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REPUBUCAN
RESERVATION
IS ADOPTED
Condition to Peace Treaty Re
garding Mandatories, At
tached to Pact in November,
Repassed. 64 to 4, in Senate.
ADMINISTRATION MEN
WITHDRAW OPPOSITION
First Qualification Adopted
With Acquiescence of Demo
cratic Managers and More
Than Jwo-Thirds Vote.
Washington, Feb. 26. The repub
lican reservation regarding manda
tories, attached to the peace treaty
last November over the opposition
of 33 democratic senators, was re
adopted by a vote of 68 to 4 in th;
. senate today after administration
leaders had withdrawn their opposi-
tion to it. .
It was the first time a qualification
of the treaty had been adopted with
the acquiescence of the, democratic
' managers and the first time more
than two-thirds of the entire senate
membership had voted together in
. approving any reservation. The re
sult was not generally regarded as
indicating a sudden break in the sen
ate situation, however, since the res
ervation was one of those to which
the democrats had agreed in the re-
cent bipartisan conference to adopt
without change.
Hitchcock Gives In.
Thirty democrats and 38 republi
cans were recorded in favor of the
reservation after Senator Hitchcock,
the democratic leader, had declared
on the floor that the effect would be
. only to recite a principle already es
tablished under the treaty itself and
under federal laws. It provides in
substance that no mandate could be
atcepted by the United States with
out the consent of congress,
; All Opponents Democrats. 'V
The four who voted in the nega
tive were Senators Jones, New Mex
ico; Kendrick. Wyoming; Walsn,
Montana, and Williams, Mississippi,
all democrats. Explaining his vote,
Senator Walsh declared he had "not
the slightest objection to the reser
vation except that it is unnecessary."
Senator Hitchcock did not vote.
A new reservation providing that
the ratificationi would not be binding
unless the presdent formally trans
mitted it to the other powers within
30 days after the senate acted, was
presented by Senator Brandegee of
Connecticut, a . republican irrecon
cilable, for future consideration.
House Committee to
Report Bill Giving
r a m ri
Service Men Bonus
Washington. Feb. 26. (Special
Telegram.) The house under the
leadership of Representatives Mon
lcll, Fcss. Campbcll'of Kansas and
RoyaL Johnson of South Dakota
voted to refer all bonus bills af
fecting soldiers, sailors and marines
in the world war to the committee
on ways and means, as intimated
would be done in a dispatch to The
Bee several days ago. i
The solid Nebraska delegation in
the house favored this action, be
lieving that out of the multiplicity of
hills pending for bonuses to the men
.if the American expeditionary
;orces some real helpful bill will be
eported that will receive the united
support of the republican majority.
Chairman Fordney has intimated
lhal hearings will be held- on the
several bills and that he hopes to
. report a bill within 30 days that will
be acceptable to the great body of
men who made up the army and
navy in the world war.
Greece to Retain Smyrna
By New Turkish Treaty
London. Feb. 26. The . Evening
Standard says the provisions of the
new Turkish treaty include the fol
owing: "The claims of Greece regarding
Thrace have been conceded; Greece
will retain Smyrna under the suzer
ainfy of Turkey in principle.
Very stringent financial clauses
have been decided on to suppervise
the whole of Turkey's resources.
Cilicia probably will be placed
under a mandate from France and
an independent Armenia is con
templated,, including a republic of
Erivan arid parts of northern Ar
menia, within lines drawn up by a
; boundary commission.
Ask Veto of Bill.
Washington, Feb. 26. President
" Wilson was urged to veto the rati1
road bill in 'memorials presented
Thursdav ,by the railroad brother
hJa tit Farmers' National coun-
cll and the American Society ofj
Equity. Delegations representing
those organizations saw Secretary
Tumulrv, who told them he would
bring their requests to the presi
dents attention.
- Baker No Candidate.
Washington, Feb. 26. Secretary
Raker has declined to be a candi
date for delegate-at-large from Ohio
to the democratic national conven
tion, - -
FRANK' WALTERS
TO MANAGE PART
OF NORTHWESTERN
w::, a
Frank Walters.
