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FISHER AND KERR
TO PITCH TODAY.
Cincinnati, Oct. 2. Manager Mor
an announced ' before leaving for
Chicago tonight that he probably
would pitch Rav Fisher tamorrnw.
Manager Gleason befor boarding
me train tor Chicago, said that
while he had not fully msde up his
mind for tomorrow, he thought Kerr
would be in the box for the White
: aox.
The National Base Ball Commis
sion gave out the following figures
on to second game series:
Total attendance, 29,690; total rev
enue (war tax deducted). $97,136:
. players share, $52,453.44; national
commission s share, $9,713.60; to be
divided by clubs, $34,968.96; total
revenue of series (two games),
$195,914; total players' share of ser
ies (two games), $105,793.56
NEBRASKANS FIRST
IN LINE FOR BLEACHERS.
Chicago, Oct. 2.-vLate tonight a
line of about 100 men and boys
stood at the gates of White Sox
park, awaiting the opening of
ticket sales for bleacher and pa
vilion seats at 8:30 o'clock tomor
row morning. At least three of
them H. F. Bogass, R. E. Owen
and O. G. Maze of Memphis, Neb.
had been there since 7:30 p. m., and
they headed the line. - All of the
watchful waiters were prepared to
go without sleep, and camp stools,
which had been in evidence at simi
lar vigils in the past, were not in
evidence. ,
PREMIER OF CANADA
TO REST IN VIRGINIA.
Ottawa,, Oct. 2. Sir Robert Bor
den, premier of Canada, whose
health has been affected for several
weeks by overwork, will leave for
Hot Springs, Va., next Friday, after
the close of this session of the do
minion parliament, it was announced.
It is expected he will not return for
two months :
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ARKANSAS
RACE RIOTS
Five Whites and 11 Negroes
Known to Have Been Killed
in Battles at Elaine, Mel
wood and Other Points.
Cincinnati Repeats By
Defeating White Sox in
Second-Game of Series
Tightens Grip on World's Base Ball Championship by
4-2 Score 29,690 Fans Witness Reds' Victory
Weather Ideal With Tempering Breeze Third
Game to Be Played in Chicago Today.
SITUATION INTENSIFIED
BY DEATH OF ALDERMAN
Gov. Brough and Chaplain
Narrowly Escape Injury
When Three Bullets Whizz
Over Their Automobile.
SMALLEST BALLOON
LANDS IN ONTARIO.
St Louis, Oct. 2. The Ohio, the
smallest balloon entered in the na
tional championship balloon race,
which started from here last night,
apparently has traveled the great
ist distance of any of the six which
na-e come to earth.
It landed-at 1 p. m. at Perry
Bound, Ontario, several hundred
miles north of Simcoe county, Onta
io, where Capt. John S. McKibben,
epresenting Murphysboro, III., de
Icended, according to a telegram re
ceived tonight from Captain Warren
ilalsor, the pilot.
The craft has a gas capacity of 5Q
000 cubic feet, 30,000 less than the
other 10 contestants. v ,
AVOID TECHNICALITY
BY TAKING "VACATION "
New York, Oct. 2. With more
ilian 250 printing plants closed as
the res-jlt of a lockout instituted by
employing printers against pressmen
not altiliated with the international
'union, the ; situation waS further
complicated when, in order, to avoid
the technicality of striking, ISO com
positors in some of the leading es
tablishments left their work, "to
take a vacation." .-. .
MUST CONSERVE TO
END SUGAR SHORTAGE.' ;
Chicago, ' Oct. 2. Conservation
wa-" agreed on as the most prac
ticable method of dealing with the
sugar shortage, at a meeting of Dis
trict 'Attorney Cline with attorney
generals and, other representatives
of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.
MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTERS
TO ORGANIZE OMAHA.
ChLigo, Oct. , 2. The midwest
division of the Independent Distrib
uters of Magazines and Newspapers
of the United States and Canada
was organized here with.M. L. An
nenberg of Milwaukee, president.
