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TWO CENTS.
MAY BREAK
DEADLOCK ON
PEACE PACT
Lodge Offers Substitute for
Reservation to Article 10
Acceptable to "Mild Reserva
tionists" and Democrats.
' VOTE ON PROPOSITION ,
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
Move Made as Step Toward
. Harmony Leads Senate 'in
Opposite Direction by Start
ing Discussion on Changes.
By the Associated Tram.
Washington, March 2. A sub
stitute for the Lodge reservation to
article 10, which has stood unaltered
for many weeks as the storm cen
ter' of the peace treaty controversy
author, Senator 1-odge ot Mas
sachusetts, the republican leader.
The move described by the repub
hcan managers as a step toward
harmony and compromise at first
led the senate in exactly the oppo
site direction by starting a discus
sion whether the new draft was
weaker in its terms than the old. The
mild reservationists, backed by most
of the republican membership, said
it was not. The republican irre
concilables said it was, and served
notice they would not help adopt it
as they did the original. The deino
' crats keeping silent, studied the
proposal with apparent suspicion.
Situation Beclouded.
As a result possibilities of final
agreement remained beclouded and
party leaders revised their predic
tions of an early vote on article 10.
Tonight no one was predicting action
before Monday or Tuesday.
Characterizing the' proposed
changes as "the terms of a repub
lican capitulation" to the White
House, Senator McContiick of Hit
' iiois, led in the attack of the re
publican irreconcilables. "A set of
weasel words," was the way Sena
tor Brandegec. republican, Connecti
cut, described the compromise pro
posal, while Senator Knox, repub
lican, Pennsylvania, asserted that it
would leave upon the United States
the moral obligation for which
Follow Watson's Draft.
In general form the new reserva
tion follows the language worked
out by Senator Watson of Indiana, I
for the recnblicans. and Senator
Simmons of Northi Carolina for the
democrats, in their compromise ne
gotiations. For this language 30
democratic votes are understood to
have been promised, but several
last-minute changes in wording,
made by Senators Lodge and Wat-
sented, were held to have. Invalidated
the democratic pledge and a new
canvass had not been completed
tonight.
On the republican side the de
fection was not confined to the
irreconcilable alone. Senator Fre-
. linghuysen of New Jersey, who had
voted for ratification with the or
iginal reservation, declaring on the
floor that he never would take the
substitute, and Senator Wadsworth
of New York, saying he could not
see wherein jthey had improved on
their original measure. The repub
lican leaders insisted, however, they
could hold at least 30 votes in line,
and the democrats who favored the
substitute hope to deliver more than
30 from their side. It takes 64 to
ratify. , "
Text of Reservation.
The text of the new reservation
follows:
"The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence
of any other country by the em
ployment of , its military naval
fojxcs, its resources or any form of
economic discrimination, or. to in-
t terfere in controversies between na
tions whether members of - the
league or not under the provisions
on article 10, or to employ the mili
tary or naval forces of the United
i States under any , article of the
treaty for any purpose unless in any
particular case the congress, which
under the constitution" has the sole
power to declare war or authorize
the employment of the military or
nival fnrres of the United States.
shall in the exercise of full libefty of
action, by act, or joint resolution so
provides." .
Defense in Kidnaping Case
Argues to Admit Testimony
Tombstone, Ariz., March 12. Evi
dence that Harry .E. Wootton, a de
fendant on trial here for the Bis-
. , r if kit UI..
belieVed that facilities atvhand were
inadequate to meet the. strike men
ice which seemed imminent to him
ihould be admitted, his counsel ar
gued. The entire day was taken up with
the argument of W. H. Burgess,
thief of the counsel for the defend
ant, who contended that Wootton
had reasonable belief that the jails
of the country and other means at
the disposal of the officers were not
tqual to the test which might come,
and which they feared during the
strike ot copper miners in tne war-
IXU uiaunu
Bodies of 50,000 American
Dead to Be Brought Home
. Washington, MarcR- 12. The
bodies of about 50,000 of the Amer
ican dead in France will be returned
to the United States, while between
20.000 and 25,000 wilt remain perma
nently interred overseas, Secretary
Baker today informed Chairman
Wadsworth of the seuat military
committee. .
