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OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY. 7, .1921.
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THREE CENTS
A Bonus Bill
Is Opposed
Bv Mellon
Secretary of Treasury Warns j
. Of Grave Danger of Im
j mediate Deficit in Gov
ernment Funds.
Witnesses Reveal Neglect
Of Disabled Service Men
(Sensational Charges of Inhuman Treatment of World
War Veterans Made Before Senate Investigat
ing Committee Amendments to Sweet
Measure Are Approved.
Records in
e f 1 a n g
Case Gone
L
jVould Add Tax Burden
Hjr The Aaaoclatrd Trm.
Washington, July 6. With a
varning that there is grave danger
of an immediate government deficit,
Secretary Mellon asked congress to
day to defer action on the soldiers'
bonus bill.
. "This is not a time to impose sev
eral billion dollars of new liabilities
ti an already over-burdened treas
ury," the treasury secretary said to
Senator Frelinghuysen, republican,
New Jersey, in a letter which was
read in the senate when the bonus
till was called up.
The bill has already passed the
ISousc and the letter was in response
to a request from Senator Freling
huysen for a statement of the finan
cial obligations which the bill would
place upon the government.
The letter was characterized by
Senator Underwood, the democratic
leader, who, after its reading, made
an attack on the bill "as strong.
iforceful and to the point." In pass-
ino il, kill til .-.'J
-'a miw i.iv ' LiaLaiua 3i.ytiut 94IU
the republican majority would write
in the country' history that men no
' longer sacrifice, but measure their
service in dollars,
i Replying briefly. Senator McCum
f ber, republican, North Dakota, in
charge of the bill, denied that any at-
, tempt' was being made to measure
the services of soldiers of the
World war in dollars.
Means Huge Expense.
11 r. Melli estimated that the bill
Would cost the country between a
billion and a half and five and a
quarter billion dollars, that it would
"swell the cost of government and
virtually defeat the administration's
program of retrenchment arid econ
omy" and that it would block "all
refunding operations on the national
debt and depress further tlie prices
on Liberty bonds.'"
These, he said, would be "inevita
ble direct financial consequences,"
adding that probable indirect re
sults would be "grave danger of
renewed inflation, increased com
i , modity prices and unsettled business
I, conditions."
v All of his estimates, the secretary
explained, were . devoted merely to
the cash 'payment sections of the bill
and took "no account ot expenses of
administration or possible cost of
affording vocational training, farm or
home aid, or laud settlement aid to
vcicransvwho elect such benefit."':'"
Secretary Gives Warning.
'l ctlAitM k Atrtrt in niw rtntt,
L a-r. flirt mnntrr ant in tin vplprnnfl
y- themselves if I failed to give this
,' warning of the inevitable financial
f, consequences of the pending btll.'Mic-
concluded. "The result would be se
rious injury and loss to the whole
community and in the long run the
veterans themselves would lose far
more than they would gain.' I can
not bring mvself to believe that this
would be 'adjusted compensation' for
a service that was performed as the
highest . duty of citizenship and a
i ifice that can never be measured
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bra Leaaed Wire.
Washington, July 6. Sensational
revelation of the scandalous neglect
and inhuman treatment of disabled
veterans by the government relief
agencies, were made to the senate
investigating committee today by
Col. Abel Davis of Chicago, Col.
Thomas W. Salmon of New York,
a noted medical authority, and oth
er witnesses.
Some of the disclosures follow':
That 400 world war veterans com
mitted suicide in New York state
alone last year, because of despond
ency caused by the government's ne
glect. That 5.000 veterans suffering from
mental diseases and tuberculosis are
being treated in 1,100 hospitals,
owned and operated by private in
dividuals, under contracts "which
ought to be abrogated tomorrow."
That, in direct contradiction of
official government statements of
"over-hospitalization," only about
26,000 disabled ex-service men are
being cared for, while tuberculosis
and mental cases alone exceed 100,
000. . .
That the Speedway hospital, Chi
cago, is an abortion, both as to the
building and as to the location.
Haphazard Methods.
That the administration of soldiers'
relief measures by the government
has been "haphazard and slipshod
by officials who "know little or noth
ing of the actual situation."
