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TOPEKA, KANSAS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1919 TWENTY PAGES
THRF17" CENTS
GERMAN ENVOYS
MEET A REBUFF
FROM BIG FOUR
Allies Refuse To Take Up Hun
'ote on Labor Laws.
DRINKSCOME HIGH
But Those 2,175 Bottles Cham
pagne Were Worth It.
IMPERATOR IS OFF
First Unit of 89th Starts Across
the Water Today.
BURIALS TOO HIGH
Knapp Finds Inconsistencies in
State Ward Funerals.
TO LEAGUE OFFICE
FINIS !
Raymond B. Fosdick, X. Y.
Lawyer, Will Represent U. S.
'Disappeared" 'ear Toul, in U.
S. Sector, Last December.
'354th Infantry Coining on One
Convicts Get More Considera
tion Than Unfortunates.
Will Be One of Permanent Offi
of Big Hun Ships.
GENERAL WINN WINS HONOR
He Is Made a Commander of
the Legion of Honor.
cers of World Bod-.
IS ONLY 36 YEARS OF AGE
Take It as It Is or Leave It,
Says Cleinenceau.
HUNS SAY TREATY RUINS THEM
Broekdorff-Raiitzau Declares
.Millions Will Starve.
Nation Will lie Economically
Paralyzed, He Says.
Paris, May 14. The council of four
has declined to consider the notj from
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, chief
of the German peace mission, relative
to international labor legislation.
Clcmenc- iu Replies.
Premier Clenunccau. replying for
the allies, indi-ated that the article
mus be accepted as drafted.
M. Clemenceau says the allied and
associated governments are of the
opinion that their decisions give satis
faction to the anxiety which the Ger
man delegate professes for social jus
tice, and insure the realization of re
forms which the working classes have
mure than ever a. right to expect, after
the cruel trial to which the world has
been subjected during the last five
years.
Text of His Reply.
The text of the reply to the German
nott ent by M. Clemenceau folluws:
'"Sir: I hnve the Imtiur to acknowledge
th itMt'ipt of your letter of May 1 iu
rt'iiiml to intertiatioiml labor legislation,
to-titer wit Li a draft of an international
uk cement oti labor law. The reply of the
allied ii mi associated governments Is us
follows :
"They take note of the declaration made
by t he t.cnnan delegate Unit domestic
peace and the advancement "f mankind
depend upon the adjustment of the labor
luestlHi .iinl they art? convinced that such
iidjustiueiit will be rendered easier in the
future than in the jat. as mens minds
are freed lrom the fear ot" war. and in
dustry is relieved of the burden of arma
ments wiiii-h German militarism had im
posed upon it.
"Part thirteen of the draft of the con
ditfouH of peace provides a means by which
; m il adjustment can be made, and section
two of this part of the draft lays down
the principles which will progressively
.ruble the labor organization and the
league of nation;. Article 47 Indicates
clearly that the enumeration of the prin
ii pies set fort h Is not ex ha ustl ve. The
purpose f the labor orsaui.atlou is that
it sli'nild promote the constant develop
ment of the international lnbor regime.
' (.trmany Must Kixn.
"The labor cnuveiitio.i has been inserted
In the treaty of peace ami Germany will
therefore be called upon to siu It. In the
tut tire tin- rights of your country to par
ticipate in tiie labor organization will be
secured, as soon as site is admitted Into
I lie league of nations in accordance with
Article 1 of the treaty.
"It has pot been t bought necessary to
summon a labor conference at Versailles.
The conclusions of a H.vndh-al conference
at Heme, which are reproduced hi the
draft of tiie International agreement on
labor law, referred to hi the first para
grn ph of your letter of the loth instant,
lad already been studied with the closest
attention. Kepiesentatives of the trades
unions had taken part iu the preparation
of t he a r tides i elating to labor.
"As appears, moreover, from the annex
to section - of part l-'t, pa ye (Ml, t he
program of the first session of the In
ternational labor conference to be held at
Washington next October comprises the
most Important of the questions raised t
the Myudical conference at Iter ne. Trade
unions will be invited to take part In that
conference and ft will be held under direct
rules which provide fr due effect being
given to conclusions subject only to the
assent of the competent authorities in the
count rics represented..
Says Hun Plan Inferior.
