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"v.. ' The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 61 NO. 15. Ufnt mmJ.CIm Matt Mur n. IMt. l Ouk P. 0. Uar Act 1 Inl S. UTS. OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921. t Mdi ii mo MMIII DallV M fc4V. ft? Ut B.llat Mh, . W.N; I ptlitt ta UaltM Statu, Cuid Mim.' THREE CENTS TVrvii o TlYeggs Scared Away AV After Blowing Safe 1 lght for Farm Bill .7 In Spite of Criticism by Hoover Nebraska Senator Will Urge $100,000,000 Export Corporation. Bill Now On Calendar Chirac Tribun-Omaha n Leaned Wire. Washington, July 4. In spite of criticism of the measure by Secre tary of Commerce Hover and other! "government officials, Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the senate ; committee on agriculture, intends to force consideration in the senate of his bill creating a ?100,000,000 cor poration to aid in the exportation of farm products The bill, which was introduced only a month ago but has reached the calendar of the senate after hear ings lasting for two weeks before the committee on agriculture, gives ex tensive powers to the proposed cor poration. Under its terms the gov ernment corporation not only would aid in the financing of exports ot farm products but would act as a marketing agency. The corporation is authorized to purchase farm prod ucts in the United States and sell them abroad and to act as agent for any person or organization dealing fin agricultural products. The corporation would be managed by a board consisting of the secre tary of agriculture and two addi tional persons appointed by the pres ident. The capital stock, totaling $100,000,000, would be subscribed by the treasury. Others Endorse Move. Although Secretary Hoover de clared that the government should stay out of private business activity as proposed in the bill, Senator Nor ris insists that the measure will help to relieve the present situation, both in the United States and in Europe. In this opinion Senator Norris is supported by Carl Vrooman' of Illi Virginia, a former member of the federal farm loan board. As a result of the criticism by E. E. Clark, Chicago, for the Interstate Commerce commission, of a provsion in the bill which authorizes the cor poration to negotiate with the com mission for reduced freight rates on its shipments, the bill as reported to the senate has been amended by in cluding an additional section which grants authority for reduced freight rates on export shipments of all agri cultural products whether handled Jy this governmental corportaion or not. Mr. Clark objected to granting reduced freight rates to products handled by this corporation as a dis crimination against private business. Will Set Security. . Senator Norris, in a report to the senate advocating the bill, declares that the corporation will be able to obtain security from foreign nations which will make the payment for farm productions certain. 'The corporation is empowered to purchase agricultural products m the I nited States and to sell them in for cign countries, either for cash or on time, taking such securities for de ferred payments as in the judgment of the corporation shall be sufficient to secure the payment of the indebt edness at maturity, together with in terest thereon, said Senator Norris. "These securities are held by the cor portaion. and on the strength thereof the corporation is authorized to issue its bonds and sell them in the Amer ican market, and with the proceeds repeat the operation with the limita tion, however, that the bonds so is sued by the corporation shall at no time exceed 10 times the paid-up capital. U. S. to Be Middleman. "The bill in effect provides for a middleman between the producer in America and the consumer in for eign counrties, and is intended to enable the farmers of the United States to dispose of their surplus products in foreign countries. The country is confronted with a condi- I tion that makes it impossible for the An extra heavy charge of "soup" in the door of a safe at Paulsen j Brothers Motor company, Twentieth street and Ames avenue, made such a loud report when it exploded early Monday morning that it frightened two yeggs away. The outer door of the safe was blown open. Then men took their heels following the explosion, leaving the inner door secured. There was $1,000 in the safe which was unmo lested, the owners of the motor com pany reported to police Monday. Tempest Defied j And Conquered By Mail Pilots High Wateif -g&fewi Imperils Many Lives Firemen Called to Rescue Citi zens From Flooded Homes In Many Parts of City Pump Station Flooded. Pavement Buried in Mud Airmen Conquer Elements in Cross-Country Flights With Pictures of Dempsey Carpentier