It is. proposed to organize local
associations in New York, Atlanta,
New Orleans, Kansas Ciiy, Omaha,
Denver, Butte, LosAngeles, San
Francisco, Seattle and other cities,
tiie locals to affiliate in a national or
ganization. - . -
NO MORE .ENROLLMENTS
IN COLORADO UNIVERSITY.
Boulder, Colo., Oct 2. With ap
proximately 1,700 students enrolled,
against a prewar maximum of 1,000,
President George Norlin of the Uni
versity of Colorado issued instruc
tions that no' more new students
would be accepted during the first
quarter of the school year after Oc
tober. S. Former students will be
accepted as far as possible.
CINCINNATI SOON MAY
HAVE MAN MILLINERS.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 2. Men of
Cincinnati and envorons are to be
given a jjhance to. retaliate for the
feminine invasion of their, fields of
endeavor. A millinery class has
been started by Mrs. Marie R. Perry
and men are invited to join the
"classes."
SENATOR NEW TO AID
GIRL SLAYER'S DEFENSE.
, Los Angeles, Oct. 2. To cross
examine an important witness, pre
sumably, United States Senator
Harry S. New, who will give a depo
sition to be used in the trial of
Harry S. New, jr., confessed slayer
of Freda . Lesser, District Attorney
Thomas Lee Woodwine will leave
within a few days for Indianapolis.
Th.e announcement that District
Attorney Woolwine,will go to In
dianapolis follows the report that
Senator New, whose home is in" In
dianapolis, will probably participate
in the slayer's defense.
Defense Attorney Lecompte Davis
has admitted that he will "go east"
"hortly in connection with the New
case, .r He declined to state the
purpose of the trip, . but all indica
tions were that he would meet Sen
ator "New, who, it is claimed, is
Harry New's father. '
Reports from a apparently au
thentic source stated that Mrs. Lillie
Burger, New's mothervhas decided
to ask Senator New to aid the de
fense of her son. '
Mrs. Burger, told a story of a
.30-year romance with the senator
when her son made- his dramatic
confession of the murder of the Les
ser girl "
Helena. Ark.. Oct. 2. With fed
eral troops patrolling the village of
blame, detachments on duty at
Melwood and other towns in the
southern part of Phillips county
and a company of soldiers stationed
in Helena, as a precautionary meas
ure, the situatioji, due to race riot
ing in the vicinity of Elaine, while
intensified -today by the killing of
O. R. Lilly, a member of the board
of aldermen of this city, and (the
death of Corporal Luther Earl, was
believed to be well in hand tonight.
Both Governor' Brough of Arkan
sas, at whose request 500 soldiers of
the third division, stationed at
Camp Pike, were sent to the scene
of the disorder, and Col. I. C. Jenks,
in command or the soldiers, ex
pressed confidence early tonight
that the force on hand will be
ample to restore normal conditions.
Governor Brough accompanied the
troops from Camp Pike tYM morn
ing. White Dead . Number Five.
The killing of Mr. Lilly, who was
shot to death, by one of four
negroes who had been taken
ptiiotwtv and whom -he was guard
ing in an automobile en route to
Helena, increased the number ot
white dead, as a result of the dis
order, to five. Eleven negroes are
known to have been killed, and sev-
eral others are reportedto have
lost their lives, but their bodies
have not been located. The four
negroes were in the automobile,
when y one of them seized Lilly's
pistol 'and shot him. Other posse
men then fired on the negroes, kill
ing all of them. Other incidents of
the day were the finding of a negro
woman fatally wounded near
Elaine, and the wounding of two of
the soldiers, Sergeant Earl Gay of
the headquarters company and Cor
poral Luther Earl of Company H,
Fourth infantry, the latter of whom
later died. He was shot in the face
and seriously wounded. Sergeant
Gay was not badly hurt.
' Governor'i Narrow . Escape.
Governor Brough and Chaplain
E. C. Sliney of Boston narrowly es
caped injury when three bullets
whizzed ' over the automobile .in
which they were J accompanying a
detachment of' soldiers beating the
canbrake near Elaine for hiding
negroes. They abandoned the car
and followed the troops afoot.
