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BRIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS BEE WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE' JOB YOU SEEKOR TO THEMAN FOR THE JOB. TTV THE PAYS $37.50 FOR BROKEN SETS OF TEETH. Berlin. Sept 1. (By Universal Service.) Characteristic of the times is the following "ad" in a Munich fiewspapefr: "Warning: Don't throw away old or broken sets of teeth. They sell at unheard of prices. I pay as high as ISO marks ($37.50) per set and 3 marks ($0.75) per tooth." PAN-GERMANS ASK RETURN OF MONARCHY. Amsterdam, Sept. 1. The lead ers of the Pan-German league, at a gathering in Berlin Thursday, ex pressed their desire for a return of the monarchy, according to a dis patch from the German capital. M. Bozin, a lawyer from Vienna, declared- in his speech that the Hapsburgs had disappeared forever. He asserted that the Austrians desired rule by a Hohenzollern and said that when a revolution came they would support a true Prussian. Crtn4 mmM-Him mttw May n. IMS. M Omka P. o. Hr art ! lint J. Omaha; : 4- D AILY Bee SLAYER TRAPPED BY SONGS OF HIS DEEDS. Paris, Sept 1. A series of revolt ing crimes was recently committed in the French Nord department, of which the police were unable to trace the perpetrator Shortly aft erward a Kaffir deserter from the British army, imprisoned at Haze- , brouck, asked or a banjo to while away the tedium of his captivity. The prisoner had his banjo, but he also bad a guard with a taste for music, and with some knowledge of the Kaffir dialect. The guard listened at the door to the rhythmic dirge which came from within the celL What he heard made him shud der. The deserter was confiding to his itstrumenti in passionate strains the story of the crimes love" and v' jealousy and murder for the author of which the police were searching. VOL. 49 NO. 65. OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1919. Mill (I MT). Dttly. M.H: . 12 Ml Oilly Sun., H.U: (utild Nik. twltt txtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: - Unsettled weather with thowen Wednesday, and in west portion Tuesday; cooler Tuesday. Hourly tmprra;nrtwi . m 87j 1 . ni )H S . m, ....... .((Hi . n 1 n. m ....! S p. m 7 a. m Mi 4 . iii.........7 a. ni (11 ; S t. ni ..19 10 a. m Mi p. m.. '.R 11 a. in , 7 p. in ....IS 13 noon 33 ' M WEIGHT OF BULLET TO FIX CRIME County Investigator Dempsey Says Man Guilty of Murder ing Negro Bellboy Can Be Easily Determined. POLICEMAN'S GUN HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SAFE Whipped Bully and Stole, Apples Like "Regular Guy" Did Pershing When a Boy Members of Rustic Little Village of Laclede, Mo., Remember and Recall in Conversation Boyhood of .Great American General as They Plan Home coming Celebration for Him That Will Include Fried Chicken Dimier 'n Everything, LOOK FOR MAN HUMMING "ALCOHOLIC BLUES." Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 1. If Charles . E. Johnson, wanted by Berkeley police on charge of passing a fic titious check on charg.es preferred by a local druggist, continues to hum "Those Alchoholic Blues" he ' may be picked up by some enter prising police officer with an ear for music. According to Miss Myrtle Allen, who unwittingly aided Johnson in passing the check, his most dis tinguishing characteristic was a per sistent humming of the syncopated melody. ' REFUSES TO NAME MEN WHO KILLED HIM. Chicago, Sept. 1. Peter Gentle man, described by the police as a " gunman and identified bj police -ecords as a Chicago gangster, was - shot to death by an unidentified man on the South S5de. He was foinld in an ally suffering from four bullet wounds and removed to a lospital where he died several hours later. When questioned at the hospital iiis only reply was: "Get away and Isave me alone. I'll get the fellows 'tliat shot me." ' "NOT GOOD LOOKING, BUT HEART LIKE AN OX." London, Sept. L The cries of "there are more women than men in England," and "what will we do i with our surplus women?" seemed to have been solved by the flood of oilers of marriage that have poured - into England from Canada. Women are needed out there, according to the plaints of the bachelors. Ex- oiUcts from some of the letters re ceived are as follows: "If you have some one from 35 to . 