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s NEBRASKA WOMEN'S CLUB ACTIVITIES ARE ADEQUATELY COVERED ONLY IN THE BEE. "I RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS THE WEATHER: . Fair Thursday and Friday, warmer Thursday. . a Dai The Bee Y Hourly Totiiiirraliirca, (I a. m 8 S . m..K M 1 ni 10 8 a. m 10 B m. n 11 10 ft. ni IS 11 . m 18 11 noon 3 1 p. m., u. m. ... M ... S p. n 81 1. m 33 8 p. m ,88 p. ni St 1 . ni 83 8 pi ni.. . , 88 VOL. 49 NO. 1937 UHni u MMnd-tliM ntHtr Miy It, ISO. l Oaak P. 0. n4r t March 3. !' , OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920. . By Mall (I yair). Daily. M.N: Sunday, IIM: Dally i tarn.. 17.00: aiitiKa Nak. aaataM antra. TWO CENTS. CI"' . . Qmae WD OBJECT COCKTAILS f NOT MATRIMONY. New York, Jan. 28. Assistant Prohibition Commission Agent John Quigley7 is investigating the following "personal," which ap peared in a morning paper: : "Lady with a bottle of vermouth toould like to meet gentleman with bottle of gin; object, cocktails." BROOKLYN BOOTBLACK . MAKES $225 A WEEK. " , New York, Jan. 28. Peter B. Sfe fano, a Brooklyn bootblack, makes $225 a week shining shoes, accord In'g to his wife, Mrs. Josephine Stef ano, who entered suit in the Brook lyn supreme court for a separation. She charges cruel nd inhuman treatment and declares that her hus band refused to give her 10 cents to go to a "movie." Decision was reserved on her request for $50 a fceek temporary alimony1.' PARSON KILLS WOLF IN BEATRICE BACKYARD. Beatrice, Neb..-Jan. 28. Rev. For est Eisenbise of this city shot and killed a wolt in his backyard. -His little daughter came running int9 the house screaming at the 4op of her voice that there was' a wolf in the yard. Mr, Eisenbise, thinking it was a dog. looked out and saw the wolf. He procured his trusty shot gun and killed the animal at the first hot.. "WE WANT TO GO BACK" . SONG OF EX-SERVICE MEN. Philadelphia, Jan. 28. "We want to go back" is the new slogan of ex tervice men here who want to re turn to France. Scores have ap plied for passports to enable them to return to France. MUST PUBLISH NOTHING . ,BY OR ABOUT HIM. Berlin, Jan. . 28. Hanns Heinz Ewers, the - noted playwright and poet, has sent a circular letter to all the 1 principal German newspapers and publishing houses requesting that, they abstain from publishing anything by or about him, ou the ground that he was released by the American authorities only upon his Word of honor that he would pub lish .nothing, not even non-political works, until peace is declared be tween the United States and Ger many. Hanns Heinz Ewers is one of the : best-known German authors, famous particularly for his satirical and I lyrical writings. He was in Amer ica when the war broke out and was interned v in 1917 for alleged .anti-American utterances. He is well known in New York society and literary circles. . The above is the .first ncwi that he has. returned to Germany. HEAVY STEEL DOORS BECOMING .POPULAR. St. Louis, -Jan. 28. Heavy steel doors' are in great demand here of late by those who have "some in the cellar." The desire to protect ,-these caches against possible eva sion, by ;the ice man, the plumber, or other intruders is making con siderable business for one of the big safe concerns here , Bricklayers, 'too,, are said to find considerable , employment in the construction of small cellar vaults in private homes. WAVES' FROM MARS THEORY INTEREST U; S. RADIO MEN. x Washington, Jan. 28. Interest manifestly outweighed skepticism among radio experts at the Navy department in discussing Signor ; Marconi's suggestion that Mars may . be attempting to communicate with .. the earth by radio. Proponents of the theory said they would enjoy . the &x$ntage of having no com : peterit disputants, at least until science in some other way accounted for the mysterious, interruptions $haf had been experienced since jwireless telegraphy was perfected. "These interruptions or innuences are entirely distinct in their regis Hering effect from innuences readily traceable to atmospheric or static conditions," ,said Captain , W. S. Bryant, of the naval communica tions service. "They record with a feeble or 'mushy' intensity as com pared with clashing ot static dis turbances. I confess that they have been a much greater source of an noyance, however, than of interest. Whether or not they emanate from ' Mars, as suggested by Marconi, seems to be an- open question so far. It is at least one that affords pleasureable exercise for the imag ination." "THERE IS NO FLU," PHYSICIAN ASSERTS Ottawa, Jan. 28. Chicago and New York have no influenza at all, according to Dr. W. H. Church, one of Ottawa's foremost physicians. Not only that, but "there will be no re currence of the influenza epidemic in this generation," he said. "The cases reported so faithfully from day to day in .New York and Chicago in such numbers are nothing .more or less than grippe. The symp