While the killing of W. D. Adkins
Tuesday night and the wounding of
two other men deputized to investi
gate alleged disorderly conduct on
the paft of a white man in the
Elaine neighborhood precipitated
the outbreak propaganda circulated
by white and negro agitators tend
ing to create rebellious action on the
part of negro tenant farmers is said
to have formed the basis for the dis
order, which had been brewing for
two weeks or more.
Organizing Secretly,"
According to information received
today, negroes of the county have
been organizing secretly, providing
themselves with high-powered riflles
and holding semi-weekly meetings
to drill and prepare for the day
when, according to the promises
made by the organizers, they were
to be called upon by the government
to join in demanding 50 cents a
pound for their cotton. Under the
mystic plan, according to informa
tion secured by local officials, the
negroes were promised the govern
ment was to pay them for their cot
ton direct and they, in turn,, were to
settle with the landowners.
One report said to have been cir
culated among the negroes was that
a strike of cotton pickers was to be
declared n a few days and tenant
farmers would "be expected to re
main idle until after the coming
meeting of the world cotton con
gress in New Orleans, when a dele
gation was to come to the cotton
belt to adjust matters with the ne
gro cotton raisers. - . ..
One of Ringleaders Killed.
A. E. Johnson, one of the negroes
killed, after Mr. Lilly had been fa
tally wounded, is alleged to have
been one of the ringleaders in' the
alleged plot to incite members of
h's race. O. S. Bratton, a white
man, who was arrested last night,
was still being detained-late today
pending an investigation. Nearly a
score of negroes also were arrested
by civil officials last night and early
today about a dozen are being held
at military headquarters at Elaine
and a number of other negro men
and women were given'qnarters un-
(Contlnurd on rase Twt, Colama Stven.)
Cncinnati, Oct. 2. (By The As
sociated Press.) The Cincinnati
Reds tightened their grasp on the
series flag today by defeating the
Chicago White Sox, 4 to 2. -As
they also won the opener yester
day they need but three more
games to. land the series.
. Cincinnati has developed in the
brief period of the series so far a
habit of celebrating the fourth.
There is nothing patriotic aboufit,
for in this victory-mad town the
tourtn means an inning, not a
holiday. . . . .
The game yesterday was safely
stowed away in the fourth and when
that inning arrived , today the fans
emitted a roar in demand of. an
encore.
. In a measure the Cincinnati bats
men responded, but the person who
really took the demand to himself
apparently was Claude Williams,
the Sox left hander who was on
the mound. He passed three bats
men and three scored. An aviator
flew close to the grandstand roof
at this stage of the proceedings,
but if he was looking for Williams,
a wit in the press stand remarked,
he flew altogether top low. From
where Williams floated the thirty
fourth story insurance building
looked like a speck on. the land
scape. In the sixth he passed another
runner and the latter scored, but
the tally was not needed. The first
three were enough. It was noted
that all four of theyRed runs were
counted by players who had been
passed to first.
I Sox Score in Seventh.
Chicago's two runs came in the
seventh, the result of two hits and
an error by Cincinnati. The visitors
garnered 10 hits, but they were scat
tered throughout the game. They
hit the ball viciously at other times,
field barrier so hard that it bounded
back 25 'yards, and what ordinarily
would have been a triple shrunk to
a double. Nor . was this all that
caused the Sox to regard the sixth
as unlucky, fbr "Happy', Felsch,
after Jackson had fanned, gave the
1 ball the most powerful wallop yet
delivered in the series, it had
"home run" written- all over it, but
Roush, by a magnificent sprint, cap
'tured it while running at top speed
toward the centerfield fence. The
cheers which were set up by the
Woodland bards, who constitute the
Chicago rootir.g organization, died
abruptly. That catch seemed fate
ful to them, coining as it did right
after interposition of the fe,nce in
the case of . Weaver.
29,690 Witness Game.
The pastime "was witnessed by
29,690 persons, a slight falling off
from yesterday. The weather was
that of midsummer, but unlike the
oppressive heat of yesterday, there
was a tempering breeze today. The
brass band signalized the beginning
of practice by the Sox by playing
"She Mav Have Seen Better Days,"
a mournful bit of sentiment popular
20 years ago, but the spectators
recognized it and set up a roar of
mixed derision and delight.
