?hb Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 49 NO. 312.
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1920.
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OVTBID OMAHA AM) COPV.
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CONTROL OF
SKINNERS IS
STATE PLAN
Securities Board Would Oust
Directors of $12,500,000
Concern and Give Operation
To Stockholders.
PRESENT HEADS IN EAST
TO RAISE MORE MONEY
Quo Warranto Proceedings
Are Filed and Restraining
Order to Prevent Reorgani
zation of Firm Is Issued.
"This is just a beginner. The Skin
ners were expecting this but they are
not exceeding what is coming," de
clared Guy T. TouVelle, attorney
for the state bureau of securities,
yesterday afternoon when he ar
rived from Lincoln at the office of
Sheriff Clark with a restraining or
der granted by the state supreme
court agiinst the officers of the
Skinner company, stopping them
from proceeding with reorganization
of the Skinner company in accord
ance with a plan adopted by the
board of li- tors last Saturday.
Paul and Lloyd Skinner have gone
cast to try to raise money to get the
packing plant into operation, accord
ing to their attorney, William
Ritchie, ir.
Papers Are Served.
The papers in the supreme court
restraining order were served on
other officers of the company late
yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Charles
Johnson.
This order prohibits the trans
ferring of stocks or other securities
and removal of the books of the
company of all kinds. In the words
of Attorney General Davis, the pres
ent action which is in the nature of
fuo warranto proceedings, "will
ultimately dissolve the Skinner com
pany and restore the power of the
three smaller companies bearing the
Skuner name into the hands of their
stockholders."
The action begun yesterday by the
state seeks trf have the state take
hold of the SI 2,500,000 Skinner com
pany, oust the directors and officers
and distribute the property among
the stockholders.
'If we haven't the power of Ipw
to do all this we want to find it out
and then have the next legislature
fcivc it to us," said Mr. TouVelle.
Hearing Set for Friday.
Hearing of the case was set for
next Friday in Lincoln. Probably
the hearing will be postponed be
li .ilmenre of the Skinners.
The papers on whtch tne'tfuo
warranto proceedings were brought,
say in part:
"The defendant corporation is a
gigantic holding corporation at
tempting to hold and control the
stock of three independent corpor
rtions and for that purpose has at
tempted to control the stock con
trary to law. " ...
"The corporation is organized in
Delaware and has no stock with an
?ctual par value in this state and is
therefore without recognition in Ne
braska and is contrary to the laws of
this state and to the public policy of
this state."
Charge That Palmer
Promised Berth in
Return For Votes
Washington. June 15. Attorney
General Palmer probably will be re
called before the senate committee
investigating primary election cam
paign funds and expenses' as a re
sult of sensational charges dis
closed todav when a delegation
from the Boston Bar association
visited the Department of' Justice to
irotest his- appointment of Daniel
J. Gallagher to be United States
district attorney for the Boston dis-
'in a telegram to President Wilson
the association calls the appoint
ment "a public calamity" and th
charge is being openly made that
the attorney general traded the fed
eral berth in return for the promise
rf delegates to back his candidacy
for president at the San Francisco
convention.
Ask Permission to Resume
Open Market for Wheat
Chicago. June 15. Permission of
Attorney General Palmer, Secretary
of Agriculture Meredith rnd Gover
nor Harding of the Federal Reserve
bank, for the reopening of the open
market in wheat is to be sought by
t committee o bankers which left
Chicago for Washington Tuesday.
The Lever act prohibited specula
!ion in grain, but grain men claim it
s desirable to reopen free trading
ow that the wheat guarnnty act has
expired. .
lain and Wind Destroy
Crops in Valley Country
Ord. Neb., June 15. (Special.)
Heavy rain accompanied by severe
wind and electrical disturbances
struck Valley county Sunday night.
Hundreds of acres of corn have been
washed out and will need to be re
planted. Basements in the city of
Ord were filled to depths of four
and six feet. Gardens have been
ieaten down and much damage has
esulted to crops generally.
Postpone Haywood Hearing
Chicago. June 15. Hearing of the
:ases of "Big Bill" Haywood and 93
ther members of the .1. W." W.
scheduled to take place before the
federal circuit court of appeals to
day, was postponed indefinitely be
muse of the illness of the presiding
judge.
