Evening Gazette, The (Newspaper) - July 23, 1919, Cedar Rapids, Iowa WEATHER FOR IOWA slightly warmer in central anil southeast portions Thursday generally fair Slightly clooer in north portion VOLUME 167 A Newspaper for the Family HOME EDITION Full Leased Wire Associated Press Report CEDAR Current Comment Foreign Entanglements Many debates are lost in rebuttal So it maybe with the debate on the league of nations The chief effort of the enemies to the league is to strength and support for their argument that the United States should go back to Its pre-war status of Independence and aloofness from the rest of the world Even though more than American soldiers are buried Jn European In other words at a time when the world Is drawn together by a crisis which has proved beyond shadow of doubt that the old order of affairs has forever passed they seek to re- create an order that is dead t The Sioux City Tribune which is not governed by partisan political habit notes that in the last six months memorials and resolutions have been introduced in congress as Demanding that Flume be given to the Italians Demanding that Flume be given to the Demanding the liberation of the Armenians Demanding freedom for Ireland Demanding that Shantung leges be given to China And these resolutions have come from the quarters wherein Is raised the outcry against tion of the new world status the outcry that would make tho greatest potential nation in reality a pigmy nation It is more than amusing to hear the clamor against foreign en- and the pleas for American action in Armenia for In- stance in almost the same it Is tragic And the veil of partisanship over the poorly engineered tactics of the enemies is far too thin to furnish any sort of protection The Reason getting stirred up be- cause of the verified report that about seventy-five per cent of the returning soldiers are not keeping up their war risk Insurance An effort is to be made to have the men who served their country renew their policies them Indefinitely A is to be presented which would carry the insurance on every soldier free years so that the in- dividual would have time to readjust himself appreciate tho value of such insurance and invest In It There ia no doubt that good ance is an Investment What the treasury department and congress will have to show the fliers is that tho war risk policy does actually furnish good insurance Tho soldiers have had considerable ence with the treasury department in of Insurance and That is tho reason so many policies are dropped when the are discharged They have found that in order to collect ance or allotments they must fight even harder than they had to fight against the Germans Men whp en- tered the a year or more ago and wore sent to France have re- turned home to discover that ments which they assigned to tives and which had been taken from their pay from the beginning of their enlistments never have been paid to the assignees Men who have had that experience live In all parts of Linn county for example And soldiers who have seen their comrades die on the battlefield or in hospitals have come home to learn that In some cases the relatives of those comrades so far have boon tally unable to obtain the insurance duo It is maladministration such as this which has led to a lack of confidence in this insurance among the men of the service The Insurance bo excellent when tho government finds It ex- to inject a few business methods Into tho war risk bureau of the treasury department Another factor that is responsible for the dropping of so many policies is the financial condition of the men 1 when they are discharged The meager Salaries they receive while to service and tho paltry bonus given them when they are discharged do not place them on a very favorable financial footing Their periods of service constitute serious financial setbacks They need every cent they can muster when they get out of the army or navy and they slice off the unessential expenditures So tho in- surance must bo dropped The should make some sion for this emergency Possibly the proposal to carry the insurance free of charge for two years is a little but as to that there is a question Well Gushes Barrels Oil Daily WHITTIER Cal July oil well the Standard Oil company and located about four miles south of here which has been pumping for several today had developed into a flowing at the rate of from rels a men declare It ia the largest state Forty men were rushed to the to try to control the flow but their efforts had proved unsuccessful up to JULY 1919 PRICE IN CITY ON TRAINS SAYS MOONEY UNFAIRLY TRIED BLOCK LEAGUE Men Against Pact Are Like Those Who Op- i posed Revolution He Tells Senate Washington July league of nations was supported in the ate today by Senator McKellar ocrat Tennessee as one of the est forward steps In the nation's history Most of the opposition he asserted reactionaries of the same school as those who op- posed the federal constitution and those who later handicapped the growth and development of the try i There have always been aries In our said the senator progressives There have always been forward-looking men and looking men There have always been men who looked to precedents and to the past and men who looked to the future If the reactionaries had had their way in the beginning of our government we probably would not have had a republic If they had had their way the republic would never would have been enlarged MUST IMPROVE NATION I am not a reactionary I am a democrat in its most progressive sense We ought to improve on those who have gone before us We have had better advantages than they had They blazed the path Every dictate of conscience every dictate of humanity every dictate of an enlightened self-Interest of commercial and industrial tage every dictate of a desire for requires the establishment of this great world pact 4 Reactionary