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CONVENTION
PLANS MADE
BY WILSON
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President ISSUeS hStrUCtlOnSl
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To Chairman
Cummings
Whereby He Intends
to
Dominate Frisco Meeting.
WILSON IN GOOD HUMOR,
" CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
. Keynote Speech Approved and
Chief Executive Finds Amuse
ment in Senate Probe of Ex
. pentiitures of Candidates.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Mrafo Trlbane-Omaha Baa teased wire.
Washington, May 31.-rln a two-
hour conference with Chairman
Cummings of the democratic na
tional committee at the White House
today, President Wilson outlined
his plans and issued his instructions
whereby he intends to dominate the
San -' F rancisco convention, name
the candidate of the party and writJ
the olatform. Mr. Cummings is ti
have for San Francisco tomorrow.
The president told Mr. Cummings,
he had not the slightest doubt that
he democratic nominee would bs;
the next president and opined that i
any doubt on this score in any quar-1
tr must have been swept away by
mistakes' and inaction of the re
publican congress in dealing with
questions of vital national import:
,Mr. Wilson and the national
cnairman were agreed that the re
publicans were going to split on the
reck of radicalism, and that the rad
ical republicans, failing to achieve
the nomination of Senator Johnson,
would bolt and form a third part.
A Sees MoVje Show. "
- Mr. Wilson,, who entertained, his
jruest at ft movie exhibition in the
East Room and afterward at lunch
eon, was described by Mr. Cum
mings as displaying his old-time
vigor and as beiny ; in excellent
humor. The president, Mr. Cum
mings said,! found much amusement
itr the investigation of the campaign
expenditures 4f republican i candi
dates, expressed the opinion that
the presidency could not be pur
chased 4nd suggested that the reve
lations would make excellent demo
cratic campaign material, particular
ly, in identification of republican
candidates with various big business
Irterestav ;V v.,.iv, .
If the wesident confided to Mr.
Cummings . whom he, intends the
democratic conventionV shall nomi
nate, the national chairman is keep
ing the secret. The general assump
tion,' however, is that Mr. Wilson
flans to have his son-in-law, lit.
McAdoo, nominated, unless the
president himself decides to take the
nomination for a Jhird term, s
1 Approves Ktynote Speech.
Mr. Wilson approved the trough
tUaft of, the .keynote speech Mr.
Cummings with deliver as temporary
chairman of the - convention. It
(Continued fw B' Column Si.)
13-Year-Old Boy ; :
Caught in Office
v (M Lumber Cdfnpany
! Worth Winans, 13 , years old, who
was unable' to give the police any
- address , was taken . to the police
station last night, after he had been
found in the office of the Updike
Lumber. and. - Coal company, 1421
Webster street, Dyiurant miio
.wav. niaht watchman at the place.
The boy had gained entrance to
the office by prying open the win
dow above the scales -.about 7
. o'clock.'', He told the police that he
did not know where he lived in
Omaha, having moved here recently
frcm Sioux City.
He said that - he had been ac
companied to the office by Weyne
Orr. 11 years old, who had been
, stationed outside the window as a
"lookout." Younjr Ofr fled when
the night watchman came, instead of
warning him. Winans told the po
lice. ..-.'- . .' .:
Winans, who was taken to the po
lice station by E, C Lucas, mana-
srer of the company, was turned
- over to the juvenile authorises.
Conferees Deadlocked on
, River and Harbor Measure
. Washington,"May 31. Senate and
' house conferees on the annual river
" and harbor ? appropriation bill
reached a. deadlock and voted to
report that further efforts to perfect
the measure in. conterence wouia oe
futile .
Members of the conference com
mittee said 4hat with a recess im
. pending the disagreement meant
there would be no river and harbor
appropriations this year.
