TBEBEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 1920.
SANCTION PLAN
TO RUN SHIPS ON
GERMAN ROUTES
Shipping .Board Approves Co
operative; Agreement Be
tween N. Y. Corporation and
Hamburg-American Line.
WaslAtrton. Auk. 16. Operation
of American ships on former Ger
man trade routes to all parts of the
world has the sanction and support
of the shipping board, Chairman
Uenson declared tonight in announc
ing co-operative working agreements
reached between the American ship
and commerce corporation of New
York and the Hamburg-American
line of Germany. He declared that
the shipping board would look for
ward to seeing one of its construc
tive plans carried out."
"There is no German money in
the American end of the business
nor is there any agreement for Ger
man investment in any American
companies," he added.
The agreement is for 20 years and
consists, the chairman said, of a
general agreement covering the prin-
ciples to be followed by the two
concerns and an operating agree
ment covering methods of carrying
it out. In general, it provides that
each party may participate with an
equal amount of tonnage in such
passenger and freight services as
shall be established which will in
clude those between the United
States' and Germany, and ports
other than of the United States.
Act Ai Agents.
. Pier facilities, ports and office or
' ganizations of both companies are
placed at the disposal of the service.
The American ship and commerce
corporation is to act as agent for
the Hamburg-American line in the
United States and the German com
pany as agent for the American
company in Germany, but each com
pany may establish offices in the
country of the other to supervise
activities. Each company is to ap
point its own agents outside of Ger
many and the United States.
. The Hamburg-American line may
transfer any . service to any other
Ge'man company for execution, an-1
the -i .American corpbration may
transfer servicf Uo an American
company, tflt' both remain respon
sible for the carj-ying out of the
services. .
; In the event of war between the
United States and'Gertnany, provi
sion is made tp terminate the agree
ment and also to cover the contin
gency of war between either the
United States and other powers
Iha'n Germany, Germany" and otheif
powers than the United States.. Set
tlement of disputes between the two
companies, by arbitration is provid
ed, ;as is "revision of the contract,
.should laws of - either, country re
quire. ; .!' r -
; . Plan Passenger Service.
Passenger service between the
Un:ted States and Germany is to be
established within a year, the Amer
ican.: corporation agreeing to supply
'passenger ships not" exceeding 40,000
gross tons, to which the Hamburg
American line annot add unless it
is Agreed that the business warrants.
In that case me" Germarny company
may. add ships until it has 50 per
cent of the vessels in "the service.
In construction of passenger ships
the' Hamburg-American, line will
give! the 'American corporation all
of its technical knowledge and ex
perience. Each party may supply half the
tonnage for freight service between
the United States and Germany,
but; if, the" Hamburg-American line
has not the tonnage' for itself, the
Antcrican company may supply it'
Rates on eastbound traffic are to be
fixed by the American Ship and
Con'merce (Corp') and on west
bound traffic by the Hamburg
American line.
Freight- services between Ger
many and countries other than the
United States are to be taken up in
dependently, the Hamburg-American
line to propose each service
which the American Shop and Com
merce (Corp.) " may accept or not.
If the American concern chooses to
enter a given service, each party
may put in one-half of the tonnage.
Tlie American Shop' and Commerce
(Corp.) may suggest that any sert-
ifcc.be proposed if the proposition is
not -made by the" Hamburg-American'
line. '""
Withdrawal of Aid
To Wrangel Clears
Serious Situation
Washington', Aug-. 16. Premier
Lloyd GeorgeJ-s annuoncement thit
Great Britain had informed General
Wrangel that ahy further attack by
him on the bolsheviki would be on
his Own responsibility comes almost
or. the heels of e ranees recognition
of and promise of material aid to the
anti-bolshevik leader
Some officials and diplomats here
were of the opinion thai the situa
tion was not quite as serious as ap
peared on first examination of the
premier's pronouncement. It was
said that Great Britain had been aid
ing General Wrangel and that it
was . entirely possible that the Brit-,
ish government had decided to with
draw that aid. because it did not de
sire any complications in the soviet
Polish armistice negotiations.