Desire For Riches Declared
To Be Principal 'Cau se of1
Trouble In Mexico Today
- . :
Small -Group of Intelligent Citfceris Who Desire Good
(jovernment Swamped by Ignorant Millions, Says
Writer Carranza Machine May or May Not
Stand. Test of Next Six
By PHILIP KINSLEY.
Chiraco Tribune-Omaha He leaned Wire.
On Board the Steamship Caloria,
Off the Mexican Coast at Tanipico,
March 7, Via New Orleans, March
1'.) The fat Mexican pilot has
waved goodbye.
The oil tanks that dot the coast on
bothjsides of the Rio Paimeo and
the tall stacks of the Aguila Oil com
pany, the foothold of the British
navy in Mexico, are fast disappear
ing.
in the open sea, on an American
vessel, I am able for the first .time
since entering Mexico a month ago,
at Neuvo Laredo, to. write freely of
conditions in that unhappy country.
. There they do not permit corre
spondents to write honest criticism.
Censorship and threats of expulsion
prevent,
Country Again Normal. -
The truth is that Mexico again is
normal. Normality in Mexico means
a struggle between military factions
tor the opportunity to rule and seize
'some of the enormous riches of the
country. The world war has passed
it by. There is no wave of moral
idealism in Mexico.
The source of most of the agita
tion today is the selfish desire for
riches. The blood of the Spanisu
adventurers and of the wild Indian
tribes has formed a race that is cen
turies behind in the march of civil
ization. The only period of quiet the coun
try ever had was during the reign
of Portirio Diaz.
i There is a small group of fine,
earnest, intelligent Mexicans who de
sire' a free and decent citizenship,
but they are swamped among ignor
ant millions and the lawless militar
ists. 1 Thousands of Plots.
Carranza has built up a national
military machine which may or may
not stand the test of the next six
months. There are a thousand plots
and counter plots weaving the pat
ent of a new revolution.
"Quien sabe?" is the favorite ex
pression of ht Mexicans in speak
ing of the future. The most au
NEAR EAST TANGLE
CONSIDERED GRAVE
BY GREAT BRITAIN
Complications in Connection
With Syria and Mesopo
tamia Add to Anxiety.
London, March 12. Earl Curzon's
speech -on the Turkish problem,
made in the House of Lords, and
other official and- unofficial state
ments on the subject are generally
regarded as showing that the Near
East tangle is quite serious and is
causing the authorities some anxiety
-an anxiety increased by complica
tions threatened in connection with
Syria and Mesopotamia. The shad-,
ow of Indian and Moslem opinion
darkens the problem and, it is be
lieved, influences the counsels of the
allies, more than is always imme
diately aoparent.
Arabs May Join Turks. '
The suggestion that the employ
ment of force against the lurks
might excite general hostility in the
Mussulman world is regarded as
one that nndt safely be ignored.
In Mini quarter the feeling pre
vails that there is danger if the
lurks are pressed that they may
immediately be joined by the Arabs.
The Italian, vievt that it would be
dangerous to employ against the
Turks, British Moslem and other
Moslem troops in the service ot the
allies, is evidently based on these
fears.
Watch Syrian Congress.
Careful watch is being kept here
on the outcome of , the Syrian con
gress at Damascus and it is under
stood any decision or proposal by
the peace conference regarding
Syria would be purely tentafive.
Among the reports was one that
France had .been given a mandate
over Cilicia, but this was uncon
firmed. Itis argued in some quarters
that France's hands aretoo full to
undertake Jhis responsibility. Great
Britian is similarly regarded ruled
out as a mandatory for the same
reason, andthe league of nations is
looked to as the only hope for pro
tecting Turkey's non-Moslem sub
jects. Red Cross to Aid Families
. In Drouth-Stricken West
Washington, March 12. Classify
ing the plight of families iu the
drouth regions of Montana and
North Dakota as1 "amounting to a
public disaster," the American Red
Cross appropriated $50,000 for relief
and to meet obligations incurred by
local chapters. In announcing the
appropriation Red Cross officials
said the situation in the drouth re
gions was such as "to demand" state
and federal aid beyond the re
sources of the Red Crcjss. ,
New York Dock Workers
Vote to Strike Today
New York, March 12. A strike
Saturday of several thousand long
shoremen, checkers and stevedores
employed by coastwise steamship
lines, was voted to enforce demands
presented several months ago for
increased 'wages and adjustment of
working hours. Union officials as
serted the strike would affect the
Mallory. Clyde, Morgan. Savannah
Aa4 Old Dominion lines.
