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OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920.
TWO CENTS.
"HONEST JOHN" REFUSED
RAISE FOR EXECUTIONS.
Ossinging, N. Y Feb. 12. John
Hulbert, Sing Sing's executioner,
who recently asked an increase of 66
pep cent in his per capita tee for
electrocuting murderers, must worry
along at "the old price. The state
prison department rejected a bill
boosting the pi-ice from $150 to $250.
VOL. 49 NO. 206.
EnttrU u mcoh4-cIim mtt.r May 21, 1906. tl
Oaiha P. 0. umlr act at March 3. ''
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"INFERNAL MACHINE" i
PROVES. QUITE INNOCUOUS.
Reno, Nev.,' Feb. 12. The "in-j
fernal machine" which was found
in the mails here causing consterna- i
tion among postal employes, who
opened it prior to consigning it to
the dead letter office, proved by
chemical analysis to be a hoax. The
' sinister looking containers within
were filled with common black dirt
and a soldering compound used by
plumbers.
, ITALIAN-AMERICAN
GIRL TO WED PRINCE.
Palermo, Italy, Feb. 12. The en
gagement is officially announced of i
Anna' Di Camporcale Beccadelli, !
whose mother was Florence 'Ethel '
Binney, of Boston, to Prince Latour
of Castcl Cicada. The ceremony will
be performed by. Cardinal l.ualdi, i
Archbishop of Palermo. The bride-to-be
is a niece of Prince Von Hue
low, former German ambassador to
luiy.
CALLS WILSON'S WORDS
"VACUOUS LYRICISMS."
Panama, Feb. 12. Deputies Pa
tino and Venero engaged in a list j
tight in the assembly last night over ;
the latter's resolution demanding
the withdrawal of American troops
from Chiriqui. Venero cited excerpts I
from President Wilson's addresses '
on the rights of small nations, which
Patino termed "vacuous lyricisms."
21 AND 18 TERMED
BEST AGES TO WED.
Chicago, Feb. 12. Young men of
America should marry at the age of
21 and the girls they marry should
jbt 18, Mrs. F. Josephine Stevenson,
of California, told the Woman's Na
tional Bar association, in convention
here. She read a paper on "Mar
riage and Divorce."
"If the girls are engaged in busi
ness at the time of marriage, they
should continue their work, Mrs.
Stevenson said.
"Young; people are capable of
making up their minds at these
ages," said Airs. Stevenson, ."and
frota a hygienic standpoint, and
from the viewpoint of developing
better progeny, these are the best
ages. Happier homes result from
early marriages and there are fewer
divorces."
EDISON THINKS MEDIUM
TOO UNCERTAIN."
Orange, N. J., Feb. 12. "From
what I have heard," says Thomas
Edison, "Sir Oliver Lodge bases his
contentions regarding psychic com
- munication on what he has been
j,tol4iy A medium. A human being
t.used in,' this respect is too
Uncertain."
As to communication with Mars,
Mr. Edison said:
"Existing machinery is sufficient
ly strong to send a signal to Mars.
The question is, have the beings
there receiving apparatus delicate
enough to get our signals?"
When the inventor was asked if
any of the inventions he was work
ing on at present was of a charac
ter likely to cause a scientific sen
sation, he said:
"Yes, I think I've got one of that
kind. It's a big thing." He re
fused, however, to discuss its na
ture. He also declined to discuss
any of his war inventions.
20 ARMED IRISHMEN
RESCUE A PRISONER.
Dublin. Feb. 12. A military mo
tor car was held up in Berkely
street by 20 armed men and the driv
er and tour armed soldiers ordered
out of the car.
It is said that a prisouervneiug
convoyed to Mountjoy prison was
carried off by the raiders.
WILL BOOSTCHICAGO
THROUGHOUT WORLD.
Chicago, Feb. 12. Mayor William
Hale Thompson and Chicago cap
tains of industry have joined hands
in support of a plan to boost Chi
cago to the world at an expense of
4,000.000. A million dollars will be
spent yearly for the iif xt four years
with newspapers, magazines, moving
pictures, billboards and other means
of advertising.