Both teams left for Chicago to
night to play games at Comiskey
park, Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
weather permitting.
Both sides played machine-like
ball for the first three innings. '
With the exception of a pass, the
Reds retired in one, two, three
order, while only two Sox were able
to get on the base lines. Jkson
doubled in the second and was
was sacrificed to third, but Gandil
and Risberg were unable to advance
him to the counting station. Wil
liams singled in the third with one
out, but J. Collins, who was said to
COUNCIL
STARTS ON
CLEANUP
Orders Police Department En
larged and Equipped to Meet
Emergencies as First Step in
Reconstruction Program.
GENERAL WOOD WILL GO
TO CHICAGO TONIGHT
King . and Queen of Belgians
Given Noisy Reception as
TKey Arriveln New York City
As Soon as Royal Party. Lands Albert Issues State
, ment Expressing Great Pleasure With Which He
Came to United States and Thanking People, on
Behalf of Belgium, for Assistance During War.
Following Plan Outlined by
Military Chief, 100 More
Police Will Be Employed and
Equipment Standardized.
Omaha has entered upon the pe
riod of reconstruction of its morale,
with a determination to keep its
house in order,xas recommended by
General Wood, and to "do its wash
ing in its own backyard," as sug
gested by Governor McKelvie.
The first substantial indication of
this purpose occurred yesterday,
when the city council formally au
thorized a- physical improvement of
the police department, which will be
accompanied by a general reorgani
zation. .
Wood Leaves Tonight.
The leave-taking of General Wood
tonight will place the full local mili
tary responsibility in the hands of
Col. J. E. Morris of the 2qth in
fantry, who is now referred to as
the commanding officer of the
United States army detachment.
The Ak-Sar-Ben carnival is the
scene of merriment again, the grand
ball will be held tonight at the Ak-Sar-Ben
Den, Mayor Smith contin
ues to improve and otherwise the
entire situation is clearing up.
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our me vca ..cues wc.c j ,.,; tTnm h,H rM l.Wrf entire situation is Clearing up. ,
recejve . Uvem.! Weaver, miro,) s V-p.W
baseman, played in hard luck. He "? ; to left and "Eddie cn,nSTomaha vesferdav afternoon for the
slammed the ball against the left I (Continued on rge Eleven, Column on.) owed purpose of starting an in
vestigation to fix the responsibility
for the failure to check the situation
last Sunday afternoon before it went
beyond "control. The governor
stated that this investigation will be
as thorough as possible.
Favor New Police Head.
In connection with the announced
program for reorganizing the police
department, there were many ex
pressionsheard yesterday in favor
of proposed' changes irt the admin
inistrative heads of this department.
A change in the office of chief of
police has been informally dis
cussed. Some of the city commis
sioners believe. it would be proper
to await the return of Mayor Smith
to, the city hall before taking ac
tion on this phase of the situation.
During an executive session of the
city council yesterday, following a
conference with General Wood,
Commissioner Zimman expressed
his opinion that an essential fea
ture of the reorganization of the
police department would be the
transfer of Police Commissioner
Ringer to another department.
Employ More Police.
After General Wood had dis
cussed ths local situation with the
commissioners, the latter immedi
ately went into session and adopted
a resolution authorizing the employ
ment of 100 additional policemen,
and the purchase of necessary equip
ment which will comprise two ma
chine guns, 30 riot guns, standard-,
ized automatic revolvers of .45 cali
ber for the entire department, six
motorcycles ami two more emer
gency automobiles. The action of
the city commissioners was unani
mous and was in line with the
recommendations of General Wood,
who has gone into the Omaha situ
ation thoroughly. The equipment
referred to will fcring the depart-1
ment up to a semi-military status.
Police Commissioner Ringer stat
ed that he is ready to receive appli-
(Contlnned on Page Two, Column Two.) .
Grown King and Queen of
Ak-Sar-Ben at Den Tonight;
Rulers' Identity Secret
. i .
Climax of Festivities Will Surpass all Previous Events
. in Richness of Decorations and Splendor of Cos
tumes Nature of Ceremony Changed; and Prin
. cesses and Ballet Girls Replace Maids and Matrons.
