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THREE CENTS
Nebraska
Slacker Is
Convicted
Fort Crook Court-Martial Sen
' tence Weaver Bauscli of
Atkinson to One Year
At Hard Labor.
f First Case Tried Here
Reserve Corps Officers Demand
Proofs or Apology From Watson
Expulsion of Georgia Senator Alternative Suggested
Farmers
Divided on
Grain Body
Pacific Pact
Signed by
4 Powers
What Next?
Capt. 0. E. .Engler Elected Presi
dent of Association.
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C'lurgriJ with desertion and eva
sion of the selective draft law
during tlie ' war with Germany,
Weaver Bawsch, . 25, of Atkinson.
Neb., faced a court-martial at
Fort Crook yesterday afternoon and
after a hearing wii found guilty and
sentenced to a term of one year at
hard labor in a prison to be de
termined by llie'commandant of the
fort. ,
The trial of Bausch before a mili
tary tribunal is the first at Fort
Crook since the armistice declaration
and was held in a large, nearly bare
room in the general headquarters at
Fori Crook.
Defendant Re -hly Clad.
The defendant, a roughly dressed,
titolid young German, exhibited a
marked contrast to the neatly, khaki
clad members of the court-martial.
After a long reading of the charge,
which' was tedious and quite verbose.
Bausch, in a firm voice, entered a
plea of "Not guilty."
A member of . the court then read
a long list of instructions telling the
defendant his rights, and privileges
during the inquiry, one of which was
to the effect that he would not be
compelled to testify in his own bc
hj'"and that if he refused such ac
ti would not be considered against
"The prisoner was represented ' by
FirLieut. Paul E. Jackson as coun
scT.vho made an eloquent plea in
benalf of the ; accused man. Capt.
Rowan A. Greer, judge advocate, rep
resented the government, and the fol
lowing were members of the court
martial: '
Maj. Roland F. Walsh, Mai. Wil
liam N. Hughes, jr.; Maj. William
Conner, Medical corps; Capt. Wil
liam E. Harris, Engineer corps; First
l.icut. Charles L, Carpenter, Quar
termaster corps, and First Lieut. Dale
W. Mahef, infantry. .
Five Silent Witnesses Called.
Five silent witnesses were called
to substantiate the charge against the
defendant which included a registra
tion card, notice of. draft selection,
list of persons failing to return ques
tionnaires, list of persons inducted into
military service and the final list of
delinquents called for t selective
service. -- v'"rf.' . '
Bausch was the only witness for
the. defense.: He testified he had left
Atkinson after he had registered for
military service and had gone to
Casper, Wyo., and that he had left
a forwarding address, but that hs
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hi-? arm Hand Sought
In Suspected Murder
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Developmeritcs are
expected . hourly in connection with
the supposed murder of Patrick Mc
Naboc. 50. a wealthy bachelor farmer
of McCook county, whd was'' lastl
seen alive Honday evening of last
tfoek.- No trace has been found of
his body, which is believed to have
been secreted by the slayer.
A former corn husker,, with whom
McNaboe had trouble in making a
settlement is being ,Sought. This
man was last seen at-Menno last
Wednesday, where he gob supper and
tried to sell a team believed to be one
missing from the McNaboe farm.
He is! thought to be heading for
Sioux City or Omaha and authorities
have been asked to keep a close
watch for him.
Charge ' Against Surgeon
Tn Rappe Case Dismissed
Sart Francisco. Dec. 1.1 The
chanre against Dr. M. E. Rumwell
of performing an unofficial autopsy
n the body of Miss Virginia Kappe,
whose death resulted in a man
slaughter charge against Roscoc C
(Fatty) Arbuckle, was dismissed in
police court today. The prosecution
said it was convinced Dr. Rumwell
did not intend to ' violate the city
health ordinance under which he was
charged. ,
Washington Senator Would
, ' Curb Debate Privileges
Washington, Dec. 13. Senator
Jones, republican, Washington,
served notice in the senate today that
he soon would move to change sen-
ate rules, he said, to curb the priv
ilege of senators "of talking on any
thing at any time." He proposes to
(bring about the change by confining
debate "to the question under con
sideration, unless otherwise provided
by unanimous consent."
