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Ak-Sar-Ben Dates, SEPT 24 to OCT. 4 Electrical Parade Wednesday, October 1 Auto Floral Parade Thursday, October 2 Coronation Ball- r Friday, October 3 Xon T. Knndjr show avary afternoon and evaning. FOR PATHOS, HUMOR AND PHILOSOPHY READ "HEART BEATS" IN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION. RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B SWEETHEARTS SLAIN ON A LONELY ROAD. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 9. May Messmer, 25, and Norman W. Shear, 28, both of this city, were found dead Monday on a lonely road just north of the Buffalo city line. Both had been shot and the authori ties, after an investigation, an nounced that there was no doubt that a double murder had been enacted. The couple were sweethearts of several years standing. An auto mobile in which they had started on a trip was standing by the roadside. The man's body was in th car, that of Miss Messmer on the ground. Apparently she had been slain while making an effort to es cape from the scene. Discovery of the tragedy was made by two fanners on the way to a field to do plowing. Near the automobile were evidences of a struggle. The revolver usd has not been found. BEER AND LAMB FAIR PRICES RAISED. New York, Sept. 9. An increase of 2 cents a pound in virtually all cuts of beef and Iamb was added in the new fair price list issued here by Arthur Williams, federal food administrator. No increase appeared in the grocery list, and pork was quoted from lA cent to 1 cent lower. No reason was given for the in crease in the price of beef and lamb, but last week Mr. Williams stated that an advance in certain commodities was due to "certain movements' in the market over which we have no control." PREDICT LOWER PRICE IN CLOTHING. Chicago, Sept. 9. Delegates to the convention of the National- As sociation of Retail Clothiers here predicted a reduction in the price of clothing in the near future. "It has got to come," said Fred Levy of Louisville. "Lower prices are on the way and we fellows will sing the loudest when the change comes. Men can't be induced to part from $75 or $80 for a business suit. The principal reason for the f (resent high prices is the cost of abor. WANTS "REAL STUFF" FOR COMMUNION SERVICES. Lincoln, Sept. 9. (Special.) A Nebraska minister, whose name and address are withheld, has written Govenor McKelvie that grape juice does not suit his congregation as a communion beverage, and he wants to -know where he can get some of the. "real stuff." His in quiry follows: "You may think it is a great ques tion, but I don't know where to ask. Can you tell me where we can get communion or altar wine? We have tried grape juice, but that does not aatisfy. If you know where we can get tome, how shall we get it?" For the information of the minis ter Governor McKelvie has mailed him a copy of the prohibition law, ' which permit's the sale of wine for communion purpose to religious organizations upon the certificates issued by the governor. POP BOTTLES TABOO; UMPS NEEDN'T WORRY. Cincinnati, Sept. 9. There won't be much joy in the games of the world's series here. The city coun cil has passed an ordinance making it a crime to throw pop bottles at the umpires. JOHN BARLEYCORN FINDS REAL FRIEND. Paris, Sept. 9. British passport officials here now ask holders of American passports wishing to go to England: . , "Are you interested in prohibi tion?" , e If the applicants reply in the af firmative the British officials refuse to vise the passports, according to the Paris edition of an American newspaper. Two American prohibition agents, unable to obtain passports direct from America to England, came to France expecting to obtain the nec essary vises here,, but British offi cials, on the lookout, who, in com mon with all Europeans, regard pro hibition as a mild form of insan ity, refused to vise the papers. These two agents, the same news paper learns, say they will take the matter up with Under-Secretary Polk here, but it is understood that Mr. Polk will take the position that, being a member of the American peate commission, he will have nothing to do with State depart ment matters for the present. LITTLE GIRLS DREAM OF WONDERFUL LADY. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 9. Two little girls of this city will dream of a wonderful lady, before whom they placed a bouquet of American beauties and who rewarded them with a full and thankful kiss right on their lips. It was just before the president began his address here when the two children neither of them more than three years of age toddled out on the stage, carrying their tribute to Mrs. Wilson. Their eyes were as large and as shining as the now almost extinct S20 uold piece. 