''The draft of the International agreement
on labor law, prepared by the German
government, is deficient in that it makes
no provision for the representation of labor
at the international conference which is
proposed. It is also inferior to the pnr
visions submitted in part 13 of the peace
conditions In the following respects:
"l At five years an- RUgg. sfed as a
maximum interval between conferences.
(Article . The peace conditions one
year.
"(It) each country hns one vote.
(Article 7. The peace conditions give a
vote to each delegate whether repre
senting a government employers or
workers, (Article 3'.h.
"((.') resolutions are only binding if
tarried by a majority of four-fifths of
the voting countries. (Article 7. The
. peace conditions provide that a major
ity of two-thirds only of the votes cast
shall be necessary on the final vote for
the adoption of a recommendation or
the draft of a convention bv the con
ference. (Article 4(L-(.
""The allied ami associated governments
are therefore of the opinio" that their de
cisions give satisfaction to the anxiety
which the German delegate professes for
social justice and iusure the realization of
reforms which the working lassts have
more than even a right to expect after the
cruel trial to which the world has been
subjected during the last five years.
"Accept, sir, etc.
(Signed) "G. CLKM K N ( K A LV
Brorkdorff-Rmitzau's Note.
The text of the German note which
was forwarded on May 10 by Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau follows:
"Versailles. May HI. l'.ilO.
The German peace delegation' to his ex
cellency, the president of the peace con
ference :
"Sir: Willi reference to articles " and
f, of the proposals for the establishment
of a league of nations submitted bv us.
we beg herewith to transmit the draft of
an international agreement on labor law,
prepared by the German government.
'The German government is of one ndnd
with the allied and associated governments
In holding that 4 he greatest attention must
be given to labor questions, domestic peace
mid the advancement of man kind depend
vitally on the adjustment of this question.
The demands for social justice repeatedly
raised In this resect by the working
iHasses of all nations are onlv partly real
ised in principle section 1-Vof the draft
of peai-e condition of tin allied and hs.
hoc la re governments on the organization
of labor. The sublime demands have nt
most part, been realized In Germany with
the assiNtame of the working classes, as
i-t generally acki.mvledged. in an exemplar?
manner. In order to carry them into exe
cution everywhere In the interests of man
kind, the accept a iicp of the program of
the German delegation Is at feast neces
sary. We deem it requisite that all states
shout"! join in the agreement even tho not
belonging to the league of uatinns.
Ask Versailles Meet.
"In order to guarantee to the working
Hawses, for -whom the proi.otc-I hn prove -(Continued
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931 YANKS DIG INTO POCKETS
Are Assessed Over $5,000 To
Reimburse French Railroad.
Nothing Left in Car They Broke
Into but "Empties."
(Correspondence Associated 1'ress.)
Coblentz. May 1. Nine hundred and
thirty-one officers and enlisted men
of the Third United States army have
been assessed 'approximately 27,000
francs (over $5,000) to reimburse a
French ra'.way company for the loss
of 2,175 bottles of champagne which
disappeared near Toul last December,
findings of an army board which had
the case in hand for several months
were announced recently.
Yanks Came; Spirits Went.
The officers and men, alt from the
army of occupation, were on their way
to an army school at Chatillon-Sur-Seine.
traveling by special train, and.
according to testimony before the
board, the champagne disappeared one
night soon after the Americans ar
rived in Toul.
While a number of French soldiers
were also involved, testimony at the
hearing did not bring out just who dis
covered the freight car loaded with
wine nor who were the first individ
uals to start handing ofet the bottles.
Three Majors Implicated.
Three majors, fifteen captains,
ninety-two first lieutenants and 174
second lieutenants and 647 enlisted
mei were involved.
The railroad employes reported that
the morning after the raid on the car
of champagne there was nothing left
but the bottles, many of which had
been broken.
'BLIMP' SHOWS 'EM
Dirigible C-5 Reaches St. Johns
in Record Flight.
Navy Airplanes Ready To Hop
L'-4 Resumes Journey.
Trepassey, X. K.. May 15. The sea
planes NC-1 and NC-3 will start for
the Azores on their way across the
Atlantic this afternoon it weather con
ditions are favorable. Commander
Towers announced, the NC-4 flying
here from Halifax will follow as soon
as possible, joining the rest of the
squadron at the Azores.
The transatlantic voyage could not
be delayed much longer, he said, be
cause the destroyers in the warship
patrol were exhausting their fuel.
British Flyers Hold orf.
