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U. S. Lacks
Tide of Immigration Rapidly
Two Dying,
Grand and Petit Mandates
Returning to Pre-War Levels
One Hurt
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Ellis Island Authorities Swamped by Tide of Aliens
Flowing Into United States Hundreds
Arrive Without Funds.
On Pacific
In Crash
rrot
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ISavy Wholly Unprepared to
Defend Coast in Case
Japan Should De
clare War.
Appropriations Are Small
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
( Iiloat-o Trlbaoe-Onwht. Bn Leaeed Wire.
Washington. Oct. 3. If war with
Japan should be the outcome of the
controversy over the immigration
question, the United States would
be wholly unprepared to fight ef
fectively in the Pacific ocean.
Even if the two halves of the navy
in the Atlantic and Pacilc oceans
could be united successfully into a
smoothly operating unit off the west
coast, the nation's sea faces would
b unable to operate effectively be
cause of the almost total lack of
facilities of supply and repair. Neith-
1 jt on the Pacilc coast, in the
r,i ippines are the naval bases caoable
jr ot meeting tne requirements of the
nj present Pacific fleet, much less the
l entire navy. Without naval bases a
navy is weii-nign useless.
A special board of naval officers
created by Secretary Daniels,
mapped out a comprehensive pro
gram for the establishment of the
Pacific ocean bases that would be
vitally necessary in the event of
war. Its plans called for the com
pletion of these bases in from three
to five years. v
Congress Cuts Appropriations.
Mr. Daniesls asked congress for
some of the initial appropriations
proposed by the board irT order to
get this important work tinder way
at once. Congress scaled down most
of the amounts asked, and in the
case of the most important bases
proposed, withheld action entirely
pending investigation by a joint
committee of the house and senate.
The estimated cost of all the bases
recommended aggregates $158,000,
000. If congress should act favorably
on the project at the next session,
it would still require from three to
five years to prepare the nation for
waging effective war on the Pacific
ocean.
The special board reported that
"The Hawaiian islands furnished the
kev to the whole of the eastern Pa
cific." and urged that Pearl harbor
be developed in connection with the
liarbor of Honolulu as a first-class
and complete naval base, remarking
thar the present facilities of IV?1
liarbor are "entirely inadequate to
I care for the Pacific fleet in time of
laeVfyeace and of cburse totally inade
c quite to take care of any movement,
Urge Immediate Action.
The board recommended that this
naval base be completed within five
vears, and that he 1920 appropria
tion bill provide for the construction
of works costing eventually approxi
mately $25,000,000.
Secretary Daniels , approved con
(Contlnned on rm Two, Colnmn One.)
Guarantee Against .
Price Decline Will
Be Discussed Tuesday
Chlearo Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Washington, Oct 3. Manufactur
ers will confer with the federal
trade commission Tuesday when the
question ofjthe propriety of guaran
teeing jobbers and retailers against
a decline in prices will come up for
discussion. A general invitation has
been issued to representatives of all
v lines of industry to participate in the
I nfeetinff which is in the nature of a
S V "trade practice submittal." More
that 100 business men are expected
to be in attendance from various
parts of the country.
A questionnaire sent out recently
by the commission, disclosed that
the practice was prevalent in many
:rlt.cf -; 9 result of uncertain
price conditions and that a majority
ftf those responding believed it justi
fiable, altnougn a consiaeraoie num
stens should be taken to
prohibit it.; As a result of the opin
ions expressed at Tuesday's confer
ence, the commission will decide
whether to approve the practice , or
make it the object of formal com
plaints against various manufactur
ers, wholesalers and jobbers.
Self-Confessed Auto
Thieves Are Jailed
Scottsbluff, Neb., Oct. 3.-(Spe-Tclegram.)
Three young men, self
confessed automobile thieves, arrest
ed while in possession of a car
owned by V. I. Mayficld and stoien
from in front of the North hotel
have just been returned to the
county jail at Gering by Sheriff
Koer-ig of Scotts Bluff county.
