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    THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JUNE 4, 1920. "
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EX-MANAGER
THROWS LIGHT
ON WOOD BOOM
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Charles . H. , Duell Tells of
5 Early Efforts to Raise
. Money Monell Origi-f-'
. na! "Angel."
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Chlcar Trlboae-Omaha B LmmiI Wire.
4 Washington, June 3. More light
on the financing of Gen, Wood's
campaign was obtained by the sen
ate committee on campaign ex
penditures1 today from Charles H.
Duell of Yonkers, N. Y., a cousin
of Elihu Root.
Mr. Duell was associated with
John T. King of Connecticut, in the
management of the Wood boom in
Its early days. He quit the Wood
management when King was ousted.
He'gave the committee a fairly de
tailed account of the first efforts to
raise money for the Wood cam
paign and cleared up many matters
which had heretofore been clouded
with doubt.
Ambrose foneIl of New York was
Gen's Wood's original "angel,"
according to Duell's testimony. Mo
nell has advanced or contributed
$120,000 to the Wod fund, A. A.
Soraftue of" Chicasro testified last
Saturday. Duell said that Monell'
principal iinanciai rciauuiis wcic
with the International Nickel com
pany and the Midvale Steel com
pany. Collector In New York.
"Mr. Monell was the quiet col
lector of Gen. oWod's campaign
in New York in the early days of
the campaign," Duell said. "It was
Mr. Monell' idea to have the cam
paign underwritten for $500,000 or
$1,000,000. The underwriters were
to pay . or raise the amount they
pledged." ; '
According to Duell, the financing
of the Wood campaign was first dis
cussed at a meeting at Monell's
home In New York, toward the end
of November, 1919. This meeting
was attended, he said, by himself,
Gen. Wood, Mohell and Robert
K. Cassatt, son of the former presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Cassatt, he' stated, was asked to
underwrite $500,000. '
"In all fairness to Mr. "Cassatt
I want to say that after some con
sideration he said that while he was
for General Wood, he did not think
he was the best man to raise the
money," Duell testified. "He defin
itely declined to do it and I under
stand he never did."
Planned $1,000,000 Fund.
. Duell said that Monell was quite
willing to assume $250,000 as his
hare of the "underwriting." Monell,
he said, wanted other men to under
take $100,000 each and bring the
"fond up to $1,000,000.
"This, as far as 1 know, was not
followed out," said Duell.
Duell told of another meeting at
the Plaza hotel in New York at
which Monell, Col. Procter and Gen.
Wood were present. He said that
$400,000 was pledged at this meet
ing. Gen.W. B. Burtt, assistant to. Col.
Procter in the management of he
Wood campaign, laid before the
ifcommittee, two large volumes of
papers snowing tne expenses ot tne
Wood national organization. The
committee' is going to examine the
books during the next two or three
days.
Gen. Burtt explained that the or
iginal plan of campaign outlined
by Gen. Wood's boomers called for
'widespread publicity to bring the
general and his recdrd before the
people. The money has been spent
largely in this way, according to
Gen. Burtt.
:.. Explains Lowden Fund.
Senator Reed wanted to know if
any of the money was spent to hirt
Burns detectives. Burtt recalled that
A man was hired from the Burrs
agency to watch the Wood head
quarters in Chicago.
- W. L. Cole of Union, Mo., chair
loan of the republican state commit
tee of Missouri, went on the stand
and explained how he happened to
get money both from Governor
Lowden's campaign chest rnd Sena
tot Harding'. fund. E. L. Morse of
Excelsior Springs, Mo., disbursing
officer for the Lowden boom in Mis
souri, testified Tuesday that he paid
$500 to Cole. Harry M. Daughety.
Harding's manager, said he had pdJ
$1,250 to Cole. .
