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FIND SIX FLESHLESS
ST?TTT fTMIt'C TM TDItUIT
Cumberland, Md., Oct. 13. The
finding cf a trunk of the type used
by emigrant from southern Europe
containing six skeletons, on which
little flesh remained, on a city dump
Monday has mystified the authori
ties. All haulers disavow knowl
edge of taking the trunk there.
PERSHING PRAISES
ACTORS' WORK IN WAR.
New York, Oct. 13. General Per
shing praised the work of 'actors in
entextaining soldiers during the war
in a letter to Daniel Frohman, pfesi
' dent ot the Actors' Fund of
America: '
"I thoroughly appreciate the most
wonderful work of the actors' fra
ternity during the war," wrote Gen
eral Perihing, "particularly in cheer
ing our soldiers in France. It was
an important service that men of our
armies will always remember."
The actors' national memorial
day will be celebrated December 5.
COMPLETE CURES OF 1
LEPROSY ANNOUNCED.
Honolulu. Oct. 13. Announce
ment has been made that complete
cures of leprosy are being made at
the Kahhi territorial hospital in this
city and that within the past few
months 20 patients have been pa-
roled without one recurrence of the
disease. -
Blood tests of the discharged pa
tients .have revealed no trace of the
leprosy germ. Patients now under
treatment are showing marked im
provement. . Chaulmoogra oil, obtained from
ihe seeds of the taraxogenes kurzii,
leprosy, was the only medicine used
.in effecting cures at the Kalihi hos
pital, the oil having been perfected
'".for the treatment by a refining
process discovered by Dr. A. L.
Dean, professor of chemistry and
president of the University of Ha
waii. NO WOUNDED YANK
WITH REPULSIVE FACE.
St. " Louis, Mo., Oct. 13. Facial
reconstruction has been so success
ful that there is not an American
soldier wounded in the war with a
repulsive face, according to a report
made to the convention of the as
' sociation of military surgeons of the
United States here.
MAYORS TO CONSIDER
BOYCOTT OF PRICES.
Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 13. Major
- John Q. Brown of Sacramento sent
invitations to the mayor- in each of
144 cities in California, Washington,
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4 PLANES
IN OMAHA
ALL NIGHT
Two Machines Race From Des
Moines and Only. 25 Seconds
Separate Their Official
Landing Times Here.
HEAVY FOG HANDICAPS
AVIATORS NEAR OMAHA
Arizona. OreKon and Nevada to
meet in Sacramento October JU to sue an order compelling all tlyers
Flyers Refuse to Give Up Be
cause Others Have Finished
and Will Try to Reduce
Actual Flying Time.
Early this morning four of the
army aviators flying in the trans
continental race from Hazelhurst
field, Mineola, Long Island to San
Francisco, were busy, with their
mechanics oiling and cleaning their
ships for the trip to St. Paul, the
next stopping place west of Oma
ha. The four planes came in from Des
Moines last night, and were unable
to continue because of cloudy
weather and rain. All of the pilots
were anxious to leave last night re
gardless of weather conditions, but
the fact that Lt. H. D. Norn's and
Mechanic H. J. Meyer in plane No.
07, which left Omaha yesterday had
struck a heavy cloud bank and was
wrecked near Oconto, Neb., caused
Lt. H. R. Wells, commanding of
ficer of this control station, to is
"consider means to institute a boy--cott
against certain commodities in
an effort to reduce the high cost of
living." -
The invitations were sent, Mayor
Brownsad, after consultation with
Mayor" James Rolph of San Fran
cisco and Mayor John L. Baker of
Portland. Ore.
