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ROB JEWELRY STORE WITH
POLICE 20 YARDS AWAY.
Philadelphia, Ta., Jan. 8. Three
automobile t bandits brok a show
window in the store of I. Press &
Sons at Eighth and Chestnut streets
and got away with jewelry valued
nf $10,000, .while a policeman and
the store detective stood only 20
yp.rds away.
As the automobile moved slowly
past the store two of the men leaped
nut, smashed the window with an
iron bar, grabbed the jewelry and
then ran down the street eiu! hopped
into the automobile. The detective
lired at the bandits, but apparently
without k fleet.
APHASIA VICTIM ,
HIGHLY EDUCATED MAN,
Lambertville, N. J., Jan. 9. A
strange case of aphasia, in wbich the
victim is apparently a middle-aged
Knglishnian of Oxford education
and learned in medicine, surgery
and research work, was disclosed
here by the Kev. T. J. Benzley, rec
tor of St. Andrews Kpiscopal church,
who is befriending the man.
The victim, refined and cultured in
Hs speech, was found wandering
along a ror.d on the outskirts of th:
city December 22. His clothes were
tattered and when questioned he was
1'iuible to recall his name, address or
history. Mr. Benzley took him to
his home.
"He evidently is an Englishman of
Oxford education," the rector said.
"He told physicians 1iere things they
have forgotten or more than thev
ever knew. He h;s a deep knowl
edge of medicine, surgery and re
search work and is a gifted musi
cian." Mr. Benzley said that although the
man's mind still is "spotty," he can
recall some incidents since Decem
ber 26. Beyond that, he said, he can
only recall the sinking of the Titanic
in 1911.
ACTRESS ASKS $25,000 '
FOR LOSS OF EYELASHES.
--New York, Jan. 9. The eyebrows
and eyelashes of Kitty Gordon, th
beautiful actres have been lost and
she asks $25,000 damages from the
World Film company for the loss of
these adornments and for other in
juries she sustained by the explo
sion of a bomb while she was posing
for the film camera at Fort Lee as a
Red Cross nurse.
' In her bill of particulars filed in her
suit. Miss Gordon declares that it:
addition to having her eyebrows and
eyelashes burned off, she was so
badlv-burned about the legs and
shoulders that she was compelled to
buy $150 worth of ointment and that
her doctor bills cost $800. Her
nervous system also suffered a
shock, she declared. The actress at
tributes her injuries to premature
explosions. ,
PROHIBITION NULLIFIES
NEED OF JHIP POCKETS.
New York, Jan. 9. Prohibition
will sweep hip pockets in men's
trousers into innocuous desuetude,
according to a prediction by experts
of the International Association of
Clothing Designers, who today is
sued an edict:
"Make them smaller and shallow
er this season."
Commenting on the attitude pf
the designers, George W. Her
mann, a member of the organiza
tion, said:
"It's illegal to tote a gun; its
unhandy to carry your handkerchief
tliere, and you can't buy anything
hut wood alcohol to put in your
fhisk. So the pocket just naturally
will shrink away."
FIRST LADY OF LAND
NAMES HOG ISLAND SHIP.
Philadelphia, Jan. 9. The 7,825
ton cargo-carrier Clontaiff, Hog
Island's 80th vessel, which was
named bv Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
was leunched Friday and Miss Dor
othy Wood of Baltimore, daughter
of F. W. Wood, vice president of
the International Shipbuilding cor-
- poration, was the sponsor.
NEW YORK RESIDENCE ' .
SELLS FOR $5,500,000.
New York, Jan. 9. The Cornelius
Vanderbilt home fronting Fifth ave-
- nue from Fifty-seventh street to
Fifty-eighth street has been sold for
$5,500,000 cash, it was announced
here. It was said that the residence,
one of the most costly in America,
wilt make way for a 20,000,000
structure. The name of the pur
chaser has not been disclosed.
There was an unconfirmed report
that the site would be used by T.
Coleman DuPont for a hotel.
WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT
OPPOSED TO TOBACCO.
