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Don't Forget to Vote Today-Vote YOUR OWN Choice for the Good of Omaha-Polls Open From 8 to 8 The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 60 NO. 274. TUESDAY, MAY S, 1921. . Until Jiin 25. by Mtll (I Yr ). Dally 8u., 17.11): Dilly Only. 13: Sua.. It.M uuttlda 4th Zaat (I yur). Dally ut Sualay. IK; Dally Oaly, 112: Suaday Oaly, II THREE CENTS OiMht P. 0. W Act f Mtrtk l 117. Allies Give Germany to May 12 Must Say "Yes" Or "No" to Reparation Remands Or Suffer Military and Nav al Penalties Will Not Oppose Allies London, May 2. (By The As sociated Press.) Germany must give by May 12 a categorical answer yes or no to the allied reparations demands, or suffer the infliction of military and naval penalties, accord ing to the terms of an ultimatum drawn up by the allied foreign minis ters today and submitted to the su preme council for its approval. . The allied supreme council, after receiving the report of the council of foreign ministers today, agreed in ' principle to the plan of Foreign Minister Jaspar of Belgium provid ing for an ultimatum to be pre sented to Germany and for military measures to be used in case Germany should default. The terms of the ultimatum were being discussed, this afternoon by allied experts, who were to report to the supreme council at 5 p. m. Naval Demonstration Planned. Great Britain will make a naval demonstration if Germany refused to yield to the allies' conditions, it was stated. The demonstration, which would not take the form of a block ade, would probably occur in the North sea, it was added. The reparations commiss'ion will advise Germany of the allies' con ditions within six days after the de cision upon them has been reached by the supreme council. Germany then will have six days in which to give an answer, which is required to be a direct yes or no, without conditions. Premier Briand said this morning it would take 12 days to complete " French military preparations for oc cupation of the Ruhr district. "If at the end of that time Ger many has not fully yielded to the al lies," he declared, "the French troops will march." "I hope we will net march alone," he added. Soldiers Entertained. Paris, May 2. The French gov ernment is proceeding with the pre liminaries necessary to the occupa , lion of the Ruhr valley should that step oo oracrca. A brigade of cavalry was entrain ing today at Meaux to join a large detachment of infantry already on the way from Lyons, m addition to artillery from Vincennes and other garrisons, now on the move. Orders for the mobilization of the class of 1919 were expected to be issued here today. Negroes are not expected to be included in the forces sent into the Ruhr; - The declaration of the allied stand on the reparations question was drawn up at a conference this fore noon by the .foreign ministers of Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. This declaration was submitted at 12:30 o'clock to the supreme council. (Turn to Pae Two., Column On.) Girl Recovers Voice Five Days After High Flight in Airplane Denver, Colo., May 2. (Special Telegram.) Miss Edna Kemper of - North Bend, Neb., has recovered her voice as the result of a flight in an airplane which soared to an altitude of 6,100 feet above Denver. She had been unable to speak above a whisper for more than a year. Miss Kemper's flight was made pn April 21, upon the advice of her physician. JTt. E. D. Starbird of Denver and " was the first experiment of the kind in the west. s She was in the air for" more than " an hotar. On April 26, the fifth day after her flight,. Miss Kemper's voice came back to her," said Dr. Starbird. "On the seventh day after the flight she lost her voice for two hours, but it returned again at the end of that time, apparently as clear and strong as on the first recovery. Loud talk ing, singing or shouting will not be permitted tor some time, but com ' plete normal strength will probably follow quickly.", ' Man Shoots Self in Church; Note Says Murdered Wife Ka."as City, May 2. A man, be lieved to be Charles Cooper, of Hcuston, Tex., sliot and killed him self at the entrance to St. Patricks church here last night. Fifteen oaKes of almost illegible writing found in the man's pockets told of having murdered his wife re cently in a wood near Houston Heights, Houston, Tex., after they had quarreled. Another rambling note said: "Wife's cousin, I don't - know her name, I forgot that; her father and wife's father murdered during the right the child cut poor fellow's neck off. - Crew of Steamer Rescued In Storm in China Seas 'Vancouver. B. C, May 2. The rescue of 9 persons, constituting the crew of the French steamer Nsientien, wrecked on the rocks of Lammorek island in the China seas, was reported by the steamer Monteagle ' arriving here from Shanghai The Hsientien sank 40 minutes after the last boat load of its crew had been taken off by the Monteagle' crew working in a se vere ajty , Original Suffragets Found in N. Y. Zoo; Papa Emus DoesAVork nv YnrW. Mav 2. The original suffragets have