The action of France in recogniz
ing General Wrangel is understood
to have met with the appyoval of the
American government, and the
French reply to the American note
to Italy on the Polish-Russian situa
tion. ' received yesterday, has dis-.
closed that the United States and
France practically are as one in
their policy toward Russia.
State department officials said to
la y they had received no informa-'
tion as to whether the British gov
ernment intended to reply to the
American note. '
Shifd Dies, From Effects
Of Grasshopper Poison
Hoxie, Kan., Aug. 16. The 8-year-old
son of Lewis Collins, a farmer
living near here, died the other day
ifter he had eaten poison used in the
killing of grasshoppers on his fath
er's farm. The boy ran across the
can containing the poison, which
bad been Icit ia a granary.
Omaha Girl Becomes
Dominican Novitiate
ft i XJV
Many friends and acquaintances of
Kathleen O'Brien, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. O'Brien, 4160
Cuming street, were surprised to
learn yesterday that she had gone to
Sinsinowa, Wis., to enter the Do
minican order as a novitiate.
Miss O'Brien was in charge of the
women's department of the co-operative
employment bureau in the
court house, serving as a govern
ment employe in that work. When
that office was abandoned she con
tinued in the government service in
the Army, building, in connection
with the army surplus stocks. . . . .
- Her -decision ; tOj. give the , rest of
her life to religious work iti' the Do
TAX ASSESSMENT
DISPUTE GIVEN
STATE ATTORNEY
Nebraska's Legal Adviser Ap
pealed to in Case of Taxes
of Late Robert
McQuilken. V
Lncpln, . A,ug, , 16. Attorney Gen:
eral Clarence A. Davis must decide,
the question of whether the tax on
$25,358.52 'in personal property left
in FurnaS county by Robert Mc
Quilken, bo died March 30. 1918,
in Antrim, Ireland, should be pay
able' in Furnas county or in Douglas--county,
where the administrator
lives. , The. state board of equaliza
tion, after a hearing Monday morn
ing, passed. the buck, to the attorney
general's office. ,
, According to Assistant Attorney
General Cecil .Laverty, unless the
statutes of the state make specific
provision "ior ' cases"'falliiig in tlifs
class, the state supreme court has
ruled that the board of equalization
can make a rule that has the full
force of the statute.
The question has been put to the
board by Matthew A. Hall, British
consul in' Omaha, who is; adminis
trator of the estate by virtue of his
office.
Heretofore the taxes have been
paid in Furnas county, but Deputy
County Attorney Henry J. Beal of
Douglas county contended that court
rulings upheld payment of taxes pn
personal -property where. the admin
istrator had the, money. . Mr. Hall
has $20,353.53 in cash and a $5,000
not in an. Omaha bank. ,
The inheritance tax will go to
Furnas county because the property
was located there at the time ol
McQuilken's death. , .:
Four hundred acres of Furnas
county land were left to Archibald
McQuilken. a son, by the "father.
I He had? been a naturalized Amer
ican, ana naa t vea in ryrnas county
the greater part of his life. -
John Steven:, county attorney,
represented Furnas county at the
hearing. ,
Pioneer Minister. Dies;
Was First Judge in County
'Scotia,' Neb., Aug. 16. (Special
Telegram'.l Rev. George Hillnlan,
pfoneer minister, died at his home
near. Ccotia August 14. Rev. Hill
man came to Nebraska in 1872.He
organibed the first Sabbath school
in Loup county and preached the
first Methodist sermon.
He assisted in the organisation of
Crreeley county and was the first
judge of 'the-county. Rev. Hillman
was nearly 90 years old and is sur
vived by two sons and -four daugh
ters. 3.
