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DENVER RENTS MOVE
STEADILY UPWARD.
Denver. Col.. Feh. 0 rnvr
rents, both for residence and busi
ness properties, have joined the up
ward movement, and many tenants
are receiving Valentin frnm tkir
landlords containing the cheerful in-
lormauon tnat tneir rents are to be
increased all the way from 25 to SO
per cent, beginning the middle of the
present month.
One occupant of a downtown of
fice suite has had his rent increased
four times since last May, the last
jump bringing the total increase to
nearly 300 per cent
DESPONDENT MOTHER
SHOOTS DAUGHTER.
New York, Feb. 9. Mrs. Emily
May Favre, a young widow, was
found by police sitting in her apart
ment beside the body of her 12-year-old
daughter Margaret, who
had been killed by a shot from a
revolver.
The police reported that the
mother shot the child Saturday in
a period of despondency, intend
ing to kill herself, but ljst her
courage.
When charged with homicide
Mrs. Favre confessed shooting her
daughter, claiming that financial
worries had temporarily unbalanced
her mind, according to police. She
was held without bail.
POTATO PEELERS
FORM A UNION.
Chicago, Feb. 9. Potato peelers
employed in hotels and restaurants
formed a union with a membership
of 150 and adopted a wage scale of
$6 a day for eight hours' work, with
-,time and a half for overtime, and an
allowance of three meals a day. Wil
liam Robinson, reputed to be the
world's champion potato peeler, was
elected president.
WAR IS DECLARED
AGAINST "GLADNECK."
Dublin, Feb. 9. War has been de
clared on the "gladneck" by Irish
women, and a league of St. Bridgid
has been established, with the warm
approval of the authorities of the
Catholic church, to combat immodest
fashions.
The convents and boarding schools
are to be constituted headquarters
for the new league, and thousands
of young women missionaries are an
nually to carry on the fight in theii
home districts.
All members of the new league
will be required to sign the follow
ing pledge:
"For the glory of God and the
.honor of-Erif, I promise to avoid in
my own person all impropriety in
the manner of dress, and to main
tain and hand down the, traditional
and proverbial purity and modesty
of Irish womanhood."
"OUR OWN BUSINESS IF
WE SMOKE," WOMEN SAY.
New York, Feb. 9. "If women
smoke, it- is nobody's business but
their own," was the defi voiced at the
convention of the Federation of
Women's Clubs at the HoteAstor
by Mrs. John Frances Yawger, for
mer president of the federation, . in
answer to a published appeal by au
thorities of the Methodist church, re
questing women to refrain from
smoking.
"Too many mandatory things i are
being thrust upon this country," de
clared Mrs. Yawger. "I don't be
lieve in laws to control the private
acts of individuals. This Country is
supposed to have free speech, and
freedom of life, liberty-nd the pur
suit of happiness. Why does every
body want to take them away from
us? It is time the men stopped tell
ing women what they ought and
ought not to do and trusted them a
little more."
Mrs. Eugene Grant, another for
mer president of the federation, was
indignant over the appeal. She said:
"After prohibition, what next? It
is not a question of whether we, as
individuals, wish to 'smoke, but
whether we, have a right to smoke."
WOULD EVICT TENANT
WHO HOUSED RELATIVES.
Chicago, Feb. 9? Suit to evict a
tenant because the latter permitted
relatives 'to visit him in his apart
ment was filed here by a landlord.
Robert R. Barnitt is "the tenant The
landlord, Solomon Halperin, chargta
that Barnitt permitted his mother-in-law
and father-in-law to live with
him for four days. -Halperin bases
his suit on an obscure clause in the
lease which reads, "the tenant shall'
not permit the premises to be occu
. pied by another person, nor sublet
) the same without consent ' of the
landlord."
As this clause is in most leases is
sued here flat tenants generally are
taking much interest in the case.
The judge has postponed his de
cision. (
MINISTER ON SNOWSHOES
FILLS THREE PULPITS.
Winsted, Conn.. Feb. 9. The Rev.