St. Johns, May 15. Altho reports
received here indicated that the
American naval seaplanes might start
this evening on their way to trans
atlantic flight. Hawker and Ryanham,
the British flyers, announced that un
favorable weather would prevent their
"hop off" today.
XC-4 ltesunit-s Fight.
Halifax, May 15. The American
navy seaplane NC-4, after leaving
Halifax this morning for Trepassey,
descendcl at Musquodoboit harbor,
owing to engine trouble, but resumed
her flight at 11:47 a. m.
The plane's trouble, according to a
wireless message received by the ten
der Baltimore, was with the oil lines.
A little more than two hours work
restored the mechanism to operating
order.
Balloon Record.
St. Johns, N. Y.. May 15. Complet
ing a record-breaking flight from
Montauk Point, Long Island, the
United States navy dirigible C-5 ar
rived at St. Johns this morning.
The C-5 was ready for a flight
across the Atlantic, her commander,
-Lieutenant Commander Coil, declared
as he stepp, 1 out of dirigible's basket.
Both the crew and the machine stood
the trip well, he said. As yet, he add
e no order, had been issued for fu
ture movements-
The great gas bag, which had been
flying steadily since yesterday morn
ing, was sighted from Signal Hill, ap
proaching the city at & high rate of
: eed. The word was immediately
flashed to Washington, where the
navy department had been out of
touch with the "blimp" for hours while
it ru. h d steadily thru the air lanes
over land and sea. A few minutes after
-ving been sighted the C-5 made a
perfect landing.
IiOSt Track of Her.
Starting from Montauk. L. I., early
yesterday morning, the big dirigible
headed up the coast with perfect
weather conditions for the trip of ap
proximately 9D0 miles to Newfound
land. It was reported at various
points along the American and Cana
dian coasts yesterday, but late in the
afternoon wireless communication
with the airship was lost. She was un
officially sighted on the coast of Nova
Scotia and was expected to arrive at
St. Johns about 4 a. m.
There waa no trace of the ship at
that hour, however. First word of her
approach came from points fifty miles
inland, where the C-5 was seen mak
ing her way toward here.
The "blimp" passed Cape Pine, ten
miles west of Trepassey. at 7:30 a. m.
Well inland, she sailed over Whit
bourne railway junction, fifty miles
west, northwest of St. Johns. At 9 a.
m. she was sighted over the British
wireless station at, Mt. Pearl, appear
ing to spectators like a small white
cloud floating along with the breeze in
leisurely fashion, her great i-peed not
being apparent from the ground.
The sky was unflecked, there was
no mist and the day .as brilliant at
9:30 a. m. as "the sky ship circled over
Freshwater valley and over the city
of St. Johns, passed, the Narrows end,
then scudding close o the earth, pro
ceeded more slowly to the field at
Pleasantville. She was fast in her
moorings by 9:55 a. m.. New York
time.
Part of 89th Will Come Home
on Leviathan.
Brest, May 15 The liner Impera
tor, which was turned over to the
United States by Germany under the
arm!stirj agreetment, sailed today for
America on her first overseas journey
under the American flag.
Among the troops on board the ves
sel is the 354th infantry. The 354th
infantry is a part of the 89th division
and is composed largely of Missouri
troops. A portion of the 89th division
was preparing today to embark on the
Leviathan.
Admiral Moreau of the French navy
reviewed the division and read a let
ter from Premier Clemenceau con
gratulating the unit on its brilliant
conduct during the war. General Winn
was made a commander of the Legion
of Honor.
(By Union Pacific It. It. Press Bureau.)
Washington. May 15. Seven or
eight transports will be necessary to
bring the 89th division to this country.
The names of all the ships assigned to
carry the Nebraska. Kansas, Missouri,
Colorado and South Dakota men home
have not yet been announced, altho
this will be the next news of the divi
sion given out by the war department.
The first announcement of the exact
dates of arrival in this country will be
issued at the time of the transports'
sailing, giving the time of leaving of
the different ships, the units they are
carrying, in which port they will dock
and the arriving time. This will come
by cable, decoded at the war depart
ment and flashed to every portion of
the Middle West, immediately upon
receipt.
The official sailing schedule places
the 89th division as the first to sail
in June. The rapidity with which
troops have been convoyed ' over has
set this forward, it is thought, and it
is expected that the first news of the
division's sailing will be received
shortly after May 15.
Many Want Grand Iteview.