Government Will Issue
Series of Thrift Bonds
Washington. Dec. 13. Secretary
Mellon has obtained President Har
ding's approval for the issuance of a
rtw series of thrift botlds. to be un
limited in total and to be sold in
small denominations ranging, up to
$100.. The plan is designed to en
- courage holding of government se
curities by small investors as well as
o am savings enorts.
B. and O. Shop to Close j
Baltimore, Dec. 13. Thousands o; (
shopmen employed by the Baltimore!
nd Ohio railroad will be furloughea
indefinitely Saturday ' when shops
ver the system will be shut down.
Pusiness depression and the necessi
ty of effecting economies were
ph-en by officials as prompting the
a; Hon. i i
Capt. 0. E. Engler of Omaha was
elected president of the Nebraska
Reserve Corps Officers' association
at the final session of its first annual
convention, yesterday, in the Army
building.
Vice presidents are; Maj. R, L.
Crosson of Hastings, Maj. George A.
Eberly. Stanton, and 'Lieut. E. K.
Hurst, Kails City. Capt. Robert I-
Stfiut of Tekamah is treasurer, and
Lieut. J. C. Peterson of Fremont,
chaplain. A secretary will be named
later. The executive committee in
cludes Majors O- V. Stout, Lincoln;
E. M. Barnes, Omaha, and F. D.
Ryder, Grand Island, and Captains
F, A. Lemar, Humphrey; S. E.
Hagan, Seward, and R..L. Cochran,
North Platte.
Mention of the name of Senator
Thomas Watson of Georgia brought
the 200 reserve officers to their feet
in a demonstration of disfavor. They
recked the room with their applause
for Lieut. Col. Anan Raymond's
lesolution directing a call upon the
southern senator to prove his asser
tions against the conduct "of Ameri
Correspondence
With Ulster on
Peace Published
Letters Between Lloyd George
And Sir James . Craig
Given Out By British
Premier.
London, Dec. ' 13. (By A. P.)
The correspondence between Prime
Minister Lloyd George and Pre
mier Sir James Craig of Ulster ex
changed during the last month on
the Irish question was made public
today by Mr. Lloyd George.
The prime minister's first letter,
dated November 10, recognizes the
danger that patronage in dominions
controlled by a common legislature
might be unfairly exercised on re
ligious or other grounds and that
industries might be impelled by an
all-Ireland parliament controlling
the tariffs.' The letter expresses a
desire to consult Ulster especially
on the appointment of all-Ireland
officials in the southern area on the
collection of revenues in the north
ern area and on measures safe
guarding exports and imports
against discrimination.
Refused Proposals, -
Sir James refused to'accept an all
Ireland Parliament and in his reply,
dated November 11, said that Ulster
for many years had resisted such a
Parliament and that her dislike of
such a body has not been diminished
by the local institutions conferred
upon her by the act of 1920. He
considered that the reserved powers,
instead of being given to an all-Ireland
government should be conferred
respectively upon the north and
south within their areas. " :
Toast to King Is Expunged
From Functions iu Ulster
London,' Dec. 13. (By A. P.)
Notwithstanding the bitter feeling in
Ulster against bngland, the great ma
jority of the people are against going
under the Dublin parliament, says a
Belfast correspondent of the Morn
ing Post. : ' '
The business community and peo
ple generally, he says,- are "smarting
under a sense of irreparable injury"
to a degree not experienced ' for a
period of ISO years. The toast to
the king has been expunged ffom the
program of impending functions.
Bishops Non-Committal.
Dublin, Dec. 13. (By A. P.)
The Irish bishops following a meet
ing presided over by Cardinal Loguc
to consider their attitude as td" the
Anglo-Irish agreement, this after
noon issued a statement of a non
committal character. It implored the
divine blessing upon the deliberations
of the Dail Eireann, and said that
body would be sure to have the best
interests of the country in mind.
Marshal Foch to Leave
U. S. on Paris Tomorrow
New York, Dec. 13. Marshal
Ferdinand Foch, generalissimo of
France, will reach here late today
to say his farewell to the metropolis
and to the United States. He sajls
Wednesday on' the steamer Paris for
France. Since his arrival- here Oc
tober 27, as a guest of the American
Legion, Marshal Foch, has .traveled
20,000 miles and visited nearly every
large city in the United States and
Canada.
The generation that strives
to please collides with
the generation that
prefers -to
' shock.
