The Omaha daily Bee
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,VOL. 51 NO. 55.
Rail Board
A
pproves
Uvertime
Seven Shop Craft Rules Re
lating to Extra Pay Upheld
T,y United States Labor
Committee.
Many Lines Affected
By Tha Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 19. The United
States railroad labor board today
- approved in effect, the seven shop
craft rules relating to overtime pay
ment, as provided in the national
agreement of the wartime railroad
administration, but directed that the
' roads need not pay overtime for ab
solutely necessary work performed
on Sundays and holidays.
For the first time in the history
of. the board, a minority member
made public a dissentir.g report, A.
O. Wharton, former president of the
railroad division of the American
Federation of Labor, insisting on
recognition of the national agree
ment rules without change.
The majority report was signed
by Judge R. M. Barton, chairman,
and the other seven members, two
of whom represent the public, two
the roads and one the unions.
Many Lines Affected.
One hundred and thirty-seven
, railroads in all parts of the country,
V including the United States lines of
the Canadian Grand Trunk system
and the railway employes' depart
ment of the American Federation o"f
Labor and the six federated crafts
are affected by today's decision. The
decision probably will be applied to
all other lines as fast as their cases
tome before the board.
"The railroad labor board has de
cided," the majority report says,
"that the seven rules approved by
the board, corresponding to said
seven rules of the national agree
ment, are just and reasonable and
that they shall apply to each of the
carriers set out under the caption,
'parties to the dispute, except in
such instances as any particular car-
ricr. may nave agrceu wuu i - ciu
ployes upon any one or more of said
rules, in which case the rule or rules
agreed upon by the carriers and its
employes shall apply on said road."
Exception Defined.
The decision then sets forth the
following exception to the payment
of time and one-half for Sunday and
holiday work:
Employes necessary to the opera
tion of power houses, millwright
gangs, heat treating plants, train
yards, running repair and inspection
forces who are regularly assigned by
bulletin to work on Sundays and
"liolidayswtll be compensated on the
same basis as on weeks days. Sun
day nd holiday work will be re
quired only when absolutely essential
to the continous operation of the rail
road. . . , .
Another slight change is made m
ii..,in iv hours oav lor
employes called or required to report I
tor work and wno work. ic
five hours. Holding this allowance
was a survival from the days when
10 hours was the accepted standard,
the board changed it to . read four
hours pay. or one-nait oay,
, decision docs not affect any tram
I service employes, only Lie shop
crafts being, parties to the dispute.
Members of W.C.T.U.
Bowed in Mourning
For World Leaders
San Francisco, Aug. 19. One
thousand five hundred delegates ot
the 48th annual meeting of the a
tonal W. C. T. U bowed their
heads in morning for Rosalind,
rountess of Carlisle, and Lady Henry
o ,1minrterl heads 01 the
World W. C T. U.. at the opening.
session of their convention here lo-
' New of the death of the countess
of Carlisle was received by Miss
nna Gordon. Fvanston. 111., na
.:,i nresiHent. The passing of the
iSSoafX tempos hetd of Vhej
worm univn.
1 nnAnncpnint of the purposes ol
the union was made by the national
officers in their reports, submitted
today. . The national organization has
set a goal of $1,000,000 and 1,000,
000 members by 1924. Ot this sum.
SI 50,000 wil be devoted to child wel
fare, $100,000 to health and morality.
$200,000 to the Americanization pro
gram. $30,000 to women m industry.
50.000 to the education and informa
tion department, $300,000 for the
world prohibtion crusade and other
sums for field sen-ice and jfdmmis
tration needs.
Argentine May Appropriate
Famine Fund for Russia
Buenos Aires, Aug. 19. Govern
ment officials would be authorized to
send 10,000,000 pesos worth of food
to relieve famine sufferers of Rus
sia under provisions of a bill intro
duced in the Chamber of Deputies
by Senor Muzio. Socialist members
f the ehamber have endorsed the
measure.
Kansas Publisher Comes
Out Against Industrial Law
Arkansas City. Kan.. Aug. 19.
