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The Omaha Daily B: ( i. ,VOL. 50 NO. 42. DUNN FIRED; EBERSTEIN ' MAY FOLLOW Captain Of Detectives Member Of Department for 19 Years, Dismissed for Misappropria tion of Pension Funds. COUNCIL POSTPONES ACTIONONEBERSTEIN Resolution Asking Chief of Po lice to Resign Referred to Committee In Stormy Ses sion of City Officials. Captain of Detectives John Dunn, member of the police department for 19 years, was dismissed on charges of misappropriating police pension funds by a four to three vote of the city council yesterday afternoon. Commissioner Thomas .B. Falconer Casting the deciding vote. A resolution asking the resignation of Chief of Police Eberstein on the grounds- that he "has not inspired jhe city commission with confidence nor demonstrated his ability to be head of the police department," was then introduced by Commissioner Zimman. Police Commissioner' Ringet4 im mediately . asked that the resolution be referred to the committee of the whole and was supported by Mayor Smith. - ''We shouldn't vote on this matter in the heat of the moment," said the mayor in answer to Mr. Zimman's protest. "I don't mind telling you though, Mr, Zimman, that I'll vote for it when it comes up." . Resolution in Debate.. The. resolution was. carried over. Mr. Zimman asserted his confidence it would be passed, "even without the vote of Commissioner Ure," who leaves on' his.vacationahis morning. The vote on the Dunn case de veloped several heated arguments, during which 'personalities were free ly indulged in. ' "It is a dirty piece of jobbing," shouted Commissioner Butler, when asked for his vote. "There is too much outside influence being brought to bear. . My opinion of any com missioner who votes to dismiss Dunn isn't fit for print Dunn has hurt somebody's feelings, that's what's the matter." ' - i. : ' Plug Up the Streets. ('If Commissioner Butler spent as much time filling: ,.in holes in the! strirt as he does putting his nose in the police department we would have better streets," retorted Commission er Ringer heatedly." ''If yo.u'd -clean up some of the dumps around the city" began Butler when, he was silenced by the mayor: ' . . ' . "No one can honestly charge" me with- voting .for anything but the best, interests of the department at hearty" said Ringer. "Dunn is guilty of taking money from the pension fund, a sacred fund which stands for his protection a; well as that of the other members of the department. "We said we'd. clean up the police, department and now we got some, evidence to do it with. I believe in treating a police, captain the same as" a patrolman. I confess it embar rasses me to vote the same way as Zimman is voting, but I must do it." , ' Falconer Breaks Tie. "I. think, the penalty is too harsh, T :vote no," said Commissioner Towl. ' "It doesn't embarrass me to vote the same, as Mr. Ringer," declared Zim-nah. . "I vote yes.' ,Th deciding vote was cast by Commissioner . Falconer without comment The : ote stood: Ure, Zimman, Ringer and Falconer for the dis missal; Towl. Smith and Butler against dismissal. Commissioner . Ringer was I in Close I conference with Elmer Thomas before the vote wasast. Thomas . was presenj" during the council, meeting. ... About Eberstein. Ringer denied rumors that Eber stein had or would resign. " Zimman's prediction that his reso lution for Eberstein' s resignation would secure the necessary votes to pass reflects the general opinion in city hU circles, where it is said only a'sudden change in sentiment among the commissioners can pre vent passage of the resolution. Ringer would make no comment on the "resolution. ' ' Pilots Will Fly Over, the '.. Ucklear Funeral Cortege Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 4. Avia tors who were comrades of Omer Locklear in the army will fly over his funeral cortege here next Satur-( day.. The fliers will come from Bar ron field and Taliaferro at Fort Worth. The funettl.of the former army aviator, who was killed with his companion, ex-Lieut. Milton El liott, while making night motion pic tures at Lo6 Angeles, will be held upon the1 arrival of, the body from the Pacific coast v - Baltimore Board Advises 1 Wheat Futures Be Closed Otis M: Smith, president of the Omaha Grain exchange, received a telegram yesterday from William H. Hay ward, president of the Balti more ; Chamber . of Commerce, in which Mr. Hayward says the board of directors of the .commerce body adopted a resolution in view of the rapid and wide fluctuations in wheat futures, strongly advising . discon tinuance of trading therein. . , Residence It Looted Three rings, a watch and clothing, valued at $300, comprised the loot of burglars who entered the home of Steve Kornbets, 618 South Seven teenstreet Tuesday night Cteraa 8oi)-CIim Niflir May 21 Onkt P. 0. Uidtr Act tl Marek Bureau Head Who Is To Suffer Dismissal PyBLIC RAPIDLY GETTING BACK TO v BEFORE WAR BASIS Peak of Buying Reached Last February, Reports of Mail . Order House Show. . . Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire. Chicago. Aug. 4. Evidence is ac cumulating that the wild spending crgy is over and the public is get tingback to normal conditions as rapidly "as possible. Sales by the big mail order houses Iiave always been considered an accurate barom eter of business, more especially as it applies to the country at large. The monthly comparative state ment of sales by one of the greatest mail "order houses shows that the oeak.in buying was reached last February. The decline was not so marked "in March, but in April the sales " dropped almost to one-sixth of the . February ; business. May showed a still more startling de crease, and June, showed .$14,000,000 j under January. July displayed, a gain, but the sales were Still nearer $13,000,000 less than in January, and more than $1,000,000 under the cor responding month in 1919. The increased railroad .rates should not add much to the already top heavy cost of living. If people permit merchants to tack on a dol lar to every purchase and get away with the claim that it is due to the higher freight, they have only them selves to blame. The increase has been reduced to cold figures down to a fraction of a cent. These show that a suit of clothing, averaging, with its wrappings, 10 pounds, transported 400 miles, should cost only 21-2 cents more. A pound of canned goods, transported from Seattle to Chicago,' should only cost less than .half a, cent more. Dry goods transporter from Kansas City to Chicago will cost about 1-3 cent per pound .more. A suit, of underwear weighs about one pound, so the customer should not permit the merchant to tack on 50 cents and blame it to- the freight increase. ; Omaha Pioneer and Former , Deputy Sheriff Here Dies David E. Burley, Omaha. pioneer and former general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line railroad, died Monday in Salt Lake City after a long illness. Mr. Burley was deputy sheriff in Omaha in 1873-75 under his uncle, Alfred .Burley: He soon joined the staff of the Union Pacific, with which tie was identified until made general passenger agent qf the Oregon Short Line. - - Mr. Burley never married.- . "His close, relatives are believed to" be dead. He will probably be buried in Salt Lake according to Mrs. R. Harrison, 212 Squth Twenty-fourth street, a distant relative. Active Work Begun toForm "Greater Nebraska" Body H. E. Moss of Des Moines, secre tary of the Greater Iowa association, arrived in Omaha Monday, to assist n the organization of a Greater Ne braska association, of which Ward Burgess is temporary chairman and Guy Kiddo temporary secretary. The formation of such, an organiza tion was discussed and decided upon at a meeting last week at which rep resentatives from towns over the state were present. Farmer Drowns Self And Four Children In Bayou Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 4. News was received here today that Wil liam .Crutcher, farmer living near Des Arc, Ark., threw his four chil dren into a bayou, drowning them, and then drowned himself Sunday night Mrs. Crutcher and her two older children were - attending church and returned to, find the hus band and babes missing. . Future. Wheat Goes Up 14 , Cents On St. Louis Market ' St. Louis, Aug. 4. Future wheai advanced 14 cents a bushel on the Merchants Exchange, here today, December wheat closing at $2.30 and , March at $2.32, as compared with $2.16 and $2.18 respectively on Monday. There was no trading yesterday- because of the primary elec- w . v. ... 