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aha .Dai :4 t i VOL. 49 No. 233. flu. Mttar In M. I SOt. t OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1920. By Mall (I ..r), Oalty. M.M: Saau. U.St: Dally ) ui.. S7.M: wtl Mtk. Mtt tra. TWO CENTS, P. tr Ml f . Mtrak S. 117. TIE 0M Bee LY I'lv. P'- 3 EXPLOSION SHUTS DOl! POWER LINE Short Circuit in Electric Line Ignites Escaping Gas in Street Manhole and Business Section Is in Darkness. WORKMEN NARROWLY : " ESCAPtE FROM INJURY Several Days Will Be Required To Make All Repairs Spe cial Officers Guard Valuable Stocks in Stores. Two explosions of illuminating gas in a street manhole at Ninth and Jones streets yesterday after noon tore open underground 1'ght circuits of the Nebraska Pow;r & Light company, resulting in the stoppage of electric powerfor two hours. Electricians working in the manhole narrowly escaped injury from the force of the explosions. The circuits were partially re paired and power for illumination of buildings was switched on at 4:30, 15 minutes following the 'second ex plosion. The first denotation . oc curred at 2:30. Street lights and . current for power were discontinued last night. T . Firemen Are Called. A fire' alarm-was turned In. Fire men had difficulty extinguishing smoldering fires along the under ground openings. , 1 ' Elevator service was curtailed in many of the buildings. Department stores were without lights during the period of the troubles Officials of the Nebraska rower company were at the scene of the trouble and directed workmen in re-? pairing the broken' circuits. Employes in wholesale houses in the vicinity of the explosions rushed to the streets in fear that a tornado 'or possibly an earth tremor had oc curred. Buildings Are Shaken. John Deere Plow company build ing. Tenth and Jones streets, was shaken by the force of the explo sions. The Bradley, Merriman & Smith- building. Ninth and Jones, tremored slightly from the effects. Crossed wires in the underground openings, causing a short circuit, was the -probable cause of the ex. olosion of gas from leaky mains, WrS. Byrne, sales manage of the Nebraska Power company1, stated. - Leaky gas mains m the' under ground openings, leading to ' the monhole, have caused' considerable trouble during the past three years, officials of the power company said. Investigation to Be Made. Evidence of the exptsions. indicate that the circuit 'openings had been closed at both ends of the system, thereby causing confinement of gas, firemen said. .. - , ' . Nebraska Power company officials were unaware that both ends of the circuit systems were closed, Mr. Byrne said. An. investigation will probably result. .'.'"'' .. The force of the first explosion tore several lead tines, protecting power circuits, to pieces. The switch pedestals on the curbing near the manhole were torn from their bases. , Spasmodic explosions along the openings occurred while firemen were "flooding the hole with water. - Residences Get Light Residents districts f the city were kept supplied with power from sub stations in various parts of the city. Electricians were at work in the manhole repairing cables shortly be fore the first explosion. . Tww work men ware just emerging from the pit and narrowly escaped effects of the detonation when the .switch pedestals were torn loose. Cables along the system in which" the ex- (Cnntinurd Ptr Two, Column live.) Three-Cent Postage May Be Necessary to Raise Pay Vpfj Postal Clerks Chiracs Tribun-Omah. , B iued wire. U,ebiscite held yesterday in the sec . Chicago. . March IS .-Alongwith nd zone of SHeswi ,!lOW- tnat IllgUCl liil' vuffinii , viviuiMSi 7 creased street car fare and very thinK. the country may soon see a return to three-cent postage on first class letter mail. ' " , Something must soon be done to provide additional wages ior postal . clerks and other employes, officials say. Hundreds of them are resign ing to engage in more profitable work and the service is" becoming badly crippled. Experts say it re- . quires three years to take the raw material and work up an efficient postal clerk and with the force be ing shot up constantly by resigna tions, there is a prospect that all lines of business will be sadly hamp ered unless the pay is made attract ive enough to hold the men. A delegation representing the clerks will soon go before congress and acquaint that body with condi tions in Chicago which are said to ' be the worst in the country. The three-cent postage plan meets witj most favor. r ' Payne Sworn in Monday As Secretary of. Interior Washington, March 15. -John Barton Payne retired Monday ' as chairman of the' Shipping board and was sworn in as secretary of the Interior, succeeding Franklin