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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, , &20. .
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Dally s4 Sua., KM: suliUs Nk. Sottas sstrs.
TWO CENTS,
The
CORRUPTION
CHARGED BY
SUFFRAGISTS
-i'
Leaders Denounce Attempt to
Defeat Amendment in West
Virginia by Reseating. Sen
ator Who Left State.
voVes werFIoughtv
ASSERTS ALICE PAUL
Decisive Action Expected To
day on Arrival of Senator
Bloch, Whose Affirmative
Vote May Break the Tie.
lilos- Tribune Omaha Bee I.itrd Wire.
Washington, March 9.. Charges
of corruption were made tonight by
leaders of tile National Woman's
party and Frank Barrow, repre
sentative of thc national republican
senatorial committee, against the
forces opposing suffrage in the
, West Virginia legislature.
While State Senator Block has
been speeded, across the country
from California, to save the day for
ratification, 'opponents of the
amendment have brought to life a
member of the legislature, Senator
Archibald Montgomery, who moved
frm West Virginia to Illinois some
time ago and has not been conV
sidered a member of the legislature.
If Mr. Montgomery is"" seated and
votes against suffrage, it will con
tinue to, tie the vote which is
tantamount to the defeat of the suf
frage . amendment in West Virginia
and perhaps its final defeat in the
nation. ? , ' , ,
"Our workers have never en
countered," Alike Paul, chairman of
the national woman s party, stated
, tonight, 'tactics so corrupt or such
attempts' as the buying of votes as
. are a matter of common report to-
. day in the halte of the West Virginia
, legislature. The liquor and other
interests opposed to suffrage, defeat
ed in New Jerseyf " are making
another desperate stand in West Vir
ginia. The last minute return of
' Mr. Montgomery is the final hope
for defeating ratification."
' ' Suffragists Win Victory. '
Charleston, W. Va., March 9.-
Forces favoring ratification of the
federal suffrage amendment in the
West Virginia legislature won an
other victory in the senate Tuesday
afternoon in their effort tq keep that
body jo -session until Senator Jesse
, A. Bloch can arrive in Charleston.
, It is expected he will reach here
early Wednesday and cast the de
i cidiug vote in the senate at its ses
sion Wednesday afternoon.
Th fight" in thes senate centered
upon the right of Senator A. R.
Montgomery to vote; He had come
from nis home in Illinois in an ef
fort to break the deadlock ex
isting between pro and anti-suffrage
forces, and bring about a final ad
journment of the senate before Sen
ator Bloch could arrive. Suffrage
forces, by the vote of Senator Burr,
who had been listed as an anti.
suffragist, succeeded in preventing
Senator Montgomery , from voting
and brought about temporary ad
journment, i ' . '
Before adjournment Governor
Cornwall was asked to provide the
senate with , a copy of the letter
which it is said Senator Montgom
ery wrote to him when .he moved
from;West Virginia to Illinois rela
tive to his resignation. '
No word has been received Ot
Senator Bloch since he left Chicago
on a special train for Cincinnati,
where it is expected another special
train will rush him to Charleston to
assure his being in his seat Wednes
day. '
.Bloch Near Goal.
Cincinnati, March 9. The .special
train carrying Senator J. A: Bloch
of West Virginia, which left Chi-
at 6:15 p. m. Mr. Bloch an hour
later boarded a regular tram due m
Charleston early tomorrow.. .
Hoover Says His Ambition Is
To Remain Common Citizen
New York, March 9. Herbert
Hoover in a letter received by
Ralph Arnold of Los Angeles, New
York representative of the "Make
Hoover President club" of Cali
: fornia, declared he was not se,king
; public office, that his "ambition is
to remain a common citizen," but
that he believed he "like every other
citizen should always be ready for
service when really called upon."
Mr. Hoover's letter followed the
action of a group of prominent
Califomians residing in this city in
appointing a committee to go to
Vashington to ask Mr. Hoover to
make known his position. The com
mittee included Mark Requa, oil ad
ministrator during the war.
