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E RIGHT - R EE Z Y BITS OF NEWS WAYCH "THE VELVET HAMMER'S" GENTLE HITS TO SEE WHO'S NEXT ON EDITORIAL VAGE SQUALID SURROUNDINGS GIVE UP MUCH WEALTH. Denver, Dec. 4. Amidst" sur . roundings " described by police of ficers as "squalid" the lifeless body ot Miss MaryKenn was found In her home, a small frame hut, at 1125 Ninth street. Officers found securities valued- at thousands of dollars knpdd comers. The woman had been dead three Mays, according to Coroner W. W. Koss, who "said that death had un doubtedly been from natural causes. Nhe had no known relatives. MERE STOMACHS PUT ABOVE PRESS. - London, Dec. 4. Why the peace w'th Germany was signea at Ver sailles at 3 o'clock in the afternoon was explained by Sir George Rid ticll, at a recent luncheon to French journalists here. , . Sir George said, that when ar rangements were being made for the signing he suggested to Premier Clmcnceau that it should be for 11 a. m., for the benefit of the press. Mr. Clemenceau replied: ' r "No, it is impossible. What about luncheon?" . Sir George insisted: "What about the press?" M. Clemenceau replied: "What is the press to 600 suffer- nig stomachs? It will be 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. I hope the question will nor be raised again." .WANT H. C L. LOWERED BUT NOT THEIR PAY. Syracuse, N. Y Dec. 4. While organized labor seeks a decrease in . the cost of living, it will not consent to any reduction in wages for a period of at least five years-, accord ing to statement made by James P. Holland, of the State-Federation of Labor. ' ' . The cost of food, clothing and rent must come down first, Mr. HoU land said, and under no conditions can the workers of America' be ex pected ever to drop back to the wage level of prewar days when they were "ridiculously underpaid." RECORD PRICE FOR SEAT ON COTTON EXCHANGE New York, Dec. 4. A seat on the New York cotton exchange has been old for the record price of $26,000. "This is $2,250 above the best pre vious price. . f E; v MISSING PROFESSOR ' Milwaukee, Wis., Dec' 4. Donald C. Keister, University of Wisconsin extension? professor, who 'disap peared; mysteriously in Indiana while en route to Pennsylvania on an automobile trip and who last Sat- uiuajr ivwiHwi " ' . with his memory clouded, was a vic tim of a serious illness, according to a statement of his brother-in-law, the ttev. John W. Ischy, of Pitts burgh, who is-here to take the pro cessor backta.is .Pennsylvania home., "v'-tC '-?''. 1 - (,' : The statenv rt that. Pro- Hi I li liM I ISMHI MliiWfc IMISUI Mil H V M.UIU Ul. an automobile accident,, that he did s not lose $25,000 in negotiable secur ities, and that the new .automobile which he bought last summer is not 'missing. . . - , :? . , MACHINE OIL "JAG" IS . DISCOVERED BY" INDIAN. ' Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) A machine cl "jag" is the latest; substitute reported in South Dakota. Credit for the discovery that sewing machine oil could be used as a beverage belongs to'Joe Henry, a Sioux Indian belonging on the Rosebud reservation. The warrior had been having a hilarious time, and, running out of the red man's "firewater," he ar rived at night in search of another supply. ' He entered one of the stores by breaking a window. He helped himself to several bot tles of peppermint and vanilla ex tract, bay rum, sewing machine oil cigarets and several pairs of trous ers. ' - .'., r That he drank several bottles ot sewing machine oil during his so journ in the store is certain, for the empty bottles were left as evidence that he had discovered a new sort of "joy" water. WOOD CUTTING BEE ON JESS WILLARD'S FARM. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 4. Twenty six volunteer woodsmen, armed with ' axes and crosscut saws, left the city hall on motor trucks Thursday morning, to cut wood for the munic ipal wood yard. Another' corps of n-nnA iittr etartpH in the after noon. Wood is to be cut on a large- . f I tarm seven mnes east oi lopena owned by Jess Willard, former pugilist. - - JAILS ON TOP OF COURT HOUSES OUT OF STYLE. City jails located on topi of valu- able court houses have gone out of style, according to the statement of .county commissioners of Platte county who visited the Douglas county jail yesterday. They are building a new court house and jail m Platte