K. Lane, who retired March 1. Mr. Payne was replacedson the Shipping soard by Rear Admiral William S. Turkish Peace Delegates. Constantinople, March 15. ' Ap pointment of Turkish peace dele gates is announced. The delegation will be headed by Ttwnk. Pasha, former foreign minister. - . : . Fifty-Fifty Relationship Between U. S. And France -Premier Millerand's Hope Declares Two ' Nations "Must Continue the Close Friendship Which Has Always Been Maintained" "No Fleeting Misunderstandings Must Be Al lowed to Trouble Their Relations." Paris,"March 15. Premier Mil lerand today put aside the German crisis long enough to discuss rela tions between France and . the United States and conditions of in ternational credit. lie said to a rep resentative of the Asscoiated Press: "France and the United States must continue the close f;endship which always has been maintained. No fleeting misunderstanding must be allowed to trouble their relations. The sooner misconceptions are dis sipated the better. . ; "It appears to me an opportune time to recall to our friend, the United States, that France is not asking for charity. The greater part ot money France borrowed abroad was spent in the common interest of all civilized countries a fact which mig'ht form. the basis- of a claim for special consideration, but such is not one intention. "We don't request cancellation o"T our deb' i. ' We only ask time to breathe and to recover our strength after four and a half years of ex hausting war. Our propositions are those which any debtor would feel right in making in the interest of both himself and his creditor." . N Refers to Ruinous Exchange. The premier referred to the ruin ous fluctuations in exchange, which he held would be aggravated rather than palliated through measures proposed by France bv those not taking sufficient account of interior conditions. "If France is obliged to meet her obligations abroad at the present uate of exchange she will be forced to pay o and a half times what she owes, he continued. thus, after spending for the common good 30,000,000,000 francs borrowed from OltoAHA WOMAN -PROSTRATED BY COURT SENTENCE Mrs. Katherine Hammond Granted Leniency in Con- ' tempt Case. . Lincoln, March 15. (Special.) Standing before the bar of the su preme court Monday to receive the sentence of Ihe court for. contempt, Mrs. Katherine Hammond of Oma ha, when she heard the Sentence, fainted in the arms of her attorney and was taken from, the room. ' ; Mrs. Hammond had been cited to appear two weeks ago to answer to the charge of taking her grandson, the son of William V. Hammond and his divorced wife, Qut of the jurisdiction of the court and spirit ing him away. " The court withheld sentence and when Mrs. Hammond appeared slie was called before the tribunal of justice by Chief Justice Morrissey, who said:. "The court has reached the con clusion that M. O. Cunningham, at torney for Mrs. Katherine Ham mond, is not guilty of wrongdoing in the matter and is therefore purged of any complicity in having the1 child taken away. However, to Mrs. Hammond I want to say that the court has reached the conclu sion that because of your age and the fact that you are a woman, the court will be lenient. Your offense is a serious one,1 but the child has been restored to its mother, ,and there-witl be no penalty attached except that of paying the costs in this action, and as for your son, the further judgment of the court will be. withheld to him as the main of fender, until he can be brought into cofirt" The court has been unable to lo1 cate Mr, Hammond, who is said to be either tn Wyoming or Canada. Germans Are Successful - In Schleswig Plebiscite Copenhagen, March 15. Latest unofficial figures relative to the 13,025 votes were cast for Denmark, while 48,148 were in tavor ot ler- man control. The districts of Got- ing, Hedehusum and Utersun show Danish majorities. Results in four districts have not been learned. Ministers Request . "Sins of theTUsh'' Be Not Forbidden CUcaso Tribune-Omaha Bf Leued Win, Chicago, March 15. Methodist ministers are .tugging at the leash provided by paragraph 280 of the general laws of the church, which deals with '"imprudent acts." At a meeting of 150 pastors Monday there was not a dissenting vote when a resolution passed, asking that paragraph 280 be abolished. This law forbids ministers at tending theaters, indulging in -alcohol, dancing, card-playing" and gambling. Twelve ministers ex pressed their views, all to the same effect, which may be summarized 'as follows: - "This, law does not help the church. Ou the contrary, it keeps away persons who 'Otherwise might belong to the church. Min isters arehuman and appreciate the enjoyment derived from thea ters