Mexican Bandits Kill .
American Tampico
Houston, Tex., March 9. A cable
gram sent by P. J. Blackmon, man
ager of the Magnolia Petroleum
company at Tampico, to S. J. Bying
ton of Houston stated that "Pat"
Foley, an employe of the Magnolia
Petroleum company, Jiad been killed
by Mexican bandits.
Dan Foley was formerly a resi
dent of Corpus Christi. He was 35
years old and unmarried.. -
Pilot and Two Passengers
: vKilled WhervPlane Burns
Wichita, Kan., March 9. Emil
Saegusser. an airplane- piloV and
Miss Claris Hart and GD. Ratcliff.
the latter 11 years old, were killed
when an airplane in which they were
riding caught fire 500 feet in the
air near Cunningham and fell to the
earth. The cause of the accident is
unknown, -. , . v
Normal 1 Economic; Relations
Throughout World'Asked By
League of Nations Council
"Peace Conditions Should Be Fully and Completely
Restored at Earliest Possible Moment," ' Says
Memorandum Would Limit Armies to 'Lowest
Possible Figure Compatible With Security.
By Associated Prci
London, March 9. The supreme
council has issued a memorandum
on world economic conditions. Its
conclusions are as follows:
"Firstly It is of paramount im
portance that " peace conditions
should be fully and completely re
stored at the earliest possible
moment throughout the world.
"To achieve this object it is de
sirable (first) that peace and normal
economic relations shoulS be re
established at the earliest possible
moment throughout easfern Europe;
(second), that armies everywhere
should be limited to the lowest
possible figure compatible with na
tional security and that the league
of nations should be invited to con
sider as soon as possible proposals
to this end; (third), that states which
have been created or enlarged as a
result of the war should immediately
re-establish full and friendly co
operation and arrangement for un
restricted interchange of commodi
ties in' order that the essential unity
of European economic life may not
be impaired by the 'erection of
artificial economic barriers. ,
' "Secondly Not only the govern
ment qf each country, but all those
engaged in the task of production in
every land should give immediate
attention to the -execution of all
measures which will contribute to
the iull resumption of peaceful in
dustry, -to the-encouragement of a
better output on the part of the
workers in every country, to the im
provement of machinery and means
of transportation and the removal
of such disturbing factors as
profiteering. .
"Thirdly r-' Each government
should immediately consider means
NEW HAMPSklRE
DELEGATES ARE
PLEDGED TO WOOD
Granite State Representatives
Instructed to Back General at
Chicago Convention.
Manchester, March 9. The native
state of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
will send to Chicago' a republican
delegation pledged to vote for him
so long as he is a candidate for the
presidency. At Tuesday's primaries
the WoodNpledgcd ticket for dele-
gates-at-large defeated by a big ma
jority an unpledged group of four
and a fifth candidate pledged for
Senator Hiram Johnson. The un
pledged men won in only' one city,
Dover, the home of Fred N. Beck-
with," one of 'the unpledged group.
The Wood men won easily .in theJ
First congressional district and were
unopposed in the Second district.
Ihe democrats, elected three dis
trict delegates pledged for Herbert
Hoover, one in the First district.
and two in the second. The other
democratic delegates elected were
unpledged but are generally consid
ered favorable for Hoover .
Some 50 small towns did not hold
primaries because of snow blocked
highways but their votes could hard
ly affect the result.
Out of 244 towns and wards vot
ing, I4U gave fred W. fcstabrook,
who led the Wood pledged ticket for
delegates-at-late, 5,207 against 2,644
for Benjamin F. Worcester, who
polled 'the largest vote of. the four
unDledf?ed. 'The same towns cave
John W. Flaherty, pledged for Sen
ator Johnson, 1,146.
