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U. S. Policy
In Mexico
Determined
Stand, So Far As Known,
Makes Recognition of Re
public Contingent Upon
Restoration of Order.
Conditions Improving
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chirafo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire,
Washington, May 10. The Mex
ican policy of the Harding admin
istration has been determined, but
the president is not ready to an
nounce it, according to an authorita
tive statement made at the White
House today.
The policy, so far as It lias become
known, makes the recognition of the
U Oregon government contingent tin
on demonstration of the restoration
of order in Mexico, evidence of the
adequate protection of Americans
and their property, guarantees of re
spect for valid American property
rights and agreement to satisfy
American damage claims.
Negotiations have been in pros:
ress for some time between Secre
tary of State Hughes and the
Mexican foreign office with a view
to an understanding with Obregon
warranting American recognition of
his government. President Obregon
appears to have manifested consid
erable stubborness in resisting com
pliance with the conditions of
recognition and the outcome of the
negotiations is still in doubt.
Consuls Summoned to U. .5.
When the difficulties in reaching
an understanding with Obregon be
gan to materialize Secretary Hughes
summoned George Summerlin, the
American charge d 'affairs, from Mex
ico City and kept him here a couple
of weeks advising with him on the
situation. Many of ths American con
suls in Mexico also were brought to
Washington to report on actual
conditions with reference to pacifica
tion of the country, the protection
, afforded Americans and interference
with American oil and mining rights.
President Obregon opposed Secre
tary of State Colby's proposal-that ;
a treaty be negotiated providing for
the settlement of all matters at is
sue between the two governments.
It is understood that the Harding
administr?tion is not disposed to in
sist upon a treaty, but would be
ing in. an exchange of diplomatic
notes and that it is toward such a
consummation the pending negotia
tions are proceeding.
Conscientious discharge of interna
tional obligations by Mexico is an
other matter upon which the Har
ding administration presumably will
insist, in view of the firm attitude
adopted by Mr. Hughes in dealing
with Panama in the boundary dispute.
This would mean that the United
States would not tolerate repudiation
of the Mexican foreign debt, includ
ing the loan, negotiated in i France
under the Huerta regime.
Conditions Improving.
There appears to have been a
greater measure of safety accorded
Americans in Mexico since the fall
of Carranza and Americans have
been returning to their properties in
there in large numbers. The killing
of Americans has not ceased en
tirely , however, such murders be
ing reported to the State depart
ment frequently.
Up to date, satisfactory evidence
has not been forthcoming that the
Obregon government intends to
abandon the Carranza policy of con
fiscation of such American and other
foreign oil and mining properties as
me .Mexican govcrnuieni. ucmics iu
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title.
Secretary of the Interior Fall re
cently occasioned considerable sur
prise by charging in a letter to sen
ator Lodge, that the British govern
ment is double-crossing the United
States in dealing with tne Mexican
oil question. He said that the
British government officially is sup
porting the American government's
protest against the confiscatory poli
cy, but that the Agut!a company,
owned by the British government, is
conniving with the confiscation poli
cy to its benefit and the detriment
competing American oil interests.
' Britain Denies Charges.
The British embassy immediately
submitted to Secretary Hughes a de
nial of Secretary Fall's charges. It
was stated that the British govern
ment does not own the Agulla com
pany. The closest it ever came to
such ownership was during the war
when the British government com
mand red all British shares of stock
in tht Joyal Dutch Shell company
which controls the Agulia company.
. Subsequently the British govern
ment sold these shares of stock and
thereby divested itself of any inter
est in the Royal Dutch Shell. It
was explained that it was after such
withdrawal of British interests that
the Aguila company adopted an at
titude at variance with the position
of the British government in con
nection with the Mexican oil ques
tion. TTnfillnl Orrkra nf Stppl
Company Fall Off in March
New York, May 10. The monthly
tonnage report of the United States
Steel corporation, made public today,
showed 5,848,224 tons of unfilled or
ders on hanl April 30. This is a de
crease from unfilled orders on March
11. vtaax was oevvv tons, j
Edison's Scholarship Test
Questions Propounded by Inventor Answers to
'Which Caused Him to Pronounce College
Graduates "Amazingly Ignorant."
Mew York, May 10. Here are
some of the 160 questions submitted
by Thomas A. Edison to college
graduates seeking employment in his
plant, the answers to which prompted
him to remark:
"College men are amazing ignor
ant. They don't seem to know any
thing." Where do we get shellac from?