3 y IMS. tl I. 1(7. HARDING IN ATTACH lE 10 Republican Nominee Declares It Is Folly to Attempt to Blend Greek and Bulgarian Or Italian and Slovak. ASSERTS ADHERENCE TO FRONT PORCH PLANS Decision as to Future Course Expected at Conference of G. p. P. Chiefs in New York Suff Leaders Pleased. Marion, O., Aug. 4. Striking at Article 10 as a menace to tranquil relations among American citizens. Senator Harding declared, in a front porch speech today, if he had to Choose, he "would rather have indus trial and social peace at home than command international peace of the world." "It is folly," he said, "to think of blending Greek and Bulgarian, Ital ian and Slovak, or making any of them rejoicingly American, when the land of adoption sits in judgment on the land from which he came. "We need to be rescued from the visionary and fruitless pursuit of ncace through supergoverhment. I do not want Americans of foreign birth making their party alignments on what wemean to do for some nation in the old world. Our need is concord, not antipathies of long inheritance." The speech was delivered to a dele gation imm Wavnp rnnnhr CtUin ..Who greeted the candidate with cneers ana interrupted treauentlv with applause. Adheres to Front Porch Policy. In conference with other callers earlier the nominee declared his ad herence to the front porch campaign policy, ana indicated he expected to make no speeches away from Marion until October. He declined an invita tion they brought to address the West Virginia Republican club on August 12. It was said at his headnuarters that his position would not suspend tenta tive plans for speaking trips later, .iui Bwiiti. nomine ucciaiuii might be expected at the conference of republican chiefs in New York tomorrow. ' Among the senator's other callers were Mrs. Abbey Scott Baker of-he national women s par,ty, who asked for more help to secure ratification of the suffrage amendment, and Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon league, who said he paid only a personal call. Mrs. ,Baker said she was well pleased with her talk with the nomi nee and had been promised definite action towards securing a favorable vote by the Tennessee legislature. Reviews Wayne Delegation. Arriving on a special train more than, two hours early, the Wayne county delegation marched past the Harding residence in a cheering col umn while the nominee and his wife reviewed them. From a vacant lot a half block awa they serenaded headquarters with a band until time for their formal appearance. A short speech of greeting was made by Judge Frank Taggart. . Tomorrow Senator Harding will receive a delegation from Ohio State university, but he does not. intend to make" a speech. Besides this dele gation, only two others have been definitely announced, arid today one of these, a group of pottery wofkers from East Liverpool, O., postponed its engagement because of inability to secure reduced railway rates. The remaining date is September 25. when the American Defense society is to hear an address. Arson Suspec Curses ' When Meal of Glas ' Fails to End His Life Steubenville, 0-. Aug. 4. Al though Jefferson county jail attend ants claim that he ate a glass tum bler and two quart-jsize milk bottles, Luther Payne, negro, arrested as an arson suspect, failed to show any signs of -distress. Payne, according to a deputy sheriff, made two unsuccessful at tempts to end his ljfe by hanging, using his belt once and a blanket the second time. Foiled in these at tempts, the deputy says, Payne broke the, bottles and tumbler into small pieces and then ground them into a fine powder, swallowing a glass of water as a wash. December 21 Is Made Holiday to Honor Pilgrims Washington, Aug. 4. President Wilson in a proclamation today "suggested and requested" that De cember 21 be celebrated throughout the United States as the tercenten ary of the lauding of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1620, and ap pointed Samuel W. McCall and Richard . Hooker of Massachusetts and George Foster Peabody of -New York as members of the Pilgrim Tercentenary commission; In the proclamation the president recom mends that the day be fittingly ob served "to the end that salutary and patriotic lessons may be drawn from the fortitude, perseverance and the ideals of the Pilgrims." ' SPORTING QUIZ j QOMtloiu about spwtaom win be arotrrraj dally by Th Qm, beginning next Sunday. , Odd and cada of sport Information, cur ions happening's of now and yea tarday, will be related and explained. , Questions from readers ef The Bee will be answered. v Oa the Sport Pace, daily beginning Aatos a. ARTIE OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920. DRYS WINNERS IN CONTEST IN , MISSOURI VOTE Incomplete Returns Show League Victory on Demo crat Ticket. St. Louis, Aug. 4. Incomplete unofficial returns from yesterday's statewide primary election, today in dicated victories for the league of na tions, prohibition and opponents of large presidential campaigns expen ditures. Breckenridee- Long, who made the race on ' a proleague and law en forcement platform, apparently is the democratic