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BRIGHT
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NEBRASKA WOMEN'S CLUB ACTIVITIES ARE BEST COVERED ONLY IN THE BEE.
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RULES "NO REASON FOR
WOMEN ON JURIES."
New York, Jan. 7. Notwithstand
ing "the marvelous development of
womanhood in the past decade,"
there It no reason, judicial or other
wise, why women should serve as
uiries, in the opinion of Justice
Lazarsky of the supreme court. In
an -opinion handed down he denied
a writ of mandamus to compel the
commissioner of jurors of Brook
lyn to include representatives of the
fair cex in making up his lists.
"The course of conduct ' of fed
eral state governments in limiting
jury service to males has been so
unvaried for so many years," Justice
Lazarsky said, "that to adopt any
ether course than to follow this rule
of construction would be disregard
ing that which is-'-practically conclusive."
BLOOD AND THUNDER
FILMS MAY BE TABOO.
WashingT&n, Jan. 7. Interstate
transportation of "blood and thun
- der1 moving picture films or still
pictures would be prohibited under
identical bills introduced by Senator
Gore,' democrat. Oklahoma, and
Representative Herrald, republican,
Oklahoma. Senator Gore said he
presented the measure by request.
The bill would affect all pictures de
picting the activities of former con
victs, bandits, train robbers or other
outlaws. Those violating its pro
visions would, upon conviction, be
subject to fines of from $5,000 to
.910,000, or "imprisonment.
PERSHING FINDS OLD
FRIENDS HiTHOSPITAL.
' Des Mpines, la., Jan. 7. Gen.
John J. Pershing found a number of
old acquaintances in the hospital at
Camp Dodge wheii on his inspection
trip there. Among them was Sergt.
J. J. Newberry of the 59th infantry,
who was a first sergeant under Gen
eral Pershfng when the general was
in command of the 15th cavalry in
the Philippine, islands.
The fornier commander of the
American expeditionary forces ma(3e
a general tour of the hospital wards,
talking to the soldiers there, asking
about their wounds and how they
were getting along.
SIAMESE TWINS
ENUMERATED DISTINCTLY.
Washington, Jan. 7. Lucio and
( Simplicia Goding, famous "Siamese"
twins, will be enumerated in the
census as two persons, although
they are a unit physically, under a
ruling by Director Rogers. The
twins are 11 years old, ratives of
the Philippines, and are living in
Washington. ,
PRETTIEST U. S. RED
' CHARMS OFFICERS!
' New" York, Jan. 7. Miss, Anna
Manson, 24 years of age, known as
"Starlight, Sylph of the Soviets,"
and declared the "most beautiful bol-
sjievik," was sent to Ellis Island to
day to await deportation as an alien
agitator. She was arrested in the
laid last night on the Russian lan
. guage radical paper Novy Mir.
' So eloquent was a speech made by
Miss Manson at a police station,
where she expounded the doctrines
of free thought free speech, equal
distribution of all wealth and fr?c
love, that her captors missed the
regular ferry to Ellis Island and she
was 'escorted there individually by
one of the police department's most
courtly detectives.
BEAT, ROB THEN
THROW OUT OFFICER.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7. Lt. Rodger
Sturgis, commander of the head
auarters troop at Camp Gordon, was
beaten, robbed of about $150, and
thrown from a taxicab in the suburbs
of Atlanta late Tuesday night. He
Scrawled two miles to a house and an
ambulance was called. His worst in
'jury was broken jaw, for which he
js being treated at a hospital. He is
a son of S. D. Sturgis of Boston.
' FEAR THAT MISSING
MILLIONAIRE KIDNAPED. "
i Quebec, Jan. 7. It is feared Am
tbrose J. Small, Toronto theatrical
Magnate and millionaire has been
Ucidnaped, as a search has been
'fruitless since his disappearance a
tnonth ago following his receipt of
)eheek for $1,000,000 for his interest
la the Trans-Canadian theater. It is
laid he may be held somewhere for
ransom.
Small deposited his check here and
then dropped from sight Decem
ber 2.
- New York and Montreal were
learched for him unsuccessfully, the
police said. x
PROGRESSIVE POLYANDRY"
JJOESNT SUIT JUDGE.