- : . ir.vn'v Pvahhi M tteeai esindnet.4
mg public hearings to determine, it
possible, the reason for high prices
of foodstuff and other commodities,
ind has concluded, he said, that the
best method for reducing certain
prices was by rAeans of a boycott
" by the consuming public
NEW LAVA STREAM
REPORTED IN HAWAII. -
Hilo, T. H., Oct. 13. A new lava
stream about one mile wide, start
ing from a neiy crater on the vol
cano Mauna Loa, was reported here
: hv Prof. T. H. Taseer. United States
volcanologist, on his return from
the peak. Professor Jagger said the
new crater is spouting lava 400 feet
into the air, and is located near the
one from which the stream now
flows into the sea near Aliki. Al
though moving slowly, the profes
sor said the new stream has. moved
a mile toward the ocean.
Several other minor craters were
found by Professor Jagger near the
zone of activity on the volcano.
GIRL ACQUITTEP OF
MURDERING CHICAGO MAN.
Chicago, 111., Oct 13. Margaret
Seithamier, aged 16, on trial for the
murder of Benjamin Burr, a Chi
cago attorney, whom she was al
leged to have shot to death in his
office July 7, was found not guilty
after two hours of deliberation by
the jury. Mrs. Marie Hermes, co
defendant, also was acquitted.
These Women make some two
score acquitted in recent years after
slaving men in Chicago.
ILLNESS CAUSES GIRL
TO RAISE LONG BEARD.
Amsterdam, Oct. 13. Breshu fair
this year is to have an unique attrac
tion, "Hedwig," a girl by birth, but
with a 'face like a man, who is to be
the "star," was born 14 years ago
in Posen. Today she has a full
mustache and a beard of six inches.
The tones of her voice are those of
a man and she sings admirably all
the best known bass songs. Until
her third birthday "Hedwig" re
mained a normal female child, but
shortly afterward she was attacked
by a serious illness. After her re
covery her voice increasod in vol
ume daily, a thick .mustache devel
oped on her upper lip, and within
three months a flowing brown beard
adorned her chin.
STANFORD PROFESSORS
GET THEIR PAY RAISED.
Palo Alto. Cal- Oct. 13. The
trustees of Stanford university add
ed $75,000 t,o the fund for payment
of faculty salaries, it is announced.
Tuition amounting to $120 a college
year is to be charged each student
at the university.
. The new pay roll at Stanford, as
far as is practicable, will be based
on this schedule.
Instructors will be paid $1,800 to
$2,400; assistant professors, $2,500
to $3,000; associated professors, $3.
250 to $4,000, and professors, $4,500
357 Died in Storm.
CorpJS Christi, Tex., Oct 13. The.
total number of dead and missing as
a result of the tropical hurricane
here was -officially announced as 357
by the bureau of information, as a
ccault ot revision of figurt
to remain here for the nieht
Ak-Sar-Ben field yesterday wel
comed the largest number of planes
which have been on the field inone
day since the coast-to-eoast rate
started. There were nine planes
here, including the one which
stopped over Sunday and the four
which arrived at-the field late and
were held up -until tfcir-mernirig: -
Will Not Give Up.
Although Lt. B. W. Maynard has
reached San Francisco, and Maj.
Carl Spati and Lt. E. C. Kiel have
landed at Mineola, none of the pilots
are ready to turn back, as they still
have a chance of shortening the
actual flying time made by the three
pilots who have completed the trip.
The last pilots to arrive in Omaha
last night came almost in a bunch.
Racing side by side over the state
of Iowa, from Des Moines. Lieut
D. B. Gish. piloting a De Haviland
plane No. 10, and Maj. J. W. Simms.
jr., piloting plane No. 19, arrived at
Ak-Sar-Ben field yesterday within
25 seconds of each other.
Cannot Locate Field.
Major Simms was the first to
bring his plane to the ground, after
having trailed Lieutenant Gish for
more than 20 miles. 1 He landed at
4:21:55.
Lieutenant Gish and Major
Simms left Herring field, Des
Moines, at practically the same time
and immediately started their race
for Omaha. Gish led the way and
arrived in Omaha first, but was una
ble to locate the landing field on ac
count of a heavy fog which hung
over the city. Flares fired into the
air directed the pilot to the field.
