The Omaha Daily Bee
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THREE CENTS
'Callaghan
Starts Row
At Capitol
department Heads Differ on
Who It in Authority to
Rule on Case of Mayor
Of Cork.
Davis Opposes Entry
Washington, Jan. 10. Passport
Restrictions will not be waived by the
State department to permit entrance
to the United States of Daniel J.
O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork,
who oh his arrival last week at New
port News as a stowaway and with
out a passport, was temporarily ad
mitted on parole by the Labor de
partment The decision announced today by
Acting Secretary Davis, brought
forth the assertion by labor officials
that jurisdiction still rested with tho
secretary of labor. This indicated a
continuation of the controversy be
tween the two departments.
Sends Wilson Opinion.
Secretary Davis said that he con
curred) in the opinion of the solicitor
of his department as forwarded to
him .today, that there was no reason
Jo make an exception in the case of.
O'Callaghan as regards admission
without a passport. He said he was
Commutiirxtinir his rtaricinn in pc.
retary Wilson and added the intima
tion that his department, acting un
ceY the wartime cowers given the
president to regulate entry of aliens,
might recommend that the Depart
ment of Justice be called upon to de
port the Irish may or. ; " 1
Labor department officials assert
ed Secretary Wilson did not recog
nize that the case of OCallaghan
had yet come within jurisdiction of
the State department inasmuch . a.s
he had, not formally referred it to
Secretary Davis. Secretary Wilson
had not begun his consideration of
the case today and it was said he
frvouldnot take it under advisement
ttntil itl had come to him through
regular channels. At the State de
partment' jt ws said delay of the
secretary of labor in rendering a de
fcisioii after after having paroled
P'Callaghan would permit' the lord
mayor to accomplish his mission of
testifying before the commission
from the committee of 100 investi
gating the Irish question regardless
pi whether he may be eventually de
ported. Labor Bureau Probe.
Labor department officials declared
that should the secretary, of labor
!ind Q'Callaghan' inadmissible ' on i
be necessary for the secretary to
fefer' the waiving of passport re
striction to-the State department.
Should he find the lord mavor ad
missible however, he would then be
called on to decide whether the ex
clusion of O'Callaghan tor having
fcntered. without a passport wa,s a
question to be passed tipon by the
State department.
While the State department first
held that O'Callaghan's case had
been brought before the department
by the action of the immigration in
spector in Norfolk, in requesting ad
vice, Secretary Davis later stated
lie had amended this decision and
would not take the case under ad
visement tjnti!t it had been brought
to his attention formally by the sec
retary of labor. When Secretary
Davis learned Secretary Wilson was
not disposed to consult the State de
partment and that he had paroled
O'Callaghan he again amended his
ilecision and asked for an opinion
from the solicitor.
Girl-Bride in Iowa i
Charges That JHubby
Has Wife in Omaha
Creston, la., Jan. 10. (Special.)
Mrs. Adele Lawrence, the iiirl-Vide
r( Vi-snlr Lawrence, in a tict'-lion
filed in the district court here, asks
for the annulment of her marriage
with Frank J. Lawrence, alleging
that he already nas a legal witc.
Ruth Lawrence, residing in Omaha.
In the petition wife No. 2 al
leges that she was married to Law
rence on November 7,' 1920, and
that at the time of her marriage
Lawrence had a. wife, known as
Rutji Lawrence. She alleges that
she entered into . the marriage con
tract with the defendant in good
faith, being entirely unaware that
ftuth Lawrence was his lawful wed
ded wift. She asks that he be re
stored to the rights and privileges
of an unmarried woman.
. Adele Lawrence states that ac
cording to her husband's letters,
wife No. 1, is living at 2558 Spann
ing street, Omaha, and that Law
rence stays at the .Hotel Neville
in that city.
Four Seaplane? On Way to
Panama Reach San Salvador
San Francisco, Jan. 10. Four sea
elanet of the navv squadron, which
are making the flight from San Diego
to the canal sone, reached La Union,
Republic of San Salvador, at 3:50
o'clock yesterday afternoon accord
ing to a message received by the
ncvy radio here today from the sup
ply ship Kanawha. The Kanawha
was stationedat a point near La
.Union to supply the seaplanes.
