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Boys Sentenced to Pen
72 Hours After Robbery
Waterloo Bay Bandits Ordered to Prison for Three
to 15 Years on Pleas of Guilty Father of Iowa
Lad Sobs in County Attorney's Office
Tin! Tin! Come In!
LABOR PARTY
THREATENS
TO DICTATE
ASZEROHOUR
TO PASS BILL
ON SUFFRAGE
VOL. 50. NO. 2 k
VERMONT NOT
FOR GERMANS
Allied Troops Will Prepare for
March to Occupy New Dis
tricts if Prussian Delegates
Refuse to Meet Terms.
A
FRENCH DEMAND STRICT
ENFORCEMENT OF PACT
Situation Bristles With Grave
Possibilities After Council Is
sues Ultimatum Fixing Dead
Line for Acceptance.
Spa, Belgium, Julv 12. The al
lies served an ultimatum on the
German delegation to the confer
once here late today that the Ger
mans must agree by p. m. to
morrow to deliver to the allies 2,
000,000 tons of coal monthly. Oth
erwise, the Germans were in
formed, the allies will take meas
ures to enforce the terms of the
treaty.
Thus negotiations with the Ger
mans have readied another tense
point. The spirit of conciliation
adopted has prevented a break, but
the allies found -it was necessary
to issue this, .ultimatum for carry
ing out of the treaty, which woujd
entitle them to more coal than now
is demanded-
Allies Remain Firm.
, The question of coal was the sub
ject of controversy during a three
1iour session of Premier Millerand,
jfi'icmier Lloyd George, Count Sfor
za. Italian foreign minister; Vis
count C'hinda, Japanese minister to
Great Britain: "Premier Delacroix
of Belgium, Konstatin Fchrenbach,
German chancellor, and Dr. Simons,
German foreign minister, who had
with them only one secretary each.
' , The allics-Jieaan by insisting on
a monthly delivery of 2.200,00 tons.
The Germans offered 1,100,000 and
ihe .allies reduced their demand to
k 2.000,000;
Dr. Simons represented that coal
being the foundation ' of the indus
trial life of Germany, every ton
Germany sent to the allies meant
that much less production. He said:
Must Answer Tuesday.
"You want your money. We want
yw. to have it, but how can we pay
large sums if you take away large
quantities of coai.'"
He offered then to increase coal
li liveries, from 1.100,000 tons to
1.400.000 within six months, and to
1 700.COO tons within a year. This
could only be done lie said, if the
filKs made better food conditions
possible.
The premiers after prolonRcd dis
cussion,, informed the Germans that
ihe allies must have their answer to
morrow. France Is Obstinate.
he' ns, France. July 12. France
Rill , demand enforcement of the
treaty of Versailles to the last ar
ticle, Leon Bourgeois, president of
th- Franch senate, declared today in
a speech before more than 100
Trench and foren newspaper cor-re.-pondents.
Brother oi Kaiser
Suffer. Beating at
Kanis of, Angry Men
p.-t'n Tnlv 12 An almost in
credible story of the ill treatment of
the former German emperor's
"""brother. Prince Henry of Tnissia,
by a riotous gang of field laborers
is; told by the Post Prucssische
Zciiting, which asserts that it had
1l.c information direct from Prince
v . Hcnrv's family circle.
" V According to ' the information,
sonic time ago a gang of b) men
led by a private in a Hussar's uni
form invaded Prince Henry's
SihlcMvig-Holsteiu country seat on
the pretext of Searching for hidden
arms. The invaders turned the
place inside out, but found no arms.
Then the leader said to the prince:
"Come Henry," whereupon Prince
Urnrv was made to run the earmtlct.
buffering innumerable kicks and
hlnvV Afterwards he was locked !
up-in a jail at Bcrckensferde. where
.. he was tortured nightly. He was
awakened every 10 minutes with:
"Get up, Henry; turn on the
light. Lie down. llenry," amid jeers
and insults from bis captors.
. Many other Schleswig-Holstein
land owners have been the victims
of assault and ill treatment by
armed gang.
Breaks 5. Mile Record.
