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OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1921. .
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THREE CENTS
Soldier Aid
First Act
Of Pershing
Initial Order of Chief of Staff
Is to Assist Former Service
Men in Every Possible
Way.
Officers Told To Help
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chlrnffo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaaed Wire.
Washington, July 1. General
Pershing, asuming office today as
chief of staff, issued as his first or
der, instructions to the army to aid
ex-service men in obtaining the care
and other relief to which they are en
titled. The order follows:
"Assistance for ex-service men in
their relation with the bureau of
war risk insurance.
"1. It is the purpose of the War
department, through its available
personnel, to assist ex-service men in
every possible way in securing con
tact with the bureau of war risk in
surance, thus enabling them without
delay, to renew or convert their in
surance, to secure medical or dental
treatment, hospitalization or voca
tional training or to present their
claims for compensation.
V'2. The obiication is imnosed
'upon all personnel adjutants through
the army, recruiting officers and reg
ular otticers on duty with the na
tional guard and organized reserves
to a id their less fortunate comrades.
Such officers will at nnri fatniliari
themselves with the orders and cir
culars relating to the war risk insur
ance bureau, insofar as these in
structions refer to renewal or con
version of insurance, compensation,
medical or dental treatment, hospital
ization and vocational training so that
intelligent assistance and advice may
be afforded ex-servxice men in re
gard to their relations with the bu
reau. To Furnish Forms.
"3. These officers will obtain
without delay, direct from the war
risk insurance bureau, a supply of
all blank forms needed by ex-service
men in their contact with this bureau.
"4. Upon application fram ex
soldiers, the officers mentioned in
paragraph 2 will furnish blank forms,
will assist in the preparation of ap
plications, will carefully examine all
papers or instructions on the forms
in question and will themselves,
promptly forward the completed ap
plications or statements directly to
the bureau of war risk insurance,
,TMsury department, Washington
D. C."
The Pershing ordef is expected to I
" go far toward relieving a situation
caused by the lack of an adequate
organization of soldier relief agen
cies. The pending Sweet bill creat
ing a veterans bureau is designed to
provide an adequate organization.
Congress adjourned today until
next Tuesday, however, without any
move by Senator Smoot to call a
meeting of the subcommittee before
which the Sweet bill is pending. He
' said he would call the members of
the house committee together on
short notice next week, at which
time he "hopes to, hold hearings" on
the measure as the first step toward
putting it through the senate.
. Inadequacy Apparent.
The indequacy of the hospitaliza
tion program authorized by congress
is already apparent. There are
nearly 30,000 ex-service men now un
dergoing treatment and the applica
tions for care are increasing at the rate
of 1,000 a month. In the army, navy
and public health service hospitals
there are nearly 18,000 discharged
soldiers receiving treatment, while
approximately 11,000 more are scat
tered through 800 or 900 state, coun
ty and private institutions on a con
tract basis.
Surgeon General Cumming of the
public health service, says there are
10,000 ex-service men in hospitals
lacking facilities for proper care. It
will take from one to two years to
complete all the government hos
pitals - now under construction or
projected and these will furnish less
than 10,000 additional beds. By that
time the demands will far exceed the
government facilities and it still will
be necessary to farm out patients to
Ktate, county and private institutions.
ocialist Urges Amnestv
For All Wartime Prisoners
Washington, July 1. A plea for
general amnesty for persons con
victed of violation of wartime laws
was made in the house by Represen
tative London, socialist, New York,
who declared that "it took more
courage to be a socialist during the
war than as a democrat or republi
can, to rin An nf tii cfantr " (r
London said he did not insist that
amnesty at this time be granted to
military deserters.
President of Defunct
' Seattle Bank Gives Up
Tacoma, Wash., July 1. J. E. Chil
berg, former president of the Scan-danavian-American
banks in Taco
ma and Seattle, surrendered today
tc answer to five indictments return
ed by the county grand jury last
April in connection with the failure
of -the Scandanavian-American bank
here. Chilberg has been in business
in New York recently. He was ar
raigned, pleaded not guilty, and was
released on bail.
Diplomatic Mail Pouches
For Europe Are Robbed
Washington, July 1. At the re
quest of the State department postal
authorities are investigating the dis
appearance from three diplomatic
mail pouches of official papers ad
dressed to American representatives
in Europe. The inquiry followed the
report of the American consul at
Stockholm that upon the arrival of
the pouches there the documents
were missing. . , i
Omahan Chairman of
Postal Commission
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Howell Heads
Board to Study
Radio Service
Commission Named by ; Post
master General to Take Up
Broadcasting of Market
Quotations by Wireless.
