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SENATOR NEWBE1Y '
Effi PRISON ID :
1510.000 FINE!
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Meanwhile, Michigan Senator f,
Declares he Will Hold His a
Seat Until Colleagues Say s
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Othewise r
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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS jC
Detroit. .Mich., March 20.?Henry |?
Ford. Democratic opponent of Truman
H. Newberry in the 1918 Sena-i*
torial campaign, declined to discuss;'
the conviction of Senator Newberry I ?
and his associates tonight. Asked for |
a statement Mr. Ford said he had noth- j?
ing to say at this time either as to I1
tl.e Newberry case or the forthcom-1*
irg recount of ballots cast in the el- j
ection. i
Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 20.? L
Truman H. Newberry, junior United
States Senator from Michigan, was!,
today convicted by a jury of having .
conspired criminally in 191S to vio- j
late the election laws. He was sen-'
tenced by Judge Clarence W. Sessions
to two years' imprisonment and fined
$10,000. released on bond pending anj i
- n statement,! ^
appeal ana at uutc ioouvU .
declaring his intention to retain his;
seat in the Upper House unless thatj
body decides otherwise, or the su-;
preme court upholds his conviction.
Sharing the fate of the Senator | j
were his brother, John S. Newberry j |
and 15 campaign managers, including t
Frederick Cody, New York and Paul (
H King, Detroit. Both these men re-11
ceived the limit sentence with their. i
chief. I (
Charles A. Floyd, Detroit, was also;i
sentenced to two years in the peni-.]
tentiarv but he was fined only half l
as much as Newbe*ry. The brother j <
N was fined $10,000 and was one of | <
four who were not sentenced to Leav-1 j
sixteen associates were brought into J
to George S. Ladd of Sturbridge, I
Mass.. and he was fined $1,000. i
The jury was ready with its ver- , I
diet at 11:12 a. m. Less than half If
an hour later they had been dis- j r
missed by the court after freeing , t
sixty-eight of the eighty-five defend-jc
ants. There was a brief respite for i r
luncheon, then the Senator and his j t
sixteen associates were brocght into j i
court again. News of the convictions J i
hod been spread around the city and j <
-> i (
tne room was jammeu (
Faces the Bar.
Ordered to stand before the bar,! <
the men ranged themselves in a cres.- | i
cent the Senator on the left, his i *
brother next. . ,*
The stir of ranging the men be-! 1
fore the bar died away to absolute j t
stillness. In quiet tones Judge Ses- j1
sions asked if any of the men wished j *
to say anything before sentence was i2
passed. They stood mute. Then the ;1
court in even voice read the time- j1
honored formula of sentence.
"Truman H. Newberry, m your!
case, it is the judgment of the court j'
that you be confined in the peniten- *
tiary at Leavenworth for the full 1
time and period of two years and be J
fined $10,000," said the judge.
None stirred as the audience caught
??/? trrnrAe thot ohnwod thp llldfTP had ! '
addressed against the principal de- \
fendant the heaviest sentence allow- J
ed by the law. Each succeeding sentence
to prison or heavy fine was re- (
ceived in stoical silence.
Immediately after the sentences had
been passed Frank C. Dailey, of In-!
dianapolis, special assistant attorney j j
general and chief prosecutor, wiped
the slate clean by moving the dismissal
of ten of the 135 respondents
to the indictment who had pleaded
"no contest." He also moved the dismissal
of Elmer A. White, of Traverse .
wuv >vcu> gucu a scvciautc uccause
of illness and of James Dailey,
a Muskec -n contractor, who went to
Suati. America on business before
government officials could serve him
with a warrant.
90 Days for Appeal.
Ninety days were granted the attorneys
for the convicted men vin which
to perfect an appeal. Then court adI?
Journed. j
BRYAN IS AFRAID EUROPE
IS GOING TOWARD WAR
Boston. Mass., March 20.?Wm.j
Jennings Bryan, speaking at the
Boston city club tonight said that, if
he were a judge, "things in Eu-1
v rope are now going toward war."
and that, ' there is not a nation in
the world can stop them except the
United States," said Mr. Bryan. He s
added that a "word of advice now,)
may mean more than a million men J
a year from now."