What is a monsoon?
Where do we get prunes?
Where do we get domestic sar
dines? Where do we import cork from?
Of what kind of wood are ax
handles made?
Who wrote "Home, Sweet Home?"
Where are condors found?
Who was Cleopatra?
Tariff Measure
Up for Final Vote
In Senate Today
Several Democrats Expected
To Support Emergency
Measure Passage Re
garded Almost Certain.
Washington, May 10. The emer
gency tariff bill will come to a vote
in the senate late tomorrow with
passage regarded as certain.
The measure is expected by tnose
in charge to command the vote of
the republican majority, with a few
exceptions and to receive tne sup
port of from six to eight democrats.
Four republicans refused to support
the bill when rt was passed by the
ist senate, but today one of them,
Senator Edge, New Jersey, had de
cided to favor it because ot improve
ments and changes. Support from
the democrats is expected to come
from senators of agricultural states.
Ten days of extended debate end
ed late todav with shots at the
measure from Senators Reed, Mis
souri, and Walsh, Massachusetts,
both democrats, and an announce
ment of support by Senator Good
ing, republican,-Idaho-- ;
Limit Speeches.
Beginning at noon tomorrow,
speeches will be limited to 10 min
utes on each amendment.
Disposition of the measure will be
followed by reference to a confer
ence committee.
Senator Edge said he had decided
to vote for the bill because he be
lieved it contained "enough good to
more than counter-balance the pol
icy and features I believe to be bad."
He enumerated among changes for
the better he considered had been
made, is the shortening Of the ei-
fective period from 10 to dx month:!.
This led Senator Keed to remarK
that if" "shortening its life four
months made it partly virtuous, why
not make it wholly virtuous by kill
ing it altogether." Mr. Reed assailed
the bill as "pork barrel legislation.
Walsh Challenges Bill.
The richt of the farmers to any
relief legislation was challenged by
Senator Walsh who declared "it is
no time for the granting of special
favors to any class." .
International bankers were said by
Senator Gooding to be opposed to a
protective tariff and therein, he add
ed, lay one cause of democratic op
position. These bankers, he asserted,
were useful in the raising of cam
paign funds. He charged the demo
cratic party with responsibility for
the low prices of farm products.
They were the result, he said, oi
democratic action in putting such
products on the free list.
Charlie Chaplin Burned
While Working on Picture
Los Angeles. May 10. Charlie
Chaplin was painfully, but no se
riously burned, at his motion picture
studio here when he stumbled over
an acetylene blow torch which was
part of the "set" on which he was
working. v His trousers caught fire
and he was burned from his ankles
to waist. After first aid at the
studio, he was taken to his home.
It Is Very Possible
THAT the folks who will
win the home, automo
biles and other awards
offered by The Help Your
self Club are not yet en
tered as members.
By entering now they
will still have plenty of
time. The campaign does
not close" until June 25th
almost a month and a half
from the present time. By
putting your name in nomi
nation now it will give your
friends plenty of time to
help you and you can
swing into line with a con
stantly increasing total of
votes. Remember that a
great many of your friends
will be glad to extend their
help in putting you over
the top.
See The Help Yourself
Club advertisement on
page 6.
What voltage is used in street
cars?
What is felt?
What states produce phosphates?
Why is cast iron called pig
iron?
Where is Spitzbergen?
Who was Francis Marion?
Who invented logarythms?
What ingredients are in the best
white paint?
Where do we get benzol from?
How is window glass made?
Bound the state of West Virginia.
These are selected from a list of
141 questions submitted from mem
ory by a young man subscribing
himself as one of the "amazingly
ignorant" applicants for a position
in the plant of the Wizard of Menlo
parte.
Committeeman
Against Change
In G.O.P. Methods
New York Man Opposed to
Reduction in Representation
Of Southern States at
National Convention.
New York, May 10. Charles D.
Hilles, republican national commit
teeman from New York, voiced his
opposition to any effort to revise
downward the south's representa
tion ' at the national convention in
1924 a subject to be considered
when the committee meets in Wash
ington June 8.
Tie also proposed a new plan for
representation at the convention
based on increasing the number of
delegates from republican strong
holds, but maintaining the present
representation from southern states.
As he will be unable to attend
the meeting, he made known his at
titude in a letter to G. A. Glynn,
chairman of the state republican
committee, whom he named as his;
proxy. Mr. Hilles sails Thursday
tor Jiurope.