republicans and democrats who are ing this league don't let your hatred of any one man wrap and set aside your judgment Whatever may be said of Mr Wilson he has surely done great things der his administration we have be- come a world power faster than in any other like period In our history All his work has been done for America Let who has given this great peace tho world be the only one to ate it The real criticism of the league in tho minds of its opponents In the continued Mr McKellar is that Woodrow Wilson took a com- manding part in the formation of the league There may be- better plans but why haven't they been Three reasons for the league continued the senator are tho cost of war its sacrifice of man life and the utter folly of ating nations In Europe without ing them the guaranty of life He said he did not agree that article ton imposed only a moral obligation to go to war to preserve the rity of members but that it rightly imposed a legal obligation to do so ANSWERS REED Replying to the charge of tor Reed democrat Missouri that the league might be controlled by black red and yellow races tor McKellar quoted this passage from a speech made when Jefferson bought We are soon to look for our rulers to the black low and red brethren beyond the Mississippi continued Senator Kellar was a part of the Louisiana purchase I am curious to know if some ancestor of Senator Reed did not speak those words The ment is Idle I senators from South Carolina and Mississippi will compare favorably with the of other states in this body regardless of the black in each of these states France Offers To Buy War Material At Cost PARIS July the will offer to take over American military erty in France consisting mainly of docks railways and real estate at of its cost to the Americans according to a statement given to The Associated Press today by Louis Morel under secretary of for the liquidation of stocks M Morel that what seemed to be a low in reality Is liberal because much of the military construction will be of little value in and much of the property such as railway equipment was designed for a use different from that required for French operations The French posal to be made through M Morel will be presented to C W Hare American director of sales who Is to arrive here tomorrow with a staff of experts Foods and other movable stores It was said probably would be returned to the United States DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS GIVEN TO IOWANS WASHINGTON July ing awards of the distinguished vice cross announced Corporal Stanko Mianovich ler Privates Marlon F Study Thurman Iowa Henry A West Des Moines Iowa Truck Train Due To Arrive In City At 4 P.M Today Lieut Gov Moore and Party Of Local to Welcome Travelers at Mt Vernon v Repetition of the days of the drawn prairie schooners traveling across country in long will be here today only in twentieth century fashion Soon after 4 p m the pilot car of the motor transport corps strain which la In a tour from Washington D C to San i Francisco should reach the city on the Lincoln highway leading from Marion It will be followed by a caravan most modern motor trucks and equipment ing army kitchens high powered searchlights which hi war time search the heavens for hostile planes ambulances and ammunition vehicles It will bo a train of riety the same as in the days of 1849 I CELEBRATION PLANNED In celebration of the new era of country travel Cedar Rapids has planned a hearty reception for the i train which will be comprised of about lye motor 250 enlisted men in the motor transport corps and forty officers They will be met at Mt Vernon by a tion headed by Lieut Gov Moore representing Gov Harding and Mayor -J F Rail representing the city and at the limits of Cedar Rapids will be greeted by the city council Arrangements for their ment while here occupies every minute of their time from arrival until departure at 6 a jn tomorrow They will be dined in Greene square at p m will guests at a street dance at 9 m and will have the liberties of the city at all times A BIG PROPOSITION The cross country tour which is attracting attention of the entire world is being conducted chiefly in the interest of army recruiting Since the armistice the United army has undergone a radical change forts and Inducements are now being made to make it a worthwhile sition to the average unskilled youth Instead of customary military bery and the chasm between officers arid enlisted men it is planned to make the army one big business con- cern According to Lieut W Cedar Rapids man who is publicity representative for the tour the motor transport corps offers the of any branch of service Every cruit who enlists the present opportunity is guaranteed a trade education Tho first eight months of enlistment will be served in a tor school where he will learn the ins and outs of practically every make of motor cars When he his enlistment he will be ble of holding any kind of motor re- pair job And while he is learning he will a month and his ing expenses which will be ably more than would have at the end of the month If he became in an ordinary machine shop The man with previous military service hati the best of all He enlist for the one year period and night months of that time and all will be spent in work The man without military experience Is required to enlist for three years TWO STONES train left Washington July 7 a stone was temporarily in the heart of the capital city as the starting point of the greatest cross-country tour ever attempted the government When the ists San Francisco early In September it will be the occasion of an elaborate ceremony in both ington and the California metropolis Simultaneous with the San cisco ceremonies i starting stone will be unearthed In Washington and established in across from the White House with appropriate dedication exercises President on members