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OMAHA. THURSDAY, . MARCH 11, 1920.
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TWO CENTS.
SUFFRAGISTS
WIN FIGHT IN
W.
Senate Adopts Ratification
Resolution of House of Dele
gates by 15 to 14, After One
Of Hottest Fights in History.
SENATOR BLOCH'S VOTE
BREAKS THE DEADLOCK
Montgomery Not Permitted to
Cast Ballot Mrs. Catty in
" Statement at New . York,
' Says "Struggle Is Over."
Charleston. W. Va.. March 10.
The West Virginia legislature rati
fied the federal suffrage amendment
late this afternoon. Final action on
the amendment was taken by the
senate in adopting the ratification
resolution of the house of delegates
by a vote of IS to 14.
The vote of Senator Jesse A.
Bloch of Wheeling, who made a hur
ried trip from California to Charles
ton, to vote on the amendment was
effectual in breaking the deadlock
between pro and anti-suffrage forces.
Senator A. R. Montgomery was
not permitted to' vote, his seat hav
ing been declared vacant.
Dramatic Session, i
The final vote on the Anthony
amendment was taken at 6:15 in
the senate after one of the most
dramatic sessions ever witnessed in
either house of the legislature. For
several hours suffrage leaders and
their opponents fought in an effort
to gain a definite advantage. Each
step by either party was hotly con
tested antl-suffrage forces deter
mined to offset their opponents'
victory in keeping the legislature in
ession and the suffragists confident
it gaining a majority to ratify, by
the vote of Senator Bloch, who had
rushed across the continent for the
occasion.
Hundreds of Women Present.
Halls and corridors in the state
iiouse were thronged with specta
tors, including hundreds of women,
many of whom wore yellow flowers,
well as men, as a token of their
allegiance to the suffrage cause.
Each senator had brought to his
desk as many chairs as could be
Jrowded about it, the majority being
occupied bywomen.
A few minutes after adjournment
hundreds of men and women started
ST "demonstration - ttv-th -corridors,
many of them having concealed tin
horns about their persons. Those
without the horns added to the din
by cheering and whistling.
In Charleston tonight there was
no evident intention of suffrage ad
vocates celebrating their victory in
making West Virginia the 34th state
to ratify the amendment
Suffrage Head Jubilant.
New York, March 10. "Suffrage
la won. The words are simple, but
(Continued aa Par Two, Column Two.)
Gty Engineer Held
Prisoner in Coal Mine
By Enraged Workmen
Scranton, Pa., March 10. J. H.
Rittenhouse, city engineer, was cap
tured by miners as he was being
lowered by a rope into the shaft
of the People's Coal company.s mine
at West Scranton. Rittenhouse, with
Mayor Connell of Scranton and
, other city officials, for some time
past has been attempting to prevenjt
alleged reckless operation of the
jmine, but has been refused admit
tance twice by mine officials.
After a sharp conflict between
miners and 40 police, who ac
companied the mayor to the mine
shaft, in which hoisting machinery
was broken, Rittenhouse attempted
to descend on a rope. When passing
a vein the rope was hooked by
miners who dragged him into the
vein and held him prisoner.
Mayor Connell in attempting to
enter the mine to obtain evidence, is
proceeding under the mine cave law
passed by the last legislature. It is
contended the company is illegally
removing coal from under city
streets and private property.
Finish Taking Testimony
In Armistice Day Shooting
Montesano, Wash., March 10.
Taking of testimony in the trial of
10 Industrial Workers of the World, i
charged with the murder of War
ren O. Grimm during the armistice
day shooting at Centralia, Wash.,
endtd Wednesday. . . . -'
In the opinion of counsel for the
. prosecution and defense, arguments
may be concluded Thursday and
the case be ready for the jury early
Friday. . .
. Nine witnesses called by the
prosecution testified that shooting
preceded the rush of marching ex
soldiers toward the I.-W. W. hall. It
was the contention of the defense
that an attack upon the hall pre
ceded the shooting.
Half Pound Baby Girl
Getting Along Famously
New York, March 10. Afr. and
Mrs. Louis Ouisett of 229 East
' Thirty-fifth street, are proud of be
ing the parents of the littlest, baby
in New York. Sheis Jeanne Onisett,
and when she and her twin brother,
Louis, were born February 24 she
weighed just . under half a pound.