He asserted there is no occasion
"for a further surgical operation in
the south," particularly as the party
there has gained by leaps and
bounds and deserves encouragement.
"Unless some member of the com
mittee has devised a more reasonable
method of representation," he
wrote, "we should, I think, provide
in the call for the convention of
1924, that each state shall elect four
delegates-at-large, each congress
ional district one delegate; each dis
trict which cast 10,000 votes or over
for Mr. Harding one additional
delegate; and make a new provision
for the election of still - another
delegate, or three in all, from every
congressional district which, in 1920,
topped the 30,000 mark."
Radium Lost in Chicago
Found in Kansas City
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 10. The $6,000
worth of radium lost on an elevated
train here March 26 is now in Kan
sas City, according to a letter re
ceived by Chief of Detectives Hughes
from Mrs. Bobbie Murray. The ra
dium was lost when Miss Lillian
Brown, daughter of Dr. William
Brown of the Physicians' Radium
association was taking it from the
office of the association to a hospi
tal. A reward of $500 was. offered, for
the return of the radium. 11
According to the letter received
from Mrs. Murray, her daughter
found the radium on an elevated train
while in Chicago.
Harding Modifies Order
Of Naming Postmasters
Washington, May 10. President
Wilson's order for selection of first,
second and .third class postmasters
under civil service requirements was
modified today by President Hard
ing, to give a wider field from which
postmasters may be chosen.
Instead of being required to select
the candidate standing highest in a
civil service examination for any spe
cific postmastership, the administra
tion may under today's order give
the place to any one of the three at
the head of the qualified list.
Senate Committee Hears
Advocates of Sales Tax
New York, May 10. More advo
cates of a general sales tax were
heard by the senate finance commit
tee. L. R. Wilfly, former attorney
general of the Philippines, declared
such a tax the key to the taxation
puzzle. He argued that the levy
would enable the people to turn into
the treasury about $1,500,000,000 a
year without feeling a serious drain.
Toledo Man Will Represent
Harding at Reorganization
Washington, May 10. Walter F.
Brown, of Toledo, O.. has been ap
pointed by President Harding as his
personal representative on the com
mission which is reorganizing the
executive branch of the government.
Propose' "Peace" Dollars.
Washington, May 10. Coinage oi
"peace" dollars of an appropriate de
sign to commemorate the termina
tion of the war is proposed in a bill
introduced in the house today.
Senator s
Open Probe
Of Roads
Excessive Operating Expenses,
Abnormal Amount of Which
Is Labor Cost, Blamed by
So. Pacific Official.
Five Remedies Proposed
By The Associated Press.
Washington, May 10. The trouble
with the railroads is excessive oper
ating expenses, an abnormal
amount" of which is the cost of
labor, Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman
ot the board of the Southern Pacific
railway, declared today before the
senate interstate commerce commit
tee. He was the first witness at the
opening of the congressional investi
gation into the whole transportation
situation.
Mr. Kruttschnitt suggested five
"remedies" which, he said, "were
easily applied and productive of great
economies." They are:
"Stop the use for common carrier
purposes of highways built with puh
lie moneys, without adequate tolls
and proper regulations.
"Make inland waterwavs built or
improved at public expense carry
themselves as to interest on cost and
maintenance by regulating the com
mon carrier traffic on them and by
imposing adequate tolls.
Stop U. S. Competition.
"Keep the United States govern
ment out of the business of operating
steamships and stop the lavish ex
penditure of public money to provide
coast-to-coast ocean transportation
in competition with transcontinental
railroads. '
"Tolls for use of the Panama canal
should be sufficient to pay interest on
its cost, operating expenses and main
tenance.
"Do not deprive transcontinental
carriers of coast to coast traffic by
inflexibly enforcing a strict long and
short haul clause.
Mr. Kruttschnitt read a prepared
statement, which opened with the as
sertion that freight rates were not re
sponsible for business depression. .
Rafes Not Too High.
"Widespread propaganda is being
carried on to arouse public sentiment
against present freight rates," the
statement said. "The fact is that even
since the rates have been advanced
the cost of transport commodities is
far less than the toll taken by the
commission merchant and the retail
ers." The witness told the commit
tee that the general deflation and the
fall of prices had caused stagnation
of business. To support his argu
ment that railroad rates were not re
turn to Fare Two, Column Two.)