As it passed the house, the bill
earried3"$12,000,000, but the senate
increased its total to $24,000,000. The
senate conferees offered to agreeto
a total of $15,000,000, but the sugges
tion' was turned down-by .the house
representatives- " '.. ' -y
Air Service Appropriation
1$ Tentatively Agreed Upon
Yl i senate conferees on the, arm ap-
fix the mppropriation for the amij
air service at $33,000,000, Kof which
,$6,000,000 would be used for .new
equipment -and $5,250,000 for - re
i search work. The house hill fixed
' he appropriation at $2755,000, and
v senate increased tue amount to
H I ft AAA
SENATE TO SEEK '
NAMES OF, WOOD
CONTRIBUTORS
Chicago Woman to Be Quizzed
About Invisible Mc
Adoo Boom.
tlilears Tribune-Oman. b mmm vtu.
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- ' - Wastiington, May ai. senators
active in the investigation of cam-
oaten expenditures and contribu
tions, declared that disclosures
vould result in the framing of leg
islation for a uniform primary law
to govern conduct 'of contests for
delegates throughout the country.
' Some measures along the lines
of the Borah bill, limiting expendi
tures to $10,000 to a state, may be
recommended' to the committee.
In some conservative quarters the
levelations before the investfga.ting
committee were being used as an
argument for the abolition of the
popular presidential primary, but
the friends of the primary system
promptly retaliated by pointings to
the expenditures in such states as
Missouri and Georgia where no pri
maries were held.
Subpeonae Woman! Witness.
The hearings in thrf expenditure
investigation will be resumed to
morrow. William Loeb, Jr.. ' prob
ably will be one of the chief wit
nesses. He will be asked . to "give
the names of persons in New York
from whom he collected i25,000
for the Wood campaign. Fred
Aiger, manager of the Wood cam
paign in Michigan, also will be
heard. ,
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago
has been subpoenaed. Members of
tl;e committee declined to discuss the
purpose of calling Mrs. Funkr but
is understood she knows some
thing about the -invisible McAdoo
boom, which the. committee, is try
ing to trace to its source.
The thoroughgoing manner in
which the committee intends to pro
ceed was indicated by the .calling of
a list of witness representing the
Plumb plan lcasrue. the Anti-saloon
league, and the American Federation
of Labor. They are to be questioned
about their efforts and possible ex
penditures on behalf of or against
various condidates. ,
Hold Executive Session.
The vcommittee will hold an execu
tive session to decide whether to
compel Senator Moses, Wood's
southern manager, to divulge tht
source of his information about
$100,000 being drawn from the
Crocker National bank of San Fran
cisco to be used for distribution in
California by the Johnson workers.
.The Kenvon committee has estaD-
lished three contributions, which in
clude those m;le by candidates
themselves.
Republican.
General Leonard Wood $1,10,043
Governor Frank Lowdon l,
1,84
Senator Hiram Johnson ut-
matad)
Senator W. O. Harding
Sfnttor Milea Polndexter (about)
200,000
113.109
76.000
63, 0J
Governor .Calvin Coolldce .......
Herbert Hoover. ...............
Ntrholaa Murray Butler.
Senator Howard Sutherland
. i. 40.660
3,700.
.$2,1S7,T4S
Total
' ,- Democrat!.
. Mitchell Palmer.......'. .$ 11,110
Gtvornor Jamea .0. . Cox (with
Jamea W. Gerard............... 14,040
nledceal zz.vuu
Governor E. I. Edwards. 12.000
Senator R. I Owen
Senator O. M. Hitchcock (includ
ing personal expenses )........ .
3,313
William Qibba McAdoo (unknown.
it any
r
Tola!
.$121,207
King of Greece Must
Give Up His New Wife
Or Surrender Throne
London. May 31. The officers
corps of the Greek army has decid
ed that King Alexander shall not be
allowed to bring his morganatic
bride, daughter of his former ajde
de ..camp, to Athens, the" Daily
Sketch learns from its special cor-i
respondent in the Greek capital.
A messase is being drafted by the
Greek officers which will contain the
ultimatum to the young monarch
that he must choose between his
mesailliance" or the throne of the
Hellenes.
Ex-King Constantine, Alexander's
fMher, is greatly perturbed over the
affair and has called a family .con
ference in Switzerland. x
Unidentified Man v
Haiigs Himself in
7 Grand Island Tower
Grand Island. Neb., May 31.