The ships landing at La Union
were Nos. 8. 10, 12 and 15 of the
F-5-L group. -
Town Where Baloonists
Are Expected Hit by Storm
Mattice, Ont., Jan. 10. (By The
Associated rress.j - aiaiuLc,
;sma11 settlement on the trarisconti-
ental railway toward which tne
three stranded American naval bal
loenistsj are believed to be pushing
from Hudson bay territory, today
was in the grip of a snow storm,
which old timers thought may prove
State Buildings Decy,
Permanent Plan Needed,
Declares
Grand Island Man Points
Replace Old Structures Now Wearing Out
Suggests Legislature Consider Some
, General Plan.
(JohnH oge, whose pertinent suggestions relative to Nebraska
Stale institutions are printed below, is a civil and electrical engineer
who served for some time as consulting engineer of the stale board
of control. Prior to that he was assistant engineer of Lincoln
and an engineer in private practice. He is now practicing his pro
fession at Grand Island. Editors Note.)
To the Fcople of Nebraska:
As a former public servant I feel
it my duty to urge upon you and
upon the legislature of our state
some measures whfch in my humble
opinion will, aid materially in' the
conduct of the institutions which our
state maintains' ISr its wards.
As former efficiency engineer for
the state board of commissioners of
state institutions, it was rriy duty to
visit our state institutions and ex
amine the condition of the physical
.property, and during the year that
I served in this capacity I had oc
casion to become fairly familiar with
needs, of our institutions as regards
buildings, heating plants, lighting
systems, water supply and'plumbing.
No Criticism.
Before proceeding further I want
to say here and now that what I
have to say is not offered as adverse
criticism to the management, either
past or present, of our institutions,
either at the institutions themselves
cr of. the members of the board of
control. On the contrary, I have
only the highest regard for all Of
these officers, and I personally feel
that each is giving and has given to
the institutions his best efforts to
make them all that they should be.
It is because I am'agaiil a private
citizen with no "axe; to grind," that
1 can now speak ' roy mind about
Kansas Legion
Men Organize to
Fight Townlev
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Former Soldiers Say Organiza-
tion Is Menace League
Workers Say Big Business
, Started Move. : r :
-TTfiaVan Jan. ' W.-Nearly" SUO
former service men " representing
cities in every section of Kansas,
met today to perfect organized re
sistance to efforts of A. C.Townley
and Nonpartisan leagffe organizers
to establish the league as a political
weapon in the hands of farmers and
laboring men of the state.
Approximately 1,500 farmers met
in another haH to hear Nonpartisan
league speakers outline the league's
program.
O. A. Kitterman, commander of
the Salina county legion post, out
lining the purpose of the anti-league
meeting, declared former service
men were organizing to combat
what the people of Salina and Salina
county thought a menace.
He said there was no disposition
to use obstructionist methods, ex
cept that of "pitiless publicity.".
lie added that the anti-league del
egates represented 1 business men,
farmers 'and laboring men.
League speakers described the anti-league
movement as one fostered
by big business and politicians "hid
ing behind the American Legion."
Capt. G. H. Mallon, manager of
the league in Kansas, denied charges
that the league program was "un
American." "We are here to get all farmers to
organize,"- he asserted. "We are
here to help them cast their ballots
in their own favor. We intend to
stay here as - long as the farmers
want us." '
Harding Resigns as
United States Senator
Marion, O., Jan, 10. President
elect Harding resigned. Sunday as
senator from Ohio, forwarding his
letter of resignation to Columbus
for action of the newly elected re
publican governor, Harry L. Davis,
who assumes office today. '
The move was in accordance with
the president-elect's announced pur
pose to give up his seat when a
change in the state administration
would admit appointment of a re
publican successor. Governor
elect Davis has. indicated Frank B.
Willis, elected senator for the term
beginning"-next March, would be
named.