Thursday evening two of the gang
were found in an automobile owned
by William Hill of this city and were
in the act of starting the machine
when the party using the car stepped
fom a local drug store. A quick
getaway saved them from arrest
The second successful attempt to
steal a car was made last night. The
iar when taken contained but little
gasoline and because of the shortage
. the thieves were unable to make
x good in their intention to drive. di
rect to Cheyenne. Wyo.
F. D. Roosevelt Says Harding
Is Facing Split in Party
Henderson, Ky.. Oct. 3. Senator
' Harding is facing a serious split in
the republican party because of his
failure to state "plainly and un
equivocally" his exact position on
the league of nations, Frank-in
Roosevelt, . democratic vice presi
dential nominee declared in a series
of speeches in western Kentucky to
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
CJiHajo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire.
New York, Oct. 2. The tide of
immigration from Europe into the
United States is rapidly mounting
toward pre-war levels. Six months
ago more aliens were sailing away
from America than were sailing in,
but now the flood has turned and
there are more than twice as many
a'ien arrivals as departures. With
the sudden influx, the immigration
problem has become one of the most
serious question the next congress
will have to deal with.
For weeks Ellis Island, the great
gateway, has been choked. The
detentions arc so many that the
island is congested to double its ca
pacity. One night a week or so
ago 3,319 immigrants were detained
in quarters with slcepi,-.? accommo
dations for 1,50(1 the largest crow
i:i the history of the island. A night
with 3,000 is nothing unusual now
Ships have been forced to tie up
for days before discharging steerage
passengers. Thousands of examina
tions have had to be made at the
locks instead of the island. Cots
are being instal'ed to take care of
the arrivals, and a staff of extra in
spectors is being recruited. Fred
crick A. Wallace, the new commis
sioner, who has done much to "hu
manize" Ellis Island since June, on'y
recently got authority from Wash
ington to increase the force to some
thing like adequate proportions.
Many Arrivals Destitute.
The destitute and the diseased arc
clamoring for admission in numbers
rot before equalled. On the other
side the Atlantic, the bars seem to
be all down and passengers are tak
en aboard ship without regard as to
whether the United States will re
gard them as "undesirables." The
hospital of the island, with a. capac
ity of 650 beds now has 575 patients,
many with diseases that will lead to
Medic Student
Killed While
Cranking Auto
Car Forces Youth Against
Building, Fracturing Skull
Dies Before Reaching
Hospital.
Roy O. Swanson, 20, student at
the University of Nebraska medical
college, was almost instantly killed
vhije cranking an automobile at 1
O clock yesterday afternoon back of
the Phi Rho Sigma fraternity house.
4120 Dewey avenue.
The automobile was standing on t
:-mall embankment which sloped
toward the fraternity building.
Apparently the car was in gear.
because when Swanson turned the
crank, it is believed the car started
toward him and knocked his head
against the brick building. The
crank was pressed against his ab
domen. The first person to know of the
accident was Don Graham, who was
in a room on the second floor ol
the building. He heard the noise of
(he impact and looked out of the
window. He saw Swanson lying in
a pool of blood beside his car.
Other students were summoned
by Graham and they carried Swan
fon to the University hospital; halt
a block away. Swanson died before
he was put on the operating tabl..
He suffered a fractured skull.
Swanson, a member of the Phi
Rho Sigma frattrnity, was born ti.
Lincoln, Neb. He is an orphan and
had been working his way through
school by working in the advertising
epartment of the World-Herald and
with the aid of his sister, Viola, of
Lincoln.
He was a sophomore and was
popular among the other students of
.hec oliege. Both Drs. Lee and MuJ
'igan of the hospital corps, who
knew the boy very intimately, said
re was very bright and a leading
member of the fraternity.
County Attorney Shotwell was
notified of the accident by. Police
Sergeant Frank Rose, who was visit
ing at the hospital. The body wilt
be taken to Lincoln tomorrow, ac
companied by members of the fra
ternity. Beer and Moonshine
Are Sold Openly in .