Chicago, Jan. 9. Miss Lucy Page
Gaston opened headquarters to cam:
paign for the republican nomination
for president on an anti-tobacco
platform.
Miss Gaston, noted as an implac
able foe. of the cigarette, filed her
platform and declaration too late to
be a candidate in South Dakota.
LINCOLN'S COUSIN, 88,
BURIED IN OGDEN.
Ogden, Utah, Jan. 9. Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Payne, 86 years old, first
cousin of Abraham Lincoln, was
buried in Ogden Friday. She died
Wednesday of heart trouble. Mrs.
Payne, who' tfas a daughter of Will
iam Hsll, was born in Louisville,
Ky. Her features bre a striking
resemblance to Abraham Lincoln.
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GANGSTERS
FIGHT HARP
FOR AN ALIBI
Requisition to Bring Back
From St. Paul Finn Brothers,
Accused of Benson Bank
Robbery, Not Yet Honored.
GOVERNOR BURNQUIST
CHANGES HIS MINI
Minnesota Executive Reopens
. Case After Signing Extradi
tion in Order to Hear Further
Evidence for Accused Men.
MORGANATIC MARRIAGE
OF PRINCE, FORGIVEN.
Paris, Jan 9. Complete reconcili
ation has been brought about be
tween Crown Prince Charles of Rou
mania, who entered into a mor
ganatic marriage in 1918, and : his
parents, according to a Pans news
' paper. King Ferdinand and Queen
Marie, and Princess Elizabeth, the
paper says, went to visit the prince
on January S, at Bistritza, Transyl
vania, where he is living in a garri
son. '
Crown- Prince Charles was re
cently, reported to have rejoined his
morganatic wife, from whom he had
been forced to separate by his par
ents shortly after the marriage. The
prince renounced his rights to the
throne after the marriage, and, when
he was forced to separate from his
bride, tried to kill himself, but only
only succeeded in putting a bullet
through ate foot
St. Paul, Jan. 9. Several hours
after it was announced at the state
capitol that Governor Burnquist had,
granted extradition papers tor Wil
liam and Michael Finn, in custody
here charged with having robbed a
bank near Omaha, of $118,000 De
cember 31, the governor announced
that he reconsidered his decision.
"I have been advised that further
evidence is being made ready to
support the claim that the Finn
brothers were in StPaul the day
of the robbery," the governor said.
"I have taken under advisement a
petition for a further hearing."
Governor Burnquist early yester
day had signed the extradition pa
pers to bring Thomas McKay, alias
George Finn, and Mike Finn back
to Omaha to face trial.
This information came on the
heels of a telegram from Chief of
Police Eberstein, from St. Paul, to
Captain John Dunn of the Omaha
detective force to the effect that the
case was in doubt.
Captain Dunn received the follow
ing telegram: "All witnesses made
positive identification both men.
Twenty people here gave them com
plete alibi. Case in doubt. Gover
nor withholding decision."
Identified by Several...
The witnesses who made positive
identification of the Finn brothers
as members of the gang which rob
bed the bank, were employes and
victims of the hojdup, whom Chief
Eberstein took with him to St.
Paul for that purpose.
They were met there by an ap
parently complete alibi, the Finn
brothers having 20 witnesses who
appeared before Governor Burn
quist in a hearing of the case, stat
ing that they had seen the two men
in question several times in St.
Paul on the day of the robbery.
Thomas McKay, .alias George
Finn, and Mike Finnvare known to
Omaha police as members of the
notorious "Kirk gang" which
robbed the Malashock jewelry store
in 1917, the leader of which, Beryl
C. Kirk, was furloughed last month
from the state penitentiary for a 20
year sentence for connection with
the murder of Detective Rooney in
the gun battle following the robbery.
Small Child Run
Over and Killed
By an Auto Truck
Mary Klensky, 5 years old, living
with her parents in flat 10, Pershing
apartments, 823 South Twenty
fourth street, was run over by a
Delco company truck and instantly
killed at 4:30 yesterday afternoon,
while attempting to cross the street
in front of her home in company
with another child, Lillian Ferris, 6
years old, of 822 South Twenty
fourth street
The little girl's neck was broken
and her right shoulder dislocated.
