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GERMAN TAX DOUBLES
PRICES OF TOBACCO.
Berlin, Jan. 23. The new German
tobacco tax, which goes into effect
February 1, will force 60 per cent of
smokers in Germany to quit the
habit, it is estimated. The tax prac
tical doubles thevprice of cigars
and cigarets and makes even pipe
tobacco virtually prohibitive.
PROPOSE 2-CENT PIECE
AS ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL.
.Washington, Jan. 23. Coinage of
. a 2-cent, piece as a memorial to
, former President Roosevelt was pro
posed in a bill introduced by Chair
man McLean of the senate banking
committee at the request of the
Women's National Roosevelt Me
morial association.
22 ARTICLES OF FOOD
REACH RECORD PRICES.
Washington, Jan. 23. Twenty
" two arjiclea of food reached record
prices in December, according to a
, report Issued by the 'bureau of la
bor statistics. The prices were 2.6
per cent higher than in November,
5 per cent higher than in the pre
ceding December and 89 per cent
higher than in' Decehiber, 1913. !
Of the 44 articles of food for
" which prices were obtained during
' the nonth, November IS to Decem
ber 15. 22 increased in price, 12 de
creased and 10 remained stationary.
Increases were as follows:
Cabbage 36 per cent, onions 17
per cent, granulated sugar "16 per
cent, strictly fresh eggs 11 per cent,
potatoes 10 per ctyit, raisins S per
. cent, flour 4 per cent, gutter and
storage eggs 3 per cent each, fresh
milk and canned salmon 2 per cent
1 each; Iamb, evaporated milk, oleo
margarine, cheese, macaroni, rice,
canned peas and bananas 1 per cent
each. - - , - ?(."
NEBRASKA WINS FIRST
POTATO EXHIBIT JRIZE.
The following telegram was re
ceived from R. A. Smith, supervisor
of agriculture, stating thaf the Ne
. braska state exhibit took first prize
at the Winter Potato show at Den
ver: Denver, ajn. 23, J. E. Smith, care
Chamber of Commerce, Omaha:
Nebraska state exhibit took first
'premium and silver cup trophy in
state exhibit seed stock class, West
ern Potato show, today. Jake Pe
drett, Kimball, Neb., took first
premium in Bliss Triumph individ
ual marketing exhibit. R. A. Smith.
HAIO WILL RETIRE
AS MILITARY CHIEF.
London, Saturday, Jan. 24. Field
Marshal Haig (Earl of Bemersyde)
will retire February 1, when the post
of commander-in-chief will be abol
ished, says the Daily Mail. With the
abolition of,this post, the newspaper
, adds, c&mmand of the army will re
vert to the army council as in pre-
-war days. 4 s
EMJLOYMENT IN TEN
INDUSTRIES INCREASES.
- ... . .Washington. Ian. 23-1 ncr eases in
lip4 ' h number of worker! enmloved in
10 of the . 13 leading industries are
shown in figures made public today
by the bureau pf labor stastistics.
Comparing the figures of the same
establishments for last December
with December 1918the largest in
crease, 26.9 per cent, appeared in
the manufacturing industry. Eleven
industries showed increase in pay-
roltrnen's ready-made clothing
show.ing'increase of 96.4 per cent and
the woolen industry, 58.7 , per cent.
' An increase in the amount of money
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: against November is shown in the
- payroils-ot i ot the-industries, cot
ton manufacturing leading with an
increase o 23.7 per cent.
" 12-HOUR. 7-DAY WORKING
, WEEK BOLSHEVIST RULE.
London, Jan. 23. A dispatch to
the" Central News from Helsingfors
-says', the bolsheviki are trying o
force the population of Russia to
work gvery- day in the week and
have introduced a compulsory work
ing day of 12 hours. All working
classes are affected. It is said the
new rule is being enforced with the'
utmost severity. ,
MAN WHO TALKED WITH
APES IN AFRICA DIES.