ARREST WOMAN
AS COUNTERFEITER.
Chicago, Feb. 12. Department of
justice agents arrested Esther Field
of Los Angeles, as she stepped from
a train in connection with alleged
counterfeiting of railroad passes.
She was taken to the federal build
ing where she refused to answer
questions. She was held ponding in
structions from California.
HEROIC GIRL GIVES
LIFE FOR HER COUNTRY.
Xcw York. Feb. 12. The story of
the bravery and sacrifice during the
war of 16-year-old F.caterina Tro
doroiu the Rumanian Jeanne De
Arc a girl 'scout who was killed in
action, was told here today by Ma
jor Livius D. Tciusamau, military
"attache of tbe Rumanian legation at
Washington, in an address before
the Manhattan council of Boy
Scouts. The major, who is head of
the Boy Scouts of Rumania, said
that at the beginning of the war his
country had .50,000 Boy and Girl
Scouts.
When the Rumanian army was
mobilized. Ecaterina donned boy's
clothes and enlisted in the Eighth
company of the Eighth regiment.
After going through innumerable
engagements, both her legs were
shattered by shell fragments and
her sex was discovered.
The' king heard of her heroism
and commissioned her an honorary
lieutenant in the Fifty-third regi
ment. She pleaded to be allowed to
return to the front, and her request
was granted. . She was killed in ac
tion 4 few days latoi
HAYS ASKS
ERASURE OF
RADICALISM
Chairman of. Republican Na
tional Committee Makes Plea
For "Patriotism in Peace"
In Lincoln Day Speech.
DECLARES FOR DRASTIC
INDUSTRIAL REGULATION
Urges Women to Align Them
selves With One of the Domi
nant Political, Parties and
Not Be Separate Body.
St. Louis, Feb. 12. W ill II. Hays,
chairman of the republican nation
al committee, in an address tonight
eulogized Abraham Lincoln and
made a plea for the eradification of
radical doctrines.
Mr. Hays" reiterated his plea for
"patrotism in peace." and urged
every one to take an active part
in politics. Anarchy flees before
patriotism, lie asserted, and declared
if the people would continue to
work for the country in peacetime
as they did in wartime, the govern
ment would not have to concern
itself with radicalism.
"Lincoln's true greatness," con
tinued the speaker, "has grown
steadily since he died a martyr' to
the great cause.
" 'There goes the spirit of Lincoln
at the head' ejaculated the premier
of England when he saw the advance
guard of American soldiers sweep
ing forward over Flanders' fields.
And when the awful carnage ceased
the foremost of living philosophers,
gazing into the troubled future,
murmured despairingly, 'what Eu
rope needs is a Lincoln.' "
Against Government Ownership.
Chairman Hays declared for dras
tic regulation of industries, but not
for government ownership. He em
phasized the republican party must
work for an efficient business ad
ministration of the country's af
fairs, a reduction in taxes, a better
relation between capital and labor,
extension of the war debt over a
greater number of years and for
law and order in all instances.
In an address before the repub- j
lican women's city committee to
day Mr. Hays exhorted the, women!
to align themselves with one of
the dominant political parties and
expressed his opposition to the 1
league of women voters, which he
asserted, harbored an ambition to
create a separate women's organ
ization. Perfection f the league's
organization is under way at
the convention itu Chicago of the
National American vVoman Suffrage
association.
Against League of Women.
"I am against the league of women
voters." declared Mr. Hays. "The
plan of citizenship school is spendid
and its purpose in that direction is
fine. So far as the league of women
voters keep women out of political
parties, that function in the govern
ment of the country, they are a
menace.
"I hope the league of women vot
ers is not allowed to keep the wom
en from taking a definite stand in pol
itics, first, because it is a self-imposed
limitation. You made this
fight for suffrage for the purpose of
gett'ng sex out of politics, but if you
insist 011 this self-imposed limita
tion, you , fail to accomplish your
purpose."