That large numbers of disabled
veterans are being treated for va
rious diseases in a strange assr
isylums torr.x& jlfto.i
homes, t -
from
(ZranA Tnrv nt St. Tnstili Tn.
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I ' vestigates Efforts of Ne
braska Man to Get Di
vorce Decree.
of "fly-by-night" institut
mg from asy
insane to
children. &
That govv "
time to time.aA 0V :.ding state
ments about aW ance of hospi
tal facilities to vie from the public
their inefficiency and incompetency.
While the Sutherland investigating
committee was hearing this testi
mony, the Smott subcommittee ao-!
proved the amendments to the Sweet J in which Arthur Leflang of Omaha
veterans bureau bill, which were j was granted a decree of divorce in
sent to the committee by Col. C. R j the circuit court a month ago from
Forbes, director of the bureau of war ' Mrs. Caroline Leflang. ' The divorce
risk insurance. Among them is an i Wjas set aside two days after it was
amendment providing that the di- granted.
rector of the new veterans' bureau Much' mystery surrounds the case
shall be the director of the war risk ; and to comnlicat matters the ste-
Omaha Witnesses Called
ami .n a . '
St. Joseph, Mo., July 6. (Special
Telegram.) The criminal court
grand jury is investigating the case
bureau. Senator Smoot said he hoped
to have the bill favorably reported
to the senate tomorrow and passed
immediately.
Is Great Issue.
The witnesses before the investi
gating committee are all members
of the American Legion's hospital
ization committee and they based
their testimony on an investigation
of hundreds of hospitals for disabled
veterans.
"The plight in which the disabled
ex-service man finds himself is one
of the great issues before the coun
try today," said Colonel Davis, "and
the most distressing feature of the
situation is the frequently reiterated
talk that a sufficient number of beds
are available., Frequently beds may
(Tarn ta Fate Two, Column Two.)
British Fleet Is
Being Rushed to
Constantinople
Turk Nationalists Penetrate
Neutral Zone and Prepare
to Concentrate Forces for
Attack Cause Anxiety.
si il
if Vnis of money.'
i .Sut the least disturbing feature,
h. Jrontinucd, was the hill's plan to
j it!iie actual distribution of funds
until next ear which." he said,
"le.ids to mislead the people into the
bel tf that m some way the proposed
program can be- accomplished with
out imposing a serious burden on
the country."
Would Increase Burden.
"It must inevitably increase the
var burden which the people have to
bear," he contended. "It could be
financed only hy an addition to the
burden of debt and taxes under
which the country is now staggering.
However financed, no such sum
could be taken out of the public
(Turn t I'aae Two. Column On.)
Black Tom Explosion
Suspect Is Arrested
Malta, July 6. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Virtually the entire
British Mediterranean fleet is en
route for Constantinople where the
situation is viewed with anxiety. It
is said that British military rein
forcements also are going out from
England.
Turkish nationalist forces are re
ported to have penetrated the neu
tral zone east of, Constantinople, and
to be preparing te concentrate'
forces along the Sea of Marmora
for an attack on the Turkish capi
tal. :
The situation has given rise to
serious anxiety; and the allied high
commissioners at Constantinople
have -been conferring with General
Harrington, commander of allied
forces there, regarding steps to he
taken in the event of a probable
advance by the nationalists. j
General Harrington will have no.
alternative but to resist an advance
to the utmost for the purpose of
securing respect for the neutral 2one
established by the entente and in
suring free navigation of the straits
in accordance with the terms of
the treaty of Sevres.
Never- before has the harbor of
Malta been so empty. Even the re
serve ships here are destined for the
east. . ' ;
Vessel, which rcceutly sailed car
ried large supplies of munitions. '
Bankers Unable
To Settle Grain
Firm's Tangle
All Day Conference) Held Here
With President of Nye-Schneider-Fooler
Company.