been discovered. They are the Lady Emus birds, ac cording to a Bronx Zoo' attendant, that they are just like ostriches, only different. Mamma Emu has reversed the table entirely on the old man. The Emus at the zoo have a flock of youngsters, just hatched out. Did Mamma Emu do it? Not on your life. Papa Emu sat on the eggs for eight weeks, which is the longest period required to hatch any known kind of eggs. "Ever since the origin of this species," says Curator Crandall, "the male has been compelled by his bet ter half to do all the work. They are the original suffragets." Bergdoll Given His Release by Maj. Gen. Hams Tells House Committee of Re leasing Draft Dodger to , Search for Pot of Buried Gold. Washington, May 2. Maj. Gen. P. C. Harris, adjutant general of the army, told a house investigating com mittee today that he was responsib'i for the release under guard of Grov cr C. Bergdoll, convicted draft dodger, to go out secretly and hunt for a pot of buried gold in the moun tains of West Virginia. Bergdoil never returned from the chase. It was on the "plea of Samuel T. Ansell, formerly acting adjutant gen eral of the army, General Harris testified, that the prisoner was Met1 out. The general said he had been assured by Mr. Ansell, attorney for Bergdoll, that the atory of the hid den treasure was true and that he would be sent back. "General March asked mc if I knew of any objection to granting the request," the witness testified, "and I replied that Mr. Ansell thought Bergdoll had hidden about $150,000 in gold, and General March said 'go ahead' or words to that ef fect. I did not go to the chief of staff for authority for the act. The order was written by my assistant and I approved it." Queried on Secrecy. Former Brig. Gen. J. H. Sher burne of Boston, counsel for the com mittee, and members wanted to know why the expedition was surrounded with such secrecy. The general said he assumed, at least, that the pris oner's family was respectable and that he would be humiliated if he was seen traveling under military guard. "Was there any sympathy a year ago for this draft evader?" asked Mr. Sherburne. "There was no sympathy for him. I believe he was entitled to the same consideration as other prisoners." "Then there was no suggestion as to why the authorities were directed to avoid publicity except to spare the feelings of the Bergdoll family?" Chairman Peters asked. The general replied that if the newspapers had got hold of the facts they would have given the trip con siderable publicity. Westcott's Name Used. The name of J. W. Westcott of New Jersey, described as the man who had placed Woodrow Wilson in nomination at the Baltimore and St. Louis convention, was brought into the hearing as one of Bergdoll's lawyers. "Previous to Bergdoll s escape and while the lawyers were prepar ing to appeal from the five-year sen tence," General Harris testified, "Mr. Ansell told me the Secretary of Wrar would remember Mr. Westcott as he had nominated President Wilson. This was done, I suppose, to show his prominence as an attorney. I did see correspondence between the secretary and Westcott. After Berg doll's escape I heard that about a month before Westcott had seen the secretary in connection with the ap peal." "Was Mr. Westcott to sec the sec retary to determine what answer the army would make?" the witness was asked. "He wanted the secretary to give the case his personal attention." Omalian To Head Nebraska Bertillon Identification Lincoln, May 2. (Special.) Ne braska's entry into the finger print business will be under the supervision of H. J. Nielsen of Omaha. Gover nor McKelvie announced Nielsen's appointment today. Nielsen has been with the Omaha police department for 20 years. Ten years of the time he was connected with identification work of the de partment. Provision for a bureau of identification was made by the recent legislature. 'Nielsen's salary will be $1,800 a year. Hearing on Omaha Traction Company Rates Postponed Lincoln, May 2. (Special.) The state railway commission announced today that a hearing on the applica tion of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company for a per manent rate schedule had been post poned until May 16. The original date was this week, but Omaha city politics interfered. The application carries with it the fixing of a valua tion on the company. New Numbers. The Bee's new telephone num ber is Atlantic 1000. After 10 p. when the private branch exchange closes, The Bee's numbers are Atlantic 1021 and At lantic 1042. Ultimatum OnCotoSerl To Panama Secretary Hughes Demands Disputed Territory Be Given Up Within "Reasonable Time." Enforce White Award Washington, May 2.