New York, Jan. 23. Prof. Richard
" L. Garner, scientist, who died at
- Chattanooga, -Tenn:, spent 30 years
in travel in the French Congo and
other portions of South and Cenir?
Africa, studying the lives and habits
oi animals as a representative or the
I Smithsonian institution of Washing
. ton", the New York Zoological soci
' ty and other organizations for re
v search in natural history. '
He attracted wide attention in
1905 when he announced that he was
going to West Africa to study the
means of communication used by
- apes. He made several trips in an
effort'to-reduce" the ape language to
writing, and last May announced
here that he had found a monkey in
. the Congo that talked to him. A
cbntroversy was started among nat
uralists as to whether he had been
mistaken. At this time Professor
Garner brought suit against a photo
graph concern for $100,000 damages
for permitting publication of a pic
ture of a man, described as himself,
kissing an ape.
"WOMAN'S SHIP" TO TAKE
r BACK FAMILIES OF REDS.
-Washington, Jan. 23. Wives and
children of radical alien sent to
Russia on the army transport Bu
ford may-be passengers on the first
j ship to leave the United States 1or
' ' , soviet Russia since the lifting of the
blockade of Hhat country.
Application for the sailing of a
"woman's ship" carrying medicine
. - and milk for the children of Rus
sia, has been made to the State de
partment by the American woman's
emergency committee. Miss Helen
' Todd, chairman of, the committee,
said that the State department and
" Anthony Caminetti, commissioner
, general of immigration, had given
fcer assurance of their . co-operation
in arranging , safe passage" for. the
stranded members pf the deportees
on this snio. '
"The expenses of the women," Miss-
. Todd said, would be defrayed by the
. earomittCA
The
VOL. 49 NO. 189.
KNIGHT
IS
OPPOSED TO
AWARD PLAN
Admiral Takes Issue With
Daniels on Manner of Giv
ing Medals to Naval Officers
And Men in Service. V
URGES DECORATIONS TO
FIT DIFFERENT DEEDS
Explains Controversy by Lack
Of Proper Reward Rank
ing Below Congressional
Medal of Honor.
Washington, Jan. 23. Legislation
designed to differentiate sharply be
tween decorations awarded naval of
ficers and men for "meritorious and
distinguished" service and for
"valor" was proposed by Rear Ad
mirals Austin M. Knight, senior
member of the board that passed re
cently on medal recommendations,
to the senate subcommittee investi
gating decoration awards. One rea
son for the existing contro
versy, Admiral Knight asserted, lay
in the fact that there was no medal
available except the congressional
medal of honor, awarded only in
very exceptional cases for acts of ex
treme heroism. .
Admiral Knight took issue with
Secretary Daniels' contention that
commanding officers of ships sunk
or seriously damaged by the enemy
should receive the distinguished
service medal, whenever their con
duct was meritorious.
"Pfficers who lose their ships,"
the admiral told the subcommittee,
"should never be so-rewarded un
less they take offensive action
against the enemy or succeed in sav
ing their ship through unusual abil
ity." Rear Admirals Charles J. Badger,
former commander-in-chief of the
Atlantic fleet, and Dewitt C Coff-
pian, former commander of the sec
ond battleship force of the Atlantic
fleet whose testimony closed the in
vestigation with the exception of the
hearing of Secretary Daniels, who
probably will appear Tuesday, said
that in their opinion the morale of
the navy would not be permanently
affected by the present decoration
controversy.
Admiral Coffman indicated in his
testimony that the recommendations
of the Knight board had been Ruth
lessly" changed by Secretary Dan
iels.. Asked by JChairman Hale if his
own recommendation had been ruth
lessly changed. Admiral Coffman re
plied that he did not like to answer
the question in that form but said:
"I do know they were changed and
I (think the officers recommended
for awards by the board deserved
what they were recommended for
and it was a matter I felt, and felt
very deeply."
Coal Strike Settlement
Hearings to Begin Feb. 4
Washington, Tan. 23. The coal
strike settlement commission decided
to begin investigation of, miners
wages and coal prices in the fields
outside the central competitive field,
beginning February 4.