Millionaire Woman
Socialist Is Granted
' '-New Jrial by Court
St. Louis, March 9. Mrs. Rose
Pastor Stokes, millionaire New York
socialist, convicted in Kansas City
in June, -1918, for violating the es
pionage act, has been granted a new
trial by the United states circuit
court of appeals here in an opinion
reversing the verdict of the trial
court. f - '." .
The' opinion asserted "there was
substantial evidence at the trial in
support of the verdist 'against the
defendant," btrt trfat District Judge
A. S. Van Valkenburgh's instruc
tion to the jury was prejudicial to
Mrs. Stokes.
It declared Judge Van Valken-
burgh, acted correctly in overruling
a motion to lake the case from the
jury and in overruling various other
demurrers offered by the defense.
A concurrent opinion, however,
warned that "we should be very
careful not to punish a citizen for
opinion honestly held."
PARKE BROWN
The tco'a rurps of foretfa corre
spondent, made available to Its read
er by The Bee'i
new connect ten
with The Chlcaro
Tribune, - Includes
experienced nnd
able men In very
European news
center. At Berlin,
for ' Instance, Is
PARKE BROWN
formerly Xha
Tri bone's star re
porter In Chicago,
later Hs war cor
respondent with
, the American
Army of Occupa
tion, a "dieter after the facts" and
forceful writer. - Kr. Brown's des
patches on the Intricate Qerssaa slt
amilon are to be regular feature of
The Bee. ,
for urging upon ts nationals in
every rank of life the vital necessity
of -suppressing extravagance and
reducing expenditure, so as 'to
bridge the gap which must for some
years exist between the demand for
and the supply of essential com
modities. "Fourthly It is essential that
early steps be taken to secure the
deflation of credit and currency:
First, by the reduction of recurrent
government expenditure vithin the
limits of the revenue; second, by
the imposition of, such additional
taxation as is necessary to secure
this result; third, by the funding of
short term obligations by means of
loans subscribed out of the people's
savings; fourth, by the immediate
limitation and gradual curtailment
of nqte circulation.,
"Fifthly Provisions for raw
materials being essential Vto the
restoration of industry, Nnieatw
should be found whereby the coun
tries which are, in the present con
ditions of international exchange,
unable to' purchase in the world
markets, and, , so, are unable to re
start their economic life, can obtain
commercial credits. -It will be pos
sible to achieve this when the coun
tries have made the reforms indi
cated in the foregoing paragraphs.
Co-operation of Allies.
"Sixthly The powers represented
at the conference recognize (the
necessity for the continued co-operation
between the allies and for re
moving obstacles to the easy inter
change of essential commodities.
They will continue to consult to
gether regarding the provision and
distribution of necessary raw mate
continued on Page TJro, Column Fly.)
A
FARMER BY DAY,'
BANDIT AT NIGHT;
POLICE CLAIM
Real Quick Change Artist and
Cache of Robber Gang
Found Near Chicago.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha. Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, March 9.-By day Guy
Wadsworth was a farmer, felt boots!
hickory shirt and everything. When
thei shads of evening felfr the police'
claim, he speedily transformed him
self into the head of a gang of safe
robbers. The claim appears to be
well founded, ai six or eight, of
Wardsworths gang have already
confessed to many robberies, in one
of, which a watchman was murdered,
Wadsworth's pals say he, fired the
fatal shot. Stolen property worth
$100,000 has already been recovered.
The gang was betrayed, by an anony
mous letter written by a woman.
Wadsworth, who is a retired po
liceman, with a shady record while
on the force, maintained a farm near
Dalton, an , hour's ride from Chi
cago. Detectives went there expect
ing to find a pretentious dwelling,
concrete silos and brUk implement
sheds. Instead they found a run
down shack and two pig pens.
Find Burglar Tools.
In the smaller of these pens they
dug up enough dynamite to blow up
the township and burglar tools of
every variety. It was the cache of
the safe-robbing gang. They were
guided by a diagram furnished by
one of the gang. Their clamor
awoke Mrs. Wadsworth,. who came
to the door ofthe shack.