"I believe," lie said, "that the
American people ought to tell the
President and the Senate that we i
* cannot afford to wait a''year before i
we help Europe. It seems to trio i
j that anything so important as this '
ought not to be mentioned in con- i
nection with a party victory."
Fifteen thousand young women ii.
1 r"i>w York city?girls who work f .r
: 1 ivisr M!'l havi1 overage conditions
i>. coiiit-i.ii with in their own lioines.
lu've p': dK?>d themselves tu the Now
*vProhibition ami Protective Asso,
... ..;.i .. fi.-iiu; for the Tuorals
( I young girls in the metropolis.
i
gimlet Style Stuff
Cut Out in New
Clothes for Men
New York. Mar. 20.?New designs
or men's spring and summer attire
vhich will be displayed at the annual
ashion show and dinner of the New
fork Custom Collectors' Club Monday
light, virtually eliminate the tightitting
suit of war days. Instead, a
natural fitting coat, not so narrow!
nd just a fraction longer" has been
lecreed by fashion arbiters as its,
ubstitute. The "toothpick lapel also
las been discarded and in its place a ,
nore modest half peak has been deeded
upon.
The experts agree that the Ameri- j
an man prefers three buttons on his
oat instead of two and he will have,'
hem. As a solace for any disappoint- j'
nent that might be felt through the ;
oss of the "clinging styles" the rul-j
;rs of male attire will retain the i
?? - j *? j ? I
larrow sleeves, rne correcuy ureas-,
d man also will have a 10 inch open- :
ng in the back of his coat. Slash:
>ockets have gone but those in the
^aist coat and coat will have a slight |
urve. j ]
Trousers will have little change. J
The average man, a statement said,
likes his ',overing for the lower
imbs narrow and with cuffs, and that
s the way he will get it."
Only slight changes have been
nade in evening dress.
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Precaution is Taken
Against Soviet
Berlin. March 20.?Something of its !
lormal aspect returned to Berllin late
:oday and the only reports of a dis-[
urbing nature came from cities and ;
owns outside the capital, principally J
hose in the Rhine industrial centers,
ivhere local soviet governments and
;ommunist regimes are declared to
lave been set up. To what extent the
Reds are in control is not definitely )
inown, but that there are serious dis>rders
of all kinds among the laboring
jlements in these places is generally
iccepted.
Communists Still Feared.
Fear of an attack by the commulists,
who yesterday were reported to
)e marching on Berlin, has caused
jreat tension among the police and
nilitary. who have taken all precauions.
A double row of barbed wire j:
ntanglements at all the cross streets ;
uns from the northwestern part of;:
he city at Moabit in a semi-circle j
"ound the inner .city as far as Schoe-!
leberg. This is reinforced with ma
ihine guns and manned by strong bolies
of troops.
A decree by President Ebert pro-!
claiming an intensified state of seige
n Berlin may have been responsible |
o a considerable extent in bringing
ibout this decrease in the disorders.
)ut it is generally believed the set- i
;ling of the strike in Berlin, which ' i
hroughout the short-lived regime of j
Dr. Kapp resulted in much disorgani- ;
sation, was the chief element in the ;
"estoration of at least partially nor-! ]
nal conditions. <
Concession to Workmen.
It is expected that the workmen will'
je given extensive concessions, al- j <
:hough these have not yet been an-1
lounced. Early in the day the strike!
tvas rigorously enforced, socialist and j
Spartacan pickets patrolling the city, j
Chancellor Bauer, Foreign Minister
ind Herr Geisberts, minister of posts
md telegraphs, are in Berlin, having
arrived from Stuttgart this morning.
These ministers participated in the
negotiations which culminated in the
settlement of the labor differences.