and other things." , Congregational ministers at their meeting decided to nn time in raising their $3,000,000 quota- for the benefit of the new inter-church movement Eight millions of the $11,000,000 quota of the Congregational-church was raised at a recent drive and it is believed the $3,000,000 still re quired will be speedily brought in. her friends, she- would have to pay 45,000,000,000 francs as France's premiums to these same friends. "We have given1 our blood, we have given our money. To ask us now to give more than double our debt is, an anomaly that cannot fail to strike the most impartial judges." After mentioning the suggestion made by the United States that France could raise the value of the franc by increasing exportations, the premier said that the question appeared to be imperfectly under stood by the American people. Hopes to Increase Exports. "We ask nothing better than in creased exports. We must first, how ever, manufacture and we can't make the things for foreign trade until we have factories in which to manufac turtsthem. Do our American friends lose sight of the extent of the de vastation of the richest part of our territory; do they forget that we are still partly paralyzed and that it will require years to recuperate , our wasted manpower and restore the former flourishing manufacturing centers? , ' "The war cost us 600,000 industrial workers, 600,000 of our buildings were destroyed, regions were ruined which in 1913 gave us 90-per cent of our wool, 90 per cent of linen thread. 90 per cent of our minerals, 83 per cent of our pig iron, 70 per cent of our sugar and 53 per cent of our coal. "The war wasted our railroads to an unimaginable extent. Thirty per cent of our merchant fleet was sunk and our wheat, production was diminished two-thirds, involving- " a deficit of 2,000,000,000 francs. These catastrophical changes were a blow to the very base of the economic and financial situation of France." i PETITIONS OUT FOR R. B." HOWELL FOR' GOVERNOR. Nonpartisan League Heads Will Pledge Support ChargeTie up With Johnson Men. Lincoln, Neb.. March 15. (Special Telegram.) Politicians here are awaiting with interest new develop ments in the xepublican primaf jr race for governor. The possible entry of K. B. Howell, manager of the Met ropolitan Water District of Omaha, has upset all calculations of the out come of the election. - Jesse Johnson, manager of the Nonpartisan league in Nebraska, and C. A. Sorenson, attorney for the league, left here tonight for Omaha with the avowed intention of obtain ing the consent of Mr. Howell to make the race and assuring him of the support of the league. Senator J. W. Hammond of Cam bridge is already causing to be cir culated in western and southern Ne braska petitions for Mr. Howell. They will be circulated immediately in Omaha - and Lincoln, according to Frank Harrison of this city, who i,"s also active in advocating Mr. Howell s candidacy.- Amoug the politicians here it is conceded that the deal to obtain Mr. Howels consent to enter the primary race with the Nonpartisan kague backing was engineered by Mr. Harrison in an attempt to swing the votes of the league to Hiram Johnson for president Th6 campaign for the republican nomination for governor was further enlivened by the entrance of George D. Mathewson of Shickley into the race. Mr Mathewson paid his fil ing fee at Geneva. In the last ses sion rf .he legislature he served as a float representative from Fill more. Chy and York counties. New Milk Stations ; To Sell for 12 Cents Beginning Today Milk will be sold at A 2 cents a quart and cream af1 12 cents a half pint -beginning this morning, in the fire stations at Twenty-second and Lake streets and Fortieth and Ham ilton streets. ' , - Through an arrangement between the city and the Midwest Milk Pro ducers association the firemen will make the- sales, subject to inter ruptions during service at fires. Ice boxes have been installed at these stations and the service will be maintained day and night. Milk stations will be opened in other fire houses as quickly as ice boxes can be installed. f The Metropolitan Water district is interested to the extent of selling steam and refrigeration from the water plant at Twentieth street and Poppletor. avenue to the milk plant, across the street. 'The promoters of this enterprise urge public co-operation to the end that the cost of milk and cream may be reduced to the lowest pos sible charges. The milk station at Twentieth and Poppleton. streets is being liberally patronized. , -. " i Express Agent Must Serve Six Years for Diamond Theft 'Sioux Falls, S. D... March 15. (Special Telegram.) Joseph Fonr nicr, alias Collins, who confessed to victimising Chicago, jewelry firms of diamonds worth in the aggregate, $6,000, while relief express agent at Ethen, S. Dnlast ummtrwas sen tenced to a term' of six years in the federal prison at Leavenworth. Kan. by Judge Elliott of the federalcourt in this city. . ARTICLE TEN RESERVATION IS ADOPTED . . Senators Reaffirm' Disagree ment With President Wilson On Dominating Issue in Treaty Controversy. 