JCniropractors Will Ask
Rigid law Enforcement
Columbus, Neb., Aug. 16. Spe
cial Telegram.V-Twenty chiroprac
tors of the state-met here Saturday
in convention to .take up legislative
mattes and law enforcement prob
lems. Doctors O. G. Clark. Colum
bus: J; .G' "Lawrence, Omaha, and
J. :.T. Gallamore. Fairbury, were
elected as acorrmiittee to appear be
fore the state legislature in behalf
of the state association. They want
rigid enforcement, of the state chii
ropractic law! '
:Hve . Root. Print
Pres.-rAdvv- .(
It Beacon
minican order was confided only to
her own family until last Saturday,
when she departed for . Sinsinowa
Mound, which is the name of the
mother house of the order she has
entered.
Those who were intimately ac
quainted with Miss O'Brien knew
her as one who had( deep religious
convictions and also of a- happy dis
position. Her- civil service exami
nation for the government position
which she - obtained indicated a
bright mind. She was graduated
from the Sacred Heart academy of
this city, where she was bbrn. Her
sister is Mrs. J. H?'Hanley 'and a
brother is T. J. Q'Brien of Creigh
ton Law college.
Coal Miners Demands .
Refused by Operators
(ConMnacd FroeYPage Ofie.) '
upon their execution of the present
contract, was that the wages of the
dav men and monthly men had not
been a'dvanced in the same propor
tion as the advance given tnej ton
nage men.
, Based on 1913 Contract, i "
'"The., basis upon which thf cbm
riiissiori hiade its findings, was ?the
contract effective in 1913, showing
that the day labor by,- its award
would advance 111 per' cent, while
the tonnage men woufd advance but
88 per cent. ': '""" I
"While correct 'as'to figures, Jhis
method was a '"distinct departure
from the established custom of the
miners and operators in dete.-miriing
the relative advance or. decrease in
wages to the various classes of
labor; the established custprn being
to fix the pick mining? rate andj to
measure all other tabor by the per
centage of su'ehadvanec'-or de
crease. ' "
"Under the award of the b'tumin
ous coal commission the pick mining
rate was advanced 27 per cent over
the then existing contract The day
men and monthly men were ad
vanced but 20 per cent.
Award is Unsatisfactory.
"This seeming discrepancy has
caused much dissatisfaction among
the day labor in some of the dis
tricts of the central competitive field,
resulting in the closing down of
mines and curtailment of produc
tion so necessary at this lime. A
majority, however,' of the miners of
the central competitive field have
continued at work and Are carry
ing out the contract... -
"In order to conform to the es
tablished custom . long practiced of
fixirtg wages and , to prevent any
further curtailment of production at
this time, the operators will correct
the seeming inequality of the pres
ent contract by advancing the
wages of the day men and monthly
men the equivalent of the advance
to the pick miners.
"They will consider no other mat
ters." Operators Unanimous.
The operators' subcommittee was
named as follows;
John Donaldson and William Hen
derson of western Pennsylbania.
M. -L. Gould an1 P. H. Penna of
Indiana.
E. C. Searles'and H. C- Perry of
Illinois. ;
C. E. Maurer and G. C. Weitzel
of Ohio.
The miners on the subcommittee
are:
Robert R. Gibbons and William
Hargest of western Pennsylvania.
Ed Stewart and William. Mitch of
Indiana. -
Frank Farrington and Harry Fish
wick of Illinois. .
John Moore and Lee Hall of
Ohio. .
After being in session an hour the
subcommittee adjourned till 2 p. m.
York to Entertain Rotary .
Clubs of Neighbor Towns
York, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special.)
The York RtiHary club will enter
tain its neighboring clubs aPa picnic
August 26 at the city park. 'Lincoln,
Alliance, Grand Island, Hastings,
Aurora and Columbus are invited.
Games, entertainment, and eats at
the park and a dance at. Hotel Me
Cloud in the evening complete the
program for the day. " "';
Old Settlers toPicnic.