Fight. Battling through the fierce ele ments of a stormy atmosphere rain, wind and poor visibility air mail pilots retained Sunday the standard of the service in speed rec ords by quick dispatch of the Car pentier-Dempsey fight pictures to western cities. Flying in relays from Chicago to North Platte, three air mail pilots defeated speedy time made by Frank Clark in a Fokker, bound for Los Angeles. Clark and Air Mail Pilot "Tex" Marshall left Chicago simultane ously at 7 o'clock Sunday morning Pictures carried by the air mail arrived in Omaha at 12:19 p. m. Sur aay. Clark made the Ak-Sar-Ben field in his Fokker 39 minutes later and remained in Omaha until 2 o'clock, when he hopped off for North Platte Mail Planes' Relay Time. Following is the relay time of air man pianes witn tne respective pilots: Pilot Arrived. Chicago Filota Departed. Marah'l, 7 . m Smith, :4Sa. m. Collyer, 12:JJp. m. Iow City Marah'l, 1:42 a.m. Omaha Smith. l!:lp. m. North Platte Collyer, 3:0 p.m. From North Platte to Rock Springs, Wyo., the pictures were car ried by Union Pacific tram No. 5. An air mail plane at Rock Springs resumed the flight with the pictures to the Pacific coast Heavy rains through Iowa and Nebraska hindered the flights. While Pilot Clark tried to escape the storm at a high altitude, air mail pilots flew low. Race from Chicago to Omaha. The flight between Chicago and Omaha was a literal race between Clark and the air mail pilots. Clark and Marshall left Chicago at the same time Sunday morning. Clark climbed high, while "Tex" Marshall hugged terra firma for good visibility. Both lost sight of each other. Three minutes after Marshall taxied across the air mail station at Iowa City. Air Mail Pilot . Smith cu 1, ",r" t, hopped off with the fight pictures baS St?r out f 1 for Omaha.-Meanwhile. the intrepid ' All. .t....C . Clark in his trusty speeding somewhere on a zigzag course over Iowa. At 12:19 Smith landed in Omaha, and trasferred the pictures to Coll- rto secure the pavment of the indebt- '". the "fog flyer." Where Clark edness at maturity, together with in- wa puzzled the air mail pilots. coiner was to take the pictures to North Platte and then return to Om I aha. Said William Votaw, superintend ent of the Omaha air mail station: "I'll leave a searchlight playing on the flag so you'll know the direction of the wind tonight when -you return." "Leave nothing lighted for me." ventured Collyer. "Ill hit tHe winds all right.' Cuts Through Storm. And out through the tempest hopped Collyer in his ship. He struck the worst part of the- storm. For 100 miles he cut through a windy rain, flying low. Wind banks did not deter him from his path. The daring pilot remembered similar storms he had encountered on the farmers to dispose of their products ! fBSy run between New York City I st a price that will pay the cost of i-okker was production, while at the same time ( there are millions of people m for ( eign countries who are starving for the very food products that we have in such large surplus in this country The foreigner is not able to pay cash for these products. He is exceeding ly anxious to buy, but must have time in order to pay. "It is believed that the corporation w ill be able to take security that will make the payment of these farm products absolutely certaian. "Agriculture in this country is in danger of bankruptcy because no cash market is afforded in foreign countries for our products. The na tions of Europe are in direct distress for these very products, but there is at present no instrumentality by vrhich the sale of these products can be properly financed. lhe committee believes that this by which the sale of this surplus in America to foreign purchasers can be properly financed, and the situa tion both in America and Europe thereby relieved." Iew Citizens Welcomed i At Fourth Celebration Grand Island, Neb., July 4J(Spe fcial Telegram.) Features of the cel ebration in Grand Island were a ua rade, patriotic speeches and the wel coming of new citizens, a baseball game m the afternoon with Hastings contest The parade was almost a jnile long, and was "comorised of and Washington, and "for the good nf thf crvfn'f h -ntnri4 nn on, through the fierce beating of the! way asater flowed into the build Lives of many persons were im periled and untold damage done to property from flood waters by a cloud burst which deluged the city Sunday night at 10:30. Helpless residents had to be car ried from their homes to escape the rising water in many parts of the city. One woman, waist deep in wa ter, was rescued from the basement of her house by neighbors. Fire departments were kept busy answering calls to take persons from their residences or to pump water trom rapidly