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THE BEE: OMAHA, KKUJAT. MARCH 12, 1PZ0U
HITCHCOCK MEN
READY TO FIGHT
;! BRYAN. FACTION
National. Committeeman Ar-
thur Mullen Sounds Keynote
. Af Plonc or ninnsr at
Hotel Fontenelle.
Demo Leaders Who Spoke
At Big Hitchcock Pow-Wow
' (Continued From Flnt Pace.)
crudescence of light wines and beer
in connection with an issue which is
;hcinf injected into democratic na
tional affairs with considerable tn-
tensity.
The principal speaker of the eve
ning was former United States Sen
ator J. Hamilton Lewis, who spoke
Qii "Democracy," punctuating his
points with characteristic humor, as
serting that the women present had
not come to hear such beardless
vouths as Toastmaster Shallen
Verger, Mr. Neville or Senator Jo
seplv.T. Robinson of Arkansas. The
senator from Arkansas delivered a
partisan address in which demo
cratic ideas were sublimated.
Promote Hitchcock Candidacy.
. Mrs. Elizabeth Bass of Chicago,
head of the women's section of
the democratic national committee,
brought an interesting message
vluch held the attention of both men
and women. Mr. Neville held a
clinic over W. J. and Charles Bryan,
referring to the former as a "versa
tile bolter" in his talk on "Nebraska
' politics. James A. Donohoe of
O'Neill, jvho was on the program to
speak on "Organization," failed to
appear.
Toastmaster Shallenberger an
nounced that the purpose of the
- meeting was to promote the presi
dential candidacy of Senator Hitch
cock. As a candidate himself for del-vgate-at-large
on the Hitchcock
ticket for the national convention at
San' Francisco, he would stay
hitched to Hitchcock. He also de
clared that he did one good deed
when he induced Mr. Mullen to move
from O'Neill to Lincoln, Mr. Mullen
later moving to Omaha and placing
the democratic party on the map.
Right to Instruct Delegates.
' Senator Robinson in a veiled ref
erence to the Bryan-Hitchcock situa
tion, said: "The people have a right
to instruct their delegates. I don't
understand how a man can ask the
people to elect him as a delegate and
then have the monumental nerve to
say he may bolt their instructions.
Wfc want harmony and the way to
have it is to recognize the organiza
tion to which we belong."
Notwithstanding that he did not
begin to speak until 11 o'clock, form-
. er Senator Lewis, immaculately clad
arid referring jocularly to his famous
whiskers, held close attention and
created much laughter. He warned
certain "wiseacres" who are oppos
ing the league of nations treaty, that
the movies wilfget them if they
don't have a care. ,
Characteristic Phrases.
A few of his characteristic ohrases
follow:
"Is there no statesmanship of the
SOUK"
.4 Choose ye this day whom ye
shall serve. Democracy fakes her
place beneath the shadow of the
, cross. Democracy subscribes herself
to serve mankind for peace and
justice.
"How long has been the prayers
of the people for peace? The women
have sent their prayers against the
stars, that their first-born might be
saved."
Defends Peace Pact.
. Mr. Lewis told that some evil
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Mrs. Elizabeth Bass, who is
chairman of the women's section
of the democratic national com
mittee. . ,
J. Hamilton Lewis, ex-senator
and prominent figure in demo
cratic polititcs.
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ones predict the destruction of man
hood, the degredation of woman
hood, the disruption of the republic,
and are sounding a riot call, because ,
they do not understand the peace
treaty which was written by the
hand of democracy. He furthei
asserted that through democracy
this, nation was saved, confidence
and hope restored, and the voice
that cried for destruction was
hushed. He defended the peace
treaty and declare that article 10
need not bo feared.
Telegram, From Hitchcock.
Toastmaster Shallenberger read
the following telegram from Senator
Hitchcock:
Hon. A. C. Shallenbfrsrer, Hotel Fonte
mllc, Omaha, Nub. Permit njo to express
my great regret that I am not abje to
attend th statewide democratlo dinner at
Omaha tonight. We hare reached another
crlsla In th'j long treaty tight. The situa
tion Is difficult and serious. I feel the
need of tympathy and support of my
friends r.t home and this la an additional
reseou for regret that I cannot be with
you.
I am tvire. in the smoke of battle and
may not lie able to see the situation a
those farther away see It nor ran they
p rhaps realize the realities of the con
test as I do.
Referring- to recent 'attack made' upon
ras In Nebraska, let ma say this very
briefly: 1 accept without reservation the
constitutional decision of the people which
abolishes the American saloon forever and
with it strong Intoxicating liquor. I be
lieve, however, a lawful way will be
found and ought to be found to permit
the manufacture and harmless use of
light-winks and beers,
The suprWrte court has opened the way
for this by holding that congress may de
cide what constitutes intoxicating liquor
and on the matter congress will naturally
respond to the will and judgment of the
American people .when properly expressed.
Laws, while they exist, should be en
forced, but the American people cannot be
denied the right to change them.
