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. - - Tm o a. Daily B OMAHA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1920. VOL. 49 NO.213. tatarta H Meaaa-tlM Mttor May U. IMt. tt Onalia P. 0. yaaac Ml f Nana . 17. y Mall (I u'. Dally. ttfW: Saaday. li.tO: Oally ana" Sua., $7.00; ullo Nak. Mstitt antra. TWO CENTS. ' EE PACT ON SHIP SALES DENIED BY WILSON No UnderstandingJVith Great Britain, Says President, Who Reveals Unpublished Agree ment Reached In Paris. SALE IS OPPOSED BY : SENATE COMMITTEE Tentative Plan Eventually Would Have Credited Ger many With Any Surplus Val uation Above Losses. ' ashinglon. Feb, 20. President WiNon tlntly denied today iil'a for mal communication to the senate that lie bad any agreement or uiir demanding with British officials re naming disposition of the Jloet of former German liners around which, since they were'oft'ered for sa.le by .the shipping; board, has raged a con 'troversy into whicli congress, courts snd government agencies have been drawn. There is not, nor has there been, any agreement or understanding be tween the president of the United Suites and officials of Great Britain concerning the sale of the ex-German vessels in possession of the United States," Mr. Wilson said, responding specifically to a resolu tion by Senator Brandapee," republic an, Connecticut, adopted by the sen ate, "nor is there any agreement or . understanding with respect to what disposition shall be made of these ships by the United States. "I believe the above information fully answers the senate inquiry."' . Sends Unpublished Agreement. At the same time, however, and "in order that the senate may be in possession of all the information there is in any way relating to the vessels in question," the, president transmitted a copy of a hitherto un-. published tentative. agreement reached in Paris that Germany eventually would be credited before the reparations commission, should congress approve, with any surplus valuation of the ships in excess of merchant tonnage losses of the 'United Statjes during the war In no case would title, to the ships themselves' pass from the United States, the agreement provided. Before Mr. Wilson's message cached the senate, the commerce "committee had decided to recom mepd passage of the bill drawn by itsf chairman "Senator Jones, repub- . lican. Washington, deferring sale of the ships until they shall have been refitted for commercial service by the shipping board and, congress shall hpve laid ciown a nation." vmv " ping policy. The house merchant marine committee had embarked on ' an independent inquiry with -Chair, man John Barton Payne, and Vice 'Chairman Stevens of the shipping board reiterating 1 their divergent views on the advisability of present sale of the vessels, and in the dis trict supreme court, Associate (Jus tice Bailey) took under advisement ' applicatioiof counsel for the board -' that $5,0000,00 bond be required of - William Randolph Hearst, a taxpay I er, who was granted" a temporary injunction against the board s plan , to sell the fleet. t Will Continue Sale. Sale of the former German cargo vessels by the shippiagboard, will continue, Chairman 'Payne an nounced, as action-of the senate commerce committee and th,er..m porary injunction granted William - Randolph Hearst apply only to the 30 passenger ships. -.', Bids have oeen invited by the ' board for purchase o freight carriers aggregating' 100,532 -dfa: weight tons. Up to the present ii ex-cnemy cargo carrying ships have , been sold by the board. Checks totalling $1,483,619 de posited by eight bidders, earnest money on bids for the passenger ' ships were returned to them to day. . Conditional on Congress. The proposed agreement, trans mitted by the president was signed in May, 1919, by Premier Lloyd George and Mr. Wilson. The presi dent's signature, however, was made conditional on an appended ex " planation" that it was subject to the approval of congress. In transmit ting the document the president said ..he had 'intended to send it to the ' senate after ratification of the peace treaty. - , The agreement covered all vessel captured, seized or detained by any ' of the allied or associated govern- ments. - : , . Abandonment of Virgin , Islands Being Investigated Washington Feb. 20. Abandon ' mcnt of the Virgin islands and its capitalist. Thomas, as coaling sta ' tions for" shipping board vessels was investigated, today by the joint congressional committee studying Virgin islands administrative prob lems. ' " , ... Captain Thomas. Foley, shipping board bunkering expert, explained