Former Omahan in Charge
East of River Dike Manager
Of Western Division.
Frank Walters, until two years
ago general manager of the North
western railroad lines' west of the
Missouri river, with headquarters
in Omaha, is to be general manager
of the lines east of the river when
the road is returned to private man
agement Monday, according to an
nouncement in Chicago yesterday.
Walters began his railroad career
as a clerk on the Northwestern in
Iowa. By successive promotions
he became division superintendent
at Norfolk, Neb., then general sup
erintendent of the western lines at
Fremont and then general manager
in Omaha. Two years ago he went
to Chicago as assistant general man
ager of the entire system.
Division Re-established
Yesterday's order re-establishes
the division of the system into two
parts', Walters heading thte eastern
and C. T. Dike of Omaha being
general manager of the western
lines. H. E.' Dickinson of Norfolk
is ta be assistant genera; manager
of the western lines.
Marvin Hughitt of Chicago is to
be chairman of the board of direc
tors, of the entire system and Wil
liam H. Fin ley, Chicago, is to be
president.
The most noteworthy omission of
former officers from the new roster
is that of R. H. Aishton, who was
president of the Northwestern when
the government took control of the
(Continued on Wire Two, Column Four.)
BEATRICE WOMAN
AND FATHER SHOT
BY HERHUSBAND,
Enraged at Wife for Seeking
Divorce Man Tires to Kill
, Entire Family.
Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 26. (Special
Telegram.) John Swartz, following
a quarrel with his wife, who refused
to withdraw her petition for divorce
when he requested .it, made a mur
derous assault upon ner and her
father, C. M. Barber, accbrding to
the story told by them while their
wounds were being dressed by phy
sicians. They allege that Swartz called at
the Barber home where Mrs. Clara
Swartz 'has been staying since fil
ing her divorce petition last week
and when she refused to withdraw
the petition opened fire on her with
a revolver and shot her in the arm.
Her father attempted to stop the at
tack and was shot in the head. Both
will recover. ,
As Swartz was- escaping through
a back door they assert he saw his
10-year-old daughter,. Ethel, hud
dled in a corner and fired one shot
at her. The bullet missed the little
girl entirely. ;
Armed Guards Patrol Oil
Fields to Protect Owners
Casper, Wyo., Feb. 26. Armed
guards last night patrolled the oil
fields of the Salt Creek field, said
to be the richest oil region in the
Rocky mountain states, to prevent
claim jumping on the first night
after release of the lands under the
national oil land leasing bill, signed
by the president yesterday.
A rav; wind, sweeping across the
frozen country, did not deter claim
ants of the land. Automobile head
lights were turned into searchlights
and mounted men rode the country,
following every suspicious move
ment of unidentified persons. A
considerable part of the land has
been partially developed and claim
ants of the land are anxious to pre
vent outside parties erecting a der
rick during the night and thus
initiating long litigation over the
land.
Canada Relinquishes
Sugar Price Control
, Ottawa.. Feb.-26. The Canadian
board of commerce has relinquished
control over the price of sugar with
the announced purpose of providing
a test as to whether the orders of
the board hae been eeffective and
whether profit control is beneficial.
The price' of 16 cents a pound at the
refineries no longer is in effect. .
RUSSIA AGAIN
MKESJiUfS
PEACEJFFER
j Pledges Immediate Establish
ment of Democratic Princi
ples in Country and Calling
Of a Constituent Assembly.
WILL WITHDRAW DECREE
ANNULING FOREIGN DEBT
In Return . Soviet Would Re
quire Great Britain ' and
Other Countries to Abandon
All Intervention in Russia.
Washington, Feb. 26. (By The
Associated Tress.) In a new, peace
proposal to the great powers, re
ported in official dispatches received
today, soviet Russia pledges estab
lishment of democratic principles in
Russia and the calling of a con
stituent assembly.
