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THE DEE: OMAHA', MONDAY, JULY 12, 120. GOV. COX FOUGHT AGAINST ARMY GOING TO FRANCE Even After Lusitania Tragedy Democratic Nominee Opposed Use of U. S. Soldiers In World War. Conlinicd from tt On. U-boats. They have committed no crime against us. They have played the part of combatants and respect ed our borders. It Is Not Our War. "We feel sorry for the men who have lost their lives in the war and for the women and children who have been made to suffer through no fault of their own; but it is not our war; it is the war of Great Bri tain and Germany, and we are not going to interfere with either side so long as our rights are respected." On November 7. 1915, six months 1 iiter the Lusitania was sunk and while President Wilson was en caged in a vigorous exchange of .rotes with the Imperial German gov ernment to put an end to the out , law submarine warfare, the News said editorially: "Nor is victory by Germany the worst thinj; that can happen. If the allies were to win, and their win ning meant a great increase of Rus " sian aggressiveness on the one side md of Japanese self-assertive-. ess tpon the other, America might live s to be very sorry that Germany had not won." !, On September 3, 1916, the news editorial read: i "The United States is to have the tecond navy in the world and it will not be so many years till it is actually engaged. "Germany would have remained . ahead of us but for the war. lie . losses put her back. Might Fight England. "As for the navy of Great Britain, it so far outranks all others that no nation can hope to catch up with it. "And here's a thing to remember, when the world is talking war. The navy of Germany and of the United States combined would be much more powerful than Great Britain's. In other words, a combination of these two navies would have noth ing to fear from the powerful fleets of the mighty Britain, and in war- , time, as has been demonstrated, no body can guess what combination , will take place." It will De recalled by this time, September 3, -1916, there was a widespread and almost overwhelm ing sentiment against Germany, sisrec the German submarine activ ities had resulted in much loss of American life and German fostered conspiracy in the United States had blown up numerous factories, set tire to merchant ships and in other ways had offended the honor of the country. It is said to have been surprising that an editorial suggest ing the possible co-operation of the American and German fleets at the time did not attract more attention. This was the position taken by Governor Cox during the campaign of 1916 when he was running for governor on the ticket with Wood- ... row Wilson, stated both on the slump and editorially: ' Appealed to Germans.' "Every indication now is that ,tens of thousands of these splendid people (Germans), still sympathiz ing with the fatherland still believ ing in the righteousness of the Ger man cause, still hopeful that Ger many will win, there is every evi dence that they will vote for Presi dent Wilson for re-election as the best means of aiding Germany as well as because the re-election o; President Wilson will be an aid to the United States. ' "Our German friends are coming v to understand that it does not 'just happen' 'that most of the rabid anti German people in this country are for Hughes. From Theodore Roose velt down, the enemies of Germany are in the Hughes band wagon. So it is evident in this instance, as in all others, Woodrow Wilson has 1 been the real friend of the American citizen who sympathixes with Ger many." In a speech in Cincinnati in Octo ber, 1916, Governor Cox said: . "Two of the leading sponsors for Justice Hughes are Elihu Root of New York and Theodore Roosevelt of Oyster Bay. In his first speech Mr. Root declared that the president should have intervened when the Germans went into Belgium. "Theodore Roosevelt said this Government should have seized every ship ' in American harbors. Both have critised the president for HioV doing the things which: would have imperiled us in a war with Germany, -v "The Germans are getting their eyes opened and about one more speech from Teddy and the German Americans will join in a triomphal victory for Woodrow Wilson in No vember." .Black Rust Injures Late Hamilton County Wheat Auroro, Neb., July 11. (Special.) Wheat harvesting has begun in earnest in Hamilton county and the early planting of last fall is going to yield a bountiful crop. The late planting has been hard hit by the black rust. Many fields of late planting have not filled with grain and some farmers report that their wheat will not be worth cutting. Illinois Woman Charged With Murder of Young Babe Quincy, III, July 