"What do you want?" she de
manded, truculently.
"Guy's tools and his s'soup,' " the
detectives replied.
1 Without a word she flammed the
door. 1
Asi.de from the large quantity of
dynamite sticks, the cache yielded
five pint bottles of ;nitro-glycerine
known as "soup" among cracksmen,
a complete set of safe cracking tools,
a time cl5ck, two heavy revolvers,
fuses and blue canvas "swag" bags,
various disguises and odd suits of
clothing. , Eight men (besides Wads
worth are in custody and a ninth is
being sought. ,
Rise in Price of Coal
Hinted at by Operators
New York, March 9. Demands
which anthracite mine workers Of
Pennsylvania have asked operators
to incorporate in the new wage
agreement : to be drafted to take
effect April 1, and formally pre
sented to the mine owners Tuesday
and a sub-committee of practical
men was named to negotiate the
new contract. . 5
Unofficial opinions were expressed
by operators that the increase in
wages asked by the' miners would
mean a rise in the price of coal to
the consumer, 'if granted, -
Each side admitted tha no definite
decision would be reached until the
award of the bituminous coal com
mission in the wage demands of the
soft coal miners is handed down at
Washington.
Arguments on Prohibition
Concluded in Supreme Court
' Washington, March '9. Presenta
tion of arguments in cases from
Rhode island and Massachusetts
attacking' the "validity of the pro
hibition amendment to the constitu
tion were concluded in ffpreme
court. The case from. Kentucky
will be disposed . of - Wednesday,
after hich tlri question will be
left to the natron's highest tribunal
for decision. ; ' V ," 1
' Counsel for those attacking the
amendment continued. Tuesday, to
argue that it was revolutionary and
an invasion of states' righv v ,
'
DROP BOMBS
ON ICE JAM
Army Aviators Begin Attack
With Explosives on Gorge in
Susquehanna River, Which
Menaces Town With Flood.
OVER 4,000 POUNDS OF
TOT USED BY FLYERS
War Department Announces
Purpose to Continus Experi
ment to Successful Conclu
sion or Until It Fails'. ;
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee 1ascd Wire.
Fort Deposit. Md.. March 9.'
Army aviators, kovering at an altf-,,
tude of 5U0 teeH bombed a huge ice
gorge in the Susquehanna river this
morning to save the town from
flood.
A- De Haviland carrying ight
TNT bombs of 112 pounds each,
flew up and down the river, releasing
the powerful high Explosives at reg
ular intervals. .
The first bomb, dropped at 9
o'clock, was timed to penetrate the
ice before it exploded. When it let
go the whole country side was
shaken and the wedged ice yhurled
hundreds of feet in- the air, was
scattered over a half jacre.
At noon a Martin 'bomber, meas
uring nearly 100 feet from tip to tip,
left the Aberdeen proving grounds
and conimenqed at attack from the
air, with eight TNTs bombs weigh
ing 550 pounds. --
The Martin bomber, shortly after
beginning operations, was forced t
discontinue for the day when the
wheels of the landing gear became
imbedded in the aviation field.
- In the meantime, several De Havi
land olanes resumed bombing, using
250-pound charges. V
Titus far the ice has been broken
up near rerryvme ana navre ue
Grace to a depth ot from la to A),
inches for an area of aqout one
square mile. ,
The War department has an
nounced that it will nush the ex
Deriment to a successful conclusion
pr until it has proved a failure. ,
May Call John D., Jr., to
Stand in Anti-Saloon
': League Investigation
Albany, N. Y., March .--Assemblyman
Louis A. Cuvillier of
New Yoflc, author of the fesolution
adopted by the assembly calling for
an investigation of th anti-saloon
league's activites within the state,
announced that he would subpoena
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as a wit
ness. 1
Mr. Cuvillier stated that- it had
come to his notice that Mr. Rocke
feller paid a salary to State Super
intendent William H. Anderson of
the Anti-Saloon league of $15,000 a
year, at the rate of $1,250 a month.
