St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 10, 1920

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on eesti ee LS EI oO NE et . SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH WANT ADS. wages = 21.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH June 6, 9336 he Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service NO. 286. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1920 —36 PAGES. —— Olina, Georgia, A and Louisiana . Texas. before h tastes like all the mo ever did—mixed se mes ‘CHAM’: Pl FINAL EDITION VOL. 72. LL FACTIONS AG +1 - . t ON ELIHU ROOTS LEAGUE PLANK PRICE THREE CENTS Plank on League of Nations CHICAGO. a member of the subcommittee June 10.- a 1000 PULLMAN = “coss'feume., DEMPSEY’S WIFE BORING TACTICS OF [Summary of New Republican JOHNSON ACGEP]S | AND DANGER OF SPLIT BELIEVED 10 BE PAST v., “st. Louis plank was summarized by DRKERS STRIKE. oon eee, ALLOWED TOTELL FORCLOSED SHOP “ss cromzc" QF MARRIED LIFE. BE HELPING WOOD Was OVerruled. | Saloons, “Non-Confi- Manager Fighting With Old About 400 former proprietors of and proprietors of former Salons, in St. Louis, bet $3 each that or al in Local | tne United States Supreme Court Guard for Big Delegations From New York, Pennsyl- 4 ‘would decide ains oe Feder : Plant Win Wage Demands, i. ke vania and Massachusetts. i as tollows: ‘*The plank is a condemnation of the action of the both in his negotiation of the treaty of peace and the League and in his insistence upon its acceptance without change bv the Senate. ‘It is a complete ratification of the action of the Republican Sen- ators, without distinguishing between either group. It pledges the coun- Madison and Mon- President, "5130 P. M. THE ’ (/ VACUUM Rl - W . a) Court Admits dential” Testimony — She Testifies Jack Gave Her $60 in Five Months. | continuation of the policies of Washington, roe, and also to a fulfillment of all its international! obligations by the establishment of trv to a international courts for the promulgation of rules of een amendment. They lost. +The State of Missouri has their but Sympathizers Fail to gene money, some $1200 in all. and will! kee ‘p it. For several] made which all and conduct, and suggests that future wars be establishment of y iaw the international! impossible by laws and agreements bv months, while a de- international! OF ta by the Supreme C t the Band " is , HOLD TING a ae amendment nee |Syppolnntg ! crt Regen a aa ate t T) ‘eke | of the MEF. pect, the hopeful retailers of intoxi- - an - a8 oO e 0 aqisarmament, 1¢@ ague oOo - ‘a m | the laundry cesta, DISC cants were getting In line for quick SAYS HE MADE HER PENROSE OPPOSES Nations is not specifically mentioned.” ‘Mild Reservationists, Members of Sub- OUR GOOD HEALTH TO ee | oot npotands tere oteel eens: | GIVE HIM MONEY| WOOD AND LOWD the b or a saloon se the hard labor Of Bergh [an application for a saloon licens om committee, and Followers of Murray "LET OUR et tor Today| mest accotiocne che nent ld ™ vue Crane Join to S rt Section wm’ Electric Washer - must accompany the application. 2 : P J Si attest” "= Union Head Says 50,000| 7%,,°00™!st ermued enat’ $3, was| Fugit FM Her on Jaw/Fears Neither Could Be Candidate Makes Hit OOPS a= —_ hing 2 ’ > i . . er Men in All Parte of Coun.| 0°" he were able to open tneir| When She Didn't Take Elected; Johnson, With Gift of Apples f through al Oo oun- ° ° : : Potts dyinsie toh orgie ok swtnat ten ane, Him Enough in San Fran- Compromise, Saves self CHICAGO, J 10.—Thi er oars try Ma Be Affected | ecision against the dry | HICAGO, June iis con- .| NEW “iatane : "law. "So they ed their applic” igeo, She Declares From Beating on Floor. vention Analy a wetting some, Dine AGREEMENT AMONG | tions. 1e money is not returnable, ’ r worth while. Today, Sam Adams “of | in Easy Vacuum Electrie imately 1000 4 | Excise Commissioner Lewis says. A Virginia, who ts conducting a fever- O S S D __ Washers ps eaeagageae Ay ag wllbecageh This serves to call attention to * DAVID LAWRENCE ish campaign for his nomination as. NATI N i DEMANDE ith Fach men employed by the Pullman C ty th Press By DAVII \ , ae “EASY TERMS. an Car| the fact that though the eighteenth hn oe A Special Correspondent of the Post- Vice President, handed out several a ieisitiadsiale eos sr S RS’ PROPOSITION ‘Lines in the company’s shops at 5550/ amendment closed the saloons, it| SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.—Unit- Dispatch. barrels Of rosy red applies to hungry) eee hee Al aes sample & Bircher road and in the Terminal; has not closed the St. Louis Excise |ed States District Judge M. T. Dood- ‘Copvright. 