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THE WEATHER:
Generally cloudy tonight and tomorrow.
Temperature at 8 a. m., 65 degrees.
Normal temperature for June 9 for the
last thirty years, 71 degrees.
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NUMBER 11.190.
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WASHINGTON, MONDAY EVENING JUNE 9, 1919.
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BESSEMER, Pa June 9. Chief
of Police James Finerty. of Besse
mer, declared today that he had evi
dence to show that the recent bomb
outrages were organized and di
rected from here.
Hp declared that seven bombs
were manufactured in a shantv near
1 Bessemer, and sent out in suitcases
to be used bv the anarchists.
Finerty said he had established
the identity of the anarchist who
met death in the explosion at the
Palmer home in Washington as
Louis Lazdue. of Elgin.' 111.
Woman Gave Tip.
It is understood the "tip" on the
bomber was furnished by a woman.
The bombs were made of iron pip
ing: and dynamite 'stolen from plants
near by. A gang- of I. W. W. met here
May 27 and then departed with the
bombs in suit-.caaes.
1 have the-goods.declaxedEiiM
erty. "All I need is the help of the
Federal authorities in completing: a
round up of the bomb plotters."
Held Secret Mertlnpu.
According: to Finerty anarchists
have been holding secret meetings at
Bessemer for several months and collecting-
funds for financing- bomb out
rages. "Seven bombs were manufactured
in a shanty near Carbon, on the out
skirts of Bessemer, and shipped east
on Saturday, May 31." Finerty said.
"Two of those bombs went to Pitts
burgh, two to Cleveland, and two to
Camden, N. J. They were packed in
suit cases. The bombs taken to Cam
den -were later transported to Wash
ington by one of the anarchists "
The other bomb, according to Fin
erty, was taken to Holyoke, Mass.
Found Tube In Shanty.
Finerty said he visited the shanty
where the bombs wer assembled and I
round a number of cylinder tubes and
. other materials used in making- the
infernal machines. He declared one
of the tubes was in the hands of the
Pittsburgh police.
According to Finerty, the anarchist
killed in Washington was without a
doubt Lazdue. an alleged radical, who
had betn living at Bessemer for sev
eral months.
Finerty said the identity of Lazdue
had been established by the descrip
tion of the clothes given him by the
Washington police and by the finding
of an automatic revolver. The re
volver found near the body of the
man killed in Washington had the
same serial number as the one owned
b Lazdue. Finerty declared.
"DYNAMITE" LOUISE
BEING SOUGHT
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"DYNAMITE" LOUISE BERGER,
Of New Tork, who is being
sought by Government agents in
connection with the nation-wide
bomb plot.
CANADA BILL GIVES POWER
TO DEPORT ALL RADICALS
mam.
M LABOR'S
RY PROTES
In response to a request from the
Central Labor Union of Washington,
representatives of organized labor in
all parts of the country will be grant
ed a hearing June 14 by a subcom
mittee of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee in connection with the demon
stration against-the wartime prohibi
tion. The Senate bill to enforce wartime
prohibition was referred to a sub
committee consisting of Senator Ster
ling, chairman, and Fall. Norris,
Overman, and Walsh of Montana.
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PRESIDENT MADE MISTAKE
ON WINE AND BEER BRYAN
OTTAWA. Ontario, June 9. Parlia
ment has placed in the hands of the
government a powerful weapon for
deal.ng with those who advocate the
overthrow of constituted authority,
whether of alien origin or from other
parts of the British empire other
tran Canada.
In less than an hour the House of
Commons and the Senate rushed a
bill through its first, second and
third readings and secured for it the
royal assent, amending the immigra
tion act under which deportations
fan be made to apply to all. Origi
nal t applied only to "other than
Canadian citizens."
Expressing his belief that President
Wilson's recommendation for the ex
emption of beer and light wines from
the prohibited list, was a mistake,
William Jennings Bryan, told a large
meeting at the Liberty Hut yesterday
afternoon, the President would not
have taken the step had he been in
this country and in closer touch with
I conditions.
I Later in the evening, speaking to
the congregation at the First Baptist
Church, Bryan declared he believed
the American soldier will return an
advocate of prohibition.