(Special Telegam.) An unknown
man, believed to be named Ole Han
son, though he cave the police the
name of George Smith, "was found
dead todavs m the water tower of
the Union Pacific. ; Perhaps an hour
before he had hung himself, the man
had. appeared at the city jail for
lodging Sunday night.
He had complained of being
broke and is believed to have com
mitted the deed because disconso
late. The body is being held for
identification. The man was about
40 years of age. . -
Roosevelt Grave Visited
By Crowds Who Pay Tribute
Oyster Bay, N. Y".May 31.
Reverent tribute was paid to the
memory of Theodore Roosevelt at
his grave here I Ihundreds of citi
zens, headed. bp lembers of the
Quentin v Roosi I post of the
American legiol.- i.H veterans of the
Spanish-American and civil wars.
The former president's grave was
a veritable mound of flowers. It was
estimated that at least 2,000 persons
brought floral offerings. 1
. Hegro Slashed ii Fight. .
..Felix Childeis, negro, 2813 , U
street, was slashed across the cheek
by Sammie Locket, another negro in
a fight t 5219tf South Twenty
fourth street, according to a story
he . told the police last night when
he was taken to the South Side sta
tion for medical attention. Childeis
said that Locket struck tntn with a
butcher knife following an argu-
i meat over a card gitnc,
conssio
END SESSION
ON SATURDAY
Republican Leaders AgretTTen
tafively on Time of Final Ad
journment Mbndell to In
troduce Resolutionin House.
MANY FAVORRicESS AND
PLAN MAY BE CHANGED
Armenian Mandate Resolu
tion and Conference Reports
Only Important (Measures
Slated for Passage.
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Washington, May 31. Republican
leaders of the house and senate tu
day agreed tentatively on a final ad
journment of congressSaturday..
Many members, ' however, have
indicated they prefer a recess fop
the political conventions to a fine
die adjournment and this may cause
a change in the plans as tentatively
agreed on.
The agreement contemplates the
calling up by Representative Moii
dell, Wyoming, republican leader in
the 4iouse, tomorrow Of his resolu
tion proposing final adjournment at
4 Saturday.' Final decision as be
tween a recess and adjournment, it
was said, might hang fire until the
last moment. In a conference, with
the senate leaders today, however,
Representative Mondell is under
stood to have been advised to go
ahead with his adojurnment resolu
tion. Call Session Early. j
Only the Armenian mandate resoJ
lution and conterence reports include
important measures slated, for pass
age before congress quits, and it is
likely that after the senate has voted
on Armenia tomorrow it will spend
its time on various bills of a minor
or special charatJjIfr while the house
considers Armenia. , . :
To ' speed up its procedure, the
senate ,today agreed to begin its
sessions tomdrrow at 10 . o'clock,
two hourS earlier than usual.
The resolution declining to ' au-.
thorize a mandate over Armenia
will be1 brought to a vote in the
senate tomorrow with adoption by
a substantial majority apparently
assured.
Agreement to act not later i than
4 p. nu tomorrow and to curtail de
bates, by limiting each senator to 45
mtnutes,was reachatr-today. f -
f Reed -Opposes Mandate. .
Most of the discussion promises
to center:ibout the amendment pro
posed by Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, senior democrat on tne lor
ejgn relations committee providing
for a joint commission to work out
ajv onomic rehabiliation program
for Armenia.
Although today was set aside by
Se leaders for discussion of the
andate, the only extended speech
was made Dy senator neea, demo
crat, of Missouri, who characterized
the mandate proposal as "this new
madness." -x . ' , .
"To send 60,000 men there as has
been recomrriended by the Harbord
military committee," he said, "would
mean to send them , to their
slaughter."
$50,000,000 Loan Will
Be Made to Belgium to
Take Up , Acceptances
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New York, May 31. A new loan
tc Belgium, the proceeds to' be used
to., liquidate $50,000,000- acceptance
credit maturing in JuneN was mJ
nouncetl by J. P. Morgan & Co.
and the Guaranty I rust Co., JNew
York, fiscalagents .of the Belgium
government.