Cole said he first favored, Senator
Harding, but told him that Lowden
apparently "had things sewed in Mis
souri." Daugherty. he said, per
suaded him to accept a check for
$1,250 to visit the delegate; in Mis
souri and sound them out on second
choice sentiment. He has been doing
this, he said. He was not asked, nor
t'id he volunteer information as to
the success of his mission.
Mrs. Charles E. Burmester
: Dies After Prolonged Illness
. .- Mrs. Charles E., Burmester died
at her home, 614 South Thirty-sixth
street, yesterday morning after an
illness . of several months. Mrs.
Burmester is survived by he'r hus
band, Charles E. Burmester; her
mother. Mrs. Hannah Evans, and
two sisters. Misses Ruth and
Harriet Evans of Chicago, and
Messrs. Sam, Roy and Luther
. Evans, also of Chicago; also Daniel
L, and Ellick Evans and Mrs.
Catherine Hopkins of St. Louis and
William Evans of Emporia, Kan.
- Mrs. Burmester was a sister of
the late Richard R. Evans of this
City.
v Funeral services frill be held at
the home, at 3 Saturday afternoon.
Efforts of Kenyon for Vote
. On Minimum Wage Bill Fail
V Washington, June 3.Effoit by
Senator Kenyon, republican of
Iowa, to have a date fixed 'for a
vote on the minimum wage bill for
government employe failed after
'two hours of debate which the scn-
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. aior aiu inaicairu . a uuuusici
against the measure. It was laid
-jrside iq favor of the bill to increase
the-.wages of-postal employes.
Senator Kenyon charged the dent
7 "ccrats with going counter to their
. own platform in which he said a
' living wage was promised.
" V Senator Underwood ot . Alabama,
democratic leader., declared there
was important legislation which
should teijeorded preference
G.'O. P. Convention Notes
ChkACO TrlbaM-Omfth Bm UmM Win.
Chicago, June 3. The only ajlk'
lid showinar so far amona conven
tion visitors is worn by Rev. A. J.J
iirown, colored delegate, wno comes
from Vicksburg, Miss., and pastor
ot the Missionary Paptist church
there. Rev. Mr. Brown says Roose
velt would not have bolted the con
vention in 1912 had the delegates
taken his advice, which was , for
southern delegates to vote for
Hoosevelt instead of Taft.
John Hand III, 9-year-old, will
direct the band at the opening of
the convention, using a baton pre
sented to his father by Theodore
Roosevelt and made from rare wood
the colonel brought from South
America. The number to be direct
ed by the boy is "The Republican,"
a march composed by his father,
Armin Hand.
' On the strength of news that
Governor Lowden is laid by the
heels with a severe cold, the Wood
headquarters gave out the informa
tion that the general naa gamca it
pounds since he began his intensive
campaigning work, the inference
being that if he is chosen there will
be no sick man in the White House.
Six convention visitors from the
Philippine Islands arrived today un
der the guidance of Col. M. B. Mc
Coy. -
Hoover headquarters have been
chased from the suite on the second
floor of the Congress hotel, but now
have the entire ninth floor.
Just as Hiram was leading his
rnirinir liAct. thrAucrh ttl Atreetfl to
day, word came that the big dele
gation ot his Lautornia Doosiers
Johnson to Fight
League of Nations
(Continued From First Pe.)
inquitous consequences of joining
this present league of nations. The
evils of the present league of na
tions cannot be palliated by reserva
tions. The manly, the courageous
thing to do is to come out squarely
in rejection of the league of na
tions scheme we have been invited
to adopt."
Opposed to Wilson Plan.
The extent to whicli the senator
laid stress on his opposition to the
"present" league of nations was sig
nificant, for Johnson, it appears is
not opposed to any association of
nations for the preservation of world
peace, but is unalterably antagonistic
to the Wilson peace league plan,
which the senator holds would sacri
fice American sovsreignty and sub
ject the United States to thedicta
tion of Eurpoe.
"Do you contemplate appearing in
the convention itself?" I asked, hav
ing in. mind the oft repeated as
sertion that Johnson, persuasive
orator that he is, might talk hirn
belf into the nomination as did Bry
an in 1896.
