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The, Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 212. Eaton n mcmi'-cIu Hlttw May it. ISO, at Onaha P. 0. 4tr act at Mank J. tin. OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920. By Mail (I yaar). Daily. 16.00: undy. UM, Dally tot Sua., J7.00: ouUlde Nik. aoataa antra. TWO CENTS. UNION HEADS ASK DEFEAT OF RAIL DILL Call on Congress, in Memorial, Not to Pass Redrafted Rail road Reorganization Measure Now Before Legislators. INFORMAL CONFERENCE IS ALMOST BROKEN UP Charges That Members of Congress c Had Been Called Into "Caucus" to Be Dictated To by Labor Denied. Washington, Feb. 19. Organized railroad workers and union labor in general holding the re-drafted rail road reorganization bill to be de structive of the employers' constitu tional privileges and liberties tonight called on congress to defeat the measures in its entirety. Representatives of the 15 railroad unions, at the close of an all-day conference, attended by President Gompers and Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor, 'made public & memorial to congress embodying this declaration: "The pending bill deprives citizens employed upon railways of'lhe in , violate right to enjoy gains of their ; own industry. The returns to cap ital are fixed upon an arbitrary basis, " the rate which the public must pay and wages which labor must receive ' must accommodate themselves Jto . this basis fixed for capital." This act makes the public and labor sub servient to capital. For these rea sons herein set forth and many oth ers,' we request and respectfully urge that the bill be defeated in its entirety." Will Protest to Wilson. During the all-day conference in ) formation was given out that letters of protest against the wage pro visions of the hill would be sent to President Wilson and Director Geueral Hines. Later it was decided to make the first fight in congress and intimations were given that if defeated there the workers then would carry the battle to the White Mouse, hoping that the president might veto the legislation. While the labor representatives were in session, Director General Hines, in conference wfth a com mittee of leading railroad execu tives, received a pledge of their co operation in the establishment of a committee of experts to gather data bearing on the wage problem. The executives expressed a desire that solution of the wage problem be expedited, and Mr, Hines said that the time and method of con stituting the committee of experts would be recommended to the pres ident as soon as a conference with the railroad union officials could be held. Conference Nearly Breaks Up. Charges bv Representative San ders, republican of Indiana, that members of congress hart been called into "caucus" to be dictated to by union labor on the railroad reorganization bill almost broke up an informal conference between con gressmen friendly to labor and la bor leaders. Mr. Sanders said he had received an invitation to attend a "caucus" in the house office building and found instead an assembly at whicli labor leaders were prepared to pre sent their commands to the legisla tors. "I charge that this meeting was . called to defeat the railroad bill," he shouted, "in order to foist .govern- ment ownership upon the country." . Immediately Representative Mead, democrat of New York, arose and declared "the man who will, say this meeting was surreptitiously called is a liar." A dozen congressmen present, in ' eluded Mr. Sanders, jumped to their, feet and turmoil reigned until the chairman had called the meeting to order. Representative Mead con sented to withdraw his assertion in sofar as it might have been con strued to include Mr. Sanders. Denying what he said was the im plication of Representative Sanders that the meetiing of the house mem bers and labor leaders had been called as a "caucus" Mr. Gompers explained that no meeting place could be found other than the ma jority caucus room in the house of fice building. Reprieve Is Granted , Alson B. Cole Until March 19 by Governor t Lincoln, ' Feb. 19. Governor Mc Kelvie reprieved to March 19 Alson B. Cole, under sentence to be elec trocuted Friday, together with Al len V. Grammer, for murder. Grammer by a federal court ruling is automatically granted a stay until his case can be heard. New Mexico Representatives Pass the Suffrage Measure Santa Fe. N. M., Feb. 19.-The house of representatives of the New Mexico legislature Thursday after noon ratified the " federal woman suffrage amendment by a vote of 36 to 10. The senate passed the resolution Wednesday by a vote of to 17 to 5. Gov. O. A. Larnazolo is expected to sign the resolution Saturday. New Mexico is the 32d state to ratify. German Grand Opera Sung. New York, Feb. J9. The- first German opera on the Metropolitan - House stage since the United States entered the war was a special mati ' nee on Wagner's "Parsifal" Thurs i day. It wu sung in English, ' .. -i - ' ' '.4.- . .