12; I am 42. I am not very good looking mvself, but I have a heart like an ox. "I am a widower, 38 years old; -do not drink, smoky', chew or swear." "The way to a man's heart is through his stomacjj,'vwrites one philosophic man. "I havejieen 35 years ill America and have never tasted a Yorkshire pudding. They never heard of them here. I want a woman who can give me Eng lish cooking RECLAIMS THROWN BRICK; -THEN REAL FIGHT ON. Philadelphia, -Pa., Sept. 1. It was bad enough, her beating up my youngsters while I was away work- . t T . i l nig, DWl wnen sue inrcw; a urn.iv through my window, and then had the nerve to boost her daughter through the window to get the hrick, so she could throw it again. . I think she went too far." Thus Mrs Elizabeth Kelley, Bryn Mawr, explained her case against Mrs. Charles Matt, whose-home adjoins her own, when she appeared before Magistrate Lewis at Bryn Mawr pressing a charge of assault and battery and malicious mischief against the other woman. AMERICAN COUNTESS RETURNING HOME. New York, Sept. 1. Countess Laszio Szechenyi, who was Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, started from ' Europe for New York Monday, and upon her arrival will go to New port to pasS some time with her mother, Mrs. Vanderbilt, at The " Breakers. . For several months the countess has been living in Switzerland. This will be her first visit to her native land since the war began. LOVE AND STORE IN EXCHANGE FOR MURDER Paris, Sept. 1. The wife of a -hairdresser at Rochefoucauld has " been arrested for trying to get rid of her husband with rat poison. The hairdresser's apprentice, 16,- has been arrested as an accomplice. The husband became ill after having ' - drunk some coffee. He then no ticed that $180 had vanished from his till, and informed the police, who searched the apprentice's room, - where they found rat poison. The . young fellow owned up that he had bought the poison at -the instiga tion of his employer's wife, who loved him and promised to give him the shoo when hc husband was dead. Western Union Records Show Dead Youth Was Performing Duties at Time Police Say He Was Selling Liquor. The weight of the bullet extracted yesterday from the body of Eugene Scott, 22-year-old negro bellboy at the Plaza hotel, who was shot and killed at 1:10 o'clock Monday morn ing in the course of a raid on that hostelry, will tell whether Police Of ficer George Brigharn or Special De tective Edgar Holman of the Union Pacific fired the shot that brought death to Scott, according to Michael F. Dempsey, investigator for the county attorney. "Both officers carried .38 caliber revolvers," explained Dempsey. "Brigharn used a .3 special, while Holman used an ordinary .38. The weight of Brigham's bullet is more than that of Holman's. The scale will tell at the coroner's inquest who fired the fatal shot." Witness Blames Police Scott was shot to death by one of the detectives on the morals squad, in the opinion of William T-ousis, a guest at the St. James hotel, who witnessed the shooting from his win dow at the mouth of the Thirteenth street alley between Harney and Howard streets. Tousis declares he heard several shots fired in the alley between Fourteeenth and Thirteenth streets. He ran to his window and was look ing at Scott when he was shot. Scott ran about 12 feet after he was shot and fell on the north side of the al ley, on the east side of Thirteenth street. , s C tint T 1 "I am positive the fatal shot was fired by one of the detectives follow ing the man down the alley," assert ed Tousis. "I could tell by the di rection from which the report of the revolver came. The shot was fired from the alley on the west side of Thirteenth street. The negro was at 'the mouth of the alley on the east side of the street when he was killed. Edgar Holman, private de tective for the Union Pacific rail road, was near the alley on the west side of Thirteenth street. "I am sure the shot which killed Scott was fired from the alley and nof from the sidewalk where Hol man was standing," said Tousis. Holman was released on a $1,500 bot:d last night. No charge has been placed against him. He was held for investigation. Attorney Eugene O'Sullivan has been retained to de fend Holman. EithervBrigham or Holman. "Scott was shot by either Brig ham or Holman," declared J. A. Shanahan, who was another witness to the SMOOting. "I heard Detective Armstrong call out. Kill the -t The revolver which Armstrong said he had when he entered the al- lev was examined by Captain Hert feld an hour and a half after the shooting. The hammer of the weapon was coated with rust. Cap tain Heitfeld advanced the opinion if the revolver had been discharged recently the end of the hammer would have been bright. Police Revolver Gone. Both Holman's and Brigham's re volvers were locked up in a safe at the police station following the shooting. The police captain yes terday was asked to show Brigham's weapon. 