nominee for United States senator. On the republican side the probable outcome is doubt ful as Senator belden r. bpenier ran strong in the rural districts and Dwight F. Davis polled a large vote m some of the larger cities. Davis opposed prohibition and Senator Spencer voted for the Vol stead act. John M. Atkinson and Arthur M. Hyde, both "drys," appear to be the democratic and republican nominees, respectively, for governor. Hyde was. among those who demanded the resignation of National Commit teeman Jacob L. Babler and .State Chairman W. L. Cole, as a result of their connection with the Lowden and Harding funds, respectively. Congressman Cleveland A. New ton" was oppose for the republican nomination forTongress in the Tenth district. Otto F. Stiffel wen ih the Eleventh and Congressman L. C. Dyer in the Twelfth.. Camp bell Cummings apparently won the democratic nomination in the Tentht Harry B. Hawes and Samuel R-is-senfcld were unopposed in the Eleventh and Twelfth districts, re spectively. For the first time in more than 10 years the republican organization in St. Louis known' as the "machine", was defeated in a contest for sheriff. Charles E. Mohrstadt was nomina ted over John Schmoll, city . com mittee chairman. AMERICANS ASK .GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT CANAL Fear Damage to Irrigation Sys tem by Warring Factions In Mexico. Washington, Aug. I. American property owners along the border between. California and Mexico have appealed to the State depart ment for protection against possible damage to the great irrigation canal which i serves the Imperial valley. The canal passes through a portion of Mexico, and it is feared that it fnay be damaged in the threatened contact .between Mexican teaerat forces and those of Governor Cantu of the northern district of Lower California. The situation has been laid be fore the Mexican government by the American embassy and Miguel Covarrubias.i in charge of the Mexi can foreign office, has replied that the Mexico City authorities will take all precautions to guard the canal, and also to protect the lives and property of Americans in the vicinity of the intcrnatibnal border. The, American consul at Mexicali, Mexico, advised the department that tre De La Huerta consul at Calexico, Chi., had announced that the Mexi-r-T gbvernment would request pay met tT him of. all consular fees for rr- '-ficatcs of invoices for Lower t Vforiia, and that under the laws f f Mexico the government could re mi' 3 the paymert of this fee even t'"-uh already paid to the agent of Cover t Cantu. Sky Cops to Ccirry T"Y Bombs to Tame Most Violent Men -Snrinqfield, Mass., Aug. ' 4. Springfield's "skjr policemen" will carry "tear bombs" as part of their equipment infighting disorder in that city. - These bombs are similar to those used during the war and render the most violent persons helpless. Edward A. Terhume, jr., one of the new "fly cops," flew from Sf uth Boston and landed on the banks of the Connecticut river, where the new 3,000 acre airdome is located. On his arrival, together with Wes ley L.' Keough and Frank De Costa, he took oath. Fire patrol duty and the pursuit of auto bandits will also form p5rt of their duties. . , Woman Killed By Leap From Fast Union Pacific Train Topek,' Kan., Aug. 4. The body of the woman found on the Union Pacific track 10 miles west of To peka, this morning was identified as that of Mrs. Williani G. Whitcomb of Kansas City, Mo., by her father, F. Q. Rodolf, hotel man, Los Angeles, and her sister, Mrs, Madelaine Mullen of Denver, who were accompanying Mrs. Whitcomb khome to Kansas City. Mr. Rodolf said his daughter has suffered much from nervousness fol lowing the death of her husband two years ago. He said he misted, Mrs. Whitcomb and later found some one had opened a vestibule1 door on the car ' on which they were riding on the Overland Limited. Mrs. Whit comb had no children. i Father Shoots His Son. . Believing He Is Burglar Marion, iy., .Aug. 4. Mistaking his 3-year-old son Lester for a bur glar.Oames Finney shot and -killed the child. The boy had risen to get a drink, and the father, hearing a noise, shot into the darkness. A coroner's jury returned verdict ef accidental kiuiu&v Turn MELADY HAS PLAN FOR RELIEF OF WOOL SITUATION "Buy a, Pound of. .Wool" Is Plan Evolved by Melady Buys 2,000 Pounds. , A plan for the immediate relief of the serious wool situation has been evolved by Gene Melady, South.Side commission man. His plan has been endorsed by the Stock Yards association. " Telegrams were sent yesterday by