" The dates for hearing miners and
operators of the outlying fields have
been set as follows: February 4,
Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Feburary 9, Colorado, Wyoming,
Montana and Washington.
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Netherlands Refuses to
Turn Over Fornter Kaiser
Demand of Allies for Extradition of'WilliamHohen
zollern Denied on Ground of Lack of 'Jurisdiction
Due to' Neutrality of Dutch Will Not Betray
Faith in Free Institutions. .. ' . .
Paris, Jan. 23. (By the Associated
Press.) The Dutch government has
refused the demand of the allied
powers for the extradition of former
Emperor William of Germany.
Following is the reply of The
Netherlands government to .he en
tente: "By verbal note, dated January IS,
1920, given to the envoy of the queen
at Paris, the powers, referring to ar
ticle 227 of the treaty of Versailles,
demand that the government of Hol
land give into their hands William
of Hohenzollern, former emperor of
Germany, so that he may be tried.
, "Supporting this demand they ob
serve that if the former emperor had
remained in Germany, the German
government would, under the terms
of article 228 of the treaty of peace,
have been obliged to deliver him.
Hold Ex-Kaiser Responsible.
"In citing as premeditated viola
tions of international treaties as well
as a ' systematic disregard of the
most sacred rules of the rights of
man, a number of acts commited
during the war by German author
ity, the powers place the responsibil
ity, at least morally, up to the former
emperor.
"They express the opinion that
Holland would not fulfill her iii.or
natoinal duty if she refused to as
sociate herself with them within the
limit of her ability to pursue or at
least not impede the punishment of
crimes committed.
"They emphasize the special char
acter of their demands, which con
template not a juridical accusation,
but an act of high international pol
icy and they make an appeal to Hol
land's respect of law and love of
justice not to cover with her moral
authority violation by Germany of
the essential principles of the soli
darity of the nations.
"The queen has the honor to ob
85 COMMUNISTS
IN CHICAGO ARE
INDICTED BY JURY
Mrs. Rom Pastor Stokes and
Nicholas Hourwich
i Are Held. -
Chicago, ; Jan. 23.. Indictments!
against 85 members of the commu
nist party of America were returned
by a special grand jury , investigat
ing radical activities in Illinois, be
fore Judge Robert E. Crowe, of the
criminal court .
The 85 were named in on? gen
eral conspiracy indictment charging
them with advocating. the. overthrow
of the government bv violence' and
all but three were named in sepa
rate indictments charging violation
of the new state seditibn law.
Bonds of the defendants were
fixed at $5,000 on each .charge
Pre-eminent among those indicted
are Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, who
is said to be a member of the nation
al executive committee of the organ
ization and an active organizer, and
Nicholas Hourwich of New York,
said to be editor of Novy Mir, the
newspaper which, employed Trot
zky before he returned to Russia.
Indictirents returned by thegrand
jury to date number 123. Last
Wednesday 38 members of the com
munist labor party were indicted.
The grand jury will now turn its at
tention to evidence against mem
bers of th; I. W. W. and is expected
to conclude its work next -week.
aha
OMAHA, SATURDAY,
serve, first, that obligations which,
for Germany, could have resulted
from article 228 of the treaty of
peace, cannot serve to determine
the 'duty of Holland, which is not
a party to the treaty.
Neutral During the War.
"The government t of the queen,
moved by imprescriptible xx easons,
cannot view the question raised by
the demands of the powers except
from the point of view of, its own
duty. It was absolutely .uncon
nected with the origin of the war
and has maintained, and not without
difficulty, its neutrality to the end.
It finds itself then face to face with
facts of the war in- a position dif
ferent from that of the powers.
"It rejects with energy, all suspi
cion wishing to cover it with its
soverign right and its moral author
ity violations of the essential prin
ciplesj of the solidarity of nations;
but cannot recognize an inter
national duty to associate it
self with this act of high interna
tional policy of the powers.