county, and will make the jail a separate building. TRAITOR'S MARRIAGES TAKE UP COURT'S TIME. Paris, Dec. 4. Bolo Pasha, al though executed nearly two years ago as a traitor, took up the whole ' day's proceedings in a French court when his marriages were discussed. Although married to Madame Soumaille, whom he abandoned in Buenos Aires, Bolo contracted mar riage with Madame Mueller, a widow with a fortune of several million francs. Madame Soumaille sued for divorce while Bolo was in La Sante prison awaiting trial, but Bolo having countered with a re quest for annulment of the marriage, ; Madamme Soumaille withdrew her 1 A U fnttrt A ar-t A A Qivorcc ouu iuu nib tui l uiuvu that the marriage, which was con ; traded in South America, was valid and legal. ' The court of appeals upheld the judgment of the lower court, pro nouncing the second marriage void. Monsignor Bolo, brother of Bolo ' Pasha, and his" sisters, who are ' Bolo's heirs, appeared as representa tives of the latter. Bolo's fortune ,.was confiscated by the stat The1; -Omaha Daily Bee ' 7 VOL. 49 NO. 146. ttN4 u Mctad-elau matter May 21. IMC, at , . Oanka P. O. 4r - att at march 3. I... OMAHA? FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919. ; y Mall (I yaar). Dally. WOO: Suaday. SJM: Dally an Sua., 16.00 1 atytaid Ntk. aaataaa aatra, TWO CENTS.. THE 'WEATHER: i Increasing cloudiness Fri day, becoming unsettled Sat urday; possibly rain or snow. Hourly tenipcMturmi , . S a. m ;.H 1 a. m 1 t 7 a. m.. ........ SB S H a. m l In, m . , . . ..,,. M 5 in . m 5 It a. m... tl 1 13 noaa .....SO u. in. P. w. P. m. p. m . p. m. p. m. P. ". . .S3 .. . S3 ..IS ..it .. .. ..M MORE COAL FOR STATE IS PROMISED Moderating Weather Also Will Help Omaha Conditions Plants Still Operating While Awaiting Specific Orders. COMMITTEE WILL NOT ISSUE LIST OF EXEMPTS Will Pass on Applications for Coal as Received May Cur tail Trains Late Street Cars To Be Discontinued Tonight. The terminal coal committee will not issue a public statement which will indicate the various industries of Omaha and Council BJuffs af fected by the Garfield order received here Tuesday .nignt. . "We have received instructions not to issue such a list, aS we had intended," said H. L. Snyder, chair man of the terminal committee, "but we will pass on th'e various cases as applications for Tal are presented to us. If the application is for a tar of coal it will be forwarded to the fuel administration at Washing ton for a ruling." The effect of this will be that the owners of any industry in doubt as to whether their business is essential may be informed on that point by making application for coal to the local committee. , Garfield Gives Power. The prospective closing of many industries in Omaha and Council Bluffs is certamV because the Gar field order outlined in a general way the essential industries and con ferred wide powers on the local committee to pass on the nonessen tials. . - - ' , . , ' Amon the bright spots in the horizon vesterdav was a message received from Washington, Stating fharScnator Cummins of Iowa "was assured bv Dr. Harry A. Uarheld, United Stales fuel administrator, that allotments of coal for Nebras ka, - Iowa. Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota will be increased 50 per cent at once. The senator ex plained that this means these states will receive a' total of 1.500 cars daily instead of 1,000. .Senator Cum mins told the fuel administration that the situation in these states was becoming serious and that much suf fering would result unless action was taken immediately. A rising temperature of more than 30 ; degrees yesterday, com pared with Wednesday, .helped the situation slightly. The receipts of coal are a small per cent of the daily consumption, and this is prompting the coal com mittee to continue its efforts to im pose further regulations, the most drastic of which will affect the in dustries. . Cut Oft Late Cars. ' R. A. Leussler, general" manager of the street railway company, stated last night that it is flfobable that a further curtailment of street car traffic will be ordered between 7 and 9 p. m., and that beginning to night service") will be discontinued each day at 11 p. m. during the emergency. The fuel oil situation is not as promising as it was a few days ago. Shinmenrs exoected are not being "received and increased prices