toms are no different and the death rate no higher than of the old and more familiar affliction. "In my Ottawa practice I don't know of one person who was at tacked by the 'flu," who has had a recurrence. The attacks seems to h$Jb immunized those who felvic : tims and survived, while, those .not ' attacked wcr not susceptible to the 1 wcr nc at all." , disease HINT SUFFICIENT FOR , TIGER OF FRANCE. Paris, Jan. 28. Former Premier Clemenceau has reserved a state reom on the steamer Lotus, leaving Marseilles February 3 for Alexan , dria, Egypt He iseported to be absolutely sincere in his decision to remain in retirement and under no consideration to be drawn again into hi turmoil of nolitics. To an edi tor of L'Homme Libre he remarked the other day anent his defeat in the v test vote of parliament on, the presi dency week before last: "Some persons need a hint, others kick. I am through. My enemies nay think ,1 received a kick; my . friends "only a -hint At any rate I am through. I am off for Egypt first, then well, ye snail act, rtr , tuaa fcdiaa'' -.vi;.;,;;. r ' OUTLOCK FOR COMPROMISE OK'PACTPOGR Preponderance of Senate Opinion on Eve of Final Bi partisan Conference Is That Deadlock Has Been Reached. CANNOT AGREE ON TWO POINTS OF ISSUE Article Ten and Monroe Doc: trine Prove Stumbling Blocks to Compromise That Otherwise Might Come. 7 Washington, Jan. 28. Preponder ance of senate opinion on the eve of another, and perhaps final bi partisan conference of republican and democratic leaders, was that a deadlock had been reached, making an agreement very unlikely at this time on compromise peace treaty reservations. Reservations to Article X and for preservation of the Monroe dostrine promised to be the center of variance between the leaders of the Wo fac tions at tomorrow's meeting and it appeared that should a break come it would result from inability to agree on these two points. Should the bipartisan conferences, which have been in progress for more than two weeks be abandoned influences at work in both political parties, it was .asserted today , in some quar ters, undoubtedly would have a strong effect ultimately in the di rection of a committee which would keep the treaty out of the political campaign. Two Points of Issue. Article X and the Monroe doc trine, it became known today, were the only subjects on which tentative agreement has not been reached. by the bipartisan committee. Much of the language of the republican reservations adopted last session has been agreed to by the democrats, it was revealed, while many changes had been conceded by the republi cans and two of the reservations had been conceded, by the republic cans and two of the reservations had been rewritten entirely. ' Among the changes approved by the committee were the following: Modification of the preamble so that instead of requiring specific af firmative acceptance of the reserva tions by three or four of the great powers, such acceptance would be taken for granted unless objection were made before disposition of rati fication by the United States, y Reservation on. Voting. Qualification of the reservation on voting strength in the league so the United States would not be bound, except' in cases where it previously had given its assent, by decision in which any member had more than one vote. In the republican reser vation this exception was omitted. Change of the withdrawal reser vation to make it provide that no tice of withdrawal from member ship in the league "shall be given by a joint resolution" of congress m tMfl nf "mav be given by a con current resolution." A joint resolu tion requires the signature of the president, while a concurrent resolu tion orainaruy aoes not. Deletion of direct reference to Japan and China by name in the Shantung reservation so the United t;tntp simnlv would withhold as sent to the Shantung articles ana reserve liberty of actions in any dis pute arising under them. ' ' Complete rearguing 01 iwq u uic reservations so they would require thaf no representative to the league be appointed without congressional authorization and that no recom- tnpndition of the leasrue regarding armaments would be valid until ap proved by congress. ; Numerous moaincaiions 01 nn cuage in ethers of the 14 reserva tions. That providing that the United States would accept no man datory except by congressional ac tion was one of those, however, re - : : .. i . - w maining intact. American Aviators Land in Mexico and Are Made Prisoners McAllen. Tex., Jan. 28. Two army aviators. Lieutenants E. F. Davis and G. E. Grimes, carrying a military message from Fort Brown, Tex., to Nogales, Ariz., today were forced to make a landing in Mexico, 30 miles south of Za pata, .Tex., and tonight are being held by Mexicans. According to a message received here tonight from the aviators, they have been promised their freedom Thursday morning. Lieutenant Davis and Grimes, who. are atteched to