The - proposal of the governor of
Kansas that all of the mid-western
states from which the 89th division
was drawn unite in one big combined
welcome, has received much commen
dation among those familiar with past
reception work at New York and New
port News.
One solid reception plan, represen
tative of the middle west as a whole
would be a far more effective pro
ceeding than anything yet attempted
in greeting troops, it is said. Hereto
fore any particular section of the
country has been represented only by
state or city committees, each working
independently. The idea of one or
ganization to welcome the whole di
vision instead of several smaller ones,
many of which would probably cover
the same ground, should meet with
favor, according to those here who are
best informed and most interested in
the return of the 8!th.
RAINS" WERE GENERAL
Topeka Precipitation Was 1.29 Inches
Friday To Be Fair.
WKATHKR FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Generally fair toniglit mnl Friday; warmer
northwest portion tonight. '
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES:
7 o'clock 58
8 o'clock 58
9 o'clock 59
10 o'clock 64
11 o'clock 8
12 o'clock 70
1 o'clock 73
2 o'clock. ... . .75
A few scattered showers for Kansas,
was the prediction made by S. D.
Klora, sta4e meteorologist, this morn
ing. He believes, however, that To
peka will escape further rainfall for
the present.
During the last 24 hours rains have
been general thruout Kansas. Kansas
practically had a monopoly on rainfall
during that time as scarcely any pre-
I cipitation was reported from other
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TWO HUN OFFICERS TOTPRISDN
Convicted of Part in Murder of Ucb- '
knotht ami Rosa Luxemburg.
Berlin, May 14. Captain Runge,
nrtrtviitfri nf pnmnliritv in tht min-Hei-
of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxem- '
burg, Spartacan leaders, today was
sentenced to two years in prison.
Lieutenant Vogel received a sentence
of two years and a half. The other
five defendants were acquitted.
WILSON TOJE BRIEF
Mcssape to Coming Congress Will Be ;
Only Few Hundred Words.
Paris, May 15. President Wilson
has advised the cable companies that
his message to the forthcoming spe
cial session of congress will not be
more than a. few hundred words, enab
ling it to be cabled1 probably on then
day of delivery.
REDS LOSE SAMARA i
Kolohak's Troops Capture Important
CHy on the Volga.
Berne. May 15. The troops of Ad
miral Kolchak have captured Samara,
an important city on the Volga river,
the Ukrainian press bureau here say?
it learns from a well informed source.
BANK CALL MAY 12
Comptroller of Currency Asks for Con
dition of National Banks.
Washington, May 15. The comp
troller of the currency today issued
a call for the condition of till national
banks st the close of business on Mon
day, May 12.
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MOTHER IN WELL
Fight-Year-Old Boy Called
Neighbors to MerTlescue. ' .
He Ised Telephone To Tell
Them of Accident.
Bennington, Kan., May 15. Persons
living along the rural telephone line
running to the northeast out from
Bennington were greatly startled when
In response to an emergency call, they
rushed to the phones -and heard a
child's high pitched voice frantically
calling:
"Come, Oh, please somebody come,
mamma has fell into the well! This
is Ernie Chapman."
Little Ernest Chapman, a bright
little fellow 8 years' old. and the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Olie Chapman
living three and one-half miles from
here, went with his mother to the
well to show her as boys of that age
are wont to do, how to throw the
windmill out of gear. As Mrs. Chap
man was pulling the control lever that
portion of the platform covering the
well on which she stood gave way and
she dropped like a plummet to the
bottom of the well which is twenty
five feet deep and in which there are
several feet of water.
With wonderful presence of mind
Ernest ran to the house and sent in
the emergency call and just as two
cars came dashing up from opposite
directions, Mrs. Chapman's head ap
peared above the opening in the plat
form. The water in the well had
broken the fall and finding that she
was not even scratched and not know
ing when help would 'come, she at
once began climbing up the stony wall
of the well, her feet finding support in
the crevices of the wall while she went
up hand over hand on the pipe lead
ing down from the pump.
MUSTRATIFY LEAGUE
Taft Makes That a Condition Upon
Which ii O. P. Supremacy Hangs.
Indianapolis, iMay 13. That the Re
publican party will be restored to na
tional powers at the next election
if the Republican congress ratifies the
league of nations was the predic
tion of former President William
Howard Taft in ari address here last
night.
The G- O. P. success, he said, de
pends largely upon whether the party
does not make too many mistakes
between now and the election.
H. J. HEINZ IS DEAD
Creator of Famous 57 Varieties" Vic
tim of Pneumonia.