'When the safe was opened the policeman's revolver was miss ing. No one at the station could explain why or by whom Brigham's revolver was removed. Mr. Dempsey was looking up wit nesses yesterday and last night. The inquest will be held tomorrow morn ing, it was said, provided the wit nesses could be reached in time. Paul Sutton's explanation of the affair was that he gave chase to (Continued on Face Two, Cotnmn One.) Laclede," Mo., Sept. 1. (By Uni versal Service.) This rustic little village buzzes with excitement, every citizen from the mayor to the stable boy making plans for the homecoming of General Pershing who is remembered bv the town cronies and his former schoolmates oniy as jonnny. it will be a home-cooked fried-chicken sort of affair when General Pershing arrives. All the expert cooks in town are taking down their culi nary weapons to prepare a feast that "Johnny" will remember. The popular indoor sport of La clede, that of visiting with one another in recalling stories of "Lit tle John" is much practiced by the village cronies. "I remember when " These words are enough to attract a crowd, especially if they come from the mouth of one of the oracles. Clay C. Biggers pushed his hat back on his head, exposing a white forelock; leaned back in his chair, put his feet on the stack of dust covered law books on his desk and helped himself to a generous mouth ful of "twist." Pershing's Mother Beautiful. "What do I know about General Pershing?" he said, slowly repeat ing the question. "I first remem ber him as a small boy slender, tow-haired and exceedingly fair. His mother was a beautiful woman. She had great force of character. As the general grows older the resem blance to his mother grows. Now about Johnny. "He was just a typical Missouri bov: there wasn't a single thing in his early career to distinguish him from his" fellows and no one pre dicted greatness for him. There are 10,000 boys just like himgrow - tng up in this country. "Johnny was just a tair bail player and an average wrestler. He was quiet, never quarrelsome. He was essentially a student and remarkably industrious. ' "Until he was a right smart of a boy he went barefoot, wore home spun jeans the cut and seved breeches rolled up "at the knees. We played across the street then, in. what we called the square. There were no trees there then. Theyhave been set out since and the place is cauea tne city park. Never a Bad Boy jonnny was never what you could can a baa boy. "The only real fight he eveV had that I remember was with Milt Stewart. I don't know what be came of him. Milt was the older and heavier, and at school was run ning over Johnny. One day Milt did something to him; I don't re member what it was. I was near Johnny, and when I saw his face it scared me. He turned right Dale Then he flew into Milt and licked the tar out of him. "Apple orchards were -uncommon in those days, but old man Mar grave had a fine one, and a time or two Johnny went, with the rest of us to steal apples. Somehow, he wasn't greatly interested in those things. He just went alone. "I can't remember a time when he ever played soldier or led a crowd of boys in anything. He always seemed a little shv. "He was a good square dancer and could knock the backstep. Hwas a pretty good speller and used to go to the spelling bees, but he was always spelled down. Taught Negro School. nner jonnny s experience in teaching the negro' school there came a vacancy out at Prairie Mount, southeast of here about five (Contlnned en Two, Column Jive) people to Decide on t C 0 V E NAN Writer Says Speech-Making Tour of Country That Wilson Begins Wednesday Will De termine Faje of Peace Pact PRESIDENT HOPES FOR RATIFICATION IN T0T0 Shell Loading Plant Cost Government $14,000,000; Contract Was $1,500,000 Manager and Other Employes Had Salaries Increased, While Witness at Probe Declares All the Treasurer Did for His $6,000 a Year Was to Endorse and Sign Checks; Still Need $185,000 to Purchase More Land, Mostly Swamp. DECLARES Washington, Sept. 1. The house subcommittee in investigating ord nance expenditures made public tes of the salaries paid by the loading company and the Ley company, with anvances in pay made after a few WILSON REFUSES TO GIVE SENATORS PACT ABSTRACTS Says Compliance With Request Would Establish Unde sirable Precedent. Postmaster of Ogden and Inspector Killed J Ogden, Utah, Septal. W. W. Browning, postmaster of this city, and George Daniets, of Denver, a postoffice inspector, were killed late Monday afternoon when the auto mobile in which they were return ing from Logan to Ogden went over an embankment. German-French Commercial Relations to Be Resumed Paris.Jsept. 1. A decree announc ing the resumption of commercial relations with Oermany will be pub lished Tuesday, according to thef newspapers. , Washington, Sept. 1. The request of the foreign relations committee for latest drafts of the proposed treaties with Germany's allies has been refused by President Wilson on the ground that compliance would set a precedent, encouraging senatorial encroachment on the presidential power of treaty nego tiation. In an exchange of letters, made public, Mr. Wilson wrote that it was "out of the question" to accede to the committee's suggestion, and Chairman Lodge replied that al though the treaties were closely con nected with the treaty with Ger many, the president undoubtedly had authority to keep information about them from the senate if he chose. ' The correspondence apparently brought another impasse between the oresident and the committee on the much-debated subject of what information the senators should have in their consideration of the treaty with Germany. Mr. Lodge and others have declared the com mittee could not act intelligently until all of the Versailles treaties were before it, but at the White House conference Mr. Wilson told the committee that the form to be taken by the four treaties under negotiation depended largely on the senate's action regarding the in strument now before.it. '' ACTORS USURP MANAGERS RULE; PRODUCE PLAYS Equity Celebrates- Labor Day by Opening Three Productions. Dempsey to Fight French Champion for $175,000 Purse Decatur, 111., Sept. 1. Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, announced Monday night that he would accept an offer just received from the manager of George S. Car pentier, French champion, for a match in England between Demn- sey and Carpentier for a purse of $175,000. ihe otter was received earlv Mon day morning by cable just as the theatrical company of which-smp- sey is a memoer was leaving for Decatur, from Detroit. Pershing to Review 6. A. R. , Veterans at Encampment Gen. John J. Pershing will review the parades at the national encamp ment of the G. A. R. at Columbus, O., Commander C. E. Adams an nounced yesterday. Commander Adams says he received an acceot- ance of his invitation to General Jt'ershing two months ago and that the leader of the American forces timed his departure to allow him to rcaoh this country in time for the encampment this month. New York, Sept. 1. New York theatrical producers, who for years have made labor day the occasion for the opening of numerous new productions, were forced to sit back Monday and see all the "opening" done by the Actors' ' Equity asso ciation which, with the aid of the stage hands, electricians and musi cians' unions, has closed nearly all the Broadway houses. The Equity celebrated Labor day by opening three new productions, bringing the number of "co-ooera- tive shows up to four. An "Equity Review" was opened at the Second Avenue theater, de signed, it was announced, to replace the late lamented "Follies or Gaie ties." Several stars of first magni tude appeared in this production, while 50 of the choicest of all the striking choristers cavorted in the chorus. . The vaudeville bill which has been running at tne Lexington opera house was shifted to the Brooklyn Academy of Music and a new bill staged at the Lexington. Jt "variety" bill was opened at the Thomashesky tneate on tne east side. The Equity also announced that it had leased the Lenox theater and would open another performance there next Monday. While the question was still un settled tonight as to whether the managers contemplatingeCognizing the Equity, a rumor was circulating about Jiquity headquarters that the organization might at an early date refuse to "recognize the managers." J his it was expiame.d meant that the Equity was preparing ft go into the production business on .a large scale. Boston Theaters Close. -Boston, Sept. f. All six, theaters in this city at Which traveling com panies have been presenting at tractions, were closed, Monday by a strike of actors, stagehands and musicians. The managers of these theaters -and one other which has not vet opened its f gular season, in a joint statemenr tonight said that "the threaters of "Boston play ing legitimate attractions will be closed indefinitely."' . Chicago Shopmen Vote Against Four-Cent, Raise Chicago, Sept.!. Railroad shop men of the Chicago district votd against acceptance of the 4-cent an hour increase in -wages announced last week by President Wilson "and Director General Hines, according to announcement tonight of J. B. Saunders, district secretary. Mr. Saunders said that the result of the vote showed that 96 per cent of the men had voted against acceptance. The results have been forwarded to the national offices at Washington, he7 announced. , Irish Orators and Republican Senators Expected to Heed Call of Citizens Who Wish to Hear Other Side of Question. timony taken in its hearings, show-1 months of service. The manager By JUSTIN M'GRATH. Editorial Correspondent Universal Service. Washington, Sept. 1. It is gen erally agreed the speech-making tour of the country, which President Wilson will begin on Wednesday will settle the fate of the treaty one way or the other. If the president re ceives ovations which would leave no doubt that the public sentiment of the country is with him, the treaty will be ratified with mild reservations or interpretations. On the Other hand, if the receptions ac corded to the president shall be of a character which will indicate the people of the country are even in an uncertain frame of mind with re spect to the wisdom of ratification, the treaty will be doomed. Ih order to effect Deace there mav be ratification, but the treaty will be so emasculated by amendments, if the republican majority shall be encouraged