By E. C. SNYDER.
(Waililngton Correspondent Omaha Bee.)
Washington, July 1. (Special
Telegram.) The Postoffice depart
ment announced today the appoint
ment by Postmaster General Hays,
acting with Secretary of Agriculture
Wallaqe, of a commission to further
study the broadcasting of live stock,
grain, fruit and vegetable market
quotations and other essential infor
mation to farming communities by
means of the radio service operated
by the Postofice department in con
nection with tha air mail service.
The commission consists of R. B.
Howell of Nebraska, chairman; Wil
liam A. Wheeler, specialist on infor
mation in the bureau of markets in
the Department of Agriculture, and J.
C. Edgerton, radio expert of the
Postoffice department.
Mr. Howell will visit foreign coun
tries at his own expense in connec
tion with the service. In several
toreign cities, notably Budapest,
much progress has been made in
broadcasting information bv tele
phone. :
Market reports are now sent out
three or four times a dav bv the air
mail wireless service in the Postoffice
department through the broadcasting
stations at Washington, Cincinnati,
St. Louis, Omaha. North Platte,
Neb.; Rock Springs, Wyo., and Elko,
Nev. Each of these stations covers
a radius of from 300 to 500 miles.
U. S. Oil Interests
Rxluded From Djambi
Fields by Hague Bill
The Hague, July 1. (By The As
sociated Press.) The first chamber
of parliament today, by a vote of
27 to 18, adopted the Djambi oil bill,
providing for exploitation of the val
uable Djambi oil fields for a period
of 40 years by a combination of the
Dutch Indian government and the
Batavia Oil company, the latter be
longing to the Shell group. The
measure was adopted by the second
chamber, April 29.
Under the bill the combination ex
ploiting the oil fields will be capi
talized at 10,000,000 guilders. The
capital will be divided equally, but
the company will be under control
of the Dutch government and the
board of directors must all be Dutch
men. The president, vice president
and one other member of the board
of directors win be nominated by
the Dutch minister of the colonies.
By adoption of the bill American in
terests are excluded from exploita-
tions in the Djambi fields, 1
Big Triple Fiction Offering
For Bee Readers Next Sunday
A triple offering of snappy, interesting midsummer fiction
and an attractive array of other features for next Sunday will
continue for The Sunday Bee the quality standard that marks it
of unapproac,hed superiority in its field.
"Stack a Feather
in His Hat"
Blue
Ribbon
fiction.
Is a gripping, well written In
dependence Day story by
William Almon Wolff.' It is of
the usual high standard of
Blue Ribbon Fiction.
The third fiction feature for Sunday will be the concluding
installment of "THE MURDER ON TOP THE SPHINX,"
first of a series by Nazarienne Dean Kannibelle, expert crime
investigator, .whose stories are based on actual solutions of the
world's greatest detective cases.
The cover of the Rotogravure Section for Sunday is a full
page picture typifying the unswerving Americanism of Omaha's
foreign-born citizens. There's a page of "Neglected Wives" for
movie fans and another, "Kodaking Through Nebraska" page,
showing photographs from Nebraska City.
Grand Jury
Refuses To
Stop Fight
Last' Hope of Reformers to
Prevent Dempsey-Carpentier
Bout Goes Glimmering
Eight Witnesses Called.
Champion Is Confident
11 y The Agnoclated Tree.
Jersey City, N. J., July 1. The
Hudson county grand jury late to
day declined to return an indictment
sought by the International Reform
bureau to stop the Dcmpscy-Carpen-tier
bout here tomorrow. This was
regarded as the last legal obstacle to
the match.
Eight witnesses were heard, their
testimony taking up an hour and a
half. . The jury deliberated only 10
minutes before rendering its decision
against an indictment.
Representatives of the International
Reform bureau have been very active
during the last few days in thjir ef
forts to prevent the staging of the
championship battle here Saturday
afternoon. Repeated efforts have
been made to have the public prose
cutor start criminal proceedings
against Promoter Tex Rickard and
the principals in the main event, but
at each and every turn they have
been balked.
Letters have been sent ' to Gov
ernor Edwards asking him to stop
the staging of the contest, but they
have been met by the retort that
under no consideration would any at
tempt be made by the governor's of
fice to prevent the fight.