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 15. Henry J.
Heinz, 75, proprietor of the Heinz
Pood Products Co. and creator of the
famous "57 varieties," was, dead here
today of pneumonia. He was taken
ill last Sunday.
Heinz was prominent Sunday school
worker. Fortified by a business col
lege education, he began business life
at the bottom and worked his way to
the head of the food concern.
Two sons, Howard J. Heinz, and
Clifford Heinz survive him.
GET TREATY WEDNESOAY
Austrian Must Dismantle Skoda
Works, Under Terms.
Paris. May la. The Austrian peace
terms probably will be presented to
the Austrian delegation Wednesday.
The terms,, it is understood, require
the dismantling of the famous Skoda j
works, among other armament plants.
KICK ON KAISER
Germans Will Oppose Treaty
Providing His Trial.
Agree on Reparation, but Object
to Individual Responsibility.
Paris, May 15. The German peace
delegates will oppose signing that ar
ticle of the treaty providing for trial of
the former kaiser, it was learned this
afternoon.
Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau
was understood to have forward
ed a note to the allies accepting Ger
man responsibility for the war to the
extent of agreeing that reparation is
necessary but denying individual re
sponsibility. JUDGES TO SUE JURY
j Plan To Ask $50,000 for Sweeping
Criticism Against Tliem.
( Chicago, May 15. Plans for filing
i suits aggregating $1,100,000 against
t enty-two members of the April
j grand jury by Judge Irwin R. Hazen
! and Chief Justice Harrw Olson were
under discussion today.
The discussion followed sweeping
criticism made of the judres in gen
eral and Judge Hazen in particular,
by the grand jury, in a report of its
recent investigation.
If the plan go thru, suit for $50,000
will be started against each of the
twenty-two jurors, some of whom are
wealthy.
CHANGE FOR KOREA
Jap Privy Council Will Partially Re
vise Government.
Tokio, May 14. :The privy council
met today under the presidency of the
emperor and decided upon a partial
revision of the organic system of the
Korean government. ,
, DOLLAR DAY.
Just who originated the idea, of "Dollar Day" we do not know, but
we do know that dollar day has come to stay as an institution in'Topeka.
There's a reason the people appreciate it, and want it.
The object of dollar day is to direct the attention of the people, in
Topeka's trade territory, to the fact that Topeka is an important and
rapidly growing merchandising center; that her merchants are up-to-the-minute
in business methods as well as in the matter of handling desirable
and dependable merchandise; that the stores of Topeka are in every
respect worthy of the confidence and support of the people whose needs
they seek to supply. And, the no less important fact that Topeka prices
are as low as honest values will permit.
Dollar day is a real bargain day. The merchandise offered at special
prices, on this particular day. is the regular merchandise the stores offer
day by day, but with reduced prices all along the line as a special induce
ment for the people to leave their work at a very busy season, when
moments are precious and when time is money.
This dollar day comes at a time when needs are urgent, so that there
is a double object to be gained by the people the opportuhity to supply
seasonable family and personal needs, from fresh, unbroken stocks, at a
material saving of both time and money. That the people appreciate all
this is shown by the manner in which they have responded in the past.
The indications are that the response this time is going to be the greatest
in the history of dollar day.
'SQUEAL' ON GANG
Young. Girls, Arrested by Police,
Unravel Crime Mystery.
Chicago Police Recover $100,
000 Loot Thru Confession.
Chicago, May 15. Thru the arrest
of two girls, one 14 the other 15,
police here today solved the mystery
of several ; robbc ' recovered loot
estimated at $100, OOt, spoiled plans
for several other robberies and secur
ed the names of leaders and thugs
wanted for numerous crimes.
The girls, who gave their names as
Rose and AKce Kirch, .named a score
of places where robberies ' occurred
and which they said were perpetrated
by the gang. They also accused a city
official with supplying- the dynamite
and nitro. lycerine to the yeggmen.
Several men were arrested m infor
mation supplied by the girls, while
three other women were also rounded
up. The city official named was
sought by polfce who expected- to have
him in custody by tonight.
ANOTHER AIR WAIL
Xcw Chicago-Cleveland Service Start
ed This Morning.
Chicago. May 15. The first air
plane in the new Chicago-Cleveland
aerial mail service left here today at
9:35 a. m. It is due in Cleveland at
2 p. m. Trent C. Fry is pilot of the
machinr. which is a De Haviland 4.