;;.ny. X. Y., July 6.-Michael
Six Kristoft. arrested here today
A i.'uiieu oidics ul-liuij nidi anal
and held for a hearing July 27 on the
charge of making a fraudulent state
ment in connection with his enlist
' teient in the American army in 1917,
nas been sought for more than four
5'eas by detectives engaged by the
Lehigh Valley railroad on suspicion
of having kuowledge of ihe Black
-Tom explosion in 1916. it was
brought out at the hearing before
United States Commissioner Lester
T. Hubbard today. (
Nash Kockwood," an attorney for
the Lehigh Valley railway, and a
detective contended at the hearing
that Kristoff enlisted to avoid im
plication in the Black Tom disaster.
Evidence also was given that Kris
toff was suspected of having been
employed during the war by an un
named man to carry a suitcase al
leged to bare contained papers of a
military value.
Congressmen Will Attend
Service for Soldier Dead
Washington, July. 6. Five mem
bers of the house, under a resolu
tion adopted today, will attend fu
neral services Sunday afternoon at
Hoboken, N. J., for 7.161 , soldier
dead whose bodie.s have been brought
back from France. A delegation
from the senate also is expected to;
attend.
The house decided to be repre
sented aiier speaker unieii naa re-
cevyea a telegram from t. A. aim
jtv&ohs, chairman of an American Le-
' gion committee on arrangements,
V Statin? that amnnc tho wrrr
Corporal Gresham and Privates Hay
j ana r.n right, the hrst three Amer-
t .1 r-
r
! Loudon. July 6. Great. Britain,
France and Italy may be compelled
to adopt extensive and concerted
measures against the Turkish nation
alists, it was declared by a number
of London newspapers this morn
ing. Reports that the nationalists
have actually penetrated the neutral
zone cast of Constantinople along
the Sea of Marmora have not been
confirmed, but there is reason to
fear that they are concentrating
forces to attack Constantinople.
Roumania is believed, said the
Daily Mail todaj', to have offered
15,000 troops to aid the allied forces
in - Constantinople, which are esti
mated at 10,000 British and 5,000
French. -
500 Koreans Are Reported
Slain in Battle With Japs
Seoul, Korea, July 6. (By The
Associated Press.) Reports have
reached, Japanese military headquar
ters here that a battle has occurred
on the Siberian border between
Japanese and Koreans, in which 500
Koreans were killed or wounded.,,
JOHN INSISTED that
he was too busy to show
his sister's fluffy friend
around town until the
hotel clerk pointed out
Miss Mary
Smith
By Elisabeth Jordan
BIu
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Jlcttetv
A BLUE RIBBON Story la
The Svnday Bee
Nothing was accomplished by an
all-day meeting of bankers, yester
day, in an effort to iron out the finan
cial difficulties of the Nye-Schneider-Fowler
grain company of Fremont,
Neb.'
"The company's proposition, sub
mitted to,, us by Frank Fowler, the
president,' was not - satisfactory , to
any of the bankers present." F. H.
Davis,' president of the First National
bank,-where the meeting was held,
announced at the close of the con
ference. ' i
"This leaves the company's affairs
in status quo for the present. The
whole matter is held up indefinitely
I cant say what the next step
will be." . ''
"Does it . mean : bankruptcy?' he
was asked.
"It might possibly," he admitted,
"tut affairs have not come to that
point yet.
Five Bankers Present.
While representatives of two local
banks there were four Omaha
bankers and Ralph Van Vechten of ;
Chicago, representing eastern inter
ests, present said their institutions
would not advance additional capital
needed by fne big grain company for
the next movement of crops; others
were loath to admit that they would
turn down the company's request for
more funds. .
"We reached no positive conclu
sion out of the difficulty, said M. T.
Barlow oi the United States National
bank, ''but there may be another con
ference.
He said the grain company hai'
made no showing which would help
the Omaha bankers to a decision as
to whether they -would advance more
money or not. That was the issue
of the conference.
Frank Fowler and the company's
attorney, W. J. Courtright, left the
conference at noon and did not re
turn. .
When called by long distance tele
phone at Fremont, Fowler declined
to say whether the bankers had flat
ly turned down his request for more
financial aid. He would make no
statement other than that it was
"not a happy occasion" for him.
Bankers Noncommittal.
Fred Hamilton of the Merchants
National bank was also noncommit
tal. He refused to say whether his
institution would advance any more
funds. Walter W. Head of the
Omaha National bank was called out
of the conference and did not know
its conclusion. ' -
Van Vechten, who is vice president
of the Continental Commercial bank,
of Chicago, returned to his home last
night.