LexingtorcKy., Jan. 7. A decree
cf dfvorce granted to Mrs. Ora
Smith Iring by Judge Samuel B.
TCirhv in T-niiisville last week was
destroyed by order of Judge Kirby,
who had n&t yet signed the decree
!The reason assigned by the judge
'for this unusual procedure was that
the matrimonial history of Mrs.
Iring, a famous Kentucky beautVj
"smacks of progressive polyandry '
The court, it was stated, had
- learned that the divorce was the
third obtained by Mrs. Iring and
.-' that she contemplated taking O. W.
Bonner, a New York millionaire, for
her fourth husband and that the lat
ter had already presented her with
a $50,000 mansion on Long island.
OFFICE BUILDING FOR
EXCLUSIVE FIFTH AVENUE.
.New York, Jan. 7. Fifth avenues
most exclusive residential,section is
to be invaded by a theater and a
huge office building. Announcement
was made that a $7,500,000 structure
of 30 stories is to be erected by Au
gust Hockscher and other million
aires on the site formerly occupied
by the late William C. Whitney as
his home, at the southwest corner of
, Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh
street. ..Carnelius Vanderbilt's home
is diagonially opposite, while the old
Collis P. Huntington estate is across
the street.
v "The theater will be the finest in
.the United States, and the structure
will be one calculated to improve
and not to mar the best section of
the finest residence street in the
world," said George Backer, of the
George Backer Construction com
pany which is to erect the huge
- building-
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INQUIRY ON
RELEASE OF
KIRK CLOSED
Variance on Important Points,
Brought Out Under Close
Questioning by Bernard Mc
Neny, Feature ofvjWearing.
GOVERNOR DENIES HE
KNEW KIRK'S CRIME
DEMOCRATS PLAN
TO BACK WILSON
ON PEACE ISSUE
Treaty, as Campaign Issue,
Looms as Government Lead
ers Gather for Banquet.
PERSHING
IS GUEST. OF
CITY TODAY
Washington, Jan. 7. The peace
'treaty as a campaign issue loomed
conspicuously on the political hor
izon, today as democratic leaders
gathered for the quadrennial meet
inc of the democratic national com
mittee, "m preliminary plans for ; And Christen Hangar.
the presidential contest. I
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ureaay oversnaaowuig me "S'lciCTCDC iim OTA CI?
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Big Reception Planned for
Army Chief, Who Will Greet
First Airplane Carrying Mail
Decision x of, Commission
Taken Under Advisement
Attorney General Apologizes
- For Absence of Witnesses.
By a Staff Correspondent. (
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7 (Special
Telegram.) Bernard McNerny,
member of the state bar commission
probing the sensational release of
Berl C. Kirk from the state peniten
tiary last month, at" the closing ses
sion of the hearing today pro
pounded questions to Governor Mc
Kelvic thst frequently aroused his
ire and brought out pertinent facts
in the investigation that had here
tofore been overlooked.
Testimony of the governor and
Senator C. Petrus Peterson, attorney
for Kirk, under the questioning of
Mr. McNeny, varied on important
phases of the case, as it did with
the previous testimony of Senator
B. K. Bushee, who" was acting gov
ernor and signed the Kirk fur
lough. Attorney General Davis apolo
gizedsto the commission Tor his fail
ure to have Kirk and his wife at
the hearing and stated that ne nad
used every possible means to locate
them without success. He gave as
his opinion that a postponement
would avail nothing as he did not
Delieve they could be located.
Comment on Bushee.
The activity of Senator Bushee at
the hearing is arousing considerable
comment, i The supreme court in
structions foi the investigation call
for a probe of the actions of at
torneys in the case, but makes 1 no
mention of the state officers con
nected with it. Senator Bushee,
however, continues to keep in the
"spotiight" and when the hearing
opened at 2 this afternoon he re
quested that he be the first witaes3
called. 1
He'denied that he had ever been
approached in connection with the
case in Omaha and said that the first
man to talk with hrav regarding it
was Senator Peterson on September
E. He laid that if he had ever read of
Kirk's connection with the jewelry
store robbery and murder of Detec
tive Rooney it had been forgotten
when the furlough question was
brought tp his attention.