It promises further to withdraw
the decree annulling Russia's foreign
debt, restoring 60 per cent of the
liability, and also to pay arrears of
interest, giving as a guarantee for
the fulfillment of Its obligations
considerable mining concessions of
platinum and silver to an Anglo
American syndicate.
In return and in addition to the
formal peace treaties, the soviet gov
ernment would require Great Brit
ain and other countries to abandon
all intervention in Russian affairs.
Wants Credit From U. S.
It also proposes that the United
States allow a credit to Russia con
ditioned upon considerable conces
sions in that country.
A dispatch today from London
quoting a Moscow wireless message
said i the soviet government had
made new peace overtures to the
United States, Japan and Roumania.
No such proposals fiad reached the
State department and officials were
unable to-say whether the peace sug1
gestion contained in the other offi
cial advices as outlined above were
those referred to in the Moscow
radiogram.
Gets No Overtures.
Copenhagen, Feb. 26. Maxim
Litvinoff, the Russian bolshevik
commissioner in Denmark, said to
day that he had received no official
overtures from Russia as a result
of the supreme council's decision.
He confirmed, however, the state
ment that peace offers had beeu sent
by the Russian soviet government to
Japan and Roumania and that the
Ukrainian soviet had offered peace
to Poland.
Army Bill Provides
8,000 Fewer Officers
Than Baker Requested
Washington, Feb. 26. Eight
thousand fewer army officers than
asked for by the War department
are provided by the house army re
organization bill, formally presented
Thursday by Chairman Kahn of the
military affairs committee. Reduc--ions
in the number of officers were
made in every branch of service, but
the sharpest cut was for the aviation
service, which received only 1,514 of
the 4.500 asked for. In all, the de
partment sought 26,179 officers and
the house committee granted 17,820.
No mention of universal training
is made in tne report, but Chairman
Kalm announced he expected to ap
point Frilay the subcommittee
which will investigate all questions
of a training scheme and frame the
separate bill to be submitted on this
subject. This committee, to be com
postd of seven members, will include
a majority of supporters of universal
training. ' ,
More Armenians Reported
' Massacred by Turks
Washington, Feb. 26. The mas
sacre of several thousand Armenians
vas reported in a cablegram received
by Professor Der Hagopian, vice
president of the Armenian national
delegation to the peace conference,
whj is in Washington on a special
mission. The message was from
Patriarch" Zaven, at Constantinople,
and said in part:
''Cilicia covered with blood. Sev
eral thousand Armenians massacred.
The existence of all our compatriots
in those regions in danger in conse
quence of the recrudescence of
Turkish attacks. Several Armenian
localities evacuated . or besieged.
We are making the necessary po
litical representations to the peace
conference." ' ,
Ex-Governor of Arizona
Named Siam Minister
Washington, Feb. 26. George W.
P. Hunt, ex-governor of Arizona,
was nominated today by President
Wilson to b.e minister to Siam.
Cable Breaks.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 26. The
Canadian-Australijn cable .broke
betwen Fiji and -Norfolk Island,
about 800 miles from Auckland. It
was said the break will be repaired
wtthin a weku ; ' '
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TWO CAPTAINS OF
OMAHA BOOMED
FOR DELEGATES
Both Favor Nomination of
Pershing, But Will Support
Choice of Nebraska Re
publicans at Primaries.
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Per-shing-for-President
club has" en
dorsed Capt. C. E. Adams as a can
didate for district delegate to the
national republican convention, and
Capt. John H. Caldwell as a can
didate for .alternate' to Captain
Adams. Petitions for the two can
didates are being circulated.
Captain Adams and Captain Cald
well are outs'pokenly for General
Pershing for president, but both
candidates say that they will be
bound by the preferential vote in
April. .
Captain Adams is the retiring
commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic and a well known
Civil war veteran. '
Captain Caldwell is a son of the
late Victor B. Caldwell, who at the
time of his death was president of
the United States National bank,
and he is a grandson of Samuel S.
