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B RIEF IGHT EEZY BITS OF NEWS 15,000 BOTTLES BURNT OFFERING TO BACCHUS. Chicago, Sept. 15. Cases contain 'ng 15,000 bottles of beer, confiscat ed under the search and seizure act, vere burned today at Woodstock by rder of Judge Barnes. The cases A-ere heaped together, saturated with kerosene and a match applied. The bottles were seized en route from Wisconsin to Chicago. All the de lendants have pleaded guilty and been fined. GHOSTLY CHECK FINDS WAV BACK FROM 71. Chicago, Sept. 15. The past de livered up a ghost yesterday. In fact, the ghost walked. Back in the fall of 71, when Hi Cost was not yet a citizen and auto accidents along the Boul Mish were very oh very rare, Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over the well-known lump and ignited Chicago, III. Among other ruins was the five-,-tory building belonging to Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., on the property now occupied by the Boston store. A policy for $4,320 in the Irving Fire Insurance company was among the many documents in the old safe. It is now yellow with age and the insurance company has long since gone into the receiver's hands on account of losses sustained in the big fire. But yesterday a small check, a partial pay incut on. the insurance due, uaude-ed through the mail to the hands of J .T. Pirie. Only one employe of the days of 71 was there to greet it James C.'Kogers, head of the wholesale fur department. He dropped a reminiscent tear and murmured: "Alas, poor Jack, I knew you well. When you left the old town in the days before the war you were worth a hundred cents on every dollar. And now. you paltry kale, you come back with not one-half the worth you used to have. O tempora, O FASCINATING! GRIPPING! ADELE GARRISON'S LOVE SERIAL, REVELATIONS OF A WIFE. The Omaha Daily Be VOL. 49 NO. 77. h mratf-ttut attar May M, INS, it Omaha r. 0. mow Mt Maraa J, 17. OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1919. By Mall (I rar). Dally, $.: tuaaay. t?.Ws Dally Sua., M.W: ratal Nab. ataa antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER; Fair Tuesday; Wednes day unsettled; not much change in temperature. Hourly tmprktitrM: Hourly lniirilri 5 ft. m. ft. m. . 7 a. m . . II a. in . . a. m.. 10 ft. m.. 11 ft. in . , It noon. . Ml mil HI' DDI .-! 1 l 111 M 1H " US M HI W Jl mm m LJVl home quit by forces of allies British and French Troops Leave City and Lower Their Flags at Request of "Rebel" Leader, D'Annunzio. 26,000 ARMED ITALIANS NOW IN BALTIC PORT CO-ED'S TRUNK HAS I EIGHTY PINTS LIQUOR. Edmoml. Okl., Sept. 15. When Miss Ada Dudley of BainsviUe, Tex., arrived here to attend school and re ceived a trunk she had checked at Kansas City she found it was ac companied by a revenue officer. The trunk was opened and in it was found 80 pints of whisky. Miss Dudley denied ownership ii nd explained that a porter in Kan sas City, whom she had check her --trunks, must have made a mistake. Uer trunk, she said was a steamer trunk, while the one sent her was a large green one. Her father was ,-ippcaled to to solve the mystery. BANANA VICTIM OF PRICE PROFITEERING. New York, Sept. IS. The banana is also numbered among the victims of price manipulation, according to the wholesale banana dealers of New York, who have organized with the express purpose of restor ing the South American products to its proper position as the poor "' man's fruit. "Certain fruit roduction compan ies operating their own steamship lines" are the target against which the Banana Dealers' association will lay its claim. WOMEN PROVERBIAL SINNERS AGAINST HEALTH. New York, Sept. 15. Women were described as "proverbial sin ners against health" and warned to get rid of the idea that because they were women they were entitled to , pcial consideration by men in an address by Dr. Anns L. Brown of .-New York at the opening session of the International Conference of Women Physicians, conducted un der the auspices of the National board of the Y. W. C. A. Dr. Brown is the organizer of the conference, which has attracted delegates from almost every country in the world with the exception of Germany, its former allies and Russia. Tht principal object of the con ference is to offer solutions for the problems of social reconstruction, especially in regard to women. Dr. Brown took up the question of prostitution and pleaded for a more tolerant and sympathetic at titude toward women who trans gress the law. FEAH ANOTHER FLU EPIDEMIC IN FRANCE. Paris, Sept. 15. The medical world of Paris is watching with the greatest interest the progress of cer tain maladies of an intestinal nature observed throughout France, which might be the precursors of a fresh epidemic of influenza. Last year that disease brought out everywhere maladies classed as intestinal fever, and there is a recurrence just now , of those ailments. DESERTS AMERICAN WIFE TO WED A BRITISHER. London, Sept. 15 Mrs. George Walter Molerio of Jamaica Plain, Boston, has preferred a charge