In, accordance with arrangements
there were offered for subscription
at 97J4 and interest on June 2, a
$SO,000,000''issue of 25 year 7l2 per
..I t 1 I. J J
cent. , sirtKing iuna oonus, aaicu
June 1, 1920, to be payable in gold
at 115 per cent of the principal on
or before June 1, 1945, the fiscal
agents stated.
By the terms of the loan contract,
it was stated, Belgium has agreed to
pay to sinking fund trustees-here at
least $2,300,000 in United States gold
coin on or before March 10, 1921,
and the same amount each year un
til 1945. These annual payments
are to be applied to the redempticn
by lot of at least $2,000,000 of the
bonds at 115 and accrued interest.
The entire issue is to be retired
at 115 per cent by maturitty throdgh
the operation of this sinking fund,
it was asserted, f '
Two of Amundsen's Crew
Reported Frozen to Death
Copenhagen, May 31. Two mem
bers of . Capt. Roald Amundsen's
north polar expedition, Knudsen
rtnd Tessen. are reported to have
frozen to death during the winter
of 1919-20. J
Amundsen,, who set out for the
Arctic more than two years ago, ar
rived at Anadyr. Siberia,, in April,
where his ship, The Mauk became
icebound. Previous reports did not
mention the loss of any of his men.
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Repeal of War Laws and
1 Taxes Are Urged by Cox
Clarksville, Tenii; May ' 31.-Ex-ti
aordinary authority lodged in the
federal- government during the 'war
emergency must -be 'returned to' th-;
states without delay,; Gov. James M.
Ccx of Ohio declared in his address
before the Southwestern . Presbyte
rian, university. He also argued ab
olition of every tax. which increase;
in cosi -ei- uviuav
SOLDIERS' BONUS
BILL HAS LITTLE
CHANCE TO PASS
Senate Refers Measure to Com
mittee Which Shows No
Signs of Getting Busy.
Chirafo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, May 31. When the
Soulier's' bonus bill, passed Saturday
by the house, was laid before the
senate today, it appeared to be em;
barking upon a long and stormy
voyage.
The senate promptly referred it to
the finance committee. Senator Pen
rose, the chairman of the commit
tee, is ill and Senator Watson, who
has been acting as chairman, is ab
sent. The committee showed - no
signs of getting busy on the meas
ure. ., ' '
There is little or no chance of
the measure being reported to the
senate before June 5. On that date
congress either-will recess for sev
eral months or adjourn until Decem
ber. Even if the committee did re
port the measure tomorrow, indi
cations are that there would' be
enough debate .to consume' all the
time between now and June 5 and
if the bonus is not passed before
that date, it 'cannot be brought up
again until congress reconvenes.
The question of recessing for sev
eral months or adjourning sine ,die
is still unsettled. A considerable
number of senators want to adjourn
but they are afraid President Wilson
.will yank them back to Washington
at the first opportunity if for no
other reason than to make them
wrestle with the bonus problem.
WANTS OPINIONS
OF POLICEMEN ON
CITY ORDINANCE
Mayor Smith to Confer With
Employes Before Deciding
On Proposed Regulation.
Mayer Smith stated yesterday
that he would like to have the
opinions of Inspector Andrew Pat
tullo, Captain Henry Haze, Captain
John T. Dunn and SergeantsA. T.
Sigwart and" John Dillon of the
jolioe department, befre he made
a "final decision on the new police
department ordinance which will be
brought before the city council
committee of the whole this morn
ing for discussion:
Sergeant Lyman Wheeler, who
is one of a committee that is back
ing this ordinance, conferred, with
the mayor and some of the com
missioners; ' ' ; .
"I am of the opinion," said Com
missioner Ure, "that-the council
should ,met - with- a-representative
committee of - the police depart
ment. ' I am not altogether in ac
cord with some of the provisions
of this measure." .