Edmonton, Alta., July 12. Sis
Haughdah!. driving a 2nO-horsepow-er
car, broke the world's 5-mi!e rec
ord for a half-mile dirt track, at the
conclusion of the automobile races
rrfre Saturday. He covered the dis
tance in 5:25 1-5. The previous rec
ord was 5:25 4-5, made,.at St. Louis
two years ago.
Rebels Cut Rail Line.
Mexico City, July 12. The rail-'
rad line between Mexico City an
Neuvo Laredo has been cut by reb
els at Sairta Elena, in the state of
Coahuila, near the northeastern
boundry of that state and Zacatecas
according to newspaper dispatches
today.
Japanese Ministry Upheld.
Tokio, July 12. The government
received-a vote of confidence by a
large majority in the house of rep
resentatives today. The house de
feated a resolution of want of con'
fTdence in the ministry hy 145 votis
the resolution and 364 against it.
Exactly three days to the hour at'-
ter iht-v mUhA h. Rant r vt,.r
loo, Neb., of $1,550, Julius Gr
Oscar Yeos were senten-
-state penitentiary fo1 ' A '
to 15 years. S. . v
pounced at 10:, v ..v-
District Judge WY . the
youths had pleaA Jooilty to
charges of robbery. .
The parents of Grau, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Grau of Manning, la., who
v:sited him in the county jail Sun
day, were not in the court room.
The two youths, dressed in jail
uniforms of khaki unionalls stood
before the judge and pleaded guilty
to the indictments read by County
Attorney Shotwell. Both had the
appearance of simple country boys
as, in fact, they are.
STATE WINS FIRST
POINT IN TRIAL
OF COMMUNISTS
Court Rules That Wide Rangs
May Be Covered in the
Hearing of Alleged
Seditionists.
ChicagoJuIy 12. At first victory
in the trial of William Bress Lloyd,
millionaire member of the com
munist labor party, and 19 others,
was claimed by the state today as
a result of the ruling of Judge Hebel
that activities of the defendants
prior to the passage "of the Illinois
sedition act. could be utilized as evi
dence. They care charged with con
spiracy to advocate the overthrow
of the government.
In the opening statement of the
state, L. D. Iieth, assistant state's
attorney, reviewed alleged acts of
the defendants. He declared an at
tempt was made to enforce ideas,
which, he said, were promulgated in
soviet russia, in Seattle and Winni
peg by general strikes. He charged
that Lloyd openly had said that to
attain the ends of the communists,
the government must be overthrown
by force of arms. The court granted
a request by tiie defense to defer
its opening statement.
William S. Forrest., of the de
fense counsel, objected to the ad
mission of the revolutionary age,
official organ of the left wing, as
evidence. The motion was sus
tained as to . all articles appearing
in the publication except that en
titled Left wing manifesto. It dealt
with the communist activities, hopes
and desires. Later it was read to
the jury.
The Illinois sedition act. under
which the defendants have been in
dicted, provides that it shall be un
lawful for any person openly to
vocate the overthrow of the gov
ernment by violence or force of
arms.
For violation of the first several
sections of the act, a person would
be deemed guilty of, a felony, and
punished by imprisonment for not
less than 10 years. Violation of
lesser parts of the act arc punish
able by a fine of not less than
$500 nor more than $1,000, or by
imprisonment for six months to a
year, or both.
Hindu Princess From
Omaha Arrested for
, Diagnosing Dreams
v .
Fremont, Cseb., July 12. (Special
Telegram.) Arrested at Snyder
yesterday on complaint of the Dodge
County Medical assocition, Warhoo
chee Aryerno, who claims to be a
Hindu princess, will be arraigned
next Saturday on a charge of prac
tising medicine without a license.
She gives 2725 Charles street, Oma
ha, as her address.
The princess is alleged'to diagnose
cases in dreams and js estimated to
have taken several thousand dollars
in fees from Snyder. She was re
leased under $1.000., bond.
Mother Accidentally Shot
By Her Four-Year-Old Son
Greenville, Ky., July 12. When
Mrs. Willis Graham. 26 years old,
tried to stop her 4-year-old son,
Harold, from carrying a loaded shot
sun . out of their home, the child
pulled the trigger, killing her in
stantly. To Form New Cabinet.