Mr. Harding made January 15 the
effective date of his resignation. By
giving upfhis office then, he will he
permitted to devote the last six
weeks before his inauguration to the
preparation for the duties of his ad
ministration. '
Thieves Overlook Nothing
In Cleaning Ogden Store
Ogden, Utah, Jan. 10. Browning
Brofc.' company of Ogden, a firm in
which J. M.-Browning, the inventor,
is a partner, reported to police today
that the store was robbed last night
of one new automobile, 38 guns, a
great quantity of ammunition, some
sports clothing and $100 taken from
the safe, which had been broken
open. , , -
Fire Menaces City
Moose Jaw, Sask.. Jan. 10. One
man was burned to death when fire
destroyed the city hall at Swift Cur
rent early today. According to re
ports received here at 11 a. m., the
i fiamcs were threatening the entire
Engineer Hog
Out Lack of Provision wTf-
things which public officers would
scarcely care to mention for fear of
being thought prejudiced.
Iu the first place, I will say with
out fear of contradiction that our
state will find it necessary in the
next few years to spend on the physi
cal propertyof our institutions a vast
amount of money to rebuild and up
build them to a point of efficiency.
In some cases new buiklings wi'l
have to be built to replace buildings
which are now in a state of.dcccy
past , a point where : repair is either
profitable or possible. In others it
will . ba, necessary ;to remodel ex
tensively. Heating plants will have
to be torn out ana new ones in-
stilkd. 'Water supplies will have to
be enlarged and new facilities adrted
to meet growing needs. New build
ings will have to be added 4o meet
present over-crowding and. in some
cases perhaps even new institutions
will have to be added to meet grow
ing demands.
And how are we ' going to meet
these conditions? - .
. ' Log-Rolling in Past.
Are we going to meet them as we
have in the past, by appropriating
only enough money, so that by the
greatest of economies are those in
charge able to make ends meet? By
appropriations made to meet political
needs or becatis;' some committee of
citizens from the town in which the
(Tnrn to Page Two, Column Two.)
Money Voted to
Erect Stand for
U.S. Lawmakers
1
j Five Members Oppose Appro
priation for Seats From
Which Congress Will View -
Inaugural Ceremony.
' niTashtrigton," Jan. 10. Five mem
bers of the house, one from Ohio and
the others. from the south, voted to
day to cut the $50,000 appropriation
for erection of a grandstand at the
capitol from which congress braves
the bleaks March weather during the
inaugural ceremony.
Against this handful, 285 members
voted for the fund, so that the iong
established custom might prevail.
The snow was clinging to the first
pile of lumber, stacked outside, when
debate started, coincident with an
other flurry of talk in the senate on
a proposal to eliminate all expensive
and ostentatious inaugural show
while so many people in Europe are
starving.
f ; Fight for Simplicity.
sible the carrying out of the part-of
congress in the celebration. It has
nothing to do with any pageant
downtown or an inaugurat .ball,
against which there has been protest
on the ground that the -pension build
ing, desired for the night festivities,
is needed for the corfduct of the gov
ernment pension business. Senator
Borah, republican of Idaho, leader
in the fight for simplicity, indicated
he would keep it up in an effort to
prevent other appropriations'.
Nobody except congress and its
friends will sit in the grandstand, the
iO.000 seats being equally distributed.
Representative Blanton of Texas
protested against the expenditure,
but on the hrst vote he stood alone'
in support of an amendment making
ine amount iu.uuu.
Texan Gets L'augli.
There was a roar from both sides,
several democrats urging their
party not to be swayed by the plea
of money saving for such an event.
Declaring President-elect Harding
was averse to a. spectacular inau
gural, Representative Reavis, repub
lican, Nebraska insisted a time hon
ored ceremony should not be stopped
by the cry of "demagogues." Repre
sentative Hudspeth of Texas brought
applause bv the statement that the
people of Texas who voted against
Senator Harding did not subscribe
to Mr. Blanton's views.
Although members expressed a
wish to agree with the president
elect in modestly requesting a sim
ple inaugural, they contended this
was the people's show and that they
were entitled to have it presented
on the same scale as heretofore.
Voting with Representative Blan
ton to reduce the appropriation were
Representatives Aswell, .Louisiana;
Sherwood, Ohio, and Quirt and
Stephens, Mssissippi.
F ormer U. S. Judge Kills'
Self as He Examines Gun
Tulsa, Okl., Jan. 10. R. E. Camp
bell, 54, former United States judge
of the eastern district of Oklahoma,
accidentally shot and killed himself
today.
He was at his desk looking at a
pew revolver and in closing his desk,
tne top strucK xne gun, mscnarging
it, the bullet penetrating his livtr..