for this product are being charged. The Nebraska Power company, street railway company, packing plants and a few other industries have installed oil burners under their boilers. ' , , Cut Railroad Trains. H. J. Plumhof, assistant federal manager of the Union Pacific, has received from the United States railroad administration orders for curtailment of passerfger train serv ice. N - Details of this have not peen an nounced, but it is estimated that service on main and branch lines will be reduced one-third. This or der will be put in effect within a few days. i Capt. C. E. Adams, past commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, yesterday addressed the following telegram to Governor Allen of Kansas: "If I mobilize 500 minute men for coal mining in Kansas emergency call, can you care for them(and fur nish transportation?" ' i Some of the hospital 'manage ments report that they are keeping open on small coal supplies. Creameries Are Essential. The coal committee has indicated that it will hold creameries as es sential industries.and that the smelt ing plant and similar industries will be declared as nonessential. Green houses will be allowed enough coal to protect stocks, but temperatures will not be -permitted for the pur pose of forcing growth' of plants. H. L Snyder, a member of the coal committee, stated that it is probable that certain classes of re tail stores, where necessiies are not sold, will be included in the non essential list ' Coal on Tracks. "I did not know there was. so much coal in the vorld," remarked a woman yesterday morning as she (Continued oa Pafi Two, Column One.) FIVE POLICEMEN . INJURED AS AUTO RUNS INTO STORE Officers Making Hurry Call to West Farnam When Ac-, cident Happens. Five police officers were .' badly hurt, two of them being knocked unconscious, and one rendered de lirious, last night while on a hurry up run in the department's new big Cadillac to the scene of a reported hold-up at Forty-fifth and Farnam streets. t The injured: Frank Lambert, chauffeur, cut at base of "skull, and rendered de lirious; taken to Lord Lister hos pital. Paul Haze, detective, bruised and cut, taken to Lord Lister hospital. Bennie Danbaum, detective, hip dislocated, knocked unconscious; taken to Lord Lister hospital. Fritz Franks, detective, broken ankle, knocked unconscious. ""' Jack Graham, detective, cut on face, j . - Lambert, Haze, Danbaum and Franks were taken to Lord Lister hospital. Lambert refused to stay and was removed to Central police station aud later taken home. Thef big police car, with its siren screeching .wildly, according to the story of those 'who were able to talk, was speeding up Farnum street fol lowing the wake of a car that re fused to clear the track. At Twenty Eighth street the car ahead suddenly turhed, and in the effort to avoid it Police Chauffeur Lambert made a veer that shot his car into Sommer's grocery store. The Cadillac was en tirety wrecked. Chief Eberstein made personal investigation, and on the statement of the detectives that the driver ahead had given no signal as to his intention to turn, ordere 1 his ar rest. He was found to be M. A. Buehler, 3515 Pacific street. With Buehler were his 12-ycar-old son. and Mr. and Mrs. E. Lum of the Morris apartments, HALTS WOMAN IN CAR AND STEALS MONEY AND RING Mrs. M. F. Lewis Loses ; $1,200 DiarnonrJ to Robber With Revolver. Mrs. M. F. Lewis, 4813 Davenport street, was held up at the point of a gun by a lone highwayman' last night white she was motoring in her sedan west on Farnam street be tween Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth streets. The bandit tok her Vi karat diamond ring, valued at $1,200, and $15. . " The bandit wore an army over coat, on the sleeve of which was a gold overseas service stripe. He leaped on the running board of the car .and, . pointing his -revolver at Mrs. Lewis, ordered her to stop the car and hold up her hands.' She complied. When he noticed her ring he ordered her to remove it from her finger. He took the ring and her purse, containing $15, re turning the purse to her after, re moving the money. He then closed the door of her car and ordered her to drive on. He himself walked west up the hill, Mrs. Lewis told the police. "I thought of screaming to at tract attention," Said Mrs. Lewis, "but I could see no one on the street either before or