Budapest. Juty 12. Admiral. Hor
thy, the regent, has entrusted Count
Stefan Bethlen with the task of
forming a new cabinet to succeed
that of Premier Senieden, which re
signed June 11.
Man With Broken Neck
Realizes Wish to Reach
Home Before Death
Athens,, Ga July 12. Stanhope
Irwin, oi San Francsico, brother
of Mayr Andrew Irwin of Ath
ens, reached his home town to
day in time to die after a hurried
trip from San Francisco, in a pri
vate car. Death was the result of
a broken neck sustained in a fall
at his California home. Realising
he was fatally hurt, Irwin insisted
that, if possible, he reach Athens
before the end.
Alex Irwin, a brother, also met
death a few years ago in a fall at
the Irwin home here.
vos is only 19, years old and has
. . red hair. He said he is a
Grau is 21 vears old and is
rmer though he has worked
.phone lineman,
father of Grau wept in Hit,
.ounty attorney's office yesterday.
"I'd rather have seen my boy dead
than this," lie said. "But there's no
use fighting against it. He admits
he did it and he must take his mcdi
:ine. He's always been a good boy,
never in any trouble before."
A brother of Grau also called at
the county jail yesterday and had
a short interview with the prisoner.
During the visit of Grau's parents
lo fiim in the county jail Sunday,
his mother wept when she saw her
son just as the organ used in Sunday
morning services, played "Rock of
Ages." The youth also sobbed.
TWO TRUE BILLS
FILED AGAINST
SLAYER OF WIFE
Infatuation for Young Girl
Believed by Police to Have
Been Reason for
Crime.
Chicago. July 12. Two true bills
charging Lieut. Carl Wanderer with
the murder of his wife and the
stranger whom he used as a dupe
were reported to have been voted to
day by a grand jury.
The police announced they were
working on a theory which may es
tablish that Wanderer shot and killed
his .wife and the hired "robber" be
cause of his interest in a 16-year-old
girl. When confronted with the girl
in his cell, Wanderer for the first
time since his arrest lost his com
posure momentarily, but firmly de
nied that the girl had any influence
on his desire to be free. In one of
his statements to the police Wan
derer said he shot his wife so he
could return to the army and be
free from the care of his wife and
the baby they expected next month.
The girl. Julia Schmitt, told the
police she had known Wanderer for
some time and . had gone to an
amusement jiark with him several
times, but did not know he was mar
ried. She was not held.
Factions Are Fighting
In Vicinity of Peking,
But City Remains Quiet
London, July 12. Minor skir
mishes have occurred between the
military factions near Peking, but
Peking itself remains quiet, accord
ing to a Tien Tsin dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company, filed
on Sunday.
The diplomatic authorities do not
regard the position of the foreigners
in Peking as jeopardized.
The veteran general, Chiang Kuei
Ti, th dispatch adds, has proceeded
to Pastingfu, Chihji, where he is at
tempting to reconcile the opposing
factions, in which attempt the Tien
Tsin vernacular newspaper says, he
may succeed.
Railway communication between
Tien Tsin and Shanghai has- been
broken by the military, who have
torn up the tracks near Tchchow,
Shantung.
Chiang Kuei-Ti is an Anluti gen
eral, more than 70 years of age.
During the Chino-Japanesc war he
was cashiered for the loss of Port
Arthur, but subsequently his rank
was restored, with a title for
bravery. v
Elwell Mystery Will Be
Solved, Officials Say
New York, July 12. "This mur-'
der mystery will be solved," said
Assistant District Attorney John
T. Dooling in discussing the killing
of Joseph' B. Elwell today. He
added: "At least three persons in
my opinion could throw sufficient
light upon the killing to cause ar
rests." . A pcjlicc official declared that two
women and a man should be ar--ested
on a charge of perjury or
held as material witnesses in the E'
vell case.
k William E. Barnes, Elwell's con
fidential agent, will be . questioned
tomorroV by an assistant United
States attorney. According to pro
hibition agents, Barnes admitted re
cent purchases, of gin and whisky.
Omaha Has Second Lowest
DeathvRate in Country
Youngslown, O., was the only city
with a lower death rate than
Omaha Tor the work ending June 26,
according to the Chamber of Com
merce bureau of publicity. Omaha's
death rate was (T8 per 1,000, as com
parted 'to Youngstown's 6.3.