The truck vas driven by William
Davis, 2123 Douglas street, who was
arrested and held for investigation.
He was released on a $3,000 bond.
Dr. F. J. Schleier was immediately
summoned, but the child was almost
dead when he reached the scene.
The only witnesses to the accident
were the Ferris girl and Miss Maud
Hurt. Twenty-eighth and V streets,
South Side.
An inquest will be held this after
noon at the Heafey. & Heafey un
dertaking establishment, 2611 Far
nam street, where the body was
taken. .
Bolsheviki Capture Three
Enemy Armies and Booty
London. Jan. 9. Krasnoyarsk,
eastern Siberia, has been captured by
the bolsheviki, according to a Mos
cow wireless dispatch.
The remnants of the First. Second
and Third enemy armies have sur
rendered and 60,000 prisoners al
ready have been counted," says the
dispatch.
Another Moscow dispatch says
Jhe booty captured by the "reds" on
the souther! front in Russia in the
present offensive includes 400 guns,
1,000 machine guns, 11,000 rifles, 18
armored trins and 200 locomotives.
Avert Teachers' Strike.
New York. Jan.- 9. A threatened
strike of teachers in New York pub
lic schools was averated when the
board of aldermen was authorized
to issue revenue bonds to the
amount of $620,000, in order to pay
teacher' salaries for December. .
CAPT. HE1TFELD
RESIGNS FROM
FRAME1IP IS
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OMAHA POLICE! nu n nnrn I M
RED RAIDS
Captain Henry Heitfeld.
Has Accepted" Position of Chief
Of Police of Armour
And Company.
Federal Trade Commission
Member Intimates Chicago
Packers Connived to Have
Its Employes Arrested. f
AMBASSADOR MARTENS
INVOLVED IN ATTACK
Claim of Soviet Agents That
Packer Has Agreed to Fur
nish Meat to Bolshevists
Said to Be "Significant."
Captain Henry Heitfeld yesterday
morning tendered his resignation to
Commissioner Ringer to take ef
fect immediately, according to well
founded rumors from his fellow of
ficers and men. i It is said that he
will be chief of police at the Armour
& Co. plant at the South Side at a
substantial increase in pay.
Captain Heitfeld was appointed to
the police department June 25, 1894,
under Chief of Police J. J. Donahue
and promoted to detective January
1, 1899. He was made captain in
1912.
He will succeed W. T. Devereese,
present chief of police at the Ar
mour plant, who, it is said, will take
up the same position with the Skin
ner Packing company. In his new
position Mr. Heitfeld will have com
plete charge of the men and will
look after the hiring and discharg
ing of men as well as their public
welfare.
Captain Heitfeld is considered by
his fellow officers to be one of the
best police officers on the depart
ment. His fearlessness in appre
hending criminals has been noted
throughout his entire 26 years of
service.
It is understood that his resigna
tion has been informally accepted to
take effect at 3 this afternoon, but
that the formal acceptance will not
be given until January 20, up to
which time he will be on a leave of
absence.
NETHAWAYJURY
DISAGREES AND
IS DISCHARGED
Defendant Released on Bond
No Announcement as to
New Tiral.
The-jury in the case of Claude L.
Nethaway, tried in Judge Sears' dis
trict court on a charge of conspiracy
to murder Will Brown, negro, the
night of the court house fire and riot,
filed into court at 7:55 last night and
announced it was unable to' reach a
verdict arid was discharged.
The jury had been out since 4:30
Thursday afternoon.
No announcement was made by
County Attorney Shotwell concern
ing the time when a second trial
would be had. Nethaway was re
leased on the old bond.
Some hope, that the jury might
reach an agreement came yesterday
afternoon at 5 when the jurors pre
sented a list of questions to Judge
Sears and asked for additional in
structions regarding certain law
points.