Chicago, Agent Says
Clilragv Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaud Wire,
Chicago. Oct. 3. One thousand
bars in Chicago are openly sell
ing' real beer and moonshine
whisky in flagrant violation of the
prohibition laws, according to
Maj. A. V. Dalrymple, federal
prohibition enforcement director
for this district. He adds that
thousands' bf "strlls" are - making
illicit and deadly "hootch" and that
hundreds of men, formed intp com
panies, are engaged in the busi
ness of manufacturing, stealing
and selling the stuff that passes
for whisky.
Chicago breweries supposed to
be engaged only in the manufac
ture of near beer, are, according
to' Maj.- Dalrymple, brewing the
real stuff and they are running night
and day. He further charged
.that the police, department is do
ing nothing to enforce national
prohibition and the government
forces are so small that they can?
not h6pe to cope with the des
perate situation.
"In regard to prohibition," -he
said, "Chicago and other large
cities of the country are in a rev
olutionary state. We are doing
the best we can jvith an inefficient
organization,"-. . --.
their exch"i .,, of idiocy,
tG,0vtf ., abo.ard hiP
""iVV by American con
sul. ,
By the experts at the island, the
viseing of papers by American con
suls is regarded as a raucous joke.
It affords no protection the deten
tions demonstrate that and as now
operated, it is a mere ceremonial
that gives a chance to collect a fat
fee. Few consuls have facilities for
inquiring into the physical, mental
and financial status of the applicant.
Impositjon is easy.
Ship Lines Alarmed.
Again the steamship lines have a
share in the blame. Ocean trans
portation which was shot to pieces
during the war, is now being reor
ganised. The companies are com
peting for business. Steerage fares
from European ports which averaged
about 25 to $27 before the war, are
now about $110, so the government
officials declare, and at this high
rate, a ship can take a chance on
having to transport an undesirable
back tooort of origin at its own
expense.
Within the last four weeks, three
lines alone brought to this port, If
757 steerage passengers who had no
money at all, not a penny and 2,
636 who lwd less than $20 each. They
have been without funds to proceed
to their destinations, and most of
them were detained as likely to be
come public charges, which for some
time past has been the most im
portant single cause of rejection. All
told, this mixture of the penniless the
diseased, the feeble-minded and the
otherwise undesirable in the volume
of present immigration, is such that
during September, with 70,052 alien
arrivals, there were more detentions
at Ellis island than in April and
May, 1914, when 140,000 a month
were arriving.
Red Proposals
Offered China
Not Accepted
Recent Mandate, Sent by Ke
rensky Government Merely
Effort to Clear Up Situa
tion, Minister Says.
By The Associated Vretm.
Washington, Oct. 3. Proffers of
the Russian soviei government to
renounce special Russian rights and
concessions in China have not been
accepted by the Chinese govern
ment, according to a formal state
ment issued here by Dr. Wellington
Koo, Chinese minister. No iep)y
hasieen made to the Russian offer,
Dr. Koo said, and the recent man
date withdrawing recognition from
diplomatic and consular officers
sent to China by the Kerensky gov
ernment of Russia was an endeavor
to clear up a difficult situation pre
sented by the presence of these
representatives of an extinct regime
on Chinese soil.
"The Chinese government has not
accepted any of the soviet offers
to restore the concessions and spe
cial rights which were wrung from
China by the old Russian reg me,"
Minister Koo said, "because it did
not wish to depart from the policy
of acting in accord with the United
States and other allied governments.
There is less danger of bolshevism
in China than in almost any other
country."
Poles Continue Advance,
Official Statement Says
Warsaw, Oct. 9. Northeast of
Grodno the Poles have reached the
river Ulla, half way between Grodno
and Vilna, the Lithuanian capital,
says the official statement on light
ing operations.
The Polish second army captured
25,000 Russian soviet soldiers and
took 100 cannon between September
20 and 30, the statement adds.
"Pursuit of the bolshevik divisions
routed below Lida continues," the
statement says. , "The group of Col.
Dabirnaki is approaching Novo
Grodek. Below Baranovitchi Posen
troops captured l,0d0 prisoners and
36 machine guns.