Of All Sad Thoughts
London, July 12. Beer is excel
lent for the teeth, according to Dr.
J. Sim Wallace, lecturer on dental
surgery at the London hospital. It
cleanses the mouth far better than
such beverages as cocoa and choco
late. The best mouth wash of all
is dry cliSTmpagne.
Poles Are Victorious
Warsaw, July 12. Victories for
the Poles in the Pripet region and
in Volhynia are reported in advices
received here today. The bolshevik
cavalry leader. General Budcnny.
has been defeated, the advices stated,
and he is fleeing to Rovno, upon
which the Poles are marching,
Governor Clernent Refuses to
Call Special Session of
State Legislature for This
Purpose, 'r
WOMEN PEEVED BY
ACT OF EXECUTIVE
President of Suffragists Sees
Sinister Influence in Stand
Taken Governor, Issues
Proclamation.
Rutland, Vt.. lulv 12. Gov. Pcr
cival W. Clement today issued a
proclamation refusing to call th.
legislature in special session xto
make possible ratification of the
federal amendment for woman suf
frage. In giving his reasons. for refusing
ag;.in to call a special session, Gov
ernor Clement said the proposed
amendment clearly invades the con
stitution of Vermont; that the pres
ent legislature was elected before
the question of ratifying the federal
amendment had arisen, and that the
people of the state have had no op
portunity to express themselves oi.
ihe issue. The governor proposed
that the matter be taken up by the
next legislature and urged that candi
dates for election be required to de
clare themselves on it.
Governor Clement's proclamation
asserted that "as it stands and in
terpreted by the supreme court to-.
day, the federal constitution threat
ens the foundation of free popular
government."
The 17th amendment to the con
stitution, he said, had been lobbied
through congress and state legis
latures by federal agents, and the
!8th amendment had been forced
through by "powerful and irrespon
sible organizations, operating
through paid agents with unlimited
funds. ,
"Tt is now proposed to force
through the 19th amendment for
woman suffrage in the same manner
.-nd also without the sanction of the
freemen. '
"1 have been asked to overlook
these considerations as a matter of
party expediency, but this is a mat
ter of principle, not expediency, and
the party that invades a well es
tablished principle of popular gov
ernment will suffer in the end."
Women Are Peeved.
Washington, July 12. The Na
tional woman's party announced to
day that Governor Clement's refusal
to call the Vermont state assembly
in special session for suffrage ratifi
cation would not be accepted as final
and that an even larger delegation
than had been planned would call
on Senator Harding, the republican
presidential nominee, at Marion on
July 22, "to impress him with the
necessity of carrying out the suf
frage plank and pledges of his party
and enfranchising the women of the
nation in time for the coming elec
tions." Sees Sinister Influence.
New York, July 12. When in
formed of Governor Clement's re
fusal to call a special Session of the
Vermont legislature to pass on the
federal woman .suffrage amendment,
Mrs.
Lame Chapman Catt, presi
of the National American
dent
Woman Suffrage association, today
issued the following statement:
"I Pit is fbrrectly quoted, the de
cision of Governor Clement is so
contrary to x the dictates of justice,
common sense and political expedi
ency that ft convinces me that there
is a sinister and far-reaching influ
ence behind it: To uncover that
influence, is one of the immediate
tasks of the suffragists.
"The work of ratification will be
pushed strongly forward in Ten
nessee and North Carolina."
Coal Operators Meet to
Work Out Car Shortage
Washington, July 12. Bitumi
nous coal operators met here today
to work out pfans for the immediate
movement of the winter fuel stores
to the northwest. New England's
coal problem also was to be con
sidered. The advisorv committee of the
Association of Railway Executives
will meet Wednesday o consider
the northwests coaling problem.
Lightning Hits School
House; Two Are Killed
Tampa. Fla., July 12. J. R. Nor
man and his 17-year-old daughter
were killed and 12 other persons
knocked unconscious by lightning
striking a schoolhouse at Envillc, 40
miles from here, yesterday as the
people were assembling at the
school for religious services The
Iniilding was set on fire.