At 5:53 Maj. Edwin B. Lyon and
Lieut. H. B. Chandler, flying a De
Haviland plane, flew in and brought
their plane to a stop alongside of
the other two. Their plane was
was quickly followed by No. 7, a
DH-4, piloted by MajHenry Abbey
and Capt. A. J. Etheridge, who ar
rived at 5:16:43.
., Fog Halts Flight
With the influx of planes from
Des Moines yesterday, and the
subsequent bad weather, a number
of ships due to arrive in the city
failed to make an appearance.
Two plaines, No. 42. piloted
by Lieut. J. B. Wright, which
arrived at Ak-Sar-Ben field from
Des Moines at 10:39:45, was delayed
an hour in making a start for St
paul- ' . ,
The delay was occasioned by the
heavy fog and rain which started
(Continued on 1-anto Two. Colnma On.j
Aviator Who Spent
Sunday in Omaha Is
Hurt in Accident
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 13. Plane No.
37 west bound in the transconti
nental airplane race, crashed to
earth nine miles from Oconto, Neb.,
according to a report received here
at noon today from the control sta
tion at North Platte.
The plane was in charge of Lt
H. D. Norris, who was accompanied
by Mechanic H. J. Meyer. Evi
dently neither of the men was' se
riously irijured, the North Platte re
port said, as both of them got up
and started to walk around, after
the plane crashed. The report
added that officers at North Platte
had not yet learned complete de
tails of the accident, and for this
reason could not assign a cause for
the crash. ;
Oconto is on the transcontinental
air route between St Paul, Neb., and
North Platte, Neb. Plane 37 left
Omaha at 7:40 a. m. today
Gen. G. H. Harries
Will Visit Omaha
On October 23
till
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GEN. G. H., HARRIES.
Brig. Gen. George H. Harries will
be in Omaha Thursday, October
23, according to telegraphic infor
mation received yesterday by John
L. Webster.
The general will be the guest of
honor at a dinner to be given by
the Palimpsest club, at the Omaha
club, Thursday evening, October
23, at 6:30 p. m.
This is the first definite informa
tion received hexe as to the gen
eral's visit to Omaha. He returned
from overseas service several weeks
ago and in letters to Omaha friends
he expressed a desire to visit "dear
old Omaha" again.
General Harries was the first
American officer to enter Berlin
with the United States army of oc
cupation. He had much work in
connection with international affairs
after the signing of the armistice,
these negotiations between the
United States and Germany being
conducted through the Spanish le
gation at Berlin.
He witnessed " some stirring
scenes in the German capital dur
inr the activities tf the Spirtacans
and otherwise was, in the midst of
many interesting and exciting after-the-war
activities.
He will, relate some of his experi
ences to members of the Palimpsest
club, of which Mr. Webster is the
president. '
General Harries formerly was
president of the Nebraska Power
company.
ANNOUNCE PLAN
TO TAKE CONTROL
FROM MILITARY
Pamphlets Scattered Through
out Gary, Ind, Reveal
Red Plot.
PEW RENTS
CHURCH
CRITICIZED
Cause Class Distinction and
Must Come to an End, Says
Bishop in Discussing Capi
tal and Labor Problem.
LIKELY TO HOLD UP '
REVISION OF HYMNAL
Gary, Ind., Oct. 13. Pamphlets
announcing a plan to wrest control
of this city from the federal troops
were scattered throughout the
downtown district Monday after
noon. The bulletins called on the
workers torise against the military.
Intelligence officers have been un
able to find the source of the pam
phlets. Col. W. S. Mapeseommanding
the federal troops at Gary, declared
the spreading the propaganda was
one of the most dangerous develop
ments of the strike situation.
Colonel Mapes issued a statement
in which he said that any new at
tempt at violence would be met
with the severest repressive meas
ures. The statement issued by Colonel
Mapes follows:
"This is the most dangerous piece
of literature that has ever come to
my attention.
"Other red pamphlets have been
severe, but the subject matter has
been usually general in direction.