Senator Peterson was called and
testified that he had money de
posited in but one Lincoln bank,
the Central National, with the pos
sible exception of an account he had
had as administrator of an estate in
the First National.
... Show Bank Book.
Attorney Devoe ,law partner cf
Mr. Peterson, was next called and
testified that he also did business
with but the one bank and read the
deposits of the firm from. June, 1919,
to the present time. He testified that
but $250 had been received by them
for their services in the Kirk case.
The largest deposit, $1,900 on July
29, 1919, he said was the return of
money advanced clients to stay off
an execution on a note. '
Ed Maggi, former chairman of the
state parole board was called and
explained methods used under previ
ous administrations when furloughs
were granted. With the exception
of one case, he said, all applications
were formal, on printed blinks, and
after an. investigation had been
Lmade, a report was submitted to
the governor, lhe blanks, he said,
were not prepared for furloughs
and the word "furlough" was writ
ten in.
The practice of granting fur
loughs, he said, started in 1911 and
they were frequently given when
pardons and paroles were refused.
j'o law provides for granting- fur-
vuuununi vn rm, 1 n u, voiomn UDe.l
Charge Friend of Brown
With Premeditated Murder
Mount Clemens, Mich.,- Jan. 7.
Lloyd Prevost will be arraigned
Thursday on a charge of murdering
J. Stanley Brown. 1
Prevost was placed under arrest
at the conclusion of the special
grand jury .investigation.
Prevost. it was charged in the
warrant, killed Brown, who wa his
former close friend, "deliberately"
and with careful premeditation."
Mrs. Cecil Vester, against whom
a charge of murder was lodged last
week, was released.
Germans to Ask Damages for
Injury Received bv Envoy
V Copenhagen, Jan. 7. Germany's
i it.-. r a I. I. - : . . f
by the foreign office to claim full
damages from the French govern
ment for the permanent injury to
thehealth of Frau Dornblueth. who
was struck by a stone thrown by
a member of a mob at the time the
German delegation was leaving Ver
sailles last July
i for the national convention, which I
apparently has narrowed to Kansas
City and San Francisco, discussion
of the treaty got an additional im
petus when it became known that
tomorrow the committee would be
asked by its officers formally to
put itself squarely behind Presi
dent Wilson in his stand in the
treaty, controversy
Resolution Prepared. ,
A resolution making such a dec
laration was prepared for presen
tation and chairman Cumtnings pre
dicted that- it would be adopted.
It. is understood to be an endorse
ment of the president's course,with
out declaring specifically for un
reserved ratification, but Mr. Cum
mings said the intention was to
make its language so plain that
'there would be no doubt that the
party stood "behind the president."
The announcement stirred up end
less speculation when it was coupled
with unverified reports that William
J. Bryan would advocate a differ
ent course in his speech at the
Jackson day banquet tomorrow
night. No one professed toknov
Mr. Bryan's intentions, but many
committeemen were turning over
in their minds various stories quot
ing him as advocating ratification
with any compromise that could be
secured.
Another Unknown Quantity.
Involved in the possibilities of this
situation was another unknown
quantity the message which Presi
dent Wilson is to send to the ban
quet. It generally has been, as
sumed that he will touch on the
treaty, but there has been no infor
mation as to how far he may go or
whether he will urge that ratifica
tion be made an active issue in the
campaign.
Occupied with thesereflections,
the committee members apparently
have given little attention to the
subject of possible candidates, sev
eral of whom will pronounce- their
views $jtt public questions at tomor
row night's banquet. On this sub
ject, also, there has been hesitancy
because of uncertainty over the in
tentions of Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Bryan. Some committee members
believe that a more positive declaration-from
one or both may come to
light tomorrow night.
Although San Francisco and
Kansas City apparently were well
:n the front tonight in' the race for
the convention, it was declared by
leaders that the matter was by no
means settled and that there still
was a chance for Chicago or St.
Louis.
WILL ACCOMPANY HIM
Inspection of Fort Omaha Bal
loon School and Series of
Luncheons Provided to En
tertain Nebraska Hero.