No momentous decision relative to
;he future conduct of affairs in Getnany
is looked for before the arrival
Siere of President Ebert and the other
members of his ministry. Various
juarters predict changes in the makejp
of the government.
Word comes from Stuttgart that the
national assembly meeting called for J
PnQoHair in Porlin has hppn nnstnoned !
? U^OUUT lit V< ?.?.w x
to Thursday.
The bourse will reopen Tuesday.
Money exchange quotations will be
made Monday in the chamber of commerce.
Expect Central Government.
London, Mar. 20.?Conditions in I
3ermany are expected to get much i
worse before they inJprove, in the!
opinion of British Foreign Office offi-j
:ials based on the latest dispatches i
from Germany. The officials express5
confidence, nowever, mai some sun j
)f central government will ultimately (
prevail.
Food is expected to be the deciding
factor and the Ebert government has ,
ilready requested the allies to main->
:ain their present system of supplying
foodstuffs, which have become inade-'
luate. With transportation virtually
suspended, many towns which heretofore
have been better supplied than
Berlin are beginning to feel the pinch.
An Internal Affair.
For the present the allies have not
. hanged their attitude that so l'ar as
it has gone the chaos is entirely an
internal affair of Germany, but it is
stated authoritatively that it would
liL-r>W- cnito lin sin int(?rn;il nlt';iii*
I 1 l\V WKl'V IV ?-?*_ Mil ..> .
should the monarchists or Reds gain
the upper hand. The belief is expressed
by officials that neither would
he disposed to carry out the Versailles
agreement, which would necessitate
the exertion of power by ihe allies
to force compliance
T11 proportion to its area Norway 1ms
popu'n^ir "r -,iy country
of burope.
DEALERS FEARED
'111 QUEER ]
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Suicide of Young Woman in I
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iNew iorK rtecans irageay in.
Gem World
From The New York Tribune.
Antionette Piuck Bonner, known va- j
riously as the "Diamond Queen'' and j
'Miss Amethyst", feared by gem merchants
from Rotterdam to Maiden
Lane, came to the end of the trail
the other day in a dingy Park Row
office, when she committed suicide by
drinking poison rather than submit to
arrest on a charge of stealing $2,000
worth of diamonds from a Broadway
firm.
The "Diamond Queen" was dead before
an ambulance reached Volunteer
hospital with her.
Joseph Brecher-Kislinger, 50 years
old. in whose office she killed herself,
was arrested and held under $1,000
bond for the same theft.
Almost seven years ago Miss Bonner.
then 25, and Joseph Brecher-Kislinger
threw the diamond marts of
New York into consternation by dropping
out of sight after, it was alleged,
they had obtained on memorandum
from Maiden Lane brokers precious
stones valued at close to 1-4 million
dollars.
Tli/l ofroinof
i uu vypci aiiv/uo Liiui gcu aguiiioi iu^
pair became known early in November,
1013, when Francis E. Cocks of 7
Maiden Lane was arrested for failing
to account for jewels he had obtained
on memorandum from other dealers
for the purpose of sale. He pleaded
that he had let the gems out of
his possession on the same sort of an
arrangement to the firm of Kislinger
Ai Bonner, which had offices at 47 West
i hirty-fourth street. Investigation
found the offices closed and their erstwhile
occupants gone. No one could
remember having seen either of them
rfinoe the middle of the preceding
month.
Trail Leads to Europe
It was recalled that Miss Banner
had often voiced a wish to go to Paris
and her partner's brother told the
district attorney he might have fled
to Bucharest, his native city. Incidentally,
it was learned the man's real
name was Brecher.
While detectives were discovering
some 525,000 worth of the missing diamonds
in pawnshops, the grand jury
was hearing the testimony in which
the high lights of their astounding
career wore being revealed.
Miss Bonner had entered the Ruma
man s employ as a sienograpuer, dul
soon showed so remarkable an apti-<
tude in his queer business that she
oecame of as much consequence in
the concern as himself. At this time
she lived with three sisters at 38 West
One Hundred and Sixteenth street.