of bigamy against her husband. She accused him of having deserted her six months after their marriage. He then came to England, she says, joined the army, was wounded in France, and later wed Elizabeth ; Bennett, a British girl. Mrs. Mo lerio adds she traced her husband's movements and came here, but he refused to rejoin her. "SMITHY" APPARENTLY MAKES GOOD MONEY. Washington, bept. 13. lnc pur chase by an Indiana blacksmith of 10 silk shirts at $10 each and the oi fer of a Texas oawnbroker to dis pose of war savings stamps below market price are pointed to by Wil liam Mather Lewis, director of the war savin? division of the treasr tirv. as indicating that the profiteer and extravagant buyer are marching together to the detriment ot the pub lic welfare. EX-CROWN PRINCE WANTS TO GO HOME. London, Sept. 15. The National News ouotes the German ex-crown nrince as saying he intends in the iiear future to ask the right to re turn to Germany and live there as a 'T citizen. He adds that he knows "Ormanv i throueh with kines and that he has "o nionarchistie am bitions. Supreme Council Decides to Let Italy Deal With Situa tion Created in Fiume by Occupation of City. Paris. Sept. 15. Twenty-six thou sand Italian troops are now in Fiume. according to the latest ad vices to tiie Italian peace delegation here. The British and French troops have left the city, loweting their flags at D'Annunzio's request. The supreme council decided to day to let Italy deal with the situa tion created at Fiume by D'Annun zio's occupation of the citv, deeming it purely an internal matter. Representatives of two of the great powers, however, urged the necessity of settling the Fiume ques tion with the least possible delay in order to prevent similar incidents. As the American peace delegation was reported to be without precise instructions from Washington, no final decision was reached this aft ernoon by the supreme council as regards a settlement. Union is Declared. Geneva, Sept. 15. Gabriete d'Aft nunzio, supported by the forces of Ardete, which accompanied him into Fiume, lias proclaimed a union of Fiume with Italy, according to ad vices received by the Serbian press bureau here from Belgrade. Fiume was plunged into anarchy. the advices declare, when the brigade of Italian troops, which pre viously had evacuated the city, re turned without officers, ejected the local authorities and arrested the Italian general, Pittaluga. The British and rrencli troops in Fiume, the message states, barricad ed themselves within their quarters, expecting to be attacked, while the crowds in the city tore down the al lied flags. The Serbian authorities, it is add ed, still remain in the suburb of Susak, which is isolated. Race Riots Break Out in New York; Negro Is Killed New York. Sent. 16. One neero was killed, two injured and a patrol man assaulted in a fight between negroes and whites which broke out early this morning at One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and Lenox avenue in the heart of the negro sec tion, i once reserves were sum moned from four stations. NEWSPAPER MAN WITH PRESIDENT'S PARTY IS KILLED! Auto Driver Also Dies Follow ing Accident Near Portland; Three Are Injured. Portland, Ore., Sept. 15. An auto mobile containing members of the party accompanying President Wil son on a scenic trip over the Colum bia highway near here shortly after noon overturned, killing two men pud injuring three. It was the first accident of a serious nature to occur during the president's tour of the country. The der.d: BEN F. ALLEN, member of the presidential party and Washington correspondent for the Cleveland, O., iMain Dealer. JAMES K. PATTERSON. Port land, Ore, driver of the automo bile. The injured: Stanley Reynolds. Washington correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. Robert T. Small, Washington cor respondent for the Public Ledger, Philadelphia, and former superin tendent of the southern division of The Associated Press. Arthur D. Sullivan, Portland, Ore., news writer. Allen and Patterson were killed outright when the heavy automobile, being turned aside to escape another automobile in its path, overturned, pinning them underneath. The car righted itself after turning over. Small, Reynolds and Sullivan were riding in the tonneati. Small, who was on the- upper side, u;as thrown clear and escaped with pain ful bruises and lacerations. Later the president sent this tele gram to Mrs. Allen in Washington: "Our hearts go out to you in deep est sympathy in the tragical death of ;-our husband, whom wc all esteemed and trusted, fie will be missed as a true friend and a' man who always intelligently sought to do his duty." SENATORS FAIL TO FIRE OPENING SHOTS ON PACT Although Treaty and League Covenant Called Up Dis cussion Laid Over. 90 DAYS IN JAIL GIVEN TOWNLEY Limit Sentence Under Statute Imposed on President of Nonpartisan League and Chief Henchman. TAR AND FEATHER ,"L0VE THIEF' WHO WRECKED HOME "Such a Rabbit," Decided Nol to Shoot Officer Who Stole Wife's