League of Women Voters
Not New Political Party;
Plan Education Program
New Nebraska Organization to Work Through Nor
mal Channels as Nonpartisans to Obtain Legisla
tion Beneficial to Women and Children Will
Endeavor to Get Out Large Vote and Pass New
Suffrage Amendment.
The real significance of the Ne
braska League of Women Voters
was set forth in resolutions passed
by the convention in Omaha yester
day as follows:
"Whereas, The League of Women
Voters invites to its membership
every woman voter in the state,
therefore we ask the widest pub
licity for the program of the organ
ization which is:
"Loyal support of the national or
ganization. "In our own Nebraska, training
for citizenship and securing legisla
tion of importance to women and
children.
"To co-operate with existing or
ganizations, and to supplant none.
"To encourage political activity
among women through normal
channels.
"To foster measures, leaving can
didates to other agencies.
Can Vote on Amendment.
"This organization makes its bow
to the public at its debut party in
Omaha, announcing itself as an or
ganization for political education, its
members as such taking no part in
.artisan politics, but acting in the
parties of their choice through the
regular party organizations.
"Whereas, An amendment to the
constitution giving full suffrage to
women is to be voted on September
21 in the following form:
" 'Every citizen of the Ignited
States who has attained the age of
21 years, and has resided within the
state for six months, and within the
county and voting precinct for the
term provided by law, shal'. be an
elector.'
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That
THREE NEGROES
ARE LYNCHED BY
MOB AT DULUTH
Blacks Accused of Attack on
White Girl Given
Mock Trial.
Duluth, June IS. Three negroes
were lynched here tonight by a mob
estimated at 5,000 persons, which
overpowered the police, took posses
sion of police headquarters and
seized the prisoners, who were held
in connection with an attack on a
young white girl.
Not a shot was fired in the attack
on the police station, the members
of the mob using bricks and other
missiles, and in the final stages of
the fight streams of water from fire
hose taken from the police them
selves. A mock trial was held by the mob
in the station and three negroes were
found guilty and three others held
in connection with the assault were
acquitted and turned back to the
police.
Shortly after midnight the mob
still surrounded the police station,
but there was no indication of fur
ther trouble. The police believed
the mob would disperse in a few
hours without further disorder.
Go After Others.
It was reported that three or four
trucks and automobiles loaded with
members of the mob started at mid
night toward Virginia, where it was
said four other negroes had been
arrested in connection with the same
case.
The negroes were roustabouts
with a circus that appeared here
yesterday and the alleged attack
on the 17-year-old white girl took
place on the circus grounds last
night. The circus was in Virginia
today, and it was said eight negroes
were taken into custody there, but
only four held.
The negroes hanged were Isaac
McGhie, Elmer Jackson and Nate
Green, all about 22 years old. All
professed their innocence.
The first concentrated attack was
made on the rear entrance of the
jail. Near the building was a pile
of bricks, used on a construction
job, and of this the mob took quick
advantage. Bricks were sent flying
through windows and against the
rear door, which finally gave in.
This let the mob into the base
ment and as it started up the stairs
to the first floor, strong streams of
water washed its members back.
Bricks again were brought into
play, and as the battle waged at
the rear of the building, other mem
bers of the mob obtained a section
of fire hose, made a connection at
a hydrant, and started an assault on
the front entrance.
Here, too, the police were prepare1
to fight back the mob with water
and in the water duel that ensued,
neither side had a marked advan
tage until the mob managed to cut
the police hose. This caused a mo
mentary retreat by the police and
the mob began battering down the
front door.
After entrance had been forced
from the front, the police offered no
further resistance, realizing, they
said, that attempts to use fire arms
would turn the disturbance into a
riot.
Troops on Way.
St. Paul, Minn., June IS. National
guardsmen of the state are in camp
at Fort Snelling and in a compara
tively short time after orders had
been issued by State Adjutant Gen
eral Rhinow the troops were ready
to leave for Duluth.
In the meantime Gen. Rhinow or
dered a company of home guards at
Duluth mobilized and gave instruc
tions for commandeering of such am
munition and guns as could be ob-
the disturbance
the Nebraska League of Women
Voters assumes for its first obliga
tion the securing of a large majority
for this amendment."
Courtesy resolutions were also
passed and all were signed by the
committee consisting of Mrs. F. C.