Cummins Railroad
Bill Provisions Are
Attacked by Shippers
Chicago. Jan. 7. Guaranteed
earnings for the railroads, appropria
tion of surplus railroad profits bv
trie government, thereby "penalizing
efficiency," and compulsory consoli
dation of the roads-are all opposed
in a memorial addressed to congress
by the National Shippers' confer
ence. Representatives of shippers in 16
states met here December 30 and
appointed representatives to draft
The" following official program
was announced for '"Pershing Day"
by the Chamber of Commerce last
night:
8:30 A. M. Siren whistle will
begin blowing as first mail plane
leaves for Chicago, and continue
until 9. when the General Per
shing train is to arrive at the
Union station.
9:00 A. M. General Pershing
arrives at Union station and is
met by a --committee from the
Chamber of Commerce and qity
officials.
10:00 A. M. General Pershing
and staff leave for an inspection
trip of Fort Omaha, escorted by
Leut. Col. J. W. S. Wuest.
Luncheon at Chamber.
11:45 A. M. Arrives at the
Chamber of Commerce.
12 Noon Luncheon at Cham
ber of Commerce. John W. Gam
ble, president, presiding.
1:20 P. M. Luncheon adjourn
ment. 1:30 P. M. Leaves for aviatioi
field. Sixty-third and Center
streets.
2:00 P. M. Arrival of first mail
plane from Chicago. Official re
ceiving of mail and christening of
new hangar.
3:00 P. M Private reception at
ex-Senator Ji H. Millard's home.
4:15 P. M. American Legion
reception at the , Army and Navy
club.
; 5:00 P. M. Rest period for the
general.
6:00 ,P. M. Banquet at Omaha
club.
10:45 P. M.-General Pershing
and staff leaves for Fort Leaven
worth, Kan.
Plan Big Welcome.
Omaha is preparing to extend a
real welcome to General Pershing
on hw arrival here this morning.
Plans have been perfected to the
minutest detail for his reception,
and for the reception of his two sis
ters, Mrs. D. M. Butler and Miss
Mae Pershing, of Lincolti, who are
to accompany him.
The general will arrive at the
Union station on Rock Island train
No. 13, at 9. just 30 minutes after
Pilot Farr Nuttter leaves Omaha in
his plane carrying the first air mail
from Omaha to Chicago.
Inspects Fort Omaha.
He will be accompanied by his
staff of 10 officers: Col. John G.
Qiickeneyer, Brig. Gen. Fox Conner,
Hrig. Gen. Malin Craig, Brig. Gen.
Dennis Nolan, Col. George C. Mar
shall. Col. Henry Beeuwkcs, Lieut.
Col. Edward Bowditch and Capt. J.
T .Snyder.
Col. J. W. S. Wuest, city officials
and a committee from the Chamber
Baldrige will meet the general and j
his partv at the Union station. Mrs.
II. II. Baldrige, Mrs. Ed P. Smith,
(Continued on .Pane Two, Column Fonr.)
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LOYALTY TO
OATHS FIRST
New York State Legislature
Takes Drastic Action at
; Opening -Meeting of 1920
Session of the Lower House.
ORDER FIVE MEMBERS '
BEFORE BAR OF HOUSE
i'yuinicu representatives to arail i-k 1 O 1 T"
the memorial, which attacks many rershinff OPendS UaV
provisions of the Cummins railroad I 0 S
Visiting Lamp Dodge;
Delivers Four Talks
bilf. Copies were mailed to everv""
member ot congress. '
The shippers urge passage of leg
islation for early return of the roads
to private control and favor reten
tion of the state commission to fix
intrastate rates.
Creation of the proposed "trans
portation board" is opposed because
it could invade the Interstate Com
merce commission's field and make
public recommendations- in rate ad
vance cases "without the necessity
of conducting any public hearing."
Allies Win Demand
Extradition of Former
Kaiser by January 1 5
Amerongen, Jan. 7. Allied de
mands for the extradition of former
Emperor William of Germany, in
which it is knowrt America will not
participate, are expected at The
Hague about January 15.