the air station here, were carrying a message dupli cate of that which was sent from Fort Brown to Nogales in another plane., Lieutenant Davis was the pilot. They became confused in the fog and followed the Solado river from Zapata into Mexico instead of proceeding on up the Rio Grande. They als jiad codm txouWe, 97 NEW CASES OF . FLU IN ONE DAY, IS RECORD HERE , y Low Mortality Rate, However, Shows Disease Is Not Severe This Year. Influenza records for one day this season were broken Tuesday, when 97 new cases were reported to the health department, bringing the to tal for this week to 165 and the total for the month to 267. Pr. J. F. Edwards, health com missioner, believes that the low moitality rate confirms his belief that the disease is not appearing in severe form this year. Only four deaths from influenza have been re ported this month in Omaha. Nine members of the tamily ot Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sorenson, 3S2S North Fortieth street, are stricken. "I am askinsr the social workers to furnish assistance in making the home visitations, as we are short of nurses, the health commissioner stated. "When cases of influenza are reported to us, we visit each home and give advice as to isolation and quarantine. Omahans are co operating with the health depart ment this season in keeping influ enza down to a minimum. The most encouraging feature of the situation is that only a comparatively few se vere cases have been reported, al though there are many mild cases. We are exercising vigilance." Schools at Shubert. Verdon and Humboldt, Neb., have been ordered closed on account of influenza, ac cording to a report received here yesterday. Epidemic Increasing. Washington, Jan. 28. There has been practically no change in the influenza situation over the United States during the last 24 hours. A slow but gradual increase m the number of new cases was shown in reports from several states received today by the public health service. Kansas Hard Hit. Topeka. Kan., Jan. 28. Within three hours after the state health de partment opened its offices this morning it had received report of 762 new cases of influenza, indi cating thai today's total will by a wide margin eclipse that of any day since the epidemic appeared in this state. The total for 2AJiQr6 .Xuaft-4 day was 737. ' 180 Stricken in Fleet Bremerton, Wash., Jan. 28. In fluenza at the Puget Sound navy yard has sent 180 men out of the, battleship division, Pacific fleet, to the hospital during the past several days, it became known today. One death was reported. Police and Firemen Hit New York, Jan. 28. The police and fire departments were hard hit by influenza Wednesday, 600 police men and between 200 and 300 fire men being unable to report for duty. The National Association of the Motion Picture Industry volun teered to have warnings to avoid in fection flashed on the screen in all motion picture houses. 778 Cases Reported. Topeka, Kan.. Jan; 28. Seven hundred and seventy-eight cases of influenza were reported to the state board of health Wednesday from all parts of the state, bringing the total so far reported to 2,892. 87 Deaths in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 28. Influenza caused 87 deaths in Chicago in the. last 24 hours, and pneumonia deaths numbered 77, the health department announced. New cases of influenza during the sanje period numbered 1,472 and pneumonia cases 400. "The number of influenza cases is gradually lessening," Deputy Health Commissioner Koehler said. Avert Debate ori Market Report of v Live Stock Men Spokane, Wash., Jan. 28. The threatened debate over the adoption of its market committee's report was averted at Wednesday's session of the American National Live Stock association's convention. Steps wet taken in several quarters looking to compromise of the differences in opinion" arising from the committee's U - ecommendation that federal legis- T i . . r i lation for regulation of -packing in dnstry be enacted. Among these steps was a declara tion from H. A. Jastro, chairman, of the committee, , and for six terms president of the association, that the time had come for active opposition to the packers on the part of the stockmen to cease. Without retiring in any degree from the stands taken by the com mittee, he said there was danger that other . organization s,"ho we ver moral in their views, might work ir reparable injury to the livestock in dustry unless their agitation against the packers was "halted. : Daniels Says He Knows ., Name of Next President Philadelphia, Jan. 28. Secretary of the Navy Daniels started v con siderable speculation here as to whom he meant when he said in a speech that he could tell who would be the next president of the United States, but that he did not know to which oartv the man beloneed. , -The secretary was addressing the graduating class of the fierce school on the work of the navy and on i Americanism. , . -v. ..." - . ....... . . :.' DELEGATES ATTACK RED EDUCATORS Parlor Bolshevists in American Colleges Worse Than Unedu cated, Spillman Tells Consti tutional Convention. POSTPONE PLAN TO BAR ILLITERATE VOTER Cedar County Man Urges Passage of Proposal on, Grounds of Success of Law In Massachusetts. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 28. (Special.) Members of the constitutional convention made a broadside attack on parlor bolshevists Wednesday when an attempt was made to put on general file Proposal No. 205, making it necessary for every voter to be able to read and understand the constitution. The attempt failed and the proposition was indefinitely postponed. Delegate Cleve. of Otoe, tried to revive the measure and Spillman, of Pierce, led the opposition. The dan ger in this country, Mr. Spillman contended, is not in the unfortunate uneducated man who cannot read the English language, but rather from the super-educated men and women who can read it but do not care to understand it. Spillman Raps Reds. "Parlor bolshevism is more, dan gerous than lack of education," he declared. "Universities and col leges all over the United States have men and women on their faculties who are educated and who can read the constitution, but who are doing more to undermine the principles of our government than any other class." - . ' ' Mr. Spillman argued that while Emma Goldman, Carf Berkman and Victor Berger can read and under stand the constitution, the are not as fit to vote as the most unedu cated man who works with his hands and helps td support this gov ernment. Bryant Favors Plan. Wiltse, of Richardson, opposing the measure, said the proposed re quirements would be nothing less than taxation of the uneducated classes without representation. Lahners, of Thayer, contended thit the proposition, if passed, would take the right of suffrage from many Civil war veterans who are unable to read the English language. Delegate Bryant, of Cedar county, sole defender of the measure Wednesday, declared that Massachu setts has had a. similar provision in its constitution for 60 years and it has done much to diminis illiteracy Referendum Law Altered. Only one change in the initiative and referendum proposal after a two hour debate. An amendment by Peterson making it necessary to get twice the required number of sign ers to a referendum" petition in order to suspend the law to be voted upon until after the election was adjusted. The amendment provides for 10 per cent of the voters of the state to sign hc petition if the law is to be suspended. The proposal as it now stands makes it possible to refer a law with only S per cent of the voters signing the referendum peti tions. The vote on the Peterson amendment was 51 to 22. Other Changes Fail. Pollard, of Cass, McDonald of Buffalo and Pugsley of Lancaster made unsuccessful attempts to get minor c'nnges into the proposal. Pugsley sought to incorporate a clause in the referendum law requir ing the attorney general to prepare adigest of the measures to be voted upon. The assembly steered the follow ing proposals into the- heap of meas ures indefinitely postponed: Nos. 185. 210, 89, 209 and 171. Two of the bills vere on the location of the slate capitol, one by Norman, pro viding thaiathe location be Omaha. Ringer Compliments Omaha Patrolmen on Their Work During Year Police Commissioner Ringer, in a short talk to patrolmen at the Cen tral station last night, complimented the men on their work in the past year and read several letters he had received from, citizens expressing their appreciation for the courtesy shown by the officers and their quick response to calls. Mr. Ringer also reviewed the rec ord on ' automobiles recovered in the city during the past year, show ing that Omaha stands among the first cities in the .west in the per centage of recovered cars. " "Regardless of the amount of criti cism which the department has been through in the past year,' said Air, Ringer, "I think that the department has more than been a credit to the city of Omaha, and because of this I wish personally to tell the men that i and all the members of the city commission appreciate .the work they; have. bea ' t Chairman Hays Announces Membership and Purpose of, Committee on Policies . and Platform for Republican Convention 171 Members Are Named, of Whom 19 Are ,Women Purpose Is "To Invite Ad vice and Co-Operation of the Ablest Men and Women From All Groups, Sec tions. Industry, Business, Professions and Interests in the Nation; to Gather! Pertinent Facts and Data, to Study Intensively the Larger Problems Con fronting Us and to Offer the Result Qf Their Efforts as Suggestions to the " Resolution Committee" Victor Rose water, E. L. Burke, , Congressman Reavis and Mrs. M. D. Cameron. Nebraska Representatives on Committee. San Francisco, Jan. 28. Will H, Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, tonight made public his appointments