The young woman was rather the
reverse of pretty, but all who came
int ocantact with her?and they were
mostly of a discerning sort?proclaimed
her to be peculiarly fascinating.
She dressed richly and in the height
of fashion and was; in the habit of
casually ornamenting herself with
$15,000 or $20,000 worth of jewels.
She would get stones from Maiden
Lane merchants to sell on commission
to rich women. Brecher-Kislinger, the
authorities charged, depended for his
sales largely on persons whose avarice
he aroused by telling them the diamonds
had been stolen and were disposed
of at a bargain. But Miss Bonner,
so far as known, conducted her
sales quite legitimately. She made a j
great many of them in the beginning i
r* /-v P. . s,t tUr, f To nn i
?ou mauj, in mai .waiucii ucliixz :
used to be glad to see her, and her
credit grew accordingly. Following
her flight, it was stated that she was
good in each of scores of diamond hou-1
ses for anywhere from $10,000 to $50,-j
000 worth of gems at a time.
A $78,000 Haul of Stones
Cocks, who found himself in trouble
because of his confidence in Miss Bonner
and Bercher-Kislinger, declared
that in the course of a year they had
received from him on memorandum
$183,000 in diamonds. Of this quantity
they had, he said, turned in cash for
$105,000 worth. The loss of the remaining
$78,000 worth were what he and
the owners who had placed them with
him wprp monrnine.
Other brokers' trust in the couple
was reputed to have been responsible
for their alleged theft of additional
stones ^lued at aearly $200,000.
In December, 1913, came word that
the "Diamond Queen'' had been seen
on a Paris boulevard. Detective Edmund
Leigh of District Attorney Whitman's
staff, armed with extradition
papers, was sent overseas. In March of j
the following year he cabled he had j
traced her and suspected she planned 1
to meet Brecher-Kislinger in Eucha-:
:'est. By a devious route, through many ;
continents 1 cities, lie finally followed;
her to tlit Rumanian capital an I was ;
about to pounce upon his quarry when j
.-he gave him the slip. Every Hew
to her w -hreal) nits and thrit of her
partner vanished and Leigh came:
home.
May ||i| i. (he Paris police arrest-'
od the pair and detectives were dis
Hcllt .u"* I i III I ^ |?ir Ul^lli L.> iltM l\.
They i eat lied l'aris June t-. Legal
lings caused delay and then tlio
war b/oke out. Late in August the
"roiich authorities ma do kn.iwn the
demand for extradition would not bo
honored uniil hostilities ended. O:''
' v. \vt ' ?rrt haei*
.o tlie* I'n ;ed Slates.
Ill HE 11;
K!LLED BV A KGRO
Tragedy in Capital Last Night
Near Business Center of the '?
. tl'
City. Negro Taken to Peni- to
tentiary V(
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Columbia, S. C.. March 20.?Bryan ^
E. Butler painter, 23 years of age was
shot and almost instantly killed by a
negro, Albert Wilson on a street car le
here tonight, near the business section
of Columbia. (Butler
fell dying almost at the feet
of his wife, who was getting on the F'
street car with him. It is said that r?
no exchange of words Dreceded the j "
shooting. The negro is said to have 1)1
shoved Mrs. Butler as she was entering
the car and as her husband turn-1 .
ed toward the negro, he drew a revolv-1 s.'
er and fired once, the bullet taking ef- j
feet in the heart. Trie wounded man | w
died as he was carried to the side-j"
walk. Chief of Police Richardson. jei
who was passing, at once placed the;
negro under arrest and after taking ja
him to the police station, removed him j fn
the state penitentiary for safe-:S(
keeping. Witnesses thought the ne- n
gro was intoxicated or under the in- i P.1
fluence of some drug. The shooting "
took place within three blocks of the ,f
center of the city and only two blocks ' I'
distant from the University of South
Carolina. tl
Music Club Meeting P
There will be a call meeting of the
members of the Music Club at the '>
First Baptist church Monday after- '1
noon at 4 o'clock. All members are
urged to be present as a very important
matter is to be discussed. C(
Mrs. B. F. McKellar. Pres. S(
Life P
Life is a gift to be used every day. S!