11. Mrs. Nina De Groot, 21 years old. was arrested Saturday, charged with the murder of her 11-day-old child, found in a watering tank at her home here. ' An autopsy disclosed, physicians . .say. that the child had been smoth ered. ' . ' League of Nations Assembly Called to Meet November 15 Washington, July' 11. November IS has betn determined upon as the data for the first meeting of the as V serably of the league of nations, it was stated today at the State de partment ; Save Boot Print It Beacon v Preea. Adv. WIFE GETS DAINTY NOTE FROM PAREE; GRANTEDDIVORCE Pink-Scented Missive Meant for Hubby .Wrecks Domestic Bliss of Chicagoan. rfalMMC Tribune-Omaha JW lvi Wlrr. Chicago, July 11. Mrs. Verna C. Plank has never been in gay Paree, nor does she parlc lc Francaise, but when there arrived from the French capital an epistle for her husband, heavy with seductive perfume and on rose-colored paper, it caused her to sit up aiid take notice. Her hus band had been an infantry captain "over there" and right away she be gan to see thnigs. She opened the letter and readily made out (Such terms as "je t'aime" and "je t' adore" and looked up their meaning iu a little French dictionary her husband had brought back. Forthwith Mrs. Plank hunted up an interpreter and this was his ver sion of the letter: "If you only knew, nyr darling, how happy I am as the tlays pass. Each brings me nearer the day when I will be with you forever. I love you with all my heart torevcr ana will be vmir little wife. Do not leave me forever. It would break my heart. Love me always as I love you and you will see how happy we will be with our little yellow-haired baby." Captain Plank will have an oppor tunity to make eood with his French sweetheart, as Judge McKinley granted Mrs. Flank a divorce. Former Empress Eugenie of France Dies at Age of 94 Continued from Tag One. teentli century. In her occasional interviews she revealed the strain of motirnfulness in her life. "I am the past, the horizon," she said. "There is nothing for me but to wait; my winter is nearly over." She prepared her last resting place some vears ago by ordering an ad dition to the mausoleum in the Bene dictine Abbey, which she built at Farnborough and where she buried the exiled emperor and the prince imperial. She Had Big Fortune. One instance of Eugenie's former brilliancy recalls the opening of the Suez canal. She was the centerof the festivities at Cairo, upon which the khedive is said to have spent all of the $11,000,000 in his treasury. The gown she wore at the khedival ball cost $25,000 and later it served to pay a debt when she fled from Paris. It has since been reported as brought to America for sale. " It has been estimated that the for tune of the ex-empress amounts to $30,000,000. A report was published in Paris several years ago that she has been induced to leave her entire estate to the church, but this iiair not been confirmed. Runs Large Hospital. Although more than 90 years old, the former1 Empress Eugenie not only hoped and prayed, hut worked for the victory of the allies in the great world war of 1914-1918. The war fouud her in a splendid home at Farnborough Hill in Hampshire, England. Early in the conflict she gave up her quiet and secluded life there so that her home could be transformed into a hospital for wounded British officers. Despite her advanced age she assumed entire direction of the place and devoted herself to aiding the wounded men. Whlie the war was in progress she had said she hoped to live to see the Germans driven from France and also she expected to fulfill a gypsy prophecy that she would live to be near 100 years old. After half a century of seemingly hopeless waiting she lived to see the Prus sians humbled and is said to have found contentment in her knowledge of their humiliation in the peace of Versailles. The once international ly noted beauty had become a with ered and wrinkled woman, but the love of France still animated her. r . . . i . Always Mentally Alert. Eugeuie was . born in Granada, Spain, in 1826. Her father. Count do Montijo,' was of a noble Spanish family, while her mother was of Scotch extraction, her maiden name being Kirkpatrick. In their frequent journeys to Al dershot to review troops during the war, King George and Queen Mary often called upon the former em press of France at Farnborough Hill. They found her alert mentally and that she kept in touch with the news of the war as few women of half her age did. Those who knew her said that her greatest hold on life was due to the fact that she was strongly determined to live until the Germans were driven from France. Flyers to Use New Type Planes in N. Y.