- " ..' Wilsonian Temper Waxes Ungovernable as Time Passes, Lawrence Says Strain of Office Leads to More Frequent Uncon trolled Outbursts, Such as Lansing. Dismissal Instances of Petulance Are Cited. (KilitoiV Note Mr. l-atwrenre, reputed to be the moat nympathetle of Wuhlnr ton correapondrnta toward Prealdent Wll Mn, continues in thin article hie authori tative analysis of thoae Unite of the Wll Nonlan character which led to the surpris ing demand for Secretary Lansing's resig nation.) By DAVID LAWRENCE. Copyright, 1920, by The Omaha Bee. Washington, Feb. 19. Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson never got along well together, and once in a tilt over academic matters at Princeton university, the former said of the latter that he was a man of "violent prejudices and ungovern able temper." Probably in moments of self-analysis, Mr. Wilson has ad mitted an inclination to get furiously angry over things that rubbed him the wrong way. There have been times, especially in the days when Europe was " taunting Mr. Wilson with that "too - proud - to - fight phrase" when the president of the United States would have welcomed the opportunity to take on a scrap with anybody. The public doesn't know MY. Wilson as a man of hot temper. He has disciplined himself to conceal it I'.nd shrewd men about him have managed to prevent him from giv ing vent to angry passion on public questions. Left to himself the president would most surely have exhibited his temper long before the Lansing episode. That's why I re gard it as not an unnatural or ab normal manifestation of Mr. Wil son's mind but a perfectly normal and natural outburst. He used to get agry at Paris. On one occasion, he came away from a meeting with LEGAL BATTLE MAY COME IN SALE OF SHIPS Temporary Injunction Against Disposing Of German Vessels Granted By Supreme Court Washington, Feb. 19. Prospects of a legal battle to complicate the controversy over the shipping board efforts to dispose of 30 former Ger man passenger liners loomed large today when Associate Justice Bailey of the District of Columbia supreme court granted a temporary injunc tion against the sale on a tax pay er's application filed by William Randolph Hearst. John Barton Payne, chairman of the board, an nounced that he would recommend appeal proceedings and also an' ef fort to- require Mr. HearstHo fur nish bond against loss if the ships laid idle. He indicated that the government would fight to the fin ish for its legal right to proceed with the sale. 2;000,000 Employes Will Get Overtime If Suit Successful Jersey City, Feb. 19. Two mil 'ion employes of the United States railroad administration would be en titled to overtime averaging $100 each if a suit against Director Gen eral Hines, begdn here, is success ful, according to I. F. Goldenhorn, counsel for the plaintiff, Joseph Pieluchowski, a deck hand on a Pennsylvania" railroad tug. Pieluchowski claims- overtime amounting to $394 for the period be tween January I and September I, 1918, during which he worked 12 hours a day "under the exigencies of war." It is contended that he should have received time and one half for the time 'over eight hours, under the Adamson act. Counsel for Mr. Hines asserted that the employes had accepted a bonus in lieu of overtime. Decision was reserved. 25 Believed Buried In Ruins of Burned Rhode Island Hotel Providence, R. I., Feb. 19. Un able definitely to locate 25 guests of the Hotel Lorraine, which was burned yesterday with a loss of three lives, police and fire officials today. made further search of the ruins. It was their opinion, how ever, that the missing ones had es caped, but had not found it conven ient as yet to send word of their safetv. Appoint Midshipman. Washington Feb. 19. (Special Telegram.) Charles H. Bliven of Superior has been appointed by Rep resentative Andrews as a midship man to the Annapolis navy academy. Chicago, Feb. 19. Sickness is go ing to be listed among the luxuries if the Chicago Medical society adopts the new scale of fees Sub mitted by a committee of physi cians. Under this schedule house visits may cost as high as $15. The old fee as $5. Night visits will cost from $10 to $50. Mindr operations formery listed at $25 to -$50 will range from $100 to $500. Amputation of toes, form ery costing $15 to $50, will run from $50 to $200. Major operations will range from $1,000 to $10,000, ' Medical Men Planning Higher Scale of Fees Prime Minister Lloyd George. Premier Clemenceau anil the rest of the peace conferees and he never said a word for hours afterward to anyone in his household. He was mad clean through. Gives Way to Temper. In the 14 years that I have studied the Wilson personality first in his lecture room at Princeton, then as a correspondent when he was gover nor of New Jersey and candidate for president, and later in writing about his doings at the White House or his travels across coun-trj-, it has seenied to me that from time to time Mr. Wilson intro duced a sense of humor into his system and checked his temper. Things that should have provoked him were brushed aside and it was only rarely that he seemed to get out of sorts. But little by little as the cares and burdens of the White House be gan to weigh heavily upon him, Mr. Wilson