Harry Dodd, of West Hartland,
(who, as a rule, preaches in three
' churches every Sunday, the Congre
gational and Methodist in Hartland
and the Methodist in Colebrook
River, is traveling cross country on
snowshoes to keep his appointments.
The roads are blocked with drifts.
On Sunday afternoon, the minister
snow-shoed eight miles to preach to
his congregation in Colebrook River,
but no service was held because he
found the church empty.
FAILS IN TWELFTH
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 9. C. E.
Sparks of Roseburg, Ore., failed in
the twelfth effort to commit suicide.
The last time he was discovered ly
ing oft a bed with his throat cut and
with a razor in his hand. He was
removed to the Central Emergency
hospital and his life saved.
He told the officials he was de
spondent because of ill health and
domestic troubles.
CANADIAN SNOW GEESE
CAUGHT IN OKLAHOMA.
McAlester, Okl., Feb.. 9. Two
Canadian snow geese, measuring
seven feet in length, were brought
" down a few days ago by County
Commissioner Charles Hess and Jo
seph Burba a few miles northwest
of here. .
Canadian" geese are rarely seen this
far south, but several flocks have
been seem in this vicinity recently
and their (visit is regarded by many
as a sues of an unusually cold spell
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VOL. 49 NO. 203.
TROOPS FIRE
ON MOB AND
5 ARE KILLED
14 Others Wounded in Hot
Fight Between Soldiers and
Men Bent on Lynching Negro
In Lexington, Ky.
CITY AND COUNTY PUT
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Rioting Starts in Morning
Just After Colored Murderer
Of 10-Year-0ld White Girl
Admits His Crime.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 9. J. M.
Rogers, 61, a farmer of near Ver
sailes, Woodford county, shot by
the guardsmen during the fighting
this morning, died tonight from
his injuries, bringing the death list
to five.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 9. Martial
law prevails tonight. Six hundred
federal and state troops ar patrol-
ing the streets to prevent further
rioting, which during the day exact
ed a toll of five dead and 14 wounded.
Lexington and all of Fayette
county was placed under martial
law by Brig. Gen. F. C. Marshall
upon his arrival from Camp Taylor
with 300 troops of the First divi
sion. Rioting began this morning when
a mcb bent on lynching William
Lockett, a negro, who confessed to
the murder, last week, of a 10-year-old
girl, Geneva Hardman, was fired
upon with rifles and machine guns
by state militiamen as the mob was
storming the Fayette counjy court
house to get the negro during his
trial. 1
The attempt to lynch Lockett was
made just after he had confessed to
the murder and as the jury found
him guilty of murder in the first de
gree. He was .sentenced to die in
the electric chair March 11.
Shooting Disperses Mob.
The shooting temporarily dis
persed the mob and gave the au
thorities time in which to rush
Lockett to a secret place of safety.
Fearing an attack upon the hand
ful of national guardsmen on duty,
the authorities appealed to Gover
nor Morrow for assistance. As a
result, 300 troops, members of the
26th and 28th infantry, arrived at 3
o'clock on a special train from
Camp Taylor.
The federal troops immediately
began the work of patrolling the
streets to keep crowds from congre
gating. Lockett, arrested last Tuesday
night and hela in the state peniten
tiary at Frankfort for safe-keeping,
was indicted: late last week and was
brought here on a special train this
morning for trial. He was heavily
guarded. ,
Court Soon Is Crowded.
Hundreds of farmers' from the
surrounding country arrived to at
tend the trial and sullenly watched
the prisoner as he was marched from
the train to the court house be
tween lines of state troopers. When
the trial opened, the court room
was crowded to capacity. Everyone
was searched for fire arms before
being admitted to the court house.
Hundreds gathered in the street in
front of the court house.
The cry "lets get him" from a
brawny farmer on the outskirts of
the crowd turned the crowd into
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Clash Between Mexicans
And Americans Averted
By Narrowest Margin
Nogales, Ariz., Feb. 9. A clash
between Mexican customs guards
and Americans was narrowly avert
ed when a Mexican bystander was
shot and seriously wounded by a
member of the United States mili
tary police firing at an escaping
prisoner.