This is a direct appeal to their fol
lowers to overthrow, the federal
troops in Gary."
Says Turkey Will Stop
Killing of Armenians
Sivas, Asiatic Turkey, Sept. 20.
(By Courier to The Associated
Press.) Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
head of the nationalistic Turkish
government, recently set up in Asia
Minor, has informed the corre
spondent of The Associated Press
that' the new government has is
sued orders to respect the Armen
ians and deplores earlier Armenian
massacres.
All the Kurds are eager to have
the United States assume a man
date for Armenia.
Says Politicians Wanted
Friends Enrolled in Navy
New York, Oct 13. Many politi
cians requested enrollment of
friends in the naval reserve forces in
personal -visits and letters to Lieut.
Com. Christopher Marsden, being
tried by a -Brooklyn navy yard
court-martial for accepting bribes
for enlistments during the war,
Frank P. Bouvier, Marsden's assist
ant enrolling officer, testified. How
ever, he' said, that- Yie had never
heard of Marsden accepting pres
ents. .
Members at Episcopalian Con
vention in Detroit Invite
Cardinal Mercier to Visit
Them Early Next Week
Detroit, Oct. 13. Possibility of a
breach among the dioceses making
up the Protestant Episcopal chifrch
in America because of the prayer
book revision controversy in the tri
ennial general convention here
seemed lessened at the close of
Monday's sessions, when it became
known that it is unlikely the issue
will be reached during the present
convention. Not because of the
strong objections to the proposed
changes made by southern deputies
under the leadership of those from
the three Virginia dioceses, but be
cause of press , of other business,
delegates believe the main points in
the controversy will not be reached
before the next convention in 1922.
By that time it is hopedvan agree
ment will be reached.
Dr. Charles Lewis Slattery of New
York and Bishop Coadjutor-Elect
Edward L. Parson of California,
members of the prayer book revi
sion commission, declared that the
commission finds no radical demand
for alterations at this time in the
communion office, about which the
controversy centers, particularly the
orooosed reservations of the sacra
ment and .the changes in the pray-
-eft- oTconsecfation. ' The" "COfnmis
j!on believes that the present con
vention wilh reach the proposed
amending of the service of burial
and the pententia! office, to which
there is some opposition.
Invite Cardinal Mercier.
Full consideration of the nation
wide campaign to finance church ex
tension was deferred by the conven
tion until Wednesday. ,
Another attempt is to be made to
induce Cardinal Mercier of Belgium
4o appear before the convention
during his visit here next Sunday
and Monday and a resolution invit
ing him was adopted in the house
of deputies. .
Proposal that insurance protec
tion for church property be sup
plied, possibly through the organiza
tion of a church insurance corpora
tion, was made in a resolution pre
sented to the deputies and was
placed on the calendar.
Another resolution adopted in the
house of deputies was one authoriz
ing the appointment of a commis
sion to prepare a declaration of
church principles, to be appended to
the prayer book. Concurrence of the
house of bishops was asked.
Capital and Labor.
Bishop James Wise of Kansas de
clared that the problem of capital
and labor is not primarily a prob
lem of hours and wages, but of hu
man relationship, and that the
church must help create a new re
lationship. I : ' -
The church, he said, is the com
mon meeting ground of employer
and employe and therefore the
"rented pew system," causing a
"class distinction," must come to an
end.
Dr. Frederick C. Howe of Wash
ington, D. C, formerly commission
er of immigration for the port of
New York, discussed "industrializa
tion of the railroads" and endorsed
the Plumbj?lan of railroad control.
Water Front "Huskies"
Won't Return to Jobs
New York1, Oct. 13. Thousands of
longshoremen massed in Cooper
Union to vote on the question of
calling off the strike which has vir
tually tied up New York harbor
made it so evident that they intend
ed to stay out that their interna
tional officers abandoned their in
tention of putting the question to a
vote. .