allowed his passions to get the better of him. Frequently he showed to the correspondents as sembled before him a certain im patience and at times real anger. He didn't like to be questioned closely or catechised about matters that were agitating the country. Par ticularly did he seem to allow a fierce glean to enter his face as anybody suggested that perhaps there might have been some incon sistency on the part of himself or a member of his administration. He would tolerate 110 criticism in the (Continued on Pace Two, Column Four.) WILSON WRITES FINAL ANSWER OVER ADRIATIC j Restates to Allies , Position o American Government With Degree of Finality. Washington, Feb. 19. (By The Associated Press.) President Wil son today prepared and sent to the State department a reply to the entente premier's note on the Adri atic question. He is understood to have restated the position of the American government with a de gree of finality. ' Although the president dictated his communication in less than two hours, it probably will not be put on the tables before Friday night or Saturday. The original draft as prepared by Mr. Wilson was sent to Act ing Secretary Polk for his personal study as he was the head of the American mission when the Adri atic settlement of December 9 was reached at Paris with the consent and approval of the president and is, therefore, thoroughly familiar with all the preliminary negotia tions. Final Approval Required. After Mr. Polk has completed' his examination of the document and it has been put in the usual diplomatic form it probably will be returned to the White house for final approval before it is dispatched to Ambassador Davis of London for presentation to the premiers. 1 The president is understood to have adhered to the position taken in his note of February 10, in which lie informed the allies that if they were to proceed to a settlement of the Adriatic question without the participation of the American government, a situation might be created where the United States might have to consider whether it could become a party to the treaty of Versailles and the Franco American pact. Reply Argumentative. While conciliatory, the premier' reply to this original note was argumentative. Mr. Wilson in his answer is understood to have met the argument point by point and is believed to have again called attention to the principle of self determination as enunciated in his 14 points and his other declarations during the war which were accepted by the central powers as the basis for peace. Although it makes clear that the American government has not changed the position it took when the original Adriatic agreement was made at Panis, the president's note is regarded as the final chapter in the negotiations. Charge American With Killing Mexican Citizen Washington. Feb. 19." Colonel Gonzalo De La Mata, Mexican con sul at San Antoni. Tex., has re ported to his government the shoot ing of a Mexican citizen by an American soldier under circum stances that the Mexicans say paral lel the Wallace case at Tampico, according to official advices from the Mexican capital, which state that the foreign office will disyatch a note of protest to the .United States. Efnilio Ramirez, a Mexican wear ing a military cape, was alleged to have been halted by Sergeant George Bullas, who asked him if he was n the army. Ramirez did not reply and was shot when he started away, according to the consul's re port. ; Details of the affair have not reached Washington. Debs' Name to Go on Ballot. Lansing. Mich., Feb. 19. Suf ficient petitions to place the name of Eugene V. Debs on the presidential preference primary ballot as a so cialist candidate for the presidential nomination have been received at the secretary of state's office here, The primary, will be held April 5, BANDIT WHO RIFLED MAIL CAR CAUGHT I Secret Service Men Capture Overland Limited Robber After Chase Over Almost En tire Country Denies Charge FORMER U. P. BRAKEMAN ' ARRESTED IN SALT LAKE Omaha , Officers Leave to Bring Back Man for Positive Identification by Mail Clerks Held Prisoner in Car. The lone mail car bandit, who on the night of January 30 held up six railway postal clerks on Union Pa cific Overland Limited No. 2 be tween Fremont and Omaha, was ar rested in Salt Lake City Wednesday by secret service operatives, accord ing to a telegram received by W. M. Colile, postoffice inspector. The alleged bandit is known as Arthur F. Olson, a former brake man on the Union Pacific railroad. He' gave the alias of John Ogden. Federal officers have traced the ban dit almost over- the entire country since the holdup. None of the loot, estimated at $10,000, has been re covered. He denies any knowledge or connection with the affair. Mr. Coble and F. M. Cashman, detective for the Union Pacific, left for Salt Lake City yesterday morn ing. Gun Leads to Arrest. The holdup and robbery of South ern Pacific train No. 7 at Richmond, Cal.. on December 31,- is also ac credited to Olson, Mr. Coble stated before he left yesterday. Thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry and securities in