-ama-. acts voluntarily L'nless. Pan withirl "a reasonable time," the United States will take measures to compel it to transfer jurisdiction of the disputed Coto territory to Costa Rica, Secre tary Hughes says, in a recent note to the Panama government. The text of the document was made pub lic today at the State department. "This government believes it would be inadmissible to interpret its obli gations to Panama as embracing an obligation to support any claims for adjoining territory which might be advanced by Panama, no matter what, the opinion of this government might be as to the validity or justice of these claims," the note says. The Panaman claim that its title to the disputed territory had been un challenged since colonial times, the note holds as in no way "entitling Panama to demand the occupation of territory which is not a part of the lepublic of Panama and has been conclusively adjudged to belong to Costa Rica. Will Enforce Demand. "That territory which was ad judged to be a portion of the terri tory of the republic of Costa Rica, the note declares, in accordance with a boundary line, which the republic of Panama had formally declared clear and indisputable, still remains, in the opinion of the American gov 1.1 IllUCil k, lilt; ItllllUl Ul AVltl. After stating that the American government desires Panama to take s.teps to turn over the territory to Costa Rica, the note says, "unless such steps are taken within a reason Z'.ble time, the United States will find itself compelled to proceed in the manner which may be requisite in order that it may assure itself that the exercise of jurisdiction is appro priately transferred and that the boundary line on the Pacific side as defined by the Loubet award, and on the Atlantic side as determined, by the award by the chief justice of j the United. .States,, is, physically : laid down in the manner ' provided in articles two and seven of the Porras Anderson treaty. ; Reply to Note. The note, which is in reply to one from Panama 'dated March 18, restates the American" position in detail. Referring to the statement of Panama that its people are unani mous in their expressions against recognition of the White award, the note says that the American govern ment "has - learned of these expres sions with deep "regret," but express es confidence that' "the people of Panama will recognize the obliga tion of their government to comply with the terms of the solemn agree ments into which" it has entered." The Linked States, it adds, "can not consider the suggestion made by Panama that a plebiscite be held as a means of reaching a final settle ment, because of the obligation of Panama under the Borras-Anderson treaty to "consider the award as a perfect and .compulsory treaty be tween Panma and Costa Rico." The note asserts that there ap pears to be no foundation for the claim that Panama "is entitled to retain territory on the Pacific side, which confessedly does not belong to Panama, because the government of Panama is not satisfied with the award of the chief justice of the United States as to other territory on the Atlantic side." Chief Justice White did not exceed his powers in fixing this boundary, the note says. Judge Joshua Eric Dodge -Dies in Milwaukee Hospital Milwaukee, May 2. Judge Joshua Eric Dodge died at Riverside sani torium last night following an illness of several months. He had been at the sanitorium since January. Justice Dodge was born at West Cambridge, Mass., now Arlington, Mass., October 25, 1854. He .for merly was a Wisconsin supreme court justice and in 1893 he was made a member of the board of com missioners for the promotion of uni formity of legislation in the United States. Japanese General Quits; Calls Assembly Hooligans Tokio, May 2. Lieutenant-Gen-eral Senba senti in his resignation to the house of representatives, char acterizing it as "an assembly of Hooligans, in which there is no room for men with common sense." He announced his intention to de liver a series of public addresses to explain to his constituents the mo tives for his withdrawal. Six City Commissioners Dan B. Butler. Thomas Hqp ActtoBe ugurated in Erin May 2. A new chapter - jf. .t jnsn nistory win De recoraea mis prveck with the inauguration of the new home rule partition act. This will mark the end of the act of the union, under which Ireland has been governed from Westminster for 120 years. The week will also witness the inauguration of Lord Talbot, the new lord lieutenant, who is the first Catholic to hold that office in recent times. Lord Talbot will be sworn in to morrow with the usual ceremonies, although he will not make the tradi tional state entry into Dublin castle with the old time pageantry. Later he will issOe a proclamation sum moning the Parliaments for north and south Ireland. No Compromise In Ship Dispute Benson Asserts Call on "All Loyal Citizens to Rally to the Support of Their Flag" Davis' Seeks Compromise. Washington, May 2. Announcing a policy of no compromise on the 15 per cent wage reduction in the set tlement of the cbntrovery between the shipping board, American steam ship owners and Marine workers, Chairman Benson tonight called on "all loyal citizens to rally to the support of their flag." "Full protection," he said, "will be given by the shipping board to all those who come to its assistance in keeping ships in' operation." Economic conditions .fully, justify, he said, the readjustment in wage scales and working conditions as made effective by the board May 1, when the old agreements expire and the "gratifying success" with which the board's efforts to. keep its ships in operation are meeting, he added, indicates that the men aboard ship agree with the position taken by the board. The chairman said he was willing to meet and talk with the union heads here but not to nego tiate on a wage reduction. Chairman Benson's statement was made after a conference with Secre taries Davis and Hoover, although none would discuss the conference. In spite of the stand taken by Chair man Benson, Secretary Davis con tinued his efforts to settle the dis tjute bv conciliation. He called Wv S. Brown, president of the Marine r.