Scotia, Neb., Aug. 16. (Special
Telegram.) The old settlers of
North Loup valley will hold their
annual picnic at Scotia on. August
24. It has been 49 years since the
first pioneers came to Loup valley.
RETURNS ARE NOT
FAVORABLE FOR
DEMO CANDIDATE
Optimism of Democrats Is
Unfounded McKelvie
Takes 70 Out of 93
Counties.
The apparent optimism among
democrats at the possibility that
former Governor Morehead may
defeat Governor McKelvie for re
election is mystifying those who
have tabulated the returns of the
last primary election. These show
that McKelvie received more votes
than Morehead in 70 of the 93
counties. .
Morehead was opposed in the
primary by comparatively weak
candidates. McKelvie ran against
some of the strong meen of his
oartv. This is considered to fur
ther emphasize McKelvie's strength.
f-ollowing are the ligures Dy
counties:
Republican Democratic
Name of County McKelvie
Morekead
Adams ?7
AntctOD 625
472
287
2
61
4:,8
61
147
99
354
256
659
(49
280
106
116
90
256
248
242
38.1
2 OH
l'
2SS
Arthur 21
Banner i
Rlalna 80
Hoone 'tiS
Box tlutte 188
Boyd '. 317
Brown ,.. ..1M
Buffalo 66
Burt 37
Butler v 309
Cnt J"
Cedar 8R
Chaie
fherry 2S
Cheyenna 126
Clay 2B
Colfax 25
Cuming 587
Custer oA5
Dakota 193
Ijbwci 299
Dawson 96
Deuel 80
Dixon 322
DodKe 704
Dounlai 3,461
Dundy 23S
Fillmore 297
Franklin ..vA 306
Frontier '. 487
Furnaa 259
Oaee 660
Oardn S
Onrflold 18
Gosper 87
Grant 12
Grreley 88
Hall 581
ifamllton 331
Harlan G
Ha yea 84
Hitchcock 184
177
422
4,384
419
262
. 289
320
323
641
84
121
15
295
441
219
241
62
151
301
16
401
348
305
. 411
100
40
39
436
1,652
, 309
47
20
11
336
202
164
364
129
466
246
101
300
160
662
306
266
717
48
783
296
629
106
457
144
274
8
1.19
418
28
228
136
316
148
215
47
313
Holt 470
Hooker 2
Howard lno
Jefferson 562
.lohnson ..31
Kearney 321
Keith 162
Keya Paha . .'. 68
Kimball 171
Knox 500
Tnncaater 2,511
Lincoln 625
I.ocan .76
louo . '. 61
McPhefaon ....28
Madison i... 849
Merrick ...K -v.. ...242
Nance 206
Nemaha 300
Nuckolla 453
Otoe 352
Pawnee
Perkins
.330
. ... .109
344
812
.....622
331
348
...v. 459
186
.....367
10
60
...-.664
358
1J
.181
18
200
. 474
44
279
36
39S
.1...46J
456
35
. 402
Phelpa
Pierce
Platte
Polk ....
Red Willow .
Rlchardaon . .
Rook
Saline
Sarpy
Saunders ....
Scotta . Bluff
Reward
Sheridan '.-....
Sherman . ....
Sioux
Ranton
Thayer .....
Thomaa .....
Thurston
Valley
Washington .
Wayne ,
Webster . . . .
;Wheoler- .....
York ,
5 Total
.22,262
27.882
Indicates counties In which Governor
MtKelvle received more votes than Mr.
Mi.retvead.
"Muggsy" McGraw Too
111 to See Federal
Prohibition Agents
-. x
New York, Aug. 16. "Too ill to
be interviewed," this was the mes
sage delivered to federal; prohibition
enforcement agents who called at
the home of John J. McGraw to ask
the manager of the New York Giants
if it was true he had bought whisky
at the Lambs club.