Snowfall of Six Inches"
Reported in the Rockies
Boulder, Colo., July 12. Nearly
six inches of snow is reported by
tourists camping in the bills in the
Nedcrland and Tungsten regions to
ay. The storm starred early Sun
day afternoon and quickly assumed
the proportions of a nfid-winter
blizzard.
Unable to Find Home,
Will Quit Parliament
London, July 12. Brig. Gen. ' J.
T. Wigan, M. P., has announced
that he will not again contest his
seat for North Berks, because he
has been unable to find a house to
live in anywhere in his constit
uency. --
GOVERNOR COX
ADDRESSES BIG
COLUMBUS CROWD
Throng So Large Meeting Was
Held on Steps of Capi
tol on Return of
Nominee. '
Columbus, O., July 12. Gov.
James if. Cox. democratic presiden
tial nominee, addressed several thou-
sana men ana women, most ot tnem
from Columbus, who gatheredat the
state capitol at noon today to greet
him upon his first return to his office
since his nomination at San Fran
cisco. It had been planned to hold the in
formal reception in the rotunda of
the state house, but the cuowd was
so large that the speech was deliv
ered from the steps of the capitol.
Reviewing his three terms as chief
executive of Ohio, Cox declared he
had "never broken confidence with
the people of this commonwealth."
The governor said that it would be
his purpose to "look to the sunrise
rather than the sunset."
"I have the deepest conviction that
the guarantee of continued progres
sive government will be adopted by
the people of the nation in the elec
tion of Mr. Roosevelt nd myself,
and that it will be but an expression
of the nation that their well being
lies in the golden dawn of tomorrow
rather than the twilight zone of yes
terday." After his brief address, Governor
Cox went to the station personally
to meet his running' mate, Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt arrived at 1:40
o'plock and, with Governor Cox,
went directly to the executive man
sion, where they had lunch and
where they planned to hold their
conference. The vice presidential
nominee expected to leave for Wash
ington this evening.
Naval Officers Start on
Cruise in Alaskan Watcs
Seattle, Wash.. July 12.-With
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Sec
retary of the Interior Payne and
Admiral Hugh Rodman, commander
of the Pacific fleet, aboard, six de
stroyers comprising the 23d de
stroyer division, sailed for a cruise
in Alaska water. Other members
of the party making the cruise in
clude Governor Thomas Riggs, jr.,
of Alaska and Col. Alfred -II.
Brooks of the gulf survey.
i
Hold Reunion of Rainbow
Veterans at Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala., July 12. The
first annual reunion of the famous
Rainbow division began here today
with thousands of former soldiers
'and visitors in attendance. The vet
erans were welcomed by city and
state afficials and later two bronze
tablets in memory of those who lost
their lives in the war were unveiled.
Savidge Weds Another Pair;
Record Has Reached 4,700
The Rev. Charles W. Savidge per
formed his 4,700th .-marriage cere
mony yesterday when he married
Miss Mabel G. Shidler of Lincoln
to John B. Wesnitzer of Marshall,
111.
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PATROL GORGE
FOR BODY OF MAN
WHO SHOT FALLS
Englishman Lost Life in At
tempt to Emulate Dare
devil at Niagara.
Niagara Falls. N. Y., July 12.
Rivcrmen ( were patrolling the
Niagara gorge below the falls todav
in the hope of recovering the bodv
of Charles G. Stephens of Bristol,
England, who lost his life'yesterdav
in an attempt to duplicate the feats
of Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor ausl
Bobby Leach by going
over the
cataract in a barrel
Bobby Leach, whose experiences
gave his opinion some weight, de
clared Stephens' cask was too light
in all parts for the 158-foot drop at
the falls. He warned Stephens be
fore the start that he was doomed to
failure, but the Englishman was con
fident. "A steel barrel is the only safe
kind," said Leach. "If I can have
one made by July 25, the anni
versary of my last trip, I'll duplicate
it."
New York. July 12. Charles
George Stephens, who was killed
yesterday in going over Niagara
Falls in a barrel, was a barber ex
traordinary. His hobby was performing
spectacular stunts, 'for which he re
ceived three ribbons, five gold
medals and six silver medals. His
specialties included kissing a lion
in its den, shaving customers in a
lion's den. boxing in a lion's den
and parachute descents from a bal
loon. Bone Dry Legislation
For Mexico Planned Is
Word From Capital
Mexico City, July 12. Legisla
tion making all Mexico "dry" is be
ing prepared for presentation to the
tuxt congress at the office of Pro
visional President De la Huerta,
says the newspaper Universal.