Babcock, Qiairman, Hastings; Mrs.
H. H. Wheeler, Lincoln; Mrs. James
Richardson, Omaha.
Review of Suffrage Work.
Mrs. Charles Dietrich of Hastings,
retiring president of the Nebraska
Woman Suffrage association, and
newly-elected chairman of the Ne
braska League of Women Voters,
in her report to the state convention
reviewing the work of l.er admin
istration from August 1, 1919, to
June 14, 1920, said in part:
"One serious mistake was made
at the Chicago convention." She
referred to the honor list from the
state for distinguished service in the
suffrage cause. Full explanation was
given by Mrs. Dietrich of how the
list was made up, developing the
point that many whose names should
have been on the list, vlvch was
necessarily limited in number, were
omitted. She mentioned especially
Mrs. H. H. Wheeler and Mrs. W. E.
Hardy, both of Lincoln. High trib
ute was paid these two pioneers in
the work.
Speaking of the failure of Con
necticut to ratify the federal suffrage
amendment. Mrs. Dietrich, who rep
resented Nebraska in the recent
campaign there, said:
Teach East Geography.
"Governor Holcomb of Connecti
cut is 79 years old. He is controlled
by three men, the republican boss
(Continued on Face Two, Column Five.)
HARDING OPPOSED
TO BARNSTORMING1
DURING CAMPAIGN
Republican Nominee Favors
''Front Porch" Drive From
His Home in Ohio.
Wasington, June IS. Senator
Harding, the republican candidate
for the presidency, indicated in a
conference today with newspaper
men his opposition to a "barnstorm
ing" campaign. His preference on
the other hand, would be for some
what of a "front porch' campaign
from his home in Marion, O., with
a limited number of set speeches
delivered on specific occasions.
The republican nominee also made
it clear that there would be no de
lay in opening the campaign, an
nouncing that it would not await the
official notification of his nomina
tion. The notification, he said, would
not take place before July 15, at the
earliest.
Friends of the senator supple
mented his statement as to the kind
of campaign he desires, with the as
sertion that he believed the office
of chief executive of the nation was
too high and too important to be
sought through a continuous series
of whirlwind campaign tours.
Senator Harding also announced
today that he would not resign his
seat in the senate prior to the termi
nation of his term on next March
third.
The work of preparing his speech
of acceptance has not been started
by the nominee .-id it is expected
he will defer it until after the con
ference with Chairman Hays and
other party leaders now tentatively
fixed for Monday.
Hope to Find Murderer
!0f Wealthy New York
Man in Lexington, Ky.
New York, June 15. District At
torney Swann announced late Tues
day night that several detectives
had left here for Lexington, Ky.,
where they hope to arrest the mur
derer of Joseph B. Elwell, wealthy
sportsman and whist expert. Elwell
was found shot through the head at
his home here last Friday.
"Several detectives left this morn
ing on an excellent trail for Lex
ington, Ky., Mr. Swann said. "Thev
are looking for the father or a
brother of a girl named Annie, one
of whom we believe to be the man
who fired the shot.
"We know that Mr. Elwell spent
10 weeks in Lexington, up to June
1, when he left there and not be
cause he wanted to."
Asked if the girl was a member
of a prominent family in Lexington,
Mr. Swann replied:
"So far as we know, she is."
Fireman Has Narrow
Escape From Axphyxiation
Leonard Thomas, railroad fire
man, 1913 South Tenth street, nar
rowly escaped death by asphyxia
tion yesterday when he fell asleep
in a room in which gas was escap
ing from a jet.
Thomas returned home from work
about 5 p. m. and lay down to rest.
His wife, Mrs. Elsie Thomas, re
turned a short time later and found
him unconscious. His condition is
not serious.
Rail Heads in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Neb., June IS. (Special
Telegram.) W. H. Finley, presi
dent; Marvin Hughitt, sr., chairman
of the board of directors, and Mar
vin Hughitt, jr., of the Northwestern
road are here on their wav to the
Black Hills country.
MOCRATS
New York Committeeman Sees
Good Prospect for Light Wine
And Beer Endorsement at
San Francisco Convention.
M'ADOO WHEEL HORSE
FOR ADMINISTRATION
Bainbridge Colby Regarded as
Second Choice of Wilsonian
Faction Palmer Looked on
As Half-And-Half Candidate.