1920.) ‘ delegates. They were the first things , | Rnd Railroad yards went on strike yes- Commissioner's office. Commission- ie weled today that tbe a iaien | ae FED ste an Rae i ale Narcotics Inspector Goes Up bere rng eel oe te by a — Murray Crane Consulted W ith Root by Cable, : , asin a1, € AGO, . e i0.-—| didate which coul ye swallowed, (er Lewis holds that his | $5000 a year is_ still going on, the | though the appropriation made for ! dentia] | the office ran out last January. He} aivareca ah: . or 40 that done by hand. The electricians are members of| believes the next Legislature will re- y ongatel Se. eee the International Brotherhood of | imburse him, and he is employing | ‘@¢*? : Blectrical Workers, affiliated with _@ stenograpMer to aid in completing : Weight champion, @the American Federation of Labor, the records, a task which he says!charge. Yesterday nd the other mechanical craftsmen, will take about a month more. He M , *mployed at the Pullman shops, un- | plans to write to Governor Gardner |" ts der the name of the Brotherhood of | within a few days, to ask what the | dential marital relations. Railway Carmen of America, be-| Governor thinks about the future of | fame associated with them two; the office. At present, it doesn’t | would be no general rule as to what. on ve ks ago, when the carmen Joined | | Seem to have much of a future. 'was nonconfidential matter and the' * — Trades and Labor Union. | questions which it gives rise to will _ May Affect 50,000 Men. be settled as they arise.”’ Harry Smith, national chairman. Following this statement the SUGAR RATIONING IN HOTELS snc arica nate nie ety TO GO INTO EFFECT JUNE 21 jecusion questions arm Dempsey re-|t ugh . | warding her visits with her husban¢ 2 hin the next few days, my affect | Distribution in Latins Places Will/and alone to various parts of the!},, out 50,000 shop employes of the | Re in War Ti Pal ‘ " ‘ . o¢ > rr qa "dee thizing mechanics to return to. Attorney-General ceived a total of $60 of ree platform drafted for th vial tempts to obtain narcotics by fraud- ork today. The electricians had nounced here today. | She testified she returned to Salt| 8inla Republican pa weet by Rep-| ulent . prescriptions When they manded an increase of from 72 Riley's announcement followed a Lake City at Dempsey’'s behest resentative Slemp. Today s agree- that Woodworth had pre. ents to 77 cents an hour, it was; co™ference here with representatives |they came to San Francisco tox. th ;,jment on the platform makes i sented a doubtful looking snianian ae 4, and that was granted last night of the leading New York hotels anditinere she practiced her occupati yy, | BADle for the candidate of this con- tion, the inapectors started teward & meeting of representatives of | Testaurants, who, he said, had prom-jas a woman of the underworld, ac-|Vemton to make any statement) jim, put he ran into the street union and shop management. ‘ised to do anything in their power tO | gording to her testimony, and once ng: ratification of the peace treat) Shots Fired in Chase. Strikers Seek Recognition. reduce sugar consumption because of | nempsey struck her on the taw be- — ~ ag Cc , followed, firing over : ' ‘ear Cause Oo se. The strikers, on the other hand, | he Shortage. | cause she did not bring him enough) 4. gee ee ran north on Fourth non = : e | “ears that Senator Johnson by i. . i that they would not return to =e OWN lesindll thnline money to satisfy him. sareyinm the Gatht to the flcor might block. He turned west | , c ’ ? ‘ ( i until the management agrees 7 7 Anes as ; on Market street, and dashing into Mrs. Dempsey said that at various | oo rit the i amiations ante ~ . ~ =F ‘ : 4 ° ) Cs Ve ; ‘% . : , recognize the Brotherhood of SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.—A re times she was in the underworld of! : a SS | the. Granite Building entrance, ran the old-line leaders to accept a com- ne lway Carmen. They said up to the third floor and went out and Got Additional Suggestions—Com mittee Has Changed Wording. salary of and Adams’ nomination by acclama- tion now is an even money bet oe j Bill Allen White of Kansas an-| atri ashers in ‘in This Disurie’” NE hand all day, itt operates ) the smaliest and largest testify to nonconfi- trial of he Harrison might Johnson has compro- Fire Escape, Jumps Across Areaway at Granite Build- ‘Senator Hiram lie on ferday, following a dispute between feven electrical workers and nagement over wages. } is — 4 Dempsey himself from the has saved the floor of the balloting relations in the mised. | defeat conven- tion before |California ‘approval of the confi- | nounced today that he expected to sweep the convention on this sim- rreaty ple statement: “When I was a bar te ' ang ber [ sold them only what they! By the Assoc iated Press. nananlot lown the street (bang bang), sol ny asked for, CHICAGO, June 10.