The mail bag weighs 450 pounds.
Plane Leaves Cleveland.
Cleveland, May 15. Daily air mail
service between Cleveland and Chicago
was started at 9:30 o'clock this morn
ing when Pilot Edward Gardner left
for Chicago. Gardner carried six
pouches of mail weighing about fifty
pounds each. He is scheduled to ar
rive'',t Chicago between 1 and 2 p. m.
-bStiStlla
STATE PAYS THE BILLS, TOO!
Expenses of Reformatory Fu
nerals Charged to Kansas.
Relatives Charged With Those
at State Hospitals.
Under the theory that convicts are
given more consideration by the state
than unfortunates in state hospitals,
Fred W. Knapp. state auditor, is hold
ing up vouchers for five funerals at the
state reformatory at Hutchinson. In
the cases at Hutchinson the state is
asked to pay all of the expenses. All
funeral expenses at state hospitals are
charged to accounts of relatives.
It is probable that the funeral bills
from the state reformatory might have
been approved under an established
custom had not two of the men been
shipped to homes of relatives for
burial. The men who died and were
buried at the prison were buried in
$30 caskets and $5 burial robes Supt.
J. N. Herr however, purchased $65
caskets and $10 burial robes for the
men whose bodies were sent to home
towns for burial. What was more the
state was charged (22.86 express for
shipping the bodies.
Five Funerals $400.
Expenses for the five funerals to
talled more than $400. All of these
vouchers have been held up by Audi
tor Knapp. He has addressed letters
to Ciovernor Allen, Superintendent
Herr and members of the state board
of administration concerning his posi
tion. He declares that if the state is
to pay funeral expenses for persons in
penal institutions it should in justice
pay expenses for inmates of state hos
pitals. Knapp's position, however, is
that relatives of deceased should meet
all funeral expenses regardless of the
character of the institution in which
a person is confined.
"At state hospitals for the Insane,'
Knapp said in his letter, "relatives are
notified and advised that the body will
be returned to them for local burial
provided these relatives pay the un
dertaker in full and pay the transpor
tation cnarges on the remains.
"I cannot reconcile this policy with
tnat in vogue at the industrial reform
atory. where-it is contended that the
state should assume the entire liabil
ity of the burial expenses, Including
transportation cnarges.
Owed Relatives Consideration.
In a letter to the state auditor. Su
perintendent Herr explained the pur
chase of better caskets for bodies sent
to relatives than for burials at the re
formatory cemetery. He said he be
lieved the state owed this considera-
! tion to the relatives. But Knapp is
sitting on the pay checks for more
than $400 worth of funeral bills and
will demand more argument before
passing the claims.
"I can see no reason," he wrote,
"why the relatives of inmates of the
industrial reformatory are entitled to
any greater consideration at such time
than are the relatives of the unfortu
nates at the state hospital. Most of
the unfortunate inmates of the hos-
I pitals have been even of a higher type
of citizens and have contributed more
to the state and communities in which
they lived than have the inmates of
j the penal institutions.'
WANTED TO EXPLAIN
Lloyd George lesircd To Give Eng
land Side of Irish Dispute.
London, May 15. Andrew Bonar
Law, government leader in the house
of commons, admitted today that Pre
mier Lloyd George had asked Frank
P. Watsh, Edward F. Dunne and Mi
chael F. Ryan, representatives of Irish
societies in the United States, to call
on him.
He had planned to lay before them
the British case and have it widely re
ported in America, where it is Insuffi
ciently understood, Mr. Bonar Law
said.
The premier has withdrawn the in
vitation, the government leader added,
because, while he is willing to receive
Americans, he is unwilling to receive
those who "come to Ireland and not
only take part in the politics of Ire
land but also in rebellious move
ments." '
RECRUITING AIR FLEET OFF
! reave Dallas for Oklahoma City In
Topeka May 21.
j Dallas, Tex.. May 15. The squadron
of six De Haviland airplanes, starting
I' their Dallas to Boston recruiting
flight, took off from Love field here
at 10:65 this morning. The first leg
of the flight is from Dallas to Okla
homa City.
The ships expect to make the flight
to Oklahoma City, the first leg of their
, long trip to Boston, in about two
1 hours. (
j The squadron is due in Topeka for
a aay s recruiting, w eanesaay, iuay
21.)
Atisht at Sooner Capital.