"SURVIVALS"
By Grace Torrey.
A BLUE RIBBON short
story of a flapper
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NEXT SUNDAY'S BEE
can officers during the war. and u
ht could not, to make a public anot
oay. Congress should expel him
Wm its body unless he does this, the
men voted.
Universal military training,' a
gymnasium at the slate university
to be utilized in military training;
better armory facilities tor the Na
tional guard and reserve men; sup
port to the American legion, citi
zens and reserve officers training
camps, and a pledge to support the
government in carryirig out the dis
armament conference derisions arc
included in other resolutions adopted.
Congratulations were extended to
Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy on his pro
motion. Lieut. Col. Ernest C. Watson of
Minneapolis spoke on "Prepared
ness." advocating extension of citi
zens' training camps from a physical
welfare as well as patriotic stand
point. Larger government appro
priations should be urged, he argued.
Maj. F. T. Burt, assistant chirf of
staff, 8?th division, spoke on War
department correspondence courses,
Thirteen People
Reported Killed
In Western Flood
Property Damage in Washing
ton Estimated at More
' Than $250,000 Waters
.' Slowly Receding.
Seattle, Dec. 13. The death list
reached 13 today as the result of flood
conditions in more than a dozen
towns in 'western Washington, par
tially 'inundated since Sunday by in
cesant rains. No accurate estimate
of property damage could be made
tonight, but unofficial calculations
placed it at more than $250,000.
Flood waters were reported to be
slowly receding tonight. Moderate
rains were predicted but weather bu
reau officials here expressed the be
lief the height of the flood stage had
been reached.
Traffic to the east over the Chi
cago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and North
ern Pacific railroads was halted to
night and all trains on all -transcontinental
lines were either annulled or
were being detourcd over Columbia
river routes. - - ; - . . i. n
' East of the Cascade mountains be
tween Cleelum and Ellensbnrg the
Yakima river had washed out sev
eral small bridges along the Northern
.Pacific line. The town ot J horpe
was flooded amj Ellensburg was shut
off from all rail and highway com
munication. ...'.
' Conditions in southwest Washing
ton improved, 'but from the north
of Seattle fresh stories of flood con
tinue to pour in. At North Bend,
the ; Sunset highway was reported
washed out in . several places, train
service was annulled and logging op
erations were suspended. Trees were
strewn over roads, tent villages at
the logging camps were destroyed
and the streets of North Bend were
running full with water.
Breaking of dykes near Mount
Vernon flooded thousands of acres in
the Skagit river valley and rendered
scores-, temporarily, homeless. Con
siderable damage was reported to the
farm district and heavy loss of live
stock' was feared. - -
Man and 7 Children
Are Burned to Death
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 13. One
man and seven children were burned
to death and three other persons
were badly injured in a fire that de
stroyed a home on the Ten Mile
road, two and one-half miles west
of Royal Oak, early today. The
dead are a man named Wakeu and
his four children and thpe children
visiting the Wakeu family.
Order Allows N.' Y. Gobs to
Resign; Rush Starts at Once
New York, Dec. 13. (By A. P.)
Orders received today at the New
York navy yard which-would pro
vide for a reduction in the enlistment
of the personnel of the United States
navy of approximately 10,000 men
set forth that any enlistment might
be cancelled by .resignation.-
The orders, according to officials
at the yard, would- reduce, the navy
to the numerical strength permitted
under recent appropriations of con
gress. Approximately 2.000 '-men
would be taken from the Atlantic
fleet alone.
A few hours after the orders had
been posted yard officials were de
luged with resignations coming from
all classes of the enlisted service.
The drastic cut, it was said, prob
ably would result in laying up of a
number of vessels and a reduction in
the strength of the crews of many
others. , .
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Eastlake Goes on Trial
, For Murder of His Wifei
Montross, Va., Dec. 13. Roger D.
Eastlake, naval petty officer, was
placed on trial here today for the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Margaret
Eastlake, whose mutilated body was
found on the morning of September
30 in their home at Colonial Beach,
Va. Eastlake is charged with the
"crime jointly with Miss Sarah Knox,
a Baltimore trained nure, who will
be tried as soon as the former's trial
is concluded.
King Buys Plane.
The king of Spain will soon be the
first monarch to nwn i nrivafi- air.
plane, which is now on its way to
! Madridf .-
Grain Grpwert), 1nvvAA', -t
On Floor w ,vv .