1 hey walked directly toward Mrs. Wilson, who took each of them in her arms. . Pathos and happiness were in cluded in the president's day here. At a little town in Iowa a woman grasped him by the hand, started to say something, then burst into tears and turned away. The president jsked a neighbor what was . the trouble. "She came to talk to you,' he said. "She lost a son in France, but you see she couldn't say anything." . The Omaha Daily .Bee VOL. 49 NO. 72. tnUnt M MMaf-cttM tttr May IS, IMS. it Ontkt r. 0. dir tct ( Hank J. I7. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1919. By Matt (t yaar). Dally. MOO: a4ay. SIM; Dally ant Sua.. W.M; tuttltfa Ntk. aaitat antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: Generally fair Wednes day and Thursday; cooler in south portion Wednesday. Hourly traipcritturrat - S a. m 74 1 p. m , .M a. m M t i. ni. m 1 . in IS a i. m. ....... .4 ft a. m lit 4 . m. ........ Set a. ni 14 A i. m. .WD 10 a. n 1R i. ill. ....,,,.0 It a. m M 1 p. in .... 1 noon 811 8 p. ni. ....... .14 MR sm WD PRESIDENT REPEATING PACT PLEAS 15,000 Persons Hear Wilson Recapitulate His Defense of Peace Treaty and League of Nations at St. Paul. Former President of Mine Workers Dies in New York Hospital LAYS LIVING COST TO NOT RATIFYING PACT World Looking to America to Take Lead in Restoring All Nations to a Sound Eco nomic Basis, He Declares. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 9. (By the Associated Press.) President Wil son arrived at the St. Paul audi torium at 8:33 o'clock tonight and received a tremendous reception. Nearly 15,000 persons arose after the president stepped on the plat form and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner." Readjustment of the high cost of living, President Wilson declared here today, must await the re-estab- hshment of a complete peace basis which will put labor and capital on their feet. In two addresses the president as serted that the connection between acceptance of the peace treaty and amelioration ot living conditions was a direct one and that the world was looking to America to take the lead in restoring the world to a sound economic basis. Mr. Wilson spoke in the morning at a special session of the Minnesota legislature and in the evening at a public meeting at the St. Paul audi torium. During the afternoon he also addressed a meeting in Minneapolis. Tomorrow he is to sptaic in Bis marck, N. D. Auditorium Packed. For his night meeting here the president found the auditorium packed, city authorities estimating the crowd at more than 14,000. Mavor L. C. Hodgson, a republi can, introduced Mr. Wilson as "a great spiritual leader of American democracy," whose power was writ ten "in the hearts of his people. Opening his speech Mr. Wilson said there were no political consid erations in his speech-making trip for the treaty. It was an American issue, he declared, and he had come out to the people rather to "hold counsel" than to make a fight against anybody. Despite the varied national origin of the people of America, said the president, a distinctly American type had been developed and one of the distinctions of that type was the belief in equality as contrasted with the class distinctions of the other countries. Many Hyphens Left. Adding that there were "a great many hyphens" left in America, the president declared a "hyphen" the "most un-American" trait to be found in the country. Because of its mixed derivations, the president asserted, America was destined to be the mediator of the world. It was the only nation, he continued, "that can sympathetically organize the world for peace." Of the many delegations from foreign lands who appealed to him for a hearing in Paris, he said, all were able to point out that they had relatives in America. ' The league of nations, the presi dent declared, had been misrepre sented as a trap set to draw the United States into war. "We shall not be drawn into wars," he said. "We shall be drawn into consultations. And we shall be the most trusted adviser. We are the ore-destined mediators of mankind.' Emphasizing the arbitration feat ures of the. league covenant, Mr. Wilson repeated many of the argu ments he had used in previous ad dresses. "Since it had seemed to become possible that the league would fail," said the president, "the old intrigues have started off again" and "that (Continued on Pago Two, Column Four) Supply of Sugar for Nebraska Is