to the committee that St. Thomas 4ies 400 miles farther, east than Bar bados snd Kingston, the British coaling bases, and involving a de tour of 800 miles for South American-bound vessels. Dutch Chamber Demands Decrease in Armament "The Hasue. Feb. 20. Decreased .armament, soeedy institution of nermanent hieh court of justice and immediate admission of all civilized nations desiring to enter, were de mands attached to tne resolution passed today by the second cham .berJof the, Dutch Parliament approv ing Holland s entrance ; into league of nation n. the Gerreral Feeling p f Loss Exhibited by Diplomats; t At Dismissal of Lansing Secretary of State Was Popular Because of-JHis Sin cere Efforts to Carry Out 'Principles oij Wilson Administration Will Always ' Be Remembered v For His Attitude Toward Southern Nations. By DAVID LAWRENCE. 1 (Copyright, mo, by Omaha Bc.)' ' (Thin l ths third of a no lira of artltlra an th WIIon-ljnlnic break, allowing the l(nlriiaiii, nHtloimlly and Internationally of the eniaode and effect on oar foreign pulley). " Washington, Feb. 19. Robert Lansing was popular as secretary of state. Diplomats, recognized tin: awkwardness of his position, par ticularly his inability often to speak for the president because the latter individual would not take him into his confidence, but they made al lowances for this and liked Mr. Lansing for sich frankness as he was able to display. He was cour teous with foreign governments and althougji he, differed again and again with the president as to the wisest policy to pursuehe never showed it to a foreign government. When ever the president decided a ques tion, that was enough for" Robert Lansing. Like an ambassador in a foreign country, he followed in structions faithfully. Nevertheless, it must jiot he imagined that Robert Lansing has not exerted a very great influence on our foreign policy in the last four years. Even before he took of fice, he framed the neutrality policy of the government as counsellor of the Department of State and is gen erally credited with having been the author of the phrase "a strict ac countability," which was used in one of the first Lusilania notes. He wrote many drafts of notes that never saw WILSON'S REPLY . ON ADRIATIC TO BE SENT TODAY Said to Remove Question at Issue From Argumenta tive Stage. Washington, Feb. 20. (By the As sociated Press.) President Wilson's reply to the entente premiers on the Adriatic question ' probably will . go forward tomorrow. Acting Secretary Polk continued to study it today and after it has been put in the usual diplomatic form and has been ap proved finally- by the president it will -be coded and put on the cables. ' State" department " officials j-stilt steadfastly refused to discuss the contents of the document, but a feel ing of satisfaction was noticeable in administration circles and it was un derstood that Mr. Wilson, had made aft unequivocal statement of the American government's position. While further exchanges on the subject are expected, it is believed that with the delivery of the presi dent's note by Ambassador Davis at London, the question will have been removed from the argumentative stage. i Although the premiums have been forwarded to Jugo-Slavia in the form of an ultimatum, the same arrived without the participation of the United States, it is believed they have not closed the way to a return to the Paris agreement of December 9 to which the United States was a party. In the general belief here they have not overlooked suggesting that the American government point the way .to the carrying out of an agreement which Italy holds to be unacceptable. Bjrchmont Hospital Nurses Go on Stnke; Patients Removed All patients at the Birchuont hos pital, N Thirty-fourth and Farnam streets, who were able to be moved were taken to other hospitals last night, because of a strike of the 23 nurses which started yesterday morning. The nurses claim they have not been receiving the full scientific courses guaranteed them on entering ine nospuaif t ,The hospital' authorities refused to make ,any statement concerning the reported strike. - According to M. P. McKinney, who was . visiting a friend in the ("hospital at the time of the walkout. no Supper was prepared at the hos pital yesterday for the striking nurses. - The nurses plan to leave the home this morning for training in other hospitals. ' - Police Repulse Irish - ' Raiders After Long Siege . Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, Feb. 20. After a three-hour siege, in which hand grenades, rifles; and revolvers were freely used, an at tack on police barracks by armed raiders was repulsed here early to day. One police officer was wounded and it is believed three raiders were struck by bullets. The raiders blocked all roads con verging on Tralee with fallen trees and' barricades and dug deep trench es to check the approach of military motor lorries. Telegraph and tele phone wires were cut over a radius of 15 miles about this place. One end of the barracks was demolished. by the explosion of a bomb, - ' German-Russian Parley . May Develop Into Peace London,, Feb. 20. A diplomatic dispatch from Berlin states that "un doubtedly" the forthcoming negotia tions reeardintr nrisonera between I Germany and soviet Russia will dei tvelop toto peace negotiation- - the president's eye and he wrote many that were pigeonholed by the president. Liberal and Altruistic. But like a true counsellor he was always ready with a comprehensive statement of v the alternatives in volved.' Usually, he gave the piesi dent the various courses of action which could be followed and, while politely suggesting which he him self thought best, invariably left it to the president to choose. But, Robert Lansing knew traditional American doctrine and he also put in every note he wrote a certainlib eralism and altruism, that so many people would promptly say was Wil soniau. Even on the notes for whicli the president received the highest praise, you couldn't get a word out of Robert Lansing as to the part he played. , 1 remember particularly one of the best notes ever sent out by the United States government, a com munication to the Auslro-llungar-ian government about the -requested embargo on arms. Solicitor Wool sey and Secretary Lansing framed that note aind'the editorial praise which the president received for do ing what he didn't do, had no effect on the feelings of the men in the Department of State who took it as as matter of course. Disapproved Western Trip. Mr. Lansing will always be re membered for his clear definitiqn of (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) UNIVERSAL ARMY TRAINING WINS BY CLOSE VOTE '' " House Committee Will Incor porate Plan in Reorganization Bill Effective July 1 , 1922. Washington, Feb. 20. Universal military training as a part of the future military policy of the United States was approved in principle to day by the house military commit tee which decided by two votes that the army reorganization bill should make provision for such a plan, ef fective July 1, 1922. The close committee vote of 1 i to 9, coming as a climax of a three hour debate in executive session, was regarded "as indicative of the bitter fight to be made,in the house wMen the reorganization 'measure comes up. Opponenrs of universal train ing, despite today's defeat, confident ly predicted they would win out when the proposal reaches the house. The senate, also must vote on the universal training question as its reorganization bill, now pend ing includes such a provision. Opponents of universal training during debate in the committee de clared reporting'of the proposal was useless because of the democratic caucus having gone on record against it arrd with many republi cans, including Floor Leader Mon dell, openly against the schem-2. Opinion as to the country's recep tion of the plan varied with the sen timent of its supporters and op ponents. Says Courts and Not Governor Responsible For Death Reprieves Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20. (Special.) In an opinion given Governor Mc Kelvie, Attorney General Davis, re viewing the manner of the re prieves given Cole, and Crammer, sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Lulu V. Vogt, says that all the various postponements of the execution were due to the action of the courts, -and the state executive had no alternative but to aHbw1 time for the court hearings. At the present time, he states, there is no legal bar to tlieexecu tion of Anson V. Cole, but, if the governor wishes the two to be exe cuted jointly, then he must reprieve the man until such 'time as the court has given a decision on the appeal of Grammer. This, he thinks, will be given in 30 dayS Socialist Secretary Is Jmmune to Lawyer's Attack Albany"N. Y., Feb. 20. Counsel for the assembly judiciary commit tee trying the five suspended so cialist assemblymen on charges of disloyalty bombardejd wjth questions Otto Branstetter, national secretary of the socialist party, in an unsuc cessful attempt to obtain admission that the party contemplated use of the general strike to capture from the majority control of the United States