to the ad visory committee on policies and platform, consisting of 171 members, 19 of whom are women. This com mittee includes 12 members of the republican . national committee whose appointment had been an nounced previously by Mr. Hays. "The purpose of this committee," Mr. Hays said, "is to invite the ad vice and co-operation of the ablest men and women y from all groups, sections, industry, business, profes sions and interests in the nation; to gather pertinent facts and data, to study intensively the larger prob lems confronting us, and to offer the result of their efforts as sug gestions to the resolutions com mittee. ! Will Be Working Body. "This committee will itself be a working body," he added, "and will suggest the line of thought and in vestigation for a great many others. Many of the committee will give their entire time to the effort. Those giving a substantial amount of time will constitute an executive com mittee of which Ogden L. Mills, jr., of New York city, will be chair man, and John Cullen O'Laughlin of Washington, D. G, secretary. The organization for the committee activities will be enlarged and ad ditional members designated as the scope of the work broadens." "Party programs," Mr. Hays as- POLICE SEARCH IN TV0 CITIES FOR BOYMNDIT Omaha and Council Bluffs Of ficers Unite in Efforts to Capture Youth Who Robbed ine rruaeniiai UlllCe. '. Police of Omaha and Council feluffs are still searching for the bold boy bandit who walked coolly into the Council Bluffs office of the Pru dential Insurance Co. at 6:15 Tues day evening and daringly htd up nine men at the point of a revolver, obtaining $800 in cash and a $2,500 diamond ring. The youth, who was not more than 20 yesrs old. wore a handker chief over the lower part of his face. His victims were, therefore, unable to give police a good description and detectives have slender clues to fol low in the'r hunt for the young rob ber. Suspects Not Identified. J. H. Kyner and Opal Bronson, two men arrested by Omaha police Tuesday right and taken to Council Bluffs in connection with the holdup, are still being held in the city jail across the river, although N. Bailac, manager ot the insurance company, and others have failed to identify cither of tr-em as the bandit who staged ..the nervy robbery lone handed. The automobile found in a Seventh street garage at 9:15 Tiiesday night has not been identified. Thisnachane was the one which carried the youth- (Continued on Fare Two, Colnmn Three.) President Renews Appeal to Congress . For Aid for Europe Washington, Jan. 28. Through Secretary Glass, President Wilson has renewed the appeal to congress to grant credits of $150,000,000 for Poland, Austria and Armenia to al leviate conditions which threaten "moral and material chaos" in those countries. .Secretary Glass presented the president's letter to the house ways and means committee without com ment and the committee deferred cbnsideration of it until tomorrow, when it will have a further confer ence with treasury officials regard ing the loans and the financial situa tion generally. There was no indi cation when the committee would act finally on the request of Mr. Glass that the credits be authorized. Irish Labor Party Won't Ally With the Nationalists Belfast, Jan. 28. The fficial report of the partliarhentary labor party delegation which has been investi gating conditions in Ireland, declines an alliance with the nationalist party. It declares the fact that the nation alists recently advised Irish support ers in Great Britain to vote for labor candidates means only that the na tionalist party is convinced that the : only party ready to give justice to land is he labor part, ' 1) WILL H. HAYS, Chairman Republican National Com mittee. serted, "must always be subject to amendment and change by the re sponsible living thought expressed within the party by men and wom en alike. The republican party's half century of achievement is the best guarantee to the county of fu ture fulfillment, but it is only on future fulfillment that its useful ness will depend. -The party must continue to be the instrument to BI UJUK1 aiULUN . BY-JUGHJAGKERSjlXfJlUoTi UMAHA Daylight Visit of Bandits to Charles' A. Lewis Home ' ' Nets Two Cases. . Less than a week after several thousand dollars' worth of confis- . - J i: i i i a i . fcharles A. Lewis, former saloon proprietor, 1930 South Thirtieth ave nue, highjackers made a daylight visit toMhe Lewis home and made off with two cases of the stuff. The theft occurred yesterday morning while the family was absent from the house. i About 20 other cases of liquor had been piled in the kitchen by the highjackers preparatory to being re moved from the house. At least foui men comprised the party of high jackers that escaped in an automo bile, Mrs. Lewisdeclared. She said she could identify two of the men. The liquor was confiscated by state agents in a raid on the Lewis resi