"Not unless I should deem it
necessary in connection with the
platform," replied, the aenator. "If
there should be a tendancy to dodge
the league of natiohs issue I should
not hesitate to take the floor in the
convention to oppose what I would
regard a grave mistake, if not a
fatal party policy.""
?Is this, then, your only object
in attending the convention? I
asked the senator.
"Not at all," responded Mr. John
son with a smile. "I have another
a purpose which might bf' called
individual or personal, in connec
tion with the nomination of the
candidate of the party.' My.candi
dacyfor the nomination has been
submitted to the people in primaries
in which more than 1,000,000 repub
licans have voted. In these prima
ries altogether several . hundred
thousands more republicans voted
for me than other candidate.
Fair Teat, of Sentiment. '
"It seems to 'me that this is a
pretty fair test of popular sentiment.
I do not know-whether this senti
ment will be expressed by the dele
gates in the convention. But :f it
is so expressed I think there can
be no doubt of the outcome."
. The senator had risen and was,
gazing down into Michigan avenue,
while the crowd that welcomed him
was melting away.
"I see some of the New York pa
pers," Mr. Johnson volunteered, ev
idently thinking of eastern antag
onism to his candidacy, "are trying
to read common, ordinary people
out of the republican party. That
is a disposition on the part of a
section of the eastern press which
I bitterly resent. Just common,
ordinary folks like you and me are
the backbone of the republican
party and of the American nation,
and it is impertinent of any inter
ests to suggest that the wishes of
the common people should be dis
regarded." .
House Passes Resolution
For Paper Commission
Washington. Tune 3. The Under
wood resolution requesting the presi
dent to appoint a commission to con
fer with the Canadian government
in regard to the cancellation of cer
tain restrictive orders on the ex
portation of pulp wood, newsprint
and other print paper from Canada
to the United Sates, was passed by
the house without a record vote.
Under the resolution the commis
sion would be .required to report to.
the president before next ueccmuer
what action should be taken by con
gress that would aid in .obtaining
the cancellation o( the orders.
Lincoln Men Support Bill
To Protect U. S. Aircraft
Washington, June 3. (Special
Telegram.) Ross Smith of Lincoln,
a member of the Lincoln Aircraft
corporation, is in Washington to
urge congress to pass the anti
dumping bill, reported by the ways
and means committee prohibiting
foreign makes of aircraft to be laid
down in the United States for as
sembly, thereby seriously injuring
the manufacture of American air
craft Lloyd Winship, of the same
company, also is here to help in
the fight (or American aeroplanes.
McCune Renamed Collector.
C. W. McCune, collector of cus
toms in the Omiha district, will
serve in that capacity for another
term. Mr. McCune received tele
graphic notification last night that
he senate yesterday confirmed his
reappointment, (
would be delayed 14 hours because
of . a railroad wreck near Sacra
mento. ,
"Iowa is 100 per cent Lowden"
and he will get the 26 votes all the
way, according to Harry C. Weaver,
chairman of the delegation.
McAlester, OH., has sent the most
interesting exhibit of hirsute regalia.
Possessor is J. A. Whitcomb, a dele
gate, who says Gen. Wood will be
the nexUpresident? Whitcomb wears
sideburns, a goatee, and a neck
fringe. No mair should be a razor
slave, he says. He prunes them with
a pair of manicure scissors.
"I'm wearing out my old clothes,"
reads a placard, posted conspic
uously on the person of W. M.
Bounds, delegate from Collins, Miss.
Mr. Bounds' costume consists of a
black felt fedora, a Palm Beach sack
coat of creamy hue and three-ply
woolen trousers.