Co-Ope . .iiza
tion .eiition.
Crisis Expected Today
While the 10ih annual convention
of the Nebraska Farmers' Co-Opcr-ativc
Grain and Live Stock associa
tion opened peacefully and serenely
at the Hotel Rome and continued so
through the greater portion of yes
terday afternoon, there were ripples
on the seemingly calm surface of
the convention, occasionally, that,
according to delegates of years' at
tendance, denoted that this morning
might sec a split in the ranks of
the delegates regarding the stand
iclativc to the United States Grain
Growers, Inc.
This is the first annual meeting
of the Nebraska grain men since the
United States Grain Growers,' Inc.,
exploited their system of national
marketing of grain and farm pro
duce for farmers. During the months
that have intervened since the last
convention, the grain growers have
been showing much activity all over
the nation, especially in Nebraska.
The first intimation that there may
he opposition to the Grain Growers,
inc., plans o: marketing came yes
terday afternoon when J. W. Short
hill, secretary of the state associa
tion, read his report. Following the
report of his activities during the
past year, he introduced what he
termed "recommendations" which, ho
said, should be considered for the
good of the association.
Recommendations Denounced.
A motion was made that the
report be adopted. Then Charles
Wooster, 78, former member of the
legislature and a farmer at Silver
Creek, Neb., since 1872. arose and
with great vehemence denounced
Shortfall's recommendations and
moved that the report be tabled un
til this morning when it should be
considered carefully and then adopt
ed if found satisfactory. The vet
eran farmer was voted down and
the report adopted.
Air. bhorthill made several 'recom
mendations' and statements that we
as a state organization should not
sanction until we have considered
them thoroughly, Mr. Wooster said
He- said that any man opposed to
the plan of the grain growers was
an enemy to co-operation. He also
reported. that : the -board -of directors
oi our organization cnaorsen tne re
port of the committee of 17 in Chi
cago last spring when the U, S,
Grain Growers, Inc. was born.
Opposed to Grain Growers.
"I am opposed to ttic grain grow
ers' plans and I still consider myself
a tnend to co-operative activities m
. Nebraska. Our board of directors
acted without the authority of the
organization when it endorsed the
work of the committee of 17 on its
own authority. The board of di
rectors is at our command. We elect
them. " It was their duty to wait
until atter the annual meeting and
learn the attitude of the association
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Men Carried Quarter
Mile on Engine Pilot
North Platte, Neb., Dec. 13. (Spe-
ciai.j jonn uippard and Harris
Hart are in a hospital here receiving
treatment for injuries sustained when
the car in which they were riding was
struck by a train at a crossing at
Hershey. The auto, was halted while
a west bound passenger train passed
ana men was driven on the crossing
just in time to be struck by an east
bound passenger train running 60
miles an hour.
Both men. landed on the pilot of
the engine and were carried in that
position for a quarter of . a " mile.
Oippard sustained a broken arm and
bodily bruises. Hart suffered a
broken leg and internal injuries. "
Former Mayor of Boston
Elected by 2,315 Plurality
Boston, Dec. 13. Former Mayor
J. M. Curley was elected mayor of
Boston today by a plurality of 2,315
votes over J. R. Murphy, former fire
commissioner, in a close mayoralty
contest. The vote was: Curley, 73,
869; Murphy. 71,554; C. S. Baxter,
4,243; C. S. O'Connor, 10,812.
The lead alternated between Cur
ley and Murphy as the votes were
coilhted, and it was not until the
last precincts were heard from that
the outcome was certain. The vote
of Curley 's home ward turned the
tide in his favor.
The total vote, 160,478, represented
about 77 per cent of the registration.
Women voters, of whom 77,998 were
registered, turned out in large num
bers, in spite of a desultory snow
storm. It was their first opportunity
to votcfor mayor.
Morse Arraigned on Charge
Of Conspiracy to Defraud
Washington, Dec. 13. Charles W.
Morse, ship builder, whose transac
tions with the shipping board are
under federal investigation, was ar
raigned today before United States
Commissioner Isaac R. Hitt, on a
warrant charging conspiracy to de
fraud the United States.
. The warrant was served upon Mr.