Months;
thoritative information I have been
able to gather concerning President
Carranza is' that he will retire next
December, according to his promise,
if he can do so without turning
over the gov eminent to General
Obiegon, '
Carranza, I am informed, lias de
cided to support either his son-in-law.
Candido Aguilar of Vera Cruz,
or Ignacio Bonillas, the ambassador
at Washington and the candidate
of the civil party. Aguilar is held
as a "dark horse" for congressional
appointment in certain contingen
cies. He is a formeo milk man and
is now minister of1 the interior.
Taxes Boosted Sky High.
Taxes have been boosted sky
high to meet the heavy expenses of
the military and to keep the rail
toads open. The -taxes on sugar for
instance, have increased from $82,
971 in 1909, to $1,328,141 in 1919,
according to official figures.
In Vera Cruz and Tampico,
American money is freely used, even
American paper money passing on
a two to one basis. The govern
ment has begun to issue paper
money.
Mismanagement, inefficiency and
graft permeate official Mexico.
"What is the size of your army?"
I asked a Mexican.
"About 75,000 in reality, hut about
500,000 oil paper. That is the scan
dal of Mexico. Padded payrollls.
The generals are above the law."
Things got bad in Mexico City
when the famous gray automobile
was operating recently. , "Auto
nfovil gris," as it was called, ca
reened drunkenly about the city,
stopping at the homes of wealthy
anti-government folk, its occupants
entering and robbing, stealing jew
els and plate, even murdering, ac
cording to the popular stories. No
one was ever arrested.
The elections? That is a matter
for a laugh and a shrug in Mexico.
No one that I talked to, except of
ficial apologists for the government,
puts any faith in them. It is taken
for granted that they will be a farce,
that a free and honest expression at
the ballot box is an impossibility.
"TOWN PASTURE)'
AT PERU INVOLVED
IN COURT DISPUTE
Public Common of 200 Acres
Formed by' Missouri River
Overflow.
Auburn, Net)., March 12. (Spe
cial.) The village, of Peru, in this
county, has taken steps to defend
its title to its "town pasture," a pub
lic common of 200 acres that lies
within the corporation, from the
claims of John Mulhall, prominent
Sioiix City land owner and capital
ist, who lays claim to a large portion
of the tract by riparian rights.
The land in dispute lies on the
Missouri river bottom and was made
by accretion. The Missouri river,
by evulsion created the tract by the
big flood of 1865. It was then a sand
bar which finally, by the slow proc
ess of accretion, became a fine body
of pasture land.
Squatters settled on the tract prior
to 1895 and in that year the village
went info district court and succeed
ed in ousting the squatters and ob
taining title to.tfie place. Since then
it has been used as a public pasture,
citizens of the commaunity paying
a nominal sum each year for pastur
ing their cows therein. -
The land is now very valuable and
would make a wonderful bottom
farm, but there is no way by which'
the village can legally sell it and tor
this reason it will remain a "town
pasture" indefinitely unless Mulhall
wins his tsuit in the courts.
Two Office Safes
Looted of $386,250;
Police Have No Clue
Philadelphia, March 12. Police
authorities said they had no clue to
the identity of three men who Fri
day chlorformed, bound and gagged
a watchman and fobbed two safes
in an office building of $386,250 in
securities of which $118,000 are ne
gotiable. The men, after overpowering the
watchman in the Baker building on
Chestnut street, near Sixteenth, went
to an upper floor and looping a rope
over a projection on the outside of
the structure, swung over to the
Weightman building. Here they
drilled open the safe of the Hydro
Electric corporation and abstracted
securities of which $110,000 are
negotiable.
The robbers then went to another
floor and blew open with nitrogly
cerine tlie safe of the Ocean County
Electric company and got securi
ties of which $8,000 are negotiable.
Convicts Tunnel Way Out .
Of North Dakota Prison
Bismarck, N. D., March 12.
Bloodhounds today are searching
for convicts who escaped last night
from the state penitentiary near here
by tunnelling through a wall of the
prison building. "
The men are Arthur Buck,
sentenced for life on a charge of
murder, who has served two years;
Ray Burke, sentenced for three
years on a charge of grand larceny,
lie had served nine months. John
Stupard, sentenced to five, years on
S charge of grand lar"ceriy-, who had
served two years; Charles Breyer,
sentenced to three years for grand
I larceny, had served nine months.