Oklahoma City. May 15. Air serv
ice recruiting planes from Love field.
; Dallas. Tex., began alighting at west
' wood field here shortly after 1 o'clock.
.They are to spend two days here in
recruiting activities before continuing
' their flight for Wichita, Kan.. Eatur
i day, en route' to Boston.
! BASEBALL GAMES CODAY
American AUMHation.
Indianapolis st Cnhimntm. clenr. 3:0 p. m.
LoiiiBTfU at Toledo, clondy. p. m.
Milwaukee nt Knnsan City, rain, 3:30 p. m.
Others not scheduled.
National sn.
CliW-n-n nt New York, clear. 3 Wt p. m.
Cincinnati st ItrrHklvn. clear, 3:30 p. m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, cloudy, 3:30
p. m.
St. Louis at Boston, postponed, cold
weather.
Amerlrma Leag-ae.
New York at Ietroit. rain. 3 p. m.
Washington nt Cleveland, cloudy, 3 p. m.
Itowton ar Chicago clenr. 3 p. in.
Philadelphia at St. Louis, cloudy, 2 30
p. m.
Gained Fame by His Investiga
tion of Ootham- Politics.
President Regards Him Highly
Recently in War Work.
' Washington, May 15. Raymond B.
Fosdick, a New York lawyer, who wai
chairman of the commission on train,
ing camp activities during the war.
will be one of the permanent Ameri
can officials in the league of nations
when the league is organized.
" trf i t! it
Kaymond n. Fosdick.
The exait position to which Mr
Fosdiclt--will be appointed was not
known, today in Washington.
Is Only 36 Years Old.
Mr. Fosdick Is 86 years old. His
home formerly was In Buffalo, N. Y.,
where his father is an educator. Hs
first came into public notice some ten
years ago, when, soon after being
graduated from Princeton and taking
a post graduate course at the New
York law school, he began practicing
law in New York and became connect
ed with Mayor Gaynor's administra
tion a assistant corporation counsel.
A little laer he became commissioner
of accounts and the investigation he
conducted into municipal affairs at
tracted conn try-wide attention. Dur
ing 1913 Mr. Fosdick worked In Eu
rope investigating police systems for
the Rockefeller bureau of social hy
giene. He was offered a public office
again at the beginning of President
Wilson's administration but declined.
When the United States entered the
war he took the chairmanship of the
commission on training camp activi
ties, serving without pay. The work
was broadened into the business ol
providing wholesale recreation and re
laxation for the troops In the field;
and in pursuing it Mr. Fosdick has
spent a great deal of time in Europe
during the last two years.
Wilson Itegards II Jm Highly.
President Wilson, it is known to Mr.
Fosdick's friends, regards his qualities
hiKhly. At present Mr. Fosdick is in
the west but is expected In Washing
ton early next week.
NEWU. S. SHIP BURNS
'One Sailor Lost on City of Mobile, Sev
eral Hurt Ixs $500,000.
Montevideo, Wednesday, May 14. -The
new American five-masted
schooner. City of Mobile, which ar
rived here on March 28 from Port Ar
thur, Tex., with a cargo of petroleum,
was burned here this afternoon. One
member of the crew is missing and
seven sailors were injured in fiehting
the fire. The loss is estimated at
$500,000.
The fire followed an explosion,
newspaper reports saying that faulty
construction of the vessel was a con
tributing cause. The vessel is still
burning, the heat being so ereat that
it can be felt half a mile. Thousands
went to the seashore tonight to see the
sight.
The City of Mobile waa a wooden
vessel with a capacity of 1.776 tons.
She was in the oil trade between Port
Arthur and South American porta.
PLAN TO BOOST TRADE
&rniit Men Will Make Topeka liiggor
Market Center.
Members of the Tpka Board of
Trade have worked out a program of
extension an deve' merit work to
increase the volume of business trass
acted in the Topeka market.
An elaborate plan has been estab
lished for advertiKing Topeka as a
grain market- Their program will be
put into operation as soon as govern
ment restrictions and regulations are
removed.
An open supply and dc.iund market
will follow the removal of restrictions,
it is believed. Wheat will remain on
the present level for some time, it is
fi w en the new market opens
there will be fluctuations in value.
They say the Kaunas bumper crop
may ha-e a be;.rih effect on the mar
ket. Topeka dealers do not believe that
prices on corn will drop. Keports
from Illinois indicate that the usual
acreage has not yet been planted.
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