Recent press dispatches have
stated Count xHohenzollern,might
surrender rather than embarrass the
Netherlands government, but it is
authoritatively repdrted he, will rely
on the protection of Holland and its
refusal to honor the allied demand.
' Cashier Confesses Forgery.
Brownsdale, Minn., Jan. 7. O. W.
Root, cashier of the State bank of
Brownsdale, has confessed to forg
ery of notes amounting to approxi
mately $30,000, according to F. E.
Pearson, state superintendent of
banks, who is lierc making an in
vestigation of the bank.
3 ' "
Des Moines, Jan. 7. Gen. John J.
Pershing was received enthusiasti
cally by residents of Des Moines
when he made four brie addresses
here today. The general spoke to
the students in the hih school, but
his principal appearance was to
night, when be addressed a public
meeting.
The time has come for activities
against "these dangerous grwths
known as anarchy and bolshevism,"
General Pershing said at a public
meeting. He declared, persons en
gaged in the objectionable activities
should either be converted or de
ported, and suggested that education
might do much toward changing the
attitude of,.many not friendly to the
government.
General Pershin expressed confi
dence that patriotic citizeus and
those who fought in the world war
will meet and wisely solve the prob
lems as they come up.
The greater part of the day the
former expeditionary force com
mander spent inspecting Camp
Dodge, the army hospital there and
other government property. He
found several old acquaintances at
the camp, several of them being in
the hospital.
After returning to Des Moines
from Camp Dodge, General Per
shing went to the three high
schools and through the business
streets in rf open automobile. No
great crowds greeted him, however,
while he was passing through the
streets ' v
ADMITS TELLING
RIOTERS NEORO
KILLED HIS WIFE
Nethaway Becomes Excited
On Witness Stand at His
Trial and Pours Forth
Torrent of Words.
Claud L. Nethaway. accused of
conspiracy to murder Will Brown,
the negro lynched September 28 at
the court house, admitted on he
witness stand yesterday in District
Judge Sear's court that he made a
speech at the court house during the
riot and many times said "a nigger
murdered my wife" while circulating
in the crowd.
These admissions were wormed
out of him in a boring cross-exami
nation at the hands of County At
torney Shotwel! yesterday after
noon. Nethaway at times became
excited and poured forth a torrent
oi words which attorneys and court
were powerless to stop. Particu
larly excited did he become when
the name of Sheriff Clark was men
tioned, j He freely admitted his
hatred for the sheriff. He also be
came excited when he dismissed the
murder of his first wjfe, August 26
1917. For this crime, -after two
trials, a negro, Charles Smith, was
convicted and sentenced to the peni
tentiary for life.
Nethaway admitted that he 'oU
the crowd that his wife -had . beer
murdered by a "nigger," but denied
that he called on the mob toburn
Brown at the stake.
Made Speech at Hourt House.
He said he made a speech in front
cf the court house because some
man took hold of him and pulled
him out there. .
"But it was just a handful of
ladies that I talked to," he said.
"I told them that Mike Clark was
(Continued on Fate Two, Column live.)
Four Criminals Sentenced
To Prison by Judge Redick
', Frank Clayton, Michael Randall
and Raymond- Lane pleaded guilty
to assaulting and robbing Jojm
Johnson, South Side, January 3, and'
were sentenced to the penitentiary
for one to seven years eacliby Dis
trict Judge Redick." They secured
$70 in cash and $250 in checks from
Johnsoi
Earl Kline, alias Ed Kline, pleaded
guilty to receiving a stolen automo
bile, September 10. He was indicted
by the special grand jury. Judge
Redick sentenced him to one, to 10
years in the penitentiary.
Eward Templeton. who pleaded
guilty to breaking and entering a
store at 4806 North Twenty-fourth
street, November 22. was paroled tp
Adult Probation Officer Andreaseu.
"guilty," verdict BANK ROBBERS
Or JURY IN FOX
ASSAULT CASE
Admits Bejng Present
Attack on Girl, But
Denies Guilt.
at;
Stanky Fox, 813 South Twentieth j
street, was found guilty by a jv.ry in
District Judge Redick's court yes-j
terday of criminal assault. The jury j
deliberated less than three hours.