Col. Henry W. Anderson's pursui
vant has arrived at the Congress. He
is Maj. Charles E. Spratt, who an
nounces thatMhe colonel, a West
Virginian,' is prepared to accept the
vice-presidential nomination on a
platform to "break the solid south
by showing the republican party
knows no sectional lines." v
William Boyce Thompson, chair
man of the ways and means com
mittee of the republican national con
vention, is a most unassuming man.
Ten minutes after he had registered
at the Congress he was "hot to be
found. Corridor gossip waj that he
was in conference with a number of
national committeemen, preparatory
to oiling up the machinery for next
week.
General Wood Gains in
Contests at Chicago
(Continued From Tint Page.)
gates that, this aspect of each case
can be approximately ascertained.
Many Negroes Barred.
There was some disposition among
the committee men yesterday to
limit the work of subcommittee on
close contests and to thresh out
everything in open debate. The
Georgia subcommittee has not yet
reported and is said to be having
difficulties. Great care was taken by
Chairman Hays in appointing a sub
committee to work out the legal and
technical aspects of the fourth Okla
homa case. " '
In many of the contests it has de
veloped that negroes have been
barred out or meetings with white
republicans. The committee took
coenizance of this situation. Com
mitteeman Warren moved that in
future no delegations should be
seated which held conventions in
hotels and other places in the south
from which negroes were barred.
The reference to the south was ob
jected to by several committeemen
and Mr. Warren amended his motion
to make this rule apply generally.
Ihis action, it adhered to, will oo
away with vojuntary "Lily White"
iactions organizing in ine sown.
In the Florida case the commit
tee made another attempt to bring
republicans of all factions and color
together as brethren "in sweetnesf
and harmony."
. Ignored Primary Law.
It was Mr. Warren, the official at
torney of the committee, member of
the subcommittee which had wres
tled with the complexities of the
Florida case for two days, who made
the motion seating both factions in
the delegate-at-large cpntest. It was
shown that the Gerow faction, in
nominal control of the party ma
chinery for many years, had failed
to comply vith the provisions of the
Florida primary law and had failed
to recognize members of the state
central committee and the Anderson
factions, who had complied with the
law and had filed under it. Mr.
Wr.rren axgued that the committee
would ignore the primary law of the
south in this way. A motion to
throw out both factions was lost
The seating of the Gerow faction
in the district contests forecasts the
re-election of George W. Bean of
Tampa as national committeeman.
New Bond Issue Proposed ,
To Help Austria Beat Back
Vienna, June 2. The entente
powers have proposed that Austria
issue a 6 per cent bond series se
cured by all the existing national
assets and sources of income as a
means of . reconstruction. Chan
cellor Rentier made this announce
ment to the finance commission in
the assembly at the opening of the
debate on the taxation bill.
The pjan contemplates that part
of the bonds shall be given to the
countries which already have ad
vanced credits. Further credits will
be similarly secured. The bonds
are payable in 1925, according to the
plan, in the currency of the creditor
currency.
The chancellor said the greatest
caution was necessary 'before ac
ceptance, as it meant virtual sur
render f Austria's internal sov
ereignty. Credit Men Urge People
To Retain Liberty Bonds
Atlantic City, June 3. Resolutions
urging the public to retain the Lib
erty bonds they now own and to buy
more, and approving the establish
ment of a federal budget system
were adopted by the National Asso
ciation of Credit Men in annual
convention here.
Federal taxation was discussed to
night. R. G. Elliott, chairman of the
committee on federal taxation, de
clared the association's campaign
against the present system of tax
ation was being followed by large
commercial organizations in nearly
every cify. '
Another Respite Granted.
Slayers n Nebraska Prison
Lincoln, June 3. -r- (Special.)
Anson V. Cole and. Vincent Gram
mer have been respited by Governor
McKelvie, the date of the electro
cution of the two men now, being
cxended to Friday, July 9.
This makes 11 stays of execution
for Cole and nine for sGrammer,
all made because of action of at
torneys for the men taken in the
courts.