State Senator Dick Howard, pub
lisher of the Arkansas Traveler, an
nounced today that if any one would
initiate a movement for repeal ot
the Kansas industrial, court law he
would support it. He said the law
had proved very costly for the tax
payers. -
Prominent Horseman Dies
Chester, Pa., Aug, 19. James Mil
burne, 63. prominent horseman and
democratic leader here died sudden
ly at his home todaf
Cittr II SMtnl-CltM
OhUi P. 0. Urw
Nebraska Woman Will
Head U. S. Child Bureau
Washington, Aug. 19. Grace Ab
bott of Nebraska was nominated by
President Harding today to be chief
of the children's bureau.
Miss Abbott is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. A. Abbott of Grand
island and a graduate of Grand Is
land college and the state university.
Her more recent governmental con
nection was with the war labor
board and in this capacity she was
sent to Europe to study child labor
conditions and legislation. ' She was
formerly assistant to Miss Lathrop,
head of the enforcement for the
child labor law later declared uncon
stitutional. She has been director of the Im
migrants' Protective league, execu
tive secretary of the Massachusetts
immigration commission, director of
labor division of the children's bu
reau, and secretary' of the children's
commission of the International La
bor conference. Later she was chair
man of the executive committee of
the immigration bureau of Illinois.
Miss Abbott is author of "The Im
migrant and the Community."
John H. Phelps,
Church Elder for
70 Years, Dies
Omahan, Recently Honored
For Presbyterian Service
Resident Here Since 1883;
Druggist by Profession.
' John H. Phelps. 96. resident of
Omaha since 1883, recently hon
ored for his 70 years service as
elder in the Presbyterian church,
died yesterday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. F. P. Salmon, 2209
Spencer street, from infirmities due
to old age.
Mr. Phelps was born at Auburn,
X. V., January 3, . 1825. With his
parents he moved to Niles. Mich.,
and later to Burr Oak, Mich. In
1883 he came to Omaha, establish
ing a drug store at Twenty-fourth
and Cuming streets, which he con
ducted for several years. He con
tinued in the pharmaceutical profes
sion until ill health forced him to
retire from active business.
He was married in 18S0 to Har
riet Perkins at Xiles, Mich. His wife
died several years ago.
Mr. Phelps had been a member of
the Masonic order since 1850 and
was affiliated with Lodge No. 1
here.
He was a' member of the. North
Side Presbyterian church and was
verv active in church affairs. At
the Presbyterian General Assembly
at Winona Lake, Ind., last May, the
1.000 delegates honored the. Omaha
man. Resulutions of congratulations
were adopted and delivered to Mr.
Phelps. .
The aged man's health had been
failing for the last year. He had
been bedridden for several months
and Was blind and deaf.
He is survived by his daughter,
I Mrs. Salmon, and a granddaughter.
Mr W. Irving Schuman. living in
Funeral services will be held at the
Salmon residence Monday afternoon
at 2. Burial will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Bergdoll Reported to Be in
Constance; Has U. S. Passport
Geneva. Aug. 19. Grover C. Berg
doll, the American draft evader, says
the Thurgovie Zcitung today, arrived
in Constance from Munich three days
ago and now is stopping in a hotel
at St. Gall.
Bergdoll came from Germany to
avoid extradition to the United
States, the newspaper asserts. He
has an American passport, it adds,
and now is perfectly safe from ex
tradition. Berne. Aug. 19. Agents of the
American legation here and the
Swiss police have been unable to lo
cate Grover Bergdoll, the American
draft evader who was reported to
have fled to Switzerland from Ger
many.
Lloyd George Announces
Self for Welsh Home Rule
London, Aug. 19. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) An announcement in
favor of Welsh home rule has been
made by Premier Lloyd George, says
the Liverpool Post today.
The premier, who made the an
nouncement at a dinner of Welsh
nationals, pledged himself, acclrd
ing to the newspaper, to support a
measure of Welsh revolution if such
were agreed upon by the Welsh
members cf Parliament.
The home rule favored by the
Welih nationalists means ;i greater
degree uf local seii-govcrnmtnt
if -.
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Act ! NtMh , U7.