"In the region of Suwalki all ac
tion has been suspended as a result
of a Polish-Lithuanian agreement."
Debs Refuses to Approve
Third Internationale
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3. The social
ist party of the United States cannot
join with the third internationale "at
present, without reservations," Eu
gene V. Debs, socialist nominee for
president, told members of the so
cialist national campaign committee
here, according to statements made
after the conference at federal
prison.
. "Tbe indefiniteness of . autocratic
interference and the experiments of
the third internationale make it im
possible for us to affiliate with them
at present ' without reservations,''
Debs was quoted as telling A. D.
Askeli, representing the Finnish fed
eration, -who sought a definite state
ment from the socialist leader.
Missouri Pacific Using
Own Depot in Louisville
Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 3. (Spe
c?al.) Following protests from the
people of Louisville against the con
tinuation, of war-time methods of
merging the Burlington and Mis
souri Pacific depot business, the Misr
souri Pacific has moved back into
its own station and trains will no
longer Stop at the junction of the
two roads in Louisville, to which
point the Burlington depot had been
moved to serve as a union station.
Joyriders Autoniobile Strikes
Viaduct Railing, Hurling
Two Occupants 50 Feet
To Ground.
Men Said to Be Drunk
Two men are dying and another
lies in a serious condition at the
University hospital as the result of
an alleged "intoxicated" joyride,
which culiminated in a crash at the
Forty-third and Hamilton street via
duct early yesterday morning.
The - injured are, Guy Culver, 26,
1507 Ohio street, driver of the car,
fractured skull and internal" injuries;
W. Mahon, 27. Twenty-second and
JJavenport streets, formerly ot Al
buciueroue. N. M fractured skull,
rnd William S. Pollack, 27. 1611
North Twenty-seventh street, head
and body bruises.
Dr. L. H. Lee, interne, stated hte
yesterday afternoon that Mahon
and Culver, who were unconscious,
were expected to live but a few
hours. , ,
Pollack and Mahon were riding
with Culver. 1 he car had just made
'he east "turn on Forty-third and
Hamilton when in some unknown
manner,. Culver lost control of the
machine and it went crashing into
the iron railing cm the south side of
;he viaduct.
Hurled Over Railing.
Culver and Mahon who were in
the front seat, were both hurled
from the car over the viaduct rail
ing to the ground 50 feet below,
lighting in a gulley just east of the
railroad tracks.
Pollack, -riding in the back seat,
was trapped in the car. He was
crushed by the weight of the heavy
top.
The front wheels of the machine
were wedged between the iron rail
ing and the stone pavement. Po
lice say if the iron railing had been
pushed out a few, feet further, the
car would have crashed to the tracks
below. '
According to Louis Tankowski,
1420 Military avenue, the accident
Occurred ' about 4:30. He said he
heard the crash about that time
while lying in bed, but did not get
up to make an investigation.
Heard Crash.
The first person to reach the in
jured men was Edward Richardson,
1406 Military avenue. He lives
across the street from the viaduct.
Richardson heard the crash and got
to the rescue about 5 o'clock. When
Richardson arrived he met William
Harrison, 410 Sweetwood avenue,
Omaha Bee newsboy. Harrison call
ed the police.
W. C. Blake, 3179 South -Thirteenth
street, motorman and F.
Vithen, 3160 South Thirteenth street,
conductor, who were making their
first trip of the day, arrived at Forty-third
and Hamilton about 5:30.
Blake stated that he and Vithen
took Pollack out of the car and with
other help later removed the car.
Police arrived a few minutes later
tnd took the men to the hospital.
Police, Blake, Vithep and Richard
son say the three men were tinder
the influence, of liquor.
' Says They Were Drinking.
Last night, when questioned as
to how the accident occurred, Pol
lack said: "We all met at Twenty
fourth and Clark street about 7
o'clock. Mahon suggested that we
i.5et a few drinks
"We got several drinks of corn
whisky and then joy rode the rest of
the night. We did not go to any
particular place. I don't retrlember
a thing of the accident."