Morse in Commissioner Hitt's office
by United States Deputy Marshal
Fields. Mr. Morse pleaded not
guilty, waived a hearing and fur
nished $50,000 bail for his appearance
before the grand jury.
IK! Comtraetloa.
lks urrr and plans now for next
T-ar-o work. Tol. Nl.on 8-hvartj.
Civil Knginr. 5?4 P-tera Trun Bund
le, form-rtjr Tor ltninrln Company,
Rlvr ontrol, rraina. Municipal En
gineering and 5urveiin. Advertiaemtat.
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Four Entombed
In Colorado Mine
One Man Known Dead as Re
sult of Explosion and '
. Fire.
Morrison, Col., ' Dec, , 13. One
miner is known to have lost his life
and tour" otners stUT are entombed in
the Satanic mine of the Colorado
Collieries company, where an ex
plosion occurred this afternoon.
Other miners in the property when
the explosion occurred escaped or
were rescued. '
Rescue workers tonight succeeded
in reaching the 1,300-foot level and
brought to the surface Eugene F.
Bovie. sr. He was unconscious and
physicians said his condition , is
critical. '
James W. Graham, deputy state
coal mine inspector, arrived, .tonight
to take charge of the rescue work.
The one body brought to the sur
face is that of William Jenes, 45, of
Morrison, a, miner. (
The four underground believed to
be dead are: : ..' '
Gerry Dunn of Morrison, super
intendent of the mine.
Louis Golad of Morrison, a miner.
Eugene E. Bovie, jr., of Morrison,
a miner.
Louis Dorrigatti of ' Morrison, a
miner. -
The miners had been fighting a
fire that started in the property last
Friday. Today they were construct
ing cement bulkheads to stay the
names. According to one of the
miners, the wind shifted suddenly
and cut off all ventilation. 1 he-men
were overcome bv fire damp.
The elder Bovie, who had been
working on the second level of the
mine, was. overcome by the fire
damp, it was believed by members
of the rescue part', when he rushed
forward to the first level to rescue
his son. His attempt to reach his
son followed instructions to himself
and eight other men working on the
second level with him to come to the
surface this afternoon. The men
suspected something was wrong else
where in the mine and the elder
Bovie disregarded instructions and
went to the first level, where he
knew his son had been working.
Only 14 men were working at the
property, according to company offi
cials.
Tom Slaughter's Slayer
Passes Up $500 Reward
Little Rock, Ark.. Dec. 13. James
Howard, convict, who killed Tom
Slaughter, notorious outlaw, in a
communication to Governor. McRac
yesterday relieved . the state ' from
any and all obligations of paying
him the $500 reward offered for the
apprehension and killing of Slaugh
ter. Howard declared that when he
shot and killed the bandit he did not
know that any reward had been of
fered.
Funeral services for Slaughter
vill be held today at 3 o'clock in
Little Rock, Ark. .
Early Bird Protected;
Early Hunter Is Fined
Chillicothe. 111'. Dec. 13. Thev
say the early bird gathers :n the
worms, but the ambitious hunter
who shoots the early bird in this vi
cinity -must pay. So said Game
Warden Hahn. in making the arrest
and so realized W. H. Eve-.i as he
paid an even $25 fine for shooting
ducks before sunrise.
Canyon 6,000 Feet Deep.
The famous Grand Canvoii of
Colorado is 6.000 feet deep in its
deepest jart, with nearly perpendicu
lar sides
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Howat Women
Storm 2 Mines;
Drive Of f Miners
Red Pepper and Stones Fill
Air as 2,000 Militant March
ers Attack Pelt Sheriff
With Bread.
Pittsburgh Kan.i Dec. 13. The
militant . women marchers of the
Kansas Coal fiehl, ; followers of
Alexander , Howat, were in action
again this morning. Storming two
mines of the Central Coal and Coke
company, they stopped work and
drove x 85 miners away.
Red pepper and stones filled the
air as the women estimated to num
ber 2,000, rushed toward the mines.
Dinner buckets and their contents
were scattered on the ground.
' Sherriff Milt Gould and a deputy
were at No 51 when the mob reached
that mine. The women paid no at
tention to the sheriff, except to pelt
him with bread and butter.' The
sheriff said that he would report
the rioting to state officials today.