Man in Pen
For Crimes
Of Another
''W. L. Lewis" Says He Is in
Reality Dr. I. H. Jackson, .
Serving in Leavenworth
For Lewis' Act.
Too 111 to Prove Identity
That he was sentenced to the fed
eral penitentiary for five years by
Federal Judge Woodrough under the
name of W. L. Lewis, wh.cn in
reality he w as Dr. J. H.- Jackson,
respected Aberdeen, S. D., physician,
is the claim of a prisoner at Leaven
worth submitted to the United
States attorney here yesterday.
The prisoner asserts that his long
incarceration in jail in Council Bluffs
and Omaha so weakened him phy
sically and meutally that he was un
able to prove his true identity. ,
"Tragedy of Errors."
The late Thomas Flynn. at the
time United States marshal, knew
his true identity and that he could
not have committed the crimes
charged against Lewis, and would
have cleared him had it not been for
his sudden illness and death, the
prisoner claims.
The "tragedy Of errors wincii cui
min ated in a five-vear sentence for
t'.sing the mails to defraud started i"
Rcdheld, S. D. on .NovemDer io,
1919, the prisoner says.
"I arrived in Redficld in the morn
ing and was surprised to meet a sec
ond cousin named W. L. Lewis, who
lived in Omaha, as far as I knew,"
said the prisoner.
Presents Note.
"He told mc he was leaving Red
field for the day and asked me to
call at the postoffice for his mail. He
gave me a note that was to enable
me to get it. I presented this note
at the postoffice, after obtaining my
own mail, which had been forwarded
to me from Aberdeen.
"The general delivery clerk looueo.
at the note, conferred with another
cleric, then told me Lewis' mail had
gone out on a rural route, but to
call in the afternoon. I called again
in the afternoon for my own mail but
said nothing about the mail for
Lewis. As I was leaving the office
the clerk called me and said I had
called too early for Lewis' mail. I
left the postoffice, but was placed
under arrest by a marshal, booked
under the name of . W. L. Lewis,
and charged with using the mails to
defraud. ,
v Taken to Sioc Falls.
"I was taken to Sipux Falls,
where I was advised to waive pre
liminary hearing, and then was taken
to Council Bluffs, where the de
frauding was supposed to have oc
curred in October. 1919. . I was con
fined in the Pottawattamie county
jail from- November 28. 1919. until
February 24, 1920, waiting action of
(Tom to Pago Two. Column Thrte.)
Former Employe of ,
Murdered Auto Dealer
Charged With Crime
Sioux City. Ia., Aug. 19. Max
Wilson of Hawarden. Ia., is m cus
tody here charged with the murder
of Walter A. E. Lapham, who was
slain in his automobile salesroom
here several weeks ago. .
The arrest was made in' Hawarden,
where Wilson was operating a repair
thop. Wilson formerly worked for
Lapham. Lapham was very promi
nent here. .
Sisters of Paul Hoagland
Cable Condolence to Family
Cablegrams of condolence from
the two sisters of Paul Hoagland,
funeral services for whom were held
at 2 yesterday from his father's rcsi
; dence, 520 North Forty-eighth street,
were received by other members of
the familv Thursdav
The sisters. Mrs. David Stone and
Mrs. J. E. Summers, are traveling
in Europe, Mrs. Stone in Coblenz
with her husband, Colonel Stone.
Mrs. Paul Hoagland accompanied
the body of her husband here for
burial in Forest Lawn, but returns
tc California to her four children
within a few days. Later she will
go with them to Phoenix, Ariz.,
their home for the last three years.
Bishop E. V. Shayler officiated at
the funeral.
Texas Attorney Whipped
And Ordered to Leave Town
Brenham, Tex;, Aug. 19. A. W.
Hodde, attorney, was taken from his
office shortly before noon Thurs
day by three unmasked men with
pistols, forced to enter an automo
bile and taken four miles in the
countrv, whipped and tar thrown on
him. He was ordered to leave town
and to tell Sam King, former city
marshal, that unless he left town he
would be killed.
On July H Hodde received a let
ter purporting to be from the Ka
Ivlux Klan, accusing him of not be
ing 100 per cent American, ordering
him to leave town and not come
back.