of the senate and members of the department of culture have signified intention to participate Their addresses will savor of good roads as well as army At San Francisco the ment of California will direct the dedication exercises of the stone in Lincoln park The nia legislature members will also participate BIG TIME TONIGHT Immediately on arrival this afternoon a parade of the business district will be held at conclusion of which train parked -in Fourth avenue between Fifth and Seventh streets Headquarters will be established in Greene square Wnen the train leaves Marlon local whistles will notify city of proach of the official pilot car Previous to supper which will be served In the open air in Greene's park at p m the men will have access to the pool and at the Toung association At 9 p m dancing will be held on the Sixth street pavement between Fourth and Fifth avenues music to be furnished by a Cedar Rapids chestra mounted on a truck Speaking and motion pictures trill be features of the entertainment in Greene's square after 9 p m The train left Clinton at 7 -a m today DRY ACT IS HELD CONSTITUTIONAL NEW YORK July of the tion act was upheld in an opinion handed down here today by Federal Judge Thomas T of Brooklyn in a case against Stephen Minery a brought the liquor dealers of Connecticut THINK YANKEES FEAR TO STANtt FOR THEIR RIGHT Witness Tells Probers Only Contempt Is Felt For U S Be- low Border WASHINGTON July manager of the lank in Mexico City told the house rules committee the of military expeditions into Mexico and their is largely re- sponsible for the anti-American ing In the southern The committee is considering a resolution investigation of the re- lations between two countries think that against Americans was strengthened by America -or its ple were to assert their asked a member of the com- said the witness Twice American expeditions entered the country and then withdrew The Mexicans contempt for Yes MANY BANDS OF REBELS WASHINGTON July distinct bands of rebels with a strength of about men are operating in Mexico according to a tabulation which has just published In Mexico City Opposing a force of about which however able to control little more than the road lines with a narrow strip along the Pacific coast from to San Bias and the territory around Tampico The report asserts a tain degree of co-operation between the various rebel the north as well as m the and A are shown in the tabulation to have Felix Diaz 67100 Manuel and TO OF WASHINGTON July former American residents of- ico John W of whose was Tampico were among those rules committee is holding hearings the Gould resolution proposing investigation Gotham Chinese Discard Sacred Joss And Idols NEW YORK forming of a Chinatown that has been in progress for a de'cade finally thrust its in- fluences into the Chinese in with the result that jess and the lesser idols have been relegated to a dusty For joss the Chinatown arid every well-conducted was before the idol that occupied a prominent In council hall A Christian clergyman the Rev head of the Chinese which now In the temple is responsible for the re- moval of the which is cant of tho present day attitude of the the tions Hogs Sell For Gwt On basis for the of lard bacon and rose to a new record today when live hogs sold at a hundred weight as against yesterday Until day was the highest price ever reached V Decrease in the number of als of hogs la the reason given for the new record-breaking advance of prices CARDINAL GIBBONS IS 85 YEARS OF AGE TODAY lid Jury Gibbons Is SE years today As has been his custom for many he spent the day at the tate of Mrs T Herbert near Union Mills Cardinal enjoys best and tates dally ing the last year he celebrated his Golden jubilee and many matters of utmost importance the Catholic church have come before tsim MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC CENTER TO KANSAS CITY KANSAS today state to transfer the quarters Man Believed To Have Fallen To Death In Cedar Woman Thinks She Saw Body Floating in Mill Race lice Can Not Find It A man whose identity is not known fell into the mill race leading to house of the Iowa way and company at about p m today Up to his body had not been recovered arid the gates to were be- ing closed to let the water out In order to recover the The who saw the man after he fell was a- woman driving across the B avenue bridge who saw something which looked like a body floating under the bridge She ed they in turn called the police The police rushed to the scene with grappling hooks efforts to reach the bottom Into the power house where it the body is held by swift current were Because of the absence of anyone at the power house there was a de- lay in setting the necessary motion to stop the water from the and lower the tides as Coroner David W King scene he fied general ager power who came and charge of the rescue work with Coroner The gates could not be closed said Mr Dows until the steam turbines were- ed on to take the load from the river It is i supposed that the man was fishing changing accidentally lost his balance and fell into the current Of G 0 P Steering Committee Is Up WASHINGTON July republicans today that would consider question presented wais to about enlargement or steering committee The will frame a program to be carried out be- fore permitting some tion beginning late next Supporters of the large committee proposed that four Anderson Minnesota Nebraska Nolan California arid Slemp Virginia be added to the committee personnel today asserted that the not be asked any certain but that additions If made would be by con- ference vote Indications were that would be added to the No Free Service No Diners Hines Informs Senate WASHINGTON July July 1 transportation passes Pullman passes were in force the senate was informed day by Director General in a response to a resolution of inquiry jy Senator