Lincoln Man Hangs Self
In Prison at Fond Du Lac
FontfDu Lac,Wis., Jan. 10. L. C.
Purcelr of Lincoln, . Neb., who
claimed to be Willie F. Dickenson,
who was kidnaped in Florence, Wis.,
in 1881, committed suicide in the jail
here today. Purccll made a rope of
towels and handkerchiefs and hanged
1 1 himself from the top o his self
Bills
icea
ssembly
Senate and House Receive
Same Number; One Measure
Would Give Counties Con
trol of Road Building.
Ask New Blue Sky' Law
Lincoln. Jan. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Senate arid house members
introduced total 'of 40 bills today.
There were 20 thrown into the house
hopper and a like number in the sen
ate. Both houses adjourned late
this ' afternoon until 10 tomorrow
morning. '
Abolishment of the statutes pro
viding for-acceptance of federal aid
on highways, establishment of coun
ty, roads requiring classification by
the highway commisisoner and the
code law providing far allotment of
75 per cent of auto license revenue
to the state highway fund are pro
posed by Epperson of Fairfield m a
series of bills introduced. Another
Epperson measure' provides for re
peal of the law requiring counties
to maintain state highways within
their borders after the roads have
been . permanently improved. With
these laws repealed. Epperson pro
vides in another bill to give county
highway engineers power similar to
that of the present state bureau of
roads and bridges. In short, he
would place- highway, construction
in the hands ' of the counties.
Board of Publie Employment.
Yeiser of Omaha, presented a 12
page, closely typewritten bill, which
in substance would create a . state
board of public employment to
guarantee employment of idle labor
ers on public works at a wage of $5
a day and force the issuance of state
labor warranty, redeemable when a
special tax levy of $250,000, proposed
for the firs't vear.v w-as collected.
Nelson of Pierce would not abol
i ish the-state share in automobile
j licenses. But in a bill introduced he
j proposed to hike the county's share
j from 25 to 75 per cent.
Franklin of Beaver City would en-
! force railroad companies to trans
port caretakers of live stock on the
same train the stock is shipped. .
Sturdevant of Atkinson proposed
j fil property not exempt front execu
tion. New "Blue Sky" Measure.
Provision for7 co-operative compa
nies to 'issue preferred stock and
guarantee a reasonable rate of in
terest "is .made in bilLof Haar.-o
Monrde.' ." ',
In the senate, Anderson of Lin
coln introduced a bill creating a new
"blue sky" law, doing away with
state permits for ale of stocks and
empowering the bureau of securities
to deny auyone if sees fit the right
to sell stock. !
Division of Nebraska into the six
congressional districts Tor the pur
pose of electing a university regent
and a supreme court justice from
each district is proposed in a bill by
Wiltse of Falls City. Wiltse in an
other bill demands a five-sixth jury
verdict in civil cases. ,'
Bill on Irrigation Control.
Stripping, the- railway commission
from directing irrigation matters is
the meat in a bill by Hoagland of
North Platte. -. :
"Dealing in futures" by bankers is
proposed in,a bill by Bushee of Kim
ball. The bill would make the mort
gaging of unplanted crops lawful.
Norval of Seward would bar towns
people living in a proposed consoli
dated school district from signing
a petition for creation of the district,
in a bill introduced by request. Only
the country peop'e could sign the
petition under this bill.
Fifty-two bills, declared to be nec
essary to round out the 1921 legis
lative program of the children's, code
commission, will be introduced in
the lower house bv the committee
0n the children's "code, with the
words, "by request," attached to each
bill. That was announced tonight
by members on the code, following
a'meeting to may out a program for
introduction of code bills.
Plans Made to Bring
Farm and City Closer -Together
by Movies
Clncago, Jan. 10. A plan for a
moving picture educational cam
paign through which if is hoped to
bring the city and the farm closer
together and solve many problems
now confronting farmers, was an
nounced by W. E. Skinner, secre
tary of -the National Dairy asocia
tion. v ' . :
For this purpose. Mr. Skinner
said, the Farmers' Film corporation
has been formed, and co-operatiog
with it will be the federal depart
ment of agriculture, state depart
ments of agriculture and state agri
curtural colleges, the American
Farm Bureau federation, the Nation
al Dairy association, the American
Bankers' associion; Grange move
ments and co-operative buying and
marketing associations.
