The Omaha .Daily Bee
VOL. 49 NO. 296.
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RAIL VALUES
IN EXCESS OF
ESTIMATES
First Figures Now Available
In Government Investigation
Started Seven Years Ago-
Over $30,000,000 Spent.
FORECAST BASED ON
REPORTS OF EXPERTS
Aggregate Worth of 'Roads
Probably Will Prove to Be
Over $6,000,000,000 Above
Market Price of Stocks. '
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tidMniijjiuii, amy 4. 1 or mc
first time since the government be
gan seven years ago its exhaustive
investigation as to the actual value
cf the railroads of the 'country a
ork upon which nearly $30,000,000
has already been expended a com
prehensive picture was presented to
day as to what those reports will
finally show.
On the basis of these reports, rail
road valuation experts 1 believe the
aggregate worth of all the roads of
the country will prove to be greatly
.in excess of the value shown on the
carriers? own books, more than $2,-
000,000,000 in excess of their capitali
zation; and mdre than $6,000,000,000
in excess of the present aggregate
market value of their stocks and
bonds.
Based on Experts' Reports.
. This forecast, based on the com
pleted field reports of the govern
ment engineering experts' for 51,853
miles of road in all parts of the
country, and covering nearly one
sixth of the total investment in
American railroads was offered in
evidence today in the railroad rate
hearing before the Interstate Com
merce commission. The presenta
tion was made by Thomas W. Hulme
of Philadelphia, vice chairman of the
conference, committee on valuation
for the carriers.
, The preliminary engineering re
ports ot the valuation bureau of the
Interstate Commerce commission
have been completed for 50 class I
railroads. These reports show the
cost of reproduction of each rail
road on the basis of 1914 costs for
labor and materials, '"' en prices
were about half what th are today.
Summary of Report.
, Mr. Hulme summarized these re
ports. a follows: - ,
r Cost New on Carrier'
- Investment
and Ln. Books.
Ehnt?oVd.'"t.'l,!0S,407,82 $1,014,807,554
Fourteen tinuth-1 - '.."..,.
rn roaUa.... , !C6,:SS,04J J35.S47.3M
Eighteen west- '
ern roadi.... 1.M2.088.S71 1,807,820,60
Fifty roads.... 3.203,782,643 3,168,726,164
The eastern roads in this group
show a reproduction cost of $190,
600,000 in excess of their own prop
erty investment figures. The south
ern roads show an excess of $30,
600,000 while the western roads show
a; property amount $175,600 less
than the reproduction cost figure.
t. Mr. Hulme stated that the west
ern roads in the compilation were
not representative, as they did not
include any of the older and strong
er properties. When these were in- V
eluded, he said, the western figures
would undoubtedly make the same
favorable showing pi excess value
as the eastern roads. It was also
pointed by him that in the east no
figures were yet available for such
great properties as the Pennsylvania
and New York Central.
INoms ouDDorts Dii
Proposing Embargo
On Exports of Sugar
Washington, May 27. All-day
discussion by the senate agricultur
al committee of the McNary Mil pro
posing an export embargo on sugar
resulted in no final action and an
other attempt to reach an agree
ment will be made Friday. .
- Principal opposition to the resolu
tion, it was said, came from Sen
ators Ransdell, Louisiana; Smith,
Georgia, and 'Smith, x South Caro
lina, democrats, who argued that the
government should not wieriere in
the matter and that an embargo
might cause retaliatory tactics by
foreign countries and interfere with
importation of sugar. The bill was
supported by .Senators Capper,
Kansas, and Norris, Nebraska, re
publicans, in addition to Senator
McNary.
Senate Votes to Abolish
' 42 Standing Committees
Washington. May 27. The senate
voted to abolish 42 standing com
mittees and reduce membership of
a'l others, effective in the next con
gress. The reform has been urged
for years and the new committee
slate was adopted .virtually without
discussion.
