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TWO SCHOONERS LOST
WITH ALL ON BOARD.
Miami, Fla., Sept 12. Two
schooners went down at Cat Island,
Bahama group, with all on board,
during the hurricane, according to
persons who arrived here from the
Bahams. At Eleurtha island sever-
l buildings were destroyed; in the
windward islands two schooners
were lost and at Waiting's islands
several houses were destroyed.
WOMAN ROBBED OF $3,000
IN JEWELS IN TAXICAB.
New York, Sept. 12. Mr Mary
Handel, 27, Chicago, was robbed of
JfJ.OOO worth of jewels and was ap
parently suffering from opium poi
soning when she was taken in a
taxi to Bellevue hospital from a
police station.
L. B. Mandel, her husband, with
whom she lives at the Hotel Com
, modore, and who identified her at
the hospital, declined to make any
statement regarding the robbery.
The police said Mrs. Mandel and a
man, whose name is not known, en
tered a taxi at a restaurant, accord
ing to the chauffeur, and that after
driving for some distance, the man
told the chauffeur his companion
was ill and instructed him to drive
to a drug store so he might tele
phone for a physician. The man
disappeared" after entering the drug
store and the chauffeur, finding Mrs.
Mandel unconscious in his car, took
her to the police station.
SAN FRANCISCO
FACES SUGAR FAMINE.
San Francisco, Sept. 12. (By
Universal Service.) There is a
sugar famine in San Francisco, ac
cording to the retail bakers, who
have telegraphed to the sugar equal
ization board at Washington asking
that the refineries be directed to
supply them with sugar at once.
Unless this is done, the bakers
claim, there are more than 200 small
bakeries that will be forced out of
business and hundreds of workmen
will be thrown out of employment.
WORLD PLOWING TITLE
RETAINED BY BOARDMAN.
Joliet, 111., Sept. 12. Frank
Boardman of Wheatland, a veteran
plowman, retained the plowing
championship of the world without
'competition. Boardman, with his
plow and team that brought him the
title in 1917, was on the field when
it was announced there would be no
challengers to the title.
More than 12,000 people witnessed
tha annual plowing contest, which
was staged on two farms near
Plainfield, a suburb or Joliet.
GERMAN EFFICIENCY
TO SOLVE FUEL PROBLEM.
Berlin, Sept. 12. Germany is
about to undertake a new and im
portant scientific development which
in time may have far-reaching ef
fect upon the industries consuming
coal and petroleum.
Vast factories will be established
to convert coal into petroleum and
coke with the petroleum as a clear
fain by the process, and but a frac
tional loss of heat energy in coke
as compared with coal itself.
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FLEET BREAKS THROUGH
FOG TO SUNSHINE IN BAY.
Seattle, Sept. 12. From fog that
enveloped upper Puget Sound like
steam, so dense that sailors could
not see the length of their ship,
Admiral Hugh Rodman's Pacific
ijet came into the brilliant sunshine
of Elliot bay here nearly three hours
late today.
Admiral Rodman, high above the
water on the signal bridge of the
flagship New Mexico, himself di
rected the fleet into Seattle. At one
point all ships were forced to halt
lor half an hour.
Tonight the 51 vessels here, many
of which wilt know Puget Sound
as their future home base, were at
anchor or moored to wharves await
ing their review by President Wil
son from the battleship Oregon tomorrow.
EXPECT PROHIBITION
TO END SEPTEMBER 29.
' San Francisco. Sept. 12. (By Uni
versal Service.) Wartime prohibi
tion will end September 29, according
to unofficial information reaching
" local banking circles from the east.
The information came in such
fashion that . clients of some
banks were said to have been ad-
vised to prepare for the early re
sumption of business in spirits and
malt liquors, now prohibited.
The return to the United States of
Gen. John J. Pershing is said to be
the first step toward the early
proclamation by President Wilson
of the demobilization of the army,
rwhich proclamation win carry witn
'" it the automatic cessation of war
time prohibition.
In partial confirmation of the re
ports which were in circulation
among business men and the banks,
rame the direct news from Washing
ton that Daniel C. Roper, United
States commissioner of internal rev
enue, has advised all collectors of
internal revenue throughout the
country immediately to prepare for
the movement of 'spirits with the end
of the wartime prohibition act.
Collectors are instructed to have
at hand all the various stamps re
quired and to be ready at once upon
" the demobilization" order to meet all
demands, under the necessary pre
war legal requirements as to hand
' lir.g of liquors in and out of bond.