" An admission to this effect, al
leged to have been made to the dis
trict attorney's office in its investii
gation of how John C. Slavin, actor,
received a fracture of the skull in
front of McGraw's house about a
week ago, attracted the attention of
J. S. Shevlin, enforcement officer. It
was ' he who dispatched the dry
agents to McGraw's home, with the
threat that if McGraw did not present
himself at the federal district attor
ney's office a subpoena would be
sought.
- Slavin's condition was reported
worse and for this reason District
Attorney Swannannounced he would
not prestn the case to trie grand jury
for a few days.
Heir to Rich Estate Asks
New Order in Divorce Suit
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 16. Special.)
rr Suit to reopen the divorce suit of
his wife, now dead, and secure a
modification of the decree awarding
her $2,000 in alimony, has been be
gun in district court by Silas C.
Pascoe, one of the 11 heirs to the
rich N. Pascoe estate in this county.
. His wife died a year ago, after
getting a divorce and the judgement
for alimony, none of which has been
paid. The pudgmcnt acts as a lien
against Pascoe's inheritance. He
has named his former wife's mother,
Mrs. Anna Hennen, in his suit to
clear title.
Auto He ThoughJ Stolen
Had Been Sent to Garage
York, Neb.. Aug., 16. (Special.)
Dr. Eckles of this city missed his
automobile late Saturday afternoon
and phoned the sheriff, who in turn
got in touch with all the surround
ing towns by wire. After consider
able excitement on the part of the
owner , the car was found down at
the repair shop where the doctor
bad ordered it sent' for repairs.
Human Fly at ,York Fair.
York, Neb, Aug. 16. (Special.)
York county's fair and fall festival,
which will be held September 20 to
24, will have as a headliner a human
fly. He will scale the court house
twice each 'day, and on the last day
will go up blindfolded.
Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Gran-den
Co. Adv. - .
Identify Their Victims
V Jtfl ' HtntPffY LVMAH UQSQM MARTIN CTNUtrtirft
Martin Cunningham, 119 South
Twenty-ninth street, Lyman Lar
son, 2120 Douglas street and J. P.
Murphy, 2755 Davenport street,
nrobablv will o'tad cuiltv to rharo-es
of highway robbery when arraigned
in Centra! Dolice court Wednesday.
police said yesterday.
instead oi oeing identified by their
victims S'undav. when a strinc of
recent holdup sufferers in Omaha
riccrt-d at the trio in their rrlls. thp
alleged highwaymen identified the
men they had robbed.
"VAMP," 60 YEARS,
SHATTERS OLD
COUPLE'S ROMANCE
Wife, 73, Says Husband, 77,
Infatuated With Aged
' .Woman Boarder.
Detroit, Aug. 16. When a young
woman of 60 years steos between a
77-year-old husband and his 73-year-
oid oride oi three months, some re
course must be had to Solomon-
like wisdom to" iron out the triangle.
George Thomas, 77, married Anna
Thomas, 73, three months ago. After
the first week,' she said, George
failed to contribute to Iier' support
and she brought him before the
courts on a charge of nonsupport.
"Sister Cobb" Charms Husband
Mrs! Thomas told the court that
everything had been pleasant at
home until "Sister Cobb moved in.
"Sister Cobb" and Thomas are much
more congenial now than Mr.' and
Mrs. Thomas, according to the dis
appointed bride. She herself rented
the room to. the interloper and now
is "ctfrtainiv sorry she did it."
"You arc' 77, Thomas," the judge
said, "and your wife ts 73. Your
lawyer is 64 and Sister Cobb is (Q.
Why do you come to me, a mere
youth cf 37 years, to settle your
troubles?"
Married Three Months. "
Mrs. Thcmas said that all she
hears around the house is "Sister
Cobb this, and Brother Thomas
that." She came all the way from
St. Louis three months ago to be
his wife and not his housekeeper.
Mr. Thomas even informed Sister
Cobb every time, be; closed the front
door or put the cat out, she said, but
never a word to Anna, his-obedient
and dutiful bride.