F. H. Davis denied that the desig
nation df a man to replace Frank
Fowler as head of the comoany in
jcase more funds were advanced, or
tne naming ot a receiver, should
one be needed, was one of the points
of difference between eastern and
local banking interests. .
"All of us bankers stand together
on evey proposition. We failed to
agree with the company on its propc
sition, that is aU," he explained.
nographer's record disappeared the
day the decree was granted. Attaches
of the court and Omaha witnesses
testified before the grand jury today.
Service Irregular.
' Leflang filed suit at the May ternv
of court. He was represented by
Gardner Thompson and 'A. S. Jo
seph, attorneys and his petition con
tained an affidavit to the effect that
he had resided in Missouri a year,
as the law requires. The wife was
not in court and service by publica
titon was presented to Judge Allen
by Thompson. The decree was by
default as the suitwas uncontested
Two days later , Attorneys Mayer
and Strope appeared in judge Al
len's court, and, upon their motion,
the decree was,; set aside on the
around that service was irregular, in
asmuch as Mrs. Leflang had been
continuously a resident of Omaha,
and personal service could easily
have been had. An investigation by
Judge Allen revealed that the ste
nographer's records had disappeared.
He made an order exonerating his
court stenographer, but nothing has
been learned of the whereabouts of
the record.
Decree Refused in Omaha. -
In the investigation that followed
the settine aside of the divorce, it
developed that Leflang had sued for.
the decree was denied. The wite,
divorce in Omaha in the sorinp. l
however, was allowed $300 a month
for separate maintenance, and her
Omaha attorneys were allowed a
fee of $1,000. Her attorneys contend
that Lefland, when he saw he could
dot obtain a decree in Nebraska,
came to Missouri' and filed the suit
without' waiting a year.
Mayer and Strop, for their services
in sitting aside the' decree, were al
lowed a $500 fee by Judge Allen, to.
be paid by Leflang. -
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Five Men Slain
Near Belfast by
Republicans
Killing Is Most Serious Inci
dent That Has Occurred in
Newry Since Disorders
. .Began.
Medals to Be Asked
For Niagara Hero
Men Who Saved Woman
From Death Will Be
Honored.
Police Say Bootleg
Booze Found Another
. t ) Victim in Omaha
C. O. Klink, 65, 1701 South Eight
eenth street, was found dead yester
day afternoonat his home, where he
lived alone, by Miss Nellie Filbert, a
neighbor.
C. L. Filbert, father of Miss Fil
bert, said he saw two men go into
Klink's house yesterday and that
they we're carrying jugs. The last
seen of Klink was shortly before the
arrival of the two men, Filbert said.
Police believe the jugs contained
whisky which was poisoned and as
cribed the aged man's death to
drinking the poisoned liquor.
Klink has been in the employ of
the Omaha Transfer company for
30 years and was a hack driver here
before the taxicab supplanted the
horse driven conveyance.
Klink- is said to have a sister at
Grand Island, Neb., and police are
attempting to communicate with her
to advise her of, the death, of her
brother. . . -
Ca
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ruso s voice is oaia
To Be Lost Forever
New York, July 6. Grand opera's
most valuable possession the voice
of Enrico' Caruso in his prime is
apparently lost forever.
Captain Charles Anthony Fulton
of the army intelligence service, who
returned from Italy today, expressed
the opinion that the tenor would
never recover his old strength of
voice. . He said that when he saw
Caruso the latter was in poor health.
Captain Fulton said that Caruso
clasped his hands and muttered tear
fully that he would sing no more,
that is, he would sing no more as
he once was able.
' It was also stated that doctors in
Italy are pessimistic about the
chances of Caruso for recovering his
full voice power.
Increase in Philippine
Debt Limit Authorized
Washington, July 6. The' house
bin authorizing an increase of the
Philippine islands debt limit from
$15,000,000 to $30,000,000 was passed
today by the senate, and sent to con
ference. A senate committee amend
ment proposes stabilization of Philip
pine exchange. Senator King of
Utah asked whether Philippine inde
pendence was contemplated by con
gress. Senator New. chairman of the
Change In United States
Shipping Board Planned
New York, Julv 6. A possible
j change in handling operations of
government-owned shipping, where
by' three men instead of one would
be in control, is being considered by
the United States shipping board.