14 democratTswitch over to republicans Senate's 'Decision Accepted Generally as Hastening Ver sailles Peace Pact Toward Another Deadlock. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Trlbune-Omiiha, Bm Leased Wire. Washington, March .IS. Al though the senate today adopted the new Lodge reservation to article 10 of the leagueof nations covenant by a vote of 56 to one more than a -two-thirds "majority, leaders on "both sides tonight were predicting the defeat of the German peace Yeatv on the ratification roll call the latter part of this week. Senator Hitchcock relies upon 21 democratic senators to support the president's rejection of the reser vations, and, joining'Mvith IS or more republican irreconcilables, ac complish the defeat of the treaty by at least two votes. Senator Lodge said he greatly feared that no more hopeful view of the prospects could be taken than that expressed by Senator Hitch cock; Hope of ratification is now founded entirely on the possibility" of several more (democrats deserting the administration, a contingency which Senator Hitchcock doe not fear and upon which Senator Lodge does not rely. Bee's Account Confirmed. The Bee's account this morning of the president's rejection of the revised version oi uie article iu res ervation was confirmed when Sen ator Hitchcock admitted he had re ceived a letter from Mr. Wilson with the text of the new clause an notated: "Not acceptable.. W. W." Despite the unyielding attitude of the White House, however, 14 democrats defied the president and voted for the reservation. No re publican voted,against it. The roll call on the reservation follows: For Adoption. Republicans - Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Cplt, - Cummins, Curtis. Dillingham, Edge, Elkins, Fernald France. ' Frelinghuysen. Gronna, Hale, Harding, Jones of Washington, Kellogg. ' Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Laf Follette, Lenroot, Lodge, - McCormick, McLean, Mc Nary, Moses, New, Norrjs, Page, Phipps, Poindexter, -Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, .Suther land, Townsend, Wadsworth, War ren and Watson 42. Democrats Ashurst, Gerry, Gore, Henderson, Kendrick, Myers, Nu gent, Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene, Reed, Shields, Smith of, Georgia, and Walsh of Massachusetts 14. Total 56. Against. Republicans None.-. Democrats Beckham. Chamber lain, Comer, Culberson, Dial, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Hitchcock, John son of South Dakota, Jones of New Mexico, King, Kirby, McKellar, Overman, Owen, Ransdelh- Robin son, Sheppard, -'Simmons, Smith of Maryland, Stanley, Trammell, Un derwood, Walsh , of Montana and Walcott. , Total-26. On adoption of the original article 10 reservation last November, the vote was 46 t$ 33, with only four democrats,, Senators Reed, Gore. Smith of Georgia and Walsh, of Massachusetts voting in the afiim atiye. . . " Text of New Reservation. Here is the text of the new reser vation: v "The United States assumes no obligation to preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of any other country by the employ ment of its military or naval forces, its resources, s or any form of economic discrimination, or to inter fere in any way in controversaries, including controverstries relating to territorial integrity and political in- (ontlnued on Pace Two, Colnmii Six.) Supreme Court to Hear All Dry Question Phases Before Giving Opinion Washington, March IS. All, phases of the prohibition question will be heard by the supreme court before deciding pn validity of the prohibition amendment and the Vol stead enforcement act.' L Havirg heard arguments in the Rhode TslartLKentucky and Massa chusetts cases, : the court granted New Jersey permission to institute original proceedings to test the amendment It also fixed March 29t 10 near arguments m the Mew jer sey proceedings, on appeals by Christian" Feigenspan, a Newark. N. J.V brewer, and on government ap peals in injunction proceedings against - the Manitowoc Products company, Wisconsin. " ,In view of. the multiplicity of re quests for nearings. the court post poned a two-week recess planned -to begin March 29. -" O'Neill Man May Enter.. v Contest for Governor Lincoln, Neb March IS. (Spedal Telegram.) Senator John A. Rob insoof O'Neill is being prominent ly mentioned here as a democratic