General Wood Speaks.
Cleveland, Feb. 12. Observance
of ' the 111th birthday of Abraham
Lincoln today by the conference
of the Lincoln American Alliance,
ended tonight with a banquet at
which Major General Leonard Wood
was the principal speaker. Various
labor, business and university lead
ers discussed reconstruction prob
lems at today's sessions.
McKelvie at Seattle.
Seattle, ' Feb. 12. Restoration of
.onfidence, between capital and la
bor -and safeguarding the interests
of the public when dispute's arise be
tween these t. were describe! as
the. parts the government might safe
ly play vi industry by Gov. ..!mnel
McKelvie of Nebraska, speaking
here tonight at a republican Lincoln
cay banqtitt.
"There never should be a rec
currence of the demoralizing effcit
of labor troubles !ike thos- t'.Kt have
marked tnc aemoivatic adiViinis'rt
Hon," he continued. "These dif
ferences should be adjudicated '.n un
prejudiced courts of arbitration a. id
thus avoid the baneful existcn ,e of
s'rikes and lockouts."
Speaking on the cost of living
question. Governor McKelvie de
clared that instead of doing things
to contribute to lowering the cost,
the democratic party has done thing?
bound to increase it. "Inflation of
the currency, lessened production,
governmental waste and staying of
the operation of the laws of supply
and demand," he charged to the
party in power.
Five Women Break Jail.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 12. Five
ivomen prisoners in the county jail
today pried off a bar from a second
.-tory" and slid to safety by way of
topes made from blankets.
HOUSTON CERTAIN
EUROPE'S MONEY
.PROBLEMS SAFE
Also Paints Iosy Picture of
Financial Status of U. S.
Now and for Future.
Washington, Feb. 12. Confidence
that Europe's monetary problems
will be settled satisfactorily was
expressed by Secretary Houston in
a review of the international finan
cial situation.
This country is constantly furnish
ing Eurone capital with which to
reconstruct the economic life of na
tions there, said Mr. Houston, ex
plaining .that advances are being
made in the same way that Europe
aided this country in time of de
pression in the past, not by govern
ment loans so much as by indirect
methods, such as private loans, sale
of surplus army equipment and the
absorption of lii'h grade investment
securities offered in markets here by
Ettropean holders. The secretary es
timated that Europe had received
approximately $4,000,000,000 from
this country since the armistice was
signed.
The position of the United States
treasury was said by the secretary to
be very strong ami on Monday the
last issue of "loan" certificates of in
debtedness, about $00,000,000 will be
redeemed, leaving no outstanding
floating loan in the sense of short
term certificates requiring to be re
funded at maturity. Tax certificates
outstanding amount to $2,935,945,500,
all of which will be paid by forth
coming income and profit taxes.
Altogether Secretary Houston de
clined to agree with the pessimistic
view of some public men. who fore
cast a financial crash, and asserted
that while there are many difficulties
still to be overcome, there was noth
ing in the situation to lie regarded as
extremely grave.
MACHINISTS TO
STRIKE FOR RAISE
TO 85 CENTS HOUR
Union Orders Walkout Next
Monday Unless Employes
Grant Demands.
Union machinists of the city last
night voted to strike for an increase
in wages to 85 cents an hour, ac
cording to their business secretary,
George Lamb. The strike order
will take effect next Monday unless
the increased wage demands are
granted by employers, Mr. Lamb
said.
There are about 200 members m
Machinists Union, Local 'o. 31.
and eight large machine shops of the
city would be seriously affected by
a strike, according to Mr. Lamb.
The Paxton-Mitchell company and
the Baker Ice Machine company,
two of the larger shops, employ
union labor entirely.
Demands 'for an increase from o
to 85 cents an hour were made by
union machinists several days ago.
Employers offered to compromise
with a raise to 80 cents, but mem
bers of the union declared that 80
cents an hour would mt meet the
increased cost of living.