Special Luncheon, 7Ko raxton
hotel. Main cafe. A dv,
FILMLAND LOVE
IS ALLWR0NG.21
GRADS ARE TOLD
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Home - Building and - Rear-
jng of Children Urged
; By Bishop at Commencement.
' Diplomas were presented to 21
graduates of the University of
Omaha at the commencement exer
cises held last night. The Rev.
D. . E. Jenkins, president, presided,
and the commencement address was
delivered by Bishop E. V. Shayler,
whose subject was "The University
and the Universe."
"You are going into the world,
not to make a living, but to make
life," said the bishop.' "Home is
the most potent word in language.
It is built on sacred foundations.
"I have no patience with vulgar
preachers who disgrace their cloth
by parading the sacred institution of
marriage in comic display. I do not
believe in public 'spooning and I do
not believe that the 'movie' kind of
love is that on which real homes are
built.
Wear Caps and Gowns.
"We live in an age in which the
bearing and rearing of children is
no longer a popular pastime with
many women. Yet, unless there is
an average of three children to
every couple, our race will die out."
The faculty members and gradu
ates, all wearing caps and gowns,
marched from Joslyn hall to the
John G. Jacobs gymnasium where
the commencement exercises were
held.
Diplomas were presented to the
graduates of the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences by Dean W. Gil
bert James.
District Judge Alexander C.
Troup, dean of the School of Law,
presented the diplomas to the law
graduates.
"We are exceptionally proud of
this graduating class," said Judge
Troup. "They have finished the
course and finished it well."
Diplomas were awarded in the
College of Liberal Arts and Sci
ences as follows: -
Those Who Get Degrees.
Bachelor of Arts: Marie E. Cej
nar, Lucille Frances Kendall, Mary
E. Killian, Mabel Katherine Norris,
Jessie May Tennant. Grace A.
Thompson, Margaret Elizabeth
Powell, Mabel L. Rasmussen.
Bachelor of Science: Jerald J.
Bruce, John Laurie Jenkins. v
In the School of Law, the degree
of Bachelor of Laws was granted
to the following: Henry W. Berry,
John Ashley Dill, Cad L. James,
onathan Andros Fryc, Walter C.
Lindell, Hugo John Lutz, Harry W.
Wenberg and Ralph Day Zimmer
man.
Certificates were awarded to
Dorothy Gray and Helen Arlander
for completion of the kindergarten
training course and to Doroth
Canan. for completion of the manual
training course. ., (
Labor Chief Fears
War With Mexico
(Continued Yrt Flrt Page.)
policy and traditions of our repub
lic. Such a course as is recom
mended by the report of Senator
Fall's committee must be opposed
by every justice and freedom-loving
American and will beyond question
be unreservedly condemned by the
working people of our trountry and
the great masses of our people
generally,
"It is difficult to believe that the
senate will give serious considera
tion to a report so out of harmony
with the best thought of our time,
and so full of the possibilities of
dire consequence to our people and
our nation as well as to a neighbor
republic with which we are at peace.
"The report calls for American
aid to Mexico providing Mexico
agrees to the terms of the report.
This is not an American proposi
tion. It is a Prussian proposition.
It must be set aside by the popular
opinion and fair judgment of our
people." i
Hastings American Legion
Opposes War Memorial Drive
Hastings, Neb.. June 3. (Special
Telegram.) Taking the position
that the erection of a suitable mem
orial here for Adams county
soldiers should come first, Hastings
post No 11. American Legion, unan
imously withheld approval of the
war memorial drive which contem
plates the erection of a $1.000;000
memorial on the state university
campus at Lincoln. The Adams
county quota was $17,500.
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LACK OF HOUSES
RETARDS GROWTH,
LARSON DECLARES
Commissioner of Chamber Tells
Concord Club Building Pro
, gram Is Needed.
Members of the Concord club
acquired several large and some
what succulent bits ot gossip when
wo dusky lads, who accompanied
the trade boosters on the excursion
last week, were captured and forced
to confess at the club's meeting in
the Henshaw rathskeller last night,
all they had overheard on the trip.