Promised Shortly Washington, Sept. 9. (Special.) Within the next 10 days or two weeks 5,300 tons of cane and beet sugar, and 100,000 bags of beet sugar are to be consigned for ship ment from the west and south to Nebraska wholesalers for retail dis tribution, according to a telegram received from the sugar equaliza tion board in New York and made public Tuesday by Senator Hitch cock. It is thought that this will relieve the sugar shortage , in Ne braska. It was made known that for about three weeks prior to Sep tember 5 the total shipments of sugar to Nebraska was 2.200 tons, which is considerably below the normal - - JOHN MITCHELL. New York, Sept. 9. John Mitch ell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America and one of the most widely known labor leaders in the United States, died at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Post-Graduate hospital. Mr. Mitchell was only 49 years old. Although he underwent an op eration 10 days ago for the removel of gall stones, his condition had been reported as satisfactory and his death was wholly unexpected by friends. When Mr. Mitchell's condition become grave last Monday, physi cians decided that new blood might avert the approaching crisis, and his two sons, Robert and James, 22 and 24 years old, begged for the opportunity to give their blood. Robert, the younger, was accept ed, but the patient failed to rally after transfusion. Since 1915 Mr. Mitchell had been chairman of the New York state in dustrial commission. He also serv ed as president of the state food commission, chairman of the federal food board, president of the New York state council of farms and markets and as a member of the federal milk commission for the eastern states. His home was in Mount Vernon. BOSTON POLICE STRIKE STARTS MOB VIOLENCE Windows Smashed and Ar ticles Stolen After "Cops" Quit Their Jobs. Boston, Se,pt. 9. Mob violence, chiefly in the form of window smashing, occurred in scattered sec tions of this city within a few hours' after the union members of the po lice force went on strike Tuesday night. The worst disturbance was in the South Boston district but in spection cf the stores indicated that only a few articles had been stolen from the show windows. The Metropolitan park officers, who were sent to the district, drew their revolvers as they approached the crowd but did not fire. A few windows were broken in the Dudley street police station in the Roxbury district and in stores in the west and south ends. Policemen were jeered and fol lowed by crowds, largely made up of boys, when they left their sta tions. Near one station boys pelt ed the patrolmen with mud. It was estimated that about 85 per cent of the policemen joined in the strike. The streets are guarded by ser geants and higher officers of the de partment, assisted by state police and Metropolitan park police. The volunteer police force which has been recruited in the last few days will go on duty Wednesday. No movement had been made toward calling out members of the state guard for police duty. The secretaries of both Governor Cool idge and Mayor Peters intimated that no such action was likely for the present. Pedestrian Suffers Serious Injury From Skidding Car Ed Hawk. 50 years old, 216 Douglas street, was knocked down and seriously injured by an automo bile driven by G. C. Riekman, 5012 Western avenue.at Twenty-second and Farnam streets, at 8 o'clock last night. Hawk was taken to Lister hospi tal in the police patrol. He suf fered internal injuries, concussion of the brain and a fracture of the right arm. Riekman was arrested and booked for investigation. Later he was released on a signed bond. Hawk was crossing Farnam street when Riekman, driving east on Farnam, skidded into him. Accord ing to the police. Riekman was driv ing 25 miles an hour. Riekman stopped his car and returned to the scene of the accident. 30,000 PUPILS HAIL COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF AMERICAN FORCES General Pershing Personally Thanks Them for Their Patriotism During World-War, Asserting Their En deavors Proved an Inspiration to Grownups and Also to the Boys at the Front t BELGIUM'S GRAND OLD M IN U.S New York, Sept. 9. (By The As sociated Press.) Standing before a veritable forest of American flags held in the hands of more than 30,- 000 school children packed into the sheep meadow in Central park this afternoon, General Pershing per sonally thanked them for their pa triotism during the war. "The patriotism of the children of America," he said, "has been an in spiration not only to the grownups, but to the boys who