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RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS crVel fuel man TURNS DOWN CUPID. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 5. Even Cupid can't break asunder the re strictions in force in Kansas City. The local fuel administration an nounced it had refused to grant a request made by" Mrs. A. J. Pray that the Linwood Boulevard Chris tian church be permitted to open Thursday, December 18, for the wedding of her daughter. "But it's to be a big wedding," Mrs. Pray is purported to have said. "I have 400 invitations out. It's too large for-'my house." i5ut the fuel administration was obdurate, and, anyhow, a member said, it's some time yet to Decem ber 18. NO PROCESS REPRODUCES PHOTOGRAPHS LIKE ROTOGRAVURE. SEE SUNDAY'S BEE. : The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 147. Eattrta u MooaC-altM matter May JS. IMS. at OiaaNa f. 0. nadir ut at March S. 1(7. OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919. By Mall (t mr). Dally. SS.00: Swtdw. 12. SO: Dally aad Sua.. W OO; aatilda N9v awtaaa .xla. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: Unsettled and colder Saturday with snow in east and central por tions Sunday probably fair; fresh northerly winds baturaay. Hourly temperature: 5 at. m., . m . . J m.. R a.' m. . V aw i" . . 1 A a. in . . 11 a. m.. It noon.. ..IN ..IS ..IS ..IT ..IT ..IS ..it 1 P. S P. v. p. s p. p. T P. S p. U U .M . .M . M .to rn UVJ 1 rn mm i rn M rvn WW i TRAVELING?- WELL, TAKE LUNCH'ALONG. Chicago, Dec. 5. Co-operation of the public is asked in adjusting its needs to the reduced passenger schedule which will go into effect Tiext Monday on lines running north and west from Chicago by P. S. Eustis, chairman of the western pas senger traffic committee, in a state- j ment issued Friday. "I advise people to travel as little as possible and to take their lunch aloug, because dining cars may be taken off unexpectedly and Without notice tinder the new schedule," said Chairman Eustis. ' CHAMBER TO TRADE WITH THJTHOLLANDERS. New York, Dec. S. Organization of a chamber of commerce to facili tate trade between the United States' and Holland and the Dutch East Indies is announced. Opportunities for that trade, jt was stated by Dr. D. H. ' Andrae, commercial attache of the Dutch legation at Washing ton, are particularly broad at pres ent, owing to the lack of German goods in the Dutch market. INDUSTRIES GRADUALLY SHUT DOWN Hundreds Thrown Out of Em ployment and More Concerns Are Expected to Be Closed Today Coal Refused. IjyiORE STREET CARS " ORDERED TAKEN OFF Theater Managers Will Make Another Appeal to Open, As serting" People Are Morbid From Lack of Amusement. VOICES FROM TOMB -ASK EXPENSE MONEY. " ( Washington, Dec. 5. Study of ex isting method of forestalling labor disputes by co-operation between employers and shop councils, shop committees and similar organiza v tions of workers was started by the industrial conference. Many large firms have sent in records of how management and employes maintain harmony in their plants and the con ference announced that it desired similar data from other corporations where the plan had been tried. Secretary Wilson asked congress .. to appropriate $25,000 to defray the' expenses of the conference. COAL KEEPS 7,000 MINERS AT WORK. . Houghton, Mich., Dec. 5. The federal railroad administration re- scinded the order prohibiting local copper mines from shipping coal from their. docks to .the mines The action averted theebforcedtdleness of 7,000 or more copper miners in 'this district. ' '" '" " OMAHA NOT ON Lit A HAVEN FUK kueddm. Portland. Ore.X Dec. 5. Three men entered the jewelry store con ducted by Mrs. Ty' G. Rossman nn the downtown shopping district here early Friday, bound and gagged the janitor and a clerk, Meyer Good man, and made away with diamonds and jewelry estimated by the police tcSbe worth $20,000. The police have a meager de scription of the three men, which is said to tallv with that of three men who robbed another jewelry , store in a like manner here several weeks ago. jt MUST PAY TAXES ON RUSS ENGINES. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 5. Taxes Jtv$25.00a levied on 47 locomotives built for the Imperial Russian gov ernment, but never delivered be cause of the shortage of ships and Russian revolution, will not be re scinded, the board of finance de cided. The locomotives, valued at $500,000. are stored at the Cooke plant of the American Locomotive Co. - SAYS CINCI'S FORMER MAYOR HAS AFFINITY. Cincinnati, O.. Dec. 5. Julius Fleischniann, former mayor of Cin cinnati and widely known for his jast business enterprises and inter est in philanthropic work and sports, is made defendant in a suit for divorce and alimony. Mrs. Fleischniann, to whom the defendant was married in 1893, al leges wilful abandonment, and that such abandonment was and is for the purpose of making possible a second matriage. Mrs. Fleischniann allege that not only did her hus band abandon her, but he announced to her, and publicly, thai such aban donment was permanent. The Fleischmanns have three children, one a minor, whose custody the mother seeks. Y. M. C. k. HUTS PLANNED FOR MINERS IN KANSAS. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 5 State Y. M. C. A. officials tonight were com pleting plans for the operation of eight "Y" huts in the Kansas coal fields, for the use of the volunteer workers, regulars and national guard troops. Fifteen steam shovel men left here tonight for Pittsburg in re sponse to a call from Governor Al len for more skilled workers. PLANS TO CAPTURE VILLA WITH LASSO. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 5. Francisco' Villa, the bandit, is fo be lassoed m wild west fashion at or near Homa Alta, Mexico, according to a courier from Chihuahua. The courier brought information that Villa is now at Loma Alta, about 20 miles north of Chihuahua City. The capture of Villa has been undertaken by Gen. Manuel Diegas, military governor of Chihuahua state, according to the courier. Gen eral Diegas did not go to Mexico City, as announced, but to Parral, Chihuahua, where he is in command of 5,000 federal troops. With these he plans to make a wide encircling movement, surrounding Villa at Loma Alta and lassoing him if he attempt! to sscaf e. Gradual closing down of industries ruled nonessential by the terminal fuel committee, with resultant non employment of hundreds of people, and the further curtailment of street tar service, were the most concrete evideqees of the existing coal short ag yesterday. Thirty more street cars were taken off last night, cutting the serv ice more than 50 per cent. The last cars left the downtown district at 11. Lights in cars were also reduced about 50 per cent. More Industries Close. Several industries, including the Woodward Candy company, Coun cil Bluffs, and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company, closed down yester- day, when their coal supply was ex hausted and applications for more were refused. It is estimated that more than-50 other applications for coal were refused by the committee yesterday, under the nonessential or der, and a general closing down of industries Is anticipated. Railroad officials were fousy yes terday preparing new schedules to be used whei. train service is cur tailed Monday. The Chicago, Mil waukee &i St. " Paul railroad an nounced that, in addition? terservice already suspended during the war, trains No. 12 east bound and No. 3 west bound, running between Man ila, and Omaha, would be discon ti tied Monday. This will leave only one p -senger train cast from Omaha and one west to Omaha on this line. Theaters May Open. Theater managers will make an other attempt to secure permission from the terminal committee tomor row to open, it was decided at a meeting of the Allied Amusement association yesterday. Chairman Stevens of the association declared that permission from wasmngton, D. C, to open had been secured.. Managers asserted that the people were becoming "morbid" from lack of amusement, that more than 1,000 employes of theaters were actually suffering from lack of employment and that theaters in other cities were open all, or at least part time. If permission is not granted by the committee it is probable that thea ters will attempt to open Sunday, managers said. Large shipments of anthracite coal are expected to arrive here from western Pennsylvania 'some time time next week. Fifteen hundred applications ; for coal were received by the commit tee f oni various sources Thursday, including homes, - hospitals, stores and industries. "We have cut off two of our ten boilers at the power plant," R. A. Leussler, general manager of the street car company explained. "Cars making the last runs of the