government. Branstetter admitted, however; that a-general strike tying, up the country. and paralyzing industry might be an "advantageous" weapon against any capitalist minority seek ing to regain political power after it had been' acquired by the socialist party through constitutional meth ods. ' i Eleven I. W. W. Convicted On Syndicalism Charge Montesarfo, Wash., Feb. 20. Eleven alleged I. W. W. charged with criminal syndicalism under the statutes of Washington were found, guilty bv a iury in the court of Su perior Judge Ben Sheeks. Thirteen were originally charged, one being dismissed for lack of evidence, and another being dismissed because ol illness which prevented h;m attend ing tri,. .-', '.,.5- .. y. --'J FLARE-UP IN SENATE ON DEADLOCK Both Republicans and Demo crats Seek to Wash Hands of Failure to Take Definite Ac tion on Peace Treaty. v NOTE OF HOPELESSNESS V MARKS DISCUSSION Hitchcock Starts ' Argument Over 'Which Party Led in Ef fort to Compromise Bi-Par-tisan Conference Discussed. Washington Feb. 20. The ques tion of party responsibility for the peace treaty deadlock was threshed over in militant fashion on the sen ate floor today with poth the repub licans and the. democrat seeking to wash ' their v hands of the s senatj's failure t to act and of any con sequences in the political campaign. Although both sides professed an earliest desire to Compromise and squabbled for the credit for past compromise efforts, there was such a note of hopelessness in the dis- iMicsirm tlinf- thp trpfttv's irrprrtnril- rable opponents ' told the opposing party leaders that they might as well put the question of ratification out of their minds and turn the senate's attention, to the business of legisla tion. Among other things the debate brought out a direct disagreement of, fact as to which side originated thfe bipartisan conference, in which five democrats and four republicans sought unsuccessfully to work out an agreement and as to what trans pired behind the closed doors of the conference s sessions. Hitchcock Starts Flare Up. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska the democratic leader, started the flare up by a speech, denying charges that the democrats wanted the treaty in the campaign. He as serted that his party had gone "nine tenths of the way to a compromise and that the republicans! had stood solidly for acceptance of their own reservations, 'without the dotting of an 'i' or the. crossing of a 't.' " It was the 'minority, he declared who had. instigated the bipartisan movemenf and who now bad sub mitted two compromise article 10 reservations which many .republican senators believed were identical in substance with the Lodge resolution on that subject. . Claiming credit for the republicans in the initiation of the bipartisan conference, Senator Lenroot 6f Wis consin, one of the mild reservation republicans, charged the democratic leader had stood out against com promise so determinedly that the re publicans were driven to agree upon, the best compromise they could among themselves. May Vote TodayS Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, speaking for the irreconcilibles', de" cl' red the two sides were no nearer agreement than they were when the league of nations debate began a year ago tomorrow and that further discussion only was a waste of time. The treaty, he said, already was so far into; the campaign that "you can no more keep it out than you can step half-way over Niagara." The disagreement over what oc curred in the bipartisan conference arose when Senator McKellar of Tennessee, one of the democratic conferees asserted that all of the nine members except Senator" Hitch cock and Senator Lodge, the repub lican leader, had virtually agreed to one of the Article ten substitutes for mally endorsed since by 40 demo crats. The statement was denied categorically by Senators New, of Indiana, and Lenroot, who w-ere re publican members of the conference. Leaders said tonight that the de bate would be continued tomorrow and that a I vote might be reached during the day on the first proposed modification of the reservations adopted at the, last session of con gress. - : Chicago Woman First Td Return With Body Of Son Killed in War New York. Feb. 20. Mrs. A. De vera of Chicago, the first American mother to bring back from Fran:e the body of her son who died in service,' arrived here on the steam ship Brittania. Her son, James D vera, who was in naval service, died of injuries received in action at sea and was buried at Marseilles. The casket, draped with an Amer ican flag, was escorted