candidate for governor jn the April primaries. It is said petitions will he circulated in' his behalf at nnc.t. He was a member of the"senate in the sessions of 1915 and 1917,. Love 1 : 3 i : NO PASSPORTS HOLD UP THIRSTY B0UNDF0R CUBA State Department Without a Head forFirst Time y In History. Chicafo Tribuno-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, March IS. For the first time in American history, the State department is without a head. Acting Secretary of State Pollf, serving Under the law for 30 days since the resignation of Mr. Lansing, reverted today to his own office of under-secretary and the senate's delay inconfirming the 'appoint ment of Bainbridge Colby leaves the cabinet office vacant. Until the office is filled no .one can leave the United States for a foreign country because there is no one to sign' passports. Scores of congressmen discovered this today when they sought to feet passports to Europe, Cuba, South America and other places tor con stituents. No One to Sign Passports. "Is there no one to sign pass ports?" asked one congressman at the passport bureau. "No one," was the reply. "Why can't the president sign them?" he asked. "Maybe" he could, but he's not signing any today," was the re sponse. It further developed today that the president had been advised by the attorney general that he could ;iot designate anotheV cabinet offi cer under the Overman act to serve temporarily as head of the State department. The Department of Justice held that the act provided for -changes of cabinet jurisdiction only for conduct of the war. Not at War, Yet No Peace. This interpretation involved the conclusion that the government is not now conducting a war, although there has been no declaration of peace, in ..contrast to the opinion held last fall when the Lever act. another war measure, was used as an instrument against the coal strike. The president, it is understood, had planned to name Secretary of War Baker as temporary secretary of state under the Overman act, but the attorney general's opinion puj an end to this. The senate foreign -relations com mittee did nothing today with the Colby nomination and the prospect is that there will be no secretary of state for some time. Meanwhile the exodus of tha thirsty to Cuba and tours to Europe are held up. , " Dramatic Art Student . Arrested in Lincoln , For "Shoplifting" ... i " . 1 Lincoln, Neb., March . IS. (Spe cial Telegram.) Lgye of fine clothes is the reason given by pretty Mona Banca, 17-year-old student of dra matic art, for the theft of $700 worth of clothing from stores here, in a confession to police. The loot was recovered in henroom. Suits, shoes, silk hose and silk teddy bears in large quantities'were found jn her room. All were ideriti fiefl as having been stolen from Lin coln stores. , Miss Banca's - home is in North Loop, Neb., where her father is a prominent business man. 60-Mile Gale Demolishes Airplane on McCook Field McCook, Neb... March IS. (Spe cial Telegtanv A new Curtiss air plane recently purchased by J. E. Brumley and housed jn a hangar on the municipal .landing field was over turned and completely destroyed by a 60-mile gale which blew here Sun day night and Monday." Five store fronts were blown in and many houses had windows destroyed by the hjh wind. ' I I MeLove MV Sprightly Models Lament Passing -Of "Pertect 36' Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, March IS. Farewell to the "perfect thirty-sixes." Fash ion designers have put the delect able creatures out of the running, at least fcr this season, and there, is -much lamentation among the' sprightly models who formerly swept majestically up and down in front of the buyers. "There ain't no such a thing as a feminine form today," .wailed Gertie, one of the models.' "A- . lady might as well be a .barrel of sauer kraut as a perfect thirty- sixt' A-Glassy built -daiiie can't 4 show the syje no more. , What they need for a model is a circus freakRubina, the rubber lady, or something like that. She's gotta have a spaghetti spine, double joints and accordion-pleated mus cles to fit into more tharr one gown a year." Gertie is right. There are two ways to follow the fashions this year. One is td follow them all. the way. In the morning mi lady will need a slim, wasp-waist; in the afternoon she will require a few curves, and in the evening she wili have to be as straigh't as a ramrod. As for the gowVis dis played at the opening of the Fashion Art league, one must be a mathematician to guess whether the forms they encase are spheres, hemispheres, parabolas or comet- like wisps of atmosphere. A thousand dressmakers and de signers are attending the conven tion. . Guard Ex-Kaiser Strictly, Even