State secrets," concerning promi
ned Concordians, were forced from
the colored boys, more or less to the
confusion of those concerned. The
exact nature of the "inside" stuff
revealed was suppressed, and the
"peachers" were successfully bribed
not to divulge any more of their
recent observations. .
Penn Fodrea, president of the or
ganization, was given a bouquet of
roses, one for each year, as a birth
day gift. r
J. David Larson, commissioner of
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce,
spoke on. city planning. Mr. Larsoti
particularly advocated the widening
of Twenty-fourth street, as a meas
ure needed immediately. All features
of the city planning campaign should
be accomplished, he argued, for the
reason that all will be imperative
sooner or later, and can be done
cheapest at the present time. Omaha
coulcTadd 15,000 persons to its roll
this year, if vthere were bousing fa
cilities for that number, he said. The
city's location, contributing territory,
and citizenship indicate a population
of 500,000 before many more years,
Mr. Larson stated.
Nebraska Marine Is
Wounded During Riof ;
Injuries Not Serious
Chicago, June 3. Rear Admiral
Frederick B. Bassett, commandant
at the United States naval training
station at Great Lakes, 111., forbade
enlisted men 4o visit Waukegan, 111.
He took this action because of race
rioting between marines, sailors,
civilians and negroes which has
broken xout there twice this week.
Only enlisted men having bona
fide homes in Waukegan are ex
cepted. Elmer M. Huckfeldt, a marine, of
Hclstein, Neb., who was shot
Wednesday night, was at the station
hospital having a charge of buck
shot taken out of him. Rear Ad
miral Bassett said his wounds were
slight. Who fired the shot, he said,
was not known.
289 Members of Naval
Academy Given Diplomas
Annapolis, Md., June 3. Upon the
spirit and will of its officers to cast
off "slavery to tradition" and ven
ture into the realm of things new
and untried depends the future
strength and efficiency of the Ameri
can Navy, Secrtary Daniels told the
graduating class of midshipmen at
the naval academy here today in
presenting diplomas to its 289 mem
bers. The secretary told the young offi
cers they were to be congratulated
upon coming into the navy "in a day
when if holds and holds deserve lly
higher places in the confidences of
the American people than in any pe
riod of its history."
State Chamber of Commerce
Organized at Hastings Meet
Hastings,. Neb., June 3. (Special
Telegram.) In the adoption of a
new constitution, the State Associa
tion of Commercial clubs, which
closed its annual convention here,
fwas converted into the Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce. It will af
filiate with the national chamber and
invites the active participation of all
community and commercial bodies
in the state. In the new form it is
exoected to ooerate more effectively
for business welfare. Frank Beels ;
of "Norfolk was elected commis- !
sioner. He will have headquarters
at Norfolk.
Confer on Free Bridge Plans.
Mayor Zurmuehlen of Council
Bluffs and Mayor Smith of Cmuha
conferred Wednesday on the plans
for the free bridge over the Mis
souri river between the two cities.
Mayor Zurmuehlen stated he would
not announce the personnel of the
Bluffs committee of seven until the
Bluffs real estate men return from
the convention in Kansas City. TJie
banquet for the two committees ap
pointed by the two mayors, at which
definite plans will be laid, will prob
ably be held next Tuesday night in
Omaha.
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Contractors Notify County
Boards Aid Must Be Given
Meetings Will Be
Held This Week. .
O'Neill. Neb., June 3. (Special.)
Country banks in central and
western counties of the state in
which bridges were lost or wrecked
by this spring's heavy floods will
have to finance, the big bridge com
panies re-erecting the bridges and
repairing the damages, if tlie water
ways are to be rebridged this year.
The bridge contractors have an
nounced that they can not get the
necessary financial assistance from
the big banks and that unless the
counties will see to it that the con
tractors' needs are taken care of by
the local banks' no bridges can be
built or repaired.