WYOMING SEARCH
LAW KNOCKED OUT.
Sheridan, Wyo., Sept. 12.-The
search and seizure clause of the pro
hibition law was held unconstitu
tional today by Judge J. H. Burgess
in the district court. The court
ordered the return to original own
ers of large quantities of liquor
seized and held as evidence against
alleged violators of the dry law.
Should the decision be. upheld by
the state supreme court, it will ren
der the work of the prohibition
commissioner ineffective and result
i in the return of thousands of gal
lons of liquor held by the state offi-
POLICE IN
BOSTON TO
El STRIKE
Following Suggestion of Sam
uel Gompers Union Men Vote
to Return, to Work Pend
ing Labor Conference.
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COMMISSIONER WILL
NOT TAKE THEM BACK
Politicians Report
Wood Will Resign to
Run for Presidency
High Lights in Borah's Address Here
Interpretation of Law Left to
Attorney General Guards
men Patrol Streets and
Disorder Is Suppressed.
Boston, Sept. 12. Frank McCar
thy, New England organizer of the
American Federation of Labor, an
nounced tonight the policemen's
union had accepted the suggestion
of Samuel Gompers that tney return
to work and await the outcome of
the labor conference at the White
House on October 6.
Mr. McCarthy read Mr. Gompers
telegrams, sent to him and to Mayor
Peters, at a meeting of the police
men's union tonight. After the
meeting he issued the following
statement:
Accept Gompers Plan.
"The members of the Boston Po
licemen's union have accepted the
suggestion of Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the American Federation of
Labor., and instructed their commit
tee to act in accordance."
Whether the strike could be set
tled in this manner was problemat
ical tonight. Mr. Gompers' sugges
tion was thaj the men return to their
posts "upon information that the
enforcement !of the order (forbidding
them tn affiliate with outside organ
izations has been postponed.) In his
' a.
telegram to the mayor, or.wnicn ne
sent ti duplicate to GeorgeJ Coo4idg
tonight, helasked that the enforce
ment nf thi order be deferred until
after the White House conference.
It is expected that the matter will
be discussed tomorrow when the
governor has consented to meet Mr.
McCarthy and officers of the Boston
Central Labor union.
Disorders Suppressed.
There was no disorder today. The
streets were strongly guarded by
infantry of the state guard with
fixed bayonets and cavalry contin
ued to patrol thoroughfares in the
center of the"city.
When Police Commissioner Curtis
was informed of the action of the
union he said that he had issued
orders this afternoon that no strik
e r s applying for reinstatement
should be taken back. He said
that, he could not change his order
before hearing from the attorney
general. This statement was inter
preted to mean that the attorney
general would be asked to decide
whether the patrolmen were "em
ployes" who had a right to strike
or "officers" of the government who
had no such right.
Cannot Be Arbitrated.
The government and laws of
the commonwealth of Massachu
setts cannot be arbitrated. This
declaration from the state house
today was in response to an inces
sant public demand to know the
attitude of the state toward the
striking policemen and suggestions
of compromise.
"The men are deserters," said
Governor Coolidge. "This is not a
strike. These men were public of
ficials, We cannot think of arbi
trating the government or the form
of law. There can be no opportu
nity for any compromise in respect
to either. My personal opinion is
that they would not be taken back
if they yielded to my view."
In the last 24 hours there have
been suggestions of compromise,
beginning with the statement that if
allowed to affiliate with the Ameri
ran FefWatinn of Labor, the Dolice-
men would never be called out on
strike in sympathy with other union
organizations. Labor leaders have
not admitted that they would make
further concessions.
Kijuro Shidehara Named
Jap Ambassador to U. S.
Washington, Sept. 12. Kijuro
Shidehara, vice secretary of foreign
affairs of the Japanese government,
has been formally gazetted as Jap
anese ambassdor to the United
States, according to embassy- ad
vices. He will succeed Viscount Ki
kujiro Ishii, retired, and it is un
derstood his post in the foreign of
fice will be filled by Masanao Hani
hara, now Japanese consul general
at San Francisco.
Montenegrins and Serbs
Continue Fierce Fighting
Paris, Sept. 12. A Montenegrin
official communication issued at
Paris says that fighting continues
fiercely throughout Montenegro
against the Serbian invaders, who
have suffered heavy losses. The
Serbs have sent 15,000 reinforce
ments by way of Bosnia and Cat-taro.'