J. Lopez, charged with theft and
smuggling, detained by United
States customs officers ;while a car
was being sought to convey him
to jail,. made a break for liberty. A
military policeman on-duty at the
custom house, fired on the fugitive.
The bullet sttuck another Mexi
can standing some distance away.
Instantly there was the wildest
excitement and business men across
the line commenced closing their
stores in expectation of serious
trouble. Civil and military author
ities, both American and Mexican
at once co-operated in bringing
about an understanding. The
wounded man who was unable to
give his name, was rushed to a hos
pital and the soldier who did the
shooting detained. Lopez, the fugi
tive was recaptured.
Germano-Belgian Financial
Agreement to Be Annulled
Berlin, Feb.- 9 The German gov
ernment, according to the Zeitung
Am Mittag, has notified Belgium
that the Germano-Belgian financial
agreement must be annulled, be
cause of Belgium's participation in
the extraditions demand. The Tage
blatt points out that the national as
sembly has not yet ratified the
agreement-
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PEACE TREATY
v FIGHT TAKEN TO
. FL00R0F SENATE
Rules Suspended by 7 to 1 Ma
jority After Norris Refuses
Unanimous Consent.
Washington, Feb. 9. The peace
treaty was formally brought back
into the open senate today, but as
soon as parliamentary barriers to its
consideration had been removed it
was put aside again for a period of
waiting which the leaders said
would last 'at least a week.
Suspending its rules by a bi
partisan majority of seven to one,
and virtually without debate, the
senate reconsidered in short order
the action by which ratification
failed on November 19, and then,
as a matter of formality, sent the
treaty to the foreign relations com
mittee with instructions to report
it back at once with the reserva
tions framed by the republicans at
the last session of congress.
The commitee expects to act to
morrow, but it was announced to
night that Senator Lodge would
ask that its report be not taken
up for consideration until next week.
Urgent legislative matters, includ
ing appropriations and tariff legis
lation, it was said, were expected
to occupy the senate's time in the
interval.
Debate of Short Duration.
The complicated technical oper
ation of taking the treaty from its
pigeonhole was accomplished in ac
cordance with a program previous
ly agreed on by republican and
democratic leaders and with no one
but the irreconcilable foes of ratifi
cation raising a voic in opposition.
Ihe debate was kept strictly to
parliamentary questions and was of
short duration, disappointing the
largest crowd which has gathered
m the senate galleries since the
treaty was laid aside in November,
Ihirty-four democrats and 2y re
publicans voted to suspend senate
rules so that the treaty again could
be considered, while nine republi
cans, all of them of the irreconcil
able group, .voted against. The ac
tion was taken on motion of Sen
ator Lodge after one of the irrecon-
cilables. Senator Norris. republi
can, Nebraska, had blocked suspen
sion of the rules by unanimous con
sent. Reconsideration Ordered.
By acclamation, and again on the
motion of the republican leader, the
senate then ordered reconsideration
of its previous roll call on ratifica
tion and sent the treaty to a com
mittee. The latter step, it was ex
plained, was taken to abrogate the
cloture which was imposed last ses
sion and which Vice President Mar
shall held must come back into the
senate with the treatv.
Only two roll calls were taken,
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Ex-Army Chauffeur
Tells How Pershing
Slept Inside Dugout
Chicasi, Feb. 9. "Fershinsr was
there, and he was there often." This
was the answer ot Laesar bantun,
Pershing's head chauffeur in France,
to a question put to him by an ex
soldier at the Chicago auto show,
where Santini was demonstratine for
a Chicago automobile agency.
The ex-soldier, with several com
panions, approached Santini, on
learning that he had been Pershing's
head chauffeur in France, and asked,
"Was General Pershing actually at
the front?"
"General Pershing was frequently
at the front," answered Santini. "Al
though his whereabouts were never
disclosed, he often went up the line
to keep in touch with the army's
operations.