day will leave the downtown district at 11 p. m. Lighting in street cars is be ing reduced. Heating plants in our five car barns have been closed and stoves have been installed for w;arm ing the offices. Old ties are being used to heat the company's car shops. Our coal supply is running low low and fuel oil which we had ordered seems to have been seld up at Kansas City. It-rs essential that street car patrons distribute the aft ernoon rush hours as much as possi ble, beginning with the workers who are off at 2 o'clock. We are expect- (Contlnued on Pae Jilne, Column One.) Armenians Defeat x Tartars, Who Leave ( Hundreds on Field i New York, Dec. 5. A decisive de feat has been inflicted by Armenian troops on a Tartar force, command ed by Turkish officers, which invaded the neutral zone established in the southeru Caucasus, on the border land between Europe and Asia, ac cording to a cablegram received by the American committee f6r the in dependence of Armenia. The mes sage said: Five hundred Turkish dead and wounded were left on the field of battle and several hundred prisoners, 14 machine guns and con siderable ammunition and provi sions." Predict Another Blizzard Over State of Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 5. The lo cal weather bureau Friday night forecast another blizzard for Sat urday and Sunday. Flock masters throughout Wyoming were urged to gather in. their, herds, " ' , JENKINS FREED; REPORTS HE HAD CABINET AND vERYWLua-n nnrn im les in Letter That Mexico! " MrnUU . Ill CONFERENCE - Is Pro-German Through. ; Mexico City, Dec. 5. W. O. Jenkins attempted to secure his re imprisonment today. Judicial authorities at Ptiebla refused to al low the consular agent to re-enter the prison. Mr. Jenkins is quoted as declar ing that bail was furnishe'd by his friend J. Walter Hansen, with out his knowledge, and that he re fused to accept conditional free-dom. Director General Hines Also Attends Weighty Discussion Of Coal Situation Opera tors Against Compromise. RAILROAD SERVICE CUT THROUGHOUT COUNTRY What D'You Mean,--Democratic Leader Washington, Dec. 5. William O. Jenkins, the American consular agent, imprisoned at' Puebla, Mex ico, was released Thursday night. The American embassy .n Mexico City reported his release in a dis patch received by the ,State depart ment this afternoon and almost at the same time, news dispatches vwere received from Mexico City which said a check for $500 had been de posited with the civil authorities at Puebla. , v This difference in the two reports seemed to raise some doubt as to whether Jenkins was released un conditionally on the diplomatic rep resentation of the United States government or whether he had been released on bail as the Mexican au thorities contended he could. The State department, however1, took the view that Jenkins had been released on its diplomatic represen tations, and issued this statement: "The release of William O. Jen kins, the American consular agent at Puebla, Mex., was reported late this afternoon from the America embassy at Mexico City. Lansing Gets News. The secretary of state announced that a dispatch from the embassy stated that Third Secretary Hanna -of the embassy, who was sent to Puebla in connection with fhe de partment's repeated representations for the immediate release cf Jenkins, had reported that Jenkins was re leased from the penitentiary last Jenkins was abducted OctobeptJ9! and the American embassy' was immediately instructed to take all possible measures to effect his re lease from the bandits who had rob bed and kidnapped him. Jenkins was released on ransom; returning to Puebla October 26, was taken to a hospital on that date and was ar rested Nove,mber 15 by the Mexican authorities and taken into custody. "The release of Consular Agent Jenkins was brought about by urgent (Continued on Page Nine, Column Five.) McKelvie Goes to Washington Gardner Calls Off Govern ors' Conference Ohio Mines To Open Output Increases. BOY ON SLED RUN OVER AND KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE William Kucera Crushed While Coasting All Occupants of Car Arrested. The first death of the season from coasting occurred yesterday after noon wften William Kucera, 13 years old, Fifty-sixth street and Military avenue, was almost instantly killed at Sixty-second street and Military avenue. An automobile, driven by J. H. Wise, 101 South Twenty-first