by public sentiment to make drastic amendments, that it will be innocuous. President Wilson and his whole administration are proceeding upon the idea that ratification of the treaty without any reservations of nn essential -character can be im plicitly relied upon. There is no Other explanation of the administra tion's persistence in maintaining military burdens, which long ago should have been dispensed with unless the United States is., to be definitely committed to policing Eu rope whenever called upon bv the league of nations. Asks for(Army of 500,000. For instance, Secretary of War Baker has asked congress for -an army of 500,000 men upon the the ory that an establishment of that size will be necessary to enable the United States properly to discharge the obligations it must meet if the league of nations shall become a fact. Those who are opposing the ratifi cation of the treaty think the people of the United States should under stand clearly what entrance into the league of nations will mean to them in the way of .taxation burdens. Al ready they are bearing these bur dens, Mr. Wilson and his adminis tration, proceeding upon the theory that the league is a fact. Many think that these burdens are one great cause of the high cost of living and that there will be no relief until the government is put ; on a more economic basis. Senators opposed to the treaty xpect to present this phasp of the situation in the replies which will be made to the speeches President Wilson will deliver on his tour. Senator Johnson of California starts out on a sneaking tour a week from Monday and will go clear to the coast, being in California at the same time as President Wilson is in the state. Senators Lodge, Knox, Moses, Borah and others are arrang ing to answer every speech the president makes on the day follow ing its delivery. Their answers will be made in the senate. Telegrams and letters r.ontinue to (Continued on Pairs Two, Column Six) ing that the government shell load ing plant at Fort, Del., uncompleted when the armistice was signed, cost Ihe government to date $14,000,000, although the estimated cost when trie contract was let on the cost-plus, basis' was placed at from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000. The difference between the esti mated cost and the total thus far paid out by the government is shown in testimony given by Lieut. Col. R. H. Hawkins of the ordnance depart ment and a report made last Octo ber by Maj. Clair Foster of the con struction division of the army and inserted by the committee in the records. ' The contract for the plant was let to the Marlin Rockwell corporation, which organized a subsidiary con cern known as the Marlin Rockwell Loading company, which in turn contracted with the Fred T. Ley company for construction of the big plant and adjoining one to house 20,000 persons. v "Major Foster's report cited some ut tne tormer company, the report asserts, had liis salary raised" from $10,000 to $15,000; the assistant manager, "a lawyer and former bond salesman," from $12,000 to $15,000; the chief engineer from $7,500 a year with $180 a month for living ex penses to $10,000 a year, and the treasurer from $4,800 to $6,000. Of the treasurer, the report said: "Government officers questioned as to the treasurer's duties said they never had been able to see that he did anything except endorse the checks and signx those of the lead ing companjr. "Please bear in mind," said Maj or Foster's report "that all these' salaries do not come out of the loading company's fee. The gov ernment pays them and then pays 10 per cent on top of them." The testimony made inference to a recent request of the -War depart mcnt for an appropriation of $185, 000 to purchase additional land at the site, although Major foster as serted that "most of it is swamp." MEXICO IS MALIGNED , i : i, Rich Nebraska Land Owner Says German Wife Used Shotgun Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 1. (Spe cial Telegram. Picturing himself and his wife as occupying their home in a sjate'of armed neutrality which frequently broke out into opeVi war fare and necessitating his sleeping with a hatchet under his pillow to prevent his German wife frqm mur dering him, J. M. Grace, nch ow ner of lands in Nebraska, filed an swer to the suit for separate main tenance instituted by his wife, Bar bara M. Grace. He alleged his wife kept a loaded shotgun in her room during the war and when the familv indulged in heated arguments over tne menta of the Hun s and Yan kee, she 'used, it to enforce hei arguments. Mrs. Grace charged that her hus band locked her and their daugh ter out of the- house, threatened to chop up the family automobile and refused to deed the home to her. He charges she appropriated for her own use tthe eight quarts of liquor he had stored away in their home. Mrs. Grace says Mr. Grace receives an income of $2,400 from his Nebraska