carried the rifle at the front." The children representing the public schools of the city had wait ed in the park for nearly three hours to get a glimpse of the commander-in-chief. When his car came into view the chorus of cheers arose so high it seemed to sweep through the park and be echoed back by the tall buildings. The ceremony itself was brief. It opened with a "salute to the flag," led by Boy Scouts and recited by the children. This was followed by the singing of the national anthem, after which General Pershing was introduced. The commander was visiblv affected by the greeting, as were his two sisters, who occupied seats on the platform and whose eyes were wet with tears. After gazing in silence over tie crowd for nearly two minutes, the general soid: Pleased at Ceremony. "School children of the city of New York: It gives me extreme pleasure to be hre this afternoon for a few moments and witness this patriotic ceremony. "It is upon you we must depend in the future to defend the princi ples of our forefathers, to defend the principles . we all love so well. 1 feel sure you understand the principles for which this war was fought and that you join with me in congratulating America on its victorious conclusion. "I am sure the patriotism of the children of America has been an inspiration, not only to the grown ups, but to the boys who carried the rifle at the front. I thank you for this great lesson in patriotism and wish that every one who served in Europe could see it as I have seen it." . After the ceremony hundreds of children broke through the police lines in an effort to shake the gen eral's hand. Several were success ful. Policemen with outstretched hands and legs tried to stem the tide of crowding youngsters, but several enterprising lads crawled through the policemen's legs and rushed for the general's automobile. Reception Gets Warmer. The warmth of the general's re ception seemed to increase as his visit lengthens. Crowds in front of his hotel have become so numerous that a large detail of policemen is needed to keep traffic moving and to permit the official cars to pass to and fro. It became known today that General Pershing is being swamped with invitations to visit cities all over the country, but thus far Philadelphia and Washington are the only places that he has def initely decided to visit in the east. The general leaves for Washington Friday morning, stopping in Phila delphia for a few hours as the guest of that city. He will parade with the First division in Washington. After the exercises in the sheep meadow the general was presented with an American flag by a school girl. As he received the gift he bowed gracefully and pressed the national colors to his lips. A delegation of 25 Alsace-Lor-rainers led by. Maurice Casenave, minister plenipotentiary for trance, (Continued on Page Two, Column Five) Cardinal Mercier, Gallant Churchman Who Defied German Hosts in Late War, Welcomed on Landing. "THANK YOU" MESSAGE TO AMERICAN PEOPLE PEACE TREATY TO SENATE TODAY IN AMENDED FORM Senator Hitchcock Plans to Present Minority Report Within Few Days. Washington. Sept. 9 The Ger man peace treaty, six months in the making, will be returned to the sen ate Wednesday by the foreign rela tions committee along with a ma jority report containing amendments to the treaty and reservations to the league of nations covenant. The treaty will go back to the senate exactly two months to the day from the date it was laid before the body by President Wilson. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking democratic member of the committee, will present a minority report within the next two days, and general debate will begin Mon day to continue almost without in terruption until final action is taken. Pending this move, which will hasten final consideration , by the senate of the whole question of peace with Germany, advocates and opponents of the league generally rested today in anticipation of the big battle to begin next week. There were several informal con ferences at which members en deavored to reach a compromise over the form of reservations and Senator Spencer, republican, Mis souri, speaking against the league, declared he would be forced to vote to reject the treaty as it now stands. Senators Johnson, California; Borah, Idaho, and McCormick, Illi nois all republican opponents of the league, left here today for Chicago on tne trail of the president to speak against it. No Concrete Evidence of Organized Effort to Cause Intervention Washington, Sept 9. Concrete evidence of the existence of any organized effort to