. It was a relatively good-natured,
but determined, crowd of waterfront
"huskies" that filled the hall, but out
side thousands of their comrades
surged towards the door so deter
minedly in their efforts to get in that
police reserves had to be summoned.
The -'result of- the -meeting
leaves New York facing tne prospect
of a curtailed food supply, for in ad
dition to nearly 50,000 longshore
men, ferryboat workers and 11,000
tugboat men, teamsters, chauffeurs
and heloers caused the American
Railway Express company to place
an embargo on all express packages
entering and leaving New York.
Firemen Eescue Clerks.
Wasliir.gton, Oct 13. Firemen to
day rescued a number of women
clerks employed in the forestry bu
reau after flames had quickly spread
in the bureau building on H street,
two blocks from the treasury. One
woman was overcome by smoke.
Penniless Sisters,
One Facing Divorce,
End Lives in Denver
A.
Denver, Oct 13. Penniless and
friendless, faced with ejection
from a local hotel because they
could not pay their room rent, two
women, said by the police to be
Mrs. Thomas Lorenson of Lisbon,
. Ia., and her sister, Ethel Cook,
ended their lives in Berkeley lake
here October 9, the day before
Mrs. Lorenson was to have ap
peared in a divorce action in Lis
bon. Their bodies were found
floating on the surface of the lake
today.
Identification was established by
means of letters and papers found
in their possession and in their
belongings at the hotel.
A pawn ticket for a wrist watch
showed the straits to which the
women were put before they chose
death as a solution.
A policeman and others earlier
in the day had identified the bodies
as those of Mrs. Lillian McKelvet
and Mrs. Augusta Holley, sisters.
This identification was disproved
when the sisters were found very
much alive.
Police investigation revealed
that two women registered at a
local hotel on October 2 as Edith
and Ethel Cook of Des Moines,
Ia. They have not been seen since
October 9.
Two cards, one bearing the
name of Rupert A. Thiessen and
the other Earl W. Cranston, 211
South Sixth street, Cedar Rapids,
Ia., also were found.
Papers found in their room in
dicated that Edith Cook's real
name was Mrs. Thomas Loren
son of Lisbon, Ia., and she was
to have appeared in a divorce ac
tion in Lisbon October 9. .
The room of the two women
was paid to October 9, when they
were notified to pay or leave.
They disappeared on that day.
WILSON REMAINS
ABOUT THE SAME,
BULLETIN ASSERTS
Gradual Though Slight Im
provement Noted, Grayson
' Tells Newspaper Men.
Washington, ' Oct. 13. President
Wilson's condition was described as
"about the same" in a bulletin is
sued tonight by Rear Admiral Gray
son, his personal physician. It was
added by Dr. Grayson in an infor
mal conference with newspaper
men that a gradual, although slight,
improvement was being noted in the
president's condition daily.
The bulletin issued tonight said:
"White House, Oct. 13 (10 p. m.)
The president's condition is about
the same. GRAYSON."
Because of the gradual, but only
slight, change in the president's con
dition Dr. Grayson abandoned the
custom followed during the last two
weeks of issuing a formal bulletin at
10 o'clock each night
All Say Same Thing.
The absence of a formal night bul
letin, Dr. Grayson emphasized, could
not be considered as indicating that
Mr. Wilson's condition was not im
proving as rapidly as expected by
his physicians.
The formal night bulletins for sev
eral nights have merely said that the
president had had a good day or that
he had spent a restful day. For this
reason it was said a conference with
newspaper men might be .more illu
minating.. .
Dr. Grayson reiterated his state
ment made during the day that the
president's mind was active and that
while rest was desired, yet the exec
utive was able to transact any im
portant business that might demand
his attention.
Won't Discuss Rumors.
The attending physicians, it was
indicated, will maintain their adopt
ed policy of not denying rumors or
getting into any discussion concern
ing them. ,
Whether the president is well
enough to perform his duties was
referred to briefly during an execu
tive session of the senate foreign
relations committee in connection
with an effort to get action on a res
olution by Senator Poindexter, re
publican,' Washington, asking for a
teport regarding Chino-Japanese re
lations. At the suggestion of Senator
Williams, democrat, Mississippi, con
sideration of this resolution and sev
eral others was postponed.