The senate committees are re
duced from 74 to 32, paring down
chairmanships and employe patron
age heretofore enjoyed by senators
to that extent. Senator Knox, re
publican, Pennsylvania, said the plan
would "cut out all of the committees
which rarely if ever meet."-
Sutherland Lead On Wood
Grows With Late-Returns
Wheeling, W. Va, May 27. Sen
tor Keward Sutherland's lead for
the republican presidential prefer
ence over Gen. Leonard Wood in
the West Virginia state-wide pri
mary election of last Tuesday today
continued to increase as additional
returns were tabulated by the In
telligencer. One thousand five hun
. dred and twenty precincts out of
1,860 in the state gave Sutherland
3006; Wood, 23,129. . - ;
Former Saloon Man
Pay 8 $5JM0 for Whisky
But Gets Prune Juice
Chicago Tribune-Omaha fee) Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 27. Selling prune
juice and water, with a dash of
paprika, tobacco, juice and just a
suspicion of whisky, at a cut rate,
of $80 a gallon, proved a highly
profitable business until one of the
Purchasers squawked to the police,
le gave up $5,000 for a consign
ment of the stuff to stock up his
depleted saloon supplies.
The sellers led him to a garage,
which he says fairly reeked of
whisky. He sampled stock from
several casks and found it all
right, so he handed over his $5,000
and later found he had bought" es
sence of prune juice with alcoholic
content of less than one-hundredth
of 1 per cent. -,
Rex Baieh and Oscar Mayes
have been arrested as the pro
moters and chief owners of the
prune juice swindle, which the po
lice estimate has netted them in
excess of $100,000. Many of the
victims said nothing, as all of them
were violating the law One sa
loonkeeper admits he paid $50,000
for an alleged stock of liquor,
found he had been stung and
dumped it in to the sewer. ,
HOUSE WRECKED
BY EXPLOSION OF
MOONSHINE STILL
Amateur Distillers Evolve Com
pound With Kick Resem
bling Depth Bomb.
Clilraeo Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Win.
Chicago, May 27. Amateur booze
manufacturers, working in a house
that was supposed to be unoccupied,
evolved a compound that had a kick
in it. In fact; the kick was so potent
that it blew up the still, shattered
every window within a radius of a
block, wrecked the walls of the
house iti which the distillery was
located, and brought the police and
fire departments in mad haste, under
the belief that someone had touched
off an immense bombfilled with T.
N.- T. The damage will run into
hundreds of dollars. 1
It is believed the moonshiners be
came'frightened and ran away, leav
ing the fire burning under the still.
Corn meal mash was scattered over
the premises by the explosion and
parts of the still were hurled
through the windows, or driven into
the cement walls. The police found
30 gallons of moonshine whisky
which had escaped the force of the
explosion. They are holding this and
the wreckage as evidence. So far no
trace has been found of the moon
shiners who had been operating in
the house, which otherwise was va
cant.
Federal agents promise 50 new
raids in connection with the onerar
tions of the $1,000,000 whisky ringj.
Efforts will be made to cover the
raids with secrecy. The sleuths who
raided the Edgewater Beach hotel
were told by the smiling manager
that he had Seen expecting them, as
he had received many telephone calls
announcing that they were on the
way. This gave him several hours
to set his house in order. '-
Silk Stbckings ahd
Baby Linen in Army
Stores Worry French
By EDWIN L. JAMES.
New York Tlmea-Chlcago Tribune .Cable,
Copyright 1020.
' Paris, May 27. Who in the
American army wore women's silk
stockings? Who among Pershing's
braves needed baby linen? '
These are two questions agitating
Paris today. These articles have
been found at Gievres in American
military stocks sold to the French
government. M. Emmanuel Brosse
in charge of liquidation stocks, has
asked representatives of the Paris
departmeutvstores to have a look
at these articles and he is more in
terested in their good quality than
in reasons for their presence at
Gievres.
Of course it is barely possible
these articles belonged to the Red
Cross or Y. M. C. A. stores, which
were transported with the military
supplies, but caustic writers of the
Paris press do not investigate this
angle of the situation.
I They point out that none of the
American officers or men wore silk
stockings and argue thaf it is quite
interesting that the American War
department 'would go so far in time
of stress as to promote good rela
tions between visiting Americans
and their acquaintances in France. -
As for baby linen. Paris writers
admit the question becomes com
plicated. 1
Senate Offers Compromise
In Seed Distribution Fight
Washington. May 27. A compro
mise in the dispute over continuing
government free seed distribution
was offered the house by the senate
which voted 3 to 23 to provide
$75,000 for such distribution by the
Department ot Agriculture in lieu
of the house appropriation of $240,-
000 for free seed gifts by members of
congress.
During the debate the seed gifts
were denounced as "congressional
graft" and "a cheap damagogi way
of appealing to the people."