filling basements. Pe destrains and autoists stranded in the streets were carried to safety into the fire station at Sixteenth and Nicholas streets. The severe electrical storm, accom panying the cloudburst, played havoc with electric light and power lines, throwing parts of the city in dark, ness and adding confusion. Districts affected most by the flood waters were in the neighborhoods of Clark street, Twentieth to Twen ty-second; Sixteenth and Nicholas streets; Twenty-fourth and Patrick avenue: Eleventh and Pacific; Thirty fourth and P streets, South Side, South Side. Seventeenth and How ard and other lowlying sections. Woman Taken From Basement. The lire department at Twenty- ninth and Dorcas streets responded to a call that Mrs. Mattie Micklen burg, 1107 South Twenty-seventh street, was drowning in her home. When they arrived at the house the firemen found that George E. Davis, a neighbor, had rescued the woman from nearly four feet of water in the basement The water was rising rapidly. Policeman Nelson carried Mrs. H. Carlson, 1109 South Twenty-seventh street, from her flooded home. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kellv and their two children were rescued from their residence at 2019 Clark street by firemen from the Twenty-first and Lake street station, after water bad flooded the street to a depth of six teet. Mr. and Mrs. B. Werner also were rescued from their gro cery store at 2C23 Clark stieet, as were other residents living in the vi cinity. The mam floor of th; gro cery store was mundated, and base ments cf many homes on the street contained several feet of watet. Sewers Flooded. A layer of mud from six inches to foot deep was washed into the street by the water which flood sewers were unable to carry awav as it tell Firemen at the Sixteenth and Ni- rere kept busy the basement Between times thev carried into the building. pedestrians who were caught on the streets in the cloud burst and were in danger of being washed away by the water which formed a veritable river several feet deep. Water covered the main floor of the station to a depth of six inches. Numerous automobiles attempting to navigate the flood at Eighteenth and Nicholas streets were stalled when water reached the engines and shortcircuited the ignition systems. Women occupants were carried into the Nicholas garage and the High land apartments, the basements and main floors of which were flooded. Downtown buildings were an easy marie tor the high waters. Flatiron Hotel Flooded. Three hours after the cloudburst broke, firemen from station No. 3 were pumping water from the base ment of the Flatiron hotel, Seven teenth and Howard streets. Muddy water covered the lobby to a depth of three feet at the peak of the flood and the basement was filled to with in six inches of the main floor at a late hour. Pumps gained little head- J. H. Beckman, 25, 725 Sixth street, Council Bluffs, was instantly killed Monday morning when he came in contact with a live wire at the Drodge elevator, where he had be gun work the night before. Beckman, whose home was at Cali fornia, Mo., quit work at 7 a. m. He reached up to place a pair of gloves on a shelf and his hand touched the wire carrying 2.300 volts. He was found dead a few minutes later, still clinging to the wire. Sims Pleads for Right to Oppose Military Plans Admiral Contrasts Conditions In United States and Europe in Speech . At Newport. Newport, R. I., July 4. The at titude of the United states, which he said not only had always neglect ed to provide for public criticism of officers of the armed forces but has actually forbidden it, was contrasted with that of some European powers by Rear Admiral William S. Sims in an address today before the Rhode Inland branch of the Society of the Cincinnati, in which he urged public discussion as a safeguard to public interests. In some continental coun tries, he declared, criticism was rec ognized as so vital to efficiency that it was rewarded when it proves bene ficial. The American people, Admiral Sims said, know less about the ele ments of warfare and about the ac tual condition of their military forces than the people of any other great power, adding that though this has militated against our preparedness for war in the past, and although we have, nevertheless, always at tained our object in war without very serious loss, still it must be evi dent that a similar attitude cannot be maintained in the future without very serious risk. In a country arov erned as ours is, the efficiency of its various departments must necessar ily depend very largely upon the in terest the people take in this effi ciency. Recall! Washington'! Army. "It behooves us. therefore, serious ly to recall