—A League of Nations plank declared by The office through a platform ’’ was unanimously adopt- Dempsey, world’s heavy- starts. Th. ing to Get Prisoner. on a draft evasion Senator telephoned his the court barred plank on the on the convention today Dempsey's testimony just before for its text of the the treaty but it 1. Rejection of the which from the Senate in into an building, morning session leaders to be ‘‘aeeeptable to everybody ‘ed today by the Republican Resolutions Subcommittee, apparently ending all threat of a party split over the League issue. charge of mixing horse with rabbit; Tha ° » Se ; » Poses fu née: |. the dataneint eee The plank upholds the Senate in refusing to ratify the treaty mixed his product only 50-50. of Versailles, declares that any future international peace under- “One horse to one rabbit,” he ex-, plained, when urged. | Standing must square with American traditions and omits the ~*«~. Laffirmation declaration for a League which had been urged b the Four-fifths of the members of the an cag ce rg y e Resolutions Committee at various mild reseryv ationists. ‘times today adjusted some cute little| ' : > Shee whadewn is thele ceben ts tik tome The full Resolutions Committee met this afternoon to com- mit more air. When the word got) plete the final draft of the platform, which it was expected would around that there was no glass in the window frames the committee be ready for presentation to the activities fire Low- Oklahoma window (crash), (ov the roof, closed up a Speaking of proamegienee den declared that n friend of his who was engaged in| the manufacture of jack rabbi sau Sage took the prize. Arraigned on a Judge Dooling announced “ther» paragraph in the escape, over (jump) across was not made public, areaway, and down the of Narcotic In- Internal Rev- W ood - a seven-foot led Nolan of principies the spectol Wilson | oy enue office, . worth today. [It was quite like a movie comedy. Woodworth was arrested in the basement of the Granite Building, Fourth and Market streets, where he was dragged from the coal bfn, and was turned over to the police. Three narcotic inspectors had been watching at the Parke-Davis wholesale drug establishment, 108 contains these two the chase the Willam wires, treaty in proa- | form in President - ai.er it back Europe. the endeavoring action of Approval of t.ited States which leaves the same infter- convention at 4 o'clock. on ventilation ceased plank was the first snag struck by the committee at its aft- another ernoon session. Dr. Hubert Work, the Colorado member, insisted upon insertion of a provision for compul- ‘sory arbitration of strikes in public utilities. Senator Borah, Ogden | Mills and several others objected to Work's proposa)/and the committee, after some difcussion, decided to postpone consideration of it until! | later. i'neontested proposals were then taken up. | Senator Borah said there appeared | to be strong sentiment for the Work | | proposal. The labor brand or have more dif- the Wool- Convention Takes Recess Till Afternoon CHICAGO, June 19. HE Republican National "T convention after a brief session this morning re- cesséd until late in the afternoon when the report of the Platform Committee was to be heard and probably adopted at once. The convention was then expected to hear nominating speeches. Seekers of Irish freedom here |ferent headquarters than ‘worth estate has stores ana learned one Te ccebsece 4H pos re rrereeereeeeneeenetrertee ese eee ee eeeree Summer is here officially. Senator | 'Lodge got out his straw hat today and Bill Brvan sprang into a white bow tle They his head street for a as he Former Governor Whitman of New| York declar4i that he was prepared for the worst, no matter what hap- pens. “I’ve established cordial rela- (eee e eee eee eee the |duc*’on in ce wholesale price Of) padgoc, Wash., Spokane and Yakima, promise. But they haven't prevent ciple of the open shop was in- | Sugar from $26.30 to $26 a hundred-| wash | and Cairo, Ill. DR aes Gitte the floor te | 0. the fre escape ved, and that they had voted to | weight was announced yesterday by a ee oe “| All three : | make a sneech to this as far a cl. < as lhe inspectors followed him building entrance. From | A a—— =| ee the Western Suger is going to RET TIRES FAILS ) B-gal. cans... .85. *eeeoeveenee? , ee ee - *“*eeenerer er ting Through Two Days’ Trial. k nut and ra ———$—— A ATION PLIERS e ae wire etter 580. rettber erences CLOSE in out until that matter is def- itely settled. The str... s are ting today at Union and Alcott nues. The electricians walked out Mon- yf, and were followed yesterday by Sheet metal workers, black- iths, machinists and coach _re- rers and painters. The refusal the management to deal with the ricians through the national cer of the Brotherhood of Rail- Carmen, it was sald by the ers, caused the men to quit E OF WHISKY BEFORE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE WY the Associated Press. VMICAGO, June 10.