In explanation of his conduct
Thomns said he had turned over alt
the money, he could' to his wife, but
that he was not able to work muc.i
by reason of his being "all broke
up" last winter when five tons of coal
fell on bim. . The judge referred
the case to a probation officer, und:r
whose direction Thomas will require
the . ()Q-yt;ar-oJd ' alleged . trouble
maker t? seek another room and will
contribute 'sufficiently to his wife's
support for c ne year. '. '. , "
Alexander, Carlisle Barred
Froni English-House of Lords
London Aug. 16. Alexander M.
Carlisle, prominent Belfast Irishman
and a privv chancellor, has been de
barred from the privileges of, Jthe
house of. lords by a resolution
passed today'. Action , was requested
by Earl Curzon, the foreign secre
tary, who declared that Mr. Car
lisle's letter in reply to a demaad
sent him for an apology for an "af
front" to the house "aggravated
rather thaa diminished .his recent in
sult." . , '. , .. .,
Carlisle; standing behind the rail
at the steps to the throne when the
house of lords -passed' the . second
reading of the Irish coercion bill,'
August :9, -protested: "If you pass
the bill you may kill England, not
Ireland.1' No reply was made, and
he left..'"
Charter Granted to New
State Bank at McGraw, Neb.
A charter was granted to the Se
curity Statet bank at McGrew, Neb.,
T. L. Green and S. K. Warrick.
The new bank, with a capital stock
r( tmfinft hfle heen orcranizpd far
the purpose of taking over the as
sets and liaDinties oi tne Mcurew
State bank, which is to be liquidated
and the charter surrendered.
Reliable Dentistry
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dental practice upon. In our years' of practice we
have satisfied thousands of patient. Ask some
of your .neighbors about our Dentistry ;
at REASONABLE PRICES.
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NOTICE Out-of-town patients, you arc cordially invited to make this offio
your headquarters, leave your packages and meet your friends during' your
stay in the city. '
Open Evenings. , .. Sundays Until Noon.
Tames Yingling, 2408 North Seven
teenth street; VV. R. Sheelor, 420
orth Nineteenth street, and John
Mvtzel, 2639 Seward street, who
were held up and robbed last week,
failed to recognize the bandit trio,
but remembered certain incidents in
their holdup- as related by the al
leged perpetrators. .
Cunningham seemed to enjoy the
whole affair hugely, as he recalled
the wild escapades. But Murphy,
who police say is an ex-convict,
snarled and growled as the victims
looked them over.
Place Loss of Public
In Ponzi, Get-Rich-Quick
Scheme at $5,000,000
Boston, Aug. 16. Five 'million
dollars w'as set . is the probable
amount of the public's money en
trusted to Charles Ponzi and not re
turned before his uet-rich-auick
bubble burst last week. Edwin L.
Pride; accountant, undertaking the
federal audit of Ponzi's accounts,
explained his preliminary report of
liabilities aggregating $7,000,000 was
based on the face value of the un
redeemed notes issued,. by Ponzi,
which called for 50 per cent profits
in 90 days.
' Investigating officials said they
were unable to say how nearly cor
rect Ponzi's statement that he has
$4,000,000 in assets would prove to
be. All inquiries have failed to dis
close any source of profits to defray
the 50 per cent bonuses given early
depositors, except the investments
of those . who came after them.
Poti zi is in East Cambridge jail, a
federal prisoner. He was ascribed
as weary and : hollow-eyed from
sleepless hours of worry.
Official Washington
Pays Final Respects
To General Gorgas
Washington, Aug. 16. Final re
spects were paid by official Wash
ington to Maj. Gen. William C. Gor
gas, former 'surgeon general of the
army, who' died in London, Officers
of the army and navy, government
officials and representatives of vari
ous nations, gathered at the Church
of the Epiphany for funeral services.