Denver Council Plans
To Regulate Rentals
Denver, May 10. Residence and
apartment house rentals in Denver
will be regulated by the city if an
ordinance introduced last night by
Councilman Harry W. Risley be
comes a law. ; The ordinance would
limit profits on furnished and unfur
nished houses and apartments. The
limit is set at 12 per cent on unfur
nished dwelling places and 18 per
cerlt on furnished. The basis of fix
ing values would be. the valuations
of the county assessor.
Landlords, however, ,would be al
lowed to include improvements heat
and light, if furnished, and repairs.
Youths Confess They
Were in Murder Party
Philadelphia, May 10. Two boys,
arrested in their school classrooms
today, confessed, the police say, that
they were with a third, an older boy,
who shot and killed Edward E.
Hatch, wealthy brick manufacturer of
Riverton, N. J., last .Saturday at his
boat house at Delair. -
The boys, Walter Dazejewski, 13,
and David Augustine, 15, both of
Philadelphia, are alleged by the po
lice to have named George Conn, 19
years old, as the slayer of Hatch.
The police are searching for Conn in
New York, where he was said to
have told the other lads he would go.
Terrific Rain Washes Two
Automobiles Off Bridge
Beatrice, Neb., May 10. (Special
Telegram.) The Blue Valley, north
of here, was visited by a terrific rain
last night, from two to four inches
of water falling. In some localities
considerable grain was washed out.
Two cars belonging to traveling
men, who were en route to Beatrice
from Pickerell, were washed off a
bridge on the Cornhusker highway,
but the occupants escaped. The cars
were found today near the bridge.
Summer Resort in Texas
In Damaged by Tornado
Houston, May 10. A tornado
which was reported to have swept
up from the coast and moved east
ward struck La Porte, near here,
iast night, seriously injuring two
persons, wiped out "Sylvan Rooms,"
a summer resort near La Porte, and
caused property damage of thou
sands of dollars. All' wires are
down.
Bandit Makes Haul.
Wichita, Kan., May 10. A bandit
entered the Stock Yards State bank
here today, forced the cashier to
open the safe and escaped with $12,-
uuo in cash and Liberty bonds,
'
A. F.L. Not to Aid
Recognition Move
Of Soviets in U. S.
Executive Council Holds
Meeting to Prepare Data to
Be Presented at Annual
Convention.
Cincinnati, May 10. The execu
tive council of the American Federa
tion of Labor, in session here today,
was preparing information and data
to be placed before the federation's
annual convention in Denver to show
that organized labor of this country
cannot afford to support any move
ment to recognize the Russian soviet
government.
President Gompers presented a
large amount of, information on this
subject, including a letter from Sec
retary of State Hughes regarding
the attitude of the department to
ward Russia. It also presented data
purporting to show that the soviet
government was persecuting trade
unions. These communications will
be included in the council's report to
the delegates with reco -ndations.
Fight Industrial Courts.
The council will also take up the
discussion of plans for a new drive
against industrial courts and anti
labor legislation pending in congress
and in several states. '
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America,
who arrived here today . to confer
with members of the executive coun
cil, said that the Central Coal Pro
ducers' association in Pennsylvania
had requested a Conference with the
union to consider the "grave situa
tion" in the coal industry and wage
reductions.
Won't Take Wage Cut.
While the conference may be
granted to the association, which
represents 115 coal-producing con
cerns employing nearly 100,000
miners, Mr. Lewis said there would
be no wage reductions. The matter
is now in the hands of the district
leaders of the miners, he said.
Several thousand miners are on
strike and locked out ia Tennessee
organized districts, the mine work
ers' leader said, because of the wage
question. The Washington miners
who have struck against wage re
ductions will hold a convention next
week, he said, to consider the situa
tion. "There is considerable rumbling
beneath the surface," declared Mr.
Lewis, "but thus far the operators'
associations have not generally " at
tempted to abrogate their agree
ments, which run to March 1, 1922."
Rebekah Lodge Drill Team
To Appear at Convention
Plattsmouth, Neb., May 10. (Spe
cial.) The degree team of the local
lodge of Daughters of Rebekah has
been selected to appear at the dis
trict convetion in Omaha Thursday
and exemplify the Rebekah memorial
service. Col. J. H. Short, prominent
Nebraska Odd Fellow, has had
charge of the drill team for the past
several years. . '
Preference for Veterans.