COALMEN END
SCALE
CONFERENCE
Commission Files Report and
Leaves for' Home Pessimistic
Over 1 the Probability - of
x Reaching Agreement."
-
BOTH SIDES PREPARE
. TO CAUSE TROUBLE
President . May Offer Sugges
tion, But Leaders Will "Not
Attempt to Suggest Plan for
Settlement of Controversy.
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Ciiliaito Tribune-Oirmlia Bee Ieiuiel Wire.
Washington, . March 12. Repre-
sentatives of the bituminous icoal
miners and operators, whose differ
ences, which reached a climax in the
disastrous' strike last fall, "remain
unsettled, began leaving Washing
ton tonight, completely at a loss to
understand what more President
Wilson can do to bring them toJ
cither.
The bituminous coal commission
having submitted a report which
tails ot agreement between repre
sentatives ob operators and miners.
both sines tee! convinced that it is
up to them to get together by them
selves, as they did before the gov
ernmcnt intervened, and to make an
other efiort to reach an agreement.
WiH Quit April 1. ,
Leaders of the mine workers in
sist that the miivers will quit volun
tarily after April 1, wheu-.thc pres
ent working agreement expires, be
cause ot their failure to get shorter
hours and a greater increase than
the 14 per cent granted by govern
ment decree or the 25 per cent rec
ommended by Chairman Robinson
and Rembrandt Peale of the coal
commission, John P. White of the
mine workers refusing to sign the
agreement. Mr. White expects to
file a minority report, he said today,
but he has not completed it yet.
After tlie president reads both re
ports he may have some sugges
tions to make, but what they will be
no one here would attempt to sug
gest. Prepare for Trouble. t
While the miners are preparing to
make more trouble without the for
mality of .a strike order, the op
erators are also preparing to kick
over the traces against the govern
ment regulation of coal prices under
the Lever act. '
The operators of the central com
petitive field have legal advice that
the law is unconstitutional when ap
plied to a domestic situation in time
of peace. Today the smokeless coal
operators of West Virginia disclosed
that they had an opinion from for
mer President William H. Taft to
the same effect. Their representa
tives, it was learned, had approach
ed Attorney General Palmer on the
subject. They asked him first if he
would consent to a removal of all
price restrictions April 1. The at
torney general would express no
view on that, stating that it was a
matter for the fuel administration
and he was not the fuel administra
tor. '
May File Suit.
The operators then asked Mr.
Palmer what his attitude might be
toward a possible suit attacking the
constitutionality of the Lever act.
Mr. Talmer said that he would stand
pat on the law. Suit, of this char
acter may be filed within a few days.
Some of the central operators are
threateningvto defy price restrictions
after April 1 without the formality
ot court action, it is declared.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, returned
hefe today, but declined to comment
on the coal commission's report.
Henry M. Robinson, chairman
of the commission, has left for
California, his departure lending
strength to the prevailing opinion
that there is nothing more the coin
missiou can do in the premises and
that its work has resulted in failure.
Russian Problem Is
American Problem
Says Maj. Washburn
Chicago Tribune-Ouialiu Bee Leatied Hire.
Washington; March 12. Civiliza
tion will crack and all the American
soldiers fought for will be sold "for
30 pieces of silver" if any compro
mise be made with the present gov
ernment of Russia, Maj. Stanley
Washburn of Minnesota told mem
bers of the Press club in aa address
Friday night.
Major Washburn, who saw the
Russian revolution and was the Lon
don Times correspondent with the
Russian armies during the war, said
that the soviet government strikes a
vital blow at "government by con
sent of the governed," the sacred
ness of marriage vows, right to own
property and the teachings of re
ligion. The Russian problem is an Amer
ican problem, Major Washburn said,
and he asked if 4,000,000 Americans,
hundreds of thousands from Canada
and Australia and millions from
Great Britain and France answered
the call of their country merely o
increase trade areas or to make a
better world in which to live?
Murdered Chicago Artist
Leaves Estate to His Widow
Chicago, "March 12. The will of
Capt. Clifford Bleyer, who with Mrs.