street, ran over the boy, crushing his chest. . . Young Kucera w-a"sN)ii a sled that was. being pulled from a coal wagon going west on Military avenue. The automobile, coming closely behind, struck the sled and ran over the boy, witnesses say. The boy was carried across the street to the of fices of Doctors B. W. Hall and Hollenbeck. He died on the way. Foliceinan Drift arrested Wise, his son,"VValter, 14 years old, and M. H. Hogan, Twenty-fifth and L streets, all occupants of the car. At Cen tral police station, -Wise was charged with drunkenness and reck less driving. His son is being held as a state witness. Hogan was charged with drunkenness and is also held as a state witness. The motor party was leaving Omaha on a hunting trip when the accident occurred. . Hans Morten sen, 2567- St. Mary's avenue, an . eye witness of the accident, said the car which ran over Kucera was speeding. One of the occupants of the car hurledra bottle, said to have contained liquor, to the pavement after the accident. Wilson Wifl Not Take Treaty From Senate at present Washington, Dec. 5. President Wilson has no intention of with drawing the peace treaty from the senate for the present, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska announced today after his visit to the president. He discussed the treaty question with the president briefly after tnc conference on the Mexican situation. The president thinks the failure of the senate to act on the treaty at -the special session, shifted the responsibility in the matter to "other shoulders," Senator Hitchcock said, adding: "He is just going to let it stay where it is at present" x Washington, Dec. 5. The general coal situation was discussed today at a meeting of the president's cabinet, but there was no intimation of what new step was. contemplated' by the government to meet growing ap peals from various sections of the country for enough fuel to keep the big industries in operation. Director General Hines and Fuel Administrator Garfield, summoned here from his home in Massa chusetts, to take up sorreof the problems developing in the last few days, told the cabinet what had been done. Dr. Garfield later conferred with Department of Justice officials and the executive committee of the bituminous coal operators of the United States, members of which had been kept here to watch the situation. The fuel administrator indicated that coal production was increasing over last week. No Compromise. The operators' committee issued a statement characterizing as "vi cious and misleading" published re ports to the effect that they were considering proposals to compro mise with striking mine workers by paying more than 14 per cent in- eas!MueseiyrJ and increasing the trice .or - coal. There will be no compromise fn the demands they said.- , -..' - In connection with tKe action of the federal court at Indianapolis, ordering a grand jury to investigate their actions with a view to bring-v ing indictments under the Lever act, the ooerators sent a telegram, to District Attorney Sims at Indian- apolis asking that the hearings be expedited. Welcome Investigation. Operators welcome grand jury investigation of the charges that they are in conspiracy with the min ers," the telegrant said. "We urge that investigation be handled vigor ously and that the full publicity be given. The operators are anxious to be heard. Will you advise if they will be given opportunity?" Meanwhile there was unques tioned optimism among ihe oper ators and fuel administration work ers who have volunteered to aid in the emergency. Coal production has remained on the upward grade for three days, it was said, and is close to 45 per cent of normal. .. , j'!.- HIGH PRICES OF SUGARS BLAMED ON LOCAL FIRMS Wholesalers, Testifying at Federal' Investigation, Tell of Powerful Influence of Sugar Jobbers. v Martial Law in Oklahoma; East Optimistic on Coal Chicago, Dec. 5. There was op timism in the east that soft coal pro duction was slowly increasing in spite of the miners' strike, and sur face indications were that changes for the better were anticipated among the operators. Iai the west there was little improvement and closing of industry and reduction of business hours continued A one-third reduction in passen- (Contlnaed on Nine, Column Two.) Five Arrested as 'Highjackers;' Three Partly Identified Five alleged "high-jackers," armed with