Mri Melady to the various wool growers' associations in the country, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and other western states. "Buy a Pound of Wool" is the slogan of a nation-wide campaign which Mr. Melady suggests to be mapped out after the fashion of the "Buy a Bale of Cotton" drive "dur ing the war. People all over the United States made profit on their cotton campaign and similar returns would accrue from the wool drive, according to Mr. Meladyi ' In this way the wool market, which is dead now, would be forcd, according to Mr. Melady, and De mand would 'afford immediate relief from the present exigency, i Mr. Melady started the campaign yesterday, buying 2,000 pounds un der the proposed 50-cent plan. : u 1 Man Confesses He Gave Strychnine to Hig Divorced Wife San Francisco, Aug. 4. James Singleton, divorced husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Singleton, who died at her home a week ago from strychnine poison, confessed to the police that he placed the drug in the headache potion which his wife drank. His confession, followed three hours grilling by the acting captain of detectives, during which he was confronted by M. Melmon, the chemist who sold him the poison. Thats the man, said Melmon, when Singleton, who had been held in orison charced with murder on complaint of Mrs. John Moore, his mother-in-law, was brought before him. , The chemist produced his poison record book, at the sight of which Singleton broke down and admitted having purchased poison on three separate occasions. "He bought strychnine the first and last time and bichloride of mercury the second time," he said. "He signed his name 'J. M. Williams of San Francisco,' and stated he wanted the poison to kill rats." Singleton was calm and collected as he related the details of this crime, t ' , Owen Moore Says He Still Loves His Former Wife London, Aug. 4. "Mary is the best girl in the world and I love her still," said Owen Moore, formei' husband of Mary Pickford, here to day. He is in England to help in the making of two films for the Selznick interests "I am trying to forget," he said, "that I may wake uo some morn ing and find myself still married to her, although I hope for her sake that her Nevada divorce decree will remain valid." - Drake $o Sioux City ' W. B, Drake, president of the Drake Realty Construction company, builder of the Drake Court, and other apartments in Omaha which are under construction, has left for Sioux City, la., where he will com mence th flection of apartment utilise ,. 11 Br Mill (t tun. tail. 4th Zona. Dally and OaUMa 4th Zo (I vur). Oiil ii 8d. About Is Fair YOUNG DIVORCEE SUES GRAIN-MAN FOR $50,000 BALM Joseph Leopold Often Pro posed Marriage, Says Ger trude Craig. Miss Gertrude M. Craig, 23-year-old daughter of Frank H. Craig, 3217 Pacific street, filed suit in dis trict court Wednesday against Jos eph Leopold, senior member of the firmof Leopold-Briggs Grain com par4y, with offices in the Grain Ex change building, for .$50,000 for al leged breach of promise .of marriage. :. Leopold,wh'o is 38. years old,' re fused to comment regarding the suit. .. .' . , , ; Miss Craig says she first met Leo pold in' August, 1916. She was driv ing in an electric car with Mrs. Estelle : LeRe. The car balked at Thirtieth and Farnum streets and while it was stalled Leopold ap peared and was intraduced to Miss Crsig. From that time, according to Miss Craig, Leopold has -been devoteed to her, writing her many affection ate letters from time to time. She also claims that Leopold has pro posed marriage to her both orally and in letters, and has introduced her as his wife. , John M. McFarland, attorney for Miss "Craig, claims that numerous letters written by Leopold are now in his possession and tfcey will es tablish the fact that Leopold had promised to marry the young wo man. Miss Craig gained prominence three or four years ago in connec tion with her marriage to George W. Preston. She vras 18 and Pres ton was 54 at the time of the mar riage, November 24, 1915. A di vorce was granted to Mrs. Preston bv Distriot Judge Troup May 16, l'U", and her maiden name restored. She was given $240 alimony. Search Fails to Throw ' Light on Missing Girl San Francisco, 'Aug. 4. Search of the baggage of Alice Miller, 15-year-old girl who disappeared at Al buquerque, N. M., July 21, on her way from Newkirk, Okr., to San Francisco, failed to reveal informa tion that might lead to clarification of circumstances surrounding her disappearance, the police here an nounced today. The girl's (effects arrived last night. ' She had been placed on the train at Newkirk July 20 by her father and was to live here with her. moth er. Railroad officials said she had been traced to Albuquerque, where fhe alighted. Combined efforts of police of Several cities have failel to obtain trace of her since. Snorer, Put Out of Place, Comes Back With a Gun New York, Aug. 4. Promising to return when he was put out for snoring in the back room of John Corrigan's cafe, an unidentified man, 30 years old, came back an hour or so later with a pistol and cried, "Hands up!" . ' The stranger fired once in the general direction of the bartender, the bullet smashing the mirror be hind the bar. About a dozen cus tomers ran for the exits and es caped. The stranger grabbed a $10 bill from the bartender's upraised hand and fired a parting shot as he backed toward the door and van ished. The Weather Forecast Nebraska i ' Unsettled with ably showeft; cooler Thursday i Hourly Temperature. prob- a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. .... ....st 71 ....T4 ....T7 ....ID 1 v. P- P. 4 p. I P. m. m. m, m...... p. m...... T p. m...... m ... .Si Sunsu. IS: Oill Only. U: . S. HI: Dally 0ly. Ill; 8dy Only. St. Play 'J SAN FRANCISCO MAN NAMED HEAD OF K.C.F0R YEAR Commander of Army of Oc cupation Chosen U. S. Representative at Unveil ing Ceremonies at Metz. ' ' New York, Aug. '4. Ma j of Gen erjrt Allen, commanding the Amer ican army of occupation in. Ger. many, has been designated as the representative of the United States government at the dedication of the Knights of Columbus statue of Gen eral Lafayette at Metz on, August 21.' A telegram to "this effect from Secretary of War Baker was read at this morning's session of . the &-wiiiia annual iuu vcuuuu. - iui. Baker congratulated the organiza tion for its "splendid work." A detailed report as to what the Knights of Columbus did with $39.- 69,958.39 collected for welfare work during the war was made to the convention by the supreme board of directors. The following new members of tne supreme ooara ot directors were elected: John F. O'Neill, Jersey City; Wil liam F. Fox, Indianapolis; Joseph'J. Meyers, Carroll. Ia.; James J. Mc Graw, Ponca City, Okl.; John -A. Dwyer, Toledo; Edward A. Houli han, Chicago, and Frank W. Lone pan, Portland, Ore. David F. Supple of San Francisco was elected supreme warden of the order. .- Railroad Town Near Dayton Is Wiped Out; Many Are Homeless Dayton, Ohio., Aug. 4. Bradford, a rauroaa center northwest ot this city, was wiped out by fire early to day, entailing a loss of $1,000,000, according to renorts received hprr. AH wire communication with th town, of jZ.UUU population, is down. Ohio Farmers Visit G. 0. P. Candidate at Marion Home Marion, O., Aug. 4. Senator Harding received his second front porch delegation today and reaffirm ed his faith in the front porch cam paign by indicating that he expects to make no speeches away from Marion before October. The day's guests of honor were a trainload of republicans, mostly farmers from Wayne county, Ohio, who marched to the Harding resi dence to cheer and serenade him and to hear him talk of national issues. His declaration of policy in regard to out of town speaking trips wa3 made, however, to a group of West Virginians, who came to as that he speakat their state convention at Wheeling on August 12. Suppress Korea Students Now on Lecture Tours Seoul, Korea, Aug. 4. Korean students from Japan who have been lecturing in Korean cities avowedly for the purpose of contributing to the education of their fellow countrymen, have been suppressed by Japanese authorities here on chirges that the lecturers violated ait agreement that they would not reler to Korean independence. 1 High, But They Pull Them Still Higher In Gay Paree Paris. Aug. 4. No matter how short thev are the vnm hi still hnM j them up. "HeYe in Paris, where skirts are snuricr man in any omer civi lized town, some even stopping at the lcnee,,thety are always elevated It'll UuitfMi flfi rain day THREE CENTS ALLIES Ml SEND TROOPS TO ROLAND Premiers Lloyd - George and Millerand Hold Long Phone Conference Over Situation 'France Consults U. S, CONDITIONS GROWING MORE SERIOUS DAILY. Nothing Short of Quick Action By Other Nations Can Save New Republic From Sweep Of Bolshevik Armies. New fork Tlmei-Chlrairo Tribune Cable' Copyright, 1920. 'London, Aug. 4. Lloyd George -and Millerand held a long tele phone conversation today over the Polish situation and it is under stood the two premiers may hold a meeting soon to talk over the situation. It is rumored the allies Jilan to send six divisions to Po and. - Le Matin learns that the French . government is consulting the American government on the Pol ish situation. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee 1eaaed W ire. Washington, Aug. 4. With the Russian army sweeping down upon Warsaw, and refusing an armistice Poland is in a desperate plight. Ap parently nothing short of effective intervention by Great Britain, Franc , and Italy can save the little republic to which independence was restored by the Versailles treaty, from virtual , conquestvby sovietRussia. If the bolshevik! are enabled to" work there without hindrance they not only will dictate a territorial settlement favorable to Russia and unfavorable to the Poles, but will es tablish a soviet form of government in what th'ey leave of the Polish -state. That would bring bolshevism another step nearer to western Eu- rope. ' - '. ' . i While Senator King of Utah, dem- ocrat, is urging'the president to re convene corigress for the considera tion of the: extension of American aid to Poland, Mr. Wilson, it was learned today, has reached no defi nite decision concerning what the United States can or ought to do under the circumstances. So far, the president has done nothingg beyond discussing the situation with the . British- government with a view to learning what step the allies are dis-' . posed to take to save Poland from the bolshevik menace. Question About Authority. There are 17,000 American troops on the Rhine but there is grave question that the president has authority, even under his existing war powers, to dispatch American soldiers either from Germany or the United States, to the aid of Poland, without the experess direction of congress. ,When it appeared likely that the soviet government would accept the Polish plea for an armisv , tice the attention of the administra tion was focused on the British pro posal of a conference between the . allies and the Russians in London to settle not only Relations between, the soviet government and the allies but a Polish peace. The president communicated to England his desire that America be represented in this , conference by an observer, though -not an acte participant in the ne- a gotiations. I his plan has been thrown into the background by the refusal of the bolsheviki to consent . to an armistice with Poland. ;: Close associates of the president say he feels greatly embarrassed by the failure of the United States to join the league of nations. Had America been a member, the presi.-. -dent, jtjs stated, would have caused the league to intervene months ago, for the settlement of the Russo-Pol- ish war. He blames the senate for tying his hands in this respect by its failure to ratify the cevenanjt and,;' takes unto himself no blame for:,' blocking ratification with reserva- tions. " Not Question of League. In regard t othe failure of the leaguettf take cognizance of the Rus-so-Polish war. Viscount Gray, form- erly British foreign minister and ' more recently British ambassador to the United States, says in a letter toLord Robert Cecil: ' . "The league of nations had nothing to do with the Russian-Polish war and it is a crime against the league . and its members to charge it with responsibility when the responsibility clearly did not rest with the league, but with individual governments. The Polish-Russian crisis was the result of ignoring the league; the wrld was not brought to the threshold of an other war by failure of the league. "The league might and should have been used months ago to prevent the Polish offensive and to make peace when peace might have been made, .t "The league was not invoked to restrain Poland, one of its own mem bers, from aggression or. as the prime minister calls it, reckless and foolish action as it should have been.' To invoke the league now to sup port Poland bv arms acainst the con- i'sequences of her action is not mere- ' i.. :n : i. i. - - ty uiuuicai; u is, in iact a greai mis use of the league for it perverts it into an instrument for carrying on war after having prevented it from exercising its first and greatest func- ' tion of making peace." Japan Will Not Change Plan to Japanize Korea , . Seoul. Korea. Anc A Tinan hig. no intentions of rhancrinir ite nnltrv.J1 of japanization of the Korean -people and believes that assimila tion will promote the welfare of the Koreans, it is declared in the semi- official press here today in connec tion with trials o Korean in iependepce. leader . t 1 T V :-;:v. :- I - .TV