"If in the future there should
be instituted by the, society of na
tions an international jurisdiction
competent to judge in case of war
needs, qualified as crimes and sub
mitted to the jurisriction by statute
ante-dating the acts committed, jt
would be fit for Holland to associ
ate itself with the new regime.
"The government of the queen
cannot admit in the present case
any other duty than that imposed
upon it by the laws of the kingdom
and national tradition.
Will Not Betray Faith.
"Now neither the constituent laws
of the kingdom, which are based
upon the principles of law univer-v
sally recognized, nor a respectable
secular tradition, which has made
this country always a ground of
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
31 NEW CASES OF
INFLUENZA HERE,
ONE DAY'S REPORT
Health Chief Requests Street
Car Company to Help
Fight Disease.
Thirty-one new cases of influenza
were reported to the .health depart
ment yesterday making a total of
70 for this tveek.
The cause of the deaih of Esther
B. Milder, 25 years old, 401 North
Thirty-ninth .street, was reported
yesterday as "influenza-pneumonia."
"What do you think should be
done with a man who coughs into
the faces of other people in a street
car," was an inquiry received by
Dr. J. F. Edwards, health commis
sioner, from a public school teacher.
The doctor declined to publicly
express his private opinion of 'such
a man. . ' V
"We must remember that much
disease is spread by coughing and
sneezing in the presence of others,"
lie said. "If persons with colds would
avoid mingling with others, . we
could prevent many cases of illness."
The health commissioner request
ed the street railway company to
co-operate by keeping cars properly
ventilated and fumigated and to
avoid crowding as much as possible.
Sir Horace Plunkett
Not Dead, as Reported
By London Newspaper
Many friends of Sir Horace Plunk
ett, Irish statesman, and well known
property owner of Omaha and Ne
braska, who recently arrived in New
York for a visit to the. United State:;,
were surprised yesterday when they
were shown a copy of the London
Times of January 1, containing a
short notice from New York City of
his death. The item from New York
stated that the famous Irishman had
died in a sanitarium at Battle Creek,
Mich., where he was undergoing
treatment for insomnia. ... '
Another column of the paper, was
devoted ti an obituary of Sir Horace.
A query to The Associated Press,
sent by The Bee, yesterday afternoon
brought back an answer that Sir
Horace was still Confined to his bed
in the Battle Creek institution and
that he was very much alive.
Conrad Young, manager of the
Plunkett interests in Nebraska, left
Omaha Wednesday for Battle Creek
in response to a letter from Sir Hor
ace, who expects to visit this section
as soon as he recovers sufficiently to
stand the srrain of traveling.
The only explanation of the error
of the report of his death as reported
in the London Times is that a mis
take was n?ade in transmitting the
message announcing his arrival at
Battle Creek for treatment.
Strong Earthquake
Tremors Again Shake
The City of Vera Cruz
Mexico City, Jan. 23. Strong
earthquake shocks were ielt in the
city of Vera Crus from 3 to 5 o'clock
Thursday morning. There were no
casualties, although some residences
were damaged.
Reports from Vera Cruz state the
tremors demolished at Couztlan. all
structures which were not destroyed
in the earthquake of January 6,
while shocks lasting 20 minutes
caused further damage at Salmoral
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v JANUARY 24, 1920.
ACER OF
SHIP BOARD
IS INDICTED
Charge Secret Commissions
Totalling $16,000 Were
Paid by Eastern Equipment
Company as Graft.
ONLY BEGINNING, ONE
MEMBER OF JURY SAYS
Indicted Man Directed Gov
ernment's Gigantic Steel
Ship Building Program in
Oregon and Washington.
Seattle. Jan. 23, Capt. John F.
Blaine, Seattle, was indicted here by
a federal grand jury' which lias been
investigating alleged frauds in the
wartime- -construction of ships for
the United States Shipping Board.
As district manager of the shipping
board, Captain Blaine, during the
war, directed the government's gi
gantic steel shipbuilding program
in Oregon and Washington.