Ruth Randall was found shot -to
death in her apartment last Monday
night, bequeaths all his property to
his widow and two children. Ex
perts estimated the value of the es
tate at $500,000. The widow also
will receive insurinae to the amount
of $75,000. -. . . , ,
WA
GE
OLDEST NATIVE
NEBBASKAN DIES
AT BARNESTON
Mrs. Marian Dripps Barnes
Daughter of Bellevue Fron
tier Major and Otoe In
dian Girl, Succumbs.
Beatrice, Neb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Marian Dripps Barnes,
92 'years old, believed to have been
the oldest native Nebraskan, passed
away yesterday at her home at
Barneston. She was born at Belle
vue, -Neb., November 15, 1827, and
most of her life had been spent in
Nebraska.
Her father was Mai. Andrew
Dripps, who was stationed at Belle
vue, then a frontieer trading post on
the Missouri, as a representative of
the American Fur company. Her
mother was a girl of the Otoe tribe
to whom her father was married at
Bellevue. Mrs. Barnes was 'educated
at the historic convent of the Visita
tion at Kaskaskia, 111., a place which
a generation earlier had also been a
famous frontier post.
Major Dripps removed to the ores
ent site of Kansas City, Mo., and at
one time owned- much land which is
now the heart of that city.
The marriage of his daughter and
Francis M. Barnes took place there
in 1856. They came to Nebraska ter
ritory in 1859, settling afterward on
the Otoe Indian reservation lands in
the Barneston yicinity, the town be
ing named after Mr. Barnes, who
opened a
general s.tore and trading
e for the Indians. He' died
point there
two years ago.
Mrs. Barnes, with her husband,
experienced much hardship and
many adventures m the early -days
of the state. While still a girl, She
once accompanied her father on an
expedition to . distant Wyoming
points. They escaped trouble with
the Indians, but at one time the- party
of which the pioneer woman was a
member was held up for many days
between the Big and Little Blue
rtivers by a vast herd of buffalo.
Bridegroom 86 Years
Old Leaves His Bed to
Wed Bride of 83
London, March '12. John Milner,
86 years old, got out of his bed,
where he had been lying the last
four years, to marry Mary Hart,
83. Both were so infirm that they
walked into church with the aid of
canes. The wedding took place in
Sheffield. The couple had been mar
ried three times previously. Their
descendants number 'exactly 200,
more than half of them being fe
males. "This brings back memories of my
first wedding day," the octogenarian
bridegroom chuckled after the cer
emony. "Nobody can say I haven't
done my best, for my country," he
added proudly, as he looked over
the congregation composed mostly
of his children and grandchildren.
Ten-Day Permits' Will Be
Granted Yanks for Mexico
El Paso, March 12. The State de
partment) has instructed border im
migration officials to issue border
permits good for 10 days to Amer
ican citizens desiring to visit Mex
ico within the 10-mile zone from the
American border. The present per
mit allows but one day.
Lincoln Postmaster Dies.
Lincoln, March 12. Samuel G.
Hudson, postmaster of Lincoln, for
many years a prominent follower of
W. T. Bryan in the' democratic party
of Nebraska, died suddenly, aged
65. He is the third Lincoln post
master to die during President Wil
son's administration.
Almost Quitting Time
(Just one more pipe to fit.)
RUMPUS IN HOUSE
COMMITTEE OVER
SOLDIERS' BONUS
Statement Members Would
Support Bill to Get Votes
Brings Hot Reply.
Washington, March 12. The
frank statement by a witness that
members of congress would sup
port soldier relief legislation in order
to get votes started a. rumpus Fri
day in the house ways and means
committee, considering a multitude
of bills dealing with the subject.
Frank P. Keech, a New York
broker, formerly a lieutenant colonel
in the inspector general's department,-opposing
additional compensa
tion tor former soldiers, declared
some legislation might be expected
because of political pressure. In
ference that members would be
swayed through fear of losing votes
was characterized by Chairman
Fordney as an insult to the com
mittee and congress.
Keech replied that his statement
was not intended to, he insulting,
but that it was neverthless true.
George M. Rushmore of New
York, a former sergeant, testified
that soldiers did not consider the
possible harm to government finance
which might result fromN payment
of a cash bonus. A great majority
of those receiving money would
spend it foolishly in six months, he
said.
Urging a preferential grant to
overseas men, Leonard Ormerod of
Washington, who served as- an en
listed man in the second division,
said "the mental strain from being
absolutely cut off from this coun
try" made such soldiers deserve
more than would be granted do
mestic troops. He thought a small
cash , bonus would be better than
bonds."