Payments. ' he said, were made
through the Fifth Avenue branch
of- the Corn Exchange National
bank of New York city.
Robert E. Davey, counsel for the
anti-saloon league,. ' denied the
charge, which he termer "ridic
ulous." . N , ' -
Mr. Cuvillier also stated 'that a
Department of Justice representative
had sought a conference with him
regarding the .investigation. Mr.
Cuvillier said he was ignorant of the
purpose of the conference.
200 Aliens Held for i
Possible Deportation
Go on Hunger Strike
-Detroit; March 9. More than 200
aliens held at Fort Wayne for pos
sible deportation declared a hunger
strike as a protest against an order
which curtailed the number of vis
itors they may receive daily. The
prisoners, who were taken in feder
al raids in January, refused food
and declined to perform light duties,
including firing the boilers which
supply heat for their quarters.
Five v of the aliens have escaped
recently, leading the federal author
ities to believe they were aided by
visitors. The prisoners declared ihe
order "an unwarranted abridgement
of their, rights," and the "soviet"
declared the strike on.
Dr. P. L. Prentis, chief immigra
tion officer, declared the prisoners
for the present "would be allowed to
meditate on the demands of the un
satisfied appetites and the chill of
cold buildings." Their health, how
ever, would be safeguarded.' he said.
Husband Fired First Shot,
Wife Tells Coroner's Jury
Columbus,' N. M., .March 9. Mrs.
Maude Do&ter killed , her husband,
Capt. Wade Doster, medical corps.
U. S. A., in self-defense after he had
first shot her, she told a coroner's
jury at the militarjr hospital at Camp
Furlong here, where sh,e is recover
ing from a bullet wound in the
breast. v .
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Turkish Beauty :
Found a Prisoner -7n
Gotham Hotel
New "York, March 9.r-Delirious
and suffering from starvation, Sardi
Hadahismo, ' 17-year-old beauty,
daughter of the "Rockefeller of Tur
key" and fiancee of the Amir of Hed
jaz, was found late Tuesday a, pris
oner in a New York hotel, ..according
to announcement by a private de
tetlive aeency which was employed
in a norld-wide search i for the
heiress, '. - ' v
FROM PLANES
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"OUTLAW" STRIKE '
OF VEXPRESSMEN
FALLS THROUGH
Cancellation of Union Cards
Planned Unless Men Return ;
Many Already Back.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, March 9. The "outlaw",
strike called by clerks of the Amer
ican Hallway Express company
collapsed utterly Tuesday. Whole
sale cancellations of union cards in
the i Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks' union are planned;
beginning Wednesday, vunless the
holders are back at their posts.
More than 1,000 of the striker have
already been reinstated and many
other applications are in.
Telegrams were sent by the grand
officers warning the strikers that
their cards would be cancelled and
the announcement was met by hoots
of derision when it was read in the
hall, but many of the "hooters" were
in the "waiting line before nightfall,
asking for their places back again.
Grand officers charge' tht mem
bers of the'I.W. W. haye filtered
into the Express Clerks' union and
this element urged the outlaw strike
and are the ones still holding out.
against calling oft v. movement that
is stone dead.
Threats were made by the re
calcitrants to "knocks the block off"
J. R. Abbott, grand vice-president
of the order, who made the charge
of bolshevism and I. W. W. control
of the strikers. The express com
pany was running at almost normal
gait and extra forces are cleaning
up the immense quantities of tx
press matter that has accumulated
since the strike was called.