WILSONS
King Ak-Sar-Ben and his queen
will be crowned tonight at the his
toric Den as the climax of a scene
which will excel all previous coro
nations in richness and beauty,
wonder and novelty.
Utterly different will be the coro
nation of this king and queen from
that of their illustrious predeces
sors. There will be no maids of honor,
matrons cf the court or ladies in
waiting. The numbers of these, in
late ytars, had become so large that
the coronation was unwieldy. And,
as styles in kings and queens have
changed in the last year, that of
King Ak-Sar-Ben was changed en
tirely. -
But for beauty! That scene in
the Den tonight will draw the "ohs"
and "ahs" from thousands of
throats.
Keep Plan Secret.
What is the nature of it? That
is a secret.' Suffice it to say this:
There will be in the presentation,
besides the king and queen, 12 royal
princesse:, 25 ballet girls, the Ak-Sar-Bn
chorus of 50 and the board
of governors less thart 100 oeoDle
altogether.
Music and dancing will form most
of the presentation leading up to
the coronation, there win be no
spoken words, with the exception of
a short poem in blank verse. The
whole will take about 25 minutes.
Miss Lillian Fitch of Chicago has
been in charVe of the preparations.
The ballet girls, princesses and oth
ers rehearsed nearly all day yester
day, while an army of workmen
toiled at the decorations, which sur
pass belief for their beauty A pho
tographer who took pictures of the
princesses and ballet girls for news
papers yesterday was almost over
come by the beauty of the color
harmonies
Tlw w4uaite den w decorated in a
manner unapproached in other years.
Every bit of the interior is covered
with draperies designed and spe
cially colored with exactly the right
hues to harmonize with the "secret"
that will be presented tonight. The
same is true of the specially de
signed lights, the flowers, ferns and
other decorations.
Promptly at 9 o'clock tdnight the
wonders will begin to be ufcfolded
before the eyes of the thousands
of knights of Ak-Sar-Ben and their
ladies.
King Ak-Sar-Ben XXV will be
crowned and seated upon his
throne, and he will place the royal
coronet upon the head of his queen.
Who are the king and queen?
That is something known only to a
very limited number, and they
won't tell,. The queen is one of the
most beautiful girls in Omaha. But
everybody will know tonight.
Dance Follows Spectacle.
And after the coronation, after
the surprise spectacle tonight, their
newly-crowned majesties will give a
signal, and "the' dance will start, a
dance mid a fairyland of light and
color.
v The gowns to be worn at the
ball this year are even more beau
tiful than they have been at pre
vious balls and the scene tonight,
even aside from the novel corona
tion, will be a lovely one.
The final rehearsals of the ballet,
chorus, board of governors and the
principals will take place today. All
the details have been foreseen for
handling the immense numbers who
will be there. The automobile park
ing alone outside of the "den" is
a detail to which a dozen men have
been assigned.
It will be the culmination of 10
days of the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities
which, though somewhat curtailed
by unforeseen events, have been sig
nally successful."
CONDTIO
REPORTED
ALARMING
Nerve Specialist and Three
Other Physicians Hold Two
Hour Consultation With Dr.
Cary T. .Grayson.
WM. G.'WIcADOO CALLS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
FRENCH CHAMBER
RATIFIES PEACE
PACT, 372 TO 53
Franco-American and Franco-
British Treaties Are Also
Confirmed.
New York, Oct. 2. King Albert
of the Belgians, Queen Elizabeth
and Prince Leopold, who come to
America to express their gratitude
for the aid extended by a generous
nation to their martyred country,
received a noisy welcome to New
York when aroused at dawn by the
firing of salutes as the transport
George Washington steamed past
the outer harbor fortifications.