-Nome Trip Washington, July 11. Army zyer.? in their trip from New York to Nome, Alaska, will use the new type, Dellaviland 4-B plane, it is an nounced by the war department. These ships, it was stated, should not be confused with the old De-Haviland-4, used by American flyers on the western front during the war, and in the transcontinental reliability race last fall. The new remodeled type has been greatly strengthened throughout and many important changes have been made looking to greater protection for the pilot. Three Killed Vyhen Aerial Forest Patrol Plane. Falls Red Bloff, Cal., July ll.-The first reported fatalities in connec tion with the airplane patrol of gov ernment forest reserves were report ed at Alturas, near here today, when a plane piloted by Wavman Haney fell about 400 feet, killing Haney and two passengers, Antonio Sal cedo and Harold Robie. , The latter was a civilian observer, employed bv the forest service. Notice to Gas Consumers Pay all Cat Bill at tht usual alaca, 1509 Howard atrcat. Malta chacka payable to Metropolitan Watar Dis trict, Gas Department. ENGLISH WORKER LIKELY TO TAKE UP IRISH FIGHT Eight Resolutions Declaring Support of Sinn Feiners J To Come Before Conven tion This Month. London. June 11. The labor party's attitude toward Sinn Fein's demand for an Irish republic will be decided in June at the Scarborough meeting. Eight resolutions will come before the convention calling for the recognition by the British gov ernment of the Irishman's right of self-determination. Two of these resolutions urge the granting of complete independence if the Irish people want it. An additional reso lution demands autonomy for Ire land, Egypt and India. The growing issue among British labor of the Irish question is re flected by the resolutions, which never before took up so much space in a British labor party's convention agenda. The resolutions follow: London Local Party. "The conference reaffirms the res olution aropted by the permanent commission of the International at Amsterdam in April, 1919, demand ing that the principle of free and absolute self-determination shall be , immediately applied in the case of Ireland, confirming the right of the Irish people to political independ ence, expressed by the free, equal and secret vote of the people with out any military, political or eco nomic pressure from outside, or any reservation or restriction imposed by any government." 'Newcastle-on-Tyne Party. "That this conference views with serious alarm the attitude of our present government toward Ireland, and we assert that the time has now arrived when Ireland should receive absolute self-government, even though this result in separation and an Irish republic. Northwest Hull Party, "That this conference of tho labor party expresses publicly its sympa- uijr nun me oiim rem movement, and its strong disapproval . of the government's present policy in Ire land and of the home rule bill, and resolves that this shall be demon strated bv means of mass meptinirs all over the country, with 'Hands Off Ireland' as a motto." Reading Local Party. ','That this conference i of tli opinion that Ireland shall hp o-rantprt complete and immediate self-deter mination ot government. Swansea Labor Association. "That in view of the nrspnt nnlirv of the party in regard to the Irish question being extremely unsatisfac tory and sadly dcfictent.-m that vim and aggressiveness which is abso lutely essential for the redress of the great wrong which is continually being done to the people of Ireland, this conference declares its ennvir. tion that the only practical solution ot the Irish problem lies in the di rection ot a genuine policy of sclt determination, thereby givuig the Irish Deonle'"the ahciliite .richt fn formulate their own government and to solve their national problems in tneir own way. From North Kensington Party. "That this conferHnrp rails nnnn the national executive to seek the co-operation of the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union congress, with a view to taking the necessary steps to secure the im mediate withdrawal of all troops' from Ireland, and to secure the un conditional release of the Irishmen at present in prison without trial, both in Ireland and England, as the continuation of this policy is a ne gation of the principle for which the late war was fought, and is a menace to the continued peace of the world." Gorton United Trades and Labor. "That the labor party insist upon the withdrawal of the army of oc cupation from Ireland, and for the form of government now decided upon by the majority of the Irish people to be put into operation." Rushcliffe Divisional Party. "That we co-operate with the trades unions with regard to using all the forces at our disposal (both industrial and political) to compel the government to withdraw the armed forces from Ireland." The Mar-;lebone Labor party, Good Meals Include Cooked With Meat At Your Grocer's London, demands immediate self determination for .all nations, espe cially Ireland, Egypt and Inijia, and "emphatically protests against the militarist.. methods adopted by the present British government iu those countries." '. . 