Chairman A.: D. Lasker announced
today. He said he would confer
here with several men who have been
suggested to him by The American
Steamship Owners association and
the Ship Owners association as possible-,
heads of the division of opera
tions. ,
" Belfast July 6. Five men were
j taken from their homes in the district
of Newry, 44 miles south of this
city this morning and shot and their
bodies left in a heap by the roadside.
A school teacher, Miss McAniff,
was shot and killed yesterday, at
Newry,' while attempting to shield
her brother from an attack.
Two of the dead men were sons of
former Sergeant of Police Reilly.
This was the most serious incident
that has occurred in the Newry dis
trict since the disorders began in
Ireland. -
Two men snatched revolvers from
the holsters of two constables on a
street here this morning and shot
the officers. who were severely
wounded. The men escaped.
A train on the way from Belfast
to Londonderry was wrecked near
Pomeroy, County Tyrone, last night,
rails having been removed from the
track- There were no casualties,
but cars carrying Belfast goods were
burned.
Sixteen cars were destroyed, large
quantities of perto.1 and paraffin be
ing used. The, republicans worked in
a systematic well drilled way ana
had blocked all the roads for several
miles around.
It is understood that the victims
of the shooting at Newry were Sinn
Fein sympathizers.
Witness of Murder of
Irish Priest Kidnaped
Cork, Ireland. July 6. (By The
Associated Press.) Patrick Brady,
who witnessed the killing of Canon
Magner, parish priest of Dunman
way, in December last by Cadet
Harte, was kidnaped today by un
known armed men. The magistrate
was taken frojir - his residence in
West Cork.
Brady testified at the military in
quiry into the killing. Harte was
found guilty of; murder while tem
porarily insane. '
Ihe Rev. Mr. Kennedy, president
of St. Finnan's college in Ennis. was
arrested by soldiers this morning
and removed to Limerick. The an
nual retreat of the clergy, of the Kil-
laloe diocese was in progress at the
college, when the arrest occurred.
The charge against the Rev. Mr.
Kennedy is not known. . ,
Senate Committee Favors
Willis Bone Dry Measure
Washington, July 6. Favorable
report, on the Willis-Campbell anti
bter bill was ordered today by the
senate judiciary committee. Chairman
Sterling said he would seek senate
consideration probably within two or
three days. The committee approved
some amendments designed to af
ford a greater degree of protection
to the legitimate users of alcohol.
Niagara Falls, July 6. A move
ment was started today to obtain
Carnegie medals and prizes for
.Douglas Moodie and Fred Smith,
both of this city, who, officials of the
Niagara state reservation credit with
rescuing Mrs. Joseph Raines from'
the river 1UU Jeet above the brink of
the American falls yesterday. Moodie
is the modest hero who waded out
into the stream and brought the
woman to shore and then dis
appeared into, the crowd, refusing to
give his name. Smith aided him in
the rescue.
R. W. Aldenberger, superintend
dent of the reservation, character
izes Moodie's feat as the bravest in
the long list of Niagara rescues.
Mrs. Raines' rescue, reservation rec
ords show, is the most remarkable
to date. No one has ever been
known to travel so far in the river
at the point above the falls and to
have been saved. . The spot where
she was rescued is approxiniately lOO
feet above the brink and 20 feet from
snore, bhe Boated down stream
1,000 feet.
Newly-Naturalized
Americans. Receive
Papers in Public
Trotzky Said to
Be Imprisoned by
Soviet Premier
Red Minister of War Declared
Jailed Following Congress
,. of Third Internationale
at Moscow. . .
woman from an automobile and
territories committee, replied that no J whisked them away. The victim of
sue ronoial had been made jjic mob iias not yet been identified.