Bryan declared when Samuel Gom
pers said he feared the passage of
the bone-dry bill, he was talking for!
a certain few labor unions and not
for the American Federation of La-
i bor.
LEAGUE BY
LABOR URGE
N CONVENTION
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 9.
Unqualified indorsement is given,
the peace treaty and league of na
tions covenant bv the executive com
mittee of the American Federation
of Labor in its renort. submitted to
the annual federation convention,
opening here today.
"The basic principles of a lasting
peace are firmly embedded in the
treaty," the report says, and adds
that with a peace so built "the world
has in truth been made safe for de
mocracy." Urge Unqualified Support.
"The covenant of the league of na
tions," the report continues," "must
meet with the unqualified approval
and support of the American working
people. It is not a perfect document
and perfection is not claimed for it
It does, however, mark the nearest
approach to perfection that has ever
been reached in the international
affairs of mankind.
"We declare our indorsement of the
triumph of freedom and justice and
democracy as exemplified in the cove
nant of the league of nations."
Discussing- the peace treaty as a
whole, the report states:
"The introduction of nine specific
labor clauses in the peace treaty de
clares that 'the well-being, physical
and moral, of the industrial wagrc
earners is of supreme international
importance '
"No such declaration has ever been
written into International law
through any previous treaty pt peace,
and it is due to the efforts of Ameri
can labor more than to any other sin
gle factor that it appears in this em
phatic form in the present treaty."
Labor Clause a Comprominf.
The report says that while the
labor clauses of the peace treaty are
a compromise, they are so because
other nations of the earth could not
pledge themselves to an immediate
adoption of the American standard.
The report also reviews the Pan
American labor conference held at
Laredo, Tex., in November.
A long reconstruction program
called the "most complete and most
constructie y m In in this coun-
DOCTOR ON TRIAL
FOR WIFE'S DEATH
DR. WALTER WILKINS,
Who is charged with brutally killing
his wife with a lead pipe.
BEGUN BY
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POSTAL INJUNCTION
SUITS DISMISSED
BRACELETS FOR "COLLECTOR."
CHICAGO, June 0. William
Brown, collector of jewelry, added a
pair of steel bracelets to his collection
yesterday. Caught lifting a watch
and chain.
Supreme Court today ordered dis
missed the suits of the Postal Cable
C ompany against Postmasler General
Burleson.
Since the cabl" were returned
some time ago the courts held that
the question was "moot" and that a
decision would have no practical re
sults. The committee was seeking an in
junction against Burleson
SPRINGWHEAT 4 PER CENT
LESS THAN LAST YEAR
The condition of the spring wheat
crop June 1 today was estimated at
01.2 per rent by the Department of
Agriculture, a decreai-e of 4 per cent
from the condition of June 1 last
year.-. The acreage was reported as
lOO.s per cent of normal.
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MINEOLA. Long Island, June 9.
In the same vine-covered little court
house where Mrs. Florence Carman
and later Mrs. "Jack" DeSaulles faced
murder charges. Dr. Walter Kecne
Wllkins was placed on trial today,
charged with slaying his third wife,
Julia, at their Long Beach home on
February 27, 1019.
Despite a downpour of rain and the
fact that today's session was devoted
solely to the drawing of a jury, a
large crowd gathered early and pack
ed the courtroom.
Mrs. Wilkins was beaten to death
shortly after she and her husband
returnod from New York, at about 9
o'clock at night. No eyewitness to
the tragedy has been found. The doc
tor declared both he and his wife
were set upon by burglars as they
entered the house. He himself was
beaten and robbed, he said, and he
later found Mrs. Wilkins dead in the
garden from blows with a hammer
and a piece of lead pipe.
District Attorney Charles R. Weeks,
who assisted at the prosecution of
Mrs. Carman and later prosecuted the
case against Mrs. DeSaulles. will at
tempt to prove that Dr. Wilkins kill
ed his wife to obtain $75,000 worth of
property she owned
The body of Mrs Wilkins was ex
humed after fingerprints, haid by the
polico to rebemble those of her hus
band, had been found on a piece of
lead pipe with which they believe she
was struck down. Dr. Wilkins sought
to explain these prints by saying he
had picked up the pipe after the mur
der to examine it
Afterward an unattested will was
found in which Dr Wllkins was
named as his wife's sole beneficiary.