King Alexander Will
1 Return to Capital Soon
Paris, May 27. King Alexander
of Greece, who is now in Paris, will
return to his capital upon the con
clusion of his visit here, it was an
nounced at the Greek legation. This
sets at rest recently published ru
mors that the king did not intend to
return to Greece, having decided to
share the exile of his father, former
King Constantine, and that he
might be succeeded on the Greek
throne by an English prince.
REPUBLICANS
FEEL LIQUOR
ISSUE IS DEAD
Neither "Wet Nor Dry" Plank
Will Be Mentioned During
National Convention at Chi-
, cagoj Party Leaders Say.
CONSIDER QUESTION OF
PROHIBITION SETTLED
Committeemen Interested in
Statement by Senator John
son That He Will Not "Bolt"
If Not Nominated.
Chicago, May 27. Beer, light
wines, and prohibition will nob, be
mentioned in the republican national
convention, if present plans of party
leaders are carried out, it was
learned today. !
Directors of the party's policies
have decided that the question has
been settled and neither a "wet" nor
a "dry" plank, nor endorsement of
any modification of the present 'bone
dry" rule will be incorporated in the
platform, according to Samuel A.
Perkins, national committeeman
from Washington.
The prohibition question and its
possible effect on the forthcoming
presidential campaign has been un
der consideration by party leaders
for several months, it is known. The
matter was discussed at national
committee meetings here as far back
as last January.
One member of the national com
mittee who is here today said the
committeemen believed the "wets" to
be in the minority, and that the
country as a whole wanted prohibi
tion. '
Interested in Johnson.
National committeemen who are
gathering here for the opening of
the hearing on contests Monday re
ceived with interest today the re
ports of Senator Hiram W. John
son's Speech at Concord, N. G, in
which ' he declared he would not
"bolt" the convention if not nomi
nated. The probable attitude of t'ne
senator in the event of defeat in the
convention has been the source of
speculation for weeks along "presi
dential row" and his pronounce
ment on the subject was received
with visible relief.
"I am glad to hear that," said A.
T. Hert, ,of Kentucky, chairman of
the - convention committee on ar
rangements. "I have thought all
along that that would be Mr. John,
son's position."
Senator Johnson will enter the
convention with 109 instructed dele
gates. Major General Wood has
153 votes pledged to him. Gov.l
F. O. Lowden is third in the list
with 74 pledges.
Coliseum To Be Ready.
With approval oday by the city
building inspector of the temporary
galleries, installed to add 1.000 extra
seats to the normal capacity of the
Coliseum, Charles R. Hall, superin
tendent of the building, notified the
convention committee ithat .he would
have the hall ready to turn over to
the republicans late next week.
Special correspondents of many
metropolitan . newspapers were
thrown into consternation 'today
when it was announced by the
Western Union Telegraph company
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Three.)
Italy May Upset All
Reparation Divisions
As Agreed to by Allies
New York Tlmm-Chlcago Tribune Cable,
Copyright, 1020. .
Paris, May 27. 'Italy is threaten
ing to upset the reparations divisions
agreed to at Hythe by insisting on
receiving 10 per cent of the repara
tions as agreed last year.
.But if France is to get 55, the
British 25 and the Italians 10, that
leaves only 10 per cent for Belgium,
Serbia, Portugal, and Roumania and
all other nations.
Signor Nitti is asking for an ad
journment of the .Spa conference un
til July ly, hoping to obtain more
reparations and claims to priority.
Italy claims it is unable to obtain
a penny in reparation from Austria
and must insist on 10 per cent from
Germany. , .. .
House Unable to Agree
' On Irish Resolution
Washington, May 27. After a
three-hour wrangle, the house for
eign affairs committee adjurned until
Friday without taking final action
on a resolution providing for virtual
recognition of the provisional Irish
republic. t
A resolution by Representative
Begg. republican, Ohio, declaring
that future peace of the world would
be additionally safeguarded by es
tablishment in Ireland of . a govern
ment of its own choice, was rejected,
10 to 9.
Strike of Cotton
Operatives Declared Off
New Bedford. Mass., May 27.
The, general strike v of operatives in
8 cbtton mills in this city, which
was begun four weeks ago in sym
pathy with the loom fixers, who had
walked out two weeks' earlier be
cause of dissatisfaction" .with orders
requiring them to attend to more
looms than formerly, was declared
at an end by the Textile council.