revolvers, were arrested by Block Patrolman Earl Adams and Policeman H. F. Peterson in a ga rage at Fortieth and Farnum streets at 12:20 last night, and three of them partially identified by Mrs. C. C. Allison as being men who en tered her house, and at whom she fired Thursday night. The five were booked for investi gation at the Central police station, being held without bond. Mrs. Alli son willtake another look at them today. ; The men gave their names and ad dresses as Frank O'Neill, chauffieur, 16082 Cass street; Dave Galtnsky, broker, 630 South Seventeenth street; A. D. Pierson, 2161 Rees street; Bart Williams, 3907 North Twenty-sixth street, and William Larsen, cl&rk, 522 South Sixteenth street. . Hines Still Conferring With the Brotherhoods Washington, Dec. 5. Conferences between railroad brotherhood lead ers and Director General Hines as to" wages and working conditions will continue next week, it is an nounced. Mr. Hines was said to have conceded some of the union de mands while refusing others. Union officials will lay thenew proposals before their executive committees and meet Mr. Hines again Tjtesdjy- The high price of sugar in Omaha and the limited supply here are due directly to the powerful influence of local jobbers and their manipula tions through .the Missouri River Jobbers' association, according to the testimony of Thomas W. Culleu of the Cullen Brokerage company and-E. C. Williams of the Williams Murphy company at the federal in vestigation begun yesterday rrtorning by United States District Attorney Allen. Mr; Cullen and Mr. Williams both charged discrimination on the part tof Omaha jobbers in the matter of distribution on the local market. Both witnesses, who declared thgy conducted wholesale grocery estab lishments, asserted they had been unable to obltain sugar for the last three months. , Don't Belong to Body. Neither of them is identified with the Missouri River Jobbers' associ ation, it was asserted in reply to questions put by Mr. Allen. Mr. Williams declared he did not believe the sugar was being received in Omaha for the reason that the al lotments assigned to this territory under 'the zone system created by the board of equalization were based on the consumption in previ ous years and months. This, the witness asserted, had been curtailed by designing jobbers, who have suc ceeded in keeping the price up by reason of the short supply, for which the -jobbers were held responsible. ' Says Refused Sugar. " BT1 . jiney simpiy reiusea to let us have the sugar," said Mr. Williams, "and no explanation was offered. Repeated efforts have been made by our firm to procure sugar for out customers. Persistently we have been refused. Attempts have been (Continued on Pajre Mne, Coli'mn Four.) Car Lines Crippled By. Heavy Snowfall; i rains Hreon lime s Heavy snowfall in Omaha and eastern Nebraska yesterday after noon from 3:30 until 7 did not cause serious delays in train service. Rail road officials reported that nearly all trains from the west were arriv ing on schedule time. The street car service was serious ly crippled, slippery rails causing cars to travel at a slow rate. The car service to Councir Bluffs was delayed to such an extent that hundreds of people were waiting for cars at 5 o'clock. After the rush hour cars ran from Council Bluffs to Omaha jpverv hour until 11, when service , between the two cities stopped , j A . ALLIES TO FORCE PEACE TERMS ON GERMANY, RUMOR Essen and Frankfort Will Be Occupied Unless .. Protocol ' ' Is Signed. London, Dec. 5. There was a per sistent rumor in the stock exchange tbis morning that the supreme coun cil of the peace confereTice had threatened Germany that unless the final peace terms were agreed to, al lied troops would occupy Essen and Frankfort. Up to this time the mar-, ket has not been affected by .the re port. Official announcement that Field Marshal Wilson has gone to Paris in response to "an urgent summons to consult Marshal Foch in connec tion with the, peace treaty," is re garded by some morning newspa pers as of considerable significance. It is printed alongside the address made in Glasgow last evening by Andrew Bonar Law, in which he said he believed the allies had the power, and if necessary will exer cise it to insure ratification of the Versailles treaty by Germany. It is suggested that steps fo exert pres sure on Germany may be imminent. "There has been