Caldwell, who was one of Omahas
pioneer bankers. . Captain Adams is
now trust officer . of the United
States Trust company. He served
for more than two years in the army.
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Two Airmen Killed.
Panama, Feb. 26. Two United
States army aviators were killed
when their- plane crashed,, from a
height of 5,000 feet at Agua Dulce.
They were Lieutenants Homan and
Vaughen, and were engaged in a
flight from France Field to David,
about 200 miles distant from- Pana
ma, carrying mail.
Eliminate Advertising.
Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 26. Winni
peg newspapers have announced
that on account of the paper short
age they will be' obliged "until fur
ther notice" to discontinue the pub
lication of advertising matter. They
will continue to publish news.
The Weather.
Forecast,
Nebraska: 'Fair Friday, warmer
in west, Saturday unsettled and cold
er, probably with snow in north.
Iowa: Fair and warmer Fridav;
Saturday mostly cloudy; colder in
west and central portions. '
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Civil War Veteran
Who Is Candidate to
G. 0. P. Convention
Capt. C. E. Adams.
Caillaux Takes Credit for
Preventing War. in 1911
Paris, Feb. ' 26. Former Premier
Joseph Caillaux dealt extensively
with the treaty of Algecifas in his
testimony Thursday before the sen
ate, sitting as a high court, which is
trving him on a charge of having
had treasonable dealings with the
enemy. . '
M. Caillaux claimed the glory of
having saved France from war in
191 and also for the subsequent in
tensification of the production of
heavy artillery. He made every en
deavor, he 'declared,' to have Russia
adopt, plans for quicker mobiliza
tion. ' ' ' .
The Algeciras . negotiations arc
not included in the charge against
M. Caillaux, but . Leon Bourgeois,
presiding over the high court, said
that the explanations were neces
sary in order to throw light on M.
Caillaux's activities during the war.
Suspended Socialist Denies
Ever Spi'tting on Old Glory
'Albany. N. Y., Feb. 26. Charles
Solomon, one of the five suspended
socialist assembymen being tried by
the judicijary committee of the lower
house for alleged disloyalty, took
the witness stand Thursday and de
nied that he had told a recruiting
party in Brooklyn in 1917 that the
Eutter was good enough for them
and that he tater had spat on the
American flag.
The witness- al.-'o denied that he
ever had attecpted to' hreak the
state's red flag law, or had ever said
lie was ?. bolshevik or that "revolu
tion was coming." . -
ALLEGED STILL
FOUND BY HELP
OF PHONE GIRL
Domestic Brawl1 Makes Tele
phone Connection and Wom
an's Shriek Brings Police
Emergency Squad.
A woman's shriek heard by a tele
phone operator yesterday afternoon
when a phone at the home of Phil
J. Tobin, 3019 Decatur street, was
knocked to the floor during a do
mestic brawl, brought an emergency
call to police. tL'pon investigation
a squad of detectives allege they
found a whisky still jn operation
on the second floor of the Tobin
home. Mr. and Mrs. Tobin were
attending the operations of the still
detectives say. , Both were arrested
for investigation and for keeping
an ill-governed house. Two others,
Kosewell Heiner and William John
son, 1620 Frederick street, who were
in the house at the time, were ar
rested. Federal officers will take charge
of the case after city police are
through with the prisoners, detec
tives say.
This is the first "moonshine" case
in (Jmaha in which a woman has.
Tobin 1 declares she came from
Oklahoma, "where there is no such
thing as bad whisky."
A copper worm, gas heater, a bar
rel, 25 gallons of syrup, hundreds
of bottles and several kegs com
prise the complete "moonshine"
outfit taken in the raid.
Newsprint Paper 'Shows
An Increased Production
Washington. Feb. 26. Increase in
the production of newsprint paper
in January, 1920, over January 1919,
amounted to 11 per cent for print
and more than 8 per cent standard
news, according to ; the Federal
Trade commission. Production of
both grades for January also showed
an increase over the preceding
month. ,
, New York, Feb. 26. The price of
newsprint on International Paper
company contracts will be increased
from cents a pound to 5 cents
for the quarter beginning April 1,
C. W. Lyman, vice president of the
company, announced.