Grand Jury Indicts 10
Leaders in Rail Strike
Newark, N. J., May 27. Ten 'lead
ers of the railroad strike in New Jer
sey, were indicted by the federal
grand jury here today under the
Lever act. They were charged with
conspiring to obstruct interna;:
copamerce,'
1 He'll Have to Take a Shorter Hold
I : " ' 1
CONDEMN PALMER
IN CONNECTION
WITH RED DRIVE
Commission of 12 Attorneys
Charge "Persecutor! and
Crulety on Part of Depart
ment of Justice.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, May "T. Charges of
persecution, cruelty and lawlessness
against officials and agents of the De
partment of Justice and condemna-i
tion of Attorney General Palmer in
connection with the government's
recent campaign against "reds" and
radicals ,are contained in a report
made public here today by a com
mission of 12 attorneys under the
auspices of the National Popular
Government league.
The charges against the Depart
ment of Justice summarized are the
following:
Maintenance 'by the Department
of Justice of agents provocateur
throughout the counfry for the pur
pose of joining and becoming offi
cers of radical 'organizations and in
citing, their members to criminal
activities; wholesale arrest and im
prisonment of men and women
without warrants, cr pretense of
warrants, and illegal searches and
seizures, in violation of the consti
tution; forgery by agents of the de
partment to make cases against in
nocent persons caught in illegal
raids; criminal thefts ,of money,
watches, jewelry and otfjt personal
property from victims oi raids by
agents of the department; cruel and
unusual punishment, visited upon
prisoners taken into custody with
and without warrants, in violation of
the constitution; use of government
funds in violation of law to spread
newspaper propaganda favorable to
compaign of repression, and to pur
chase "boiler plate," distributed free
to country newspapers to create
popular opinion favorable to' acts of
the department; compulsion of pris
oners to be- witnesses against them
selves in violation of the constitu
tion; brutal and indecent treatment
of women taken in raids; filthy con
ditions of confinement and. refusal
to .let prisoners communicate with
friends or lawyers.
New York Girl Convicted
Of Killing Her Sister
New York, May 27. Miss Marif
Tucci, 20, tried on a charge of
first degree murder for the shooting
of her sister, Mrs. Angelina Conti,
March 8, was found guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree. The
jury reported its verdict after being
out 11 hours and 30 minutes. Sen
tence was deferred. V -'
The shooting took plate in a low
er East Side apartment in which the
sisters resided. The prosecution al
leged that the shots were fired by
Miss Tucci after, her sister had re
tired for the night. The defense
claimed the shooting was in self
defense. i"he law provides a penalty of 10
to m years imprisonment zor con- ,
action oi mans.augnter in tnc nr
degree.
Life Term Prisoner Makes
Escape on Switch Engine
Sacramento, Ca!., May 27. Carl
Otto, serving! a life sentence at the
state prison at Folsom, near here,
escaped late Thursday by running
a switch engine through the outer
gates. Free of the prison walls,
he left the locomotive, 'plunged into
the American river and disappeared.
Seven Are Indicted
Under Income Tax Law
Chicago, May 27. Indictments
against seven persons, including
three women," charging that they
violated the income tax law by the
alleged failure to mark prices on
theater tickets which they sold, were
returned by the federal grand iur
WESTERN RAILWAY
CHIEF REQUESTS
-RATE .INCREASE
Great Western President Says
Boost Necessary to Keep
Pace With Business.
Washington, May1 27. Opening
the cast' of western railroads, re
questing a 24 per cent increase in
freight rates, S. M. Felton, president
of the Chicago & Great Western
railway, told the Interstate Com-
,'Tmerce commisioh today that addi
tional returns were needed by the
carriers to keep pace with business
and serve the public welfare.
Ability to handle the expected ca
pacity production of American in
dustries, Mr. Felton said, is only
possible , if. through the .investment
of new capital, the railways are en
abled to increase their mileage and
improve their facilities.
Final testimony fr the railways
of the eastern and southern terri
tories was presented and it is ex
pected that the carriers will con
clude their direct statements tomor
row, after which recess for a week
to enable shippers to prepare for
cross-examination will be taken.
After account , and traffic experts
have concluded the case for. the
western roads, Columbus Haile, vice
president of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad, clans to petition
the commission to gran carriers ofl
the southwest an increase of rates
of 32.82 per cent and adjustments
distinct from the official western
classification, of which they are a
part.