enough solemn finger wagging at the Germanswho have come to believe it safe to 'defy the allies," says the Daily Mail, in commenting on the situation. "A wise and merciful course would be to tell them plainly that If within a fixed time they do not comply with the allied conditions and fulfill the treaty terms, the blockade will be renewed." The plan of action against Ger manydraftcd by Marshal Foch last June, me '.ioned in the dispatches, was ready for putting into effect in case the Germans had finally de clined to sign the Versailles peace treat . t contemplated a rapid ad vance into Germany from the occu pied zone by the British, American and Frt.n'i armies. A drive of from 40 to '60 miles in depth all along the allied lines was contemplated. Cavalry w. . t have been employed, together with armored cars, to p tect the infantry, who were to have been rushed forward in motor trucks in a dash that would, it was predicted, have broken all records for a rapid military advance. Paris Papers Urge Coercion To Force Protocol Signing Paris, Dec. 5. Coercion is the nnlv argument likely to make an impression upon the Germans and induce 'them to sign the protocol of the peace treaity, according to to day's newspapers. It is said this conclusion was reached at the se cret session of the council of five yesterday at which Marshal Foch was present. r It is reported that the marshal un dertook 4o execute the plan he draft ed last juse, the mere threat of which brought German plenipoten tiaries to Versailles. Action is Necessary.- -During the meeting, says the Echo de Paris, Premier Clemen ceau and Marshal Foch stated that the unexpected departure of the. German delegates from Versailles and the complicated points raised by (Continued an Pass Mae, Column Six.) i CLOSING ORDER FOR THEATERS WILL BETESTED Eastern Theatrical Producer ' Files Suit in Federal Court -To Restrain Fuel ' Committee. COMMITTEE INSISTS ON SEEING HIM President Fully Capable of Handling Carranza, Say Fall and Hitchcock, After Hour's Interview With Sick Man. 7 IS PROPPED IN BED AND COVERED UP TO CHIN In a case which will determine, whether or not the local federal fuel board has the authority to close the Omaha theaters In order to conserve fuel, during the period the nation is facing a coal famine, a petition was filed in the distriet court of the United States yesterday afternoon, asking for an order restraining the. fuel board, the Brandeis Investment Co.. H. A. Wolf Co., and Clinton J. Sutpljen, theater manager from closing the theater on December 10, 11, and 13 of December. Henry W. Savage, an eastern theatrical producer, aq.d manager, is named as plaintiff in the case. He is represented bv lames C. Kinsler. an Omaha attorney. The hearing has been set for 9:30 o'clock this morning. ' Question Committee's Authority. The petition alleges the plaintiff has a written contract with the -Brandeis theater to present a play entitled. "Head Over Heels," by Mitzi Hajos and 50 other players, md that the local federal fuel board is acting without proper authority and out of its jurisdiction when it orders the doors of the playhouse closed on the nights named in the confract between the plaintiff and the manager of the theater. Attention is called to the1 fact that the purpose of the proclamation of Harry A. Garfield, fuel administra tor of the. United States, was for the avowed and expressed object of conserving coal and coke. v Use No Coal. It IS a leced the th?r .. ;il K heated on the nights and days namer vmui on, anajhat calcium lights will uc use. i. , i,espnc tnis plan, it is pointed out that the theater man agement has announced a purpose to keep the house closed until the receipt of further orders from the fuel board. "The defendants con cede the toregomg representations to be true, reads he petition, "but they still refuse to permit the the ater to oe opened and used accord ing to the contract. rtaintitt turther , shows to the" court that it has appeared before the local federal fuel board and re- miesiea u to moaity or revoke said order requiring the theater to be closed, and has advised the board that the performances will be pro duced without the use of rnal and coke or electric lights or gas, or any otner product of coal or coke, and that it will use calcium liehts and fuel oil." Skill With Pen Causes Arrest. Kansas Citv. Mo.. T)rr. n TK v. traordinary skill with a pen of Hale C. Vanscov. 