Denies Report of Lesion.
Philadelphia Oct 13. Dr. Dranie
X. Dercum of this city today assail
ed Senator. George H. Moses of New
Hampshire for his statement that
President Wilson had suffered a
cerebral lesion and that concentra
tion of mind might reopen the
lesion, with fatal results..
T will not discuss that report,"
said Dr. Dercum. "It is one of the
silly rumors of which there are en
tirely too many in circulation. It
is nonsensical beyond discussion.
We cannot listen to the opinions,
predictions and guesses of everyone
who volunteers some expression
relative to the president's condition.
"I have my opinion," he con
tinued, "of anyone who uses back
stairs gossip or porch-climbing
methods."
Clemenceau to Quit
Paris, Oct 13. Premier Georges
Clemenceau has declared to a num
ber or deputies that he has made up
his mind to leave the cabinet after
he coinifg ; election ,
ALLIES AID
DEFENSE OF
RIGA PORT
Cruisers Participate in Re
pulsing German Attacks,
Which for Five Days Have
Been Incessantly Stubborn.
ATTEMPTS TO FORCE
DUNA RIVER FAIL
Situation of Lettish Troops in
Riga Desperate; Old Town
Greatly Damaged and Many
Civilians Killed or Wounded.
Copenhagen, Oct. 13. Allied
cruisers are aiding in the defense of
Riga against German attacks, which
for five days have been incessant
and stubborn, according to a com
munication issued by the Lettish
foreign office Sunday. Riga is be
ing bombarded by the enemy.
The communication follows:
"For five days the Lettish troops
before Riga have been engaged in
beating off incessant stubborn Ger
man attacks.
"The Germans are bombarding
the unfortified town of Riga.
Cruisers belonging to the allied
powers are participating in -the de
fense. The Germans repeatedly
have been repulsed in attempts to
force the Duna river."
Situation Desperate.
Copenhagen, Oct. 13. The situau
tion of the Lettish troops in Riga is
desperate, according to dispatches
from Helsingfors. The German and
Russian troops are expected to force
the passage of the Duna river, which
separates the main body of Colonel
Avaloff-Bermondt's troops from the
main portion of Riga, at any mo
ment. "The old town of"Riga and the port
have been gf eatly damaged, it is
stated. Many civilians have been
killed or wounded. ' '
Recross Duna River.
Copenhagen, Oct. 13. The Letts
have recrossed the Duna river in the
direction of Mitau and occupied the
suburbs of Riga on the left bank of
the river, according to a telegram
to the Lettish press bureau from
Wenden, Livonia, 50 miles north
east of Riga.
Von Der Golti Quits.
Berlin, Oct. 13. General Von der
Goltz transferred his command in
the' Baltic region to General Von
Eberhardt Sunday and is expected
to arrive in Berlin shortly, accord
ing to a semi-official statement is
sued here.
Bolshevist Situation Grave.
Omsk, Oct. 14. A bolshevist
wireless dispatch picked up by the
intelligence office of the Siberian
army declares that the situation in
bolshevist Russia never has been so
grave as at present; that never be
fore has the front been so near Mos
cow. The dispatch adds that antibolshe
vist armies are moving toward the
heart of bolshevist Russia from all
directions. It says the br.lshevist
organizations are disintegrating, and
that even in Petrograd there are at
present only 9,000 members of the
bolshevist party.
King Albert and Suite
Off for San Francisco;
Visit Kansas City
Sa,nta Barbara, Cal, Oct 13.
King Albert's special train left at
10 o'clock for San Francisco, where
it is due at 10 a. m. Tuesday. The
Belgian monarchs and their son
have been refreshed by their three
days' stay here and are delighted
with California.