Affections. BOTH WERE TRIED ON CHARGES OF SEDITION Stay of Sentence of 60 Days Granted; Jurist Excoriates Publicity League Men for Biased Stories. Big Building Increase Shown by Western Cities An increase in building of 151 per cent during the month of August, 1919, over August, 1918, is shown in Omaha. Building totaled $783,110 last month, as compared to $311,440 the same month a year ago. Sioux City, la., showed the great est building increase among western cities, with a total estimated at $2,013,415. This was an advance over August, 1918, of 1.765 per cent. Lincoln stands next to Sioux City, with an increase oi d,63l per cent for August, 1919. over August, 1918. Lincoln spent $461,700 fo' buildings last month as compared with $26,650 for the same month..? year ago. Two With Lots of Money Held for Investigation (.'. K. Lowell, a brakeman, and George Ball, a hotel man, were ar rested early this morning in Hotel Rome and held for investigation. According to Detectives Guy Knudt son and Charlie Jensen, who arrest ed them. They are suspected of be ing confidence men. Ball had $825 in cash on his person and Lowell $440. Both said they hail from Chi cago. The police are consulting their records in an effort to identify the two men. Washington, Sept. .15. The Ger man peace treaty with its league of nations covenant was called up to day in the senate, but plans of the senate and individual senators were considered as precluding any actual work on the pact until next week. While the treaty was put before the senate to be considered in open session continuously until ratified or rejected, there apparently was no disposition to speed it along until after the interruption of business by the Pershing ceremonies Wednesday and Thursday. Senator Sherman, republican, Illinois, will take up most of the time of the session to morrow with an attack on the league covenant, and Senator Reed, demo crat, Missouri, who has been speak ing in the west against it, will speak Friday. The reading of the treaty section by section, hardly is expected, there fore, to begin until Monday. The league covenant comes first and right at the beginning almost is the amendment by Senator Johnson, re publican, California, which would give the United States the same voting power as Great Britain. How much time the senate would take in considering this amendment members today declined to say, al though the general view was that nearly every one on the republican side might want to express opinions regarding it. It was suggested that Senator Johnson, who is on a speak ing tour, might return in time to take personal charge of the fight to equal ize the voting clause. After Chairman Lodge had form ally called up the treaty today he presented a printed text of the treaty with Austria, supplied him by a Chicago newspaper and obtained unanimous consent to have it read, word for word. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who as ranking demo cratic member of the committee, will conduct the administration fight lor ratification, made vigorous objec tion to this procedure, declaring it was a mere squandering of time. Prince of Wales Is : Guest of Calgary Calgary. Canada, Sept. 15. Calgary-Monday entertained the prince of Wales. A review of war veter ans and decoration of returned he roes were on the program. Yesterday the prince, after his arrival, rode through streets lined with cheering crowds. Last night he was the guest at a dinner given by the Ranchmen's club. Senator Johnson to Speak in Lincoln Wednesday Night j R. B. Howell of Omaha was noti fied last night that the itineraries of Senators Borah and Johnson had been changed. Senator Johnson will speak in Lincoln Wednesday night and Senator Borah will speak in Sioux City. Residents living out in the state can secure reserved seats for the Johnson meeting at Lincoln by writ ing or wiring Frank A. Harrison of Lincoln. Germany Must Withdraw Troops From Baltic States Paris, Sept. 15. The supreme council has agreed to send a note to Germany saying the peace con ference disregards the German rep resentations that General von der Goltz and the German troops in the Baltic states are not under German control, and holding Germany re sponsible for the speedy withdrawal i of those forces Jackson, Minn., Sept. 15. N'inety days in the Jackson countv jail the limit under the statute was the sen tence imposed by District Judge E. C. Dean today on A. C. Townley, ptesident of the National Nonparti san league, and Joseph Gilbert, former organization manager, who were convicted July 12 of having conspired to teach sedition. Townley and Gilbert were tried on charges of having made speeches and distributed literature in Jackson county and other counties of the state shortly before and after the United States entered the war for the alleged purpose of discouraging enlistments and co-operation in oth er war measures. Do Not Utter Word. The defendants themselves did not utter a word in their own behalf at the proceedings today, during which Prosecuting