, The Ordinance proposes ' that
when the chief of police demotes,
suspends or discharges a member
of the police department, he shall
give to the person affected, writteji
reasons for his ctions, and the
officer may appeal to the superin
tendent of police . and then to the
city council.' '
A seniority - provision of the
measure is that a member of the
department must have served at
ltast two years in any rank from
which he is to be promoted and that
promotion shaH be on the basis of
seniority in the rank from which
promotion is made, with a qualify
ing provision which makes it pos
sible to. set aside the seniority rule.
"It is our purposd to,, make it
impossible for a superintendent of
police, who is elected every three
years through political machinery,
to inject politics into the depart
ment," Sergeant Wheeler stated.
Committees in Driven
For. Memorial Funds
To Meet Each Noon
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.Progress of the 15 committees
that today will launch the drive in
Dcuglas county for the Nebraska
soldiers' and sailors' memorial to be
erected on the University campus in
Lincoln, will be reported at a lunch
eon meeting in the University club
today. . ?.
Committees and executive officers
will meet at noon daily, during the
three-day drive. - .
It is expected that there' will be
considerable good-natured' rivalry
among the several teams since
Charles T. Kountze has offered $100
prize money to teams getting the
highest percentage i contributions
from their districts.
The Douglas county quota for the
$1,000,000 memorial building is
$200,000. The Omaha Alumni as
sociation has already pledged $10,
000 i
.A; Van drsdel is iocaiNchair
man, Vincent C. Hascatl is execu
tive secretary of the Memorial asso
ciation. Senate Committee Favors '
Operating Nitrate Plants
Washington, Miy 31. By unani
mous vote the Senate agricultural
committee ordered a favorable re
port on the Wadsworth bill author
izing the acquisition and operation
by the War Department of the ni
trate fixation plants at Sheffield and
Muscle Shoals, Ala., through a cor
poration to be organized under the
direction of the secretary of war."-
Kansas Governor Urges .
Federal Industrial Court
i Washington May 31. Establish
ment of a federal court of indus
trial relations -.similar to that in
Kansas, was recommended before
the senate labor committee by Gov
ernor Allen of that state. The com
mittee is considering, legislation to
carry out recommendatvons of Pres
ident Wilson s second industrial
4 conference - . ' -
We know
RECOGNITION OF
MEXICO WHEN
CALM JS URGED
Fall Committee Woulr, Send
Troops Across Border to
Keep Order if Govern-, '
: : ment Fails. .
CMcaao Tribnne-Omalta' Be tAlaeit Wire'
V, Washington, May 3t The Fall
committee on Mexican affairs rec
ommended to the senate today that
recognition be extended to the new
Mexican government as soon as it
demonstrate its ability to maintain
order, pledges itself to make proper
indemnity for the loss of American
:ives and property and repeals those
of its laws which discriminate
against Americans and aliens in
Mexico. " ' . '':'
If it fails to fulfill these condi
tions, armed intervention should fol
low, the committee advised. It
would not make war upon the Mexi
can people but would serve notice
upon them that in the cause of hu
manity "we will send, a police force
consisting of, the naval .and military
forces of our government .into the
republic .of Mexico to. open and
maintain open a line of communica
tion between the city of Mexico and
every seaport and every border port
of Mexico." ; ', '
The committee consists of Sena
tor Fall, Senator. Btandegee and
Senator. Smith of Arizona. It has
been investigating the Mexican situ
ation . for nearly a year, during
which hundreds cf witnesses were
heard in Washington and in vari
ous cities' along the border.
-3 he committee gave a dismal pic
ture of Mexjcari" affairs. It found
during its investigation that no less
than 461 Americans ' have beeen
killed in, Mexico or along the bol
der a a direct result of the prevail
ing disbrder. It is estimatedthat
indemnity of $14,000,000 for murders
of Americans should' be collected by
the United States government and
fixed $50,000,000 as a proper amount
to demand for damages resulting
from destruction of property. t ,
It comoutcd the total losses of
Americans in Mexico at $505,O0O,0OOJ
Pershing Tells Senators : ;
1 Reason for Minor Release
Washington. May 31. General
Pershing told the senate judiciary
committee that he had ordered the
release of Robert Minor, an Ameri
can newspaperman arrested in ; the
occupied area of Germany on a
charge of circulating radical propa
ganda among American troops
there. The general said he had act
ed n the recommendation of Major
Bethel, judge advocate of thfe A. E.
