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The Omaha 'Sunday B EE VOL. XUX NO. 44. Calml ticMd-elaM Mm . UW.it Oatha P. 0. wtw act MvcH & t!7. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1920. By Mill (I 4r. iMld 4Hi Ion. Dally aa Bundle (j); Daily Only. It: Sunday, 14. Oittld 4th 2oit (I ywr). Dally aad Sunday, IIS: Dally Only, 112; Sunday Only, It. : FIVE .CENTS. I' a JVU IE nn JV DRIVE FOR VOTES HERE AT CLIMAX . ' Primary Election Campaign Which Began' Apathetically Reaches Crest With Excite ment Surpassing All Years. INTEREST CENTERS IN RACE FOR PRESIDENCY Nebraska's Change to Honor a Nebraska Supporters of Wood and John son Claim Victory, But Ad mit Gains for Pershing With Each Passing Day. Y Xe-laska's primary election cam paign, which began slowly and apa thetically, reached a frenzied Cli max yesterday, equal in excitement apparently to any in the state since J89G. ; ' . Candidates for office, from presi dent down to minor local jobs, let loose ar flood of argument upon the bewildered voter by speeches, adver tising and circulars.. Printing offices were swamped and postoffices jammed, . N- Voters who were indifferent ear lier in the campaign surprised candi dates and observers during its clos ing days by the interest which they showed. Candidates for presidential preference,' for national convention seats and for state office found large and attentive audiences, par ticularly in the smaller cities and towns. Interest in Presidency. Interest in the republican primary fcentered in the contest for presiden tial preference between Nebraska's candidate, Qeneral Pershing, and General Wood and Senator John ton, with the free-for-all fight for governor second on the list. In the democratic camp, the whole state contest was Between. Hitchcock and Bryan, forces for control not only of the national convention dele gation, but of the national, com mitteematf JhTp and the nomination for governor. Added to the ordinary zest of the occasion was the participation of women for the first time in a gen eral election. Pershing Gains Support. Few denied at the end of the week that General Pershing's candidacy was markedly stronger- than at any time during the canvass in his be half for the republican presidential preference. Supporters of Johnson and Wood claim victory Tuesday, but generally admitted that Pershing bad gained with each passing day. Pershing adherents expressed cer tainty of carrying Douglas county nd confidence of the result in the state at large. Johnsonites had no hope of Douglas, but avowed their satisfaction with conditions over the state. The Wood forces, from an (Canttnocfl on Face Two, Column Two.) Lincoln Woman Made Delegate to World Suffrage Congress New York, April 17. Names of 12 delegates to the first postwar international suffrage congress, to be held in Geneva, June 6 to 12, were announced today by the American Woman Suffrage association. They are: Mrs. Jacob Bauer, and Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis, Chicago; Mrs. Desha Breckinridge, Lexington, Ky.; Mrs. W. E. Barkley, Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Halsey Wilson, and Mrs. Maud Nahtan, New York; Mrs. Charles F. Spencer, Topeka, Kan.; Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, Denver; Miss Dorothy Rehfield, Aberdeen. S. D.j Mrs. H. O. Garvey, Kansas City; Miss Julia Lathrop, Washington, and Dr. Marion Horton, Windsor, Vt. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. presi dent; Mrs. Stanley McCormick, first corresponding secretary, alternates and visitors will accompany the del Premarriage Will 0. K. If Wife Is Made an Heir ' Chicago, April 17. The legality of a will drawn by a single man is not affected, by his marriage if it provides for his intended wife, ac cording to an Illinois supreme court decision. The decision was the outcome of a suit by Mrs. Ida Hallock to break the will of her father, William Ford, a wealthy land owner. His will, made before he was married 22 years ago, provided an annuity of $200 for his wife. The income from a $120,000 farm' was divided between Mrs. Hallock and John A. Ford, a son. Mrs. Hallock's contest was based on the Illinois law which holds that a will made before marriage is in valid after marriage. A redeeming trait of American character tt a citizen who deserves honor because of his publ-fc iv'ice has never been denied it. Every state, every corbnunity has some one man to whom it looks as a leader, because of his ability, his public spiritedness and his willingness to go to the front for what is right. Every state takes pride in the men it has furnished whose contributions to the nation's history have made America great. . Nebraskans have such a man today, one whose name is imperishable written, not .only in the annals of ' the state, or the records of the nation, but on the history of the world, where it will remain as long as the story bf