registered mail was taken in that holdup. The serial number on the gun which the bandit left in the mail car in making his escape from Overland-limited near Omaha led to Ol son's arrest. A coat and cap. found near the Thirty-second avenue sta tion, where the bandit was last seen, also figured in running down the alleged robber. He was traced to Detroit, Phila delphia, and finally to Salt Lake City. Secret service operatives ar rested Olson in a rooming house, the telegram to Postoffice Inspector Coble stated. Two thousand dollars reward was offered for Olson's arrest. . Will Be Brought Here. He will be brought to Omaha for more positive identification by the six mail clerks who were forced in a clothes closet and on the rear platform of the mail car while the bandit rifled nine mail pouches. Olson has served time in the state penitentiary of Pennsylvania, Omaha police say. Olson is described as a sma'l slender! ..and dark complexioned youth having the appearance of a cigaret Fiend. Secret service operatives and de tectives who worked on the mail car hold up have given out informa tion to the postoffice inspector that the bandit had an accomplice wait ing for him when he left the train on the outskirts of Omaha. Meat Producers Want Farmers to Receive 5 1-2 Per Cent Profit Des M Mnes, la., .Feb. 19. In reso lutions attacking a proposed govern ment guarantee of 6 per cent net profits to railroads, the Corn Belt Meat Producers' association here agreed to ask congress for a Sy'z per cent net profit to the farmers of the country in the event the proposed guarantee to the railroads became a law. In addition the resolution pro posed a request for an additional Yi per 'cent to the farmers for fences, buildings, etc. The resolutions were adopted unanimcusly. Vatican Categorically Denies Permission to Divorcees to Rewed Rome, Feb. 19. Authorities at the Vatican, after inquiry, state they are unable to find any communications or exchanges have taken place to warrant publication by a journal of Vienna that marriage of divorcees was about (o be inaugurated in Aus trian Catholic churches, says an an nouncement authorized by the pope. No such .authorization has been given, it is stated,' nor is there anv trace of suggestions warranting such a statement, which is said to be can onically impossible. Loot Bank, Then Lead Cashier Out of Town Prescott. Ariz., Feb. 19. Two bandits entered the bank at Camp Verde, 60 miles northeast of here, held up Cashier Butler and escaped with approximately $1,000. The bandits conducted Cashier Butler on horseback one mile out of the town and there left him under threat of death if he summoned help. Butler later returning to Camp Verde reported the holdup. Ppsses were quickly formed from the surrounding district and are in search of the men; - Retiring Liberty Bonds. Washington, Feb. 19. Liberty bonds of- a par value of $14,881,950 were purchased or retired in Janu ary, aside fron the operations of the bond sinking fund, it was an nounced at the treasury. "What Did When the original constitution was brought out of the. vaults a few Secretary Lansing took it over to show it to President Wilson. News NEBRASKA WAR HERO SUFFERS FRO EXPOSURE Escaping Nurses in Army Hos pital Kearney Youth Is Without Food for Six Days. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 19. (Special Telegram.) Near death from hun ger and exposure, Corp. Donald Wilsey, 24 years old, of Kearney, Neb., overseas air service veteran, suffering from, influenza and mental disorders resulting from his service in France, was found in a boxcar on the Pennsylvania railroad at Butler Junction with 1n's head pillowed on a bath towel and between two steel car wheels. In a state of coma Wilsey escaped from the Parkview army hospital here six days ago, eluding the nurses and leaping from a window in the ward where he was confined. He had been without food and water for the entire six days and had tramped 30 miles through slush and snow from the hospital to 'the place where he was found. Semi conscious, the soldier veteran was carried to th'e , camp of a railroad section gang and there, after work of more than an hour, he. was re vived by hot soup from the dinner pails of the laborers. ' Later Corporal Wilsey was taken back to the hospital, where it was (Continued on Vag Two, Column Six.) "Kidding" or "Serious Question to Determine In Newberry . Trial Grand Rapids. Feb. 19. Whether Milton Oakman, Detroit political leader, was "kidding" or "serious" when he told Chase S. Osborn's Detroit campaign manager that the "Newberry committee promised him $20,000 for lus'support ot the junior Michigan senator, was a mooted question after testimony in the New berry elections conspiracy trial, Thursday. The Osborn man. Henry A. ' Montgomery, said he knew Oakman's reputation as a "kidder," but "took it seriously enough to report it to Mr. Osborn." The de fense did, however, get Montgom ery to emphasize that Oakman told him he never got a dollar. There was other testimony indi cating that not all the Newberry workers got money for their pains. Temperatures Forecast. Iowa Increasing cloudiness Fri day;, warmer in east and central portions; Saturday snow and much colder. Nebraska Increasing cloudiness Friday, followed by snow in west; cold wave at night in west; Satur day snow and much colder, winds becoming fresh northerly. T T 1 . . nouny 1 cmpcraiurcs. S a, a 7 a, a. 0 a, 111 a It a. 1 i 1 p. in . . t p. 111 '. . S p. m , , , , 4 . m , . . . 