In Chicago Due to the Heat
Fort Worth Man Is Given
Suit of Tar and Feathers ; Infant Mortality Grows
Fort W orth, Tex., July 6. A man !
v.canng a coat oi tar and teatners
was ejected from a speeding auto
mobile in the downtown business
district at 12:20 o'clock this morn
ing. Forty minutes earlier a mob of
masked men took the man and
Chicago, July 6. Chicago babies
died last week at the rate of 14 a
day. a 15 per cent greater infant
mortality than a year ago. The in
crease is ascribed to the heat by the
health . department. Four Chicago
deaths yesterday were attributed to
the heat and the weather bureau of
fered no relief.
J
A ceremony of initiation into
American citizenship took place in
the rotunda ' of the court house
Wednesday night at 8, when 175
newly-naturalized Americans re
ceived their final papers..
Dr. E. C. Henry, head of the
American Lenion and Chamher of
j Commerce Americanization commit
tees; John W. Gamble and -F. R.
Elson of the Y. M. C. A. American
ization classes, were the speakers..,
Elson, who has directed similar
ceremonies for between 600 and 700
new citizens this yeart emphasized
the importance of the occasion.
W. C. T. U. Issues Call for:
Greater Dry Activity
Chicago, July 6. National head
ciuarters of the Woman's" Christian
Temperance union at Evanston to
day, sent out a call to all chaoters
stating the necessity for greater ac
tivity by the temperance department.
"Multitudes of good people, church
members and others, still hold to the
old ideas of the efficiency of whisky
as a medicinal agent," says the ap
peal which is signed by Miss Martha
M.' Allen, superintendent of the
medical , temperance department
"These people know soqie prominent
physicians of large eastern xities are
clamoring against the restrictions of
the Volstead act. Seventy-eight per
cent of the physicians of the United
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vv pit,.i luiiig 111UIH. '
Director Dawes Orders
Survey 'of Surplus Stocks
Washington, July 6. A survey of
surplus material, equipment and sup
plies in government possession was
ordered today by Director Dawes
of the budget bureau, with a view
to obtaining the greatest possible
utilization of property." ; The order
affected all the departments and in
dependent establishments of the
government, .and, sa'd that, all sur
plus property found "for which a
specific use within the current fiscal
year is not forseen," must be turned
over to the general supply commit
lee nf tliu trcasurw
Paris, July ' 6. Reports have
reached here from quarters that de
mand notice to. the effect :Leon
Trotzky, Russian soviet 'minister of
war and marine, has been impris
oned by Nikolai Lenine, the soviet
premier, following the 'congress of
the Third Internationale. No con
firmation of these reports from of
ficial or any other source, however,
is available.-
The Third Internationale besran
sessions in Moscow about a week
ago, and it was announced that
more than 2,000 delegates from all
over the world were present. Early
in the session, there were reports
that Lenine and Irotzky had agreed
to a compromise under which Trot
zky would have a free hand in con
ducting the internationale's world
movement.
Advices received from Moscow.
however, nave not indicated any
serious break ' between the bolshe
viki leaders which would explain
the reported arrest of Trotzky.
Ontario Forest Fire
Does Million Damage
Cobalt, Ont., July 6. Two deaths,
destruction of the town of Millwood
and loss of millions of dollars worth
of timber in forest fires were re
ported today.
According to the information.
northern Ontario
Sinn Fein
Peace Plans
Presented
General Jan Smuts Confers
With Lloyd George, Follow
ing Return From Confer,
ence With De Valera.
Solution Believed Near
London, July 6. General Smuts,
South African premier, uoon his re
turn from Ireland today, after his
conferences yesterday with Eamonn
De Valera and other Irish repub
licans, conferred here with Premier
Lloyd George, Sir James Craig, the
Ulster premier, and Earl Midleton,
the southern unionist leader.
General Smuts reported the result
of his talks with the Sinn Fein lead
ers. The conference was surrounded
with the greatest secrecy, but was
understood to have concerned itself
primarily with conditions for the
possible suspension of hostilities in
Ireland considered ihe most impor
tant step in the progress of peace
deliberations.
Feeling of Optimism.
Those concerned in the discus
sions yesterday at Dublin were reti
cent as jto the matters considered.
Officials generally appear reluctant
to talk on the Irish question, but
there is a certaiu degree of optimism .
that the Irish situation may be on
its way to solution. .