Fox took'the stand in his own be
half and admitted having been one gr
the four young men who took Eva
TuriKjuest and Ethel Anderson in
an automobile to a road on West
Dodge street the night of Septem
MAY HAVE MADE
ESCAPEJN AIR
Minnesota Governor Admits
Plausibility of Theory
That Benson Bandits
Flew to St. Paul.
St. Paul. Jan.
gram.) Wil'iam
brotfiers. living
wronglv accused
7. (Special' Tele
and Mike Finn,
here, are either
bv Omaha police
in connection with the $115 000 bank
robbery December .31 at Bensbn, a
her 13. 191Q l,f Ai.A tW I,p vac i n'Hirn ot umana, or tney are naim
guilty of criminal assault. i bandlts P'eenng in airplane eet-
Presentation of the defendant's I aw.ays ... ' r , i . .
side of the case took only half an I Aw' ln father .developments to
hour. ArD-iim-nt hrra.. vpsrn v ; estamisn o.ie premise or uie ointr.
morning and the case
was given to -"-''"' . .V
the jury yesterday afternoon. " .1"
Utll dIC etllS. WCi alC IU ill! i jf - t i ,
en awd girls of Omaha if a"d thc- sPe" a.n?.t,,er nlht
. thi, man to go free." de- lhe "ZtVf'l.l
'You
the wome
uu aiuiw mis man 10 ku iree, c- -aa tt - tt j a :
rlarnH TlnVf TVm.tv fl., Atf,,r. . May Have Used Airplane.
ney Coffey in his argument to the! K. D. O'Brien. Ramsey county at
iurv. "If vou acquit him in the face I torney, appearing with the Omaha
of this evidence, then tro home and,,offic'a's at the hearing, was the fir.it
tell your wives and daughters that
you will not protect them against
such things." 7
Dr Jennie Callfas and Vther
volunteer court workers were pres
ent yestcrda'.
J
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eweis worm .nuw
' Stolen Day Mother
Killed Her Daughter
Denver, Colo., Jan. 7. Four
thousand dollars worth of jewels
vere stolen from a trunk in the
room of Mrs. Emily I.. Powell on
December, -the day she shot and
killed her 10-year-old daughter.
Jacqueline, and -then attempted to
kill herself, according to her attor
ney. James D. Benedict, who has
made formal complaint of line rob
bery at police headquarters. The at
torney said he was positive the
jewels were in the trunk when Mrs.
Powell shot her daughter and her
self. In company witTi four others Mrs.
Powell has left for her father's
home in Philadelphia, where a sec
ond lunacy petition will be filed in
order to permit her commitment to
a sanitarium in Philadelphia, near
the members of her family and the
home of her childhood. .
Mrs. Powell continues to -improve
physically, her physician said, but
she cannot account for the disap
pearance of the jewels and her mind
seems an absolute, blank insofar as
her childrcuylire concerned.
to jvuggest the possibility that the
accused men may have returned to
St. Paul by airplane. The governor
showed - interest in the suggestion,
especially after hearing the appar
ently perfect alibi offered for the
Finn brothers by their attorney,
Patrick H. Ryan, and then to the
statements of the Omaha witnesses,
who identified the brothers as mem
bers of the bank holdup gang.
J. H. McDonald, formerly lieuten
ant colonel of the 151st field artil
lery, was the first of more than 20
witnesses testifying in support of
the Finn brothers' 'claim that they
both were in St.' Paul the day of
the robbery and at night attended a
New Year's watch party at the home
of their sister on Selby avenue.
St. Paul business men told of
transactions with the Finn brothers
(Cmitlnord on race Two, -4Mumn Two.)
Lloyd George and Nittl
Solve Fiume Problem
Paris. Jan. 7. (Havas.) Opti
mism prevails at London as to the
conferences being held by Premiers
Lloyd Geofgpe and Nitti and it is
believed there will be a preliminary
agreement by which Fiume and Zara
may be established as free and in
dependent cities, says the Petit PaH-sien.
Hold 400 for Deportation.