Kansas Youth Found
, Not Guilty of Murder
' Of Father and Mother
Lincoln, Kan., May 27. Lee
Bunch, 21 years old, charged with
first degree murder in connection
with the death of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Bunch, last August, was
found not guilty- by a jury in the
Lincoln county district court. JJhe
jury took only one balot.
Miss Stella Hyman, aunt of Lee
Bunch and sister of Mrs. Ed Bunch,
was convicted of first degree murder
last week and in her confession
implicated her nephew. On the stand
Lee Bunch repudiated any connec
tion with the double murder.
Miss Hman ,in her confession
said Lee's parents had refused to
allow him to marry her and had
abused her.
Fire Losses for 1919 Show
Decrease From Year Before
New York, May 27. Fire losses
in the United States during 1919
approximated $325,000,000, as against
$350,000,000 in 1918, said F. C. Bus
well, president of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters at the
fifty'ifourth annual meeting of that
o-ganization. While the fire losses
of last year showed' some improve
ment, Mr. Burwell pointed 9ut, the
total was far higher than that of any
other year in the country's Ihistorv,
save those of 1918 and 1906, 'the lat
ter being the year of the San Fran
dsco disaster. Mr. Burwell also re
rported that the total estimated loss
by fire or insured properties alone
during the last 20 years was $4,
407,941,689. ' .
Ten Persons Are Injured
In Oklahoma Train Wreck
Tulsa, Okl., May 27. Ten persons
were injured, none seriously, when
an eastbound St. Louis & San Fran
cisco passenger train left the rails
five miles east of Keystone, a small
town 25 miles west of here, late
Thursday afternoon. The injured
were brought to hospitals here.
Freddy Visits Papa
Wieringen, Holland, May 27.
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William of Germany arrived here
from Doom, where he visited his
parents. former Emperor William !
and former Empress Augusta "Vic-
toria, over Whitsuntidr" ; 1
ARMYOF297.000
PROVIDED FOR
IN CONFERENCE
Measure Shorn of Provisions
For Federalization of Na
tional Guard and Volun
tary Training.
Washington, May 27. The army
reorganization . bill emerged from
conference shorn of senate proposals
for federalization of the National
Guard, for a voluntary universal
training system and for automatic
revival of the wartime selective serv
See act on declaration of a' war emer
gency. As agreed to by the conferees, the
bill provides for a peacetime regu
lar army of 297,000 officers and men,
including the Philippine scouts, for
continuation. of the National Guard
substantially on the present basis,
and for the organization of an en
listed reserve corps, liable for 15
days of training duty a year, except
in case of war emergency
Military rank of army nurses, the
superintendent, with rank of major,
i? provided.
The senate proposal to create the
post of undersecretary of war, to
have charge of procurement of war
supplies, was accepted in substance
by placing this duty on the assistant
secretary at an increased salary of
$10,000 a year. The assistant secre
tary will function as a business man
ager. The bill also creates within
the department a permanent war
council composed of the secretary,
assistant secretary, the general of
the army and the . chief of staff,
which will determine military and
munition problems.
Senate provisions reconstructing
the general staff on French army
lines and making separate .branches
of the air service, signal corps and
chemical warfare section were re
tained, the air force to include 1,514
officers and 16,000 men, "commanded
by a major general. For the line
ot the army 21 major generals. 46
br'gadiers, 525 colonels, 674 lieu
tenant colonsls, 2,245 majors and
4.490 captains are provided, chiefs
of infantry, cavalry and field artil
lery to be major generals and the
Porto Rican 'infantry to be incorpo
rated into the regular army.
Promotions would be from a sin
gle list under yearly classification,
with provision for shifting of unit
officers. The summer training camp
system is perpetuated to aid in de
veloping reserve officers.
Negro Couple Convicted
Of Death of Kansas Girl
Chicago, May 27. Policeman
Dorney Chambliss and Mrs. Emma
Ross, both colored, were found
guilty by a jury of abducting Ber
tha Wiebeck, 17-year-old white girl.
The girl, whose 4iome was at Paw
nee Rock, Kan., was lured to a
negro resort, where she died of al
leged mistreatment, it was charged.
Francis Starr Weds.
New York, May 27. Frances
Starr, actress, and William Haskell
Coffin, painter and illustrator, were
married here in the church of the
HeavenlyRest. Rev. Dr. Herbert
Shipman performed the ceremony.
The Weather
Forecast.
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ably Saturday; warmer Friday and
in southeast Saturday; cooler in west
Saturday afternoon.