Mother and Four Children
' Burn to Death in Home
Montreal, Feb. 26. --.Mrs!! M.
Gregory and her four children were
burned to death early Thursday in a
fire which destroyed their -home.
Mrs. Gregory and a 2-year-old baby
were lying in bed when the three
other children accidentally et fire
to the house. .
ALLIES MUST
FORMER AGREEMENTS OR
U. S. MAY REFUSE TREATY
President, in Second Note, Adheres to Previous Decision
that Unless Terms of Settlement are Returned to
Provisions Decided Upon December 9 He "Must
Take Under Serious Consideration" the Withdraw
" al of the Treaty of Versailles and the French Alii-
ance From the Senate. V '
Washinston. Feb. 26. President Wilson in rtis rpnlv tn
'the British and French premiers on the Adriatic question
adnei;es to his previous decision that unless thetterms of set
tlement are returned to the provisions of the agreement of
December 9, he "must take under serious consideration" the
withdrawal of the Treaty of Versailles and the French alli
ance from the senate.
The response of the premiers was dispatched from Lon
don today, but had not been received tonight in Washington.
! : .(.y With the exception of this note.
FIRE DESTROYS
PIANO HOUSE
INFARNAMST.
Schmoller &
Company's
aged to
Mueller Piano
Home
Dam-
the Extent
- to $300'000,
Fire destroyed the. home of
the Schmoller & Mueller Piano com
pany, 1311-1313 Farnam street, at
an early hour , this . morning and
damage of approximately $300,00)
was esfiraated by G. C. May, treas
urer of the company.
Although the fie was not under
control at 3:30 this morning, firemen
were hopeful of confining the blaze
to the piano company building with
perhaps slight damage to those im
mediately contiguous..
In the building were instruments
valued at "about $250,000.
The fire was discovered at 12:55
a. m. Friday and a general alarm
was given which called out the city's
available fire-fighting apparatus.
It is thought the blaze was-started
from an overheated' furnace, al
though, this fact is . not assured.
Fire Runs Up felevator Shaft.
Shortly after the fire started fire
men had hopes of confining the
blaze to the basement and first floor
but the flames ate their way up the
elevator shaft and set afire all five
stories of the building.
Ill luck attended fire fighter.?.
Shortly after the lire began an en
gine was put out of commission and
one of the main hose lines was, rend
ered jiscless when it was cut in two.
The building adjacent on the east
erf! side of the piano house, tlje
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., was
damaged by fire.
The 18-story Woodmen of the.
World building to the west, which
is fireproof was practically un
harmed by the flames though some
damage was done in this structure
by smoke. , ;
Open in New Quarters.
The Schmoller & Mueller company
will open an office this morning in
the Omaha Printing company's
plant, Thirteenth and Farnam
streets, according to an announce
ment by Mr. Mueller.
Merchants Market Week visitors
thronged the windows qf the Pax
ton hotel annex to watch the fire.
A strong south wind banned the
flames and . hampered trie work of
the fireman. Spray from the hose
frose almost immediately and made
the footing dangerous for the fire
fighters.
Street cars on Farnam street and
Harney street lines were unable to
operate because of scores of lines of
hose stretched across the streets.
hc sixth and seventh floors of the
Woodman of the World, building
and directed halt a dozen streams
of water on the roof of the burn
ing building.
Federal Orders Forbid
Searching for Liquor
Without Warrants
Chicago, Feb.26. Maj. A. V. Dal
rymple, commander of the expedi
tion against the "Michigan rum re
bellion," returned to Chicago Thurs
day with his crusaders to be faced
with positive federal orders forbid
ding liquor searches or arrests with
out proper warrants.
The ruling induced by the Iron
River controversy is expected to
throw out of court scores of whisky
prosecutions started in Chicago by
"dry" agents who first procured the
evidence against prisoners and Liter
had warrants sworn out for them.