F., who reported that" while he be
lieved Minor guilty,' an officer of
tifc army intelligence service was fhe
only available. witness, against, him
and for that reason he thought the
prisoner should be liberated '
Spa Conference Will Be ;
- June 21f Says Messagero
Rome, May 31. The Messagero
says it learns that as a result of
urgent representations by Premier
Millerand of; -france. Premiers
Lloyd George and Nitti have agreed
the conference at Spa shall be held
June 21, and that there is to be no
postponement. , ; , ,
Churches to Keep Peace. ;
Chicago, 111., May 31. A strong
international league of churches,
working in harmony (With th'e'league
of . nations, would maintain world
peace forever,- Rev. Alfred 'Ernest
Garvie of London said at a union
meeting of Chicago minister.
Speaking of High Horses
a man who would like toxome down off of his,
FRENCH PEASANTS
PLUCK POPPIES
FOR YANK GRAVES
"Le Fleur Rouge" Blooms Be
side Cemetery at Bois Bel
leau for Decoration Day.
By HENRYWYVLES. . V'
NetlT-Vork'rimea'CblcaBO Tribune Cable,
Copyright, mo.
Chateau Thierry, May 30. (By
Courier to Paris, May 31.) ScarlcV
poppies bloomed beside, .the, , cenie:,
tery in Bois Bclleau today, just as
they blazed blood red two years ago
when the-Second division rushed up
from the rear, detrained from motor
trucks, and entered the line astride
the Paris road, barring the German
advance on the capital.- ;
. .The "leathernecks" - of the Fifth
and Sixth marines and the "dough
boys" of the Ninth and Tweuty-
ft-Z f T - f . 1 . I. . -
inira xmaniry piuciceq xne poppies
from the fields and thrust the flow
ers into their steel hats and gun
barrels as they -jumped, gray -with 4-
dust and dog tired after many hours
of motor-trucking, into their battle
position- against the deadly German
machine guns lurking in every copse -of
the hollow thicket. c v
Today the country folk, simple
French peasants, who have crept
back to their shattered, homes in
Torcy, Botiresches,- Belleau, and
Vaux, picked the poppies and cast
them on the graves of the men 'who
stemmed the German advances
when it menaced Panaal the most,
critical hour of the great. 4var. ..n
We atitomobiled through Mont-reuillax-Lions.
where General Bundy .
Jiad the Second division headquar
ters until the Germans located if
and began, shelling the locality..
Then there is the lonely farmhouse
farther on Troni where r General
Harbord commanded the marine
brigade and where one approached
on foot under direct- observation
of the Germans on Hill 204.
Fresh Bloodhounds n
Arrive at Scene of ?
Kansas Convict Hunt
DuBois, Neb., May 31. (Special
Telegram.) "We are going to
starve them out." ThaY statement
tonight by Gust Hyers, chief of the
law enforcement department of Ne
braska, tells the Jtorv of the thren.
day hunt for two escaped convicts
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wiivarc supposea io nave taxen
refuge in a iense forest a few miles
from here, and across the line in
Kansft.. ' : .
Five frWbloodhounds arrived
early this morning from Concordia,
Kan.f hut -will nore allowed 'to fol
low the trail intothe jungles, the
officers, hoping to eflact a bloodless
capture. At dajlight litis morning
the possemen pressed their way into
the woods but were recalled dufr to
the dense undergrowth Which made
progress practicallyjimpossible.
Tonight the gufrds stilT' were
maintaining thejljm line" around
the woods.