Among the' honorary ' pallbearers
were Secretary Baker and Maj. Gen.
Peyton C. Mardi. "v
Those chosen as military pallbear
ers included Gen. Pershing, Maj.
Gens. Tasker Bliss, Leonard Wood,
Enoch Crowder and William Sibert;
Rear Admirals AV.1 C Braisted and
Cary Grayson, Brig. Gens. Isaac W.
Littell .and Walter D. McCaw and
Surgeon General Cummings of the
public health service.
Live Stock Commission
: Men Accept New Schedule
Chicago, Aug. Jj6. A lower
schedule -of, commission charges,
prepared by E. T. Meredith, secre
tary of agriculture, were accepted
by the Chicago Live Stock ex
change. Under the new scale, the
commission men are allowed an ad
ditional commission of $2 per car
when the stock is owned by more
than 10 men, $3 when owned by
from 10 to 20 men, and $3 when
owned by more than 20 men,
Conference Adjourns.
St. Louis, Aug. 16. The confer
ence of the state committee of the
farmer-labor party called to perfect
organization and devise measures for
getting on the official ballot in No
vember, adjourned until Saturday
without actine. committee men stat
ing it. was desired to have a larger
representation present.
Fremont Chautauqua Closes.
Fremont. Neb., Aug. 16. (Spe
cial.) More than 2,500 people at
tended the Fremont chatauqua,
which closed yesterday. Guarantees
already made for next year insure
an even better class of entertainment,
according to Rev. W. H. Buss, m
charge.
? Unable to Fulfill Treaty.
.'Vienna. Aug. 15. The govern
ment has notified the reparations
committee that it was unable to ful
fill the treaty stipulations regarding
delivery of live stock and furniture
to Italy, Roumania and Jugo-Slavia.
Exonerate Sinn Fein
Of Blaipe for Riots
In Dublin Saturday
Dublin. Aug. 16. The success
with which republican volunteers
maintained order in Dublin Sunday
i night, and the wav they endeavored
i to protect soldiers and disperse
I crowds Saturday night, is taken as
' c. 1...'.
were not part of the Sinn Fein cam
paign, but were caused by "a mob
aroused over the killing of a boy
named Farrell in recent not.
This bitterness, it is believed, will
be increased by the events of the
week end, the worst of which, in the
eyes of Irishmen, was the killing of
Patrick Lynch Saturday night. Ac
cording to the evidence of his sis
ters. Lynch was taken from h's
house by soldiers and later found
dead.
There were disturbances at Lime
rick following the shooting of a po
liceman, which the police chatge was
done by a civilian. Others, however,
declare the shooting was accidental.
News alleging that hunger strik
ing Sinn Fein prisoners arc being
allowed to die is also arousing the
people.
Lloyd George Willing
To Discuss Solutoin
Of Irish Question
London, Aug. 16. In reply to a
question in the house of commons,
Premier Lloyd George again an
nounced willingness of the govern
ment to discuss with any representa
tives ot Irish opinion, any proposals
for a settlement. He said such dis
cussion would be subject to three
conditions.
First: That the six counties of
northern Ulster must be treated
separately; second, that there must
be no secession of any part of Ire
land from the United Kingdom, and
third, "We cannot agree to anything
that would involve any detraction
from the security of these islands or
of their safety in case of war."
Sinn Feiners would not be ruled
out if they were prepared to accept
these conditions, he said. ,
Order Investigation
Into Arrest of Hindus
Washington, Aug. 16. An inves
tigation into the arrest without de
portation warrants of 39 Hindus at
South Bethlehem, Pa., was ordered
by the Department of Labor.
Offer of 29 of the Hindus to ship
aboard a British vessel for India
has led, it was announced, to an in
quiry by the .department into pos
sible collusion between immigration
officers and British interests to
shanghia Hindu seamen into the
British merchant marine service.
According to reports received at
the department, the Hindus were
rounded up about 10 days ago and
shipped to Elli island. "
One of the 39 proved his Ameri
can citizenship and was released.