"I recall that on one occasion he
slept in a dugout in an active sector,
and a shell bursting nearby blew off
a chimney, hurling a brick on the
automobile in which I was sleeping."
Santini is now an automobile
salesman in Chicago.
I. W. W. Copper Miners in
v Utah Go Out on Strike
Salt Lake City," Feb. 9. Reports
reaching here from Bingham, Utah,
say that about 25 copper miners
affiliated' with Metal Mine Workers
union No. 800, industrial Workers
of the World, struck Monday de
manding a flat wage increase of $1
daily and betterment of working
conditions. About 2,000 of the 5,000
men employed at the Bingham
mines are said to be affiliated with
the I. W. W. union arid many more
are expected to strike when the
time limit set for fulfillment of
their demands will be up.
A conference of mine owners was
held here to discuss the situation,
bv.t they refused to divulge what
action was taken.
Arrest Labor Leader in
Connection With Murder
Chicago, Feb." 9. Disclosures
made by Ralph Buglio, owner of the
automobile identified as the machine
from which Maurice "Moss" En
right, labor feudist and gunman, was
shot to death, led to the arrest of
"Dago Mike" Carrozo, president of
the Street Sweepers' union. Carrozo
was released last Saturday in $10,
000 bond after he had been held five
days iu connection with the shoot
ing. Carrozo's apartment was
searched by detectives who found
the gun which may have been the
gun used in killing Enright
OMAHA, TUESDAY,
CALLS STRIKE
OF 300.000
President of United Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way
Employes and Railway Shop
men Orders Walkout.
STEP TAKEN TO FORCE
INCREASE IN WAGES
Request Dates Back Six
Months When Strike Call
Was Held on Wilson's Prom
ise to Reduce Living Cost.
Detroit, Feb. 9. Orders directing
300,000 members of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes and Railway Shop
Laborers to suspend work at 7 a.
m. Tuesday, February 17, were go
ing out tonight to the various locals
of the organization.
Decision to order the men out was
announced by Allen E. Barker,
grand president of the organization,
following a meeting 'today of the
general chairmen of the brother
hood. The strike can be averted
only if the Railroad administration
before Saturday, grants wage in
creases demanded last summer, Mr.
Barker said tonight.
"The orders have gone out," he
declared, "and we would require two
or three days to cancel them."
Want Uniform Rate.
The strike, in "addition to wage
increases, requested last sumuuf, is
to secure a uniform rate from coast
to coast. It would affect store
house employes, stationary firemen,
stationary engineers, steel bridge
workers, cinder pit men and oilers
as well as other members of the
brotherhood.
A committee of 10 left tonight
for Washington. The committee
will remain in Washington up until
the time set for the strike to take
effect. It has full authority to enter
into negotiations with the director
general, Mr. Barker said. With the
departure of the committee the con
ference here came to an end.
Barker Explains Decision.
In explaining the decision to call
a strike Mr. Barker saio tonight:
"The railroads are soon to be re
turned to private ownership, and we
feel that this wage controversy,
which is, with the federal railroad
administration, should be adjusted
before they are released. Our pres
ent representatives have been in
conference with the director general
for 10 days. He has not promised
anything, and we do not believe he
is going to do so. We decided to
issue the strike call before the rail
road administration should have op
portunity to pass the burden to the
private owners of the lines."
Not Decided On at Once.
"The public should know," Mr.
Barker continued, "that this strike
call is not something that has been
decided upon precipitately, but dates
back to last July. Wage demands
were presented to the railroad ad
ministration at that time and broth-
(Contlnurd on Pnge Tito, Column One.)
Bolsheviki Fostering
Rebellion in Korea
Against Japanese
Washington, Feb. 9. An active re
bellion in Korea against Japanese
rule, fostered by the Russian bol
sheviki, and characterized as "the be
ginning of a tremendous affair," is in
progress, according to -official dis
patches received in Washington. A
recent clash between 2,000 Koreans,
armed mainly by the bolsheviki, and
a Japanese army post in' northern
Korea, the message said, had re
sulted in the defeat of the Japanese,
300 of whom we're killed and the re
mainder .routed.