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The Weather
. X '.''Forecast'"' , ' ''
Nebraska: Showers' "Tuesday;
cooler in east and south; Wednesday
probably fair with rising tempera
ture. . ;'" . :- - V . y
Iowa: Showers and thunderstorms
and cooler Tuesday; - Wednesday
showers and cooler in east; prob
ably clearing in . west and central
portions. v - ;
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U WMW ,i,.7S
HOUSE PASSES
VOLSTEAD BILL
TO AID FARMERS
Measure Which Provides for
Marketing' and Collective
Bargaining 'is Sent
To Senate.
" Washington;" Ijftay 31. By a vote
of 233 to 58 the house today oassed
and sent to the senate the bill per
mitting farmers, planters, ranchmen,
dairymen. or fruit growers to com
bine for the collective marketing
and sale of their own. products, not
withstanding antitrust laws.
' The measure was 1 drafted by
Chairman Volstead or the house ju
diciary committee, as a substitute
for the Kapper-Hersman bill and
similar measures to legalize collec
tive bargaining by agricultural pro
ducers. -
.Debate developed sharp division
of opinion, supporters Of the bill de
claring. would give farmers and
'Other- producers an opportunity to
negotiate a fair price for their prod
ucts. - Opponents asserted it would
increase the cost of living and thaf
if UI9II it.c. I.mcl.tinn ,
" Limitations included In the bill,
said by its supporters to be de
signed to exclude'from its benefits
aJl but actual farmers, provMe that
the combinations that may be or
ganized must not pay more than 8
per. ?Mt dividend annually on capi
aMstock and that 'every member
must have one vote, irrespective of
his invested capital.
Conttol of the combinations un
der the bill would be placed in the
secretary of agriculture who may,
after.' hearing, order ; the, combina
tions to stop practices which are
held to restrain trade or lessen com
petition. The secretary also would
be empowered to sue ' in federal
court for enforcement of his orders.
Train Wrecks Take
Toil of Seven Deaths
; On Memorial Day
Tulsa, bkl., May 31. Two St.
Louis and San Francisco passenger
trains met head on at White Oak.
Okl., resulting in the death of
seven persons. Three other persons
were injured, probably fatally, while
20 or more received less serious in
juries. . ,
Confusion of train orders was re
sponsible for the wreck, railroad of
ficials stated.
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" Grand unction, Colo., May 31.
K D. Ray, engineer; G. N. Clute,
fireman, of Grand Junction, lost
their lives when a Denver and Rio
Grande stock train iplunged into the
flooded Gunnison river in Unaweep
canyon, 20 mile.s south of here.
Degcees Conferred on Many
Notables by University
Washington, May 31. George
Washington university at its fiine-ty-ninth
annual commencement con
ferred the honorary degree of Doc
tor of Laws on Sir . Auckland
Geddes, British ambassador; Gener
al Pershing, Senator Harding, At-,
torney General Palmar anf Senator
I.enroot of Wisconsin. -
MUton Estate Sold.
I:vington, N. Y., May, 31. The
famous Alexander H. Milton estate,
Nevis, on the bank of the Hudsoi.
r'.vcr, has been purchased by Jam:s
W. Gerard, former ambassador to
Germany, for a client. The .estate
iif ludes 64 acres of land and a large
colonial mansion.
CANDIDATES
INCOttWD
AT CHICAGO
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Battle for Republican Nomina
tion Waxes Warm and Bid
Demonstrations Are Planned
Before Convention Opens.
SEVEN CONTESTS ARE
SETTLED Bp COMMITTEE
Slow Proaress Made in Decid
ing' delegates to Be Seated
Reasons for All Actions
Will Be Given to Public.
Chleaca Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
Chicago, May;31. Gen. Leonard
WOOd is nOW in artivo onmm..
of his own republican convention
fighting men. He arrived from the
east this afternoon, conferred for a
nour 'with col. William Cooper
Procter and went to Fort Sheridan..
Governor T.nwrVn at tn.
headquarters at the Blackstone, was
m consuuanon witn more than ' a
half of the menih'pra nf
committee' and stat delegation lead
ers, wnetner ne is to remain in
Chicagoluring the convention is to
be determined.