Dempsey All Ready.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 1. This
is get-away day for Jack Dempsey,
worta s heavyweight champion. Be
fore sundown this evenincr the erim
determined Dempsey will be secluded
amid the strange surroundings of a
private residence in Jersey City, per
haps to face a night that may seem
endless; there to remain until he
faces Georges Carpentier in the bat
tle of his life tomorrow afternoon.
Everything is in readiness for the
champion's departure. Manager
Kearns. is taking every precaution
to have the champion rest in abso
lute quiet away from the eyes of the
curious thousands.
Released from the close confine
ment of two months', training, Demp
sey is happy in this liberation and
more like a boy brimming over with
anticipation than a heavvweicht
champion facing the most important
oattle ot his career.
Had Good Night'g Rest
After playing cards with his
handlers last night and reading tele
grams containing messages of good
luck, the title holder went to bed at
9:30 o'clock and Trant, Dempsey's
bodyguard, who slept m an adjoin
ing room, is authority for the state
ment that the champion slept sound
ly for nearly nine hours.
JJempscy is an unusual champion
in at least one conspicuous respect.
Virtually on the eve of his crucial
engagement he is displaying none of
that grouchiness and unapproach
ability that traditionally has come to
be regarded as the conclusive proof
of a fighter being on "edge" for an
important battle. The development
of irritability has long been con
sidered necessary to the attainment
of prime physical condition.
This does not hold true with
Dempsey. Manager Kearns and
others connected with the champion
have felt the strain of the protracted
training period and are showing it
more than their subject. What some
of those around him consider an an
noyance, Dempsey accepts as an
amusing interruption. With hus-
dreds of casual acquaintances and
utter strangers meeting him every
day he has preserved a cordiality
and heartiness which his associates
have lost.
Police Dogs Cared For.
Final preparations for the depar
ture for Jersey City were completed
soon after breakfast today, and the
keys of the two houses which have
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ti
The Bogie
of Fear"
By Arthur Som
ers Roche, mas
ter of the thrill
ing serial of
mystery and ac
tion, has all of
the elements
that have made
Roche one of
America's most popular
writers. Don't miss the first
installment, in next Sunday's
Bee.
Daughter of Wealthy
New York Family Dies
Los Angeles, July 1. Overcome
while fighting a forest fire threat
ening to destroy the property she
was homesteading, Miss Ida Green
field, formerly an attorney of New
York City, was found dead on a plot
of burned grass near her cabin int'.
near Newhall, 30 miles northV . '
here last night. . t
route aumunucs irom jan rv
nand declared the woman had died
from exhaustion.
Miss Greenfield, who residents of
the valley section assert settled in
the canyon alone two years ago, is
said to have been a member of a
wealthy New York family. It is said
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a dispute over disposition ot the
family estate caused her to leave the
east. She was 40 years old.
Sergeant Emery.
Wins $7,800 Home
In Bee Campaign
Police Officer Also Gets Over
land Sedan Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith of Bluffs Awarded
Cadillac.
Sergeant George J. Emery, famil
iar figure on Omaha boulevards, wins
the first award, a $7,800 home, in
The Bee's big ' subscription cam
paign which closed last Saturday.
Not content with that, he also
"copped" the $1,625 Overland sedan,
offered as a special award for the
largest amount of business turned in
between May 14 and June 4.
"Work and luck did it," acknowl
edged the rosy-cheeked motorcycle
officer whose name is a by-word in
every Omaha home which boasts
even a lowly flivver.
Surprise to Emery.
News that he had won bojh prizes
came as a big surprise to Emery.
"I was pretty sure I was going
to win the house I just had to have
that house, but I never dreamt I
would win. the car too," he said.
He promised The Bee he never
would exceed the speed limit in
driving his new car.
Emery was so overcome when no
tified of his good fortune by The
Bee, shortly after noon Friday, that
he didn't know how to break the
news to his family.
Twenty-three Months in Navy.
"I'll have to wait until I get home
tonight. I'm afraid the shock will
be too much for the wife. Besides
I want to see her face light up with
joy, he said, we certainly are in
debted to The Bee."
Owning their home will mean
much to the Emerys because of
their unfortunate' experience in" los
ing the home upon which they had
begun payments, while Emery was
in the service. The' loan and build
ing company in which they were in
terested, failed and Mrs. Emery, who
(Turn to Pace Two, Column Two.)
Harding and Party
Arrive at, Raritan
For Holiday Visit
Raritan, N. J., July 1. President
and Mrs. Harding, accompanied by
a party of friends, arrived at Rari
tan for a four-day Fourth of July
vacation at the home of Senator J.