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By Universal Service. j
New York, Sept. 12. Maj. Gen. j
Leonard Wood is about to resign j
cal arena as , a candidate for the i
republican nomination for the presi
dency, according to gossip in politi- i
cal circles. Political leaders who :
have been, in communication with!
General Wood, quoted him as say-!
ing that he felt he cculd not rema;n j
in the army and carry on a cam- j
paign for the nomination, therefore i
he had decided to resign and come
out openly as a candidate.
A committee to promote his can
didacy is being organized by Na
tional Committeeman John T. King
of Connecticut. Governor Lovden
of Illinois, is said to be willing to
run for the vice-presidency with
General Wood in case he, Lowden,
should fail to get first place him
self. Governor Goodrich of Indiana
also is reported to be willing to
take second place.
General Wood consulted with
promoters of his candidacy at an
uptown hotel.
BY MYRTLE MASON.
The president doesn't like the
Shantung clause. No honorable
man could like it. Yet he accept
ed it. Now he says the only way
to right it is to go ahead and fin
ish it and record a protest that
we don't like it.
The president says we are to
interpret Article 21 with reference
to the Monroe doctrine, but Eng
land says that Article 21 means
it shall be construed by the coun
cil itself. There is no consensus
of view upon the treaty.
When men are responsible for
tearing away the sacred traditions
of American history and uproot
ing the traditions upon which this
country was built, how can you
expect anything but bolshevism?
There is just one cure for bol
shevism, and ; that is American
ism. Let us go back to the old
American principles (Shouts: "We
are on our way. We are with
you.") Let us have a baptism of
American faith.
I haven't any doubt if Washing
ton had been living he would
have entered this war immediate
ly after the sinking of the Lusi
tania, but he would have gone in
as an independent and sovereign
nation and he would have re
mained an independent and sov
ereign nation after the fight was
over.
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You can't have a league of na
tions to save your life without
sacrificing both the policies of
Washington and the Monroe doc
trine. If we take part in European
affairs is there any sane man who
believes we can keep Europe out
of American affairs? That is why
I don't propose to vote for any
league of nations at all.
Those who are in favor of the
league think more of it than they
do of our republic.
No small nation in the control
of any nation in the league has yet
been given any rights, or appears
likely to get any.
We propose by a reservation to
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make the right of the United
States to withdraw., unconditional..
"We" propose that when the
United States shall give notice of
two' years, that it shall have the
- eight to withdraw of its own -motion
without having the council
pass on the question as to
whether it has fulfilled its inter
national obligation.
So far as I personally am con
cerned, the matter in which I am
most interested in this league is
never to get into it, but the next
matter is to make it as easy to get
out as possible.
If Japan, or any other power,
says, "No. you have not fulfilled
your international obligations," we
would be obliged to remain until
they were fulfilled to its satisfac
tion, which would be long after
the angel Gabriel had blown his
horn.
We heard of the freedom of the
seas, but not after the president
got to Europe.
Three hundred million people,
the five nations in the league, hold
in subjection 850,000,000.
We have before us a bill pro
viding for 500,000 soldiers and a
reserve of 600,000 and for the
largest navy in the world, ex
cept that of Great Britain. Eng
land has already sent to our sec
retary of state a request for 150,
000 boys to go to Constantinople.
Just as sure as the sun rises when
the league of nations is completed
American boys will be sent to do
service in disease-ridden Asia and
in Europe.
The issue now is, as it is pre
sented, whether or not we will
undertake to Americanize the
league of nations and that is all
the United States senate has
thus far undertaken to do.
China sent 300,000 of its men to
the field, not as soldiers, but as
workers, and strange to say there
were more Chinese killed as work
men than there were Japanese as
soldiers.
At the same time China was en
tering the war on the side of the
allies, Great Britain entered into a
secret agreement with Tapan to
dismember and break up the em
pire of an ally. You can search
the diplomatic history of Europe
and you will not find another piece
of treachery equal to the secret
agreement against China at STTrrre
when Uuna was fighting side by
side with the allies. 1
U. S. Delegates Opposed 1 Wilson Gets Beer Day "Dry"
Peace Terms, Says Expert! Law Is Passed by Senate
William G. Bullitt Gives Senate Committee Confiden
tial Information Lansing Said if People and
Senate Knew Meaning They Would Defeat Treaty.
Harvard Speakers
to Make Campaign
for Endowment Fund
Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 12.