While the king crossed the conti
nent when he was in this country
as the crown prince, 21 years ago,
he did not come south of Seattle
and knew nothing of California. For
those in the party who never had
been in America before, the long
journey from New York was a rev
elation. ' They had little idea of the
magnitude of the United States and
have been amazed at the tremendous
distances.
King Albert is deeply concerned
about the condition of President
Wilso, and reads eagerly the bulle
tins on his condition. To those in
his suite he frequently voices his
anxiety and the earnest hope that
the president soon may be restored
to health. ,
Kansas City, Oct H. King Al
bert of Belgium, whose, itinerary
was recently changed so that he
would not visit Kansas City, an
nounced that he had reconsidered
his plans.
Poincare Ratifies Peace.
.Paris, Oct 14. The Journal Of-
ficiel ' announces the signing by
President Poincare of the document
ratifying the peace treaty with Ger
many and other acts signed at Ver
sailles, June 28, which are tche de:
posited in the foreign office , in ac
cordance with the final clauses of
the peace treaty, thereby ending the
state of war.
Bishop of Sioux City
Diocese, Poisoned at
Banquet, near Death
BISHOP PHILLIP J. GARRIGAN
Sioux City, Ia., Oct. 13. Bishop
Phillip J. Garrigan, head of the
Catholic diocese of Sioux City, is
critically ill at his home and his
death is expected within the next
48 hours.
Bishop Garrigan's health has been
failing for the last few years. He
suffered a severe attack of poison
ing three years ago while at the
Archbishop Mundelein banquet at
Chicago. It is said he never fully
recovered from this illness.
NORRIS ATTACKS
SHANTUNG AWARD
IN LONG SPEECH
Fears Japanese Will Displace
Christianity in Asia by
Paganism.
Washington, Oct. 13. Another
three-hour attack on the Shantung
provision by Senator Norris, repub
lican of Nebraska, and a 10-minute
speech" of the same character by
Senator Borah, republican of Idaho,
constituted the sum of the senate's
progress today in its consideration
of the peace treaty.
Tomorrow the speech-making
will continue, and, although some
of the leaders think a vote on the
Shantung amendment may be
reached Wednesday, others are not
so optimistic
Senator Norris, who had occupied
most of two previous sessions with
his Shantung speech, concluded
after again assailing the accuracy
of statements made by President
Wilson in his western addresses and
declaring that after the president
had acknowledged he was wrong,
he had gone on misstating the facts
about Shantung. Senator Borah
also declared Mr. Wilson had been
mistaken in his statement that John
Hay was secretary of state when
the German rights in Shantung were
acquired.
Quotes From Missionaries.
Quoting from the reports of mis
sionaries in regard to conditions in
Korea, Senator Norris declared it
was the purpose of the Japanese
government to drive Christianity
out of Asia, and that the United
States would be aiding in that at
tempt if it acquiesced in the treaty
proposal to extend Japanese rule
over Shantung.
"I cannot see how Christian peo
ple can read of conditions in Korea,"
he said, "and then ask us to ratify
this treaty and not protest against
a nation that carries on such work.
It brings us face to face with the
fact that we cannot afford to turn
over Shantung to the heathen coun
try of Japan.
Doesn't Want Paganism.
"I am not a member of any
church or religious organization, but
may my lips be sealed with eternal
silence beore I give officiaTapproval
of an act to stamp out the religion
of Jesus Christ and put paganism in
its stead."
Chairman Lodge of the foreign
relations committee planned to
speak during the day on the Shan
tung amendmenCtfut he decided not
to do so because of the time re
quired by Senator Norris to finish
his address. Mr. Lodge probably
will speak tomorrow and the lead
ers hope also to make some progress
in the-reading pf the treaty text.
BLAME TO
E PLACED
OFFICIALLY
Investigation of Causes of
Lynching and Burning of
Court House Will Be Made
by State Authorities.
RALPH WILSON NAMED
TO ASCERTAIN FACTS
IWcKelvie Notes in Statement
General feeling That There
Was Neglect of Duty on Part
of Omaha Officials.