All arguments concerning the
right of prohibition agents to search
homes or business houses or to
make arrests without federal writs
nov is settled, according to an opin
ion distributed to officers by Dis
trict Attorney Charle.s F. Clyne,
LIVE UP TO
uic excnaiigcs on tne subject, m-
iiu.iiug me jecemuer y agreement,
and the subsequent agreement com--'
municated to jugo-Slavia ktst month
by the British and French premiers
were made public today by the
-State department.
Proviiions of Memorandurn.
The joint memorandum of Decenf
ber 9, subscribed to by France, Great
Britain and the United States and
which it vas supposed here settled
tile Adriatic question, provided in
substance, the following:
Istria was to have(fa frontier which,
while "wi'Jely overstepping" the
recognized ethical line between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia would have given
to Italy u.ore than 300,000 Jugo
slavs and farther extended eastward "
to give Italy territory in the region
of 'Albania, also including Jugo
slavs, as against 40,000 Italians, was
to be placed under the league of
rations. The so-called Assling-rc-
gion vas to be permanently demili
tarized. There was to be a free
state of Fiume under control and
for future determination by the
league with full autonomy for the
city oi Fiume.
The city of Zara was toJiave com- -plete
sovereignty under the league
and complete control of its own af-
fairs. The islands of the Pelagosa
group, Lissa and the small islands
west of it, Lussin and Unie. were to
pass to Italy on a. demilitarized
status with iocal autonomy for the
Slavs in Lissa. Italy was to have a
mandate over the independent state
of Albania under the league.
Albania's Frontiers.
Albania's frontiers north and east ..
vere1 to be those fixed by the Lon
don conference of 1913, but the south
was left fr negotiation. Greece was
to have certain territory, the lines
for some cf which were to be left
for negotiation. The city of Balonia
and such hinterland strictly neces
sary to defense and economic de- ..
"elortnent were granted to Italy In '
I full sovereignty. ' ,
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i ncse provisions were uescriticu in
the memorandum .as affording to
Italy "full satisfaction of her his- -toric
national aspirations," uniting ;.
the Italian race and as giving her'1
"absolute strategic control of the Ad
riatic." The conferees declared they
had carried "their concern .for
Italian security to the point of neu
tralizing the Dalmatian islands and
adjacent waters from the northern
border of the Regusa region to
Fiume." "
1 Italy, however, had asked for con
trol of the displomatic relations of
Zara, dissolution of the city : of
Fiume from the free state of Fiume:
connection of the., city of Fiume to
Istria by a corridor and annexation
to- Italy of thev island of Lagosta,
This plan, the conferees character
ized as "counter to every considera-
(Contlnued on Page Two, Colopin Five.)
Co-Operate or Get Out,
Edwards' Ultimatum
To William J. Bryan
New Y6rk, Feb. 26. Unless Will
iam J. Bryan co-operates so .that the
democratic party may "squarely pre
sent the prohibition issue to all the
people of the country," Governor
Edwards of New Jersey, in an ad
dress here at a dinner' of the So
ciety of Arts and Sciences, declared
that "it is only fair to suggest" to
Mr. Bryan that he "leave the partv
and take up his proper place in th
prohibition party."
"If my efforts in this matter re
sult in the adoption by either or both
parties of a definite policy," he
added, "I will be contented and 1
will feel certain that in such event '
the majority- of the people of this
nation will compel the restoration ol '
the full portion of personal liberty
and self-determination that we all
desire, deserve and demand." - "
Several Injured in Wreck.
Kaii Claire, Wis., Feb. 26. Ser
era persons were injured here today
when a westbound passenger tram
on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapo
lis & Omaha railroad collided with
the North Coast Limited. The acci
dent took place in the yards where
the limited was sidetracked.
Ships Pounding to Pieces. .
Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 26. The steam
ship Tallac, 1.103 tons, is pounding
to pieces off False cape with her
caryo of iron ore, according to re
ports by a wrecking steamer which
has taken off its crew. ' - -
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