Louis was bigger, tipping the scale
at three-quarters of pound, but he
lacked the vitality of his sister and
uiec a few hours arter oirtn. .
At the Bellevue hospital the doc
tor and nurses believe the baby
will live
VIRGINIA
"Suffrage Won," Says
. Mrs. Catt, Commenting
On W. Virginia Vote
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Mrs CarritCbimsn CaSi
TEXANS BEATEN
IN DISPUTE OVER
OIL TERRITORY
Development Company Wins
Victory Against Holder
Of Rich Lands.
Enid, Okl., March 10. A decision
of the United States supreme court
and treaties between the United
States and Spain, Mexico and the
republic of Texas, making the south
bank of the Red river form the
boundary line between Oklahoma
and Texas, were cited in an opinion
given by Federal Judge Youmans
when he granted a temporary in
junction' to the Judsonia Develop
ment association against Sam Sparks
and others.
During the boundary dispute,
Texas rangers have been guarding
the property. Service on the injunc
tional order will be through United
States marshals. f
The case has been under advise
ment by Judge Youmans since last
week when he asjisked to make
the temporary' restraining order is
sued by Judge John Pollock per
manent. The controversy is over a
160-acre tract of land in the soutii
portion of the Red river bed and
oil property estimated at over $300,
000,000 is involved.
Large Tract Involved.
Dallas, Tex., March 10. Conten
tions of Texas that the state bound
ary follows the middle of the Red
river and the counter contention of
Oklahoma that it follows the south
bank of the river have created a dis
puted area of approximately 6,400
acres. It is a strip about four or
live miles long and from 200 yards to
half a mile wide.
Discovery of oil in this strip led
to the controversy over the line and
it is this oil that has made the land
value all the way from $50,000,000 to
$300,000,000.
Texas has protected the claims of
Texans to wells involved in the dis
pute. Sam Sparks, formerly state
treasurer of Texas, obtained a state
lease to much of the land. This he
has subleased to a number of per
sons,, but he has appeared as their
representative in the controversy.
Bonuses to Service
Men Are Opposed by
Republican Leader
Washington, March 10. A bond
issue to pay adjusted compensation
to former service men, Republican
Leader MondeH of Wyoming told
the house ways and means commit
tee today, would "endanger a panic
and send prices ballooning." He
opposed any relief legislation at this
time on the ground that heavy addi
tional taxes would be necessary
whatever plan of relief was adopted.
"I don t -believe we can issue
bonds," Mr. Mondell said, "if they
were intended for investment they
would threaten the specie basis of
currency. A popular issue would
have all the ill effect of an invest
ment issue, besides inflating cur
rency.
. 'Extension of financial reliet is
utterly impossible unless the people
are willing to stand heavy additional
taxes. A consumption tax, always
unpopular, is the only tax which
could be collected from month to
month, producing revenue con
tinuously." v
Postpone Discussion of
Railroad Wage Problem
Washington, March 10. Ne
gotiations between the railroad
executives committee and the- union
representatives on railroad labor's
wage demands were suspended
temporarily Wednesday night. The
first session found neither side
ready and adjournment was taken
after brief discussion.
,The date for resumption of the
conference was left to the executives
committee. It was indicated the
second meeting would not be held
before Friday.
Name Destroyer for' Peary.
Washington, March 10. An
American destroyer has "been named
Peary,'in honor of the late Rear Ad
miral Robert E. Perry, discoverer
of the North pole. 1 he vessel is be
ing built at Philadelphia and will be
launched sooa -
WILSON MAY
TRVAGAINFOR
WHITE HOUSE
Injection of League of Na
tions 1 Issue Into Political
Campaign Upsets All Calcu
lations in Democratic Camp.
M'ADOO AND PALMER
GROOM FOR CONFLICT
President's Son-ln-Law Play
ing Game Safe by Urging
Democrats to Send Unin
structed Delegates. 1
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bm Leaaed Wire.
Washington, March 10.-r-The pos
sibility that injection of the league
cf nations issue into the political
campaign, will cause President Wil
son to reconsider his decision not
to become a candidate for a third
term has upset all calculations in
the democratic camp.