Suit Authorized to Fix
New Mexico-Colorado Line
Wahinflrton.i OcK 14.-TVi ...
preme court today granted permis
sion to New Mexico .to file suit
against the state of Colorado for tlie
purpose of determining the correct
ness of the present boundary be
tween the states. The case was made
returnable next March 1. ,
Lincoln, Oct. 13. (Special Tele
gram.) Investigation of the causes
responsible for the riot and the
burning of the Douglas county court
house will be made' under the direc
tion of the governor and the legal -department
of the state, Ralph VVil- '
son, former assistant attorney gen
eral, having been appointed a special
attorney to investigate charges and
fix the responsibility.
The governor says that he "feels '
that there is in the minds of the peo
ple of Omaha a sensitiveness to a
condition which, if it actually exists,
should surely be overcome and that
there is a general feeling among the
people that there has been neglect
of duty on the part of those who are
charged with the enforcement of the
laws in the city of Omaha and
Douglas county and the facts re
garding this should be established."
Governor's Statement v
The governor says:
"Since the riot which occurred in
Omaha on Sunday, September 28, I
have been striving to establish the
responsibility for that disturbance
and to aid, if possible, in effecting
for Omaha and Douglas county a
condition of affairs that will pre
vent the recurrence of such a dis
turbance. "I find that it is almost impossible
to arrive at any definite and wholly
fair conclusion to this matter,
through the hearing of ex-parte tes
timony, and yet I feel that there is
in the minds of the people of Omaha
a sensitiveness to a condition which,
if it actually exists, should surely
be overcome. There is a general
feeling among the people that there
has been a neglect of duty on the
part of those who are charged with
the enforcement of the laws in the
city of Omaha and Douglas county,
and the facts regarding this should
be established. If iris true; then
those who are guilty should be dis
posed of as the law provides, and if
it is not true, the establishment of
the facts will set the public mind at
ease and bring to the law enforce
ment officials that kind of support
which comes only from arNenlight
ened arid unprejudiced public opin
ion. Has Definite Responsibility.
' "The governor has a definite re-
sponsibility in a matter of such
large importance as this. Sections
8354 and 83S5 of the 1913 revised
statutes of the state of Nebraska
provide that:
" '8354. Sec. 795. Neglect of Duty
Forfeits Office. Any county attor
ney or prosecuting officer, sheriff,
police judge, mayor, police officer,
or police commissioner or other of
ficer who shall willfully fail, neglect
or refuse to enforce any law which
it is made his duty to enforce shall
thereby forfeit his office and may be
removed therefrom. (1907, p. 506;
Ann. 17231a; Comp. 4681a.)
" '8355. Sec. 796. Quo Warranto
Against Negligent Officer. The at
torney general of the state, when
directed by. the governor, shall in
stitute and prosecute quo warranto
proceedings in the supreme court
against any such county attorney or
(Continued on Two. Column Three.)
Firemen Refused to
Respond During Riot,
Charge of Fire Chief
City Commrssioner Zimman yes
terday stated that Chief Salter of
the fire drnartmrnt tin t..
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the conduct of four firemen during'
the night of the recent riots be in
vestierated. the rWf
a reprimand. , ,
just why this report should bt
made two week afr .
house affair has not been explained. '
I he names of the firemen were not "
made public ,
It is alleged that three of the men
are of No. 1 company, Eleventh and
Jackson Streets. anH th,t -
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INO. i comoanv. Minv. j .
Harney streets. These men respond- '
ed to the first call to the court house .
when the crowd restrained
from even cettino nr . i i
vt JTe? of No. 1 company went to
No. 3 s house and when the second
tjH ,ent r ssistnce in plac-
... .duutrs on me tignteenth street
side of the court house it is alleged
tbat these four m (... .J
...v.. iviuscu to re
spond. - ..
I expecr-to investigate the
rnarcres which have v.,- i- i
the chief." r,.-:--: -n-f
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