By GRAFTON WILCOX.
ClileaKo Tribune-Omaha ee Iraaed Wire.
Chicago, June IS. With the de
parture from Chicago today of Na
tional Chairman Will Hays and the
last of the republican convention war
horses, squads of democratic spies
who have been getting the dope on
the G. O. P. left for San Francisco
to reveal the enemy's campaign
signals to captains of the democ
racy. National Chairman Hays, before
leaving for his home in Indiana,
said he had been aware of distin
guished visitors from the democratic
camp at the Chicago convention, but
that they had worried him none. He
said that the plans for the Harding
and Coolidge campaign would be
perfected after a conference with
Snaor Harding in Washington late
this week and that the democrats
were welcome to any lessons they
learned at the Coliseum. Although
it still was undecided tonight
whether the national campaign head
quarters would be located in New
York or Chicago, it was regarded as
practically settled that New York
would get the main headquarters,
but that probably a larger nart of the
campaign would be directed from
the western headquarters to be es
tablished here.
.Democratic leaders who have been
watching republican developments
were content to doff their disguises
and come into the open as soon as
the rear guard of republicanism had
left town.
Left Fine Openings.
"The republicans left us some fine
openings," said Norman E. Mack,
democratic national committeeman
from New York, who never missed
a day at the Coliseum and who had
his scouts burrowing into republi
can secrets throughout the conven
tion deliberations. "With a moist
plank in the democratic platform,
something that will give. folks-a
chance for light wines and beer, I
think victory in' November for the
democracy would be assured.
"Another grand opening left by
the republicans concerns the Irish
question. The republicans turned
down all appeals of the Irish cham
pions, didn't even give them any
sympathy. I feel quite certain that
the democratic party will not be so
rough on the Irish. It seems to me
that an expression of sympathy for
the cause of Ireland would help the
democratic ticket in November."
"Do you think there is a good
chance for a moist plank in the
democratic platform?" Mr. Mack
was askfd.
"I do," he replied, "in spite of Mr.
Rryan's determination to stop it.
Bryan may be able to control the
committee on resolutions on the
prohibition issue, but I doubt if the
(Continued on Tag Two, Column live.)
Caruso's Chauffeur
Held in Connection
With Jewel Robbery
East Hampton, N. Y., June IS.
George Fitzgerald, chauffeur for
Enrico Caruso, opera singer, whose
country home here recently was
robbed of jewels valued at $500,000,
was arrested Tuesday night on a
charge of violating the Sullivan law
by having a revolver in his posses
sion without a permit. Fitzgerald,
with other employes of the house
hold, has been detained on the Ca
ruso estate since the jewel theft by
order of the district attorney.
The chauffeur when bidding good
by to his wife and children, who oc
cupy a small house on the Caruso
estate, said, "Don't worry. I am in
nocent. They are trying to lay this
robbery on me."
Fitzgerald recently engaged per
sonal counsel to defend him. He
was informed by counsel that the
police had no right to keep him
confined to the estate and that ho
was at liberty to leave when he
pleased. Later an investigator at
tached to the district attorney's of
fice caused his arrest.
Baptists May Withdraw
From Inlerchurch World
Denver, June IS. The executive
board of the Colorado ronvpntinn
of the northern Baptist church
unanimously voted to recommend
withdrawal of the church from the
Intcrchurch World movement. The
rrmmnirndatinns will hp nrpcpnlprl
, ......
to the Northern Baptist convention
in Huffalo next week. -
The resolution declared that the
church joined in the movement with
certain reservations regarding work
to be done. It asserted that these
obligations on the part of the Inter
church World movement had not
been fulfilled.
College Honors Hoover
New Brunswick, N. J June 15.
Herbert Hoover and Dr. Jacob
Gould Schurman, retiring president
of Cornell University, received hon
orary degrees of doctor of laws at
fie 154th annua! commencement at
Rutgers college here today.
DE
TALK FOR
MOIST PLANK
11 "
CARMEN'S STRIKE
VOTE DISCLOSED
AT WAGE HEARING
Count Reported 578 to 282 by
Attorney, Who Directs Union
Head Not to Give
Any Details.
Ben Short, president of the Itreet
car men's union, was ordered by
the union attorney, A. H. Bigelow,
not to answer queries regarding- the
count of the strike vote taken by the
union, while on the witness stand
yesterday afternoon, at the wage
hearing conducted by the State Rail
way commission.