1 Princess Mary Says -Brother Should Wed; Hints He's Willing London, July 11. "The prince is not officially engaged," is the denial unwittingly given by Princess Wary to the frequent unfounded reports of her brother's impending marriage. During an automobile run through the New Forest with Lady Shaftes bury, the princess stopped at a coun tryside inn for tea. On the wall of the parlor was a full-length portrait of the Prince of Wales and the land lady, unaware of her visitors' iden tity, said while serving tea: "It is high time that young man got married." "There have been girls the prince would like to be engaged to," the princess replied, "but he cannot marry without his parents' consent." The reference was understood to be to certain girls he met while in America, and also to various debu tantes in exclusive English society circles. It is an open secret at Buckingham palace that the king and queen are not prejudiced against girls not of royal blood, and that as far as they are concerned the con sort's throne might next be occupied by a commoner's daughter. Pri nncess in exile Buys Back Jewels Through Own Work Paris, July 11. By their own un aided efforts the Princess Marie Wolkonsky and her son, Prince Pierre, have won back the jewels they were forced to sell when the soviet government expelled them from Russia two years ago and con fiscated all their sources of revenue. Coming to Paris the princess and her son, both possessed of consider able talent, sold-Ahat gems remain ed to them and with the proceeds opened a studio in the Latin quar ter. There they set to work paint ing, soliciting commissions in com petition with the scores of other artists in Paris' Bohemia. A month ago they opened an ex hibition of their work in the Marcel galleries and during the first three c'ays sold sufficient paintings to buy Lack the jewels, family heirlooms which they had been forced to sell with the proviso that they might be bought back. Car Shortage May Force Steel Plants to Close Continued from Faga One. pointed. to the necessity of rushing coal to northern Michigan. Wiscon sin, Minnesota, North and South Da kota while lake transportation vas available. Mr. Willard described the coal movement to that territory as "the most disturbing problem" at present, asserting that 25,000,000 tons must be moved by way of the Great Lakes before the close of navigation. ' Plans for the movement of the coal to this territory will be con sidered at a meeting of coal opera tors here Monday and Tuesday and by the railway executives at New York Wednesday. Mr. Willard told the commission he hoped the plaris developed by these conferences would not require new emergency or ders from the commission to insure the coal movement, but if necessary, he said he would ask for orders late next week. 'Twas Ever Thus, and Pearl Can't Get Out Parsons, Kan., July 11. -Pearl Lamb" is a victim of "hard luck." Although sole heir to a fortune of $300,000, she can't spend it she's an inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane here. Following a trip to Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. Malcolm Gray, secre tary of the State Board of Adminis tration, announced here the other day that he had established the rights of the insane woman to the estate. Begin Evacuation July 20. Hat bin, Jujy 11. Evacuation by the Japanese, of the Transbakal re gion is scheduled to begin on July 20 and is expected to be completed withn ia month. The Japanese leav ing the region will be brought to Manchuria. GoochY Best Spaghetti LLOYD GEORGE'S NEW SECRETARY IS BIG FIGURE Sir Phillips Sasson Starts Ca reer With Possible Ambi tion to Become Britain's Modern Disraeli. By FORBES FAIRBAIRN. Lpndon, June 11. When Lloyd George appointed Sir Phillip Sas soon, M. r., his chief private sec retary some time ago, political and club circles wondered why the prime minister chose this little known youth as one of the most important members of his political household. Today Sir Phillip stands as one of the most prominent officials of the coalition government. By vir tue of his great wealth, his extra ordinary aptitude for statesmanship and his great diplomatic ability, he i an embryonic premier of the British empire. He sprang sudden ly into empire prominence interna tional prominence as well as host to the Hythe conference, where Lloyd George and Millerand