Mrs Wilkins' estate has been esti
mated at from $60,000 to 575,000
Although warned not to leave Nas
sau county, the aged physician dis
appeared while the district attorney
was investigating tho case Two days
later he telephoned District Attorney
Weeks from a point in Maryland that
he intended to return and give him
self up. On his arrival in New York
he was arrested on a charge of mur
der and later indicted.
PRESIDENT 10
LEAVE SHE
SETTLEMEN
10 BURLESON
President Wilson will keen his
hands off the nation-wide strike of
commercial telegraphers called for
Wednesday morning, Secretary Tum
ulty said at the White House today.
Although the President has been
advised of the impending walkout,
the Secretary said, the Chief Execu
tive has not sent anv instructions
here in regard to the strike, nor has
he in any way indicated what his
views are.
No Word From President.
Secretary Tumulty today was with
out word from the President on the
subject, but he and other White
House officials stated that the atti
tude of the President Is that the
strike Is a matter to De handled en
tirely by the Postofflce Department,
In conjunction with other Govern
ment officials who might have Juris
diction, such as those of the Depart
ment of Labor and the National Labor
Board.
Neither the Postofflce nor Labor
Departments today gave any Inti
mation as to what were the lines on
which they were working to . avert
the threatened walkout.
Postmaster General Burleson today
made public information received in
a telegram from. Postofflce Inspector
Sutton at Atlanta last night, in which
Sutton declared that he had no evi
dence as yet that the Southern Bell
Company had dismissed girl operators
because of union affiliations, the
charge that brought about the strike
of phone workers in Atlanta.
Acting Secretary of State Polk aid
today that State Department cable
service will be maintained at all costs
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ENVOY AT ROM
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PARIS. June 9. President Wilson
has decided to appoint Brand Whit
lock, now minister to Belgium, am
bassador to Rome, succeeding Thomas
Nelson Page. The promotion is in
recognition of Whltlock's fine work at
Brussels during the war.
Page is retiring to continue his lit
erary work. It is known, however,
that he has been out of touch with
President Wilson's views on the Ital
ian situation
U. S. DROPS FIGHT
The Federal Trade Commission to
day announced it had dismissed pro
ceedings against the Allen Sales Serv
ice Company, of .New York city, aad
again C. Louis Allen, Its president.
At the same time the commission
ordered William H. Yetman, former
vice president of the concern, to Re
sist from procuring confidential trade
information of competitors.
The findings show Yetman resigned
from the Allen company in October,
191 S, the commission announced.
President Lauds Investigation
Of Peace Treaty Leak
The text of the President's cablegram to Senator
Hitchcock follows:
"Tumulty, White House, Washington.
"Please convey the following to Senator Hitchcock:
I am heartily glad that you have demanded an investi
gation with regard to possession of the text of the treaty
by unauthorized persons.
"I have felt that it was highly undesirable to com
municate the text of the document, which is still under
negotiation and subject to change. Anyone who has
possession of the official English text has what he is
clearly not entitled to have or to communicate. "
"I have felt in honor bound to act in the same spirit
and in the same way as the representatives of the other
great powers in this matter and am confident that my
fellow countrymen will not expect me to break faith
with them.
"I hope the investigation will be most thoroughly
prosecuted.
"WOODROW WILSOK"
ALLIES EIN
REPLY 10
FOES
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
PARIS, June 9. The biff four to
day placed the finishing- touches upon
the ultimatum which will accompany
the entente's reply to the German
counter proposals this week. Four
material modifications in the treaty
have been virtually settled. They are:
1. Germany Is guaranteed coal from
upper Silesia and Polish territory.
2. Germany will be furnished with
complete records of the league of
nations, and if she lives up to the
treaty terms she may actually be ad
mitted to the league at the forthcom
ing meeting in Washington in Oc
tober. 3. Military arrangements are modi
fled whereby the army may be abol
ished if the leaders desire it.