humanity attracts notice. It will stand for all that is great and noble in American character, an inspiration to mankind forever, because it symbolizes something that can not be told in words, the tremendous impulse of a united country, exerting its utmost energy for the pres ervation of liberty and the right of self-government for mankind. John J. fershing is that ma. Neither time nor space here to recount his deeds. The modest soldier, the sincere, honest, hard-working man, who led the American army on its great mission in France, is a Ne braskan. He is presented as a candidate for the presi dency of his country. Can any loyal Nebraskan think of refusing to give to John J. Pershing the support he deserves? As well try to imagine Illinois repudiating Grant, or Ohio Mc Kinley and Garfield. . . Accepting at their face value all the claims made for the rival candidates from outside the state, and some are reckless enough, is there presented any good reason why a Nebraskan should vote for a man from New Hampshire, or one "from California, when his own . -state offers a man who is the peer i either in ability, and whose actual achievements in magnitude and im portance list among the .mightiest ever accomplished by man?' Pershing has been a doer and not a -talker, but his deeds are more eloquent than any words could be. Will Nebraska be the first state to tell John J. Pershing that hia life-long service does not deserve recognition, that his uniform unfits him for the highest office in the land? RAILWAY LABOR BOARD IS READY TO BEGIN WORK Find Bodies of Two More Victims of Colorado Storm Denver. Colo., April J7. This section of the west Saturday was in the grip of the second blizzard in a week. The discovery of the froz en bodies of two Trinidad boys on the Las Animas plains brought the 1 death list ef last Sunday' storm to i UJM. Tennessee'" Man Named Per manent Chairman of Body y. ' Adjust Wage.' Washington, April 17. The rail road labor board got down to busi ness- today with the election of R. M, Barton of Tennessee, a member of the public group, as permanent chairman and the appointment of C. P. Carrithers of Texas as permanent secretary. Mr. Carrithers was for merly secretary of adjustment board No. 1 of the railroad administration. With its machinery in working order to adjust the wage, demands of nearly 2,0QO,0Ci) railway employes, the board received the controversy as it stood when the" bipartisan ad justment board failed to reach a set tlement on April 1. W. N. Doak, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, presented the workers' case and E. T. Whiter, chairman of the Associa tion of Railway Executives, ap peared fo? the roads. Action by the board to force the New England Steamship association to reinstate men who had left their jobs during the "outlaw strike" was asked by E. T. Fitzgerald. Strikers Stand Pat Chicago, April 17. The-members of the "outlaw" organization of striking switchmen, in session here today, refuse to call off the strike, which has bee in progress for two weeks. The officials decided to stand ,by their original demands to the railroads and drafted additional demands to be presented to the rail way owners. It was reported when the leaders of the insurgent organization went into session that they were planning to advise their men to return to work. At the close of the session John Grunau, president of' "the Chicago Yardmen's association, which called the first strike here, issued the fol lowing sitement: "At a meeting of grand lodge of ficers, board of directors and board of trustees of the Chicago Yard men's association at 10 a. m. it was unanimously decided that the or iginal demands of .the C. Y. A. pre- a. . y w 1 sentea to tne uenerai Managers as sociation shall stand. Also that as far as switchmen and switch tenders are concerned we must be recog nized as the governing body. Also that there shall be no discrimination against, any men who have with drew from the service of the var ious railroads and they must be re stored to their former seniority rank. (Signed) ' "JOHN GRUNAU." Addition of the two demands to the previous list apparently has widened the split between the roads and brotherhoods on the one hand and the strikers -on the other.' The general managers and hc brotherhoods here, have given the strikers until midnight to return to work, under penalty of losing their seniority. " Similar action has been taken elsewhere. Mr. Grunau this morning sent a message to presidents of all yard men's association locals requesting them to attend a meeting of the ex ecutive officers of the Chicago Yardmen's association to be held here next Monday. Plans for continuing the strike will be taken up at this meeting, he said. JOHNSON APPEAL PURELY PERSONAL, ABBOTT ASSERTS Senator's Candidacy Addresed To Eorces of Discontent, . r3ays Veteran Observer. Washington, D. G, April .17. (Special) . Eastern - newspapers printed today a dispatch from Ne braska signed by Willis J. Abbott, veteran political arid Washington correspondent and editor, in which he discusses the Nebraska primary campaign. Abbott, a contributor to Collier's Weekly and The Outlook for years, is now writing for the Washington Herald and a syndi cate of papers. He says: ' "Senator Johnson is putting no delegate ticket into the field. His appeal is purely personal. If he carries the state, he will have no delegation dt his .command after the first perfunctory ballot in ac cordance with the law. ' "The Johnson campaign has been frankly addressed to the forces of discontents The California senator seems to have' determined upon the policy of basing his own candidacy upon appeals to social and economic discontent and race prejudice. "Whatever the result of a cam paign of this-'sort for the nomina tion may prove to be, many promi nent republicans are expressing the opinion .that ft will form a very bad record o,ri which to go to he coun try in November." ' Man Killed by Auto Thirty-First and Farnam Intersection Andrew J. Sully, 57 years old, 121 Turner boulevard, was killed at Thirty-first and Farnam streets" shortly before 8 o'clock Saturday night when he. was struck .by an automobile driven' by W. A. Sells, living at the Flatiron hotel. Mr. Sully was on his way to the auditorium to hear Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock speak. His skull was fractured and he was dead when he arrived tat the Nicholas Senn hos pital, -where he was taken imme diately. ' Sells was arrested and is held for investigation. He (stated that he did not see Mr. Sully, who was crossing the street. AMERICAN SLAIN WAS RED WORKER New Jersey Man, Shot While Trying to' Escape jn Ger many, Thought to Have Been in League With Reds. i SECRETARY OF STATE ' COMPLETES PROBE Compromising Papers, Found on- Body Was Traveling in Ruhr District With Prussian Leaders of Uprising. Chicago Tribune-Omh Be. Leased Wire. Washington, April 17. Secretary of State Colby announced today that both the American commission at Berlin and the German govern ment nave investigated the case of Paul R. Demott of Paterson, N. J., who was arrested by German gov ernment troops near Mulheim and was later shot and killed by his guard. Reginald Foster, special attache of the American commission, person ally investigated the matter at Jhe scene of the, arrsst and shooting and his report, communicated to the State department, stated that com promising papers were found on Demott, who was traveling in . the Ruhr district with two German lead ers of the revolutionary movement. Carried U. S. Passport. , Demott according to Mr. Foster's renort. carried an American pass port issued by the Department of State at Washington, septemDer o, 1010. unon his aonlication to go abroad to engage in relief work in France. The nassoort was extena- hv thft American consulate at Paris on March 9, last, and amend ed to apply to the. Baltic states and western Russia, including countries necessary to pass through in tran ci and the nurnose of the trip was then stated to be newspaper work. T ira vised a that time tor tne T3alic State amt western Russia, "by rail, . journalistic work. jjemoir a1cr hart naners issued to him By th HriM'sh committee of the French Red Cross on September 11, accrediting him as a representative of the ociety of Friends of France, and other credentials. Demott, and two Oerman leaders of the red movement in Uermany, were in a disabled automobile when on arlvanrp nost of German govern ment troops who were' approaching Mulheim-on April i, surprisea me arty. Demott and tne two Ger mans with him ;were armed and the papers they carried and the remarks they made indicated their connec tion with the red army. They were locked up in- the basement of the Eye hospital in Mulheim, tried by court martial within four hours of their arrest and were sentenced to death on the evidence found in the papers taken from them. r Find Two Letters. Sewed in Demott's shirt were two letters addressed L. .Monatre (sig nature not clear,) writjng in, French, to L. Trotzky and asovosicy fDridzol. These letters, which were on stationery of La Vie Quvriere, 96 Quay Jem Maples, Paris, were dated March 1J, lU. ana reierrcu to an opportunity of transmit a few hasty wrods" by "An" Ameri can, jjemous interest aim paiuvr pation in the red army movement in the Ruhr district were indicated in fhpir hnnprs found on him. From the floor above Uemottsj place of confinement, a stairway led to the hospital yard. After frequent visits to this floor, j'n which he was accompanied by his guard, Demott made a dash down the corridor of this floor and down the stairway. His guard ' pursuing called to him to stop and shot at him, and De mott was running through the earden for - the1 street. Demott dropped to the ground. He was shot in the back and was deau when the guard , cached him. The guard stated that Demott made no claim to. immunity as an American citizen when he was arrested. The Passing Show of 1920 t ... i " WOOD MAKES ONE DAY NEBRASKA CAMPAIGN TOUR Candidate for President Comes from - unicaso to Address Audiencs in Omaha and j Lincoln Saturday. ; Maj." Gen. Leonard Wood, com manding officer of the Central de partment of the United States army, and a candidate for president, made a fleeting campaign trip to Nebras ka yesterday, arriving here in the morning at 9 from Chicago and re turning on an evening train. Following an address at, Lincoln, he arrived here at 3:30 p. m. and ad dressed an audience in the Auditor ium at 4 p. m. After the Auditorium meeting he met the women of the local Wood organization at the Rome hotel and then proceeded to the South Side, where" he spoke in the Orpheum theater. R. B. Howell, republican national committeeman "for Nebraska, intro- .duced the general at the Auditorium meeting. During his address Oen eral Wood referred to the relations between capital and labor, league of nations, immigration, foreign policy, military training, , merchant marine, national budget, agriculture and a few other topics' of national inter est. Scores Alien Leaders. . On the labor question the general said: "We want to get rid of the alien leader, the professional agitator. I have found American workmen at least 95 per ceirt square, square as a die and wanting to go straight, but we have got to interest ourselves a little more in these problems. The big industrial problem is a very seri ous one. "We do not want to establish an autocracy of any class, and we must (Contlnned on Page 14, Column Two.) Men Kidnap 7-Year-0ld Boy To Satisfy an Old Grudge Danville, Ky., April 17. Police of Danville and other Kentucky cities are searching for two or more men. who are believed to have kidnaped W. H. Trimble, jr., 7 years old, son of a railroad fireman, here last night, and who are thought to have taken the boy out of the city. The .boy's father said he did not believe a ransom was the object, but that the men took the boy to satisfy a grudge held against the Trimble family by one of the party. Bill to Increase War Risk Payments Passes House Washington, April 17. By unani mous vote the house today passed a bill increasing hv SJO a month the war risk insurance payment of the government to 25,00(1 disabled sol- .diers and sailors now receiving voca tional rehabilitation. Under the measure, which now goes to the sen ate signle men would receive $100 a month and married men $120. Illinois Contractor Loses $11,000 Cash 'To Confidence-Men Y Tcxarkana, Tex.. April Schaeffer, contractor of ock Island, III., reported to the police here today the loss of $11,000 cash he paid to 'confidence men in the hope of making a coup in a stock market operation. , The first move in the game was made at Hot Springs, Ark., last week, according to his statement to police, the end coming, today when the two men promoting the alleged swindle dis appeared widi the money. Schaeffer had to borrow money here to buy a ticket to Rock Island, he told officers. i The Weather Coroner's lury Holds Lloyd George for the Murder of MacCurtain Cork, Ireland, April 17. Charges of wilful murder against Premier Lloyd George were brought in the Verdict .of' the jury into the inquest into the death of Mayor MacCur tain or this city,1 assassinated last month, which was rendered today. .The verdict also charges Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland, Ian MacPherson, former chief sec retary, and several police inspectors with murder. Forecast. ' Rain and colder Sunday. Hourly Temperatures. 1 p. m 2 p. ni...... S p. m...... 4 p. m...... 5 p. m h IT p. in...... 7 p. n A a. m. 6 a. nu, 7 n. in.. S a. m.. 9 a. m.. 10 a. m.. II a. .4 40 40 a .39 S9 40 41 Kit noon ..w .... . .44 . .4S ..48 ..SO ,. ..4 r.48 Boys Alleged to Have Burned Boy Only in "Play" Lancaster, O., April 17. That they were "only playing" was the defense given by Darrel Pool, ag4 11, and Kenneth .Baker, 11, when they' were arraigned in juvenile court today charged with attempt ing to burn Charles Kneller, aged 10, a newsboy, at the stake early this week. t Suspends Shang and Vitt. . Boston, April 17. The indefinite suspension of Wally Schang and Oscar Vitt of the Boston Amer ican league base ball club for failure to report, was announced by the management of the club Saturday. Propose to Change , y Omaha to Fremont Lincoln Highway A proposition to change the route of the Lincoln highway from Omaha to Fremont from the Dodge street road to '.the. old. Military .road was communicated to i the governing ioacdof the Lincoln Hiehway asso ciation last night by. representatives of improvement . and other associa tions located along the latter road. ; The action was taken following the organization at Bennington of the Military Highway association, com pose of