—An elderly ate from Pennsylvania laid be- the Resolutions Committee of Republican National Convention y a large package which he contained matter he desired ed into.” When Chairman Wat- Opened the bundle, he found a of whisky—real whisky. tor Smoot of Utah, a teetotal-| Was designated a committee of to consider the subject; but re-_ it immediately without rec-' ndations. Action by the full mittee was prevented by disap- , hee of the contents of the bot- before it could reach that stage. $350,000 JEWEL THEFT Clerk Changes Plea After Sit- Avsociat 71 Press. YORK, June 10.—After en- & plea of not guilty and sit- i through a trial which lasted two James E. Foye, formerly a at the Biltmore Hotel, finally = his mind late today and wacecd guilty of theft of $350,000 m of jewelry from Mrs. Regina . G. Millhiser, while she was a at the hotel. at first admitted disposing of | Jewels, but claimed they had Siven him by a young woman g00d name he wished to Receives American Minister. | MHAGEN, June 10.—The) ME Yesterday received in audience C. Grew, the American Min- Later Mr. Grew was intro- | the Queen. FOR PROFITEERING IN SUGAR Law Assessed Against Huntington | (W. Va.) Concern. the Associated Press CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 10.; —The Sehon-Stevenson Co., a whole-| Bale grocery concern of Huntington | today was fined $35,000, upon con-| viction of profiteering in sugar, in Federal Court here. Judge Pritchard said he was im- posing the heaviest fine the Lever law permitted. of “No Accident Week" by Inter- | By borough Company. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 10.—George E. Adams, motorman of a northbound Lexington avenue subway express, was killed and eight persons were injured today when the express crashed into another Bronx train) standing at the freeman street sta- tion of the Interborough Rapid Tran- | sit Company, which last Monday be- Fen | gan celebration of "no accident |MYADOOS ATTEND CONVENTION week.” Arrive After ' for Afternoon Session Vacation in West. Ry the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 10.—William G. | McAdoo, accompanied by Mrs... Mc- Adoo, stopped over here to attend) the afternoon session of the conven- | don. They have been on vacation in ‘the West and are on their way East. “f think wetional conventions are very interes!:na,”” McAdo said. * We are going to the Coliseum this after- noon and sit through to the end.” A. E. Newbold, Financicr, Falls Dead By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 10.—Ar- thur E. Newbold, a member of the firm of Drexel & Co., and of J. P. Morgan & Co., fell dead today in his office. He had just finished his luncheon. He was 61 years old. ¥. BLASCO IBANEZ ce nn GD WM. JENNINGS BRYAN || BEAR CAT FIGHT, SAYS FRANCIS | + % ¥% RING LARDNER Ambassador to Russia Watching G. Oo. P. Perform at Chicago. Special-to tho Post-Dispatch. CHICAGO, June 10.—Ambassador David R. Francis of St. Louts stood on Michigan avenue yesterday, shak-| ing hands. Both arms were going | at once. “This is a bear cat fight,” said Francis, “and I came to see it just FANNIE HURST Francis, “and I came to oe it Just +% oe in Madrid.” TAFT IN CHICAGO TOMORROW HEIR impressions of the Republican National Convention will be found on pages 2, 3 and 4 of today’s POST-DISPATCH attempt to take part in | | conferences. Visit Convention. | CHICAGO, June 10. — Former | | President Taft will arrive here to-| will stop over a few hours leaving for Washington. It was said today he a aan GROCERY FIRM FINED $35, 000 | canvention on some plank, ‘ONE KILLED, 8 PERSONS HURT IN NEW YORK SUBWAY CRASH | Heavicst Penalty Permitted by Leve F | only chance to win lies in an appeal | observers believe that the has | think | candidate i gon is nominating | the goal | Frank Hitchcock, realizing that the tions from those states. | deed, ichusetts solid for | lots at least. |egates in morrow morning from the West and | before | probably legisia- wants His that relating to taxation or tion affecting business tie to prove he is not dangerous. but shrewd old guard for his big stampede lay only the League directiv to the delegates, outwitted Johnson, for a on opportunity in a speech tions issue. Evidently the conservative leaders