One thing to be undertaken will
be to help the American Bankers'
association raise a $1,000,000,000
trade expansion fund. It is planned
to begin the first picture next week.
Harding Officially Gets
Ohio's Presidential Votes
Columbus, O., Jan 10. Prpsident
e'ect Warren G, Harding officially
received Ohio's 24 votes in the elec
toral college today when the. Ohio
presidential electors, meeting her,
cast them for him and. Calvin Cool
idge for vice president. f
. The result of their balloting will
be delivered bv messenger to the
president of the United States sen
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Fortv
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Bandit Killed -
In Gun Battle !
With Officers!
Detectives. - Secrete Selves -in
House and Surprise One of
Burglar Trio Who At- .
. j tempts Robbery.
'
One of a trio of bandits, operating
in a high-powered car, who have
been terrorizing Omahar.s for the
past few weeks, lies dead in a house
at 2527 Patrick avenue which he at
tempted to rob early last night. His-
body had been riddled with bullets
from the guns of Detectives Francl
and Heller, who . encountered the
marauder in the home. ,
Two other men, believed to be the
dead man's pals, giving their names
as William Orchard, 2112 North
Fifty-seventh street, and Harrv
Ackerman. 3121 North Fifty-seventh
street, were captured immediately
after the shooting five blocks from
the house by Motorcycle Officers
Kruger and' Sherwood..
Two minutes after policemen re
ported killing the bandit, the police
cyclone squad, emergency squad,
motorcycle officers andyall available
officers reached the neighborhood of
the attempted burglary, in what is
believed to have been a successful
attempt to round up the entire gang
of criminals.
Police received a tip yesterday
that the home of Ms. William
Crutchfield was to be robbed. Armed
with riot guns and revolvers, six
detectives went to the home early
last night, ordered the family away
from the house and secreted them
selves within, Heller and Francj
stationing themselves at opposite
ends of an upstairs hall, and four
other detectives secreting themselves
on the first floor.
The bandies drove tip in an auto
mobile, and after satisfying them
selves that the house was empty,
one broke the lock on the door and
entered. Detectives allowed him to
reach the second floor. When he
noticed the two officers in the hall,
he opened fire, none of the shots
taking effect, however.
Then Heller and Francl let drive
simultaneously and the bandit drop
ped to the floor dead.
London Papers Forecast
Smuts Will Win Election
London, Jan. 10. (By Canadian
Press) Victory for Gen. Jan Chris
tian Smuts, premier of the Union of
South Africa, in the elections to be
held in March is forecast in a news
paper dispatch received here.
South African politics have been
very much involved during the last
year, a movement for republican in
dependence, led by Gen. J. B. M.
Hertzog, having given considerable
concern. Labor also has entered
into the situation here. General
Smuts has had a hard fight to, main
tain peace.
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Chicago Man Found Dead
'Under Car at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CaU Jan. 10. A
body found under an overturned
automobile here early today is said
bv the police to have been partially
identified as that of Raymond C.
Thorne. member of the firm of
Montgomery Ward & Co., of Chi
cago. : Opera Soprano Dies.
Montreal. Jan. 10. Madame
Beatrice La Palme. 40, Canadian
jjirand opira soprano, died hcr 4
What to do?
Pershing May Be
Chief of Staff
Harding Expected to Remove
One of Most Grotesque
AuomaliegiEArmy: "
'. -' By I'niversat Sorvlcr.
Washington, Jan. 10. Gen. John
J. Pershing is to be the next chief
of staff of the United States army,
according to information in high
army circles. 1
The present chief of staff. Maj
Gen. Peyton C. March, will ease
automatically to be entitled to that
rank or position, and will send his
resignation to President Harding
probably on March 4..
Army 'chiefs say the designation
by President Harding of General
Pershing as chief of staff will re
move one of the most grotesque
anomalies in an army establishment.
General Pershing is the generalissi
mo of the whole army of the United
States, but he cannot issue any order,
except by leave of a major general
who happens to be chief of staff.