Attorney Bigelow offered .the
count," whien he- aid was 578 to 282
for the strike, but refused to allow
President Short to verify his state
ment when questioned by counsel
for the street car company.
Commission Asks Count.
The comission had ruled at the
morning session that it was now
necessary to diviulge the count, but
rversed its ruling at the beginning
of the afternoon session.
On the motion of Alvin F. John
son, counsel for the company, the
statement of Mr. Bigelow regarding
the count was stricken from the
record, and the fact that President
Short had refused to reply to in
quiries of the commission regard
ing the vote was placed on record.
"We have no objections to open
ing the minutes of the union for the
commission, but we will expect the
probe to extend into the secrets of
the board of directors of the com
pany in the same merciless manner,"
asserted Frank M. Coffey, counsel
for the union.
Still Has Ballots.
President Short declared he had
the ballots of the strike vote in his
possession and would produce them
as evidence.
"But I thoucht
oath not to reveal the count," re
torted Mr. Johnson. "Your oath is
violated when you do."
"There was no oath. We just de
cided to keep the count to ourselves
ior tne time being," replied Short.
"We are comnpllrd tn nrntprt fr
Short by refusing to let him answer
aoout me count, interrupted Mr.
Bigelow. "The attempt to make him
commit himself on the vote is an
attempt to lower and disrupt the
morale of the union. He is under
obligation not to answer."
Attorneys in Clash.
Continual clashes between oppos
ing attorneys occured during the aft
ernoon sessions, and the attorneys
were rebuked severely by Chairman
Taylor of the commission.
President Short, on the witness
stand, asserted that during the last
two years not a single new employe
of the company had failed to join
the union. He was closely ques
tioned concerning working condi
tions and declared that a number of
men with "regular runs" had quit
to enter more remunerative occupa
tions where they were not forced
to work Saturday afternoons and
Sunday. In January, 1919 he worked
20 days and received $98.60 he said.
Pope's Condition Forces
Relief From Many Duties
Rome, June IS. Upon the advice
of the papal physician Pope Bene
dict XIV has relinquished many of
his pontificial duties and has begun
a semi-vacation.
The pope was said todav to be
suffering from excess of uric acid,
hereditary gout and rheumatism.
He suffered one rheumatic attack in
the right arm, which necessitated
hypodermic injections and massage
treatment.
Drops Indictments.
Kansas, City, June 15. Indict
ments against a number of Oklaho
ma business men for alleged viola
tion of the Lever act by profiteering
in sugar were quashed by Federal
Judge J. C. Pollock Tuesday.
All Together
JUNIOR LEAGUE
MAKES BIG HIT
AT FIRST FROLIC
Young Women's Organization
Startles Society by Clever
Entertainment.
A frolic in every sense of the word
was the big vaudeville show given
last night at the Country club by
members of the Omaha Junior
league. The club house was resplend
ent with decorations for the occasion
and happy groups thronged its in
Iterior to witness the first event
ever presented in Omaha by this
organization of young women,
Costumes, riotous in (heir coloring
and eccentric in design, were seen
adorning chic young lassies and
matrons.
Louise Dinning, attired in harem
costume, was a Turkish cigaret girl,
and her wiles won many $5 bills for
the cause of the league. Scarlet and
snowy white, in brilliant stripes,
worn by Meliora Davis reminded
guests of huge sticks of sugar candy
and her wares were quickly pur
chased. Wallace Shepard made a hit in his
number, "The Evolution of the
Dance." Were it not, however, for
his feminine assistants, its popularity
might have been lost. Mrs. Fred
Dougherty, Mrs. Robert Garrett,
Mrs. Lawrence Brinker, Mrs. John
Summers and Misses Gretchen and
Geraldine Hess did excellent inter
pretive dancing with Mr. Shepard.
Adelaide Fogg, petite as ever, gave
a solo dance and the work of her
twinkling toes was encored again
and again.
There were many other dances
done in carbaret style, which won
high commendation from an appre
ciative audience. Wrestling num
bers, both real and comic, claimed
the interest of the male guests, who
also heartily applauded the heroic
efforts of Kenneth and Rudyard
Norton to mimic the classic
Tcrpsichorean art.