I thank my friends most warmly for
their expression of confidence and good
will even though I know at times they do
not all agree with me In every particular.
G. M. HITCHCQCK.
Is Native Son.
"Senator Hitchcock is entitled to
the delegation from Nebraska, if for
no other reason than that he is a
native son." said former Governor
Neville. "It is a privilege to sup-
oort the candidacy of Gilbert M
Hitchcock, for his fitness and quali
fications are beyond question.
"I should consider myself a dere
lict in my duty to a friend if 1 did
not embrace this opportunity to en
dorse the candidacy of Arthur r.
Mullen for re-election as national
committeeman. Although serving
his first term on the national com
mittee, , his untiring energy and
sound judgment have given him a
wonderful influence in that body, his
counsel is sought, his judgment is
respected.
Predicts "Dark Horse."
"There is going to be a candidate
raised up, (1 am not prepared to
name him)," said Mrs. Bass, "Jut
there is goiiifr. to be a candidate who
will sweep that woman vote. Ihere
must be in the democratic party the
solution of the great questions that
are pressing upon us from every
side, social, industrial 'and economic.
There must be the solution of prob
lems relating to social welfare upon
which women have been crystalliz
ing their interest. I believe in 1920
the man who can look the women
of this country in the eye, who can
stand on a platform and who can
give an. account of himself com
mensurate with the things that the
women want will be the man who
will be elected president of the
United" States," she declared.
If you want your women to vote
with you, you will have to give
them good reasons. The women of
this country today are an animated
interrogation point, asking who is
who and what is what in politics.
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Capital and Surplus,
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14 Killed in Tornado;
7 Dead in One Family
(f ontlourd From Vint Vmgt.)
playing away from home, are be
lived to have been caught unawares
by the storm and injured.
Several Towns Swept.
The storm was not confined to
i Melva alone. Reports of homes car
j ried away, building destroyed and
(children injured continued to pour
into the center of the stricken area
tonight. The storms swept through
a district including Melva, Kirby
ville, Taneyville, Mildred, Oasis,
Forsyth and Branson, although not
so fiercely in the last two towns.
The entire area is well known to
thousands of tourists who annually
visit, the Ozark region, which i3
known as the "Shepherd of the
Hills" country.
Reports of unusual effects of the
storm were numerous tonight.
-A work train of eight cars south
otBratoson and oil which the wives
of six workmen lived, was moved
200 feet down the track and the cars
uncoupled but none of the occupants
were hurt.
The hotel at Melva was practically
demolished, while six women were
stead near the fireplace. Falling
bricks, plaster and splinters struck
but one of these women and she was
not seriously injured.
Three Killed at Nevada.
Nevada, Mo., March 11. Three
persons were killed and property
damaged estimated at $100,000, Nn
volving every building in the busi
ness section of the city, was sus
tained when, a tornado struck Ne
vada today.
The dead arer Paul Pierson, 21;
Wm. Bothlow, 22 and Harry Brewer,
23.
The three men were crushed when
the upper walls and roof of the
Nevada Trust company building
were blown over upon a smaller
building " housing a shoe shining
stand. The tornado wrenched off the
walls of the third floor and the roof
of the bank building, leaving the first
and second stories undamaged.
The men killed were former sol
diers. They were unmarried. The
storm lasted less than five minutes.
As, a result of heavy rains in the
Ozark region the last 24 hours the
White river was rising rapidly to
night and threatening the huge dam
at Powersite, Taney county, through
which electrical current is furnished
numerous south Missouri towns, in
cluding Joplin and Springfield.
The dam, which is 600 feet long
and 90 feet high, was holding back
the flood waters tonight.
Americanism Keynote at
. Concord Club's Meeting
The Concord club will entertain
the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at
an "Americanism" dinner April 3
and will make arrangements to have
William Howard Taft present as the
principal speaker it was decided at
the weekly luncheon and meeting of
the club at the Hotel Fontenelle
yesterday.
"Americanism" was the keynote
of the meeting and was the- subject
of a talk by the Rev. Frank G.
Smith.
Bargaining Brings
Chaos on Peace Pact
t (Continued From Klrt Pact.)
ficulty , is experienced in getting
pairs arranged. ' '
Word readied the senate that
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
heretofore a reservatiouist, had de
cided to cast his lot with the "irre
concilables." According to information reaching
his colleagues Senator Penrose finds
now that he voted for ratification
"under a misapprehension" and that
he feels now that the treaty is so
bad it. should be defeated outright.
It was also reported that Senator
Gore and Senator Walsh of Mas
sachusetts, democrats, strong rcser-
vatiomsts, had decided to join the
"irreconcilables."
Can Line Up 30 Votes.
Senator Simmons of North Caro
lina, leader of the democratic com
promisers, said today he could de
liver 30 votes in favor of a modifica
tion of the Watson-Simmons com
promise on article 10. Inasmuch as
the republicans themselves have al
ready thrown the compromise over
board not much significance was at
tached to Senator Simmons' claim.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona, stal
wart democrat, erupted against the
administration with a vehemence
that startled the senate today. He
declared vthat a game of pingpong
was being played with the treaty and
that it was being carried into the
campaign to camouflage other issues.