S. Frelinghuysen.
Instead of making the trip from
Washington ,in a private car as has
been customary with presidents in
recent years, Mr. Harding and his
friends traveled as ordinary passen
gers in a chair car attached to a reg
ular passenger train. The entire car,
however, was reserved for the party,
which included Speaker and Mrs.
Gillett, Senator and Mrs. Kellogg,
Senator Hale and a number of oth.
crs.
The president played a round of
golf at the Raritan Valley Country
club and spent the evening quietly
with his host.
Griffiths' Release Due to
De Valera Says London Paper
London, July 1. The prisoners
in Mount Joy whose release, accord
ing to the Daily Mail, was uncondi
tional, were liberated, the newspaper
asserts, in consequence of indirect
representations from Eamonn De
Valera.
The Daily Mail says that although
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier.
is unable to agree to meet De Valera
in Dublin officially, he is able at any
moment to see him ihformally and
that it is said he already has been
in touch with De Valera privately.
Man Charged With Murder
Of Sweetheart Collapses
Corunna, Mich., July !. Testify
ing at the trial of i-orest Higgins,
charged with first degree murder for
the death of his fiancee, Lucy Wit
tum, Asa Wittum, her father de
clared he had asked Higgins to dis
continue his attentions to the girl.
Wittum broke down frequently
during his testimony, finally collapr
sing so completely adjournment of
court was necessary.
Volunteers of America
Vice President Is Dead
New York, July 1. Word was re
ceived here today of the death in
Chicago of Gen. Edward Fielding,
vice president of the Volunteers of
America, and next in authority to
General Booth. He had been in
charge of the northwestern territory
of the organization since 1918. He'
was born in New York in 1862.
Bethlehem Steel to Cut
Wages of Men 15 Per Cent
Harrisburg, Pa., July 1. A wage
reduction of IS per cent by the
Bethlehem Steel corporation effec
tive July 16, was made known to
representatives of the employes at
the Steclton plant today,
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Phone Company
Surcharge Will
Be Continued
State Railway , Commission
Holds Increased Rate Nec-
r-essary to Care for Re
cent Bond Issue.
Lincoln, July 1. (Special.)
The State . Railway commission re
fused today to lower the exchange
rates of the Northwestern Bell Tele
phone company and authorized the
continuance of the 10 per cent sur
charge until next December 31, un
less another order is issued.
The commission took no action on
the application for an increase from
25 to 40 per cent on person-to-per-
scn calls.
It was stated that an order on this
application would be issued some
time during July.
Emergency Action.
Action on the application for the
continuation of the surcharge was
emergency as authorization for it was
discontinued June 30 at midnight. "
In its order the commission stated
that while the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company had increased
rates only 28 per cent during the
war, private concerns had jumped
their rates ISO per cent.
Materia used in the telephone bus
iness had ' declined slightly if any,
the commission order stated, and in
order, to put the company on a pay
ing 6 per cent basis, it would be
necessary to decrease wages from
35 to 40 per cent.
Bonds 8 Per Cent.
The order also pointed out that
recent issue of bonds by the tele
phone company calls for 8 per cent
interest against 6 per cent hereto
fore paid.
If the surcharge was not contin
ued the company could not pay in
terest on its bonds and a receiver
ship would be invited, the order as
serted. .
Lincoln Rates Upheld.
In another order the commission
authorized the continuation of the
present rates of the Lincoln Tele
phone and Telegraph company for
another six months.
The commission declined to act
on the application of the Lincoln
company for an increase in toll rates
and stated that during the month an I
order on this might be expected.
uunng the war, the increase
in
rates ot the Lincoln company was
20 per cent and that of the Omaha
company 28 per cent, according to
the railway commission
Minnesota Cold Stotage
Merchants to Tell World
St. Paul, July 1. Merchants who
handle cold storage products of any
kind are required to placard their
stores with public notice to that ef
fect under a new state marketing
law, effective today. Notices will be
distributed by the state department
of agriculture, which will also pub
lish each month a list of licensed
dealers in such commodities. Under
the law, the department may order
release of goods held in storage
whenever conditions warrant.
Failure to comply will entail fine
and imprisonment.
Hardings Leave Capital
For Vacation Over Fourth
Washingon, July 1. President
Harding, accompanied by Mrs. Har
ding and a party of friends, left here
today by train at 1:05 p. m. for a
vacation outing at the home of Sena
tor Frelinghuysen at Raritan, N. J,
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Leaders of Miners' Union
Found Guilty of Violating
Industrial Court Law.