The banks of each county having
on deposit county funds are the
ones to be called upon to do the
financing and meetings between the
bankers, the county boards and the
bridge concerns are to be held in
several counties this week. The
Holt county meeting will be Friday
at O'Neill.
The Holt' county bankers are to
be askeoSto do their financing on
county work at not more than 8 per
cent, it being pointed out to them
that at present they only are pay
ing 2 per cent for county money.
The situation is the same in most
of the counties affected.
Amend Enemy Trading Act.
Washington, June 3. The house
passed an amendment to the trading
with the enemy act to facilitate the
return by the alien property custo
dian of money and property trans
ferred or seized by him during the
war. The amendment has been re
quested by Attorney General Palmer
and Secretary Colby.
A Diversity of Styles is Offered in
Friday's June Clearaway of Fine
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Three styles are offered
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For all summer occa
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Wide or tight knees. .
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PALMER DEFENDED,
CONGRESS BLAMED
FOR SUGAR PRICES
Minority Report of Committee
Says Attorney General
Did Right Thing.
Washington, June 3. Action of
rttorney General Falnier in sanc
tioning a "fair price" for Louisiana
sugar was defended today in a re
port Of minority members of the
house sugar investigating commit
tee. Representatives Whaley, South
Carolina, and Sumners, Texas, who
signed the report, took issue with the
contention ot the majority commit
tee members that Mr. Palmer had
used his power as chief prosecuting
officer of the government for the pur
pose of fixing maximum prices of
sugar in. Louisiana and in so doing
"acted" wholly without authority and
in violation of his own construction
of his official duty."
The minority report charged that
congress, after investigations had
disclosed an acute world shortage
of siifjar, had failed to pass any
remedial or constructive legislation
and that such lack of action, coupled
with publicity given through "many
speeches in congress" on the situa
tion, "had a very pronounced effect
on the mi gar market and the cou
tinuovs rise in sugar prices."
In defense of the attorney gen
eral and District- Attorney Henry
Mooney of Louisiana, who co
operated with him, the minority held
that their action in determining a
fair price to guide them in bringing
of prosecutions "accomplished re
sults which could have been accom
plished in no othr way in that the
cane grower, who was exempt from
the, provisions of the Lever food
control act, wm brought within the
provisions of tlje arrangement mads
by the attorney general.
"It not only was proper for the
attorney general to do this." the re
port continued, "but it was his duty,
both to the Louisiana prbducer and
to the consuming public." '
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WANT COLOMBIAN
PACT REPORTED
BACK TOjENATE
Subcommittee- Decides- That
Amendment to Protect Amer
. ican Oil and Mining In
" ; terests Unnecessary."
Washington, June 3. Recom
mendation that the long pending'
treaty with Colombia, growing out
of the partitioning of Panama, be re
ported back to the senate for final
action was made to the foreign re
lations comnlitte'c today by the sub
committee appointed to draft an
amendment designed to protect
American oil and mining interests
from the operation of presidential
decree, regarded by some senators
as confiscatory.
The subcomniitte of which Sen
ator Fall, republican. New Mexico,
is chairman said an aniendcment was
unnecessary because the supreme
cotirt of Colombia had declared in
valid not only the presidential de-,
cree but legislation along similar
lines which had been presented in
the Colombian congress. It called
r.ttention that this decree was simi
lar to that issued in Mexico, against
which the United States has protest
ed, but expressed full confidnece
that the people and government of
Colombia were sincere in, their ej
pressions of desire to protect Amci-
ican rights and interests within the
Republic.
The document provides for the
payment of $25,000,000 to Colombia
by the. United States and when it
was taken' up in .the senate last
summer it was understood that
Colombia had agreed to the changes.
Adopt Army Bill Report.
Washington, June 3. The house
adopted the conference report on the
army appropriation bill by a vot? of
127 to 1 1. The brll carries $395,000,-
000.,
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