The George Washington arrived
off the Fire Island lightship at 5
yesterday. She anchored at Sun
set, three miles east of the Ambrose
lightship. A flotilla of 12 destroyers
escorted the George Washington up
the bay to her pier at Hoboken. As
the ship came up the harbor salutes
of 21 guns were fired from coastal
fortifications. In response the
George Washington broke out at
her masthead the flag of the Belgian
royal family and the national ban
ner. It was arranged for King Albert
to leave the vessel and proceed to
the reception room between lines
of American soldiers at present arms
and along a hall decorated with the
flags of Belgium, the United States
and the other allies in the war. Un
der a canopy of flags In the recep
tion room the program called for
the formal address of welcome by
the vice president; of the United
States, and King Albert's reply to
the greeting of the American nation.
Party "Incognito" 24 Hours.
Officials of the State department
announced that it was planned to
keep the royal visitors "incognito"
during the first 24 hours of their
stay here. The visitors are assigned
to occupy the suite at the Waldorf
Astoria that was reserved for Gen
eral Pershing while he was the
guest of the city. The official greet
ing of the city will take place to
morrow morning.
Upon his arrival King Albert is
sued the following 'message to the
American people: .
"At the moment of setting foot
on American soil, the king of the
Belgians desires to express to the
people of the United States the
great pleasure with which the queen
and himself are'eoming to its' shores
at the invitation of President Wil
son. "The king brings to this nation of
(Continued en Pace Two, Column Fonr.)
5
Quarrels With Wife
And Cuts Throat in
Basement of Home
Walter Seely, 34 years old, 723
South Twenty-fifth avenue, took his
own life in . the basement . of his
home irfJtmt 9 last night by cutting
his throat with a safety razor blade,
according to a report made by the
police.
Seely was employed by the Omaha
Printing company and according to
his ' wife tarted to work at 5 last
night. She says he returned at 8
under the influence of liquor and im
mediately started to quarrel with
her. She says he then went into the
basement and when she went down
later to see him she found him
dead with his throat cut from ear
.to ear.
v Besides his widow Seely is sur
vived by. two children, Robert, 10
years old. and Clarence, 12.
' Ousted President In U. S.
New Orleans, Oct. 2. Former
President Bertrand of Honduras,
who recently was ousted by revo
lutionists, ,has arrived here as a pas
senger on the steamer Heredia with
several former-members of his cabinet
Steel Strike, Situation
Remains Virtually Same
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 2. The
steel strike situation in the Pitts
burgh district remains virtually
unchanged. Steel company of
ficials continued to maintain that
more men were returning to work
andv tonnage was being increased,
while the striking men's leaders
declared their men were "holding
firm."
Gary, Ind., Oct 2. An official
of the Gary works of the United
States Steel corporation asserted
Thursday night that 5,000 men
were back at work. He said that
at the time the strike was called,
only 9,000 men were on the pay,
roll. Union leaders denied the"
claim. " -
Washington, Oct. 2.A confer
ence between leaders of the steel
strike and representatives of three
railroad brotherhoods was ; held.
No statement . was forthcoming
after the meeting other than that
further discussion will be held.
Ex-President of Argentina
Dies at Home In Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Oct. 2. Dr. Vic
torino de la Plaza, former president
of the Argentina, 'died at midnight
last night ;s
Men in Automobile
That Rammed Another
Car Drunk, Is Charge
Fred Dahlberg, Atlantic, la., suf
fered cuts about his headvand face
at" 8:30 o'clock last night, when
the automobile in which he was rid
ing rammed the automobile of A.
B. Currie, 409 North Fifty-first
street, at Seventeenth and Douglas
streets. -
Dahlberg was arrested and
charged with drunkenness. Charles
Terrell, 303 North Sixteenth street,
driver of the car in which Dahlberg
was riding, was also arrested and
charged with drunkenness and reck
less driving. Mr. and Mrs. Curric
were sitting in their car at the time
of the accident Neither was in
jured. .
Mayor Besting Well
Mayor Ed P. Smith spent a com
fortable night and slept soundly,
accord. ng. to officials at the Ford
hospital. His condition remains
about the same and physicians were
unable to say whether he would be
allowed to be moved to his home,
today
K ' &
Paris. Oct. 2. The Chamber of
Deputies today ratified the German
peace treaty by a vote of 372 to S3.
The chamber then 'took up the
treaties between France and the
United States and France and Great
Birtain. The Franco-American and
Franco-British treaties were unan
imously ratified. ' .