Attorney General Palmer is
earnestly seeking delegates with the
aid of a large and well-financed or
ganization, which has opened head
quarters here, without any guaran
tee that he will not be required to
step aside; possibly af the eleventh
hour, in favor of the president.
William G. McAdoo, the presi
dent's son-in-law, havingvthe most
accurate information of Mr. Wil
son's ' intentions, has been playing
the game safe by urging the demo
crats to send uninstructed delegates
to San Francisco, keeping himself
well to the fore the while as an ideal
choice if his father-in-law does not
feel impelled to take the nomina
tion. Champ Clark Speaks Out.
In a letter declining to enter the
Georgia primary Champ Gfark to
day also came out in opposition to
instructed delegates and in favor of
an untrammeled convention, a nomi
nation by which he makes it clear
he would accept.
But none of the . democratic as
pirants wil begin to get his political
bearings until the fate of the treaty
is decided and the president indi
cates definitely whether his candi
dacy is open to consideration.
If ths treaty should fail of rati
fication there will be a good deal
of pressure brought to bear upon
Mr. Wilson by democratic advocates-tf
"a league of nations to lead
the party because in their opinion
no other candidate could hope to
win on the issue of opposition to
reservations.
Friends of some of the present
aspirants are of the opinion that
Mr. Wilson would be seriously
handicapped by the third term tradi
tion in running even on an issue
of his own making, but the presi
dent is a tradition smasher and has
always held the people should be
at liberty to keep a president in
office as long as they desire.
Kcnyon Backs Johnson.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa put the
treaty issue to the fore in announc
ing todav his support of Senator
Johnson for the republican nomina
tion, despite the fact that Iowa
republicans probably will favor
Lowden in the convention.
"The president in his letter of
Monday has made the issue," said
Senator Kenyon. ''It is article
10 and force under article 10. Let
that question go to the country.
Let the fight come. Let the demo
crats nominate Woodrow Wilson
under the white flag of interna
tionalism and the republicans
nominate Hiram Johnson under
the stars and strips of American
ism. That will be a contest worth
while and there will be hardly
enough left of the Wilson party to
hold a respectable coroner's in
quest." Wilson Asks Adriatic
Agreement Be Changed
In Favor of Albania
Washington, March 10. Modifi
cation in favor of Albania "of the
joint agreement of December 9, be
tween the United States, France and
ureat Britain, on the Adriatic ques
tion, is asked by President Wilson in
a cablegram from the Albanian pre
mier, bulieman Delvina, made pub
lic by C. A. Checkrezi, Albanian
representative here.
The Albanian premier requested
that the privilege o( constructing a
railroad across northern Albania
granted Jugo-Slavia by the agree
ment be withdrawn and construction
of the road left solely to Albania.
Jugo-Slavia, he said, would be al
lowed free traffic over the line.
Protests against the provisions of
the same agreement assigning Va
lonia to Italy and Argyrocasto to
Greece also are made.
17-Year-0ld Yputh
Admits Killing Father
Chillicothe, .0., March 10 Fol
lowing exhumation of his f father's
body,. Layton Devault, 17-year-old
son of Spah Devault, a Delphi
farmer, confessed he murdered his
parent, according to officers.
At the time of Devault's death,
February 6, the boy, who first called
attention to his father's body lying
in a stall in the barn, said his father
had been kicked by a horse.
After incessant questioning young
Devault is said t'o have admitted that
he had hit his father three times in
the head with a hatchet.
The boy, according to the author
ities, said his father had attacked
him first with an open knife. He is
being held in the county jail
SENATE WORKING ,
DESPERATELY TO
AGREE ON TREATY
Various Factions Hold Pow
wows to Strengthen Defenses
For Crucial Struggle.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Lmaed Wire.
Washington, March 10. The sen
ate deliberately marked time on the
peace treaty today while the various
factions held scores of pow-wows to
strengthen their defenses for the
crucial struggles scheduled to begin
tomorrow. , .