bring about armed intervention in Mexico still was lacking when the senate foreign relations subcommittee investigat ing the Mexican situation finished the second day of its hearing. Dr. Samuel G. Inrnan, secretary of the committee on co-operation in Latin-America and associated with the League of Free Nations associa tion, was again bofore the commit tee for cross-examination the entire day. His charges that he had been threatened with personal attack and libel suit because of his activities in developing the anti-intervention spirit and his admission that he did not possess the facts to prove as sertions made Monday as to the stability of the Carranza govern ment were outstanding features of the hearing. AN ARMED TRUCE FOLLOWS KILLING OF FOUR STRIKERS Fifty Others Suffer Casual ties in Fight at Steel Plant. Hammond, Ind., Sept. 9. An armed truce prevailed Tuesday night at the plant of the Standard Steel Car company, where four strikers were killed, one was prob ably fatally wounded and about 50 others were wounded in a fight be tween 1,000 strike sympathizers and 40 policemen and special guards. The fighting was the result of efforts of strikers to prevent more than 200 men who had returned to work from entering the plant. The police and guards asserted they were fired on and assailed by strik ers when an attempt was made to arrest the leaders of the strikers' forces, seven of whom were after ward placed in jail. Similar trouble was feared when the returned porkers should leave the plant at night but the losses in the morning apparently cooled the combatants temporarily. Only a few small groups were in evidence and no violence was attempted. Although there was said to be no intention of recalling state troops who for several weeks until recent ly, policed the car plant, Mayor Daniel Brown held a long distance telephone conversation with Gover nor Goodrich at Indianapolis. The mayor said the governor commend ed the police for their prompt ac tion this morning. All of the dead and many of the wounded were of foreign birth or descent and the seven men arrested are Hungarians. Foch Will Be Guest of Minneapolis November 11 St. Paul, Sept. 9. Marshal Ferdi nand Foch, commander-in-chief of the allied armies, will visit the na tional convention of the American Legion in Minneapolis November 11, according to word received at state headquarters of the legion from the French ambassador at Washington. Says Wilson Originated Idea of Mine Barrage Portland, Ore., Sept. 9. President Wilson was quoted by Secretary, of the Navy Daniels here as being responsible for advancing the idea which resulted in the mine barrage being placed in the North sea dur ing the war with Germany. Compromise in Strike. Paris, Sept. 9. A compromise was reached in the dispute between theatrical managers and actors, which has resulted in the closing of most of the amusement places in Paris. It was announced that the theaters, music halls and mov ing picture houses would re-open Tuesday evening. Features of His Heavily Lined Face Reveal Only Gentleness and Kindliness Despite' His Recent Experiences. New York, Sept. 9. (By the As sociated " Press.) Cardinal Mercier, Belgium's gallant churchman, ar rived here today, bringing to Amer ica the thanks of the little country in whose tragic history he has played so heroic a part. As the venerable prelate stepped for the first time on American soil he was asked for a message to the American people. "I can only say, 'Thank you,'" he replied, his voice quivering with emotion. "What else is there for me to say?" Cardinal Mercier speaks excellent English, with a soft, musical accent. There is little in the outward form of the man who has played so strik ing a part on the world's stage to tell of the devoted priest who de fied the German invader in the most insolent moment of his ,brutal tri umph and sternly bade him heed the law of God if he cared nothing for the laws of men. Thin, almost to the ooint of emaciation his tall form bent under the tremendous burden he bore for four terrible years, the features of his heavily lined face seem to reveal nothing but gentle ness and kindliness. "But the deep set brown eyes look out from un der the strongly marked eyebrows with a clear, calm and penetrating gaze which tell much of the uncon querable spirit of the man. Bows Again and Again. Daylight was fading when the United States army transport Northern Pacific steamed slowly to its pier in Hoboken. Long before it doc!:ed the watchers on the wharf had caught sight of the tall, black figure standing on the bridge gaz ing at the shores of