dence August 13. Mr. Lewis was fined $100 and costs in Central po lice court and the case was appealed to district court. A week ago the stuff "was returned to Mr. Lewis by Sheriff Clark upon order of District Judge Estelle. Street Railway Co. Pays Occupation Tax And Disposes of Suit j, The payment of $115,023.39 Ocdu pation tax for 1919 by the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company yesterday, disposed of liti gation which has been pending be tween the city and the traction corn pany for nearly a year. ' The street railway company re fused a year ago to pay occupation tax on the grounds that its earnings were not adequate on the five-cent fare basis; that the city had stood in the way of the company obtaining more than a five-cent rate from the State Railway commission, and that the occupation taxes under such cir cumstances were unconstitutional and confiscatory. . The street car company was al lowed a seven-cent fare last summer, and it began in August to collect this rate. The revenues of the company since August have permitted it to pay the disputed occupation tax where upon Corporation Counsel Lambert agreed to the dismissal of the suit brought by the city. 25,000 Hear Pershing Urge Universal Army Training for Youths v San Diego, Jan. 28. Gen. John J. Pershing, here on a tour of inspec tion of army posts and camps, ad dressed a crowd estimated at 25,000. He highly praised California sol diers in the American expeditionary force and reiterated his plea for uni versal military training, though em phasizing the assertion that he was opposed to a militaristic policy , of government, apply to new and changing condi tions, the wisdom of experience and the efficacy of honest, zealous, serv ice. , ll is the party of the future or there s no use for the party. "Men and Women Alike. "To men and women alike is of fered the right of poltical self de termination. The dirty of the party membership is to say what the party's purpose shall be, what its policies shall become. The funda mentally essential right within a po litical party is the opportunity of the membership to express itself It is the problem of the party mem bership to determine what the party stands for. Through it all, however, should run a supreme motif, and in the republican party that supreme motif is the honest" and unselfish, patriotic and intelligent effort to pro mote and safeguard the best inter ests of the republic and its citizens." In his statement announcing the committee's appointment, Mr. Hays says further: "The potentiality for usefulness to the country and the party- of such a committee is very great. The prob lems which are ahead of us are im measurable in magnitude and com plexity. The majority of the citizenry of the country believe that the re publican party may best be trusted with the solution. The country wants and' is entitled not only to this faith in the honesty of intention and fun damental ability of the republican party, but to a well defined statement of purpose and party program. It f Continued on Page Two, Column One.) TILDEN MAN HAS PHYSICIANS SAY Charles Young Is First Victim . Of Deadly Malady in Nebraska, According To Authorities. The first case of leprosy believed to be recorded in Nebraska was brought to the attention of Omaha physicians two weeks ago and more recently diagnosed before a clinic of the Douglas County Medical asso ciation. . ' Charles Young, 49 years old, of Tilden, Neb., is the victim 'and until several days ago was being treated at a local hospital. According to Dr. Charles McMartin, whose attention was first attracted to the case, the man is now out of the city in the hands of the state , health depart ment. Treated By New Method. Young is being treated with a pos sibility of ultimate cure ,by a new method that has been found effect ive in similar cases. He came here several weeks ago from Tilden and applied at the Creighton Mediral college for treatment. A specialist in skin diseases then diagnosed the case as leprosy. Young's body bears decided evi dence of the malady, though the disease is not yet in an advanced stage, examining physicians declare. He has been taking treatment for a bloo disease for some time. Spanish War Veteran. Young is a veteran of the Spanish war and believes he contracted the malady while stationed at Key West years ago. Leprosy was a common 'malady in .ancient periods, but gradually subsided toward the latter part, of the middle ages, medical history re lates.. In 'various parts of the world those afflicted are confined in settle ments. Iceland contains a number of lepers, while the Molokai Island in the Hawaiian group is considered the largest haven of the affliction. Edwards Disturbs Harmony Of Democrats, Bryan Says Bristol. Va., Jan. 28. William J. Bryan declared in an address here that although he did not want th liquor question brought into the presidential race, the people should demand that the republican party announce its stand on prohibition. Renewing his attack on Governor Edwards of New Jersey, Mr. Bryan asserted that the governor was sup ported, by the liquor ' interests and, that Governor Edwards was disturb ing the harmony of the party. T have suffered more than any other man from lack 'of harmony in the democratic party," he added, "and I am not disturbing the party's harmony. I want it." No Change in Uniform. 