Couple Held for Murder
Of Husband of the Woman
Waco, Tex., Aug. 19. Mrs. Bes
sie Keyes and W. T. Aven are un
der arrest at McKinney, Tex.,
charged with the murder of the
woman's husband, Leslie Keyes.
Aven's wife died mysteriously prior
to the killing of Keyes, whose man
gled body was found on a railroad
track near here the night of August
6, after a freight train had passed.
The authorities announced today
that the bodies of Mrs. Aven and
Keyes would be exhumed for exam
ination. 4
OMAHA, SATURDAY,
Salvation Army Aids
Flood-Stricken City
Hatch, N. M., Aug. 19. The only
relief that has come to this flood-
stricken town since its citizens were
driven to the hills by cloudbursts
Wednesday night and yesterday is
from four Salvation Army men who!
reached here last night trcm Jil
Paso with bread and meat.
Food stores in the town were !
crumbled into heaps of debris by the
waters which swept down upon
Hatch without warning. Today the
flood had swept down four of the five
buildings which survived yesterday
The school house is the only build
iiiflr standing.
Citizens arelaking turn standing
on fallen roofs and guarding the
bank and other collapsed buildings
from possible appearance of looters.
Youth Tells of
Plot to Murder
"Fifi" Stillmanl
Confession to Kansas City
Police Describes Details of
Scheme to Slay Defend
ant in Divorce Case.
ChicMSO Tribune-Omaha B lnscd Wire.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 19. That
he and three other men were hired
to kill Mrs. "Fifi" Potter Stillman
was the. story told the local police
today by Sam R. Harris, 20, of New
York. Harris is being held by the
police until his story can be investi
gated. While he was living at the Mills
hotel, New York, according to Har
ris' story, he became acquainted
with Henry Burke, a man who used
the name of Henry McClosky. and
an Italian auto driver named Tony
Seraccio. One. day, Harris told the
police, McClosky asked him if he
wanted to "do a job." A man
named "Huntley Clay," who lived at
the Claridge hotel, wanted Mrs.
Stillman "bumped," McClosky told
him.
"It was arranged that the four of
us were to meet Mrs. Stillman's auto
as she drove along the Pelham bay
road," Harris said. "McClosky.
whom we knew as 'Henry the Pole,'
was to shoot Mrs. Stillman, while
the rest of us were to dispose of the
chauffeur.
Got Advance Payment
"We were io collect $25,000 for
the job. We got $800 in advance for
expenses. The Pole got restless
while waiting around New York nd
started in to do some robbing. We
got in bad with a touple of detec
tives and had to leave town. We
went to Philadelphia nd stayed
there four days. Then on August '
we left for Chicago. In Chicago I ;
stopped at the Y. M. C. A. hotel and
the Pole went to the Fort Dearborn.
We laid around Chicago until Au
gust 16,. when the Pole decided we
had better bet it west.
"When I got to Kansas City I. met
Burke at the Hexton hotel. I was
broke.- He made a dtae to meet me
but never showed up. They double
crossed me. I m willing to tell my
story to ny one in authority."
Harris says lie does not know who
was back of the proposer minder.
Police Checking Up.
Chicago, Aug. 19. Chicago detec
tives were sent out this r.fternoon to
check' up on the story told the Kan
sas City police by Sam Harris. Mc
Closky or "Heney the Pole" is be
lieved to be in Chicago and the po
lice expect to have him in custody
soon.
That Harris did stay at the Y. M.
C. A. hotel was verified by Secretary
Beech. The register shows that Har
ris arrived at the hotel August 3, and
checked out on the 11th. At the Fort
Dearborn hotel, it was recalled that a
man named McClosky had stopped
there. He left the hotel only last
Tuesday, stating that he was to take
a job at Fort Sheridan. f At the fort
it was said no such man had been
employed there.
The Kansas City story told by Har
ris recalls a sensational story told the
Buffalo police last April by Roy Har-
, ns, i, ot ew lork, to tne etiect
that it was he who had been hired
to kill Joseph B. Elwcll, New York
sportsman.