representatives of booster, organizations from towns along the Military road. Members of the new association contend that the Military road is today the shortest route be tween Omaha and Fremont, and is the historical route between Omaha and the west. The organizations that have rep resentation in the association are Bennington Community Welfare club, BennTngton Farmers' union, Benson Men's association, Clifton Hill Improvement club, De Bolt Improvement club, Elk City Com munity club, Irvington Booster club, Irvington Farmers' union, New Omaha Improvement club and' West of Benson Improvement club., Of ficers elected at the meeting, in ad dition to Mr. Rivett, were G . M Margold, Bennington, vice president and Arthur Thomas, Benson, sec retary. A; F. of L. Protests Against Admission -Of Foreign1 Laborers Washington, April 17. To pre vent an influx of Mexican and Can adian laborers into this country, the American Federation of Labor, through Frank Morrison, its secre tary, asked congress to "take any necessary action" to abrogate orders of the Department of Labor per mitting temporary admissions of Mexicans and Canadians : to 'w'ork this year in the beet sugar industry in Colorado, Wyoming, Iowa, Utah and Nebraska. Mr. Morrison told the house im migration, committee that the labor ers "so imported" would" over sup ply the general market. He added that there would be no shortage of labor in the beet industry if "living wages" were paid American work men. . , ' The committee adjourned without taking action. Mr. Morrison declared that "ad vocates of cheap labor want to draw on .Mexico for help" and he an nounced that the American Federa tion of Labor did not propose to permit the effort to go unchallenged. Spuds May Disappear From Chicago Menus Chicago, April 17. The price of potatoes must come down or Chi cago hotelkeepers and restaurant owners will erase the lowly spud from the bill of fare. "The price has mounted so that we cannot serve potatoes in hotels under 65 cents," said Leonard Hicks of the Hotel Grant, secretary-treasurer .of the Hotel , Association of Chicago. "Smaller restaurants have not the' big overhead expense nor other charges that the hotel . man must meet, so they can charge less. it we cannot buy potatoes at rea sonable wholesale prices vc will have to cut them out." Vienna Trainmen Strike ; Vienna, April l7. (Havas) rRail road workers in southern Austria have struck and a similar strike at Belgrade has interrupted all traffic - ....... i A PHIL AARONS AND F. R. STRAIGHT ARE HURT IN SMASHUP . . "... Taxicaby Thrown in Air by Torce otGoIlisiqn at Thirty- . Eighth and Dodge v- Streets. ; I Phil Aaron v 4819 Dodge -. street, manager of the - basement jewelry department at "the Brandeis tores, and Frank R. Straight,. 5104 Cum ing street, a commission man, were seriously injured .when the taxicab in which they were riding was struck by an automobile driven by 16-year-old Walter A. Sinclair, son of Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Sinclair, 128 South Thirty-eighth avenue, at Thirty-eighth and Dodge streets aturday evening. The taxSicab, driven tiy George Horschar, 2505 outh Eighth street, was going west 'on Dodge street when it collided with the -Sinclair machine, which was coming south on Thrty-eghth street. Witnesses say both cars were travelng at a high rate of speed. , Taxicab Turned Over. .Harschhar says he did not see the other car in time to stop and that he tried to avoid it by putting on speed. The Sinclair machine struck the taxicab in the rear wheels. The tax iwas thrown clear into the air by the force of the impart and landed on its side on the curb, pin ning the driver beneath it. Residents of the vicinity heard the cresh and HoAchhar's cries for help and came to the rescUe. , They righted the overturned taxi, releas ing the driver, and took Aarons and Straight fro mthe wreckage. They were infprisoned in the rear com partment of the car. Mr. Aarons sustained severe cuts from flying glass and. was takeg to the Clarkson hospital, where it was stated his .condition is critical. Mr. Straight was also cut and may have received internal injuries. He was taken to his home. The taxi driver was cut and bruised from being pinned beneath the car, but made his way to his home unattended. Sinclair Not Injured. The Sinclair youth was not in jured and his machine 'was not bad ly damaged. Its , radiator . was smashed, but it was driven from the scene under its own power. Police were not called to th scene of the accident at the time and no arrests have be-n made. , Mrs. Aarons and Mr. Straight had ist returned from a visit of several weeks to the health resort at ' Excelsior Springs, Mo. They were en route trom the railroad sta tion to their homes when the ".acci dent occurred. - .Traffic on Dodge street was blocked for half an hour by ma chines which stopped at the scene of the accident. . PROTESTS POUR INTO WASHINGTON Funeral Services Monday For Pioneer. Railroad Man Funeral services for Eugene L. Harmon, pioneer Omaha railroad man who died "Friday night, will be held from Hoffman's' funeral home at 2:30 Monday afternoon. Rev. Titus Lowe- of First Mesliod ist church will officiate. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Three nephews, Ltster, Ralph and Julius Harmon, with Dofsey Hughes and Alex and Tames Hodce will act as pallbearers, Nfany Wire State and War de partments Against Granting Carranza's Request to Send Troops Through America. CHARGE FEDERAL LEADER IS HOSTILE TO U. S. Indications Are That Govern ment Will Refuse Permission Senators Criticise Stand Taken by U. S. on Problem. Xw York Tlmm-rhlrniro Tribune Cablo, opjTltht, 1020. Washington, April 17. President Wilson and his Mexican policy were assailed at the capitol today when the state and war departments were considering Mexico's request for permission to transport troops across United States territory in or der to attack the secessionist state of Sonora from the north. Protests against yielding to Car ranza's lrqnest poured into the State department, particularly from border states. Although no official state ments were forthcoming the preva lent opinion tonight is that the re quest fo rtransport of , Mexican trcops across American territory for the purpose stated would not be granted. Criticise Government. In the senate, Senators Ashurst and Smith criticized the govern ment's haidling of the Mexican prob lem; before a subcommittee, Henry Lane Wilson, former ambassador tfl Mexico, declared that President Wil son was the victim of "an obsession" with respect to his Mexican policy. The senate's attention was called to the Mexican question by Senator Smith, who read a telegram from citizens of Nogales, Ariz., urgin him to insist that the United States refuse to permit Carranza troops to cross American soil. ( "Carranza." said Senator Smith, "has bee and is hostile to every in terest of the United States. I am surprised that this government should even consider a request ,of this kind from him. He wants the help of the United States in making war on the one state in the Mexican republic which has been friendly to the United States and has protected life and property, I sincerely hope the State department will not grant permission to the Carranza troops to cross into the United States." Warns Executives. Senator Ashurst said he had re ceived a similar telegram. L"My colleague and I have been to the War department so many times that we couldn't enumerate them, to tell them about the need for more troops on the border. I now warn . the executive departments that they are maintaining a totally inadequate force on the border for the protec tion of Americans in the United States. "Once before Arizona has been made the highway for murderers. The Carranza troops are just mur derers. I hope that if the federal government does not protect Arizo na that the governor of my state dis play courage, the manhood, the Americanism to repel by force of arms if necessary these gangs of bandits and murderers. At the department it was stated thta no decision had been reached fn Carranza's 'request. It 'was stated that previous grants of such requests -would not be taken as a precedent in this case, however, as conditions were "different. ' Agreement Sufficient. Continuing his testimony before a senate subcommittee, former Am basador Wilson said that the solu tion of the Mexican problem might be brought about either by estab lishment of a stable, orderly repub lic i nnorthern Mexico, or y Ameri can intervention -and temporary occupation as fa rsouth as Tam pico. If a morally binding agree-., ment for protection of . lives and property of foreigners could be ob tained from the Mexican govern ment, that would be sufficient, Mr. Wilson said. He told.tlip Mlh-mmmiMir li he had been informed that Presi dent Wilson had written a plank for insertion in the , democratic platform, stating that peace and ' order reign in Mexico, and that his Mexican nnlicv hat Kn c-mpietely vindicated. . N , .President ..Wilson, ' said Mr. Wil- understood the situation in Mexico ana tnat no one else did. That h hfrn hi trmiHl T-T line 1unrv this obsession in spite of the col- lapse ot nis tnsory. Blames President- - The present police toward Mex ico is a result, he declared, of the nrrsiHpntV -"hclipf . tha all Um..l. edge and power rests in the execu'- iive. , . . ... "Anv man xuhn ennnnrli ttia XCir ican policy of President Wilson i unpainouc ana unainerican.r ne de clared. "A resolution annrn'viticr his policy, iii the light of recent events, would be equivalent to a resolution approving Germany's course in sink ing the Lusitania. In both cascrf Americans were killed; the only dif ference tva that in h ram nt Lusitania they all died at once; while in Mexico their deaths have bee spread out over a Ion DeriaV V.