'Washington, Jan. 28. Secretary Baker ruled today that no changes would be made in the present army uniforms, mainly because of the high cost of material. TOPS WORLD II ENTERPRISE Secretary Lansing Tells Sen ate America Is in Position Teutons Coveted and Sought By Aggression and Force. UNITY 0F COMMAND IN FOREIGN TRADE ASKED Recommends That Diplomatic And , Consular Services Be Brought Closer Together and Made Interchangeable. Washington, Jan. 28. The United States, Secretary Lansing declared today in a report to the senate, has come, as a result of the war -and through no' self-effort, "into a po sition of economic preponderance, quite comparablcJo that which was coveted by Germany and which -she sought to attain by means of ag gression and force." The report, which was in -response to a senate resolution -in-auiring of the heads of the several departments the steps taken to pro-, mote'the foreign trade of the United States, expressed the belief of Mr. Lansing that the State department, especially that portion devoted to trade problems, must be completely reorganized. War Came as Surprise. "The European war came upon the United States in 1914," said Mr. Lansing, "as a surprise chiefly be cause' its Department of State, through inadequate equipment, had been unable to gather infor mation and interpret it in a manner which would reveal the hidden pur poses by which hostilities - were precipitated. Possibly no blame can be imputed to this Kovernment lior- this laxity in view of the gn erai commence in the supremacy of international justice; but today after the experiences through which we have passed, no reasonable effort must be spared to make a similar surprise impossible jn the future," Ask Unity of Command. -Asserting that diplomacy and : trade promotion more than ever -will go hand in hand as a result of . the war, the secretary expresses the opinion that the time has now m arrived "to establish a unity of com mand" in the matter of foreign trade. Mr. Lansing adds thaf while . there may be no duplication of work, several governmental agen cies are operating at present in the same domain of foreign affairs.-' . One of the principal recommenda-; tious made to the senate in the report is that the diplomatic and; consular services be -brought clos-' er together and given an inter-' changeable character. Another is' that a means be provided for pro-; motion of consuls general and dip-J lomatitf secretaries to the -grade of ' minister, thereby obtaining the services of trained men. , Exchange Rates Drop. To New Low Records New York, Jan. 28. Rates of ex change on London and all the prin- cipal European centers continued to dwindle to new low records todav through sheerweight of offerings from domestic and foreign sources. Today's declines extended, to the Orient, the rate moving against Japan for the first timein more than, a year. T'lere was little trading ii Chinese bills because of the inability, of dealers to secure definite quota tions., , ' Consternation at London. Advices from London indicated that a feeling akin to consternation " had taken possession of the British capital, which for generations domi nated the world's exchange market. Neither in London. Paris nor here was any solution of the problem of fered, although it was realized that matters now have reached the stage where further delay may cause world-wide chaos. Primarily, the situation as viewed by those most concerned hinges on the fact that nearly all the European countries are heavily in debt to the . United States. Only by the organ ization of an international exchange committee and the willingness of American bankers to extend credits already contracted can existing eon-, ditions be overcome, in the opinion of lcsfding mercantile interests. ; Sterling at New Low. today's 'ov rate of $3.49 on de mand bills of the pound sterling marked a decline of 6 cents from yesterday's record low and implies a discountof slightly more than 28 per cent. French and Belgian francs, also lires, all normally quoted at 5.18'4 to the dollar, fell to levels ranging from 60 to 70 per cent under normal. German marks rose from 1.06 to 1.27 cents, an almost infini tesimal recovery, however, in view of their normal or pre-war value of 23.8 cents. x .i , Rates on the north European centers, which - suffered their first severe reaction yesterday, also reg istered further depreciation today, although' sales of such bills were re ported as. comparatively jjgfcfc " v. IN ECONOMIC It