4. Germany Is given representation
on the economic commission, but this
commission will receive ironclad or
ders to fix definitely the size and pay
ment terms of Indemnity not later
than October.
It is understood that even further
material changes have been ordered
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NITED STATES
10 PROTECT
A
EAR
t
AILING
OF
ON TIP' PURLOINER PRESIDENT DOUBTED
Nicaragua will be protected against
any aggression by Costa Rican forces,
said to be massed on the frontier
between the two countries, it was
stated today.
There are United States warships
in ports of both countries. As soon
as any trouble occurs, with Costa
Rica as the aggressor, according to
Nicaraguan fears, American marines
will be landed.
They will be aided In every way by
the navy crews.
NUDE MAN, TARRED,
CHAINED TO TREE
LONDON. June 9. According to the
Weekly Dispatch, the body of a man
in nude condition was found yester
day chained by the neck to a tree
near Cambridge.
At the feet of the man. who had
been maltreated, was .found a nazal
officer's uniform in a bundle. He had
been tarred and feathered. The po
lice are investigating'.
MAYOR ACTS TO END
The White House today is without
confirmation of press reports that
President Wilson will sail for the
United States within ten days. Offi
cials pointed out that they had not
yet received orders to discontinue the
White House mail pouch to Paris
an order that was expected about ten
days before the date the President
will sail.
DOT A STOKE
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sne how fine good diRestlon makes yon fael.
AUVl.
DETROIT, June 9. Mayor Couzens
today suggested to the city council
that it meet June 29 to vote $10,000,
000 in bonds for purchase and muni
cipal operation of the street railways.
This proposition was offered as a
solution of the pro-ent strike.
VAiERLIP,
SCHIFF A!
MORGAN T
E QUIZZED
Soon after the Senate met.
Senator Borah pnt into the Rec
ord a cony of the peace treaty
text which he said had been
handed to him bv Frazier Host,
a Chicago newspaper man.
Pemocrats demanded a roll
call on the auestion of nutting
the treaty in the Record.
The vote was 47 to 27 in faror
of publication.
Democrats began s fililrasler
when Lodge announced he plan
ned to force a rote on Senator
Beckham's reconsideration mo
tion today. While Hitchcock
filibustered, Administration
forces worked hard to line vp.
Totes to pass the motion and
overturn the Senate's order far
the; publication.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today subpoenaed J. P.
Morgan, Frank A. Vanderlip. and
other bis: New York bankers as wit
nesses in the investigation of the
"treaty leak."
The entire list of those subpoenaed
follows: Jacob Schiff. Henry P.
Davison, Thomas Lament. Paul
Warburg, Morgan and Vanderlip.
The committee instructed Lamont
to bring with him all correspond
ence between Morgan & Co. and its
Paris and London aeents with rela
tion to the peace treaty and the
league of nations, particularly the
letters written to Davison while he
was abroad as head of the American
Red Cross.
Taft Mav Appear.
Former President Taft, who is be
ing mentioned here as one of promt
nent witnesses in the Senate inves
tigation, stated to close advisers to
day that he is anxious to appear be.
fore the committee. Taft today re
fused to comment on charges that he
had secret information as to the
contents of the treaty.
The committee's action closely fol
lowed presentation by Senator Hitch
cock of a cablegram to him from
President Wilson. In which tho Pres
ident heartily seconded Hitchcock!
demand for Investigation of the
charges of Senators Borah and Lodge
that the text of the treaty Is In the
hands of New York persons.
Borah's Statement.
Following presentation of the Pres
ident's cablegram. Senator Borah was
asked to state to the cojnpmittee what
information he could givetKat -would
be helpful in learn!ngrHiwho has the
treaty and how they pottSt."
"On March 6," said Borah, "I be
gan an investigation td find out what
interest in or connection with the
League of Nations the great Interna
tional bankers of New York had. I
learned that all were deeply interest
ed in the league and were working
for its adoption in this country. They
were assisting, I found, in vari
ous ways, by contributions, public
speeches, interviews, and other
methods.
"I became convinced they were sup
porting the league, not throusrh anv
ultra-patriotic motives, but for private
reasons. -
"I do not intend to give the source
of my information, which came to in
in various ways, but I will give the
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