Commenting on the decision of the
union to strike, Mr. Lamb declared
that machinists' wages in many other
cifies were even higher than 85
cents.
James Ricketts, Jr., Named
To Enter Naval Acodemy
Washington. Feb. 12. (Special
Telegram.) Congress Jefferis nom
inated James Ricketts, Jr., son of
J. B. Ricketts, of Omaha, repre
sentative of a Detroit stove com
pany, as principal to the naval acad
emy. The nominee is 17 years old
and is now in the army transport
service, with headquarters in New
York city.
o-Operative Banking
. For . Farmer Labor
Element Is Urged
. Chicago, Feb. 13. Co-operative
banking to keep the money
of the farmers and working men
within their own ranks was one
of the wants which most of the
speakers voiced before the
American Farmer-Labor con
gress. Chains of co-operative stores
with a highly systematized meth
od of operation were advocated
by Duncan McDonald, president
of the Illinois Federation of La
bor. These stores, he argued, could
have the benefit of central buy
ing and general supervision.
The whole fabric of business
should be made proof against
dishonesty by the bonding of
the store managers, he said.
O. C. Trask said the mainte
nance of way employes and rail
road shop workers have five fac
tories turning' out products for
them v at less than wholesale
price's. Co-operative buying, he
said, gave members of this union
a 30 to 40 per cent reduction .on
their products.
"We turn out good sox for 25
cents a pair in our hosiery fac
tory," he said. "Gloves undcr
.wear and clothes 'are among the
products."
FAIR AWARD
WILL AVERT
RAIL STRIKE
Shop Laborers Will Be Satis
fied With Any "Fair Propo
sition" PuUForward by Wil
son, Barker Asserts.
MEN WANT, HOWEVER,
DEFINITE ASSURANCES
I Either President Must Reduce
High Cost of Living Immedi
ately or Increased Pay Must!
: Be Granted, Their Viewpoint.
Detroit, Feb. 12. Any "fair pfop-o.-ition"
put forward by President
Wilson in the railway wage contro
1 versy will receive the serious con
I side-ration of officers of the Broth
I erhood of Maintenance of Way and
! Railwav Shop Laborers, it was an
nounced at headquarters here to
night. The statement was also at
tributed to President Allen E. Bar
ker that a more conciliatory atti
tude would he adopted with Presi
dent Wilson, if the 'president re
opened negotiations vviU the main-
1 tcnance of way men, who have been
I ordered 011 strike next Tuesday,
j "We will try to do the right
I thing, as we always have, with the
j president," Mr. Barker said. "If he
j puts forward any fair proposition
we will accept it. We only ask a
! square deal." ,
Mr. Barker, declined to say wheth
er he would hold up the strike in
event the president wished more
time to consider the matter. He
also declined to discuss a report
' that he had been asked if he would
i call off the strike if a wage tribunal
were appointed. Xo such proposal
' had yet been made, it was said.
"If the railway men's demands
are rejected," Mr. Barker said, "they
I w ill undoubtedly act as a unit. Two
of the brotherhoods have moved. I
: cannot see how the other 12 can
hang back. I believe the shop crafts
; will be the next to back us up."
Definite Assurances Asked.
I Washington," Feb. 12. President
; Wilson will be asked tomorrow by
' .spokesmen for the more than 2,000.-
000 railroad employes that definite
assurances be given of an immedi
ate reduction in the cost of living,
leaders m the wage negotiations de
clared tonight. As an alternative tin
union representatives will claim in
creased wages, demands for which
were not pressed at Mr. Wilson's re
quest last summer.
Representatives of the workers, it
was intimated tonight, base their
hope for higher wages largely on
the increase in the cost of living
since the last general wage increase
in 118. The cost of living question
while always to the fore in the ne
gotiations whiclf the union men -have
had with- Director General Hines
will be employed to the full extent
of the unions' power in the confer
ence with the president, it was indi
cated. There was unmistakable evidence
tonight among the union officials of
a fear that the president would re
fuse to grant their wage demands.
j A few said frankly they could see
i no hope of a settlement favorable
! to them. Their view seemed to
have been based on the arguments
offered in rebuttal by Mr. Hines, as
the union leaders presented new
claims or proposals.