Attorney E. H. Nich olas of Jackson and Judge Dean took formal occasion in open court to brand as falsehoods the various stories of the trial, which have been circulated by the league since Town ley and Gilbert were convicted. Judge Dean granted a stay of sentence of 60 days when the de fense will move for a new trial on the ground of error. in the record. If the motion is denied an appeal will be taken to the state supreme court. Prosecutor Nicholas and Judge Dean both went on record as de claring the charges that they had beerf politically active against the league or prejudiced on other grounds were "contemptible lies" and were circulated "for the purpose of distracting attention from the conviction by a jury of farmers." Scathing Reference. "Any organization that is built upon falsehood will not long en dure," said Judge Dean, referring to the Nonpartisan league. The judge declared that he has re ceived various letters of comment on the case, some of which praised his conduct and a few of which criti cized his decision. He declared that all of the hostile letters were anony mous, while the complimentary com munications had signatures. Letters bore postmarks from cities as far east as Atlantic City and as far west as San Francisco. Omaha Live Stock Receipts Break All Previous Records The Union stock yards on the South Side reports two records broken yesterday when the total re ceipts of live stock was 1,358 cars and the cattle receipts numbered 29,763 head. Sheep receipts were less than 200 below the record. The former record for cars re ceived was established on August 25 of this year when 1,284 cars were unloaded. On the same day cattle receipts established their high mark with 27,197. The present sheep record was es tablished September 12 when 64,500 head were received. Yesterday's re ceipts were 64,343 head. Omaha easily led Chicago and Kansas City in total number of head r-ceived. Omaha's total receipts was 98,000. Chicago 79,000 and Kan sas City 68,000. Fall Hunting Season Is j Open; Nimrods All Happy Many Omaha nimrods departed ' last night for carefully selected ! ennfe nsrpi- the State, where theV will contest with the natives for first shot at the few Nebraska ducks. The fall hunting season opens to day, but gloom encircles the camps of the scattergun followers because earlv hunting promises to be light. The few Nebraska birds will be picked off early, and hunters will not get a good shooting trip until the migration of ducks to the south begins. Another cause of alarm is the fact that the Platte river, a fa vorite of duck hunters, is dry. Re ports from the western part of the state, however, give some hope. Re ports from the upper valleys say that the water is beginning to ap pear, and it is expected before the shooting gets good the river will come to life. If the southern flight should start now. shooting on the Platte would undoubtedly be the poorest in years. London, Sept. 15. (By Universal Service.) Lieutenant Wright, who tarred and feathered Lieutenant Kin ahan for alienating the affections of Wright's wife, has been released from court-martial. Thus ends, evidently on the basis of the "unwritten law," one of the most sensational of the many of England's tragedies of illicit love arising from the absence of a hus band, who was fighting at the front while his home was being wrecked by a "love thief." Early last June Lieut. Francis Wright, assisted by his brother, visited terrible venge ance upon Sub-Lieut. Desmond B. Kinahan, a young naval officer, for stealing, as they charged, the affec tions of Francis Wright's wife. The younger Wright, himself an ex-officer, with a wooden leg and a crippled arm, later told the story. He said he had often warned Kina han to stay away from the elder Wright's wife, and finally had ob tained a written promise that Kina han would stop making himself con spicuous with Mrs. Wright while the latter's husband was fighting in Mesopotamia. Kinahan is only 20 years old. The Wrights had been married in haste and had lived to gether only six weeks before the husband Tiad to rejoin the colors. The two Wrights, on the night of their vengeance, got chains, a gal lon of tar and feathers. They hid these things near a lonely country road. Then they asked Kinahan to come with them "to talk matters over." Except for eyes, nose and mouth they covered every spot of Kinahan's head and body with tar, then stuck feathers in his long, wavy hair, whereupon they took him in a car to the Y. W. C. A., where Mrs. Wright was then staying. Kin ahan, according to the younger Wright's story, "took his medicine" quietly. Had Kinahan been a big ger man, he added, they would have "simply shot him," but in Wright's words "he was such a rabbit we de cided we would do the other thing." GOMPERSJSILEOT . ON THREATENED LABOR WALKOUTS Refuses to Comment on Trouble Among Steel Workers and Boston Police. COVENANT IS CALLED WARTRUST Immense Crowds Turn Out to Hear Senator Johnson Flay League of Nations ' at Two Des Moines Meetings. BREED BOLSHEVISM WHO VIOLATE CONSTITUTION Washington. Sept. 15. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, returning to his office at the federation headquar ters, went over the situations arising from the police strike in Boston and the proposed nation-wide steel work ers' strike September 22, but re fused absolutely to comment on either. There were indications, however, that the labor chief was making every effort to obtain from. heads of the steel workers' unions consent to call off the proposed strike and to await the industrial conference called for October 6 by President Wilson oetore taking action, j The work of Mr. Gompers was , seen in the decision of the United ! Mine Workers in convention at ! Cleveland to support a movement to delay the steel workers walkout. In requesting that the mine workers make this decision, Mr. Gompers for warded a letter from President Johnson of the International Ma chinists' association, favoring post ponement of the strike. As the steel workers will hold a meeting Wed nesday in Pittsburgh to discuss plans for the strike, it was suggested in some quarters that President Gomp ers was endeavoring to influence these workers through their affiliated unions. At federation headquarters it was said the steel situation was particu larly delicate from a labor stand point in that strikes can only be called or settled by the unions di rectly involved. Labor federation of ficials have no power to take any action or issue any orders, though they may give advice and assistance and this may be particularly influ ential. Mr. Gompers' activities are conse quently only taken in his capacity of adviser and the frequent represen tations that the strike is being called off by him. it was said, caused con siderable embarrassment. Union Police Hoot Macon Commissioner Macon,' Ga., Sept. 15. Acting on a demand made by Macon citizens today at a mass meeting, the city civil service commission has called on police and firemen here to dissolve their unions immediately. Members of the firemen's union announced they w-ould "only be put out with guns," while the commissioners were hooted by the police when the order was presented. Hit by Auto. A. J. Glenn, 521 North Twentieth street, suffered a bad cut on the back of his head late last night when ,he was run down at Twenti- l etn and California streets by an j automobile driven by Arthur Kat i skee. 1006 North Twenty-fourth I street. Only Kind of Wars That Will Stop Under League Are England's With America's Blood, Legislator Says. Des Moines, Sept. 15. (By The Associated Press.) In two address es delivered here tonight Senator Hiram W. Jolmsoh of California de scribed the league of nations cove nant as "a gigantic war trust." The principal meeting was held in the Coliseum, the largest hall in the city, where President Wilson spoke a week ago. The big hall was crowded and Senator Johnson was given an en thusiastic reception. Occupying seats on the stage were Mayor Thomas Fairweather, W. C. Ramsey, secretary of state; E. H. Hoyt, state treasurer, and C. A. Rawson, republican state chairman. "When men in power violate the constitution they are breeders of bolshevism." said Senator Johnson. "This menace is bred in the breasts of mothers whose sons were drafted to fight against Germany, but were shot down in Russia, a country with which the United States is not at war. "I do not fear bolshevism in this country. I have too much faith in the common sense of the American people. " ""The only kind of wars that are going to stop under the league are England's .war with America's blood," Senator Johnson said. Fought Righteous War. "We fought a righteous war and won," said Senator Johnson. "With our might anil treasure we deter mined to destroy ruthless militarism and it was done. In the peace we would make it impossible for this monster ever again to threaten the world. "The victory for the United States means neither territory nor reparations. It should mean the triumph of our loud-trumpeted ideals for civilization, for the rights of small nations, for self-determination for democracy. It means for England, ,France, Italy and Japan huge territories, vfkst numbers of people, immense national gain. The burden must be borne of protecting and safeguard in? these enormous allied gains. "The sole reason, whispered in fear, or ominously hissed to create fear in the rest of us, why the United States should become the world's guarantor and underwrite the rape of China and the partition of hundreds of thousands of square miles of territory, and the transfer of millions of human beings to Eng land, France, Italy and Japan, is that by doing so the possibility of future wars will be minimized, and there may be a greater sense of se curity in the possession by England, France, Italy Vind Japan of their newly acquired peoples and territo ries. "But this argument in its last analysis means that United States power and treasure and blood will do for England, France, Italy and Japan what otherwise they