Xot to be smothered and hidden away l(
It isn't a thing to be stored in the I
chest.
Where you gather your keepsakes
and treasure your best; i
It isn't a joy to be shipped now and "
then ;
And promptly put back in a dark!51
place again, u
Life is a gift that the humblest may' fc
boast of '1
And one that the humblest may well
make most of j si
Get out and live in each hour of the' ti
day; , ci
Wear it and use as much as you may; pi
Don't keep it in inches and corners j*'1
and grooves. 101
You'll find that in service its beauty ii
improves. j a
?Detroit Free Press. ! w
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1,750 PRICELESS GEMS tl
STOLEN AT COLUMBUS
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Columbus, 0., Mar. 20.?More than J r
1,750 priceless gems from the private ! w
collection of Wm. C. Mills, curator of f'
the Ohio state archaegological andjtl
historical society, were stolen from! n
the society's museum at Ohio State1
University last night it was reported
to the police today. The thieves ci
n, ?;- .v. ? K,. I rl
luncu iiicii way iiilu liic uuiiumg vy
smashing windows and breaking, r<
locks. j h
The most valuable gems stolen; T
were five cameo rmgs a number of^st
garnets and moon -stones two stick- j tl
pins, set with Siberian amethysts, a a
large tourmaline and many fine cut
topazes. In addition to the gems a j tl
number of other valuable relics were | fi
taken. The thieves overlooked a w
valuable collection diamonds. w
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Carpentier's First Fierht 111
Canton, Ohio, March 20.?That tl
Bob Moha, Milwaukee, will be the pi
first opponent on American soil of ai
Georges Carpentier, Frenchmen, who tr
holds the European heavyweight
"hnmpionship, was the statement j
untie here today by Vincent Moha, T
brother and manager of Bob.
College Debate
Durham, N. C., March 20.?Mutual
benefits for capital and labor i
inrougn industrial democracy, an alternative
for the closed shop was the (
argument, that clinched the ninth ei
annual intercollegiate debate be- ci
tween Trinity and Swarthmore Col-1 ei
leges, for Trinity, held here tonight, j tl
The query was: "Resolved, that the j 11
principal of the closed fchop be adap-j
ted in American industry." Trinity jp
upheld the negative. I A
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Withdraws Marshall's Name. ! I'1
Indianapolis. Ind., Mar. 20.?The pe-j1^
tition to place (.he name of Vice-Presi-j *'
dent Thomas R. Marshall on the pri
mary ballot as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President^Sl
was withdrawn from (he office of the.'1
Secretary of State today by William 'f
L. Elder, collector of internal reve- v
nue. Mr. Elder has been acting for,''
Mr. Marshall in the matter.
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Tlie Couple Ac<|iiiHc<: jr,
They were trit?il in Pebruarv. 1 I.,
o.: th" specific charge of the grand1,,
larceny 01 a lavalliere valued at
: hey wc'.v acquitted. Districi Attor- j
>;ev Perkins caused the defendants to <
l'"M under bail for awhile.; \
?> ?!?* hope lie could find :i way to try 1
:i on stimc other count, hut tiie
v-i! *iI*r| fast rtiie ?!?.:s? an e~t radii ed
K.i* -/in ...ix l.n inn ni i! ,,nlv hi thi?
i: -ry unnjj which li" was extradited
' vi)nsc:l :i!iii ;!u-y !'?: ! \ i>i? ?styt C
free. ? !
ill Minnesota
Delegates not for |1
General Wood
St. Paul. Minn.. March 20.?Minne
itu will send four uniustructed dele-;
itt-s at large to the national Re-1
iblican convention in Chicago next I
ine. The delegates were selected at ]
e state Republican convention here
day. *
A resolution instructing them to
3te for Major Geneiral Leonard
'ood for president was voted down by
ie convention, 595 to 498. after a
lrd fight.