(Special Telegram.) Preparatory
to the opening of the $11,000,000
campaign for the Harvard endow
ment fund in October, a strong
team of prominent Harvard men
left Boston tonight on a tour of the
entire country to speak to alumni
members, reorganize zones and con
fere with zone chairmen, the first
attempt ever made in Harvard's
three centuries to organize her
alumni for a national campaign.
Elliot Wadsworth, chairman of the
campaign, heads the party ac
companying him are president
Lawrence Lowell of Harvard uni
versity. Prof. Frank W. Taussig,
chairman of the United States tariff
commission and expert advisor to
the American delegates at the peace
conference and President William
B. Monroe of the department of
municipal government. .
The itinerary for Nebraska calls
for special stops at Lincoln and
Omaha, dates to be set enroute.
President Lowell, whose open de
bate with Senator Lodge of Mass
echutes on the treaty question cre
ated widespread interest, stated in
response to an inquiry that he and
Professor Taussig would accept ev
ery possible opportunity to speak
in behalf of the ratification of the
treaty as it now stands.
Veterans of G. A. R. Oppose
Ratification of Treaty
Columbus. O., Sept. 12. Resolu
tions opposing ratification by the
United States of the peace treaty in
its present form were adopted al
most unanimously here today by
delegates attending the annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Col. James D. Bell of Brooklyn,
was today unanimously elected commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army
of the Republic, which is holding
its annual encampment here.
Washington, Sept. 12. The asser
tion that Secretary Lansing opposed
ratification of the peace treaty and
league of nations covenant, although
he was a member of the American
peace commission that drafted it,
was flung today before the senate
foreign relations committee by Will
iam C. Bullitt of Philadelphia, for
merly employed by the mission at
Paris in a confidential capacity.
The testimony, purporting to give
Mr. Lansing's private opinion ex
pressed in a conversation with the
witness the day the latter resigned
from the mission because he was not
in sympathy with the treaty or the
league, popped out suddenly and
sensationally. Bullitt had iust ex
pressed reluctance it the Idea of re
vealing any part of a private con
versation with the peace commis
sioners and members of the com
mittee quite agreed with tnis view.
Were Not Enthusiastic.
Near the close of a three-hour
hearing, however. Chairman Lodge
asked how the treaty and covenant
was guarded at Paris. Secretary
Lansing, Henrv White and General
Bliss, all members of the American
commission, expressed vigorous
opinions, Bullitt said, adding, in re
ply to an inquiry by the chairman,
that these opinions were not enthu
siastic. Then from a memorandum of the
conversation dictated, he said, while
it was fresh in his mind, Bullitt
quoted the secretary on many points,
saying that Mr. Lansing opposed
the award of Shantung to Japan, that
1 e considered the league thoroughly
bad, that the large nations would pay
little attention to the small nations
and that the world had been ar
ranged according to the desires of
the big nations at the peace confer
ence. The most sensational statement
attributed by the witness to the sec
ratery of state was "that if the sen
ate and the American people knew
what the treaty meant it would be
defeated." Senator Knox really
would understand the treaty, Mr.
Lansing -Said, according to the wit
ness, and "Mr. Lodge would, but
Mr, Lodge's position would become
purely political."
No Democrats Present.
There was no democratic senator
! in attendance when this testimony
was given, nor at other times dur
ing the hearing, and nobody took up
the cudgels for the American com
mission. When news of Bullitt's
testimony spread about the capitol
it was extensively discussed, and
senators said they were anxious to
hear from Mr. Lansing. When some
of them endeavored to reach him
at the state department they found
he was out of town, and an Asso
ciated Press dispatch later from
Watertown, N. Y., said he declined
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President's Special Train Receives Cargo of 2.75
Lager Beer in St. Louis Before Starting Tour
Through Dry States in the North.
Cardinal Mercier Inspects
Baltimore Priests' Seminary
Baltimore, Md Sept. 12. Cardi
nal Mercier. who is the guest of
Cardinal Gibbons, had only three
engagements scheduled for today.
From the steps of the archepiscopal
residence in Charles street he re
viewed the parade, which was the
chief feature of the homecoming cel
ebration arranged for the sailors
and marines of Maryland who
served in the great war.
Afterward Cardinal Mercier went
to St. Mary's seminary, where he
addressed the priests of the diocese.
This afternoon the Belgian prelate
will visit St. Charles college.