The Koreans moved into the terri
tory from Kirin. Manchuria. Other
clashes with the small Japanese
garrisons have occurred, the Japa
nese having been outnumbered and
overwhelmed in nearly every case.
There are in addition many Chi
nese brigands in the Manchurian
and Siberiar? border regions with
whom the bolshevik organizations in
Siberia have shown signs of combin
ing for the'invasion of Korea.
Boat's Crew Perishes
In Life Saving Attempt
Halifax, N. S., Feb. 9. The sec
ond officer and five men of the crew
of the British steamship Oxonian
perished while attempting to save
the crew of the British steamer
Bradboyne when it was abandoned
off the coast of Newfoundland, ac
cording to radio messages received
here today.
Senator Hiram Johnson
Recovering From Influenza
Washington, Feb. 9. Continued
improvement in the, condition of
Senator Johnson, republican, Cali
fornia, who is confined to his home
here with an attack of influenza,
was reported today, but he is not
expected to return to work for sev
eral days.
RAILWAY MEN
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.FEBRUARY 10, 1920.
SUDDEN DROP IN
CORN DUE TO U. S,
LOADING ORDER
Terminal Elevators Must Not
Reload Cars They Empty
Effort to Rescind
Restriction.
A recent grain order of the United
States railroad administration is giv
en by Otis M. Smith, president of
the Omaha Grain exchange, as the
cause for a sudden drop of 12 cents
in the corn market.
"The order forbids terminal ele
vators from reloading cars thoy uti-
oad," declared Mr. Smith. "Conse
quently, the grain man is slow to
buy grain coming in, because he can
not ship any out.
(July, SO cars out ot 2M) were
sold on Monday's market, 200 being
left on the track. This com is lia
ble to become hot. and will cause a
large loss to country . shippers, as
well as having to be sold eventually
at low prices."
Omaha grain men are confident
that prices on the market will go
still lower unless the order is re
scinded, according to Mr. Smith.
"The Omaha exchange is doing all
it can to have this order, rescinded
before any more damage is done,"
Mr. Smith said yesterday. "Unless
some assurance can be given the lo
cal trade they dan ship tis . corn
out right away, no elevator can af
ford to buy it, and a demoralization
of the market naturally will result.
"This' is 'one of the most serious
situations for the grain grower that
(Continued on Pago Two, Column Two.)
r l n nit
umana uram men ,
Protest Withdrawal
Of Price Guarantee
Washington. Feb. 9. (Special
Telegram.) The Omaha Grain ex
change, through its president", O. M.
Smith, in a telegram to Congress
man Jefferis, protests against the
passage of the Gronna bill, with
drawing the price guaranteed for
wheat ,
"Such a move," the telegram
states, "would be disastrous to the
western country on account of the
inability of the railroads to move the
crop, theri still being large quanti
ties of wheat in farmers' and deal
ers' hands, as well as large quanti
ties of flour in the mills, jobbers'
and retailers' hands. On account ol
the present unsettled market condi
tion and the world's financial un
rest, withdrawal at this time might
mean disastrous losses to all inter
ests. The passage of this act would
be a repudiation of the government
guarantee to grain growers, and
would likewise be a breach of con
tract 'whifh the grain dealers and
millers tfow have with the United
States grain corporation.
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SENTIMENT FOR
PERSHING GRIPS
THE ENTIRE WEST
f ! A I . I y-v
ivil administration or Uccu-
pied Germany Draws Uni
versal Praise.
Whitehall, Mont., Feb. 9. "Per
iling sentiment is gripping the en
tire west," said J. G. Aldrich of Lin
coln, Neb., who has left for home
after helping with the organization
of a Pcrshing-for-President club
here.