met to arrange the amount of indemnity that Germany must pay the allies. Son of Edward's Friend. Sassoon is a Jew;. His. father, Sir Edward Sassoon, was known uni versally as "the friend of King Ed ward." His grandfather, a noted Bombay merchant prince. be queathed him great wealth and many friends. His only sister, who was hostess to the premiers, married the carl of Rocksavage. Sassoon is 31 years old, healthy, happy and un married. A great sportsman, fond of the good things of life, he is one of the most eligible bachelors in England. Yet he has safely escaped the cleverness of British matrons, who always are on the lookout for suitable matches for their daughters. bassoon was the one really inter esting figure of the Hythe confer ence a silent figure standing out in contrast against the background of Rntish and French politicians and their secretaries. His constituency gossips about a desire on his part to emulate Dis raeli, Britain s greatest Jew. He has placed his star with that of Lloyd George and is an enthusiastic ad mirer of the "Little Welshman." Al though he has been in Downing street but a few months, he has made his presence felt on more than one occasion. txpenencea politicians, wise in the ways of Westminster, predict for him a brilliant future. Was Haig's Secretary. At 24 he inherited a seat in Par liament. Three years later he be came private secretary to Douglas Haig a very efficient secretary, speaking nine languages. At 31 he is private secretary to the prime minister and in the running for cabinent honors and a probable peerage, which he doesn't want. He wants nothing that will lose him the Get Goodyear Value In Tires for Small Cars 30x314 Goodyear Double-Cure J-JISO Fabric, All-Weather Tread. VL J 30x3 Goodyear Single-Cure Fbric, Anti-Skid Tread representation of Hythe,' a constit uency which he admires and looks upon as his owi. The ancient and Inscrutible cast speaks in the lark, aquiline features of this wealthy, young aspirant to political honors; but . bis manner is that of the avrrage good-natured university-bred . Englishman, fond of sport, master of more than suffi cient means to keep him from care. port does play a great part in his daily life, lie loves exercise arid has all the desire to excel in many games. In the morning he -appears in shorts and sprints around his estate. In the afternoon he plays tennis with a professional coach from a famous London club. In the evcing he plays billiards. Swimming with him is a passion rather than a pastime. Third Party Prospects Are Becoming Brighter Continued from T One. tion is affected the conditions which Senator La Follette stipulated as prerequisites to his candidacy will have been brought about. The majority of the delegates to the committee of 48 convention at tended the labor party convention today. In fact many of them are delegates to both conventions. C. J. France of Seattle, a brother of United States Senator France of Maryland, addressed the labor con vention as a representative of the committee of 48. Hope For Reinforcements. The third party leaders are still entertaining hopes that if they ac complish what they aim at in Chi cago, they will receive strong rein forcements from the ranks of the major parties, including several United States senators. Those who are mentioned as likely to jump to the third party if it develops strength are Senator Borah of Idaho and Sen itor France of Maryland among the republicans, and Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Owen of Okla homa among the democrats. Of these Senator Owen is listed as the one most likely to make the first move. He was a candidate for president at San Francisco with; the suport of his own state and received the Nebraska votes which William J. Bryan could throw to him. The 48'ers are not considering the possibility of aid from Bryan. His insistence upon making prohibi tion a national issue makes him an undesirable recruit from their stand point and they are counting upon a labor, vote which he might drive away. The 48'ers position on the liquor question is that it is a minor one and should not be injected into the national campaign. In spite of the fact that William R. Hearst has been rejected as a possibility for the presidential nom ination, there is a general belief among the various "third party" groups htat his newspapers will sup port the third party. They think that in doing so Hearst will he guided by business, gather than po litical reasons. In a new combined telephone re ceiver and transmitter the latter consists of a horn projecting at such an angle from the ear box as to rest at one side of instead of in front of a user's lips. i Don't be misled by very cheaply priced tires, for tire economy is not a matter of what tires cost originally but of what tire service costs in the end - .... 