The delegates chosen are Mrs. Many
L. Fossoon, Minneapolis; R. H.
ach. Owatonna; Alvah Eastman. St. .
loud and Millie Bunnell. Duluth.
The convention instructed the Re- 1
iblican state central committee to 1
ill a convention the first week in 1
ay to nominate a state ticket and
repare a platform.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 20.?Posbility
of another tie-up of the na- j
oil's coal industry, beginning April 1, \c
as declared to exist as a result of j3
ie government's prosecution of op- j
rators and miners for alleged viola- j J
on of the Lever fuel control act, in :
statement issued tonight by E. D. j1
ogsdon. of Indianapolis. Mr. Log- j
Ion is one of five coal operators ar- j
jsted today by federal officials and j1
ne of 125 men. operators or miners, !
idicted by a federal grand jury here'
r alleged conspiracy to enhance the j1
rice of coal.
!!.. . . ?* ... . - - I 1
.ui. uugsuuu s statement declaresj .
lr.t. according to information receiv- j1
.1 by the operators, the government is i
roceeding on the hypothesis that:1
)int wage conferences are and have |
een illegal and that this theory forms
ie basis for a part, at least of the *
Imrges against the coal men. If this :
true, he said, it is probable that 1
anferences to establish a new wage 5
[tale effective April 1, will be post-1?
oned until after that date and pos-1'
blv indefinitely, and that miners will j:
?fuse to work after April 1, when the '
lesent contract expires unless ai'
ew scale is agreed upon.
Government Inconsistent.
Continuing the statement asserts 1
.at the government's action is incon- 1
istent with a statement given out by 1
resident Wilson yesterday, when he '
rged operators and miners to get to- 1
ether under the majority report of j .
ie commission which investigated the i ^
oal situation. The President in this ['
tatement in effect gave sanction to ;:
ie idea of colleqtive bargaining in the I
?al industry. Mr. I>ogsdon said. Fedi
al officials tonight asserted they had
uthori^ed no statement as to theory
n which the government is proceedig
in its prosecution of the miners
nd operators and declared they
-ould not divulge the charges
gainst those indicted until all of !g
lem have been arrested. |^
Each of the five operators furnish-!
tl bond for $10,000 and was released jt
ending arraignment on May 4. It x
as stated by the Marshal's office to- I
hv that capiases for the arrest of all r
IP .^1 Tr)Hl5lr?o rr?on A ! * ?
__ .1IV.II unucl lIIUH.lllieill, ! t
ow are in the hands of officers.
Anthraciters Also Threaten.
New York, Mar. 20.?The anthra-|t
ite mine operators were notified to-1
3y that the general scale committee,
^presenting .the Mine Workers of the!
ard coal region will decide next jl
uesday whether there shall be a | j
ispension of work April 1, pending |
le outcome of the negotiations forj^
new wage agreement. |l
The request of the operators thatL
le 170,000 miners in the Anthracite!
eld remain at work after March 31,11
hen the present agreement expired, ]
as discussed at a three hour ses-i
on of the scale committee. The com-I*
litteemen were almost unanimous inji
le opinion that work should oe sus-'^
ended April 1 unless the operators!
;reed to make any wage award re- j?
oactive." [ 1
^ssyfoot Begins !t
Prohibition Fihgt |1
in "Gay Parce" 1
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Paris, March 20.?W illiam E. I
Pussyfoot) Johnson has inaugurat-ja
tl a prohibition campaign in this t
juntry. He addressed a Paris auditice
for the first time on prohibition j
lis evening, under the auspices of jv
ie "Blue Cross Society.'* t
This society advocates absolute!
rohibition, as compared with the:
nti-Alcoholic League of France and p
newly organized group of sixty de- 'c
utios of the French Chamber, who .
ii)U(liat.e the "heavier"' alcoholic 1
rinks but advocate wines and beer. j
44 Prnliihftinn in AmoiMnn'' ooirl
ohnson. "is tho most beneficial mea-1
ire ever adopted. The jails are em^ i t
ed, the banks are lull of money aim I
ie people are happy. I have no ad-'.
ice lo give to France, but if t!;r>!
mntry wants to achieve real liberty K
it adopi the total and absolute c
mhibition.'* |
He spoke lo a rather small audience, j \
imposed for the most part of women.>
ltd liis words were received silently,
d without enthusiasm or cri'Scism.