Compromises were swept into the
discard today and the contest vir
tually narrowed down to the ques
tion of whether the insurgent demo
crats could deliver sufficient votes to
Senator Lodge to bring about ratifi
cation with the Americanizing reser
vations. Senator Watson of Indiana aban
doned the compromise reservation
he framed on article 10 after it had
become evident that it would never
command sufficient support to in
sure ratification of the treaty. It
was found inacceptable by many
strong reservationists on the repub
lican side as well as by the adminis
tration democrats. The reservation
may be offered by some "mild" res
ervationists, but the intention of the
republicans tonight was to stand on
the original Lodge reservation on
article 10.
Evidence of Insurgency.
There was evidence of insurgent
demqerats early in the day in the
office of Senator Owen of Okla
homa. Those in attendance included
most of the democratic senators who
are up for re-election this year and
who are inclined to agree with Wil
liam Jennings Bryan that it would
be "suicidal" to go before their con
stituents on the issue of article 10.
These senators are determined to de
fy the president and vote for rati
fication no matter what reservations
are made. About 16 attended the
conference, it was stated.
The insurgents left the conference
to seek converts. They reported pro
gress later -in the day, but admitted
they had not made sufficient gains
to insure ratification. They claimed
to have 25 votes and 29 were nec
essary, but they had hopes of get
ting four more over night, which
would give them exactly the num
ber necessary to produce ratifica
tion. Administration leaders, how
ever, were equally confident that
they would be able to muster
enough votes with the aid of the
republican irreconcilables, to pre
vent any ratification with the Lodge
program. They fixed 22 as the maxi
mum number of revolting demo
crats which would leave them a sub
stantial margin against ratification.
Defendant on Stand
In Newberry Hearing
. Causes Stormy Scene
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 10.
Except for such points as may be
developed on the cross-examination
of Paul King, the defense Wednes
day closed its case in the Newberry
elections conspiracy trial. Only a
brief rebuttal is in prospect for the
government and Judge Sessions told
the jurors that the long case was
"certainly approaching its end so
far as proof was concerned."
King's illness will in all probabil
ity prevent a session of the trial
Thursday.
The end of the defense was
marked by an unusual situation.
James W. Helme, a defendant, tes
tified for himself without assistance
of counsel.
The man who the Newberry coun
sel have said was "Worked" to run
against Henry Ford in the demo
cratic primary had first government
and then defense counsel on their
feet objecting to his testimony and
at times both sides were up at once.
Helme emphasized statements
that he had no dealings with the
Newberry campaign committee, be
lieved his candidacy was desired by
democrats and had no knowledge
that Newberry supporters had want
ed him in the race.
Many Former Soldiers
Advocate Passage of
Mondell Land Measure
Washington, March .10. (Special
Telegraph.) Reports from Wyom
ing to the effect that some 3,000
former service men had filed ap
plications to enter the 86 units
opened under the North Platte
project, and that as large a per
centage would file for the Shoshone
lands near Powell, has had the ef
fect of refuting the statements of
some that there was no great de
mand for the enactment of the
Mondell bill providing homes for
former soldiers. The result Jias
been a change of sentiment and in
creased support for the Mondell
measure. .
So great a percentage of applica
tions received from nearby parties,
it is urged here, indicates a very
general desire on the part of former
soldiers to secure land for homes.
Reports from Wyoming, it is
known, have impressed members of
the committee now considering all
soldier legislation, and are likely to
result in a still stronger demand for
the enactment of the Mondell bill
idea along with some other fea
tures of the various bills offered.
Rockefeller Denies That He
Pays League Head's Salary
Chicago, March 10. John D.
Rockefeller today emphatically de
nied the statement of Louis A. Cu
villier, New York, assemblyman,
that he is paying the State Anti
Saloon league superintendent of
New York a salary. -
Mr. Cuvilher, who is the author
officer, went to , trial here today
charged with murder in connection
with the death of John Hutchins,
who was shot and killed last No
vember while driving an automobile
in the El Paso-Phoenix road race.
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SENATORS PROBE -COLBY'S
FITNESS
FOR LANSING JOB
Investigation Goes on Behind
Closed Doors and Under
Strictest Seal of Secrecy.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
Washington, March 10. Behind
closed doors and under the strictest
seal of secrecy, the senate foreign
relations committee today began in
vestigation of the fitness of Bain
bridge Colby to be secretary of
state. - . . -.