Washington, May 10. Preference
to world war veterans in employ
ment in government reclamation
projects would be given under a
bill by Senator Gooding, republican,
Idaho, passed today by the senate
1 and sent to the house,
Up-to-Date
Extension of Cables
Necessaryjor Trade
Washington, May 10. Expansion
of. cables controlled by American
capital -must be facilitated if the
United States is .to hold a dominant
position . in world trade, Newcomb
Carlton, (president of the Western
Union Telegraph company, declared
before the house commerce commit
tee at the opening of the hearings on
the senate hill granting the president
authority to control cable landings.
He added that the government
must co-operate with such enterprise,
not block it, as he charged the Wil
son administration did in "prevent
ing by force," the landing at Miami,
Fla., of a Western, Union cable from
the Barbados. '
Marine Workers
Quit Washington
Striker s' Representatives
Leave Capital as Media
tion Effort Fails.
Washington, May 10. Repre
sentatives of the marine workers' or
ganization left Washington today as
a result of the announcement ot sec
retary Davis that his efforts to ar
range a settlement ot the wage dis
putes between "the workers and the
ship owners had been "unavailing"
and that no further conferences
would be held at this time. '
Officials of the Marine Engineers'
Beneficial association declared that
rno concessions would be made
beyond those presented to Mr. Davis
and Admiral Benson of the shipping
board yesterday. These prdposals,
based on a vote taken among locals
at all ports, were not made public.
Chairman Benson is understood to
have reiterated his stand for a flat 15
per cent wage reduction.
$10,000,000 British
Gold Arrives in U. S.
New York, May 10. A $10,000,000
gold shipment, said to be the first of
a series to be made by the govern
ment of Great Britain to aid in the
retirement of its 54 per cent bonds
maturing, has arrived here. Con
signed to J. P. Morgan & Co., fiscal
agents here for the English govern
ment, the gold came yesterday aboard
the steamship Mauretania.
In addition to the Morgan con
signment, the Mauretania brought a
$3,000,000 gold shipment to another
banking house.
The flow of gold into the United
States during the last month approxi
mated $50,000,000, making the total
since the first of the year in excess of
$231,000,000.
Two Convicted of Bombing
In Upholsterers Strike
Chicago, May 10. Two of the
three officials of the Upholsterers
union on trial on charges ot inciting
sluggmgs, bombings and other acts
of violence during the 1919-1920
strike, today was found guilty by a
jury. lhe convicted men were fcd
win E. Graves of Boston, interna
tional vice president, and Roy
Hull of Chicago, business agent.
Rudolph Grueger of Chicago,
executive committeeman, was found
not guilty. The two men were
sentenced to from one to five years
in the penitentiary and fined $2,000
each. i
Insurgent Poles
Cross Oder River
And Capture Town
French Control Officer Who
Took Refuge in Barracks
Fired Upon by Invading
Forces.
By The Associated Press.
Oppeln, Upper Silesia, May 10.
Insurgent Polish forces have crossed
the Oder and captured the town of
Kosel after hard fighting. The popu
lation is fleeing in panic.
The French control officer took
refuge in the Kosel barracks and the
Poles opened fire on him there, ac
cording to interallied commission re
ports. Numerous casualties are reported
to have occurred at the Krandrzin
railway station when the Poles drove
out the Germans after three days'
continuous fighting.
Ex-Army Pilot, Hero of
Air Battles, Kills Self
y
Boston, May 10. Capt. Paton Mc
Gilvary, hero of several notable
bombing raids as an American flyer
with Italian forces in the world war,
was found dead in the rear of a
garage in the Back Bay district to
day. He had been shot over the left
eye. An automatic pistol lay nearby.
Medical Examiner Leary said . the
circumstances indicated suicide.
The body bore only the forehead
wound, although at least two shots
were fired. This fact, together with
the disturbed condition of the ground
nearby, led to a more thorough in
vestigation than usual.
McGilvary also wore the gold
crown and wing, an Italian decora
tion conferred on the members of the
first group of American aviators to
reach the Italian front. He was grad
uated from the University of Wis
consin in 1916. He was a member of
a flying circus that gave exhibitions
at Cleveland and other cities after
the war.
McGilvary, who was born in
Berkeley, Cal., 34 years ago, and
who had been decorated with the
Italian war cross for bravery, en
tered the commercial aviation field in
New England after the war. His'
venture was said to have resulted in
financial losses. His health was im
paired and he went to the woods for
a rest. ,
Oil Is Discovered Near
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica, May 10.
Discovery of valuable oil and gas
territory near Puerto Limon, on the
eastern coast of Costa Rica, is re
ported here. It is believed here that
this is the first discovery of natural
gas in Central America.