$1,000,000 Film Theft
Plot Is Discovered
Buffalo, N. Y Dec. 13. Tftre'e
motion picture exchanges here report
the loss of films valued at $40,000 in
the alleged country-wide plot to steal
and sell abroad pictures worth
$1,000,000.
-Four men now are under arrest in
connection with thefts. TJiey are:
Morris Taitus, shipping clerk for a
Buffalo exchange, captured in Dallas,
Tex.; W, M. Pearson, arrested in
Chicago yesterday; T. Shima, held at
Seattle and R. Kuble, arrested in
Cuba.
Horse Condemned ; Woman
Kills Herself and Beast
' Paris, Dec. .13. "My oisly friend
in the world' must die and I have
decided to die also." Such was a
missive found by the police commis
sioner at Reconvaux, in . central
France, when called in to inquire
as to the disappearance of Madame
Octavia Brochard, one of the oldest
inhabitants of the village. Mysti
fied as to the meaning of this mes
sage, he began questioning surround
ing inhabitants and discovered that
Madame Brochard's friend was an
old horse she possessed. Following
an accident the horse had been con
temned by veterinaries and the same
day horse" and owner disappeared.
Later the bodies of both were found
in a canal. The old woman had tied
a heavy stone round the horse's neck
and one round her own and had
dived off a little bridge, taking the
horse with her.
Ex-Yank Tells of Shooting
Soldier at Camp Wheeler
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec: 13. W. H.
Mills, vocational student at a busi
ness college here, . told newspaper
men here he was 4he corporal who
short a private; at Camp Wheeler,
Macon, Ga.. during' the war and gave
his reason for the act. The shooting
figured in charges made by Senator
Watson of Georgia in the senate.
. Mills declared the man who was
shot was struck io the hip and shoul
der and recovered. Mills said he
was in charge of the squad which
was taking 46 prisoners from the
kuard house to shovel coal and the
man he shot jumped off a truck and
was climbing en a freight train when
he fired. He said he first called out
three time to the man to halt and
that he was oioncratcd aflrr an in
quiry. J
World Economic
Meet Discussed
International Conference at
Washington. Would Take
Up Prohlemg.
. London, , Dec 13. (B. A. P.)
Rumors of the possibility of an inter
national economic, conference, .in
Washington, which have been cur
rent here during the last few days,
were the subject of comment in the
London morning newspapers today.
Connected with the rumors are more
or less vague reports that Prime
Minister Lloyd George and Premier
Briand of France intend to go to
Washington .together after : the
French premier's visit here next
week. ' ' .' :
: The Daily Mail claims to have re
ceived ' official information from
Downing street that Mr., Lloyd
George is' unlikely to go to Amer
ica for some months, but instead
plans taking a vacation trip to
southern France after the coining
Parliament session. On the other
hand the Times says:
"The suggestion is hazarded that
after next week s conference with M
Briand, Mr. Lloyd George might not
deem the moment inopportune to lay
the whole question of the needs of
shattered Europe before President
Harding, who undoubtedly has the
warmest sympathy for the stricken
continent.
It is believed in any case that the
conversations between the British
and French premiers next week will
take a wider range than German rep
arations. Yank Bonus Bill to Be
Law in 90 Days, Belief
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 13. En
actment of . the veterans adjusted
compensation bill will be completed
by congress within 90 days, accord
mg to information given Hanford
McNider, national commander of
the American Legion by Senator
McCumber, author of the bill sin the
senate, and Representative Fordnev
of Michigan. Commander McNider
wired Lemuel Bolles, national adju
tant of the legion this information at
the national headquarters here today.
The measure, Commander Mac-
wider said he was assured, by the
two leader of the bill in congress
will become effective in July, 922,
as originally provided. - i -
$106,800,000 Deficiency
' Bill Passed hy Senate
Washington.' Dec. 13. The senate
passed last night the first deficiency
bill carrying an appropriation of
$106,800,000 or approximately $3,000,-
UW more than contained in the bill
as passed by the house. The meas
ure now goes; to conference.
The Weather
Forecast.
Nebraska and Iowa: Fair Wednes
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lMeniiolenliaric8 of U. S.,'
Great Britain, France and ;
Japan Attach Their
Signatures.
Reservation Is Added
Washington, Dec. 13. (By A. P.)