There will be nothing incongruous,
the authorities say, in General Pershi
uig being generalissimo and chief
of staff at the same time. In fact,
there is not much honor or glory
in being general over an army with
out power to command anything or
anybody. .
It is understood that- when Gen
eral March retires from office of
chief of staff he will get some as
signment worthy of hi work in the
army during the period of the war.
Sea-Level Canal to
Parallel the Panama
Advocated by Baker
Washington, Jan. 10. Construc
tion of a sea-level canal to parallel
the Panama waterway was advocated
today by Secretary Baker. Within
15 years, he .said, the Panama car.al
would be inadequate to handle world
commerce etwecn the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans.
"Commercial reasons primarily and
military considerations in a less de
gree indicate we should begin pre
paring to build another canal, he
said. 'It should be built either
through Panama at the point once
considered as a site for the present
canal, or through Nicaragua."
A suggestion made yesterday to
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rresiaent-eiect n arcing tnat tno
Panama canal be- changed to a seal
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statement. He did not favor such a
project,- he said, believing Ihat the
money should be applied to the con
struction of a new canal.
"I have not given great considera
tion to the military considerations
involved," he added, "and do not
know what the Navy department's
plan as to the size of future battle
ships are, but it is conceivable our
next dreadnaughts " may be of too
gfeat beam to pass through- the
present canal."
Sarah Gorton Ifolcomb, 92,
Die6 at Home Here Today
Sarah Gorton ilolcomb, 92, moth
er of Mrs. John N. Baldwin, died
yesterday. She is survived by an
other daughtvr, Mrs. Morris E.
Mason, and a son, George G. Ilol
comb. The funeral, which will be
private, will be held Wednesday aft
ernoon at the residence of Mrs. John
a. 1 Haltfwin, 4U0 South torlicth
.t'reet,
Overdue Notes
Force Nebraska
Bank to Close
Refusal of Farmer Customers
to Sell Grain at Low Prices
Is Cause, Officers '
Say.
Chappell, 'Neb., Jan. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Inability to collect on
its customers' notes is given as the
reason for the closing of the doors
of the First National bank here to
fiay. pending action of 'the national
bank examiner as to its further ac
tivity and resuming of business in
the next 30 days.
The customers insist 1 upon a
strengthening of the market before
they will dispose of their wheat in
the bin and elevators to meet their
notes, according to officials of the
bank.
All of the depositors will be paid
in full, these officials declare, and
the affairs of the bank are regular
and in good shape, affhe inability to
force the collections of reliable
wheat growers' obligations to the
bank has hindered its progress in
the last 90 days, they maintain.
The last statement of the bank
showed $600,000 deposits and $800,
000 loans, with a capital of $50,000
and a surplus of $50,000.
The First Nationl bank was or
ganized as the Commercial State
bank in 1886. but was converted into
a national institution in 1910 by.
H. I. Babcock, cashier, who has
served in that capacity for 34 yealrs.
Radicals Lose in
French Election
Paris, Jan. 10, In elections held to
fill dTie-third of the seats in the
French senate, seven, members of
Premier Leygues' cabinet were
among candidates. Of these, Fred
eric, Francois-Marsal, minister of
finance, and Albert Sarraut, minister
of colonies, were elected on the first
ballotv
M.- L'Hopiteaii, minister of jus
tice, and Jules Breton, minister- of
hygiene and health, were efected on
the second ballot, while M. Landry,
minister of marine; M. Honnorat,
minister of public instructiorl; and
Henri Ricard, minister of agricul
ture,' still were in doubt. - ,
Prominent among flther candidates
was Paul Deschauel, former presH
dent, who was elected by only two
votes on the first ballot.
Returns from 74 seats of the 98 con
tested indicate gains for the moder
ates and posses for the radicals. With
24 seats missings the republicans
have elected 33 out of 35, while the
radicals show only' 33 as compared
with 54 seats previously he'd.
The Weather
Forecast. ,
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U. S. to Quit
Parley on
Peace Pact
President Wilson Resigned to
Keep Hands Off Interna
tional Affairs Involv- '
ing War.
"Pass Buck" to Harding
By GRAFTON S. WILCOX.
(iilrttto Tribune-Omaha lie 1-cAArd Wire.