Fate of N. Y. Socialist
Assemblymen in the
" Hands of Committee
Albany, N. Y., March 9. Investi
gation into the charges of disloyalty
against the five suspended socialist
members of the state assembly end
ed Tuesday night. The case went
to the judiciary committee with the
close of the summing tip addresses
of Elon R. Brown, of counsel for the
committee. and John Block, of coun
self for the defense. :-
Former Senator Brown talked for
more than six hours. In closing he
said:
""The question is: "Which flag do
you follow? Do you follow the red
flag of anarchy now suppressed by
law which these men would, if they
could; parade in every street in
every city .of the world, or do you
follow trie Stars and Stripes? Gen
tlemen, your judgment will be a
great judgment. Let it be a just oW
In a 15-minute address Mr. Block
declaged that, inasmuch as tke mem
bers of the committee took the oath
to support the federal and state con
stitutions their only verdict could
be one seating the defendants. v"
Stage Bold Jewel Robbery.
In Heart of Baltimore
Baltimore, Md.. March 9. Five
armed m;n, accompanied by & young
.woman, drove an automobile to the
jewelry store of the James A. Af-'
m!rrAr rm nintr - - -- ttia nlof-A
glass window, stole $25,000 worth of
oiamonds, shot and sligrUIy wound
ed Charles Williar, who in his auto
mobile tried to black their way, and
escaped. -. " - . V
The street-is in the heart of the
shopping district and was thronged
with women and children.! -The Jives
of several pedestrians and autoists
were endangered bv shots fired by
the bandits . '
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Rambunctious ' .
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Grief-Stricken Wife
Forgives Womak Who
, Killed Her Husband
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, March 9. A grief
stricken wife, numbed by the pain
of a great tragedy, sat in her deso
lated home surrounded by her
children and forgave the woman
who had robbed her of her hus
' band -and '-4ier "xhildren 'of a
father. ,
In . the apartment where , the.
tragedy was enacted undertakers
were preparing the body of Gil
ford Melville Bleyer to be sent
back to the desolate home, where,
his little daughters prattled of his
absence, in childi&Jj ignorance of
his fate. '-
On a slab at ,-a Soutn Sid
morgue lay the beautiful form of '
'Mrs., Ruth Randall, the woman
who had loved Bleyer in life and
killed him in the last despairing
moment before she took her own
life.
Mrs. Randall was a woman of
unusual attractiveness and mental
ability., On a dresser in the room j
where she and Bleyer were found
dead were several poems she had
written, among them this signifi
cant note: .
Sleep, for my ha.nd is eure;
The cold steel, bright and njire,
.frrikes through thy heart and mine,
Shedding our blooff like wine.
It was plain, the police and cor
oner said, that she had shqt Bleyer
.as he slept and then turned the
weapon upon herself. , ,
Bleyer was head oi &n advertis
ing concern and Mrs. Randall Avas
an advertising writer. .. Investiga
tion of her divorce papers shows
her former husband was a drunk
ard and violently abusive.
Her love " for Bleyer was so
great that when he began to show
signs of breaking away sHe ap
parently decided' to take him with
her on tha Great Adventure."
Peary's Will Leaves ,
Everything to Family
Washington, March 9. The will
of- Rear Admiral -Robert Peary, U.4-
S. . N., retired, filed . for probate,
directs that all medals, trophies and
books of Eagle Island near South
Harpswell, Maine, b given to his
16-year-old son, Robert E. Peary,,
jr. The island was purchased with
mdney earned while Admiral Peary
was a high school student- and is
to remain permanently in the Peary
family. ,
Mrs. Peary receives for herself
and division among the children the
esidue of tM estate, ' including
securities estimated in value at $90,
000 and a group of islands in'Casco
Bay, Maine. . ,' j
To Thresh Out Wages
Washington, March 9. Repre
sentatives of railroad, labor, and
railroad officials will conferWednes
day on the question of wages for
the first time in more than two
years. Committees acting for the
recognized railroad labor unions) and
the Association of Railway Execur
tives will meet to arrange, for the
formation of a joint board which
will thresh out wage controversies.
The Weather.
-, Forecas.
Nebraska Increasing cloudiness
Wednesday; becoming unsettled
Thursday; moderate temperature..
Iowa Fair Wednesday, probably
becoming unsettled Thursday; mod
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LANDIS STARTS .