0 After going over the questions
with lawyers for state and defense,
Judge Sears reiterated instructions
already given.
Two of the jurors declared they
thought an agreement on a verdict
could be reached. Others said they
thought it hopeless. It was rumored
they stood 7 to 5, but no one could
say whether the majority were for
conviction or acguittal.
One of the jurors, John Roberts,
an architect, fainted three times
Thursday night. A doctor was
called and Mr. Roberts regained
consciousness quickly. The doctor
said he was able to go on with his
deliberations. The illness is the re
sult of, a siege of the "flu."
Astor Land Holdings in '
New York Will Be Sold Soon
New York, Jan. 9. Tracts of
property in the heart of New York
City valued at $6,000,000, which the
late Henry Astor inherited from his
grandfather, John Jacob Astor, who
bought the land in 1797 for $25,000,
will be sold at public auction next
March.
, i
Uprising in Korea.
London, Jan. 9. An anti-Japanese
rising has broken out in Korea, ac
cording to a bolshevik wireless com
munication received here tonight
from Moscow,
Washington, Jan. 9. Charges that
arrests of federal trade commission
employes, made in the recent De
partment of Justice campaign
against "reds" have been the result
of "frame ups" designed to build the
theory that the commission is a hot
bed of bolshevism" were made to
day by W. B. Colver of that body
before the senate agriculture com
mittee.' Colver left the intimation
that the larger Chicago packing
concerns had connived in some de
gree to attain that result and in
volved Ludwig C. A. M. Martens,
self-styled "ambassador" for the
Russian soviet Republic, and S.
Nuorteva, Martens' secretary, in his
account of instances to prove the
point.
Colver likewise voiced a vigorous
demand for legislation to regulate
the industry, need of which was
proved, he said, by the recent agree
ment between the packers and the
Department of Justice in settlement
of anti-trust proceedings.
Criticizes Witnesses. ,
To this testimony, the' commis
sioner added a critical analysis of
motives of witnesses who have op
posed packer regulation during the
prolonged hearings of the agricul
ture committee on the Kenyon and
Kendrick bills last year, concluding
with the assertion that in tho meat
industry "competition is1 continuing
to lessen and monopoly to increase
even though we exhaust the powers
of present federal laws intended to
restrain it."
The first instance, the commis
sioner said, of the "frame up" had
resulted in the arrest of Rafael Mal
lcn, a former clerk for the trade
commission, in raids directed last
week at Chicago by the Department
of Justice. H. J. C. Claybaugh, head
of the secret service at Chicago, and
his assistant, "a man named Barry,"
Colver said, both of whom have
since resigned, were responsible, and
Barry now was a "special agent" for
Swift and Company. Mallen later
was released. Johann Ohsol, an
other employe of the commission,
Colver said, was arrested in Wash
ington this week, while on a visit
to S. Nuorteva, having been pointed
out to 'police officers as Martens,
who is being sought by the secret
service. . "
leds Buy Meat.
Reariinsr an alleged claim of Nuor-
Ueva and Martens that purchase of
iarge meat supplies from an un
temed Chicago packer had been ar
ranged with the object of getting it
into Russia through the allied block
ade, Colver said heconsidered this
connection between" meat packers
a"hd the soviet representatives, "sig
nificant" as it concerned Ohsol's
arrest, especially since the latter had
been taken, into custody when he
came to see Nuorteva in answer to a
specific telephone call.
Reverting to the agreement pre
pared by Attorney General Palmer
in concluding the Sherman law
prosecutions against the packers,
Colver said that merely settled the
"Sherman law phase of the matter."
"Separation of the packers from
their grocery holdings, however, as
jn the case ofthe transfer by, Wilson
& Co., of its grocery business to
Austin Nicholls Co., of New York,
a wholesale grocer," he asserted
"merely means that the stockholders
of Wilson & Co., have added the
Austin Nicholls concern to their
holdings."
Quotes Meat Prices.