- : -' f Jjugilltci 9 uciiciiwoi asauvtatiuu, til to . a conference ; at which present wage scales and working conditions were discussed. Indications were that the secretary was pursuing the methods he has followed in previous labor disputes, of talking separately with representatives of the contend ing factions in an effort to obtain concessions from each that would be acceptable to the other. Nonpartisans to Fight New Laws Attorney for League Says Ref erendum Will Be Invoked On Two Bills. Lincoln, May 2. (Special.) The referendum will be invoked by the nonpartisan league on at least two of the bills passed by the 1921 legis lature, according to C. A. Sorenson, attorney for the nonpartisan league. One of these, Mr. Sorenson said, is the bill which provides that all voters in the state must register be fore they can vote. Heretofore, per sons in country districts have not been required to register. In the fu ture, precinct assessors will have to record party affiliations of all voters in country precincts. The other new law which meets the displeasure of the league is that clause in the banking bill which says that the department of finance of the state- banking board shall not issue a license for a new bank in any Ne braska town unless a new bank is "a public necessity." "There are banks now in all Ne braska towns," said Mr. Sorenson. "This law would kill ouf. co-operative banking law." Mr. Sorenson is looking over the bills passed and says he may find others upon which the referendum will be invoked. Americans Held in Mexico Released and Return Home San Antonio. Tex., May 2. Jesus and Manuel Trejo, American resi dents arrested in Neuvo Laredo', Mexico, last week, as emissaries of Francisco Murguia, alleged leader of a revolution in Mexico, have been given their freedom, according to an announcement made by federal agents here. The two men have crossed to the United States side, it was reported. Denial was made that the men were sent from Neuvo Laredo t6 Tampico. Falconer, W. G. Ure. Skinner Charged ' With Disposal Of Firms' Bonds Accused of Selling $960,000 In Securities Without Con sent of Officers; Restrain ing Order Served. A restraining order was served late yesterday afternoon to. prevent Paul Skinner, president of the Skinner Packing company; Arah L. Hunger ford, Crawford, Neb., and W. S. Cas sett, Buffalo, N. Y., from disposing of bonds against the plant alleged to have been assigned to a new com pany at Buffalo. Suit for the restraining order was filed in district court here yesterday by Keith Neville North Platte, Neb., receiver of the Skinner company. Petition in the suit alleges that Paul Skinner entered info a contract with Hungerford, former director in the company, on March 28, without consulting other officers or 'directors of the firm, to . sell to him $960, 000 worth, of first mortgage bonds against the plant for 70 per cent of their par value, payment to be made in two years, and the Skinner com pany to furnish expenses of the sale. Following the alleged sale Huiv gerford went to Buffalo, N. Y., home of the Dold Packing com pany now leasing the Skinner plant, and organized a $25,000 corporation with one-third of the stock in his own name; one-third in his daugh ter's name "and the other, third in the name of Cassett, insurance man, according to the petition. The bonds were then assigned over to the new company, known as the W. S. Cas sett company, it is alleged. The petition further recites that the Cassett firm . rented expensive offices and carried on a costly ad vertising campaign, using the money of the Skinner Packing company. Hungerford spent over $10,000 of the company's funds, Neville al leges. Neville states that other officers of the Skinner firm were unaware of the alleged transaction, and that even the treasurer, who was sup posed to have charge of the bonds, was not informed of the reported sale. In addition to the restraining order, the petition asks that the alleged contract of Skinner with Hungerford be cancelled and that the bonds be returned to the company. It also asks the interests of Hungerford and Cassett in the firm be cancelled. Keith Neville was appointed re ceiver of the Skinner firm April 25 on application of the stockholders, who alleged that Paul Skinner and the directors were guilty of fraud and mismanagement in the business. The appointment of Neville was