Dr. Lee, who attended the men,
said they were intoxicated.
Pollack is a tinner at Armour's
and is the sole support of his mother,
Mrs. Katie Pollack. Culver is mar
tied and lives with his mother, Mrs.
J. W. Anderson. His wife is visiting
in western Nebraska. Culver works
for the Omaha Stee works. The
car belonged to him.
Mahon, who has been in Omaha
hut a few weeks, worked for the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass company. He
was not married, police say,
Cortland Farmer Badly
Hurt in Auto Collision
Beatrice. Neb., Oct. 3. (Special.)
C. F. Buettebach, a farmer living
near Cortland, was badly injured
when his car collided with a ma
chine driven by Otto Koehler. Mr.
Buettenbach was thrown from his
car, and fell on a cement abutment
at the roadside. .
Iowa Town Marshal
After Slickers Who
Took Raincoat Here
He was "taown marshal of
Anita, la., b'gosh."
And "they weren't no city slick
ers goin' to put nothing over him."
Wild-eyed and with temperature
considerably over the boiling
point, A. D. Dean, sole member of
the Anita police force, rushed into
the Omaha police station late
Saturday afternoon.
Angrily he brandished a dilapi
dated rain coat in the face of the
desk sergeant.
"See what some dad-burned son
of a gun left in my automobile in
place of the new rain coat I paid
25 bucks for," he shouted. By
golly I'll hev the law on him
when I ketch 'im'
Jerking back the lapel of his coat,
he displayed an over-polished star.
"That's me town marshal of An
ita. And if you folks can't get the
culprit, I'll get 'im myself."
After some questioning, Dean
explained that the exchange had
been made while his car was
parked at Fourteenth and Douglas
streets.
At last reports, the marshall was
roaming the streets of Omaha in
quest of the coat and the crQoij
John Bull, th wtll known profmitional mmn
itAmr, hat taktn m manJat ovr Metopotamim and
hr immana oil and othor rourca. Thm Moo-
ptamiant arm rttitting doiptratoly. '
Spihm Hogan warn caught roJ-handtd last night
whil mandating a hoot on thm boulmvard. Hm
had mandatmd two bag ot milvmr and m ho of
jmwmU. . Hm onem mmrvmd three ymart for petit
mandating.
A lonm train mandator ncxmufully held tip
thm Wonderland Limited juet outridm of Kmnmat
City latt night. Forty thousand dollar Were
mandatmd from thm mxprmtt mafm and twe meteen'
gmr Were fatally mandated.
Yank Engineer
Is Freed by Reds
Bolshevik Authorities Release
Prisoners One at a Time
Others Seek Freedom.
By The Asuoclated Prrot.
Ri'm. Oct. 3 Dr. Alfred Wood
Stirlmev. Ihp Amerinin mininc rn-
gineer who has been held in jail at
Moscow Dy tne Kussian ooisneviK
n,tliniifiAC nrr'weA liri Tll rpa-
enn rr'wrow (rtr tii tmnricnnmpnf wa:
that he was being held pending iden
tification. He was released within a
fortnight.
Other Americans reported to be in
prison at Moscow include Altred
Rrni rf Tpr Vnrlr fArmprlv nf Rnni
and Live Right, publishers; Royal C.
Keeiy, engineer; tstep ana jonn
Flick, moving picture men, charged
vifltli nprincr Piicct? withmil- snvipt
permission; Frank Sambro of Brook
lyn, N. Y., and Xenophon a. Kaia
matiano, formerly 6f Racine, Wis.,
nd Chicago. Kalamanano, wno nus
ii-pn in nrisnn more than two Vears.
was rpppntlv rpnorted to be ill had
health, but is now much improved.
Through the ettorts oi toreign rtea
toss organizations the American
prisoners have been receiving addi
tional food allowances, rood sup
plies are being sent to Americans m
Moscow who are not in prison.
Among the Americans in Russia
who are anxious to leave tne country
ate Harold Erna, Edward Carlson,
Samuel and Anna Hopwood,- Anna.