Columbus, Kan., July 1. Alexander-
Howat and August Dorchy,
president and -vice president of the
Kansas Miners' union, were found
guilty of violating the Kansas in
dustrial court law criminally by call
ing a strike, Dy a jury in the Cher
okee county district court this after
noon. A motion for a new trial will be
filed, attorneys for the convicted un
ion leader said. Judge Frank W.
Boss will pass on the. motion July 8.
If he denies the motion he will then
sentence Howat and Dorchy.
Although Howat has been con
victed of several offenses in connec
tion with the calling of strikes and
his defiance of the industrial court,
this was his first conviction -by a
jury.
"It was the judge's instruction that
did it," Howat declared, soon after
the verdict had been read.
"I was guilty of a felony or guilty
of nothing," the miners' president
said.
The court room was filled when
the jury filed into the room and
the verdict was read. Many miners
were in town, awaiting the verdict.
There was no demonstration.
Judge Boss announced that the
bonds of Howat and Dorchy would
stand until July 8, when they are
to appear for sentence.
Weeks Looking for Man
To Run Nitrate Plant
Washington, July 1. If Henry
Ford or any other substantial busi
ness man believes he can take over
the War department plant at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., and operate it with
profiit to himself and to the gov
ernment, Secretary of War Weeks is
ready to negotiate with him at any
time. Secretary Weeks made this
statement today in comme'nting upon
reports that Mr. ford had been in
vestigating the property with a view
to taking over the plant and operat
ing it.
Secretary Weeks stated that he has
had no
direct proposal from Mr,
Ford, but said it was possible that
?e Alabama interested in see-
ing the Muscle Shoals project com-
uieicu nau I'een in communication
with Mr. Ford.
House of Commons Approves
Strike Settlement Plan
London, July 1. The House of
Commons this afternoon approved
the plan submitted by Mr. Lloyd
George, for a grant of 10,000,000
to the coal miners in pursuance of
the strike settlement program, the
money to be applied in helping tide
the men over the next few months
during the process of wage reduc
tion. This legislation completes the
settlement of the coal strike and was
approved without discussion.
Obregon Throws Out First
Ball as Season Id Opened
Mexico City, July 1. President
Obregon threw out the first ball at
the opening of the base ball season
here today. A base ball league has
been organized and will play regu
larly scheduled games throughout
the summer. The . winner will be
awarded a pennant as one of the
many athletic features of the cen
tennial celebration to be held here in
September,
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Police Learn of
Wholesale Plot
To Extort Money
Threats to Two Men of Death
By Poison Gas Only One
Of Many Received in , ,
Des Moines.
Des Moines, July 1. (Special
Telegram.) Evidence of the exist
ence of a widespread plot to extort
money from prominent Des Moines
men has been obtained by police, it
became known today. The letter re
ceived by Robert and Stanhope
Fleming, threatening them and their
families with death by poison gas if
they failed to turn over $5,000, is
only one of many which, it is re
ported, have been received during the
last month by Des Moines men well
up in financial circles.
Clyde L. Herring, head of the
Herring Motor company, received a
letter similar to the Fleming threat
about the same time, he admitted to
day.
"Place $1,000 in bills in a down
town mail box or we will burn your
house down," the note said.
This demand for $1,000 on threat
of having his beautiful new home,
180 West Thirty-seventh street,
burned to the ground, was written
in good penmanship on a postal card
and addressed to Herring at his
home. The postal card was turned
over to the federal postoffice depart
ment. Sheriff Robb immediately
placed a guard at the Herring home
An attempt to rob the Herring
residence was made this week by
two men. Herring believes, how
ever, that the robbery attempt has
no connection with the threat.
Allied Commissioners
Send War Threat to Turkey
Constantinople, July 1. The al
lied high commissioners have in
formed the porte that violation of
the neutral zone will be regarded as
a casus belli.
The grand vizier, Tewfik Pasha,
has begged the Angora government
to respect the allied demand for neu
trality in the zone.
Ismid is entirely depopulated.
Fifty thousand refugees Greeks,
Turks and Armenians have evacu
ated to Thrace and Constantinople.
A majority of the villages in the
Ismid-Yalovo area are uninhabitable.
It is claimed that the Greeks and
Turks have committed massacres.
Confessed Burglar Is
Sentenced at Clay Center
Clay Center, Neb., July 1. (Spe
cial.) Luke Parsons, alias Johnson,
was sentenced to from 12 to 18
months in the penitentiary after he
confessed to burglarizing the Royal
cafe here. He surrendered to po
lice at Norfolk.