U. S. Preparing to Return
Railroads to Their Owners
Washington, Sept. 12. Preparing
for the return of the railroads to pri
vate control, Director General Hines
today ordered all roads to begin an
inventory of supplies on hand as of
December 31, 1919. the date indicat
ed by President Wilson in his
address to congress as the termina
tion of government supervision.
Fugitive From Bluffs
Jail Captured in Omaha
Less than 12 hours of liberty was
enjoyed by George Williams, alias
Edward Franklin, negro, when he
escaped from the county jail in
Council Bluffs yesterday. Omaha
police recaptured him at his home,
620 North Seventeenth street, at 11
o'clock last night. Williams had
been acting as trusty at the county
jail.
On a charge of vagrancy he was
sentenced for 30 days. He had
served 16 days of his sentence when
he escaped. He was taken back to
Council Bluffs by police officials of
that city.
Lumber Dealers Indicted
on Price Fixing Charge
Dayton, O., Sept. 12. Twenty
nine lumber dealers and eight ice
cream dealers and manufacturers
were charged in indictments re
turned today by the Montgomery
county grand jury with violation of
the Valentine anti-trust act in op
erating in restraint of trade and
fixing of prices.
St. Louis, Mo.. Sept. 12. (Spe
cial Telegram.) On the afternoon
of September 5, the day the United
States senate passed the wartime
prohibition enforcement bill, defin
ing as an intoxicant any beverage
containing more than one-half of
1 per cent of alcohol, and pro
hibiting the manufacture and sale
thereof, three cases, or 72 pints of
lager beer of .75 per cent alcoholic
content and manufactured by a St.
Louis brewery, was delivered to
President Wilson's special train on
track No. 5 at the Union station,
it was learned today, i
The beer was from the Griese
dieck Bros, brewery company, and,
according to the office record was
consigned to the presidential train
in care of Joseph Tumulty.
The record further shows that the
three cases of beer were to be
charged to the St. Louis Chamber
of Commerce.
The beer was delivered, accord
ing to the record by driver No. 7011.
The records of the driver show that
the three cases were receipted for
by J. J. Gormly, tourist baggage
master at the Union station.
After leaving St. Louis on Septem
ber 5, President Wilson's itinerary
carried him into the north and
northwest, practically all of which
territory is "dry."
Abandon Search for
Missing Aviators;
Hunt Cost $100,000
San Diego, Sept. 12. The search
in Lower California by the War
and Navy departments for Lieuts.
Frederick Waterhouse and C. H.
Connelly, aviators who have been
missing since August 21, has been
abandoned, Col. H. L. Watson,
commanding at Rockwell field, an
nounced. Except from Mexicans who saw
the aviators' machine, nothing has
been heard of the two men. It is
estimated the search has cost the
government nearly $100,000.
Colonel Watson has asked the
War department to authorize the
payment of a reward to anyone who
may find the bodies of the aviators
or their machine.
Labor Leader's Funeral
Attended by Thousands
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 12. The fu
neral of the late John Mitchell,
chairman of the New York state in
dustrial commission and former
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America, was held today from
St. Peter's cathedral.
It was attended by thousands of
persons, representing mine , work
ers, operators, railroad representa
tives, leaders of labor and represen
tatives of miners who came es
pecially from Cleveland, where the
national convention is in session.
A solemn high mass of requiem
was celebrated by Rev. John J. Cur
ran of Wilkes Barre, for years a
close personal friend of Mr. Mitch
ell. The procession to the cathe
dral cemetery was made up of thou
sands of men and women, mine
workers from the whole valley be
ing particularly conspicuous.
Passage of Packer
Regulation Bills Is
Urged by Nebraskans
Washington, Sept. 12. Excoria
tion of the big five packers was the
burden of a three-hour argument,
made before the senate agriculture
committee by Edward L. Burke of
Omaha, vice president of the Ameri
can National Live Stock association,
who asked the immediate passage
of the Kendrick and Kenyon bills
for federal regulation of the packing
industry.
C. H. Gustafson. secretary of the
Co-Operative Live Stock exchange
of the Farmers' Union of Nebraska,
with a membership of 40,000 farmers
and exchanges at Omaha. Sioux City
and St. Joseph, declared that the suc
cessful operation of these co-operative
exchanges established three
years ago, had aroused the opposi
tion of the packersand that through
their influence the organization had
been refused membership on the live
stock exchanges at tlwse three
cities.