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Mr. Sav idge said in part: 15y order of the authorities of the city a portion of the streets has been marked off and thus separated from tl'e busy traffic in order that our people entering and alighting from the street cars may be protect ed .Hid saved from harm. "This is a fine arrangement. Standing in this zone of sat'ety you are absolutely secure from the pow erful and swiftly moving motor can which would, otherwise, bear down on you. "All drivers of vehicles are warned when you are in that location just described not to harm you and they obtv. "In morals and religion there is a clanger and a satety zone. The dang er one may be briefly described a that of unbelief, torgettuiness ot God, the practice of sin, destruction of the home which is everywhere go ing on and the desecration of God's dav, now so common. J am delighted to point out the safety zones, where if a man stands he will never fall. They are God, the Bible, prayer and the sanctity of the home." . French Author Wins Plea to Be Buried In Garden of Aunt Paris, July 11. Fiene Loti, the famous French author, academician and playwright, has finally obtained permission from the village authori ties of Saint Pierre, in Brittainy, to have his grave in the corner of a garden belonging to his aunt, in spite of French laws which demand that burial be made in cemeteries only. The author of "Madame Chrysan theme," "The Disenchanted" the pathetic story of the life of a Turk ish girl and the "Daughter of Heaven" is apparently as' fastidious as to his abode after death as he is in regard to his present one. He has a beautiful estate near Hcndaye, on the Bay of Biscay, where the garden is an enchantment of oriental and exotic plants, and in his own room strange flowers and heavy incense and perfumes fill the air. Not a single piece of furni-' ture may be moved without his con sent and the light effects are care fully arranged. To keep dust out of the cylinders of motor vehicle engines an English man has patented an attachment which forces air through a water seal and cleanses it before it reaches the carbureter. at your nearest Service Goodyear Heavy Tourist Tube cost no more than the price you are asked to pay for tubes of lea merit why risk costly casings when such sure protection it available? $(50 30xft (fee in waterproof bag POLICEMAN PUTS BURGLAR ON TRIAL1 TO S AVE OWN HIDH Yeggman Witness Testifies Crime Committed When Accused Officer Was Not On Duty. Brooklyn, June' 11. Patrolman Thomas Schultz of Brooklyn, charged with having "failed to dis cover and prevent a burglary on bin' post," brought a burglar into tho trial room at Brooklyn police head quarters to prove the ciim was committed when he (Schultz) was not on duty. "The burglary was committed at 5:20 a. m.," said Schultz. He had already stated that on the day in question he had received permission to leave post at 5 o'clock so that he could prepare for the police parade. "How do you know if' was com mitted at that time," asked Deputy Commissioner Faurot. "1 have the burglar here o prove it." calmly returned the policeman. 1 he deputy commissioner was somewhat taken aback. He directed the burglar to come forward. He said he was l'enj.miin Rotkhnwcr, living on Kushwick avenue, JSrook lyn. He admitted that he r.iul two others had entered the drug store at 839 IDeKall) avenue on the morning jr. question and had stolen n quant ity of alcohol. He was sure it was 20 minutes alter 5. How did he know? lie observed the tivic on a clock in the drutf store: Commis sioner Faurot reserved decision. Hair Thieves Terrorizing Women Throughout France Faris, July 11. Human hair thieve re terrorizing the women of France. Owing to the "bobbed hair'Vraze human hair has been in enormous demand recently and fabulous prices are being paid by beauties who find their own locks will not grow fast enough to put them in the swim of fashion. At Mirmandc, near Toulouse, a party ot .seven men, eacn carrying a large pair of shears and a bag tilled with human hair, attacked pretty young Udettc rujos, who was guard nig a herd ot goats. While one of the 4ssailants placed a handkerchief over her eyes and am other gagged her, a third shore her1 of her magnificent blond tresses which were famous for miles around. Fire Destroys Over 100 Houses in Arizona Town Globe, Ariz., July 11. Fire swept Grover Canyon near here today de stroying more than 100 houses and rendering as many families home less. The fire was caused by an over heated stove. It is reported that Hwo children lost their lives. The Red Cross has taken charce of the work of succor. t 3 i