as He Saws Wood; Crown Prince Keeps Mum Amerongen, March 15. The forr mer kaiser was up early Monday. He seemed much calmer and sawed wood three hours. The former empress is well again. The guard about the castle is very strict. "A high government official as sured the Associated Press: "The allies and the world may safely rely upon Holland to guard the ex-kaiser, though no more measures will be taken Jlian are necessary to prevent his escape." Wieringen. Holland, March IS. Frederick William, the former Ger man crown prince, who is very re served in expressing his ideas about the counter revolution, seems to be entirely unperturbed. He may go wherever he likes about the island. Subcommittee Completes Draft of Naval Measure Washington, March IS. The house subcommittee has completed its draft cf the" naval appropriation bill carrving approximately $400, 000,000. the bill will be submitted to the full committee Tuesday.- -. New Hungary Cabinet. ' Budapest, March IS. Alexandef Simonyi Semeden, who last week was asked to Jorm a cabinet, will submit to Admiral Horthy, the new regent, names of persons he vhas chosen. He will be premier and minister of the interior. , The Weather 1 ' Forecast. Iowa Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday; cooler Tuesday. , Nebraska Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday; colder in east Tues da Hourly Temperatures. ....BO . .r.84 . . . .ft ....M ...'.at ....no .;..4 ....47 . .. ...4M ...4ft ..4 ...7 ...9 m. s p. A n. 2 5- an V" m. Dog "GOD WITH US" ' SAVED CONVOYS, SIMS TESTIFIES Admiral Tells of Wartime Anxiety in London and Washington. . 'Washington, . March 15. An un published story of wartime anxiety in London and Washington lest German battle cruisers -attempt a forlorn hope raid against American transports was disclosed today to the senate naval investigating com mittee bv Rear Admiral Sims. Mes sages exchanged ; by ?Adrairal Ben- son, tmei qi operations, ana va miral Sims in July, 1918. were pre sented by the latter to correct "im plications" which, he said, ! Secre tary Daniels had made to the comr mittee that "general plans and pol icies were none of my business." Included in plans formed by the Navy department to meet such raids and rejected by Admiral Sims as "impractical" was a proposal to call on Japan for a battle cruiser division to serve with the American Atlantic fleet. - Feared Battle Cruisers. In the spring of 1918. he said, when the submarine menace had been overcome, naval officials in London became apprehensive that the Germans might send out battl cruisers in the hope of destroying an American convoy. He advised guarding Unifed States troop convoys with battleships. Despite this, he said, the Navy de partment on July 30 outlined a plan of its own to meet such raids, pre dicated, he added, on the "false premise" that advanee warning would be giveji. The plan contem plated placing one division of Amer ican battleships at Queensfown, Ire land, to cover the eastern Atlantic, another to be held at home ready to cover the 'western Atlantic and a divisionof Japanese battle cruisers to be stationed with the Atlantic fleet to pursue and sink raiders. Sims' Own Plan Adopted. , "The plan was impracticable for a number of reasons," Admiral Sims declared. "It was eventually aban doned and for it was substituted a plan substantially the same as . pre viously recommended by me." Admiral Sims said the department sent many cables-insisting that its plan be given a trial and that it was not abandoned until months after it was first suggested. A raid in the meantime he asserted, 'would have found the United States without a practical working plan to meet it., Only the fact "God was with us" saved- early troopship convoys from German. torpedoesAdmiral Sims de clared. ' Revolutionary Commander "One of Kaiser's Old Guard" Washington, March IS. General Luettwitz, commanding military forces of the new German govern ment, was described as "one of tbe kaiser's old gang" by Herbert Hoover, who said he had found it necessary to deal with the officer during the war as ene of the prin cipal German military officials in occupied BelgiumT- Rocky Mountain States ' Suffer Badly by Storm Denver, Colo., March J5. Stories of-heavy property damage, crippled wire service, snow slides and a bliz zard came into Denver in the wake of a heavy wind storm which swept the Rocky" Mountain states all of Sunday, Sunday night and Monday. The wind is dying down." Food for Europe Assured. Washington. March IS. Food re lief for Europe was assured when the house passed overwhelmingly a bill permitting the United States Grain 'corporation to sell 5,000,000 barrel of soft wheat flour-on long term credits to Poland, Austria