A Total of 501 votes was cast for
the two treaties. "
Ratification of the German peace
treaty by the French Chamber of
Deputies by decisive vote may be
considered as assuring the approval
of the Versailles pact by 'the second
of the great powers which has voted
upon it. Great Britain has already,
by act of Parliament, ratified the
treaty and the formal announce
ment of ratification is only awaiting
the receipt of advices that Australia,
the last of Great Britain's domin
ions to act upon it, has registered
its approval." .
Three Powers Must Ratify.
The approval of tKree of the great
powers, in addition to that of Ger
many, is needed to put the treaty
into effect. There seems likely to
be a halt in the process of making
the treaty effective, however, for
aside from Great Britain and France,
none of the powers whose assent
would furnish the third ratification
appears to be in the way of supply
ine it sneedilv.
The United States senate is still
debating the treaty, with no date set
for the vote. Japan, it has been in
dicated, will await American action
before passing upon the treaty itself,
and the dissolution of the Italian
Parliament, it seems probable, will
ylefer Italian ratification until De
cember at least.
Opposition Melts Away.
A notable feature of the vote by
the French chamber was the major
ity of 319. for ratification. The op
position to various clauses of the
document, which was voiced in the
parliamentary debate largely melted
away when the time for a vote arriv
ed, and Premier Clemenceau scored
the biggest majority of his career.
The Franco-American treaty rati
fied by the chamber is the conven
tion negotiated by President Wilson
shortly before he left France. It is
intended to provide additional se
curity for France against German
aggressions.
The treaty stipulates that the
United States "shall be bound to
come to its (France's) assistance
during any unprovoked movement
of aggression being made by Ger
many. x
Fire Into Berlin Crowd.
Berlin Oct. 2. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Soldiers, during a
labor demonstration by 15,000 per
sons in the Muellerstrasse, fired
into the crowd, killing one civilian
and wounding 10 others 1
FALL AMENDMENTS
TO PEACE TREATY
ARE VOTED DOWN
By Unanimous Consent 26
Other Reservations Suffer-
Like Fate.
V
Washington, Oct. 2. Considera
tion by the senate of the Fall amend
ments to the peace treaty, which
would bar the United States from
membership on the various com
missions created by the pact, began
shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon
under an agreement limiting ad
dresses by senators to five minutes.
The ircond of the Fall amend
ments, proposing to relieve the
United States from participation in
certain international adjustments re
lating to Luxemburg, was voted
down without a roll call. After ex
tended debate, the amendment pro
viding against American representa
tion on the Saar basin commission
was defeated, 56 to 31.
By unanimous consent 26. other
amendments of a similar nature
which had been approved by the
committee were grouped together
and voted down en bloc without a
roll call. That left seven still to be
considered.
The amendment to eliminate the
United States as one of the respon
sible powers in the protective meas
ures toward the Czecho-Slovak
state was defeated, 53 to 28.
The vote was 31 to 46 against two
amendments, voted on together,
which proposed that the United
States withdraw from the settle
ments affecting Upper Silesia.
Three Others Rejected.
Three of the four remaining
amendments were rejected hv ac
clamation and the senate then ad
journed without taking action on
the proposal to eliminate American
representation from the reparations
committee. This amendment, the
only one remaining m the Fall
group, will be taken up later.
The roll call on the first amend
ment follows:
For Adoption Republicans: Ball,
Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Curtis,
Dillingham. Elkins, Fall, France,
Frelinghuysen. Gronna, Harding,
Knox, LaFoIlette, Lodge, McCor-
mick, McLean, Moses, New, New
berry, Norris, Penrose. Phipps,
Poindexter, Sherman, Wadsworth,
Warren and Watson 29.
Democrats: Gore.
Total for adoption, 30.
Against Adoption Republicans:
Capper, Colt, Cummins. Edge, Hale,
Jones (Washington), Kellogg, Ken
yon, Keyes, Lenroot McCumber,
McNary, Nelson - Smoot, Spencer,
Sterling and Townsend 7.
Total Against, 58.