The new four-power Pacific treaty
was signed formally today, but' the
American dchgntes affixed their
signatures subject to a written res
ervation that the treaty should not
affect the American policy towards
'mandates nor cover any controver
sy involving a question within the
domestic jurisdiction of any power.
In turn, the plenipotentiaries of the
United States, Great Britain, France
and Japan placed their signatures
upon the treaty and later signed
copies both in English and French
on the American reservation. ,"
The reservation is in two parts,
the first calculated to cover tempor
arily the question of Yap and other
mandated islands which are to be
made the subject of a special treaty.
The second clause declared that all
questions which, according to prin
ciples of international law, lie ex
clusively within the domestic juris
diction of the respective powers,
."shall be considered outside the
scope of the treaty."
One Copy Signed.
Only one copy of the treaty, en
grossed on parchment, was signed.
Authenticated duplicates will be
given to each delegation and the'
official copy will be deposited in the,
archives of the State department.
Before the signing the American'
reservation regarding Yap . was
handed to the Japanese and agreed,
to by them. As the signing pro
ceeded translators were busy mak
ing French copies for all the dele
gates. , .
Arrangements had been made earl
ier in tlie day not to have the cere-'
mony held in privacy, State depart
ment officials planning to permit
newspaper men to be present. Secre
tary Hughes, however, cancelled the'
arrangements just, before the dele
gates met. i
In French and .English. '
When the American reservation
had been put into final form in the
two official languages of the confer
ence,, it was signed by all the dele
gates present and was placed with
the official copy of the treaty itself,
which js in French and EngL'sh
printed in parallel columns.
The only absentees among the dele
gates of the four powers were Am
bassador Jusserand and M. Sarraut
both of the French group. ' ' ... . '
Blanks were left in the signature
space of the French group and Am
bassador Jusserand and M. Sarraut
will nut their namps ihr lufor All
of the delegates except two signed .
witn ordinary steel pens or wit!?
their nwn fountain n,m
Lodge and Elihu Root of the Ameri
can delegation used an eagle -quill
sent to them by Robert Underwood
Johnson, former ambassador to
Italv. -
t It will be- placed by Mr. Johnson
in the American Academy of Arts
and Letters in New. York.
Lodge Confers With Harding.
After the signing, Senator Lodge
went to the White House for a con
ference with President Harding, pre
sumably regarding the ' president's
transmission of the treaty to the sen
ate. Any action before January was
regarded as improbable.
.It is the opinion of American dele
gation members that besides the
four-power and the Yap treaties' two
more pacts proVably would come outi -of
the conference, one to deal with
the agreements relating to China and
the other on armament limitation.
A meeting of the American arms
delegates was called for 2:30 o'clock
today, presumably for consideration
of the naval program. 7
Takahashi Praises
Harding for Arms Meet
Tokio. Dec. ' 13. (By A. P.)--Conclusion
of the four-power en
tente for preservation of peace in the
Pacific brings to an unusual com
pletion the aims of the conference.
on limitation of. arms. Premier
Baron Takahashi is quoted as de
daring.
"The American president must b
congratulated on the grandest con
tribution to the cause of peace evef
recorded in history." he said. "Tin
peoples of the world are likewise to
be congratulated upon the most sig
nificant promotion of their welfare."
rie expressed the hope that 1I14
nations co-operating in the cause of
peace eventual)
j .tm.j a v. a 1 1 t. 111a
absolute abolition of armaments.-
La Follclte Declares He
Will Fight 4-Power Pael
Washington, Dee. 13. Declaring
that the new four-power Pacific
treaty "had all of the inimniiM f
the league of nations, with none of
tne virtues claimed for that docu
ment," Senator La Follette. repub
lican of Wisconsin, todav annntmrit
in a formal statement that he was
prepared to "do all in mv nower tn
prevent its ratification."
Youth, 19. Held for Fatal -
Shooting of Texas Girl
Sherman. Tex-.. T)rr 1.7, A.W
preliminary hearing here today,
Charles Steele. 19. t . nn!n.
charged with murder in connection
wim me snooting last night of Misj
Lonisr Carnpntrr 1ft i&-aa IiammJ
- r ... . , - . , v.... uvuu va
over to the grand jury. Steele ad
mitted he was with the girl, but de
dared he was working on the mntoi
ear in whi4;h she was seated hcf
the fatal sLot was fired. " , j
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