The indictments charged Captain
Blaine received secre commissions
from the Stewart Davit and Equip
ment company, New York City, on
sales the company made to the ship
ping board ( while he was district
manager. The commissions, it was
charged, totalled approximately
?16.000.
: Captain Blaine Indicted.
Two indictments were, returned
against Captain Blaine. Both cov
ered the same charge.
More indictments may be re
turned as a result of the grand
jury's investigation of shipyard ac
counts, according to governmsnt in
vestieators. 1
This is only the beginning, one
ksaid.
Today's 'indictments come as the
climax of a series of investigations
congressmen and government agents
have been making of Pacific coast
shipyards. Captain Blaine has been
representing the Stewart company
here since he resigned as district
manager April I, 1919. -
Prominent in Shipping Circles.
Captain Blaine has been prominent;
in North Pacific shipping circles as
a steamship manager and company
official. A), one time Captain Blaine
was United States inspector of
hulls at Boston, Mass., his home.
While Captain' Blaine was district
manager here the yards under his
control, delivered to the, shipping
board' one-third of all the steel ships
turned over, to the board in the
United Spates, according to local
records. For a time Captain Blain
also was director of the wood ship
building yards in Oregon and Wash
ington, j . x
It is alleged by federal officials
who have been conducting the probe
that graft collected by employes will
total $20,000,000 to $30,000,000.
Revolutionary Labor
Law Is Enacted by
- Kansas Legislature
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 23. Industrial
legislation, laid by many to be revo
lutionary in character, was com
pleted in Kansas whe,n the legisla
ture enacted a bill establishing in the
state a court of industrial relations
having jurisdiction over essential in
dustries invested with public inter
est. The bill, which was signe'd by
Gov. H. J. Allen, affects food, cloth
ing, fuel and transportation, pro
hibits strikes or lockouts in these in
dustries and provides severe penal
ties for conspiracy tq promote
strikes or. to interfere with produc
tion. It also provides that the court
can fix wages and settle industrial
disputes in these industries and serve
as a court of arbitration to consider
disputes in other industries not
listed as essential. It was passed by
large majorities in both houses.
The legislation is the outgrowth of
the recent nation-wide strike of soft
coal miners, which caused the mines
in Kansas tp be placed under a state
receivership and operated with vol
unteer miners under the protection
of state and federal troops.
Federal Judge Will
Not Be Compromised
By Tractor Settlement
. . : '
Chicago.- Jan. 23. The Farmers
Tractor Co., which is undergoing
federal investigation, is prepared to
reimburse stockholders 100 cents on
fhe dollar, Herman Frank, an attor
ney for the concern told Judge Lan
dis. "That's fine, but it won't make
any difference in- this case," Judge
Landis replied to the attorney's of
fer. "I can't stop a settlement be
tween the company and its creditors
but I want it distinctly understood
that the payments of- 100 cents or
200 cents on the-dollar will not com
promise this case which is as a raw
and ' open wound. The matter of
criminal responsibility , must go to
the grand jury.
James E. Bruce," former state
company!1 wcordin"odteB! Itimony! !
Baroness Accused.
Warsaw, Jan. 23. Baroness Zy
mavska, former lady-in-waiting of
the late Czar Nicholas' mother,, has
been arrested here on a charge of
having murdered an aristocratic
Russian woman named Zboloff. and
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Omaha Elks Honored With;
'Visit by Exalted Ruler
Grand Reception Given
F. L. ,Rain,-Nebraskan
Who Heads National
, Lodge of Big Order.
Frank L. Rain, grand exalted ruler
"f the Benevolent and Protective Or
der pf Elks, was the guest of the
local lodge of Elks, No. 39, last
night., .i -
It was an official visir,and the sec
ond time in the history of this lodge
that a Nebraska man, as grand ex
alted ruler, visited here;
Mr. Rain arrived at 4 in the after
noon from Falls City, Neb. He was
met at. the station by a committee
of Elks and escorted to the Hotel
Fontenelle.