mad" by Judge Woodrough, pending adjudi cation of the question. Saw Mill Starts Work Cloquet, Minn., May 2. The Northern Lumber company saw mill, one of the largest in the country, employing 700 men, began operations today. Who Deserve Harry B. Zimman Dean Keeping Faith Carpenters Join Chicago Strike Slock Yards Company Handles 1,300 Cars of Live Stock Without Difficulty. Chicago, May 2. Although 130 carpenters joined the live stock handlers' union on strike at the stock yards in protest against a wage re duction of 8 cents an hour,-there was no further extension of 'the walk cut. An attempt was made to have the Amalgamated . Meat Cutters join with the live stock handlers, but Walter Bonkowski, secretary of the meat cutters, said: "We're riot going out with thope fellows. Their quarrel is not ours." Although union leaders claimed 1,500 men were out, the day's receipts of live stock 1,300 cars were handled without difficulty, according to the stock yards company. Many farmers accompanied their shipments and they, with the help of the railway men, took care of all re ceipts. Company officials said they had offered to arbitrate, but that this had been refused by the men, and that the strike was in defiance of the national agreement. Immigration Officer Kills Mexican Rider Naca, Ariz., May 2. One Mexican is reported to have been killed this afternoon during a clash between Mexican line raiders and United States immigration officers on the American side of the international border about one mile east of here. Frank Braly and another American line rider named Hulsey were the Americans involved in the shooting. According to reports received here tonight by Chief Inspector Ford of the United States Immigration force, the two Americans were fired on by two Mexican line raiders who had ridden their horses across the bor der. , The Mexicans fired first, according to Ford, and, Hulsey returned the fire, fatally wounding one of the Mexicans. The wounded Mexican's mount, according to reports ran back across the line with its helpless rider, while the second Mexican, apparently not wounded, rode away at top speed toward Osborne. Ariz., two miles east. Neither of the United Stales line riders was wounded. Both said, according to Ford, that the Mexicans had apparently been drinking and opened fire without provocation. Six Killed and Many Hurt in Train Wreck Near Tug, W. V. Roanoke, Va May 2. Six persons were killed and a score or more in jured late "today, when the Tugfork passenger train, backing off a branch line near Tug. broke loose and' crashed into a string of cars on the main line of the Norfolk and Western railway. Several passenger coaches were turned over. Re - election Ringer. Roy N! Towl. 3 Drowned When Boat Upsets in 12 Feet of Water Wading Boots of Bass Fisher men Blamed for Fatality; Doctor Rescued Sinking Third Time. O'Neill, Neb.. May 2. (Special.) Three leading citizens of Stuart, a town of 700 people 28 miles from here, were drowned in Dora lake yesterday when the boat in which they were bass fishing tipped over in 12 feet of water. These are the dead: Thomas Enstein, manager of the Stuart Telephone company. Forest Shearer. John Koepp. Dr. David Stuart, jr., who was also in the party, was rescued jut as he was sinking for the third time. Ho is in a serious condition. Half Mile From Shore. The four men went to the lake, which is 15 miles from Stuart, early Sunday. They put out from the shore in'.a boat and when it tipped over they were about half a mile from the shore in 12 feet of water. The men were ,all heavily clad and wore wading boots. Koepp sank immediately. Shearer swam several hundred yards before going down. Dr. Stuart and Enstein clung to the boat for mre than an hour, Stuart battling to keep Enstein from going to sleep as the chill of the frigid water overcame him. One Body Unrecovered. But finally Enstein let go and sank just before rescuers who had put out in a boat without oars reached the scene. Dr. Stuart was almost unconscious when he was pulled into the boat. The bodies of Shearer and Koepp were recovered Sunday evening and the lake is being dragged for the body of Enstein. Paper Workers Strike At Wage Reduction Albany, N. Y., May 2. Approxi mately 12,000 member of the Inter national Brotherhood of Paper Workers are on strike, J. T. Carey, president of the brotherhood, said today. 1 Plants affected are located in the northeast section of the United States and in Canada and are ope rated by. the International Paper company, Tidewater Paper com pany, Minnesota and Ontario com pany and the Fort Frances Pape company. Most of the mills are en gaged in the production of news print paper. The .strike was called in protest against a wage reduction of approxi mately 30 per cent and a Change in working conditions. Navy Sends 15 Bouts to Join In Search of Missing Tug Honolulu, May 2. Fifteen de stroyers, mine sweepers and Eagle boats have been dispatched from Pearl harbor in search of the miss ing navy tug, Conestoga, it was an nounced at naval headquarters here. The ttig left San Diego a month ago bound for Guam, via Pearl harbor. The Weather Forecast and warmer Tuesday. Hourly Temperatures. Fair 5 a. m, II a. m a. m. ft a. m O a. m 10 a. m If a. m l'i noon 39 S7 8 St 4S 1 p. m 50 S p. m S J 8 p. m ... .43 4 p. ni H 5 p. m 34 ft p. m M a. m a 43 s p". m. !"