"The provisional president has de
cided on this step," says the news
paper, "as a means of accomplishing
the regeneration of the Indian and
balfbreed races, which are great
consumers of alcohol."
Ulster Leader Huris
Defi to British Crown
London. July 12. (By The As
sociated Press.) Sir Edward Car
son, the Ulster unionist leader, de
clared today that in the face of what
lift described as the inability of the
Government to protect Ulster against
the "machinations of the Sinn Fein
we will reorganize in our defense
the volunteers who lent you such
r.plcndid help to maintain the em
pire during the war."
Three Boys Die From
Burns of Black Powder
Trinidad, Colo., July 12. Antonio
Grosso. 13: F.piafono I.ovo, lo, and
Rumaldo Rodriguez, 15, are lead
from burns received in an explosion
of black powder which they took
Saturday night from a tool box of a
road building gang to have a belated
Fourth of July celebration. Carry
ing the powder in their pockets, with
matches it was ignited and set fire
to their clothing.
Seamen Threaten Strike
Genoa. July 12. Delegates to ti e
International Seamen's congress are
threatening a strike and boycott
against countries whose votes de
feated the convention establishing
a 48-hour week. They propose or
ganizing a vast campaign at the in
ternational seamen's meeting, which
will convene at Amsterdam August
5. in order to compel British ship
owners, who form the bulk of the
opposition, to capitulate
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HARDING MEETS
IOWA SENATOR
ON RAILROADS
Transportation and High Cost
Of Living Problems Dis
cussed at Conference
Held at Marion.
Marion, O., July 12. The trans
portation and high cost of living
problems were discussed at confer
ences today between Senator Hard
ing and Senator Cummins of Iowa,
chairman ' of the senate interstate
commerce committee, and J. L. Ta
ber of Barnesville. O., head of the
Ohio State Grange, Both came at
the senator's request.
Senator Cummins later told the
newspaper correspondents he had
emphasized the gravity of the rail
road situation.
"Th inability of the railroads to
do the business of the country is
costing the country every day more
than the German war cost the people
any one day," said Senator Cummins,
who added, however, the people of
this .country do not favor govern
ment ownership at this time, at least.
Mr. Taber discussed the agricul
tural situation and the high cost of
living with Senator Harding, whom
he found "keenly alive to the im
portance of a proper recognition of
agriculture" and who realizes the
necessity of "agriculture properly
functioning if the nation is to enjoy
enduring prosperity and tranquility."
Drake Court Tenants
Waiting for Owners
Jo Offer Their Books
Tenants of Drake Court, whose
July rent money at the old schedule
was refused by the Drake Realty
Construction company, are waiting
for W. B. Drake to announce his
readiness to submit the books of the
company for an examination.
The tenants, through- a commit
tee, last week, offered to pay the
company an 'amount which wouhf
yield 7 per cent on the reasonable
valuation of tJrake court and the
committee suggested that the mat
ter be taken into court to obtain a
thorough and fair settlement.
Mr. Drake requested the commit
tee not to press the court suggestion
and he stated that he would have
his books ready for inspection some
time this week.
"In the meantime we are sitting
pretty." said W. Whittakcr of the
tenants' committee.
Notices to move have not been
served on any of the tenants.
Husky Bull Snake
Plays 'Peeping Tom,
Scares Wahoo Women
.Wahoo, Neb.. July 12. (Spe
cial.) A large and unusually
husky bull snake has been play
ing peeping Tom and scaring the
wits out of several otherwise very
brave women in the north part of
townT His snakeship has the habit
of crawling upon the .front porch
and gazing through the screen
"door until disturbed.
None of the residents have been
able to catch Mc Snake, as he is
very speedy when pursued. The
pcopfe visited have been unable to
figure out what attracts the reptile,
whether it is the odors from the
kitchen where fruit-canning is in
full swing or whether he liked
the jazzy records-on the phono
graph, and why the back door
would not suit him just as well
as the front porch.