Iowa Fair Friday and probably
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west and central portions Friday.
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WILSON EXCHANGES BLOWS
WITH CONGRESS OVER KNOX
PEACE PLAN AND MANDATE
President Vetoes Resolution Declaring War With Ger
many at an End Regardless of Treaty at Versailles.
Says Method Would be IStain on Honor of United
States Foreign Relations Body Rejects Plea of
President to Accept Rule Over Armenia. w
TEXT OF PAPER
FROM PRESIDENT
VETOING PEACE
Washington, May 27. President
Wilson's message vetoing the peace
resolution of congress follows:
"To the House of Representatives:
"I return, herewith, without my
signature, house joint resolution 327,
intended to repeal the joint resolu -
lion oi npru o, iyi, aeciarine a
! state of war exists between the
United States and Germany, and the
joint resolution oi uecemoer ,
m, declaring a state ot war to
exist between the United States and
the Austro-Hungarian government,
and to declare a state of peace. I
have not felt at liberty to sign this
joint resolution because I cannot
bring myself to become a party to an
action which would place inefface
able stain upon the gallantry and
honor of the United States. The
resolution seeks to establish peace
with the German empire without ex
acting from the German government
any action by way of setting right
the infinite wrongs which itNdid to
the peoples whom it attacked and
whom we profess it our purpose to
assist when we entered the war.
Have we sacrificed the lives of more
than 100,000 Americans and ruined
the lives of thousands of others and
brought upon thousands of American
families an unhappiness that can
never end, for the purpose for which
we do not now care to state or take
further steps to attain? The attain
ment of these purposes is provided
for in the treaty of Versailles by
terms deemed adequate by the lead
ing statesmen and expkrts of all
the great peoples t who were asso
ciated in the war against Germany.
Do we now not care to join in the
effort to secure them?" (
Forced to Enter War.
"We entered the war most
reluctantly. Our people were pro
foundly disinclined to take part in
a European ,war, and at last did so,
only because they became con
vinced that it could not'in truth be
regarded as only a European war,
but must be regarded as a war in
which civilization itself was in
volved and human rights of every
kind as against a belligerent gov
ernment. Moreover, when we en
tered the war we set forth very
definitely the purpose for which
we entered, partly- because we did
not wish to be considered as merely
taking part in a European contest.
This joint resolution which I return
does not seek"to accomplish any of
these objects, but in effect makes a
complete surrender of the rights of
the United States so far as the Ger
man government is concerned. A
treaty of peace was signed at Ver
sailles on the 28th of June last,
which did seek to accomplish the
objects which we had declared to be
in our minds, because all the great
governments and peoples which
united against Germany had adopted
our declarations of purpose as their
own and had in solemn form em
bodied them in communications to
the German government prelimi
nary to the armistice of November
11, "1918. But the treaty as signed
at Versailles has been rejected by
the senate of the United States,
though it has been ratified by Ger
many. By that rejection and by its
methods we had in effect declared
that we wish to draw apart and
pursue objects and interests of our
own, unhampered by any . connec-,
tiens of interest or of purpose with
other governments and peoples.
Maintain Common Interests.
"Notwithstanding the fact that
upon our entrance into the war we
professed to he seeking to assist in
the maintenance of common inter
ests nothing is said in this resolu
tion about the freedom of naviga
tion upon the seas or the reduction
of armaments, or the vindication of
the rights of Belgium, or the recti
fication of wrongs done to France,
or the release of the Christian popu
lations of the Ottoman empire
from ' the intolerable subjugation
which they, have had for so many
generations to endure, or the . es
tablishment of- an independent Pol
ish state, or the continued main
tainment of atiy kind of understand
ing among the great powers of the
world which would be calculated to
prevent in the future such outrages
as Germany attempted, and in part
consummated. We have now, in
effect, declared that we do not care
to take any further risks or to as
sume any further responsibilities
with regard to the freedom- of na
tions or the sacredness bf interna
tional obligations or the safety of
independent peoples.'. Such a peace
with Germany a peace in which
none of the essential interests which
we had at heart when we entered
the war is safeguarded is, or ought
to be, inconceivable, is inconsistent
with the dignity of the ' United
States, with the rights and liberties
of its -citizens, and with the very
fundamental conditions of civiliza
tion. - . V
"I hope that in these statements
I have sufficiently set forth the rea
sons why I have felt it incumbent
upon me to withhold my signature."