with military honors from the pier to the Penn sylvania station o be taken to Chi cago for burial. The Knights of Columbus provided a motor truck for the journey across the city after an undertaker had demanded for a hearse. Europeans Return Home When Beer Stops Flowing . Geneva, Feb. 20. Thousands " of Poles, Czecho-Slovaks and Jugo slavs, mostly of the middle and working classes, who made small fortunes in America, arrived in Switzerland recently on the way to their own countries, where their sav ings will be increased by the ratp of exchange some 60 to 80 per cent. Some of them 'are returning through patriotisrh or homesickness and others for. gain, but fully three' fifths because ; America has --gone ?&Ty,n which they consider tyranny, holding that after 10' or 12 hours of labor A workman should be permit ted to buy hii beer or other drinks. - :,. . .. ; ' It's a Long; Long Way ' STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE IS FORPERSrilNG Says Commander Is Impartial, Knows Foreign Conditions And Has High Execu tive i Ability. Lincoln, Ftfb. 20. (Special.) In va statement' issued Friday,. Judge A. J. Cornish of the supreme court an nounced himself in favor of the nomination of Gen. John J. Persh ing for president of the United States. Judge Cornish said: , "General Pershing's fanie is se cure. His life has been .devoted to the service of his country. J What man, of all those who have been mentioned as a candidate for presi dent,,, of either party, is so free from all those influences which might be objectionable? He is not a candidate today. We are proceed ing on the theory that, if he is the free choice of the people of his country, he could not and would not refuse to become their chief executive. The people need him. He has never failed in any work he has had to do. Those Who have followed his career konw his probity and know his ability. Want Impartial Man. "We are entering upon times when both at home and abroad, most important questions will come up for decision. The country needs a man who has the eye to see and the courage to do what should be done. ,The people wish-a man who is impartial,- safe and free from predjudice. General Pershing repre sents no faction or special interest and, if nomjnated, will be be behold-t en -to none.-He. comes up from the common people and is educated jji the needs of the masses. He knows the value ahd the necessity of gov ernment. T "There is at the present time great confusion in national admin-" istration affairs. There .is lack of agreement and lack of co-operation. (Continued on Pge Two, Column Two.) $1,000,000 Stock of Uquor, Confiscated In Chicago, Released r . ( ... yn,;..,nn "Pot. on ti. I tock ot liquor m Chicago, valued at more than $1,000,000, will be re leased today by federal authorities after having been confiscated yes terday following the arrest of two lawyers in what is said to have been a plot to place the whisky on sale. . The warehouse sold 400 cases Of whisky on forged permits issued to the two attorneys by a clerk in the Internal Revenue Department, Ma jor Dalrymple said. The clerk' has disappeared. A warrant for his ar rest is in the hands of the Depart ment of Justice. , ' Forecast. - Nebraska: Snow and much cold er Saturday; Sunday cloudy and continued cold. Iowa: Snow and colder Saturday and Saturday night; Sunday mostly cloudy; colder in east and central portions. s Hourly Temperatures: a. .35 1 n. m, hi. 7 a. m. a. m . a. m. .84 .84 ,S4 S4 .14 S p. S p. P. S p. p. 10 a. m. It a. . It ao. ' The Weather. ""ffiSi:; DISCOVERER OF FIGHT IN-HOUSE "i,,.-,,, to open today! NORTH POLE GOES Supporters Of Compromise Say It Will Win Endorse ment Easily Washington. Feb. 20. Both sides lined up in the house for a big fight Saturday on the railroad re organisation bill. As a . forerunner, debate was opposed .informally, by bptla. sup porters" and opponents of the coifV promise measure, but the main ef forts of both were centered in ral lying strength. Supporters of the bill were confident that the compro mise would win house endorsement by a substantial margin. Opponents maintained that the vote would be close. The redraft bill is opposed by a majority of the democrats and also by members regardless of poli tical , affiliation friendly toward labor. There also are some repub licans opposed to the general prin ciples of the bill but the majority of them favored the measure as it stands and expect with the aid of at least a score of democrats to bring about final passage before adjournment. Four Masked Bandits Bind and Gag Inmates Of Home; Steal $600 sFour masked and armed burglars last night entered the home of Al fred Hanson, Forty-eighth and Spring, streets, bound and gagged those in the house and took money and watches ' valued at $600. The four men entered the house at about 8, telling Hanson and his family and three Wn who were visiting them to stick up their hands. Watihes were tagen from Peter Erickson and Edward Larson. , All inmates of the house, including two small children belonging; to the housekeeper, were bound and or dered to face the. wall. The bur glars searched the 4iouse and found about $550 in a trunk belonging to Mr. Hanson. -1 r - The robbers were in the house over two hours. They cut the tele phone wires. Checks amounting to $300 were left. The 10-year-old son of Hanson slipped his bonds and untied his father and the others. Submarine-Chaser Is Named After Omahan Who Died Overseas An 80-foot submarine chaser, tle only one used in connection with the United States air service, has been named in honor of the late Lieut. Robert Connell of this city, accord ing to information given yesterday by Lieutenant Colonel Geiger, act ing chief of the balloon service, who ciiled oil George B. Thummel, presi dent of the Omaha Aero .club. . This boaf is stationed at Lang Jey field, near Newport News,' and is used as an escort for dirigibles. Lieutenant Connell was a son of the late Dr. R. W. Connell, .former health commissioner. He went from Fort Omaha with the second bal loon squadron and dicd overseas. Lieutenant Colonel Geiger also Stated a balloon field, not yet desig nated, will be named "Connelk" Cold ; Wave Hteorrtana. , , Helena, Mont., feV 20. A cold wave which spread generally over Montana, sent temperatures 'down 15 to 2$ degrees within the 24 hours ended today. Helena showed the 'maximum and registered 10 de grees above rero. t' 1 ON LAST VOYAGE i Admiral Peary Dies , After Long Illness, During Which 35 Blood Transfusions -t Were of No Avail. 1 Washington. Feb. 20. Rear Ad miral' Robert E. .Peary, retired, dis coverer of the north pole, died at his home here after a two years' illness of pernicious anemia, during which 35 blood , transfusions had been of no avail. Sailors, attaches of the naval hospital and many ex si.Tvice men gave of their life's blood in the vain effort to prplong the life of tliel country's foremost explorer. It ,hkd been known to the faniily for weeks, but kept from the public that his life was despaired of, but no one thought the end so near, and his sudden death was unexpected. He will be buried in Arlington Na tional cemetery " Monday morning with full naval honors of his rank. P.eached North Pole. It was on the afternoon of Sep tember 6. 1909, that the following few words reported to the civilized world for the first time this crown ing achievement? of three centuries of effort: " ' "Indian Harbor, via Cape Ray, N. F., September 6 To The Associated Press, New York. "Stars and Stripes nailed to North Pole. . , "PEARY." Peary's actual attainment of the pole had been just five months' be fore, on April' 6. 1909. , When this dispatch tame, the world was, quite unknown to Peary, (Condoned un Page Two, Column One.) Prince of Wales Wil S Sail On Renown, March 5 for Trip to Australia London, Feb. 20. The prince of Wales, will leave on his trip to the antipodes on March 5, on which date his ship, the deadnought Renown, will depart from Ports mouth, according to the official itinerary given out today. He will arrive at Colon on Mrch 23. The next day will be occupied in the progress thrcugh the Panama canal, and '.hen the Renown will turn northward, touching at San Diego, Cal., on March 31. Recommend Increased , ' -Supervision of Packers Washington. Feb. 20. Increased government supervision over the packing industry was recommended to the senate by Senator Gronna, re publican, North Dakota, in report ing favorably the tfenyon-Kendrick hill as redrafted by the agriculture committee. . , Under its provisions a federal live stock commission would be created to supervise the packers, live stock markets and market agencies, and the packers would be prohibited from dealing in foodstuffs other thin live stock products where com petition would be lessened, from-apportioning territory or purchases or arranging or agreeing to control prices, and from driving competitors out of business. ; Poincare Succeeds Jonnart. Paris, Feb. . 