Democrats: Ashurst, Bankhead,
Beckham, Chamberlain, Culberson,
Dial, Fletcher. Gay, Gerry, Harris,
Harrison, Henderson, Hitchcock.
Jones (New Mexico), Kendrick,
Kirby, McKellar, Myers. Nugent,
Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pittman,
Pomerene, Ransdell. Robinson,
Sheppard, Shields. Simmons. Smith
(Arizona), Smith (Georgia). Smith
(Continued on Fas Two. Column One.) j
Bulletin Says: "The President
Is a Very Sick Man. His
Condition Is Less Favorable
Today;" Must Stay in Bed.
Washington, Oct. 2. President
Wilson is a "very sick man" and
"his condition is, less favorable," it
was said by TSt. Cary T. Grayson
the president's physician, in a state
ment issued at 10 o'clock tonight
frocn the White House.
The following bulletin was issued
by Dr. Grayson: '
"The president is a very sick man.
,His condition is less favorable today
and he has remained in bed through
out the day. '
"After consultation with Dr. F
X. Dercum of Philadelphia, Drs
Sterling Ruffin and E. R. Stitt ol
Washington, who all agreed at to
his condition, it was determined that -absolute
rest is essential for some
time." , -
Consultation Held.
Dr. Grayson, it was learned tridav.
decided yesterday to call in Dr. F.
X. Dercum, a Philadelphia neurolo
gist, and during the week has con
sulted two naval doctors, Rear Ad
miral Stitt, head o' the naval medi
cal school.. and Capt. J.jB. Dennis,
director of the naval dispensary in "
Washington. Dr. Dercum arrived
from Philadelphia late today and
went direct to the White House,
where he and Dr. Grayson were
ioined by Drs. Stitt and Dennis and
Dr. Sterling Ruffin, a Washington
pnysician. Alter spending some time
with the president the five physi
cians discussed the patient's condi- .
tion, but departed without issuing
any statement.
Precautionary Measure. t
i iie decision to can in a nerve ' .
specialist, Dr. Grayson said, was
made as a precautionary measure. .
It afso was explained it was desired
to relieve the strain on Dr. Gray
son, who has been in almost con-
tsince he was taken ill one week ago.
wnue on nis tour.
Several consultations have been
held by Dr. Grayson with the naval
doctors. Stitt and Dennis, but until
today they had not seen the presi-
Dr. Grayson also has called r.
Dr. George De Schweinitz, an eye
specialist ot Philadelphia, whom th
president in- the past has consulted
about twice a . year. Dr. De
Schwcinit?: is expected to see the .
president within a few days.
Dr. Dercum returned to Phila-
(Contlnord on Vmgu Two. Column goron.).
Arrest Seven More
For Investigation in
. Regard to Rioting
Six men and a boy were arrested
yesterday afternoon and evening, -and
held in regard to the riot Sun- -day
night. They are: -Ernest Mor- '
ns, 17 years old, 533 Sbuth Twenty- ;
second street; Harold Thorp, 2917 "
Douglas street; L. W. Wineburg, -2709
Capitol avenue; Louis Dahm, '
709- South Twenty-seventh street; '
ivaymunu uicKson, mu Hamilton
street; Henry Sandberg, 2912
Charles street, and Phil Holt, 1019
South Twenty-second street
Release Negro Arrested :
Fnllnuinn lAirnnn A .u
, a VIIVIIII U IliailGI M.X-l.4 1 II I
Charles Jones, negro, 2829 f B w
street. South Side, arrested Wedues-''
day afternoon aboard a street V '
and held for investigation
Mrs. W G. Wisner,. 292rBurdette
street, who was attacked in a shed
in the rear of her hnm. w.-j...
afternoon, was released at 6 o'clock
last night by he military authorities v-i
uicr a inorougn examination. . '
-' v.
Labor Strike Situation
in Britain Called Grave
London, Oct. 2. (By The A-
sociated Press.) Though it wonlrl
be premature toabandon hope of a
ocmciuciii oi liic railway siriKe, tjf,(k
situation has disappointed the.'' al.
most universal expectation rf some '
arrangement - resufting from the '
numerous conferences between the '
labor representarires and the gov
ernment, and the position is agait
grave v
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