Comparisons with a photograph of
Roy Harris who told of the Elwcll
plot, shows that he is not the same
person.
Mrs. Stillman 111.
Mrs. "Fifi" Potter Stillman is in
a serious condition at the home of
Harold F. .McCorinick in Lake For
est. According to Mr. McCormick,
Mrs. Stillman is in a highly nervous
condition bordering on prostration,
as the result of the severe strain shf
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Features You Will Like
"The Cyclone," by Rose L. "Scenes at Camp Giffofd,"
Ellerbe. A Blue Ribbon . story special page in the Retogravure
with a bit of irony and a bit of Section for Boy Scouts and their
sadness. Lon Baxter figured that friends. There is also a page of
hard work and a mortgage on "Scotch Characters" for movie
the farm had killed his mother. fans and an attractive collection
He decided to save Edna from of photos from Plattsmouth,
both evils. Neb.
"Pretty Pal," by Edward J. , "The Third Degree," by
Doheny. The tale of a husband ..fifSft
who pitied himself because his World's Greatest Detective
wife's hands were rough. Cases."
"The Dubbville Foursome, The Sunday Bee Woman's
by Cartoonist A. W. Brewerson, Section, with its diversity of
a golf comic that always brings news and features, is the most
a laugh. In the Sports Section. complete published in Omaha.
The Sundav Bee
AUGUST 20, 1921.
1 Will He Accept? 1
(Copyright: 10U: By Tte CUomto TriftmY
! lVJ.J EMPIRE"
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German Premier
Frames Policy on
U. S. Peace Treaty
Many Conferences of Impor
tant Nature Have Been Held
in Berlin During Last
Few Days.
Berlin, Aug. 19. Chancellor Wirth
is" endeavoring to secure the support
of all political factions represented in
the Reichstag for his plans looking
to the negotiation of a treaty of peace
with the United States. Conferences
of an important nature have been
held during the past few days, the
one of Tuesday being especially im
portant. At this session Count von
Bernstorff, former German ambassa
dor at Washington, was present as
spokesman for the democratic party.
It is declared that the chancellor's
efforts are' being directed against the
opening of general debate on the
treaty in the Reichstag for fcars are
expressed that the German-American
war diplomacy and the submarine
policy, which brought about Ameri
can intervention in the war, would
again be dragged forth by those who
seek to exploit them tor partisan
purposes.
New names aTc being mentioned as
possible appointees to the ambassa
dorship to the United States. Among
those recently brought forward is that
of Prof. Gerhart von Schulze
Gaevemit, who occupies the chair
of political economy at Freiburg
university.
Bill to Aid Wood to Retain
Rank Tabled by Committee
Washington, Aug. 19. The ad
ministration bill designed to author
ize Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood to be
come governor general of the Phil
ippines without retiring as an active
officer' of the army was laid on the
table today by the house military
committee without a record vote.
Committeemen were said to have
held it would be a dangerous pre
cedent to establish.
Senate, Cuts 25 Millions
Off Roads Appropriation
Washington,- Aug. 19. By a vote
of 28 to 22 the senate today adopted
an amendment to the federal aid
road bill reducing from $100,000,000
to $75,000,000 the amount available
for construction in the next 3 ear.
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MayAskShowdownjMob Is Foiled in
In Kennedy Casel
Obenchain May Be Required
To Reveal Evidence to
Grand Jury.
Los Angeles, Aug. 19. Spontan
eous developments in the investiga
tion of the mysterious slaying, Au
gust S, of J. Belton Kennedy, broker,
were absent here today, so far as in
formation given to the public was
concerned.
The investigation seemed tempor
arily halted late in the day when
workers . for the district attorney's
office announced that if Ralph R.
Obenchain, attorney for his former
wife, knew the man guilty of the
slaying as he indicated in a state
ment last Wednesday,' he might be
forced to tell his information to a
grand jury.
This step was conceded generally
to be blocked, however, it was said,
when it was pointed out that Mr.
Obenchain need not, under the law,
reveal information he intends to use
for the defense of his client.
Burch told newspaper men tonight
that if the case should go to trial
he would ask that his story be heard
by a jury composed of "real men."