property. - EXPECT PERSHING WILL REACH U. S, ON SEPTEMBER 8 WilhHead Parade in New York and Washington of First Division; Left Brest Monday Washington, Sept. 1. General Pershing will head the parades in New York and Washington of the First divisipn, it was' formally an noiinced Monday by Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrew, former chief of staff, of the American expedi tionary forces, who has been de tailed to arrange all military mat ters in connection with the wel come to be accorded the American overseas commander. General Pershing, who sailed Monday from Brest on the trans port Leviathan, is expected to reach New York on the morning of Sep tember 8, General McAndrew said, and will stay in that city three or four days before coming to Wash ington to report formally to the War department. After the First division parades here it is expect ed that General Pershing will visit his old home in Missouri, after which he will return to Washington to present his views as to the per manent military policy of the na tion before congressional commit tees. Reviews Happenings. SUGAR RELIEF IN OMAHA URGED BY JEFFERIS Congressman Wires Equaliza tion Board That Great Quan tities jf Fruit Are Go : " ing to Waste! - . Washington, Sept. 1. (Special Telegram.) In an effort to avert threatened shortage of sugar in Omaha, Neb., and Iowa Congress man Jefferis has telegraphed George A. Zabriski, president cjf the sugar" equalization board, Mew York, urgT ing his co-operation in relieving the situation, ninting out that great quantities of fruit are going to waste and that people are in a state of unrest over the possibility of a shortage. He also telegraphed the sugar distributing committee at Chi cago, urging that they take action to avert a shortage. The committee recentty purchased sugar from the refineries for distribution in the mid dle west and in liis telegram Con gressman Jefferis asked that an ef fort be made to obtain for sections indicated at least 80 carloads. - Attorney Mullendore, representa tive in Washington of the sugar equalization board, has informed Mr. Jefferis the board has jurisdic tion only over raw products and is withoTut power to dictate what shall be done with refined sugar after it leaves the tattory, The H. J. Huehes comoanv of p,r;, ci 1 i d v i Guiana, in a tciegram io memDers , 1 ans, bept. 1. General Pershing, i nf K.h ' a, ai- tion referred to sugars in transit at a meeting with representatives of the French press Monday morning, bade farewell to the journalists. The American commander-in-chief made this statement: ."More than two years ago I, ar rived in Paris with a small group of officers and men as the advance guard of our army. Since that day a vast host of Americans have come to France, lived among her people and returned to theTr homes. "If it is possible for different na tions to understand each other, then we feel that we carry back with us an appreciation of France and its people, its art and culture. Our soldiers found their relaxation in Paris, along the rivers of the Pyre nees aitd jn the mountains. Thpv have shartd with the wonderful peasantry of'France their jpys and sorrows; they have fought, suffered and died beside the ooilus and re joiced with them in the final vic tory, buch a mir.gltng of peoples m a common cause is unprecedented in the history of the world. In tak ing our departurewe have one re gretthat the fieoble whb have formerly known us onlv as euests and visitors are, without knowledge of the home life of the Americans. Won't Forget Struggle.-' "Noneof us will ever forget that period of the war when Ihe Amer ican forces were assembled and trained for battle under the protec tion of the armies of France and Englafld, holding the enemy at bay. in or win we ever torget that mo ment of the struggle, when we found our opportunity to- join with the world in the second battle of the Ma me. 'All this is now oast: but it is upon the past that the foundation of our future relaions must rest In saying goodbye to Frande which we have come to love so well I feel assured that as time goes on we shall regard those days of com radeship and struggle more and more as an everlasting bond between our peoples." from California and asked that it be diverted to Nebraska. This At torney Mullendore said could not be done by the equalization board. In explaning the shortage of sugar at this time, Mr. Mullendore stated that while the threatened serious situation resulted from several causes it was due mainly to prohi bition, and that the extraordinary demand for sugar by candy and soft drink manufacturers had fairly swamped sugar refiners with orders. He said the situation was further aggravated by the recent marine strike of two weeks' duration, which prevented shipments of raw prod ucts irom cuoa. Cannot Determine Citizenship of Man Killed in Mexico El Paso. Tex., Sept. 1. Efforts to clear up the dispute concerning