18-vear-ol.t artiit it i allefTpH IcH tt hie nrr.- .. charge of raisins? SI hills in "fivrc " Vanscov is said to have rnn(icco.t to federal agents. I m II.... Ill' D., In ROAM. ' luuk.s vuy iii, dui id men tally AlertReceives News Of Jenkins' Release May Express Opinion Monday. Washington, Dec. 5. Two sen ators, delegated by the foreign re lations committee to confer with President Wilson on the Mexican crisis and report whether in their, opinion the president by reason of his illness was unable to exercise his functions, left the White House after a conference of three-quarters bi an ituiu wuii ii nu luudy agreeing that he was in touch with recent developments and was mentally keen . enough to form judgements on the questions confronting the nation. :Ii! the njidst of the conference, while Senator Fall, republican, New Mexico, "was outlining the evidence on which he is urging a break" of diplomatic relations, , the president -and his callers were informed that William O. Jenkins, the American consular agent at Puebla, Mexico, jailed there, had been released. kThe advices left no doubt leased. The advices left some doubt as to the circumstances, but tfc development was accepted generally as relieving somewhat, relations be tween the two governments. Is Recovering at Last. The discussion with the president produced no definite conclusion as to Mexican relations, but it was -regarded everywheres bearing on a subject of endless speculation in congressional circles the extent to which the long illness of the chief executive has rendered him physical ly incapable of the duties of presi dency. Propped up in bed, the president talked of many features of the Mex ican tangle." With a right hand and arm free above Ihe bed cover, Mu senators said, lie shook hands with1" them and took up and read papers which were on the table beside him. : Jle was described as weak and liervous, but it was said he -jested about exaggerated reports of his illness, and promised within a few -days to give congress his advice on . what it should do about Mexico. , Sick but Mentally .Alert. !' appeared to be a sick man," said Senator Fall afterward, "but mentally alert and perfectly able u-C!0pu w,h. a"y lotion with which he might have to deal. He appeared to me.Vertainly, i aS good mental cottd,ti6ns any man could weeks!" emri" f,r nin ' 10 The other delegate of the com- -?rT.lenTr ".i'cock, demo crat. Nebraska, said the president seemed greatly improved- , inc? h saw him two weeks ago. My opinion is that he has been ylrZ "ck-m". but is improving" said Seitetor Hitchcock. "He' has Pretty good idea of the Mexican -tit-cation and although he did not le a final decision nn th. ...k:.8 Jdic.tfd that too many" sermon! llie conference with the presi dent, which the forei r.;"" ZT"" decided to "Qt y- - TVl'.? ci retary Lansing had int cm Mexican 'neo-ntia. i.U :V.i... . ----" j a.isui iuiu n mat ne nart tint .t.: -i r t.uimg me recent ai uons, was quicklv . arrant .ii. morning when the two senators got into touch w!th the White House. They were told that if they consid- ' U.TLnt t0 see Mr- Wilson tney would be nri-mittd j A, -. . . n i j uu at,, n appointment accordingly was ar- .a..Scu ior ;ou in the afternoon. Mrs. Wilson Present. ' . , AY the callers arrived they were ' met by Dr. Grayson and Mrs.'Wil-' son, who conducted them to the" sickroom. Asked how long thev -might remain, the president's phvst- cian replied that he would leave that entirely to the judgment of the two visitors. Mrs. Wilson remained in the room throughout the confer ence. . Announcement of Jenkir.s' release it was said by those present, 'gave the conference its only dramatic !l!rn;.. -he ,1ews was telephoned to the W hite House after the senators had arrived, and was ronimimir.,i to Dr. Grayson by Secretary Tu m,u'tr' Returning to the sickroom while Senator Fall, one of the two bitterest critics of the administra tion s, past policy toward Mexico - . was in the midst rf hu 9,.lnuJ for a diplomatic break. Eh IlfSVCAII informed the president that Jenkins I.. naa Decn set tree. Mexican Bolshevism. All of tho.se nresent rxnrfil - gratitude with the news, and then Senator Fall resumed his statement. . He is chairman of a subcommittee which Jias investigated the whole subject of Mexican relations, and he told the president of much of the (CoaUnued -vn rag Mm, Calunm Thtta