Guest of Officers.
At 6 he was the guest of the of
ficers and past exalted rulers of the
local lodge at a dinner in tire Omaha
Athletic club. Among those pres
ent were the following past exalted
rulers: "
v Judge E. C. Page,- Raymond
Young, Dan B. Butler, Judge Rob
ert Patrick, Sidney Smith. Charles
Docherty, Judge Arthur C. Wakeley,
F. Pratt Harwood and T. B. Dysart.
Twelve-year-old Francis Rain, son
of the grand exalted ruler, was a
special guest and sat at one end of
the table between Dan Butler and
Isaac Miner. " -
The official visit started at 8
in the lodge rooms, Exalted Ruler
John Barratt. presiding. There the
grand exalted ruler made his official
address to the Elks of--1his lodge.
The only previous occasion when
the local lodge of Elks was visited
hv a errand exalted ruler of the na
tional organization was in 1902. when
Kieorge' P. Cronk of Omaha, then
STATE BANKERS
GO TO CONGRESS
WITH COMPLAINTS
Reavis Charges Regional Re
serve System With Syste
matically Oppressing
Small! Institutions.
Washington, Jan. 23. Complaints
from state bankers against methods
of officials of the regional banks
of the federal -ee?ve system ar
being received daily by members of
congress, Representative ReaVrs,-republican,
Nebraska, declared today
in the house, charging that -"agents
,and employes of the regional banks
hive started on a policy of oppres
sion toward state banks that can
work only disaster." v
Almost Universal "Kick."
Mr. Reavis said the' trouble
"arises in a large measure through a
difference in the systems with refer
ence to the charging of exchange on
checks." Representative Garner,
democrat, Texas, said he also had
protests from state bankers, and
Reavis rejoined that it was "almost
a universal complaint among members-
of congress."
' Inquiry to the federal reserve
board. Reavis added, was answered
with "just the ordinary sterotyped
reply that the .matter would be look
ed ftito."
Equal to Conspiracy.
"Officers of a federal reser
bank," said Reavis, "have collected
as high as $41,000 in checks against
a small' bank in a small town and
men have gone to that bank in an
automobile and demanded cash on
the checks in legal tender. That is
an oppression that is likely to close
a bank. It amounts almost to a
conspiracy that would close a bank
and somebody ought to be prose
cuted for. that' sprt of conduct."
Well Known Omaha
Artist anADesigner
Dies, 111 Short Time
Charles M. Plien. Omaha artist.
3101 Reynolds street, died Thursday
at his heme following a short illness.
Mr. Plien was born in Alsace-Lor-rain
in 1870, and came to America
with his parents when he was"
small boy. He had lived in Omaha
for more than 20 years. '
He was a member of the Omahao
Art, guild and each yar assisted
Gus Rcnze in designing floats for
the Ak-Sar-Beit. ". .
' He is survived by h''s w:ife. Fu
neral services 'will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 at the North Pres
byterian ,church, Twenty-fourth and
Wirt streets. Rev. J. M. Wilson will
officiate. Burial will' be in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
Jugo-Slavs Given Extension
Of Timfr for Fiume Reply
Paris, Jan. 23. The time in which
the ' Jugo-Slav y government must
give a definite reply as to whether
it'wrill accept the settlement'of the
Adriatic question reached by the
supreme council early this -week
was extended todav for three days
by the' British and French govern
ments. The extension was granted
upon the request of Foreign Minis-
ter'Trumbitch of Jugo-Slavia. .
Man Who Defrauded Chicago
Banks of 5300,000- Caught
Chicago, Jan.. 23. A world-wide
search for Herman J.. Bluemson,
charged with defrauding Chicago
banks of $300,000 on forged bills of
lading, ended when word was re
ceived, bv Stat'.'s Attorney Maclay
rlovne that the fueitive was under i
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BE
TWOCENTS.
grand exalted ruler, paid it an of
ficial visit. .