the admonitions of our great first president in regard to preparation for war and adopt the necessary measures to insure that the public shall at all times be adequate ly informed of their progress through public discussion carried out under such regulations as to safeguard the public interests." W ashmgton's injunctions. Admiral !M J 1 J j r .i.i More Space Than the Battle of the Marne tV.v TComtrtt: 1M1T 9t TU Chkav TriWotvJ ram. - Collyer landed at North Platte at 3:03 and waited 40 minutes for some sign of Clark, before he began his return trip to Omaha. For the last 100 miles into Omaha Collyer pierced the same wind and rain storm he had encountered on the way to North Platte. He flew lew for fair visibility and at 6:28 taxied into the air mail hangar here, a victor over the tempestuous ele ments of a storm. No further word had been heard in Omaha of Pilot Clark after he left the air mail station. Air mail pilots hoped to have pic tures of the Carpentier-Dempsey fight by this morning. Hearing on Delinquency Charges to Be Held July 7 Madison, Neb., July 4. (Special) Action has been brought against Hugh. Elsie, Elmer, Floyd, Benjamin and Alexander Sutton, children of Thomas Sutton and John Sutton on charges of delinquency on complaint of Emma M. Johnson, chief proba tion orhcer. Hearing will be held be fore Judge Allen July 7. Lavida Dean has complained to the district court that her husband Ben jamin, negro, has deserted her. The sheriff has a warrant for his arrst Mrs. Dean has four small children. Grip Stolen From Auto While his automobile was parked the third city municipal band, mavor ! c,n Thirteenth street between Har and council, various labor organiza- ne' "d Farnam streets Sunday, S. lions, national guard. American Le-l f orney. Jol5 Jones street re pon and other service men, several societies, G. A. R the new citizens Mid school children. ported to police, thieves stole a grip containing io shears and 40 mora, ing as fast as it was forced out, Clare Van Bark, proprietor of the Flatiron hatshop and beauty par lor, annouced that her loss would exceed $3,000. Hats stored in the basement were ruined. Sewing machines, tables and chairs were also badly damaged. The night manager of the Flatiron hotel after the rain rushed frantically to the fire station at Nineteenth and Harney streets and appealed for a ladder. "My euests can't set in the lODDy, he asserted. 1 have to have a ladder so they can climb up to the nre escape. A ladder was furnished and the guests entered the hotel via a second story window. Eighteenth street between Harney and Howard was covered with six inches of mud. Basements of the M. E. Smith Co- Brandeis Stores and W. O. W. buildings were among those to re ceive more than their quota of aqua non pura. A foot of water covered the floor in the barber shop and cafeteria of the W. O. W. building. The Metropolitan Water district subwater pumping station at Twen tieth and Pierce streets was flooded, shutting off the relay of water to the South Side. The Walnut Hill sta tion was immediately switched on to the relay work and kept the sup ply, preventing danger from fires. - - Basement Flooded. The water entered the station from the rear and quickly flooded the basement Engineer Newman was prevented from shutting off the elec tric motors on the floor, but removed the fuses in time to save the ma chines from burning out. The com- oims aeciarea. moainea the im mutable fundamental principles of the art of war and their application to national security.'!' They have been insisted upon Dy military and politcal historians, he said, but they have failed to take hold of the minds of the people. "I believe," he continued, "that the reason for the dangerous lack in our people of a proper solicitude for our national security is due chiefly to our belief that our geographic isola tion renders us practically immune from serious attacw. "America has never been de f eater in war and suffered humiliation or loss of territory. Our indepen dence has never been in danger and we have always heretofore had the feeling that it is never likely to be, though this reeling has been some what shaken by recent events." Contract of Rules. In some countries of Europe, the admiral said, officers not tctually on duty "are at liberty to publish any criticism they please of the actions of the government or of any of its de partments. "In the United States." he con tinued, "we have not only always neglected to provide for public crit icism of our officers, but we have actually forbidden it. More than a year afo a senate committee completed an investiga tion of a matter of vital importance to our first line of national defense. Practically all of the naval witnesses