Washington, Jan. 10.- President
Wilson is resigned to keep hands
off international affairs involved in
the treaty of Versailles for the re
maining weeks of his administra
tion. Positive indication of ihii attitude
came today when it was learned tint
the United States will withdraw
from the council of ambassadors at
Paris, representing the principal al
lied and associated powers.
Although no formal . announce
ment was forthcoming on the subject
from authoritative quarters this with
drawal is to be ordered in the near
future.
Harding Must Decide.
President Wilson, it is declared,
takes the view that only the incom
ing national .administration can in
terpret what the American people tie-,
cided in the recent "solemn refer-!
endum" as to what America's for
eign policy shall be. The mandate
of the people ( as expressed in the
overwhelming election fof Senator
Harding to the presidency, Mr. Wil
son believes, must be interpreted by
Mr. Harding. Mr. Wilson cannot
presume to interpret.it. his close as- -sociates
say and because of this
view, he proposes to withdraw from
the council of ambassadors at Paris
all American representation to that
tne new administration will find f or-
eign affairs as related to the peace
treaty; unratified bv this country, as
little involved as possible. . K- '
The president's 'decision is aid
to mean that he will make no further
efforts in" behalf of the peace treaty
of Versailles and will leave it in
his desk, where it now reposes, for.
President-elect.. Harding to reflect
upon when he ' assumes offict
March 4.
' Not New Plan.
The question of discontinuing
American representation at the am
bassadors' conference has been
under consideration for some time
although no notification has yet
been .sent to foreign governments.
Disclosure of the government's at
titude came toda,y following an -ad--mission
that' - the "United ' States
would, not ie. .. represented at the
forthcoming conferenece of allied '
premiers in Paris to discuss the
question of German disarmament.
Aside from the general view taken
by the president regarding the re
sponsibility imposed by the Ameri
can people on the forthcoming ad
ministration the consideration upon
wliich withdrawal from the council
of ambassadors will be based, was
summed up here today as follows:
' Summary of Reasons. A
The council of ambassadors was
set up for two main purposes: First,
to deal with the question of perfor
mance by Germany of the armistice
requirements, and second, to deal
with such questions arising from the
execution of the treaty of Versailles
as-might still require treatment by
the allied and associated powera
The armistice questions have prac
tically all been disposed of; and this
government participated in the de-'
liberations concerning the execution
of the peace treaty in the belief that
the treaty would be ratified by the
United States; but as America has
refused to ratify the treaty, there is
no reason for it to continue to be
represented on the council of am
bassadors. . In some cases where the
United States has direct interest the
president feels that negotiations with
the allies must continue, nor does he
regard, the American arbitration
matter as coming within the cate
gory of a- "hands off" policy, as that
is a matter he undertook personally
at the request of the league of ra
tions. . t s
Among'the problems in which the
United States has an immediate in
terest, and must continue its asso
ciation are the communications con
ference and the Rhineland commis
sion. These contacts,however, im
ply no political considerations.
Texan Opposes Admission -Of
Mexican Farm Laborers
, Washington, Jan. 10. Admission
of Mexican farm laborers to relieve
conditions in border states was opposed-before
the senate immigration
committee by Representative Box,
democrat, Texas, who said the
scheme "involved a system of peonr
age and did not smack of free
dom.". .
"Moreover, the .Associated Char
ities have found jt necessary to adopt
broad plans for relief of penniles
Mexicans." he. raid, "They do not
stand for- good citizenship.. They
become tool of a few men who are
witling to use that class of labor to
degrade the rourts and politics,"
U. S. Steel Tonnage Report
shows Decrease Over Dec.
New York, Jan. 10. The momhly
tonnage report of the United States
Steel corporation, made public here
today, showed 8,148.122 tons of un
filled orders on hand Drrmilwi- 11
This is a "decrease from lat month's
unfilled orders, which totalled 9,021,
481 tons. ,
This tV the larsest decrease re
ported in any month since the re
action began in August last, and re
duces unfilled orders of the corpora
tion to the smallest total since No
vember. 1910, when unfilled orders .
totalled 7.128.3J0 tons.
' King Celebrates Birthday.
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 10.
Former Kinff Ludwig III of
Bavaria, on Friday, celebrated hi
fGtli birthday? .
.ever. - ..city,
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