Hines Makes Suggestions.
Director General Hines, in trans
mitting data on the controversy to
Mr. Wilson today, was understood
to have made "suggestions" rela
tive to a final disposition of the
problems.
The director general, in his con
ference with the union heads, told
them that he could not grant their
demands because of the early termi
nation of federal control, and ex
plained federal legislation was ex
pected to set up machinery to pro
vide "impartial and unbiased" han
dling of the wage claim. The union
argument to this was that they were
thus compelled to face another de
lay, with no assurances of relief.
Allies to Reaffirm
Demand on Germany
For War Criminals
Loudon, l'eb. 12. The allied su
preme council, after discussing the
situation arising from Germany's
.olent protest over the extradition
demands, agreed on the question of
insisting upon those demands.
It is probable that the position of
the allies will be set forth soon in a
statement. This may take the form
0! another communication to Ger
many, or possibly one to Holland.
A far as can be ascertained, how
ever, nothing definite has been de
cided regarding any further steps to
be taken toward Holland.,
The council in dealing with other
questions decided that financial ex
perts of the allied governments,
mny of whom are here, should meet
soon to d.scuss the problem of in
ternational exchange in an effort to
devise a plaiv for its stabilization
Headquarters of the council will
remain, in Paris. However, 'it will
continue to sit here, probably
through tbe coming fortnight
Good News for Your Uncle is Disagreeable to President
Voice From Britain "It will be agreeable to us if you adopt resolutions safeguarding your interests."
Tumulty "The President considers those remarks the 'grossest breach of courtesy.' "
Successful Year Ends For
Fontenelle Forest Reserve
Members Celebrate Purchase of More Than 400 Acres ;
Of Their Objective of 2,000 Acres Wooded Tract;
Dedicated in Perpetuity for Use as an Outdoor J
Sanctuary Is Praised by Omaha Nature Lovers !
Echoes of the wildwood, music of
the birds and fragrance of the flow
ers in fancy addressed the senses
last night in the palm room of Hotel
Fontenelle, where members of the
Fontenelle F'orest Reserve associa
tion sang the praises of a wooded
tract recently acquired and dedicated
in perpetuity for use as an outdoor
sanctuary.
It was the annual meeting of the
association, the first formality being
a feast of creature comforts fol
lowed by a feast of forest lore, inter
spersed with stories'-of birds and
trees.
Plan 2,000 Acres.
I A. Brogan. toastmaster, in his
foreword, stated that there are two
outstanding features in connection
with the recent purchase of more
than 400 acres as an objective of 2,
000 acres: First, that this tract had
been obtained for all time as a great
natural treasure snatched from prob
able destruction; second, that it as
sures the people of Omaha that the
spirit of co-operation which was de
veloped during the period of the ar
Denver Man to Succeed j
Shipping Board Head, i
Who Goes to Cabinet!
' Washington, Feb. 12. Formei
Senator John Franklin Shafroth oi
Denver, Colo., is understood to have
been selected by President Wilson
to be chairman of the Shipping
Board to sucteed John Barton
Payne, who has been chosen as sec
retary of the interior.
Henry B. Endicott l)ies.
Boston, Feb. 12. Henry B. Endi
cott, wealthy shoe manufacturer,
state fobd administrator and execu
tive manager of the Massachusetts
committee on public safety during
the war, who was widely known as
an arbitrator of labor disputes,
died Thursday night at a hospital.
He was 66 years old.
Lawton Teachers Quit.
Lawton. Okl., Feb. 12. Failure
of the school board, here to meet
the demands of 60 school tcaches
for - a 25 per' cent wage increase
caused every public school teacher
to resign today effective Monday.