5 p. m A p. ni T p. m p. m. 30 .10 SO 81 S.I "- . Jl IS You Say That BSUPC0URT ITLmKL - torpibition! WITH POLE ARMY V,l,d,,y of Dry .Cos,i.U.ional . NEARLY' KILLED Amendment Defended by i Solicitor General King. Washington, Feb. 19. Validity of the federal prohibition constitution al amendment was defended in a brief filed in the supreme court Monday by Solicitor General King in support of motions made by the government for dismissal of origi nal proceedings instituted by Rhode Island to test the amendment and enjoin its enforcement. Arguments on the motion are expected to be heard next month. Legitimate Function. '"The control or the prohibition of the liquor traffic," the brief said, "is now conceded to be a legitimate governmental function. "It is idle in this case ta suggest that this power of amendment might be used to change the form of the government. It simply trans fers a power exercised by the state governments to be exercised by the federal government. "The contention that the prohi bition amendment is revolutionary and invalid is clearly without merit." Alter General Wood Itinerary; Will Be in Omaha Next Sunday It was previously announced that General Leonard Wood would spend Monday in Omaha, but as he is to officially inspect the university cadets in Lincoln 011 that date, the general will spend Sunday in Oma ha. He will be accompanied by his wife and his staff. On Sunday evening he will deliver a public address at tne First Presby terian church, Thirty-fourth and Farnam streets, on "The Value of .Character." District Attorney Fails to Forestall Grand Jury Probe New York, Feb. 19. "District At torney Swann failed in his efforts to forestall an investigation by the extraordinary grand jury of charges against Assistant District Attorney Kilroe. The procedure he Ivad planned came to 'naught when Judge Wad hams, in the court of general ses sions, refused to permit the regular grand jury to pass on reports that Mr. Kilroe had failed to prosecute charges of larceny made by Thomas Donalds, state insurance commis sioner of Pennsylvania. It was understood the regular grand jury had taken up the case and exonerated the assistant dis trict attorney, but Judge Wadhams refused to have the minutes of the proceedings made public. Ask Aid of W. C. T. U. in Social Morality Work San, Francisco, Feb. 19. The Co operation of the Women's Christian Temp'erauee union in social morality work throughout the United State's has been asked by the federal gov ernment, Dr. Gertude S. Martin. Ph. D Cornell university, told delegates to the Pacific Division Regional conference here. Is, Lansing?" days ago, for the first time since 1902, J tern. Sent on Hazardous Expedition And Are Mistaken by Own Forces for Enemies, But Come Through Safely. Lwow. (l.emberg) Poland, Feb. 19. There was rejoicing in the Kos ciusko aerial squadron of the Polish army, made up of Americans, when two of its officers. First Lieutenant Klliott Chess of El Paso, Tex., and Captain Edward J. Corsi. of Brook lyn, N. Y who, it was feared, had been killed or made prisoner, re turned to Lwow. A week ago with the temperature at 17 below zero on the' ground, Maj. P. Cedric Fatintlerby was requested to make every effort to get a mes sage through to an isolated Polish unit in a wild stretch of the Ukraine where the Polish intelligence bu reau had received information the enemy was .massing. Chess, the youngest member of the squadron, and Corsi were dispatched on the mission. Chess got through but on arrival at his destination was ar rested as a bolshevik aviator as the nose of his airplane was painted a brilliant red. the bolshevik color. Chess was unable to speak Polish, but he would not give tip his dis patches to his captors. The arrival of an officer solved the difficulty for Chess who,, was immediately "re leased. The following day a patrol brougfit in news that another air plane had descended 20 miles away from the place where Chess landed. After a trip in a farm wagon, Chess found Corsi in a village inside the Polish lines. He had been forced to land. -and as he emerged from his plane, almost frozen, he heard a shot. Over the hill he saw Polish soldiers approaching, halting at times, to shoot at him. Corsi dropped behind his machine and finally, even though his hands were frozen, succeeded in drawing his pistol. Before he was compelled to use it, however, a soldier recog nized the Polish insignia on his machine and the firing ceased. - No Treaty Debate. Washington, Feb. 19. The pea?: treaty debate lapsed again Thurs day, neither side making any efr fort to bring up the subject for sen ate consideration. Goatskin Garments May Reduce H. C. L: New York, Feb. 19. A solution' of the high cost of women's clothing may be