Premier Lloyd George presided
over today's conference. Among the.
conterees were also Sir Hamar
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire
land: Lord Birkenhead, the lord high
chancellor; Edward Shortt, the sec
retary for home affairs, and A. T.
Balfour, lord president of the cdun-.
cil. .
Sir Horace Phmkett later joined
the conferees. This gave rise to
still further hopes of favorable re
sults from the conference, in view of
Sir Horace's position in Irish af
fairs.. .
Officials were uncommunicative
concerning today's conference, be
lieving that any announcement at
this time might be prejudicial to
peace. It is believed, however, that
General Smuts brought from Mr.
De Valera and his associates definite
proposals and that the reply to. these
will have a great bearing on Fri
day's conference in Dublin.
Armistice Not in Effect
Dublin, July 6. The negotiations
under way for peace in Ireland haver
not as yet brought about an armi
stice and today soldiers were search
ing pedestrians believed likely to' be
kauyiuK vuiiccmca arms jn lie
streets of Dublin.
A police patrol was ambushed last
night in Camolin. County Wexford,
by men with bombs and rifles. Dur
ing a 15-minute battle which ensued
four constables were wounded.
Other ambushes occurred in Cor
rofin, County Clare, and Thomas-'
town. County Kilkenny, without cas
ualtics.
Senate Refuses to
Pass Amendments on
Naval Budget Bill
Washington, July 6. Although
agreeing to the bulk of the provi
sions in the $409,000,000 naval , ap
propriation bill, as voted recently by
the house, in attempting' to dispose
of differences between the two
bodies, the senate refused today to
yield in 19 amendments and sent the
measure back to the house with a
request for further conferences. The
amendments on which the senate de
clined to recede include provisions
for two airplane carriers, aviation
stations and increased expenditures
for battleships under construction.
Leaders had not determined to--night
how to meet the technical defi
cit in funds for the navv. resulting
from the lapse of appropriations
with the close of the fiscal year, June
30. It might be necessarv. it- wa
said, to fidont a rpsrtliitinti mniinn.
last night was in; asl vnr'c snnmnnitlnn. t.n,..
menaced by fires in half a dozen I arily until the pending bill is enacte 1.
areas. ; Several towns were threat
ened. A hundred men workers in
a pulp wood camp at Millwood were
said to be homeless. Scores are fight
ing, back the flames systematically.
The mercury has been sizzling at
the hundred mark for three days. It
has not dropped below 90 degrees,
even at night. Except for the absence
of wind, .weather conditions are
similar to those which prevailed in
1911, when the Porcupine district was
destroyed, by fire.
Killing of French Officer
In Germany Causes Stit
Paris, July 6. (By The Associated
Press.) The killing of Major Mon-
talieres of the French army during
a hostile demonstration by the Ger
man population -of Beuthen, upper
Silesia, reported in foreign official
advices, has created a most painful
impression in French official circles,
it was indicated in these circles today.
The major was shot from behind
by someone in the crowd,.the reports
declare. '
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Government of Costa Rica .
Cancels Oil Concessions
San Jose, Costa Rica, July 6.
Concessions for oil lands and the' ex-; '
ploration of Costa Rican territory for '
other subterranean adeposits, which
were recently grandd, have, been
cancelled by the government. The
reason assigned for this action is
that many who received concessions
had engaged in speculation with
them. All holders of concessions
have been warned immediately to
cease speculating with territory "
granted by the government. Among
concessions granted by the govern
ment recently were sevral tn Rriti .
and American oil concerns. -
New York City Political
Pot Beginning to Boil
New York, July 6. The municipal
political pot is beginning to boil in -hot
weather. Plans are well under
way for opposition to John F. Hy
lan, who has been mayor four years '
and is a candidate for re-election in
November with Tammany support
again.
His opponents were jubilant today
over the fact that the Business Men s
league, which sponsored him four
years ago, had failed to endorse him
and over mention of other pros
pective candidates in a closed session
yesterday.
Women Sentenced to Prison
For Part in Mail Kobbcry
St. Paul. July 6. Mrs. Alice Hen
dricks and Miss Grace . McDonald,
convicted accomplices in the looting
of a railroad mail car, were sen
tenced by Federal Judge Booth to
one year in jail and three years in
the rciwrntatury, respectively,
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