would be compelled to do for themselves. It means not fhe end of discontent or the cessation of war. for peoples (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Arrest Ship Workers for Cursing Wilson Portland, Ore., Sept. 15. Because it is charged they cursed President Wilson, J. C. Smith and George Hensee, ship workers, were arrested. Smith and Hensee were discussing the Wilson visit as they passed the plant of the Portland Lumber com pany on their way to work. Violence was suggested in their language, according to L. Garfield, who heard them and complained to William Warfel, a guard at the lum ber plant, who arrested them. Chief oi Police Johnson said the men must face trial for the language they are said to have used. Besides violating a city ordinance it may violate federal enactments, it is said. Americans Not Badly Injured by Jap Bomb Seoul, Sept. 15. Mrs William Preston Harrison of Chicago, who was wounded by the bomb thrown at Baron Saito, governor of Korea. September 2 in an attempt to assas inate him is not in a serious con though she and her husband who was also slightly injured, are still ni Severance hospital. Mrs. Harrison was wounded twice under the left arm. A piece of metal has been extricated from her wounds. She was also wounded in th back. SAYS AMERICANS MUST GUARANTEE A STABLE WORLD Staying Out of League Will Mean Great Loss to Democ racy, Wilson Asserts. Portland, Sept. 15. "If America stays out of the league of nations it will do so at a great cost to democ racy, and in violation of its material as well as its moral interests," Pres ident Wilson declared in an address here today. Deploring the suggestion, he said, was being made on all sides that the. t inted States take advantage of the world situation, without shouldering j any of the responsibilities, Mr. Wil- j son declares such a policy would be j futile, because this country, as much j aa anj uuin, n as imeresieu in guar anteeing a stable world order. During an all-day stop here the president spoke first at an afternoon luncheon, where his declarations were cheered repeatedly by 200 busi ness and professional men of Port land. He made only a brief im promptu talk, however, the only set speech on his day's schedule being at an evening mass meeting at the Municipal auditorium. For this meeting 7,000 tickets had been dis tributed in a lottery, in which local officials said there were more than 30,000 applications for admittance. Crowds Cheer Party, From the time the presidential irain arrived the president and Mrs. Wilson were followed by cheering crowds. When he appeared on the rear platform of his private car at the station, a railroad man shouted, "Atta boy," and a crowd which had squeezed through the police lines to the tracks started a roar of welcome which continued all the way along an automobile ride through Port land's principal streets. The luncheon was given in Mr. Wilson's honor by C. S. Jackson, publisher of the Oregon Journal, and Governor Olcott and Mayor Baker were among the guests. In the evening the president and Mrs. Wilson dined . privately at a hotel. Leaving Portland late tonight the presidential party will spend all of tomorrow on their special train en route to San Francisco, where they are to arrive Wednesday morning. Arraigns Senator Lodge. Quoting from an address made in 1915 by Senator Lodge, chairman of the senate foreign relations commit tee, suggesting that nations must unite as men unite to preserve peace, President Wilson told a Portland audience tonight that the league of nations covenant carried out what Mr. Lodge had suggested. It was the first time during his speaking tour that Mr. Wilson had mentioned by name any of the senators oppos ing the league. The president's words were greet ed with cheers by an audience which packed the municipal auditorium, said to accommodate more than 7,000. Asserting he had found few men opposed to a league of nations, the president said the great objection seemed to be to this particular league. "I entirely concur in Senator Lodge's declaration," said the presi dent, "and I hope I shall have his co-operation in carrying out the de sired ends." He recalled his conference with the foreign relations committee on his return from Paris and said every suggestion for improvement made by the committee members had been written into the covenant. One of these suggestions, he con tinued, was that the Monroe doc trine be protected. He asserted that not only had the doctrine been specifically reserved to administra tion by the United States, but it had been extended to all the world. At the behest of the United States, he added, a provision also had been put in giving the members the right to withdraw. Most of these suggestions, said the president, had come from repub lican sources. Saying he meant no disrespect to the league opponents, Mr. Wilson stirred up another outburst of cheer ing when he added that he had no respect "whatever" for some of them. The president asserted "that a very few men" were