Six Killed in Explosion.
London, May 27. An explosion
during experiments in the chemical
laboratory of Mucnstet university
resulted in the death of six students,
says a wireless message from Berlin.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINl
CMcag-o Tribune-Omaha B Iacd Wire.
Washington, May 27. President
Wilson and congress exchanged
blows today in the conflict over the
peace treaty and the league of.
nations covenant.
The president vetoed the joint ,
resolution restoring a state of peace
with Germany, which he said "would
place an ineffaceable stain upon the
gallantry and honor of the United
States," because the resolution fails
to accomplish the purposes for
wnicn tne nation went to war as
1 embodied in the rejected Versailles
treaty.
The senate committee on foreign
relations rejected the president's
pica to accept the mandate for
Armenia, only two of the demo
cratic members supporting Mr. Wil-
son. This action means he burial
of the Armenian mandate proposi
tion by congress.
Report Resolution to Senate.
By a vote of 11 to 4 the commit
tee reported to the senate a resolu
tion providing that "congress hereby
respectively declines to grant the 1
executive the power to accept a
mandate over Armenia." Voting for
the resolution were Senators Lodge.
McCumber, Borah, Brandegee, Fall,
Knox, Harding, Johnson of Cali
fornia, New and Moses, republicans,
and Shields, democrat.
Opposing it were Hitchcock, Wil
liams, Smoth of Arizona and Pitt
man, democrats; Hitchcock and
Smith being against a mandate, but
objecting to the form of the resolu
tion. ,
The president failed to resubmit
the peace treaty with the veto of the
Knox peace resolution, as had been
predicted by Senator Hitchcock, and
information from the White House
indicates that Mr. Wilson revised
his plans and postponed the broad
side he contemplated unloosing on
the league of nations issue.
Chairman Porter of the foreign
affairs committee said that an effort
would be made in the house tomor
row to repass the peace resolution
over the vote but neither he nor
other republican leaders are san
guine of success. The peace reso
lution is regarded as defunct, with
the democratic 1916 slogan, "He
kept us out of war"-being echoed
by the republican 1920 campaign
cry, "He kept us out of peace."
One Alternative Left.
The only alternative left by the'
veto is repeal of the war legislation
to which the democrats in the house
committed themselves. Senator
Borah is demanding' this action but
Mr. Porter thinks it would be a
futile move, being convinced the
president would veto any measure
withdrawing his extraordinary war
time powers.
"We should take off the statute
books the arbitrary measures which
were passed for war purposes and
which should be permitted to re
main no longer' ' said Senator
Borah. "This should be done be
fore congress adjourns."
Mr. Porter pronounced it signifi
cant that the president did not dis
pute, the constitutionality of the
peace resolution.
"The president's criticism that
congress makes no reference to the
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Whisky, Mash and
Still Are Nabbed by
Police in Two Raids
Fourteen gallons bf whisky, 150
gallons of mash and a complete still
were seized by Detective George
Summitt and the police raiding
squad yesterday in raids on the home
of William Engle; 614 South Fif
teenth street, and a residence at 1535
North Twentieth street.
The North Twentieth street place
was raided first, the police finding
nine gallons and one quart of whis
ky and two sacks of pint whisky
bottles in the basement The police
searched for a still, but found only
a coil, used in the manufacture of
whisky. There was no one'at home
when the raid was conducted. The
house is occupied by a man of the
:iame of Berg, the police said.
A complete still was found in the
basement of Engle's home. Five
gallons of whisky and 150 gallons of
mash also were found. Engle was
arrested, charged with unlawful pos
session and manufacture of intoxi
cating liquor.
Omaha Policeman Found '
Guilty 'of Taking $20 Bribe
William J. Wilkenmg, Omaha
policeman, was found guilty of brib
ery by a jury in District Judge Sears
court. The trial lasted only half a
day. The verdict Nvas returned at 6
o clock yesterday evening.
Wilkening was tried on a charge
of accepting $20 from Mrs. Mary
Toth, 1207 Izard street, April 14.
upon an alleged agreement not to
arrest her for infraction of the pro
hibition laws.'
Two Pay Supreme Penalty'
For Murder of New York Man
Ossining, N. Ys., May 27.Waltef
Levandowski and Leo Jandovski"
were put to death in the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison Thurs
day. Both men were convicted of
murder in the firs degree for killing1
John Gunther, a keeper in thf
Dannetnora state hospita