Burch and Mrs. Obenchain are to
enter pleas to murder charges Mon
day. Difficulty was said to have been ex
perienced by the prosecution in keep
ing track of the many witnesses in
the case and it is thought an early
trial will be suggested. The court
already has arranged for an early
trial. '
Profiteering Branded as
Crime by Cuban Chamber
Havana, Aug. 19. Profiteering is
branded a crime under the pro
visions of a measure approved by the
Cuban chamber of deputies yester
day. This is the first time that it
hi-s been placed in the criminal cate
gory in Latin-American countries.
The bill would authorize the pres
ident to "confer with stockmen and
retailers and to fix prices to be
charged for meat. Penalties would
be inflicted upon those disregarding
the prices.
Cattle imported from other coun
tries' would be required to undergo
a 10 day quarantine before admitted
to Cuba.
Einstein's Fundamentals of
Theory Advanced in Youth
New York. Aug. Professor
Albert Einsteijt, widely heralded as
the father of the theority of rela
tivity, was but a ; small boy when
the fundamentals of the theory were
first advanced, according to Hudson
Ma-im, inventor,' author and pub-tici!-t.
Speaking at . Carnegie Hall last
night, Mr. Maxim said, that he had
set forth the basic principles of rela
tivity in 1889. He cited a magazine
article written by him for a scien
tific publication in that year in sup
port of his claim.
Seattle Bank Bandits Are
Ordered Back for Trial
Jefferson City, -Mo.,' Aug. 19. A
requisition from the governor of
Washington for the return to Seat
tle of Ed Patton and Louis Laz
arus, wanted there for a $25,000 bank
messenger robbcry, July 14, last,
was honored today by Governor
Hyde. The two men were held by
Kansas City nolicc.:
Governor Hyde also honored a
requisition from the governor of
Iowa for the return to Clarinda of
Raymond Wren, charged there with
the murder of Ross Hammond. Au
.
Attempt to atorm
JaU and Kill Men
Warden Prevents Lynching by
Threat to Slay Crowd "Like
Rats" Sought Three
. Negroes.
Barnstabie. Mass., Aug. 19., A
mob of nearly 200 men and women
carrying ropes early today stormed
the local jair, tnreatenmg vo lyncu
three .Cape Verde Island negro pris
oners charged with highway robbery
and criminal assault on a young
white woman at Buzzards bay.
At 2:30 this morning 25 automo
biles, whose occupants included wo
men as well as men, drove up to the
local jail. They demanded the three
negroes, John Dies, Benjamin
Gomez and Joseph Andrews, from
Sheriff Irving L. Rosenthal.
There were shouts of "Let's get
them!" as the mob approached, but
when the jail defenders fired in the
air the crowd halted.
Chief Warden James Boland
warned the mob back, shouting that
at the first attempt to attack the
jail they would "be shot down like
rats.".
The warning had its effect, but the
crowd remained outside the jail
nearly an hour and a half before
dispersing.
Dies and Gome2 were held in $15,
000 bail-each yesterday and Andrews
was to be arraigned today. All
three have been identified by Miss
Gertrude Butler and William Eld
gredge as the men who held them
up and criminally assaulted Miss
Butler at Buzzards bay early in the
week.
Mayflower Entered for '
International Race Trials
Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 19. The
schooner Mayflower built by a Bos
ton syndicate as a contender for the
right to represent the Unite 1 States
in the international fishermen's race
rt Halifax, in October, yesterday
was formally entered for t.he elimina
tion trials. U was the firs: entry
made with the American Race com
mittee. The trials will be held off
the Massachusetts coast, beginning
October 1.
University:. in Atlanta
. Taken Over by K. K. K.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 19. Lanier
university, established in Atlanta, a
few years ago. has been taken over
by the Ku Klux Klan. Dr. C.
Lewis Fowles. has resigned as presi
dent and William J. Simmons, head
of the Klan, named as his successor.
There was no cash consideration
involved in the deal, it was announc
ed by the trustees, but the Ku Kins
Klan assumes all obligations of the
institution. . .