Principles incorporated in the
settlement decree, he urged, had
been worked out in legislation and
amplified. The Federal Trade com
mission would not stop because of
the settlement of any of its pro
ceedings against the packers having
to do with unfair trade practices,
he said. '
Dealings with persons who have
discussed regulative legislation be
fore the committee since the Kenyon
and Kendrick bills were advanced
Colver said that out of 181 heard,
144 had opposed any federal con
trol of the industry, many, he said,
because they had been influenced
by propaganda from packer insti
tutions. .
To show.lh.at the consumer was
not getting any benefit from lower
live stock prices, Colver presented
a diagram showing that on Agust
1. live hogs sold at 23 cents a pound,
pork loins sold in ,Boston for 3AXA
cents on October 23. when live hogs
sold at ZVi cents, loins sold at 37'A
cents in Boston.
DEMOCRATS
FOLLOWING
BRYAN LEAD
a,.-.
Friends of Versailles Pact
Renew Determinedly -Their
Effort to Obtain Compro
mise Ratification.
TWO REGIMENTS
OF VOLUNTEERS
ARE ORGANIZED
"Nebraska Rifles," Composed
Largely of Ex-Service Men,
To Maintain Law and
Order in State.
DEATH PENALTY
FOR HARRY NEW
ASKED BY STATE
Prosecutor Calls ' Defendant
"Cold Blooded Murderer"
Arguments Halted.
Lincoln, Jan. 9. (Special.) Or
ganization of a military force to be
known as the "Nebraska Rifles" is
now practically completed, accord
ing to information given out at the
headquarters of the Nebraska Na
tional guard by Colonel Paul, ad
jutant general. .
The new organization is simply
an emergency affair and the period
of enlistment is for six months only.
The companies will be composed of
100 men each and there will be two
regiments of ,12 .companies each. One
of these regiments will be entirely
composed of Omaha men while the
other regiment will be located in
different towns of the state, Lincoln
having two companies.
Equipment will consist of rifles,
automatic guns and machine gun's.
The new force takes the place of
the home guards now mustered out.
The organization is rfiade under the
old home guard act which brought
about thfi organization of a large
number of companies in the state
during the war.
Organization of the National guard
is entirely separate from the Ne
braska rifles and will continue as al
ready under way.
Col. Amos Thomas of Omaha is
at the head of the organization of
the rifles, wjhich is composed large
ly of ex-service men.
Slayer of Chief of
Chinese Mission Is
Convicted of Crime
Washington, Jan. 9. Ziang Sung
Wan was found guilty of murder
in the first degree today for the
death of Ben Sen Wu, a year ago, a
member of the Chinese educational
mission. Dr. T. T. Wong, head of
the mission, and C. H. Hsie, were
killed at the same time.
The jurywas out only a half hour.
The bodies of Dr. Wong and his
two associates were, found in the
rffis'sion headquarters in a fashion
able section last January. All three
men had been shot. ,
When the verdict was announced,
Wann collapsed.
Investigation of Nitrate
Work Is Begun by House
Nefc York, Jan. 9. The house
committee on expenditures in the
War department today began an
investigation here into the expendi
ture of $84,000,000 for two nitrate
ntants at Mussel Shoals. Ala. Mem
bers of the committee taking part!
in the inquiry were Representatives
Graham of Illinois and JefFcris of
Nebraska, republicans, and Garrett
of , Tennessee, Jlemocrat. Colonel
Jay E. Hoffer, former chief of the
gun division of the army and now
retired, was the first witness
Los Angeles, Jan. 9. Harry New I
on trial here charged with the mur
tcr of his fiancee, Freda Lesser, was
inscribed as "a cold-blooded mur
derer" and the death penalty de
manded for him by Asa Keyes, dep
uty district attorney, in an argument
before the jury which is trying New.
Keyes reviewed the evidence of
witnesses for both sides, paying es
pecial attention to depositions of
defense witnesses , from Indianapolis
and Oklahoma City, Okl. He said
that out of the hundreds of persons
who-had known New, the defensel
had been able to produce deposi
tions from only three persons who
expressed a definite opinion New
was insane.
