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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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PHIL AARONS AND
F. R. STRAIGHT ARE
HURT IN SMASHUP
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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.