Detroit'. Jan. 7. Examination of
the 900 alleged radicals taken in raids
was completed and over 300 prison
ers held fcr immigration officers. In
cluding those arrested in the No
vember raids, 400 prisoners are nov.
iield tor, deportation.
Preamble of Resolution Deny
ing Men Admission Says
Socialist Party Declares Ad
herence to Soviet Principles.
Albany. X. Y., Jan. 7. Five so
cialist members of the assembly of
the New York state legislature were
denied tTieir seafsv--at the lower
branch's opening meeting of the
1920 session today. A resolution
questioning whether they could be
loyal to their oahs of office when
bound to act subject to instructions
of the socialist nartv was quickly
passed, 140 to 6. after Speaker
Sweet, with" dramatic suddenness
ordered the sersreant-at-arms to
bring the socialist inembers before
the bar of the honse. The sociaFsta.
nr. t now prove thejr fitness to their
scats before a tribunal selected by
this assembly.""
The session was dragging as tb
clerk was calliug-ferr "routine resolu
tions when Speaker Sweet interr
rupled him. The socialists. August
Claessens1 and Louis Weldman of
York county, Simuel A. Dewitt and
Samuel Or- of Bronx county ?nd
Charles So'omon of Kings county
were ushered before the speaker's
desk in the pit of the house.
Inimical Platform. '
"You are seeking seats in this
bod-v vou who have been elected
mi a nl'atform that is absolutely in
imical to the best interests ot th-
i state of New" York and of the United
lfatcs" the sneaker said.
I "That platform is the doctrine of
the socialist party. It is not truly
a oolitical nartv, but is a member
ship organization admitting wit.-im
its ranks a hens, enemy aliens anu
minors. "
Quoting from the sectior-of the
constitution of the socialfst party
that reouires all inembers . to be
guided in all their political action-;
by the constitution ana piatiorm oi
the nartv. the sneaker continued:
"It is interestine to note thirt
Ludwig C. A. K. ''Martens, 'self
styled, soviet ambassador, became a
Uer nf the socialist oartx upon
his entrv into this country a'nd took
oart in its deliberations. It is there
fore nuite evident that you, m spite
of your oath of office, are botmd to
act subject to instructions receiveu
from an executive committee, which
may be made up in whole or in part
of aliens Cr alien enemies, holding
allegiance to governments or organ
izations whose interests may be op
posed to the best interests of the
Lnited States.
Declare Seats Vacant.
As soon as the speaker and fin
ished, Majority Leader Simon I
Adler offered the resolution declar
ing vacant the seats of the socialis
members. o"" ' i
Two Bronx democrats, William S
Evans and T. Fairfax McLaughlin
voted in the'negative as did four of
the socialists.
The preamble of the resolution
denying the socialists admission to
the rleor sets forthsthat the Augus
convention of the socialist party in
Chicago declared adherence and son
darity with therevolutionary party
of soviet Russia and pledgee" its
members to the furtherance of the
international socialist revolution
that by such adherence and declara
tion the socialist party has indorsed
the principles of the communist in
ternationale' at Moscow, rwhich . ii
pledged to the forcible and violent
overthrow of all existing organized
governments and that under the coo
stitution of the socialist party of
America a member may be expelled
or suspended fronv.his partv "far
failing or refusing, when elected to
public office to carry out such in
structions as he may have received
from the party organization.
Gonferees Agree on
$300,000,000 Fund to
Tide Over Railway
Washington, Jan. 7. Senate and
house conferees, working on the
Lsch and Lummins railroad bills,
agreed upon $300,000,000 as the
amount of a revolving ind from
which carriers would be permitted
to borrow to tide themselves- over
me jicriou immediately iouowinj
their return to private operation.
The Cummins bill, passed by the
senate, fixed the amount at $500,000,
000 and the Esch measure, .passed
by the house, made it $250,000,000. -
At two sessions the conferees cor
erned much ground and are about
ready now to take uphe real bi$r
questions over which a sharp fight
is expected- These are : "The guar
antee to return to the roads, rate
making, and the labor nection, with
its-.antistriKe provision.
4k.
I Uiink we will soon see daylight
,, saia Senator J.umrmns,