Push Guards in River
In Rush to See Peddler
Said to Be Healei
New Orleans, March 12. Led by
score of crippled and ailing men
and women, hundreds of persons
crowded the Mississippi river levee
here, trying to reach the ramshackle
houseboat of John Cudney, a kind
lingj peddler, known as "Brother
Isaiah" from reputed cures by the
laying on of hands.
I he press was so great ' that 25
policemen were assigned to preserve
order and on a rumor that Cudney
was about to appear there was a
rush which bore, five of the guards
into the river. All were rescued.
Legion Gets $400,000 of
Y.M.C.A. Profits in War Zone
New York. March 12. The Amer
ican Legion has received from the
Y. M. C. A. $400,000 of the gift of
$500,000 promised, representing sur
plus from operation of Y. M. C. A.
canteens and post exchanges in
France during, the war.
David Warfield Injured
When Struck by Auto Truck
Los Angeles. March -12. David
Warfield, the actor, was struck by
an automobile truck here and sus
tained a broken left leg and lacera
tions of the nose and lips.
The Weather
Forecast: 1
Nebraska Fair Saturday and
Sunday; warmer Sunday.
Iowa tair Saturday and nrob-
ably(Sunday; rising temperature. "
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ILLINOIS MAN
WOUNDS WIFE
AND KILLS SELF
i
Tragedy Enacted in Home of
Woman's Mother When Man
Attempts to Induce Wife
To Return.
York, Neb., March 12. (Special
Telegram.) Lawrence Harrington,
of Aurora, 111., shot his wife through
the head at the home of her mother.
Mrs. Rosa Keyes, here; at 10 o'clock
Friday morning and then turned the
gun on himself, "dying about 30 min
utes later.i
The bullet fired at his wife struck
her in the cheek, lodging in the back
of her head. She "is in a local hos
pital in a critical condition.
Mrs. Harrington had been at the
home of her mother, for about six
weeks. Harrington arrived in York
early Friday morning and went ai
red to the Keys home, where he
tried to induce his wife to return to
Illinois with him. When 6he re
fused to return, Harrington went
down town, returing with- a .32
caliber revolver and opened fire- on
his wife. Mrs. Harrington caught
his wrist and succeeded in deflect
ing the first shot, the second strik
ing her in the cheek. Harrington
then shot himselt in the right eye.
At an inquest held Friday after
noon the jury returned a verdicf to
the effect that Harrington came to
his death by a- bullet fired by his
own hand, with suicidal intent.
Forty Persons Are v
Injured When Tornado
Sweeps Kentucky Town
Dry Ridge, Ky., March 12.
frorty persons, including 30 school
children, were injured when a
tornado blew down a school house,
a general store, three stock barns
ana damaged other buildiugs at,
hherman, Ky., three miles from here,
Friday. No one was killed. Damage
was estimated at ?oU,UUU. 11
Greenville, Miss., March 12. Five
negroesiwere killed, between 25 and
35 injured, and 25 tenant houses were
destroyed by a tornado in Washing
toft county, near Percy. ,
Branson, Mo., March 12. Belated
reports from those localities of
Taney county visited Thursday by
a tornado reduced the storm death
list to nine persons, all of whom
lived in the vicinity of Melva. A
public funeral for the victims will
be held here Sunday.
McAdoo Thinks Delegates
Should Go Uninstructed
New York. March 12. William G.
McAdoO telegraphed Coleman C.
Vaughn, secretary of state of Michi
gan, that he would immediately re
lease delegates from any obligation
to support him if the democratic
electors in the Michigan primaries
endorse him for president.
"My conviction is so stroncr that
all Relegates to the next democratic
national convention should go un
instructed that I have been seizing
every opportunity to further that re
sult," hi telegram 6aid.
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Standard Oil to Put Big
Block of Stock on Market
New York, March 12. The Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey ap
plied to the New York Stock ex
change for permission to list $08.-
338,300 of its common shares, as
well as a like amount of 7 Der cent
cumulative nonvoting preferred
stock. This is accepted by Wall
street tas an indication that the com
pany intends to seek a' broader
market for its securities, which are
now limited at the curb market
BANDITS RAID
TWO STORES
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Theater-Goers Held at Bay
While Daring Robbers Loot
Jewel Trays in Shop Windows
Of Their Contents.