A sensations was( caused and ru
mors flew thick and fast when Gen.
Marlborough Churchill, chief of mil
itary intelligence, was summoned as
the first witness. General Churchill
was closeted with the committee for
an hour and a half. He brought with
him a large bundle of documents,
said to include papers seized from
private files and confidential reports
of activities of the military intelli
gence agents during the war.
Long List of Names.
General Churchill is said to have
furnished the committee with a long
list of names of persons who may
have knowledge of Mr. Colby's qual
ifications. The committee promptly
issued subpoenas for two officers
who probably will be heard tomor
row. Members of the committee bound
themselves by solemn oath not to re
veal any information regarding pro
ceedings, and efforts of their col
leagues and newspaper men to pen
etrate the mystery were unavailing.
This served to increase the curi
osity and speculation concerning the
matters under investigation.
Embarrassing Position.
One senator said that Mr. Colby
1 ad been placed in "an exceedingly
embarrassing position," but insisted
that the evidence so far submitted
did hot sustain allegations that had
been made. Another explained that
the charges were more directly
against persons with whom Mr.
Colby had been associated and that
the committee was trying to learn
how far Mr. Colby himself was in
volved. All agreed that it would be
most unfair to Mr. Colby to divulge
information of the proceeding unless
the witnesses summoned submitted
stronger evidence. .
The administration is awaiting an
opinion from the Department of
Justice as to whether Acting Sec
retary Polk can continue discharg
ing the functions of secretary of
state after March 15. For this rea
son the committee is disposed to
hasten the investigation and bring
the question of Mr. Colby's con
firmation to a quick determination.
Naval Recruiting Officer
Reported Missing in Mexico
El Paso. Tex., March 10. Chief
Yeoman Hinton of the El Paso naval
recruiting station is missing in Mex
ico, according to reports made by
Lieut. J. B. Hupp to the American
consul at Juarez. Hinton, whose
home isyin Chicago, was last seen
in Juarez while visiting there Sat
urday, according to Hupp.
The Weather
Forecast. v
Nebraska: Rain turning to snow
and colder Thursday; Friday fair
and colder in east,
Iowa: Rain Thursday, probably
turning to snow at night; colder in
west; Friday probably fair and
colder. ' v
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VERDICT GIVEN
IN FAVOR OF REV.
JOHN F. POUCHER
Jury Finds Former Omaha
Pastor Not Guilty of Alien
ating Affections of
W.G.Smeltzer'sWfe.
San Francisco, March 10. r
(Special Telegram.) By a verdict
unanimously agreed upon, the jury
in the Smeltzer-Poucner alienation
suit cleared Rev. John F. Poucher
of tJie charges brought by William
G. Smeltzer, who siTed for $50,000
damages on a charge of alienating
the affections of Mrs. Smeltzer. The
case has occupied the greater part
of two weeks in Judge Bernard
Flood's court and has attracted a
large audience daily.
The jury was out only 16 minutes
Hurries to Wife.
There was no audible expression
of emotion when the verdict was
given. Mrs. Poucher and two boys,
Lorenz and Charles Poucher, sat
with their eyes fixed or! Mr. Poucher
as the verdict was read ,and showed
their emotion only by tfie relaxation
of their expressions. .
Mrs. Smeltzer's face was hidden
under the wide brim of her hat.
Smeltzer, sitting with his attorneys,
received the decision without a show
of emotion.
When the jury was dismissed
Poucher hurried to his wife. "I
knew it would be all right," he ex
claimed as he kissed her and then
turned to meet the friends who were
crowding forward to shake his hand.
Wife was Confident.
"I have never doubted for an in
stant that everything would come out
all right," said Mrs. Poucher. "We
have had perfect faith and that has
helped us to bear up under the
strain."
The sequel to the suit just closed
will be the divorce proceedings that
Mrs. Smeltzer has commenced
against her husband. Cross com
plaint to this suit has been filed
by the husband and Mrs. Smeltzer
filed her answer to this cross com
plaint only a few days ago.
Seven Conscientious
Objectors Released
From Army Barracks
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leaned Wire.
Washington, March 10. The
American Federation of Labor
which has been conducting a cam
paign for release of political prison
ers from disciplinary barracks an
nounced the receipt of information
from the war department that seven
conscientious objectors have been
liberated during the last two weeks.