The Weather
Forecast
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change in temperature.
Hourly Temperature.
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Ultimatum
Accepted by
Reichstag
Action Is Taken Following Re
quest of Chancellor Wirth
For Decision on Repara
tions Issue.
New Cabinet Is Formed
By The Associated Press.
Berlin, May 10. The reichstag
tonight accepted the allied ulti
matum. Chancellor Wirth, prior to the
vote, announced that the govern
ment accepted the ultimatum.
He asked that the reichstag give
an immediate decision.
New Cabinet Formed.
Berlin, May 10. The reichstag as
sembled tonight and Dr. Wirth an-,
nounccd the formation of a new
cabinet with himself as chancellor,
and foreign minister. Other mem
bers are:
Gustave Bauer, former chancellor,
vice chancellor and minister of the
treasurv: Herr Brauns. centrist, min
ister of economies; Herr Schifferj
democrat, minister of justice; Robert
Schmidt, socialist, minister of labor;
General Groener, social democrat,
minister of transportation; Herr
Giesberts, centrist, minister of posts
and telegraph; Andres Hermes, cen
trist, food controller; George Grad
neur, majority socialist and deputy
for Saxony, minister of the interior;
nerr uesier, democrat, minister ot
defense,; Herr Silberschmidt, major-
ity socialist and labor leader, minister
of reconstruction.
There was considerable delay in
completing the cabinet owing to dif
ficulty in finding a man for the for
eign portfolio, which eventually Dr.
Wirth assumed. '
The democratic party was not of
ficially represented in the new cabinet
in tne first instance, but m response
to a request from the clerical and
social democratic parties permitted
General Groener and Herr Gesler to
retain the portfolios they held in
the Fehrenbach cabinet. It is un
derstood, however, that Herr Gesler
will act as minister of defense only
temporarily.
. Socialists to Agree.
The majority socialists adopted a
resolution yesterday pledging their
support to "every sincere effort to
carry out the terms presented atJLon
don, in view of the military coercion
and violence with which Germany is
threatened." The resolution declared
acceptance of the ultimatum would
fail of its real purpose if Bavaria did
not make an unequivocal declaration
that it was prepared to disarm and
disband its civilian guards by June
30.
Leading democratic deputies de
clared yesterday that acceptance of
the ultimatum would be the most ef
fective way of counteracting French
aspirations, and contended that a
sincere effort on the part of Germany
to carry out the conditions of the
ultimatum would strengthen its case
in the United States and England.
There is a probability ihat the re
tiring Fehrenbach cabinet, which is
at present functioning only as an
acting ministry, may accept official
ly the London ultimatum for Ger
many. '
Demand Guarantees.
"If the Poles steal upper Silesia
and the French invade the Ruhr dis
trict Germany will be so completely
weakened that itt will be unable to
carry out the reparations conditions."
declared Theodore Wolff, editor of
the Tageblatt, yesterday in an edi
torial. . '
"We are only too familiar with the
vacilating soul of Lloyd George,:',
said Dr. Wolff in discussing the
British prime minister's speech at
Maidstone, England, on Saturday:
"and are quite aware that rhetorical
commonplaces do not always defi
nitely hind him. VV , mini lArr,;
however, that if Germany balks in
me present situation none ot the air
lies will raise a hand in its behalt
in upper Silesia."
Fourteen Held on Charge -Of
Stealing Money Orders
New York, May 10. Three men'
were mirier arrest tipro 3nt 1 1 mrr
were held in other eastern cities by
federal officers who aocuse them of
complicity in stealing 444 money orf
der blanks from Npw York nnctftfl
fice stations and cashing some of
lllt'IIl.
Recently the trio sent six fake
monev order for tn Tai-t Cnr-
ley, boxing promoter, reserving eight
Doxes ior a oout and the next day
cancelled the order for half the tick
ets, requesting a return of $264, it
was said. ,
Theaters and other. anineniMiti
plates were similarly victimized.
U. S. Attitude Toward Mexico
Is "Very Well Determined
Washington, May 10. The admin
istration's policy toward Mexico has
been "very well determined," it w3
stated today authoritatively, but of
ficials are not yet ready to enunciate
it. . -
Swiss to Be Mediators.
Geneva, May 10. ("By Th'e Asso
ciated Press.) The Swiss federal
council today agreed to arbitrate the
long standing boundary dispute be
tween Venezuela and Colombia. It
is expected that a decision will be
rendered by the council wJihin 12
months,