CHARGE CROWDS WITH
DRAWN GUNS TO ESCAPE
Believing Two Gangs at Work
Police Entertain Crowd by
Sweeping Through Streets
And Scouring Subway.
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New York, March- 12. While
Broadway was crowded with theater-goers,
three armed bandits '
smashed in the window of a jewelry '
store at Thirty-seventh street. They
kept the crowds at bay with ' re
volvers until they had emptied the
contents of several trays into their
pockets and then escaped, shooting
one pedestrian who "attempted to
stojj them. V -
A few minutes later three men en-
tered another Broadway jewelry
store, a few blocks uptown, and
after throwing pepper in a clerk's
eyes, grabbed some trays of jewelry
and ran from the store. Two men,-'
alleged to be members of the trio,
were arrested by the police after a
chase. -
Witnessed by Thousands.
Both robberies; committed in the
heart of the white light district,,
were witnessed by thousands of per
sons. Broadway was thrown tnt&
the greatest excitement as police re-'
serves arrived on the double-quick
and working on the theory that the
robberies were committed by two
different bands, raced up and down
side streets and scoured the subway
for the four missing bandits. ,
Proprietors of the two stores es
timated that thousands of dollars'
worth of jewelry had been stolen. :
in addition to the pedestrian who
was shot, but not seriously injured,"
one other member of the crowd suc
ceeded in getting his fingers on a
fugitive. .. ..... V
He was rewarded bv a erark nn'
the wrist from , a revolver hutt.
which caused his arm to fall helptj
lessly to his side.
Engineered With Daring. 4 ;
The first robberv. - in wfiirh
Schwartz Bros, were the victims,
wa,s engineered witn crat rtan no-
While rubbine elbows with
pedestrians, one of the banditj-
suppcu an iron Dar tnrougn the
handles of the door so that it could
not be opened from the inside. Tfi
a brick wrapped in cloth was burled
tnrougn the window. .
At the jingle of fallincr pfas Krnlr
Schwartz ranexcitedly to the door
and tried to pull it open as he
shouted for heln. The crowd, also
attracted by the crash, swarmed ;
aDout the robbers, two of whom
continued coolly at their task of
raking diamonds' and rubies out of
the window, while the third member 1
of their party kept spectators at
bay. ;
Turks Indifferent
To Reports Allies , , '
Will Enforce Peace
(By tlie Associated Press.)
Constantinonle. Mirrh 17
Numerous disnaMrf
don and Paris announcing that
the supreme council has decided
to take - drastic action at Con'
stantinople to prevent the kill"
ing of Christians and Mifnf-
peace terms more radical than were
contemplated betore the trouble at
Marash. have been rcrpiv ntk
apparent indifference by the Turks,
the only effect being the designa
tion of a slightly changed cabinet
iuiKisn oniciais are watching
Without anv eviHitir nf
the movement in London to force;
them out of Europe and the printing
of a dispatch reporting that Presi
dent Wilson would insist that the
SUltail must leave Cnnct,nHn
caused scarcely a ripple.
i ne allied naval displays in the
Bosporus audi the , British and
rrench naval luniin ; .v.A
i j ... n, is DliCCUf
ot Constantinople are watched it
umcrcnuy oy tne public.
Edwards Will Not Permit
Name on Nebraska Ballot
Lincoln. Neh" Ma
I - . , L.unaiu !
. Jtdwards. anti-nrohihitlrtn -
ernor of New Tersev. will nr.
rnit his name to be printed on the
Mn ieoraska primaries ballot
as a candidate for the democratic
nomination for the
advised Secretary of State II M.
17 i 7 1 , "a ,CYC oenator u.
M. rlitcncock as the only democratic
candidate now filprf fnr !. '
braska primary.
Armistice Day Murder V
Case in Hands of Jury
The case of 10 Industrial Workers
of the World, charged with the mur :
der of Warren O. Grimm, one of -four
former soldiers shot during an
Armistice day parade at Centralia,
..-J..., .TuTcuimr, went 10 Tne
jury at 10:20 o'clock Friday night, 1
Spikers Legally Adopt J
Emily Knowles' Daughter
...u.. siamcu me peiuion ot rer
ley Spiker and his wife for the legal
adoption of the baby of the English
girl, Emily Knowles, now the wife -of
Guy Spiker, brother of Perley '
Spiker, .who is the child's father. '
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