Belling. Jane and Flora Hoffman,
Fred Keyes, Marion Shipman and a
former clerk of the American consul
1 at- Afnsrnw and Dr. William
Lambie and wife.
The bolsheviki apparently have
adopted the policy of allowing only
one or two Americans to leave Rus
S'a at the same time.
English Delegates .
Visit Mount Vernon
Washington, Oct.' 3. Accompa
nied by Sir Auckland Geddes, the
British ambassador, delegates from
Great Britain and The Netherlands!
to the tercentenary celebration of
the landing of the Pilgrims, visited
Mount Vernon as the guests ot sec
retary Daniels- on the presidential
yacht, Mayflower.
On behalf 6f thcBritish branch
of the Sulgrave institution, of which
ht is a member, Lord Rathcreedan,
head of the British delegation, placed
a wreath on Washington's tomb as
an offering of hope that "the nation
from which he sprang and th na
tipn he helped to establish may be
forever bound together in friendship
and common service for mankind."
Plattsmouth Legion Post
Entertains Ex-Soldier
Tlattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 3. (Spe
cial). Hugh Keams post No. 56,
American legion, acted as host to
all ex-service men of the community
at a luncheon-smoker, which was
well attended. Athletic events were
featured, including a boxing match.
The occasion was the first anni
versary of the issuance of the post's
charter. The post has grown from
15 members .to include all but 40 of
the ex-service men of the communi
ty, and is one of "the big ten" in the
state. Attorney C. Fs Brome of
Omaha was an out-of-town speaker
at the rneeting.
Relief Money
Used to Provide
Wine For Dancer
Part of Funds Given for Aid
In Near East Spent for
"Wild Dinner," Charge
Of Workers.
By LARRY RUE.
'cw York Tlntes-Chirarn Tribune Cable.
Copyright, 1920.
Constantinople, Oct. 3. Part of
tne money obtained by the Near East
Relief movement from Sunday school
children and other Americans, many
of whom sacrificed their Thanksgiv
ing dinners and one of whom sold
his home to aid the starving Ar
menians, was used o hire a Trebi
zond hootchy-kootchy dancer and to
buy champagne to entertain officials
here so certain relief workers might
have . their , passports vised without
uncomfortable delays, according to
testimony produced here during con
sular court hearings.
The hearings had to do with six
Near- East employes. who are on
trial, charged with graft and embez
zlement. Col. Coombs, director of the relief
commission, which preferred the
charees. was grilled by the defense
.for approving the expenses of the
"wild dinner. . N
"Did you' know that, champagne
flowed and that Russian singers and
hnotchy-koptchy dancers entertained
at this dinner?" the defense asked.
"Yes," replied. Col. Coombs, "but
there was only one dancing girl."
Col. Coombs disclaimed any
knowledge of purchases and con-
sumntion of whisky, stating that ne
and ' Col. Haskell controlled the
Caucasus branch of the relief work.
F. W. Callum, treasurer of the re
lief committee, admitted that he had
recovered $2,000 from the sweetheart
of one of the defendants, who as
serted the woman had taken ' the
money against his will..
-Henry Mason tay. president ot
the American Foreign Trade cor
poration, testified regarding the pur
chase of 1.000 small automobile tires
from Col Coombs for . $12 apiece.
This he termed a fair price, which
the defense disputed.
Dr. V..W. Pect, who has Jjeen a
missionary here for 39 years and
who attracted attention 15 years ago
bv rescuing Ellen St.ine from Rai
fuli, testified that although he was
chairman of the executive commit
tee, the sale was made without his
knowledge. .
American Destroyer Is
Being Towed Into Libau
Riga, Oct. 3. The United States
destroyer Kane, which struck a mine
outside Riga, will be towed into Li
bau by the United States destroyer
Brooks, which rushed out from Riga
to assist her. The Kane's engines
are not working and she will be un
able to proceed to Riga.
Joyriders Abandon Stolen
Auto After Damaging It
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 3. (Special.)