He urged his democratic colleagues
to vote for ratification under any cir
cumstances.
Says Women Asking Lower
fient Are Too Luxurious
San Francisco, March 11. Apart
ment house owners appeared before
the public welfare committee of the
board of supervisors in a hearing on
apartment and hotel tariffs. C.
Knickerbocker, an apartment house
owner, said many of the women who
are demanding rent reductions are
wearing , ?20 shoes and $3.50 sjlk
stockings ana spending as much as
$12 on a single sitting in a cafe."
Illinois Women Can't Vote
In Presidential Primaries
Springfield. 111.. March 11. At
torney General Brundage today
ruled that women cannot vote in the
presidential primary. His ruling was
made on request for information
from Robert M. Sweitzer, county
clerk of Cook county.
Lifer Breaks Jail.
Leavenworth, Kan., March 11.
Jack Gideon, serving a life sentence
in the federal penitentiary, escaped
from the prison farm here where h;
was a trusty. He was convicted of
robbing a mail train at Moscow,
Idaho, in 1904. Gideon figured in a
sensational break in 1910 when he
and four others boarded a switch
engine within the prison walls and at
the point of wooden revolvers forced
the engineer to drive his engine
through the iron gates of the prison.
With one exception the men were
captured the following day.
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Miners and Owners .
Of Mines Indicted on
Conspiracy Charge
(i'untlnued From Flint Puce.)
instructed to go fully into all re
ports of violations of the Lever
law without regard to the place of
origin of the reports.
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Raise Granted to Miners
Not Satisfactory to Them
Chicago Tribnne-Omaha Be eaeed Wire.
Washington, March 11. The pres
ident's plan to settle the issues grow
ing out of the bituminous coal strike
has completely failed and the coun
try again faces the prospect of se
rious trouble in the coal fields ano
further limitation of production
while operators and miners continue
to fight over their differences.
At midnight last night the bitumi
nous coal commission appointed by
the president when the striking min
ers returned to work filed a report of
their labors at the White -House
signed only by Chairman Robinson,
representing the public and Rem
brandt Peale. representing the opera
tors. John P. White, of the miners
absolutely refused to sign the re
port which is, therefore, not an
agreement.
President Wilson urged the com
mission to reach a unanimous de
cision. The operators and miners
agreed to abide by the findings if
they were unanimous.
Findings Not Unanimous.
The findings are not unanimous
and therefore, in the opinion of both
miners and operators, amount to
nothing. In both operators and min
erj quarters it was declared that the
president could do nothing with the
report, that none of its recommenda
tions could be enforced and that it
.would therefore compel the .opera
tors and miners to get together
among themselves in the central
competitive field in an effort to
reach an agreement to take the place
of the existing agreement which ex
pires April 1. Predictions of serious
trouble on both sides are made.
The majority of the commission
recommended that the miners' wage
be increased approximately 25 per
cent, in some cases 26 per cent, this
increase to include the 14 per cent
awarded during the strike in accord
ance with the Garfield recommenda
tion. Some indefinite recommenda
tions are also made to increase the
government maximum price restric
tions commensurate with this in
crease but there is no way of en
forcing such recommendations, au
thorities declare, under existing cor-
cumstances. The president told the
commission he would give it enforce
ment authority if it reached a unani
mous conclusion.
The majority report denies the de
mand of the miners for a six-hour
day and even refuses to compromise
on a seven-hour day which the min
ers were willing to accept.
"There is trouble ahead in the bi
tuminous coal fields and you can be
sure of that," said one Ot ttie miners'
leaders tonight.
"Looks like general chaos," said
an operator, "and we are right back
where we started. Ve will have to
get together with the miners just
as we did before the strike to see
what we can do about fixing up a
new agreement. The situation looks
nasty and the government's effort to
Lring about a settlement has failed
utterly."
The report of the commission
majority has not been made public
by the White House and may not be
for several days. V
Holds U. S. Relations With
Labor Gravest Problem
Chicago, March 11. The covcn;i"t
of the league of nations and other in
ternational relationships shrink into
nothhigness, compared with the re
lation, present and prospective. t
the covernment to labor in industry.
was the statement made by Senator
A. B. Cummins of Iowa, before the
National Petroleum congress at their
annual banquet.
"The relation of the government
toward industry involves the most
srrions uiirstinns which have ever
engaged or will engage the thought
of students in public alfairs," said
Senator Cummins.
Fire Destroys Shaft House.
Cripple Creek, Colo., March 11.
Fire today destroyed the shaft house,
the ore house and compressor room
of the Isabella Mines company on
Bluhill, near here. The loss is esti
mated at. $100,000. Frank Gunu.
superintendent, and his wife fought
the" fire alone for an hour.
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