It also made public a memorandum
from Adjutant General Harris
stating that it is the object of the
war department to secure amnesty
for all political prisoners who will
obey prison rules.
Mrs. Lucy Robins, chairman of
the special labor committee having
this work in charge, said that the
seven objectors released were men
who had yielded to discipline.
Youthful "Frontiersmen" '
On Way to Western Plains
Chi cago, March 10. Dark, omin
ous clouds must hang low over the
alfalfa ranches and sugar beet fields
of Colorado redskins, for Paul and
Edward Leese are on their way to
strew the western plains with "good
Indians." The "frontiersmen" left
their home last evening, taking $40
from their father, John Leese. he
told the police.
Their one ambition, he said, has
been to slaughter Indians, and their
destination, he suspects, is Colorado.
Paul is 15 and Edward 11,
HOUSE APPROVES
PEACE TIME ARMY
OF 299,000 MEN
Also Favors Leaving Organiza
tion of Forces to President
Instead of to Law.
Washington, March 10. Pleas of
"little army" men to reduce military
expenses were rejected by the
house, which approved a peace-time
establishment of 299,000 enlisted
men and 17,820 officers, after re
jecting three proposals for a smaller
force. The decision, though not
final, was reached by a three-to-one
vote, leading supporters of the army
reorganization bill to believe that it
virtually settled the ' peace-time
program. '
In addition to authorizing a
regular army 100,000 stronger than
provided by the national defense act
of 1916, the house also accepted a
lesson of Ithe World war by adopt-,
in the principle of permitting the
tactical organization of the army to
be prescribed by the president in
stead of by law. Likewise, it
approved of making separate corps
of the air service, the chemical war
fare service and the finance depart
ment, but refused to divorce the
transportation and the construction
service from the quartermaster's de
partment. Representative Dent of Alabama,
ranking democratic member of the
military committee, opened the at
tack for a smaller army. His amend
ment to fix the medium strength at
226,000 men and 14,200 officers was
defeated 79 to 25, and soon after
Representative Jones, democrat, of
Texas sought to fix the force at
205,000 men, but failed, 55 to 22.
Representative Harreld, republican,
of Oklahoma renewed the attack,
proposing to cut the army to 150,000
men., He was beaten without a
record vote.
After making a speedy getaway in
outlining the future military policy,
the house engaged in long debate
ever details, indicating that the bill
would not be passed before the end
of the' week.
Father Gets Evidence
That Son Was Not
Wed to His Slayer
Columbus, N. M., March 10.
Judge Frank Doster, former chief
justice of the supreme court of
Kansas, has evidence that his son
Capt. Wade Doster, medical corps,
United States army, was never mar
ried to the woman who claims to be
his widow and who was wounded
in the shooting affair which caused
Captain Doster's death in a local
hotel Monday morning.
The woman, he said, was the wife
of a man named Harry Canfield
and he thus bears ounhe statement
to this effect made by Mrs. Lulu
Beckley in El Paso. Mrs. Beckley
said she was engaged to marry
Doster as soon as he had obtained
his discharge frcm the army.
Authorities declare the shooting
was the outgrowth of the discovery
by the wounded woman of letters
addressed to Captain Doster by Mrs.
Beckley.
Before a coroner's jury the
woman who asserted she was
Doster's widow said Doster first
shot her and that in a struggle
which ensued, Doster was shot and
killed by her in self-defense as. they
struggled for the possession of the
revolver.
Montana Prohibits Sale of
Olive's in' Glass Containers
Helena, Mont., March 10. Sale of
ripe olives and olive preparations in
glass containers is prohibited in
Montana by a decision of the state
board of health. This action was
taken as a result of the deaths of
five persons at Java, Mont., from
bacilli botulinus- several months ago.
HITCHCOCK
MEN ACCEPT
BRYAN DEFI
Peerless Leader Bitterly Ar
raigned in Answer to His De
nunciation of Senator's Can
didacy in Nebraska.
MEET BRYAnIS EVERY '
PRECINCT, MITHEN SAYS
Statement Calls Commoner's
Declaration "Insolent" and
Forecasts That He Will Not
Be a Convention Delegate.