the country which had meant so much to his na tive land in her hour of deepest need. A great cheer went up and the car dinal doffed his tri-cornered beaver hat and bowed again and again in answer. As the transport was warped to its moorings the cardinal left his post on the bridge and moved down to the lower deck, where hundreds of returning soldiers were roaring their joy over their homecoming. The soldiers fell back quickly and left a space at the rail, where the cardinal stood until the ship had docked. As soon as the gangway had been run up Mayor Hylan and the offi cial welcoming committee, Arch bishop Hayes and a number of other church dignitaries boarded the transport and officially welcomed the guest of the city and nation. The cardinal was then taken across the river and thence by automobile to Archbishop Hayes' residence. Welcoming Tunes. The transport had been welcomed to her dock by the band of the em barkation department playing "Hail, Haill the Gang's All Here." and kin dred tunes. As the cardinal stepped onto the (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Mountainous Waves Flooding Havana; Families Fleeing Havana, Sept. 9. Cyclonic winds are sweeping in from the gulf, driv mountainous waves over the sea wall, which are flooding adjoining sections of the city at some places to a distance of six blocks. Many families are fleeing from their homes with the assistance of firemen and police. No fatalities have been reported. Two Missing Girls Found; Man Charged With Abduction Caroline Herbeck, IS years old, 4927 South Nineteenth street, and Mary Merz, 14 years old, Twentieth and Madison avenue, who disap peared from their homes Sunday, were found yesterday afternoon by relatives in a room at 1618 Cali fornia street. According to Mrs. Anton Her beck, mother of Caroline, the girls were abducted Sunday by Carl Chamis, 1618 California street, and kept in his home forcibly until they were rescued yesterday. The g:rls refuse to discuss the affair even with their relatives. Mrs. Herbeck ' appeared at Cen tral station last night and asked :he arrest of Chamis. She ayc she will swear out a warrant for his arrest today, , Man Who Defied Beasts of Berlin Guest of America If 1 i ill- I U gl . II CARDINA.L MERCIER. ANNUAL TAG BAY OF NURSES WILL 8E HELD TODAY Mrs.. T. L. Davis and Staff of 800 Volunteers to , Start Out Early This Morning. Get your money ready early this morning for the sixth annual tag day of the Visiting Nurse associa tion of Omaha. ' . ' .' Mrs. T. L. Davis, chairman of .the general committee, announced that her staff of 800 volunteers will start out early this morning with the de termination of obtaining $15,000 be fore nightfall. This small army of workers will be distributed through Omaha, in cluding Horence, Benson, Dundee and South Side. Will Cover City. Assisting Mrs. Davis on the gen eral committee are Mrs. W. E. Rhoades, Mrs. W. J. Hynes, Miss Clara Thomas and Mrs. W. B. Rob erts. - Every motion picture theater in the city will be visited tonight. Miss Florence McCabe, superin tendent of the association, yester day explained that the work of the nurses has been keeping pace with growing Omaha. Need More Nurses. . "We need more nurses and we should establish more branches," said Miss McCabe. "Our infant wel fare and tuberculosis work have been successful and our field in that direction has been widening. We wish to make it possible for the visiting nurses to care for cases where the teeth of children of pre school age need attention, and also the teeth of adults who are not able to pay for regular dental serv ice. We now have a staff of 14 graduate nurses and two student nurses." The tag day this year of the visit ing nurses will start off under aus picious conditions, and members of the general committee feel sanguine that they will attain their objective. "Our Country First" Conference Opposes t i r ri Laoor Dureau nan Chicago, Sept. 9. Declaring dis approval of the establishment of any department under the league of na tions in the interest of any special class of citizens, delegates to the "Our Country First" conference, composed of business and farming interests from all sections of the country, went on record against section 20 of the league, establish ing an international bureau of labor and to part 13 of the treaty of peace, enunciating some of the pur poses thereof. More Money, Shorter Hours, Will Be Miners' Demands Cleveland, Sept. 9. Demands for wage increases and shorter hours and strong insistence that these claims must be forced through to a successful issue dominated the de