Joyriders stole a car belonging to
Miss Kate Webb and escaped after
badly damaging the machine. The
car collided with T. C. Waite's busr-
gy, smashing the vehicle, but the
.riders escaped before police arrived,
Johnny Crapani, thm mxpmrt Frmnth mandator,
hat tahmn m mandatm ovmr Syria, although thm
Syrian arm fighting dmtmrminmdly to prmomrvm thmir
otU'dttmrmination,
Mr. Jamm J. Jiggitt, a promintnt rmtidmnt of
thim city, warn mandatmd latt night at an alloy nmmr
hit homm. After loting hi watch and pocket
book hm warn mandatmd ovmr thm hmad with thm butt
of a gat.
Mr. C. W. Renthogg, who ha tahmn a fancy
to thm ancestral homo of thm Widow Pmrhint, hat
occupied thm place by virtu of a eel f -imposed
mandate. Thm widow and children will bm ml'
lowed to work for him and livm in thm cellar.
Legion to Keep Up
Battle for Bonus
Stiff Fight in Progress, With
Little Likelihood of Pass
ing Veto Probable.
Chicago Trlbune-On.nhe Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, Oct. 3. Although the
American Legion has again gone on
record for the passage of the sol
diers' bonus bill, opponents of the
measure in congress are preparing
to continue thejr fighth against it
and believe it will be sidetracked in
the coming session.
The bill was passed by the house
late in the session last spring and
was sent to the senate finance com
mittee where it failed to receive any
consideration Supporters of the
proposition will be on hand early in
the December session to urge the
senate finance committee to report
the bill promptly to the senate. A
stiff fight is in prospect in the sen
ate with passage of the measure ex
tremely doubtful.
Representative Kahn of California,
chairman of the house committee on
military affairs, declared that he pro
posed to do everything possible to
prevent final enactment of a bonus
bill. .
"Wlien I was out in California I
went before the local camp of the
American Legion in my district to
discuss the soldiers' bonus bill." said
Representative Kahn. "I told the
men that they were heroes in ihe war
and they are heroes in the times of
peace, and that they should not urge
congress to pass such a bill which
would mean an addition to the deficit
of the government by at least $3,000,
000,000. They agreed with me and
approved my position.
Even if the bill should go through
the senate it is believed that Presi
dent Wilson would veto it That
such action would be taken by the
president was strongly intimated in
a letter by Secretary of the Treasury
Houston to a house committee last
spring. v There would be little pos
sibility of the passage of the bill over
the president's veto.
No Socialist Electors on
Montana Ballot This Year
Helena, Mont, Oct. 3. Socialist
party electors will be missing from
the ballot in Montana this year for
t;ie first time since the formation of
'he part'. By a decision of the
state supreme court today the party
was ruled off the ticket, but the np
plication of the recently formed
inrmer-labor party to place its elec
tors before the voters was granted.
Lowden in Colorado.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 2.
"The supreme issue in this campaign
is the preservation of America and
American, institutions," declared
Govefnor Frank O. Lowden of Illi
nois at a political meeting here.
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Landslide
For G. 0. P.
Predicted
Indications Point to Election
Of Harding and Coolidge by
Big Majority, Four Weeks
From Tuesday.
Demos Losing Ground
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlraro Tribune-Omeha lice Leaned Wire.
Washington, Oct. 3. Four weeks
from next Tuesday the American
people will elect the next president
of the republic, and more than ever
docs it look like a landslide for
Harding and Coolidge.
Varying his advocacy of the Wil
son covenant of the league ot na
tions with sensational charges of re
publican corruption, now exploded
by official investigation, Governor
Cox does not appear to have begun
to tern the tide of popular sentiment
setting in favor of the republican
ticket.
The most reliable reports obtain
able from all parts of the country,
forecast on the basis of present con
ditions, the election of aHrding by
at least 300 votes in theclectorial
college, which would give him a
majority of approximately 70 votes.
So little headway has the demo
cratic organization made up to date '
in the Campaign that several states I
classed as doubtful a month ago
now appear safe for Harding while
several other states ordinarily car
ried by the democrats, are now in
the doubtful list.