Dull moments? There were none,
for when the entertainers had fin
ished their acts the orchestra did
its duty and everybody "jazzed" to
the best of his ability.
According to the latest reports,
approximately $2,000 had been taken
in at the frolic. And all because, as
Kenneth Norton's song declares, the
dance is in season all the year round.
"Dad" Weaver Stricken
At Home After Busy
Day for Ak-Sar-Ben
J. D. Weaver, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben
for the last 14 years, was
overcome by the heat yesterday and
is seriously ill at his home, 411 South
Thirty-second street.
Mr. Weaver, who is known to a
host of friends as "Dad," was busy
at the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition
grounds during the morning. When
he returned to his office in the
Courtney building, about 11 o'clock,
he compained of feeling dizzy. He
went home to lunch.
While seated at the table, Mrs. !
Weaver noticed that he lookpd v. !
traordiuarily pale. He swayed in his
chair and she caught him as he was
about to fall. She succeeded in get
ting him to a sofa and called her
son-in-law, Ralph Hayward, from
across the street.
Dr. Louis Swoboda was sum
moned. At a late hour last night
Mr. Weaver was rpnnrfprl nciinor
easily. The doctor had not decided
wnetner tne illness was a heat stroke
or a stroke of apoplexy.
Chicago Elevated Roads
Ask for Increase in Fares
Chicago, June 15. The Chicago)
elevated railroads will petition the ;
ntlhlir lltititipc rrtmm!ecin Ulo I
r wiiutiw.iiuii turn wccn
to increase its fares from 8 to 10
cents, it was learned Tuesday.
The surface lines asked ior author
ity to increase fares from fi to 8
cents, asserting that wage advances
granted to employes made the high
er rates necessary.
DRUGGISTS AND
BANKERS ENJOY
KING AH SHOW
Over 1,000 Outstate Visitors
Learn Ak-Sar-Ben Mys
teries and Witness
"Sky-Low."
More than 1,000 Nebraska bankers
and pharmacists were made Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben and saw the big show,
"Sky-Low," at the den last night.
They are here attending conven
tions of the Nebraska Bankers as
sociation and Nebraska Pharmaceuti
cal association. Enough local
knights were present in addition to
fill the building to capacity.
The paid membership of Ak-Sar-Ben
mounted to 3,859, the highest
it has ever been in the 26 years of
history of the organization. Last
year's total at the close of the season
was only 3,841.
News of the stroke suffered by
"Dad" Weaver, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben,
yesterday, cast a shadow of
regret over the members of the cast
and working crew.
The big show, "Sky-Low," was
received by the money changers and
pill rollers with shouts of hilarity
that fairly rocked the old building.
Several new effects and lines have
been added to the piece since its
premier performance, a week ago,
and it is now "some show." Howard
Norton, the voluptuous Egyptian
dancer, who dances before
"Wamescs," better known locally as
George Long, was aeain one of the
big hits. Henry Dunn took the part
of '.'Jupiter," substituting for Herbert
Connell. Charlie Gardner, "Father
Time," murmured through his white
whiskers many witty quips aimed
at the visitors.
After the big show, John W.
Gamble and E. F. Folda of Omaha
and H. K. Frantz of Eagle. Neb.,
made four-minute speeches for the
bankers. Orel Jones of Oconto,
Neb., president of the state pharma
cists, spoke on behalf of the drug
gists. Next Monday night will be Sarpy
county night and more than 1,000
are expected from Gretna, Spring
field. Papillion and other points
south.
Women of Louisiana
Lose Last Chance for
Vote at Fall Election
Baton Roncre. La. limp 1 5 All
possibility of action by the Louisi
ana legislature to enfranchise the
women of the nation before the
November elections w.ns rrmH
Tuesday, the house voting down 67
to 44 the federal ratification reso
lution and then adopting in miirt
order, by 60 to 39, a resolution
tlatly opposing federal suffrage.
Italy's Reparation Claims
Are Put at $12,120,000,000
Paris, June IS. Italy's claims on
reparations paid by the central em
pires, including pensions, has been
fixed at 60.600,000.0000 lire (normal
about $12,120,000,000), according to
Rome dispatches to newspapers
here.
The Weath
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day, showers in west: Thurs
day probably showers. Not much
change in temperature.