To Visit the East. - '
Mr. Rain will return to his home
in Fairbury . this morning. .
He will start,.soon on a more ex
tended trip, paying official visits
to lodges in the east, including New
York City, where he will be the
guest of , honor at a big Elks din
ner February 6.
Mr. Rain's , mother, Mrs. Kate
Rain, who came to Omaha for the
John McCormack. concert, will re
turn with hirn today to Fairbury.
SAY G. A, R, POSTS
FAVOR PERSHING
FOR PRESIDENT
Retiring National Commander
Declares Majority of Civil
War Veterans Will Boost
for Army Chief.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 23. (Special.)
Mark W. Woods,: national chair
man of the' Pershing for President
movement; :tgday made public a
statement by Capt. - Clarendon E.
Adams- of Omaha; retiring commander-in-chief
of . the national
Grand Armv 01 the Renublic. en
dorsing General' Pershing for pres
ident.' - - - ; .
In the statement, Captain Adams
said, "General Pershing's life and
public services have been character
ized with a high order of diplo
macy and statesmanship; his. fun
damental thought has always been
for constitutional government, law
and order in its strictest and noblest
sense. Qur army w?S safe in his
hands, our government would be
doubly safe in his care,"
Found Great Enthusiasm.
Captain Adams stated he recently
returned from a trip over the coun
try visiting- variaus Grand Army
posts and had addressed audiences
aggregating approximately 1,000,000
people."
''Everywhere I went," he said, "I
found tne greatest enthusiasm for
General Pershing." -
His complete statement follows:
"My acquaintance with General
Pershing dates back to 1892. His
subsequent .history has proven him
to be a master mind. He is as sound
in putting judgment into execution,
as a, General Granj or a General
Thomas ever was. v
For Law and Order.
"He is as skillful in maneuvering
an army as a General Sherman,
Mtade. Lee or a Stonewall Jack
son. He is as intrepidly brave as a
Sheridan, Pickett,' Logan or Custer,
and he is as supurb in his soldierly
qualities and gentlemanly conduct
as a Gvneral .Hancock or Gordon.
"His life . and public services have
been characterized with a high order
of diplomacy and 'statesmanship;
his fundamental thought has always
been Vor constitutional government,
law arid order in its strictest and
noblest sense. --.
"His true character is wrapped up
in a soul so modest that acts of
duty performed tell of his great
ness; he is always generous in giv
ing credit .to others his soldierly
American character and kindness
have endeared him to tlje hearts of
his countrymen. Our. army was safe
jn his hands.rour government would
be doubly safe in his care.1' "
SmitH Says Flatly
He Will Not Make
TV' ! f "
iace tor uovernor
; - -. "
Following up, and making clear
and emphatic his statement made at
a dinner at the -Hotel Paxton last
Saturday night that he . would not
run for governor, Mayor Ed Smith
in his office at the city hall yester
day afternoon made the positive and.
unequivocal qeciaration mat ne
would not accept the filing of his
name for .the nomination,- if his
friends persist , in pushing petitions,
for that purpose. ". "
City Attorney F. L. Weaver has
been- behind the movement to boom
Mayor Smith for the c?ffice.
Reavis a Candidate.
Washington. Jan. 23. (Soecial
Telegram.) Congressman Reavis re
r s t
W fi
quested the,1 secretary of state to
place his name -on the. primary bal
lots in the First congressional dis
trict as a candidate for that office on
the republican ticket,
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PEACE PACT
ULTIMATUM
DELIVERED
Republican Senators Protest
Modification of Lodge Reser
vations in Heated Discussion
Claim Voting Power of 38.
SOLIDARITY OF PARTY
involved; is report
Foes of Treaty Threaten Bolt,
And Third Party if Compro
mise Ratification Is Voted;
Taft Urcjes Settlement. t
Washington. Jan. 23. By The"
Associated Press Frorcst by ' a
large group of influential republi-''
can senators ' against further com
promises on reservations" to . th
peace treaty today gave the compro
mise negotiations a severe setback
and, senators declared, involved fu
ture solidarity of the republican
party not only in the senate but in
the nation.