testified that the organization of our Navy department is such as to make it impossible effectively to prepare for war or to conduct war. Not withstanding the importance of this investigation, tne report ot the com mittee has not yet been made. Are our people losing any sleep over this? They are not "The missing element in American ism is that it does not include ade quate solicitude for pur safety. The government and to a certain extent, the people, resent criticism of any thing American." Admiral Sims expressed the hope that his hearers would "be kind enough to consider me an American notwithstanding the title has been given me by certain unfriendly critics of 'the most popular British admiral in the American navy.' " Babies of Poor Sick in July Heat Need Milk and Ice to Keep Alive During Hot," Sultry Days. July spells heat. Heat means many sick babies. Sick babies need milk and ice to keep it fresh. Poor people can afford neither. So The Bee instituted an annual milk and ice fund. The Visiting Nurse association ad ministers the fund and decides who shall receive the milk and ice in what quantities. The fund now stands at $632.12. More money is needed. Send checks to The Bee milk and ice fund. It will be acknowledged in morning and evening editions within 24 hours after receipt Bandits Rob Men in Auto Party, But Are Lenient With Girls New Yorkers in Protest Parade Of Prohibition Nearly 20,000 Brave Boiling Sun in Demonstration for Personal Liberty Mayor Hyland Reviewer. Navy Gig Burns in San Francisco Bay Commander Foote and Two "SafloriT Injured Boat Total Loss. Lightning Stuns Girl at Farm Home During Storm Beaver City, Neb., July 4. (Spe cial.) Miss Marie Horn, dj of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horn, was se verely shocked by lightning at the una nome soutneast ot Beaver Ctfy, The effects soon passed off, how ever, and her condition was not dan gerous. Lightning also struck the nouse ot K. Jacobs. William Hodges lost a cow and Ellery Shattuck a horse in the storm. The automobile -bandits who ter rorized Omaha last year by holding up occupants of numerous cars are at work again and the new police administration will have more grief on its hands. Early Sunday morning two band its held up B. A. Curley, 1945 North Forty-first street, and H.' C. White, 4536 Franklin street who were riding with two girls, and re lieved them of $80. . ftow if you girls keep quiet we will not harm you," one of the band its addressed Corrine Love, 4536 Franklin street, and Josephine Jen kins, 2604 Wirt street, who were seated in the machine. Although the girls had money and jewelry, nothing was taken from them. The bandits drove uip' to Curley's machine in a large car. They made the two men get out at the point of revolvers. new j pressed air pipes are thought to be .4 iTwa to fas Xw. Cotama Oaa.) Denver Man Drops Dead As Firecracker Explodes Denver, Colo July 4. Robert Knott 55, a wealthy Denver real es tate operator .was standing at the corner of Eighteenth and California streets in the business "district today when someone threw a giant fire cracker at his feet. As the firecracker exploded, Knott dropped dead, an- iparently. frog citenicnt. No Word Received From Mexico-Bound Airplanes Lincoln, July 4. Anxiety was ex pressed tonight by officers of the Ne braska Aircraft company over safety of C. V. Pickup. Frank Palmer and E. L.' Sloniger,- aviators, who, with L. A. Winship and E. C. Hammond. left Lincoln a week ago Saturday in airplanes destined for Mexico. No word has been received from the party- since it left Laredo last Wednesday. From Laredo they planned to travel over a wild, de- isolated country where landing was citiicult and where aviators often have experienced difficulty.' Two Pinned Beneath Auto Overturned at Culvert Beatrice, Neb., July 4. (Special.) Haron and Martha Lenz, living south of the city, were pinned under neath the car in which they were riding while en route home, when it struck a post at the end of a cement culvert, five miles south of Beatrice on the Cornhusker route, and turned oyer. Claude Gotschall of Beatrice, in returning from Wvmore. found the occupants under the ma chine, released them and brought them to town. They escaped with sever bruises. The car wu not yaUjr Canuged, Chicago Tribun-Omh Bee laed Wire. New York, July 4. Wet with perspiration, something less than 20,000 men, with a, decided sprinkling oi women, traved a broiling sun and marched up Fifth avenue from Washington arch to Sixtieth street this afternoon in protest against the Volstead act and the 18th amend ment to the United States constitu tion. It was a demonstration for- wine, beer and personal liberty, which fell somewhat short of the expectations