liberations of the opening session of the convention of the United Mine Workers of America here. More than 2,000 delegates applaud ed the declarations of Acting Presi dent John L. Lewis that with the war practically over the miners could' no longer be bound by wage agreements concluded for the pe riod of hostilities. No dissent was heard when Presi dent Lewis denounced the I. V. W., the One Big Union and similar movements as based upon "fantasti cal ideas of misguided enthusiasts and mercenary enemies of the trade union movement" REBELS OF MEXICO IN NEW ROLE Various Anti-Carranza Revo lutionary Factions Want Financial Aid in Proposed Overthrow of the President. PROMISE TO ESTABLISH f PROVISIONAL COALITION Appeal Which Pledges "Re construction and Restora tion" in Southern Republic Presented at White House, Washington, Sept. 9. (By The Associated Press.) An appeal for ' formal, recognition by the United States of the belligerency of the various anti-Carranza revolutionary factions in Mexico and for financial aid in the proposed overthrow of i Carranza and the setting up of a provisional coalition government was presented at the White House late today. The appeal, which pledges "recon- ' struction and restoration to national health" of chaotic Mexico, bears the -, seals of Gilarrado Magara, com mander of the "reorganizing army"; Guillermo Meixueiro, commander of the "defensive forces of the free and sovereign state of Oaxaca"; Felipe Angeles and Francisco Villa, commanders of the "convention forces," and Manuel Pelaez, com- ' mander of the constitution of 1857 revolutionary army." x Charging President Carranza with having constituted himself, "irre- . sponsible dictator of Mexico," with having by his "illegal and despotic confiscation of foreign-owned prop- ' erties and the murder of many hun dreds of foreign citizens," brought about imminence of American inter-, veution; with having aligned him self first with radicalism and later with the German cause against the . allies, and with having made Mex ico "prey of the most cruel and bru tal tyranny our country has had to ; endure in all the past century of its efforts toward freedom," the ap peal proposes a conference of all the revolutionary factions with representatives of the United States for the purpose of formulating a. program for "reconstruction and ... restoration of Mexico." Truth Coming to Light "Today the trtith is coming to! light," .ys the appeal "and today, Venustiano Carranza, your enemy. as he and his circle of officials are ours, is threatening to draw upon us the natural result of his and' their crimes. . "We are about to be made to suffer for the crimes of those who ' have murdered our fellows; we all. Mexicans are being cried against for the deeds of our oppressors: Mexico is about to be called, nnd treated as the enemy of your great1 democracy on account of the deeds we have row for five years resisted without blood committed by those few evil men who, by their en trenched position have been enabled to do all these things. "Carranza and the entire circle of." his supporters, without one single exception have betrayed you and ' your placed trust and hopes as he betrayed us and the support given him at that time. "We are fighting for our liberties and our homes; the war in Mexico will never cease until that fight is gained; it cannot cease. Desire Recognition. "We ask that recognition which is -the bounden right of all who fight for their homes, their liberties and their laws. We ask that we may be ' heard; that we may have a standing from which to speak and plead the cause of oppressed Mexico and our children. "Toward this end we, the signers hereto, for ourselves and, all those we represent and those who have entrusted to us their defense, pledge to you here by our united co-opera- 1 tion in the protection of life and property throughout the territory tf the Mexican federation; we pledge ourselves to unite in the formation of a provisional administration upon a coalition basis of the liberal ele ments, those elements that seek true democracy and the welfare of the nation, to its very lowest and hum blest citizens, instead of personal - power and authority or personal ag grandizement." Bronze Medals for - All Discharged U. S. Soldiers Proposed Washington. Sept. 9 Bronze medals for all discharged sailors, . " soldiers and marines to be known a "Victory Medals" are proposed in a resolution introduced by Representa tive Pell, republican, New York. The senate already has passed a bill recommended bv Secretary Baker for the issue of merit badges for efficient service. ,