Newberry republican Mr said to passes dining car service had been authorized and that transportation and Pullman passes had been issued executives of the railroad ad- ministration and all railroad officials ind their families who customarily received passes during private tion of the lines TRANSFER OF SAAR COAL MINES IS TODAY be- tween German and French the transfer of the mines of the Saar valley begin today at The delegates are mostly mining experts RAISES APRICOTS WORTH v ON HALF ACRE PLOT MODESTO Cal July a rancher residing near aere Is in possession of 1826 rpr thirteen apricots which were on less than one-half acre plot This is a record for this section of the state It is said Better Keep Dad Out Des Moines UBS la July Bonnell appearing at a local vaudeville theater this woek created a diversion today when she into a shoe and demanded a shine There was between her ankles and the The gasped They Trace further interested she announced with a detached air that she would UXe to have some decorative done her She desired the painting to the decorations on ular There were no casualties and allowed to walk Apparently craze will tie ad- mitted to Dea PEACE TREATY FAILS TO GET Senator Tells Wilson He Can Not Accept Measure As It Stands Today WASHINGTON July Page republican Vermont frankly objections to the peace treaty to President Wilson at the White house today and told president he would not approve it Beyond this statement would not discuss tho conference Wilson's condition continued to improve today and it was ex- that within a few days would have entirely recovered from the effects of an attack of intestinal trouble The however still is weak and for that reason held conferences today In his study in the White house instead of in the executive offices Inquiry at the White House today concerning published reports that the Shantung provision of the treaty President Wilson's sonal solution of the problem brought neither confirmation nor de- nial and only the statement that no comment would be made Senators who have discussed the Shantung provision with the dent said however that they had not been given to understand that the president proposed the Shantung provision as a solution of lem but that he had found himself Unable to convert the Japanese gates to any other view said they bid been told that Premiers and Lloyd George represented to the president that they were by the agreements of their governments with Japan and that if the Japanese statesmen were to be converted to any other views the president self would have to undertake the at- It was futile the senators said they were told MORE BE Senators calling at the White House today were the inal list of fifteen selected by the but for the er republican senators to call at the White House will go forward from day to day it being the president's desire to confer with all of fore he starts on his tour country President Wilson has been ing some of his tune recently ting together documents used by the American peace delegation at Paris which have been asked for by the senate In Its consideration of the treaty Secretary Lansing who was arrive in Washington late today Erom Paris was expected to assist in this work While foreign relations com- has not yet reached a decision as to calling members of the can delegation for examination on features of the treaty it is probable Mr Lansing will be summoned after the committee completes the reading of the text which was con- today Decision In First Avenue Bridge Is Anticipated Soon Argument At Des Moines May Result In A Ruling By Court Tomorrow French General Strike Off For Lack Of Support July meeting of national committee of the tion of labor which ended late last night brought out statements to indicate that the general strike which had been proposed for July 21 but which was called off before that date was abandoned be- cause it was doomed In advance to failure During the meeting which was called to discuss the general strike affair Secretary of the admitted that the opposition to the movement had gained ground laily In addition Secretary icem of the metal workers section who has previously been regarded as one of the extremists declared that federation must dissociate Itself from the mobs of the street or suffer extinction DOCK LIVERPOOL July strike among the dock workers ran here early thla week has resulted n bringing about chaos In the ar- rangements for handling the than 200 ships at this port being cancelled or postponed There were no of any speedy settlement of the difficulty U S TO SIGN TREATY WITH TURKS BULGARS WASHINGTON July 23 States treaties with Bulgaria and it was an- today at the state ment Two Iowa Counties Vote Paved Roads Iowa July Floyd county yesterday voted for paved roads by a majority of IT ALGONA Iowa July road paving proposition passed io Kossuth county yesterday by a two to In the injunction In which the city moved to dissolve tho order of the Supremo court restraining the from awarding the contract for the First avenue bridge was concluded late yesterday afternoon before Justice Truman S Stevens at Des Moines The represented by T H Simmons and Haven T Simmons was represented by Solicitor Owen Elliott A decision is expected tomorrow The arguments for the plaintiffs were made by Haven Y who contended that if the city built the bridge as planned It would in- with Front sion regard to the east abutment and the Island and that the question should be decided in the Supreme court because if it war done and the court decided in favor of the the east wall would be set out in the river as vided in their plans The counsel for the plaintiff argued that the channel lines at the island are set by the commission for a width of 118 at side of the bridge and that If the bridge would built according to the plans it necessitate such a long bridge as the city now plans The city contended bridge Is