behind the car." Mrs. Lewis gave the police a good description of the bandit. Fort Omaha Soldier Tries to Emulate , rv l t n ! l ueeds or Uiriisiei Fremont, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special Telegram.) James H. Clark, 19 years old, member of one of the bal loon companies at Fort Omaha, is in jail here charged with holding up T. K. Katton, manager of. the Palace cafe, at 2 o'clock Thursday morning and securing $11. Clark was caught as he was attempting to board a Union Pacific train as it pulled out of the depot. "Clark said he left the fort Tuesday noon and went to Arlington. None of the stores at Arlington offered any spedal inducements for'a hold up job"; he said, so he came to Fre mont. He savs he hones Carlisle, the train robber, .escaped. Clark says he does not care whether he goes to Leavenworth or Lincoln. He had a revolver and several rounds of ammunition. He said he bought the weapon in Oma ha for $8. Clark says his home is in Delaware, O. Reported Capture of Villa Not True, Consul Says Washington, Dec. 4---Andres Gar cia, consul general here for Mexico, received a telegram from military headquarters at ., Chihuahua City which said the . reported capture of Francisco Villa near Parrat was not true.j - - . . . . Another Airman fitarts. London, Dec. ,4. Captain Howell, another entrant in the England-Australian flight for the prize of 10, 000 offered by the commonwealth government, started from the Houn slow flying field Thursday morning. GRAND JURY WILL PROBE COAL STRIKE Government Prepared to Prosecute Miners, Operators Or Others for Violation of In junction Against Walkout. SIX MINERS' OFFICIALS 1 OUT ON $10,000 BONDS District Attorney in Indianap olis Asserts TimeAcr4ved to Determine if Law or Group Of Men Run Country: Chicago, Dec. 4. Another stand still in plans looking to an end of the soft coil miners' strike marked the 34th day of nonproduction in most union mines as the government prepared for a grand jury investiga tion at Indianapolis and prosecution of miners, operators or others for violation of the federal injunction or for obstruction of production in vio lation of the Lever act. United States District Tudee An derson, jn Indianapolis, ordered a special session of the federal grand jury next Monday and immediately afterward a statement was given out by United States District Attorney L. Ert Slack and Dan W. SimmS, special district attorney, who is aid ing in the injunction proceedings, declaring that the time has arrived to determine "whether this is a gov ernment of law or. a group of men." This morning six officials of the United Miife Workers of America, who yesterday werq - charged with criminal contempt for alleged viola tion of the federal court's injunction against the strike, appeared at the federal building and furnished bond of $10,000 each for their appearance next Tuesday. They were John L. Lewis, acting president of the organ ization; William Green,, secretary treasurer; Ellis SeaHes. editor of the Mine Workers Journal; Percy Tet low, statistician, and Edward Stew art and William Mitch, officials Of District No. 11. ' Other Charges Printed. The charges against 78 other min ers' representatives of violation pi the injunction were, printed and cer tified today and copies were being mailed tonight to all court districtsv in which defendants reside. It was stated that as soon as this informa tion is rcceijfBd in the various dis tricts, capiases will be issued for the arrest of men named in, the charges and removal proceedings to procure their appearance in court here will be instituted. The grand . jury investigation, calfed primarily to deal With charges against coal operators, will cover all phases of the controversy in the coal industry and will be nation wide in its scope, it was stated. The statement of government attorneys brought out that the investigation was intended not only to furnish relief in the present coal crisis, but that the government expects to prosecute all violators of the law and will see that they suffer the penalties provided' by law. The Lever law carries a penalty of $5,0(00 fine or imprisonment not to exceed two years in the penitentiary. v Say All in Conspiracy. f It 'was stated that determination to begin the grand jury investiga tion came as a result of disclosures in the proceedings against the min