INVESTIGATION OF'
;FARM JOURNAL
Judge Probes Activities of Chi
cago Publication in Land
- Company Affairs.
- .
, Chicago, .March 9. An investiga
tion of the activities of the North
American Bankers' -and Farmers'
Journal, said to be published by the
National Credit corporation, was
started by Federal Judge Landis, in
connection with the inquiry , into the
financial affairs of the Daniel Hayes
company, which deals in western
Mands. - .
When George 1. rezk, counsel
for the receiver of the Hayes con
cern, exhibited a copy of the maga
zine showing advertisements of the
Hayes company said to have been
written as news items, Judge Landis
issued subooenaes for. Andrew
Early, president and treasurer ofi
the'National Credit corporation, and
W. J. Cobb, editor and manager of
the trade journal. ' .
Mr. Early denied knowledge) of
the publication's policy, but Cobb
admitted that,-the news items con
cerning the Hayes company was a
paid advertisement and that $250 had
been received for its insertion. The
advertisement was saideto declare
that the Hayes company stock was
as good as a government bond.
Cobb denied that it was published
wtih any intention of defrauding the
public and said he saw nothing
wrong in running the advertisement
as a news item as' long as he knew
the company was sound. The item
was said to have been -placed be
neath the caption "The White List,"
which purported, it was said, to be
a list of names of companies in
vestigated by the trade journal and,
found financially responsible.
Nebraska Man Killed
By Ife Son Following
Argument Over Oats
Geneva, Neb., March 9. (Special
Telegram.) Jacob Hill, 69 years
old, was shot and instantly killed
by his son, Raymond Hill, aged 3z
years old, on the farm where the
son has been living, near here, Tues
day afternoon. '
1 he lather and another son, Koy,
a former soldier, had gone to the
farm and while there a dispute arose
over iome oats. The father was
shot three times, once in the chest
and twice, in an arm, and died be
fore assistance could be obtained.
Raymond was arrested and, lodged
in the' county jail. Officers said he
did not seem to realize Jhe gravity
of the deed when arrested.
Cashier of Jansas City
Bank Killed by Bandits
Kansas City, Mo., March 9.-;-Five
men are being held by the police in
connection with an attempted rob
bery of the South Side bank here
this morning in which Glen M.
iShockey, cashier, was killed and
Maurice J. MciMeins, treasurer, ana
James Smith, negro janitor at .the
bank, were injured. One ,of the
bandits . is believed to have been
wounded. "
( Editor Indicted.
Chicago, March 9. Ludwig-iJofe,
New . York, editor of "Class
Struggle," and said to be one of the
founders of the communist, labor
party, and four other members of
the organization were indicted here,
-",IS'-u "v.i.i vvij l ,
throw the government by, force,
conspiracy to 'over-
inn
OFFER NEW
Many Senators Inclined' to
Accept Draft of Reservation
Jo Article 10 Introduced by
Watson of Indiana. '
COMPROMISE
WAY BEING CLEARED
. FOR DECISIVE BATTLE ,v
Action on This Section Is Ex-
SB
fVVfcVU 1 V kVlVI IIIIIIW V j
Peace Treaty, Probably Be
fore End of Week. "V-
By ARTHUR SEARS HENMlNfc. ,
Chirnso Tribuns-Omalia B leased Wire.
Washington, March 9. Having
adopted by a vote of 57 to 20, a '
new bipartisan compromise designed
to equalize the votes of the United
States and Great Britain in the '
league of. nations, the senate came- ;
face to face today with the disposi-
tion of article 10, which will de-
termine the fate of the peace treaty,
probably before the end of the week. "
k While the way was being cleared
on the floor for "the big battle on.
article 10, the ' senate- cloakroom
were the(scene of 11th hour efforts
at compromise, despite the presi
dent's denunciation of all reserva
tions thatA actually reserve-. AmerU '
can risrhts and of sacculation 'An
the fate- of the covenant if Mr. Wil
son- should persist, in injecting 'It
into the presidential election. '
Senators were nredictine that the .
democratic convention will never en
dorse the league without reserva-. ...
tions unless absolutely dominated b
the president and that no democratic ,
candidate, except Mr. Wilson, would v
stand the ghost of a chance of Stic-'
cess on such a platform. ! ;
Send Out Telegrams.- '
While; the attempts to ' negoti
ate a new compromise oir article r .