and that it could not build the bridge in any but as the called for as far as abutment is concerned The island question had to be decided the city and the proper amount of channel had to be provided As far as the Island Is concerned as the law stands the decision as to how It be built will rest with the city council The city that there waa nothing to prevent the carrying out of the plans of the com- mission if the case was decided their way Mayor J IV who was ent at the hearing Jn regard to the outcome and said that Stevens knowledge of the situation and will decide the -on Its question said Mayor Rail or not the bridge would Interfere with the carrying of the plans of the Front Com- mission The plans of the sion have never as ra building line river council again postponed action on awarding the contract today and it will be brought up at ja meeting Friday The Kosa Construction Company of Des Moines which was the lowest bidder will hold open the bids at the request of Mayor Rail and has protected Itself although building material principally cement is expected to go higher George Primrose Entertainer Of Millions Dead BAN Calif July George H Primrose famous strel died In city early today following a severe illness that began one month ago He was born In London Ontario sixty-six years ago A widow and a brother survive him here Primrose's career as a minstrel dates since of the famous Haverly troupe He began his stage career when fifteen years old and Is credited with having originated soft dancing After being with the troupe for several years Primrose country with a known as Barlow Wilson Primrose and West Later the name was changed to Thatcher Primrose and West a combination which lasted for many years About sixteen years ago Primrose Joined forces with Lew Dockstader Of late years he has appeared on the stage Men Of Navy Discharged Since Armistice WASHINGTON July of tho navy Is progressing satisfactorily according a navy A total of enlisted men havu Iseen Uncharged since the was signed of were en- listed in the regular service and were members of re- serve force who were to in- active-duty subjects to Here than reserve Officers have to civil life and are on duty SOLDIERS SAILORS MARINES ATTENTION Returned soldiers sailors and marines are requested to meet at m today at the Chamber of Commerce for election of for Cedar Ids Post of the American Legion and of delegates to state Frisco Failed to Conr duct Real tion At Scene Of the Crime WASHINGTON July J Mooney did not receive full justice in his trial at for connection with the ness day bomb explosion according to a report by John B Densmore former special agent of the ment of justice who investigated the case for the government The report dated Nov 1 was submitted to the house today in response to a resolution The plain truth the report said that there is nothing about the case to produce a feeling of dence that the dignity and majesty of the law have been upheld There is nowhere anything bling consistency the effort being a I patchwork of incongruous makeshift and often of desperate expediency The resolution railed for tion as to activities of the ment of labor in the case and more's forwarded by Wilson his own statement Much of the Information obtained by Densmore and his assistants the report said was obtained by use placed in the office of i Charles M Fickert district attorney of San Francisco It was kept several months Mr Densmore's objections to the trial as enumerated In his report In- clude the The apparent failure of the dis- attorney's office to conduct a real Investigation at the scene of crime the of some of the star witnesses the irregular methods pursued by the prosecution in identifying various defendants the sorry type of men women to prove essential matters of fact In a cause of gravest Importance seeming of a well established alibi the froid which an untenable theory and then changed to another not quite so preposterous and the call witnesses who actually saw the refusal of the public prosecutor to falling of the bomb In short at the general and improbability of the testimony adduced together with a total ab- sence of anything that looks like a genuine effort to arrive at the facts in the case The of hi this case is apt to causa one to der at many things are calculated to cause in the minds of the most blase a decided rebellions N VOTE STRIKE LM July a vote of 271 to 104 forty-two delegates not the Minnesota of Labor thin afternoon voted down a formal proposal to in a general strike starting September 1 la other strikes if necessary as a protest thra conviction of Thomac jr Mooney of Pan Francisco Employes Chicago Packers To Ask More Pay CHICAGO July ers declared today that within eight hours employes of Ar- and company Swift and com- pany Wilson and company Morris and company and and com- pany present demands for an average Increase in wages of 30 cents an hour Butchers splitters and will ask an hour while unskilled labor will demand 70 cents an hour It Is said Should the demands be refused by the packers a strike may result it IB said The packers it fa said will that the demands be referred to eral Judge Samuel who has acted as arbitrator for the in- dustry during the war Gen Pershing Gets Honor Degree Today July John J Pershing accompanied by Maj Gen James G Harbord chief of staff of the American expeditionary force Col Marshall and Maj Gen John E Headlam of British army tored to Cambridge morning After Gen an honorary degree from the university he will be entertained at luncheon At 3 p m Gen Pershing will leava by special train for Dover from which port he will return to Franco on destroyer PARIS HONORS POILU WHO WAS MURDERED BY BOCHE PARIS July honored today of Sergeant Paul French murdered In Berlin July -is His place today at- the La Chaise cemetery Great followed the funeral in which President Poincare and Pre- mier were