cmzensnip or Adam Schaeter, min ing man who was killed by bandits at nnos, zvacatecas, Mexico, Au gust 28, have failed to determine whether, the man was of Ameri can. English or Mexican citizen ship. Schaefer is said to have been in Mexico 22 years and to have been considered exempt from ban dit raids because of kindness to the natives. jBurwell Attorney Named to Succeed Ralph Wilson Lincoln, Sept. 1. (Special.) Ce cil Laverty of Burwell has been ap pointed by Attorney General Davis as assistant attorney general to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Ralph Wilson to enter pri vate practice. Mr. Laverty is a graduate oi the State university law school and has been associated with his father in the practice of law at Burwell. Defends His Country Against Foreign Representations Re garding Lives of Foreigners and Their Property. MESSAGE READ TO . " Y ' MEXICAN CONGRESS Upholds Policy of Neutrality, During War and Reiterate Refusal of His Country tql Recognize Monroe Doctrine Mexico City. . Sent. J (Bv Th4 Associated Jress.) A defense oj Mexico against foreign repre sentations, particularly from the! , United States, regarding the lives of foreigners and their property wal contained in a messaee of President Carranza read at the opening session of congress tonight. Particular ref erence was made in the message tei alleged injustices practiced againsj Mexicans in the United States. A long list of the alleged offense! was given under the section of thrf address devoted to foreign relations The message also defended. Mex f icos neutrality during the war and protested against, charge! that th Mexican government waj incapable; and unwilling to protect foreigrtf lives and property. ? In the message President Carranz asserted that Mexico did not asfc admission to the league of nations betause, he said, the league did not" establish equality for all nations and races. He reiterated that Mexica had not and would not recognize th Monroe doctrine. s :j Honor of Mexico Guarded ' Declaring' that in " "lntatiort matters, "the honor of'Mcxie h vj oeen guarded with theenergy ami prudence," the president gave foul main causes, for international frie tion "American frontier i-onrlitinni damages -to foreign property r ill Mexico: damages resulting from in jury and deaths of foreigners and the Results of 4 application of la developing from legislation carry, ing out revolutionary ideals. - Regarding the first, Which 4 ha been marked by punitive expeditions President Carranza asserted the be lief that when an arrangement had been concluded "for the reciprocal policing ofthe frontier, the causes) for unpleasantness would disappear In connection with the second and third he stated that new laws pro? vjding for the payment of damages suffered during the two revolutions up to present time, including" - not only damages but resulting from isolated cases of revolt .'. now existing in various parts . o Mexico, both lives and property when the- damages were not caused by the fault of foreigners nor th negligence of the government would remove cause for complaint! Offenders Punished, . ..t Regarding claims filed because oi loss of life or damage to property the president asserted the efficiency J wun wnicn tne government nas punished offenders was significant. He declared it would be well i( diplomats should cause their r na tionals to exercise more care and expressed his belief that with ah ir provement of protective measures causes for complaint would decrease since foreigners would become sura of the sincerity and ability of ths Mexican government to fulfill guar antees. Discussing the fourth cause ? ol friction, the president said that thi was most serious since it involvrrt a limit of national sovereignty- He iook up nis previous declarations expressing the refusal of Mexirn t sacrifice her liberty to govern aci tion to her own necessities and not "simply tcuatisfy the demands of WM UIICI 1319, ' Knoxville Quiet After l" Two pays of Rioting Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 1. UndeP heavy patrol by national guardsmen and special officers following thft race riots of Saturday night . and, Sunday in which two men were killed and 16 sent to hospitals with wounds, Knoxville Monday passed." a quiet holiday. Two of the wounded areyiot expected to live. , : . Sheriff Cate has caused the arrest of 10 white men on charges of as sisting prisoners to escape when th jail was attacked Saturday night The situation has , improved tm such extent that Adit! Gen: E R. Sweeney expects to release all out side national guard companies Tuest day, leaving here the machine gun company and one rifle company which have headauarters in K ville. . .. . Martial Law in Munich. - ; Copenhagen. SeDt 1. VfnmVh . the Bavarian capital, is under mar tial law. the Deutsche Tages Zew tung of Berlin reports. Soldier with machine guns have heett posted in the streets, t