there will be ample opportu- to come out stronely for ratifl- of the peace treaty has been chosen and John- out of the way. Anyway, speeches and balloting are at last at hand and the conven- tion has weathered a big storm “Gen. Wood Is Dangerously the Goal” e« Wood is dangerously near and his crafty manager, nity cation Near (7en the whole puzzle is in New Massachusetts and Pennsylva- key to York, nia, The counter move of the Lowden forces and, the old guard, who don't want nominated, is to hold Penn- New York and Massa- the first few bal- Wood syivania and the New York dele- meeting and talked a and sticking to- Accordingly gation held a lot about solidarity |gether and exerting the most influ- tactics of unity instead of No vote was taken and New York delegates liked to get Senator Wads- who was in the chair, ence by division many have worth, There are several Wood del- the New York and several in the Pennsylvania unit but the New York folks have prac- tically agreed to vote for Nicholas Murray Butler for a few which really means that the Wood people are dominant for the — being. silence. Over in the Massachusetts delega- | Former President Probably Will ne the Wood forces are pounding at the Coolidge votes with fair away success. If Hitchcock break down the unity of York, Pennsylvania and setts delegations, he will Already his boring ean the once win out. tactics of Na-| when a's! | stopped is making inroads in the delega- | in- j| had would | com- | | mitted, but he maintained a discreet contingent ballots | anti- | New Massachu- are to his) | that point it became a one-man chase, with Nolan playing follow-my- leader. | The man ran the third floor, up the stairway to and stepped through ‘an open window upon a fire escape. Nolan followed him up the escape, jand he went through a fifth window, glass and all, Nolan pursuing Then {ft was down ‘the third floor, out of a upon an adjoining barber and to a wall, where the pursued man ‘was apparently at bay. But there is an areaway on the other side, and a group of’ wires which, viewed from there, seem to lead all the way to the 'ground, though they do not Gets Man in Sub-Cellar. Woodworth jumped and caught the ‘wires, and slid down. The wires about 15 feet from the floor} of the Granite building sub-cellar. ‘The man jumped. Nolan, leaping: ‘after him, and taking the - wires hand-under-hand, jumped to 'Sub-cellar also. A his prisoner ‘he was a printer aie 3. still the stairway to window from —_— - —_—— - ‘CONTINUED WARM WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TE MPE RATURES i} tla. @m Ga 1 \ | , a. Ge « o § “ey {A xO - Official fore- for St. Louis and vicin- | ity: Fair «and! continued warm tonight and to- morrow. Misgtour i ar | THE PENROSE 1S A NARDY QUADRENNIAL cast —-Generally and warm and tomorrow. lllinols— | erally fair to- tenight and morrow Stage of river at 7 a. m. 270.1 feet, of .4 of a foot. floor | shop roof, | the | minute later he! Device With Ouneies of 200 Gallons session might be Woodworth said! Shreveport, | continued | tonight | (Jen- | and | continued warm | ‘he | a@ fail tions with everyone who is likely to be nominated,” he explained. A transparent elevator in the Con- Hotel stuck for half an between the second and third 'floors and nine vice presidential can- | didates in the hall made in sign language to the gress today The convention exists among the colored delegates who are carfare home. Every ‘near a hot-dog stand, a cop moves him on before he gets too wild. rejected without) Joseph Obergfell, who himself as general recording secre- tary of the I. U. U. B. C.. and & Be. is addressing committees hereabouts| Massachusetts, and ag nomen econ group, and as follows: ‘‘We want beer want it with a wallop in it.” AGENTS FIND “2-STORY" STILL, LARGEST YET SEIZED HERE ' a Day Taken in Rald at 1022 North Eighth Street. Prohibition enforcement agents, found the largest still vet discovered | in St. Louis. reaching from the sec- ‘nd-story floor to the celling of the residence at 1022 North Pighth street, in a raid this morning ‘They confiscated and destroyed 43 | barrels of raisin mash, but found no one to arrest A smaller still house across the street, at 1027 ' Eighth, was discovered Tuesday The ity of was dismantled by °00 gallons of whisky a day. It the officers, and the parts were taken to fhe Federal | A hole had been cut in the building. floor to permit the in- 'third-story ‘'stallation of the stil! ee eee E, M. HOUSE GOING TO EUROPE: Ry the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 10—E. M. Hlouse admitted last night he would go to Europe soon “T am going to / Europe on purely persona! matters.’ he sald. “in accordance with my long-time habit and I am not going in an official capacity of any Sort | whatsoever.” House wil! remain tn Europe several months, visiting Lon- | don, Paris and other capitals, and will return to the United States next ' September. hour! speeches prisoners. | darkest situation of the w hole | time one gets! describes | | committee members to be wholly ace-| third-story | in a | North | still found today had a capac- |, "|i many Lbiscussion of the | mise has not been reached at 2:: ‘o'clock and it was thought ‘might not be taken up for an or more Originally Elihu Root, an all-night series of conferences ‘and was adopted by the sub-commit- tee after Senator Lodge, the Repub- 'lican Senate leader, had appeared in ‘the committee, room and declared if the mild reservation proposal were }accepted he would go on the conven- ‘oes floor and fight it. Acceptable to All. plank was said by treaty "*. ° “ drafted weeks ago by the sub- The ‘ceptable to former Senator Crane of leader for the mild its ance removed the only obstacle to | speeding to a conclusion the work of | ithe national convention. The completed platform was to be taken to the convention floor late In| ithe afternoon and it was said a night | called to begin the | hearing of nomination speeches. Shortly before noon the work of the sub-committee and members said they thought there would be no barrier to a prompt ac- ceptance of its platform draft by the full Resolutions Commiittee. While the Root plank ithe Senate's rejection of the Ver | Bailles covenant, {t {s understood to contain a provision expressing in general terms the party's approval lof some tnternational concert = for 'peace. It was that feature, it j} said, which led the mild reservation- ‘ists to accept It. News of the agreement ilively speculation whether the 'chances of any presidential candi- | date would be aided or Injured by ‘the adjustment The generally ex- | pressed first !mpression was that it started }| would affect none of them except He im- victory for ‘perhaps Senator Johnson ' mediately hailed it as a ithe principles he had advocated, ‘it was pointed out that it probably |'would remove the opportunity which delegates thought he wanted for impassioned debate on the sub- ‘ject on the corfvention floor Candidates Are Silent. Lowden, Wood, Butler and ding headquarters refused to tasue |any statement at once on the plank. | it was said that Gov. Lowden might have something to say tater in the Har- compro- | ‘inclined to that it! clined hour | 'but Ogden the plank was revised at) ago, ’ i cifie tions, accept- | entiating in different groups of Benators was completed | commends: was but. Wood's managers were think their candidate would remain silent for the present. Senator Crane withheld comment, Mills of New York, who has worked with him, said Crane was “‘perfectly satisfied.’ “The proposal came from our side,’ said Mills, “and was accepted just as it was received three weeks from Mr. Root.” To this statements Senator Borah, a leader of the irreconcilables, said his side had secured Omission of many provisions in another text sub- niltted yesterday by Mills—-the Crane plank. It is day, but Gen. understood there is no Spe- mention of the League of Na- but there is inferential refer- denunciation of the course of the President in the con- duct of foreign affairs. in which he is blamed fwr fallure to consult the Senate. The Senate was commend- ed for its course with reference to the general subject without differ- regard to the views of ence to {tt in a The provision makes specific dec- laration in favor of the support of all American obligations and announces the determination of the eourt which would devote itself tu the prometion of justice among nations without committing the country to entan- giing alliances. The league plank had been the only one remaining In dispute, and today's agreement was hailed as presaging a harmonious turn to all the future platform proceedings of the big convention The compromise plank was de- ascribed by Senator HRorah as estab. lishing these principles for which ‘the irreconcilables had contended: Omission of any pledge for rati- fication Commendation of the Senate for refusing to ratify A gstatement that any future league must be tn accord with American ideals and the principles of Washington Senator Borah said that ss the treaty plank had been approved by Ogden Mille. he presumed it waa alao acceptable to former Benator Crane, who was understood to have kept ia touch with Milla by telephone. Chairman Watsen said in his opin- ion the treaty plank would not ald o¢ Continecd on Page 3, Columa 6. | er Te Ee jl Oe Oe deoe , S Sh OF Neetnwis, a ee or in Doge