of the American Liberties league, which' promoted it. Frank C Drake, director general, declared there were at least 75.000 men and that more than 100,000 others had assembled, but did not march because of the heat. Mr. Drake's figure was obviously an overestimate, for the parade took just one minute less than two hours to pass Mayor Hylan on- the review ing stand at Madison Square. At that point, the demonstration was as much pro-Hylan a.; anti-prohibition, for the marching groups without ex ception cheered the mayor as they passed the stand,: many of them be ing apparenlyi under the impression that his re-election will legalize the sale of wine and beer. Prohibititonists under the leader ship of -William H. Anderson, state league, stood near the reviewing -stand and held comptometers on the parade. Mr. Anderson said that there were less than 15,000 persons in line. "We would have conceded that they could have- obtained many more marchers, if they had not held the parade-at all," he said. Aviatrix Killed at North Platte Had. Husband at Griswold Atlantic, la., July 4. (Special.) The "Miss" Nelson, who was killed at North Platte last Saturday while driving an automobile on the race course there, was Mrs. Fred Nelson, wife of a Griswold man. She . had the distinction of being the first wo man in America to obtain a license as an air pilot The Nelsons were married in Ida ho, where he operated a garage. This San Francisco, July 4. The motor gig of Commander Percy W'. Foote of the U. S. S. Salem, burned to the water's edge in San Francisco bay shortly before midnight last night, severely burning the officer and two of the five men with him. They were returning to the Salem, from shore at the time. Commander Foote and the sailors jumped overboard from the gig when it started to burn and they were picked up some time later by a boat irum me u. a. . lennessee. News of the mishap did not get asnorc unuj several hours after had occurred.' 1 T? . , , viiiuidiiucr rooics nana; were burned and Seaman H. Cunningham and' Machinist's Mate P. J. Lecklik ner received burns on the face and body. Cunningham, who had no life preserver, was in the water nearly and hour before he was rescued. Commander Foote and the other four sailors, however, were nicked nn in -i a. tr . iuuu io minutes. The gior became engulfed in flames at both the bow and stern almost at tne same moment, according to the sanors. .faulty ignition was said to nave caused the fire. - Commander Foote was taken aboard the U. S. S. Tennessee and the hve sailors were removed to the nospital ship Mercy, where their in juries were attended. The navy tug Vigilant attempted to get a line aboard the gig to prevent ii irom sinKing, out was unsuccess ful and the boat went to the bottom The mishap occurred when the gig was about half way to the Salem trom land. The Salem was anchored on Alan o v ar row, with other navy vessels here to participate in today's rourcn ot juiy celebration. California Forest ' Fires Extinguished San Francisco, Juluy 4. Numer ous grain, forest, brush and city fires in northern and central California, which caused damage estimated at more than $1,500,000, were reported extinguished today after most of them had burned for 48 hours. Lon A.iareles. - Cal.. Tulv 4 A brush fire in northern Los Angeles county today resulted in one death , . . . - , .. v mail ,yjj 111 c llKlllClS was when aviation was first becom-jsought to prevent its spread. Chester Worn. ft..: TT .... -T.BdCS, 11. auioisi .-" yi ) r nus-, seeking to aid the tire uauu incu iu uissuduc nere anu iaier this caused an estrangement Nelson is the son of Frank Nelson and wife, farmers living near Gris wold. The son has been spending the last few weeks at home. He left for North Platte immediately on re ceipt of news of hit -wife's death. Aviator Badly Hurt When Plane Falls at Storm Lake Fort Dodge, la., July 4. Francis Senn was seriously injured this morning when his airplane fell 200 feet near Storm Lake. He was doinir stunt flying when he fell. Hospital Kvhters. r-acKea nis maenme over an em bankment and was instantly killeed. - TheWeathe r - InhtrcintA . i k l 1 !11 j: . I 11 ft. nu ....... 