Twenty-nine were alfowed to ship
abo;'.rd a British vessel as re-.
requested.
French Envoy in America
To Negotiate for New Loan
New York, Aug. H. While plan
ning to pay her share, of the Anglo
French loan of $500,000,00 when it
matures October 15, France hopes
t oobtain "another, loan, Jean.Par
mentier, official . representative of
the French ministry of finance,- de
clared in a statement on his arrival
to confer with American bankers.
M. Parmentier admitted he had
some to negotiate with several
American bankers,' including repre
sentatives of J. E,' .Morgan & Co.
Maurice Casenave,- French high
Commissioner in the United States,
who met M. Parmentier at tJhe pier,
said that his countryman was. inter
ested in placing a new loan of ap
proximately $147,000,000.
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SAYS AMR1TSAR
KILLING FORGED i
BY NECESSITY
British Officer Who . Ordered
Slaughter of 400 Indians,
Defends Self, in
"White Book."
London, Aug. 16. Brig. Gen. R.
E. H. Dyer, who ordered the massa
cre at Amritsar which resulted in the
slaying of 400 Indians and the
wounding of about 1,500 within 10
minutes, has issued his defense for
perpetrating what Colonel Wedge
wood in the House of Commons de
scribed as the "greatest blot on
British history since the burning of
Joan of Arc."
The document is issued in tn
form of a white paper. The. mail)
points of the defense are:
Amritsar was the focus-point ol
a rebellion which aimed at setting
India ablaze.
Xo unnecessary harsh measures
were used. ,
The measures taken were actually
approved by the higher authorities,
the seal of approval being set on
the brigadier general's action by
subsequent promotion.
No warning was given of the
charges to be made against him by
the Hunter committee, which was
apointed by the government to in
quire into events in the Punjab. .
"My treatment for nearly a year
after the events at Amritsar further
requires considerable consideration,"
says Dyer. "I had reported those
events at once. Not only was I in nr.
way criticised for my handling of
the crisis, but I received immediate
official approval. I was likewise in .
no way suspended from my duties,
pending inquiry, the normal . mil
itary course in the case of a,h of
ficer whose conduct is to be the
subject of censure or penalty. On
the contrary, I -was promoted and
also given a command on active
service in the field."
General Dyer then enters into de
tail with regard to the events which
led up to Amritsar disturbances, and
says he. was confronted not with a
riot but with open rebellion. He
tells how after the issue of his pro
clamation that any assembly gather
ing in defiance of it would be dis
persed by force of arms, that he
learned that a counter-proclamation
had been issued, stating that his ac
tion was mere pretense, and that lie
dared not fire, .and that a meeting
would be held in the Jillianwallah
B;tph in the afternoon.
Referring next to the meeting in
the Jallianwallah Bagh, where he
found a crowd of from 15,000 to 20.
000 General Dyer says:
"The position was itself an anx
ious one from a purely military point
of view, as I was liaMe to be as- ,
sailed frcm behind, and the xfrica
tion of my. small force.' from--the,
city would have been practically im
possible if, after the firitip, rhe rebels
had maintained an aggress:e spirit.
''Hesitation I felt would b? dan
gcous and futile, and as soon as my
fifty riflemen had deployed I order,',
ed firp to be opened. The crowd
began .o scatter to the various exits.
Af'. some firing twe- groups ap
peared to be collecting as though to .
rush us, and on my brigadier-major
calling my attention this I directed:
fire specially rto the two points in
question, and dispersed the groups.
"When 1 ,650 rounds or thereabouts
had been fired, and roughly ten min
utes from the time of opening fire,
the whole crowd had dispersed, and
I was able to lead the body of troops
back in security, having, as it turned
out, established general security in
Amritsar and the neighborhood for
everyone. The spirit of the organ
ized mobs was effectively broken,
and the unrest in the countryside
stopped."
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