"Clubs will soon be organized in
cverv part of Montana," Mr. Aldrich
continued. "Likewise in adjoining
states his popularity has sprung up
as if,, over night. Pershing evidently
made a wonderful impression on the
people of the states through which
he passed on his western trip, if one
May judge from the enthusiasm for
him which is apparent everywhere
one travels "
From information which he gained
while in that state Mr. Aldrich said
that he was confident that Colorado
would .support Pershing.
"Pershing seems to appeal to the
western type of man." he said. "The
people feel that his civil administra
tion of the occupied German terri
tory was ar immense thing. No other
American has.ever had such training
for executive, work before he held
a high elective administrative office.
When one considers the size of the
territory he controlled, and moce
particularly the number of people in
it, the excellence of his administra
tion appears remarkable,
"The btople have abundant faith
in his ability , and integrity, and as
soon as an organized campaign is
instituted . the Pershing boom will
sweep the country like a prairie
lire." - y
Omaha Men Arrested
On Charge of Looting
Council Bluffs Home
. Tom Kelly, Wiley Compton and
Frank Caine of Omaha were arrest
ed and are being held for Council
Bluffs officers on a warrant sworn
out by Norton C. Arbuckle, traveling
salesman, living at 3112 Avenue H,
Council Bluffs, who alleges that they
were members of a quartet of ban
dits that entered iiis home on the
night of January 24 and stole Cloth
ing and jewelry valued at $500 and
$500 in cash. None ofi the loot has
been recovered. .
Mr. Arbuckle .made no report of
the robbery to the Council Bluffs
police, but notified the county attor
ney and sheriff and gave a descrip
tion of the men, who were unmasked.
He said that the four men appeared,
at his door and when he answered
their knock they forced an entrancs
by keeping him "covered" with their
revolvers. He said two of the men
guarded himself and wife while their
comrades rifled the house. He
thought the men were, looking for
liquor, but were disappointed and
took other valuables. 1
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TWO CENTS.
Htia in Tb Niaonti pwiMiw
LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR $60,000 TO
AID ARMENIANS
!
Starving Children and Women
Rescued From Harems
Will Get Relief
Through Campaign.
Organization of the forces for
launching the Omaha drive in the
campaign to raise a $60,000 fund for
the Near East relief was completed
at a meeting at the Hotel Fonten
clle Monday afternoon. ,
Nebraska's quota of the $30,000,
(100 national fund is $320,000. The
Near East relief committee is incor
porated and its accounts are audited
by the War department of the gov
ernment. Thousands of children are starv
ing to death in Armenia speakers
toW the meeting, and in. addition
the relief workers are attempting to
care for 200.000 young women res
cued from the harems of the Turk.
Armenia has been recognized by
the allies as a republic and it is ex
pected the boundaries of the coun
try will be defined and the people
will be self-supporting if they suc
ceed in surviving this winter. The
Red Cross is doing no relief work
n that country now and unless the
Near East relief committee is pro
vided with funds to carry on its
work the Armenian nation may be
practically exterminated.
Charles T. Neal, chairman of the
Douglas county committee, presid
ed at the ineeting. Howard Bald
rige, Mayor Smith, Dr. Frank G.
bmith' and other prominent, men
pledged their support. .
"Chairman Neal 'reported the sub
scription of several $1,000 donations
and a larger number of 500 gifts
to Jlie fund. , y
Suffragists Arriving in
Chicago for Convention
' Chicago, Feb. 9. Suffragists from
all parts of the country began arriv
ing in Chicago Monday for the na
tional convention, which opens a
week's session Thursday.
Mrs." Carrie Chapman Catt. presi
dent of the American National Suf
frage association, was one of the
early arrivals. , .
I het2,00(l delegates to the conven
tion are expected to reorganize un
der the name of "The "League of
Womeii Voters." '
France to Bar Foreigners
From Restaurant Business
' Paris. Feb. 9, Foreigners are
barred from the hotel and restaurant
business by a bijl introduced in Par
liament by the government. The war.
revealed' that many' foreign hotel
and restaurant owners were enemy
agents. - The bill forbids participa
tion by aliens in the customs transit
or commission agency trade, infor
mation bureaus, employment agen
cies, munition factories, chemical
works affecting national defense and
the quarrying industry
noon ,
REFUSES HIS
REQUEST ON
ARMY BILL
I House Democrats, in Caucus,
Go on Record as Unfavorable
To Universal Military Train
ing in the United States.