20. Raymond Poin care has been named French dele gate on the reparations commissioo. He succeeds CharlesC. A. Jonnart. who resigned from the commission recently- - , . FARMERS TO BE ACTIVE IN POLITICS Sever) Organizations Unite to Participate in Presidential Campaign Demand Stand Be Taken by All Candidates. WILL SUPPORT ONLY "LONG VISI0NED MAN" Conference Adopts Resolu tions Calling for Action on ' Problems of Vital Interest to Farming Communities. v ,., Washington, . Feb. 20. With the appointment 6i a committee " of . seven prominent farm organizations leaders to "draw '..up a platform," the America farmer, through the National Board of Farm Organiza tions, Served notice on present and prospective presidential candidates that he is determined to participate . in the Coining campaign. . : ? " The platform will comprise que tions designed to bring out uninis-. ' takably the attitude of each candi date upon matters which agricultur ists consider of paramount impor tance. Officers are Named. C. S. Barrett of Georgia, presi dent of. the National Farmers' union, was named chairman of -the . committee, the other members be ing T. C. Xtkeson of West Vir- ginia, representing the national v grange; Gifford i'inchot Pennsyl vania, of the Pennsylvania Rural Progress association,' J. B. Houston, Wisconsin, secretary Wisconsin So ciety of Equity; W. I. Drummond, Oklahoma International Farm con gress; R. D. Cooper, New York, Dairymen's league, and J. R. How ard, Washington, American Fapn Bureau federation, ' ' "The committee, if I understand tTie temper. Of organized agricul ture," Chairman Barrett said, "will demand f most comprehensive asid unmistakable statement of the posi- , tion of . each candidate 'on ques tions especially relating to agri culture. The farmers will not sub mit to camouflage; moreover, the 1 committee will- try to determine, befqre submitting its .findings to ' the farmers, just what ability a candidate may have to carry out his pre-election promises. We must ' get behind & strong, faithful, long- ; visioned man. None other will suit " 1 1 '- Resolution Adopt! ' w' ;. The conference adopted resolu- V' tions, asking the early appointment : -of an American delegate to the International Institute of Agricul ture; of Rome to succeed the late David Lubin; approved the Cap-pcr-Hersmari bill restoring to farmers the right of collective buy ing and selling;.' expressed con fidence in the- Federal Trade commission -in connection with the iminent investigation of that body and ; petitioned cong ress to amende the farm loan y act to increase the .maximum loan from $10,000 to $25,000. The invi tation from Sir Horace Plunkett i as representative, of Irish ' farm organizations, that a delegation be appointed to attend an internation al congress on agriculture at Dub- 1 lin during the present year, was accepted. . Chicago Gunman Is Hanged as Grand Jury Members Are Watching Chica'tro. Feb. 20. Tohn "Sniiliiin Jjck" O'Brien, 21-year-ad guninaiii was nangea in cook county jail this morning for the murder of Patrol- -man Richard Burke. " . The execution was delayed nearly, an hour, when a last minute request was received from the grand jury asking to see O'Brien. The jurors remained in the death chamber and watched the hanging. O'Brien was convicted of shoot ing the policeman in a eun battle in " a saloon. He declared in court that . he was- guilty, but three days ago claimed that he had pleaded guilty when the late "Mossy" Enright, leader of a gunmen's clan, who was killed recently by a member of his own band, offered to get him off with a,two-year sentence if he would- , accept the blame to shield a relative of Enright. The pardon board and ; i-ieutenanr tovernor Oglesby re-, fused to -grant a reprieve to investi- . gate the story. , r, ! Mexican Outlaws Release ' American Held for-Ransom New ,,York,x FeB 20. Wilson -Welsh Adams, an American mine superintendent, , has been released bv the bandits who kidnaped him for ' ransom from the Providencia mine in Mexico and has arrived safely at Saltillo, according to a telegram re- , ccived today by the American Metal company. Limited, his employer,' -The bandits demanded $25,000 ran- . som, but the telegram did not say whether the money had been paid or whether Adams' release was fotced' by Mexican government troops who were known to be in pin suit. Adams' wife lives in Los Angeles. Clerk Killed in Dispute Over Price for Pair of Sox .'Chicago. Feb. 20. Richard Vvu, ; aged 10, walked into a haberdashery store and asked for a pair of sock-;, ' J. F. Burchan, the clerk, showed him a pair. Putz offered. a dime in pay ment, ilia clerk asked a quarter- Putz drew a gun ami shot the clerk . twice. Burchan died this morning, and the boy was booked for first de gree murder, . III I f v "TV"-