ers' leaders, which tended to show that the coal operators as well as the miners were in a conspiracy to violate the Lever law. The mines that Jiave been idle since the strike started continued so (Continued on Page Two, Column Six.) Sugar Prices Expected ) To Soar Out of Sight After First of Year Washington, Dec. 4. The gov ernment will not attempt to control the disposition and safe of sugar after the sugar equalization board is dissolved December 31. Attorney General Palmer, in mak ing this announcement, said that as no funds had been provided by con gress for carrying on the work of handling sugar, the Department of Justice would confine its efforts to the punishment of profiteers. Mr. Palmer's action was generally accepted as opening up the sources of more sugar supplies by permit ting refiners to pay more for the Cuban raw stock. It also was 'Be lieved to mean that sugar prices wcjuld soar. ' Bandit With GurrHolds Up Man on Cass Street A highwayman held up L. F. Fickbohn, 2207 Davenport street, at 7:10 last night at Twenty-fourth and Cass streets and took $3 from him.. The bandit had a gun. Bolshevik Peace Delegates Ready for Baltic Meeting Dorpat. Dec. 4. The bolshevik peace delegation has arrived here for fa meeting with the deleeates of the Baltic states. "Do Something-Stop Writin'. Notes!" ' ' ' " '''' THREE BURNED TO DEATH, 1 1 HURT, IN MOTOR . BUS FIRE Two More Unaccounted for in Accident on Railroad Near Muscatine, la. ' ... 7 Muscatine, la., Dec. 4. Three per sons were burned to death, 11 were injured and two are unaccounted for in the wreck of a motorbus, which jumped the rails of the Muscatine, Burlington & Southern Railway at Hahn ' Crossing, three miles south of Muscatine atN5:45 tonight. The bus was fitted for use on railway tracks. The only identified body among the dead is that of Mrs. James Auster of Grandview. The bodies are so charred that they cannot be identified. , Most Seriously Hurt . The most seriously hurt are: -Mrs. James Guthrie, Wapello, bad ly burned about the face and should ers. Howard Kelly, Wapello, badly burned about the face and shoulders. A. Montague, a traveling man, seriously burned about body, ' may die. George F. Cornelius,. Des Moines", badly burned. , Every occupant of the bus was either killed or injured. Eleven in jured are in hospitals here, .while two of the - occupants are as yet unaccounted for, and may have been killed in the accident. Split Rail the Cause. The cause of the disaster was a split rail. The bus, which is fitted with car wheels and makes regular . f .W ...... trips ironviviuscaiine to towns soutn of here, hit the split rail and was thrown eight feet, lighting cross wise of the track - on the side of which the only door was located. '" The gasoline tank was punctured by the fall of the bus and the escaping gasoline caught fire. The flames spread rapidly over the, ma chine, while the passengers strug gled in vain to escape from the trap. Finally one of the men broke a win dow in the back of the bus from which most of the passengers were able to escape with burns, cuts and bruises, all more or less seriously injured. - , Former Kaiser Does 1 Not Believe He Will Be Tried by the Allies London, Dec. 4. Former Em peror William of Germany does not believe he will be brought to trial by the allies, or, if tried, that his future will be affected in any way, says the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail. Various friendly sources have recently suggested that he surrender to the allies, of fering to give the court all informa tion iiv, his power, the correspond ent says, but he appears too lethar gic to take any steps or even con centrate his mind upon the prepara tion of notes, ' SCANDAL OVER KIRK FURLOUGH WILL NOT DOWN jftafe Officials Stirred Say Peculiar Order of Re lease Never Heard of . Before. x The "scrap of "paper'' release from the state penitentiary of Beryl C. Kirk, notorious leader of the bandit gang that in January, . 