Referring to the assertion of the
defense that New acted like an in
sane man in driving from Topango
canyon, . a few miles from here,
where the death of. Miss Lesser oc
curred to Central police station here
with her body in an automobile and
surrendering as her slayer when he
might have denied responsibility for
her death, Keyes said New's act was
that of a man of common sense.
"If New had buried the body or
thrown it into the brush,". he de
manded, "wouldn't search have been
made? Wouldn't the authorities
have demanded an accounting from
Harry New as the man with whom
Miss Lesser was last seen alive?"
The prosecutor accused New of
having betrdyed Miss . Lesser and
then, quoting prosecution witness
charged the girl with "running
around with other men."
Adjournment was taken to Mon
day because of the illness of a mem
ber of the jury!
Bandits Take $10,000
As Jeweler SaysHe Is
Getting Used to Them
Chicago, Jan. 9. When six
bandits, with xevolvers draw, rush
ed into the jcwelery store of Otto
Nerad today and commanded him
to Open the safe, Nerad refused, say
ing: .
"Go ahead and shoot. I've been
robbed so often and lost so much
money that I'd just as soon you
would."
Nerad was felled with a blow and
with two clerks , was herded into a
rear room. The bandits crammed
jewelry valued at $10,000 into canvas
bags and fled. As Nerad hurried
into the street shouting an alarm,
one of the bandits leaned out of the
automobile and shot him in the
shoulder.
.Fearing that he would be shot a
second time, he feigned death until
the car was out of sight. i
Albert Thomas to Quit
Paris, Jan. 9. (Havas.)p Albert
Thomas, the French labor leader,
will probably resign from the Cham
ber of Deputies to become a chief of
a department of the league of na
tions, according to the Echo de
J'aris.
GERMAN PEACE
TREATY WILL BE
SIGNED TODAY
All Allies Except U.
Will Officially End the
War at Meeting
- In Paris.
Paris, Jan. 9. (By The Associated
Press.) "Saturday's ceremony, which
definitely re-establishes a state of
peace between .the allies and Ger
many, putting an end to the armi
stice, will be divided in twe parts.
The representatives of the five
powers Will meet first in the office
of the minister of foreign affairs.
Brron von Lersuer, head of the
German peace delegation, and Herr
von Simson will be invited to sign in
Germany's name, the protocol of
November 1. They will receive from
the hands of Premier Clemenceau a
letter binding the allies to reduce the
amount of materials demanded for
the destruction of German war ves
sels at S.-aoa Flow.
, 13 Powers Represented.
The second, part of the ceremony
will follow immediately in the clock
hall. The 13 powers which have
ratified the treaty will be repre
sented here, by one delegate each.
Minutes will be drawn up on the
following matters:
Signing of the Versailles treaty,
signing of the protocol attached to
the treaty and signing of the agree
ment by the United States, Belgium,
Great Britain, France and Germany
relative to occupation of the Rhine.
After the signature of these docu
metrts is completed, they will be
handed to the French officials for
deposit in the archives. .The records
will be printed on large sheets of
quarto parchment paper.
It is considered possible Baron
von Lcrsner will be designated Ger
man charge d'affaires here. On Sun
day M. De Marcilly will leave for
Berlin to act as French charge
d'affaires there.
It was at Premier Clemenceau's
request that the work was hurried!
tirday instead of for Monday or later.
The. premier desired Premier Lloyd
George sign for Great Britain and
Premier Nitti sign for Italy before
their departure rather than have
lesser members of the delegations
affix their signatures. Premier Clem
enceau also wished to have the rati
fication finished this week, so as to
devote all next week to preparations
for the Versailles election next
Sunday.