and Armenia. . " REVOLUTION If! GERMANY IS AT AN El: Basis of Agreement Reached Between Governments v of Kapp and Ebert, the Latter To Retain Presidency. JOINT DECLARATION IS ISSUED AGAINST STRIKE Walkouts and General Disor der Following Appeal to Workmen BringsTwo Fac tions Into Accord. Berlin, March IS. The counter revolution in Germany appears to night to v have' reached the end of thd'road. There is a strong prob ability that shortly one government will be in control and that President Ebert will tome back to Berlin with his ministers. A basis of agreement between the government set up by Dr. Wolf gang Kapo as chancellor and. that K of President Ebert is enunciated in a declaration ' issued by the . present Berlin government today. An nouncement is made that negotia tions toward a settlement have been opposed between the two govern ments at the instance of President Ebert and his associates. , There is, however, no direct confirmation or this from Ebert, who is understood to be at Stuttgart. ' ' ' Chancellor Kapp is agreeable to , continuance of the "present imperial president," who is Friedrich Ebert ; he renounces formation of a new ministry and placed direction of af- . fairs in the hands of the under-sec-retaries of state. v ' , Agreement of Kapp. I . " x' The agreement as set forth by Chancellor Kapp provides for a cabinet which shall include profes-, sional ministers, or. experts; elec tions within two months for mem bers of the reichstag and 4he Prus sian national assembly and ubse-; quently an election for "imperial president" by the people until which time Ebert shall hold office. One significant clause in the pro nouncement says "the new and old governments shall issue, a joint dec laration that under present condi tions , a general strike is a crime against the German people. ' ."' . Herein lies, the explanation" of the proposed' settlement, for the general strike -has proved an effective weapon. , Germany -already has felt its sinister effect,' for the strike in Berlin and many other principal cities has cut off supplies, telephone, light and heat. Ebert Called Out Workers " It was President Ebert and lifs ministers who called on the social ists, the workmen and all the people, to declare , a general strike, and there was an instant response. Labor (fiercely resisted usurpation of the' reactionary grovernment. Vast num bers of men left their work and serious disorders occurred. . Chancellor Kapp and his support ers announced they would deal -harshly with strikes or passive re sistance to the existing order ; in Berlin. One leader of the counter . revolution said : "We won't knuckle down to the . socialists and workmen, who' think they can Run the country." Notwithstanding the government threat, it' has i been evident that neither Df: Kapp nor Major Gen eral Von Luettwitz was willing to put I "his warnings fd test. Blood shed would have been inevitable,' plunging the country possibly into, a state of anarchy and giving com-' munists the opportunity they had (Continued on ; Page Two. Column TItc' t v ,. t Dismissal of Grammer . "' Appeal Is Asked by Nebraska Attonwy; Lincoln, Neb., March IS. (Spe cial.) The attorney general's office t' has filed motion in the United States circuit court in St Louis for the disn-iissal of the appeal -of Allen -Vincent Grammer, stating that the ; proper jurisdiction lies in direct ap- appeal to the federal court and not the circuit court. -. - N , The case went to the United States circuit court from the federal courfrhere, where Grammer was de-. nied a writ of habeas corpus on thev grounds that he is being detained and under death sentence .without due process of law growing out of errors in the Howard county dis trict court. .- - Grammer, -with Alson B. Cole. " was convicted of the murder of Grammer's mother-in-law, Mrs. ' Lulu Vogt, near Elba, Neb. ' The attorney general's office made J a previous effort to have the case dismissed on the emunrfa fha th appeal was frivolous, the motion be- !nv A-'.A 1 .L- - . t us ucuicu, uu me case set ior tne May term of the circuit court. , v .'The latest motion of th general will be argued next Thurs- . aay oy Assistant Attorney General Dort. A Dort. Wood Leads Opponents s In Minnesota Primary St. Paul. March 15. When. turns from last jiiffht's stato.wiH ; republican presidential prererente primary were halted early today by", - a blizzard which- paralyzed wire- " communication. Major General Leonard Wood was maintaining av commanding lead over Senator Hi- ' ram Johnson of California." The vote ' from about 450 precincts, including a majority of the St. Paul and Min neapolis precincts was :Wood,12.-' 627: fohnsotl. 8.517: Hnnv AAStA , and towden. 3.510. ' ' r ' "