1918, killed Detective Frank Rooney in a gun battle in a cottage at Fourteenth avenue and Spencer street, follow ing a daylight robbery of the Mal ashock jewelry store, 1514 Dodge street, has caused a sensational up roar in state circles at Lincoln. Kirk-was released Tuesday morn ing from the state prison on an ap parently unofficial order, called a "furlough'ysigned by State Senator B. K. Bushee of Kimball, under, date of September 8, when Bushee was acting governor during the absence of Governor McKelvie and Lieuten ant Governor Barrows. "Furloughed" to Attorney. Kirk was "furloughed to R. W. DeVoe, Lincoln attorney, who se cured the order for his release from Senator Bushee, and' to whom the bandit must report once each month, accordingMo Senator Peterson, Mr. DeVoe's law partneK Further than that Mr. Peterson declined to make any statement on the case yester day. ' , " Warden Fenton yesterday" morn ing stated that he had not discussed Kirk with Senator Bushee, and that the senator must have secured his opinion that Kirk was not guilty of the murder of the Omaha detective from Lincoln lawyers to whom he had made such statement. .: It was stated in Lincoln yesterday that Senator Bushee called the warden by telephone to find put for what crime, the bandit was Aerving his sentence, apparently betng un aware that the man he freed from prison had been convicted on a mur der charge. It is said that Mr. Bushee conveyed the impression that he believed Kirk, was serving a sentence for bootlegging. A Promised "Fat Fee." ' E., G. Maggi, a former member of the pardon board, who was serving at the time of the Kirk case, told yes terday of an attorney, whose name he refused to make public, who had approached , him on the subject of Kirk's" release from prison, stating Conttnned on Page Two, Column Throe) Continue Preparations to Try Former German Emperor London, Dec. 4. Speaking at Portupridd, Wales, Sir Gordon Hewart. attorney general, said the suggestion was not true there were any dissensions "or waverings with reference to the trial of former Em peror William of Germany. The law officers, he added: were continuing most careful preparations for it WHOLE COUNTRY PLACED. UNDER , COAL RATIONS Flow of Appeals to Re-Establish Fuel Administration yShows General Alarm. Washington, Dec. 4. The country as a whole now is involved in coal rationing measures which have been proposed to eke out supplies short' cned by the nation-wide strike s)f bituminous mine Workers! " The flow of appeals to the re established fuef administration showed general alarm over the sit uation. Middle western territory, where the shortage has become acute, through representatives in congress today demanded the east ern seaboard and New England be compelled to share surplus supplies and live up to restrictions on power and light consumption as drastic as those effective in the west. Senator Cummins, reoublican. of Iowa, announced after consulting' tne tuel administration that he had obtained an increase in the allot ment of coal to Mississippi valley states. Louis W. Hill, chairman of the board of the Great Northern railroad, representing northwestern consumers, made a plea fofbetter distribution of coal resources at th'e head of the Great Lakies, visiting both the railroad and fuel adminis trations. Agree to Pay More. Meanwhile the responsible heads of the larger coal mining concerns .of the country in a second day of general conference here announced that they had agreed to pay miners an additional sum of 11 cents per ton for coal miped, basing the fig ure on conditions in "thin vein areas" and thereby fixing a scale practi cally for the entire country. This' more than carried out the proposal of Fuel Administrator Gar field that the coal miner's be given a 14 per cent advance without increase in the selling price of coal, they as serted, because average figures showed that an advance of 10.56 cents per ton would meet .the re quirement." Proposals were made at the final session that the mine operators adopt an aggressive policy of fight ing the strike by resuming produc tion on an "open shop" basis, but (Continued on Pan Two, Column Fftnr.) Young Iowa Mother Shot Dead by Her , Four-Year-Old Baby Pisgah. Ia., Dec. 4. Mrs. Jesse Nuzum, 35 years old, was accident ally shot and killed in her home south of here yesterday. ' Mrs. Nuzum's death was caused by her 4-year-old daughter, who in some manner as yet unexplained, got hold of a shotgun and caused it to be discharged. The heavy load of shot entered Mrs. Nuzum's' back between the shoulders and tore a frightful hole in her bodv. She lived but a short time. ' FEAR U. S. TO BREAK WITH CARRANZA Interview With Wilson Takes -Place Today Prior to Fram ing Senate Policy in Rev gard to Border