W. J. Brjan's bitter attack upon
Senator Gi'.lert M. Hitchcock,
if he is a delegate to the democratic
national convention he will refuse
to vote for the senator's nomina
tion for president even though Ne
braska democrats so instruct nim,
brought a stinging retort last eve
nine from Tohn H. Mithen. mana
ger of the Hitchcock campaign.
ine Mitnen statement accepis
the gauntlet thrown down by
Bryan and delares that (."Senator
T-Titrhrnrlr's friend welcome the
issue and will meet Bryan in every
precinct in Nebraska. Jt iunner
rlolrp. that Mr Rrvan "over-esti
mates his importance," and fore-
casts that the "peerless leaaer win
have no interest in the result of
the Nebraska primary, for the sim
ple reason that he will not be
elected as one of Nebraska's dele
gates. It terms Bryan's statement
"insolent"
All in all. the statement is one
of the warmest and most pregnant
bits of political literature that Ne
braska democras have had to pon
der in recent years. It forecasts,
anpparently, a revival of the Hitchcock-Bryan
row in Nebraska in
most bitter; form.
M'then's Statement.
Mr. Mithen's statement follows:
"The position taken by Mr. Bryan
in his' statement is both surprising
and ridiculous. He has spent years
nt-ooxViinrr in favnr nf instructions
and now he asks the people of Ne
braska to elect mm as aeiegaie ana
instruct him and then serves notice
on them in advance that the in
structions given him will not be
binding. Bryan seems to think that
he is in a class all by himself. He
has always taken tne position inai , t
the rules that ordirfarily govern "1
n4.:r,e A tint anrtlv in tlim I
He was elected to the Baltimore
convention under a promise that he
would construe the preference vote
as an instruction. He bolted this
instruction and violated the confi
dence of the democrats who had
voted for him and directed him to
vote for Speaker Clark. To use one
of his own familiar phrases, 'he em
bezzled power delegated to him' by
those he assumed to represent.
"Mr. Bryan first takes the posi
tion that Senator Hitchcock is not
entitled to have the preference vote
in Nebraska, but does not indicate
who should have it. Bryan wants
to go to the convention without in
structions. He goes further and de- i
clares that even though an instruc
tion should be given by the demo
crats of Nebraska to vote Tor Sen
ator Hitchcock, that Hitchcock
should not have a friendlv set of
delegates, and, to cap the climax, he
declares that if he, Bryan, is elected,
he will not be hound by an instruc-.
tion in .favor of Senator Hitchcock. :
Bryan "Insolent."
"Mr. Bryan overestimates his im
portance. The probabilities are that
the instructions given to the dele
gates by the democrats of Nebraska
(Continued on Pate Two, Column Three.)
Accounts of Missing
Nebraska Army Man
Are Found to Balance
Louisville, Ky March 10.
Mystery surrounding the disap
pearance of Second Lieut. James T.
Logan, former Seward, Neb, man
and paymaster at Camp Knox, near
here, deepened when Brig. Gen. G
G. Gatley, camp commander, an
nounced that the missing officer's
accounts and cash balance to the
penny.
Lieutenant Logan handled each
month about $250,000 in paying men
stationed at the camp. In addition
various sums of money belonging
to individual officers in the camp
were found intact in the, safe.
General Gatley declared the case
the most baffling in his experience.
Lieutenant Logan did not resign
and is charged with being absent
without leave since February 23.
Lieutenant Lcgan and his wife sud
denly gave up their apartment in
Louisville February 21, saying
Mrs. Logan was going to her home
in Tontfanoxie, Kan., and that her
husband would accompany her . as
far as St. Loujs. The last seen of
them was when they boarded a St "
Louis train.
Chief Prussian Training l
School for Cadets Closed
Berlin, March 10. The chief train
ing school for cadets at Grosslichter
felde, Prussia, through which most
of the officers of the German army
passed, was closed Wednesday in
accordance with the terms of the
peace treaty, .
There was an imnositio- mititarv
demonstration attended by a num
ber ot oincers in gala uniform, in
cluding General Ludendorff.
FieM Marshal von Hindenburg
telegraphed to the cadets that the
services they had rendered the coun
try would never be forgotten
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