. Louis, already ong before the civil war. bo, while we acknowledge tne sincerity ana good intentions of friends, we must be free to, decide which are the best wavs and means to save souls under given circumstances." Rev. v. Pfotenhauer, president of the joint synod, left today to attend the convention of the Iowa district. Several Are Fined for Illegally Holding Liquor Lincoln, Aug. 19. (Special.) PaulAvermaVi of Hartington has been found guilty of illegal posses sion of liquor and fined $248 and hiJi Davis car confiscated. Tom Cavanaugh paid $200 and costs, Paul and E. Schuman $100 each and costs for selling liquor at a picnic near Dixon. At Dakota City the sheriff is hold ing two automobiles of considerable value with numbers obliterated for I identification, and at Seward a big Studebaker is to be sold in a few davs to the highest bidder. The above are reported by Colonel Hyers of the law enforcement de partment. Warning Sent Out Against Bogus Stock Salesmen Lincoln, Aug. 19. (Special.) I he bureau of securities connected with the department of trade and commerce has sent a warning to the public against unscrupulous stock salesmen using letters purporting to have been issued by members of the department. mum . L You 6mack your lips over it, because you like its taste, its quality, its genuine gratifies tion. It satisfies thirst. Nobody has ever been able to suc cessfully imitate it, because its quality is indelibly registered ia the taste of the American public. Demand the genuine by full nam icknamea encourage ubtiitution. The Coca-Cola Co. ATLANTA, GA. " Several Apply- to Sell Their Stock in the State Lincoln, Aug. 19. (Special.) The following companies have made application to the bureau of securi ties for authority to sell stock in this state: Omaha Electric Egg Tester Co., Omaha, $75,000, common; Park Tractor Co.. Chicago, 111., $150,000, common; Oakdale Amusement Co., Oakdale. Neb., $3,880 common; Mid west Milk, Producers Co.-Qperative Co., Omaha, $50,000, common; Uni versal Manufacturing Co!, Lincoln, $25,000, common, $25,000, preferred; Cushman Motor Works, Lincoln, $350,000, preferred; City Lumber & Coal Co., Nebraska City, Neb., $50, 000, common. The following permits were is sued August 18: Farmers Union Co-Operative Assn., Genoa, Neb., $16,600, common; Norfolk Livestock Sales Co., Norfolk, Neb., $50,000, common. Justice's Slayer Rapidly Recovering In Hospital Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 19. (Special Telegram.) O. W. Langley, who shot to death a justice of the peace and wounded seven others at Cort land last night and later was him self shot by deputies who sought to arrest him on a charge of unlaw fully making liquor, is recovering rapidly at a hospital here today. The authorities announced this afternoon that they would file a complaint charging first degree murder against Langley before to night and his trial will be expedited. There was no demonstration here today, although reports of lynch ing threats filtered through from adjoining villages. Starlings, which are very quar relsome over food, will Bleep to gether at nights packed like peas in a pod. ANTLES READY TO TAKE UP HIS WORK FOR STATE Secretary of Public Welfare Under Civil Code Law Arrives in Lincoln from France. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 19. Lieut. H. H. Antles, who has been appointed secretary of public affairs under the civil code law, arrived in Lincoln Tuesday morning direct from France, where he has been in the government service in connection with sanitary and poiice regulation of the army camps. Lieutenant Antles left France about three weeks ago on the trans port Northern Pacific. He was de layed three weeks in starting, wait ing for the big boat Leviathan to arrive, which had been chartered to take home the officers 'who had been ready for discharge. 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