COVENANT'S OPPONENTS
WELCOME WILSON PLAN
Republican Conference to
Take Up Kendrick Reserva
tions Hitchcock Predicts
Agreement Will Be Reached.
s
Washington, Jan. 9. The fortunes
of the treaty of Versailles became
even more unsettled today when, on
top of President Wilson's Jackson
day pronouncement for taking the'
question to the people in the political
campaign and William J. Bryan's
opposition to such a course, demo
cratic and republican friends of the
treaty in the senate renewed deter-
miuedly their effort to secure a com
promise ratification. ,
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska.
the acting democratic leader, said
he did not regard the president's
declaration as calculated to cut off
any reasonable compromise and pre
dieted ratification before the cam
paign was under 'way. The mild
reservation group of republicans
took much the same view, and the
group of democrats who have been
urgent in their demand for a com
promise declared their position was
in no way altered. "J.'1'
Discussion Is Active. - Tj.
Discussion of compromise reser
vations, accordingly, went forward
as actively as before, a conference'v
being arranged on the republican
side to take up in detail the set of
reservations submitted recently by
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming and
other democrats- . It was - said a ,
counter proposal might be drawn uo
within a few days and all of the par
ties to uie negotiations seemed
hopeful that an agreement ultimate-i
ly would be reached. . s.
Among the treaty's irreconcilable
: foes, however, the president's stand
S. I "d the statement last night of Sen-"
ator Lodge ot Massachusetts, the re
publican senate leader, that he would
most cordially welcome the treaty,
as a political issue, ere hailed as
having definitely out the Question
into the campaign. This group con-
MsienTiy nas preaiciea lanure ior tne
compromise negotiations and they
were more positive today than ever
that ther? would be no agreement
Speeches in Record.
In announcing that the compro
mise plans would go ahead, Senator
Hitchcock' said that of course the
8eruocrats could not agree to . any
compromise virtually impairing ' the
treaty, and tiiat there would be an
endeavor to work out such reserva
tions as the president could accept.
Some other democrats were not so
emphatic on that point, however, de
claring privately that they wotild
take the best compromise that they
could get and then put the respon
sibility straight up to the White
House. ' r
The speech of. Mr. Brvan at the
Jackson day banquet here, .which in
addition to opposing any ertort to
carry the treaty into the campaign;
advocated a speedy compromise, was
put into ihe senate record today by
Senator McCormick. republican of
Illinois, after the president's letter
announcing his stand had been pre
sented by Senator Hitchcock. Son-
ator McCormack requested that the
two "be printed inaiuxtapositioni in.
view of reports that they are agreed'
cn the treaty.
Only on oneether occasion dur
ing the day was a mention on the
floor of the senate of the treaty or
the Jackson day developments. That
was when Senator Walsh of Massa
chusetts, a reservation democrat, put
in a letter from President Lowell
of Harvard askine that the demo-i
crats show a willingness to compro-1
mise on article ten. Hitherto an
advocate of unreserved ratification,
Dr. Lowell wrote that he was con
vinced article ten imposed objec
tionable obligations.
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British Railroad Men
x Reject Government Terms
London, Jan. 9. The union of
railroad workers at a conference
rejected the terms offered by the
government in settlement of the
wage demands of the workers.
Nevertheless there is no deadlock
between the union heads and the
governmentnd no prospect at pres
ent of a strike.
The conference will be assembled
again tomorrow in the hope of re
ceiving the government's reply re
garding proposals referred back to
it for consideration. '
Return of Ex-Kaiser to
Germany May Not Be
Requested by Dutch
The Hague. Jan. 9. (By the As
sociated Press.) The first chamber
of the Dutch parliament has drafted
and . presented to the cabinet a
memorandum suggesting that it is
now desirable that Holland request
former Emperor William of Ger
many ta return to his own tountry.
As far as the correspondent ha
been aMe to learn, tffe present Dutch
government has firmly decided tnat
it will not surrender the former Ger
man ruler. ,
Former Emperor William has
transferred most of. his wood cut
ting activities to Doom, where his
new home is being built Dressed
in green hunting suit he was seen
Friday at Doom chopping or sawing
off the branches of v young trees
which had been felled 'with the pur
pose of perfecting a new landscape
for the park of his estate.
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