Open Break Narrowly Averted
When Committee" of 48 Finds
Amalgamation Terms of
Union Men Hard to Meet.
CONFERENCE HELD TO
OFFSET DIFFERENCES
Feeling of Suspicion Among
Laborites Works Against
Coalition of Factions, Social
ist Leader Declares.
By D. F. SULLIVAN.
hlcaio Trlbunr-OniHha R Iaitd Wire.
Chicago, J ily 12. For the second
time since it convened the national
convention called together by the
committee of 48 and in session at
the Hotel Morrisson today, threat
ened t develop Frankenstein-like
tendencies and turn upon its cre
ators. This disposition was manifested
by t he' convention when obstacle
in the way of a speedy union of
the comjnittec of 48, labor partv
and other radical groups were raijed
by the group of eastern "intellectu
als," who had called the cominit.re
of1 48 convention and have co
trolled its deliveratious to date.
I his group, of which J. A. H. Hon-
kins.
Amos rinchot and George L.
Record are conspicuous leaders, late
this afternoon refused to consent to
a proposal of American labor party
leaders for a joint convention r '
the two parties.
48'ers Withdraw.
The result, was there was a sudden
breaking up of the joint conference
between the committee of 4S "ocni
mittce of political proccedure," and
the labor party "constitution com
mittee," which has been in progress
since Sunday. The 48'ers withdrew
trom the joint conference to hold
a caucus c.f their own. The labor
representatives remained in session
awaiting the decision of the 48'ers.
They were finally informed that
these hadyagreed upon a proposi
tion to subViit to the Laborites. The
nature of that communication was
not made known.
The withdrawal of the 4S'ers from
the joint caucus did not mean that
there was an actual breaking off of
the negotiations between the tw6
conventions. It rather was taken
as an indication of a difference
about methods' which might yet be
adjusted.
"We're still hopeful," said John
Fitzpatrick, president of the Chi-
cago Federation of Labor and one
of the labor conferees, as he await
ed the communication from the
48'ers.
"Of course, there are differences
between us, but I believe that we
believe in the same fundamental'.
It would take four weeks for us
to reach a complete agreement be
tween groups composed of as manv
different elements as are in our
two conventions, but I believe we
may get on common ground."
Speakers Are Cheered.
While the conferees were thus
temporarily at odds the conven
tion of the committee of 48 was
loudly cheering speeches by labor
leaders, in which pleaa for union
were made. Earlier in the day the
convention had appointed a com
mittee to call upon the labor party
convention to send two speakers to
address the convention of the com
mittee of 48.
Duncan McDonald and W. E.
Rodriguez were srWrerl c U.
W oratoj-s and the sentiments they
uiu-reu sent me convention -wild.
"As far as I can see the onlv
difference between us is, in the
badges," was one utterance which
was loudly cheerd.
There -was evcii .greater enthu
siasm when he proposed:
"Let us get a larger hail and all
get in it together. There is still
some opposition to amalgamation,
hut I don't think it is serious."
It was almost the precise propo
sition upon which the conferees
split, but the convention appeared
(Continued on Tara Two. Columa Two.)
Ex-Empress of France
III But Very Few Hours
Madrid, July 12. Former Em
press Eugenie of France, who died"
here Sunday morning, was ill only
a few hours before her death. She
was exceptionally well Saturday
morning. , At middav she lunched
heartily eating chicken and some
ham.
A short time later she became ill.
experiencing severe abdominal pains
Dr. Grenda, physician to King Al
fonso, was called, and finding her
condition serious, summoned Dr.
Moreno Zancudo, a specialist, and
also two other physicians. Thev
were, however, unable to relieve the
patient.
Empress Eugenie seemed con
scious that death was approaching,
and those who stood by the bedside
say she, appeared glad to die in
Spain, her native country.
Poles Struggle to Stem
Tide of Reds' Advance
London, July 12.- -FoIish armies
struggling to stem the advance of
Kussian bolshevik) on the southern
front have taken the offensive near
Rovno, according to an official stJfte
ment issued in Moscow and reeeived
here by wireless. Further south the
soviet forces are continuing their
drive successfully north of the
Dniester river and have crcupied
Novava Ushitsa, northeast of Kam-enetz-Podolsk,
the statement de
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