found in the introduction of goatskin garments, which are very popular in Spain. Plans for intro ducing this innovation in the United States were announced by Jose Be nitz De Usaole and Joaquin Her nandez, who arrived from Barcelona. They said they propose to hold ex hibitions in several cities, with pretty Spanish girls as models, to show otT the goatskin gowns, coats and other garments. Jhe goat hides, , Senor Hernandez stated, can be sold at prices much lower than those now demanded for other dress materials. ROOT FLAYS AUTOCRATIC WILSON RULE Republican Leader Outlines f , Platform Upon Which He Be lieves Party Should Go to the Polls in November Election. PUTS RIGHTS OF PUBLIC ABOVE MERE EXPEDIENCY Universal Military Training And Elimination of Bolshe viki Other Planks Advocated Before New York Convention. New York, Feb. 19. The opening gun 'of the republican national cam paign was fired here tonight in a keynote speech by Elihu Root at the unofficial republican state conven tion, in which he outlined the plat form upon which he believed the re publicans should go to the polls next November. Mr. Root brought the assembled delegates to their feet cheering time and again in his de nunciation of the democratic admin istration and especially in his refer ences to what he termed the auto cratic conduct of President Wilson. The much-talked-of possibilities of the fight by the women delegates to have a member, of their sex in cluded in the "big four" who will represent New York at the national convention in Chicago did not ma terialize. The women were apparently satis fied with the appointrnent of one of their number as one of the alternate delegates at large. Select Delegates at Large. Senator James W. Wadsworth, jr., and. William M- Calder, Col. William Bovce Thompson of Yonk ers and Nathaniel L. Miller of Syra cuse were selected as the men to be recommended to the" state conven tion tomorrow as delegates-a.t-large to the republican national conven tion in June. Tl- t.. . . 1 ne alternate aeiegates-at-iarge selected include Mrs. Arthur L. Liv ermore of Yonkers and Charles W. AndeVson, prominent negro political leader. ' Party leaders declared tonight the party would not instruct the delega- I tion to snnnorr anv risrtirnlar ni ; litical candidate. I Most striking of the proposals i put forward by Mr. Root were: ! Decentralization of the executive powers which have made the presi dent "more autocratic than any sov ereign in the civilized world." I Ratification of the peace treaty I with senate amendments "long be- j Reform of the league of nations I covenant by a congress of nations at 1 the call of "a republican president' immediately after March 4, 1921," to establish "the rule of public right rather than the rule of mere expe diency." ' Rigid governmental economy and the adoption of an executive budget. Limits Right to Strike. Limitation of the right to strike at a nm'nt MlliAra it r,nd:j.'i0 ,r:U ,..,.,,, ,b V.VII1IIV13 Willi self-preservation of the community; establishment of a labor tribunal with power to enforce its mandates. Revision of the system of taxation "which involves the tariff." Americanization and the elimina tion of "a lot of bolsheviki or bol shevik sympathizers'' from public office. Universal military training. Mr. Root's address was regarded as the opening gun of the campaign. "More important than all," Mr. Root said, "is the necessity that we shall restore our republican' form of government with the liberty of the individual citizen preserved by lim itations upon official power and put an1 end to the dictatorship which we (Continued on Pare Two, Column One.) - League of Women to Continue Principle Of Nonpartisanship Chicago, Feb.l9. The new board of the league of women voters which has been in session" since the adjournment of the convention will continue the principle of nonparti sanship, upon which the organiza tion was founded, it is announced. The board is almost evenly divided in political affiliation between the two major parties. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, newly elected chairman, said that the work ing program ot tne league would be confined to the recommenda tions made as a result of investi gations by the committees of the league. "Our efforts will be directed to wards, procuring the educational and national legislation adopted by the convention upon the recom mendation of our committees on American cjtizenship, unification of laws relating to the civil status of women, child welfare, food supply, social hygiene and protection of women in industry," Mrs. Tark said. The board decided to establish congressional and legislative head-' quarters in Washington. ' Bandits Enter Union Hall, Line Up Members, Get $2,000 Chicago, Feb. 19. Four armed bandits broke tip an executive meet ing of local No. 232 of the Moulders' union, nd rifled a money drawer which contained $2,000 of the local's funds. Twelve members of the union were lined up against the wall and covered by the guns in the hands of three of the robbers, while the fourth member of the quartet togk the money, -V. i 'l.i.i,ia'Wl'