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Britain to
Stand Firm
On Terms
Lloyd George Tells Parlia
ment Outline Cannot Be Al
tered Nor Basis for Peace
In Ireland Changed.
Issues Clearly Defined
Kj The Associated Frem.
London, Aug. 19. The British
government, declared Premier Lloyd
George today, in making its settle
ment proposals to Ireland had de
cided on putting the whole of its
terms into the letter to Eamon De .
Valera without keeping anything
back and the sequel had proved, he
said, that it was right in adopting ,
that course.
He had heard no suggestions from
any part of the world except Ireland,
he remarked, that the proposals had
not gone to the limit of possible con
cession. "I want to make it clear," con
tinued the prime minister, "that the
government did not put forth hag
gling terms, but put forward every
thing they could possibly concede to
purchase peace and the good will of
the Irish people. In Ireland itself, so
far as I can see, the doubt is not so
much as to the terms, but as to
whether the government really
means them.
Must Work Out Terms.
"That is a question of working out
the terms of elucidation and elabo
ration and not a changing of the
terms. The, outline cannot be altered
nor the basis changed.
"In view of the fact that the house
is about to . separate and the fact
that very disquieting statements
have been made and even of a few
disquieting facts, we are bound as a
government to take thought of all
possible contingencies, however un
pleasant they may be.
"The first is the possibility of an
Agreement, in which case the de
tails will have to be threshed out,
which will take time. There is al
ways apt to be an atmosphere ol
suspicion surrounding relations be
tween two countries a suggestion
of bad faith if there is a misunder
standing on the slightest particular.
"It would thus be the duty of the
executive," said the prime minister,
"to place a bill embodying the details
and principles before the Parliament
for immediate action because delay
is disastrous once an agreement was
reached. ' -
Might Cause Warfare, t '
"I Wish it was not necessary to
deal with the other contingency, but
we are bound to take notice of cer
tain things which have been said.
This contingency is that our terms
are rejected.
"Were that misfortune to befall
the relations between these two
islands, whose history has been so
full of such unfortunate incidents, we
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Attorney General to
Appeal Dismissal of
Mary Pickford Case
Carson City, Nev., Aug. 19. Notice
of appeal to the supreme court from '
the order of Judge Langan, dismiss
ing the action brought to annul the
proceeding's granting Mary Pickford,
inotiton picture actress, a divorce
from Owen Moore, has been prepared
by Attorney General Fowler and will
be filed tomorrow with the county
clerk in Minden, it was announced
b' the attorney general. ,
The notice is directed to "Gladys
M. Moore, known as Gladys M.
Fairbanks" and her attorneys.
The bill 'of specifications alleges'
that Judge Langan erred in nine par
ticulars in his order of June 25, re-
voking and annulling the order for
publication of summons theretofore
made in the action and quashing the
service of summons upon the defend !
ants. An appeal is taken from the
whole and from various parts of the
order.
Famine Is Still Raging in j
Volga District of Russia
London. Aug. 19. Famine is still
raging in the Volga district of Russia,
but there is a decrease in the chol
era epidemic there says the Moscow
correspoitdent of the Daily Herald.
During July 22,000 cases were re
ported as against 42,000 in June.
The soviet government has
appropriated 520.000,000 rubles for
the relief committee's initial expenses
and has decided to levy one pound
per pood (36 pounds), in goods
traded in the free food markets.
Transportation of all relief materials
is free.
Ex-Premier Rballys of
Greece Dies in Athens
Athens, Aug. 19. (By the As
sociated Press.) Demetrios Rhallys,
former premier of Greece, is dead,, it
was announced here today, as the re
sult of an illness from which he has
been suffering for many months.
M. Rhallys, although an octo
generian, had been active in Greek
politics until very recently.
It was his cabinet that authorized
the plebiscite on the return of King
Constantine to the- throne and that
was in office at the time of the king's
reacccssion.
Presbyterian Church Has
1.722.361 Members in U. S,
New York, Aug. 19. Final re
vision of the census figures of th
Presbyterian church in the United
States shows a total communicant
membership of 1,722,361, a net in
crease of 85.256 over last year, the
Presbyterian publicity burean an
nounced today.
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