All schools will close. Twenty-fiv.-hundred
pupils are - affected. The
1 board claims it( has uo money,
! still functions in times of peace fori
i the common welfare.
"Sites, of this kind are few and j
i far between," Mr. Brogan said, "and ;
we can say that this forest reserve
will be one of the prize treasures of j
Omaha and that the name of Dr. '
Harold Gilford will forever be asso- j
ciated with its history." j
Read History of Land.
"I want to say a word of appre
ciation ot those who went down into
their pockets and gave the money
which made this project possible,"
said T. R. Kimball. "Omaha is al
ways ready to give when the object
is worthy. We are not going ' to
stop with the tract we have already
acquired, but we are going to keep
on until we have the whole tract of
2,000 acres." , -
Mr. Kimball read a letter from
Mrs. Lowrie Childs giving a brief
history of Childs' woods, which is
the name by which this, tract has
been known for many years. "Childs'
Point" was the name givenj in the
early days by river navigators. It
was the scene of the first saw mill
established in Nebraska and over
(Cltinind on Page Two, Column Six.)
Baron Rothschild,
Head of Banking Firm,
Dies at Paris Home
Xeu York. Feb. 12. A report of
the death of Baron Fdniond De
Rothschild has just been received
from Pans by the Zionist organiza
tion of America, according to an au
nouncejnent made by the organiza
tion here. Baron Rothschild was 74
years old and the head of the French
branch of the famous' banking
house. The activities of the late
baron in helping-Jews from Russia
and Roumania establish colonies in
Palestine made his name widely
known.
Suffrage Carries in Arizona;
Is Voted Down in Virginia
Phoenix, Feb. 12. Ratification of
the woman suffrage amendment to
the federal constitution by a special
session of the Arizona "legislature
was completed tonight.
Richmond, -Va., Feb. 12. Woman
suffrage was defeated in Virginia
when the house of delegates adopted,
62 to 22. the Lcedy resolution re
i jecting the Susan 15. Anthony
! amendment to the federal constitu-i
: tion. The senate, bv a vote of 24
to 10, previously had adopted., the
resolution.
NO MILITARISM
FOR EX-SOLDIER,
SAYS PERSHING
None Wish War Less Than
"Doughboy" Who Has Gone
Through Battle, Declares
Army Chief.
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) General Pershing's addresses
during his recent tour through the
west and south have clearly defined
his attitude On military training as
one entirely opposed to all militar
ism. In a recent address here, Per
shing said: "I would not preach to
you militarism. Xo man who has had
experience in war wants to see it
repeated, but no one can tell when
war is to come upon us."
He further said: "It seems to me
that we should at tcast give our
young men the benefit of four to six
months intensive training, as this
will not only prepare theftt in a
way to enter upon military duties,
without too much delay, but will im
prove their ability to meet the or
dinary conditions of life; their vital
ity is strengthened; their muscles
are hardened; they learn something
of discipline; they learn how to take
care of themselves under various
circumstances; and, more than any
thing else, they have impressed upon
their minds that service to one's
country is the first thought every
citizen should have. '
Favors Restricted Training.
"Do that whether we ever expect
to have another war or not, and even
if I knew we were never going to
have another war. 1 should be in
favor of this sort of training for our
youths. I have but to point out. it
seems to me, the manly bearing, the
sturdiness. the development of char
acter in the 4,000,000 men who have
re'turned to citizenship and are eager
and willing and quite qualified to
perform he duties that now devolve
upon then as citizens. It seems to
me tiiat is proof enough, if any
proof were needed.
"I would not transform this into
a -military country such as Ger
many was. I am as much opposed
to militarism as any one.. Rut I
believe every young man should
have a certain amount of military
(Ontinnrd on Pk Two, Column Six.)
"Oldest Safe Blower" Held.