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APPLAUDS
HOT SHOTS
AT LEAGUE
Idaho Senator Declares Presi
dent Wilson Could Settle
Question of Reservations by
Cable in Four Days.
AUDITORS MAKE IT CLEAR
THEY "MEANT BUSINESS"
J. S. McGavren Injured
When Car Turns Turtle
Glenwood, la., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) J. S. McGavrerj of Missouri
Valley, who is here during the can.
ning season, being the senior mem
ber of the firm of Darting & Mc
Gavren, canners, was seriously in
jured when the car that he was driv
ing overturned, one mile north of
Glenwood, and rolled over several
times. The other occupants of the
car, Mrs. - E. O. McGavren, his
daughter-in-law, and two children,
escaped with minor injuries.
Mr. McGavren's injuries are cere
bral, and he is yet in a semi-conscious
condition. Whether there is
cerebral hemorrhage, has not been
determined.
Ovation Given to Orator and
Enthusiasm Excited by His
Arguments Show Nebraska
Is Against League of Nations.
By WILLIAM TANQUERY.
Nebraska is undoubtedly three
quarters, and probably more, solidly
against the league of nations, with
or without reservations or amend
ments, or any other excuses or pal
liatives, and with or without the
sugar coating of a world humanitar-
ianism or a gustatory emollient. -
This conclusion is drawn from the
Borah meeting at the Auditorium
last night and is as logical, sound
and incontrovertible as the one found
in the old saw which relates the
loss of the horse because of the loss
of the shoe, etc. There were above
7,000 people jammed into the place
to hear the speaker from the senate,
estimating that the ordinary capac-,
ity is that number. Every seat on
the main floor and the gallery was
taken, and people were packed along
the walls downstairs, and stood back
of the last seats in the gallery inf
rows so deep that those in the rear
could scarcely see. In addition, in
the gallery men stood and sat on
the steps of the aisles. ' 1 -' -'
.ww ..Fire Questions at Senator. '-1
And they were all solid, substantial
looking business people, people of
intelligence and standing, whether
clearly and apparently in business or
in the trades or the professions.
There was but one youth visible in
the house. Not an urchin, or
clacqtie, or coterie of curiosity seek
ers such as are commonly used to.
pack the vacant spaces of A meet
ing, was visible anywhere.
Plenty of laboring men there
were and they made themselves
manifest by the volley of questions
they fired at the senator. It was
these questions, with the close atten
tion given by the remainder of the .
audience, both to questions and an
swers, which sounded the keynote
or gave the cue as to their charac
ter, their state of mind and . their
opinions. - J
Women were in the minority, con
stituting about IS per cent of the to
tal only, but, like the men, they had
come, not to enjoy an evening's en-.v
tertainment and hear a famed fig
ure of the United States and lead
ing member of the senate make an
address in person, but to do busi-.
ness. .
Came for Business.
Men were recognized in the audi
ence who had come from the dif
ferent points about Omaha- distant
40, 50 and 100 miles in all four di-
rections. They had come for busi
ness; they looked business; they
wanted business (and incidentally
thiy got it from the senator), and
they cheered like they meant busi
ness. , ." '
In fact, if the enthusiastic and fe
verish remarks heard throughout the
crowd could be quoted, they cheered
like something else.' -: ". j .
And three-quarters of them were
against the league.
They showed this by the tremen-
fdous enthusiasm and roar that went
up when the senator made one of
his innumerable telling points,
against it, and if a representative
crowd of Nebraskans express them
selves so forcibly in opposition to
the league and all its intents and
purpose as did the 7,000 people, at
the Auditorium last night, :t is an
unescapable conclusion that the re
mainder of (the state would and will
line up the same way.-
Nebraska Against League. : ".
Nebraska wants none of : the
league. There is no other conclu
sion to be drawn. .
The whole tenor of the reception
given the senator was extraordi- 1
nary and unprecedented, both in
enthusiasm and incidents by which
this was made manifest. By com
mon agreement, heard in remarks
all through the crowds as they filej
out after the address, the enthusiasm
far exceeded that at the Wilson
meeting, as far as volume and spon
taneity was concerned, while in
earnestness and sincerity there was
no comparison. '
The lyells of approval that greeted
Borah's telling points came right
from the bottom of the heart, ; in
spired by solid, sincere and un-
changeable conviction. There was -no
camouflage or political red fire
or mob hysteria about it.
v Crowd Sings "America."
The entrance of the senator gave
occasion for a significant incident.
For 20 minutes the Auditorium had
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