The Weather -
Forecast.
Partly cloudy and continued warm
Saturday.
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Peace Plan
Completed
In Congress
Final Legislation to End State
Of War With Germany
Awaits Signature of
President.
Passes Senate, 38 to 19
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wide.
Washington, July 1. The war
with Germany and Austria is over,
so far as the congress of the United
States is concerned. The final legis
lative action to end the conflict wat
taken today and as soon as Presi
dent Harding docs his part, as he hat
already pledged himself to do, peace
will be formally restored, approxi
mately two and a half years after
hostilities ceased.
The conference report on the
peace resolution was adopted by the
senate today, by a vote of 38 to 19,
following favorable action on the
measure by the house yesterday. The
report was then sent back to the
house to be signed by the speaker
in regular session.
A moment later it was back again
before the senate where Vice Presi
dent Coolidge attached his signa
ture. It was then sent at once to
the White House. It probably will
be forwarded to President Harding
at the summer residence of Senator
Frelinghuysen in New Jersey.
May Delay Signature.
The resoration of peace may be an
accomplished fact tomorrow, al-
Uough belief prevailed in some .
quarters that the president might
withhold the formal proclamation of
peace until July 4th to give Inde
pendence day a special significance
this year.
The resolution as finally adooted
by congress, merely declares the war
with Germany and Austria at an end
and reserves to the United States all
rights and privileges which this na
tion would have obtained under the
treaty of Versailles. The provision
repealing the declaration of war was
stricken out because of the conten
tion of house members that it might
be construed as a repudiation of the
war.
The senate republicans, as usual.
presented a solid front in favor of
the peace resolution. All of the 19
votes against it were cast by demo
crats. Three democrats, Shields of
Tennessee, Walsh of Massachusetts
and Watson of Georgia, supported
the resolution, while several others,
including Reed of Missouri, were
paired in favor of it.
Brandegee Attacks Plan.
The roll call was preceded bv
hours of debate described bv Sen
ator Brandegee of Connecticut, .s
"inconsequential, idle, fruitless and
unnecessary.
Most of the talking was done by
half a dozen democrats, who con
tinued to protests against the reso
lution as an unprecedented method
of making peace.
Senator Brandgee, one of the most
influential of the "irreconcilables,"
served notice that any attemnt to re
vive the treaty of Versailles, in
whole or in part, would be most bit
terly contested. Resubmission of
the treaty, he declared, would be "an '
untoward event."
Democratic senators wanted to
know if the American trooos would
be brought back from Germany up
on the proclamation of peace.
"It is my hope and my expecta
tion," said Senator Brandegee, "That
the troops are to be returned from
Germany as soon as the president
signs this resolution. If the troops
are in Germany to enforce the terms
of the Versailles treaty, as some of
my democratic colleagues have inti
mated, then there is all the more rea
sonand my desire for it is all the
greater that they may be returned.
My hope is that America may get
back to a peace status with Germany
and mind her own business as far as
Europe will allow us to do so."
Tobacco Association Raps
Importations From Europe
Washington, July 1. The Tobacco
association of the United States
adopted a resolution at its annual
convention today, denouncing the
alleged reimportation by speculators,
ui American tooacco products pur- .
chased by them from the French
government.
The materials being brought back
were sold by the American govern
ment to France after the armistice
at a price so ridiculously low as vir
tually to amount to a gift," with al
least an implied condition that thej
should not be reimportcd, the reso
lution states. ,
Unusual Slump Shown by
June Marriages This Year
Des Moines, July 1. (Special TeU
egram.) Marriages in Polk county
showed a tremendous falling off in
June of this year compared with
June of a year ago, records at the
court house here show. Lack of
money is attributed as the cause by
the license clerk. A difference of
about 200 licenses appeared between
this year and last year.
Carnegie Hero Medal Sought
For Porter on Pullman Cai
St. Louis, July 1. Officials of th
Chamber of Commerce today an
nounced they would request a Car.
negie hero medal for Robert J. Tay
lor of this city, negro Pullman por
ter, who is said to have saved 2d
lives when Missouri Pacific train No,
14 was overturned in the Pucblc
flood in June.
Two Seriously Burned
Madison, S. D., July 1. Mr. and
Mrs. August Woith, pioneers, are in
critical condition here as the result
of burns sustained when a gasoline
stove exploded in th-ir home. Tb
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