proposing that the covenant be changed to give the United States "a position of special privilege." That, he asserted, was directly contrary to American principles, be cause the nation had entered the war largely to fight for the principle of the equality of nations. fo)nn JUUVLI HURRICANE DAMAGES ENORMOUS Property Loss in Corpus Christi Alone Estimated at $4,000,000, With Heavy Toll in Other Cities. RELIEF TRAINS RUSHING SUPPLIES TO HOMELESS Otis Johnson Shot in Leg by Ex-City Dog Catcher Otis Johnson, .colored, Eighth and Burt streets, was shot twice in the left leg at 8 o'clock last night by Al Jackson, also colpred, 409 North Eighth street, after ari' argument over a woman. Jackson is the ex-dog catcher who shot and killed a white boy several months ago on the Lo cust street viaduct, and is now out on bond awaiting trial for that offense, according to the po'ice. Jackson was arrested and charged with shooting with intent to wound. John son was held as complaining witness. Hunter Kills Warden. Rock Springs. Wvo., Sept. 15. j John Buxton, deputy state game warden, is dead and Joe Omeyc, 17. is held in the county jail on a charge i of murder. Omeyc shot Buxton when the officer attempted to ar- rest him for hunting out of season. At Least Score of Persons Floating in Bay, Where They Were Washed Out by High Waves. B.v thr AamH-latcd Pr. A mounting death list and exttn hive property damage was shown in reports early this morning (Tues day) from the Texas coastal region swept by a tropical hurricane from he Gulf of Mexico last Sunday. Varying reports placed the death list at from 25 in Corpus Chris. i alone to more than 130. The latter figures included reports of bodies recovered in Nueces bay, on which Corpus Christi is situated. Property damage in Corpus Christi alone was estimated at more than $4,000,000, while many cities and towns along the coast in the vi cinity of that place also suffered heavily. Just outside Corpus Christi bv, Port Aransas, located on Mustang island, was reported virtually razed by the storm, including destruction of its customs house and loss of cus toms records. There was no posi tive information of loss of life in that town, which had, a population of 600. Other cities and towns in the . coastal region battered by a driving , wind and swept by torrential rains, reported damage in varying degree, but early incomplete reports made no mention of casualties in , these places. Rio Grande Valley Escapes. Dispatches from Brownsville Mon day, transmitted by army radio, dis pelled fears that the lower Rio Grande valley might have suffered extensively from the storm which weather bureau officials thought had moved into Mexico near that city. Numerous frame buildings in the vicinity of Brownsville were dam aged, many wrecked, but the veloc ity of the wind, which hardly ex ceeded 50 miles, seemed to refute the belief that the storm had moved tr rough that country across the Rio Grande. Weather men at Browns ville, it was stated, believed it had curved back probably into the gulf section of western Texas from Al pine to beyond Sweet Water, on the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient rail road and from Colorado City south past Brady and Brownwood. It was k-ared the excessive rains would cause some damage to cotton. 50 Persons Missing. Corpus Christi, Sept. 15. With its dead numbering at least 25 and more than 50 persons known to be miss ing, Corpus Christi early today was devoting its energies principally to giving relief to the 3,000 persons made homeless by the ravages of Sunday's tropical hurricane. The first relief train arrived at midnight, loaded with foodstuffs and other supplies from Kingsvilk and Robstown. Red Cross workers immediately took charge of relief measures. Ample supplies have been assured from ojther sources. The supplies came following this message sent from Mayor Gordon Boone to Governor Hobby at Aus tin: "Please send at once two com panies of National Guard with sup plies and join in an appeaj for fi nancial assistance. Conditions here deplorable and immediate help needed." At least a score of people are (Continued on Paje Two, Column Three) Children Stunned by "Live" Wire While Playing in Street Kenneth Stiles, 13 years old, 1121 South Twentyseventh street, and Mary Koley, 14 years old, 1116 South Twenty-seventh .street, were knocked unconscious at 8:30 o'clock last night in front of their homes bv coming in contact with a fallen live . wire while they were playing hide-and-seek. Workmen ha left a dead wire hanging from a pole at the corner" of Twenty-seventh and Pierce streets several weeks ago. according to Alice Schuenemann, 10 years old, 1118 South Twenty-seventh street. At night when the arc lights were turned on the voltage was carried down the wire to the ground. When the children came near the "base"' last night during their game both received a heavy charge. Peter Ko ley. 15. a brother of Mary, witnessed the accident. They were taken to their homes. Their condition is not serious. I