10 reservation ifrere in nrosress
whips on both sides 'sent out tele
grams to all absent senators, urg
ing them to return to Washington'
in anticipation ot a tinal vote on?
the treaty Friday. " t v
The latest product of the com-
promise efforts is the handiwork
of Senator Watsoi of Indiana, re-'
publican. Several other republican ,
senators were credited with "having ". '
assisted in the preparation of the new '
draft and according to rep6rtf, 1
Elihu Root, who favored complete)' '
elimination of article JO, has passed '
xavoraDie juagment on it. ;
Here is the text of the Watson
compromise: v
"The United States assumes (.
obligations to employ its military or,
naval forces, its resources, or any"
form of economic discrimination to
preserve the territorial integrity or
(Continued on Fare Two, Colama Blx.
Germans Charged Witt .
Attack On French Body -Stills
in Berlin v Jail.(
Berlin, March 9. Prince Joachiri.
Albrecht, cousin of the former Ger man
emperor, and Captain Von'
Platen are still locked up in ; th? '.
Mosbit jail awaiting final action oi ,
th court respecting the legality ol
tHeir arrests. Both disclaim respon
sib;lity for-the attack in the Hotel;
AHlon on members pf the French
tnmmiss'nnV hill til clatoo sllnrnn "
has confronted them with damaging
evidence given by dining room em-
liN-yes ana several guests. ' i
.Count Matternich,' an Austrian, .
who sat near the airinre's tshU
charged "that Prince Joachim not
oniy snouted: "ihrow out I the "
swine, kill the dogs' if they! re-'
fuse to ffft." hut rlorloMc lUt'
Joachim threw crdekery and glass
ware, at tne rrenenmen, whereup
on othef guests joined in the. at- .
tack uoon CaDtain Klein and
Roughevin. " t- i "
A certain Priti.ce HoBlnlobe is
charged with removing one oi his ; .
boots and Strilcinc nn nfVthvV
Frenchmen with it. " ;
meral Nollet, head of . the
ich mission, has forwarded a re- .
OOrt to Paris in tuhirh Prinra .
Joachim, is primarily blamed for th
aitactc ! . -
France and Italy Delay (
; , Constantinople Decision
London, Marcn 9. The continued
postponement of ,the allies'decisioii 8
with resrard to Constantinrrffli. U
attributed v in peace .conference
circles here to the hesitation ofv
France and Italy, neither jof which,
it is asserted, has definitely
answered Great Britain's invitation
to co-operate in occupying the city.
Meanwhile speculation is being in- ,
dulged in as to why M. Millerand,
the French premier, submitted the
Turkish draft yeaty to President
Wilson. Among the suppositions i
that, either the French premier
wishes to forestall possible eventual
interposition by the president, if the :
latter is, uninformed as to the terms
of the settlement, or that M. Mil
lerand again is trying to obtain
American aid in the settlement, even ,
hoping to persuade the United
-States, after all, to undertake the '
mandate for Afmenia. Y
Pope Benedict Announces; 7
z Appointment of Bishops . ;
Rome, March 9. At the secret
consistory Pope Benedict announced
the following appointments:
The Most Rev. Edmond Helan. .
bishop of the diocese of Sioux City, ,
la.; Monsignor Ruiz, auxiliary arch
bishop of Mexico; the Rev. James
Macloskey, bishop of Jaro, Philip
pine Islands; the Rev. Gerardo '
Anaya, bishop of, Chiahs, "Mexico,1'
and the Rev. Marco Sergio Godmy'
to be bishop ot,Zulla,' Venezuela.
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