Eisht republican senators, headed .
by Senators Johnson of California,
and Borah of Idaho, and claiming
to represent other senators, called
Republican Leader Lods:e into con
ference and delivered'what was de
clared to be an ultimatum against
proposed compromises of the infor-
ma! binartisan committees of sen
ate leaders.
Some of the senators in the con-'
fere:;c.with Senator Lodge declared '
that the reception of fhe protests
would affect the republican leader-
shin and unity in the senate while
Senator Sherman of Illinois stated
after the conference that he Wottld
leave the republican partv and join
a third party if the republican Sup-'
port "emasculated" reservations.
Chairmanship fn Confusion.'
The conference with Senator
Lodge, which' lasted nearly three
hours, prevented the schedule ses
sion of the bipartisan committee. .
This committee will meet again to
morrow, but with the chairmanship
prospects thrown into-confusion by
today's developments. -Democrats
interested in the compromise nego
tiations - tonight expressed 1 concern-;
over the turn of events at the result?.,,
ant possibility of success. : - ,.
- The movement of protest against
comDromisiwr'the Lodge feserva-
itions was almost coincident. with, a '-
visit to the senate by former Presi
dent Taft. who consulted with ser- ;
eral "mild reservation" republicans,
including Senator McCumber of
North Dakojta, McNary of Oregon. .
Kelhig of Minnesotta, and Colt of
Rhode Island. Mr, Taft urged com--promise
strongly, "and during his
visit declared that a compromise on
the Lodge reservation to article 10'
of the league of nations covenant
would not "kill"' the treaty because,
he asserted, other provisions would
make for world-peace and cause pre
sort rarely to article 10.
Ashurst Flays Senate.
Another offset of the opposition
to compromise was a speech in the '
senate by Senator Ashurst, demo
crat. Arizona, in favor of immediate
ratification. Mr. Ashurst charged
both republicans and democrats with
delaying ratification by playing par
tisan politics "while the world waits
for action." Sentiment is rising, the
senator declared, for an independent ,
presidential candidate, because' of
the senate delay.
The conference with 'Senator
Lodge late today was held in Sen
ator Johnson's office- and attended
by Senators Borah, Knox of Penn
sylvania, Poindexter, Washington,
and Sherman and McCormick of II-
linois. Brandegee of Connecticut '
and Moses of New Hampshire. After ;
two hours spent with Mr. Lodge, ,
Senator New of Indiana, who is sit-
ting with Mr. Lodge on the leader's
committee negotiating with the dem
ocratic committee, was called inrand
about another hour was spent in '
spirited discussion. . " v'
The Irreducible Minimum.
Although all of the senators who
called on .Messers Lodge and New
voted last November, against ratifi-cation.-of
the treaty and are counted '
(Continued oa Page Two, Column Three.)
John Pershing Pupil f :
Greets Army Chief on
Visit to California
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 23. Genet;- '
al John J. Pershing arrived here
early tonight after an all-day rfde -through
northern C-lifornia, which
as marked by enthusiastic greet
ings from throngs gathered at every
point where his train made even the
briefest stop. . .
One of the first to greet the gen
eral upon his arrival in California1
was Mrs. Rose Dodson of Redding,;
who was a pupil in . the " schooi -taught
by John Pershing aV Prairie ;
Mound, Mo., before he began his
army .career. ' . . ' . .
"Well, I gave you a good start,' ,
said the general as he shook 'Mrs.
Dodson's hand. ' , .
At Corning the general was prey
sented to John Pershing Gliek, 1 .
year old. He held the. infant-in hhr
arms during most of his brief stay
at Corning.
After being received-at the sta
tion here by Governor William D.
Stephens nd other officials and a
ride through the city's main streets,
which were filled with 'cheering.:
crowds. General Persliinir 1riv
en to Mather aviation field, . .