!.!jthc War Newberry Set Free by U. S. Court Supreme Judges Unanimous in Finding Corrupt Practiceg Act Void Ruling is Important. 16 Others Are Affected By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Tribune-Omaha lice LMd Wire. Washington, May 2. Decision to day by the supreme court frceini' Senator Newberry of Michigan fr, the sentence of two years in the pehk tentiary for alleged violation of tht federal corrupt practices act is of far reaching import. In declaring the corrupt practices act wid the court has raised the question of the power of congress to regulate primaries for the nomination of federal officers and of the possible necessity of a constitutional amend ment to provide such authority, par ticularly to enable the creation of a national primary for the nomination of candidates for president. Sixteen other defendants in the Newberry case will also go free as a result of the supreme courts decision. The nine members of the supreme couit were unanimous as to the reversal of conviction in Senator Newberry's case, but they arrived at this con clusion through widely separated channels of legal reasoning. Hold Law Void. The majority opinion, delivered by Justice McReynolds, held that the fed eral corrupt practices law under which Mr. Newberry was convicted was unconsitutional. Five justices, including Justice McReynolds, Con curred in this opinion. Four of the -five took the ground that congress had no constitutional authority at the time of the passage of the corrupt practices act in 1910, to enact such law.' One of the five, Justice McKen na, agreed to this, but reserved his opinion asto whether congress has not the power now since the adop tion of the 17th amendment to the constitution in 1913, providing for the direct election of senators, to pass laws regulating primaries for the nomination of senators. Three justices, in a dissenting opin ion read by Justice Pitney, held that congress, under the provisions of th; original constitution had the power to regulate primaries. Chief ,Justics White concurred in this contehtioi generallj-, but expressed his views in another flissenting opinion. Retrial-Is Ordered. All for of the dissenters held, however, that the conviction should be set aside and the case retried be cause of error in submission to the jury. Immediately upon receipt of'news of the supreme court's decision Sen ator Hiram Johnson of California an nounced that he would introduce a resolution proposing an amendment (Turn to Pare Two. Column Two.) Japanese Jingoists Attack U. Sx. After ' Visit of Gen. Wood By CHARLES DAILEY. Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright 19 J 1. Tokio, May 2. Maj. Gen. Leonarc Wood's visit to Japan was scarcely noticed by the Japanese press, bu the jingists seized the opportunity t . issue new diatribes " against tht United States. Prof. Ninichiero Mat sunami of the Imperial university anc Japan's foremost authority on inter national law, in an interview publishec in the Yamato, asserted that CeReni1 Wood's opinion had been formed in advance and that his coming was the strongest argument for the Ameri can militaristic tendency. He held that General Wood's selection to his present post was actuated by a mo tive the realization of which would be detrimental to Japan and the rest of the Orient. "Thus not content with the pos session of Guam, Hawaii ' and the Philippines, America has annexed Russian territory," he said "Whra do American activities in Siberia be-" fore and aiter the war mean if it has no ambition to grab an Asiatic section of Russian territory. Ameri can are blinded by an insatiable thirst for others' territory." Asserting that America is wedded to the doctrine that might makes right, he said, "I am one of those who believe that Japan should arm to the limit of its capacity. President Harding declared his opposition to limitec armament so his attitude must b: followed by the Japanese." May Move Electric Chair to Execute 200-Pound Womat Ossining, N. Y., May 2. The elec tric chair at Sing Sing may be moved for the execution of Mrs. Hattit Dixon, of New York City, who is to die the week of June 13. The woman weighs more than 200 pounds and at the present time is on the third floor of the prison. To take her to the electric chair, now in the death chamber, would necessitate a trip almost through the entire prison and it is feared the woman would collapse and have to be Carried. At tendants have suggested it would be more humane to move the chair to the woman than to take her to it. Former Service Men Urged To Check Up Draft Records Washington. May 2. A final ap peal to former service men tw assure themselves that their names were not carried on the army's list of draft evaders and deserters to be madf public this week has W isird hv department.