Johnson Arrives Thursday. - '
Senator Hiram Johnson gets here
Thursda. and in nrrtnn wilt Air
his own campaign. It has been ar-'
rangea aireaay tnat he shall be" on
the floor j6f the convention, if the'
strategy Of his candidacy so re
quires. There was much talk, com--ing
from Wood sources, that prepa-'
rations mav hp marl
eral Wood will be in the conven
tion . v .
-: The Johnson boosters are pinning
great hODes on the Inhrunn rletnnn.
tration to be staged when the sena
tor irom California reaches Chicago
next Thursday. Senator Johnson
has been speaking in Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh and Cleveland.. He will
remain here for the convention and
meet for the first time nunv nf Vii.
workers. Mrs. Johnson will accom-'
yany mm, stopping at tne Black
stone hotel. Although no reception
program or 'concerted action, wss
made by the Johnson headauarters,
it was said several thousand people
will escort him from the La Salle
street station -to the Auditorium,
where he arrives at 12-45 p. m," He
will be J- greeted by the Johnson
'Booster dull nf Ch'truon tti VJth
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anj ojsi - mtaatrjv Mbenan exftedi--
non auxiliary, tne Johnson Illinois
Repuilican;club. the Young Mr
and Womefl U Hiram Tnhncnn r
of Cook county and the worn?
division ot tne Johnson headrj
ters, headed by Mrs. Raymond
cms ana SAyt: Lenore Patt
' Woods In Commandf
Accitmntlnn'nf ncreAntt r
by General Wood of the conV
l-unicsi, ii js understood, te
eliminate anv frirtinn ti
Wood men involved in quests
nolirtf herween he .hmanf .
Wood strength "iriendly eithl
(CoBttnaed on Fare Free, Colonm
"White Collar" Makes
Bow to Public to Aid
Middle! Class Fight
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Chleaca Tribune-Omaha Be leaned 'Wire.
Chicago, May 31. The "White ;
Collar,"! a new publication, has
horned , into Jhe public of Chicago
newspaperdom. It is admittedly an
organ of. propaganda representing;
the thickest segment of modern so
ciety the middle class.
The White Collar's platform is I
two-fold. It is for the League ,
Nations and against strikes. It an
nounces it will nntlsnnnnrt anv ran- T
didate for -president who does not
nave ootn teet on this platform.
Attention is- called to the action '
of the middle rlaes in Knolmrl
which broke the strike of "Bobbies;" '
to ' Copenhagen, where the middle
class took the place of striking dock
workers and restorer! hucinec. tn.
normal, and to Dusseldorf, Germany,
where the "abused middle class won
a battle against the strikers by stag
ing a counter-strike., ' -
Police Show Auto Owners '
: Hgw to Regulate Lights
Lights - on 600 automobiles were
tested and 'adiusted to con form with
the State laws feiriilattmr nnwrr nf "
automobile lights by police it three
different places throughout tne city
iopnaay nignt. Ihe tesl.ng.of the
lrwhts hv the nnlire iiil 'mn.
tinued on each Monday "night for
two or thj-ee weeks for tlii benefit
and convenience 6f the auto drivers,
according to the police. After the
discontinuance of the adjustments,
drivers whose' lights do not comply
with specifications will bo arrested.
The demonstrations aru held at
Thirty-ninth and Dodge 4 streets.
r-ignteentn ana utno streets and .
Twenty-fifth and B .streets; v.
Suspend Vera Cruz Traffic
- Because of Bubonic Plague
Mexico Citv. Mav 31 All tr sr.
I J ' J " .... m...w
hv sail or steamshin with Vera fn..
except that over the railway to Ja
laoa, has been ordered suspended
bv the denartmenr nf health ik. .
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city because of the presence of bu-
Donic piague, says otspatcoes to
newspapers here. The reports give
the n urn her nf new race A'cmvA
as. from three to five.
Format Fir a a atriniv
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Halifax. Mar 31. rtama ...
mated at $500,000 was caused in
Cumberland county from foresjj
firrs. The fires were utill humin'
Twelve thousand acre.; were wepti
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