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Thursday; not much change in tem
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UNION LABOR
REFUSES AID
TO SOVIETS
Proposal to Ask United States
To Recognize Red Govern
ment and Lift Blockades
Beaten Before Convention.
COMMITTEE DECLARES
ACTION NOT JUSTIFIED
Delegate From New York Says
Bolshevist Plotters Are Try
ing to Disrupt Labor Or
ganizations in America.
Montreal, June 15. Movement to
call upon the United States to rec
ognize the soviet government or lift
niocKatics against soviet Kiissia wa
blocked in the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor
today after a heated debate.
James A. Duncan of the Seattle
Central Labor Council led the fight
in behalf of the house with the aid
of representatives of the Ladies'
Garment Workers, but the conven
tion adopted by an overwhelming;!
vote the report of the resolutions ;
committee opposing any action. t
The committee report declared the
federation would not be "justified in i
taking any action that might be con-:
strued as an assistance to, or nr.-'
prova! of, the soviet government, so )
long as it is based on authority :
which has not been vested in it by
a popular national representative as
sembly of the Russian people or so
long as it endeavors to create revo
lutions in well-established civilized
nations of the world, or so long as it
advocates and applies militarization
to labor and prevents the organiza
tion of and functionnig of trades
unions and maintenance of free
speech, free press and free public
assemblies."
Frey Raps Reds.
John Frey, chairman of the reso
lutions committee, said it had ascer
tained on the highest authority that
the soviet government is an "auto
cratic, militaristic government that
does not believe in democracy" and
is ruling by the "iron hand of the
dictatorship." Extracts from Len
ine's speeches which he read,
showed, Mr. Frey declared, thtt
Lenine believed in making "trades
unions subservient to the soviet gov
ernment and labor compulsory."
Opposition to the report, he said,
"might indicate that the bolshevik!
had infested the ranks of organized
tabor in America with the propa
ganda. Mr. Duncan said the committee
had made a "camouflage report"
to deceive the workers of the coun
try as to the true situation in Rus
sia. Conditions there were much
better than reported in this coun
try, he said, and added that Presi
dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd
George approved recognition of the
soviet government, "but had had not
the courage of their convictions to
stand up and declare for it."
Duncan Defends Committee.
James Duncan of Washington, D.
C. first vice president of the feder
ation, answered in defense of the
committee report. He read a tele
gram from Secretary of State
Colby which said the existing gov
ernment did not "represent the will
or consent of any considerable
proportion of the Russian people."
jjavm urange, a iew York dele
gate, said the greatest trouble in
America was bolshevist plotters
who are trying to disrupt organized
labor.
"I don't care what President Wil
son or Lloyd George have ap
proved," he said, "but I do know we
have a good enough form of govern
ment here in America for me and
I am not going to take any chances
with Trotzky and Lenine's bolshe
vist crowd. They are not any more
the friend of labor than was the
czar."
The convention took no action on
a demand by Abraham Greenstein, '
a delegate of the jewelry workers,
that it sertH an investigating com
mission to learn the "true facts" in
Russia. The American press and
news agencies, by "misrepresent
ing the facts," he said, "were re
sponsible for the present situation
of Russia."
Volley of Shots Routs
Burglar on Vinton Street
A lone burglar, who broke into
the William Vasak dry goods store,
1801 Vinton street, early this morn
ing, was frightened away when he I
was distrubed by a man living in '
the neighborhood, who chased the
burglar down the street and fired
several shots at him.
The burglar was discovered in
the basement of the store. He had
gained entrance by breaking out
two side windows. Nothing was tak
en. The name of his pursurer was
not learned by the police.
Twelve Tons of Whisky
Seized in New Brunswick
Fredericton, N. B., June 15. The
largest seizure of liquor ever made
in New Brunswick was reported
Tuesday morning, consisting of 12
tons of whisky and other "wet
goods." The seizure was made at
Baker Brook, Madawaka count.
The chief inspector said the liquor
was shipped out of Montreal as
"fertilizer," and there was every
reason to believe that its destination
was New England.
Continue Attacks on Avlona.
Paris. June IS. Albanian in
surgents are continuing their attack
on Avlona. according to a dispatch
from Rome to The Temps. The in
surgents, hovever. have been driven
bpek by cannon-fire from the Italian
warships