3 , Forecast. Nebraska: Fair in north portion, unsettled in south Tuesday, with probably showers. Hourly Temperatures. . m 7 - m M 7 m. m. 1 . ....71 73 1 P- m. 1 P. m. S P. m. 4 P. m. I p. m. P. m. 1 r- a. Withdrawal Of Troops Is Big Issue Presideut Must Face Two Warring Factions on Oc cupation Plans Now That Peace Is Restored. Proclamation Expected By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. t'hlcafo Trlbunf-Omitha Bre l.rMl Win-. Washington, July 4. The question of withdrawal of the American troops fioni the occupation of German ter ritory on the Rhine bids fair to be come an important issue, now that peace with Germany has been re stored, unless President Harding, should act immediately to bring tht forces home. ' Thevpresident will return to Wash ington tomorrow to begin considew tion of the next moves on the peaca program, the first of which is ex pected to be an executive proclama tion formally declaring the war at an end. Some administration officials are oi the opinion that the president' next step after issuing the peace proclamation will be an order with drawing the American trops from Europe. There are, however, some extremely influential members of the cabinet who will counsel the presi dent to leave the army of occupation on the Rhine pending the conclusion of negotiations between America and Germany and America and the allcs n questions arising from the war. May Force Move. If the president does not signify his intention of withdrawing the troops soon, a resolution will be in troduced in the senate. -probably bv Senator Johnson oi California, in structing the secretary of war to or der the forces home. This is the move determined upon by the senate irreconcilables. They hold that congress may con stitutionally instruct the secretary of war, though not the president, and they have considered the contingency of the president directing the secre tary of war to ignore the instructions of congress, . thus precipitating a claslj between the executive and leg islative branches of the government. It is more likely, however, that if the president " desires to retain the troops in Europe the administration leaders would bloVk " passageyt--v withdrawal resolution bcWgress. - Under the terms of the peace res olution, all rights acquired by the United States under the armistice and the Versailles treaty are reserved and one of these rights is the occu pation of German territory by Amer ican troops. So, there is authority to retain the trops on the Rhine and the only question is how long it is to the interest of the United States to keep them there. Interested in Settlement The president has declared the United States interested in the Ger man indemnity settlement and it is pending the payment of the repara tions and fulfillment of other treaty terms that allied troops are to re main on the Rhine for 15 years. Co blenz, where the American troops are stationed, is to be evacuated in 10 years, if the treaty terms are fulflled by Germany. Mr. Harding has detailed represen tatives to the reparations commission arid other bodies to deal with ques- tions of purely American interest; but whejher he will consider it ne cessary to keep the troops in Europe1 in connection with that purpose re mains to be seen. There are 12,000 American tro6pa: at Coblenz being maintained at tWf present expense of the United States,' though Germany is to foot. the bill-, under the treatv terms. Germany now! owes about $250,000,000 for the; American occupation and presum ably will pay in reparation bonds. Sentiment It Divided. The question of retaining the troops on the Rhine. is really one of the extent to which we purpose to participate in enforcing the German peace terms and that will be de termined only bv the eventual peace settlements Mr. Harding ne gotiates and the senate approves. He is undecided whether to make these settlements in a treaty of amity and commerce, which eventually will be negotiated with Germany in any event and in treaties with the Allies, or by accepting the Versailles treatv with reservations, eliminating the league of nations and all provisions of the peace terms proper in which the United States does not desire to become involved. On this question the president is between two warring camns Ant headed by Secretary of State Hushes and Secretary of Commerce Hoover, who want the Versailles treaty rat ified with radical reservations, and the other headed by the senate irre concilable who will fight the resub mission Of the treaty under any cir cumstances. Indications are not wanting that the president is characteristically seeking the middle around fnr he i known to be considering the em bodyment of the Versailles treaty provisions, which we are willing to accept, in separate treaties with Ger many and with the allies, thus avoid ing a resubmission of the Versailles treaty to the senate. Revival of Foreign Trade Shown in Packing Industry Chicago, July 3. The long-looked for revival of foreign trade is ap parently started so far as the pack ing industry is concerned, according to the monthly review in Armours Magazine. The review add: "This means that in the near future it should spread to other lines of busi ness and a market will he fotmd for surplus goods produced in exceii oif