Mr. .lolinson Ins just returned ftwi |
k weeks in N'ortliern Africa, t<??i 1
i:ad:vMl mi'cs south of C mstaviine. j
'Kc?ria. where he was ordered i?v hi-'j
hysicians. after his nervous breakmvn
in 1-ond >n.
her 70th year the T,nie
. V'v!>!;i;Iiotl I limlustani aii'I
riH-ii to snc.ik it fluently. j
1efejt of theflty
is colossal crime
sjks i. sn
Action of Senate is the More
Disgraceful Because Rejec
tion was Brought About by
Unholy Union
New Haven, Conn., March 20.?
William Jennings Bryan, who was
in his way to Boston from New
fork today, in discussing the rejection
of the treaty, declared:
"The defeat of the treaty is a
olossal crime against our own counry
and the world. If we allow a
ninority of the Senate to dictate the
tolicy of the Senate on this moment>us
question we betray Democracy
md turn our faces backward toward
trbitrary power and arbitrary power
is exercised by a few is scarcely less
ilateful than arbitrary powers as ex'rcised
by one."
He added:
"The action of the Senate is the
nore disgraceful because the rejectIon
was brought about by a union
>etween a group of Democrats and
he irreconciliable foes of the peace
reaty, whom the Democrats have
)een denouncing for ^ight months.
f the action of the Senate is per- /
nitted to stand we invite confusion
it home and chaos abroad.
Should Declare War at End
"But the action of the Senate
.hould not be allowed to stand as
lie vordict. of the Nation. The maoritv
in congress should assert itself
at once, first: By declaring the
,var at an end. Second: By declaring
n favor of the nation's participation
n the League of Nations on such
erms as the majority shall agree
ipon. xnira; oy pruiiuamg an aiucuu
nont to the constitution permitting
i majority of the Senate and House
o ratify a treaty by joint resoluion
and in the same way define the
lation's foreign policy, thus making
t cs easy to end a war as to begin
t.
"In the meantime the people
.hould wire and write to Senators
ind the President, urging ratifica:ion
A change of four votes will
)e sufficient."
FLOUR SHOULD BE CHEAPER
In the natural course of commerial
economics flour should be sellng
at a lower price, regardless of
;overnment regulations. From July 1,
.919 to February 20, 1920, the Unied
States milled over 15 million barrels
of flour more than was milled in
he same period of 1918-1919, and
fxported 87,873,000 barrels less.
Dependng upon the infallibility of
h law of supply and demand, as a
regulator of prices of any commodity
'lour even now should be considera>ly
cheaper in price. In the stated
>eriod, of which the above figures
vere computed, there must have
>een an accumulation of over 102
nillion barrels o* flour. Allowing
;hat the consumption 01 x.ne "sxaxi 01
life" to have been considerably great;r
this year than last, owing to the
?moval of restrictions requiring the
ise of substitutes, the wheatless days,
ind the fact that we were not taking
bread from somebody's mouth every
ime we had a pie or cake for dinner,
he supply must be greater in comparison
to a year ago. This is doubtless
rue for there seems to have been a
iroduction and a saving that amountd
to approximately three-fourths of
. barrel for each person in the Unid
States.
If the above figures be true?and
,'e have no reason to doubt the statis
ics?it cannot be long until flour
nil be selling at a considerable less
rice than it is today, provided, of
ourse, nobody from the farmer to
he groceryman is profiteering.
Photographers were yesterday for
he first time since the illness of
'resident Wilson permitted to snap
lis picture. The President was photoraphed
as he left the White House
rounds by a score of camera-men.
COTTON MARKET.
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March '.'.70
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