. For Harding.
California, 13; Connecticut, 7;
Delaware, 3; Idaho, 4; Illinois, 29;
Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Maine, 6;
Massachusetts, 18;. Michigan, 15;
Minnesota, 12; Nebraska, 8; New
Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 14; New
Mexico, 3; New York, 45; North
Dakota, 5; Oregon, 5; Pennsylvania,
38; Rhode Island. 5: South Dakota.
5; Utah, 4; Vermont, 4; Washing
ton, 7; Wisconsin, 13; Wyoming, 3.
Total, 293.
For Cox.
Alabama, 12; Arkansas, 9; Florida,
6; George, 14; Louisiana, 10; Mis
sissippi, 10 North Carolina, 12;
South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12;
Texas, 20; Virginia, 12. Total, 126..
Doubtful.
Arizona, 3; Cdlorado, 6; Indiana,
15; Kentucky, 13; Maryland, 8;
Missouri, 18; Montana, 4; Nevada,
3; Ohio, 24; Oklahoma, 10; Wfest
Virginia, 8. Total, 112v
If Governor Cox should carry all
of the states here listed as doubtful
he would -hurvs total oi 238 dec-,
toral votes, 28 short of the 266 ma
jority. The chances are, however,
that Harding will carry both In
diana and Ohio, as well as West
Virginia, wh.Ie landslide conditions
probably would give him several
other states now classed as doubtful.
If . the Ohio governor should
carry New York as well as Ohio
and ali the other doubtful states, he
would be elected. The fact is, how
ever, that it is a mistake to class
New York as doubtful. To begin
with, it wotrld take an extremely
forceful democratic candidate, run
ning on a popular platform, to carry
a state which President Wilson lost
in 1916 and carried in 1912 only be
cause of republican disruption.
Landslide Expected.
Reports of the canvassers indicate
that upstate New York will give
Harding perhaps the largest plural
ity of any republican candidate since
the Roosevelt landslide of 1904, and
that Cox may consider himself lucky
if he carries New York City. . The
curious thing is that Tammany is
finding it uphill work to make, votes
for Cox on the assurance that he is
"wet," and will help restore wine and
beer. The trouble is that the Irish
Americans are clear off the demo
cratic reservation on the score of the
league of nations issue and have not
been appeased by the Ohio govern
or's promise to bring the Irish ques
tion before the league. They are con
vinced that the league would ignore
the issue as a British domestic ques
tion, but would not hesitate to in
voke all the power of the league to
help Great Britian repel extern!
aggression dedicated to the cause of
Irish independence.
In addition Tammany is chiefly"
interested in re-electing Governor
Smith, and it would not be surpris
ing if Tammany should sacrifice the
democratic national ticket to make
votes for Smith. It has happened be
fore. .
Democrats Disorganized.
The state of disorganization in the
democratic party is such that on'.v
art irresistable issue could carry it
to victory this year. It is evident
that the league of nations so far
trom being irressistably, is weak is
sue in the east, and even in the solid
south, where an increase of the re
publican vote, if not a decrease in
the size of democratic pluralities, is
a prospect. The democrats are still
hoping that the league will prove :r
rtsistable in the west, particularly
among the women voters. The most
optimistic note sounded at demo
cratic national headquarters in the
last week is in a statement that "the
t'de is turning," in favor of Gover
nor Cox.
So alarmed over the situation did
the Baltimore Sun, democrat) be
come that it sent Stephen Bonial to
New York to investigate. He re
ported in the columns of the Sur.
hat the democratic national com
mittee is so hard up for campaign
ash that a motion was made in the
executive committee to close the
New York headquarters and al
most carried. '
Hotel Manager Promoted.
Table Rock, Neb., Oct. 3. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. J. K. Waddcll, who has
been the manager of the Lincoln
hotel here, has been promoted to
be manager of the Lincoln hotel
of Scottsblut'i", and is superseded
here by George Nearhood of Lincoln,
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