Relations. :.. HITCHC0CKAND FALL -l TO VISIT WHITE HOUSE Ambassador Fletcher and Sec retary Lansing Go Before Senate Committee and Can vass Mexican Situation. El Paso, tex., Dec. 4. Certain American concerns operating . In Mexico ordered their border 'repre sentatives today to prepare for get ting their American employes out of Mexico. In some cases the definite isu uiwus were, given ior imme diate withdrawal 'of American em- pioyes ,trom Mexico. Nameof these companies are withheld because of possible danger" to their employes in quitting Mex ico. .. . Danger to Americans. Banger to Americans in Mexico should diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico be broken had heen one of the snKieri. most seriousiy discussed on the bor- 1 aer in connection with the situatiou arising out of the Jenkins case. It -was felt that an order from the gov ernment, such as was issued by President Taft in 1912 ordering v Americans to leave would create much ill-feeling south of the bordet and possibly cauSe actual bloodshed To Interview Wilson. -. Washington, Dee. 4. Steps to o tain a personal interview 'with Pres ident Wilson before framing a sen. ate policy in the strained relations with Mexico were decided on today by the foreign relations committee. The decision was made after Sec-f retary Lansing had appeared be fore the committee and, it was said by members, had disclosed that -be- cause of the president's illness he had not been consulted by the State department in its handling of the recent developments which - have brought relations between the two governments to a serious stage. AMhe White House tonight the president's physician, Dr. Grayson, said he saw no reason why the com mittee's representatives, if they urg ently desired it, could not see the ' president tomorrow: It was indi cated that the two members-selected. Senator Fall, republican, New Mex ico, and Senator Hitchcdtfk, demo crat, Nebraska, would endeavor to do so. ' ( V , Divide on Party Lines. In deciding to take, its problem directly to the president the com mittee divided along party linesTlijr republicans voting for the proposal ' and five democrats opposing it. The action came at the end of a day of discussion on Senator Fall's resolu tion, which would ask the president to withdraw diplomatic recognition of 'the Carranza government. It was said by republican (mem bers that although the committee did not discuss in detail the extent to which the president's illness might have interfered with the discharge of his duties, the point was brought out that. should the Mexican situa tion continue to become more critical some question as to the executive's physical capability -might result " Fletcher Gives "Evidence." f v During the day Henry P. Fletcher, American ambassador . to, Mexico, went before the commtftee and was said to have confirmed many of tho same ooints as did tli spcntir. in reply to questions about the attitude of the State department. For some weeks he has been stationed here and has assisted in the diplomatic correspondence now in progress re garding tne case of William O. " Jenkins, the American consular iigent under arrest & Puebla. , 1 A reply now if awaited from Car, f ranza to the latest American note Ter questing in sharp terms that Jenkins be released and advices reaching here today indicated that a cornmis sion might be asked for by . the ' Mexican president to settle the dis-N, pute. It was said Mr. Lansing did i not inHir.it whit rnnru hic m: ef nment might take should the re-' olv nrovp iinsattfitartrtrv ' hut ur. very emphatic in his declaration that me vimca. aTaics was reaay-to shoulder arty consequences which mitrht result from its riemanda fnr protection of American rights. Lansing Goes Into Detail. Virtuallv alt . n( ' Amhun'JiM Fletcher's statement to the commit tee related to the Jenkins case, but Secretary Lansing was drawn into a detailed discussion of th o.-hnb general subject of ; relations with Mexico and told the inside story ol the American government' attitnrfa during recent years.' A great obstacle to a break with Mexico before thf United Stst on. tered the European war, Mr. Lansing is understood, to have said, was the fact that suctr a break might have had consequences Vhich would have riettrnveri the nrirlont'c hnn. tf avoiding entanglements in the con- (Continued Tn Two, Cotuna Flr4