Chicago. Feb. 12. Arthur Wil
liams, 8.1 years old, known among
police throughout the country as
"the oldest safe blower." was ar
rested in connection with the murder
of Thomas O'Donnell. a private
watchman, wh. was shot by yeggs
he found trying to blow a factory
safe. "
MAY BE "UP I
AGAINST IT'
IN NEXT WAR
Fears That if American Navy
-Does Not Keep Pace With
Other Navies Country May
Come to Grief in Future.
MAKES CRITICISMS FOR
BENEFIT OF HOMELAND
Denies That He Has Gone Be
yond the Limit of Truth in.
Statements Attributed to Him
On Former Occasions.
, Jersev City. X. J., Feb. 12. A
warning mat me i nneu oiaies may
"be up against it" in the next war il
it has to face an enemy's navy
single-handed was uttered tonight ,
by Rear Admiral William S. Sim!
in an address delivered before th
Jersey. City Lincoln association.
"We got away with this job this
.time," he said, "but we may be up
against it next 1 time with a navy
that is not busy fighting the navies
of other countries at the same time."
The admiral declared that any
criticism lie had ever made had been "
made for the benefit of the navy,
hut that Americans do not like to be
criticised. '
Does Not Want Criticism.
"America cannot and does not ask
for criticism." he declared. "You
know that. They argue: 'We're all
right,' and we're not. We don't
want to hear it. This is adangcrous
attitude and has cost us thousands
of lives. Assumption has been made
that I have criticised the record of
the navy. I have gone beyond the
limit in praising the men for their
work. I have told the truth some
of this was not liked."
The admiral said he wrote from
England with an idea of "toning'
down". some of the news.."I wanted .to -inodif
yl jje sa id, "someof th'e head -lines
that were appearing in our pa
pers and were being reprinted on the
other side. These headlines, or
articles, assumed that the United
States was the potent factor at that
time. We then had only 3 per cent
of the fighting forces. It was the
same response, " 'We're all right and
we're not.' " " 'We don't want to
hear it.' "
Nothing to It. -,
The admiral said it had been In
ferred that home naval officers had
criticised, the idea of having civilian
authorities in charge of naval mat
ters. . -.
"I want to state emphatically." he'
commented, "that there is nothing
to it." ' . .
Referring to the charges brought
against him of being pro-British, he
said that any man who lived .in. a
foreign country for the purpose of
studying conditions was bound to be
called "pro this or pro that."
"Look at Hoover." he added. "Ht
is being called pro-British."
Little Progress Made
In Negotiations Over
New Pact Reservation
Washington, Feb. 13. Little pro
gress was apparent Thursday in ne
gotiations over the new article 10
reservation tq the peace treaty
brought forward Wednesday by rc
oublican senators.
k In addition to its failure to com
mand the democratic support for
which its sponsors had hoped, it was
said the new draft had been found
unacceptable to some rescrvationists
on the republican side who threaten
to join the irreconcilable opponents
of ratification if the modification
proposed were made in the original
republican reservation.
A canvass of the 49 republicans is
understood to have shown that only
about 30 could be counted on to votj '
for ratification with the changed res- ,
ervation under. which the United
States would decline to guarantee
the integrity of league members by
force, economic boycott or "any
other means" except when congress
acted. Sixty-four votes are neces
sary to ratify, and doubt was ex
pressed generally whether 34 demo
crats could be induced to desert their
party leader, Senator Hitchcock of
Xebraska, who lias declared the. re
vised draff would embody a sur
render of the treaty's friends.
U. S. Is First in Wireless ;
Inventions, Marconi Says
Rome, Feb. 12. The newspapers
publish an article by Gugliclmo
Marconi, the inventor of wireless
telegraphy, which , says . that the
United States heads the list of all
countries in wireless inventions, her
inventors having surpassed all oth
ers in producing practical apparatus
for transmission of the human voice
through electric wires.
"A strange phenomenon is that the
most progressive countries of west
ern Europe have not yet developed
wireless telephones, while China, the
most backward nation, daily uses
the wireless for communion between
cities and rural districts," ii$nor
Marconi say?
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