WILSON LETTER URGED
AGAINST SUCH ACTION
i Chief Executive's Idea Was
That Nothing Be, Done So
Party's Stand Might Be Left
To Its National Convention.
Washington. Feb. 9. Rejecting
President Wilson's advice, house
democrats in caucus tonight went on
record as unfavorable to universal
military training by a vote of 106 to ;
17. The president, in letters todem- j
ocratic leaders .earlier" in the day; J
asked that action be withheld so the
party's stand might be left to its na- !
tiona! convention. '
The rejection or the president's . i
appeal was double in its scope, for . I
before declaring against military j
training the caucus rejected, 88 to 37, ' !
a proposal that all action on the ,
question be deferred "at this time." j
This vote, cast on the motion of '
Representative Doremus, Michigan,
came after -a three-hour discussion
behind closed doors, and immediate
ly .afterward on the straightoul
(mention universal training advocated
dwindled to 17.
Resolution Adopted. '
"It is the sense of this caucus," ae- "
dared the resolution adopted by the i
democrats, "that no. measure should
be passed by this congress providing
for universal compulsory military
service or training." ,
. Though not binding. on. the demo-
cratic membership" of the" house, T
caucus decision was interrupted by
Representative Caldwell of- New
York, wlio led the fight against th(
caucus' action as precluding the pos
sibility; of universal training being
incorporated in the army reorganiza
tion bill that will soon be brought
before congress. In a formal state-'
ment after the conference, he said:
"Unless thee is considerable
change in sentiment .on the demo
cratic side of the house, it is quite
apparent there - arc not enough-republicans
who favor universal train-
ing to include it ih the reorganization
bill."
Will Vote on Question.
Nevertheless it is anticipated thai
both house and senate will have to
vote on the universal training pror
posal, for it is included in the senate
bill, and Representative Kahn, re-
publican, California, chairman of the
house military committee which is
framing the house bill, reiterated to
night his intention of pressing adop
tion of the plan.
President Wilson, in his letter
which was presented at the caucus
after being made public during the .
day, declared any action that would
make the proposal a party issut. v
would be "unfortunate." Urging that
action be foregone until the party's'
convention in June, the president
wrote: .
President's Letter.
"I am told that a caucus of the
democratic members of the house of.
representatives has been called to
consider pending military legislation,
and the suggestion has been made
that a resolution be adopted com
mitting the democratic membership
of the house against the policy of
general military training. In the
present circumstances it would seem
to me unfortunate to make a party
issue upon this subject, 'particularly
since within a few months the party
will assemble in convention and de
clare the principles upon which it
(Contlnnrd on Tare Two, Column FlTe.)
Boy Scouts Assist in
Cleaning Snow From
Streets of New York '
New York, Feb. 9. All, trucking
except that characterized at "abso
lutely necessary" was ruled off the ,x'
thoroughfares Monday while an
army of paid and vriunteer wQrkers
tried to roll up the now sadly soiled
blanket of snow and ice which has
covered the streets for nearly a
week. , .
Continuous lines of vehicles of all.
kinds worked in the 25, zones into
whith'the city has been-divided by ,
the street cleaning department. Boy ,
Scdtits were set to work in various
sections with quick, results. In
Brooklyn alone .lOO of them were
ordered out. Trolley cars have re
sumed service generally, but the sys-
tern with a third rafl in a slot still is '
paralyzed.
A deUciiment of army flame
throwers began snow melting operations.
12 Radicals Arrested.
Chicago, Feb. 9. Twelve men
were . arrested when the police al
Harvey, III., broke up an alleged
radical meeting today. Stereopticar.
slides shown at the meeting depicted
murders, riots and other .scenes of
violence of various ages, the oolice
said.
Lit
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